COMMISSIONERS. CLYDE L. SEAVEY, President. HARLEY W. BRUNDIGE. IRVING MARTIN. EGERTON SHORE. JAMES T. WHITTLESEY. EXAMINERS. WM. T. SATTERWHITE. W. J. HANDFORD. W. P. GEARY. W. R. WILLIAMS. J. C. HARRAMAN. W. C. FANKHAUSER. HENRY G. MATHEWSON, State Building, Civic Center, San Francisco. 308186 DECISIONS. DECISION No. 10681, IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF A J. ARNAUDON FOR AUTHORITY TO INSTALL METERS IN WATER SERVICE AT MENDOTA, CALIFORNIA. F. E. Cook, for Applicant. BY THE COMMISSION. Application No. 7728. Decided July 8, 1922. OPINION. A. J. Arnaudon, applicant in this proceeding, is the owner of a water system at Mendota, Fresno County, which has been operating as a public utility in the distribution and sale of water since the year 1912. Service rendered has been on a flat rate schedule and request is now made for authority to install meters and to establish a schedule of meter rates. A public hearing in this proceeding was held at Mendota before. Examiner Satterwhite. All consumers were duly notified and given an opportunity to appear and be heard. This water system consists of a six-inch well about 600 feet deep, an electrically operated two-inch centrifugal pump, which elevates the water to an 8000-gallon storage tank, from which it is distributed to consumers by means of about 2900 feet of pipe of threeinch diameter and less. Twenty-one consumers are served. Mr. John Spencer, one of the Commission's hydraulic engineers, presented a report which set forth an estimate of the original cost of the water system amounting to $3,742. This sum would be increased to $4,057 if meters were installed on all services. Depreciation annuity, computed by the sinking fund method at six per cent, was shown as $95, and reasonable maintenance and operating expense was estimated at $312 per annum. Based upon the foregoing items, annual charges are as follows: Return at 8 per cent upon $4,057. Depreciation annuity Maintenance and operating expense. Total____ $325 00 95.00 312 00 $732 00 Revenues for the year 1921 were $422 and it does not appear that any material increase in the number of consumers can be expected in |