”Including both San Jose. and Santa Clara the average daily run is estimated at nearly two million gallons; San Jose., Santa Clara and Los Gatos are supplied free of charge for fire purposes, as is also the county. Water rates for the city of San Jose and town of Santa Clara are fixed by them; those outside of the corporate limits are established |by the Board of Supervisors. The present officers are, President, E. D. Williams; Superintendent, Return Roberts; Secretary, D. A. S. Eyster; Treasurer, E. McLaughlin; Directors, …W.H. Ware, …”

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History of Santa Clara County, California, by J.P. Munro-Fraser, 1881, page 535