Report of the city of Somerville 1908, Part 27

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 466


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Toilets.


A careful watch has been kept of the toilet conditions in the schoolhouses, and every effort made to remedy any unsatisfac- tory conditions which have been found to exist. The toilet fa- cilities in the Davis and Cummings schools should be entirely removed and a new system installed during the coming year. The present facilities are not in a satisfactory condition and can- not be made so except as recommended above. Additional toilet accommodations should be provided at once in the high school buildings. The accommodations there are entirely in- adequate for the large number of pupils in attendance at those buildings.


The following table will describe the systems in use and the existing conditions :-


347


COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.


GeneralWork- ing Condition.


School.


System. Hydraulic closet system.


Ventilation. Local vented.


Good. 66


Bell


66


66


66


66


66


Bennett


66


66


66


66


66


66


Brown


66


66


66


66


Burns


66


66


66


66


66


66


Cummings


66


66


66


66


Davis


66


66


66


66


Durell


66


closet


66


66


66


Forster


66


66


66


66


Forster


Annex


66


66


66


66


66


Glines


66


66


66


66


66


Latin High.


66


66


66


66


Highland


66


66


66


66


66


Good 66


Knapp


66


66


66


66


66


Lincoln


66


66


66


66


Morse


66


66


66


66


Perry


66


66


66


66


66


Pope


66


66


66


66


66


Prescott


66


66


66


66


66


66


Lowe


66


66


66


66


66


66


Inspection of Buildings.


There have been issued during the year 258 permits for new buildings and alterations. This number is thirty-three less than in 1907. The total estimated cost of the new buildings and alterations was $954,145.00, while the cost in 1907 was $939,- 795.00, showing an increase of $14,350.00. During the year there have been made 1,621 inspections of private buildings in the course of construction. The following table will show the number of permits in each ward and the uses for which they were intended :-


WARDS.


Buildings.


Total.


1


2


3


4


5


6


7


Dwellings


9


16


4


19


31


31


71


181


Stores


3


2


1


3


1


10


Stables


3


Miscellaneous


14


12


6


4


5


7


6


54


Brick buildings


1


5


7


Total


27


38


10


23


38


42


80


258


66


66


66


66


66


66


Bingham


Latrine


66


66


66


Edgerly


66


66


66


Not satisfactory Not satisfactory Good


66


Hanscom


Inadequate


English High


66


66


66


66


66


Hodgkins


66


66


66


.


Proctor


6


1


1


1


1


Baxter


Carr


66


348


ANNUAL REPORTS.


The number of plumbing permits issued during the year was


386


Permits for plumbing in new buildings 171


Permits for plumbing in old buildings


215


Number of buildings in which soil pipes were tested


293


Number of master plumbers' licenses, 51 at $.50


$25.50


Number of journeyman plumbers' licenses, 25 at $.50 12.50


Number of new master plumbers' licenses, 5 at $2.00 10.00


Number of new journeyman plumbers' licenses, 1 at $.50


.50


Total


$48.50


Respectfully submitted, WALTER T. LITTLEFIELD, Commissioner of Public Buildings.


REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF ELECTRIC LINES AND LIGHTS.


No report of the commissioner of electric lines and lights has been presented for the year ending December 31, 1908.


FREDERIC W. COOK,


City Clerk.


SOMERVILLE WATER WORKS.


SOMERVILLE, MIDDLESEX CO., MASSACHUSETTS.


Area of city, including land and water, about 4.22 square miles. Population, estimated, 74,000. 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. CHARLES A. GRIMMONS.


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, January, 1909.


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


I present herewith my report for the year ending December 31, 1908, this being the thirty-fifth annual report made by the water department :-


Receipts and Expenditures.


Water bills have been issued as follows :-


"Annual" water charges, amounting to


$119,771 10


"Additional" water charges, amounting to .


3,517 86


"Metered" water charges, amounting to


104,266 74


$227,555 70


Abatements made on the above charges


$4,105 99


Refunds made on the above charges


242 04


Abatements made on charges of 1907


10 00


4,358 03


Income from sale of water


$223,197 67


Amount received from water service assessments


3,122 77


Amount received for labor and materials


3,932 38


Balance from water income account of 1907


1 90


Total income of water works .


$230,254 72


This amount was used as follows :-


For water works purposes :-


Water works maintenance


$30,537 05


Water works extension .


16,573 59


Miscellaneous accounts


3,932 38


Interest on water loan bonds


2,720 00


Maturing water loan bonds .


7,000 00


Metropolitan water works assessment


108,691 08


$169,454 10


For other municipal purposes :-


Sewers, maintenance


$12,000 00


Fire department


.


38,000 00


Reduction of funded debt


.


10,800 62


.


60,800 62


$230,254 72


In addition to the appropriations from water income to other municipal purposes enumerated above, water has been furnished without charge to all the city departments that have required its use. The value of this water is estimated at $12,- 000 ; it is paid for out of the income from sale of water.


352


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Department Receipts and Disbursements. WATER MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT,


DR.


CR.


Amount appropriated by board of aldermen from water income


$30,000 00


Sundry receipts for labor and materials


3,607 78


Amount transferred from Water Works Ex- tension account


1,549 18


Materials used in extension of the water works


12,932 68


Amount expended for labor and materials for operation, maintenance, and re- newal of the water works


$30,537 05


Amount expended for materials used in ex- tension of the water works .


12,932 68


Miscellaneous accounts


3,607 78


Unexpended balance


1,012 13


$48,089 64


$48,089 64


WATER WORKS EXTENSION ACCOUNT,


Amount appropriated by board of aldermen from water income


$15,000 00


ments ·


3,122 77


Receipts for 5 waterpost services .


324 60


Labor and materials used in extension of the water works


$16,893 19


Amount transferred to Water Maintenance account


1,549 18


$18,447 37


$18,447 37


Cost of Water Works.


The total cost of the water works on December 31, 1907, as represented by the expenditures from appropria- tions for water works extension was .


$891,737 99


Expended during the year 1908, on extension account


16,898 19


Total expenditures, December 31, 1908 .


$908,636 18


Water Debt.


Water loan bonds have been issued on funded debt account to the amount of $1,017,000 ; this has been reduced by $955,000, leaving the water debt on December 31, 1908, $62,000.


The outstanding bonds mature as follows :-


YEAR.


AMOUNT.


YEAR.


AMOUNT.


1909


$6,000


1915


$5,000


1910


6,000


1916


5,000


1911


6,000


1917


5,000


1912


6,000


1918


5,000


1913


6,000


1919


4,000


1914


6,000


1920


2,000


DR


CR.


Receipts from 168 water service assess- .


353


WATER DEPARTMENT.


Water Works Income from 1898 and its Distribution.


The water income and its distribution from 1898 to 1908, in- clusive, is shown in the following table :-


Total water income, years 1898 to 1908, inclusive


$2,410,734 79 . Distribution :-


Water Works Account.


Water Works Construction, Renewal, Main-


tenance and Operation


$600,004 34


Water Bonds


212,000 00


Interest


72,135 00


Metropolitan Water Assessments


. 749,901 52


$1,634,040 86


Other Municipal Accounts.


- Construction


$117,035 65


Maintenance


110,450 00


Sewers


Bonds


72,000 00


Interest


58,792 00


- Assessments


.


·


31,000 00


$389,277 65


Fire Department, Maintenance


241,026 33


Health Department, Maintenance .


7,500 00


Suppression of Moths


1,000 00


Reduction of Funded Debt


136,100 87


Unappropriated Balances


1,789 08


$2,410,734 79


Extension of Water Distribution System.


STREET MAINS.


The accompanying table gives the location and description of new water mains laid during the year, number and size of gates set, number and kind of hydrants, blow-offs, and water- posts constructed.


The total number of feet of new mains laid, including hy- drant, blow-off and waterpost branches, was 4,179, making the water pipe mileage of the city approximately 92.92 miles.


On account of the taking over of Mystic avenue by the state and its construction as a state highway, water mains were laid in such portions of the street as were necessary to make the pipe line continuous from the city of Medford line to Fellsway west; the main was also extended in this street from Garfield avenue to New Cross street for a new house service.


Mains were laid in Grant street and in Marion street to ac- commodate new buildings, and were extended to connections with other pipes for the removal of dead ends. In Appleton street, Liberty avenue, and Cleveland street mains were laid in conjunction with work being done by the highway department, in anticipation of new services and to connect dead ends. Mains were extended in Pearson road and in Powder-house boulevard for the accommodation of new houses, and in Taylor street to


.


.


351


ANNUAL REPORTS.


supply a fire hydrant for the better protection of that neighbor- hood.


Trench work, excavating, and refilling for water pipes was done by contract labor in the following streets and at prices named :-


TRENCH WORK.


Street.


Feet of Trench.


Cu. Yards Rock


Contractor.


Earth. Rock. Lin. Ft. Cu. Yd.


Total Cost of Trench Work.


Average Cost per foot of Trench Work.


Mystic ave: (Temple st. to Wheatland st.) Mysticave:(Gar- field ave. to New Cross st.). Powder-house boulevard


719.5


B. Burke . .


·


.27


....


$194.27


$ .27


234.5 640


...


C. A. Kelley


.53


....


128.04


.546


79


T. F. Crimmings


.38


$3.00


480.20


.75


The pipes and all materials required were furnished, and the pipe-laying done in each street by the water department.


Hydrants, Gates, etc.


Seventeen hydrants were set during the year on the follow- ing streets: Bromfield road, 2; Central street, 1; Grant street, 1; Kent street, 1; Marion street, 1; Mystic avenue, 3; Pearson road, 1; Powder-house boulevard, 2 ; Taylor street, 1; Teele ave- nue, 2 ; Vernon street, 1; Waverley street, 1. One hydrant stand- ing on what was formerly Frost avenue, now the yard of the American Tube Works, has been sold to that company for their private use and has been discontinued as a city hydrant; four hydrants in the grounds of Tufts College, formerly supplied by city of Somerville water, are now supplied by the city of Med- ford. The net increase in public hydrants, then, is sixteen, and decrease in number of private hydrants three, making the total number located on city streets 1,038, and the number in factory and railroad yards, connected with the city water supply, forty- seven. The number of gates set on street mains, service mains, waterpost branches, etc., during the year was eighteen, and the total number now in use throughout the city is 1,422. Five new waterposts were set for the use of the street watering depart- ment on the following streets: Beacon street, Cleveland street, Frederick avenue, Moreland street, and Prospect street, making the number now in use eighty-three. A blow-off branch was constructed connecting with the main in Bromfield road; also one in Mystic avenue, making 138 now connected with the dis- tribution system. On account of the frail construction of the old horse trough in Gilman square, its base having been badly damaged by the poles of heavy teams, it has been removed, and none other, as yet, set in its place, the number now in use in the city, including the drinking fountains, being nine.


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355


WATER DEPARTMENT.


Water Services.


One hundred and sixty-nine new service pipes were laid during the year, requiring 6,395 feet of pipe. The total length of service pipe in the city is approximately 76.5 miles, and the number of house connections 11,817. Fourteen services have been discontinued, on account of the grade crossing changes on Somerville avenue.


Water Meters.


Nine hundred and two new meters have been installed dur- ing the year ; thirty-four removed for various causes in previous years were reset; fifty-seven were removed for either perma- nent or temporary discontinuance of use of water, making the net increase in number of meters in service 879, and the total number in use 4,325. One motor register was discontinued. The kinds and sizes of meters now in use are shown in the fol- lowing table :-


METERS DECEMBER 31, 1908.


SIZE


KIND


Total.


5% !!


1"


11/2"


2"


3"


4"


6"


Nash


172


172


Empire


1


1


Crown .


5


3


3


2


2


2


1


1


19


Gem


1


Hersey


9


Hersey Disc


223


20


3


1


3


1


1


Trident


219


44


20


6


5


3


1


6


Union


15


12


7


1


6


1


42


Union Special


20


Columbia


145


145


King


439


43)


Lambert


1,825


112


18


1,955


Worthington Disc .


970


970


Totals


4,014


207


57


13


20


7


5


2


4,325


Motor and ele- vator registers


8


4,333


The meters installed in 1908 were classed as follows :-


Applications of property owners .


611


New services


147


General installation


144


Reset


.


·


34


Total


936


4


1


2


2


1


250


Torrent


1


295


Crest


2


16


2


2


356


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Meters were removed for the following causes :-


Vacancies and temporary non-use of water 28


Services permanently discontinued 3


Services at Tufts College, now supplied by city of Medford . .


11


Replaced by other meters


-


15


Organ motor at Tufts College, now supplied by city of Medford . 1


The following table gives a summary of the pipes and fix- tures of the water system December 31, 1908 :-


Summary of Pipes and Fixtures.


Feet of main pipe (approximately) . 490,631


Feet of service pipe (approximately) 403,950


Service connections (approximately)


11,817


Public fire hydrants


1,038


Private fire hydrants


47


Gates


1,422


Check valves


7


Meters


4,325


Motor registers


8


Waterposts


83


Blow-offs


138


Drinking fountains and troughs


9


Inventory.


An inventory of stock on hand, tools and machinery, teams and stable equipment, pumping apparatus and furniture, shows their valuation $21,111.80; the land and buildings of the de- partment are valued at $32,100, and the general distribution sys- tem of the water works has an estimated valuation of $900,000.


Maintenance.


The physical condition of the works has been kept up to its usual high standard. The fire hydrants have been carefully in- spected, special attention being given them during the winter season, repairs made as needed, and defective ones replaced. Street valves have been oiled and gate boxes raised and lowered to grade. Horse troughs have received their customary atten- tion and have been kept in clean condition. The drinking foun- tain in Davis square has been equipped with a new ice-tank, con- structed on scientific principles, and ice-water has been fur- nished there during the warm season. The fire supply to the American Tube Works, on Church street, has been relocated and enlarged at their expense ; the old pipe line in what was for- merly Frost avenue has been abandoned and its connection with the Somerville avenue main has been offset so as to connect with a new main laid by the Tube Works through their yard. The gate on the old Sherman street connection has been set back to make place for the installation on this branch of a fire


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357


WATER DEPARTMENT.


hydrant at a later date. One hundred thirty-four leaks on ser- vice pipes have been repaired and eighty-three pipes have been replaced in whole or part. Service gates have been brought to grade in all streets where sidewalk construction or alterations were being made by the highway department. Fourteen joint leaks and breaks in the street mains were repaired during the year. On November 14 the twenty-inch main in Washington street, near Boston street, again broke and caused a large dam- age to the street, but fortunately none to neighboring property. On the 17th of November the sixteen-inch main in Mansfield street again blew out and caused considerable damage to that street. These pipes have been laid sixteen years, and have given much trouble from time to time by their breaking without any apparent cause or reason. Considerable study has been given to the changes in the water main system, made necessary by the grade crossing elimination in Somerville avenue, and plans of proposed new pipe lines have been submitted.


The installation of water meters has brought largely in- creased work upon both the accounting and maintenance de- partments of our work. Thirteen meters have been taken out, tested for accuracy, and re-set, on request of rate-payers; of these, twelve were found to be registering correctly, and one . was over-registering. Meters are tested at the department shop on request of any rate-payer who deems his water bill excessive, upon his payment to the city of $1 to cover the cost; if the meter is found to be inaccurate beyond the allowance of three per cent., the testing charge is refunded. There are many causes for a meter to get out of order and under-register, but it is rarely the case that anything happens that makes them register against the consumer. One hundred and sixty-four meters were found "stuck" in service, and were removed for re- pairs, the following reasons appearing for their condition : Broken disks, fifty-nine; freezing, twenty-six; dirt, sediment, and other obstructions in the meter, twenty-five; hot water, two; worn-out gear trains, eight; defective registers, thirty- four ; miscellaneous defects in gears, spindles, screws, etc., in- side the meters, ten.


A stock room has been fitted up at the shop building for small repair parts of meters, and a large room for service fit- tings and other supplies has been constructed for the better and more systematic handling of department stock and tools.


A part of the buildings and grounds of Tufts College, situ- ated in the city of Medford, have in the past been furnished with water from the Somerville system, but during the last year the Medford water department has laid pipes to connect with the main service of the college, and is now supplying these buildings with water. The connection with the Somerville main has been cut off, and the supply to four fire hydrants, eleven metered ser- vices, and one organ motor has thus been discontinued.


358


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Water Assessments and Consumption.


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


Year.


Sinking Fund. Maintenance.


Interest.


Total. $14,250 19


1898


No division made 66


1899


20,975 58


1900


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


1905


21,358 11


13,666 71


55,535 91


90,560 73


1906


22,345 50


17,412 51


57,402 07


97,160 08


1907


25,365 30


18,880 01


62,089 30


106,334 61


1908


24,865 73


15,221 12


68,604 23


108,691 08


$749,901 52


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 $9,056.10.


The daily consumption of water in Somerville, as recorded by the Venturi meters, operated by the metropolitan water works, is shown below by months for the year 1908 :-


Month.


Gallons.


Month.


Gallons.


January


6,493,000


July


7,284,700


February


7,363,100


August


6,597,800


March


6,298,600


September


6,446,600


April


6,229,800


October


6,158,300


May


6,604,100


November


6,013,400


June


7,393,600


December


6,198,500


The total consumption for the year is 2,411,647,200 gallons, making an average daily consumption of 6,589,200 gallons.


The average daily quantity of water used in Somerville dur- ing 1908 was eighty-nine gallons per inhabitant, a decrease of one gallon from the previous year's consumption ; the average for the entire district remaining the same as last year, or 133 gallons daily per capita.


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359


WATER DEPARTMENT.


The following table shows the daily per capita consumption of water in the cities and towns in the metropolitan water dis- trict for the year 1908, as registered by the metropolitan meters :-


For


City or Town


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


Year .


Boston


165 179 160 156 159 164 161 152 153 151 144 155 158


Somerville


89 100


86


85


90


98


89


87 83


81 41


41


46


Chelsea


94 120


90


171


115


112


88


86


80


81


74 99


70 94


79


97


Melrose


79


99


79


77


58


63


78


69


57


64


59 56


58


60


Arlington


73


86


36


36


40


49


60


56


46


51


44 37 33 116 106 103 118


Winthrop


97 110 100 106 111 140 156 142 135


Stoneham


102 116


98


96


93


98 102


89


92


84


85


79


94


Belmont


52


57


57


65


77 114 126


97


95


71


68


56


78 71 75


Swampscott


64


69


65


68


72 112 108


91


88


63


53 52 78


Metropolitan Dist. 136 149 132 132 134 142 139 129 130 126 119 126 133 . *Includes 280 people in Saugus.


The district, in order of consumption, beginning with the lowest, stands as follows :-


Gallon s.


Gallons.


City or Town.


Total per Day.


Per Capita per Day.


City or Town.


Total per Day.


per Day


1-Milton


331,600


44


8-Revere


1,293,100


89


2-Malden


1,868,600


46


8-Melrose


1,351,900


89


3-Watertown


732,000


60


9-Arlington


971,200


93


4-Lexington


328,800


71


10-Stoneham


626,000


94


5-Nahant


140,100


75


11-Medford


2,069,000


97


6-Belmont


365,400


78


12-Quincy


3,003,600


99


6-Swampscott


509,300


78


13-Chelsea


3,316,900


104


7-Everett


2,636,300


82


14-Winthrop


928,700


118


8-Somerville


6,598,200


89


15-Boston


98,379,300


158


44


41


44


49


57


53


46


50 45


91


95 86


Everett


85 104


Quincy


93


97


90


87


97 115


104 119 117


106


84


85


72 64


61


77


89 89


Watertown


51


53


52


74


80


89 81


82


93 44


Milton


97


104


96


95


93


94


99 111


88 107 116 102


93


76 73


54 51


Nahant


84


96


75


85


88


85


90


83 67


91


59


70 58


54 60


Lexington


48


56


51


58


75 109 105


96


97


85 80


83 89


Malden


42


78


76


79


117


104 105


88


77 104 78 82 99


Medford


105 102


*Revere


89 126 126


107 101


Meterage.


Following out the provisions of the Water Meter Act of 1907, requiring the installation of meters on all services in the metropolitan district, 902 premises were thus equipped, this number being approximately 373 in excess of that actually de- manded by the legislative requirement. About thirty-seven per cent. of all the services in the city are now equipped with meters. The policy has been continued of metering all premises where owners make application therefor, and the number of these last year was 611. A systematic metering of the city was begun,


-


Per Capita


38


98 111


360


ANNUAL REPORTS.


also, by equipping all buildings within a specified district; the one selected last year included Austin, Benedict, Mystic, North Union, and Union streets, Benedict avenue and lower part of Mystic avenue, Tenney court, and northerly side of Broadway, from Austin street to the Charlestown line, and required the in- stallation of 132 meters.


The water department furnishes all the meters required by the provisions of the law, without expense to the property own- ers, and retains ownership of the meters, but the owner is re- quired to pay the expense of their installation, as well as all subsequent costs that may result from freezing or other damage to the meters.


One result of local metering is noticed in the gradual re- duction of the water income; this indicates that, as a whole, the metered consumers are paying less for their water than they did on the old flat rate basis, and the individual accounts kept in the water office show, in many instances, a very large saving over the old rates.


Another result is the holding practically stationary of the daily per capita water consumption, while the natural tendency is toward an increase. It is hoped, with the complete metering of certain districts in the city, to show a material reduction in the present figure of eighty-nine, but with the large commercial consumption of water in our city it is not expected to reach the low figure shown by some of our neighboring municipalities.


As one of the main reasons for the passage of a compulsory meterage law was the conservation of our costly water supply by the restriction of water waste, and the saving of the imme- diate necessity of further great expenditures for building new water supplies, it is obvious that the general meterage of this city and of the whole metropolitan district should be completed as soon as possible.


Respectfully submitted, FRANK E. MERRILL, Water Commissioner.


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Locations of New Mains Laid, Length and Size, Number of Gates, Hydrants, Etc., Set in 1908.


PIPE LAID.


GATES SET.


HYDRANTS SET.


BLOW- OFFS.


NAME OF STREET.


DESCRIPTION OF WORK.


Size.


No. Feet.


Size.


No.


Kind.


No.


Size.


No.


Aberdeen road Adelaide road


Street main; from connection with 6" main at bend in road to point 71 ft. westerly. Street main; from point 100' north from north line Somerville avenue to point 146' north from same place.


2"


46


Appleton street


Street main; from connection with old main at Clifton street to connection with new main at Liberty avenue.


6"


162


Beacon street


Waterpost.


Broadway


Gate.


6"


14


Mathews


2


Bromfield road Central street


Blow-off.


6"


10


6"


1


Mathews


1


Cleveland street


Street main; from connection with old main in Cleveland street to gate on east line Harvard street.


6"


195


6"


1


Cleveland street


Waterpost.


2"


109


"2"


1


Frederick avenue


Waterpost.




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