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gallons more per day than we pumped for the same time in 1904;
and in 1904 we have sixteen hundred more water tankers than we had
in 1901. This of itself, independent of the increased revenues,
shows the wisdom of the City Council in adopting the meter system.
We are pumping now over a million gallons less per day than we
were in 1901, and yet our revenues are $21,000 more than in
1901, even after the price of water has been cut in two.

The artesian water system now used by Fort Worth is perhaps
the greatest municipal achievement in the history of Texas, and
it is agreed by the prominent engineers of the State that the
present system can be largely extended, it being only a question
of sufficient finances to do the work. The success of the system
can be utilized for municipal water supply in parts of
Texas as well. In truth it may solve the water problem of all
the large cities in our great State.

In view of the great growth of our city and the certainty
that it will within a year or two be necessary to increase the
output of the Meade system, and also in view of the fact that
Fort Worth owns five deep wells not at present connected with
the system, I think it advisable, and therefore recommend that
the City Engineer be instructed to examine the situation and re-
port upon the most economical way of securing an extension of the
present Meade system, at least so far that the city will receive
the benefit of wells not now connected with the system.

This system has been in actual use about six months, and so
far as observation goes there has been no change in the physical
aspects of the system, and it is practically the same as it was
at the conclusion of the preliminary test made last year; if
anything, the flow into the tunnels is a little stronger than it
was then. You are referred to the report of H. L. Calhoun,
Secretary of the Water department, for a more detailed statement
in regard to the water supply.