The record-union., 1899-06-14
THE MAYOR IS RIGHT.

The Mayor that he has at last seen the
the proposed early bond election on
Fhe ground that if there is to be sub
mission to the people Of the question
/. of public improvements ait considera-
BILE cost then all the matters necessary
10 be acted upon, should be submitted
at one time and thus save the cost Of
Two elections
Moreover the Mayor is now convinced
Chat the question Of a clear water sup
ply for domestic purposes should be in
The Record Union" congratulates the
Mayor on reaching this conclusion 1t
As an eminently sound one. The water
supply question is first and foremost
In the needs and desires of the people.
There is no reason that can be adj
Tanced why it should be excluded from
fhe submission now ordered by passage
pf the ordinance over the Mayors veto.
The sewer system scheme it is con-
feded is not ready for submission The
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upon it.. Now then. while the sewer
scheme is being made ready for SUBJ
mission, at the same time the whole
further necessary investigation can be
made as to the east side water supply.
Indeed, the consulting engineer has
himself SO advised practically. since in
his preliminary report he intimates
strongly that the sewer and the water
systems should be considered together.
Therefore, it is the part Of wisdom, as
questions of public improvements at
one time, The investigations can be
completed we repeat, as to both sewers
and water. and the submission made
the approaching fall, Just as well as
not hat II hatevef is decided upon may
BE ready fer execution with the open
ing of the new season in 1900. The
consulting engineer intimates as much
In his advisory report. Why then take
a portion of the propositions for imme-
diate submission and postpone others
If the city needs new mains and
pumps. why not provide for the pur-
chase of pumps to lift and deliver
clear water on the east side? 1t
is by no means unusual for a city to
have two or more sources of water
supply. But the Trustees have speci-
fically provided in their call for pumps
for use IN pumping in river water as
of old and the reference to wing dams
proves this to be true-thuS fatty ig-
supply. Assuredly they could just as
well have included the use Of one set
of pumpe for the east side in testing
khe capacity of the subterranean source
of supply.
OF course all the improvements pro-
posed are needs, great needs; no one
denies that. Their ordering ought to
be submitted and just as early as is
possible; the earlier the better. But
ahe Mayor is right in this, that it is
I'VE have waited in vain for the ad-
vance of some reason why all the prop
bsitions should not be submitted at one
Aelectior, or at least why among the
propositions, that for clear water
should be omitted. There are Others
Hhat can far better be postponed than
that II 1t is pleaded that to submit ali
Will call for too large am Indebtedness.
Is The Board of Trustees is, however
determined to go ahead and will, I'M
less it is found it cannot do so legally
Wy overriding the Mayors objections
Nhe result will be defeat. The people
will not be longer trified with: they
demand that the clear water PROPOSE
saion shall be submitted first and fore
1ncst; If it is to be excluded they will
decline to bond the city for the Other
purposes of that let the short sighted
officials take timely notice.