The northwestern bulletin., 1923-07-21
SEWERAGE NOW
ASSURED; BOND
ISSUE |SPASSED
Public Sentiment Gives Support
to $3,00O,0O0 Water Works
by 5 to 1 Majority.
PROVISION is MADE
FOR GOOD SEWERAGE
Paving and Other Necessary Inn
Provements Will Now Be
Realized.

The amendment to the city charter,
the water bonds and the sewer bonds
have won by a five to one vote.
The charter amendment passed
provides that interest on the bonded
debt of the city shall not be con-
sidered part of the cost of govern
mcnt. Passage of this issue means
that interest charges on the city's
bonded debt will not be included in
the $40 per capita expenditures for
government permitted under the
provisions of the present city char
ter.
S5,5OO,O0O i'm Bonds Total.
The water bond issue passed au-
thorizes assurance and sale of $2,-
100000 in city water department
bonds. and the expenditure OF the
proceeds for needed repairs aud ex-
tensions of the present water sup
ply system.
The sewer bond issue passed
authorizes issuances and sale Of
s3,000,000 in municipal bonds for ex-
tensions to the presently inadequate
sewer system of the city.
With only one precinct of the eco
in the city missing the vote for and
against the three issues was:
Yes No
Charter amendment. .-24,051 5,S75
Water Dept. bonds.29,469 $500
Sewer bonds..-.--...--....29,,66 $50 5,218
Every one of the 199 precincts re-
porting returned a substantial major
ity for all three propositions. Some
of the precincts ran as high as Is to
1, while the lowest noted ran about
" to /.
Sewer Next Important.
The sewer bond issue, and 1t was
generally conceded to be the most
vital of the three, takes care of the
sanitary requirements of the city, as
well as the big bulk of the city's and
county's comprehensive paving pro-
gram.
Due to the lack of adequate sewer
facilities in some sections OF the city
and the entire absence of sewers in
other sections, many of the author
lied and ordered paving programs
have been held in allegiance. Paving
could not be laid on streets where
the sewer system was inadequate, or
where there was no sewer system at
all.
Another important factor of the
sewer bond issue is that 1t permits
construction of sewers in city dis
tricts where the cost of sewer con-
struction could not be assessed
against abutting or benefitting prop
erty because of the law property
values. This, 1t was pointed out by
Mayor Nelson in his public utter
ances. was particularly true in the
West Seventh street district where
the need for sewers was imperative.
Fund Voted In 1920.
A $3,000,000 water works bond is
sue was voted in 1920. Virtually the
entire amount of this issue has been
expended in needed improvements.
The new filtration plant. the low
service reservoirs in the Rice street
and Randolph Heights districts. ad-
ditional supply means from the Mis-
sissippi river and large mains and
feeder mains throughout the city
have been constructed and provided
out of this issue.
The water works Improvement and
extension program to be made pos
sible through the issue passed Mon
day includes: A 30-inch main In
Larpenteur avenue from Dale street
to Smelling avenue; a 24-inch main In
Larpenteur avenue from Smelling ave-
nue. to westerly city limits: north
and south feeder mains to serve the
west district Of the city: . 30-inch
main In Otto avenue from SnellIng
to Cleveland avsnue: . 30-ineh main
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