SAN FRANCISCO WATER SUPPLY.

SAN FRANCISCO WATER SUPPLY.

The Spring Valley Water company favors an independent system to supply water for the fire protection of San Francisco, according to the annual report of Captain Payson, president of the company. He claims that the most perfect sys tem of fire protection from the mains is inconsistent with the demands of a domestic supply. Both purposes can be best served by separate systems of underground conduits. The increase in income since the fire has been larger than was expected. The number of services for October, 1906, was tlie greatest in the history of the company for a single month. The total number of customers on April 18, 1906, was 53,560; lost by the fire, 23,263—leaving a balance of 30,927; renewed since April, 7.597; total number at present, 37,894. The consumption of water in the city is surprisingly large, although there has been, and is an enormous leakage through connections left open in the burned district. Referring to tlie proposed additional water supply the company has in contemplation, he said that he estimated that the plans for the proposed new line will be capable of a delivery of over 40,000,000 gals, a day to the city, while the present flow is about 20,000,000. The follow ing directors of the Spring Valley Water company were elected: A. H. Payson, J. M. Quay, Homer S. King, F. B. Anderson, 1. W. Heilman, Jr., M. B. Kellogg, J. Henry Meyer.

The Spring Valley Water company favors an independent system to supply water for the fire protection of San Francisco, according to the annual report of Captain Payson, president of the company. He claims that the most perfect sys tem of fire protection from the mains is inconsistent with the demands of a domestic supply. Both purposes can be best served by separate systems of underground conduits. The increase in income since the fire has been larger than was expected. The number of services for October, 1906, was tlie greatest in the history of the company for a single month. The total number of customers on April 18, 1906, was 53,560; lost by the fire, 23,263—leaving a balance of 30,927; renewed since April, 7.597; total number at present, 37,894. The consumption of water in the city is surprisingly large, although there has been, and is an enormous leakage through connections left open in the burned district. Referring to tlie proposed additional water supply the company has in contemplation, he said that he estimated that the plans for the proposed new line will be capable of a delivery of over 40,000,000 gals, a day to the city, while the present flow is about 20,000,000. The follow ing directors of the Spring Valley Water company were elected: A. H. Payson, J. M. Quay, Homer S. King, F. B. Anderson, 1. W. Heilman, Jr., M. B. Kellogg, J. Henry Meyer.