Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-15
LOCAL COMMENT.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

II the Lennox Machine Company has
carefully and correctly computed the
cost of CITY water to it under the new
rates the statement of Mr.. Click that
their water rent would amount TO
$500 per year is an admission that the
Lennox company consumes o,ooo'ooo
gallons of water per annum In order
to use enough water under the new
rates to bring the water rent up TO
such a sum the consumption must pc
great enough to come under the lO
cents per thousand gallon class. The
Lennox company has been paying,
heretofore, an annual rental of $40 per
wear and. if it has been consuming
5000, 900 gallons of water at that price,
it has been paying at the rate of Ia
cents per thousand gallons for it when
the cost of pumping the water has been
6S cents or practically five times what
the Lannox company has been paying
and the railroad companies have been
paying twice and three times that rate.
The presumption is that the Lennox
company would not use any where neal
such an amount of water If an accur-
ate meter register were made or else
its volume of business, which has been
SO enormous as to consume 5000
600 gallons of water, can we'll afford
to pay few hundred dollars per year
to the city. Railroad companies which
nave had experience in pumping water
for their individual supply are paying
other cities as high as IA cents and even
90 cents per thousand gallons in pref
erence to pumping the water them
selves. while the Lennox company can
not afford to pay 10 cents. The sub
ject is worth carful study and accur-
ate computation before rash moves are
made.
Messrs Lennox and Click. when seen,
admitted that their factory would not
use any such amount of water but that
the fiat rates when figured out ac-
cording to the new ordinance would
amount to nearly $500 per annum. They
are sinking q well for several reasons.
The city water has often been muddy
from silt in the mains, well water they
think would be clear. They have
plenty OF steam capacity to pump water
for their factory at no additional ex.
pense save the investment in wei
and pump. They intend to retain the
city water on a meter service but to
use their own well so far as possible
and estimate that they can pump water
for less even than the $40 per annum,
which they have been paying the
city.
The city of Waterloo has undertaken:
a herculean task, the result of which
will be of interest to other Iowa cities.
It's commercial club has closed con
tracts with half a dozen eastern fac
tory enterprises to remove to Waterloo
upon the payment of cash bonuses
ranging from $4,000 to $4,000. 1t is
advertised that these factories CONS
bined promise an increased employ
ment for 500 people with paid up
capital investment of $4,000 and in re-
turn the citizens must raise $4,000 to
be paid over to the new enterprises.
In order to raise this sum an industrial
addition has been plated near the city
providing 225 lots which are to be sold.
II Waterloo can accomplish such an
undertaking it is indicative of not only
what other cities can do but what
they must do If they are to stay in
the race.
The municipal ownership Of its cleo