Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-09-18
NOW FOR A SEWER SYSTEM

partment since the plant of the Pina Mountain Water company passed to municipal ownership as given publicity in the columns of the Silver Belt yesterday morning, should be source of unusual qualification to the taxpayers and peo- pie generally of Globe.
 The figures show that the plant, under pres ent conditions, and with consumption of water no greater than today, will net the city in rev enues exactly what the Silver Belt claimed dur ing the progress of the bond campaign, S3O,OJC per annum; or, sufficient money to provide a sinking fund for the payment of interest and principal on a bond issue of almost $40O,000 instead of $2O0,0 ,000 as was voted by the people of the city at the special election last spring.
 This display of figures and their analysis will, in measure, explain the Silver Belts en- thusiasm and it's untiring efforts on behalf of the success of the bond issue which was only won after the hardest battle any newspaper has ever fought for its city, and in the interest of the taxpayer
 The Silver Belt contended with equal vigol that the sewer bonds should carry, and present. ed substantially the same figures that have been made public by the city to show that the rev enues derived from the water works would not only care for the water works bonds and inter est, but would provide more than enough money to pay interest and principal on the sewer bonds.
 In fact it was the Silver Belt contention that if the sewer bonds carried the system would come as precious gift and that taxes would not be increased single mill.
 The truth and force of the Silver Belts argu. ment has been verified by the figures, and the taxpayers should early insist that special eiec ton be called to vote upon sewer bond issnc There is no question about the city having suf- fcient supply of water for flushing purposes, and the earnings of the water plant will more than care for both the water and sewer bonds.
 With this splendid showing of earnings nat uraly comes a discussion of the question of water rentals. By some it is claimed that the city is charging higher rates than prevailed when the plant was ill the hands of private company. The rate charged is not higher for |, given service, but Globe, like all other cities, has assfed the service and is charging users for exactly what they are getting. For in stance, under municipal ownershop, the man who owns d horse is compelled to pay &l per month to the department for water furnished the animal Comparative luXuries. such as flush 
 a schedule of water rates-the same in form a: prevail throughout the country in all we'll reg uIated cities, has been adopted by Globe. This is as it should be- and with a little further eH planation the Silver Belt believes there will be q more commendabe display of patience and not a complaint to be filed.
 Tine water department during the past few months has been engaged, under the direction of Ben. J. Barron, an expert accountant, in finding out exactly "where it is at Classiti- cations have been made and rates enacted 1t is true. but until very recently, 1t could not be de termined and no effort was made to deternIne just what rate would be equitable. The city was undoubtedly on the safe side of the prop ),l- ton. It is now known within few dollars of what the monthly receipts of the water plant are to be for the immediate future, what the op erating expenses are to be- what amounts will have to be set aside for repairs and extensions and the amount necessary for a sinking fund tC provide for the bond issue. Water rentals, with this information in hand, can be easily ad- justed
 But the one great question the people should decide, and that at once, Is bond issue for a system of sewers. That the city needs this san itary improvement the most pronounced moss back in Globe will not deny That the rev enues from the water plant without increasing rentals one copper will provide a sinking fund for the sewer bonds IS now known beyond ques- ton of doubt. There isn't d single reason worth considering that can be advanced in op- position to the sewer bond issue and the con struction of the system. On the other hand there are one thousand good reasons for an ex-