Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1909-11-23

Leighton of Portsmouth, N. H., rep
resenting the directorate of the COM
pany, together with Mr. McNett, met
with the mayor and solicitor, and
majority OF the members of the coun-
Gil. Mr.. McNett cited authorities which
gave the city Of Ottumwa the right to
become owners of the plant, and then
offered the representatives of the city
the entire holdings of the company
for the sum of S275,00O, plus all rem
tails now held by the council. In turn,
the water company representatives
were told that the city council would
give the sum of $4,000 fiat for the
properties. With this the conference
closed The visiting capitalists left
for their homes last evening.
McNett is Reticent.
With the statement that he would be
violating a confidence entered into by
those present at the conference yester-
day if he divulged any information
other than the amount the company
expected for the water plant, Attor
ney William McNett put deaf ear to
all inquiries, except to mention that
the company offered the city the plant
for $275,000, plus all rentals held.
Mayor Phillips, too, frowned on the
idea of giving out any information,
and stated that he, with the other
men present at the conference, was
pledged to secrecy, and that whoever
gave out syllable of information was
violating confidence. He did, how
ever, confirm the figures above men
toned, and stated further that 1t was
the desire of himself and the city
council to remedy the present unsatis-
factory service rendered by the Pub
lie Water Co.
''The company emphatically refuses
| to make the much needed improve
ments to the plant, said the mayor,
"and the idea of bettering the service
/ is out of the question unless the city
takes over the plant.
Blames the Cimpany.
Nobody realizes any more SO than
II how badly better service is needed,
and from the statements made time
and again by the company, it is plain
that to secure change from the
present conditions, the ownership OF
/ the plant must be in the hands of 9TH
er interests. We are unable to get the
| company to extend the mains where
they are badly needed; the water pres
sure is not at all up to the require
ments of the franchise and a remedy
is absolutely necessary Should the
water company come back at the city
with compromise proposition, the
council of course would consider it.
but the amount the council now be-
!lieves is reasonable for the plant is
$235,000 fat"
Iowa City Coed Branded by Students
i Iowa City, Nov. 22.-Terribly burn,
ed by silver nitrate, Miss Margaret
Schindhelm, pretty coed in the uni
versity of Iowa, is startling example
of the lengths to which initiating or
CARNATIONS may go in colleges
Both of Miss Schindhelm's hands
are cruelty blistered and inflamed and
nitrate poisoning is one of the afflic
tons through which she is passing.
The attendant surgeon believes he
will save the burned members, but
predicts that they will be SCARED fol
life
Miss Schindhelm was initiated into
the Camera Art Club, an organization
of fair photographers in the uniyer
sity.
they branded her hands with The
letters &c. A. c." and the poisonou:
drug accomplished the evil.
2 She will not prosecute, as she alb
solves the girls from intent to inflic
: injury upon her.
Y Miss Schindhelm is a sophomore II
r the college of liberal arts. She is tn,
S daughter of August Schindhelm, TO
I twenty-five years secretary of the low;
( City fire department, one of the city
q best known men.