Thinks It Commendable

The foltowlng letter ezplalna Itaelf : Detroit, Mlch., May 13lh, 1885. Mb. J. E. Ba AL: üear Sii- Yotir letter and CouBISK in answer to my communiration about wuter-works was received ind I called upon you wlien in Aun Arbor, but got tliere too late. I was glad to know that I wns able to belp you in yotiriiglit against what certainly ¦eemed atrmiga baste n binding the dty for n ffeneiation to come in such an important matter as its water upply. I have mude lOIDethlng of a stutly of the questlon iu the last tvvo yt-ars, and I feel certain that the city wlll be very mucli dinatUfled wlth the practical vrorkingi oí thelr contract. Yet, a supply of water is a matter of great unpoi tance, even if the price la extortionate and the condittona hard and exiicting. Tlie city ouffht to feel frateful for the public service of the Coukikk in the m-iitcr. Yotirs trulv.