The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-05-03
Tho Council and the Water Works.

pose any Kind Of a settlement Of the
water problem, with which Nr. White
j. connected The city izto bc LETT to
endure the present system, because ui
some personal pique at White. WAat
difference does it make who the agent
j., 80 Waco gets good contract: II
Mr.. White, for his company, otcr- r.
good term. rs any body else, should
the city be kept without a water sup
ply because some noisy citizen, whom.
perchance, Mr. White has force to
pay his water rates, hates SIR. While;
The city of Waco is no rcspecier OF
persons, and the persona likes or
dislikes OF the Mayor or indi, idua
citizens should not be allowed TO Iu-
tcrinrc with Its interest Mr.. White
i. only representing the Waco Water
company. Tomorrow 1t may be-
some other man, or II a contract l.
made with another COMPANY to-mlr
row Mr.. White may be its represent.
alive; therefore, what folly to oppo-,
the contract simply because Mr.
Waco Water company proposes it.
man would be foolish to pur-
sue such course in his
private AFFAIRS. but when hc does 50 in
I public matters he IL criminaly mex
cu-able. Aldermen Parrot aud Cam
cron seem to have occupied the high
est grounds upon the question.
Al hough a. first in favor OF forcing
/ the Water Company to contract
which they understood to be IN force,
when they saw that this could not hc
/ done, they recognized the ucccssItN
and immediate necessity, of more ta-
cicnt water works for Waco, and pro-
pose to make the best contract tL,N
can tor the city without regard 10
who is the agent through which 1t IL
made. We regretted exceedingly %
/ hear that Mayor Wilkc had said he
would veto any contract madc with
Mr.. White Although we had FIRE
quentlv differed with the may or, We
gave him credit for being u broader
guagc man. We hsd not expected
him to allow personal anlmosltics 10
override the interest OF the cit!
/ While we would always advise har-
mony, and like to see our council
act ~ unit. il this is the dlspositiou
o. the mayor, and il is Understood
that lie Intends to veto the bill
whether or no, and the council have
made up their minds 10 adopt
the contract, we can see no
necessity for delay, II the mayor
had to go Oh on a pleasure trip within
three hours of the time the matter was
to be settled, we cannot see that
there was any rcssou or necessity to
delay action until his return, ami
leave the city a the mercy of the
present system for that much longer
Now tor nearly u year the Ctiy has
protested most bitterly against our
present system of water works. This
protest has taken every CunCeiVai e
shape; newspaper war upon IT, pctl-
tion- against il, street dcuuntiatlon.
aud finally the people met together IN
sovereign capacity and denounced II,
aud yet, in the face of all this, tie
very men who have been noisi,st and
most active in this denunciatiou.
whenever better system Is proposed,
bob up scrcncly AS ob-tructiuu-,
II this obstruction /. because the new
contract proposed l. eNhorhIiant, they
should be pr, pared to show that more
advaniagcou, contracts could hc
made, bu, II the obstruction arise
from personal snimosiiy TO Mr. WI to,
those ruin, which stand about oul
city ~ monuments OF the in, tlrlenr}
Of the present system, should haunt
them in ther dreams, while the tear,
OF homeless widows cry out for those
blackened walls to fall upon them
I ne peope want a more eit'leu'
-y-tem oi water works We want
IL now, aud we believe Me,sr.
Cameron, Tihb-, Stephenson, Parrot
sud other gentlemen of the council
a, capable OF making An sdVantage.
ous contract for the city a. Mayor
wilkes, sud can see no reason whr
these gentlemen would delay the
mpst urvrut husiue-- of the civ uutiI