Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1916-07-01
HEALTHASSURANCE
WORK OF ENGINEER
GOES ON WITH VIM
COMMISSIONER GREGORY BUSY
IN EFFORT TO MAKE ELKo
MOST HEALTHFUL PLACE IN
THE STATE OF NEVADA.

RECONSTRUCTION of EIko's mu,
niciPal sewer system, begun a month
ago by Louis C. Kelsey, a noted sani.
tary engineer of Portland, Or, and a
force of 90 men, will be completed,
MIR. Kelsey said tod /, within sixty
days, and thereafter EIko will be what
Nature intended It to be: the most
heaIthfuI home-city in Nevada.
Engineer Kelsey has entire charge
Of the reconstruction and is co-operat-
ing with Commissioner ]. G. Gregory.
who Is busy all the time watching the
progress of the work. Today, Engl.
neer Kelsey, Commissioner Gregory.
Fire Chief Vea Valkenburg and a rep-
/ resentative OF The Independent in
! spected the entire system and the
new work.
AT quitting-time this evening, $3.50
feet of the line will have been COM
! pleted, which is more than one-haIf of
4 the main sewer line. This was good
I work for one month, said the engineer
/ Everything above Pine street has been
gone over carefully. leaving only some
odds and ends to clean up. The septic
tank, "a by 40 feet, on the Griswold
track, Is dow 61A feet and will be
eXcavated ZIS feet deeper.
Right here is a pardonable diversion.
While the engineer was pointina out
the evident merits Of the tank, he sud
denly exei1'med:. what do you think
OF that waterT' The 1orkmen were
pumping it out, might and main, and
still It poured into the basin. He con
tinued: AT depth of feet 9 inches
we developed enough water to Irrioate
eighty acres Of this land. Think Of II!
Look at the great plains lying waste
obserce the 4 foot sagebrush and th
9reasewood. Believe ME, | WANT
some Of this EIko land, for | know its
intrinsic value"
Mr.. Kelsey has been oil over the
Northwest, pioneering in owns in tho
JimhilI empire, and he recognize:
the vast superiority of the land of this
section. He believes that in a few
J years this section will provide homes
Tor thousands of creative farmers anf
That pumping plants will be seer
everywhere.
The best quality of Salt Lake yitri
fled pipe is being laid. The main out
let of the line is Is inches. This pine
the engineer said, will last lifetime
The old line was practically rendered
useless, he said, by the carelessncss
OF the workmen VINO laid It. I'm refill
ing the trench, they dumped in bould
ers. some cf whlcH weighing 25 10 iC
pounds, have been taken ont. and thr!
the holes wera rHGa which rnDdr r,,
the system useless. The Old line
moreover. said the engineer. vas 70
laid to grade and naturally could no
be expected to properly carry the sew
age. The flushing chambers n aver dc
work. said Commissioner Gregory
from the beginning, whereas the au
ttmatic flushing tanks now being IN
Stnil"i are worting like a charm
Tnr engineer turrei on the water tc
prove II. The flushing stream OF the
old line was of GO gallons; the present
stream is of $50 and it flows with the
force of stream from a fire hose noz.
zlc, multiplied couple Of times.
The compact flushing tank, which
mas no loose parts. worked perfectly
ana the stream made the pipe and
! tank, two blockJ away. look like they
had been scrubbed with q brush
Absolute cleanliness" said Com.
missioner Gregory. Neat and clean
and tidy. The people ought to apprr.
ctate this kind Of 4 system"
No city Will have better one. -"
said the engineer
The 9eCret of success tx the fIughIn.,
tank. Wncn the water i'm II gets so
nigh, IT breaE" iha auiOmVti" seal Cf
the siphon arG draws II up. II is *.
actly the Jane type as is used n. salt
Lake City, which has 700 of them.
Clogging Is impossible. There are no
movable parts. The flushing Is power.
fully done, as easy in operation an
that Of first class bathroom. One
flushing daily will no sufficient tir