St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-06
THEY PIPED TO us.
The Water Board Laid Within Nine Feet
Of Twenty-Four Miles Of Mains
Last Year.
The Report of Superintendent 0verton
Showing the Location and Size Of
Each Main.
Great Activity in Extending the High
Service System for
Next Year.
Exposure of the Method of M anufac-
turing Annual Reviews by an
Unreliable Sheet.
Concerning the Water Report.

On yesterday the superintendent of the
water department gave to the public the
record of the work done under his direction
during the last twelve months. In the ag-
gregate it shows that about twenty-fOur
miles of water pipe were laid during the
year, of which fifteen miles were on st.
Anthony hill, and the remainder div ided
about equally between Dayton's bluff and
the low service, or that on the two lower
plateaus. 1t is an old story, and led not
be repeated, that practically two systems of
water service supply st. Paul. one the old,
which comes from Lake Phalen by direct
pressure without the use of pumps; the
other, coming by brick aQueduct $500
feet long and 515X6 feet in dimensions,
from Lake Vadnais, coming into the city
on Dale street, Como avenue, Western
avenue, University avenue, Fifteeth street,
Broadway, Thirteenth street, De Bow
street, Grove street and East and West
Seventh street. The pressure on this sys-
tenn is supplied by pumps The former
system supplies the two lower plateaus. and
the latter the higher, including Dayton's
bluff on one side and st. Anthony hill on
the other. Although the latter belong to the
same system and are fed from the same
pumps pipes lllCy dlO CldooluCu
emily for the sake Of convenience. A glance
at the report will show that St. Anthony hill
received the most attention from the water
board last year. 1t was at first
proposed to lay but eleven and a half miles
of piping on that street. but owing to the
great demand for water in that section of
the city. this figure was increased about
one-half, mainly in siX-inch pipe, giving
that corner of Gods county nearly fifteen
miles of new pipe. giving them now about
twenty-f0ur miles of mains. On Dayton's
bluff the work is slower, and less than five
miles were laid, the original estimates of
the engineer being more strictly adhered to.
This is also true of the lower plateaus, where
the need for new mains is less pressing
than in the new parts of the city.
Dec. 1, 1884, showed that there were in
service little over forty-tive miles of
mains, of which nine and two-thirds
were on high service for st.
Anthony hill, and thirty-fve and one-third
on the low service. The pipe laid during
1884 amounts to something over eighteen
miles, and the advance of nearly seven
miles beyond that last year is one indica-
ton of the city's phenomenal growth.
There are now about siXty-nine miles OF |
pipe in use.
LII duultiOn 10 tue Quiet inquiries III Suoulu
be mentioned that ia hydrantS were
added making total of 4S5.
Regarding the cost of the extensions and
of the system the figures given
below are self explanatory.
Concerning the work of next year, the
of the department has not
yet made up his recommendations. In
general way, it may be said that they will
include something over twenty miles of
piping. of which nearly eighteen miles will
be on the hgh-pressure service. An at
tempt will be made next year to extend the
benefits of the water service into West ST.
Paul. How it will cross the river has not |
been determined, but in some way it is
probable it will be done.
There are still portions of the city that |
need water service badly. but will not be |
able to receive the benefits of it for more |
than year yet. One of these is the dis
trict across the Manitoba tracks, opposite |
elevator B. Here are hundreds of frame
houses grouped together, and not drop of
water to put out fire-a standing menace
to the city. This untoward condition of
things cannot be remedied next year even,
as the nature of the soil makes it impos
sible to lay mains there until it is drained
by an efficient system OF sewerage.