“With regard to intermediate points between the county line and the mouth of the Little Miami River, I found the Ohio River lined with sand-bars, some of which projected from the shore nearly to the middle of the river, miles in length; while the bottom or bed of the river was, for the most part, covered with logs and craggy stones.”
His plan embraced the construction of pumping works for raising the water, first, from the river into subsiding and filter reservoirs, and then pumping it a second time into storage reservoirs. The water was to flow, through 10⅓ miles of 42-inch supply mains, into Eden Reservoir. The capacity of the pumps was estimated at 60 millions daily. The recapitulation of cost was:
| For Engine-House and Grounds | $312,790.00 | ||
| For Pumping Engines | 750,000.00 | ||
| For Force Mains | 92,130.00 | ||
| For Storage Reservoirs | 521,529.45 | ||
| For Subsiding Reservoirs | 560,252.00 | ||
| For Clear-Water Well | 14,669.60 | ||
| For principal Supply Main, two lines | 1,811,078.00 | ||
| Miscellaneous expenses | 60,500.00 | ||
| ————— | 4,131,949.05 | ||
| Add ten per cent | 413,194.90 | ||
| ————— | |||
| Total cost | $4,545,143.95 |
In conclusion, he said:
“I, therefore, regard the first and best site, known as the Markley Farm, as one commanding all the advantages sought, where works may be erected combining greater simplicity of construction, economy of cost, and maintenance when put in operation, than could be built at any of the other points mentioned.”
No. 7.
MOORE’S SURVEY.
On the 23d of January, 1882, Mr. A. G. Moore, Superintendent of the Cincinnati Water-Works, submitted a communication to the Board of Public Works relative to the present condition of the pumping works and its future requirements. From it we arrange the following:
“The present pumps are deficient; that during the summer of 1881 the daily demands exceeded, at times, their capacity; and on one particular day there was a deficiency of over six million gallons. The engines are generally of light construction, and not sufficient for any increased loads. They are expensive in operation and maintenance. First-class engines of to-day would save two-thirds of the fuel used. The principal reliance, during the summer, is the large “Shield” engine, which is most extravagant on fuel, and has a wrought-iron force-main, of weak material, intrenched 35 feet below the surface of the street. Some of the boilers are of an age that require them to be treated with the greatest care, and should be condemned. The principal buildings do not afford protection or access to the pumps in case of derangement during average high water. The hill-top service is inadequate, and a larger and more comprehensive system should be adopted for the supply of the increasing territory.
“The subject of increasing capacity requires immediate attention; and should the removal of the works be deemed inadvisable, it will become essential to at once proceed with the erection of machinery, buildings, aqueduct, and aqua-fort at the old works. The cost of these improvements is placed at $1,394,000; reserve engine for 1884, $618,000; and sewer in Front Street, to carry the sewage below the works, $1,600,000. Total, $3,612,000.”