, 1870-09-22
SgAl1 Il fcHIicAoo WASTE TWO M1IL1oNs1

who pnld Tor WAFER usou 'nAo"6! - A
paid at the rate Of fifteen cents per l,oo"
gallons, How much water was 1'sed for
fires and other public purposes IS moi
known. The current expenses Of tue
humping works are nbout $4,000 per Az
nun, for fuel, fremen, ete-
Il is now proposed to expend 81, 500 W"
Of money, borrowed at per cen1' 10
extend the tunnel under tho city, pus-
chase real estate, provide new pamp'ng
engines, with additional machinery, and
such other additional unestimated expen~
,,;turcs as will make the total out
lay not less thans, $4,000, ,0oD, or
IN annual expense for interest OF
Sl4o,eo0. Not a dollar of this money
is 10 be expended for service pipe; it Is
merely TO- obtain larger supply OF lake
water, The increase in the expenses for
uuu,ping will he s7:'.0t1, n year, and tue
additional supply of water. say, IL, ooo, ,ooo
gallons per day. :..
The result Of these figures is. that, for an
increased supply equal to 5000, GOO gal
Ions daily, the city is to expeua--
Interest Of s. o"u GOO at per ccnt.--... .f'!o0o
Expense Of pu,Ip!De, &c.-----.----...-.. 's's'V
ANNA, cost. ,........,.. .sels, ,coo
That, it will be remembered, is for the
water only. We have demonstrated here
tofore that underneath Chicago, and under
neath The country for forty miles in all
| directions from, this city, there is natural
| supply Of wnter, which, upon being tapped,
| will rise 10 height Of from 30 to 80 feet
above the level of the lake. This is higher.
I ny from 10 to 20 feet, than the water fur
nished hy our pumpiug system will rise
al any great distance from the works The
presence of This wafer. its superior rnr'ty,
| its strong force, and its inexhaushble guam
.ity are now notorious and self-evident
facts. An artesian we'll, tapping this sub
terrnnean water-course, OF six inches diane
ter, will furnish 100000 gallons daily.
Thirty such wells will furnish l5,O00, 600
gallons dniIy. being equal to the
whole estimated additional supply 10 he
obtained by the extension Of the tnnnel
and the expenditure of s2.ooo,0 900, and the
annunl cost of pumping. These wells can
lie constructed, on contract, nt cost not
exceeding S4.00O sach-makinS an aggre-
gate cost Of S1a0, 900. When constructed,
all tha, is needed is to connect them with
the ee.vice mains. We will then have the
same amount of water, at M original cost
| Of S12O, ,O0O, mud without any annual
charge thereafter for pumping, repairs, re-
: 1cwnls of boilers and engines, salaries, o.
.. other expenditures. The difference i'll the
cost to the city, between the two plans o.
obtaining the same amount of water, may
= be thus stated. aud we direct particular at
;. teution therGto: .-.
Cost Of sudftinna, watyr-works. 800 90
Interest OH toui 20 years, a. per cent 80y, 20
. c. It Of ElurIug, 90 yrarr At $4,000. 800 no
H. Renew ai of macs,nely, repairs, &c.--.-. o,99
Total cost for 20 years. ,so0, 90
= Or an average annual cost Of S;l0, ,00o 70
= a supply Of 5,o0O,0 600 gallons daily. Th
: other plan will cost only the original price
Il say
in,e1esi nes % IL moncy fof as i6ss
e Tctai for ar:cs'ans. -...--siss, "
Difference In favor uf ar1esans. 6l2 ct
- There will he saved in twenty years, b
employing The artesiau system, the imrnent
" ~, sum of nearly Seyen millions of dollars.
or We haye shown that the cost Of water
d: the consumer, on the average, is abo1
IT, eight cents per 1000 gallons.
~. An artesian we'll of six inches diamete
y ~ costing SA 600 to bo1e. viii aaiivor 200, o.
he gaitous per twcnty-faur hours. This,
ss1 s.s, eight cents per 1,Mo Gsllons, would
ge, worth $40 per d,y, and foc one, ye
II m $l4,GOO. The interest on the money, al
per cent, Oh the cost of the artesian we
is Saeo. Then, f,r Sasa such well W
furnish as much water al now costs
consumers $14 GOO. The artesian watt
instead Of costing the public eight Gel
.oa per 1000 gallons, would not cost them t
III fifteenth part Of that nuch. Will r
this fact open peoples eyes in titne
-. save the proposed s., oo,Oo0, before it
,a~ too late?
t,a But the Cily Engineer viii probably :
49, shat. if great number Of wells are sa.
- the head Of water will be rcdnced. q
tho pressure will not po adcqua
~ We reply, let the Common Council or
The Board Of Public Works to put do
t>,t artesian wells until The pressure is for
~ to seriously diminish, us it may hapl
fop- tA&k A4 AAA4NGA NAAltA@ AAaA3 III ANN4AA
inn will produce any impression on tha snb'
sri2 raneun force and supply, which We fir
!, believe to be practically ino1haustible.
We submit these facts for the consil'
thet ton of the public The cost of pump
rs- annuslly 15,00n,o0o gallons daily
49,. a15,a00. This does not include the cos
+ha machinery and its renewal. THIS is &c
"A :. ia Is per cent, or nearl; one-ffth of
i W present water rate collected OF the peo
~c, The cost Of the present pumping Is Is
- cent of the annual water rents. To d1
cate that expense without duplicating
Y. number Of CONSUMERS, will necessstate
,;ra- increase Of the rates, or reduce the M
for an extension OF the service pi
tto, The only means at the disposal Of
,urs,I city for laying service pipes
,a;t- 1oryo,ctd money and the surplus Of ,
:. :. rates over expenses For the Year en-
,sc,. March, 1869, the receipts from water
a;rt.. we're $40, GS7, and the current exp
.ss ~ OF the department, including intcre
~ of the debt, we're S309, ,G9}, leaving ss'
,.rass of s110, ,9:'3. The interest on the 81, 80
'egate OF oonos ne nnS so'N a.s,.' ~ - ,a, ),
inn 7f ] Will Oe VAU,'sNuv4 u AC1A!s Stt"0A -
,;o1t,, surplus. The increase III the nu
,sla,, Of consumers will increasc the 4
n,u,1- gate of rents, Int the duplication {
r. expense of pumping will, Tor long
fonr eqnal this increased revenue, lie
,r.utu- nothing to expcnd for additional s.
~ - pipe, and neccssitating direct ta1atio
ii, ,,c that purpose, or IN increase of the p
.st .s rate Of water tax. II that expen
n,,snt take place, the nyernge rate Of tax col
Ian of from consumers will necessarily have
,c,;ost III the ncighboshood Of 20 cents pei
20, sea. gallons, and this excessive rate MI
7,,,, i continued for many years
i mil, But the other plan of supply, whi'
II avow give the same amount Of pnrcr "
4 cnrrv total cost of slso, ,o00, or about Il
oc,t;no of running the new pump for eli
onr,ss months, being capable Of indefinite
J, r. sion at nominnl expense, Wall ena7
anao.1 Water Department, with The funds OF
!, LII s.1t,, to extend the service pipes to every
in the remoteat part Of the city, 7
; 1,sao any incrcnse Of tar, but, on the CO
= % with libcral reduction every few s.
an1s - But it is not expected that the al
" vater-works proposed TO be erecte
cost of $1,000, 900, will supply,
lied 80 length OF time, more than the local I
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