The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-03-25
PLANS FOR SEWERS
ENGINEER WILSON SUBMITS RE-
PORT TO COUNCIL

ENGINEER WILSON SUBMITS RE-
PORT TO COUNCIL
Officials Also Has Something to Say
Relative to the Opening of North
Fifth street; An Ordinance That
Needs Amending; Street Commits
sioner Given a Raise in Salary;
Autos Run Too Fast.
From Saturdays Daily.
City Engineer Wilson made COM
prehensive report to the council last
night on the storm sewer problem, as
follows:
Mankato, Mimi, March l6, 1910.
Board of Public Works: In regard to
preparing plans and specifications for
enlarging the storm sewer on Mulberry
street between front anu G.cond street,
also new storm sewer ON Second
street from its intersection with By
ron, Lincoln and Van Brunt streets to
Warren creek.
The question of storm sewers was
quite fully discussed in report
made to the council about year ago.
| then suggested that the storm
sewer on Mulberry street be enlarged
from Front street to Broad street.
still think that this is the proper
thing to do. The grade from Second
street to Broad street is quite fiat,
while that from Broad to Fourth street
has good fall.
You will notice that the grade l
have suggested is greater on the por-
tion between Second and Broad street
than the present one, which, in addi-
ton to its being larger, will increase
its capacity. This sewer should in
time take care of all the water on
North Fourth street as far north as
Rock street, and provision should be
made for this now.
Wv
panying plan, from Front street to Sec
cond street would be about as fol.
lows:
Re-paving across Front street. s55 90
Three catch basins . l2O. 90
About 400 feet sewer at So
per loot .....,.......... l,47O 90
IolaI ................ 81 Gas %
From Front to Third, addi-
tional about ST .OOO on
Making total cot .. 50, GAS. 90
Suggests Day Labor.
l have prepared specifications for
this work. However, | think from
the nature of the work that it might
be done more satisfactorily by day
labor, than by contract.
The sewer on Second street, if built,
should be twentyfour GA inch
pipe; however, l think this sewer
should not be built, and that it is
waste of time preparing plans and
specifications for it,
1t is in many ways preferable that
sewer from this point should form
part OF system, of which sewer
on State street would be the intercept.
ing sewer. Warren creek already drains
over fifteen hundred (l,5OO) acres, and
many of the openings on this creek are
now much too small for such an area.
This is especially true on Fifth, Front
ana Minnesota streets. Our object
should be to relieve conditions as much
as possible at these points, rather than
burden them further.
Then, too, Warren creek is an open
ditch passing through residence and
business districts, and it is not de-
sirable that a great amount of street
wash shall be repeatedly deposited
along the banks.
This is, of course, simply as the
question presents itself to me. If the
council think differently, l shall be
pleased to prepare plans as directed.
In speaking of Warren creek, it
might be well to lower the paving in
the bed west of Front street, to pre.
vent the opening under Front street
from filling in as rapidly as it does at
present. Yours truly, John Wilson,
city engineer.
On motion of Aid. Pass, the report
was referred to the sewer committee to
report upon at the next meeting.
Opening North Fifth Street.
Mr.. Wilson also presented the fol.
lowing report on the cost of opening
North Fifth street:
Mankato, March Is, l9lO.-To the
Mayor and Common Council of the
City of Mankato. Gentlemen: In ac.
cordance with your orders of March
18th, that l make preliminary sur
vey and prepare an estimate for the
opening of Fifth street from Lime
street to Thompson street, beg leave
to report as follows:
In order to secure a good foundation
1T will be necessary to underdrain with
a line of six inch tile along each side
of the street at or near the curb line.
This title will empty into an eighth
tile on Lime street, which in turn
will empty into the culvert at Lime
and Fourth streets.
The estimates of grading is based
upon top width of twenty eight feet,
with slonas = m HIT 80 oo,,.