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Show IS Compressed Air 66 Jumps9' Flow n of Water in City Artesian Wells 0 MAY SAVE CITY EN0RIWUS FUNDS I; Figures Compiled in Tests to Be Presented to City Commission Tomorrow I QBY FLOYD H. TIMMKKMW.) rjfo 3' That the city wells in ogden canyon aT 9 can bo made to give up a much larger k Wk supply of water th:in 1 1cIiik obtained 'JE 4 1 present. Wat proven )y tests com- sBR-B pleicd last week by engineers. At an lrf2B approximate cost of $9500 for the In- Hnm stallation of a pumping plant, each olty wo I can be "Jumped" from up yffiBB proximately 1&0 gallons a minute nut- HPV ural flow to 600 gallons a minute, fcb. with air presurc applied, according to jSHj figures compiled during the tests. - The fiiiures will be taken before the board of Clt) commissioners tomorrow, and decision will probably be made U ""w, io ifhetehr or not the equipment will: - s be procured and Installed at the wells 1 j gj. mil the city's vVntrr supply linn .u.'J t fAS n ihis manner. " SI7BTKRRANEAX LAKE. It 1 the belief of engineers that a h Ql huge body of watt r Ilea beneath the; Hf city wells, and thai an almost unllmt-' ed supply can bo obtained through the ' use of compressed air. If this is true, J'jn Ogden may procure its water lor fu- WM9 ture years at a very small cost. If rffln other proposed projecta are developed 91 A in South Fork canyon, huge amounts, I I I of money will have to be expended, it Umff t Is said. The results of the lest mdl- I cati that expenditures for water projects can be postponed for aevrial: M i ira n the ptrmplng system is instal- , , led ut the wells, according to the n-' glneers k, g W IT FURTHER REPORTS. H A The decision of the board of com-i Fjftfl missloncra will probably depend upon HS further reports to be made by the ex-J , j 'tyM ports and engineers and their opinions. 1 ' :'!M 'the engineers win meet with the com- flR mlwsloners. ' The equipment used for the tests 3I was b nt by tin government through j the experimental station at the Utah . agricultural college Government en-j 'iffs ginecrs and experts on subterranean! L I waier flow watt hid the results care-:t care-:t I fully and compiled figures which will ya probably decide whether water flow to -JLI other cities ma be accelerated The J experts announced themselves as pleas- jgjfS ed With the tests, and said that the! use of compresed uir in gaining In-creased In-creased water flov Is opening up a ' new field and In future years (fill be :f.l used on Carina and ranches for Irrl- gallon purposes and in cities to fh- i Jj crease the domestic water supply. !' The oglm i i s, in their report, sug- i'. 1 feat to the city that a seventy-five horsepower motor be installed at the! wells with a bell driven air comprcs- d sor and otlior equipment which will; -Ssm not exceed a cost "i ,500. I |