Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1958-07-02
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operative Pinch meters be re-
moved and repaired.
The letter of reply sent by
Corbett to the Town Board Is as
follows:
June 80, 1858
Commissioners of the Town of
Tabor City,
Tabor City.
North Carolina.
Gentlemen:
We have your resolution from
a special meeting of the Town
Commissioners on June 26, 1858.
in behalf of Corbett Canning
Company, Inc. and/or Cecil
Corbett, at the request of/or for
the Tabor City Merchants As
sociation.
We shall try to answer this to
the best of our ability as to the
requirements of extra water
needed for the Corbett Canning
Company, Inc. to carry on our
Operations in a normal and safe
manner.
First, there was never a de-
mand made to the Town of Tab
or City, only a request for adj
ditional water to carry out GER
tain procedures during a norm
al days operation.
In order for us to have an
additional supply of water, we
considered this matter from all
angles. As this water was need
ed only for a short period of
time at intervals during the day,
and also due to the fact that a
contract had been let for a deep
well 10 be installed for us, we
had thought that the cheapest
procedure for all concerned was
to connect with a fire plug in
front of our building as we did
in the Fall of 1857. We already
had the connections on the fire
plug and had made the connec-
lions to our main water line in
TO our plant, taking to mind that
this would not necesSitate a met
er on the part of the Town OF
Tabor City.
Frequently. the question ha:
arisen as to how much additional,
water our requirements Woulc
be. Due to the fact that this wat
er is not used from the fire plug
continuously but is used only to
boost our pressure or supply al
the peak of our load during the
day, we could only estimate what
we thought would be the maxi
mum number of gallons that we
would need. However, due tc
the fact that there is only a two
inch outlet installed to the fire
plug, and also a two-inch inlet
and valve to our main line, there
could pass a maximum of only
one hundred thirty gallons pei
minute. This was SubStantiatcd
by us when we measured a pas
sage of water through a two
1
inch line under approximately
thirty pounds of pressure on the
intake. This approximation was
verified by other sources.
This being the case, instead OF
us using the estimated two hun
dred and fifty gallons per min
ute, there would be need for US
to have only the one hundred
and thirty gallons per minute
However, the above mention u
one hundred and thirty gallons
per minute extra water would
be needed only as stated above
periodically during the norma
days operation and would not
be needed continuously. We
would like for the above explain
alton to cover both paragraphs
one and two of your resolution
In answer to paragraph numb.
or three of said resolution, w,
told Mayor Howard HarrClsor
that any time we were drawing
water to the extent that il would
Ilmperil the safety of the Town
of Tabor City and its residents
he was to notify us and we
would discontinue all operation;
as quickly as possible until tho
water supply was again restored
in the tank TO where it was safe
for us TO continue our opera.
tons. We might add that durinf
the Fall of 1857, there was G
fire at the Brady Motor Com
pany. Knowing they were or
the same water line as we. i'm
mcdiatcly we ceased all opera.
tions of our cannery and shut
down completely, drawing very
little water, il any, until this fire
was under control. This wa.
done without a request from
anyone.