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(c) The increased number of units in After-School Su- pervised Athletics.
New Features Among Activities
During the Summer Playgrounds Season certain new forms of activity were introduced. Most noteworthy are "Paddle Tennis" and checkers. To some degree they were also carried out on the Saturday Morning Playgrounds for younger children.
"Paddle Tennis" is an adaptation of tennis to our play- ground conditions. In substitution for the tennis racquet, an expensive instrument, this game uses a comparatively in- expensive wooden paddle. The ball, made of sponge rubber is also inexpensive as compared with the ball used in regu- lation tennis. The special surface required for tennis is not necessary in this game, so that it is playable on all our playgrounds whether the surface be of concrete, brick, gravel, sand or sod. The Court is one-fourth the size of a tennis court; and this feature makes the game possible on our play- grounds, even the smallest of them, without seriously crowd- ing other activities. The paddles and uprights for nets were constructed without cost for labor at the Somerville Voca- tional School for boys.
The game is very spectacular and enjoyable. And the apparatus involved adds, when set up, to the attractiveness
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of a playground. Quite aside from the actual playing of the game itself, it can be stated that the presence on the plav- grounds of this activity and this equipment has been a factor in increasing attendance and interest in the playground ac- tivities in general.
Hundreds of children of both sexes participated with enthusiasm in this activity. Twenty-four tournaments on the various playgrounds and three interplayground tournaments were conducted. Some were for older children, some for younger, and some for those of intermediate ages. Trophies. were awarded to boy champions and to girl champions on each playground ; and silver cups to the interplayground winners, boys and girls.
These trophies were provided through funds donated by the Somerville Catholic Women's Club, and served to stimu- late great interest, and indirectly to promote the general ac- tivity of the playgrounds.
For special supervision of this activity and the equip- ment involved, a special supervisor was employed. His duties included instruction in the art of the game, assisting local supervisors by pooling their experiences, organizing and su- pervising the interplayground and local tournaments, and overseeing the care of the equipment.
Checkers, especially during the extremely hot weather, was a successful experiment. Champions were selected among the boys and among the girls, one in each unit ; and an inter-playground tournament with forty-four competitors was conducted at the Morse School Playground near the close of the season.
"Paddle Tennis" and checkers have been features of the Saturday work also; and "Paddle Tennis" has been an im- portant activity among the older boys and girls in the after- school work in Supervised Athletics.
Tumbling is another activity successfully introduced during the past year both in the after-school program and in the Summer season program.
Expansion of Program
The expansions of the work during. the year have been indicated above in the report of the distribution of the in- crease of funds, and in the report of new activities. They are here summarized.
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SUMMER PLAYGROUNDS :- Man assistant to woman su- pervisor added at John M. Woods Playground. Appren- tice (for leadership of girls and small boys) added to Dilboy Field.
SATURDAY "NEIGHBORHOOD PLAYGROUNDS :- Two units added, one for boys at Western Junior High School grounds and one for girls at Hodgkins School yard.
AFTER-SCHOOL SUPERVISED ATHLETICS :- Increase in number of boys' units from two to four. The new units at Glen St. and Western Playgrounds. Addition of two. units for girls, at Foss Park and Western Playground.
Finances
A financial statement for the year is appended to this report. Explanation of the distribution of the $1000 increase over the amount expended in 1926 has been given above ..
Assistance from Non-Municipal Agencies
A noteworthy feature of the year's work has been the assistance rendered, in the work, by organizations of Som- erville men and women. To summarize this feature, there is copied herewith a page from the printed program distributed to spectators at the "Twilight Play Circus" given during the closing week of the Summer Season at Central Hill Park as a public demonstration, by all the playgrounds, of this season's- activities :-
THE BOYS AND GIRLS OF THE PLAYGROUNDS ARE GRATEFUL TO
The Rotary Club, for its gift of sportsmanship trophies- for one team in each Playground Baseball League;
The Kiwanis Club, for supplying the sand for sand boxes ;
The Somerville Playgrounds Association, for continued generosity;
Mt. Benedict Council, Knights of Columbus, for gener- ously supplying trophies for the winning team in each Base- ball league ;
Somerville Federated Women's Church Societies, for sup- plying materials for Playground handwork ;
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Somerville Catholic Women's Club, for providing beau- tiful trophies for boys and girls in Paddle Tennis ;
Mr. John Bowen, for adding to the comfort of children at the Play Circus ;
The Many Merchants and Business Men of Somerville who have generously donated prizes throughout the season, who have courteously allowed us to use their windows for dis- play of prizes and handwork, and who have kindly transported us to the Athletic Meet ;
The Somerville Y. M. C. A., for use of gymnasium floor for demonstration of games ;
All the Friends who have helped our summer play by kindly acts ;
The City, for providing us with leaders and playground facilities.
Recommendations
Instead of listing in detail recommendations for im- provement of recreation conditions and extension of programı during the coming year, I call attention to the list of eighteen recommendations in the Director's Report for 1926, page 23, only one of which (No. 11) has been carried out in full since that time. Of these recommendations the greater number deal with fields of action over which the Commission has no jurisdiction, and therefore require action by the other de- partments which control recreation facilities.
These latter recommendations, and also those dealing with matters within the Commission's own jurisdiction, would require expenditure of money, of which the limited appropra- tion has prevented the Commission and these other depart- ments from any considerable action in regard to these re- peated recommendations.
In the same connection I call attention to a list of sup- plementary suggestions looking toward expansion of the plans - to raise Municipal Recreation from its hitherto undefined level to the more definite and comprehensive plane to which it is destined if Somerville is to meet the problem presented by its large and congested population. These will be found in the Director's Report for 1926, page 25.
Respectfully submiteed,
FRANCIS J. MAHONEY,
Director.
WELFARE AND RECREATION COMMISSION
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APPENDIX General Financial Statement
$10,995.03 were expended from the City Treasurer, for the operations here reported. The sum appropriated had been $11,000.
Following is a general statement of financial expendi- tures :-
Equipment and Supplies
$2,789 82
Teaming and trucks
167 23
Clerical Hire
25 39
Disbursements
125 16
Automobile Maintenance
190 00
Telephone
71 51
Music
85 30
Printing
134 56
All other
49 60
Salaries and Wages:
Supervisors and Instructors
$5,514 13
Laborers and General Helpers
281 89
Clerks
255 72
Director
1,304 17
7,355 91
Total
$10,995 03
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SOMERVILLE WATER WORKS
SOMERVILLE, MIDDLESEX CO., MASSACHUSETTS Settled, when part of Charlestown, 1630 (Home of Colonial Governor John Winthrop) Incorporated a town, 1842 Established a city, 1872
Location: Somerville City Hall (near centre of the city) is 234 miles northerly from State House, in Boston.
Greatest extent of the City north and south about 4.2 miles.
Greatest extent of the City east and west about 2.1 miles. Elevation Highland avenue at City Hall 105 feet above mean low water.
Lowest building elevation in the city 13 feet
6 Highest building elevation in the city 145 feet Area of city, including land and water, about 4.22 square miles Land, 2,461.50 acres; water and marsh 238.50 acres Population, 1920 census, 93,033 Present Population, estimated 103,000 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. Range of pressure on street mains: Low service 35 to 65 pounds High service 45 to 100 pounds
Mayor HON. LEON M. CONWELL
Water Commissioner FRANK E. MERRILL
Office of the Water Department City Hall, Highland Ave., corner School St.
Department Buildings and Yard Cedar street, near Broadway
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ADMINISTRATION OF WATER WORKS VESTED AS FOLLOWS:
1868-1871 SOMERVILLE MYSTIC WATER COMMITTEE (5) Acts 1868; Chap. 202
1872-1890 SOMERVILLE MYSTIC WATER BOARD (5) Acts 1871; Chap. 182
1891-1897 SOMERVILLE MYSTIC WATER BOARD (3) Acts 1890; Chap. 218
1898-1899 BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS (3) Acts 1898; Chap. 33
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1900 - WATER COMMISSIONER (1) Acts 1899; Chap. 240
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REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONER
OFFICE OF THE WATER COMMISSIONER,
January, 1928.
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Board of Aldermen :-
I present herewith my report for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1927, this being the fifty-third annual report of the water department and my twenty-seventh as water commis- sioner : -
Revenue and Expenditures
Water bills have been issued as follows :- "Additional" water charges, amounting to $1,397 84
"Metered" water charges, amounting to 308,961 71
$310,359 55
Adjustments
399 43
Income from sale of water
$309,960 12
Receipts; water service assessments
$9,558 24
Receipts labor and materials sold :-
Misc. accounts charged
6,256 47
Adjustments
203 02 6,053 45
Met. District Commission,
Northern Artery
15,527 77
Adjustments
8,688 46
6,839 31
22,451 00
$332,411 12
Total income of water works This amount was used as follows :- For water works purposes :-
Under Control of the Water Commissioner
Water Works Maintenance
$81,477 79
Water Works Extension
30,051 92
Miscellaneous accounts :
Maintenance
$22,451 00
$133,980 71
Not Under Control of the Water Commissioner
Metropolitan water works assessment ... $164,205 30 ·
Maintenance water works buildings 1,567 12
Surplus
$165,772 42 32,657 99
Total
$332,411 12
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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 and it is paid for out of the income from. sale of water.
Department Receipts and Disbursements
WATER MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT
Appropriations made by Board of Aldermen Department accounts; receipts
Water works extension account; receipts .. Amount expended for labor and materials for operation, maintenance, and renewal of the water works
$81,477 79
Amount expended for materials used in ex- tension of the water works
19,259 68
Miscellaneous accounts 22,451 00
Labor and materials furnished municipal de- partments
4,752 42
Balance
371 21
$128,312 10 $128,312 10.
. WATER WORKS EXTENSION ACCOUNT
Appropriations made by Board of Aldermen Amount expended for labor and materials used in extension of the water works .... Transferred to other acounts by Board of Aldermen
$44,000 00
30,051 92
12,970 00
Balance
978 08
$44,000 00
$44,000 00
Cost of Water Works
The total cost of water works on December 31, 1926, as represented by the expendi- tures from appropriations for water works extension was
Expended during the year 1927, on extension account
Total expenditures, December 31, 1927 ....
$1,327,384 14
30,051 92
$1,357,436 06.
$104,300 00, 4,752 42 19,259 68
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Water Works Income from 1898 and its Distribution
The water income and its distribution from 1898 to 1927, inclusvie, is shown in the following table: - Total water income $7,523,791 13
Distribution :-
Water Works Account
Water works Construction, Renewal, Maintenance, Operation and Miscel-
laneous Accounts
$2,208,440 27
Water bonds
274,000 00
Interest
86,575 00
Metropolitan Water Assessments 3,152,817 60
Maintenance Water
Works Buildings 20,735 85
$5,742,568 72
Other Municipal Accounts
Various municipal departments through specific appropriations and general
revenue account
$1,781,222 41
$7,523,791 13
Water Distribution System-Construction STREET MAINS
Approximate number of feet of street mains in
the city, January 1, 1927, (including hydrant branches and blow-offs)
574,532
Feet of street mains laid in 1927
4,180
Feet of hydrant branches laid in 1927
97
Feet of blow-off branches laid in 1927
56
Feet of street sprinkler hydrant branches laid in 1927
7
Total feet of pipe laid
4,340
Feet of pipe removed or replaced
785
Net increase in feet of pipe
3,555
Total approximate feet of pipe in the city
578,087
Total pipe mileage, approximately
109.48
The sizes and lengths laid and discontinued are as follows :
Size
Feet Laid
Feet Discontinued
Size
Feet Laid
Feet Discontinued
1"
5
0
2"
0
416
10"
1,049
4
4"
23
286
12"
1,992
0
6"
1,064
79
16"
0
0
207
0
20"
0
0
WATER DEPARTMENT
313
The pipes constructed and replaced during the year are as follows :-
Size
Feet Laid
Feet Discon- tinued 286
Size
Aldrich Street
10"
286
4"
Blakeley Avenue
10"
267
Crest Hill Road
8"
13
Flint Street
10"
3
Garfield Avenue
10"
5
5
6"
Garrison Avenue
10"
450
Jerome Street
6"
136
136
2"
Holden Green
6"
£90
Hooker Avenue
12"
216
Kensington Avenue
12"
699
Lowell Street
10"
9
Melville Road
8"
13
Palmer Avenue
6"
84
Putnam Road
10"
13
Sanborn Court
10"
3
4
10"
Sanborn Court
6"
189
159
2 "
Shore Drive
12"
1,064
Snow Terrace
6"
121
121
2"
Temple Road
12"
13
Ten Hills Road
10"
13
Warwick Place
8"
181
67
6"
Washington Terrace
6"
112
Hydrant Branches and Blow-offs ....
153
7
Street Sprinkler Hydrant
4,340
785
Hydrants, Gates, etc.
Number of fire hydrants in city January 1, 1927
1,254
Number set during the year
26
Number removed during the year
13
Net increase in number of hydrants
13
Total number of public fire hydrants .. Number of private fire hydrants, January 1, 1927
68
Number added:
Boston & Maine R. R. yard
1
Total number of private fire hydrants
receiving their supply from the city mains
4,180
778
1,267
69
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Number set on hydrant branches
44
Number set on blow-off branches
2
Number set on car-sprinkler hydrant
branches
1
64
Number of street gates removed 3
Number of section gates removed
0
Number of waterpost gates removed
0
Number of hydrant branch gates removed ...
0
3
Net increase in number of gates
Total number of gates in city
51 2,294
Number of check-valves in city January 1, 1927
9
Number added during the year
0
Total number of check-valves
9
Number of blow-offs in city January 1, 1927
195
Number added during the year Total number of blow-offs
2
197
Number of waterposts in city January 1, 1927 Number removed during the year
0
Total number of waterposts
61
Number of drinking fountains in city Jan. 1, 1927
7
Number removed during the year
0
Number now in the city
7
Number of car-sprinkler connections Jant- ary 1, 1927
15
Number removed during year (1926)
1
Number set during year (1927)
1
Number now in city
15
Number of gates in city, January 1, 1927
2,233
Number set during the year for streets
11
Number of section gates set
6
Water Service Connections
The number of services actually in use in the city on January 1, 1927 was The number of new service connections brought into use during the year was .... The number of old service connections re- stored to use
13,732
180
202
The number of service connections shut off during the year for permanent or tem- porary non-use of water was
382
257
125
Incease in number of services in actual use
61
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WATER DEPARTMENT
The total number of services in use on December 31, 1927, was approximate- ly 13,857
These services, under state law, are all re- quired to be metered.
In addition to the above there are fire sup- plies for private sprinkler systems, which are not at present required to be metered, to the number of 81
There are also services supplying public properties, not required to be metered, to the number of 151
The number of new service connections in- stalled during the year was 148 but not all of these are yet in use, or "alive." The number of feet of pipe laid in making these connections was 5,061.
Size, number and length of services installed in 1927 :-
118 3,796'
1 " 9 282'
11/2" 3 133'
2
5 157'
4
"
2 119'
6
4 449'
8
2 125'
148 5,061
Number of fire supplies installed during 1927 (Included in above)
10
Location of Fire Supplies
88 Wheatland St., Tuners Supply Co., Factory Middlesex Ave., First National Stores, Inc., Warehouse
1
172 Medford St., Morris Bornstein, Public Garage & Stores
1
5"
Warwick Pl., Agar Mfg. Co., Factory 53-57 Holland St., Hub Confectionery Co., Candy Factory
1
"
48-50 Wash. St., N. E. Vinegar Wks., Factory West St., Boston Burial Case Co., Factory
1
6"
Skilton Ave., Edwin F. Kemp, Factory
1
259 Lowell St., F. Leroy Fox, Inc., Bakery
1
51 Allen St., White & Leahy, Factory
1
6"
Service pipes to school buildings have been replaced with 6" supplies for fire sprinkler installations to the number of
12
The number of fire pipes laid to public buildings for sprinkler installations, as shown in following table, is
17
Fire Services in Public Buildings
No. Size
Installed
Atherton Street. Carr School
1
6"
1927
Boston Street, Pope School
1
6"
1927
Broadway, Lincoln School
1
6"
1927
No.
1
Size 6"
1
1
6'
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Cherry Street, Burns School
1
6"
1916
Concord Square, Knapp School
1
6"
1927
Craigie Street, Morse School
1
6"
1927
Cross Street, Edgerly School
1
6" 1927
Grove Street, Highland School
1
6"
1927
Highland Avenue, Central High School
1
8'
1916
* Holland Street, Western Junior High
School
1
6"
1916
Lowell Street, Bingham School
1
6"
1927
Maple Street, Bennett School
1
6"
1927
'Marshall Sreet, Northeastern Junior High School
1
6"
1923
Myrtle Street, Prescott School
1
6"
1927
Powder House Blvd., Cutler School
1
6"
1927
School Street, Cummings School
1
6"
1916
Sycamore Street, Forster School
1
6"
1927
Total
17
* No sprinklers installed.
Number of Services Supplying Public Property
City Hall
1
Police Station, Bow Street
1
Bath House, Shore Drive
1
City Home, Broadway, 3 (1 shut off)
2
Contagious Hospital
1
Tuberculosis Hospital
1
Water Works
1
Incinerator
1
City Stables, City Road
1
Garbage Plant
1
Sewerage Yard
1
Public Libraries
4
Fire Stations
7
Schools
28
Public Grounds
17
Water Posts
61
Street Sprinklers
15
Drinking Fountains
7
Water Meters
Number of water meters in city, January 1, 1927
13,732
Number installed during the year, new
180
Number reset
202
382
Number removed on account of permanent or tem- porary discontinuance of water and for substi- tution of other meters
257
Net increase in number of operating meters
125
Number of motor registers (included in above)
1
Total number of meters in service
13,857
Per cent. of services metered 100
151
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Operating Meters December 31, 1927
Size 5/8"
3/4"
1" 11/2"
2"
3"
4"
6"
Total
No.
13,350
297
112
24
43
20
7
3
13,856
Motor and elevator registers
1
13,857
The meters installed in 1927 were classed as follows :-
New services
180
Reset
202
Total
382
Meters were removed for the following causes :- Vacancies and temporary non-use of water
124
Services permanently discontinued (1 motor register)
34
Replaced by other meters
99
Total
257
The annual report of 1926 shows the progress of meter. ing services from its beginning in 1898 to December 31, 1926, when the city reached the point of 100% meterage. £ Subse- quent data follows :
Number Services
Year Ending
December 31
Population
Required by Law to be Metered 13,857
Per Cent Metered 100
Daily Per-Capita Consumption of Water 78
Summary of Pipes and Fixtures of the Water System December 31, 1927
Feet of main pipe (approximately)
578,087
Services in use (approximately)
13,857
Services supplying public property
151
Private fire supplies (sprinkler systems)
81
Fire supplies to public buildings
17
Sprinkler systems installed in public buildings Public fire hydrants
1,267
Private fire hydrants
69
Gates
2,294
Check Valves
9
Meters
13,857
Motor registers
1
Waterposts
61
Car-sprinkler connections
15
Blow-offs
197
Drinking fountains and troughs
7
1927
103,000
15
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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 1927 was as follows :-
Sinking Fund
$8,918 00
Maintenance
47,719 $6
Interest
82,373 49
Maturing Bonds
5,916 41
Brookline Credit
5,129 01
Improvements, etc.
14,147 93
Total payment for 1927
$164,205 30
The amount paid by this city since the beginning in 1898 is as follows :-
Sinking Fund
$449,788 58
Maintenance
702,533 46
Interest
1,847,068 15
Maturing Bonds
41,061 95
Miscellaneous
112,365 46
Total payments to date
$3,152,817 60
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 :-
Gallons per day
Gallons per capita
Month
Gallons per day 8,063,600
Gallons per capita
January
8,197,400
81
July
February
8,144,600
81
August
8,043,900
79
March
7,925,500
78 September
8,135,600
80
April
8,007,800
79
October
7,905,200
78
May
7,986,400
79
November
7,385,800
72
June
8,088,600 80
December 7,481,800
73
The consumption for the year was :- -
Low-service
2,267,546,000 gallons
High-service system
632,755,000 gallons
Total consumption
2,900,301,000 gallons 7,946,000 gallons
Average daily consumption
Average daily consumption, per capita, for Som- erville
78 gallons
Average daily consumption per capita, for Met- ropolitan district
99 gallons
Month
79
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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 1927, as registered by the Metro- politan meters.
City or Town Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Year
Arlington
53
52
53
57
57
67
62
53
58
58
56 55
56
57 56
Boston
124
119
114
112
111
115
116
116
118
118
116
116
Chelsea
75
74
72
68
65
68
72
70
74
72 106
71 108 67 64 59 65 54 68
64 52
51
Nahant
58
55
57
67
77
141
Quincy
75
78
75
75
73
80
80
Revere
66
63
62
60
66
72
78
78
73
66
68
Stoneham
57
56
60
58
50
74
104
99
97
83
84
86
81
S4
Winthrop
61
61
65
63
61
70
78
80
71
63
58
57
66
Met. Dist.
104
100
96
95
95
99
99
99
100
100
97
99
99
The district, in order of per capita consumption, begin- ning with the lowest, stands as follows for the year 1926 :
Milton
703,400
51
100
Stoneham
498,000
52
100
Belmont
938,000
56
100
Arlington
1,528,000
57
100
Medford
2,877,700
57
100
Lexington
529,800
64
99.66
Melrose
1,342,500
64
100
Malden
3,419,000
65
99.64
Winthrop
1,110,700
66
100
Revere
2,377,300
68
86.66
Chelsea
3,441,400
71
99.91
Swampscott
688,300
75
100
Quincy
5,001,000
78
93,65
Somerville
7,946,000
78
100
Watertown
2,256,700
84
100
Nahant
170,600
100
80.47
Everett
4,909,300
115
94.27
Boston
92,751,500
116
96.96
Total District
132,489,200
99
97.57
115 61
114 60
73
Medford
53
55
55
55
54
57
Melrose
72
64
63
67
62 53
68 61 65 56
66
109 67 68 56
72 69 60 63 49 150 81
71 70 60 68 53 98 80 68 78 50 67
72
73
78
Somerville
81
81
78
79
79
80 50
79 49
79 49
80 49 90
50 61
53 63
75
Watertown
87
83
81
79
83
93
85
78
60
58
56
118 72 106 68 62 57
71
Everett
134
130
117 56
53
61
62
62
65
116
113 71
56 59 51 195
58 45 178 81
Milton
49
48
47
52
59 78
52
Swampscott
59
58
58
66
Total Per Day
Per Capita Per Day
Services Metered*
Belmont
51
50
53
59
56
64
59
55
*Metropolitan District Commission Reportt for 1926.
OPERATION OF THE WATER WORKS
Northern Artery
The changes in our water system caused by the con- struction of the Northern Artery have now been completed and the State has approved and paid bills for same to the extent of $6,839.31.
115
Lexington
53
Malden
61
64 65
64
100
78 63
78
112
320
ANNUAL REPORTS
Water Income
The water income continues to show a considerable an- nual increase notwithstanding everything is now on a low metered rate. The income from sale of water in 1927 reached a figure of nearly $310,000.00, while the total income from the operation of the water works was over $332,000.00, as shown more in detail on page 5, and is the largest we have ever reached.
Metropolitan Assessment
The State Annual Water Works Assessments continue to grow also, and it is interesting to note that since the Met- ropolitan water was first turned into Somerville we have paid to the State over $3,000,000. as our proportionate part of the cost of the works.
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