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Respectfully, CHARLES M. ROBBINS, C. P. KEELER, H. A. CLARK.
REPORT
OF THE
Inspector of Cattle, Provisions and Milk.
As my fourth year as Inspector of Cattle draws to a close I am pleased to report the healthy conditions of horned cattle, horses and swine. No epidemic has visited our domestic animals during the year and not a s'ngle case of contagious disease has been brought to the notice of the inspector
During the last of summer I was requested to visit and determine the cause of sudden death in a number of fat hogs, the supposition being that death was due to hog cholera or poison administered by some unknown person. Upon investigation it was found that the care- lessness in feeding the swill gathered from houses and containing broken lamp chimneys and crockery added to its decomposing condition during those hot days would account satisfactorily for the trouble.
A suspected case of glanders in the horse was re- ported and the animal was quarantined and kept under observation for a number of weeks and it was found that an improperly treated, or, I should say, a neglected ulcerated tooth was the cause of all the trouble,, pro-
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ducing necrosis of the jaw bone.
As in past years most of the work occurred during October and November. About the Ist of October the State Board of Cattle Commissioners ordered a general inspection of the cattle stable sanitary surroundings and water supply. for which blanks were supplied similar to those printed in last year's report to the Town.
Visits were made to upwards of 138 stables where 833 cow's in milk were examined; 103 young cattle, 29 bulls and 296 swine.
All were found in a thrifty condition and in the ma- vority of cases the premises were in a well kept and cleanly condition.
In all stables where milk was sold the stables were kept in the best manner and all modern means for giving the consumer the purest and best milk.
It was noticeable that the larger the business, that where the largest quantity of milk was made, the most care was exercised in feeding and care of stable and milk. As in the past many samples of milk were examined for the consumer. Many samples were sup- posed deficient in butter fat but upon examination were found up to the standard.
Some others were brought in owing to their peculiar color but milk of the colder months cannot have the yellow color and body of those same cattle fed upon grass.
All of the cattle that have been brought in from without the state have been tested with tuberculin and Mr. F. A. Cummings, as usual, has brought in the largest number
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE MACKIE.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF HEALTH.
In accordance with the requirements of the Public Statutes the Board of Health presents its annual report.
Early in the year additional cases of diphtheria appeared among the children connected with the Farmers school, and the house was again closed and fumigated. Despite every precaution however cases continued to arise, some of them rapidly becoming fatal, and public sentiment was aroused to such a pitch that at a special Town Meeting money was appropriated for the erection of a new building on a new site, and the old house which had been in constant use for school purposes for more than fifty years was sold and moved away. It is interest- ing to note that since this change was made, not a case oi diphtheria has been reported from the Farmers dis- trict.
Right here it is well to comment on the difficulty of thoroughly disinfecting an old building. It is impossible to close all the cracks and fissures that exist, and in con- sequence much of the benefit from fumigation is lost ; and as the work of washing and cleansing with antisep- tics has to be entrusted to persons who do not appreciate
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the nature of the contagion, this also is not satisfactority performed. In the case of the Farmers school house the Board caused bacteriological examinations to be made of scrapings from the walls, floor, desks, books, the air shaft and the lining of the sink drain pipe, all, however, with negative results except that taken from the drain pipe, which did contain bacteria, supposed to be the cause of diphtheria. This sink pipe extended into a separate cesspool, and carried water only from the occasional washings of hands.
During the summer a case of small-pox arose in a family on Emory street. The diagnosis was somewhat doubtful at first, but the Board was guided in its action by the advice and judgment of experts who were called to visit it. The patient was isolated in his own residence, the other members of the family promptly vaccinated, and all placed in strict quarantine. The precautions taken, although subject to some criticism at first, were effectual in preventing other cases from arising, and the patient made a good recovery.
We desire to express our appreciation of the interest taken in the case by Dr. Swartz, secretary of the State Board of Health of Rhode Island, who visited it at our request, and for the many valuable suggestions given us by him. Our thanks are also due to Dr. Chapin of the Providence Board of Health, who examined the case with Dr. Swartz.
Always the first question asked when a case of such a character arises is, has the town a hospital where the patient can be taken and properly cared for. Not in every instance would it be necessary to move a patient, but as the town becomes more thickly settled, it is more difficult to safely guard against contagion and in the judgment of the Board it is time that the Town provided
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a small building somewhat isolated and yet convenient to the center for the proper care of such cases. The usual tables of statistics are appended. Respectfully submitted, GEO. K. ROBERTS, Chairman, CHARLES E. BLISS, CHARLES S. HOLDEN, Secretary,
Board of Health.
Contagious Diseases Reported by Physicians.
Disease.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Total
Diphtheria.
7
2
2
J
1
1
3
3
20
Scarlet Fever,
4
1
-
6
Typhoid Fever,
3
1
3
1
2
2
12
Measles,
2
co
4
7
26
1
43
Small Pox,
1
1
-
135
DEATHS.
Total number of deaths, exclusive of still births, 186 Number of still births, 9
DEATHS BY SEXES. (Still births excluded.)
Males, 96
Females,
90
DEATHS BY AGES.
(Still births excluded.)
Total Male Female
Deaths of persons under one year, 43
23
20
from one to two years,
8
4
4
from two to three years,
from three to four years,
3
I 2
from four to five years,
I
I 0
from five to ten years,
6
3
3
from ten to fifteen years,
6
1
2
from fifteen to twenty years,
4
3
I
from twenty to thirty years,
6
5
from thirty to forty years,
18
II 7
from forty to fifty years,
17
6
from fifty to sixty years,
II
6
5
from sixty to seventy years,
21
8
13
from seventy to eighty years, 19
9
IO
Over eighty years,
12
7
5
Age unknown,
I
I
I86
96
90
5 3 2
Oldest male, 91 years ; oldest female, 88 years.
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DEATHS BY MONTHS. (Still births excluded.)
Deaths in January,
15 July, 16
February,
16
August, 17
March, .
15
September, 20
April,
18 October,
17
May,
14 November,
13
June,
12
December, 14
CAUSES OF DEATH. CLASS I-ZYMOTIC DISEASES. Order I-Miasmatic.
Diphtheria, .
4
Cerebro spinal meningitis,
2
Measles,
2
Whooping cough,
I
Typhoid fever.
I
Influenza,
2
Dysentery,
4
Cholera infantum,
16
Rheumatism,
2
Syphilis,
CLASS II-CONSTITUTIONAL DISEASES.
Order I-Diathetic.
Cancer,
IO
Order 2-Tuberculosis.
Phthisis,
13
Tuberculosis, 5
CLASS III-LOCAL DISEASES Order I-Nervous System
Meningitis.
5
137
Apoplexy, 13
Paraplegia, I Angina pectoris, I Insanity, 3
Epilepsy, I
Order 2-Organs of Circulation.
Heart diseases,
Order 3-Respiratory Organs.
Acute Laryngitis,
I
Pneumonia,
17
Spasmodic croup,
I
Asthma,
2
Acute bronchitis,
I
Chronic bronchitis,
I
Congestion of lungs,
I
Order 4-Digestive Organs.
Gastritis,
6
Gastro -- enteritis,
I
Gastric hemorrhage,
I
Enteritis,
L
Entero -- colitis,
2
Hernia,
3
Appendicitis,
2
Cirrhosis of liver,
I
Diabetes mellitus, 1 I
Peritonitis, 2
Order 5.
Bright's Disease, 8
CLASS IV-DEVELOPMENTAL DISEASES.
Order I-Of Children.
Still born, 9 aa
Premature birth and debility,
138
Hydrocephalus, I Convulsions, 1
Order 2-Of Women.
Childbirth, I
Uterine hemorrhage,
I
Puerperol eclampsia, I
Order 3-Of Old People.
Gangrene, I
6
Maramus, Old age, 4
CLASS V. Order I-Accident or Negligent.
Fall,
I
Drowning, 2
Order 4-Suicide.
Drowning,
I
R. R. injuries, I
Carbolic acid poisoning, I Unknown poison, I
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RETURN OF BIRTHS FOR 1900 .- Date and Sex.
DATE.
Male.
Female.
Both American.
Both Foreign.
Father American.
Mother American.
Totals.
January,
10
3
7
4
1
1
13
February,
-
-
9
10
4
March,
-
1
-
9
12
7
8
3
3
21
May.
5
9
5
1
1
14
June,
13
12
11
5
4
25
July,
16
8
7
9
5
3
24
August,
-
13
10
10
5
3
6
25
September,
13
12
6
5
()
4
15
October,
-
-
S
10
3
10
2
2
18
December,
-
TOTAL.
122
120
82
86
38
34
242
-
-
-
1
19
13
9
9
6
0
22
April,
-
8
15
6
11
4
23
November,
5
10
8
23
-
SEX.
NATIONALITY OF PARENTS
140
MARRIAGES.
Both American, 179
Both Foreign, 33
One American, 64
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BIR THS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS
Recorded in the Town of Attleborough for the Year ending December 31, 1900.
BIRTHS.
MARRIAGES.
DEATHS.
January,
13
January,
19
January,
16
February,
19
February.
20
February,
19
March,
23
March.
14 March,
16
April,
22
April,
22
April,
19
May,
14
May,
20
May,
14
June,
25
June,
31 June,
18
July,
24
July,
20 July,
19
August,
23
August,
15 August,
18
September,
25
September,
35 September,
20
October,
15
October,
28|October,
17
November,
23
November,
21
November,
13
December,
16
December,
23
December,
11
Total,
242
Total,
268
Total,
195
FRANK I. BABCOCK, Town Clerk.
TOWN OF ATTLEBOROUGH.
WATER DEPARTMENT, 1900.
Commissioners :
WILLIAM M. STONE,
Term Expires 1901
GEORGE H. SNELL,
Term Expires 1902
DAVID E. MAKEPEACE
Term Expires 1903
Superintendent and Registrar : GEORGE H. SNELL.
Assistant Superintendent : GEORGE W. BABCOCK.
Clerk in Registrar's Office : CARRIE L. PERRY.
Engineer at Pumping Station : GEORGE H. PALMER.
Assistant Engineer at Pumping Station : EDWIN A. WASHBURN.
REPORT
OF
WATER DEPARTMENT
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.
ATTLEBOROUGH WATER WORKS. .
Population by census of 1900, 11,335
Date of construction of works, 1873
Source of supply : Circular well near Seven Mile River. Mode of supplying: By pumping into stand pipe 30 feet in diameter.
PUMPING.
Builders of pumping machinery, Deane Steam Pump Co., Barr Pumping Engine Co.
Description of coal used : George's Creek and Clearfield. Coal consumed for year, 612,345 lbs.
Total pumpage for the year, 165,174,450 gal.
Average dynamic head against which
pump works, Deane, Barr, 215 ft
188 ft.
Number of gallons pumped per pound of coal, 269 gal
Duty, including banking,
Duty, without banking,
53,300,000 lbs. 80,300,000 lbs.
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CONSUMPTION.
lestimated population, 11,335
Estimated population on lines of pipe at
date, 10,000
Total number of gallons consumed for the year, 165,174,450 gal.
Average daily consumption, 452,532 gal.
Gallons per day for each inhabitant, 39 gal.
Gallons per day for each consumer 45 gal
DISTRIBUTION.
Kind of pipe use : Wrought iron, cast iron and cement lined.
Sizes: From 1 inch to 16 inch.
Extended, 5,287 ft.
Total now in use,
31.63 miles.
Number of leaks, 18
Hydrants added, 12
Number now in use, 263
Range of pressure on mains at Park
Square for twenty-four hours, 54 to 62 lbs.
SERVICES.
Meters added, 105
Number now in use,
957
Motors now in use, 2
Number of meters rented by Town, 692
Number of meters owned by individuals, 265
Number of faucets now supplied through meters, 329
Following is the kind and number of meters in use at the end of year :
Ball & Fitts, 10 Empire, 40
Union Rotary, 245
Hersey,
125
: 147
"A" Union Rotary, 8
Hersey Disc, 37
Columbia,
2,5 Thompson, 45
Crown, 166 Lambert, 62
Nash.
166
Trident, 28
FINANCIAL STATEMENT. MAINTENANCE.
Dr.
Amount paid Town Treasurer by
Water Registrar, being re- . ceipts from sale of water, etc, $21,424 41 Amount appropriated by Town, 6,000 :00
$27,424 4*
Cr.
Pumping Expense, $2,985 95
Incidental Expenses,
2,221 48
Labor,
1,406 41
Salary, Superintendent and Registrar 900 00
Insurance,
194 00
Repairs,
880 55
Team,
484 65
Tools,
165 35
Interest account, 13,183 44
Total of maintenance, $22,421 83
Amount placed in Sinking Fund, 5,000 00
. Unexpended balance Dec. 31, 1900, 2 58
$27,424 4*
CONSTRUCTION.
Dr. : Unexpended balance Jan. 1, 1900, $ 9,116 26
: Received from sale of bonds, 12,000 '00
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· Premium on bonds, 873 60 · Amount received from sale of
meters, 105 00
Note, 2,500 00
Balance,
1,562 07
Cr. $26,156 93
Cost of construction for 1900 as
shown by itemized accounts, $26,156 93
$26,156 93
Total cost of works to date,
$374,488 18
·Bonded debt at this date,
305,000 00
Value of Sinking Fund at this date, 62,430 10
Examined Jan. 18, 1901, and found same correct.
BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY, F. L. LeBARON, FREDERICK G. MASON,
Auditors.
STATEMENT OF THE AMOUNT OF INCOME RE- CEIVED FROM WATER RATES FROM THE DATE OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WATER WORKS TO THE PRESENT TIME.
(These figures do not include appropriations made by the Fire District or Town.)
June, 1874-Apr., 1875, 10 months, $ 789 98
Apr., 1875-July, 1876, 15 months, 2,021 84
July, 1876-May, 1877, 10 months, 2,000 00
May, 1877-May, 1878, 2,653 38
May, 1878-May, 1879, 3,039 37
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May, 1879-May, 1880,
3 447 54
May, 1880 -- May, 1881, 4,482 30
May, 1881-May, 1882, 4,540 34
May, 1882-May, 1883, 5,436 39
May, 1883-May, 1884, 5,500 00
May, 1884-May, 1885,
5,034 00
May, 1885-May, 1886,
5,500 00
May, 1886-May, 1887,
5,714 52
May, 1887-May, 1888,
6,092 00
May, 1888-May, 1889,
7,600 00
May, 1889-May, 1890,
8,300 00
May, 1890-May, 1891,
8,759 46
May, 1891-May, 1892,
8,535 00
May, 1892-May, 1893,
9,616 94
May, 1893-Jan., 1894, 8 months,
9,200 00
Jan., 1894-Jan., 1895,
11, 174 60
Jan., 1895-Jan., 1896,
14,188 00
Jan., 1896-Jan., 1897,
15,292 29
Jan., 1897-Jan., 1898,
16,446 69
Jan., 1898-Jan., 1899,
10,394 18
Jan., 1899-Jan., 1900,
19,968 89
Jan., 1900-Jan, 1901,
21,424 41
$223,152 03
STATEMENT OF THE INDEBTEDNESS OF THE TOWN FOR WATER WORKS CON- STRUCTION.
4s A. and O. due Oct. 1, 1902,
$20,000 00
7s J. and J. due Jan. 1, 1904, 40,000 00
4s A. and O. due Oct. 1, 1912, 20,000 00
4s S. and M. due Sept 1, 1915,
12,000 00
4s J. and J. due Jan. 1, 1919, 20,000 00 4s J. and J. due Jan. 1, 1921, 18,000 00
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as A. and O. due Oct. 1. 1922. 25,000 00
4s J. and J. due July 1, 1923. 35.000 00
4s J. and J. due July 1, 1924, 40,000 00
45 J. and J. due July 1. 1926, 25,000 00 45 J. and J. due July 1, 1927, . 10,000 00
4s J. and J. due July 1, 1928, 13,000 CO
33/25 J. and J. due July 1, 1929, 15,000 00
37/25 1. and J. due July 1, 1930, 12,000 00
$305,000 CO
Sinking Fund assets.
62.4 0 10
Balance net debt.
$242.569 90
REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
To the Citizens of Attleborough :-
The eighth annual report of the Attleboro Water Commissioners is herewith submitted as required by the Town Ordinance.
Following this report will be found the report of the Superintendent of Water Works and Water Registrar and such statistics as are given from the work of the Water Department. During the past year a few changes have been made and we recommend others which we con- sider for the best interest of the Water Department.
In June Supt. L. Z. Carpenter resigned his position the resignation to take effect July Ist. Mr. Carpenter found it necessary to take this step on account of his health which had been poorly since January and was ad- vised to do so by his physician. We felt a loss in Mr. Carpenter's services as he had been connected with the Water Department in different capacities since its origin and was perfectly familiar with its workings.
The abolishing of the faucet system has been one of the changes in this department. After careful investi. gation for more than a year it was decided to make the change for the good of the department and the citizens at large. We found there was a great waste of water taking by the faucet, and in many cases more used than necessary especially in zero weather. House to house inspection does not bring satisfactory results and people will not turn their faucets when they ought as it costs them no more to let the water run. When severe cold weather arrives many people allow the water to run in order to prevent freezing. This you can readily under- stand causes a waste of thousands of gallons of water. If they would go into the cellar and shut off the water for the night there would be no danger to pipes from freezing but this is too much trouble when the turning of the faucet will effect the same result. A man who has to pay for what he gets usually takes steps to keep down his bills as far as possible, and if he knows he must pay for the water which is running to waste he will soon take the alternative and shut off the water and thus prevent further trouble from this cause.
During the summer months, and when the demand is most, they will let the water run to have cold water to drink, this does not happen in every case, however, but in a great many. We have found instances where there have been faucets added and the department not notified ; also hose have been used to water gardens and lawns all from one faucet for the sum of $6.00 while his neighbor using the same amount through his meter pays double that sum or more. With all these facts before us we have decided that the only just way is to use them all alike and adopt the meter system entirely. Then came the question of price. To this matter we have given a
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great deal of careful thought so as to equalize as far as possible and give each consumer equal rights.
On inquiry concerning other towns and cities we find some which own all their meters and rent them to the consumer ; others oblige the consumer to own the meters while the city still controls them. There are towns that do not charge for the use of meters but charge enough more for water to pay for them. We decided to leave the matter of meters the same as it had been, sell to those who want to buy and rent to others but in all cases control them as far as testing and inspection, whether owned or rented. We also found that there were a large number who were paying $8.00 for the allowance and were not using two thirds or three quarters of that amount, so made the minumin rate $6.00 thus giving them three quarters of the amount formerly allowed for $8.00.
We shall now figure the price per cubic foot instead of gallons as it is much more simple.
Below is the new scale of prices.
WATER RATES.
A minumum charge of $3 for cach six months, due Jan. Ist. and July Ist., is made for 1300 cubic feet of water.
Charges for any excess of the 1300 cubic feet are to be made January Ist. and July Ist. at the following rates :-
Cubic ft.
Price per 100 Cu. ft.
Rent of Meters as follows.
1,300 to
6,000
23 5-8 in. meters at $1.00 for 6 months
6,000 “
34,000
19c.
3-4
1.50
34,000 " 100,000
15c.
1
2.00
100,000 150,000
13c.
1 1-2 ..
3.50
150,000 " 200,000
Over 200,000
11 1.2c. 9 1-2c.
2 €
5.00
Water used for other purposes than specified above special rates by consulting Water Commissioners.
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A Record of the Water Commissioners' Actions in Regard to the County Street Electric Railroad, and also the Bristol County Electric Railroad on Emory and Park Streets.
Some time before the hearing on the location of the electric road on County street, G. H. Snell, Superintend- ent of the Water Works, went to W. H. Goff, chairman of the Board of Selectmen, and asked him not to locate said road over the water pipe's on County street and he assured him that the road would not run over the water pipes, but would be located in the middle of the street. On that assurance the commissioners gave the matter no further thought and knew no more about it until the "Sun" stated that the road was to be located on the north side of the street.
The next morning the superintendent saw Mr. Goff and asked him why they gave that location and he said that the Interstate Consolidated Electric R. R. Co. had just as soon run over the water pipes as not and that they made no difference in location on account of water pipes.
After Sup't. Snell told Mr. Goff of the inconven- ience and damage it would do the town, he replied that the next time Mr. Perry, of the I. C. E. R. R. Co. came out he would have him talk the matter over with the Water Commissioners; but Mr. Perry did not come out or Mr. Goff failed to have him see the Commissioners. Thus while the Commissioners were waiting and decid- ing what to do the abutters on the north side of the street started a petition and secured the signatures of nearly all of the abutters on the north side of County street and presented the same to the selectmen about August 18th. asking for a relocation of the electric road. About August 22nd. the selectmen gave them a hearing
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on the petition, and at the same time Water Commission- . ers, Makepeace and Snell, were present and protested as strongly as possible against locating the road over the water pipes. At that meeting the selectmen seemed to defend their action by saying that in other towns they pay no attention to the water pipes, also that the gas pipes were on the other side of the street and as they had given the Gas Company a franchise they could not run on that side although Mr. Sweeney stated they would run over the gas pipes if they wanted to. They also stated that at these hearings there was no objection made by the abutters on the north side of the street and after quite a discussion and some very personal argu- ments the hearing adjourned.
The commissioners thought by the selectmen's atti- tude they did not intend to give the matter any further consideration.
The commissioners next went to work to get reli- able evidence to present to the selectmen to try and im- press on them the necessity of changing the location of the tracks to the south side of the street. The first move on the part of the commissioners was to go to Boston and see the Metropolitan Water Commissioners and there had a long talk in regard to electrolysis with Mr. furgerson, who assured them there was great danger to the pipes and gave information as to the same trouble which had occurred in Dayton, Ohio and Providence, R. I.
The Commissioners secured the articles referred to and August 29th had a talk with the select- men and presented all the facts they had learned and also gave them the printed article referring to electroly- sis and also Mr. Otis F. Clapp's report on their trouble
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in Providence and what he thought about electric roads running over water mains.
The following is an extract from his report printed . in the Engineering Record of August 4, 1900.
ELECTROLYSIS IN PROVIDENCE, R. I.
"A short time ago the commissioners of Public Works of Providence retained Mr. A. A. Knudson, M. A. M. Inst. E. E., of New York, to make an investigation of the electrical condition of the water mains in that city. Mr. Otis Clapp, city engineer and Mr. James A. McKenna of his staff, assisted Mr. Knudson in his work, and Mr. Clapp states that observations will probably be made at short intervals in the future, so that the authorities can keep in closer touch with what is going on under ground. Mr. Knudson's report is an important document in inany ways. While a few of the local conditions referred to are difficult to describe clearly, even with a map, except to those who have a personal knowledge of local- ities mentioned.
Special attention is called to the conditions on the Smith street line, where a 24-inch main runs for more than two miles within 31/2 feet of the tracks. Here the readings were from 4 to 6 volts, showing that the main was receiving and carrying a considerable amount of the return current of this line, and this was confirmed by inspection of the pipe at the excavation, where electroly- tic pittings were found on the positive side of the joint. From the fact that this type of pitting were found at this joint, where the pipe was imbedded in sandy soil scarcely damp, it is more than probable that this action is taking place to a more marked degree in other places where the main may rest in soil of a character more con- ducive.to eectrolytic astion, and on the inside near the
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joints anywhere along its length.
In looking for a possible cause of the high difference of potential along this line, a rail joint and bond was un- covered near River avenue, of which a view is reproduced in an accompanying illustration. Taking this rail joint to be a fair sample of others on this line, it will be noticed that the small two boltfish plate is not such as to insure firmness of the rail ends, consequently through theis movement through car wheels passing over them the copper bond is liable to become loosened from the rails or broken. the voltmeter readings indicate that such a condition prevails. This method of joint construction does not compare favorably with the castweld joint found at many places on the railway lines in Provi- dence. If it is desirable to have castweld joints on other lines in this city, it is much more so over this large and important water main. Beside the question of electroly- sis the joiting and jarring of cars over an uneven track is liable to cause at some point in the two miles a settling of the earth, which may result in opening a joint of the water main and in a leak that may deprive a portion of the city of water for a time, and be costly to repair.
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