Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-07-11

Cook strainers, 20 feet in length.
No 13-Dcep we'll Depth, 7l9
feet; size Of well, ~ inches; IS feet
inches to first water. No appre-
ciablc sand in this well. Measure
ment taken with the pumps not work
ing.
No 14-Open well. This well CON
ssts Of a series of small 3-inch wells,
Sc feet below the bottom of eNcaVa-
ton. Depth of this well, % feet 6
inches. diameter Of the well. ~ feet;
l6 feet inches to water. This well
was being pumped at the time meas
urement was taken.
Note.-The apparent discrepancy in
the distance 10 water between well
No. and the other wells. excepting
the open wen, is accounted for by
the fact that the measurement on no.
= was made at the time the pump
was working and the water drawn to
its lower level, while the other wells
excepting the open we'll We're meas
ured at the time the pump WAS not
working on the individual Well under
inspection.
The difference between the depth
Of the water OF well No. and the
other wells excepting the open we'll
is the distance that the pump draws
the water below it's normal level.
Note.-AH OF the above measure
ments were taken from line equal
to the surface of the pump house
floor, ana from the above figures "
feet inches should be deducted.
being the distance from the level 9t
the pump house floor to the center
of the cylinders.
Pumps
Your commission found in opera
tion one Holly pump, size q by "a
inches double cylinder, capable of
lifting three million gallons of water
for twenty-four hours two other
pumps, one electric and one steam,
each being capable of lifting one
million five hundred thousand gal
Ions for tweuty-four hours The elec-
tric pump, however is not in working
order but repairs are on hand for
placing the same in proper condition.
These two latter pumps are of no
avail at this time because the ,i"ily
pump is lifting all of the water avail
able.
Note-The Holly pump above re-
ferred to, was in May 1905. en-
larged in its cylinders from II
inches to 1874 inches Your commits
sion believes that the Holly pump now
being operated is in good WORKING
order. maintaining a vacuum of from
10 feet to 90 feet 6 inches.
We cali your attention to the fact
that 30 feet inches Of vacuum IS
the maximum at which water can be
lifted in this altitude.
Production of Water.
The following table of water pro-
duction for the past three years IS
submitted for your information;
MAY. 1907, 3t.355.000 gallons.
May. 1908, 39.763.600 gallons
NAV. 1903. 39.219.675 gallons.
June. 1907. 36,633. 400 gallons.
june. 1908. 44.9S9.2S5 gallons.
June. 1909. 42.SS8.1f5 gallons.
In addition to the June, 1909 pro-
duction should be added 2,55l,O41
gallons. because of the following fig
ures;
There was in the reservoir on June
l. 1903, 2.722. 309 gallons. and on
June IS. 1909. this quantity had been
reduced to 17t.261 gallons, hence the
difference between these two had
been consumed during the month Of
June. making the tota! consumption
of water during the month of J1ne,
1909, 45,439. 1913 gallons.
Note-The only production of wa
ter I'm excess of the figures above
given was in September, 1908, during
the preparation for the irrigation
congress at which time 46.294,50O gal
Ions was lifted The average vacuum
during said month of September was
20 feet.
Vacuum.
Average feet of vacuum required
to llft the water az shown in the pre-
coding comparisons:
May, 1907, 10 feet.
MAY. 19oS. Is feet.
May. 1903, ~ feet
June, 1907. 10 feet
June, 1898. 10 feet
June, 1909, 10 2-10 feet
Reservoir.
Size OF reservoir, 200Xl50 feet. f2l
feet deep: maximum capacity, 3.51a.
l5s gallons. capacity at feet. l.
543.4l4 gallons
We have ascertained from reliable
data that this reservoir was cleaned
during the period extending from
January 20. 1903. To February 3.
1903. and so far as we are able 40
observe there Is no leakage in the
reservoir.
Your commission ascertained that
the water supply property was ac-