The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-11-04
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two wears. and by no means warrant
so srent change. Could relief be
furnished by laying larger mans leadihg ,rou y.
/ one i6-inch main on Broad street shouln n.
once recommend il. but | am safe IN saying
that il tits was done the pressure IN ina, sec
ton would not be in reased two pounas As
! there is alrea s. 81 b heavy tax upon lno 10
inch main now in Broad street 10 supply wafer
+ 90 much lower points IN the city ueil''ns
their supp rom this main. T..
/ Itw uld be well 20 call your attention 70
the rresent method Of supplying water 70 s-e
city In tho first lace. our water distr Du-
| ton il divided into tNo services KNOWN As
| the gh and low service. The low service Is
/ that port on of the city living south ana east
| o. tie ioll wing irregu ar nes Commencing
! NJ Canal and Fourth 20 Fifth and Canal
/ Sixth and Cary eveuth and Main. flghth
/ and Main. Ninth aud Main Tenth and MAN.
/ Tenth and Rank. Twel O. ald Bank'
| I've tth and Main Thirteenth and Man,
ourteenth between Main and tranklin,
| Mayo and rankin, down frahNi IA
| to Seventeenth. and out seventeen Il
| u Carrinrton Eighteenth and BROAD
iueteenth and Broad. Twentieth and Broad
! Twenty sec nd and Franklin, Iwenty-nlt On
aud Main iuclu ing in tho service that
norton of the city known az Rockets ana
Fulton. 4 e low service is fed from Mar
shall reservoir
THE HIGH.
The high service. lynn west, north and
east of th line is fed from the New rtser-
voir, AMI embraces all the high portions OF
the city. such rs Candies NIL Nreg u,
Sidney Navy and Church Mills. ne genera
plane of Church hill is tAirty feet lower IMAM
/ ShOckOe hill.
I'm serv &c spreads over a vast territory,
varying greatly in alttude. and supplies
sun Try grudatIons in which the dileience OF
beg is a. uch as 100 feet. j me me
d.siu ut ng pipes IA this service are lald Oh
q Instantly var ~ grades.
accent o.s ryati rs Ow that We ara"
about our million Gallons from Marhan re-
sery0ir. and ten M lliou 81 ons from the lew
ro.er, o r each twei tY-iOur hours. Ihere mas
le-a no compiaintO OF want OF pressure on tue
low servl and tie reason Is evident, as ~
supplies q small portion Ol our city winch X
located considerably below the surface OF
Marshall reservoir. with little variation ia lts
gen RAJ surlace.
There are two water mains. one - inches
III diameter the other inches IN diameter
which bring the water from the New reser.
yOir % tue city their capacity combined
a cunts to bout eighteen mullOn gaAOus
in tNenty-iour hours. ShOuld 10 be deemed
advisable to I'D 10 the present supply mans
rom the New reservoir 10 " uld be best TO
lay main su icientlY large % meet the
rapidly increasing demand Tor water, ana
br ucu out theretrOm with series Il us
tribufino pipes after reaching the city. and
IL would then be best % lay inch MAN
from the ew reservoir 10 broad street ana
down Broad street o. SIaler street. ifom
Shaier street to ir Z street a 3t-inch main,
an branch cut rom this main with sundTy
ESTIMATED COST.
a. inch main from Reservoir to Shafer
a6-inch main nom Shaier to First
street. .-...-........---.- <ilto Uu
Sundry smaller mains ................. 10000 OO
Observation-Disclosures. s2A866 10
4 becomes necessary to call your attention
10 the fact that the present maximum capa-
city of the water-pOwer pun. supplying the
New reservoir is twelve million gallons in
twenty. our hours, and that they are now
beng run without inte mission 80 a rate 20
deliver ten million gallons Oi water M twenty
four hours TIN re-Oie IN making provisions
for the increased quantity oi water 70 o
drawn from the New reservoir It Il necessary
ais 20 provide increased pumping facilities.
/ estimate that an additional pumping plant
W lui cost l25 90 . and pump main from
the works 70 the reservoir z3,I5J. making
.otal of s3-s .0l, in order 70 meet the present
aud future demand.
en- the other hand, recommend plan AZ
"a substitute or the great 60 OF adding TO
our supply and pump nains which / am con-
hdeni Wal IRE the evil Of low pressure IN
our present city limits at much less cost, as /
am sure tie cause Oi the reduced pressure is
due Go the immense waste now existing all
over the city. As an evidence Of this, ex-
anime our resent daily c0nsump ton. Ina
/ iO tne daily consumption WAS 4 20 gallons
per capita n $3.50 ~ gallons per capita. and
10 1890 Is "a Ions per capita This rs ap-
Piled 10 the entire opulatOn estimated az
30. 35. but really IS at the rate OF 3J2 gallons
as estimated 30. each water consumer
IT 10 WASTED.
How can such an increase have occurred
unless il IS wasted Efforts to stop the waste
by house 70 house inspec ton avail nothing.
J. OF example. the in pector will visit house
be has no right 10 lntrude upon the privacy
OF the res dent, and. having given notice of
lis purpose % inspect tie water fixtures. he
is not admitted until there has been every 0p-
pOrtuulty tO shut of fixtures running and le
generally finds everything ia good order. lie
may occasionally find fixture ont OF order.
and be then leaves a notice 10 have 1t repaired.
The class oil fixtures generally in our city
are OF that kind which are generally eft run
ming Few people think Trey are wasting
much when tley have a fixture running vet
it is true that any fixture lett running for
twenty-f ur hours will waste more water than
would be consumed by the whole family in
month Meters are the only cure tor this
evil estimate that we can place a meter on
every service in the city Of richmond for
: 10000. nor would we neeGi this entire ap-
preparation at once Let & OOOI be apprO
priatei each year until we have accomplished
the work.
1 would recommend that a meter be placed
on v.ry eryice on supply 40 the expense of
tie city. and that an annual rental Oh 3 per
annum be charged for the use o, the meter
where the meter does not exceed Que inch:
that the amount OF money received for meter
rent be placed 10 the credit OF tho meter
fund 10 Day the interest on the cost an 10
pay the cost o. repair. aud a sinking fund be
established Tor tie purpose Of renewing the
meter when ii IS worn out. I he lite of a
meter is about ten years. In other words. il
We were 10 buy meters by the issue of per
cent. bonds and the average rate OF interest
re- eived Tor rent would be- ID per cent on the
cost OF tne meter. charging an annual rent of
3 there would be a balance lett Tor repairs
and renewal
THE EXPENSE.
Then charge for the water consumed at our
present meter-rates which scale T. ON seven
e. nts 70 fifteen cents a thousand gallons. [