COST OF PUMPING ONE MILLION GALLONS OF WATER,

(From Annual Reports, 1880.)

CITY.MILLIONSAVERAGECOST OFCOST OF PUMPING
ONE MILLION GALLONS.
OF GALLONSLIFTCOALFORFORFOR
PUMPED.IN FEET.PER TON.WAGES.COAL.REPAIRS
St. Louis, Mo.994450.$2.66$1.57$2.85$ .15
St. Louis, Mo.9857225.2.663.178.19.31
Charleston, Mass.3434150.84.812.035.73.09
Boston, Mass.856116.45.074.324.82
Philadelphia, Penn.13232124.3.342.643.72.41
Philadelphia, Penn.7887100.3.341.33.10.35
Columbus, O.912175.1.378.103.48.16
Chicago, Ill.12354104.4.001.733.36.10
Chicago, Ill.864898.3.602.322.67
Dayton, O.387127.2.7016.688.88
Brooklyn, N. Y.11196163.4.403.035.27
Pawtucket, R. I.325262.4.867.575.51
Toledo, O.1193160.2.284.324.63
Montreal, Can.3095165.
Montreal, Can.452165.7.288.853.02
Lowell, Mass.{ 771165.4.403.074.25.20
{ 52166.4.403.745.54
Cincinnati, O.2325171.2.796.535.382.06
Cincinnati, O.4959245.2.864.007.661.59
Cincinnati, O.563293.3.1512.508.492.69
CITY.COST OF PUMPING
ONE MILLION GALLONS.
COST PER
MILLION
REMARKS.
FORTOTAL.ONE HUNDRED
STORES.FT. HIGH.
St. Louis, Mo.$ .18$4.75$9.50Low service.
St. Louis, Mo..3612.035.34High service.
Charleston, Mass..308.155.40
Boston, Mass..479.698.30High service.
Philadelphia, Penn.1.498.276.68Steam.
Philadelphia, Penn..201.981.98Water.
Columbus, O..4112.156.90Holly.
Chicago, Ill..495.685.42North works.
Chicago, Ill..365.155.24West works.
Dayton, O.28.3622.33Holly.
Brooklyn, N. Y.10.846.65
Pawtucket, R. I..5013.585.17
Toledo, O.9.255.77
Montreal, Can.1.981.20Water.
Montreal, Can.1.0520.2012.53Steam.
Lowell, Mass.{ .327.844.73Morris engine.
{ .209.485.69Worthington engine.
Cincinnati, O..4014.378.40Low service.
Cincinnati, O..4213.675.58Middle service.
Cincinnati, O..6524.338.30High 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.