HALIFAX WATER WORKS. JOHNSTON. 



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pressure all over the city, notAvithstanding there was a loss of 

 ■3^ pounds owing to the lowness of the lakes. This in con- 

 junction with the fact of the ])ressure loweri.ng at night would 

 seem to prove conclusively that the waste from the mains bears 

 a very small proportion to that from negligent and wilful waste. 

 The following table of the data of the consumption of water 

 of eleven cities about the size of Halifax gathered from late 

 reports is here inserted to enable a comparisou to be made, and 

 also to show the eifect meters have on the consumption of water. 

 It will be noticed that the average consumption of those cities 

 having over 50 per cent, of their services metered is 41 United 

 States gallons, and those under 50 per cent. 91 gallons, or 50 

 and 197 im])erial gallons per capita respectively: 











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Consumption. 









Town. 



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Brocton .... 



.S7,S00 





90. 





36 





Woonsocket 



34,474 





86.7 





28 





Newion 



35,400 





86. 





54 





Maiden 



36,900 



6,700 



63 . 4 



82. 



47 



25 



Haverhill 



37,200 





10. 





95 





Waltham 



24,550 





6. 





99 





Quincey ....... 



26,800 



4,850 



3.1 



83.7 



89 



57 



Salem 



36 250 





3. 





79 





Everett 



28,000 



4,670 



1. 



42. 



81 



55 



Chelsea 



3o,0U0 



6,251 



o 



38.7 



94 



65 



Halifax . ... 



35,400 



6,939 



5. 



69.6 



260 











Financial. 

 The rates are levied from four sources, — meter, fire protection, 

 domestic and special. 



The meter rates vary from 15 cents to 7 cents per 1,000 

 gallons by a sliding scale, depending on the (piantity of water 

 used per <lav. A meter rental is charged on all meters except 



