. Public works . d the company officials have said they are willing to takethe bonds of the water commission for the $1,700,000. Thiswould relieve the state of paying out any cash Wanaque watershed and rights belong to a great num-ber of people. To carry out this scheme it would be neces-sary to acquire these rights by condemnation or otherwiseand erect a reservoir, pipe line and system in all of themunicipalities. Outside of the distributing systems thecost would be about $6,000,000. This would take probablyabout three years and then the state would have to entercompetition wi
. Public works . d the company officials have said they are willing to takethe bonds of the water commission for the $1,700,000. Thiswould relieve the state of paying out any cash Wanaque watershed and rights belong to a great num-ber of people. To carry out this scheme it would be neces-sary to acquire these rights by condemnation or otherwiseand erect a reservoir, pipe line and system in all of themunicipalities. Outside of the distributing systems thecost would be about $6,000,000. This would take probablyabout three years and then the state would have to entercompetition with the East Jersey. .A rate war might prob-ably result. Fix Price for Water , O.—.\t a cost of $119,046, fixed by the stateutilities commission, the Defiance Water Company is ex-pected to sell its plant to the city of Defiance. The com-pany asked $167,687, but the city refused to buy at thatprice. When they could not agree they decided to leavetc the state commission the fixing of a selling Courtesy Baiti nore (Md.) Xews. CONSTRUCTION WORK ON JONES Owner Responsible for Water , Ore.—A city ordinance, adopted by the vote ofthe people recently, providing for the collection of house-hold water rates every three months, instead of monthlyas heretofore, and making the rates chargeable to thepremises served, rather than to the consumer, has goneinto effect. The change will result in a large saving to themunicipality in postage, stationery and office help. If theconsumer fails to pay his water rent, the owner of thepremises is held responsible tinder the new system. Re-ductions in rates will cut water bills by nearly $100, charge for meter service of 12^ cents for 100 cubicfeet for each of the first 600 cubic feet of water has beendone away with entirely, andhereafter the charge will be10 cents for each 100 cubicfeet for the first 20,000 cubicfeet, and thereafter 8 centsfor each additional 100 cubicfeet. The flat rate chargeshave also bee
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