Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-11-24
Water Pressure Showed 18
Pounds at City Hall
This Morning.
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Conditions Better at City Hos
pital - School Will Re-
open Next Monday.

Although the water pressure in this
city measured eighteen pounds at City
Hail, there seemed to have been little
relief over that of yesterday. Owing
TO the lack OF water in the basement
of Public School No. on Neville
street, one of the highest sections OF
the city, Superintendent s. L. Shull
found it necessary to close down that
school this morning. Sessions will
again be held on Monday, ii being ex-
pected that the pressure will be near
er the normal at that time.
Information received from the City
Hospital this morning, also in the high
section of the city, was to the effect
that conditions today were slightly
better than those existing during the
past week or more. Miss Hermann,
superintendent of the City Hospital,
states this morning that water could
be secured from the basement of the
hospital for the first time in more
than week. She stated that since it
was impossible to secure water in the
hospital, water had been carried in
buckets from the Nurses Home to
the hospital. The home being slight
ly lower than the hospital, was able
to secure water in the basem ent. All
of the drinking water being used in
the hospital has been purchased for
more than a week, Miss Hermann
stated.
Superintendent of the Water De-
partment Thomas Grieve stated this
morning that although work had
been rushed at Runyon yesterday in
an effort to connect another OF the
artesian wells with the air compress
or, the connection was not completed
last night. He stated that this second
we'll would he Rnnnaafad and in
alton by tonight. 1t is expected that
this we'll will increase the supply
100000 gallons more a day. Upon
completing the connection of this
second well tonight work will be i'm
medistely commenced on laying the
pipe to the third and last well which
will be connected with the air COM
pressor. When this well gets work
ing. probably tomorrow night or Sun
day morning, it is estimated that the
water supply will be increased s,o00,-
600 per day, this being sufficient to
increase the pressure considerably.
The rain of yesterday and last night,
although not enough to make a notice
able difference in the levee of the re-
ceiying basin, acted as a means of
softening the top crust of earth about
the ground storage wells and increas-
ing their supply. There are about
100 of these wells which have been
giving but little water for the past
few weeks owing to the drought The
eight artesian wells have been and
still are the chief source of supply.
During the early part of the week
the pressure at City Hall here was as
low as five pounds. Yesterday 1t In
creased to between eight and ten
-penhds and today il registers eighteen
pounds
Superintendent Grieve stated this
morning that conditions at School No.
were not caused by the lack of suf-
hcient water pressure. but there was
something wrong with the system of
pipes in the schools. He stated he did
not know such a condition existed un-
til informed by a reporter.
1t is probable that with the increase
in pressure the various factories To-
Gated in this city and drawing on the
city's water supply have increased
their supply of water and in this way
taken away much of the water which
should be supplied to private residents
Several reports this morning were to
the effect that but little water could
be secured onthe second floor build
ings, where before today more could
be secured.
Information received from several
sources is to the effect that one of the
causes for the lack of enough water
at Runyon is that the Parlin factories
in drilling for water, struck one OF
the mains from which the city of
Perth Amboy gets its supply. The wat
er used at Parlin is secured from the
wells bored by the powder companies