St. Tammany farmer., 1922-02-04
Association Of Commerce
Holds Mass Meeting at
Rooms, Monday
COMMITTEE REPORT
ADOPTED AS READ
Matter Will be Brought Be-
fore the Town Council
Tuesday Evening

The mass meeting called by tn.
Association of Commerce to discuss
the proposal of Mr.. Kramer to put in
waterworks and sewers met in the
rooms Of the Association Tuesday
night. President Warner presided.
After some discussion, the report
of the committee appointed by the
Association was read by Chairman
Fred. J. Heintz, ond accepted, by a
vote Of 26 to 2, six not voting. There
seemed to be strong support of the
proposition and the outlook for carry
ing out the plans is good. On mo-
tion it was ordered that the matter
be brought up before the town couE-
Gil at its meeting Tuesday evening,
the Association to be represented by
the same committee. A pumping
contract with the st. Tammany Ice
& Mfg. Co. seemed to be favored.
Following are the reports Of both
the committee and Mr.. Kramer:
Covington, La, Jan. 80, 1922.
Honorable President and Members Of
the Association Of Commerce, Gov
ington, La.
Your committee appointed to look
into the question of the advisabilitv
of asking the Mayor and Town Coun-
Gil of the Town of Covington, La, to
call an election at this time to vote
a bond issue to install both sewer
age and waterWOrks in the Town of
Covington, beg to report as follows:
Your committee first took the mat
ter up with Mr.. H. N. Moody, con-
tracing engineer, Of New Orleans
Hereto attached is Mr.. Moody's re-
port, which shows that for the in
stallation of both sewerage and water
works, the total approximate cost
would be $167,4109S. This bid,
owing to the fact that the assessment
of Covington is only S1,500,000, and
as under the law we can only vote
lC per cent, or $15O,OOO, is out Of
the question.
For your own observation, l am
attaching hereto letter of Mr.. Moody
dated September 27, 1921, and the
report furnished by this gentleman.
We next took the matter up with
Mr.. Xavier A. Kramer, engineer, OF
Magnolia, Miss. Mr.. Kramer sub
mitted to your committee the follow
ing proposition:
l. total cost for both the water
works and sewerage system to the
Town Of CovingtOn, complete, for
for operation, $136,730.00. He also
stated that il the Town of Covington
put in the said waterworks and sew
erage, it would cost approximately
S4,546.00 to operate.
He also submitted second propo-
sition whereby the total cost to the
Town Of Covington would be $122,-
$4,000. This would be under con-
tract with the local power plant, and
under which contract there would be
a saving in the first estimate of $14,
5000 in the initial cost of putting
III the sewerage and Waterworks ard
also a saving of $S63.10, plus $34G.
making a total of $1,239.1O per
annum. He also staded that the local
power plant agrees to the payment OF
ten cents per M gallons, to be paid
TO them for water, pumped up TO
o,OUt,O0O gallons per month, and
also a sliding scale downward fur
water pumped by the local power
plant over and above the $3,OOO,OUy
gallons. :- -
Under this proposition the city
would own its own pumping station,
but the power plant would operate
and maintain the same. =
The city is to furnish renewals TO
It's own machinery, but the local
power plant is to install same with
out any cost to the town, and all
water to be paid for according to the
reading OF the meters in the homes
OF the people using water, no pay
Ment to be paid to the local power
plant for any leakage or from water
pumped for fire purposes.
Mr.. Kramer recommended that
price OF thirty cents per 1000 gallons
with a minimum charge of $1.0O
per month to be charged the users
OF the said water
Your committee also recommended
that if the proposition of contract
with the local power plant is entered
into, that a contract for not less than
ten years be made with all of the
proper safeguards surrounding the
SAID contract, for the benefit Of the
Town of Covington
The assessment of the Town #
CoVlngton, as stated above is $1,000
700, consequently, under the law, we
can realize sufficient money to put
III the sewerage and waterworks un-
der either of the propositions. The
bonds can only run for a period Of
forty years. A tax Of five mills run
hlng over a period of 40 years will
De more than ample to carry the
bond issue.
Herewith attached is a communi-
cation addressed by Mr. Kramer to-
your committee, upon which the re-
port relative to these propositions
are partly based. We attach this
Tor your consideration, along with
our report.
After considering the facts, figures
and the law, we are of the opinion
that the present time is the time to
put in sewerage and waterworks in
the Town Of Covington.
we recommend that the second
proposition relative to contract
with the local power plant be made