El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-03-24
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| where.
| HIS Definition OF Artesian Water.
| O. Isn't artesian water flowing water
| in the commonly accepted sense of the
word?
| A. No. sir, it is not. In my idea, any
| water is artesian water that is brought
| from subterranean sources-brought to
| the surface from a considerable depth.
| Q. Another interesting fact disclosed
was that the cost of pumping water
was e. cents per 1000 gallons, and the
| average price received was IS cents per
| 1000 gallons-a net profit OF 800 per-
sent" Did you think that was so?
| A. Yes. sir; L judged so from the
| statements OF the general manager and
| receiver.
The Cost OF Water.
Q. Well, did you make any allowance
for distribution?
| A No. sir.
Q. Then all the costs you allowed for
! is the cost of pumping, is it?
A. That is the first cost of the water
O. That is the first cost of the water?
| That is what you think. it is?
A Yes, sir. Having all the pipes and
| mains; we wiz let that go in for what
! IT is WORTH am not an expert but hav-
ing all the pipes and mains. 1T seems
/ to me that the cost would be very
slight and you would have 800 percent
| to go on.
Cost of Delivering Water.
Q. You just estimate then. that it
| is just a small ma<ter-that the distri-
| button Of water through a big system
| does not cost anything. Is that your
| idea?
A. Well it seems to me that it would
/ not cost much
Q. What do you mean by much? How
| many cents?
A. 1t does not cost anything like 500
| percent.
Q. L am asking how much in cents;
! what would it amount to in cents?
A I have no idea
Sees Big Profits.
Q. Well, what do you mean by that?
Do you think that because you have got
| the water out that there is a 800 per
| cent profit?
A Yes. sir; approximately
| O. In other words, when it costs
cents to raise it alone. and you SEN I,
| for IS cents. there is 800 percent profit
| is that right?
A Approximately, yes sir.
Q. Do you stick to that? Think that
over and see if you are right.
A Yes. sir; L stick to that. 1t is
| only question in mathematics
Q. So is cents is 800 percent profit
on cents, is it?
A Yes, sir; approximately.
a Typographical Error"
@ The commission does not doubr
| that unlimited capital could be found
| for investment in a water plant here. a.
| the known fact that pure water can be
obtained at one-fourth of a cent per
gallon and sold for 20 cents per 1000
gallons with properly and modernly
equipped plant proves a bonanza" At
quarter of a cent a gallon, what
would a thousand gallons cost?
A. That is typographical error: it
O. What would that amount to at a
quarter Of cent a gallon?
A. No. sir; that is an error. II was
SIX and quarter cents a gallon
Q. What do you mean to say il wasp
A 1t should be six and a quarter
cents.
Q. But it is written out; the one
fourth is written out in letters.
"Printer Left Ont Something
A That is an error there. The
printer left out something.
O. What did you mean to put in
there then?
A L meant to say that it was six and
quarter cents for thousand gallons.
O. So that ii what you think YOU
means. is il?
A That is what I meant. Yes. sir.
O. You know that it can be produced
Ior that. do you?
A L do not know that. but / baseo
my opinion on what they say.
O. Because of the known fact that
pure water can be obtained at six and
quarter cents per thousand gallons
is that a known fact?
A Yes. sir. 1t is known fact
@ By whom is it known?
A why. 1t is demonstrated by the
International Water company.
c. No it is not.
''The Cost of Pumping
A wen, they say they pump their
water from the Mesa wells at cost of
six and quarter cents per thousand
gallons.
O. No. they do not say that.
A That is a question of detail
O. 1t is question of being true. or
not being true.
A. 1 took it that the Water comnanv
themselves said So
O. So you mean to say that that
quarter Of cent per gallon was a typo
graphical error?
A Yes, sir.
Did Not Correct Error.
"a. Was that typographical error cor
rected the next day?
A No. sir
Q. Why wasn't it?
A I suppose it was overlooked. III
did not have the matter called to nv
attention, but it is manifestlv an error
on the face of it,
Q. And in itself. it is manifestly false
Did not Mr.. Hughes tell you he couId
produce water at one quarter Of a cent
A No, sir. He never did: he has
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