COMPARATIVE DATA 



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DATA AS TO INTERMEDIATE TAKERS 



It will be noted that there is less variation in the average 

 amounts of water sold per service for the intermediate services 

 than for either the domestic or manufacturing services. This 

 is natural, as the intermediate comes between the two limits, 

 and extreme values at either end are thus excluded. 



Manufacturing Services. For the larger customers taking 

 more than 8200 gallons per day on an average, statistics of other 

 plants are much less serviceable, because variations between 

 different plants are much greater. A consideration of the statis- 

 tics available may, however, be helpful in at least a suggestive 

 way. The statistics available made up in the same way and with 

 a corresponding classification, are as follows: 



