The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-08-07
DAM WORK som N6ES.
Work on the Head of the Big Reservoir
Has Commenced and Work Will
be Rushed.
Completion Expected In Time for Organ
izing a Park Board During the
Coming Winter.

Coming Winter.
Work on the Burmeister dam,
which is to give Red wood Falls an
artificial lake, will be commenced
actively inside of ten days.
S. u Whaling of Chicago, who has
been the engineer in charge Of
various public works In the east,
has been engaged by Mr. Burmeis-s
ter to take charge of the eonstruc-
ton Of the dam, and he arrived here.
early last week for the purpose. Mr..
Whaling Immediately went to work
on the preliminary arrangements,
such as taking levels, constructing.
achute from the top Of the Westsside.
of the river to the shore line, and
then advised Mr.. Burmeister to get
stone crusher, and the latter left
for Mankato and Rochester on the.
afternoon Of Saturday for that pur-
pose.
There is one place on the proposed
site, where some difficulty will be
experienced in getting the wafer
out so that the mud can be removed
from the foundation rock on which
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to obtain firm hold with the con
crete, but Mr.. Whaling says that
the difficulty will be overcome. He
also states that the foundation rock
on either side of the river will have.
to be scraped, owing to the fact
that the concrete must be given a
firm and clean hold on the rock.
The thickness Of the dam will be
about 30 feet of solid concrete, and
Mr.. Whaling states that it will last
for all time. The present intended
.heighth will be 24 feet, constrnc acted.
50 that four or six additional feet
can be placed on top Of the concrete
at such time as Mr.. Burmeister
deems it expedlent.
As soon as the stone crusher ar
riyes active work will commence.
By that time it is expected that
labor will be plenty, and Mr.. Whal-
ingis desirous Of having all of the
labor he can secure, in order to
rush the work. He will employ
every person desirous of work
N It is not expected that the dam
will be completed much before cold
weather sets in. In the meantime
the contractor on the removal Of the
timber on all of the easement pur-
chased for the overflow, will remove
the standing trees, and will also re-
move all brush, shrub berry, weeds,
etc, so that when the overflow act
ually commences the bottom of the.
lake will be perfectly clean.
The con nstruction of the dam is
looked forward to with interest on
part of the city administration, as it
is believed that the back water will
prevent the seepage from the els
tern at the pumping station. the
bottom Of which is quick sand, and:
through which it has always been.
claimed a lot Of spring water has
flowed into the river, when the wat
er in the latter was lower than that
in the cistern.
There is now practically y no doubt
but what the lake will be created in
time for the spring freshets. A
park commission will be asked for
as soonSas tits deemed expedient.s
The comnis ssion will have charge
Of the shore line of the lake, where
ever II belongs to the city It will
| devolve upon that commission to
open UP public bath system. to let
the boating and other privileges,
and to boulevard and improve the
shores ofthe lake wherever possible
Mr. Burmeis returned from
Mankato Sunday afternoon, having
obtained a c1;nsher II that city
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STILL a TIE.
RedWood's Battery Left and Madison
Took the Second Game.
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