The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1905-08-07
SUPERINTENDENT WATER
CO., MAKES AIEMENT

A Silver State reporter interviewed w.
l.. Akin, super ntendent Of the Winnie
mucca Water Co., on the water question
tn morning. Mr.. Akin sa the pub ic
general knew the coLditons of TIE wa
ter' question as wei as he d and he
cou d see no use in making any state
ment at all. The reporter asked Mr..
Akin how 1t was that the mains Wee
empty at the time of the a arm Of fir
Saturday morning. Mr.. Akin replied
that if he left the mans fu of water
and the supply turned on that the rsser-
voir would be drained dry by peop-e r.
rigating their lawns ant in case of fl
there would not oe drop. He sad:
You Can say as coming from me tAat
as ong l am superintendent of tn
water company the conditions will be no
different in the future than they are to-
day. l am using my best judgment In
The management of The water question
aad am doing my best for the interest
of The town and the water consumes
comments made on saturday morning
fire as very unjust, not on.y 20 me, but
he water company When some peop
Ia k as w..d as they DID about he
that the company is dong every hing H.
It's power TO give the best selv.ce pos
slbe in time of drought. they are saying
things they know nothing about or IL
.hey do know anything about the ques
ton, they are SIMPLY saying that VIII ch
is not true. m in fu charge OF the
water and know that l am dong the
very best 1 can. This is a very ary year.
the dryest W4nnemueca has had in
many years. The springs at the source
of supply are drying up fast. In Old
nary years they furnish very god
suppy aud / am oh iged to save wafer
wheleve 1 can. If The peop.e WIN
seemingly know so much about rum ng
town waser works wou d take nanu
at the actual management instead oil
making wild and de Ia On the streets
saying. / am, as l sad before, u-lne
my best judgement in the managemsas
OF the water question, and il you o.
anybody Sc aie dissatisfied l am very
sorry, but cant he p it. The manag
ment of the plants is ent.rey in my
hands and / consult 10 one as to wheth-
er l sha turn the water off or on, bul
when the best interest of al concern.u
require me to turn 1t off, off it goes.
The Re.nharts nor any other stockho u
er in the water company has ever dc
my bus ness without any interference
from any source and know what II 10
best TO do. l wou not occupy so m
porlant a position Off an hour IL / was
subjected TO the dictat.ons of olh~rs
who have not made the question the
study that / have made of it. l wou O
the case. AS 4 said before, If you o.
any one else has a kick coming you WI
have to take 1t out in kcrlng, TO
sha manage the water ques ion our j
the drought period as 1 have managed
it in the past, and If it IS not satisfac-
tory to the com <ny or the peope
cant he p 1t. No man living can g We
better service with the water to be hao
than l have done. This calling peop.e
bad names and saying tnat the com
pany ma ms should be cut comes from
narrow minded peop e who doa't know
what they are taking about and on y
makes matters worse. 1 regard it as
ID q and a waste of time to chew tie
rag through the press, for there Is not
one water consumer in twenty but what
knows the conditions we are confronted
with as well as l n. l nave wasteu
more time in this interview over a gus
tion that can't be settled by ia k than
can afford to csc. While / don t wish
to be offens We TO you, l think you a.e
medd ing with someth ng you KIN w
nothing about. If you will follow me
around for two or three days you might
know more. Good day. ii mus go to
the reservoir