In Re Artesian Water Company

Wright, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the Public Service Commission.

The appellant is the City of Newark, a municipal corporation of the State of Delaware, hereinafter referred to as “Newark” and the appellee is Artesian Water Company, a public utility operating in New Castle County, Delaware, hereinafter referred to as “Artesian”.

Artesian presently serves water to some 20,000 customers in an area which may be roughly designated as lying between the City of Wilmington and the City of Newark. Artesian’s growth pattern has been in a westerly direction toward Newark.

In 1955 by…