Rocky Ford enterprise., 1902-03-07
ROCKY FORD CITY COUNCIL,
Spring Election Yet In Doubi.-The
Water Ordinance Advanced.

\ petition for a street light NJ corner
Of Eleventh street and Chestnut ave
nue. was read and referred io street
and alley committee.
4 petition for a fire hy'irant nj the
corner of Locust and Eleventh streets
WIS read and referred.
\ petition for "a street Hight nj sych- |
NOR. and Eleventh streets WAS read
and referred.
Several building permits were
granted.
e. l.. Tumcison asked for il'"ns" NJ
official city blli poster. h.fcrr.d To
llccns. committee.
Mrs. Brown. through Alderman Han.
asked III. city To put tile through the
ditch across her property used To hf''ih
III. lower reservoir. io the h"ad "i
Main street. The s.cpa.. WIS doing
injury To- her land. The request wns
referred to- tile water commissioner
with power TO net.
Water Commissioner bcw"--r said
som. means of fastening the wrench
1. the .u,or valves Of the water r''s"f'
y.lrs should b- devised. lie hal found
III. wrcn-h.. removed. probably 10y
li,i. VIII. w-r- up thcr skating. III
.a... II a iir- Il would h. u had ny I"
,ind the wrrnch.s missing.
Alderman Lance kicked nn the hiii
for -hoppins down three co''"n""'-i
,r.- nj the water plant site. saying
Ia. could ia "A quicker job ot choppins
himself. The hill was seven hours nj
=, e-nts mn hour.
Alderman Daring prr-cn'"'i 'h" hiii
of III. Daring Coal and Transfer Com
,auy for ,,s,i for the mnr>hars "iiicr.
The writing had sn, cold nnd tn" clerk
had I. have help io rad II.
Alderman Hall said the hill WASN'T
.v.n written in rooi Dutch.
Ai.i.rman Daring suggested that they
ca, n clerk VIII. could Ivad han'iwgii'
inr.
T1,- biii wa. for :t"o pounds 81 '''ni
consumed in i.ss than month.
Alderman t.an-,. aid that was '"''
enough 4. nT- locomotive for a
month.
Alderman IIicEox -aij h- thought the
biii for cal ut the narshar. "'fir''
w.uid II, smaller sincr John hcrsi'aw
went -a.t.
Alderman Ko,i, said the fellows In
ti,,, marshall. .fiic- put nn sc--i h'-
and then .i--n-,i the "i'icc d""r I" h'S''
III the town.
The hill passed.
Treasurer ii-n,iricl. asked the town
I. pay him oiiic- r-n'.
Tbs. i,jIj for health uiii-vt's atiicr Eriii
wa. cited to justify the claim.
onicrr k-ndix said thcr- was n" biii
ur,-.rn,,,i for rrn, for the health "iii'
scr.. Office. The hill was for n ru"in
us..i 4. di.infcc, coniaTicu. ciothin;
Th. ,r-a-urrr'- bill wa. laii over.
In the face of this rundown Clerk
I,u.h,ncr uio.ic.iiy presented hill for
otiicr trnt II SIS. II was also laid "n
the table.
Alderman Hall moved sevund reading
~ the ordinance &. regulate the run.
ming af water in city int-ruls for irri'
cation and domestic purposes.
Marshal baldwin arrived and was
luiszc,i about the Daring coai BILL
$40 worth Of coal In less than
month. The inquiry lid no, cluci'in','
any new evidence.
Alderman Roth said some water
u--.~ had said to him they would buy
water from the Ca;lin Ditch Company
rather than pay the city rate VI - per
acre for water.
Alderman Hail said those who ear
tic,l water through the city sitrc' lat
erals would have to- use city water. lie
further pointed out that when II was
kept in mind that the user Of outside
water hai to keep up bitches and head
gates ut his own expense the rate was
no, excessive. particularly when the
user had to travel n mile ur iw" io
til. hradea;c. keep 1t clear of wc~is.
aud watch the other fellows 10 prevent
their stealing the water. On little
consideration it would I've found that II
was cheaper io buy city water than
canal water.
Alderman Lance said he town was
not making any money out Of the acre.
age water aud there was no objection
to property owners in the city getting
their water from the Catlin canal.
Alderman Hall added that later ON
when city water was wanted for these
acrrs subdibided into town lots the
owners might find themselves left on
their water supply.
The reading uf the ordinance went
through as previously read.
The annual appropriation bill got
second reading: also the ordinance for