The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-24
the PROPOSED bond ISSUE.

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4 u.has been tho judgment Of The world that
4 Tulsh should not at this time seek authority for
/. bond issues unless the purpose Of such
z pressing importance that could not with safety
be delayed. our reasons for this were two
fold. First, tho general financial conditions arc
such that municipal obligations cannot be han
I. died to the best advantage, aud II would he an
4 injustice to the credit Of tho city to seek to
Il move such obligations by an interest rate suf-
fciently inviting TO cause capital TO interest
itself: second. that all efforts and resources of
the city should be directed to the realization of
I. the water project 50 long under discussion and
|. 40 dnqualltlcdy essential TO the present needs
4 and future growth OF the city
Because Of these reasons. Tho world il unable
TO Enthusiastically approve tho action of the
4 city administration in voting TO submit bond
Issue Of ss750O0 It does. OF course. feel con-
vinced of the necessity for voting the t225,ooo
\ asked for an emergency water fund The pres
ont system must bc maintained until the larger
wstor project has been realized. and the decision
4 Of the unofficial water board, after careful and
panstaking investigation, that the improvements
AT the Arkansas river plant are vitality necessary,
4 leaves doubt upon that point Tho additional
funds for the purpose of completing the spavi-
nawS survey ana dotaued specifications are
q equally above question.
We have not been convinced that the sewer
extensions were of that pressing importance re-
duiring action now but we do not propose to
uucsion the decision of the city officials In the
matter. Doubtless they were ae,uated In the
premises by the seriousness of the situation and
4 were led to their decision 60 ask for such
funds now by conviction that the health and
A.
/. though financial conditions might argue
against it.
Nor do we Wow with enthusiasm the proposal
To pledge the credit OF the city at this time for
the purpose OF raising 1000 to put the city
4 in the garbage business and erect incnerating
plant, II may be necessary. Frankly. do not
think so, on no other phase OF municipal gov
ernment has more money been sheerly wasted
than on this phase OF garbage collection and
garbage disposal Discarded incinerator plants
fairly clutter up the southwest erected at
enormous expense and attended by. questionable
profits. II Tulsa Is to adopt the incincrator
plan it should be only after careful investIga-
! tlon that will remove the matter entirely from
the field OF experiment or speculation,
The proposal to purchase garbage collecting
equipment and put the city directly into the
garbage business think unsound. othor mu-
nicipalnies have worked out satisfactory solu-
ton OF this problem some Of them turning tho
garbage problem into a source OF profit to the
city. We cannot understand why a similar ar
rangemcnt cannot he made here To assert that
the city is Incapable of making contract that
is enforceable is to argue that a city il Incapable
of caring Tor its own interests
But II it Is a tact that such contract system
4 hc u1ndc to work utisfartor, hpra. that