The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-11-26
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parched and barren tracts where
green lawns are now SEEN" Fred
stone, ES16 Baldwin.
Cant count the drops of water
to be used" H. Hornfeld, 1914
Sixth avenue.
1T is a case of the big fish eat
ing up the little ones" w. A. Way,
1907 Holly avenue.
Il am against the compulsory
use of meters" Joe link, 116
Thirty-third avenue.
I'VE have only two in the family,
only small house and only small
lot. We use water for small gar
den only in the summer" Mr.. and
Mrs. Dufrene, 1927 Ivory street.
1--WE need more water; not me-
tiers. Spend the meter money to
increase the water supply and give
us plenty of it," H. s. Golden,
E1927 Sinto avenue.
Its a graft. We have enough
of them now" Signed by H. C.
Wood, Agnes Wood, Mrs. M. Par
IRISH and Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Col
Inns, 705 West Fifth street.
II am against graft" John Beck,
| 02814 Perry street.
Because it is not giving the
small lawn owner fairness" r.
Tomlinson, E417 Providence street.
Against meters" Ed Garvin,
E132S Broadway.
Strongly against" Charles Nc
Farland, oath and Myrtle.
at would mean insufficient water
and more expense" J. Starkey,
GIT Knox avenue.
THOSE WHO FAVOR.
The three who favor the meter
scheme had this to say:
Am in favor of meters If lowest
rate was 40 or so cents" ]. G.
Andrews, ELL Rich avenue.
Twill prevent useless waste OF
| water and no one will be required
to pay for water used by someone
else" D. P. Reid, 1922 Third ave-
nue..
Already attached" Thos. DON
ahue, E2t21 Mallon avenue. Mr..
Donohue adds letter regarding
the matter, as follows.
Referring to the water meter
system, / am in favor of only such
a system whereby the maximum
shall have no preference over the
minimum, on an annual rate basis
at the least, no monthly or quarter
ly basis.
For instance, l pay only for
what the face of the meter shows
at the price of the maximum users
terms.
Provided, further, if the water
hog objects to the latter, the fol-
lowing is his only remedy:
"In future, or past, for instance,
at a given point in the frontage OF
any block take the center. Con-
meet your meter from the main
with a four or five-inch pipe and
run it to the property line, making
all connections in said block in
either direction therefrom. Curb
boxes could be removed to the
property line also. Let the boss
water hog rule, or pay, and any
one or all of the others could be
water inspectors IL they became
displeased about their pro rata Of
payment, thereby avoiding any i'm
position on the people and the citi-
zens of the city of Spokane"
SOME LETTERS OPPOSED.
Opposed to the meter system
two letters were sent in. The first
is from G.. w. Syre, of 1910 Indi-
ana avenue, who says:
'If the ordinary resident uses as
freely under the meter system as
at present there would be no saw
ing to him, and as common labor
ers are compelled to save at every
point to squeeze out living, he
would under the meter system, cut
out water for the lawn, where the
greater portion of water used by
him at present, goes. Consequent
ly, under meter system, lawns will
suffer and Spokane Beautiful will
be gone. Not in favor Of meters"
The other who writes in opposi-
ton to the meters Is Charles Nc
Farland, E4003 Twenty-eighth ave-
nue.. Mr.. Mcfarland has this to
say:
Regarding the compulsory in
stallation Of meters, l am strongly
against thi smove. 1t must GER
tainly be of some object, financi-
ally or otherwise. to the mayors
ring" Else why should such
proposition come before the coun-
Gil?
IF meters would be good thing,
why not make a minimum rate of
say 40 cents per month on the me-
ter? Very few, indeed, of the
small consumers use over 1000 gal
Ions per month the year around.
MY rate is now 80 cents per
month. A meter would be need
less, useless acquisition. At a me-
ter rate of 40 cents I'd install a
meter myself. But not at 80
cents"
Spokane's people do not want the