Semi-weekly herald., 1909-11-25

that which Is moistened but occasion
ally win rot In such way that the
thickness of the wood is about that of
a dollar. that thickness being sufficient
to hold the water II that much is kept
thoroughly wet. II the pipe could be
made of different thicknesses to suit
the various conditions, II would practi.
cally last for ever. AS present nc
such pipe is manufactured.
Mr.. O'Brien spoke OF our excellent
water system which was amazingly
cheap compared with other places. He
mentioned Rocky Ford. claiming a pop
ulation of 5000. who recently expend.
ed sS50,000 for system with ca
pacity of 100000 gallons. He said he
that Durango has a ca
pacity OF 100000 gallons. Even in.
cluding the old plant, the total cost
of the Durango system would not be
more than $500, 900. while in the Rocky
mer plant was not included which
makes the difference even less. Each
person uses fifty gallons per day
which is large estimate. In Du-
range he should Judge that it would far
exceed that amount.
Superintendent Schalles said that
the amount used per day is 800 gal.
Ions per head
Mr.. Foley corroborated Mr.. O'Brien's
statement. saying that you cant wash
your face in the Arkansas valley with.
out having the amount of water used
registered by meter He said he had
sold 7oG meters to the Montrose coun-
Gil at cost of some $4,000. In com.
piling his data he said he found that
water was delivered to the railroad
here at rate of cents per thou.
sand gallons, almost as cheap as sun.
shine and salvation" In Amarillo
Tex, he said the citizens paid one
dollar per thousand and 80 cents for
the second. In Brady and Corpus
Christi the same conditions prevail In
most OF the states rates vary from
so cents to thirty and seldom getting
below IL cents per gallon. He would
respectfully suggest that the city hus.
band these bountiiul resources. and
stop the leakage since that does not
improve with age.
Mr.. O'Brien said that at Prescott
Ariz.. the rate was 25 cents for each
one hundred gallons and $50 per lot
Alderman Dudley moved that vote
of thanks be extended TO the citizens
representing the board OF trade and
Boosters club for their interest and
the careful investigation they had
made of the city pipe line. Carried
unanimously.
Alderman Morelock said he would
like to ask Mr.. jackson for further
information as to the condition of the
pipe line.
Mr.. Jackson In responding said thai
the report recently read, covers al
details and that the committee tool
considerable trouble to make the same
! as. complete and accurate as possible
They started on the trip with the i'm
preston that they would find the pipe
line in deplorable condition. but the
facts did not bear this out
He reminded his hearers that the
members of said committee are heavy
property owners and taxpayers and
therefore II Ia to their interest as vel
as to the people whom they represent
to reach sane and common sense
conclusion and do what Will be for
the interests of all. "Our interests
are yours" he said He added that
he was glad that the matter had been
taken up In this way. since from the
combined opinions there should be the
opportunity OF arriving at definite
conclusion of the best method to pur
sue. 1t also furnished the chance OF
finding out existing conditions and
what will make these conditions ade
puatcs iic hhu hothihB iui ibei W bhJ
in regard to details. since these were
definitely stated in the report.
One matter he wished to mention
This came up as an afterthougbt and
was suggested by the analysis OF the
water arising from the slight odor com
planned of at certain times of the year
The committee had discussed this al
length and thought that during the hot
months when the water is inclined to
be warm from surface contact, posi-
bly, IL would be good thing II the
water could be conveyed from the up
per reservoir thence through about a
mile of pipe underground to the city
mains. instead OF being taken from the
lower reservoir as usual. The commit
tee had obtained expert advice and
were assured that the plan was feast
BILE. Mr.. Jackson said this seemed to
be worthy Of consideration since any
thing that added to the excellence OF
the city's water could not be over
looked.
Mr.. O'Brien said that II the city
drew from both reservoirs 1t would
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