El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27
100 M|LESOF
ELPASO SEWERS
Plans Now Being Made to
Build New 100000 Sew
age Disposal Plant.

The necessity for compliance with
r-ev Texas law that prohibits cities
from polluting streams. which will 80
into effect next July, will oblige FL
Paso to construct a 100000 sewage
purifying plant within the next few
months. Having no such equipment
at the disposal plant. which was built
Tor incineratins the garbage Of the
city only. the council proposes, with
proceeds of the sale Of bonds voted
at the December election TO build
section OF septic tanks between th- :
disDosal plant Just west of Washing
ton park through when me sewage
VIII be moved finally purified
Nav Decide on EmhOff System
Being given only six months under
the new law to provide means for pur1-
flying sewage Il Paso's sewer depart
ment officials are investigating tn
Emhoff system. which is used In many
of the large cities Of this country. as
well as in Germany and France, and
may decide 10 erect q plant Of
that kind Dallas Is now build
600 and Houston. Amarillo. Fort Worth.
Texarkana and Cleburne are said 10 pc
in favor of adopting the system The
EmhOff method of handling sewage
is designed TO eliminate solids for Ter
tilizer and for incineration so that the
water In the sewage. which represents
the bulk of the flow. may be discharge,
into a stream practically pure.
More Than 100 Miles of Sewer.
Additions TO the sewer system of tht
city during the year 1915 bring the to-
tai length up TO more than 100 miles
Three deep sewers were finished, be
sides the great number of eight Incl
lines in the residence districts The
cost OF construction OF all lines
amounted to S25.l46- One OF the deep
sewers runs from the corner OF Texas
and Stanton streets. north on Stanton
70 Mills and west on Mills TO Mesa This
line is serving the new Lsnier and Mar
tin buildings, provides for the new
pOStOffice and the Commercial National
bank building and does away with
pumping plants previously used to lift,
sewage from basement levels 70 IN,
was laid from the corner of Stanton
and San Antonio, west on San Antonio
TO Mesa, thence north on Mesa to the
hIess DuilolnSs and gives an Outler
TO the new Popular building as well as
the kress and Intervening large strue-
lures The last deep sewer was laia
! ne new city markethOuse. thence
along overland 70 the new court house.
Important Storm Sewer Planned.
PROBABLY the most important storm
sewer that VIII be undertaken in 1917
is the one along Seventh street de-
! signed TO drain that southern HIGHWAY
OF flood waters that accumulate there
II IS calculated that this drainage will
cosi S1o,OVo- II IS a part of the gen
eral plan worked on by officials OF
Two administrations TO make the Mex
lcan quarter more sanitary Divert
ing sewers for storm waters viii have
/ 10 be constructed on several other
streets between the mesa and the dis
/ tricts south Of san Antonio, fefore
me plans shall have been carried out
mayor Lea, IN his message OF Dsceu-
/ Der, pointed out the necessity n the
near future Of 4 number Of feUers
throughout the residence districts NORTH
OF the railroad tracks to care To- rush
inS waters from the mountain and
mesa one OF his suggestions is q
reservoir IN the Golden Hill ndghbor-
( mood 10 impound rain water snd dis
charge Il slowly through sewers 10
I obTiate the damage that is Cause
side
Military Camps Ssnitar,
Inc sewage problem in tn NAM
military camps is handled inAn ex-
celient manner by army healtI officer
I and IS giving no offence and hs causel
| no Illness The military methds ~
burning garbage and constructig lar
rlnes and keeping the camps FIRE from
oscaylnS matter has made the enannn-
+ ments as clean and healthy as fTnos.
any other parts Of the CITY
Commissioner HOwran Pushing Eo-L
The sum OF S1e,3G3-7S has bee: ev-
pended in maintenance OF the Svvs-.
! department including labor dri1e-
the year ISIS. Extraordinary expnd-
ltures were made during the surner-
| OF 1916 on account Of the army cams
but the greater part OF the exp1se
mas mas. been Tor labor. A 5, HOwen.
city sewer commissioner. has be-
pushing work in the department in
all sections OF the city and has pins
approved that viii demand money nd
effort for many months.
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