The Greeley tribune., 1908-05-14
one time and some at another and
the pressure would be better at all
times Of the day than they are under

LOO WOulu mus ADJUST the water To
each man or woman's convenience at
some hour or another during the day
for that part of the city, instead of
compelling each man or woman to ac-
cOmCdate himseR or herself to the
water regardless of convenience to the
user
l cannot say after what city or sys-
tenn our council patterned our ordt.
nances regarding the use of water,
but on looking them over pretty care
fully do not hesitate to say that they
are better adapted to the uses of a
corporation selling water than to a
city furnishing water to it's taxpayers
To Illustrate: | was setting out a bed
of Strawberries during the recent dry
weather and it happened that there
was no water in the canal and no
no knowing what day l could have it
when it should be turned in again.
Now If there is any plant in the world
that set in dry bone earth needs wat
er at once, that plant is the straw
berry plant | knew that we could in
an emergency have water on a fresh
ly sown lawn, out of hours. | knew
that man building house could get
water to mix his mortOr out of hours.
I l., 7 ,,1o tc
set out SO as to sprinkle them before
our hours ended in the morning, and
so | went to the city clerk to know If
could be permitted to use water for
thirty minutes out of the time say
at eleven o'clock or twelve or one;
but he had no power to give any sort
Of permission; then l went to the
mayor. and he said he had no power to
grant a permission to make an ex-
ception, and suppose he was right !;
and so carried water in a bucket for
two weary hours in the hot sun and
wind and poured dipper of water
over each particular one Of that bed
of a thousand plants in order to keep
it alive until Ave in the evening when
/ could lawfully make use of what
had already PAID for With heavy bonds
on my property and ready cash from
my purse to meet just such emergen
cies. Again, l think no single one OF
the many efforts we are making to
improve and beautify the city is OF
much more consequence than park
ing the sidewalks. But how much en-
couragement is given any one who Is
willing at great expense to do that
sort of thing mainly for thebenefit OF
the city? We do not own or control
an inch outside of our own lot lines (;
and the city can alter grades destroy
trees run lines over our housetops and
make us fill up or cut down at its
sweet will; but having established Its
arbitrary grades, if we SO desire we
can beautify its property at our own
expense and pay for the water in or
der to keep the grass alive after with
infinite labor and pains we have got
It graded and seeded. I do not know
that | would vote to have the city
furnish the water free for that pur'
pose if ! we're a councilman. l dc
not even feel like advising the coun'
Gil to do SO on the mere responsiblll
ty of a tax payer, but surely II any
| citizen is willing to make that KIND OF
an improvement at his own expense
and care for it from the mere love OF
the beautiful and the pride he may
have in the city of his adoption ne
should be afforded every facility and
not be made to pay mere smart mon
ev in addition to paying for the ac
tual use of the water; in other WORDS
n marking the sidewalks is public
Improvement in any sense, and DE
sirable one, then we should be en-
couraeed as individuals to make II
instead of being hampered and dls
couraged by petty regulations ana
charges that are entirely beside the
mere use of water for the purpose
For instance. the larger share OF the
taps that have heretofore been made
from the mains have been made io'
merely domestic use and TOT lrrlsa'
ing the very circumscribed lawns
hence the yard hydrant is in very
MANY cases inconveniently situated for
sprinkling sidewalk parking; IN par
ticular is this SO where the owner un
fortunately possesses corner lot as
illustrated In my own case, which ne
oossitates in every such instance lug
g!ng back and forth of nearly t~e
hundred feet of heavy hose IN orde'
TO accomplish the work at all. besides
other Inconvenience that Will be op
v,ons to any one who undertakes IL