The daily sentinel., 1912-01-24

with the prinCely remainder Of S212
to work on.
Commissioner Rankin announces
that he will extend the concrete side
walk out Twelfth street to the fair
grounds, that the sidewalks through
out the city are TO be kept clean of
snow and ice at cost to the taxpay-
er, and that he is going to install
new uniform hitchiag posts.
Auditor eX-officio Holmburg's re-
port:
Total Expended in all Departments
Department of Public AZ
department. of Water and
fairs ...........S 22.S74.2S
Sewers ......... 37O,334.S3
Department of Finance. 12.354.6O
Department of Highways S9,l79.49
Department of Health and
civic Beauty ........ 7,231.So
Total ......... ...... S5O2,S72.1O
General Distribution of Expenditures
Hannah Creek Water and
Pipe Line ...........S S32S,O19.
Sewer District No. 3.., 27.2O4.33
Paving District No. L. T9.1S1.31
Water Sys., maintenance ll,237.10
Parks. maintenance and
improvement ........ 2,779.71
Public Library ........ 1,49G.22
General City Purposes 49.1S0.O3
Miscellaneous Accounts,
special funds ......... S73.92
Total .......... $5O2.S72.lO
1t cost the city $S39.l5 to arrest.
prosecute and pay costs of handling
the bootlegging in Grand Junction
irrpinp hA L.
city spent $6S,027.44 and ST60.5O
for the cleaning of alleys and re-
moval of rubbish The costs of ihe
condemnation suit and the water in
the Hannah creek case amounted to
2,SGg.26. The telephone line to
Hannah creek cost the city $297.47.
Paving cost the street car company
$l9, 9,4O3.54. The total cost of the
two elections held last year was
Sl,l9T.74. The special spring cleo
ton cost the city $GSS.69 and the
regular fall election S509.O5.
Commissioner Nedder's report:
Sewer system.
Commissioner Nedder reports that
sewer district No. is now fully com
pleted. Nearly seven miles Of trench
was eXCdVated and csc miles of
sewer pipe laid Thirty-fiye thou
,and dollars worth of bonds were
voted for this work, but only 100000
were issued and of this sum the work
cost $27, ,5lT.9l. OF the 100000 is
sued, 81 500 has already been called
in and a remaining sum of $2S,50O
are now outstanding against the
district. A total of over 81 900 was
thus saved the city over the esti-
mated cost of the work
Had the sewer been built by the
contract system" states Commission
er Vedder. lit is safe to assume that
all of the S35, 900 of bonds voted
would have been expended The work
was carefully and substantially done,
and will compare fayorably with any
construction done under contract"
HANNAH Creek System.
THE cost of some of the work has
exceeded the engineers estimates
while other parts of the same have
been done for less The commission
er. therefore, believes that the en-
tire system can he completed for an
amount within the original estimate
and possibly some less The cash
to be realized from the $450,O0O
bond issue will be fully ample to give
the city mountain water. 1t is ex-
lNNNtu ludl tllt tDISll utllbll VI lHt
wooden staye pipe will begin early
in March, the council having made
contracts with the Portland Wood
Pipe company to furnish them com
plete in the ditch. The commission
er believes that the entire line will
be completed in May and the long
looked for and much to be desired
mountain water-pure and spark
ling-will then be furnished in
abundance to the citizens of Grand
Junction. Its value to the city can
hardly be estimated
AS will be seen from the above
statement of expenditures the major
portion of the amount expended for
the maintenance of the water sys-
TEN was paid for fuel. labor and re
pairs of boilers at the pumping
plant. This larger expense will be
dispensed with when the Hannah
creek system is completed.
At the close of the year there
were constructed and finished, the
concrete diverting dam on Hannah
creek, settling basin and weirs, 8 4
miles of steel pipe were laid, in
Guiding one-tenth mile of lS-inch
pipe. seven and eighty-four one-hun
dredths miles of l4inch pipe Al
100 mile of 10-inch pipe and S3-1 600
miles of l6-inch pipe, leaving about
4 900 feet of steel pipe left to be
put in place. On the line finished
there were 3 man holes, and two
bridges 80 feet long and Is feet
high, 4-room cottage has been
built near the intake on Hannah
creek for the residence and office
of the watchman and caretaker of the
system when completed. A telephone