The sun., 1899-12-05
MERCHANTS AND WATER QUESTION.
The Association Appoints Committees to
Make an Exhaustive Investigation.

| The Association Appoints Committees to
Make an Exhaustive Investigation.
The committee recently appointed by the
Merchants Association to conduct an investi-
| cation into the conditions surrounding the
| water supply OF the city and to determine. II
| possible, what Ia best to be done for the
future met yesterday for the purpose ot organ
izlnR. After discussion II was decided to have
| the temporary chairman. President William r.
King. appoint committee OF six. TO be known
as a Committee on Plan. Scope and Organiza-
tion. This committee. as appointed.con OF
Rudolph Herring. Prof. +. J. Goodnow Horace
+. Deming. W. A. Marble. NJ. E. Bannin and f.
p. North
This special committee reported for Perma-
nent Chairman OF the General Committee NJ.
u. Bannin Vice. Chairman. ID. Le Roy Dresser
| Secretary. 8. G. Mead. The committee also re-
ported In favor OF subdividlng the work into
four lines OF inquiry. suggesting special COM
mittee for each. together with an Executive
Committee Of eight. to consist OF the chairman
and vce-chairman OF the General Committee.
ex-of1clo. the emainder OF the committee to
be made up by members from the four special
committees. Including the chairman OF each.
The lines OF work outlined by this committee
with the names OF tho committeeman up
pointed. are as follows:
Engineering Committee: The work OF this
committee will come under three heads: Past
ply OF this area; the probable need OF on In
crease OF water supply; and tho sources from
available. Members OF the committee; .Ru.
d6GPh 6aPr beMSInSS sGnaiT,nan N9rth; Ga
" w. Hin Hinrichs. t g. o''o'' - l'"'' Dr0'''f "nu +
,,Gomn'iissc on Municipal Finance and Public
Inc into the financial ability OF this city to sup
ply tho needs OF the city with respect to water.
also the general question OF the advisabiity OF
the city relying upon private com nanies TO sup
ply water under any form OF contract. IL was
RECOMMENDED reco n that this committes consist OF
Der. to illl vacancies and to suhdivide It's work.
Members OF the. committee: Horace Deming.
Bowker "
Cop,mitee on LEGISLATION, to. consist OF i've
and to M vacancies. 1t IL recommended that
three OF tho hye members be lawyers This
committee Is to consider tho effects Of existing
statutes governing the water supply and To
prepare suitable amendments Members ot
the committee: Arthur J. Baldwin. Henry w.
Goodrich. Charles L. Guy. John NJ. Perry aud
commWes on iIre Protection and Insurance
IL 10 consist OF seven mem hers. OF whom the
majority are to bc business men. II Is to take
into G9nsidernton tho snccial question Of tho
NMemhers 81 the committee., John r.. Van
WMormor ChaIrman: W 4. Marble. II. W. q.
Welling and W. c. lie Gendre.
The Committee on Plan and Scope and
Organization referred to the Engineering
Committee everything mentioned In the tcnta-
tive draft submitted by the Merchants Asso-
citation. under the head Of Engineering Com
Distrbution of Water" II was further recon-.
mended that the Engineering Conn ittee con-
sist of nine members. six Of whom should be
engineers, with power to tlll vacancies. add to
their number, and to subdivide the work
The Special Committees report as given
aho'e was adopted without dissent 81 r.
Bannin was thereupon elected Chairman; D.
is Roy Dresser. Vice Chairman. and T. &,
Mead. Secretary OF the General Com mmlttee