The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1914-04-10

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Icf water passing the Pettaconsett
| Pumping Station during the dry sea
son, 10 which Mr. Gray replied, that
he was not prepared TO do such sums
| Ia mental arithmetic.
Who is Mr. Gray employed by? II
! the city, it is his business TO be fam
| liar with such details if the city is in
such great danger of water famine
Where is the eminent engineer
who made the searching investiga-
ion? Why did II not occur TO him to
consider this point? And, If he has,
and knows the answer 10 Mr.. Bart
etts question, why did he not tell
Mir. Gray, and save Mr.. Gray his grey
matter. Are these two engineers
working for the same employer, or
Who are they working for? And is
these any reason why the information
IN this and several other subjects
ahould be SO carefully bottled up. and
withheld from the people of Scituate?
Have the taxpayers of the city
thought of the cost OF this proposed
work? II not, it is time they consid-
cred what is possibly waiting for
them, if the plans as diyulgod are
prosecuted.
Here are some of the things TO study
over, based on the statements OF Mr.. |
Gray and Councilman Potter,
What will 1000 acres of land, with |
all that is on il cost? What will il |
cost TO submerge the five villages and |
all the manufacturing property?
What will ii cost to remove all the |
grave yards (nearly every farm has |
one)?
What will it cost to remove from
one to three feet OF the surface OF the |
5000 acres? This is what Mr.. Potter
said would be done.
COmpuete the number Of cubic yards |
Of dirt this would make; then~ tell |
where it will be deposited, and tell me |
how you are to remove il within the |
time specified in their proclamation
OF haste
What will the grubbing and blasting
cost, for there will be plenty Of that
work?
Then a dam, of concrete, presume,
anywhere from eightyhve TO one hun
ired and ten feet high Ga second |
iatun Dam) and carrying a highway
IN it, And what is the Daniclson
Railroad to do, and who pays for do
ing it?
Another item Of interest will be the
cost of the tunnel, or tube, TO carry
he water from the dam 10 the city,
which viii be tremendous
Then, what Will be the cost (dam-
ages for taking the water from the
mills below Kent, for there will not be
enough pass the Spillway to wash a
buggy with once a week, if the city
IS to require so much for its peo.
pie?
notice Mr. Gray has reduced the
area 5000 acres at the last hearing
and / also notice he and the others
EhO do the talking for Providence,
when IL means but Iittla have had a
Ot TO say about the many miles of
Oyely highways they are TO build, but
lascribe them as only one, or two
niles, or short distances TO travel
over by those who will be compelled
o depend on them; but going two
niles down, and then two miles up,
lOes not appear to be four miles 90
ravcl, 10 get less than a mile possibly
It the present while the scenery is
expected TO absorb the attention OF
ne people burdened with such a con
IitiOn.
ome out openly, the manifest desire
o prevent the people, especially tn
,cituate people, from obtaining a full
nd complete knowledge Of all details,
Until real estate men have secured all
ptiOns possible, leaves a bad taste In
be mouth.
Why is il that Providence has been
siug water from It's present source so
many years, and has known all these
ears just what it would probably 10.
uire for a long time in the future,
hat all at once a hysterical desire TO
inter- into an arrangement not much
Inferior in dimensions than the Pan
ma Canal and proceeds in such un-
sual secrecy TO collect all the data
ecdcd, and on this Information have
he City Solicitor prepare an Act.
hat leaves little chance for a defence
y the citizens living iu the section
I'm the survey made? a full
nd complete reply would be inter
sting reading, If full facts were
Iated.
It looks peculiar TO many people
hat Providence, after using its pres
1t water supply for forty years,
axes up some morning, and decides
nat Dc must perish, or have four times
s. much water as 90 Us now taking.
nd cannot wait % allow "a careful con
Iteration Of the conditions. by un-
.ased, and conservative judges. not
outstanding the fact that IL IS now
sing according 70 -.1 as
uCh water as is necessary TO sup
.y "a city about twice ds large az :
roviicnce.
The city having had It's full share
time and opportunity. 10 prepare
self with argument, should be will
g now 10 agree TO the citizens Of
cituate, having year or 50 In which
fully consider the details.
10 may not have STEPPED into the
inds OF some Providence people, a
.at the most valuable asset and util-
y can possess, Is the good will Of the
lblic which can never be obtained 7
= pursuing such a course as has been j
this undertaking.