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Show The Water System. Mr. Lel'rohon, tho civil engineer whom tho City authorities employed to make tho surveys and estimates for -the the putting In of the now water system has completed tho survey and prcse-at-cd a report of his findings to tho Committee Com-mittee on Water works. It is an ablo document, as far wo aro competent to judge, and contains a fund of information, informa-tion, whloh is of absorbing interest to to any ono who Is interested in the Installing In-stalling of a water fcystem. llut Its length provents us from publishing it, although it ought to bo In tho hands of every ono of our people. The plan which is recometulcd is to take the water from tho creek in n canal about 3000 feet long to a filter which is to bo iipido as follows first a layer of charcoal, next a layqr of coarse sand, nnd last a layer of broken stone. From tho filter the water will paw directly Into tho Kesorvqlr which to bold a twenty four hour supply for tho present population of the city, will Have to be CO feet squaro on tho bottom and 0 feet deep. Tho water will be conveyed from tho reservoir tq the city aud along first South sttoot to third wott street iu nu eight inch pipe, and another eight inch pipe will extend from the main pipe down Main street to the City Hull, tho entire length of tills slzo of pipe required will be 003S feot. The rest of the pipe will be four loch pipe, of which the toUl length required will b 19,8(10, making in all 0,301 feet of pipe for the entire system. sys-tem. The proposition Is to run four inoli pipe down first and second Kast streets to first North street, and also down third and fotu th Hast streets as fur as canter street aud along cantor street to counoct with tho pips tliat runs down mjuoiiiI Hast street. On the woHt sldo qf Main street .the pipes are to run down ilr&t west street to first North Street, and down third West street to first North street. Second Wost btreot from center street Nortli will bo supplied by a plpo inter seeting witli the pipe tliat runs down first Wost fctroet, but tho uppor part of that street is not provided for in the plan; which seems lo us to bo a serious oversight or omission. From third West street along first Nortli street to tho eight inch pipe on main street a four inoli pipe will run to complete the circulation to that point, and from there a four Inoh pipe will run to the creek to clean tho whole system. In the matter of expense much depends de-pends upon the kind of pipe used, cast BBHBHBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBi ii mi r n i -anJU i , . ' ' ' imf 'pipifigJfpinojm'pnWct fmv tvoottyt. pipe belnfj tho Jdtvost prloe'i' the pstlmateB ranging fronj 9!j.M!S f" east iron pipe- t0 Sl53 fq'r woboVn pipe. The kind of plpo repommended by tho engineer, Is ho Sjplralifciui'i IU reteil pipe 'with flanged Joint, tIiich he says, in flew of tho. faot that' it i" "Throughy asphalted inside and out' Is nem,1y1 durable as tljo past iron plpe.Tho ooe't of this ptp is et no.vii In the estimate at821.ei)f. far t)c eti'ire ystetn. These estimates hicludq not qnly (ie plpo, but nil tho other incidents to tin completion of tho work, Tho odici items in the pitlmatea. besides tho coht of the plpo nro Oanal and Ultor Sl'iooo, Itcacrvolr $1,300. haying pipe ptof."ill Fitting 11833. thc,o expenses arutl.e same no matter which ljind of pipe l used. T'o report further' pays that It it Is impraqtablq to do tho whole of th work at first, tho whole of- tho eight inch plpo can bo put in, the filter nud reservoir made, a 1 Inch plpo fr6m flr-t south street along third Vest to tho Normal school, and a 1 Inch pipe from frst Nortli street to the creclc, for 810 171. this ostlmate includes (Wo hydrants. hydra-nts. In oouoIubIoii tho gentleman vconi ends tho lotting of the work to responsible respon-sible contractors, rather than that the filty do it Itself, as it wijl bo done better bet-ter and ohcaper. The wisdom of the counull In selecting it competent man to make this survey hud Ofitiriate is apparent to anV'onc who will (al the trouble to read Mr. Lcl'rohqu's re port. i . . |