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Experience has shown that familiarity with the construction and operation of our hydrants is a matter which cannot be too strongly urged upon our firemen.
HIGH WATER SERVICE.
Everything connected with the high water service continues to give entire satisfaction. It was found to be of great usefulness during what threatened to be a very serious fire in one of the wood-working establishments of our city. The fire department were delighted with the abundance of water furnished.
All the wood-work of the pumping station has been scraped and refinished, giving the place a bright and clean appearance.
WATER SUPPLY.
In our last report we called attention to the fact that the Legisla- ture instructed the State Board of Health to examine into the question of Metropolitan water supply, and to report in the year 1895.
Through the courtesy of the State Board of Health we were shown and had explained to us, on a large map, the proposed Metropolitan system, and were much pleased with the thorough manner in which it had been investigated. At the present time Boston is constructing
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basin No. 5 at the head of the Sudbury system, and it is estimated that it will hold seven billion gallons, but this additional reservoir will be sufficient for not more than eight or ten years. The Metropolitan district, including Boston and suburbs within a radius of ten miles, has at present a population of one million, and in 1920 will, in all proba- bility, have reached two million people.
The State Board of Health has completed its report, and has decided that the most available source of supply is to extend the Sud- bury system by tapping the Nashua river nine miles beyond basin No. 5, and by forming an artificial lake at that point covering an area of six and one-half square miles, with an average depth of forty-six feet, which will hold sixty-three billions, sixty-eight millions gallons of water in reserve. Beyond this basin it is proposed to obtain future supplies from the Ware and Swift rivers, and it is possible to go even farther back and to touch the Deerfield river. This plan has been found, after careful surveys by competent engineers, to furnish an area larger than that covered by Lake Winnipesaukee ; it furnishes water which is equally pure and good, and the cost will be much less.
It is estimated that the expense of connecting the Nashua river with the Sudbury system, and the formation of the proposed large reservoir would be $17,000,000, and that the investment would soon pay for itself in the increased demand for water.
It must be quite evident to every water taker in Somerville that something must be done to procure not only a more abundant supply, but also water of better quality than that now furnished by the Mystic system. The proposed Metropolitan system will do both, and at much less expense than we are under now. We recommend that the city of Somerville do all in its power to bring about the completion of this work.
GEORGE D. WEMYSS, GEORGE A. KIMBALL, WM. FRANKLIN HALL,
Somerville Mystic Water Board.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.
TO THE SOMERVILLE MYSTIC WATER BOARD :-
Gentlemen,-The annual report of the Superintendent of the Somerville Mystic Water Works is herewith submitted, with details of the work performed by this department during the year 1894.
The tables hereto annexed show the location, size and number of feet of pipe extended and renewed; the number and location of hydrants set and removed ; the location of all hydrants in use Dec. 31, 1894 ; the number and location of gates set and removed ; the number and locations of standpipes, and the number and locations of fountains in the city, also the number, size and length of service pipes laid in 1894.
HIGH SERVICE.
The high service continues to give excellent satisfaction. Several streets that were relaid with iron pipe in 1894 have been added to the district covered by the high service, and seventeen additional hydrants have been included.
DISTRIBUTION MAINS.
A number of important thoroughfares were relaid with cast iron pipe, and the domestic and fire service have been greatly improved thereby, but a large number of streets are still in a condition that imperatively demands relaying with iron pipe the coming season.
Two miles, 1,344 feet, of cast-iron pipe were laid on construction account, and 4 miles, 4,657 feet, were laid in place of old cement-lined pipe abandoned.
There still remains in the city 23 miles, 1,916 feet, of cement-lined pipe.
The total length of distribution mains now in the city is 69 miles, 4,947 feet.
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CONSTRUCTION TABLE. NEW PIPE, GATES. HYDRANTS, AND STANDPIPES.
PIPE LAID.
GATES.
HYDRANTS.
Feet.
Size. Inches.
No.
Size. Inches.
No.
Size. Inches.
Standpipes.
Adams street .
10
G
. .
. .
1
C
Adrian street
. .
. .
1
6
. .
. .
. .
Ames street
6
6
. .
. .
1
Avon street
100
10
. .
.
. .
·
Banks street
52
8
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
Bartlett street (south from Med- ford street)
18
. .
. .
2
6
. .
Bartlett street (south from Broad- way) .
298
6
1
6
1
6
. .
Beech street
345
Bleachery court
38
?
.
. .
. .
. .
Bradley street
278
1
C
1
6
. .
Bradley street
204
S
. .
.
. .
Burnside avenue
239
8
. .
. .
.
. .
Central street .
6
12
. .
.
. .
Centre street
219
6
1
6
Chandler street
. .
. .
1
6
1
4
Concord avenue
21
. .
. .
1
.
Cook street
3
1
. .
. .
1
4
.
Craigie street .
6
+
. .
. .
.
Craigie street .
9
G
. .
. .
2
6
.
Cutter avenue
96
G
1
Fi
. .
. .
. .
Elm place
. .
. .
1
1
4
6
. .
Elm street (near Burnside ave.)
23
?
. .
. .
. .
1
Elm street (opp. Kenwood st.)
6
2
. .
. .
. .
1
Francesca avenue
7
C
. .
. .
1
6
Francesca avenue
33
8
1
G
1
6
. .
Fremont street
567
S
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
Gordonia Road
16
6
Gorham street
6
C
. .
. .
1
6
·
Hall avenue
431
8
·
·
. .
. .
. .
Hancock street
100
S
1
8
. .
. .
Hawthorne street
158
6
1
6
1
6
Highland avenue
24
G
..
. .
1
6
. .
Holland street
29
2
. .
. .
. .
· .
1
Irving street
8
6
. .
. .
1
6
Jenny Lind avenue
266
6
1
6
1
6
·
Kent street
76
12
1
12
·
Laurel court
169
2
. .
. .
. .
Lexington avenue
52
1
1
1
.
. .
. .
Liberty avenue
218
8
.
. .
.
. .
. .
Linden avenue
285
4
1
4
·
. .
. .
.
Fremont street
115
6
1
. .
. .
. .
Harvard street
6
. .
.
.
1
6
. .
Harvard street (by-pass)
. .
1
8
.
. .
. .
Elm street
65
G
. .
. .
. .
. .
Claremon street
C
. .
. .
1
. .
.
Cedar avenue .
55
. .
. .
1
G
. .
. .
. .
. .
Cottage avenue
. .
1
. .
.
. .
Hall avenue
6
. .
. .
.
. .
6
1
. .
. .
Avon street
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
CONSTRUCTION TABLE. - Continued. NEW PIPE, GATES, HYDRANTS, AND STANDPIPES.
PIPE LAID.
GATES.
HYDRANTS.
Feet.
Size. Inches.
No.
Size. Inches.
No.
Size. Inches.
Standpipes.
Linden avenue
21
6
· ·
. .
2
6
Lowell street
16
12
. .
. .
. .
Marshall street
42
6
1
10
3
6
Meacham street
8
6
1
S
. .
. .
.
Mead street
20
6
1
6
1
4
.
Medford street
18
6
1
12
1
6
Melvin street
62
6
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
Melvin street .
72
8
·
.
. .
. .
Minnie avenue
722
6
1
6
1
6
Moore street .
150
6
. .
. .
2
4
. .
Moreland street Meacham)
(north from
153
6
1
6
. .
. .
Moreland street
(south
from
Meacham) .
100
10
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
Mortimer place
100
6
. .
. .
. .
Mossland street
7
6
..
. .
1
6
.
Munroe street
16
6
. .
·
1
6
. .
Orchard street
18
6
1
8
1
6
. .
Pearl terrace .
143
2
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
Pembroke street
62
6
1
6
· ·
.
. .
Richdale avenue
55
6
1
6
. .
. .
Russell street .
283
6
.
·
. .
. .
. .
Sacramento street
10
6
.
.
1
6
. .
School street .
7
6
.
. .
1
6
. .
Snow terrace .
120
2
·
. .
. .
. .
. .
Somerville avenue
20
6
.
. .
2
6
. .
Spring street .
7
6
. .
. .
1
6
. .
Staniford terrace
218
6
1
6
. .
. .
. .
. .
. .
1
4
. .
. .
·
Summer street
40
4
. .
. .
4
4
.
Summer street
34
6
. .
. .
1
6
.
Summer street
891
10
1
10
. .
. .
Sycamore street
602
6
1
6
1
6
·
Sycamore street
3
8
·
. .
. .
. .
. .
Tower street .
600
8
1
8
. .
·
Tower street .
7
6
. .
. .
1
6
Veazie street
342
6
1
6
1
6
. .
Vernon street
. .
6
1
S
2
6
. .
Walter street .
7
4
. .
. .
1
4
Walter street
563
6
2
6
1
6
.
Walter place
214
6
1
6
. .
. .
. .
Walter place (blow-off )
8
4
1
4
. .
. .
. .
Ware street
132
6
.
. .
. .
. .
Washington street
9
6
· ·
1
6
. .
Wyatt street
3
4
. .
. .
1
1
. .
Wheeler street
293
4
2
4
.
. .
. .
Winter street
6
6
.
1
6
. .
Woodbine street
472
6
. .
.
1
6
. .
Park avenue
6
6
. .
1
6
.
1
4
. .
. .
. .
Wallace street
35
.
1
6
Meacham street
504
8
Staniford terrace (blow-off )
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RENEWAL TABLE .- MAIN PIPE, GATE, AND HYDRANTS.
MAIN PIPE.
GATES.
HYDRANTS.
SIZE.
ABAN.
RESET.
ABAN.
RESET.
Aban.
Relaid
No.
Size.
No.
Size.
No.
Size.
No.
Size.
Adams street .
417
8''
413
1
817
.
.
·
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Ashland street
311
617
47
1
4 !!
1
6"
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Avon street
. .
. . .
...
. . .
.
: . .
1
411
1
Beech street
6''
1
1
Beech street
8"
778
1
1
811
.
. .
Central street .
12/
12"
80
1
12/7
1
12"
. .
. . .
Chandler street
4/7
611
389
.
.
. .
Cherry street .
4"
60
2
2
Cherry street .
4//
18
1
1
611
Claremon street
Craigie street .
-
8''
1,319
3
411
2
8"
. . .
. . .
. .
Elm street
611
611
36
.
.
. .
. . .
.
. ·
Elm street
2'
...
6
. .
. . .
. ..
. . .
.
.
. . .
. . .
Evergreen avenue
411
8''
781
B
2
817
1
1
5
6"
Highland avenue
Highland avenue
811
12"
2,775
5
27
1
1
. .
. .
. .
. .
Irving street
6''
1,182
2
611
2
S"
1
1
Lincoln avenue
...
. ..
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
1
1
. . .
Linden avenue
S"
1,122
2
2
Marshall street
417
611
574
1
4/1
1
6ª
Mossland street
411
12/
394
1
1
12/1
Orchard street
4"
1,000
.
. . .
. .
...
.
.. . .
Park avenue
4//
611
516
2
4/1
2
611
Pitman street .
4"
611
52
2
4 !!
2
Porter street
4"
8 !!
61
2
417
2
8 !!
Prescott street
611
8"
34
. . .
. ..
. .
. . .
Sacramento street
6/1
12//
60
1
611
1
12'
School street .
611
611
30
. .
.
. .
. . .
Somerville avenue
611
12//
1,690
1
611
1
12/
2
2
. .
Summer street
411
611
118
...
..
. . .
.
. . .
.
. . .
Summer street
6 !!
10//
4,055
7
61'
6
10/
2
41
2
4"
Thurston street
. . .
. . .
. . .
.
...
. . .
. .
1
411
1
Vinal avenue
6 !!
8"
40
. . .
. . .
. . .
. .
...
Wallace street
611
S !!
1,360
2
6/1
2
. . .
. .
. . .
Webster street
. . .
. . .
. . .
. .
. . .
.. .
. . .
1
6 !!
1
6 !!
Winter street .
.
41
1
1
1
8'
. .
. .
. .
. ..
Belmont street
8''
27
1
1
1
.
. . .
12/7
1
4
. ..
Elm street, standpipe Elm place
311
4 11
27
1
1
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Harvard street
611
61
70
60
. .
. . .
.
.
1
611
1
. . .
Howe street
4"
411
6
.
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
8"
.
.
.
1
. . .
Moore street
.
10' 611
1,674
1
1
10'
1
Mead street
270
. .
. ..
. . .
. .
10'
. .
. .
. . .
Spring street
4"
8//
428
1
1
12/1
.
. .
.
· · ·
Irving street
Lowell street .
611
8 !!
14
1
.. .
. . .
. . .
.
. . .
. . .
Craigie street .
12"
2,750
13
. .
. . .
. .
Highland avenue
611
24
585
1
15
..
. . .
.
.
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. .
456
2
4 !!
2
6"
. . .
. . .
10/
313
1
1
Somerville avenue
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
Loring street .
1
. . .
1
21
1
2
. .
. .
Adams street .
Length in Feet.
348
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION OF PIPE LAID IN 1894.
STREET.
FROM.
To.
Diameter in Inches.
Length in Feet.
Central
.
At junction of . Somerville ave.
Highland ave. . Southerly
12
76
Lowell
.
Connection
At Somerville ave.
12
16
98
Avon
1892
Southeasterly
10
100
Moreland
1891
Northeasterly
10
100
Summer
Cherry street
Willow ave.
10
891
Banks
1893
Northeasterly
8
52
Bradley
1890
Northeasterly
8
204
Burnside ave.
1893
Northeasterly
8
239
Francesca ave.
1890
Liberty ave.
S
33
Fremont
6// laid in 1894 .
Northeasterly
8
567
Hall ave. .
1893
Southeasterly
8
431
Hancock
1893
Summer street .
8
100
Liberty ave.
Francesca ave. .
Southwesterly
8
218
Meacham .
Fremont street .
Minnie ave.
8
504
Melvin
1893
Southwesterly
8
72
Sycamore
Connection
At Highland ave.
8
3
Tower
Highland ave. .
Crown street
S
600
* Adams
* Ames
6
6
*Avon
Bartlett
Broadway .
Southwesterly
6
298
*Bartlett
6
18
Beech
Spring street
Harvard street .
6
345
Bradley
8// laid in 1894 .
Walter street
6
278
Cedar ave.
Connection
At Linden ave.
6
55
Centre
Albion street
Woodbine street
6
219
*Claremon
6
6
*Concord ave.
6
21
*Craigie
1892
Highland ave.
6
96
*Elm
6
65
*Francesca ave.
6
7
Fremont
1890
Northeasterly . At Summer street
6
115
Gordonia road. .
Connection
6
16
*Gorham
6
6
* Hall ave.
6
7
* Harvard
6
7
Hawthorne
Cutter ave.
Southeasterly
6
158
·
12
6
Kent
.
6
9
Cutter ave.
3,023
6
10
6
6
.
1,091
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REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION OF PIPE LAID IN 1894. - Continued.
STREET.
FROM.
To.
Diameter in Inches.
Length in Feet.
* Highland ave. .
6
24
*Irving
6
Jenny Lind ave.
1892
Broadway
C
266
*Linden ave.
C
21
* Marshall
6
42
* Meacham
6
Mead
6" laid in 1894 .
Southeasterly
6
18
Melvin
80 feet north from Bonair street
Northeasterly
G
62
Minnie ave.
Meacham street
Northeasterly
C
722
Moore
6// laid in 1894
Mead street
G
150
Moreland .
Northeasterly
6
153
Mortimer place .
Northerly
6
100
* Mossland
6
7
* Munroe
C
16
Orchard
1874
Sycamore street
G
62
Richdale ave.
1888
Sycamore street
6
55
Russell
Orchard street
Cottage ave.
6
283
*Sacramento
6
10
*School
C
7
*Somerville ave.
C
20
*Spring
Beacon street
Northeasterly
6
218
*Summer
Medford street .
Richdale ave.
C
602
*Tower
. .
Northwesterly
6
342
*Wallace
Walnut street
Mortimer place .
6
563
Walter place
Southwesterly
6
214
Ware
Northwesterly
G
132
* Washington
6
9
* Winter
G
6
Woodbine .
Centre street
Northwesterly
6
472
6,467
*Cook
4
3
*Craigie
At Fanning ave. Summer street .
For blow-off Cedar ave.
4
52
Linden ave.
4
285
*Summer .
·
4
40
* Walter
4
Walter place
At end of place
For blow-off
4
8
6
20
* Medford
Meacham street Walter street
6
18
* Park ave. .
6
6
Pembroke .
.
6
34
Sycamore
7
Veazie
James street
C
35
Walter
Walter street 1888
4
6
Lexington ave.
C
Stanford terrace
6
350
ANNUAL REPORTS.
TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION OF PIPE LAID IN 1894 .- Concludea.
STREET.
FROM.
To.
Diameter in Inches.
Length in Feet.
Wheeler
Mt. Vernon street
Pinckney street
4
293
*Wyatt
1
3
697
Bleachery court .
Connection
At Somerville ave.
2
38
Elm .
At Burnside ave.
For standpipe .
2
23
Elm
At Kenwood street
For standpipe
2
6
Holland
At Elmwood street
For standpipe
2
29
Laurel ave .
Laurel street
Northwesterly
2
169
Pearl terrace
Pearl street
Northeasterly
2
143
Snow terrace
Jaques street
Southwesterly
2
120
528
Total length
of Pipe laid
11,904
.
*Hydrant branch.
351
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
TABLE SHOWING THE LOCATION OF PIPE RELAID IN 1894.
STREET.
FROM.
To.
Aban- doned.
Relaid.
Adams
Medford street
Northeasterly
8 !!
413
*Adams
Connection
At Summer street
3 !!
47
Beech
Connection
At Somerville ave.
6 !!
21
Beech
Somerville ave.
Spring street
778
Belmont
Connection
At Somerville ave.
8"
27
Central
North of Highland ave. South of Highland ave.
12/
12//
80
Chandler
Park ave.
Northeasterly
389
Cherry
North of Summer st.
South of Summer st.
8 !!
60
Cherry
Connection
At Elm street
18
Claremon
Holland street
Mead street
585
Craigie
Somerville ave.
Summer street
41/
S"
1,334
Elm
Craigie street
Willow ave.
12//
2,750
Elm place .
Connection
At Harvard street
=
13
Evergreen ave.
Connection
At Marshall street
27
Harvard
Beech street
Summer street
8"
781
Highland ave.
Walnut street
Central street
12/
2,775
*Highland ave.
6''
60
Irving
Broadway
Holland street
6''
811
1,182
*Irving
24
*Loring
Connection .
At Summer street
6 !!
S"
.14
Linden ave.
Elm street
Summer street
1,122
Marshall
Pearl street
Broadway
10'
1,674
Mead
Moore street
East of Claremon st.
270
Moore
Holland street
Near Mead street
611
574
Mossland .
Elm street .
Somerville ave.
4"
12'
394
Orchard
Day street .
Russell street
8'
1,000
Park ave.
Wallace street
Near Elm street
6 !!
516
Pitman
Connections
At Beech & Spring sts.
411
52
Porter
Connections
At Elm & Summer sts.
8"
61
Prescott
Connection
At Highland ave.
6/1
12/1
60
School
Highland ave.
Madison street
4 !!
10/
313
Somerville ave.
Near Central street
Craigie street
6//& 8'
12//
1,690
Spring
Somerville ave.
Beech street
Summer
West of Preston street
Cherry street
6''
10/
4,055
*Summer
Connection
At Highland ave.
S"
40
Wallace
Holland street
Broadway .
611
811
1,360
Winter
Holland street
Near Elm street .
4"
6ª
456
Total
.
25,771
-
4"
6
Lowell
Connection
At Marshall street
611
70
*Highland ave.
Howe
27
*Elm
.
*Hydrant branch.
.
428
.
118
Vinal ave. .
Connection
At Somerville ave.
34
Sacramento
30
*Somerville ave.
SIZE.
Length. in Feet.
7
Ashland
4//
611
36
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
HYDRANTS.
EXTENSION.
New hydrants have been set in the following locations : - Adams street, 6-inch P. & C., 10 feet north from Medford street. Ames street, 6-inch P. & C., 131 feet west from Central street. Avon street, 6-inch P. & C., 235 feet east from Central street. Bartlett street, 6-inch P. & C., 230 feet south from Broadway. Bartlett street, 6-inch Holyoke, 15 feet south from Ames street. Bartlett street, 6-inch P. & C., 10 feet south from Robinson street. Beech street, 6-inch Holyoke, 4 feet south from Atherton street. Bradley street, 6-inch Holyoke, 28 feet south from Veazie street. Claremon street, 4-inch Bigelow, 252 feet south from Holland street. Concord avenue, 6-inch Holyoke, opposite Knapp Schoolhouse. Cook street, 4-inch B. M., 74 feet north from Wyatt street. Craigie street, 6-inch Holyoke, 126 feet north from Somerville avenue. Craigie street, 6-inch Holyoke, 216 feet from Summer street. Elm street, 6-inch Holyoke, west corner Porter street.
Elm street, 6-inch Holyoke, 11 feet east from Mossland street. Elm street, 6-inch Holyoke, 153 feet east from Cherry street. Elm street, 6-inch Holyoke, 16 feet east from Burnside avenue. Francesca avenue, 6-inch Holyoke, corner Liberty avenue. Fremont street, 6-inch P. & C., 287 feet north from Meacham street. Gorham street, 6-inch P. & C., 305 feet south from Holland street. Hall avenue, 6-inch P. & C., 306 feet west from Liberty avenue. Harvard street, 6-inch Holyoke, 22 feet north from Harvard place. Hawthorne street, 6-inch P. & C., 141 feet east from Cutter street. Highland avenue, 6-inch Holyoke, 114 feet west from School street. Irving street, 6-inch Holyoke, 187 feet north from Holland street. Jenny Lind avenue, 6-inch P. & C., 220 feet south from Broadway. Linden avenue, 6-inch Holyoke, 550 feet north from Elm street. Linden avenue, 6-inch Holyoke, 30 feet north from Olive avenue. Marshall street, 6-inch Holyoke, 94 feet north from Gilman square. Marshall street, 6-inch Holyoke, 30 feet north from Stickney avenue. Marshall street, 6-inch Holyoke, 104 feet south from Mortimer place. Meacham street, 6-inch P. & C., 14 feet west from Moreland street. Mead street, 4-inch Bigelow, 48 feet east from Claremon street. Medford street, 6-inch P. & C., 14 feet west from Jenny Lind avenue.
353
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
Minnie avenue, 6-inch P. & C., 300 feet north from Meacham street. Moore street, 4-inch B. M., 22 feet south from Holland street. Moore street, 4-inch B. M., 330 feet south from Holland street. Mossland street, 6-inch Holyoke, 112 feet north from Somerville ave. Munroe street, 6-inch P. & C., 206 feet east from Walnut street. Orchard street, 6-inch Holyoke, corner Mason avenue.
Park avenue, 6-inch Holyoke, 10 feet west from Chandler street. Sacramento street, 6-inch P. & C., 5 feet south from Miller street. School street, 6-inch Holyoke, 124 feet north from Highland avenue. Somerville avenue, 6-inch Holyoke, 194 feet west from Spring street. Somerville avenue, 6-inch Holyoke, 77 feet west from Belmont street. Spring street, 6-inch Holyoke, 10 feet south from Pitman street. Summer street, 4-inch B. M., 16 feet west from Laurel street. Summer street, 4-inch B. M., 59 feet east from Central street.
Summer street, 4-inch B. M., 217 feet east from Harvard street.
Summer street, 4-inch B. M., east corner Belmont street. Summer street, 6-inch B. M., opposite Craigie street. Summer street, 6-inch Holyoke, 24 feet east from Linden avenue. Summer street, 6-inch P. & C., west corner Gordonia road.
Summer street, 6-inch P. & C., opposite Banks street.
Sycamore street, 6-inch Holyoke, 175 feet south from Medford street. Tower street, 6-inch Holyoke, 13 feet north from Crown street. Veazie street, 6-inch Holyoke, opposite James street.
Wallace street, 6-inch Holyoke, corner Holland street.
Wallace street, 6-inch Holyoke, 694 feet south from Broadway. Walter street, 6-inch Holyoke, 20 feet west from Walnut street. Walter street, 4-inch Bigelow, 50 feet west from Bradley street. Washington street, 6-inch B. M., 190 feet east from Parker street. Winter street, 6-inch Holyoke, 120 feet east from Holland street. Woodbine street, 6-inch P. & C., 221 feet west from Centre street. Wyatt street, 4-inch B. M., 322 feet east from Washington street.
Nine 6-inch P. & C. hydrants have also been set by the North Packing & Provision Co. in their yard for fire protection.
MAINTENANCE.
The following changes have been made in the kind and location of hydrants : -
Avon street, 6-inch Pratt & Cady hydrant, set in place of 4-inch Boston Mach., removed from same location.
(22)
354
ANNUAL REPORTS.
Beech street, 6-inch Pratt & Cady hydrant, set 30 feet east from Spring street, to replace 4-inch Boston Mach. hydrant, removed from corner Spring street.
Elm street, 6-inch Holyoke hydrant, set 56 feet west from Craigie street, to replace 4-inch Bigelow hydrant, removed from 275 feet west from Craigie street.
Elm street, 6-inch Holyoke hydrant, set 28 feet east from Linden ave., to replace 4-inch Holyoke hydrant, removed from corner Linden ave.
Elm street, 6-inch Holyoke hydrant, set 109 feet west from Cherry street, to replace 4-inch Holyoke, removed from 6 feet west from Cherry street.
Elm street, 6-inch Holyoke hydrant, set 104 feet east from Willow ave., to replace 4-inch Boston Mach. hydrant, removed from 58 feet east from Willow ave.
Harvard street, 6-inch Pratt & Cady hydrant, set 13 feet north from Beech street, to replace 4-inch Boston Mach., removed from same location.
Highland ave., 6-inch Holyoke hydrant, set 260 feet west from Walnut street, to replace 4-inch Bigelow, removed from 88 feet east from Vinal ave.
Highland ave., 8-inch Chapman hydrant, set 44 feet east from Put- nam street, to replace 6-inch Holyoke hydrant, removed from 73 feet west from Vinal ave.
Highland ave., 6-inch Holyoke hydrant, set 47 feet west from Prescott street, to replace 4-inch Boston Mach., removed from west corner Prescott street.
Highland ave., 6-inch Holyoke · hydrant, set 409 feet west from School street, to replace 4-inch Holyoke hydrant, removed from 318 feet west from School street.
Highland ave., 6-inch Holyoke hydrant, set 115 feet west from Trull lane, to replace 4-inch Bigelow hydrant, removed from 114 feet east from Sycamore street.
Highland ave., 6-inch Holyoke hydrant, set 171 feet east from Central street, to replace 4-inch Boston Mach. hydrant, removed from corner Central street.
Irving street, 6-inch Holyoke hydrant, set 357 feet north from Holland street, to replace 4-inch Boston Mach. hydrant, removed from 400 feet north from Holland street.
355
REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD.
Lincoln ave., 6-inch Holyoke hydrant, set opposite George street, to replace 4-inch Boston Mach. hydrant, removed from same location.
Loring street, 6-inch Coffin hydrant, set 282 feet north from Somerville ave., to replace 4-inch flush hydrant, removed from 280 feet north from Somerville ave.
Marshall street, 6-inch Pratt & Cady hydrant, set opposite Howe street, to replace 4-inch Boston Mach. hydrant, removed from same location.
Somerville ave., 6-inch Holyoke hydrant, set 61 feet east from Spring street, to replace 6-inch Holyoke hydrant, removed from corner Spring street.
Somerville ave., 6-inch Holyoke hydrant, set 112 feet west from Lowell street, to replace 6-inch Holyoke hydrant, removed from cor- ner Lowell street.
Summer street, 4-inch Boston Mach. hydrant, set 53 feet west from Harvard street, to replace 4-inch Bigelow hydrant, removed from corner Harvard street.
Summer street, 4-inch Holyoke hydrant, set 35 feet east from Por- ter street, to replace 4-inch Holyoke, removed from corner Porter street.
Thurston street, 6-inch Holyoke hydrant, set corner Evergreen ave., to replace 4-inch Boston Mach. hydrant, removed from same location.
Webster street, 6-inch Holyoke hydrant, set corner Rush street, to replace 6-inch Coffin hydrant, removed from same location.
Hydrants in Adrian street, Chauncy avenue, Curtis street, Ham- mond street, Jay street, Linden avenue, Webster avenue, have been taken out for repairs, and other hydrants of the same make and size set in their old locations.
Fourteen hydrants have been removed for repairs, and reset ; 21 have been repaired at the shop and fitted with new valves, bolts, etc. All have been thoroughly oiled, and have received necessary attention.
RECAPITULATION.
Number of public hydrants set in 1894 88
Number of private hydrants set in 1894 9
Total number of hydrants set in 1894 97
Number of public hydrants removed in 1894
23
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ANNUAL REPORTS.
Net increase in number of hydrants in 1894
74
66 66 public hydrants in 1894 65
66 private hydrants in 1894 9
Total number of hydrants in the city
642
66
public hydrants in the city
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