Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-09-14

| ties. The percentage of the number OF
formulation on this water shed is no
| menace, it is way below the danger
| line. Injunction proceedings or the
fear of them does not always prove
efficient to deter people from pointing
| the water supply.
| There are evidently no leaks In the
reservoir, but from an engineering
point of view he believes 1t Will cease
| its useful existence in its present form
inside of so years. The brick pulidlng
should be estimated as depreclatlnS
like any other of like structure simply.
| The actual condition of the pipe lines
can alone testify to the action OF water
whether its analysis is known or not.
| Some If the uncoated iron pipe laid in
| poston in 1850. is still doing service,
hut with capacity much reduced Some
| snecin1ens of it has been seen within
a wears. that had p of an inch growth
| inside. A 12-inch pipe with q inch
| aro,vtb of obstruction in 50 years
| would be reduced in carrying capacity
* ner cent. and would become of about
the same capacity as a new 6-inch
| nine of course if the original plan de-
| ,nanded a Pinch pipe there, it must
he removed and new Pinch laid, so
sneaking technically the old pipe would
| he dead. After the first % or 80 years
the effect on all pipe would be practi-
cally the same. Assuming the tests
made to be complete, some of the pipe
| in this system now has a carrying
capacity such as the same size and
| lengths would possess after 40 years.
No one knows certainly the cause of
| tubuculation and therefore cannot
know what elements In water will pro-
duce the condition.
| In view of testimony relating to the
piece of cast iron pipe before the tri-
bunal, he said very slight roughness in
| the interior surface of pipe, materially
| reduces the velocity of water passing
| through it. The present hydrants are
| somewhat out of date and his figure
of depreciation was largely determined
| by this fact They should not be set
| over 500 feet apart on the present line.
Small pipes should be replaced with
larger sizes and 10 MIGRANTS to the mile
| where there are many houses. Present
needs as we'll as future contingencies
demand these changes for good domes-
tic as we'll as fire purposes, and the
|
| longed.
Judge WisWell here remarked that
the useful life of this forenoon is now
exhausted and it is time to suspend
Messrs. Lttlefeld and Baker assented
as did the entire commission, and after
Mr.. Merriman identified the tubucuies
in court as coming from the S. D. War
rem Cos. wheel case, it adjourned till
80 p. NJ.
Mr.. Coffin continues-He had the in
creased revenue in mind when he esti-
mated the present value of the plant.
Considers the Sudbury river, Cochituate
and Cobbosseecontee waters very SINH
lar according to analysis. There was
but one instance in years when the
. flow of Cobbossee stream was as low
as 81. 900 gallons in "a hours. If
chlorine is largely responsible for
tuberculosis, the Gardiner pipe would
have comparatively less than the others.
Il r. Fl. Gardiner testifies to the de-
probation in the market value of water
power since 1885.
number of Mr.. Bakers objections
. to certain testimony were here sus-
. tanned Mr.. Gardiner estimates &c h. p.
: on Dam s, to be worth $500 or to $1,000
per year distracted h. p, about Sc per
: h. p. year.
. BY Mr. Baker-He has not considered
0 what the h. p. might be worth to a
0 water company. He raised the rate per
square inch on Dam No. l recently,
| from 50 to So. The annual flow of the
Y stream is about 800 h. p. Would not
sell the aggregate h. p. at Dam No l
f for $4,000.
' Harry Richards recalled, testified he
n had seen tuberculosis on the inside of
n cast iron pipe in the Richards Co. mill
f from rs to 30 or o.
@ BY Mr.. Baker-He does not know
whether that pipe was coated or not.
: w. r. Maxcy recalled testified to the
deprecia ton in value of real estate
) since 1885.
Both sides here end their case ex-
; cept for rebuttalS.
Witnesses in the rebuttal, Messrs
Danforth, Wadsworth and Berry, were
now sworn.
Mr.. johnson recalled by the Water
= Co. looked over the books of the polls
o with w. G. Atkins to see how many
r state pensioners were absent, etc, ano
n cut them out as non voters. In 1885, the
' full polls were 1896; in 1890, the non
voters numbered 2SS, net 1867 1899 237
v net 1854: 1901 40, net 1867; 1902, II, net
: 1875. No. deduction in 1903, 1916.
= The valuation of the City of Gardiner
o in 1885, 50, 49,, 325: 1890, $3,0S4,470; 1900
8 81 $50, 2S6: 1901, s357S 204: 1902, $3,476,761
a 1903. So sol, 954; steady increase i'll
/ | valuation.
n BY Mr. Littlefield-He cannot tell
i how many attachments from the poll
4 list there will be this year.
f r. A. Danforth secretary of the Loan
o and Building Association, also IL
Merchants Bank, has prepared aggre-
g gate bank deposits in Gardiner. Fig
o ures in round numbers: 1885, $1,9O2O 900;
i 1890. S2,47S,00U 1900 So, 900; 1901. 3d.
s 1879, 900; 1902, 50, 231, 900; 1908, 1886, 900;
= a gain of 81, 464,0 900.
The Loan and Building Association has
: loaned, since 1887, s144,00O and one-third
of that went into new buildings.
BY Mr.. Littlefield-The Merchants
Y Bank is now in process of liquidation
. These deposits are both on demand and