The Saint Paul globe., 1897-01-23

$10,058 II

Bdianc6 9lU,U00 II
The general water receipts, including
high and low service and meters for
the thirteen months, were $190, ,774.7S.
For the purpose of comparing the re
Ceipts Of 1895 and 1896, we will take the
receipts up to Dec. 1, 1896, which
amounted to $1S5, 1917, an increase Of
S. 591465 over the receipts for 1895, of
which $110.74 was from the low serV-
ice, $5,91465 from meters, and a de-
crease Of $1,166.61 from high service.
The decrease of the revenue from high
service semi-annual receipts is caused
by the large number of meters that
were placed in service during the past
year.
Extension account is credited with
1,283.51, of which $594.90 was for put
ting in large cast iron services for au-
tomato fire eXtinguishers and for large
consumers, $539.S3 was for condemned
water pipe sold, $14S.7S was for labor
furnished oil barrels, etc, sold.
The interest on the bonded debt,
$122,62750, has been paid from the
earnings Of the works
On repair account, $2,640.34 was paid;
81, 411.19 was on account Of fire hy-
drants, $147.28 on account of valves
and SSl87 on account Of meter mains,
total decrease of $1,90016 from the
year previous.
On the general maintenance account
S41 ,S0024 was paid. The expense of
maintaining the four pumping stations
and Dale street reservoir, was $18,94115,
Of which $8,319 Is was for salaries, So
S1O.17 for fuel; $359.08 for waste and ma
chine oils; 1922 for repairs, and $50 As
for kerosene oil, leaving a balance of
$22, $500 for salaries and labor Of all
officers, employees, Office expenses, fuel,
and all other expenses necessary for
maintaining the works.
On account of pitU aYtnnSiOnc
S25.O3 was paid. Included in this
amount was the expense of an addi-
tional 36-inch force main laid from the
McCarron's lake pumping station to
the reservoir, a distance of 1850 feet,
at an expense Of $49, ,347 "a; $36, ,013 67
was for cast iron pipe; 81, 800 for valves;
$4,917.10 for specials, lead, yarn, dray-
age and inspection; $661687 for laying
the same, including piling; $648.98 was
also expended in protecting in the old
26-inch force main crossing the swamp
at Rice street.
On construction account, $116, ,546 %
was paid for the Otter lake conduit.
and the Centerville lake conduit
pumping station, artesian wells and
new pump at Centerville, and the COM
pletiOn of the artesian we'll plant at
Fadnais Lake.
All of the work in laying water pipes
the past season, was done under con-
Il GUS L he pulIlIlS III OF service pipes,
additional fire hydrants, valves, street
sprinkling hydrants was done by day
labor, also work at the various pumping
stations, lakes and canals. The pay
roll of all officers and employees for the
thirteen months amounted to $50, 440.13
and the monthly average number Of
employees has been 81.
The sinking fund now amounts to
$3.50, 990.T This account increased the
past year $28, ,6S004, Of which $4,000 was
paid from the earnings of the works,
$13,680.04 being the interest earnings on
the invested funds
Contracts have been let since last
report, amounting to $177, ,240.54 on which
$I5T, ,856.40 has been paid, leaving a bal
ance of $19, 9,3S414 to be paid when con-
tracts are completed.
Dec. l, 1895, date Of last annual re-
port, there was due on contracts, not
then completed, the sum Of $40, ,504 2S on
which $20090.9 SO has been paid. leaving
a balance of $413.29 still due
No increase has been made in the
bonded debt since May /. 1890 The
present bonded debt is $2,460, 900, the
annual interest of which is $114. 200.
and is. paid from the revenue of the
works.
There has been collected during the
year by the county treasurer $123,-
172.48 on account of frontage tax. Prop
already exempt from this tax under
the law passed in 1895. and 18h miles
additional will be exempt next year.
There are now in service 1546 me-
ters, an increase Of 437 during the wear,
Of which the department owns 1.5OO
and the consumers 46. Five hundred
and fOrty-nine meters were tested.
The board, to encourage the general
use Of meters, still adheres to the prac-
tice of making no charge to the con-
sumer for setting meters.
During the year $40 applications have
been made for service connections. of
which 3S4 were on high service and
1855 low service Total number Of appli-
cations to date is 14,7S2, of which 8,497
are on high service and 6,2S5 on low
service. There were ,2012 applications,
and all on low service. when the city
purchased the works in August, 1882
During the year 49 plumbers were