Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-03-03

gradually as we recede from tn,
river. Lake Minuetonka, north of the Mir
nesota, and west of the Mississippi, abOu
twenty five miles from st. Paul, lies at abou
the same elevation as the plateau of st. An
. thony hill. 1t is, of course, too low for "a sat
Isfactory gravitation supply. No point Of
the Mississippi could be reached at sutficien
! elevation this side of Sank Rapids, distanc
of over eighty miles BY river. Ia fact, know
| of no source sufficiently abundant, and sufi
ficiently elevated to supply the entire city b.
natural flow, nearer than the head waters o
Cannon river. have had occasion, in the dis
F charge Of other professional duties, to exam
inc the remarkable chain of lakes on thi
stream. Cannon lake, above Faribault, woult
furnish an ample supply for million of PEG
pie. According to railroad levels, ills eleva
ton is sufficient to deliver the water with
head of thirty or forty feet on st. Anthem.
hill. This would require an aqueduct forty o.
fifty miles long, costing over five millions o
dollars; project too expensive to be though
of at present, though it may become feasible
at a future time.
The present supply of the city, as has beer
mentioned, is derived from the head waters o.
Phalen creek. The system of water work:
pertaining thereto is the property of the ST.
Paul Water company, corporation existing
by virtue OF charter granted by the State o.
Minnesota in 1857, revived and continued by
subsequent enactments. The works were eX
ecuted some twelve years ago. The water is
drawn from Phalen lake, which has an eleva
ton of about one hundred aud seventy-six feet
above the low water level of the river, by two
lines of conduit pipe, one of glazed earthen
ware twenty inches in diameter, one Of
cement, sixteen inches in ameter. Each pipe
has separate gate chamber at the lake, which
the water enters by wooden conduit two OF
three hundred feet long, reaching to point In
the lake where the water is fifteen or twenty
feet deep. The conduit pipes unite at dis
lance of about 1000 feet from the gate
chambers, being replaced by cast iron for sew
eral hundred feet, near their junction, which
is at the St. Paul Pillow Works. The twenty
| four inch line lies in tunnel for some ! ,50O
feet.
From the Pillow Works the water is con-
Quoted through sixteen inch pipe Of wrought
iron, coated with cement, to the city. This
line follows the rayine of Phalen creek till the
conformation of the ground permits it to di-
verge. Thence, without regard to streets, it
runs to Lafayette avenue; thence through La
fayette avenue, Locust and Seventh streets to a
point between Wabashaw and st. Peter, where
it terminates, being about 15 700 feet in length.
From this point 12-inch cement and iron
pipe extends along Seventh street to seven
corners; thence along Fort street to Ramsey
street. A 12-iuch cast-iron pipe continues 46O
| feet further on Fort street. The rest OF the
distributing system consists of six and four
inch pipes.
| Phalen lake is connected by natural chan
nels aad bitches and feeders, constructed by
the water company, with the following lakes.
Spoon, Gervair, Kohlman's, Twin, Vadnals,
Lambert's, Owasso, two Grass Lakes, Rice,
Goose, Eastwood, Sucker, Pleasant, Deep,
Wilkinson, Amelia, Black and Tamarack. Some
of the above mentioned lakes have been
wholly or partially drained by the bitches:
| The company has rights of fowage at several
| lakes, as follows:
Pleasant lake. containing 730 acres AZ feet.
CharleY's lake, containing 70 acres. "A feet.
Long lake, containing $50 acres. .......2 feet.
Deep lake, containing 100 acres. ..3 feet.
Wilkinson lake, containing 200 acres. q feet.
Vadnals lake, containing $50 acres. "A feet.
| Phalen lake, containing $50 acres. .....2 feet.
Spoon, Gervais and Kohlmans, contain
ing 400 acres OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. IL lOOC
The following are the details of their dis
tributing system:
24-inch earthenware pipe. ......... 6,5OO 1eet
a inch cast-iron pipe 500 feet.
lG.inch cement pipe 1886 feet.
pipe. ...........................15,735 feet.
| 16-iuch ,ast-iron pipe. ..... 60 feet.
12-inch cement and wrOught-iron
pine. $3.50 feet.
12-inch cast iron pipe. ............ 46O feet.
6.inch cast-iron pipe 81 ,5l3 feet.
4-lnch cast-iron pipe. .......... 1850 feet.
6-nch cement and wrought-iron
| pipe. Observation-Disclosures. 1926 leeC.
4-inch cement and wrought-iron
| pipe. Observation-Disclosures. IA, 46S feet
The company have also 1888 hydrants, 129
wafer meters, and l SIT service pipes.
The charges for water furnished by meter
measurement are:
| Five cents per 100 gallons for quantities less
than 1000 gallons per day.
Four cents per 100 gallons for quantities be-
tween ZOO and 5000 gallons per day.
| Three and half cents per 100 gallons for
quantities between 5000 and 5, 600 gallons per
day.
Three cents per 100 gallons for quantities
between 5000 and 10000 gallons per day.
Two and half cents per 100 gallons for
quantities over 10000 gallons per day.
The charge for metered water in Boston is
Ions.
In Chicago less than one cent
In Milwaukee, for elevators and motors, one
cent and under.
The Company's rates for private houses are
$40 per annum, and one dollar additional fol
each 81, 900 of valuation, excepting the first
ST. 200, 81 per annum for bath, and s. for
water closet; making for house OF $4,000
valuation with bath and water closet a total
of S24. The average charge for dwelling
houses in Boston is dbout SIS. For parts OF
the city not reached by the Compapy's pipes,
water is furnished for filling cisterns, in carts
at 81. rs per load, containing something like
$50 gallons.
have no mean of knowing what part OF
the population is supplied by the present sys-
tenn except from the number of services. Ac
cording TO the proportion which prevails in
other cities, this would indicate about Is, 00C
people, or say one-third OF the present popula
ton.
The Company's pipes do not extend to all
parts of the city accessible to their source OF
supply. The service is also much restricted
by the loss of head in the main pipe, which is
only sixteen inches in diameter from the Pillow
Works in. A draft at the rate of two million
gallons day would cause loss of head OF
over Is feet between the Pillow Works and
Broadway. An average consumption of two
millions day would imply draft of over
three millions at some part of the day, caus
ing a loss of head of over 35 feet between the
above mentioned points. With such draft
the total loss between Phalen and .he seven
corners would undoubtedly be as much as &C
feet, restricting the supply in that vicinity to
points more than 40 feet below the lake. 1t Is
understood that the Company have inserted q
20 inch branch and stop.gate at the Plow
Works, in expectation of laying new pipe OF
that diameter, should they continue to supply
the town.
THE DRINAGE GROUND
appointment to this source Of supply could
r.