Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-04
City Engineer Presents Care
fully Prepared Report To
the City Council Outlining
Plans for Reconstruction
WILL COST CLOSE TO
$4,000 FOR THE WORK
Old System Is Almost a
Complete Wreck and viii
Have To Be Carefully Re-
Built. Full Text Of Report.

After months Of the hardest kind %
persistent work cits Engineer Jamei
y. Gladding has presented 10 the cts
council q carefully prepared report on
the needs Of Albuquerque In iH sewer
system. Mr. Giadding was |intrusted
sith this work almost Immediately
after his appointment as city engineer.
He went 10 work without delay and
has been ~ work night and day ever
since. The conditions he found. mis-
erable foundations and one which de-
mand immediate attention. he REM
sdies, the plans Tor remedial action
and the COST Of the work he has set
forth la a carefully drawn report
which he presented % the council
yesterday afternoon and which was
duly referred. This report o. accom-
panied by maps, charts. design
everything elsa which goes with a
complete and carefully prepared set
Of scientific sewage and drainage
plans. The city engineers report In
the most important document which
has been presented 90 this municipal
ity for years. The future health OF the
city Is involved la II and u t. a re-
port which h. 50 carefully drawn that
e viii enforce attention IL should
receive a careful reading from every
citizen.
The Report.
The full text Of the report follows.
The Honorable Mayor aud Council of
the city Of Albuquerque. New Mex
ico.
Gentlemen; -In compliance With
your orders ! have the honor "a here
with submit plans, specification and
Of the cost OF "a sewerage
system for this city. which VIII D.,
adequate 10 take care ol NOT :css thar
10000 people.
In creating this design. your en-
ginecring department had iu mind the
retention Of ar much of the old sys-
tenn as is possible n az the same
time plan 3 system which would ad-
mil OF almost Indefinite extension ana
flexible enough for any reasonable in
crease tn the population Of tho city
Tor the next three or four decades.
Al the outset this department was I
greatly handicapped by the lack or
meteorological records which would
supply the Information necessary In
designing the barrels This
data was finally obtained hy having
recOurFe 10 the United States weather
bureau reports aud reports from the
University at New Mexico. but prin-
cipaliy by consultation with former
city Chemist Professor Meinzirl
From these several sources OF in
formation the assumptions were
finally made.
n was also necessary at the outset
90 determine whether "a separate sys-
tenn, o. combined fNHtcm. would be
the most economical or whether q
was for the best Interests of the city
90 adopt that which a cheapest on
that which j. most costly The nrgu-
Wents Tor o. against either system
are puite numerous n ! viii only
present some Of the facts
The aNAarafH eNnfeun i. fN. F.st.
implies, b. for house Sewerage only.
y the rain water must. therefore. De
carried on in separate ruudults. thus
requiring double piping. This makes
the separate system thc most cApen-
siFe bat az the same llmr. n D.. hr
most sanitary.
IN the combined system. tho house
seN eraEe and the storm water. are
Carried IN bi thc same conduit This
system reguif 81 large channel fOr
a comparatively small 1ow of sewer
age for On this citSy a very great
proportion Of the Time and fpr thls
reason y De- necessary tn uar Iu ,hr
large mains sewer barrels ct "a shape
other than circular to avoid the de-
n%nslfions ~ solids which are deposit.
ON the sides uf sewers hV the an
lffnut. wetiina and dryi uE due Co
fluctuations iu the depth OF flow con
accpunt ui this tendency ZEE form de-
putitf 300 % circular saver. thr com.
hinrd sewer h. considered Do, many Geo
De- unsanitary
The charge thar this system b. uu-
sanitary Dr. not well taken. for there
citir- az over tha United states
az this very writing putting Boo thIs
stHtem which would go fo show that
wherever h o. unFatlelacturt % D. due
entirety e. defective design aud DO s
ms opinion that b. can De- designed
20 that % win be- ABSOLUTELY sanitary.
and when 80 designed 90 uU be- more d
economical thai The sruafafe g,stem 4
IN NeW 81 The foregoing added 20
me assumption fhat the ma iorltk of @
Citizens Qi Albuquerque Gro de-ir- :
ius ~ providing lur storm waters and Q
~FeNfraRe end af the same time O.
HAVING due regard tu the farf thst We Of
confronted hf comparatively Haf Is
tn thaf uaft uf fhc rItt uhicn d
most m nrru uf arHrraE. facilities u
he cholce Of system hrenmra auto O.
A. tht minimum -ize u.rn for OF
house sewer N s lnches and when ID
Do u iaid a. n Grade OF & DEGREES b
'ith p dcuth of e. fref sf dead ends Do
our mr. stations would hf nrres-4rr a
b. the loN lands uIfM the anurra af "