Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-26

p Whdt You suffered by the water ram
. inc last summer. You knew il. Yo'
! knew the length Of time that you ha'
p. no water. Here is what MIR. Burk
hart says. He is speaking about tina
time when they discovered cats m
dogs and various other dead and rot
ting things in the acequia water beinf
turned into The city main:
"The report Of the experts showed
this filth to be worse than sewel
water"
Dead dogs, dead cats and all thai
? Kind of filth were lying in the ace
quia when the water was turned into
the mains for the use Of the people
of Albuqucrque-think of it--and this
administration hired experts to ex-
anime the water that was floWine
over those dead cats and dead dogse
and through worse fifth. They en-
ployed those experts to tell the courts
whether or not this water was ft fof
the people Of Albuquerque to drink
IIxperts.-And the worst of il, gentle
men. is thai its true. That is just
exactly what they did. | quote again
from Mr.. Burkhart:
ION Saturday afternoon were were
notified that the acequia water was
to he turned in again and an injunc-
ton was asked for to restrain the
company
Gentlemen. who sought that in
junction" | suppose Mr.. Burkhart
would have you believe that he or he
city administration did it. Let me tell
you something. Saturday afternoon
as the administration SAYS, they We're
notified that the water company was
going to keep right on turning the
acequia water into the mains. What
did they do2 It was political advant-
age this democratic administration
was looking for, campaign material
for and approaching election. 1t
wasn't your health or the question Of
compelling the water company to
give you good water. Saturday after
noon. according to the testimony OF
Mr.. Burkhart. they Knew the acequia
water was going to be turned into
the mains.
What did they do?
They got an expert to examine those
dead ats and dogs and filth, and to
say whether or not they were fit to
drink DR.. Smart. a chemical expert,
was employed at the expense of the
city to do that. ! am quoting the
testimony of Mr.. Burkhart, gentle
men. He says SO, and il is true. n
] know il is true. | went over that
sewer like acequia myself pm Sunday
and after my stomach had settled,
went back to my office II called up
every member Of the city administra-
ton | could reach. / said what are
o going to do? Are you going 70
permit his to continues Why don't
you stop it,"
They answered, well. we want to
be sure of our ground
They said they had an expert ex-
aiming the water.
All this time, gentlemen, that water
running over dead cats and dead
dogs and sewerage. How long do you
suppose any fair minded mar like
Judge Abbott, sitting on the bench,
listen to an expert after you
told him that?
we want to be sure of cur
grounds is what the members Of this
administration told me
Well. we waited until Monday and
SO did the experts. We waited until
Tuesday, and so did the experts. Aud
we went out and got a public
spirited citizen, without any expense
to the city and I'VE applied to Judge
Abbott for an injunction restraining
the water company from turning this
into the mains-and We got II,
We got II without waiting for any eN-
pert.
The democratic party taking credit
FOR hat Injunction Wouldn't 1t
make YOU as sick as that water CAP
Gentlemen, hope il isn't true. But
II the democratic administration had
begun work on that water situation
without any though of your benefit,
IND simply and solely AS a matter OF
political noise, at the expense of your
and your lives, they would not
nave done any different than they did
when they waited around for the re-
ports Of experts, instead OF going to
courts.
Mr.. Burkhart suys, and l believe
aim:
ION July second the council in :
structed the water committee to in
'Sstigate and II reported on July fifth.
commenting the appointment of
Experts and what did the experts re-
But it wasn't until a mass
Meeting OK citizens got on the trail OF
he water committee and the water
company that got had something do
ng. Mr.. Burkhart takes credit, and
+ he wants to take il | am willing
o give it to him. that Immediately
When he got started, and got good
nd ready and went ahead, there was
omcthing doing right away The
he finally adopted might have
'een adopted at any time. 1t was "A
method and successful. There
other methods and We were pre-
airing on that point. If the city had
another day We would have
proceeded, because my lawn was dy- =
ag, while the experts were fishing.
That. gentlemen. is the record Of
democratic administration on the
'ater question.