Bisbee daily review., 1908-12-10
COUNCIL CONSIDERS
 WATERNORkS SYSTEM
Engineer Archer of Kansas City Makes Report To Douglas
 Fathers.

LA.e Clly cOuHCil NdS HSiu ldSI eN6ulDS, tsle mayor and ali the euuncilnlen be- ing present.
 All the monthly bills against the city were read and referred to the aldfting committee with instructions o pay them if correct
 Delinquent Official,
 Complaint was filed that one of the city employees was not paying his debts and the matter was referred to the city clerk to notify him to pay up or tender his resignation.
 Storm Ditch Contract.
 Bids for the construction of the storm ditch on International and Rail. i road avenues were opened. Clark and Dicus bid s1S50; M J. Thomas, $1400; B. F. Parsons, culvert only S4S9; Andy Scott. s11S1.50.. Andy Scott having the lowest bid for the complete work was awarded the con tract for both the ditch and culyert- A motion was passed authorizing the city attorney to retain Ben Good rich to assit him ia the Overlook as l sessment suit which comes up today for trial in the district court R l Alfred Paul was allowed a refund of S1.45 for assessment made for i'm provements which were burned down year ago.
 Engineer Archer's Report The most important business of the. evening was the report of Engineer Archer of Kansas City on the cost of a water works system for Doug 1 las. The report was accepted Z and 1000 copies were ordered printed, a copy to be mailed to every taxpayer l in 1ouglas
 | The report of the engineer is, a lengthy one. covering 70 typewriter i pages. It goes into the matter from three standpoints in detail. ! First: The cost of an entirely new i system. the cost of operating it and | the probable revenue.
 1 Second: An appraisal of the pres ent system of the D. I. company and an estimate of it's going value to the city.
 ] Third: An estimate of the cost of reconstructing the present plant to provide for the future needs of the i city.
 An entirely new system would cost S311, 1,11S.00. This would provide for wells located between the c. & A. and Copper Queen smelters with a total capacity of not less than 750 ! million gallons per year. The pres ent consumption is about 100 million | gallons a year. '' '-7''-< '-' 7r 7' At the new well of the D. I. com pany the water rises 10 within fifteen | feet of the surface ard a well pit ot small diameter is provided for in the ! plans and the water from the different l wells could be allowed to flow into it.
 An eIdvated tank and tower to be
 installed in the center of the business district. with 2 capacity of 100000 gal Ions is provided for. .
 The distributing system will consist of pipe from f to 12 inches. and all | the mains to he cross connected at ithe street corners and made inter- connecting as much as possible, leaV- ing no dead ends for stale water. 1 For the fire protection of the city 75 hydrants have been located so that every part of the city can be reached with not more than block of hose. The system also provides for the lay ing of finch pipe in the Pirtleyille
 addition. ..--t. The cost of the pipe is estimated at
 s170,000; cast iron mains, valves, etc,
 S100O0; valve boxes and covers,
 s36O0: hydrants, s6000; 17O0 meters and installation and service connec- tions, S24.00O: development of water supply, $19. 800; reservoir and site, } $11,000: office fixtures, books, etc,
 $25G0: repair tools, etc, $500; mak-
 ing a total of $311 ,11S.00.
 The cost of operating such a sys-
 tenn is figured as follows:
 Interest on $325,000 at per cent,
 S16.250: salaries, S10,020; up keep,
 s360O: pumping 100 million gallons at
 a cost of 3.7 a thousand gallons, mak-
 ing a total of S35,32O: 200 million gal
 ions, $3S,670. The cost of pumping is
 figured on the same basis as at Globe
 from actual figures given.
 The revenue from such a plant on
 the present basis of consumption 2, would be: 1700 meters at S2 per
 month. allowing 5660 gallons instead of 2000, as at present, S40,S00. and with the additional revenue figured at 90. 20 and 10 cents thousand gallons and with the cost of the water fof fire hydrants would show a net profit T of s22,SS0. Subtraeting from this the : water uused by the city would leave , a net profit above al! expenses of al
 least s15,O00. and give the city free water for fire, park and sprinkling. The city would insure themselves of an investment that would not onl.
 supply the entire city water suppll free. but net an income of iron twelve to fifteen thousand dollars pc year after all interest, depreciation and operating expenses has beei met"
 The report goes into detail in re gard to the way he arrived at an es a innate of the value of the preseA plant of the Douglas Improvement 2 company giving total valuation o $122. .230 In additica to this there added $54.450 as going value. Tn
 manner of arriving at this value i
 gone into at length. This makes tn
 total estimated value of the D. I. plan
 sI76,6S0.
 In making an estimate of tn ! amount required to bring the presen { plant up to capacity of 750 miliio gallons a year a large number of ne'
 mains are provided for and many ne' ] fire hydrants. 4 new pumping plani wells and well pit near the c. & 4
 and a stand pipe located in the bus } ness portion of the city 110 feet higf
 The total cost of these improvement would be S135,e97 and this togethe < with the plant of tho D. I. compan | would make total of s3fz.377 (
 about the game as the cost of ne' ,, plant