, 1879-07-12
WATER R-WASTE.
A Point Reached Where Some'
thing Must Be Done.
The Limit Of Available Supply Of the
Works Already Reached.
4 Daily Rastago Of Twenty alllIun Gallons by
Criminal t'arcltNneys.
If Not Stopped, There viii Bo Complaints
Of Al Insufficient Supply.
Proaont 1mpossibi1ity Of Building
New Pumping Engines.


Proaout 1mpossibi1ity Of Building
New Pumping Engines.
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The @aterhappiy o1 Chtcaeo 1s becoming
problem Ut sucn Interest ns to demauti tic at-
Mn ~ sol,,tIoo ,hot .hat1 nrcv,nt in tlc ncar
rs "s ~ s"SA - s.s 80 .s.s. =" .s 49,.
aasute, us % as, .us'.sunss ',,"s ,,
s"a'. - ~ .i'.,'.,. ~ .,.."ss..' - no. ,"..,.
au!o""e o' '"s s'e"e.'. "ecessaFs 'os ,'c ,sel '.
mate purpohes for whtsn 1t Is intended' Every
wntcr,4ofv@ ssst ] consrncnsiv " cr,o"aiur wbt,o
t,n ,,u,bnorr NJ bnn ,vI i ,y1,tcl In f,,rna1 ,he
,',usa -. :, ". .aa.t"a,,, s.aas,; m
far as the capacity 1s concerned. There arc two
punplnr.vorks, one In tho North Division and
o,,o IN tho Wcat Division, Tlese arc
s'"ss.,,.s, ,t.t s,- a.,nsnn. four ~
which are double, while TIC remaining
two arc alng}e machines. These engines, II IN
nnprot}on simultaneously. eau furnish 1O5, ,00U,-
fno oa,,ors ~ ,g.tsr iatfy. mt. as usunlly
worked, they pump anu olstFpu'c "oout w.
000,0UD gallons psr dRy. Tile North bivis'ou
engines supply about 30 1000, 600 galions and tho
We.t 11iyis.on eucIncs sslu sn1,,e amount. While
tHc "aAlu'u1n e@pae"i p"st.
e".1ets 70 o., ~ s..,,is,. o,.1ioroa a,,,t-
caple 10 ReeP Oil t''c e''e'tes c"l:oyco 3'n'"t
tancously. tor inc reason that 1epa1S arc heees'
sitatcd, and. should all be Kept going not! no
rest given them, It would not be long beforc all
on5' t,,o,cyorr lin so,rco of auonly prent.
naa' sneae.o NV ,,,o .,,.,.a sapp1 ,ra;ess
tSe s aree.t @ oras at rest a, os
ruab uus w rcnsr, II, s T iast rcnort orht in r., r.
,,s,e.a sssr for evnm,nati,n md ronatr. n ID
S t"'soa 49,. sAs ''' '""1"'''t "''" ''pp"0 ~ 10
.ouna s'... ;. ,o,,. ~ mn nm
ea'!bus daily, as based upon tic capacity Of this,
tho Nnrth ntyt.Inn donhio on1tns wbtc,, ~,
n,,an M M ~, nm e o,,, raI,ons ] 1aIiv ' '1' -"
We find, upon examining the statistics setting
forth, the increasing demand for water during
I'm mai a,v voa are That ,yhcro In .,onuorr ta7.s
v xas ps N f M, I'M roi1on, l nor ,ov ~ ,r 1s7s ~
whicl, It was and ID considered safo to work tho
eno,nea. or rather at ,yhtcl, t]cy nov
DO operated and available reserves kent.
Sl'ire 1873 Tic average daily supply
las ahown q "a stenuy tn " Increase, rls!ns III
huEnst' go, 10 @ asoooo W ~ ~, 1Sedns M y uecen
Sasch. M 1s It reacbel tho hIgest po,at Sd'tu koxn
Novsmsnr r. ' X S IN, "si,ons !h r. S",S Ammust ~
1S;1 1i'a averoro i1nity s;1n,fw sr.a ri nT' IN,
GALLONS. md n Auril. 1878. it had tu1nuluI to
37,0OO dcO gallons. Iii August Of the same Yenr
thu aycroru was Gl,0O0U00 gallons wlilc ihc
hirbcst actual quantity pumped III Juy tlo
same wear wns ;b,0gD, GOO gallons It viii OF
course bo remembered tin, j uly wear afro was
extremely no.. and this cnornio,le amount OF
wa.er euurly iemandcti by tic civ Ere,y ols OF
tlc Temporary causea engc,,Icred by tho h[rh
temperature,
Tl,u total capacity Of tho Chicago Pumpiug
Works has bccll
.r.,c,. ,,ruv,ur,, u,rcr 1877
a"lss 'SeMhasan ~ an, non s'sGE s.,, loo., , p.
r. san, YEAR d.' !. W aum Ga!a99s aa'y M H ~ m
rama I'll io e; NaS"ha! w. HUH ~ ~ Ink ~ ;n
HAilons. ~. al,a III Nofchoef' 1o"' 10 1oaoooiVu
1na p1SsSat 1SsS tl1 figures; re-; 7o-a .,n zn..,
~ ia.u' ioti' amu 4nta tne usnahu !of wafer
w., w. 't1Y M Grea,, a"o w a'aa3o @ Ssbactx lsss
annnortw t' ns ~ nm ~ aonu; a "e ~. a'ala9le
,ntni to"av "as a az @ n., oatY. ~, aa tne
snnntr T., ~ en'oa' IN I'M a HTefage
1nps ,,ai1y \, T., rca, ~ m H. "ooL r,a o Ga
!u"s . ua.'Y ~ c@ceas q tIe aSalIRole canacltv:
3,e ~ on@1nns mo, IT, nua h. "teer was aeanaea ot
safetr In An~nst ~ m" ~ fa,, NV. uag ~
to abont To IN rai1ona II ~ sS9I W !! IT, IT,
increns" ~ tn,nI oa,aos,. H. ~ 1e1o ~ M tle