, 1906-03-03
COUNCILS POSITION
ON BOND MATTER
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for not less than par value, and are
in denominations of 500, $500
and 81 1000, or either or all.
The council believes that the city
can dispose of its bond issue to re-
sponsible bidders for 4 per cen per
annum. In case It is found necessary
and eXpedient to issue the entire
amount of $4,000, the interest On the
entire issue would amount to $4,000
per year, which interest could be paid
by an additional 2 mill tax levy.
General Conditions.
II is unnecessary TO dwell at length
upon present conditions. Everybody
knows them. We are safe in saying
that in not a city of the same size in
the country will be found such dis
order and lack of system. Were this
caused by lack of supply, the case
would be more serious, but with an
average daily flow of 100000 gallons,
enough to supply a city of twice the
population of Laramie, the present
shortage is, therefore, lot due to lack
of supply, but to extravaganza in its
use, and inefiiciency in its distribution.
The Union Pacific Railway company
laid the present main from the springs
to the city, under a contract to keep it
in repair. Some thirty odd years of
use has rendered this main unfit for
further service with any degree of
safety and reliability. The many
breaks now in evidence along Grand
avenue to the springs shows it to be
in a state of collapse.
Need for More Water.
The opening of the rolling mills by
the railroad company requiring a con
siderable amount of water, also their
need. of water at the shops, requires
that the main should be in a condition
to be at all times relied on. This
would require a new main. While we
have not yet been notified officially
that they will lay a new main as soon
as frost conditions will permit yet we
have practically been assured by one
of their engineers and by men in
charge that they will do so.
Then, if the citizens of Laramie want
an efficient and u%p-to-date system, now
is the time to get it. If the connec-
lions at the intersections of Grand
are not put in when the new
main is laid it will cost thousands
of dollars to do it afterwards, besides
the inconvenience of having the entire
water supply shut off to make these
necessary connections.
Danger In Shutting Off.
The experience of the past winter
should be sufficient evidence to dem,
onstrate to everyone the great DANCE
of having water shut off, leaving the
city without fire protection and water
for business and domestic uses.
With a system of laterals as shown
above, and which is a big reservoir in
itself, there should should be an album,
dance of water at all times for all pur,
poses. Such a system would be inval
liable for protection against fire and
should naturally lessen the insurance
rates.
The principal feature to be kept in
mind, in designing a water system for
a city or town, is to have the pipes
large enough to supply enough water
for fire protection at any point. This
the city council have tried in the
above outlined plan to provide for.
Free Water Cry Misleading.
Another feature is hal the people
living on the outskirts of town-nortf
and south-may be able to have wa
ter. AS it is now, in many cases, wher
they apply to some of the small com
panies, even with their $25 or $50 tc
pay for their tap, they are denied the
privilege to tap, and are told, I'VE
have no more water than is required
by those already connected" The cry
of free water is misleading. If every
person who has become a stakeholder
in any of these small companies, OF
who has paid s25, $50 or SIS for a wa
ter right, and who has helped lay
these small laterals and keep them in
repair, was to figure the exact expense
of this so-called free water, he would