Telegram-herald., 1891-06-21

million q ,eoo. 0ool gallons Of water per
day of twenty four "a hours each
unta the supply shall amount % ten
miihon gle 900 geo gallons per day.
Should the locality Fret chosen oy The
Cook Well Company be found unable
10 furnish the sntlss amount OF ten
million 10. 900 COO gallons per day OF
twenty-four IA hours each. but VIII
furnish not lees than fve million
o.oo0, 600 per day OF tseaty-fout GA
hours each, then toe Cook Well Com
pany shall, at tee option OF the Board
OF Pubic Works sink wells for an adj
ditoaai supply of III least rse million
to.o0d 600 gsiioas per day IN . second
locality, within two GU miles OF TIE
present limits of the city, 10 re ap-
proved by the Board OF Pabisc Works,
under the same tests and CONDITIONS
SPECIFIED for the supply from the flrsi
locality. The ground for the supply 10
be furnished by the city Of Grand Rap
ids
Should the supply in either locality
amount TO less than ave mlllon 1000
oool gallons per day of twen,y-iour ~
hours each, the said Cook Well Com
pany shall not be entitled 10 any com
pensatlon for labor and materisi Tor
the wells IN that locality.
THE Cook NELL COMPANY,
Il. y. Cook, President.
Report Of the special committee of
the Common Council recommending
that special election be- eAiled Ia vote
upon the question OF raising the neces-
sary funds to extend tie water mains
and secure new supply Of water.
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City u strand Espsds;
GESrLEssEs Your special committee
on water supply. To whom MAS referred
| the communications OF the Board OF
Public Works of the city relating To WA
| ter supply, would respectfully report
| that they have made careful and
thorough investigation of the matter
| referred 10 them and that IN the opin-
ION OF your committee. after such Ia
| vestigation, IL is necessary that steps he
taken at once To procure Il large extern
| sion Of the water mains and the dcvel-
| opment OF n new source OF wafer supply.
| The recent extension OF the limits OF
| the city have brought within the taxa
ble area large amount OF the thickly
settled territory which is wholly with
out sufficient fire protection, or sui'a-
| bic water for domestic purposes as well
| rs for protection ami the sDrinklng at
| lawns and streets. When 1t is consid-
| sidered that in addition 10 this, large
portions OF tine old city are wholly
| without water, and no funds are at
| hand for the eX .cnsIOn OF mains IN any
| direction, II must I've apparent that
| something should be ut once done ~ re-
| lleve the situation.
| Upon the question OF source OF sup
| ply, your committee are unanimously
| of the opinion that the water OF Grand
river is not tit for domestic use, and
should no longer he used, From the
| experiments already nado your COM
| mittee are convinced that an abundant
| and lasting supply Of pure water Is
| close at hand and Can I've readily OBJ
tanned Ivy the we'll system. Whatever
will he the ultimate source of supply of
| the city's water, and whatever may he
| thought of the ultimate necessity OF
obtaining the same from Lake Mlchi-
| gan, or from some large stream trlhu-
tary TO Grand river north OF the city,
| your committee arc convinced that the
| wlsest step 70 he taken for the present,
| and many years in the future, is To Oh
tam supply of ground water. Your
| committee are OF the OPINION, however,
that no water from wells should Ike used
without going far enough from the city
| to nc beyond the source OF contamina-
and that no contract should be made
with any company for putting down
| the wella without a guarantee being
| given hy the company to secure to tho
| city an adequate supply Of pure water
for at least ten years after the contract
is made, provision also being made IN
the contract to insure supply COM
mcnsurate 10 the growth OF the city
during that period.
| Your committee would respectfully
recommend that IN tho immediate fu-
ture special election by the voters of
| the city be called, at which &c submitted
to them the question of raising the me-
cessary funds to procure the needful OK
| tensions OF tine cty's water mains, and
| to secure to the inhabitants thereof wa
ter fit for human consumption OF such
kind and quantities as will do away with
all danger to the public health from the
use of impure water, and TO abolish
forever restrictions upon the amount
and quantity they may use.
| All of which is respectfully sub
mitted.
| ISAAC NJ TrpyrR