Telegram-herald., 1890-02-22
CLOSE SHAVE
On the Submission Of the Water
Question 10 the People.
II WAS DOWSED BY EIGHT 10 SEVEN
"A Exhaustive Report On the Question
Submitted bs Hon. T. ID. Gilbert and
sRinging speech by 1. "A. Turner
Ia favor OF SUbn1itting.

the council IN regard q the adoption or
tie report OF the SPECIAL water commit
tee. Every alderman was IA his place,
except Stry aud II = not known
whether he was uuayoidably detained
from being present OF whether he
wished 70 dodge the question.
The clerk presented a communication
from the Board OF Trade, containing
the report submitted by the Committee
on Municipal Affairs and adopted by
the board a; their last meeting. Upon
motion of Alderman Crcgue, the report
was accepted and placed on file.
The same committee also submitted
communication containing "A sci OF res
olutons adopted by the board "a refer
ence % the new ire limit ordinance,
and I'M particular 10 that part referring
10 the removal OF lumber yards. They
protested and demonstrated against the
said clause. IL WAS referred 10 The
Committee on Ordinances.
Another relnOnStrance against the
submission OF the water question 10 the
popular vote, Was submitted, signed 10y
1906 citizens, and tins raised the mum
Der OF prOtestants 10 $50.
The report OF tho water committee,
submitted last week, Was rc-rcad by the
city clerk.
Alderman stem moved that the
various petitions IN reference TO the
matter be taken from the table. The
motion carried.
Alderman Stein then made a lengthy
speech on the subject lie spoke OF the
limited supply of spring water that Is
available, and SAID That il is not large
enough to supply the present demand.
said he: "lhc Hydraulic Company
promises Us better water. Now, where
are they going to getiG The company
has not spring water enough now 10
supply the very limited district they
have piped." He SAID in case the com
panv should go 10 Lake Michigan for
supply, the city would have 10 make a
new contract with it. The Hydraulic
Company would have to move than
double its rates IN that case, IN order to
make their plant pay. He emphasized
the fact that no petition Of citizens mad
been before the council asking for
submission OF tho question, but that the
matter had been brought about by the
party directly interested.
Alderman Launierc said that the first
question WAS that the city must get rld
of this dangerous competition Iu the
water business. He SAID that the Quca-
ton Of selling was not before the cOun-
Gil, III. the question of allowing the
people t0 Ge,Idc what they shall do IN
tno matter, buy or SELF
''Inasmuch a the Board of Puhhc
Works seems unable 10 cope with tins
question, let the people decide. | ana
as much opposed TO the sale OF the
water works as any man, but We want,
and must have, pure water. The llY-
draulic Company Is taking many OF our
best customers away from Us, and If
they go on this spring and put IN tif
teen or twenty miles of mains, paral llcl
with ours, the matter viii be rendered
50 much worse"
The people want to sec some return
for their money. II was impossible TO
secure a loan from the people for an
extension of the mains until the board
specified Just where the mains were to
bc laid; then ii carried, five 10 one"
The alderman sat down, bat said he
might have more To say later ON.
Hon. r. Gilbert was called for bv
Alderman CreQue, and he responded 10
the call lie said he was sOrry hc had
not heard all Alderman LaunCro bad
to say in the matter. lie SAID the
special water committee had never
been discharged, and he claimed tic
TichJ rs chairman OF the committee tJ
submit further report in view OF the
later offer made 10y ". j.. Crow.
lie said: We ROW control and can
supply water good enough for from go
10 % per cont. of all purposes. Iarec
of the city papers have opened thor
batteries upon the city water and the
Board of Public Works, but have said
not a word about the report oi tho
committee.
"Nr. Crow has offered the city
Sllj, 700 Joss than the water works have
cost, and they were built a. cheap as
they could boz built by any corporation.
He promises 70 pump purc spring
water, but docs not say who're hc wIll
ct
- would Ike 90 know vlcrc hc j.
gong to ct Il, for experts declare that
the supply oi spring water 5, far from
sufficient % supply the iv. Some ot
tho citzen, believe % gallery syst. .m
would bc in. thing. lut ) prefer tac
opinions of experts. Tic Lake N.ea.-
gan ,cuemc s rrou0storou-. unt oaIv
0u account of tHe cost OF F.a.:c. Iut
a cuo can Gof Pee ua1t8ulI e1
the sandy bottom of the lake
along rs eastern shore. Tho shifting
sands. gales of Wld and mourtaa. ~
5ce would destroy auv crib tnat slit
bv uut lu. a short time. 81 oe-
r3r.d that fhe scheme was al auu-
bag. IIo them rdcu.cd She mtr-rew
r.tH ar .u-nra.fr man that arf