WATER – The Elgin Water Softener Company, Inc., of Elgin supplied equipment and supervised installation of change-over treatment at the water plant. The Council accepted the $6,796 bid for equipment and $1,965 for installation August 4, 1965.
Leonard Lust of Hammond installed a 6-inch cast iron water main 2,250 feet east from Adams Street to provide service for the California Chemical Company and the Aylco Chemical Company located on U. S. 24. (The Aylco Company was purchased by the Kaiser Agriculture Chemicals in 1965.) The contract for $11,307 was let August 4, 1965.
During the installation of the sewerage system a number of leaks in the water mains were discovered, and several required major repairs before work could continue on the sewer lines. On August 7, 1972, Woodmar Construction of Eureka was given a contract for $18,200 for installation of 7,200’ of water mains, to update the system, and eliminate the lines found in poor condition. Work was not completed before cold weather, and it was not until September 4, 1973, that the company agreed to return and complete their contract "as soon as work they were engaged in at Eureka had been completed."
Dennis E. Roby & Associates were hired February 3, 1973, for $2,300 to do a study on the entire water plant because of a number of recurring problems. Their report was presented June 11, 1973, and it recommended that the work be done in three phases. On November 14, 1973, Wallace & Tierman, Inc., were given a contract for a chlorinator and its components on a bid of $2,300. Permutit Company bid $47,070 for water softeners, aerators, filters, etc., and two pumps were purchased from Linden, Inc., for $1,460. February 18, 1974, G. A. Rich & Sons were given a contract for $43,365 for installation of water plant equipment, with a 90 day completion date.
GARBAGE COLLECTION – In 1959 the city council gave James I. Greene a license to operate a garbage route in El Paso. In 1964 Ivan Gunn took over the business. The following year Philip Mulivain, Merlin Franke, and James Crump took over the business and operated it under the name of Keep-It-Klean Sanitary Service. The business was sold to Russ Charlett in 1968 who sold it to Jim Whisker the following year. In 1972 Kenneth Clymer took over the business, and in 1974 it was sold again, this time to Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Porth. Although various parties have wanted to start a second garbage route in town, the city council has turned down such proposals since it was felt that such a move would make the business unprofitable for both collectors.
SANITARY DISTRICT – Creation of a "sanitary district co-extensive with that of the city" was authorized at an election September 2, 1919. Designed to provide a "well planned system of surface drainage for all parts of the city," the project was estimated to cost between $60,000 and $70,000, to be paid over a period of 20 years.
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