The Washington herald., 1918-08-27
ALEXANDRIA
THE HEaALD BUREAU.
4, IS 5 I'os posips,a: ss,.:.

THE HERALD BUREAU.
A. s. poniphan,
fu King Street.
Alexandria. Va. Aug. 26.-The State
Corporation Commission has granted
the Alexandria Water Company per-
mission to increase Its rates. A sub
stantial increase was given in almost
all the company asked for. although
In some instances the commission did
not give all the company asked. The
commission was petitioned by q num-
Der OF citizens for lower rates. and
they got an increased rate instead.
the company year after the peoples
petition was presented petitioning for
an increase.
A flat rate OF so is granted by the
commission for all private dwellings,
stores and offices with one connec-
ton in yard or building without hose
connection. In most Of the houses In
the city this Is an increase of "a .
year. the smaller places only payine
IS a year. Each water closet II In
creased from. IS to 81 a year. Bath
tubs are increased from 80 10 81 a
year. For each set wash basin the
rate Is fixed at $50 a year, an in
crease Of 50 cents a year. A charge
VI ~ q gCah - AAdoC loh to1A 61tdSth
hose.
The commission states that upon
the completion Of the filtration plant
and the delivery OF supply of filtered
and purified water the flat rate for
all private dwellings. stores and Of
fices with one connection in yard or
building. without hose connection,
shall be s12 a year. This will be ex-
actly 100 per cent increase on small
houses now paying IS a year.
Permission Is granted the COM
pany to charge for readiness to
serve by meter system. The min
imum charge in meter rates 10 81
for 3.333.33 gallons. A lat rate OF
10 cents per 1 900 gallons heretofore
prevailed. TIE new rate. however.
operates on sliding scale. the great
er the quantity of water used the
lower the rate. Meter rates follow
Over 3.333.33 gallons and not more
than 10000. 80 cents per 1000 gal
Ions; next 10000, IS cents; next 20.-
900. 20 cents; next 10000. Is cents;
next $4,000, IL cents: next 10000,
10 cents: all over $4,000. cents.
According to the size of the meter
charge of IS cents per month UP
to So a month is made for its use.
The commission also sets forth
that all public buildings. hotels and
apartment houses. places of public
entertainment or serving the public.
fountains, SCH OILS, manufacturing
plants and similar places where the
use OF water Is subject TO greater
variation or more use than In
private dwellings, stores and Offices
or where supplied at additional and
special cost to the company for
extra pumping. shall be supplied
through meters. Meters may be in
stalled on services to dwelling
houses. stores and Offices at the
option of the company, provided
that once regular metered service
has been installed on any consum-
! er's premises, change to a nat rate
service shall not be made without
the consent of the consumer and
further provided that when the
minimum bill under the metered
rate will be in excess OF the total
bill made UP under nat rates given
in the schedule. the consent of the
consumer must be obtained.
That the accident was an unavoid-
able one was the verdict given to-
night by a coroner's jury which met
at Wheatley's chapel after investi-
eating the circumstances attending
the death OF Melissa Smith,. the IL
year-old daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank /. Smith, OF 116 South Fayette
street, who was struck Saturday aft
ernoon by an automobile driven by
Lieut.. B. E. johnson. OF Camp
Humphreys.
The testimony of Lieut.. johnson was
that two little girls ran to safety in
front of the machine and the Smith
child hesitated and turned back and
he ran his machine into a tree in hope
OF avoiding the accident and that his
machine was not going over eight
or ten miles an hour at the time. His
testimony was corroborated by other
witnesses. Among those to testify
were: Miss NJ. Mcdonald. little Julia
Sandllo. John W. Daniels. I. II. Schaf-
fer. the latter a military policeman;
Private Charles NJ. Penney and Lieut..
H. o. Keyes. both OF Camp Hum
rhreys.
The funeral OF the little girl took
place this afterno' and services we're
conducted by the Rev. Edgar Carpen-
ter, rector Of Grace p. z. Church, and
the Rev. X. ". White. pastor of the
Methodist Protestant Church.
Theron r. Groves. q years old,
who lived at 400 South Lee street
with his aunt, Mrs. Bessie Fair, Is
among those reported missing in ac-
ton since July 49, in today's cas-
ualty list. Groves went overseas with
tire District militia. Only a month
ago his aunt, Mrs. Fair, received
a letter from him in which he ex-
pressed himself as pleased with con-
ditions overseas. Groves was en-
ployed here in a machine shop and
for eleven years resided in Wash
ington. He Is a son of the late T.
A. Groves. who conducted a furni-
ture store on King street. between
Columbus and Alfred streets.
Alexander W. Wagner, 5s years old,