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£8,500, and that there was more water in the lakes than a much 

 larger pipe than one of this capacity could run, and that there 

 would be no danger to existing distribution pipes from increased 

 pressure. He also reported that the cost of bringing the water 

 to the pipe-house direct from Long Lake in a conduit would 

 cost £7,200 ; but he could see no advantage to be gained. By 

 repairing and raising Long Lake dam 290 million gallons, extra 

 storage, J^fould be gained at an outlay of £550. He did not 

 think that a resen^oir on Camp Hill would obviate the necessity 

 of a new pipe to the lakes; but it would add to the present 

 supply by storing water at St. Andrew's Cross when the con- 

 sumption of the town was less than the flow through the mains. 

 This would be the case at some periods and tend to preserve the 

 effective head. In reply to the request whether he could sug- 

 gest anything to remedy the present evil resulting from frost, 

 he recommended that frequent inspections of water-cocks be 

 made and consumers warned against allowing a more copious 

 ilow to run than was necessary. 



At the annual meeting on the 2nd July, 1855, Forman's 

 report w^as adopted, and the directors authorized to lay another 

 Jine of 12-inch pipe if necessary arrangements could be made 

 with the city council as to increased cost. A resolution also 

 passed that a strict supervision be had over water takers to 

 prevent excessive waste. The city having agreed to pay £200 

 per iinnum for an additional ten hydrants, providing some 

 changes were made in the distribution, at a meeting 15th 

 January, 1856, the shareholders decided to lay a 15-inch pipe, 

 which was done in the fall of this year. The company also 

 raised its rates to all private takers fifty per cent. The city 

 first approached the company in this year with a view to buying 

 the works, but the latter's reply was that they were not then 

 in a position to sell. In 1859 a committee of the city council 

 was appointed, after the great fire of the 9th September in 

 that year, to report on the improvement of the fire department 

 and on the best means of obtaining an additional supply of 



