La Junta tribune., 1906-01-07
PROPOSED
WAT[R PLANT
fuII Text Of Proposition
SUBMITTED BY hy-
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NOW UP 10 THE PEOPLE
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Qlilte Acton Advised.
SpetiA Election
10 Be Held.

At . meeting Of the city council
hsld last Monday night Burns &
Mcconnell. hydraulic engineers of
Kansas City, Mo-. in accordance with
. contract entered into recently.
submitted preliminary estimates and
Q general report on the proposed i'm
provement to our water works plant.
The report condemns the present
source Of supply and approves Of
the plan Of establishing plant fur
ther up the river near the new
bridge west Of town. Committees
ere now in conference with bond
companies, and a. soon as practical
. Especial election will he held for the
purpose Of having the qualified elec-
toss approve or reject the plan. A
profile Of the proposed improve
ments can be seen At the Office Of the
city clerk. The report with the rec
concentrations Is rs follows:
Kansas City. Mo-. December 80. 1905.
The Honorable Mayor and Council. La
Junta. Colorado.
Gentlemen: In accordance with our
contract and Instructions. we have
completed the preliminary estimates
and report on the proposed improve
m~uts to your water works plant. and
we herewith submit the following:
Wstse Suppiy.
We find two available sources of wa
ter supply that can he seriously con-
sid~red for your city:
First-Deep wells.
secoad-water from wells along the
Arkansas River bottom.
In our investigation we find that
there are nov about fifteen deep wells
In your city. some Of them being ar
tesian or flowing wells when put down.
and others where the water level has
always remained at some distance be-
loN the surface. We md the sinking
of one artesian or deep well affects the
roc and yield Of other wells In that VI
cinity. For example. when well was
sunk on the hospital ground by the
rstlruad company. II affected the yield
% the well at the mill. four blocks
away. We are also Informed that the
santa Fe now secures Approximately
The same quantity Of water from sin
velis that was obtained few years
ago from three deep wells. The fact
that the water secured at this depth II
a0ected by sinking other wells at sew
ssal hundred feet distant. would indi-
cate that the volume Of water at this
depth ts limited. and IL a very large
amount was desired the expense would
be quite large. inzsmuch as the wells
would have to he scattered over con-
siderable territory. and at such distance
aOast ~ would neces>itafe separate
po0Oen0 psanfs to operate them Deep
wea jumping machinery h the mcst
ecsOs0sca1 typ tn operate. on account
oe IT, eHfFesne lift. Therefore. should
water - o6lasned from deep wells. n
wOusA .eces~1sate . very large expendI-
ture N securing the required voiume
st Water. and an annual outlay ef
pompSa9 that would ~ several times
what h wsuid ~ n . supply was Sc
eure4 at - mar the surface In eHam-
tain9 TIE soalsty ~ water obtained
fron Seep ves1s we anA sorse of the
wess are sersagiy smpresnafed with
asersals anA salts that render the
Uoess US4estrahse fse dsm>stsc use@.
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