Arizona republican., 1899-10-06

| in the endeav1T to get cut from undeI
the pressure of private water COM
panies after paying tribute to them
fer years. The question that viii
come before the people Of Tempe on
the tenth OF this month will be the is
suing of SIS goo municipal water
works bonds There is some opp-si-
tion to the bonds developing, and
from quarters that are surprising 70
the people of Tempe. Everyone agr5 es
that city water is a crying necessity
and express themselves in favor or
any legitimate means of securing it
The arguments against the bonds are
tc the effeR that the burden of them
will ruin the town; that it is net
known that the town will pay the ex-
pens6s of a system. and consequently
it would b, far better for the town
to be On the safe side and grant d
franchise to people who are turning
every stone to secure it, and finally. it
is not known whstheI sufficient ami
pure water and safe well can be Sc
cured at the pla1a named in the Stur
Gevant specifications.
These arguments are answered by
these in faycI- Of the bonds in language
much to the following effect: Tempe
has been agitating water works for
y
one was ever opposed to municipal
ownership 1t was always supposed
that Tempe did not have the required
population 20 bond its If and an argu-
mant To this effect was advanced 2
year ago when tae present opposition
to the bonds declared that municipal
ownership was the best thing thai
Tempe could possibly secure but. that
it WIS an impossibility; city water
must Je had: water under most any
a-nd.5ion was bstter than no water at
III. ard therefore. the H-adley pTOpcsi-
ton. or that OF any other private COM
pany. should be accepted. It has since
been found that Tempe had more than
the required population TO bond. hence
the surprise at the opposition to mu-
nicipal ownership.
In regard to the well and pure
water the supporters If the bonds are
a gain taken back When the agitation
was rife over the granting of fran
chises to private companies, nothing
about impure water and the location Of
the well was heard from those who are
the bends, although the To- /
cation CT the well in every proposition /
placed before the city council by a
private concern is identical with the /
location in the Sturdavant specifica /
tons. I. it is really a fact, however, !
that thesa people have somehow dis /
ccveIed that uIdar municipal ow1er- /
ship the well should not be To- /
Gated the same place as it should be |
under private wnership. the matter /
can easily be remedied. The location /
Of a well is declared to be a ridiculous .
argument against municipal owner
ship.
Ac
side and allowing 4 private company
to put in the system ana sustaining
he less, it is declared that municipal
ownership, like civ water, is good
under most any condition, and that no
private concern q any reliability
would put city water in Tempe if it
would net support itself This argu-
nent is declared to be advanced too
ate in the day and from entirely the
wrong source to carry any weight.
MESA.
Charles Peterson and wife were
travellers to Phoenix yesterday. Mr..
PETERSON is giving his house a thor
ugh overhauling. 1t will be newly
Mastered. p8pered, and improvements
1Iven it otherwise.
The affairs Of the Farmers exchange
ire about Strengthened up and the
business of the firm is again in
ealthy condition Last spring ewing
o the Over-ccnf1dence of the man
gers of the exchange in human ma
ure the book accounts strangled the
rsdit of the firm and Mr. Charles
PETERSON was appointed receiver The
ppointment was a wise one. Ne man n
n Mesa holds the confidence of The
'acple more than does Mr.. Peterson
hat confidence has been indicated
Y the business methods in which the
eceivership Of the Farmers exchange
as been handled
W. A. Kimball and J. G. Peterson |
Sunday from a trip to the
mountains. They say
icy went to find the Lost Dutchman. /
What they did find was a broken urn l
18th numerous small arrowheads
I il. |
Don N. LeBaI-n has. moved from
ephi to Mesa. Mr.. LeBarcn has pur-
based Orlando Merrill's place in his
runus Samoni orchard.
Elijah Pomeroy has bought eighty
cTes Of land two and half miles 3
luth Of Mesa of Wallace Mcdonald. !
II. Pomeroy wiz move to his new
ONE in a short time. !
Walter Porter. conductor of the I
[esa train. has been unable to attend 7
} his duties the past week on ac- 4
punt Of sickness. MI Porter and c. !
Hall were visitors to Phoenix yes 2
rday.
The Mexican who was injured by 5
cling dragged by his horse Sunday 5
as taken to the county hospital yes
rday.
Mesa IS becoming an orderly city. 4
he justice court and the marshal have \
3d nothing to do for weeks, unless it S