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Besides the lateral effect of electrolysis upon mains, damage is caused at many of the joints in a piping system, resulting in leaks, which leaks are usually attributed to any other cause except electrolysis.
The situation in Attleborough is such that electrolytic action must be going on at many of the joints; the heavy flow of currents at times found passing through the mains cannot be otherwise than injurious at joints over a large area of the mains. Mention has been made of evidence of such injury at two of the joints in the main in Morey street.
Generally speaking, the electrical conditions in Attle- borough, as relating to electrolysis, are such as to suggest that the railway companies have no idea of the damage they are causing to underground mains. This case is similar to a vicious bull roaming at large, which has already gored other people's property, for which the owners of said bull must be held responsible, and unless it is promptly and effectually taken in hand, will cer- tainly cause much further damage.
Respectfully submitted,
A. A. KNUDSON.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Table of Measurements.
Symbol | denotes electric current leaving main.
Symbol - denotes electric current entering main.
Where current flow is in both directions, the maximum (+) and (-) readings only are given.
Where current flow is in one direction only, both minimum and maximum are given.
Locality and Date.
Main + or -
Difference of potential in volts.
Notes.
Dec. 16, 1904. Bristol County Line.
Emory, near Brook St.
+ 6.7 to rails.
5.8 to rails.
This location is 3 miles from power house.
Park, near Bishop St.
6.8 to rails. - 5.5 to rails.
Park, near Steere St.
.1_ 8.2 to rails.
Oak Hill Ave., power house.
near
- 3.0 to rails. + 3.0 to rails. -18.0 to rails.
Negative readings 8 to 12, the larger portion of time while making test. Near the Casino.
Oak Hill Ave., south of power house.
+ 3.5 to rails. - 9.5 to rails.
Dec. 17, 1904. Washington St. Line. Washington and Turner Sts.
-5. to 11.5 to rails.
Terminus of main and near Pawtucket boun- dary. Flow through main is south towards end of pipe.
Washington St. and Mendon Road.
-- 2 to 14. to rails.
Washington St., near Howard Ave.
-10 to 30 to rails.
Test made at fountain.
Highland and Newport Aves. Newport Ave. and West St.
- 2 to 14.5 to rails.
-20 to 56 to rails.
At Orr's Corner.
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Table of Measurements .- Continued.
Locality and Date.
Main + or -
Difference of potential in volts.
Notes.
Dec. 17, 1904. County St. Line.
County and Dennis St.
+ 1 to 9.5 to rails.
Direction of current flow in main, south. 14-in. force main.
County St., between First and Second Sts.
County St., opp. Snell's carriage shop.
County St., at Bridge.
+30.0 to rails. -12.0 to rails.
do. second test.
+15.0 - 8.0
Very frequent reversals. Flow in main at this point in both directions and the same on rails.
Dec. 17, 1904.
North Main St. Line.
Park St., west of rail- way depot. 1
+28.0 - 9.0
Railway track terminus.
Near transformer sta- tion. Service pipe burst recently in this street.
Dec. 17, 1904.
Interstate Line.
-10 to 60 to rails.
Near track terminus.
Park St., east of rail- way depot, corner Union St.
Pine and Dunham Sts.
-12 to 48 to rails.
Park St. and North Main St.
-10. to 80. to rails.
North Main St., be- +-18.0 to rails. -15.0 to rails.
Dean Sts.
Dec. 19, 1904.
North Main St., opp. Simmons Co.'s fac-
-10.0 'to rails.
tory.
North Main and West S'ts.
North Ave. and West St.
+25.0 to rails. - 3.0 to rails. +17.0 to rails. - 3.0 to rails.
North Ave., near car barn.
+20.0
+_28.0 to rails.
tween Sanford and
+_18.0 to rails. - 9.0 to rails. +14.0 to rails. -15.0 to rails
₸ 12
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Table of Measurements .- Continued.
Locality and Date.
Main + or -
Difference of potential. in volts.
Notes.
Dec. 19, 1904. Corner Pine and Orange Sts. South Main and Thacher Sts.
- 5 to 46 to rails.
- 5 to 36
8-in. main in Thacher St. connects with 12-in. in South Main St.
Railway bridge, Dodge- ville, on South Main St.
South Main St., near junction Knight Ave. Hebronville Mills.
- 1 to 29 to rails.
Hebronville.
Test made between main and river which flows to Pawtucket.
Junction South Main St. and Knight Ave.
- 5 to 23 'to rails.
Terminus of 6-in. main. About 2,000 ft. south is junction Interstate and Bristol County rail- ways' new tracks on Interstate through Heb- ronville and North Dodgeville Bridge over railway.
Dec. 19, 1904. Norton, Mansfield and Taunton Line. Pleasant St., near rail- way crossing. Dec. 21, 1904. Same place, 2d test.
+25.0 to rails. -28.0 to rails.
No car present.
+28.0 to rails. -58.0
Car moving.
Dec. 19, 1904.
Pleasant St., near Lindsey St.
1_24.0 to rails.
-50.0
Pleasant St. and Richardson Ave.
+23.0
New pipe starts near here. Terminus 6-in. pipe.
-22.0
-10 to 42 to rails.
No result.
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Current Measurements.
Dec. 20, 1904.
Morey St.,
between
10 to 21 amperes.
Excavation.
Park
and
Emory
Sts.
Flow east towards Emory St. Two joints uncovered show elec- trolytic action.
Emory St., near Brook St. (opp. No. 48.)
0 to 16.8 amperes.
Excavation.
Flow south. Two bad pittings, pipe could be punctured easily at. either. Others found smaller in size and
Park and Brook Sts.,
0 to 0.9 amperes.
under culvert.
depth. Flow south. 6-in. main. Gas main to water main.
ADDENDA.
At the time of our survey in Attleborough, an exam- ination was made of some of the meters in the repair room of the meter department, for the purpose of deter- mining if they were being affected by corrosive action in any form in their interior parts. In one case a meter which had been in use for a few years was examined, and this is the subject of the accompanying photograph and following explanation.
¡The view represents the inside surface of an iron top of a Crown meter, and the pittings or softened state of the iron may be seen upon the surface, particularly at the hub around the centre hole and also around the inside edge of the cover. The cause of this corrosion is not due to straying railway currents, but it is electrolysis in another form just the same and, therefore, quite proper to mention in this report.
A previous special examination made by the writer in another case upon a number of meters similarly damaged to the above, which examination involved a series of laboratory experiments and careful tests, re-
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ANNUAL REPORT.
sulted in the discovery that such corrosion was caused by electrolytic or galvanic action taking place upon the iron. This action is due to the presence of dissimilar metals placed close together, with the water between them acting as an electrolyte. In other words, the brass or bronze body of the meter and the iron cover (shown in the photo), with the water between the two, com ti- tute the three elements of a galvanic battery, mild in form, but of sufficient strength to cause in from thre : to six years time, as in several known cases, such decom- position of the iron as to perforate the thin cap, result ng in leaks and sometimes consequent damage by escaping water.
Another detrimental feature due to this corrosion is that a reddish, pasty mass, extracted from the iron, col- lects about the moving parts of the meter and tends .o clog or retard its movement, which would mean a loss to the town in lower readings than there should be.
As a remedy, a method has been suggested to your Superintendent which, while it has not yet, in other cases, had sufficient time to demonstrate a complete cure, it is believed will very largely eliminate the cor- rosive effects going on in meters that are constructed as explained above, and show less expense in repairs.
Those constructed entirely of one metal, such as bronze, have not this corrosive feature. There is one advantage, however, in the use of the iron cap meters, as explained by your Superintendent and others ex- perienced in their practical use-when a meter is frozen, this iron cap breaks open before the other and more costly parts are damaged. The replacing of a new cap is, therefore, comparatively inexpensive and on this account is largely used.
Very truly, A. A. KNUDSON.
.
0
0
IRON TOP OF CROWN METER. (× Softened Edges. )
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Department's Growth.
To show something of the growth of the department during the last seven years, we give the following table for comparison, showing the increase in the extension of main pipe, the increase in income, the decrease in cost to the town, the addition to the sinking fund, with the comparison of the interest and bond account.
YEAR
MILES OF PIPE IN USE
MAIN PIPE EXTENDED
INCOME
APPROPRIATION
AMT. PUT IN SINKING FUND
INTEREST ACCOUNT
BONDED DEBT
1898 30.28mi.
2,466 ft.
$16,394.18 $7,100.00
$4,650.00 $12,060.00 $278,000.00
1899 30.63
1,845
19,968.89
7,100.00
4,650.00
12,582.50
293,000.00
1900 31.63
66
5,287
21,424.41
6,000.00
5,000.00
13,183.44
305,000.00
1901 33.18
8,229 “
27,325.34
5,000.00
5,000.00
13,192.50
217,000.00
1902 39.00 "
30,729 “
27,539.14
5,000.00
5,200.00
14,120.00
327,000.00
1903 43.60 "
24,299 "
29,876.22
4,000.00
5,200.00
13,845.00
357,000.00
1904 44.80
6,428 “
31,524.30
3,000.00
5,500.00
13,645.00
337,000.00
We desire again to call the attention of the voters to the fact that the total cost to the town for public water is only $3,000.00 and that amount is placed in the sink- ing fund to pay bonds when due, and the coming year we ask for only $2,000.00 for the town and recommend $6,000.00 for the sinking fund.
Below is a statement of credits that the Water Department should receive from the town, based on the lowest amount charged by private companies or towns : 335 hydrants at $30.00, $10,050.00 1,300.00 . Street sprinkling,
Public buildings and Street De-
partment work, I,200.00
Drinking fountains, 400.00
$12,950.00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Based on the above figures it would show that the department is not only self-supporting, but shows an actual profit to the town of $10,950.00.
Recommendations.
We would recommend the laying of a main pipe on Dennis street, from County to Mechanics street, and on Mechanics street from Dennis street to Hodges street, parallel with the present six-inch main on Machanics street.
The reason we make this recommendation at this time is that we are coming up County street as far as Dennis street with a 20-inch main, intending to branch off from this point across the railroad track, when the grade crossings are abolished and a street crosses the track at some point near Summer street, but owing to the fact that, maybe for some time in the future and at the present time, there is no main on Dennis street, we be- lieve we should have a line to the centre through this street. If we do not it will leave us with a single main from Dennis street to Fourth street, and owing to the current from the electric car track which we are carry- ing on the present 14-inch force main, and the main pipe being under the car track, we do not believe it wise to depend on this single main after going to the expense we have to perfect the system.
We would recommend an appropriation by the town of $2,000.00, which is $1,000.00 less than last year, for the sinking fund for maintenance, together with the receipts from the department, and that $6,000.00 be placed in the sinking fund, an increase of $500.00 over last year.
For the coming year we estimate the receipts and expenses as follows :
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Receipts.
From water rates,
$32,000.00
Appropriation by town for sinking
fund, 2,000.00
$34,000.00
Expenses.
Pumping expenses, $ 4,500.00
Repairs, incidentals, salaries, labor,
etc.,
10,455.00
Interest account,
13,045.00
Sinking fund,
6,000.00
$34,000.00
Respectfully submitted, WM. M. STONE, GEO. H. SNELL, DAVID E. MAKEPEACE, Water Commissioners.
SUMMARY OF MAINTENANCE.
Pumping Expenses.
Coal and wood, $ 1,980.35
Engineers' salaries, oil and pack-
ings, 2,010.67
$3,991.02
Repairs.
Repairs on pipe system, .$ 155.08
Repairs on meters, 475.29
Repairs at pumping station, 341.88
Repairs on tools,
70.56
Repairs at workshop, 14.25
Repairs on telephones,
18.35
$1,075.4I
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Incidentals.
Telephones, $ 135.17
Lighting, 71.51
Printing and book supplies, 141.56
Pumping station,
88.81
Office fixtures,
28.85
Rent,
300.00
Freight and express,
118.36
Postage,
85.60
Extra help at station at fire alarms,
27.00
Workshop,
65.51
General incidentals,
41.68
Pipe system,
149.88
$1,253.93
Workshop and Barn.
Contract for shop and barn, .$ 3,500.00
$3,500.00
Salaries.
Water Commissioners, Superinten-
dent, Registrar and Clerk, .. . $ 2,170.00
$2,170.00
Insurance.
Insurance,
$
333.77
$333.77
Teams.
Horse keeping, etc.,
$
661.05
$661.05
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Labor.
Labor,
$ 2,365.35
$2,365.35
Tools.
Tools,
$ 387.57
$387.57
Pipe System.
Service pipe fittings, etc., $ 1,507.82
$1,507.82
SUMMARY OF CONSTRUCTION.
Services, hydrants, pipe and lay-
ing same, new well,. $20,512.02
544.85 Meters,
$21,056.87
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT.
To the Water Commissioners of Attleborough :
Gentlemen :
I submit my report as Superintendent of the Water Department. From the first of January to the middle of April there was a continuous freezing of service pipes all over town, and especially where there was only a small quantity of water used. In a number of places the frost went as deep as seven feet, and the main pipe to Briggs Corner was frozen for 53 days, but this was largely on account of the pipe being laid in the fall and there being very little water used on the line. The cost of thawing the frozen pipes added largely to the expense of maintenance this year, as there were 216 that were thawed out by the department, while there were a num-
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ANNUAL REPORT.
ber who could not wait and employed plumbers. This was the first winter in over 20 years that there have been any number of services frozen, seldom more than one or two, if any. On this account, we were not prepared for this line of work, but immediately equipped the de- partment and kept two and three gangs going contin- ually. The large expense for the repairs of meters this year over former years was due to the large number of frozen meters.
On account of the small extensions this year we did not employ a very large force of men, and have kept them steady through the year. Most of the work during the summer was laying service pipe and short exten- sions, until we began on the Pleasant street extension. As soon as we finished that, we began work on the new pipe line from Thacher street to the top of Ide's Hill. This had to be a cut of 400 feet from o to 9 feet deep, and a fill of 500 feet from o to 8 feet. The work is. being pushed forward in order to get the pipe to the top of the hill, so that they can have water for building the standpipe. We are in hopes to have this pipe laid early in April. The wood and brush has been cut from Thacher street to the top of the hill, tak- ing a strip 40 feet wide, and when the grading is com- pleted there will be a very good road from Thacher street to the summit.
Services.
During the past year we have put in 97 new service connections and replaced 25 old services with cement- lined pipe.
Amount of service pipe laid as follows : 1,648 feet from main to service box. 5,163 feet from service box to cellar. 135 feet sold to plumbers for use inside cellars.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Private Fire Connections.
There were two applications for private fire connec- tions during the year, J. E. Blake for shop No. 2, South Main street, and J. M. Bates for the Opera House. The department made the connection to the mains and run the pipe inside the buildings at the expense of the owners, using 139 feet of six-inch pipe and 32 feet of four-inch pipe, two six-inch gates and one four-inch, and three indicator posts, one sleeve and gate.
Hydrants.
During the year six new hydrants have been set, making the total number 335. One old hydrant replaced with a new one, and all have been inspected. There have been 24 repaired, all have been flushed at least four times, and all hydrants on dead ends were flushed every week during the summer months. The use of hydrants for street sprinkling has been the cause of most of the repairs, also the use for street work, where men operate them who are not familiar with the mechanism and are liable to turn the wrong way and bend or break the spindle, so as to make the hydrants useless for fire pur- poses. We would recommend that standpipes be put in for that purpose at South Attleboro and that hydrants be used as little as possible, except for fires.
Leaks.
There were 35 leaks during the year, with nine on the main pipes, 22 on service pipes, nine of which were caused by electrolysis, two on hydrants and two on gates.
Gate Valves and Boxes.
There have been seven new gate valves put in this year, 16 new gate boxes and 27 brought to grade.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Meters.
Meters owned by town, 1,446
Meters owned by private parties, 220
Total number of meters in use, 1,666
Private meters replaced with town meters, 8
New meters set, 99
Meters changed, 538
Meters repaired at workshop, 426
Meters sent to factory,
II2
Meters frozen,
I52
Meters cleaned,
33
Meters discarded,
7
Total cost of repairs on meters, $1,295.47
Consumption of Water.
You will notice that the amount of water used this year is greatly in excess of the amount of last year, and shows a marked increase per capita of each inhabitant and consumer, and is on account of allowing the water to run last winter to prevent freezing, and the amount wasted during the time the new well was being con- structed, as we had to pump and waste the water to keep the well down so they could work on the conduit that connects the two wells. This would account for the largest part of it.
There has been another sprinkling cart added this year, making five in all, thereby increasing the public consumption, which will greatly increase from year to year.
The total number of gallons pumped in 1904 was 202,919,700, and in 1903 there were pumped 170,215,160 gallons, making the increase for the year 32,704,540 gallons.
Appended will be found tables showing condensed statements of the pumping records for the year and copies of the analyses made from the samples of water taken from the well.
GEO. H. SNELL, Superintendent.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
REPORT OF THE WATER REGISTRAR.
At the end of this year there were uncollected three water bills; in two cases the water had been shut off for non-payment, and the third was the Bristol County Railroad Company, that is now in the hands of receivers.
I would again thank the patrons of the Water Depart- ment for their prompt payments, which greatly assists the Registrar in his work and reflects great credit on the town as a whole, as very few, if any, show such a record.
Below is the financial report of the Water Registrar :
Financial Report.
Dr
Uncollected bills, January 1, 1904, $ 24.32 Charged for meter allowances, Jan-
uary I, 1904, to July 1, 1904, . . 4,221.75
Charged for meter allowances July
I, 1904, to January 1, 1905, . . 4,353.00
Charged for meter rents, January I, 1904, to July 1, 1904, . 1,360.43 Charged for meter rents, July I, 1904, to January 1, 1905, ... 1,419.23 Charged for excess water, January I, 1904, to July 1, 1904, 8,285.82
Charged for excess water, July I, 1904, to January 1, 1905, .... Charged for repairs of meters, Jan- uary, I, 1904, to July 1, 1904, Charged for repairs of meters,
7,401.27
445.04
July 1, 1904, to January I, 1905, 71.32
Charged for guarantees, January I, 1904, to July 1, 1904, 244.69 Charged for guarantees, July I, 1904, to January 1, 1905, .. .. 834.93
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Charged for miscellaneous, Jan-
uary I, 1904, to July 1, 1904, 1,644.46 Charged for miscellaneous, July I, 1904, to January I, 1905, . . 1,844.32
$32,150.58
Cr.
Abatements, January 1, 1904, to
January I, 1905, . $ 10.50
Cash paid Town Treasurer, 31,524.30
Uncollected bills, December 3I, 1904, 615.78
$32,150.58
GEO. H. SNELL, Water Registrar.
Examined January 23, 1905, and found correct.
BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY, BYRON R. HILL, FRED L. LeBARON,
Auditors.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
TABLE SHOWING RAINFALL FOR YEAR 1904.
Month
Rainfall.
Normal.
Departure from Normal.
January,
5.09
4.18
+ .91
February,
3.72
4.06
-. 34
March,
3.15
4.58
-1.43
April,
9.80
3.32
+6.48
May,
2.20
3.20
-1.00
June,
1.28
2.99
-1.71
July,
1.66
3.78
-2.12
August,
4.13
4.23
-. 10
September,
7.04
3.23
+3.81
October,
2.33
4.41
-2.08
November,
2.09
4.II
-2.02
December,
3.80
3.71
+ .09
Total,
46.29
45.80
+ .49
Monthly average,
3.85
3.81
+ .04
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ANNUAL REPORT.
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Table Showing Kind, Size and Length of Pipe Laid on the Several Streets.
Street.
Cast Iron Pipe. Cement Lined Pipe. 6 in. 2 in. 11/2 in. 114 in. ft. ft. ft. ft.
Carpenter,
87
Fisher avenue, Dodgeville, . .
728
Howard avenue, off Park street,
187
.
Hebron avenue, Hebronville, .
54
John,
I77
Lord,
690
Mulberry,
I28
Pleasant,
3,719
Robert,
30
South Main, Hebronville,
119
Union,
30
Water,
99
West Carpenter, 380
Totals,
4,375 1,279
54 720
Synopsis of Pumping Records for the Year Ending December 31, 1904.
1904
Total Pumping Time per Month.
Average Pumping Time
Total Coal Used per
Average Coal Used
per Day.
Total Gallons of Water
Pumped per Month.
Average Gallons of Water Pumped per Day.
Hrs.
Min.
Hrs.
Min.
Pounds
Pounds
Gallons
Gallons
January . .
207
00
6
40
59,450
1,917
15,035,060
485,002
February .
215
30
7
26
59,465
2,050
15,449,960
532,757
March
229
50
7
25
62,505
2,106
16,052,440
517,820
April .
203
45
6
47
60,650
2,022
14,595,480
486,516
May .
237
15
39
63,315
3,010
16,679,040
538,032
June .
234
00
7
48
62,580
2,086
17,286,640
576,220
July . .
235
25
1
16
67.855
2,188
17,571,280
566;751
August .
253
00
8
09
65,370
2,109
19,197,200
619,264
September
270
30
9
01
71,430
2,381
21,054,400
701.813
October . .
227
00
1
19
66,476
2,144
18.448,080
595,099
November . .
223
00
7
26
63,285
2,109
15,941,000
531,366
December.
312
00
10
04
72,810
2,349
15,609,120
503,520
Totals for Year . .
2848
15
775,191
202,919,700
Daily Average for Year.
7
43
2,206
554,513
Average duty for year, including banking .
.50,300,000 pounds.
Average duty for year, without banking . .. 64,000,000 pounds.
NOTE-Amount of coal used for lighting purposes and machine shop .. 20,000 pounds.
Leaving total amount for pumping . . 755,191 pounds.
ANNUAL REPORT.
195
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per Day.
Month.
MONTH.
196
WATER ANALYSES-ATTLEBOROUGH.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts-State Board of Health.
(Parts in 100,000)
1904.
DATE OF
APPEARANCE.
AMMONIA.
Residue on
Free.
Albu- mi- noid.
Ni- trates.
Ni- trites.
48791
Feb. 2
Feb. 4
None
v.slight
.01 4.80|.0016 .0036|.42 .0090 .0000 2.1 .0030 .01
49138
Apr. 4
Apr. 5
None
None
.00 4.20 .0006 .0016 .36.0070 .0000 2.5 .0050.02
49645
June 7
June 9
None
None
.00 3.80 .0004 .0020 .34 .0070 .0000 2.2 .0120 .03
50533
Aug. 3
Aug. 4
None
None
.02 3 90 .0006 .0034 .33 0030 .0000 1.8 .0200 .04
51563
Oct. 5
Oct. 6
None
None
.02 4.90 .0010 .0042 .41 .0080 .0000 2.0 .0080 .07
52387
Dec. 7
Dec. 8
v.slight|slt. clay
.00 6.20 .0006 .0032 .50 .0070 .0000 3.1 .0250 .06
Average . ...
.014.63 .0007 .0030 .37.0068.0000|2.31.0121|.04
Hardness.
IRON.
No.
Collection.
Examination. Turpidity.
Sediment.
Color.
Evaporation.
Chlorine.
NITROGEN AS
Oxygen
Consumed.
ANNUAL REPORT.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
ATTLEBOROUGH WATER WORKS.
Water Ordinances.
Section I. Water Commissioners shall, at their first meeting after the annual town election, choose from their number a chairman. Two members shall be a quorum for the exercise of the powers and performance of the duties of the Water Commissioners. The Com- missioners may appoint and remove at their discretion a clerk, who shall also be Water Registrar, a superin- tendent and such employees or agents as they may deem necessary, and may prescribe their duties. They may fix the salaries of such clerk, employees and agents sub- ject to the instructions and control of the town.
Sec. 2. The Water Board shall have the exclusive and entire charge, superintendence and oversight of all lands, structures, works and apparatus designed and pro- vided for obtaining and supplying pure water for the uses of the town. They shall have the exclusive control and management of the uses, repairs and extensions of such works and structures, whether newly determined upon or otherwise.
Sec. 3. The Water Board shall have control and jurisdiction over all sources of supply possessed by the town, and all lands appurtenant thereto, owned or law- fully controlled by the town, and they may exercise all rights as to entry upon and passage over private prem- ises which now are or may become vested in the town, belonging or relating to the management of the water works and supply of water.
Sec. 4. The Water Board shall use diligent care for the protection and security of all sources of water from which a supply is obtained, so that the purity thereof may not be impaired.
Sec. 5. The Water Board shall, as often as once in each calendar month, meet and examine all bills and claims incurred by them in the prosecution of their duty and all claims approved shall be certified by them before payment of the same by the Town Treasurer.
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