The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-28
HEALY IS STILL
 PUMP OPPONENT Alderman Who Held Up Action Monday Records Himself
 in Negative After
 Hearing.
MAYOR EXPLAINS HASTE
Declares People Want Good Drinking Water and Work should Com mence Soon on Account
 of the Weather.

Alderman Richard B. Healey has not
 altered his position as to the mayors
 well, electric pump and all of the oth-
 CT appurtenances appertaining thereto.
 Last Monday night at a session of the
 board of aldermen he stood acne l1gainst the appropriation of s45O to.
 make the installation of an electric
 pump and engine over the 122 foot ar
 tesian wei, some distance from the
 town pump, a fact When the special
 committee consisting of himself and
 Aldermen James R. Maxwell, Freder-
 lek J. McKerness, Emil Loos, and
 Franklin l. Homan had hearing last
 night on the matter MT. Healey voted
 against the appropriation being made.
 The remainder of the committee, how ever, will formulate a majority re-
 port in favor of the improvement, and
 this report will come up next Monday
 night before the alderinanlc board as an emergency measure and he adopted
 in this form.
 The public hearing in city hall last night was attended by only few Mayor studley was present. and. after rehearsing tho circumstances which he thought made 1t necessary to have thls well driven. Alderman Healey asked Why it was necessary to locate the well near the present town pump since near the Bennett fountain was a much bet ter place for it.
 HI hN0Or -ui 4t. vel was dug the park commissioners or those In charge of the Bennett ! fount1in refused to have 1t come ted but as the people wanted a well from which to obtain water purer than that flowing through the town pump or the ! fountain, which Is city water 1t was decided to locate 1t where 1t Is now, go that in the event of it's being decid [ ga lated to make connection with the Bennett memorial fountain It. could be done without diff1cults.
 J Edmund Miler 126 Olive street. said that if only one pump could be se- cured he was satisfied to have the ap- propriation 90 throush, but if there were other pumps in the market eoual- " as good he believed that bids should 'e advertised for. He wanted Mayor studley to tell him why 1t was. neces- sarylto purchase pump at this time. -her7 being no apparent hurry
 Mayor Studley said that the p,tl,lic works director was authorized under he charter to go ahead and make an improvement where there was only ons 4 a sort of device in the market that could 'e utilized for such improvement. and hat 1t was not necessary that he mould invoke the aid of the board of lldermen at all. It was matter in which the entire public was interested ] nd so that there should not be any l Iouot as to legality resting upon the 5 natter he preferred to bring 1t square before the aldermen. He said that I he only hurry was, that the people 'anted good drinking water. and that [ s freezing weather would soon ensue T e would like to have the work begun s s soon as possible. City Engineer ' 'elly he said would have been pres. | nt to show that there was only one | ultable device in the market for inc S urposes desired but he was ill of y rip He said MT Kelly had looked at Iany other pumps. Alderman Healey t' 'anted him to say what pumps but q iayor Studley regretted he could not. | Upon the conclusion of the meeting r lderman Healey said he had not al- q red his views He wanted City En, K Ineer Kelly to look about further to n 'e if there are not other pumps and "
 there are he believes that the ap- p roprlation should be made after ad- 8 cruising for bids. e