The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-10-21
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CITY'S SPRING THE BEST PLAN.
Another bond election has been
called by the city council, and the
water company as usual has como for
ward with plan for furnishing the
city with water, with which they
seem to hope to sidetrack the people
who want to get pure and ample sup
ply of water. They have made no di,
rect proposition, they have not proven
the feasibility of their scheme and
they have done nothing toward giving
the city pure water and adequate lire
protection. They may have perfectly
good Intentions, but the Intentions
have never been very effective. 10
the council Monday evening DR..
Dunn BILE stated that the water com
pany had offered to put In sand
filter az their present spring which be
said would make that water perfect
Ior drinking. The company has known
many months that the water they are
now furnishing the city 10 impure,
yet there haa never been any move to
install the filter. Little fulhllment
can be enforced from the water com
pany as soon as the danger Of compe-
tition Ia past.
In giving what 1t claimed was the
"business side Of the water question"
the News would lead the people to
believe that 1t ia in a position to Sc.
cure information which would greatly
aid the council and citizens In a wise
solution of the water question. We
doubt not that the News 10 informed
on some phases Of the water question
which the whole people are not aware
of and that its stand against the
bonds is thus easily explained. They
claim that the issuance OF bonds and
the installation of a municipal plant
would result In competition between
the present water company and the
city which would make the city
plant losing proposition. The water
company without very extensive i'm
provements would be In no shape to
compete with the city's plant and
they have no absolute assurance that
they could secure pure water at all.
The water company, In the first
place, asks tor something that connot
possibly be granted them that 10, that
the city protect them from competi
tion. They cannot be given exclusive
rights, and they seem to think that
they cannot furnish pure water with.
out them. They say they cannot give
pure water without exclusive iran
ohises aud then they threaten to
bankrupt the city with out.tnroat
competition should the latter install
a municipal plant.
1t does not seem probable that cit
liens would buy water of doubtful
purity which was brought to them
through an old and worn-out system
Of wooden mains when 1t was possible
for them to secure water from the
city OF unquestioned qualify served
to them by the most up to date and
sanitary method through new system
nf iron maina
1t is unquestioned by anyone that
the water bIought In by the city from
the City's spring would meet the
needs. of Hood River in every particu
lar. The water would be pure and
there would be plenty of 1t. The city
would be able to furnish 1t at a low
price to the consumer and the present
rates would make return sufficient
to pay operating expenses, inter est
on the bonds and pay for the plant.
1t need fear nothing In the way OF
competition from company which
has not a sufficient supply of pure
water and which Is operating an old
aud worn.out system.
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