Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-07-03
OFFICIALS and
COMMITTEE
CONFER
THE HEALTH COMMITTEE FROM THE
COUNCIL ASSURES water COM
PANY NO ACTION WILL Be TAKEN
TILL BOTH SIDES HAVE Pre-.
SENTED THEIR CASE.
MANY QUESTIONS ASKED
AT MEETING LAST NIGHT


| The mayor and health committee
| from the council met last night in the
! Renehan block and conferred with the
officers of the Santa Fe Light & Water
company. Mayor Lopez and the full
committee were present, consisting OF
B. Renehan, John Shoemaker and
Romulo Lopez, and from the water
company c. F. Street, president, and
Edgar l.. Street, general manager,
aud Frank Owen, local manager, were
also in attendance.
Mr. Renehan, chairman Of the
health committee called the meeting to
order and asked the water company
officials what matters they desired to
state to the committee.
President Street said that they
wanted to talk to the committee, as
cDe of the last clauses in the reso-
luton passed by the council invited
the water company to have represen-
Mr. Renehan stated that the matter
was still in a nebular stage, that the
by the engineer had not
yet been made, and that COMMITTEES
would be glad at the proper time to
receive the evidence from the water
side of the case.
Asked what Mr. Phillips would take
up, Mr.. Renehan said he would want
the company to empty the two supply
Lasins, he would want fire test made
At the Plaza to prove the water pres
sure and that he would like the com.
,any representatives to be present II
hey desired when the water was
,nalyzed, or rather when samples were
aiken for analyses, so that they could
AXE similar samples too.
Mayor Lopez said that Mr.. Phillips
bad also been instructed to make an
estimate OF the cost of water sys-
,cm,
Manager Street stated that his COM
,mny had been working along definite
ines for the betterment Of the system
md had certain plans that it was car
ying out that had not all been COM
'eted. The discoloration of the wa.
or and the determination of the algae
7ere some of the obstacles they were
working to remedy. The company
ow had the silt under control, and
oped soon to remove all of it from
he reservoir. 1t was a question
neither the foods would not fill the
with silt, at some time in the
ing in of the brush dam it had stop
Cd it since 1904 The removal of the
lit had not been completed yet, and
} wash the reservoir would take time.
the reservoir were empty it could
o done now in month or six weeks.
Mr.. Renehan asked il that would
I've the silt and algae difficulties.
Mr.. Street stated that the water in
lie reservoir was only held for emer-
ncies, and had only been used six
: seven times in number of years.
Mr.. Renehan stated that the main
1mplaint of the citizens was the use
the river water for the power plant
1ove the reservoir.
President Street said their practice
I'D been to use the water that runs
ON the river to reservoir and then
to the settling basin.
Manager Street spoke on algae, and
id that the company was contemplate
g cementing the basin, but decided
st to attempt to remove the silt
ON the reservoir and then take up
G cementing matter.
Mayor Lopez asked what caused the
d bugs that appeared in the water
certain seasons.
President Street said that they were
e to the algae, or water grass, and
mt the discoloration of the water
)m algae. Mr.. Street then said that
e company was not quite clear re-
riding the action of the council.
Mr.. Renehan then explained that
2 action of the council was solely
e to public agitation of the subject,
d that there was no desire on the
rt of the council TO persecute the
ter company, nor had the council
med any opinion that was final re-
riding the condition of the system,
t had ordered an investigation, as
ing the lines indicated by public
That the council had taken
action against the water company
r was it unfriendly, but had merely
tered this investigation by COM
tent engineer
Alderman Lopez asked the officials
ere they got the water to run the
mt with.
Manager Street said that they got
from the river where it runs into
. upper basin and then into the
yer basin.
Ir. Renehan said that another critI-
m that had been made of the com.
ny was that the water should be
red for irrigation
President Street explained that the
ervoir had been emptied at time