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In many cases, this would impose a large charge on the poorer classes for the supply of water they required. When it is considered that, in some cases, 20 people live on one floor, the rental of which amounts to $30 per month, it will be seen that hitherto they have obtained their supply at an exceptionally low rate, about 7 cents per 1,000 gallons, or the equivalent of about $0.07.
In order to introduce universal meterage, an initial outlay of about $500,000 would have had to be incurred in providing one meter for each house, and a staff costing at least $20,000 per annum would have been required to supervise and read the meters and perform the necessary clerical work entailed.
It is obvious, therefore, that the price of water would have had to be largely increased in order to provide for this additional expense.
Other disadvantages pertaining to the meter system were that, in most cases, among the poorer classes, several families or separate occupiers live on each floor of a house, and one wasteful individual among them could have caused great expense to all the others. A separate meter for each family or occupier would have been impracticable.
10. Accordingly, I decided to abandon the adoption of universal meterage and to provide for the supply of water to the poorer section of the population by means of fountains in the streets, thus practically bringing the distribution of water in the City into line with that in force outside its boundaries. For the wealthier classes, a supply by house services has been provided for, all such services to be metered and any excess consumption above a certain allowance to be charged accordingly.
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many cases,
would impose a large charge on the poorer classes for the
supply of water they required. When it is considered that, in
20 people live on one floor, the rental of which
amounts to $30 per month, it will be seen that hitherto they
have obtained their supply at an exceptionally low rate, about
.07 cents per 1,000 gallons, or the equivalent of about lệ đ.
In order to introduce universal meterage,
an initial outlay of about $500,000 would have had to be incur-
red in providing one meter for each house, and a Staff costing
at least $20,000 per armum would have been required to super-
vise and read the meters and perform the necessary clerical
work entailed.
It is obvious therefore that the price of
water would have had to be largely increased in order to provide
for this additional expense.
Other disadvantages pertaining to the mater
system were that in most cases mong the poorer classes several
families or separate occupiers live on each floor of a house,
and one wasteful individual mong them could have caused great
expense to all the others. A separate meter for each family
or occupier would have been impracticable.
10.
Accordingly I decided to abandon the adop-
tion of universal meterage and to provide for the supply of
water to the poorer section of the population by means of
fountains in the streats, thus practically bringing the dis-
tribution of water in the City into line with that in force
outside its boundaries. For the wealthier classes, a supply
by house services has been provided for, all such services to
be metered and any excess consumption above a certain allowance
to
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