Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-07-14
dll THE BATH TUB"
IS THE ULTIMATUM
TONIGHT
Citizens Committee Com
poses Document for Con.
siderdtion OF the City
Council.
SPECIAL MEETING
CALLED BY MAYOR
Representatives Of Street Meet
ing Demand That City Al
dermen Get Busy and
Get Water Without
Further Delay.

The mayor has called a special
meeting of the city council for this
evening at o'clock in the library
building. as the result of a request
made by the citizens committee ap-
pointed at a street meeting July 6, to
discuss the water question
The committee held a meeting last
night in the office of Otto Dieckmann
at which it drew up resolutions to be
presented to the city council tonight.
The resolutions were circulated today
as petitions, and were signed by many
people
The citizens committee presents
another solution of the water ques-
ton and it is dissimilar to other So
lutions presented to date in that it
demands that the city council annul
the franchise and take over the water
plant. Fill the bathtubs," is the
rally cry, and it is understood the cit
lzens' committee intends to get bath
IL it takes all summer to do it.
Those who attended the meeting last
night were: William Kieke, L. II. De-
laney, Mike Mandell, II. E. Fox Otto
Dieckmann, Chas. o. Cushman, A. w.
Anson. W. w. Anson, Tom Hughes,
II. s Lithgow. Felix Gionotti, A. A.
Sedillo and II. b. Ives.
The committee INDUCED in consid-
cradle oratory and it is understood
that. failing in its efforts to get inn
mediate action, it proposes to placard
the city, get out the bands hold an
other mass meeting and stir up the
animals or get bath.
The resolutions briefly state that
the Water Supply company has vio-
lated its franchise; that the health of
the people is at stake; that the fire
protection is a myth; that insurance
policies are likely to be annulled or
the rates raised; that the city streets
need sprinkling. and that no provis-
ion is being made to meet the in
creased demand for water as the city
grows. The resolutions conclude with
demand that the council take i'm
mediate steps to get water and plenty
( of it. The resolutions in full are as
follows:
: To the Honorable Mayor and City
$ Council of the City Of Albuquerqua,
New Mexico.
: Gentlemen:-
= A mass meeting of the citizens of
. Albuquerque, n. NJ. held July 6. 1909,
5 appointed a committee to examine in
i to the present water situation in our
d city
After fully considering the matter
and fully canvassing the situation the
4 committee has decided upon the fol-
e lowing
5 Report and Findings.
This committee has made a full in
yestigation of the situation. We find
THAT the Water supply company is un-
der contract with, and has fran
chise from this city which provides in
part as follows:
1 Section 5. That said company
| | shall furnish at all times for public
and private use in said city a good
] and sufficient supply of good water
: as the same may be needed and de-
manded for domestic and manufactur-
ing purposes, 50 that il may be drawn
off through the pipes connecting with
IS the mains of said watcrworks in all
= parts of said city where such pipes
3 may be at a minimum pressure of 50
d pounds to the square inch at all times
= unless prevented through an accident
Is 10 the reservoir, engines, pipes and
Is other apparatus or machinery of said
e company Provided that any such az
IS cident shall be remedied or repair
ed within a reasonable time"
.e We further find that the Watef
;: Supply company has utterly failed to
It comply with this contract ana the
, terms of its franchise aforesaid for
over two weeks ana has failed to sup
ply water for hre protection and for
drinking ana domestic purposes as Is
required oy It's contract ana fran
Chise
,f And we further specifically nm
/, that il is absolutely necessary for the
Al health Of the citizens of this, commu-
ID nifty that an adequate supply of pure
water be furnished for drinking and
all domestic purposes.
That unless an adequate supply OF
a water for fre protection is imme-
is dately hai that our insurance poll
lg,, eies may be cancelled OF our ipsur-
= ance rates greatly Increased according
le TO the terms of all fire insurance par.
r agraphs.
That the present lack Of water /,