HomeMy WebLinkAbout2038.6 Report of committee on the town water supply, March 1, 1893 The C_ -...:.Lttee appointed by the tcwn to consider - the
Olbstion of its water supply report.- That the-;- have made no
s-Urveys or experiments and have incurred no further expense. The Le_L-
ington ifater Company obtained an 4,ct of the last -Leoislatu.re authdniz ng
tiler to hold land which they hid purchased and from which they had- taken
water ,for several years..- Also authorizing them to take the waters of
Vine - rook flowing through this land. Also to taka suf'f icient land of
the _Seaverns farm for the construction and maintenance of a reservoir for
;etc :e waters of vine Brook. Also to take lard of Newell Robinec
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id Joy f or eater purposes.
The Committee made no opposition to this bill fu= -_
c secure the prc �_� for the protection .of' the town, ..,ti�a it
ye town should at any time purchase the :vrorks of the Com.p4ny, these
?..dditional franchises should not add to tine _ 3tild
re4uired ' o pay.
The Comm' ittee have felt th gown was in peWer
of the eater Company to suoh an extent that it was butter policy for uw
not to oppose tI.eir attempts to increase their .Tinter supply, prof. .w i
Company proceeded in good.- faith-, and made prompt and reasonable of r ,_
secure such supply, and to furnish additional and suitable lumps and
4 paratus for eupp,lying the town for�!fire and domestic ~ur��„ues .
The experience of - s v summer when the supply even -'or
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omestic purposes was limited to a f 8 W liour s .or ,se-versa l days o�i a.-Dour
in a . :�nGle weld' ho s h F sh-cxt _+.n,e_ ester Siazz' l --°at U.L. -
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time wa,_ ; r utterly unprotected, vm we in Aa.se of fire ho;: _ c-_ -c
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depending on a single pzamp which �s.' liable to break at any time , ;sus -
_n _us to sip ar annoyance and similar, danger.
L.v 1. ing the _yew-. , '. t k.I tY� pia e W, F,e of aTi use dui L'.
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:arty season the IF,ater Cospar_;y
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ply the Co . ittes b y little confidence than it ;'rill prove at all ade-
auate to meet the needs o the .town,, or that ?� =; i 11 even prove sufficient
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the Compzzn r , ,o, not appear to be doing anvthin,- f urtu-1 ,
meet the emergency, .and probe 6bly rdill do nothing so long as the town pay
without objection for its unreliable protac'tien against fire ard: s.L long
as the people patiently submit to their inconveniences.
The Committ8e received some assurance that an --),dditional
pump %,ould ba plac d in the Yforks but we are not nfur,,ed that anything
has been done to raiieve ems. in this particular,.
� '`do not th ln� t 1� l:eCpl;, r i alil Ze that .t^ a � air the rn-iC;v
cif. and thu'U iT1 case of accident during a fire, or at other
times our Qn1-V
..,f so , of v w� 1 w L . l 7f C +U C�r tri L.,
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happen at that time to be in the tank-, .until repairs are made
The have no r men .a ti s .to mak— but think 3 t
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,,a- b,., advisable f c to , .t to continue tine existence o" t;:A �c;�;_;
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byy , granting it f.zr ; lei -L- -
e pectfu11V submitted,
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