New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1922-01-12
PROPOSED DAM PLAN
STRONGLY SCORED
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above ground--this allowing for the
present dam Of 20 feet. The costs VIII
be enormous, Mr., Kehoe states, ana
he questions whether the ground
would stand such dam.
Former Mayor Quigley, who was
present during much of the boring,
was fearful lest that operation In IT.
self might be too much for th9 dam
to stand and the disturbance>woul
cause 1t to give away.
The installment which calls for the
construction of pumping stations at
Bristol. having been completed, the
next project to be taken up Is the one
discussed above.
Engineers Report.
The following description OF this in
stallment is given in Hazen's report.
"Raising Shuttle Meadow reservoir,
including main dam, new outlet tun-
mel and control works. dixie at upper
end; clearing and cleaning additional
area to be overlooked; the dam being
made of more than usual thickness,
and arranged with reference to being
further raised; floor line at elevation
345; capacity 5000 million gallons,
being 1900 million gallons increase
over the present capacity.
Big Expense Items.
"1he various items entering into
this work together with their costs
are
Tunnel through trap rock around
end Of present dam, new dam and be-
yond present construction, distance
of 1900 feet, 100000.
Gate house and two intakes at
higher levels, $4,000.
Stripping site $1,000 cubic yards,
the materials going into embank-
ments, s3s,50o.
Cutoff work to depth of 80 feet,
for the present allowance, 100000.
"Embankment below present sur
face. $4,000.
"Riprap of trap rock, 16, 400 square
yards, costing $4,000,
"Embankment above present sur
face Of ground including clay puddle
core or equivalent, the section being
large enough to carry added height,
s675,00
Seeding lower slope, $4,000.
-Four and one-half miles of new
roads, s92,50o.
Fences and walls, $4,000.
Moving of keepers house and
barns, $3,000.'
Clearing 1852 acres for flooding,
$4,000.
Erection of small auxiliary reser-
voir for canal water and wastes
$4,000.
Repairs to canals, SIS, 900.
/ $91 900 For Pump.
Electric pumping to pump water
| from canals back into Shuttle Meadow
reservoir and also pump water from
the bottom of Shuttle Meadow reser-
voir to maintain the head. $4,000.
Pipe line from Plainville to Shut
tie Meadow reservoir, s374,000.
New pipe line from Shuttle Mea-
dow to New Britain. $4,000.
Piping to give full CONNECTIONS te
present pipe. 100000.
Cost is Enormous.
Total cost of operations, $2,049,'
500; engineering and contingencies
Is per cent s307,50O. Estimate FOL
second installment, $2,357,3o0. The
total capacity to this point will be H.
100000 gallons per day."
Greater Storage Reservoir
Discussing the construction of
| greater storage reservoir at Shuttle
Meadow, Mr.. Hazen says
Shuttle Meadow is a natural basir
almost surrounded with high walls O.
trap. The floor of the enclosed val
ley is almost fiat. The present reser
voir is formed by relatively low dam
by building a higher dam the capac
ity of the reservoir can be increased
Surveys were made to determine
the capicity of the reservoir and tn
dimensions of dam to raise tn
water so feet above Its present level
1t was found that this will increas
the storage in this reservoir alone t
the required 100000 gallons and vii
permit a delivery in excess of the l
millions per day that was taken as
starting point.
1.-THE dam site is between masses o
trap rock at either end. The few Dor
ings that were made disclosed re-
sandstone rock underneath the site a
depth of about SO feet below tn
present floor of the valley. Thes
borings were not numerous enoug
to develop all the underground con
} ditions, and further borings along tn
center line Of the proposed dam sit
will be needed before plans can b
made"
Sees Trouble in Byistol.
net< Il
, the wells at Bristol, Mr.. Kehoe state
, that the objections Of one taxpayer
that city would make them useles
and cost the city thousands Of dollar
He claims that the city approache
the recent legislature with a redue'
for rights in Bristol. These right
he states, were never given. On tn
account, it lies within the power
any Bristol taxpayer to have an II
function issued restraining the Gil
from drawing water in Bristol.
Economical Problems.
Discussing the financial phase
/. the well proposition, Mr.. Kehoe poin
: out that the engineer is drawing
per cent of a minimum we'll operate
4 of $4,000 1t is possible that b'
- $40, 900 will be expended while II
h engineers stipend will be under tn
arrangement, $4,000
:, Doubts Worth of Plan.
Mr.. Kehoe cited numerous II
r stances of water development projec
. by means of wells that have failed
= other cities. In the city of Lowe
g Mass, he stated, an engineering con
pany agreed to supply the city Wi
200 600 gallons of water d;