Efficient Public Utiliti ies Celebrates Fiftieth Annive June 2 the Grand 1883, tary, Li Shanghai pany's invitation to The first time to their new plant at Yangtszepoo.
His purification pro-id pumping machinery, ten-ered his Hearty good wishes for the success of the enterprise.
It can be safely said that the Chun Ta'ng's wishes have come this, the first waterworks in has now for half-a-century the requirements of the sin the International Settlement and adjoining areas by giving them an, unfailing supply of pure and wholesome water.
Regularly each year the press contains accounts of "water famine und "serious shortage" in many large and famous cities, but the Shanghai resident has never yet been called upon to even experience the Ineonventence of an intermit= permanency of such works as the Kiangse Road Water Tower is vvidlence of the care given to the liminary tests which were car inal works at Yangtsze. situated between a si ami paddy fields, we shown in the photograph' of the small model shown below: the re-idence, demolished 2 years ago to make room for new tanks, was actually the works were opened, comparison of this photograph with that of the model of che work jas the carly magnitude of the extensions Wh have been required to keep with an exam ination of the old difficulties with shad t0 th tent, supply, jitter waler was fist turned any number of inthe now supplied by the Compa)
hour 1,100,000. This Population has bee only by a corresponding but also demand po is shown diagrammatic form tions alf-a-million iced for a whole day: this now consumed mninge in teas that concession to supply the foreign community, north of 1880, and the cor came into "being on Now TS80, with a capital of £100,000, or, at the exchange then ruling, ap-) proximately $560,000." The pr pital, including debentures, ix ove assary: land wax acquired Jand construction of the poo plant and the laying of nocessary maine commenced im I881: that the designs of the original engineer. incebief, the late Mr. J. W. [are M. INS. ok, were sound and the standard of material and workssarety The small demand at night in the carly. years could be met from the Storage in the water tower and closed down, althouy November #0, 1883, it was pump fro 8 fo 10 pam. to ill the tower for the caledonian Ball which demonstrates how the staff ire in those avian day iz the first years a source y to the management. was table Position was experienced from the Water Carriers' Guild, who inform ship high is attested by: the exist of the majority of these works at the present day.
Fifty years ago little or no information was available regarding deep excavations and bearing capacity of the Shanghai soil, and the water would cause their is to sively to the size of gxump and their Timbs to be render ed dropsical, hideous and useless.
Arrangements were, however [made for the water carrying coolie acne di Go ase one 19101915 to Gill their buckets at street hydro ants in place of at the nearest filth creek. The greater part of the Chi nese population was supplied in this Way for many years, the next step alles ud at last favects in. was a toped supply to hydrants in.
practically every house.
As facilities for obtaining water mproved, the consumption increased and the plant had to be extended In the majority of European and American cities, the design and construction of new plant. is undertaken by consulting engineers; the company has, however, entrusted its new works to its own staff who have been afforded opportunities of studying, from time to time, the atest practice abr That this policy was wise i borne out by the favourable comments on the modernity' of the com vany's plant made by Mr. Hill, the American expert called in by. the Council to investigate the company's charges and methods in 1930, and. ie will be remembered that Mr. Hill then commended the com "the excellent administra thods it has developed to meet unind difficult' conditions of other supplier mast supply must be fu ery moment. of hours and for the J
This the Company prides on having done, and mechan cal breakdown, mains failure labour troubles' have pleaded ax an excuse for failing to: satisfy the demand for a continuous: sup of the most essential com modity in the world.
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