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‘MANCHESTER'S NEW WATER WORKS PLANT SUBJECT OF AD- 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
DRESS BY RAYMOND C. ALLEN, AT ANNUAL MEET- 
ING OF NEW ENGLAND WATER WORKS ASSO- 
CIATION IN BOSTON, WEDNESDAY. 
_ At the annual meeting of the New 
England Water Works Association, 
at® the Hotel Brunswick, Boston, 
Wednesday, Raymond C. Allen of 
Manchester, presented an interest- 
ing paper on Manchester’s new gas 
producing pumping plants. 
len is an“associate member of the 
American Society of Civil Engineers, 
and it was he who had the charge of 
and additional water supply two 
years ago... 
_ Mr. Allen gave a resume of the 
conditions leading up to Manchester 
installing an additional water supply 
two years ago, its driven well system 
not being sufficient to cope with the 
erowing "needs of the town. He told 
how the matter finally came before 
the town and a committee was in- 
structed to go.to work on installing 
an additional supply from the Gravel 
Pond source, after plans had been 
submitted by Desmond. Fitzgerald; 
how after looking over various 
plants, and how finally when they 
were nearly ready to call for bids on 
steam pumps for the new station as 
well as for the old station, their at- 
tention was called to the use of Pro- 
ducer gas. 
They made investigations along 
this line with the result that they 
called for bids for an equipment of 
this character. He then told of the 
working’ of the producer gas plant, 
how the gas 1s pr odueed, etc., and the 
great saving obtained in the opera- 
tion of this kind of plant over the old 
steam plant. 
He next dwelt upon some of the ac- 
tual results obtained, in which he 
said in part: 
‘“Tt occurs to me, however, that it 
might interest this meeting more to 
hear some- results of actual station 
duty..under every day conditions of 
operation rather than any discus- 
sion of duties resulting from the pro- 
vision and maintenance of ideal con- 
ditions throughout the run,-the ev- 
ery day results being those we have 
to work with. 
‘““As you will note, we draw our 
water from two sources and run 
both plants throughout the year mix- 
ing the water. 
“The home plant has its hardest 
work in the summer when the load is 
greatest and the cold ground water 
is desired, making long runs at near- 
ly its full capacity. 
_‘*The Gravel Pond plant on the 
Mr. Al- - 
other hand runs more nearly uni- 
formly, pumping about eight hours 
a day in the summer and five or six 
hours a day in the winter, and at 
two-thirds its rating. 
~ ‘Under these conditions, the Home 
Plant gave for the summer months 
a pumping duty including standov- 
er from 104,000,000 to 135,000,000 
foot pounds, averaging about 120,- 
000,000 foct pounds per 100 pounds 
of fuel. 
‘“‘During other months when the 
plant is run but two or three days 
per week, and about five or six hours 
per day, and stands over the balance 
of the time, our duties including all 
standovers will average about 75,- 
000,000 for a two day run a week. 
‘““The results at the Gravel Pond 
Station, haying due regard to the 
fact that the plant is run fewer 
hours per day and at a lower ratio 
to its capacity, are quite as good as 
those at the home station. 
‘From January 1910, to January 
1, 1911, the Home Station pumped 
50,880,000 gallons against a total 
head of 260 feet at an expenditure 
of coal of 181,609 pounds. This gives 
a duty of 83.3 millions for the entire 
year. 
‘‘At the Pond Station we have in 
the same time pumped 66,580 gal- 
lons at an expenditure of 175,479 
pounds of coal or at a duty of 73.4 
millions. 
‘These figures I would emphasize 
are including all standovers and 
items of every sort, and include four 
to seven months when the plants are 
run but about six hours a day for 
but two or three days each week. 
“‘T would further emphasize the 
fact that, remembering what I have 
stated, the economical running of a 
producer depends on the skill of the 
operator in handling his fire, the 
above duties represent the combined 
handling of several men during the 
year. 
‘“We are well satisfied with the re- 
sult when we are able to pump some 
118,000,000 gallons of water against 
a mean total head of 246 feet with a 
total coal bill of 15314 tons. 
‘‘Our installations are for a total 
of 230 H. P. and cost us above the 
foundations, exclusive of pumps, 
$22,000.00 or a little less than $96.00 
per bi HE. 
‘Including the pumps the cost he 
the total equipment on foundation 
was about $32,000.00. 
‘“‘The experience of the Depart- 
ment at Manchester is that all the 
operators who have run these two 
plants have learned their work 
readily and had no special difficulty 
in operating. 
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