Show tax levy cut to ten mills city will purchase cherry creek water and pot in pipe line the city council held an adjo umed meeting last saturday night and fixed the city tax levy for the present year at 10 mills this levy is divided as fol lows mills for contingent expenses and 5 mills for water purposes the price which the eureka hill mining company asked for its pipe line from eureka to the main line of the cherry creek water system at junction was WOO this the city council thought to be exorbitant as a new line litif a smaller pipe of carrying all of the water needed by the city can be put in for about the amount which the abo e mining company a bed for a lease on the 1 ne as also excessive being 2000 a year and the leasing of thi line is also out of the question there is but one thing to be done and is to build an en new line in 1 install a 3 inch ipe which will carry a great deal more water than the city requires at the present time the water will run from the ma n line at lint jui action to a point above the bullion beck mine and it will alien be nece siry to put in a pump and electr motor for the pur pose of i bumping it to the tanks which aie located on the hil to the southeast of the he cost a D eatery small the city cin save about per month on the amount of bater which is now being used as the cherry creek w ater can be purchased bed for j istone half whit is now being aid the hill corn any and is is undoubtedly better water |