The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1911-03-23
CITY COUNCIL NOTES.

usual grist Of bills were presented ana
referred.
A petition for sewers on Hamilton
street between 18th and 14th sign
ed by A. j. Clark and others was read
Referred to committee on improve
ments.
City Attorney Hougen submitted
report regarding the hearing OF the
water works case before the railroad
commission at Madison last week.
Following is the report:
"The final hearing before the Rail
road Commission on the valuation OF
the Water Works was held at Madi-
son March 18th and 10th At the
hearing some testimony was put in
by the city and some testimony by
the Water Company, also revised
estimate was filed by the engineer of
ed that Prof. Schlicter had not yet
filed his report but stated that Prof.
Schlicters report would not be mater
tally different from his oral testi-
mony given at former hearing. The
last report of the engineers gives the
reproduction cost of the plant at
$249000, including $64S0 on account
of paving. The report gives the paw
ing actually disturbed by the com
q . t1,,t n q V
ing will be taken out, leaving the
reproduction cost of the entire plant
S2426l9. This is $5077 higher than
the former report. The engineer
stated that 1000 feet of mains had
been omitted from the inventory by
mistake which made a difference OF
$40SO, the balance 1897 was made up
of items for stores and supplies and
the cost of the dock near the water
tower There was no material
change in the valuation excepting as
made by the additian of this 1000
feet of pipe This makes the present
value of the plant as reported blythe
engineers $225,OO7.
A statement of the earnings and
expenses of the plant and the dates
and costs of extensions and improve
ments was furnished. From this
statement it appears that the net in
come of the plant up to 1S97Wasless
than $4,000. Since that time the net
income has steadily increased. The
financial history of the plant is i'm
portant because the commission used
the financial history of the company
as a basis for determining what al
lowance shall be made for going val
ue, subject upon which there has
been a considerable amount of dis
cussion.
Written tabulations, statements and
arguments are to be filed by each
side within the next Is days. The
commission will make its decision
some time before April Goth. Judg-
ing by the rules which the commits
sion has laid down in cases already
decided it does not appear to me like
" that the commission will allowthe
company any considerable sum for
going value or water supply, these be
ing the two items of greatest un-
certainty and being the two items that
can readily be expanded or contract
ed to suit whatever purpose is to be
attained. If the final valuation
shall be in the Judgment of the coun-
Gil excessive, the only remedy is to
secure a review in the courts. What
the final figure will be is hard to say
Let us hope that it will be such as to
avoid delay and litigation.
Respectfully submitted
A. L. Hougen City. Atty.
Dated this Goth day of March 1911.
The report was placed on file.
Prices on ten year contract for
street lighting in the city were sub
mitted to the council by the Manito-
voc Electric Lighting Co. at the meet
ing Monday night the proposed con
tract eliminating the 1G candle pow
er lamps which have been in use in
the past and Offering all arcs and
32 candle power Tungsten lamps at
cost which, for the Improvement
service, would be but $2650 higher
than the City is now paying.
The Lighting Company presented
three propositions to the City in the
contract for the same service as is
now furnished, for street lighting
up to the hours of midnight only and
for all night service and the
price of $6,115, compared to the pres
ent price of $6,OSS which the city
now pays, is for the service on the
same schedule as now furnished.
There is a reduction of So per lamp
on arc lights in the figures.
Offers of the Lighting Company
are as follows:
Present Until All
System Il Night
80 c. p. inc. per yr. $ 8 SO $12
60 c. p. inc. per yr. 13 16 10
1000 arc Is
Under the present system the City
is paying the following prices