La Junta tribune., 1907-02-09
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and Aldermen Barr. Gillen. Phillips
and Mapes being among those pres
ent. G. ID. Steward. recently elect
e,I to succeed s. W. Brown as city
clerk and water commissioner. pre-
sided at the clerks desk for the
first time
Bids were received to do the grad
ing on Tenth street. from San Juan
avenue west. one from NJ. c. Steph-
ems and another from l.. q. Evans.
The bid Of Mr.. Stephens was 30
cents per yard straight. while that
of Mr. Evans ranged from So to 75
cents per yard. Both bids were re-
jected. it being the opinion Of the
city engineer that the work could be
done cheaper by employing men and
teams at regular daily stipend.
City Chemist Griffin was present
and made report 10 the effect that
the necessary apparatus for testing
milk could be secured by an expend-
iture OF about $50. He was author
zied to expend that amount. The
5000 bond of c. ID. Steward as city
city clerk and water commissioner.
for the uneXpired term of ). W.
Brown, was submitted and ON mo-
tion approved.
:. W. Brown. eX-city clerk and
water commissioner. made "a report
covering the entire period of his Of.
fetal service April l.. 1905. to Feb
ruary /. 1907. Daring this tune Mr..
Brown has made collections in the
various s.wer districtsi amounting
to si.0s6 So. and water collections
aggregating sd. .595.S5, During
this entire perioi there were only
three months in which the receipts
were less than $1,000 per month.
the lowest being in May. 1905. when
the total was S9l5. and the highest
being in December. 1906. when they
amounted to 81 .616.55. The receipts
for January. 1907. aggregated
$l.3ll.76. The total numter of hy-
drants in service at the present
time is IA. and the monthly rental
amounts to SIPS. The total
amount delinquent Junuary |. 1907.
was S293.
The council then spent considera-
BILE time discussing the soft water
proposition submitted by Colonel
Jack Faw, at recent special
meeting. Mr.. Faw represents par
ties who have recently discovered ar
inexhaustable supply of pure soft
water on Horse Creek. thirty miles
north and west. They claim to have
a supply of not less than 5oo. 600 gal
Ions per day which they offer to sell
to the city at II cents per thousand
gallons. The water is guaranteed to
he soft and mot to contain more
than seventy-five grains total solids
in each imperior gallon" The CON-
pany asks for a fifty year contract
and for eighteen months time in
which to deliver the water to a point
one fourth mile from the city limits.
the city TO receive the water. de-
liver the same. collect the revenues
and manage the plant. They claim
that there is . fall of 30o feet from
the source Of supply to the city Of
La Junta. and that this will BE- suf-
fcieat even for fire pressure.
Members Of the council figured
out that il costs the city about eight
cents per I. .O0O gallons to maintain
che pump house at the present time.
asd that il was verv doubtful
whether it would be practicable to
depend upon gravity pressure. con-
sidering the distance frors the source
of supply Attorney Sabin is in
charge Of the proposition submitted
BY Colonel Jack Faw. and City At
.orney Miller was instructed to con-
fer with him as TO definite prop
osition.
Aldermen Mares. Phillips and Gil
len were appointed as committee
to confer with members Of the park
commission in regard to inaugural
ing the work of improving the park
site A bond issue Of $1,000 viii
be submitted TO the taxpayers for
approval at the coming spring eIec-
ton and as the general ooinion seems
to be practically unaniDoos in
fsver of the prclert it , proh.s'e