Excerpt from The Manual of American Water-Works, Vol. 3: Compiled From Special Returns, Containing the History, Distribution, Consumption, Revenue and Expenses, Coat, Debt and Sinking Fund, Etc. Etc., Of the Waters of the United States and Canada; With Summaries for Each State and Group of States While the many who have promptly replied to each inquiry deserve. And have, hearty thanks, it is true that a large number utterly fail to realize two facts: First, that, for their own interests, the collection and publication of such a diversity of information as is given in the manual saves them. Not all, but a very large number of inquiries from this and from Other countries; second, that the interests of others and the relation which each individual, and water-works, bears to all others, and the public character of the information sought demands a reasonable response to such solicitations as are made for a book like the manual. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.