The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-07

build n concrete wall around IL and
put on a tight cover with a wire
screen for ventilation. In olden days
II was thought proper TO keep q trout
III the spring 10 devour insects and
frogs. a water pipe with an intake
screen may be placed near the bottom.
There should be an overflow pine at
the top. The water In the house will
OF course rise to the level of its source.
IL IL sometimes not apparent to the
eye whether the spring is high enough
ABOVE the house to deliver the water
to 1t. II a surveyor IS not handy to
90 the job o can find out for your
SELF by using a mason's level. a long
piece or scantling and a few stakes.
starting at the house site. level the
scantling and mark the elevation on
h first stake toward the spring. pu,
the scantl!ng on the first mark. level
10 the next stake. and SO on. Add
III differences In height marked on
all the series OF stakes between house
and spring and you have the total
diirerence In level. A fall OF twelve
ieet or so Will make the water avail
able on the second floor of an ordi-
nary house. II the fail Ia only a foot
or two the water can be brought into
cellar or basement and sent upstairs
by various methods.
Where the spring IL lower than the
house n there is a good flow of
water a hydraulic ran may be used.
Inc ram Is set twenty to fifty feet
below the spring and for every foot of
fall will elevate the water ten feet.
driving II at the same time through
a considerable length OF pipe. The
device Is rather wasteful OF water.
since II requires " times as much
water as IL delivers. Sometimes a
ram Is used TO deliver spring wnter
by the power OF a nearby brook. but
IN that case there is a chance Of the
W supplies getting mixed. A fair
sized ram costs about s12, not includ-
Ing the necessary pipe. IL IL des.r-
abe 10 have a storage tank either
IN the house or at an elevation outside
in order to give a steady supply OF
water. Galvanized stee, tanks in
round or oval shape. with covers. may
be had al prices ranging from about
g for a ten barrel size n up. Prob
ably an attic tank OF four barrels
NfttbNAN ONAA I've tllOuEl LOT an Or
binary family. The total weight when
He'd would be about l.0so pounds. An
overflow pipe is needed.
More efficient and more expensive
than the ram is the water wheel On-
nected with a force pump. An over
shoot wheel four feet in diameter and
with six inch face. driven by as much
water as a two inch pipe Will supply.
sends about 700 gallons OF water a day
through n pipe line 500 feet long 10 a
height of about sixty feet above the
wheel. The outfit may be -harneSscd
10 a brook. from which II derives its
power. while It is pumping spring
water. \. steel wheel with brass lined
force pump Of the above capacity is
listed at $+5. OF course pipe is extra.
II is stated that water may b sent
much greater distances than the one
given. but with a reduction in volume
owing 10 friction.
The overshoot wheel requires a fan
Of about one foot more than is d.
ameter: that is, a total fan of about
i've feet for a four foot wheel. Where
such a fall cannot be obtained hut
there il n good volume OF water an
understood wheel will do the work.
4 mere six inch fall will drive the
understood. II is more expensive than
the other type. A IA scinating and not
difficult job ia 70 dam a small stream
to obtain water power. For a perma-
lent structure a concrete wall should
be built and backed with stone and
earth.
While the warer wheel is supposed
10 run right along, night and day, Il Is
advisable To have II connect with a
forage tank for distribution Of the
supply within the house.
How much water does a house need?
The average consumption for each
member OF the family per day Is esti-
mated at fifty gallons. But there
are happy and hyglenlc families which
get along with a small fraction of this
allowance.
When you plan TO go underground
FOR water you should stop. look and
listen. But don't Listen to the man