Show THE COMMITTEES WATER BILL There t scenis to be a disposition in some quarters to divert the argument for the bill to provide a Wutei > Commission Com-mission for this city to a plea that It Is an attack on the City Council This is a wholly erroneous vlek There Is not and has not been in the mlnda of any who urge that bill any disposition to assail any person of body of persons per-sons It inlght us well have been urged twelve years ago when the Board of Education was established In this city that Its creation was a slight upon the Council We use this Illustration because be-cause this water commission bill follows the wording of the net creating this Board of Education The plea that the measure assails thc Council Is made by those who are opposed to the bill who would oppose It anyway and merely urge this plea In default of a better one The proposed bill Is one that was drawn after a great deal of thought and consultation with men skilled In the law In municipal affairs and In the water question It Is l not Insisted however how-ever that it is perfect nor that the plan of water supply musjt necessarily follow the lines of the Commercial I Club committees report But It would be a pity to lose altogether the result of the very thorough and intelligent investigations investi-gations made by the various subcommittees subcom-mittees and the work and conclusions of the general committee The facts developed In those investigations are of great value to this city and valley And this reminds us of the point that this Water Commission ought to have a Jurisdiction wider than the boundaries boun-daries of the city = EO that the whole water question of the valley r so fat I as It relates to the city supply and distribution dis-tribution could be thoroughly dealt with by it If the hearings now on before be-fore the Senate committee arc complete so that the members will thoroughly understand Just what Is proposed and that the bill Is not pushed In hostility to anybody but solely In the Interest of the public we feel sure that the Judgment Judg-ment of the committee will be in favor of its enactment |