Canadian engineer . 57,000, making a total of $1,287,000 exclusiveof the duplicate intake pipe. At Cleveland, Ohio, with Lake Erie as a source ofsupply, the general metering of the services was decidedupon in igoi, at which time about six per cent, of the ser-vices were metered, the per capita consumption per day be-ing- one hundred and sixty-nine gallons, or one hundredand forty-one Imperial gallons. The reduction effected inthe consumption was as follows : Year,igoi190219031904190S1906190719081909igio With fifty per cent, of the services metered the con-sumption was only reduced seven p
Canadian engineer . 57,000, making a total of $1,287,000 exclusiveof the duplicate intake pipe. At Cleveland, Ohio, with Lake Erie as a source ofsupply, the general metering of the services was decidedupon in igoi, at which time about six per cent, of the ser-vices were metered, the per capita consumption per day be-ing- one hundred and sixty-nine gallons, or one hundredand forty-one Imperial gallons. The reduction effected inthe consumption was as follows : Year,igoi190219031904190S1906190719081909igio With fifty per cent, of the services metered the con-sumption was only reduced seven per cent. ; with seventy-five per cent, metered the reduction was twenty-five per cent.,and with practically all of the services metered, forty percent, reduction. Number of Percentage Gallons Services Metered. per Capita 56,816 58,852 60,627 64,137 69,128 72,225 74,490 7(^,777 80,686 Plan SnOAing Proposed Extensions to PriSent Plant on the Island. The foregoing estimate will include a new forty-eight-inch force main from the pump house to Front Street, withconnections to existing mains. Waste Prevention.—The problem of waste prevention bythe installation of meters, and efficient inspection, has notbeen considered in detail by this board, so far as Torontois concerned, as it is understood that the city is taking upthe question by means of a special committee. It is con-cluded, however, from the experience of this board, that thegeneral metering of the domestic supply, with a minimumcharge for each service, would reduce the per capita con-sumption by approximately one-third, and that the cost ofinstalling the meters would be than compensated forby the reduction in the cost of delivery. Furthermore, theexisting plant could be made to supply a third more popu-lation than at present. The main argument that is now urged against theadoption of
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