The Delta independent., 1913-12-12
In the Matter of the Water Bonds.

the city council, the object being tC
discuss the approaching bond election
to be held in Delta next Thursday, the
18th. :.
At the meeting Monday night re
ports were heard from the city engin
eer upon the surveys made, the cost Of
construction, ard the amount OF water
obtainable from the different sources
Investigated. These sources were;
The upper Gunnison, Alkali creek, OAK
creek, Surface Creek and Dirty George
creek
The latter was shown TO have pre-
ponderence of merit, and was the one
unanimously approved, it being shown
that there was an abundant supply for
present and future use, and that there
was no freezing to interfere with a
winter flow, which has been the great
detriment at Doughspoon springs and
Surface creek
The usual talks were made on the
offensiveness of the name, Dirty
George but it was argued that it
would be difficult to change that name
inasmuch as it was on the map as well
as entered in all existing DEGREES. 1t
was agreed. rowever, that as the
stream received its water from the
great Battlement mesa spring that our
system could be named "Battlement
Water System" and have more eu-
phoneous sound. AS matter of fact,
Dirty George creek is one of the clean
streams of soft and pure mountain wa
ter to be found in any region 1t was
just carelessly named because of some
unique character or incident, as have
been dozens of other fine mountain
streams in this state.
One of the main incidents of the
meeting Monday night was to agree
upon a plain statement of the sftua-
tion. to be signed by the commission
ers and the members of the advisory
board, which should be published in
the city papers for the general fnfor-
nation of the voters. That statement
can be found on the first page of rf1fs
paper.
From the engineers report read and
othe, Investigations made, it was
shown that the amount to be conveyed
to the city through the proposed bond !
issue would be sufficient to construct |
the line to the proposed source of |
water supply, to replace the Orchard |
mesa section with now 12-inch pipe |
and to cover condemnation and pur-
chase of water rights proceedings nec-
essary. 1t was stated also that sealed
offers were held for the sale of owned |
water rights sufficient for expected
7eeds, up to the time when Delta may
have more than doubled her present
population.
Mayor Stewart called attention to
the fact that the city budget Of this
year had not only called for a sum
of about $4,000 less than that appro-
priated last year. but had provided
for tho interest of the new bond issue,
as well as a sinking fund of $1,000,
and the city attorney offered this in
proof that, in SO far as q raise in
city taxes was concerned because of
the bond issue, there was nothing of
the kind to be feared
On the other hand several items of
increased or saved income were point
ed out in the event of a completed
system, among which were. first, the
saving of pumping expenses, which
now cost the city about s1,4OO a
year, and the increased amount of wa
ter sales which should, together, cover
more than the interest on the bonds.
There was not a particle of opposi-
tion expressed at Monday nights
meeting to the bond issue. Everyone
present expressed the hope that the
election would carry and that Delta
would have at last water system in
sight capable of ..lI'f y.nn her needs
the year through not only her needs
of the present b 1t fr lorg futirc
time.
Another matter mentioned that is OF
Importance, was the conditions impos
ed in the expenditure of the water
fund accruing from the sale of the
bonds, 1t being a part of the purchase
contract, already arranged for at par
that no payments for work or purchase
of material can be made from the fund
unless accompanied by an itemized