Morning journal and courier., 1881-05-20

said that it was difficult to find many such
 self lf-sacrifcing men as Harmanus M Welch.
 He said to get good men you must pay them for their services, and in Providence the salaries to their water board amounted to a large sum. He said as 8 rule men were not
 willing to give their services for glory, but they wanted pay for work.
 MT. Whiting said he was not prepared to express an opinion. He came to the meeting as a listener c. F. Esarts said that the city
 was in no danger, as he believed that water could be obtained by pumping if the Water company should impose upon the city or it's citizens. He thought it would be very impol-
 itic to purchase the works from the New
 Haven Water company, as it would increase the taxes and impose a burden upon the poor people.
 J. D. Plunkett said it had been suggested that the best thing to do was to compel the
 Water company to continue it's present con-
 tract but how could it be done He thought
 there were many arguments that could be
 advanced ID favor of the city owning it's own
 waterworks. He thought a good water commis-
 sion could be obtained as well as a good
 road, police or fire commission. Judging
 from the past on other boards, he thought
 we were just as likely to find honest men in
 the future as in the past. He thought the
 greatest reason advanced why the city should
 own it's waterworks was the fear of monop-
 oly in the future. He said he came to agi-
 tate the question, and if it was important to
 the interests of the city it was proper that 1t should be agitated.
 Hugh Daley said that it would be well if we could know the conditions on which the purchase was to be made. This done he thought the question for the city to decide
 was whether they should buy the water works. He thought that it was policy for the city to make the purchase, and he had no fears that at least twenty men good as any that had been named could be found to actIas board of directors for the city and without pay.
 B. Moves said that for information he | would say that this Water company did not hold a monopoly of all the water within twenty miles of this city, nor one twentieth l part of 1t. He said if the city of New Haven would place before him million and half of dollars he would give them a better supply of water than they had at present and have half million dollars left to put in his pocket. He thought it was Mot best to be multiplying l blunders when the city could obtain water for less than one-half what it would cost to buy out the present company.
 Alderman Driscon said to Mir. Moves that | it had been suggested that if he knew of any other plan whereby they could obtain sup ply of water at one third of the cost of pur- chase of the present company that he should make 1t known.
 Mr. Moves replied that there was project | on foot that had not yet been perfected, and when it was completed 1t could be submitted | to the committee, although it was not desira-
 ble to give it to the public at present. J. H. Osborne. in reply to Alderman Bald | win, said that there was about seventy five | miles of cement pipe owned by the present | Water company that was in bad condition, and would soon have to be relaid. At this point the committee ad burned sub- ject to call of the chairman. Before adjourn 1 ment Alderman Driscoll expressed wish l that citizens generally should attend the
 meetings and give their opinions regarding the matter