Water Supply for Invercargill.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5328, 19 September 1888, Page 2

Water Supply for Invercargill.

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Invekcakgim,, Last night l he most important Municipal work ever undertaken in InvercargiU, whether regarded from a monetary point or sanitarr point of view, has beejn the establishment ot a complete soheine for providing the tow* with an abundant and permanent supply of water. During the past fourteen years the question has been time after time discussed by the Town Council, and reports obtained; from eminent engineers, but the cost »lwav» H% cd . tt kf fjfr- On the appointment of Mr John Halliday to the position of Town, Engineer some threo years ago, he prupaveS an exhaustive report on providW ! jnveroorgiU with an unaergrouutf enpphF in the course of which he said: " I pnv~ l>oßo, in the consideration of the present echemo, to base my calculations on a supply of 30 gallons per head taking 10,000 of a population, to allow for futuro expansion. This will sm-e a supply of 300,000 gallons pc? eW o f ,/ hours, and estimating the who,io to h capable erf delivery in 1G hours, Oio erZtZt draught will bo at thentoof lg 750 .if) pea- hour, or equivalent to a sunSlv «£ •100,000 gallons per day. This I Si will be the lowest estimate that ifc w fr advisable to j»ake of the require,,.,,..!* "n .quality of the proposed I"' importance. In this iWi J/ J, %Z T T baeboon settled by Prof eam B1,"L w h his report, states must f« wmU v «f hi? stat. B it to bo vury imuih euuei-i,,,., i", i<! " di« tftar, Tb« SS t^ ,1 -

less than half as much as in the Duucdin supply, and tho kind of organic matter is not of a bad character. The value of a pumping euhemu recommends itself ou the point of economy of construction, for the outlay is in proportion to the cxi-t.ing necessities, and a town may be supplied by two or mow pumping Mutinns should the increa.sinsr population iviiuiro fresh works. To commence with, u>. lhev »n> generally in gravitation sehenvs, the. total length of the reticulation in the compk'te scheme, giving a pipe system through every *'.r.. j et in iowm, ami a double line of mains in all two-chain streets, is 2-1 miles. The Council, after considerimr the report, decided to proceed with the work undur Mr Ilalliday's supervision. Tenders were accordingly untied in Britain fur the pumping engines and wr.ter mains, and tho'e of the Glenfipld Company for tho former, and of Messrs Jukes, Cnulsin mid Co. for tlio latter, were accepted, while Messrs Anderson and Morrison, of Dunedin, obtained tho ecu tract for laying the water mains. Tho setting up of the engines has just boon accomplished. Messrs Anderson and Morrison have also completed the laying of the mains. Messrs Shaw and McLeod are busy erecting Inlck engine houses), while tenders for tbe 'siipply of specially prepared bricks of locnl manufacture for the tower havo been accepted, and tho contract for its erection will be It.'t at an early date. Tenders for tho tank have already beesi received, and will bn considered at the Council meeting on Thursday. From the tests made the supply appears to be a beautiful and never failing one. The works, which have cost £30,000, will be formally opened by tho Mayor tomorrow, and thence forward our citizens will have in the driest seasons plenty of water for household and fire extinguishing puposos.