An Entirely New Scheme.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3584, 12 October 1905, Page 2

An Entirely New Scheme.

TO TM BDXMB OP SB* HAHAWATtr »»**»•■ Sir,-— I must again crave your* JJ* diligence, but the importance of .W subject must be my excuse. - Having had ~n opportunity of makjug enquir.es re my different .water,, schemes, I find that the following IS the best, as there is no expense#!* inched to it, simply the interest and sinking fund, and that will of course ■ depend upon the length of pipes mo d ow p. as they are very expensive, 80 drains pf s'io piping costing about £w6oi but at first we need only put down aSO c l L ains though Main Street, so the whole scheme would only coSf £tOoo, which would mean only about *,so P er T sw# ii a handsome surplus the Borough funds, but that all ae* pends upon the water being found. There is a steam welbsin’her, wno will guarantee a flow of water * three inch pipe 20 feet above ground for the sum of £2OO, no wa'i«r no pay; if then the pipe is put down at’ the North end oi Main Street, where the ground is 7ft higher - than at the Post Office, it could fill si* 400 gallon iron tanks or one large wooden one, at a height of say rijff. , The water would then run through the different pip**® ht the township, and fill six more tank# placed on an extension of the Awabfltt bridge to save the ground near the 1 Post Office, and the overflow would run into the creek. That would give,' , one hoar’s pumping for a hand engine of 100 gallons per minute, as the water would Be running into the tanks all the time; but should it be thought better to put up a concrete tank, as I . before suggested, on the triangle near the windmill, the filling of it would cost nothing, and it would be quite high enough to supply all parts of the town, and be fa. r than attempt* ing the impossiutility ot getting a pressure for a fire fat?=e by continually pumping the wafer to £■ high ievel, as there is no hill neaf the township sufficiently high, or stabld enough for, a 20,000 gallon tank, as was* proposed at the first water meeting. \ hanking you again. I am. See,, F, DeßiddeK*