The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-01-07

In making our computations for the
amount of excavation and cost of this
work we have considered ditch 80 #.
wide and it. deep. This size of ditch
has the greatest capacity of those list
ed and also has the advantage that it
would not cave as much as a deeper
ditch. However, it does have the
slight disadvantage of requiring slight
ly more land for it's location and the ex-
cavation will be slightly larger. How
ever, this is detail that can be worked
out in case the project is to go thru.
Such ditch would require an excava-
ton of 43, 672 GU yards. 1t would also
require 1871 GU. yards of concrete un-
derneath the bridges. That is to say,
3 to #. deeper than the present chan
mel underneath the bridges we have
considered It more economical to make
the channel of concrete rather than to
dismantle the bridge and build new and
deeper abuttments. 1t will also require
new retaining wall just north of
Main ST. which will involve 55a Gu. yds.
of concrete.
Between Swift and Main Strs. it will
be advisable to make an entire new
channel cutting off the large bend in
the creek. This is desirable from the
standpoint of making straight chan
mel, shorter route, a greater capacity
and avoiding expensive changes in the
intercepting sewer.
1t will, of course, cut thru the land
and damage it to certain extent.
However, figure that the City might
better purchase the entire tract of land
at what it is worth for truck garden
purposes and resell what they do not
want, than it would to build a longer
channel by way of present route and
make the changes in the intercepting
sewer In this connection | particular
ly wish to call your attention to the
condition existing just north of Main
ST. bridge. The channel at this point
approaches the bridge at an extremely
sharp angle, the bridge is also very low
which makes a very contracted channel
at this point.
also wish to call your attention to
the contracted channel where the Rail-
road Siding crosses the creek below the
water works plant, the trestle in itself
is long enough, but bents of piles do
not stand parallel to the direction of the
flow, consequently they offer large
amount of resistance to the flowing of
the stream and serve to catch debris
coming down the stream. In making
this survey my assistant engineers
found decided drops in the high water
marks whenever they passed one of
these contracted channels, in fact there
is drop of about #. in the highwa-
ter mark at the above mentioned rail-
road trestle.
I have estimated the cost of the ne
cessary improvements as follows:
43, 672 Gu. yds. of excavation
at S. 10 per yard. ......... 1885,. 20
Freight and setting up dredge. 10000
Moving dredge past bridges. 10000
223 Gu. yds. of concrete at. 2676.00
Land to be acquired for right
of way of about one acre. $50. 90
Raising of Main ST. Bridge 10000
Total. ........... .$8O73. 20
The total length of the channel to be
improved is about 5000 #. of which 900
#. to the south end is to be, only
Strengthened
1t seems to me that the cost ought to
be proportional between the frontage
on creek. the area in acres benefited
south of Randolph st. and the area ben
Gifted north of Randolph ST., including
a better outlet for the Saunders Creek
drainage district. For the purpose of
arriving at some sort of basis forcost,
would suggest that of the cost of
the work be charged to the land bene-
flied north of Randolph ST., ! to acre,
age sovth of Randolph ST., and ! to
frontage south of Randolph st.
The City of Edgerton should pay for
the improvement that will be made to
its streets by reason of not having