The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 9, 1923, Page 3

stil 88) JUNE 9, 1923 Watér Company Head | Agrees To Take $265,06 060 (Continued trom from Page 1) high as $35,000 to"$45,000, so that it! was felt the city would save money | ev if it should pay something more | than the water plant was wayth. Resolution of Commission The formal resolution was passed by the commission and signed by Mayor Lenh: him by B. tive in the water plant fight. The resolution of the commission follow: Resolution of Commission on b missions, and the Bismarck Water Supply Company, pursuant to the of- fer of 1,000.00 made by the Board of City mmissioners at its regular meeting held on June 4th, 1923, for roperty of the Bismarck Water Company, and terms for the purchase of been unofficially agreed upon. “NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RE- SOLVED, that the City of Bismarck | purchase from the Bismarck Water | Supply Company the complete water works system owned by such com-/ pa | that it pay therefor, Avith- in ninety days from the date hereof, | the sum of 55,000.00 in -cash, “PE IT RESOLVED FURTHER | thin consideration of such pur- chase it be City of Bisn : order of the be inissioners. pre and it is agreed that the cribing water ri be charged to consumers of such city, and that the temporary in- | Junction heretofore issued by the United States District Court gnjoin- es to ater of | ing such interference may be made | ne permanent, “BE IT FURTHER RES! LV that all other suits now pending be-| car track tween the City of Bismarck and the rek Water Supply Company be dismissed without costs to attor- enter | stipulations regarding such liti- on in conformity herewith. “BY. IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Whe president of the board of city commissioners, and the city au- ditor, be and th directed to en- ter into an agreement in writing with such Bismarck Water Supply Company for the purchase of said be and he is directed preperty in donformity with the fore- | koing resolution.” } Lenhart Opens Meeting Mayor Lenhart, at the opening of the meeting, at which ,members of | -|Atkinson said the floor was 10 to 12| r|inches thick and the city comm mittec Kelsi on, the citizen: Judge Flannery, Mr Butle nd BF Tillotson representin the water company, and a few citi- zens were present, said that ‘it was entirely informal, and the commis- sion s glad to hear the representa- tives of the water company. Judge Flannery said that he was xlad of the opportunity to meet in- formally with the commission and to “try to meet your manifest desires to purchase the water plant and avoid litigation.” f° id Mr. Atkinson had kindly furhished figures but there was li- mited time for the water company representatives to go over them. He said he felt an injustice had been done in fixing the value on the plant the city had. He said he would present, through Mr. Kelsey, the en- gineer’s viewpoint of the values and x n we have done that we'd like to see if not in your judgment you should not help us to get togeth on_a higher figure for the purchas He said Mr. Butler was represent- ing ‘ge bond holder. Judge Flannery said that he him- self was not competent to speak on valuations, and for that reason ask- ed the commission to h sey sq that they could learn wherein he anf Mr. Atkinaon disagreed. Mr. Kelsey on Stand Mr. Kelsey said it was nearly four years since he entered the rate mat- ters involving the Bismarck Water Supply Company and he was familiar with the matter, “IT doubt if you all realize you have a very good water works here,” said Mr. Kelsey. /“I don’t helieve you ald get a very much bgtter distri- bution system.” He said there was good pressure, good reservoirs, and outside of the pumping system’ and other surface equipment the plant was good. “I don't know of any town the size of Bismarck that has a8 good a sys- tem as Bismarck,” said Mr. Kelsey. He said there ought, of course, be +a filtration plant. He said the com- pany had three reservoirs ideally sit- uated. Some criticism, he said, had made of part of the: reservoir pment because they were made out of field stone. HE said if all could be made as good and as cheap out of field stone all should be made that w He said he would admit some of the pipes leading from the reservoirs were not big enough. He said he knew from experience in the U. S. Reclamation Service and also from St. Paul experience that it is difficult te get good concrete con- struction to resist water pressure. id that the field-stone reser- of the company had been de- ited in valuations, and referred tone aqueducts in Spain which he said had lasted for centuries. He saig! the reservoirs ought ngt to be but without water-proofing mater- ial and there was none provided in the city specifications for a new plant. Have Good Plant “For a town the size of Bismarck I TYn't believe you eéuld get: better pumps than electrically driven cen- trifugal, such as the Bismarck Wa- ter Supply Company has,” he said. He said a new plant ought to have a stand-by pump and the present pump would be worth all paid for-it for this) purpose. uy said the city should have a stedm’fire engine, becausé when add- ed pressure is needed for fire it can * be put on. With a booster pump there is likelihood of breaking mains, he said. The present booster pump, he said, was worth all it cost a8 a stand- by in a new system. He s: it would save its cost in insurance rates. Speaking of reservoirs he said they could be built cheaply or substantial- ly, just as a house, “May be I ought, not to say it—I am notyailawyer—but you Have the upper hand here and can take advan- tage of a company. which has for the t just before 3 o'clock, | the mayor signing with a pen handed | Jones, who has been ac- | gotiations having been carried | tween the Board of City Com-} ch property having | | this week. rek shall not interfere | her with the enforcement of the | rd of railroad com- | a chiefly to values in the mains. . He THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE SHRINER’S HEAD © | | | | “See | Conrad Dykeman of Brooklyn. N.| ly , Was elected imperial potentate lh the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobl of the M ic Shrine at Washington three and a half years, d, given you very good service,” | la he s He id he thought Mr. Atkinson wi toc in putting in depreei on account of electrolysis in the main { sD|on Fourth street, where the stréct | s, “which is, to my | | mind, ridiculous to say the least.” | Sums of Figure Summing up, he said the least fig- lure he could arrive at for the value | | of the plant based on Mr. Atkinson's | linventory was $318,338.34, | “That is really lower than in my candid opinion the plant is worth,” | \he said. | Mr. Butler asked him wherein his! figures differed from those of Mr. | Atkinson. He said they agreed in some places | jon depreciation and in some places did not. As to quantities of material | he said, on the reservoirs their out- | side dimensions were the same, but jdisagreed on the thickness of the floors and walls of the reservoirs. Mc. | sey put it jin at three feet, b | | “On what did you base it?” Mr.| Kelsey was asked, “Well, on second-hand negnmtdtion| from the company,” Mr, Kelsey re-| plied, and added, “And from the char- acter of the work I don’t see how it is possible to build it only 10 to 12 inches thick and for it to stand up like it h With regard to depreciation he said Mr. Atkinson made the depre tion of the west reservoir at 48 per cent on the reservoir and 53. percent on the roof. He said they agreed on the roof, but that Mr. Atkinson’s fig- ure as to the walls was ridiculous. “How old is the reservoir?” Mr. Butler asked. “Thirty-six years.” Mr. Kelsey said the masonry ones would be the same in 200 years; the concrete ones won't, Mr. Butle “What is Mr. Atkin son’s present value of those reser- voirs—depreciated value?” Mr. Kelsey: “$39,000. Mr. Butler: “Now what is Mr. Kelse; “$97,000, That's the big difference in our valuations— about the only big difference.” Mr. Kelsey added that there was a total difference of about $75,000. —Mr. Kelsey said he arrived at his figures by taking bid unit prices and applying them to the inventory. The chief difference, however, on the re- servoirs was in depreciation, Mr. Atkinson figuring 48 percent and Mr. Kelsey 18 percent. Mr. Butler ex ined to the com- mission that the purpose of the question was to show wherein Mr. Kelsey and Mr. Atkinson differed. Problem Before Them “There's the problem—we want to- gether to grapple with it,” said Mr. Butler. C. L. Young, city attorney, ,asked Mr. Kelsey if he had not provided for importation of stone. Mr. Kelsey said that he arrived at his estimate on a concrete and not on a masonry basis—he said they could build con- crete cheaper than masonry. Mr. Young’ asked if the field-stone reservoir would cost more if the stone was right at the place of building. Mr. Kelsey said that from, what Mr. Atkinson said he understood there was plenty of stone there in the days when the regerv. was built but» that he didn’t think the company ought to be penalized be- cause conditions are different. With regard to’the . distribution system he said he agreed with Mr. Atkinson mostly except on the elcc- trolysis, which, he said, “is a fallacy and cannot be substaptiated.” “How do you.know?” asked Mr, Butler. “From experience, and also be- cause I saw the main which is out of the “ground at two places on Fourth street,” he replied. Mrv Kelsey said this only amounted to $1,200. “Well, that’s, not worth speaking about,” Mr. Butler remarked. Mr. Butler asked the total differ- ence between his figures and those of Mr. Atkinson on the distribution sys- tem. Mr. Kelsey said the difference was $9,778.00, that he had it that much more. He said while they had - the same unit prices the difference was due to depreciation, except for a few hundred dollars, Questioned By Young On questioning by- Mr. Young, Mr. Boley. said he and Mr. Atkinson gave he same depreciation on ° cast-iron Hane that the difference was due said he gave them a life of 50 years and that they would’ last much longer. Mr. Butler: “Was there a differ- ence in your depreciation of the hy- drants?”, Mr. Kel ‘Mr. Butle: tions?” Mr. Kelsey: - “He used 30 percent “Very little.” “On service connec- ja considerable amount of prop tually ceases to depreciate. I ob- \inf biased. In spite of all evidence Jas to quanti y, he asserted, Mr. Atkinson , tion f jcould be rep depreciation; I used 35 percent.” He said their figures as to quantily and unit prices were the same. On plant equipment they differed | about $11,000, he said.¢ He said he believed this was due in a measure to Mr. Atkinson not including all the | fittings. “As I understand it,” said Mr. But- Hler, “the difference of $11,000 is due | to the fact that you believe there i Mr. Atkinson did not include. W there any substantial difference in| depreciation ?” “I think his depreciation is quite a bit more than mine, although he de preciated the Aldrich pump 15 per-| \cent ar! I depreciated it 20 percent. My average depreciation was about 20 percent; his about 37 or 38 per- i cent.” Mr. Flannery remarked course, neither estimate includes any- ‘thing for going value.” “No,” said Mr. Butler, “this is just |the bare bones of it.” Mr. Butler asked the commission if the members thought of anything that might be asked to clear the mat- | ter, Mr. Kelsey then added that after the first 15 years ¢ i i ed French, English and American ¢ thorities. He said the pipe might he jgood for 500 years instead of 100 wears, the life which engineers fig- ured. “Well, as I understand it, said | Mr. Young, “you agree on c i iation, it is not ne iron es Mr. Young asked Mr. ‘Butler if |there was anything to add rmed there was not, Mr. Atkinson might sped kinson said that, Mr. Ke plained their difference of opinion and pric that the ater company had a stenographer meeting, and he didn't want to go on reservoir floors were good for much longer. He said there was f leak in one reservoir where a million and aj alf gallons of water was going out leach year. “I know this because | it myself in the last few days, said, On questioning by Mr. Butler, nid it didn't cost much to re; ield-stone work, that he had told Mr. Tillotson it would cost probably Mr. Kelsey said that the leak, in iew of recent experience in Duluth was not a bad showing. Mr. Kelsey added that one of the beauties of field-stone was that it aired easily—that with conerete if there was a crack it | would keep getting larger. Property Eliminated Mr. Flannery asked Mr. Atkinson if ny property were eliminated in hi estimate. He answered that he had eliminated an old pump house and an old dwelling house, which were not! worth much to anyone. He said he had not figured the pump work at the capitol because he understood it was built with convict! labor. He said he had not Tigur the main to Ft. Lincoln because h believed that "it was the property of the United States government. Mr. Flannery asked Mr. Atkinson if he knew the terms of the contract, saying that the contract made it the duty of the company to maintain a pipe line to the border of the Fort and maintain a meter there. lannery said that under the terms of the contract it would seem the property of the compan: Mr. Butler asked Mr. Atkinson con- cerning the difference of himself and Mr. Kelsey on the reservoirs. Mr. Atkinson said that if they were masonry reservoirs, properly con-j structed, they would be better than concrete, but he said not these. “It may be because I am so well acquainted with gate valves and hy- drants—I have lived with them for) 17 years—that I gave the figures I did on them,” he said. He gave the life at 60 years, He said sev half way open; that hydrants were leaking and had other defects. He said that the company put maaure around them each winter to keep them from freezing—only because they were leaking. \ Mr. Butler asked if that gwere not| because of the climate and it was done other places, Mr. Atkinson said Bismarck wa: the only city in the state where they did it. Mr. Butler said he knew they did it in Minnescta—he didn’t know why. Life of Reservoirs Mr. Young asked Mr. Kelsey what life he gave the reservoirs, He said he gave the concrete reser- voirs'100 years, and that they had not depreciated more than 18 percent in 36 years, Mr Atkinson gave thelr life, a5 7 years and added “of course, if they were constructed of aqueduct mas- onry, properly built, 1 would give them a much longer life, but not these reservoirs of ficld stone and mortar. Mr. Flannery then said he thought that the city and=the company rep.c- sentatives had before them the sul. stantial differences on the larger items. He said nothing was allowed for going value, which he understood ran 10 to 20 percent. “But eliminating that and getting down to money. paid out, I ask you to give us a value commensurate with the value of this plant,” he said, “I appeal to your sense of fairness and justice. I want to sell you this plant. “You know there are $360,000 bonds outstanding. And whatever my per- sonal feeling is we must get some- thing, near what the plant is worth because of the bond holders. “I know you will fecl that I am sincere when I suw I want to avoid litigation.” He said that sale would dispose of all litigation, that the city when it made an offer to the plant provided it should he taken over in 90 days, and Mr, Flannery added that any de- “Orl }out in_wild west costumes in Manh- \dan and every man and girl is ex- | pected to wear a cowboy outfit from | vir- | aking down notes of an informal) al gate valves were 1 lay only meant it was so much long- | Mrs. er that the bond holders did notget any inter Dance at Riverside Tian: | McKenzie Orchestra. |_ MANDAN NEWS MANDAN GIRLS ALSO TO WEAR RANGE OUTFITS pot men's convention. was elected second vice president. Tuesday has been designed as Wild West Day when the girls: blossom then until July 6. The Mandanites who will make the trip to Flasher when the Governor of North Dakota will say “Howdy” to the Governor of South Dakota will all be in cowboy outfits. Governor Nestos wears a 75-8 hat. That fact was determined this | morning by the cnairman of the Man- dan round-up executive committee, The Mandan round-up “executive committee on ‘Tuesday morning will tender to Governar Nestos a genuine cowboy hat when he arrives here from St. Paul to make the Flasher dairy circuit trip. A, A. Ware of near New England, was awarded the pure bred Holstein | bull calf as the prize for bringing a an m to market from the longest distance, ¢ arefuj con nd distance two miles approximately sullation of | 160 miles from } the ritness atand in an informal! yonn Tous of: Center was awarded meetin , extension prize of Mr. Atkinson added that he didn't the She Chutes lane aeeene jbelieve, and said the action of frost; * Bera a ond Hand Jon the field stone proved it, that the |? town in a Ford but a second han¢ bid Maxwell which he pure cently. Mrs. L. W, Higgins anq son, Fréd- erick of Glendive, Mont., arrived in the city Thursday to spend a few days as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. E, Dortler. The Knights of Pythias will hold a picnie Sunday at the same location occupied by the Boy Scouts camp. Return s indicate that 125 peo- j ple will be at the picnic. A hig pienie which a large num- | ber of farmers and their families of art of the county at- tended was held near Hebron yester- under the auspices of the He- the western oceasion were Fred and E: overnor J. M, Devine. Miss Clara Mueller, superintendent of the Mandan Deacon hospital left yesterday for Helena, Mont,, ‘to ittend a busin conference of the hospital superintendents of the Hel- Area, She expects to be gone for | about ten days. Lewis R. Porter of Columbus, Ohio, arrived here yesterday for a couple of weeks with his sister, Mr. C. L. Hoyt, who is critically ill at the hos- pital. THEATRE Last Time Tonight WM. RUSSELL —n=. “A MAN’S SIZE” HAROLD LLOYD ioe “Capt. Kidd’s Kids”’ igMonday . Tuesday about a friends in Mandan and with her husband, Con- end Mrs, Myron Cullen and two trived in the city yesterday Chiet Mike i | Henry Handtman and Adam Helbling of the Mandan fire department, re- Devils Lake, Kraft, Lad Confesses He Started Fire At eg! a) 2 RENT —Mode: ntthed rooms Government School |r 8&7 Modern turntshed roo light housekeeping, also sleep- oms. Phone 357W or call at aera N. » June 9. —Loule 39 lad, oo - has confessed that he sae the | FOR SALE—Two small houses, fire which virtually destroyed the of them modern, for the government In- here six weeks ago, s of approximately $5,- was also he who on set a fire which would school building of the institution had the been discovered in time to halt its spread. Authorities have a written con- fession from Morsette in which he ates that in both cases he set the i “for the purpose of secing the department at work in extinguishing the same.” stock barn at Wahpeton fir The Richland county jail awaiting his be is ’ the officials of the Indian ‘bu- reau at Washington to decide. Goh ee) “Juniata” Octorara” Duluth to Buffalo and Return XURIOUS comfort, beaut value. Cruising Lake Superior—Straits of Mac Lake Huron—Lake St. Clair—Detroit River ~ Erie and Seciroun Cis bodies of water making the cena Houghton, Sault te. Marie, Mad Cleveland, Buffalo, (Niagara Falls). ining service and sleeping ‘accommodations in the world included in fare. Tickets and Reservations at All R. R. and Tourist Ticket Offices C. WILLIAMS, G. L. T. Corp. Tailored suits ...... Tropical suits Shirts ................. $2.00 to $8.00 Neckwear ae ee ee Paes Nelson Sauvain, superintendent of schools in Devils-Lake, has been ap- s pointed to head the summer school at |from Elgin, to visit with friends for /the Bottineau State Normal school. | the day before leaving for Minne-| 6 sue |upolis, where they will make their | future home, who resigned. There are sufficient funds to con- tinue the normal, the biennial appro- priation for whick was vetoed by | Governor Nestos, during the summer. Citizens of Bottineau are trying to ake, } raise funds to eftable continuance of | attended the state fire-]the normal next winter. 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