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W i \ *» 5 ?— pressure and a safety feeder I*? having two poin ts of Ingres* instead o f one as a t present. -lie m s contoEiplatas laying, of 16-inch line rath er than 24-inch as sta ted in ?!r. Knickerbocker * a l e t t e r o f n r il 4th, Wh ieh would e f fe c t a propotl onate decrease in expendi ture r e - attired* I f th is plan i s approved, i t world n e c e s sita te laying of lin e i s sot wore than two in sta llm en ts. I t appears Im perative that s e ctio n from r e s e r v o ir i t old Highway be la id th is yea r. I f d esired , construct!on of that* section from Highway to Stewart itrest could be deferred «n t 11 n@;il y ea r, as present lin o from Highway to master meter in S a ilr .ad yard i s In na«*r-'hat better cor51 tion than balance Of the jie, In concoction with present rood lin e s , sec t ie r s which have been removed 5nd5.CEto th at sand in water has had an extremely abrasive e ffe c t, c a t lin g deep in c is io n s *'Meh, no doubt* cause high "riction lo s s . At such times as i t become3 necessary to replace distribution lin e s , I t should be done w ith cast iro n pipe. General: iho extrem*ly large per capita ccnsiatmtion is due to a number o f oontributini? fa c to rs ? F irs t, the existing State Law prohibiting use of meters or other measuring devices fo r water ftrnished Individual users in c itie s in excess of 4,500 population. Second, extreme climatic ooniitions, combined with lonw growing seasons and a highly porous s o il. fh lr d , large leakage losses due to wooden lin e s.