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Show REVENUE OF THE WATER SYSTEM I JciTY TAXES WATER CONSUMERS OVER $100,000 IN ONE YEAR. OF WHICH OVER $85,000 IS PAID IN CASH NEARLY A MILLION DOLLARS OUTLAY BIG SHOWING MADE BY THE DEPARTMENT Mayor A. G. Fell, superintendent of waterworks, submitted his annual report to the board of commissioners j this morning, calling nttentlon to the fact that the department has passed a successful year. The mayor, in his communication. I says: Realizing the vital Importance fo Ogden City of an adequate water sup-i pi the waterworks department has constantly maintained a careful vigi-. :ii ' ii cr ;ho system and the condl-j tlons of the supply and consumption. In keeping with the ever-growing I needs of the- city, the necessary ex-t( ex-t( n ioik of 'he water mains have been made ami additional fire hydrants placed, for the convenience and safo-ty safo-ty of the citizens. The department Ik ,' a well organized unit working at all j times for the very highest efficiency possible In malntuluing the city's wa- I ter supplv. "At the beginning of the present administration we found that ft val-j val-j liable water rlcht in South Fork can-on. can-on. covering 27,000 B4 rf feet of water j for the use of Orulen City, had been allowed to lapse Th commissioners made an application to the tate engineer en-gineer lor iiddltlonal time in which ' to complete the filing on this right This application for an extension of the filiug was opposed by the South Tork Reservoir company, and the ox-leiinlon ox-leiinlon of the filing was only secured bj the i It) on November 2, 1912. This necessarily occasioned a great deal of delay The reservoir site In South Fork is In litigation, and as soon as the rights of the city are determined by the conns and It is known beyond a ques-'lon ques-'lon of doubt that Ii.-uiikI' xi end -the entire length of the dam site, the dam will be built as rapidly as the finances fi-nances of the city will permit Bin It Is not the intention of the commissioners commis-sioners to expend the tax payers'' money In building the dam until the legal rights of Ogden City are estub -ilshed and bedrock known to SXU nd the entire Icugih of the proposed dam. "It was necessary In order to conserve con-serve the rights of the city, for the commissioners to secure deed fror."1 the BrownLng interests to a large tract of land In South Fork tor reservoir purposes, and the city, by paying 55.-467.77, 55.-467.77, now holds title to this land, which will provide acreage for th" storage of the waters of South Fork when the dam Is constructed." The waterworks report shows assets as-sets and liabilities earning and oprr-ating oprr-ating expenses and receipts and disbursements dis-bursements for the year up to December De-cember 31, 1912, as follows. Assets. Ogden Water Works systemoriginal sys-temoriginal cosi $555,400.00 Extension of water mains Made during I j ear 1900 . $1.-,,2ri", 0 4 Made during year mm 24,064.40 Made during year 1911 . . 31,332.63 Made during year 1912 , 5. Sis ?,1 76,608.38 Concreting old reservoir No. 1 16.124.87 Constructing new reservoir No. I 41,319.34 Coldwater canyon conduit 85,140.09 Extension on 2 Ird St (rea- i I ervolr to Washington avenue! av-enue! 27. 15S.SC Meters and tapping machines ma-chines . 5;285.81 Office furniture and fixtures fix-tures 1,003.87 Real estate acquired 6,884.10 South Fork reservoir site . 18,790 60 Emergency connection to Light Co. conduit Ogden canyon 2,761.92 Accounts receivable: Amo.ints due and unpaid for water supplied during 1012 considered good and collectable 6,794 92 Cosh in bank to credit of Water Works department depart-ment . 13.098. 90 Total assets . 155,277.19 . Liabilities Bonds lor purchase pur-chase of ori ginal system, $45.Ho.o.) Bonds for Cold water Conduit $100,000 less redeemed 1 91 . $25,000 76,000.00 526.O0O.0C Original cash payment for W ater Works L06 400 91 Deposits on meters 340. "i Accounts payable: Engineering department expanses and rent of office of-fice and shop, due the general fund 2,003.86 Profit and 08R 222 584 8 I Total liabilities . ,.$865,277.19 Earnings. Rated Water rentals collected col-lected 168,900.00 I Less amount re- I bated 28.75 $ 58,871 25 j Metered water rentals collected col-lected . 27.713.57 Due from consumers f Rated water rentals .. $2,198.76 Meter water rentals ... . 4.596.17 Fire hydrant rental 4.8600 11.655.22 Makluc taps In mains for new connections 951 50 Water for building purposes pur-poses 1.1 12 70 Miscellaneous revenue (circuses (cir-cuses etc ) . . i . 512" Turning water o'f and on . I 90 Oioss earnings $li0::"9.H Operating Expenses Office salary s 1,486.00 Office expense 283.00 Genera! expense 602 5" Foreman and inspectors' salaries 5,052.50 Maintenance (labor and material tor repairs)... 6,S':S 'r; Stationery, printing and postage . 404.4?, Tapping material and labor 90S. IT Telephone service . , 3.25 Repairing and setting meters me-ters 80.44 Tot-ji operating expenses 15,747.85 Interest on bonds Original $20,210.00 Col lwater 1.175 00 24,625 00 , 40.372.85 Net earnings 59.986 59 $100,359 1 ' |