Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-03-30
4 FAIR OFFER.
ruxr MADE ON BEHALF OF 1HE
WATER COMPANY.
prapared to Give the City the Ampless fHe
Protection Asked by It for . ran oon-
uensati0n.

p-.narad to Give the City the maple fife
proteotlon Asked by It for q Fair Com
pensation.
A contemptible effort being made Dy 'ne
I..ar Mountain to divert attention from
4. prominence OF the ''sure-thing' clement
that has allied itself with local Republican
~nolitics by endeavoring to gaiVanise 'ne
later question into existence again as
,ocal issue. q reporter interviewed MI. q.
81. Frank yesterday to learn one iaues -
the case between the Silver o wafer
c,mnany and the City Council.
"Is The Silver Bow Water Company gong
tn continue the improvements it began ias'
faul Mr.. Frank? ' he was asked.
..It has begun on o new we'll at the pump
.~+at;on. into which the water from BASIN
GO ia 20 be conducted from whence IL
In 10 numped into the system IN "
That IL az far as I know at present.
'ssIs the company going to renew the me-
ootiations with the City Council for In
creased fire protectionY" o;,,..
saWell. YOU can say this for the silver
Row Water Company, that it STAMPS pre-
nared to furnish the city ample n com.
49, nrotection from fire, dis we'll, as the best
Sr;nkino water in the United States. There
Il no question about the quality OF theme"
amply now beng drawn from Basin creek.
t. Iii aeon be conducted into a separate
we'll. closely built and protected against
saanaoe. The company have on hand q
LARGE 6aaotity of pipe, sufficient to lay "
Incl mains from Park and Main to the res
eryoir an eighs-inch pipe from the
pumping ststt Park and Main. six.
inch laterals double pipe on fark 90
Montana. W. are also prepared to bulid
q reservoir OF 6cient capacity to nolu
100000 gailcnsa .o a just as WEI, a
hill as where tie present reservoir is il
necessary to give protsctien to every part
Of b city. The city .scan have as many
| fire plugs as it wants. 70 doesnt make any
fdiff renee to the company whether there
are Ave or ffty-6ve. Tbs main considera-
| tion lie the enlarged supply. Oh course
| vhen I say the company is prepared
To civ this additional fire protection
| to the city, it il needless to say it is not go
| ing to do it for any hundred dollars q
month. The additional expense VIII IN
yolye an outlay OF q large amount o
/ money, probably thirty or forty THOUSAND
idollars altogether. 1t is a plain business
proposition: The city asks 80 much q
| tional water supply and the company ex
meets to be paid accordingly. Just ex
| actfy what the terms are for which
the company will undertake these en-
Ilarsements of it's system for the pur
pose of affording greater fire protectloi
to the city, I do not o remember, on
it is like any other business proposition
l The company is asked to undertake an ex
tpenditure of q certain sum Of money
livery well. 1t is willing to de Only it re
ouires q fair return for the money it
asked to invest. There's no nan in busl
ness in the city who would lay out thirt
or forty thousand dollars in anything 10
q return of only twelve hundred dollars
year. The idea is absurd"
'Some people seem to think tina tn
franchise you enjoy ia worth something.
!, "We have no franchise. Anybody is a
liberty to come in here and get permlsslo
from the Council to lay down mains in ia
city. We have no exclusive franchise an
consequently should not be asked to pa
I anything for al imaginary right. Did no
the Council give Carver and Ford permits
sion to bring in their system? The negotis
ttions last fall, il l remember rightly, cam
to the point where the company agreed t
iall the propositions OF the city provide
lit was found that the Knowles pun
could stand the additional pressure r.
j., quired to force the water to the reservoir
hundred feet higher up the hill. | believ
> it has since been ascertaiDed that this ca
be done, so that all that remains is fC
the city and the company to cometo tern
for the additional service the city require
or fire protection. There vas a questio
as to whether the city could contract for
longer term than one month at a time, br
g I understand that recent amendments t
!. the municipal corporations act have give
them enlarged powers in this respect this
. removes even that obstacle. I repeat this
t the company is prepared to 60 ahead an
9 give the city the fullest and amplest ID
protection it can require, and all it asks
8 q fair compensation for it's outlay"