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Show Laying a Water Pipe. I wish to conduct wator In an Inch plpo a dlstanco of about GOO foot. Thero Is a creek which crosses between be-tween tho supply end and tho lowur end, and tho plpo would rcqulro to bo brought under It, as It Is on a lovel, CO feet below the outlet of tho pipe. How much higher would tho uppor end of the plpo have to be than tho lower und to Insure u freo flow ot water? Would six feet ho enough? Tho supply at tho upper end Is a small creek with a good fall and by lengthening tho plpo In that direction I could obtain mora tall. Should thero bo n tnp In tho lowor bund ot tho plpo for flushing? Tho correspondent hero suggests a head of six feet for tun IloW Of wator from tho plpo from A to 11. With n head of six foot nn Inch plpo GOO food long, tho amount of flow would bo, about 200 gallons por hour, provided tho pipe Is kept clean and freo of obstruction. ob-struction. If this amount Is Hulficlcnt for tho purposo to which tho wntor la to bo lined, then It would not bo noccu-sary noccu-sary to run tho plpo nny furthor in order or-der to sccuro n higher bond. Tho correspondent cor-respondent must decide that mutter for hlmsolf. It would ho an Improvement Improve-ment to place a tap, as suggostcd, at tho lowest point In tho plpo In order to he able to flush it out If necessary. |