The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1921-02-02

According To an authentic aud care
fully prepared statement OF Secretary
Charles II. Wilson of the Daytona
Beach water works. this city has. for
the past yeai, at least. been selling its
water for less than actual cost.
That portion of its supply which It
has sold TO seabreeze, it has only re-
ceivad half the cost and not even that
when the necessary ard inevitable
waste through transportation is con
siiered. Seabreeze has been getting
her water from Daytona Beach for 10
cents per thousand gallons. while ev-
cry Thousand gallons, according to
this report, costs the city 20 cents at
the plant. The statement OF Secretary
Wilson is as follows:
Daytona Beach, Fla.
Jan. "a. 1921.
Preliminary to a more complete re-
per-, which will be given later. / give
you Few fisslres covering costs OF
running the later works for the year
1929:
The water sold at Is cents per thou
sand ga'lens amounted to S2,2S5.5t
The water sold at 10 cents per thou-
sand gallons amounted to $2.7Ss.6S.
The maintenance amounted to ST.
sSs7s.
The above represents the number of
gallons sold as 42,f43.50o: this is an
average daily sale of 1920 gallons.
The cost OF operating, including
cleaning OF reservoirs. was SO, 404. IS.
or 1861 per thousand: Is 1919 this
was 0sa1 per thousand
! The cost Of fuel was $l.700.46. or
1884 per thousand: in 1919 this was
.e25s.
The cost of lubricants was s698.92
or ol6z Per thousand: in 1919 ta:s
was 00e2.
The cost OF Office supplies. light
Telephone, transportation. salary sec
retary and treasurer. legal matters
advertising. insurance, upl.eep OF auto
.025a per thousand.
Repairs and reconstruction, 03 per
Thousand
! Depreciation. 1923 per thousand.
interest on bonis. 037 per thousand
/ Total cost per thousand gallons
.22t5eper thousand.
However, the above does not take
4 into account the water used By con
tractors and what may have bees
fused in street work. but ii takes near
/ II ore thousand dollars to ruake d.
ference OF > cents per thousand ga.
/ Ions, 50 hat / feel safe in sayils that
Figuring ON the above basis. the water
las cost us over 90 cents per thousand
gallons for the year 1920.
| might add nat the sinking fund
would require about .037 per one thou
sand gallons more.
/ No sof;ening expenses are figured
lin the foregoing.
paring the year 1919 the average
ldany sales amounted to 100000 gal
Ions, and during 1920 the cost of OF
ierating was about one-third more.
Respectfully submitted,
1 fsigned) CHARLES II. WILSON
Waea the Daytona Beach council
danet Monday evening President w. F
lBleekman being absent and out o
town. County Commissioner G. L
Iyininge who was serving his last ses
sion as member, as a parting homo
was unanimously called on to preside
Lunch Stand Matter Reappears
Mrs. A. S Harroun. who was pres
ent addressed the council and salt
THAT month ago the members hat
promised her that they would see to i
lthat the young men running the iunci
island across the street with the side
walk as their dining room would qui
business at midnight, but that wit
the exception OF one night, they ha
kent open long after that. very ofte1
Until and in the morning an
sometimes until after 4 which sh
ls:tia occurred on one, Sunday morning
lShe insisted that there was 50 muc
loud talking and rowdyism autom'
lbiles starting and stopping ana shu
lofts that neither She or her guest
could sleep until this place was close'
One of the young men running IN
place was present and tooR the pos
Ition that he was not responsible fc
tie noise made by the people in th
istreet outside OF his place and that a
for himself and his partner, they mad
no noise. He denied that he was ope
las late as Mrs. Harroun claimed, bt
this venerable lady, who said she ha
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