Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1909-11-04
Social Notice.

To the Consumers of Water and Elec-
/ tricity:
| Having assumed the duties OF
superintendent OF your water and
lighting plant, ! feel it my duty
to cali Jour attention to the prop
er usages OF both water and lights
without pretense Of criticism. in
order that the service may be
adequate at all times for domestic
purposes and in case OF emergen-
ciee.
There public utilities have long
since ceased to be looked upon a.
Injuries. but as absolute neces-
sites and since the slight unin.
territorial abuse of either makes
the evil extremely costly to over
come from the plant end OF the
line, it behooves every tax pay
er to use his every effort 10 keep
all leaks repaired ard all lights
turned of when not in use. even
though he has meter on both
services IL is not for oI.ls, but
satisfied customers the manage
ment is catering 10, and shall
operate with each customer
who thinks the service IL not
what il should be. and assist in
making il equal TO or above the
average. 1t may be of some in
teresi to the reader Tn give some
data with reference 20 the amount
at water pumped into the mains
lof Oxford per day, GA hoursl,
tho number OF gallons conceded
by1 best authority "a sufficient
per cApita consumption per day,
and he effect of leaks on y sys-
tenn rs shown by tables given in
our standard authority on hycrau
lies. We are pumping into the
mains fully 1000 gallons per hour
or 16s, 900 gallons per day. which
| based upon the population of OK
ford az about $500, would give
per capita consumption per day
If about 80 gallons, which is
above the average and an album
dance for all donestic purposes,
including sprinkling lawns and
streets.
Figure from a basis of the nun
DER Of consumers or taps, which
ID about 400. the results are still
lid favor of a sufficient supply
since les, 600 gallons pumped per
i.y divided by 400 equals 400
gallons per day per tap. Hence
the question naturally arises
where does this water go, when
we have such q scarcity. In q
table OF theoretical discharge of
circular origces per minute under
. given pressure, we find that
with . pressure of 40 pounds per
uare inch (our average domes-
tic pre-sure) an orifice Cor leak)
II one eighth inch will discharge
three gallons per minute or 1920
gallons per day, and at double
the pressure the leak will be more
than double. Thus you can readi-
ly see that in trying 10 MAINTAIN
the required pressure the machin
tery works against q dead loss,
which amounts to q very materi.
ally decreased revenue.
/ l will inaugurate at once a
] Thorough system Of inspection in
order to help locate the leaks.
strengthen the service and LESSEE.
the bilIs and ask the co-opecatio:
r., az ~ citizen t, assist me
fltli- mich needed .0sk.
i With refers q the light
is-rviceeiet me re,a,nu you t .
eveE With our resemble rag
ani III improve 10 -ast - cal
4 die power lamp. each l6 card
power lamp uses about ,hree Z
iourths cents per hour and FIR Z
lights burning on an average oil
five hours per night will consume
1915 worth per, month. II the
customers will bear these facts in
mind We can all profit by them,
and s66n make the service equal
to if not surpass any l. this Stale
Respectfully
G, A. SHAFER,
II Cupar;ntaudant