Evening journal., 1905-01-09
Imp
e: *: ::.:: 4: IAN GIVES
ID OPINION To
+ WATER BOARD
ends That Commission
as Exceeded Its Authority
and Violated the Law
''E -FOUR DISTINCT REASONS

hen the Board Of Water Commits
IS met this afternoon, City Soil
,bert G. Harman was present
his opinion v4th respect to the
hts. contracts recently entered
ahe water board with the Du-
lancrofts and Jessup and Moore
1t was a lengthy paper and
ID that the Water Commission
exceeded their authority and
the law by agreeing to pur-
re water rights in the Brandy
he gave four distinct reasons
does not approve the board $
They follow:
Mr.. Harman's Objections.
wilmington, Del. Jan. ., 1905.
Board of Water Commissioners.
itlemen:-I present herewith my
lions to the proposed water con-
he contracts require the Water
sment within the city limits TO
-der to the parties Of the nrsI
i discriminating rates.
city prior to, as well as since
cation of the Water Department
iiform custom and in accordance
the rules and regulations OF the
-tment, has always required that
and every house using city water
Id nav a water rent for said house
desiring water is required to make
ication for a permit for that pur-
and in this application in accord
with Sec. 10 Of said rules, ETC., is
ired to state fully and explicitly
purpose to which he, she or they in
4 applying the water"
the waters be for private dwelling
one must state Cd That it is tC
sed for a dwelling house and (2l
purposes for which it is to be usec
ID house, and if the buildings arr
ones the permit granted as vii
len by reference to Sec. 10 Of th'
8. etc. is for each house, he or they
a, ing the usual charge" therefore.
q k,nd whether the building for which
ms n is requested be an old one or
ur one the city water main is per
fou ed to be tapped only upon one con
ton. viz-that pipe tapping said mail
ere go TO, and supply with water bu
a single house.
Punce. 15.-Governing this matter is a
ID shet:
She res more than one house shal
esses, ar be supplied with water iron
She alsg rule" And each house so sup
light. with water by and from one sin
ain who shall pay a water rent thereto
ork. Z two ways. viz
she knowording to the number Of bat
a work ares, kitchen sinks etc, in eac
promotiop
,ess ording to the quantity O
TeiSs Md as measured by a meter at
Nf-to each house. Rules, ETC., I
p"' iether the house fall within tn
Wwor in the non-meter class Il
Nise ITSELF must be charged will
y its own individual water ren
of the two above mentioned way
n no other way for as has jus
shown only one house can
lied with water from one pipe an
fDipe must go to the water mai
that is to say, to the ferrule
klter main.
If the house using water has
iervice it is charged one of tn
ater rates of the meter schedul
~ ng to the class in which it fall
- st class and the last class wi
kby way of illustration. In III
SIS one pays for 1000 cubic fee
rs per 1000 cubic feet and
E5t class one pays in excess {
10 cubic feet, only .35 for ever
cubic feet. It will thus be see
one in the eighth or last clas
water 100 per cent. cheaper tina
in the first class. With this eS
zion suppose a person should bu
Hsres Of land in the city limits an
TOO houses thereon, and then al
the Water Department fC
md ask that the water be sol
~Nulk and be measured by OF
q cached to one Of his big initial
What would be the answer
Water Department? Undoubted
N build be no. The answer would
each of the 100 houses should hay
bipe and each of the 100 small pip
Id go straight to the ferrule
water main. And that each of II
houses should pay a water rent
of the two ways above mentione
meter or without meter in the san
ner as all other houses are n
TO pay in all parts of the city
rdance with the rules and regul;
of the Water Department. b
ose the department should grai
request and meter the water
The contractor would undoub
all within the last class and ge
water at .s5 per 1000 cubic fe
sell it to the properties at 81
Or 1000 cubic feet and put L
ence in his own Pocket. The r
tould be that while persons