WATER PRESSURE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 286, 1 December 1911, Page 8

WATER PRESSURE.

FOR FIRE FIGHTEJG. At last might's City Council meeting, the Waterworks Engineer reported on the complaints which had been made concerning the alleged lack of water on •the night of the Macky, I/ogan -warehouse fire. The engineer stated that on the night of Thursday, 16th November, the valve keeper at Ponsonby reservoir received a telephone message to turn on Khyber pressure, which- was done immediately, and 'the usual communication ;to the central fire station showed that the ordinary Khyber pressure was 'being re-gistered.--'He--bad discussed >tfi»jPres& account of the water" supply with Superintendent Woolley, who agreed with him that when taking 11 leads.from mains in a limited area, it would take a little timeJbefore the wave caused by creating a partial ..vacuum: would settle down, and as'the superintendent estimated the quantity of water used at 22,000 gallons per minute the pressure must have been over IOOIbs to the square inch, otherwise the water could not have passed through; also, that he had discussed -with Superintendent Woolley the question of allowing' 2in and 3in fire services Jnside warehouses, as they are seldom if ever used and aTe a serious drag on the pressure when the heat melts the hrass cock and

allows a full bore of water to escape, , and as the fire brigade is so quickly on ■ the spot the necessity for such fire services seems to lave .passed. The report was received. al T«fe ° £ ade ?' late G*e escapes sufficient ™ D ° teriorly, staircases in °l esca P e cx " are wh«rthg safety oIUS&Sft - P<^al s lr. provision &rt«2i§&gfa9Sg ed the inspector; p^n^'! mips; he allowed; ifcbwX, f^^ 8 flights, wiri a .balcony or a 7f ** 1 level of each etorey^ o^^^ The suggestions of * nß t„,„ Fire Brigades P^°r ° f

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