The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-08-27
NORMAL TO GET
FIRE WATER MAINS
A. NJ. Tinsley Says Utilities Com
psny Has No Idea of
"Renigging"

The Missouri Public Utilities Com
pany is not trying to evade the in
stallation of high pressure water
mains for the fire protection of the
Normal school yesterday was the
statement of A. NJ. Tinsley, local man
ager, following President w. S. Dear
mOnt's assertion that the company was
trying to "get out from under" a part
of its franchise stipulations.
Professor Dearmont's statement was
based on the written notice the utili-
ties company sent to the Mayor and
City Council, June II, advising them
that the school authorities had mott
fled the water company city water no
longer would be needed at the school
after a system of wells had been COM
pleted there.
This notice from the school was used
as vehicle whereby the utilities COM
pany told the city it might become
necessary to abandon the proposal to
put in high pressure water mains to
the school.
In the first place, the new franchise
stipulates that the water system to be
installed in the Normal school district
was to be of character that would
give fire protection there.
The rights of way and easements on
property were to be obtained for the
utilities company by the city. To date
these had not been asked or delivered
Most of the privileges would eminate
from the Normal school itself.
Tinsley yesterday said the notice
which stirred President Dearmont was
meant as "bona fide request for per
mission to lay the mains"
He said the utilities company had nc
intention of abandoning the work.
"In fact" he said, we have had the
pipe ordered for that improvement
since April s. On April l sent the
orders to Mr.. H. Wurdock, president
of our company, and he approved
them.
"The pipes were ordered at Birming-
ham, Ala, and are ready to be brought
in here st any time. We have two car
loads of pipe on the way here now.
eve would have been further along
with the new mains had we not beer
delayed by inclement weather anC
mandamuS proceedings we encountered
that held us up for about three
| weeks"
Tins4ey said he anticipated the com
mencement of work in the Normal
school district very soon. He exhibited
drawings showing where all improve
ments are being made and declared his
company had done about half of the
improving demanded by the new
| franchise.
The company has until February
1916, to complete its work, he said
The installation of the high pressure
service to the Normal school district
he said, would be done probably in
October. The company hopes to have
it finished at that time anyway, he
declared.
President Dcarmont told reporter
| for The Tribune that the assertion
that the school would not need city
water after completion of a well I'M
der course of construction, concerned
only the supply of drinking water.
He charged that the notice of the
Mayor and City Council was mis-
representation of facts, in that it open
ly said such a we'll would do away with
the necessity for the high pressure
mains.
When Tinsley was asked about this
part of his company's notice to the
city, he said his company only had
given the city such facts as they had
He declared he was not sure that the
school authorities meant only. water
for drinking purposes when they adj
vised him of the coming installation of
we'll water in the Normal school.
Persuing the Normal schools fight
to have the water franchise carried
out, Russell Dearmont and Allen Oil
yer, attorneys for the school, yester-
day began an investigation of all the
public records bearing on the situa-
ton.
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