La Junta tribune., 1913-03-22
MUNICIPAL INVENTORY
hjstcrjelt Sketch Of Water and Sew
er systems. With inventory OF
Pipe Line, si.e~sikI. Etc.

a very inters sting report OF the pub
lie work compl, ted during his latest
term of Office as city engineer. being
from April, 1911. to April. 1913, and
also some brief account OF work done
by the city during previous years.
Much of the early work Is necessar'
ily described briefly. owing to mea-
ger records being available. II Is
hoped that this is only the first oil
series OF annual reports. and taat
future reports will b. more complete,
and ther. fore more valuable
Wster~orks
The water system was first cstab-
lLshed In 1888 by the A. T 4 $. +.
Railway Company. The supply vas
obtained from shallow well in the
rear OF the round house THE only
storage was from small wooden
tank on Fifth street. near San Junn
avenue. This system was sold to
the town IN the year 1899 for the
sum uf s32 900. The town az once
began to enlarge and improve IA"
system. the first notable change be
ing the construction Of reservoir
on the high ground south of town.
This reservoir IS c2nsructed with
a concrete bottom and brick walls
laid Iu cement It Is sixty feet tn
diameter. twenty feet high, covered
with shtnEl" roof the capacity
being $50 .ga0 gallons While this
amount viii provide storage for but
a few hours. II Is Of great yalu" in
That the pumps can work steadily,
and De- bur slightly affected by the
fluctuations = use. which varies
greatly IN a fev minutes ~ time
The supply being Inadequate. and
the lpnafiou being unsatisfactory. for
various reasons. the chief Of which
being tile iuutroUihilify Of the sup
ply pipe through the railroad Yards.
in the year 1906 an attempt was
made 90 Improve both Consulting
ouriu"er, vern employed who recon.
manded raaugo IN 'as location II
wells aud plant Accordingly n"w
plant was built west of Anderson ar
royo and @ series Of a"lls sunk This
place has q fine bed Of gravel. but
N very shallow depth. and "a" sup.
ply ar tim's ~ low water 20 the
river was somewhat s.ort Also M"
quality ~ water in some of th" wells
gas net good. though the quality
was better In the wells nearer the
river
As Tho available supply seemed
about exhausted. tie question of an
Increased supply was becoming an
important one. NeoordinFly n fhr
rummor 81 lPlI numerous tests were
male ON both tho north and south
dos ~ the river In srarch II a
srratrr supply The result Of the
tss's showed tle gravel bad on the
north side NJ tnr river 10 he much
tarpHr at much greater extent. and
t1r quality m the water somewhat
better than on the south side, and
i' vns decided 10 make one more
move \ tract Of land. six acres
be- extent. WAS purchased by the civ
and wells sunk ON H. and new
pump house built. uov boilers. and
one new pump Installed
The pump house IL brick siruc-
urr seventy Zee, by nfytvo. and
r. divided into a boiler and pump
room In the boiler room arr in.
stalled tao boilers Of isi horse pow.
or and t~srrd 10 safe pressure OF
30 pounds - the square inch. Their"
is space m the bailer room for the
Installation ot tao more boilers Of
no" same size should It ever brcom"
necessary IN "a" pump rom are
taa Prescott compound pumps ol ?
anp nna gallon capacity per day each
One nf those pumps has been in use
since 1906 hu, ls In excellent repair
and the other has been purchased the
past season, and is a pump Il prov.
- quality On" pump Will furnish
~ the water witch may De- required
by ~" city. and The other u for use
o.. cas-" - emergency. and To allow
repairs a. be- made when necessary.
The water is drawn from three
selis onc 81 witch Is twenty Zee,
ip diameter. and the other two Of
four feet diasls'er each They arc all
thirty five feet In depth or TO within
fivo feet Of tho shaie They are so
arranged that water Ia drawn from
ail three. or aaiA,x ems may b. cu,
os' az will II Il ihousli ,hs, N"
supply viii b. sufficient fpr the usa
Of N" town Tor som. time to. come.
hu, n shortage develops. there Is
Npare for other usiia on The ground