Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-07-18
CITY COUNCIL
Discusses The Water
Meter System At
A SPECIAL SESSION
Offer Of Damages Is Offered
To Mil Owners

". 1Qe Guy council nelO SpeCld
meeting last evening to consider the
water question and passed esolu.
tion to the effect that they would de-
cide upon meter rate to 60 into ef-
feet October and also one notifying
the owners Of polishing mills that the
city proposed to put into effect such a
system on that date. A resolution
was adopted fixing the terms Of pay
ment with the mill owners in the
event OF the city being obliged to
pump water from the Wllliamstown
streams.
When Mayor Phelps called the meet
ing to order at : so clock he stated
the situation the city was now in on
account Of the low water supply.
First came a discussion in regard
to the results shown by the meters
installed several months ago. Water
Supt. Cnrrier stated that the results
mad not been on the whole very salts
factory. The meters placed in the
polishing mill of Carroll a Kingston
had not worked as well as expected
That at Mcdonald, Cutler x Co. S had
worked very mic ~ indeed. He gave
meter readings showing what the
consumption of water had been.
In the course of the discussion the
fact was stated that in Montpelier
$3.50 was charged for each polishing
mill and that the price in this city
was only IS. 1t was evident that il
the city bad 20 pump water to sup
ply these mills it would do 50 at an eX-
pense greater than the revenue re-
ceived from them.
The meter at Mcdonald, Cutler 4
Co. s showed that in four months and
five days the total consumption OF
water had been S,055 cubic feet.
Alderman Mackay took the Burling-
ton rate of 81 for 1000 cubic feet as
the standard: assuming the shed had
been in operation 100 days it would
mean cost of 1924 for year, instead
of the $50 now received by the city,
or difference of SlS4. Estimating
that there were 134 polishing mills in
the city, on this basis they would con-
ume in year 2l, 294 900 gallons.
The revenue to the city would be
So. O42 instead Of the $3.50 now re-
ceived. He claimed that according
to the Burlington rate the city was
now getting only about one-sixth OF
what it ought to get.
Alderman Kingston thought that
there should be a six months notice
Of tie intention Of the city to eStao-
liSh meter rate and that every man.
ufactu.ilg plant ought to be meter.
ed.
Alderman Mackay thought that
every man ought to pay for just what
water he uses and all the waste would
be stopped by this plan. II the rate
Of S 1000 Gu feet was too high they
should settle upon rate that would
be fair to the manufactures and Just
to the city.
There are roughly estimated some
900 connections in the city and esti-
mating each meter to cost at least %
with 81 for putting 1t on it would cost
not far from $40, 900 to put in COM
plcUc SyStcm VI mcVcIS'
A resolution was passed to the ef-
feot that the establishment Of a rate
for polishing machines be left with
1e water )mmittee and they 81 ould
ind out the rate in at least 20 Clues
in the United States and report to
the first meeting OF the city council
in August.
A resolution was offered and passed
to the effect that in the event Of the
city finding it necessary to pump fr. m
the Williamstown streams the DANA.
ges to be paid the different mill own
erS be as follows: Stafford & Holden |
Co. SIS: Smith, Whitcomb & Cook |
Co., SIS; Jones Bros, SIS: Wells,
Lamsun & Co., $50, these sums to be
paid for each full month or pro rata
as long as The pumping should COZ
tinue. |
George T. Swasey appeared before
the council to represent some parties
who live in the neighborhood Of the
old laundry that had been burned
down. They asked that the city
council impose some restrictions upon
the laundry in case that it is rebuilt
that will tend to make 1t less OF a nu-
isance. He said he had also been re.
quested to ask of the city through the
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