The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1909-10-22
WATER BOARD OFFER
IS UP TO WOODRUFF
Thirty Thousand Dollars for
Pipes, Hydrants and the
Stand-Pipe.

For several days the Water Com
missioners have been wrestling with
Mr.. Ernest Woodruff. president of the
Trust Company of Georgia, in an effort
to get him to trading basis, but with
out success so far.
Mr.. Woodruff asked the Commits
sioners to delay action on the bids I'M
til he could confer with them, but his
price has been so high up in the air
that there has been little pros pect of
an agreement.
Monday the Commissioners sent Mr..
Woodruff the following letter:
MARIETTA, GA, Oct 18th, 1909
Mr. ERNEST WooDRUFF,
ATLANTA, GA
Dear by a resolution duly pass
ed by the Board o: Water Commission
ers of the city of Marietta, I, as Chair
man of the above named Board of Com
missioners, am empowered to offer to you
the of thirty thousand dolIarsfor the
piping system in the city of Marietta,
Ga, said piping system to include all
cast iron and wrought iron pipe, fire
hydrants. valves, service connections.
meters, meter boxes, stand pipe and
foundations, real estate on which stand
pipe is located, right-of- way, privileges,
good will and franchise rights in the
city limits Of the said town of Marietta
Ga with the following exceptions and
additions:
The said piping system not to include
the lO-inch cast iron pipe from stand
pipe to city limits, not to include the
6-inch cast iron pipe from the stand
pipe to the paper mill, and to include
the 6inch cast iron pipe from the city
limits to Elizabeth
Respectfully submitted,
SAM d. RAMBO,
Chm'n Board of Water Commissioners
Marietta, Ga
ADDENDA: If stand pipe, stand pipe
foundation, and real estate on which
said stand pipe is located is excluded
from pipe line, for the remainder of
pipe line, ain empowered to offer you
twenty-five thousand dollars.
Sam ID RAMBo,
Chm'n Board of Water Commissions.
The Commissioners have prepared IA
statement OF the cost of new mains.
hydrants, ETC., similar to those of the
Public Service Company and figure
that they can duplicate Mr. WoodruH's
pipe and hydrant system for 500, 49,. 81.
few dollars less than what they offer
for the second hand pipes, on which
they would have to spend a large sum,
estimated at $4,000 for cleaning out
the mud with which the pipes are en-
crusted.
The Commissioners estimate the
cost of duplicating the pipes and forty
one hydrants at $21 ,532. 81, meters and
boxes at $1,000, standpipe at SIS 600,
with other small items of expense rnn-
ming the total to $29, SS2.87
The depreciation is figured at about
$4,000, so that the commissioners feel
that they are offering for the second
hand material several thousand dollars
more than the new mains would cost
to say nothing OF the heavy expense
necessary for cleaning the old pipes.
This proposition is practically an
ultimatum. 1t is made to prevent a
conflict, but if it is not accepted the
contract for the new water system will
be ct and the work will be pushed
rapidly to completion.
The proposition of he Commission
ers means that the city would get that
part of the system used for the general
public, that Blacl jacl, mountain water
would be used by the people, and that
the paper mill would retain that part
OF the system needed fur its use and
pump water for itself rom it's own lake.
the present source of supply.