The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-04-01

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Naturally Mr.. Walton would seek a reduction of
water rates should he be elected to the commission.
There is a public demand and need for lower water
rates. Everybody wants them. Mr.. Walton is not
alone in his aspirations. The present commissioners
have been working toward lower water rates for four
years. They have Just succeeded in placing the city's
finances and the water plant in such position that
lower water rates are possible, if the citizens elect to
provide the additional plant equipment proposed in
the pending bond issues. These bonds could not be
submitted before.
How would MIR. Walton have proceeded, what
would he have done during the past four years, to give
albuquerque lower water rates2
Would he have run the water plant at a loss and
loaded the deficit upon the taxpayers?
Would he have stopped the extension of water
mains to serve citizens who lacked not only water for
lawns and flowers but also water for their kitchen
sinks and bathrooms-in order that ether more ia
vored locations might have cheaper water for grass
and howersl
Would he have checked the paving of streets by
refusing to lay under those streets the water mains
which must precede paving2
Would he have refused to provide the additional
wells and pumping equipment which became abso-
lutely necessary not only to protect the city from fire,
but also to supply the growing demand for domestic
water supply?
Would he have followed the policy advocated by
his sponsor, Mn. Magee, and run the city short of water
for domestic purposes and fire protection, in order to
increase the supply and lower the rate for lawns
when just so much money and Just so much water
were available and no more OF either could be had?
How would Mr.. Walton have accomplished dur
ing the past four years what not only the commission
ers, but the best business and engineering brains in AL
buquerque could not accomplishment Albuquerque
credit was sufficiently restored to secure funds for
water plant expansion from bonds?
1t is true that the people were promised cheaper
water when the city bought the water plant,
But who promised itp
Cornell, Mclaughlin and Reynolds made no such
promises. They had taken the pains to get the facts
and knew that cheaper water rates could not be had
until a bigger plant and volume production could be
had-and these they knew could not be had until large
sum of money had been invested in the plant.
Tingley promised cheaper water rates-of course.
But at no time did he. or those maintaining his views
toward the duties and responsibilities of public office,
manifest the slightest interest as to HOW cheaper
rates were to be provided.
1t was to be done, it would seem, by some sort of
a miracle. OF course no miracle happened. MIR. Wal
The Men Who Have Put Lower Water Rates
to See That We Get Them. Reflect Connell