Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1900-03-31
The Problem of Water Supply

The Problem Of Water Supply.
While public thought is directed
10 the question Of water supply, it
is well to give discussion to all
phases of the problem of water .
supply. The growth of the Hill
district during the past three years
has opened the eyes Of the public
to the possibilities Of Lewiston 5
growth if the water problem is
solved. Growth on the Lewiston
side however, promising as it has
been, has not kept pace with the
growth on the Nineland side, and
the whole reason can be summed
up in this, Lack of cheap water
supply"
This is the problem Lewiston has
to face. The handicap of high
water rates and deficient supply !
cannot longer be borne without
hindering the city's growth aud
menacing its future. How can
Lewiston obtain a cheap and abund-
ant water supply The solution
of this question is paramount to
every other issue when we come to
consider its effect on the city'S
growth and development. A cheap
and abundan, water supply would
: put home and family upon every
: five or ten-acre tract from the
Thatcher place to the breaks of
} Tammany. 1t would insure be-
+. yond question Lewiston claim to
being a city of ideal homes. Gil
mate alone, desirable and attrac-
] tive as it is, cannot secure the home
D seeker as long as the city bars his
way with a Chinese wall of high
: water rates and deficient supply.
The solution of the problem is
b not an easy one, but it must be
t solved or the city is the loser No
!, opportunity to reach the desited
t end should be overlooked in can.
c vassing for a remedy. City owner
d ship would help. There is nc
doubt that in the end there would
$, be great reduction in water rates
lie The cheapest of all systems is q
gravity system, and capital prop
m erly interested could supply Lewis
"a ton with such a system.
lie But there is another plan which
er must not be overlooked in casting
y about for water supply, and tina
re is the feasibility of securing arte
III sian water. The con6guration o
y, the country is of such nature tina
us Lewiston can hardly escape bein,
It In the belt of artesian water sup
al ply. On the surface all waterway
it lead to Lewiston, and it is far NOR
o. than likely that beneath the sur
" face the same condition prevails
al Artesian water is the cheapest @
er all systems OF supply. 1t furnishe
ed the purest water at the least posi-
nd bic cost to the consumer. Resei
EN- voirs upon the hillsides could b
en- used to supply the mains and pipes
IL Whether the city buys the presen
I'm plant or constructs a new one
TO- cannot afford TO overlook the pc:
o. sibili,y of securing artesian water
he If the city council would offer
by bonus to any company who woul
pie demonstrate the successful oper;
an ton of artesiau wells in this vale
OF the TELLER believes that a con
It's pany could easily be secured I
III commence its construction.
ais successful artesian we'll is wort
Ire SIo, 600 to the citizens of Lewiston
Ike aud Tor the promise of such a
In amount there is hardly a doul
he that several parties would be will
Ill ing TO make the trial. Nothin
ST. short of absolute failure Shout
mt convince the citizens that artesia
e!' water is not the needed solution
be the problem OF cheap water supply
irs