Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-02
ON 1.-THE SEWER
IS At LAST IN
FULL SWING
SIXTY ADDITIONAL DAYS
ALLOWED CONTRACTORS
Made Necessary by Failure of
City Supplies to Arrive Shay
Appointed Electrical Inspec-
tor,

business came Dclbf' inc city N'uii''i
at last nights meeting save for the
report OF chairman James II. Wroth
Of the committee, whose repoft
showed that at length all difficulties
In the way of actual construction OF
the w have been removed ana mat
work VIII be in fun swing immediate
~. The report which the council
adopted by unanimous vote, recon-
mended that the contractors be allow
ed sixty lays additional time for the
completion of the sewer because OK
delay caused by failure of wen cas-
ing ordered by the city to arrive, the
failure causing delay to the contract
ors and considerable expense to them
This casing was ordered by the sewer
committee in ample time but the par
ties securing the contract. The Mcln-
tosh Hardware company, had dlffl-
| Guilty with the manufacturers which
made it impossible for them to deliver
on the date specified, They have fl
nallS succeeded in making delivery
and with all necessary matrial on the
ground the work of building the sewer
will now proceed without further de-
lay. The report of the sewer commit
tee, containing several important rec
concentrations, follows in full:
November LIST. 1909.
To the Mayor and Council
of the City OF Albuquerque.
Gentlemen;
Your sewcr committee would report
as follows: The wcll casing for which
we have waited so long. finally came
aud is being placed In position. The
charge FOR damages which the con-
tractors at first made which amount
ed to quito a sum, they have very
kindly withdrawn. provided the city
of Albuquerque win permit them to
ada the length of time which they lost
bv the non-deliverY of pipe to the end
Of the period of their contract. THIS
| gives them sixty days longer in which
to finish the construction of the sew
cr.
In this connection | desire to state
that am personally aware of the fact
that the contractors kept several
bremen on full pay ut a considerable
expense waiting for the arrival of this
material and they have been deprived
nf the services Of two foremen whom
they had engaged but who were COM
PEELED to seek other jobs owing to the
fact that the contractors here were
not ready for them.
As chairman of the sewer commit
tco-I would recommend this extension
| Of time as they have lost SO much dur
inp the time the river was low that
thcy will probably he put to a greater
~expense than they had anticipated on
account OF the river rising at the time
- ..A-.t "a 1A fhA hnIIhnrn
part of the lowland sewer. In this
| connection would suggest that dur
ING the winter n in fact MP TO May,
that the work be pushed upon the
| low land sewer during the time OF low
water, and that when the river rises
n the spring that the work be trans
! fcrcd to the highland sewer. unless
the contractors decide To WORK TWO
gangs one ON each side
It Is necessary that everybody, c"un-
eli ana citizens, should realize the
fact that this sewer must be bullt
from the outlet upwards in ii to
conduct the ground water ana WINE
4, IS necessary for the sewer as con
structcd To lie Idle from - To 20
DAYS for the purpose of permitting the
/ hardening of the construction yet at
the same time When they reach the
I upper part off the city il is absolutely
! necessary for them to use part OF the
constructed sewer as an oTtie' ior
around water. Hence this form "l
construction from the outlet upwards
| is absolutely ana vitallv necessary.
can congratulate the council on
the satisfactory solution of this diff
ficulty without pecuniary loss to the
city.
Nov, as to the work lone the
pump pit is under course OF construc-
ton. The piling for the outlet Is be-
ing placed at the rate of about 10 a
dnv. The reinforced concrete pip
arc being constructed. but as the
council Is aware II requires from 10
to 20 DAYS with constant moisture 10
enable this to harden before II should
be placed in position.
For the first time since the Issuance
OF the contract we arc ready TO go to
work. II BECOMES necessary to con-
struct the solid eve from the pump
pit to the outlet and over the piles
To- the river. after which the machine
will be placed in position for cNca-
VatinG aud work will proceed as fast
as thu engineering facilities viii per-
init. There are -four carloads of pipe
in the yards and 81 Nmorc on the