The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-03-03
URGES 2 NEW MEASURES
REPORT MADE ON.
 TERSH0RTACE BY COMMIT TEE.
Investigators Offer Recom- mendations to Council,
 Changes in Systems

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 Numerous changes to be made in the Juneau Water Companys sys- tenn and the Nelson Water system, were recommended by Allen Shat tuck, H. L. Faulkner, G. B. Rice and G. E. Krause, members of the citizens special committee appoint ed by the City Council to inquire into the cause of water shortage, in a report made to the City Council at the regular meeting last night.
 Installation of water mains at a depth of at least four feet, so that freezing will not occur in cold weather, and adequate fire protection are among the chief recommendations made by the committee. The report in full fol- lows:
 Nelson Water System
 With reference to the Nell son system we find that the sup ply of water for those on this system entirely failed during the cold weather last December. This appears to have been due to the fact that the water at the head of the intake ditch froze so that the entire supply was shut off. When this occurred some of the mains and lateral pipes froze, due to the fact that there was no pressure.
 The Nelson water system SUD- plies only a limited number of houses. The company reports that it has approximately 90 custo- mers. Many of these are on Star Hill at an altitude where they cannot be supplied by the Juneau water system.
 "The Nelson Water company has appeared before the committee and they have submitted in writing a statement of the cause of the wa ter shortage, and a statement of what they propose to do to remedy the trouble so that it might not occur again. This statement is hereto attached.
 "The committee recommends that the Nelson Water Company be re- quired either through amendment of it's franchise or by regulation to be prescribed by the City Coun- cil to lay the proposed new wa ter main at a depth of at least four feet so that the same will not freeze; and that they be required to install a fire hydrant at a point to be designated by the City Council; and that the franchise be amended so as to set forth some reasonable consideration for the granting of the franchise, such as the requirement. that they supply all consumers on their system with an adequate supply of water at all times at uniform and reasonable rates.
 Juneau Water Company
 "The committee examined the Juneau water system and we have also examined previous reports made to the City Council and to the Chamber of Commerce, that is to say: the report of what is known as the 'Cheatham Commit tee made on March 6, 1925, and the report of B. D. Stewart, en- gineer made on February IT, 1892.
 We find that there are leaks in the lines leading from the in- take to the supply tanks. We also found leaks in various places in the mains within the city it. self. We find that the new pipe line installed in 1892 for the pur- pose of conveying water from the Alaska Juneau Hume to the Ju- neau water system to supplement it's supply during periods of short age of water, empties into an abandoned tunnel where it filters through the gravel bed before reaching the springs or intake of the system. At the time the com mittee inspected this pipe line we found that much of this water was overflowing on the ground and con- siderable of it flowed back into Gold Greek.
 Recommendations
 The committee recommends as follows:
 1. That the present pipe line from the Alaska Juneau Hume to the Juneau Water Companys sys- tenn be extended so that all the water coming through the pipe line
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