Council Proceedings: April 17, 1898

[right page] ANNUAL REPORT OF A. W. SCOBLE, SUPERINTENDENT.

FORT WORTH CITY WATERWORKS FORTH WORTH, TEXAS,

FISCAL YEAR ENDING MARCH 21, 1898.

NUMBER AND SIZE OF TAPS MADE FROM APRIL 1, 1897, TO MARCH 21, 1898

1/2-inch taps . . 19 5/8-inch taps . . 101 3/4-inch taps . . 44 1-inch taps . . 25 1 1/4-inch taps . . 1 Total . . . 190 taps made to water mains.

PERMITS. Number of permits issued for private extensions . . . . . 211

NUMBER AND SIZE OF TAPS MADE TO WATER MAINS TO MARCH 21, 1898

1/2-inch taps . . 340 5/8-inch taps . . 1,119 3/4-inch taps . . 822 1-inch taps . . 413 1 1/4-inch taps . . 42 1 1/2-inch taps . . 8 1 3/4-inch taps . . 1 2-inch taps . . 33 3-inch taps . . 1 Total . . . . . 2,779

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WORK DONE BY CITY PLUMBING DEPARTMENT.

Sewers inspected . . . . . 243 Taps made to water mains . . . . . 190 Delinquent consumers cut off . . . . . 736 Cut off for leaks and other causes . . . . . 398 Water turned on consumers . . . . . 1,074 Fire hydrants repaired . . . . . 48 Leaks repaired . . . . . 129 Sewers opened . . . . . 78 Flush valves repaired . . . . .22 Fire hydrants flushed and oiled . . . . . 506 Fire hydrants painted . . . . . 341 Water meters repaired . . . . . 33 Fire halls repaired . . . . . 14 Public schools repaired . . . . . 11 Public water troughs cleaned . . . . . 24 Water meters set, new . . . . . 37 Water meters, old replaced with new ones . . . . . 2 Sand traps cleaned . . . . . 36 Total orders attended . . . . . 3,922

LIST OF VALVES IN THE CITY.

Size, inches	2,	4,	6,	8,	10,	12,	14,	16,	18,	20,	24,	30,	36
Number	46,	2,	235,	160,	39,	37,	2,	5,	7,	5,	8,	3,	3

Total . . . . . 552

1 14-inch and 1 18-inch swinging gate check valve . . . . . 2 Flush valve to sewers . . . . . 86

Total . . . . . 640

NUMBER OF GALLONS OF WATER PUMPED FOR THE YEAR ENDING MARCH 31, 1898.

April, 1897	85,649,850		Oct., 1897	95,122,550
May, "	88,539,750		Nov., "	90,113.750
June, "	99,409,400		Dec., "	97,034,400
July, "	106,101,100		Jan., 1898	92,421,350
Aug., "	105,233,800		Feb., "	81,127,450
Sept., "	99,604,850		Mar., "	92,758,200
			Total	1,137,116,450

Average domestic pressure at pump house . . . . . 80 lbs. Average fire pressure at pump house . . . . . 120 lbs.

[right page] 11 RAINFALL FROM APRIL 1, 1897, TO MARCH 31, 1898.

April 3, 1897	0.08	Sept. 14, 1897	1.00
" 8, "	0.20	" 16, "	0.80—1.80
" 14 "	0.30	Oct. 10, "	0.20
" 16, "	0.10	" 11, "	0.17
" 18, "	0.17	" 22, "	0.50
" 25, "	0.60	" 27, "	0.97
" 28, "	0.85—2.30	" 31, "	0.35—2.19
May 5, "	0.28	Nov. 16, "	0.10
" 6, "	0.05	" 25 "	0.35—0 45
" 7, "	0.18	Dec. 2, "	0.15
" 11, "	0.60	" 3, "	0.10
" 12, "	0.95	" 17, "	0.10
" 14, "	0.32	" 18, "	0.12
" 16, "	0.42	" 19, "	0.40
" 23, "	1.33	" 20, "	0.50
" 28, "	0.47—4.60	" 21, "	0.15
June 2, "	1.50	" 22, "	0.05
" 3, "	0.33	" 25, "	0.08
" 4, "	2.05	" 27, "	0.10—1.75
" 12, "	0.30	Jan. 14, 1898	0.56
" 13, "	0.40	" 19, "	1.75
" 14, "	0.90	" 20, "	0.30
" 15, "	0.05—5.53	" 21, "	0.43—3.04
July 10, "	0.05	Feb. 10, "	1.10
"20, "	0.20—0.25	" 11, "	0.10—1.20
Aug. 10 "	0.05	Mar. 12,	0.87
" 15, "	0.90	" 26, "	0.05—0.92
" 16, "	0.12
" 17, "	0.50—1.57	Total inches rainfall	25.60

RECAPITULATION.

April, 1897	. . . 2.30		October, 1897	. . . 2.19
May, 1897	. . . 4.60		November, 1897	. . . 0:45
June, 1897	. . . 5.53		December, 1897	. . . 1.75
July, 1897	. . . 0.25		January, 1898	. . . 3.04
August, 1897	. . . 1.57		February, 1898	. . . 1.20
September, 1897	. . . 1.80		March, 1898	. . . 0.92
			Total rainfall	. . . 25.60

NUMBER OF FIRE ALARMS RECEIVED AT PUMP HOUSE FROM APRIL 1, 1897, TO MARCH 21, 1898.

April, 1897	. . . 4		October, 1897	. . . 5
May, 1897	. . . 8		November, 1897	. . . 6
June, 1897	. . . 4		December, 1897	. . . 9
July, 1897	. . . 6		January, 1898	. . . 14
August, 1897	. . . 9		February, 1898	. . . 6
September, 1897	. . . 5		March, 1898	. . . 3
			Total alarms for year	. . . 79

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NUMBER AND SIZE OF METERS IN THE CITY.

Size, inches	1/2	5/8	3/4	1	1 1/2	2	2 1/2	3	4
Number	4	13	89	49	8	12	1	2	1	Total, 179.

Owned by consumers . . . 8 Owned by city, in use . . . . . 140—148 Owned, on hand . . . . . 28 Owned, out of repair . . . . . 3— 31 Total meters . . . . . 179

MAKE AND SIZE OF METERS.

	SIZE	Crown	Union	Nash	Hersey	Buffalo	Thompson	Worthingt'n
OWNED BY CITY.	1/2 inch	4
	5/8 inch					10	2
	3/4 inch	9		1	2	54
	1 inch	16	1	1		20	1
	1 1/2 inch	3			1	3
	2 inch	9
	3 inch	2
Total, 139		43	1	2	3	87	3
OWNED BY CONSUMERS.	3/4 inch						1
	1 inch	2						1
	2 1/2 inch				1
	3 inch
	4 inch	1
	2 inch					1		1
Total, 8		3			1	1	1	2
ON HAND, IN REPAIR.	5/8 inch					1
	3/4 inch					20
	1 inch					5
	1 1/2 inch	1
	2 inch							1
Total, 28		1				26		1
ON HAND, OUT OF REPAIR.	3/4 inch		1				1
	1 inch		1
Total, 3			2				1

Grand Total, 179.

[right page] 13 OLD PUMPING PLANT.

1 3,000,000-gallon Holly Quadruple pumping engine. 1 2,000,000-gallon Worthington Duplex pumping engine. 1 Duplex boiler feeder. 2 Return Tubular boilers, 18 feet by 60 inches.

NEW PUMPING PLANT. 2 8,000,000-gallon Holly Tripple Expansion pumping engines. 1 Duplex boiler feed pump. 4 Return tubular boilers, 18 feet by 66 inches. 1 Intake well, 37x16 feet 1 Overflow well, separator, 12x18 feet. 1 Suction crib, 12x12x31 feet. 14 Artesian wells, 8 inches, average depth 960 feet.

1 Portable well-drilling machines and sand pump. 1 Stand-pipe, 20x130 feet. Capacity, 305,000 gallons.

FIRE HYDRANTS

30 Hydrants with 4-inch inlets, 2 2 1/2-inch connections and 1 steamer nozzle. 336 Hydrants with 6-inch inlets, 2 2 1/2-inch connections and 1 steamer nozzle. 101 Hydrants with 4-inch inlets, 2 2 1/2 inch connections.

467 Total humber in use. 3 At pumping stations, not charged to city.

464 Used by city for fire protection.

DAMS.

Dam No. 0. Combination wood and stone, 4x75 feet. Dam No. 1. Combination wood and stone, 12x109 feet. Dam No. 2. Combination concrete and stone, 14x16x180 feet. Dam No. 3. Combination concrete and stone, 12x100 feet. Dam No. 4. Combination concrete and stone, 14x120 feet.

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PIPE LINES.

	FEET	MILES.
1-inch wrought iron pipe	1,850
1 1/4-inch " " "	1,700
1 1/2-inch " " "	7,780
2-inch " " "	36,558
Total number of feet of wrought iron pipe	47,888	9.14

4-inch cast iron pipe	3,457
6-inch " " "	96,495
8-inch " " "	63,632
10-inch " " "	22,760
12-inch " " "	25,634
14-inch " " "	276
16-inch " " "	6.444
18-inch " " "	13,470
20-inch " " "	430
24-inch " " "	2,464
30-inch " " "	2,120
36-inch " " "	3,555
Total feet of cast iron water mains in city	240,737	45.60
Total miles in city		54.74

[right page] 15 LOCATION OF FIRE HYDRANTS.

1	On Samuels Ave	Cor. Cemetery		33	Burnett	Cor. Weatherford		65	Florence	Cor. Second
2	Samuels Ave	and Cemetery		34	Weatherford	and Lamar		66	Second	Bet. Flor. and Burnett
3	N. Boaz	Cor. Peach		35	Taylor	Cor. Weatherford		67	Burnett	Cor. Second
4	Peach	and Harding		36	Weatherford	and Throckmorton		68	Taylor	and Second
5	Peach	Cor. Hampton		37	Weatherford	Cor. Houston		69	Throckorton	Cor. Second
6	Peach	and Santa Fe Ry		38	Weatherford	and Main		70	Houston	and Second
7	Hampton	Cor. Preist Street		39	Rusk	Cor. Weatherford		71	Main	Cor. Second
8	Live Oak	and Peach		40	Jones	and Weatherford		72	Rusk	and Second
9	Live Oak	Cor. Bluff		41	Pecan	Cor. Weatherford		73	Jones	Cor. Second
10	Live Oak	and Belknap		42	Weatherford	and Harding		74	Harding	and Second
11	Live Oak	Cor. Weatherford		43	Hampton	Cor. Weatherford		75	Third	Cor. Live Oak
12	Live Oak	and East First		44	First	and Hampton		76	Third	and Harding
13	Live Oak	Cor. East Second		45	First	Cor. Nichols		77	Third	Cor. Crump
14	Bluff	and Hampton		46	First	and Harding		78	Third	and Elm
15	Bluff	Cor. 300 ft. E. H.		47	First	Bet. Elm and Harding		79	Pecan	Cor. Third
16	Belknap	and Hampton		48	First	and Elm		80	Jones	and Third
17	Belknap	Cor. Elm		49	First	Cor. Pecan		81	Calhoun	Cor. Third
18	Belknap	and Pecan		50	Grove	and First		82	Rusk	and Third
19	Belknap	Cor. Jones		51	First	Cor. Jones		83	Main	Cor. Third
20	Belknap	and Rusk		52	Calhoun	and First		84	Houston	and Third
21	Houston	Cor. Belknap		53	Rusk	Cor. First		85	Throckmorton	Cor. Third
22	Belknap	and Taylor		54	Main	and First		86	Taylor	and Third
23	Belknap	Cor. Burnett		55	Main	Bet. First and Weatherford		87	Lamar	Cor. Third
24	Florence	and Belknap		56	Houston	and First		88	Burnett	and Third
25	Belknap	Cor. Royal		57	Throckmorton	Cor. First		89	Third	Bet. Florence and Burnett
26	Florence	400 ft. N. Belknap		58	Taylor	and First		90	Royal	and Third
27	Burnett	Cor. Bluff		59	Lamar	Cor. First		91	Burnett	Cor. Fourth
28	Penn Sreet	and Weatherford		60	First	and Burnett		92	Taylor	and Fourth
29	Lexington	Cor. Weatherford		61	Florence	Cor. First		93	Throckmorton	Cor. Fourth
30	Weatherford	and Royal		62	First	Bet. Lexington and Royal		94	Houston	and Fourth
31	Weatherford	Cor. Florence		63	Second	Bet. West Fifth and Royal		95	Main	Cor. Fourth
32	Weatherford	and Cherry		64	Royal	and Second		96	Rusk	and Fourth

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97	Jones	Cor. Fourth		132	Throckmorton	Cor. Seventh		167	Jones	Cor. Eighth
98	Elm	and Fourth		133	Taylor	Cor. Seventh		168	Harding	Cor. Ninth
99	Crump	Cor. Fourth		134	Lamar	Cor. Seventh		169	Ninth	Cor. Crump
100	Harding	and Fourth		135	Burnett	Cor. Seventh		170	Ninth	Cor. Jones
101	Crump	Cor. Fifth		136	West Seventh	Cor. Cherry		171	Calhonn	Cor. Ninth
102	Elm	and Fifth		137	West Seventh	Cor. Macon		172	Rusk	Cor. Ninth
103	Jones	Cor. Fifth		138	Florence	Cor. West Seventh		173	Main	Cor. Ninth
104	Calhoun	and Fifth		139	Royal	Cor. West Seventh		174	Houston	Cor. Ninth
105	Rusk	Cor. Fifth		140	Lexington	Cor. West Seventh		175	Throckmorton	Cor. Ninth
106	Houston	and Fifth		141	Penn	Cor. West Seventh		176	Throckmorton	Cor. Tenth
107	Throckmorton	Cor. Fifth		142	Penn	Cor. Jackson		177	Rusk	Cor. Tenth
108	Taylor	and Fifth		143	Florence	Cor. Jackson		178	Pecan	Cor. Tenth
109	Lamar	Cor. Fifth		144	Macon	Bet. Jackson and Texas		179	Harding	Cor. Tenth
110	Burnette	and Fifth		145	Jackson	Cor. Cherry		180	Harding	Cor. Trinity
111	West Fifth	Cor. Florence		146	Burnett	Cor. Jackson		181	Trinity	Cor. Hampton
112	West Fifth	and Lexington		147	Taylor	Cor. Jackson		182	Jones	Bet. Tenth and Eleventh
112	West Fifth	Cor. Second		148	Taylor	Bet. Jackson and 7th		183	Rusk	Cor. Eleventh
114	Fahay	and Fifth		149	Monroe	Cor. Jackson		184	Main	Cor. Eleventh
115	Burnett	Cor. Sixth		150	Taylor	Cor. Texas		185	Houston	Cor. Eleventh
116	Lamar	and Sixth		151	Lamar	Cor. Texas		186	Throckmorton	Cor. Eleventh
117	Taylor	Cor. Sixth		152	Texas	Cor. Cherry		187	Throckmorton	Cor. Twelfth
118	Throckmorton	and Sixth		153	Texas	Cor. Macon		188	Rusk	Cor. Twelfth
119	Houston	Cor. Sixth		154	Florence	Cor. Texas		189	Calhoun	Cor. Twelfth
120	Main	Cor. Sixth		155	Lake	Cor. Texas		190	Jones	Cor. Twelfth
121	Rusk	Cor. Sixth		156	Penn	Cor. Texas		191	Jones	Cor. Thirteenth
122	Calhoun	Cor. Sixth		157	Lake	Cor. West Thirteenth		192	Rusk	Cor. Thirteenth
123	Jones	Cor. Sixth		158	Macon	Cor. West Thirteenth		193	Main	Cor. Thirteenth
124	Sixth	Cor. Grove		159	West Thirteenth	Cor. Cherry		194	Houston	Cor. Thirteenth
125	Pecan	Cor. Sixth		160	Lamar	Cor. West Thirteenth		195	Throckmorton	Cor. Thirteenth
126	Sixth	Cor. Elm		161	West Thirteenth	Cor. Taylor		196	Throckmorton	Cor. Fourteenth
127	Crump	Cor. Sixth		162	Monroe	Cor. West Thirteenth		197	Rusk	Cor. Fourteenth
128	Jones	Cor. Seventh		163	West Thirteenth	Cor. Jennings		198	Jones	Cor. Fourteenth
129	Calhoun	Cor. Seventh		164	Monroe	Cor. Throckmorton		199	Grove	Cor. Fourteenth
130	Rusk	Cor. Seventh		165	Houston	Cor. Eighth		200	Jennings	Cor. Fifteenth
131	Main	Cor. Seventh		166	Rusk	Cor. Eighth		201	Throckmorton	Cor. Fifteenth

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202	Houston	Cor. Fifteenth		237	Chambers	Cor. Nineteenth		272	Sixth Ave	Cor. Prewitt St.
203	Fifteenth	Cor. Main		238	Crump	Cor. Elm		273	Sixth Ave	Cor. Cooper
204	Rusk	Cor. Fifteenth		239	Chambers	Cor. Kennedy		274	South	Cor. Ochletree
205	Calhoun	Cor. Fifteenth		240	Kennedy	400 feet east Chambers		275	Penn Ave	Cor. Ochletree
206	Jones	Cor. Fifteenth		241	Penn	Bet. North and Thirteenth		276	Fifth Ave	Cor. Prewitt
207	Fifteenth	Cor. Grove		242	North	24 feet east Penn		277	Fifth Ave	Cor. Cannon
208	Fifteenth	Cor. Pecan		243	Summit	Cor. North		278	Fifth Ave	Cor. Terrell
209	Fifteenth	Cor. Brewer		244	Ballinger	Cor. North		279	Daggett	Cor. Henderson
210	Fifteenth	Cor. Elm		245	Lake	Cor. North		280	Henderson	Cor. Broadway
211	Crump	Cor. Fifteenth		246	Henderson	Cor. North		281	Henderson	Cor. Peter Smith
212	Luelle	Cor. Crump		247	Macon	Cor. North		282	Penn Ave	Cor. Henderson
213	Luelle	Cor. Fifteenth		248	Cherry	Cor. North		283	Terrell	Cor. Henderson
214	Luelle	Cor. Stephens		249	Burnett	Cor. North		284	Cannon	Cor. Sandidge
215	Morgan	Cor. Crump		250	Lamar	Cor. North		285	Presidio	Cor. Vine
216	Morgan	400 feet east of Crump		251	Taylor	Cor. North		286	El Paso	Cor. Vine
217	Morgan	800 feet east of Crump		252	Jennings Ave	Cor. North		287	Adams	Cor. South
218	Elm	Cor. Fifteenth		253	Houston	Cor. Front		288	Daggett	Cor. Adams
219	Jones	Cor. Fifteenth		254	Main	Cor. Front		289	Adams	Cor. Broadway
220	Rusk	Cor. Fifteenth		255	Calhoun	Cor. Front		290	Adams	Cor. Penn Ave
221	Main	Cor. Fifteenth		256	Jones	Cor. Front		291	Adams	Cor. Cannon
222	Rusk	Cor. Seventeenth		257	Pecan	Cor. Front		292	Terrell	Cor. Adams
223	Seventeenth	Cor. Jones		258	Crump	Cor. Front		293	Daggett	Cor. Wheeler
224	Seventeenth	Cor. Brewer		259	Front	Cor. Kentucky		294	Wheeler	Cor. Broadway
225	Elm	Cor. Seventeenth		260	Front	Cor. Kentucky		295	Wheeler	Cor. Peter Smith
226	Seventeenth	Cor. Crump		261	Chambers	Cor. Front		296	Penn Ave	Cor. College Ave
227	Seventeenth	Cor. Gay		262	Cypress	Cor. Front		297	College	Cor. Cannon
228	Seventeenth	Cor. Stephens		263	Front	Cor. Pine		298	Warren	Cor. College
229	Eighteenth	Cor. Brown		264	Summit	Cor. El Paso		299	Terrell	Cor. College
230	Eighteenth	Cor. Chambers		265	South	Cor. Hill		300	College	Cor. Magnolia
231	Gay	Cor. Eighteenth		266	Hill	Cor. Daggett		301	College	Cor. Morphy
232	Elm	Cor. Eighteenth		267	Penn Ave	Cor. Eighth Ave		302	College	Cor. Myrtle
233	Brewer	Cor. Eighteenth		268	Eighth Ave	Cor. Prewit St.		303	College	Cor. Bellvue
234	Jones	Cor. Eighteenth		269	Penn Ave	Cor. Hill		304	College	Cor. Laurel
235	Brewer	Cor. Nineteenth		270	South	Cor. Ballinger		305	College	Cor. Cactus
236	Crump	Cor. Nineteenth		271	Penn Ave	Cor. Ballinger		306	Alston	Cor. Magnolia