Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1912-08-23
COMMITTEE APPOINTED
MAKE INVESTIGATION
Second Meeting VIII Be Held Monday Night
To Determine Best Plan for Securing
Additional Water Force

held in this city to discover If the |
corporations are not violating their |
charters. 1t is charged that the wa
ter company is not furnishing Tono-
pah with sufficient water for fire
protection in violation of the charter.
However, that will be thoroughly
aired at the coming hearing"
At this juncture of the proceedings
Mr. Malley invited the assemblage
to adjourn to the Elks' hall where
tan citizens could be accommodated.
IThe invitation was accepted and
on arriving at the hall Judge Sand
ers resumed his explanation of the
grand jury's work. He showed where
the Tonopah town fund contained
something like $4,000, of which
$4,000 was in the fire fund, 1891 in
the street and alley fund and $4,000
in the general fund, and stated that
it was a physical impossiblity to
construct a water reservoir at an
/ elevated site in order to secure addi-
tional pressure with the limited funds
IA sight
With regard to relief from the
public service commission. he anti
cipated delays and stated that the
matter would not be settled for some
! time to come should cechnicalities
arise
: Henry c. Schmidt proposed that
} the entire matter be left in the
I hands of a committee of five, ex
. planning that it was difficult to handle
such question in a large meeting
2 His suggestion was that the commit
2 tee be composed of hydraulic engi
! neers, and later in the evening tn
l motion as advanced by him wa
carried.
z w. B. Sollender declared that tn
u present time was the best fo
threshing out the difficulties an
: that committee could do the wor
. at a later date after definite d.
y cision had been reached. I'VE ar
not here to fight the water con
u pany," announced Mr. Sollender, "bu
we are here to secure instant relit
from the spread of fire, and If "
= wait until the public service cor
"' mission renders report, we migl
ie witness the destruction of the entil
~ city in the meantime"
r. b. Davis recommended that q
y. question be left 10 the grand jul
:. after the adoption of resoluti'
= that that body look into the matt
:. thoroughly and employ a commits
of hydraulic engineers to devil
plans for securing better water fore
cd r. A. Burnham. manager OF q
TO water company, was invited 70
of form the gathering Of his ideas
"a, 10 the best methods In increasing I
IN water force However, Mr.. Burnhs
,ct explained that as the company
sal represented was under Indictment
cd as TO speak. he felt that u was .
"A his duty to volunteer suggestion
lie informed the gathering that
he COMPANY had been acquired BY q
,es eastern capitalists on the 18th
"a. june and that il vas the soliey
.m the nsv owners % operate in suel
10 manner as 10 secure the good y
in II the pahlle
Ire = have been 10 charee ~
saf company thrve years deelarra
b. nnrnham. and dufinx that iiule
q psruon has ever flled eumpla
wHh m~ and requested rednet
ta3 ln ratcs The pressure 81
.als paunda has heeu the same ever a
tafs the company sts pFfannea y
sla rexara ta rellrf he sursseied
erH Eurrhasfua ~ e,s.sss tl...k
.xss Npuld ntraish $40 81 tnree tiFei
sas saffelset % ghfes tbe eeief &
tns hslsbf of "a feet rhe sfsateE
alaa started anseerins aeestlana
b .rse prepooased irom AZ pafis