Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-05-08
WOODSTOCK FACES
A VITAL PROBLEM
Town Must Have More Water or
VIII Lag Behind-Water Means
Growth

" PAID little attention 10 parl1a
mentary usage. He appreciated wha
was necessary for the expedien
handling of the boards business ant
upon motion to adopt some mea
sure. it was put before the Super
visors in this manner:
Gentlemen. you have all heard
the motion. All in favor win SAL
-.ayes eentrary,'' and without hesitas
ton he would add. THE ayes have
it,"
And SO might it be in considering
Woodstock's water problem, in or
der that the town might acquire an
adequate supply of this essential
commodity in community s
growth. Let all in favor of it say
aye, vote aye and work aye and
contrary. let it happen that the ayes
will prevail
Frankly. this is no time to equivo-
cate, parley or hesitate, for the en-
dorsement or rejection of the pro-
posal to issue bonds for the purpose
of augmenting the water supply of
the town is the most vital question
which the town has had to face
since the original proposition for a
water system was voted upon in
1901.
1t is question which requires
reason and not rancor in its solu-
ton, for nothing is to be gained by
an ill-tempered, prejudicial or igno-
rant consideration of the PROPOSE
ton.
One may be consistently and con-
scientiously opposed to the addi-
tional water supply and the reasons
may be self-satisfying or perchance
self-serving. An honest difference
of opinion merits consideration and
to meet this difference means that
the question.
Let's Reason Together
Let's reason together" is
scriptural as well as sensible in
junction, and in reasoning together
only facts should be considered
when a proposition of such moment
is at issue.
The growth OF Woodstock and the
evolution of it's water supply have
the hamlet with the use of springs,
then the smaller town with it's wells
and cisterns and then the larger
town with its gravity system of wa
ter. and it is a matter of considera-
ton that since the construction of
the water system, "a years ago, the
town has doubled in population. Ger
tainly no opponent of the plan to in
crease the supply of water would
have the temerity to claim that
Woodstock would have grown to its
present proportions without it's wa
ter system. People do not move into
the towns where conveniences are
lacking. There is considerable sem
timent in THE Old Oaken Bucket, +"
but there is more satisfaction in the
spigot at the sink.
1t is useless to argue that towns
expansion and its water supply are
not interdependent. 1t is foolish to
assert that town. any town, will
grow without enough water to take
care of the forces which contribute
to its expansion. 1t is asinine to as
sumo that there will be an increase
in Industrial activity if such indus
tries cannot secure the water essen
tial for their operation. These things
admit of no argument. for they are
so self-evident that only a moron
would question them.
One Question Involved
Therefore the water problem in
Woodstock resolves itself into one
question.
Do We want the town to grow?
That is all there is to ii. Growth
with enhanced valuations of prop
erty. with a market for the country
contiguous to the town, with en-
ployment for labor and pay rolls for
merchants
III we want to share in the for.
ward movement in the Shenandoah
Valley we must assume some of the
obligations ESSENTIAL to acquiring this
share The outside world will judg.
us by our local attitude toward
progression and logically no Iiv.
business organization will seek 1
municipal cemetery for a location
As to the cost of the proposed un
dertaking 1t is matter for expert
to determine. Competent and expe
rienced engineers say that the worl
can be done within the amount aske,
for in the bond issue. Indeed, en-
gineers have expressed willingness
to take the contract within tina
amount. This being true, the COS
will be fixed and settled. and tn
contractors will be bonded to do tn
work at the stipulated price.
ADD TO EDITORIAL .......
An analysis of the water from tn
Stony Greek area, just made b
state chemists shows that the pre-
posed supply is free from all dele
terious substances, absolutely pur,
and soft. In addition. it is so ST
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