Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-11
Superintendent Of Waterworks
Hines Wants System,
SAYS 80 In ANNUAL REPORT
Gives Figures From Many Ciues, and
says II VIII Mean Great saving
When Water Ia Scarce.

In his annual report to the Mayor,
Frank j.. Hines, superintendent Of wa.
ter"orks, makes strong plea for the
meter system for preventing the wan.
ton waste Of water Mr.. Hines says in
part on this head
All water department officials con-
cur m advocating full use Of water
Ior All purposes conducive to the com.
tort, safety, health and convenience Of
the people In their homes or their
business, but all are equally strongly
opposed TO allowing water 10 waste In.
10 sewers to no useful end whatever.
Inc stOppage Of absolute waste Is all
that Is advocated.
The per capita use Of water in this
city Is so large as TO lead TO but one
conclusion, mat a large percentage Of
II Is wasted In the past. II has been
the custom when the supply Of q city
became unequal to the demands made
upon II, to proceed at a large expense,
10 increase the supply Of enlarging Tho
WORKS or late years much attention
mas been given TO avoiding waste eX-
pehslNe extension Of works and Increas.
ing pressure. There Is but one means to
iully control and suppress such waste,
that H. the general extension Of the
meter system TO all classes of consum-
ers domestic as well as commercial. 10
Illustrate the benefits Of the meter sys-
TEN, 1t Is only necessary TO refer to n
Few cities. Take Detroit. the following
report from Mr.. L. N. Case, before a
committee Of the Michigan legislature,
For years ana up to 1889, Detroit
Buffalo and Philadelphia operated upon
the assessment plan Detroit pumped Il
daily per capita supply Of 20i gallons
our capacy was more than exhausted
March, 1889 ! demonstrated to the
board that meters must be used to stop
this enormous waste or an enlargement
OF the works Immediately, at an esti-
mate deXpense Of $500 Q0O The intro
duction OF meters was decided upolD
The following conditions Of the three
cities In 1887 and 1896 will show the
results Of the introduction of meters IN
Detroit, and the continuance Of the old
methods in Buffalo and PHILADELPHIA
The daily pumpage in million gallons
was IN 1887 In Buffalo, 3S 200 600 In 1896
l0l 100000 In 1887, In PhladeluhIa. 49,.
OOO 600. IN 1896, 2390O0O0O IN 1887, in De-
troit, $4,000 600 in 1896, 36, 600 900. The In
crease In population, in Buffalo was "a
per cent, IN Philadelphia 46 per cent
In Detroit So per cent,
The result In Detroit is n stationary
total consumption for ten years, with
90 per cent Increase population. and a
per capita decrease from 20i gallons to
1870 gallons, so much for Detroit"
ottawa, Illinois pumped In six
months, without meters, 1903 O00,0O0 gal
Ions, with meters they pumped $1,000,
600 gallons. This shows that with the
addition Of the natural increase In the
number of consumers, the meters saved
in six months AZ per cent,
Flint, Michigan, in 1898, numped daily
100000 gallons, and was working the
pump TO its full capacity. A large out
lay for new pumps and large mains
stared the city in the face, Meters were
put on 800 taps out Of 1000. In 1895
with the increase OF water takers, they
pumped only $50 1000 gallons, or less than
one-half Of what Is was Ave years pre-
vlous, with many less taps. showing a
reduction Of about 10 per cent.
These are few OF the many cities
that have adopted the meters with the
same result
The superintendent fears that the
question of providing water during the
summer months viii be a serious one
this year OWNS to the utter lack Of
sufficient snow in the mountains To
show the amount OF water needed by
a family Of FIVE persons, with mod
ern house and Q lawn Of say 200 square