The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-06-24
Official Prcceedings.)

lowing as the report of the mayors
court. viz:
May 22-Cash balance on hand....s .s2
June ply. Sterken, fighting and
| disturbing peace. ..........$ 5.0s
June 6-Mcse Borne, fighting and
disturing peace. 10 days work
June 12-Nathan Patterson fight
ing and disturbing peace.
................1 days work
June 15-Walter Graham, malicious
mischief. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5.ot
Total. ......... SlV.s "
Disbursements:
Freights and express, police fees,
telephone rentals. Volunteer
Hose Co., for horse, Alarm Box
No. So, June IS, etc.. ........... s1S 81
Respectfully yours,
CHAS. MAURIN. Mayor.
The following communication was
read and received.
New Orleans. La, June 10, 1911.
Hon. Chas. Maurin, Mayor, Donaldson
Vile, La.
Dear Sir::-I have your letter of June
10 and note contents.
We will contract to deliver you your
requirements for the next twelve months
at 9oc per barrel with the understand
ing this is to be paid cash on the 10th
of each month.
You will understand it is impossible
for us to carry these amounts as we
have been doing in the past for q year
or eighteen months.
Yours truly,
L. A. JUNG.
The following communication was
read and received:
Alexandria La. May %, 1911.
To the Honorable Mayor and Board Of
Aldermen. Donaldsonyille. La.
Gentlemen:-In compliance with your
request / have caused a topographic
survey to be made of the town of Don
jacksonville and gathered data bearing
upon the design of a system of sani-
tary sewers for your town.
Based upon this survey and data !
have designed a system of sewers ex-
tending from the river to the railroad
and from the bayou to Church street,
as appears upon the plan submitted
herewith, aggregating % 500 lineal feet
of vitrified pipe sewer, -. flush tanks,
% manho!es, electrically driven pump
ing plant and outfall sewer. estimated
cost of installing the system outlined
being ST., 1882. 90.
Yours very truly,
IRA w SYLVESTER
Consulting Engineer.
A communication signed by eleven
property owners residing within 300
feet of the property known as the
Tea & Pea Saloon, consenting to the
opening therein of a saloon. for col
ored people under the provisions of
the Gay-Shattuck law, by Frank
Genusa, a naturalized Italian resid-
ing in Donaldsonville, was read and
received
The following communication was
read and received:
Donaldsonville, La. June 81, 1911.
To the Honorable Mayor and Town
Council, Donaldsonville La.
Gentlemen: In my capacity as Super
intendent of the municipal power plant
and water works system of Donaldson
vile, I beg leave to direct your atten-
ton to the fact that owing to the low
stage of the river at this season of the
year, the efficiency of the waterworks
pumps is seriously impaired. Under the
prevailing conditions it would be utterly
impossible for these pumps to furnish
an adequate supply of water. with the
efficiency necessary. to fight a fire of
any duration and consequence. And fur
Their, owing to the fact that under the
present conditions these pumps have
to be operated continuously at their
maximum capacity to meet the require
ments, the consequent increased con-
sumption of fuel is another item which
must reeeve consideration at your
hands.
| would respectfully suggest that your
honorable body take the necessary steps
at once to remedy these conditions by
providing source of water which will
be adequate at all times to meet the
demands of the service
| would also state in this connection
the town is not deriving the revenue
that it should from the water depart
ment. Observation and investigation has
disclosed the fact that there is con-
siderable waste of water from private
services throughout the town not mere
~ from lavish use, but from leaky
pipes and failure to close faucets when
not in use. 1t has been estimated by
experts in some of the principal cities
IN the United States where a like prob,
lem has had to be solved, that the
waste from such sources is at least 40
per cent or nearly one-half of the total
amount of water consumed,
There is but4#one way of inducing
economy in the use Of water-and by
economy mean simply the avoidance
OF unnecessary waste. which will in
eidentally effect proportionate reduc-
tlon in the consumption of fuel-and
that IS by having the charge for water
services determined by the quantity
mat enters the premises upon which
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