The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1921-07-16
CITY BOND ISSUE CARRIES.
proposition for City OF Bay ST. Louis
40 Own Waterworks System re-
yaIIs.-I47 For and lU6 Against.

special election IN the City OF ba.
| st. LOUIS last SATURDAY resulted III
/ victory Tor auGnorlty lor the CISy u
| ISSUE DonQs TO Lne amount OF 9So,
| UUU Tor waterWorKs.
There were I41 votes poIIed 1ol
the BOND issue ana lOo against, Jhus
gls ug . majority OF Al votes. Con
s.aeI4ng the a"t 2 oFposiGlon WnlcK
Haa jeyeIopedt quarters
against the prob 5hls IS con
sluered a Dig maJotlty, ana 1t IS, car
ryIng much significance.
sometime since the administrator
decided Chat IL would be best Tor ali
concerned ana would best serve all
interests il the cICy were TO own Its
WaUerWorks system. Accordingly,
Mayor Webb ana the Board Oh Al
dermeu procured the services OF a
competent civil engineer TO make a
survey o1 the situation W4En Such d
view III ulInd. In tlIne che report was
made TO the effect tnat 1t was pfac-
UIcaI and would not cost aS mucn as
was ordinarily supposed, consIaerIhg
the vast area OF the city properly.
The report OF the expert showed tnat
1t could be done to great advantage
and at a cost That it would not MAKE
Ii proniblblVe. lie worked out the
plan, tentative plan, and the mat
Ter was viewed with much tavOr. IL
was figured, making liberal allow
ance, that $4,000 would be neces-
oary TO put III the system.
1t was later decided that II J1e
present system, privately owned by
Charles sanger, could be purchased
at a moderate figure, 1t would be Wei
20 DO so. The City Council and MIR.
Sanger got together, and the result
was that three appraisers We're ap-
pointed and the figure Of 9Z4,6oO.UO
IInalIy given out as the result OF Ghe
appraisers work. These figures were
not reauy until Friday night at laoe
hour, and ere gwen TO the puDIIc
the following morning. This IS con
sidered by many Iar appralsement
and OF mutual benefit boCh to the
City and Mir. Sanger. The, object OF
the purchase of the privately owned
system is to eliminate competition,
and to put the system on All lnmeQ-
late producing basis to the city the
moment it acquires the property.
Property owners leaL|l with much
satisfaction of the success OF the
proposed bond issue. 1t means a sya-
Uein or waterworks that vii prove
ample for present and future needs,
TO say nothing of the adequate sup
ply assured for users. The munlcl-
paIIy-oWned system might not reduce
the insurance rate, although the
Mayor was officially assured that 1t
would, but the fact remains that a
copious and constant supply OF water
at hand over the city, means more
than a reduced insurance rate. lt
means better insurance, for protec-
ton is better.
There has been pros and cons IN
the matter, each side active In sus-
tanning their contentious, but the
matter remains and cannot be consis-
tently gainsaid, that the proposition
spells improvements, breathes pub
lie spirit, and will IN time prove IN
valuable. This is regardless of the
cost. 1t is well not to weigh all
things by their cost in dollars and
cents. There are many things money
cannot buy. If the system in the
event should not prove big revenue
producer to the city, it will pay dlyl-
dends far in excess Of dollars and
cents. But in time the system will
and ought to prove revenue pro-
ducer.