Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-07-02
Street TALKS
ON WATER
SUBJECT
PRESIDENT OF THE SANTA FE WATER
COMPANY ISM TOWN, ALSO The
The GENERAL MANAGER=C
Ference TONIGHT WITH CITY
0FFICIALS=INWTES DISCUSSION
OF WATER SYSTEM,
ASKS COOPERATION
and STATES CONDITIONS

President c. f. Street and Genera
| Manager Edgar l.. Street, of the San
! Ia Fe Water and Light company ar
rived here last night from New Yorl
and called on the mayor and other
city officials this morning relative tc
the water supply and the condition ot
the plant There will be meeting
this evening between the officers OF
the company and the health commit
tee of the city council, at which time
the whole matter will be carefully
discussed.
President Street spoke earnestly
and clearly upon the subject of the
water supply that the company is fur
nishing this city, this morning, to
the New Mexican. He emphasized
the fact that the company had inter
ests in Santa Fe that no one could
be more anxious to protect and to
make as valuable as possible by maxi
ing perfect in operation than the
Santa Fe Water company. No insti-
tuition could be more anxious that
their plant should be the best and
render the best service.
The installation of by-passes had
rendered it possible to remove any
excrescent accumulation of the years
in the water in the reservoirs in two
hours. The company had installed
these by-passes, and the recent drain
ing of the reservoir was for the ex-
traordinary purpose Of installing a
80 inch valve or gate which made the
future handling of the waters as to
any accumulation of refuse most thor
ough and easy of accomplishment.
C. f. Street, the president of the
company said that he invited the
closest investigation of the system
and wished for the closest and fairest
discussion Of the subject, but that he
hoped that the matter would not as
sume the erroneous phase of herald
ing abroad the wrong, unjust and
wholly unfounded idea that there was
ANYTHING the matter with the water
or that its purity was not above ques-
ton. Such reports were apt to hurt
the city and what hurt Santa Fe hurt
the Water and Light company, which
was an integral part of the city's
very organization and existence.
There is no disposition on the part
of the management Of the water COM
pany to do anything that will not be
for the best interests of the system
and the best service to the people,
Mr. Street said that IL there is any
thing wrong with the system or the
supply the company has no desire to
do anything but remedy it 50 that
the people will be satisfied and the
may stand before this COM
munity as doing it's best to give the
consumer the prrest water possible
and the best service that can be OBJ
tanned Further than this Mr.. Street
said.
"In view of the present interest
which has been manifested In regard
to the water supply in Santa Fe, it
may not be out of place to state Just
what has been done and just what is
being done In regard to perfectins
the supply and improving the condi-
tions.
at is impossible for any one not
familiar with furnishing water in large
volumes to realize the difficulties
which attend the satisfactory distrl-
button of water such as we have at
Santa Fe.
During the ordinary water condi-
ions there is probably no better sup
ply in the United States than tnat
which is enjoyed here. The real dif-
iculties arise from conditions pre-
railing during the freshets and in
he treatment of vegetable glowths
Known as algae which almost invar-
ably appear in mountain streams.
'The treatment of the Santa Fe
liver, which during flood periods ear.
les great quantities of silt, has been
1 complicated engineering problem /
md for many years 1t seemed prob !
lble that the reservoir would eradu /
lily fill up. We have, however, now |
evolved plans which enable us to ef- j
ectually control these iiood crndi, !,
IONS and since 1904 nonn Dt the de- |
,ris and silt brought down by The
stream has entered the reservoir. a !
system of by-passes has been devised /
which makes it possible to divert the I
stream when it is carrying silt and in !
his way prevent the deposition in
he reservoir. Experience has clear. /
y demonstrated the success of this !
,lan. It was. therefore, determined /
his spring to remove the accumula- |
ion of past years from the reservoir
md during the short period of tine |
which has been available for the nee ,
.ssary installation of apparatus. |
nd equipment for this purpose
as been placed and is now in
1t is expected that the /
,reat bulk of the silt will be removed
lext spring If it had not been nee I
ssary to refill the reservoir and pre-. |
,are a reserve supply for the present !
eason. the cleaning would have prac- }