The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-06-29
y. u. CHESTER ENGINEERS OF
PITTSBURGH 21So EEcoMMEND
ADDITIONAL. RESERVOIR AT
JoNATHAN'S RAvrNE
Letter Tells OF investigation and FIND
Angs In Detan-aarden Site
the Best Available

In letter TO Mayor Thomas +.
IThoner. CRY Manager Charles II. Dow
her and members OF city council the j.
Is. Chester Engineers OF Pittsburgh
Iemptoyed by the city Of wheeling 10
supervise ALI work IN connection with
the building OF the S@.0n0.00o Alteration
plant recommend the centralizing OF
the entire pumping and altering taciit-
HES on the Garden site In Warwood
and the use ~ steam ~ power.
The engineers also make recommen-
da;!ons for an additional reservoir to
he located at the head OF Jonathan
rayfne tus, below Nichols road. and the
location OF the intake pier.
The following letter was written by
the engineers:
Mayor. City Manager and Council.
''Wheeltng. W. va.
Gentlemen:
You. BY your recent vote. haTiaE
settled the question OF the source OF
your water supply and made available
funds FOR the rebuilding and extension
ioC YOUR plant. including means Tor pur'-
Tying. our task from that date begins
with the location OF the Intake which
also couples with II a location tor pump
station and filtration plant.
Location
Con sider!ng these Items together.
two locations appeared logical and no
were investigated. They are what is
known a. the Garden and the Stenger
farms and in connection with these
locations We also studied the problem
or whether We should employ electric
rs A whole or IN part ss the motive
power. and we can do no better than
place before YOU the estimates oc cost
and the fixed charges and operating
expenses FOR each. which have guided
US IN our fnal conclusion.
You will note from the attached
table that with electrical low service
pumping machinery and the rebuilding
~ YOUR present station FOR high service
duty. the construction cost favors the
Garden site over the Stenger site 10
the extent OF. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Us ,t"p
and the annual fSed charges and
operating expenses favor this 10
cation bv ,.................. $500
per anrum.
With an entire new steam
high and low service plant To-
rnted a. one OF the two sites
above mentioned. the Garden site
- still the favor!te on construc-
lion cost by................... 10000
and on annual axed charges AL
operating expenses hy.......... h5.c
All Of the above has prompted us 70
recommend the purchase Of the Garden
farm slte. which recommendation W.
understand you have already acted
upon.
Pumping Plant and Power.
The next problem confronting US Is
.he type OF plant and the motive power
"a be employed. the decision IN regard
10 which IL effected only by those three
columns OF figures on the attached
table relating to the Garden Farm and
from which you viii note that IN the
computations IN which electric power
IL employed. We have been guided by q
proposition. which Ia made a part Of
this report. by the Wheeling Electric
company. The essentials OF the contract
consist Of time limit or but ten years;
mercy FOR low service pumping alone
to be on tn" basis OF present day prices
Of coat. l2c per XIV. hour. this rate
Ia vary. however "a they may. permit
ted by the Public Service Commission.
see ft 10 charge: combined high and
low service power at a special rate.
which We And averages .S5c per NV.
hour. conditioned. however. that trans
formers and transformer station shall
he furnished by the City OF Wheeling
who must also maintain and operate
said transformers: and the current TO
he measured prior to being transformed
and the consequence losses OF trans
formation. borne by the City OF Wheel
ing. all OF which has been taken into
account by our computations giving
the results shown in the last column
OF the attached table.
Up TO Commission
From remarks made by the Electric
company officials We deem II not un-
likely that rather than have you adopt
steam as a MOTIVE power they would
concede the construction cost OF the
transformer station. which concession
would not. however, materially alter
tinsl results.
You. however. understand with re-
spect TO rates that regardless OF con-
tractural relations, this matter Is en-
tirely In the hands OF your Public
Service Commission who can at any
decrease the rates charged. providing
IN their opinion. fairness 10 all con-
cerred justifies such action.
In the attached table tho first double
heading implies the construction. at
either location studied Of an electric
ally actuated low service pump station
and a filter plant, the rebuilding OF
the present boiler plant. and addition
al pumping machinery in the existing
station with the filtered water flowing
by gravity from the filters to the pres
ent station.
The heading OF the second double
column anticipates the construction OF
a steam actuated low service pumping
plant and In connection Herewith a
high service pumping plant also aetu-
ated by steam to which the present
.Allis pump would be moved and re-
erected and supplemented by a new
steam turbine driven centrifugal. high
service unit having a capacity Of 20
million gallons daily.
The last column intends a station
where high and low service would be
combined at tho filter plant as above
described but instead OF utilizing the
present Allls as one OF the high serv-
ice units. the entire equipment would
be new and electrically driven.
TIA Rixsd Charges.
In compiling operating costs FOR
steam actuated machinery we have
made liberal use OF the results being OBJ
tained by your present plant, modifying
them for Sdouble pumping and other
changed conditions.
Assuming the Garden Farm "a the
fixed location, you will note from the
totals OF construction costs In the at
tsched table that while the electrically
driven combined plant il $4,000
cheaper than an electric low service
pIant with the present steam plant re-
facilitated for high service. and S25l,-
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