Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-03-01
DEFINITE PROGRAM SHOULD BE
ARRANGED. AND THEN Put
INTO ACTION.

II Amarillo would continue TO grow
she must have cheap water supply.
The present rates plus the Increase
asked by the City Water and Light
Company will eventually kill the town.
The city must come to an outside wa.
ter supply but In the one or two years
necessary the City Light and Water
Company will. II II can raise the capt.
tai, increase the number of wells nee.
esary to meet the present demand. The
present plans are temporary only
THESE were decisions ana admitthnces
made at u special meeting u the Anna.
rillo Club Of the American Association
u Engineers In the board OF City DE.
volopmcnt room the City Hall. Mon.
day night az f:5o o'clock.
The policy OF the City Light and Wa.
ter Company was explained by It's rep.
resentative. II. T.. Samson. who. when
asked II he did not think the present
rates would rctard and eventually stop
the growth of the city. answered. "ab-
soluteiy." He further explained that
the company could not hope 10 cope
with the situation except IN tenn.
porary sense. for more than few
years at the most. Labor conditions
and the cost Of production. he said.
would make Il impossible for the city
a. have cheap water supply under the
present system.
The growing need for new system
was voiced by e. u. Ciegg. supervisor
for the water service Of the Santa Fc
railroad, AT the present. the hLg
users maintain their own plants" he
said. "Thc city plant should be ar.
ranged In such n way that everybody
would have to use II from an economy
standpoint The present expense is
high and the supply In falling off.
III the city starts with definite pro.
gram II will be two or three years he.
fore II can he completed. I doubt the
adv!sability of trying 10 float bond
issue right now. A city faced with the
conditions Amarillo IL should be settled
on some definite policy for the future.
The question IL not the present rate.
hut the future Of the city and It's In.
dustrics
at certainly would be- small mat.
ter 10 hire competent engineer and
make survey of the country. The
proposition has been proven feasible %
have a basin five or six miles from
the city.
Other small cities In this district
have tried the plan ~ bringing In WA.
ter from distance and succeeded. Il
was cited. Abilene brings Its water
from distance of eighteen miles. 1,
was sald. The strata of sand In this
locality makes Il impossible 10 the anne
results out ~ the well that other cities
get.
"ln Clovis" said Mr.. Clcgg. "they
have a strata of sand 100 feet thick
which ~ capable ~ producing large
amount u water. Here the water bear
| Ing sand is different and of such ma
turc that II makes II impossible To use
centrifugal pumps. The clay chokcs
the valves. The main thing is TO get n
shallow supply even II we have 10 go a
great distance"
Emphasis was again placed by speak
crs on the necessity of having a def
mite plan. II was estimated hy Mr.
Clegg that a satlsfrssorv survey could
he made Tor 10000 This would In
clude drilling. sounding jhe wells nj
ready drilled. and typographical sur
vey of the country. This money could
comc from the city budget II was said
strong doubt was raised as to the
possibility of having reservoir First
because the nature of the land which
II ~ full of and II does not hold wa
ter and again whV make a reservoir
over stnia " land that would pro
duce sea salons of water per hour? In
Guided In these objections were th'
Losses that would be caused by evap
grafton. the muddy and chemical nature
~ the water necessary to Keep Il pure
MIR. Clegg urged that the water bel
district which could cas.lv be reache,
twenty miles southwest from here N
'criously considered. Water pumpe,
from the ground there. and run into I
large reservoir Ia filter out the san'
could probably be niped into Amarillo
homes Tor IS cents per thousand feet
In report made by MIR. Samson cit
ing figures to Justify the proposed In
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