The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1904-09-02

success, i'm another that it is a failure
l submit to any reasonable man if
am not correct in my diagnosis of the
disease, when say that failure of mu-
nicipal Owne rship is due simply to the
Councils disregard of the city's wei
fare by appointing incompetent favo:.
ties to conduct great public utility
regardless of their fitness, just so their
useless cousins, or political henchmen
get "safe job" earnestly beseech
the Council Of Lancaster to continue
the wise policy they have Inaugural
ted, to appoint no one but worthy
and well qualified person to this or any
other public position.
l would urge the following atten-
tion to details connected with all wa
terworks systems, particularly with
new ones: Use water meters, and sell
at rates SO that all ordinary demands
may be supplied without a hardship
to the consumers or at loss to the
city for maintenance of the works.
Let there be sufficient profit to pro.
vide fund for supplies ard repairs,
such as hose, hydrants. pumping ma
chinery etc.
A blue print chart of every pipe
line and connection in the city with
dimensions thereof should be kept in
vault. Likewise an accurate record
of all additions to the equipment
should be kept. Should the city at
any time desire to sell the plant, it
may then have accurate data from
which to compute the cost and value
OF the property. 1t is like a mer-
chants invoice = and a city's affairs
should be conducted in every respect
exactly with the care that a mans
private business is carried on. The
city is the biggest and most impor-
tant corporation within its limits, and
its affairs to the minutest particular
should be supervised with the caution
that any private institution is.
1 think the plugs should all be
tested at least quarterly, and Oftener
in freezing weather. The fire hose
should be Of standard size to avoid the
catastrophe at Baltimore, when many
engines and hose wagons that had
been rushed from other cities to help
save Baltimore from her late destruc-
tive fire could not make hose connec.
tiOns at the plugs because of using
different size openings. Lancaster
might have such cOnflag. alton as to
require hose from neighbOring cities
What use for it, were your plug open.
ings not of standard size?
1 have not touched upon many sub.
jects equally important in this con.
nectiOn. such as the necessity for a
system of sewerage to carry off the
surplus water brought into the CITY
through the water mains, to be releas
ed again to stagnate on your premises.
thus endangering the lives of your
people. Give your attention, as soon
as you can, to the subject OF at least
one main sewer pipe, which all the
homes in the city can tap and thus
escape the dangers Of typhoid and 9th
er diseases.
Lancaster has taken the first step
in the direction of metropolitan exls-
tence. Your people can now lie down
and rest in peace, without fear of the
fire fiend that has SO long been Sleep
less terror to the community. Let
electric lighCs come along gradually
after the sewer system. An ice factO-
~, a laundry, perhaps. and that is all
you need. Already, you have one of
the best newspapers of all the $50 10
Kentucky. A stranger once said
"ShOw me your town paper and 1 will
tell you what kind Of q town you
have" have been reading The Rec
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