The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-01
SEATTLE OWNS THEN.
Transfer Of All the Works Of
the Spring Hill Company.
An ORDER 70 PAY ssso.ooo.


II Vas = very ordinary piece Of vhits paDsr
haif . sheet Of foolscap. with few words writ
ten In 1eEsbis hand:
sssKArfLE wash, Oct. slst, lssa
ne Puget Sosad Ndtion1l Bdnk
PAY to The bprinx Hill Wafer Company the
sum Of Three HundFed aud Fifty Thousand dol
lars Deposited - your credit. for the NE Of the
city Of Seattle, In DE National Bank d Repub-
lie Of y v FORK BIZ the Cuass Estfonal Bank,
same being the Anal payment for The purchase
"HAnHY WHITE,
Mayor City Of Seattle
&C. ". fERRTs. Com plFoier City 81 Seattle
About 2 o'clock yesterday it was HANDED By
Mayor white and Comptroller Ferris to NJ. j.
cob Fursh in the Puget Sound Eetfonal bank. In
return they received fail and complete deed TO
the Spring Hin water Compsuy's plant and
afsr protrscted negotiations and suecessive de-
lays Seattle became owner Of her water supply
system. Inc purchase prics vas ts52 26a67, Of
which sum 92.266-67 was paid January g. 1890
leaving the amCut $4,000. paid October 81, 1890
From today The WORKS win b in charge Of
superintendent Preston, under diseceion Of the
board Of public works. Already the pumps are
running under bis supervision, end beyond the
ensnse Of ofnc.ais there Il no sign Of the trans
ier II VIII not be long, however before many
Improvements viii be perfected. One Of these
- . reAdjustment Of rates. The company has
been working upon . schedule msde IN 1853,
with notifications based less upon general
plan than upon the elasticity OF the consumers
submission OF the &955,c00 raised By the issue
Of honda $1,000 was for sewerage purposes.
Inst leaves 1885, COO for the water system: de-
duet $Sj000o paid the Spring Hill Water Com
pany and 3495O00 remainA About $4,000 mad
been drawn In warrants from the expected bal
ance. % thar there remains 100000 for I'll that
y 70 be done, stating II roughly.
Mr.. Adams. Who Was appointed 70 succeed the
lafe Mr.. Abbott a ssinspecf0e Of buildings" q
he was popuIariy known, has been retaining
the ONCE, holding that he was entitled to d. %
Under the provision Of the charter which de-
cares that IN officer shall hold uutil his succes-
scr shall have been appointed and qualified. The
bosrd Of aldermen have held that his vitality
was practically transmitted, by . sort Of officiai
meiempGychosis 10 that OF superintendent OF
buildings, wharyes and bridges o. created by
the charter The house Of dslegs tes ignored
this and proceeded 70 crease new once, max
Ing II IN auxiliary Of the IRE department
Alderman Wilcox discovered that no such Of
fee - inspector Of buildings had ever existed,
but that the ONCE OF superintendent Of build
inRs, created By the ordinances OF July 10. 1859.
mo. l1lsl was the basis Of the charter ONCE, and
that the language describing and defining il
was almost precisely the same Il seems now
ta1s IL Ao8mo u88 Decu Out o. once 11uee the
appointment Of L +. Compton to the chaxser
cfieeL
Park Commissioners D. W. Jones, W. I. Bur-
CESS, G. n Evans and a. Barker, have qualified
but W. 3. Bailey has not. OF the library COM
missionen MrG a. B. Stewart and Mrs j. c.
Haines and Colonel B. n. shea5e have qualified,
Tut Colonel q. g. Lyon has declined. and =.
Brainerd y said 70 be ineligible. The oath Of
acceptance requires declaration that the sp-
pointee 10 qualified according 70 the provisions
OF the charter, and among other qualifications
two years residence IL necesssry and that the
appointee - IN electOr Of Seattle. The park
commissioners are allowed 500 . year cigar
money.
There 70 proposition TO create the once of
purchasing agent for the different departments.
Under the old charter the city clerk was the
purchasing agent, but that ONCE 10 now pBH.ly
clerical. The members of the board Of works
are opposed to the project They think that
greater wsfchiulness and economy can be prac-
ticed by holding each oniciai responsible and
having accounts checked by the heads OF de-
partments. Those who favor . separate once
are OF the opinion that II Il IL created, every
ofiicer using supplies win become . check upon
him, and that the tendency Of cficials 70 'skick"
may be depended upon TO offset any attempt to
purchase inferior material or pay more than the
lowest current prices
The board of public works will meet the Joint
finance committee today to discuss the matter
Of salaries for employees Of the department.