The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-03-05
WOULD CLEAN UP THE RIVER
Engineer Estimates That Sewer to Take
Care of All Sewers Now Flowing to
River and Sewers From Northwest
Would Cost About 100000.

City Engineer B. G. Brennan has
completed the plans for the building OF
an intereepting sewer to follow the
banks of the Pike river and the Keno
sha harbor with view of not only pro-
viding an outlet for all sewers to the
northwest of the river at the present
time, but also with a view of furnish
ing plan to take away all the refuse
from the manufacturing plants along
the harbor and to furnish chance for
and the harbor. The plan is one Of the
most notable ever presented for the con-
slderation Of the common council. The
sewer is planned to start at the inter
section of the river at Broad street and
to follow the west bank of the stream
from this point to Main street bridge.
The sewer from this point will be car
ried south and east largely through old
Main, Maiden Lane and Park street,
and find an outlet into the lake at the
foot of Park street
The sewer is planned as a sanitary
sewer with overhows arranged at points
along the route to take care of the
storm water and dump this water into
the river. The sewer is to be five feet
in diameter and under careful estimate
of population of the city in 1885, the
city engineer declares that this will be
sufficiently large to take care of all
of the sanitary sewage which will be
dumped into it from territory made
up of some $500 acres.
It expected to gather up and carry
to Che lake all of the sewage from the
Racine avenue sewer nearing compile
ton and from the sewers which may
be built in the future to take care of
the big territory on the west and
northwest sides of the city. In addition
to this the sewer will be low enough
to make possible the connection with it
of drains and sewers now entering into
the hafbor.
Engineer Brennan in his description
of his plan insists that it would be
foolish on the part of the city to seek
to take care of all the storm water
which would naturally fEd its way into
the sewer and he holds that it is much
better o provide overfows for this
water than to seek to sarry it to the
lake in sewer. He insisted that a
sewer large enough to take care Of the
storm water would have to be no less
than fourteen feet in diameter.
Mr.. Brennan explained in his plan
that at this time there is no movement
Of the water in Pike river and the har-
Dor and that for this reason the water
was almost constantly polluted. he
showed that with the intercepting sew
er and series Of pumps it would be
possible to change the water in the har-
Dor and river every shree days by
pumping out the water into the sewer
and permitting the fresh water to come
in from the lake.
The proposed sewer is to take care
Of all of the refuse from the N. r.
Aliens Sons tannery, and that com
pany has already planned for the build
ing Of proper sewers and drains which
will be connected with the sewer. It
will probably be necessary for this
company and the Wisconsin Gas and
Electric company to put in reducing
tanks to treat the sewage before it
goes into the city sewer and these com
panies are willing and ready to make
these provisions.
The engineer estimates the cost Of
this sewer at $780, 900. 1t will not be
necessary to submit any question of
bond issue to the people to provide
funds for the sewer as the people gave
the sewer their sanction a year ago,
and only a portion Of the bonds voted
at that time have been issued.
The plans for the sewer are now in
the hands of the sewer and street as
sessmens committee of the common
council and it is possible that the coun-
ell will take final action on the matter
at it's next regular meeting.
DIED AT HOSPITAL.