The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-02-06

plant capable of changing the contents
of the farDor above Main street bridge
once in three days, allowing drains to
empty into the harbor where not easily
arranged to connect by gravity.
4tn Project: By collecting the sew
age along the harbor, including the
/ tannery wastes, in small tile inter
cepting drain with receiving we'll
and pumping it into the present city
sewer at the corner of Ashland and
York streets at all times when not con
veying storm water, allowing this
drainage to reach the lake at the pres
ent Park street outlet, no pumping to
/ be done when city sewers are conveying
storm water
Review of Projects.
Some review of the projects herein
recommended is necessary from the
fact that there are many considera-
4 tions which cannot be expressed in
figures.
list: In municipal projects it is al
/ ways wise to adopt the simpler plan,
even at greater expense, as municlpali-
ties as rule do not succeed IN pro
F., Jects requiring careful management
and constant care and maintenance
such as is necessary in a modern up
to date sewage plant. A gravity inter
cepting sewer is to be preferred on
rthis account to sewage publication.
End: The End and 4th projects are
mot comparable with the 1st and 3rd
as they do not provide so we'll for the
future.
3rd: The intercepting sewer plan,
! Project No. L, is more than immediate
benefit to the harbor; it is of benefit
to the whole city, as it furnishes OBJ
portunity to intercept from the lake
1.-The sewage Of the north side, and out
let for the west side for the dry
weather or sewage flow.
| 4th: 1t appears from the table that
the ultimate operating expense Of
building gravity intercepting sewer
from Cedar street to the Park street
outlet at the lake will only be about
half as great as to pump the, harbor
sewage up into the present city sewers.
Such an improvement can be built in
one season.
9Th: The first cost of pumping the
harbor sewage into the present city
sewers with outlet at Park street is on
ly one half the gravity intercepting
isewer to Park street.
9th: Project No. 3 for flushing the
harbor can always be added to No.
l, if occasion requires
It'll: AS a condition of every Pro
ject it is assumed that the tannery
and gas works provide tanks at their
own expense to reduc the amount of
waste they flow into he sewers. This
lis as important with ultimate destina-
ton in the lake as in the harbor.
/ 8th: Sewage publication is com
pick and delicate process, requiring
close attention of a very competent
superintendent and large operating ex-
npenses.
! 9th: Gravity intercepting sewers
are simple device, requiring almost
ano attention or operating expenses.
d. 10th: 1t is assumed that if any por-
tion of the tannery waste cannot be
led from the intercepting sewer by
gravity, the tannery should assume the
pumping expense.
1 Conclusions.
In general conclusion of this Report
| would recommend as follows
First: That surveys be made and
complete plans be formulated for the
general sewage plans of future Keno
sha including all the outlying districts
! into which the city may grow, and the
relief of the overcrowded sewers on
the west side.
Second: That in this work there
be outlined an intercepting sewer capa-
BILE of conveying to the southern limits
of the city all Of the dry weather flow,
with ample number of overfoWs for
the storm water, that the outlet at the
city limits extend at least 1000 feet
into the lake.
Third: That all Of the harbor drains
i be connected with said sewer by gravi-
j ty, making such arrangement of
drains as is necessary for this pur-
pose
/ Fourth: That the first section of the
intersecting sewer be laid to Park street
outlet now, and later when finances
will permit, it be extended to the south
city limits, along the shore line if pos
sible, if not, along Durkee avenue.
Fifth: That the tannery and gas
works be required to install tanks in
which to intercept the solids and other
suspended matter, and to keep such
tanks cleaned out as often as necessary.
| Sixth: That the water supply Of
in the lake farther north than at pres
in the lake further north than at pres
ent and so soon as the capacity or con
dition of the present inlet renders it
necessary to increase its capacity or
renew it that plans for new works in
the northerly end of the town be adopt
ed. Such new works should be so