Key to the exercises of Latin prose writing

by Maurice Whittemore Mather

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 ...reservoir site were more thoroughly stripped, as a precautionary measure for preventing the deterioration of the quality of the water, the cost of construction on the $1.35 per day basis would be reduced to $37,637,000; the annual cost of operation and maintenance to $1,567,000, and the cost of the water per million gallons to $9.33. On account of the large area of this reservoir, the value of the land required is difficult to estimate closely. Should so large a sum as $4,000,000 be added to the cost of construction, as given in the estimates, it would increase the cost of the water only 72 cents per million gallons. The unfiltered water of the Wallkill, so far as danger from pollution by pathogenic germ life is concerned, would, in my opinion, be better than the present Croton water. In view of the cheapness of the supply, however, even when filtered and delivered in two independent aqueducts, it would seem wise to filter it at the start, keeping in view the fact that the standard of quality of water supplies for populous districts is higher than it was a few years ago, and is at present lower than it will be a few years hence, when popular agitation shall have taught an indifferent public the economic value of pure water. Cost of Construction. For a daily supply of 460,000,000 gallons from the Wallkill River, the water to be filtered and delivered into new covered reservoirs at New York, 310 feet above sea level. XI. Discussion Of Estimates Of Cost. The cost of construction of the four aqueduct lines, with labor at $2.00 per day, is given in some detail in the following TABLE IX. With labor at the average rate of $1.35 per day, the costs would be as given TABLE X. For the purpose of comparison the foregoing have been rearranged in Table XL,...

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Published January 1, 2012