Analysis of the evidence in favour of the constant supply system : given before the Health of Towns Commissioners, with remarks thereon / by Thomas Wicksteed.

  • Wicksteed, Thomas
Date:
1846
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Credit: Analysis of the evidence in favour of the constant supply system : given before the Health of Towns Commissioners, with remarks thereon / by Thomas Wicksteed. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    and tear,) 3s. 9d. per annum extra, if the constant supply were not adopted at Nottingham. Now, it is very difficult to reconcile statements founded upon the cost of materials in different lo- calities, and also depending upon the mode that various individuals may adopt to attain the same end. The following estimate is that of one of the most respectable contractors in London, who has been employed for years in pipe laying, and who has in- variably given satisfaction, both in the metropolis and in the country, to those employing him. 1st. The cost of a ^-inch ferule, 24 feet of ^-inch lead pipe, and a ^-inch ball cock, will amount to £1. Is. 9d. 2nd. The cost of a wine butt, holding 100 gal- lons, will amount to 17s. 6d. 3rd. The cost of a ^-inch ferule, 24 feet of ^- inch lead pipe, and two ^-inch common cocks, will amount to £1. Is. 9d. The cost, therefore, for fittings, upon the inter- mittent plan, will be £1. 19s. 3d., and upon the con- stant plan, £1. Is. 9d., or 17s. 6d. less for the constant supply; and this at 10 per cent, is equal to Is. 9d. per annum, or i^ths of a penny per week, or of less than a j of a farthing per diem for each tenant supplied; and this is the amount of which the public are to be disburdened by the intro- duction of the system of constant supply. It has, however, been shown that the average rate for water in several towns in Lancashire was 3s. 3d. per c 2
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