Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1881-02-18
WATER WORKS ASSURED
PARTIES W4HT
THE CaNTR4CT.
"A Tribune Subscriber Likely to be
the Cause Of Giving Bismarck
q Pure ana Inexhaustible ta ~
Supply OF Water. 3gtfs
looming SURE

Il. COMlNUe
{ The mayor, the council and. the people
in general, having taken the subject Of
water works in hand and stlloroug lilly dis:
'sected it, are now Of one opinion that, be
ing convinced of the des;rabllity Of wa
ter works, the city s1tdll lave them. As
THE TRIPUNE stated 4 few weeks since, Il.
was but necessary for the council to give.
the rights and privileges usually accorded
to wafer works companies by ether cities
and there would be no trouble i'll. obtain
ing propositions. The councils inclina1
ton to give these rights was duly4recora-
ed. Among the Pittsburgh subscribers
TO THE TRIBUNE IS Mr. Blggert, who, see
ing the wants of the peoptc set forth, adj
yised a mechanical engineer of the fact,
who immediately wrote for information.
Mr. Garland, chairman Of the committee
on water works, Immediately replied, CIV.
ing a general description OF the country
and the size Of the city. In reply came a
letter asking tthe1council to state the mum.
Der of hyClrants the city will take at 500
per year each the DISTANCE from the river
to the hill ETC., and offering, if
.5G THE CITY MEANT BUSINESS, sii
to send an engineer Up here Immediately,
to look the ground over and enter into .
contract A special meeting Of the coun-
Gil was held Wednesday, at which every
member was present. The matter was
thoroughly considered and on the same
day a dispatch was sent to the effect that:
the city would take at least fifteen ehy-'
drants and give the company exclusive
tor twenty years. BY thismeans
Bismarck will obtain a complete water
system without bonding the: city, and the
slight increase oftaxationSto. pay tor the
hy0rants is but "a drop in the bucket"
compared 10 ~ r, +sAi r. f r..
q. ss THE ECONOMY OF THE. SCHEME. /. !.
The waternow being used by the city
amounts. to nearly seven hundred u year,j
and an insutficlencY is well known The
value of fire protection can scarcely 3lle;in-s
llized until il fire has sWepl.ssslIssily afews
thousand. Insurance is y large item in
the expense account of every merchant.
In the three main blocks on Main street
there is at least $4,000. a year paid form;
surance at from six to eightper cent. This
would be reduced to about two or three
Per cent, or 5000 or 81 900 IL yearssl by
putting in water works, every man who
1lnsures saves more than half what lie is
paying and has the double projections
Then, there is lnother point which of.jt-
self would more tllan pay for fifty hy
drants.H For instance, the WcstelnHousca
pays now over $500 annually for water.
Will, water works 1t would pay about tifi
teen dollars, Il saving of: seventyfive per
cent Small institutions Can safely. reck-
on on one-half1o three fourths reduction
Of price paid forpresent insufficient sup
ply It1isi extremely complimentary to
the en1crprising citizens of Bismarck that
this matter has been finally acted upon
for there is nothing which will so enhance
the value Of real estate as this: enterprise
In few weeks, at the outside, il may be
confidently expected that the building OF
me Bismarck water works will he well
under way. 55.a