The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-30
BIDS TO GOVERN MATERIAL
Size of the Sewer Also May be Decided
by the Difference in Cost for Eight
and Ten Foot Sewer.-Bids Opened
April is

The members of the City Council
gave the better part Of two hours Mon
day evening to discussion Of the gen.
eral plan for the proposed trunk sewer
and at the close of the meeting the
members Of the council seemed salts
fed that the plans and specifications as
prepared by City Engineer Moth with
the assistance of Engineer John. w. Al
word of Chicago were entirely sufficient
for the work planned. 1t was not plan
ned to make any change in the specifi-
cations but the meeting was called in
order to give members Of the council a
chance to get the best possible under
standing of just what is to be done in
connection with the building of the
sewer. The engineer showed that the
fall Of the sewer would be one foot in
each three hundred and fifty and he
held that this would be sufficient fall
for sewer eight feet, three inches in
diameter. With this fall when the sewer
reaches Charles street it's extreme wes
tern limit, the bottom of the sewer
will be more than twenty-six feet I'M
der the ground. It is held that with
this depth a sewer leading north and
west to Rice park could be constructed
and that at the extreme northwest linn
it of this sewer it would be at least
ten feet under the surface of the
ground and furnish excellent sewer IA
cilities to carry all surplus water and
sewage from that district into the
trunk sewer. Of course there are some
low spots along the route of the sewer
and at these points the top Of the sew
er will be pretty close to the surface of
the ground. These spots are to be
found at the east end of the sewer but
there will be no trouble along this line
after the sewer passes Ashland avenue.
The outlet for. the sewer will be built
two feet below the lake surface in or
der to keep the sewer from coming to
the top of the ground on Durkee ave-
nue..
The council spent an hour discussing
the size of the proposed sewer, some
of the members insisting that it would
be better to build ten foot sewer.
The advertisements for bids provide
for both ten and an eight foot, three
inch sewer and it is probable that the
matter of cost will enter largely into
the question of the size of the sewer.
Both City Engineer Moth and Engin-
eer Alvord have declared that an eight
foot, three inch sewer is> abundantly
large to meet all the demands that will
be placed on the trunk sewer.
Suggestions of a change in route SO
as to have the sewer go on Strong
street were brought up but they were
not entertained as it seems certain that
the sewer Will be built along the route
provided in the specifications. Engin-
eer Moth has estimated the cost of the
smaller sized sewer completed at lit
tie over $105,000 and the addition of
the two feet proposed by some of the
aldermen would increase the cost by
about one-third.
The question of brick or concrete
also came up but this like the action
on the size of the sewer was laid over
until after the opening of the bids. The
members Of the International Brick
Layers Union in Kenosha are strongly
urging the use of brick for tie sewer.
these men claiming that concrete as
sewer material has been found to be
lacking. Engineers, however, fail to
follow this statement and they assert
that the concrete sewer in MANY WAYS
is to be preferred to the brick sewer.