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35.00
Merrymount Park
51.00
Printing (Police reports)
10.25
Subway .
12.19
Total expenditures
$43,914.83
In Use Dec. 31 1919
Added
In Use Dec. 31 1920
Cost per Year
Citizens' Gas Company
Scattered . .
50
50
$23.00
Quincy Electric Light Co.
219
18
237
75.00
Incandescents.
1,508
20
1,528
16.80
Shedd Memorial .
1
. .
1
16.80
Public Landing
1
. .
. .
3
3
60.00
Spot lights.
Clock lights
. .
2
2
36.00
4
16.80
Flood Lights.
3
3
75.00
Novalux Units.
$15,000.00
248
CITY OF QUINCY
STREET SPRINKLING
Total Credits
$35,165.80
Labor .
$11,944.56
Teams
4,151.37
Oil
9,648.65
Tar.
9,536.42
Sand.
140.00
Truck and Watering Cart.
536.70
Printing
34.10
Clerical.
174.00
Total Expenditures
$36,165.80
COMMISSIONER'S MISCELLANEOUS
Total Credits
$434.33
Printing .
$26.10
Telephone
103.92
Office supplies .
194.44
Adding Machine and typewriter
16.87
Books and Magazines.
23.00
Clerical (Assessments).
6.00
Sundries.
.
$434.33
MAINTENANCE PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Total credits.
$5,886.37
Police Station :
Labor
$175.50
Material
594.14
$769.64
Almshouse:
Labor
111.50
Material
855.02
966.52
Fire Department:
Labor .
602.23
Material.
3,547.98
4,150.21
Total expenditures
$5,886.37
Fire Department:
Central Fire Station
$358.66
Ward 2 Fire Station .
919.59
Ward 4 Fire Station .
705.86
Ward 5 Fire Station .
53.28
Ward 6 Fire Station .
1,018.15
Houghs Neck .
1,094.67
$4,150.21
64.00
249
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS
CARE OF CITY HALL
Total Credits
$6,976.59
Janitor .
$1,200.00
Janitor
1,641.71
Heating
793.96
Lighting
1,471.24
Repairs
756.25
Supplies
388.12
Charwoman
127.50
Box rent.
4.00
Steel cabinet .
201.38
Window cleaning
132.00
Sawdust.
.75
Gutter repairs
53.75
Fire alarm
5.93
Garden .
10.00
Decorating
80.00
Total expenditures
6,866.59
Balance
$110.00
HIGHWAYS - MAINTENANCE
Total credits
$171,881.73
Labor
$90,436.92
Stable .
12,794.85
Sidewalks
4,748.57
Pensions
2,220.35
Automobiles
5,748.52
Bridges
4,211.87
Brooks
2,004.47
All others.
48,454.54
Total expenditures
170,620.09
Balance.
$1,261.64
HIGHWAYS - LABOR
Total credits .
$91,029.57
Superintendent
$2,440.00
Time-keeper
1,809.50
Street cleaning
15,535.30
Catch basins ..
4,815.00
Gravel and sand
3,297.80
Tar patching
7,845.50
Construction .
18,317.22
Snow
27,470.27
Equipment
145.30
Fences.
524.20
Paving.
2,418.28
Street and traffic signs
1,284.81
Vacations
3,078.60
Crusher
47.90
250
CITY OF QUINCY 1
Compensation .
$226.20
Stone wall, Bridge Street
302.00
Pumping cellars
16.00
Tool boxes
10.00
Trees
11.25
Tidegate.
5.50
Dump at Atlantic station .
63.60
Public Landing
140.14
Bandstand
50.94
Harbor signs
5.50
Quarry, Apthorp Street.
7.56
Police stand, City Square .
8.40
Waiting room, Atlantic bridge
2.75
Brooks ..
557.40
Total expenditures
$90,436.92
Balance
$592.65
CITY STABLE
Total credits
$13,000.00
Labor
$4,783.97
Repairs .
1,163.15
Hay and grain
4,667.27
Fuel .
988.88
Lighting
117.60
Shoeing
543.80
Veterinary and medicine
87.45
Telephone .
82.67
Supplies
75.00
Insurance.
250.00
Garage
35.06
Total expenditures
12,794.85
Balance
$205.15
MAINTENANCE - SIDEWALKS
Total credits
$5,000.00
Labor
$3,075.94
Stone dust
224.65
Teams
859.63
Gravel
19.50
Sods
90.11
Lumber, board-walks.
79.50
Granolithic walks .
391.92
Sundries .
7.32
Total expenditures
4,748.57
Balance
$251.43
AUTOMOBILES AND TRUCKS
Total credits.
$5,815.00
Gasoline . .
$2,560.18
Tires and repairs 620.95
.
251
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS
Oil and alcohol.
. .
$281.93
Garage. .
63.00
Repairs and supplies
2,010.31
Massachusetts Highway Association
41.00
Whistle, truck .
5.00
Curtains, truck .
2.50
Painting.
140.00
Mirrors, truck
6.25
Tools .
6.85
Sundries
10.55
Total expenditures
$5,748.52
Balance
$66.48
HIGHWAYS - ALL OTHERS
Total credits
$48,600.47
Teams.
$5,906.68
Tools
1,174.71
Catch basins
2,604.79
Paving.
740.50
Snow plows and repairs .
5,631.65
Materials
22,016.49
Roller and fuel.
1,606.73
Fences .
876.81
Street and traffic signs
549.59
Lanterns and oil.
647.10
Telephones
80.65
City Scales
5.89
Public Landing
184.24
Transportation
192.00
Stone wall, Bridge Street.
27.00
Crusher
25.50
Equipment for men
12.45
Daily reports
33.25
Truck Special
3,558.00
Roller Special.
2,106.78
Camera supplies
10.47
Quarry - Apthorp Street
16.28
Massachusetts Highway Association entertain- ment .
210.25
Police stand, City Square
195.54
Band stand .
1.07
Damages
36.30
Blasting
30.00
Flagpole
14.70
Waiting room, Atlantic bridge
5.00
Sundries.
132.92
Expenditures .
$48,633.34
Credits.
178.80
Total
48,454.54
Balance
$145.93
252
CITY OF QUINCY
CARE OF BROOKS
Total credits
$2,004.07
Labor
$1,477.47
Ice
395.00
Equipment for men.
60.00
Iron rail
56.10
Tools
15.90
Expenditures
$2,004.47
CARE OF BRIDGES
Total credits
$4,211.87
Labor .
$434.72
Material.
137.15
Assessments, Fore River Bridge.
3,630.00
Public Float
10.00
$4,211.87
HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE
Streets
Billings Road, Beale Street, Paved gutters, Berlin Street, Bennington Street, Buckley Street, Copeland Street, paved gutters, Canal Street, Chubbuck Street, Common Street, Coddington Street, rebuilt 1200 feet, one side, City Square, Davis Street, East Squantum Street, Edison Street, paved gutters, Federal Avenue, Flynt Street, Franklin Street, Glendale Road, Grand View Avenue, Granite Street, rebuilt, 3800 feet, Whitwell Street to Garfield Street, Greenleaf Street, Grove Street, Highland Avenue, paved gutters, Hill Street, Independence Avenue, Lunt Street, Monroe Road, Merrymount Road, paved gutters, North Street, rebuilt, 1700 feet, Washington Street to South Street, Newport Avenue, Newbury Avenue, paved gutters, Phipps Street, Park Street, Plymouth Street, paved gutters, Presidents Lane, paved gutters, Quarry Street, Quincy Street, Riordon Street, Silver Street, South Central Avenue, paved gutters, Sea Street, rebuilt, Bay View to Sea Avenue, 400 feet, Sagamore Street, rebuilt, Atlantic Station to Newbury Avenue, 1050 feet, South Street, Smith Street, Valley Street, Verchild Street, Washington Court, rebuilt, Washington Street to Avalon Avenue, 580 feet, Winthrop Avenue, Water Street, West Street, Whitwell Street, paved gutters, Safford Street.
Sidewalks
Adams Street, Beale Street, Cushing Street, Common Street, Clay Street, Dimmock Street, Elmwood Avenue, Elm Avenue, Farrington Street, Grand View Avenue, Highland Avenue, Hancock Street, Newport Avenue, Old Colony Avenue, Prospect Avenue, Phipps Street, Quincy Avenue, South Central Avenue, Smith Street, Sagamore Street, Upland Road, Verchild Street, Washington Street, Warren Avenue and Whitwell Street.
Surface Drains
Adams Street, Bates Avenue, Billings Road, Bromfield Street, Charles Street, Common Street, Cummings Avenue, Eustis Street, Fenno Street,
253
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS
Hilda and Dockray Streets, Hancock Street, culvert, Kemper Street, Merrymount Road, Montclair Avenue, Phipps Street, Putnam Street, Rockland Street, Saville Avenue, Squantum School, Sterling Street, Summit Avenue, Taber Street, Upland Road and Vassall Street.
GYPSY MOTH
Net Appropriations
Expendi- tures
Superintendent .
$1,872.00
$1,872.00
Labor
5,380.35
5,380.35
Trees .
1,918.49
1,918.49
Material .
2,820.42
2,820.42
All others
2,331.70
2,331.70
All others
$2,331.70
Telephone
30.19
Shed repairs.
49.37
Tools .
32.86
Insurance
475.01
Convention .
11.00
Buggy repairs
73.50
Printing
64.53
Medical.
11.00
Sprayer - Maintenance
242.34
Teams . .
720.00
Horse - Upkeep.
621.90
$2,331.70
SEWER DEPARTMENT
The following is a brief report of the sewer division for the year ending December 31, 1920.
The City Council passed three different appropriations for sewer construction of $20,000, $25,000, and $15,000 respectively. The latter two appropriations were made principally to provide for sewers in certain streets that were to be built by the street department, namely, Safford Street, Vassall Street, Massachusetts Avenue and Summit Avenue. This same policy should be carried out by providing money to sewer the balance of Hancock Street at an early period and give the trenches proper time for a full settlement. It is the intention of this department to make an early start on the main sewer in Fenno Street.
This year an appropriation of $10,000 with an additional appropria- tion of $2,500 was made to put in the particular sewers, and for the coming year an appropriation of $15,000 will be necessary.
Our cleaning and maintenance work has been somewhat handicapped by the lack of sufficient funds. Repairs made for the protection of the Houghs Neck Main Sewer along the river front, and the adjustment of several sewer manholes through the low lying lands necessitated quite an unforeseen expenditure.
The tables following show the amount of the work done during the season.
COMMON SEWERS BUILT IN 1920
Ward
Street
Location
Size
Length
MH
Material
5
Adams St.
Eddy St. 265 fcet westerly
10"
265.00
4
Gravel
2
Alden St ..
Washington St. to Lancaster St.
8"
431.50
2
& ledge
6
Carle Rd.
Quincy Shore Res. westerly .
224.70
1
Clay, mud, slate
5
Carruth St ..
Hancock St. westerly . . .
8"
350.00
2
Gravel
5
Chester St ..
Existing scwer to Weston Avc.
38.50
1
4
Copeland Ave.
Copeland St. to Town Hill St.
170.00
1
Clay & boulders Gravel
5
Gilmore St ..
Hancock St. westerly ...
8'
400.00
2
2
Graham St ..
Thompson St. to River St ..
280.95
0
5
Granger St ..
Pine St. westerly .
8"
82.50
1
5
Greene St.
Flagg St. southerly .
8"
74.00
0
5
Grove St. .
Hillside St. to Summit Ave.
379.50
1
Clay
0
1
Hancock St ..
Butler Rd. northerly . .
8"!
214:80
3
Gravel
5
Hancock St ..
Grant St. to Gilmore St ..
8ª7
675.70
4
5
Hancock St.
Standish Avc. to Gilmore St ..
1,165:00
7
6
Hovey St ..
Quincy Shore Res. westerly .
8"
255.50
0
& ledge .
Clay
2
Massachusetts Ave.
Existing sewer northerly .
8"
140.00
1
& ledge
5
Pine St ..
Granger St. northerly .
ào
115.00
1
Gravel «
5
Quincy Shore Res.
Channing St. to Vassall St ..
10"
241.80
1
6
Safford St ..
Broadway to West Squantum St ..
8"
536.00
2
5
Safford St ..
Wilson Ave. southeasterly
274.20
0
6
Safford St ..
Between Wilson Ave. and Broadway .
166.90
0 4
2
South Walnut St ..
Sumner St. northerly.
485.00
2
5
Summit Ave ...
Grove St. westerly
874.00
4
2
Thompson St ..
Bay View Ave. southwesterly .
120.00
1
Gravel
3 4
Town Hill St ..
Copeland Ave. westerly
00
140.40
1
Clay & ledge
4
Town Hill St ..
Centre St. easterly . .
8"
315.00
2
5
Vassall St .. .
Quincy Shore Res. to Billings Rd.
8-10"
838.60
2
ledge, mud
5
Weston Ave.
Chester St. northerly . .
8"
282.80
1
Gravel
11,686.35
57
.
.
·
329.00
1
3
Madison Ave .. .
Bradford St. northerly
00
500.00
2
2
Lancaster St ..
Fowler St. to Alden St ..
.
CITY OF QUINCY
2
South St ..
Elm St. southeastcrly .
640.00
do ão ão
470.00
2
& sand
Totman St .. .
Centre St. southwesterly .
..
. .
. .
1920 .. Total 11,686.35 feet = 2.199 miles. Total number of miles of sewers in the city - 86.60 - miles.
254
.
200.00
1
3
Granite St ..
Gordon St. easterly
mud
Gravel, sand ¥
"
Gravel, clay, ledge Clay, ledge «
.
255
REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WORKS
SEWER HOUSE CONNECTIONS
Two hundred and fifty-five (255) house connections were made with the public sewers during the season of 1920 - a total length of 11,177.6 feet being laid in wards as follows :-
Wards
1
2
26 3
4 5 14 116
6
Total
25
45
29
255
Classification
Single houses .
175
Manufacturing 13
Two-family houses
41
Mercantile
4
Four-family houses
2
Garages
4
Business blocks.
8
Office buildings
3
Stores & Tenements.
4 Hall.
1
Total
255
Average cost per connection.
$48.119
Average length per connection
43.83 feet
Average cost per foot.
$1.09
REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD
January 1, 1921.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and Members of the City Council,
Gentlemen: Organization for the sixth year of the City Planning Board consisted of the re-election of Wilson Marsh, Chairman, and City Engineer, P. F. O'Brien, Clerk. Mr. E. C. Sargent was reappointed upon the Board.
Ten meetings have been held. The first Tuesday in each month has been selected as the regular meeting date for the coming year.
This year the Board subscribed to regular membership in the Massa- chusetts Federation of Planning Boards. We were represented at the Fall conference of the Federation at Amherst by the chairman of the Board. This meeting was held in conjunction with a three days' session of the American Civic Association. The Massachusetts Agricultural College extended the courtesies and the usual instructive satisfaction was meted out to those who attended. It is hoped that Quincy may have the satis- faction and privilege of a regular conference in a Metropolitan Boston group.
The routine business at meetings during the season consisted of the approval of the plans for development in the neighborhood of the Furnace Brook Parkway upon the property of Mr. F. B. Rice. Meetings were held with members of the Burns Memorial Committee which has favored us with its patience in the hopes that we may work together in determining the best possible location for this artistic and generous memorial.
Early in the fall the Board had its attention called to the so-called Hall plot for a Playground in the Norfolk Downs section. This was given the tentative approval of the Board at the time and at the close of the year when the subject was presented to us from the City Council we made a thorough study and returned favorable report, which passed the Council.
The original naming of Squares in memory of the world War Veterans, referred to us, also that of Anne Hutchinson Square, received our approval.
Some of the recommendations which we have in mind for the coming year are as follows :-
We should continue the re-foresting of Faxon Park with 2,000 more White Pines to follow the 2,000 of this year and plan another 2,000 in 1922. This is in conformity with the request of Andrew Stewart, our City Tree Expert. The cost of these trees from the State stands at one cent each and will certainly be an investment for the future, as the original venture appears to promise.
The Board is completing plans to present to the incoming Legislature again for the Pilgrim Parkway. Traffic which very promptly started through the new Pilgrim Boulevard from the Quincy Shore Reservation at Merrymount did not relieve Quincy Square. It invariably passes through Sea and Coddington Streets and adds to the interminable conges- tion. There must be a way sooner or later provided for relief. Our plan can do this, and should receive the unqualified support of our Legislators. We are only asking this year that the plan be carried through to Washing- ton Street. The question of a logical extension through North Street to Quincy Avenue we will hold in abeyance.
256
257
REPORT OF PLANNING BOARD
In connection with the above the Board is following up through a sub- committee the project of the State completing the surfacing of Willard Street from West Street to the Braintree line. It will take but very little consideration for anyone familiar with modern conditions to see that travel from Granite Avenue bridge will flow directly through the up-to-date thoroughfare this will create, to Braintree, Holbrook, Brockton and beyond.
Studies for Comfort Stations both at Quincy Centre and Houghs Neck will be renewed at once, in conformity with recommendations in the Mayor's Inaugural address.
We wish to renew especially at this time our suggestions from the report of 1917 for a foot bridge at Merrymount Park, that Pine Island may become an attraction to our citizens, particularly that the Black's Creek Dam is now to become a certainty.
We renew our previous endorsement of a White Way through the Centre and suggest therewith that a movement be started as soon as prac- ticable to reduce the number of poles and wires now existing on Hancock Street between Granite and School.
Another matter to which the Board has given its particular attention is the upheaval of accepted streets by the Public Utilities Companies and the fact that a well surfaced street is rarely restored to its original condi- tion after new house services are made. It should not be necessary for this Board to recommend that this matter receive the attention of the City authorities and those operating on our streets be assessed the expense of restoration. The Board will follow this up with specific recommendations if conditions are not remedied.
We would renew recommendations of previous years as follows :-
A building line on Franklin Street from School to Independence Avenue.
A building line on North Street from Washington to Fifth Avenue.
That Greenleaf Street be extended at both ends, procuring a thorough- fare from Adams Street to Sea Street.
That dead ends streets be extended through when accepted.
The City Hall problem is still with us, also that of the location of a new Police Station, Municipal Garage, City Stables and such location as the Trustees may determine for the new Soldiers' Memorial Building.
The Grade Crossing problem is nearing solution and only awaits the passing of winter conditions to reach completion, so far as Quincy Centre is concerned.
A Bill is in the Legislature looking to the completion of Furnace Brook Parkway to Hancock Street. The work of the City at the junction of the Parkway and Adams Street in relieving a bad condition, is a subject of special commendation by this Board.
A study which the Board is working upon, it is anticipated, will be the subject of a special report later in the year.
Respectfully submitted,
CITY PLANNING BOARD.
WILSON MARSH, Chairman, EZEKIEL C. SARGENT, JAMES E. W. GEARY, EDWARD E. PALMER, CHARLES H. FINN.
PATRICK F. O'BRIEN, Clerk.
FORE RIVER BRIDGE
FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE FORE RIVER BRIDGE FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1920
Balance on hand January 1, 1920. Receipts :
$159.69
City of Quincy, assessments No. 89 to No. 110. 3,630.00
Town of Weymouth, assessments No. 89 to No. 110. 1,100.00
Town of Hingham, assessments No. 89 to No. 110 1,210.00
Town of Cohasset, assessments No. 89 and No. 110.
660.00
Town of Hull, assessments No. 89 and No. 110
220.00
Town of Scituate, assessments No. 89 and No. 110
220.00
Town of Marshfield, assessments No. 89 and 110
105.00
County of Norfolk, assessments No. 89 and No. 110.
2,200.00
Interest on deposit with Massachusetts Hospital Life Ins.Co.
127.50
Charles B. Carroll, restitution, damage to gate.
25.00
Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co. restitution, dam- age to gate.
63.00
Interest on deposit
12.06
$9,732.25
Disbursements:
Dennis F. Crowley, repairs.
932.22
Dennis F. Crowley, painting.
432.98
Boston Bridge Works, repairs (bal. bill July 1919) .
173.96
Boston Bridge Works, repairing girders
3,551.10
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co. repairs
160.20
City of Quincy, repairing abutment.
310.00
Maurice M. Devine, painting girders
400.00
H. A. Bourdage, signs
32.00
William Westland Co. paints, hardware.
23.00
Quincy Lumber Co., lumber .
101.81
Weymouth Light & Power Co., lighting.
34.56
Quincy Electric Light & Power Co.
36.00
Globe Newspaper Co., advertising.
2.80
Boston Publishing Co., advertising
7.15
Post Publishing Co., advertising.
6.40
New England Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone service.
62.22
Harry W. Pray, salary as bridge-tender board of boy assistant
300.00
paid boy assistants 249.50
paid for supplies . 28.53
Ellsworth W. Sweares, salary as bridge tender
592.64
Joseph L. Whiton, salary as Trustee.
100.00
Bradford Hawes, salary as Trustee.
100.00
William L. Foster, salary as Trustee & Treasurer
125.00
Balance on hand, December 31, 1920
295.18
$9,732.25
JOSEPH L. WHITON, WILLIAM L. FOSTER, BRADFORD HAWES,
Trustees of Fore River Bridge.
258
1,675.00
REPORT OF THE WATER DEPARTMENT
WATER RATES
Total assessment for the year 1920.
$229,828.11
Amount collected on 1920 assessment
$218,026.44 2,134.50
Amount rebated for vacancies, etc.
9,667.17
229,828.11
Amount due from previous assessments
23,034.07
Amount collected .
$14,427.34
Amount rebated .
2,923.93
Amount uncollected .
5,662.80
23,034.07
SERVICE CONNECTIONS
Total committment .
$11,872.51 5,763.83
17,636.34
Amount collected
$14,043.53
Amount rebated. .
342.09
Amount uncollected
3,250.72
17,636.34
Total receipts from Water Rates.
$232,453.78
Received from Municipal Depts.
20,770.43
Total
$253,224.21
MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT
Clerical:
Appropriation
3,528.00
Expended .
Superintendent :
Appropriation
$2,496.00
Expended
2,496.00
Inspector:
Appropriation
1,872.00
Meter Readers:
$6,091.00
Appropriation
6,091.00
Expended
General Maintenance:
Appropriation, Bal:, 1919 and Transfer. . $30,430.20
Expended .
30,430.20
Painting Standpipes:
$5,835.46
Appropriation and Transfer
5,835.46
Expended .
259
$1,872.00
Expended .
$3,528.00
Due from previous years
Amount uncollected
260
CITY OF QUINCY
New Equipment :
Appropriation, balance and transfer
$2,691.45
Expended and transferred 2,691.45
Meters:
Appropriation and balance (1919)
$3,380.35
Expended and transferred.
3,380.35
Service Connections:
Appropriation and receipts
$23,666.79
Expended
23,666.79
Construction:
Appropriation, balance and transfer.
$39,650.42
Expended .
39,650.42
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
For year ending December 31, 1920 In form recommended by the New England Water Works Association
QUINCY WATER WORKS General Statistics
Population by census of 1920.
47,876
Date of construction 1883
By whom owned
City of Quincy
Source of supply Metropolitan system
Mode of supply Pumping to reservoirs
Statistics of Consumption of Water
Estimated total population to date (December 31, 1920) 49,500
Estimated population supplied 49,500
Total consumption for the year
Average daily consumption
Gallons per day per capita
Gallons per day per tap
1,636,947,000 gallons 4,472,500 gallons 93 406.5
Statistics Relating to Distribution System Mains
Kind of pipe, Cast Iron and Steel Sizes, 2 inches to 20 inches
Extended 11,614 feet during the year.
Discontinued 2,382 feet during the year. Total now in use, 144.6 miles.
Length of pipe less than 4 inches in diameter, 6 miles. Number of Hydrants added during the year, 20.
Number of Hydrants now in use (including 92 private hyds.), 1,253.
Number of Stop Gates added during the year, 30.
Number of Stop Gates now in use, 1,964.
Range of Pressure on mains, 32 to 80 lbs.
Average Pressure for whole city, 70 lbs.
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REPORT OF WATER DEPARTMENT
Services
Kind of pipe, Galvanized W. I. and Lead lined W. I.
Sizes, 5 inch to 8 inches
Extended, 9,338 feet Discontinued, 322 feet
Total now in use, 96.07 miles.
Number of taps added during the year, 203.
Number now in use, 11,027.
Average length of Service, 46 feet.
Number of meters added, 279.
Number nowlin use, 10,107.
Percentage of Services metered, 91.6.
DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
Main Pipe
A total length of 11,614 feet of main pipe, from 4 inches to 10 inches in diameter, was laid this season, of this 2,382 feet were renewals and 9,232 feet were extensions. There was a net gain in the system of 9,232 feet of main pipe, which brings the total length in use December 31st of 763,511 feet, or 144.6 miles.
Service Pipe
Two hundred and three (203) new services were installed during the year, seven (7) services were abandoned, making a net gain of one hundred and ninety-six (196) services. This is a very considerable loss over the previous year's high figures of five hundred and ninety (590) services.
Meters
There were 279 new meters installed and 9 meters discontinued, making a total net gain of 270 ineters. 7 meters were changed, 870 were removed and tested at the Penn Street shops.
On December 31, 1920 the total number of meters on services was 10.107.
Gates
Thirty (30) new gates were installed and five (5) were abandoned during 1920, making a net gain of 25.
The total number of gates in service in the Distribution System December 31, 1920, was 1964.
160 gate inspections were made during the year, in connection with which 16 gates and 11 gate boxes were repaired.
Hydrants
On December 31, 1920, there were 1253 hydrants in use in the Distribu- tion System, this is a net gain of 20 during 1920. This net gain was made up of 22 new hydrants installed and 2 old ones abandoned.
Inspection of the public Fire Hydrants was continuous throughout the year. 1812 inspections having been made, in connection with which 81 Hydrants were repaired.
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CITY OF QUINCY
Flushing Dead Ends
The annual flushing of the dead ends in the system was completed in March.
Consumption
The average daily consumption of water during the fiscal year was 4,472,500 gallons or 77,600 gallons per day less than last year.
The average per capita consumption was 93 gallons or 2 gallons less than last year.
Leaks in Main Pipe Lines
Twenty-eight leaks were repaired on main pipe lines during the year. Most of these were in the old steel pipe laid some 36 years ago when the system was first constructed.
We still have about 18 miles of this pipe in our system and the smaller sizes are being replaced as fast as our funds will allow.
Standpipes
The Standpipes at Houghs Neck and Penn's Hill were thoroughly cleaned and painted two coats, inside and outside.
WATER PIPE IN USE DECEMBER 31, 1920
When Laid
Ilyds.
Gates
2"
6"
7"
10"
12"
16"
20"
Total
Previous to Dec. 31, 1919 Laid in 1920
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