The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-06-16
SENSATIONAL EVIDENCE
IN WATERWORKS SUIT

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Board was expanding about S7GC 90
per month more than was necessary
for the pumping of the water from
the city's wells and that the air-litt
system would not get all the water
out of the wells like deep-well pdmps
would do.
Plaintiffs also offered in evidence
an affidavit and proposition from ..
e. Green, deep-well expert, in
which he stated that he had made a
thorough examination of the City's
wells and proposed at his own "opens
to re-adjust and change the air lift
system now in use and install new
and different air pipes in the wells.
do all the work at his own expense
and if he did not produce a flow Of
water from said wells as much as APP
Fortunately 800 gallons minute. in
=,
he would not charge the plaintiffs
or the Board anything for his work
or the expenses connected herewith;
if he did produce such flow. they
they should pay him $500 for lis
time and expenses.
NleI this affidavit was rad, at
tcin'vs for the plaintiffs propose to
the Board and Their attorney that
the hearing of the case be adjourned
over until tn early part of July and
let Mr.. Green make his test.
The Board objected to an adjourn
ncnt or to allowing Mr.. Green to
make the test. Counsel for plain
tits then appealed to the Court 10
give them an order of court allow
ing them to make the test at their
expense, and over the objection of
counsel for the Board this order was
granted and the further hearing of
the case adjourned until July eth.
Mr.. Green is now at the wells
making a test of the same.
Affidavits were also read in evil
dence signed by T. l.. Wallace and
j. r. Brumby, Jr., in which it was
claimed that they had examined the
books of the Board and had compiled
the figures showing the exact a
mount of water used by the various
consumers for the month of April.
1916; that the total amount was g.
4S3, 1872 gallons; that the total a.
mount pumped at the rate of 145 gal
Ions minute during said month was
1924, 000 gallons of water. leaving
an amount unaccounted for which
was pumped and not consumed of
2,7SO,S07 gallons, or forty-four and
one-half per cent of the entire "a
mount pumped.
1t was contended by Mayor Brum-
by and the citizens that if the wells
will produce 800 gallons per min
ute, this will give a monthly produc-
tion of about thirteen million gal
Ions of water, while the books of the
BOARD show present consumption
Of less than four million gallons!
under these figures, the wells Of TIE
CITY will supply an abundance of va
ter for all the demands of the city,
aad there would be no necessity Of
buying the Kennesaw or Miller Com.
pany plant or of voting bonds for
ar additional supply.
Affidavits were also presented and
read in evidence signed by a major
ity of the voters of the town in which
they stated that they were opposed
to the plan of the Board to buy
the Paper Company's plant and woud
not vote for bonds for this pu pose,
and We're also opposed to the water
of the Kennesaw or Miller company
being turned into the mains cf the
city.
Another complaint of the plain
tiffs was that under the contract en-.
tered into between the Board of
Lights & Waterworks and the Ken
ncsaw or Miller Company for tie
leasing and option sale of the Ken
nesaw Waterworks plant was taat
lie then existing rates for water of
tie respective companies should not
be changed during the term Of lie
lease or option to purchase.
The plaintiffs insisted that his
was an unfair contract as against
all of the citizens who bought water
from the Board for the reason that
the Boards rate was 22c per thous-
ard gallons and the highest rate
charged by the Kennesaw compap
T. any consumer was ten cents Der
thousand gallons; that under this
contract the Board would charge It's
consumer who had stood by il more
than as much again as the consumers
who patronized the old company. and
each would be getting the same wat
er.
The result of the test TO be made