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Taking the map of the town which had previously been prepared, .I went over the entire territory on foot and marked thereon the location of all existing lights.
A summary of this work shows that there are at present 28 arc lights, 80 incandescent lights and 160 oil or naptha lamps on the streets.
In the Town Hall building there are 240 gas burners; in the High School building, 62; hose house No. 1, 16; hose house No. 2, 4; and at hose house No. 3, 13 oil lamps, mak- ing a grand total of 28 arc and 80 incandescent electric lights; 322 gas and 173 oil or naptha, for all of which the town is paying $6,810.80.
I next made a study of the needs and character of the town and for this purpose found it necessary to go over the streets of the town three different times.
As a result of this, I came to the conclusion that 82 1200 candle power arc and 266 25 candle power incandescent would be sufficient to light the streets to the town limits in all directions in a strictly first-class manner. I suggest that these lights should be located as follows:
St. or Ave.
Arc.
Incan.
St. or Ave.
Arc.
Incan.
Adams
3
Brown
I
Albion
3
Cedar
I
6
Ashland
2
I
Charles
2
Auburn
I
Cherry
2
Avon
I
I
Chestnut I
3
Batchelder
3
Chipman
I
Baxter
3
Circuit
2
Bellevue
3
3
Cleveland
I
3
Bellemont
I
2
Cliff
I
Berwick
I
2
2
2
Botolph
Cutter
2
Brazil
3
Crystal
I
Briggs
I Dell
2
I
Cottage
I
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St. or Ave.
Arc.
Incan.
St. or Ave.
Arc.
Incan.
East
4
Otis
3
Eighth
I
Park
4
Eleventh
2
Parker
I
Elm
I
I
Perkins
I
Emerald
2
Pine
I
Emerson
8
7
Pleasant
8
Essex
5
I
Poplar
2
Faxon
2
Porter
3
7
First
8
Pratt
I
Florence
4
Prospect
I
4
Forest
2
Rowe
2
I
Foster
5
5
Russell
2
Franklin
9
2
Sanford
5
Glen
I
Sargent
2
Gooch
4
School
4
Goodyear
3
Sewell
2
Green
6
Short
2
Greenwood
2
Sixth
4
Grove
3
8
Summer
2
I
Grundy
I
Summit
I
Herbert
2
Swains
13
High
4
Sylvan
I
7
Highland
I
4
Tappan
3
Howard
1
7
Tremont
3
8
Hurd
2
2
Trenton
I
6
Lake
I
3
Union
I
Larrabee
3
Upham
4
16
Lebanon
3
15
Vine
I
2
Leeds
3
Vinton
9
I
Linden
I
3
Walton
I
3
Linwood
2
5
Warren
2
Lynde
3
2
Washington
14
Main
19
6
Waverly
I
Malvern
Waverly pl.
I
Maple
I
3
West Hill
I
Melrose
4
3
Whittier
I
2
Meridian
Willow
4
Mountain
1
Winter
I
Mt. Vernon
I
3
Winthrop
I
I
Myrtle
3
5
Winthrop pl.
I
Oakland
4
Woodland
1
3
Old County
I
I
Wyoming
9
2
Orient
3
Youle
I
2
Orris
2
Second
8
Gould
3
Hillside
3
Third
7
Walnut
2
Linden pl.
I
4
4
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These lights I would run on four circuits as follows :
Circuit.
No. of Poles.
Feet of No. 6 Wire.
Arc.
Inc.
Watts.
H. P.
I.
238x24
41,500
24
57
I 2960
17.4
2.
253×24
48,250
24
58
I 3040
17.5
3.
246x22
45,500
22
59
I 2420
16.7
4.
325×12
51,500
I2
92
11560
15.5
82 82
186.750x39,582=74 ohms or 3626
4.9
Tot'ls,
II44
82
266
53606
72
Assuming 20 per cent. loss in dynamos, belts and shaft- ing, I find it would require ninety-horse power to produce current for the aforesaid circuits and lamps.
I propose for the Town Hall building, 250 lights ; High School building, 100 ; Hose 1, 16 ; Hose 2, 6 ; and Hose 3, 13 ; making a total of 385 lights of 16-candle power each.
The buildings can be wired and supplied with suitable fixtures complete, for $1165.
These lights would require about twenty-horse power at the engine for six hours every night.
I have not included this sum in the cost of plant as it is in no sense a part of it, but is an improvement to the build- ings wired
I have chosen for a station a plain substantial brick build- ing, 50 feet by 56 feet outside, one story high with base- ment, and an ell 40 feet by 29 feet with flat roofs.
In designing this building what is known as "Mill" con- struction has been adopted, as this type commands the low- est insurance rate.
The main building is to have a graveled roof, while that of the ell in which boilers are to be located will be of iron.
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In the basement will be located the shafting, pulleys, con- densers, etc., and there will also be a large store room for wire, lamps, carbons and other materials.
On the first floor which is level with the ell or boiler room will be the engines, dynamos, switchboards, and the office.
This station building will have a capacity for a 500 horse power plant, and in my judgment this capacity will be re- quired during the next five years if commercial lighting is undertaken.
It is so designed that by taking down a twelve inch brick wall at one end, the building may be extended to a capacity of 1,000 horse power. The chimney would then be in line of a symmetrical building and will be of sufficient size for the completed plant. I would recommend a horizontal tubular steel boiler, 66 x 17, built for 125 pounds pressure, and a 12 x 22 × 24 compound condensing engine, built to make one hundred and twenty revolutions per minute.
This combination would give 175 horse power which would be ample to drive one 27 Kilowatt and four 15 Kilo- watt dinamos, the former for incandescent and the latter for arc lights and street incandescents.
I recommend the series system for wiring the streets so that either incandescent or arc lights may be used on a single wire, and an arc light installed in the place of an in- candescent, or vice versa, at a trifling expense.
When the proposed lights are all running there will still remain a station capacity for 27 more arc, or 121 street in- candescent, and 215 sixteen candle power incandescent lights. The last would be available for commercial lighting and should produce an income of $2,000.00 per annum. 1153 poles and 206,350 feet of wire would be required.
I have considered most of the available systems, both as to the power and the electric plants.
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REPORT OF ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMITTEE.
The building was estimated on by the contractor, who built the new passenger station at Wakefield, and while this might be cheapened, I do not think it advisable. I have selected that which I consider best in every case, and while a station of the same capacity can be constructed for a little less money, I feel that the saving in repairs and operating expenses, and the increased excellence of the service will abundantly repay the outlay, which is estimated as follows : Lot with buildings and chimney $16,600 00
Engine, boiler, piping, shafting, pulleys, and belts complete 8,602 46
Dynamos, lamps, poles, wire, etc., complete . 21,008 16
Incidentals, office furniture, books, etc. 1,289 38
Making a total of . $47,500 00
Taking the power as previously estimated I find we shall have 224,430 horse power hours per annum. As- suming a consumption of 3 lbs. of coal per horse power hour, with coal at $4.50 per ton, we get $1,516.50 as the annual cost for fuel.
I have gone carefully over the entire operating ex- penses of the proposed plant with a result as per the following summary :
Salary and wages to manager and three men
$3,125 00
Fuel
1,516 50
Carbons
203 21
Incandescent renewals
800 00
Globe breakage
10 00
Oil, waste, etc.
100 00
Depreciation, 2 per cent.
950 00
Insurance, 1/2 per cent.
237 50
Interest, 5 per cent.
2,375 00
Incidentals
182 79
Making a total operating expense of . Less income from commercial business
$9,500 00
·
2,000 00
$7,500 CO
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REPORT OF ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMITTEE.
Or a net total of about $700.00 per year more than the town is now paying, and this with the public buildings, and the streets to the town limits lighted brilliantly by electric lights.
The division of cost predicated on the foregoing estimates may be apportioned as follows : Allowing say $2,320.00 for interior lighting which includes the surplus available for commercial business, I find the cost of arc lights will be $35.00 each, and the incandescent $8.75 each per annum.
Having thus far confined myself strictly to the question of lighting the streets and public buildings of the town, I will now take up the matter of commercial business,
Responses received by your Committee in reply to the inquiries which were widely distributed indicate an imme- diate demand for about 1,000 incandescent lights for com- mercial use.
To be able to meet this demand more power than has thus far been provided would be a necessity.
If this business is, therefore, to be undertaken, I would advise a 15x30x30 compound condensing engine, con- structed to make 115 revolutions per minute ; and two horizontal tubular boilers each 66 inches in diameter and 19 feet long, instead of the power plant previously proposed.
This combination would give 312 horse-power, which would be ample, and, with the necessary belts, shafting, pulleys, etc., would cost $13,712.46.
The two available methods of supply are by the alternat- ing system as built by the Thomson-Houston, Westinghouse and Fort Wayne companies, and by the three-wire feeder system of the Edison Company, the latter, which for various reasons, as explained to you personally, I do not think it necessary to now consider.
I will first consider the alternating system, but will not attempt to go into unnecessary details. I estimate on
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REPORT OF ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMITTEE.
transformers or converters enough for 4,000 lights ; dynamos of 125 Kilowatt capacity ; 165 meters of different sizes, as required. with necessary wire apparatus, material and labor, making a complete plant of size sufficient to take care of 4,500 16-candle power lights wired. This incandescent plant can be installed together with the street lighting plant de- scribed previously, for $40,348.49, making the total cost of plant by this system as follows :
Real estate
$16,600 00
Power plant .
13,712 46
Electric plant
40,348 49
Incidentals
339 05
Making a total of $71,000 00
The estimated annual cost of operating this system would be as follows :
Salary and wages . $4,000 00
Fuel
3,500 00
Carbons .
203 21
Incandescent renewals .
2,000 00
Globe breakage
10 00
Oil, waste, etc.,
200 00
Depreciation, 2 per cent.
1,420 00
Insurance, 1/2 per cent. 355 00
Interest, 5 per cent.
3,550 00
Incidentals
761 89
Or a total of . $16,000 00
With the 4,500 lights disposed of, which I believe will be easily done within a comparatively short time, and assum- ing the average income from each to be $3.331/3 per annum (which would be a low and conservative estimate), we have a total income from this source of $15,000, which reduces the cost of street lighting to $1,000 per annum, or, say, $6.67 each for arc and $1.70 each for street incandescent.
Respectfully submitted,
EUGENE F. CARPENTER.
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REPORT OF ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMITTEE.
Your committee believe there will be but slight dissent from their opinion that our town is at present but indiffer- ently lighted, and that an improvement in this respect is most desirable, even though it be at a somewhat increased expense.
A city or town brilliantly lighted is believed to be in the interest of security and good order, and in many places is properly considered an ally of the police, and a considerable factor in enabling their number to be kept at a minimum. ..
We are fortunately situated for the establishment of a town electric plant, having a large and constantly increasing population of thrifty people well distributed about a com- mon centre, and from which electricity can be economically distributed, the maximum distance from a properly located electric station to the town limits in any direction not ex- cseding one and a quarter miles.
The street lighting has not kept pace with the rapid growth of the town or with many other improvements, and it is manifest that were it not for the expectations of some- thing better to come as a result of the investigations of your committee, the demand for more and better lighting in many parts of the newly settled localities would long ere this have been irresistible.
Unless the town shall immediately proceed to acquire an electric plant of its own, we believe the demand for lights will force a large increase of expense in the kind of service now in use.
It will be obvious from the foregoing that this committee are of the opinion that the town should erect and operate an electric plant of its own. We are also of the opinion that the business of commercial lighting should be under- taken and a plant of sufficient capacity provided or pro- jected which will enable the town to meet all demands made upon it, and it is quite within the bounds of possibil-
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REPORT OF ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMITTEE.
ity that the town will shortly need such a plant for heat as well as light.
Light and heat, as well as water, are necessities, and we have heard no good reason advanced why the citizens of the town should not by means of their town organization provide themselves with both, as well as water, at cost.
To the other attractions of our town which arc inducing a rapidity of growth, exceeded by few if any towns in the State, your Committee believe this boon of cheap and abundant illumination should be added, and that it will prove to be an investment easily justified.
It was our intention to refer in detail to the report of Mr. Carpenter, but this seems hardly necessary as he has largely avoided details and technical terms, which would only tend to confuse, and which makes his report so clear as to be easily comprehended by the average citizen.
Our instructions were to condense said report as much as possible to the end that it might be easily understood, and in this it seems to us he has been eminently successful.
It is perhaps unnecessary to state that in the course of his investigations Mr. Carpenter accumulated a mass of facts and statistics all leading up to the conclusions he has reached and which have been, and still are, available for the uses of your committec.
It will be easily apparent that many facts and estimates acquired during our investigations may well be excluded from a public report.
This report and its conclusions are by no means predi- cated entirely on the findings of Mr. Carpenter, but is largely the result of our own observations and inquiries from day to day.
We are not at this writing prepared to state what general plan will receive our endorsement or which system our rec- ommendation.
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REPORT OF ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMITTEE.
Mr. Carpenter has stated in a general way the various methods by which the result we are after may be attained and the probable cost of same.
The development of the art of electric lighting is rapid and constant, but we can hardly afford to wait for the per- fection which may never come, but should avail of the most recent improvements in existence at the time the work is undertaken, provided the town should decide to embark in the enterprise.
We are therefore inclined to the opinion that this commit- tee should stand committed only to the principle and not to a plan or system.
If the work is undertaken at all it should be confided to those only in whom the town has sufficient confidence to en- trust the expenditure of a sum sufficient to secure the best.
We believe this can be done for an amount not to exceed $75,000.00.
The expenditure of so large a sum will involve the town in a matter of much importance, and the subject should com- mand the attention of every thoughtful citizen interested in its welfare.
Your committee will undertake to see that the "matterj is submitted to the town at the approaching annual meeting in such manner that it may receive your intelligent considera- tion.
Respectfully, C. H. LANG, JR. GEORGE T. BROWN. W. E. BARRETT. LEVI S. GOULD. GEORGE R. JONES.
Report of Engineers of Fire Department.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
The Engineers of the Fire Department respectfully sub- mit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1891 :
The Department has answered thirteen alarms during the past year as follows:
Jan. 28; box 41; false alarm.
Feb. 15; box 43; house on Winthrop street owned by Mrs. Mary T. Vaughan; occupied by Isaac C. Weeks and C. C. Swett; loss on building, $750; insurance paid on building, $750; loss on contents, $550; insurance paid on contents, $550.
March 20; box 43; house on Ingalls court, owned by O. Ingalls; loss slight.
April 29; box 51; blacksmith shop on Main street, owned and occupied by John Kennedy; loss $25.
June 17; box 43; house on Myrtle street, owned and oc- cupied by J. L. Hanaford; loss slight.
July 3; box 37; false alarm.
July 7; box 43; blacksmith shop on Essex street, owned by W. W. Boardman, occupied by A. McBeth; loss slight.
Sept. 25; box 54; barn on Ashland street, owned by W. Magner; loss on barn, $75; loss on contents, $25.
Oct. 22; box 51; house on Howard street, owned by Angus McDonald, occupied by Angus McDonald; loss $38; insur- ance paid, $38.
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ENGINEERS' REPORT.
October 24; box 43; carpenter shop and stable on Le- banon street, owned and occupiedby James Rendall; loss on building, $1,000; loss on contents, $350; insurance paid on building, $1,000; insurance paid on contents, $350.
Dec. 8; box 32; store on Main street, owned by A. P. Massey, occupied by J. D. Ferry; loss on building, $350; loss on contents, $500; insurance paid on building, $350; insur- ance paid on contents, $325.
Dec. 10; box 41; Brush fire on Park street.
Dec. 30 ; box 41 ; building on Lebanon street, owned and occupied by J. J. Mccullough ; loss on building, $700; insurance paid on building, $400 ; loss on contents, $500 ; insurance paid on contents, $300.
LOSSES.
Value of property
$4,863 00
Insurance paid on same
4,163 00
Total loss
$700 00
THE DEPARTMENT.
The department consists of a chief and two assistants en- gineers, one engineman, thirty-six hosemen, twenty hook and ladder men, making a total of sixty men.
APPARATUS.
The apparatus consists of one steamer, three hose car- riages, one hook and ladder truck, two hose sleds, one two wheel jumper.
HOSE.
The total amount of hose in the department is 4,000 feet; 3,000 feet in good order, 1,000 feet not reliable.
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ENGINEERS' REPORT.
HYDRANTS.
There are at present one hundred and seventy-four hydrants which have been found in good condition.
FIRE ALARM.
Four new boxes have been added to the system, making a total of seventeen boxes, which have proved satisfactory.
BUILDINGS.
The house occupied by hose one, and the steamer, is in good repair. Hose two is located in the Masonic building, but it is not a suitable place for the same. The house oc- cupied by hose three at the Highlands has been raised and a cellar built under the same, but will need painting the coming year.
RECOMMENDATION.
We recommend the purchase of 1,000 feet of hose, also a horse and hose wagon, and that permanent men be ap- pointed for the same.
The rooms occupied by hose two is not adapted for the purpose and does not meet the requirements of the com- pany, to enable them to keep their apparatus in perfect or- der, and we think that a new house should be built for them.
APPROPRIATIONS.
The engineers would recommend the following amounts for the coming year.
Current expenses of fire department $4,500 00 For new hose 650 00
A. WILBUR LYNDE, ALBON W. PARKER, SAMUEL LEAR,
Engineers.
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TOWN CLERK'S STATISTICS.
STATISTICS OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS FOR THE YEAR 1891.
Births.
Marriages.
Deaths.
January .
I7
4
15
February
19
IO
IO
March
19
I
II
April
IO
7
13
May
23
5
9
June
22
II
7
July
17
7
7
August
18
5
16
September
26
12
13
October .
21
13
14
November
19
I3
I5
December
12
13
22
--
223
IOI
152
BIRTHS.
Number registered
223
More than last year
48
Males .
I22
Females
IOI
223
Of the above number 200 were born in Melrose and 22 were born in other places.
Born of American parents
105
of foreign parents . 74
of American father and foreign mother 27 of foreign father and American mother 17
223
TOWN CLERK'S STATISTICS. 195
INTENTIONS OF MARRIAGES RECORDED.
Whole number of couples 92
Both parties residing in Melrose 49
But one party residing in Melrose 43
92
MARRIAGES.
Whole number . 102
More than last year .
2
Both parties American
58
Both parties foreign
24
Parties American and foreign .
20
102
First marriage of persons
186
Second marriage of persons
I7
Third marriage of persons
I
204-102 couples.
DEATHS.
Whole number registered
152
More than last year .
40
Had residence in Melrose, died else-
where
7
Had residence elsewhere, died in Melrose 8
Males (married )
21
Females (married )
26
Widows
21
Widowers
16
Males ( single ) .
8
Females (single )
12
Male children .
23
Female children
25
152
196
TOWN CLERK'S STATISTICS.
Under one year (still-born or prema-
ture birth, 13)
35
From I to 5 5 " IO 4
4
II
13
40 “ 50
7
50 " 60
II 20
60 " 70
70 " 80
21
80 " 90
I7
Over 90 2
152
REGISTRATION OF VOTERS, 1891.
Males.
Total number as per last report 1,505
Registered previous to March meeting :
Feb. 12
7 19
20 36
1,54I
Erased on account of deaths and removals
6
Erased in October on account of
1,535
Deaths
9
Removals
77
Non-payment of taxes, 1890-91
32 118
1,417
7
10 " 20 20 " 30 30 " 40
9 25
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TOWN CLERK'S STATISTICS.
Registered and restored previous to No- vember meeting :
Sept. 17 .
28
Sept. 24 .
78
Oct. I
. 58
Oct. 8
I2I .
Oct. 22
52 .
Oct. 28
70 407
1,824
Erased on account of deaths Nov. 1891, to
Feb., 1892
9
Total
1,815
Females
Total number, 1891 .
52
Registered during the year
I
53
Erased on account of
Non-payment of taxes, 1890-91 . 4
Removals
2
6
Total 47
JURORS DRAWN DURING THE YEAR.
Mareh 3. John H. Atwood.
Robert Sweet.
May 26.
Aaron Hill, Jr.
William E. Dwight.
Oct. 6. Elisha Myrick, Lewis C. Hoyt.
.
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TOWN CLERK'S STATISTICS.
MILITARY LIST.
Number of persons liable to military
duty, as reported by the Assessors, 1,605
DOG LICENSES,
Total number issued
For males
447
For females .
56
503
To breeders of dogs 3
-
Breeders' licenses issued to
Eugene H. Moore
$50 00
F. W. Chapman
25 00
E. B. Sears
50 00
Paid County Treasurer :
June 2, 1891
$647 60
Nov. 11, 1891 . 550 20
$1,197 80
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN LARRABEE, Town Clerk.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD
OF
WATER COMMISSIONERS
OF THE
TOWN OF MELROSE, MASS.,
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1891.
MELROSE : DUNTON & POTTER, PRINTERS, REPORTER OFFICE. 1892.
TOWN OF MELROSE, MASS.
WATER DEPARTMENT.
COMMISSIONERS :
WIILBUR D. FISKE. WILLIAM H. MILLER.
GEORGE J. BICKNELL.
REGISTRAR,
ELBRIDGE H. GOSS.
SUPERINTENDENT, . JAMES W. RILEY.
PUMPING STATION,
CHARLES F. CHURCHILL, Engineer.
.
REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1891.
The twenty-second annual report of the Board of Water' Commissioners of the town of Melrose, also reports of Water Registrar and Superintendent, are hereby respectful- ly submitted.
STREET MAINS.
The demands for laying main and service pipes during the year has largely exceeded that of any previous year, and is as follows:
Number of feet of main pipe laid in 1891, 14,130
66 66 service 17,929
66 new hydrants set 66 14
" gates 6 66
22
A detailed statement of dimensions, location and cost of the above will be found in the appended report.
MAINTENANCE.
The maintenance account has been increased by the re- location and substitution of the sixteen inch iron pipe over Spot pond brook on Wyoming avenue, also over Ell pond brook at Wyoming station, also by the relaying of the four- teen inch pipe over Ell pond brook on Main street, neces- sitated by the widening of said brooks'as voted by the town.
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WATER REPORT.
SPOT POND.
Owing to the increased consumption of water, and the limited fall of rain during the year, the supply of water has been largely reduced, the lowest point reached being on the 23rd of December, at which time it was seven feet below high water mark. During this low stage of water, the joint water boards have removed the drift wood and other debris around the borders of the pond, and have also dredged and enlarged some of the inlets to the pond, which will natural- , ly increase the quantity and improve the quality of the water.
At an adjourned meeting Nov. 19, 1891, a report submit- ted by the Water Commissioners relating to water rates and the income therefrom, with recommendations, was unaminously accepted.
WATER RATES.
Dwelling Houses.
PER YEAR.
Occupied by one family, for the first faucet
$5 00
For each additional faucet to be used for the
same family I 00
For the first water-closet 4 00
For each additional water-closet
2 00
For first bath-tub 4 00
For each additional bath-tub . 2 00
Provided that no private house occupied by one family shall pay more than $20 per year, not including stable or hose.
When a house is occupied by more than one family and they use the same fixtures the charge shall be as follows for each additional family.
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WATER REPORT.
For first faucet
$4 00
For additional faucets, each I 00
For bath-tub 3 00
For water-closet
3 00
When a house is occupied by more than one family, the highest rates will be charged for each family having water carried into their part of the house.
When two faucets are used, one for hot and one for cold water, both emptying into one vessel, but one charge will be made for both.
Boarding Houses.
Houses containing six or more boarders shall be rated as boarding houses.
For the first faucet
9 00
For each additional faucet
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