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oC- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Q« Wer© you selling er building? A» I ted two pieces sold on ooadltlon that- they ® s M ; get water and i applied lor water and be demined to serve ju® and tbsr. X asked bis* if I put In tbs mains from Charleston to the piece of ground, a distance of about SOD feet* if that would make any difference and he declined* Q> He Just declined to serve the water Irraspectiveof how the connect'.on was made? kB* SMITH* Declined to serve the «&ter even if you put in your om line? A, Under any conditions. MR* SEXTOS* How long ago was this? A, About six weeks ago# I offered to put in a four Inch mala fr®. Charleston to the property and fee declined to serve me. Q. Did you sell the property? A* ho, sir* ME, SMITH* How much do you think that inadequate water, due to lack of service, has decreased the value of your holdings? A* It Isn’t worth anything* Q, And if there were adequate service what would It be worth? A* I think y a m « 1 1 it fox a thousand dollars an acre. Q. How nasy sores have you? A. About'thirty, lot all of it at one©, but in tl®e. SB I imply from that that that would Increase the assessed val­uation in the city by thirty thousand dollars? A, I don't know. It hasn’t been subdivided*’' Q* What is tie present agma&sed valuation of your holding#? A* I believe around #35.00 au acre* x base my statement on on® thousand dollars enthuse two pieces of property that I had sold, Q* Have you a knowledge of the assessed valuation of the adjacent property? A. Only mf own. The land directly in front of those pieces is vacant l a n d . - Wh,ere 1 live i have a lawn. % Could you venture an estimate of how much you would add to -13*.