Report No. 1 of the Committee on Water WorksToronto City Council Minutes and Appendix Volume 1, Appendix, 22
“Your committee have had under consideration the advisability of constructing suitable water troughs at convenience localities, not being adjacent to saloons or hotels. In the past it has been the custome of the hotel keepers to provide such accommodation for horses, etc; but since these troughs have been metered many of their proprietors have cut off the supply entirely. The public interest demands that the wants of the dumb animals be provided for as well s those of foot passengers, especially during the heated term. Your committee therefore recommend that proper troughs, of approved pattern, be erected at suitable localities and supplied with water at the expense of the city, the cost not to exceed $2,000.”
Jas. B. Boustead, chairman,
Jan. 23, 1888
Archival material, newspaper clippings, photographs, and thoughts on Toronto and its waterfront. Undressed, in this case, refers to the bathers who frequented the city's waterfront and rivers in the nineteenth century and more broadly to the city of Toronto itself. My interest is in studying this undressed state of the city and its people and seeing how it changed in the twentieth century.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Metering the trough
The problem with charging for water? Suddenly nobody wants to give it away for free any more. And what's a dumb animal to do then?
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