The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-05


fine sand, ieis coarse sand, less cream
shells and less clean gravel put can you
well take up elght-nch pipe ana put down
twelve-inch. take up eighteen-lncn ana
put down twenty-fonr-inch, take up TWEEN,
ty-fourinch and put down thirty -lnch
OF course IL the brick portion is not large
enough the street can be torn up and tnal
can be made larger. or, in silent sollio-
guy, it mas be suggested put In trlpie
expansion engine, some mpound cehtrl-
fugal pumps, some few boilers with tuel
econoni2ers. What care ] so thal they .
arc in the bayou gnd must seek their way
out, TIE convection setting In the pup
lie mind can not VEL be removed by any
thing adduced apart from existing facts
VIII CT the statement serves TO tully con- /
firm
The public has been misled and they
Will have 10 pay for finding out. While
the statement says there IS nc foundation
for the assertion that the work viii cost
considerable over the Appropriation. Inc
contracts now let are for a complete plant
Yes, that may be so but II is a case COW
cred by the horse because statement IS
authority You must add to it from time
to time The competent engineer VIII
always prepare specifications for the M
ieral actually required for the service
intended Then why specify and advertise
for bids for material if 1t was not wha'
should have been used?
ment snd conditions generally charity
suggests that it might be well to see woo
5 else should bear a PARTON OF the blame
). for this apparent awkward mnddle. When
Mr. Potter appeared before the counell
e and the mayor mot all of the present
J. council however, and made his repre-
:, seutations to them they were accepted in
good faith, resulting in his being en-
j ployed to do the work, whether without
?, due inquiry or not. what would have been
It the proper C urse to pursue at the outset
it would seem that at a time TO be agreed
n upon the mayor should require Mr.. Pol
e ter to have plans and specifications pre-
l. scented before the council inviting the
IS board of public works If you will show
ing all work required to be done, and have
r same tn roughly passed upon before turn
n ing wheel Thus alone could public
confidence have received careful super
d vision at their hands. Has this course
been pursued or any course save that OF
Sc 20 along and do as YOU please? Hence
,r the conditions have arisen necess!tating
If jumping from one sition to another
y When specifications were first bid upon
and bids were referred 10 the board OF
public works care for the interest OF the
n city would suggest that the board of pub
10 lie works would at the outset require
y, to be fully informed and be furnished
40 with specifications of all that would be
necessary to serve as guide for them,
, but instead it reached them from time to
Vt time and in job lots. Therefore, 1t Is
w evident that neither the council nor board
As Vi Puolc WI ne 49, ~. ha,,,ath a. Ne
WueI"et they WIZ ANU do.,.,,n " o,,t
H. !onu tne app opi IaItoHi t ~ a." go .er,.
Dix resented to them. Had THIS been done the!
NJ would be in a position 10 determine near
~ w. il not accurately, whether the none.
Muu4u DC sulttNleHt u W. So y, rr,,ii anG
go, iact now Is th@V 'ut ma 49,, -,
-'' noard o! puDlIs o'N9 40 NO. bo bod ",
lnuch oil (onple,e Pithe van t, uv IIu in
"h the money Iuat'''N Vi '1''
tenueu OF suPposeG' ,..... .,o,,, 1,o,,,
OIL IL IS nelu thu' hI. ro,.et Snou,u NJ nv
III nearly Tue cOsI ol tuV piaiV % VI
represented py MN, az least 81 t"i a
hS me ulatinHerS' Plp ',, M ~ aoid sar alto
ne telneu n ~ ii.taro, ioo5irg tbereto
ng beds and the diSlahce leauinB tne' 80 go
mus posiuon Is 'aNen o"lns W 1ue ~
en lhat ne was III rorIespohuenIe Nh a.
the manulaelute1s Mnoae 'na s "a ,ai ~
to specineu ana VI o"ulse ~ 10 80 S hi
ses sumo nc 10 N0 r -, 'u'' =, g. ,,5,b MOS
ual heaith dione pG a., SO y. 20 "en a.,
Pupllc business me taApaSeif 90 -
,ed se!uolh euapieu " ~ ~ le. 81 80,
aes mates even th'push ,ne'l q ia, no
uld ants Until tue taaF -. '"Ss M !, &c -
lecIeu on tAe 9ttua''ot ~ ,,,s 10,
lule TO ooiler', Iuu ~ -, 30, M
10 no Is To Po" tns oue So a''u t H. or
ihat lhe @ctS Vi puone "a 80 do,
SUBJECT 10 cli''sISlh 10 at'' ~, ", y
not however lotloW 'H"1 I.0 r.
ter be done IN Vicious SpLl ,it;rls n VII
Would ne ulSIeBaru VI puS,ne11 o,,i
pies; ana Ihe a0ree Oh 1rs uiiiun' -,
tho DC lesseueu' "e =. ,d,s tbat ~ inte,
II Is conceuea On an $40 nc 'nv 80 ~
' est OF the pubic Is ehIitieI w me- .o
'ot- gard imam the personal leeiInss VI SNt
go puohc olllolaIs as may DI ~
ain their connection therewItn , - .ho nr.,
Ihe puDllc are lhteresteu lev. az ono ~ =,
no" ent moment Win anot ueI PI ~ "sa "
. a, that of an electric light plant, and IL
ush situation has peeh soHeWhas n,srGS1e
kegardless OF the pollcy o. ,,i, :,
'o'' ownership the query Is, Wheh VII. ~, ~
ser pubic kno" Whether ms 10 tne Pr
thing 10 do at ms Time anu whetler u
tho investment of this is lud,clouS u1 iu
lsting circumstances Nay pe nne
hsuS sewage plant-you WI nave to'ipie
n of plant put what KIND rs 700 Dad tu
'ater puphc interest must oi' ~ oe se' az,
'eiye for politlcal interest, hat .he pun ~
tuon voted the money Ior that purpose Is D
fats yond question. Bul, having uohe