Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-04-24

W utdN llS OWll tUilNIholOllos AAts No
$4,000 for pumping the city water,
ct at $4,000 a year, asserting that the
he same service the company would
as the company's offer was made at
t would have been before the Railroad
raises had it received the contract.
which would amount to about $4,000.
incidentally we are selling 10 per-
cent more water this year than last
year ! am satisfied that # Tho city
| had made a. contract with chem they
would have been before the rallrOad
commission two OF three times get
ting increases You ato familiar
with the fact that contracts were set
aside as scraps Of paper" when cor
poratons could show that they were
! losing money on them.
The Amercus Lighting Company
showed in a sworn statement before
| the railroad commission that their
operating cost during 1920 was 5.8c
per XVIII. 1t 3 probable that
they would want at least this figure
| for pumping the water as they petl-
Itioned the railroad commission for
from 7.7c to 8.5c per XVIII for
street lights this year and were
granted q rate of 5.75 per XVIII.
Our requirements for pumping the
water would be at least 100000. XVIII
for the year which, at their op-
Grating cost of 5.8c per XVII,
would nave cost the AElerlcus Llgh
inc company 500 GOO, whereas our
ccst for this part of the work VIII
amount to S12.325, as already
stated. This is based on their own
feure5 which they claim do not IN
Iclude interest or profit. / might
state further that our costs include
furnishing lights for the city hall,
| city CLOCK pumping station and fire
alarm system for which service, the
> Americus Lighting Company charg-
/ cd the city $l73.Zl during the month
/ Of January, but which We are now
! furniaaing ourselves. In addition
! co the fact that | believe the city Is
/ saving money by pumping It's own
water, ! feel that the service IS much
more dependable in evidence OF
winch / offer the many failures OF
/ the company to furnish lights with
which you are familiar.
/ Plant Called Adequate.
Mr. Dodsons reference to the IN
adequacy OF our plant is amusing
/ at a recent demonstration Of the
new equipment given the city coun~
ell at the pumping station, $500
gallons Of water was pumped in 30
! minutes, which is sufficient to sup
/ ply Is ines of 2 1-2-inch fire hose
100 feet long at AZ pounds pressure
at the hydrant ] consider the plant
/ to be in better condition to serve the
public than for some time past. Our
/ equipment, including boilers, is du-
phcatcd throughout.
In closing. Mr. Dodson refers to
the eff2rts Of his philantrophic com
pany to help the city out by main
! tanning their connection to our plant
/ at the present time With refer
ence to this, | would say, that we
are not in a position to use electric
/ current, if we had it at the present
/ time. During the time we Were
/ overhauliag our plant, when this
connection would have been of some
value to us, his company billed US
! with $463.98 per month over and
above the charge for current used,
/ for maintaining this connection.
/ will appreciate your publishing
/ this letter IN order to get the facts
/ before the public Gquareiy.
Respectfully,
II. 3. MASHBURN.
! Chairman cf Water and Sewage
Committee.