Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1919-07-01
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record one case oE typhoid a1sectiy a.
trihnted ID said water and
Whereas. ii Is an nndeaisl,le Tact
that ID summer. when the de1aand EoE
wafer is the greatest for dosastic ana
other purposes. the pntllc hAsve heen
warned 10 use water Bparing on ac- IS
count OF the small supply ereos
and
whereas, The Water ny la
the year 1911, employed engineers ~
survey prepare and furnish a ils aFd
speei iacations, for the purpos OF pro-
curing more waters these acficai
Insen seeing the necessity Al fsat time !
and
Whereas. a deplorable sI axe 81
water existed In the year 1s during
tie months or October and eIn bers
when two of the three po were
absolutely dry. and the supg III tlic
osher pond 40 low as to De menace
III case on fire: and
Whereas. The AnnapoI Water
Company was chartered fofa &c pur-
pose 81 abundanily supply vaser
for the City and its precind there
fore be it
Resolved. That realizing e ab0Ne
facts 10 be true. We, the nbers of
the lily Conncff lii session elnbled,
this 3oth day of June 191se p here
with condemn, the unlimited stem
5 cy IN the PAST three years, certain
interests connected with the &c.
8nieni OF The Annapolis par Com
pany III fostering and PERI uating
Through various and divers ils an
Eagitafion for and in attensing ~
force fiiiration plant upon ae city.
regardless or the oycrwhellni1 sellti-
mens 81 our citizens In onTst ion 80
Ii and be ii further
Resolved. Thai iii the seiIs of this
i body that there Is no neees " for
the installation Of q IlltratlgM plant
fat Ills me Z
After the passage Of this ffse luton,
ayh & D was ly vote Of s iess Mayor
Stranee anr Counselor Ri:ssAan n
opposision, Alderman Levy ofIseea am
other. II was
Ilraerea THAT the Counsel ard
E1s herely directed to inslItnte socee AZ
gIngs iii the Circuit CGui9 Anne
q Arundel county IN inc nanleo The
Mayor. Counselor. and Aldeasnen Of
1.-The city Of Annapolis against tse STATE
Board Of Health to Yaeafe sud sci
Iaside the order or regulation Gem thc
State Beard ef Health 70 the Assslapolis
Water Company dated .lsne 1aiA 1919,
requiring the installation 81 Ira
\ ton pialii on the ground tlssa said
order is unlawful and unreasonable
land not necessary for the pr9eetiDn
.Iof the public health or COMFORT Of
1.-THE consumers Of water. and bdit fur
fther requested that the Boarusof Di-
reetors OF the Annapolis Wa1e Com
pany unite in these proceeiINs
This was passed BY ullimous
vote. and without any sort OF 1iscus-
lsion or explanation of the yoteaas they
we're cast. the voting heing roll
call.
The Council then took up attcrs
connected with the coming maraicipal
electlon. aud at $40 adiourss The
session had lasted exactly srentcen
minutes. Manifestly. the meeg was
EnoI for a discussion but to re9Hed the
popular verdict
When the Council conyene very
tseat and most of the ayaiIabI tand-
ling room III the place was lpied.
There was no occasion fDr indi-
cation Of the feelings Of the aadicncc
on the question involved. bn there
lis no doubt that II was ten tnnne hi.
favaS OF Inc action taken By tn 1oun-
ell In fact. that action was due di-
rectIy to the expression Of sopular
feeling which the members fen bound
Ito respects
George ~ MI Fin, president OF the
Annapolis Water Company W. pres
8ent during the session, and presented
1.-THE order to the Council At open
lag of the session Mayor Strang statcd
THAT the meeting had been elIed to
determine what action should taken
lin view Of the order Of the Health
epaTIment. Alderman Levy L5sen pre-
sented his first resolution, hu before
u II was read Mt. Melvin addreed the
chair. but sat down when Aerrnan
Levy protested that his resoluSjan had
mot been read Later, Mr. Meaan was
recognized and presented the rder. Ii
being read by the Clerk.
Mayor Strange stated when name
wa called that he would hayeIto vote
lin the negative as he did not believe
The affairs Of the Water CONF nv had
lbeen mismanaged Counselor lllrnan
spoke I'd the same effect Aerman
Smith said that he favored a sub
stance 81 the order and would lpport
81. though he did not Agree tall the
language used. The others SEED In