Author: Spring Valley Water Company

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-26

Total Pages: 628

ISBN-13: 9780266764250

Excerpt from In the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California, Second Division: Spring Valley Water Company, Plaintiff, Vs. City and County of San Francisco, Et Al., Defendants Poughkeepsie, N. Y., advised the city with reference to water works through a good many years covering a new source Of supply, development of their present sources, the distribution system, fire protection; we are retained, and are advising them all the time on these matters at the present time. Reading, Penn., advised as to the extension of the water supply, and made a project for extending it which has since been carried out. St. Albans, Vt., advised as to water supply, and made general plans for some improvements which have been carried out. St. Louis, mo., was member Of an engineering board of three to report on best means of increasing and improving the water supply, and made a minority report. I recommended sub stantially the method of carrying out the improvements that have since been followed. St. Paul, Minn, advised as to best means of improving the water supply, and made a general program for extend ing the system. Salem-beverly, Mass, we are acting as engineers for the water district which has been formed to get additional water sup ply for the two cities, advising them on all their engineering ques tions, and have made plans for a part of the new works that will be required. We are supervising the construction, and the work is under way at the present time. I was employed by the City of San Fran cisco four years ago to make an estimate of the cost Of introducing water from the Sacramento River, and on certain other matters. Springfield, Mass, advised the city as to water supply matters, and finally recommended an entirely new source of supply, which was adopted We made all the plans and specifications for this work, and the construction was done under our general advice. This work in cluded not only an entirely new source Of supply, but the reconstruc tion of the distribution system. Superior, Wis, acted as engineer for the water company for nearly 20 years, and have advised them with regard to all the problems that have come up. Have designed and supervised the construction Of all their new works, which covered the ordinary variety of waterworks structures. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.