Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-03-24
WATER QUESTION
AGAIN DISCUSSED
It Meeting Of Good Govern.
ment League Last Night.
Speeches Made.
SOae GOOD POINTS BROUGHT out

ANNNNAel maIAN XVI
Last nirht. over zeigcfa cafe. the (
Good Government league met. with q
large number of ciusens in attenu- Z
anoe Most of the evening was do-
voted % a discussion of the propo-
sitlon made che city by tho Watet
supply company 90 sell tnclr plant
lor p480.OUO Alderman Hanley, ASK
ng 20 be excused from the council
nioctiuE, early in tnn eYenlnes pro-
ccedod 10 the hah where Dc addrcas-
"a tnpae aaeemhild upon tnc pfopo-
alti0n 20 buF the plant. argume ~
favor of buying sho plant. Enlosced
BY many cataiOguca ana eiati4icss
Alderman Hnnlcy talked earnestly
Cor the Interests of the Water supply
company
During the wind up OF bis taik, he
wa sRskcd tho following question py
r. n. Delaney, a prominent property
holder and real estate dealer Of tnia
city
aln ease the city purchases the
Water Supply companys plant, Mr
Hanley, what will become ~ the
money some two hundred ol us hays
paid the Water Supply company FOR
meters, which. up % the present
time. we have never roceivodY'
To this The alderman replied that
che had never had thnt matter pre-
scntod 90 him before ia JUST tnht
light, but that the Water supply COM
pany would look Into it. and ia g az,
right" though iust how he Intended
90 Fix ~ the alderman neglected.
70 mention.
Some two years ago, according 90
] .H
were approached hy representatives.
OF the Water Supply company. With
/ the proposition inRt N they would
pay for the installing Of water meters
I they w0aid So furnished water at the
meter rates. Probably two h0ndred
uf the water users so approached,
As stated last night dug up sl5 y
piece, or total OF s3.UuN for the
purchase Of these water meters That
/ was two years ago. They have not
received the meters Set The Water
I supply company. Il iH undeTatood,
claims that they Lave placed an gq-
der for these meters bat are unable
to get them just yea
Whafi Not in two long ycaraf
No wonder this Question NaH asked
bg MT. polauqyaof che nlderman from
the First ward
/ Alderman Hnnlcy attompicd %
hhOw that u the city bought the water
Z system, water rates 10 the consumer
could 10 reduced. whereas, they could
not now because the water company
No said, paid f2,10O taxos.
I Ho was asked which would he tha
more reasonable; for the city % re-
duoo the water rates on a f2bO,0O0
\ investment or for the Water supply
company 10 reduce the rates right
lnow, since the original Investment, 20
say nothing of It's earning capacity
N IN che iuiorum, was not oue-third ol
the price now asked,
4 Alderman Wilkeraon next took the
floor. and devoted the time 20 1ay
Ing that "he was against municipal
4. ownership, innsmuch as politics would
creep in and work 90 The dctglmeni
lof the citizens at large bcinl
against pucs-.pal ownership, Alder
men Wilkcraun Is naturally against
the city buying the Water suppl,
compeny's plant
Alderman Harrison then addresses
tho assemblaEc. He spoke oi ih'
viii known thiuuoaa aud ffailty ~
kalamcin pipe, quoting the unihionl
iof experts on the matter ho drew
"A comparison between the water pipe
(, lnf the Water Supply company, WAici
have only d working pressure OF q
uounda. ana which u is said the man
/. agemont OF the Water supplN com
pany viii not allow 20 be Increased
Tor test purposes. 60 over 30 nuuhas
and "a common piece of garden hos
: 'lmanufacurod for domestic purpose
, only
J for the gardon hose tho manu-
3 incurors absolutely guarantee thni ]
2 viii require 900 pounds proaguse q
4 burst IN The water pipes VIII mo-
q stand over so pounds ordinarily anI
, helng n imminent danger of bursting
3 lat 700 pounds pressure. The inter
q unco was plain.
b IN quoting the statement oi hi
y Seymour. pipe expert Aldefmal
q Harrison stirred up the sensation q
q The evening, winning great applaus
D Thereby,
n Wallace Hesselden assalled ih
o statements 0f Mr. seymour as pub
"a lishpd m The Evening Citizen, eayln
/. they were occaaioned by a pefaona
Il gfudEe. and adding q few remafh
AL in favor OF the Water supply com
Z pany and che kalamen pipes
el Quick as @ flash. Alderman haul
son turned upon him and thundefea
~ How % q. Mt. Heaacldeni that @
q 20 one short month or ieaa ago. 70
n were koart and soul against The prof
= osition of the city buying me Wnis
y supply company's plpnt, even gqin
- so iar aa tO declare that az one tiu
4 you had an option on the plant ti
!, iar issn than they now ask tho clii
y gora aghilnE the measure tooth az
ioanall. and are now heart and apl
3, FOR tho Interests of the Water suppl
~ company why this change oi hea
in one short mOnih2"
Ringing applause from every ra
Of fhe hall greeted thig dally. nl
"a. Under cover of 81 gomo one made
d. .Anflon IA adjourn. which was pna0e