The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-07-24

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nrard, ouw- ll.E o. ''','" iu tly history
loo, I,llya' vnar.u,plyi luJawnyy last
lhr southwestern Water Supply cnm-
pnuv .'lmrp,rd uf M,-srs, C,"wucy,
john Stone, g.r,tu aul ITcsr watt
made ln uii'r iu the itiN tuunrl. about
~ follows: l'u furnish hu rity l,@',W1
gallons per day. placed ~ me reservoir
Iur $,p,tdl cas.i, oT would continue lu ii,r-
nish Il Tor Slh,ul per uunUmi the city 1"
pry Sih,Nn III taken ANY time In 1--we
Years, %. u ,huy ruNp,..yd s',r company
tn furnish i,r iatN gullnHf ulN FOR ton
wears, tuu city iUon To- ili," g ut N'huN'
.hp huHls .,.r,iluN ~ .il,',,t~ i ana nj
wuN, has boon; elbow aud
whore tu -,i water That
question once auiNpd amy contractor
can estimate the cost "i a." work, The
company agreed To furnish tho water iu
four months, thus insuring an nmpl"
supply In time for summer usu Ia the
city. IL was not 10 cost the city sin
glG dollar unless the water was fur
nishcd rs proposed, II u success, the
question WAS quickly ana cheaply
solved rs Ia wllCr-workS, Tho then
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uppurua Ia any sura cheap plan; visions
ui foreign cupi,Ji oul II magnificent
sy,lcm ul hu~iuS, reservoirs, stone dams
gld a beautiful pnAp-huusc, on the
marble front ct Nh,,u was engraved
In large capltulS, "EUiN IN isNi.--thuir-
WIu Water caMHiiiru,' were too much
lur his business equilibrium, uri The
'H"Npcnslv, plan was "snl upon" 10y the
vN punsINu Chairman, This action re-
"a a. la
Dallas. Another election In the city
changed the complexion of thv
Council, and a new chairman
appears u; the head oi The
Water committee. EnuIgviic Ia u lie
grur, and nr.u.H" II not practical, he
II once svos that the Nagrt ut tha YUcS
liuu is how and whore tu yet Ngtpr. Aud
itihu southwestern Water SGpp,y CON-
uumy can furnish IL by gang wells, the
question al cheap water supply H. solved
and its solution costs the city nothing.
The ext hartman however is not easily
Sduclchcd, aud Immediately following
his recent trip To Chicago comes tcle-
gram from Chester Davis 10 the Mayor
10 "hold the iurt' until he, Davis, can
hc heard from. The three days labor of
this mountain. backed by Chicago CAPT
tai (Which had ut heart the interest of
Dallas aluncJ brought forth 4 mouse Oi
tao most dimuutiNc species. Davis
s.,.s first, "tho Southwestern Water
supply company charges You too much
iur water" second, tine water Is not
tacrc." "Ch.cagp capitalists will build
"a splendid system and take The
city corporation in as pardS."
Poor consolation To- taxpayers
THAI the city should have fiI.ulO stock
in water works, costing S3lD,IOO IN cash,
stocked for S-JJ,O,J, upon which amount
property in Dallas is taxed u pay diNi-
ucnds. And "we," the Chicago cOn-
tractors, pocket the difference between
actual cost, S3lO,pO, and market value
ut S5GOGOb bonds. II does not take the
eye of Il prophet to 500 a neat transaction
III when Chester Davis and his capital
SITS turn an honest 90 penny, besides
having all costly original surveys and
estimates FOR their Chicago corporation
already paid Tor 10y the city of Dallas.
MIR. Davis says tnc Water Supply com
pauy charge the city too much for water.
Il he or any ono else can do ii tor less,
they are welcome. our oilor has been
an open one for six months, and we don't
hear of any individual or corporation
offering To ''cut the rate His first OBJ
lection is Din Wow of his scCond,) trivial,
merely thrown in to fill the page. Ills sec
ond objection is, the "~atcr isn't thcrC,"
against which lac stakes what?-his pro-
iCSS!Oual reputation. "IheIc are more
things lii heaven ana caflIl, ibraliO,
than are dreamed OF in ty)ourphiloso-
ply" We who have KEPT up with the
discussions on deep wa.or at Galveston
and New OrlnaIl, nave heard of several
professional regulations of brilliant
civil engineers being aShcd: and the
end Is not yet. Wncn Mr.. Dayi, can
toll Il where the water supply comes
from which fills the basin foi' six square
miles south of town; why thorc is about
Same Quantity there in fall and summer
us m spring and winter, we may give
.i,nd to hiS'vnporings. He sta!,rS his
reputation it isl't there. We stake our
money dat IL is there, and are willing
10 let The public judge which i, worth
tie most ON this market.
so VIiwESrERN WATER SUPTLY Go.