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|The New Styles in
Tailored and Lingerie
Waists Are Here!
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Today's express tfrought a large shipment of new
Tailored and Lingerie Waists. Every accepted style
is now shown here.
NEW TAILORED WAISTS—Linen and Ponce ef-
fects, priced at $1 50
Tailored Waists with Robespierre collar, trimmed in
buttons, etc., priced at $150
PRETTY STYIJSS in Lingerie Waists, long and short
sleeves, priced at $1.50, $2.00 and up to $3 50
NEW WHITE WASH SKIRTS, made of ratine, linen
crash and pique, specially priced at $1.50, $2.00 and
up to $3 50
NEW CREPE-DE-CHINE Petticoats in shades of
pink, light blue and white, priced at $7..50 and $8 50
New Crepe De Chine Night Gown in white, pink and
light blue, all beautifully trimmed in laces, etc., priced
at $8.75 and $10 00
NEW MESSALINE SLIPS in all the new pretty even-
ing shades.
PECIAL TODAY—Big assortment of Battenberg
iid Mexican Drawn work, consisting of Center-
ieces, Scarfs, Table Covers, Doilies, etc., values from
25c to $8.50 on sale today at Half Price.
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SESSION TUESDAY EVENING
WATER COMMISSION INVESTIGATING COMMIT-
TEE—NEW WHOLESALE GROCERY FIRM ASKS
FOR TRACKAGE PRIVILEGES—MAYOR J. B.
WATTERS SUBMITS ANNUAL REPORT
SEWER MATTER ARBITRATED AND ACCEPTED
Committee as Appointed to Arbitrate the Engineers' Re-
port on Valuation of Sewer Submits Its Findings
Which are Unapimously Adopted by the Council;
Vigorous Opposition by Ferguson and Hair
can foretell Its dread visits by the
simple process of thoroughly remov-
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Clean and Healthful Towns.
/ Members of the Civic league have
ialled especial attention to the follow- th® *>ur or five days.
i„ i am glad to say that manv of the
i log excerpts from an article £y Dr.
I. Carrlck, medical director in
Charge of Holland's Cleanest Town
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The city council met in regular
session Tuesday night, with all mem-
bers present except Alderman Nichols.
Routine business was transacted, aft-
er which the sewer Question was
taken up, and the report of the arbi-
tration board received, and acted on.
Regular Business.
Under the order of receiving peti-
tions, the following were read and
disposed of as Indicated:
S. B. Clifton, gardener, asked for
raise in salary. He is now paid 14 5
a month. The petition was ordered
filed.
Numerous signature* were affixed to
petition for an arc light at intersec-
tion of Central avenue and 4th street.
Referred to fire and water commit-
tee.
The minutes of the water commis-
sion were read, in which was re-
quest for prompt action in appoint-
ment of a committee to investigate
charges concerning the management
of that department. The mayor an-
nounced that he had appointed E. F.
a I Unham, A. F. Bentley and J. I. Den-
person appearing before them was
Mr. Frank L. Denison of the Temple
Sanitary Sewer Co.. who filed with
Bald arbitrators statements of the fi-
nancial operations of the sewer com- 0f $176.23, which was di
the tributary territory, but In manhole
at Intersection of line from alley.
First and Third Streets, showed a
depth of tour inches of sewage. At
other points examined there \yas a
good velocity and no sediment." On
this basis of 1,100,000 gallons per
day If flowing fall, the 12-inch main
line would carry off in a year of 365
days, the amount of 584.000,000 gal-
lons. We are informed that the water-
works pumped during last year a
total of 40ft,0(H),000 gallons for all
uses in the city. According to these
figures the 12-inch main could have
carried off all the water pumped by
the city for all purposes during the
past year and an excess thereover of
178,000,000 gallons, which demon-
strates that this pipe is not too small
for use in a city the size of Temple,
as some may have feared. Only a
small per cent of the water pumped
finds its way into the sewer, but if
It all did so it would not be In excess
of the capacity as shown.
Arriving at Final Value of Plant.
The arbitrators, in fixing a final
value on the plant used the figures of
Messrs. Burns & McDonald, the en-
gineers employed by the city as to
value less depreciation, which figures
are $31,682/47, with the following
aught exceptions:
Item No. 45 Depreciation, engin-
eering. legal fees. Incidentals etc., to
amount of $486.81, which penalty was
disallowed.
Item No. 4 6. Depreciation on in-
terest during construction to amount
llowed.
$1200 per annum that the Sewer com-
pany is now paying its superintendent
as an annual salary.
We beg further to Invite your kind
and considerate attention and that of
the citizens of Temple to the fact that
this city can acquire the sewer plant
and cause it to pay Itself out from
earnings without raising the tax rate
of the city one penny. Taking the
receipts of the Sewer company for
1912 as a basis, although the first
quarter of 1913 shows, much better,
but taking 1912 as a basis the gross
revenues of the plant were $8,700.35.
Table.
(PrU-ate Ownership.)
Gross earnings
1912 $8,700.31
Salary supt $1,200.00
Fixed charges
Including Interest 678.56
Taxes 814.57
Misc. expenses 2,491.33
Profit and loss
(earnings) ... 4,115.89
Total .«.«•*••
(City
Gross earnings
Salary Supt .
Taxes
Misc. expenses..
Fixed charges
including Interest
and 2 per cent
sinking fund on
$75,000 00 bonds
Profit and loss
(earnings) .....
. $8,700.35
Ownership.)
. .$0,000.00
000.00
2,491.00
$8,700.3$
$8,700.35
5.250.00
0S9.35
tem and the construction of an entire-
ly new plant, but that the choice
would be expressed in an election to
be held later, when bond issue would
be before the people. Full publicity
was promised, in order that intelli-
gent vote might be had, and Choice
registered as between purchase of old
plant and construction of new.
The speaker proceeded to show that
this right of selection was being de-
nied th$ people, as per the form of the
election ordered for April first. He
complained of the short time in which
the public had to acquaint Itself with
the report of the engineers, as so
recently submitted. Respects were
paid the arbitration board, which had
within twenty four hours waded
through the mass of technical pre-
sentation, and had pronounced it
good, and had assumed to pass on all
therein contained arte to declare it
correct. The arbitrators were "going
some" he declared, In "putting over
the deal." They were "wonders."
The proceedings were too hasty, he
declared, and did not give opportunity
for checking up the conclusions and
figures of the engineers nor for di-
gestion of the report as a whole. It
would be impossible to give full con-
sideration to the engineers' report in
the one week to elapse before the
eleotion. As a citizen and
tax payer, representing inter-
ests paving one twelfth of the
total property tax payed In Temple,
he claimed the right to ask for time against the proposal to hold the .-Inc-
itements made by Mr. Ferguson, but
did not enter into diseussion of the
merits of the engineers' report, nor
of the report made by the arbitrators.
He confined himself to relation of the
acts of the arbitration board, in hold-
ing an open session Monday at which
Mr. Ferguson and others who might
have had information to Impart, had
failed to appear. Also, the incidents
attending the appearance of Mr. Fer-
guson before the committee on Tues-
day, were gone over, and the strange
fact that the arbitrators had not been
given the engineers' reports for con-
sideration until Saturday evening, they
having gone to Mr. Ferguson nnd "an-
other gentleman" not a member of
the arbitration board. Mr. Darlings
remarks were in vein to indicate that
the opposition as expressed an<i the
charge of quick action by the board
were not entirely in seriousness minle,
and he added Mr. Ferguson as the
third "wonder" inasmuch as that gen-
tleman had required only a brief time
to determine that the voluminous re-
port of the engineers was wrong.
He claimed that the board had had
as much time to approve the report
as Mr. Ferguson had had to condemn
It. Mr. Darling asserted that he and
his conferee had done their best, and
had made report as they considered
to be fair and to the best interests
of all concerned.
Mr. Hair's Presentation.
Attorney W. W. Hair, speaking
$8,700.36 $8,700.85
pany, Including a statement of reve- j ^s a matter of fact the arbitrators Total
nues and expenditures of said com- were unanimously of the opinion j These earnings would pay all ex-
^ "While investigating the negro
mm quarters in one town I took occasion
* to point out to a number of the resi-
dents unsanitary conditions they
r® responsible for. They listened
1th Interest. One darky Joined the
jtowd Just as I was concluding my
irks and asked an old uncle
lat was aoin'." 1 laughed at the
old man's reply at the time, but not
tOe. He said, "De doctah am glbin'
am glad to say that many of the
towns I visited have adopted this
method.
"Every town should see that this is
done at the dairies that furnish its
milk supply.
"The fly as a typhoid breeder is so
familiar to scientists that they have
renamed the c6mmon house fly the
"typhoid fly." Exhaustive Btudles of
its habits, propagation and career
have been made. The German gov-
ernment, recognizing the danger at-
tending its unhampered course, has
provided penalties so severe as to
seem harsh for anyone neglecting to
remove all sources that may be used
as fly-breeding places. Ninety per
In
at the Fly!
A
• a medicated dlsatation on de dangahs cent of the typhoid flies are bred
—E^oount of our Ju'ms and in- } horse manure. It is criminal for us
Wnshnai." j to 'onger neglect our manure piles.
"Cheerful little buzzing flies flitted j Ti _■ stable fly. familiar to all of us
(hack and forth from one to the other. ; as the nuisance that bites when the
Ta^sannot blame the flies. Perhaps air Is superheated with moisture, ac-
|H ***' to* take up this question of j cording to the United States Public
Health service reports, is a common
carrier and prolific source of infan-
tile paralysis. This fact alone should
awaken us to the importance of con-
trolling wagon yards, livery stables
and our own barnyard?
"Tuberculosis with i .errors is
spread by the little pest. In short,
there is scarcely an epidemic or dis-
ease that is not spread principally by
the busy little buzzer. Who of us
value our manure pile more than our
children ?
flies rlfc-t here. "S
»d slogan surely.
"Swat the Breeding Place. That is
better one and infinitely more
Ible. The manure pile behind
barn and the livery stable in the
block have been proven beyond
possibility of a doubt to be the
lt*f breeding place of flies. It tukes
a week from the.time the eggB are
ilted for the fly to mature and
forth on its mission of dispensing
1 and death in its wake. We
R
"Young man, when you buy a
buggy, be sure it's a Studebaker"
Sound advice from the man who has been
driving one for twenty years.
Wheny ou buy a Studebaker buggy you are buying
all the skill, experience and science in buggy building
that half a century can produce. You are protect-
ing yourself against the mistakes of younger builders.
You will always be proud of the Studebaker
nameplate, for there isn't a buggy on the road that ie
its equal for style, luxury and good looks.
,, Flexible bent-reach gear, graceful lines, solid cor-
ner, pluglesa body, double-ironed shafts, are a few of
die special Studebaker features.
; £ ■ 'r-' ' 1 f * I.W ' i. 'jf*' ■
The new cloee-fitting shifting tail is
isself to make you buy a Studebaker
T. J.
Sewer
attorney for the City
each subscribed to the oath
m the
i remained In
to 4 p. m. Inclusive tor the
of receiving testimony, per
ttee onljr
■
nls on such committee, but on being
informed that Mr. Lanham resided
outside the corporation,' the appoint-
ment was withdrawn, to be substi-
tuted by another.
Report of Officers.
The city marshal's monthly report
showed collections of $278.70. The
report was filed.
The annual statement of the mayor,
showing the financial condition of the
city, was submitted. It was in itemiz-
ed form, in groupings, and was in
such shape that the reader may grasp
the subject and understand "where
the money has gone." The statement
will be published at early date, and
as preliminary information It is to be
stated that the city is overdrawn about
$23,0000, and the "dry" season for
collection just now begun. The report
was ordered received and published.
Walk* and Crossings.
A number of sidewalks were order-
ed placed, among them one in front
of the Formay property on N. 5th
street. Also, the petition of South-
side citizens in connection with the
continuous walk to the Santa Fe hos-
pital was presented, with assurance
that in only a few instances would
the city have to intervene. The city
is pledged to place crossings where-
ver there are continuous walks.. The
order was passed to notify those who
refuse to construct walks, to do so,
under penalty.
Petition for a crossing at South
16th street and Avenue H. was re-
ferred to street and alley committee.
Ptetitkm for Spur Track.
F. A. Thompson and associates pe-
titioned for franchise to permit the
Sante Fe road to construct a spur
track in alley between 4th and 6th
streets, extending to Avenue A. The
track is desired as giving access to
a wholesale grocery house In process
of selecting site. The petition was
referred to the ordinance committee
to prepare franchise ordinance.
Auditors Appointed.
The mayor announced the appoint-
ment of H. H. Swink and Prof. Reeks
as members of the auditing commit-
tee, for the annual audit of the city
books and accounts. The appoint-
ments were confirmed.
Arbitration Board Reports.
Messrs. A J. Jarrell and T. J. Darl-
ing, arbitrators as between the city
and the Temple Sanitary Sewer com-
pany, appeared and submitted their
report, as follows:
Report of the Arbitrators in Re-Ne-
gotiations Between the City of Tem-
pie and the Temple Sanitary Sewer
Company for the Purchase by Said
CHy of the Plant of Sa'd Company,
A. J. Jarrell, arbitrator for the City
Of Temple.
T. J. Darling, arbitrator for the
Sewer Company.
Temple, Texas, March 25, 1012.
The Hon. J. B. Watters, Miyor and
Members of the City Council,
Temple, Texas.
Gentlemen—In accordance with the
terms of the arbitration agreement
entered into between the City of Tem-
po! and the Temple Sanitary Sewer
company, dated the 21st day of
March, It 11, whereby the parties at
issue submit to arbitration the points
at Issue between them on the ques-
tion of price to be paid the s»ld
Sewer company in purchase of Its
sewer plant in the city of Temple, [•
and whereby both parties bind them-
selves to accept as final the decision
rendered by the board of arbitration,
eg leave to report that the under-
members of said board, A. J.
■JSjZSHI JE 5S .. ^
of the
pany for the years 1910, 1911, 1912
aid the first three months of 1912, all
of which are made a part of this re-
port and history of the case No
other persons appearing or offering to
appear, before the arbitrators the ses-
sion was formally closed at 4 p. m.
and adjournment taken until 9:30 a.
m„ Tuesday, March 25, 191). The ar-
bitrators met on the last named hour
and date and at one* paid a visit to
the property or what is known as the
sewer farm of the Temple Sanitary
Sewer company, for the purpose of
inspecting the grounds, layout etc., in
a desire - to have personal and first
hand knowledge of the conditions ob-
taining there. The visit being com-
pleted, the arbitrators returned to the
city and In the office of Mr. T. J.
Darling entered upon the duty of
comparing the differences existing be-
tween the two parties to the arbitra-
tion pact.
Construction, size and etc. of Plant.
We desire to invite especial atten-
tion to the report mad* by the city's
engineers Messss Burns & McDonald,
that Item No. 45 was more likely to
be in excess of the estimate, following
the usual experience in such cases
rather than being under and in
Item No. 46 were of the same opinion
and agreed that the estimated amount , if present revenues were not increased
penses including operation, payment j
of Interest and sinking fend on $75.-
000 in bonds and after all that leave
a net balance of $959 35 per annum i
for extensions or improvements even j
for interest during the period of con-
struction was low, but accepted the
figures of the engineers without al-
lowing a depreciation therefrom.
These two items aggregate the sum of
$643 04.
Messrs. Burns & McDonald in their
report place a "going value" on the
plant in its present condition of $2,-
100. The arbitrator for the Sewer
compaay demurred Insistently upon
this estimate and In finally accepting
the "same expressed dissatisfaction
therewith. This estimate is about 5
per cent of the entire-appraised value
of the plant. Including the "going
value" itself and the arbitrators
were unanimously of the opinion that
this estimate was at least low
enough, and that the Sewer company
was Justly entitled to at least that
amount fof building up their business
under the head of Report on Inven- into a profitable and going concern
tory and Appraisal, calling attention I go recommend and report
a dollar. But this would not be all
of t**« earnings as the proposed ex-
tensions to be made with the $22,600,
which represents the difference be-
tween purchase price of sewer and
$75,000 00 in bonds, would produce
at the lowest possible calculation an
additional net revenue of $1,500 per
annum, or only estimating 5 per cent
on the investment, which amount
added to the net $959 $5 would make
a total net earning of at least 12.-
4 59 35 each year and you can deduct
the taxes of $814.00 from this, which
the city would lose by reason of pur-
| chasing the plant and still have over
$2,100.00 in net earningB. Therefore
1 we unhesitatingly say that it is pos-
sible and practical to buy this plant
anl pay for it out of the earnings
: without raising the city tax rate a
single cent and simply by maintaining i
to this language used in Chapter 2 on
page 2 under said head. "The sewer
system proper was found in fairly
good condition as to general construc-
tion, grades, volocitles, general condi-
tion as to fouling and capacity for the
territory served." This may be of
interest to any who may have been in
doubt as to whether the present plant
was built properly to take care of the
needs of the city.
Under the same heading, Report on
Inventory and Appraisal, In chapter
1 on page 1 appears this language
"In case the city acquires the plant,
the whole plant will soon have to be
Our recommendation, therefore, as
to the amount the city should pay the
Sewer company for its plant is the
sum of $42,425.51, which value is
made up as follows:
Estimated value of plant
(physical) less deprecia-
tion by Burns A McDonald $39,6S2.47
Add Items Nos. 45 and 46
disallowed 64 3 04
Add "going value" on basis
of Burns Jfc McDonald's re-
port 2,100.00
remodeled and enlarged. In placing ; justly entitled to pay the Temp'e
value of the plant we have estimated
the value of the old plant as a tem-
porary disposal plant until the new
plant could be built and all such ma-
terial as lumber, gravel, sewer pipe
etc. that could be reclaimed and
used In a new plant we have allowed
a value, taking Into consideration the
cost of taking up, cleaning and loss in
breakage in comparison to what new
material would cost." We think It
Important to review this for the rea-
son that some people have construed
the words "whole plant" as used
above to mean the "whole sewer
plant," whereas only the disposal
plant at the sewer farm Is meant
thereby, and which Burns & Mc-
Donald estimate would cost the city
$5,646.60 to reproduce, and for which
they have allowed the Sewer company
only the sum of $2,241.01 on the
theory or basis that within one year
the city will do away with the present
disposal plant and Install a disposal
plant as recommended by Messrs.
Burns & McDonald costing $17,000,
not Including real estate, engineering
fees, loss of interest during construc-
tion, etc. The engineer for the Sew-
er company maintains that the pres-
ent disposal plant Is ample to do the
work satisfactorily for years to come,
and It simply needs enlarging, to be
doubled in capacity. He estimates
the cost of doubling capacity at 15.-
000, and that this will serve all pur-
poses. If the city purchases the sewer
plant and after purchase adopts the
views of the sewer company's engin-
eer, and Instead of building a new
disposal p'lant at an approximate cost
of $17,090 plus other expenses as
named by Burns & McDonald and use
use the present disposal plant Indefl-
nately and permanently, then it will
be in the attitude of securing for
12,241.01 a plant estimated to cost
$5,646.60 to reproduce on the repre-
sentation that It 'expected to use the
present disposal plant only a year
and then discard same for a new and
more expensive one. The arbitrators
In arriving at their conclusions esti-
mated that the city would In good
faith follow the advice of its engin-
eers and not use the present disposal
plant for which It Is paying "old ma-
terial" prices for over a period of one
raa*.
SUe of Plp„ etc.
In making their estimates for an
entirely new plant the city's engin-
eers, Burns McDonald, figure on
practically the same else of pipe as Is
now used In the mains of the Temple
Sewer company, which has
bearing on the question as to
sise of pipes used In the
system. The report of the en-
at page S under head of Re-
" Inventory and Appraisal,
states, • —■ •
the present rates of sewerage.
Before concluding their labors the |
arbitrators were requested by Mr. i
Jas. E. Ferguson to grant him an
audience which was done. This was |
at 5:40 o'clock p. m., this date, March
25, just as the arbitrators were pre-
paring to formulate their report. The
request was granted, however, and
the statements of Mr. Ferguson being |
reduced to writing were considered j
and Included in this report and made j
a part of the history of the case.
The arbitrators desire to add that ,
they found It unnecessary to call in j
the services of an umpire, as they j
sought to consider the proposition as
business men on a business basis and
were able to agree on this report
without assistance as stated.
In the event that the city purchaes
the plant of the Sewer company the
transfer of property to be made as j
soon as possible, the first day of j
1913, if it is possible for the j
cations of the arbitration agreement city to get ready within that length of
referred to. time.
We beg to Invite your attention to We respectfully request and urge
the fact that by purchasing the plant, j that the council cause this report In
the city comes Into possession of a full to be spread upon the official
fully organized business collecting j minutes of that body as a permanent
large revenues. The first year alone ' record In order that It may be easily
the city will receive In net revenues ' available to future times for reference
as present operated no less than $4,- | and information.
Total .*, ... $42,425.51
We therefore find that the city is
Sanitary Sewer company the sum of
$42,426.51 for Its plant and posses-
sions on this date, and that the Tem-
ple Sanitary Sewer company is en-
titled to observe the terms of this
award In accordance with the specif!- | July,
be main l«-lnch
I ■PUP minimum l»de of
' seven inches per 100 feet.
,d -
1,600,000
fail, which to
the territory that
this line On accc
end of tbto Uae working
| a head at the present time, we were
able to measure, the flow
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^jysgjgr*0^ •-
500, not taking into consideration
large savings that are possible to be
made in expenses of operation as
pointed out hereafter. If the city
were to build a new plant Burns &
McDonald estimate that it would take
a year to get the same ready for
operation, during which period the
city would be paying Interest on the
bonds issued for the purpose of build-
ing such plant and no revenue being
derived In return, entailing a com-
plete loss of Interest for one year,
which would not occur if a plant al-
ready for business and in operation
was purchased as in this case.
General Recommendations.
Although your arbitrators were not
charged with the duty of going into
details ot management or operation
of the plant in the event of city own- J
ershlp, yet they feel justified under
the circumstances in incorporating in
this report the urgent recommenda-
tion that In the event of purchase,
the plant be not permitted to become
the toy and plaything of politics, but
its management and control be
placed in the hands of a commission
of not less than three good citizens,
serving without compensation such as
the school board, water commission,
park commission, fctc., and respectful-
ly suggest that the present water
commission could handle the plant at
a great reduction in expenses over
present methods of operation, thereby
adding largely to the net earnings.
We have in mind the idea that the
present Superintendent of the water
works can easily and without addi-
tional salary act as superintendent of
the sewer system for some time at
least, thereby saving to the city the
n i in
1 SMa of Beauty U a Joy Foretet
ft*-
In conclusion we desire to thank
the several parties to these negotia-
tions for the confidence they have re-
posed in us by choosing us as arbi-
trators in this Important metter and
in all Instances we have sought to
earn and deserve the same, having
given our very best thought and ef-
forts to a solution hereof.
Tours respectfully,
A. J. JARRELL.
Arbitrator for City of Temple.
T. J. DARLING.
Arbitrator for Sanitary Sewer Co.
Temple. Texas, March 25. 191S.
Exhibits Filed With This Report.
1, 2, 3. Letter of J. E. Ferguson
dated March 25, 1913. Three pages.
4. Brief of Temple 8anltary Sewer
Company. Four pages.
5. Proposition made city by Sew-
er Company for sale of plant, dated
Jul^ 23, 1911. Three pages.
6. Estimate of N. Wierskiold as to
value of plant dated August 29, 1913.
One page.
7. Oath subscribed to by arbitra-
tors. Two copies.
8. Statement of earnings of Sew-
er company for 1910, 1911, 1912 and
first three months Of 1913. Two
pages.
9. Arbitration agreement. Origi-
nal copy. Dated March 21, 1913.
Four pages and cover.
10. Printed report Burns & Mc-
Donald city's engineers.'
In order to properly Identify above
the arbitrators have affixed their re-
spective initials thus A. J. J. and
T. J. D. to each page of each exhibit.
This does not apply to the bound
book of No. 10, which has simply
been initialed by both arbitrators on
first page.
The report was on motion receiv-
ed and adopted by unanimous vote.
Mr. Ferguson's Objections.
James E. Ferguson, speaking to the
report, entered general objection to
same, as having been hastily formu-
lated, and he asked that the election
for bonds for ptii-chase of plant be
delayed at least thirty days In order
to give him opportunity to have the
work of tHe engineers reviewed, by
an engineer of his own selection, and
at his personal expense. Mr. Fergu-
son said in part:
The first election on this subject
held last November wss for the pur-
pose of ascertaining the will of the
cltisens concerning the purchase and
operation of "A** sewer system. As-
surances were given at tbat time that
the question was not as between pur-
haslnK and extendina the
ext f m,
m
to analyze the report of the engineers,
and to verify or discredit their fig-
ures. He referred to the communi-
cation which had been submitted to
the arbitrators, and requested the
publication of his written statement
to them, which here follows, from
the manuscript:
Temple, Texas, March 26, 6 p. m. |
To Hon. A. J. Jarrell and T. J.
Darling: Arbitration Board of Sewer !
Matters appointed by Temple Sanitary j
Sewer Co., and the City of Temple:
Gentlemen—Being informed by you i
gentlemen at 6 p. m. on this, the j
25th day of March 1913, that you in-
tend to make a report to the city j
council of the City of Temple at the
meeting of the city councigof the date
which meets at 8 o'clock p. m., (just
2 hours from the filing of this pro-
test) and that In Baid report you are
going to jointly fix and name the
price of the property of the Temple
Sanitary Sewer company, which the
city of Temple is to pay for said prop-
erty under the terms of your appoint-
ment, and being informed, and be-
lieving that the price which you have
already fixed and will name will be
approximately $60,000 00, I respect-
fully, but earnestly protest against
you making this report at this time,
because
1. Such a price of $50,000 00 is
grossly excessive and far more than
the the property of the Sewer com-
pany is worth.
2. Because you have not given any
opportunity to me or any otter citi-
zen to present you our facts, figures,
and estimates which will enable you
to correcly determine the value of the
Sewer company's property.
3. Because you have not given the
public opportunity to consult with
you as to value of the real estate j
owned by the Sewer company.
4. Because both engineers reports, j
which you have In your possession. I
contain many glaring mistakes and
Inaccuracies as to prices of sewer
material that make it your duty to j
reecive other information before you |
make your report.
4. Because, if I am given reason-
able opportunity to do so I will fur-
nish at my own expense the estimate
of a reputable engineer showing the
correct cost of material and labor
necessary to construct an up to date
sewer system.
5. Because the making of a report
by you without hearing all the facts
is not fair to the city or the people
who pay the taxes.
Respectfully submitted,
JAS. E FERGUSON.
Speaking of his negotiations with
the arbitration committee he related
that he appeared before them in per-
son and In communication. Before
doing so he had written to different
manufacturers of sewer pipe and had
secured their prices on same and had
compared them with the allowances
for similar sizes of pipes, as allowed
by the engineers. He found the al-
lowances enormously In excess .of
what new pipe would cost, he assert-
ed, and he read from engineers re-
port and from private price list, as
showing the variance. As to the cost
of laying the pipe, he declared that he
would defy anybody to read the en-
gineers report and ascertain from
that what the cost would be. He stat-
ed that where the price for new eight
inch pipe was twenty cents a foot,
engineers had placed it at $1.00 a
foot, and in other comparisons the
contrasts were presented.
Speaking of his personal attitude
toward the acquisition of a municipal
sewer plant, Mr. Ferguson declared
that he favored same—that he wants
such a system as bad as anybody,
that he was willing that the full value
of the present ""plant be allowed and
that he personally would undertake to
pay that value, and $5,000 in excess,
the valuation to be as per ascertain-
ed actual value. '
Calculation was made as to , tbe
money available for extensions, were
the present plant purchased, and with
a $76,000 bond issue. He claimed
that there would be available for ex-
tensions only about 915,000 or flC,-
000 for that purpose.
Strong appeal was made for defer-
ring the holding of the election for
thirty days, by which time Mr. Fergu-
son pledged he would have an engin-
eer's report on the proposition which
would establish the real values of the
plant. He questioned the accuracy of
the report of the engineers employed
by ths city. "I was appalled" he said,
"when I beard the financial report
of the mayor read a while ago. It
showsd a startling expenditure of pub.
lie funds, represented by an enormous
overdraft. Where has the money
gone? Have the tax payers gotten
value received for It. It Is a result
of hasty consideration of puMic ex-
penditures, such as this proposed ex-
penditure ef the people's money for
the sewer plant."
tlon on April first, argued that the
Telegram and other sources of infor-
mation. had given assurances that the
original election was not to determine
the purchase of the present plant,
but was to employ engineers to «i\e
estimates on same and on new plant.
With their report in, there should bo
ample time for study of name to Kivo
hasis for action. Ak lor himself, ho
declared that he did not know wheth-
er or not he wanted to favor thr pur-
chase, through not having had time
to Btudy the proposition
Speaking of the proposed extensions
of the present mains Mr Hair assert-
ed that the pipes were not of suffl-
cent size to admit of much increase
in the service. Mr. Denison, of the
sewer company challenged that
statement, and declared it a mtotake.
as per the engineers' report. Mr.
Hair asserted that that was the lan-
guage, and later, Mr. Dennlson readr
the paragraph referred to and insist-
ed that the extension over hills was
meant, and not the size of the pipes.
Mr. Hair claimed that there would
be but little money available from
the proposed bond issue for extensions.
He declared that the people who gf-t
the service should pay for the plant,
and that people who were not withia
the area to be served should not b»
taxed to furnish the service te others
| more fortunately located.
Suggestion was made that tbe pres-
ent location of the disposal pient
j Would soon be attacked, and that in-
| Junction proceedings wer# now or
j would probably soon be considered.
! which would entail still further ex -
| pense on the city, to establish a new
disposal plant elsewhere.
The conclusions of the arbitration
board, concerning the probable in-
crease in revenue, due to extensions,
was questioned by Mr. Hair, who argu.
ed that revenue from sparsely settled
districts would not be In proportion,
not. as from the areas now served
Mr. Hair's arguments and requaet
were for further time in which to
study c»»e report of the engineers and
to allow the public to vote intelli-
gently, having full Information.
Mr. Cox Explains.
Attorney W. O. Cox made a brief
statement, in explanation of the pro-
cedure of the council. He read the
original call for the first election, held
last November, and showed that the
call was specifically for the purchase
and extension of the old plant, and
that the people had overwhelmingly
Instructed the council to proceed along
that line. Mr. Cox disclaimed that
newspaper reports or individual ex-
planations had determination of what
the proposition really was, but that
the official declaration was alone to
be considered .and that It specified the
very course which had been followed.
He explained that the sewer company
bad opposed the plan as adopted by
the council, and had submitted num-
erous other plans of arriving at the
value of the plant, but with out suc-
cess. The plan as followed, he em-
phasised, had been one into which
the sewer company had been vlrtus)-
ly forced.
The council took no action on th«
request for delaying the election, and
the report of the arbitrators having
been adopted, the proposition for
purchase, at the price there being
named, is concluded, subject only to
the approvsl of the people at the
polls on April first, authorising the
Issue of $76,000 In bonds, for that
purpose.
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