The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-12-11
OFFICIALS WELL TAKEN CARE or
Spring Water Supplied for Use in coun-
Gil Chamber While People in the Out
skirts and in Heart Of City Must be
Content With Muddy Thirst Quencher.

Has a municipal corporation any
greater rights thc'a a private one?
If the Wisconsin Gas and Electric
Company was furnishing water the
same lis is supplied through the city
mains, how long would it take the
city council to get an appeal to the
railroad commission for better
service?
The movement to secure better wat
er for Kenosha is growing in strength
every day and with the roily water still
flowing through the mains more people
ere joining the army of Eiekers against
the service of the municipal company
Many people declare that it is not
necessary to wait until spring to work
out plan for the installation of fl
tration plant and they assert with the
money that the water company now has
on hand the work could be started
Some Of the aldermen are showing OPP
position to the movement on account of
the cost of a filtration plant. The cost
Hcto- sDCOH Ydl iouoiy CobliudISu 1iOAl ulty
to a hundred thousand dollars, but it
is certain that the people of the city
want good water and clean water re-
gardless of the fact that it is to cost a
little more The opponents of the fltra-
tipn system have argued that with the
installation Of the plant it would be
necessary to increase the price Of water
to the people. It is pretty certain that
the people would be more than willing
to stand small increase in price rath-
er than continue to use water which is
so filled with filth as to make it unfit
for table use. Cheap dirty water is of
little value to the people Of the city.
Hundreds of people in the city are
now spending a lot more than the cost
of filtration to secure pure drinking
water. Many of them have been forced
to put in filters while others are buy
ing water bottled at wells and springs
about the city. The cost of this water
for single month would bring the
cost of water more to the consumer
than any advanced rate to be named by
the city as result Of installation of a
filtration plant Many people are call
ing attention to the fact that the Of
fcials of the city are declining to use
the lake water that they are selling to
others. In the drinking fountain in
the city hall the artesian water has
been provided and in the offices of the
city clerk and in the common council
water taken from one of the springs
about the city is constantly on hand.
If the officials Of the city are I'M
willing to drink the unfltered lake
water is it fair to ask people who pay
the taxes to drink it? It is certain
that were the present water supply of
Kenosha furnished by private cor
poration the railroad commission of the
state would be bombarded with petit
tions for better service.
People who have hot water heating
PLANTS in their homes have had especial
reason to object to the condition Of the
water as the sand in the water clogs
up the pipes and radiators to such an
extent that many OF them have been
forced to expend a considerable sum
every year to keep the pipes and radi-
ators sufficiently free from sand to per-
NIT the circulation Of the water. The
cost of cleaning radiators is another
item that must go into the cost paid
for water in the city.
Kenosha is proud of her municipal
water plant and its accomplishments in
the past few years, but the time has
come when some money should be spend
on the plant in order to give the peo-
pie the value Of their money.
Clean and pure water is the most in
sistent demand of the people of Keno
sha today and it is up to the common
council and the water commissioners
to provide it for them.