Arizona republican., 1910-07-16
THE WATER SITUATION. Not Tempe Canal But Town
 Plant
 DISCUSSED BY COUNCIL Better Part of Three Hours of a Regular Meeting De- voted to It-Committee Will Further Consider It Today.
DISCUSSED BY COUNCIL

The city council met in regular ses-
 three sweltering hours to a discussion
 of the city water system. Of course. | there was some other business trans acted, but the greater part of the even | ing was spent on the water question. For some months past there has been d general feeling of dissatisfac- ton over the manner in which the city pumping plant has been operated. There have been several accidents
 there that can be traced directly to the 1 inexperience of the man or boy in charge. Several pumping bills have been held up on the ground that the amount was excessive. There were so
 many different points that the council wished to talk over with MT. Chandler that he was invited to be present at
 the meeting for a discussion of the
 situation. He was there and the pro gram began with the reading of the
 rather lengthy contract entered into between the town of Tempe as the party of the first part and the Tempe Light & Power company as the party of the second part. According to the
 terms of the agreement. the party of
 the second part was to furnish suit able man to run the pumps. It was the opinion of the council that this had
 not been done. The council expressed
 desire to modify this contract to an
 extent that would permit of it's hiring and firing the man in charge of the
 pump, Mir Chandler making a reason
 able allowance on the water bill for what he pays the man at the pump
 This will relieve the party of the sec
 ond part of any responsibility and MT.
 Chandler signified his willingness to
 so modify the contract that this method would be permitted. The de
 tails of the alteration will be worked
 out at a meeting of the council, the
 marshal, the town attorney and MT.
 Chandler. which will be held this
 morning at the council chambers at 9
 o'clock. It is generally thought that
 the new plan will be more satisfac-
 tory one.
 The matter of working over the
 towns auXilliary pump, the Byron
 Jackson machine. that thus far has
 worked very poorly was taken up. It
 is a matter of common knowledge that
 a couple of months ago when the town
 was without water for several days,
 this would have been avoided had the
 substitute pump been in working con- dition On this subject Councilman FL lingson WaXed eloquent. He displayed so much ambition on the subject that his hearers were inclined to accept one of two theories: Either that he had suddenly switched to the side of the reservoir in the water controversy or had turned prohibitionist. At any rate MT. Ellingson has the right idea He insisted on settling things on the spot and it is safe to predict that if he has any say so in the matter, the little pump will be in good running or der shortly and ready for any emer gency.
 While on this subject, the council in structed Mir. Chandler to purchase for the town and install at its expense. an automatic cutoff at the pump house. This is a protective meaure and will do away with all possibilities of burned out motors. When the cur rent runs either too high or too low it is automatically cut off.
 It was after 10 o'clock before the water question was disposed of for the time being and the question of au- tomobiles and mosquitoes was taken up. Attorney Kingsbury reported on the former that he expected to have a copy of an ordinance which is being prepared by Attorney Bullard of Phoe- nix on the auto question in a short time. It is MT. Bullard's hope that this ordinance will be passed by every town in the territory ;the ordinance | governing the running of machines | will then be uniform throughout the | territory and there will be no excuse | for a resident of Phoenix shattering | the Tempe ordinance on the ground l that he was not aware of it's nature.
 On the question of mosquitoes. the | council agreed that a general crusade | should at once be started. The mar shal was instructed to order hundred | gallons of crude oil and forthwith com mence work As has been before sug gested in these columns, the citizens | can materially assist in this matter by using a little care by seeing that no water is allowed ot stand on their premises.
 Since the meeting resolved itself in- | to one for the purpose of discussing ] water is was quite in order that street l sprinkling should come in for its share. c. A. Corbell, who now has the con- tract for the sprinkling was on the carpet It seems that fault lies not with MT Corbell, but with the boys he has hired to do the work. The sprink ling has not been uniform. While