Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-11-27
TELEPHONE CO.
To PLACE NEW
CABLE CONDUIT
Permit Granted; Work Starts
Today--Steel and Pipe tor
Reservoir Ffere : Sewers
Being Completed


The Mountain States Telephone
and Telegraph company will begin
operations this morning on a new
cable conduit on North Fourth
street. The conduit is to run from
the office Of the company, on
Fourth street, between Central and
Conner avenues, to Marquette ave-
nue.. 1t will then run hall pioch
each way on Marquette, at Whlch
points the overhead wires WALL pe-
gin again. ,,,ao
application to City Manager y. ~
Calkins Saturday for a permit 10
construct the conduit. Mr.. CalSius
consulted the city commissioners
and then granted the permit
In announcing yesterday the
granting of the permit Manager
CaIkins stated that the paving VIII
not be impaired through the oper-
alton. He called attention to the
fact that the same conduit WORK
was performed on Central avenue
in 1913 and now even those VINO
know Of that operation can find no
sign OF It in the paving. The 1915
operation covered four blocks.
The principal reason which has
decided the telephone company 10
change its wires from overhead 70
the conduit is the recent Indictment
weather. The numerous wires
running into the Fourth street OF
flee make a heavy pole load and
they are so close together that re-
cent high winds have caused much
trouble.
Furt4.~r difficulty has been ex-
perienced because of the recent
snow here. In the conduit the
wires will not only be protected
from both wind and snow but will
also be absolutely water proof. The
conduit is practically water proof
while the wires will run through
water proof cable.
Manager Calkins also announced
yesterday that four carloads of
water pipe. some of it the pipe
which Is urgently needed to con-
will be shipped today from Denver.
Colo, The cars with thi pipe,
mostly the ten-inch pipe, have been
held up in Denver for some reason
and have only been released to the
Manufacturers since Saturday.
The excavation of the new res
ervoir is nov practically COM
pleted. All that now remains OF
the work IS a small amount of
loose material which can be clean
ed up by hand within a short time.
The steel to be used in reinforce
ment OF the concrete in the new
reservoir is now here. One carload
of this steel arrived about a week
ago while the second carload ar
rived Friday and was unloaded Sat
urday.
Manager Calkins also announced
that the work on the new sewer to
Junior high school on the East
Santa Fe hill has been completed.
This sewer has been laid to con-
meet with the sewer on High street
The sewer line to the new school
building on South Walter is near
ing completion. The city engineer
ing department has now completed
this sewer to the city limits. The
school building is located beyond
the city limits and the work is nov
being puehed from the city limits
to the school house.
Another sewer line which is
nearing completion is the one to
the other Junior high school, on
South Tenth street. This sewer
connects with the main on South
Seventh street. 1t runs down
Tenth street to Coal avenue and
then east.
There is to be lift installed In
connection with this sewer. This
lift will make it possible to con-
meet the Reynolds addition with
the sewage system. Building in
this section has been greatly de-
layed because Of the fact that the
ground is low and heretofore has
lacked sewage facilities. Installa-
ton of the lift will place 1t on the
same basis for sewage facilities as
other sections and value of the
property will be increased through
the work of tho oty