Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-03-26

II l'tiStNS = StSSIDli bl t!lt' w .1tf Hp1llilS
at the court house was devoted for the
most part of the introduction documrM
tary evidence. The charter ana various
contracts OF the water company Were
Put i'll by Mr.. Baker. There We're also
or exhibition betOr. the appraisers va
rlpuS samples Of the water pipes taken
up, last fall, and the only witnesses of
the day were those who took up these
sections OF mains. There viii be only
4 forenoon session, today.
At the opening of the afternOn session
Nj, Baker offered in evidence. the con-
tract betWecil the Water company AMI
the city Of Augusta, entered into. Jan.
!, 1887, FOR u r0riod of 20 years. For the
water supplied for hydrant and other
City purposes the city was to ply
$@5G0 annually for the first five years
and S1S33 annually for the next u
years.
There were to be 50 hydrants at frs.
and for each additional hydrant tire
city was to pay an annual rental Of
$50, mt the end of 70 years there was
the privilege of extending the contract
for - years more the city tu pay the
company $1,000 annually for all hydrants
then IL use or later put in
Mr. i;:tker then offered the contract
between the Water company and the
insane Hospital, entered into. Jane ]
1856. for Il period of 80 years. The con-
sircrlt!on in this contract was placed
at $1f0o 1T first. and in 1881 by Vote of
the trustees ii was raised to $4,000.
Mr. Haker next offered the contract
pany. entered into. August y. 1856. by
which the Water company got thG right
to maintain pumps. filters etc. with
suitable buildings. on the property of
the Edwards company. This contract
was fer 20 years from, Jan. l. 1897. and
the consideration t. be paid by the Wa
ter company Was 500 annually and the
maintenance Of not more than eight hy-
drants on the mill property There was
II second contract. July n, 1880. allow
ing the Water company to extend its
buildings, wheel pit ctc.. without any
additional rental. the extension and i'm
UrOvemnntS So made to be the property
Of the Edwards company. except the
wheel ana machinery. t;ut if after
1896 an examination of The Water COM
prnyS books showed dividend Of
over ; Ter cent above al interest pay
rcuts ana fixed charges. Ill" Water
company was to Jay the Edwards
company IN additional rental of $500
yearly.
Nr Eakcr then presented 4 schedule
nf various items of the company's
property now or hand. made UP hy
agreement Of the two sides. hearhinG
NJ lice, u I II
Iy Sunerintpudcnt w. II. Williams for
the company and +. \. Huss"y for II"
District ana their appraisal Of III"
property was accepted without CUES
ton The reading of these documents
occupied most of the afternoon and II
Was I O'Clock before tho first witness
WAS called to the stand. This was
Everett \. stacy Of Waterviile. who
testified as follows: Have bcen supn"-
| intcndcnt Of the Water companies IT
| Calais and Watervillc. Resigned in
| 1901 and have since bean contractor and
| sewer builder. was asked to select ana
| take UP the sections OF pipe on eXhih'-
,iun here, selected the spots for taking
up these samples with view to least in
convenience to the public ana Least
delay from shutting off water. Had no
idea what condition Of pipes would be
1T suots selected. These pieces were
all mt from mains and new pieces put
IN at once. They were taken out to
show representative pieces of the pipe,
lce in the system. Each section taken
GU. VITA pine cutter and handled
carefully So that any contents woul
not be shaken out. They We're not
cleaned outside or inside. They are in
practically the same condition as when
taken ont. rs far as I can see. Consi-
derins time in use. the pipe is all in
very fair condition. The soil in this
city is not easy to work.
On cross-examination by Mr.. Heath:
Did work here on the Togus extension
Of this system. Received 20 cents per
foot for digging trench for S-inch main
ana . cents per foot for taking up 10
inch main and laying S-inch main.
There was some ledge work, perhaps
10 wards for which there was extra
nav. Should say the reservoir here
could safely be filed to within foot Of
the ton Perhaps the samples of pipe
here show less rust than when we took
them ont. Think now mud washed in
% the 1oinch piece while it lay in the
trench before we took it out"
. on redirect examination by Mr.. Ba-
/ ker: Should say the pipe here was in