El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-29
Streets;

THERE are now 30 miles Of paved
streets in FL Paso. including the
L p blocks Of paving which has
been laid in Manhattan Heights during
the year. In addition to this. there
have been four and one half miles of
paving ordered on Il different streets
that viii be put down this year. All
Of the suburban additions have been
doing paving and grading work, in
Guiding Government Hill, Richmond
Terrace, Alamo Heights, Castle Heights
and Manhattan Heights. Kern Place
expects to lay large amount Of paw
ing during the next year and Grand
View, Morningside and the other addi-
tons viii also make a number Of street
improvements and do paving during
the next u months
Nile of Sidewalk Laid Each Day.
In addition to the 40 miles Of paving,
there is an equal amount Of graded
streets in the city, according to the
city engineers estimates The city has
a total Of 1913 miles OF streets of which
more than half are either paved or
graded On these streets there are 81
miles Of sidewalk and curbing and
more is being laid at the rate Of one
mile day.
More Than 20 Miles Of Sewer.
Sewers and sewage disposal systems
are OF prime necessity for the health
of a city. FL PasO has 7O.I4 miles of
sewer now laid and three and one half
miles more authorized A trunk line
sewer was completed this year 10 CON
meet with the sewage disposal plant
Ihls trunk line sewer cost S150.OOO and
gave direct connection with the sub-
Easements Of the city, which had form
erly been forced to use auxiliary pumps
IN order to raise the sewage to the
level Of the old larerals. One and one
fourth miles Of deep laterals are also
10 be built to connect this trunk sewer
and three and one-half miles Of sewer
pipe viii be laid in the suburbs durfne,
the year
The sewage disposal and garbage de-
strOying plant is also TO be remodeled
during the present year and improved
50 that il will care for the increase of
sewage and garbage resulting from the
rapid growth Of the city A new ont
fall sewer is also to be built from the
disposal plant to the river TO carry
away the Outfau waters from the
treating plant Fort Bliss has also
been connected with the CITY sevar
system and connections are now being
made for the additional barracks and
quarters which have been erected there
as a part Of greater Fort Bliss
Fire Loss Is Small.
Although there are more than 325
alarms turned in each year, the fire
loss in FL Paso seldom exceeds $4,000
during the y months Often the loss
IS less than $4,000
This demonstrates the efficiency Of
the FL Paso fire department, which now
consists Of five stations. all well
the past five years the number of
fire fighters has been increased from
p I'd - men and fire auto trucks have
replaced the horse FL PasO has kept
pace with modern invention in perfect
ing the fire equipment
Fire Department Well Equipped.
The Central fire station, which is FL
PasO's principal one has a combination
auto hose wagon, the chiefs auto,
horse drawn aerial truck, a Lorse drawn
steam engine ana an electrical wagon
Twenty-Five firemen are employed on
the day and night shifts at this engine
house
The Mesa station has a combination
automobile hose engine and a horse
drawn combination wagon. SIX men
are employed at this station.
The Sunset department has a triple 9
combination auto hose wagon. similar 3
TO the one at the Central department,
and a combination hose and chemical
horse drawn apparatus. Five men are
employed at this station
At the East FL Paso station another
triple combination fire auto hose wag-
on has been installed a horse drawn
hose wagon is also used at this depart
ment -Four men are employed.
There is a combination horse drawn
apparatus at the Highland Park station.