The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-05-08
cITY ceuNcM
An AAjszFaed Mesuak HsIa Las
Eysa11G|fhe Proposed Ma
ter works

Ter works.
Pursuant 70 adjournment the city
council met last evening 70 consider
Mr.. Posts proposition 10 build water
works for the city.
Mayor Carey presided. Members
present: Messrs. Dyer, Horrie, Kimme,
MeGregor, Robertson, Sharpless and
Taylor.
The mayor announced the business
before the meeting to be the c~onsidera-
tion Of MI. Posts proposition.
Mr.. Dyer, from the special commit
tee. said that be was in favor Of water
works, but wished a guarantee for a suf-
hcient pressure to throw water over
the highest building in the city, in case
OF fire. He thought it necessary be-
cause 1t would be too expensive to keep
more steam fire engines.
Mr.. Post explained that he aimed in
his proposition to fulfill all of the re-
quirements of the water ordinance re-
Gently passed by council.
Mr.. McGregor asked for the figures
relative to the fall from Lake Mah-pa-
lu-tah to the city. The mayor stated
them to be as follows, from low water
mark Of said lake:
To the point of the proposed Union
Pacific hospital site, 52.s feet.
Northeast corner of Y, GA feet.
u. p. a shops, 6S feet.
U. P. hotel, $3.50 feet.
At southwest corner of Carey block,
II feet.
At city park, south side, So feet.
Mr.. McGregor said that the council
had better consider this matter care
fully, and suggested an adjourned meet
ing.
Mi. Robertson proposed to have an
engineer give estimates of pressure,
etc.
A long discussion ensued among the
members, and Mr. Horrie moved, in
order to test the matter, that the prop
osition of Mr.. Post be accepted, but
before it was seconded, Mr.. McGregor
moved that the matter be postponed
until Wednesday evening.
The motion was carried.
Mr.. Post then requested the privilege
Of Withdrawing his proposition and
bond.
Mr.. Robertson said that he thought
the present ordinance was defective,
and proposed that the council get to-
gether soon and improve the ordinance
so that bidders would know what to do.
He thought that a competent engineer
should be employed to come to the city
and tell the city just exactly what was
wanted, SO that other bids could be
received.
The mayor suggested that the coun-
Gil meet at an early day, as time is pre-
cious, and he earnestly hoped for new
water works this year. The people
want them, he said, but they are too
difident. And he said that he was sat
isied that no matter who bid for the
works, they would not do SO at as low
a bonus as that asked for by Mr.. Post.
He went on to detail the vast expense
of the present water system, and held
that the city did not get value received.
And he proposed to keep up the agita-
tion for new water works so long as he
was continued in Office, and he hoped
that before retiring new water works
would be under way.
MI. Dyer moved that the superin.
tendent of bitches be instructed to run
water on the west side of the city on
Monday and Friday Of each week; on
the east side, on Tuesday and Satur.
day, and on the south side on Thurs.
day. The motion was carried.
1t was stated that many petrifying
carcasses were put on the dumping
ground and creating q fearful stencil
on the west side of town, but without
taking any action of the matter, coun.
Gil adjourned until Monday evening.