Putnam patriot., 1927-04-08

900 is invested in the Symonds plans. at five per cent this means but Sl 900 a year. Concrete reservoirs will last for a long time without repair and l think the people want something per- manent for future generations.
 Urge. uEi.y
 Mr Padgett spoke again and said that be had no interest in either plan except as it was fer the best interest of the city. lie also thought a de- plarahle situation had arisen and that the petition was presented iu the hopes it would help tO get you gentlemen to- eether He thought t would be more fair and therefore urged that an other meeting be held and have the commissioners present.
 On motion of Alderman Ryan it was voted that when the meeting adjourn ed it adjourn Co a date when the com missiouers could be present and that the petition be laid on the table until that meeting
 Representative from the St. Johns Society appeared. Adolphus Gregoire acted as spokesman and brought up the old land dispute that has been in and out of the council for years. Mir. Gregoire said the society would like to get Il settled once and for all. The matter was referred Go the city prop erty committee.
 The acting mayor and his horse drawn grocery wagon are a familiar sight Co the people of Putnam. When His Honor brought up the matter of having the town repair the watering trough in Union Square or remove if
 4 n | .l E.. it there" d general laugh was created
 Alderman Carroll said Chat as few cities in the United States have wa terinp troughs he thought Putnam should retain that distinction There was more laughter l. was agreed. however. that there are farmers still driving horses and that q place for watering them should be maintained. and | was so voted l. was around lf30 when the council adjourned to next Tuesday evening.
 Letter to Commissioner
 After the meeting Alderman Rogers handed to members of the press a let ter which. he said, had been given tn each member of the Board ot Water Commissioners at the first joint meet ! llAE MAAA AAN rtftAAaAA NNAiAAAAANANA tHtfA embraces the same sentiments that the committee still maintains. The letter follows:
 Mir. Chairman and Gentlemen object of this meeting Is to arrive at the best and most economical method of giving the City of Putnam an ade- auate supply of water for fire pro lection and domestic use. There is no question but that the old reservoir has seen it's best days. and we have to agree on some plan that will give us a storage capacity large enough to take care of our needs for many years to come. There Is no question but that the water mains in the business and residential ms will have t0 be re- placed with larger pipes that will give fs the necessary hydrant pressure. Al the present time. the Insurance EX change places Putnam in Class D, and he main object in making these changes is Co improve our fire protee- tion thereby giving Us | better rating and lower insurance rate. it We cannot attain this We might as well leaef- things as they are The mayor haz appointed committee to work with the water board te bring about fha changes necessary. Where SO large committee Is working on project there is sure Co be d difference ot opin= lan as to the plans we should adopt. 1 suggest that We forget what has been done n the past and take the con diti8n of our water system as it IS to- dav and work out this problem With out faVoring any one engineer reeom- mendation and when We arrive at a praper solution of the city's needs we should employ an engineer to work out all the details of the plan We adopt