The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-03-29

traitor should be a person without cx-
p%crtence or training In the valuation
" water plants Is not satisfactory and
N not practical. In the first place.
the chief justice IL not . trained cN-
pert In h valuation OF water plants
and could not In justice To either side
determine the value without. taking a
great deal of time In hearing evidence
Of disintcrcstcd experts who de- know
the value In the second place. the
his official duties, could not spend tho
his official duties. could not spent the
time necessary To- investigate q ques-
tion OF that kind
The proposition that a public utility
should be valued by trained experts
rather than by non-cNperts who have
no mean of determining the just val
ue Is not in my opinion q ~dchatahlc
question.
A statement Of the offer made ~
the city n rejected by me. or tho
offer made by me and rejected by the
city. H. entirely irrelevant upon tho
subject or arbitration as 10 the real
value ~ the property and I would not
consider either proposition as a hasis
of arbitration.
The attempt to put into Your prop
osition the statement that the cts had
secured an appraisemont by competent
engineers finding that the property
In It's e%ntircty. Incorporating all the
factors required to be considered iu
such appraisal, Is worth an amount
not III excess ef S2G7.33. 90 is mislcad.
ing, is entirely immatcrial. Is untrue
inasmuch as the mayor stated To me In
the presence OF a number uf council
men hat that did not include III"
value of the property a. a COINS con-
Germ. and FOR the further reason that
that report has never been made pub
lie. n copy 81 II has been refused ell
though I offered 10 pay the proper
charges for . certified copy. and even
II true, could have no proper place In
an argument Tor arbitration. Yuur
report as well as that uf the Water
supply company. would lee q proper
matter 90 present to tho arbitrator.
ana when presented. VIII show for a..
self what the estimates Of value were.
and ! dssum" the value 81 such report,
VIII depend upon the question whether
or not a proper basis OF valuation haas
been taken u the proper avlucs -
the several elements have been gwen
ANY competent. trained expert can
very readily pass pom q question ~
that kind
am anxious To- do whatever may Doe
Ia insure a speedy aud fair se'-
Element Of this question. but Il must bo
upon a fair and just basis.
Yours respectively.
\. g. McNILLE$.
President Water supply Company
The councils reply. offered bon tho
form 81 q resolution Dos Alderman
Hammond follows
Councils Reply.
DO il resolved by the cts council
OF the city of Albuquerque. that the
city clerk DE and he IL hereby Instruct
To notify Mr McMillcn tina hc has
misunderstood the plan a. submitted
by the council
THE plan a. submitted hy the
council provided that the water com.
pany and the city should each have
one representative. The fact that Nj
Black and Mr. Gladdinr are named Js
the citys representative does not af-
feet the case. The plan provided that
Nh BLACK aud Mr. Gluddiur should
reprcson the city tointl,
In the question Of going concern
the resolution passed bY the council
provides for the placing Of value anon
all items ~ value that th, board II
arbitrators wish TO consider
BE II further resolved. that II b.,
the SENSE Of this council that m,
naming Of CHIEF Justice Hluun is iJs,
and fair and it b. our belief that amy
decision mad by him iu the premise.
viii be Just and cuuittbi,