Arizona republican., 1915-02-19
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yesterday morning City Water and Street Superintendent V A Thomp- son was recalled To the stand The day previously he had been requested to give figures relative to the peak load of the water plant and the hour of the day at which the peak load was being delivered. He gave figures for one day in May. 1914. and others for another day in June the same year on May 21. 1914. he said E., 2S1,000 gallons of water were pumped. His records show that at times that day water Was being pumped at the
 rate of 6.1So gallons per minute. In June there was day when 5.552 .00n gallons were pumped. and the peak , load on that day amounted to 6,175 gallons per minute Asked to estimate the probable normal peak load re- quired in 1915. and he said il had l been figured that 7.2G0 gallons per minute would he fair estimate. He ! thought too that 1900 gallons Der minute would be sufficient for the normal peak loads of the ensuing two years. though that amount might not 1 be required
 Asked as to the capacity of the new l wells he said they would deliver 1000 gallons per minute, or 1,0o0.0o0 gallons
 daily
 ! on cross-examination by Attorney { Alexander. Thompson said the capacity ] of the old well had never been ascer 1 tained, as they had never been fully tested The highest ever pumped in
 a single day from the old wells. he
 said. was 5.2S7000 gallons. or 61S0
 gallons per minute
 1 F. II Ensign. former manager of
 the Pacific Gas X Electric company,
 succeeded Thompson on the stand. He
 said he was an electrical engineer of
 over twenty years experience. of
 which nine years have heen spent in
 Phoenix.
 /. He was shown copy of report iof Manager Parish, under date of oc-
 tober 2, 1914 which had been printed
 in The Republican,
 -'Is that report sufficient upon
 which to base expenditure of city money" he was asked
 | T should not consider it suffi l cient,' replied Ensign
 As a preliminary report recom-
 mending the installation of q street lighting plant would you consider it
 sufficient"
 T would not consider it even a good preliminary report because it is lacking in essential details. It might make foundation for such a report
 providing details could he given veri- flying the accuracy of the statements of the report
 Mayor Young cautioned counsel and
 further witnesses that the commission was only desirous of securing facts
 and that there was no need of en- gazing in tits as between counsel and
 the witnesses
 Then came Trincano He was the
 bright spot in the array of technical
 minded witnesses. He said he was q
 mechanical engineer. though he ad-
 mitted recently he had been an actor
 as a sideline, having sacrificed him
 self upon the altar of thespianism by occupying the end seat in the Elks
 minstrel show circle. or course be- ing a mechanic for forty-two years
 gave him added qualifications fol
 work on the "end." He said he
 had read the report of Manager Far ish, but hadn't paid much attention to it as a whole because it had been printed in the newspapers Can you tell us how much power would be needed to pump a maximum load of 1900 gallons per minute. lift ing the load 130 feet?' he was asked 'Tll do it if you'll let me figure g little bit" he replied. Well, that would be lifting a gallon S,5G1, 800 feet and would require 257 horse power, he finally answered.
 What is the average efficiency ot pumping engines?' he was asked fur ther
 Well some engines at the tes will show as high as 92 per cen