The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-07-08
CAMPBELL REQUESTS
A CORRECTION
Situation at the Water Works is Not
Serious Says the Former
Superintendent

Serious Says the Former
Superintendent
Editor Star: In your issue of the
9th, under the heading "Situation
that Might Prove Serious" you say:
"a situation exists at the water
works, which might prove very SER
ious in the event of an unusually
large fire. The situation moreover
has existed for years. Two four-inch
pipes connect the old reservoir with
the settling basin, the water flowing
by gravity. Engineer David Henney
called councils attention to this last
night, saying that the two pipes
might fail to meet the demand in an
extraordinary case and recommended
that the two pipes be replaced at once
with a ten-inch connection. Mr.. Hen
ney pointed out that the two four
inch pipes really gave no more SER
vice than single six-inch pipe. An
other thing which Mr.. Henney called
attention to was the short stretch of
|eight-inch pipe connecting the water
works with the ten-inch main that
supplies the city. He pointed out
that no more water could be put thru
the ten-inch main than would be put
through the eight-inch connection,
and he recommended that a ten-inch
connection be put in at once"
/ wish to say in connection with the
above, that have no desire to butt in
on city affairs, not being citizen nor
taxpayer of Ocala and have no direct
interests in your city's concerns. But
the above statements do concern me
and in justice to myself I wish to cor
rect them.
| The arrangement of the settling
basin and its connections were plan
ed and executed by myself and know
that no such conditions exist as sci
forth in the above statement. Either
you have misquoted Mr.. Henney OF
he does not understand the situation.
/ The facts are these: The settling
basin is connected to the old reservoir
tby an eight-inch pipe, joined at the
basin and extending few feet out
side the building and there connected
t. two six-inch pipes that lead to ant
discharge into the old reservoir
Where there is said to be two four
inch pipes, they are in fact six in
ches and eight inches. The eight
inch pipe has an area of 50.265 squar
inches and the two combined six-incl
pipes have an area of 56.548 squar
/ inches, 6.283 square inches more thai
the eight-inch pipe that discharge
into them. The difference is NOR
than enough to take care of any fric
ton that may be caused by the small
ed size pipe and the connections
Should these pipes be removed and
ten-inch pipe substituted, there woul
be a gain of less than one six-inc
. pipe, and that gain would not tax
care of the output of the twelve-inc
well, the output being twice that 9
the two old wells combined. tn
areas of the different pipes are, siz
inch (two) 56.548; eight-inch, 50.26E
ten-inch, 1854. The difference BIZ
tween the two six-inch and the ter
!, inch pipe is 1892 square inches, q
!, about the area of an opening five an
onelquarter inches in diameter.
|. The pipes now in use have Away
taken care of the output from til
two old wells, with the two steal
!. driven air compressors running Z
. full capacity. The seriousness {
! This point has never been apparent.
: Mr.. Twombly and myself, goin
: over the situation at the water work
figured that a ten-inch outlet pip
from the settling basin to the rese
voir would be required to take care {
: the output from the new well, tt
supply being more than twice that {
the two old wells combined. The tw
. six-inch outlet pipes were to RENAL
{ and branch run to the new reese
: voir. This arrangement could be a
complished without interrupting Il
service and take care of the wat.
: from all the wells.
Referring to the statement that q
eight-inch pipe connects the wat.
!. works with a ten-inch pipe that SUI
: plies the city, can say, that the PHI
K that supplies the city from the di
s Itribution reservoir is eight inches ar
not ten inches. The pipe that col
meets the pumping station with Il
: eight-inch supply main is ten inch.
and not eight, as stated. The on
leight-inch connection to the ten-ine
a main is from the Worthington pun
q and | planned to change this come
q ton and extend the ten-inch line |
the electrically driven centrifug
pumps, and also connect the stea
= driven pumps to this ten-inch lin
The pipe and fittings for this work
! ordered and received several month
q ago and only awaited the engineer
i prints to make the change.
All the above facts can be cerifie
If it is to the interest of any one |
i "dig them up." j. A. Campbell.
Taking Big Chances