anaheim-gazette 1931-01-29

Report of Board of Audit For the Year ending December 31, 1930 Anaheim Union Water Company Anaheim, Calif., Jan. 29, 1931. To the Stockholders of the Anaheim Union Water Co: Gentlemen:—Your Board of Audit submits the following report for the year ending December 31, 1930: STATEMENT OF LOSS AND GAIN, DEC. 31, 1930. I. WATER AND GENERAL ACCOUNTS: Water deliveries $101,361.01 Rentals 831.64 Cement, hauling, pipe, sundries 5,759.30 General Expense $3,288.82 Repairs 5,739.02 Cleaning, general 6,236.95 Cleaning, Tuffree Reservoir 5,236.35 Sand Pumping 1,329.69 Electric Power 25,218.27 Pumping 3,916.34 Pumping Plant Repairs 18,236.10 Water Distribution, Asst. Supt. and Zanjeros 9,869.05 Salaries, Office and Directors 3,636.80 Attorney's Fees 600.00 Yard Man 1,482.02 S. A. R. D. Co. 15,562.15 Taxes, except oil wells 2,546.19 Interest 14,010.73 Zanjero—Head Gate 1,852.84 TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSE $118,761.82 TOTAL OPERATING INCOME $107,951.95 NET LOSS FROM OPERATIONS $10,809.37 II. OIL ACCOUNT: Oil Royalties 20,874.39 Oil Rentals 600.00 Oil Salary 643.56 Oil Land Taxes 3,512.53 TOTAL OIL INCOMES $21,474.39 TOTAL OIL EXPENSE $4,156.09 NET INCOME FROM OIL 17,318.30 III. DEPRECIATIONS: Tools, Sand Pumps, Dredger, etc. $1,624.65 Trucks 1,006.08 Furniture and Fixtures 166.30 Oil Construction 293.30 Pumping Plants 8,646.55 Construction 42,051.30 TOTAL DEPRECIATIONS $59,788.19 TOTAL PRODUCTION ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Gross Production ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... Hours ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... Crowther No. 2 685 787 Crowther No. 3 1493 1493 Crowther No. 4 1258 2324 Crowther No. 5 1750 3008 Booster 634 684 Gomber No. 2 966 2442 Gomber No. 4 560 387 Gomber No. 5 637 1337 Shorb No. 2648 887 Booster 2574 687 Halladay No. 2 2712 1272 Halladay No. 3 2320 1299 Halladay No. 4 630 2447 Halladay No. 5 2892 1337 Halladay No. 7 2889 1377 Booster 2869 1411 Pumping plant repairs to lower nearly all of our water dropped about 14 feet in order to lowering water levels have said before. Your Beer increase our supply. The Santa Ana River lands in Riverside and San Diego interest, and pay one-half of the wells along the river and the spring months, raising the summer months, improving our wells and lifting it to however produced much land purchase account. Anaheim, Calif., Jan. 29, 1931. To the Stockholders of the Anaheim Union Water Co: Gentlemen:—Your Board of Audit submits the following report for the year ending December 31, 1930: STATEMENT OF LOSS AND GAIN, DEC. 31, 1930. I. WATER AND GENERAL ACCOUNTS: Water deliveries $101,361.01 Rentals 831.64 Cement, hauling, pipe, sundries 5,759.30 General Expense $3,288.82 Repairs 5,739.02 Cleaning, general 6,236.95 Cleaning, Tuffree Reservoir 5,236.35 Sand Pumping 1,329.69 Electric Power 25,218.27 Pumping 3,916.34 Pumping Plant Repairs 18,236.10 Water Distribution, Asst. Supt. and Zanjeros 9,869.05 Salaries, Office and Directors 3,636.80 Attorney's Fees 600.00 Yard Man 1,482.02 S.A.R.D.Co. 15,562.15 Taxes, except oil wells 2,546.19 Interest 14,010.73 Zanjero—Head Gate 1,852.84 TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSE $118,761.82 TOTAL OPERATING INCOME $107,951.95 NET LOSS FROM OPERATIONS $10,809.37 II. OIL ACCOUNT: Oil Royalties 20,874.39 Oil Rentals 600.00 Oil Salary 643.56 Oil Land Taxes 3,512.53 TOTAL OIL INCOMES $21,474.39 TOTAL OIL EXPENSE $4,156.09 NET INCOME FROM OIL 17,318.30 III. DEPRECIATIONS: Tools, Sand Pumps, Dredger, etc.$1,624.65 Trucks 1,006.08 Furniture and Fixtures 166.30 Oil Construction 293.30 Pumping Plants 8,646.55 Construction 42,051.30 TOTAL DEPRECIATIONS $59,788.19 Oil Rentals ..... 600.00 Oil Salary ..... 643.56 Oil Land Taxes ..... 3,512.53 TOTAL OIL INCOMES ..... $ 21,474.39 TOTAL OIL EXPENSE ..... $ 4,156.09 NET INCOME FROM OIL ..... 17,318.30 III. DEPRECIATIONS: Tools, Sand Pumps, Dredger, etc. ..$ 1,624.65 Trucks ..... 1,006.08 Furniture and Fixtures ..... 166.30 Oil Construction ..... 293.30 Pumping Plants ..... 8,646.55 Construction ..... 42,051.30 TOTAL DEPRECIATIONS ..... $ 53,788.18 NET LOSS ..... 47,979.25 TOTALS ..... $176,705.59 $176,705.59 $64,597.55 $64,597.55 BALANCE SHEET, DEC. 31, 1930. RESOURCES Real estate and improvements (appraised at double assessed value): Lot and office building, City of Anaheim ..... $ 11,490.00 La Habra reservoir site, 1 m. S. E. of Brea ..... 120,000.00 Tuffree reservoir site 2 m.n. of Placentia (Caroline Ave.) 27.77 acres ..... 6,330.00 Shorb Tract, near Horseshoe Bend ..... 683.65 acres ..... 22,860.00 Crowther Tract, cor. Placentia and Orangethrop Aves. 40.00 acres ..... 8,000.00 Gomber Tract, S. W. of Atwood ..... 44.39 acres ..... 9,910.00 Yorba Tract, half north of Yorba Bridge ..... 35.76 acres ..... 4,520.00 Yorba Reservoir Tract, 1 mile E. of Yorba Linda ..... 84.78 acres ..... 10,150.00 Sundry Rights of Way (in fee simple) .15 acres ..... 150.00 Lots in Placentia ..... 1,730.00 TOTAL REAL ESTATE ..... $195,140.00 Mineral Rights (double assessed valuation) ..... $ 25,260.00 Water Rights, Halladay Tract, at Yorba Bridge ..... 10,000.00 Pumping Plants ..... 77,819.03 Oil Construction ..... 1,662.10 Construction Account ..... 804,918.65 Dredger and Scaper—Tuffree Reservoir ..... 4,368.28 Tools and Implements, Well Rig, Pile Driver, Sand Pumps, etc.. ... 9,381.91 Gravel Pit ..... 500.00 Trucks ..... 4,355.76 Furniture and Fixtures ..... 498.90 Gasoline, Oil and Other Supplies ..... 1,402.14 Pipe ..... 8,773.88 Pump Plant Supplies ..... 1,429.50 Stock, S. A. R. D. Co..... 1,400.00 Stock, Yorba Linda Water Co..... 100.00 Accounts Receivable (Sundry) ..... 2,829.15 Accounts Receivable (consumers) ..... 118.78 Accounts Receivable (S.A.R.D.Co.Land Purchases) ..... 38,500.00 Notes Receivable (S.A.R.D.Co.) ..... 95,250.00 Notes Receivable (sundry) ..... 3,417.96 Cash in hands of Secretary ..... $2,283.61 Cash in hands of Treasurer ..... 3,236.22 TOTAL ..... $1,292,645.87 LIABILITIES Capital Stock ..... $ 800,400.00 Surplus ..... 254,016.71 Bonds—Issue of 1909 ..... 45,000.00 Notes Payable ..... 179,950.00 Accounts Payable, December Bills ..... 5,698.34 Accounts Payable, due Consumers ..... 6,196.93 Accounts Payable (Sundry) ..... 1,383.89 TOTAL ..... $1,292,645.87 WATER DELIVERIES—1980 January ..... 60 c per hour per 100 inches..... $ 821.00 .1.9% February ..... 60 c " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " March ..... $1.00 " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " April ..... 1.00 " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " May ..... 1.40 " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " June ..... 1.60 " " " " " " " July ..... 1.80 " * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Each year as the writer one fact is becoming more before we will have to be paid. 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45,000.00 Notes Payable 179,950.00 Accounts Payable, December Bills 6,698.34 Accounts Payable, due Consumers 6,196.93 Accounts Payable (Sundry) 1,383.89 TOTAL $1,292,645.87 WATER DELIVERIES—1980 January 60c per hour per 100 inches $821.00 1.9% February 60c " " " 100 " 167.40 4% March $1.00 " " " 100 " 627.80 9% April 1.00 " " " 100 " 3,165.45 4.4% May 1.40 " " " 100 " 3,049.20 3.0% June 1.60 " " " 100 " 19,552.95 17.3% July 1.80 " " " 100 " 18,557.80 14.3% August 1.80 " " " 100 " 18,953.11 14.9% September 1.80 " " " 100 " 16,345.30 12.9% October 1.20 " " " 100 " 10,188.00 12.1% November 1.00 " " " 100 " 6,021.75 12.1% December 60c " " " 100 " 3,911.25 9.3% TOTAL $101,361.01 100.0% BONDS The bonded indebtedness of the Company is as follows: Issue of 1909 outstanding January 1, 1930 $55,000.00 Bonded indebtedness reduced 10,000.00 Total amount bonds outstanding $45,000.00 BILLS PAYABLE Notes outstanding January 1, 1930 $151,350.00 Notes increased during year 28,600.00 Total notes outstanding $179,950.00 Total indebtedness $224,950.00 CONSUMER'S ACCOUNT—1980 Due from consumers, January 1, 1930 $123.82 Due to consumers, January 1, 1930 5,716.82 Received from consumers in 1930 102,136.75 Water delivered in 1930 101,361.01 Refunds, etc. 290.59 Due from consumers, January 1, 1931 118.78 Due to consumers, January 1, 1931 6,196.93 Total $107,972.85 $107,972.85 SURPLUS ACCOUNT Surplus, January 1, 1930 $255,031.96 Assessments Number 70 and 71 47,904.00 Decrease in Assessment on Mineral Rights 1,640.00 Deficit from Loss and Gain 47,279.25 Surplus, January 1, 1930 254,016.71 $302,935.96 $302,935.96 OIL PRODUCTION Barrels Our Royalty 1913, Gross Production $73,122.03 1914, Gross Production $64,335.31 1915, Gross Production $59,594.65 1916, Gross Production $39,458.58 ANAHEIM GAZETTE 1917, Gross Production 402,139.85 59,510.36 1918, Gross Production 329,281.71 52,966.68 1919, Gross Production 234,617.96 43,136.51 1920, Gross Production 161,768.72 31,666.26 1921, Gross Production 207,883.81 40,316.12 1922, Gross Production 222,508.83 30,761.50 1923, Gross Production 179,666.16 16,036.38 1924, Gross Production 172,217.01 21,745.22 1925, Gross Production 168,885.72 18,784.27 1926, Gross Production 173,460.12 24,828.56 1927, Gross Production 259,356.00 37,592.88 1928, Gross Production 245,774.94 28,913.73 1929, Gross Production 199,733.93 26,614.04 1930, Gross Production 178,824.40 21,474.39 TOTALS 5,195,665.27 $690,057.46 COMPARATIVE COST OF OPERATING VARIOUS PLANTS— Browther No. 2 685 73,600 $951.64 $190.05 $209.67 $1,351.36 $175 $1.12 Browther No. 3 1493 141,450 1,828.95 415.18 390.53 2,634.66 200 .88 Browther No. 4 1258 231,440 2,992.52 307.51 220.14 3,520.17 300 .93 Browther No. 6 1750 308,000 3,983.27 495.51 79.00 4,563.78 400 .65 Booster 634 65,550 847.56 179.00 656.33 1,682.89 450 .59 Booster No. 2 966 243,600 3,149.74 255.19 435.10 3,840.03 450 .88 Boomer No. 4 560 39,329 508.40 200.79 290.88 1,000.07 150 .119 Boomer No. 5 637 133,840 1,730.55 192.96 108.25 2,031.76 250 .120 Norb No. 1 2648 81,600 999.60 350.00 263.44 1,613.04 165 .37 Booster 2574 69,180 847.85 250.00 286.76 1,384.61 165 .33 Calladay No. 2 2712 127,650 1,359.47 165.75 112.71 1,637.93 150 .40 Calladay No. 3 2320 129,720 1,381.51 147.75 180.33 1,709.59 125 .59 Calladay No. 4 680 24,670 262.74 31.50 50.00 344.24 60 .84 Calladay No. 5 2892 135,120 1,435.47 180.60 (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) Calladay No. 7 2889 137,240 (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) (no data) Booster no Data: No Data: No Data: No Data: No Data: No Data: No Data: No Data: No Data: No Data: No Data: No Data: No Data: No Data: No Data: No Data: No Data: No Data: No Data: No Data: No Data: No Data: No Data: No Data: No Data: No Data: No Data: No Data: No Data: No Data: No Data: No Data: No Data: Pumping plant repairs increased $15,000.00 this year due to our having lower nearly all of our pumps and install heavier equipment. Water levels dropped about 14 feet in our large wells. We have been calling your attention our lowering water levels for several years, and we can only repeat what we have said before Your Board of Directors are trying in every possible way to increase our supply. The Santa Ana River Development Company, our holding company for lands in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, in which we have a one-half interest and pay one-half of all expense purchased more lands along the river and drilled a number of test wells for water; one of them more than one thousand feet deep It is the belief of our Board and the Board of the Santa Ana Valley Migration Company that it will be more economical to pump water from shallow wells along the river and thus increase the flow of water in the river itself during the summer months; rather than to risk pumping additional water from our wells and lifting it to the higher levels of the district None of these wells however produced much water Our share in the Santa Ana River Development Land Purchase account increased from $9,976.37 to $38,500.00 during January. Jan. I Cash—Treasurer Annaheim Union Water Co.Genl. Santa Ana Valley Irrigation Co.Genl. Anaheim Union Water Co.Land Purchases Santa Ana Valley Irrigation Co. Land Purchases Orange Co.Title Co. Rentals: J.J.Dennl $3,000 Moore $200 H.J.Kimmerlie $300 Beckman $100 Warren $100 Payton $125 Downey J.F.$500 Foster-Kleiser $28 Zylstra $700 McCarty Bros.$20 The Santa Ana River Development Company, our holding company for lands in Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, in which we have a one-half interest, and pay one-half of all expense, purchased more lands along the river, and drilled a number of test wells for water, one of them more than 1,000 feet deep. It is the belief of our Board and the Board of the Santa Ana Valley Migration Company that it will be more economical to pump water from shallow wells along the river and thus increase the flow of water in the river itself during the summer months, rather than to risk pumping additional water from deeper wells and lifting it to the higher levels of the district. None of these wells, however, produced much water. Our share in the Santa Ana River Development Land Purchase account increased from $9,076.37 to $38,500.00 during 1930. The Santa Ana River Development Company has not as yet given us a mortgage on these lands, and we are carrying them under the title of Santa Ana River Development Land Purchase Account. The expense of conducting the Santa Ana River Development Company also increased from $2,834.55 to $15,562.15 during 1930, due to several reasons: one test wells and a weir cost about $14,000.00. Attorney fees increased $1,500.00, taxes were $1,000.00 more, interest was almost $2,000.00 this year, rent collections were $1,000.00 less, and water purchased amounted to $5,200.00, and we are one-half of these expenses. The item of water purchased delivered 320 hours of 325 inches into the river, and of course we shared one-half of whatever increase this caused in the river flow during the months from July to November. The cost of this water delivered into the river above Prado was 50¢ per hour for 100 inches. The undersigned members of the Board of Audit have carefully examined books, papers and other records appertaining to the business of the company for the year ending December 31 1930, and find that the same have been kept correct, neat, clear and intelligent manner, and that the foregoing is a full and complete report taken from the books covering the above mentioned period. Respectfully submitted, ARTHUR STALEY, S. C. HARTRANFT, Board of Audit. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT FOR 1930 The year 1930 started under very favorable conditions. The first rain of May was $11,476.10 less than the sales of May, 1929. However, the sales for the balance of the months of the season were enough larger than the sales of the same months of 1929, that we ended the season with only $4,041.79 less than 1929. It is also true that while our bill for electricity was approximately $6,700.00 less than in 1929, our water sales for 1930 were only $4,041.79 less, due to the fact that more high priced water was pumped this year than last. We have from year to year been cutting down our operating expenses and comparison of the attached table of expenses will show that outside of the item of Pumping Plant Repairs, which was explained in the report of your auditors, most every item of expense has been materially reduced. Table of comparisons: | Year | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Land Pumping | $1,360.00 | $1,315.52 | $1,329.69 | | Cleaning Tuffree Reservoir | $6,417.19 | $5,626.83 | $5,236.35 | | Cleaning General | $6,124.77 | $7,557.68 | $6,236.95 | | Electric Power | 24,277.34 | 31,912.63 | 25,218.27 | | Sumpling | 4,011.03 | 4,844.26 | 3,916.34 | | Sumpling Plant Repair | 2,027.51 | 3,184.44 | 18,236.10 | | Repairs | 10,896.19 | 6,292.57 | 5,369.15 | Last year we ended the season with a net gain of $13,832.04 from our operations. This year our expenses were $10,809.37 more than our income, due to the fact that we sold $4,041.79 less water than the preceding year it cost us $4,041.79 extra for repairs to pumping plants. It will also be seen that $12,-888 more was spent by the Santa Ana River Development Company this year, which item is not chargeable to our local operations, but is deducted as part of the expense of obtaining water. Each year as the writer compares the cost of operations with the receipts he fact is becoming more apparent, and that is that it will be but a short time before we will have to be prepared to pay more per hour for our water. Each year we have lined as much as possible of the Calon Canal, until on December 31, 1930 there remains but 4000 feet of open dirt ditch, and while the expense will not come in the 1930 report we can state at this time January 26- Last year we ended the season with a net gain of $13,832.04 from our operations. This year our expenses were $10,802.37 more than our income, due to the fact that while we sold $4,041.79 less water than the preceding year it cost us $6,000.00 extra for repairs to pumping plants. It will also be seen that $12,-500 more was spent by the Santa Ana River Development Company this year, which item is not chargeable to our local operations, but is deducted as part of the expense of obtaining water. Each year as the writer compares the cost of operations with the receipts the fact is becoming more apparent, and that is that it will be but a short time before we will have to be prepared to pay more per hour for our water. Each year we have lined as much as possible of the Calon Canal, until on December 31, 1930 there remains but 4000 feet of open dirt ditch, and while the expense will not come in the 1930 report we can state at this time January 26, 1931 that we are now working on this stretch of ditch and by Saturday the 31st day main canal will be completely lined from the intake to the Tuffree reservoir. The fact that the Calon Canal is completely finished and has been a big winter in cutting down the operating expenses each year, such as repairs, cleaning, etc., and while it looks like our total expenses should get smaller each year, there are one or two items that far overshadow this saving, one of which is the actual production of water from the ground. Each year we are compelled lower our plants from five to twenty feet. Last season we lowered all the pumps, where the depth of the wells would permit, to 200 foot depth and we bought that would take care of us for several years, but the water in all our pumps has fallen so fast the past season that we feel we will be lucky if we get enough this season without dropping them another ten or twenty feet. Lowering these pumps not only takes a lot of money, but each time a plant is lowered the cost of power advances in proportion, and this would not be so bad, because the water we are getting is still fairly cheap compared to some other communities, which are now pumping from the four or five hundred foot level, but question the writer would like to have answered is "How much longer are going to be able to get water from some of these locations?" Water Level from Surface Location Date Feet Feet Calon Corner 1926 120 137 Calon Corner 1927 111 126 Calon Corner 1928 115 136 Calon Corner 1929 130 153 Calon Corner 1930 144 161 Member 1926 122 152 Member 1927 101 141 Member 1928 108 151 Member 1929 144 169 Member 1930 154 181 From the above table of water levels at the Gomber Tract and Crowther's corner it will be seen that from 1926 to 1929 the water level dropped 16 feet in the former location, and 17 at the latter, while this year there was a total of 8 feet at Gomber Tract and 12 feet at Crowther's Corner in a single year. Hardless of the fact that the 1928-29 rains amounted to approximately 12 inches for the season. We believe it is only a question of time, and we feel the time is ripe right now, that the two companies should, through the S. A. R. D. Company proceed immediately to lay a large pipe line from our Head Gate to the Durkee Ranch and take the river water in our mains at that point. This would cost money, and plenty of it, but it would do away with a great loss from seepage and corporation which we are now having to stand and it would also guarantee us any water taken in at that point would not be appropriated by parties lower down on the river. AUTOMATICS Grandmother's WE SIGH SOMETIMES (at least folk do) for the delights fashioned cooking. We do call (at least men-folk don't ordeals that old-fashioned entailed . . . for the cook. But now we can please also humor ourselves, (speak modern method of cooking is automatic and electric, results as ravishing as those in Grandmother's old-fashion kitchen . . . and even he wants to go back farther th... Assessment Evil Hit by New Bill Wide Support Given Measure To Halt Undue Improvements Which Threaten Property "One of the most vital problems before this session of the legislature is that of providing relief for the victims of our vicious special assessment system," said Dr. Milbank Johnson, chairman of the board of directors of California Taxpayers' association, in an interview today. Assembly Bill No. 218, introduced by Assemblymen Little of Santa Monica, Bonell, Arnold, Lyons, Gillett, Cobb, Roberts, Dempster, Golden, Stockwell, Baum, Badham and Wakefield of Los Angeles; Roland, Hoffman, Chars. W. Fisher and Feeley of Oakland; Houser of Alhambra, Jesperson of Paso Robles, Brock of Redlands, Sewell of Whittier, Reid of Long Beach, Kline of San Jacinto, Eleanor Miller of Pasadena, Snyder of Santa Cruz, Scudder of Sebastopol, Sarah E. Kellogg of Van Nuys, Head and Bowers of San Diego, Isaac Jones of San Bernardino, Wilber of Montebello, Green of Inglewood and Hill of San Pedro, will remove the gravest of these abuses—abuses which have been exploited by mercenary interests to the point of ruining many of our home owners. Removes Peril This bill will require that each project be fully investigated before it is started and that full information be supplied by mail to each and every property owner affected, concerning not only the cost of the proposed improvement but the burden or all outstanding special assessments against his property. Under the proposed law a limitation on the amount of special assessments which can be levied against property is to be established. This limitation is placed at 50 per cent of the total true value of the property of the district. In addition, no individual assessment for the proposed project can exceed 50 per cent of the true value of the particular property assessed. 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