The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-12-23
MAYOR OF OLUMB/A
MAKES HIS DEFENSE
DENIES THAT RESIDENTS or LAKEWOOD ADDITION ARE
BEING Disseminated MATTER OF
SECURING CEDAR RIVER

that officer could help him nut % his
pr~dieamcut pr Moore told him that
the must he could DO was O. condemn
wells IN the neisbborhoea that mLs ht
prove unsanitary. but that saH az far
as his power went.
Haii ard his neighbour. are nov fla
uriuE on seine other method ~ Eet-
ting cedar river water. They claim
that they have been Disseminated
against BY certain city officials. not
being allowed 70 extsnd the water
mains AZ their ewu expense 40 other
eltiseua aud companies are allowed 90
do
iIAll lives In the Lakewood addition.
n newly settled Part g Columbia. u
seems that ~ Was ore e the strongest
supporters = Charles Mccain. incai
attorney. Who was defeated Ter cuun-
Gilman Rack u this also sas Haiph
y Nichols a member e The executive
committee q the Younk Aen.a Rspun-
iicen club of this city. ard mont II
the newcomers e the suburb. Hts
election was strousiy oppossd - many
older cititeua. In fact the flxht waa
virtually a personal ore between the
eid residents nf the town, Nho had
controlled 10 Standardization fer Years.
and ths newcomers
The latter claimed that the pioneers
we're taxiuE the rapgdi2 grusirg nut-
side alstrtstn u the little city - pay
Tor improvements IN the elder sec
tinn. The fight Waa = strenuous err.
Mccain bsinE defeated - ak yetes.
Now Mccain and his supporters IN
{ Lakewood addition claim that the al.
mlnistration - refusing % let them
Kst Natsr lust In spite.
Van " risrNon the mayor. who has
served fur many years r. q we'll
known Popaiist. having Formerly bssu
chairman 81 the Populiat State Cen
trial committee. lie was appointed ~
/ Governor Rogers a member - ths
I state Capitol Building commission
I Notwithstanding this fact cniuahia.
I which Il Republican town. has kept
I him IN the Mayors chair almost ean.
I ttnuaffy. when sssn yesterday akou'
{ the complaints q the psapis N. tbs
Z I.REewood addition. h. said
'HaiFs claim that the city council
I Nil not lei him - ahead and lay ths
! t-inrh water main from NJ street four
I blocks down Bryant street q lis ear
and other harues IN the district is IN.
/ correct. lie has not yet applied fol
I permission 10 do 80. The council and
l myself have no objections 70 his dainE
the work as othsFu have done. II ~
| Nili make the application Before h.
can make the Improvement he must
/ make contract with fhs city. which
agrees 90 reimburse him every quar-.
ter with Is per cent II tho ritya re-
/ eeipts from thc service supplied BY ths
/ nalu.
/ The city PAYS Seattle 30 per 0aa 90
/ gallons for CEDAR river water Coiusu-
hia Il already az the limit ~ it, bond
I ed Indebtedness and the authorities
I have adopted this method Of isttius
/ property holders build their swn main,
Il Nith a provision for reinburxsng then
later on. We thought that the cts
L would be able 20 make q profit BY fhs
arrangement but wc fimd that Il IL MOI
doing 80.
\ As TO the claim that the lad water
has caused epldemics 81 typhoid. ear
say that ! am eR-officio health officer
of the city. Only ono ease Of the die
ease has been reported 20 me IN two
4 years. However. " any Of the resi-
l dents believe their water IL impure