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mette and EJývaston ini the matter of establishing a fair price for *water te be supplied by the latter city,. is ;i the nature of a high excplosiveý and May have considerable bearinig on the compie.tion. of the proposed. watcr works. 1 think you are to be comn- mended :for the ýpublicity_ you have, giveni this question. whicb is not sat- isfactorily settled yet. For a long period of timie the Vil- lage ofWilmetté bas been makcing a "Ver%' large ýprofit on the sale and dis- tribut ion ýOf water purchased from Evanston. and 1 have always thougbt. that our Village was.in error in charging .so stiff a profit upon a prime necessity of life". I believe that, our Villagepays approximately $65,000 per year for water, including ail costs of meétering, maintenance. coilecting, up by the consulting engineers en- gaged, liât a water works plant could. be paid for entirely in some- thing like 80 years, based, however,ý upon chagi'ng the existing rates for water for a long period of time, with the ultiinate reductiori in untit, rates, and citing the experience of a nupmber of north shore towns. This document was far from satisfyingany enin eeri ng or ecib onic inquiry. The ques-1 tion of a plant. becomiing obsolète in « 4 period'oe8 yeairs was not. dweli t upon. During some 20 years 'of ex- perience mwith pumping ýmachinery the writer b as- obsgerved mechanical change that, is. coriservatively statedj radical. The. next 20 years are not less likely té, bring about decided mechanical changes and betterments.: In other -words, the cnnsultinz en-; profit et sorte $I40.000, based on a tien of another small water works, cost of $05,000. would be a very band- proposed' te.qaddle upon the eisting somie one for a private concern, s0 generation water rates that are ad- handsome, indeed. that a private wa- .mittedly too highi. The Village trùs- ter company. vould not long be per- ees, under the leadership of the vil- mitted to en>oy such a rnargin. It is lage president, adoptèd this report, argued that this profit is returned t(> assumed resposnibility for it and the residents of Wiliiette by à reduc- recommended in the strongest terms tien ini local taxation equal to the it doption bytelcoreofWl profit on the water. This is -ol.ious, mtte.th lctrt o V of course. but the reduction in taxa- t SeeAunRI the*t. h.* th- 9-..-. ing a cemmunity for, vital service rendered- is a viciou s one and leads tu village extravagance;. the profit on the water is easy nioney, and it is apt to be spent quite as easily as received. Furthermore, the use of water should be encouraged. rather than discour- aged, as there is a distinct, and aes- thetic value in the liberal use of wa- ter, and particularly in the develop-- mient of ail sorts of gardening enter- àtely to fit acan buy iston. even ette' can thermore, the, operating costs, -,uch, as direct, labor, power. maintenance. etc.. are considerably less,. per million -gal- ions pumnped, in the larger plant. How-' ever, l believe ail this bas been pointed. out by men far more competent than the wtIter. IIad the North ýShore towns gotten together some ten. years ago. built a plant that Would bave served the territory fromn the southern boun- dary of Wîlmette to the. Northern end of Hlighland APark. one plant and one plant only could hiave beeW bullt in the vlncinity. of Glencoe,' wlth onie'adequate intake from the laite. the'bumpingz plant located on cheap land in the,'Skokle Valley, and tba.t plant steam or Diesel- engine operated, located on'a .switch1 and receiving its fuel and other sup- plies In carload lots. 1 made this sug- gestion Borne time ago before a board of engineers and' I was lnformed that 1 mlght be nechanically correct, but that my suggestion was' loaàded with dynamite. My suggestion covered in part a central light and power station, ad- Jointng the pumping plant, and serving the varionsw vemmuni4ter wth - c-heap Iight and power, and I realized at tht- time that the Publie Ser-vice compun)tii' of Northern Illinois would be vltallW' interested in flgbting such a proposi - tiin. Tho3~ fa"t vr in,, bhiwever.that ilage, An conjuil and quite likel erect such a1 ail three comnr ower, at a price e. Public ServiéE eers that they flght .show r th'ý Lt tht, UALVI Uorvcompromise~. iuiatrially inureae the use of eliec- msis ef the englneers' trlcaliy driven household conveniences, igation of the cost of 'tuch as electric stoves, etc., al of whieh mtioxn bY Such cpm- now are( too costly to operate, even for worth, Glencoe, Win-. relativeiy wealthy coniniu.nitiex such as ind Park leads im- Ev-anston, Wilmnette jjjd Kenilworth. Conclusion that Wjl- Please note that a lomw power rato, îwater cheaper front ol ietyafcttecbto tni Seitlng rates~, than wpddrcl fettecs fprp mi n i1t-. >Anv I ing %wateîr. and -reguia' anduidates. According te, the. Illinois sta tutes ini the section on schocils, the names of the candidates are to be placed on the ballot in the Order ini wbich they are filed. It- makes no mention of "regalar" and' "indepenàdent" canidi-- dates. You therefore state incorrectly that Mr. Ward is running on an *"inde- pendent". ticket and that Messrs. Mulford and -Peterson are the rg ular" ' candidates.W~hat You probably meant was that Our two opponenlts were to'be elected without 'opposition after being noinated by the so- called officiai ýgroups. Siiicerely yours, *.Eugenéi>e Ward. Jr. WalIter Marshel CowelI Is Su~mmoned by Death Funeral srvi ces for Walter Marshel Cowell, retired Iawyer, wlio died last $atur4dy r orpg, were rertd Tuesday afternoon at bis late res- idence, 900 Forest avenue. The services were conducted. by the Rev. Henry Hejiburne, pastor of the Bii- ena Preshyterian chiirch, Chicago. and the Rev. Johin G. Hindlçy of the First Congregational church, Wilmette. Following the services at the residence Masonic rites were held at the Meniorial Park cemetery chapel uinder the auspices of the Kenosha, Wis., Iodge, of which Mr. Cowell Nvas Brown L.oweii, andi by two brotiiers, J. Harry Cowell of Nampa, Idaho, and Herbert Cowell of Plainfield, 111. Sears School Boys Now Prepare for Basebal of watèr is ak.vaàst îaiceof .ire!an nine Vyvatrs.rHe e: newr location todâ ects to e n, (Thursday). i and . ýq'. ý& ýqv