The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1910-01-01

The following communication was
Tread informally at the meeting OF the
Fcity council Thursday night:
December q, 1900.
TO the Mayor and City Council of
+, tie city of cairo, Ill
Gentlemen: tn response TO your
potiGcation that Ordinance No. eos |
! relating to water rates in the city OF /
tCa;ro has been passed and approved !
IKE bee to say in protest thereto that I
{14line the rates specified in the ordi |
trance as whole. they are too low
IN he lust and reasonable, that in the |
main they are lower. and in many |
1 instances considerably lower than
i he average OF the five cities named
A2 Section : of Ordinance No. lSS
empowering the Cairo Water com
rany to do business in the city OF
~airn. which average has heretofore
/ been taken by the city OF Cairo and
H. ne Cairo Wafer company AZ stand
Hand upon which, rates shonlt be-
based In addition thereto the aver,
bage of the water rates in Ordinance
gNo EOS are in general lower than
,-he rates established in eaeh ~ 'hp
cities of Nashville, Tenn, whose pop
iu'ation is about S5,0ao, in Louisville,
nv. whose population is about $50,
coo, in Kansas City, Mo, whose pop
Iulation is about $4,000, and in St.
'liouis, Mo. whose population is 65o,-
Loco. and are also very considerably
Hover than rates established in each
lof the neighboring and like situated
cities Of Paducah. Ky, Freeport, H..
East St. Louis H., and Alton. Ill.
Therefore the water rates now sought
TO be established by your authority
: under Ordinance No 2QS are unjust
. and unreasonable. and materially
. damaging to the Cairo Water coia-
E trapy
We cali your attention TO the fact
lthat some Of the above named cities
10 not filter their water, whereas We
!. do. and thus furnish quality OF
L water that makes Cairo famed amons
I the cities of the middle west, and a.
mart Of the process Of filtration we
are conrelled 70 pump tire water
!. twice. and we lose - per cent. of oul
a twice pumped aud filtered water tc
i. cleanse our filters; all OF which re
. ouires large expense and constant
outlay of coal and labor and require
e tus 10 have larger investment il
ID equipment and power Aud vet 20;
ID have asked US, and sought to enforce
your demands by law, to supply
Cairo a city of 10000 population
a many of whom are uonpaying con
X sumers, with water at price mucl
n lower in general than any city Of lik'
population and lower than cities from
TO 80 times larger in population
! supply water to their inhabitants. Il
all business the selling price is meas
=, Iured BIZ the total number of buyer
! and varies in direct proportion there
with.
In spite however of the abov'
il specified matters. we desire to say t.
10 you and to t.fe citizens of Cairo tina
" Il the altitude Of the Cairo Water con
h pany Is now as ir always has been
le fair and reasonable, and in proc
m thereof, We beg to say that we vii
not att this time contest the validit
Of the ordinance by an apneal to tn
re courts. but will give the rates fixed Il
la the ordinance a fair trial for the pui
I'd pose of proving or disprOving by eS
We perience whether or not the SAT
~ rates are in fact just and reasonable
We do this in Difference TO a publ
opinion which seems to be existent j
~ the city of Cairo to the effect tina
" the Cairo Water company has in tn
" past charged more for its water Sc
- vice than 1t s.oUlU whereas in fac
we aIlege that We have always Ell
= deaYored to- follow the standard ST
~ up in Ordinance. M. 1888, aud believ
: in the maip we have done so, as
% fair minded Investigation of indivi'
ual rates aud the priv!eg omaine
thereby would SLOW
. Hnweyca. we Des further 20 sa
Ithat we reserve unto ourselves all on
" legal rights and remedies in tn
l premises, that We DO NOT accept th
water rates fixed iii the said Ord
nance No. POS. nor by our operatln
no hereunder for any length OF time d
we waive our right to prove sal
rates unjust and unreasonable by II
shutting and carrying to its prope
=, conclusion any proceedings in q,
ala courts which may be allowed by LAY
CAIRO WATER CO.
,ad BY J. A Bceher,
hat President
ff Il