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increase the quantity and improve the quahty of the city's water supply. 

 The secretary reported in 1893, twenty-four ofiicial meetings of the directors ; 

 146 permits issued ; and 288 transfers of stock. 



During 1894, this company paid $4,550 toward the purchase of water 

 bearing lands known as the Elliott & Richardson tract, to gain entire con- 

 trol of both the land and the water jointly with the other company, and put 

 a stop to any further disputes or legal difficulties about it. The two com- 

 panies joined in this purchase, and then worked together in tunneling for 

 more water at these Richardson springs, and also at the Wilson springs 

 about one-eighth mile farther south. Contracts were let to G. D. McGillard 

 and D. F. Carmichael. And the secretary's annual report on these tunnel- 

 ings presents a few points as to water-supply, water measurement, etc., 

 which are of permanent historic interest, and I quote his language : 



" Both tunnels are being prosecuted at the same time, with the result at 

 the close of 1894 in a gain of 99 miners' inches,* which, with the former flow 

 from the Flutterwheel springs tunnel, the Ivy and Thibbets springs, viz., 

 178 miner's inches, makes a total of 277 miner's inches — 7-10 of that amount 

 as our proportion, being equal to 2,512,944 gallons per day, a sufficient 

 amount to supply a population of 6,000 persons or 1,200 families with 418 

 gallons per capita per day. Statistics from other cities show that in 1894, 

 Philadelphia used 160 gallons per capita per day, Chicago 150, New York 

 95 and Boston 90." 



During 1894 the company's revenue from all sources was $8,000 more 

 than in 1893 ; its sale of water alone amounted to $3,683.09 ; and it reduced 

 its indebtedness by $11,500. 



C. C. Brown has been a member of the board of directors of this com- 

 pany continuously from its first organization in 1884 — the only man enjoy- 

 ing this distinction, and he is thus the veteran survivor of " many wars." 

 The successive secretaries of the company have been H. W. Magee, J. W. 

 Wood, C. A. Sawtelle, R. Wilhams, E. E. Fordham— and lastly John Hab- 

 bick continuously since July, 1887. Albert H. Ninde has been inspector 

 (or zanjero as the Spaniards called it) continuously from 1884 until 1895. 



On account of bickerings and strifes, differences of opinion, legal con- 

 tests, charter rules and limitations not adapted to the practical necessities of 

 the situation, and lack of funds to pay for proper clerical work, the books 

 and records of the first four years are very incomplete. From the records as 

 they are, and other sources, I have compiled the following table in chrono- 

 logical order : 



*A miner's inch, Pasadena measure, is thus officially explained by the company : " An inch of 

 water that is equal to 17,000 gallons of water every 24 hours, or about 100 pounds per minute, is the 

 amount of water that will flow through every square inch of opening in a gauge under a pressure or head ol 

 • six inches above the center of the opening; the opening being two inches wide in the end ol a box proviaea 

 with an adjustable sliding gate. The six-inch head can be obtained by opening or closing the slide, and 

 the number of square inches remaining open indicates the amount of water passing through in Miner s 

 Inches." 



