The daily sentinel., 1906-10-06
SATISFY a PROMISE

IL was made previous 10 the eject =
+ tion for the mountain water +
Il bonds. some investigation is at +
!. present being made. of the /
4. amount of water contained in +
=. Whitewater creek. :;
+ When plans were first laid i
+ by council for supplying this :,
4 city with mountain water, the i
+ water supply of Whitewater +
+ creek was casually considered 4
4. and cursory examination !
i. made. AT no time was it ever :,
i. seriously thought of as having ;,
Il sufficient supply of water for !
X the present and future use of I
Il the city and but few have ever =
X contended that it had, until i
= very lately. :,
4. In the past few weeks there !
Il upon the part of some few, \
!. presumably personally inter- \
\. ested parties to have councils :,
Il special water committee ex- =
Il that creek. Several days ago j
i. the members of the special J
+. water committee went TO the j
Il headwaters of the Whitewater j
4 creek and so far as they were :,
+ able made measurements of 4.
!. the water. At the flood tide of ;,
!. the water, due to the early fall :;
Il of snow that had fallen and :,
/. was melting fast on the noun >,
i. tains, 1t was thought that pos :,
i. sibly there were 120 inches of :,
+ water in the creek at the time. :,
!. If their calculations were :,
4. correct or even overestimated, :,
/. as they must have been, with :,
r. out the instruments to make :,
4 measurements. that creek has :,
!. just sufficient to simply supply i.
\. the city at the present time. +.
!. This paper has maintained i.
+ at all times, both by the writer ..
+ personally and through these .
\ columns that this city must :
4. never provide for the city's .
+ present needs only. 1t would .
/. be the height of folly to go to .
+ Whitewater creek for a supply .
Il that is problematically suffic- .
Il lent, when 1t is positively and .
Il absolutely known that there is .
X an abundant supply in the .
X Hannah creek for this city for .
4 all time, it matters not how .
!. large this city may grow
+ 1t would be an unforgivable .
+ offense and against the judg-
I. ment of majority of the citi-
4 zens to abandon the present
i. line of survey and the source
+ of supply provided. to build to
Il supply that is almost known
+ has scarcely enough for present
I. needs. No member of that .
4 council would be forgotten or
4 forgiven If such blunder were
= made.
+ Back of the proposition to go
Il to Whitewater creek is a
+ scheme to purchase the water
4 and the land for certain sum
\ of money While this may be
T. perfectly legitimate. yet at the
y same time it looks as if those
4 who seem so deeply interested
!. are interested not from pure
4 ly patriotic standpoint. but
= from a desire to make profit
!. from selling such supply to the
!. city. The sutiiciency of the sup,
= ply, being hardly n primary
= consideration.
I. So far as the writer is con
= eerned- he will. as well as the
4. majority of council, have to alb
T. solutely know that there is
i. more than sufficient to supply
Il present and future needs and
Il that the Whitewater creek pre-
X sents n more feasible prospect
+ before much consideration will
+ be given to such a proposition.
+ The plan to build to Hannah
+ creek is too far advanced to
z + abandon same without the very
+ greatest of reasons.
= 1t will be argued by those
4. who seem SO anxious to have
4 Il council accept the Whitewater
= supply that, it will cost less to
4. build to that point of supply.
+ That matter is deserving ofcon-
!. siieration, if true. But il is
Z = of no consequence whatever
+ that the construction should
= cost a material sum less than
+ what is estimated. if the sup
!. ply is insufficient. The latter
X point is the greater matter to
+ be considered