Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1899-07-07
More Water.

The expected has happened, we knew
it would. So did the Mayor and his
Board. So did everybody who knew
anything about the city water system
The trouble has been developing quite
rapidly of lale, and now the Mayor him
self announces thar the West Hill water
supply will last only a few days longer.
Did any one hear him or his board
make any such statements before the
city voted to pay Mr.. Goodhue $l33!00Q
for his prize -?
1t is all laid to the drouth of course
Didn't we ever have shortage of water
beforeP Didn't the Mayor in a campai-
en- speech, while seeking reelection, tell
the voters that if we had another dry
season we could again demonstrate that
the West Hill supply was entirely mad
equatep Didn't he say that if the water
hearing could be put off till after the
dry season we could get it much chea-
PERI
He was reelected. Did he try to
delay. or did he do his level best to get
the price fixed at once? After consider
able trouble the voters were worked up
to such pitch by terrible pictures of
ruinous lawsuits that they voted to pay
Mr.. Goodhule what he asked for his
plant, and got with that prize bargain
sale budget OF choice lawsuits all at the
same price.
Well, it wus a bargain bought by a
majority vote of those present ut the
meeting, and, :as we have always said,
let the maj rtNy rule. We hope that
they are salts fled with what they have
purchased. Une fact is now brought
fOrcibly hon Ne to all. The polishing
mills have b, aen shut down and other
uses of it r ,stricted, on account of a
shortage of water, and this state of affa
irs which tou clses many pocketbooks is
a more forci Die reminder of the made.
quate anou It OF water supplied by
Martin Broo < and Mr.. Goodhues system
than any con veyel by speech or printers
ink.
Goodhues supply alone would have
been exhaust eel months ago. Reenfor
ccd by the Maj tin Brook i: has las"u
till lov rhe burning question of the
hour Is; how can the city get more
water ior lnm ediale usep Yesterday
the City Council voted to buy a pump
and force the W illiamstown branch into
the water mains This will cost $1,000.
for one mon til a. the lowest estimate.
Mr.. Coffin. tueir paid expert, has
1clegra phed hat for a permanent addi-
ton to the wa ter supply he has decided
TO recommen the taking of Orange
Brook. estimal Ing the cost, at 800. 900,
and the city co Uncil has drawn up and
passed to its SEA ,ond reading a resolution
the City Engineer to pro-
ceed at once to * tend the water system
to Houghtons NJ ills in Orange.
How much will orr water system
cost when compl eted? 10 be sure we
have got to have more water, everyone
admits that, but if Mr.. Goodhue had re-
ceived only its actual value for his
water system tn e 100000 the city rec
emily voted TO Ia Use. would have bought
it, and also paid for the extension into
Orange.
The Mayor remarked last night that
the appropriate on ought to have been
5000 900 instead of $4,000, and he
has been empowered to call special
.ity meeting to see if the people will
vote to appropriate the other 100000.
vote him all the money he
wants. Perhaps Mr.. Goodhue or some
one like him, owns some land or water
in Orange. If so, the city should buy it
ut whatever price the owner asks.