| Show SCHEME TO SELL CITY waterworks WATER WORKS the nefarious scheme to sell the city waterworks water works to a private corporation la is at the front again several times it has been brought up but on an each occasion has baa failed in being worked to A ibue i bue but the matapula tors lore regard thle this us as au AD opportune time and are again at work they tbt y pee ie in atio scheme a good thing for tueua solves if they can get the yand no one blames them particularly for looking out for coir number une one in making investments but with a city chuu oil that will play into their hands the case would be different what la is the situation of the present city council their administration is strapped for money and may be some of them are re individually in the same game fix that is ie the special feature that is being on by toe the would be water works pr and the fact that the municipality will be hard bard run for funds throughout the period of the next administration because of past official extra aiice la is also talon tat en a 0 of hence ane hope that the waterworks water works will be disposed of tu to acure needful cash the idea of having a private cor corpora lora lion ion take the cayla water system la is an old one some tour years yearn uince while the matter was wae beinie agitated mr Under underwood wooi of omaha came here and made an attempt to carry it into effect he was president of abe american waterworks Water works company with plenty of influence and capital he organized a corporation in which there were counted with him dennis sullivan of denver and W 6 mccornick A hanauer B R C chambers JN Twe week JR Mackl mackintosh utush and others of this city though the company was formed it never did any hing because it was ascertained that at that time the city would not sell witcher junes jones sod and athers made a similar proposition but toey tailed failed also to net the waters water arks seven or eight thousand citizens protested prote against it by petition now in the financial fl distress of the city the Under wod jod scheme has been revived several of his ow old associates aano clates in the company deny any connection with him on the present occasion but he be has plenty who are willing to work with him for the big plum two weeks ago he came to this city and registered at the he he remained a week and when askea tile purpose of his visit said maid it was wan sor or pleasure plea Bure but it was noticed that among hiti bits frequent callers were some who were formerly associated with mm aim in the waterworks water works proposition as wall as others so when it was asserted that ne lie wap wac again on the alert for securing the waterworks water works with what tie thought good prospect ot of it was nut not a matter ot of surprise though it is an item of vast importance to the citizens just bow the scheme Is to be carried through to is a matter of uncertainty but it is a fact that it will be worked for or all it is worth unless union the exposure ut of the plans anu and a decided public sentiment defeat the huge job with how much concern the weight of public sentiment with the present council is regarded Jed in certain quarters is indicated in the remark of one of the workers in the scheme today he said twenty five thousand collars will do anything with the present URY city council some people may think the estimate either too nigh vr ut too low one oats thing maybe may be considered certain anu that lis in that whatever view the members of the council possess on the of selling the waterworks water works the people are antagonistic to the scheme kneir opinion has boo not varied to lo tiny any extent the witch ei jones proposition of three years ago at that time councilman james anderson And ereon WM wan chairman of the committee on en waterworks water works anu ana be learned what the people thought anil ADLI felt himself on the subject today toda tie lie salo eau the taxpayers will bang the city council that dares to sell or attempt to sell the waterworks water works and in my opinion they would be justified in so BO doing suon such a sale would be one cue of the grossest outrages could be perpetrated upon any community the general a liti liniment ment of the community is in in harmony with the ex view oi 01 the outrageous nature of the act so BO there need be no dubiety antho on the part of the city coun C oll 1 if the mutter matter cornea comes before them officially 1 ally as aa to where the people stand then it may be learned whether will do anything with the present pree ent council or their successors sore |
