Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-11
WATER DEPARTMENT PREPARES
TO INSTALL HUGE MACHINE
NEXT WINTER.
WILL DOUBLE PUMPING
CAPACITY OF STATION
City Plans to Buy Pump Of Capacity
Of s,5oo,o0 Gallons or More-Pur-
chase TO BE Made This FaII-De-
partment Has tho Money-WiIl
Build Dam to Protect Pipe Line.

new high pressure pump OF a ca
pacity OF 3,5O0,ooo gallons, or more each
! twenty four hours, is to be purchased
by the city water department in the
! fall and be installed next winter Such
! is the plan of Councilman NJ. s. Nc
F,arland, superintendent of the depart
! uent, Superintendent Hans Madsen, OF
/ the pumping station, and members OF
the council For the purpose of secur-
| ing data on pumps Councilmen McFar-
! land and Austin, City Engineer W. n
Steiner, and Superintendent Madsen
visited the pumping stations OF wa
terloo and Cedar Falls Tuesday.
| The estimated cost of the new ma
chine is $4,000 to $4,000 Installed. by
fall the water department VIII nave the
money in it's fund to purchase the pump
without going in debt for It.
Only One Efficient Pump.
| According to Councilman McFarlano
the CITY pumping station has only one
pump of sufficient capacity to supply
/ the city with water. The other pump
! is an old machine that was installed
more than twenty five years ago
Should some serious mishap befall the
large pump. so that it would De rem
dered useless for longer than twenty
| four hours, the city's water supply
might soon become in a very precari-
Gus condition. With only one pump OF
| cana city large enough to pump all the
water the city uses, it is necessary to
keep it working all the time. The strain
| is telling on 1t as a result OF constant
use.
| 1t is the plan to install, in the win
| ter when much less water is being
pumped and used than in the summer
months.
Dam to Protect Pipe.
| The city water department Will take
| steps as soon as the stage of the wa
ter will permit to build a dam across
the channel the water has cut thru
! from Asher creek to protect the large
supply mains from the wells to the city
pumping station. In recent floods water
| has broken out thru the east bank OF
Asher creek and has found channel
under the first bridge north of the river
bridge in the Center street road. From
! there the water has followed the chan
mel thru the city and other land east
of the road into the river below the
! dam.
This overflow has occurred so often
that now the channel is deep, the cur
rent swift and more water is flowing
that way than down the old bed of the
creek.
Pipe Line Has Been Threatened.
Across this channel that the food
water has cut is swung the large pipe
II line that carries water from the city
wells. 1t is supported ON piling. but
when the food water gets high enough
.ha nine line e submerged. just now
the water is flowing just under this
pipe line. Councilman Mcfarland rec
oenizes that the pipe line is endan-
gered by floods.
| To prevent this 1t is the intention OF
the department to build a permanent
strong dam across this channel and a
short distance above the pipe line This
dam will have large wings to keep the
water from cutting around and should
hold the water in the creek bed. When
It reaches a certain high stage the wa
ter will overflow the dam, but not in
large enough quantities to fill the
channel full or endanger the pipe line.
This project will take a considerable
outlay of the departments funds.