The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-05-27
Richmond Water Works Co.
and Parties E. M. Camp
field Represents Will Be
the Only Bidders.
|CAMPFlELD NOW HAS
NEW KICK TO MAKE
SAYS Advertisement for Bids
| So Constructed That II
| May Prevent His Company
From Bidding.

June II. bids for waterworks fran.
chise will be submitted to the board
OF works. and within q year the city
is expected to enter into . contract
with some company to furnish water
to the city. According to the franchise
under which the Richmond City Wat
erworks company is furnishing water
to Richmond 1t cannot discontinue fur.
nishing water, even though the city
enters no contract with It or any 9TH
er company. The present franchise
states that at the expiration Of the
contract with the city. which 10 In
1912. the company must continue to
furnish water to the city and to the
consumers at least az low a rate 40 II
In vogue at present. and that the COM
pany must continue to furnish free
water as provided in the present fran
chise az during the life OF the fran
chise. Free water 10 given to city
parks and the local schools.
In case the waterworks company
purposely held up the franchise. re-
fusing to reasonably contract with
the city on the expiration Of the pres
ent contract, there would be m oppor-
tunity for another company to come In,
build plant and to receive the CON
tract It 10 this one fact that plncesi
the city In : safe position. - that Il
can not be held up BY the watervprks
company, according to City Attorney
A. NJ. Gardner, who is now investigat-
ing in detail all watcrworks questions.
campsseld's Protest.
E. NJ. Campfield. who II represent
ing an eastern syndicate. which may
bid for the franchise. stated this morn
ing that the legal advertisement for
bids, made by the board OF works IL
not fair. In the advertisement It spe-
cifies that the reservoir Of the water
works company acquiring the new
franchise shall be 1862 feet above the
level OF Eight and Main streets.
| Mr.. Campfeld declared that the
Richmond City Waterworks company
owns the only land near Richmond Of
that height. and therefore only the
I Richmond City Waterworks company
can enter bid He said that he
would soon 60 before the board Of
works and ask 1t to reduce the reQuir-
ed reservoir height.
| City Attorney A. NJ Gardner says
that Campfeld's claims are groundless
for there are other points around Rich
mond 162 feet above the street level.
talthough there may be no point as
high as the reservoir of the Richmond
City Waterworks company, which II
nearly 100 feet above the street level.
Denial by Gardner.
"If Mr.. Campfield will show the
board that he can maintain . reoorv-
DIR pressure OF 20 pounds 1t makes
no matter where he puts the reservoir.
high or low" said Gardner. The board
is willing to change the specifications
for the height Of the reservoir"
Mr. Campbell seems determined to
believe that his company. the promot-
ers OF which he keeps in the back
ground, will get 4 raw DEAF from the
board OF works. He claimed first that
the board had decided not to advertise
/ for the contract In order to give the
Richmond City Waterworks company
a clear right Of way. Then he claimed
he wen to the board with the demand
that it advertise. Now he anirms that
the board fixed the reservoir height in
direct favor to the Richmond City
I lWaterworks company.