Public works . contract with the municipality did notmake the plaintiff a subcontractor, there being noshowing that the plaintiff undertook to performany part of that contract. EXTENT OF DELEGATED POWER OP MUNICIPALITYTO CH.\NGE RATES The New York Appellate Division holds, Tona-wanda Board & Paper Co. v. City of Tonawanda,190 N. Y. Supp. 874, that while the statute delegat-ing power to a municipality to regulate rates be-comes a part of a contract between the municipalityand a consumer for the supply of water, that powermay only be exercised when it appears that the rateagreed upon i
Public works . contract with the municipality did notmake the plaintiff a subcontractor, there being noshowing that the plaintiff undertook to performany part of that contract. EXTENT OF DELEGATED POWER OP MUNICIPALITYTO CH.\NGE RATES The New York Appellate Division holds, Tona-wanda Board & Paper Co. v. City of Tonawanda,190 N. Y. Supp. 874, that while the statute delegat-ing power to a municipality to regulate rates be-comes a part of a contract between the municipalityand a consumer for the supply of water, that powermay only be exercised when it appears that the rateagreed upon is not just and reasonable under thecircumstances, and it may not be exercised capri-ciously or arbitrarily. The municipality has theburden of proving its right to change the contractrate, and must propose or establish a rate that is justand reasonable in its place. 150 PUBLIC WORKS Vol. 52, No a New Appliances Describing: New Machinery, Apparatus, Blaterials and Methods and Recent Interesting Installations. ends at or near ground level. It is claimedto be especially adapted for dumpinginto barges and hauling to incineratorsand is arranged to be hauled by horsesfor the convenient collection of refusefrom house to house, after which at acommon meeting place the horse polescan be readily shifted for short trailerpoles and a string of wagons hauled astrailers by a motor truck, to a remotedestination. ? THAWING SET C-IPITOI. PIPE The Capitol Gaso-electric Thawingset built by the .?Vuto Engine Worksis a portable plant, mounted on a truckand intended for electrically thawingfrozen service underground waterpipes. It is equipped with a generatorand its operating engine, and fur-nishes electricity to the reeled cable,one end of which is connected to thenearest fire hydrant and the other endto the generator and to the servicepipe in the building, thus providing acomplete circuit for the current, whichis regulated to provide sufficient el;c-tric resistance in
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