Report of the city of Somerville 1904, Part 28

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 496


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There have been no large fires during the year, as all alarms have been given promptly and correctly, and the fire department was thus enabled to respond quickly.


During the summer the automatic steam whistle in East Somerville was disconnected, but was again placed in operation in the fall, so that the residents of that section might hear the no-school signal. The boxes are being changed from four-round to two-round boxes, which will reduce the number of blows on the whistle to a great extent.


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356


ANNUAL REPORTS.


The new fire station in Union square has been completely equipped with all the latest electrical appliances, under the direct supervision of this department. Fire alarm gongs, indicators, electric lighting for night alarms, horse-pulls, and still alarm signal, all of the latest and best workmanship, have been in- stalled.


The equipment of this department consists of the following : 106 signal boxes, one eight-circuit repeater, one eighteen-circuit fuse board, eight tower strikers, thirty-three gongs, eight indi- cators, twenty small tappers, forty open circuit tappers, one auto- matic steam whistle, 392 cells storage battery, and 130 miles of wire.


Five miles of new wire have been added, and a large portion of the old has been replaced by new, making in all fourteen miles of new wire which have been placed in service.


I would recommend that some portion of the fire alarm and police signal wires be placed underground during the coming year, and most earnestly recommend the placing of high tension wires underground. Every year the number of these dangerous wires increases, and the menace to the safety of the electrical workmen, firemen, and the public is far greater.


During the year this department has been called upon to answer seventy-six emergency calls to pick up wires reported as dangerous.


Nearly a thousand lights were placed in service on the Pros- pect-hill tower during the Grand Army encampment, the work being done by this department.


Police Signal.


This department has received its usual careful attention, and is in good working order. During the coming year some of the circuits should be re-built with special wire, to guard against the induction received from the high tension wires, which is in- creased every year from additional high tension wires, and which renders the telephone service imperfect to a great extent.


I would also recommend that two more boxes be added dur- ing the coming year, to render the service more efficient.


Street Lights.


Six new arc lights and thirty new incandescent lights have been placed in service during the year, making a total of 491 arc lights and 483 incandescent lights.


Several new lights will be needed during the coming year in the new territory in the western part of the city.


At the present time the lighting service is as good as and much better than many of the surrounding cities.


COMMISSIONER OF ELECTRIC LINES AND LIGHTS.


357


ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$7,250 00


Receipts :-


Edison Electric Illuminating Co., wire and


labor


183 00


J. J. McCarthy, wire


14 02


Thomas Groom & Co., refund


3 00


Total credit


$7,450 02


DEBIT.


Expenditures :-


Salaries


$5,369 88


Wires, insulators, etc.


1,436 13


Wagon repairs


65 40


Harnesses and repairing same .


31 30


Fire alarm boxes .


250 00


Board of horses


300 00


New horse


200 00


Incidentals


342 75


Total debit


$7,995 46


Amount overdrawn


$545 44


STREET LIGHTS.


CREDIT.


Appropriation


$65,000 00


DEBIT.


Expenditures :-


Electric lighting


$64,709 04


Welsbach lighting


144 00


Changing location of poles and lights


6 00


Incidentals


26 00


Total debit


$64,885 04


Balance unexpended


$114 96


.


Respectfully submitted, EDWARD BACKUS, Commissioner of Electric Lines and Lights.


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SOMERVILLE WATER WORKS.


SOMERVILLE, MIDDLESEX CO., MASSACHUSETTS.


Area of city, including land and water, about 4.22 square miles. Population, estimated, 71,000. Entire population on line of pipe and supplied with water.


Water works owned by City of Somerville.


Construction commenced in 1868. Source of supply : Metropolitan system, taking water of the Nashua river at Clinton, Mass.


Mayor HON. LEONARD B. CHANDLER.


Water Commissioner


FRANK E. MERRILL.


Office of the Water Department, Room 10, City Hall.


Department Buildings and Yard,


Cedar street, near Broadway.


REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONER.


OFFICE OF THE WATER COMMISSIONER, February 1, 1905.


NA


To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-


I present herewith my report for the year ending December 31, 1904, this being the thirty-first annual report made by the water department :-


Water Income.


Water bills have been issued as follows :-


"Annual" water charges, amounting to


$157,019 00


"Additional" water charges, amounting to . 5,536 41


"Metered" water charges, amounting to 60,750 81


$223,306 22


Abatements made on the above charges


7,278 88


Leaving net amount of bills rendered .


$216,027 34


The account has credit for the amount received from the commonwealth of Massachusetts, distribution of entrance fees, water supplied outside of district, and water furnished water companies, 1904, under sec- tion 3, chapter 488, Acts 1895 820 31


Total amount credited to Water Income account $216,847 65


The water income was used under appropriation orders of the board of aldermen as follows :----


For water works purposes :-


Water works maintenance $25,429 35


Water works extension .


19,282 13


Refunds


982 91


Interest on water loan bonds


4,850 00


Maturing water loan bonds


15,000 00


Metropolitan water works assessment .


86,736 93


$152,281 32


For other municipal purposes :-


Sewers, maintenance


$11,800 00


Interest on sewer loan bonds


7,705 00


Maturing sewer loan bonds


11,000 00


Fire department


34,061 33


64,566 33


$216,847 65


In addition to the appropriations from water income to other municipal purposes enumerated above, water has been furnished


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


without charge to all the city departments that have required its use. The value of this water, based on the charges of the year 1899, is about $12,000.


Department Receipts and Disbursements.


WATER MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT.


DR.


CR.


Amount appropriated by board of aldermen from water income


Sundry receipts for labor and materials sold,


$25,717 87 3,316 94


Receipts from other sources


244 00


Amount expended for labor and materials for maintenance of the water works and renewals of pipe


$25,665 40


Miscellaneous accounts


3,324 89


Unexpended balance of appropriation . .


288 52


$29,278 81


$29,278 81


WATER WORKS EXTENSION ACCOUNT.


DR.


CR.


Amount appropriated by board of aldermen from water income · Receipts from 201 water service assessments,


3,537 40


Sundry receipts for materials sold


162 95


Labor and materials used in extension of the water works


$22,819 53


Miscellaneous accounts


162 95


$22,982 48


$22,982 48


Cost of Water Works.


The total cost of the water works on December 31, 1903, as represented by the expenditures from appropria- tions for water works extension, was


$815,887 42


Expended during the year 1904, on extension account 22,819 53


Total expenditures, December 31, 1904


$838,706 95


Water Debt.


Water loan bonds have been issued on funded debt account to the amount of $1,017,000 ; this has been reduced by payments amounting to $909,000, leaving the water debt on December 31, 1904, .$108,000.


The outstanding bonds mature as follows :-


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$19,282 13


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WATER DEPARTMENT.


YEAR.


AMOUNT.


YEAR.


AMOUNT.


1905


$6,000


1913


$6,000


1906


16,000


1914


6,000


1907


17,000


1915


5,000


1908


7,000


1916


5,000


1909


6,000


1917


5,000


1910


6,000


1918


5,000


1911


6,000


1919


4,000


1912


6,000


1920


2,000


Extension of Street Mains.


The water distribution system of the city has been extended 5,826 feet by the construction of new mains in Bay State avenue, Boston avenue, Evergreen square, Hillside circle, Ibbetson street, Lincoln parkway, North street, Ossipee road, Pearson avenue, Powder-house boulevard, Russell road, and Yorktown street, and various branches, hydrant and blow-off connections, as shown in the accompanying table. The total water pipe mileage of the city is now about eighty-nine miles, 2,807 feet.


Renewals.


On account of the paving of Bow and Summer streets, from Union square to School street, all the water service pipes within those limits were replaced by new ones, and substantial brick chambers were built around the main gates. Two fire hydrants on Summer street were removed to suitable locations on side streets. Eighty-two feet of cement hydrant branches have been replaced with iron pipe. The sixteen-inch pipe in Mansfield street, laid in 1893, which has given much trouble, again burst on November 19, a piece of the pipe about ten feet long and averaging eighteen inches wide being blown completely out.


Hydrants, Gates, etc.


The fire hydrant system has been extended by the addition of thirteen new hydrants, making the total number now in the city 986. Two private fire hydrants connected with the city's mains have been set by M. W. Carr & Co. in their factory yard, making the number of private fire hydrants in the city forty- seven. Twenty-four water gates have been added to the system, making the total number in service 1,343. Three blow-offs have been constructed, the number connected with the pipe system being now 135. The street watering department called for three new waterposts, and they were set as follows: Bolton street, opposite the schoolhouse; Lowell street, opposite Crown street ; Shawmut street, near Shawmut place. The post formerly on Webster avenue, near Tremont street, was injured by a team,


362


ANNUAL REPORTS.


and was reset on Tremont street ; the post on Adams street, near Broadway, was moved to Bartlett street on account of a new building. There are now seventy-two waterposts in the city. The hydrants, gates, and all other fixtures connected with the works have been renewed, repaired, packed, oiled, etc., as found necessary.


Water Services.


Two hundred and one service pipes were laid during the year, an increase of fifty-seven over the previous year; the length of service pipe laid was 7,606 feet, and the assessments therefor amounted to $3,537.40. There is in the city approxi- mately seventy miles, 3,705 feet of service pipe and 11,059 house connections. One hundred and eighty-nine leaks on service pipes have been repaired.


Water Meters.


The policy has been pursued of metering all new houses and of placing meters on all apartment houses of more than three tenements. Meters have also been set, whenever practicable, on all houses where application has been made therefor by the prop- erty owners.


A bill was passed by the last legislature which changed the basis of assessing the state water tax so that, under its provisions, the apportionment is hereafter to be based one-third on the valuation of the city and two-thirds on the consumption of water. It is, therefore, of importance to restrict the waste of water as much as possible, and this can be accomplished in no better or more effective way than by the use of meters.


A large portion of the meters installed during the year were set on single and two-family houses upon application of the owner, and in most cases the revenue therefrom was less than would have been received under the "annual" rate. A consider- able number has been set in the larger apartment and tenement houses, which are to commence operation on January 1, 1905 ; in many houses of this class, where the "annual" rates are dispro- portionately low, and where large wastes of water are allowed, it is thought that the charges may run in excess of the former rates. One beneficent result of the installation of meters thus far has been the detection, on the part of property owners, of many causes of waste of water and the application of the proper remedy therefor, and several flagrant cases of water waste have been stopped by setting a meter on the premises.


As is natural in a transition period of this kind, when the rate-payers are changing from a system which has given them no concern in regard to the use and waste of water to one which requires them to adopt reasonable precautions against water waste, blame and abuse are at times placed upon the meter, in-


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WATER DEPARTMENT.


stead of upon the defective plumbing, which is really at the bot- tom of the trouble. It has been the policy of this department, upon receipt of a complaint of an unusually large metered water bill, to arrange with the rate-payer to have the meter tested, and the result is uniformly that, if the meter is found to register at all outside the allowed limit of accuracy, it is in favor of the con- sumer, and not of the city. It is well for those having water meters to understand that a large quantity of water can be wasted through a small orifice, and that defective faucets and water- closet ball-cocks are the most prolific sources of this trouble. It is very easy to discover if the fixtures are out of order ; by simply placing the ear upon a faucet or pipe, the sound made by escap- ing water can be distinctly heard. Another great cause of waste of water is letting the water run during the cold weather to pre- vent its freezing ; this has been a simpler and cheaper method for the landlord to follow than to properly protect the pipes and fix- tures, but it is believed that the installation of a meter on such premises will lead to better conditions in the house plumbing and a more rational method of preventing this trouble than by the waste of a valuable and costly commodity. As a result of experi- ments, the quantity of water that might be wasted through de- fective plumbing, under fifty pounds pressure, and its cost to the rate-payer has been found to be as follows :-


Size of Stream.


Waste Per Day.


1-2 inch


45,600 gals. 12,360 66


61.30


1-8


3,360


66


16.67


1-16


900


4.46


1-32


240


1.19


1-64 66


70


Cost Per Month. $226.18


1-4


66


.35


A hole one-thirty-second of an inch in diameter is so small that an ordinary pin will completely fill it, yet in three months it will waste a quantity of water, if running constantly, that under our rate costs $3.57. It is impossible for a water meter to operate unless the water passes through it; the flow of the water causes the piston to move and the meter to register. The regis- tration of a water meter is generally very close to accuracy, but it is considered sufficiently correct if there is a variation not greater than two per cent.


The rate for metered water was reduced January 1, 1904, to twelve cents per 100 cubic feet, or sixteen cents per 1,000 gallons, and this city is now enjoying the lowest rate of any in the met- ropolitan district.


364


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Metropolitan Water.


The annual assessments paid by this city as its proportionate part of the cost and operation of the metropolitan water works are given below :-


Year.


Sinking Fund.


Maintenance.


Interest.


Total. $14,250 19


1899


20,975 58


1900


66


66


66


28,689 24


1901


$12,491 73


$12,033 79


$32,291 24


56,816 76 .


1902


19,014 85


12,955 64


30,427 40


62,397 89


1903


15,748 56


12,763 10


48,776 77


77,288 43


1904


16,404 42


15,393 87


54,938 64


86,736 93


$347,155 02


There has been credited to the city by the commonwealth as its proportion of the amounts received from entrance fees, water supplied outside the district, and water furnished to water companies the sum of $7,446.15.


The daily consumption of water in Somerville, as recorded by the Venturi meters, operated by the metropolitan water and sewerage board, is shown below by months for the year 1904 :-


Month.


Gallons.


Month.


Gallons.


January


7,834,500 July


6,058,300


February


8,175,300


August


5,796,700


March


6,456,500


September


5,741,300


April


5,606,200


October


5,226,000


May


5,757,800


November


5,234,600


June


5,858,500


December


7,042,000


The total consumption for the year is 2,279,637,000 gallons, making an average daily consumption of 6,228,000 gallons.


The following table shows the daily per capita consumption of water in the cities and towns in the metropolitan water district for the year 1904, as registered by the state's meters :-


For the


Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Year


Boston


170 174 154 134 136 133 135 135 137 130 131 151 143


Somerville


113 118


93


80


82


83


86


82


81


74


73


99. 89


Malden


50


50


46


42


47


49


48


49


45


40


40


43 46


Chelsea


169 177 138 100


98


93


95


95


92


85


76 98 76 99


92 75


75


81


Melrose


109 115 113


Revere


84


89


69


60


50


47


53


62


73 64


72 57 78


64 60


56 55


54 55 61


68


74


Milton


37


40


110


97


88


86


84


88


91


90


104 56


93


57


92


42 82


73


77


Nahant


80


47


32


29


37


58


72


72


74


42


43


36


41 96 87 8-1


Swampscott


46


45


42


43


50


76


88


95


92


77


62 36 81


99


76


70


71


40


Lexington


56


66


70


69


74


81


95 50


47 112


49 101 96


Stoneham


84


89


85


81


56


70


83


84


77


77


Quincy


100 102 103


95 95 104 113 109 109


Medford


86


90


79


72


77


86


91


86 85


99 102 106


68 55


Watertown


52


53


83


67 39


31


44


48


Winthrop


75 78


85


79


49 78 52


Total


146 150 132 114 116 115 118 117 117 110 110 128


0


88 127 113 78 94 89


Everett


115 119


98


89


84


99 100 106 110 109 107 64 68


66


57


Arlington


80


107


77 128


68


65


34


32


96 111


87 102 58 70


Belmont


41


97 101


1898


No division made


66


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WATER DEPARTMENT.


Of the above, Belmont and Milton are completely metered, and Malden and Watertown have metered the larger part of their supplies.


A comparison of the per capita "total" for the months April to November, inclusive, with those of December to March, shows the excessive consumption of water during the winter sea- son, which must be attributed to waste resulting from lack of proper protection of the water pipes in buildings supplied, while a comparison of the per capita "average" shows what may be accomplished, as in Malden, Belmont, and Milton, by the gen- eral installation of water meters.


The above table shows the average per capita consumption of water in Somerville to have been eighty-nine gallons daily. Of this quantity, it is estimated that fifteen gallons are used for manufacturing purposes and five gallons for public purposes, . leaving sixty-nine gallons to be accounted for in domestic use and waste. If, as is generally regarded, twenty-five gallons per inhabitant is sufficiently large for legitimate domestic uses, there remains forty-four gallons per capita, or almost one-half of the total quantity of water furnished to this city, that is, apparently, allowed to go to waste. This large quantity may be and should be restricted, and it is expected that much will be accomplished in this direction as the installation of water meters progresses.


Operating meters have been set and removed during the year as follows :-


Set


5/8" 634


3/4"


1"


11/2"


2"


Total.


2


3


1


1


641


Removed


8


5


3


1


17


Increase


624


Number of meters set to commence operation January 1, 1905 275


METERS IN USE DECEMBER 31, 1904.


3/4"


1"


11%"


2"


3"


4"


6"


Total.


Nash


176


176


Empire


1


1


Crown


4


5


5


1


2


1


1


1


20


Gem


1


Hersey


12


Hersey Disc


216


Torrent


1


Trident


154


42


22


6


6


1


1


232


Union


18


10


7


2


5


1


2


45


Union Special


21


Columbia .


26


26


Lambert


503


8


511


Totals


1,080


86


55


11


17


6


5


2


1,262


Motor and ele- vator registers


10


1,272


1


1


1


3


198


8


7


3


1


13


7


1


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ANNUAL REPORTS.


The quantity of water passed through these meters during the year was 55,627,950 cubic feet, or 416,097,066 gallons; the amount received therefor was $60,750.81. This gives an average of about 10.92 cents per 100 cubic feet, or about 14.56 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, 1904 :-


Feet of main pipe (approximately) . 472,727


Feet of service pipe (approximately) 373,305


Service connections (approximately)


11,059


Public fire hydrants


986


Private fire hydrants


47


Gates


1,343


Check· valves


7


Meters


1,262


Waterposts


72


Blow-offs


135


Drinking fountains and troughs


11


Inventory.


The annual inventory of stock on hand, tools and machinery, teams and stable equipment, pumping apparatus, and furniture, shows a valuation of $23,946.28; the land and buildings of the department are valued at $32,100, and the distribution system of the water works has an estimated valuation of $865,000.


Appendix.


Further details of the department work during the year, lo- cations of fire hydrants and other water works fixtures, are shown in the tables that follow.


Respectfully, FRANK E. MERRILL, Water Commissioner.


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Locations of New Mains Laid, Length and Size, Number of Gates, Hydrants, Etc., Set in 1904.


PIPE LAID.


GATES SET.


HYDRANTS SET.


BLOW- OFFS.


NAME OF STREET.


DESCRIPTION OF WORK.


Size.


No. Feet.


Size.


No.


Kind.


No.


Size.


No.


WATER POSTS.


Abdell st.


Street main and hydrant on Somerville ave., from main in Somerville ave. to southerly side of Somerville ave.


6"


61


6"


1


Holyoke


1


Bay State ave.


Street main ; from 12' S. from S. line of Broadway to point 346' S. from S. line of Broadway


8"


334


Bolton st.


Waterpost


2"


20


1


1


Boston ave.


Street main ; from main in Morrison ave. to point 137' N. from N. line of Mor- rison ave.


8"


153


8"


1


Carr's lane


From main in Elmwood st. easterly 204' to yard of M. W. Carr & Co.


6"


198


6"


1


Clifton st.


Street main ; from main in Morrison ave. to point 12' S. from S. line of Morrison ave.


35


6"


1


Dresden circle


Blow-off


2"


7


4"


1


2"


1


Elmwood st.


Street main ; from point 90' S. from S. line of Harrison st. to point 119' S. from S. line of Harrison st.


8"


29


31


1


Evergreen sq.


Street main ; from main in Porter st. easterly


[ 4" (2"


140


Frederick ave.


Street main ; from main in Highland road easterly 24' from east line of High- land road


10"


47


10"


1


2 "


1


Glendale ave.


Hydrant


6"


7


Holyoke


1


Hillside circle


Street main ; from main in Craigie st. westerly 128' from west line of Craigie st. Hydrant


6"


10


Holyoke


1


Ibbetson st.


Street main ; from end of old pipe to point 108' west from Lowell st. Hydrants


2"


82


§ Mathews


1


Lincoln parkway


Street main ; from main at Joseph st. westerly 402' from west line of Joseph st. Waterpost


6"


437


Mathews


2


1


Morrison ave.


Gate ; on east line of Morrison place Hydrant


(12"


807


12"


1


Holyoke Holyoke


1


North st.


Street main ; from end of old pipe 21' N. from Broadway to connection with pipe at Raymond ave.


6" 4"


23


6"


1


1


Carried forward


2,756


15


9


3


2


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WATER DEPARTMENT.


Giles place


Blow-off


2"


14


2"


1


1


¿2"


127


Holyoke road


6"


144


Josephine ave.


6"


17


Holyoke


Lowell st.


2"


2"


1


Mystic ave.


1


10


-


16


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LOCATIONS OF NEW MAINS LAID, LENGTH AND SIZE, NUMBER OF GATES, HYDRANTS, ETC., SET IN 1904 .- Concluded.


PIPE LAID.


GATES SET.


HYDRANTS SET.


BLOW- OFFS


NAME OF STREET.


DESCRIPTION OF WORK.


Size.


No. Feet.


Size.


No.


Kind.


No.


Size.


No.


WATER POSTS.


Brought forward


2,756


15


9


3


2


Ossipee road Pearson ave.


Street main ; from main in Packard ave. to main in Curtis st. Street main ; from end of old pipe 255' N. from Morrison ave to connection with Boston ave. Street main ; from end of pipe 203' W. from Curtis st., westerly


6"


1,065


2


Mathews


1


12"


270


12"


Powder House boul'v'rd (south side)


Street main ; from end of old pipe 54' west from Curtis st., westerly


1


6"


6


Holyoke


1


8"


402


8"


1


Mathews


1


Sanborn ave.


Street main ; from main in Broadway to point 352' N. from N. line of Broadway Gate ; on west line Warren ave.


6"


7


4"


1


Sawyer ave.


Street main ; from main in Packard ave. to point 12' west from west line of Packard ave.


12"


64


12"


1


Shawmut st.


Waterpost


Gate ; on east line of Quincy st.


20


B. M.


1


Yorktown st.


Street main ; from main at Malvern ave. to point 71' N. from N. line of Mal- vern ave.


Total


5,826


24


13


3


3


ANNUAL REPORTS.


1


Somerville ave. Warwick place


Street main ; from end of old pipe 122' N. from N. line of Warwick place, northerly


7


2"


1


12"


1


741


2


Powder House boul'v'rd (north side)


§ 10"


481


Russell road


.


369


Location and Length of Pipes Relaid, Gates and Hydrants Reset, 1904.


PIPE LAID.


GATES.


HYDRANTS.


NAME OF STREET.


DESCRIPTION OF WORK.


Aband.


Relaid.


No. feet.


Size.


No.


Size.


No.


Kind.


No.


Kind.


No.


Bartlett st.


Waterpost removal from Adams st.


2"


15


2"


1


2"


1


Broadway


Hydrant branch renewal


4"


6"


62


Buckingham st.


Hydrant renewal


Clifton st.


Pipe renewal ; from main in Morrison ave. to north line Mor- rison ave.


6"


6"


10


Elm st.


Hydrant renewal


6"


6"


6


P. & C.


1


Mathews


1


Elm st.


Hydrant renewal


6"


6"


3


Holyoke


1


Mathews


1


Farragut ave.


Hydrant renewal


6"


6"


2


Mathe ws


1


Holyoke


1


Irving st.


Hydrant renewal


6"


6"


8


Chapman


1


Mathews


1


Morrison ave.


Pipe renewal ; connection with Clifton st.


6"


6"


10


Perkins st.


Hydrant renewal


6"


6"


12


Holyoke


1


Mathews


1


Perkins st.


Hydrant branch renewal


6"


6"


4


8


Mathews


1


Mathews


1


Tremont st.


Waterpost removal from Webster ave.


2"


18


2"


1


2"


1


Holyoke


1


Mathews


1


Vinal ave.


Hydrant renewal - hydrant removed from Summer st.


6"


5


179


2


2


8


8


Total


Size.


Aband.


Reset.


Aband.


Reset.


WATER DEPARTMENT.


.


Bigelow


1


Holyoke


1


Putnam st.


Hydrant renewal - hydrant removed from Summer st.


6"


6"


20


370


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Hydrants -Construction Account.


New hydrants have been set in the following locations :-


Glendale avenue, 80 feet west from Cameron avenue, 6-inch Holyoke. Holyoke road, 185 feet south from Elm street, west entrance, 6-inch Holyoke.




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