, 1879-06-14

The quantity Of water pnmped ts eatImatel by
the voiu1nn Of the puu,ps, ANY ar atImlttes3
!csssps the quantity Of water actually supplied
TO me CITY. How much deduction shoufi be
n'ncll positively as 10 The previous enso; l a.
sumo Ito bo ,0oo, 600 gallons per day; II might
90 vcTy much moro, antl prooahlY was. Va
then ba7c for the year 1878, l0,000, ,o00 gallons
char9ed to waste, which nsver passed through
tile p'pcs. hare said nothing Abont the quaa-
tlty Of water aupplied by the WestR Side engines.
believe that report Ia correctly given; shers Is
90 %, reason why u should be otherwise. But with
sl,o sl,o Sosth stsle eng!ncs.-!t ts very different.
There lea been struggle, for aomc years, to
make them antcaf better thAh they rcnlIy are; !;
n'n1 tor this reason they arc credited with pump
tax more w9ter thsn they rcfLly do; and we
harn slle credit Of being vcry xnstcful In use
of water. Tlmfr Ia A waste, \ very large waatc,
un1ucsttonaoly by the consumers, and viii at.
toalpt to show approximately whnt that waste IA.
*tiail asss,ne tint tts hurth Side engines
tity actually rcported, which Leaves 2o.5t), ,o00
xa'Ior,s .npr'sed the city IL 1873 datly. Tile
Wc.t-sfde engines putuped II, re, ,O1o gallons IN
lS77; as have not the report for 1873, iaka
y i tos M so115 81 t. ns: '' t.. Tn, ts. ssst
ported Tint one:nnsh at the quantity pumped
fs uietrnu. ~ this ts 4 fixed quaHtty. fhr ratio
vii be increased L ~ fnssnn Tho quantity Act
ua''y pumped. Making the calculation. We tind
lsavtng 800 QUO TO BE- accounted for. The
Cincinnati rcpurt for 1879 gives sons facts bear.
ing on this question 1f waste. In this report,
the quantity Of wHter used In sprtnkling the
strecta. lawns, garcns, etc., u arrived at ln this
war: Taking the consumption on rainy days,
Wien ITO sitFnsling MIA ncolcd, trout ihc cou.
sumption M clear days. the percentage was
found to be II for ,l,e mouths oi Mar, June,
july. and AuV'lat. THE difference In consutnp-
winter showed The Tie percentage S"'s wasted Cd
In keeping servfce-pipes from freezing This
WAS found 10 be l7111 per cent for tltty dara; a.
our winters are longer, llinctY days 8nould bo
as,uned for Chicago. Without going into the
ways, aycrageu for thu year, would he 3, 100. .00o
gallons daily. The Cincinnati rcpuft SAYS,
"Thc waste IN that ,cltyfs one-third The uuan.
ttty pamped" Al the quantity punlped Is est!-
percentags for lo.s ot acrun should oc made. I
have thought Tx ner cent not loo high fnr this
loss; a. the rcpptt epeakA Of Talre-parktHs bs-
ing worn partially ur entirely, and tlle!s artiun
oTcrlluuiluy., Taking the difference between
onc-third clailnrl to BE- waited, nnd une.olghtl.
ar Inss Of action In pumps, the actual wastt
would be about one.llfth. Taking ono-nfth of
quantity actually pumped III Chlcnco, gives
9,u0o, 003 galluns luss In water. As 3U0sGoo cai-
luns wis found wasted IN keeping service. pipes
from freezing, u,d sprnklliIE, 5,otN, ON gallons
would bc the wastngo In water-closssa, traps,
IND underground lcakaecs. Undoubtedly The
Ta's.xs Sysnsss s SS5S and G1sf sE%s aa%s dS 'f
Compare Chicago wttll Cincinuatt reports.
Cincinnati reports l7,0o00O0 gallons daily co.l.
st1tnption, u,l1 onc'tt.'rl wasted: chicago re-
nurts W,UW,Oo0 gallons daily consumption.
Saste wotif be, In Chicago. 10000 0o0 gallons,
and In Cincinnati 6,,D0,0I. In other words,
Chicago wastes AZ mich watcr as Cincinnati, q
Glty Of Wy oO t0l'1hltants, CONSUMES a,l wastes