St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-22
STEAM PUMPING STATION.
The Water commissioners Wan
Projection Against Anchor Ice.

STEAM PUMPING STATION.
The Water commissioners Want
Projection Against Anchor Ice.
At last nights meeting Of the water com
missioners the first matter attended to were
communications and petitions. A COM
muncation from the city clerk relative to a
warrant drawn in favor of the board for
$50. 900 was received and spread on the
records. as was a communication from the
same source requesting the water board to
loan the general fund of tho city the sum of
$50. 600 and Commissioner Andrews moved
that the request be granted. and the super
intendent of the water works be authorized
to draw a warrant The motion prevailed.
A communication was received from o.
z. Briggs protesting against the water
rents in the railway reading rooms. Ref
ferred to the committee on accounts and
claims.
ABOUT REBATES.
The standing committee on claims and
accounts reported recommendation that
the superintendent be requested to notify
DR.. DunsmOre that as soon as he places his
houses in satisfactory repair that his petit
ton would be considered and adopted.
The same committee reported back the
matter of various rebates and recommended
that certain petitions be not allowed, and
the report was adopted.
A rebate of S11.25 was allowed the st.
Stephens church and a warrant was ordered
drawn for the amount, and rebate of So
was allowed Mrs. Anna Richardson.
The special committee, to whom had
been referred the matter of purchasing
valves for the coming year, reported that
they had made contract with the Eddy
Valve company of New York at the fol-
lowing rates, less IL per cent: Eighty
four siX-inch at SIS. so each, forty-slX eight
inch at S22. so each, five ten-inch at $50
each, sixteen twelve-inch at $40 each.
eleven siXteen-inch at SIS each, nine
twenty-four-nch at 5000 each, with the
privilege of increasing order 20 per cent at
same price.
A STEAM PUMPING STATION.
The committee on steam pumping station
reported a recommendation that the matter
be brought to the notice of the city council,
and further stated that in the opinion of
the committee lots 4, 5, and Z. block 5.
North Minneapolis addition, and so much
of the block lying between the above
mentioned lots and the river as would be
included between Twentieth avenue north
and the extension of the line between lots
8 and 4 to the river, possess advantages over
all others for the purposes OF steam pump
ing station. In this connection the follow
ing resolution was adopted:
Be it resolved by the board of water
commissioners of the city of Minneapolis,
that in its judgment the time and necessity
has come for the establishment of steam
pumping works in the river in the north
part of the city, in order to guard against
anchor ice and low water in the river at the
falls, and this board would respectfully re-
quest the city council of Minneapolis to
give the matter of procuring site for the
steam pumping station such consideration
as to said city council may seem to the best
interests Of the city.
The secretary was instructed TO send a
copy of the resolution to the city council.
THE SUBMERGED PIPE.
The engineer of the department reported
a contract and specifications with McRitchie
d. NichOl of Chicago, for furnishing and
laying the submerged water-pipe across the
river at the junction with Second avenue
north.
The right of fixing the time at which the
work shall begin was left with the board.
and the contract was authorized signed
when the proper bond for $4,000 is
signed.
TUNNELS AND SHAFTS.
The bids for tunnelling the island for
putting in water-pipeS, and also the rail-
way tracks on Fourth avenue north and
western avenue, were opened as follows:
Fred 4oungren, so cents per foot for tun-
Melting Nicollet avenue; for tunnelling
Fourth avenue north, 79 cents per foot;
under the Western avenue railway tracks,
1918 per foot. For sinking shafts on the
island at ST per foot for removing ground
from surface to rock, and $3.50 per lineal
foot through the rock: for sinking shaft on
Fourth avenue north for ST per foot through
earth, and 1913 for rock work: also two
shafts for $2.74 per foot on Western
avenue.
Andrew J. Dolan: To excavate shaft
and tunnel on Fourth avenue north-Shaft
SIS per foot, tunnel 81 per foot. On Nicol-
let Island-Shaft SO and tunnel 95 cents.
On Western avenue-Tunnel and shafts
complete 1878 per foot.
John Burns: Tunnel on Fourth avenue
north 9S cents per foot; shaft $3.50 per
foot. Nicollet lslanG-Tunnel &C cents.
shaft SIS per foot. On Western avenue
Tunnel and shaft S3.S5 per foot.
A. Dahlgren: Nicollet Island-Tunnel
A. cents per foot. shafts S. per foot. Fourth
avenue-Tunnel SO cents, shafts 81. 10 for
earth work and SIZE for rock work. West
ern avenue-Tunnel 1885 per foot shafts
So per foot.
Referred to the committee on extensions.
The superintendent of the water works
was directed to notify the occupants of the
Winslow house that the water will be
shut off.
The matter of shutting the gates between
the east and west districts for purposes OF
repairs was referred to the engineer, with
authority to act. 1t was explained that the
pumps in the two stations work against
each other when pumping into one system.
Adjourned until Thursday afternoon.
More CrOOkedness.
Frank Trushel, bookkeeper of Washbun,
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