Proposed New Supply for Niagara Falls.

Proposed New Supply for Niagara Falls.

The board of water commissioners of Niagara Falls, N. Y., has drawn up the plans for the proposed new water supply, waterworks system and filtration plant. The slow-sand filtration type is to be followed and the plant to be connected with the high-pressure system, with pumping stations to take the place of that at present in use. A 25x100 ft. timber and concrete crib will be constructed, with a steel nose on the upstream end at a point in the Niagara river about 1,500 ft. from the American shore, and a 48-in. steel intake-pipe laid, extending from the intake-crib to the pumping chamber. The pumping chamber pure forced concrete, the walls of the chamber acting as foundation walls for the pumping station, which will be constructed of brick, with steel frame, tile roof, etc. This station will contain all of the pumps for the fdters, as well as the high-pressure pumps, all pumps to be of the turbine type direct-connected to electric motors. The filtration-beds will be of reinforced concrete, floors, walls and top. It is also proposed to lay a 36-in. main from the pumping station to Sugar street, connecting with the Niagara Falls Water company’s mains at Sugar street; a 36-in. main along Sugar street to Walnut avenue; a 16-in. main along Welch avenue from Sugar street to Portage road, and along Portage road to Ferry avenue, connecting with the Niagara Falls Waterworks company's main: a 21-in. main along W alnut avenue to Portage r ad and along Portage road to Cedar avenue, connecting with the city main at Cedar avenue, and at the cross-streets between Sugar street spd Portage road. These mams wdl be provided with valves and specials for future extensions along Sugar street, Columbus avenue and Buffalo avenue. The plan has been prepared with a view to a future extension to a capacity of 30,000,000 gal. per day. The amount of real estate to be purchased or acquired by condemnation will be sufficient for a 30,000,000-gal. capacity sand filtration plant of any type. The board proposes to purchase or acquire by condemnation 18 acres of land located in the vicinity of the city line and Buffalo avenue. The estimated cost is as follows: Intake-crib and 1,600 ft. of 48-in. steel pipe-line intake, $53,400; pumping station, pump-well, screens and purewater chamber, including real estate, $82,000; three 6,000,000-gal. pumps, low pressure, four 6,000,000-gal. pumps, high pressure, and moving two 5,500,000-gal. pumps, high pressure, $33,000: 5,300 ft. of 36-in. cast iron pipe, 4,200 ft. of 30-in. cast iron pipe, 7,400 ft. of 24-in. cast iron pipe, 7,730 ft. of 16-in. cast iron pipe, $128,000; valves, specials, meiers, gauges, etc., $12,600; filtration plant, $355,000; engineering and contingencies, $53,000—total, $717,000. The estimated cost of maintenance is set down as follows; Eight hundred-horsepower at $16, $12,800; pumping station expenses, $8,000; street department, $6,030; operation of filters, $6,150: office expenses, $1,250; maintenance and repairs, $4,000; interest on present bonds. $7,400; interest on construction at 4 per cent., $28,680—$74,310. The estimates of receipts and revenues are as under: Present income from city plant, $61,300; income based on pumping for the Niagara Falls Waterworks coin pany at high pressure, 6,000,000 gal. per day at the minimum rate of $16 per 1,000,000 gal., $36,040 $96,340. The whole plan will have to be submit ted to a popular vote.

The board of water commissioners of Niagara Falls, N. Y., has drawn up the plans for the proposed new water supply, waterworks system and filtration plant. The slow-sand filtration type is to be followed and the plant to be connected with the high-pressure system, with pumping stations to take the place of that at present in use. A 25x100 ft. timber and concrete crib will be constructed, with a steel nose on the upstream end at a point in the Niagara river about 1,500 ft. from the American shore, and a 48-in. steel intake-pipe laid, extending from the intake-crib to the pumping chamber. The pumping chamber pure forced concrete, the walls of the chamber acting as foundation walls for the pumping station, which will be constructed of brick, with steel frame, tile roof, etc. This station will contain all of the pumps for the fdters, as well as the high-pressure pumps, all pumps to be of the turbine type direct-connected to electric motors. The filtration-beds will be of reinforced concrete, floors, walls and top. It is also proposed to lay a 36-in. main from the pumping station to Sugar street, connecting with the Niagara Falls Water company’s mains at Sugar street; a 36-in. main along Sugar street to Walnut avenue; a 16-in. main along Welch avenue from Sugar street to Portage road, and along Portage road to Ferry avenue, connecting with the Niagara Falls Waterworks company's main: a 21-in. main along W alnut avenue to Portage r ad and along Portage road to Cedar avenue, connecting with the city main at Cedar avenue, and at the cross-streets between Sugar street spd Portage road. These mams wdl be provided with valves and specials for future extensions along Sugar street, Columbus avenue and Buffalo avenue. The plan has been prepared with a view to a future extension to a capacity of 30,000,000 gal. per day. The amount of real estate to be purchased or acquired by condemnation will be sufficient for a 30,000,000-gal. capacity sand filtration plant of any type. The board proposes to purchase or acquire by condemnation 18 acres of land located in the vicinity of the city line and Buffalo avenue. The estimated cost is as follows: Intake-crib and 1,600 ft. of 48-in. steel pipe-line intake, $53,400; pumping station, pump-well, screens and purewater chamber, including real estate, $82,000; three 6,000,000-gal. pumps, low pressure, four 6,000,000-gal. pumps, high pressure, and moving two 5,500,000-gal. pumps, high pressure, $33,000: 5,300 ft. of 36-in. cast iron pipe, 4,200 ft. of 30-in. cast iron pipe, 7,400 ft. of 24-in. cast iron pipe, 7,730 ft. of 16-in. cast iron pipe, $128,000; valves, specials, meiers, gauges, etc., $12,600; filtration plant, $355,000; engineering and contingencies, $53,000—total, $717,000. The estimated cost of maintenance is set down as follows; Eight hundred-horsepower at $16, $12,800; pumping station expenses, $8,000; street department, $6,030; operation of filters, $6,150: office expenses, $1,250; maintenance and repairs, $4,000; interest on present bonds. $7,400; interest on construction at 4 per cent., $28,680—$74,310. The estimates of receipts and revenues are as under: Present income from city plant, $61,300; income based on pumping for the Niagara Falls Waterworks coin pany at high pressure, 6,000,000 gal. per day at the minimum rate of $16 per 1,000,000 gal., $36,040 $96,340. The whole plan will have to be submit ted to a popular vote.