Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-01-12

supplying ocean Point, Squirrel Island.
Spruce Point, Juniper Point, Capltai
Island, etc, and the rest of them want
ed it.
We now have about seven miles OF
| permanent pipe, a standpipe ana ABOUT
% miles of surface pipe. Squirrel Is
land is supplied with 4-inch pipe
from the main to Spruce Point ana
two Pinch pipes under the sea. The
| fire service is free and any repairs or
additions is labor free, the stock being
paid for by the islanders. We receive
about $l400 income from the island SER
vice. We thought with the conditions
that when the contract expired, we
would not have to renew it.
i The surface pipe is in such condition
! that it must be relaid and a new un-
der-water line is also necessary-the
deterioration of each is so great that
both have become practically useless.
1t would cost about $4,000, for it would
need a 4-inch pipe from the main to
Spruce Point to the sea and a 3-inch
under water to give the necessary SER
vice.
Now the depreciation of the pipe
would amount to about 10 per cent. We
would have to hire the money and can
not get it less than 5 per cent. Then
our yearly operating expenses are about
S6S43, SO that the islanders share of
the latter. with the other deductions,
we couldn't make it paA
! Southport has water charter and
Squirrel is a part of Southport. They
may jump in and take the business al
any time We are willing to lay 4
| inch pipe from the main to the end of
Spruce Point and let Squirrel connect
there at her expense We are willing
! then to take charge and handle their
! system, at a charge to be fixed by the
commission.
/ Pips laying off Spruce Point is costly
and difficult. The only way we could
find when we connected with Squirrel
was TO build tight boxes, float the entire
length of pipe, fill it with water and let
it sink. Otherwise the rocks so bent and
twisted the pipe line that it leaked so
badly that Squirrel got no water Add
the price Of the lumber, etc, to Mr.
Babbs figures and it would be about
right.
The service may be poor, but we
have people at home who want water
just as much as the islanders. We've
borrowed to the limit and can't stand
the expense.
Mr.. Upper called r. W Bishop. one
of the water commissioners of Booth
| bay Harbor, who corroborated Mr.. Tup-
perS statements in every particular. We
have about seven miles of permanent
pipe of 10, and inches; with a
standpipe, from which To- and 6-inch
pip run. Should have new surface and
under water pipe, about 10 miles of
the latter, 3-inch pipe for Squirrel.
The cost of the new 4-inch pine TO
Spruce Point he estimated at s486O. with
$50 to lay it. Add to Mr.. Babb's fig
ures for the under water pipe about
SZoo Tor the lumber and nails and it
| would be about right
IN order to comply with the order of
the Pubic Utilities and keep proper
| SET OF books, which had never been in
| shape, we fixed an arbitrary CAPITAL
stock value of 100000 but when we
began TO allow for the depreciation, etc,
, we found we were running behind, NV
salary was $500 per year.
Josiah S. Maxcy of Gardiner in ra-
spouse TO inquiry as to attempts ia co.
| cure water service for the island by ar
'eslan wells, stated that $4,000 had been
expended in driving wells but without
success
WIliiam B. White Of Medford. Mass
| GRANDSON of the United States Senator
iSe' teStlned that while the water SER
vice when first installed was ADEQUATE
aiiu suihcleht pressure obtained To n,s
water on the roofs of cottages with or
uiharv nose 1t had been so poor in moro
recent years that it was necessary to
use force pump in the kitchen of mis-
outage 10 force water into the tank in
me attlc. He attributed this either IA
inadequate supply coming from the Har-
Dor or to the system being overloaded
a. the island. His family was one of
'he original water takers and be s.id
'i"t ne had protested against additional
oo'''seS Delng placed upon the system