Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-05-23
PROPOSE TO ISSUE
$150,000 BONDS FOR
CITY WATER PLANT
Mayor Presents Ordinance for Es-
tablishing of Municipal
System.
POPULAR VOTE ON PROJECT.
Special Fund to Pay Expenses
Plant Expected to Pay Out
in 10 Years.

Providing for special election in
which the voters of the city will be
given an opportunity to express their
views, Mayor Mottman's ordinance
for the establishment of a municipal
water works in Olympia and the issu-
ance Of $15O,000 bonds for the purpose
was presented to the city council We'd
nesday night, read the first time and
referred to q committee.
The ordinance comes as the result OF
investigations conducted at the direc-
tion of the mayor by various engineer
ing experts since his accession to ONCE
last January and the expenditure Of
several hundred dollars. The mayor
appears to have gone into the question
thoroughly from all angles, according
to the various public statements he has
made and the provisions Of this ordi-
nance. and the matter Is now before
the council for action preliminary to
its reference to the people.
No discussion was had on the meas.
ure at this weeks meeting. It en-
powers the city to purchase the nee
essary sites for reservoirs, rights OF
way and water rights by agreement or
condemnation. from Summit lake to
Olympia, through reservoir to be es.
tablished on the w. G. Dobbin dona-
tion claim. the northwest quarter Of
section 20. township 1S north, range :
west w. NJ, according to the system
outlined in the mayors recent public
statement.
All the costs pertaining to the ~
tablishment Of such . system are to be
paid out Of an issue Of $500 special
water works bonds. which shall b
payable in blocks from $4,000 to $l4,-
900 annually beginning in 1917 and
running as long - till 1882" when the
last payment would be $1,000 with ac-
crued interest. The bonds are to be
paid only from the revenue derived
from the water works, indicating the
mayors belief that on October I, 1882
10 years from next October, the system
would have paid for itself.
The system to be constructed under
this ordinance shall be built 20 40 to
discharge a maximum Of 2,500.0O0 GAL
Ions Of water in each "a hours into q
5000 .000-gallon reservoir. from which
wood stave and iron pipes IL and 1S
inches In diameter would conduct the
water to the city for distribution. the
distance from the reservoir to the city
being approximately 10 miles.
The creation In the city treasury OF
a fund to be called "The City OF Olym-
pia Water Works Fund.-" to be used for
no other purpose than the payment OF
expenses incurred in the construction
and maintenance of the proposed sys-
tenn until 1t is paid in full, is also pro-
vided for. Each year $4,000 shall be
set aside from the revenues Of the sys-
tenn to be used in the payment Of &C.
crued interest.
The establishment Of q municipal wa
ter works system was one Of the main
arguments advanced by Mayor Mott
man in his campaign for election last
fall and his success Is taken in some
quarters to indicate that the people of
Olympia desire the establishment of
such system. There is known to be
some division in the council on the
question, however, though the bills in.
Cured in the Investigations prelimi-
nary to the presentation of this ordi-
nance have been paid unquestioningly
by the council.
The consideration of the ordinance
BY the council committee and later the
public discussion of it prior to an ad-
visory election, If ordered by the coun-
ell, will plunge Olympia into another
heated campaign. Sentiment on the
project just now seems to be consider
ably divided among the people at large
and the developments of the next few
weeks doubtless will bring forth inter-
asting occurrences.
The Knights of Columbus will give a
dance at the TumWater Cluh next