The San Francisco call., 1910-08-09
CITY Is Using UP
TOO MUCH WATER
Engineer Manson Sounds Warn.
ing to the Supervisors to
This Effect

City Engineer Manson sounded an
other note of warning in regard to the
water supply situation yesterday in a
report made to the board of supervis-
ors. The city was confronted with a
stationary supply, whose limit was now
this was true, the demand showed an
increase of nearly 100000 gallons per
day.
The daily average consumption for
June OF this year was 3s.10o,oO0 gall
Ions; for one year ago. 35.700.0O0 The
highest days consumption this year
was 41,20o,0o0 gallons; last year, 40,-
100000. The winter months consump-
tion showed the same relative increase.
In January of 1909 the daily total
averaged s2,6oO,ooo gallons; in Janu-
ary. 1910, S4,7oo000.
Manson said that a brief succession
OF real hot days would put the citys
consumption far above the plants ca
pacity for steady supply. The report
was referred to the public utilities and
hospital and health committees.
Private citizens can spend their
own money as they like, but as super
visors We should save the city that
$4,000 by accepting the Studebaker
bid" said Hooks in voting against the
$4,000 appropriation for five Peerless
automobiles. Murdock and Cutten sup
ported him in this, but the majority
authorized the finance committees rec
ommendation.
After a, long hearing IN regard to the
protest of the Finley estate against the
board of works assessment of dam
ages and benefits in the Beale street
cut, the board re-referred the matter
to that commission IN the hope of an
adjustment. Attorney Stafford ap-
peared for the only protestant, whose
property at Beale and Harrison would
abut the 35 foot embankment of the
latter thoroughfare He wanted the
entire value of the lot. which he placed
at $4,000, Assistant City Engineer
Connick, standing by the boards ap-
praisement of $4,000 damages and a
$500 benefit.
$1,000 FOR ILLUMINATION
The board voted the sum of $1,000 for
special illumination of downtown streets
during the Native Sons celebration
during the first ten days of September
Cutten inquired whether the present
vehicle ordinance would include auto
mobiles in its scope relative to the pro-
vision az TO unauthorized use. Many
recklessly used machines on missions
not known to their owners, and the
city attorney was asked if the present
law covered the case. If not, Cutten
said he would bring in a bill that did
Herget and Nelson withdrew their
opposition to granting the Barnum &
Bailey circus permission to appear in
the city between September and 12
and the license was adopted. Cutten
held that the more the merrier" and
that the circus would not interfere with
the other festivities planned by the
Native Sons and the Sangersbund for
that time.
The supervisors will start on their
trip TO visit the city's Sierra water
supply holdings in Hetch Hetchy and
at Lake Eleanor on the evening of
August 16, the close of the primary.
The party will go to Stockton by boat
and there take the city automobiles for
the trip across the San Joaquin plain
into the foothills. City Engineer Man
son has arranged to take the party in
by stage and horse, and the trip will
occupy 10 or u days. The party will
return via Yosemite.