St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1922-04-29
Benefits To Be Derived Ad-
1nitted and Not Neces-
sary To Be Discussed
OLD MACHINERY NOT
TO BE PURCHASED
Ice Mfg. Company To Be
Bonded Under Contract
for Sufficient Supply
Covington, La, April 2S, 1922.

| Sboll, hd., ApIll Q, lJAL.
Editor st. Tammany Farmer:
! l would appreciate space for the
following arguments on the propos-
| ed WaterWorks and sewerage. Be-
ing interested in the town of Gov
| ington, both as citizen and as
alderman, | would like to pass on to
| the interested these remarks. There
! seems to be some misaprehensiOn on
the part OF the taxpayers and citi-
! zens concerning the sewerage and
water tax to be voted on May 16,
1922. AS usual the uninformed are
the hardest to convince of the ad-
visibility Of any plan that carries
with it the expenditure of money for
| needed improvements. l shall not
| discuss the benefits to be derived
from such tax as they admit this
| much, SO | shall try to answer some
| of the rumors as to why they are
| against this tax.
The following are questions and
criticisms and my answer:
Argument No. l Against Water
| works--Q. How can we expect a
satisfactory water service from the
! new system when the present COM
pany, which will do the pumping.
| cannot furnish enough water at the
present time?
A. Were the present company
able to furnish water sufficient for
| all uses and purposes, there would be
no necessity of the installation Of a
| municipal water system. Immedi-
ately upon the completion of the pro-
posed system, the town will enter in
to contract with the present COM
pany to pump water, in which agree
ment the company shall bind itself
to give the people a perfectly satls-
factory water service at all times,
and not only bind and obligate itself
to do so, but it will be compelled to
furnish a good and solvent bond for
the faithful carrying out of this all
important condition Of the contract.
Hence, the people need have no con-
Germ on this score.
Argument No. 2 Against the Tax
For the reason that Eight Thousand
Dollars is to be paid for worn out,
rotten and bursted pipes.
A. The engineers placed valua-
ton of Sixteen Thousand Dollars on
the mains, ETC., of the present COM
pany. TheAssociation of Commerce,
whose unseltish interest in all mat
ters affecting the public welfare is
we'll known to the public, after
-;areful inquiry regarding the worth
II the pipes, committee from this
n re h,of fn In
oers: f. j. HeintZ, E. G. Davis
Judge T. NJ. Burns, Jacob Seller, A.
flanche and A. G. Mccormack,
recommended the payment of $4,000
herelor. Tnen a conference took
place between the municipal officers
Ind the representatives OF the ST.
Tammany Ice & Manufacturing Com
pany, whereby a consideration Of
$500 was agreed upon.
Argument No. 3 Against the Pro-
posed Bond Issue-That the present
well is wholly insufficient to supply
the public demands.
A. Immediately after the tax is
voted, the present company will obll-
gate itself to furnish the people with
an efficient water service, and if, in
order to do that, it becomes neces-
sary to dig other wells, it will bind
itself to do so, and for the faithful
performance of this stipulation, the
company will furnish good and
solvent bond.
l may further add, for the infor-
nation of the public, that surface
reservoir is to be installed and an
elevated tank to be erected evenly
five feet in height, and each with
capacity of 100000 gallons. There
will be water, and plenty water,
when this system is installed.
l may further add that the in
stallaticn of the proposed system will
Immediately reduce the insurance on
mercantile establishments from %
to 40 per cent, and from Is to 25
per cent on dwellings. This infor-
nation we obtained from the Louisl-
ana Fire Protection Bureau. 1t is
scarcely necessary to mention what
this reduction will mean in dollars
and cents to the property taxpayers,
who are now paying exorbitant in
surance rates on account OF the non
existence of fire protection.
Again, it may be well to mention
that the municipality will enter into
a ten year contract with the St. Tam
many Ice & Manufacturing Company
and in that contract it will be stipu-
lated that the company shall receive
ten cents per thousand gallons OF
water up to three million gallons,
and nine cents per thousand gallons
over three and up to four million
gallons, and a corresponding reduc-
ton thereafter.
Now, the opinion seems to be prev
alent throughout the community
that it is the purpose of the munlci-
pality to purchase old machinery
from the Ice Company. We wish to
assure the people that this rumor is
wholly without foundation in fact.
Those who wish to know the
streets through which the proposed
water system is to be installed can
readily obtain this information By an
examination of the map on file at the
office nt the clerk of the mInicipalj-
Il III Of