The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-10-21

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Intelligent action By suOh electors Is ths
polls. The fact stAres a IN the face that !
some change must b made In he water
works system, and that soon and iOr ne !
following reasons:
First. The city has no right % main /
tain tn WAterwOrlu IN - present IooA-
sion, it being under injunction In the
case Of w. T. 0oden W. the city Of Em-
pOriA, which has been 20 the highest
judgment II ShAs the city b poepoSnally
oDioined from 1slnR the water nom its
well or from the pond above SOden's
:. The inquiry Of the water l. such
that Ii use for domestic purposes simply
endADgers the public health. and win e.
sure e. fate cause deAth-perhAps IN ep-
IdemiO In our community.
3. Our nro profession u groo1ly In
adequate, and lt only needs . IRE started
In . strong wind IN eur business street -
sweep 10 complete Of lie buildings. L66
such Q diaAster happen and Emp0riA u
doomed. The petty fractional eight
among our leading property owners. 20.
goeheI with the seeming impossibnity Of
getting addiEioaal railroads OF mGnufAC-
turing enterprises 20 come % our city,
% our business hoaae6, not - re-
build, but seek investments In other
towns where there u As least nEtlo get
up and push AmonR,its business men.
4. Almost ons hGl16f the city which r.
supplied with water mains % unable %
get . sufficient supply Of wAesE during .
large portion O9 the year for which they
have right, e tax payers and patrons
Of the wafer works, TO heye the CITY keep
Its contracts with them when it agrees .
Gurnish the water Tor which it collects she
VOters should diSsbuSs their ninds Il
any impression that the city has any
right 20 maintain IT, water works In -
the city paying the fees e Nr. 60den'e
attorneys In the case above referred ~
and laying . main from the soush Lire e
ne city - NJ. S0den's mill for IRE pro-
tection, In AL costing the city between
o., 500 and 5000, AF. 6Oden agreed 20
not interfere for nve years, buI the city
was NOS 70 supply the A, 2. = 9. =. Il.
piroo about Nay LIST next. A1teT that
date the city must consult Nr. S0don
again, and be limited In its night 20 uso
and dispose Of WateE.
The city council have had this matter
under investigation for several months,
the committee On water works has
made careful and IntsiliEent
~ the advice and services O6 go
q the ableSt WAte1Works engineers In ne
country At IN expense 70 the city Of $50.
The engineer made very abb report
and he and the committee make report
and recommend 70 the cOuncll the plan
for which the bonds are asked 20 be
voted. Are We who have made no In
ye9tigatlon Of the Subjecs 70 set up our
judgment - against the judgment Of the
committee which have made this InVeS-
tigAtion, and who hGvO 10 motive what
ever 70 mlSlea& the people, whose inter-
ests are identical with our own, and In
whose ability 70 serve N well We have
shown condolences by electing them 70
the positions they hold?
This talk about buying out Mr.. Soden,
putting mp stand pipe on Cottonwood
river some distance above the dam, 60,
simply shows lack OF knowledge Of the
situation on the part Of those who make
the suggestions. Ar. S0den's mLl prop
erty u not for sale, and II the city owned
u, would that do away with the necoS-
oity Of new engines, and rem0deling Of
eur water mains for Ore protection which
Win cost ct least 10000. WIN &c give
the city pure wAtorf Certainly not, the
reservoir system must be TesOEted % 20
W bAoee 9AA4 SAA08 AAO8D3 0ABoI ~ kL0
building OF the reservoirs on Smiths
hill and connecting same direct with en-
GtneS-Which means al, 600 - go, 1000
more. The more Is IL thought Of the
more absurd it VIII appear for the city to
perfect it, WAteEWorks system on any
plan which contemplate the purchase BY
the city Of the 6oden mill property.
The question has resolved itself 70 this,
shall the city abandon it1 present water
works system, or perfect its system In Q
plan which WIN be adequate for AL pur-
poses. Every eftort 70 make system com
plete which u deeeAted simply tends to
ferCe the city to abandon Its WaterWOrks
plant, and eventually will end, In AL
probability, In the sale 70 company and
when that time comes the oity VIII be At
the mercy Of one OF the worst monopo-
Such Q company viii dictate to the city
what II must pay for ire protection II Il
wants any.
Voters, then, should not take the Opin-
ION Of Tom, Dick and Harry a. 70 the
various subjects which should influence
Thorn fer the public good, but should be
guided BY the best hghts they can get.
impure and inadequate. Our engineer
says IL IL Just - pure - the Cottonwood
river and can be made pure By the use
Of reservoirs. Our engineer says there e
no doubt Of it, adequacy in quantity.
Now on these points should We not be
sAtisned with this testimony We RAY e
costs too much money. The committee
WAter works system, you can not goS one
for leas. Now do we want 60 repeat the
mistakes which have been made IN
squAnderiAg public money upon pubic
improvements which are INADEQUATE for
the needs Of our catJp Or u it senslble and
business like for az % say 70 cur city
council, We want . complete and adS-
after thorough investigates &c win take
o162 600, 20 give e to ~. Very well,
you may give the S162 600 and see b It
that you furnlah a with what you say
y0u win foE the money.
We are In . box and must do Tie best
We can % get out, and b0lieVo the
council have shown ~ the only means
water In abundance for al purposes.
The interest On the bonds can now be
met ~ tide over 81 min tax or ESQ
en- the q, 900, and In flVe years In ny
judgment they win not only pay running
expenses bus win Ray the interest On the
bonds. The value q the system
20 our city In 6eing An .indncemenl for
tt VIII coat. have seen no ether solu-
tion Of the yexed problem proposed, and
having condolences that the piaA recon-
mendeo By the council Win solve the
ve1ed problem, 6hall cast my ballet for
the proposed issue ef o162, 900 of water
works bonds, and shall think that am
helping make COED investment for the
city In so doing. TAx-PAYE1.
Rev. d. B Shuey, superintendent of
Mission Of Kansas for the Reformed
church, returned Last evening from .
nineteen days trip 10 the east During
this time he visited PittsburR, Butler.
MercersburR, HArrisonburg, Lebanon,
Lancaster and Philadelphia IN Pennayl-
wanna, and Freoport. Cgdarville. Dakota
and Chicago In Illinois. He attended four
different sYnods Of hIs church and raised
nfteen thousand dollars towards endoWinR
. college Of the Reformed church, which
will b located e Wichita, that city having
made . very libeFy offer 10 M. Shuey
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