Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-05-04

to Durango and investigate condi-
tons. and ne had received a reply
that the gentleman would be here In
few days
Thomas II Wigglesworth and Or
Ochsncr were admitted 10 member.
ship.
II r Henderson, chairman OF the
sewage committee, addressed the
meeting on the needs Of q sewage
system in Durango. He presented ar
gnments whlcn were sensible logical
and incontrovertible There was no
getting away from the facts which he
brought out. He called attention to
The fact that Durango had already
taken the first step toward building
model city by getting a pure water
supply and an abundance OF IL: the
| next most important step was to get
sewer system. II would free tnt
city from disease germs and cut down
the doctors bills, and was almost as
necessary from n business standpoln
,s from proper sanitation. He main
lained that the lack of sewers kept
many factories and Industries out oi
city. because II was necessary for
| hem 10 have an outlel for watef
| which cesspools would not provide
| He claimed it would cost less to have
good system than to do without II
In dollars and cents, aside from all
! consideration OF health and conven
I - fttI ,stff
mates on the cost of system for Du
| range, and after allowing literally Tor
freigh, rates and the hard digging on
| account OF boulders. he figured tnnt
| system adequate for draining 2.6OU
| lots could be constructed for about
$4,000 II the money Is secured hy
bonds. The Interest and principal
could he paid In twenty years by tax
| ing each lot $3.50 His estimate was
| made for the possibility OF popula
lion of $1,000. In closing he said that
no city could make muca progress
without sewers and he believed 1t the
iuty of citizens, of the board of trade
md OF tine city council to take the
| matter mp and study 1t in every detail.
After Mr.. Henderson had finished u
1umber of those present expressed
heir views In the matter, and II was
'ignihcant that they were unanimous
IN the belief that the time for sewer
should be put of no longer, MIR
jurwell said we needed sewage a.
)ne OF the very foundations of growth
Mr. Wingate quoted figures as TO the
cost OF the system in Silverton. There
he cosl had been cnarged 10 the ioi
lwnors. which was $3.50 u lot. He
favored dividing the city into various
districts. If 1t was deemed too expen.
5ive To build the entire system al one
lime. and then build in each district
from time 10 time John Perrung
wanted the sewers this summer II II
was possible TO have tnem He said
The stencil from the cesspools was
unbearable u. N. Freeman express
ed the opinion that property owners
had spent three times as much in tho
construction and care OF cesspools as
their tax would amount TO for sewers
Mr.. Sloan favored dividing the city
Into districts and tne issuing of sew
er bonds 10 pay the cost. thinking
that by this plan the burden would
bs the most equally distributed. Mr.
Henderson said that even II the en-.
tire system was not built at once II
should be planned as a whole and
each part built as component sec.
lion. II was the sense oil the meet
ing tnat the city council be asked to
take the matter up at once, and the
following resolution, offered by Mr
Freeman was adopted:
THAT II was the sense Of the meet
ing thai the council be asked to in.
struct the city engineer, with such
assistance as he deemed necessary. to
formulate in detail complete plans for
the construction OF sewerage sys
lem"