Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-03-29
REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT
Of the Annapolis Water Company for
Year Ending December 3ist, "a.

In compliance with the bylaws, beg
leave To submit the following report of
the affairs of the Company from Janua-
ny LIST TO December 3lst, 1894:
On January l, 1894, the plant of the COM
pany consisted Of one 100-horse power
boiler, two Worthington direct-acting
pumps (having combined daily capa-
city of 1900 gallons,) two reservoirs
capable of showing It million gallons, 4
miles Of lO-inch iron pipe conveying the
water from the pumps and reservoirs
into the city, and several miles of small
er distributing mains laid in the various
streets of Annapolis.
During the year just closed your Board
of Directors have purchased and laid
second iron water main, IA inches in
diameter, extending from the reservoirs
to st. Anne's Church Circle, aud have
replaced the old l0inch force main lead
ing from the pumps to the reservoirs
with l6-inch force main.
When the larger reservoir, commonly
known as the 'new" reservoir, was built
it WAS only ''puddled ''-not paved as the
old one was. Your Board have had the
bottom and Sinches of the sides of this
reservoir paved with bricks laid in +.
q. Norton cement, which will, it is be-
lieyed, relieve the water of the very UNI
pleasant taste and oder it has had during
the summer months for several years
past.
They have also contracted for, and
there is now being erected, a new pump,
built by the Mardberg Manufacturing
Co., of the Cross-cOmpound fiy-wheel
pattern, with Corliss value gear, having
a daily capacity of II million gallons.
BY the terms of their contract this pump
should have been in operation early in
January last, but stress of weather and
the slowness of the contractors have
combined to postpone the time for max
ing the preliminary tests.
In order to provide shelter for the
new pump it became necessary to tear
down the shed covering the two old
pumps and build an engine house large
enough to enclose all three of them. This
also has been begun, but the interior
finishing of the building is not yet COM
pleted, and cannot be until the pump is
entirely erected.
Because of the fact that the single
boiler upon which we have to depend
fo steam to run our pumps is quite
old, and has already received several
large patches, your Board have thought
it wise to purchase new boiler, to be
erected alongside of the old one, so that,
in case of accident, we might be reliev-
ed of the necessity of shutting down the
pumps, thereby shortening the supply
OF water to consumers.
Your Board have had a Bristol record
| ing guage placed in the Company's Of
flee, whereon is indicated the pressure
of water in the mains at all times dur
ing the twenty-four hours.
BY reference to the cards of this guage
prior to the opening of the 14-inch line
it will be found that the pressure during
the daylight hours ranged between eight
| and twelve pounds, and during the night
hours between twenty and twenty-eight
pounds, when there was least consump-
| ton.
Reference to cards after the 14-incll
| line was opened will show pressure of
thirty-five pounds at all hours; showing
| the wisdom of laying this new main.
Calculations made by james III. Harlow
| Il Co., the consulting engineers of the
Company, show that the maximum pres
sure in our system should be thirty-five
| pounds at the'level of this office. conse-
quently the new line is working success.
fully.
The expenditures on account of these
| improvements and additions made il
necessary for your Board of Directors
| to provide a method for raising large
sum of money. Accordingly a mortgage
deed of trust was executed and bonds
issued to the amont of thirty-five thous
and dollars, maturing in five year per.
| iods and bearing interest at FIVE per cent
The whole of this issue was purchased
| by the Farmers National Bank, of An
napolis at par and accrued interest. AL
though this amount WAS hardly enough
to cover all the expenditures contracted
for, a majority of your Board thought
it wiser to create floating debt than tC
make the bonded Indebtedness greater
| than the above named sum.
| During the summer of 1894 the Score
tary addressed a circular letter to about
thirty towns having about the same
population, inquiring as to the rates
charged their consumers. Nine or tel
towns or companies responded. From
these responses it was found that private
/ consumers rates here were about on {
par with other places which had to puml
their water into reservoirs 0rstand-pipes
but that the rate we were charging The
city of Annapolis for fiIe hydrants wal
less than half of the lowest rate charged
4 WILLY CloCs 4hhlAk VILE lntO JUL
sideration, and also the fact that thu
Company would, in the near future, IL
able to supply the city with greatly
increased quantity of water at a pressure
Of thirty-five pounds in lieu of the eight
or twelve pounds formerly obtained
| your Board of Direct, rs passed resOlu
ti0n increasing the rate charged the cit,
for fire hydrants from $40 to 800 pc
year.
During one of the visits of Mr.. Har
low to our works the Secretary acquaint
ed him with the connections and con
yeniences used by the State of Maryland
and asked his opinion concerning tn
rate charged the State. lie said that h
thought the rate was low, whereupol
the Board advanced the States rate from
$500 to 81 900 per year.
Although properly belonging to tn
current year it may not be amiss for m
to state, in this connection. that sine
January LIST, 1895, the Board has ais
advanced the rates charged individual
consumers, establishing the water-close
rate mt $40, and the hydTant rate at 81
per year for one year from the first da
of April, 1895. to the first day of April
1896. This action was taken by you
Board In order that the floating del
might be more speedily retired and th
Company thereby placed the sooner on
dividend paying basis.
Also since January LIST, 1895, our co