Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-12-04

cal conditions VIII readily agree thai
this would BE- very expensive. How
> ever. this depth could be decreased
by Increasing The numbcr % iiff sta
ti0rs. or by decreasing the grade and
thereby Increasing the size Of the
pipes To me the latter seems much
the better plan. beca use both the orig
iual cost Of construction and the sub
seauent cost Of maintenance Il less.
Moreover. a. the sizes Of pipes re-
quired when laid al the nat grades
o~btainable are the minimum sizes
used iu storm water sewers. IL would
seem that the question as 70 whether
we are 70 have 81 ssparate or com
bined system Is decided in favor Of
the latter By reason Of the peculiar
local conditions under which we must
labor. ] am abiding now TO the low
lands. IN the highlands we already
rave the separate system with cOndf
tons such that u can be easily eK-
tended The storm waters ind their
way - the aeequia which runs par
allcl % and east ~ the Santa Re right
~ Way Therefore. the use Of this
system Is Tho most logical solution for
that part Of the city.
The adoption Of the combined sys-
tenn calls for three trunk lire o
duits, rest located on Fourth. Eighth
and Twelfth streets These trunk lines
are to have two outlets. the Fourth
street main viii empty by gravity into
the river by way Of an extension Of
Fourth street a. q point opposite the
hOg-pcns Of the city scayengcr. the
Eighth street and Twelfth street
mains wifi form junction at Tenth
street and Kent avenue and from
there VIII discharge into the river
by way Of an extension Of Tenth
street and al a point opposite West
avenue. Here. because ~
the close proximity 10 h%abitations. the
DESIGN rIHNs for "a aaHffH H.HH faW--
enough to hold an eight-hour fow
sewerage from the contributing
district and divided into three com
only two Of which are ne
.essary at the present time. 4
with this design Of mains and lat
erals We have the invcrt Of the mains
AZ an everaRe depth Of s feet below I
he surface and not more than , feet !
below ground water level. This .
ivOids deep and expensive trenching
n the quick sand and the ground ,
water shown b. test borlngs made by !
his department !
A. before stated. the manner 81 dis
lOsal Of the sewerage Is By diluti0n r
through the river. I might here state +
nat there are several methods Of
eWerage publication IN vogue al the +
resent time. Simple diiution. steril- ,
by heat. chemicals and cleo !.
richly. subsistence ana chemical pre- !
tpitation, and. the most modern. bv n
publication either by filter.
Fourth street line empties into the
az a point where there are no
q bitationE and whore the river chan
~ is close to the bank. % follows
simple dliution by the river water.
~ this line IL quite satisfactory For
be Tenth street extension. as before "a
owing 10 the close proximity 10 =,
and also because the river =,
flows several hundred feet west n
Z where the main viii strike the IL
yer bank u y thought best 60 pro-
for partial publication by septic
~ order To avoid = nuisance. To
eep the mains and laferals from be-
1ming offensive. the design calls for ~
ufh tanks for the latter and a pump r.
the head Of each main cauable Of p
jumping 225 gallons per minute. This *
ith the special design OF the sewer
ariel Will keen the system from be- II
lminR u%neanitary In dry weather. Tt
Ia concluding this report I desire
cali the attention OF your hOnora- ~
IL body that In most eases Of such ~
az the sewerage problem in -
ibuquerque. II is usual 20 call Ia a -
'neulting engineer. As q rule Thu 70
engineer b. appointed a -
OF a commission generally ~
m pOEed Of three members OF the
luncii and the city engineer. thu sc
aklng "a commission Of five 10 thor ~
ighlN overhaul the engineers report. ~
leck assumptions, and thereby sat- 81
y the citizens ana prospective bond "a
irchascrs that the design will bring ~
suits commensurate with the out sc
y. This covers an there b. TO DE said II
tho NEW system.
AH 60 the Old system. 10 is not my
tcntiou 10 weary the council with
long tale about the conditions Of Z
V present sewer system. Your sewer
inmissloucr has frequently called
tentlon 70 its defects. ana in addi- -.
N. Mr. Potter, the sanitary expert. ~
1om the council has recently cou-
Tied with, has likewise called atten- "a.
IN 10 them. simply desire to state y
az have found the system 50 over
thar 10 has been Impossible
y nae 10 make the examinations
lich should be made in order 90 ass
rtnin Us mechanical defects
From the original field notes aud
at the design called for pipes
iich were sufficiently large and 90.
~ were laid a. grades which A.
ould provide for tho house sewerage ~
about 2b. 600 people. but iu order
cover "a large territory they had DO ~.
laid so deep that tho outlet was ~
ought below mean low water Tho ~
suit is that every time Wc have high ~
itcr a celebrating velocity cannot ""
obtained because the river backs
tp the very center uf the cts. in
diiion 70 the bow through mos ~,
cs oi economy. up doubt. the
were imperfectiN designed 40 ,ti
did not provide fpr sub-drafn- ~
r And. again. the mechanical part ~.
the construction wH- not the very
The result ls we now have q ih
stem which is Inadequate for q city al
Z size of Albuquerque. ih'
The defects iu construction have re-
tied in throwing the mains and lat
out nt alignment and there must
loose Joints. FOR q considerable
lume OF water nnd- Co. WAY into ~
3 sewers with Boz accompanying silt w
d gravel The water alone would
more good than harm we're 10 not
az the system d. already burdened
no as much house sewerage as DO m.
b. we'll lake care Of -
THE defective alignment aHH lpakv I
nts can only De- repaired by digging I
necessary and relaxing them ,
,pcriN. This VIII D. ~imprarficahle y
il 40 such times when the sewer
b in the mains b. lowered and the
'rDsaid leaky joints located other eor
POI % would De- necessary Ht uunar- 80.
lfed expense 60 uncover The entire ~.
tenn should a new sewerage s1s- ~.
% De- Installed having in mind the rt.
enilou af d. much ~ the old .t-- ~
B as A. possible BE- would De- nec.z-
y ht actual measurement 70 asccr- N