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20 ft. south of Broadway
High.
Boston Machine.
2
Cedar St.
270 ft. south of Broadway
High.
Holyoke.
1
2
Cedar St.
24 ft. south of Murdock St.
Low.
Holyoke.
1
2
Cedar St.
50 ft. north of Clyde St. .
Low.
Holyoke.
1
2
Cedar St.
124 ft. south of Warwick St.
Low.
Holyoke.
1
2
Cedar St.
14 ft. north of Albion St.
Low.
Holyoke.
1
2
Cedar St.
14 ft. north of Highland Ave. Opposite Sartwell Ave.
Low.
Holyoke.
1
2
Central St.
75 ft. south of Broadway
High.
Holyoke Gate.
1
2
Central St.
6 ft. north of Forster St.
High.
Holyoke Gate.
1
2
Central St.
9 ft. north of Vernon St.
High.
Holyoke.
1
3
Central St.
200 ft. south of Vernon St.
High.
Holyoke Gate.
1
2
Central St.
8 ft. north of Albion St. .
High.
Holyoke Gate.
1
2
Central St.
Corner Summer St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Chandler St. .
16 ft. south of Broadway
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Chandler St. .
216 ft. north of Park Ave.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Chauncey Ave.
9 ft. north of Jaques St. .
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Chester St.
15 ft. north of Chester Pl.
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Chestnut St. .
420 ft. south of Poplar St.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Church St.
9 ft. south of Summer St.
Low.
Holyoke Gate.
1
2
Church St.
327 ft. south of Summer St. 16 ft. south of Somerville Ave.
Low.
Boston Machine. Holyoke.
1
2
Clark St.
200 ft. west of Newton St. .
Low.
Boston Machine. Holyoke.
1
3
Columbus Ave.
144 ft. east of Bonner Ave.
Low.
Bigelow.
1
2
Columbus Ave. .
8 ft. east of Walnut St.
Low.
Holyoke Gate.
1
2
Concord Ave.
90 ft. east of Concord Sq.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Concord Ave.
30 ft. east of Springfield St.
Low.
Coffin.
1
2
Concord Ave.
20 ft. east of Wyatt St.
Low.
Bigelow
1
2
Conwell Ave.
465 ft. west of Curtis St.
Low.
Bigelow.
-
2
Cragie St. Cragie St.
400 ft. north of Somerville ave.
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Crescent St. .
Opposite Hadley St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Cross St.
Corner Otis St. .
Low.
Boston Machine. Bigelow.
1 1
2
Cross St.
16 ft. north of Gilman St.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Curtis St. .
146 ft. north of Professors' Row
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Curtis St. .
Opposite Raymond Ave.
Low.
Boston Machine.
2
Curtis St. .
100 ft. north of Fairmount Ave.
Low.
Boston Machine.
2
Cutter St. .
309 ft. west of Webster St. .
Low.
Boston Machine.
2
Cutter St. .
290 ft. south of Broadway, w. line
Low.
Flush.
1
2
Clyde St.
Corner Murdock St. .
Low.
2
Columbus Ave. .
123 ft. west of Bonner Ave.
555 ft. south of Summer St.
High.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Cross St.
Corner Pearl St
Low.
1
111 1 1
-
Cedar St ..
Low.
Boston Machine.
2
Low.
1
2
Church St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
2
OUTLETS.
272
ANNUAL REPORTS.
HYDRANT LOCATIONS. - Continued.
STREET.
LOCATION.
Service.
Kind.
Steam'r.
Hose.
Dane St.
9 ft. north of Tyler St.
Low.
Holyoke.
Dane St.
112 ft. south of Skehan St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
Dane Ct.
510 ft. east of Dane St. .
Low.
Boston Machine.
Dartmouth St.
312 ft. south of Broadway
High.
Coffin.
1
2
Dartmouth St.
57 ft. south of Evergreen Ave.
Low.
Coffin.
1
2
Dartmouth St.
180 ft. north of Medford St.
Low.
Holyoke.
1
2
Day St.
30 ft. south of Herbert St. . Corner Orchard St.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Delaware St.
270 ft. east of Aldrich St.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Dickinson St.
12 ft. east of Beacon St. .
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Dover St. .
326 ft. south of Davis Sq.
Low.
Holyoke.
1
2
Dover St
71 ft. north of Orchard St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
-
Durham St.
54 ft. south of Hanson St. .
Low.
Bigelow.
Elm St.
275 ft. west of Cragie St.
Low.
Bigelow.
-
2
Elm St.
Corner Linden Ave. .
Low.
Holyoke.
1
2
Elm St.
9 ft. west of Cedar St.
Low.
Holyoke.
3
Elm St.
6 ft. west of Cherry St. .
Low.
Holyoke.
-
3
Elm St.
58 ft. east of Willow Ave.
Low.
Boston Machine.
Elm St.
90 ft. east of Tenny St. .
Low.
Boston Machine.
2
Elm St.
18 ft. west of Grove St. .
Low.
Boston Machine.
2
Elm St.
×6 ft. west of Chester St.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Elm St.
10 ft. north of Winter St.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Elm St.
6 ft. south of Morrison St. + 9 ft. south of William St. 430 ft. south of Broadway
Low.
Holyoke.
-
3
Evergreen Ave. .
8 ft. east of School St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
2
Everett Ave.
200 ft. east of Dana St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
-
2
Everett St. .
Opposite Emerson St.
Low.
Chapman. 1
2
Fairmount Ave. .
590 ft. west of Curtis St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
2
Farragut Ave.
253 ft. south of Broadway
Low.
R. D. Wood.
1
2
Farragut Ave.
550 ft. south of Broadway
Low.
R. D. Wood.
1
2
Fiske Ave.
126 ft. east of Hinckley. St.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Fitchburg St.
40) ft. east of Linwood St. .
Low.
Holyoke.
1
2
Florence St. .
222 ft. south of Perkins St. .
Low.
Holyoke.
1
2
Florence St. .
486 ft. north of Washington St. Opposite Tennyson St.
High.
Bigelow.
-
2
Franklin St. .
80 ft. south of Webster St. .
Low.
Holyoke.
1
2
Franklin St. .
165 ft. south of Pearl St.
Low.
Holyoke.
3
Franklin St. .
87 ft. south of Oliver St.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Franklin St. .
96 ft. south of Palmer Ave.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Franklin St. .
29 ft. north of Washington St.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Fremont St. .
86 ft. north of Main St. .
High.
Chapman.
1
2
Fremont St. .
350 ft. north of Main St.
High.
Boston Machine.
-
2
Garden Ct.
475 ft. south of Somerville Ave.
Low.
Holyoke.
1
2
George St.
224 ft. west of Mt. Vernon St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
-
2
Gibbens St.
206 ft. west of Central St. .
High.
Chapman.
1
2
Gibbens St.
129 ft. west of Benton Ave.
High.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Gilman St.
240 ft. east of Walnut St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
-
2
Gilman St.
180 ft. east of Aldrich St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
-
2
Glen St.
9 ft. north of Brooks St.
Low.
Holyoke.
-
3
Glen St.
Corner Flint St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Gorham St.
Corner Howard St.
Low.
Bigelow.
1
2
Grand View Ave.
288 ft. east of Vinal Ave.
High.
Boston Machine.
1
2
-
$
2
Franklin St. .
14 ft. north of Arlington St.
Low.
Holyoke.
-
2
Chapman.
1
2
Elm St.
Low.
R. D. Wood.
-
2
Endicott Ave.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Day St.
OUTLETS.
Low.
Boston Machine.
Forster St.
Low.
273
REPORT OF WATER BOARD.
HYDRANT LOCATIONS. - Continued ..
STREET.
LOCATION.
Service.
Kind.
Steam'r.
Hose.
Hammond St.
30 ft. west of Dickinson St.
Low.
Boston Machine:
Hanson St.
40 ft. north of Skehan St.
Low.
Holyoke.
I
Harvard St. .
15 ft. north of Beach St.
High.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Hawkins St. .
50 ft. east of Lake St.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Hawthorne St. .
340 ft. west of Willow Ave. .
Low.
Holyoke.
1
2
Heath St. .
51 ft. west of Temple St.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Heath St. .
320 ft. west of West St. .
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Heath St. .
Corner Bond St.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Heath St. .
Corner Moreland St.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Henderson St.
159 ft. north of Wilton St.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Herbert St.
192 ft. east of Day St.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
High St.
114 ft. west of Boston St.
High.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Highland Ave.
Corner Medford St.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Highland Ave.
Corner Walnut St.
High.
Bigelow.
1
2
Highland Ave.
88 ft east of Vinal Ave.
High.
Bigelow.
1
2
Highland Ave.
318 ft. west of School St.
High.
Holyoke.
Highland Ave. .
114 ft. east of Sycamore St.
High.
Bigelow.
1
2
Highland Ave. .
Corner Central St.
High.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Highland Ave. .
28 ft. west of Belmont St.
High.
Holyoke Gate.
1
2 3 3
Highland Ave. . Highland Ave. . Highland Ave. . Highland Ave. .
Corner Eastman Pl.
High.
Holyoke.
3
Highland Ave. .
36 ft. east of Fanning Ave. Corner Willow Ave. Opposite West St.
Low.
Holyoke.
3
Highland Ave. .
6 ft. west of Grove St.
Low.
Boston Machine. Holyoke.
1
Holland St. .
42 ft. west of Dover St.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2 2 2
Holland St.
77 ft. east of Elmwood St.
Low.
Coffin.
1
2
Holland St.
117 ft. west of Cameron Ave.
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Holland St.
80 ft. east of Newbury St.
Low.
Boston Machine. Holyoke.
1
2 2
Irving St.
6 ft. south of Broadway
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Irving St.
300 ft. south of Broadway
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
Irving St. .
420 ft. north of Holland St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
James St. .
100 ft. north of Pearl St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
2
Jaques St.
9 ft. west of Grant St.
Low.
R. D). Wood.
1
2
.Jaques St.
254 ft. west of Grant St.
Low.
Coffin.
1
2
Jaques St.
190 ft. west of Temple St.
Low.
R. D. Wood.
1
2 2
Jay St. .
90 ft. north of Howard St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
2
Joy St.
36 ft. south of Washington St.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Joy St. .
440 ft. south of Washington St.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2 2
Kent Ct.
285 ft. west of Kent St. .
Low. Low.
Chapman.
1
Lake St.
205 ft. west of Hawkins St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
2
Lake St. .
Corner Carleton St.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Laurel St.
300 ft. south of Summer St.
Low.
Bigelow.
1
2
Lawrence St.
9 ft. south of Richardson St.
Low.
Holyoke.
1
2
Lincoln St.
Opposite Arlington St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
2
Linden St.
33 ft. north of Charlestown St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
2
-
3
Highland Ave. .
60 ft. east of Davis Sq.
Low.
4
Holland St.
36 ft. east of Winter St. .
Low.
Coffin.
1
Holland St.
105 ft. west of Irving St.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Highland Ave. .
180 ft. west of Lowell St.
High.
Holyoke.
1
Corner Porter St. .
High.
Holyoke.
Low.
Holyoke.
Holyoke.
3
Houghton St.
200 ft. east of Springfield St.
Low.
Jaques St.
300 ft. east of Bond St.
Low.
R. D. Wood.
1
Joy St. .
285 ft. south of Poplar St. .
Low.
Chapman.
1
Coffin.
1
Kingman Ct.
300 ft. south of Washington St.
Low.
1
2
1
2
OUTLETS.
274
ANNUAL REPORTS.
HYDRANT LOCATIONS. - Continued.
STREET.
LOCATION.
Service
Kind.
Steam'r.
Hose.
Line St.
500 ft. west of Cooney St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
Linwood St ..
416 ft. south of Washington St.
Low.
Coffin.
11 1 1
2
Linwood St.
225 ft. north of Poplar St.
Low.
Holyoke.
1
3
Linwood St.
252 ft. south of Poplar St.
Low.
Holyoke.
3
Linwood St.
55 ft. south of London St.
Low.
Holyoke.
-
3.
London St.
400 ft. east of Linwood St.
Low.
Coffin.
1
2
Loring St.
288 ft. north of Somerville Ave., w. line.
Low.
Flush.
1 1 111
2
Lowell St.
195 ft. south of Richardson St.
Low.
Chapman.
2
Lowell St.
Opposite Vernon St. .
Low.
Holyoke.
1
3:
Madison St.
480 ft. west of School St.
High.
Holyoke Gate.
1
2
Main St.
116 ft. west of Mt. Vernon Ave.
High.
Bigelow.
1
2
Main St.
Corner Moreland St. .
High.
Holyoke.
2
Maple St.
220 ft. east of Medford St.
Low.
Coffin.
1
2
Maple St. .
9 ft. north of Poplar St ..
Low.
Holyoke.
1
2
Marshall St.
Corner Evergreen Ave.
Low.
Holyoke Gate.
1
2
Marshall St ..
Opposite Howe St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
2
Meacham St.
Opposite Kingston St.
Low.
Bigelow.
2
Medford St.
80 ft. south of Grand Junction R. R.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Medford St.
18 ft. north of South St. .
Low.
Holyoke.
1
3
Medford St.
100 ft. north of Ward St.
Low.
Holyoke.
2
Medford St.
150 ft. north of Fitchburg R. R.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Medford St.
21 ft. north of Somerville Ave.
Low.
Boston Machine.
2
Medford St.
78 ft. north of Maple St.
Low.
Holyoke.
1
Medford St.
236 ft. south of Washington St.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Medford St.
18 ft. east of Prospect Hill Ave.
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
3
Medford St.
Junction with Pearl St. .
Low.
Chapman.
1
Medford St.
Corner School St. .
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Medford St.
46 ft. east of Thurston St.
Low.
Coffin.
1
2
Medford St.
16 ft. east of Sycamore St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Medford St.
Corner Central St.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Medford St.
Junction with Broadway
Low.
Holyoke.
3
Merriam St.
417 ft. west of School St.
High.
Boston Machine. Bigelow.
1
2
Morrison St. .
195 ft. west of Clifton St.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2.
Morrison St. .
33 ft. west of Grove St. .
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Murdock St.
200 ft. east of Cedar St. .
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Mt. Vernon St. .
9 ft. north of Pearl St. .
Low.
Holyoke.
1
3
Mt. Vernon St. .
276 ft. south of Broadway
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Myrtle St.
82 ft. south of Pearl St. .
Low.
Holyoke.
1
2
Myrtle St.
418 ft. north of Washington St.
Low.
Holyoke.
1
3
Mystic Ave.
Corner Union St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Nashua St.
215 ft. south of Wilton St. .
Low.
Bigelow.
I
2
Newbury St.
570 ft. south of Holland St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Newbury St.
965 ft. south of Holland St.
Low.
Bigelow.
2
North St.
440 ft. north of Raymond Ave.
Low.
Holyoke.
3.
North Union St.
300 ft. north of Mystic Ave.
Low.
Boston Machine.
2
Oak St.
390 ft. west of Prospect St.
Low.
Holyoke.
1
2
Oakland Ave.
230 ft. west of Marshall St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
Oliver St. .
15 ft. east of Glen St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Orchard St.
9 ft. west of Russell St ..
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Orchard St.
9 tt east of Chester St. .
Low.
Boston Machine.
2
Medford St.
8 ft. east of Greenville St.
Low.
Holyoke.
ʹ
1
-
2.
Montrose St.
2
Moore St. .
21 ft. north of Mead St. .
Low.
Mystic Ave.
Near Medford line
Low.
Chapman.
15 ft. north of Charlestown St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
Lowell St.
Corner Fiske Ave.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
OUTLETS.
275
REPORT OF WATER BOARD.
HYDRANT LOCATIONS. - Continued.
STREET.
LOCATION.
Service.
Kind.
Steam'r.
Hose.
Otis St.
9 ft. east of Dana St.
Low.
Holyoke.
Oxford St.
358 ft. west of School St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
Oxford St.
100 ft. west of Hersey St.
Low.
Boston Machine. 1
Park Ave.
90 ft. west of Elm St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Park St.
69 ft. north of Fitchburg R. R.
Low.
Bigelow.
1
2
Park St.
155 ft. north of Beacon St.
Low.
Bigelow.
1
2
Partridge Ave.
26 ft. north of Medford St.
Low.
Coffin.
1
2
Partridge Ave.
126 ft. south of Medford St.
Low.
Coffin.
1
2
Partridge Ave.
450 ft. south of Medford St.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Partridge Ave.
290 ft. north of Vernon St. Corner Pinckney St.
Low.
Holyoke.
1
$2
Pearl St.
9 ft. west of Glen St. .
Low.
Holyoke.
1
2
Pearl St.
+ 8 ft. west of Hillside Ave ..
Low.
Holyoke.
1
2
Pearl St.
18 ft. east of Delaware Sr. .
Low.
R. D. Wood.
1
2
Pearl St.
30 ft. west of Dana St.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Pearl St.
Corner Wigglesworth St.
Low.
Holyoke.
1
2
Pearl St.
Corner Walnut St.
Low.
Holyoke.
1
2
Perkins St.
21 ft. east of Mt. Pleasant St.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Perkins St.
Opposite Myrtle St.
Low.
Holyoke.
2
Perkins St.
Opposite Lincoln St.
Low.
Holyoke.
1
2
Perkins St.
63 ft. east of Perkins Pl.
Low.
Holyoke.
Pinckney St.
345 ft. south of Pearl St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
2
Pleasant Ave.
290 ft. east of Vinal Ave.
High.
Boston Machine. Bigelow.
1
2
Porter St.
24 ft. north of Williams Ct. 564 ft. north of Summer St. 375 ft. west of School St.
Low.
Boston Machine. Chapman.
1
Professors' Row
300 ft. west of College Ave.
Low.
Boston Machine.
Professors' Row
580 ft. west of College Ave. 188 ft. east of Packard Ave. 305 ft. west of Packard Ave.
Low.
Boston Machine. Boston Machine. Boston Machine.
1
2 3
Prospect St. .
135 ft. north of Bennett St.
Low.
Holyoke.
3
Prospect St.
Corner of Webster Ave.
Low.
Holyoke.
2
Prospect St. .
210 ft. south of Oak St.
Low.
Holyoke.
2
Putnam St.
435 ft. south of Highland Ave.
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Quincy St.
351 ft. south of Summer St.
Low.
Boston Machine. -
2
Richardson St.
12 ft. west of Henderson St.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Richdale Ave.
Opposite Thurston St.
Low.
Coffin.
1
2 2
Sanborn Ave.
60 ft. east of Walnut St.
Low.
Holyoke Gate.
1
2
Sargent Ave.
36 ft. north of Mills St. .
Low.
Boston Machine. Coffin.
1
2
School St.
108 ft. south of Maple Ave.
Low.
1
2
School St.
8 ft. south of Montrose St. Low.
Chapman.
1
2
School St.
6 ft. south of Avon St. Low.
Holyoke.
-
3
School St.
15 ft. south of Preston St. Low.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Somerville Ave. .
South side Fitchburg R. R.
Low.
Holyoke.
1
2
490 ft. north of Fitchburg R. R.
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Somerville Ave. . Somerville Ave. . Somerville Ave. .
30 ft. south of Poplar St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
2
12 ft. east of Mystic St. .
Low.
Holyoke.
3
Pearl St.
120 ft. east of Marshall St. .
Low.
Holyoke.
3
Poplar St.
21 ft. west of Joy St. .
Low.
2
Porter St.
Corner Mountain Ave.
High. Low.
Bigelow.
1
2
2 2 2
Professors' Row
1
2
Professors' Row
9 ft. north of High St.
High.
Holyoke.
-
-
-
2
Sewall St.
324 ft. west of Grant St. . Corner Franklin Ct.
Low.
Coffin.
1
2
Somerville Ave. .
333 ft. west of Central St.
High.
Holyoke Gate.
1
2
Prescott St.
Preston St.
Low.
Low.
1
2
Pearl St.
Low.
Holyoke.
1
1
2
Chapman.
Low.
Prosp't Hill Ave.
Robinson St.
Bigelow.
11
222 2 2
OUTLETS.
276
ANNUAL REPORTS.
HYDRANT LOCATIONS. - Continued.
STREET.
LOCATION.
Service.
Kind.
Steam'r.
Hose.
Somerville Ave. . Somerville Ave. .
83 ft. west of Prospect St.
Low.
R. D. Wood.
1
400 ft. west of Prospect St. .
Low.
R. D. Wood.
1
2
Somerville Ave. .
185 ft. west of Hawkins St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Somerville Ave. .
Corner School St. . .
Low.
Boston Machine.
2
Somerville Ave. .
100 ft. east of Loring St.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Somerville Ave. . Somerville Ave. . Somerville Ave. . Somerville Ave. .
15 ft. west of Beech St.
Low.
Holyoke.
3
Somerville Ave. .
Corner Spring St.
Low.
Holyoke.
1
1
2
Somerville Ave. .
120 ft. west from junction of Elm St.
Low.
Holyoke Gate.
1
2
Somerville Ave. .
500 ft. east of Beacon St. bridge
Low.
Holyoke Gate.
1
2
Somerville Ave. .
195 ft. east of Beacon St. bridge
Low.
Holyoke Gate.
1
2
South St.
234 ft. west of Medford St. .
Low.
Chapman.
1
2.
South St.
Corner Emery St.
Low.
Holyoke.
1
2
South St. .
Corner Earle St.
Low.
Holyoke.
2
Springfield St.
12 ft. south of Houghton St.
Low.
Holyoke.
1
2
Summer St.
54 ft. east of Preston St.
Low.
Coffin.
1
2
Summer St.
Corner Harvard St.
High.
Bigelow.
1
2
Summer St.
Corner Spring St. .
High.
Boston Machine.
1
·2
Summer St.
Corner Lowell St.
High.
Boston Machine.
2
Summer St. .
Corner Porter St.
High.
Holyoke.
3
Summer St.
6 ft. east of Cedar St.
Low.
Bigelow.
7.
Summer St.
6 ft. east of Cherry St.
Low.
Bigelow.
2
Summer St.
160 ft. east of Cutter Ave.
Low.
Boston Machine.
2
Summit Ave.
120 ft. west of Walnut St.
High.
Bigelow.
1
2
Sunnyside Ave.
105 ft. west of Wigglesworth St.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Sycamore St.
18 ft. south of Broadway
High.
Boston Machine.
2
Sycamore St.
36 ft. south of Broadway
High.
Chapman.
1
2
Sycamore St.
Corner Forster St.
High.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Sycamore St.
213 ft. north ot Medford St.
High.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Temple St.
53 ft. north of Jaques St.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Tenney Ct.
318 ft. north of Mystic Ave.
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Thurston St.
6 ft. north of Evergreen Ave. .
High.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Trull St.
264 ft. north of Vernon St. .
Low.
Holyoke Gate.
1
Tufts St.
18 ft. north of Washington St.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2:
Tufts St.
48 ft. west of Glen St.
Low.
Boston Machine. Holyoke
1
2
Union Sq.
Corner Washington St.
Low.
Holyoke.
11
2
Union Sq.
West Line. .
Low.
Holyoke.
Vernon St.
75 ft. west of Partridge Ave.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Vinal Ave.
12 ft. south of Grand View Ave.
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Vinal Ave.
129 ft. north of Aldersey St.
Low.
Holyoke.
-
3
Vinal Ave.
219 ft. north of Summer St.
Low.
Holyoke.
3
Vine St.
9 ft. south of Tyler St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
2
Vine St.
180 ft. north of Beacon St.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Wallace St.
40 ft. south of Broadway 480 ft. south of Broadway
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Wallace St.
175 ft. north of Park Ave.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Walnut St.
38 ft. South of Veazie St.
Low.
Boston Machine. 1
1
2
Walnut St.
92 ft. south of Wellington Ave.
Low.
Holyoke.
Chapman.
1
2
Walnut St.
36 ft. north of Pleasant Ave.
High.
Flush.
3
Somerville Ave. .
15 ft. west of Laurel St. .
Low.
Boston Machine.
2
9 ft. east of Central St.
Low.
Holyoke.
2
Opposite Spring St., on south line
Low.
40 ft. west of Lowell St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
3.
Summer St.
200 ft. west of School St.
Low.
Chapman.
,
1
2
Tufts St.
54 ft. east of Cross St.
Low.
Holyoke.
3
Low.
Wallace St.
2
OUTLETS.
277
REPORT OF WATER BOARD.
HYDRANT LOCATIONS. - Concluded.
STREET.
LOCATION.
Service.
Kind.
Steam'r.
Hose.
Walnut St.
12 ft. south of Boston St.
High.
Chapman.
1
Ward St.
84 ft. west of Medford St.
Low.
Chapman.
Ward St.
Corner Emery St. .
Low.
Holyoke.
1
2.
Ward St. .
Corner Harris St., on west line
Low.
Flush.
Ware St.
258 ft. west of Curtis St.
Low.
Bigelow.
2
Warren Ave.
75 ft. south of Columbus Ave.
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Warren Ave.
175 ft. north of Bow St. .
Low.
Holyoke Gate.
1
2-
Warwick St. .
420 ft. east of Cedar St. .
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Washington St. .
Corner Mt. Vernon St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Washington St. . Washington St. .
Corner Myrtle St., west line 15 ft. west of Myrtle St.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2:
Washington St. .
20 ft. east of Franklin Ave. Corner Shawmut St.
Low.
Bigelow.
2
Washington St. .
84 ft. east of Boston St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
2
Washington St. .
Corner Mystic St. .
Low.
Boston Machine.
2
Washington St. .
East side Union Sq.
Low.
Holyoke.
2
Washington St. .
6 ft. east of Kingman Ct.
Low.
Holyoke.
3
Washington St. .
96 ft. south of Parker St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
2
Washington St. . Washington St. .
186 ft. south of Dane St.
Low.
Holyoke.
3
Webster Ave.
63 ft. north of Prospect St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
ʹ
2
Webster Ave.
275 ft. south of Prospect St. 12 ft. east of Rush St.
Low.
Coffin.
1
2
Webster St. . .
12 ft. west of Cutter St. .
Low.
Holyoke.
1
2
Wheatland St. .
135 ft. north of Broadway
Low.
Chapman.
1
2-
Wheatland St. .
9 ft. south of Jaques St. .
Low.
R. D. Wood.
1
2
Wigglesworth St.
Corner Otis St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
2
Willow Ave. .
66 ft. south of Morrison St.
Low.
Chapman.
1
2
Willow Ave. .
12 ft. north of Summer St. ..
Low.
Boston Machine.
1
2
Wilton St.
6 ft. east of Nashua St. .
Low.
Holyoke.
1
2
Wilton St.
12 ft. east of Lawrence St. .
Low.
Boston Machine.
2
Winslow Ave.
66 ft. East of Villa Ave.
Low.
Bigelow.
2
Wyatt St. .
42 ft. west of Cook St.
Low.
Boston Machine.
2
PRIVATE HYDRANTS.
OUTLETS.
NUMBER.
LOCATION.
Service.
Steam'r.
Hose.
Two
Middlesex Bleachery
Low.
1
1
One
American Tube Works
Low.
1
One
Union Glass Works
Low.
Two
North Packing and Provision Co.
Low.
1
1
Four
John P. Squire & Co.
Low.
Four
McLean Asylum
Low.
One
Fitchburg Railroad
Low.
1
2
Webster Ave.
12 ft. south of Everett St.
Low.
Bigelow.
Holyoke.
1
3
Wellington Ave.
West of Montgomery Ave. .
Low.
Chapman.
1 111 1
3.
Washington St. .
Corner Florence St.
Low.
Holyoke.
3
Low.
Flush.
Washington St. .
Low.
Holyoke.
9 ft. north of Leland St. .
Low.
Boston Machine.
2
Webster St. .
Low.
-
-
1
OUTLETS.
278
ANNUAL REPORTS.
HYDRANTS DISCONTINUED.
One on Chandler street, opposite Chapel street.
One on corner of Jenny Lind avenue and Vernon street.
One on Summer street, near Prescott street.
One hydrant on Allen street was moved forty feet north of the old location.
Fifteen of the old disc hydrants have been altered to the gate pattern.
Eighteen have had new valves and gaskets.
Sixteen have had valves repaired and new top nuts and chains.
Twenty-eight have had new outlet washers and other small repairs.
Total number now in use is 419, and there are fifteen private hydrants.
SERVICES.
There were laid 562, at an average cost of $17.25; the number being eighty-seven in excess of last year, making the total number now in use 6,387, giving a length of forty-two miles 2,384 feet.
Eighteen were put in to replace old ones. Twenty-two were re- tapped at the corporation. Seventy-four were pumped and cleared of rust, sediment, etc.
Twenty-seven cast-iron gate boxes have been substituted for decayed wooden ones. Forty-one services were changed from the low to the high service system. There were twenty-six leaks on service pipes : eight were caused by settling of the earth; seven by defective soldering; three by defective leads; two by defective couplings ; six by pick holes.
Eighteen services were stopped by fish.
STAND-PIPES FOR WATERING STREETS.
Two new ones have been set the past year, making the total number now in use thirty-one, located as follows : -
One corner Mystic avenue and Union street.
One on Broadway, near corner Franklin street.
279
REPORT OF WATER BOARD.
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One on Broadway, opposite the Park.
One on Medford street, corner Lee street.
One on Medford street, near Magoun square. One on Pearl street, near Marshall street. One on Pearl street, near Delaware street. One on Pinckney street, corner Pearl street. One on Gilman street, opposite Aldrich street.
One on Washington street, corner Myrtle street.
One on Washington street, corner Boston street. One on Washington street, near Union square. One on Washington street, opposite Leland street. One on Somerville avenue, near Cambridge line. One on Somerville avenue, near Poplar street.
One on Somerville avenue, corner Mystic street.
One on Somerville avenue, near School street. One on Somerville avenue, corner Beacon street. One on Beacon street, opposite Cooney street. One on Highland avenue, corner Medford street. One on Highland avenue, corner Central street. One on Spring street, near Somerville avenue. One on Summer street, opposite Laurel street.
One on Summer street, corner Cedar street.
One on Summer street, corner Elm street.
One on Broadway, corner Clarendon avenue.
One on Elm street, near Park avenue.
One on Vinal avenue, near Highland avenue.
One on Linwood street, near Poplar street.
One on Main street, near Broadway.
One on Concord avenue, corner Marion street.
Twenty-one were packed in the valves; eleven received general repairs. All of them have had the new rubber-lined connecting hose, which is much more durable than the ordinary rubber hose. A number will need new gates and boxes and other repairs the coming season.
DRINKING FOUNTAINS.
These have had the usual repairs, such as new wastes and stop cocks; and two have been set on a firmer foundation.
280
ANNUAL REPORTS.
STOP GATES.
Repairs have been made as follows: Twenty-one have been re- packed; three have had new spindles; seventeen decayed wooden boxes have been replaced with the new patent cast-iron boxes, doing away with the old style of box, frame, and cover, and obtaining greater durability at about one-half the cost.
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