The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-05
THE COMMITTEE DIVIDED.
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Special cOmmittee on Water Plant
Purchase DisagreeS.
REPORT OF THE EXPERTS is HERE
The City Council Win Have an important
Business Budget for considers-
ton at Todays Session,
'EpORI OF THE EXPERTS is HERl

One Of the important questions that viii
come before the city council this afternoon
viii he the discussion Of ways and meape
for the purchase Of the city water plant
The special water COMMITTEES having the
matter IN hand consists Of Mayor Holt ana
Aldermen Watkins Archer, street and
Thompson. This COMMITTEES has been nm
able TO agree, and tNo reports are expected
today.
on December % the question Of purchase
was brought m upon q brief report Of Al
derman Watkins and action was deferred
until an opinion could be rendered hy city
ATTORNEY Stone stating how far the city
would be bound should ~ accept the prop
ostion OF the Houston Water company aud
agree TO have an appraieemcnt made by
committee of three diSntcrcstcd parties,
meeting was held and Mayor Holt was
Instructed tp state TO the company the price
the city would be willing to pay aud soc
II an agreement could boz reached without
appointing the appraisers Nothing was
done until Saturday whcu meeting of
The committee was called No reports were
Forthcoming from the attorney mayor or
Watcr company Thereupon Mcssrs wat.
kins aud Archer signed tho following report
Reporting upon the proposition of the
Houoton Water company and tho motion
of Alderman Watkins thereon. your special
water committee beg to report as toluV5.
We recommend that the propositQ. ot
the Houston Water company ne contained
10 their letter of December T. 100, be DC
Ceptod With the following proNisn
" Provided That the arbitrator to be az.
pointed by the Houston NBtcr company
hnd the arbitrator TO be appointed by the
mayor OF the city ~ Houst6n shall be each
2 tft ha ftf ~ # fan AMI ff
no way pocunarNy Interested. qualified to
pass upon valuations connected with the
Houston Water company and that the per
son to be selected by raid two urhitatcrs
snail be competent ctyil or hydraulic en-.
ginccr
PROVIDED further. That tho arbitrator
TO hc selected hy tho city ~ loustuu SHAH
he paid by the city and the arbitrator Co.
I've selected 10y the water company rnul
be paid hv the water company aud tho
third person to be selected Icy these two
arbitrators 10 bc paid ouc-haf hy city ana
one half by the companr
With these pruvi3iops Your committee
recommend thar the mayor be authorized
to agree 10 said proposition as method ~
fixing The Appraised value of The property
OF Tho Houston Water compsuy ana be au-
thoHzed to- appoint the arbitrator to rcr~.
Mc,ers Street and Thompson desire as
tnrancc that tic city win nc bound Ga ro
way hN ANY action taken We securing curN
an Advertisement ana insist That the suit
D.
! hN the city SHOULD he pressed Wilc tu"
/ question Of purrhesc is helug considered
/ and Y an agreement IS reached that % COM
/ promise Of tho euit covering the loss of Tie
market house can then be cnc1tcd
/ Tho lourloobcd for report of the corthed
IrUhic accountants, Hsskins a Sells baa
/ been rocolyed aud win come before tac
council today ITS conteuH arc zcalousu
/ guarded until tho members Of tho council
have been appraised If the same II bar
/ been suggested that tho voumlnous report
win perhaps he printed In book form Dot
/ the convenience Of the city officials Ever,
ldcpartment lH covered INA the report and
/ pert examination Of the city records Wi
/ lC1eal.
Tho committee having 10 charge the ad
luttmeut Of the pay az tho city 0remeu
/ have had no meeting aimee last week rhey
! win probably disoutn the matter prior t
/ the meeting Of The council and their oriei
1 p3l report may 10 altered IN some respect
/ II rs believed the council WI acttlo thu
salary question today tavorius eNme iu.
crease iu the pay OF tA6 men
The frandhiae granting right n way
| through the city TO the Chicago, Rock lG
land and c5uif railway win become operative
after today meeting and the legal pubuca
/ tlon If the ordinance
/ If Is expected that the committee having
/ IN charge the much discussed question Of
occurring tunnel at the Preston avenue In
ternntionll and Great Northern railway
! crossing viii present a report this after
noon