St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-05
SAINT PAUL MATTERS.
What the Water Department Has Been
Doing For the City's Good the Past
Twelve Months.
Miles of Streets in Which Mains Have
Been Laid-Plans For the Com
ing Year.
What the City Pastors VIII AsiA
About To-Day--Many Matters
of Local Interest.

At the meeting of the water board yes
+e1dav the annual reports of the superin-
tandent. secretary, engineer and attorney
were submitted, read, accepted and hled
with the mayOr From the reports the f0l-
lowing facts and figures of more than ordl-
nary interest are taken showing the pres
ent condition of the works and the improve
ments made during the year ending Dec. l,
1885,
SUPERINTENDENT REPORT.
LIB. Overton. superintendent, in his
fifth annual report, Says:
On account of old pipe being damaged by
frost grading of street and sewer con-
nections. pipes had to be relaid on Eightn
street, from Jacksonito Minnesota: Minnesota
from Seventh to Eighth; Broadway. from
Seventh to Ninth; Eleventh, from Broa iway
to olive; Olive, from Eleventh to Grove;
Fourth. from Selby to Jackson. On Ienth
street, from Cedar to Fort. it was necessary
TO Law tNenty-inch main, the old slX-lnch
main not being sufficient for proper supply.
IT will be necessary to continue this main on
Fort street TO the Seven corners to give ad-
ditionaI supply to that quarter OF the CITY.
All the works are in good repair Tor the VIII
ter The repairs of hydrants were large, the
location of TWENTY-FIVE having to be Changed
on account of grading and paving OF streets
winter the system now in use for protecting
hydrants from frost proving very successful
One hundred and eighteen fire hydrants nave
been placed in service this season. making b 10
hydrants in service. For street sprinkliug ~
were placed in service, making total OF 81
in various parts of the city. On low service
5.333 feet inch, 5000 feet inch. 3,O72 feet
IL inch. 3,040 feet Is inch and l,4l5 feet 20
inch pipe we're laid, making total of miles
and T. 400 feet. On high service l.50l feet or
inch 81 25I feet of inch, 1l,2T2 feet IL
inch and 2.57e feet 10 inch were laid.
making total of II miles and 4,124 feet: on
high and low service this season there we're
Is miles, B. 1874 feet laid. With the alterations
of mains we have laid this year Is miles and
5,IS8 feet There have been put in LUIS
service pipes, 369 on low service and 659 or
high service. making 4,947 water consumers.
Another inlet pipe is needed from the lake to
The este-house to prevent it being damaged
by frost I again call your attention TO
low service reservoir as being almost in
dispensable to enable US to nave
\ proper supply OF clear water. The risk OF
shutting off the water from the city
for the cleaning of the conduits would
be too dangerous. One fire might cause more
loss TO the city than the expenditure OF
building & reservoir.
Recommendations are also made for drag
by which the shores of VadnRis lake are to
be cleared of waste and vegetable matter
and beautifed. The changing of the names
of so many streets is reported as having
occasfoned trouble in compiling reports. The
waste of water is one of the most difficult
problems with which the water works author
tiles have to contend. A table showing the
pressure and the water wasted is shown. In
conclusion the superintendent returns thanks
10 the president and members Of the board
and the secretary for their courtesy and kind
ness.
MAINS RECOMMENDED.
The superintendent recommends the fol-
lowing pipes to be laid during the coming
year:
West St. Paul-Broadway, from Third
street to river across the river by flexible
joint pipe; State street, from river to Con-
cord; Indiana street. from Dakota to state;
Chicago street, from Dakota to State; Isabel
street. from Carlton 10 State; Con-
cord, from Isabel to Cambridge;
Congress- from Concord to Brown;
winifred from Cambria re to State, RoDie
from Cambridge to State, Dakota from
Channel to Isabel. This will necessitate the
laying OF 500 feet of four-inch pipe for by
drants, 10000 feet of six-inch, $3.50 feet of
twelve-inch, and $500 feet of siX-inch; total
$50 feet, or miles and 2, 15O feet.
Low Service, or Gravity System-Fort
street, from Seven corners to Tenth; Lee
avenue from Seventh to Duke; Randolph,
from Seventh TO View; Penns, lvania avenue,
from Mississippi to L'Orient; st. Peter street
Sixth TO Seventh; Franklin, Sherman to Elm,
Minnesota, Third to Sixth; Fifth west of Min
nesota; Eagle, Washington to Seven corners;
Exchange, Wabasha to St. Peter; Prairie,
Garfield to Western; Preble Beaumont to
.Minnehaha: Minnehaha as far as Payne;
West Seventh, Lee to Tuscarora; Duke, Cas-
cade to Seventh; Western, railroad to st.
Clair. This will cause the laying of $500
feet OF four-inch pipe for hydrants; 5.25a
feet six-inch; 1920 feet twelve-inch; 500 feet
civ iDo I fWR0tV-iUch. total
lI,4TU feet, or 2 miles and 9lO feet.
High Service, St. Anthony Hill and Dayton
Bluf-Sherburne avenue, Cedar TO Rice;
Martin street. Summit place to western;
MAI tin, Arundel to Kent; MacKubin, kondo
to Fuller; Dale, Goodrich to Lincoln: Good
rich, east of Dale, 400 feet; Grotlo Lincoln
to Marshall; Robert, University TO Jack
son; st. Anthony, sunni place to Dale;
Blair. Western to Dale; thomas, western TO
Dale: East Sixth, Hoffman to Susan; East
Fourth, Maria to Mendoza; Arcade. East
Seventh TO MagnOli&; 1glehart, Mackubin to
Dale; Louis, Carroll TO Fuller; Como; RICE to
Western; Conway. Maria to Forest: Portland,
Grotto 10 Avon; SelbT. Grotto to Victoria;
Front, Rice to Dale; Rcaney, East Seventh
to Arcade; Fauquier, Arcade to Weide;
Francis Arcade to Cypress; Oakland, Ramsey
to Westerns: Ramsey, Oakland to Summit;
Greenbrier. Seventh to Margaret;
Margaret, Seventh to Greenbrier: Maria,
Hudson to Cherry; Cherry, Maria
to Hoffman; Hoffman, Clement TO Cherry.
This will necessitate the laying of 1000 feet
four-inch for MIGRANTS. 1850 siX-inch, 10, $50
twelve-inch and {, 1886 twenty-inch. making a
total of ST. 9I6 feet. or ten miles and l. l16 feet
The above recommendation, if carried out,
will insure the laying of ll,470 feet of pipe in
the low service system. 90, 9I6 feet in high
service system and 1850 rect in West St.
Paul, making total of SO, 934 feet, or eighteen
miles aud 1884 feet.
The cost of these proposed additions nd
extensions is figured as follows:
Seventeen miles and 5, 1853 feet mains,
2.S43 tons at $50 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 900
Special castings. 90 tons at $50. ....... 5000
Gates and BOXES Observation-Disclosures. 5000
Fire hydrants, 200 at 500 ser.......... 1000
Lead, 90 tons at $780,. ......... 5000
Packing tons AT $I20......... 240
Excavation and laying. $4,000
Extra for rock excavation. ........... 10000
Drayage, 5000 tons at Gu cents. ....... 1880
Extra for crossing Mississippi river. 10000
Total cost. Observation-Disclosures. $l57,33O
a detailed table. showing where the
mains and pipe are laid. when they were
put down. also the size of the mains and
pipes in the entire system, accompany the
report from which the following summary
is made:
LOW SERVICE.
Feet