The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-16

per quarter, the charge would only be $10.80.
 Leaks Waste Water.
 MT. Moody said there is a large amount of water being wasted here each year. One of the major causes of this is leaky fixtures, he said. He predicted that if such fixtures are repaired, the water rate in those homes will not be excessive. He also indicated that excessive sprin. klink of lawns or gardens comes un- der the waste" term.
 Burgess Smigeiski maintained that the family that works in factories must take bath a day to keep de- gently clean, and contended it will have to pay higher water rental charge than it does now. This type of family can least afford 1t, he said He predicted landlords with such families as tenants will raise rents because of higher water charges.
 Mir. Moody said that statistics in Hartford show that families in tene- ment districts pay only half the amount for water that families in high priced homes do.
 Srnigelski said poorer families have to launder their own clothes because they cannot afford to send them to laundries and said in his opinion, if a person wants extra conveniences such as several bath tubs, he should pay for them, but the necessities should not cost more here. He said the Naugatuck Water company has been the fairest of the public utilities here up to now. He reminded however that the Wa ter company does not own the wa- ter, that it owns the system of dis tributing the. water. Burgess Jo- seph Nygren said that water is a commodity as is a loaf of bread and if one wants several loaves of bread, he must pay for them.
 Similarly, Nygren said. if one wants to use more water than othersJ he should pay for 1t. Slnigelski did not agree with this, feeling that the Water company is not selling water but is selling the service.
 MT. Moody stressed that the conl- pany does not intend to raise its rates in order merely to add to its dividends. He said some will pay less underline meter plan, and some will pay more. He said only one town in the state does not have the meter system, aside from Naugatuck. He said he considers it his duty to re- quest such a step now in order to prevent wastage of water here.
 Asked About PTico
 Leon Moraski, representing the Polish Central committee. asked Mr. Moody if the price would go up af- ter the trial period of one year. Moody explained the company can't put any meter rates in effect with out the approval of the public util- tiles commission and said the coln- pany believes the suggested rate would be continued after year, but added if it developed the company was not getting fair return, the rates would go up. An experienced engineer was hired by the company and after investigation, the mini- mum rates were arrived at.
 MT. Smigelski said that his fath- er-in-law, who lives in New Britain, is paying $50 a year for water for tWo-family house. Waterbury has 8 SIP minimum charge, MT. Moody said, but he did not know how many gallons this permitted.
 Flat Rate Now
 Burgess Thomas Broder asked If landlord has his building idle for two or three months, if under the meter rate he will have to pay the $2.7O minimum charge just the same. MT. Moody explained the company would remove the meters on request without charge, but if the landlord wanted them in later there would be a small charge. Mr. Brodef said that in such asi instance as he cited, 1t would be a fixed charge ba- cause the landlord would be charged if there was 8 meter there even though no water were used. Under the present flat rate charge, he would be charged also. 1t was point- esi 0slt
 MI. Moody said . dry year came on the average of once every 10 years, but It is impossible to tell whether 1t will come next year or
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