Putnam patriot., 1910-09-30
DdtiBtrs WitAfH tHftE Hi9iAtt4ef Weeklies. within One Year
Voted I0r Municipal 0rnershlp oi Pub
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lie Wafer. h 0Yts.
 Ai tds special meeting oa Ta ez1ss. naJfnIng. la Hsmmead Hal. eaIleb tn decide llle 9reetlea whether aBe sa tess favored owning their oNH .gsisn of wasef-aofks. was deeisl elE aflifa8- ed by large eote Had E gees sm iAe evening lhs .ate would have been ten len linles iargsfs lsit they fe4 osIigesi io attend te tbeif Nefs. assured tbai they aho could naald spare the time b exrsss ile general desire fos tue estY Co oNa#fhe s atef unfks and eunIfai Ehem.
 That decision beiug made tHs Hnal decision can t@ reached @iih sielibefs- iasn. Tbe elfs ssss tad tts power to establish a nea systeta of Hsief ssofks fer tsfe yeafs.
 Ne gre Had io see thai Mayor Mae sienai5 supported 0y other officials and principal citizens. .Nili lske up ibe mat. ter st seeking the lranfsfenee ef lbe pfrecui systefu gf ~atef.Netks e tie elty .b 1fily. Sol lhassl.y , ; bsl win care sad asiibefaligB. - IhA al ulstake4 sfem andse hasle may be avoided.
 The isw Tor making ssae proposed ttsnicfenee of the Na;eT-wof from public company io E city k amply pro- sidsd Tor. The Superior Court appoints . Commission which determines upon sh. t...... ..f aaff lxtaart ftas.. 4s. h4s "a there Is po appeal. except the tso par. tles concerned fail to come to sn ami able private arrangement, and an ap- peal Is taken td the higher courts. That heing tried. and falling, the city can go 0n and build an entirely new system Of saier.wofks al ils conse- nieuee.
 Ne afe glaa to notice that Mayor aeDpnaid has already taken steps to seeufe q committee on which all Of our citizens may rely with eoniidene. The value of the wafer works is already vsinsble,pfopefiy and will become more and more valuable each year as the city continues 10 grow. Naturally  The present oeners desire To hold en 10 such A property, and Will, loo, fl by frightening the voters oy the heavy expense to he incurred and sharp conflict sili have to follow. But Ines difficulties to be encountered, only prove how eager the owners are to hold to the property. for which the courts will allow them generous price. If il were mol so would such arguments he usedg
 We are not intlmaisag that such af- guments are to be used ny the owners bat to show hos weak they would be.
 The city's eommiltee--not yet ap- psinted-- iii t~ able to present to the water company the fullest cost io then of The water wpsks, with ali expenses besides. and handsome yeaf's disl. ,lrnd in addition, what cause for con teniion can be oiiefedF
 The eits committee can do all this, and Vt also think they NH be able to saA. that they have lhe alinos, entire citizenship ie eaek them ap in The work they sete appoinied Co do-and il [. solng to be done -ia a friendly sFIil II k expected, btl b make sufe l5a5 the ely ~ill nlllm slely own and esu f8i is system ut < alef-W arss,
 Ne have favofea llss cilA oaaing its own system ol Nalef-wofks lfoa tbe a5st hoal il was siaited. and siill have fee>ans to hold ta that view. Ne have mol becn strenuous in ad oc sti ! < of even desifeas to suggest our view sinee the present s atef company as organized. Ne fsaiissd the many and serious results that might arise, and avoided Inc matter.
 About five yesss ago the Legislature passed sn ael authorizing the city ei ratnafn To purchase the present sys, lem et atet works of tq build new system Az little WAS said aud notht ing done since that time. we refrainea flom urging The question until som, action ~as taken.
 Now thsl lAe citizen voters have IA ken public action 10 secure for the cit, tae pfssent system oi saIefsaofks o b sild new one We feel inpelled [, lznd our voice in advocacy Of what hai t~~n proposed io bc depe. fs may tx come a serious struggle. but we hay, no apprehenslons of That. Ho~beiI the PATRIOT k pledged, whatever b- the outcome, to support the hopes ans wishes of our citizens in carrying ou what we deem net only beneiioen measure for the people but eyeataall, from what will prove large addition t.. tha rff xts ypxentieS