St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-24
TO DISTRICT THE SYSTEM.
Another East Side COnnectiOn--Im.
pOrtant Meeting OF the Water
Board.

The water commissioners got down to
business in dead earnest yesterday after
noon and either inaugurated or disposed of
many important matters The business of
the session may be summed up in brief as
follows:
A communication from the city council
asking that a water main be laid on Sixth
avenue porth from Eighth to Eleventh
streets was referred to the committee on eX-
tensions.
A warrant was ordered drawn in favor of
Adams & Shober for 81, 287.43, in payment
for wrought iron pipe used in the East side
tunnel.
ANOTHER EAST SIDE CONNECTION.
The matter of making another connection
between the two divisions of the city has
been agitated by the board in an informal
way for some time. The commissioners
who reside on the East side have from its
incipiency taken lively interest in the pro-
ject, and at the instance of Commissioner
Andrews the chief engineer submitted an
estimate of the cost of making connection
between the two divisions by means of lay
ing a 16-inch water main from Washington
avenue, at the junction of Twentieth avenue
north down the latter avenue to the river,
and thence across on the bed of the river to
Thirteenth avenue northeast He estimated
the total to be $50, 759. After considerable
discussion the question was referred to the
committee on ways and means and extern
SiOns.
THREE FIRE DISTRICTS.
The Oft-moOted question of dividing the
city off into three fire districts, nominally, one
on the East side and two on the West side,
was given considerable attention. There
has been much said about handling water
gates during fires, but from the action taken
yesterday, it seems that there has never
been a system OF closing gates at fires, so as
to concentrate the water pressure on any
desired point. BY dividing the city as pro-
posed, the entire extra force of the pumps
can be concentrated upon one district Dl-
stead Of throughout the entire system as
heretofore. The districts will be designated
as the East, the North and the South dis
trict. 1t was decided to put the theory into
practice.
A warrant was ordered drawn in favor of
Strathman Bros. for 81, 319, that being the
% per cent. of the cost of building the large
East side pump.
CANCELLED BONDS.
The committee on cancellation reported
that they had Cancelled bonds from Feb
ruary % to April TO- 1885, to the amount of
SIS, 257.62, and from July 81, 1884, to
March %, 1885, to the amount of S52,-
S57.27. The committee on gates was granted
further time.
1t was decided that in laying water
mains the board should lay service pipes
for private individuals, with the under
standing that as soon as the mains are laid
property owners shonld make proper con-
nections with the mains.
1t was decided to do away with the
| Lowry MIGRANTS in the middle of the streets
and to place the Furnace hydrants in as
good condition as the Post hydrants, and to
have all nuts of uniform size. \ large fire
| hydrant is to be placed at the end of the
bridge near the Pillsbury A mill, the same
to have not less than six connections.
The board then went into executive ses-
sion, but the only business transacted was
to elect inspectors, as follows:
c. b. Reese, NJ. d. Bogart, Mr.. Holt, a.
ID. Onion and c. c. Hurd.