Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-08-29

Mayor Wagner called the meeting
to order Monday evening, all the COM
missioners and heads Of departments
being present.
To Waive Damages ss
A communication from Hess & Rau
was read. They offered to make an
agreement with the city, If they were
given permission to connect the Lin
coin hotel with the Maple street sew.
er, to waive any and all claims for
damages that might occur from the
storm sewer. The agreement was ac-
cepted by the city, and the same or
dered entered in the minutes Of the
meeting and also placed on file. s!
City Engineers Report
Commissioner Countryman offered
the report Of himself and the city en-
gineer. on the proposed location of
catch basins that it will be necessary
to put in before the paving is started.
The report follows:
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Watertown, s. p, Aug. 26, 1912.
Mr. r. "A. Countryman, &
Commissioner Of Sewers and Water.
Watertown, s. D.
In compliance with the Instructions
Of the City Commission, on Aug. 10Th,
that q report be submitted regarding
the locations Of catchbasins within
the Improvement District, ] wish to
submit the following. ;88ss. s.53
Two plans may be followed ID deter.
mining the locations OF part Of the
catch basins, namely: ,4s 5S
1. Water may be run around cor.
ners in open cutters the grades not
being to the contrary. I.s5
2. Catch basins may be installed
at each low corner, with one or two
street inelts in the cutters as requir-
ed. & 4. 4
The Objectionable features Of the
former, are in that. If open cutters are
used, without plates, people crossing
pavement must step into the gutter
when It is running full Of storm water,
while il plates are used over the gut
ters, pavement must be raised at the
plates. causing vehicles turning in
side corners, to abruptly rise and fall
and after turning, to again mount and
this raise and abrupt drop again be-
yond the crossing. Another bad feat
ure, which may become a danger, is
that in carrying water for two or
more blocks In open cutters and in
stalling catch basins only where the
grades make them imperative, may
result in flooding the cutters and do
ing damage to the abutting property.
The advantage Of the second plan,
Is that only one rise is required and
the pavement at the curb being car
ried around the intersection on lew
al, dispensing with an open gutter or
plates. The only objection to be rails
ed against this plan is that the initial
cost is somewhat greater
The grade conditions will In some
cases absolutely determine where the
catch basins must be Installed, for IN
stance where at the curb intersection
4 two descending grades meet An ex-
ample OF this is at the curb intersec-
tion on Kemp Avenue across the av-
enue north from the city hall. An
other condition determining catch ba-
sin locations, is where street with
descending grades, crosses railroad
d tracks, since 1t is not practicable to
carry water in open cutters under the
tracks.
Considering district from LIST st
West to Srd ST. East, which are the
east and west limits from which It
\ is possible to run into the Maple st,
storm sewer, and proceeding on the
/: first plan as described above, namely
to- place catch basins only where alp.
y soIutely necessary from the stand.
point of grades, 1 find the following
demand same:
Two on North Maple ST, north q
/. M. & ST. II tracks, Nj
Two on north Maple St., a abort
distance north of the Demink Trans
fer Line Office,
One at the northwest corner Of Isl