Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-22

| average cost is $4,000. All of the esti-
| mates include sufficient length Of pipe to
carry water to every house within the cor
| porate limits of Hyattsvile
The interest the cost of the works
! will be per cent per annum, 81, 600 per
| year on $4,000. The assessed basis of taxa
| ton of property in HyattSville Is $500, 600;
| the maximum cost of the water works, or
$4,000, is less tan per cent of that basis,
or less than $40 on every assessed $, 900 or
| less than 81 on every assessed 500 worth
| of property. That is to say. citizen hav-
| ing property assessed at 81 600 would
| pledge the creuit of his property to the
amount of less than $40 to provide Hyatts-
| Vile with a public water service Or, diVid-
| ing the total estimated maximum cost, So
| 600, by the number of lot feet passed by
| the service pipe, Al cents a foot.
The prevailing opinion of our informants
| IS that the town ought not to provide a sink
| ing fund at the outset, as experience with
| water works is that a few years after their
| installation they earn revenue to provide a
i sinking fund. If such be deemed advisable.
The interest charges and operating ex-
penses, amounting to S1,500 year, can be
provided for in several ways. For instance,
water can be furnished free to every house
and the yearly charge be paid out of the
| yearly revenues Of the town. The plan Is
only referred to as one of number of
| plans that might be adopted.
THE other plan Is to charge water SER
vice to water takers of, say, Sc per year.
There are over $50 dwelling houses and
and used. Assuming that one-half of them
| take water, the first year a revenue of
$3.50 is provided. That number of takers
| Is under the estimate based upon expert
| ence of other towns. Deducting the $50
| from the total charge of 81, 800, there is
| left $3.50, $500 less than the amount a
| private corporation would charge for water
for fire protection alone. Or, If the town
revenues were not touched, and every
house in Hyattsville takes water, the cost
will be SO a year. or so cents month, or
less than cents day, and as the average
family is computed to be five members, the
cost of each would be about two-fifths of a
cent day.
cor, again, it is estimated that there are
1000 people In Hyattsvile. Divide that
person would be $1,25 a year. or 1O1a cents
| a month, or about one-ouarter of a cent a
day. According to any one of the plans the
| cost of water for both domestic and fire
| service is very small. Whichever plan is
thought best, no citizen justly feel
| alarmed that water works will bear
heavily or injuriously upon him or his
| property.
your committee believe water works can
| be put in at a cost not to exceed So, 600 to
| house in Hyattsville. Although, purely as
a matter of precaution, should the town de-
| sire bonding for water works, they recon-
mend the consideration of a higher figure
! in prospective possible legislation that
there should be unreasonable risk in
| putting in such works, and the cost of
operating can be easily and lightly met
Therefore, We report to this meeting the
following conclusions: That the town COM
| missioners of Hyattsvile be directed to
procure at the present session of the lepis-
lature such legislation Will empower and
direct them to issue bonds of the town of
| Hyattsville not to exceed $50 GOO to cause
10 be erected under an engineer q public