The San Francisco call., 1910-01-13
WHY CITY SHOULD BUY
SPRING VALLEY PLANT

The citizens water committee held a
meeting yesterday afternoo
in it's offices in the Grant building.
discussed the situation generally an
received reports indicating a GROWN
sentiment for both propositions-Sprin
Valley and Sierra system. The follow
ing statement was issued:
AS might be expected, some false
statements calculated to mtslead
voters in the matter of the water
bonds have just been publish he'd.
They say that the Spring Valley
water is impure, that its distribut-
ing system is in bad repair ana
that working men should oppose
the purchase of the Spring Valley
because if defeated there would be
more labor. employed within the
city.
The fact is, that if you want
work now in San Francisco, both
propositions must be carried. With
the Lake Eleanor project alone, all
the wages for several years Will be
spent in Tuolumne county. 1t would
be foolish to build the distributing
system in San francisco before we
can get water to distribute. On the
other hand, if both propositions are
adopted, there will be S1,500,00O to
be spent at once in extending the
mains TO IHe Out1y llS u1OlIiClo VI
the city and bringing 100000 gal.
Ions more daily from the crystal
springs reservoir.
If you want municipal ownership
of water supply now, vote for
both propositions.
Spring Valley water system fails, it
will be due to the Indifference of
voters who neglect TO vote, or of
those who fail to inform them
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of water has stopped building,
stopped work and sent away from
San Francisco thousands of pos
sible residents from the Sunset, In
ley, Potrero. Ocean View, South
San Francisco, Excelsior, Twin
peaks, Eureka valley and other i'm
portant districts of our city.
The acquiring of good munich
pal water supply has always been
followed by an era of prosperity
in which all have shared.
The board of health made chem
ical and meteorological analyses
of waters. running through period
the Spring Valley reservoirs, and In
every instance found them free
from contamination. No enemy of
Spring Valley has ever furnished
an analysis showing its water to
The evidence submitted in the
water rate cases In the circuit court
showed conclusively that the system
is well constructed and of the best
material and is in. good condition.
Hermann Schussler, the engineer of
the Spring Valley water company,
for many years was freely criti
cised for using too expensive ma
terial in the construction, but the
present splendid condition of the
system vindicates his policy.
The objection that in the event of
the adoption of the Spring Valley
proposition the city will be unable
to secure funds for the construction
of a city hall and other improve
ments is groundless for the rea-
son that such improvements may
be made from the current rev.
enues as they have been made
in !. the past. Furthermore, by
1912, at the current rate of in
crease, the assessment roll will
easily reach $500. 900. which will
give a borrowing capacity of $780,
600, 900 This will more than cover
the full s5S. 100000 for the water
bonds, the s25,000,0 900 already au-
thorized, and leave margin of
S7.000,000 for other purposes.
AS to the valuation of the Spring
Valley plant. it should be .remem-
bered that the city's valuation of
the investment in property used for