The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1876-01-20
BILLS ALLOWED,
REPORT OF WATER WORKS TRUSTEES.
To the President and Members Of the City Council q
Canton;

To the President and Members Of the City Council Of
Canton;
GENTLEMEN THE undersigned respectfully
submit to you the accompanying report of receipts
and expenditures of the Canton City Water Works
for the past two years ending January tst, 1876.
During the year 1874 there were laid 20O2 feet of
six-inch iron pipe on South Market and East
Eighth streets, and 2,992 feet of fOnr-inch iron
pipe on different streets By this extension our
fire protection has been largely increased, and
the general efficiency of the work has been pro-
noted. At the same time, there were placed
along the line of the extensions additional fire
hydrants as follows On South Walnut, l; on
South Market, 5; on East Eighth 81 and on
North Plum, 2; and gates as follows On North
Plum and North streets, A on East Eighth, 4;
and on South Market, 2. This, of course, is en-
tirely exclusive of the large iron mains laid the
past summer of which we have already made
detailed report to your honorable body.
You will observe large falling off from the
receipts of both halves of the year 1875 as com
pared with the same periods of 1874 The first of
these is mainly owing to the fact that during the
previous winter, many of our consumers were,
for several months, entirely cut off from the use
of water by the freezing of the pipes, and deduc-
tions had, in justice to them to be made from
their ordinary water rent.
On the last half of 1875 there are water rents
due but not yet collected, mostly from our manu-
featuring establishments, to the amount Of more
than fifteen hundred dollars. The Superintend-
ent has been kept so busy in attention to other
dnt opcio i'm durino tha civ n1Outh1
that it was utterly impossible for him to make
the collections as close as at other times This
will, however be attended to at once, and the
balance still appearing against the Trustees by
this report, will be made more than good, leaving
a small balance in our favor. Our receipts have
been considerably lessened also by parties having
their water supply cut off for non-payment of
rents, under the rules of the Board.
During the summer of 1875 considerable
amount of money was necessarily expended as
will be seen by the detailed report of expendi-
lures for that year. for tools and material to be
used on the works these are still on hand, and
will be made serviceable In the future We have
also on hand about eight tons Of iron pipe of
different sizes; and all the old earthen pipe taken
from the lake section, that is at all serviceable,
has been carefully stored away for other city
uses, and is at the disposal Of your honorable
body.
For ordinary use our steam power, in connec-
ton with our water power, is amply sufficient at
all seasons Of the year. but in cases of emergency
which are liable to arise at almost any time ex-
perience has already shown that it is entirely too
small, especially in cases of low water, We, there
fore, invite your particular attention to the i'm
portance and necessity of speedily providing
against this deficiency
Respectfully submitted,
TPA ALIEN