Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-07-31
TAXPAYERS TALK.

Meeting Last Evening TO Publicly
Discuss the Water Works Extension
PropOsitiOn-A Conclusion Against
the Extension.
In compliance with the published
request the taxpayers of Yankton assem-
| bled at Turner hall last evening to
discuss the water works extension
proposition.
Mayor Harris called the meeting to
order and Herman ElIerman was elected
secretary.
The attendance OF tax payers was not
very large, but those present manifested
interest in the proceedings, and their
views of the matter were given without
h%esitancy.
After Mayor Harris had stated the
object of the meeting, which he said had
been called by the council for the pur-
pose of getting the opinion of Yankton's
tax payers upon q proposition to bond
the city in the sam of $4,000, the money
thus raised to be used in the extension
of the water works system, Superinten-
dent of Water Works Campbell took the
floor, and proceeded to explain from
q. diagram the proposed extension
of the system. According to
his statement there are
at present sixteen blocks covered by the
mains and forty additional blocks were
proposed to be covered by the new plan.
A - &c 10 nnn roaS &c nJ,Nn mould he
required to do this, and IN the ag-
gregate would cost in the neighborhcod
of $4,000, notincluding freight or labor.
The new plans proposed to run 10 inch
mains south from the reservoirs to
Third, Fourth and Fifth streets and
J east on all three to Mulberry street, and
for the accommodation of citizens south
of Third street, to run smaller pipes
south on Locust to Second street and
east on Second to Capitol. Mr.. Camp
, BELLS remarks were confined to All e
: %planation of the plan.
II Alderman Gilman, of the council
, water committee, then went further In.
to the details of the scheme and his re.
marks were in substance the same as
Mr.. Campbell's.
ii City Treasurer Blatt suggested the
feasibility OF projecting the mains, aE
far es needed, from the current funds.
e. J. Anderson rose for information
g asking some one to explain what the
3 east and west mains were. Would rather
!, see the mains running north and south
ri DR.. J. McGregor entered upon q thor
. oughly logical summing up and discus
Y sion of the benefits obtained from the
water system. He cited the Press anc
Dakotaian as to reliability. for which
we doff our hat. His discourse wal
principally on the question of increased
taxes. AS to figures he quoted $3,339
. 70 as paid out in the past year for waite,
: works and 1881 as revenue received from
the same. DIR. McGregor announced
himself as perfectly willing to be taxe'
. to any amount, but would like to hay
the benefits derived from an extension
of the water system pointed out to him
DIR. McGregor wss not in favor of bono
ing the city to any such extent.
s. A. Boyles did not in the least dout
the greatness of the well and water SUI
an ply and was not particularly interested
he because of the fact that q cister
nd furnished tue water for the Boyles mar
en- sion.
r. J. Gamble, in few remarks, alludt
TO the bill which has recently passt
~ both houses of congress and awaits Il
presidents signature, entitled, ian Q
to prohibit the passage of special
local laws in the territories of the Unit
States, to limit territorial debt and +
hv other purposes" One passage IN tt
.ik. act distinctly states that no amunicil
or political corporation. county