Logan Nation | 1901-12-14 | Page 5 | Water Supply of American Cities

Water Supply of American Cities. New York city's average daily supply sup-ply of water for the three boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn and The Bronx is 340,000,000 gallons, and the consumption con-sumption of Queens and Richmond brings Up the total to 350,000,000 gallons, gal-lons, a larger quantity than is used by any other city in the world and nearly as much as Is used by any other two American cities. The daily supply o Chicago is 285,000,000 gallons, of Buffalo, Buf-falo, 187,000,000; of Cleveland, 65,000,-000;' 65,000,-000;' Philadelphia, 290,000,000; St. Louis, 60,000,000; Boston, 80,000,000; Cincinnati, 40,000,000; San Francisco, 30,000,000; Newark, 25,000,000; Denver, 4o!o00,000; Milwaukee, 25,000,000; Baltimore, Bal-timore, 50,000,000; Omaha, 20,000,000, and Washington, 50,000,000.