Official reports of the town of Wayland 1915-1916, Part 7

Author: Wayland (Mass.)
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Printed at the Middlesex Freeman Office
Number of Pages: 432


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The use of the Cochituate branch and reading room shows a most gratifying, even surprising growth. The seven years following its inauguration showed a steadily increasing circulation, from 2237 volumes in 1907-8, to 10,326 volumes in the year ending Feb. 1, 1915. For this year and the two pre- ceding, its circulation exceeded that of the main library.


During the past year a thorough revision of the catalogue has been made, in which obsolete or worthless titles, which in- evitably accumulate in every library, have been eliminated, giving much needed room in the stacks, and leaving the shelves filled with only useful and valuable books.


The item of expense for repairs this year has been very large. The furnaces, after fifteen years' use, had become badly cracked, making it necessary to practically rebuild them, at a cost of over $400. As the trustees had an appropriation of only $100 for repairs available, other expenditures had to be severely curtailed. The purchase of new books in conse- quence has this year been very small. Owing to the kindness and generosity of friends, however, in gifts of books, as ref- erence to the librarian's report will show, this need of the li- brary has been fully met.


As the age of the library building increases, the item of


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repair expenses must naturally be larger, and the trustees would most earnestly recommend an increased appropriation for this purpose.


The annual report of the librarian to the trustees is here- with submitted, with list of accessions for the year.


ALFRED W. CUTTING, Secretary, AMOS I. HADLEY, Chairman, FRANCIS SHAW, JOHN CONNELLY, LESTER R. GERALD, Trustees.


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REPORT OF TREASURER OF LIBRARY FUNDS


Report of the Treasurer of the Wayland Public Library Funds For the Year Ending January 1, 1916


Balance of Income on hand Jan. 1, 1915


$208.63


General Income for year


Appropriation for year ending Jan. 1, 1916


$900.00


One-half Dog License Receipts


185.47


Collected from Fines and Cards


20.40


Balance from last year in Old Col- ony Trust Company


39.98


4.75


Old paper sold Gifts


125.00


1,275.60


Income from Invested Funds


James Sumner Draper Funds


200.92


Cynthia G. Roby Fund


131.68


Grace Campbell Draper Fund


50.00


James Draper Fund


30.00


Ella E. Draper Fund


30.00


Lydia Maria Child Fund


4.04


446.64


Total


$1,930.87


Expended


Salaries :


Margaret E. Wheeler, Li- brarian


$400.00


J. C. Vincent, Janitor 216.00


Sarah L. Campbell 5.00 621.00


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New Books and Magazines :


Old Corner Book Store, Books 251.35


N. R. Gerald, Magazines 45.40


W. B. Clarke Company, Books 2.54


299.29


Fuel :


A. W. Atwood, Coal 114.50


H. F. Parmenter, Wood


60.00


174.50


Light :


Edison Company


92.10


92.10


Repairs :


Fitz and Barker


279.59


E. W. Small


111.80


T. W. Frost


17.74


J. C. Vincent


20.00


Goodyear Co.


17.00


J. C. Massie


14.15


A. W. Snow Co.


14.10


F. H. White


8.90


M. Shain


7.80


Bradford Browne Co.


7.50


H. C. Doughty


4.50


503.08


Miscellaneous Expenses :


Rose Bindery


117.15


M. M. Fiske, Express 32.24


A. W. Atwood, moving ashes 7.00


W. S. Lovell, Sundries 5.62


·Library Bureau


4.14


T. Groom & Co.


2.25


I. A. Lupien, Sundries


.65


169.05


Total Expended $1,859.02


Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1916 $71.85


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REPORT OF TREASURER OF LIBRARY FUNDS


Cochituate Branch Library and Reading Room


Balance of Income on hand March 1, 1915


$127.58


General Income for year


Appropriation for year ending Jan. 1, 1916 $700.00


Collected from Fines and Cards 8.23


708.23


$835.81


Expended


Salaries :


Gertrude D. Bishop, As-


sistant Librarian $250.08


M. M. Fiske, Janitor 52.00


302.08


New Books and Magazines :


Old Corner Book Store


245.42


N. R. Gerald, Magazines 35.00


280.42


Fuel :


Robinson & Jones Company


16.50


16.50


Light :


Edison Company


23.00


23.00


Repairs :


D. W. Richardson


10.75


M. M. Fiske


2.50


15.95


Miscellaneous Expenses :


N. R. Gerald, Rent


144.00


C. S. Williams, Sundries


2.45


146.45


Total Expended $784.40


Balance on hand January 1, 1916


$51.41


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Librarian's Report


To the Trustees of the Public Library :


The Librarian submits the following report for the year ending December 31, 1915.


Number of volumes-classified


Fiction


4,413


Non-fiction


10,008


Total


14,421


Unclassified


296


Total


14,717


Number added


325


Circulation for the year :


From Main Library


7,460


From Cochituate Branch


6,645


Sent to Cochituate Branch on cards


128


Juvenile from Main Library


2,123


Juvenile from Cochituate Branch


1,994


Total


18,350


Classes of Reading by Per Cent


Fiction


82.10


Art


2.52


Philosophy


.28


Literature


2.82


Religion


.25


History


5.57


Sociology


1.23


Biography


2.89


Natural Science


.63


General Works


1.71


MARGARET E. WHEELER,


Librarian.


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LIBARIAN'S REPORT


The following periodicals are to be regularly found in the reading room :-


American City


Atlantic


Bookman


Century


Cochituate Enterprise


Country Life in America


Harper's Monthly


Journal of Outdoor Life


Ladies' Home Journal


London Illustrated News


National Geographic Magazine


Our Dumb Animals


Outlook


Popular Science


Review of Reviews


Scribner's Magazine


St. Nicholas


Survey Woman's Home Companion


World's Work Youth's Companion


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Accessions


Philosophy


179-L52


Ethical problem.


172-EL4


Road toward peace.


Albert Leffingwell Chas. W. Eliot


174-D29


Vocational and moral guidance.


Jesse B. Davis


Religion


240-M13


Faith the greatest power in the world.


Samuel McComb


232-W89C


Issues of life.


Elwood Worcester


290-G76


Way of Martha and the way of Mary. Stephen Graham


Sociology


376-M82


American girl.


Anne Morgan


342-L82


Democracy of the Constitution.


378-G16


Harvard. John Hays Gardiner


331-W14


House on Henry Street. Lillian D. Wald Military obligation of citizenship.


Leonard Wood


365-L95I


My life in prison.


Donald Lowrie


365-L950


My life out of prison. Donald Lowrie Play in education. Joseph Lee


370-D51


Schools of to-morrow.


John and Evelyn Dewey


396-UN3


Social and labor needs of farm women.


370-K58


365-F45


378-C76


U. S. Department of Agriculture Social aspects of education. Irving King Story of Canada Blackie. Annie P. L. Field Story of Wellesley. Florence Converse


370-L51


Henry C. Lodge


355-W85


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378-G23


Through college on nothing a year.


Christian Gauss


361-B63


Under the Red Cross flag.


Mabel T. Boardman


372-H91 What shall we read to the children ?


Clara W. Hunt


325-G76


With poor immigrants to America. Stephen Graham


Useful Arts


613-C97


Care of the sick room.


613-W58


Care of the skin.


613-B723


Care of the teeth.


616-H31


Consumption.


613-W17P


Peg along.


608-W67


Let me explain.


630-W64


Lure of the land.


Poultry keeping. Harry R. Lewis


634-B15F


656-C39


Principles of fruit-growing. L. H. Bailey Sailing ships and their story.


613-H14


Untroubled mind.


E. Keble Chatterton Herbert J. Hall


Fine Arts


789-R36


Carillons of Belgium and Holland.


William G. Rice


770-EA7G


How to make good pictures. Eastman Kodak Co.


710-R56


Improvement of towns and cities.


Charles M. Robinson


Rediscovered country. Stewart E. White


799-W58R 796-C18 Scout law in practice. Arthur A. Carey 814-F55B Barbara Frietchie; Captain Jinks; Climbers. 814-F55BE Clyde Fitch Beau Brummell ; Lover's lane ; Nathan Hale. Clyde Fitch.


E. G. Cutler Charles J. White Charles A. Brackett John B. Hawes George L. Walton Archibald Williams Harvey M. Wiley


636-L58


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814-P42C Thomas Carlyle, how to know him.


812-B81


Children of earth.


814-AL2F


From Ponkapog to Pesth.


Bliss Perry Alice Brown T. B. Aldrich


811-V28G Grand Canyon and other poems.


824-G13M


Memories.


811-F92


North of Boston.


821-B79 Poems.


811-AL2P


Poetical works. 2 vols.


Henry Van Dyke. John Galsworthy Robert Frost Rupert Brooke T. B. Aldrich


824-C882


Political and literary essays. Earl of Cromer


814-AL2


Ponkapog papers. T. B. Aldrich Amy Lowell


841-L95


Six French poets.


811-SH6


Stillwater pastorals and other poems.


814-F55S


Paul Shivell Stubbornness of Geraldine; Girl with green eyes ; Her own way. Clyde Fitch


824-C94


Subjects of the day.


824-C38


Curzon, Earl of Keddleston Through a Dartmoor window.


814-W69


Beatrice Chase When a man comes to himself. Woodrow Wilson


814-F55W


Woman in the case ; Truth ; City. Clyde Fitch


917.9-Y8 Alaska days with John Muir.


S. Hall Young Norman Duncan


919.4-D91


Australian byways.


914.8-C54 Charm of Scandinavia.


917.4-N81


Francis E. and Sydney A. Clark Colonial homes and their furnishings.


Mary H. Northend George B. Grinnell


970.1-G88 Fighting Cheyennes.


914.8-R22


Finland and the Finns. Arthur Reade


917.1-ST3 Forty years in Canada. S. B. Steele 970-F49 French in the heart of America. John Finley


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Heart of Europe.


Ralph A. Cram


917.4-IN8 Interesting houses of New England. From original photographs 914.7-W63 Interpretation of the Russian people. Leo Wiener


915.2-M37 910-L37 Lusitania's last voyage.


Charles E. Lauriat, Jr.


914.7-L56


New Russia. Alan Lethbridge


920-R95 Old Boston Museum days. Kate Ryan


917.4-OL2


Old colonial doorways of New England.


917.4-F88 Old Concord. Allen French


917.4-B13R Rambles around old Boston.


917.4-N81F


Edwin M. Bacon Remodeled farmhouses. Mary H. Northend Rockies of Canada. Walter D. Wilcox


917.1-W64


915.6-B41


914.7-G76


Spell of the Holy Land. Archie Bell Vagabond in the Caucasus. Stephen Graham We discover New England. Louise C. Hale


917.4-H13


Books Relating to the War


Arms and the race.


R. M. Johnston


Audacious war. C. W. Barron


AU54


Aunt Sarah and the war.


940-V58


Belgium's agony. Emile Verhaeren


940-K67


Diary of a French army chaplain.


940-P93


940-W55


940-K87


940-SI5


940-SI5S Great war (second phase).


Frank H. Simonds


B-AL21


Hilltop on the Marne. Mildred Aldrich


355-J65 940-B27


Felix Klein Diplomatic history of the war. M. P. Price Fighting France. Edith Wharton Four weeks in the trenches. Fritz Kreisler Great war. Frank H. Simonds


940-C84 917.4-N81H Historic homes of New England. Mary H. Northend


Japan to America. Naoichi Masaoka


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940-SA7


How Belgium saved Europe.


Charles Sarolea


940-P18


My year of the great war. Frederick Palmer


940-G35


New map of Europe. Herbert A. Gibbons


940-W85 Notebook of an attaché.


940-OL4 Ordeal by battle.


940-R72 Origins of the war.


973-US3


Pan-Americanism.


940-W76


Pentecost of calamity.


940-G76


Russia and the world.


940-M13


With the Russian army.


Robert R. McCormick


Biography


B-H746


B-C763


B-H324W


Life of Rutherford B. Hayes. 2 vols. Charles R. Williams


B-B442


B-M894M


B-H322T


Letters to a friend. John Muir Life and letters of John Hay. 2 vols.


W. R. Thayer


B-P246


Charles Stewart Parnell. 2 vols.


B-P854


Henry Codman Potter.


B-B485


Prussian memories.


B-AB26


Reminiscences.


B-T584


Reminiscences of Tolstoy.


B-SI34


Edward Rowland Sill.


Count Ilga Tolstoy W. B. Parker


Fiction


H124AL H246A D372AR


W464B


Allan and the holy flower. H. Rider Haggard Angela's business. Henry S. Harrison Margaret Deland H. G. Wells Around old Chester. Bealby.


Eric F. Wood Frederick S. Oliver


J. Holland Rose


Roland G. Usher Owen Wister Stephen Graham


Black man's burden. W. H. Holtzclaw Confessions of a clergyman.


Hugh, memoirs of a brother. A. C. Benson


Mrs. C. S. Parnell George Hodges Poultney Bigelow Lyman Abbott


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F236BE


Beltane the Smith


C164B


Bent twig.


T727B


Bracken.


P544B


Brunel's tower.


G466


Competitive nephew.


P953D


David Penstephen.


W395DE


Dear enemy.


OP55DT


Double traitor.


Y85DO


Dove in the eagle's nest. C. M. Yonge


B567E


Education of Uncle Paul.


W217EL


Eltham House.


B567EM


Empty house.


SE23E Encounter.


B567EX


Extra day.


C4744F


Far country.


SM52FE


Felix O'Day.


W164F


Fortitude.


J654F Fortunes of Garin.


G137FR


Freelands.


ER85G


T727G


Girl of the Blue Ridge. Granite.


G316 Great tradition.


P787H


Harbor.


G764H


High priestess.


C164


Hillsboro people.


M556


Honey bee.


L794JA Jaffery. L136J Jerusalem.


AT545 Johnny Appleseed. Le Gentleman.


SI13LE ST46E Letters on an elk hunt.


AB25L


Little Eve Edgarton.


G796L Little Sir Galahad.


C765L


Lord Jim.


Jeffery Farnol Dorothy Canfield John Trevena Eden Phillpotts Montague Glass Richard Pryce Jean Webster E. Phillips Oppenheim


Algernon Blackwood Mrs. Humphry Ward Algernon Blackwood Anne D. Sedgwick Algernon Blackwood Winston Churchill


F. Hopkinson Smith Hugh Walpole Mary Johnston John Galsworthy Payne Erskine John Trevena Katharine F. Gerould Ernest Poole Robert Grant Dorothy Canfield Samuel Merwin William J. Locke Selma Lagerlöf Eleanor Atkinson Ethel Sidgwick E. P. Stewart E. H. Abbott Pheobe Gray. Joseph Conrad


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AL28M


Marjorie Drew and other people.


B274ME


Measure of a man.


P224M Money master.


T727M


Moyle Church-town.


P544O


Old Delabole.


D2630


Open market.


R444PP


Penelope's postscripts.


T. B. Aldrich Amelia E. Barr Sir Gilbert Parker John Trevena Eden Phillpotts Josephine Daskam


M195P


Plasher's mead. Compton Mackenzie Prisoner in fairyland. Algernon Blackwood


SI13P Promise.


Ethel Sidgwick


H873


Prudence of the parsonage. Ethel Hueston


AL28P


Prudence Palfrey. T. B. Aldrich Queen of Sheba. T. B. Aldrich Zane Grey


G867R


Rainbow trail.


W464R


Research magnificent.


H. G. Wells


K365


Russian comedy of errors. George Kennan Russian silhouettes. Anton Tchekoff Kathleen Norris


N795S


Saturday's child.


Secret history. C. N. & A. M. Williamson


T727


Sleeping waters.


D294SM


"Somewhere in France."


B536S


Spanish gold.


C164S


Squirrel-cage.


M122S


Stirrup latch.


AL28S


Stillwater tragedy.


AL53SW


Sword of youth.


B296T


Taming of Zenas Henry.


B437T AN26T


Three things.


D774V


Valley of fear.


C765V


Victory.


T727W


Wintering Hay.


H313Y


Young man's year.


John Trevena R. H. Davis G. A. Birmingham Dorothy Canfield Sidney McCall T. B. Aldrich James L. Allen Sara W. Bassett Arnold Bennett Mary R. S. Andrews A. Conan Doyle Joseph Conrad John Trevena Anthony Hope


Mrs. Kate D. W. Riggs


B567P


AL28Q


T219


W6723S


These twain.


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Juvenile


j-598-M61C Children's book of birds.


j-654-C69B Book of wireless.


j-796-C31


Boy scout's hike book. Edward Cave


j-796-M17


Boy scout's year book.


W. P. McGuire


j-796-C31C


Boy's camp book. Edward Cave


j-796-V61


Boy's outdoor vacation book.


j-793-C84


Folk dance book.


j-796-B38


j-810-W93C


On the trail. Lina and Adelia B. Beard Children's stories in American literature. 1861-1896. H. C. Wright Home book of verse for young folks. B. E. Stevenson, ed.


j-808-ST4


j-808-M85


Mother Goose's nursery rhymes.


j-B-F854D


j-B-SM57J


j-B-C724S


j-B-C874 j-B-ST450


Benjamin Franklin. E. L. Dudley Captain John Smith. Rossiter Johnson Christopher Columbus. Mildred Stapley Davy Crockett. W. C. Sprague Life of R. L. Stevenson for boys and girls.


j-B-H134R


j-B-F954SU j-B-L517G


j-B-ED46W


j-B-P384HO


j-B-916C


J. M. Overton Nathan Hale. Jean C. Root Robert Fulton. Alice C. Sutcliffe Robert E. Lee. Bradley Gilman Thomas A. Edison. Francis Rolt-Wheeler William Penn. Rupert S. Holland Adventures of Chatterer the red squirrel Thornton W. Burgess


j-B-916D


Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse.


Thornton W. Burgess


j-B-916G


Adventures of Grandfather Frog.


Thornton W. Burgess


j-B916JE


Adventures of Jerry Muskrat.


Thornton W. Burgess


j-B916MR Adventures of Mr. Mocker.


Thornton W. Burgess


O. T. Miller A. F. Collins


A. Hyatt Verrill C. W. Crampton


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j-B916P Adventures of Peter Cottontail.


Thornton W. Burgess


j-B916S


Adventures of Sammy Jay.


Thornton W. Burgess


j-B916U Adventures of Unc' Billy Possum.


j-J155BB


j-J155BR


Thornton W. Burgess Blue bonnet in Boston. Caroline E. Jacobs Blue bonnet's ranch party.


j-B574


Caroline E. Jacobs Boy Blue and his friends.


j- Q46B


Etta A. and Mary F. Blaisdell Boy scouts of Black Eagle Patrol.


j-W563


L. W. Quirk Boy with the U. S. life-savers.


Francis Rolt-Wheeler


j-M424


Catcher Craig. Christy Mathewson


j-D565C


Children's book of Christmas stories.


j-D565T


Asa D. Dickinson, ed. Children's book of Thanksgiving stories.


Asa D. Dickinson, ed.


j-V615


j-EW54D


j-B236DA


j-B7943DC


j-M913


j-L823 Famous old tales.


j-EW54F


Flat iron for a farthing.


j-W155 Gaunt gray wolf.


j-P837 Genevieve. j-EW54G Great emergency. j-SW54 Gulliver's travels.


j-D662H Hans Brinker.


j-T594I In camp on Bass Island.


j-V615I In Morgan's wake.


j-EW54J Jackanapes.


j-EW54JA Jan of the windmill.


j-B236LE Left tackle Thayer.


Cruise of the Cormorant. A. Hyatt Verrill Daddy Darwin's dovecot. Mrs. J. H. Ewing Danforth plays the game. R. H. Barbour Dorothy Dainty at Crestville. Amy Brooks Elsbeth.


Margarethe Müller Henry C. Lodge Mrs. J. H. Ewing Dillon Wallace Laura S. Portor Mrs. J. H. Ewing Jonathan Swift Mary M. Dodge P. G. Tomlinson A. Hyatt Verrill Mrs. J. H. Ewing Mrs. J. H. Ewing R. H. Barbour


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j-D362R Adventures of Robinson Crusoe.


j-EW54L Lob-lie-by-the-fire.


j-B935LP Lost prince.


j-B236LU Lucky seventh.


j-K746M


Maid of '76.


j-EW54M Mary's meadow.


E. A. and A. A. Knipe Mrs. J. H. Ewing


j-EW54MR Mrs. Overtheway's remembrances.


j-EW540


Mrs. J. H. Ewing Old-fashioned fairy tales. Mrs. J. H. Ewing Patty's romance. Carolyn Wells


j-W462PR


j-K746P Peg o' the ring.


Emilie B. and Alden A. Knipe Christy Mathewson


j-M424P


Pitcher Pollock.


j-T594P


Prisoners of war. E. T. Tomlinson Louis Rhead


j-R343 Robin Hood.


j-AL74R Rock of Chickamauga. Joseph A. Altsheler


j-B236SE


j-P993S j-EW54SI


Secret play. Ralph H. Barbour Six little ducklings. Katharine Pyle Six to sixteen. Mrs. J. H. Ewing Swiss family Robinson. J. D. Wyss Caroline E. Jacobs


j-H875TO j-C233


j-W994 j-J155T Texan blue bonnet. Tom Brown's school days. Thomas Hughes Track's end.


j-P163T


Twisted skein.


Hayden Carruth Ralph D. Paine Dillon Wallace Mrs. J. H. Ewing


j-W155U Ungava Bob.


j-EW54W


We and the world.


Daniel Defoe Mrs. J. H. Ewing Mrs. F. H. Burnett R. H. Barbour


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Investment of Library Funds


James Draper Fund $500.00


Town of Wayland 6% Note


Ella E. Draper Fund 500.00


Town of Wayland 6% Note


Grace Campbell Draper Fund 1,000.00


Town of Wayland 5% Note


Lydia Maria Child Fund 100.00


Deposit in Home Savings Bank, Boston


Cynthia G. Roby Bequest 3,155.76


$3,000 American Telephone &


Telegraph Company, 4% $2,863.76


Deposit in Provident Institution for Savings, Boston 292.00


James Sumner Draper Fund 5,000.00


$1,000 Boston & Albany Rail- road, 4% $1,001.25


$1,000 Boston & Maine Railroad, 4% 990.00


$1,000 Chicago, Burlington &


Quincy Railroad, 4% 993.75


$1,000 Delaware & Hudson Rail- road, 4% 1,000.00


$1,000 Fitchburg Railroad, 4%


995.00


Deposit in Provident Institution for Savings, Boston 20.00


$10,255.76


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WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT


Water Commissioners' Report


At a meeting of the Water Commissioners, February 18th, the Board was organized with James C. McKay, Chairman, and Clarence S. Williams, Clerk.


James H. Whitehead was re-appointed Superintendent of Works.


Considering the fact that the Water Department was out of debt, the Board decided to take steps to improve conditions at the reservoir and voted to consult Engineer J. J. Van Valkenburg of Framingham, with that purpose in view.


During the month of July heavy rains fell and over- flowed the swamps and replaced the clear water in the res- ervoir with swamp water, which was very objectionable at the faucets.


The engineer made recommendations and submitted plans to pipe off the water coming from the swamps, be- sides cleaning up work on the reservoir. These plans and recommendations were referred to the State Board of Health for their advice.


The following letters were received regarding further work on the water supply :


Letter No. One


Framingham, Mass., Oct. 5, 1915.


To the Water Commissioners,


Wayland, Mass.


Dear Sirs :-


At your request, I have recently made an investigation of the conditions existing at the reservoirs of the Town's water works system, particularly with reference to what


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immediate steps should be taken to improve the quality of the water.


Marked improvement has been made about the reser- voirs during the last ten years in the appearance of the shore lines. Trees and brush have been cut well back from the water and low places along the easterly side of the low- er reservoir have been filled.


The quality of the water, however, has not become much better. It is still the most highly colored of any pub- lic water supply in the State and is at certain seasons decid- edly objectionable to taste.


A few facts regarding the source of your water supply will explain why the quality of your water is comparatively so poor. The accompanying plan will assist in describing the situation.


There are two reservoirs. The lower reservoir, No. 1, has an area of 7.6 acres. The upper reservoir, No. 2, has an area of 4.6 acres and is generally about one foot higher than the other.


The two reservoirs are separated by a low dyke which at certain seasons of the year is overflowed.


The water in the upper end of No. 1 reservoir and the whole of No. 2 is very shallow and during dry season a con- siderable area of their bottoms is unwatered.


Into the upper end of No. 2 reservoir flows a stream of considerable size during wet seasons. The source of this stream is in a wooded swamp an area of about 32 acres. Several large sized springs are located along the upper edge of the swamp where indicated on the plan. The whole surface of this area and to a considerable depth is covered with water soaked leaves, fallen trees and other vegetation -the accumulation of ages.


The lower reservoir also has several springs directly connected with it and the drainage of a considerable area of swamp land. This reservoir in itself has naturally much better water than what collects in No. 2 reservoir. Owing, however, to the fact that it receives so much swamp-drained


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water from the overflow of No. 2 reservoir its quality is considerably impaired, it becomes highly colored and is at times unpalatable. I quote from a report made some years ago by the State Board of Health regarding your Water Supply.


"The results of analyses show that the water of the reservoir is generally highly colored and contains frequent- ly an excessive quantity of organic matter and that it is often objectionable for drinking and other domestic pur- poses on account of a disagreeable taste and odor. The objectionable quality of the water of the reservoir is evi- dently due principally to the character of the reservoir, which is very shallow and contains much organic matter in its bottom."


From the report of the Construction Committee under date of 1879, it is learned that one-half of the reservoir (The present reservoirs were originally one), is less than 3 feet deep and was covered with a rank vegetable growth, and that nothing was done to the land flowed but to cut the brush-a portion of that was not removed owing to the reservoir being filled earlier than was anticipated.


Undoubtedly it has been frequently recommended that the reservoirs be cleaned. Were this done it would surely result in some good, but the benefits derived would not in my judgment be sufficiently great to warrant the expendi- ture of so large an amount of money as would be required to accomplish the work of a thorough cleaning.


I believe the very best thing that can be done for a comparatively small sum of money is first to raise the dyke between the two reservoirs and extend it as shown on the plan so that the water in the upper reservoir shall have no direct connection with the lower one.


A 20 inch vitrified pipe drain should then be laid ex- tending from below the wasteway of the lower reservoir to a manhole at the upper reservoir where indicated on the plan in red ink. Assuming the elevation of No. 1 reser- voir to be 100 and No. 2 reservoir to be 101 then the drain


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at its upper end will be at 97.5 or 212 feet below No. 1 and 31/2 feet below No. 2 reservoir. In the manhole there will be a gate and an overflow which will control the elevation of the water in reservoir No. 2.


By means of this drain during wet seasons large quan- tities of swamp drained water can be prevented from en- tering No. 1 reservoir and conducted below the dam.


The estimated cost of doing this work is as follows :-


700 lineal feet of 20 inch pipe laid complete


@ $1.70


$1,190.00


Manhole complete, including gate and locked cover


130.00


Dyke construction, 150 cu. yds. filling @ $1.00 Stonework


150.00


75.00


Deepening channel


75.00


$1,620.00


Add 15 per cent for engineering and con-


tingencies


243.00


Total


$1,863.00


The next thing that should be done is to open up the swamp drainage areas by means of a system of ditches which will allow the spring water to flow directly to your reservoir without first seeping through acres of decaying vegetable matter.


I can give no estimate of the cost of doing this drain- age work. During the winter a survey should be made of the swamps and the ditches located to the best advantage. It is too late in the season and too wet to start ditching. Having decided upon a plan of drainage the construction could be carried on at such times as the seasons would per- mit.


The 20 inch drain and the dyke could and should be built this year.


Respectfully submitted,


J. J. VAN VALKENBURGH.


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Letter No. Two


October 22, 1915.


To the Wayland Water Board,


Cochituate, Massachusetts.


Mr. Clarence S. Williams, Clerk.


Gentlemen :-


The State Department of Health has considered your application of October 4, 1915, as to a certain proposed plan of improving the water supply of Wayland, has considered the plan presented by your engineer, and has examined the results of analyses of the water of your present sources of supply.




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