Omaha daily bee., 1911-02-19
Council Bluffs
ARRIVING AT WATER FIGURES
l-;e Examination Of Witnesses Con.
dueted b. Lawyers.
DIPREoIAr1ON 10 BRING FIGHT
tNa"Ft nurus EHpccted "a Earn His
Honey when De shows Up UeaI
Valuc Of system CHy u
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'-te vorl Of yaiuine tho CITY water
rirrt had member Of interesting fea-
tt'-~s vtsterdav Under the heard ruling
y~~'c ICY the Judges on the day previous
hr wNich e became possible 70 introduce
~ evidence anything that might IN the
re--~iest vaa' tend 70 show the value Of
to plant a. the present time CITY Solicitor
Eip,bal srd Special Counsel FINLEY Of
fsred the .'pinli book the cltys official
r~lNicetlon NJ the rtatement OF the water
works situation IN 1915
Attorney George s Wright FOR the wa
to- COMPANY objected 70 its admission on
the grounds that 1T was a work Of fic-
ton. and was proceeding TO argue IL
when Attorney Kimball offered 20 put
" n. Lynchsrd VINO complied II from
the official records IN weeks time on
TIE stand 10 show that he was not a flc-
tion writer. The controversy elected a
rood Deal Of good natured nerriment and
the admission on both sides that the book
was an arEvmentatlve statement OF the
facts In support OF the public demand FOR
municipal ownership. and on this ground il
wss admitted as q part Of the city's case
Depreciation Figures to Couut.
Engineer Burns was on the stand al
day yesterday and contrary 10 expecta-
lions his examination was not concluded
when court adjourned Tor the day at )
O'Clock. rye number OF interested citi-
zens make sp attentive audience and as
the case proceeds Tic Interest and attend
arce Increases II vas expected that the
firal total valuation Of tho plant would
be reached by Engineer Burns before the
-
l'rouEht the aggregate sum to about 800
CO. The attorneys for tho water company
Win are closely. folowing the citys
schedules with hei- own nrena red hv En-
Eineers !. W Aivo-d ana Williams and
their assistants. Phillips and Graham ar
noynced last evening that there was not
as great difference between the estimates
Of Burns and their own ak was expected
and that 80 far It Appropriated only about
20 per cent lower The hot time will
come when Engineer Burns begins to give
his estimates OF depreciation.
An offer was made by the attorneys for
the city 20 exchange their schedules for
those In possession OF the counsel for tie
company. but It was declined for the rea-
son that the company did not want to
give W It's evidence IN advance and give
opposing counsel the opportunity 20 pick
II to pieces before n was submitted. The
frequent Calculations and incautious stage
whispers as the city's valuations are COM
pared with those OF Aivord kept the other
side pretty vol advised OF the relative
difference In the prices fixed by each
SIDE
CowpRriSop Of Esttmases.
Burns testimony YESTERDAY related to the
values OF the Paramount park reservoir. the
pumping station at the foot OF Broadway
and az the end Of Thirty-sevsnth street.
In some Of his estimates Mr.. Burns kept
closely to the values fixed by Mr. Kiersted
but in others he was far above them. Ills
estimates Of the Paramount reservoir was
$4,000. that Of Mr. Kelrsted s2722i: the
Thirty-seventh street pumping station com
plete ts29ii, while Mr. Kiersted's was
1882.
There was great difference, however,
In the estimates given OF the Broadway
pumping station exclusive OF the reser-
voirs, Kiersted estimated the building. in
GLIDING the brick smokestack, at Sl2.12L Mr..
Burns yesterday priced the building at
$1,000, the smokestack at S3.5Ts and the
pumping machinery at Si5553, making a
total Of sSSssl. Mr. Kiersteds estimate OF
the present value OF the settling basins
was $4,000. n Mr.. Burns estimates are
as liberal his valuation Of this part OF
the plant will be considerably higher. In
his detail he priced numerous items OF
property that are practically obsolete and
UPON which a depreciation OF 50 per cent
is predicted. These include fixtures used
at the central pumping station, when the
building housed the Intake machinery.
which has since been moved TO the end
of Thirty-seventh street