The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-12

Submitted TO Advisory Board for sup
plying Cedar River Water.

submitted TO ADVISORY Beard Ior sup
plying Cedar River Water.
The ordinance passed by the city coun-
Gil last Monday providing for the con-
struction OF the Cedar river water system
into the city was the subject OF discus
sion by the city advisory board at a meet
ing yesterday and brought out a def
mite statement from Maurice McAIicken
as 10 what terms the Seattle Power Com
pany was willing 10 make in furnishing
water 10 the city. This statement was
favorabIy received by several OF those
present, but the board adjourned without
action. Those present were Mayor Phelps,
City Comptroller Parry. City Clerk Stew
art, President 7. ". Daulton. of The board
of aldermen; President DR.. J. r. Crichton,
of the house of delegates; Chairman Alex
anGer. Of the board of pubic works, COM
posing the advisory board. Messrs. elise
and Hurd, chairmen OF the TWO water
committees of the city council, and Maur-
ice McMicken, as representative or the
Seattle Power Company.
An informal discussion opened the pro-
ceedings and in the course OF it Mr.. Nc
Micken made the announcement that the
Seattle Power Company, within the next
few days. would submit definite propo-
sition TO the city. This would be in such
shape that il would embody a proposition
that the city would have the privilege of
an option on the plant of the Seattle
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the cityS water system, and also the
source OF supply. at an appraised value.
Therefore, in view of the fact that any
movement on the part of the city in the
direction of obtaining a water supply from
Cedar river would mean a great increase
in the city debt, he would counsel a little
delay until the proposition of his COM
pany could be submitted simultaneously
with the recommendation of the advisory
board, so that the entire matter could be
considered a one time. He further in
formed the board that ii was the inten-
ton of his company 10 build from Cedar
river TO Swan lake in order to establish
its power plant at Renton. whether the
city put in a plant or not. II was Mr..
McMicken's opinion that there was plenty
of water in Cedar river for both MS COM
pany and the city If the Seattle Power
Company put in a little larger pipe il
would be able TO supply Seattle with wa
ter at less cost than is proposed by the
ordinance introduced by Mr.. elise.
China and Japan.
Alderman elise sad that the proposition
of Mr.. McMcken seemed fair: in fact, that
il seemed TO be too fair, yet il was Mr..
Clises experience that he had never known
a corporation to act the part of a philan-
thropist. He had always presumed that
a corporation looked after its own pockets
first. and always figured on a good profit.
should own its own water works, hut he
did not favor interfering with the plans
of the power company unless such action
was absolutely necessary TO protect the in
terests of the city. The Interests Of the
city were pre-eminent and should be con-
sidered before any other.
The Seattle Power Company, said Mr..
Daulton, seemed to be anxious to Go what
was right. He held, however, that the
company could not, according to the esti-
mates OF Engineer Benezette Williams,
furnish the water at such low figures. He
was OF the opinion that the city should
own its own source Of supply, Gree from
domination of any sort or kind.
The water ordinance, Mr.. Hurd thought.
was a good business proposition and he
thought II should be adopted.
Then Mr.. elise said that, while the water
supply might be adequate for both the city
and company at the present time. il wcu,d
be a most short-sighted policy % not pro-
vide for future requirements. Seattle. lie
sad, was a growing town, and what might
be a fully adequate supply now might not
in five or ten years half cover It's warts.
He spoke OF the troubles Of the city Of
Tacoma with her water system as a warn
ing to those present not to be negligent
of the interests OF Seattle IF the ordin-
ance was adopted the debt for the works
wou.d be a decreasing one until it was
finally liquidated. The interest pad would
be SIS 900 for the first year, SCI, 900 the fifth
$4,000 the tenth and proportional.y scaling
down until the debt was wiped cut.
Prof. r Ogden Doremus, Bellevue
Medical College, New York City. Or
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