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JOE POHORENCE OF 643 STH PL., S.W., ASKED IF IT WOULD NOT BE <br />POSSIBLE TO REMODEL THE PRESENT PLANT. HE CONTINUED THAT IF THEY ARE RUNNING <br />AT A LOSS, IT IS CERTAINLY NOT BECAUSE THEY EMPLOY MANY PEOPLE TO RUN THE <br />SYSTEM, AND NOTEDTHATMANY PEOPLE IN THIS AREA ARE RETIRED AND LIVE ON A <br />FIXED INCOME AND CANNOT POSSIBLY AFFORD THESE RATES. ' <br />LOWELL LOHMAN ANSWERED THAT THERE IS NO POSSIBLE WAY TO BRING <br />THIS OLD TYPE SYSTEM UP TO DATE TO MEET D.E.R. REGULATIONS. <br />MRS. EVEYLN CHAFFEE OF 668 ANTIGUA LANE ASKED WHAT THE RATES WOULD <br />AMOUNT TO FOR A FAMILY USING 4,000 GALLONS PER MONTH. <br />COMMISSIONER Loy STATED.THAT THE WATER WOULD AMOUNT TO $8.50 AND <br />THE SEWER TO $1.0.62, OR A TOTAL OF $19.12 PER MONTH, <br />MRS. MATTHEW GOOD, SR., STATED THAT SHE DID NOT FEEL THE PEOPLE <br />SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR SOUTHERN GULF'S LOSSES DUE TO THEIR NEGLIGENCE IN GET <br />TING THE RATES RAISED. SHE DID FEEL SOME INCREASE WAS JUSTIFIED, BUT CER— <br />THINLY NOT THE ONE PROPOSED, <br />GERALD ALLTON OF 659 4TH ST., S.W., ASKED WHY SHOULD THE.WATER <br />RATES BE INCREASED IF THEY ARE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING TO IMPROVE THE WATER? <br />MR. LOHMAN REPLIED THAT THE UTILITIES SYSTEM IS A COMBINATION OF <br />WATER AND SEWER, AND IF THEY DID NOT INCREASE THE WATER RATES, THE SEWER <br />RATES, AS A RESULT, WOULD BE WAY OUT OF LINE. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE WATER <br />MEETS ALL BOARD OF HEALTH REQUIREMENTS AND WAS, HE FELT, AS GOOD AS ANY IN <br />THAT END OF THE COUNTY. <br />MR. R. I. STARR OF 714 5TH ST., S.W., STATED THAT SOUTHERN GULF <br />I HAS ONLY ONE MAN LOOKING AFTER THE PLANT AND ASKED WHERE IS ALL THE EXPENSE <br />THEY CLAIM COMING FROM. <br />si CHAIRMAN SIEBERT READ TO HIM EXPENSES LISTED ON THE FINANCIAL <br />STATEMENT AND NOTED HE FELT THE ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES LISTED WERE TOO LARGE <br />FOR THE SIZE OF THE PLANT, <br />MRS. GLADYS Fox of 653 NASSAU LANE STATED THAT THEY USE THE WATER <br />FROM THE SYSTEM BUT DO NOT HAVE SEWERAGE AND ASKED IF THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED <br />TO HOOK UP TO THE SYSTEM, <br />MR. LOHMAN STATED THAT IT IS NOT MANDATORY. <br />JOE POHORENCE THEN ASKED IF PEOPLE COULD NOT AFFORD TO PAY THE <br />i <br />PROPOSED RATES, WOULD THEY BE ALLOWED TO PUT IN SEPTIC TANKS AND WELLS OF <br />THEIR OWN, <br />7 <br />9 <br />2 -262 <br />R 2 0-197 <br />