The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1915-11-26
School Meter Checks-up
Supply to Adjacent
Private Homes.
TWO METERS ARE
WORKING SAME JOB
Water Company Charges at Both
End of Line, Say
Officials.

pd1iy III Tie INOI1idl OCuUOl ulSlClCI
will be protested by officers of the
school, it has become known, when a
settlement is made between the COM
pany and the school for its water sup
ply.
The duplicatici: =: charges is pointed
out, following the publication of the
Missouri Public Service Commissions
mandate, ordering the Utilities Com
pany to build a new intake crib or
tower for the sake of the Cape's pure
water supply.
The duplication has been occurring
for period covering the extent of the
water company's new franchise opera
ton. And it is estimated that the to-
tai amount that will be protested will
be in the hundreds Of dollars.
Several years ago the Normal
School installed private pumping
system to force the water throughout
the school buildings. The pressure
furnished by the water company was
too weak for the schools purposes.
A line was run east of the Normal
School from the power plant to the
tennis courts. 1t was for spraying pur-
poses and to furnish water with which
to take care of the athletic fields.
Residents on the east side of Pacific
street on top of the hill just east of
the Normal School ground, who had
had difficulty with their water pres
sure the same as the school, requested
the. school to allow them to attach a
line to the tennis court pipe and con-
vey the water to their homes under the
Normal School pressure.
The request was granted for the
first private residence there about
seven or eight years ago. The water
was forced as high as the second
stories of the magnificent homes there
and great convenience added to those
places.
At that time, the water was sold
at flat rate The private residents
who received the benefit of the Nor
nal School pumping station made ar
rangements with the school to pay
for the added pressure at the rate of
% cents a month. The payments were
made quarterly.
The residents on that part Of Pacific
street were glad to pay for the pres
sure and the convenience that it af
forded them.
When the new franchise was put In
t defect year and half ago, indi-
viduaI meters for each of those places
were installed and the water company
began charging the residents who were
receiving the pressure service from the
| Normal School at the regular rate for
water run through their meters.
At the same time that this was done,
the water company installed meter
at the Normal School and began charg-
ing that institution at the meter rate.
All the water used by the six resi-
dents on Pacific street outside the
| Normal School also ran through the
| Normal School meter and it does yet.
An investigation of the bills that
have been sent to the officers Of the
Normal School by the water company
fail to show that any deductions have
been made for the six meters in the
private residences. The water used by
these people has been charged twice,
once against the original user and once
against the Normal.
President Dearmont of the Normal
School yesterday declared he had ex-
amined the bills the school has re-
ceived from the water company and
that no deduction appears on them.
The meter readings have been taken,
the same at his private residence, the
amount that has passed through the
Normal meter each month calculated
and the bill Of charges made against
that amount.
II is estimated that the discrepancy
due to this situation amounts monthly
to between SO and SIS month. The
discrepancy has been charged up to the
Normal School.
The meter charges against the Nor
NAL School have varies from $75 a
month to SLOT, which has been the
highest.
At the time that the new franchise
was put into operation by the water
company, the Normal School had a
contract with the water company to
furnish the school all the water it re-
{ quired fro all purposes at flat rate
: of $50 month.
Until the improvements in the serv