Water & Sewage Works Volume 5 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1893 Excerpt: ... of $14,750, the work to begin within sixty days from time awarded, and to be completed in five months. The following contracts were awarded at Fairport, N. Y., for the construction and furnishing of materials for the waterworks system at that place: Hydrants, Ludlow Valve Co., of Troy, N. Y.; valves, Renssalaer Valve Co., Troy, N. Y.; pumps, boilers and connections, Geo. F. Blake & Co., New York; construction, Continental Construction Co., New York; stand-pipe, Ritter & Connolly, Pittsburgh, Pa. The entire cost of the system will be about $40,000. BRIDGES. The new bridge across Deer Creek, near Delphi, Ind., is completed and in use. The new steel bridge being constructed at Leavenworth, Kan., will cost $750,000. The structure of the new iron wagon bridge at Lanesboro, Minn., is about completed. A stone arch bridge is to be constructed across the Sassafras river, in Kent county, Maryland. John Burckhardt and John Damm will erect a bridge across the river at West Pend, Wis. The new bridge at the Knaggs crossing, Owosso, Mich., is about completed. It will cost about $3,000. Four 40-foot bridges will be built along the boulevard, between Wade and Garden parks, Cleveland, O. The Muncie Bridge Company is erecting an iron bridge across the Elkhart river, near Ligonier, Ind. A bridge is being built across the Frazier creek, a mile east of Rock Creek station, 111., which will cost $1,000. The construction of a bridge 500 feet in length and consisting of three spans is contemplated at Concord, N. H. D. M. Northup, Golden, Co1., has been awarded the contract for building a new county bridge across Bear creek for $296. S. N. Hewitt & Co., of Minneapolis, have been awarded the contract for building a bridge across the Musselshell at Roundup, 111. The new st...