The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-29
MUST WAIT ANOTHER MONTH
Big Main Under Harbor and Filtration
Plant Are the Sticking Points But
superintendent Declares It VIII Be
Ready by the First of May

The Board of Water Commissioners
is disappointed. 1t had planned to
turn the water from the new pumping
station into the mains on next Sunday
morning, April first, but the superinten-
dent announced today that this would
be impossible and the people will have
to wait another month for the filtered
water from the new plant. The officials
of the water company have been bend
ing every energy to get the plant in
readiness to turn on the water on Sun
day but Engineer Brennan gave up to-
day. cit can t be done" was his CONF
ment and then he told why sit
cant be done.
The main which must be laid under
the Kenosha harbor is not completed,
the filtration plant will not be complies
ed for another fortnight or longer and
there are hundred odd jobs in con.
nection with the completion of the
plant which must be finished up before
the water can go from the new plant
into the mains and arteries extending
to all parts of the city The big pumps
and the boilers have been tested out
now and more than ten days and wefar
has been pumped through the neg IN
taiSe into the grest gels P5dt lfore il
ca be puC into the nl11s il hust be
filtered and the men IA charge of The
building of the filtration plant have
been working overtime in an effort to
complete it. Every possible action has
been taken to speed up the contractors
in the completion of the work, but the
cold winter and the shortage of labor
much of the time has made it simply
impossible for the various contractors
to complete the work in the time
set by the contract.
The water board has started the work
Of cleaning up and before the plant is
formally opened for the inspection Of
the people much of the grading about
the plant will have been completed
While the men in charge of laying the
mains and building the filter complete
their work the city men will be busy
cleaning up so that when it comes time
to- turn the water everything will
be in readiness. The opening of the
new plant as the water supply of the
city has been advanced now to the
first of May and Superintendent Bren-
nan declares that he feels certain that
the work will all be completed by that
time and that the "grand opening"
is going to be one Of the most auspiei-
GUS occasions ever known to Kenosha.
The plant which is being completed
at cost of more than three hundred
and fifty thousand dollars, is declared
to be a model for city of fifty thous-
and people and the members of the
water commission will have some Wis
iting days on which the people will
be invited TO make complete inspec-
tion of the plant before it is put into
actual service. HUNDREDS of people
have already visited the plant.
Just as soon as the water is turned
on the members of the water commits.
sion are planning to park the vacant
property about the plant so as to make
this portion of the island in keeping
with the Simmons play ground. The
grounds about the water plant will be
improved and beautifed with view
of making them one of the most
interesting features of the big city
play ground.