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...work to date has been somewhat hampered by the ground water which is encountered at a depth of 10 feet, this offering the most serious obstruction at the corner of Linden and Mt. Auburn streets. At that point an electric pump is in operation, which has a capacity of 700 gallons per minute, and it is there that the "sump well," or permanent drainage pump, will be placed at the completion of the subway. It is expected that the work will be finished about August 1, in ample time to be ready for operation when College opens...
...year we are congratulating the class of 1915 for raising its predecessors 29 on the first allotment, and overflowing into South Matthews. Time was, not long ago either, when the man who took up an abode in Mathews expected to face death by freezing, and ablution at an outdoor pump. But even the terror of this building is dying now. If a few more men "get wisdom" and apply for rooms on the second allotment, electric lights will be extended to its south entry. 1915 has done well...
...Side Lights" are of transient interest. Toward the close of the number everybody seems thirsty. A correspondent urges the restoration of the Yard pump even if Fresh Pond water has to be artfully substituted for the perilous spring water that lurks underground near Hollis. His letter is accompanied by a portrait of the old pump and an ode of President Roosevelt's College days, reprinted in its honor. Later the editor demands a fountain. Just what he says about, I cannot tell, since my proof stops short in the middle of a word, and the time vouchsafed by the Magazine...
...engine and generator, a much needed addition to the present plant. It will guard against a breakdown and consequent crippling of the service, for although the present auxiliary power is suited for lighting purposes, it is useless for the washing and ice-cream machinery, the well-pump and ventilating fan, all of which take direct current. In the spring, when the ventilating and artificial ice plants must be run longer each day than they are now, the generator would be heavily over-loaded and might prove inadequate. The installation of the new generating machinery will permit small repairs...
...iron piping, together with the brass pump-box, for the artesian well at Memorial Hall, has arrived and is now rapidly being placed in position. A wooden tripod has been erected over the well, by means of which the jointed sections of pipe are lowered. As soon as the electric pump, which is now under construction, is installed, the well will be ready for immediate use. It is 321 feet in depth and through the eight-inch pipe water will be supplied at the rate of 50 gallons per minute. When completed, the whole structure will be entirely underground...