La Junta tribune., 1904-03-09
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general comm;tte. Of twelve. con-
sisting OF c. w. Bomgardner. c.
o. Kimball. c. w. Wonderly. X.
G. Dalton. r. Phillips. ]. B.
Pearce. ]. w. Sherman. w. H.
| St. Clair. ]. H. Simonton. G. 5.
Thompson. and G. H. Wincheil,
appointed by the La Junta Board
of Trade to consider matters Tela
tive to the water proposition, re-
ported at a special meeting of the
general committee held at the city
hall last Friday evening. The re-
ports OF the various sub.commit-
tees give in detail an elaborate
history Of every phase Of the water
proposition. Three of the reports
appear in this issue OF the TRIBUNE,
and the remaining two reports will
appear in the Saturday issue.
The reports were UNANIMOUSLY
adopted by the general committee,
the first three OF which are as iol
lows:
LA juNTA, Coio. March. !. 1900
/ Your sub committee appointed
to report on certain phases Of the
water question beg leave to report
OF follows:
II The present water system. does
not meet the requirements OF the
city, but by certain additions aud
changes it can be made to do so
now and also in the future Il
certainly can he extended to meet
the probable growing needs of the
city.
II The cost OF the original water
plant was s3s. 900. Since the or
iginal purchase there has been
added between FIVE aud six miles
OF water mains. two new boilers
and reservoir. The present val
uation is placed at $4,000 The
annual cost OF operation is about
4 50, 600, and the revenue is sTo. goo
4 The crying need OF the present
is volume and quality. The future
will require enlarged means OF
distribution, hence the utility oi
The plant in furnishing water for
domestic. irrigation and firr pro
lection purposes devoIves upon the
physical condition OF the plan, and
the supply OF water, neither Of
which IS slch at the present time
as to fulfill the requirements OF the
city.
| II IS considered advisable to
report that new and better boilers
and at least one new pump should
be installed at the pumping station
to the reservoir; that all small
mains connecting TO large mains
should be replaced with large
mains; that the wooden s,ave pipe
connecting the IRON pipe on Raton
avenue, and running thence to the
reservoir, should be replaced with
cast iron pipe; that some method
should be devised TO better supply
water TO the south western portion
OF the city. We are Informed that
in the event the physical condi-
tions OF the water plant should be
reconstructed upon the best ap
proved plans even then there
would he a continuing failure To
supply sufficient water for the sew
erai purposes required tor the
reason that the source o. water
supply IS not adequate 70 the de-
mands OF the city
The source of supply at present
is well thirty feet in diameter
and dug down TO bed r1ck IL IS
walled up with rock laid in cement
which necessitates the limited sup
ply OF water flowing into the well |
to percplate slowly through the soil
around and under the edge OF the
rock wall at the extreme bottom
OF the we'll Several plans have
been suggested TO increase tn.
volume Of water at the source Of
supply:
First = By bringing water |
through the Oiefo canal TO set