Omaha daily bee., 1884-02-19
HOME OF. THE FRTENDLESS.
President Hopkins of the Water
works Maniiests a Commcnda.
ble Interest.

Some time since the manager of the
home wrote to President Hopkins in re.
gard to a free water supply for that in
stitution. He received a prompt reply,
which was published in this paper, stat
ing that the company was happy to make
tho donation to so worthy m institution.
In reply the manager expressed his
thanks and the thanks of the
association. In answer to this ho re-
ceived the following which, by his per-
mission we make public, as it contains
matters in regard to our water supply, as
compared with eastern cities, that must
be of general interest, and especial graf
i~ication to every citizen of Council
Bluffs:
New YORK, Feb. IL, 1884.
Rev. j. G. Lemen, Manager of the Home of
the Friendless, Council Bluffs, Iowa:
REVEREND Sui have this morning
your valued favor of the 9th instant, ex-
pressing your thanks and the thanks of
the association under your charge for the
donation of q water supply to the Home
of the Friendless of the city of Council
Bluffs.
Your letter shows such an appreciation
of our willingness to contribute in this
way to the aid of the Home, that it has
added very much to the pleasure the
company had already experienced in
making the donation,
Hnnpc;l Dl,,R. Lo, o,oot ,o.:l:1:l:..
before her. AS the principal distributing
point on the Missouri river for certain
articles of manufacture, she must
continue to maintain her SUI
premacy. In the completion of
her waterworks, the most important and
expensive of all public works, she will
have an opportunity of realizing the wis
dom of the policy which resulted in their
construction.
If her citizens will only cooperate and
sustain her authorities in the adoption of
such other much needed public improve.
ments as will have a tendency to increase
her population, hasten her advancement,
and add to the prosperity and wealth of
the city, there need be no apprehension
of the future.
SouiSli lux bllc Dtbp VI IcdbOIlS
for being proud of her water works and
the supply of water they are prepared to
furnish. Her water works furnish facili.
ties for ex~tinguishing fire that are not
eqdalled by any city in the east;
nor has any of the great cities of the east
a supply of water equal in quality with
that furnished by the Missouri river.
And 80 far as the volume is concerned
all the large cities of the east are com
planning of the inadequate quantity fur.
nished by the present supply.
The water question is the all absorb
ing topic in New YORK at the present
time and to obtain IN adequate quantity
it is proposed to expend over twenty
millions of dollars to increase the present
supply. Here is an expenditure of over
twenty dollars per head of the popula-
ton simply to increase the existing sup
ply, to say nothing of the enormous sums
already expended to give this city what
she now has.
Let Council Bluffs consider the
costto her people of the supply
she nowhas, and then compare it
with what the wealthy cities of the east
have to pay for their supply, and she will
see how much she is favored in this great
necessity of the people
The Council Bluffs City Water Works
company have richly earned, and there
fore. deserve, the support of every con-
sumer of water in the city. / trust the
company will find all her citizens ready
and willing to procure from it their sup
ply of the very excellent water the com
pany is now furnishing.
SIDNEY w. HOPKINS,
President.