Gunnison news-champion and tribune., 1905-03-17
To - TAaos~~2 Co.

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n..uy THEORETICAL. CLAIMS
sse a..ae 81 and against the FssP-
ass1ssa
Z To starr wan the present ss~n
esArd saro1xl ~. cszss4sisss uash ~
eu,,hassx~ the tscs that they sse n<a
ep,sossEx the Ws,er Co.. IN 49,
j,.-s and ceassshie aensad. fss . -
iTs.ncA,..s. esfAer ~ board es -
individuals. MANY rePos,s - -
canirary and oil sav N tkss coBssc-
ssoE thai the said company have ma
At the pTe.eni time a ssa9ie ys<,Vo
.ss,on bsfure the board True sAsz
d.a have bat the provisions of ssa.e
were such ar the board eonid sA
agree h. with The result that tAe
cosspanv Withdrew every props~st,ea
~-hich they had Submitted thesssby
leaving the board bat one eoarse ~
parsse \ G that ot submitting tAe
question 10 the peeple in the shsts
st an ordinance providing for bad
,ssse. Il Is probably we'll 10 stsAe
here that even thoagh the boads
carry II will not be obligatory %
board T. issue them If at thai tsnse
a more Just and lrPer agreense.t
can be made with the company.
Based upon al the facts and
6C,res availablc there have been pre-
paEed articlcs showing feasibility
and practicabilitv of a gravity sys-
tenn for our town both from a stand
point of economy and II service, bat
far the present 1t Is deemed best
that they should be Withheld until
they shall have been verified by
surveys aud expert opinions to he
submitted in the immediate future
aud lsr which arrangements have
been made II IL expected that AN
expert IN this line viii he on the
ground within week aud then we
viii have something more material
than a mere theory 30 figure ON. In
the meantime it Is but proper that
a few misleading Statements which
are being circulated should have
some attention.
To start with it is said that such
a pipe line as will be necessary to
supply a reservoir as promised would
Of necessity to prevent freezing have
TO be placed at depth of seven or
more feet, whereas il is a known fact
that on high ground such as that
which would be traversed bv this
line and where little or no moisture
obtains, frost never reaches a greater
depth than eight to ten inches and
it has been demonstrated that run
ming water must only be covered
sufficiently to protect it from surface
cold to prevent freezing in support
of which the conduit supplying the
well from which the company pump
water also that feeding the ponds al
the fish hatchery is cited, both of
which are barely more than covered
Again we are told that the fabulous
sums of money viii be required to
do the work varying all the way from
Sl50,000 to s250,O00 for the supply
pipe line alone, but such cannot be
true Tor the very simple reason that
the ordinances provide that mot ex-
ceeding 100000 shall be issued in
bonds for this purpose and not
exceeding the sum of $4,000 for
light purposes, which last amount is
fixed by statute the same providing
that "A sum not to exceed three per
cent OF the total valuation shall be
bonded for this purpose and the
people may rest assured that no more
bonds will be issued than are abs
olutely necessary for the proper
carrying out of the plan and in no
event can it exceed the two last
named sums.
The question of laying the mains
in alleys was proposed but was not
seriousl y considered because of the
hardship it would work on people
owning their private service pipes
who would be put to the expense of
making new connections, but on the
contrary the new mains, if there are
any, should be placed so as to cause
the least trouble to any one already
having money invested. The only
thing that was considered in this
connection was the ACCESSIBILITY of
placing the mains and wires in that
portion or portions of the town
where there is no service at the
present time and where by so doing
Z the service and revenues would be
raised to the highest point, with the
smallest amount of inconvenience To
those affected, and certainly no board
which might have the placing Of a
contract to cover this should be ar
bitrary in the matter bat should on
the contrary accede to the wishes Of