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Show Ends 40 Year Quest .... Water From City's New Wells At Bennett Turned Bnto Distribution System Nov. 6 A milestone in Roosevelt City ; history was passed last Thursday Thurs-day when water from the city s new wells was turned into city mains for the first time at 2 p. m. The event culminated a search for water that had been in progress since the original townsite was platted in Ap.il 1906. On hand for the ceremonies were A. Z. Richards, representing represent-ing Richards, Caldwell and. Sorenson, Sor-enson, engineering form of Salt Lake City, consulting engineer; Mayor J. V. McLea, City Marshall Mar-shall Roe McDonald; City Fir? Chief Bert Burgess, Ed Rich-man, Rich-man, assistant fire chief; George Stewaxt, city attorney, and members mem-bers of the City Council. Opening of the main valve which directed the water supply sup-ply into the city's old distribution distribu-tion system, marked completion of a 12-inch pipeline from wells at Leeton, 8 miles northeast or here, to the new storage reservoir reser-voir one mile from town. Acquisition of the water was not without its darker side, how. ever, when some old city mains and service lines broke under the increased pressure. The new water supply exerted 80 pounds of pressure in the system, an increase in-crease of 100 per cent over the old system. Mayor McLea said. Affected were the service lines in front of George Stewart's of-I of-I fice on Lagoon Street; the service ser-vice line leading into the Pau. Murphy residence across from the Roosevelt Hospital on Main Street; the city main at the corner of Lagoon and Main by the LDS Tabernacle; and a leak in the main at Lagoon and 2nd West near the Vean Bair residence. Reports that water mains at Union High School had parted under the increased pressure were false, according to Principal Prin-cipal L. F. Hutchings. who said the school had been unaffected. Greatest calamity occurred when the suspension bridge collapsed col-lapsed which carries the main pipe' across the gulch north of Roosevelt Hospital, and the entire en-tire town was without water for three hours until the line could be plugged and the old water supply switched back into the system. Cause of the bridge's collapse was attributed to faulty welding which allowed eye-bolts to straighten, tearing the frames ; that carried the pipes from their ; moorings. One of Neil Feugel's employees was working on the . bridge at the time of the mis-; mis-; hap, preparing to pack the line : in sawdust and box it in. He : was. dropped some 20 feet into Dry Gulch, but escaped seriouy ; injury. Structural Steel of Salt Lake City will send a representative j here to try to trace blame for ! the bridge's collapse. Mayor Mc. Lea said. j According to Roy Hall, water-master, water-master, the city now plans to" replace four blocks of old lir.e with 10-inch transit line fro-n the bridge going wesi to the reservoir. Work was commenced Monday. As soon as this is com- pleted and the suspension bridge repaired, water from the new wells will again be turned into' the city mains. According to Mayor McLea. the city does not plan at this time to completely rejuvenata j the distribution system. Breaks in service lines and city mairs i will be repaired as they occur. ! Neil Feugel. contractor for the ; new pipe line from Bennett to Roosevelt, will do the work on a cost-plus basis. Water at Bennett is obtained .from three wells drilled last year. They have been tested as 1 pumping, collectively, between 700 and 1000 gallons of wat?r a minute. It is estimated they are capable of supplying water sufficient to meet the needs of a population of 10,000. Two wells will be on pump, with the third as a standby. Water it brought from the wells to the Gulch in a 12-inch pipe, which narrows at that point to a 10-inch 10-inch line. To finance the project, resi-dents resi-dents of Roosevelt on August 21 last year voted 251 to 13 in.'a-vor in.'a-vor of the city issuing revenue bonds in the amount of $160,000 for the purpose of expanding and improving the water system; sys-tem; and voted 254 to 14 n favor of issuing general obligation obli-gation bonds in the amount ,1 $65,000 should the additional amount be necessary to complete com-plete the project and rejuvenate the system. |