352 * 5 * REGU LATIONS ESTABLISHING A SCALE OF WATER RENTS FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK. BY ORDER OF HUBERT O. THOMPSON, COMMISSIONER OF IPTJJBLIC WORKS. “ The said Commissioner of Public Works, shall, from time to time, establish scales of rents for the supplying of Croton water, which rents shall be collected in the manner now pro¬ vided by law.”— Chap. 574, Sec. 5, Session Laivs o/1871. The regular annual rents to be collected by the Department of Public Works shall be as follows, to wit: Croton Water Rates for Buildings from 16 to 50 feet , all others not specified subject to Special Rates , as established by Ordinance of the Common Council , March , 1851. Front Width. 1 Story. 2 Stories. 3 Stories. 4 Stories. 5 Stories. 16 feet and under .... $4 00 $5 00 $6 00 $7 00 $8 00 16 to 18 feet. 5 00 6 00 7 00 8 00 9 00 18 to 20 feet. 6 00 7 00 8 00 9 00 10 00 20 to 22^ feet. 7 00 8 00 9 00 10 00 11 00 22^ to 25 feet.. 8 00 9 00 10 00 11 00 12 00 25 to 80 feet. 10 00 11 00 12 00 13 00 14 00 30 to 37i feet . 12 00 13 00 14 00 15 00 16 00 37^ to 50 feet. 14 00 15 00 16 00 17 00 18 00 The apportionment of the regular rents upon dwelling houses, are on the basis that but one family is to occupy the 2 same, and for each additional family, the sum of one dollar per year shall be charged. Each flat or suit of rooms for one family shall be charged ten dollars per year where they have hot and cold water, stationary wash tubs, bath, and water closet, with the privilege of using meter. Meters will be placed on all houses where waste of water is found, and they will be charged at rates fixed by the De¬ partment for all the water passing through them. The rent of all tenements which shall exceed in width fifty feet shall be the subject of special contract with the Commis¬ sioner of Public Works. The extra and miscellaneous rates shall be as follows, to wit: Bakeries. —For the average daily use of flour, for each barrel, the sum of three dollars per annum. Bathing Tubs in private houses, beyond one, at three dollars per annum each, and five dollars per annum each in public houses, boarding houses, bathing establishments, and barber shops. Boarding Schools shall be charged at the rate of from fifteen to fifty dollars each; and school houses at the rate of from ten to twenty dollars each per annum. Building Purposes. —For each one thousand bricks laid, or for stone-work—-to be measured as brick—ten cents per thousand. For plastering, forty cents per hundred yards. Cow Stables. —For each and every cow, the sum of seventy- five cents per annum. Fountains or jets are prohibited. t 3 For all stables not metered, tlie rates shall be as follows : Horses, Private.— For two horses there shall be charged the sum of six dollars per annum ; and for each additional horse, the sum of two dollars. Horses, Livery. —For each horse up to and not exceeding thirty in number, the sum of one dollar and fifty cents each per annum ; and for each additional horse, the sum of one dollar. Horses, Omnibus and Cart.— For each horse, the sum of one dollar per annum. Horse Troughs.— For each trough on sidewalks, the sum of twenty dollars per annum; each trough is to be fitted with a proper ball cock to prevent waste, this must be kept in order. Hotels and Boarding Houses shall, in addition to the regular rate for private families, be charged for each lodging room, at the discretion of the Commissioner of Public Works. Porter Houses, Taverns and Groceries shall be charged an extra rate of either ten to twenty-five dollars, in the discretion of the Commissioner of Public Works. Lager Beer Saloons, with no water fixtures in the saloon, five dollars per annum. Printing Offices and Befectories shall be charged at such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner of Public Works. Slaughter Houses shall be charged at the rate of five cents for every bullock slaughtered. Steam Engines shall be charged by the horse-power, as follows: for each horse-power up to and not exceeding 4 ten, tlie sum of ten dollars per annum ; for each exceed¬ ing ten, and not over fifteen, the sum of seven dollars and fifty cents each; and for each horse-power over fifteen, the sum of five dollars. The use of hose for washing sidewalks, stoops, areas, house- fronts, and about stables, is prohibited, because it is absolutely necessary to save water for more necessary purposes. Where premises are provided with wells, special permits will be issued for the use of hose, in order that the Police or Inspectors may understand that the permission is not for the use of Croton water. Water Closets and Urinals.— To each building on a lot one water closet having sewer connection is allowed without charge, each additional water closet or urinal will be charged as hereinafter stated. All closets or urinals in which the Croton water from any service pipe or hydrant connecting with a privy vault or man-hole shall be charged two dollars for each seat per annum, whether in a building or on any other portion of the premises. Water Closet Rates. —For hoppers, of any form, when water is supplied direct from the Croton supply, through any form of the so-called single or double valves, hop¬ per cocks, stop cocks, self closing cocks, or any valve or cock of any description attached to the closet, each per year twenty dollars. For any pan closet, or any of the forms of valve, plunger, or other water closet not before mentioned, supplied with water as above described, per year, ten dollars. For any form of hopper, or water closet, supplied from the ordinary style of cistern filled with ball cock, and overflow pipe that communicates with the pipe to the water closet, 5 so that overflow will run into the hopper or water closet, when ball cock is defective, or from which an unlimited amount of water can be drawn by holding up the handle, per year, each, five dollars. For any form of hopper or water closet, supplied from any of the forms of waste-preventing cisterns, that are approved by the Engineer of the Croton Aqueduct, which are so constructed that not more than three gallons of water, can be drawn at each lift of the handle, or depression of the seat, if such cisterns are provided with an overflow pipe, such overflow pipe must not connect with the water- closet, but be carried like a safe waste, as provided by the Board of Health Regulations, per year, two dollars. Cistern answering this description can be seen at this Department. Meters. Under the provisions of section 73, chapter 335, Laws of 1873 (City Charter), water meters, of the pattern approved in accordance with said section 73 of the charter, shall be here¬ after placed on the pipes supplying all stores, workshops, hotels, manufactories, public edifices, at wharves, ferry- houses, stables, and in all places where water is furnished for business consumption, except private dwellings. It is provided by section 73, chapter 335, Laws of 1873, that “ all expenses of meters, their connections and setting, water rates, and other lawful charges for the supply of Croton water, shall be a lien upon the premises where such water is supplied, as now provided by law.” * * All manufacturing and other business requiring a large sup¬ ply of water will be fitted with a meter. 6 Water measured by meter, ten cents per one hundred cubic feet for all manufacturing or other purposes. Rate Without Meters . Per Day, Gallons. Per 100 Gallons, Rate. Per Annum, Amount. 25 05 $3 75 50 7 50 60 “ 9 00 70 10 50 80 u 12 00 90 4 C 13 50 100 11 15 00 150 22 50 200 “ 30 00 250 04^ 33 75 300 04 36 00 350 m 36 75 400 << 42 00 500 52 50 600 63 00 700 - 73 50 800 u 82 00 900 u 94 50 1,000 « ( 105 00 1,500 03 135 00 2,000 021 150 00 2,500 u 180 00 3,000 it 225 00 4,000 02i 280 00 4,500 < ( 303 75 5,000 u 333 50 6,000 02 360 00 7,000 420 00 8,000 480 00 9,000