Report of the city of Somerville 1890, Part 12

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 494


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66


Bessie R. White


Colby University


800 1877


66


Josephine H. Short


Boston University


700 1887


Mabel S. Clark


Boston University


700 1890


Prescott


G. A. Southworth


Chicago, Ill., and Lowell (Mass.) High School


1,900 1873


Anna M. Bates


Salem High and Normal School


700 1874


Adelaide Reed


650 1877


66


Abbie A. Anderson


Bridgew'r Normal School Stoughton High School and Canton Training School


600 1878


66


Emma M. Cate


High School, Winchester


600 1882


159


221


REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS. - Continued.


SCHOOLS. .


TEACHERS:


WHERE EDUCATED.


Sala- ries.


When


Elected.


Prescott


Amelia I. Sears


Westfield Normal School Somerville High School Boston Normal School


.


60


Emma F. Porter


600 1890


66


Clara Taylor .


Somerville High School Bridgewater Nor'l School High School, Boston


600 1877


6.


Elgina M. Plummer


Somerville High School


600 1882


66


*Louise E. Pratt


Somerville High School . Somerville High School . High School, Danielson- ville, Conn. .


500 1889


Edgerly


66


Addie L. Smith


Malden High School


675 1890


Anne A. Lathrop


Wellesley College and


600 1890


Amy C. Hudson


600 1885


66


Lilla J. Pike


66


Enola C. Brainard


Salem Normal School .


600 1888


66


Gertrude L. Gardner


R. I. State Normal :


600


1889


66


Alice M. Dearing


High School, Lisbon Falls, Me.


600 1890


Lillian Nealley


Salem Normal School


600 1882


66


Clara M. Bagley


600 1873


66


Martha M. Power


Somerville High School Somerville High School and Quincy Training Class


300


-


Davis


66


*Margaret A. Orr Lucretia A. Burns Gertrude A. Earle Annie J. Richardson Priscilla A. Merritt


Bridgewater Normal Sch'l Framingham Nor'l School Bridgewater Normal Sch'l Winchester High School Salem Normal School


600 1885


L. V. Bell


*Nettie M. Orne .


Somerville High School . Dartmouth College


1,750 1890


66


Fred W. Shattuck . Abbie C. Hunt


675 1873


66


May E. Berry


675 1880


66


Nellie S. Dickey


600 1889


66


Emma F. Schuh


600 1874


66


Alice I. Norcross


Salem Normal School . Bridgewater Normal Sch'l High School and Academy Mt. Holyoke Seminary .


600 1890


66


Fannie A. Wilder


600 1874


Mary A. Bradford . Gertrude E. Robbins


Bridgewater Normal Sch'l Somerville High School .


500 1889


Lilian A. Wellington


Boston Normal School


600|1889


Eliza L. Schuh


600 1882


66


*Grace M. White


200|


Bow-street


Hattie E. Richardson .


Somerville High School Somerville High School Somerville High School


600 188S


600 1888


66


Mary S. Rinn


Ipswich Female Seminary Somerville High School . Quincy Training School Somerville High School High School


600 1885 600 1887


66


Nellie A. Knowlton Anna L. Dickerman


675 1882


600 1884


66


600 18S9


66


Florence M. Morton Ada Cowles


600 1875


66


Catherine T. Brown


600 1868


66


Sarah E. Pratt


600 1877


Charles E. Brainard


1,200 1889


Harvard Annex Somerville High School . High School and Academy, Salmon Falls, N. H.


600 1887


60


66


200 -


200 -


66


66


350 -


*Assistant.


$600 1873


600 1871


222


ANNUAL REPORTS.


SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS. - Continued.


SCHOOLS.


TEACHERS.


WHERE EDUCATED.


Sala- ries.


When


Elected.


Prospect Hill .


Helen Tincker


Mt. Holyoke Seminary and Salem Normal School . Gorham (Me.) Nor'l Sch'l Somerville High School . Somerville High School Somerville High School .


$700 1872


Mary C. Jones


600 1890


Ellen Ledyard


600|1874


Maria Miller .


600 1869


66


60


Kate R. Miles


400


-


Cummings


Lydia J. Page


Somerville High School .


675 1869


66


Addie M. Brown


Somerville High School


600 1886


Ida F. Fillebrown


600 1888


Annie Coffin


Somerville High School . Somerville High School . Gloucester High and


600 1884


Brastow


Lizzie W. Parkhurst


Training Schools .


625


1885


66


Lillian C. Albee


High School, No. Attle- boro'


600 1888


Bennett


Mary B. Smith


675 1885


66


Florence O. Bean


600 1888


66


Annie G. Sheridan .


600 1886


Isadore F. Taylor


Somerville High School Somerville High School and Quincy Training


School


200 -


Jackson


Annie E. McCarty ·


Somerville High School .


675 1880


Fannie L. Gwynn


600 1886


Lena G. Allen


600|1884


Annie E. Crimmings


600 1884


O. S. Knapp 66


Harry N. Andrews


1,000|1890


66


Carrie E. Cobb


Taunton High School


66


.


Maizie E. Blaikie


·


Annie E. Robinson


·


Abbie A. Gurney


600 1888-


66


Lucia Alger


600 1889 350 -


Union


Minnie A. Perry


675 1889


Webster


Clara B. Parkhurst


400 1888


Forster


Mary E. Northup


675 1878


Mary E. Stiles


600 1883


Minna L. Wentworth .


High Salmon Falls, N. H.


600 1885


66


Blanche E. Heard .


Waltham New School


Church


600 1890


.


Salem Normal School . Somerville High School . Somerville High School Bridgewater Nor'l School High School and Academy Hanover, Mass,


600|1888


Nellie A. Hamblin


600 1887 600 1882 300 -


600 1876


Nellie F. Sheridan . Annie L. Savage John S. Hayes


Bridgewater Nor'l School Somerville High School . Somerville High School Bridgewater Nor'l School Bridgewater Nor'l School Salem Normal School Salem Normal School Somerville High School Salem Normal School Phillips Exeter Academy High School, Centreville Farmington Nor'l School School,


600 1873


1,800 1878


.


66


Emily G. Arnold


Bridgewater Nor'l School


500 1890


.


Rubie M. Stetson


Maine Wes. Seminary Framingham Normal Sch'l Salem Normal School


600 1883


*Frances M. Seymour


* Assistant.


223


REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS. - Continued.


SCHOOLS.


TEACHERS.


WHERE EDUCATED.


Sala- ries.


When


Elected.


Forster


Frances M .. Guptill


Training Department of Eliot Academy, Leb- anon, Me. N. H. State Normal Sch'l Tilton (N. H.) Seminary High School, Northboro', Mass. .


$600 1869


Lizzie A. Page


600 1890


66


Lizzie F. Clement


600 1884


t Alice A. Batchelor .


Salem Normal School


600 1883


66


Clara B. Cutler


600 1890


66


Martha H. Pennock


600 1873


66


Harriet A. Brown


600 1890


66


Clara A. Jordan


600 1889


Emma Burckes


300 1890


Bingham


¡Mary A. Osborne


Gorham Normal School . Somerville High School . Quincy High and Train- ing Schools .


675 1885


66


Mrs. Cora E. Dimpsey


Boston University


675 1890


Alice Simpson


Newburyport High School Somerville High School


600 1884


66


Laura C. Duddy


400 1889


*Florence E. Baxter


200


-


Cedar-street Morse


Mina J. Wendell


1,600 1882


Sarah S. Waterman


675 1887


Stella Hall


600 188


Pauline S. Downs


Cooper Union, New York City


600 1872


66


Ella F. Gould


Lowell High School


600 1882


60


Mary A. Haley


Somerville High School . Boston High School


600|1868


Ella G. Worden .


Somerville High School . Somerville High School State Nor'l School, N. H. Boston High School


650 1882


66


Anna Pushee .


600 18SS


Franklin


Hattie A. Hills


Bridgewater Nor'l School Somerville High School . High School, Nantucket . Worcester State Normal School


600


1879


Caroline S. Plimpton


Southbridge, Mass.


600 1859


..


*Mary E. Lacy .


Somerville High School


200 -


Beech-street


Emma T. Tower


Somerville High School


600 1890


Harvard


Florence B. Ashley


600 1887


Burns


Laura J. Brooks


Somerville High School Providence .


675 1883


* Assistant.


t On leave of absence.


675 1874


66


E. C. Summerhayes Anna C. Damon


600 1876


fAnna E. Sawyer


600 1873


Hallie M. Hood .


600 1884


500 1890


Mary E. Bosworth Ella P. McLeod .


600 1888


Alice M. Porter .


Salem Normal School Somerville High School Salem Normal School High and Training Sch'ls, Woburn .


600 1872


Nora F. Byard


Fitchburg High School N. H. Normal School . Somerville High School Somerville High School Westfield Normal School


600 1877


Addie S. Winnek


Helen P. Bennett


500 1890


Annie S. Gage


600 1883


600 1880


Bridgewater Nor'l School Salem Normal School


224


ANNUAL REPORTS.


SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS. - Concluded.


SCHOOLS.


TEACHERS.


WHERE EDUCATED.


Sala- ries.


When


Elected.


Burns


Minnie S. Turner


Somerville High School .


$600 1885


Annie L. Brown


Cambridge' High School


600 1885


Florence M. Hamlin


400 1889


*Anna Stetson


Somerville High School . Framingham Nor'l School and Kindergarten Train- ing School


500


-


Highland


.George E. Nichols M. Alice Paul


Dartmouth College


1,800 1877


Somerville High School


675 1879


Harriet B. Sargent


Worcester Normal School


600 1887


S. Adelaide Blood


Salem Normal School


600 1882


Mary H. Knight


Gorham Normal School


600


-


Annie R. Cox


State Nor'l School, N. H. Boston Normal School


600 1887


Sarah E. Pray


Somerville High School . Quincy Training School Somerville High School .


500 1888


Mary Winslow


Boston High School


500 1887


Lucretia C. Sanborn


N. H. Normal School and Kindergarten


600 188S


Lincoln


H. F. Hathaway


Bridgewater Nor'l School


800 1890


Carrie E. Fay


600 1889


Charlotte F. Mott


Private School, Wadding- ton, N. Y.


600 1886


fAnnie C. Thayer


Boston Normal School


600 1885


66


Eliza H. Lunt


Concord High School .


600 1890


Music


S. Henry Hadley


1,333 1868


Drawing


L. A. Herrick


Somerville High School . Mass. Normal Art School Nantucket High School .


1,200 1888


Sewing


Mrs. C. M. Coffin


500 1888


Phy'cal culture


C. Isabelle Livingstone


Framingham Nor'l School, Boston Normal School of Gymnastics .


500 1890


Military drill .


Capt. S. T. Kirk


200 1890


Jennie C. Frazier


600 1878


Lilias M. Bryden


600 1888


Jennie M. Horner


Mary L. Boyd


500 1888


·


* Assistant.


t On leave of absence.


·


600 1883


225


REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


PUPILS.


Number of persons in the city on the first day of May last, between five and fifteen years of age .


· 6,469


Number between eight and fourteen years of age


· 3,916


High School.


Grammar and Prim. Schools.


Total.


Whole number registered during the year


442


7,436


7,878


Average whole number


423


6,062


6,485


Average attendance


405


5,670


6,075


Per cent. of attendance


95.9


93.5


93.6


Number cases of tardiness .


282


2,851


3,133


Number cases of dismissal .


766


2,054


2,820


Number pupils in attendance in January


415


5,712


6,127


Number pupils in attendance in December


470


6,078


6,548


Average number of pupils to a school


47.8


Number pupils over fifteen years of age


389


346


735


Number pupils between 8 and 14 years of age .


15


4,029


4,044


TABLE OF PUPILS BY GRADES. (Number registered in December.)


Grades.


Class.


No. of Teachers.


Boys.


Girls.


Total.


No. Promoted


Grade in June.


No. Double


Promotion.


High


Fourth year


35


36


71


-


-


66


Third


66


10


50


77


127


66


First


75


110


185


187


283


470


Grammar .


Ninth


7


158


171


329


306


-


66


Eighth


8


200


217


417


348


5


46


Sixth


13


.325


304


629


520


24


Fifth


13


339


300


639


536


14


Fourth


18


413


36S


781


635


25


Primary


Third


15


400


351


751


684


13


Second


18


453


369


S22


737


15


First


34


667


548


1,215


643


37


*67


1,520


1,26S


2,788


2,064


65


Total


*147


3,410


3,138


6,548


4,809


148


* Including seven assistants, also two teachers whose schools have been discontinued.


·


.


70


1,703


1,587


3,290


2,745


83


66


Seventh .


11


268


227


495


400


15


66


Second


27


60


87


to Higher


650


Number cases of punishment


650


.


226


ANNUAL REPORTS.


EXHIBIT OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.


SCHOOLS.


Whole Number Regis-


tered During the Year.


Average Whole Number.


Average Attendance.


Per Cent. of Attendance.


Number Cases of Tardi-


Number Cases of Dis-


Number Cases of Punish-


Number Pupils in Attend-


ance in January.


ance in December.


Average Number of Pupils


to a School in December.


Number of Pupils Over 15


Number of Pupils Between


8 and 14 Years of Age.


High


442


422.6


405.4 673


95.


54


766 164


12


678


709


47.3


72


510


Bingham


251


198 6


181 7


91.


70


59


1


201


226


56.5


-


140


Cedar-street


63


32.5


28.


86.


75


14


6


39


34


34.


52


443


Edgerly


537


444.3


423.4


95 3


64


94


32


420


467


46.7


15


316


Davis


280


197.9


184.8


93.4


43


53


30


19×


199


49 8


1


109


L. V. Bell .


713


665.8


624.1


93.1


179


368


27


624


676


48 3


86


409


O. S. Knapp


205


400.


381.


95.3


150


108


18


95


405


45.


8


111


Prospect Hill


510


311.


286.


92.


128


74


18


374


313


52.


4


336


Cummings


288


198.


188.


94.


73


59


27


228


192


48.


103


Brastow .


131


84.9


78.4


92.3


128


40


6


82


92


46.


44


Bennett .


250


184.


164.3


89.2


347


86


123


183


199


50.


1


128


Jackson .


284


187.4


172 3


92.4


178


54


93


216


193


48.3


126


Webster


191


127.3


120.1


94.


347


136


68


138


118


49.3


4


64


Somerville-ave. Kin- dergarten .


62


41.


29.


70.7


87


5


1


1


1


Morse


619


€07.3


571 4


94.


276


215


46


553


554


50.4


62


339


Franklin


289


219.4


205.1


93.5


92


40


21


193


235


47.


2


201


Harvard .


70


44.4


40 2


89.9


60


13


12


34


53


53.


4


Burns .


276


200.


187.5


93 8


89


112


12


209


185


46 3


186


Highland


575


462.4


427.7


92.4


293


203


41


488


482


48.2


33


334


Lincoln


225


168.4


159.4


94.6


4,


61


9


176


180


45.


6


125


Total


7,878


6,484.5


6,074 8|


93.6


3,133


2,820


650


6,127


6,548


51.5


735


4,044


1


Prescott .


733


578.3


551.


94.1


67


96


48


556


567


47.3


389


15


Forster


884


709


95 9


282


415


470


-


1


1


-


1


1


Years of Age.


ness.


missal.


ment.


Number Pupils in Attend-


Union


27


227


REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


ADDITIONAL STATISTICS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.


Whole number of different pupils during the year 626


Largest number at one time 487


Number admitted during the year


. 211


from our Grammar Schools


184


from other schools


27


graduated .


61


of graduates who entered college


17


Scientific School 6


who have left during the year exclusive of graduates, 95


Whole number at the present time, December, 1890


470


Average number to a teacher


47


Number over 15 years of age .


· 420


in course preparatory to college .


151


66 pursuing the regular course " English course


246 73 .


in the first class when it entered the school 149


at the present time .


71


second class when it entered the school 175


66 66 at the present time


87


66 third class when it entered the school


187


at the present time


127


66 fourth class when it entered the school


· 196


66


66 at the present time


. 185


REPORT OF TRUANT OFFICER.


Number of visits to schools


526


66 absences investigated 424


cases of truancy


122


truants arrested


2


- sent to House of Reformation


.


1


Institute of Technology and


228


ANNUAL REPORTS.


STATISTICS OF EVENING SCHOOLS. (SEASON OF 1890-1.)


No.


Enrolled.


Average


Attendance.


No. of


Teachers.


No. of


Sessions.


Cost of


Instruction.


Cost of


Janitors'


Services.


Prescott School


80


34


45


$294 50


$47 00


L. V. Bell


155


51


7


45


376


47 00


Burns


Free-hand


66


26


3


32


260 50


34 00


Drawing School,


Mechanical


77


41


3


32


250


34 00


Total


432


184


20


$1,427 50


$209 00


Cost of instruction


$1,427 50


Cost of supplies


500 00


Cost of janitors' services


209 00


Total cost


$2,136 50


PROGRAMMES OF SPECIAL TEACHERS. SEWING TEACHERS.


MRS. COFFIN.


MISS BOYD.


Monday


L. V. Bell School


Forster School.


Tuesday A. M.


P. M. .


Burns School .


Edgerly School.


Wednesday


Morse School .


Prescott School.


A. M. .


Highland School


Prospect Hill and Jackson Schools.


Thursday


1 P. M. .


Highland School


Bingham and Davis Sch'ls. O. S. Knapp School.


Friday


P. M.


Lincoln School


Forster School.


MR. HADLEY, SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC.


SCHOOLS.


Monday A. M. .


Edgerly, Burns, Bingham.


Tuesday A. M.


P. M. .


Morse, Franklin.


Wednesday A.M.


P. M.


Knapp, Cummings, Webster, Prospect Hill, Bennett, Jackson. Highland, Lincoln. Prescott, Davis, Edgerly.


A. M. . .


Friday 12.10 to 1.30


High.


P. M.


Forster.


54


32


3


41


246 50


47 00


L. V. Bell School


Edgerly School.


A. M. ·


Brastow, Cummings, and Frank- lin Schools .


L. V. Bell, Prospect Hill.


229


REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.


MISS LIVINGSTONE, TEACHER OF PHYSICAL TRAINING.


MONDAY, P. M.


TUESDAY, P. M.


WEDNESDAY, P. M.


First week of each month .


Knapp and Webster Schools.


Prospect Hill Sch'l


Forster and Bingham Schools.


Second week of each month .


Morse School.


Highland School.


Davis and Brastow Schools.


Third week of each month .


L. V. Bell School.


Bennett and Jack- son Schools.


Prescott School.


Fourth week of each month .


Lincoln and Burns Schools.


Franklin and Cum- mings Schools


Edgerly School.


On Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of each week, at half-past four o'clock, the teachers receive instruction in physical training in three classes, the Monday and Tuesday classes meeting at the Young Men's Christian Association Hall, Union square, and the Wednesday class at the Forster and Prescott Schools alternately.


230


PROGRAMME OF VISITS OF MISS HERRICK, SUPERVISOR OF DRAWING.


DAYS.


A. M.


P. M.


For the weeks beginning Octo- ber 6, November 3, December 1, January 12, February 9, March 16, April 13, May 18, June 15.


Monday


Burns School


Tuesday


High School


Wednesday


Forster School


Thursday . Friday


Knapp School Morse School


Knapp School. Supplementary work. Supplementary work. Edgerly School. Prospect Hill School.


For the weeks beginning Octo- ber 13, November 10, Decem- ber 8, January 19, February 16, March 23, April 20, May 25, June 22.


Monday


Bingham School


Cedar-street School.


Tuesday


High School .


Wednesday


Bell School


Highland School


Friday .


.


.


Monday


Jackson School


Tuesday


High School


Wednesday .


Forster School


Thursday .


Edgerly School


Friday .


Morse School


Cummings School. Supplementary work. Bennett School. Supplementary work. Prospect Hill School.


Monday


Lincoln School


Tuesday


High School .


Wednesday


Bell School


.


.


Highland School


Prescott School


.


.


.


.


.


·


.


.


.


·


.


Prescott School .


Supplementary work. Webster School. Brastow and Cummings Sch'ls. Union School.


For the weeks beginning Octo- ber 20, November 17, Decem- ber 15, January 26, March 2, March 30, April 27, June 1, June 29.


For the weeks beginning Octo- ber 27, November 24, January 5, February 2, March 9, April 6, May 11, June 8.


Thursday Friday


.


.


.


.


Franklin School. Supplementary work. Bell, Bow-street, and |Harvard. Davis School. Supplementary work.


ANNUAL REPORTS.


.


.


Thursday . .


REPORT


OF THE


SOMERVILLE MYSTIC WATER BOARD.


-


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, January 3, 1891.


Referred to the committee on printing, to be printed in the annual reports. Sent down for concurrence.


GEO. I. VINCENT, Clerk.


IN COMMON COUNCIL, January 3, 1891.


Referred to the committee on printing, to be printed in the annual reports, in concurrence.


CHAS. S. ROBERTSON, Clerk.


SOMERVILLE MYSTIC WATER BOARD, 1890.


ADNA C. WINNING, President.


WALTER C. MENTZER.


FRANK A. TITUS.


SAMUEL W. HOLT.


FRANK G. LOMBARD.


CLERK OF THE WATER BOARD. FRANK E. MERRILL.


SUPERINTENDENT. NATHANIEL DENNETT.


ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT. FRANK E. MERRILL.


ENGINEER AT PUMPING STATION. SIDNEY E. HAYDEN.


OFFICE OF THE WATER BOARD AND SUPERINTENDENT. Prospect Street, corner of Somerville Avenue.


PUMPING STATION. Cedar Street, near Broadway.


Regular meeting of the Water Board first Wednesday of each month. Bills against the department should be rendered to the clerk on or before the first day of each month, and are payable by the city treasurer on the fifteenth of the month.


REPORT


OF


SOMERVILLE MYSTIC WATER BOARD.


December 31, 1890. To His Honor the Mayor and the City Council : -


GENTLEMEN, - The Somerville Mystic Water Board respect- fully submit the seventeenth annual report of the condition of the water department for the year ending December 31, 1890, together with reports of the superintendent, clerk, and pumping engineer, to which reference may be had for details of the service connected with the department.


On account of the large and constantly increasing business of the water works, the Board early in the year decided to employ a permanent clerk, and was fortunate in being able to secure the ser- vices of Mr. F. E. Merrill, whose experience has proved of much value in many ways to this department. Mr. Merrill was afterward . appointed assistant superintendent, and in this capacity has had charge of the services, acted as time-keeper, and otherwise relieved Superintendent Dennett of a portion of his duties.


No work of great importance has been instituted during the year, but a large amount has been done in the completion of the


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work begun under the previous Board, and a greater than usual quantity of pipe-laying and regular work of the department to satisfy the demands of the community for water.


Lightning has again played havoc with our cement-lined pipe, the main in Hawthorne street being struck early in the summer and so badly riddled that it was necessary to relay the entire length of the street.


HIGH SERVICE.


The year just closed has been a memorable one in the history of the water works in this city, in that it has witnessed the introduc- tion and successful operation of a high-service system, for which there has been a crying and just demand for many years.


Late in April the contractors for the pump and boiler notified us of the completion of their work and their readiness for the duty trial. On the 24th of April this took place, the result being entirely satisfactory in every respect to the Board, and later and continued use of the pump, boiler, and appurtenances only confirms our belief that the city is in possession of a pumping plant and high- service reservoir second to none of its size.


Following is the report of the Hon. C. E. Rymes, in whom the city was fortunate to secure a man in every way capable of superin- tending the mechanical construction of the work, and to whom the Board feels much is due for the general excellence of the plant : -


HON. C. E. RYMES' REPORT.


SOMERVILLE, May 12, 1890.


Somerville Mystic Water Board : -


GENTLEMEN, - I have attended to the duties which you ap- pointed me to do as inspector in the erection of the stand-pipe and machinery for the high-water service system of the City of Somerville.


The erection of the stand-pipe was commenced by the con- tractors on the 9th of September, 1889, and completed on the 23d November, 1889. It was filled with water for the first time on the


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1st of March, 1890, and proved to be remarkably tight, considering the necessarily large number of seams and rivets required in its construction.


The contractors have made it practically tight. Any moisture showing on the outside at the present time is more attributable to condensation of the atmosphere than to any leak. The material used in its construction is free from flaws or other imperfections, and the workmanship is good. Another coat of paint will be required on the outside surface, and I recommend a darker color, and that the painting be delayed until September or October.


At your request, I made plans for the chimney of the pumping station, the height being ninety-six feet ; base, ten feet square, with a batter of 3º2 inch on each side. The flue is circular, and entirely free to expand or contract without affecting the stack. The draft has proved to be excellent.


The pumping engines arrived at the station January 15th, 1890, and the contractors commenced the erection of them at once.


I will take this opportunity to say that at all times during the progress of the work the contractors were disposed to do anything which was suggested to them, so far as finish and the location of and general fitting of details were concerned, and I believe you have a thoroughly-constructed, first-class piece of work in every particular.


The boiler is made of steel, steams easily, and proved to be per- fectly tight.


The pumps were started for the first time on the 28th of Feb- ruary, 1890; and the stand-pipe filled with water March 1st, 1890. With the exception of some trifling leaks in the piping, and a conse- quent difficulty in obtaining a suitable vacuum in the condenser, everything worked well; and after running the engines for a few days, and making such slight changes as were necessary, the vacuum was brought up to twenty-seven and one-half inches, and maintained at that point throughout the entire six hours' test, as shown by the figures given further along.


The duty trial was made on the 24th of April, 1890, the time of running was six hours, and the readings of the gauges, counter and stroke of pistons were taken every fifteen minutes during the time. The contractors' guarantee was that the pumps should deliver at the rate of 2,000,000 gallons of water in twenty-four hours, and that


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50,000,000 foot pounds of water should be raised with each 100 pounds of coal consumed. One set of readings were taken by me and another by Mr. Caldwell, the chief of the testing department of the contractors. Each made his calculations separately, and the re- sult was substantially the same, any variation being due to the use of fractions in the estimate. The following figures will show the result, which I have no hesitation in saying is much above the aver- age duty as shown by engines of this size : -


RESULT OF SIX HOURS' DUTY TRIAL.


Diameter of water plungers


14 inches


Diameter of piston rod of pump .


218 inches


Average strokes per minute


32.591


Average length of stroke


18.265 inches


Average steam pressure


61.666 pounds


Average vacuum .


27.391 inches


Average water pressure, force main 94.083 pounds


Average back water pressure


37.416


pounds


Coal consumed .


940


pounds


Gallons of water pumped


558,619


Duty in foot pounds


. 64,601,609


No allowance was made for slip, which would amount to not more than one per cent., neither was there any deduction for ashes made during the trial.


To conclude, I congratulate the Water Board on the very satis- factory result of their contracts, and the city that it has a plant for high-water service that is as perfect in its construction and detail as any other of the same magnitude in the country.


Very respectfully,


[ Signed]


C. E. RYMES.


The Board elected Mr. Sidney E. Hayden as engineer at the pumping station, and his ability to properly handle the pump and


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boiler has been made manifest to the Board, while his general care . of the station and its appurtenances has been such as to meet our approval.




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