St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-03
SALTWATER NEWS.
The High License Legislation APP
proved by the Catholic Temper
ance Societies.
The Sewerage System and the Recon-
mendations Made by the Chief Engineer
A Number of Claims Filed.
minneapolis Filling the State Prison--In.
teresting Meetings Last Evening"
The Log Cut Falling Of.
The SelrerR.

As the city council meets tonight, and as
Inc sewer matters will be again brought up,
in order that the citizens may know some
Thing about the plans, representative OF the
GLOBE asked one of the aldermen for some
light on the subject. He referred to the re-
port of D. w. Cunningham, chief engineer,
in his report of 1881, in which ne says: 1.-The
greatest inconvenience and damage expert
enced from surface water is caused by three
ravines. the first crossing Pine street near
the court house, thence through the gas
works and down Nelson's alley; the second
crossing Olive street near Fourth, and through
Third to Chestnut street, and the third down
the st. Paul road raviue, passing down Myr-
tie and Chestnut Streets
In order to take care of the large
proportion of this water he has provided
for a combined sewer through Sixth
and Pine streets to Lake st. Croix. At the
intersection of Second street he sinks shaft
some sixty feet in depth, and thence to
Lake St CrOiX; tunnels through The sand
rock. This sewer he calculates drains some
200 acres Of ground, and takes most OF the
water that now comes through the sewer on
Chestnut street and Nelson alley. The next
combined main sewer is provided down
Myrtle TO Third Chestnut and Second streets,
having an outlet through q tunnel in the
sand rock from Second street to the
Pine street sewer or tunnel. These two
sewers dispose OF the great bulk of water
coming from the three sewers above enumer-
ated
There is a good deal of fear expressed in
reference TO the great amount of sand that
pours down onto the streets after every
shower-that it will soon fiji up the sewers
rendering them useless. Mr.. Cunningham,
in his report, proposes as follows: ''For
temporary relief would lay a
box waterway, open at the top,
made Of two-inch plank, about
two feet square, laid rs near the bottom Of
the ravine as 4 true grade will admit, the
fluctuations Of the rayine will cause the box
to touch the bottom Of the ravine at some
points, while at other places il will be ele
waited. AT the point Of contact | would build
small dams Of plank, or in some other TEN
pOrarY way. These will cause basins of still
water, in which the sand viii be deposited,
and at overllows provided, the clear water will
1ow into the box and from thence be dis
charged into the Myrtle street sewer at the
intersection Of Fifth street. After a time we
may expect these depOsiting basins to fill M
with sand, until their surface reach that Of
the overflow into the box. When this has
been accomplished, the velocity Of flow will
be much reduced on account Of the wide and
level surface Of the ravine bottom, and then
The box and dams may be raised, so as to
cause new settling basins.' The Main street
sewer is but ten and twelve inch pipe for
taking care of house and cellar drainage,
and calculated for but very little surface
drainage.