The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-09-12

ugate the proposition to vote bonds
to build a city water plant, has reach
ed its conclusions, and offers them to
its members in a written report,
which was secured today Iby the Rec
ord for the benefit of the public 1t
| follows:
ITO THE ROSWELL REALTY
| BOARD:
We your Committee. beg to report
the following:
1st. That the waterworks system as
proposed, according to plans and
specifications, will cost $125, 900. Sail
plans and specifications call for bids
on complete job as well as unit bids
for any additions or deductions Coun-
Gil has a right TO reject any and all
bids, and should the bond issue carry
at the election September 16, the city
| is under contract to pay Mr.. Ellis five
per cent. of contract price. If the pro
posed system cannot be built accord
ing to plans and specifications for
$125,000 then the city is under no OBJ
| legations to pay Mr.. Ellis anything
for his services.
End. The interest annually on the
proposed bond issue at five per cent
will be $6,250. That the assessed val
uation of the city property is about
one and a quarter millions. A tax of
five mills will pay the interest ON the
bonds. No clear estimate can be
made on the cost of operation during
the first year. That no correct esti-
mate of the amount of water that
will be used or the number of houses
that will take water without a house
toulouse canvass of the city, and we
recommend that this board ask the
city council to join US in appointing
committee to make this canvass.
3rd. The proposed system covers
the city thoroughly and allows of ex-
| tensions in all directions the city
may grow The plans provide for
twenty-one steamer hydrants and 80
double nozzle hydrants, the steamer
| hydrants being located in the busi-
ness section of the city for extra fire
protection. The nydrants are well dis
triouted and should afford ample fire
protection. The mains are of size suf-
fcient to furnish water to all users
| who may wish to connect; even when
| the portions of the city that are now
sparsely settled become thickly set
tied. That all extensions to this sys-
tenn that may be needed in the future
can be made from the six and eight
inch mains thus giving ample supply.
| That the mains are all belted and al
low of extensions that may be belted,
giving a complete circulation to the
water, equal pressure at all points,
and there is but one dead end to the
| system, which is on east Second
street, the alley-way in rear of the
Roswell Trading Company, and this
dead end can be be1ted in whenever
an extension to the east is needed.
| Atm. The Roswell Electric Light
Company has offered to make the ci-
| ty a bid on the pumping of the wa
ter for this system. Mr.. Slower says
he can pump the water for two cents
per thousand gallons. Mr.. Ellis claims
the city can pump its own water at
an engine room expense of three
quarters of a cent per thousand gal
Ions. The city caa save about $4,000
on the initial cost of the system iby
contracting with the Electric Light
Company to do the pumping A cSn-
tract of this kind we advise. for the
| following reasons: The saving origi-
nally of $4,000, and interest per an
mum on this amount of 81 900. The
| light plant having steam up at all
times could give pressure for fire pro-
lection within five minutes after an
alarm was turned in. This assurance
of proper pressure would do away
with any necessity for the building
Iof stand-pipe and allow using a hun
dred thousal gallon tank, which
would mean a saving of $1,000. There
would be no expense of wear and tear
and repairs on machinery, which we
regard as an important ftem-
5th. A proper sewer system would
necessarily follow completion of the
waterworks system. This saving Of