, 1906-03-03
r
JUGGLING
CONTINUED from page II

" - 80 ~ -NNNNs
one instance did he refute the figures
of the council, but simply said that his
plan called for more feet of pipe, some
thing like a mile more, but not as
large pipe as the councils plan. He
said that the COS of his system would
be some $36, 900, which, with the freight
allowance as figured by the council,
would bring the cost of his system up
to about $4,000, but he did not think
that the freight should pc anywhere
near so large, as the pipe was not per
ishable and would not break. He
thought the freight should not ex-
coed $4,000 or $4,000, These figures
did not take into consideration the lay
ing of service pipes to the curb lines.
These facts were faithfully reported by
The Republican, though possibly not in
quite so detailed a manner. The fig
ures were handed to this paper by the
secretary of the library board, and are
on file in this office and certainly he
was not prejudiced in favor of the wa
ter bonds. Aside from this, a represen-
tative of The Republican was present
and heard the statement made.
The plan outlined by the council, and
which Mr.. Bellamy declared was more
extensive than his plan, is estimated
at s4S,0 600, which is in the neighbor-
hood of $4,000 less than the figures
given by Mr.. Bellamy when he was &C
cepting the freight rate stated by the
attorney for the city. The council al
so estimated that it would be able to
save $4,000 freight, though this was
not certain, and, consequently, not set
down as a fact, which would bring its
price for a better service down to a
lower figure than Mr.. Bellamy's think"
price.
The Boomerang puts Mr.. Bellamy's
figures at $3~6,242.56 for his plan, ex-
elusive of freight and service pipes,
which it ultimately increases by giving
1.-THE councils estimate on those items,
and which brings the cost of
his system up to 100000, and then
adds: But by Mr.. Bellamy's plan the
number of necessary connections is
cut down one-third, that would cut the
complete cost down to 100000" 1t then
again clips off $4,000 for freight, leav-
ing the cost of his system at $4,000,
and shouts hat this makes a differ.
ence of $50, 900" Talk about juggling
figures!
Mr.. Bellamy admitted that the city's
plans were much more elaborate than
his own, and therefore a comparison
of cost is unfair, but even though the
same, the Boomerang is not fair enough
to deduct the saving of $4,000 on
freight which the council expects to
make, but deducts it from Mr.. Bellamy's
price. Neither does it deduct the one
third Mr.. Bellamy proposed to cut off by
reducing the number of service pipes,
which it puts at 5000 and which would
again bring thu councils price down to
$40, 900, or $1,000 less than the Bethany
Inquiries, WIFI lHe system Slhi pSttei
than Mr.. Bellamy's.
In these figures no accounting has
been taken by Mr.. Bellamy of the west
side, but his figures are run up against
the $4,000 asked for by the council,
and which provides for an allowance
of $4,000 for the improvement of the
Sorvica ovar tbara
! Briefly summed up, Mr.. Bellamy's
figures as doctored by the Boomerang
are:
Cost of his" system. ....... $4,000
Freight on pipe, etc. ........... $4,000
Service pipe 1900
Total cost. ........... $685. 900
From this it deducts:
Saving on freight. $4,000
One-third reduction of service
pipes as per Bellamy plan 5000