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[Left column] Amended Figures pipes 4500 specials 750 meter 800 motor & pump 3600 [wireing?] 400 Reservoir 3330 [Suction?] 13,730

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Keep Tank so avoid water hammer

Keep tank so cut off at peak hours.

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[Top Left Page] GTR - proprosed arangement

Turbine pump 3/4m per day " " 31,000 per hour reservoir 200 sqr x 12 = 3m

[Bottom Left Page] reducing the reservoir to 1 1/2m would take 3330 of the outlay - or a [Deb.?] of 12,330. making [yearly?] [cost?] 5,017 or 13 3/4 per day

each cent off rental lessens our income 3 1/2 $. per day.

[Top Right Page] 8" main 4500 " specials 750 " meter 800 motor &pump (too low) 2200 [illegible] eng 400 reservoir (3m) 6660 Suction 350 outlay $ 15,660

[Middle Right Page] cost to us 15660 @ 10 p/c for Interest & sinking 1560 fund - 20y [Debentures?]

6 p/c for repairs & renewal 939 65 HP of juice @ 30$ 1950

[Illegible] 3 $ per day 1095 Total - $ 5550 or 15 1/4?] $ per day - a rate of 4 1/2 c for 350,000. gives 15 3/4 $ income or 6 c per 1000 [gives? 25 p/c profit.

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Amber Bro[?] Remainder[?] [Line Drawn underneath text] [Illegible 2 words] 25-4-1910 not respectable [?] or avoidable[?] by WW [Illegible] _ All must be done by the [Illegible] men [Illegible 2 words] or nature[?] earth[?] elements [?]

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R [Illegible] On Friday Jan 26th [Illegible] sent to tho [Illegible] first the weather to [faded text] Al[Illegible] at 8:30 am. [Illegible] at noon I also [Illegible] Helen that he w[Illegible] me to relieve her from [Illegible] [faded text] [Illegible] - Said willing to [illegible] sent[?] my [illegible] At once went [Illegible]

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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.

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[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

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[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. & [c?] by Govt

THURSDAY, 10. [De...tion] of [D...ment?] C...gue?] [f?] large [Institues?] enthusiasm. [Ne?] [Ler?] 5- [Ao?] 25,000 [C?] [?] to 20,000 May 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 Hote] + then walk in [Depot?]. Italians welcoming emigrants. good night on train

SAT - 23 - 4 - 1910 L.V. Late at [Cer?] but made [Sat?] connection - rain heavy in night grass green - yellow shingle river late 1 1/2 onto Louisville - missed FAB. walk met Angus Gordon Murray. 3 bottles. at P.L + read [Sh?] at [Le?] MONDAY, 14. 500 [?] Mr + Mrs Williams. Got ticket [raised?] + Pullman $2.50 SUN - 24 - 4 - 1910 Louisville With Duke [?] WW + [fi?] walk [?] FAB + [Engr?] Williams Walk in Parks in afternoon - left by [?] at 9 1/2 from met [stearns?] the GM. + can chip [h?re?] + chat with the [travelling??] M.M. nil.

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[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

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[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 -

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[Left Column] A TABLE Showing the number of days from any day in one month, to the same day in any other month throughout the year. In leap year, add one day, for 29th February. [ Row title "TO" contains each month of the year from left to right. Column title "FROM" contains each month of the year from top to bottom]

[Beginning of table] To JAN. FEB. MAR. APRIL MAY JUNE JULY AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC
Jan. 365 31 59 90 120 151 181 212 243 273 304 334
Feb. 334 365 28 59 89 120 150 181 212 242 273 303
Mar 306 337 365 31 61 92 122 153 184 214 245 275
Apl. 275 306 334 365 30 61 91 122 153 183 214 244
May 245 276 304 335 365 31 61 92 123 153 184 214
June 214 245 273 304 334 365 30 61 92 122 153 183
July 184 215 243 274 304 335 365 31 62 92 123 153
Aug 153 184 212 243 273 304 334 365 30 61 92 122
Sept. 122 153 181 212 242 273 303 334 365 30 61 91
Nov. 61 92 120 151 181 212 242 273 304 334 365 30
Dec. 31 62 90 121 151 182 212 243 274 304 335 365
TERMS AND COURTs. Hilary, 1st Monday in February to Saturday of ensuing week. Easter, 3rd Monday in May to Saturday of 2nd week thereafter. Trinity, 1st Monday in Aug. after 21st of said month to the Saturday of the following week. Michaelmas, 3rd Monday in November to Saturday of 2nd week thereafter. Assizes-Twice in ech year in every county ot union of counties in Ontario, between Hilary and Easter Terms, and between the 21st of August and Michaelmas Term. In the County of York there are two additional Courts, one in the vacation between Easter Term and the 1st of July, and the other in the vacation between Michaelmas and Hilary Terms, and in the County of Wentworth there is one additional between Michealmas and Hilary Terms. Sittings of Courts of Assize may be held separate and apart from the Courts of Oyer and Terminer, and either on same or different say, and sittings may be held in any County for trial without Jury whenever directed by the Courts. County Courts.-Sittings commence on 2nd Tuesday in June and December, except in York where there are four, commencing respectively on the 2nd Tuesday in March, May, Sepy. & Dec. Long Vacation from 1st July to 21st August. BANK HOLIDAYS. Ontario.- New Year's Day; Good Friday, Queen's Birth Day; Christmas Day. Quebec.-New Year's Day; Epiphany; Annunciation; Good Friday; Ascension; Corpus Christi; St Peter's; St. Paul's; All Saints; Conception; Christmad and Queen's Birth Day; also, any day appointed by Proclamation for a General Fast or Thanksgiving. [Right column] [Left side] January 1876. Moon's Phases D. H. M. First Quarter 4 10 06 M Full Moon.. 11 1 05 M Last Quarter 18 3 32 M New Moon.. 26 8 24 M February 1876. Moon's Phases.
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