The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-05
ELL INTO A HOLE.
i Tacoma Papers Foolish Con-
tradiction Of the Truth.
eswERs OF VITAL IMPORTANCE.
- sAe City Cannot Raise Aeoey Ses
Sewers II Il Bays The WsteR
PloaG,

sewers II II Bsys the Wsssr
plaut.
fAocxA. April 4-fSpecial.l 1.-The Ledger
& = ssain in hole, and unfortunately it hiss
4 dragged down with IL local attorney. who
+ happened to jump At rash conclusion be-
1 1oss looking up the Law carefully. Today
I IL former says editorially:
Mr. George LAdd Mum, lawyer Of this clsy'
- discovsred that our supreme court mas
{ already decided the question which the FosI'
n 1STyLLIGRxcB8 has raised for ouf interest, VIZ:
Whether . municipal corporation can become
\ bdsbted for water works. sewsfs ana efuneiss
/ light works In any sum greater than per IN.
q ~ last assessment rolf The court answered
mis- question afifmativsiy. holding that cfses
may become indebted for The purpose OF pfovio-
ing water and sewerage system IN any sum,
provided the total municipal Indebtedness oces
4 not exceed 10 per csat OF IL last assessment
roll. II seems, therefore. that the PosT-iNTEIr
xacErexs viii have 10 ind something else 70
help Us out We don't need help In the way Il
now suggeats.
As matter Of fact the statutes confirm
precisely what the Posr-ISrEILIeKHcE1 has
stated But as usual the Ledger abuses the
Pooz-IErELLraExcER for citing the truth
snd adhering to facts.
In the hope of winning votes for the
va4er company the Ledger has been trying
- mislead the people into believing that If
ths city 10 loaded to the limit for the water
plaat Il can still dix up money for sewer
construction. For stating the facts in tho
prsmises the Ledger has found fault with
the Posf-ISrHLLIeKxcKA and attempted to
work up prejudice by declaring that Seat
10 did not want Tacoma to purchase the
s vater plant, assuming that II the plant
usrs purchased there would be more
{ noney spent here than II the proposition
were voted down. And the facts are:
u the plant Il purchased there will Be
utss plant Is not purchased thsr: viii '''
s - expended ......................... $4,000
The latter sum IL needed tor sewers. II
he water plant is purchased there will be
available for sewers IS, 707 In othe. words
there can DO no sewer construction If the
vster plant 10 purchased ct the price
asked. Now there are hundreds Of tar.
payers in the city who do not know this.
They have not been informed BY the local
newspapers. or rather in this instance, 1t
least, the local news suppressors.
OVWOSo sOA oNVAAo - VILE bAIU0 0TV NE
mitted to be Of vital importance. Their
construction 10 sanitary necessity. City
ownership Of water at this time 10 not .
necessity, albeit the quality of the water
b not entirely wholesome. But the city
Ownership - proposed viii not improve
the quality for some time. And still IL 10
Questionable il the supply can b improved
in quality with the appropriation cited,
which 10 100000. Indeed Rudolph Her
ring, the water company's accepted az
psrk says It will cost $50. 10, viz.
Collecting spsing water q sources. .....3 lAooo
spI,ass to Ie.eryosr m" ana n nom 'I H
llswocd spring. directly into the city. s7sl7o
nspose1 Eeservolf ID ................... 10000
sfoIosed pump for Thom:s springs....;.. 5000
tiek,sed delivery pipe from reservoir
Ocisy........ ....................... 1z7.OO0
fetal. $500. ...........s sssl7o
The proposed Improvement a. now con-
templased does not include use Of Maple
wood spri ngs, and Therefore there viii be
no need Of . conduit from the springs to
the city. This conduit was figured on BY
Engineer Herring - being nine and half
miles long and four feet in diameter. and
while be does not segregate this item of ex-
psnse. It 10 considered By competent engi-
neefs that Il would cost not over $500, 900.
Therefore the proposition which the Led
~ and The water company advocates, con-
tsmplates this, We:
To make improvements, estimated BY an
expert to cost $7S3, ITO for the sum of
$4,000
A civil engineer who has made Q thor
enah investigation Of the proposition Of
usiiising the Maplewood springs says:
nsplewood springs have IN elevation Of
twenty feet above the city wharf In order to
new nine and . half miles that elevation II ~
7 CURED to make the water dow. When Maple.
veod springs water 10 delivered at the wharf
mere viii not b head enough 90 cause IL to how
inso chip The water company proposes to
~ this water on the tide OATS buildings To do
0is the water viii have TO be pumped.
Aaplewood springs dow 9. 0Oo, 900 gallons
gaday, Is stated by Mr.. Herring. Now, to
pump this quantity of water. Fanning's
sAydrs3iics and Engineering, a standard pub
ncssion OF the kind. says 1t costs as follows
per year: