Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1910-11-21

As municipal ownership question
is the main proposition before tn
people OF this city al the present tim
The Appeal believes that the follow
ing exccrpets from the Board OF Wat
or Commissioners OF Los Angelo
will prove not only interesting but q
assistance to those who are nov
figuring and working on snnla,
project in this city.
The City Of Los Angeles has solve'
the question OF municipal ownership
Of her water supply, and solved il
satisfactorily to her people. and ha.
had the system under its control but
for the last eight years.
Following are quotations from the
report OF the City Board of Water
Commissioners and gives some idea OF
what has been accomplished in the
past eight years:
I'm the past eight years the Board
Of Water Commissioners has practic-
ally rebuilt every power mouse and
reservoir, and has renewed nearly all
the distributing pipes Of the sytsem
purchased from private water com
panies during and since February
1902. In addition to this, many new
reservoirs and power houses have
been built, and there have been con
structed over 800 miles OF entirely
new mains. New machinery OF every
kind, also 34,o47 meters have been in
stalled. All OF this has been done out
of the revenue OF the Department, eX-
cept a $l50.00O reservoir bond issue
in 1904.
In addition to the above the De
partment has paid from its water rev.
cnues $67o, o,6S374 interest ON. and
SIS 10000 of the S2,5l0.00OOO OF the
bonds issued in lS95l9Ol and lot9'
with which the Department stands
charged. 1t has also paid sos, ,48o.oo
interest on the Owens River Aqueduct
Bonds.
Great Saving Effected
Water rates and charges for various
services have been materially reduced
10 every consumer Also, the De
partment receives no compensation
whatever, or money credit OF any kind
for water used for municipal purposes
such as street sprinkling and cleaning
fire service, sewer flushing city parks,
city schools or public offices,
"The Department has at present a
total OF $1,000 services installed, A,oo/
of which were installed during the
past twelve months. The metcrcd
service gives extreme satisfaction.
and the Board continues to be ol the
opinion that all services should be
as fast as finances viii per
nit
"The finances Of the Department
arc in good condition and II has been
the privilege OF the Board OF water
commissioners TO come to the partial
relief of the Board OF Public works
in its need OF money for the eonstruc-
ZION OF the Aqueduct. In November
1909, the Board purchased q lot al
,ho southwest corner OF Olive and
Fifth Streets on which to erect
building for the use oi the Water
Aoueduct and Power Departments.
The erection of this building IS now
DELAYED because OF the payment oi
Sl26.OOOOO needed by the Aqueduct
Department.
at should be explained that pay
ment for the bonds for the construc-
ton of the Owens River Aqueduct
was to be made in installments. pre-
sumably figured SO as to provide
enough to keep the project IN NOTION
but owing to the rapidity OF the pro
cress. the amount due was overdrawn
and a temporary cessation OF WORK
resulted 1t is estimated now. how
ever. that the aqueduct will be com
pleted in 1912. which is earlier than at
first promised. But still more re-
markable is the fact that the total
cost will be considerably within the
first estimate and, in the words OF .
gentleman who has been on the IN
side for several years. not a dollar
has gone for graft'-demonstratins