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THE WATER QUESTION.TUc CIII7W' Woirf mK lrt»lTu«*clttyUv«iilfiff in OlwliW tl.o Subject,I A meeting of the citizens of Hie city was held at lhc Own IJo.kc last Tuesday oven-Ifce 22 d in St,, Co consider the water ones-fcon, ■ 1The meeting was called to order \yy lr. Morrison, and, on motion, Judge Tollock was called to the clmir and C. A. Scbaflicr ap-pointed Secrulaiy.T1- clinirina.- briefly Mnted that he. believ-lire object of the meeting was to devise paeans to secure water at the oiliest pmsiblc time.Co]. Bogardus was called on, who slated Ihat the City Council was in session ln«t even* ingrflnd bad under consideration tmpending operations on the ailcdanwcll fora lime.then made the following statement : Our citizens are well aware that corporations aic not permitted to issue bonds in excess of 5 per cent, of the assessed valuation of the-property wilhiu (heir limits. The indebted-tc£ of the city, on account of the orlesinn wed, is $ 18rooo. We have reached a depth of 3500 feel for that amount. 7'lie limit to which we can bond the city for is £22,600, according lo the assessment of the Stale Board of Equalisation. We now want the tax payers lo instruct its, hcfoic it is too late, whether we shall go on with the weVi or stop.Mr. C. U, lcw was pleased to see the in* tercst manifested by our people on the water question. \V t r,.iU have water at all hazards.Anothw conflagration such as we bad lastOft will cripple our town for many years to come. There Is a way to get water, even if we cannot secure it immediately through our artesian well. At about 200 feet depth water Was struck in our artesian well that would have supplied a cily of 10,000 inhabitants. Our safo course now ts lo cense operations on our present well, and bore in some other per* lion of lhc town. It will not do to exhaust the limit of law on our artesian well blit raih-cr endeavor lo get water by other means, and we can get an abundance of water for a small sum comparatively. Uy boring another well 2cq feet we will get an abundance of water for all purposes.Mr, L. 1?. litJl V/.15 of the opinion that fordie past year we have been throwing away money on the aileron well. He believes we can get water in abundance by sinking mother well. Ccojge V'light and himself have water enough to supply the city, and obtained that by boring less than 300 fed. All we :■ for the cily lo lube the whole length of Iowa, whitii will not cost over £600. For £2,500 six good tanks can be built. If the city wilt const!net the tanks, c.f he (Hill) will furnish alt the water needed for fire purposes free of chai'ge for one year.Dr, M01 risen desired an expression from the voters, ?.nd, tbctefore moved that a committee of four be appointed to chculaic petitions in favor of and against going on v/Jth the artesian well. Said committee to consist of two in favor of and two against. Adopted.The chairman appointed as said committee, Dr. J. D. Wylie, J. 13. Thomas, It. F. Hill and John Bod Icy.On motion, the meeting adjourned.J. POLLOCK, Chairman.C. A. ScitAiTTER, Scc'y,
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Paxton Weekly Record
Paxton, Illinois, US
Thu, Jun 24, 1875
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