The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-01-29
SELLS WATER
WORKS BONDS
Colfax County City Takes
First Step Toward Installa-
tion of New Supply System,
Fully Up-to-Date.

Ration. n. a.. Jan. 2s.-After pro-
longcd dclibctatiun hy sic clty coun.
GA IA. mttor body haas accepted the
proposition of j. q. Gortou ana com
pauy OF Pueblo. Colo. Co purchase
the city s. 100000 bonds Tor a wac
.otWurks D. stem ga par bearing . pr
ceut interest. returning The city
$4,000 ia cash. The bonds are daf-
ed July 10. 1919, aud the consira'
ton company further agrees Il
din the iuttrcst-hcnrlnE coupons
Inmounting TO $500. and return the
mm,. Wv addition to The cash, 60 the
city. % is further agreed that nv
/ construction company T. &" take over
tho contract for The construction OF
Ian entirely new water works system
n accordance with the plans and
sprciflcations drawn up hy the city's
ionusuitlng engineer MT IMAM ihH-
lIips. 81 50. Louis. Thc City.
er, mnEca fun r-DserVItiun ut tfs riEht
10 authorize the purchase la whole
or boz part 81 the properties oi the
uroscnt water works company, u
lto Incorporate its holdings as an IN
Itreral part ~ the new system.
M. contract calls Tor the compile
itiou of the now system Within H6'
working days. the WORK 90 he per
formed in ACCORDANCE with the sp''l-
fled plans at "a figure that only eN-
crcds the engineers first cstinni"
OF S220.oo poi by $4,000.
The accepted plans Tor the new
s,stem involve five units. he reten-
lfion reservoirs. the main pipe line
lao the clty. two filtration plaqts, ana
ne ser,ico lines within the city. The
! contract SO provides that the city
may. az any time before the actual
work ~ started on any ot inc
five units. purchase from The presth'
winter works company its HOLDINGS
and Incorporate the same IN "aa
new system. For example. " the
main water line of the old company
lao the city is p~urchasahl". u may he
thought hy the city n used NJ th'
new system during the remainder ni
us se%rviceahiity The plans FOR IN
optlrsly new plant contemplate th'
bundinr Of a large retention reser-
vnlr % feet IN height between Lake.
Alice and Dorothy. which. when 1915
ed. Win De capable uf supply 'h'
city for AN entire year without re
newui The new pipe line VIII be O
i2-inck main leading down TO t"'
iinrso Distributing reservoirs eacl
possessrg q cipe,i'v of G5o.oo0 aol'
ions. one situated az the cSticm'
nnuh end 81 North r.fst street ins
buiuw the Klein residence and th'
occnnd. near the blfid stand ON G"a'
Mus These reserV oirs will DE con
hvc,ed by "a i2-lnch main aud ~
city distributing siem fed by y
irch mains. one leading from m
north reservoir down the length o
FIRST street and one down Park ave
nue. from reservoir 30. 2 20 connec
with the First street main. SiN-inci
maths VIII hfanoh OFF from these "a
l~sfract aud avenue crossings and M
new pipe lines laid a1 close 10 th'
/, old as possible 10 minimize the OK
pense 81 new connections With prop
erty lines. Tho plans also cali 10
Ia filtration plant. which VIII be In
I stalled az the reservoir or In the city
I to b. determined later. whereby al
Fodimeni viii be removed by d me
, ctanical filter capable 81 puriiyin
one and One-haif million gallons @
Sa.SS every 20 hours. Thu waite
lwui he allowed 10 stand % hour
clarifying hy chemical PROGRESSES.