The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1917-03-07
CITY REDUCES
WATER RATES
THE MINIMUM HEREAFTER WILL
HE FIFTY CENTS INSTEAD
or SEyENTY-FTyE.
STREET PAVING ORDERED


This ii what the city council dis
Tuesday night:
Rcs' iced the water rate So
4 IL pea. cent.
Ordered the extension of q
i water main from Royal street.
up Bolton to the north side OF
Il Marvin avenue.
4 Finally passed the city de-
1 pository ordinance.
Granted request of the ladies
OF the city to stop encroach-
| nlent ON the park grove in the
| city cemetery.
/ Approved contract for fur
i nishing water to the comfort
station at the court house.
! Gave park committee power
to erect memorial arch at the
entrance Of Getxendaner Memo
1 rial park, and to make other Inn
provcments.
Ordered publication of notice
advertising for bids for several
| miles OF street paving.
Ordered publication Of the de-
i Enquent tax list.
At a meeting of the city council
Tuesday night the water users of the
city were given a further reduction
| In the minimum rate. The old rate
was reduced about SO Is per cent,
or from I 5 cents per fifteen hundred
gallons to SO cents. The same dis
icount Of ten per cent on bills paid
before the tenth of the month ap-
| plies to the new rate, which really
brings il down to IS cents The
same proportionate reduction was
made in the entire scale of water
rates.
The matter OF reducing the water
rate has been under consideration by
| the council for some time. 1t was
believed that the condition of the
water plant had reached that point
where the rate could be REDUCED and
the system still remain self support
ling. The matter was gone over
carefully and the council desired to
grant even a still lower rate, but af-
ter figuring in the cost of main
tenance and future extensions Of the
water and sewer mains it was found
that the rate could not be safely cut
below fifty cents. During the past
year the city has spent in round
numbers $4,000 on the construction
OF new water and sewer lines In adj
Edition, the city has on hand material
enough 10 make further extensions
in the plant. 1t is believed that UNI
der this new rate the improvements
can be continued whereby every sec
ton Of the city will soon have the
advantage of water and sewer con-
nections The new rate becomes eff
fective With the current month.
The &C uncil was called to order at
1870 with Mayor Prince presiding.
The Mini es of the last regular meet
ing ana tNo adjourned meetings
were read and approved
A motion was adopted that the fl
nance committee request the school
board to pay it's proportionate share
~ the awna,4nn ~ ,fofigar;,,.r fho yact
issue of city bonds TO the purchasers.
N. H. Khrone presented a petition
signed by citizens residing on East
Kaufman and Aldridge streets ask
ing that street light be placed at
the intersection OF these streets. Mr.
Khrona made short talk In which
he pointed out the needs OF such a
Hight. The matter was referred to
the light committee.
This petition brought up discus
sion of light rates in general. and it
| was the opinion OF the councilmen
that the city should have lower
rate for street lights. 1t was finally
! decided . appoint a committee to
present the matter to the officials OF
the Texas Power and Light com
pany
Representatives of j. w. Stokes
builder OF incinerators, were present
and presented proposition TO the
lefty to build plant here. The adj
yantages of such plant were pre-
sented and the council invited td
visit the plant at corsicana and see
lit in operation. The council admit
ted the needs OF plant OF this kind
but because OF financial conditions
could not consider a proposition jusl
at this time. 1t Is hoped. however
that after work is started on tn,
sewage disposal plant the city viii
be In position to construct an in
Generator.
Il The reports OF officers were sub