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(716) 482 - 0300 -Phone ^S: (716) 288- 5989 - ^ox / z ^ r% ■-jl:^f:!mzMSit :y^-iy^->-^ / The Wa' I CITY OF WINNIPEG. I w i -' iii - I H i • 1 ( , a .^ i THE WATER SUPPLY -OF THE- CITY OF WINNIPEG. Cirv Enginkkr's Okfice, WiNNiPKfi, 2nd March, 1886. To His Worship the Mayor and City Council of Winnipeg: ihe^SunciT:''' '"'''°'''^'"'' '"'^'^ ''^" '""""^^'"S motion adopted by "Moved by Aid. Woods, seconded by Aid. McNee, that the Citv Engineer be requested to report to the Council as to h^w far the coL^- <:t made by ii,e Cty with the Winnipeg Water Works Conipany hTs een carr.ed out, part.cularly as to whether the proper ntu.,ber n \ort of hydrants and dnnkm, fountains have been placed. Wliether X nams have been extended as provided for, and'if not. what n a^y of tese .espects the City i,as a nght to ask for. Also, as to the caparih dinded ;''■'''''' '' ^"^' '"'^ '^''^^'' "^ *■'«'" ^cJlforbe M, ! r •I'"''" I'^u-''"""'' ^" '■'^1'"'"' ^'^'''t 'here is no regular contract between the City of Wuinipeg and the AVinnipeg Water Works. After correspondence between the City of Winnipeii and the nrr. z;::^' n'^thoT^^^T'^''^^ ^'"^'^ ^-"-i'-^'' the'i:^j;"obSLs: ap;s;t^'ww'^^"""""^'^^'^^-^ "^^"^"-'^ ^'"'^ '™^ HYDRANTS. 1. As to whether the proper number and sort of hydrants and drink ing fountains have been placed, >uianis ana arink- The charter states that "the said company (The Winnipeg Water Works Company) bind themselves to erect and maintain at th^eir ov^ expense and cost, hydrants on all highways and street vvhere said com pany siiall have mains laid at a distance not exceed ng'fivehunded?et apart on one side of such street or highway." nunareU teef \\ The number of hydrants the city is entitled to under the above clause IS seventy. The number of connections with tlie water mains from which water can be drawn for fire, sewer flushing and public purposes is thirty-four Seven of the number are hydrants which, with one exception, have no drip connections with the sewers or otherwise, and cannot be used in winter. One hydrant at the corner of .Market and Princess Streets has iil""'/'"""'-'''"'^" which empties it after use and there is apparendy no difficulty in working it at any time. 'I'he remaining twenty-eight con- nections are valves in the water pipes which are enclosed in man-holes built from the pii)es to the surface of the street. Water is drawn from these by means of stand pipes 2;^ inciios in diameter. The- valves and movable stand pipes are very imjierfect sub.stitules for hydrants, and are open to the following objections :— They are not large enough to supply water to a steamer, having the capacity of one hose stream only The actual quantity of water delivered by these valves with a i;ressure of 40 lbs at the works is from 10 to )8 cubic feet per minute through open hose, the quantity varying with the length of hose The valv-es leak more or less and tiie man-holes over them become partially filled with water, making it difficult and sometimes impossible to fix the stand- pipies in position. Having no drip connections they are liable to freeze and become useless. The hydrants should be from four to nine inches in diameter accord- ing to the position in which they are placed, and the quantity 'of water which can be supplied to them ; they should be furnished with both steamer and hose nozzles and should be provided with properly drained drips Each hydrant so constructed would be in itself a powei- ful fire engine, the only thing necessary to bring it into use beinn to attach the hose. ° •2. " By the charter the Company are required to furnish, free of charge, water to a drinking fountain for man and beast, to be erected one in each ward of the City as now existing, at such places as the Mayor and Corporation of the said City shall direct." No fountains have yet been erected. 3. "Whether the mains have been extended as provided for and if not, what m any of these resjjccts has the City a right to ask for '' The charter says, "that the Company shall be bound, on notification by the Corporation of the City, to extend their mains wherever in each quarter of a mile of street ar streets contiguous to the mains of the said Com- pany It IS shown that a rental amounting to 10 per cent, on the cost of each quarter of a mile is obtainable, such extension to be made with all due diligence." 3 tlu^rtunr'^irrS''!.;'^' company have boon notinod to extend by the detailed statement attached. "^' ■^:' "''^''' '' '^''''''' 4. As to the rapacity of power and supply now in use hv thf. r^n, pany being sufti.ient siioui.l su.;h an extemied semV.. s I r > or .o;o„^,, j;-:vii; ;rr r a?S'i^il^;;H£j,;y ;t£S l^resent Works for i)opulation liO.OOO. 40 000 r. •. , 10,000. ' ■ Capacity of [jumping machinery, gal- Qu.JS:;ff;.Si„c;,i,icf,;p„„,i„, '•'""■""" '■""■<"" '•■^»».»»" delivered at cor. of Main St. and Portage Ave, with a pressure eijual to a head of 1 50 ft | )o- mestio su|)|)Iy .,,,„ Fire supply..": .....['.['."" f.^ ^^^ Total maximum quantity which works " '^^^ are capable of delivering, cubic feet per minute, with an effective • •^'^-'"f'^'Ofeet .„ ,,0 ^^^ upontlStuow-l^dLa?'^'"" ''''' '"^ ''^''' f^P"'^'-" -abased Average domestic consumption per head per dav, gallons fin Maximum domestic consumption per heaci per day'gan;;;;s ! ; :..: [ [ gj Fire supply providing for the occurrence of two fires at the snn,. t.me, each requiring ten-hose streams of 20 cubic feet per minute. The maximum capacity of the work', ;.,>s been based nnnn th mum consumption which would orcnr v.. fi T ? ."^ ^^^ '"''""- time of day when the g^ea esrSrauuht was'V!'"'^ ^'''"^^ '' '^' ''"^^ domestic supply. ^ ^^' ''''' ^"^'"g made upon the iu..! 4i..ir„.r3, 0, „.^i,j;i .,j jj^^ intercession of 4 Main Street an.l I'ortngo Avenue, which has been taken as the point ol comparison of the several systems. ' 'IJe loss of pressure l)otwcen tlic piunps and the i.oint referred to in the24in.hmaui, duetofri.tiun, Nvould ho 11 Ihs. The water to be delivered witli an effective pressure of Co ll,s. per s(iuare inch. In a main suiallcr than 2t inches the loss of pressure would be too great for economy in w uking. Table comparing water works now in operation with that re. mended for VVmnipeg : „. r, , • "■■"''>■ ^^^-^ o' ■^''•'^••^ of iiace. I'opulation. Consumption. Pipes. I'ipes. I. , „ Gallons. Rc.idmg, Pa 4.%27« 3,000,000 24-4 .T) VVilmm-ton, Del 42,-178 4,r,'jr),000 10-1 •/ Bl Hartford, Conn 42,01.') ''4-3 7.*^ Camden, N. J 41,rK)9 .■},08V,419 .30-3 38 St Paul, Minn, (1883). 41,473 i>4-4 29 Lawrence, Mass 39, 1 5 1 2, 1 62,9 1 9 30- 1 40 Dayton, Ohio 38,678 1,182,.589 20-2 30 Lynne, Mass 38,270 1,.').')7,974 20-4 70 Halifax, N. S 36,102 6,000,000 24-3 ^O Hamilton, Ont 3,1,961 3,750,000 63 Portland, Me 33,810 4,000,000 26-4 76 *Winni|)eg, recommend- ed for.n a population of 40,000 3,000,000 24-4 * This coluinn shows average daily consumption. The maximum capacity of works recommended for Winnipeg is 7,200,000 gallons. Comparison between the waterworks now in operation in WinnineL' and those in other cities of about the same population : Daily Place. Population. Consumption. Size of Miles of Gallons. pipes. pipes. Sacramento, Cal 21,400 2,000,000 24-3 93 London, Ont 21,000 1,250,000 12-4 40 Bay City, Mich 20,693 2,120,391 16-3 25 East .Saginaw, Mich .. . 19,016 2,218 336 'M-4 25 Yonkers, N. Y 18,892 1,246,200 24-4 97 ^V'"">Peg 20,000 342,849 12-4 6>^ The information for the last two tables, except that relating to Winni- peg, is obtained from statistical tables of American water works bv T T R. Croes. j j- j- In the event of the mains being extended, it is of the greatest impor ' iti :e thai ' t !ni:rea> Alien nee I'Xtensioni !')c) small liccn used It has li than 65 p( fn estiiT a slight afl The Chain peg Water reply to my It will be the Knginei which the v should be s provision k In my foi works be ba so construct be re.juired. able to deliv pressure of should be pi Though t ha])i)ens to I does not foil increased in l)ower increi trate large su With referi there is a wir ;jd *:ui:e th.'it a distribution systfin \>o ■u\uut,.f\ ^u. i u '■■I mcreasir,, p.pul.fon, Ld tM "S '^ ' v^ T\ '"' "'"'^ ')i' less JjH:SSl':,l=^;?S;';-r^'S«™:f -,-■■""■ Cnv P;n(;ini.;kk',s Okkhk, VV:.VNIPE(;, Man., 1 L' Nov., 1886. m Chairman and Committee on Fire, Water and Lig/it ■ so constructed that thov could t.,. in,.. ^ i V ■ ^ s^nould W- pressure of 65 lbs per scume nc rf . ''f ?'""*''' ^''''^h ^" '' power i„c,ea».i,„ population U beco^: t S™ Sw 'IC 'n*'"' .rate large ,uppl,e, of .a.er a, heavy pressure a, tiy dS poZ' "' .he';!:''' r;s?Sr:i°! s-aT"'^^ '°""?' r" "^ '""'"• '» *■ --n-,-. nr o,.,.„o,, uetuccn cnc Engineer for the Com- 11 . mi' pi- HYDRANTS. The Engineer for the Company says : that there are no ohh.ntions on fhl ?- ' ' ," " ''^^''-''"^ '« "^t; anrt if a |,t.r,™„e„, stand pipe is to i" ,S ,l» Jill " '" '"''*• »cH,,,ion, , f „a„, app,ia„,,. „,, srr '/r ar ::t:i;;;';:^;; *■ '^'''"' de,nils,-In New England and the Nortliern States -. oncCv • K^'lr-ntm severe winters, a moderate leakage as in vXl ■ ? n ' !"""' ''"' •^^'••"""^'cl A free drainage must be pro This .„,ic ,„.„. uajsj, tw^^Mirfij':; „ts;.r ^''"™ '" ' '« '-- he |.l.i,:e<] M iIk- imerccsion., of , ,1 " L L Ir » .J" t'ntd to one to ei^ht enrh ^f ^T" , ''''" '"""y "''-^'"'''^^ """^''^•- "^ ""^^•'-"^ from drant, and hat no such contrivance as that in use in WinnineJ is made or recognized. From the ^ho-e ■> i- rl— -!- -• i ;' i! '""'Ptt, is made -.11 .!.e _!..!. e ,r I, clca. that botn the scicntiiic and i n I il I ' '•w'liiiwiiiuij*** ^;;;^^riues...U.i.^^y,,,,,^, Mram as described .n ..y nJe"pi:y':;S-;;?shnj""f"^"'"« '^^'"^ '" England who ^^rnplJJd'^^,;'^^^^^'^]^-'^^^^ systems send out the immmm EXTENSION OF MAINS. ieg^;h^;^°;^n:;;^i^;i^^SLi:rr7r --^ ^- ^^ that in claiming that, to tiie "etu U rS f \ ' '' ^'T' ""^' ^''''^'■^'' the proportionate cos^of Sil n ins .n^^^^ "^^ '''^ded Company are asking for a guan tee o oV n^ ^ 'u^ ''''^'"•'^"^■'*' ^^e vestment, including current Sn,^ '^ ''^^ ^^''^'' o'" "^e''" •"- the f-.ct that the> iav S the Hme SfT"T' '"^ i'^''^ notwithstanding perhaps 20% on'the more cen S pordons' 0^^' '' 'T% "'^- «' attach much importance to the cxtensinn .f ''"; ^°'''''- ^ ^'° "^^ they will themselves find ov* would pay. ?fore the city can, where an extension CAPACri'Y V.F POWER AND SUPPLY. The Engineer for the Com|)any says • .l.e'?'a%"XVl':^^"r,™\;™r;er^°'"'»"''» '--"'view Of .... On these points the charter reads as follows ■ maintain at their own expense and rn«l hT V ^"^^^^'^es to erect and streets within the cit^S,I■c" ' ^^''''''' ^" '''" ^'>^^^'^y' ^"^ The above appears to express clearly the oblig-itinn of fh n to maintain works of such a character thnt in ^ ? the Company thev would be in a portion t A - ' """'^ °^ accidental fire, . _e m a po.-itson tu furnisn all tiie water requisite for its ex- i] Ui 10 tinrtion It does not mean that the city is to take the water at times . Vj Hen here are no hres and store it for use when occasion ari es.beca^se that also .s provided for in the words, "and for the re-filhn« of tanks emptied for the ext.ncfon of accidental f.res- If what is dahned on hehal o( the Con.pany had been intended, the charter would i . ve rea 1 lrov,dealwaterre,iu,s,tefor he extinction of accidental fires 4 re fillmg tanks emptied for the extinction of fires. "^ The mention of hydrants 500 feet apart in the same clause, also clearlv indicates the use for which they were intended. ^ There a^^ears to be no doubt that the charter intended that for the very valuable concessions which the Company obtained form the cy It should give the city a first-class water-works system. ^' It appears to me that the Engineer for the Company is hardly correct n referring to the Company as a private commercial undertaking A ar as the city is concerned, it is a public contractor with certain obhVa- ons to fulfil And I feel sure that in asking the Company to gSe them a first-class wa^er works system, the City asks nothing unreasonSe the cht;e"r' '' '"' '""^' '""""' '>' ^'^' '''' '"'^^^ ^'^ meal^r;^ of If it is claimed that, in any sense, the present works are, as far as thev go, reasonable and proper works, sufficient proof of the contrary sob tamed in the statement of the Company's Engineer that at present with only about 100 house connecdons, the/are supplying thrSrauUtitv required under the charter for a population of 20,000. ^ ^ RATES. The rates which the Company arc permitted to charge are certainlv very high, and I think their reduction would afford a fa^r ground upon which the City could treat with the Company on the ba^s of comm 1 orv rates on streets where mains and sewers are laid. This system works very well in places where the works are the property of the ^coq or tion In VVinnu)eg where there are practically no j.rivate wells, there shoukl be no difficulty in making the rates so low that there would be -m actua saving in the cost of water over that of the present uncertain ancf awk Ssor^rlt^"''"^'^' ^"' " ''' ^^™^ '""^ '-- ^'- C-,?anT'a SOURCE OE SUPPLY. In entering into any new arrangements with the Water Works Com- pany it would be well to consider the possibility of improving the source of supply 1 he Assiniboine water, in the spring and early summer Ts without filtration, entirely unfit for drinking or washing Lrresn.ri the cost of filtering galleries in connection Sith the A^L bo "e Jotild be very great. In my annual report I mentioned the fact that n aU M 11 tiJu"Mz;;rr:.;;;;;:!^;:s-; - ---/han .er .o,n.i„cec, the ci.y is likely to r^ u c ',""■■? ' 'r":''' '^^'■«*-^'- ''"I'P'y than be a great advanfK'e o fh; r "" '''" "^t^'m^'d in this wu it will •to felt, and le forstuctio,TT"';',T'"'' n"^^' "'^ "^ '"-- "« to Assiniboine. '^«^''t™^tion of expensive filtering galleries on the STAND PIPE. .ower, ,•„.... of t.„,^,:';™s it ■",?';:■" 5f;,s::; £''- -r- POWER TO PURCHASE WORKS. arbli^^tbr^^tS.S'dSSvu^; '^,rf^ ^'^'^ ^^"^'^^ '" ^''^ '')■ in the interest o t 'e • tv tfou hV' . ' ^^^l^ '" ^''"'^ ^'^'^^ it will be alterations in the chart5, ^ Wghf;: S^aZS^J^i^^jS^ ^"^ CHARTER. a specification of the works anrl rr^.M il T ^' '^ '" "" -"^ense detnil. as, ,i.e of n,,™n;™!;e tm^onSSf ^''"•J.'r "'^'' Simply matters of calculation and i rnctirf> ^ ">''""ts, &'c. I hese are tion, area to be supplied, &c. ' ' ^^'''^"^'"g "PO" the popula- In addition to the clauses of the charter quoted above the following ■ and^^?hn,S:ti;T:h:"ntrofT"^^"f^'^'^ °f -^er through which the said supply vvmVive t, L ,^\'""'I'^>g: '^d the advantagts fire and to the sec iVof c^l or t e"n;;'^'"'' '" 'u''' "^ ''•"''^'^"tal of great benefit, &c., ^°'„"""'"'-'^'^''^l enterpr..ses in the said city, will be Leaves no doubt as to the intention of the framers of the charter. ' In determining the details of the works th^n th«., . t to f.,™i*i„g a ■■ ,,ropc.r and con.™™. ■\™;"k^^^^^ t'Kerr;!;no:?='!;r-l;7.^°o£ S- -"-- ven,e„, work and supply „„„ for fiJeproKcior """"•''"'' '^°"- ; I -' >U I 1)1 r , ij i i US' ' F ^ 12 niestic or fire protection iiurposes. »' '""'" f"' <'°- .0 pro*pe?an5'':re'lm ™,;"S!i"V';' ""■"'"T "i ""^ '"""" - .•.ccdemal fires, is ailiwem ' " '"'"""" '"' ""^ «tinction of ■hey would'a. o„?e ?^s?tSi cuVomeT/. 1 '''' ^°'"!?°^? '="6'"''") ing water rates for s„ch a partSTd' ™ils^c°„"r! Sv.ce""""' '" ""■ rhe Company will find that the right to charce c^■re.^iv^ ro. ^ .0 the *i™c, of ,.eir wor.s L tfi^^^sSTontl 'of I^ISZ^ Vour obedient servant, H. N. RUTTAN, City Enginetr. ^. r