Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1905-06-10
10 clrIZFN sAYs. Nol

In Colorado the ne Of public franchise is limited to
twouty years Denver Water company has consumed
half of The legal life Of lts franchise and u has but ten
more years to rum but has heard of tne Denver
company applying thus advance for an extension
~ no franchise Yet the Denver company H very pop
ular IT'S water service cheap and abundant and under
50 public spirited administration Denver, school Yards
lawns ahruhbery and flowers Included has hlpnmeo hha
blossomod into garden beauty. SIN % has NOS asked
for extension Of its franchise But tho Albuquerque
Water Supply company which was years ago granted
most hurdenaome schedule of prices ana which has 80
selfshy lived up the oxactiona % was legally emitted
90 impose that the beauty and hcalihinncss OF Alnn
auorane In lawns flowers shrubs and trees has been
disaarousiy rotartod while ts school grounds have rl
manned barren wascs-this Albuquerque Water supply
company fourteen years before iis franchise expires
comes forward audaCnusly demands that iis nuid'u
some privileges De- extended Tor thirty I'VE years or o ,
year 1890 The CITIZEN and all other well Wishora ~ A.
querquc indignantly reply No
Such extension ia ILLEGAL The vcYy law undor Wn'ch
Aibuauorauo exists a. city confinng ihc ifo of unhty
franchises twenty nve years. while The Water supply
company by a subtcrfugc would sneak into an OK
isteuco OF thiry-hyc years
Such extension would be- suicidal ON tho part OF ihe
city The Water supply companyH franchise has tor
years burden grCvons % he borne % has enabled
the company oharee for tao past eleven years 30 w
per thousand sallons for water while colorado
SPRINGS and other towns in she Centennial STATE
are supplying water to NJ cents per thousand gal
Ions or much less half OF what Albuquerque has to
pay shall this excessive charge bee pcrpctuated for the
next thirtyhve years and the development and growth
Albuquerque boz increasingly rctartcd during all iha
tmeg Tho citizen and ail other well Wishers of Anu
aucraue Indignantly reply mo.
water can ho produced mere 90 cents per Loco gal
ions n sufficient quantity last the city for tho next 100
years This va,or could Doe furnished free 20 the city,
and to the public than one third ~ what The poo
Me are now paying and SIN leave thc city profit
ample to pay interest and form sinking fund for the
speedy payment OF The price ~ the plant shall The city
then fasten upon ntcslf and s people Tor The next
thriy-hvc years the uolcrable burden Of rhc rose'
water supply companys franchise The Citizen and all
other we'll wshcrs Of Albuquerque indignantly reply.
"No'"
Public ownership of water supplies is rapidly growing
IN popular favor less than the fourteen years the present
franchise has run Albuquerque viii know whether or
she desires her water supply shall We then
this day years before the franchise expires
tie the hands of the city and her people Tor ~ years
beyond that time that they may be- prevented from
considering the ownership of their water supply the
possibility Of throwing or the present nio'rabie burden
% prcesg The Citizen all other vel Nishers % At
buquorquc Indignantly reply mol"
What does the Water supply company nncr 10 the
city for this eXfentocG Absolutely nothing. Not even
free water for tc neglected school yards. which the
avaricous parsmony ~ the water company has long
kept as dosolate shall the city then, for thirty
hve years continue rob itself that the water company
may be able pocket profits Of several hundred thous
and dollars? The Citizen and an well wishers of Alhu
auerque Indignantly reply. "No!"
Thus may the Water supply company and It's organ
hear mighty "No laundering through all the index.