The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-08-16
its plant. Glouchester Mass paid
5000, 900, Helena, Mont paid 5000, =
600 for its plant. Denver, Col. !,

palu 81, iOO, OOO Tor It's system.
The report from Waterfowl, Wis. -,
shows their plant to be self-sustain-
ing, without aid of taxes, cost
to consumer a cents per thou
sand gallons of water.
The Paris, H., plant under nun
iclpal ownership, shows tue follow
ing, from the report of last year:
Receipts So, 900 and cash outlay
by the city So, 200, a total of S12, :
600. Expenses, fuel (drayage u
miles from the city, 81, 800. Salaries
and expenses, ID, 200 Depreciation,
insurance, etc, SO, 600. Total, s12, :
600. This gives the city 127 by
drants and 100 lights for Sc, 900.
This is the lowest rate in the state
and saves the people Sc, $50 annual
ly..
Battle Greek, Mich, for the year
ending May, 1900, took in the sum
of $37, $50. The expenses were 1922, :
353, 81 leaving surplus of S14, =
1853.
Moorhead, Mimi, under municipal
ownership report of March l, 1900,
received $26, 1893, 81 Expenses, $25, :
09O.71. Surplus, 81, 263. 16. City
has its light and water Increase in
receipts for the year, 81, 1926.
The company furnishing New
York City water made the following
proposition: The city to use two
hundred million gallons daily, which
the company agree to furnish at $40
per million, or for the sum of $14,
600 per day The contract for 40
years.
The annual report of the Detroit
water plant shows saving to the
city of $37, 621 for the last year.
The annual report of the Buffalo,
N. Y, plant shows $641, sO7 81 re-
ceipts, and $434, 989.O8 expenses
for the year.
The Kingston, Ontario plant re
port shows the following for the
past year Plant bought in 1877.
The hydrants then cost $37. so each.
In 1896 bydrants cost $11 40 each.
In 1897, 81. As each. The private
consumers price was reduced 20 pei
cent in 1888, rs per cent in 1896
and Is per cent in 1895. This plant
shows what public economy means to
the citizens,
The annual report of the Mankatc
plant the past year shows profit Of
81, 1870 without any charge to the
taxpayers for the III hydrants II
place. This is under municipal own
ership.
The South Norwalk, Conn, plan
shows receipts for the year of $22,
745 so, profit of 81, $40. 10 for tn,
year, and a surplus of 1913, 800 49,
This is under municipal ownership
Other cities with municipal owner
ship are Worcester, Mass Richmond
Lowell Nashville, Fall River, Cam
bridge, Atlanta, Wilmington, Dayton
Troy, N. Y; Grand Rapids, Read
ing, Camden, Trenton, Pawtucket,
R. l.. Yonkers, Brockton, Newton,
Mass, Joliet, ILL.,. Flashing, larry
town and Irvington, N. Y. The
plant at San Diego, Cal, is owned
by a company, but is leased anG
operated by the city.
The Kansas City, Mo-, plant fol-
1900, shows the following: Receipts
for the year, $40, 570.29. After
paying expenses, extensions of 1885,
O7222, and interest on $500, OOC
waterworks bonds,' they had left 8
surplus of $179, 71O.31. From las,
report of their public works depart
ment
From the above reports it will be
seen that municipal ownership is not
an untried experiment 1t may be
that there are municipal ownership
plants that are not paying. That
may be true. And it is also true
that there are whole lot of private
plants where the expenses eat up the
revenues, and that don't pay. Yet
no one would consider that because
some unfavored private plant don't
paw that all Driyate pIants ara l;Lo