The log cabin Democrat., 1920-09-16
SIGN THE WATERWORKS PETITION.

Final petitions being circulated under the auspices of the Conway Commercial Club for the organization of second waerwork improvement district in Conway The pose of this district as has been frequently announced IS funds for the construction settling basin, the largemen o pump Ing facilities the extension o service portions of the city not reached the replacement ot defective sections of wooden mains with iron mains and the general repair enlargement and rehabilitation of the present system.
 Even if all the old system had be junked today-and ths of not the case-t has been good for Conway It has 10 of reasonably good service at lower rates than have prevailed anywhere else in the It has the taxpayers approximately s9OOO year for 10 years The fire hydrant service alone which 1t provided free of charge would have cost the taxpayers under private ownership based upon charges other cites least 5000 year for the 10 The fushtank water furnished the system without charge would have neghborhood of $3,0oO year additional The saving fire insurance premiums has probably been than s10oOO year. While there have been costly fires the system has checked many others and prevented the spread fires adjacent buildings in many instances, occasionally saving the destruction of many thousands of dollars worth of propeymuc than the entire cost of the present waterworks system.
 But the old plant has been in service for 10 years and time beginning have its effects The mains and machinery have deteriorated and must replaced This would be the case even if the population Conway had stood still dur ing the decade But the number of inhabitants has almost doubled and the demand for water sevce as higher ard living about has trebled and quadrupled Even if good condition as 1t was the year It was installed the old system is entirely inadequate to serve the present population.
 The reconstruction of the old system is important for many The present equ met is over loaded and IS working beyond it's rated capacity order to keep supply of in the mains al This results i'll condition winch carries with it the constant threat of real disaster to the
 
 service facing two serious and dangerous possibilities either of which may become actualtles without moment notice l. The pumping motors and the mann supply plpe both heavily overloaded and weakened and deerora led Either both liable to 'bow up at any moment It is unnecessary picture the situation of being completely without city service for weeks months Under conditions the water cannot be properly filtered par
 culary when 1t needs Altering the most when the Cadron creek is heavily charged with mud and foreign sub
 stances At least two anal this year have disclosed the presence the colon baclum the germ associated With Typhoid fever It is also to attempt statement of what typhoid epidemic would do for Conway
 Reports from the are to the effect tat the petitions are being signed almost unanimously by those to they presented But there numerous absentee who canpot be reached and the railroad com panv probably will sign Every dollars worth of real estate which is signed for the district has to be counted against it. therefore necessary that every possible name be secured petion The Log Cabin Democrat earnestly hopes that there will be single refusal to sgn and II there has been that such persons will reconsider and will go to one the local banks, where copies of the petition are kept, and sign it. Let us meet this real emergency, as we have met and solved many other problems of the past with the real Conway spirit.