Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-09
THs pRIcR oF cITY wATER
sn Has Caused Confusion in
 Water Board for Years.

.
 Water Board for Years.
 As stated herein yesterday, the Sco- VIII Manufacturing Go has got out an anjunction and served a copy of fne instrument on the mayor and meuperS of the board of public works and Su- pexinfendent O'Brien restraining them E from shutting off the water from the l factory on Mill and Hayden streets until the court passes upon the ques- tion some time next September. IIe pagper was drawn up by Colonel BUT nee. approved by Judge CoweA ana served by Sheriff Gillette. An 1nyunc j ton is the best thing in the world 70 ward off a creditor and at the same < time compel him to continue puVung out his stock to delinquent customer whether he wanhs to or not lr every man could secure an injunction ana 2 haye it passed to the butcher and the S grocer. with the understanding Cnas fa1ey should not come around 10 looh z for 4q1eir money until the Lord knows when. and should still continue to leave s,the hest of everything within reach or q their customers. pay or no pay, WnaL . besryttful world this would be- ln- 11anct4ona would be all the rage ana z waterbury would need at least twenty < fiva or thirty constables, and The 41,dges-a.he number would be small, no < matter how many had to watt-wotild ret rich and want to retire m very short time. Take the question ol water rents and taxes on real estate < and think over the number of clriDens yvtno would like to stave or payment untM they had chance to nave whack at the assessors and the water board. provided they knew how to go about 1t, and 1t will be seen that these alone would make up big job Tor une lawyers and constables, so that really zit is well that so few know anyrning about that kind of tactics. Ine Sco- will Manufacturing Co Is one of Wa terbury's prosperous concerns, enl- uIoya a large number of hands and uses them pretty we'll, but for some reason or other of all the concerns in flown it is the only one that objects to paving for water on the same basis as the other plants. The company may be right and the water board and all sthe other shops making mistake, but there ought to be some way of settling f11e question without waiting for half a year to find out which side is in error. About a year and half ago t PIattss button shop served an irJunc- tion upon the water board restraining them from shutting off the water from their automatic sprinklers, and nothing Fas been heard about it since. If
 many Instruments of this kind should be Issued the city would soon find 1t self next to the wall It may be the fault of tlle defendants not to have the paatt injunction heard, but in any case it shows alow easily such papers might be rnalItiplied unt1 the city would have practically no source of revenue. Of course if should be remembered that there is a difference between the posi- lion taken by the P1atts and the Scovill people The former object to paying anyfhing for the use of water in their autonlafic sprinklers, while the latter though not willing to pay on the same basis as others, is ready and willing to pav what it considers a fair price for fhe water tlrit passes through its several meters added together, but the
 bOard adhering 10 the rule in vogue
 since meters were first introduced into
 fhe city Insists in rendering q separate
 l1fIl for the aalount of water shown Dv
 t;s,a Hraadinro of each meter, A change
 rro,,la rr. areetly reduce the cfty's water
 ra~Afy,fe ard on the other hand, would
 s,a . hsg swing to the Scovil1 Manufac-
 turing e. NO matter how much one
 rniolaf ssg on the subject, 1t would sim
 rnar doyn to this: What Is a fair com
 ransa4tn for the use of city water,
 and vyose finding Is final on such a
 a,aa4e5 the dealers cr the consumers
 This a question which has caused
 conslerable confusion in the water de-
 m,argeTt for years and everybody
 woui like to see ruling of the court
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