The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-14
Attorney for E. M. Campfield
Says the Water Works
Franchise Proposal of Lat
ter Is a Fair One.
HE CALLS PURCHASE
CLAUSE GOOD ONE
Says If New Company Is Civ
en- the Contract 1t Would
Not Be Necessary to Tear
Up the streets.

Although there has been no official
consideration of f. NJ. Campfield's wa
ter works proposition. it is said to be
more acceptable to the city than that
of the Richmond City Water Works
company. Only the purchase clause OF
the Campfield proposition has met
opposition. However in the last Sec
tion Of the proposal it states: III our
water rates are lowest and our bid
the best. and the city does not desire
to arrange for the purchase of the
plant by installments in the manner
suggested, but desires to arrange for
the purchase of the plant upon some
other plan or basis commercially prac-
tical and alike fair and just to both
parties, the undersigned are willing to
negotiate different method OF pur-
chase"
Objections to the Campfield PROPOSE
ton have been numerous. and have
come in from all sides. First 1t is
charged that he keeps in the dark,
afraid. as it were, to show his hand
1t is said that if the Campfield COM
pany got the contract there would be
another tearing up of the streets to
lay water mains. Wednesday. Attor-
ney A. G. Lindemuth, representing the
Campfield parties, made public state
ment taking up a few features OF his
franchise, and declaring why the new
company should be given the fran.
chise.
TWO Principal Things.
ha hD
according to Lindemuth's statement,
are the only things to be considered
in the contract, the supply Of water be.
ing the same, machinery and equip
ment stipulated to be first class in
all particulars in the advertisement for
bids
Regarding tearing up the streets
for the new company's mains, Linde-
muth's statement says: The tearing
up of the streets to construct a new
system is not necessary. There is
method by which the old system can
be acquired by the new company. Our
| proposal calls for the citys right to
purchase the present system to be
transferred to the new company The
city has right to do this. The ques-
ton was squarely decided by the SUI
preme court of Indiana In the case OF
DeMott ct al, versus the City of Val
paraiso ct al, 161 Indiana 319.-The
right OF the city to make the sale and
transfer to another was contested and
the transfer was made legal. This
plan will protect the old company
from sacrifice Of its property by pro-
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prevent the tearing up OF the streets
and at the same time effectually dis
pose Of the old company's claim to a
perpetual franchise"
Providing the new company gets the
| franchise there would probably be
contest of this point. Attorney Charles
/ Shiveley, the local water works repre-
sentative, claims that the new com.
pany could not buy its plant by this
method unless the local water works
company desired to SELL
Regarding the Rates.
| AS to the rates, Lindemuths state
ment says: Both companies con-
cede free meters. The old company's
bid on fire hydrants to the city is $50
/ per dHIuil per HJuTdHt, anu no Tree
water, whereas the Campfield bid on
| fire hydrants is $42 per hydrant per
year, saving to the city OF IS a year
for each hydrant. Besides free wa
| ter is furnished to all city buildings,
hose houses, hospital city markets,
fountains, parks and for flushing the
streets and sprinkiing improvements.
etc. The only exception To free use OF
water by the city are the public
| schools"
| The Purchase Clause.
| Regarding the clause in the Camp
field proposal for the city's purchase
OF water works plant. Mr.. Linde-
muth says:
/ The plan suggested by us and offer
ed to the city in our bid as the most
feasible one, is, il the contract is
awarded to us, to organize a company
of $S25,00 capital stock: $625,000 OF
which shall be common stock, non
voting and non-participating, and
which shall not be sold, but shall be
placed in the hands OF responsible
trust company to be purchased by the
city in annual installments OF $31, 900
each until the total issue of $625. 900 Of
common stock is exhausted The 9TH
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