The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-11-15
WATER SYSTEM
IS Up AGAIN
HARRY z. SEIDL, PRODUCTION EN-
GINEER, TALKS OF THE LOCAL
WATER SYGTEM.
Big Pump Is In Bad Shape-"ona
Rnise Intake valve.

I'll" municipal filtration commission
! w.ll held Il meeting IN fnw days nhd
H." matter nf establishing II iilt"rinE
plnnt for city water Will he taken up.
The most rlnpurtanI item 10 ID" dl9-
cusscd Will hr the s+:akc proposition
at the humping station III SlnrktoWn.
! Since the new pumping station ana
! the monster Allis-ihalncrs twenty
million gallon pump has been lnStaiieu
/ the city officials have had big lot
= nf trouble on their hands. as the intake
has broken and collapsed number OF
! times and the suction draws IN Sahd
t and gravel through the intake and iinal-
! ~ ilnds its way into the pump. scoring
! tn" running parts and Gripping other
portions Of the big machinery.
When the pump was lnstalIcn ano
! started it funct!onrd so smoothly TINT
u silver dollar would stand ON It's own
edge when placed on any part OF the
! giant. hut with the continued sucking
Of sand and gravel Into its various
parts Il is now almost ruined.
Mr.. H. t.. Seidl now production en-
gincrr Of tho bethlehem Steel Company.
but formerly with the United Engin-
rcrinE and Construction Company, or
/ CI.vcland is business visitor in the
! city, and has followed tho career OF
! tho big pump and the efforts To install
| filtration In this city. and was one OF
! the consulting engineers employed pS
! the old board Of control in M advisory
/ capacity at the time the new pumping
| station was built and first put in opcr-
, alton.
/ Speaking to an Intcllgrnccr reporter
last night, Mr.. Scdl had this to say
! in regard to the pump AMI hitration:
| when I WAS consulted ny the board
If control five years ago ! pressed on
! them the necessity OF installing I'LL
| lrat.on plant. and your paper carrIco
! my statements at the time. which L
have saved and fortunately have them
| with ME 10 bear out my statements.
| Under thu head Pumps in BAD Shape,
Is from the Intclligcnccr issue OF nc-
tohcr ,. 1913, the text Is the fol-
| lowing:
Mr.. L. H. Mrckrr. vice president OF
| the United Engineering and Construc-
| ton Company. and MIR. II. T.. Scidl.
! public service engineer for the sumo
! cnmrany, visited the Wheeling water
! works pumping station yesterday after
| noon and after the inspection made the
! statement that the machinery was in
! bad shape ard in Il short time would
hc in need Of repairs, tat would cost
| tho rity Il big sum Of money.
| Even the new pump started only
| few months agu. IS in such condition
! that il will hG necessary In spend con-
| siderable money In repairs. All The
trouble. according TO the two experts,
| is caused hy the pnl>-.:d condition Of
| the water pumped into tAc mains.
valves are cloggcd ur in day or
| two by In" mud and II requires the ser
! vices &c men :t!'ArSl constantly I" keep
I them IN working condition. While they
are not attempting To max" ANY "$u-
! mate of the cost Of repairs that viii
! shortly hc needed. one ii IN" gently
men said this morning tlInt 1t run up
INTO thousands of dollars.
And again on October ;. 1919. under
! the caption. MT. Scldl Talks:
Mr. Hans Scidl. Of the United En.
ginerring and Construction Company. Of
! Cleveland. followed Dir. Jcpson and dis
/ russCd all three systems. He said thnt
! Wheeling had a fine pumping station.
/ but that it is being ruined with Sa!Ht
! being drawn int" the mechanism ana
; unless filtered water l. secured. III"
| plant VIII be. useless III few years.
Mr.. Scid sad that sanitary domestic
water supply must !'c secured and that
] the manufacturers must have Il good
| supply. TO secure this he advocated
| the well system. lie stated that tn"
! hardness Of the water could he reduced
! ny q machine without chemicals. To
n.atnll q meter system he said the city
: must lny out SlQA.000. The Average
cost of upk"cp per meter hc hx"d ut
! $2.f5"
The old adnse "a s,itcpin time saves
nine" was advocated by both Mir. Scihl
and Mr.. Mccicr. hut hIlat"ry methods
have put the pumping plant in very bad
phapc and II taken In hand at the time
would have saved the city large sum
| Of money.
TO make matters worse. the l. 5.
engineers have refused 10 let the city
| raise the intake two feet from Tho bed
| rf The river. and another cXIr!irnt will
have tn hr locked for Ia s:L"c the for
| fGrr magnificent pump BY getting Il bet
ter water supply. and II seems that III
tration is Tie only answer if ii is IN
/ stalled immediately.