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Show Haw City Water May llo Wanted. Iu a recent water works report a table is published giving iu gallons ami hun- clred ths of a gallon tho discharge of water per minute through various sizes of ori-lices ori-lices at different heads. Rough calculations calcula-tions are also made showing tho im- , menso quantities of water which escape in tho small streams sometimes allowed to ran from faucets in cold weather to prevent freezing. It is also shown that a stream the size of a pin running one yvnr with head of 150, will flow 115,033 gallons, at a loss, counting at the rate of ten cents per 1.000 gallons, of $11.57. New York Commercial Advertiser. |