Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-04-12
The WATER SUPPLY.
SpeciaI Committee Of the Council
Report on Its Condition.
LET TIE READERS PONDER.

the city council the special committee
appointed 10 inycstiaEtD the water fur.
nished Albuquerque people for drink.
ing and cooking purposes 10y the Water
supply company made its report and
The citizen, published In the interest
of the people. gives space 10 the report
IN full II Is good reading, should he
read over carefully. and prompt action
should hc taken To- ahatc the nuisance
before an epidemic of sickness pre-.
walls IN the city. The report a. read
was adopted 10y the city council and is
as follows.
To the city Council Of the city of Al.
uuVucrguc.
Gentlemen Your committee. TO
whom was referred the question of the
source and condition of the city's wa
ter supply beg leave to report as FOL.
lows.
We have examined the premises and
file herewith and make part of our
report a plat of the tract on which the
water works proper is located. show
Ing the location OF the different build.
lngs wells. etc. and the boundaries uf
Tho tract This tract as originally
used by the water company is bounded
on the north 10y Tijoras road ON the
east 10y the ACcquia 1adrc de- los Bare.
las and Broadway. ON the south by
lIahns coal yards and on tho west 10y
the railroad grounds. This tract b.
about 2uu feet wide on Broadway and
iou feet long on Tiicras road origin
ally II was occupied by the water
works alone. now the west portion is
occupied 10y the Albuquerque Wool
Securing mills The main building of
the water works is located on the east
. portion of the tract near Broadway
Lying between the main building of
the water works and the wool scuur
ing mill Us a ditch from fifteen TO TWEEN.
Is feet deep. about fifteen feet wide
at the top and six feet al the bottom
ana 1863 feet long. extending on the
west to within twenty-five or thirty
feet of the wool securing mills. and on
the east about the same distance from
the main building of the water works.
The sides and ends OF this ditch are
protected from caying 10y heavy tim
hers and boards and rs covered with
boards The covering owing To shrink
age leaves spaces between the boards
iron one halt TO two inches wide from
which the sand dirt and filth can readi-
ly silt into the ditch. The ditch was
originally dug. We are informed SO as
To allow ready access to the company's
I'It llllf0t Nilf lhl lllN' " nv II lI ~ ~ ~
serves We will refer To later.
The company has a well located
about three or four feet from the
southeast corner of the wool securing
mills. which is about twenty feet in
diameter and from twenty to twenty
five feet deep. walled with stone. this
We designate as well No. !
II has another we'll about seyonty-
five feet from the wool securing mill
which Is about twenty feet in diameter
and from thirty to thirty.tive feet deep,
and which We designate as well No. ..
In each OF the wells there are mum.
crous pipes driven In the bottom which
are said TO reach the seventy foot
strata. They open and empty into the
wells In the ditch are number of
pipes driven as We are informed, TO
the seventy f.'t strata and are con.
neCtod directly with the pumping plant
and so far as these last mentioned
pipes are concerned there Is apparent.
ly no opportunity for the surface water
to get in. but the pumping plant Is
also connected with well No. 10y II
pipe which reaches near the bottom
ol the open part SO II will be seen
that the water supply is drawn prlnci.
pally from the open we'll thirty feet
i'' j. ldNll'l Niltll ll''lll lll' N'N'NNf l''N
strata and whatever goes into the
open well goes into our water supply
We are particular in drawing attention
To this fact for the reason that 1t has
uocn repeatedly asserted that We get
no water in our water supply except
from tne seventy foot strata. That
this is not so We have demonstrated by
actual investigation and call the atten
tiOu Of the council to the following
sources OF water supply other than the
seventy foot strata,
In the first place the wells In qucs
tion have pipes driven horizontally in
To the earth about half way between
the top and bottom of the wells which
were put in for the purpose OF catch
iug the surface waters and serve that
purpose as they were pouring into the
open wells streams of water N the
time of our examination.
We'll No. furnishes but little water
but is connected by an opcn pipe with
we'll No and when the water rises
sufficiently in we'll No, ! and is suilic
iently low In well No . water from
well No. | cmptIes directly into vel
No . Well No. |. as We have already
shown rs situated within three or toul
feet OF the wool securing mills and is
same condition as the plank covering
the ditch so that whatever filth may b,
blown ahou, can readily drop into this
we'll
Besides the surface water which
runs into the well from the horizontal
pipes above referred 10 the surface
water runs into the big ditch from al
| sides and is conducted by II to wei
|, No . where IL is omptied into that
. well boy an opening made through the
wall and protected 10y wire netting. anc
, thus the council will see that this fur
nishcs not only a means of gathering
the surface water in that vicinity hu'
that II comes continually in contact
with the decaying timhers which sup
port the walls OF the ditch and the nltl
which Sits through the openings y
; the plank covering.
We made our examination of fh'
w.llg mud ditch nj uhput 4 O'Clock II