The Cairo bulletin., 1910-01-17

Up. c. Scullin. alderman =. -. 10 o.
lThos. w. Wll'iams, alderman 10 o.
| Total ....... ....,,..... $685., 4
Alderman Burke moved the salar.
bill be allowed as above The mo
tion was adopted by the following
vote: Aye-Burke. Davis, Ferguson
German, Kelly, Mcdaniel, Magner
Meehan, Nellis, Scullin and Williams
III Nay-None.
The miscellaneous claims and &C
counts were read and, on motion o.
Alderman Magner, referred to theil
respective committees
Reports Of Committees.
The pump and water committee re
ported having met and instructed the
chairman to make necessary repairs
appropriation for starting the Tenth
street pump, and this the chairman
had done, the pump being now In
condition to start on short notice.
Alderman Nellis moved the report
be received and action approved. The
motion was adopted by the following
vote Aye-Burke. Davis, Ferguson,
German, Kelly, Mcdaniel, Magner
Meehan, Nellis, Scullin and Williams
Ill, Nay--None.
Resolutions and Motions.
Alderman Burke, introduced the fol.
lowing resolution
Resolved: That an arc light be
placed at corner Of Tenth street and
Jefferson avenue. On motion of AL.
derman Burke the resolution was re.
.ferred to the street committee.
The mayor presented the following
communication from the Cairo Water
Company
Cairo, ILL.,. Dec. q, 1909
To the Mayor and City Council of the
City of Cairo Ill.,
Gentlemen: In response to your
notification that Ordinance No. 20S
relating to water rates in the City
of Cairo has been passed and ap.
prcved,we beg to say in protest thereto
that taking the rates specified in the
ordinance as whole, they are too
low to be Just and reasonable, that in
the main they are lower. and in
many instances considerably lower
than the average OF the five cities
named in section 7 of ordinance No
1873 empowering the Cairo Water
Company to do business in the city
of Cairo. which average has hereto
fore been taken by the City of Cairo
and the Cairo Water Company as a
standard upon which rates should be
based. In addition thereto the aver
age of the water rates in ordinance
No. 2QS are in general lower than
the rates established in each of the
cities OF Nashville Tenn, whose pop
ulation is about $4,000 in Louisville,
KY, whose population is about ESQ,
900, in Kansas City, Mo, whose popu
lation Is about $4,000, and in ST
Louis, Mo- whose population is ESQ.,,
600, and also are very considerably
lower than rates established in each
of the neighboring and like situated
cities of Paducah, Ky, Freeport, ILL.,.
East st Louis, Ill, and Alton, Ill.,
Therefore the water rates now sought
to be established by your authority
under ordinance No EOS are Unjust
and unreasonable. and materially
damaging to the Cairo Water Com
pany.
We call your attention to the fact
that some of the above named cities
do not filter their water, whereas we
do, and THUS furnish =, a quality of
watet ,ahat .naA&g CAirossan,ea almond
the ,eaties, pf. rthe.s Middly tweste,, and
as part OF the hrdcess Of filtration we
are compelled to pump the water
twice, and We lose Is per cent of ous
twice PUMPED and filtered water to
cleanse our filters all of which re.
quires large expense and constant
outlay of coal and labor, and, requires
US to have a larger investment in
equipment and power. And yet yon
have now asked lis, and sought to en-.
force your demands by law, to supply
Cairo. city Of 10000 population
many of whom are .non-paying con
,sumeTs. with water at, price much
lower in general than any city Of like
population and lower than cities Of
from 4 to 80. times larger in popula-
ton supply water to their inhabitants.
In all business the selling price IL
measured by the total number of buy
ers and varies in direct siproportion
herewith. ...l
In. spite, however, OF the above
specified matters, we desire tossay to
you and the citizens Of Cairo that the
attitude of the Cairo Water Company
Is now, as 1t has Always sbaep,. fail
and reasonable. and in proof thereof,
we beg to say that we will not at
this time contest the validity Of the
ordinance by an appeal to the courts
but will give the rates fixed in, the
ordinance a fair trial for the purpose
of proving Or Sdisproy:ng by expert
enceA whether or not the said rates
are in fact just and reasonable. We
do this in Difference to public opin
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