Putnam patriot., 1927-03-25
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[. brought to the attention of f-.er i-s council our immediate needs as llls ss8 outlined in our report, so the s-.reH requested the commisslonefs
 .tr sn investigation and 10 SUD t' aIsr 10 improve the system. nis considerable amount of
 and consulting. Mir, Symonds, ssa5i 54 worked with the former com z-.==sers y - being man who has had #==.=#.... experience in water works and recognized as high class ,e4-.5lir engineer. on Jan. D, 1926, ll 'i.. omitted to the council a plan 'l.a- as Symonds' first plan.
 Three Propositions
 f. .bis plan. we submitted three
 ...sitions. some of which we R.ssh lRssi,5.ht should be adopted immedi- s,sly .,s With our Altering plant a-d jumping system in good con s. 4..-.- the first and most im- 1sFrsnf change to be made should
 our storage. Without that, ska other proposition would be ssslssa Our plan called for 2,OOO,- nm gallon storage basin to be con .,.5,ssed on Richmond hill plot that bs4 keen purchased for that purpose. Ts5s basir was to be of re-enforced '.sgrete l22 feet in diameter, 22 l-2 f.ss nigh to the water line. with a .54#-ete top and a five foot concrete ,...z=ssop across the bottom SO as to .srpslt changing the reservoir for zfasHiug without emptying 1t entire ls This would permit retaining ss#at 25O. 900 gallons while work was hons done thereby always leaving Us : rs58 margin of safety if fire should 5#=6f at such time The estimated sst af the reservoir. including the z.st-sH inch main to Sabin street, Is s45.s45.92 This the commissioner commended should be adopted in-
 HTately. This would strengthen
 present service to quite an eX=
 aH account of the higher eleva- aH which would give us tWenty-One luis more pressure.
 The second proposition called for tH- continuation 0f our sixteen inch nan from the wooden mill office on psmfret street to the corner of Main street with twelve inch main from t4aFe to the corner of Providence ..reet thus strengthening what we considered the most important part for protection of our city's chief busi- ness district The estimated cost of tHis pian was Si9,522.
 The third proposition was to con HHae on Providence and School sEreets to Mechanics street with ten inch main at an estimated cost of S4..fg.Ss. making a total of SEA- at for the three projects.
 For Economy
 w there was d thought that came
 III the line of economy that, v5t the proper storage capacity We
 be able to run our pumping
 sith one shift by fitting gp the i5iit chambers of our Altering | 5ar thus doing all our pumping in
 day time Although this was in- hied in our report. after making
 Haugh studies and finding that the
 af that would be S9. POT 50. We s=aH decided, after looking at the ae from all angles that 1t would s be practical. we discarded that
  The total to $134.154.S0. so the real mount Co be considered if the three aHst projects embodied in our report had been ordered installed. the esti- mated cost would have been SPA 94730 instead of s150.000 as il has siways been quoted.
 We shall explain the way this amount of SI50.000 was arrived at. The commissioners decided that if the council or the citizens at the city meeting deemed 1t proper to make the improvements according to the plan submitted, including the changing of the filters, we could ask permission of the Legislature to issue $50, GOO worth of bonds in order to have some thing to take care of any eXigencies that may arise. without obligating us 10 spend that amount if not necessary. Whilst the commissioners realize the importance of economy. still We did not deem it was wise to sacrifice eff eiency and permanency in our i'm provements to save few dollars. We still feel that we were as fully justi. fed ih asking permission for the is- suanee of Sl50.000 in bonds for an expenditure of S134.154.00 as the Issuing of $135, ,000 for the eXpendi- ture of the $l00. 900 plan as recently recommended by the council commit tee and approved by the council. But We must not forget that the real mount Go be considered if all pro |ects that were recommended by the commissioners had been ordered in- tailed would have been according to the estimate of Sl24,947 after We had discarded the idea of putting the two Idle filter beds in operation, and thIs matter was fully explained to the entire council at a regular meet jae of that body. when we submitted sat first report.
 Concrete Approved
 W wish to say at this point that concrete reservoirs rather than steel stand pipes are the accepted and ap- proved method of water storage ia cities of this size when there IS the proper elevation so as to have it en- tirely in the ground.
 We have always kept in mind the importance of having our plans ln- dorsed by the N F.. Insurance EN- change They set the rates of in- surance and it is necessary to have their approval to keep the insurancess rates normal CT to get a reduction if possible and the following letter is