The record-union., 1898-11-11

uoWH, anu ure, earthquake or Otner
disaster may cripple either Of our
pump systems at any time.
With a splendid ample supply Of clear
water upon the east side and new works
established there, the old works might
remain, perhaps as a relay in case
Of great disaster. But in any case
stand pipes ought to be provided that
would not only equalize pressure but
furnish for short time a gravity
pressure
Manufacturing industries involving
the investment of great capital and the
| demands of large trade or service, will
not locate or remain with us without
| adequate, instant and good supply Of
water for the extinguishment Of fires.
| Hence it is that the largest concern
we have of that kind in the city has
| own protection an independent pumping &
| plant, and at the same time to haul
water for drinking purposes from the
| distant mountains at heavy cost and
| no small inconvenience
Assuming then that new pumping
| plants are needed and must be very
soor procured, we protest in advance to
setting them up to pump in river wafer
which clogs the mains and renders them
| often unserviceable for fire extinguisn-
| ment for such length of time as to
| give fires great headway. What the
| city must have is a supply Of clear,
| wholesome water Experiment on the
east side to obtain it has been so far
successful, that we are warranted in
demanding, that before any new plant
| IS set up to fill the new mains which
we must have put down for the south
and east side people, who are made
quately served now, the subterranean
supply ON the east of the city shah be
exhaustively tested, and that too under
supervision of skilled men, trained en-
| gineers, whose business Of life ii is to
know and apply the truth.
The Record Union" is confident that
such testing, supplementing that now
going ON, will give us results variant
| ms the adoption of the driven wells
| system. That done, there is no- the
slightest doubt whatever that the peo-
pie will at the polls warrant such pledg-
| ing of the city credit as is necessary to
| command the means to set up the new
system. They will not, however, au-
| thorize further debt to enable the Old
! lcx-c - r.
They may be willing that it shall re-
main as a relief in case of disaster, but
they have had enough of the river wat
er supply, which is daily growing worse.
One difficulty with the whole matter
Is the disposition to put off, TO delay,
to postpone the evil day. We know cur
| failures now; if we do not correct them
at once, we must take the conse-
| deemed from the incubus of river water
supply. It is a constant black eye to
the city, Of which we will hear Il great
deal in the session of the approaching
Legislature, and of which we hear much
daily from every stranger who comes
among us.
| The cost of applying corrective for
our water system is really q secondary
matter. When a man needs anything
for the proper conduct of his business,
and without which it constantly suf-
fers and threatens Decline but with
which he can expand and improve his
trade, he does not hesitate to incur the
liability necessary for the bettarment.
| That is precisely what Sacramento
must do. She must have a clear, pure
water system or suffer bitterly.
And she must have it speedily. The
question of it's need has been discussed
! for a little over twenty years. Ar
nually the subject has been agftated
and annually postponed to a future day.
Experiments extending over years Of
tine have now convinced most people
that there is an abundant supply of ex-
| cellent water east of the city. Now
| is the time to take it, Whatever is to
be done ought to be begun at once.
|