The Florence daily tribune., 1898-10-03
More Water Works

purportlng to state some facts on
the water question, now before the
people of this town.
In said article l am referred to
personally, and l feel that being
30 referred to have a privilege to
reply, if l SO elect, and not violate
any rules of propriety or good
form.
To premise, / am only one and
only have one vote on this uues-
ton. / have no other interest
than with the board of trustees to
secure supply of water for the
town, and if the people are not sat
isfied with this proposition it is
certainly in their hands for deter
mination. This duty is impera-
tive, and has been demanded for
some time past by the citizens of
this town, and it is in response to
such demand that the subscriber
and the board of trustees have ia
ken the present course. To do
otherwise, we believe, would be a
failure on our part to fulfill our
obligations to the people of this
town.
Mr.. Lobach says he ran horses
on Newlin creek for three years;
had to drive said horses to Ar
kansas river for water" We are
not at liberty to dispute this, but
will call attention to the fact that
from the point where it is propos-
ed to obtain supply for town to
Arkansas river is twelve miles. 1t
is presumed that Mr.. Lobach drove
his horses back again after driving
them down. This would make
twenty four miles travelled in or
der to permit horses TO drink. We
presume that horse will require
water twice each day, especially in
a dry season such as Mr.. L. tells
about. This would make forty
eight miles day travelled for
water. 1t might be pertinent to
inquire when the horses had a
chance to eat. But we think the
facts are that MIR. L. ranged his |
horses at or about the point where
Newlin joins Hardscrabble creek.
And we will concede that Mr.. L.
can go to Newlin creek now, be-
low said junction, and repeat his
experience of three years ago if he
chooses. Everybody knows that
in lower Newlin creek, at certain
seasons of the year, no surface
water runs.
Mr.. L. also states that he in
formed me of said facts before an
expert was employed. The "Citi
zen" who signed said article ap-
pears to reflect upon me for 60
ing ahead with our endeavors after
MIR. l.. informed me of the above
alleged fact. In reply to Citizen"
who is holder under the cover of
concealed identity than we think
he would be over his own sigma
ture, we beg to state that we did
not know Mr.. l.. was water ex-
pert, neither did we think his opin-
ion better than the opinion of
many other persons in this vicin-
ity who say unequivocally that
there is plenty of water in Newlin
creek for all the purposes of this
town for many years to Come. We
rather preferred the opinions of
Mr.. Hiram Phillips and Mr.. G. P.
Allen, both of whom are recogniz-
ed as expert hydraulic engineers
and both of whom have examined
personally Newlin creek as sup
ply, and both of whom unhesitat-
.ingly say that with proper stor
age ssystem to supply is abundant
for 10000 people. We may be
wrong, but even now we prefer the
opinion of these gentlemen to that
of Mr.. Lobach.
Mr.. Lobach offers to furnish
water from the river for $4,000.
We do not want river water if we
can get different supply. Mr..
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