The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-09-07
City Engineer Declares Cos
sip is to Blame for Story of
Garbage Receptacles
TAKE CATCH BASIN FOR CHUTE
Trouble is Feared over the Outlet for
the Trunk Sewer and the Council
May be Forced to Make Changes
in it Latter

City Engineer August Baltzer has
disposed Of the question of garbage
chutes in the trunk sewer with big
laugh and in an interview this morn
ing Engineer Baltzer declared that the
only garbage chutes that had been put
into the trunk sewer had been put in
by common gossip.
CT have walked over the trunk sew
er from the lake to Ashland avenue
hundred times" said the engineer
this morning, "and you can take it
from me that there have been no gar
bage chutes put in and there will be
none put in. Some time ago woman
along the line of the sewer called me
up and SAID that she wanted to put in
a garbage chute. / told her that / had
never heard of putting a garbage chute
into a sewer and that it was certain
that none would be put into the Ke-
nosha sewer under my direction. This
woman seemed to be convinced that
such chutes or whatever you want to
call Them had been put in and I i'm
mediately looked into the matter and
found that what had been considered
garbage chute was simply one of the
catch basins called for in the plans
for the sewer. -
Mr., Baltzer was told that it was
claimed that property owners had been
solicited to put in such chutes and he
said: 81 do not believe that such is
the case, but if there has been any
such soliciting it is unwarranted as
there is absolutely no chance for any
thing of this kind to be put into the
Kenosha trunk sewer"
The garbage chute, according to the
story that has been largely circulated
about the city, was offered to property
owners at rate of ten dollars per con-
neetion. 1t was said to be long pipe
leading directly into the sewer and ar
ranged in such a manner as to take
all the garbage from houses along the
line of the sewer. Of course such a
convenience would have been decidedly
cheap, but it would be setting a pre-
cedent that would bring a lot of trou-
bic to The city in the future. The
statement of the city engineer that no
such pipes have been put in must be
taken as conclusive.
The committee in charge of the sew
en- is beginning to get objections to the
outlet of the sewer and it is possible
That the council will have to arrange
for a change in the plans in this part
of the work. The outlet for the sewer
is now planned to be at the very water
Line of the lake and City Engineer
Raltzer is of the opinion that it will
be necessary to run out into the lake
further to prevent complaints from
property owners in the neighborhood
of the sewer. 1t is possible that when
the sewer is completed that there will
be no cause for complaint and that the
sewers flow will make a current for
itself and carry the water a sufficient
distance from the lake beach, but if
this is not true it will be necessary
for the city to make changes which
will remedy the defect in the plans.
1t is not probable that any change
in the plans viii be made pending the
completion of the sewer as it is held
that the pipe for the outlet can be ex-
tended after the work is completed
just as we'll sat the present time.