The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-05-08
NATTER
GOES TO COURT !
TRUSTEES AccEDED TO PRO.
POSITION OF coMPANY's
ATTORNEYS
WITH AMENDMENT
As 1t Nc# Stands the Company
VIII Make Test Suit For It's
Rights, Not to Collect Bills


Attorneys representing the board of
trustees Of the school district, J. NJ.
Paget and J l.. sherard, conferrsd
with II. HI. Watkins, representing the
Southern Public Utilities company yes
terday, and almost immediately ar
cVed at an agreement, practically the
Same thing that Capt. Watkins sub,
mitted 90 the board OF trustees last
Friday. Had consultation been held
ut that time, the city schools would moi
have had to close for two DAYS for
u lack OF water, The issue is as TO
whether the company has n right 10
charge for water. &.
The company positively is not sue
ing for sthe collection or the water
rent, 1t Is stated, but agrees to make
a test case OF its rights. In the origi-
nal proposition, the company suggest
ed that II the trustees did not wish
10 pay the bill and denied the right
Gf the company TO. collect under their
contract with the city, they should
bring the suit. lie Coiiias aspaa, has In!
sisted all along in getting the matter
by law, IL the board insisted. ch its
stand In, the matter. =,
An agreed statement of facts was
signed, and this is about the same
thing that the company requested in
It's former communications. In this
agreed statement, the phrase ''set out"
means to eliminate" as being con-
ceded. This it will be seen from the
following that the trustees emphatic
ally do not attack the validity OF the
ccmpanys franchise or the contract
with the city. but stand upon their be-
lief that the schools are entitled to
water under the former contract un-
I'll the old contract would have ex-
pired:
1t Is suggested that in Older to set
Tia: theSNuestipp at fssGe between the
Southern Public Utilities Company and
the Anderson School District MS to
charges for water since. the new fran
lelltse' was krarted, that the issue be
sub tteeas tos thEs presid dent Judge al
the next term OF; lthes court, upon bn
agreed statement of facts as follows:
Set out all franchise and con-
.tracfB S1stWeeni the, City of Anderson
and Anderson Water Light G Pow
ler Company.
"2. State the date OF conveyance
and set out copysof conveyance from
Anderson Watersd Light & Power Co.
Southern t.s;G;SS..c tGS!.c !ut.!!..!es u!es Co.nnanv,
%. Set out franchise from City of
Anderson to, Southern Public Utilities
Company and contract entered into
pursuant thereto.
a. Set out Act of Legislature
creating Anderson Graded School Dis
trict e,,.5s e,.
''5. Set out Act OF Legislature Great
ing present Anderson School District.
"6, Set out statement OF water fur
.hished and bills presented for water
furnished by Southern, Public Utilities
Company to the Schools of the School
District since February 10th, 1914.
"T. State that the Anderson School
District disputes the right to make
charges above referred to on the
ground that the provisions of the old
franchise are stin effective In so far
as they require the Water Company
10 furnish free water for those schools.
, "S. In case the schools are liable
for the payment of water bills should
the charges be. made separately
against each school, or the total
amount of water consumed charged
In one dill so as to give the schools
tho benefitlof reductions allowed on
total as per sliding scale