The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-07
HIDING THE TRUTH.
4 Tacoma Papers Light Under
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GEaph appeared IN todayS Ledger:
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The pusehass q ~ wesse plans = matter
shse she psopas Of Tacoma are able % decide fos
Shsmssivea TIE Posr-lxTxIIlsBEcHn, how
svss. - . nswspapss, = interested In giving inc
1ostA That y I'll.
The caption why Not Give . Few
racts3" ID the Lsdew'A II II applied. It
would be pertinent. But Il does not.
Several columns Of pertinent facts have
been published IN the Pos1-IsrELLrcEScEH
% Tar. and the special water election 90
eurs next Tuesday. The Ledger has not
stated any Of the following facts:
That II the city honds loe e1ls0.0oo Tor vatse
aad light, only @3.7u7 will fsmain fos sswees.
That sswen are . nsesssity. but that II the
water plant 10 bought up at this tims thSss WIN
- no funds Soe several ysafs with whieh 70 co..
eeruct sswseA
That the men having ne bsssss payroals in
ne city DO rot think e good idea % bond the
city - The fullest extsnt Tor water, and that
. peoposltion 10 remove elsewhere u the plant
= bought q this tina
Thas the saxpayoss "a the -oeWo1io1 districts
ogs earnestly demanding severn
That charges aso made that . majority OF the
city council has bean owned By the water COM
pany.
That the city can only make uss Of 100000
worth Of material out Of si.8s0ooo which IL 10
proposed it shall Fey Tor shs water plant hx-
turss, after making the liberal allowance Of
tD0.Ooo ios the company's realty. and another
e7o0yo00 for the compAny's electric light plant,
which Seattle b talking Of duplicating foe
ose.op
That what material the city can make use Of
r. gives b. Rudolph Herring - follows:
Specials Is pr cent 81 aii mains, .-...... 2l.ass
stop Valves. ...........-............... IIyJ
service pipes...... ...........--.......... 1s1 s
Assefs.... ........................... os!0V
Total ...........................
That TIE proposed spring water supply VIII
not b. IN eli gravity supply. and that from as.
90 70 $4,000 annually will have 70 b expanded
- 10 expectsd
That the city council b AUTHORISED 70 az The
water rates. and dos not DO IL
That the water compauy can b compelled %
furnish pure water or l0se its franchise
That the water company nsvsf listened = any
psoposition 20 sell out until an expert hired By
the city 10 look up the sources Of supply con-
0emned tts present source OF supply and n.
ported that 70 ut1iiSe the syringe - now pro-
posed would cost eos1.o0
That the cost Of exten sions and what = asked
for the prsssdt plant Il e. Sss,o0.
bues Sue e8kDo e8pSts rOpOSto0 tuoS . nov sup
ply nom al but the Green river could b -
cured fog less than the abovs amount the said
report being - follows:
Spring water supply. 20 go
south fork Puyallup river. ........... 2,1ls, $50
4ssheil rvo1. ......................... 2235. $40
Green rivss. 2,o5A92o
That Green Yivoe oe some mountain stream
must b the ultimsee source Of supply.
That Il intervjswed lot Of business men "a
the pFopositiou 70 purchase the wstee plant ct
this time, and that because the sentiment vas
adverse Il never puhlishsd the intssviewa
That Il lied when is said the Populists - Q
body would favor The purchase.
That tt did not See1act this ooatomont until
sixty Populists th1eassned - refuse - centinus
- subscstbera
That u publisAsd eoly one side q the cues.
ton
Thas The peepls. u len - thsmsslvss, would
not bite ~ thetS uosos In this mates.