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MORE ABOUT THE WATER
SITUATION* FROM MAYOR JONES
To The Lancaster News:
In your issue of November 11th,
Mr. R. E. Wylie makes reply to my
communication in your issue of November
7th, on the water supply
question.
In my former communication,
which was in response to a previous
article by Mr. Wylie, backed up by
editorials in the News, I charged
that the motive which prompted .Mi.
Wylie anil the Editor of The News
tyi attacking the city council was not
to honestly serve the public but was
because of hostility to certain memV
Wr-s of the city council and to Col.
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t.piniK?. .>ir. wyne, wnue not
denying the hostility alleged, now
proclaims that his sole purpose was
to serve the public interests.
Will Mr. Wylie deny that the article
he first intended to publish conItained
hurtful insinuations against
members of the city council and thai
such insinuations were only left out
because a friend of his advised him
that it would not do to publish it?
The anlmous of Mr. Wylie stili
shows itself, for while he speaks in
parliamentary language, he first begins
in politely asking for informa
tion on the water supply question,
and after he gets information which
ought to satisfy any reasonable man.
then he "raises his voice against the
consummation of the proposed contract
with the Lancaster Cotton
Mills."
What, is the contract proposed by
the city council?
To supply the Cotton Mills, as a
single consumer, one million gallons
of the city v.ater at seventy ($70.0n?
dollars per month, in accordance with
the rate adopted in 1008.
What will it cost the city to supply
this water? We have demonstrated
in a former communication
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HU'unwiini tuoi iu LUC ciiy in
the extra operating expenses would
not exceed $29.83 per million gallons
per month. This fact Is not
disputed by Mr. Wylle. But, he says
this would be discrimination in favor
of the consumers of water in the
mill district, as against other consumers
outside the city limits, thus
charging discrimination and shifting
his ground of attack. There cnn be
no discrimination when all in the
same circumstances are served alike, j
Who else in all the community Is In!
the same situation with reference to'
the water supply as the Lancaster
Cotton Mills, a lower proprietor, on
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the same stream which supplies Lancaster
with water, and claiming tc
be entitled to a reasonable use of thr
stream water? Who else may he in
duced to take a million gallons ol
j water per month from the city am
I pay for it at the established rate"
! I f there is a surburhan commi. aitj
'to Lancaster, or a manufacturing cs
J tahlishment, or an individual, win
will take a million gallons of cit>
I water through a single meter I wott'.il
like to be informed of it so that tne>
may be offered such a contract as if
offered to the Lancaster Cotton
Mills. The proposition is to serv<
water to the Lancaster Cotton MilL
directly, as a single customei
'through one, or possibly two, connections
with the city mains. The
city council has no power to invao"
trie property of the Lancaster Cotton
Mills and distribute water into tinhomes
of the tenants, making earn
'tenant a customer of the city, in the
j absence of a contract with the mill
authorities permitting it. It is
puerile to expect such a contract. Let
it be remembered that the Lancaster
Cotton Mills is constructing a water
system of its own, and the only hope
of the city council is to secure the
m supplying inis largo
quantity of water to be distributed
by the cotton mills through its own
system. So far as the city council is
concerned it is proposing to serve a
single customer through one connection,
without expense to the city,
other than the cost of the water. Mr.
Wvlie seems to think that if a nonresident
consumer using 2,000 gallons
per month is charged $1.00, a
customer using tive hundred times
that much should pay about the
same, otherwise there is discrimination.
In other words a merchant discriminates
imporperly when he
charges more for the article at retail
than the article could be sold
at wholesale; that no consideration
should be taken of tbe fact that the
minion gauon consumer could be
served, so far as expense of distribution
Is concerned, as easily as
each of the five hundred 2.000 gallon
customers, the installation and
reading of one meter Instead of five
hundred meters, the keeping and
collecting of one account instead of
five hundred accounts. What nonsense!
Mr. Wylie, routed all along the
line, now takes refuge in the statement:
"I believe the contemplated)
contract will jeopardize the present
water supply," which position he
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1 greatly exposes in the following ad- si
, mission: "Whilst I believe the pres- la
'ent. supply is a?le<|ui?te to the needs ; in
of the elty for many years, yet it to
[might not be, if we are too generous ta
| in furnishing it in large quantities w
, to large consumers outside the cit> v<
limits." Uf course, it is not "too in
'generous" to sell surplus water at a'st
good proiit, and the larger the quan- pi
tity to a single customer the nietter ta
( the profit. sc
We are glad that Mr. Wylie now
. admits that "the present water sup- gi
! ply is adequate to the needs of the pi
city for many years," hut we note as
, with regret, however, that he states tl
| no facts as a basis for his mere p}
Iopinion that the water supply may be l,
,jjeopardized hy the proposed con-lit
, tract. Against his opinion is the "i
judgment of the city council, devoted 'cs
to the interests of Lancaster, charg-lio
ed with the duty and responsibility;
of a correct conclusion, and doubtless'gj
more familiar with the situation, and OI
whose judgment is supported by the aJ
| favorable Opinion of the eneineei
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Mr. H. S. Jaudon, who installed the'^
plant. . |a,
Mr. Wylie seems to think that onrp,r}
the contract is made the city is per- hi
petually bound to supply this non- in
resident customer even though the fr
water supply .should be reduced to a ar
point that would jeopardize the ser- jh
vice to residents. There is no pro- Sf;
position to make any long term con-'ra
tract, and service to non-resident." ar
would not be continued at the peril w<
of residents. Where is the peril of
!a contract from year to year, or for |n
two years, as is limited by the
Statue law of this State, if the water fr,
supply is now adequate for the neeor. tr
; of the city and the proposed con |n
tract? Mr. Wylie also appears to be
ignorant of this provision of the law.
|and to refresh his memory I re- p,
:spectfully refer him to Section 3025 I
i Af thtf) r'Aflo Af I Qura rx# 1 Q 1 O VaI 1 I
page 829. The fact is the flow ofI
water over the city dam 1b large|
and the stream supply 1b adequate ^
for a city much larger than Lancaster
1r likely to become for many
years, and. If the water supply Is ade^ |
quate for the growth of the city for pp
many years, the present duty of the
city council !h to utilize to the fullest pp
extent the surplus water and turn |
It into money for the needs of (he pp
city, instead of letting It go to waste
as it la now doing.
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If we should encourage manufae-i
turlng plants In every legitimate way
tho city will doubtless grow, and
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lould it double and treble in popu-lw
,tlon the problem would then be |e(
it whether we have a sulficient war
supply, but what steps should be
iken to inpound the ample stream
ater, whether by additional resertirs,
or raising the dam, or both, o!
it, in doing this, it may be neces- ..(
;rv to consider whether such im- i
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funding of the water would deny j
i the Lancaster Cotton Mills a rea "
nable use of tne stream. M
Mr. Wylie pooh-poohs this cnntin- ci
nncy. and as lie is a lawyer the (]
ihlie will doubtless appreciate his .
isurance that the ritv can take all
f ji
ie water of the stjrea: i when it
looses and not give a rap what the 1,1
ancestor Cotton Mills thinks about tl
Ills assurance is there could be'
no successful litigation," but he is!
ireful not to say there would he no
ng expensive ligitatlon.
This arche-type of citizenship, inilred
by the sole and single purpose
guarding the interests of the city.'
id calling on the council to give(^
ie public through the newspapers
ie proposed plan, with facts, figures
id estimates, refrains from "sar- o
ism" and "inneundo" because to a,
s mind such is not in good taste noi c
structive, but he has not refrained
om stating misleading facts which
e not instructive to the public in
e discussion of this issue. For iniince,
he quotes Chester's domestic
tes up to 10.000 gallons and over, c,
sd figures that .a million gallons'
>uld cost $152.10, but he does not ' \\
il you what Chester's manufaetur- j p
g rate is, and in answer to this I k]
lote below a certified statement 1 fj
wu Chester's city engineer and |j,
easurcr. showing its manufaetur- ]>
g rate for over 800,000 gallons to -jc]
7 l-2c per thousand:
%'ater Kates Chester Water Works. ar
imestlc Rate: ? 1
First 4,000 gals. 40c per M. of
Next 0.000 gals. 25c per M. tit
Next 10,000 gals. 20c per M, pa
All over 15c per M.
anufacturers Rate:
20.000 to 30,000 gals. 12 l-2e
r M. th
30.000 to 40.000 *als. 111-2c
r M.
40.000 to 50,000 gala. 10 l-2o
r M. Oc
50.000 to 60,000 gala. 9 l-2c
r M SI
60.000 to 70,000 gala, g l-2e '
r M.
70.000 to 80,000 gala. 8c per M.
All over 80,000 gala. 7 l-2c per M.
I certify that the above ratea for
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money fcnough to Mart to trading tor 11
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ing December 1st, 1916. I
?EDIT I
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ater are the correct rates as chars1
by the Chester Water Works. | BUSINESS NOTICES i
(Signed) James Hamilton,
r ,,| The best thing offered to the pub^
DK' reas. jjc season Is the real bargains to
The public now being in possession be Kotton at the leagt PHICE SALK
' all the "facts" and "figures" and of M. Pollakoff.
estimates" and "just the kind of
WANTED?6,000 pounds of cow,
itoimation it ought to have. horse, mule, sheep, and goat hides.
trough the instrumentality of .Mr. You will find us on White street.
... . . . , . ... 1 See ug before you sell. Capus Cau v
*, as he claims, I submit the thon A g<jn>> Lancagter< g. c
ise, \sith further assurance thatj 60-lmo-p
lis City council is not composed (/,..\I,Ij 35* Excelsior Grocery C^len
who would, out of prejudice or pany for fresh meats of all kinds
.. _ . ... I delivered at once. Excelsior Gro(1?
a?yth'"K Jeopardize the, cery storp Rt Southern Rallway
iterest.s of the citizens who honored ' Station, city. 67-tfc
lem and trusted them. ! "
I FOR SALE?Charleston Wakefield
CHAS. D. JONES. _ . . . . . , ,
Cabbage plants, frost proof, for
fall planting, now ready; 15c per
Lancaster, S. C., Nov. 13th, 1916. , . __
100 or $1.00 per 1,000 plants. W.
H. Milieu, Lancaster, S. C. 3-tc.
STATEMENT
WANTED?You to know you can
1 the Ownership, Management, Clr- get 18.00 per cord for dogwood,
culatlon, Etc., Required by the See me for cutting Instructions.
Act of August 24, 1912, Phone 194, Ira S. Harper, Lanf
The Lancaster News, published caster, Route 6. 4-9tp.
ami-weekly at Lancaster, South
arolina, for October 1, 1916. FOR SALE?Some nice farms at
Name of and Postofllce Address. real attractive prices?a real barEditor,
Luther Ellison. gain. A 30-acre farm Just north
Managing Editor. Luther Ellison. of Lancaster for sale at about $40
Business Manager, Luther Ellison. an acre. The C. T. Hardin farm
Publisher. Lancaster Publishing near Shiloh church, 120 acres and
rtmpany. various others. Also some nice <
Owners, R. E. Wylie, Jno. I). sand hill land. See nje. T. M.
'ylie, W. T. Gregory, A. J. Gregory. Relk, "The Land Man." 7-3tc.
Reece Williams, Dr. W. F. Laney,
rs. O. P. Heath. Lancaster Mercan-I For the K?od of t^? community
le Co.. or J. 11. Witherspoon. El- we aro running a cut PRICE SALE
itt W. Springs, Leroy Springs. C. on So,,d I-eather Shoes and g6od
, Jones. Ira R. Jones. Sr., Luther clothes at the right time when you
Uison. i?ro in need of the goods. Conte all
Known bondholders, mortgagees ,and reap the benefit of the hnrgains
iu inner security holders, holding to be gotten at M. Pollakoff's Cut
per rent or more of total amount Price Sale.
bonds, mortgages, or other securi- ?????????????
?s: Mergenthaler Linofype Com- WANTED?This month and Decernmy.
New York. ber 76,000 lbs. crap Iron, old cast
LUTHER ELLISON, stoves 15c. Iron 25c per 100; rags
Editor and Manager. lc Per ,b- rubber boots and shoes
Sworn to and subscribed before me 8c per 'b? automobile casings 3c,
is 13th day of Nov., 1916. ,nner tubeB 6c per ,b' 8cW.
H. MTLLEN copper 11c, dry bones 40c per 100
Notary Public. ,bs- 0et up a ,oad- Will start to
(My commission expires at will of buying at Southern Depot Satur>vernor.
^ay. Nov* Hth, 1916. Come while
prices are good. Don't wait, /j
A Stewman. 3-4t# *
?EC1AL NOTICE?We will gin
only three days in each week? CABBAGE PI/ANTS?Get ready for
Monday. Wednesday and Friday? your early RftrrtPn #n(, pa? on R
after November 15th. R. W. Par- w S|fl(are an(, your cabbftKe
ker- 10*2tP- plants. . ' 10-3tc.
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