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<br /> charges are therefore ~n a favorable and low basis.
<br />I The Eugene Water Board in 1917 adopted, to be effective July 1, 1917,
<br /> the water and light rates and practices recommended by the P.S.C. The y'1 .
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<br /> water and light department, however, has not, as yet, received full pay- .~
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<br /> ment for service rendered to the City unde~ the rates established by the .~
<br /> P.G.C.
<br /> The following is a list of sums that logically grow out of the P.S.C.
<br /> recommendations, and rates, and constitute amounts which the water and
<br /> light departments have earned under these rates, but which the City has
<br /> neglected or refused to pay.
<br /> Fire Protection
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<br /> I The Public Service Commission report, page 52, states that the annual
<br /> cost for plant mains and hydrants for fire protection is $5,513.00 per
<br /> year, in 1917. It also states on page 2 that the City paid in 1917, with
<br /> I all the added improvements in the system since 1908 the same rate that it
<br />. paid in 1908, namelY$1200~00 per year.
<br /> April 1, 1911 to July 1, 1917-- 6t years --
<br /> I amount prescribed by P.S.C. 34,456.25
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<br /> Paid by City 7,500.00
<br /> hmount due but unp?id 26,956.25
<br /> July 1, 1917 to June 1, 1920 --
<br /> 35 months at P.S.C. rate of
<br /> 266.,67 9,333.45
<br /> Paid by City, at rate o~
<br /> I 166..6'( 5 , 833 .45
<br /> ~mount due but unp~id 3,500.00
<br />I June 1, 1920 to Jan. 1, 1930
<br /> (New rate established, by help
<br /> of P.S. C. engineers; is 362.00 --
<br /> 115 months @ 362.00 41,630.00
<br /> I Paid by the City (166.67 per month) 19,167.05
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<br /> Amount due but unpaid 22 .462.,95
<br /> Total due on fire protection charges $52,919..20
<br /> HYD~~NT RENTAL rate was changed in 1920 from
<br /> $1.15 to ~1.50 per hydrant per month. City paid $1.15 per month per
<br /> I hydrant until January 1, 1922.
<br /> i June 1, 1920 to January 1, 1922 --,
<br /> I 19 months at 35i x 17& 1,,163.75 1,163.75
<br /> FIRE RESERVOIR.
<br />. The P. S. C. authorized a charge for maintenance of the fire reservoir on
<br /> Skinner Butte. Fire Underwriters required the Board to keep the reservoir
<br /> full for fire protection purposes~ and threatened to raise the rates about
<br /> I 30% if reservoir was ever used for operating purposes. The Health Board
<br /> I objected to the water being usSd in the system. This was a fire service only,
<br /> and required frequent filling and washing of the reservoir, but the charge
<br /> was never paid by the City.
<br /> July 1, 1917 to January 1; 1933,
<br /> $75.17 per month for 186 months $13,981.62
<br /> DISCOUNT TO CITY
<br /> During the latter part of the decade, 1920 to 1930, the warrant debt of the
<br />I city of Eugene increased alarmingly. Revenues were sharply reduced; collection
<br /> of taxes fell off, and the City Council very properly took measures to reduce
<br /> their mounting debt. b~mong other measures taken was a def ini te request to the
<br /> Water Board for assistance, and the ~ater Board agreed to a flat discount of
<br /> 25% on the City's bills for light and water, amounting to nearly $10,000.00 per
<br /> year. This discount was given specifically for the purpose of retiring the
<br /> City's warrant debt. The Council has handled its warrant debt very creditably,
<br /> as we understand that now this is practically eliminated. Again in 1931 came
<br /> a similar request with a similar grant by the Board, and again, in 1932, 1933,
<br /> 1934r 1935 and 1936 amounting during the seven years to approximately~ $65,107.1 .
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