Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 39, Number 240, 19 August 1914 — Page 3

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, WEDNESDAY, AUG. , XW

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WATER PLANT SUES ON RATE FIXING ORDER

Richmond Firm Charges Errors and Unfairness by Commission and Asks Rej. turn to Old Schedule. The public service commission was today made defendant In a suit filed In the Wayne circuit court by the Richmond City Water Works through Attorneys Monks, Robbins, Starr and Goodrich of Indianapolis, asking that the commission be restrained and enjoined from the enforcement of the new rates and rulings effective September 1. John Robbins filed the complaint nd left immediately for Indianapolis. As Judge Fox is out of the city .immediate court action is not probable. The company avers that the amount of receipts from rates and charges fixed by the commission will be insufficient to meet and pay operating exTenses and to set aside a $6,000 depreciation fund annually as demanded in the ruling of the state body. Alleged errors of the commission re pointed out. The complaint first declares a six per cent return on $750,000 is not a fair return and that the commission should have figured at eight per cent. Exception is taken to charges made by the commission as expenses of conducting the investigation. For numerous trips made here by engineers of the commission, in which railroad fare, board, salary and other items are entered, the commission charges the company $1,254.14. In addition, the company is ordered to pay $4,000 in four annual installments as the expense of getting out and issuing the order, making a total of $5,200. H. A. Dill, superintendent of the plant, said the matter had been placed entirely in the hands of the attorneys end that the work is being done at Indianapolis. The company also charges unjust discrimination in favor of ice manufacturers, and against other large consumers. A charge of six cents a thousand on a basis of a daily consumption of 60,000 cubic feet is the commission's new rate. The company says tnis should be ten cents. The petition of the company to the court follows: "The plaintiff prays the court that the commission may be restrained and enjoined from the enforcement of the rates, rules, regulations and requirements fixed and prescribed by the said commission in its order and that the rules, regulations and requirements declared unreasonable and invalid by the commission may be declared valid, reasonable and Just; and that the said rates, requirements and regulations of the said commission may be adjudged unreasonable, unlawful, invalid and confiscatory and that the same and each of same may be cancelled, set aside and annulled and that the plaintiff may be permitted to charge a fair and reasonable rate to the city of Richmond and the inhabitants thereof as consumers of water furnished and supplied by the company." This is taken as equivalent to asking that the company be permitted to operate under the same scale of rates as it now is and has for the past twenty years. The present rates which the commission ordered suspended September 1, were placed in effect in 1893. The complaint says the commission erred in failing to list $34,704.00 worth of service pipes which were paid for by the consumers. It also says a charge of $2 for installation of meters should be increased to $4.

CLUB SEEKS RATE REDUCTION Oil ALL FIRE RISKPOLICIES Insurance Committee Meets to Compile Data . Showing Compliance With State Board's Demands. The city having complied with eight of the nine demands made by the state Insurance bureau in 1909 to secure a lower fire Insurance rating for Richmond, the fire insurance committee ol the Commercial club is now prepared to request the state bureau to comply with the terms of its agreement. Late this afternoon the committee, of which George Eggemeyer is chairman, will hold a meeting and after compiling data it has secured will prepare a statement to be for warded to the state bureau. The only demand made by the bureau which has not yet been complied with is the placing of all wires in 'the city in conduits. A conduit system for the Main street business district has been provided, however, and the committee regards that as sufficient compliance of that particular demand. Also all wires in alleys have been restrung the past seven months at the order of the building inspector. One of the demands of the bureau was that the fire department be made more efficient by the addition of a motor aerial ladder truck. This has not yet been provided but the 1915 budget will contain an appropriation for a new ladder truck and it will be in service by the time a re-classification of the city could be completed. This summer also witnessed the fulfillment of the most important of the nine demands an additional water main from the pumping station to the city. At the present time Richmond is In insurance class three. Compliance with demands made by the state bureau now entitles this city to be placed in class two, according to the Commercial club committee. Such classification would reduce rates thirteen per cent, on buildings and rates on contents of buildings would be reduced variously five, two and one per cent. It is estimated that at least $10,000,000 in fire insurance is carried by Richmond people so if the city is placed in the second classification the total savings on insurance expenses would amount to several thousand dollars a year.

SUES FOR DIVORCE AFTER 30 YEARS

After thirty years of marital experience, Edward Staley left his wife, Mary E. Staley, and since has failed to support here, according to her complaint for divorce, filed in circuit court today. The Staleys were married February 10, 1881. A few years ago a young girl was adopted. Mrs. Staley asks the custody of the minor child, alleging her husband is unfit to have possession of the ward. Mrs. Staley says her husband has not lived with her since July 23 of this year, when he deserted her.

Further unfairness of the commission's ruling is said to be the order that fire lines asked for by consumers shall be installed to the curb lines or property lines at the expense of the company. The company says that this would mean in each case a loss of $100 to $200. This loss could not be .recovered as the cost of a meter of sufficient size to secure the amount of water would be $350 to $500. The commission and the commissioners separately are made the defendants. They are Thomas Duncan, John F. McClure, Charles J. Murphy, James L. Clark and Charles A. Edwards.

RUMORS OF SNYDER REACH CITY POLICE r ' Chief Goodwin Starts Investigation to Find Suspected Murderer. Three rumors as to the whereabouts of John Snyder, wanted in Richmond on the charge of having murdered Henry Dayton, are being traced down. Chief Goodwin said today. Recently one man reported to Chief Goodwin that he had heard Snyder was in Milwaukee, another man said he had seen Snyder in Minneapolis and a third man reported to the chief that he had heard Mrs. Dayton,- who, it was asserted, was Snyder's affinity, had gone to Devil's Lake, N. D., to meet him. - Chief Goodwin has written to the police authorities in all three cities

asking them to make a search for Snyder " Henry Dayton llred with his wife and family on North J, street and Snyder boarded with them.' " Dayton finally disappeared and a year later his bones were found in quicklime la the cellar of his home. Snyder disappeared .before he . could be apprehended and no definite trace of him has ever been found. Mrs. Dayton gave the police what was represented to be Snyder's confession that he murdered Dayton. Mrs. Dayton was twice summoned before the grand jury but no indictment was ever returned against her. BECK AT ST. PAUL.

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TREVEM W Giles Proposes Elaborate Parade of School Children on -October 2.

Postmaster Beck left yesterday for St Paul where he will attend the National Convention of First Class Postmasters for the remainder of the week. .

The Swedish railroads are experimenting with peat for coal.

"Disease Prevention Day will be celebrated In the Richmond public school this year, according to Superintendent Giles. The date that has been set by Governor Ralston is Friday, Oct. 2. How extensive the celebration will be has not been decided by the school authorities but the Commercial club, the Wayne County Tuberculosis society and the Wayne County Medical sociKy have been asked to assist in arranging plans for the observance, which will be made general throughout the state. "Disease Prevention Day was ob

served In the schools last year but only in the way of class exercises. It is probable that efforts will be made to celebrate It this year by arranging for a parade or some other elaborate demonstration. " This plan has been worked successfully In other cities in the state. A letter has been addressed to the Commercial club by Superintendent Giles asking for the co-operation of that organization in promulgating the movement here this fall. The Wayne County Tuberculosis society is particularly anxious to have an elaborate observance. A letter was recently rereceived by Superintendent Giles from State Superintendent Greathouse in which he urged Richmond to take steps immediately in planning for the observance.

TURKEY NEUTRAL BY LEASED WIRE. LONDON, Aug. 19. The Turkish Ambassador assured the British Foreign office today that Turkey will remain neutral.

MAII FROM MILTON 1 FIGHTS FOR FRANCE'

A company of 100 American artists and engineers' beaded by Maurice Caldwell formerly of. Milton, now a civil engineer , of Chicago, la somewhere at the front with a part of the French army. ,. Denver C. Harlan, an attorney of this city, received word that his broth-

er-in-iaw, m.r. v. w mm way from South America to Rossis when the. war broke out. Caldwell organized the company. A West Point graduate was found and the volunteers drilled in war tactics. The last word received was that the company's offer- of Its services had

oeen accepts ment and the Americans were sent to the front. Since that time, communi

cation has been cut off.

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