The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-01-27
CITY DADS TELL
why THEY FAVOR
SENATE BILL II.

While tounCilnen thomson anu
Moore have declared Themselves
against the Nichols amendment 10
Senate Ijlll No. 81. providing for
the extension OF municipal utilities
Ia cities OF the first class TO com.
munitles beyond the city lines. 9th
or councilrnen strongly favor the
measure.
II Is charged by some who ap.
parently haven't given the matter
serious thought" said Councilman
Erickson. that this bill would al
low persons outside the cities all
the convenience OF the city with.
out paying taxes.
This IL absurd. We would not
be furnishing them single tax
able commodity or service. No one
IN taxed for light snd water. II we
were furnishing police power or
sewage. IL would be different"
Erickson believes that the deycl.
opment OF Seattle depends on the
upgrowth OF the county and the
state.
"pure seihshness"
1T Is pure selfishness on our
parts" he continued. ~ we have
"A lot of water that In being dump
cd daily into Lake Union. and we
refuse TO give IL 10 some small
rancher near our back door We
get rate nearly three times AS
great as Is paid by city purchasers.
The suburban gardener buys his
groceries and supplies In our city.
llo Is contributing 10 It's success.
should We deny him water II We
have Il?
We are talking OF logged-off
land legislation 10 get settlers.
Shall We refuse them a concession
OF water and other utilities neces.
Eary 10 modern iife7"
Councilman Cecil Is. Fitzgerald
said be would like 20 Bee a law to
prohibit the city from dumping It's
good Cedar river water I'm Lake Tn.
Ion. when IL can cell Il elsewhere s.
III We have more water and Juice
than We need. why not sell it,
he said. Il don't think the outsider
should get II for the same price as
those who live In the city. but new.
cr,heless. just because he lives
across the street at s5th and
Greenwood. I cant zee why we
should tell him 10 70 without wa.
ter II he IN willing TO pay for t..
Councilman Robert Hcsketh said
he il strong for the proposition II
only for It's philanthropic reasons
alone
Build Up Outside"
Build up the outside" he Hald
and well grow within the city
boundaries Light and power Will
enable the outside districts "a
grow. These districts can help u.s.
so ! am for giving them wha, Va
can't use. voted 10 give Tux
villa electricity. because they wenc
getting stuck en- their rate by the
private company.
II, In the same with Kirkland
and other such districts. Look
wha, they are paying for privately
produced Juice"
Up till 1915. the cities had the
RICH, to extend light and water
outside the city. Then a Joker
bill was passed by the legislature.
taking the right away.
Health Affected
In their statement. opposing the
Nichols amendment. Coancllmen
Thomson and Moore said:
Extension OF light and water ia
cilities outside the city limits
would mean tho sparse building up
OF districts unsupplied with sew.
age facilities and the establishment
OF a pest zone encircling Seattle.
You would have a circle OF contain.
nation stretched about the city
where typhoid could flourish un.
molcsted. and the purity OF our milk
and vegetable supply be seriously
affected
Bigger Congestion
Not only is the bill pernicious
from a health standpoint. but u Is
thoroly unjust to the taxpaying
citizens OF Seattle.
by n still thinner spreading OF
the population. Il would increase
the cost per capita OF those utili.
ties.
THE POPULATION PER
SQUARE MILE AT PRESENT is
FAR LESS THAN 1T SHOULD
BE. IT is IN THE NE1GHBOR
HOOD OF 1000. WHEREAS IT
SHOULD DE BETWEEN 10000
AND 10000.
The city should make every ef
fort to concentrate itself--to in
crease the number OF Inhabitants