South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-08-25
USE METER IN FINAL
TRIAL OF TEST WELL
See Feasibility of Plan to Get
Sufficient Water Supply
for City.

/ with the installation Tuesday OF
q huge water meter with which TO
measure the water obtained. final
tests OF the experiment well Of tho
city water works on Sample and
Olive SITS. were continued over
Wednesday and probably Thursday.
/ Pumping operations. which were
started a week ago and scheduled 10
continue until 10 o'clock Wednesday
morning. completing a continuous
| l6S-hour test, were temporarily
shut down Tuesday to permit the in
stallation or the meter and 10 equip
the apparatus with a larger pulley
TO permit OF a maximum pumping
I by the electric motor which furnish
es the power.
Pumping was resumed after a few
hours shutdown and a flow esti-
mated at between 700 and 500 gall
Ions minute is now being brought
forth from the we'll After a as
hour running OF the pump there
is no marked recession or the static
head Of the water, the source Of the
long desired water supply for the
southwest sections Of the city will
nave been ascertained and the water
works engineers will be able TO re-
port their tests finally marked with
success. according to water works
officials
Supt. Luther, OF the water works
said the vicinity Of this well will see
the building Of a pumping station
having a capacity Of about $780,
10
near future. if predictions on the
action Of the test well prove correct.
Feasibility Seen.
I'VE have beer watching the head
of a we'll drilled 125 feet from the
we'll from which we are pumping"
declared Mr.. Luther. Water in this
other we'll is holding its head and
has not been lowered more than
three feet by the pumping Of the
last week.
Our best calculations at this
time show the feasibility OF sinking
about 10 or II ten-inch wells and
from which one station should be
able 10 draw about 5000, 900 gallons
daily"
The success of the we'll at Sample
and Olive SITS, will temporarily at
least, further drilling for water by
the water works engineers. Luther
said. To obtain additional water
supply for the districts Of the city
which are at present, owing largely
to their elevation and distance from
the north pumping station, INSULT
GENTLY supplied and which report
that during the summer months
when sprinkling OF lawns draws
heavily upon the water supply prac-
tically no pressure is obtained. sew
eral tests the past few months have
been made.
Previous Tests Fail.
Drilling was begun at a point near
the vicinity Of Sample and Walnut
SITS, where only sand was struck.
but no gravel A we'll was then
sunk 500 feet to the westward with
the same negative result. After try
| ing for water 1 900 feet from the
first point, with no success, drilling
was resumed at Beck Lake, near the
Lake Shore right-of-way. Wells
were sunk on both sides of the lake
with the result that only SAND WAS
obtained. A 10-inch well was sunk
near the lake across the railroad
tracks which also proved negative
SO far as striking gravel was con-
cerned. At all Of these points where
wells were sunk. plenty of water
was obtained but not the necessary
gravel from which successful pump
ing is necessary.
After these preliminary tests. the
engineers returned to Sample and
Walnut SITS, where a test showed 50
feet Of gravel. Pumping and chem
ical analysis proved satisfactory and
as a result conclusive seven day
test was planned which today is
Tearing conclusion.