El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-04
LOWER RATE
FOR WATER IN
CITY PLANNED

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by 100000 gallons pumping ca
Mr.. semple expects that several
days Of next summer VIII see the
I daily use run as high as 1850. 600
I gallons. and in order 10 guard against
& any necessary use above that guam
[ tity, another city well must be
! brought in He estimates that such 4
ooo l-' Gust D' '4 '--' '''y ''0'-
Should Not Be On Mesa He Says.
J Any wen brought IN" lIr. Sempls
i said, should be near the present
I Montana street wen, instead Of on
the mesa At the Montana wen. water
is being pumped at a cost OF less
than cents TO the 1000 gallons. com
pared with 9 cents for he same guam
tity on the mesa This reduced cost
would figure largely TO the city
financially
Mr.. semple does not believe it ad-
Tisable 70 use carmel moneys with
which 70 make permanent improve
ments. He points 20 The fact that pri-
vate business usually gives notes OF
Indebtedness over a period Of years
for permanent improvements, so that
the future which VIII benefit by the
Improvements viii share in the cost
For that reason. he says. sound bus
ness would advise the issuance Of
bonds for main extensions, reservoirs,
and Wells-permanent improvements
whose cost should be divided among
the years Of their usefulness.
"A popular belief that a bond issue
now might cause expenditure for
things which would become useless
with the selection Of a permanent
water supply, possibly far distant
from the city, Is uufounded,7 he said.
referring TO a proposal 70 issue $780,
900 In bonds for the city water de-
partment
Must Rave Big Reservoirs.
Regardless Of where the ultimate
water problem solution lies. the CITY
must have reservoirs large enough
70 impound two or tnree days sup
play OF water 70 guard aEain-t con-
tingencies- At present, the reservoir
capacity is 5000. 900 gallons, hardly
an average daily supply. We should
be able 20 store az least 2G,0o0.000 gal
Ions Of water. and other reservoirs
should be provided 20 form units in
the eventual problem solution.
Extensions are needed badly N
many parts OF the city. In the higher
sections. considerable Inconvenience
has resulted to patrons because OF
the small mains supplying the homes
there with water. Those mains were
laid by real estate concerns at a time
when the section was outside the city
limits and was intended TO make their
proposition more attractive 20 the
buyer.
For several years. the department
has followed the policy OF doing all
improvement work. particularly with
regard 70 mains, 20 form part Of any
water system II II Paso should
finally be supplied with water through
gravity, our mains are laid so that e
would supply water from that source
Just as they do now. The same con-
dition would be true II an artesian
supply eventually was determined on.
Mains would be laid for the future.
the time when water viii
be procured from another source than
at present
1T IS almost sure that the water
department VIII earn money next
year Unless improvements are pro-
vided for by bond issue. Il viii be
purpose II they are provided for by
bond issue, the Watee rate could be
lowered, or money would 20 into the
general fund and make possible a
lower city tax rate.
Likes Latter Plans.
The latter plan seems more de-
slrable 70 me- All city taxpayers are /
part owners Of the water depart
nent, and all would receive their divi-
1ends In the form Of the lower rate. /
NJ I'm lower water rate. all persons
whether residents or not. would share
IN the benefit causing 70 be reduced {
the advantage 70 the resident Of the (
city.
While Fl Paso IS considering its
water problem. 10 should not fail 70 /
take Into account the cost A popular ]
Of the cost Of the eventual 4
solution is $1,000 600. Interest ami I
sinking fund on that amount would I
be s45Q.000 a year. This year. city
AK valuations VIII otal ia the neigh I
1orhood Of SIS, 100000. In other words, /
4 the city now had on its hands an 1
Extra S5,00Q.00 in bonds. the city tax
ate would be so cents higher In or
Ter 70 take care OF the interest and /
linking fund
Officials explain that interest on
. bond issue probably would be fixed
{ percent while II the bonds were
4 the 40 year variety. il would be
.eoessary 10 set aside % percent Of
heir face value each year so that az
ne end Of 20 years. the city could
ay them off
1Ir. semple asserted that until n Z
'aso has reached an average daily
consumption Of 100000 gallons q
ay, water can be more ctoaply sup
lied by present wells thar By a huge
aservoir due 70 the interest on the
urstanding bonds For that reason.
e believes. additional wells will be Z
az any rate until an ade-
late supply from a permanent
'urce is assured.
.ABEAS CORPUS HEARING ON
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