The Clayton news. (Clayton, N.M.) 19??-1954, 1916-07-01
BUsY SESSION FoR TRUsTEEs
,Opetina Of Bids And Hearin Re-
port OF Engineer Keeps City
'--' '' Until Late Hour -

! AN@ANEN CO ul LAlt
members of the board. The routine
Eof business, hearing of reports and
reading Of bids for the water bonds
kept the board in session until we'll
after midnight.
J. W. Tolley, proprietor of the Vir-
ginia Boot and Shoe Shop appeared
before the board with a request for
further time in moving his shop from
within the fire limits and the request
was unanimously granted, the board
granting him a reasonable length of
time to find a suitable location. but
/ instructing him that the limitations
of the fire ordinance must be com
piled with.
/ City Water and Light Superintend-
cntClaggett was instructed to pro-
ceed with the work of connecting
all consumers of waite ann light thru
meters. and the work of installing
the measuring apparatus is being
pushed rapidly.
On account of the increased con-
sumption of water the board deem
ed 1T necessary to restrict the rours
+ uf Irrigation during the next few
months. This action is explained
fully In the formal notice published
in this issue.
After a rigid test, aud extensive
investigation. the board decided that
the Trident Water Meter was the
best adapted far local conditions
and a contract was dTawn up with
the Neptune Meter Manufacturing
/ Co.. to supply the needs of the city
for the coming year.
Consulting Engineer H. o. Duerr.
|of Denver. appeared before the board
and reported that he could not ecom-
mend that the city proceed with the
/ iunderflow proposition. He stated that
4 there would not be- in his estimat-
/ ion enough water collected to make
the supply feasible one for large
purposes. The underflOw is simply
a fow of surface water, which might
wOud be- sufficient, were the drainage
area of sufficient acreage to insure
a steady flow This was not the case
he believed and he could not con-
scientiOuSly recommend that the city
spend any more money in investi-
eating the flow.
In conversation with the Newks-
man. Monday. Mr.. Duerr stated that
the water developed in the test well
was of excellent quaity and there
was flow sufficient for al ordinary
/ purposes for a ranchman o farmer,
but that the drainage area was not
great enough to insure supply for
a rapidly growing city
Abandoning that project. ne stated
left the city two other sources of
water supply; one to dam the Perico
a few miles from the city, which
would expenditure of money greater
than at hand, and which, after care
ful observation would prove expen-
SlNe to keep up and wasteful of
water on account of the shallowness
of the reservoir thus created allow
iN~ Wv NhtNl W tNdpuIult IdDluly.
and the other TO drill several wells
to the Dakota sand stones, the wat
or bearing rock that underlays the
city at a depth of some seven hun
dred feet.
The latter method of securing an
mended to the city trustees and will
ample water supply was recomL
mended to the city trustees and will
probably be the method adopted It
does not present great pumping diff
ficulties, according to figures pre-
sented by Mr. Duerr as the watef
ises to considerable height of its
own accord.
He recommended that the wells,
three in number, be drilled near the
electric light plant in order to get
the two municiple esterprises las
close together as possible.
His report made verbally, contain
ed several other recommendations max
ing for the efficiency of conducting
the city water and light supply and
embodied Recommendation for ov-
erhauling and adding to the presena
equipment and the purchase OF new
apparatus as needed.