The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-02-08
Alderman Reviews Situation
and Urges Immediate Action
in an Extended Statement to
the City Council.
THINKS $400, 900 IS
ENOUGH FOR A PLANT
Suggests That Bond Issue for
That Amount Be Submitted
and Another Ballot on Buy.
ing or Building.

council last night. Councilman Ham
mond calls for the submission of "A
bond issue Of $500. 000 to tn. people
at an election on April 4. and a sub
segment election, u the issue is carried.
To determine whether the city shall
proceed to build its " plant or buy
cut the present company.
Mr.. Hammond offers a suggestion
for the administration Of the proposed
water department that he THINKS
would keep It out of politics and in
sure efficient management. He Is of
the opinion. basing his conclusion on
former city Engineer Gladding's re-
port. that, approximately N0c. 600
would be sufficient Il give the city n
system adequate to its needs. He II
not In favor Of bonding the city for
$4,000 to purchase the present sys-
tom, which he says has been advo-
Gated by some" He asserts that sum
would net 200 per cent Ia the owner
and render n handsome profit to the
nan who engineered the job"
Ambiguous, y. NJ,
February b. 1916.
To the Honorable Mayor ald cts
Council:
"Genticmcn.
THE watcr question. which IL the
most tmpor,ant ono Ia confropt IN.
poopl, Of This civ IN recent wears is
stul unse,,l,d nnd 1 bol,.v. a feu
remnrks ON this subject Al ,his tim,
arc in order
,.Tno wat,, franchise, VIII cxpir,
ON April . iats mr. only ,h,.o sbor,
YEARS AWAY h,Ii,v, /, a. ,be d,sir,
of .ncb and ovory ana az a. ,h,, This
| nu,s,ion shouId hc .o sc,,,cd tina, 4,
vtI1 s.,vc ,s n, ,td "a Tho uuhu,ld,pp
az IN, ci,y md m, h.nu,tfvt,,. a, nur
hom,s. ana lo mnhtna his !, desirable
pIao, in which Ia live. and ina, IN.
rity ,r,naurv may ho ro,i,y.d from
the drain now ulaccd unnn # bv rca
son of IN, n.cessit, of nnyip- an an.
nual bydron, roni,i ~ pe,,ly sra
! 400. ana IN nv iude,,en. his - 4
sum thc city sbould ma, have IN ma,
ia, ,h. reason ina, II rho fr,nchis,
has ans value al an (which /, certain.
~ hns, !, ia worth tho w.,er the eli,
usas. As v,u mr.. aware. IN, civ now
! NAYS In round numbers 40 @ no,
year Ia the Water SUNNY GO an,
lSi5.O o TO the A-lbuaneraue o.. f.. l.
a II 60. sas Ooo in an ana which
sum must necessarily Increase viii
me Growth of Inc CIV. This sun
alon, # nroperl, extended wouid e,
, long w,v toward IN. m~aint.nanc
charge of "A munieinn, vator iirht an,
powe- MAN, under nu. ,oof and prac,
~,ic,llv under onc he,d of steam.
believe this plan is p.rfectly feasibl,
and thu IL viii he worked gu, by IN,
| citizens of this CITY IN the rext Few
| wears. However. IN, light ana mower
franchise has several wears ye, To ruf
and that uill ave Ia h. doolt viii
in the future. but the water question
is with us now. TO be settled row.
The term of office of tins council
viii exnire April II. next. lass tina,
seventy DAYS awav. and believe IL /,
an TO us To take such action A. vii
iusur. the proper solution of tn,
! water question, for it's solution vii
mean n great deal T., us and To- IN,
civ lt large.
Il wish here 10 make a shor re,
view of the sit uatiop.
"A, the sp.cial waite, meetings he'll,
by this hody last summer there ver,
I s~evcrai propositiops undcr dis, ussion
The water company's p~roposition wa,
considered first. but as Won know of,
fered little of benefit TO the consumer
or to the city over the franchise nov
held by that
There was also presented by IN,
| water rompunv the propositi, of tins
| citv buving the pr.sep, wat,r system
under certain conditions. This per.
hans would be the simples, solution
- - -. -.
MAINLY advantageous Ia the water
company.
Tn. conditions / mention are that
after thu city has granted To the water
Icompany another e5-ycar lease To us,
the CITY streets and ALLEYS for water
mains IN. civ may elect 10 purchas.
the water system, the purchuse price
To- bc based ON IN, system as A going