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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1914
Page
1
Mrs W R Jenkins traveled to Indianapolis to see her husband recovering from an appendicitis operation at a city hospital. Charles Allen from Paris Illinois visited relatives in town and his mother Mrs Mary Allen accompanied him home to Paris for a short stay.
The water utility requests a receiver as it pursues a new rate increase in Greencastle. A Monday hearing in Indianapolis developed the case revealing disputed charges and anticipated actions by the company to adjust customer rates.
Section seven requires public utilities to furnish reasonably adequate service and facilities. It prohibits unjust or unreasonable charges for services rendered or to be rendered and states that nothing in the act allows charging beyond the maximum rates set in any existing grant or franchise during its term.
The Greencastle Water Works dispute centers on whether the Public Service Commission can order a rate increase. Attorneys debate Section 7 of the utilities law as judges consider if the commission is powerless or if a receiver may be appointed, with city officials urging a lower valuation and potential appeals to higher courts.
Sheriff Theodore Bees and Deputy Howard Harris confronted four university students at Glidewell swimming hole west of the city on Tuesday afternoon about 5 30. They were warned to appear before Judge Hughes at 9 o clock the next morning or face arrest. After a lecture, the youths were released with no affidavits filed. authorities warned others to conceal themselves when travelers pass by.
The first home grown strawberries reached a local grocer this morning. D. Allen, a noted fruit dealer, brought seven quarts which sold quickly at 15 cents a quart. The season should peak soon with rain needed for a bountiful harvest. J. L. Hamilton was in Indianapolis on business.
The administrator of the estate of George McCaslin may settle a tax dispute against the city for $1200. The Supreme Court has held the contract is valid.
After years in the supreme court the McCaslin case returns to Putnam circuit court. The court reversed Judge Rawley on the legality of McCaslin’s sequestered tax contract with Greencastle, indicating the claim of 865 dollars is valid. A compromise talks loom as city officials seek a settlement. Also update on L A Dobbs of Mill Creek township, in critical cancer condition after radium treatment.
Miss Minna Mattern university German instructor leaves today for Germany to spend the summer. She stops in Sandusky Ohio to visit her mother before joining her sister at Marburt University for a summer course there.
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