San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-16

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were presented as follows:
RAYMOND Frederick-For permission
to pay taxse on certain property. Re-
\ ferred to assessment committee.
Thomas Mills-Asking for $50 as
damages for injury TO horse and bug
gy, caused by collision with fire engine
Referred to fire committee.
Citizens-That crossing on Avenue b
, at Tenth street, and that electric light
, at said crossing be repaired. Referred
, TO public improvement committee.
Citizens-That an electric light be
, placed at the corner of Sherman and
: blackberry streets. Referred to COM
mittee on gas, water and electric lights.
T. NJ. Paschal-For division of prop
ert to pay taxes. Referred to as
sessment comittee.
San Antonio Baseball association
For permission to remove fence around
baseball park at San Pedro springs to
| the street line on three sides of the
park
On motion OF Alderman Devine the
! petition was granted.
The finance committee reported as
| follows:
Capt. Phil Shardein for registering
| 1891 voters at s cents each, $751.25; NJ.
! A. Higgins, for repairing booths and
ballot boxes. SALE; Yturri and Haze
mig, s19.45; Thad w. Smith for certified
| copies of deeds s,6.75; trees for city
parks, SAC: signs for parks, s3145;
! Thomas and Sons for pipes in city hos
| pital s.; San Antonio Sewer Manufac-
! turing company for sewer pipe, $3.50;
maps for use of election officers, $25;
| Thomas and Son for cleaning the
| Fourth street sewer $13. so; total $147.U5.
S547S from account of Wilding, Mar
shall, BaCkus and Hines, (sewer fund.-
to the GTeenville Construction COM
pany: 50 from the sewer fund in
payment of the Outfall sewer. Adopt
ed.
Favorable reports were made on as
| sessment petitions Of A. Heusinger, G..
S. McElrOy, agent: c. A. Goeth, T. w.
Campbell & Co., and J. j. Coffey's pc
tition was referred to the city attor-
ney. Adopted.
c. l.. Nevilrs petition for remission
Of pound fees was granted. Lee
Adams, for remission of fine was not
granetd.
Consulting Engineer Gray's report on
the Outfall sewer was presented, to-
wit:
Il herewith submit to you my report
on the progress of the work on the
sewerage system now under cOnstruc-
ton for your city:
Since my last visit here Dec 15,
1896, the outfall sewer contracted for
by Katz, Crandall & Katz has been
completed and is now ready for use.
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q, 600 feet in length from the manhole
in Simpson street to the filter fields.
About 1000 feet of it is sc inches in
diameter, built of brick; 1850 feet, SO
inches in diameter built of steel; H.
| $50 feet, A inches in diameter, built Of
! brick with the exception of about IS
| feet of steel pipe used in crossing a
creek and 1000 feet A inches in diam
eter Of a concrete invert.
About l 400 feet of the 36-inch out
fall sewer has been built entirely in
| embankment. This embankment was
| constructed of the best earth material
to be had near the line of the outfall
sewer. This material having been pre-
viously wet by rains was put on in lay
ers and rolled with a heavy grooved
iron roller until the embankment be-
| came very hard and compact.
The embankment was built up to
near the top of the sewer before any
| brick work was laid. Excavation was
then made in the embankment and the
sewer built in the trench.
"A careful examination made of this
| embankment and of the sewer fails to
! disclose any settlement or defects in
| the work
Il would recommend that you have
this embankment sown with a good
| native grass seed in order to better
| protect it from the rains.
THE S6-inch sewer of steel is built
upon steel lattice piers placed so feet
| apart on centers and securely bolted to
the concrete foundations. The pipe
| crosses the San Antonio river on a sub
stantial bridge built of steel, S2h feet
span resting on stone abutments.
THE 44-inch brick sewer and the "A
inch concrete invert are built entirely
in excavation. The grades of these
| last two are much fiatter than the for
mer requiring large diameters.
"A careful inspection of this entire
| line has been made from time to time
as the work progressed and since it's
| competition water has been turned into
| the outfal TO test the joints of the steel
pipe. A temporary dam was placed at
the lower end of the steel pipe raising
the water at that end to two feet in
depth while at the upper end the depth
was about one foot.
| "A few Of the joints in the steel pipe
were found to leak slightly and need
calking, otherwise the sewer is In good
condition.
The sewerage channels at the sew
er fields have been trimmed up to the
proper form and cleaned out, and are
now ready to receive the sewage from
| the city.
The contractors for this part Of the
/ ~ yaNo l.,