Gunnison news-champion., 1916-07-28
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and slightly west, weremysti6sd By the
appearance Of oil. thin scum Of which
eams through stsadily for some days.
This illustrates bow ths floating cess
pool refuse y being carried into ths cel-
laFs.
An engineer will Of eourse immediate
y invsstigste the possibility Of cutting
o6 this water By . eFos drainage ditch
at the north end Of town. Two dihicul-
ties Immediately present themselves.
While the flow is south. Il happens that
the Tomichi 10 Iower than tie Cunnisoo
and much closer. Also. The history Of
irrigation indicates that . cross ditch to
stut OF seepags must b either lower
than ths lowest land to BE- drained or It
must extend down to bed rock. A the
slope running south falls three OF four
feet to The block. IL 10 evident that even
. twelve foot ditch would leave IN under
now coming to the surface again within
three blocks. whiie the distance b bsd
rock 10 anywhere from 50 feet down. A
prohibitive distance.
Also, drainage with the courss Of the
flow. II at reasonable depth, will always
keep below the level Of the water. since
II We he'd ten foot ditch north and
south. II would absolutely take all the
water within . reasonable radius either
side, and IL several blocks away . pocket
developed that was not drained, there
would be sufficient fall. both to the
drain and south, to make subsidiary
drains with good fall.
But would . north and south ditch
drain all the town? Unquestionably
such . system ought to have co1nections
at the north end from both esst and
west to start with. This would probably
catch nineteenth Of the eeepage. Ifit
did not, auxiliary drains could be con-
nected. or particularly in West Gunni-
son, additional north and south mains
could be constructed. We do not be-
lieve any engineer can absolutely deter
mine in advance just how the flow can
be entirely shut OF, but there h no
doubt, from IN engineering standpoint,
that the north and south drains viii do
Il, with proper extensions. There b no
danger Of failure and Of losing for the
town the expense already made. and
with IN east and west drain 70 the Gun
nison there 10 such danger.
Now another very interesting question
comes In here. Why is Il mot posslbls
to combine sewsr system. Of at lsast
the start Of such system. with ths
drainage which Il appears " cannot
get away from7 In othsr words, II ws
must drain, end ~ ought % sswer. and
Il happens that both sewer and drain
pirss run IN the same direction, would
II not BE- waste Of money 70 60 70 The
expense Of trenches, (probably half The
total expense) and not lay sewer pipes
In those trenches while We had them
open.
But the drainage proposition is likely
to be town matter. Itmust be paid for
byfioating bonds. The sewer question is
one for districts. Suppose, for in
stance, drain bitches were dug each side
Of Main street in the alleys. This 10 the
center Of the town; the center Of the
area 70 be drained. and the right way to
run the drain bitches. Those two drains
should, with small extensions. solve the
enriBs drainage problem. But II hap
pens also that these two series Of blocks
comprise nins-tsnths Of The business
section which % badly nssds sewerage,
and large portion Of the residsncs Sec
tion. Property owners in these two
blocks could take vote on the PROPOSE
tion Of forming . sewerage district at
this time. and divide the cost with the
city. In such proportion - was equit-
ably agreed upon BY the consulting en-.
ginssrs. The cost Of the sewer pipe
and probably half the cost Of digging
ths ditchss would b laid solely upon the
property owners In this sewer district.
This would reduce materially the cost
Of drainage for the town and also the
cost Of the ultimate sewerage for this
district. There 10 no reason Why, with
The fall AVAILABLE. ths residence end busi-
ness houses for some blocks each side
could not use thsss sswsf mains, II they
voted to come into the district Most
anybody would rather pay . sewer tax
at this time rather than put god money
aftsr bad into dangerous eesspoois, and
very likely into doctor bills.
This naturally brings cns TO the ques-
don oftown finances. Are We In condi-
tion 70 float the necessary bonds. The
town dsbt i 30. 600 you say. Yes, but
Il happsns that this ~. 900 y IN entire
y different sort Of dsbt from The usual
Rn1n GaRN We have as,auSosr,{n6r ~ ahoyr