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FVJ-b vyl w:- IHG T7? qu—‘&I_ I_'A3L3 HAY TO LAKE T“ SJ I‘ 1 .4 It. .' 'ifil‘fllT—T . The Faculty of mI3 I$ATT STATE COLLEIE 00 AGRICUL_ A33 APPLIED SCIBYCE ;\ R? B. Johnson ‘idetes for the Degreo ,_ - wank. t9 1" \5‘. I 1 3. Hammer R: Bachelor of Science June 1933 Ie wish to express our gratitude to Professor 0. L. Allen and the Civil Engineering Department of Michigan State College for the'kind cooperation and guidance which has been shown us in the preparation of this thesis. We are also grateful for the use of the College-owned instru~ ments. without which.we would have been.unab1e to complete the thesis. 100237 .A study to determine a suitable way to make the Red Cedar Golf Course available for use during the spring months. This thesis problem was chosen by us because of several favore eble conditions: 1. The City of Lansing had no topographical map of the Red Cedar Golf Course. 2. This gave us an Opportunity to get on the course to study the effects of flood water and rainfall while we were making a tepogrephi- cel map. Our thesis work occurs during the months of April. May and June. fortunately the months when the Golf Course is most frequently inundated. 3. The City of Lansing is concerned about making the course available for use because the regular crew of workmen.must be main- tained to care for the greens ani fairways that are not inundated. h. The City has already made a payment of ebout 163 of the total cost of a pump for its use this spring. This money slreedy paid will go towards the total payment of the pump when it is bought uy the City. The pump is satisfactory for the use our design.will demand. but it is not practical under the present dyke and tile system. The present dyte is not sufficient to prevent the usual yearly flooding, and the tile system is not properly arranged to concentrate the water at the pump. 5. We fini that the elevation of the Golf Course is lower than the usual Red Cedar River level during the months of April and hey. This necessitates a. A.dyke to keep out the river water. b. .A tile system to concentrate the water at the pump. c. A.pump to lift the water about six feet over dyke to river. The problem is divided up into five parts: 1. tapping of Golf Course. 2. Determining pest flood stages so as to determine a reasonable dyke el evetion. 3. Earthwork and sod on irks. h. Tile system. (County drain) 5. Cost and cost distribution. 75 vb P c“ r. (\w l '- 1' n3 \'\ The ob e ct of t e f 0110” n5 date is to obtain the nei it of water in the Red Ge 58 rRiver adjoinin; the Red Cedar Golf Course during the past years (1922 to 1990; 1929 to 1933). Inc d3 aw11ich I have ga-hered is as follows: 1. G: as Mei ht re ending qfor the month f April from 3 ge'es: a. United States Geological Survey gage locatei about 200 feet “ east of germ Lane. 9 D b. United States Weather Bureau gage located 0 fire bridge 2 next to X. S. C. vnnesium Buildin 0 0'1 0. Our ange located adjacent to the Red Cedar Golf Course. 2. United States Geological Survey gage hei ht readings, measured cubic feet per second flow, and velocity of water, taken at 29 ates Weather: Ireeu station hidh rater readings from . . , . '- .. L‘. - I' l- s. -_ ' A gtge flaring tne >.st guers (moron, Aoril and nay of l~22 The problem whicL resents itself now is to trenSfer the high water readings from the United States Heather Bureau ~e;e to wnat the 58' would have real at the Golf Course durinr the pest years. This me a sound basis upon which to case th eheigl'to f dyze to be designed to withhold n rnel flood waters so tLet tne Golfo Course voild ‘oe eveilecle for use much eerli ler e ch spring. The following perea Q) o I. O 14 5. _ .. ,W “ . ‘.h v . ' “5‘ ‘. 5' ' how the Unite: tetes Meet er screed seae Lei gt fecal“ s for tue .ast years were trsnsferrei to gage neignt resiings 8t the Golf Course. I: a - e ‘ ' e s ‘ ‘. a ‘e ‘ . 1. I :ave date or he crinin and minimufl Beetner Eireeu gage . a a. r ’ PM \h" ~y‘ A q 1‘ - r readings for tne decrs lch to 1 ~0 and 1/33 t0 1:3) *0? tJe 4‘ Q 1 _ 0 '7 W10“ h:.S Oi “.6rCIs, ATI‘ll 8:: else . H .m-J H (“J <: (D R.) KO '1 CD (1) P1. Ho 3 t b '1 O l I Li H. g 1' CD Lu (0 (1‘ ('1) k+ (D m (p {D O H U Living gage heitfit, velocity of water, 2“’ euentity. 5. Average velocit is tLerefore useless to me as 8 source of power. :epn gage height to Quantity, I can obtain the oupntity for any ”ere neight D u)" Q (1) Assuming tne Quentity oessing all three geres is the «.. same on any day. /\ F‘) V Take the ouentity for each day of Aoril from the graph and record it (quantity) for each corresponding day for the other two EESBS- Then drew two more curves (58; hei5ht to quantity) for the other two geges. (3) Using the old maximum L“eye heimhts I can get the ‘ ciantities for those heiggts (Lnited Sta es Weather -eers past as they probetly were eijecent to the Lt — ‘ai-e I: Go f Course. Culvert Weather Bureau United. States Stream Control Datg ago Gm 331-1'1 8 Get-'0 6’: 11.5.47, Gage g, of 0011053 Lane 1933 war. 28 117. 9 29 1170 D 116.8 116.6 Apr. 119.6 11.6 120.11 8.6 7.06? 120.h 8.8 119.5 7.3 5.0 ' 119.0 6. 5.3 118.9 5.6 5.2 119.0 6.1 5.0 119.0 6.0 h.8 5.9 1.55 118.0 4.8 h.3 117.9 h.3 h.1 117.8 1.1 1.07 117.5 3.95 117.3 3.6 3.9 117.3 3.8 .0 117.6 1.2 1.15 117.55 1.1 h.1 18 119.0 5.8 . 119.2 6.1 20 118.55 5.5 21 117.7 8.7 22 1.0 93 3.5 21 3.2 25 3.0 26 115.1 2.9 27 2.8 28 2.7 29 11h.9 2.7 30 2.7 May 1 2 3 h 115.5 5 6 116.2 7 117.2 8 9 10 118.h PLOTT’?‘ POE-3’73 T0 037M"? PAST VIG’T WATT RILEI‘IG U.S. Weather Bureau Probable Height at Gage Reading Golf Course Gage .ISEE. EEEEE; éEEll. $33K §3§la .EEEEQ .£E£ll. .EBX 1922 6.3 8.5 3.1 119.2- ' 1923 8.2 2.9 1.7 1921 7.9 5.6 6.1 120.2 120.5 1925 5.5 2.6 1.0 £ 1926 9.7 8.0 2.3 - 120.8 I 120.3 1927 ( Sea bound copy of 1928 E 1006 for missing 1929 E records at Lansing. 1930 5.7 5.9 1.7 120.6 1931 2.6 2.3 2.2 1932 6.3 1.7 6.2 - 119.2 - 119.0 1933 h.h 6.2 I 120.1 119.0 Extreme flood key 15. 1915. Weather Bureau gage read 12 feet. Probable height at Golf Course - 125. This is the elevation of fiichigan Avenue. and weter up to Michigan avenue rt III {‘1 - 4. 5 .-{‘ .wyv ‘ . +4-4»; 03 C; L (a {5 . 1. 2. 3. 34. 6. 5 $93171; 011K FOR DYK 1' Elevations Carefully taken along preposed dylce centerline. Distances between elevations Carefully taken. The ell-ope of the dyke cross section drawn for each elevation. Area of the cross section; taken with a planimeter. Cubic yards figured. by Mes A + Area B 1: distance 2 Sod to be placed upon the river side of the dyke. 3 Cubic yard: VOLUMES vlflTH AXD SOD y 29.1.... i .121 d. 273 loo 2 rev . . i do. 298 u 610 co... 3', 6 ' I I I 17 V I A to B 827 . 93 ' Btoc 390 u 66 u u U a I c to D 259 u I)” I. . I D te-E 107 ' lug . E to I 252 . 30 I . I F to G 321 u 1: . . H 53 I I J G to ' I 15 n a H to J I to M.- W e 1217 " n 2839 " DYKB IWJSTIGMIOH Borrow samples were tested from several hills close to the Golf Course to see if the earth was suitable for dy‘zce fill. The one closent at hand is the high parking lot that touches the west side of the Golf Gourle. This sample tested as follows. and is considered suitable for a. dyke fill. Wrt on Scheme 5011 Percentage of sand ’ 6.6 Percentage of material retained on a #10 sieve 16.3 Percentage of silt 35.0 Percentage of clay 10.0 moisture equivalent (percent) 7,11 Volumetric shrinkage (in percent) 0.0 Capillary moisture (in percent) 20.0 Liouid limit (in percent) 16A Plastic limit (111 percent) The (lylae was designed to have a top width of ten feet. This would furnish a tractor road if one were needed to drive the tractor over. from the west oils of the county drain to the sect of t‘1e county drain. A wide dyke was recommended by the City Forester and head of the Park and Cemetery Department for this purpose. Checkig the Safety of Inzggtmation of rifts for Sliprigg , Consider the rectangular section only. I “V O n ,\ , I éx water nressure on the side 2 §1h" r 5 / ‘ . V . . . * " i%162.5198231 w x u " 1!500 I .5 3 2:250? can be resisted. Safety factor 2 33.59. a 8 281 COST F03 DYKE Total volume of earth 2839 cu. yde. $.30 per cu. yds. to place dyhe (insincering flew; Record prices) $.30 x 2839 8 $851.70 Total amount of sod 1217 so. yde. $.10 per sq. yd. for sod $.10 x 1217 = $121.70 Total Cost for Dyke . $973.h0 Labor cost being no uncertain. the unit price was made rather high to cover for reasonably priced labor. Part IV TILT SYS7TX TILE SYSTEM By accurate survey the existing tile system we: located and found to be entirely inadequate to drain the course in a satisfactory manner. with the new system which we have investigated: designed: end laid out on the men it was found that the old tile could be salvaged and used in this new layout. Tme new eyeten was designed to Carry off all enring runoff and rain water. By locating the system as shown on man the laterals drain into the almost natural sump neer river bank. Wheae mains have mentolee every so far and can therefore be washed out wben necessary. This system which might seem rather elaborate. is sufficient to drain the course thoroughly in the wettest weather, thereby making the course available in early spring. The tile ouentities have been cut down to the very minimum for excellent drainage, and by having the course aVaileble so early in the season, this system would pay for itself in the next two years. 34" Tile h" Selveg 6" Tile 0” SelVege 8" Tile 8" Salvage CCST F03 TILE 5715 300 ‘ Total 5416 lineal feet 1260 250 motel 1010 lineal feet 810 500 Total 310 lineal feet Total amount of tile - 6736 lineal feet Tile cost according to Engineering new; Record prices - 3&0 per 1000 feet. Total cost 6736 x eho 8 $269.3h 1""-C \IK’ p . COST AKALYSIS Dylm work Cost $ 973.1:0 Tile System Coat 269.hu Total Estimated Cost $12h2.82 This Golf Course opens approximately fifty days later per year than other golf courses in this vicinity. Assuming fifty peeple would play per day at $.25 each, the edaed income with no other cost except for the dyke and tile would be 50 x 50 z $.25 I $625.00 per year more income due only to spring playing. Playing time would also be increased during the summer and fall because of the quick removal of rainfall. The dyke and tile system should pay for itself in two years. This iyke and tile system sh uld last over a period of twenty years or more. Kot only would this proposed system nay large profits to the City. but the system would orevent the adjoining property ownere‘ lots and basements from becoming inundated. .. . w--- m-V-v- --.»-——-—«—q" I uo_.r