The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-19
New Pipe Line From
Reservoir Is Proposed


expense to be taken care Of In q
bond issue. A blank water bond bill
/" now before the 1897 legislature.
At the present time the city de-
D nds on one pipe line from 1t;
reservoirs In Warren and Morris
Should this line burst, and 1t !;
now AZ years old, the city would be
left almost entirely without water
The only water available from the
East Main reservoir and this sup
ply would be adequate only TO care
for the downtown central part Of
Waterbury.
Mayor Chairman
Mayoh Frank Hayes Is chairman
ex-officio bf the committee on adj
ditional water supply. The men,
beers Of the committee are: City En-
gineer Cairns, Corporation Counsel
Charles 8. O'Connor, Controller
Daniel j. Leary, Attorney Charles
e. Hart, Hugh L. Thompson, E. Q.
Goss, Frederick 8. Chase, Benjamin
Chatfield, william s. Jones, Clifford
F. HOLSTER, Alderman Peter j.
Griffin. Alderman Charles P. Sciullo,
Alderman c. Arthur Dubois and
Works Commissioner James A. Phe-
Ian.
City Engineer Cairns declared TO-
day that a survey OF the present,
single pipe line shows that 1t Is IN
Door condition. A break, while 1t
might not occur for several years,
could happen at any time. The fire
ana health hazard In the city would
be a very serious one, he pointed
out.
Present Line
The present line reaches Water
bury via Thomaston and Reynolds
bridge. The new line would reach
Waterbury via Watertown. The city
void be In a position, II necessary,
to sell water to the town Of Water
u n.
The proposed new line would be
10 miles In length. For between 4
and S miles 1t would be Of 42-inch
pipe and the remainder OF line
would be of SO and 30-inch pipe.
Pressure on the present pipe line,
In view OF its AZ years Of service,
Is very heavy. Records at the office
Of the water department show that
The average pressure from II o.
clock at night to 6 o'clock In the
morning. in other words throughout
the night period, Is 122 pounds.
The average daily pressure Is but
IS pounds.
The line from the East mountain
reservoir is Of only 14-inch pipe.
. he new line would eliminate much
pumping at the Thomson street
and Hecla street stations and In
crease pressure very greatly In the
Bunker Hill, Grandview avenue and
Highland avenue sections. At the
same time. 1t is pointed out by City
Engineer Cairns, the city would be
safeguarded against q serious haz-
ard.
Time Estimated
Construction Of the new line, City
Engineer Cairns said, would take
about three years. This length Of
time Is figured on a gradual expen-
diture OF money by the city. The
expel.se could be spread over a
three-year period and the burden
thus made lighter than II the project
was rushed with all the expense be-
ing dumped into a shorter period OF
time, 1t was explained.
At the present time there Is
blank bill pending in the legislature
introduced By the Waterbury ad-
m.nistration providing for a sale OF
bonds. First the city will ascertain
whether or not the federal govern
ment will grant WPA money for
the project. If such grant Is OBJ
tanned the city will have to foot
only 40 per cent OF the cost Of the
project. This 40 per cent figure will
then be taken care of In a substi-
tute bond bill to be introduced te
the finance committee Of the legis.
lature,