Water Meters And Water Motors

It is proponed by the water compute brliiií thé extravagant users of water to time by nt tiiiü n water meters t) uieasuro the amount of water instead of maMng n yeaxly contract to sel! water to tliem at 80 much a gallon. 1'rovUliiiff the meters would rejrtetier accura-tely the amount of water osed, the hnuseholders would, as n genera] thing. be the galners by su.h an arrangement. Of course the man wlio koeps the water ruiming all the time would be a eufferer, and he la just the one it is desired to eatcli. liut the average householder uses vei-y little water duriug elght or nine nuoiiths of the year. Take thls 5'ear. l[or insta.nce, there was scarcrly a diop of water ned on lawns imtill the nir.lilli' of JUbe, slnce ttien it bas been neceeaary t uso t frequently, or etee all veitetation would dry np. Just as s'oon as the ratos start in again there will le little water nsrü. There aro many households in the city wliere not o-er four or Hve gallons a day of hydrant water are used on an average, whkh would leave quite a lvandsome amount for use during the two or three Slimmer months on lawns and yards, at the rate of 6 to 10 ets. per 1,000 gallone, whlch we believe is the rato usually charged. A gentleman who i using n motor says that the first week tl' nieter was in his place the number of gallons registered was more than tlie total amount pumped at the works dlirlmg that pertod. He thou'glit the water meter as a lHghtning calculator knocked out all the lnina-an family in that line.