New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-01-18
ause ~ avoided this he heartily approved the Liverpool

cause 70 avoided this heartily approved the Averpoo
system. .
The Liverpool " diferentIating wnste water meter
he said, was the invention OF j. Il. Deacon "ho
whom he became Water Engineer OF Liverpool
set himself to devise method for preventing the waste
of water at comparatively small expense lie inVeD~d
meter which was designed to measure the velocity OF
the flow OF water through pipe Instead OF the 9uhnuy
passnc through t. This instrument makes record on
diagram similar TO the Indicator OF steam engine OF
tho force OF tho water at each moment through the day.
and Is 40 delicate in its application that the slightest III
crease or dininuon Is Immediately noted One OF these
"diGcrcnating waste water meters" is placed ut the
junction of each supply pipe with the main. ana on IN
specor IL placed charge Of each instrument and tho
district supplied through the pipe in which II ~ placed
The new meters placed In use In few Districts IN
Isverpool and were thoroughly tested j. f. Bromwcl.
g. member Of the Council OF the Institution oil Cvii
Engineers and President OF the Institution Of Mechanical
Engineers called upon by the corporation OF Liver
pool to report upon tho subject After careful exana-
lion extending long period lie reported that the
meter was "thoroushy effective for the purpose for
which il was intended" and advised the Water Commit
tee TO employ Il In all their districts.
In speech made by Mr.. Cromwell before the British
Association he described two night visits through the
stroets OF Liverpool with Mr. Deacon lie first tried the
water under varying heads, delivering water WIZ! taRs
OF known capacity. and found its registration was sui-
GENTLY accurate. He then vised two districts 10 when
had Just been applied Oh NlstnS ih't,i
Mt midnight IT. showed "a consumption OF about 5!OOJ
gallons per hour Tic inspectors then passed tnr"ugl
The district and applied key TO the s0pcock ~ rom 81
each housc. and the being pat 10 The Top oi c
KEY pressure or the absence OF running wafer WIS
easily detected. TIC cocks were closed "bcfe W'isU
was udrated by the sound, and on returning to thc
meter IL found that waste OF Zoo gallons Per
hour had bren arrested. The few houses at winch ,he
sopcocks had been closed were visited on the i"n"ihE
day. Waen the wastewater meter system was i',iIo-
dnccd Liverpool in 1873 tie demand ioi .ach ~
hatant - gallons per day; at the cnd 0i $50 t
demand throughout the city only ID gallons per
day private families, and in the districts WIcre id
bcSn most largely only - gaiOns. This Is III
strong contrast with the amount not USED, bus permitted
10 run to waste In TIL, cIy,
IL Is believed that tiJ meter wOul p-rfOm one SER
vice which house meters would not AMI that ycTj I'M
pOriant enc. There probably Is very great waste :"
water in New-IOTt through leakage Cr defects ~ the
lIpes underground The earth IN sOnr parts ~ the CIV
Il porous and would absorb millions 0f gallons eacn day
without giving any Indication OH tIe surface Ihf az
trct meters would lead 10 The discovery OF such leaks
The storage resefyOtr5-partculary Tue new one 40
IOyh's COTnnrs-aIc SAID to leak badly, and prDhaby
New York is charged with n greater quantity o. wafer
than reaches the city 1t Is important 1i the-t dc-
feet, DO detected ana remcded as that Wasiciu use j."
stopped