Report of the city of Somerville 1890, Part 14

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


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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


-


-


-


-


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


·


RECEIPTS FROM METERS.


Somerville


$18,750 05


Chelsea


11,764 68


Everett


2,062 95


-


-


-


1,460


-


20,127


Everett


17,823 25


REPORT OF WATER BOARD.


253


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


·


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


256


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.


257


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


·


.


.


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


259


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


260


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


261


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


262


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.


263


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.


265


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.


266


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.


267


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.


2//


3//


4//


6//


8//


10//


12//


14//


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


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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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4//


6//


8//


10//


12//


14//


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


.


Trull Street .


1


Union Square


Union Square


1


Union Square


*1


1


Vinal Avenue


2


Walnut Street Walnut Street


112


-


Ward Street


Ward Street


1


Wilton Street


2


.


Winslow Avenue


11


18


6


25


2


1


4


39


12


7


4


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-


1


1


2


Pleasant Avenue


Richardson Street .


1


Summit Avenue


Thurston Street


Trull Street .


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1


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


2 2222222 2 2 2 2


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


*2


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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