The Coolidge examiner., 1940-07-04
Board of Directors
Hear Possibilities of
Sewage Disposal


Coolidge Chamber of Commerce
held special meeting in the
Chamber Office, Monday p. m,
June "a, 1910. The following were
present: Earl Hicks, Walter Smith,
Kenyon Harris, Jimmie Jayne,
]. Luthy, Don Paul Herbert Des
Georges, Harold Moag, w. R. Ur.
tom Paul w. Loucks, secretary and
R. ]. Jones, president. Mr.. Carol
10, representing the National Plan
ming Board, from Phoenix, met
with the Board.
The meeting was called to order
for the purpose of hearing Mr..
Carollo speaker concerning a sur
vey of Arizona for sanitation pur-
poses. Mr.. Carollo is considered
an expert in sanitation sewage dis
posal engineering He discussed
the possibilities of securing a
sewage disposal benefit for Coo
lidge. This he said could be done
by issuing revenue bonds as is be-
ine done by Holbrook, Wickenburg
and Mesa. Another way is by a
special bonds improvement act
whereby the property owners are
assessed for connecting on to sew
age lines. Still third way would
be by a general obligation bond
which would require incorporation
on the part of Coolidge. All of
these methods could be taken ad-
vantage of by applying for WPA
assistance. He stated there were
several ways to incorporate. One
might be by an Incorporated
chamber of commerce as is being
done in Peoria, Arizona. The Sec
ond might be by the school district
and third by pass the hat" as
is being done by Springerville.
Mr.. Carollo cited Wickenburg as
an example of an un-incorported
city operating a sewage disposal
system by which charge of $1.OO
each month is made for connec-
ton.
He estimated the cost of a sew
age system adequate for Coolidge
would be approximately 100000
co. which is considerable less
than a previous estimate of $780,
100000. Mr.. Carollo felt that our
best means of securing a sewage
disposal system would be to ask
the majority to start sanitary
district move whereby the district
would be incorporated for sewage
disposal only. This might be done
by assessing the people who bene-
fit by the sewer by an assessment
of tax rate or by collective do
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nations. The sponsor would be re-
uuired to put up thirty-five to
thirty-six per cent on materials
and equipment together with WPA
funds allotted for such purposes.
Mr.. Carollo cited a case in the
state of Colorado taking the cities
which did not have a sewage dis
posal system except by septic
tanks or cess pools. Forty years
ago the death rate for those cities
were forty to sixty per thousand
due to polluted sewage disposal
getting in the drinking water. Now
that rate has been reduced to six
tenths per cent.
He stated that Wickenburg found
the sewage disposal system less
expensive than the cess pool and
septic tank system or disposal and
very much more sanitary. He ex'
planned that cess pools and septic
tanks gradually go down into the
first and second and even the third
strata of water, and in order to
) obtain pure water it is necessary
e to go deeper and deeper. He said
t contrary to most peoples belief
3 wells is the hardest method by
d which to obtain pure drinking
i water.
l. He then went into several diff
l. ferent methods of purifying sew
5, age disposal and will soon make q
d detailed inspection of Coolidge In
y order to make an estimation ot
n the cost of such purposes.
g The meeting adjourned at 1914
p. m.