The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-02-16
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takel a quarter more water, which
will run close to 100000 gallons,
to supply the city. with our pumps
only pumping 17,500,000 gallons.
Where would a reservoir get off at?
by the time a reservoir would be
completed the water would just be
pumped up there and run through to
supply the demand.
For that reason 1 oppose the plan.
l would like to see a reservoir con-
structed and when we are ready to
put in pumps that pump water why
would favor a reservoir, but not
until then.
1.-The engineers In making their
plans forgot that portion of the city
lying north of the river. They laid
out a nice set of plans for the South
Side, but they figured out not more
than 100000 gallons in "a hours for
the North Side. l am willing to go
ahead and vote for any proposition
which will give us plenty of water.
But under those plans it will not be
possible to get into the reservoir over
two or three million gallons in a
night and it will all be out before
9 o'clock in the morning."
Lidgerwood citizens got In a few
remarks about the need Of water
there and then Dr. Mauzy said:
Il am surprised to discover so
many civil engineers in this meeting.
1 am surprised that the council
didn't use some of them to prepare
plans. 1t is piece of presumption
to get up here and talk about these
questions when you know nothing
about them. Unfortunately we
haven't our engineers here to answer
you. 1 suggest that you defer this
to some time when we can invite
the commission to be present and ex-
plain. l don't believe these engineers
here are able to discuss it intelli-
gently"
F. C. Robertson: II have just been
in telephone communication with
Professor Waller of Washington
Agricultural college. 1 asked him
if>the plans of the commission would
do without the use of water meters.
He said no. He said that if you
to be wasteful with the water, those
plans won't do.
"Out of his own mouth he has con-
demned his own plans and declares
the report useless.
with the water meters the plans
were deemed sufficient, but since
they We're mutilated by the activity
of Mrs Sweeny (cheers) they are
not so good and are pronounced by
the experts who made them as use
less.
, Now as to this committee. 1
don't think they can represent the
body of the people. OF course, this
committee can't know what the peo-
pie want. They don't know what
they want themselvese. In that joint
meeting they voted not to read the
very matter that was then under dis
cussion.
i've been through one of those
water steals in Tacoma. If you adopt
the report of men who are mistaken
you will rob the people of $4,000
and prevent them from building an
adequate plant in the future.
THAT water commission didn't
spend IS days on that report. They
came to the city and then went back
hurriedly to attend to their other
duties. These are hurriedly figured
plans. Waller came here and hurried
back to look after his examinations.
Scott came here from Seattle and
hurried right back to attend to his
duties as assistant city engineer.
Il want to say, too, that one man
comes here as president of the Tax
payers league He also represents
a real estate syndicate which has a
may be chosen for a reservoir.
What we want is pure water. The
Washington Water Power company
made a statement in this room the
other day which I think ought to be
investigated and referred to a lawyer.
They said we could not use water
from the river above certain
amount WITHOUT lnelT PERMISSION.
Why that Washington Water Power
company recently made an agreement
with an irrigation company whereby
at Post Falls they were to take half
of the water and the irrigation COM
pany the other half.
THAT Stage site is a mile away
and will never be improved by the
city. Cliff Park is near and will give
you direct flow downtown. This
is just hotch potch report and
ought never to be approved. AL
though the Spokesman Review wants
to get it in first and then tell you
that you are a lot of fools and that
you adopted the plan which won't
supply the water and that you will
have to put in meters in order to
the figures ought to be verified.
think there are men in the chamber
of commerce who signed that report
without knowing what they were
signing-just like they would sign a
warrant to hang themselves just be-
cause it was presented to them by
"a prominent business man
City Engineer Gin was then call
ed for and gave a verbal report. The
report was mastery and convincing.
IT WILL APPEAR IN FULL IN
THE PRESS TOMORROW.
Mr.. Comstock then made plea
for water meters. in which he tried