The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1906-02-22
WILL WAIT 0NTIl JULY 1ST
New Conditions in Sight Which
Will Make Bond Propos.
y
tion Easier.

WY OOuhoh VIII uot suohtt ehs
question Of Issuing bonds for building
city water works. to the people unit
about July l. This was decided upor
after careful consideration and ma.
ture Judgment The members Of tht
council seem to feel pretty well pleased
over he ultimate outcome of their up'
and downs with the water works com.
pany. 1t Is altogether probable that q
surprise may be iu store for the company
some Of these days when the time comes
for the council to shuw its hand.
There are several reasons why ihe
council decided to not submit the matter
at the spring election Some Of these
reasons were talked over last night. The
council spent considerable time consid.
ering the water works proposition. A
petition signed by the citizens over town
which was presented TO the council some
time ago. and which requests the coun.
Gil to call an election to vote bonds for
building city water works, has been
followed by resolution from the COM
me,cial club TO the same Effect.
The matters discussed last night have
only to do with the question of the best
time for submitting The question. There
are two main reasons for calling the
election later.
The first is that il the bonds were voted
now, in their sale they would be based
upon the assessed valuation Of two Year,
ago. Property values have been doub-
ling ny rapidly IN the past TWO years, the
town has been growing and many i'm.
proyements have been made. This
years assessment will show a large in
crease In valuation. The situation Will
be materially changed for the better.
The Sc ond reason is, that the council
hopes for an early and advantageous
setll.mcpt of the lInci,man case and
this would bring another change for the
better
The council wants to be prepared. al
every move II makes to stand pat. IL Il
not going to back up at any poiut uf the
game. The members appear to see the
lEAt ahead to bring about better cou-
dltfons, and they want to make each step
sure.
There is no getting around the fact
that public sentiment in Dodge City is
neatly all on The side of public ownership
of the water works. Ii is also true that
the ina jority of The people favor building
q new plant rather than the purchase Of
the old one, Many admit that their
reason for feeling this way about tue
matter, Is their lack of confidence In the
old company and old plant.
The Commercial club meeting on
Tuesday evening was devoted entirely TO
the discussion of these matters. 1t was
insisted by some that the Water Company
has never given good service aud that
there Is little probability of Its ever doing
80. There seems to be general lack Of
faith 10 the company, on the part Of the
people. Mr.. Kirkpatrick and Mr.. Klaine
of the clubs water and light committee
reported a recommendation to the club
to request the council to take action at
once toward submitting proposition to
the people to vote bonds for building a
new water works. Mr.. Klaine put the
matter In form Of motion which carried
unanimously, and. the secretary was in
stlucted to place such resolution before
tI7o city council The discussion of the
matter was a one sided affair in the club.