El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-13
More MOneyLS
Necessary To
Get More Water
Bigger Mains Needed tc
Get Water Downtown
and Save Breaks.

The water works department IS
confident those interested in the well
fare Of FL Paso will give the coming
bond issve their full support" said
/ superintendent Art Y Gods.
The present management is not
satisfied 10 draw salaries and quit at
the end Of an eighthour day. On the
other hand. we have adopted the slo-
/ gan, Service. a word We intend TO
prove is not foreign to a public works
with an organization willing TO
! give service. all that remains is 10
have the proper amount Of money to
carry on the department in an eff
! cienL manner. With this thought in
view, alderman R c Semple and I
and my associates have put in much
| time and study planning a budget
{ for the years work.
After adding the $4,000 bond is
sue asked for az this time TO our
( present debt. the department will be
3 able 10 paw from its own resources
Z the city taxes Of the interest on
I sS15,000, which is at present cared for
I in the tax rate.
"A careful study has revealed the
! fact that extensions and improve
ments made from earnings of the
WaterWorks is not sufficient TO carry
! on the work we need to do and We
are unable to find a water department
IN the country that adopts this sys-
TEN Permanent improvements should
be made from bond issues because fu-
ture generation viii 10 a great extent
reap the benefit.
The principal item in our budget
IS for 20 inch main starting from
the z. P. & s. ". tracks and Rayner
street running along Rayner street
. to wyoming along Wyoming 10 the
alley between Oregon and Mesa. and
along this alley 10 the Sunset reser-
voirs via River street
our distribution system is so
choked with small lines that we are
unable TO deliver Mesa water into the
reservoirs as fast as It is drawn out
during the summer months.
The operation Of the Montana
street well. delivering better than a
million and half gallons a day. in
ereases the pressure in that district
z pounds This brings the pressure
IN the mains so high that our leaks
are excessive
To those interested trust the fol-
lowing statistics will be Instructive
During the month Of June, 50 per-
cent OF the water pumped was con-
sumed east Of Cotton avenue right in
the district where our mains 10 the
reservoirs are the smallest
me maximum daily consuu1uffon
N July, 1913, was 1921, 900 gallons on
July II; the maximum water pumped
80 vas aaoH4ruuU gallons
July 2. There was a maximum loss
over the amount pumped Of $4,000
gallons
The maximum rate Of delivery
from the Mesa plant between the hours
q 10 2. m. and a. N. is at the rate
OF 100000 gallons per p hours WITH
the new trunk line Installed we expecf
20 deliver water at 1000, 900 gallons
per day between these hours.
This makes the future MAXIMUM,
net gain in the reservoirs durin-- the
eiEnt hours when consumption IS least
l.VOO,O00 gallons. The present navi-
mum loss from reservoirs Is Az 000
gallons. It would give US a net Gain
over the present operating conditions
percent VI 70
The fuel operating cost for the
year ending March 81, 1919, was SINS
3OLy5. Onethird OF this amount sboris I
pc charged to pumping from the suTT, /
INTO the mains. Onethird Of sos. 507 9s I
IS $50 1921. and ~ percent 81 sac
1881 is s15.55267-Iost.
With the reduced pumping nraz-
sure at the Mesa plant We are snre /
Ines Igures are very conservative
55teauced pumping pressure means re
ouoed maintenance from breaks"