Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-05-28
WATER METER IS
A LIAR IF FIXED,
SAYS EMIL MANN
However Mr. Mann Did Not
Mean That Any Of Water
Supply Company'S Are Not
True, He Said,

Whether water meter conld be
made to lie WAS the question upon
which the greater part OF the dis
oussiOn eentered az The council meet
! ing last night Emil Mann showed
| that the little instrument could be
made to pervcrt the truth by iamper-
ing with disc. but A. 49, McMillen.
j president Of the Water supply com
pany, forcefully aud logically pointed
| out that Mr. Mann's demonstration
did not have any material bearing
upon the settlement of the water
question.
MIR. Mann took the council and
everybody in the room 10 his place
4 ON West Copper 60 show them a meter
which he had connected with the
water pipes in the front of his store
Ii was not the meter through which
the Water supply company measures
his water Mr.. Mann said attcrward
that the meter upon which the com
pany bases as tax upon him gave him
Just "A little bit more than exact
measure.
what Does That Prove"
MIR Mann ran water through the
meter and carefully measured II with
"a quart cup when he had finished
he said he had just about one-half
as much water In the pail as the
meter showed he should have.
what does that proVeE' asked
Mr. McMillen III the meter through
which YOU get water from the com
pany is not recording right ven would
have something 10 kick about MT
, Mann admitted he did not claim the
company tempered with meters.
, I'm the council chamber before
, Mr. Manns demonstration, Mr. Me
Millcn said If anything went Wront
with meter il ran sloweri not faster
If amy obstruction entered II thu
meter would stop, like any othel
machine. The older meter gets, th'
slower il runs
1 After the visit to Mr.. Mann's store
' when the crowd had trooped back e
the council room. Mr.. MeMillen sait
I any employe who reported metel
AS read and who had wllfully failed
= 10 read IL. or any VINO had deltber
= ately read a meter wrong, would %
% dismissed summarilN
Then Judge b. $. Rodey read
J. letter and report from El Paso, Whlci
n has municipal plant. George Ros
y lngtun was willing to bet Mr. Rode!
a N cigar that El Paso was losing $50
y 900 year On its plant without look
ing into the report.
Would Curb Jitncys.
Mr. Roslingtnn took up the carr
mart of the meeting discussing pro
] posed ordinance regulating jitne
husses. lie was said to have drawn
m lie is receiver for the street ca
y company The proposed measure WA
Is laid on the table until the next fesu
J. lar meeting, although 1t came iron
n the ordnance committee.
d The ordinance would require ~
p, news ia take out licenses for specifi
y routes and not to vary from th
q routes for which the licenses ar
I'd taken out The license would be Slo
A. a year for each car.
A. A bond of 81, 00n for tho paNmen
e, Of damages likely to be incurred ais
would he required The iitneys woul
he compelled 20 observe the stree
car safety stops" as defined in ordl
nances
r No titnov would be allowed {
' carry more passengers than can .
placed inside the car and every J'l
T. ney would he compelled tc operal
raj twelve hours a day
y. Want Crfcw.
le rho Tuesday Literary club sent
m petition 10 the council asking the en
D. forcement OF the curfew ordinance.
e- suggested that warning be given b
az turning OF and on the electriclr
Be presumahy on the street lighting en
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