The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-08-06
BIG INCREASE IN REVENUES
Pipe Line of the Company Shown TO
Have Been Increased Three Fold
Since Company Took over Plant
$4,000 Balance in the Treasury.

The superintendent of the water
works ON Tuesday afternoon fled with
the city clerk the annual report Of the
water company for the year ending
June 80, 1914 The report shows a
total of cash and certificates on hand
amounting to $55,at3.60. The report
shows that with toe beginning of the
year just closed tlps water department
had $39, 573.71 on band and the re-
ceipts for the year included from sales
Of connections $4,952s14; from sales of
water for building purposes $192.50;
from sales of water meters $3,S6416;
from sales of water $50,8S424; from
sundry sales $2,907.46 and from mis-
cellaneous sales $41978. This gave a
total amount received of $102,793.99.
The big items Of expenditure during
the year were for extensions of the
plant. The report shows total of
SIS, 422.77 expended for material for
extensions and the labor in making
these extensions cost $5,118.22. For
pump labor the commission expended
So, $50 and for steam generation labor
$2,018.21. Fuel used at the plant dur
ig the year cost S. 1881. Office sal
aries amounted to $1,165.16. The re-
port is interesting in that it shows
something of the cost Of purifying the
water. This is the first year that the
COLONIZATION plant hes been in opera
ton and the reps y Jews I'll At N
of operating the ant was $I,l25.3l.
In addition to this $63250 was expend-
ed in supplies for the publication plant
and for making tests Of the water,
The expense accout includes the water
inspector s salary Of 5000 and fees paid
to him for testing amounting to $115.
There was a great extension of the
business of the company during the
year, total of $50 new connections
being put in. In addition to this 1863
connections were placed under pave
ments. A total o. 386 meters were in
stalled during the year, bringing the
total up to 3,219. The total pipe sys-
tenn of the company included 28,551
feet of galvanized pipe, 218,980 feet
of cast iron pipe, making total of
1873 miles in the city. Twenty two
new fire hydrants have been installed
during the year just closed, making a
total of 293 now in use in the city.
The report of the engineer of the
pumping station shows that during the
year a total Of 1893, 082, 500 gallons of
water were pumped into the mains,
this being an increase of II million
gallons over the amount pumped last
year. The report shows increased eff
fciency at the pumping station as the
average number of gallons of water
pumped this year per pound of coal
used was 1913 and in the proceeding
year it was 354. The report shows
that the pressure at the pumping sta
ton has been 70 pounds, for domestic
uses and the fire pressure. from 90 to
100 pounds.
Some idea Of the growth of the
business of the water company is
given by the fact that the original
plant consisted of but 13 miles of
main while the present pipe system is
over 46 miles. The report makes no
recommendation TO the common coun-
Gil as to future extensions and these
are to be covered in a supplemental re-
port to be filed by the commission.