Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-08-16

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than those Of most cities, and hence the income is
less than is in most Others in proportion to the
| pense incurred. For besides the above supply TO
regular water takers, there are 400 hydrant pumps
for public use, which supply 1000 families gratuitous-
y there also lib fire plugs in the city and dis
tricts, ready for at all times ard free Of
charge, aud yet the income for 1888 was 600 and
for last nearly 600 The data upon which the
above rates were calculated, is $50 gallons Of water
| daily for a family Of six persons.
After all, however, the amount OF revenue In tins
city must depend in a great measure upon the plan
which may be adopted for assessing and collecting
| it Various plans have been suggested. First, to
charge a certain per centage upon the amount for
which the premises supplied with water would rent.
Upon this principle, take the assessed value OF the
real estate this city which for 1884 is valued at
Sl23 26, 4S0 BY stating it at hundred millions,
ting the 3 256, AGO. for property from which no
revenue is derived and supposng the rents receiva-
bic to amount, average to ten per centun the
| total income would be ten millions Of dollars. Now,
| three per cent on this sum would bring SoOOQOo,
which would be more than sufficient to pay the in
terest on the capital expended, and for annual at
| tendance on the operation of the works. Tins,
house renting for $780, would only pay nine dollars
annually, for which the inmates would receive full
supply Of pure and wholesome water, not only for
drink and culinary purposes but for bathing, wash
| ing OF clothes, streets, yards, &c.
Another suggestion takes the population at 300 0OO
and allowing six persons TO family the conclusion
is arrived at, that the population is equal to fifty
Thousand families, and in each of them paid six
| dollars annually for supply of water, it would
amount to 3OOOOO, by which the same result is ar.
| rived at as the first naxed project.
| The plan most generally adopted, however, for
raising revenue is by tariff of rates, proportion
| ing the charge in accordance with the probable
quantity Of water used The Manhattan Company
apportion their charge in accordance with the num-
Der OF fire places In the dwellings supplied with
their water. Thus, small houses, containing from
one to three fire places pay five dollars per annum,
while houses of the largest class pay fifteen dollars;
the average Of this charge for dwellings 50
occupied by one family; and for more than one ami-
ly, three dollars each in addition. For grocery
stores ten dollars each; for bake houses, ten dollars
for each Factories buildings, boarding houses,
taverns dislleries, breweries, dye houses, &C. &C
cording TO agreement. The laying and repairing of
the lateral pipes done at the expense of those re-
ceiving the water and the rates to be paid half
yearly in advance.
About one thousand families in Boston, are sup
piled with water by the Boston Aqueduct Company,
at an annual charge Of from ten to twelve dollars
TO each family.
The Providence Aqueduct Company, State of
Rhode Island, charge ten dollars per annum for "a
mily of six porsons and right to be supplied with
water from their fountain may be purchased for
SIPS cash. and by paying due proportion annually
Of the expense OF keeping the pipes and foun-
The city of Alhany is partially supplied with va
ter by chartered company. The water IS procured
from creek between two and three miles north Of
the city, and brought to the distributing reservoir
through line of six inch iron pipe. About 1900
dwelling houses supplied fron this source, and
the rates charged for the of the water fol-
lows
A three story house, per year, $40
Three stores one room deep with back burldiDg, IA
One and half story front house. "a
o. binary three story houses IL
Double two stor, house, ~
Single two story house, with dormer windows, 8
Stores where the water j. used only Cor drink,
The above rates are for a single family only; fo-
every additional family in house, three dollars for
each, and further charge Cf two dollars for every
family than two. Boarding houses and hotels
ma frOtu VT In pay "
dollars per year, and two cents per barrel In addition
for every barrel Of beer brewed over one thousand.
Malt houses pay forty dollars for the first five thou
sand bushels msted and five dollars Tor every addi-
tional thousand bushels. Since 1920 the company
have divided to their kholde from six 10
and hall per cent per annun and their regular d.
videpds may now be safely estimated at seven per
cent per annun.
Troy has advantages in this respect not possessed
BY New York The water of the Hudson, by which
the city bounded the west, - Of the best quail
IT, and the re are, besides number OF strea hav-
ing their source in the highlands 10 the east Of the
city, whose waters perfectly soft and pure and
the capacity Of which is equal to the wants Of the
present, and perhaps the future population of the
place. The stream selected for the purpose Of sup
plying the citizens with water, Is the Pskawin
creek, and the distributing reservoir 10 placed it's
margin about third Of mile east of the city, and
at an elevation sf one hundred feet above tide, and
about seventy three feet above the plain upon which
mast Of the city buildings are erected The reser-
voir will hold about 100000 gallons, and the mini
$40, 900 gallons per diem, which viii allow 50
gallons per day to each soul, estimating the popua-
| ton at 1900.
The main, which first receives the water, is six
teen inches diameter, where IL enters the reservoir,
tapering down To twelve inches az the other end
The mains running through the several streets vary
from twelve to three inches diameter, according TO
| circumstanc Ii has been ascertained at Troy,
that q IL inch main, with head Of % feet, will DIS
charge from the reservoir and deliver into the city,
| 500 900 gallons, every twenty-four hours.
/ The whole cost of the Troy Water Works, viz.
for the purchase Of land and water rights, building
the reservoir and lay ing the main pipes through the
city, will amount TO about Sll5,O0e The annualex-
pense VI attending the works, is but $500 five hun
| drcd 20 a superintendent, and three hundred TO
/ clerk.
The rates at which the water is furnished, are a
follows. for single family who pay for laying the
lateral pipes, s. 80 per annum. II the expense Of
LAYING the lateral pipes is paid by the corporation,
4 as so per annum. For hotels, from ID 10 60 dollars
each; Breweries, $50; Livery Stables. Sl5; Distil-
leries, $50; Tanneres, $50; Dyers, SIS Manu-
factories using steam engine. from 20 TO 40 dollars
per annum. For water used by masons in the cree
ton of new buildings five cents per thousand for all
the bricks worked up, and Eve cents for every hun
drcd feet of stsne wall
| These rates are uncommonly low and are warrant
ed by the great facilities for obtaining the water and
| the m ederate cost Of the works.
i II reflects much credit on the municipal authori.
ties Of Troy that they have thus preserved to the
inhabitants control over the supply II this ncces-
sary and indis pensable article of consuption. at
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