Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-07-14
SEWER QUESTION
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PROBLEM
Serious Condition of Affairs in
Northern Part of City
Brought Home Hard TO Coun-
ell Last Night,

The matter Of the Overlooking OF
the sewers in the northern part of the
city which has developed into a grave
n to health was presented most
emphatically to the city council last
night in a report by Alderman james
H.. Wroth, chairman of the sewer com
mittee. That the problem has to
be solved and solved without delay
has become most evident. The prob
lem resolves itself into the PROPOSE
ton that either the city must bear a
heavy daily expense in having the eX-
cess sewage carted ava or must cut
off from the sewer the Indian school
and other institutions outside the city
limits which pour Il flood of sew
age into these mains. n matter was
finally referred to the city attorney
to report at a special meeting on the
rights of the city to cut off the outside
connections. DR.. Wroth's presentation
of the situation was as follows:
To the Mayor and Members Of the
City Council.
AtIlllEIIltl-- ! Iit N1AfA A0lAliAAiNAf1
has a proposition to pass to the coun-
ell which means a great deal TO this
town. We are face to face with IA
proposition which demands immediate
action.
A brief explanation viii enable the
members Of this council to understand
this condition. The main sewer Of the
town runs north and south on Second
street from Marquette avenue to
Mountain road, the northern boundary
of the city. II is 8 inches in diameter
This was calculated and would have
been ample in size to have taken care
of all ordinary residence that might
have been constructed in this section.
Some years & permission was given
the government Indian school to N
meet with this system which they did
with an s inch pipe, and upon the
abandonment of the "citY ditch"-the
wisdom of which we may now doubt
IL became necessary to permit and in
some instances to order certain man
ufacturing interests to utilize the sewer
I'm order to dispose of their waste pro
ducts.
The result was that the extreme
end of the sewer where the Indian
school connected, a 6-inch pipe was
run to the wool securing mills and the
Rio Grande Wooden mills: In add
ton the ice factory was permitted to
discharge it's surplus water at Roma
avenue connecting with our S-iuch
sewer by a 6-inch pipe.
The increased business brought on
by natural growth causes these con
Meeting sewers from the manufactures
to be perfectly full most of the time,
and it is a safe estimate to say that
the Wool Securing mill will discharge
into the sewer at least 100. 900 gallons
a day, and the ice company win at
least provide from $4,000 to Z 5000
gallons per day.
Common sense teaches us or should
teach us il we are not foolishly blind
that to attempt to carry out the con-
tents of an S-inch sewer from the In
dian school and a 6-inch sewer from
the wooden mills, and a 6-inch sewer
from the ice company running full
through an S-inch discharge, has but
one result-a backing up Of the con-
tents of the main line and q necessary
escape at the man holes. 1t is need
less to dilate upon this proposition
as it is self-evident and 1t Is a ques-
ton with your committee as TO
whether your pumps will give you
very much relief from this proposlt-
ton, as we feel that it is absolutely
impossible to put two gallons in a
quart measure.
Now the city is up against one of
two propositions-either to cut off the
entrance of part of this material or to
pay for having the same removed by
mechanical means such as wagons and
each day. The last proposition
will mean and we might as well face
this-an expenditure of SIS to $50 a
day and this condition of affairs will
as long as this section Of
the sewer receives the quantity that IT
is at present trying to take care of.
The residents Of this section have
an honest n legiticate kick against
the odor. the disagreeable appearance,