St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-02

drants getting frozen, although having q
great many more in service and the winter be
ing exceptionally severe. do not anticipate
much trouble from them the coming winter,
although having much larger number now
in service. placed 176 hydrants in service
this season, making total of 49l fire hydrants
in the CITY, There have been put in 385 low
service pipes and GA hlgh-service pipes, which
is more than double the amount ever put in
during single year in this city. The pres
ent number of consumers is 1910. 1 am now
at our winters work on Goodrich avenue
from West Seventh street to Western avenue,
Eighth street to connect with the Wabasha
street main to give proper circulation; Wash
ington from Fifth to Sixth streets, and Frank
lin from Fifth to Seventh. At the first time
Vadnais lake can be drawn down four or five
feet below zero, all weeds, grass
and vegetable deposit should be removed
down to the sand; it would purify the water
and beautify the lake. Owing to the high
water in July and August, it was imprac-
ticable to improve the canal from Vadnais to
Pleasant lake. I regard
LoW-sERvICE RESERVOIR
as almost indispensable to enable us to prop
erly clean the conduit. The risk of shutting
the water off the city for the cleansing of it
would be too great, as one fire might be more
costly to the city than the expenditure for the
construction of a reservoir. The conduit
with the necessary supply of water in it. If
it were empty the outlay for its repair
would be small. l had not time
during the past year to give west st. Paul
the attention desired, but will spend some
time during December in that part of the city
with some officers of the board to lay out the
system for their supply. The map of our pipe
system, which made mention of in my last
report, was completed last winter. 1t is pro-
nounced by competent Judges to be master
piece of workmanship. This years work has
not been traced upon it yet, but will be very
soon. 1t will be necessary to do considerable
work north of Pleasant lake this season to in
crease our supply in case of dry season. We
are now using 900 gallons daily on high
service and 2, 100000 on low service.
THE PRESSURE.
The main which supplies Dayton's bluff has
a pressure of las pounds to the square inch
IN Trout Brook, between Kittson street and
Seventh. had the pressure taken off the
fire hydrants this fall so person can dis
cover at glace the pressure in any point of
the city. From the circumstances under
which the pressure was taken it is liable to
vary per cent. The pressure on Dayton'S
bluff varies from 50 to ITO pounds.
would recommend the extension of mains
on streets as fast as they are graded if there
would seem to be any show of consumers
needing fire protection, not only for sanitary
reasons, but on business principles as dis
tribUtion mains are self-supporting after be-
ing laid. When houses are built where
there are water mains they invariably put in
water. If there is no water main on the
street they usually build cisterns and sink
wells, so, when the water mains run, they
may be from three to ten years before be-
coming water consumers. There ought to be
a stone house and barn built at the pumping
station as there is q great number of tools
and truck, for which there is no storage.
The water was put on st. Anthony hill on
Dec. 5, 1884. The pumping engines have not
yet received their final test.
IMPROVEMENTS RECOMMENDED.
would recommend the following improve
ments for next year:
Pipe recommended to be laid on Gravity
system: