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RULES AND REGULATIONS 
 
 FOR THE 
 
 EMFIOYES IN THE DEPARTMENT 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Montreal Water Works, 
 
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 MONTREAL: 
 J. Starke & Co., Printers, St, Francois Xavier Street. 
 
 1873. 
 

 
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 Tc the Chairman a^id Members of the Water Committee: 
 
 Gentlemen, 
 
 I beg herewith to submit, for your approbation, a set 
 of rules and regulations for the guidance of the different 
 Employes under the control pf the Water Department, 
 according to a resolution of your Committee, dated on the 
 9th June, 1873. This. is a compilation of most of the 
 few regulations which were already carried out, with 
 additions I have thought fit to introduce. I have put 
 them in the shape of a small pocket-book, in order to 
 afford copies of it to every Employe in the Department, 
 for whose guidance these have been made, so that every 
 one may have a correct knowledge of his respective 
 duties and obligations. 
 
 Its distribution to the public will also afford to the 
 members of your Committee and to the citizens generally, 
 an insight of the workings of the Department, and by 
 that be the means of getting a check to any abuse 
 which may occur on the part of any Employe who should 
 be neglecting these Rules, Besides this, it will be advis- 
 able to have posted up in the different buildings of the 
 Pepartment, hand-bills containing the portion of the Rules 
 concerning such branch of the Department for which such 
 a building is erected. 
 
 Respectfully submitted, 
 
 Montreal, August, iSyj, 
 
 LOUIS LESAGE, 
 Supt, of W, W, 
 
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 RULES AND EEGULATIONS 
 
 FOR THE 
 
 STAFF OF THE 
 
 ENGINE AND WHEEL-HOUSE 
 
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 MONTREAL WATER WORKS. 
 
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 Staff at Engine and Wheel-House to be 
 composed as follows : — 
 
 1 Chief Engineer. 
 
 2 Engineers at Wheel-House. 
 
 3 Engineers at Engine-House (one permanent; 
 
 the other two temporary.) 
 
 3 Oilers (one permanent ; the other two tem- 
 porary.) 
 
 9 Stokers. 
 
 6 Coal-Heavers. 
 
 2 Carts, and four labourers entering coals 
 inside building, 
 
 2 Weighers. 
 
 1 Time and Store-Keeper. 
 
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 The Chief Engineer shall have general 
 charge and supervision over the Engine and 
 Wheel-House and their Machinery, and also 
 over the men employed in working them, for 
 the proper carrying out of the following Eules: 
 
 1st. He shall see that all the men under 
 his charge are doing their duty properly, and 
 shall keep a record of any neglect or departure 
 from these Rules by any of them, such record 
 to be kept in an Office Book, open to the 
 inspection of the Superintendent or the Water 
 Committee. 
 
 2nd. He shall be responsible for the proper 
 working of the Machinery, and shall satisfy 
 himself, from time to time, that it is kept in 
 good order. 
 
 3rd. The Chief Engineer shall also be 
 responsible for the proper working of the 
 Safety Valves, and shall satisfy himself, from 
 time to time, that they are so loaded as to 
 blow off at the pressure of steam limited by 
 himself, 
 
 4th. The pressure of steam allowed upon 
 the Boilers shall be limited by the Chief 
 Engineer, who shall post the same over hia 
 
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 own signature in the Engine-Eoom, for the 
 information of those in charge of the Engine 
 and Boilers. 
 
 5th. It shall also be his duty to see that 
 the building and Machinery are kept clean, 
 and in good order; to look after the stores, 
 such as the oils, tallow, cotton waste, packing 
 material, fuel, &c., and see that his employes 
 are using them properly, as well also that they 
 take proper care of their tools and utensils. 
 
 6th. He shall send every month to the 
 Office of the Superintendent, a monthly re- 
 turn of the working of the Wheels and 
 Steam-Engines, according to blank forms pro- 
 vided by the Department. 
 
 7th. He shall superintend the different 
 repairs and alterations which are taking place, 
 from time to time, in the Wheel-House or 
 the Engine-House, as well as on the grounds 
 round the Wheel-House. 
 
 8th, He shall provide by written requisi- 
 tion to the Superintendent's Office, or other- 
 wise by giving due notice, for all the several 
 materials or supplies required for the Works, 
 
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 9th. He shall visit the Work-Shops in 
 which the repairs or alterations to the Ma- 
 chinery, or any new work are carried on, so 
 as to satisfy himself that everything about 
 them is correct. 
 
 10th. He shall take a general interest 
 in all things belonging to the Department 
 in the Works under his control. He shall 
 see that all the employes, labourers or me- 
 chanics are doing their duty, and discharge 
 any of them not following his instructions, 
 or idling away their time. As the Water 
 Committee consider that he is responsible for 
 the proper management of all matters con- 
 nected with the buildings and apparatus at 
 the Wheel and Engine Houses, they expect 
 that everything will be kept in proper order, 
 and with all possible economy consistent with 
 the safety and efficiency of the works. 
 
 Duty of Engineers and their Assistants at 
 
 Wheel-House. 
 
 11th. It shall be the duty of the Engineer 
 in charge of the Wheels and Pumps to see 
 that the Wheels are kept going at their pro- 
 
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 per speed, the Machinery well oiled and 
 cleaned, and that tlie proper level of the water 
 in the forebay be obtained. He is respon- 
 sible for the proper working of the Ma- 
 cliinery during his watch, for the proper 
 attention to the journals, connections or other 
 parts. 
 
 12th. It shall be the imperative duty of 
 the Engineer in charge, in the event of any- 
 thing occurring to the Machinery, by which 
 their safety may be endangered, at once to 
 stop the Wheels, and immediately report such 
 occurrence to the Chief Engineer. 
 
 13th. While on duty, the Engineer, or his 
 Assistant, is to keep a constant watch on the 
 Machinery, never to absent himself from his 
 place of duty, except on leave from Chief 
 Engineer; neither to engage in a long con- 
 versation with any person visiting the Works 
 under his charge. 
 
 14th. It shall be also his duty, with the 
 help of his Assistant, to keep the building 
 clean, and do all the necessary work to that 
 effect, according to what the Chief Engineer 
 may direct. 
 
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 15th. It shall be the duty of the Assistant 
 to keep all the working parts of the Machinery 
 well oiled and perfectly clean; also, the build- 
 ings, and perform any other labour in connec- 
 tion with the Works, as may be directed by 
 the Chief Engineer. 
 
 16th. It shall be also the duty of all the 
 Engineers, and of their Assistants, to be on 
 watch each in the order and in the manner 
 prescribed by the Chief Engineer, and to 
 keep a record of the duty of the Wheels and 
 Pumps, and enter every day in a book kept 
 for the purpose, all the required information. 
 
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 Duty of Engineers at Engine-House. 
 
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 17th. It shall be the duty of the Engineer 
 in charge of the Engine to see that the pres- 
 sure of steam is kept up uniformly to the 
 limit allowed by the Chief Engineer, and that 
 the speed of the Engine is also maintained at 
 a uniform rate. He shall be responsible for 
 the proper working of the Engine during his 
 watch, for proper attention to the journals, 
 connections, or other parts of the Engine. 
 
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 18th. He shall satisfy himself, at least 
 once every half hour, that the feed water 
 supply is properly kept up, and the try-cocks 
 and glass gauges in good working order. 
 
 19 th. The Engineer in charge of the 
 Engine shall also be responsible for the gen- 
 eral management of the Boilers during his 
 watch, and shall report to the Chief Engineer 
 any case of neglect of duty or of omission to 
 carry out or observe the Eules here laid down. 
 
 20th. It shall be the imperative duty of 
 the Engineer in charge of the Engine, in the 
 event of anything occurring to the Machinery 
 or Boilers by which their safety may be en- 
 dangered, at once to stop the JSngine, close the 
 dampers, open the furnace doors, and, if ne- 
 cessary, draw the fires, and immediately report 
 such occurrence to the Chief Engineer. 
 
 21st. He shall also keep a record of the 
 duty of the Engine, and enter every day in 
 a book kept for the purpose all the required 
 mformatiou. 
 
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 Duty of Oilers. 
 
 22nd. It shall be the duty of the Oilers 
 to keep, each in their turn, the Machinery 
 clean, the polished parts bright, and the 
 cylinders, journals, connections, &c., well lu- 
 bricated, according to the directions of the 
 Engineer in charge, and shall make them- 
 selves generally useful about the Engine- 
 Eoom. 
 
 23rd. Also, to keep the Engine-Eoom 
 clean, for which purpose the Chief Engineer 
 may direct any of the Firemen or Coal- 
 Heavers to help the Oilers. 
 
 Rxiles to be Observed by the Firemen. 
 
 24th. Firemen in charge of the Boilers 
 shall be responsible for the feed-water, and 
 shall at once report any derangement of it, 
 or of the glass gauges, or of the try-cocks, to 
 the Engineer in charge, who shall examine 
 the cause thereof, and proceed to correct it; 
 or failing to correct it, he shall report the 
 same to the Chief Engineer, in a-ccordance 
 v/ith the foregoing Kules. 
 
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 25 til. It shall also be the duty of the .Fire- 
 men to keep their furnace fires clear from 
 clinkers, and maintain them at a proper coal- 
 ing level, as instructed by the Chief Engineer. 
 It shall also be their duty to keep the steam 
 pressure up to the required limit, and they 
 shall at once report any increase of pressure 
 beyond the limit allowed to the person in 
 charge of the Engine; and in the event of no 
 notice being taken of such Eeport, by lower- 
 ing the pressure to the limit allowed, they 
 shall report the same immediately to the 
 Chief Engineer. 
 
 26th. Any person in charge of the Engine 
 or Boilers shall at once, and without further 
 consideration or advice, proceed to draw the 
 fires the moment it is found that there is no 
 water in the gauges. , 
 
 27th. Firemen shall be very particular in 
 cleaning their furnaces, to guard against all 
 manner of waste, when removing the clink- 
 ers from the furnaces, or ashes from the ash- 
 pits. 
 
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 28th. It shall be the duty of the Time 
 and Store-Keeper to make and send to the 
 Superintendent's Office a weekly return of 
 the men employed at the Wheel-House and 
 Engine-House, giving their time and trade, 
 the kind of work, the part of the Machinery 
 they are working at, a return of the different 
 materials used, and the name of the party 
 from whom they came. 
 
 29th. To ascertain the correctness of the 
 supplies sent to the Wheel-House, such as 
 oil, tallow, coal, waste, planking, utensils, &c., 
 and make a monthly return at the Superin- 
 tendent's Office. (The certificate written on 
 the invoice of the goods is also required.) 
 
 30th. He shall keep a daily record of the 
 working of the Wheels and of the Engine, 
 according to the blank forms furnished by 
 the Department, and shall make a daily re- 
 turn by telegraph, at about 9 o'clock a. m., to 
 the Office of the Superintendent, of the level 
 of the head water, the strokes of the Pumps, 
 of the Wheels and Engines, the pressure of 
 
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 water on the gauges, &c., according to in- 
 structions from the Superintendent. In gen- 
 eral, he shall perform all the telegraphic 
 communications between the different sta- 
 tions of the Water- Works Department. 
 
 31st. To have the care of all the stores, 
 and keep strict account of their consumption, 
 as he shall be held responsible for their pro- 
 per use, and to carry out all instructions the 
 Chief Engineer may give him from time to 
 time. 
 
 32nd. — ^All the employes of the above 
 staff are under the control of the Chief En- 
 gineer, and have to follow his directions in 
 all that concerns the carrying out of the fore- 
 going Eules; and in case of repairs being 
 done to the Machinery or Buildings, where 
 their assistance may be required, they shall 
 turn out and perform, according to their 
 capacity, any work that the Chief Engineer 
 may order. 
 
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 Duty of Foreman of the Water 
 Works Shops. 
 
 The Foreman of the Water Works shops 
 shall have general charge and supervision over 
 the work-shops, the repairs to pipes, hydrants, 
 stop-cocks, foot-paths, &g.,» in the different 
 streets of the city, and over the mechanics 
 and laborers employed in the different kinds 
 of work required ; and shall be responsible 
 for the proper carrying out of and observance 
 of the following rules : — 
 
 1st. He shall inform himself as to the know- 
 ledge and experience of the persons under his 
 charge, and be satisfied that they are in all 
 respects competent and reliable men, fitted for 
 the duties in which they are severally em- 
 ployed. 
 
 2nd. It shall be his duty to see that the 
 men under his charge begin and finish their 
 day's work at the proper time and hour ; to 
 keep a record of any neglect or departure 
 
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 from these rules by them, such record to be 
 kept in an ofSSce book open to the inspection 
 of the Superintendent or of the Water Com- 
 mittee. 
 
 3rd. It shall also be his duty to see that the 
 Water Works shops and yards are kept clean 
 and in good order ; to look after the stores, 
 such as the oils, tallow, packing material, fuel, 
 &c., and that his employes are using them 
 properly, as well also that they take proper 
 care of their tools and utensils. 
 
 4th. It shall be his duty also, when any 
 invoice bill containing the purchase of any 
 material or stores is referred to him for liis 
 certificate, to examine the quality of the 
 material or stores mentioned in the said bill 
 or account ; to verify their number and weight, 
 to examine the quality of workmanship (if a 
 piece of mechanism), in a word, to satisfy 
 himself that the delivery is made in accord- 
 ance with the terms of the invoice, and to 
 keep a receipt and delivery book. r 
 
 5th. It shall also be the Foreman*s duty to 
 inspect the foundries and work-shops where 
 works for pipe laying, iron, lead, brass, wood, 
 
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 stone, &c., for the Montreal Water Works are 
 carried on, and to examine the different pieces 
 of work before they are admitted into the 
 Corporation shops or yards, in order to be 
 satisfied that they are according to the terms 
 of the contract or order. 
 
 6th. It shall also be his duty to present 
 every day, at the office of the Superintendent, 
 a report of the work going on under his 
 charge, and a list showing the names of the 
 men employed and of the streets where they 
 are employed. 
 
 Duties of Mechanics and Workmen. 
 
 
 7th. No workman will be allowed to remove 
 stores of any description from the premises, 
 without stating where the same are to be used, 
 or producing a written order signed by the 
 Foreman in charge of the work they are to be 
 used for. 
 
 8th. Any tools that may be required must 
 be charged to the parties for whose use they 
 are delivered, and an account taken of them 
 before leaving the shop. 
 
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 Parties returning tools,&c.,should be partic- 
 ular to see that they are entered as returned 
 in the books, otherwise they will render them- 
 selves liable to have the value of them stop- 
 ped from their wages. (No tools are permit- 
 ted to be lent.) 
 
 9th. All mechanics or workmen, such as 
 plumbers, carpenters, blacksmiths, masons, 
 when using any material or stores in their 
 work, must make a daily return to the work- 
 shops Foreman, of the quantity used, and the 
 purpose for which it has been used. 
 
 10th. No workman, employed wholly or 
 partially in the shop, must leave the prem- 
 ises under any pretence, without first reporting 
 it to the Foreman of the shop, otherwise the 
 time so absent will be deducted from his pay. 
 
 11th. Every workman who shall be found 
 in any other street or place than where he is 
 sent to, shall be discharged, unless a good and 
 satisfactory reason be assigned. 
 
 12th. Every workman shall be required to 
 see to the safety of the cuts they are working 
 at, at the time of quitting them at night ; he 
 shall report to the Foreman their condition. 
 
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 that the night watchman may attend to them 
 with the proper lights for their safety. (Any 
 neglect of this rnle will be punished by dis- 
 charge.) 
 
 13th. No workman will be allowed in any 
 of the work-shops of the department except 
 on particular business, and all mechanics shall 
 confine themselves to their respective depart- 
 ments. 
 
 14th. No workman or mechanic shall be 
 allowed to bring any intoxicating liquors in 
 the work-shops, under pain of dismissal. 
 
 15th. Every workman who shall leave any 
 stores or material in the location of his work, 
 will be responsible for their safety, and should 
 they be missing, he shall be charged with the 
 amount from his pay. 
 
 16th. The Foreman shaU have power to en- 
 gage or dismiss workmen who are in his gang 
 or under his supervision. 
 
 Duties of Valvemen and Hydrant Inspectors. 
 
 17th. It shall be the duty of the Valvemen 
 and Hydrant Inspectors to visit, from time to 
 time, first, all the valves and stop-cocks, and 
 
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 second, all the fire hydrants of the city, in 
 order to keep them well oiled and in good 
 working order, and to report themselves daily 
 to the Foreman of tlie work-shops. 
 
 18th. Whenever a valve, or a stop-cock, or 
 a hydrant, is detected out of order, it shall be 
 the duty of the Valvemen or the Fire Hydrant 
 Inspectors, as the case may be, to report 
 immediately the case at the work-shops, and 
 enter in a book kept there for this purpose, 
 the nature of the case. It shall also be their 
 duty to report to the work-shops any leakage 
 or waste of water from the city mains or ser- 
 vice pipes, which they may happen to observe 
 
 in going round their beats. 
 
 19th. It shall be the duty of the JTight 
 Watchman and Valveman occupying the Cor- 
 poration dwellings at the work-shops, to be 
 , all the time present during the night-time, 
 holidays, Sundays, except in the case of being 
 called out on duty, otherwise they will not be 
 allowed to be away, except on leave of absence 
 from the Foreman of work-shop, who shall see 
 that there is some one in their place to per- 
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 20tli. Whenever it is necessary to turn off 
 the water, the Valveman or his Assistant 
 shall give notice of it to the people of the 
 district where the water is to be turned off, 
 and shall remain there constantly in readi- 
 ness to let on the water in case of fire in that 
 locality. 
 
 21st. When a main pipe is to be cut off for 
 repairs, &c., the Valveman or his Assistant 
 shall have on the spot a wooden plug of the 
 diameter of the said pipe, so as to be able to 
 plug instantly the same if required in case of 
 fire. 
 
 22nd. When the water is to be kept turned 
 off for several days, the Valveman or his 
 Assistant shall make arrangement to let on 
 the water at certain hours of the day, for 
 the water tenants of the locality. 
 
 Warning the People. 
 
 23rd. The warning must be given by the 
 Valveman or his Assistant, by ringing a bell 
 in the streets where the water is to be shut 
 
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 off, and sufficient time must be allowed the 
 consumers to draw water, which space of 
 shall time in no case be less than lialf an hour. 
 
 24th. Every time the water is to be turned 
 off, the Foreman or the Valveman shall give 
 notice at the office of the Superintendent, 
 stating the streets, hour, and time the water 
 is to be turned off. 
 
 25th. A copy shall be given to every Valve- 
 man or other Employe ; and any infringement 
 of these rules will be punished by immediate 
 expulsion from the department. 
 
 Duties of Time and Store Keeper at 
 
 Work-Shop. 
 
 26th. It shall be the duty of the Time and 
 Store Keeper at the work-shop, to keep all 
 the books required for the men's time, the 
 invoices of all the goods received, the mate- 
 rials delivered out of the work-shops, and to 
 perform all the office work required. 
 
 27th. It shall be his duty also to check all 
 all the goods coming in or going out of the 
 work-shop, and to keep a general supervision 
 over the tools, utensils, stores, &c., which 
 are in the stores and yards of the department. 
 
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 28th. He shall furnish every day, to the 
 Superintendent, a list of the men employed, 
 and the respective kind of work they are at, 
 and of the street in which they are placed. 
 
 29th. He shall register, in proper books, all 
 the notes and complaints brought in by the 
 men employed, and take from the Superintend- 
 ent's office book all the different orders which 
 are destined for the work-shop, and check in 
 the said book all orders which have been 
 executed the day or days previous. 
 
 30th. He shall perform all the office duties 
 that may be imposed upon him by the Fore- 
 man of the work-shop, under whose control 
 he shall be. 
 
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 Clauses. 1st. Foreman must make every 
 week, on the day pointed out by the Super- 
 intendent, a return of the work done during 
 the week : — 1st. A return, on a blank 
 sheet, of his men's time, copied out from his 
 book, which book he must also get from the 
 office. 2nd. Another return also of the work 
 done by him during that week, mentioning 
 the streets and the number of days in each of 
 these streets, and, if he is laying service pipes, 
 he shall also take the Nos. of the houses to 
 which the service pipes are put in, with the 
 names of the proprietors. 
 
 2nd. He shall also measure carefully the 
 length of every service pipe, and send these 
 measurements to the Foreman of the Water 
 Works Shops for the plumber, to prepare the 
 lead pipe. 
 
 3rd. Whenever the Foreman of the street 
 wants any material, or any mason, or any 
 other mechanic, he shall send an order for 
 
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 them to the said Foreman of the Water Works 
 Shops, specifying the street where these men 
 or materials are wanted, and then it will be 
 the duty of the Foreman of the said Water 
 Works Shops to book all and each of these 
 things, in order to make a return of them to 
 the Office of the Superintendent at the end 
 of each week. 
 
 4th. The Foreman shall be responsible for 
 all the tools delivered to him by the Foreman 
 of the Water Works Shops. He will have the 
 tools put under key every night. He will 
 have also the work executed according to 
 these specifications. When any thing is want- 
 ed from the shop he must send a written order 
 to that effect, and observe the Eegulations of 
 the Shop in all cases. At the time of the pay 
 he must be present at the office to see his own 
 men paid. 
 
 5th. Before opening any trench for the 
 service pipes, see the proprietor of the house 
 or his representative, and ascertain where the 
 service pipe has to be put in. 
 
 6th. Never cut the street on both sides at 
 the same time, but take each side, one after 
 
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 the other, and by that means allow a free 
 passage. 
 
 Excavation, 7th. The Foreman shall not 
 begin any excavation in any street without 
 an order from the Superintendent. In opening 
 a trench the Foreman shall order the 
 Macadam or stone paving to be put on one 
 side and the earth on the other, so that in 
 refilling, each material may be brought back 
 to its same place, and the street put in the 
 same condition as before. 
 
 Sewers. 8th. In opening a trench parallel 
 to a sewer, the Foreman will be bound to keep 
 it at least three feet off that sewer, and every 
 time the trench will come unavoidably in 
 contact with it, he shall have it repaired in a 
 solid manner, taking care to employ a proper 
 mechanic to that effect. The same thing shall 
 be observed for gas pipes. 
 
 Rock. 9th. The Foreman will have to take 
 the greatest care to prevent any accident in 
 blasting ; and in every case he shall cover 
 the place to be blasted with heavy boards, 
 and give a good warning a few minutes before 
 the explosion. 
 
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 Be-filling, 10th. In re-filling, the earth 
 shall be packed as solid as possible all round 
 the pipes, in layers of not less than nine 
 inches, with pounders of twenty pounds weight, 
 one for every two men filling, and no trench 
 so filled to exceed more than five inches the 
 general level of the street, including the Mac- 
 adam on the top. 
 
 JBoidders. 11th. Any stone or boulder 
 coming out of a trench, shall be put back 
 immediately below the Macadam, provided 
 that these stones or boulders be not more 
 than a quarter of a yard in size ; if bigger, 
 the Foreman will have them removed imme- 
 diately to the nearest place of deposit. 
 
 Surplus Earth. 12th. The same, also, for 
 the surplus earth coming out of the man-holes, 
 or of the trenches. 
 
 Water in Trenches. 13th. Every time there 
 will be water in the trenches, it shaU be 
 pumped out before re-filling. 
 
 Paving. 14th. When a trench shall be 
 opened in a paved street, the Foreman shall 
 take great care to have this paving removed 
 carefully, and employ proper men to that 
 
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 effect, and to replace the broken blocks by 
 new ones. 
 
 Footpaths. 15 til. In any case the Foreman 
 will not be allowed to cut the timber support- 
 ing the planks of the footpath, but he shall 
 have to open a trench between these timbers, 
 in order to introduce the pipe through the 
 wall of the house, and he shall also see that 
 the footpath be well repaired, and every miss- 
 ing plank or stone replaced. 
 
 Gutters, 16th. The Foreman shall not be 
 allowed to break any of the street gutters, nor 
 to block them up with earth ; but in all cases 
 he shall timnel under them, and always allow 
 a free passage for the water. 
 
 Boring through Walls. 1 7th. Whenever the 
 service pipe can be put under the foundation 
 wall, and no hole through the wall has 
 been left by the builder to that effect, the 
 Foreman shall introduce the pipe under it, 
 without disturbing the foundation; but if 
 he is obliged to act otherwise, he shall 
 have a mason to open the wall and to shut the 
 hole through that wall after the pipe has been 
 introduced ; and he shall fill that part of the 
 
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 trench with good puddle, so that the surface 
 water be prevented from injuring the founda- 
 tion. 
 
 Boxes and Covers on the Footpath. 18th. A 
 wooden box shall be placed on the footpath 
 over each stop-cock. This box shall be so 
 placed as to allow the stop-cock to be shut or 
 opened, and any of them not so placed shall 
 be rectified at the expense of the foreman in 
 charge of that work. A cast-iron cover shall 
 be set on that box over the stop-cock. 
 
 Sizes of Trenches. 19th. Every trench to be 
 six feet deep, and large enough to admit the 
 service pipe. 
 
 Water turned off. 20th. When necessary 
 to turn off the water from any street^ the 
 Foreman will order the valveman to warn the 
 people of the district where the water is to 
 be cut off, and the said valveman always 
 prepared to turn it on in case of fire 
 in the locality, and he shall also have his 
 work so disposed as to have the water on at 
 night. If it should happen that the water 
 should be off for a longer period, it will be 
 the duty of the Foreman to send notice of it 
 
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 to the office of the Superintendent, mention- 
 ing the district so deprived of water. 
 
 Watchmen and care of Trenches, 21st. The 
 Foreman shall always have a watchman at 
 night in every street where there wiU be an 
 excavation, with fences, lights put over or 
 round the places so excavated, and he shall 
 also have the footpath at night well covered 
 with boards where it is excavated, so as to 
 allow a free passage to foot passengers. In 
 the case of any accident or damage caused by 
 the work, where it will be proved that all the 
 above precautions have not been taken, the 
 Foreman or the watchman, whoever he may 
 be, who was in charge at the time, shall be 
 dismissed immediately and never re-employed 
 by the Department. 
 
 Service Pipes. 22nd. In no case the Fore- 
 man shall be allowed to put a pipe through a 
 sewer, but under it, each time there is not a 
 depth of six feet on the top of sewer ; he shall 
 order the pipe long enough to enter two feet 
 inside the house, provided that this house be 
 not off the line of the street. 
 
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 Duties of the Guardian of the 
 Aqueduct. 
 
 It shall be the duty of the Guardian of the 
 Aqueduct : 1st. To have the control and 
 supervision of the Aqueduct from the en- 
 trance to the Wheel-House, to look after the 
 fences, ditches and bridges, so that they be 
 kept in good order, and to repair the same ; 
 to see that the banks, culverts and stone- 
 lining are maintained in their efficiency. 
 
 2nd. To prevent the water in the Aqueduct 
 being polluted in any manner whatsoever 
 by persons bathing, washing or cleaning any 
 cloth, wools, leather, skins, animals, or any 
 noisome or offensive things, or casting, throw- 
 ing or putting in it filth, dirt, dead carcasses, 
 or other noisome or offensive things, or allow- 
 ing cattle to graze or trespass on the banks, 
 , and to arrest any person found guilty of the 
 above mentioned acts. 
 
 3rd. To remove from the Aqueduct all the 
 floating wood, herbs, &c., which may gather 
 
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 above or below the regulating gates ; to cut 
 down all the weeds growing on the banks and 
 on the ground of the Corporation surrounding 
 the Aqueduct. 
 
 4th. To regulate the water of the Aqueduct 
 to the level indicated by the Chief-Engineer 
 of the Wheel-House, in attending carefully 
 to the regulating gates. 
 
 5th. To take and keep a daily record of the 
 level of the water above the regulating gates 
 of the Aqueduct, and of the temperature of 
 the atmosphere ; to telegraph every day at 
 about 9 o'clock, a. m., to the office of the 
 Superintendent, at the City Hall, the level of 
 the water and the temperature of the atmos- 
 phere, and to make at the said office a monthly 
 return of the same upon a blank form. 
 
 6th. To give due warning to the Superin- 
 tendent of anything extraordinary that may 
 take place in the works under his care ; in fine, 
 to take a general interest in all that concerns 
 his portion of the works. 
 
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 1st. It shall be the duty of the Guardians 
 of the Eeservoirs, to maintain a strict surveil- 
 lance over the Eeservoirs under their care, so 
 that the purity of the water be not affected in 
 any manner whatsoever, according to the 2d 
 section of the duty of the Guardian of the 
 Aqueduct. 
 
 2nd. To keep the Valve-House and machin- 
 ery well cleaned and in good order, and the 
 grounds inclosed free from weeds, dirt or any- 
 thing which may affect the purity of the water 
 or mar in any shape the idea of cleanliness 
 which should be observed. To keep their 
 dwellings built on the Corporation property 
 clean and tidy, and not allow any cattle or 
 other animal or fowls on their premises. To 
 see to fences and road, &c. 
 
 3rd. To attend to the proper regulation of 
 the gates of the Eeservoirs, as may be directed 
 by the Superintendent or by the Chief Engi- 
 
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 neer at the Wheel House ; and j-ecord ^verv 
 day the level of the water, the temperature, 
 the evaporation and rain gauges ; to send t<> 
 the office every month a return of the same 
 made on a blank form. 
 
 4th. To telegraph to the office of the Super- 
 intendent, every day at about 9 o'clock a. m., 
 the level of the water in the Eeservoir, with 
 the temperature of the atmosphere ; to inform 
 also by telegraph the Chief Engineer at the 
 Wheel House, the state of the water level in 
 the Eeservoir twice a day — once in the morn- 
 ing at about seven o'clock, and in the evening 
 at about nine o'clock, or whenever required 
 to do so by the Chief Engieer at the Wheel 
 House ; to be attentive to any call by tele- 
 graph which may be given by the Wheel 
 House or any other station. 
 
 5th. To be on watch over the Valves day 
 and night when necessary to shut the water 
 off from the Eeservoirs, unless they be relieved 
 by proper assistants ; and to inform the Super- ~^ 
 
 intendent of anything of importance that may 
 take place in the works under their care. 
 
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 6th. To never leave the premises over 
 which they are in charge for any length of 
 time without having previously obtained per- 
 mission from the Superintendent to do so, and 
 to observe the general rules prescribed for the 
 Wheel House, as much as they can apply to 
 his case. 
 
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 Duty of the Service Pipes 
 Inspectors. 
 
 It shall be the duty of the service pipes 
 Inspectors, 
 
 1st. To visit all the water fixtures in all the 
 buildings and yards of their respective dis- 
 tricts, at least, once a year, in order to see 
 that they are kept in good order and in 
 accordance with the Corporation by-laws. 
 
 2nd. To report every day, at the office of 
 the Superintendent at the City Hall, any 
 undue waste of water which may be caused 
 by bad fixtures or by wilful neglect of the 
 water tenants, and register such in a book 
 kept in the above-mentioned office. 
 
 3rd. To report all water closets, their kind, 
 and any other fixtures or engines whereby 
 the water is used for any industrial purpose. 
 
 4th. To report also all persons they may 
 see using hand hoses contrary to by-laws or 
 without permit, or using water for building 
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 with hydrants, stop-cocks, &c., without any 
 authorization from the Department. This 
 rule also applies to Hydrant Inspectors. 
 
 5th. To ascertain the consumption of water 
 by experiment or computation, in any manu- 
 facturing establishment where water is used 
 without meter, and report the same at the 
 Accountant's office. 
 
 6th. To inspect and take the reading, once 
 a month, of all the water meters in their 
 respective districts, and report any that may 
 be out of order or interfered with. 
 
 7th. To follow carefully all the instructions 
 that may be given, from time to time, in the 
 Superintendent's office, concerning the water 
 distribution in houses or yards, and the proper 
 maintainance of the water fixtures, and make 
 proper returns in due time. 
 
 
 
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 GENERAL RULES. 
 
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 1st. No man shall be allowed to leave 
 his work during the regular hours. 
 
 2nd. No man shall leave the part of the 
 building or premises where his work lies with- 
 out special cause ; and any man so found in 
 another part of the premises, will be required 
 to give the reason for being there. 
 
 ' 3rd. It is strictly forbidden to carry any- 
 thing out of the premises without permission 
 from the Chief Engineer. 
 
 4th. ISTo intoxicating liquors will be per- 
 mitted to be brought into or used in the pre- 
 mises. No one who is in the habit of being 
 under the influence of liquor will be continued 
 in the employment. 
 
 5th. Any one desiring leave of absence 
 must obtain permission from Superintendent, 
 and return before expiration of leave, or tne 
 place will be supplied by another. 
 
 6th. No swearing, quarrelling, or bad 
 language, playing or idling will be tolerated 
 
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 in the establishment, and the men must pre- 
 serve the utmost order and cleanliness in 
 every part of the premises. 
 
 7th. All squares of glass broken, or any 
 other portion of the premises, or any of the 
 tools or machinery that may be injured or 
 destroyed through carelessness, the cost of 
 repairing or replacing such will be charged 
 to the party who did it. 
 
 Note. — These Eules will be enforced in 
 the strictest manner, and any transgression 
 of them renders the party liable to dismissal. 
 
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 INDEX TO AUBIN'S WATER 
 
 METER. 
 
 
 Manner of Registering the Index of Aubin^s 
 
 Water Meter, 
 
 Each revolution of the Hand on Dial, marked five 
 cubic feet, counts five cubic feet. Each figure of the 
 Dial, marked thousands, counts 100 cubic feet. Each 
 figure of the Dial, marked 10 thousands, counts 1,000 
 cubic feet. Each figure of the Dial, marked 100 thou- 
 sands, counts 10,000 cubic feet. The position of the 
 hands in the above diagram reads as follows : 05,054^, 
 so that the figure on the Dial marked thousands, is 0, 
 that on 10,000 is 5, and that on 100,000 is 0. 
 
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 WATER METER. 
 
 Manner of Registering the Index of Worthington' s 
 
 Meter, 
 
 Each revolution of the hand of the Dial, marked 
 one cubic foot, counts a cubic foot. Each figure on the 
 next Dial, marked 10, counts 1 cubic foot ; on that 
 marked 100, counts 10, and so on for the others. The 
 hands in the above diagram show the reading as fol- 
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 INDEX TO THE FAIRCHILD'S 
 WATER METER. 
 
 Manner of registering the Index of the FairchilcCs 
 
 Water Meter. 
 
 liach revolution of the hand on the lowest dial 
 on the Index counts one cubic foot. Each figure on 
 the right hand dial, marked units, counts one cubic 
 foot ; on that marked tens, counts ten cubic feet ; on 
 that marked 100, counts 100 cubic feet, and so on for 
 the others. The hands in the above diagram show 
 the reading as follows : 89,179 cubic feet. 
 
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 INDEX NO. I TO THE GEM WATER 
 
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 Water Meter. 
 
 Each revolution of the hand on the dial marked 
 one, counts one cubic foot. Each figure on the dial 
 marked 10, counts one cubic foot; on the dial marked 
 100, counts ten cubic feet; on the dial marked 1,000, 
 counts 100 cubic feet; on the dial marked 10,000, 
 counts 1,000 cubic feet ; on the dial marked 100,000, 
 counts 10,000 cubic feet.* The hands in the above 
 diagram show the reading as follows : 14,624.1-10 cubic 
 
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 INDEX NO. 2 TO THE GEM WATER 
 
 lETER. 
 
 Manner of registering the Index No. 2 of the Gem 
 
 Meter, 
 
 Each revolution of the hand on the dial, marked 
 ten, counts ten cubic feet. Each figure on the dial 
 marked 100, counts ten cubic feet; on the dial marked 
 1,000 counts 100 cubic feet; on the dial marked 10,000, 
 
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 counts 1,000 cubic feet, and on the dial marked 100,000, 
 counts 10,000 cubic feet. The hands in the above 
 diagram show the reading as follows : 20,412 cubic feet, 
 The hands on each of the Aubin's, Worthington's. 
 Fairchild's and Gem Meter Dials should read the figure 
 last gone over until it has fairly gone over the follow- 
 ing figure ; thus, if one hand is near the figure 4, but 
 has not fairly passed it, the figure to be read should 
 be 3. Sometimes it may be difficult to tell whether the 
 hand has passed the figure or not j this is easily found 
 by looking at the hand on the next highest Dial in num- 
 ber, which, if it reads a high figure, such as 9, or 8, or 
 7, &c., indicates that the hand of the preceding Dial 
 has not passed over the figure on which it lays. If the 
 contrary, the figure on which the hand is on, is to be 
 taken as the right figure. 
 
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 INDEX TO SIEMEN'S AND ADAMSON'S 
 WATER METER. 
 
 Manner of Registering the Index of Siemen's (& 
 A damson's Water Meter, 
 
 The Dial in this Meter revolves round, and also the 
 hand H. Each revolution of the Dial advances the 
 hand of one division. 
 
 This Dial has two rows of figures, one outside and 
 the other inside the circles. 
 
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 The row of figures of the outside circle is indicated 
 by the small pointer P, which is a fixed point, and that 
 inside by the hand H. 
 
 Each division marked by the fixed pointer P, counts 
 10 Galls, (Imperial,) and one revolution of the Dial 
 counts 1,000 gallons. One division, marked by the 
 moveable hand H, counts 1,000 Galls. (Imperial,) and 
 one revolution of the moveable hand on the Dial indi- 
 cates 100,000 Imperial Gallons. 
 
 The Index shows the moveable hand H on the 
 45th Division of the Dial, while the pointer P is on 
 the 8th and half of the Dial, thus indicating 45,850 
 Imperial Gallons. 
 
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 To be observed in working the Water Line Telegraph. 
 
 Ist— All calls to be given by tlie Key on the side of 
 -the Instrument ; and the Station called, to answer 
 by giving its number in response, and no attention to 
 be paid to any other signal. 
 
 2nd. — When any two Stations are comraiinicating, ;u> 
 other Station shall interfere with the line or instru- 
 ment in any manner, nor make any attempt to re- 
 ceive su'^h communication. 
 
 3rd — When the Instrument is not in use, the switches 
 are to be kept drawn forward on the Bell. 
 
 4th — It shall be the duty of the men in charge of the 
 several Stations, to test the instruments by a tap on 
 the Key, to ascertain if the current be passing, and 
 this is to be done at least once every hour, and as 
 often as practicable. 
 
 5th — If at any time the line be found open at any Sta- 
 tion, a ground wire should be immediately applied, 
 and if the Instrument be thereby placed in commu- 
 nication, report the same to the Central Station, and 
 having done so, remove the ground wire at once. If 
 on applying the ground wire no current passes imme- 
 diately remove it. 
 
 6th — Any irregularities in the working of the Instru- 
 ments to be reported promptly to the Central Office. 
 
 By Order, 
 
 LOUIS LESAGE, 
 Sui^ of W, W,