Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1898-04-20
WATER WORKS
 AND SEWERAGE.
Large Attendance al Last Nights Mass Meeting to Discuss the Question From Colonel
 SehuyIer's Report.
Practically No Opposition to the Prop osition to the Proposed Issue of Bonds Manifested is
 the Meeting.

the Meeting.
 Last nights mass meeting wa
 well attended, the court room being comfortably filled, among the nun Der being about half a dozen ladies The meeting was called to order by the mayor of Prescott, who briefly stated its obJsct, and on the election of permanent chairman, he was selected fos She position, and J. M W. Moore was elected secretary. The chairman then read large portion of Col Schuyler's report, when a discussion of it's contents was invited.
 The first to respond to this invita- tion, was Judge A. O. Moves, who insisted that the two streams recom- mended for furnishing the water would not meet the demands. NThe water Is not there, never has been there, and there is no likelihood of it's ever being there" was the sub stance of his talk.
 H. E. Armitage followed Judge Moves, and was inclined to ridicule the proposition.
 He was followed by F. NJ. Murphy, who paid his respects to the re- marks of Mir. Armitage, warmly de- tended the report of Col. Schuyler and the other engineers and as chair man of the citizens advisory com mittee submitted the following re- port:
 PRESCOTT, ARIz., April If, 1898. ! To the Hon. Mayor and Common
 Council and Citizens of Pres
 colt:
 Your advisory committee hereto fore appointed to consider the fnan- cial features of the proposed en- largement of the municipal water system, and the installation of 8 sewerage plant for the city of Pres colt, would respectfully report as follows:
 Q) We endorse the plan of en- larging the existing water system, based on the lower reservoir basin on Potts creek, and outlined and recommended by Colonel James D. Schuyler, consulting engineer, in his report of April II, 1898. the esti- mated cost of which is $l05,S65.
 @ We endorse the proposed ex- penditure of 5000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, in in- creasing or undertaking to increase, the present supply of water in Goose Flat. In making this recon mendatiOn, the committee has been influenced hereto by the opinion of a number of influential and responsi- ble citizens who express the belief that a largely increased supply of water can be developed at that point. ln support of this recon mendAtion, the committee think it I 10 suggest that owing to | the Tact that a scarcity of water is l likely to be experienced while await l ing the construction of the proposed l reservoir system, which work will | require from SIX to eight months. even If construction is commenced without delay; and the further fact that owing to the disturbed condi- tiCn of the money market, growing out of promised trouble with Spain. delays may be expe- II, need in making satisfactory dis position of the city bonds necessary before contracts can be let, all of which would seem to justify the ex- penditure Of a reasonable amount of money in guarding against a possi- ble shoriag between now and the time the new system can be in And, as it is contem- plated to retain permanently the present plant in Goose Flat, to guard against any possible eontin- sencies, any reasonable amount of money expended in connection there with cannot be looked upon as an 'ntire loss. (3) We endorse the proposed plan or sewerage submitted by Messrs. Schuyler and Fisher, the estimated 1 ost of which is S25, 5,966. Respectfully submitted, SIgned.) F. M. MURPHY,
 w. N. KELLY,
 E. W. WELLS,
 MORRIS GoLDwATER. City Engineer J. J. Fisher then ' lade statement as to experiments @ had made Tn measuring the water ! the streams demonstrating that he supply was ample for the pur- oses. s During the discussion a number t I questions were propounded to o 'ol. Schuyler who promptly answer o d them in a very satisfactory man ar. The chairman called ou Col. A. O. d rodie, an experienced engineer and | good authority on water storage k ho commended the report as being sry exhaustive and complete. ? Judge E. w. Wells, spoke at {. 'me length on the subject, endors- V Ig the proposition, and q vote be- }. g taken on the adoption of the tC port of the committee, it was ;c iopted without a dissenting vote.