Address of the mayor, together with the annual reports for the city of Fitchburg, Massachusetts for the year .., Part 29

Author: Fitchburg (Mass.)
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Fitchburg : Reveille Steam Printing Works, etc.
Number of Pages: 898


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The amount expended during the year for maintenance was $5,600 03, divided as follows :


Cleaning catch-basins, $4,380 95


Cleaning and flushing sewers, 426 40


Repairing sewers, 121 34


Repairing catch-basins,


201 02


Miscellaneous,


467 32


$5,600 03


The amount expended each month was as follows :


December, 1910,


$109 13


January, 1911, 57 99


February,


231 33


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March,


$212 89


April,


565 60


May,


1,028 60


June,


1,091 91


July,


309 57


August,


552 81


September,


664 95


October,


438 72


November,


336 53


$5,600 03


CONSTRUCTION.


As in maintenance, so in construction, the work required to be done between December 1, 1910, and May 1, 1911, was attended to by Superintendent of Streets Hogan, no organiza- tion having been made to take over this work and it was simply continuing him in charge of the work he had been doing before the Sewage Disposal Commission was created. But little work was required of him, however, as the total expenditure for the five months was $263.86.


Since May 1, Mr. Jackson, my assistant, has had charge of the day labor force on construction work as well as maintenance.


The work to be done under construction account consists of the building of such main sewers and drains as may be ordered by the Mayor and Aldermen, the building of catch- basins ordered, and the making of the connections of buildings with the sewers.


SEWERS. The length of new sewers built in 1911 was 4,813 feet or .91 of a mile. The following table shows the length of sewers built in the different streets, together with other interesting information. The total cost of the completed sewer is given in each case, except Elizabeth street which is un- finished and the cost of that sewer is to November 30.


SEWERS BUILT IN 1911


Cost of Construction


STREET


Size in inches


Length in feet


Depth in feet


Material excavated


Engin- eering


Labor


Pipe


Brick


Castings


Sundries


Total


Beech


15


451


8


Gravel


$8 78


$488 77


$143 10


$4 38


$20 00


$11 78


$676 81


$464 01


Bridge


8


345


6.25


Sand and clay


18 48


232 23


39 16


13 13


19 85


15 20


328 05


135 62


Carey


8


286


6.75


· Gravel


5 60


215 01


60 83


26 25


30 00


16 30


353 99


193 80


Elizabeth


8


810


9.5


Rock


5 34


1,803 39


277 87


43 75


80 00


256 24


2,466 59


Essex


8


150


7


Rock and gravel


1.08


272 34


25 00


11 16


309 58


111 51


Martel


8


321


8.75


Clay


3 22


365 56


61 42


8 75


20 00


25 41


484 36


297 03


Maverick


8


511


9


Gravel


16 21


589 44


60 50


35 00


40 00


42 56


783 71


559 79


Melrose


8


308


5.9


Gravel and marl


9 07


145 47


45 54


10 50


10 17


220 75


143 06


Pratt


8


362


Marl and clay


6 50


197 09


71 41


10 50


10 00


6 30


301 80


431 87


Pratt road


1


8


169


8.2


Marl and clay


6 54


924 20


182 20


43 75


40 00


48 81


1,245 50


1,228 49


Roosevelt


10


336


65


Sand and boulders


16 45


415 18


65 60


21 87


20 00


39 86


578 96


389 22


4,815


$7,760 10


$3,954 40


12


764


7


567


REPORT OF SEWAGE DISPOSAL COMMISSION


Assessment


568


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Sewers have been ordered but not yet built in Clifton, Co- lumbus, Rollstone and Woodland streets and in Gardner and Westminster Hill roads. On these sewers some preliminary work has been done and the pipe purchased so that work can be begun early next season.


The total length of all main sewers December 1, 1911, was 222,062 feet or 42.06 miles. Sewer assessments amounting to $2,833.55 have been levied during the year.


The length and size of brick, and brick and cement con- crete sewers, December 1, 1911, not including the main inter- cepting sewer, is as follows :


Diameter in Inches


Length in Feet


14x21


1,590


16×24


285


18×27


3,775


24


240


20×30


4,293


22×33


710


24×36


450


26×39


4,710


28x42


1,555


30×45


490


32×48


4,150


36×54


600


40×60


838


. 60


480


The total length of brick, and brick and cement concrete sewers is 24,166 feet or 4.58 miles.


There are 145 manholes on the line of these sewers.


The length and size of pipe sewers December 1, 1911, is as follows :


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Diameter in Inches


Length in Feet


6


33


8


16,019


10


61,702


12


78,968


15


21,551


16


659


18


11,540


20


5,389


24


60


12×18


895


15×18


1,080


The total length of pipe sewers is 197,896 feet or 37.48 miles.


There are 907 manholes on the line of pipe sewers.


DRAINS. As one of the problems of the improved sewer system is the separation of sewage and surface water it seems advisable in all additions to the sewer system to so build as to make as little additional work as possible when the time for separation comes. With this end in view no catch-basins have been constructed and connected with any of the sewers built in 1911. In Elizabeth street it seemed desirable to have catch- basins constructed, and the Mayor and Aldermen ordered that a pipe for surface water only be laid in the trench with the san- itary sewer. This has been done, a 15 inch pipe being laid from South street to Salome street, a distance of 370 feet, and a 12 inch pipe from Salome street to Whitney street, a distance of 260 feet.


The only drains (pipes laid for and carrying surface water only) in the city are given in the following table.


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DRAINS LAID TO DECEMBER 1, 1911.


STREET


LOCATION


Size in inches


Length in feet


River


Near Orswell Mill,


12, 15


566


South


From South St., near Laurel St., to river,


18


490


Main


From Willow street, easterly,


18


162


Water


From Union Machine Co. office to river,


18


150


Martel


From Daniels street, easterly,


18, 20, 24


320


Pine


From Milk street to Burnap street,


10


520


Delisle


From Clarendon street to Battles street,


12


546


Elizabeth


From South street to Whitney street,


12, 15


630


3,384


CATCH-BASINS. Three catch-basins have been built, as ordered by the City Council, as follows: In Water street near the driveway to the Arden mill, in South street near Henry street, and in Clinton street at Damon street. Owing to a change in the street lines at the junction of Highland avenue and Lunenburg street it was necessary to rebuild the two catch- basins at that location. This work was done by the sewer de- partment and the cost of the work was transferred from street construction account. Catch-basins have been ordered in Dover, Falulah and Nutting streets and in Duck Mill road. These will receive my early attention.


It seems to me that before ordering any new catch-basins it would be a good thing for the City Council or some committee to confer with some representative of the sewer department, as by so doing there might be stopped the undesirability of order- ing catch-basins in locations where they ought not to be built, or where if built they would be of no use at the time of separation of storm water from sewage. There are many catch-basins al- ready built which would never have been built if some definite plan had been considered with reference to that particular locality. This method of doing work entails an unwise ex- penditure of money. The catch-basin ordered in Nutting street is, in my judgment, uncalled for as there is a basin within 150 feet of the location asked for and the opening up of a good gutter to the present basin would be all that is needed.


HOUSE CONNECTIONS. Permits to connect with main sewers to the number of 109 were issued between May 1 and November 30. Not all were for new houses, some being for


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old houses on the line of new sewers that were built. No permit to connect with a sewer is issued until the applicant has received or applied for a permit to excavate in a public street. Many inquiries are made relative to the cost of making a sewer connection, and to in a measure meet this desire on the part of owners I will say, that with 72 connections made during the year under ordinary conditions, the cost of all work and ma- terial outside the house averaged 42 cents a linear foot. Where rock excavation is necessary the cost is increased four or five times the average. In about 25 per cent of the connec- tions the cost was less than 30 cents a foot, and in about 15 per cent the cost exceeded 60 cents per foot.


MAP. Accompanying this report is a map of the city showing all the sewers, together with the size of each and the various sewer assessment districts.


Respectfully submitted,


DAVID A. HARTWELL, Superintendent.


RESERVOIR


OVERLOOK


LOSSOM


MARSHALL


ASHBURNHAM


ALPINE


G


ARLINGTON


ROAD


ASHBUR


WEST


ROAD


TEPLEAS


EL.0250M ..


SNOW


NORTH


MYR


MAIN


127


LAUREL


MILL


CEMETERY


LAUREL-


154


ECC


LASTONE


AMILK


CHAELE


ROLL


LASHUS


B


OAK


INSTITUTE


10


TO' GEANI


ELIZABETH


ST


WINCH


MILK ST


48


F


FITCHBURG


LUNENBURG


STREET


SEWER


ASSESSMENT


DISTRICTS


astrid


10545 per front foot


Q 7189 .


.


07570 -


0.5985


0 6089 .


.


0.8379


of cost exclusive of manholes


in proportion to area of lot of


100 feet maximum depth


ROAD


ROAD


***- 100 .....-


ST JOSEPH


completed trunk server


-- trunk sener under contract


---- proposed frunk semer


Sewer outlets


G


HEMIS


ROAD


LAM


SOUTH


FALULAR


ROLLSTONE


ROAD


CITY OF FITCHBURG SEWAGE DISPOSAL COMMISSION


PLAN OF SEWERAGE SYSTEM


300


3600


SCALE OF FEET JANUARY 1912.


MECHANIC


0908


NORTH


OAD


MT VERNON


HARSH


HIGH


SHEPOR


ABANT


PRICHARD


LACE


EDAR


KLONDIKE


UNEHOURG


ROAD


WALLACE


RIVER ST


ROLLSTONE HILL


EATON


FITCHOURS DIVISION


COLUMBUS


MAYLAND


WESTIUNSTER


PHILLIPS


ST BERNARD CEMETERY


ROAD


G


CUETON SY


SHE


MADISON


E


BAKER


1


ROA


1


G&MER ' FITCHBURG


NASHUA


DIVISION


Street Seners


assessment districts.


CEMETERY


ROAD


CANTON


PHOT


CHAMBER


BROOK


FOREST HILL


HEYWOOD


SUMMER


FRANKLIN


ARE


FILTRATION


FITCHBURG LEOMINSTER


HENRY


APNSTER


FRANKLIN


A


4500


FRANKLIN


PUTH


HIGHLAND


FITCHILL AVE


GARNET


WAVE


**** 000-


WINTER


FAIRMOUNT


MAZEL


-600


CEMETERY


WESTMINSTER


FITCHBURG


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REPORT TO THE Sewage Disposal Commission FITCHBURG, MASSACHUSETTS UPON THE


ENGINEERING WORK


OF THE YEAR 1911


DAVID A. HARTWELL, Chief Engineer HARRISON P. EDDY, Consulting Engineer


MARCH, 1912


OUTLINE OF ENGINEERS' REPORT.


Introduction. Engineering Organization.


Preliminary Studies Relative to Intercepting Sewer and Deduc- tions Therefrom.


Period of Time in the Future for Which Provision Should be Made.


Estimate of Future Population.


Present and Estimated Future Sewered Area.


Sewer Districts.


Density of Population in Sewer Districts.


Water Supply.


Storm Water.


· Ground Water.


Industrial Wastes.


Quantity of Sewage for Which Intercepting Sewer Should Provide.


Quantity of Sewage for Which Purification Works Should Provide.


High and Low Level Districts.


Intercepting Sewer.


Section 1. Section 2A. Section 3.


Construction in 1911.


Section 3. Intercepting Sewer.


Section 2A. Intercepting Sewer.


Section 1. Intercepting Sewer.


Section 4. Intercepting Sewer. Lateral Connections.


Weir to Ascertain Leakage.


Disposal Area. Rain Gage. Department Yard and Building. Sewage Disposal. Manufacturing Wastes.


SEWAGE DISPOSAL COMMISSION


CITY TREASURER


A


CITY SOLICITOR


CITY AUDITOR


CONSULTING ENGINEER


CHIEF ENGINEER and SUPERINTENDENT


STENOGRAPHERend BOOKKEEPER


CONSTRUCTION and MAINTENANCE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT


2 FOREMEN


STOREKEEPER


FIELD WORK


2 ASSISTANT ENGINEERS


LABORERS


.


HEADQUARTERS


2 FIELD PARTIES


INSPECTORS


DESIGNING ENGINEER


/


DRAFTSMEN


FIG. 1


REPORT OF CHIEF ENGINEER AND CONSULTING ENGINEER


FITCHBURG, MASS., February 5, 1912.


Sewage Disposal Commissioners :


GENTLEMEN : - We respectfully submit for your consider- ation the following report of the work done on engineering and construction with relation to the improved sewer system to December 31, 1911.


You will find the matter of preliminary studies and the various data collected to assist in fixing quantities of sewage flow, sizes and grades, is presented in considerable detail but we feel that these studies and the deductions made therefrom ought to be made a matter of record. So far studies have been completed only with reference to fundamental data for the main intercepting sewer, the studies relative to disposal and separa- tion still being under consideration.


ENGINEERING ORGANIZATION.


Following is a list of engineers who have been employed for differing periods of time during 1911 in the positions indicated :


David A. Hartwell, Harrison P. Eddy, Albert J. Holmes, Gordon H. Fernald, Ernest E. Lothrop, Maurice W. Howe, Philip W. Taylor, Edward Dahill, Jr., Milton B. Hager, Clarence E. Pethybridge,


Chief Engineer Consulting Engineer Assistant Engineer Assistant Engineer Assistant Engineer Instrument man Instrument man Instrument man Instrument man Rodman


37


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REPORT OF SEWAGE DISPOSAL COMMISSION


Henry J. Hart,


Rodman


Cyril B. Raymond,


Rodman


John E. Herlihy,


Rodman


Ralph E. Bull,


Rodman


Lawrence G. Rice,


Rodman


Frederick L. Roache,


Rodman


No inspectors have been appointed on any of the contracts it being considered as more satisfactory on this work to have all inspecting done by the engineering force.


577


REPORT OF SEWAGE DISPOSAL COMMISSION


PRELIMINARY STUDIES RELATIVE TO INTERCEPT- ING SEWER AND DEDUCTIONS THEREFROM.


PERIOD OF TIME IN THE FUTURE FOR WHICH PRO- VISION SHOULD BE MADE. The construction of intercepting sewers, as well as trunk and lateral sewers, involves not only much expense but also considerable inconvenience to the pub- lic. If sewers are build of too small a capacity, the expense of providing relief sewers, or of replacing the old ones with new and larger structures, is generally considerably more than of building them somewhat larger in the beginning. It is there- fore, good policy to build the sewer system of ample capacity for a long period in the future.


The construction of tanks and filters does not cause incon- venience to the public and such works can be readily and eco- nomically extended from time to time as the quantity of sewage increases. In the design of the disposal works, therefore, it is not necessary to provide at the outset as liberally for future re- quirements as in the design of the sewer system.


The Act of 1901, giving the city authority to borrow money for the construction of sewers and purification works, provides that the indebtedness shall be incurred for a period of not more than thirty years. Obviously, the sewer should be built of suf- ficient capacity to serve without enlargement or duplication during the period for which the loans are made, so that it will not be necessary to replace them at least until after the loans have matured.


After giving careful consideration to the various phases of this problem, it was decided that the economic period, for which sewers should be built, should be at least thirty years and the estimates of population and of area, which will be tributary to the sewer system, have been made to cover the period ending in 1940. These estimates of quantities, however, have been made liberal and it is probable that the sewers will prove of sufficient capacity to serve the city a somewhat longer time. In designing such portions of the purification works as can be readily extended from time to time, provision will be made for the needs of the city to 1925 or 1930, (when a population of 55,000 will have been reached), the intention being that these


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REPORT OF SEWAGE DISPOSAL COMMISSION


works shall be extended at or about 1925 to provide for such increase in population as may then seem justified.


ESTIMATE OF FUTURE POPULATION. It is extremely difficult to estimate with accuracy the future growth of . any community as such growth depends greatly upon the development of manufacturing, and the continued operation of manufactories already established. There are, however, certain facts which may serve as a guide in estimating the popu- lation which may reasonably be expected in the comparatively near future, such as the growth of the city in the past, the growth of other cities during the same period of time, and the growth of larger cities after they reached a population equal to that of Fitchburg as the present time.


The growth of Fitchburg from 1875 to 1910 is shown in Table 1.


TABLE 1, - GROWTH OF FITCHBURG FROM 1875 TO 1910.


Date


Population


Per cent Increase


1875


12,289


1880


12,429


1.1%


1885


15,375


23.7%


1890


22,037


43.3%


1895


26,409


19.9%


1900


31,531


19.4%


1905.


33,021


4.7%


1910


37,826


14.6%


Average rates of increase per period of 5 years,


18.1%


It is seen that the rate of increase of population has varied greatly from time to time, having been as low as 1.1 per cent during the five years ending in 1880 and over 43 per cent during the five years ending in 1890. The average of the rates of gain for each five years during the past thirty-five years has been 18.1 per cent.


A study has been made of the rate of increase in cities in Massachusetts, closely approximating the size of Fitchburg, between 1875 and 1910. For these studies ten cities were selected, five having a population greater than that of Fitchburg and five having a smaller population in 1875. The rate of


TABLE 2-Rate of increase in population of certain Massachusetts cities for five year periods from 1875 to 1910


Period


Salem


Chelsea


Taunton


Haverhill


Newton


Brockton


Malden


Pittsfield


Quincy


Everett


Average


Fitchburg


1875-1880


6.2


5.0


3.8


26.3


5.5


28.6


10.8


8.9


15.4


13.9


12 4


1.1


1880-1885


1.9


18.0


11.6


18.0


16.3


52.7


36.6


8.3


14.9


40.0


21.8


23.7


1885-1890


9.7


8.6


7.5


25.8


23.4


31 3


40.4


19.4


37.7


90.0


( 22.6*


43.3


1890-1895


11.9


12.0


6 6


10.2


13.2


21.5


29.0


18.4


23.9


67.8


21.5


19.9


1895-1900


4.3


9.0


14.5


23.0


21.6


20.8


13.3


6.4


15.4


31.0


15.9


19.4


1900-1905


4.7


9.4


-0.2


1.8


9.7


19.3


13.0


14.9


17.5


19.6


§ 11.0


4.7


1905-1910


6.1


-13.0


10.6


16.6


8.1


19.0


16.7


28.5


16.3


15.0


( 15.2}


14.5


Average


6.5


7.0


7.8


17.4


14.0


27.6


22.8


15.0


20.2


39.6


( 17.4§


18.1


* Omitting Everett


t Omitting Taunton


# Omitting Chelsea


§ Omitting Everett, Taunton, Chelsea, each for 1 five year period


REPORT OF SEWAGE DISPOSAL COMMISSION


579


12.2+


J 12.4


$ 17.8


( 29.4


580


REPORT OF SEWAGE DISPOSAL COMMISSION


growth of each year of these cities, as well as of Fitchburg, is shown upon Figure 2. The cities which were larger than Fitchburg in 1875 were Salem, Chelsea, Taunton, Newton and Haverhill. Of these Salem, Newton and Haverhill are now larger than Fitchburg, while Chelsea and Taunton are smaller. The relatively low population of Chelsea is due to the recent disastrous conflagration, but for which its population would probably have been slightly higher than that of Fitchburg in 1910. The cities of Brockton and Malden, which were smaller than Fitchburg in 1875, have increased at so great a rate that they are now larger. By comparing the lines on Figure 2 and the percentages in Table 2, it is apparent that Fitchburg has occupied a middle place throughout this period of thirty-five years, six cities having had a smaller and four a larger rate of growth.


A comparison has been made of the rates of growth of the largest ten cities in Massachusetts, Boston excepted, from the time each had a population equal to that of Fitchburg at the present time (37,826) to 1910. On Plate 1 lines have been drawn representing the numerical increase in population of these cities for every period of five years. From this diagram and from Table 3 it appears that Lowell, New Bedford and Springfield have maintained a more rapid rate of increase since they exceeded the present population of Fitchburg than before, while all of the other cities have had a somewhat lower rate of growth. The average rate of increase in these ten cities before they reached the present size of Fitchburg was 22.8%, while it was only 16.1% after that time. The average of the rates of increase in population in these cities, from 1865 and 1875 to 1910, are given in Table 3.


It appears that six of the cities have, on the average, materially exceeded 15% increase per period of five years, and two, Lowell and Lawrence, have had a rate of growth of less than 15%.


Upon Plate 1 a line has been plotted, based upon an esti- mated increase in population of Fitchburg of 15% during every five years. It will be noted that this line falls somewhat lower than those of the cities which have had the most rapid growth, while it rises above those which have had a smaller rate of in- crease : namely, Lowell, Cambridge, Lawrence and Holyoke.


-


CITY OF FITCHBURG SEWAGE DISPOSAL COMMISSION


60 000.


GROWTH OF SEVERAL MASS. CITIES


FROM 1875 - 1910


50 000.


COMPARED WITH GROWTH OF FITCHBURG


o


Brockton.


Malden.


40 000


NOVEMBER 24 191'


Population


DAVID A.HARTWELL HARRISON P. EDDY


Chief Engineer Consulting Engineer


.....


Taunton.


30 000


Newton.


Salem.


Chelsea


...


.


launton.


.. Newton :_


Quincy .


0 000


Brockton. o


Pittsfield


Everett .


Quincy


-10 000.


Everett


Years.


IAM


1875


1880


1885


1890


1895


1900


1905


1910


.


Haverhill


Newton.


. Theissa


Fitchburg.


Salem.


Everett


Pittsfield .


Chelsea.


Haverhill.


Malden.


Newton


.


-


a


0 -


FIG. 2


REPORT OF SEWAGE DISPOSAL COMMISSION


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TABLE 3.


Rate of increase in population of ten cities of Massachusetts, both before and after reaching the 1910 population of Fitchburg (37,826), and the average for five year periods from 1865 and 1875 to 1910.


Name


End of five year period when nearest size of Fitchburg


Average rate of increase before that date +


Per cent.


Average rate of increase after that date to 1910 Per cent,


Average of rates of increase per period of five years Per cent.


Period of Time


Worcester


1870


25


16.8


19.66


1865-1910


Fall River


1875


39.5


15.1


25.45


1865-1910


Lowell


1870


6.7


12.8


12.61


1865-1910


Cambridge


1870


27.4


13.0


15.58


1865-1910


New Bedford


1890


17 9


24.5


21.1


1875-1910


Lynn


1880


19.4


15 2


15.75


1875-1910


Springfield


1885


14.4


18.8


16.24


1875-1910


Lawrence


1880


22.3


14.3


13.94


1875-1910


Somerville


1890


29.3


18.0


19 95


1875-1910


Holyoke


1895


25.7


12.7


20.16


1875-1910


Average


22.8


16.1


18.04


Fitchburg


14.6


15.0*


* to 1940


t for period of 20 years before that date


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REPORT OF SEWAGE DISPOSAL COMMISSION


Taking all conditions into consideration and giving due weight to the rate of growth of Fitchburg and other New Eng- land cities in the past, it seems probable that Fitchburg will hardly maintain as great a rate of growth in the next thirty years as it has in the past thirty-five years, and that a reasonable prophecy of the growth during the next thirty years will not exceed 15% per period of five years. The designs for the inter- cepting sewer have been based upon this assumed rate of increase in population, resulting in a population of 87,200 in 1940.


The estimated population at the end of each five years periods from 1910 to 1950 is given in Table 4.


TABLE 4.


Estimated Future Population of Fitchburg.


(15% increase each 5 years) .


Date


Population


1910


37,826


1915


43,400


1920


49,800


1925


57,400


1930


66,000


1935


75,800


1940


87,200


1945


100,300


1950


115,000


Before leaving this subject attention should be called to the fact that in 1901 the late Freeman C. Coffin estimated the pop- ulation of Fitchburg in 1950 at 165,000, and that in 1903, Mr. T. Howard Barnes estimated the population in 1950 at 145,000. These estimates were both made immediately after a period of twenty years, during which time the growth of Fitchburg had been very rapid and quite unusual, not only for Fitchburg, but for other cities of this state. The per cent increase in popula- tion for each five year period of this term of twenty years is given in Table 2.' The average rate of increase during this period was 26.6%. This is a much higher rate of increase than has been maintained by any of the larger cities of Massachusetts during the period from 1865 to 1910, and does not appear at this


-


120,000


--


Fall River


110,000


-


100,000


Cambridge


Lowell.


--


90,000


New Bedford


----


Lynn


80,000


Population


New Bedford


n . Springfield


...


60.000


New Watford.


Worcester


-


50,000


All curves coincide as to population al This point.


River


Spomí


Fall


Lowell


Lawrance


GROWTH OF SEVERAL MASSACHUSETTS CITIES AND CURVE FOR ESTIMATING FUTURE POPULATION OF FITCHBURG


NOVEMBER 23, 1911 .


New Bedford


(Worcester


Fall River .


These dates apply to Fitchburg Curve only


20.000 **


1885


1890


1895


1900


1905


1910


1915


1920


1925


1930


1935


1940


1945


1950


1955


1960


1965


70,000


& .. , Somerville


=====- Lowell


Holyoke /


CITY OF FITCHBURG . SEWAGE DISPOSAL COMMISSION .


40,000


30,000


Holyoke


DAVID A HARTWELL., Chief Engineer HARRISON P. EODY, Consulting Engineer


Springfield


Worcester ...


Somerville


Cambridge


Lawrence.


-


Worcester. Fall River --------


Lowell ---


--


.


Worcester


Fall River.


Lowell ..


-


Fitchburg


TABLE 5 ASSUMED RESIDENTIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND TOTAL AREAS OF SEWER DISTRICTS AS OF 1940 .


DISTRICT NUMBER


RESIDENTIAL AREA IN ACRES


INDUSTRIAL AREA IN ACRES


TOTAL AREA IN ACRES


(1)


(2)


(3)


(4)


1


753 .0


222.0


975.0


2


323 .7


9.6


333.3


3


261.5


31.6


293.1


4


429.0


38.0


467.0


5


197.4


15.0


212.4


6


173.8


17.6


191.4


7


346.0


137.0


483.0


8


86.5


20.0


106.5


9


610.6


107.5


718.1


10


30.7


1.8


32.5


11


218.6


3.4


222.0


12


0.0


63.0


63.0


13


229.6


11.5


241.1


14


58.8


9.0


67.8


15


364.8


40.0


405.2


16


286.6


5.0


291.6


17


16.4


4.6


21.0


18


20.5


0.0


20.5


19


0.0


16.1


16.1


20


266.5


25.0


291.5


21


8.6


0.0


8.6


22


15.5


38.0


53.5


23


336.6


7.5


344.1


24


191.5


0.0


191.5


25


253.2


41.2


294.4


26


273.4


43.3


316.7


27


378.5


0.0


378.5


28


747.0


348.0


1095.0


TOTAL


6 878.3


1 256.1


8134.4


DAVID A. HARTWELL. Chief Engineer HARRISON P. EDDY . Consulting Engineer


J.A.L Jan 17 1912


:


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REPORT OF SEWAGE DISPOSAL COMMISSION




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