El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-09-04

~ EMING, N NJ, Sept. 4.-Deming.
in event Of big fire, viii
- hereafter have no cause for
alarm from the standpoint Of water
at least
The pump at the water plant has
just been duplicated by the company
and hereafter there will be two pumps
of a capacity of 100 gallons minute
always ready for operation
When the plant was put into opera
ton, a distillate engine supplied the
power for tbe single pump When
state 'senator/C- J Laughren took over
the plant, he abandoned the engine
and the old pump, put down a new
well and installed an electrically driven
centrifugal pump Of 1000 gallons per
minute capacity. He has just COM
pleted the sinking of an additional well
and the installation of a duplicate
pump, although one pump in ordinary
times is capable Of more than supply
ing the demand
But in event OF an accident to
one pump, the other is now in readi@
ness. And by q new arrangement in
connecting the pumps with the stand
pipe, additional pressure can be given
in the city mains at any time. Merely
by the turning of a set of valves, eth
er OF the big pumps can be stopped
from pumping into the standpipe and
20 pumping QlEeCL lQLu Lllo
mains. A third pump has been in
stalled at the foot of the standpipe
that can pump out Of the standpipe in
to the mains in event that a strong
er pressure is needed and both of the
big pumps should be disabled, which
would not be likely in one case in
10, 900.
Deming's water system is one of the
most modern in the Southwest and in
keeping with everything else in this
modern irrigation center. The stand
pipe itself holds a total of us, 600 gall
Ions and as the daily consumption is
but $4,000 gallons and the capacity of
elther OF the pumps is 1000 gallons
minute, 1t can readily be seen that
there is small likelihood of a water
famine The plant is considered capa-
bic Of supplying a city of 10000 or r.
600 people adequately, and Deming at
present boasts about $500. Water is
supplied at 20 cents per 1000 gallons,
with price of is cents for all water
used over 1900 gallons, with a mini
mum charge of $3.50 a month.
DeminS Real Estate Men Boosters.
The way Deming does things was
beautifully eXemplified this week when
the Deming Real Estate board. that
had accumulated a surplus Of $4,000
generously donated the whole amount
TO the chamber of commerce. This was
In addition to the large amounts al
ready subscribed by individual mem
DerS or the real estate board. Presi-
dent A. A. Temke. of the chamber OF
commerce, was called before the board
and informed of the action. which was
perfectly unanimous This generous
gift Is but another evidence of the
community spirit of Deming and the
Mimbres valley.
Canning Tomatoes.
Tomato canning has already com.
menced at the private Canning factor
les OF T. ID. Osborn & Sons and M B
PrlnSle- Tomatoes are very prolific
thls year and of a very superior quail
lty Mr. Osborn last year netted on
the average of $40 an acre from mis-
tomato crop which he canned on his
farm 1S miles north of Deming and
soId IN the local market. This year
ne mas seven acres of fine tomatoes
MhIch viii treated likewise Mr. Prin-
SIS mas Tour acres which are bearing
spIeholdly. The two tomato kings
nave purchased $4,000 cans. which are
a carload, and expect to use them all
ms season. They probably will ex-
tend their market as far as the freight
rates Will permit The Injustice to the
Mimbres valley of the present freight
traIflc IS well illustrated by the fact
that Maryland growers can ship their