Tillamook headlight., October 24, 1901, Image 4

T M. SMITH, M.D.,
History of Wooden Water Pipe diameter, with a 3-inch bore jointed with I
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iron bands at the joints. In 1828 all i
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The majority of men would say off­ but two lengths were taken up and re­
hand that wooden water pipe was all placed with larger mains. These two ;
Office in T odd ’ s Building.
right for a makeshift. One is inclined to joints were found in 1868 while making J2J L. EDDY,
think of it as being a short-lived ex­ sewei excavations, and they were still
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pedient. The California Redwood Pipe well preserved. They were secured by
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Company, of San Francisco, have pub­ City Engineer Foslrerg, but were stolen
JJR o. H. DAVENPORT,
lished a brief biography of wooden pipe. hy negroes for fuel.
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The water works at Detroit, Mich.,
This company asserts that almost any
kind of wood, if kept wet, is durable for were tiegun in 1827. and for many years
D entist .
the only pipe laid was of bored pine and
piping.
Makes a Specialty of Crown and
H. COOPER,
The use of wooden water pipe began tninarac logs. In 1850, there were 35
ver> early and we find its history written miles of wooden pipe in use, and only 4Vt>
. Bridge Work,
in the first records of dawning civiliza­ miles of iron pipe. In 1852, the use of
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Tillamook City .. Oregon.
tion. The later story of human progress wooden pij>e was discontinued, but in
contains frequent reference to its use. It 1857 its use was resumed liecause it was
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is our intention here to refer to these much cheaper and quite as satisfactory,
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COATES,
matters in the briefest way and with the its use being limited only by the small
especial purpose of impressing the fact of size of the logs. The laying of wooden
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the great durability of wood when used pipe continued until 1881, when there aja H. GOYNE,
were 84>,i miles in service, considerable
for conveying water.
Oregon.
Wooden water pipe in the form of of which is still in use.
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Tillamook
bored-out logs was in use in Egypt
Denver, Colo., has nearly 100 miles of
thousands of years ago. Pliny, the stave pipe conduit and mains in use, and Office : Opposite Court House,
S. STEPHENS,
Roman historian, speaks of its use in has laid more the past season than ever
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ancient Rome and specifies the woods before in one year. The first of this pipe
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Agent for the
best suited for the purpose.
was laid in 1883, being built from na.
HOME MUTUAL AND LONDON &
Constantinople still receives part of its tive pine, and is said to be in good con. Ç5 LAUDE THAYER,
LIVERPOOL GLOBE INSURANCE
COMPANIES.
water supply through wooden pipe, as dition. Mostof the later lines have been i
it has for centuries, and bored-out elm built from redwood, although Texas pine
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Agent for North West School Supply
logs were the only water mains in use in has been used to some extent. All the
Company, Notary Public.,
the city of London from 1582 to 1800, water brought to Denver for domestic
TILLAMOOK.
— OREGON
O
regon
.
T
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more than 400 miles of this pipe having use passes through wooden pipe.
been laid, Some of these logs are said to
Toronto takes water from Lake On­
LAUDE THAYER,
be still in use and during recent recon­ tario, which is pumped to a reservoir.
OBERT
A.
MILLER,
Agent for Fireman’s
struction work, were found to be quite The works were built in 1841 and the
sound.
Fund
and Loudon and Lanca­
water is brought to the pumping works
Municipal water works had their be-1 through a wooden conduit 4 feet inter,
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shire
Fire Insurance
ginning in this country at Boston, when ! nal diameter, which is built from alter­
Oregon
City,
Oregon.
Companies.
the Water Works Company was incor- | nate pine and oak staves, banded with
porated in 1652. A reservoir was built iron. This conduit has been in use 51 Land Titles and Land Office
Tillamook .. Oregon.
to which the water was conveyed from years and is still in good condition.
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springs through bored logs. It was also
A far from complete investigation of
distributed through wooden pipes, and
the system was used until 1796, at the matter shows that there are to-day
W. SEVERANCE,
which time the aqueduct incorporation | in this country more than 200 towns I
L. F. WELCH,
installed a new system of four mains of land villages using over 3.000 miles of
of pitch pine logs, with four-inch and wooden water pi|>e for domestic supply, j
Proprietor.
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three-inch bore and wooden distributing It also shows that the use of wooden I
First-class accommodation for
pipe
is
generally
increasing
in
this
1
pipes with lMi inch bore. This second
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the traveling public.
wooden pipe system supplied the city country.
It is evident from a careful considera-
continuously until 1848.
660 Commercial Street,
The large pumps of the city water tion of the subject that bored logs were j
Near
O.R. & N. Wharf, and
displaced
in
the
older
water
system
of
T. BOTTS,
works at Manchester, New Hampshire,
nearest
Hotel to Tillamook boat
the
Atlantic
slope
because
of
the
demand
are operated by water-power supplied
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landing,
through a pen stock of pine six feet in for larger mains owing to the constant
Office in the O lsen B lock ,
diameter and under a pressure of 40 feet. growth of the towns. There was never
ASTORIA,
ORE.
It was put down in 1874, and the super­ any question about the durability of
Over the Bakery.
wooden
pipe,
but
there
was
at
that
time
intendent, in answer to a recent inquiry,
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says: “We know nothing of its condi­ no adequate means of banding wooden
pipe
to
withstand
the
high
pressure
re
­
tion as it is laid six feet below the sur­
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face, and we have had no occasion to quired.
AVID WILEY, M.D.,
disturb it.”
Notice to Shippers.
In 1799 the Manhattan Company was
P hysician , S urgeon and
General Banking and Exchange busi­
formed by Aaron Burr to supply the city
All freight carried by the Pacific Navi- i
ness.
of New York with water. It was car­ gation Company’s steamers is payable at
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Exchange on England, Belgium, Ge_-
ried through wooden pipes continuously the Company’s office on Lamb’s wharf | All calls promptly attended to.
many, Sweden, and all foreign countries
until 1848, when the first Croton aque­ in Tillamook City as soon as checked
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duct was completed. Speaking of those and ready for delivery.
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old wooden pipes, the San Francisco
All local and back charges must be paid
Chronicle of September 3rd says: “Work­ before freight leaves the wharf.
E. BARTEL, M.D.,
men on the conduits for the underground
P acific N avigation C ompany .
• P hysician and S urgeon .
trolley line in Broadway, New York,
B. C. L amb , Agent.
have uncovered an interesting relic in the
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form of the wooden water pipes that
All disorders of Stomach, Liver and
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Kidneys Skillfully Treated.
were laid in 1784. The pipes were con­ A souvenir of the Galveston hurricane
when you have wood to saw. 50c. a
structed from logs about the size of of September 8, 1900, has just reached
Office Over J. S. S turgen ’ s cord.
W. TINNERSTET,
ordinary telegraph poles. The bore is New York in the shape of the British D rug S tore , T illamook , O r .
Proprietor.
about three inches in diameter. That steamship Roma, ofl722tonsnet, which
the pipes are still serviceable is shown was blown broadside on by the currant,
bv the fact that the wood is decaved and swept through four bridges. Charles
only to the depth of about half an inch Clark & Co., who had floated six other
front the outside surface. Otherwise the , steamships stranded by the hurricane,
wood is perfectly sound.”
undertook to float the Roma, and she
The water supply of Philadelphia was was sold to James Jerome, manager of
It is natural to suppose where you can do the best.
at first conveyed entirely through bored the Saginaw Steamship Company of
We can duplicate San Francisco prices on
pine and oak logs ranging in size from San Francisco. The wreckers dug a
three to six inches inside diameter. In deep trench and floated the steamer. The
1814, thirtv-one miles of this pipe was j Roma will lie drydocked and overhauled
in service, and it is said that some of this whence she will double Ca|>e Horn for
old wooden pipe is still in use.
the Pacific trade
Her owners, it is
The water works at Lynchburg, Va.. said, by expending three fourths of her
CARY THE LARGEST STOCK IN THE STATE.
were built in 1811. The mains were of cost in repairs, will be allowed to fly
bored pine logs 10 feet long, 10 inches in the American flag.
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