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June 1 s t 000,000 June 30th 091,991 T o t a l, June 91,991,000 d a le J u ly m a t 242,144 T o t a l, J u ly 3U50#163#G00 « Aug* m e t 378,804 T otal# 111 136,060,000 e The meter r e g is t e r s I n thousands* The reason the C harleston meter re a d in g * a re not ©orroot and cannot be c o rre c t under present circum stances I s because o f the type o f meter used end method o f o p eratio n * In c u r work, we use septum* t r id e n t meters o f the compound type* w ith a h tgh ~ d u ty -d ia l and a lo w -d u t y -d la l, which are f a i r l y accurate in measuring flo w s* the R a ilro a d Company uses a Sparling#- which i s p robably a lr ig h t under s u ita b le conditions# but taxis type o f m eter can be made to run ba<&~ wards o r have i t s re a d in g s d is t o r t e d by m erely running two o r th ree inches in the bottom o f the m imeh pipe# causing the im p e lle r wheel to revolve a t the same v e lo c it y as though the pipe were f u l l . Thus w* a re g e tt in g charged w ith 6 m illio n g a llo n s p e r day in duly# approxim ately the t a i l c ap a city o f ft e l l s 10 and 11 combined, Whan a s a m atter o f fa c t maybe on ly one ten th o f that amount i s m im in g p ast the meter in the bottom o f the pipe# catching the t ip o f the im p e lle r and causing I t to sp in . The q u estio n w i l l n a tu ra lly a rise # why d o n 't we x have s im ila r tro u b le w ith the -Sparling m eters a t Clarfe S tre e t and Ogden S treet * W ell# in th ese two oases we have & p ip e f t i l l o f w a te r, ahead o f the m eter. On C h arleston , the meter [ i s in s t a lle d a t the head o f the l i n e in ste a d o f a t the fo o t / O f the h i l l # and the r e s u lt i s the l i n e w i l l never be f u l l where i t passes the meter# except when we o p erate the b o o s te r pumps a t C harleston r e s e r v o ir n est year* j I f you w ish to r e v is e your June, J «3 y and August d e liv e ry fig u r e s downward on the b a s is o f Mr. S e r f ' s e s t l * mated production fig u re s # we s h a ll o f course be d & igh ted # as ou r w ater b i l l i s now o v e r #6500*00 p e r month# and w i l l probably be much h ig h e r when the A u d itor in c lu d e s in the •has Vegas Water f a c i l i t i e s Account* the v a lu e o f the new 24 inch lin e- and r e s e r v o ir con structed t h is year*