WATERPHONE.
The waste of water through the medium of leaky faucets or defective joints in house service pipes is an important item to water companies not only in places where a flat rate prevails, but where meters are used, as in the latter case it results in numerous claims of overcharge on the part of consumers. A little device known as the waterphone. and sold by E. J. Hussey & Co., 80 John street, Manhattan, New York, will instantly reveal any such waste, by placing the end of the waterphone against the pipe, when the flow or drip in any part of a building or street is instantly heard.
The waste of water through the medium of leaky faucets or defective joints in house service pipes is an important item to water companies not only in places where a flat rate prevails, but where meters are used, as in the latter case it results in numerous claims of overcharge on the part of consumers. A little device known as the waterphone. and sold by E. J. Hussey & Co., 80 John street, Manhattan, New York, will instantly reveal any such waste, by placing the end of the waterphone against the pipe, when the flow or drip in any part of a building or street is instantly heard.
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