La Junta tribune., 1911-06-10
CAN IA JuMTA SURVIVE HALF
WET AND Hnf DRY?

tA-$eCA, uVWCNtI, wan ICiSit'u " tuS
fire and police committee for solu-
tion.
The reports of Police Magistrate
: Clark and City Marshal Nixon for
the month OF May chronicled the
fact thai there were twenty-nine ar
rests. with fines sgresating a total
Of $299, OF which amount $l3o was
cash and Sl75 worked out.
City Clerk Brown reported that
the collections of his office for the
period from April goth to May LIST,
were S39i.50, and for the month of
May $l.25l. a total for both periods
OF 31.645.5O
The water committee reported hav-
I ing visited the fiye-acre tract offered
by r. T. Woodruff for new city
reservoir. The site is located south
and west of the Otero addition and
10 about thirty.five feet higher than
the present reservoir. II is about a
mile distant, however. from where. a
connection would have to be made
with the ten inch main on Santa Fe
avenue. This pipe line alone would
! and rs the bond issue is for only
$4,000. and II is absolutely essen
tial to install new engine at the
pump house, the council was of the
opinion that the necessary funds
would not be available to consider
this location as a site for rsser-
votr NJ the present time. The city
clork. however. was instructed to
write Mr.. Woodruff thanking him
for his very generous offer. and that
the city would very gladly accept
the site contingent upon installing a
reservoir thereon at some future
daes.
, C1y Eagiassr Lsvis suggested
: thaS> - ulhurssss>ee II thn0tsD
.ad6se0 and on "Capita HiW' could
/ - lno1vssA sy putting n p,ps Nee
On Foufteenth street. south Of the
park. from the reservoir to the Otero
addition. and connecting up the dead
ends. This would eQualize tie pres
sure and greatly improve the ser.
vice.
The chief engineer at the pump
house says thai II he is given a
plentiful water supply and a new en-
gine at the pump house that an ad-
ditional reservoir will not be neces-
sary. With an additional pump and
plenty Of water h. can pump direct
Into the mains and give good pres
sure and bountiful supply al all
times.
The city engineer was instructed
to advertise for bids to install
pipe line and eight additional wells
at the pump house for the purpose
OF Increasing the water supply. Test
wells are now being put down and
pumped with view to ascertaining
what effect a new line OF wells will
have upon the supply In the old wells
II is thought that by putting down
additional wells and installing a new
pump the city viii be enabled To get
along without another reservoir Just
at present
Tho question OF rc.employing Ed
Emerson. who has been doing duty ms
an extra policeman during the past
month. wHs one that nearly proyok.
ed u riot In the city council chamber.
aud caused the atmosphere to be
surcharged with superhcat,d csple-
tivos and violent innucndo. Mr.. En-.
crson wanted his salary raised from
f55 TO so per month. Alderman
Davis declared himself IN very en-.
phatie language to tn. effect that
he Was opposed to this new man
whoever he was. lie did not know
him. and he had not been able 10
find any one that did. lie was IN
favor Of employing that old.timc citi.
zen and taxpayer. Augustus wlcnc.
. ~ 's' oosu WV burN'H VI
the people" wanted wIenckc. and
he was opposed To giving anybody
Job but wicnckc. He claimed
there WAS = dark plot. n far.reachins
end decplaid scheme 10 turn wicne.
ke down and give the additional night
Job to the new man. and he dcciin.
ed very forcibly To be- n party TO IL
lilo threatened never nsain to at.
tcnd another council meeting II this
man was appointed.
The mayor tried TO pour oil upon
the troubled waters. but without sue.
cess. and rather vigorously denied
the soft impeachment that there was
any dssp-dysd. fss'rearhins plot to
keen BANfn0n ~ fhs nlaht hoh