The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-03-24

NH'NN NHA' N'NNF - 80
city Il heavier pront for water.
The rate to consumers using over
100. 900 gallons II IS cents per 1000
within the city limits ana 20 cents
10 those outside.
Tine c'tS ma @es all connections from
ma!nr to property liles, bat he prop
erty owuer pays for II.
Ihe city gos,InmcDi pays the water
department for every gallon of water
used upon the basis ~ the . - 600
gallon rate; or IL cents per 900 gal
Ions There IL 40 IRE" water IN III
Paso for city or any other purposes.
Parks. sprtnkling wagons all depart
mcnts OF the city government pay The
water department as does any private
citizen. Upon this basis the city dur-
ing the first ten months Of the fiscal
year ending March 81, 1916, has paid
the water department t21,Gf0.ei the
citys water bin tor municipal pur-
poses. paid from tax budget. has aver
aged $4,000 % year since the cts
bought the plant.
History Of the Plant.
TO uulerstand the water bond sit
uation IN I'll Paso 10 * necessary TO
refer briefly TO the international Wa
ter company from winch the city
purchased the plant IN 1910.
\ long and bitter ight preceded
this purchase. Differences were cree
atod which have not wholly die out
To- his daN. Homes even were d.
vided and one violent death II trace
able directly to the water fght
The company was made up of men
who we're then and are now roc0sniz-
ed as public spirited citizens. These
men were charged with imp 'ssinie
crimes. skeletons exhibited Ia ah"p
windows we're labeled - having come
from the company + wells \ Typhoid
epidemic which cost thiris hN"s
(more VI less, was charged To n
water shpp,y n later shown by tn"
foremost sanitary expert IN the INIT
ed states "a have 'ccn due :" one
milk suppl, source The company.
operating under a franchise winch re-
au red q maximum rat" ~ 20 cents
was brown INTO a reCclt "rship dul-
ing which a federal count held b T."
n. entitled Ia a rate of rs cents on
the basis of production cost. ChNing
wells. /, condition which the munic-
ipal government nov undetsta 1ds
through costly experience. made inc
mes, water supply difficult. Things
cam. 10 a point at when citizens Ner
against the water conpan regard
less of other considerations " We
came u personal Struggle.
IL was worth something ia ~ Ih-u
to end . conflict which was dsturtlhE
its business interests and hat the
conflict WIS cndcd is a 'uusid'fat"h
which plainly ngur,s boz ia" minds o'
~ Paso business men Bee the esp
-. 10 81 no r.l,'I,. merits
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