Show ONE HUNDRED PER CENT TOO HIGH Is ogden city water other cities charge less than one half the ogden rate fifteen cities that own their own water plants make money give cheaper and purer water interviews with superintendents of 15 city water works make interesting te resting reading the ogden water company manager time ago made the statement that den had the cheapest water in the lation this statement comice from he source it lid reused THE make an investigation no trouble spared to set interviews with the or 01 ol water yorks that were owned by municipal nuni cipal corporations been very ie will be been from the fact herewith presented the figures given for aa room louse are taken from the annual report the respective cities to the arsat waterworks convention held in denver colorado jast month they should be artfully are fully studied by our people and with their own water tax HEBE THEY coat of water for 7 room bouse in lawn and for all ordinary purposes in the tollo vune fifteen cities that own their own water alanta georgia 47 20 brockton mass 7 00 brooklyn N Y 2 etory house 10 00 Jo lorado springs 0 00 chicago 9 50 ohio 7 80 laytn ohio 1 7 50 meter system 8 00 12 00 minneapolis 9 00 rochester N Y 1000 eadens ea dins pa 9 00 8 10 springfield ohio 9 00 ohio 13 00 the following figures are taken from he official notices of the water bany the price in ogden for the full privileges that go with 7 room house 2190 as paid by no 2248 quincy r from two to aimee as much as is aid in the cities named above HERE IN rooms twenty third street bath and lawn 16 10 rooms bath and lawn and quincy 21 SO corner beylor and bath and lawn 11 20 rooms bath lawn and closet twenty eleventh street 11 30 rooms no lawn no bath 2008 7 Q washington tov i booma and lawn twenty decoud street 1225 i rooms closet and bath washington beer cheaper A gentleman his water ax notice to STANDARD yesterday aid blast it all I 1 believe beer is heaper COLUMBUS OHIO aye 6 cents for 1000 radons ogden pays 35 cents jerry superintendent if water borka of columbus ohio fa ore municipal ownership and baya our works were constructed in 1870 by he city and our rate egowa the addan of city ownership we cupply free au tor parks department burckee burc bee hospitals and all charitable our cupply ie pumped di estly from the sciota river and driven and is the purest in the world be average daily amount pumped ie about gallons the plant ap date coat 2500 0 which out landiak bonds amount to number of consumers con is and be number 1 meters now in use ie 1501 the city is about to build a eerier dame in river by which the abu water supply will be made inez all measured water is sold it a STRAIGHT RATE OF SIX CENTS R ONE THOUSAND GALLONS cikor annual revenue of plant is about the ope inting are about leaving a net earning of which is generally pene rally used to tend the works youngstown TOWN OHIO cheap water and the city pay for it 4 lw 8 hamilton has been nt ot thy water works at youngstown i for twenty two years our plant i built in 1872 said he and bince alino the entire city government hae ked by new charters but the tiel aeed to allow any chaleo ei neni of the waterval three eteen elected by eit 1 l 0 our aue flirt ve been made from lee wh receipts for water low we have 1 und improvements within the baat few years and it has all come out of the revenues of the water board and without any other taxation oar management of the business has been successful that we have bought supplies of pipe and the like within the last year cheaper than any other city on the continent OHIO never paid a cent forwalter for Water but Sell slit tor 10 cents a thousand gallons less one third ot the ogden price springfield 0 has owned her own water plant tor beare eaid george cotter superintendent of the works at that place we have about people and consider our plant the business Is managed by a board of three trustees and we have not chanced employee for years except for a we UBO the meter system almost exclusively and charge 10 cents per 1000 gallons the city has never bad to pay a cent for the maintenance or improvement of the plant most of the cities of the state own their own water plants and those that do not are coming to it municipal ownership is all right said be and I 1 can prove it we have been in the business for seventeen years and have spent on our plant today to day we can cell out for what we have yat in and realize 8 per cent on the in vestment wo charge nothing tor fire hydrants ot city and public buildings and for a seven house all the water wanted the price is 9 per year we have no politics in our department and everything works as smoothly as in a private company A VATER toledo bonded for one million dollars water receipts are expenses and improvements met over the way the entire board of of the toledo water works with the secretary and the superintendent were interviewed the trustees are C 8 crown william jones and L K parks thomas R cook is the superintendent and E W eastell ie the secretary toledo built its own water plant in 1873 said mr eastell at a cost of since that time we have very largely increased the size ot the plant and improved the er vice and have paid off a large part of the original debt in addition without costing the city a cent we keep up the interest for a sinking fuad and have money for the maintenance of the plant and improvement of the plant and all out of the revenue of the company we have a board of three trustees of whom ie elected every year and each draws a salary whole dollar a year As a result the ie not sought for by iane and we have never had any trouble of that nature the city la water for ure protection arke ec hoole hoe and the like free of charge last year our gincomo was and the cost of operating the plant wT leaving us a surplus of and over and this year wo will increase the amount to this surplus makes it possible for us to extend our mains and improve the plant as occasion demands without asking any help froni the city we never talk ot municipal ownership the results have convinced the public 0 the merits of the plan and nothing else would be considered the everywhere ia tending hat way DAYTON OHIO does not fool with private corpora alluna seven room house only pays per year R T mcgegor gor and ate 0 represent the c of da on ohio mr mcgrigor a are d nt of the board of and mr merkle calel engineer ot the anter board of the city we never haa any private corporation aidar aid Mr mcgregor beo eue the cita lie own plant at iha onteen we ON 17 ONE HUNDRED PER CENT TOO HIGH 6 bave over people and have very large manufacturing interests abat consume a groat deal 0 water we employ the meter system entirely and have never had any trouble with our patrons our supply is secured from eighty seven belld and we have to pump abe water twice that abe expense of producing the supply ia much larger than in most cities we are convinced that abe meter system ia the only just plan to be employed in supplying water our minimum rate is 8 cents per 1000 gallons and at that rate the consumer abo has a seven room house with bath pays about 5 a year we make no charge for any city purpose fire protection bewer hushing and abe like and ako supply schools hospitals and all charitable institutions and the parks free of charge the water supply and management ie in charge of three trustees elect ed by the people and we have never had any trouble of a political nature whatever most of our employed emp loyes have been in their present positions for years and we never make a change for any po lotical reason we have no connection with the other departments of the city but have the entire control of our own funds and abe of them we have never had to call upon abe city for money for improvements or maintien although we do a great deal of work in bettering the punt and abe ser ace every ear PA charges for six roo n house blawn closet and bath and the city does not pay a cent tor this cheap privilege we have had municipal ownership of the water plant in our city since 1865 eaid emil L Nu ebline engineer and superintendent of the water works at beading pa the plant was bought from a private corporation for and is now valued at and the city does not have a cent of tax to pay for the maintenance of that plant or any of the extensions that have been made the water business is managed by a board of four persons of whom no more than two shall the same political party we 11 have two democrats and two republicans on and have never bad the least shadow of trouble of a political nature reading has a population ot and the people are perfectly satisfied with the service rendered to the city you understand we make no charge whatever for fire hydrants for water furnished the city for any purpose and wo also furnish water free to the schools and the bos petals and all purely charitable troug As an instance we furnish water to a five or six jonm house allowing a tap in the yard and a supply of hot and cold water for domestic uses for 4 50 a year we sell by meter to manufacturing plants of which we have a large number at rates of from 4 to 20 cents per 1000 gallons of water consumed all of the extensions and improvements prove ments made in the water plant have been paid for out of the revenue from consumers and have not cost the city a cent from its revenues raised by taxation 60 CENTS PER nonah that is what a house big or little pays in atlanta qa a big profit maker at that park woodward superintendent of abe atlanta ga municipal waterworks water works we have seven commissioners in charge of our waterworks water works one selected from each ward of the city ibbe mayor and the chairman of the city council water committee are ex officio commissioners the city council elects the regular commissioners every three years the total investment in the atlanta plant outside of mains etc is last year our revenue was and expenses outside of main extensions and interest on abe bonds amounted to our water rates were much higher than the present schedule until 1894 when quite a reduction was made now abe charge is sixty cente a month for domestic water whether a man uses gallons or gallons for manufacturing fac turing purposes water costs a minimum of 6 cents per 1000 feet rising on sliding ecale plan of charges the regular domestic charge is 80 cents tor gallons a month but a rebate of 25 per cent is allowed where payments are made before abe of the month in 1885 we put in meters all over the city at that time we pumped callona daily but so great waa the saving under the meter system that the page fell at once to daily another good effect of meters was that so much water was wasted under the old system our fire pressure was inadequate and since 1885 no complaint in that particular has been beard W M rapp foreman of abe atlanta ga plant which is owned by the city and is one of the finest in the country baya that there municipal ownership hae worked like a charm ftfe charge by meter and the rate on the beven room houte is only per year for all the water they want they have ono of the hardest plants to operate in the country 1 give better service and cheaper than elee in the country and the y doe it all the city and public nee receive water for nothing and institutions practically re ewt water tree i A iea WORCESTER naas bonded for one dollars 1865 pays oft her debt and bells water at cost that Is og dens idea worcester maes is another which owns lie own water works P K otis general manager of the worcester walter meter company first water works were constructed in worcester by the town paid mr otie it was an old fashioned plant with log pipes for mains in 1865 new works were put up by the city at a cost of bonds being issued for the money since then numerous extensions have been made from time to time to keep peace with the growth we use a gravity system the water being impounded in three reservoirs situated at a distance of about eight miles from the city these are augmented by two distributing reservoirs at airet there was some trouble with factories and farm houses situated on the river above our point of supply but the city nought them all out and tore down the buildings we ue meters in gauging the amounts of water the rate charged to householders lor domestic water is 15 cents per gallons in makila charges to manufacturers rs we use a eliding ancale which runs from 10 cents to 25 cente per 1000 gallons accordine to the amount ot water aeed in worcester we are now about even on the revenues and running expenses for some years the city made u profit but five or six years ago the rates were reduced and for the past two years no profit has been made mr otis was water works engineer of worcester for four years and in 1872 and 73 superintended the improvement work done on the system cavannah mas a novel system of charges but averages 12 cents per thousand gallons in savannah said H M lotton superintendent of the savannah ga municipal water our three corn are appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the city council each serves six years but one goes out of office every two years all our water comes from 13 artesian wells located about a mile outside the city and is pumped right to the mains without having to bo filtered the cost of obtaining water 13 very small we have a capacity of gallons daily the regular system of basing rates is somewhat different from that of nearly all other cities it is on the valuation of real estate improvements for a house valued at or less the chargers char gels 5 per year up to 1000 per year up to 2000 10 per year and the ratio increases on this scale until 32 is reached and that ia the highest charge for any building ot late we have been putting in meters and now all the large concerns in the city are metered the meter rate for domestic water is 12 cent per 1000 gallons with 10 per cent off where money ia pad before the of the month in which the rate falls due for everything outside of residences the schedule is la cents per 1000 gallons for the airet gallons a month 10 cents for the next gallons 8 cents tor the third and G cents for the fourth where more than gallons a month is need the uniform charge ie G cents per 1000 gallons up to this time our plant has cost the city about our revenue ie about annually and our run nine expenses are about allowing each year for extension of mains the surplus revenue goes into the general fund of the cay kanbas CITY 10 Is with caden on a 36 cents per thousand gallons Is the price but there are reasons for this kansas city has passed through the throes of a water fight which lasted five years the city won and is now operating the plant through a superintendent appointed by the board of public works municipal ownership is all right sai 1 J F anderson who comes from kansas oily ve are now figuring on a filtering filter int system and have three large bottling basins ten miles above the city the water is cleared of missouri river mud the charges are the fame as under the old company because the plant was allowed to run down while litigation liti cation was in and it has cost a great deal of money to put good shape charged are really too high but the time is approaching when they can be lowered within a year or two the city will be upon a meter basis which is the only true basis we charge 36 cants per 1000 for the first gallons and 25 cents for the next lopoo meters pay monthly and all others quarterly we have taps and meters the receipts in the course of a year are from rated service and fram metered service ERIE pennsylvania elx cents per 1000 gallons or 8 per year for families with aoth lawn and closet said william himrod ot erie pa the water works system in erie is owned by the city but controlled by three commissioners these are appointed by the judge of the court of common pleas for erie county one commissioner going out of office every year and each one serving three years in office erie has always owned its |