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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
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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
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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
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60
Kate R. Miles
400
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Cummings
Lydia J. Page
Somerville High School .
675 1869
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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-
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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
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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
.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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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ANNUAL REPORTS.
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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