The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-03-25

T2e s1s-zIls1fo1 % that Lorg-
aseted rs5re zn6 the new T-so5z1
Eh7ca 5ssgsr recently Was aecCn-
+ PIkEas6 ~ the wafer WORKS Las. 1fgh-
with the -1fEtf1un OF trouble To the
{ pec1le ~ Keokuk Dy Superintendent
Seaman.
After doing al me digging in ad-
ra1ce, tae Ez1t- WE EhE1 off the
city Al O'Clock with ringing %
fire bells 70 make everybody rezne-1-
Der the notice given,
The vzIve ~as gEt Il first, and
then the mater could be pumped
through t1s e5ght-inca main going
down Water street 70 come MP the
blGff, and while this gave water AZ
f2ucetE, the pressure vas very low
But since water would co-ne when
faucet vas opened. nobody cared
TaEch how little pressure was be-
hind f.
The installation Of the valve Al
5owed the replacement Of The big
T. Joint while one parap was running.
End pToyed that the water famine Of
that Sunday would not hage oc-
Cured IL the Valve between the
pumps had been placed there forty
Year, ago, when the works were
Duilt, or At any time since.
4 Big Job Done Quickly.
The work Of taking out the tenn
porary straight pipe and putting in
the new T-toint was q longer job
than installing the valve, and it was
not completed until this afternoon.
Then everything was back 10 normal
again, and better than ever, for never
again can Keokuk be entirely with
out water. unless some great cata-
clysm occurs.
Superintendent Scanlan worked all
night with his men on the job. The
lead wiping Of the joints in the
14-inch T-toint installed Is big and
careful task.
The water went off a few minutes
after Z o'clock last evening, and at
1913 o'clock this morning the pres
cure began to rise in the pipes UP
town, after the mains were filled. 1t
rose steadily for forty-fiye minutes
and then dropped until o'clock this
morning, being off entirely from then
until O'Clock this morning. when 1t
came on 10 stay. All forenoon there
was twenty pounds Of pressure at the
city hall, and az soon as the last
joint was finished tIlis afternoon, the
pressure rose TO normal.
Filling City System.
II takes a lot Of water 10 fill the
entire water system of the city Of
Keokuk when 1t has been drained
dry, as il was last night The filling
this time was through a smaller
main, while the larger main was be-
ing fixed at the water works.
When the pump was started, the
water began To fill the pipes uptown,
and the lover levels we're OF course
filled first, while it was several hours
before the higher parts Of town had
water in the faucets. I
Friends tclephoning early in the
found that one house had
water and the other waE still dry.
Long after water was coming out OF
the faucets az The Gate City build
ng, people were telephoning to ask
when the water would come back
IN people vino live in high parts OF
own.
Providing For the Famine.
People generally provided for the
water famine Of the night and early
morning by filling the teakettIe,
.onne buckets, several stew pans in
he kitchen, and occasionally wash
ub in the cellar.
At the hotel Iowa, all the bath
ubg and waghbowls were filled,
'iCcher Of drinking water was placed
D every room. In addition, every
DOM had new, little brown jug
al Of water; some guests who had
card rtIrnors and reports OF Keo-
uk's proximity to Warsaw, drank
ut Of the jug instead Of the pitcher,
nd put IT down with plain disap- I,
ointment written on their faces.
Several arriving guests te1ephoned ]
be office Indignantly that the maids
ad not emptied the bath and wash ]
owl since the room was vacated and :,
ad the peculiar condition explained '