, 1879-07-12

freezo tll the pipes. This water is Of
NJ PRACTICAL BENEFIT,
for the same cntl c1,l,!d bu reached by st,utttng
on The supply At tue so'vice. pipe. It ls but
The weather must, Indeed, be remarkably cold
for calamity Of this kind to occur
1hc!4 again, III hot s!otlIcr tue cocks are
turned on ncarlv Gil tho time. 50 that ,hc itha.
sands Of business piaces pufano ttis course.
custom. Wo rsis ssessa nsntity ; q xaer shas eer
,nlted TO- run 70 waste y 81 n, no psact!sa,
tiis additional burden upon THO pumping works
when there is no necessisv TOR u.
Somn time ngo this C!ty Engineer was prompt.
cd 70 dscoyer Il possible h9w n,, met =, c1 3t the
VIVA allowed to rim TO waste. observations Hcrs
InaIlg 10 ll,e suwors and note taken OF the add.
tinnat amount Of labor iieceshtatea n pumping
during lilo hours Of IL midnight md oclock In
tI,r morning. Nuw ht this t'nlc OF das tic
amount Of water rsea Should be comparatively
ANAL. but tho Investigation showed that It was
yorY great. II was estimated tiat
rwo.TnrnDs or THE w1rRn Used nErwAEH
THESE HOURS
was wastagc, anl that, taking tho twenty-four
ht1lrs through, tlc total wastaRe could be no
less tlnt, say, e, ,CU1, 600 gallons. fills Vas III
tic summer seas0u, when the amount OF wutcr
in ,sse Is greater than At osher seusons Of the
yeAr, md, perhaps. rould not be .sat down na q
lAlE ATEFNEE4 NHtf bllFIS3ME ~ ~ Oik s0sHNt~
COO per day; here we havc little 'css than one
third Of tic maximum amount Of water supply
practically thrown awav.
We l,ayc sccu that tic available capacity Of
tlic Chicago pumplng.works IL about ~, COO, ,000
gallons daily. Nov, It VIC glance for ,,ouent
at The average lntly cuns,mptipn Of tho ctr
from Juuu Of Inst gear to June, 1870 VIC Will Oh.
scryn that It bus
CONSTANTLY IScnEABRp.
Where tlis year Tic consumption was 121 gal
1ots uer 'sad q consumers :iatly last year 4
It was l23 ga'iuna, last year Il was only 109 gal
Ions There !s every probability that during
July md August tllts year tile consumption will
10 SHOWN to have BEEN '.'ush larger shan II was
arc daily supply reached tho. available capacity
uf the works,--10. O00, COO 9al1uns for tile cntiro
city. Should every householder open his eyes
to the sact that he Is contributing his share to
the ultimate limitation Of the wntersunply nee
cssary for tl nctunt demands o! tle public and
Tint te himself might sllnrc In the evils which
would result, lie might possibly DO something
That would have IN elect to cut oil to some ex-
tent this extra amount that Is nov so ulsapplIed.
THERE Is ANOTHER CHANNEL.
through which vast quantities Of water daily
go to waste and bring no adeqnato return, adj
tlltional to those enumerated above. This Ii by
tho 1nvIsh usH Of water Ia sprlnkllng 8tdewsllis
ar,tl other enda 10 WHICH thousands Of faulty
hose arc devoted.
At present tho cXtravaRnnt use OF water SO far
In excess Of the actual necessities of tho pcoplu
has given rise to tho absolute necessity there Is
Tor stopa toward procuring new pumping
reached, and with growing clty, Tie expcnlI.
turu Vi water 10 constantly Increasing, thero
must bo some mealls At hand for meeting the
exlscncy of the casc. II now works. wele begun
eoplote1 @ and Ills vou9 b. nons @ oo foea soo Hs
JndgIng from the present statistical Indications.
Bat tho works cannot oa begun NOW: ut least