Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-01-13

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the water mains should either pay OF
be denied the use of water.
'Fourthly-In an arrangement OIL .iie
rules and schedules of rates, the sew
! eral amounts We're fixed no higher ana
! in fact not as high. as the average
schedules of water companies IN IOWA
owned by municipalities.
The operation of this ordinance Ior
! the past two months has produced very
satisfactory results. 1t has proved by
reason of its equaliZing the proporlioil
| of rates heretofore mentioned, anu liis'e
the economy in operation, caused oy
material lessening of water WASTE
method whereby every one using water
must pay. that now the rate can De re-
duced to level propcrtionate WITH .iie
various economies hoped for.
Your committee. therefore, presents
an amendment to our present ordnance
looking to a reduction in rates aNalla-
BILE to all those who pay for water
service. The reduction proposed is:
"First-That all consumers of water
for which a flat rate has been fixed
shall in the future receive instead of
a discount of {, per cent, as provided by
the present ordinance, discount Oh 20
per cent from all payments made WIN
in fifteen days from the date when que.
"Secondly-That all consumers USING
water measured and registered by me-
ter shall receive instead of a discount
of 5 per cent, as provided by the pres
tent ordinances d discount of 70 per cent
from all payments made within fifteen
| days from the date when due.
| .sYour committee begs to explain the
difference between TIE 20 and 70 per
icert discounts as arising from the fact
4 that the fiat rates had been arranged
with 5 per cent added thereto, for the
purpose of deducting the per cent Tor
ipayment within the fifteen days. This
provision was not attached to the meter
rate i'm making that schedule, nor We're
those rates increased from the old rate,
but rather decreased. The proposed re-
! duction herein will re luce both nat ana
meter rates 20 per cent, and VIII pene-
lit. water consumers $500 per year.
MERRITT GREENE.
"CHARI4ES HENRY.
SD. f. ARNOLD,
"Committee."
Later In the evening Mr.. Greene Of
fered an amendment to the ordinance
| already in force, which would carry
with IT the reductions in the way of dis
counts recommended by. the above re-
mort. The amendment failed to carry,
however. because of the absence of Mr..
WATSON. Councilmen Fisher ana AIT
by. either for personal reasons or be-
cause they failed to understand IT, ala
not vote for the amendment, ana con-
seuuently, with WATSON absent, the
three fourths majority was lacking. AS
both Mr.. Fisher and Mr.. Kirby nave
been calling for reductions In water
rates all the time, their action lacks
consistency at the present time. In 1act'
Mr.. Kirby admits that he did not un-
derstand the situation, and that When
the matter again comes up for a vote
he will favor the amendment. Hence
| the amendment is as good as passed
| now. and the reductions will be in force
when the next payments are due, May
| /.
City Clerks Report.
City Clerk Egermayer read his re-
port for the quarter ending Dec. 81, and
a portion of it, referring to the water
| department, was in line with the inter-
! esting subject that had been brought
| up in Mr.. Greenes report. The portion
tpf the report bearing upon the water
b department is as follows:
[Ordered published by vote OF the
city council Jan. l.. 1927
There has been collected for the third
quarter ending Dec. 81, 1902, the fol-
lowing amounts:
On ordinary service...... ..$7798.20
z IN, fay
The amount exceeds the collections
made in any quarter during the history
of the office. While this amount is
large I beg to inform your honorable
body that the sum above includes an
increase in rates over the old rates, of
all who have paid up to the first of jan
uary, 1908, of but $247.92. In other
words, the new rates have increased the
revenue to an amount less than $250
The special attention given to place
upon our records water services here
tofore unknown to the water depart
ment, the collection of delinquents,
some of long standing, covering even in
some cases period Of years, has en-
tailed upon this department. an extra
expense of inspection and clerical force.
The value of such expense over that
hitherto deemed necessary may be at
tested by the results.
With an increase of rates approxi-
mating, as stated, about $3.50, there has
been collected for the nine months past
$21,291.G7. The glucose company paid
last year, for the entire year, $1,27S.46.
The closing of that concern has yielded
no revenue for this year. The loss from
domestic services caused by the stop
page of this plant amounts as nearly
as can be estimated, to about $500.
Again, the returns from some 255 me-
ters ordered on saloons, restaurants and
other special services, together with the
private consumers, are not yet in, but
If the same, when paid, equals the
amount which would have come in dur
ing the November payment under the
old rates, it will yield s1,501.50. Hence,
for the purpose of correct comparison
with the previous year, the statement
should be, viz:
Amount received in cash for
past nine months ;. -. .$21, 291.07
Amount earned since Nov. II,
1902, meters ordered .. 80. 1.501.50
Total :. ..... .$22,792.57
Amount collected during en-
tire year 1901 80. 80. 21,314.3S
Deducting amount received
thru sources of glucose
company. 1901, and not APP