, 1879-07-13

tuEutd ou nearly all Tue tltnC, SO that the luhAo
itants may have cool water to drink. Thou
sands OF business places pursue this course
while In residences it is the invariablc
custom. THIS quantity Of water thus Der
tn1tted to run to waste is of no practical
benefit to any citizen, aud it is simply imposing
this additional burden upon the pumping works
when there is no necessity for it.
Some time ago the City Engineer was prompt
cd to ascertain. ii possible, how much OF the
water supplied b. tile works daily ia Chicago
was allowed to run to waste Observations were
made in the sewers and note taken Of the addi-
ional amount OF labor necessitared in pumping
during the hours Of u midnight and O'Clock In
tile morning. Now at this time Of d2v the
amount Of water used should be comparatively
small, but the investigation showed that it Was
very great. It was estimated that
TWo-TA1RDs OF THE WATER USED BETWEEN
THESE HOURS
WIS wastage and that, taking the twenty-fout
hours through, the total wastage could be no
less than, sar, 25, ,0o0, 900 gallons. This WAS in
the summer season, when the amount OF water
in use is greater than at other seasons Of the
year, and, perhaps, could not be set down as a
0W per day; here ne have a little less than QUE
third Of the maximum amount Of water supply
practically throw awav.
We have seen that The available capacity OF
The Chicago numpins-works is about 7U,000, ,000
gallons daily. Now, If we glance for moment
at the average dail ly consumption Of the ctr
from June Of last year to June, 1873, We will OBJ
serve that il has
CONSTANTLY INCREASED.
Where this year the consumption was 12l gal
lons per head of consumers daily, lust year it
was but l0J gallons. And now where III April
- "a9 ~ "sr oah-:t 80 % Wy ,: -.
July and August this year the consum ption will
I've shown to have been much larger than it was
during the same period in 1875 and then the aver
~ IA a.s aupo, - go t,oo e.a3,,. ~ 81,
~" cr1I ,or., .s,,eaha1das a, ~. ~ s...a .'s
NV. onuua a,. aes.u;.'., opSu ,,. nts eose
10 tne ;.ac. t!l1' !I Is ~ us slfe 10
l"e u!Ltla!s i'uu.ea:oi " t1e sunpJ uce;
ESSAY Io1 Ie Hc'ua' aa ~ te % ou9ns, t.s ana
UNI ne hlu,sei. HILL snase ~ VIC eslls "ncn
wouiu 1gsult nc ln'gnL posssulg 70 soInetn:n!'
uat Mguiu nave an enert W eus on 70 some *
THERE IS ANOTHER CHANNEL
through which vast quantities of water daily
go to waste and bring no adequate return, adj
ditonal to those enumerated above. This is by
the LAVISH use OF wafer III splankIihg sidewa'ks
ana o'Ile! c.,os 70 "licn euuusanus sa " nanl's
nose arc uesoteu' !Anu a'so tne "atet Is ailo"to
10 run al4 oay IN "atertiosets,-peo tnlnk-
escape OF eas. 1e1s ID aates 1oi'y' 1or II com-
passes uelther enc.
~ sac :..a eaaa;.i ueeo " "aees ~ 1sa
III e1cess u .nc ac.ua neIesslsles VI tne oeop!c
A0 - ~ ~ - -1 ~
1or steps TOWARD ptocuflng new nunplils
machinery. fot, u Tue asallao'e capac'tV Is now
reacncu, anu. VIII sro" lus ces, '4ie e1peuu'-
lure o1 "atel ls eonstautiy 1ncfeasilis, theEe
mnst oe some nleans aE manu- loI meettns tne
e1leencY u tne case. II ne" WORKS "ele oeeua
no" Il "oulu oe t"o wears 1eIore 'uey coulu oe
completeu, anu 'nis Wou1u ne none 100 SOON
ludgln9 arofn the present STATISTICAL lno1cauons.
but 5ne VOTES cannot % oeSun now ~ least
lne Counclt WOULD uahe no oaa appropriation, LOT
LUIS pu12ose, anu - ls not osuuteIs estaolisusu
"ne.he1 SUN eulp Us tnsle mas aoose tue
receipts a'1u expenditures " ule HAtef Ueparlc
HeAt 'ast e3' e1.l oc a9p!'eu ~ tAl3 put pusc'
II mas nsen oeen ode secoenuso s at Wo1ks sost!,s
aoout SoVooo DC etecteo on tue Mest ec olae, .ne
engines alone TO cost ABOUT S:oo,o ~ oo lhs dn
"onla a., aon incpease cre e Sapaety aoout <o,oouo
or oouoo,ooo oall5. but, III v1eW ol tne lact
u4L ue'c ~ no ptoepecs " tn's ~oth pe.'s
oesun at plGsen1. coulu not Me people t'.em-
serves meet tne requirements u tne Case 70
4afge oeS1ee o9
STOPPING THE USELESS wAsTAGE,
and thus adding at least 20000 600 gallons daily
to the available capacity of the present works?
The increasing average demand. as shown bY
the figures presented ia the first part Of this
article from iS72, cuts the line of present ayail-
able and reliable pun ping Capacity in 1880 or
before it will be possible to have new pump
inv enfines of nroper size erected Mr. Ches-
brough. looking ahead, said in bis last report:
daily consumption of tile whole city will con-
1luue to increase as it has done; but the era of
renewed prosuerity which we hone has
bcgnn TO dawn upon the country is not
likely to be ccompanied by a diminished
Demand for water. Without, then, either q
yery prompt stoppagc Of waste or increased
numping capacity. great Inconvenience, and. IN
sumo sectious OF the city, suffering, must be
ielt.n The possible contingency. that the in
crease Of water will not continue does not ap-
near to be borne out by the figures OF the past
wear, Therefore it becomes more and more ur-
rent 1non the people that they should do what
they tan to prevent the calamity pointed OUT in
the foregoing quotation.
Cannot the wastage Or portion OF It be
stopped bv
CUTTING OFF TIE Use OF HOSE!
Itdoes NOT appear clear to Cisy-EusineerWilliams
that this would have the effect desired He says
this would not materially increase the suppfv
during the day. except the users OF the water
were obliged to nav for it at meter rates, This
latter p1an would no doubt, he saws. hare the
effect to prevent some yastare. for then the
people using the water would be more careful
than tney now are. And here Mr. Williams. in
an interview expressed himself as much III
favor of the meter system. providing
an adenuate basis of rates can he decided nnon'
As the matter now stands there is no induce
rnent to apply water-meters to houses. for. by
f,,4 ordinance Dassed in March last. M nerson
shall nav less bY tie ordinary assessment tban
the r,eter-rate woufd be. II vas exnerimented