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<br />I <br />"f <br />.,~: <br /> <br />. <br />v <br /> <br />B <br />, <br /> <br />-H~f ":::~::::,:." '" .,,", .,. <br /> <br /> <br />i,.;tr CHRONICLE Continued) <br /> <br />'F ,f. l'AUL- <br /> <br />fl>j<'-l'i_... IN.:.:)J i.::'N <br /> <br />PAG' I <br /> <br />NO. I <br />SECTION - <br />'AGE <br /> <br /> <br />IY <br /> <br />AR 1897 (cont1d) <br />1 Jan. (From "City Engineer's Report, pp 79-95 and inserts; (cont1d) <br /> <br />TAl. kEf. <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />~ATER CONSUMPTION. <br /> <br />"The usual record has been kept of the amount of water used, both on tha <br />"high and low service and from the various sourCllS of supply, all of which .{""f", <br />"is shown in th" accompanying tabl", which gives, by month, a report of the YJ <br />"amount of water consumed and the source of supply from which the water ill <br />"taken. <br /> <br />.PRECIPI~ATION, ST. PAUL, 1896. <br /> <br />liTho total precipitation from Jan. 1, 1896, to Jan. 1, 1897,' was 34.73 <br />"inches, which is about 7.3 inchea above the normal. Notwithstanding thill 10 <br />"large precipitation, on account of the small amount of rainfall tor a <br />"serltHI of lIeveral years, the lakell havs not as yet recovered from the <br />"effects of the drouth but are in bette~ condition than for ssveral pre- <br />"vious years. The precipitation of November of 5.07 inches is the largest <br />"of which ve have any record, with one exception, which vas November, 1857. <br />"I submit herewith a record of the annual precipitation at St. Paul <br />"from 183"{. <br /> <br />"RECOMMENDATIONS. <br /> <br />c- <br />" <br />" <br />'S . <br />'. <br />.,~ <br /> <br />"I would lIubrut tor your considllration the follOwing recommendations ot <br />"vork to be dOM during the year 1697. 20 <br />"First--That a Venturi meter bll put in near thll terminal chamber of the <br />"COndUit, to meaaure accurately the water furnished' on the low service <br />"supply. This rlll. give us a better check on the work of thll pumps on the <br />"high lI11rvice. <br />"Second--That a weir bEl put in at ths VadnUll lake pumping piant, in <br />"ordlilr to measure lUore accurately the work ot the pumps, and to prevent <br />"thEl sand pumped from the artesian wellg from getting into the conduit. <br />"Third-That a proper connection be madll betwoen Centerville lRke and <br />"Peltier lake, to eoablll Ull to ut111~e to better I;ldvantage the water of <br />"the8e tlrO lakes in pwaping onr frolll the Rice lake eystem. 30 <br />"lI'ourth--Thllt II new outlet be conlltructlld lit PleaBant lake, with a wllir <br />"to lIlOlasure thll vatllr taken frolll this lake. <br />"Fifth-Thllt etepli be taken to purchase a drfild.ge to be used on Center- <br />"ville lake md Poltiu lake, to further improve thelie lakes a6 storage <br />"r8llervoirs, and that the necessary land be. taken about these two lakes so <br />Nthllt the Board. of Water Conmulleioners shall have pOWer to hold the water <br />"at elevation 190, city baBll, and to control the water by a dam at tho <br />NDutlllt of Lake Peltier. <br /> <br />Re6pectfully submitted, <br />L. W. RUNDLE'rT, <br />City EngilUler. <br />