Report of the city of Somerville 1900, Part 31

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1900
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 546


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During the relaying of the water mains in Mt. Pleasant, Mt. Vernon, Cutter, and Webster streets, the service pipes between the mains and the sidewalk cocks were also replaced with new and larger pipes, the old services being, in most cases, of small lead pipe, laid during the early days of the water works.


In West street and Clarendon avenue new water mains have been laid, and the small service pipes formerly unsatisfactorily supplying a number of houses have been re-arranged and so con- nected that the conditions have been greatly improved.


Meter Department.


The general policy of the department regarding water meters has been unchanged. The meters attached to the schoolhouses and other city buildings have all been removed, as the water is now furnished without charge for municipal purposes.


At the beginning of the year the number of meters in operation was . The number of operating meters added during the year was


230


23


Meters removed during the year 51 Total number of meters in operation December 31, 1900 202 Motor and elevator clocks in operation December . 31, 1900 8


METERS IN USE DECEMBER 31, 1900.


3/." /4


1"


11/2"


Total.


Empire


1


1


Crown .


6


6


3


1


1


1


1


1


20


Gem


1


1


Hersey


13


Hersey Disc


1


5


1


2


9


Torrent


1


Trident


34


40


21


5


6


1


1


108


Union


6


7


9


2


5


1


2


32


Union Special


8


4


12


Lambert .


5


5


Totals


53


61


49


10


16


6


5


2


202


1


2


3


1


379


WATER COMMISSIONER.


The quantity of metered water consumed in 1900 was 43.995,448 cubic feet, or about 329,965,860 gallons; the average cost to the consumer being about eleven cents per 100 cubic feet, or 14.6 cents per 1,000 gallons.


Summary of Pipes and Fixtures.


Following is a general summary of the pipes and fixtures of the water system, December 31, 1900 :-


Number of feet of main pipe (approximately) . 445,347


Number of feet of service pipe (approximately) 343,868


Number of service connections (approximately) 10,291 897


Number of public fire hydrants


Number of private fire hydrants


42


Number of gates


1,203


Number of check valves


6


Number of meters


202


Number of waterposts


59


Number of blow-offs


108


The annual inventory of stock on hand, tools, and machin- ery, teams and stable equipment, pumping apparatus, and furni- ture shows a valuation of $24,985.21; the land and buildings of the department are assessed at a valuation of $32,000, and the general distribution system of the water works has an estimated valuation of $800,000.


Pumping Piant.


The metropolitan high-service reservoir and pumping plant at Spot pond reached such a degree of completion that our local pumping plant was practically put out of commission on the 20th day of March. The Metropolitan Water Board continued, how- ever, to employ our engineer, and kept the pump under their gen- eral orders until October 3, when notice was given by the board that they had no further need of the pumping service.


Efforts were made, early in the year, to sell the pump and boilers, hoping to obtain for them a price that would largely pay the cost of installing an electric or gas power pumping engine to be used for emergency purposes. No satisfactory offer having been received, however, the old outfit has been retained in ser- vice, and it seems best that it should be so continued for the pres- ent, as the expense of its maintenance is very light, no one being now required or employed as pumping engineer, and the amount of coal consumed being scarcely more than is required for heat- ing purposes. The pumping equipment is kept in first-class con- dition, and a competent man, engaged in other work of the de- partment, is always at hand to start the pump should the neces- sity arise.


380


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Buildings and Grounds.


Under the new charter the care and maintenance of the buildings which were constructed by the water department, and are used for its purposes, was transferred to the Commissioner of Public Buildings.


The improvements in the grounds about the buildings, which were commenced in 1899, have been practically completed. The artificial pond proved a great attraction to the children living in the vicinity during the hot weather of the past summer. The privilege was given them of using the basin as a bathing pool on two afternoons of each week under proper restrictions, and on a certain Saturday 128 children were counted at one time enjoying themselves in the sun-warmed and cleansing water.


The machine shop of the department has been extended and improved by the addition of new machinery, and the efficiency of the shop increased thereby. We are now able to do the greater portion of the machine work which we have heretofore found it necessary to send out.


By cutting down the foundation piers of the pumping engine, the pump can readily be lowered into the basement, where it can be reconnected, and a valuable and much-needed space for meter work can thereby be gained in the old pump room.


Metropolitan Water Works.


The water supplied from this source has continued of excel- lent quality. At times the water, when first drawn from the faucet, has possessed a milky appearance, and some inquiry has been created as to its cause. This condition is produced by the passage of a small quantity of air into the pipes through the pumping machinery at Chestnut hill and is productive of no harm ; the water soon clears away if allowed to stand.


The supply has been, as yet, unrestricted, but the Metro- politan Water Board has deemed it advisable to warn the repre- sentatives of the several water works of the district that the per capita consumption of water has so rapidly increased as to de- mand an immediate large outlay of money for a new conduit, and that some means must early be devised for restricting the waste now going on throughout the district. The consumption of water in gallons per inhabitant is stated to have increased from 73 in 1890 to 113 in 1900.


The following table of estimated assessments to be levied on Somerville, as this city's proportion of the cost and maintenance of the metropolitan water works, was compiled by the Metro- politan Water Board in 1898; the table also shows the actual assessments so far levied on this city.


1898


Estimated Assessment. $14,400 00 21,200 00


1899


1900


30,200 00


Actual Assessment. $14,250 19 20,975 58 28,689 24


ARTIFICIAL POOL -- WATER DEPARTMENT GROUNDS.


381


WATER COMMISSIONER.


At a meeting of the representatives of the metropolitan dis- trict, called by the Water Board on November 21, it was stated that the amount authorized to be raised annually, under the ex- isting law, was totally insufficient to meet the requirements for maintenance, interest, and the sinking fund, and is leading to a deficiency of $4,354,100 if no change is made in the Metropolitan Water Act as it now stands.


Should a "pay-as-you-go" policy be' hereafter- adopted, as has been recommended by the Metropolitan Water Board, the annual assessments on the several cities and towns included in the district will be materially increased.


The following table, furnished by the Metropolitan Water Board, is a recent estimate of the amounts to be assessed on this city on the basis of the existing law and on the proposed method :---


PROBABLE ANNUAL ASSESSMENT OF THE CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


Under If Full Annual Existing Law. Cost is Paid.


Year.


1901


$36,100


$61,600


1902


45,800


76,100


1903


54,700


83,500


1904


63,700


88,800


1905


66,600


84,000


1906


74,800


85,300


1907


82,500


85,700


1908


90,700


85,700


1909


94,500


85,700


1910


94,500


85,700


The reduction in cost from 1904 to 1905, and the small an- nual increase in cost from 1905 to 1907, in the last column, are due to the assumption that additional towns will enter the dis- trict, thereby dividing the cost among a larger population.


It is understood that legislation is likely to be asked for, so amending the present Metropolitan Water Act as to permit of assessing the cities and towns in the district for the full annual cost of the works.


Revision of Water Rates.


In conjunction with a special committee of the Board of Aldermen, appointed March 22, the Water Commissioner pre- pared a revised schedule of annual water rates, which was in- tended to establish the rates on what was thought to be a more equitable basis than the existing schedule. The present rates are those devised by the water department of Boston, and were in force when our water contract with that city was dissolved in 1898. The schedule was established a great many years ago, and is not altogether consistent nor defensible. The operation of the proposed schedule would be to reduce the rates on single family houses and increase them slightly, in some cases, on


382


ANNUAL REPORTS.


houses containing two or more families ; the point aimed at in the consideration of the subject being to equalize the rates, with minor reference to its effect on the gross income. It was esti- mated, however, that the application of the schedule would cause a reduction in the water income of some six per cent., or approxi- mately $12,000 on dwelling houses, and about three per cent., or $6,000, more on all other classes of property affected. Included in this revised schedule was, also, an item providing for a rate of $3 for the use of hand hose in place of the old charge of $5.


Under the provisions of the Metropolitan Water Act, any changes in water rates must receive the approval of the Mayor before becoming operative, and all minimum rates must receive, also, the approval of the Metropolitan Water Board. This re- vised schedule was presented to the Mayor for his approval on October 19, with the intention of having it go into effect January 1, 1901, if sanctioned. On December 8 the Mayor, however, after careful consideration of the matter, communicated his dis- approval of the proposed schedule in all its items except that re- lating to the charge for the use of hand hose, his objection being based on the large reduction in revenue that would result from the contemplated readjustment, and on the fact that the maxi- mum metropolitan assessment had not then been determined. The item of hose charge meeting with his approval, it was sub- mitted to the Metropolitan Water Board and was approved by that body, with certain restrictions limiting the time and manner of the use of the hose, and with an intimation, also, that the rate might not be allowed to stand permanently.


Appendix.


Appended hereto are tables giving further information and details concerning the work of the department during the year ; also locations of hydrants and other fixtures connected with the works.


FRANK E. MERRILL, Water Commissioner.


400400


WATER DEPARTMENT BUILDINGS AND POOL.


LOCATIONS OF NEW MAINS LAID, LENGTH AND SIZE, NUMBER OF GATES, HYDRANTS, ETC., SET IN 1900.


PIPE LAID.


GATES SET.


HYDRANTS SET.


BLOW- OFFS.


CHECK VALVES.


NAME OF STREET.


FROM


To


Size.


No. Feet.


Size.


No.


Kind.


No.


Size.


No.


Size.


No.


DRINKING FOUN-


TAINS, TROUGHS.


Allen st.


Hydrant


6"


10


Mathews


2


Allen st.


Blow-off


-7


6"


1


Allen st.


Gate


Con. with Frederick ave.


10"


720


10"


1


Ayer ave.


Hydrant


Bartlett st.


Hydrant


Dead end Con. with Merriam st.


6"


501


1


Church st.


Blow-off


6"


201


Bigelow


1


Clarendon ave.


Con. with 6'' iron pipe


12"


182


10"


1


College ave.


1 Main in Professors' row


Con. with Talbot ave.


10"


905


Mathews


1


College ave.


Hydrant connection


4"


9


4"


1


8"


8


8"


1


Crown st.


Main in Porter st.


Con. with Crocker st.


6"


267


1


Cutter st.


Hydrant


6"


6


Mathews


1


4"


J


Cutter st.


Blow-off


4"


13


4"


1


Cutter sq.


Watering trough


8"


96


Chapman


1


6"


2


Davis sq.


Blow-off


Day st.


Main in Holland st.


8"


26


1


Dover st.


Main in Holland st.


8"


45


1


1


Dover st.


Hydrant connection


4"


6


1


Electric ave.


Con. with 6" pipe near Curtis st. Con. with 2" pipe


Con. with 6" pipe opp. Westminster st. Dead end


6"


233


1"


36


Carried forward


3,446


15


10


6


1


383


WATER COMMISSIONER.


1


Davis sq.


Hydrant


83


6"


2


5' S. from S. line of Elm st. Dead end


6"


7


Mathews B. M.


4"


1


College ave.


Blow-off


Crocker st.


Con. with Crown st.


North line of Crown st.


-


6"


2


8"


1


Bay State ave.


Main in Broadway


Charlestown st.


Con. with Allen st.


12


4"


1


{ Main in Professors' row


Con. with 12" iron pipe.


4


7


Mathews Chapman


1


Ayer ave.


Main in Morrison ave.


1


1


WATER POSTS.


-


.


Evergreen ave.


Eastman pl.


Hydrant


1


1


30


Con. with hydrant near Cambridge line


30


Locations of New Mains Laid, Length and Size, Number of Gates, Hydrants, Etc., Set in 1900 .- Continued.


PIPE LAID.


GATES SET.


HYDRANTS SET.


BLOW- OFFS.


CHECK VALVES.


NAME OF STREET.


FROM


To


Size.


No. Feet.


Size.


No.


Kind.


No.


Size.


No.


Size.


No.


DRINKING FOUN-


TAINS, TROUGHS.


Brought forward


3 446


15


10


6


1


§ Con. with Ayer ave.


Con. with Rogers ave.


10"


430


10"


2


Fremont st.


End of a" iron pipe


8"


36


Gilman terrace.


Blow off


4"


13


1


Granite st.


Hydrant


6"


7


1"


1


4"


Hall st.


Main in Cherry st.


Con, with iron pipe


6"


8


1


Henderson st.


Main in Wilton st.


Dead end


120


3"


1


Highland ave.


Main in Holland st.


Con. with Grove st.


12"


.00


Highland ave.


Hydrant


$ 12"


296


Holland st.


Con. with H. S. in Day st.


Dead end


Holyoke road.


Main in Elm st.


Dead end


202


1


Howard st.


Con. with Whipple st.


Con. with iron pipe


6"


349


1


Josephine ave.


{ Main in Broadway


Dead end



32


8'


1


Josephine ave.


Con. with iron pipe near Broadway


6"


187


4"


1


1


Knapp st.


Blow. off Con. with Granite st.


6"


3


6"


1


1


1'


1


Liberty avc.


Main in Broadway


Dead end


8"


69


8"


1


Liberty ave.


North line of Kidder ave.


8''


843


8"


1


Mathews


1


Liberty ave. Linden st.


Con. with Charlestown st.


6


Carried forward


7,254


32


13


11


1


.


Frederick ave.


{ Main in Willow ave.


Con. with Josephine ave, Dead end


Granite st.


Blow-off


12


155


1


1


§ Main in Frederick ave.


Con. with iron pipe


Kingston st.


Lake st.


Gate


· Lears' ct.


Dead end


Lester terrace


Main in Main st. Blow-off


4"


30


4"


1


C'on, with 8" pipe near Broadway


19


Hydrant


Dead end


16


27


189


4"


Holyoke


1


1


1


Hawthorne st.


Blow-off


12


Mathews


1


5


42


6"


WATER POSTS.


ANNUAL REPORTS.


· 384


Locations of New Mains Laid, Length and Size, Number of Gates, Hydrants, Etc., Set in 19 00. - Continued.


PIPE LAID.


GATES SET.


HYDRANTS SET.


BLOW- OFFS.


CHECK VALVES.


NAME OF STREET.


FROM


To


Size.


No. Feet.


Size.


No.


Kind.


No.


Size.


No.


Size.


No.


DRINKING FOUN-


TAINS, TROUGHS.


Brought forward


7,254


32


13


11


1


Loring st.


Blow-off


2"


7


2"


1


Lovell st.


Main in Broadway


6"


462


2


Mathews


1


Lowden ave.


Main in Broadway


8"


30


8"


1


Mathews


1


Madison st.


Gate


Madison st.


Blow-off


Con. with 6" iron pipe.


165


8"


1


Medford st.


Con. with H. S. at School st.


( Con. with 12" pipe E. from B. & ¿ M. bridge


12"


1,119


12"


Blow-off


Hydrant


4"


10


4"


1


Mathews


1


Mt. Pleasant st.


Blow-off


7


Mathews


1


Mt. Vernon st.


Hydrant


65


6"


1


Mathews


1


1


Pearl st.


Blow-off


6"


17


6"


1


Pearl st.


Blow-off


8"


12


Pembroke st.


Hydrant


Pitman st.


Hydrant


6"


266


6"


1


Professors' row


Main in College ave.


Con. with 12" pipe


12"


331


12"


Mathews


1


6"


27



199


1


Carried forward


10,265


51


22


20


1


1


385


WATER COMMISSIONER.


1


Mt. Pleasant st.


Hydrant


5


45


1


Mt. Vernon st.


Blow-off


6"


28


Pearl st.


Hydrant


30


6"


1


Pearson road


Main in Professors' row


Dead end


6


Chapman Mathews


1


Pritchard ave.


Main in Morrison ave.


Dead end


00


118


Con. with Pearson road


12"


1


Professors' row Rogers ave.


Con. with iron pipe


Main in Electric ave. Dead end


Madison st.


Hydrant


6"


7


2


1


12


1


4"


1


Meacham st.


Con. with Brooks st.


Medford st. Montrose st. Montrose st.


Blow-off


7


Mathews


1


1


1


1


1


5


§ End of 8" iron pipe


Hydrant connection


Con. with Frederick ave.


6


23


2


2


2"


1


WATER POSTS.


Locations of New Mains Laid, Length and Size, Number of Gates, Hydrants, Etc., Set in 1900. - Concluded.


PIPE LAID.


GATES SET.


HYDRANTS SET.


BLOW- OFFS.


CHECK VALVES.


NAME OF STREET.


FROM


To


Size.


No. Feet.


Size.


No.


Kind.


No.


Size.


No.


Size.


No.


DRINKING FOUN-


TAINS, TROUGHS.


Brought forward


10,265


51


22


20


1


1


Rogers ave.


Main in Broadway


Dead end


10"


23


10"


1


Rogers ave.


Main in Frederick ave.


Dead end


Sanborn's ct.


Main in Washington st.


Dead end


Somerville ave.


Hydrant


Main in Fanning ave.


4"


6


B. M.


1


Spencer ave.


Hydrant connection


12"


15


1


1


Vernon st.


Water post


4"


7


Bigelow


1


6"


1


Vine st.


Blow-off


8"


36


Warner st.


Con. with Broadway


12"


76


12"


1


1


Webster st.


Gate


Con. with iron pipe


85


1


1


Wesley st.


Hydrant connection


4"


36


4"


1


4"


1


Wesley park


Blow-off


Main in Hawthorne st.


254


2


Mathews


1


6"


1


West st.


Blow-off


6"


182


6"


1


Mathews


1


Whipple st.


Main in Highland ave.


00


327


00


1


Willoughby st.


Main in Sycamore st.


12"


1,287


12"


2


Mathews


1


4"


1


Willow ave.


Blow-off


1


14,084


71


31


24


1


1


1


Spencer ave.


Main in Cedar st.


Talbot ave.


Main in Professors' row


Dead end


Tennyson st.


Main in Pembroke st.


Con. with 6" iron pipe


2"


33


1


Vine st.


Hydrant


5


6"


1


Washington st.


Con. with Asylum ave.


8"


Wesley st.


Main in Otis st.


7


B. M.


1


Wesley park


Hydrant


West st.


Main in Highland ave.


24


6"


1


Willow ave.


Main in Broadway


Con. with Fosket st.


9


Willow ave.


Hydrant


4"


49


4"


1


B. M.


1


294


6"


1


175


4"


29


770


2


Mathews


WATER POSTS.


386


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Con. with Howard st. Con, with 8" pipe


7


Mathews


6"


83


LOCATION AND LENGTH OF PIPES RELAID, GATES AND HYDRANTS RESET, 1900.


PIPE LAID.


GATES.


HYDRANTS.


WATER- POSTS.


Size.


Aband.


Reset.


Aband.


Reset.


NAME OF STREET.


FROM


To


Aband.


Relaid.


Size.


No.


Size.


No.


Kind.


No.


Kind.


No.


Albion st.


Hydrant renewal


4"


32


1


B. M. Bigelow


1


Allen st.


South line of Somerville ave.


Con. with Charlestown st.


5


727


6"


1


8"


1


Bartlett st.


Hydrant


P. & C.


1


Holyoke


1


Benedict st.


Con. with Austin st.


§ 4"


317


1


1


1


Broadway


East from Central st.


8"


12"


36


1


Broadway


Hydrants


Broadway Park


Gate renewals


Church st.


Main in Somerville ave.


Con. with Lake st.


6"


8"


359


6"


1


8''


1


College ave. Crocker st. Cutter st.


Hydrant renewal


16' N. fr. S. line of Broadway.


12ª


12"


6


12"


1


12"


1


Eastman pl. Elm pl.


Main in Highland ave.


Dead end Dead end


3"


181


2"


1


2"


1


Garden ct.


Main in Somerville ave.


Dead end


1 1


4"


5



261


Holyoke


1


Mathews


1


2"


1


1


Carried forward


4,088


13


11


8


6


1


387


WATER COMMISSIONER.


0


Aband.


Reset.


Austin st.


Con. with 6"pipe nr. Broadway


Con. with 8" pipe at Mystic ave.


4" 6"


4"


3


6"


3


Bow st. pl.


Main in Bow st.


Blow-off


5


Broadway


Waterpost


Holyoke B. M.


1


1


2


1



1


Hydrant renewal


Michigan Mathews


1


Mathews Mathews


1


6"


2


2


Davis sq.


Gate


315


1


6"


1


Florence terrace


W. Jine Harvard st. Gate


395


4"


1


1


Granite st. Greene st. Joy street pl.


12' N.f'm N. line Som'ville ave. Hydrant renewal Gate


Con. with 6" iron pipe


11/2"


8''


635


B. M. Bigelow


1


1


四师。


6"


10


1


1


Main in Webster st.


780


3


2ª 8"


1


-


Length.


388


Location and Length of Pipes Relaid, Gates and Hydrants Reset, 1900 .- Continued.


PIPE LAID.


GATES.


HYDRANTS.


WATER- POSTS.


NAME OF STREET.


FROM


To


Aband.


Relaid.


Size.


No.


Size.


No.


Kind. M


No.


Kind.


No.


Aband.


Reset.


Brought forward


4,088


13


11


8


6


1


Liberty ave.


Waterpost.


Blow-off


6"


155


1


6"


1


Marshall st.


Con. with Pearl st.


Easterly 117'


6"


6"


117


443


1


12"


1


Chapman


1


Mathews


1


Medford st.


Con. with L. S. at School st.


Gate


.


Con. with 6"pipe at Syc'more st.


6"


6"


7


6"


598


6"


2


2


B. M.


1


B. M.


1


Mt. Pleasant st.


Con. with 6" pipe at Broadway Hvdrant connection


Con. with 6" pipe at Perkins st. 1


4"


4"


5


10"


618


6"


2


10"


2


4"


6" 12"


38


Packard ave.


Con. with Broadway


Con. with 12" iron pipe Con. with 12"pipe near check


12"


12"


609


Packard ave.


( N. line of Professors' row Con. with 12" pipe at College ave.


valve


[ 12" ( 6"


735


2 1


12"


2


Pearl st.


Con. with Marshall st.


Con. with 12" pipe at Walnut st.


8"


12"


58


8''


1


12"


2


Pearl st.


Easterly side of Cross st.


1


6"


6"


404


1


1


Pembroke st.


Main in Perkins st.


N. line of Perkins st.



24


Perkins pl.


) N. line of Perkins st.


Dead end


1


2"


135


Pitman st.


W. line of Beach st. Hydrant renewal


6"


6"


17


Holyoke


1


Holyoke


1


Professors' row


Carried forward


10,109


29


27


14


11


1


1


ANNUAL REPORTS


1


Loring st.


6" iron pipe nr. Somerville ave. Con. with School st.


Con. with 6" iron pipe


10"


10"


8


Bigelow


1


Meacham st.


83' east from Lester terrace


Con. with 12" pipe in Pearl st.


1 6"


5


12"


1


12"


1


6"


2


8""


2


B. M.


1


B. M.


1


Montrose st.


Main in School st.


1.


Mt. Pleasant st.


Mt. Vernon st. Mt. Vernon st.


27% N from S. line of Broadway 22/ S. from N. line of Perkins st. Hydrant connection


4


12"


2"


35


1


Coffin


1


Coffin


1


409


Length.


Aband.


Reset.


Aband.


Reset.


Size.


E. line of Spring st.


379


1


4'


1


Main in Central st.


Con. with iron pipe




1


8''


8


Westerly to connection with 6" iron pipe


6"


§ 12"


Medford st.


910


2"


Madison st.


Location and Length of Pipes Relaid, Gates and Hydrants Reset, 1900 .- Concluded.


PIPE LAID.


GATES.


HYDRANTS.


WATER- POSTS.


NAME OF STREET.


FROM


To


Aband.


Relaid.


Size.


No.


Size.


No.


Kind.


No.


Kind.


No.


School st.


Con. with Montrose st.


Brought forward Con. with Madison st. Con. with 10"pipe at Oakland av


4" 6" 10"


10" 10" 10"


439 11


6"


1


10"


1


B. M. Chapman


1


Corey Chapman


1


Vine st.


Con. with Tyler st.


Dead end


6" 6"


6" 10"


2


8"


548


6"


1


1


Holyoke


1


Holyoke


1


Wesley Park.


Main in Bow st.


Blow-off


4"


6" 4"


413



1


6"


1


B. M.


1


B. M.


1


West st.


Hydrant renewal


Holyoke


1


11,896


32


30


20


16


1


1


WATER COMMISSIONER.


Aband.


Reset.


10,109 192


29


27


14


11


1


1


School st.


12' N. from S. line of Broadway Con. with Medford st. L. S. Hydrant renewal Hydrant renewal


School st. Somerville ave. Trull st.


Webster st.


Main in Glen st.


Con. with 6" cement pipe at Franklin st.


6"


1 1 6"


21


1


7


6"


§ Bigelow { Holyoke


1


1


Size.


Aband.


Reset


Aband.


Reset.


Length.


1


147


1


389


390


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Hydrants-Construction Account.


New hydrants have been set in the following locations :-


Allen street, 45 feet east from Somerville avenue, 6-inch Mathews. Allen street, 323 feet east from Somerville avenue, 6-inch Mathews. Ayer avenue, 264 feet north from Morrison avenue, 6-inch Mathews. Bartlett street, 223 feet north from Medford street, 6-inch Chapman. Clarendon avenue, near Cambridge line, 4-inch Bigelow. College avenue, 720 feet north from Broadway, 6-inch Mathews. Cutter street, 95 feet south from Broadway, 6-inch Mathews. Davis square, 45 feet east from Day street, 8-inch Chapman. Dover street, 22 feet south from Holland street, 6-inch Mathews.


Eastman place, 279 feet south from Highland avenue, 4-inch Boston Machine.


Granite street, 178 feet north from Somerville avenue, 6-inch Holyoke. Highland avenue, 36 feet west from West street, 6-inch Mathews. Liberty avenue, 12 feet north fron Mallett street, 6-inch Mathews. Lovell street, 41 feet south from Electric avenue, 6-inch Mathews. Madison street, 103 feet west from School street, 6-inch Mathews. Montrose street. 287 feet east from Sycamore street, 6-inch Mathews. Mt. Pleasant street, 140 feet south from Broadway, 6-inch Mathews. Mt. Vernon street, 11 feet south from Lincoln avenue, 6-inch Mathews. Pearl street, 72 feet east from Bradley street, 6-inch Mathews. Pembroke street, 14 feet east from Tennyson street, six-inch Chapman. Pitman street, 180 feet west from Beech street, 6-inch Mathews. Professors' row, 39 feet east from College avenue, 6-inch Mathews. Rogers avenue, 88 feet south from Frederick avenue, 4-inch Boston Machine.


Somerville avenue, 76 feet east from Hawkins street, 6-inch Mathews. Spencer avenue, 63 feet cast from Fanning avenue, 4-inch Boston Machine.


Vine street, 121 feet south from Tyler street, 4-inch Bigelow. Wesley street, 200 feet north from Pearl street, 4-inch Boston Machine. Wesley park, 16 feet north from Bow street, 6-inch Mathews. West street, 92 feet south from Highland avenue, 6-inch Mathews. Whipple street, 101 feet north from Highland avenue, 6-inch Mathews. Willow avenue, opposite Mallett street, 6-inch Mathews.


Hydrants-Renewal Account.


The following changes have been made in the kind and loca- tion of hydrants :-


Albion street, 4-inch Boston Machine hydrant, set 444 feet east from Cedar street, and 4-inch Boston Machine hydrant removed from 421 feet east from Cedar street.


Allen street, 4-inch Bigelow hydrant, set 9 feet north from Charlestown street, and 4-inch Bigelow hydrant removed from same location. Bartlett street, 6-inch Holyoke hydrant, set 230 feet south from Broad- way, and 6-inch Pratt and Cady hydrant removed from same loca- tion.


College avenue, 6-inch Mathews hydrant, set 405 feet north from Broad- way, and 6-inch Michigan hydrant removed from 700 feet north from Broadway.


Crocker street, 6-inch Mathews hydrant, set 8 feet north from Crown street, and 6-inch Mathews hydrant removed from north corner of Crown street.


Greene street, 6-inch Mathews hydrant, set 295 feet south from Summer street, and 6-inch Holyoke hydrant removed from same location.


Loring street, 6-inch Coffin hydrant, set 276 feet north from Somerville avenue, and 6-inch Coffin hydrant removed from 273 feet north from Somerville avenue.


391


WATER COMMISSIONER.


Medford street, 6-inch Mathews hydrant, set 171 feet north from Marshall street, and 6-inch Chapman hydrant removed from 184 feet north from Marshall street.


Montrose street, 6-inch Boston Machine hydrant, set 259 feet west from School street, and 6-inch Boston Machine hydrant removed from 399 feet west from School street.


Mt. Pleasant street, 4-inch Boston Machine hydrant, set 135 feet north from Perkins street, and 4-inch Boston Machine hydrant removed from 253 feet south from Broadway.




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