Barnett_diary_1876_with_1910_entries

[top of left page] Jan. FRIDAY, 28. 1876. [year crossed out] 1904 [centred below FRIDAY, 28.] WATER COMMS

organized noon 14th Jan

STAFF $ [organized into to columns, in which the name is on the right and the number is on the left] P McMable 60 J Robertson 55 A Scully 45 S [Goyant?] 45 Trethewey - 500 equal W Collins steady 22 1/2 cents

SATURDAY, 29. [centred]

Coal 1905 = 2 1/2 tons bare per day

Duty 2/3 of a million galls.

135 galls per lb of Coal

SUNDAY, 30. [centred]

[top of right page] Jan. MONDAY, 31. 1876. Water meters - on 17-1-1907 [whole] [following is in two columns, in which the first word is in column one and the second is in column two] [blank] London Barrow . Hamilton Rus]- Toronto Ker Ottawa Belcher Peterbo[u] [Daicco] Berlin [horizontal line] J H Kellu & Sons [centred] Mansion House " Stable 2 meters & desire a Feb. TUESDAY, 1. 1876. [centred] combined reading & refund.

AUDITOR Deny [man?] thinks we pay $ 100 per yr & then 25$ per quarter.[h]eff-

WESTINGHOUSE See if repair & run daily to burn coal.

METERS ONLY for new service - start when WEDNESDAY, 2. [centred] monthly reports - as follows Coal & comparison Inspction of house service Income comparison Outgo " Services - pipes, meters & hydrants first in -

[top of left page] Feb. THURSDAY, 3. 1876. SlippAge if main gate valve was ever shut down so as to test what percentage is allowed at S D for slip ?

PLUMBERS BOOKS gone thro by inspector to see what services & FRIDAY, 4. [centred] taps they had put in

GATES & shut offs - is there any record where located ? it took 6 1/2 hours in NY to locate & shut off a broken 48" main - what gates are now shut ?

SATURDAY, 5. [centred] Is any part of the main now buried not giving service.

make tracery of plan showing gate valves

Do all gate valves open in same direction & with

[top of right page] Feb. SUNDAY, 6. 1876. same key?

See [McNabb's?] record of where the new gates & valves are put in

See if we or some foundry will not make patterns of "T connection sleeves ?" Spare material on hand now for emergency repairs following break-downs .

Leaks MONDAY, 7. Leaks

Was any charge made for water used in St. washing during the weeks experiment.

Meters & people represented by Nos. on all records & returns

Used build-up folio account book hereafter.

meters TUESDAY, 8. should be read monthly to save squabbling & stealing

Interest on Bank Deposit go to Abbott when DMF returns to [illegible]

Instead see if it is added each month on Bank Book

If our By Laws passed & recorded in minutes

[left page] Feb. WEDNESDAY, 9. 1876. Japan - Adopt education [oct?] correspondence school, [many?] to US. 5g Ottawa 1600 x 50 [?] 80,000 [p?] 20,000 550 27,500 600 [P?] 5,000 [B?] 1,000 50,000 St. [?] 1,200 6,000 Do this work by P.L. & [exm?] by Govt

THURSDAY, 10. [De...tion] of [D...ment?] C...gue?] [f?] large [Institues?] enthusiasm. [Ne?] [Ler?] 5- to 25,000 [C?] [?] to 20,000 [?] from [?] to 30,000

FRIDAY, 11.

[right page] Feb. SATURDAY, 12. 1876.

N. ORLEANS TRIP - 1910 Hat 1 - shirts 2. 40, brush [?]5 = 3.65

FRI - 22 - April 1910 DETROIT Roll lawn - dig - purchases Knox Stores Left at 10 am to D - expenses at D. (ticket 41.80) 1.20. [pink?] flowering trees. Rain saunter far up Michigan Ave. Left parcel at S.Army to call for with my name on it.

SUNDAY, 13. evening in Grand Union Hotel + then walk in [Depot?]. Italians welcoming emigrants. Good night on train

SAT - 23 - 4 - 1910 L.V. Late at [Cinti?] but made [Satona?] connection - rain heavy in night grass green - yellow shingle river late 1 1/2 into Louisville - missed FAB. walk met Angus Gordon Murray. 3 [settles?]. at P.L + read [Shk?] in [Limmericks?] MONDAY, 14. 500 [with?] Mr + Mrs Williams. Got ticket [raised?] + Pullman $2.50 SUN - 24 - 4 - 1910 Louisville With Duke [over?] WW + [fields?] walk with FAB + [Engr?] Williams Walk in Parks in afternoon - left by train at 9 1/2 pm. Met [Stearns?] the GM. + [saw?] [chief Engr. ?] + chat with the travelling M.M. nil.

[LEFT COLUMN] Feb. TUESDAY 15. 1876 MON Travelled all day to [Josh ?] with conf Veterans- Bands playing way down in Dixie #1 said to be in [7?] [?] Had to take [putlan?] models to N. Orleans 50- food 26- walk long distance to get room 50 $1.25

TUES- 26-4-1910. N.O. room 50- breakfast [dinner?] 25- WEDNESDAY,16 Convention met - [Milne?] &c met- spoke for first time in Convention [?] old book store but found nothing supper 25r stamps 10- 170

WED- 27 N.O. Walked [Rampart?] St. & got 3 books @ 15g- short convention- & then elections which I devoted to book hunting THURSDAY 17 by car to filtration plant luncheon there at City Hall too late- found [sharing?]. Lecture by [Hazen?] on Springfield W.U. + Panama Canal - walk chat with stenograph[er?] Brown on sex- 95.

[RIGHT COLUMN] Feb FRIDAY, 18 1876. THURS 28- N.O. S.A. Books from English woman 1.00 Books from [stout?] old man 1.00 City Hall 18th report W.W. & filters morning session. royal [?] [search?] Boat trip - Allison Theatre - walk 3 [scribble]

FRI- 29 N O book searching but no SATURDAY, 19 result- live session of Convention. left 5 1/4 from 25-5-5 20-15 arrive at Mobile 10 3/4 [?] long walk to get bed- registered twice of double bedded rooms (at Windsor) (I think) -65

SAT 30 MOBILE good breakfast for 25c - 1.00 1.00-25-10- left 1 p.m. good talk with Texan woman SUNDAY 20 who knows FORBES- [?] heavy parcels of books refused at baggage for [checking?]. hot sun on side of car- arrive [Montgomery?] 5:50 from Capitol & walk-[much?] [?] social life sun. 25 = 2.88

SUN 1 MAY 1910 Montgomery 1-208 [cheque?] valise to Birmingham walk under the Ry Subway with Supt. [?] level Gauge in it

Feb. Monday, 21, 1876 warm sun - good breeze - [Birmingham?] noon after that with Miles builder born at [Erie?] Ont. Car ride to S Consly ironworks relaxed bowels - 70c got reclining chair - - 1.90

MON. 2-5-1910 [?] Breakfast (simple) 60c in car Saw FAB at Depot. - In Cincinnatti about 12[?] noon. 35 c - TUESDAY 22. left at 3 pm] Conductor objecting to book parcel.. Dayton. 20-25-60 rain wait 8 1/2 to 11 in Depot 2.00

TUE 3-5- Detroit arrivee 645 am - 35 - valise to GTR - hunt. 50-15 -1.95 - car 5 -

WEDNESDAY, 23.