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politan "Water Companies to the Local Government Board, that the Companies
would do so, as soon as the houses were ready to receive water on
the constant service. If, however, they wait until the houses are made ready
for that purpose by the voluntary act of the owners of tenements, it will be
a long time before such a plan is carried out. So fearful axe the New River
Company of the poor inhabitants wasting water, when supplied on the constant
service, that they do not afford them a sufficient supply for domestic
use; for the Company have determined to permit only a recently-invented
apparatus to be erected, which in several cases does not allow more than a
quart to flow at each turning of the key, and sometimes not even that. Prom
the experience I have had in this matter, I am decidedly of opinion, that
unless the pressure of public opinion be put on the New Eiver Company to
furnish water on the constant service, and then to give a better supply, such
as can be obtained by the use of the screw-down tap, which is really the
best, and I believe the cheapest contrivance, the complaints of the poor will
become more general. It is really most disheartening to see how our efforts
to obtain water on the constant service in the poor localities of this District
are thwarted by the New River Company.
The number of houses in this District which are supplied by the New
Eiver Company is about 900, and of this number there are only 194 supplied
on the constant service; whilst in the district which is supplied by the East
London Company there are upwards of 7000 houses; and I am informed
that nearly the whole of these will, by the end of the approaching summer,
be so supplied.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
15, Geeat Alie Street, JOHN LIDDLE.