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Total feet of pipe laid
12,690
Feet of pipe removed or replaced
1,674
Net increase in feet of pipe
11,016
Total approximate feet of pipe in the city
574,532
Total pipe mileage, approximately
108.81
The sizes and lengths laid and discontinued are as follows :
Size
Feet Laid
Feet Discontinued
Size
Feet Laid
Feet Discontinued
2"
12
120
10"
3,664
0
4"
374
204
12"
2,202
0
6"
720
592
16"
3,881
30
857
728
20"
980
0
272
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The pipes constructed and replaced during the year are as follows :-
Size
Feet Laid
Feet Discon- tinued
Size
Aldrich Street
10"
156
156
4"
Bailey Road
10"
866
Blakeley Avenue
10"
180
22
6"
Broadway
8"
99
Clyde Street
8"
51
48
4"
Crest Hill Road
8"
278
Cross St. East
12"
501
Delaware Street
8"
116
116
6"
Edmands Street
6"
216
Edmonton Avenue
12"
5
22
8"
Everett Avenue
10"
101
101
6"
Flint Street
10"
161
150
6"
Garfield Avenue
12"
47
6"
5
Gov. Winthrop Road
10"
828
Greene Street
4"
75
Gussie Terrace
4"
293
Kensington Avenue
6"
152
12"
28
Linden Place
2"
12
12
2"
Maple Street
12"
18
47
6"
Medford Street (N. A.)
16"
1,053
12"
22
Melville Road
8"
308
Middlesex Avenue
20"
980
12"
10
Middlesex Fells Parkway
(Fellsway East) (N. A.)
16"
1,352
604
Middlesex Fells Parkway
(Near Middlesex Ave.)
12"
4
Mystic Avenue
12"
42
Otis Street
10"
102
102
Poplar Street
12"
16
37
6"
Puritan Road
10"
683
Putnam Road
10"
587
Somerville Ave. (N. A.)
16"
619
12"
46
Temple Road
12"
806
Ten Hills Farm
16"
206
Ten Hills Road
12"
654
Warwick Place
8"
5
Winthrop Avenue
16"
651
30
16"
12,337
1,447
Hydrant branches and blow-
offs
353
119
Waterpost
service pipe
re-
moved
108
12,690
1,674
N. A .= Northern Traffic Artery.
12"
3
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Hydrants, Gates, etc.
Number of fire hydrants in city January 1, 1926
1,231
Number set during the year
46 23
Net increase in number of hydrants
23
Total number of public fire hydrants ...
1,254
Number of private fire hydrants, January 1, 1926
66
Number added:
1
Tufts College Dormitory, off Professors Row Carlisle, Ayer Co .- Warehouse, off Clyde St.
1
2
Total number of private fire hydrants receiving their supply from the city mains
68
Number of gates in city, January 1, 1926
2,140
Number set during the year for streets
41
Number of section gates set
11
Number set on hydrant branches
56
Number set on blow-off branches
2
110
Number of street gates removed
5
Number of section gates removed
1
Number of waterpost gates removed
1
Number of hydrant branch gates removed ...
10
17
Net increase in number of gates
93
Total number of gates in city
2,233
Number of check-valves in city January 1, 1926
9
Number added during the year
0
Total number of check-valves
9
Number of blow-offs in city January 1, 1926
193
Number added during the year Total number of blow-offs
195
Number of waterposts in city January 1, 1926 Number removed during the year
1
Total number of waterposts
61
Number of drinking fountains in city Jan. 1, 1926
8
Number removed during the year
1
Number now in the city
7
Number of car-sprinkler connections Janu- ary 1, 1926
15
Number removed during year
0
Number now in city
15
2
62
273:
Number removed during the year
274
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Water Service Connections
The number of services actually in use in the city on January 1, 1926 was
The number of new service connections brought into use during the year was .... The number of old service connections re- stored to use
262
103
365
The number of service connections shut off during the year for permanent or tem- porary non-use of water was
247
Increase in number of services in actual use
118
The total number of services in use on December 31, 1926, was approximate- ly 13,732
These services, under state law, are all re- quired to be metered.
In addition to the above there are fire sup- plies for sprinkler systems, which are not at present required to be metered, to the number of 71
The number of new service connections in- stalled during the year was 258 but not all of these are yet in use, or "alive." The number of feet of pipe laid in making these connections was 8.071.
Size, number and length of services installed in 1926 :--
3 /4 "
230
6,699'
1 "
8 264'
11/2"
1 60'
2
5
1821/2'
4
3
106'
6
9
6571/2'
8
1
24'
12
1
78'
258
8,071'
Number of fire supplies installed during 1926 (Included in above) 9
Location of Fire Supplies
No.
Size
Highland Ave., No. 151-3; John E. Locatelli, Theatre
1
6"
Clyde St .; Carlisle-Ayer Co. Storage Ware- house
1
8"
Broadway, No. 341; Princeton Garage, Inc., Public Garage
Merriam St. Boston El. Ry. Co. Bus Garage Somerville Ave., cor Merriam St .; Bos. E. Ry. Co .. Bus Garage
1
6"
1
6"
1
13,614
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Davis Sq., cor Dover St .; Davis Sq. Realty Tr. Stores and Offices
1 6"
Middlesex Fells Parkway; Pilgrim Motor Co., Motor Sales Broadway, No. 303; Paul Vartigian, Theatre Bond Street; Winter Hill Realty Co., Public Garage
1
1
6"
1
6"
Water Meters
Number of water meters in city, January 1, 1926
13,206
Number installed during the year, new
662
Number reset
193
855
Number removed on account of permanent or tem- porary discontinuance of water and for substi- tution of other meters
329
Net increase in number of operating meters
526
Number of motor registers (included in above)
1
Total number of meters in service
13,732
Per cent. of services metered
100
Operating Meters December 31, 1926
Size 5/8"
3/4 "
1"
11%"
2"
3"
4""
6"
Total
No. 13,245
294
110
22
35
16
7
2
13,731
Motor and elevator registers
1
13,732
The meters installed in 1926 were classed as follows:
New services
262
General installation
400
Reset
193
Total
855
Meters were removed for the following causes :-
Vacancies and temporary non-use of water
133
Services permanently discontinued (1 motor register)
95
Replaced by other meters
96
Total
329
It was found necessary to install but 400 meters to com- plete the full meterage of the city in 1926: this number was accordingly set and the work was thereby completed a year ahead of date required by law.
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The following table shows the progress of meter installa- tion in Somerville by years and the results therefrom in water consumption :-
Year
Popu- lation
Number of Services
Number of Meters
Per Cent Metered
Per Capita Con- sump- tion
1897
58,000
9,601
..
......
..
(Est.) 88
1898
59,000
9,806
143
1.5
88
1899
61,000
10,052
226
2.25
88
1900
62,000
10,291
202
2
88
1901
64,000
10,520
224
2
88
1902
66,000
10,710
269
2.5
88
1903
68,000
10,854
647
6
88
1904
69,000
11,059
1,272
11.5
Met.
89
1905
70,000
11,279
2,092
18.5
89
1906
71,000
11,489
2,829
24.5
89
1907
72,000
11,662
3,455
29.5
90
1908
74,000
11,817
4,333
36.5
89
1909
76,000
12,018
5,155
43
84
1910
78,000
12,149
5,817
48
80
1911
79,000
12,357
6,533
53
74
1912
80,000
12,596
7,171
57
79
1913
82,000
12,827
7,856
61
72
1914
85,000
13,034
8,499
65
73
1915
87,000
13,233
9,155
69
67
1916
90,000
13,420
9,763
72.75
69
1917
91,000
13,509
10,028
74.23
73
1918
91,000
13,514
10,116
74.86
80
1919
92,000
13,544
10,322
76.21
69
1920
93,033
13,554
10,472
77.26
77
1921
95,000
13,631
11,190
82.11
73
1922
96,000
13,844
11,447
82.68
76
1923
98,000
14,045
12,079
86.0
81
1924
100,000
14,189
13,012
90.6
77
1925
100,000
13,614
13,206
97.7
80
1926
101,000
13,732
13,732
100.
"
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Summary of Pipes and Fixtures of the Water System
December 31, 1926
Feet of main pipe (approximately)
574,532
Services in use (approximately)
13,732
Fire supplies (sprinkler systems)
71
Public fire hydrants
1,254
Private fire hydrants
68
Gates
2,233
Check Valves
9
Meters
13,732
Motor registers
1
Waterposts
61
Car-sprinkler connections
15
Blow-offs
195
Drinking fountains and troughs
7
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WATER DEPARTMENT
WATER ASSESSMENTS AND CONSUMPTION
The assessment paid to the Commonwealth by this city as its proportionate part of the cost and operation of the Metropolitan Water Works for the year 1926 was as follows :-
Sinking Fund
9,223 66
Maintenance
40,645 36
Interest
82,043 95
Maturing Bonds
6,072 00
Brookline Credit
4,366 75
Improvements, etc.
15,840 00
Investigation of Water Supply Sources
4,484 92
Total payment for 1926
162,676 64
The amount paid by this city since the beginning in 1898
is as follows :-
440,869 98
Maintenance
654,813 60
Interest
1,764,694 66
Maturing Bonds
35,145 54
Miscellaneous
93,088 52
Total payments to date
2,988,612 30
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 re- corded by the Venturi meters, operated by the Metropolitan water works, is shown below by months for the year 1926 :-
Month
Gallons per day
Gallons
per capita
Month
Gallons per day
Gallons per capita
January
8,216,200
82
July
8,060,500
80
February
8,063,000
81
August
7,396,800
74
March
7,460,800
75 September
7,773,500
77
April
7,412,200
74
October
7,711,000
77
May
7,324,800
73
November
7,881,600
78
June
8,117,600
81
December
8,100,600
80
The consumption for the year was :-
Low-service
High-service system
Total consumption
Average daily consumption
2,220,094,000 gallons 623,613,000 gallons 2,843,707,000 gallons 7,791,000 gallons
Average daily consumption, per capita, for Som- erville
78 gallons
Average daily consumption per capita, for Met- ropolitan district
98 gallons
Sinking Fund
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The following table shows the daily per capita consump- tion of water in the cities and towns in the Metropolitan Water District for the year 1926, as registered by the Metropolitan meters.
City or Town
Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Year
Arlington
54
53
51
52
57
69
75
53
66
56
55
51
58
Belmont
63
66
68
69
76
86
79
56
66
59
53
52
66
Boston
122
121
115
110
111
112
115
115
116
115
114
122
116 72
Everett
137
123
118
113
116
118
118
116
127
128
129
133
123
Lexington
56
54
55
55
62
73
89
69
73
65
63
57
64
Malden
55
55
57
56
57
60
65
62
64
63
61
64
60
Medford
53
47
52
48
49
51
54
49
53
52
52
53
51
Melrose
60
61
62
66 49
65
71 64
76 59
65
72
67 54
67 53
71
67
Milton
47
47
48
56
54
95
163
220
188
155
96
64
69
107
Quincy
73
76
76
73
77
78
81
77
78
76
74
75
76
Revere
64
64
62
59
65
70
78
75
72
63
59
64
66
Stoneham
64
65
65
70
77
92
96
112
55 95
91
72
61
59
78
Watertown
66
68
67
66
71
82
95
85
84
83
84
88
78
Winthrop
57
58
60
55
59
82
79
70
62
61
64
Met. Dist
102
101
97
93
94
68 97
101
98
99
62 98
97
102
98
The district, in order of per capita consumption, begin- ning with the lowest, stands as follows for the year 1926 :
Total Per Day
Per Capita Per Day
Services Metered®
Medford
2,522,400
51
100
Milton
701,600
52
100
Arlington
1,529,200
58
100
Malden
3,139,800
60
99.44
Stoneham
560,000
60
100
Lexington
516,900
64
99.45
Winthrop
1,067,000
64
100
Belmont
1,056,900
66
100
Revere
2,263,800
66
86.02
Melrose
1,379,600
67
100
Chelsea
3,474,400
72
99.84
Quincy
4,757,000
76
92.95
Somerville
7,791,000
78
100.
Swampscott
720,800
78
100
Watertown
2,059,300
78
100
Nahant
178,200
107
78.23
Boston
91,275,700
116
96.11
Everett
5,215,900
123
91.14
Total District
130,209,500
98
96.71
*Metropolitan District Commission Report for 1925.
Operation - Maintenance - Construction
A study of the preceding pages discloses much activity in the water distribution system of the department, especially in the construction of new and replacement of old street mains.
Of outstanding importance in connection with this branch of our work were the numerous changes made necessary by the construction by the State of the new
Chelsea
76
74
75
70
67
70
74
73
73
71
72
76
50
52
Nahant
58
82
81
75
74 63
64
81 63
80 61
74
77 58
55
78 80 54 56
60
Swampscott
....
64
59
55
77
78
Somerville
73
56
47
53
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WATER DEPARTMENT
Northern Traffic Artery
Old streets were widened, new streets were built, requir- ing reconstruction of old mains and services, and much new work all along the traffic way extending from the East Cam- bridge line across the city nearly to the Mystic River at Wel- lington Bridge.
The principal items of new construction were 16" water mains in Somerville Avenue from Congress Street to Medford Street, in Medford Street from Somerville Avenue to Washing- ton Street, in Middlesex Fells Parkway (Fellsway East) from Blakeley Avenue to Mystic Avenue and in Winthrop Avenue from Mystic Avenue to Middlesex Avenue, totalling 3071 feet. The largest single item of reconstruction work was a 16" main, to replace an old 8" main, in Middlesex Fells Parkway. (Fellsway East) between Broadway and Blakeley Avenue, a: length of 604 feet.
Bills to the amount of nearly $15,000 have been rendered: to the State for payment for work done by the water depart- ment in making necessary alterations in water mains, service- pipes, gates, hydrants and water meters.
Middlesex Avenue
The 20" main in Middlesex Avenue was extended for a distance of 980 feet from a point near Cummings Street to a connection with the old 12" main near Mystic Avenue, in antic- ipation of the needs of the large new plant of the First Na- tional Stores and to complete the water circulation system in. that section.
Ten Hills Farm
A 16" water main, part of which was laid in 1925 under the westerly driveway of Middlesex Fells Parkway while it was under construction, was completed from a connection with the new Metropolitan Water Works 20" supply to a connection with the 12" main in Ten Hills Road at the top of the em- bankment, furnishing an excellent additional supply of water to the entire Ten Hills Farm section.
A total of 5010 feet of new mains was laid in the streets in this district in 1926, and with the exception of Shore Drive and connections thereto and a part of Temple Road, all the streets in the Ten Hills Farm district are now equipped with water mains, fire hydrants and controlling valves.
Metropolitan Water Works Connection
A 20" connection was made with the Metropolitan Water Works 48" main in Middlesex Fells Parkway near the junction
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ANNUAL REPORTS
of Middlesex Avenue and a Venturi meter was installed there- on.
This work was done by State employees and the expense of the job was borne by the city.
This connection furnishes an additional and abundant supply of water to this rapidly developing section of our city.
Other Construction and Replacement Work
It will be noticed by reference to the table on a preceding page that the 4" water main in Aldrich Street running south- erly from Pearl to Virginia Street was replaced with a 10" pipe. This was done on account of Northern Artery construc- tion at this point; the remaining distance, from Virginia Street through to Gilman Street, could not be done on account of obstructions but will be relaid another year.
A construction job of 501 feet of 12" water pipe was laid in New Cross Street from a point near Pennsylvania Avenue to a connection with the main in Mystic Avenue, abolishing a dead end and completing the water pipe installation in that street.
The dead end in the 12" water main in Mystic Avenue near Fellsway East was also abolished by connecting this pipe with the new main in Middlesex Fells Parkway by laying 42 feet of 12" pipe, thus improving the water circulation in this area.
Many other piping jobs of minor importance and work done in connection with the Northern Traffic Artery are item- ized in the preceding table and need not again be referred to here.
Water Meters
Under the Compulsory Meterage Act of 1907 the cities and towns in the Metropolitan Water District were given 20 years in which to completely meter all old services, with the provision that all new services should also be metered when they were put into use. The work of installation in this city was completed in December, 1926, and we are now 100 % metered with a total of 13,732 meters in operation.
Our present rate for metered water is 12 cents per 100 cubic feet (16 cents per 1000 gallons) in any quantity up to 1,000,000 cubic feet per quarter and 8 cents per 100 cubic feet for quantities in excess of that amount, with a minimum charge in all cases of $1.50 per quarter; this rate has been in effect for many years.
The old "annual" rates went automatically out of exis- tence with the complete meterage of the city.
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Services, Hydrants, Gates
The water system of the city was expanded during the year by the addition of 258 new service connections, being 7 more than the number installed the previous year; a net in- crease of 23 fire hydrants, 93 controlling gates, and 2 blow- offs was also made.
Income and Outgo
The water income for 1926 was the largest in the history of the department ; the maintenance and construction expenses under the control of the Water Commissioner were also much larger than usual on account of the Northern Traffic Artery work and other important construction jobs. The Metropoli- tan Water Works Assessment, which is paid from the water income but is not under control of the Water Commissioner, also showed an increase of over 24,000 dollars. Had it not been for this large increase in the Water Assessment of the State and the failure of the State to pay to the City the amount due for work done by the Water Department on the Northern Trallic Artery the Water Works accounts would have shown a surplus instead of a deficit at the close of the year.
State water assessments may be expected to show still further large increases when the new additions to the Metro- politan water system get under way.
Acknowledgment
The water commissioner is grateful to all those who have cooperated with him and the department under his charge, in carrying on the activities of a year filled to a greater degree than usual with service needs and attending problems.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK E. MERRILL,
Water Commissioner.
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1926 In form recommended by the New England Water Works Association. SOMERVILLE WATER WORKS SOMERVILLE, MIDDLESEX COUNTY, MASS.
General Statistics
Population, census 1920, 93033; present, estimated 101,000.
Date of construction: Commenced in 1868.
By whom owned: City of Somerville.
Source of supply : Metropolitan water system.
Mode of supply: Water is delivered into the city's mains, under both high and low pressure, by the Metropolitan Water Works.
Statistics of Consumption of Water
Census population, 1920, 93,033.
Population on lines of pipe, Dec. 31, 1926, 101,000.
Population supplied, Dec. 31, 1926, 101,000.
Total consumption for the year, 2,843,707,000 gallons.
Average daily consumption, 7,791,000 gallons.
Gallons per day to each inhabitant, 78.
Statistics Relating to Distributing System, 1926 MAINS
Kind of pipe, cast iron.
Sizes, from 4-inch and under to 20-inch.
Laid 12,690 feet; discontinued 1,674 feet; net extension, 11,016 feet.
Total now in use, 108.8 miles.
Number of hydrants added during year (public, 23, private, 2) 25.
Number of hydrants (public and private) now in use, 1,322.
Number of stop gates added during year, 93.
Number of stop gates now in use, 2,233.
Number of blow-offs, 195.
Range of pressure on mains, 35 pounds to 100 pounds.
SERVICES
Kind of pipe: Lead; lead-lined wrought iron; cement-lined
wrought iron; cast iron.
Sizes, one-half to eight inches.
Laid 8,071 feet.
Number of service connections made, 258.
Services in use, approximately, 13,732.
Number of fire supplies (sprinkler systems), 71.
Number of meters added, 855; meters and motor registers dis- continued, 329; net increase, 526.
Number now in use, 13,732.
Percentage of services metered, 100.
Percentage of water receipts from metered service, 98.3.
Numbr of motors and elevator registers added, 0; removed, 1. Number now in use, 1 (included in number of meters.)
REVENUE
From Water Rates :- Fixture rates
5,158 91
Meter rates
292,827 03
Total from consumers
$297,985 94
Special :-
Miscellaneous
accounts ....
10,223 66
From other sources :-
Water service assessments
13,709 58
Labor and materials ...
10,223 66
Total Water Works Buildings
$92,835 04 2,584 10
Water works Construction :-
Mains $68,604 55
Services
11,774 82
Meters
5,954 35
Total construction
$86,333 72
Metropolitan water assessment
162,676 64
Balance
22,510 32
Total
$321,919 18
Total
$321,919 18
Disposition of balance: applied to municipal purposes Cost of works to date $1,327,384 14 Bonded debt at date None
EXPENDITURES
Water Works Maintenance :-
Operation (Management, repairs and renewals) $82,611 38
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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS
City Hall, Somerville, January 1, 1927.
To the Honorable, The Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville.
Gentlemen -
In accordance with the provisions of the City Charter, I submit herewith the annual report of the public buildings department for the year ending December 31, 1926.
The total valuation of the property which is in the custody of the public buildings department is approximately $4,364,800.00.
The total expenditures for the year 1926 for the care and maintenance of the property was $271,744.49.
This amount was expended as follows :
Janitors
Fuel
Light
Care and Repairs
Total
School Bldgs.
$71,642 06 $32,216 71 $12,193 94 $79,996 11 $196,048 82
Municipal Bldgs.
6,016 89
1,000 00
1,185 26
5,153 29
13,355 44
Polling Places
5 42
17 96
8,348 57
8,371 95
Police Bldgs.
2,835 37
1,143 50
1,005 41
871 53
5,855 81
Fire Bldgs.
....
3,007 79
3,178 28
5,262 99
11,449 06
Electrical Bldg.
1,118 00
249 11
47 84
223 11
1,638 06
Contagious Hosp.
676 84
1,492 09
551 70
1,513 74
4,234 37
Sewer Bldgs.
58 0.8
54 86
10 95
123 89
Sanitary Bldgs.
53 77
183 51
371 78
609 06
Highway Bldgs.
800 00
270 00
1,121 84
2,191 84
City Home Bldgs.
1,054 08
399 06
2,794 47
4,247 61
Central Library
3,374 80
865 54
1,442 44
1,019 01
6,701 79
West Br'ch Library 1,545 18
6 75
397 32
237 34
2,186 59
East Br'ch Library 1,238 79
333 50
205 01
283 85
2,061 15
Union Sq. Library
1,292 51
177 80
252 55
344 10
2,066 96
Park Bldgs.
799 58
1,529 1
2,328 70
Bathhouse
875 85
4,621 42
5,497 27
Bandstand
192 02
192 02
Water Bldgs.
352 43
382 21
1,849 46
2,584 10
Totals
$91,415 87 $42,816 57 $21,767 35 $115,744 70 $271,744 49
Inspection of Buildings
The Commissioner of Public Buildings is also the inspec- tor of buildings according to the terms of the charter and as
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COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS
such during the past year has made over 3600 formal inspec- tions of buildings in the process of construction.
The following table shows the number of permits issued for building operations during the year 1926 :-
WARDS
Buildings
1
2
3
4
5
6
7 Totals
Dwellings
116
68
61
93
66
27
44 475
Stores
15
9
7
10
6
11
6
64
Dwellings
Stores.
....
8
....
2
2
....
....
12
Garages
47
39
32
80
61
37
69
365
Storage
9
17
1
3
5
1
36
Manufactories
7
3
....
1
2
1
....
1+
Offices
3
2
1
....
2
....
....
8
Stables
....
2
1
1
2
....
....
6
Churches
1
..
..
....
....
....
1
....
1
Gasolene Stations
....
....
1
2
....
....
5
Bakery
....
....
....
1
....
....
....
1
Restaurants
1
....
....
....
....
....
....
1
Shops
2
2
....
1
1
....
....
6
Laundry
1
....
....
1
1
....
....
3
Coal Pockets
2
....
....
....
....
1
Club House
....
....
....
....
...
....
1
Hospital
....
....
....
....
....
....
1
Bank
....
....
....
....
....
....
1
Convent
....
....
....
....
....
....
1
Miscellaneous
3
2
....
3
....
....
....
8
Torn Down
29
22
16
3
1
4
1
76
Totals
234
178
125
201
151
81
122
1,092
Wood
Fire-resisting
Totals
New Buildings
128
420
546
Alterations
422
46
470
550
466
1,016
WARDS
Buildings
1
2
3
4
5
6 33
46
608
Wood and Stucco
1
1
....
....
....
1
4
Fire-Protected Wood
2
1
2
....
2
1
....
8
Brick
15
11
7
12
8
6
3
62
Brick and Wood
3
4
2
1
1
1
....
12
Brick and Concrete
1
4
...
2
....
....
....
7
Brick, Concrete & Wood
....
....
....
....
....
1
Brick and Stone
1
....
....
....
3
2
7
Cement Blocks
46
36
28
71
58
34
67
340
Cement Block & Brick
1
1
3
3
2
1
....
11
Cement Blocks & Steel
1
....
....
....
....
....
....
1
Concrete
2
1
....
....
1
....
....
4
..
1
....
....
....
2
Schools
....
2
1
1
....
....
1
4
Theatre
....
152
116
81
104
76
7 Totals
Wood
....
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
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ANNUAL REPORTS
Concrete and Wood
1
....
....
....
....
....
....
1
Concrete, Steel & Brick
1
....
....
1
....
....
....
2
Steel
6
2
1
3
3
1
2
18
Stone
1
...
....
....
....
....
2
Stone and Brick
1
....
....
....
....
3
Stone and Wood
....
....
....
....
....
....
1
1
Totals
234
178
125
201
151
81
122 1,092
The number of plumbing permits issued during 1926 was .... 508
Number of permits for plumbing in new buildings
207
Number of permits for plumbing in old buildings
301
Number of buildings in which soil pipes were tested
386
The total estimated cost of new buildings and alterations during the year 1926 was $5,065,991.00 while the estimated cost in 1925 was $5,653,030.00, showing a decrease of $587,- 039.00.
The total number of permits issued during the year 1926, viz 1092, was 23 more than during the year 1925, when 1069 permits for new buildings and alterations were issued.
There has been considerable speculative building of dwell- ings going on this year, or to be exact there were permits issued for 136 new dwellings housing 352 families.
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