Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-04-03


in a cornfi ED. without reason or fair.
play. for even bad men like to see
air play, besides it is bad form This
fair play, besides it is bad form. Thi
is not so much for my sake as it is
/ for your own. for nave you notiearn-
ed that no man can wrong another,
without doing great INJURY TO him.
self? If you wish to give your read
ers a true statement Of the Grand
Rapids Water Works Company, come
to the office at any time, and I viii
receive you and your friends with
open arms, and | will show you cur
system OF bookkeepi or anything
else that will be interesting CIR instrUc
tive to your readers, but don't first
go onto the street and take stock in
what the Hot-air Man or Horn Blow
er tells you.
When the two Cities consolidated
in 1901, and the water works We're ex-
tended to the East Side, it was in
tended to run the pumps by steam,
but as the Electric Light Company
] wanted to start in with some good
contracts they offered to do the pump
ing and lighting for the City as cheaI
as possible, and on very flattering
terms, promising that after the debt
was paid, the Electric Light Com
pany would then turn over to the
L nj a
only TO pay the stockholders the a
mount they had paid in. l did not
like this change, and said so, not be
cause l had the least thing against
the Electric Light Company, but be
: cause electric power is not so reha-
: BILE as steam, on account Of wires,
D switches, and motors urning out, by
s lightning, and being put out of order
by windstorms.
J. The contract entered into between
the Electric Light Company and the
City, to furnish water for the latter,
s stated at the price to be paid was
. to be the same as the City of De
}. Kalb, Illinois, paid to the Electric
= Company OF that city, namely; $100.
90 for the first $500, 900 gallons; $40
90 for the next $500, 900 gallons; $50
90 for the next 100000 gallons, $25.
0 for the next $500 900 gallons, ant
, $4,000 for all over 100000 gallons
Y | thought this excessive, and | spoke
to some of the officers about it, They
said | was mistaken, and that | was
always kicking about something
considered it my duty to see that tn
S City came out all right, so l wrote
y to the Electric Company of Dekalb
u Illinois, and asked them what they
n charged; what was their elevation
u and whether they pumped the Watel
: twice, or once only, that is, whether
Is they pumped the water out OF dec
n we'll into a reservoir, and from tht
II reservoir into the stand-pipe. The!
+ wrote me that they pumped the waite
twice as stated, and the elevation
s. was 800 feet. Our elevation is onl.
u 200 feet, so you see, we pay just a.
u much for pumping the water ono
4 only. with an elevation of only ~
ID feet. as they do in DeKalb, Ulinoi
n for pumping twice, with an elevation
t, of 300 feet. No attention was pal
er to what | said, however, because
n was the Electric Light Company
e. and it would come out all right i
lie the end. | then made a run with tn
l. old pump, for three days, of twenty
Is four hours each, showing that W
er could pump just as cheap by steam
IL but this was also passed by.
[ then wrote to Beaver Dam, WIS
De consin asking the Superintendent
)y of Water Works to send me a Puml
n inc Report from there, for one mont
1T He sent me a report for the mont
ne of March, 1906, which is as follows;
w Pumped by steam power, 1928
Alt gallons
"a Paid for labor, engineer, coal
ad packing, waste, cylinder
L. Oil ...... $500 - A1f
is Report for Grand Rapids,
er March 1906.
E. Pumped by the Electric Light
'e, Company 6,548 100 gallons.
ne Total expense 800. ......S Zl9.'
~ A difference of .....-....
TIC o. coo = ooct tho Pnayt