Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-02-17

out the water problem first, and give
to it our time and money. The Off
cials must not be prejudiced to any
water proposition. The condition this
city is in will not permit anybody to
make any money off the city by any
contracts or sales. So that idea must
be banished from the minds of sew
eral people of this community.
Every one admits that our city gov
ernment needs improving; that eff
cheney is woefully lacking but the diff
ficult problem confronting us now is
how will we secure efficient govern
ment. The present officials are men
of integrity. men who have gnade a
success of their own business and are
just as liable as any others to make
success of the water problem II CIV.
en- the opportunity. They have had
nearly two years ut the helm; some
say they have not accomplished any
thing. and even some OF them may
think so. | don't agree on this point.
with people who claimed they could
deliver the water if they had a con-
tract and both parties have failed to
deliver the goods. Now then by these
two contracts the fact has been DEM
opstratcd that II either OF them could
have gotten water into Rocky Ford
they would have done it themselves
(why noiD for we know that the
dear people will pay for it in the long
run and pay dearly.
Experience has demonstrated that
the best and ablcst of officials have
made mistakes, and many OF these
mistakes have tccn due TO lack OF
knowledge. There has been too much
self-complacency in the administra-
ton of city affairs. The city officials
have often been trying to solve prob
lens without investigation and not
profting by the experience OF other
cities. Each successive administra-
ton undertakes to carry out certain
preconceivcd notions whether praeti-
with the results.
From Mr.. W. B. Gobin's letter to
the people through the several city
papcrs tand all will remember that he
repre- scnts a company whose water
contract with the city has not yet ex-
pircd) he attempts to give he solution
to the water problem. | understand
| that the city can secure limited
amount Of water from the Pearl
Springs Company by paying SIC per
| 900 gallons for the water at the
head OF their line, the city to furnish
the money to construct the line. Now,
the 3Hc per 1000 gallons with inter
| est on same would retire the total
bonded indebtedness required to build
the entire system in a period of IS
years time. $4,000 to $4,000 will
develop 100000 to 100000 gallons
every - hours at any practical loca-
ton in the entire Horse Creek Basin.
| Why should the city pay any corpora
tion or individual the enormous sum
of SIoI .625 which this price means Tor
IS years and lose the interest on the
same for the purpose of developing
the water when the city goes to the
principal expense of construction OF
| the main pipe line. | base the SIoI.-
6,s on a consumption of 100000 gal
] Ions per "a hours for IS years, yet If
| we get good water and plenty of it in
this city the consumption will be l.
100000 gallons per ~ hours in S
years time Look at the city Of Gree
ley; it has increased I5o per cent in
population in the last four years, due
to the extension OF the. water system
installed by the city which brings
water from the mountains 80 or 40
miles away.
Referring to Mr.. Gobin's PROPOSE
ton | don't anrrovc of the city bind
ing itself up to any company to pay
them for the privilege of taking water
merely from the Horse Creek Basin.
If a company will submit a PROPOSE
ton which il can carry out binding
the company TO build the proposition