The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-06-30

toned thorough and mainstaking in
vestigation and the employment OF
sound legal talent, and claimed tha,
If properly managed and politics be
eliminated, "A municipal water plant
would pay for Itself .u.fa
New Idea Suggested.
William r. Murphy. for many yo1rs
Identified with the growth of the west
end suggested that It would be a
good scheme TO build a plant that
would draw It's water supply from the
Sig Scloto river. He was in f1vct OF
soft water. for tho reason that rail7
roads ana manufacturing Institutions
found the present hafd water worry
hard TO use in engilCs. ctr. lie
thought this sort OF an Arrangement
could be made much more chcaply
than anything else ana would he jug,
as effective and much mere ntisIac-
tory.
$. G. KleinmHlor was Impressed with
the fact that all the larger cities own
ed their own watcrWOrks systcn0 and
he believed, probably lie was in
favor of paying reasonable picc Tor
the present water system ana then
| keeping It out of politics. ON this
basis ho was in favor of mur.fipaI
ownership.
&. G. Petit said he know something
was radically wrong. lie .cscrrcd TO
the pressure at the opera hous' fire
and said about the only protection
he could see in sight after that, was
TO take out more Insurance. lie wda
opposed 10 the direct pressure system
| A.
| thought If Marion was city II was
time to put ON some city 'duda ana
| ii politics rs eliminated from the mat
ter. he was in favor Of city oWnF-
ship.
George H. Whysall said he happcn-
ed To be at the meeting because ne
had nothing else TO do, but aeNe.a'
ideas had come to him during the
dlscussion. MIR. Whysall thought II
hardly fair TO the water company 'i
thc absence of any kind of an agree
ment. to expect the company To 90
ahead and make expensive improve
ments when it had no assurance tnd'
lis franchise would be extended -
thought that a serious attempt shou'I
ne made To make "A safe ana lalF Goa
tract with the company ana ina
failing. buy the plant. However Us
sounded a note OF warning when n
Stated that municipal ownership Woul'
NOT improve matters II the city wa
las niggardly with its waierWorka up
keen as II Is with its hre department
MIR Whysall called attention To in'
recently created public utllltles COZ.
mission. created especially to seltl'
disputes between municipalities ah'
corporatlons lie said this eommls
sion became effective July and suE
eested that 1t could make propel
lorrangement. lie also spoke OF ln'
dangers of tearing up the streets II
case an absolutely new plant wer'
TO be built.
some Further Fhcis.
" fl. Schaffner. member Of III
committee which investigated the wa
lterworks situation here three year
age. when a proposition was ON 10
taking over the local company re
called some of the conditions ioulld
lie said that up to that time IN
books showed that the company ha'
spent S3S5,0OO A st. Louis englnee
MAS employed. pipes we're sawed u
various parts of the city and foun'
TO be as good as the day lhey wef'
put down. that is, the cast iron pipes
but the wrought-iron pipes wefe NJ
good. He called attention to ihe rae
that the water comes from wells ai'
is fine, but that the pipes are mudu.
or rusty. he thought the waie
should be Kept clean
Mr.. 8rhnnncr talked win llio en-
ginoer at the water plant the day afte
; the opera house flre,' rsgardins ~
nreaatira an thar CecasiOn The en-