Norwood annual report 1945-1947, Part 8

Author: Norwood (Mass.)
Publication date: 1945
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1008


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Sewers


Estimating particular sewer connections for 1945.


Berwick Place sewer assessments.


Wilson Street sewer plans, specifications, contract, documents, lines and grades during construction and inspection during construction.


Mountain Avenue sewer plans, lines and grades and assessments.


West Border Road sewer plans, lines and grades.


Water


Estimating service connections.


Various plans for new meters, pump locations, pipe line from gravel pack well to station were made.


Checking altitude values at standpipe.


Checking monthly elevations of water in wells at Ellis Station and elevations of pond at Westwood.


Drains


Endicott Street plans, lines and grades.


Taking plans, construction plans, lines and grades on Planting Field Brook near Neponset Street.


Mylod Street drainage plans.


Miscellaneous .


Locating and posting tree removals.


Plans for alterations at the Light Station.


Plans for alterations at Ellis and Westwood Pumping Station.


House locations, measurements and calculations of 1945 new building construc- tion for the assessors.


Checking and cleaning chlorine feeding equipment at Westwood Pumping Station. Pole locations plans for Light Department.


Marking taxi parking locations.


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REPORT OF ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS


Locating and staking victory garden plots.


Printing and placing additional names on Honor Roll.


Plans for sales of Town owned land and tax sales parcels.


Plans showing Zoning changes for Planning Board.


Plans and levels for skating rink at Dunn's Field. Plans, specifications, lines and grades on Municipal Park regrading.


Plans, supervision of construction of Photostat Room and operation of photostat machine.


Chlorination of Hawes Brook swimming pool.


Location of underground pipes with pipe locator machine.


Installing master meter in various houses to check regular meters. -


Plans for new burial sections at the cemetery.


Plotting all burials on individual burial lots.


Plotting all 1945 land transfers on the Assessor's map.


Locations for gas main extensions.


Survey for placing stone bounds on airport land.


Installation of electrolysis rods in April and removing them in December in both standpipes.


Street lines and grades for entrances to various houses.


Street line survey on Prospect Street and Irving Street.


Making War Loan drive thermometers.


Taking Neponset River samples for State Dept. of Health.


Various conferences with State and Local Health Depts .: State Public Works Engineers and County Commissioners.


Information for various private engineers, contractors, builders and plumbers on water and sewer locations and elevations for various service connections.


Surveys and plans at Morse Street bridge over the Neponset River and under railroad bridge.


Various plans and conferences relative to new public works yard.


Water main extensions, sewer main extensions, town owned property changes were plotted on large maps.


The Engineering Department has spent a considerable amount of time at the Ellis Pumping Station to improve the water situation. We have made various tests and reports as follows:


1945 Ellis Well Field Report - Report A. 1945 Gravel Packed Well Report - Report B.


1945 Air Test Report of 6-inch Line from Gravel Packed Well to Ellis Station - Report C.


1945 Ellis Well Field Report (Report A)


In the summer of 1944 we tested and repaired well sections 8 and 9, and thereby increased the yield of our well field by 134 gallons per minute, adding 11 wells making the total number of 64 wells in use in December, 1944, still leaving 71 wells to be re- paired.


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In the fall of 1945 the testing and repair work was continued, starting with the nine wells in Section 11. Each well in this section was tested by the air method, which we developed ourselves. The valves that didn't hold were repaired or replaced depending on their condition. Knowing that the valves were tight we tested again with air to determine whether or not. the lead connections and wells were holding. In Section 11 we found one well pipe to be broken about 10 feet below the surface of the ground and 5 lead connections to be leaking. The lead connections were then repaired and a production test was run. The production test showed that the 8 repaired wells in this section netted 100.6 gallons per minute. An air test on the 8-inch main showed that the main to be tight but the main valve to be badly leaking. This valve was taken out and replaced with a new valve.


When these repairs were made the water came into the station quite a few minutes sooner than previously, but there was still room for improvement. In order to stop the air leaks as soon as possible we tested the main valves in sections 12, 10, 1, 2, 3 and 4. We took the bonnet off of each valve and cleaned the bottoms, on which there was an accumulation of rust and sand.


The same testing and repair procedure was carried on in sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 the results of which are shown on the table below.


During the period from September, 1945, to December 31, 1945, we repaired 44 wells with an increase in yield of 1037 gallons per minute. It may be noted that the water added during this period of repairs is more water than the Ellis pumping station had operated on in the year 1944. The total yield during the year 1944 was 720 gallons per minute. The total yield on December 31, 1945, from the 111 wells in use at this time was 1871 gallons per minute plus 300 gallons per minute from the gravel-packed well or 2171 gallons per minute, or over 3,000,000 gallons per day.


We feel that this testing and repair work should continue in 1946 with an effort to repair every well.


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REPORT OF ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS


ELLIS WELL FIELD TABLE SHOWING 1945 TESTS AND REPAIRS


SECTION


WELL No.


VALVE


LEAD CONNECTION


JACKED + BRACED


RATING VAC.


G.P.M.


DATE DRIVEN


-


1


New Sept. 45 ..


O.K.


Sept: 45 ..


16"


30


1911


=


3


=


-


O.K.


:


16"


50


=


4


:


..


O.K.


:


14.5


45


New 18" Oct. 45


..


17"


16.5


2


1


.


Oct. 45


O.K.


Oct. 45


14"


1


:


2.


New Oct. 45


O.K.


Oct. 45


9.5"


0


1911


22


Will take the


place of well 2 Rp. Oct. '45


Oct. 45


24"


O


1911


3a


This well pulled a clay core and


O.K.


Oct. 45


2.4"


0


1911


=


4a


Will take the place of well 4


O.K ..


Oct. 45


21"


0


1911


:


5a


Will take the place of well 5


15"


35


Nov. 1945


G


New Oct. 45


Rp. Oct. '45


Oct. 45


14"


38


1911


..


9


Rp.


:


O.K.


14*


25


Rp. Oct. '45


Nov. 45


14"


12


:


·1


14


New


..


New ..


..


14"


0


..


3


1


Will take the New Nov. 45


place of well 15 New Nov. '45


..


14"


40


Nov. 1945 1911 1


..


2


:


.


.


..


..


9.


0


:


2a


Will take the


place of well 2 New Nov. '45


:


15


1911


=


4


:


:


O.K.


..


14"


3


:


=


Ga


will take the New Nov. '45


place of well 6 O.K.


Dec. 45 Nov. 45


14"


50


1911


8


:


..


New Nov. 45


:


14"


10


..


..


9a


19"


35


Dac 1945


4


1


20


1911


..


2


3


..


O.K.


14"


19


I


5


..


:


New Nov. 45


..


15'


6


..


5


la


Taken out and capped


Oct. 45


24"


0


Des. 1945 1911


=


?


New Oct .: 45


O.K.


14 **


25


=


3


=


New Oct. 45


..


150


20


1


O.K.


O.K.


Sept. 45


..


12.5"


14.3


10


4


.


=


:


14.5


7.3


5


N. G. Well pipe


leaking-valve + gooseneck


removed& main capped


6


Rp. Oct. 45


o. K.


Sept. 45


14"


8.5


1912


7


O.K.


O.K.


..


14.5*


14.5


..


8


Rp. Sept. '45


Rp. Oct. : 45


..


15"


14


-


..


9


RP. ..


Rp.


15 **


17


Total


44


:


..


14º


30


14"


15


..


2


10


12


13


..


..


..


14"


20



14"


15


15


:


..


..


..


..


14"


17


Nov. 1945


4


New Oct. '45


15"


35


Nov. 1945


5


New Oct. '45


place of well


15"


15


Nov. 1945


15."


15


Nov. 1945


3


New Oct. 45


Rp. oct. 45


14.5"


20


..


:


O.K.


15"


19


1912


2


O.K.


O.K.


3


New Oct. 45


Rp. Oct. '45


170


43


..


5


14"


10


..


6


:


:


New Nov. 45


15"


60


Dec.1945


7


4


:


..


O.K.


14"


15


Dec. 1945


3


New Nov. 45


..


=


14"


12


15a


14 ...


15


15"


60


..


..


.


:


14"


..


14"


8.5


4


:


..


.


Total Increase from repaired 2/2 Wells 1037.1 G. P.M.


2


5


:


..


Will take the


was abandoned


7


..


8


15


ELUS


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UNDERGROUND PATER!


WASTE WATER FILTER


AVENUE


ELLIS WATER PUMPING STATION


BROOK


GRAVEL PACKED WELL HOUSE Quilt in 1945


SKO Force main


Gravel Roadway Quilf in 1945


14


PURGATORY


22


SECTION 3


12'C1


STORAQ OLDO


8°℃.1 Pipe


1 Pipe


O


SECTION


SECTION


12°C I Pipe


SECTION 14


I PH


10 C


SECTION 10


e


SECTION 11 5°C.I. Pipt


SECTION 9


NOTE In 1944 Sections 8+ 9 were tosted, repaired and rated In 1945 Sections 1,2,3.4,5+1) were tested,repaired and rat Sections 6, 7, 10, 12, 13-14 to be tested and repaired at a later date


LEGENO


Wells to be tested and repaired


Each sector represents a yield of 5 gallons per minute per well Non Productive well to be pulled


Pulled


Abandoned


SECTION 13


TOWN OF NORWOOD MASS. PLAN OF ELLIS WATER PUMPING STATION SHOWING WELL FIELD TESTS AND REPAIRS A W Thompson Town Engineer January 24, 1946


TOWN OF NORWOOD


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LAR CATOR


CLEAR WATER BASIN


SECTION 2


SECTION 1


16℃ 1 Suction pipe


hipe


SECTION 4


SECTION 7


O


SNO


SECTION 12 8'C 1 PIPE


O


BOSTON PROVIDENCE TURNPIKE


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REPORT OF ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS


Vacuum Gauge


2" Jaeger Centrifugal Pump


2" Hose Connection


O


Ground


Level 7


All"Measuring pail -" 2 Valve Box


2 2/ Tubular well


2 1/2 Lead Gooseneck.


2-2% Gate Valve


- Collecting Main


Water Level when not pumping


wdown Curve


2 2/ Tubular well


TOWN OF NORWOOD MASS. PLAN OF VACUUM METHOD OF TESTING 2/2 INCH WELLS November 28, 1945 Not to Scale


A. W. Thompson


Town Engineer


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1945 Gravel-Packed Well Report (Report B)


Previous to 1945, tests were run to determine the maximum capacity of the existing gravel-packed well. It was determined that this well was capable of pro- ducing up to 300 gallons per minute by using a deep well pump.


Plans were drawn and a suitable brick building with a reinforced concrete founda- tion was built to house a deep well pump.


During June of 1945 a five stage Cook deep well pump (shown below) was in- stalled, and several tests were run to determine the production and efficiency. This pump was found to produce more than 300 gallons per minute and its efficiency was satisfactory.


In order to change the line connecting this well to the pumping station from a suction line to a force main it was necessary to plug the existing 6" main at the point where it entered the 16" section line and run this line into the station entirely separate from the suction line to a point beyond the low lift pumps. Before this force main entered the pumping station it was increased from a 6" main to a 10" main in order to take care of an additional gravel-packed well that may be added at a later date.


To record the production of the gravel-packed well an orifice meter has been in- stalled in the low lift pump room of the Ellis pumping station. This instrument is designed to totalize, indicate and record on a 24-hour chart the amount of water in gallons per minute produced by the gravel-packed well.


In order to maintain the gravel-packed well we built a roadway sixteen feet in width from the pumping station to the gravel-packed well house, installing at Purga- tory brook a culvert built of 30-inch reinforced concrete pipe.


Air Test of 6" Line Running Between Ellis Station and the Gravel-Packed Well (Report C)


The first step in this test was to drain this line. We did this by taking the top off of the check valve at the well house and draining with a 2" jaeger pump. In doing this (see sketch) we found that the valve at point "C" did not hold. So we shut valve "B".


Then air pressure was applied at point "A" into a 34" tap in the 6" line. The pressure was brought up to 30 pounds and then the connection to the compressor was disconnected and the following readings made:


Gravel-Packed Station


Time


Well Gauge Gauge


2:59 PM


30


3:09 PM


2534


Valve "B" opened - (no additional air added)


3:20 PM


3:30 PM 18


24 1/2 20


3:45 PM 14


17


4:00 PM 12


14


4:00 PM 12


11


These results indicated that the 6" line was apparently tight.


21/2"" WELL PRODUCTION TEST


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REPORT OF ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS


valve "c"


10" Main 1


ELLIS STATION


* Valve 8"


6"Force. Main


2. Point A"


GRAVEL PACKED WELL HOUSE


SKETCH OF FORCE MAIN AIR TEST


PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Highway Department Maintenance


Under Chapter 90 maintenance the Town resurfaced Cross Street between Plea- sant Street and the State Highway with a mixed in place bituminous surface in- cluding the changing of all catch basins between these points. The same surfacing was placed at the corner of East Cross Street and Neponset Street. The usual catch-basin cleaning and street cleaning was also done this year.


Street Oiling


The following streets were oiled with MC3 asphaltic oil and covered with sand:


First Street


East Cross Street to end


Second Street


East Cross Street to Gay Street


Third Street


East Cross Street to Gay Street


Fourth Street


East Cross Street to Gay Street


Fifth Street


East Cross Street to Gay Street


Joy Street


First Street to Gay Street Pleasant Street to Route No. 1


Gay Street


Rock Street (East)


Pleasant Street to end


Pleasant Street


Nahatan Street to East Cross Street


Pleasant Street


Dean Street to Sunset Avenue


Oxford Road


Pleasant Street to end


Lenox Avenue


Lenox Street to Shaw Street Lenox Avenue to end


Allen Road


Lenox Street to Pleasant Street


Hillside Avenue


Lenox Street to Pleasant Street


Willow Street


Lenox Street to Pleasant Street


Railroad Avenue


Washington Street to Pleasant Street Railroad Avenue to Garfield Avenue


Hill Street Adams Street


Railroad Avenue to Roosevelt Avenue Adams Street to Monroe Street


Grant Avenue


Mountain Avenue


Adams Street to end


Roosevelt Avenue


Adams Street to end


Cleveland Street


Railroad Avenue to Grant Avenue


Shaw Street


Gauge


106


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-


Lenox Street


Railroad Avenue to Nahatan Street


Shattuck Park Road to end


Winter Street to Vernon Street


Winter Street to end


Winter Street to end


Winter Street to end


Winter Street to Hawthorn Street


Vernon Street


Prospect Street to Hawthorn Street


Irving Street


Prospect Street to end


Berwick Place


Nichols Street to Walpole Street


Berwick Street


Chapel Street to Walpole Street Washington Street to end


Phillips Avenue


Walpole Street to Winslow Avenue


Guild Street


Washington Street to Linden Street


Broadway


Guild Street to East Hoyle


East Vernon Street


Central Street to Broadway


Mylod Street


Rockhill Street to end


Parking lot at Broadway, Nahatan Street and Cottage Street.


Sewer Department


Berwick Place sewer was completed this year (1745 feet).


Mountain Avenue sewer was extended northerly 200 feet.


The various trunk lines were cleaned as well as several plugged mains and plugged house connections.


Total number of new connections added this year 24


Total number of connections 2548


Total miles of sewer mains


38.08


Parks and Playgrounds


All parks were mowed and the shrubbery around the various buildings was kept trimmed throughout the summer season.


The various baseball diamonds were graded, rolled and mowed as needed.


The Civic baseball diamond was relocated due to requests from teams using the field for late afternoon games. The diamond was placed so as to conform to the proposed additional buildings contemplated on the Civic grounds.


All skating rinks were cleaned and put into shape.


The Dunn's field rink was regraded and a large manhole with facilities for flood- ing the area was built.


Endean swimming pool was cleaned several tinies and it was necessary to dis- continue using Hawes Brook as a source of water and it was necessary to install chlorinating apparatus and use town water from our street mains. Approximately 5,000,000 gallons of water was used for this purpose.


The Civic Association tennis courts were regraded and fixed up during the early spring.


Forestry Department


The usual moth control and spraying work was done as well as the spraying of private orchards and shrubs. All private work was billed to the owners. Due to the shortage of tree climbers it was necessary to contract some of the tree trimming and tree removal work.


Bellevue Avenue Hawthorn Street


Sycamore Street Cypress Street Elm Street Lincoln Street


Fairview Road


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REPORT OF ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS


Maintenance and Control of Traffic


All street signs, traffic lines, markers, slow signs and cross-walk lines and parking lines were painted during the year.


Water Department


Considerable work was done at Ellis Pumping Station this year. We had a total of 135 driven wells of which 47 were being used. The others were leaking air or plugged so badly that it was impossible to get any water from them and it was diffi- cult to get the water at the station. Many of the valves on these wells were broken or rusted so that they would not seat properly. In most every case the lead goose- neck between the well and the connection to the suction main was broken off due to the settling of the well.


In doing this work we have developed a method of air testing each well to de- termine its condition. We have had our Public Works men doing the digging, re- placing valves and goosenecks, jacking up and bracing the wells. Our Engineering Department has been doing the testing and supervising.


We have placed back into service many of these wells and with all of them back in use again we can make some changes at the station and also prolong the life of the wells by not pulling too hard on them.


A Cook deep well pump was installed at the gravel-packed well to pump the water to the station instead of using the well as an ordinary suction well. A brick building was built over the well to house the pump and other equipment. The 6" line to the station was then changed to a force main instead of a suction line and considerable more water was delivered to the station.


Various new meters were added to the station to record the various flows.


Due to the action of the Town and State Boards of Health in not approving Hawes Brook as a source of water for the swimming pool it was necessary to use town water from our street mains. We used approximately 5,000,000 gallons.


High Lift Pump (Report D)


In order to supplement the existing 1,500,000 gallons a day high lift pump at the Ellis pumping station a new 2,000,000 gallons per day DeLavall two stage high lift pump was installed. This pump has more than equalled our expectations. With the standpipe nearly full this pump has been able to pump at a rate of more than 2,100,000 gallons per day.


During the period from 1937 until the new DeLavall high lift pump was installed in 1945 the Gould high pump at Ellis pumping station operated every day. Due to this continuous operation we felt that this pump might need a general overhauling and so asked the Gould Company to send a man out for an inspection. The head of one of the pumps was removed. The inspector tested this pump and said that it was in excellent condition.


The addition of this new pump now gives us two high lift pumps at the Ellis pumping station, a precautionary measure that the water department has been working towards for a number of years.


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TOWN OF NORWOOD


REPORT OF WATER DEPARTMENT Meters (Report E)


It is accepted practice in well run water departments to change and check water meters every five years as they are the cash registers of the business and they should be kept accurate. The fact that for years we have been billing in the vicinity of 67% of the water we pump is unquestionably due to considerable extent to inaccurate metering.


As a start toward such a policy we listed all water meters which had been in service more than fifteen years and then began to replace the old ones. In spite of a meter shortage during 1945 we replaced 105 water meters with an average age of 17 years in the same location. The oldest we had record of was 25 years and the most re- cently installed was 9 years. In addition we replaced 24 meters which had been in so long we had no record as to when they were set.


We still have on our list 686 meters which have been in use more than fifteen years. This is more than 22% of our active accounts.


WATER STATISTICS 1945 Monthly Consumption in Gallons


Month


Total Gallons


Ellis


Buckmaster Pond


January


40,375,000


29,630.000


10,745,000


February


37,338,000


27,710,000


9,628,000


March


41,799,000


26,200,000


15,599,000


April


37,184,000


20,800,000


16,384,000


May


38,745,000


17,710,000


21,035,000


June


39,925,000


23,080,000


16,845,000


July


38,918,000


26,510,000


12,408,000


August


41,258,000


28,780,000


12,478,000


September


39,816,000


22,520,000


17,296,000


October


39,094,000


21,510,000


17,584,000


November


36,845,000


27,300,000


9,545,000


December


38,402,000


33,600,000


4,802,000


Total


469,699,000


305,350,000


164,349,000


Greatest Amount Pumped


Day - July 30 (Normal)


Gallons


1,590,000


Day - March 5 (Large leak)


Gallons


1,915,000


Week - Aug. 27 - Sept. 2 (Normal)


Gallons


. 9,855,000


Week - Feb. 27 - March 5 (Large leak)


Gallons


10,075,000


Supplied to Distributing Mains during year


Gallons


469,699,000


Gallons passed through Service meters during year


Gallons


296,741,750


Number of miles of mains at end of year


54.5


Total number of services at end of year


3,131


Number of services in use at end of year


3,099


Number of water meters in use at end of year


3,099


GRAVEL PACKED WELL HOUSE


.


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REPORT OF ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS


Gallons of Water Pumped in Previous Years


1936


490,576,000


1941


398,110,000


1937


403,070,000


1942


411,815,000


1938


374,733,000


1943


430,120,000


1939


432,095,000


1944


468,481,000


1940


426,512,000


1945.


469,699,000


Snow Removal


The year 1945 was a trying year on snow removal. We had a total snowfall of 80.6 inches which had not been equalled since 1916. The snowfall in inches for the last five years as compiled by the U. S. Department of Commerce Weather Station at Boston is as follows:


1941


1942


1943


1944


1945


January


20.4


8.2


26.4


5.1


24.3


February


1.3


6.2


4.5


9.6


26.3


March .


13.1


7.9


8.0


12.7


0.5


April


none


1.5


none


none


none


November


none


none


none


1.2


4.9


December


0.2


6.8


0.3


6.9


24.6


Totals


35.2


30.6


39.2


35.5


80.6


Refuse Removal


The town put into effect a new refuse removal system. Collections are made the first week of each month. During this time it has been necessary to almost stop other work as we have to use our able bodied men for this strenuous work. Collections have been very heavy and it will be very necessary for immediate action on additional dumping areas. At present we hire trucks for this purpose. We have bought a new truck with special body but it has not been delivered. This type of truck body will eliminate much of the strenuous lifting.


Town Yard Building and Equipment


Within the next few years it will be necessary to spend a considerable amount of money for new equipment, such as large trucks which can be used for heavy snow plowing, new service trucks and a new modern town yard, to adequately house all the equipment, with storage bins and repair shops and to provide facilities and office space for public works personnel.


Respectfully submitted,


ALBERT W. THOMPSON, Director of Public Works and Engineering.


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TOWN OF NORWOOD


REPORT OF MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT


Mr. Francis W. Smith, General Manager.


Dear Sir:


I wish to submit the following report of the activities and operation of the Municipal Light Department for the year ending December 31, 1945.


From my observation the past year there has been practically no new construc- tion due to the lack of manufactured materials and a serious shortage of personnel. The maintenance of the plant for the year was accomplished very well by the present employees, taking into consideration that the staff was very much undermanned. We anticipate rebuilding the organization to a productive standard as soon as practical.


Although the sales of electric energy to the larger industries has been reduced due to the completion of their war contracts, our smaller business man of the town has increased his purchase of electric energy to such an extent that we show a larger sale of electric energy, as a whole, than the year of 1944. We also anticipate a still larger increase in the sales when the private consumer is able to purchase the electric necessities that the war has curtailed for the past few years.


Other activities and statistical information of the department is attached and submitted as a part of this report.


Respectfully submitted,


J. W. PRICE, Superintendent.


INSPECTION AND METER DIVISION


During the year 1945, 176 applications for wiring permits were made.


5 Electric ranges were installed.


1 Hot water heater was installed.


23 New meters were installed.


75 Meters were replaced.


15 Meters were discontinued.


26 Meters were discarded.


146 Complaints were investigated for the Billing Division.


Respectfully submitted,


JOSEPH J. O'BRIEN, Deputy Wire Inspector.


REPORT OF CHIEF OPERATOR


I herewith submit my report for the year 1945 as Acting Chief Operator.


Purchased Energy for 1945


Short St. Sub-Station 6,004,458 KW.


Central St. Station 10,368,000 KW.


Total


16,372,458 KW.


Increase for year 1945 87,511 KW.


Average cost per KWH. for 1945


$.01212


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REPORT OF MUNICIPAL LIGHT DEPARTMENT


Statistics


KW. used for year 1945 Station Light and Power 18,136 KW.


KW. used for year 1945 Fire Alarm Bldg. 2,220 KW.


Total 20,356 KW.


Street lights were illuminated approximately 4,012 hours, 41 minutes, using 611,945 KW.


We had no interruption of service from the Boston Edison Company during the year.


Respectfully submitted, JOHN M. CLAPP, Acting Chief Operator.




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