St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-05

K ,& 50 Ing station has been
'M!Taew4 a ittsa s. fimt that +, in ia :
water used by the city will be
sent down from a point on
the river far above where there is the
slightest possibility of its being tainted
in the least by the dirt of the city. The
buildings stand close to the bank OF the
river just below where Single creek
used to flow into the river before tor
mented out of its course by dam that
now furnishes power for the mill, and
above the station is a pretty piece OF
land owned by the city that will some
day be developed into one OF her most
beautiful parks; At the upper end OF
the park Single creek splashes into
the river, while little branch of it
runs down across the park through the
old bed. The building in which the
plant is located is constructed of pressed
brick and brown stone. and is OF a
UNIQUE style of architecture. The
stack that towers 40 feet above the
building proper does not tend to add
mechanical effect to the structure, and
the whole is quite an ornament to the
park. A drive will soon be constructed
along the banks of the river. and people
who are constantly using the water sent
down to them from the fountain head
can during their pleasure rides look
for themselves at the place, and they
will see nothing in the clear water OF
the river, nor in that splashing down
over the rocks from the creeks, nor in
from the water. in beautiful wooded
knoll in the park, nor in the neat
buildings, nor in the bright land
scape through which the river
flows, stretching away in the distance,
that would tend in the least to give the
notion that the water was anything but
the pure. clear fluid Imperative to the
health of community. And through
the careful forethought of those having
the matter in charge there will never
be a time when the water is less pure.
THE NEAREST OUTLET
in the form of a sewer is nearly
three miles below, and there will never
be occasion to bring them much closer.
1t would probably be of interest to
trace the water from the point where it
leaves the river to the hydrants from
which we draw it for use. Out in the
river, several feet from the shore. is the
crib protecting the mouth of the intake
tunnel, passage way five feet in diam
eter and 220 feet long, for the water, to
the tive immense wells at the station.
From these wells the two great pump
ing engines draw the water, and send
it singing out through the main delivery
pipe, thirty-six inches in diameter, at
the rate of eight and a half miles an
hour, for two miles and quarter up
Second street to Twentieth avenue
north. Here it connects with the
mains running under the river to the
East side system and with the system
supplying all of the West side. Ar
rangements have been made so that
every street beyond Twentieth avenue
north, as the city grows further
up that way. At no distant date
another main pipe will be laid up Lyn-
dale avenue to the southern portion of
the city, also connecting with the main
system. Lyndale avenue is the longest
street in town, stretching in per-
fectly straight line from the Single
creek station to Bloomington ferry
OH the Minnesota, some twenty miles;
and when Minneapolis has fulfilled the
promises Of some of her sanguine
prophets, along this straight street will
run the main pipe, furnishing the homes
of the great residence portion with
water. When this new line has been
connected with the city system it will
Uc dlIuOSL lllUOSSlUIG 1OI duy dCCluCut
to happen that wOnld
SHUT THE CITY OFF
from her water supply. Two wells,
each separable from the other, two
engines that work Independently, and
two main conduits through which the
water is to flow to the city.
The whole plant has been constructed
with the idea of making it perfectly
substantial and of lasting nature. The
buildings are large and commOdious.
An Office 2Ox46 feet occupies the front
of the building. It is neatly finished
with polished oak, and above it rise, for
three stories, apartments to be occupied
by the men who tend to the plant. The.
engine room is a large room, 66X124 feet,
with places for two more engines of the
size of those now in the building.
These pumping engines are ponderous
pieces of mechanism, having capacity
of pumping 100000 gallons each every
twenty-four hours. This is against a
pressure of eighty pounds to the square
inch. In other words, the two engines
pump
10000, 900 GALLONS OF WATER
to height of 1856 feet. Last year the city
used about 12,OOO,OOO gallons of water
day, so it can be seen that the plant is
fully adequate to the works. Of course,
though, as that amount is an average,
there will be hours on summer days
when the two big machines will have all
they can do. The room in which they
stand is said to be one of the finest
engine rOOms-any place, and the men
who pet the big engines are very proud
of it. Its ceiling is of oak and the walls
are of finished brick and the floor is OF
concrete. An electric plant lights the
building. To the rear of the engine
room is the boiler room, an apartment
3Sx76 feet. Here are six boilers nine
feet and six inches in diameter
and eighteen feet long. The coal
room is alongside the boiler room and
easily accessible, but at present it is
thought quite probable that the heat
will be supplied by crude oil rather
than by coal. Two of the boilers have
been prepared to test the oil, and If 1t
| is found to be economical it will be
used in all the boilers.
There is no large city in the United
trouble with the cOnfiictiOn of its
SEWERAGE AND WATER SUPPLY,
and probably great deal of disease has
been caused by contaminated water.
There has been good deal of noise
made in Minneapolis over the same
thing. Exaggerated displays have been
made OF the so-called contamination of
the city water. Whatever may have
been the condition of the water in the
past, and it was never very bad, in the
future there can be no complaint made
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