Show supply pipe crawls last week it was discovered that the large 42 inch pipe which supplies the water for helpers municipal hydro electric plant waa was slowly amov moving ing toward the power house with a force estimated by engineers at fifty tons this threatened to do great damage to the machinery of the plant unless immediate steps were taken to stop it upon the advice vice of engineer R L lund called because of the absence of the regular engineer it was decided to put in an enormous concrete block around the pipe line containing 1000 cubic feet and extending ten feet below the surface of the ground which no doubt will hold bold the pipe in position this work has just been completed by etor harris from price it was also found necessary due ti to the weight eight of the water itself against the wheel 15 tons to put a ate anchor with turnbuckles on the anchor rods right at the wheel to hold it against the tile heavy surges of the water with these two anchors in city electrician hart has again packed his swimming suit and sleeps more restfully helper times |