Daily Republican., 1885-01-14
THE WATER COMM|SsI ION.
NO MORE FREE WATER FOE
CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS
NUMBER OF FIRE PLUGS

The regular meeting of the Water
Commissioners was held last evening,
with President Porter in the chair. rhe
bond of Alban M. Pierce, lessee Ct tue
bridge m Ill, WINS presented. and refer
red to tie Chief Engineer for his ap-
proval.
The Chief Engineer, to whom was re-
ferred the petitions OF G. Il w. Pyle
and Bailey & Hughes, tor al extension
of water pipes, reported IN favor Of
granting them, and he WAS instructed
to have the work done; he a lso reported
that there are 547 fire plugs IN this city,
of which 1872 are of the Cha pman Stan
dard; 81, the Pusey & jones' p ug; 6S,
Stettman's, and 200 of other kinds,
| showing total of 800 not of ihe stan.
dxrd adopted by the department. The
Chief Engineer said that as the Chap
man plugs cost S34 30 each, it was out
of the question to replace the 255 not of
the standard with them at pres mt,
1t Is possible to fit Chapman nczzles
on the plugs not of the standard, and
the cost would probably not exceed
81 200. There was no action taken OF
the matter, and the further consider.
alton was postponed un.il the naHt m oct
ing.
| The City Treasurer reported balance
to the credit Of the com ID ission. Chief
Engineer McIntire reported that to ex-
tend the water pipes on Morrow street,
in accordance with the petition Of
James r. Sutton, would cost $75, aud
the income from the water rents would
be $i2 per year, and he was directed to
have the work done. A bid was re-
ceived for the old Cornish pump at City
Mill. and it was fl led for the present.
The Chief Engineer reported that the
managers of the Home for Friendless
Children had never paid water taxes on
any of their properties. The property
occupied by the home at Ninth and
Adams a. well as the following
properties have been exempted No.
S06 East Eighth street, No. 729 Curiert
street, No. 7l9 Locus street, No. 428
East Fourth street, No Is East Second
street, Nos. 130, 1872, 1888, 14O, 142 Bird
street. The whole amounts to about
1875 n year. 1t was stated that the
Academy of the Visitation, St. PETERS
lOrphanage, the Almshouse, thu public
schools, the Home for Aged Women,
and even the city itself paid water taxes.
BY unanimous motion OF the board
the register was dirActed to charge up
and collect all rents from all takers OF
waIer.
The weekly payroll, amounting TO
S376S2 was presented, when Mr.. P1r-
ter said he thought that 50 per we, k
was too high for laborers, whe so
many who are ont of work wouif be
glad of the work at n much lover ia
ure he also wanted TO know how tue
amounts due some ot the men w"r- 70
large, and Cniet McIutire expl 4ined
that 1t had been necessary to hav,. e IN .
: siderable overwork done, tor whicn :. y
men recelved time aud half time, ard
s double time for Sundays. The roll Xas
then passed without further discus ion
+ IL was reported by the Chief En- ginee z
s that George W. Bush * Sons had on v
' charged 81 80 per ton for the coal fur.
i nished TO date, which was the sane
figure as that of Is. f. Townsend bid
i He also said that in case Mr.. TowI send
: failed to comply with the terms ot his
!; con attract, Archibald Given, one of his
securities, would furnish the coal him.
o self. Mr.. Townsend's bill of 81 ,025 81
was then passed, and an order drawn
for the amount. An order for 500 was
U drawn in favor ofJ. Frank Ruth, to
J, pay him for money advanced 10 lay
r water pipes on Searles street, BET tween
: Second and Third streets. On motion
of Colonel Febiger it was decided that
o hereafter all hills must be presented at
Z the first meeting in the month, referred
i to the City Auditor, and if approved by
him passed at the next meeting. Tne
Board then adjourned.