The copper era., 1909-11-18
The Fire Protection Question Not As
 Smooth As It Might Be.

Smooth As It Might Be.
 Although the town council has made arrangements for the ordering of twenty-five hydrants to be install ed in various sections of the city limits, it now seems that the signing of the contract is going to be more difficult than was at first anticipated. The ERA reporter has not seen the proposed contract, but judging from what the members of the town coun- cil say, the Clifton water company is most unreasonable in several clauses of the contract, and unless the ob ljectionable parts are removed the members of the council will in all probability refuse to approve it.
 For instance, after discussing the cost of the fire plugs, and it is under stood that the town is to pay for the J plugs, and foot the expense of in- i stalling them-which is no small 1 item-the water company would not furnish the protection for less than S25 per plug per year. The council | finally decided that it would have to stand for it and was willing to pay the price-for the benefit of the property owners. For this reason the council believes that it is emitted to some prilileges in the way of the company guaranteeing to furnish water when it is needed. Without this guarantee the company would not be bound in any way and would have the power to furnish the press ure in manner to suit itself.
 It seems that the Clifton water company should take just as much interest in the protection of the town of Clifton as any other concern and more so-as it depends upon it's revenue from the residences in this community. $25 per year for plug is entirely too much for the town to i pay for such a number of fire plugs, as many of them will not be used a single time during the year, and the ERA believes that the officers of the | water company should figure on some thing besides holdidg up the town of Clifton. The company certainly charges the people of Clifton enough for the service which is being furn- ished. There is a way to do all things, and while it is a fact that at the present date there is but one water company here it must also be remembered that we may have an other in the not far distant future, the well having been dug and the pipe laid except about one mile.
 Performances like the present one will simply encourage the council to agitate new water company to be owned by the town, which measure no doubt would meet with the approval of the property owners, many of whom are already sore on the water proposition. City ownership of the water supply is meeting with the ap- proval of all cities in the United States, and if it should be pushed in Clifton there is little question of the result. The ERA does not wish to be understood to say that the council is going to advocate any such thing, but simply calls attention to what can be done. No town ever had a saner council than Clifton has and not single one of them is desirous of get ting the best of any company or cor poration-but they do want a half way deal in every proposition. On the other hand it certainly. will not pay the Clifton water company, finan- cially or otherwise, to engage in a fight with the town council, whose power extends over a world of ground within the incorporated limits.
 The following Clifton people will go to Bisbee on December 4th and 5th for the purpose of joining the Knights of Columbus: Dan and Will Grant. Chrisholm brothers, J. V. Dunn, Jas. Mcintosh, H. Noll, Billy Kelly, John Carrigan and Father J. Garnet. They will be accompanied by several others who are already members. After determining that Clifton could not support a lodge it was decided to give up the idea of organizing here.
 Melons. Fancy Casaba at Smiths store.
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