Omaha daily bee., 1889-08-18

paid; he asked me for his gas bill for
July, which had already been delivered
to him, and l gave it to him again and
as he went out OF the Office he says: II
order my gas turned on" and / told
him it would be turned on as soon as the
bill was paid. He left, saying:
81 will see about this and l will see il
the citizens of Omaha have any rights"
in this conversation | said to him, we
have never heard anything from that
stop box and told him that we had never
got the stop box nor the money for it,
and he replied that 1.-THE stop box is In
my stable, and you don't expect me to
bring it down to your" l says, you
promised either to return it or pay for
it, it probably don't make any differ
ence, we can let man drive by there
and get it. On the morning Of August
Is received through the mail check
for the amount of plaintiffs July gas
bill, enclosed in an envelope which bore
the postmark of August IA, 1880 p. m,
and the check was dated August IA. AS
soon as / received this check | at once
sent man to plaintiffs house and had
the supply of gas to his residence
turned on which was done at about
half past nine o'clock in the morning and
the supply still remains and will remain
so long as plaintiffs gas bills are paid
on or before the 10th of each month.
During the years 1883 and 1889, and for
a long time prior thereto, the company
has delivered to each Of its customers,
among them the plaintiff, monthly bills
for gas on the 1st of each month, and
during said time there has been deliv-
cred to the plaintiff, as well as all other
customers OF the company, a monthly
bill for gas consumed by them, on the
1st of each month; and it has been the
rule OF the company to require pay
ment OF its monthly bills on or before
the 10th of each month.
Deponent further SAYS that VIII lie tho
plaintiff has for some time past mani
tested considerable hostility to the gas
company, that the sole and only reason
for turning off his supply of gas was his
failure to pay his gas bills, and not in
any manner to harrass or Cypress him
or his family.
the trouble with the plaintiff in
June, the interference with the supply
pipe and the company's stop box aud
the carrying Of it away, which depo-
nent believes to have been done or
caused to be done by the plaintiff, in
duced the deponent to exact OF the
plaintiff, as condition for supplying
him with gas, that he should pay his
gas bills on or before the 10th day Of
each month.
i notify ali customers OF the company
who are irresponsible or with whom
have had trouble in collecting bills that
unless the bills are promptly paid ac-
| cording TO the rule will order the gas
| turned off, and unless the bills are paid
| order the supply discontinued, and
! having had so much trouble with the
plaintiff about the payment of gas bills.
| and having notified him that he must
comply with the rule OF the company,
had his supply cut of as i had told him
| would, for the sole and only reason
that he had not complied with the rule.
The price charged the plaintiff in his
| gas bills was the price he agreed TO pay
| and the price paid by all the customers
OF the company similarly situated to
him, and the price fixed by the public
| authorities of the city; and it is not
true that there was any design what
ever on my part or that of the company
| TO cause him or his family inconyen-
fence and trouble by shutting of the
| gas, but the same was done solely be-
cause he did not pay his gas bills and
in compliance with a positive personal
notice to him that such would bs the
| case. j. III. HEYwARD.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn
| to before me, this 18th day OF August,
| 1880. GUsTAYE ANDERSON,
lSeal.J Notary Public.