Malcolm & Ca. Get Canton City Contract One Year's Work: 30,000,000 Gallons Daily to be Possible 'A. final agreement has_now been' reached between the British firm, Messrs. Malcolm & Ca, Lid, of Shanghai and Hongkong, and "Mr, Tseng Yang Fu, Mayor of Canton, for ie construction of @ water fiction plant to supply the d was announced on February 12.
Negotiations have becn_ proceed-Ing "for some time, alli tech-nucal and financial details have now been seitied and work will be started In the Immediate future. The plant as designed will be the most modern {in the East, will comprise a battery. of twelve filters and will be capable supplying 30,000,000 Imperial. gal-long a day of 24 hours of clear sterile water, thereby bringing Canton into ne with any modern city, Suitable two storey offices, laboratory, workkshopr and godowns, will also be erected and fully equip-pee lorien ges Sar ried out by Messrs, Malcolm & Ca., ete Beata me ten designs are now well advanced. As Sie Sia Tai Due to the Increase of popitlation and the expansion of the city limits, the munlelpal authorities for some water, The widening of streets and modernizing of the city have meant lunavoldable delays in forming a definite programme of expansion, but plans are now completed, and when the new plant is put into operation, the city will have overcome a long-standing desire on the part of the authorities to cope with the needs of China's most important southern StS sale? tata see cane fel diately with well-known British firms Santi hey Hat hohe Pu, ate teed nota tant Teche ale ga, The site of the new filtration plant will be in the old waterworks com= pound, situated on the Pearl River. The new unit will be complete In every detail from pumping room yeh iver source of supply, to poet ful pumping sets, continuous settling tanks, filters, adequate clear, water storage to meet sudden excessive mands, and in addition a 3,600,000 Imperial" gallon' storage reservoir shall erected within the city Timits, suceoie ib Pete Tbh tthe paci fie' et ae Fortunate Situation Canton is fortunate in being most favourably situated from a waterworks point-of-view. 'The lly ts Dullt on' comparatively flat tand and at the same time possesses hills ad-Sacent to the building centre, on which the large storage reservoir will be constructed.
"The nimest use has been made of this hill in the \scheme adopted by the engineers, so that a steady pressure and a large volume of water will be available to reach to the top of the high buildings, in the city.
In less fortunate cities where com~ paratively small elevated storage can arranged, innumerable pumping] units must be provided to take care of the high and low demands for water, meaning increased initial cost of machinery and less economical operation. In the plant decided on there will be only three high pres sure pumps delivering water to the ity, and three low pressure pumps rawing water from the river to sup ply the filters, and by this means a. most economical pumping system will be obtained.
Special care has been given to the: mechanical apparatus controlling the Alters, and ttle or nothing has been eft to manuisl control. Automatic of a most modern design will be provided for, and all twelve Alters will be controlled and manipulated from one central table.
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