Great Falls weekly tribune., 1895-09-27
wanted it understood that be vas
not opposed to the nu,,h, -.

} me me water works company's plan
Inc only point Of difference was in =.
yant 1"nu 70 the proper price. He did M
rS;L mHuI any price submitted to the neonI
y snd "nich ne believed they would vote d dowr
mnu. uuu mus oefeat the object which he al
mats favored, the requirement of H.
sons ma.et plant by the city. For these raa ga
s1n,. ns ne tnought the council should -,
o..y ,ow,y and act with deliberation in th'
4 ad;o, dor, ana ne moved that the counci
u nnoo Hn!ourn I'LL Monday night. Aldermar
W;,1; n seconded the motion. Aldermar
.s m,miams r,oa asked why not proceed toniph1
anNS as weil as Monday night to discuss tn,
dIi51a.aon ai5s OF what just price would be-
o,man naor ,'na ritzgerald said the city enpi
tL 10. was SICK, and in such discussion
10y snould have the benefit of certair
hgures he had made. '"'-
men Dunn, Mitchell and Fitzner,,d ' d'ue. uet
ing yes, and the balance no, WV
Alderman Fitzgerald called on the NO
| sistant city engineer for the rannrt as, n,
estimate above referred to as tha oot,,n ~
cost OF construction, including n;,a 'u"' @
cavatlon, machinery, labor. inferast et,
OF the plant last winter. He said 49, 49,,
amounted to SlS2,S5O. 10 dunlicata tbs tha
plaht today it would cost about s215 GOO
win such sum added as had been snent
last year by the company He diJn',
hho" what the capacity of the nnn'ns
was, asn 1 alderman Fitzgerald supgestaI
l,-oo,ooo gallons. The assistant en1inonr
tunought more than that. Amern,nn
Wlli'ams suggested that it had haan
etateo al 5oOoOOO gallons and the an,
Riheer SAD 1t might be forced up to that
but thoughtit high. W '''a'
Ailefhan Damn said the council an
peafed 10 be little In the dark abont
~, ,lo Gohuitlon and capacity Of this pant
ne thousht the council should first cm.
fi'y good hydraulic engineer tC renort
on its condition. lie didn't want anv
ono 10 thlnk he was opposed to buying
'he water plant at fair price. but he
wahte" llrst TO know what it was he WAS
ouying. lie was willing to pay s5OOO00
Tor 1t II 1t was worth it, The troubis wae
ne didn't know what it was wnr,h
Ihere might bo something wrong about
the plant. He thought there was IGa
had been Informed 80 per cent If tbo
mains were six-nch MAINS. and that in
stead OF the plant being one which would
o., ne capable of supplying 10000 peono
~ ~ "ae taxed to its fullest capacity. and |
,ha' large sums OF money would have to |
DE spent on 1t in the near future to
make 1t furnish supply adequate TO the
needs OF tho city. If these things vera
so, ne wanted to know it before anv nrice
was liked He therefore offered the fol-
lowing resolution: WI
RESOLVED, That no further action be
taken by this council relative to the pur-
OF the plant of the water com.
pany until the same has been expertcd
as 10 It's value and capacity to supply the
guy Dya reputable and competent hy-
draulc engineer.
H. ,. Ford said that the council had
not gone at this thing in a business wav
lieiena had taken two months to con
'ider the water question. The trouble
Was That the council had taken the water
company statements as truth without
Investigations. They should employ ey
Jefls 10 see whether the figures given by n.
ne company from ITS books were true or
a'se. Then submit to the people price -,
ma they could vote on it intellipentiy. ,,
ne coulon t sec what the council meant
If why they didn't go at it in some bust ::
less form. '''~ '''' i
Alderman Young took exceptions to .
OF Mr ford, which he construed :
ouhcil, and savnraI sbar'' Si't! ~ t'e h
binders passed brtwean - q t,,,l ai re- O
zen. '"' soAtl' a
Aid. Williams said t,e oo,,o;, 1., ii
ever vet named anv ,,r,l.l .'1' 'i!I'i iaI' 1f r.
ne thev wern w;Iiir,it = w ,Go s,S as ''''nS tho Z
eoplg That WAS ,.h,t thn','i' S.DI,'it W 'he
might for--lo aecor,,,;r n,h, 10y we're 'hoFe u
lm WAS lie deprerated n';, si,o p,op'r /,
nj ,,an,o,,.,I..: ~ ICateu installations ~
lace. For hImseif I'l1', hn Wv WIZ out OF 4
is duty and renresent his "9 ','o. . ~ 40 b
honestly and ronsrisnt;,,,s, oouts t,
e. lie would Ike 70 caW '''IS S,r s7 l''sei- fr
tent,on to The fact that ar, a. on' -',; "iu h.
elena water ulant rnnIt w." b.,,lr .,o'9 @ 'lio al
,uoht h, ,bot ~" ilHFe hcen CT
Guild have hern y',,rchae,';l ~, ,,-'tooo' an"
,jectiong such as ,vera ] nrraI 1NG"t' tof bl
ty now. At nrneent EIU IT, /" anl7 hi
ny demands n Zoo n1o NJ We com CON! ia
% he was satistied tho Cl,"'t w. yoaIs ST G.
ant could have benr t1n,,h. ''a1 CO.. .n"li =, ans wi
.. The same obinrtinnn r'..r' ~ ,o' ,,o @'o,' af
an urd 4,,J,, "o'" i"ISHO lei