The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-06-18

College and at the Wernle Orphans
Home. there shall be paid $50 per
annum.
All hydrant rentals shall be paid
quarterly at the dates when meter
charges are paid.
Elevators, 10 cents per 1000 gallons.
County Court House and Jail, 10
cents per 1000 gallons unless meter
schedule applies.
City of Richmond, other than as
above provided for hydrants, 10 cents
per 1000 gallons.
Ice manufactures, months of June,
July. August and September, on an
average daily consumption Of $4,000
gallons for any one month at rate or
cents per 1000 gallons.
All public and parochial or private
schools and churches, cents per 1000
gallons used in any one month, payable
quarterly as aforesaid.
All flat rates, and all other rates,
not herein specifically mentioned, not
on file with the Public Service Com
mission OF Indiana. shall be and re-
main the lawful rates and shall be
payable quarterly in advance.
No charge shall be made for tapping
the mains and the company shall in
stan az lls Wv Ii eApSuSc oil Del NlSCo
from the main to inside the curb, not
exceeding 100 feet each, and install
curb box and curb cock.
No extensions of mains shall be or
dered less than 200 feet in length. No
mains shall be required to be laid
where the annual income therefrom for
fro and all other purposes at the rates
fixed in this schedule, does not equal
20 cents for each foot of extension
ordered.
40 service shall be changed from
metered to flat rate.
The city shall not pay any rental
Tor MIGRANTS set or maintained outside
the city limits.
1t is further ordered by the commits
sion that the water company "cea Sc
and desist from enforcing its Rule No.
$50 fee for tapping main) and its
Rule No. 20 fixing monthly meter
rental at % cents). and each one of
said rules are hereby cancelled and
annulled."
1t is further ordered by the commits
sion that the Water Company shall
cease to give the Chesapeake & Ohio
Railroad Company any preferential or
unjustly discriminatory rates.
The expense Of making an examin-
alton and audit Of the company's books
and in making the valuation of the
property amounted to $1244.34, and
this amount, by the terms of the utility
act, must be paid into the state treas
urv by the company within twenty
days. The expense incurred represents
the salaries and hotel bills Of account
ants and engineers. The salaries of
the five service commissioners sre not
part of the expense to be met by the
company.
The commission, in it's opinion, re-
cites the fact that the Richmond City
Water Works was incorporated May
"A, 1884. and contract was made
August 9, 1884 with the S. L. Wiley
Construction Company for the con
struction of a complete system of wat
er works for the city Of Richmond
and its inha bitants. The amount paid
the construction company was sI83.
216.04. Other sums expended In ad
ditions, bettermerts, new construction
and replacsments are indicated In e}ab
orately prepared tables to show the
total investment in the plant
The plant was we'll constructed
and has been prudently managed, >
reads the opinion. There has been
no exhibition of frenzied finance. In
a plain, businesslike way the com
rany has diligently proceeded to per
form the duties it was created to per
form. 1t Is to be commended for the
manner in which 1t has done this II
has furnished the city of Richmond
and its inha bitants an abundant sup
ply of pure and wholesome water The
pressure for fire purposes has beer
sufficient at all times. There is ne
complaint of the character of the wat
er now furnished.
THE rate charged has been such a,
to bring continuously increasing rev
enues to the company. The salaries
charged by the officials have beer
just and reasonable. There has beer
no contention that the officials hav,
looted the treasury Of the company
The city Of Richmond is a wealthy
substantial community and has
steady growth in population. With ad
ditions and betterments now unde
construction the Richmond Wate
Works will be very valuable ant
efficient property. 1t will be vel
equipped to do its work, and will hay.
perfect monopoly for the sale of III
service to more than $4,000 people
1t has no fear of rival and a les
hazardous investment can scarcely b.
imagined"
The opinion rectes that in ascer
tainin~ Just and reasonable" rate
that the most important problem il
the determination of the value of tn
property, actually used and useful 70
the convenience Of the public" Thi
value must be ascertained as of tn
time when the inquiry is made con
corning the rates. The commission
quotes from rulings Of several court
% L.
involved in determining tho valuation
of property. These principles are the1
applied by the commission to the con
crata case prevented to It.