Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-03-03

The Cltiaen, yesterday In lts local account or the
brewery fire called attention the faotapparen
every observer az the fire and long realized by every
citizen d Albuquerque who takes any
tcrthat the water supplied by the water company Is
totally Inadequate 20 the exgencles Of any similar
0n Much the surprise Of every one the orran az
the water company decidedly 20 lta credit Acknowledged
the fact IN cold plain black type That the organ should
have used This fact as argument IN OF the cys
purchase exorbant price Of tae present water plant
% more crediable 90 the organs loyalty the cause
which q has such large interests than Il II credabe 90
tho Organs acumcn or t evident estimate of the
mon sense 81 lts readers
Here Is what the water organ says. I'm the fore
golng paragraph afern0c contemporary unwltngiy
puts before the people of buqucrque an uuansworabse
argument IN favor Of taking che water plant by tho
city The matter Of supplying water IS just like any
other business and private corporation cannot be ex-
pected 90 Invest money in improvements viii nos nay
bat the city can properly go further and make invest
menta for the accommodation o. the people. IL
profitable for the time being But Il Ia not necessary
enihrge upon the question The argument a. presented
BY the ctaon Is complete. IL ia time for a change"
Tho foregoing Ia utterly destitute Of an reason
that q would 30 actually mrth provoking aid Il not In
yolye 70 the people Of AbuQueralo and To those who
come after as, The question o quarter million Of dol
lars i.ct us look az Il for moment The Journal
ms that Albuquerque "a the helpless victim OF the fire
nend under the management OF the present water supply
companyi out Il that this Is argument why the
city should pay the company g2s0,0NO n ts plant ana
franchise.
Is this the only atornatge9 Tho Journal argues
that Il IT, Albuquerque must be- without fire protection
contract and franchise Tho journal soes no CHER al
tentative, Is there anotherf Egdeniy there 81 and
the Journal could easily H. laboFing In the
interest Of the people instead 81 IN the Interest is
owners Tho city take 81 three alternatives Il
can let things run along they the company holds
- franchise and contract for more than dozen years
fet 70 come lt can purchase the compnnys plant
tract and franchise for the fictitious Of s260000 Il
can as third course, compel the company 1.-Two up
ts oontrac and franchise else both franchise
and contract
The Journal knows that the city can pursue any
Of these three but being more interested Oh
water company than In the city, never gives hint o.
me third alternative With that paper the argument
fea tho Watof company doing duty; AlhuQuer-
que has MOI SUFFICIENT fire protection-Or sufficient
water supply IA many other particulars. Il might have
added-therefoFe che city should purchase the water
oompanya plant az price which Is extortionnse
Il ID up 20 the city a. che polls 20 say which OF these
alternatives shall De tuken The Citizen win have more
60 Say on this subject IN the meantime tha people
should fully understand that the purchase Of the
supply compnnys plant for f25o00o O. not their only
present method Of from the present unsatisfactory
condition.