The Wilmington morning star. [volume], August 15, 1943, FINAL EDITION, Page 16, Image 16

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WORKING ON WATER LINE
The great power shovel used for excavating and for placing the large sections of pipe into position
is shown swinging into action to cover the pipe sections as the work progresses on the new municipal
waterline extending from the Hilton water purification plant to Hood’s creek.
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Good Progress Reported
On City Water Line Job
Approximately Three Miles
Of 30-Inch Concrete
Pipe Placed
Through river marshes, sand
hills and ridges and a series of
bays and pine savannahs, work on
the new municipal waterline to
Hood’s Creek is progressing stead
ily, it was revealed this week in
un inspection tour of the line ex
tending lrom the new’ Hilton water
purification pjant to Hood’s creelt.
Approximately three miles of 30
inch steel reinforced concrete piy 3
lias been installed, and each daj
additional pipe is being laid. A
right-of-way 30 feet wide is being
cleared m the process of extending
lhe waterline from ihe present
pumping station at Toomer’s
Creek to the new temporary pump
ing station on Hood's creek.
The Hood’s creek section is the
first step in the project eventually
destined to extend to a point on
the Cape Fear river above U. S.
Hock and Dam No. 1 in Bladen
county, thus eliminating the possi
bility of salt infiltrating the mu
nicipal water supply. The tempo
rary section will place the source
of water some 11 miles further up
the Cape Fear than it is now.
From the site where the pipe is
now in the ground the pipeline will
be carried back to the Cape Fear
river on a trestle over the low
ground.
Seven hundred and eight lineal
feet of 30-inch flexible joint cast
iron pipe will carry the pipeline
under the river in a trench on the
river bed above Navassa, and the
concrete pipe will go the remaining
distance to the Toomer’s creek
pumping station.
Fifteen million gallons of water
per day, three times the present
consumption, will be the capacity
of the new waterline, while the
capacity of the new and old water
purification plants is 12 million
gallons per day
In a most interesting process to
the amateur eve, but in monotonous
succession +o the experienced
worker, one joint of the great pipe
is laid at a time, 1,250 feet in one
day being the greatest day’s w’ork
to date, according to the foreman
under whose watchful eye the men
work.
However, 600 feet of pipe laid
in one day is an average day’s
STRAW HATS and
BATHING SUITS
GIBSON’S
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North Front Street
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Eyes Examined
Glasses Fitted
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FARRAR
TRANSFER & STORAGE
WAREHOUSE
work under normal conditions, it
was learned.
Inclement weather, difficulties in
the boggy river marshes and in
clearing the right-of-way in the
seriei of bays and pine savannahs
have slotved up the process to
some extent, although the work is
now progressing rapidly, as evi
denced by tne tour.
The 16 foot sections of the spe
cial type of concrete pipe, con
sisting of a welded steel inner jack
et, cage steel reinforcing and a
concrete exterior, are being
brought to the right-of-way from
the Lock Joint Pipe company’s
temporary plant at Navassa.
There the pipe company, cf Am
pere, N. J., is manufacturing the
necessary pipe sections in rapid
succession, various stages of the
pipe’s formation being in evidence
drily at the small; but complete,
war-time plant.
Clearing the right-of-way, digging
the tranches for the sections of
pipe and laving the pipe is the
work of the Price Brothers com
pany of Dayt-.n, O., and the work
is under the direct supervision of
William C. Olsen, of Raleigh, who
is consulting engineer for the Fed
eral Works Agency.
Supervising engineer in charge
of the entice project is C. F.
Churchill, local representative for
the Federal Works Agency, of
Richmond, Va.
During the inspection, a great
power shovel swung a 'Section of
p;pe from the side of the right-of
way into the trench which had
been prepared for it, and the sec
tion was expertly fitted together
by a patented process.
One intricate part of the process
cf laying ea :h section of pipe is
the cementing together of each sec
tion by a man heavily-clothed and
rubber-booted who entered the 16
foot, 30-inch pipe to apply cement
of a mud-like consistency to the
joint.
The same big power shovel
which swung the section of pipe
off the ground and into its trench,
also serves fox excavating for the
project, transnorting huge bites of
earth from the trenches to the
side of the right-of-way and then
returning the deposits later to cov
er the sections of pipe which have
been swung into position.
Assisting in the process of clear
ing the right-of-way and burying
the large sections of pipe was a
huge bull-dozer, manned by a chub
by workman who maneuvered the
large piece of machinery with
seemingly’ as little effort as a sol
dier would manipulate a jeep.
Extending west from Hilton, the
new waterine runs parallel with
the Seaboard Railroad from Na
vassa to Hood’s creek. Although
only 10 miles by pipe line, from
one end of 'he waterline to the
other is 15 miles over dusty wash
hoard roads, through sand hills
and pine savannahs.
The cost cr the waterline to
Hood’s Creek will amount to $586,
270, according to city officials. This
includes 46,350 lineal feet of 30
inch reinforced concrete pipe, 2,659
lineal feet cf 30-inh reinforced
concrete pipe on pile bents and
piers, 708 lineal feet of 30-inch
fexible joint cast-iron pipe to go
under the Cape Fear river, and
ether such items.
A cost of $100,000 has been esti
mated for the new temporary pump
ir.g station at Hood’s creek.
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Joseph Israel Listed
As Missing In Service
Joseph Israel, son of Charlie Is
rael of 705 Kidder street, Wil-,
mihgton, is listed as missing in
the service of the United States
Navy, according to a Navy de
partment announcement Saturday.
The Navy announced 79 casual
ties, including 11 dead, eight wound
ed and 60 missing.
This brings to 28,940 the total
of Navy, Marine Corps and Coast
Guard casualties reported to next
of kin since December 7, 1941. The
grand total includes 9.063 dead,
5,002 wounded, 10,274 missing, and
4,151 prisoners of war.
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PEPPER MONEY
In the Middle Ages, pepper was
so valuable that men’s wealth was
measured by their pepper supply.
Instead of “old money bags,” mil
lionaires were called “pepper
sacks.” In those days, cinnamon
and ginger were kept carefully
away from drafts lest a pinch or
two be blown away.
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CARRIERS’ MEET.
PUNNED MONDAY
First Of Series Of Three
Will Be Conducted In
Tide Water Hall
The first of a series of three
meetings of For Hire carriers in
16 North Carolina and three South
Carolina counties will be held Mon
day afternoon at 3 o’clock in the
Tide Water Power Company as
sembly hall at Second and Prin
cess streets.
The first meeting will be held
for all operators of common car
rier vehicles and has been call
ed byJ. C. McIntyre, of Laurin
burg.
The second meeting will be held
for all operators of contract ve
hicles Tuesday afternoon at 3
o’clock in the assembly hall.
The third meeting will be held
Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock
for all operators of local cartage
vehicles.
The latter two meetings were
called by C. A. Jurgensen and
W. P. Farrar, both of Wilming
ton, respectively.
The meetings were called at
the request of G. T. Mussleman,
District Manager of the Office oi
Defense Transportation, and will
each elect an equal number oi
representatives to a For Hire In
dustry Advisory committee which
will study for hire operations in
the Wilmington district in an ef
fort to effect some saving of mo
tor vehicles, motor fuel, tires and
manpower presently serving the
for hire industry.
Counties in the Wilmington dis
trict are New Hanover, Pender,
Brunswick, Columbus, Duplin, Ons
low, Hoke, Craven, Cartaret, Pam
lico, Bladen, Cumberland, Samp
son, Robeson, Scotland, and Jones
counties in North Carolina and
Marion, Dillon and Horry coun
ties in South Cc. 'lina.
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have as many as 1200 steel
springs.
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Rosehill Sailor Serves
Through 13 Sea Battles
Thomas Herring, USN, Negro
steward’s mate first class, who
has served on ships which have
engaged 13 sea battles with the
Japanese, is spending thirty day s
leave with his mother at Rosehill.
Herring has nad two ships tor
pedoed under him. He was in the
water 33 hours following one sink
ing and 11 hours after the. other,
being rescued by a submarine the
first time and a destroyer the
next. . „
In addition to this service, Her
ring was attached to an aviation
squadron on Midway for about
nine months. He has a medal
from the Solomon Islands cam
paign, a good conduct medal, ani
letter' of recommendation from
Admiral Nimitz for other engage
"^He enlisted here in October, 1939.
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