Show reservoir to be constructed 0 eureka city must spend sum to bring the water tern tem up to higher stand standard work to start at once 0 mayor bourne and members of the city council state that engineers are preparing plans for the new concrete reservoir which will take the PI place ace ol 01 the tanks now in use as a part of the city water system and that the actual construction vo f this reservoir will be commenced at an early we late the new reservoir which will hav havo a greater capacity than the tanks fi now in use la Is badly needed to bring the city s water system up to the pro per standard of efficiency ettl clency this reservoir will be a permanent im t provement pro and it might be termed the nucleus of a much better wa water ter system which so e or orlaver later must be installed in E re a mayor bourne s say lAhat hat it Is this alece piece of new wo work which will cost approximately 10 that has made it necessary for eureka city to go quite heavily into debt at the pre sent bent time the plans call tor for a loan to the city ot of about 16 the sum rutn of 0 6 in excess ot of that needed for the water system improvements being required to take care of the running expenses of the city tor for the remainder ot of the year or until the 1920 tax money will be available such improvements as the adminta ration has planned tor for the water system would ordinarily call tor for a bond issue but all ot of the officers of the city are opposed to floating bonds under existing conditions they tell fell that the money can be repaid after the 1920 taxes are col lecter and that sufficient money will be left in the tre treasury sur to wy carry on the business bu ot of th caty for another year the new reser air will be located on a higher llevat on than the pre sent tanks and this w better tire fire protection not only a larger sup ply of water but a much heavier pressure the change may possibly make lower insurance rates it if the matter Is brought to the attention of the proper officials of the insurance companies |