The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1920-10-04

All over 100000 ........15 cents
Minimum charge, = 81 so net pei
meter per month.
Rates in the city before the in.
crease we're: 371a cents per hundred
cubic feet for the first 400 used; and
80 cents per 100 for over 400 cubic
feet. There also were special rates,
fiat rates to 289 consumers and 81
hydrants at $500.
For service to the city new rates
provide 94 hydrants at the rate of $125
each per year.
Water used for street sprinkling
shall be taken from appropriate and
properly installed water stand-pipes
for this purpose, which water so fur
nished shall be metered and shall be
paid for by the city at the regular
scale of rates.
Service furnished the city for three
drinking fountains and one horse
fountain shall be at the rate OF $25
each for the drinking fountains and
$50 for the horse fountain per season.
The commission's order states that
the commission suggests and recon-
mends that the city install meter
vaults at or near these fountains for
the purpose of placing meters proper
" to meter this water, which shall be
at the regular scale Of rates. S.
1t further says: "No special SER
vice shall, after the effective date OF
this order, be furnished by the Bis
marck Water Supply company at spe-
cial rates. All service except those
hereinbefore specifically mentioned,
shall be metered and charges based
thereon at the regular scale OF rates
herein authoriZed.'
The increases made by the commits
sion are ordered effective for period
of one year, at which time the com
mission may by further order continue
the rates or modify them.
Must Have Meters
The company is required to install
meters for all services now unmetered
where water is furnished free, on fiat
rate basis, or upon any special ar
rangement or charge, and that meters
as required, shall be finally and COM
pletely installed on all services by
January /, 1921. Consumers owning
meters may dispose of them to the
water company "at it's present falr
value" or continue as to own their own
meters. r,
60 Per Cent Increase
Where meters cannot be installed
Immediately the company is authorized
tn increase the present fiat rate by 60
per cent, and "it is provided and re-
olired further than in the case OF tree
service where meters have not been
installed the estimated rate submitted
bv exhibit to the commission, with an
addition of 60 per cent shall be levied
until meter is properly installed.
The company is required to replace
the present IL inch supply main from
the reservoir to the distribution sys-
tenn in Bismarck with an 18-inch main
from the reservoir. passing said main
through the booster pump.
Install Plant
The company is required to install
a proper and adequate filtration plant
for the purpose of properly and ade-
quately fltering the water supplied
to the city.
The company shall provide and
have installed an adequate standby
pump of modern design and efficiency
for use at the river pumping station
in pumping water to the reservoirs to
serve as a supplemental unit and to
replace the present standby centrifu-
gal pump.
The company shall clean the west
reservoir (No. y quarterly and the
other two reservoirs as frequently as
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