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252
ANNUAL REPORTS.
As a matter of interest in this connection we add a few statistical tables and leave the subject, hoping the City Council will take it up, and give it the consideration which it deserves.
LENGTH OF SUPPLY MAINS IN FEET TO JAN. 1, 1890.
3 In.
4 In.
6 In.
8 In. 10 In
12 In. 14 In. 16 In. |18 in.
Somerville
7,455
140,389
8,704
8,614
8,037
387
Chelsea
18,640 914
89,342 79,268 47,005
38,987 47,591
41,896 11,487 2,681
7,128
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SERVICES TO JAN. 1, 1890.
Number.
Length.
Somerville
5,885
201,704 ft.
Chelsea
5,035
135,185 ft.
Everett
1,750
32,280 ft.
RECEIPTS FROM WATER RATES FROM JAN. 1, 1889, TO JAN. 1, 1890.
Somerville
$81,533 61
Chelsea
.
61,311 90
Everett
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RECEIPTS FROM METERS.
Somerville
$18,750 05
Chelsea
11,764 68
Everett
2,062 95
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-
-
1,460
-
20,127
Everett
17,823 25
REPORT OF WATER BOARD.
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NUMBER AND CLASS OF PREMISES SUPPLIED WITH MYSTIC WATER IN CITY OF SOMERVILLE IN 1890.
Dwelling-houses .
6,271
Families in the same
.
8,770
Model houses
160
Families in the same
565
Stables
935
260
Stores and shops .
41
Hall and club rooms
30
Schoolhouses
29
Churches
25
Offices
21
Laundries
18
Bakeries
11
Greenhouses
10
Printing offices
7
Engine-houses
6
Masons' cellars
4
Saloons
4
Photograph saloons
3
Rock crusher
1
Fire hydrants
86
Miscellaneous
44
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Manufactories
254
ANNUAL REPORTS.
NUMBER AND KIND OF FIXTURES IN CITY OF SOMERVILLE IN 1890.
Water takers
7,869
Taps
2,509
Sinks
11,309
Bowls .
3,939
Water-closets, street pressure
2,689
Water-closets, tank pressure
5,248
Water-closets, hopper
19
Water-closets, waste
44
Water-closets, flush
17
Bath-tubs
3,419
Slop-hoppers
18
Wash-tubs
3,139
Foot-tubs
9
Urinals, automatic
50
Urinals, plain
20
Private hydrants
.
8
In conclusion, we desire to express our appreciation of the readiness with which City Engineer Eaton has responded to the several calls which we have made upon him for advice and assistance, and to acknowledge the ability which Superintendent Dennett has displayed in carrying to completion the work which he has been called upon to perform.
ADNA C. WINNING. SAMUEL W. HOLT. FRANK A. TITUS. WALTER C. MENTZER. FRANK G. LOMBARD.
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255
REPORT OF WATER BOARD.
FRANK E. MERRILL'S REPORT.
OFFICE OF THE SOMERVILLE MYSTIC WATER BOARD, SOMERVILLE, December 31, 1890.
MR. A. C. WINNING, President Somerville Water Board : -
In accordance with your request, I present herewith a statement showing details of maintenance and construction for the year 1890.
The following accounts appear upon the books of the department : -
Books, stationery, and printing .
$61 26
Cement
193 45
Chimney at pumping station ( balance of contract )
793 55
Claims
1,497 48
Carpentering
425 89
Fuel .
693 99
Freight and express
493 60
Gas and electricity
91 24
Grain and feed .
458 60
Hay and straw .
172 41
Harnesses, etc. .
90 20
High-service (sundry expenses)
1,373 13
Horses
350 00
Horse doctoring
11 00
Horseshoeing
107 36
Hydrants and stand-pipes .
1,189 66
Insurance
151 88
Labor
27,725 04
Lanterns and oil
78 69
Lumber
239 88
Main pipe and fittings
18,257 28
45 10
Office expenses and repairs Packing
122 19
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Pattern work
$227 05
Pig-lead
1,596 57
Plumbing
231 51
Powder and fuse
79 30.
Pump and boiler ( balance of contract ) 8,700 00
Pump and boiler (sundry expenses) .
309 49
Pumping station ( balance of contract )
1,850 00
Pumping station (sundry expenses)
350 75
Repairs of hydrants
120 95
Repairs of harnesses .
40 00
Repairs of tools .
267 61
Repairs of wagons
137 45
Repairs of streets and sidewalks
59 27
Repairing embankment on Broadway
401 59
Reporting leaks
47 00
Salaries
2,986 25
Stable expenses and repairs
78 18
Stable supplies .
33 70
Stand-pipe and grounds (bal. of contract)
4,296 00
Stand-pipe and grounds, painting
250 00.
Stand-pipe and grounds, grading
830 80
Stand-pipe and grounds, fence .
233 90
Stand-pipe and grounds (sundry expenses)
94 15
Sundry materials
608 19
Sundry expenses
13 48
Service pipe and fittings
4,338 05
Teaming
1,526 76
Tools .
559 96
Telephone rentals
162 25
Water
11 20
The cost of relaying and extending main pipe is shown in the- following table : -
Adams street
500
feet
8-inch pipe,
$549 37
Aldersey street .
29
66 6 “
58 33
Albion street
214
6
66
266 42
Ames street
612
6
60
570 73.
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REPORT OF WATER BOARD.
Adrian street
225} feet
6-inch pipe,
$246 95
Bartlett street
7
66
6
8
66
66
66
158 10
Benton avenue
227
253 81
Billingham street (all ledge),
608
792 57
Bond street
148
8
277 27
Boston street
.
620
6
66
1,245 89
Boston street
457
66
8
Bradley street
157
66
6
183 86
Campbell park .
1,067
66
6
848 95
Chandler street (all ledge),
582
66
6
1,083 71
Chestnut court .
400
66
2
219 00
Columbus avenue
7
66
8
66
66
$
Central-street bridge, low- service main .
96
66
12
66
Central-street bridge, high- service main .
108
14
“
2,335 86
Central-street bridge, blow- offs
150
4
66
Central-street bridge, drain connections
108
66
10
66
Dell street
240
66
4.46
129 79
Derby street
498
66
6
66
542 62
Dickinson street
5
6
66
?
990 86
Elm street
117
66
6
66
148 80
Emery street
252
66
6
222 77
Endicott avenue
441
66
6
66
534 43
Evergreen avenue
175
66
2
66
74 84
Forster street
516
6
66
306 06
Francesca avenue (ledge) .
10
16
8
66
66
66
86 70
Fountain avenue
91
4
66
76 46
Glen street
128
66
6
66
169 88
Gorham street .
418
6
399 17
.
Dickinson street
588
66
10
60
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.
.
Francesca avenue (ledge).
325
Fremont street .
102
6
66
-
330 82
Columbus avenue
180
6.
6
66
1,025 53
Bartlett street
757
Beacon street
75
8
66
·
6
531 32
6
1
258
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Grand View avenue .
40
feet
6-inch pipe,
$59 75
Granite street (all ledge) .
61
66
6
66
165 06
Grant street
77
66
6
"
66
102 93
Hammond street
291
66
6
66
326 54
Hanson street .
301
66
6
264 89
Harris street
163
66
2
66
105 20
Hawthorne street
436
66
4
66
66
316 34
Henderson street
3
66
4
6
66
Holland street (near City
Farm) .
144
2
66
65 42
Horace street
433
66
6
66
66
480 90
Horace street
96
8
66
66
Hudson street .
215
6
66
66
1,120 63
Hudson street .
666
66
8
66
66
27 40
Jenny Lind avenue
9
66
6
66
66
362 26
Kidder avenue (ledge)
286
6
66
66
468 58
Lake street
365
66
6
247 92
Lawrence street
438
66
6
449 71
Lee street
5
66
6
66
· 66
588 60
Lee street
410
66
6
66
66
505 21
Mossland street
50
66
12
66
174 19
Nashua street
652
66
6
66
655 46
North street
489
66
6
66
577 35
Oxford street
7
66
4
66
66
365 32
Oxford street
526
66
6
66
66
66
66
60 33
Pearl street
571
66
6
66
674 56
Porter street
440↓
6
66
454 15
Pleasant avenue
45
66
6
60 99
Raymond avenue
1,386
66
6
66
1,382 11
Richardson street
92
6
66
124 24
4
$6
66
178 62
Jenny Lind avenue
179
Joseph street .
369
66
6
8
66
313 19
Medford street .
406₺
6
66
Jaques street
8
66
6
10
66
6
Park place
150
66
2
66
Pauline street
2
230 19
Pauline street
226
Main street
308
447 48
Henderson street
433
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REPORT OF WATER BOARD.
Richdale avenue
210
feet
6-inch pipe,
$146 23
Robinson street
7
6
66
932 24
Robinson street
660
8
4 4
315 72
Sewall street
331
290 42
School street
406
6
66
66
168 32
South street
6
66
6
66
1,192 49
South street
594
66
10
Somerville avenue
52
6
66
Somerville avenue
958
66
8
1,928 92
Somerville avenue
156
66
12
66
Summit avenue .
48
6
62 06
Summit street (ledge)
67
60
6
83 75
Sycamore street
1,284
66
8
1,584 40
Taunton street .
235
66
2
136 60
Thurston-street extension .
104
6
6
178 31
Trull street
8
66
6
-
1,018 79
Trull street
762
8
60
Union square -
setting hydrant
8
66
4 4
66
and connecting
2
66
6
66
276 70
with reservoir
62
66
8
66
Union
square - connec-
tion Bow street
88
Walnut street
4
66
6
Walnut street
1,734
66
10
Ward street
8
66
6
66
958 53
Ward street
463
66
10
66
66
333 31
William street
187
66
6
66
66
194 17
Wilton street
4
4
66
635 05
Wilton street
519
66
6
66
66
Rustic avenue .
247
66
6
8
222 60
3,210 38
Wesley street (part ledge),
241
6
66
1
These figures include gates and hydrants set in connection with the work on above-named streets. In addition, seventeen hydrants
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
have been located, at a cost of $888.25, and eight gates have been set, at a cost of $360.00.
The following table shows the location of breaks on main pipe from April 14, and cost of repairing the same :-
April 14, Vernon street .
$10 11
16, Vernon street
9 43
16, Gilman street .
9 43
24, Broadway
20 47
66 24, Broadway
7 85
66 24, Forster street
11 43
24, Walnut street
13 43
24, Walnut street .
13 43
24 Highland avenue
26 01
24, Thorpe place
18 35
24 Hamlet street .
9 85
May 1, Medford street
14 11
66
7, High street
5 50
66
8, Walnut street
13 53
66
8, Boston street
13 85
8, Chestnut court
9 11
9, Boston street
12 70
9, Walnut street
12 70
66
22, Boston street
12 68
66
30, Walnut street .
13 21
30, Summit avenue
13 53
30, Boston street
13 21
June 2, Adams street .
10 11
66
2, Forster street .
11 61
66
6, Summer street
12 90
12, Hawthorne street
39 28
13, Murdock street
17 33
66
14, Walnut street
13 78
66
15, Murdock street
15 33
16, Adams street .
13 11
16, Chester court .
11 85
6, Webster avenue
13 95
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REPORT OF WATER BOARD.
June 19, Meacham street
$11 46
21, Walnut street .
12 74
21, Hamlet street .
10 00
23, Adams street
9 43
25, Glen street
6 35
66
27, Boston street
18 05
66
27, Boston street
18 20
66
27, Chester avenue
9 40
July 1, Somerville avenue
10 79
2, Somerville avenue
11 10
5, Somerville avenue
10 43
5, High street
5 33
5, Boston street
3 43
60
7, Boston street
9 10
66
7, Medford street
21 36
10, Vinal avenue
13 33
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11, Vinal avenue
13 33
66
12, Vinal avenue
11 83
16, Homer square .
7 43
22, Medford street
5 00
23, Summer street
28 34
23, Cherry street
11 46
66
23, Elm street
8 25
26, Chestnut court
6 85
Aug. 10,
Spring street
12 98
66
12, Adams street
10 43
21, Pleasant avenue
15 46
66
22, Franklin avenue
8 25
66
26, Adams street
11 43
Sept. 6,
High street
13 03
6, Ashland street
$ 80
8, Washington street
20 38
9, Hamlet street .
4 25
9, Summit avenue
13 43
10, Hamlet street .
6 45
Nov.
9, Vernon street .
9 78
66
9, Columbus avenue
10 80
66
16, Webster street
15 33
7, Medford street
12 86
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Nov. 16, Marion street .
$5 35
19, Waverley street
6 25
20, Mystic avenue .
11 33
22, Mystic avenue .
21 08
22, Franklin avenue
12 75
Dec. 14,
Spring street
20 25
23, School street
18 75
The number of service pipes laid in 1890 is 562; length, three miles 4,309 feet; cost of same, $9,691.29 ; average cost of services, $17.25.
Repairs of service pipe and fittings have been made at a cost to the city of $497.35.
STOCK AVAILABLE FOR FUTURE USE JANUARY 1, 1891.
Special castings, 57,977 lbs.
. $1,739 31
Cast-iron pipe,
1363 tons
. 4,590 80
Hydrants,
9
307 35
Gates,
30
565 00
Gate boxes,
14
56 00
Total value
. $7,258 46
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK E. MERRILL, Clerk.
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REPORT OF WATER BOARD.
SIDNEY E. HAYDEN'S REPORT.
HIGH-SERVICE PUMPING STATION, SOMERVILLE, Dec. 31, 1890.
MR. A. C. WINNING, President Somerville Mystic Water Board: -
Below please find statement of the work performed by the high- service pump from May 1 to December 31, inclusive, 1890 : -
Number of days on which pump was run 245
Total pumping time in hours 735
Average pumping time per day in hours
3
Total number of strokes of pump 3,039,730
Average number of strokes per minute 34.46
Number of tons coal consumed 11742%
Total gallons of water pumped, allowing one per cent. for loss of head .
. 70,719,319
Average number gallons of water pumped per hour 96,217
Average number gallons of water pumped per pound of coal used, no deduction for ashes nor heating 301.7
Average steam pressure 53 lbs.
Average back-water pressure
40 lbs.
Respectfully submitted,
SIDNEY E. HAYDEN, Engineer.
264
ANNUAL REPORTS.
NATHANIEL DENNETT'S REPORT.
To the Somerville Mystic Water Board : -
GENTLEMEN, - I present a detailed report of the work of the Somerville Mystic Water Works performed under my supervision during the year ending December 31, 1890. An inventory of tools, appliances, and stock on hand is included.
During the year the works have been extended by mains laid in the following streets : -
EXTENSION OF MAIN PIPE.
Adrian street, 96 feet of 6-inch.
Adrian street, Joseph street to dead end, 129.5 feet of 6-inch.
Albion street, dead end westerly, 214 feet of 6-inch.
Ames street, Central street to Bartlett street, 612 feet of 6-inch. Bartlett street, dead end to Medford street, 757 feet of 8-inch. Bartlett street, connected at Medford street, 7 feet of 6-inch.
Beacon street, dead end to Dickinson street, 75 feet of 8-inch. Benton avenue, Gibbens street northeasterly, 227 feet of 6-inch. Billingham street, William street to Broadway, 608 feet of 6-inch. Bond street, Broadway northeasterly, 148 feet of 8-inch.
Boston street, Washington street northerly, 620 feet of 6-inch.
Bowman place, Broadway northerly, 247 feet of 4-inch.
Bradley street, Pearl street northeasterly, 157 feet of 6-inch.
Campbell park, Meacham street to Meacham street, 1,067 feet of 6-inch.
Chandler street, Chapel street northerly, 217 feet of 6-inch.
Columbus avenue, Walnut street easterly, 180 feet of 8-inch.
Columbus avenue, 7 feet of 6-inch.
Cook street, Marion street to Wyatt street, 235 feet of 2-inch.
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REPORT OF WATER BOARD.
Dell street, Glen street northwesterly, 240 feet of 4-inch.
Derby street, dead end southeasterly, 498 feet of 6-inch.
Dickinson street, Beacon street to Leon street, 588 feet of 10-inch. Dickinson street, 5 feet of 6-inch.
Elm street, Kidder avenue northerly, 117 feet of 6-inch.
Emery street, Ward street to South street, 252 feet of 6-inch.
Endicott avenue, Broadway southerly, 441 feet of 6-inch.
Evergreen avenue, Thurston street westerly, 175 feet of 2-inch. Forster street, 23 feet of 6-inch.
Fountain avenue, dead end to Glen street, 91 feet of 4-inch.
Francesca avenue, Elm street easterly, 325 feet of 8-inch.
Francesca avenue, 10 feet of 6-inch.
Fremont street, Main street northerly, 102 feet of 6-inch.
Glen street, Fountain avenue to Dell street, 128 feet of 6-inch.
Granite street, dead end northerly, 61 feet of 6-inch.
Grant street, Broadway northerly, 77 feet of 6-inch.
Gorham street, Holland street southerly, 418 feet of 6-inch.
Hammond street, Concord avenue to Dickinson street, 291 feet of 6-inch.
Hanson street, 301 feet of 6-inch.
Harris street, Beacon street southerly, 163 feet of 2-inch.
Hawthorne street, 5 feet of 4-inch.
Henderson street, Wilton street to Richardson street, 433 feet of 6-inch.
Henderson street, 3 feet of 4-inch.
Hudson street, 125 feet of 6-inch.
Hudson street, 666 feet of 8-inch.
Holland street, Lawrence street northerly, 144 feet of 2-inch.
Horace street, South street northerly, 433 feet of 6-inch.
Horace street, 96 feet of 8-inch.
Jaques street, 8 feet of 6-inch.
Jenny Lind avenue, 9 feet of 4-inch.
Jenny Lind avenue, dead end northerly, 179 feet of 6-inch.
Joseph street, Concord avenue to Adrian street, 369 feet of 6-inch.
Kidder avenue, Elm street easterly, 286 feet of 6-inch.
Lawrence street, Wilton street to Richardson street, 438 feet of 6-inch.
Lee street, 5 feet of 6-inch.
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Lee street, Richardson street northerly, 410 feet of 8-inch.
Main street, Moreland street northwesterly, 308 feet of 6-inch.
Medford street, School street southeasterly, 406.5 feet of 6-inch.
Mossland street, Somerville avenue northerly, 50 feet of 12-inch.
Nashua street, Wilton street to Richardson street, 652 feet of 6-inch.
North street, Raymond avenue northerly, 489 feet of 6-inch.
Oxford street, dead end to dead end, 526 feet of 6-inch.
Oxford street, 7 feet of 4-inch.
Park place, Laurel street easterly, 150 feet of 2-inch.
Pauline street, Holland street northerly, 226 feet of 6-inch.
Pauline street, 2 feet of 10-inch.
Pearl street, James street to Wigglesworth street, 571 feet of 6-inch.
Porter street, Mountain avenue to Highland avenue, 440.5 feet of 6-inch.
Raymond avenue, Curtis street to North street, 1,386 feet of 6-inch.
Richardson street, dead end to Lawrence street, 92 feet of 6-inch.
Richdale avenue, dead end to School street, 114 feet of 6-inch.
Richdale avenue, dead end westerly, 96 feet of 6-inch.
Robinson street, Ames street to Bartlett street, 660 feet of 8-inch.
Robinson street, 7 feet of 6-inch.
Sewall street, dead end to Grant street, 331 feet of 6-inch.
School street, Oakland avenue to Evergreen avenue, 248 feet of 6-inch.
School street, Medford street to Richdale avenue, 158 feet of 6-inch.
South street, Medford street to Emery street, 594 feet of 10-inch.
South street, 6 feet of 6-inch.
Summit street, dead end to Billingham street, 67 feet of 6-inch.
Thurston street, 104 feet of 6-inch.
Trull street, Vernon street northerly, 762 feet of 8-inch.
Trull street, 8 feet of 6-inch.
Union square, 115 feet of 8-inch.
Union square, 2 feet of 6-inch.
Union square, 8 feet of 4-inch.
Ward street, Medford street to Emery street, 463 feet of 10-inch.
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REPORT OF WATER BOARD.
Ward street, 8 feet of 6-inch.
Wesley street, Pearl street northerly, 241 feet of 6-inch.
William street, Billingham street easterly, 187 feet of 6-inch.
Wilton street, 519 feet of 6-inch. Wilton street, 4 feet of 4-inch.
Winslow avenue, 9 feet of 4-inch. Total, 23,533.5 feet.
STREETS RELAID.
Adams street, 500 feet of 8-inch in place of 6-inch. Aldersey street, 29 feet of 6-inch in place of 4-inch. Boston street, 457 feet of 8-inch in place of 4-inch. Chandler street, 365 feet of 6-inch in place of 2-inch. Chestnut court, 400 feet of 2-inch in place of 3-inch. Forster street, 493 feet of 6-inch in place of 4-inch. Grand View avenue, 40 feet of 6-inch in place of 4-inch. Hawthorne street, 431 feet of 4-inch in place of 4-inch. Hudson street, 90 feet of 6-inch in place of 4-inch. Irving street, 8 feet of 8-inch in place of 6-inch. Lake street, 365 feet of 6-inch in place of 4-inch. Pleasant avenue, 45 feet of 6-inch in place of 4-inch. Summer street, 34 feet of 12-inch in place of 6-inch. Summit avenue, 48 feet of 6-inch in place of 4-inch. Somerville avenue, 958 feet of 8-inch in place of 4-inch. Somerville avenue, 52 feet of 6-inch in place of 4-inch. Somerville avenue, 156 feet of 12-inch in place of 4-inch. Sycamore street, 1,284 feet of 8-inch in place of 4-inch. Union square, 35 feet of 8-inch in place of 6-inch. Walnut street, 1,734 feet of 10-inch in place of 4-inch. Total, 7,024 feet.
There were seventy-one breaks and leaks on the cement mains as follows : Eight on 3-inch; twenty-one on 4-inch ; twenty on 6-inch ; fifteen on 8-inch; five on 10-inch; two on 12-inch.
The streets referred to in my last report have given considerable trouble during the year from leaks and breaks, and will have to be relaid or extensively repaired the coming season.
268
ANNUAL REPORTS.
The following table shows hydrants and gates set in 1890 : -
HYDRANTS.
GATES.
STREET.
Chap.
Hopkins or Boston Machine.
Holyoke or Bigelow.
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Adams Street Albion Street Aldersey Street Ames Street . Benton Avenue
1
1
1
-
-
1
Billingham Street . Billingham Street . Boston Street
Boston Street
Bowman Place .
Bradley Street .
Campbell Park
ʻ
ʻ
Central Street . Central Street . Chandler Street
1
Chandler Street Columbus Avenue . Columbus Avenue . Day Street .
121113 2 1 3
I
1
1
ʻ
2
ʻ
1
11
1
1
1
1
1
ʹ
1
1
1
1
1
ʻ
2
1
-
-
- 1
-
-
-
1
11.
1
1
1
1
ʻ
ʻ
11.
Delaware Street
ʻ
Dickinson Street Dickinson Street Elm Street
1
1
Emery Street . Endicott Avenue . Endicott Avenue Fairmount Avenue Forster Street . Fountain Avenue . Francesca Avenue . Gorham Street .. Grand View Ave. . Hammond Street . Hammond Street . Harris Street
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Hawthorne Street . Hawthorne Street . Henderson Street . Henderson Street . Herbert Street . Highland Ave. at Central Street . Holland Street . ( Ward Four ) Holland Street . ( Ward Three.) Horace Street . Hudson Street . Irving Street Kidder Avenue Lawrence Street Lawrence Street
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+ Bigelow.
269
REPORT OF WATER BOARD.
HYDRANTS.
GATES.
STREET.
Chap.
Hopkins or Boston Machine.
Holyoke or Bigelow.
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Lee Street
Main Street .
Main Street .
1
.
Medford Street
Medford Street
2
Mossland Street
Nashua Street
Nashua Street
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North Street
Park Place .
Pauline Street
Pearl Street .
Pearl Street .
2
1
Porter Street
1
1
Raymond Avenue .
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1
Richdale Avenue .
Robinson Street
Robinson Street
School Street
1
Sewall Street
1
2
Somerville Avenue Somerville Avenue
South Street
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1
South Street
1
,
1
Sycamore Street
2
1
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Trull Street .
1
Union Square
Union Square
1
Union Square
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1
Vinal Avenue
2
Walnut Street Walnut Street
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Ward Street
Ward Street
1
Wilton Street
2
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Winslow Avenue
11
18
6
25
2
1
4
39
12
7
4
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1
2
Pleasant Avenue
Richardson Street .
1
Summit Avenue
Thurston Street
Trull Street .
1
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Wilton Street
2
Hydrants : Chapman, 18; Boston Machine, 5; * Hopkins, 1; Holyoke, 22; t Bigelow, 3.
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270
ANNUAL REPORTS.
HYDRANT LOCATIONS.
OUTLETS.
STREET.
LOCATION.
Service.
Kind.
Steam'r.
Hose.
Adams St.
240 ft. south of Broadway
High.
Chapman.
1
Adams St.
300 ft. north of Medford St.
High.
Boston Machine.
Adrian St.
118 ft. east of Marion St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
2222 2
Allen St. .
9 tt. north of Charlestown St.
Low.
Bigelow.
2
Albion St.
78 ft. west of Central St.
High.
Boston Machine.
2
Albion St.
312 ft. west of Central St.
High.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Albion St.
234 ft. east of Lowell St.
High.
Holyoke.
1
2
Appleton St. .
Cor. Clifton St. .
Low.
Boston Machine.
2
Allston St.
12 ft. west of Shawmut Pl. .
Low.
Coffin.
2
Auburn Ave.
519 ft. west of Cross St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
Austin St.
82 ft. south of Mystic Ave. .
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
Avon St.
585 ft. west of School St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
Beacon St.
300 ft. east from west end of Beacon St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
Beacon St.
84 ft. east of Harris St. .
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
Beacon St.
46 ft. west of Sacramento St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Beacon St.
Corner Ivaloo St. .
Low.
Boston Machine.
2
Beacon St.
72 ft. east of Park St.
Low.
Chapman
2
Beacon St.
22 ft. east of Durham St.
Low.
Holyoke.
3
Beacon St.
260 ft. east of Washington St.
Low.
Bigelow.
1
2
Beacon St.
219 ft. west of Cooney St.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Beacon St.
222 ft. east of Buckingham St. Corner Spring St. .
High.
Boston Machine.
11 1
2
Belmont St.
255 ft. north of Summer St.
High.
Holyoke.
1
2
Belmont St.
228 ft. north of Pitman St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Benedict St. .
34 ft. east of Mystic St. .
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Berkeley St. .
8 ft. east of Central St.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Berkeley St. .
103 ft. east of Hersey St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Berkeley St. .
28 ft. west of School St. .
Low.
Holyoke.
1
2
Billingham St.
129 ft. north of William St. Opposite Autumn St.
Low.
Bigelow.
1
2
Bonair St.
62 ft. east of Walnut St.
Low.
Bigelow.
1
%
Boston St.
213 ft. west of Bigelow St.
High.
Coffin.
2
Boston St.
90 ft. east of Bigelow St.
High.
Chapman.
1
2
Bow St.
125 ft. west of Union Sq.
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Bow St.
Junction Summer and Bow Sts.
Low.
Holyoke.
1
3
Bow St.
Opposite Bow St. Pl.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Bowdoin St.
68 ft. north of Fremont Ave.
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Bowman Pl.
192 ft. north of Broadway
Low.
Holyoke.
1
2
Brastow Ave.
212 ft. east of Porter St. .
High.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Broadway .
28 ft. west of George St.
Low.
Holyoke.
2
Broadway .
21 ft. west of Broadway Pl. Corner Glen St.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Broadway .
15 ft. west of Cross St.
Low.
Boston Machine. Coffin.
1
2
Broadway .
250 ft. west of Edmund St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Broadway .
174 ft. west of Grant St. .
Low.
Holyoke.
1
2
Broadway .
Corner School St. .
Low.
Holyoke.
1
2
Broadway .
Opposite School St.
Low.
Flush.
1
2
Broadway .
240 ft. east of Central St.
High.
Holyoke.
1
2
Broadway .
24 ft. east of Adams St. .
High.
Boston Machine.
1
2
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Beacon St.
15 ft. west of Kent St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
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2
Belmont St.
454 ft. south of Highland Ave.
High.
Holyoke.
1
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Beech St. .
66 ft. north of Benedict St. .
Low.
Low.
Holyoke.
Broadway .
Corner Thurston St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
1
2
Broadway .
33 ft. west of Walnut St.
Low.
3
Broadway .
Opposite Marshall St.
Low.
Holyoke.
2
Broadway .
Holyoke.
2
Bonair St.
Low.
Low.
Holyoke.
Austin St.
Chapman.
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REPORT OF WATER BOARD.
HYDRANT LOCATIONS. - Continued.
STREET.
LOCATION.
Service.
Kind.
Steam'r.
Hose.
Broadway .
12 ft. west of Norwood Ave.
High.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Broadway .
324 ft. west of Hinckley St.
High.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Broadway .
246 ft. east of Cedar St. .
High.
Holyoke Gate.
1
2
Broadway .
180 ft. west of Wilson Ave.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Broadway .
40 ft. west of Packard Ave.
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Broadway .
180 ft. east of Endicott Ave.
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Broadway .
175 ft. east of North St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
2
Broadway .
415 ft. west of North St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
2
Broadway .
East corner Mt. Vernon St.
Low.
Flush.
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Broadway .
West corner Lincoln St.
Low.
Flush.
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Broadway .
West corner Franklin St.
Low.
Flush.
Brook St. .
18 ft. West of Rush St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
2
Buckingham St.
Corner Dimick St.
Low.
Bigelow.
2
Cameron Ave.
Opposite Mead St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Cameron Ave.
438 ft. south of Mead St.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Cedar St. .
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