The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-03-08
% TINE FOB DELAY.
1luierwriters Want Z Water
System Right Away.
- REDUCE INSURANCE RATES.


= e3ass Of business men appear 70 taxa
= erea1er interest In the present agitation
- n adequate water supply than The
Snlu d the several Ore insurance COM
100 To ascertain their views upon the
~ffoct. Posr-INTELLIaxscKn reporter
l5day interviewed several Of the more
zs1nulnsnt members Of the fraternity, with
- following RESULT
~ hsye not followed up the IateAt
,1neps Of the question" remarked J. n.
61eDtt, who was the hfsf 70 b ap-
rroohed. There IL one thing. however.
= which am positive, proper water sup
~ wOuld reduce Insurance. Jates at least
- csnt. ! am opposed 70 the 81 limit
- Of public improvements. I think
IN false economy. and the most ex-
1--WE IN the end. We have here In Seat
e befter facilities for = proper water SUP
~ than h possessed by most cities. and
- expense should b spared 20 utilize
- nature seems TO have forced upon us.
~ optnion Is that the Cedar river PROPOSE
~ =. from sanitary point OF view. bet
- Than the one to enlarge the present
mpp,y In Lake Washington. The
la;rper VIII in the end be the source OF
r1ntte's water supply. Then why defer
retbing which Is bound to GOMEZ The
ln1mosts Of the city should be OF more I'm
ree1nnce than the question Of saving
nv dollars. More win BE- gained In the
1u1nction Of insurance Rates than the i'm
l1nsot IN the bonds on the proposed expen-
1mn viii amount to-"
! rtauk Beach, Of Hanford 4 Beach,
Mod 10 be quoted - being opposed TO =
~ expenditure by the city ct this time.
sosdar river viii always Be where II Ia, .
ia be, land Ii n . question In my mind
vhethsr the water would be Of the purest
tlseY Il Rad been brought down by pipes.
NJ Rock creek proposition will, at the
louest estimate. cost e. 500 0oo. and Seattle
nn not afford 10 spend any such sum Just
y present The city ought TO purchase
fsv beat Lake Washington. think, will
= perfectly able 70 give US = good water
supply, and furnish quick and adequate
means Of IRE protection. am speaking
ut only - IN insurance man. but also -
s taxpayer"
Frank Hanford. Of the same firm. az
pessssd himself - being strongly In favor
< ~ proposition to increase the capacity
q he present system. 1.-THE present situa-
don h serious and something ought to be-
douo q once" said he. .Our Insurance
ssts are something awful, yet the COM
panies can not b blamed considering the
annount Of risk We take every time We write
policy. Aproper water supply h true
eeouomy. We need sewers. street and
I e Improvements, but water IL the mat
II q frat importance. II the water from
I6ln Washington Il not as good asit ought
3 - \ should be filtered"
~ D. A. Spencer. secretary Of the
Noue Insurance Company: As far as
n concsrned l believe the council should
make provision for . water supply ads-
quats to the city's needs. OF course every
~ ID anxious to obtain what We are after
> cheaply a. possible; II would. however.
~ the city 10 expend almost any ressona-
y amount rather than delay this matter
~ longer. The ERE limits should also BE-
w. II. Taylor, Of the firm Of Taylor 4
burns. expressed himself as opposed to the
lroposition Of bringing water In pipes
rom Cedar creek. II am glad that City
Engineer Williams has made estimates
md surveys out there," said be. "AH Of
his preliminary work viii b Of great hem
ut 10 the city when II Is prepared 70 build
hose works in about four years. Tho water
d Lake Washington Is ~ good ~ the sup
w furnished anywhere. and great deal
betteF than that consumed In either San
Francisco or Oakland, Cal. When the
was last examined. the water was
bound TO be pure. of course. the growth
II the city will eventually befoni IL, but
hat time Is yet quito long way or The
present supply ought to be trebled. more
pumps and another reservoir put In.
md then Seattle will have decent
Insurance rates and q water supply
uecond To pone.n