COST OF PUMPING ONE MILLION GALLONS OF WATER,
(From Annual Reports, 1880.)
| CITY. | MILLIONS | AVERAGE | COST OF | COST OF PUMPING ONE MILLION GALLONS. | ||
| OF GALLONS | LIFT | COAL | FOR | FOR | FOR | |
| PUMPED. | IN FEET. | PER TON. | WAGES. | COAL. | REPAIRS | |
| St. Louis, Mo. | 9944 | 50. | $2.66 | $1.57 | $2.85 | $ .15 |
| St. Louis, Mo. | 9857 | 225. | 2.66 | 3.17 | 8.19 | .31 |
| Charleston, Mass. | 3434 | 150.8 | 4.81 | 2.03 | 5.73 | .09 |
| Boston, Mass. | 856 | 116.4 | 5.07 | 4.32 | 4.82 | — |
| Philadelphia, Penn. | 13232 | 124. | 3.34 | 2.64 | 3.72 | .41 |
| Philadelphia, Penn. | 7887 | 100. | 3.34 | 1.33 | .10 | .35 |
| Columbus, O. | 912 | 175. | 1.37 | 8.10 | 3.48 | .16 |
| Chicago, Ill. | 12354 | 104. | 4.00 | 1.73 | 3.36 | .10 |
| Chicago, Ill. | 8648 | 98. | 3.60 | 2.32 | 2.67 | — |
| Dayton, O. | 387 | 127. | 2.70 | 16.68 | 8.88 | — |
| Brooklyn, N. Y. | 11196 | 163. | 4.40 | 3.03 | 5.27 | — |
| Pawtucket, R. I. | 325 | 262. | 4.86 | 7.57 | 5.51 | — |
| Toledo, O. | 1193 | 160. | 2.28 | 4.32 | 4.63 | — |
| Montreal, Can. | 3095 | 165. | — | — | — | — |
| Montreal, Can. | 452 | 165. | — | 7.28 | 8.85 | 3.02 |
| Lowell, Mass. | { 771 | 165. | 4.40 | 3.07 | 4.25 | .20 |
| { 52 | 166. | 4.40 | 3.74 | 5.54 | — | |
| Cincinnati, O. | 2325 | 171. | 2.79 | 6.53 | 5.38 | 2.06 |
| Cincinnati, O. | 4959 | 245. | 2.86 | 4.00 | 7.66 | 1.59 |
| Cincinnati, O. | 563 | 293. | 3.15 | 12.50 | 8.49 | 2.69 |
| CITY. | COST OF PUMPING ONE MILLION GALLONS. | COST PER MILLION | REMARKS. | |
| FOR | TOTAL. | ONE HUNDRED | ||
| STORES. | FT. HIGH. | |||
| St. Louis, Mo. | $ .18 | $4.75 | $9.50 | Low service. |
| St. Louis, Mo. | .36 | 12.03 | 5.34 | High service. |
| Charleston, Mass. | .30 | 8.15 | 5.40 | — |
| Boston, Mass. | .47 | 9.69 | 8.30 | High service. |
| Philadelphia, Penn. | 1.49 | 8.27 | 6.68 | Steam. |
| Philadelphia, Penn. | .20 | 1.98 | 1.98 | Water. |
| Columbus, O. | .41 | 12.15 | 6.90 | Holly. |
| Chicago, Ill. | .49 | 5.68 | 5.42 | North works. |
| Chicago, Ill. | .36 | 5.15 | 5.24 | West works. |
| Dayton, O. | — | 28.36 | 22.33 | Holly. |
| Brooklyn, N. Y. | — | 10.84 | 6.65 | — |
| Pawtucket, R. I. | .50 | 13.58 | 5.17 | — |
| Toledo, O. | — | 9.25 | 5.77 | — |
| Montreal, Can. | — | 1.98 | 1.20 | Water. |
| Montreal, Can. | 1.05 | 20.20 | 12.53 | Steam. |
| Lowell, Mass. | { .32 | 7.84 | 4.73 | Morris engine. |
| { .20 | 9.48 | 5.69 | Worthington engine. | |
| Cincinnati, O. | .40 | 14.37 | 8.40 | Low service. |
| Cincinnati, O. | .42 | 13.67 | 5.58 | Middle service. |
| Cincinnati, O. | .65 | 24.33 | 8.30 | High service. |
STAND PIPE.
New York has a stand-pipe, for high service use, 170 feet high.
Cleveland has a stand-pipe 148 feet high, 36 inches in diameter.
The stand-pipe at Louisville is 48 inches in diameter, 132 feet high, made of ¼ to ½-inch wrought-iron plates, the whole incased in wood.
The Mt. Auburn High Service at Cincinnati is supplied by two wrought-iron tanks (which answer the same purpose of stand pipes), each 60 feet in diameter and 38 feet high, and made of wrought-iron sheets 50″ by 140″, ¼″ to 7-16″ in thickness. The water surface is 483 feet above low water. The cost of each tank was $15,000.