The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-05-15
County and City Commissioners
Consider Report of Citizens
Committee At a Joint Meeting
Held Yesterday Afternoon
RESOLUTION URGING
ACTION is ADOPTED
Commission Proposes Appoint.
ment of Committee Of Property
Owners Of Land in Question to
Get Drainage District Formed

That the drainage of the swamp
iuuIs near Albuquerque b. tn only
sure and permanent way in which the
mosquito menace can ho pNtorminhted
b. che opinion of the county and CIV
commissioners WIN met yesterday Co
consider rho matter and t1 hear the
report uf tho citizens tItuuiitrs
which hlH been uppuInt" 90 iuvca,l-
rltr thr mosquito trouble.
The UIfIEeuH committee rumpnf-
ed uf a 90 Uurr. rhufWnu. lfnl.
4 I'D MrIHr. Prof 70 N Ellst \. u
iieHsustfcit Edmond Nuss. John
Tombs and q b uuuueu. Their re-
port to tho county tul riN cummis-
aluurrs b. tH fulluWH
Preliminary report 20. mosquito In
NrHfIEHtuu committee.
ru u. Honorable Board ~ Commits.
DIu of Albuquerque
Gruurmtu Your committee, In
UtUuTiHurr With your request has
carefully studied the mosquito prob
IDW ~ 'h" city aud reports the t"l-
lowing fndinrs
M, committee finds upon investi-
ratiou that N, mosquito can he elm.
mated from the clty by three we'll
known methods
o. %, che uss of uiI which method
viH tried Out lHst year with more or
less effective results. but was found
Inadequate uu account uf extreme
r,uputltuu co. the OIL neressitating
continual renewal consequently CON
uut expense.
uy surface drainage. requiring
system Of shallow bitches, which
would drain the sttEnaut waters o.
Iur west aud south uf the city Also
the filling uf isolated deprc-aions In
urryHsibl. to dttrhcs THIS method
! would entail nu initial expense uf g..
/ lHu aud Hu annual OUTLAY 81 5000 Tor
uphtrp This system has III liWiu-
uuuH. owing tu thu limited area which
would necessarily hv covered.
iiN complete system ~ dfuins
tc, which entails the organizing Of a
. drainage district north. west ana
south uf the cIfN receiving tho ru-
+ operation uf the property holders in
+ this district and Installing dcop ANA
proper drainage canal cor ditch tu
drain th. entire attA. This method
would ho the only permanent and e.
iorti,t method 10 Fottinr rd ut the
mosquitoes % would also have th,
. advantage uf making H large area td.
itrrni tu the ultb. productive and val
uthlr tu tho present holders, Whctou.
lt present this land b. not only uu'
. productive. but u menace ANA NUS
tuDr Goo the uriEhhufhuud.
On addition 60 thr above methods
either of th, second ana third moth
ODDS will have 10 bee supplemented VIII
. A. dthp from two 90 three feet hirl
HuI of proper width 90 he built aioni
fh, river front from the bridge ca
tending north distance uf 5000 70
10000 feet Go prevent tho overflow
nf the river. into tho district hciui
drained
Following Is report of professor
Wtrar ~ member of this committee
Swing u fuU report OF the habits uI
fh, mosquito and Hhuwiug what mas
Nr expected as result ~ adopting
AMY uf the above methods
Respectfully submitted
t-IEucdI ~ o. pIER,
Consulting Engineer
Tn thr Honorable BOARD OF Cummia.
-IuurrH
tItN uf Albuquerque.
Gentlemen Tho mosquitoes ln
Testing tho city of Albuquerque un
duuhtsiN originate almost oNclusivcli
iu tho flooded lands ana rWatnpH ol
the HID Grludo valley Mosquitoes ol
tho Kinds found here breed unly ir
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