The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-08-03
STONE MEN SHIP It BACK
More Inspection is Being DemandeS SS-x
the Work Done OIL the West Side on
the Sewer and the Council Will Act
Monday Night.

City Engineer August Baltzer stop
ped the work on the trunk sewer Just
after noon on Tuesday and it may not
be possible to start the work again I'M
til Thursday morning. The work was
stopped on account of the condition of
stone shipped in from the Racine quar-
ries, the city engineer holding that it
was so dirty and so filed with loam
and screening that it was unfit to be
used in making concrete for the work.
Six car loads of the stone came in early
Tuesday morning and before half
dozen loads of it had been hauled to
the sewer there were complaints COM
ing in from Inspector Hohan and every
one else keeping tab on the sewer.
Engineer Baltzer took just one look at
tn stuff and condemned it and all the
men save those working in the digging
of the ditch were laid off as the con-
tractors were entirely out of stone.
Chatting under the delay the contrac-
tors hurriedly called the representative
of the stone company to Kenosha and
after an investigation he declared that
he would ship the stone back to the
quarry at once and that more stone
which would meet the specifications
would be sent to KenOsha some time
today. Engineer Baltzer declares that
there was no effort to slip something
over on the job and that the contrac-
tors were not in any way to blame for
the material being under the grade call
ed for in the specifications. The con
crushed stone and the stone shipped
was of this grade, but it is claimed that
the men who loaded the stone were to
blame.
This is the first time that the sewer
work has been entirely stopped on ac-
count of the material failing to pass
muster. Engineer Baltzer had a heart
to heart talk with the stone men and
told them that in the future nothing
would be passed on the job that was
not strictly in keeping with the spec
fications in the contract.
With a view of getting the sewer
completed in the time set in the con-
tract the contractors are putting on
every possible man they can get and
several experts in the sewer work have
been brought in from other cities.
While the work is only just about one
fourth completed the men in charge
declare that within another two weeks
the worst part of the work will be over
and that once through the bed of the
creek there will be clear sailing. There
is just one more block of work in the
bed of the creek.
It is probable that the sewer will
come up for some discussion at the
meeting Of the council ON next Monday
evening and demand will be made
that an inspector be employed to work
at the west end Of the sewer where the
tunnel is being built. This work is
now progressing rapidly and while the
city engineer is keeping as close touch
as possible on the work there is an
immediate demand for better inspec-
ton.
The contractors will make their first
request for money on Monday night
and the money secured from the sale
of the bonds is now available. 1t is
probable that the city engineer will
certify bill Of about $4,000 for the
work so far completed. The work ON
the outlet is not yet under way, but
Contractor Galloway has given assur-
ance that there will be no doubt of its
being completed by the time the re-
mainder of the sewed is ready.