Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1917-02-01

EXlalnS Phases OF the
Sewer Proposition
The alderman from the Third ward
reported to the city council at it's re-
cent meeting the needs of the city
with regard to the sewer and sewer
latrals. the substance of the alder
mans report being as follows, omit
ting the Introductory paragraph refer
ring to the existing contract with the
offermans.
We then start another line from
+ of Maple street and Third av-
enue N.,iand u two blocks west to
North Broadway and Third venue N,
one block west to Fourth avenue NJ,
then westsone block to Park street,
then northAoneahlockk to FIFTH 4
N, then west one block to First street,
N. This will require thirty-six catch
basins for this district which is in the
second ward land our estimate of the
cost of construction in this district is
!. SIS, 10000
The purposeoof this extension inghe
I second ward issto take the storm wa
ter which is new being emptied Into
the sanitary sewer and diyerting it
into storm -waterrsewers, as this storm:
water is gradually filling the sanitary
sewers with dirt and it will be only a
short time before portions OF the
sanitary sewers in this district will
/ become useless for the purpose for
which they were intended.
Our work as proposed for the south
and southwest part ofsthe city will be
as follows:
The present contract between the
city Of Waterfowl and the Offerman
Construction company will bring a
storm water W from the Sioux
river month on Fourth street S. W.,
ito the alley in block AZ, Second Rail
way addition. Starting at this point,
intend t o continue through this
ALLEY, east, no Second street w, then
north two and one-half blocks to
Kemp avenue w. From the corner of
Second street and Second avenue S..
w, we go on block east to corner
OF First street land Second avenue S..
w. AT this point we take the PIES
ent storm water which drains.
the entire paving district from the
center OF Broadway to the west, ana
which now empties into a ffteeninchi
sanitary sewer at this point, and dis
vert this water to the storm sewer
which is to he built for this purpose.
The condition in this district Is such
that the entire sanitary sewer system
will be useless in a very short time
MS these ewers were only built large
enough for the purpose Of taklng
care Of the sanitary sewage IN this
district and all of the drainage from
the pavement which has been turned
into the sanitary sewer at his point
not only causes Easements to I'LL with
refuse from the sanitary sewer dur
ing a wet season but has also Tile
these sewers to such an extent that
they will not tace care. of the sanitary
sewage in a number OF places. am;
OF the opinion that this district is IN
such shape that the entire viii
have to be cleaned and it will not be
surprising If the entire district will
be without sewers before we can re
iieve this condition even if permitted
to start work early in the spring.
From the alley Id block AZ we pro-
pose to run two and one-half blocks
north on Fourth street w. to Kemp
ayenue. From the corner Of Second
avenue and Third street 8. w. two
ana one-half blocks north to Kemp
aVense.
Frosn the corner of Fifth avenue
and Fosrth street s. w, nj block
east to Third street IN, then north
one block to Fourth venue W
From the corner of Third street and
Firth avenue $ w, one block east 81
Second street WI, then north one
block to the corner Of Rourth avenue