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JlYOR'S address-reposts
J)F THE STANDING COMMIT
SES AND OFFICEES.
Resume of the Year’s Business.
Mayor's Address.
Jfifeiahereof Council:
| EMEN—It is perhaps unneces-
:i shod Id say anything con-
■^tbe receipts and expenditures
dydurint* the past year. 1 Ail
formation upon .this .subject
oSHn the : reports submitted
-TreasiirtAr.'.
lmtwer of iutereat, -however trt
llie, and : «-sp»-cililly ,’^b ’lire * tax*
Ifthe city, - it is impbrtairt.fbat-J
‘i make, in detail, a 1 stateixejn
settlemt h's since ihv : liw
- h .t . r- i ■
[ ference tb'that report it will ffc
Jiat np to that time settlements
|n made covering A— 8249,378 42
Aew bonds had bt-eu
b for——--—AA_.i- ’138.40000
bat the reduction! of 3
debt amounted to SI 10,978.42
(er settlements made • since thin
abrac the following’ bonds anf.
jStns, including principal and in-
l.as follows:
aphis Br. B. R. bonds
each— ——S 9,000.00
* 8 t - 2,144.74
forth and South K. R.
Ids 81,000 each 22.000.oa
1C 0,358.38
>Tbe new t, nds5 sj.qoo
set of office. 3,000.00
„t 855.70
ating debt bonds,
‘leach.— — 15,000.00
debt bonds, $500
.a 4,000.00
4,210.07
-works bonds, 8100
from other bonds.
Interest
400.00
91.32
93605
: -866,996.86
bhange lor these and in settle-
fthuiu the following new bonds
bn issued, to-wit:
lies A, S100 each 8 4,100.00
IWB, 8500 each 24,000.00
tier C, 81,000 each. 12 00000
'i . S40,100.00
bg the year a lot of bonds were
lof’Mr. Alton Angier, of Atlanta,
ch we paid, in cash, 81,250, to
r-works bonds, 81,000
. . ss.ooo.oa
ieliyerme-— ----- 1,141.80
MAY'' 86,141.80
Jill be seen from the foregoing,
nee my last repo-t 873,138 66, in-
ig principal and interest, of olti
ihave been taken up and settled,
Itl.-inept
irchase
-.-S66 996.86
.... 6,141.80
IS
873.13S 66
(above farts show a further re
ef the bonded debt of the city
; fa! S33,03S 66, as follows :
|nl tad iutere-a of olti
i1 tketi up 873.13S 66
fc.lt ’ sued 40,100.00
833,03S 66
thi- date show
fince 1st Jan. 1S77
.8249 378 42
73,13S,66
amount settled 8322,517 OS
1S-
to
17-8138,400.00
is-
since'.. 40,100.00—8178,500.00
. reduction of debt—S14-l,017.0S
fkmgour former estimate of the
iled'debt of the city to be correct
following sums will indicate the
ce ot the principal of the old
now outstanding:
this Br. R. R. bonds-S 19,000.00
and South R. R.
Is 15.000 00
vghev bonds 14,00000
FJ ng debt bonds 00.00
JVr-works bonds 90,700.00
Ital old bonds, principal
/settled S13S,700.00
i hoped that the remainder of
5 bonds would have been settled
Jig the past year, and strenuous
i were mads to that end, but with-
VOLUME XXXII.
ROME, GEORGIA! WEDNESDAY MORI^NG, JANUARY 16, 1878.
-■ 2 i ' ■ I Ji jojattV tij M
NEW SERIES-NO. 20
partment;is not excelled in point of ex
cellence aqd efficiency by any depart
ment in the South. Its membership is
composed of our best citizens and too
great praise cannot be accorded them for
the alacrity with which they discharge
their self-imposed duties.
The number of fires has been small
and the loss inconsiderable during the
past year. This exemption from.loss by
fire is the result of the care taken by the
citizens to guard their property, the dis
cipline of the department and the admira
ble system of water supply.
The report of the Chief Engineer to
which we invite your attention, gives a
full and succinct statement of the pres
ent condition and organization of the
department, the expenditures of . the
together with the- number of fires And
supposed cause-and loss of each. o.* t
iRespectfully submitted!f ;JJij
r.ar.o-' [ W; F< Ayer, Chm’n.,-:
am isdi ' J.'jCL- Rawlins,) T. :
OS ,no;J | , . ,-■/ ft !
lEeportof Chief Engineer Fire Department
. .V .[ i Rome, Deb. 31,1877.
To -HU Honor the Mayor and City Couh-
[al: -j !\» : ’ *
GeNTIIeM ek—Io compliance with the
Eire Ofilinsuce” of the city I .herewith
transmit ao yoilr honorable body a full
jtud condensed report of . the. coudiuioo
afid operaiioflij qf ..fche'Fire -Department
for the year 1877.- -t ’ a
WOEKtNcJ FoAdE OF TliE DEPARTMENT.
The number belonging to the depart
ment as returned ‘ by the Secretaries of
the three companies, numbers 151 divided
as follows:
Chief Engineer—
Assistant Engineers . 2
Rainbow Co. No. 1 59
Mountain City C". No. 2 . 47
Hook & Ladder Co. No. 1- 42
Total-.—-. , '.. r . 151
APPARATUS.
The apparat is belonging to the depart
ment consists of two steamers, four four-
wheel -hose carriages (one hose carriage
properly of mountain city) one Hook
and Ladder truck. The Rainbow steam
er has been rendered unfit for duty for a
long while. The Mountain City sf.amer
is in splendid running order, and always
ready for any emergency. The hose car
riages are all in perfect order. Also, the
Hook and Ladder truck is in good con
dition. There is also in possession
possession of the department an oil pump,
for oiling leather hose.
HOSE.
In the department there is only 1550
feet of good servicable hose, distributed
as follows: Mountain City Company S00
feet, and Rainbow 750 feet. Should a
conflagration of any magnitude odour-in
our city, this amount of-frose would mot
probably be sufficient to supply the re
quirements, and I would earnestly recom
mend by way security from any disaster,
that at least 11)00 feet more hose be pt)r-
phased for the department. - '
. .... , ^ . un|lr -
The number of fires ana-alarm during
the year amount to twenty, out of this
number there were seven actual fires
The balance of alarms, in nearly every
instance, caused from defective chimney
flues. The actual loss by fire during the
year, so far as ascertained, amounts to
about 83970 dollars, and the amount
covered by insurance is 82936 dollars.
HOUSES.
The roof of Rainbow engine house
till leaks, notwithstanding the recent re-
pairs, and should be attended to at once.
The needed repairs on Hook and Latider
ruck house have been made, and the ap
paratus now fully protected. Tne two
reel houses occupied by Rainbow and
Mountain City compani s on Broad and
Howard streets are in fair conditi n.
EXPENSES.
The expenses tor operating the denart-
ment for the year has been compared ve-
ligbt and -md as follows :
New hose purchased 8 777 20
Lanterns, torches and lock for
H. aud L. Co 35 50
Building reel tiouseon Howard
street 40 00
Appropriations for prizes 24 00
Appropriations to Chief to
Ctiitfs Convention at Nash
ville
Repairs on Rainbow reel and
house.
Freight aud dray age ou bose
Miscellaneous repairs 13 50
Mountain City appropriation-- 500 00
Raiubow appropriation 300 00
Hook and Ladder appropntion 300 00
Chief Engineer 100 00
proper system to that end. Upon such
depends the health, safety and prosper
ity of any community. The history!
of oar water-works shows a gradual in
crease of the supply each year, and we
do not believe there should be any-
fears that the present source of supply
will not he abundant fora population
of 15,000 _or 20,000. On entering upon
our duties as a Committee upon Wa
ter-works we discovered that the ordi
nance and rules and regulations.-gov
erning the department were, deficient
and loosein many particulars. After
a careful examination cf-.tne subject,
we prepared and submitted an ordi
nance which met your approval and
adoption, and which we believe has
cured alilhe defects, of a hastily pre
pared system of government.
In the matter of expenses, we desire
jonly to ball your attention tp a;few
items. W« found that the 1 words' in
quired repairs; improvements-and-ad
ditions that bad i become necefsaTjoito
their successful and careful, operation.
These expenses were IncurredHaffora:
me of the minor parts being
Ml.'‘It will last, a half century
o.aill the work' that may,-be . re-
IjpF’it i’f ffo taXe tW'weilFbF the
cost of- these several items amoTHit'jry fhe’aVerage.whar of the. future,
the aggregate u> $90Ol^whiqh shduS: % jjjfd using the.bucket and plunger
careful examination Of the condition; : r * D(
- • 1 - — — ——and
asss
of the„wurks, and were contracted for
lowest possible terms.-. - 2Chffi
be deducted from Iheatn mint expend
ed oa account of water.tvoifkS^ {When
this is (lone, the ruiining |dr.qu>rejnt
exi*eiyses| will ibe Found to be] §2,349,75.
In..c»nclusio ",i we -wishTULeixprilsS
our appreciation of the serviced of Air.
George and his cheerful..and b<?H8cien-
tious.. discharge oT all tfie dutfetihi-
posed- ou him. RespecifuUy.Sufamittdd^
WrFi Ayer, Chm’a.iJ
F. Woodruff,7- „-.7J
R. S. NbRToN.” "
Report ofthe Engtneerof the tVater-works
j Rome, Ga_, Dec. 31.1877.
To the Committee on Water-works and
Gentlemen of the Common Council of
the City of Rome: :
Gentlemen—I have the honor to
submit my annual report as Engineer
of the Rome Water-works for the year
1877, together with such suggestions as
appear to me will improve the system
and add to the efficiency of the works.
I have been honored with the office
since November, 1871, the first eighteen
months by Messrs. Noble Bros. & Co.,
and afterward. by the different City'
Councils. I appreciate the honor, and
have spared ‘neither time nor'labor to
keep the works clean aridV in perfect
order, and in addition to tmy- -'regular
duties, hats mado improvements each
year,-" j Sfi i
I will endeavpl, as.fer aaiprecticable,
of the L op6ration of the'works, oqshtmcl
construction of the same.. ‘ , ‘ ( "
T-jTtr.. -2 r ..U 20! Ol
SYSTEM.OF SONSIRCcnlON’.
The works are on the reservoir sys
tem, gettinglhe'supply -o£ water from
a well fifty feet deep and . twelve feet
in diameter ; the first twenty-five feet
is curbed with brick Uid -in cement, the
Ijflpr; triHr "— leet' iS eot-tet'ougR^
solid rock. T’
20 00
31 50
12 80
Total S2154 50
In conclusion, I desire to return my
siucere thanks to the members of the
Fire Committee for the the many cour
tesies extended me during the year, and
their prompt action for demands made
upon them by the department. Also, 1
feel grateful, and highly gratified, at -he
prompt manner of co-operation, and as
sistance rendered by the officers and fire
men in the discharge cf my dnues on all
occasions, and furthermore, I congratu
late the department upon the good feel
ing and pleasant relations existing
among the companies, and for their ever
ready and willing response to the alarm
of fire and their efficiency when called
into action.
Respectfully submitted,
H. A. Smith,
Chief Engineer R. F, D.
. doubtless can and
. the basis of our
habolders of others
. _ ■ a determination, as I
^ -Sformed, to abate nothing: on the
ritrUry, they declare their intention
I demand the .last cent, and enforce
|?lection if possible.
1 This determination, taken in connec-
Jin witli the recent decision of our
lipreioe Court, confirming the validi-.
| °f the mortgage upon our water
's presents a question ot g-eat im- .
^tanoe for the consideration of our George, engineer of this water-works, tfe]
sors, which, it is hoped, may
k a satisfactory as well as a speedy
lion. ^
f conclusion, I neg leave to^tender
t>C members of Council, and to all
officers associated wilh us, my
litelul acKuowledgemeuts fur tne
| artesies extended, and the.cordial
iport given me during our official
J'ercourse, ami with my best wishes
j-their iuture succees, I now dismiss
I tn and declare the Council ot .1877
- T. W. Alexander,
• -->7. i-srs.
M.iyor.
Rome, Jauuary, 1878.
\ ftC'Jloiwrable-Miyor and Council: t
I,,_ENTLi:mE-cry city sh«iuld tester
g-sedulously eg re toriisfire department,
•tpori its effic.ir-ucy de|ieuda to a great
m l - Pt 0 J ecui >n of the property and
1 °f its citizens. In this connection
eople of our city have great cause
which we direct your attention, gives a
very thorough statement of the : popdi-
tion, operation and: success of- the
works, together with much in.erestiug
valuable information^ relative to-their
construction and capacity, the location
aud size of the main pipe?, fire hydrants,
gates or stops valves, etc., information
not heretofore submitted in any report,
and which he has taken great pgins
and labor to obtain. His report fur
nishes an approximately correct basis of
the condition of the works, which, ;will
be found convenient -for general refer
ence, and useful iu the future, supply
ing the taxpayers with a more general
and int-lliger.t resume of this impor
portaut branch of the city goycrnuient.
From this report -the receipts- aodex-
penditurw in paetyjyp may tie
paTed with the future, .thus supplying
an omission that all’our citizens should.,
apprecia^. Wo subject deserv-jsin^l’iroh wind?
attention. pof an^ip which &
number qan bet 4 idtere8ted, ” i
There are two tunnels at
the bottom running east and west from
the center of the well, a distance of
seventy feet. The water fills these tun
nels and rises to a depth of twenty feet,
thus forming an underground reservoir
that will afford an ample supply for
domestic and fi;e purposes when our
beautilul city has attained a popula
tion of 15.000 to 20.000. In addition
to the tunnels ihe water supply is fed
by numerous streams through the
crevices in the rocks.
Below I furnish an analysis of the
water recently made by Prof. S. C.
Caldwell, of this city :
Rome, Ga., Jan. 5,187S.
Mr. Junius George, Engineer City I Voter
Works:
Dear Sir—Iu reply to your request
for information as to the composition
of the water from the city works, I
make the following statement:
I passed through a '’Iter paper five
gallons of water taken from a cock in
my laboratory. After carful drying,
the paper showed an increase in weight
of less than one grain—the amount of
solid ma ter suspended in the whole
five gallons.
I analyzed the solid residue found in
an old drying bath in which many
scores of gallons of water had been
evauorated, with the following result:
Carbonate of lime 42.783 per cent.
Sulphate of lime 8.372 “
Carbonate of magnesia.21.534 “
Sulphate of magnesia 3.693 “
Compounds of iron 18.562 “
Chloride of sodium
(common salt) 2.114 “
Undetermined 2.942 “
100,000
The iron is not in the water at the
well, but is taken np by the water in
its passage through the main and sup
ply pipes.
I carefully tested the action of the
water ou lead and found it. so alight'as
to be barely' perceptible—(A t '■
. In conclUsibn. I womE Slate that ho
-city in the world can boast of purer
water, or of water better fitted for
drinking, washing or for culinary pur
poses. The salts it contains in! solar
tion are not -sufficient, in .quantity^
make it hard, while its clearness
sparkle and flavor cannot be surpassed.
I am, sir, youre, etc..
S. C. Caldwell, -
city. There in orily ohe pipe connected
to the reservoir; and -it is so "Arranged
;that when thh -pumpis running the
city ia supplied’with fresh water - from
the well J
13 j 'J ‘TrnH MAi3
RangHfitted^ forir to ten inches in sizq
for WcS ptrrphses.' We_ have'about one
hundred anfl*eighty-three ifeethead in
the jjusiness part of the city,'and. can
throw ’’ax streams over thq highest
buildings. In other^pakteflf. the city
the size of the pipes artfequ’af ; to the fire
.defense that may, be'required of them,
the 'pressure being sufliderit'-;without
.the.use of the fire eri^fara:
• 7 - ! ENGINE ANBT PUMP. -p-.. lo
The= water»is raised by a walking
beam ; engine,■ twenty-inch cylinder,
forty-two inch stroke, and one hundred
ver. Only one-third of this
power ig used when working againt. our
hjghe^ [water ’ pressure. It ' '
hojdmx years without; .
at-acpst|of less than fifty doRare-for all
fire hydrants have been exam
erly, oiled anda'l the settlings
e water run from the .mains,
all in-good-order, except one.
it havii^a broken piece. I fitted in a piece
temporarily and hare, ordered the new
part.
-'water Meters,
; Thao are sixteen meters connected to
the works—fourteen belong to the city
and ori^fach to theSelma Rome & Dal
lon.abd Koine Railroads. Twelve have
, nected this year eleven for the
cuy aUQ one fur the Rome Railroad.
rfH&E&a tions and sizes are as follows
R -bifigou & Co.’s flouring mill, Donglas
& Co'.lsiwery stable, Ramey’s livery, sta
ble one each at Towers’ cotton compress
aud plow factory, Rome Gas Light Co.’s
works.. J. A.-Cooley at Bapti-t Gillege
and Masonic Temple, each | inch,
Amispaugh & Morgan’s cotton compress
aua. 'j:TA. Bale’s guano’ factory, J iuch
eacb;sJohnston’s Planing mill, 1 inch
TrjtJurtc office 1} inch, Rome Railroad
^jpelu-
Thefollowing were connected in 1873—
two tn them belong to the citv, and th-
other to the S. R. & D. R. R. Co., viz
Seay’sijiiundry I inch Rolling Mill 11
inch, fi. R i R. K. 2 iuch.
. 'YeAave one 1 inch meter at the en
gine bouse in g«od order, and two t inch
meters'of the Worthington pate'-t that
are notfaworth repairing.
* TOOLS.
One eet of tools for running cast iron
pipe, one set of ^utr.p, engine and fire
hydrant wrenches, one shovel, pick,
wheel-barrow, fire hook, fire scraper,
bench vise, vise bench, pair pipe tongs,
monkey wrench,steel spanner, washstand,
smalt Jjble, engine register, book and
ajats, jwo pipe cutters, large gate keys,
curbstone keys and three chairs.
’STOCK ON HAND AT ENGINE.
Thirty tons of coal, one cord of pint
wood, ;9 gallons of valve oil, one and
one-half gallons of engine oil, fifty
e. statement the lgiger cities visit our works and-.fflt «f cotton waste, five -pounds o
amine-the design and witnessvthe neat- ru bbef packing, four pounds of hemp
ness and smoothness of its workings, nackw - tw " ”> lm ’ nin « F " r
they expresssurpriseand admiration for
the ingenuity and ability of these gen
tlemen.
^nmp,-fifteen inches. In diameter, fot*
ty-iiroJinch stroke, 'connected direct
frb(D : engine beam. The piston’ head,
’'king and bucket are made of brass;
iiroDiplunger, tenjinchea in- diam-
eteTJhiving four brass receiving valves
apd ohe discharge valve, all with’leath-
fcrfrees. These valves were.'at first
working on iron ..hinges, but: are at
present working on steel, sucking; water
from seven to twenty feet and forcing it:
two2hundred, feet—never failipg to
.work. X think it has given better sat
isfaction than any water-works’ pnmp
now in use. No accident has occurred
and no.repairs been necessary, except
new leather faces on the valves 'each
. 7*.! 8 j Steam boiler, i!tc.
We hayfc only one steam boiler, thir
ty-six feet long, four feet in diameter,
two fourteen-inch flues, with a light fire
making an ample, amount of steam for
the engine. The bnck stack, forty feet
high, giving a splendid draft.
All the machinery of our works was
made of Georgia iron, contracted for
and built in, Rome^ by Messrs. No'-le
Bros- & Co. . Its long-use without acci
dent or repaifa'and.ita, -perfectadapta-.
bility to the upes. and: purposes for
which it was built, is the best evidence
that these gentlemen discharged their
full duty in supplying machinery from
carefully selected material and built by
master-workmen. When: people from
main at die foot of Frank-
r. The : leaka this year were
-the pine .plugs decaying that
yen into the ends of- the;tmun.
a leak has occurred'! have re-
le pine plug And substituted
Tve hundred feet of four-inch
has been laid this- year—430
pine street between Oostanaula
streets and 70 feet CD the up
per end Of Broad street.
The gates, or stop valves, are in good
working! order, three of them have been
repaired this year and odo new one put io
on the cSrner of Oostanaula and Frank
PRESENT CONDITION
iteporlvol \Vater-works Committee. '
To Honorable Mayor and City Council:-
Gentlemen.—The .report -of . Junius dred feet above the pump, and is filled
THE 'RESERVOIR."
Located on the highesVpoint in the
city, about one-fourth' of "a . mile from
the well, the top'b'eiitg over two hrin-
througb a ten-inch pipe. Itis-twenty-
five feet in diameter and sixty-three
feet high, and wilt hold 240,000 gal-
luus. It is made of boiler iron half
inch thick: av the „ bottom, 'gradnallv
decreasing fit five-sixteenths at the top;
pitened With pine tar so that the water
on the inside or the damp from the
outside does not come in contact with
the iron. It has been in use six years
and is as free from rust as when It was
first filled, and does-not'- 'leak a drop.
It is set on a rock foundation nine feet
thick aud t’orty fept. in diatn'etefrea-
closed in a circular brick wall. Over
the top.of .the reseryoir-there is a watec-.
tight floor,..whicb. protects the water
from trash <>jr'.. rubbish’that, might;ho
thrown in, aud from the freezing weatli- -
er in winter arid trie.burning’sun-in
summer; the whole sarUiolinied'hiyta
beau'ufiil and aub3tahtial dock towfo-
^aii tne
jron.windingstj^w'ay, runhlfftthe to*'au-Biu
of .the reeerv'drrwbich' affordS .earn
task thereto, aiUi from which wplei
iiifitiii ' m i
engine,
1 PUMP, BOILER AND WELL.
(The. engine is_ ic goodforder. The
only repairs this year is a new set of
bolts for packing spring in cylinder. .1
had made during the summer two ex
tra sets of bolts, one set for follow-head
and one set for packing spring. They
are at the engine house ready for use at
any time the present ones should give
out. .... .
The pump is in good condition, hav
ing been carefully examined during the
past month, and new leather fit on the
faces of the valves. In the spring I
had all the hiDges of the valves n anted
out and steel mandrills turned for them
to work on, so that in closing they
would wear even and prevent the irreg
ular wear, as heretofore, of their seats.
I have also had stops made and fitted
them in the lower chamber over the
valves to prevent them from raising too
high and remaining open. In the wet
season of the year the water entirely
covers these valves, and if anything of
the kind should have happened it
would have been impossible to have
closed them without the use of another
pump.
The boiler is in fair order—the shuts
over the fire are sprung a little, and the
stand pipe connecting the mud dium to
the boiler has scaled off with rust and is
very thin. I have had another one made
and it is ready to put in at any time.
The boiler has been cleansed regularly
every three moDths. It d-.'es not leak,
and there has been no expense for re
pairs this year except the pipe above
mentioned.
The well has been thoroughly cleansed
this year—the walls washed with the hose,
all the sediment taken from the tunnels
and the swept with a broom. All the
settling that washed in through the orev
ices in the rocks was taken from the
bottom of the well and the pump kept
working until all the muddy water was
drawn out. I have arranged the works
so that when cleaning the well this mud
dy water noes not pass through the mains
but it’is pumped into a sewer at the en
gine house, ,The supply of jsater has in-
craaaeA«feuftwenBr-fivB percent. Aiace
the worfmfckerflJBlsttBmed.'. .
the-Engine HOSsk . ’ :
is in good condition. The'wood-work on
the outside needs painting to prevent de
cay. . The floor is of very rough brick
—’d' !gfeatly out of level. During..the
it year, whenever my regular duties
wqirid adm(t of it ! have been at work
in ceiling the engine room and observa-
tory,.which I'completed about the first of
December,; 11 considered this a very
dition to the house os it will
:vent " the fog; that rises from "the well
ring the,cold nights in winter from set
tling arid freezing "bn the under side of
the tin roof, thus rustirig and 1 raining the
roof in a fewyeais. .TSnotEei) great trou-;
ble I experienced' was _ that’" daring the"
packing, two gum joints for man-head,
one tep gallon oil can, one five gallon oil
can, two one gallou oil cans, one bra&-
and one malleable oiler, one tallow pot.
one waste bucket, fifty feet of new } rub
be,* hose, 100 feet 1 inch grass rope, ont
six fodLslay pipe and nozzle, one lot or
cedaxJfazdiiat main nines. .360 feetoi
lumber, two six inch wooden plugs, seven
' four inch wooden pings, two two inch
wooden plugs, twenty-four feet of 10 inch
Dew pipe, six feet of 8 inch new pipe,
ninety-six feet of 6 inch new pipe, thir
ty six feat of 4 inch new pipe, 176 feel
of 2 inefi new pipe, one ren inch T, one
eight inch T, two ten inch bends, one
4 inch bend, 1500 pounds of cast scrap
iron, and 300 pounds of wrought scrap
iron.
EXPENSE ACCOUNT, 1877.
Sprinkling streets S 99 25
Improvements and additions.. 712 09
Goal 572 7S
Freight and drayage 399 60
Tallow, oil, waste aud packing 36 66
R--paira on tower 118 37
Extensions 32 4(1
Material nsed in extensions 110 37
82652 52
Engineers salary 12Uu UU
Total. S3252 02
Cost of miming the works' in
1876, including salary. 2998 90
8253 22
REVOLUTIONS F ENGINE.
R-volutfugk -of engine in 1876 724,500
Number of (gallon- of water
puiuprdan 1§76 33 292,00(1
Revolutions atVerioioe in 1S77 752.40<>
Numb r iu-'gallons o*’ water
pumped iu 1877 27,086,400
Showing a decrease iu the amount ot
water consumed ot 6 195.400 cations, ami
and an increas- recepLs over 1876 of 81,-
048 69. This is attributable to the intro
duction of meters and the quarterly pay
ments iu advance.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF THE CUR
RENT AND CONTINGENT EXPENSES AND
RECEIPTS FROM 1873 TO 1S77 INCUT
SIVE.
FIRE HYDRANTS.
Our fire hydrant connections to the
means are all of four iuch pipe, and
from R. D. Wood, of Philadelphia, ex
cept one double hydrant at the corner
of Broad and Oostanaula streets. In
1875, assisted Mr, Henry A. Hills, then
Chief of the Fire Department, with a
correct pressure guage, we tested all the
hydrante at their different locations,
from which I give yon the following
table, which shows an average pressure
in the business part of the city of eighty
pounds per square inch; in resident or
upper part of the city, sixty-seven
pounds, and a general average of seven
ty-one pounds:
No. 1. Broad street, front Upshaw 1
store, 58 pounds pressure.
2. Broad vt, opposite Judge Under
wood’s, 66
"’3. Broad st, corner of East Bounda-
ry, 67 . .
4. Broad st, corner Lumpkin, 65.
5 Lumpkin street, near Female Col
lege, 45 •
6 Lumpkin st, corner Green, 54
7 Lumpkin st, corner Church, 75
8 Broad st" cor King, 76
9 King st, cor Green, 73
10 Broad st, cor Etowah, 71
11 Etowah st, cur Church, 71
12 Etowah sfa cor Alpine, 75
13 Broad st, front Rainbow engine-
house. 71
14 Broad st, cor Bridge. 74
15 Bridge st, opposite Bale’s store, 80
16 Bridge st, cor Church, 58
17 Bridge gt, cor Franklin, 40
18 Bridge st, cor Alpine,55
19 Broad st, front Enpire Block, 79
20 Broad st, cor Oostanaula, 80
21 Oostanaula st, cor Church, 70
22 Oostanaula st, cor Franklio.80
23 O-istanaula st. cor Alpine, 53
24 Oostanaula st, front of J. C. Mc
Donald’s, 53
25 Cherokee st, front of C. M. Harp
er’s, 52
26 Broad st., 81
27 Broad et, cor Elm, 82
28 Elat s% cor Church,80
29 Elm st, cor Franklin. 75
30 In the rear of Shorter College, 40
31 Etm st, cor Cherokee, 58
32 Elm st, front of Mrs. Bowie’s resi
dence. 77
33 Broad st, front of Hoyt’s drug
store, 79
34 Howard st, opposite Johnston’s
planing mill, 75
35 Howard st, cor Broad, 80
36 Howard st, cor Church, 80
37 Howard st, cor Franklin, 80
38 Howard st, cor Alpine, 75
39 Howard st, front of J. J. Coheh’s
residence, 73
40 Howard st, cor Cherokee, 75
41 Howard st, opposite W. F. Ayer’s
vsidence, • 76
.42 Howard st, near RomeRailroad
43 Broad st, front Shorted block, 80
44 Broad st, cor South, 80
45 South st, cor Church* 77 .»
46 Smith at, retruif Ford, Glover &
Co.’s store, 85
47 Franklin st, near Rome Railroad
track, S3
48 South st, cor Alpine, 75
49 South st, opposite E. C. Hough’s
residence, 75
50 South st, cor Cherokee, 75
51 Alpine st, near Rome Railroad
track, SO
52 Alpine st, near Rome Railroad
track. 80
53 At end of Noble Bros. <fc Co.’s ma
chine shop, 80
54 Corner of Noble Bros, it Co.’s
blacksmith shop, 80
55 In rear of foundry, S2
50 At water-works engine house, 77
GATES OR STOP VALVES.
The gates or stop valves for tiTe pur
pose of shutting off the water from any
particular line of pipe for making re
tire or connections are located as fol-
Ykak.
Freight and Drayage.
^ -Oil, Tallow, Waste and Packing.
Repaira.
52 tg I
Jt Material Urcd in Repaira.
Si
day the ice would thaw and drip dowjf ~
on tite machinery, makingit almost im-
poemble. to keep it) bright and clean.
This ceiling will obviate 'both of these
troubles. There has been fifty panned
of feriheput up this year, thia completes
the fetSoing around, therworks, including
the ne# lot hurchased last spring"
S-3!
was emptied last fall-^-the man-bead at
"the bottom rnmnvnH-and all tiiargettiidgt . i
thrown, oat and--the-walls thqrongblyT ® *5€3! I
washed, with thefirehose. I fitted an iron
band: amiknd - thp-fop of. the brick-work
weighing. 875. pounds, aod cemented the
■criactesmlsbe - wall,, removed, the old
im the ten palisades aud
replaceill. them with bast iron~bedd<
"* 1 ““crPUt jq. tbree-jigs4.r
di: 1 ytwn
down and tightene
i in the clock tower;. .
,-une mam'pipes are clear gnd 4n r good
■fi&iMHlM
» ere 2
2|S Stv
3 0 'Z- 1 - Improvements and Addition*.
Repaira on Tuwer.
.Tool*
Mid Repairs on Tools.
Sprinkling Streets.
Ill
'Pnmplag by Noble Broi. a Co.
if
Total Expended.
Receigs from Water
4-^
»aeeo|
-Fire Debus at $2S par Hydrant
Iu
Bread, 51 feet S W center line of
Jut'll sir- et. siz - of pipe, 4 inches.
Bread, 8 ft f> W center line Lumpkin
6 in.
Bread, 7 ft S W center line Etowah
, 6 in
Bread. 9 ft N E ee iter line Oostanau-
la et. 8 in.
Bread center :>f O stanaula st, 8 in.
Broad, center of Howard st, 6 in.
Bread, 6 ft N E Center line of South
, 4 in.
Church. 53 ft, S W center line Oosta-
uila et. 6 in.
Franklin, 3 ft S IV’ center line South
-t, 6 iu.
Alpine, oft S W center line Oosta-
n;-ula st, 4 in.
Alpine, 4 ft S W center line Howard
st, 6 in.
Alpine, 72 ft S W from center Rome
R. It. main track, 6 in.
Etowah, 7 ft S E center line Broad
st, 4 in.
Bridge, 75 ft N \V center line Broad
st, 4 in.
Oostanaula, 5 ft S E center line Al
pine. st, 10 in.
Oostanaula, 6 ft N \V center line Al
pine st, i0 in.
Oostanaula. in front of water-works
engine house 10 in.
Howard, 4 ft N W from center line
Broad st. 4 in.
Howard, 70 ft S E from center line
Broad st, 6 in.
Howard, 3 ft S E from center line of
Franklin st, 6 in.
Howard, center of Alpine st, 6 in.
Sonth, 188 ft S E from center line
Broad st, 6 in.
South, 2 ft S E from center line of
Alpine st, 4 in.
Alpine, 8 ft N E Rome R. R. track
to engine boose, 4 in.
Broad, 7 ft S E from center, from
Elm to Howard, 586 ft, size 8 in.
Broad, 7 ft S E from center, from
Howard to South, 420 ft, size 8 in.
Broad, 7.ft S E from center, from
Sonth st to Etowah bridge, 100 feet,
size 4 in.
Church, 2 ft S W from center, from
Oostanaula to Elm, 380 ft, size 6 in.
Church, 2 ft S W from center, from
Elm to end of main, 399, size 2 in'
Franklin, center, from Oostanaula to
Elm, 482 ft, 3ize 4 in.
FrankliD, center, from South running
down Franklin, 216 ft, size 6 in.
Alpine, center, from Howard
South, 417 ft, size 6 in.
Alpine, center, from Sonth to rear of
Noble’s foundry, 827 ft, size 6 in.
Alpine, center, from Oostanaula to
Bridge; 581 ft, size 10 in.
Alpine, center, from Etowah running
S W, 310 ft, size 4 in.
Alpine, oenter, from Etowah running
up Smith’s alley, 120 ft, size 4 in.
Alpine, center, running east from
center of Etowah, 273 ft, size 4 in.
Cherokee, center, from Oostanaula to
Elm, 748 ft, size 4 iu.
Cherokee, center, from Elm down
Cherokee to end of main, 339 ft, size 4 in.
Sonth, 6 ft N E from center, from
Church to Franklin, 690 ft. size 6 in.
South, 6 ft N E from center, from
Alpine to Cherokee, 468 ft, size 4 in,
South, running north' from Broad,
309 ft, size 4 in.
Howard, center, from Broad to
Church, 363 ft, size 6 in.
Howard, center, from Church to
Franklin, 330 ft, size 6 in. •
Howard, center, from Franklin to Al
pine. 330 ft, size 6 in.
Howard, center, from Alpine to
Chnrch, 587 ft, size 4 in.
Howard, 4 ft N E from center, from
Cherokee to end of pipe, 784ft, size 4 in.
Howard, running N W from Broad
to end of pipe, 478 ft, size 4 in.
Elm, 3 ft N E trom center, running
S E from Cherokee, 692 ft, eize 4 in.
Bridge, center, from reservoir to
Bridge, 193 ft, size 10 in.
Bridge, 4 ft N E from center, from
Franklin to Alpine, 310 ft, eize 10 in.
Bridge, center, from Broad to Oosta-
naula bridge, 475 ft, size 4 in.
Bridge, center, from Broad to Church,
325 ft, size 4 in.
Etowah, center, from Broad to Al
pine, 1,000 ft, size 4 in.
King, center, from Broad to Green,
360 ft, size 4 in.
Lumpkin, center, from Broad to
Church, 334 ft, size 4 in.
Lumokin, center, from Broad to
Green, 363 ft, size 4 in.
Lumpkin, center, Green N E to end
of pipe, 331 fr, size 4 in.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
That the coal-house be enlarged so
that a sufficient quantity of. coal may
be purchased during the summer
months, when freights are low, fora
year’asuppty.
Thatthriuverflgw-prpeof the
voir be extended, to theooUoffi'aBd'OlU-:
side the brick-work.
That a new pipe be connected to the
reservoir at the bottom, so that in clean
ing it oat the water san be drawn off
through the pipe. The present pipe
being abont one foot above tbe bottom.
In conclusion, I desire to return my
thanks to the Committee on Water
works and to the Mayor and Council
for their uniform kindness to me, also
to Mr. Shanklin for his aid and assist
ance in measuring and locating the
main pipes, gates, fire hydrants, etc.
Respectfully submitted,
Junius George,
Engineer Rome Water-works.
(Continued on second page.)
The Grain Crop of 1877.
MAIN PIPES AND WHERE LOCATED.
In center of Oostanaula st, from en
gine house to Broad st, length 2,107,
size 10 inches.
Oostanaula, 10 ft from center line,
Alpine to Franklin. 10 in.
Intersecting with 8 inch pipe on
Broad street: .
Broad, 7 ft S E from center line,
from Oostanaula to Bridge st, length
489 feet, site 8 inches.
Broad, 7 ft S E from center, from
Bridee to Etowah, 444 ft, size 8 in.
Broad. 7 ft 8 E from center, from
Etowac to King, 433 ft,.size 6 in.
Broad, 7 ft 8 E from center, from
King to Lumpkin, 528 ft, size 6 in.
B oad, 7 ft 8 E from center, from
Lumpkin to East Boundary, 346 ft, size
6 in.
Broad, 7 ft 6 E from center, from
E. Boundary to Smith, 571 ft, size 4 in.
Broad, 7 ft S E from center, from
Smith to Gibbons. 233 ft, size 4 in.
Broad, 7 ft S E from center, rrom
Washington, Dec. 25.—The reports
of the correspondents of tbe Depart
ment of Agriculture, received and now
in course of preparation for immediate
publication, show the enormous aggre
gate yield of 360.000,000 bushels of
wheat for 1877, which is 50,000.000
bushels more than ever before pro
duced. The same authority shows
that the corn product was 1,500.000,000
bushels, with correspondingly large
yields of oats and potatoes. The re
port shows that there never was greater
abundance in tbe land. Out of the
wheat product it is estimated, deduct
ing for home consumption in food and
seed, that upwards of 110,000,000 bush
els of wheat ca j be spared for export
The largest export yet made in one
year was 91,000,000 bushels, with an
average of 63,000,000 bushels. Tne
Department is also in receipt of infor
mation from wheat-producing sections
of Europe, from which it is ascertained
that the wheat crop in Southwestern
Europe, which produces tbe largest of
the surplus, is good; in Southern Rus
sia, amounting to 25 per cent, above
the average. The crop in Northwestern
and Northeastern Europe is poor.
One column twelve months-.
The foregoing rates ore for either Weekly nr
Trt-Weekly. when published In both paper-. OS
percent.additionalr '
Two Hundred Bushels of Cora
Per Acre.
—
Georgia Grange.
In our farm reading we have come
across the instance of a South Car-dim* i -
farmer, a Mr. J. W. Parke, making '*•*
hundred bushels of corn on a Sii-jrl- /
acre of land. The case is reported -. . ..
the proceedings of the annual c.»i:v 1-
tion of the South Carolina Agricultnr.il
Society for 1869..
The ground was a quagmire grown
over with rushes, full of snakes and
malaria, and traversed by a sloggiWh
stream. The ground was drained by
a canal and underdrains. During the
summer tbe land was cleared, leveled
and broken np with a two-horse plow.
In November a heavy cow-house ma
nure was spread and plowed under,
and the same repeated in January and
March, the last time with subsoiling.
In April the weeds were limed and
turned under. In May another coat of
manure was plowed under the land,
harrowed level and laid off in two and
half feet rows. In these farrows
were applied 200 pounds to the acre of
Pertftrian guano, salt and land plaster.
The seed corn was soaked in nitre and
rolled in plaster, dropped ten inches
apart in the row, covered with rakes
and the land rolled. The corn came
np in five days, and as soon as it was
Luge enongh enough, a long, narrow
plow waa ran around it, followed by
tne hoe, the crop being kept clean by
shallow, level collnre until it began to
shoot and tassel. The fidd was then
irrigated by a gentle flow of water
through every alternate row. The -
vield waa 2001 bushels on an acre. An
acre planted in three feet rows brought
147 bushels per acre.
Winter Care of Fowls.
Fanner’* Jonrsel.
Give a plentiful supply of flourish- ' I-
ing and stimulating food. If artificial - -
heat is not obtainable, have sash filed
in the poultry house, so the sun heat
may be utilized. It will pay. Fowls -
require heat; if you can give it exter- i :
naely you can .’save in the feed. If ar
tificial heat is possible take care that
you do not give to mnch, else your
birds may think it is summer, and
throw N off their winter clothes. A, gen
tleman we know of, five or six years
ago, bnilt. a natty Utle poultry house
with all the most approved modern
convienences, including a basebnrning
coal stove. “ All went merry as a mar
riage bell.” Eggs were laid, cbiokens
were hatched, as nicely, with tbe ther
mometer below zero, as in the pleasant
May days until just before a certain
show, when the birds began to shed
their feathere, and show time fonnd
them ragged as robins. A council of
experts was called, but when iu course
of their deliberations upon the best hen
the qwtion-arose - wfiethef sbe was of
dark or light Brahma persuasion, there
-not being feathers enouj^i to detadflJflKSQMBKI
the owner having no private mark, a
discussion arose so personal that two of
the parties are enemies to this day.
The whole were not on speaking terms
for a year, and the president pro tern,
left suddenly in tbe beat oi the argu
ment to apply snow to tbe back of his
neck for hemorrhage, caused by hitting
his nasal protuberance against some
one’s fist.
The Augusta (Ga.) cotton factory
has just declared its nsnal quarteraly
divided of two per cent. Mr Jack-
son the president, reports the opera
tions of the company for the past six
months, ended loth of December,
from which it appears tha. after the
payment of all expenses, including
interest on capilai invested, and the
two quarterly dividend of two percent,
each there has been added to the sur
plus account $9,447,41. Of the $6,000
of bonds maturing 1st of Novomber
last, $5,000 have been presented and
paid. The fachory has now every loom
running.
Henry Thurston, of White Creek,
Tex is, who stands seven feet six inches
high, thinks he is the tallest man in
tbe Union. He is well proportioned,
as strong as a giant, and enjoys the best
of health. He fought in the Confeder-
army. and after the war, while pass
ing through St. Louis, attracted such a
throng that he could scarcely walk the
streets. Being modest, he has refused
vt ry reasonable sums offered by show
men who wished to exhibit him.
Annapolis, Md., January 8.—Mont
gomery Blair introduced a memorial
in the House of Delegates to Congress
praying in effect for a full investiga
tion into the matters affecting Hayes’
accession to the Presidency.
Washington, Jan. 8.—A special dis
patch from Annapolis says Mr. Blair’s
speech created consternation on the
Republican side of the house, and the
lobbies were packed. Messrs. Hinks
and Merrick both made speeches on
the same subject Mr. Leib, Republi
can, moved to lay the memorial on the
table, and called for ayes and noes,
which resulted, ayes 13, noes 54. It
was then referred to the Committee on
Federal Relations.
Hon. Gassios M. Clay of Kentucky,
has writen a letter, in wich he says
that “the true policy of the Demo
crats is to sustain Hayes in all things
when he is right, and oppose him in
all things when he is wrong:” Mr.
Clay supplements this with the obser
vation that “honesty is the best poli
cy”
Washington, Jan. 7.—Accounts from
various points of New England indi
cate an intensely cold morning. At
Nashua, 24 degrees below zero; Man
chester, N. Y., 27 below; Milford, N. H..
28 below: St Johnsbnig, Vt, 36 below;
while at Fort Fairfield, 42 degrees be
low.
Fort Monroe, Jan 7.—Sailed bark
Lloyd, Navarch and Clarence, from
Baltimore, bound for Antwerp, oil la
den, are at Black river with windlass
gone. Tug G. S. Grunby has goLe
A singular and romantic piece of
good luck has befallen a poor young
man, aged eighteen, named August
Kohlemann, a bill clerk in tbe whole
sale drug house of Greensfelder Bros,
in St. Louis, working for three dollars
per week. Four days ago he received
advices from .San Francisco that a bach
elor uncle, named H. Kohlemann, of
whose existence the youth knew noth-
i jg, had died, leaving him a fortune of
$300,000.
James Russell Lowe! tells a
story about his butcher. One inu.xi. g
the man expatiated ou tbe lor liness of
the moonlight of the night i-efore, and
just as the poet was tbinki g that he
bad done him an injustice in never
having given him credit for n tinement
of soul, the butcher added :
“The night was so fine I couldn’t
jest sleep, and had to get up apd go to
killin’.’’
Columbus, O, Jan 8.—In the senate
to-day a bill was introduced to amend
the state banking law so as to make it
a penitentiary offence for banks to loan
their paper or credit in any manner
unless they have sufficient money in
their vault to make that paper or cred
it good. *
Panama, Jan. The Pacific Steam
Navigation Company’s steamer, Ata-
cuma, was lost abont 8 r. m , Nov. 30,
at the month of the Copiaha river. Over
one hundred lives are believed to have
.been lost, including all the officers of
the steamer.
A girl in Shelby, Ky., was provoked
by the bad play of her partner at cro
quet. She struck him on the head
with a mallet, and caused a brain fever,
of which he nearly died. She was kept
in custody until the recovered, and then
she married him.
Harrisburg, Penn. January 8—The
house, by a vote of 106 to 38, virtually
reported a -resolution declaring that
Bland’s silver bill should become a