The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-09
THE COST OF WATER.
Report Of Superintendent Jack
son for 1894.
GREAT SAVING ~ OPERATION.
With Esdn-xd Esrnings. Operation 10
Chesrsr-Fre Chief HsEs's
Annual Report.

Ana-ew Jackson. superintendent Of the
water wrs-ks, has filed his annual report
With sas; mayer aSasi In * shows many re-
Scrnss and fae practice ~ mary ecoro-
nssfs. rssEectiag raach credit upon the
rre9@xzt superintendent H= Is shown 20
sava been al efficient officer ahye a-s1
awake 20 tire dasfles OK his TsasEssoa The
Te-ra-& ssexs the easa reseipss os TIE CT
flee fer 1sas 10 have bees sfas.9ls.9I. while
foe 1881 they were oRiy So. sss-s Il. beng
fSIt1g Of IN ore year OF Ss.ea- TIE
decrease is ACCOUNTED fer 70 z Large ex-
tent IN the rsstsetias OF water rates 10
the amount of Is per cent. wticn went
into effecs July last. Had this reduction
not been make. tee recspss Cor last year
would have been sli.o9o more than In 1855
Deasscfing sssfs slI,N0 from 81. 80 leaves
a falling on of SIG. ~ still 10 be aecoaatsi
for. wa,cn Superintendent jackson SUNS
up as follows:
Fifteen per cent. reduction IN
rates Nt.ue %
Old pipe sold In 1875 over 1s9a.-.... sTi5 90
New taps sold In 1855 over 1874. 9ss 60
Aeter rates in 1888 over .ss........ sol IS
iutai ......-...-.s..-.....-.--.. .$Sirssu e0
Thus the decrease in receipts is e pee
cent for last year compared wesh the pre-
vfaus year. TIE operating expenses have
been relncet under Mr.. Jacksons ragirne,
the expenses for 1852 being $50. 7i2.-2. willie
In 1884 they were hut IS. 1855. reduction
OF &c per cent. This reduction was made
by eoonomixing in fnei. IN the cutting
down of salaries and II dispensing with
as much help as was possible and expe-
ss.eg-t. Beginning June. 1883. and ending
December 81. Use, there were fled 2, 100
yacancf notices. wsslle beginning June.
1854. and ending December 81. 1854, there
were filed Zoo vacancy notices. an excess
or go over 1855. causing a s7Esnkage Of
about SO per month, or g. 30 per axnum.
In 1884 yc-y material reduction was
made IN elevator rates. causing a falling
off of 81. Las the receipts for rsssser and
elevator rates daring 1858 being 50. ISL %,
while IN 1894 they were oaiy si2.s1s.75.
The superintendent says there was COM
siderable complaint from the Broadway
district about shortage OF water. and
1t was found that the tank was empty.
although water vas being pumped into
IL at fun capacity. On August 80. there
fore. an extra inspector was employed
with instruction to shut OF the water
from every enc violating the rules and
using wafer for Irrigation outside OF
the houses permitted, with the result
that a great many houses were deprived
OF water and the owners subjected to a
= fine. Thus while on August % the
consumption Of water was l,5sS.ea0 GAL
Ions, the amount consumed each day
thereafter until September 5. was Only
1.0as, $50 gallons. a falling of in six days
of $4,000 gallons, a saving OF 1.5e2 "a
gallons within that period. After that
there was always a sufficient supply OF
water and there were TO further COM
plants
The report also shows an increased ef-
ficiency of the pumps. demonstrating that
each cord OF wood AT the Lake Wash
tngton pumping station last year pumped
sl,0o gallons OF water more than in 1893.
The superintendent proves this state
nen- by producing the following figures
from the report Of the chief engineer in
charge OF the station: