Telegram-herald., 1890-02-24

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thfough IA incomplete water supply
sssIsm for Grand k2pas, & would, 4
believe, make q showing foar or nfe
gimes a. large a. the present annual de-
noency. Mg talbsr SAYS that
I quote the reports of Tie
Board of Puhhc Morks with
fairness calculated to deoeNe.
quote them a. mad them. / believe
tlt ,yst "a of bookkeeping under Which
they are made up 20 be ncolFecl aad
tac actua. deficiency Is much larger ~
considerable than tney show. Inis Is
dae o. tae fAcl they are badly nnAed
up both a. a. tenn, % construction anl
income Among them may mention
taat tile Boar1 II Education pays 5000
Z year toI water Tor Ihe pub.lc schools,
which We would furnish tfee. The po-
nee and fac departments pay about
s5ou year iOE Waier fer Their hulld-
lnEs and The other puollC buildings pay
IA uhclent to brng tae total up 10 about
$1,000 year. Tie Board Of Pu0llc
WORKS reports 90 not mention these
items, which are l. be found Ia the fe-
ports 81 the Board of Education and po-
ice and NE commissioner, etc. bat
IN the Board OF PUolC Works report t
puts total city income a. received for
water rates, nnes etc. The items pald
by the departments Of tie city men
toned a. water rates 10 the Board of
Public Works : only taking Il out oi
one clty pocket 10 put Il IN another city
pocket, and represents "a difference on
a correct bookkeeping basis of about
5000 in the deficiency. and "a great
many expenses OF the city water system
20 INTO the general expense account OF
the board, and when tins Is taken INTO
consideration q makes the annual de-
hcltnCy about S25, 1000 a yeaT-h0W
much more / can not now say. have 40
wish % make taedeic.ency any greater
than Il D.. am open 70 convection, Il
anybody can satisfy nae, that the de-
ficlency can be figured less than So, 900
Il year. and this without figuring amy
thing for wear and depreciation OF
plant, hut with a possible Wow L. the
purchase OF the clty's system ! can not
consistently figure the income any
greater than u actually Is or would he
10 the Hydraulic Company under their
offer. or the deficiency any less than
we would lind il II We had the city s
water system.
Regarding the pipe mileage, | have
no way OF verifying Mr.. Gilbert state
ments, but Will assume for the sake OF
argument that the city has slXty-four
and one-fourth miles OF pipe. This
only makes the showing of city income
on pipe mileage worse than the figures
which have used as a basis-namcly
about fifty miles. TO illustrate tins,
the city IN 1887 had about $50 600 ln-
come from about twcnty-cight miles Of
pipe. Today they have about S4l ,000
10 so 600 income, according 10 the re-
ports, OFT from about, as Mr.. Gilbert
states il. siXty-iour miles OF pipe. There
fore the income from lSS7 up to date
has increased about = 900. We VIII
assume that the city has not lost any
income that 1t had on the twenty-cight
miles of pine. 1t certainly could not
have received any of that from the new
pipe because il has all been laid since
1887; therefore 1t Is receiving about
$1,000 income on thirty-siX new mics Of
pipe on the twenty-eight miles of pipe
1t averaged about 1920 n mile; that
must be left as the showing on twenty
eight miles OF pipe for the $4,000 IN
come. NOwO the new thIrty-slX mllesof
pipe the difference between the twenty
eight miles IN 1887 and the sixty-fOur
miles now that Mr.. Gilbert claims at
$1,000 tire total increase of income, u
would only be for the new thirty-six
miles of pipe, less than 500 a mile, IN
stead of 1868 as 1t figures out on the
fifty mile basis. ! challenge Mr.. Gill
bert 10 dispute this statement on any
far basis OF figuring. A man Of ms
ability To figure on any business ques-
ton, should have fairly considered and
stated this fact IN ms argument 20 the
council, or else not have gone INTO IT,.
If Mr.. Gilbert doubts the correctness of
the figures | Will have il Of he viii fur
me the exact present income 50 that !
can verify il, and the exact present
city mileage 50 that | can verify it,
stated exactly in dollars and cents. and
sworn to for MS benefit by some COM
petent expert.
have no wish TO bclittlc anything
in connection with the clty's water sys-
tenn. take it as ] find It, and de-
pend on the city's figures and reports
for the facts regarding 1t.
Regarding Mr.. Glbcrt's figures Of
| how the city Will probably stand in 1894.
The above basis OF less than $500 a mile
| for increased mileage ] should say
would reasonably settle that question
| 30 far the other way from what Mr.
| Gilbert states that II would leave no
room for argument, and Mr.. Gilbert j,
| too good a business man In his gas and
banking enterprise 20 attempt any such
basis of figuring for the future IN either
| OF those business ventures a. Do put,
| before the public on the city water sys
| tenn. If tie propOItonatc increase %
annual deficiency which Mr.. Gilbert
| figures on were brought out | should
| say that the annual deficiency five years
| from today would toe nearer $4,000 q
! year than Il Is 50 .000 avcar today. and
] say that my probabilities on this point
are a. reasonable, and ! think much
more so than Mr.. Gilbert arc from hI'
basis of figuring as gwen before the
| council.
Mr.. Gilbert saws that ] cunnrngly
| present the case 30 excite prejudice iT
| case OF a vote, bv stating that tbo
| city has about one hundred and fifty
| miles OF streets. lie admits that thls IS
a TACT, bat Mr.. Gilbert claims that It B.
| only necessary % pipe s9} mile
which are graded and winch
| would only require twenty-fouT mIle'
Of new pipe to complete. ! say tha'
| i i. q fact that the citizen living 0r
the ungrsdod and unpavcd street paw
! has taxes g. support the CITY watc
works. and pays hIs extra insurance rs
reason of his having no pipe IN from
/ OF his house for tIre protection. who
! Ie n the nature Of = direct tax. =
/ much entitled ~ water protection 81
/ the man who lves In the center Of th'