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#$ May 80* 1948 vehemently to the state Engineer, both personally end in writing* Without going into details, the present statue of our campaign on this subject is that the state officials dale they cannot step the well drilling unless they hold a public hearing in eaeh ease* t>« are new handling through the state Board of Health. Mgr object in laentioning the above is the thought that the application of water rates should be left in the hands of the local office, ee a general policy, subject to approval of the And* iter in each oase. ftor example, In the case of the * Chief Antal* the owner installed his own water line from our nearest sain, eose 850 feet, without cost to the Company, and consideration should be given this in applying the rate under the schedule. It is unfortunate that the bulk of these houses were added at a time whan our forces were tied up with work orders, new connections, water main extensions into Defense Housing pro* Jects and incidental extraordinary work that always accompanies a •booa* town, and I am grateful for the assistance rendered uc by the Accounting Departments cheek. We shall* of course, con* tine# these checks, and X might say that even since the Auditor*e check we have picked up a number of new houses under construction. ?he Accounting Department has in the past hods periodical surprise checks on our monthly report of services and collections, in addition to shocks by traveling wadi tor, hut this is the first