St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-08
A o1TY's WATER SUPPLY.
Report of the Commissioners and
Their Recommendation


The annual meeting Of the board of
water commissioners was held yester-
day afternoon, and the reports of the
different branches of the city's water
service were submitted. A new feature
of interest to the public is the change
in the charge for street sprlnkling. 1t
will be 10 cents per 100 feet of street
per week, half the rate charged during
the past season. The report is signed
by }. f. Hoyt, president; Robert A.
Smith. mayor, member eX-OfficiO; L. III.
Kelly and William Lindeke. The sec
retaryS report shows the financial oper-
atiOnS of the water department for the
year ending Nov. 80, to be as fol-
lows: Revenue, miscellaneous receipts
amounting to $3.50, 1881, diSburSe-
ments $545, 4n.61, leaving a balance on
hand Dec. of $l5. 1910.
The salaries of all officers, employees,
the Office expenses and and stationery
amounted to S16 720.24; this does not in
clude expenses for extensions, repairs,
etc. The amount paid for labor. lead
pipe, brass goods, ETC., was S25. 1907.
Of the amount paid for city extensions,
S173,214.79 was for cast iron pipe and
specials, and S77,926.04 for labor in lay
for construction, So, 259.73 was on ac-
court of the high water reservoir. The
pay rolls for the year amounted to $114.-
$500, and the average number OF men
employed has been 81.
The present bonded Indebtedness of
the city, on account of the water de-
partment, is So. 10000, of which $500, 900
i'll bonds were issued during the past
year. The total indebtedness includes
Sl60,000 of the old water company's
bonds; these become due in January
and will be paid by the issuance of AZ
per cent city bonds, thus saving 31a per
cent interest. The annual interest,
$1O6,S00, is paid from the revenues Of
the works. ..
The total receipts Of the board since
its organization, Aug. 10, 1882, were
So, 1874, 56l.71; total disbursements, 49,
179, l04.01; balance, S15,457.70.
The report OF Martin Feist. the en-
| gineer, shows that the pumping station
| is in good condition and is doing salts
factory work. During the year 4s4 SOY
| $50 gallons OF water were pumped, "a
daily average of 1927, 41s gallons.
In regard to fire hydrants Superin
tendent Overton says: Our fire by
drants are now all in good repair, and l
anticipate very little trouble from them
during the coming winter. There were
266 set this season, making a total of
1,l34 now in service. There are 1872
street sprinkling hydrants, 25 of them
being set this season. The total mile
age of pipe laid during the season was
% miles and 1892 feet. The total
miles laid to date, 131 miles and 2,S76
feet. The connections made with
dwellings are rapidly increasing; 1,21S
new connections were made this year,
and there are now 1900 consumers.
1.-The increased mileage of pipe de-
manded by our city and its rapidly in-
creasing population makes it necessary
to lay thlrty-inch supply main for
high service. This main, with its nee
essary connections, will cost in the ag-
gregate of 100000 To do the work
with economy the grading of the right
of way must be done the coming spring
and summer" 1t will take q year to
complete the work.
The work on the new high reservoir
has been completed, and is now full.
In case of accident it will afford re-
serve supply of water for twelve days at
the present rate of consumption. The
total cost of the work has been esti-
mated at sl5s,0O0.