Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-01-02
Give LIS Water!

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any more than you can run a chnfcl
without Il preacher. That is, >mlhu
you can't run it successfully. lo'
may run it, but '.how will it be run:
as the Irishman said when he aske'
the liquor dealer for two quarts o
whisky ito keep Sunday with. TIL
dealer said two quarts was too much
Cant you keep Sunday with aqnart!
"Yes," said the Irishnan, i suppose
/ can, but how would it be kept! 50
too, we might run alown without wa
ter. but how would it be ran!
Say what you will, you can't get
along without wafer. 1t is useful fol
various PURPOSES: For navigation. fol
washing ami Bathing, for making
steam 70 run ofr stationary engin,
and locomotives, for our dumb anil
mails to drink, YES, even human be-
lngs sometimes indalge in drink OF
cold water, and fish could not exist
without it. Yes, water isSa very use
full article, if used judiciouslY, not
withstanding the melancholy fact hat
people sometimes lose their lives by
falling into it. The truth is, itwonld
be decidedly announcement for human.
ity to get along without water.
But seriously, Morris must have
more water. not only for household
purposes and stock, but for the pur-
pose of putting out fires, and we are
pleased to know that a movement has
been started having that object i'll
view. A petition is being circulated
and numerously signed, asking the
village board to make an appropria'
ton for the purpose of digging and
constructing a well on Montana ave-
nue., between I'd and 4th streets, and
furnishing q pump for the same, the
windmill to be paid for by private
subscriptions. 1t is believed that by
putting we'll of sufficient depth at
the above point the necessary amount
of water will be obtained to furnish
the wants of our people who are not
now supplied, and the elevation is such
that water c:alI OF Carried 10 the SecOnt
story of any building in the centra
and western portion of the city, ant
also furnish a supply for the engine
in case of fire. Water can be carried
to any part of the city by means O.
pipes, and tanks or reservoirs can b.
kept filled for use whenever needed
1t strikes us that the plan is feas
ible one, and we hope our village boart
will feel justified in making a sufi
cient appropriation to carry it out
provided it. can be done legally.
Of course it will increase the taxes
of property owners to construct the
proposed water works, but it should
be borne in mind that this improve
ment will increase the value of theil
property more than the amount OF
their additional taxes, to say nothing
of the rates of insurance.
We have fine steam fire engine.
but without good supply of water it
will be almost useless in case of fire,
and the money paid for it foolishly
expended. But by expanding the
amount necessary to secure sufficient
supply of water. the engine becomes
most valuable piece Of city property.
A steam fine engine without water is
just about as useless as a railroad
without locomotives and cars.
1t is hoped that the village board
will give this matter of water supply
serious consideration, and, as we said
above, make the required appropria.
ton.
Other towns all over the state are
on the move by way Of Improvements
and keeping up with the progressive
spirit of the times, and surely Morris
should not be an exception.