La Junta tribune., 1910-05-14
vn Va. KEEP. In its usual sood -.

ditlpn.
Now. let US look At the figures tnr
the extra si.000.0o0 gallons Of water
pumped during the irrigating seaeea.
We find that one.half Of this wstsr
was pumped before July 7th. and tie
other hak after that date. TAis
means that our test did not occu9y
quite half Of the season. II ~
had begun five days sooner the test
would have covered one-half Of ths
irrigating season; 20 We will al
5000 gallons to the amount We pssd,
which would make l25. 900 gallons fur
the three and one-half months. or
100000 gallons for the entire season.
As we are allowed to use only 15,0o0
gallons per month, or 10000 gallons
for the seven months. We would have
to pay the city l2 cents per thoas-
and for the extra 5000 gallons.
which would amount to $l7.40.
This seems quite \ large sum. but
let US look At the size OF the piece
Of ground we have been irrtgsting.
Our lot measures. inside OF the curb.
80 feet wide aud is i57 feet long,
which makes total of over 1900
square feet. surface measure. After
deducting from this all the space oc-
cupied by buildings and sidewalks.
we still have IL 900 feet Of solid lawn
and shrubbery. There are not more
than q dozen lawns In La JuntA ~
large as this. We have many lawns
In town In which the space Irrigated
Is not more than fifty feet square.
which would be less than onc-Quarter
Of the size Of ours. We have anoth-
er large number which a space equal
Just one-third the size OF ours. We
have very few lawns that are more
than 50xl00 feet In size. and they
would figure less than onehalf These
figures show that about 80 per cent
OF the water we used was In excess
OF the $4,000 gallons per month al
lowed w.
On this same basis the party who
had . lawn only SO feet square would
have no excess whatever 70 pay Tor.
The party whose lot Is 50x75 fest
would have but q vesy ADan Aaenl
TIE party vhoas Iot , soxioe feet
In sise would have probably a or t5
extra 70 pay for water during the
season. This extra water would be
paid Tor BY people who have large
lawns. and those people Who do more
or less small farming In their back
yards.
After making this test. II II our
candid opinion that there are only
few lawns In La Junta that will
need more than 10000 or $4,000 gal.
Ions OF water per moath. AT 10000
gallons per month. the consumer
would have 60 cents per month extra
to pay during the irrisatinE season;
At q. 900 GALLONS be would have TO-.
900 gallons extra. or ti.:0 per month.
This certainly would not be burden
some. and - . matter Of fact, the
total amount Of money that would be
paid BY the consumer under this plan
would not exceed one and one.half
times the amount we are paying at
present.
Last year we paid the city $4,000
for water. Besides TITS. We have
three water tanks. who have all they
can do winter and summer. From
reports made by tAenseivss. the thr' .
wagons are delivering not less than
twsnty taaks Of water per day. the
price averaging abovs ei.ss per tank.
or e3s for each woskihg day In the
year. This makes q total Of $500
pss annun. which. AIDED 70 the 3iS..
~ ws paiA tie city. makes . total
paA eos water Il ~. ~ Tor the
twelve noaths. THIS. Of course. does
~ iaclu6s The large amount that Is
sDsat Soe ns,tsl ics cd drinking
water psocufs1 y othef ways.
u mailing The foregoing estimate
% The cost q he new water supply.
" ere assuniAg thge set one dollar
q exDsaes wtll ~ sxpsslsd In keep
lag - ~ Desssat Dsaplag station.
irsa shuttsss eesA b Diaesd On the
6eees aa1 wisdovs. anl everything
hsDt intact aa1 rsaAy Tor Immediate
uss. II cass q accs1sa 70 the gray.
~ systso. varsoss towns In Colo
sa1s newer ~ . psaptng plant.
bslas sapeaisd ~ sravity systems en-.
t6sly. We afs alse assuming that Il
y not ahsolutsiy necsssafy that the
water rstss - nA1s high sAovsh to