The Windsor Magazine 12-1911 vintage

Page 112

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The hours when ereryame is in lad in a certain district are dearly between midnight and 6 a.m.

done is noted. This method is proceeded with until each street supply has been cut off, and the section is what is known as "closed." From time to time a man goes back to the watcher at the meter, and takes his record of the meter, while the turncock, if instructed by the superintendent, occasion­ ally turns on a hydrant in any particular street to make sure that the supply has been oroperly cut off. If by any chance the street

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tested ha* not been properly isolated, the water will, of course, gush out of the hydrant. As each c e t is turned off, the superintendent, or one of his detectives, listens for a leak by placing his stethoscope, which is a metal rod about a yard Ion?, with a sound-magnifying apparat ns similar to a telephone earpiece at the end, on the turncock's key. If there is a defect in the main, a peculiar hissing sound can be heard. After they have closed the

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In Brushmeid Street, where the common lodgimglumses are situated, tie chart show» that He population asleep. Orer 5'SjQ gallon* per hovr it reckoned at ihe night line for this district.

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