GARDENS IN SUMMER

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1977, 6 February 1914, Page 8

GARDENS IN SUMMER

\-9 •' ——; USE OF' 'HIE HOSE. . ' A.t tho mating of tho City Council last evening Councillor 11. A. Wright moved:—' "That'permission., bo granted to c'itiaens to Water their gardens through a hose bet-ween the hours of 7 and 8 p.m., during the months of Octobers November. January, .and February, subject to witMraw.a.l by advertiseijie'tii shouldcir-c-umstances 60 demand." Councillor Wright said that- at tho present timo there was -an S-frunchneb of water, and he submitted t-tet it was .unreasonable to expect citizehs to irji-, prove their garden's and beautify tho city if they wore debarred from water-. tag their plots with a hose and ftero restricted, to the- use of a watering-can. He | added that it. would require an army of inspectors to jrrevent the. illegal uso of the hose for garden-watering purposes. The Mayor said that the resolution Would -apply generally, and it was a question whether it should apply to thehigh levels as it cost a considerable sum per thousand gallons to pump Water up to those levels.'. Tho city engineer sftid that if.,water was to be used for gardening purposes on tho high levels there would ho a very heavy bill for pumping, It cost now about £B0 or £i) 0 a. month to pwiip water up to Brooklyn alone. A great number of people wcro provided with meters already, and a considerable amount of rovonue would bo lost if these were dispensed with. His own impres* sion was that - the best courso would bo 'to arrange-,.' if possible, to supply ■meters at a cheaper rate. Councillor W. JF. Thompson seconded Councillor Wright's niotioq.,. . Ho -said that at present there wero 27-1 private meters.' Of tlii.s number 175 producod jio revenue, and tho other 99 produced an aggregate revenue for tho Whole year of £G7 3s. Bd. ' Councillor Barber suggested that a detailed report should bo obtained from tho city engineer. lit-might bo possible to supply free meters. Tiro'city engineer -said that the consuniption of water had go no up from 'i,809,000 gillons to 4.,'8DQ.,00& gallons,. an increase of 2,QQf)-,000 galteis -in the last two years.. •.-' It was ultimately agreed that t-ho. matter should bo allowed to Stand over until nest- meeting.