, 1875-06-17
THE WATER WASTE AGAIN.

70 the Editor Of The Chtcnao Tribune:
CHICAGO, Juno l4.-I'eing a constant reador Of
your 1,npor. Of couTso saw Yonr edssoiia', "The
Water Waste" III sunday Il tasue. ron zay 'Ihe
moment Tho warm weather com1nohcss people
ali oror tho city start tho watef t1lhnlpg Ia tlles
front yards and back yaras, Oh tho sidewalks und
strecta. iu the bathrooms, and everywhere" and
rnu advise tho use OF noishburhood motelB.
Has 1t OCCURRED to you that up 10 tho pres-
ent titno wo bavo Ind but one warm
day. and yet for hovath1 weeks past
water atoyo tho bhsatnent story It any
point south Of Harrison street betWeen 7 III tho
morning aud evening? This Ia fact which
KNOW. aud your slatemout That "rompains about
Such being tho fact. tnd but ous warm day thus
far, leads to the qnostlop, What may 1o expect
when tue heat will DO meaaurod by tile ninet,oa,
OF hundred, or muse degrees Of tho thqrmomo-
tori To predict water famine with Lake Mich
isnn within jlttnping dIstaurd might soon OK
,trnragaliL but ,wo arc having 4 forotaste Ut 1t,
and may expect worao yhry Hoon4 and I do not
know; but, il 1t would happen for about y Neols,
fatters into providing what everybody w.ll
readily beilovs to Jo tho only fneana Of
chrcAluG tho water waHte in hny degree, aud
t4at Is tho conpulsofy nss Of vator mosers. r.
!r your editorial yon anggeht more Rigid In
where tho waste occurs, nnd when fol1nd I'd make
tho guilty BuHer for 1t. Tho city now hns stot,-
ty-tiyo ar thirty Water Tuspactora, each at raj.
nry Of 81. .10D. or moro, yoat whose dutles It ia
to llI'd out an stop these leaks. lot it ID yor-
itaho fact that H!,ico tI,oir appointment tho waso
Of water LIDS incrchscd. No fault Of tiiolrs, BY
any means. for 50 far as I cah learn they have
dol!o oil thoy POSSIBLY cnuld but 1t ia a miBui-
rooted olort. Icop|o living B0 noar Lako 1licll-
isau, md l'ayfnI slU to $50, or moro, yoar for
water do not like to undergo nny suth syatcm of
espionage, mud havp'thB 1peI.nS that they can bo
intoTfefed with in tho uss OF water by having any
man come .uto their house aud attempt to
hnt,.nn nAtuth, mud it Is oF ntm0st daily occur
renee, tilab no matter how dcca.ciy an inspector
docs llB tluty, tho consumer feels that hsa or
her nglts have been inf1ingo1. mud Just as soou
fdicet HI tho premises to give full vent to tho
water and make up l. bundled t,mds ovor what
tha Inspector has stTe,.. THIS will continue tuat
10 long as 1t can bs duuc without mourning extra
eApenao. eo long ~ couBnahors can lot their
faucets remain opt!i ono miunte or QUO day At
pxactly tic samo coat tlioy will lot them remain
open Tho ono dry, and that day viii! rscuE so4
tlt1ea aach ydnr.
Your suesaution OF having tho city supplied
Through nelghborhood u,etera Is good though
not, wholly ptasticab!o. Il .conla not 90
one family Id ,sighbothood .wns Using
or wasting. but would alow how much
ench, aelghporhood was drawing. II would,
howoyor, 10 ono step in the right dlrcc-
siou. and PROVO couclualvely tho abaoluto .noccs-
slty az controllius each Consumer to hayH . tllos
tdr, for, nudor siul 8shtem "a you Aigysst,
constant fighting ard pickering would 6e tho
waate tho most water ate the !ouloAt iu their de-
hnuciatiohH OF othera, aud bwcar 1ohdost aud
longest thht ilor neighbours got al tho water
and they Themselves inv0 noue,
There arc two facta counerted with tho prea-
ens Wator-yyaseu, QUO OF which can 10 easily
proven, tho other canAot, aud tho 'tconsunima-
ti5n 10 degontly to DO wished is tue proving Of
thta second fact. II oAa Gully DO done by tho
q ns f.. i ne.isa. IEs ssss'!a @ 1s isst
wholly waited. but BY wtoh, that's the. fAet to
pcoplo have boen appealed to by tho Hoani Ut
PUBLIC Works, W tue litssa lsanlf, end by great
many sutfoIere through tho columns Of tho
rroes, but al TO no purpose, SO far as toBhlta
sow no"na Ine on5 ~ .a TO- determine ts
to tie oQnanMptlQn Of Water, thai p0ts0AA re-
sponsloility to bc attended by pe1sotai p1psnao
The only aeusltyo spot about a wator consumer
IL .s osaes Appeal to ,,3 fa spot b esns of
euoe III tho watcf supply, aud, unless shLs Is
dohst our city will always groaa uador tho
same dlhlcsulea al now. The uBe Of water
meters would Anyo d duplex advantage.
They would lsssea tho sveraso Amoutls Of wstsr-
tai to tho individual CONSUMERS, md Of the satHe
tina lherpaso the upt r0yonuo Of tho olty. Huraiy
tho accomplishing Of such work u most deslrt-
bic. can eep IN tho ptar future that this will
have to 10 done, for all other meana al oyor-
connng tho .Aloalsies complained Of hato baen
oxhauss0d without the slightest practical
bunelt hhriugt Iboen roaltzed Why, than,
should thsro 10 delAy7 Tbs meat OK.
teayagant will say, Dy ali means
water, and arc quite willing to be charged for
whist we usa. 1Aa coouorp,ual will s4y, Ii IL osr.
tainly to our int1sost to pay for juss whst wo
use, aud not bo aAscsSea for what our uoighbo1
waates. Tlen II huth pArttea ato 90 easily sat!s-
tlcd, why tlsptlve thom longer Of such ptiyi.
IUNs2
hope shaa this matter wlll be constantly sRt-
tAtod until qus city authorities sJa fully con-
are that hoy Will lot Ia tho lntercsts Of nearly
ARlf n,itoh HrFTEHEns.
MUSlOAls