Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-06-28
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THE MATER COMPANY
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Capital on ANAKH4&8 evening ExtaE 4
am nnre that our citizens ard tax
payers geneFnsly, viii fall kssw Ieaga
s2 All the eATenas aaeaa, wonld ap~
prove 0g the installation Of nitra-
ton system. % this expression Of
oplnlon II wrong. Il II m instances 0f
mistaken deduction: but my knOwa-
edge of the high mental average 81
Annapolis citizenship. my condolences
In the precision oE Judgment and the
conscientious and unprecedented desire
|of me masses Of the men and women
Iof oar city 70 arrive IL a proper con.
ciusion, with gull knowledge Of All the
circumstances. justify me III maintain
Ing that the letter Will stand the clos
ess scrutiny. after the event wrote
A6F. .Azogse, further. that tho act amend
ing the charter of the Annapolis Wa-
let Company war HI litigation and that
not nntii the end oK the month. would
Ia anal decision be made, and the per-
sonnet III the BOARD be known re
the decision had hean In favor OF the
contention of Alderman John J Levy
Instead Of The contention III Mayor
James r. Strange. the order of tbs
State Hoard Of Health would have
been received by VIZ Meade Holiday,
tie Mayor and Charles q. Eeldneyar
as the board Or Directors Of the An
aapDlis Water Com any. instead Of bv
myself, the Mayor Mr. Feidmeyor.
City Counselor huffman and Alderman
Russell as the Board Of Directors Of
the Annapolis Water Company
Is Ii not important. In view Of the
many unf0unded assertions that have
been made to remember that the de-
cision OF the Court Of Appeals uph0ld-
ing the c0natitutIDnality 81 the Act Of
1915 was rendered on the morning Of
june 25tli, while the order Of the State
Board of Health ID dated June 10. and
Dr. stones certificate OF It's service
upon me Is dated June a.?
Upon the service of this order upon
me as the executive head of the An
napoiia Water Company called spe-
cIai meeting Of the board Of Directors
and the board unanimously at my re-
quest, transmitted the order To the
city Council, which has power 70 COM
ply with ii OF to appeal from It The
Issue Is made up.
personally, believe that we ought
to have had fair-minded and thor
ough public and open discussion on
the subject long ago. followed By ~.
election Id which the question could
have been decided In the whole of
niy Official connection with the Water
Company have. 80 far aa my own
views and vote have been concerned
IN the meetings and In the relations
between the Water Company and the
city health oificar and the State and
federal health authorities, constantly
and consistently favored nltrafion, be-
INK convinced that we must come To-
Id at last. But have never In any
manner advocated this improvement
without d prior vote and approval Of
the Mayor. Counselor and Aldermen
II have taken Just pride ID my
connection with the movement By
which the Annapolis Water Company,
j public utility. came into the owner
slip Og the municipality: and so long
ais may be associated with its maIl-.
agamsnt. or private citizen Of Anna
polls, shall always. whether ana
president or you are president, feel 2
keen interest In It's successful opera
ton. whatever time and strength Il
have given fl the last eight years TO
this public utility have been gladly
given. minimizing criticism, even
c0ntnmeIy and abuse at some times.
are what every man and woman must
expect who tries 70 accomplish any
thing for the civic good. Frailtiea Of
human nature are To be found In all
of as, but the masses 81 the Ameri-
can people abhor Injustice. Injustice
has been done the Water Company.
AS have said, the filtration issue
is now made up. wish e could have
been settled through an election. that
Ii was mow matter that could be de-
cided that way. The state Board Of
Health has refused to allow us in vio-
aation OE the sanitary laws, 70 In
crease the sources of the water supply
without Installing 4 filtration system
Perhaps but for the conditions Of the
paat two years the Issue would have
come sooner
Under the circumstances and m
the interest 81 plain justice Il way be
relevant Is add and emphasize that
the recent order of the State Hoard
of Health vas issued on the State
Boards own initiative and official re-
sponsibalisy ard without any rapresens
.tations direct or indirect from me.
other than appears from the letters
above referred to and published in
the newspapers. Moreover. nay reply
WAS read 10 all The members Of the
Board Of the Annapolis Water Com
many and c0ncurred III BY them
GEORGE I. MELVIN
June go. 1919.
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