Evening journal., 1909-10-18
YEARS WORK OF
WATER BOARD
Engineer Say department
Was Handicapped by Keep
ing hilhln AppTOpriat on
FINISH NV BATER
sYS, rM On CONTRACT TINE

IL LH Olt SVu iAuSt itNlL
The annual report Of chief Engineer
John A. kionio was submitted 10 the
Board o. Wafer Commissioners Ia weekly
session .hia morana seven hundred
loplcs wlge ordered printed. for which
estimates VIII ho opened next Monday
morning rut report n par1 follows:
"Eneiy 10 may be stated that the de-
lcit ol l-1.5e which marked The close
ol the fiscal year. Is thc lCmainins portion
ol the Sl.lilu burden lmpos Ell upon thls
department by the changed Conditions
wrought by the Legislature onactments OF
1907, and through the subsequent actions
OF the City Council
"Thc amount disbursed for Adminlstra-
ton. pumpage distribution. hl.rauon.
stable expenses. maintenance OF grounds.
etc. or the actual operating expenses OF
the department during the year l90S-oo
was sis,SJ0ls while in the y,ar iso,-os
there was expended $i5,6i9.,s for the same
purpose, thus Affecting saving Of a.
3is.o5 in isOs-O9-
For the items OF extension in the year
lgOi-OS the amount expended was S7,6iS.4
or s5i53.6S In excess of the amount ex-
pended for similar purposes during tho
past year
'rho above figures are clearly Indicative
OF the manner In which our operations
have been Handicapped by the endeasor
TO live within the annual appropriation
and yet meet the d.ma DIS Tor ex.raordi-
nary expenditures. this alter item being
Sia.oO645 in excess Of the previous year.
"The total quantity OF wafer pumped
from the Brandyw.ne Creek DIR ng the
past year was s5l4eOs2;o gallons. snow
ing an Increase over the quantity pumped
In the previous year Of 2iS Si4iz9l gallons.
OF the total pumpago 2,G-2 i96,yo0 gan-na
were pumped by the new HOLLY Engines
TO the Porter reservoi, AID 81 o,63 gall
! Ions were raised by The old water wheel
pumps to tho Cool spri RS rvolr, this
latter figure being 100000 90 salons in ex-
cess OF the previous year
"owing TO the fact that the Co sprins
and old city mills pumping stations wer
in operation during portion OF IN
rd year iao7-os comparison with the resV
s-sA,uln11''.a { \ :.
en- not rtadhy discernible. YoS fe,'f15
- however Is called 70 the fact that the
was saving OF S.525s3 in the cost
Nt pumpaee IN is0s-oe over Io07-0s.
"a "rhc total average daily conslmpt. .ol
A. OF water for the city was s,6a6 s. gallons
IA or based on an estimated popu4a ion Of
$1,000 the daily per capita consumption
was l0l6 gallons Subdivision ~ tie latter
e figure reevals that the manufacturing in
y dusiries consumed s62 per cent. OF the
total or 80 SALONS and the domestic SER
= vice G3 per cent or o67 gallons b. conn.,
e parison with i9O7-0s these ag res indi-
e cate a ma ked Increase In tie 10 al per
p capital consumption. due principally to
Z the resumption OF active operations in the
n manufacturing industries.
- During the year. 507 new meter
!. connections were installed. increasing
the total number now in service to
56S5. The metered service represents
= 52.S per cent. OF the total revenue re-
. ceived by this department for water
rents. OF the total quantity Of water
consumed asa per cent. passes through
Y meter, while 31.7 per cent. Of the total
number Of services now in use are
metered.
o During the year a total Of 10.029 feet
Of new mains were laid, of which 2Sil
feet replaced older and smaller pipes
leaving a net extension Of Ul2 feet.
There is now total Of 1872 miles OF
pipe throughout the city 1926 per cent
of which Is siSit inches or more In
of diameter. Nine new fire hydrant sta
81 tions were added during the year and
a. ten hydrants were replaced by new
Is ones, bringing the total now in SER
r. vice To gif Seventy-nine new gate
It. valves were placed on the mains ana
l. seventeen old ones replaced.
he "a total of 926 new services were
he laid during the year including 499
it which were laid 20 replace old SER
10 vices. There were also 70 parts OF
services laid.
~ "An the water supplied throughout
i the year has been passed through the
n preliminary filter and to this fact may
II be attributed the general Improvement
Il IN the health of the community, partic-
/. uiarly the reduction in the number OF
n so-caiied water borne diseases.
a "The average reduction OF turhidity
n tho water affected hy use Of the
sitter WAS 65 per cent while tho reduce
% don OF Bacteria on Agar at zoe G was
4- per cent
Thlr subject Is conveyed IN a more
d 7rtaHo7 uarncr ia the report of the
bactoriologist.
ha lola cost Of operating the hltel
Tor the v.ar was 81 S59f9. of Vfhict
amount s1575.47 IS properly chargeabt'
|, 70 actual operation and maintenance
p the remaining portion having been ex
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