Arizona republican., 1903-07-03
THE WATER COMPANY
Asks for Fair Treatment and Co-op.
 eration.

lildue yeSleTNdy Oy tAle InOeHlA WaIef company. One Of them was addressed to the mayor and council and the ether to the citizens committee appointed at a mass meeting last fall for the pur- pose of securing better water supply. The first is as follows:
 To the Honorable Mayor and Common
 Council of the City of Phoenix, Phoe-
 nix, Arizona.
 Gentlemen:
 The officers and stockholders of the Phoenix Water company appreciating the necessity and importance of a first class and adequate water works sys- tenn for the city of Phoenix, and real izing that the present capacity of the system now in operation by our com pany is inadequate to meet the re- quirements of the present population ] for fire and domestic purposes, and | realizing that our mains and distribut- | ing pipes are insufficient in size to fur nish proper pressure to our growing city, have arranged to supplant the present system in the city of Phoenix with one that will be large and exten- | sive enough to meet the needs not only of the present population butsthe neces- sities and the requirements of a popu- lation many times the size of the pres ent city, with a pressure adequate for the extinguishment of fires.
 The company has been earnestly en- deavoring for some time past to ar range for funds to inaugurate such a water works system in Phoenix, and we are now able to announce that we have succeeded in securing the neces- sary money for the construction of the same and to that end have had prepared r.- water system for the city by MT. Will fam Mulholland, of Los Angeles, Cali fornia, an eminent water works en- gineer.
 The contracts for the pipes and appli- ances for the plant and system were made some three months ago. and it is now being shipped to Phoenix to be at tached and laid.
 1t was the intention of the company to have begun laying the new mains and distributing pipes for the new sys- tenn before this, but the manufacturers who have contracted to furnish the same have been unable to supply it for the reason that they are many months
 behind in filling their orders, owing 10 the large demands for such materials
 The company has assurance that the
 pipe will all be delivered without ma
 terial delay, the first shipment being
 now on the ground, and the company
 feel safe in saying that the work of laying the same will be completed by the first of April, 1904, and that by tha time it will have the whole of the n ew
 water plant and system completed and in operation in every part of the city. l The congested condition of the differ ert pipe works of the country does not warrant the company in promising an earlier completion of the work, yet pipe
 and material will be furnished them and shipped to Phoenix so that they can calculate with reasonable certaintH upon having enough on the ground to commence the active laying of pipe be- fore the first of October, 19O3 and Up- on completing the work within six months thereafter
 But this we state with certainty that . money is at command to buy the ma terial: that the same has been pur- chased and will be put in operation as fast as the factories can deliver it. When the proposed water system i: completed, the company feels confident D that the system will meet every demand
 of the people of Phoenix, not only fol
 the present, but for years to come. anC Q that for efficiency the system will b.
 second to none in the country.
 The company wishes to state to you
 honorable body, and through you t'
 the people of Phoenix, that it is the in S tention and purpose of the company t'
 live up to every obligation it has un
 dertaken with the city and in goo;
 faith to treat the water consumer l. fairly and justly. In return the com if pany only asks that the city treat
 
 r opportunity to demonstrate its goo 9 faith in the construction of the systen e above mentioned. and to make its rep
 resentations good to the city in respec ,- thereto. It asks that it be given unti a the first day of April, 1904, to construc ,- and build the system contemplated l. The construction will entail large ex '' penditure of money and the compan $. ask that in the meantime your honor ,f able body permit no obstacle to hinde t. the company in carrying out its plan s and work to a successful termination. h As evidence of its good faith the com lr pany herewith submits for your con -e sideration it's plans for the construc
 ton of the aforementioned water sys If tenn, and respectfully requests you m honorable body to inspect and eS r. anime the same. The company is read r. at any time to explain said plans Ie your honorable body, or to any con g. mittee or engineer you may arpoiT
 for the purpose, and will be glad m receive any suggestions that migf y- tend to improve the system as outline Id ir said plans. A fair deal is all tn
 company asks in this matter ana ths
 1t be given a chance to place ttseif ! 10 position to fulfill It's obligations an d rrun.ises to the city and the people. st Respectfully suhynitted, "a PHOENIX WATER CO.,, "a H. w. Heap. Supt. if The following is the address to tt ,v citizens committee:
 is To the Members of the Citizens Wat' a. Works Committee.
 an Gentlemen:
 a We realize the inadequacy of il