Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-01-14
CITY RzUSr expand water PLANT
THIS Year, ENGINEER +. KI7ABALL
STATES I'M HIS ANNUAL REPORT
Albuquerque Has l2l Blocks of Paving Elk
elusive of Alleys; Two Different Plans
Drawn Of Proposed Sewer Disposal Plant
Requested BY State Board of Health.

Albuquerque now has 10000
square yards of street paving, or a
total of 121 blocks. Aside from
this there are 23 blocks of alley
paving, according to the annual
report Of the city engineers office
which was filed with City Manager
James N. Gladding Yesterday by
CITY Engineer Frank Kimball.
Plans and estimates have been
prepared by the city engineer for
60 additional blocks of paving ami
bids have been asked for the work
on % of these, which will probably
be constructed early this spring.
City Owned Plant.
Cost estimates are now being OBJ
tanned from several manufacturing
plants relative to preparing an es-
innate for a complete municipally
owned paving plant, capable of be-
ing used for any Of the popular types
of paving now being used. 1t Is
pointed out in the report that the
method Of financing the cost of
such plant will no doubt enter
into the decision soon to be made
by the city commission as to
whether the ci.y Will attempt the
project with the end in view of
paving the city streets and alleys
at greatly reduced cost to the
property owners.
The report brings to the city
managers notice the fact that
many requests are to be made of
the city engineers office for sur
veys of lots and unplatted lands
bordering on or just within the
city limits and that with the pres
ent survey fee thisS work cannot
be done profitably. This is due
to not havln~ a sufficient number
OF monuments or other definite
points from which to start the sur
veys, The cost Is SIS lot which is
considerably less than what it costs
TO do the work.
A schedule of proposed survey
ing rates is attached to the report
with the suggestion that they be
adopted for future work.
The engineer also recommends
that all existing city monuments
be checked by an accurate survey
and cast iron covers provided 70"
each monument. This would
greatly facilitate surveying-espe-
cially on the outskirts of the city,
it is believed.
Plans for Disposal Plant.
Two different types of sewerage
disposal plants have been designed
by the engineers office at the re-
quest of the city commission. Esti-
mates have also been COMPLIED.
This work was done at the initial
request of the state board Of
health. According to the report.
the state board Of health will hold
a meeting before April for a dis
cussion of the possibility OF the
city constructing such a plant.
The question of bond is7ue to
cover the construction cost will be
submitted by the city commission
to the voters decision at the
spring election.
The two types Of plants. are de-
signed for q city Of 10000 inhabi-
tants and each design can be ex-
panded from time to time to care
for the growth in population. The
city owns three acres of land upon
which it Is proposed to build the
plant If the bond issue passes at
the election.
THE purpose of the plant is to
clarity the sewerage and to remove
the greater part of the bacteria
from the effluent of the city sewer