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Show Use Itch Wafer, Says Mr. flines Would Also Slake the Churches Pay for All the Water They Conaumo. Somo Important BUgfrt-rttlona aro made in tho nnnunl roport of Superintendent of "VVntor Works Frank L. Hinos. This roport ro-port wa3 filed In tho Mayor's offico yesterday. yes-terday. Ills recommendations havo all been mado beforo, but hitherto they have boon Ignored by tho City Council: For ono thing it is recommended that tho city Btrccts bo sprlnklod with water from tho Irrigation canals. Tho canal water la Just as good as drinking water for sprinkling tho streets. Under tho present system tho city's water supply Is drained to tho utmost owing to tho nmount of wator used for tho Htreota. Added to this tho sprinkling carts aro filled from tho flro hydrants. Thin uses up the valves of tho hydrants, Bays Mr. Hlns In his report. Tho drivers on tho sprinkling cart-s do not know how to handle tho hydrants. Consequently the hydrants nro broken. Superintendent Illnofl also recommends that tho hospitals and churches bo charged for tho water thoy use. In all other cltlcfl in tho United Statos these Institutions In-stitutions havo to pay for tholr water. Thev use a largo quantity. Ho also suggest sug-gest that tho hlEh lino tanks should ho rebuilt of comimt- Thoy wero built In 1SW for temporary use and constructed of wood. Thoy aro constantly in need of ro-palr ro-palr and will need a largo sum for repairs re-pairs this year. Tho total cxpondlturo of the water department de-partment for the year 1WM was JTl,B7.a). as against J55.G5S.22 for the preceding year, nut many of tho estfarlco were increased and thoro -voro moro men employed. Therefore, tho cost of mnlntenanco was Increased S2.C6018 over that of 1S33. Tho city's water assessment for tho year ending end-ing June SO, was S3,4C8.. Supplementary Supple-mentary assessments were maflo between July and December 31. which brought tho total up to $105,453 14. Besides this the as-eessmcnts as-eessmcnts on motered property brought up tho grand total to ?122,:o.U4. 160 Miles of Mains. Thcro aro now 100 miles of water mains in tho cltv. Of these nearly four miles wero added during tho last year. The ma-torlal ma-torlal on hand at the closo of tho year Is valued at 53J.7J1.09- Thoro aro 2S5 meters me-ters In tho city. Theso contribute considerably con-siderably toward reducing tho was to of water. Mr. nines says that tho water supply was better last year than during tho fow years preceding. Tho averago dally flow during tho past fw months has been 15,6C5,26l gallons. Mr. nines recommends that tho county bo mado to pay for the water used at the county Jail. Thoro wero TIG service connections mado during tho year 1901. Thopo for tho year beforo woro ICS. Tho total number of connections mado amounts to 4C79. |