Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-18

Gus communications.
EDS. RECORD UNION: l see that our
City Trustees are considering proposition
to change our system of water works. |
suppose nearly everybody living in Sacra-
mento, having the best interests of the
city at heart, has read the same thing III
the papers ere this. There are a great
many points or questions to be considered
before we should let company, who are
not of us, nor amongst us, nor have any
thing in common with us, the contract 10
furnish us with water. The first and most
important question is will it pay to
make the change. We know what the
Sacramento water is it will never be any
worse there is a prospect of its getting
better; if hydraulic mining is stopped,
which it is certain TO be, we will then have
clear water eight or nine months in the
year.
We know that mountain lake water is
good while it is in the lakes our City
Trustees have visited them and reported
the fact to us; we do not know i'll what
condition the lake water will be when it
arrives in our city. 1t will not improve in
transit
The Amador Canal and Mining Company
made the offer to furnish US with the lake
water for $4,000 per annum. They now
offer to furnish the same for $4,000 per
annum. Quite a tumblew They are
also very urgent that our Trustees close the
contract with them quickly; but it was
wisely postponed. But the time-one week
is not long enough; one, two, or even
three months is none too long time for
public discussion on such an important
matter.
Then again, another important point is to
1 L.
none other in the whole subject matter, and
that is, the $4,000 that is to be drained
annually from the taxpayers and sent out
of the city to, Where?' Echo says,
"Where?" Our reply is, Don't know.
But we do know that not one dollar will
| ever return in the natural way to our I'M
| poverished City Treasury.
| do not know what it costs to maintain
our water works, but l do know, as every
| other citizen of Sacramento knows, that
| the amount of money, whatever it may be
is all paid out to employees, for repairs and
! for fuel, in our own city. The taxpayers
receive and pay it out time and again, anC
that money goes around the circle of tax
alton and trade in our own midst from one
| year TO another. EDMOND PAIT,
No. S13 2 street, Sacramento, Cal.
| El'S. lNElOab- l MIN III. -NltiSOAl nav
| ing invited public opinion upon the prope
sitiOn of the Amador Canal Company II
supply the city with 100000, coo gallon;
per annum for $4,000, it seems in order
! for any well-wisher to Sacramento to say
| something, and | note first the liberality
of the company in having abated $4,000
| from $4,000, the former offer, and TIT
wisdom of the Trustees in suggesting th'
| reduced amount, $780, 900, more especial,
| because ii seems to meet, at least half way
some comments you made February 5tl
last: that the $500 offer, although
saving Oslo per cent. TO the citizens com
pared with present cost, still deprives us o
a net revenue of $33 900 per annum." Ac
cording TO that, present cost is about 500,
0O0 but actually costing about $4,000 pc
annum, SO that, if we accept the Amado
Canal Company's proposal, or concession
our water supply will actually cost u
rather more than half as much again, or a
$22 900 is to $4,000. Perhaps, therefore
your remark of February 5th, that IN
weightiest consideration appears to be tn
purity of the water, still holds But ther
are other points notquite clear. The Amado
Canal Company's proposal seems base
upon 1 ,l00,000000 gallons per annur
which would give uniform weekly suppl
of p, 1913 ,946, or about 100000 gallons pc
| Gay DuJ tne week eIlullB last June w
used almost 100000 gallons, and perhap
over that during the summer and throug
last October, irrespective Of what might b
required in case of any disastrous fire.
is not clear that the Amador Canal Con
panys pipes and pressure will supply U
more than q 100000 gallons per week, a
though we may require 30,000,000 gallon
including irrigation for our gardens
summer. OF course, if we keep workin
the present water works we might get OF
supply from there at 50 much additions
,, cost; but when once our pipes are clea
we don't want to muddy them with Sacr;
mento straight Then, again, the Georg
town California; Water and Mining Con
pany offered this at $4,000 when Il
) Amador offered at $4,000, in June las
] with a 70-pound pressure, for fifty year:
: and are we not more interested in promo
ing irrigation in FL Dorado county than
Amador? Ell Dorado's fruit premium
! have encouraged extended fruit culture.
l A. +. GODDARD.