The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1905-01-07
ANOTHER WATER BID
With Or Without aid from What
Terms are Committee Considering.

Terms are Committee Considering.
A new Mountain Water propos-
ition has been made the city coun-
Gil. 1t is the third offer to reach
that body within the past two
months. The Rock Creek Water
Company is the bidder for the con-
tract,and franchise, and the pro-
position was made to the city coun-
Gil Tuesday evening, through w.
B. Chase, the well known hydrau1-
ic engineer of Portland. The bid
proposes to bring Rock Creek wat
er through an eight inch pipe line
into half million gallon reservoir
convenient to town, and thence
through a larger main into the city
mains. The city is to make
contract for thirty years, and for
the first five years for all city uses
is to pay $1,000 per year. For the
second five years the city is to pay
$f 500 per year, for the third FIVE
ST, 800. and for the remaining IS
years, $4,000. The amount the
city would pay during the thirty
years for all water for city purposes
would be $4,000 or an average of
$3.50 per month. Under this plan
the company is to furnish all its
own capital, the city to advance
nothing.
The bid carries with it an op-
tionary feature. The city may if
it desires, pay in advance the whole
cost of water during the thirty
years, and the sum proposed for
service is $4,000. The bid is in
the hands of the special water COM
mittee. and is likely to be reported
to the council at meeting Monday
night. In full, the offer is as fol-
lows:
If the city will give us a contract
to supply water for fire protection,
use of buildings, and street sprink-
ling on certain streets to be stated,
for period of 80 years at the rate
of $14oo year for the first five
years, $1,000 year for the next
five years, $500 year fer the
next FIVE years. and $4,000 yeat
for the remainder of the contract
term; or in lieu thereof furnish us
with $4,000 in consideration fo1
such water for said thirty years.
"We will place in the streets q
Corvallis, and maintain during
that time, a circulating system o.
main pipes, sufficient to afford
complete fire protection for the city
during said time.
"And will bring stream of wat.
er from Rock Creek, at or near the
base of Mary's Peak, to connect
with such pipe in Corvallis for 9
gravity system, such stream to flow
! from head gate in Rock Greek to a
reservoir of not less than one hal
million gallons, through a durable
pipe line not less than eight inche:
in diameter, and said reservoir to
not to exceed three and one half
miles distant from some point O
said distributing pipe system, ane
at the proper elevation to furnish
necessary pressure, and to be con.
nected with said distributing sys
tenn by a durable pipe line suff
cient diameter to insure necessary
supply of water. Said reservoir
and pipe lines to be maintained
in good free working condition dur
ing said thirty years.
"The city to have the option te
purchase the entire water plant al
the expiration of ten years, at the
actual cost price of the additions
made to the plant hereafter by the
company together with S per cen
/ interest on such cost.
''Or, the city to have the option
to purchase the plant in twenty
years, at an appraised valuation te
be arranged between the city ano
company by disinterested boare
of appraisers; this option to be oper
at expiration of any period of five
years after said twenty years.
1.-THE contract to establish :
minimum rate for private consum
ers.
"If the company gets the con
tract, it will pipe the city as SCOT
can be done, with large pipes, 81
the town and college 1t desired
can have all the water and pro
lection from fire they want.