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KM; Mr. Jeffere #4 hay 20, 1042 end la feat those regularly employed here could act pay the rates, we hare operated on the hauls that we do not ask any­one to pay for something they are not gettings hut when the facility 1 c In icrrlee and we ere supplying It with water, mi Inal at os being paid for It. On a flat rata system, Judgment oust ha exercised aa to the quantity of service used, and inasmuch aa It ie not practicable to cheek the vacancies dally In each ante court and hotel in the city, we arrived at an arbitrary vacancy allowance of 10 to 206 after inspection of the property and eon* ference with the owner. Thle we felt to be fair both to the Con patty and the eoseuner. I do net aean to imply that this eye tan has baen success­ful In all cases; in fact we have loct a fow of our hoot accounts because the consumer felt it would bo cheaper to drill a wall on hla propei%r than to pay his monthly water bill, this Included! and we were notified during the physical check last month that the *6hief An tel* would henceforth secure water free its own well, when the sate wee raised free $26.40 to $63.00 per nonth. While the leae in revenues from these four accounts la about $100 per nonth or the equivalent of 60 houses, the tendency toward aa la* arenas in private wel 1-drill lug is disturbing, and wa pretested Sve. 9069 • Blakely Apts, sve. 4106 * Bub Ante Court sve. 9060 * M. K. Teneaeh 664 per month 90.60 per month 16.60 ? *