Show t c i r I iI lU < t 1 I r < S 5 t orE S I S J1u wte I > rate trouMe 5 t nb 7tP i1firThe thmitt e i wU i r < nl r 4 J tirIth ie problem 0 f5Mp 5t t sa pl iprot tBn 1 ud iiltlie me iI1 < 1 7rih eofdihte > t 1 1 hay att fj ofis5 Ifl f q sj te e I < krebwcL om 1n of y 3 hO n J isOn thene iaindnd rgiddtftc t ib gui ed bi n theoLher i f J H J il t g t4i siritoihi la aud its 1ife siiculd cnz1ded t 9 es t a5 elI s 6sPOSit1ved t b LAlthough it rsd t cer tam s hh il be chaged 1 eah room In a houe U irelr l npf r i b1 tharindt l ii tedj I rooms shall JHf eharget a w i e ahf tti tne 1i ot tb water > rttJe means oEisaistripu1tIon < tact the jvtu3 1 is levleia 1A i > af Jfor wid 4BrteKtrisi < not d tt rtie tar r pushl iot o8Am1 I powd > > v J i S II Ui4e4r a 17f the kking sgainst this ers great levy WPUl not be ft or ij di t tl tt no4afect tlui Idr8iimhcet But itmKke l the Gxcesffit cbar under 3 EO 1 rtly ab oye lhoeer eer lmppse5iVB 1 fore rall thc more grinding pn tgxi T > ayersSthpfarei yeryrnuVy res4dn tglr clrcumstjinces and thy 56uht tet rceEve somcrconsderatIon t There re many errors Tn th as sosmethlch aie likely to currin I dor any Administratipri o 4hefl 1 lance riieete oughif tijt b rectuiea and 1 fobtiDly wil1 be Che charges are ftr much greater than in t J former years They reflect O disc5edttpri fheprcseni waterworks department tilt the contrary For the effort from that quartet has t > eeli itp enforce the 1 city ordInance as Jt stands < l1 re1s the rerinninj of the trpUr ble Tllbs are absur0ittes and iricqria istencIcs1n i iha neasure and if or these tlie executive officers are nbl fn any Vav responsibly For Insfaaice It equ1teone dollar to be assessed leach l-each fro m in a house exceeding sIx It dp s npteemtosignify whetherthe rims ape occupied or not i A house With ten oom and three or four peT sonsliving in 1t would pay morethari a jK usewit5vsix rooms and ten or a dozen persons Jiving1 in it There would l bp more water used in the lat 4terand less Paid forj it thanin the former case Each room In a hotel or lodging house with water attachments ia charged a < dollar andsu half and if it have water attachments is assessed one dollar whether the rooms are oc cupied all or partof thetime makes no difference And thenumber of persons i per-sons using the water supply cuts no figure in the amount which the landlord land-lord hastp pay Just the same with office buildings stores and shops jit will beeasily seen that thiS is inequitable in-equitable and that some understanding ing should be had by the waterworks I department a toa rational administration I adminis-tration of thex > rdinance so that justice jus-tice may be done and the Intent and purposeofthe ordinance may be > carried car-ried out instead of a castiron adherence adher-ence to its letter There is one thins that should not be forgotten in the waterusing controversy contro-versy There are a number of people in this city whose property holds the claim of prior rights to the use of the water which the city now controls They insist thatthe corporation has no legal power lo aSsess them anything any-thing except forth conveyance and distribution of the watgrf the Tight to the reasonable use ofWhich is vested in them The water does1 not belong to theJnunicipal corporatJon The control con-trol and distribution of it are in the hands of the city What it costs to carry out these powers may be charged up to the users of the appliances which the city provides and furnishes and that is all It is expected that the committee having in charge the correction of errors er-rors in assessment will not overlook either the common sense view of the meaning and intent of the ordinance or the rights of citizens and the actual cost of the water distribution By acting act-ing wisely in this matter they will save much annoyance to the people and some litigation to the city |