The San Francisco call., 1910-07-30
TEVIS PROJECT IS
FULLY ENDORSED
Alameda Council Acts Favor
ably Upon Bay Cities Water
Company Plan

ALAMEDA, July 2s.-By unanimous
vote the city council adopted report
on the Bay Cities water company which
was presented tonight by the public
utilities committee and Mayor Noy
This carries with IL the councils sane
tion and support of the new company $
proposition to supply Alameda with
water from its Mount Hamilton water
shed sources.
The report asserts that the company
has proved that it is not only an
ample supply but good quality OF
water. In the committees report was
included statement as to the inSpec-
tion of the watersheds made by City
Engineer I. n. Chapman and A A Ban
mister, also chemical analyses and bac-
THEOLOGICAL examinations of samples
of water which were taken from
sources of supply made by Miss Jessie
V. Berry and r. A Archibald.
The report, after being read and
approved, was ordered filed for future
reference. 1t was as follows:
At an unofficial meeting held April 5.
1910 a proposition of the Bay Cities water
company was referred to committee com com
ties committee. Said committee begs 10
report follows:
our city engineer. 1. n. Chapman, in con-
junction with Civil Engineer A. A: Ban
mister. and their report Is herewith sub
mitted At a subsequent date samples Of
water were taken by our city health officer.
DIR. L. W. Stidham. and sanitary analysis
Berry. chemist: also a meteorological
animation was made By r. A. Archibald,
and on the 23d of the present month an
opinion on the above last mentioned reports
was made by DR.. Harold A. Miller, our
| acting health officer. all Of which are here
| with submitted for your consideration.
| REPORTS
| mister proves beyond doubt that the Bay
Cities people have an ample supply. The
l. reports made by experts as to the quality
I Of the water prove as well its excellence.
The Bay Cities water company agrees to
| install a distributing plant throughout our
| city and convey the water thereto from the
watersheds near Mount Hamilton. giving the
city an option to purchase said distributing
plant at cost. plus 10 per cent pront at any
is installed and in working order. and TO
sell to the city of Alameda the said water
at wholesale rate not to exceed S1I5 per
million gallons Your committee attempted
TO procure from said Bay Cities water COM
pany 10 year option but as a two year
option first offered by the company.
we succeeded only In procuring an option
as above stated for five years. the company
claiming that an option for time in
cess OF said five years would impair the
success of their financial arrangements.
RECOMMENDATION
As has been conclusivey proved, pri
marly that the Bay Cities water company
| can furnish an ample supply Of water, and
secondly that the quality Of the water is
| good. we recommend that this council give
| to the Bay Cities water company their
support TO the end that this abundant and
excellent supply may be distributed through
out our city. We have the assurance of the
| officials of said company that more than
T0sper cent of our property owners have
signed their contracts.
In closing might state that the Bay
| Cities water company any other Ike cor
| poration have the right and privilege of
entering our city without the consent of
your legislative body. By dealing with them
| along the lines pursued by the committee
we have succeeded in obtaining. as above
stated. option for the purchase of the
distributing plant. likewise an option to
purchase water at wholesale. should the
purchase Of the plant be promulgated By
our people. 1t might be a matter of in
terest to consider that the Hetch Hetchy
| water supply will undoubtedly be brought
| to San Francisco within 10 years from date
| This opinion is based on Engineer Marsden
Manson's assertion. thus giving us another
| competitor for the selling of water at whole
sale prices should people decide TO pur-
chase the distributing plant. Yours very
truly.
w H. NOY. Mayor of the City of Alameda.
WILLIAM HAMMOND JR., Chairman Pub
lie Utilities Committee.