Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-19
ARRANGE PLANS
TUX IUMPKU
CITIZENS REPLY TO LETTER
OF MAYOR
SUGGEST CHANGES IN NUMBER
ON COMMITTEE
Propose Eleven Members Instead of
Propose Eleven Members Instead of
Five as Originally Planned-An-
swer Considered by Council
In Executive Session


which he asked the corporation of the
anti" or Waterhouse party in an
effort to settle the water tangle and
secure at the earliest possible moment
the municipal control of the companies
operating in this city, the leaders OF
the Waterhouse faction today sent 10
the mayor and the city council an
answer in which they agree in many
points with the mayor Some changes
are suggested, the principal one being
| that the committee be composed OF
eleven men instead of five as suggested
by Mr.. Farley. The Waterhouse peo-
pie would have five appointed to a
side, the eleventh man to be selected
by the other members of the commit
tee The letter was laid before the
council in executive session this after
noon and thoroughly discussed. An
answer will be drafted, according to
Mayor Eearley, by next Tuesday.
Some of the points gone into In the
communication of the "antis' include
the division of the work to be done
into three important steps-a reliable
estimate of the quantity of water re-
uuired by the city, a determination OF
i the sources of supply and the eharac-
4 ter of the distributing plant 1t VIII pc
necessary to install, with thorough
/ investigation of the uses to which the
nlants already in existence can be pE1
] 4
/ Mayor Farley said today that he
considered many of the suggestions
valuable, and while he did not agree
with all of them, every point maze
would receive full consideration IRON
the council before the answer was
given 1t is reported that the so-calIea
anti-water- bond faction is planning TO
mail copies of the letter to all the
voters of the city accompanied by other
literature on the same subject. TINS
would seem to indicate the beginning
of a new water bond campaign at no
! distant date.
The complete text of the letter suo-
mitted to the city authorities Io1io"s' ao
| Pasadena, Cal, June II, l9O9.-
/ Hon. Thomas Farley. Mayor of the
| city of Pasadena: Dear Sir-Re-
ferring to your valued communica-
tion of the 18th ultimo, addressed 10
the Individual members Of the cit
| izens' committee, bearing upon the
water situation in Pasadena, the re-
ceipt of which has been heretofore
acknowledged, we beg to reply as
follows:
We heartily favor and will join
with YOU in the formation of a
Joint advisory committee to be APP
nointed in the manner proposed ny
your honor, provided, however that
said committee shall be larger than
nr0DOSe0. as HHItIldlltt f'th Abi ~
and provided further that the du-
ties of said committee shall em-
brace not only a thorough investi-
/ CATION and report upon the issues
/ raised in your communication
/ touching upon the value of the
/ present plants and the condition OF
the titles thereto, but shall go much
further and include in the hroadest
sense the securing and publication
of reliable information and expert
advice covering every phase of the
questions involved in the pending
water controversy, to the end that
our citizens may fully understand
the situation and plan be lnau-
gurated that will harmonic past
differences and secure to our city
municipal water plant and supply
equal to all future demands, mod
ern and complete in every detail,
and a worthy product of this com
munity.
In view of the Importance of the
work outlined we believe the advis-
ory committee should have a larg-
/ er representation than proposed,
/ and would suggest eleven instead of
five members to be appointed in
/ the manner proposed by your hon
/ orr e., five to be appointed by
/ yourself, a like number by the cit
izens' committee and the ten thus
appointed to select one addltlOnal
| member. We trust the eleventh or
odd member win be agreed upon
within the ten-day limit suggested
by you; but in the event of a fail
| ure to agree we favor proceeding
with the work without further de-
1 lay, and that the ten members re-
ferred to constitute the full advis-
ory committee. We favor the pub
lication in full of the proceedings
aIu~ ami fnn
ing reports of the position of both
sides on questions where there is
a difference of opinion, in order that
the public may have a clear under
standing Of the situation.
To Employ Attorney
The members Of the advisory
committee should serve gratuitous-
ly, but should be authorized to en-
ploy the best available talent to
pass upon all legal questions and
engineering problems involved, and
these expenses, together with all
other expenses incident to the work
outlined, should be borne by the
city. No private contributions
should be solicited or accepted in
a matter Of such public Importance,
as wrong in principle and open to
criticism.
The proposed investigation should
be conducted in a businesslike and
impartial manner single to the in
terests of our city. The work should
be Systematically arranged with a
comprehensive plan embracing the
following:
First-A RELIABLE ESTIMATE
OF THE QUANTITY OF WATER
REQUIRED.
second-A DETERMINATION OF
THE SOURCE OF SUPPLY.
Third-THE CHARACTER OF
DISTRIBUTING PLANT DE-
MANDED.
Considered in the order named,
THE QUANTITY OF WATER
should be ample to meet every re-
quirement, public and private, TAX
ing into account expansion and rap
idly increasing population. We
should have abundant water for
the development of public parks
and pleasure grounds, for the care
of streets and street trees, for the
most efficient fire protection, with
possibly sufficient pressure to do
away to a great extent with the
necessity of fire engines Our citi-
zens should be supplied with all
the water desired at price so low
as to encourage its liberal use and
thus develop to the fullest extent
the private grounds, the lawns, the
flowers and the ornamental trees
which are such a factor in attract
ing to us the visitor and home-
seeker.
Having determined the quantity
of water required, the committee
will be In a position to consider