La Junta tribune., 1911-12-23
Now Water supply Mass Meeting.

About twenty-five leading citizens
attended a mass meeting In the dis.
trict court room last Monday night,
called for the purpose OF holding a
conference with the city council
and listening to the report OF City
Engineer Lewis on proposed exten-
sions and betterments OF the water
works system Of La Junta. The re.
port made by Mr.. Lewis included an
estimate OF the cost OF four differ.
ent plans. and also report made by
r. A. Sawyer, c. F.. on the "proba.
BILE cost" OF pipe line from the head
supply for Ordway. Rocky Ford and
La Junta. His estimate of the cost
OF the Horse Greek proposition is
$500. 900.
The four plans reported on by MIR,
Lewis are. first. for the installation
of another pump at the pump house
and the sinking OF few more wells
In the vicinity OF the present ones
I The estimated cost OF this plan is
1910 The plan would include en-.
larging the pump house. cost OF a
new pump. four new wells. 500 feet
OF suction line. etc.
Second-The extension OF tie pres
ent suction across the river. the
sinking OF sufficient number OF
wells for the supply OF the city.
the installation Of a second pump.and
the location at the further end OF
the suction line OF motor driven
centrifugal pump to avoid the dif-
Z ficulty cf operating long suction
] line. The estimated cost of this
plan is $le.2s5.
Third-The abandonment Of the
the pump and boilers. which could be
moved and the establishment, of a
new pump house on the north side
of the river. thus locating the
pumps near the proposed source OF
supply. This would require an add.
tional pump. but would not require
the motor driven centrifugal. The
cost Of this plan would be SIS. 100.
Bringing wates from Horse
Creek. which Sir. Sawyes. Who has
saaAs-a ve~y sarsfsa sa'tsvrstixatioa Of
the matter. estimates will cost $780,
900. In rerafd to Mr.. Sawyer's re-
port. Mr.. Lewis says: Careful
measurements by myself and others
would indicate that the available
supply Is about as given-one million
gallons for La Junta Many well-in-
formed men are OF the opinion that
this now could be largely Increased
by proper development work. This |
would not consider sufficiently GER
tain to Justify any large expense con
tingent upon an increased supply.
A vote was taken on each one Of
the propositions. For plan No. /. de-
veloping the present supply on this
side OF the river. there were two
votes: for plan No. 2. which pro-
vides for developing = supply across
the river. bringing the water across
the river and utilizing the present
pump AOuse. there were twenty-five
votes: for plan No. 3. which would
neceasitate the abandonment OF the
presen. pumping plant and building
4 ncw one across the river there were
two votes. The Horse Greek propo-
xition WAS not even put to . vote,
X. W. Morse. cf the Morse Broth.
era Machinery and Supply Company.
Of Denver. was among those present
at the mass meeting. and - regards
plan No. ., bringing the water across
the river and utilizing the present
pumping plant. he recommended the
installation Of q concrete sump I'm
m.dixtcly on the north side Of the
present pumping plant. which would
permit the discharge from the nev
wells across the river to f1ow into
the sump. and then take the water
supply out Of the sump With the
present steam pump and pump II di.
rectiy to the mains.
Plan No. 2, developing n supply on
the north side and bringing Il across
IN. river. seems to BE- the most pop.
uiar with every one that has 'nv's'
tixsted the matter and this II IN"
plan that Will be- adopted by the
city council. There Is stu about
81. 900 available from the bond Issue
authorized ~ the last city eIec.
tion. and the cost Of plan No VIII
neccssi,ate an additioral bond Is
su. Of 1000 or $4,000 Calling
special election To authorize ihis
additional bond issue Is the flrs'
thing necessary. and We ar. advised
,ha, this will be done early In the
new year 80 that the work of I'M
proving and Increasing our water sup
ply for noxt summer needs can be
commenced ns soon ~ possibie-con'
,lngent of course upon the au'horh.
Inc of tho bond issue by vote o'