Excerpt from Los Angeles Aqueduct, First Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Los Angeles Aqueduct to the Board of Public Works: March 15th, 1907For the year ending November 30, 1906, the gross income from the plant was operating and maintenance charges amounted to and the interest and sinking fund on bonds, issued for the purpose of purchasing the water works and making improvements, was thus leaving a net revenue of $652, and practically the whole of this amount was expended for ex tensions and improvements. During the past year, feet, or miles, of pipe mains were laid, none of which were less than four inches in diameter, 6978 meters were installed, bringing the percentage of taps metered up to 31 per cent, 5984 new connections were made, rep resenting an addition of over customers for the year, the Ivan hoe Reservoir, with a capacity of gallons, was constructed, and the Pollock land was purchased and a pumping plant erected thereon.Since taking possession of the water works in 1902, the Water Department has practically rebuilt the entire system, besides keeping pace, by extensions and improvements, with the extraordinary growth of the city and the expenditures for all these purposes have been met out of the income from water rates.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.