Arizona republican., 1919-06-22
NHY NUT PROVIDE
 WATER SUPPLY FOR CITY NOW?
Engineers Agree Inexhaus- tible Source at Hand That Would Make Phoenix Famous Vote Bonds Is Urged

The population of every community is comprised in large part of people who are busy doing the important work of the world that they cannot keep close check on the activities of others but fin full confidence accept at face value the statements of those in charge of important things, when they speak with authority.
 This little story is designed for the special edification of that class of citi- Zens, who will be eligible to vote st the Phoenix water supply bond elec- tion next month. No exhausting details will appear in this article, and only statements of fact will be made, with out effort to prove the statements. The verification is available. if needed. Els sentially, it is the quick answer to the interested busy mans question. How shall vote? and the answer For the bonds, of course
 Some 15 or 20 years ago the subject of a bigger and better water supply began to receive serious attention in Phoenix. From time to time some measures of expansion were imperative i and were always made with large sue cess. but always it was appreciated that such action was only temporary. put L1DS OlI, TOT tIie lfBie. tue ucy t1 pSl manent and final construction for 8 modern city whose shadow already ap- peared on the horizon.
 The reader will understand of course, that in such final determination there were many questions to consider, all of them sub ordinate to three general heads. namely, quality of supply, quan- tity of supply and cost of construction.
 Many investiqations Made
 Under all three heads covering the period of the twentieth century in vestigations have been consistently, consistently. deliberately and exhaust lively made by every Phoenix city gov ernment and city engineer during that period, and by numerous engineers of the highest standing and repute, from local men to the worlds most compe- tent professional gentlemen. such as Hiram Phillips and c. $. Phillips of St. l Louis, and William l.. Church of New | York City, all of whom have to their i credit the construction of the biggest and best water plants in America. The unanimity of the general finding of all these reports is so great as to be al most suspicious, though naturally gra- 1 tifying.
 1 Under heading one, quality, it was
 
 water supply is crystal clear, not of fensive to the taste after one gets ac- customed to it; and is of such quality as to occasion no concern from a sani- tary point of view; nevertheless, it is also common knowledge that the wa ter is hard and contains a large per centage of salt, lime etc, that it is disastrous to steam boiler. auto radia tors, cooking utensile, linens flannels and other fabrics and quite unsatis factory for culinary purposes.
 Have Choice of Two
 Under the second heading quantity it has been universally admitted that the present source would be inadequate for the needs of that greater city now appearing, and that contamination il the future might not be improbable Thus it is seen that everybody ha. known from the beginning of things that eventually Phoenix must have new source of supply and as the day go by the more urgent the need. there fore, the persistent accumulation o data during all these years
 In the prosecution of the foregoing lWork the numerous engineers referret to have examined every known possibl water supply within 50 miles of tn , city. They have found many place where the water was marvellously pure } but limited in quantity. some withil
 the very confines of the valley, som beyond it's nearby ranges and some a more distant points, but the two place