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On f WuierworkN,A* ic lias now been defi .ltdy decided tj adops the Holly system oi Whtrwork*, both by the Com moo Council aud » public meeting held for tbe purpose of oon* ideriDg tbe beat pJn, we tu.ay now confidently look forwaid to immediate and energetic action cq tbe part of the Waterworks Committee. Mr. Paul W Garfield, Chairman of said committee, bus for several months given tbe enbjeot a great deal of attention, and baa been no* remitting m hi# to Htc.are for themy tbe very beet system nvi plane which the limited capital—-namely, $75,-000— flowed by tbs ohiter, will admit. The Hily syiem has been 8affluently eipiajued in our previous articles upon tbo subject to bo readily undeiMood by moat of our »ondera It doeu uvray entirely with reserve5ra and stand-pipes, by forcing tho wa'or by means of powerful pump? from tbo *ouroc of supply into tbe mams Tlie pumps are worked either by at cam or water power, and are automa^o m tbe amount which they supply, the prow are regulating iho speed of lb© engine, la our casB there will bo four pumps, three p stun and one rutiry. Two pienm pumps i co «qul Lo the ordinary ei-rvioe, and ar* «jp bn lt;. f furnishing SJrOOO ObO gallons eviiiy *4 hours* Tho ttiicd pi»km pump, well as tho rot«r, w'»ll bo used ojly in t^\^e of fire* when an additional tiprtgbL tubular boiler-.wi31 nhu bo br mghc into r'iititi-tiou The louitiiou ot t *ie pump house is not decided, but it will probably to between H l.idny’a dam n a taO gn.lt; workeFrom thu pump hoUwo t j tho muon ^tion xji Spring *a.d bt ftet a U to 17 mebmain will be l*id , Iroin theoog an £?-fiioh main through Main ntroef, an /or at least aa K»rr street, au 8-ic.ch mam from same iuteraSLtiou down Spring to Morroe, from Iheuoo * 0 luoh mam tiuati^tiSptiag^DLar mend nuii Pitio to D.ako street, and up JD.ake tj Mam, where it will inter* rfoot w Jtr5i tho i iNch tQ,un b rt ng again
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Titusville Herald
Titusville, Pennsylvania, US
Mon, Jul 15, 1872
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