Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-09-19
THE WATERWORKS.

to provide for a system of waterworks for
the city of Lexington, passed and approved
June 10, 1884, in section 10, declares:
''That this ordinance shallbe q contract v and
between the city Of Lexington and the Lexing-
ton Water company, or assigns, and shall be
binding upon all parties with equal force and
effect; provided that the said Lexington wa
ter company or assigns, shall file with the
city register their written acceptance of the
ten days of its passage, and shall commence
work within ninety days thereafter, in good
faith, and have the works completed within
one year thereafter. Any delays by %injunc-
ton, order Of any court or unavoidable &C.
cident or malicious Interference, shall not
work q forfeiture of any OF the rights hereby
granted"
Continuing, Section 10, says:-"That
said Lexington water company or as
signs, shall file with the city reg
lister within ten days from the passage
Of this ordinance, q penal bond in the sum OF
$1,000 for the faithful compliance with all the
conditions OF this ordinance or contract, and
any failure to file said bond, or any failure to
accept this contract in time specified. or any
failure to the work within the
time specified, or any failure to complete the
aoork within the time specified, shall work Q
forfeiture of this contract, but said penal
bond shall be in full force ind effect"
Section 16 follows, with the declaration:
"As soon as this ordinance is approved by q
vote Of the people,on the LIST day of July 1884,
or at any m before. q full and proper test
shall be made for water on the sandbar on
o fsaid " ter company. = = Water thus OBJ
tanned shall be analysed ssueral times by one
or more chemists competent to perform that
service, and if pure Missouri river water
shall thus be obtained, then the supply for
the city, shall be drawn from that source"
As the next Intelllgencer will be issued up
on the day Terminating the utmost limit q
conscientious Judge would grant lifetime
binding foIce-to the contract for fulfllment
Of requirements, it will be appropriate for its
columns to contain the foregoing extracts
from the .sordinance," and have q response,
from its editor, to the following questions:
1st-Did the Lexington w~aterworks COM
pany, or assigns, file with the city register In
ten days after its passage their written accep-
lance Of the terms and conditions of the Or
dinance?
2d-DId they commence work in good faith
within ninety days thereafter!
3d-Did they file spensl bond, a good one,
for t2, 1000 for faithful compliance with ell the
conditions of the contract?
4th-Did they, 'as soon as the ordinance
was approved OIL the 1st day of July, 1884, or
ut any time before, have q proper test made
for water on the sandbar, ON the Missouri
river, abOce the city drainage, and did they
at their own cost, have the water thus OBJ
tanned, analysed, several times, by one or
more competent chemist.H
Mr. Editor, the forty negative voters
rUhnaoo .SosItnorfa urn a.. AZ: 1850, A.
pay for this remarkable fiddling. recognise
your enterprise and saXacIty, understand the
persistence with which, 0u seek information
tr' cling reports. threading avenues in pursuit
or facts for publication AS our SATURDAYS
come round. accustomed to u full reliance
upon your statements, will await with some
thing of anxiety, your response to these per-
tinent inquiries. You know. sir, we have
been Obedient to Il popular decree we deemed
unjust to ourselves; We mean to seek legal
protection for our rights when it becomes
necessary 80 to do.
1t will afford me pleasure to cooperate
with a reliable company or association Of
gentlemen. who may wish, on ressopa-
BILE terms. to furnish ths people of
Lexington with sufficient and suitable
water. for all purposes. But remain
ing within the pale Of law, I shall be reluc-
tant and only after a protest and legal deter
minatI0n yield TO a tax z atherer's demand for
tribute money to the Peter Funks,' who
raised The rotten tower that s.faded like the
ba>eless fabric of a ~vision," which they ad-
mitted in public meeting, was \ worthless
structure, composed of perishing material.
Now when time has relieyed u. from all
constructive Connection or obligation with
this scandalous impO' itiOn, it may be instruc-
tive to review some Of its features and coan-
pare the ~atD,tiOn with the work and prices
reliable men have furnished In other locali-
ties for similar purposes. For y system OF
wsterworkS just completed vt Nevada, Ao.,ln
operation satisfactorily to the authorities,
the following is among the schedule of costs