New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-04-04

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Report on Water Works Department.
70 the Hon. City Council ofthe City OF
New Ulm.
have the honor
to present herewith short report relat-
ing to the water works department of
this city, showing the receipts, expendi-
lures, operating expenses and other sta
tistics relating to the same, at the close
OF the fiscal year, March 31st, 1894.
CosT OF PLANT
The cost of the Plant is the same as
last year as no additions or extensions
were made. 1886. 9O7 SO
RECEIPTS. ..-
For water and meter rent $1l22.55
For rent for Tapping Machine. 900
Plumbers License. 1900
Sundries, coal, old iron, etc.. AS. 90
$1196.45
EXPENDITURES.
Salaries ofEngineer andAssis't., $12S9.85
fuel,. ......... .1223.2O
Sundry expenses and repairs. 544.46
Tnfo1 <
STATISTICS.
The total length of mains is 2O,472
feetor nearly four miles.
The total number of five hydrants on
the plant is So; this is the same as last
year as there were no extensions or new
connections made during the year.
The number of consumers at the close
of the year was 116.
Number of gallons of water pumped
during the year was 9,S43,312.
Water used during the year for extin-
gushing fires, $4,000 gallons.
The cost of pumping water is the same
as last year, trifle over three cents per
100 gallons.
METERS.
The following meters are in operation
at the erd of the year:
Worthington,. .......... 80
hersey,. .................. 2
Crown. ........ .............. 1
total. %
By order of the city council, the CITY
purchased So meters of various kinds at
o0ct nf GnSe
At present 43 of them are in use, of
which 10 were paid for by consumers
and 33 stand rented.
The income Of these meters up to date
has boen:
Payment for 10 meters sold $14S.1O
Rent for 33 meters, ..S5.OOI
%1Otal. .S255.lO
The advantages of meters cannot be
given with exactness as they have not
been long enough in use to give approx
imately correctigules; but it can be seen
by taking 20 consumers paying water
rent at meter rates for the term of nine
months, there was realized the sum of
$4,000 exclusive of meter rent) while
the same consumers paid for the same
time at the old general water rent rate
only the sum of $4,000. This shows
benefit to the city of $4,000 on only
twenty meter rate water consumers for
nine months.
AS has been shown above, the income
CT the plant amounted to-. .$1196.45
TO this should be added the following:
1. Furnishing 10000 gallons of water
to the Electric Light Company under the
light contract, which if figured at an
amount equal to the lowest meter rates,
at two cents per 100 gallons, and which
stands charged to street fund for lighting
streets, the sum of. 5000
2. Furnishing water for street sprink-
ling under the sprinkling contract, as
shown in my last report on sprinkling,
2,108,000 gallons, figured at two cents
per 100 gallons and paid for by assess
ments for sprinkling. ........... 421.00
8. The use of 38 fire hydrants for fire
protection at $40 per annum cash, which
amount is the lowest rent cities pay
where the water-works are in the hands
of private parties (they are paying from
$40 to 10 per fire hydrant per annum.)
'.... -# $4,000
4. Also repairs on sprinkling
MIGRANTS. which are collected
underline sprinkling assessments
and the cost of replacing brok-
en- or defective mains which is a.
only caused on account of dead
ends, amounting to 222.O0
All Of which shall be placed 81
to the credit of the system and
and it would make total in e.. a
come of 3456.05
Deduct the total expenses as
above 3o57.51
Leaving a balance to the credit 600 =.
of the Department of
This pays part Of the interest on the
cost of the plant, besides furnishing free
water to the Public Schools and the Pub
lie Park.
This net income could be increased by