216 INDEX 



PAGE 



Main pipes, leakage from 127 



Manufacturers, rating of meters 116 



special rate for large takers 70, 164 



Manufacturing consumers, what kind of business covered 72 



Manufacturing rate, further adjustment of 187 



how made up 186 



special 164 



Manufacturing takers, data concerning 193 



defined 27 



Margin of safety 190 



Meter- rate plottings: 



Alameda, Cal., 64; Atlanta, Ga., 37; Auburn, N. Y., 60; Belmont, 

 Mass., 39; Berkeley, Cal., 64; Birmingham, Ala., 41; Boston, Mass., 

 58; Brockton, Mass., 59; Chelsea, Mass., 43; Chicago, 111., 62; Cin- 

 cinnati, Ohio, 62; Cleveland, Ohio, 62; Columbus, Ohio, 62; Daven- 

 port, la., 63; Denver, Colo., 63; Des Moines, la., 63; Duluth, Minn.. 

 63; Englewood. N. J., 61 ; Fall River, Mass., 59; Far Rockaway, N. Y., 

 60; Fitchburg, Mass., 58; Hackensack, N. J., 61; Hackensack High 

 Service, 61; Hackensack Second High Service (Englewood) 61; Har- 

 risburg, Pa., 47; Hartford, Conn., 49; Houston, Tex., 62; Indianap- 

 olis, Ind., 62; Los Angeles, Cal., 64; Lowell, Mass., 58; Madison, 

 Wis., 29; Manchester, N. H., 58; Milwaukee, Wis., 63; Mount Vernon, 

 N. Y., 60; New Bedford, Mass., 59; New Orleans, La., 62; New 

 Rochelle, N. Y., 60; New York, N. Y., 60; Oakland, Cal., 64; Oak 

 Park, 111., 62; Paterson, N. J., 61; Pawtucket, R. I., 59; Philadelphia, 

 Pa., 53; Pittsburg, Pa., 61; Portland, Ore., 64; Portland, Ore. (subur- 

 ban) 64; Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 60; Providence, R. I., 58; Racine, Wis., 

 63; Rochester, N. Y., 60; St. Louis, Mo., 62; St. Paul, Minn., 63; 

 San Antonio, Tex., 62; San Diego, Cal., 64; San Francisco, Cal., 64; 

 San Jose, Cal., 64; San Pedro, Cal., 64; Seattle, Wash., 64; Spokane, 

 Wash., 64; Springfield, Mass., 58; Stamford, Conn., 58; Steelton, 

 Pa., 61; Superior, Wis., 63; Syracuse, N. Y., 55; Tacoma, Wash., 64; 

 Toledo, Ohio, 62; Weston, Mass., 58; Wilkinsburg, Pa., 61; Win- 

 nipeg, Can., 57; Worcester, Mass., 59; Yonkers, N. Y., 60. 



Meter rate sheet 27 



Meter rates, average of, in use 22 



Meter rent 91 



Meters, early, not reliable 7 



early use of, in American cities 10 



intermediate sizes of 92 



only fair basis of charging for water I 



ownership of 106 



relative numbers of various sizes 199 



Minimum rate based on frontage 93 



amount of water furnished for 75 



definition of 13 



general statement 74 



