People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1895 — Provide for Municipal Ownership. [ARTICLE]

Provide for Municipal Ownership.

At the meeting of the Town Board and Fowler Water Company Saturday every detail of the water works question was arranged to the entire satisfaction of everybody. The town will receive all water rentals from every source, and will pay a hydrant rental of *4O per Hydrant which applies to a purchase fund ultimately to be used in the payment of the water works. A large force of men has been engaged all this week in the water works trenches and much work has been done. The pipes have an average depth of five feet insuring from freezing. The work appears to be done in a thorough manner. The standpipe wili be in place in a few days. The pumps have been placed and tested, and by the time cold weather is here the water plant will be ready for service. Systematic work makes a big undertaking a short job. —Fowler Leader.