Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-03-26
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BOULEVARD ELECTRIC LIGHT
SYSTEM

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Undoubtedly this has been one q
the most noticeable OF improvement
made.
i At the beginning Of the fiscal year
April 1st, 1911, the city had installe
one hundred and twenty-six hoo
street lights and five Arc lights. 70
which the city was paying annuall
| $1,875.50. or $156.30 per month. Sine
the new Boulevard system has beel
installed, which adds 275 addihona
25 candlepower Tungsten lamps t,
the same number Of over head lamps
OF 1910. making the total number O
street lights now installed 401, fol
which the city paid for the year 1912
all total, 81 l,969.76, or $164.15 pei
month. Thus you will see that those
of you who prophesied that the city
| would go bankrupt paying for addi
tional street lighting were either. mis-
taken or misinformed. We have and
are having many complaints paid tc
our little city for its beautiful Boule.
ward system, which over shadows the
lighting system Of many other cities
Of much greater population than ours
such as Dubuque. Cedar Rapids, Wa
terloo and others You will see that
the additional cost for lighting our
present system installed has been
but small amount ($94.19) over the
cost of 1910, with only one hundred
and twenty-six street lights.
CITY HALL IMPROVEMENTS.
But few Of our citizens know Of the
recent Improvements made in our
City Opera house. The entire interi-
or has been re-painted and varnish-
ed, the scenery has all been over
hauled and made as good as new; a
steel ceiling has been completed, and
In general, it has put on the garb Of
an average City Opera house. These
been made from the earnings Of the
years. Look it up and boost for
our City Hall Opera house.
WATER METER SYSTEM.
Perhaps the most talked Of I'M
proyement and the least. understood,
has been our water meter system and
our sliding scale Of rates and mini
mum rates. The present rates have
put our water system barely on
self-sustaining basis, allowing nothing
for interest on investment nor for
depreciation. III ID
We now have 545 water takers and
Of this number 4S0 have meters In
stalled, leaving 65 meters to be in
stalled as soon as time will permit
The following figures will show the
Of metering water:
AS to the saving Of water to be
pumped and as to saving Of coal, etc,
At the close OF the year 1910, the
city had $50 water takers. att the
close Of the year 1912 the city had
545 water takers, gain of 95 users
In the two years, 1910 to 1872 Not
all OF this number are new takers,
but great many were lost and dis
covered.
The amount of water pumped dur
ng the year 1910 amounts to 63,7S8,-
300 gallons. Isl,
The amount of water pumped dur
ng the year 1912 amounts to 47,7S7,-
300 gallons, saving of amount of |
water pumped in the year 1912 overl
1910, OF 16,00l, 900 gallons.
It required 407 tons Of coal to.t
pump the water supply for the year
1910. 53 i5s35 sSs |ss'. ~ zs8
4 1t required 317 tons Of coal to
pump the water supply for 1912, thus
making saving Of 80 tons Of coal in
he year 1912 over 1910.
The receipts for the water works
earnings from all sources except tax
IS We're for the year 1912, $4,433.00.
The expense Of operating, including
interest on bonds, was $4,426.77.
Thus you will see that the earnings
,ver and above the expenses We're
,nly $6.23 for the year 1912.
. We have in present operation $500
eet of eight inch mains, 900 feet
,f six inch mains, 22,200 feet of four
nch mains, in all about is miles
II water mains.
The approximate investment by the
,ity in the water works plant
to- $40. .000. 90, an in
'estment worth looking after. 1t is
IN, absolute necessity and should be
oyally supported by every citizen Of
Many cities would give
'abulous sums for the quality of wa
er which we have. I
The bills, specifications and records
covering the above improvements ARE
IN file at the City Clerks office and
Ire open for inspection.
Respectfully submitted,
Yours truly,
eThe Philishnes.''