Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1895 — Water Works Again. [ARTICLE]

Water Works Again.

1 . At the Town Board meeting Monday night, J. A. Heaton di B. Lockwood, Lafayette parties, made a proposition to establish a system of waterworks in Rensselaer. The conditions of the proposition is for the Board to grant the company a 50 years franchise; and to agree to take for the uso of the town 35 or 40 fire hydrants, at an annual rental of $45 per hydrant, or from $1,500 to AliSOOTnaiirtobepaidegchyesnrto the company by the town* for water for fire protection. For the balance of their revenue the company wduld, of course, look to private consumers of the water. It is farther offered that if, at any time after the waterworks are completed, the town desires to purchase them, the company will bind itself to sell at 10 per cent , advance over the actual first cost of the plant They propose to pat in a very complete system, with combined stand-pipe and direct pressure, with a capacity of half a million gallons, daily. The cost of the system is estimated at $40,000. The mpximum rate to private consumers will be $lO per year for the first faucet, $3 for the second; and $2 for each more than two. The Town Board has the lawful right to grant such a franchise as is here asked for, but there is considerable reluctance to take such a step in advance of any knowledge of the wishes of our people. It is a matter that should be carefully con. sidered; and demands the earnest consideration of our people. To consider this matter, the Board will hold a special meeting, the first Monday night in October, being October 7th, at the Town Hall, and it is the desire of the Board that citizens who take an interest in this matter, will be present at this meeting to advise the Board of their Wishes •

Mrs. M. L. Tressler, of Cincinnati, Uncle Ward Anderson, of Morocco, who married a Rensselaer young lidy a few years ago, was presented by his wife with another fine boy, a few weeks since. Uncle Ward is 85 years old, but growing younger very fast.

Warner & Collins have torn down their old agricultural implement and wagon shed, just south of their store, on Van Rensselaer street, and in its place are putting up a building 80 feet deep by 28 wide, to be used for the same purpose as the old building. It is a frame building to be covered with iron.

There was quite a little frost, Monday night, the first of the season in this locality. As the corn is all, or practically all, out of the way of frost, it could do no damage to speak of. And it will probably do considerable good, in the way of killing off the flies, which have become about the most troublesome to stock ever known, during the pist few weeks. The County Commissioners have been in special session this week, figuring on some new bridges, andother road matters. Tuesday they inspected a mile of new gravel road, in Carpenter Tp., with a view to accepting >t as a part of the county gravel road system, but they decided that more work was required before it could be accepted.

The opening entertainment by the Reusselaer Lecture Club will be given on the evening of Oct. 2 ad, at the opera house. The attraction will be the Jenny Lind Lidies’ Quartet, from the well known Slaytons Lecture Bureau. The Slaytons send out nothing but strictly reliable and high class attractions, and this one comes whh specially high recommendations. While the musical features will comprise the main attractions of the program, they will be agreeably interspersed with readings, recitations Ac., by one of the ablest female elocutionists now on the platform.