The daily sentinel., 1906-06-22
THE SITUATION.


4. The council of the city of
= Grand Junction, after several
4. months of very hard work on
= the preliminary details and
= after receiving the report of
4. their engineer, employed to
, make preliminary surveys. have
1. decided by a unanimous vote of
+ the members of the council to
+ call a special election and sub
+ NIT the whole proposition to
+ the people.
= After much investigation of
1. various sources OF. supply, coun-
+ Gil finally settled upon the Kan
i. nah Creek water as the most
; available and the best water,
I. with which to supply this city.
4. Every other place proposed
= where it is said that there was :
+ a supply of pure mountain :
+ water. was investigated by this :
! special water committee of
+ council. but they finally return :
1. ed to Hannah Creek, as present
+ ing the best water for the pub :
+ lie.
+ The taxpayers of this city .
+ may feel that, whether They d!
+ agree with council upon the I
+ place selected to secure the :
+ water or in any other matter OF .
I. detail that, they have worked .
3 very hard and to their personal :
+ Inconvenience in selecting the :
: point of supply and the most .
+ available point from which to .
I. take water to supply this city .
Z They have gone over the propos- :
+ ed route of the pipe line several .
I. times, have investigated the :
+ source of the water supply for :
I. Hannah creek, have delved deep .
+ into the ownership of the water :
+ on the creek and the possibility .
{. of securing it and now feel .
= that they have advanced suf- .
+ ficiently to submit the matter .
= to the people and let them :
I. make the decision whether .
+ they want this mountain water .
+ system, as badly as they have .
3 said they did in past years. or :
!. whether they think some other .
I. source of supply would be more :
+ available. .
{. The position of The Sentinel .
+ upon the matter is very plainly :
: stated. While we have had :
+ opinions that varied with opin- .
: ions of some of the members of :
I. the council, upon where this :
!. supply of mpuntain water :
+ should be secured and what :
2 route should be taken to bring :
Z the water to this city, we have,
+ after listening carefully at all :
!. times to the reports of the COM
r mittee concluded that they have .
Z done their best in the matter
+ and We are willing to abide by .
& the decision of the people, II .
+ the people of this city, resting :
+ their faith in the city council, :
3 are willing to vote a specific :
Z amount in bonds to give
I. this city supply of pure mou- :
Z tain water, we shall feel salts :
+ fed.
Z If for any reason they may :
Z decide that they do not desire :
= to burden the city with such a :
: bonded Indebtedness or that
= they believe that some other :
+ point of supply is better, we :
Z shall not feel aggrieved.
!. Our opposition to the Kan
: nah Creek, as point of sup :
Z ply for such a great system,
I. came at first from the reason
+ that 1t was charged tina. suffic- .
Z lent water did not exist there .
= to supply this city. But. upon .
Z serious and painstaking investi- .
+ cation there was found to be an .
: available supply of approximate .
Z ly five hundred inches of water, :
I. we abandoned our opposition .
+ upon that point and have agreed !
= with the committee that there :
: was sufficient to supply this !
+ city for many years to come. !
+ AS n comparison and to show !
+ that there is n large supply of .
7 pure mountain water, II can be .
Z said that at the highest period .
= of use last year in this city, .
|. there was not to exceed 121 .
Z inches of water used to supply .
Z this city. With an available :
= supply of nearly 500 inches. :
: we would have sufficient, with .
Z what other water could be de .
: veloped, to supply at least four .
I. times the estimated population .
!. of this city, or 10000 people. .
Z Another point which we felt i.
!. should be fully considered was
Z the Grand river with its i'm .
+ mense volume of water as .
I means of supply. We regard :
= and do yet regard the great .
Z available supply of water in the .
+ Grand River as a mater of most .
: important moment But If the .
+ amount of water was the only .
= matter in question, We should .
Z have given our voice and work
: to have this great river made +.
Z the source of our supply. But .
: it is the character of the water .
Z which has always been senti- .
Z mentally our nemesis and to :
: overcome this strong repug- :
I nance, that has gained ground .
! far and wide against our water !
: supply for domestic use, have :
: concluded that for all consider .
Z ations that, the Hannah Creek !
: supply was the best for the use .
+ of the city. .
+ In the discussion which must !
Z ensue over the proposition to !
7 vote bonds in this city, thespo- .
+ sition of The Sentinel shall be l
Z that the case must be decided by 1
+ the people themselves. There /.
7 shall be no acrimony exhibited 1
= upon the part of this paper in .
+ the matter If the people de !
= eide that the burden at the !
= present time would be too great !
I or that some other source of .
! supply is the most available and !