Gunnison news-champion., 1916-06-16
STEAMBOAT HAS COMPLETE
SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM
Steamboat Springs Plot

. Steamboat springs Aol--
Now that so many Gunnison citizer
are yoicing a demand for mode
sewer -ysten here, the attached DE-
scription Of how our neighbOring cir
. heated al the same altitude and wit
almost identical ground conditions, b.
solved the problem will be Of Interest
Contractor James Collier last we
completed the work on the Steamboa
Springs sanitary sewer, one Of the mo
modern on the Western slope, providi,
for the sanitation Of every portion
the town and It's additions, and beir
eight miles in length. 1t compriz,
"a. 800 feet Of s-inch pipe, 200 feet
lO-Inch PIPE. and l. 200 feet Of l2-in
pipe. while the main outlet is compos
. Of |. 500 feet Of I5-inch pipe. 100 f.
Of which j. cncased in concrete To .
this work required thirty-six car loa
Of sewer pipe. five car loads Of GENE
and more than a thousand wagon loa
Of sand and gravel.
The contractor was given eiG
months to complete the work. Wo
was started on September 7 on distri
No. 2. ard the work was complet
September p. Work on district No
wa- started September p and compl,
ed within the time limit
The work was let IN two districts. !
, comprizIng the main out let piE
most Of which is eucased in cemer
The engineer estimate on this "
s., 10 ana it was completed within II
amount DistrIc, No. 3 covered all ?.
tions Of the main town, as well as Fir
Crawford. North highlands and W
monte additions. The engineers es
mate on this was S5i. ~ "a and it
completed for about S5l, coo.
The sewer pipe makes five crossir
Of SOFA creek. seven Of Butcherkn
creek and two Of Spring creek. The
are l+j manho,es and four flush tanks
district No. and seven manheies
district No ?
All pipe was laid on lines and grac
given by the engineer. The deep,
cut was on Fourth street, between L
coin and Oak. twenty-five feet de,
while the average was eight feet. d
joints in wet ground were made ".
oakum as well a. cement In d.,
ground cement only was used.
In the entire time of the work run
ming throughout the winter the wors
men did not lose an entire day as
from Sundays and holidays. At tim
the force comprised sixty men, and h.
averaged thirty men at all times
James Collier. the contractor, h.
done good work, giving faithful anl
conscientious service. He has had y d
experience in public work. havinss iol
years been connected with the engiaeer
ing department of the city of Denver
AS a contractor he has constructe,
many important works and in ever,
case has shown desire to give faithful
and satisfactory service. He says tha
in many ways this was the hardest jol
he ever encountered, as the town is 10
Gated over an enormous deposit of boul
ders and excavation is very difficult
At times on the job twenty-five mel
have dulled l2s picks in days work.
Jack" Burns was foreman through
out the entire work and understand
sewer construction and the handling o
men. Practically all of the pipe wa
laid by Gus Temmer, who is considers,
one of the best pipe layers in the coun
try. He has laid many hundreds o
miles of sewer pipe for different con
tractors. the larger part of his worl
having been done in Denver.
The Collier outfit will be here in
few days yet as contract has beeI
taken from the town to lay |, 800 feet o
4-inch pipe and 2. 900 feet of Pinch pip
for the foUp yratar sysfap