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MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE HOT plahi Sunday, Jun 29. 19S2 REVISED mm mil STATE'S Plant's Efficiency increases 600 Pci. Following Revision Average Daily Total About 44,000 Gallons Gold Hill The revised sew age plant at Gold Hill which has been in operation since May is described by Councilman Mil ton Steinmetz as being as "good as any plant in the state." He based his statement on ef ficiency tests which show that th tntsl nlant efficiency has in caH finn tier cent since it was revised to meet with state standards. The cost of the improvements will be about $o,uuu, according o Fprrf Jones, city recorder, when a new set of distributing arms over the gravel filtering tank is installed in August, which will complete the sched tiled improvements. A little work was done on the imnrnvempnts in December with the major work being completed from January to May, Jones exnlained. The new additions rpf nictures) include a grit chamber and comminutor trough into which the sewage first pass- from the main! a Kennison nozzel with flow meter to show operation through the system; a Kvtem 01 weirs Deiween xne pt.t. liner hasin and doseinZ chart! ber; and in a final system of weirs in the secondary settling basin before entry into Rogue river. The weir which are scientif ically designed to allow only a thin film of water to pass over the edges into a trough leading to the doseing chamber for one set and into the river on the other, are the key to the plant's efficiency, according to Stein metz. He said that the actual weir area of the main system between the doseing chamber and settling basin has been in creased 384 per cent, while the increase of toe other weir area is 216 per cent. This increase of water passage in a thin film allows more material to settle making the filtering process more accurate, according to the councilman. The average daily gallonage is about 44,000 gallons, accord ing to the new flow meter. The process of purification begins with entrance from the main into the grit chamber and comunitor trough, the latter to house a grinding unit at a later date. The flow is then directed through a Kennison nozzzle where the amount of sewage is measured by a flow meter. The next unit is the settling basin where the solids are taken M : a j : : : a I-: i breaks them up by chemical ac tion and returns the liquid to the settling chamber and excess residue into an open sludge bed for removal every 90 days. The liquid from the settling chamber is passed over into the doseing chamber after it has gone through the weir process. From there, the liquid is sprinkled over a large gravel filtering tank, six-feet deep by means of a rotating set of arms. After the liquid is sifted through the gravel tank, it pass es off into the secondary set tling basin via weirs and thence to the Rogue river. taunts'') I v- t a I ft- F. .. 8 T-.:;;.f Salem (U.R) The state of Oregon collected $63,970,602.08 in the first 11 months of the fis cal year which ends June 30, State Tax Commission Chair man Ray Smith said Friday. NEW INSTALLATIONS Shown above are part of the new installations of the improved Gold Hill sewage system. Pictured right fore ground are the grit chamber (first section) and comminutor trough (grating) which is made to house a grinding unit not yet purchased. Just beyond the end of the comminutor trough is the installation for thfe Kennison nozzle (not visible) which the flow meter is connected with. The meter is housed inside the structure on the left, which Includes a cement-lined base ment for holding meter parts and pipe con nections. Beyond the structure are the old settling basin, doseing chambers, and gravel filtering tank. At the far right is the top of the old digesting chamber where the solids are broken up by chemical action with the remain ing residue passed out into a sludge bed and liquid returned to settling chamber where it is originally drawn from. m ; -I - - t FINAL PROCESS Pictured above are the last two processes of the Gold Hill sewage plant. The concrete tank wall in the center of the picture is part of a six-foot deep gravel filtering tank which empties into the secondary basin in the foreground, the last settling basin before entry into the Rogue River. Only liquid is handled in these two units with a sprinkling device from rotating arms entering the tank from above. Pictured upper left is the house containing the flow meter to record the gal lonage passing through the plant, while the structure at upper right is the chlorination house which is used to purify the water before entry into Rogue River. EFFICIENCY FACTOR Shown above Is the main set of weirs in the Gold Hill sewage plant which have an increased efficiency area over the old ones of 384 per cent. They are located between the settling chamber and doseing unit and are so designed that only a very thin film of water passes over their edges on both sides of the trough keeping the maximum amount possible of sedi ment from passing into the next process. The weirs work on hy draulic principles and control the amount of water passing over their edges. Pre-War Prices ar Cut To The Bone! SEE US BEFORE YOU BUY 1941 Buick Super Club 1940 Chev. fordor $325.00 Cpe., R&H $375.00 1940 LaSalle fordor, very 1941 Buick Spec, t u d o r, clean $325.00 R&H $345.00 0 1940 Ford fordor it runs .$ 95.00 1941 Pont. 6 fordor, R&H $345.00 1938 Buick Spec., lots of . 1941 Ply. Club Cpe. R&H $345.00 miles $175.00 1940 Chev. Tudor $345.00 1935 Chev. fordor $ 45.00 Lots Of Late Model Cars To Choose From ! ! Terms, G. M. A. C. Or Bank Finance OPEN EVENINGS AND SUNDAYS BELL GRABER'S AUTO MARKET CENTRAL POINT PHONE 1282 DRIVE OUT A LITTLE AND SAVE A LOT Strange Names Used For Clipper Vessels Boston (UP) Owners of the famed clipper ships of a century ago reached to strange places for names for their vessels, accord ing to information compiled by the State Street Trust Co. A booklet on the subject shows that some ship owners fa vored names associated with the sea such as Ocean Eagle, Sea Nymph, Flying Scud, Sea Witch and Dashing Wave. Others picked fictional or mythological characters such as Hamlet, Orpheus and Galatea Still others favored American heroes, including David Crocket, Andrew Jackson, General Grant and Winfield Scott. Also honored were Harvey Birch, a revolutionary War spy made famous in the novel of James Fenimore Cooper; Poca hontas, Garibaldi, Solomon and King Philip, the Indian chief. Daniel Webster, described as "The Defender of the Constitu tion and expounder of the same, was honored by vessel named The Expounder. Animals were .represented by the Flora Temple, a vessel named for the trotting mare which won 92 out of 100 races. A tinv animal with a clipped tail. Flora Temple was believed the inspiration of the line. "I'll bet my money on the bob-tailed mare." t; Vflk I W;Sl Alaska Governor I Brooklyn Police Seek Gun Used in Murder LAST PROCESS Above is the secondary settling basin of the sewage plant at Gold Hill, the last process before entry of the purified liquid into Rogue River. The water enters the round foam bin at left center and the weirs (metal troughs on chamber's side) allow only a thin film of water to flow over their edges. These weirs are new and have an increased area over the old set of 216 per cent. Requests Shipping Seattle (U.R) Alaska Gov. Ernest Gruening called on Pres ident Truman Saturday asking that civilian cargoes be sent north aboard military ships. Governor Gruening arrived in Seattle from Alaska Friday on his way to the Governor's Con ference in Houston. Texas. He said he is worried over Alaska's plight as a result of the shipping strike and said he is puzzled as to why it has not been set tled. In a telegram to presidential assistant John R. Steelman, Gruening said his action in ask ing for military vessels to trans port cargo is "clearly indicated in the national interest, for Al aska's economy and to prevent further suffering." Gruening said the shipping shutdown coming at the height of Alaska's short construction season has interrupted defense time schedules. Local Man Elected By Telephone Men D. O. Hood, 29 Windsor av enue, was named a director of the Oregon Independent Tele phone association at its annual general meeting last week in Spokane, Wash. Hood is affil iated with the Central Point Mutual Telephone- company. Theodore J. Wells, manager of the Northwest Telephone com pany in Redmond, was elected president of the association. Other newly elected officers are John Dillard, Nehalem Tele phone and Telegraph comp any, vice-president, and Leslie A. Gritten, West Coast Tele- phone company, secretary-treas' urer. The meeting of the Oregon association was held following a joint convention of the Ore gon - Washington Independent Telephone association. Dead line Sunday Classifieds Is at noon Saturdays. New York (U.R) PoIic began a house to house search Saturday for the gun used ta kill a young Brooklyn rabbi as he returned from an evening of prayer in a synagogue. The body of Rabbi Samuel B. London, 23. was found on a park path in the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn Friday. An autopsy disclosed he died of a single .22 gunshot wound in the head. 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