The herald., 1897-07-27
TWO PLANS
Available Value of the Present Water
system

available value of the present water
works system to the city as part OF ar
ultimately complete plant. In consider
ing the value of the present plant in
connection with the projected new water
works system, there are two plans sug-
gested, by this office to the consideration
of your honorable body.
F'irst-To eXpunge every item from the
present plant which does not commend
itselfby virtue of its superiorme
construction and it's consequent avail
ability as feature of the new plant
This would mean the retainment of two
good reservoirs, two main conduits and
all of the cast iron pipe now in service
To reconstruct and enlarge features
which are deficient in size and work
manship, such as the Crystal Springs
headworks and Buena Vista station, to
reconstruct the entire pipe system ex-
cept the aforementioned cast-iron pipes,
and to build two new reservoirs, new
headworks and main conduits, power
station and everything that tends to
bring the old plant up to the standard
of the proposed water supply, as recon-
mended by this office in my report of
March, 1897.
The second plan would embody the
Immediate construction OF new head
works, main conduits and reservoirs,
and the laying down of new trunk lines
in the distribution system and supple
menting this work by yearly renewals
and additions to the present pipe dis
tribution system, and gradual abandon
ment of the isolated reservoirs and
power station.
The first plan would be the more ex-
pensiYe one, but would enable the city
to effect at once, say within two years,
an efficient and complete water works
system, while the second plan, with an
expenditure of considerably less money
invested at the present time, would only
gradually, say within twelve and a half
years, arrive at this point of perfection.
The first plan would enable the city to
reduce water rates almost from the
start, while in the second plan the rev.
enues derived would almost wholly be
expended in increasing and maintain
ing the plant, in providing for a sinkins
fund and paying interest on bonded in
debtedness incurred by buying the pres
ent plant.
PLAN NO. /
struction of the present plant on the
basis of 900mile pipe distribution sys-
tenn, the following Is an itemized &C.
count Of the expenditure necessary to
incur:
Required pipe system. .........1 ,5S4, 600 feet
Present cast iron pipe. ......... 5S9, 900 feet
Required addition of new pipe
into proposed system. ........ GAS 900 feet
Cost of 1,045, 900 feet OF pipe. ....$1, III, 200
Cost of specials for this length
of pipes. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 27.70(
Valves and valve boxes. ...... 44,00C
925 hydrants and setting same. SO. 50C
Excavation and back filling ........ ,00(
Laying of pipes and setting specials 200, 00C
Lead and yarn Observation-Disclosures. 72. 00(
Teaming Observation-Disclosures. 0,0OC
Making service pipe connections
from old to new plant ............. 81, 00C
Cost of new headworks ...........e 4,0Od
Cost of 1-3 miles of conduit ....... 200. 600
improvements at Crystal Springs 10000
Reservoir covering ............,..... 49, 500
New high level reservoir ........-. 81, 600
New pump reservoir ............ TO- 200
Reservoir pipe connections ......... $4,000
Power house. including machinery. $4,000
Engineering and incidentais ....... 1S9 600
Cost of works to be added to pres
ent plant 1900 900
Value of present plant, complete in
round figures ...................... 1.190 GOO
IOtal %, Az, oUO
Which sum is practically the same
amount as reported by this office March,
1897, for a complete new water works
system.
AS referred to above, in my estimate