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Show 01 R WATER WORKS. A Careful Eeport on the Local System by Engineer En-gineer Fortier. TOTAL COST ABOUT $2Q,0G0. Water Works a Boon to the Consumer and a Strong-Armed Safeguard Against Destructive Fires. To the- iftiiiiintlilr Mayor diul vinii- hn-x oj the City Cmmril. herewith submit for your consideration con-sideration the following prelhiii- nary report on the proposed system i of water works for llrigham City. The primary object of my late visit to your city was (o ascertain with exactness the amount of water flowing from Malhias and Evans canyons; and secondly, to outline, if possible, a plan for the water works system. In relation to the supply it was thought that if the How was measured meas-ured now, when it was not affected af-fected by last year's snow, and lit-ii.. lit-ii.. ;r ; lo- tbi n.n-'K designed so as to give an average fire service with a fairly high domestic do-mestic service. If the reservoir is located no that its water surface when full shall be 2.'!.") feet above the base of the Court House, (he static pressure of 100 pounds per square inch which it will create in the business portion will prove ample for all the needs of the city. ' The friction in the pipes as J planned from the reservoir to the center of the city, due to the How of water sullicient to feed two tire streams, would he approximately 15 pounds, thus leaving an effective effect-ive pressure for lire purposes of nearly 85 pounds. Ditri lulling Reservoir. In as much as it is better to have a gi ven quantity of water stored in two or more small reservoirs reser-voirs than in one large one, good judgment would advise the building build-ing of a small reservoir now with a view- of increasing the number in the future. It might be well, however, to purchase the additional addition-al sites now rather than to wait until they were needed. A reservoir reser-voir "0 hy 00 feet on the bottom and 50 hy SO feet at the water surface, with a depth of 10 feet will hold, in round numbers, 200,000 U. S. gallons. i " ' -v J j fall, it would represent a general average of the flow in the late summer, sum-mer, autumn and winter months of the year. The result of the measurements, meas-urements, made on the KUh of Feb. bS'.)2, were us follows: Muthias', gals, per day,. . .MTloO Evans', gals, per day, 1)1,12-1 Total 2;;x,47-f In planning such works in the west the prevailing custom is to allow al-low 100 gallons per capita of population, popu-lation, and to make the system of pipingof sufficient capacity to meet all the demands of the city for at least ten years to come. Assuming that Brigham has a population of oOOO, the supply as measured would he about SO gallons per capita. When we consider that there will be few steam plants and hydraulic elevators for years to come, and. that owing to the quantity of water 1 lowing along the sin-els, little water will be used for lawn sprinkling, we art! safe in concluding that the present supply will meet all of the demands for the next few years., As the material of the site is extremely porous the water njust he retained hy the lining alone. Perhaps the safest andtnost economical econom-ical lining would be- Portland : cement concrete, laid not less than six inches in thickness with an ad- j ditional plaster cast on the sur- ! face. The usual custom of paving ! the bottom as thick again as the ; top of the sides is not to be com- j mended for the reason that the . action of the frost on the lining; near the top is much mitre destructive destruc-tive than the additional pressure ! due to the water at the bottom. Instead of incurring consider- able expense in roofing the rescr- j voir it might be advisable to ascertain ascer-tain first if aquatic vegetation will ' grow in the stored water, and if so, conduct water enough through an iron pipe under pressure and have it terminate in four, or more, especially made sprinklers. Those sprinklers would be so arranged over the surface of the water in tlie reservoir as to perfectly exclude ex-clude the sunlight. In reservoir Besides, thcsupply can be increased j hy developing, as several of your members have suggested, the underflow under-flow issuing from the canyons. In discussing the qucs! ion of conveying con-veying the water from the source of supply lo the city, two mutes, involving in-volving separate and distinct plans, bad been proposed. One of (hese was to locate the reservoir on the hlull'eas:. of (he city cemetery and to convey the water to if through a salt -glazed vi trilled pipe, cement pipe, or ollu-r cheap conduit laid on grade. The other plan proposed to locate the reservoir at a suitable elevation m ar (he soun f supply and to conduct the water from it to the city by (he shortest practicable way through iron pipes. As no intelligent decision could he giveiuinl il an xa m i i a t ion was made, Mr. Anderson, the county surveyor, sur-veyor, was instructed to make nre- rooling the only essential is a shade to exclude the rays of the sun and I know of no cheaper material than a sheet of water. Cost of Itcigi'i'vmr. 271") lin. f(. HI in. pipe $2x;Jo.0O (i;50 lin. ft. 8 in. pipe 5:110.00 :::ilio lin. it. (j in. pipe IHSO.OO TiTOO lin. ft.. -I in. pipe 2100.00 0000 Uis. special 3 15. 00 $12500. 1 lanlin ; I'll! Ions at. 75c per ton .2:J7. 1 (1 tons lead at $100 per ton. . . 000. 5O0 gasket yarn at 10c per lb 50. Kxcavutinn anil relilling at 8e p.-r It 1.175. Caulking pipe, elc- JJOO. Uepairing tools, coal, elc 00. Kxtra labor 25. 10 valves $270.00 0 -1 valve livdranlH . . ) rr . ., 7 0 valve hydrants.. SiS.OO- S4o. Kxcnvaling reservoir at 15c. . $150. l-'eni-ing, piping, etc 150. I'avin Willi ecnienl nun-ret. .. 000. N. II. if there in a divisio-i wall in reservoir the cost will he ahmit $:iU0 more, l-'iirnisliinir and lavitiL' of salt liminary survey of both routes. To epitomize the carefully prepared re port of Mr. Anderson il may he slated that the upper or grade line would be more costly and mote liable to wash-nuts breaks and dides, owing lo the character ofthc Meep slope on which if would be bid. Thechief advantage consisted in the fad that the reservoir would be near the city, thus insuring near the whole ofthe reservoir head j f'r Hi"1' purposes. ! The main advantages in the lower I line, were, a saving in the first ! cost, the entire absence of all tres-S tres-S lie work or other structures, which would be required to cross many of I the t w eitly-four. or more, ravines on t he tirade p, ne u W ell as elfieiency and durability, with a low cost glazed vetrilied pipe from creeks lo reservoir. . . . $1015. Ji;tO ft. .of K, in. tfalv'd pipe laid 0lr,. r,iSU fl. of 1 ' .j in. gafv'd pipe laid fi7.r,. Tolal footing of nUtve Si i pt ., cnir. and 1 in-idental.H . .' . fiOO. Total cash ICcvchiic. The revenue will depend clio Hy 1 on the rates, superintendence of the construction of the work and its economical operation. In order to deal justly with those citizens that live on the outskirts of tilled till-ed - the rates should be high for the first five years at least. Since it is impossible for several reasons I to pipe all the streets, those living ! near the center will receive the ! larger share of the benefits to he in its maintenance and operation. The adoption of the pressure line was therefore recommended, with ;be understanding that the contractors con-tractors furni-hing the piping guarantee the same to stand the pressure, and licit the reservoir be placed sulliciently high to allow for the lo of bead by friction in the feed pipe, leading to the city. While oil or HO pounds per sipiare inch is pn ferabic for domestic domes-tic use. provision mii-t be made f.r a higher pressure for lire pur- i poses. And sine.- it would be inconvenient in-convenient and sol new bat eo-t ly to increase the pressure by changing chang-ing the wei-hl on a reducing valve for each lire, the system should be iterivcii irom suett a system, ana justice demands that those parlies ' should pay sufficiently high rates as not to impose much, if any, taxation on non-consumers. I Again, if the plant is carelessly constructed an annual cost of maintenance will be increased in proportion to the amount of faulty j work done. ! And lastlv. if is difficult to operate a cheaply as that owned bv a private company. A superintendent super-intendent who is dependent, whether directly or indirectly, up- ; on the voters of the people from whom he collects water rates is liable to grant favors to consumers ( which materially lessen the gross revenue. |