Show pure water guaranteed Provo to OVEE 17 MILES OF PIPE cost of system completed in two months final test monday our have creasan to feel proud f haying the best system of water works in the territory at a point four and a half milea north ef alia city near saw mill iu the combined city creole and upper east baioa ditch ft substantial dam has been placed raising the water 24 test creating a pond where the atar for the city is drawn off sideways into a atone man hole the intake is eo arranged that the water will stand 2 fact over the tp of the same the inflow is so blow that no trouble faed be apprehended in consa quence cf slush ico getting into the pipe and a rack is placed ia front of the intake which pra veata large floating bodies from getting in freoa the man hole near the dam the water flaws through a 14 inch wood pipe tha ettling basica the battling basina consist ef two main babine each subdivided into two smaller basing and by means of an in kenious arrangement of kutej overs flows and by pasa pipes one or both basina may be nhut on emptied and cleaned without for oae moment inter ferine with tha flow of water to the city the work of cleaning the tattling basine is made easy as the raising of a gate will not only draw kofl tle awatar but at ame time aluck off the mud and land that may hava settled in the bottom the water in thesa basins aland at an aeration de ration kf feet above the corner of ath and J streets the water in order to pass out of the basin through the aniu pipe into town runs through large wire of inch beshea which are BO arranged arr angad abat if they should doff through neli guca on the part of the man ia charge thay will open automatically admitting of way of baying the ety e ty without water th capacity of these basins ie gallons they aru covered with a neat looking building erected for tha double purpose ef keeping out dust and shutting on all lightaul ligh taud proper arrangements have been made fur ventilation the total cost of these busing is sago A 14 inch bips pips carries tle thua cheari fied and screened water to a point a mile narth of the city near jeorga ekins resit lunce this pipe in built of california redwood staves but absolute clear wood absing used A sat focient number of steel baaba were ilacad around this pipe to give it such that it will require 3 times the actual pressure due to the head of water in order to break it half way dowa th ape lina is placed a 6 inch blow flushing the pipe and a 1 1 auch cabic iron gate te be used in caad of un emergency at six points alloi tha pipe line are placed automatic sir valves and check malvea ana first serve the purpose of letting air out the latter of air into tha in c afa a sudden burst in the pipe system ia aba city should baua the water column to bieak at george ekins place the wood pipa connects ditl a 12 inch cast iron pipe which tha water to from street the ater is conveyed in 10 S 6 and 4 inch pipa to aih street ad a d from ath street 6 and 4 inch pipes airry thu awatar to tho lower end of at ary point where tha size of the pipe changes the combined capacity of the camallar pipes ia sufficient ty carry away more water than ia conveyed iu the pipes that feed them and fates are placed at every intersection en the the system is divided into aeeti ons f tw or three blocks each section can b shut off without interfering with the rest 0 tho in caas ot a break j there are SO hydrants connected with th mains by 4 auch pipe sand ali hydrants ou the and 8 inch mains nave valves so that when the hydrants are out af order the gates cua be shut dou and the hydrants hydra nta taken out without stop pin the flow af tho water in the maina the lindlow hydrants is used this hydrant in a test made in DenTer gave 25 per beut belter results than any othar the hydrants hydra nta were made for this system and have provo cast in each th a cast iron pipes were deade in south pittsburg Pitta burg and chattanooga ten bebee and oilier were furnished by tle local foundries A 4 auch blow off is placed iu aliu lower end of town noar ahe PL M A gos yard the cipe crosses the old mill race through which a large volume ot water may be let out of the pipe system and which may be lat running durins the freezing weather to inaura abundant circulation in the city pipe system the contract price for the entire work exclusive of the settling basins was li 2500 and was paid for ia C per cent waterworks water works bonds payable in 20 yeara with tua privilege reserved to the city of redeeming in 10 years the bonds wyre sold at cents and were bought by rhodes bros tho revenue received by the city from water takers it is estimated will pay the interest on the ands and in a fear yeara amount thug received will be larger than tho juaa required 0 o pay the interest and aliis surplus will be placed in a sinking fuad to be udd in redeeming rede emins the bonds work wag commenced tap and completed december let the final tast will b made monday the ath which requires fl at the to h iacch feat high at aitio danae time there ar 14 miles of cast iron pipe and 3 hiloa of coed bijie in the djs tern A act of maps will be furnished the exact location ef all pipes ass hydrants special castings air valves check malvea aad other pat in in connection with the the city has beba fortunate in having tha system put in by the who hay contract in an expeditious and workmanlike manner giving entire sat to the city council and all our with their business has brought them in contact ww ira indebted to mr D C alio has ben in charne of work for rhoden bros as chief eap ineer much of the information conTey cd in the above article mr frank streng has been general for rhode clr and mr D miller has barf general charge con th wooden pipe happy wm timmons postmaster of ida ville ind writes electric bitters has done more for me than all other medicines combined for that bad feeling arising from kidney and liver trouble john leslie farmer and stockman of same place says find electric bitters to be the best kidney and liver medicine made me apel like a new man J W gardner hardware merchant same town says electric biti is just the thing for a man who is all run down and dont care whether ha lives or dies he found new strength good appetite and felt just like he had a new ease on life only 50 cents a bottle at smoot drug co 2 |