The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-06-29

water without the aid OF auNl'3ry
steam.
The water IL carried TO "A rcPcr-
voir near the city Limits on me
high ground. there IA reservoir OF
so, 100000 gallons capacity ~
planned. the object being mat mere
shall be always sufficient water
close 20 the city so that you may be
protected against any undue accident
or particularly that you may nav"
/ always moro than sufficient water
FOR fire protection. Your present
pumping plant can IN usod. the wa
| ter carried from the large reservoir
TO this pumping plant by gravity ana
the power house, pumps and The en-.
tire present apparatus can be utilized
In this layout
Cost $500 900.
The first cost of this plant Will
be 14sOO,0O0 In round numbers.
! That figure Is "A little high. / am sat
isfied, both from tho result OF the
estimate OF the many engineers thnt
have been over it, and also from the
contractors who have examined the
ground and the plans, that the plant
can be built for smaller sum.
Il will not attempt to give YOU,
unless you desire. the itcnizvd A'atv.
mcnt here. II has been published
ana. OF course, II Is contained iu the
reports on file here Ia the city jail
Suffice It 10 say that the large Item
IL the conduit amounting To $1,000.
900. This conduit. built Hs ! say, of
reinforced concrete, Will carry more
than sufficient wafer for your pur-
poses and will last indefinitely I
nave records hero. and they are on
Tile with your city authorities. uf
conduits that have been built in "a
.likO manner and have been in acrv-
ice for over 30 years without fail-
ure, and even without repairs It
is sufficiently strong 10 more than
carry me pressurCg that viii come
upon II. but as "A prcCaution Tor safe
~ we have allowed IN the estimate
that wherever NhG prcssurcs shall he
over 100 feet we shall use cast iron.
Cast iron will also bee used az all the
river crossings ana at all points, as At
the pumping station. where there
Will be greater prossurcS due to
pulsauons OF tho pumps.
Tan Ibc Easily checked
II anyone has any question as
10 the safety and the durability Of
This type OF construction It ls "A
simple matter To check 10, 49, there
are hundreds OF them In the United
states at the present time, as well as
IN Canada and In Mexico Such con-
dults have been built IN varying
temperatures and varying prcssurcs
Ihoy have built al points where the
temperature was hotter and colder
than In Tulsa, and they have stood
the test OF tine. AS YOU know. con
crete becomes stronger aA time goes
by, your contractor would give you
guarantee during the first period
OF Its lite. and having passed that
first year or two the pipe has passed
Us critical period, II there N one
Your CONTRACTORS. am sure, will he
perfectly willing, II he be the right
Kind, 10 guarantee you against
cracks. breaks or leaks and any such
difficulty that might occur would
create an expense for him and not
the city
The operation ot the plant is Ger
tainly simple. There Is no motive
power that is any more simple than
the hydro-clectric. You have the
water wheels and the generators
You have a man TO look out for the
plant md the gates But there Is
no fuel and no expense that Is al
tached to the handling ~ fuel.
Cost "a Gents Thousand
The cost Of delivering the water
to the city Of Tulsa, estimating we
will say on tho basis ~ ten million
gallons per day. which Shy the way
is more than you are using now put
lis not much more anyway than you