The San Francisco call., 1907-02-16
BOARD Of SUPERVISORS
BEGINS INVESTIGATION
Of THE SPRING VALLEY
Woodward Fixes the Total
Value of Plant at
$24,56o,328
CONTINUANCE GIVEN
Company Requests Time in
Which to Complete Ap-
praisement

City Engineer Woodward completed
yesterday an appraisement Of the prop
critics of the. Spring Valley Water Com
pany actually used in supplying water
to the city of San Francisco, in which
he fixes the entire value of the plant at
s24.56s.SsS.
The statement had not been filed with
the Board of Supervisors, which met
last night to begin the investigation de-
signed to fix the rates to be charged for
water during the next fiscal year, so
the value fixed by Woodward did not
enter into the boards deliberations.
Woodward's valuation included s92S.6SO
for the Pilarcitos system, which is
$4,000 less than last years valuation,
caused by the destruction of the pipe
line by the April disaster. Other valu-
ations were:
Springs system, s5,2s9, 1888; MnIbrae pumping
s $500 5S wssF a asSsa. s6s .ss sTs c%
S. 2e5 80; city distributing system, se,476. 121
betterments Of 1906, $17s.469; Lake Mercet
300. S0s 600. 1''O''S's' "-7'e''Hs"0' properties
RECORDS ARE DESTROYED
III B. Kellogg, attorney for the com
pany, stated to the board that all the
records of the financial operations OF
the company for. previous years had
been lost in the April disaster with the
exception of a few that had been in
corporated in the evidence now being
produced in the suit pending in the
United States court TO test the validity
Of the water rates heretofore fixed by
the Supervisors.
Kellogg stated that the inventory and
- 1a 1yaav v1x-sc ~
ties would not be ready for a. week, and
Gallagher, who was designated as chief
inQuisitor in the investigation by the
board, said that the statement might
tend to change the course of the inves-
tigation.
IF the company puts a reasonable
valuation on its properties it might
enable US to fix the water rates with
out entering into lengthy inquiry into
the subject" said Gallagher.
In reply to Gallagher's questioning
c. w. Williams, assistant chief engi-
neef Of the company, explained some OF
the details of the statement of fhe op-
erations of the company, in which
1901 ,095.79 is charged to new construc-
ton, of which s3o,554.5S was paid for
the new San Andreas pipeline, $751;
e01.09 to rehabilitate this city's distrib-
uting system, $416S.57 for the material
D
exploration work for the Calaveras dam
and s1s.12s.s6 for excafations in Cen
terville.
PROPERTIES NOT USED
Gallagher drew from Williams that
the Fulton-street tank, Centerville
properties and the Calaveras dam were
not actually used in supplying water
and that some of the cement to the
amount OF S1l3, ,657.40 had been sold, fol
which. however, due credit was given
Gallagher stated that all items not
actually used to supply water could not
be legally charged against the con-
sumer.
The operating expenses for 1906 were
| s4S6,775.6O, sundry sales S23S, ,450.03, re-
placement OF system s236.40s.21 and rea-
estate purchases $167,29057. The re-
ceipts for the six months ending De-
cember 81, 1906. were s7S6.SS6.76 and
1 the expenditures were $1,431,743.S0.
The board directed the clerk to Sc
cure the City Engineers statement oi
the valuation Of the company's plant
and adjourned until next Wednesday
evening, when the investigation will be
resumed At that time the company
will also file its inventory and ap-
praisement and President Duffey OF the
Board of Works will be present to tell
about the condition of the streets torn
up by the company.