The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 11, 1897, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11 SUPERVISORS N COMMITTEE OPEW THE WATER RATES INQUIRY Resolution Adopted Conferring Upon Members Full Power to Send for Papers and Persons Necessary to Facilitate Investigation Into the Company's Affairs. CHIEF ENGINEER SCHUSSLER PROCEEDS TO AN- SWER THE FIRST QUESTION RESPECTING OPERATING He Informs the Committee That as Much Land as Possible to Protect the Supply | From Pollution — The Will Be on Monday Night. The Board of Superyisors in committee | of the whole devoted upward of two | hours yesterday morning to a discussion | of the affairs of the Spring Valley Water | Works Company. The information de- | rived from the investigation is proposed | to enable the board to fix intelligently and with justice, both to the company | and the consumer, the water rates for the ensuing year. Herman F. A. Schussler, the company’s engineer, was the only wit- ness examined yesterday, and his testi- mony was by no means completed when the committes rose shortly before 1 o'clock. Attorney W. B. Kellogg ap- peared as legal representative of the com- pany, and in speaking in its behalf as- sured the committee of its absolute will- ingness to comply with all reasonable de- mands for such information as it is able to affora. A small public audience fol- lowed the proceedings with keen interest throughout. The board having assembled soon after 10 o’clock, with Mayor Phelan presiding, the clerk called the roll, which was re- | sporded to by every member except Su- | pervisor Britt, who put in an appearance a few minutes later. Supervisor Clinton, the chairman of the Water and Water Supply Committee, moved the following: Resolved, That this board resolve itself into s committee of the whole to investigate and ju- diciou: consider the b ss affairs of the | Spring Valley Water Works as a liminary | 10 fixing the water T as required by law, and that the board conter upon the committes power to send for persons and papers and all other powers possessed by it tor these poses. (Statutes of California, pages 3 The resolution was adopted, and on mo- | tion of Dr. Dodge Suvervisor Clinton took | the chair. | Dr. Dodge asked if any further commu- nication had been receivea from the water company, or whether any of its represen- | tatives were present. The chairman said tbat a recent com- munication from the president, addressed | to himself, stated that he would be pres. ent to afford the committee all the infor- mation asked for in the committee’s letter of the 3d inst, and any additional infor- | mation required. | Attorney Kellogg here rose and informed | the committee that he was present as | counsel for the company and would be pleased to furnish said information. The ; usual procedure in such cases was for the | complaint to be made first of all, when he | would e able to deal with it. The chairman drgly remarked that ev- ery signature to the petition now being | circulated constituted a complaint in it- | self. The committee at present desired the company’s representative to answer its questions categorically. “I wish to ray here,” he continued, “that the commit- tee's desire is to deal fairly by your com- pany, the customers and the City, and we expect and believe that you will furnish us every possible assistance.’’ Mr. Kellogg said that the question of | fixing ;rates had been before the board | ever since the adoption of the new const tution, and on all occasions the company had furnished the desired information, and not a single complaint had been made before that anything was being kept back. They now proposed to act in this respect as they had acted in the past. Personally he thought tuat a stenographic report of the proceedings would be more satisfac- tory than a written statement, for which reason there were witnesses present to answer all the questions asked in the com- mittee’s communication. The chairman said he thought that it would be more satistactory to this com- mittee to have a written statement in answer to these questions. Mr. Kellogg—It would be almost im- possible to prepare a response to your let- NEW TO-DAY. BLOOD AND SKIN HUMORS Afflicting a Whole Family, Speedily Cured by | CUTICURA. | | only be given orally, we had better under- | ment prepared by their bookkeeper, giv- | tain that we are acting reasonably, justiy Statements Sworn to Before the Clerk of the Supreme i Court. | | My wife'had appear on her limbs, just above " the ankles, five small pimples that beganto | enlarge, and soon developed into eating uicers | of the indolent type, which, despite all reme- : dies and our efforts to cure them, grew worse | and worse, and at the end of three months had become very bad, two of them having eaten to the bone. At that time we began to use CUTICURA remedies, and with two bottles | of RESOLVENT, one box of CUTICURA, and one cake of CUTICURA SOAT, they were cured sound and well in about two months. The | scars are there to-day as living witnesses of | the severity and extent of the ulcers. | 1 also was afflicted the same winter with papular rash, from which I could not rest day or night. My skin became in a very bad fix when I began using CUTICURA Temedies. 1 used them for about one month and was cured. My little baby girl, when about ten months old, was aflicted with Eczema, her limbs from her knees down were one solid sore from which she suffered greatly. We tried several * | Temedies which ouly aggravated them, before o began the use of the CUTIOURA reinedies, in which case there was a complete cure with no return of the disease. A.A.MCLARTY, J. P., Winn, Ga. Sworn to and subscribed before me this twenty-sixth day of November, 1596. L8] R.E.JAMES, Clerk Supr. Court. SYEEDY CuRE TREATMENT for Every Kind of Blood nd Bkin Humor. — Warm baths with CUTICURA S0AP, gentle spplications of CUTIOURA (ointment), the great ekin cure, and mild doses of CuTICTEA RESOLVENT, greatest of blood purifiers and humor cures, cure whea al eise fuils. Sold throughout the world. PorrerD. & C.Coxr.,Scls Props., Boston. 3~ How to Cure Skin Humors," fres. BABY'S SKIN * Jpand Hair Purified and Besu~ tified by CoTicURA Boar. | in this capacity were an endeavor to se- | the pressure should be very high and that EXPENSES. the Company Seeks to Acquire | Next Meeting | ter inside of two or three weeks. It will involve practically a transcript of all our books. We have all these details cor- rectly set down even to the smallest item if you want them, but the same informa- | tion could be communicated verbally. All our departments have been segre- gated so that our expense account is sep- arately itemized.” Mr. Schussler arrived at this moment and was duly sworn as the first witness. The chairman having calied his atten- tion to theWater Committee’s letter of the 3d inst., he stated he could give all such information as was included in his de- partmant, but to answer all these ques- | tions several witnesses would have to be | called. “We claim,” said the chairman, “a full statement of expenses incurred under the head of operating.” “Would you allow me to suggest,” in- terposed Mr. Kellogg, *‘that it might be more convenient to let Mr. Schussier ex- plain the various departments into which the works are divided and afterward the expenses of a particular department?” | “Permit me to say,” said the Mavor | with emphasis, *‘that I cannot see how | Mr. Schussler or anybody else can without a prepared statement answer that first question. I think that it is one of the principal items of which we are endeavor- ing to obtain knowledge. If they propose to pive us a general statement, which is something we do not want and which can stand it now. We wanta written state- | ing an itemized and detailed account of | what constitutes operating expenses, so | that the board can verify them and ascer- and economically. It seems tome that asking Mr. Schussler to give us a verbal | statement Mr. Keliogg is falling away | from the inguiry. It is the small items | we wish to obtain, and I would suggest that Mr. Kellogg reconsider his proposal.” | Mr. Keilogg hastened to assure the | Mayor that Mr. Schussler was prepared with the necessary papers to give all the details asked for, even down to a nickel, not from his mers recollection, but from the figures of each department. *“I have no objection in that case,’’ said the Mayor. *“If his statement is not satisfactory, said the chairman, “‘we can ask tne com- pany to send us an itemized account.” *Is it your desire?”’ asced Mr. Schuss- ler, “that 1 should give an approximate | idea of the works, how one department is | connected with another and how they all | work together, o that when we come to | the operating expenses you will know ex- each item belongs said Mr. Dodge, *‘that we are beginning in a way likely to entail great | loss of time and that after two or three | weeks we will just find ourselves approach- ing the gist of the subject. As the Mayor says, would it not be possibie to begin the inquiry with a partially detailed statement | as required by the statute governing this | investigation, after which we can arrive at some determination as to what points we require information upon? Some of already feel that we have a general idea of | the different divisions of the plant and | the manner in which they are operatea.” Supervisor Britt did not agree with the | previous speaker. “I think we should | hear a general statement from Mr. Schuss- ler,” he said, “something which will serve to guide us when we reach a stage at | which & detailed statement has to be con- sidered.” Such a course, he suggested, would | not consume a great deal of time, and would simplify the report, and might even show contradictions. He was per- fectly willing to hear M:. Schussler at this time, and considered that the com- mittee’s consant was only a matter of courtesy aue to the witness. Mr.Schussler—I am here to give you a de- tailed statement under oath. 1f you want it given in writing we can have it here in thirty minutes by telephoning the office. You can have either. Mr. Dodge—That is satisfactory to me. I would like to have the statement put on file, 50 that we may have access to it. The witness was then allowed to pro- ceed with his evidence, which virtually comprised a history of the Spring Valley Water works, from the date of his first connection with the company, a little over a third of a century ago, us he chose toexpressit. He was the first assistant engineer and offered various suggestions 23 Lo how the works should be constructed. He became chief engineer in May, 1866, and thereafter had full charge of the works. The main principles guiding bim | cure a very large quantity of water for this City, bocanse he realized that it would grow into a large place; that this water should be of firsi-class quality; that the price at which it could be sold should be fair to the investors and reasonable to the consumers. With these objects in view the company purchased a great deal of land and constructed reservoirs, dams and tanks. In order to preserve the purity of the water his aim always was to own as much of the watershed as possible, becanse in the course of his investigations into the supply of Eastern and European cities he had seen that the great difficulty under which they labored was that they had to take their water from rivers or lakes whose source of sup- ply was from densely populated regions up above—a condition of affairs which often made it certain death to drink such water. He determined, therefore, when assuming control, that they would make the water works at least equal to the best in the world. So the company found it necessary to purchase a good deal of land, both for the purpose of storing the water and to protect the purity of the sapply. Most of this land was purchased within twenty and thirty miles of San Francisco. Mr. Schussler emphasized the wisdom of this proceeding by explaining that the price of these lands had since risen enor- mously, and that in several instances, when the company had postponed the purchase, the hnal price exacted had been something exorbitant. He mentioned, as an example, the price of $395,000 which they had paid Alvinza Hayward fora watersbed, which they could have bought twenty years previously for $25,000, and bad likewise agreed to furnish him 300,- 000 gallons of water a day forever. Meanwhile the City grew and with it the population, two circumstances tend- ing to increase the per capita consump- tion of water, for whereas in 1865 this was only twenty and a balf gallons, in 1870 it had grown to forty and two-tenths gallons, in 1880 to fifty-four and three- tenths, and it was now sixty-three and | four-tenths. The population had increased in that period from 78,000 to 300,000 1890, question from the chairman, that this per | capita consumption included the amount of water wasted. The Mayor—What is the per capita con- sumption of New York or Philadelphia? Mr. Schussler—Over 100, and here it has grown from 20 to 63. The total daily consumption last year, he continuea, was 21,250,000 gallons. He divided that amount by the population of tne City, which, being estimated at 300,- 000, would give a little over 70 as the per capita consumption. It was awell-known in | Mr. Schussler added, in reply toa | the other side. The water was purified by passing through screens of fine wire eauze. This process removed a large ex- cess of vegetable matter with which 1t became impregnated. Supervisor Rottanzi asked for informa- | tion regarding the Merced Lake supply. | The witness stated that the company | commenced to purchase land south of the | lake about the middle of January, 1895. Ex-Mayor Sutro, however, made 5o much noise about the quality of the water even thirty days after the company had stopped pumping that they ceased to ac- quire the watersheds and proceeded to build a tunnel from the creek into the ocean, so that they could run off all the polluted water into the ocean direct. | They proposed also to build a canal along- | side the Jake and up to the creek, and he | was trying to persuade the directors to {allow him to line this canal with con- |crete. In about a year and a half he | thought that the lake would be a very | good source of suppiy. | The Mayor suggested that it would be | more economical to abandon Merced. The witness said there was 1o other city | like San Francisco possessing so large a body of water right within the City and County limits, There was enough water in that lake to last the City for auite a long time in case of necessity. Should a break occur in the company’s line they | conld at once take water therefrom and help out the supply; so that the City reservoirs were always full from one source or the other. | “To what extent,” asked the Mayor, “can the watershed be occupied without impairing the purity of the sapply.” The witness expressed himself as op- posed to the abandonment of any portion of the watershed, nor would the City think of doing so if it owned the lake, The total acreage owned by the company around the lake was 3637, and the com- | pany paid $380,000 for the original pur- | chase, or with succeeding psyments about | 485, MAYOR PHELAN, Who Presided Over the Investigation of the | Water-Rate Question Yesterday. | fact that as cities grew their per capita consumption became more than propor- tionately greater. The larger per capita consumption in the East, he exp! d, was due to climate and other local condi- tions. The Mayor wanted to know whether it would not be possible for the company to operate at less expense if the per capits consumption were reduced. Mr. Schussler did not think so. ““Then what is the object of this inquiry into the per capita consumption?”’ the Mayor asked. *‘I notice that the waste in Eastern cities is 50 per cent, and in New Y rk 40 per cent. Is there such a per- centage here?” Mr. Schussier—No, sir. Any great decrease in the amountof water wasted might, he said, resultin sewers being choked up. If the company had a great deal of watsr on hand ne would not care if the consumption per capita went up to 79 or 80. In fact he had occasionally advised the company to take off meters because the people were not using enough water, and many of the sewers were becoming choked with debris. The increase in the consumption had helped to make the City as healthy asit was. The witness then entered into the his- tory of the plant, and specified the several reservoirs, pumps, dams and lines which had been constructed since 1865. The con- struction of the works at Alameda was undertaken owing to a succession of dry summers, which reduced the existing res- ervoir supply very considerably and this onstruction came in time to avert a drought in 1888. The annual production of the peninsula varied considerably. The | figures ranged all the way from 53 per cent retained on the surface down to 8 per cent, so that it was ditficult to estimate correctly the averaze supply from these sources. Crystal Springs could be relied upon for an average of about 10,000,000 gallons, and that added to San Andreas would make about 18,000,000 gallons. But a succession of dry summers would con- siderably lower the annual production, while a succession of wet ones would cause the reservoirs to overflow. The maximum production of the peninsula can be piaced at about 18,000,00 0 gallons. The Alameda works afforded a cheaper source of sup- ply and something hke 1,561,778,000 gal- lons were drawn therefrom last year. Tue company, he stated in reply to the Ma yor, nhad not developed the Calaveras supply to its full capacity because they had rea- son to fear 1 junctions on the part of the land-owners. The company did not own the whole reservoir site near the water- sheds. They could build a dam, but would be prevented by the people whose land would be flooded. There was now a large amount of water in the Crystal Springs reservoir, but during some sea- sons of the year, when the weather was very hot, it became highly depreciated as regarded quality, The company could filter it, but to do so would entail an enormous outlay, while in addition that supply could only be used three, four or five months in the year, and it was, there- fore, preferable to draw the water irom I The chairman—These 3637 acres are | | necessary for the supply of the lake? | The witness—Yes, and I am sorry we have not mor The chairman—Is it not a fact that the company has admitted, by the construc- tion of the tunnel and caral, that this watershed is an impure source of supply? It was impure,” replied Mr. Schussler, | “'but we are going to make it pure.” | The watershed was wanted because otherwise houses might be put up on the | margin of the lake, and the introduction | of impurities coula not then be avoided. The tunnel would throw off the product of 1025 acres into the ocean. The Mayor thought that a quarter of a mile belt round the lake should be suffi- cient. The witness insisted, however, that the present quantity was imperatively neces- sary. Dr.. Dodge asked why so much of the watershed wus needed when the natural filtration of water through twenty or thirty feet of fine sand such as surrouuded the lake was admittedly better than artificial filtration through beds of eight or ten feet? Mr. Schussler replied that no filter had been constructed capable of removing chemicals such as ammonia. Alltbheland outside the quarter-mile strip pitched into the lake, and the only way to get rid of the sewage and other impurities coming down from that neighborbood was as ne had already stated. A number of hog ranches two or three miles away from the lake caused many protests several yedrs ago. Dr. Dodge said that, according to Mr. Schussler’s theory, it would not be safe to use well water unless the land for miles around were purchased. The witness said there were various kinds of weils. In almost every case those which furnished a pure supply were s0 constructed as to be impervious to sur- ronndirg impurities. Dr. Dodge asked, What wasat present being done with the Lobos Creek supply ? Mr. Schussler replied that the company abandoned this in March of 1894 or 1895 because the water was impurs At this juncture the chairman an- nounced that he had just received an itemized statement of operating expenses, | | | which he instructed the clerk to read. It is as follows: SPRING VALLEY WATER WORKS. PROFIT AND LOSS. Operating expenses 1896. Lake Merced pump. $15,000 32 Belmout pump.. 18,295 19 Clarendon Heights pamp. 10,742 34 Ocean View pump. 1233 92 Locks Creek Iin 3507 25 Boid Hiil pive ling 9,978 02 pipe line 6,548 17 | Lobos creek 2,224 00 | San Andreas reservoi L 1076302 | Bortola reservoi 5 87153 Pilarcitos reservoir. 4,281 38 Crystal Springs r 8,570 00 City reservolr 24,399 City engine. 20,697 48 City stable. 7,208 59 San Maeo stuble. . 891 77 Main repairs. 1 56,650 32 Meter repairs. 10,313 33 | Meter expense. 18002517 Pipeyara 6410 28 Generai expense. 17,981 70 uflice expense. 9086 35 Legal expense. 21,625 63 Land account. 65738 57 Bookkeeping dep: 17,033 10 | Engineers’ department. 18122 64 Inspectors’ department. 6,640 20 Collection account. 20,948 40 General salaries. 40,799 96 Telephone account, 2,825 59 Pescadero expense. 955 50 Tot: $394,012 08 Dr. Dodge—May I ask what that item of $2000 for Lobos Creek isfor? I think you told us that the creek had not been used for ¢hree or four years. Mr. Schussler—We keep two men there in order to prevent the land from being jumped. One received $30 and anotier $60 a month. We preserve that supply because we know that the stream will soon be available again. It was tem- porarily out of use owing to the unfinished condition of the Ricomond sewer system, but recent analysis shows that it will soon be sufficiently pure to use. Dr. Dodge, discussing the ownership of the land in the neighborhood, referred to a case wherein, he stated, the company had taken possession of and built upon a certain piece the title to which was dis- puted. Mr. Kellogg, however, said thatan at- tempt had been made to steal a portion of the company’s property, of which it had beea in possession for forty years. Before rising Supervisor Rottanzi moved that the water company be re- quested to provide the committee with a statement of a!l properties used in the supply of water to the City, and alsoa roster of salaries paid znd the persons employed by the company. This was carried. It was also agreed that hereafter the committee will sitevery Monday, Wednes- day and Friday evenings until the investi- gation is completed. The committee rose and reported prog- ress and the board then adjourned to meet agsin next Monday evening at 7:30. INCENDIRIES AT WORK Attempt to Destroy the Dwelling- House at 1310 Howard Street. It Was Set On Fre 1o Two Plac:s and Coal Oil Was Sprinkled on the Floors. Among the unusual number of fire alarms Tuesday night was one for a fire at 1310 Howara street, which proved to be of incendiary origin. The alarm was rung from box 78 at three minutes past 9 o'clock. When the firemen reached the house they had to break in the doors, as no one was at home, and it was at once seen that firebugs had been at work. The house had been set on fire in two places—in a room in the rear and in the kiichen. floors and walls in each rocm bad been lierally sprinkled with coal oil, and the firebug could not have left the house many minutes before the fire was discov- ered. The building is a two-story frame dwell- ing. It is owned by A. P. Hotaling and occupied by E. J. Leonard. The loss on the builaing will amourt to about $200, and on the contents abou: §50. Fire Marshal Towe and Detective Dillon are investigating the case. Leonard’s family bad been visiting some firiends Tuesday afternoon and did not return home till 10:30 o’clock at night and the Fire Marshal happened to be at the house atthe time. It is not thought that the incendiarism | was actuated by eny feeling of revenge, and the Fire Marshal and detective are seeking for another motive. e JEWELRY 303 Kearny tore, 5 and 7 Third street, removed to reet. - A LABORER'S DEATH Donald, Fleming Killed at the Union Iron Works by u Falling Flange. Donald Fleming, a laborer employed at the Union Iron Works, was kilied yester- day atternoon by the breaking of a por- tion of the machinery on which he was employed. A huee iron flange was being hoisted on board a vessel at tue dock, when the chain cable that held it parted and the heavy piece of metal struck Fieming, jamming bim against the adjoining wood work and inflicting & terrible injury on his side. The wounded man was at once removed to St. Luke’s Hospital, where he diea five minutes after his arrival. Deceased was 24 years of age and a na- tive of California. He was a member of the Order of Foresters and leaves a mother who lives at Napa. 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