Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-04
Cross Examination Of Treasurer S, C.,
ManIey Continued.
Company's Side of Case Will Take
Few Days Longer.

Il moment each. The third week of
the hearing will begin TODAY. Mr.
l'aker still has Il few witnesses to mt
on for the company. but says their ey
animation will not be long. What
ihelr cross examination may be is
another story. 1t is likely to be two or
threc days yet before the case is all i,
10: the company. There will probably
be more general interest in the hearing
Wheh the district begins to present its
case y decision is expected from the
appraisers. today. as to whether the
lease of the Devine system shall be adj
mittcd in evidence
Treasurer S. c. Manlev was upon
| the stand under cross examination
" hen the session opened, Saturday
morning. He testified as follows: The
Augusta water company has now 152Y
tans upon its mains. There are moro
services than taps and more takers
| tnan services. There are 1859 service
numbers upon our hooks and over 1000
individual takers. There were 419 tops
upon the mains in 1887. on the Devinn
| system there We're 124 taps when the
system was leased in 1889, and there
ar" now 20i. Thera are - services on
this system and 231 takers. There is
no pumping record preserved earlier
| than 1892. In that year 576.034.0 600 gal
We're pumped. In 1903 there were
pumped S2S $4,000 gallons. The pump
| ing records are purely theoretical, ana
| bosed on what the pump is supposed to
| do if in perfect working order Many
| houses in the city have both the city
| ana DeNine water. No record is kept
| i'll office to show lowering of street
grades. The takers of water have to
| look ont for service pipes from the
| fOuse to the main. Access to the books
| of the company was allowed an ac-
| countant for the District about 10 days
| h' fore this hearing. Application was
| made last December. The 2O-inch con-
! duit IL the river was put in in 1891. Be
| fore that the water was taken from
| tn" canal at the pumping station. The
$40 charged the city for waering roughs
| is because he city wanted them oDnn
| through the winter. The books show
| that i'll 1887 the state paid $500 for wa
ter at tn" Capitol. This WAS increased
to Sl1co in 1891 to $1,000 in 1898, to $500
i'll 1893 ana 10 $3.50 in 1897
| AS a part Of the evidence of the case
ut this roirt Mr.. Manley produced, as
| previously requested by Mr. Heat tn.
| contracts between the Augusta water
| company and Jos. WeStcOtt & Son for
| the construction Of the system in This
| city and for the extension ~ tho svc-
| ten to T0guS. There Wcrc also nro-
dnccd the vouchers showing that the
huilGcrs We're paid in the stocks ana
| bonds Of the company. At tina: time
Joseph Wcscott was dead and the
| firm" CONSISTED nr O. ,r~c y NNcstcot.
the present president Of the company.
| TheSe contracts ana vouchers were
road in full hv Mr.. Heath and copies
ordered made for the use of the court
ana counsel. These contracts show tho
exact amounts of the materials useI
in building he works and furnish most
valuabl" data for computing the actua!
cost of construction.
IT continuing his testimony Mr.. Man
10y said: THE contract for building
til" reservoir is not in tho possession
of the company. The invoices for the
iron pipe arc in Mr.. Vests possession.
DO not know where the pressure went
to before me books were Opcncd
! do not know where one Of the record
mortgage bonds could now be procured.
TO not Know that mains have been
lowered when streets have been lower
Cd. except in case Of Stone street.
Their" have been complaints made for
years rs to efficiency OF Togus system"
Engineer Shoed. being recalled bv
| Mr Heath. testified: GAS the result Of
special ana thorough examinations I
have found that the cost of n water
iSystem is determined to the extent of
Ia per cent by its adaptation to fire
protection and 80 FER cent by its uses
in supplying water to consumers. A
fair rental in this city FOR the hydrants
now in use would he from $4,000 to $1,000
Engineer GotchelI. being recalled by
Mr. Baker testified: "IIave made 2
lsanitary survey of the city. Found
S14 vaults in the thickly settled part or
the city. OF these 1871 were on streets
where there are now sewers and water
closets could he put in. These figures
are of year ago and since then there
has been sewer extension. There wero
p connections made with the sewer
last year..
F! It was mentioned recently in an item
on the earthquake that an East Side