The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-13
ATTY SWELTERS
And WATER USE
BEATS RECORDS
Am Output Increases and Costs
Run High-Regulations
Cited.

win Rock Island sweltering the
.,,v waterworks is pumping more
'..r than ever before IN the his
- of Rock Island. Incidentally
extremely hot weather is cost
sns ne department an additional
eze day, $500 a month for oper-
alton.
IA ana gallons daily, but this has
~ increased 100000 to 1000, 200
gallons. - at.
sss ESQ, 900 gallons. The lowest
- some days was 4,700,000 gal
Ions.
.-5sns lawns and to wet down
st-ssts and around premises in ef-|
sort to reduce suffering from the
heat. =
sarge of the waterworks, estimates
.hat the extra coal used and the
nrrifying chemicals is costing the
city $50 day.
Mr.. Murrin warns the public of
-ules governing spr1nkling.
AT all places where meters are
,rstalled hose may be used at any
hnur. but where there are no me-
tars and rents are paid on the fiat
rate basis the hours for sprinklilg
are set from 6 to O'Clock in The
morning and from 6 to S o'clock in
the evening. Persons on the fat
rate basis who use sprinklers out
side of the hours named are liable
TO arrest
Supply Is Ample.
The city waterworks is amply
ah|e to care for any situation, but
10 meet the costs of operation the
department must curtail waste of
water. This is done where there
are meters installed, but with rents
paid on the fat rate basis hours
fixed by ordinance must be OBJ
served.
While all records for daily use of
water have been broken with a
pumpage of over 100000 gallons,
the waterworks plant can easily
supply 5000, 900 gallons a day.
Even with the huge amount of
water being used the department
claims to be able to take care of al
most any fire situation There are
three pumps at the Twenty-fourth
street station, where water is pump
ed from the river One of the pumps
has a capacity of 100000 gallons
every "a hours and the other two
pumps have capacities of 100000
gallons each. Two of them must
be in good condition at all times 10
give the city fire protection. The
other is held as an auxiliary.
At the reservoir on Twenty-fourth
street and Eighteenth avenue there
are two electrically driven pumps of
a capacity of 100000 gallons each.
One of these pumps is new and the
other was If stalled two years ago.
They are used to fill the standpipe
OF 100000 gallons capacity, which
furnishes pressure for the bluff dis
trict and also of the entire dis
trict east of Thirtieth street.
gh pressure must be kept up
N Tia mains east of Thirtieth street
az tlss-e is only one S-inch low pres
bare main in that district The 9TH
sss are 6-inch mains, and because
oi their size require a pressure to
give service in case of fire. Next
year r. or 16-inch low pressure
main will be built in the east end
district, and it will be no longer
necessary to feed the district from
the high pressure standpipe.
Below the bluff and west of Thir-
tieth street gravity pressure is util-
lied, the water flowing from three
big basins at reservoir park. Grav-
ity pressure is ample as there are
several large mains in the bust
ness and west end districts below
the bluffs.
The three supply basins have a
joint capacity of $4,000 900 gallons
and with the standpipe capacity OF
100000 gallons and big pumps in
the best of condition to keep renew
Ing the supply the city is well pro-
tected against fire even above the
amount of water needed for ordin-
airy consumption.
Have no fear over the water
supply, but abide by all regula-
IONS" is Commissioner Murrin' s
final warning