The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-05-20
PROBLEM
SOLVED BY
CITY UNION

~..,oalv illustrated BY diagram
A. e-,,-t on the water situation III
1ya,,,r,ond was delivered to the Ous
- -,,,,rAsstonal men of Hamnnoho a.
- --,.,,,1,, luncheon held in the ChalHD
C.omnerce rooms yesterday noun
Tobn Ericsson. consulting enslh
r-htcago Eliminating some Oh 'IAo
--.-,h.rsone detail, Mr.. Ericsson sp'A0
= 18Th on the few most salient points
= ~ considered. and although some
$50 handicapped by the small ainou"N
u .,r,e allowed him, gave very Com
--Anensive and easily understood
Fort. .ba re-
-. was the various recommendations
~rreested by Mr.. Ericsson "h'ch =
.do~,tad would make the Hammond Wa
e. sx,stsu the most modern ana com
v,Le.e on the Great Lakes
-9amroond. 1t appears, is city %
a.s+tnv." said Mr.. Ericsson. ne cry
800 a wholesome and abundant water
.B,nnlv. and the system I have sus
rested will give It TO you.
49, nresent water intake, scoorolhe
tha report. Ia barely sufficient lot
.-.-a-s use and should any emergency
go which would require an unusual
r-7o,,n4 of water, the present system
--,n,,1d Ia inadequate 70 supply H.
l., the second place, the pumps are
80 too high, requiring an abnormal
,tf. xvhich results in loss Of pressure
In the suggested improvements me
-,,,rzna viii be set lower. adding mucn
10 the pressure in the city.
rha CITY should have one large We'll
r,ob automatically removes SAND ana
IL From, the water. This Is accom-
r,,sbed bv the same principle when
c.psAs aediment in a. dish TO settle IN
,he center when the water is stirred
I'm q circular motion. Specially con-
.,r,c+ad valves accomplish this IN the
rror-osed new well by stirring the wat
or and the result VIII be the elimina-
80, 81 practically all of the solid mat
ter with which the presest water IS
,nrasted This eliminatios IS further
snacted by drawing the water from the
ron Of the tank, where 1t IS clearest-
Tina avster1 Will also need g. new boil
nr and the present one may be used in
emergencies. tn present intakes are
adequate for the present.
For the transmission mains. through
which the water passes ON ft's way TO
vba city. Mr. Ericsson recommended
wood stave pipes. steel banded. These.
he said. would give excellent service
gor fifty years and would save the CITY
x125.OOO over cast iron piping
Another mnendation was that a
s4eIief tank be installed TO guppltmenr
nhe new we'll. because II would insure
UNINTERRUPTED service should the pumps
hsuspend operations for any reason.
one of the first things TO be dons
MwR1en the work begins, Will be a water
survey covering the pipes throughout
the city, inorder 10 detect leaks which
result in the loss of pressure.
The most important feature OF the
proposed nav system is that IL can be
sAdded TO from time TO time, with slight
additional expense
Mr. Ericsson called the attention Of
the audience to the main which in cap
Ped near 18th street, Robertsdale
draws it's supply from tkis main II
Il were Immediately connected with The
transmission mains leading TO the city
the result would be an addition Of ten
pounds pressure at once,
The thing which Afr. EhicSon mos;
strongly recommends and which he says
would be the very best system for the
region, is the analgamation Of Ham.
Knond. whiting and East Chicago 81
far as the water system is concerned
II a lake tunnel were built at least -four
miles out. and extended either to tbs
center of population with a common
pumping station. or 20 each OF ths
towns named. each with her own sta
ton. then these three cities would have
the most modern water system known
The supply would be pure and more thar
adequate.
The largest crowd ever attending the
weekly luncheon was present at the
talk, and the greatest interest was
manifested IN the report,