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THE DALLAS POST, FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1939
Most Public Water Works
Show Profit, Survey Reveals
East Stroudsburg
Especially Proud
Ot Its Record
Danville Has Had Own
Plant For 80 Years;
Loss Is Exception
(The Post is not advocating mu-
nicipal ownership. It is interested
in the subject merely because
municipal ownership is a possible
solution to the local water prob-
lem until some better plan is
forthcoming. This is the first of
series of articles reporting the
experience of nearby municipali-
ties which operate their own water
systems.)
“Municipal utilities can be highly
satisfactory and successful if they are
operated without politics,” says the
secretary of a Northeastern Pennsyl-
vania borough which operates its own
$300,000 water works.
Apparently politics can be curbed
in most communities, for a survey of
a number of publicly-owned systems,
selected at random from among the
219 Pennsylvania municipalities which
operate their own water works, indi-
cates that most of them are operating
on a profitable basis, to the satisfac-
tion of their consumers.
Not All Show Profits
Even in the exceptional cases where
the publicly-owned plant is not oper-
ating at a profit the consumers seem
satisfied. That is the situation in
Laceyville, Wyoming County, a town
of about 500 population and which has
been operating. its own water system
for 35 years.
“We bought out the old water com-
pany when everything was much
cheaper than today,” says S. W. Har-
rison, borough clerk, “and our present
rates are based on that original cost
and are the lowest of any town up or
down the river. We charge $11 per
year for a house with all improve-
ments and $4 per season if they use a
hose.
“It cost us $1,093.91 last year. That
included labor, material, pumping, su-
perintendent’s salary and commision
for collecting water rents. We took
in $1,780.90, but that included some
back water rent from the year before.”
Laceyville’s water company was fi-
nanced by issuing bonds, which were
sold 'locally and paid off at the rate of
$1,000 a year. The company did not
show a profit last year.
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WORLD'S FAIR FROM MANHATTAN SKYSCRAPER
Office workers in the towers above Fifth Avenue can look out
of their windows to the east and see this striking view of “The World
In the center foreground is the East River with part
of the Queensborough Bridge above and to the left.
the World's Fair skyline are the Perisphere and Trylon, theme struc-
tures of the exposition, which will open on April 30, and the square
towers of the United States Federal Building to the left.
Prominent on
Proud Of Water Works
Danville has had a municipally-
owned plant for 80 years and the plant
is operating at a profit. The public
attitude toward the water works is
fine and the consumers are, apparently,
satisfied with the service. The water
system was financed by a bond issue.
The citizens of East Stroudsburg are
especially proud of their water system,
which was started in 1889, with the
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aid of a bond issue. East Stroudsburg
has a population of about 6,100.
A record of the receipts and disburse-
ments of the East Stroudsburg water
system for the last seven years rfol-
lows:
Receipts Disbursements
1932... $28,545.01 $19,401.91
1933... 33,059.89 26,737.81
1934+ 30,212.77 29,018.21
1935... ; 25,275.39* 54,235.04
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Husband Follows
Wife InDeath
Munson Shaver Mourned
As Beloved Character
Just a week after the burial of his
beloved wife, Elizabeth, Munson Shav-
er, picturesque Huntsville native, passed
away Easter Sunday on the farm where
he was born and raised.
He was laid beside his wife in Leh-
man Cemetery Wednesday afternoon,
following funeral services from his
home at 1:30 and at the Lehman M. E.
| Church at 2:30. Rev. C. Duane Butler,
pastor, officiated.
Born in Huntsville to the late’ Elias
and Katherine Frantz Shaver, pioneer
residents of this region, Mr. Shaver
celebrated his 78th birthday on March
5. He lived in Trucksville'and Lehman
for a time, but returned to the farm
where he was born 'at/the death of his
father in 1916 and rémained there for
the rest of his life.
Mr. Shaver was widely known
throughout this section. Until very
recently the sight of this picturesque,
white-mustached old farmer driving
his horse and buggy to market was
familiar to local folks.
He took a deep interest in his home
town, served as supervisor for Lehman
Township 20 years ago. Mr. Shaver was
a member of Osage Lodge, No. 712, In-
dependent Order of Odd Fellows, of
Lehman, and attended services at
Huntsville Christian Church.
Surviving are two children, Mrs.
Ralph Johnson of Lehman and William
Shaver of Kingston; 10 grandchildren
and five great grandchildren.
Pallbearers were members of the Odd
Fellows Lodge. Funeral arrangements
by Alfred Bronson of Sweet Valley.
Estate Of $10,000 Left
By Samuel Bulford
The will of Samuel Bulford, probated
on Wednesday, bequeaths $500 to his
son, Joseph, and daughters, Nora Bul-
ford Riley, Stella Bulford Reynolds and
Myrtle Bulford Rineman; $500 to his
granddaughter, Nellie Chapin Myers,
and the remainder of the estate, both
personal and real, to his son, George
M. Bulford. The estate is valued at
$10,000 in personal property.
1936... 27,782.19* 46,732.25
1937 .. 27,516.50 26,075.82
1938... 28,266.31 25,601.64
* Receipts shown do not include a
bond issue of $25,000 in 1935 and
another bond issue of $20,000 in
1936 for improvements. \
The figures above do not include ap- |
proximately $22,000 worth of loans
made to the borough by the water de-
partment. Today, East Stroudsburg
‘values its water works at $310,639.81,
can list only $70,900 in liabilities
against it.
(Another article in this series will
appear next week.)
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