The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-17
osDeciaI to me F1armer.)


 1qewtUwn. July 17.-A1fred Walker. manager Of the Sophie Booth property on Sugar street, made application on Monday to the Water company for extensfon of the main pipe to his property. a. distance of approximately T. 1s5o0 feet, as he desired to avail him self of the use of the city water. MT. Walker came from York state where they do things differently. Thursday morning he was not a little surprised to find that what he thought was a right any taxpayer of the borough was entitled to, was. in Connecticut. considered in the nature of a privi- Iege, and privilege with q string to it. The committee on extension of mains of the Water company calmly told him sos and said there must be other things considered before his pe- Mir Walker woke up and told them how such matters were done in Os- sinings New York. where he lived and did business for thirty years before coming here He told them that in New York every taxpayer was treated of public water was denied any ap- pe1lant, a, cOEn1oIaduf made to the New York state public utility commission, instantly brought the company to terms He fnt1mated to the astounded members of the Water cor1pany that
 
 have a 1ilre result fin Hyewtovvn- On this yelled threat to appeal to the public utility commission to interfere on the part Of 1Er- walker, the com imttee got busy thinking Mir Wal ker handles an estate of $1OO, 900 in guardian of an incapable son of the testa1or, and seemed not only, to know his rights but to be ready to claim So they began rzzDbzng the fur the way if grew. They assured Mir Wal ker that hzs accession to the borough as a man of afrairs was appreciated fully, and that. while the estimated anuua1 water rental the estate would pay would not equal the annual in- teregt on the investment at four per cent; nevertheless, as a compliment to him, the conrnittee had decided to accede to his request, provided the borough meeting which must be called for the purpose would authorize the putting in of one or more fire hy- drants along the proposed line of ex- tension The 1ncreased revenue from this addt1on to the fire protection Grmu8 added Do hls water rent. would 5ust about yield income enough to cover the annual interest on the i'm vestment-
 There were two other owners of property on the line who might follow
 
 have declined to accept the privilege Of She public water. The appealing property holder couldn't see what that had to do with him, ae he wasn't a voter yet, and bluntly- told the conn rnitfee of conci1fation so. Then they took another tack and told him of the depleted condition of the Water company's treasury.
 The July dividends of the Water company stock had not yet been paid, though past due, owing to the dilato- riness of the borough in not paying the last six months rental for the thfrty-dve hydrants in use at $30 each per annunn They wound up by prom fs1nK to ro ahead with the work as soon as the company. got the funds. me appeal fell on deaf ears; MT. walker was oFodura.te. The Water company was up against it and they saw something must be done right away to head off the irate citizen. The attorney for the company imme- daately called up the borough tax of Ecia1s to know why the borough tax Jas not co111rted and the Water com rmny,s six m45nths' bill paid The re- Tfy from stke tax office was to the eff .sct that the delay was due to the df1a1oriness of the borough board of relief who had just handed in the completed grand levy that morning. It will he another week before the tax-booh will be in the hands of the tax collector, and mon1h. according