The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-11-15
EDITORIAL
Submit the Question Now!

Submit the Question Now!
At the meeting of the City Board of Directors Monday
morning it suggested that the question of filtration
plant to give Fairmon better city water be put aside until
after June when Board of Directors will be elect
ed This suggestion if followed out would mean there would
be improvement in the water supply here for more than
year. practically eighteen months at the very best.
This suggestion should meet with prompt dsapprova on
the part of the public Water conditions they now are
must not continue for another year and half Such
LAY will cost the taxpayers in Farmont thousands and thou
sands of dollars in useless and eavagant expense for no
permanent gain.
Let the people considerable city is spending hun
res of dollars weekly in order to chemically treat the city
water that it will seriously affect the health of the
citizens. This expense will amount to large in the
course of year and half-money that might well be
cast to the four winds for all the permanent effect it will
have in lettering the water condition Add to this expense
the expense that is involved in replacing pip
ing for those pipes that the acids in the water have eaten
away until they worthless Damage going right
that will show up and time passes The city
water pipes being honey combed by the acids that
steadily at work the metal day and night What is the
use in replacing pipes only submit such repairs to the
sort of dsntegraon? AS far permanent effect
the water piping of Fairmont is concerned the money
pended daily in replacing pipes and employing workmen for
this purpose might well be tossed in the river.
Some days ago this newspaper called the attention Of
the public to the damage being done the streets of the city
because of the broken pipes beneath the surface Fine SPLEEN
did, brick surfaces laid in solid concrete surface perfect
and unbroken daily being attacked by the picks of the
men of the water department and damaged that the city
will pay out hundreds of dollars for repair streets and
then only be able to make patched job Of it.
Consider again the amount of plumbers bills that will
paid out of the pockebooks of the citizens for damage
plumbing in residences and public buildings Consider the ILL
ness that must follow continued of water in such
on the city water and the exasperang experienced in
trying to the city,water for domestic, purposes
Does Fairmont@ant this continue for
morethan tax payers want to foot
exrayagant public bills well as private
bitsa sum involved postponing
proposition that must be met inithe end?
The city directors probably reason that chance
given the public TO its sentiments pure water for
Farmont and the opportunity was ignored This being true
the directors possibly believe it is not incumbent them to
again submit the question The West Vgnian believes how
ever that this does not relieve the city directors of their
sponsbty of providing pure water for Fairmon The city
should be given another chance There hundreds of c
who desire it earnestly Let the city directors again ask
the public for it approval of bond issue for filtration plant
and if the result will not tell adferent story 0vercon
fdence what lost the first election In giving the people
another chance the city directors will have then done their
utsos and when their retirement takes place next June
there will then be blame attached to this administration
no matter how water conditions are.
! By voting the question now it will be decided upon
its own merit alone II left until another body drec
tors takes charge the question of filtration plant i'm
proved water conditions will become political issue 1t will
be impossible okeep out of politics Candidates win prom
Use this and that and stand for against the question
seems epedent The public most profoundly dos not want
this water proposition to become the footb of municipal
election.
Let us have the question let have It The
public ready for -deay is than foolish Farmont
must its water pobm it cannot be sdestepped real
r1uhv
squarely, and at once?
-FOUR LOCAL men GO IBUCKHANNoN MAN