, 1906-03-06
ANENT THE
WATERBONDS
CORRESPONDENT HAS NEW IDEAS
CONCERNING THE DISPOSE
TON OF THE MATTER.
City Could Be Divided Into Districts
and Special Men Appointed to Look
After Users Of Water During Bust
est Months of summer-Worthy of
Consideration.

To the Editor of The Republican.
Now that the water question is set
tied, and hat great and good guardian
of the public welfare, the Boomerang,
informs us that it is too dead to skin,
1t is time that We were preparing to
make the best of existing conditions.
Undoubtedly if the Union Pacific
thinks n new main from the city
springs is necessary, it will rebuild ir-
respective of any action the city may
take. The replacing of the main will
certainly be keeping it in repair and
it will then be up to the city to make
a move. The city government does
not own a particle of interest in any of
the laterals and it is therefore none of
its business to see that they are on
nected to the new main, 1t has no right
to tax people living IN Seventh street,
where there is no main at all, to con-
meet the mains on other streets belong
ing to private water companies, and |
for n protest against being taxed for
any such purpose inasmuch as | paid a
good stiff price to the water company
for the purpose of tapping and neither
| nor the city own any interest in those
companies.
Another thing is that the promiscu'
GUS tapping of the main pipe that has
been going on should be stopped. Ev-
cry citizen should be put on an equality
and be compelled to 90 to n of the
cross streets for the supply for his
premises. Our good lawyer friends tell
us that a transaction without a money
consideration will not hold in court and
consequently those people who have
simply been given permission to tap
the main pipe or who have secured it
in some other way have no real
rights. One tap to the lot or parcel of
lot where there is more than one house
should be the limit there as it is in 9TH
er parts of the city. And possibly it
would not be out of place TO charge
these people say $25 or $50 for each
tap. They certainly would not object
to this as it would enable them to light
en- the burden for those dear common
people in whom they feel such a deep
interest, and they would pay no more
for their free water than those who
buy rights from the water companies.
No lateral should be allowed to be
attached to the new main that is not
known to be in a good state of preser-
walton. By cutting out the defective
laterals or compelling the owners to
put them in proper condition, Il ser
vice would be greatly benefited.
1t will also be necessary next sum-
mer to look to the rigid enforcement of
the water ordinance, as We cannot af-
ford to have either railroad shops or
rolling mills shut down for van of wa
ter, and we all know that this was very
nearly the case on several occasions in
the past when even less water was used
for domestic purposes than at present,
for here is where those common" peo-
pie derive their means of livelihood.
1t would therefore be we'll to divide the
city in about three water districts,
with a police officer in charge of each
for say four months. One man could
have charge of the west side and one
north of Grand avenue and the other
south. Thus the water hogs may be
kept in restraint and we could get along
very nicely. The police force should
not be detailed for this duty as 1t gives