Arizona republican., 1899-01-19

| the water works proposition, which re-
 suited in the naming of that commit tee. "The advisory board is too t1imsy. You all understand the object Of it tCO
 yell fer me to talk about it. It is a plan to gain your confidence and
 shield the men who are behind the
 scheme The city council which you
 have elected has to appoint fur or five
 men to watch them and see that they
 do their duty. I say that this adv.s-ry committee is nothing but a jCb to gain your confidence"
 There was more talk Of this Charac-
 ter by the judge, but he ran d-wn at | last and then General Collins took up the theme and talked in an impassi-n- ed way of the dangers to the c0mmu-
 nifty that lay in the bond proposition. He said thaa the matter struck him as being of the greatest importance to- the taxpayers of the city. II do not think
 we should assume this burden" said Mir Ccllins. "TIe city gave the P1es- ent water company a franchise and l believe that we should stand by this agreement. If y-u want men to C. me
 and settle here and invest their mo1ey ycu cannot get them by such methods.
 It would be a wrong and would result
 disastrcusly to the community to repu-
 diate this obligation"
 Captain Hancock was the next speaker. He said he had not taken any interest in the matter. 'I can sim
 ply say" said he, that if I could vo e I would vote against the prop-sition.'
 Mayor Adams was observed in the crlowd, and the audience was anxious to give him a chance ta answer the unprovoked attack made upon him by Judge Baker. Mayor Adams was ap- parently just as anxious for the Oppcr- tunity, and without any show of eX- citement he tcl0k the flcor and, made a clean-cut argument in favor Of the bonds, which contained no words Of denunciation of his ant9 gOnist. Mayor Adams made brief reference tC the fact that he was a member icf the coun- cil whose methods were attacke1, aLd he defended the honesty and integrity
 of that body. He explained that he
 was in no way related to anyone who was connected with the water company and he was in position to speak with
 out prejudice in the matter. This is
 not an individual matte- with me"
 said the mayer. T am acting 2s your servant, and in the minds Of the men
 whom you elected to the city council
 the improvements proposed is not a
 burden upon the people of this city"
 Mayer Adams then tCick up the mat ter with an ea1nestness which was log ical and convincing. Yesterday after
 non," said the mayor, ''I went tC, six CT
 the insurance men of t1e city and asked their judgment in regard to the effect of the improvement. in the water service upcn the insurance rates.
 I found that there is more than S50,000
 in inc miums. They said that with 10 ny drants in the city and standard pres sure of eighty pounds to the square inch there would result a reduction of 25 per cent of this S50,0 900, which means q saving of som athing over S12.- 500 to the people of this city. This amount will be sufficient alone to more thal. pay the annual interest upon the water works bonds.
 ''The city of Columbus affords an ex- ample of what can 'De done in the Cp- eration of water works by the munich pality, and Minneapolis presents an- other argument in favor of this meth cd. There the tax rate has been de- creased one-quarter through the Op- eration of the water works by the city. Omaha pays $87 ,000 a year to it's water works company for hydTlnts, while i'll Minneapolis the wa:er works pay the expense of maintaining them, the in terest on the bonded indebtedness and sets aside $1O0,OOO per annum.
 If Judge Baker and the other geD- tlemen in years gone by had shown disposition to do something for the city they would have looked into the expenditures of it's revenues. Phoenix receives about $40,000, and of that sum there is but S10,000 left after the water company is paid.
 ''The city is deprived of twenty-five per cent of the saloon license tax by the county under the present law, and this matter might also have received their attention fl they are. earnest in their pleas in behalf of the city"
 Mayor Adams said in reference to the advisory board which had been ap- pointed that it was customary to ap- point a board of this character to act in such matters, as the mayor or the members of the cUJpcil cannot receive no compensation for their work. He referred to it because Of the man ner in which he was attacked by Judge Baker, who characterized it as a fiinsy" scheme.
 ''The reason 1 would like to have those bonds voted is because Of the in- crease of value which will follow in all city property. My taxes will be in- creased at the start, but the benefit will come Ia;er cn to all of us If you will follow the experience of other cit es you will find that instead of being to go down into your pockets 1 10 support the water works, that in ] stitution vii be self supporting and a ! 
 P. J. Cole spoke and E. M. Collins ! ldded something more to what he had already said, and the meeting ad | Ourned.
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