Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-31
Fl WATER WORKS..
A system Complete In It's Everv Retail
The improvements of the Past Year.

st. Paul are about as complete as u q
system can well be, ard at the same time
efficiently and economically managed. The
! supply of water is now received from Lake
Phalen, a beautiful sheet of water, situated
among the hills a few miles east of the
city. This lake has been long celebrated
for the clearness andpurity OF its water.
and from its elevation was considered the
most available supply that could be OBJ
tanned to meet the wants of the city. Dur
ing the past year the Vadnais lake system
has been thoroughly surveyed and the
board of water commissioners have decid-
ed on utilizing the water from that chain
Of lakes, which will give a considerably
! greater head OF water and a larger supply
than heretofore, IN addition to the qusnti-
ty from Lake Phalen. To get this supply
TO TIE city an immense amount of WORK
will have to be done during the year 1884,
but the men and material can be gos, and
the city has the the push and vim to
ave It done, and we'll done, too.
THE NDU
There will have to be built q conduit,
(which is now In course Of con%strnoti0n),
which will be six feet high and five aad
one half feet in width, and will have a ca
pacity, when raining full, of about 3d.
100000 gallons per day. The total length
when finished will be four and a half miles.
OF this amount one mile has been COM
pleted, using ii the construction 100000
brick. 1000 cubic yards OF stone and 5000
barrels of cement. A force is now at work
cunneling and doing what grading is pos
sible to be ready for active work il the
sPriDg. It is intended TO have ell material
OF the ground so that NJ delay may occur
when the frost IS gone. The conduit will
be nearly all built in excavations. some Of
them being from twenty-five TO forty feet
deep. It also crosses several marshes, and
piling viii bs required to give q sound
foundation. The water will be brought in
30-inch mains from the proposed reser-
Voir to Collins street, where it will divide,
one main Of 2+-inch going TO ST. Anthony
hill and the other to the lower grounds. To
assist the pressure in the mains, pumps
will be used, especially IN the case OF fires,
but for al ordinary purposes the reservoir
pressure will be sufficient. This will give
a double system for the city, ana
greater security in case of fire. TIE sup
ply will be abundant for a city of half a
million. Tue supply of MIGRANTS and
gates will be vastly increased. whilst the
cost will be kept at the minimum.
Il SERVICE.
The service will be greatly improved,
and the citizens will enjoy the benefits
arising therefrom. 1t is also the intention
to have the water service distributed mors
literally in The public parks, and some
unique public fountains are TO be erected
in different parts Of the city. This Will De
q grand step in advance, and will do mach
to give the city a still greater metropolitan
appearance. With the system ROY in
operation, and what will be completed the
present year, st. Paul will stand far ahead
of anything IN the west for tbs purity of
its water, the efficiency of its system, the
abundance Of its supply, and the small
ness Of it's cost TO the citizens. AS soon
IS the Seventh street aqueduct is finished,
Dayton's bluff Will be supplied more eff
GENTLY than at any former time, and prop
erty which Is o very valuable, will in
crease still more. All these advantages
put the city N a position to say to ali, we
give you an sbundant supply of the very
osst water, securing to you protection
from fire, and all the other benefits arts
ing therefrom. We make this a desirable
place IL which to live, and we invite you to
aid Us II making this city second to none.
We do our part, sud We call upon you to
do yours.
The income of the board for the year
has been s354,506.34 and the expenditures
s336,959.86, leaving a balance on hand Of
81. 546.48. The income was received un-
der the following heads: Water rates,
bonds, constructions, repairs, connections,
shutting OF and on water, bills payable
and miscellaneous.
In the expense account, the largest
amount for material paid was for 1,943.-
800 brick and 1854 barrels of cement. At
she lat Of December last there we're 236
fra hydrsnta, of which ~thirty-nine we're
placed during the year. Twenty-four
sprinkling hJdrants have been plased dur
ing the year. In all there sre ~260hydrants,
272 gates and 135 meters. There are also
2,431 sewer pipes.
The following msins nave been laid dur
ing the past year:
Fourteenth, east OF Jackson street, l59 feet of
6 inch pipe.
To connect Exchange street with Wilkin street
20 f ct 4 inch.
Wilkin street, from Sherman to Bluff streets,
! ,i5+ fact 6 inch.
McBoal street, from Wilkin to Forbes streets,
8 I feet 6 inch.
Wscouts street from Third to Seventh streets,
80 fset four isch and LILO feet 6 inch.
Fifth street, from Sibley to Kittson streets,
l 1876 feet 4 inch and lois feet 6 Inch.
Sixth street, from Jackson to Kittson streets,
I,So6 feet 4 inch.
Tenth street from Locust to Cedar streets, GIT
feet I inch, and LOO, feet s inch.
Robert street, from Ninth to Tenth streets,
875 feet 6 inch.
jackson street, from Fourteenth to Fifteen
streets. 255 feet, s inch.
Ninth street, from Robert to Cedar streets,
754 feet, 6 inch.
Sherman street, from Fort to Exchange streets
SIS feet, s inch.
Kitt,on street from Fifth to Seventh street,
546 feet, 6 in-h.
Seventh street above hittson street, 20 feet,
inch.
Otsego street from Lafayette avenue to Mt.
Ida, 675 feet, 6 inch.
North street from Bedford to Burr streets,
ASS feet, 6 inch.
Bradley street from Woodward avenue to
North street, 637 feet, 6 inch.
Hopkins street west of Bradley street, 80 feet,
6 inch.
Bedford street from Ninth to Minnehaha
Streets I27S feet, s inch.
OAK street north and south of Chestnut street,
s8S feet, 6 inch.
Pleasant avenue from Sherman to Forbes
streets, S28 feet 6 inch.