The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-03-06


of the best known hydraulic engineers
in the state. and we are now complet-
ing a coagulating plant and making
improvements at the reservoirs under
his plans which are designed and in
tended to give to the city good sup
ply Of clear. pure water. These alter
ations will cost the city approximate
ly $4,000. but when in operation the
cost of changing our filter sand will
be eliminated. for several years to
come, at least. This system will be in
operation and paid for before April
first
STREET DEPARTMENT.
About eighteen months ago this
Council decided upon the purchase Of
a combination street4sprinkler and
sand-dump auto truck. They purchas.
ed and had equipped in Denver, Fed
eral 3H-ton truck. at a net cost to the
city of s4o50. The result has been that
this truck has already paid for itself
in the difference in cost of laying the
material on the streets as against the
1, 1911, to August II. 1917. period of
nearly six and one-half years, there
were handled upon the streets, by team
and wagon, 4506 yards of sand. Since
purchasing this truck we have had 1t
in operation. hauling sand, 276 days.
and during that time we have hauled
7046 yards of sand upon the streets.
The cost to the city for hauling this
amount of sand by the truck has been
$4,968. Had we hauled this amount
by team. 1t would have cost the city
$9, 900. In other words, the difference
saved to the city will more than pay
the original cost OF the combination
truck-the advantages we have had
from it as sprinkler thrown in for
good measure.
AS street sprinkler this truck has
easily done the work equivalent to
three horse-drawn sprinklers OF the
ordinary capacity of six hundred gal
Ions of water per tank. One team
drawn sprinkler, during the long days
of summer, can place approximately
"a. 900 gallons of water upon 200 blocks
of city streets; and our 1000 gallon
tank truck sprinkler can place 10000
gallons of water upon 600 blocks OF
city streets in one days time. Thus.
it is shown that the service OF this
sprinkler is equivalent to about three
horse-drawn sprinklers.
When team has done its work It
is through, unable to go further, but
in the hot days of summer we can
place another man on our truck
sprinkler at the end OF the day and
continue, making two shifts each
twenty-four hours. and placing double
the amount OF water on the streets.
While street sprinkling gives rise
to many complaints, there is no com
parison we can make OF the efficiency
of the truck sprinkler and what 1t does.
with the old horse-drawn sprinkler.
better than that shown above.
in connection with the purchase OF
this truck for street use. we purchased
a GALLON Sand Loader, at u cost OF
$500 to the city, and its use is making
the matter of loading and screening
sand comparatively easy. This is one
of the best purchases ever made for
the street department. The old way
OF getting sand for our streets had be-
come a hard one. This Council has
made twenty year lease-- with re-
newal privilege at the option of the
city for another twenty years--upon
one mile OF Sand Greek, the price paid
being ten cents per load. regardless of
the size OF the load. While. under the
old system, we were paying sixteen
cents per wagon load for this sand.
1t is apparent that a considerable saw
ing is made in this item. alone. Be-
sides, the city has the exclusive right
to this sand so leased.
The following streets have been
sanded during the present administra
ton:
Fourteenth street; Main street from
the Soda Spring to, Ninth street, and
from Fifteenth street to the east city
limits 1t has been graded and sanded
two times. In this work Of grading and
sanding. from First street west, and
in fact to the north civ lfinits up Sand
creek, we were greatly assisted BY the
s1auffanffnrv and m fha vork nrom>d