The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 27, 1924, Page 3

FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1924 “THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE F . NEW CITY WATER PLANT SUFFICIENT 0 PROVIDE ) FORFUTURE GROWTH; OPERATION IS DESCRIBED MISSOURI BEAUTY : stead Soft, Filtered Water Is Prom- ’ ised to Residents of the City as Soon as the New Plant Is Completely Over the Test- ing Period — Additional Fire Pressure Is Provided in the New Plant—Method of Making Wholesome Wa- ter Out of Raw River Water -— IsTold : ad -/ Citizens of Bismarck, with the new filtration plant in operation, will got clear soft, water at the tap as soon as the work of cleaning reservoirs and flushing of mains is completed, and the test period in the new plant jyas passed, according to city engin- eurs. The new plant, it is declared, is complete in every respect, and will be one of the best in the Northwest. The complete water works system, owned and operated by. the city, represent an investment of upwards of $700.000, and will be operated com- plete by the efty, even to the gener- ating of electricity for the power needed in pumping the water. The old plant, of the Bismarck ater Supply Company @will be abandoned entirely as soon €s the in- take pipe for the new plant is com- pleted. At the present time it is used only for receiving water from the river and pumping it to the fil- tration The new plant is a short ce from the Missouri River, is seven feet abgve the high- est known high water mark, and in- cludes sedimentation basins, tiiter plant and pumping equipment. The reservoirs of the old plant on the hills west of the city will be used. One important change which will be made with the new plant is’ in respect to fire protection, Herd-o- fore, to increase pressure it has been ry to opcrate a booster pump between the reservoirs and the city. In the new plant, water can be pumped direct to the city without going to the reservoirs, and this will be done in case of fire. Formerly it was necessary to have a man at the booster pump to increase fire pro- tection, while under the new method an engineer in the new plant can pull a lever and increase the pressure. Under Various Contracts The new plant was built under var- ious contracts. The DeGraff Wilf company laid the mains, the Wood- rich Construction Company built the filtration, plant byilding, F. G. Grambs and hte Midwest Company installed pumps, Mr, Grambs install- ed the tint system, and the M Farland Engineer Company of Kan- ity, with L, C. Roberts in charge nstalied the filter equipment. The lacIntosh-Seymour Company, furnish- ed Diesel ‘engine. The process of the water in the new plant is as follows: The low life pumps will discharge water into a roughing chamber, hav- ing a capacity of 45,000 gallons, which, at the normal rate of oper- ation, gives a period of 30 minutes, for settling out the heavier sediment before chemical treatment, From the roughing chamber the water flows to the mixing chambers, three in, number, so arranged that any one can be cut out for cleaning withobt interference with the oper- tion of the others. Each chamber 15 feet by 20 feet in size, and 17 t deep, and is provided with baf- fles, arranged to cause the water to travel alternately up and down, The baffles will Be movable, and can be arrgnged to provide velocities rang- ing from one foot per second down to one-half foot per second. The time of travel, through each basin, is at the normal. rate of 2,250,000 gallons ‘per day, 20 minutes for each chamber, or one hour when ail chambers are in operation. The length of travel can be carried from 500 feet to 900 feet for each cham- ber. The velocity will not be the same in all parts of the chamber. Both the roughing chamber and the mixing chamber ere inside the fil- tration plant building, as are all valves and, sluice gates which con- trol their operation, including drain valves for cfeaning, The sedimentation basins are of reinforced concrete, with concrete roofs, covered with 16 inches of. earth to prevent freezing. There will be two basins, each with a capacity of 360,000 gallons, or four hours sedi- mentation for each basin at the nor- mal rate, with the water passing first through one basin, and then through the second. The basins may also be operated with the water divid- ing, and half passing through each basin, in which case the flow will be slower. In either case the time of passage through the two basins will ® eight hours, ‘ The eightshour period of: sedimen- tation was chosen with a view to providing sufficient time for the chemical reactions involved in water softening. During’ the summer months, water softening will prob-| e four hour period of one basin will be sufficient for coagulation. Chemical Treatment The chemical treatment is describ- ed in an official report to the state board of health as follows: Sedi- mentation is augmented by the use of coagulents. Either sulphate of alumina, or sulphate of iron and time may be uSed. Three dry feed mach- ines are provided, one for the coag- ulent, one for lime, and one. for soda ash, the latter to be used for the reduction of permanent hardness. These machines will be operated by electric motors, and will be adjust- able! for various rates of feed; A gy be unnecessary, in which case large room, forming the second story, of the filtration plant, will ‘provide for the storage of ‘chemicals, which can (be unloaded ata platform at the rear of the building at the level of the»chemical istoragé room,'@nd dis- “yeharged into hoppers leading direct- fy to the machines below. The quantities ‘of chemicals ré- quired for coagulation’ will depend upon the=warpingeondition of the} , i Helen Angel of Columbia, Mc at the University of Mi considered one of the prettiest co-eds » has been ected one of the six prettiest there. Missouri Rive water, but should not exceed three grains pe rt time for-coagulation, the report if Filtration To complete the process of cia fication, three rapid sand filters provided for, each with a rated cap: city of 750,000 gallons per day. Each filter will have a sand bed 15 feet by 15 feet in area, and 30 inches deep, resting on inches of graded gravel, the normal rate of filtration being two gallons per square foot per aninute, filter is regulated by a r of flow controller, and the wash water lime is equipped with a con- troller. All valves will be hydrauli ally operated from operatign tables on the main floor, Water Softening The plant has been designed with mixing chambers and sedimentation ins of sufi to permit of ng the plant as a water softening ant during periods when the har s of the w water becom jectionable. It is expected that this will be the case during about months of the ib Filters expected to remove all contamination, but as an additional sufeguard to pure water, a chiorin ator is included in the equipment, the present chjorinator in the old plant being reserved for emergency The source of supp pf the water ssouri Ri is considered an excellent raw water. a s of the Missouri River water show a water of very moderate hard- nes: ys the report to the health board, adding thht it can readily be softened by chemital treatment, to make it Slear and wholesome, Capacity Increased The capacity of the new plant is considered greater than the old plant, which had a capacity of 1,500,000 gal- lons.a day, according to the report. The new plant has a capacity of 2,- 250,000 gallons per day, providing for future growth of the city, as well as to make ft possible during the winter months, when the consumption of water is» comparatively operate the plant eight hou only. The present average of water in Bismarck is 600,000 gal- lons in summer and 900,000 gallons in winter, with the known maximum consumption daily consumption of 1,100,000 gallons | per day, The new plant has two sets of pumps, the low’lift and the high lift, Two low lift centrifugal pumps, each with a speed of 600 revolutions per minute, are provided for lifting water from the Missouri river from the suc- tion well to the grit chamber of the filtration plant. These pumps will have capacities of 2,060,000 and 2,- | sevond 880,060 gallons per day, respectively, and will be given by clectrie motors, The larger pump an auxiliary engine for emergency U. There three centrifugal high lift pumps providing for the pump- ing ‘of filtered water from’ the clear well of the filtration plant to the ye reservoirs and city. Two of : pumps will have capacities of 2,060,000 “gallons per day each, and will be driven ‘by electric motors. h of these pumps also have an i 1s engine for use in case of fire, or failure of electric powe There also will be one pump of $80,000 gallons per day — capicity, driven by electric motor, but without reserve gus engine, are In case of fire this method is used to increase pressure, Two of the sn r high lift pumps are used in series, that is, with one pump draw ng from the clear well ing to the other, which will act as a booster pump, and deliver water to the supply mains at any pressure desired up to 130 pounds. At the time, the larger pump be ated so to draw its, supply pressure from the storage reservoirs, and deliver water to the mains at the same pressuré as the other pumps. In case a still greate quantity of water is needed, all three high lift pumps can draw their sup- ply from thé storage der pressure, and delive mains at fire pressure, The fire pressure ¢ ty, accord- ing to engineers, is above that rated by fire underwriters for a city of 10,000 population. pe under as water @ the Power Provided A 200-horse-power Diesel oil en- gine will operate the power plant. There is a ‘space for installing a engine of - 300-horse-power should it be needed at a Oil storage of 12,000 gal- de the building, 5 K. W. generator is directly connected to the engine, and will generate power at 2,200 volts, alter- nating current. The power supplied by the engine and generator is suffi- cient to operate one low lift pump and one high lift pump, and light the building. New supply mains were i as a part of the new plant. The’ old plant mains are reinforced as fol- lows: One 16-inch main extending fram the filtration plant to and through the upper residential por- tion of the city. Two 12-inch mains connecting the plant with the pres- ent nch supply main, A short 12-inch main connecting the plant with the old force main just outside the old plant. A short 12-inch emer- gency connection at the rear of the new plant. The 16-inch line and the two 12- capacity later date. s provided out talled N THE HIGH SEAS IN A 16-FOOT BOAT! and discharg- | a eS ROE TE BY LARRY BOARDMAN ‘A Service Writer ashington, June 26—More than twice as many navy men have been killed by aceidents since the armis- tice as died in action on American ships during the war. For the World War years, and 1918, the total was 467. isaster on the ship Mississippi June 12, the 1917 battle- post- | War toll reached 981. During the war the navy lost 10 ‘a cruiser, a gunboat, a sub- marine, a collier, two destroyers two trawlers and two yachts. Since the war it has lost nine— cight destroyers and one tug. Indeed, peace-time tragedies in the American navy always have been frequent and formidable in propor- tions, both as to numbers and the amount of damage done. A list of outstanding 4 20 years: Turret explosion on Missouri 1904; killed 31. Boiler explosion on gunboat Ben- cidents for battleship nington, 1905; killed 34. Turret explosion on arge, 1906; killed ,6. rret explosi on ed 6. Bursting of boiler tube on cruiser Tennessee, 1908; killed, 5. ” Blowout of breech block on cruiser Charleston, 1910; killed, 8, Boiler explosion on battleship Delaware, 1911; killgd 48. ' Ramming of destroyer Woolsey by a shipping board vessel off Panama, 1921; killed 16. Loss on naval tug Conestoga in the Pacific, 1921; drowned, 43. ‘oint Honda disaster, 1928, |which, through a wrong change in iis course, the commander of a de- | stroyer squadron piled seven, vessels [on the rocks of the southern Cali- fornia coast; death roll, 22, Turret explosion on battleship ippi 4; killed, 48 eRY: if anything, is the matter with the American navy? | Why are accidents so numerous? vulty construction, or material? Or | carelessness, or deficient training, on the part of personnel? The answer, responsible Navy | Department officials give it, és this: “Of course there is a specifle A court of blame either | or personnel. But the | very officials who fix the blame know |there simply must be a slip onee jin a while.” As for the Mississippi di prevailing belief in na that compressed air failed to clean out the bore of the exploding gun— a bit of smouldering waste remained in the barrel and ignited the powder charge prematurely battleship battleship | i iM | inch lines connect with' the old sup- | ply main. | In the completed tem there are two lines extending between the plant and the rvoirs, one by way of the old plant and force main, and one by way of the valve chamber of the two new ones. Enough for 17,000 People The new distribution system will provide good pressure in all parts of the city, it is declared. At no point in the city will the domestic pres- sure at a strigt level be less than 5 per square inch at any declared, while in the business district it will average pounds, Fire pr lin the business district, and not less than 70 pounds in the residence dis- trict, should be available within five minutes after a fire alarm has been turned in, it says. The completed system is intended to supply practically the entire popu- ion of the city. The plant is suffi- nt in capacity to supply a popula- n of 17,000 with water for domes- tic use, and a population of upward: of 10,000 with water for fire pur- poses in ‘strict accordance with the exacting requirements of the fire un- “derwriters, it is said by engincers. Moderate additions to the mains in | the business district, and to the fil- | tration plant, made when the city reaches a population of 10,000 to 12,- 000 would e to bring the fire flow up to that required for a city of 17,000, it is added. There will be a total of 122 fire hydrants. Sut HARRISON WAS FOURTH Leslie Harrison, son of Mrs. H. arrived in the city yesterday to spend a three weeks vacation at his home. Mr, Harrison is return- ing from Boston, where he was one of the runners to try out in the Olympic field and track contests for places on the American team which sailed about a week ago for France. sei There aren't many.who'’d relish a 1000-mile ocean voyage in a 16-foot open motor boat. , But Linden B. Pentz and wife of Seattle-do. They are making the trip from Seattle to Skagway, Alaska, now. . It was all |planned as a& outing for their six-months-old daughter, Jean. She, of course, is accompanying them, sleep- ing in a non-sinkable crib amidship. ‘“Seragro,” the goat that will furnish fresh) milk for Baby Jean; “No- ¢ See-Um,” the cat, and “Sourdough,” the dog; makerep*the: ‘restot the “crew” NAVY MISHAPS KILL MORE THAN WAR Some Other Wrecks the Navy’s Had RAISING THE SUBMARINE 8-48 AFTHR SHE HAD SUNK OFF ORT, CONN., ON HER TRIAL TRIP. ‘ee ! Bess moe POINT HONDA, CALIF., LAST Y DESTROYERS WERE PILED ON THE ROCKS THROUGH A WRONG THE DISASTER 4 CHANGE IN COURSE He just missed the however, placing fourth in the half and mile runs. Mr. Harrison visit- ed in Chicago and at LaFayette, Ind., where he attended Purdue Univer: | sity on his return from Boston and following his visit here will return to Los Angeles, Calif., where he engaged in civil engineering. distinction, HOME FROM LAKES Dr. R. KB. Percy returnéd Tuesd evening accompanied by Mrs. Peres and children, who have been visiting in, Fargo and Minn, for the past three weeks. Dr. P dnpve to Fargo about a week to ¢ hig family and to spend a few da: at the lake. HOME FROM SCHOOL Clyde Welch, son of Mr. and M R. M. Welch, who has been. a student at Tulane Univ y, New La, has come to Mandan the summer vacation with par- ents. Mr. Welch enroute home stopped off in Nashville, Tenn., and Minneapolis, to visit with friends. to his spend * KRUTZNER—BAHM Miss Hafinah Krutzner and Harry Bihm, both of the vicinity of Judson were mar n carly in June, it became known yesterda The bride was born and has lived in Judson all her life and while at- tending the Mandan h school, from which she graduated a year ago, made her home with her sister, Mrs. Charles Toman, Jr. During the past? year she has been an instructor in the school at Reeder, N. D. | AT THE MOVIES | THE ELTIN “Jacqueline” or “Blazing Barriers” from a James Oliver Curwood story is the feature at the Eltinge theatre today and Saturday. Lew Cody, Mar guerite Courtot, J. Barney Sherry und Edmund Breese are among the players. Two men loved Jacqucline. Ong a suave, polished product of the citjes who thought to win her love’ by trickery and guile, the other a woodsman, upright and hon- orable, whose love was so clean and fine as the pines among which he dwelt. AT THE CAPITOL Invevery city of the country and on, the farms and in the villages too, there fre motherless girls facing the problems of life. Some of them find the solution, and realize their ambi- tions. Others are just butterflies that flit a while. The types are realistically presented in the Wil- liam Fox production, “No Mother to Guide Her,” coming to the Capitol theatre on. Monday. Genevieye Tobin, Dolores Rousse, J. D. Walsh and other well known artists; form a strong cast, present- ing a remarkable story which estab- lished its success on the stage and ig certain to be even greater on the sereen, Two Issues Only Re- maining To Be Orleans | R. THE DESTROYER BY ANOTHER DE: 1 MANEUVERS TANAMO BAY. OFF SEVEN HULBERT AFTER SHE HAD BEEN RAMMED TROYER DUR- GUAN- MARKET NEWS . WHEAT SINKS . RARLY TODAY Downward Tendency in Liv~ erpool Is Reflected se, Chicago, June 27.—Wheat showed, a downward tendency @s the result of lower Liverpool quotations and because of moisture reports from Canada. After opening unchanged to one cent lower, July $4.15% and tember $1.17%, wheat rallied somewhat and then underwent a material decline all around. ransient rallies subsequently took place by slackness of export business put a handicap on bulls. was heavy, 1 cent to 15-8 cents net lower, July $1.14 5-8 to 3-4 and Sep- tember $1.16 1-8. Sep CHICAGO LIVESTOCK Chicago, June 27 (U, 8. Agriculture) —Hog receipts Fairly activ Five to lc higher. Sheep receipts 7,000. Active, f native lambs steady te 25 cents higher. Cattle receipts 4,000. steady. Best matured $10. Dull, around steers early Minneapolis, June 27—Flour un- changed. Shipments 42,093 barrels. Bran $21.00, ML Minneapolis, ‘ceipts 119 cars cars a year ago. ern $1.243-8 to $1 8; No. 1 dark northern spring choice to fancy $1.40 3-8 to $1,503-8; July $1.22 3-8; September $1.21 1-4; The Corn No. 8 yellow, 911-4 to 3-4; oats No. 8 white 621-2 cents, barley sz to 76 cents; rye No. ; flax No. 1, $2.48 1-2 to $2.48 1-2 EAPOLIS G June 27-—Wheat ree compared with 242 sh No. 1 north- . PAUL LIVESTOCK So. St. Paul, June ~Cattle re- ceipts 1,600. steers $9.00. Bulls on down to $7.00, ‘alves receipts 10,200. 25 cents low- e Bulk to packers $7.25. choice kind up to $7.50. Hog receipts 7,000. Good and choice grades strong to 10 cents high- er. Others and, packing sows mostly steady. Bulk grades 180 to 226 pound ages $6.75 to $6,390. Sheep receipts 100. Steady. Better grades native lambs $11.25 to $12.75, Fat ewes to packers B. BISMARC (Purnished by Russell-Miller Co.) Bismarck, June 27, 1924. No. 1 dark northern No. 1 northern spring No. 1 amber durum ... No. 1 mixed durum No. 1 red durum . No. 1 flax No. 2 flax No, 1 rye . . 57 Yellow White Mix No. 2 56 Ibs. or more ..$ .75 No. 3 55 Ibs. .. No. 4 3... 1 cent per pound discount under 55 Ib, Ear cern 5 cents under shell. \ Weather Report | + For twenty-four, hours ending at Temperature at 7 a, m. .. Highest yesterday | Lowest sterday Lowest last night . Precipitation Highest wind velocity Weather Forecasts For Bismarck and Vicinity: Local thunderstorms probable this after- noon or onight. Saturday partly cloudy. Not much change in temp- erature, For North Dakots storms probable this afternoon or to- night. Saturday partly cloudy. Not - 62 . b1 . 60 02 id Local thunder- in the deliberations of tion, Mr. O'Connor concluded the ,read- ing of the speech after whe chair- delegates and everal pages had rebuked the twice for their inattention after he had skipped of the prepared manus After the conelusion and the name of there w: n outburst ng. Finally ing around, ap: Nebraska at the head. parade for Governor brother, William man ript. of an It was Jennings all events it was a parade and au, und the _ old-timers their sympathies in the p: vention might be, joined with recollection of past im the background. the conven- his ad- Governor of after a little mill- de got started with a Bryan or his Bryan, ichever one might prefer) but at ; | produced the demonstration for the name of Bry- whatever esent con- smilingly battles of the much change in temperature. General Weather Copditions The pressure is low over the Plain States and Rocky Mountain region and. precipitation occurred in Mon- tana, parts of the Dakotas and in Jowa and Missouri. Kansas City, Mo., reported 2.98 inches. High pressure, accompanied by fair weather pre- vails along the Pacific Coast and over the Southwest. Moderate tem- pertures prevail ip all sections and changes during the past 24 hours have been slight. ORBIS W. ROBERTS, Meteorologist. DANCER'S HEART NOW London, June 27.—The strains of syncopated music newest “dancer's heart.” Fashionable. Lon- don has succumbed to the malady. Everywhere you hear it—in ball rooms, gt the theater, in bright~ lighted cafes: “The doctor says 1 have: dancer's, heast.” Doctors tell * have ——— Diseases traced fo eonsfipation: are many —get permanent relief with Kellogg’s Bran ‘Why docs constipation breed other to do so or your grocer returns your The close! 2, 736-8 Firm, fairly active. Top |] Few We quote but do not handle the . By weira |” complaint— |° Fought - (Continued from page one.) not yet ratified by the Senate, is de- nounced with particular reference to: its disposal of the Armenian nation. O'Connor Speaks Maneuvering among the delegates showed there was considerable dis- sension .on the floor over the reli- gious aspect of the Ku Klux Klan issue, the McAdoo people selected J. F..f. O'Connor of Grand Forks, MN. D. to make a seconding speech and to make the point that the re- ligious aspect*has-no proper place , permanent relief in the most chronic Aisenses?’ Beeause it floods your sys- tem with dangeraus poisons. And the longer you suffer, the more poisons accumulate. That is why constipation should be relioved at once. Doctors recommend ‘Kellogg’s Bran, cooked and krumbled. Thoy know it brings results ‘because it is ALL bran. And only ALL bran can be 100‘ per cent effective in relieving constipation. money. Eat at least two tablespoonfuls daily—in chronic cages, with every meal. You will like the wonderful Kollogg flavor—so crisp and nut-like —so different from ordinary brans, which are most unpalatable. Eat Kellogg’s Bran, eooked and krumbled, with alk orcream. Sprinkle it over other cereals. Cook it with hot sereals, And by ali means try it in the recipes given on every package, Kellogg’s Bran, cooked and krum: bled, made in Battle Creek, is served in individual packages by. the leading hotels and restauremte, Gold by all ‘casea of -constipation—is guaranteed | grocers. » 3 oa ‘ALL bran — Kellogg’s — sweeps, cleans and purifies the intestine. It acts as nature acts. It makes the in- testine function naturally and regu- farly. Tf eaten régularly, it will bring PAGE, THREE ftheir patients that they are suffer- ing from overstrain and must dance no more for months. Too Late To Classify _- FOR RENT—Fite room house. 401 Front Street. Inquire 219 10th Street. 6-27-3¢ FOR RENT—6 room modern house. Also furniture for sale. Inquire at 10 Main St. or phone 212-J. 6-27-8¢ Girl wants to do general housework. 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Sold by druggists everywhere.—Adv. or mone DR. R. S. ENGE Chiropractor { Consultation Free Lucas Blk. Bismarck, N. D. Matinee Every Day At 2: TONIGHT FRIDAY and SATURDAY wasn § NE “JACQUELINE Blazing Barriers (JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD setthan amazing cast of players including. MARGUERITE COURTOT LEW copy GUS WEINBE! JBARNEY SHERRY i} PAUL PANZER KATE BRUCE CHARLIE FANG BABY HELEN ROWLAND JOSEPH DEPEW RUSSELLGRIFFIN & PIA FISK Pathe News _ Aesop Fable APITOL TONIGHT and Tomorrow Matinee Tomorrow at 1] comedy—Spat Family “Political Pull”