Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-01-11
WHO OWNS WATER CD.
ASKS ALDERMAN
Lively Discussion at First Meeting
of City Council in New Year
The Mayor Thanked for
Explanation.
THOSE AWFUL ELECTRIC CARS!
Crack Plaster Of Houses and Exceed
Limit---But Not a Word Said
About Speed Maniac Auto
mobile Drivers.

mobile Drivers.
For the first meeting of the New
Year, that of last night held by the
Mayor and City Aldermen will go
down into history as having been one
4 for the transaction of much business.
/ The Board met in regular monthly
| session at s O'Clock the following being
| present: The Mayor, City Clerk p. e.
Porter. Cousellor George Rullman, AL
dermen Parkinson, Smith. Wells. Levy.
! Beaven. Russell and Adams The jour
nal of proceedings of December 1S.
| 1915. was read and approved.
Major John dep Douw, on behalf of
| General Gather, in command of the
military program for the inaugura
tion of Governor elect Harrington. to-
morrow, appeared before the Board
relative to traffic regulations on West
street. that the street may be closed TO
all but the military companies during
the time of the detraining. The Board
! granted the request
The monthly reports of officers were
| submitted to the finance committee.
| Counsellor Rullman called attention
| to the spout on Conduit street, near
| Church street, emptying water across
the sidewalk, forming ice, and suggest
ed that the City Commissioner notify
the owner to comply with the provis-
ions of the City Code
Those Awful Cars.
The Counsellor also stated that the
| vibration of the cars of the Washing
| ton, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric
Railway cracked the plaster on the
houses along West street, and suggest
| ed that the Clerk write to the General
! Manager saying 1--WE will not permit
the running of double cars, and that
| the road must regard the speed limit
| of the city"
| Alderman Smith substituted that the
w, B. e A. be notified that motormen
| of the road exceed the speed limit,and
| that the city demands that the speed
limit for the city be complied with.
The substitute was adopted by a yea
| and nay vote.
Who Owns The Water Company?
Alderman Parkinson precipitated
| discussion on the management of the
| Water Company by asking the Mayor
| if he did not think it was time for the
| city to formulate some legislation to
| place the Annapolis Water Company
/ where it belongs, under the city's con
troll
The Mayor, in reply, stated that the
Water Company now was under the
control of the City Council and pro-
| ceeded to explain in detail the organ
ization of the Company by the election
| of it's board of directors by the Mayor,
| Counsellor and Aldermen of the City
| of Annapolis i'm accordance with the
| provisions of Chapter lis, Acts of the
1 General Assembly of Maryland, ses-
! sion of 1912.
| The Mayor stated that the board of
directors made monthly statements to
| the Corporation of Annapolis, which
| were on file, and that the records of
the Water Company were at all times
| open to inspection by the members of
the City Council; that the bylaws
| adopted by the Mayor, Counsellor and
! Aldermen of Annapolis We're on file in
the City Clerks office, and any other
| information which the members of the
| Board or the citizens of Annapolis
wished to avail themselves of were
at hand, and would be cheerfully fur
nished.
The Mayor explained that the tur-
| bidity of the water at this time was
| caused by he work of enlarging the
empounding dam at the Water Works,
but the quality of the water, with the
| exception Of its discoloration, was
not impaired. He informed the Board
that a great deal of work had been
done toward giving better water and
better service by the directors of the
Water Company; that the improve
| ments were necessary show for the
reason that they could only be made as
funds became available from the re-
ceipts of the Company.
The Mayor pointed out to the Board
that the system of operating the Com
pany was inaugurated at the time of
| its purchase, because of the charge
made by those opposing municipal
ownership that, if the city purchased
the control of the water service, it
would be used as a football in politics !;
that to meet these objections, to do all
possible to remove the water service
from the control of politics, and to
make for the best possible efficiency
in the service. the present system
was inaugurated
The Clerk then read for the infor-
nation of the Board the bylaws
adopted by the Mayor, Counsellor and
Aldermen for the government of the
board of directors of the Water
Company.
Several members of the Board
thanked the Mayor for the information
given and stated that they were glad
to be informed.
An. application for re-appointmeni
as fireman of the steam fire engine
and janitor of the Assembly Rooms
was received from William Farrell.