El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-25
CITY To BUILD 4 DISPOSAL PLANT

present disposal plant along Boone
, avenue, Crockett and Houston streets
as tar north as Leeds. is now under
construction. In addition to this
$4,000, the government is pushing
the work on the $4,000 sewer at Fort
Bliss.
Disposal Plant Plans Ready.
Plans for the sewage disposal plant
are now i'm the hands OF the state
sanitary engineer for examination,
ana il is believed that construction
OF the plant is 10 begin as soon as
they are passed upon This plant is
70 be built in compliance with the
Texas law which went into effect in
July and which prohibits cities from
pointing streams the present dis
posal plant built for incinerating
sar page only, having no such equip
ment.
The method OF purifying sewage
decided upon after investigation by
department officials. is known as the
Inhoff system, which is IN use IN
many OF the large cities OF the United
states as well as in France and Ger
many A form OF settling tank IS
employed which separates the sludge
from the sewage, eliminating solids
Tor fertilizer and for iuciueratiOn, 50
that the water in the sewage may be
discharged into a stream sufficient
Tor moving the sewage Of a pODula-
ton Of 5000. and is to be located
between the present disposal plant
and the river, in WOOdlaWn addition.
According to sewer commi ssioner
A $ Howren. there had been some
holding off in regard to the con-
structiOn Of the important sewer
along Seventh street until such time
as il should be known definitely what
was going 10 be done about the pro-
posed subway for railroad trains,
since the adoption Of the subway
u~nrTNd have wanTTrwnA #na y
Of the money voted for the sewer TO
be disposed OF according to a differ
ent plan. Now that this matter has
been determined upon IL is expected
that work on the sewer viii soon be
under way.
To Make Lower Section Sanitary.
This sewer is part OF the general
plan worked upon by officials TO
make the Mexican quarter more san
ltary. and is designed to drain
seventh street Of flood waters that
accumulate there. Diverting sewers /
for storm waters on several other ]
streets between the mesa and the dis
trlct south OF San Antonio will carry
of the rushing water from the /
mountain and the mesa
The Is inch sewer now under con- :
struction from the present disposal /
plant along Boone avenue, Crockett I
and Houston streets and. which is .
TO run as far north as Leeds. pro I
$3.50 Ava ~ 14--A OAA sewage from D
Government Hill, Richmond Terrace. /
Manhattan Heights, and that part Of .
Altura Park which Is within the city .
limits
Government Constructs Sewer.
The sewer which IS being con-
structed in the neighborhoOd OF Fort .
Bliss under governmental supervision I
Is designed TO enlarge the carrying .
capacity OF the sewer system Of the /.
district and is to extend from the I
station TO Richmond Terrace. n
connecting finally with the Il inch \
city sewer at Leeds street There I
are 5000 feet being constructed.
Walter c. Shaw, OF the firm OF
Hroeger. Mayfield & Shaw. is under
to finish the work sometime
IN October
Minor work on sewers since the
first OF the year includes about two
md a half miles Of six and eight inch
inc. Expenditures for maintenance
Turing this period has been about
5000. Work demanded on these i'm
'rovements viii occupy the depart
nent for many months, and when I
the city viii have nearly |
20 miles Of sewer.