The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-08-17
TROUBLE OVER SURPLUS WATER
Special Commute is Named to Confer
With the Chicago Brass Company
and Ask Aid in Taking Care of the
Water From that Plant.

Troubles growing out Of the construc-
tion of the trunk sewer resulted in
special meeting of the council being
called by President Peter Pirsch on
Wednesday afternoon and the aldermen
after an hour IS session had things fixed
up in such a way that it is not ex-
pected that there will be any further
trouble.
The first trouble came over the stubs
to be put in at the west end of the
sewer At these portions of the sewer
the big pipe is thirty feet under the
ground and the plans did not show any
stubs, but they were called for in the
specifications. The contractors were in
doubt as to whether the stubs should be
put in or not and asked the engineer
for advice. It was suggested that an
auxiliary sewer of ten inches be built
nearer the surface of the land and con-
nected with the big sewer, but the
council after discussion decided that
the expense of such sewer was not
warranted and directed the contractors
to follow the specifications and put in
stubs at each twenty-five feet through
the tunnel. 1t will be little hard for
the property owners to dig down thirty
feet to getinto the sewer but the coun-
ell could see 10 way out of the difficult
ty. Under the specifications the placing
of the stubs is left in charge Of the
city engineer.
The question of disposing of the
great amount of water poured into the
creek by the Chicago Brass company
also CAME before the council. The con-
tractors through their attorneys pro-
tested against taking care of this water,
claiming that it was not the regular
water of the creek They insisted
chat the Chicago Brass company should
take care of the water. In order to
have this matter settled a special com
mittee consisting of Aldermen F'ilben,
Starr and Thomey with the city attor-
ney and the city engineer was named
TO confer with the officials of the brass
company and it is thought that the mat
ter will be settled without getting into
the courts. The members of the coun-
ell hold that the brass company simply
has permit to Iln the water into the
creek and this permit may be revoked
Mt any time. The council does not de-
Mre to cause the company any incon-
venience by revolving the permit, but it
is probable that they will insist That
the company take care of the water un-
TIL such a time as it can be properly
run into the trunk sewer At the pres
emit time the water is being pumped in
to the Elizabeth street sewer and the
expense of the pumping is heavy one
for the contractors.
The council had a considerable dis
cussion of extras claimed by the con-
tractors for work and it was the con-
sensus of opinion of the aldermen that
the contractors should follow the speci-
fications to the letter leaving no chance
for claims for further extras. Under
the contract the extra work must be
ordered by the city engineer in writing
before the council must pay any claim
for it. The extras to the present time
amount to nearly 500, but it is prob
able that in the future no extras will
be allowed.
No other business of Importance came
before the council at the special meet
ing.