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le*Hi, as. isso on-tal No iui i w ho ftHiiyts,m-)X-mt(Hi-m*lotmlbobooil'lt;VtyIISnffVofvkilnnluhiotvv.The Now WiUci* Worlw.Tim AVfttor Works qiuMtlon tnkos proec-doiioo of Any othu.1 bo for 0 the now Oounoil, No pavoinonfc can bo, or ought to bo, com iraotod for until tliMis ’ sottlod, A Yiu-loty of oontroota aro dovolved upon this Oounoil by Its prodooosflor—oontmdtHformuoliluory, wo tor plpo, location, ooustruollon, u mount lug In tho aggregate to nearly $100,000, All tb080 oontvacta huvo boon made lu pursu* anno of tho chart or, Urn resolutions and or-illiuineoii of tho Connell, and In uonordmioo with tho publlo HonUmont na oxproaaeil on repealed ononBiouft. It bail boon supposod that tho day of diaouasion ns to tho oxpotli-onoy of ivoter works had boon passed. Tho Ilnlly system Is imquoatlonnbly tho most popular of modern times, adopted by aooroa of now cities oafts and wost. Tho frequency and doBtmoUvonoflB of fires, and the groat expense of maintaining Ilro dopartinouls in oUles, have boon among tho strongest arguments in favor of tho Holly system, Not loss than $100,000 In paid out In Mils city annually la premiums lor Immrnuoe. Wo arc informed by a leading iimuranee agent of tltis city, that a emupdUmt and Mielimt water works upon thhi plan tt'ould reduco this lusnranoo twenty-five per oont.i tills Is an argument which comas homo with force lu every business man, In »(military point of view, and as a matter of vlomoBtto convenience and com fort, water works hold the highest rank. Wboro I hoy are used In oitlos, they are just as certain to ylolil a revenue us good us gas works, ' Tho loontlou selected by Mr. Holly himself at I'Tlemlshlp Island was dictated by two eon-sldoraliomt, 1‘Hrst in order, to obtain an pure floft water as oould bo promirod from any of the springs in tho surrounding hills and secondly, in easo of fire to have reoourao to the (’reek Itself. Still nnnlhor nrgumont
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Titusville Herald
Titusville, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Apr 16, 1873
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