Rocky Ford enterprise., 1906-03-30

Tue city SouHS't' W ~" s"N f~Sp'.
about the water situation, convened
at X. p. hall last Thursday evening
There were present all OF the pres
ent city council except Aid. McPhcr-
son and Aid. Hickox- Representa-
tivcs OF past administrations III cS-
Aldermen Lance, Hall, Rcckcr, Ken
ncdy. Hauck, Wilson, Mcdonald and
Col. Lockhart called the meeting
to order, rcmarking that ii went with
out saying there could hardly be
more important question TOR tue CIT,
ixens than that OF supply OF good
water for growing town. lie
thought the meeting appreciated this
fact and would hiye thoughtful con-
sideration to the matters laid before
il. lie then called on the head OF the
prcsen, city administration who was
10 lay before them the matters to be
considered.
Mayor Pollock said j, was the wish
OF the council. he was sure, TO be
guided by the wishes OF the people III
this matter. IL was All important
question. lie hoped the meeting
would no, &c, into 4 merely aF.u
mcniatiye mood but would aim ai .
solution OF the problem. u had been
. difficult subject Tor the council: not
4 question simply o. what they
would debut OF what could be done
for the proposition was limited ono
Armed with \ great mass OF spSethi
data on the subire, he then pro
cccdcd 10 lay before the meeting
three plans Tor obtaining water Sup
ply for the town. Briefly summSF.
ixcd the first ot these was that o,
ENF
CryIal Springs. TO be pipcd TO the
city. distance OF 20 miles aud used
for household purposes only. \ fur.
ihsr supply for lawn irrigation ane
iifc protection being provided 4fop
ditch and reservoir. source already
in the possession OF the town: ihs
spring water to be obtained either by
purchase OF the springs OF by iran
ehisc to \ private company. The lat
ter was 4 proposition TO supply the
consumer with iyopo gallons OF waicf
per month \; cost OF 81. the com.
pany not guafsniccin. supply OF
more than 10000 gallons per day:
the city to still maintain its own
lawn and hfc supply. The former
phase a; the spring water proposition
was for the Town to own the source
OF supply and the plant. =; an csi,.
mated cost OF $4,000. Bu, the
whole prae;ieabiliiy OF this latter
proposal was in doubt by reason OF
the fact that the owners ot the spring
water had varied their conditions o.
sale to ihc city several times and had
finally given an option on part OF the
supply to the town OF OTdway. OF
course IL was just possible that cir.
eumsiauccs might yet permit OF the
opportunity OF getting this spring
water and IL was therefore proper to
keep this possibility in mind. In that
case the council had in hand the re-
port of an expert engineer giving
details of plan and cost. which latter
approNimaiCd Sson.poo. allowing ipf
probable cul Of source OF supply.
The next plan was the ar;csian well
source. and the detail figures given
for boring well. providing pumping
power and extending. water mains to
all parts Of the town. to;alCi up sSt..
500 This plan involves and includes
a complete new power plant. with
modern devices for fuel saving aud
electricity generation. that rut the
cost Of furj maintenance TO less than
ST 600 a year. Present fuel cost Is
about 5000. This plan proposes n
supply nf arirsiau water for alt pur-
poscs, household. irrigation and fire
protection. and is made on the guar
autCC of reliable manufacturers ui
power and pumping machinery.
The third proposition is that Of ihc
prCscnt Rocky Ford Electric Light
Co. to do the pumping for the city
obviating city maintenance Of pump.
maintenance Cf wells and pipe lines.
This proposition would cost the city
S.tlS per year. Previous plan
makes pumping cost to city S5.1oi.
The total cost of installing of COM
plCtc well system. pipe line and
pumping plant is SSl.sb5 Cost Of
maintenance So,6Iz per year. revenue
SfS.z-s.
The total cost Of springs and grav-
ity system $4,000: maintenance
nominal because of gravity flow
revenue indefinite because of uncCr-
taiuty of quantity.
Present system plant valuc SlISo:
annual maintenance SI1.0s7; revenue
Stt6-6 Quantity inadequate and
quality unsatisfactory.
This Is understood to be Of course
only n brief summarizing Of Mayor
Pnlock's elaboration OF figures
The meeting then took TIP gcner-
al discus sion of specific points bear.
ing on the several plans. which in
volvcd spcculations on the probable
supply OF spring water and its merits
as compared with artcsian water; the
cost Of piping wells and the materials
that would best resist corrosion by
tbe artcsiau water
Ex-Aldermcn Hall and Lance and
DR.. Kendig were interrogated on
what they knew of weli-boring and
nine pulIinp. and Wcll-contractor Es.