FACTS AND REGULATIONS FOR CONSUMERS of WATER Issued by the DEPARTMENT of WATER SUPPLY, GAS and ELECTRICITY CITY OF NEW YORK CONTENTS. Offices of the Department and Locations of Repair Stations 2 Source of Water Supply 2 Facts of Interest to the Consumer 3 Payment of Water Bills 4 How to Read a Water Meter and Ascertain if it is Registering. . . . 4-5 Water Waste Facts 6 Testing Electric and Gas Meters 8 Rules and Regulations Governing the Use of Water 9 Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library Gift of Seymour B. Durst Old York Library DEPARTMENT OF WATER SUPPLY, GAS AND ELECTRICITY. New York City, January 1 , 191 1 . To The Citizens of New York City: — This pamphlet is issued for the purpose of saving the tax- payer money by calling public attention to certain valuable information concerning the consumption of water and the regulations governing its use. Persons receiving these pamphlets should retain them for future reference, for by so doing they will save themselves unnecessary trips to the main offices of the Department to obtain the often needed information which they contain. I wish to call special attention to the vigorous campaign against water waste now being made by this Department. Taxpayers and water users are urged to co-operate with the Department in its efforts to eliminate costly water waste. By your co-operation you will not only help the City, but yourselves. Respectfully, HENRY S. THOMPSON, Commissioner. OFFICES OF THE DEPARTMENT. Information Relating to Matters Concerning the Department can be Obtained at the Following Offices: Manhattan, 13-21 Park Row Tel. 8520 Cortland t . The Bronx, Municipal Bldg., 1 77t h St . and 3d Ave " 3400 Tremont. Brooklyn, Municipal Bldg., Joralemon Street " 3980 Main. Queens, Municipal Bldg., Court Sq., Long Island ("it v. " 1900 C.reenpoint. Riclnnond, Borougli Bldg., St. (ieorge, S. I " 840 Tompkinsville. LOCATIONS OF REPAIR STATIONS. A corps of men is attached to the following stations to attend, night and day, to the repair of water mains and hydrants. Manhattan and The Bronx. No. Location. Telephone 1 128 Worth Street 1293 Worth. 2 212 West 35th Street 360 Murray Hill. 3 427 East 87th Street 221 Lenox. 4 Sylvan Place and 121st Street 96 Harlem. 5- a 3482 Park Avenue 3400 Tremont. 6- a Webster Avenue and 201st Street 3400 Tremont. 6-b 506 West 185th Street 233 Audubon. 7 St. Peters and Westchester Avenue 3400 Tremont. Brooklyn. East New York. . .137 Jamaica Avenue 8 East New York. Western District. . .98 North Portland Avenue 174 Main. Eastern District. . .335 Berry Street 1152 Greenpoint. Coney Island Avenue V and East 14th Street 112 Coney Island. Richmond. 1 Castleton and Columbia Avenues, West New Brighton. .315 West Brighton. 2 Little Clove, Richmond Turnpike, West New Brighton. . 112-R W. Brighton. 3 Main Street, Tottenville 35 Tottenville. Queens. Willet Street, near Franklin Avenue 192 Astoria. Levitt Street, near State Street 71-J Flushing. SOURCE OF WATER SUPPLY. If you live in Manhattan or The Bronx the water you receive comes from the Croton watersheds by gravity through more than thirty miles of masonry conduit, or from Bronx and Byram watersheds through fifteen miles of 4S-inch cast iron pipe. These watersheds are over 382 square miles in area, 360 square miles being in the Croton watershed. The water is held in fourteen reservoirs, from which about 340,000,000 gallons are drawn eaeli day for the use of the Boroughs of Manhattan and The Bronx. In The Bronx about one-half of the people receive Croton water and the other half water from the Bronx and Byram Rivers. R , . In Brooklyn about eighty per cent, of the supply comes from wells and roo yn - g na t uni ijy filtered. The remainder comes from small streams on the south side of the island, the watershed extending to the Suffolk County line. About 190 square miles of watershed furnish the supply which amounts to 150, 000, 000 gallons daily, all of which is pumped. This is exclusive of the supply of Flatbush and Borough Park, which is furnished by private companies from wells. n In Queens the City supplies only the First and Third Wards. The queens. water j g takpn from ( j riv( , n wplls an(1 ave rages about 14,000,000 gallons daily. Private companies supply the rest of the Borough. D . , , In Richmond. City-owned wells furnish the supply which amounts to Richmond. s - ()0 ()0I) gallons daily. Manhattan, and The Bronx. 2 FACTS OF INTEREST TO THE CONSUMER. _ The sources of supply air all carefully patrolled and samples taken Ch daily from various points are examined and analyzed at the laboratories maintained by the Department. ~ ,. Taste and odor in the water are caused by invisible portions of plants Quality that ;uv not | lunnful to hra , th g . Except after a heavy rain, dirt in the water is usually caused by iron pp y ' rust and other sediment in the street pipes, house pipes or tanks, being stirred up by unusually large drafts from mains, such as is caused by opening a street hydrant. p The City is not legally required to deliver water at a pressure greater ressure. than is necessary to carry the water into the basements of houses. Effort is made, however, to maintain a pressure sufficient to raise water to the levels of top floors of buildings of average height . Complaints of lack of pressure should be sent to the main office in your Borough. , ■ If you notice a leaking hydrant or escape of water from a street main, please telephone 8520 Cortlandt, the headquarters of the Department, or 3100 Spring (Police Headquarters). In this way the proper district foreman will be notified and action taken. INSPECTION OF PREMISES. Do not allow any person claiming to be a Water Inspector of this Depart- ment to enter your premises unless he wears the regulation uniform of the Department and shows the official Department Badge with the words "Water Inspector" and his number thereon. Where Special Inspectors are detailed to make examinations, when not in uniform, they are required to present a letter from the Water Registrar that the bearer is an employee of the Department. All Inspectors are requi red to wea r the official Badge of the Department. 3 PAYMENT OF WATER BILLS. Bi..s Payab.e. i water hills arc to be made at the Bureau of aeh Borough. The Cashier is the duly author- zed agent of the W ater Registrar and the only person empowered to receive payments. Frontage Rates. or by letter by Ordinances). Meter Rates. (30) days after Remittances By Mail. Frontage Rate 1'ills are due and payable annually in advance on the first day of May in each year and arc rendered cither personally the Bureau of Water Register. (Section 283 of the General Bills for water measured by meter are due and payable when ren- dered. Water may be shut off if meter bills remain unpaid thirty 3 time they are rendered. Postage is required for the return of receipted bills, otherwise they will be held subject to order. To facilitate this prompt return addressed and stamped envelopes should accompany checks. Hours for Collection. Avoid Mistakes. f the Bureau of W r ater urday, 9 A. M. to 12 M. Money will be received by the Cashic Register from 9 A. M. to 2 P. M. daily; Payments tendered in person other than at the hours specified will not be accepted. The official designation of property is by Section or W ard, Block and Lot Number (District and Plot, Borough of Richmond). Con- sumers should examine their bills carefully to see that they are paying on the right property by comparing the Section, Block and Lot on the water bill with the tax maps. p . Section 476 of the New York Charter states: "The annual rates ena y ' which are not paid to the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, before the first day of August in each year shall be subject to an additional charge of five (5) per centum and those rates not paid before the first day of November in each year shall be subject to a further additional charge of ten (10) per centum." Payments must be received during the hours for collection on or before the last business day of July and October, or interest will be charged as provided in the Charter. Complaints. Complaints made to the Commissioner or Deputy Commissioners of the different Boroughs will receive immediate attention. THE USE OF HOSE. The use of hose is prohibited except when the supply of water is fully metered and permits have been issued by the Department. (Subject to fine, see Rule 9) HOW TO READ A WATER METER AND ASCERTAIN IF IT IS REGISTERING. Consumers are advised to learn how to read a water meter that they may have the necessary information relative to their consumption of water. 1. Before attempting to read a water meter, see that it is registering. To do this you must turn on the water and allow it to pass through the meter. If the meter is registering, the pointer on the lowest dial will move; but if it does not move under these conditions, you should notify the W'ater Department at once, as this will tend to lessen disputes as to charge for water consumed while your meter was out of order. 2. Commence reading the meter by noting carefully the value of the unit in which the dial reads. This is indicated by each dial. These figures indicate the value of one complete revolution of the pointer, therefore, each division of a dial repre- sents one-tenth of the amount marked against each dial. It should further be noted that one complete revolution of a pointer of any dial is equal to one division of the dial of next higher value. 3. Care must be taken to note the direction of movement of the pointers which rotate on alternate dials in opposite directions. 4 4. Read the dials commencing with the one marked 10 and continue in the order shown by figures on outside of each dial, setting down the figures as read,. i. e., the reading of the 10 dial in the units column; that of the 100 dial in the tens column, etc. 5. Always set down the figure, on each dial, that lias been passed last or is just covered by the pointer. Note Carefully. As the reading of each dial depends upon the reading of the one of next lower value, care must be taken, when the pointer of the dial being read is close to or covering a figure, for unless the dial of next lower value has completed a revolution or passed the 0, the pointer which is being read has not completed the division upon which it may appear to rest and the last figure which it has entirely passed should be set down on the record. 6. When the meter has registered its full capacity, that is, one complete revolution of the highest dial, it returns to and starts again. Whenever this happens, place in front of the reading of all the dials, the figure 1. You must do this in order to obtain the present reading. 7. Subtract from the present reading the previous reading and calculate the differ- ence at ten cents (10 cents) per 100 cubic feet, and you have the amount of your bill in dollars and cents. There are two types of meter dials. One a direct reading dial which needs no in- struction. The other is shown below: Dial 10 Reads 5 100 40 " 1,000 300 10,000 8,000 100,000 90,000 The reading is 98,345 cu. ft. The City charges for metered water SI 00 per 1,000 cubic feet. Meters will be installed and repaired by City plumbers on the failure of property owners to have this work done within the time specified by Department orders. The cost of such work will become a lien upon the property. IF YOUR BILLS SEEM TOO HIGH LOOK OUT FOR WATER WASTE. 5 WATER WASTE FACTS Each citizen of New York must either directly or indirectly, whether bis supply is metered or not, pay towards the cost of water. That is, water wasted even by consumers whose places are not metered becomes a burden on them through the necessity for increased taxation. The active co-operation on the part of consumers to check the waste of water would help to reduce this expenditure and will be of great general benefit to the City. When closing your house for any period of time see that the water is turned off to insure against a leak occurring during your absence. Consumers should inspect their meters frequently to guard against leaks which are often the cause of water bills being larger than the consumer expects. To determine the presence of hidden leaks consumers should occasionally close all outlets and observe the meter to see if it registers or not. Do not neglect leaking toilets, for a leaky toilet will waste from $10 to $30 worth of water a year. This leak may occur without being visible, but can be detected by listening on the pipe leading from the tank or on the tank itself. If care is exercised when installing piping, to keep the hot water and cold water pipes at least a foot apart, it will be unnecessary to let a faucet run to get a cool drink. Do not allow roof tanks to overflow. This is a very important source of water waste an 1 can be eliminated by providing tanks with ball cocks. (Subject to fine, see Rule 3.j Some consumers leave the faucets open on cold nights to prevent freezing of water pipes. This is a violation of the Department rules. Pipes should be properly protected and the City water saved. (Subject to fine, see Rule 3.) If consumers notice that their meters are damaged or not registering, they may save themselves much trouble and the necessity for the averaging of bills over Long periods of time, if they will report trie fact immediately to the Bureau of the Water Register. Consumers will save themselves expense by faking precautions to keep their meters protected from dirt and violence. 6 t£> Drip, Drip, Drip, of a Leaking Faucet will WASTE ANNUALLY from $2.00 to $6.00 Worth of Water. WATER FLOWING THROUGH AN OPENING THE SIZE OF THE EYE OF A NEEDLE, one thirty-second of an inch in diameter and under a pressure of thirty-nine pounds, will amount on a meter rate basis, to $11.68 ANNUALLY This example illustrates the large amount of water which may be wasted through small leaks where the general idea is that the leak is too insignificant to warrant attention. 7 SECTIONS OF PIPE SHOWING SOME CAUSES OF WATER WASTE AND REDUCED PRESSURE These illustrations show only a few of the many causes of the waste of water, as well as the reduced pressure resulting from the bad condition of service pipes and house fixtures. Figure 1. The Effect of Corrosioi on Black Iron Pipe which has been Eaten through. This is a very rommon form of leakage. Iron Pipe Damaged by Unequa Settlement. In this case the fracture is longitudinally along the seam and readdy admits of large leaks. 2. A Leaking Wiped Joint. Due to poor workmanship. of Corrosion and Leakage. This one-half inch pipe is so corroded that the open- g would scarcely admit of a very small stream. Examples of Badly Corroded Service Pipes. y occurs that the failure of water to reach ;ven the second story of a building is caused of pressure, in the street mains, but by ice pipes. Figure 6. The Effect of Electrolysis on Lead Service Pipe. The lead has been eaten completely away in one place permitting of a considerable leak. In consequence of corrosion and leakage, cases are frequently found where the pressure on the street main as taken at the hydrant, is forty-five pounds and that on the first floor of an adjacent dwelling is only three or four pounds. This condition when dis- covered can be corrected only by replacing the old service pipe by a new one. It can be prevented to a great extent when the service is first laid by exercising care in the selection of materials used and by procuring good workmanship. TESTING ELECTRIC AND GAS METERS. Electric Meters. Any householder or tenant of a house or building can have his electric meter tested by writing by registered mail to the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Elec- tricity and enclosing two dollars ($2.00). If the meter does not comply with the legal requirements, the two dollars will be returned. If the meter does comply with the legal requirements the two dollars will not be returned. In either case a full re- port of the test will be sent to the applicant for the test . Gas Meters. Gas meters are not tested by this Department. They will be; tested if a request is made to the Public Service Commission of the First District. LAWS, ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE USE OF WATER IN NEW YORK CITY. The following extracts from the Charter of Greater New York and the Code of Ordinance of the City of New York relating to the use and supply of water are pub- lished for the information of water consumers: CHEATER NEW YORK CHARTER. § 473. The Hoa rd of Aldermen shall hereafter have all power, on recommendation of the Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas ami Electricity, to fix and toestahlish a uniform scale of rents, and charges for supplying water by The City of New York, which shall be apportioned to different classes of buildings in said city in reference to their dimensions, value, exposures to fires, ordinary use for dwellings, stores, shops, private .stables and other common purposes, number of families or occupants, or consumption of water, as near as may be practicable, and modify, alter, amend and increase such scale from time to time, and to extend it to either descriptions of buildings and establish- ments. All extra charges for water shall be deemed to be included in the regular rents, which shall become a, charge and lien upon the buildings which they are respectively imposed, and if not paid, shall be returned as arrears to the Collector of Assessments and Arrears. Such regular rents, including the extra charges above mentioned, shall be collected from the owners or occupants of all such buildings, respectively, which shall be situated upon lots adjoining any street or avenue in said city in which the distributing water pipes are or may be laid, and from which they can be supplied with water. Said rents, including the extra charges aforesaid, shall become a charge and lien upon such houses and lots, respectively, as herein provided, but no charge? whatever shall be made against any building in which a water meter may have been or shall be placed as provided in this act. In all such cases in which a water meter may have been or shall be placed in any building as provided in this act, except as hereinafter provided, the charge for water shall be determined only by the quantity of water actually used as shown by said meters, except as otherwise provided bi- section four hundred and seventy-five of this act. § 475. The Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity is authorized, in his discretion, to cause water meters, the pattern and price of which shall be approved by the Board of Aldermen, to be placed in all stores, workshops, hotels, manufactories, office buildings, public edifices, at wharves, ferry houses, stables, and in all places in which water is furnished for business consumption, and, if authorized thereto by resolution or ordi- nance of the Hoard of Aldermen, in all apart ment houses, tenements, flat houses and private dwellings, so that all water so furnished therein or thereat may be measured and known by the said department, and for the purpose of ascertaining the ratable portion which consumers of water should pay for the water therein or thereat received and used. Thereafter, as shall be determined by the ( oinmissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Elec- tricity, the said department shall make out all bills and charges for water furnished by them to each and every consumer as aforesaid, to whose consumption a meter as aforesaid is affixed in ratable proportion to the water consumed, as ascertained by the meter, except that when by any cause or reason the meter shall fail to register correct- ly, or shall by any defect cease to record the water passing through it, or where said meter shall have been removed from a building for repairs, or for any other reason, then the Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity shall be authorized to charge for the water between the interruption of the registry of said meter, at the average daily registration of water indicated by said meter for the period of three months subsequent to its repair or resetting after it has been properly repaired and reconnected to the service pipes, on his or her premises or place occupied or used as aforesaid. All expenses of meters, their connections and setting, water rates and other lawful charges for the supply of water shall be a lien upon the premises where such water is supplied as now provided by law. Nothing herein contained shall be con>trued so as to remit or prevent the due collection of arrearages or charges for water consumption heretofore incurred, nor interfere with the proper liens therefor, nor of charges, or rates, or liens hereafter to be incurred for water consumption in any dwelling house, building or place which may not contain one of the meters aforesaid. The moneys collected for expenses of meters, their connections and settings, shall be applied by the Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity to the payment of expenses incurred in procuring, connecting and setting said meters. § 470. The annual rents which are not paid to the Department of Water Supply, (las and Electricity before the first day of August in each year shall be subject to an* addi- tional charge of five per centum, and those rates not paid before the first day of Novem- ber in each year shall be subject to a further additional charge of ten per centum. 9 CODE OF ORDINANCES CITY OF NEW YORK. § 282. The Minimum Annual Rents and the Special Charges to be Collected by the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity Sh^ll be as Follows, to wit: Front Width. 1G feet and under 1(5 to IS feet 18 to 20 feet 20 to 22 i feet 22^ to 25 feet 25 to 30 feet 30 to 37i feet 37 1 to 50 feet 1 Story. 2 Stories. 3 Stories. 4 Stories. 5 Storie! $4 00 85 00 SO 00 87 00 $8 00 5 00 6 00 7 00 8 00 9 00 6 00 7 00 8 00 9 00 10 00 7 00 8 00 9 00 10 00 11 00 8 00 9 00 10 00 11 00 12 00 10 00 11 00 12 00 13 00 14.00 12 00 13 00 14 00 15 00 16 00 14 00 15 00 1(5 00 17 00 IS 00 The apportionment of the regular frontage rates upon dwelling houses is on the basis that but one family is to occupy (lie same, ami for each additional family one dollar per year shall be charged. Building Purposes — Ten cents per 1,000 brick. All masonry at the same rate, 500 brick being equal to one cubic yard. Plastering — Forty cents per 100 square yards, openings not included. Baths — All baths three dollars per annum. Water-closets and Urinals — of every description, two dollars per annum. One water-closet and one bath in each house supplied free of charge. Steam lighters and tugboats, H. P per year 890 00 Steam lighters and tugboats, L. P per year 45 00 Pile drivers and hoisting engines per month 5 00 Steam yachts per month 5 00 All others per month 5 00 Water boats supplying shipping per month 25 00 METER RATES. Water meters shall be placed at the discretion of the Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, for all stores, workshops, hotels, manufactories, office buildings, public edifices, on wharves, ferry houses, and in all places where water is furnished for business consumption, except private dwellings; the charge for water measured by meter to be ten cents per 100 cubic feet. All charges not herein mentioned or fixed are reserved for special contract by and with the Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity. § 283. All rents for the use of the water shall be paid in advance at the time of applying for the water and before any permit is issued; to be calculated up to the first day of May succeeding; and all rents shall continue to be collected in advance on the 1st day of May annually, so long as the contract exists; and no contract for the supply of water shall be binding for a longer period than until the second succeeding 1st day of May after such contract is entered into. § 290. No person or persons, except such as may be licensed by the Commissioner of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity to sell water to shipping, shall take the water from any hydrant or water connection erected or to be erected in The City of New York, and attached to the water pipes, for the purpose of using the same on any boat, vessel, barge or pile driver, or for the purpose of selling or offering the same for sale to the owner of any boat, vessel, barge or pile driver, without first having obtained permission in writing from said Commissioner under penalty of twenty-five dollars for each offense, to be recovered against such person or persons or such owner or owners of any such boat, vessel, barge or pile driver in an action to be prosecuted by the Corporation Counsel. § 291. No person other than an employee of the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, or of the Fire Department, shall be permitted to use the large or double fire hydrants placed throughout the city for the use of the Fire Department, and any street sprinkler, sweeper or cleaner or other person or persons not connected with either the Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity, or the Fire Depart- ment, found tampering with or using any of said hydrants, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined the sum of twenty-five dollars, and in default of payment thereof shall be punished by imprisonment for a period not exceeding ten days. § 289. All persons contracting for a supply of water shall pay the cost of the ma- terials and labor used and expended on the streets necessary to make the connection 10 with the conduit pipes, or pay such annual interest thereon as required by the rules and regulations of the Commissioner of Water Supply, (las and Electricity. No street shall be opened, or pipes bored, or connections made, unless under the direction of the said Commissioner, under the penalty of fifty dollars for each offense. § 294. No person or persons shall use the Croton water for washing streets, side- walks, steps or buildings from May 1 to November 1 following in each year, after 8 A. M., and from November 1 to May 1 following after !) A. M., under the penalty of five dollars for each offense. § 295. Any person or persons who shall obstruct the access to the different Mop- cocks connected with the water pipes by placing thereon stone, brick, lumber, dirt or any other materials, or who shall permit any such materials to be placed thereon by those in his or their employ, shall be subject to the penalty of fifty dollars for each offense, with an additional sum of twenty-live dollars for each day the same shall be continued after notice of removal shall have been served. MINIMUM OF EXTRA AND MISCELLANEOUS RATES WHERE SUPPLY IS NOT METERED. Under a provision of the ordinance previously quoted, establishing a scale of water rates, these charges arc imposed by and may be altered at the discretion of the ( 'ommissioner. A number of the following specified charges are for water which properly should be metered. These prices are fixed as a basis of computing the charge for water used between the time of the beginning of such use and the time at which the supply is properly metered. BAKERIES — Each oven three dollars per annum. RARBER SHOPS.— Each, up to and including three chairs, five dollars per annum. For each additional chair one dollar per annum. BARGES (without steam) — Each five dollars per annum (water for domestic use only). BATH TUBS — Five dollars per annum, each, in barber shops, public houses and bathing establishments. Combination stationary wash tubs, having a movable division in the centre or capable of use for bathing; shower baths not installed over bath tubs, and Sitz baths shall he charged the same as bath tubs. BOILERS OR STEAM PLANTS. PE RM A NE NT — (Except those used exclusively for heating purposes). Shall be charged according to rated boiler horse power, as follows: For each boiler horse power up to and including ten, a charge will be made at the rate of ten dollars per annum. For boiler horse power above ten and up to and including fifteen, a charge will be made of one hundred dollars per annum, plus seven dollars and a half per annum for each horse power above ten and up to and including fifteen. For boiler horse power above fifteen, a charge will be made of one hundred and thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents per annum, plus five dollars per annum for each horse power above fifteen. In estimating the boiler horse power the heating surface of the boiler will be the measure employed. The heating surface will be defined as that surface, or those surfaces, of the walls of the boiler, of whatever form, which are in contact with water on one side and fire or heated gases on the other. Where these walls are curved or of irregular form, the larger area will be the one employed. The following units will be used in estimating boiler horse power from heating surface : Square Feet of Heating Type ok Boiler. Surface per Boiler Horse Power. Plain cylindrical boilers 8 Flue boilers (all types) ' 10 Water tube boilers (all types i 10 Locomotive type boilers 10 Vertical fire tube boilers 12 Horizontal fire tube boilers 14 All others not classified 12 11 BOILERS, NOT PERMANENT — The rates for hoisting, steam rolling, dredging, ereeting, hauling, pile driving, derricks, diggers, conveyers and all floating or portable steam plants shall be as follows: Up to and including 25 horse power $5 00 per month " " " " 50 " " ./J 8 00 " " " " " " 75 " " 12 00 " " " " " "■ 100 " 15 00 " " Above 100, at the rate of fifteen cents per horse power per month. Horse power to be determined in like manner to that of permanent boilers. BOILER TESTING — All boats, in addition to paying the regular fixed charges shall pay an extra charge of $100 per annum when engaged or employed in furnishing water in the testing of boilers in other boats. BOTTLING ESTABLISHMENTS— Each bottle washing apparatus or machine, ten dollars per annum. BUILDING PURPOSES— All masonry five cents a cubic yard. CANAL BOATS (without steam) — Each five dollars per annum (water for domestic CAISSON SINKING AND AIR COMPRESSORS — Ten cents per hundred cubic feet of water. CONDENSERS — Ten cents per hundred cubic feet of water. CONSERVATORIES— Same as florists. DEMOLITION — For wetting down while buildings are being demolished a charge shall be made equal to one-fourth of the annual frontage rate charged against each building. DINING SALOONS OR RESTAURANTS— Each five dollars per annum. FISH STANDS— Each five dollars per annum. If live fish are sold, other than shell fish, twenty-five dollars per annum. FLORISTS— Each five dollars per annum. GAS ENGINES, ETC. — Using unmetered cooling water and wasting same in part, or in whole, will be charged for at the rate of six dollars per brake horse power per annum. In estimating the brake horse power the maximum actual output of the engine will be taken. HOISTING ENGINES — According to horse power of boilers, minimum charge five dollars per month. HORSE TROUGHS — For each trough and for each half barrel or tub on sidewalk or street, twenty dollars per annum. LAUNDRIES — Each wash tub or washing machine or apparatus four dollars per annum. LIGHTERS (steam) — H. P. and L. P. same as H. P. and L. P. tug boats. LIQUOR AND LAGER BEER SALOONS— For each bar, ten dollars per annum. An additional charge of five dollars per annum for each wash box, and for each beer pump fifty dollars per annum. (See Rule 10). MILK DEPOTS — For the purpose of washing cans or bottles, each washing machine or apparatus, seven dollars and fifty cents per annum. MOTOR WATER BOATS— Charged according to tank capacity of each boat as follows: 3,000 gallons or less, $7.50 a month; over 3,000 gallons, but not exceed- ing 6,000 gallons, $15.00 per month; over 6,000 gallons, $25.00 a month. PHOTOGRAPH GALLERIES— Each faucet or outlet five dollars per annum. PILE DRIVERS — According to horse power of boilers, minimum charge $5.00 per month. SODA, MINERAL WATER AND ROOT BEER FOUNTAINS— Each five dollars per annum, one wash box allowed; for each additional wash box, $3.00 per annum. SODA, MINERAL OR CARBONIC WATER MANUFACTURING— For each machine or apparatus, retail, $10.00 per annum; for each machine or apparatus, wholesale, $100.00 per annum. STABLES— Each stall $1.00 per annum. TUG BOATS (steam) — H. P. and L. P. according to horse power of boilers, mini- mum charge $90.00 per annum. WATER BOATS (steam) — Charged according to tank capacity of each boat as follows : 12,000 gallons or less $25 00 per month 12,000 to 20,000 gallons 37 50 20,000 to 30,000 gallons 50 00 30,000 to 40,000 gallons 62 50 40,000 to 60,000 gallons 75 00 60.000 to 100,000 gallons 100 00 12 WASH DRILLS — Ten cents per hundred cubic feet of water. YACHTS (steam) — According to horse power of boilers, minimum charge $5.00 per month. GREATER NEW YORK CHARTER. § 478. The rules and restrictions for the use of the water printed on each permit shall be notice to the water takers, and shall authorize the exaction and recovery by process of law of any penalties which may be imposed in addition to cutting off the use of the water for any violation of the rules, and this section shall be printed on such permits. RILES, REGULATIONS AND PENALTIES. 1. No consumer will be allowed to supply water to other persons except with written permission previously obtained from this Department. 2. No alteration whatever in the piping, in or about any service-pipe, or meter, shall be made, or be caused to be made without notice thereof being previously given to anil written permission obtained from tliis Department. 3. All persons taking water shall keep their service-pipes, stop-cocks, ball-cocks, fixtures, meters and apparatus in good repair, and protected from frost at their own expense, and shall prevent all waste of water. For violation of this rule a penalty of $2.00 is fixed in addition to those specified in rule 48. 4. Applications for water must state fully and truly the purposes for which same is to be used; and applicants or consumers must answer without concealment all ques- tions put to them relating to its consumption. Applications and all information furnished shall be in affidavit form where required by the department. 5. The bills for water supplied by meter shall be rendered as often as practicable and are due when rendered. 6. If payment of any charge is not made within thirty (30) days from date when it is due and payable the Commissioner may shut off the water unless the method of collection is otherwise prescribed by law. 7. The use of hose inside of buildings for any purpose whatever is allowed only where the premises are fully metered. 8. Hose-bibbs or connections outside of buildings are prohibited except where the premises are fully metered. 9. The use of hose outside of buildings is not permitted except where the premises are fully metered, and a special permit obtained from this Department. Permits will be issued yearly free of charge, upon application, for use of hose for sprinkling or washing of sidewalks, stoops, areas, house fronts, yards, court-yards or gardens. Permits must be shown on request of Police or Inspectors of this Department. Hose to be used under these permits must be water-tight and provided with a stop- cock at the nozzle. For violation of this rule a penalty of So. 00 is fixed in addition to those specified in rule 48. 10. No hydraulic ram, engine, syphon or other appliance, except as provided in Rule 11, requiring for its operation the pressure from the street main or the consumption of water, will be allowed to be used except where the supply is metered. 11. In cases of water pumps in the operation of which it is necessary to use water for cooling cylinders, the discharge from these jackets shall be connected to the pump discharge. 12. All roof tanks shall be provided with automatic devices for shutting off com- pletely the water supply when they are filled. 13. No fixtures for the watering of horses will be permitted in the street or on the sidewalk, except where the supply is metered. Such fixtures and their connections must be kept in good order, and the water not allowed to waste or overrun the sidewalk or street, or to become dangerous in winter by freezing in and about them. 14. The opening of fire hydrants is allowed only by special permit. 15. Fountains or jets are allowed only where the premises are fully metered. 16. Swimming tanks and plunge bat lis are allowed only where the premises are fully metered. 13 17. Application must be made to this department for any additional plumbing fixtures in any building except where t lie premises are fully metered. IS. In cases where it becomes necessary to meter a building or portion thereof, credit will be given on meter account for frontage rate payments, which may have been made; in advance, for the period intervening between the date of the setting of the meter and the ending of the water year, viz., April 30th. 10. The officers of this Department personally, and every person by them delegated for the purpose, must have free access at proper hours to all parts of every building, boat or place in which meters are located or water delivered or consumed. Every Inspector of this Department will have his badge plainly visible on the outside of his coat. 20. Inspectors of this Department or any other person delegated for that purpose by the Commissioner must be allowed inside of buildings, to shut off the water supply for the purpose of inspection or in order that repairs or alterations to water mains, pipes or stop-cocks, etc., may be made. At least one hour's notice of such shut-off will be given and the supply will be turned on again as quickly as possible. 21. Permits to use shipping hydrants are granted for six months. No extensions will be granted for boats that may have been laid up. No unexpired permits will be transferred to other boats. 22. Bills for expenses or charges in connection with meters and for w r ater furnished through them, and permits required therefor and all information in reference thereto, can be obtained at the Bureau of Water Register. 23. Owners of buildings or property, any portion of which is covered by meter, are required to notify the Bureau of W ater Register of the proper names and addresses to which bills, notices, etc., regarding such meters should be mailed. 24. In all cases where a payee desires the refunding of payments made in error, or of credits on meter accounts, it is necessary for him to file in the Bureau of Water Register all receipted bills in question, together with an affidavit setting forth the reason for the request, the fact that he made such payments, and that he is the proper person to receive the refund. 25. No seal placed by this Department for the protection of any meter, valve, fitting or other water connections shall be defaced or broken except on written authority from this Department. It must be distinctly understood that the responsibility for the proper safeguarding of these seals is on the owner and consumer. 26. In any premises where water can be obtained through more than one metered service, this Department reserves the right to shut off and seal any service on which the meter is not in good order or from which it may have been removed for repairs. 27. Wherever a building has a supply of water from more than one street main, all service pipes entering the same shall be controlled by check-valves. 28. Licensed plumbers of this city and employees of this Department are the only persons authorized to make connections with water mains or to set or remove meters. 29. All plumbers shall make a monthly report to the Bureau of Water Register of the different fixtures connected or disconnected by them in premises other than new buildings in course of erection. This report must be made under oath to the Water Register on the first day of each month. Official forms can be obtained on application to this Department. 30. Every new or repaired meter before being placed, must be sent tagged with a memorandum of the owner's or purchaser's name, residence or place of business, to the Department Testing Station to be tested. It will be returned within forty-eight hours upon the presentation of the plumber's permit from this Department and the written order of the owner or his agent giving the name of the plumber who is to receive and set it. 31. Plumbers after obtaining from the owner of the meter proper order on Test- ing Station to deliver a meter, must make written application to the Bureau of Water Register for permission to set same, giving style and size of meter and a full descrip- tion of the premises to be metered. 32. Whenever a meter is removed for any cause whatsoever without permission, the Commissioner will require that it be reset or another put in its place. 33. All meters are to be placed under the supervision and to the satisfaction of the Commissioner or such person as he may designate, so that they may be easily examined and read. In all buildings which are to be fully supplied through meters, the meters shall be set as nearly as possible at the point of entry of the service pipes. The service from said point to the meter must be kept exposed. X 14 34. All stop-cocks, valves or curb-cocks required to be installed under these rules must be of a pattern ami material approved by this Department. 35. Between each meter and the water main a stop-eoek or valve must be placed on the service pipe within one foot of the meter. 30. In setting or resetting meters larger than one inch there must he a valve on the outlet side of the meter in addition to the inlet valve. 37. In setting or resetting li inch and '_' inch meters, a full size tee must be placed at the outlet between the meter and the outlet valve, with a short nipple in the tee and a cap on the nipple. 38. In setting or resetting all meters 3 inches and larger a tee with a 2-inch opening must be placed at the outlet between the meter and the outlet valve, a short nipple in the tee and a 2 inch valve on the nipple. The placing of these tees and valves is to allow the Department to test meters without removing them from the pipes, thus saving expense to consumers. 39. In setting or resetting all meters, their connections must be made by couplings, unions or flange unions, on both inlet and outlet and these connections must be bored for sealing. Holes for seal wires must be not less than 3-32 of an inch in diameter. 40. No street shall be opened for work on service pipes or connections, or water mains tapped, or service pipes laid, without written permission from this Department. Only persons licensed to perform this class of work will receive such permission. The particular person to be employed will be named in each case in the permit. 41. Xo water shall be introduced or used in any premises, or part thereof, which has been metered in accordance with the rules of this department, except that which passes through the meter. 42. Xo tap of a greater capacity than 5-8 of an inch for each 25 feet of frontage will be granted. 43. Xotice must be left at the Bureau of Water Register by the plumber, fixing the day on which he wishes a tap or plug inserted. This notice must be given at or before 3 o'clock P. M. at least one day previous to the excavation for the insertion of said tap or plug. No tap will be driven until the service shall have been laid. 44. The opening must be made 2 feet each side of the main 3 feet long and six inches clear under main, and be free from water so that the tapper can do his work properly. 45. All new service pipes of 2 inches in diameter or less, shall be of "AA" lead of the following weight : f 2 1 lbs. per foot. r 3* " " " 1 ' 4J » " » 1J* 5| " " " ir 7* " " " 2 ' 9 " " " Service larger than 2" must be of "AA" lead or double strength galvanized iron. This material must be used from the tap all the way into the building or to a point where the service is fully metered. A stop-cock must be placed at the street curb encased in a cast iron box with cover at the level of the sidewalk pavement. Each new service must be laid in a straight line from main to curb-cock, and this line must be at right angles with the main to which it is connected. 46. All abandoned taps shall be drawn from water mains and plugs inserted in their stead at the expense of the owner of abutting property towards which the tap faces. 47. Any plumber who shall be guilty of a violation of any of the rules, regulations or requirements governing the distribution of the water will be suspended immediately and further permits to him refused. 48. In case of violation of any of the preceding rules, requirements and regulations, or any of the Laws or Ordinances relating to water supply, or if it shall be found that a meter has been tampered with, the water supply will be shut off and any advance payments forfeited, unless such additional charges as the Commissioner may impose are paid promptly. Xor will the supply be re-established except upon payment of the expense of shutting off and turning on, and upon satisfactory assurance that no future cause for complaint shall be given. 15 PENAL CODK. § 651a. Unlawful interference with water motors, water service pipes and their connections — A person who, wilfully, with intent to injure or defraud: 1. Breaks or defaces, or causes to Ik- broken or defaced, the seal of a water meter; or, 2. Obstructs, alters, injures or prevents, or causes to be obstructed, altered, injured or prevented, the action of any such meter or other instrument used to measure or register the quantity of water supplied to or consumed by any person, corporation or company: or, 3. Makes or causes to be made any connection by means of pipe, conduit or other- wise with the water main or service pipe of any person, corporation or company furnishing water to consumers, in such manner as to take water from said main or service pipe without its passing through the meter or other instrument provided for registering or measuring the amount or quantity of water taken from said main or service pipe; or, 4. Makes any connection or reconnection with the water main or service pipe of any person, corporation or company furnishing water to consumers; or turns on or off, or in any manner interferes with any valve, stop-cock or other appliance belonging to said person, corporation or company, without obtaining from such person, corporation or company, a written permit to make such connection or reconnection or to turn or otherwise interfere with said valve, stop-cock or other appliance; or, 5. Prevents, by the erection of any device or construction, or by any other means, free access to any such meter by the person, company or corporation furnishing such water; or interferes, obstructs or prevents, by any such means, the reading or inspection of such meter, is guilty of a misdemeanor. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. The meters approved for use by the Board of Aldermen are the Worthington Piston Water Meter, the Crown Water Meter, the Thomson Water Meter, The Trident Water Meter, the Nash Water Meter, the Standard Water Meters, the Hersey Disc Water Meter, the Hersey Rotary Water Meter, the Worthington Disc Water Meter, the Key- stone Water Meter, the Trident Crest Water Meter and the Worthington-Turbine Water Meter. PreM ol CLARENCE S. NATHAN Mew York 432-11-75,000 (X)