The sun., 1900-01-03
MUCH NATFRFDRH|SHEDF FREE
The Public Schools Consumed
$4,000 Worth of Water
Last Year.
MILES OF NEW PIPE LAID
The Consumption Of Water in This
City Last Year Was STA Gal
Ions Per Capita for Domcs-
tic Use and the Fire
Department. n -

tuS enht'ey1 e,<un1l report
CT lief engineer of the Water Depar
b as just been comUiled by Chief
! leer Joseph A. Bond and contains
most interesting. informatior.
The fire ccDi ipanies' houses, CITY
ings and public school houses al
nished with water free of charge. b
have meters and the water used CHI
up-ot regular rates, so that it can be
just how much water ia used by tile
The city buildings would have pai|
follows, If not on the free list: CITY q
S53. 80; tax, Beard OF Education and d
Treasurer's offices, $40 08; water St1
and Sewer, Health and Engineering a
partment Offices, S6597; city crenafosI
IS. 80; Kirk wood Park, $28'92; I<nnr7
wine Park, Natatorium, S2l2.
and Sewer Department Tor 4
streets, S7.S3; fifteen public
fountains, $3.50; fire hydraDts.
Water to the value Of $74O.O
sumed by the public schools.
est amount for any one schoo
Eighth and Adams streets schd
was Sl73.21, and the lowest
Ninth and Scott streets schon
the amount was $l.35.
The number of gallons s5I ~
pumped from the Brandywine durin|
ffle year calculated from displacencrl
was 2, ,429, ,499, ,050. gallons, an increas
over the preceding year Of 273, ,S29, ,Gfj
gallons. The entire consumption by n
metered class was 1,032, ,248,000 gallc
or AZ .35 per cent. of the entire pumps
and an increase over the year 1898
226, 123, 900 gallons, a quantity nea}
equaling the increase shown in the 3is
tribution.
The water repumped to tile High Ter
vice Reservoir was SOL, 1893, 273 gallons
an increase over the year 1898 Of IS
020, 1913 gallons.
The Rodney Street Tower serv,c.
which was increased by the addition o
the section of the city known as Ii,
Highlands was 7,990.2Sl gallons or
daily average consImpticssr r each o
the 500 persons supplied rheTessonl q
36 gallons
The water used from the Elliott w
nue Tower was 4 ,234, 800 gallons. 97A'
daily average consumption of 2l.5 ~,
Ions for e1eh OF the 54l consumers.
The water used in washing the fife
beds was 81, 4S5, 500 gallons, or less thai
l.5 per centum Of the water pumped
The total average per capita consump
tion estimating the population Of y, 90
was 80. l gallons. Deducting the con
sumption through meters from the totn
the difference would indicate, nearly, tI,i
domestic use including the FIRE seFvic,
or per capita of 5l.4 gallons
The machinery at both pumping eta
tions is in good condition and was mi
during the year with very little repairs
The Corliss engine at City Mills Station
was gone over and carefully adjusted
and the piston rod on the high end VA
turned off and new metallic backing fit
ted to it which previously could not b
made tight.
There were laid dnring the year in tn
high service 1891 feet OF pipe and il
the low service $l4,443 feet or 5.3S miles
Nine thousand five hundred an,
eighty-one feet replaced small pip
leaving the net increase in the distribu
tion Is, $3.50 feet, and the total pipage s.
the city 100.6 miles.
One hundred and fifty-eight gate
were added to the system and forty-si.
fire hydrants set, seventeen OF them
replace old hvdrants. Tie number
fire hydrants now belonging TO the cE
is 747. There were 487 new servi
run from mains TO curb and $40 re-
nected were refnovea> in the layi
new mains.
The reservoirs have received the
tomary attention during the year.
ney street reservoir was cleaned and
coping around the top was taken up
reset in cement mortar and cracks il
lining repaired.
The north basin OF Cool Spring
cleaned and the division wall was
paired where needed, the other bre
of the suction pipe for tbs pumps at
station was carried down into the
voir, having been left until the basif
emptied for cleaning.
The iron fence around this resefs
was painted two coats with rubber pal
whilst the fence adjoining the 81
house was painted with graphite to {
their comparative durability.
! The number of meters placed dufiM
the year, including those that were
moved for repairs and other causes a1
| replaced was 1856. The number now
use is 6,23I gain OF 49, So far as
/ department is informed there has
no objection raised to the use OF ii
little monitors while their equity is lra
acknowledged. About 80 per cent. of
revenue of the department is receis
from metered services whilst more tn
40 per cent. Of the consumption paeSy
through them, showing that the metz
rate is a concession to their use. Duri1
the year q new bridge was constructed !,
Sixteenth and Market streets. Gronn
was broken for the Rockford Park tows
the latter part of August and wal
erected ready for the steel tank.