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WATER REPORT.
Said town of Melrose agrees to put in a pumping plant as follows: To have the pump, boiler and all other attach- ments of sufficient size to pump three hundred thousand (300,000) gallons of water in twenty-four hours, and if they decide to pump less than twenty-four hours consecutively, the pump and attachments shall be of sufficient size to pump said three hundred thousand gallons in said less number of hours. They agree to furnish said pump and all pipes or other connections from the wells to the pump, and from pump to the town's water main on Wyoming avenue, and to put into the line of connecting pipe between pump and main, a water meter, also of sufficient size to register the amount of water and in the time afore mentioned. The town agrees to run this pumping plant each day when practicable, after it is started, until November 20, 1893, to its full capacity of the water yield, accidents and breakages excepted; to keep a daily record of the amount of water pumped; to furnish all supplies and labor necessary to installing, main- taining and operating said plant for said time, except the expense of the driven wells aforesaid. Whatever is ex- pended by the town in pipes, machinery, engines and all improvements of every kind and description shall be and remain the property of said town of Melrose, with right to remove the same.
To recapitulate: Said Sibley agrees to furnish the driven wells and access to the same; said town of Melrose agrees to do all the rest, and to install the plant and commence pumping at its earliest convenience, on or before said August 20.
If the contemplated pumping plant is put in by the town, and is faithfully pumped, the said Sibley agrees to pay on or
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WATER REPORT.
before January Ist, 1894, one half of all the expenses * of putting in and running said plant, in case twelve million (12,000,000) gallons are not obtained in ninety days pump- ing; but the six-inch pipe and laying from Wyoming main is not to be included in the net expense.
In witness whereof we hereunto set our hands and seals. the fifth day of August, A. D., 1893.
A. CUTTER SIBLEY.
Town of Melrose by its committee:
W. D. FISKE, GEORGE L. MORSE, CHAS. C. ODLIN, JOHN LARRABEE, DANIEL RUSSELL, STEPHEN F. KEYES, GEO. J. BICKNELL.
After these reports were read and accepted, the following vote was passed :
Voted, unanimously, That the committee on additional water supply be authorized to expend not exceeding $1,000 in addition to the amount previously appropriated, viz .: $1,500, making a total of $2,500, the same to be paid by the treasurer and charged to the water fund account, and that he be authorized to sell one additional water bond, making a total of three bonds, to defray said expenses.
* The items to be included in the matter of expenses to be paid for between the parties are as follows:
Rental of meter, pump and boiler, the whole expense of sand chamber and whole expense of the pipes connecting wells with punip. All labor and expense on installing and running plant for said ninety days, also expense of shed to be built over the pump.
It is understood and agreed between the contracting parties that whatever may be received for the sale of any of the material used in installing said plant shall be divided equally between the two said parties.
3II
WATER REPORT.
At the town meeting held Nov. 23, the committee on ad- ditional water supply made the following report, including a proposition made by Mr. A. C. Sibley:
To the Citizens of Melrose :
Your committee on additional water supply beg leave to make the following report of progress:
Pumping from Whittier's wells into our main pipe has been steadily continued since our last report, and we have thereby increased our water supply in round numbers 20,- 000,000 gallons, and we think also very much improved the quality of our water.
The contract with Mr. Sibley expired on the 20th of No- vember, but he has extended it until the 29th, pending the consideration of his proposition for furnishing the town an additional water supply.
Said proposition is hereby respectfully submitted with the recommendation that all consideration and action on same be referred to your committee on additional water supply with full power to act as may seem to them for the best interests of the town.
We also recommend that full powers be given your com- mittee to take such steps towards obtaining additional water from any other source, as may seem to them wise, provided we do not incur an expenditure of over $2,000.
We herewith respectfully submit all the analysis thus far made by the state board of health, of the various samples of water which were taken from Ell pond itself, and the exper- imental wells around said pond, and those taken from time to time from Whittier's wells, during the past few months.
GEO, L. MORSE, DANIEL RUSSELL, W. D. FISKE, JOHN LARRABEE, STEPHEN F. KEYES, C. C. ODLIN, GEO. J. BICKNELL.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS .- State Board of Health. WATER ANALYSIS. (Parts in 100,000.) WATER FROM WHITTIER'S WELLS.
DATE OF
APPEARANCE.
ODOR.
RESIDUE ON EVAPORATION.
AMMONIA.
Nitrogen as
Albuminoid.
Number.
Collection.
Examination.
Turbidity.
Sediment.
Color.
Cold.
Hot.
Total.
Loss on Ignition.
Fixed.
Free.
Total.
In Solution.
In Suspension.
Chlorine.
Nitrates.
Nitrites.
Hardness.
Iron.
Oxygen consumed.
1893.
Very slightly Milky. Distinct None.
Very sl't Slight. None.
0.02 0.02 0.00
None. None. Distinct. None. None.
None.
9.00
.0000.0008
.81 .0000 .0001 4.3 .0312 .0312
11,118 Sept. 29
30
None.
None.
0.00
None. 10.40
.0000.0018
1.17
.1500 .0000 6.0.0080 .0385
11,164 Oct. 11
11
None.
None.
0.00
None. 11.40
.0000 .0018
1.25
.1100 .0001
6.3 .0040 .0077
11,348 Nov. 16
18
clayey.
clayey.
0.05
None.
None. 12.80
.0000.0000
1.37
.0900 .0000 7.3
.
.0468
10,692, 10,867 and 11,348. From wells.
10,989, 11,118 and 11,164. From a tap.
The color of the water is expressed by numbers which increase with the amount of color. Boston water, as drawn from a tap at the Inititute of Technology, had an average color of 0.40. Other water supplies in the State have an average color of from 0 to 1.45.
All water containing suspended matter is filtered through filter paper before determining the color and residue on evaporation. Occasionally these determinations are also made on the unfiltered water, the results in such cases being indicated by an asterisk.
WATER REPORT.
10,692 July 20
21
.0000.0024 .
.69
.0200.0000
3.9.0000.0370
10,867 Aug. 21
22
9.20
.0004.0000
.71
.0000 .0003 4.4 .0070 .0474
10,989 Sept. 6
8
.
. ..
.
.
. ... .
None. None.
8.90
..
Distinct
Slight
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WATER REPORT.
PROPOSITION.
BELFAST, Nov. 18, 1893.
To the Committee on Additional Water Supply for the Town of Melrose, Mass :
GENTLEMEN :- I will allow you to continue pumping at your experimental station until Nov. 29th inst., although the time expires, per agreement, Nov. 20th.
All propositions which I have heretofore made to your committee, or to the town, are now withdrawn, no action having been taken of them (except the experimental one under which you are now pumping).
It is not for my interest that the town shall put in a new pump and continue experimental pumping for four months longer, as you have suggested. But if the town wishes to make a contract with me for one or more years, I will install a plant with a capacity of at least 600 gallons per minute (equal to 360,000 gallons in ten hours), and have it ready to start in from sixty to ninety days from time contract is signed. I will then furnish the water to the town for one year for seven and one-half cents per 1,000 gallons, which is, as I understand, less than one-half what it has cost the town per 1,000 gallons for water pumped in this experimental test.
This proposition to remain open for the acceptance of the town until Nov. 29th inst.
If a contract is made substantially as herein contained, I will operate your experimental pumping plant for the in- terim between closing said contract and starting my installed plant, on terms on which we may agree.
A. C. SIBLEY.
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WATER REPORT.
At this meeting of Nov. 23 the following vote was passed:
Voted, unanimously, That the matter of making a contract with A. C. Sibley, for an additional supply of water, be left with the committee on additional water supply, heretofore appointed, with full power to act in the premises, and that they be also authorized to make further investigations or experiments, if deemed necessary, the expense of same, in either instance, to be defrayed from the water account, pro- vided the expense for investigations or experiments shall not exceed two thousand ($2,000) dollars.
Since the above meeting was held the committee on ad- ditional water supply concluded the following contract with the Middlesex Fells Springs Company:
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
Entered into this seventeenth day of January, A. D., 1894, by and between the Middlesex Fells Springs Co. (a corporation incorporated and established under the laws of the State of Maine) or its legal representatives, when properly incorporated to do business in this Commonwealth, of the first part, And the Town of Melrose, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, of the second part :
Whereas, The said Middlesex Fells Springs Co. is the owner of a certain tract of land known as the Martin meadows, situated near Wyoming avenue, in said town of Melrose;
And whereas, There is a large quantity of subterraneous water under said land;
And whereas, The town of Melrose desires to use said water to augment its water supply;
Wherefore, It is understood and agreed by and between the parties hereto, that the said Middlesex Fells Springs Co. shall construct, erect, furnish and complete, proper and
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suitable works, buildings and machinery, for a pumping plant, capable of pumping 500,000 gallons of water daily. And the said Middlesex Fells Springs Co. hereby agrees to furnish water to said town of Melrose, for one year from the date when said pumping plant is started in fulfillment of this contract (which date shall be entered on this contract later ), at and for the price of 71/2 cents for each and every thousand gallons, for the first 300,000 gallons daily, and at the price of 6 cents for each and every thousand gallons in excess of 300,000 gallons daily, up to 400,000 gallons daily, and at the price of 5 cents for each and every thousand gallons in excess of 400,000 gallons up to 500,000 gallons daily.
And the said Middlesex Fells Springs Co. further agrees to furnish said town 250,000 gallons of water daily for one year; and in the event of said Middlesex Fells Springs Co.'s failure to furnish 250,000 gallons of water daily, for said one year, whether caused by a failure of water supply or other- wise, said town of Melrose shall only be required to pay the price of 5 cents per one thousand gallons for such water as may be supplied aforesaid. But, if the party of the first part are obliged to stop pumping, by request of party of second part, then the said town shall pay the said Middlesex Fells Springs Co. demurrage at the rate of $10 per day, or $I per hour for a fraction of a day.
And the said Middlesex Fells Springs Co. hereby further agrees to furnish all the water that shall be obtained from said Martin meadows' land to the extent of 500,000 gallons daily (excepting such water as they may require to use for the purpose of a bottling establishment, or artificial ice manufactory, or both, proposed to be operated by them), to said town of Melrose; which said water they shall cause to be pumped into the force main of the Melrose water pipes on Wyoming avenue.
And the said town agrees to furnish a long Y in their
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main, and proper gates each side of said connection, and within ten feet of said Y, and to pipe with 10-inch or 12-inch pipe from said Y, to the force main line of the street adjoin- ing the party of the first part's land.
And the afore-mentioned Middlesex Fells Springs Co. agrees that the said town of Melrose may continue to pump water under the same conditions as by former contract, un- til the pumping plant is completed, and in consideration of this extension, the said town of Melrose agrees to pay the Middlesex Fells Springs Company fifty dollars.
Said Middlesex Fells Springs Co. guarantees that the quality of water so furnished shall be satisfactory to the state board of health, of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and will allow samples to be analyzed by said board once in each month, or oftener, during the continuance of this con- tract.
The town of Melrose agrees to pay said Middlesex Fells Springs Co., or order, monthly, all bills due to them for said waters furnished to it; and to pay at the rate of seven and one-half cents per 1,000 gallons, until the quantity of 300,000 gallons shall have been reached daily; then at the rate of six cents per 1,000 gallons, until the further quantity of 400,000 gallons shall have been reached daily; then at the rate of five cents per 1,000 gallons, for all water so taken in excess of 400,000 gallons daily.
Said town agrees to take all the water so furnished by the said Middlesex Fells Springs Co. up to 500,000 gallons daily, averaged by the month, at the prices agreed upon, under this contract.
It is hereby agreed that the party of the first part, and the party of the second part, shall buy and own together one proper water meter, to be placed in the line of said force main pipe between the pump and water main afore-mentioned, each
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party paying one-half the cost of the same, and its readings to be taken jointly.
It is agreed by and between the party of the first part, and party of the second part, that the party of the second part shall have the right at the expiration of one year from the date when said pumping machinery is started in fulfillment of this contract, to continue said contract for one, two, three or four years, on the same terms and conditions herein con- tained, except that in the event of a partial failure of the water supply without any fault of the party of the first part, and the quantity of water pumped during the said year is not more than a daily average of 250,000 gallons, the forfeit- ure hertofore named of two and a-half cents for 1,000 galls., in the event of less than 250,000 gallons be produced daily for said one year, shall not be claimed by said town, but the price shall be and remain at seven and one-half cents for each 1,000 gallons so furnished to said town up to 250,000 gallons daily.
In witness whereof, the contracting parties, by their legal representatives, have hereto affixed their hands and seals, this seventeenth day of January, A. D. 1894.
MIDDLESEX FELLS SPRINGS COMPANY,
By A. C. SILBEY, Prest.,
By authority of vote passed by said Company this date.
CHAS. C. ODLIN, DANIEL RUSSELL, STEPHEN F. KEYES, JOHN LARRABEE, GEO. L. MORSE,
GEO. J. BICKNELL, W. D. FISKE.
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WATER REPORT.
The following figures show the amount of water pumped at Whittier's wells, from the time of beginning, Aug. 22nd to Dec. 31, 1893.
STATEMENT OF WATER PUMPED AT WHITTIER'S WELLS.
Date.
Cubic Feet.
Gallons.
Av. per Day.
1893, August 28,
195,300
1,464,750
209,250
September 4, . . .
189,259
1,419,375
283,875
II, ...
189,010
1,417,575
283,515
18,. ..
217,140
1,628,550
232,650
25, . . .
178,530
1,338,975
223, 162
October 2, ....
191,070
1,433,025
204,718
9,. ....
123,770
928,275
185,655
15, ..
172,120
1,290,900
215,150
66
21, ..
141,740
1,063,050
151,864
30,. ....
244,110
1,708,770
261,689
November 6, .. .
186,720
1,400,400
200,057
14, ...
168,180
1,177,260
180,193
20, . . .
177,250
1,329,375
189,91I
66
27, . . .
132,510
993,825
141,975
December 4, ...
143,600
1,077,000
153,856
12, ...
80,280
602, 100
86,016
66
19,. . .
166,640
1,249,800
178,543
26, . . .
238,960
1,792,200
256,029
1894, January I, .
212,450
1,593,875
227,625
Totals,
3,348,630
25, 114,725
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WATER REPORT.
LAND AROUND SPOT POND.
Your board of water commissioners in conjunction with the water commissioners of the cities of Malden and Medford have settled and paid a large majority of the claims for taking the land and water rights around Spot pond, and now hold the deeds to the property. The other claims will be settled as fast as possible, and a detailed statement of these claims will be made in our future annual report.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
We recommend that the town appropriate the same sum, $4,000, for town use, as last year.
Respectfully submitted, WILBUR D. FISKE, GEO. J. BICKNELL, GEO. L. MORSE. Commissioners.
REPORT OF WATER REGISTRAR
OF THE TOWN OF MELROSE, FOR THE YEAR 1893.
To the Board of Water Commissioners :
GENTLEMEN :- I submit the following report for the year 1893:
RECEIPTS.
Received for water rates, .
$31,194 07
66 " service pipes, 1,849 63
$33,043 70
Paid George Newhall, treasurer, $32,875 00
Refunded, . 168 70
$33,043 70
DISBURSEMENTS.
Bills approved by the water commissioners and paid by the town treasurer:
Stock account-Stock purchased, $16,372 19 Labor on same, 701 88
Maintenance-Sundry bills, labor and salaries, 14,262 63
Construction-Labor on construction and street services, 5,491 74
$36,828 44 Of this amount $411.37 for stock has been transferred to additional water supply, 4II 37
$36.417 07
WATER REPORT. 321 STATEMENT FOR SINKING FUND. INCOME.
From water rates,
$31, 194 07
Less amount refunded,
168 70
$31,025 37
LESS.
Interest on bonds (from town treas-
urer's books ), $8,296 00
Maintenance-Sundry bills, labor
and salaries,
14,262 63
Maintenance-Stock used,
1,245 19
23,803 82
Surplus,
$7,221 55
MAINTENANCE.
Brock Bros., sundries,
$64 47
Melrose Journal, printing,
55 87
Coffin Valve Co., repairing hydrants,
9 73
G. F. King & Merrill, stationery,
33 50
C. L. Hoffman, concreting,
12 75
Braman, Dow & Co., fittings,
15 58
Frost & Hawes, sundries, .
35 03
Ames Plow Co., tools,
24 48
L. Green, hay,
9 00
R. J. Todd, bolts, I 00
Phillips & Hodgdon, hay, oats, &c., .
305 34
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., telephones,
220 20
C. F. Churchill, engineer, .
900 00
J. W. Riley, superintendent, -
1,100 00
E. H. Goss, registrar,
800 00
Amount carried forward,
$3,586 95.
21
322
WATER REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $3,586 95
Jos. Edwards, repairs, 73 40
Robt. Philpot, sand, teaming, &c., 4II 23
J. F. Churchill, labor, II 25
Littlefield Directory Co., I 00
C. S. Davis, wood, 23 50
T. McCoubry, repairs and horse shoeing, 281 51
A. Lane, rent of shop, one year, I20 00 .
Mary D. Ellis, rent of stable, one year, 60 00
Walworth Mfg. Co., repairs, 27 48
Chas. W. Badger, asphalt varnish, 42 14
A. W. Chesterton & Co., packing, 22 95
Edson Mfg. Co., suction hose, etc., 22 52
H. J. Perry, hardware, 54 54
W. H. Miller, services,
10 00
Leonard & Ellis, valve oil, 81 20
Boston Evening Record, advertising, 4 00
Dunton & Potter, printing, 15 00
Boston & Maine R. R. Co., freight, 123 97
Bugbee & Barrett, sundries, 6 81
D. R. Woodward, labor,
75
Peet Valve Co., repairing gates,
6 75
Smith Bros., sundries, 2 75
Aetna Rubber Mills, mittens,
19 50
Eastman's Express, expressing, 92 85
Geo. H. Sampson, dynamite and fuses, 94 17
A. Maclachlan, repairing, 39 15
J. B. Johnson, repairing,
2 87
Boston Rubber Shoe Co., rubber boots,
16 35
J. P. Deering & Co., lumber,
III 27
J. J. Mccullough, oil cloth,
I 20
Fitz, Dana & Co., solder, . 4 00
Amount carried forward,
$5,371 06
WATER REPORT.
323
Amount brought forward, $5,371 06
Scrannage Bros., repairing, 2 75
F. C. Richardson, labor, 5 00
Boston Hose Co., hose, IO 75
C. W. Ellison, stamps,
51 33
E. H. Goss, sundries,
9 57
J. McCarthy's Sons, charcoal,
2 45
W. E. Keating, hay and oats,
IO 62
T. L. Mayo & Co., manila,
4 20
F. S. Field, labor,
8 00
W. A. Goodno, lumber and work, 33 54
Geo. H. Mason & Co., lanterns and globes, 14 25
W. H. Gallison, gaskets, 3 25
S. E. Benson & Co., coal, 1,917 22
B. D. Peaslee, services,
3 60
A. W. Mitchell Mfg. Co., badges,
2 00
Town of Stoneham, gravel,
40 00
Cook Well Co., pipe and labor,
242 05
Am. Express Co., expressage,
3 15
Geo, H. Smith, teaming,
3 00
Knowles Pump Works, valves, etc., .
59 44
Geo. W. Bartlett, carriages, etc.,
24 00
Westgate & Johnson, insurance, 27 75
W. C. Stevens, services, 33 00
Larrabee & Stearns, medicines,
2 15
Jos. Gibbons, labor,
7 50
M. M. Tidd, services,
192 87
Chapman Valve Co., repairing,
2 52
Catherine Johnson, sand, . 8 20
75
Sewall & Day Cordage Co., packing,
8 38
A. J. Burnett & Co., pipe, solder and labor, I 13
Amount carried forward,
$8,105 48
Burrell & Swett, tools,
324
WATER REPORT
Amount brought forward, $8,105 48
F. J. Bufford, engraving bonds, 45 00
A. J. Bonett, filing saws, . 65
L. B. Wilder & Co., printing,
28 50
Ludlow Valve Co., valve fittings,
II 65
G. E. Winslow, 300 indicators,
21 65
Boston Bolt Co., bolts,
4 23
O. Whyte & Co., cylinder for reservoir,
65 00
City of Malden, 1/3 amount expended at Spot pond, . 533 50
P. Ainsworth, sundries, 3 37
W. D. Fiske, commissioner, 50 00
Geo. J. Bicknell, commissioner, 50 00
Geo. L. Morse, commissioner, .
50 00
Canton Oil Co., pipe and couplings,
2 91
G. P. Anderson, hose,
4 32
C. F. Churchill, sundries, . 4 60
F. E. Whitney, labor, 3 45
J. F. Churchill, sundries, 3 38
A. M. Morton & Co., packing and fittings, 36 98
H. B. Wyman, services, 50 00
H. W. Woodward, lumber and labor, 8 00
B. F. Smith & Bro., wrenches, . 15 65
American Express Co., expressing, . II 55
Sundry laborers, 5,153 26
From stock account: Stock for repairing 117 leaks, service pipes, resetting hydrants, street boxes and general repairs, 1,245 19
Total, .
$15,507 82
325
WATER REPORT.
CONSTRUCTION.
Cost of construction as per report of January I,
1893,
. $306,551 30
Cost of stock for construction during the year 1893, $7,351 02
Amount paid sundry laborers on same, 4,707 89
Cost of stock for street services, · 903 70
Amount paid sundry laborers on same, 783 85
13,746 46
Cost of works, Jan. 1, 1894, $320,297 76
STOCK.
Stock on hand Jan. 1, 1893, $1,324 55
Purchased of
Walworth Mfg. Co., fittings, gate boxes, etc., . 50 91
Knowles Pump Works, valves, etc., . 8 40
Davis & Farnum Mfg. Co., iron pipes and cast- ings, 1,419 85
Fitz, Dana & Co., sheet iron and rivets, 1,671 85
J. H. Cunningham Co., pipe and fittings, . 629 14
Chadwick Lead Works, pig lead and pipe,
517 84
Osgood & Hart, castings, . 251 58
Scrannage Bros., stop cocks, 519 60 New England Water Pipe Co., pipe and fittings, 972 65
Ames Plow Co., tools, 41 84
Eastman's Express, expressage,
65 70
C. G. H. Bennink, corporation bands, 309 90
Ham & Carter, cement, 813 65
B. & M. R. R. Co., freight, 393 63
Robert Philpot, teaming, etc., 131 99
Sewall & Day Cordage Co., packing,
18 60
Amount carried forward,
$9,141 68
326
WATER REPORT.
Amount brought forward, ·
$9,141 68 Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., hydrants, gates, etc., 539 97
M. J. Drummond, iron pipe, 6,137 80
Builders' Iron Foundry, castings,
56 80
National Meter Co., meter,
75 00
Holyoke Hydrant Works, hydrants,
62 50
Geo. H. Sampson, forcite, fuses, etc.,
7 20
Cook Well Co., strainers, labor, boring, etc.,
318 70
Waldo Bros., cement,
57 50
Paid sundry laborers on stock,
. 701 88
B. & M. R. R. Co., freight 848 44 .
Ludlow Valve Co.,
451 IO
$18,398 62
CR.
STOCK USED.
For maintenance, $1,245 19
For construction,
. 8,254 72
For inside services, etc.,
1,536 68 .
For additional water supply,
4II 37 .
11,447 96
Stock on hand Jan. I, 1894,
$6,950 66
.
327
WATER REPORT.
STATISTICS.
Number of water takers January 1, 1894,
2,555
families, . · 2,402
stores and shops,
I12
motors,
II
66
boarding houses,
4
66
hotels,
3
66
churches,
7
manufactories,
4
greenhouses,
4
laundries, ,
6
railroad stations,
4
66
horses,
359
cows,
74
TOWN.
Town Hall, twelve school houses, five hose houses, one engine house, six stand pipes, two ornamental fountains, five drinking fountains.
Respectfully submitted, ELBRIDGE H. GOSS, Water Registrar.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.
To the Board of Water Commissioners,
GENTLEMEN :- In accordance with the usual custom, I herewith submit my annual report.
THE POND.
The following record will show the condition of the pond during the year. The lowest point Jan. 30, and not over the dam during the year.
RECORD.
Rise and fall of pond in 1893.
Jan.
I
1331/2 in. below high water mark.
IO
I3712 in.
20
143
in.
66
30
148
in.
Feb.
IO
I44
in.
66
66
20
I32
in.
66
66
28
I31
in.
6
66
Mar.
IO
13012 in.
6
66
20
1001/2 in.
66
66
30
88
in.
April
IO
78 3/4
in.
66
66
20
731/2
in.
6
66
30
691/2
in.
66
May
IO
503/4
in.
66
20
42
in.
66
66
30
423/4
in.
66
329
WATER REPORT.
June IO
45 34
in. below high water mark.
20
491/2
in.
30
521/2
in.
66
.
July
IO
581/2
in.
20
64 1/2
in.
66
66
30
7034
in.
Aug.
IO
71
in.
20
76 1/4
in.
30
783/4
in.
66
66
Sept.
IO
831/2
in.
66
20
891/2
in.
66
30
95
in.
Oct.
IO
993/4
in.
20
10314 in.
30
10212 in.
Nov.
IO
10414 in.
66
66
20
1061/2 in.
66
30
1061/2 in.
66
Dec.
IO
10212 in.
66
20
100
in.
66
30
931/2
in.
66
.
COMPARATIVE RECORD.
Showing the lowest points below high-water mark to which the pond has been drawn since 1874.
1874-Lowest point, 43 inches, Dec. 7.
1875-Lowest point, 61 inches, Feb. 22. Pond full, June 23. Next lowest point, 33 inches, Nov. 10.
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