Putnam patriot., 1926-04-02
CITY ENGINEER GIVES
 FACTS ON WATER PLANT

tisns in .he hasinezs section. Other sections near the larger mills would be provided for by the laying of short lines
 Doetn't Anticipate
 Mr. Perry wished to make 20 state uerts ab9ut the reservoir or tank. a5 he did aat Wish 70 anticipate the re- port Of tae consulting engineer. Re gardirz 1ls estimates as furnished the Common Council. be believes them reasonable consistent and lH accord ance wifh recent prices for such work. He state. .nat his statements have been uisegE trued and .n some eases, rnisquoted. and that his report, pre- sentea tg che Common Council. March { was in writing and on record Co be seen by anyone wishing fer the facts.
 The estimates of S5O. .0e0 for 100, 900 gallons storage and new pipes given by hm does not include the renovation Of the piping system otrer than on Livery and Richmond street, Front and School. and for 100 feet on Mechanics street. lt seems i'm oeratiye. says Mir Perry, that the pipe on Front street be increased from si1 ta Len inches to supply the southeast portion of the city in case If failure of the present eight inch pipe nov under the railroad tracks at the station.
 Not Makeshift
 Mr Perry 1oes not eoH=lt. plan q HazezhTft or sub t4= Hss or compromise If a aa3 af az ration. f. fIIly H.Es zH 5he re ilis-- ments. s8s.4t all diIeu .iss. and get can GOT put one Lhrd t a#tt == =H= cost of the f Eeen # the city a5 tier=lIee iu prze 2.
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 interests of sound govern
 economics To HeediessiF
 4 aaca lesser sum will suiilee
 here l. a question whether stor- arg of uHe million gallons x essential The aaaallty represents the daily cof sumption of the city. 4 quarter of the quantity might answer the blli since a the pumping station threa pumps with a com blned delivery power 1f over four millions gallons in twenty four hours are amply able to cope with any possible eNigenc. However. should the greater storage be des4f-a. along the other points in= eluded u ui- plan Mir Perry estimaJ es that the total would not be over S15 ono regardless whether the uf. ditiona 4ukz be erected eu paE Hli or Bate Hlll
 N5t Desirable Feature
 The proposed reservoir on Rich maud HI seems to lack | single de sirabIc feature The advantages t 0os4es5s- arc not strictly such. but fo5ssssEd n reater degree by the present Ia convey the water ia the feeders. II =@aul4 be neeezs ry to laF p5ne Hua sf LOO feet bF winch #5Hae tuu#t or per an would b. arp rd
 Ine elevation aae= Hut freammHa Hae thg erazlgi. .lHee practically tH= tHe Tlaxafff# JH5sI ht 0HtaHHrd VII b tauas ar Oak H Bates Hills Another dls. aretIy important point Chat must b. eons defca + fhe question of Funi5c Hcalth In namhet uf dead ends heretofore mentioned. and winch some day mu=t be abolished are a menace to pubac health The water settling iii fhesr ends Is not pure water Fl hort tune and at best very stagnaai water The prapo~ed line from the pumping station Co the Richmond hiH reservoir would do nothing 10 remedy fhis condition, whereas, under present circumstances. the geographical posi- tions of the Oak Hil tank and the pumping station on opposite sides oi nt cIfv allows tne circulation oi the freshly pumped water