The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-01-04

time it has enjoyed the water privilege for eight
years. Ono year. at twelve hundred dollars (S12O0),
and seven years at fifteen hundred dollars Sl0oo,l
makes eleven thousand seven hundred oollars
ISL, ,700) go far for the value OF the water
The petition alleges that it has been only recenty,
since the death of Mr.. White, that some claim ior
compensation for the use Of the water has been seS
up, but for wat reason and upon what grounuS
your petitioners know not.
The committee submit that the reasons and
the grounds have been sufficiently set fortn
in statements above made. AS 10 Me u.no .ao
when charge was first made by Councli 1or tne USE
of the water which had been consumed IN the notel
for eight years. to such handsome profit the peuuon
is strangely at fault. It Is affirmed that this cnafge
was not made till since the death of Mr.. White. On
the 9th December, 1865, the Commtee on l1s %n1cl
sian Well, to whom communication 70 Souneii
from Major Weton had been referred, maoe e 10
port. which concludes as follows: "And the com,
mittee further recommend that, for the wafer useu
by the hotel, the proprietors be charged hve nun.
dred dollars ts5OOj per annum to take date from me
lst January, 1866" Signed by John H. Honour anu
Archibald Cameron, all the Committee, AID :rman
Brown, the third member, being dead.
Now the death OF Mr. White did not occur I'LL inore
than year after this resolution was passed. fur
thermore, the passage of the resolution was known
to Mr. White; and still further no oplecnon nn mss
made by Mr. W. 10 the payment OF On amoSne yea.' @
ly for the water; but affected to CONSIDER 9ve nun
dred dollars tS500 too much, and declared ms WIZ
ingness to pay what was reasonable This declara-
tiop he made in conversation with Alderman Oakes
to whom the Committee addressed the IolloWln6 .e
ter mo. A., and thsy received the following reply
| mo. A.. ,o ,os7
| Alderman 0akes: ,.,.. CO.
the use ct the Committee on the Artesian Well, the
| conversation between the late MIR. White Oh tne
| Charleston Hotel and yourself in relation TO the
claim of Council for compensation fos the use Oh tne
water in the hotel.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
WIN. T. WRAGG,
Chairman Committee on the Artesian Well.
CHARLESTON, 8. c., December "a, 1857.
| In conversation with Mr.. White OF the Charles
ton HOTEL occurring soon after s .re
tesian water he stated his Willingness TO pay rea.
sonable price for the water, saying 1t was mporan
10 him to retain the use OF it. but that he regarded
five hundred dollars too high charge. o.npo
From this 1t appears that the ground assumed In
the petition was lever taken by the party represent
ed by the petitioners but on the contrary expressly
relinquished. ,.
The only question: therefore. that remains Is as TO
fifteen hundred dollars (s16O0l. Mr. White said 1t
was not worth five hundred dollars ($6O0. Let us
assume that he would have been willing to give two
hundred dollars s2oO the mean ao6 between 1 nseen h
dred 1901, 80 that Council can hardly err In cnarg-
ing lve hundred dollars ls50o, which is three hum
| dred dollars less than the mean
| the water Tor the baths arc charged at nom
| SO 1-3c. to Soc. each, and though the committee
have not tho means ct hand for determining now
much Is realized 1t seems at least probable that the
entire sum of FIVE hundred dollars (S600) must be
collected since it would only require shout twelve
hundred baths q year, or little over three and
| quarter (3N) day to mike that amount.
Now If this great enterprise was worth beginning
and IL so much money has been expended upon 1t
is worth saving, it is important to carry It to
successful conclusion. The present resources OF the
! city preclude the appropriation OF money from the
| TREASURY for the purpose. The sale OF the water
can readily make the work self.sustaning, and 1t
most assuredly behooves Council to adopt such mea-
sures as will most conduce TO that Cnd.
With thesej views the committee respectfully re-
commend that the prayer of the petition be not
Hotel be required 10 pay the amount due for two
(2 years of tho water-say one thousand dollars
$4,000 on the 1st January, lS68
They also recommend that notice be officially piy.
en- at once, to the said proprietors that the water
viii be shut of II payment La resisted
Respectfully submitted by
WIN. T. wRAGG, Chairman.
JNO b. HONOUR.
q. B. OLNEY.
WILLIAM g. WHHDEN.
Alderman O'Neill, member Of the Committee.
over to the next regular meeting. in order to allow
him to n '1e minority report. Carried.
Alderman Courtenay from Special Committee on
Repairs to ST. Michaers Clock, reported several
offers as having been handed in and recommended
extension of time for receiving proposals to next
regular meeting. Carried.
Alderman Gerdts, from the Committee on Streets
made the following report, which was received as In
formation: