The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-06-09
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The Water Works.

Elsewhere the BAZoo publishes the pro-
position of the National Water Works
company made to the board of aldermen
of SedalIa, and which has been the subj, CT
of so much consideration and discussion
during the past three weeks. Every citi-
zen of Sedalia should real il carefully az d
lhoughtfully in order to know exactly
wha, has been offered. That there are
some Objectionable features connected with
il which should and would have ID be
CORR cted before il could be accepted, al
most any oae can readily SCI, but a, is
only a first draft submitted mi exp ei
to be modified, there is DO reason way il
should be wholly rel cted, provided tie
people ell that they would be benefited
bv unloading the water works from the
city's shoulders.
App nied TO the propos ton is the re-
port Of the committee on water works,
showing the pIesen' condition and pur-
ported needs of the water works to render
the I'M eff lent. In regard to that there can
be but one question TO answer, as TO
Its efficiency. III Sedalia actually
has a water works which has a 81 iii j mt
rapac city for the need of the city. If the
present M aims as ihes are now lid ar.
ample and sufficient for the Present de-
MAIDS Of consumers, and TO resist tn cut
break of fire throughout the cits, thea
clearly according 10 tots report all that Is
needed is the expenditure of a few thou
sand dollars for repairs, and the city Ough'
TO be able to accomplish il and worry I'll. nS
in the oil groove. But il the facts legged
snd to which the report m ikes no allusioI,
are trus, viz. that the water works are in
adequate ss to supply; that the p'pss IN
the city cover bat one-ihird or less Of the
area within the city limits, and that Oue ]
half of the one-third having mains OF some |
kind is without fire protection, then il is |
plain that If every part OF the recomm snda- |
ton of the commiIIee was ca red ou;, the |
city could boast that it had an ,ffi lent |
water service for Just one-si1th of the
city Corpora ion, ard that ii would not |
cost over about 81 ,o00pr snnum exc usive
Of income to run il until further on ias TO-
repsirs we're needed. These are the plain
bare facts TO be considered, and In consider |
ing them il is an essy MISTER TO figure he
result can BE- obtained by continuing In
The old groove, making the present result
the basis and mul iplying the quotienl by
six is all that is required.
Hence if the present works cost $4,000,
TO supply the entire city would reqni'e
b7S0,O00 or q further outlay of $3.50 900.
II one-sixth cost $1,000 over IN
come to maintain them 5000 more or
\, 900 per annum in round figures
will be the required outlay to keep
Up an efficient water supply for the
.ntire city. This is about the only de 'uc-
ion to b. msde from such recommends
i ms, and while there msy be the usual
llowsrce mad. in favor of WHO ae rs
ver a retail business, yet 1t ~il
Re found with the magni
ude OF the undertaking there
5 slw VS. CORE spending increa-e Ia the
Y ravsg,nt waste ard needless .xpend'-
ure which invariably accompanies ali p III
ic or political management Of strici bIsi-
ess matters. The bO>s Tweed ring, n
t. Louis sindles, the U. S. navy expen i
ures ere fair Illustrations of the priucips Is
hen re ID, ponder, con- der, and Re aliz NJ
hal, 5 dslia must have an effciei.t ws'er
ysten at whatever co t. Act as your hes;
I1gnent dictates.