| Show WATER RATE REPORT assessor and collector of water rates bates diehl submitted the following at the meeting of the city council counsil last night gentlemen As required by ordinance I 1 herewith present to your honorable body the following annual report showing the work of this office for the year ending june 1893 assessment for the year commencing july let 1892 and ending june 1893 to amount of original assessment 81 84 to amount of add dional assessment during the year 1912 20 to total amount of assessment for the year 04 CREDIT by amounts charged to accounts during daring the year 69 by cash paid city treasurer as a shown b by his nixcy eight receipts 22 B by I 1 J H R bowman b bill 1 it now in the hands of water co committee 0 m attee It tee 60 by county court bill aw awaiting a aing an appropriation 00 by rebate account houses torn down vacancies etc 53 by unpaid rates at seventeen places I 1 where water was shut off 50 by secured aoby an unpaid by cash on hand 1000 10 00 mia cash baah collected from july let 1891 to june noih 1892 15 casa gasn collected from july ut let 1892 to june 1893 22 showing a decrease of 2034 2084 93 98 WATER CREDIT OB SCRIP the total amount of water credit or script outstanding june 30 1893 as am shown by the book s in my office and which Is held bold in se separate t or open opan accounts and in ba balances ranging in amounts from I 1 cent to 50 is 14 hold held on the same account last year 40 showing an increase of 74 the amount of water credit can cancelled i led from july let 1892 to june 1893 I 1 is 0 7 69 on the same a m e iichi account last year 97 showing an increase of 42 WATER TAPS NAPS number of taps tape assessed lor for year ending june 1892 number of taps assessed for year ending june lj 9 increase duang daring the year WATER MAINS AND WATER SUPPLY salt lake city has baa now miles of water mains and furnishes per day ga gallons of water or ab about 0 ut gallons per capita on an estimated population of recommendation I 1 recommend that the ordinance in relation to the salt lake city water works approved july let 1892 be amended as aa follows add to section 8 after the last words service pipe the following where water la Is now supplied through one service pipe to several business bu place stores houses families or persons the superintendent pf af waterworks water works may at his bis discretion either decline to furnish water until separate service pipes are provided or may continue the supply on the condition that person shall pay for all ail on the same paine service pipe WATER SUPPLY IN OTHER CITIES the following list shows the number of gallons of water fur furnished in other cities to each inhabitant alleghany allegheny Alleg hany city port portland an d ore buffalo N Y richmond va detroit mich washington D 0 nashville tenn pittsburg pa chicago III HI 10 new haven conn philadelphia pa camden Cam denN N J rd L seattle wash boston mass SO new newyork york city 79 ban francisco l oal cal 68 58 san diego cat cal 50 london Londo nEng ang 30 birmingham eng 16 15 liverpool bog 14 manchester eng 13 our water rates compared with rates in cities on the pacific coast when vini visiting ting with the city council last january the seve save al cities on the pacific coast it was made my especial duty to gather sill all information n possible regarding assessment and collection of water rates and water supplies which I 1 did to the best of my ability and which convinced me that the rates in the cities we visited are from 25 to 40 per cent higher than in suit bait lake city the water waier works of portland and seattle beattle are owned by the respective city corporations in tacoma and san baia francisco they are owned by private companies in boo angeles there are two separate waterworks water works owned by two different companies and in san diego a private company owns the waterworks water works and leases it to the city Gorp corporation oration in all these cities the water to is turn furn dished to largo large consumers such as factories breweries laundries ships etc by meter measurement meW rement the price rang ing from 25 c ente cents per 1000 gallons to SI 50 per m mi according to the amount consumed in ech e ch city the rates are monthly rates fates and collected monthly the retes for family use uee vary but little in seattle a family with eight persons persona or leea 1584 is charged 1 per month each additional person 10 cents extra water llobet and bath 26 25 cents each per month in los angeles it a dwelling dwell inK house of three living jiving pays 75 centa and one with ten rooms water cloedt and bath 50 cen cents t a as eboh oh in san diego the rates per m nth tor for a 9 bouse on a lot not more than 25 test frontage and occupied by three persona 90 cents per mouth with lege cg of sprinkling lot for each addi lional person 16 15 cents centa extra per month the larger the lot jot the higher the rate A family living upstairs has to pay 76 75 cents for three persons water closets are 86 85 cents and urinals 26 25 cents the rates fr for family use in san ban francisco and portland are about the same in san ban diego hotels boarding board log and lodging houses are charged from 10 to 16 15 cents for each bed per month and for water closets urinals and baths 1 per month extra in los loa angeles restaurants are charged according to the daily average of people fed for each twenty five people 2 i per day water closets are 1 each per mouth month for foe a horse borse in san ban francisco 40 cents to is charged per mouth month including the washing ot of vehicles and for a cow 20 cents in each city the water used for building pur purposes DOses is charged while here it is free seattle beattle charges for wetting 1000 bricks 20 cents each barrel of lime 16 15 cents plastering 60 square yards 16 15 cents wetting each barrel of cement 10 cents stonework per porch perch 6 5 cents cent in other cities the rates are about the same bakeries are charged everywhere from 6 5 to aj 7 cents for each barrel af pf of flour used no office building pays less than one dollar per mouth month for each office or by meter saloons pay from 2 to 65 6 per month not i 1 eluding clo closes urinals and beer pumps portland assessed taps last year and collected for water rates seattle collected from which after paying all running ex neuses and 6 5 per cent interest on bonds it derived a profit of the spring valley water works of san francisco has miles of water mains and tp tap taps bhore were made out in this office during last laet year bills and over collected san diego has 76 75 miles of the size of pipe ranges from 20 inches to 2 it nae has 2798 taps uses 1270 meters and collected last year lor for water rates in all these cities except san diego street sprinkling wagons are fille i from stand pi pec school houses have to pay for water everywhere except in salt lake city rho fhe collection of rates is much more forced than here and yet all have some losses it seems that it cannot be avoided even with the greatest care san diego lost over last year other cities correspondingly I 1 will commence assessing for the year 1893 and 94 july jtb J budging from last yeara work I 1 will have to be in the field at loset four mouths respectful Respect fu I 1 ly lly su submitted christopher dierl DIEHL assessor and collector coi lector of rates elates SALT LAKE july ath I 1 1893 |
