Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-07-21
CITY GETS BIG SPRINGS.
Baker Bros Do the Right Thing and
the Critical Water Situation is
over-importaut Council
meeting

meeting.
THE water question enc Of the most
critical tina. mas ever confronted The CITY
Of Mar .iusb rg, IS again settled to the
abstraction ct tie Standard Lime g. Stone
Company am to zoe cry and the dsnge5
is all over. ! he excitement caused bF he
shutting of Of nearyo one hat Of the city
water supply las subsidvd and things ags
being aaIaoly settled
BAKER Bro s. have come forward in an
open. straightfor Aard manner and have
made good for all wrong, whica. As tnev
s.a, d last CHI, they have unnter tional-
IN done the city. As a result OF the epl-
sode the city and Baker Bros. have
gained something in knowledge and other
wise and have surely me 10 better
understanding.
Mr. Daniel Baker. Of Baltimore, press
dent OF the Standard Lime & Stone Com
pany, and Mr. Joseph d. Baker, Of Fred
erick. promlient stockho'der IN the
company, came 10 Martnsburg Wednes-
day afternoon and at once set out to
straiehten up matters. Finding that d.
vertinq the course OF the wa'er did not
stop the flow into the quauieS. trey or
dsred il turned back into the sink hole
through five incn pipe that had been
pla,ed there.
SPECIAL MEETING OF COUNCIL.
A special meeting OF the City Council
was called last night for the purpose OF
meeting the Baker Bros. and coming %
a thor ojgh understanding as to the whole
situation. Mayor Hcnshaw Was in the
chair and Councamen Parks, Kline.
Rentch. Eversoe, Heck. Porter, Staub Y,
Roberts, Shoafstalla and Brandenburg were
pr s.nt
Attorney w. b. Lindsay first reported
the legal steps that mad been taken, after
VIII ch Superintendent Shaller reported
the water situation. stating that the water
had commenced 10 flow from the under
ground source shortly before o'clock in
the evening, thereby alleviaeiing The great
Inconvenience that mad been suffered for
the preceding "a hours
MIR. Daniel Baker, the presjd, Mt Of the
Standard Lime & Sloue Company, ap-
peared before the Council and said IN
part 1T has been nearly twenty years
since the firm of Baker Bros cast their
fortunes in and around Martinsburg.
feel not as a stranger, but as part OF
Martinsbulg and the vicinity and feel IN
tereSted in its progress Never in all
ttose twenty wears have had such feel
ing as | have had this day. If you have
et er iet hurt. YOU know the feeling have
had today. felt that the City Council OF
Martinsburg, who should stand by us and
whom I'VE have never treated wrong,
should have treated us differently from
tine way we have been treated. How the
Council thought that the S l.. & 5. Co.
wished to shut off single drop Of the
water from the city could not imagine,
without things being explained. In all
our quarres we find water.
The pumping Of this water costs US
thousands OF dollars annually. We
/ thought the water coming from the Big
! Syringe ran into the qdarfies. We made
an experiment TO see If sucn was the case
ard constructed the dam so that the water
could be turned back by valve. II was
proven in hours that The water did not
come from the Big Springs into the quar-
ries.
The Injunction, which you men I'M
/ Nitldi1 kCh Jul a., 2ttlSl 70 pa ~ - "a 9.
position which we did NOT care 10 occupy.
I Another thing which hurt us was the
| serving OF the notice upon the X. r. Co.
1t deprived laborers Of their wages and
places us in an improper light before the
community. What would wehave done
| If it had helped US and injured the water
supply Of the clty9 We would have come
before you with proposition to pipe the
water TO the city.
I'VE deeply regret the unfortunate po-
sitlon in which you have placed us. We
I hope that everything will be satisfactorily
/ settled and that we be placed in proper
/ light before the community, in when we
| feel deep interest We ask you TO dis
solve the injunction and recall the order
of e b. & 0. to stop running trains on
the branch. In conclusion state hat |
did not come here with feeling OF BIT
terness, but with a feeling as if had
been hurt"
In reply TO Mr. Baker Mr.. Kline stated
that he had been misinformed. He stated
that when the Council had learned OF the
intention OF the company TO dam up the
water, they had correspondent with thc
| president and had received no answer.
II
What were we 10 do" he said 1--WE
did not know your intentions. We have
given your company more privileges than
any citizen. If man drives through the
street at the rate of 4 miles per hour he is
arrested. You cross crossln. at the rate
of 20 miles per hour, think the Coun-
Gil did not ait imprudently or too hastily
and will not vote Tor the withdrawal OF
the Injunction. II is question of BUSH
ness.
Mr.. Baker stated that he thought the
company showed its intentions when it
found the result of the experiment, the
water was turned back into its channel,
without inconvenience"
Mr.. Kline stated that they had put the
city 10 an inconvenience for "a hours, 10
which Mr.. Baker replied thar no expert
ment could be made in less time. He said
that anybody was liable 10 make mis-
take.
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