Telegram-herald., 1889-11-30
OFFICIAL PAPER or THE CITY.
GRAND RAPIDS. SATURDAY. NOV. "a.
LIZ wATER oUEsrfoN.
" ateF. water every where.
And not drop % drink.

Inc clb-Lcls o. GtAuu dpiUs are not /
quite 40 hard pressed for drinkables as
the ancient mariner, but many families |
who have 70 depend upon the city
water service complain that the liquid
which they receive can scarcely be
elassed among dnnkables. The city
has grown so rapidly that It has out
grown its water service, both as 10
quantity and quality. Every days de-
lay makes the matter worse and prompt
action should DC taken by our Com
mon Council. The citizens are growing
impatient, as viii be seen by a perusal
OF the communication IN our local
columns from our old acquaintance
Pro Bono Pubiico.
When the proposition 10 which ne re-
fers was first made by the Hydraulic
Company. the TELEGRAM-HERALDc com
mended it as a fair, business-like offer
on the part OF that company and one
entitled % favorable consideration.
We did not take sides, but stated that
we did not think it good policy 20 let
the field and the profits be divided
between two systems. We still think
90. Two sets Of running expenses taken
out of what may be considered the fair
profits of this city makes the water ser
vice just so much more expensive to
some one-and that some one is usually
the consumer. II but one system ex-
isted water could be furnished more
cheaply. II the city occupied the field
alone, water could be furnished at
actual cost. II a private company con-
trOued II, II would doubtless be man
aged more economically and the rates
would be regulated by contract-ordi-
nance with the city. Without presum-
ing TO decide for the committee, we do
say that i IS time for them to wake up
and dispose of the proposition made by
the Hydraulic Company.
Although We have been waiting pa
tiently for the committee TO act, we
have not been sleeping on our oars.
We have procured copies OF the ordi-
nance under which the city of Peoria,
H., Is supplied with water by private
company, and Will publish the
same IN tomorrow's issue. The TEL
EGRAN-HEsALD, however, is not
committed 90 sale Of the
city water works % the Hydraulic Com
psnY. but SIMPLY wishes to give is
readers a knowledge Of what other
cities are DONG. Especially would We
not favor such a sale until all the terms
and conditions are known and the Citi-
zens have ample opportunity 20 con-
sider them. II the city does not sell
out 70 the Hydraulic Company. then 10
should by al means buy out that com
panys plant, and get I'd Of a cOmpetl-
tor.
II The following quotation from the
Boston Post = a true prophecy. We are
glad We got out. "In the current sd-
vertisem ment al famous legal treatise
II IS stated that the present ed ton con
tains citations of FIVE thousand cases IN
addition 20 those supplied by the org
ina author and by a former editor. In
another i've years the number vii
doubtless reach ten thousand. What,
the lay mind wonders. vii IA the ultl-
mate resulf The lawyer Of the TWEEN
teth century VII probably % a gnome,
invisible - ths eye, but burrowng IN
dustriously beneath the huge volumes
thst are piled upon him, snd communi-
eating with the court by means Of
telephone" There are some, Who are
cruel enough - say. that the legal gen
tlenen VII 5e fully a. useful down
there as they ever have been elsewhere.
"
THE greatest difficulty that The prose
cuton in the CroRin case has had to
c0ntsnd with. IN securing evidence
sgainss the accused, has come from the
mssvsrm detecUvs work Of officers a.
Signed ~ the case. That = = mild way
of putting it. for something more than
lukswsrmness has been shown. The
Chicago police and detective force
needs, and vii have, a thorough over
hauling.
Jruers from exchanges. editors gen
ersIiv must have been a vsrY thankful
lot Of cinEens ths yesr Most Of them
are used % Beng thankful With l4ttle