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-. PE ad B x -- AR with 12.12% last year, and this also is only an apparent increase due to ac- June 25, 1927 WINNETKA TALK tage regulation and accuracy of consum- ers' meters, keeping well within the standards established by the Illinois Commerce Commission for electric utili- ties. In order to insure uninterrupted ser- vice, the department has purchased and stored approximately 2,000 tons of coal at Wau Bun station, to be used as a re- serve in case of interruption of coal sup- ply resulting from the present coal strike in the bituminous field. The investigation of machine billing was completed during the year and the installation put into effect on about Oc- tober 1st. By this system, all bills for regular Village service, including elec- | tric, water and garbage and ash removal | service are billed out in single state- | ments, more convenient for the customer, « and adding greatly to the efficiency an Li accuracy of office accounting. By the | installation of this system, the ofice or- | ganization has been reduced by one em- | ployee, and considerable reserve capacity is provided for future growth without ad- | ditional office expense. | WATER DEPARTMENT The outstanding facts pertaining to the water department are as follows: 1. Consumption of water, including Glencoe, was 555,713,000 gallons, a de- crease of 7% from the previous year. However, this gs only an apparent de- crease in consumption, as the change from quarterly to monthly billing, under the new billing system, transferred a con- siderable amount of consumption in March this year to the following fiscal period. It is believed that the total con- sumption would otherwise show a slight increase over the previous year 2. The total pumpage was practically previous year, the same as for the namely 681,093,000 gallons. Weather conditions account for the foregoing figures, inasmuch as the summer of 1925 was unusually dry, whereas 1926 has been a wet year, except during short periods in the summer. This pumpage amounts to 116 gallons per day per capita, as compared with about 350 gal- lons per day consumed in Chicago, where metering is not employed generally. 3. The gross revenue of the water department was $96,949, an apparent de- crease of 10% from the previous year, also caused by the change in quarterly billing. 4. Operating expenses were $56,128, or $680 less than the previous year. 5. Net income after deducting depre- ciation of $10,536 was $30,285. After adding general tax income of $7,800 and deducting amount paid for filtration plant bonds and interest, namely $7,650, and including hydrant rental refund of $1,600, the operating surplus for the vear was $28,835. 6. During the year $48,364 was spent for property improvements and replace- ments, including the following principal items: New 30-inch protection 8 Suction line for steam pump ... 1,009 Filter plant storage reservoir ad- dition Office equipment for machine bill- ing system (portion) ......... 2,625 Gives Current Figures After deducting the foregoing expendi- tures, there remains in the Water Fund a deficit of $59,099 and a surplus in the Water Depreciation Fund of $58,945, subject to auditor's adjustments; mak- ing a net deficit in the water department of $154. It will be recalled by the Coun- cil that this condition is due to the fact that in 1922 a deficit of about $95,000 was incurred for the construction of the original filtration plant, which deficit has now practically been wiped out. 7. The unit cost per thousand gal- lons sold was 12¢ even, as compared with 11.16¢c last year, this being only an apparent increase because of account- ing changes mentioned. 8. The number of water meters in service on April 1, 1927 was 2,368, an increase of 130 for the year or 69%. 9. The loss of water from distribution was 18.49% of the pumpage, as compared intake and shore counting changes affecting consumption billed out during the fiscal year. Negotiations were had with Glencoe authorities with regard to the termina- tion of their contract on September 1, 1927, but after a number of conferences it became apparent that we were unable to offer them a rate which appeared to them to be advantageous, and we have been notified that it is their expectation to construct their own plant during the present year, terminating their contract with us on September 1 next. It is probable that we may be called upon to continue to supply water to them after the termination of the contract until the completion of their plant, and we have indicated to them our willingness to do this to a date not later than April 1, 1928, subject to the condition that the needs of Winnetka shall take precedence over the needs of Glencoe, in case of any interruption in supply or excessive de- mand, after September 1. Postpone Additions Because of the discontinuance of Glencoe this year, additions to the filter plant have been postponed, as the ca- adequate for some time, without the Glencoe demand. However, during the present summer season, in case of unusually dry weather, the filter plant will be badly overloaded. The 30-inch intake, the shore end of which was constructed last year, with an emergency opening outside the break- water, can be depended on during the coming summer season, in case of an unusual dry weather demand. pacity will be Our engineers, Pearse, Greeley and Hansen, are now studying the necessity of extending thi intake after the pres- ent season. e increase in the level of Lake Michigan this year will undoubt- edly serve to improve our previous short- age in intake capacity. Very careful attention has been paid during the year to the bacteriological analysis of water at the filter plant boratory, and monthly samples have | also been submitted for check tests to | the Department of Health at Springfield, with uniformly good results. During the year, the water distribution system on the west side was reenforced by the extension of the ten inch feeder line south from Pine street to Willow road and from thence through the alleys and Daughaday subdivisions to Hill road, by special assessment. This im- provement will serve to improve pres- sure conditions, in case of extremely dry weather and particularly in case of fire, in a very considerable area in the west- ern portion of the village. Christian Science Churches "Is the Universe, Including Man, Evolved by Atomic Force?" was the subject of the Lesson-Sermon in all Churches of Christ, Scientist, Sunday, June 19. The Golden Text was from Isaiah 45:22, "Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else." Among the citations which com- prised the lesson-sermon was the fol- lowing from the Bible: "And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are be- come the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned" (Rev. 11:15-17). The lesson-sermon also included the following passages from the Christian Science textbook, "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures," by Mary Baker Eddy: "Either there is no om- nipotence, or omnipotence is the only power. God is the infinite, and infinity never began, will never end, and in- cludes nothing unlike God" (p. 249). Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bulley of Kenil- worth have gone East to Wellesley. 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