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28
Respectfully submitted,
C. S. HOLDEN, W. O. HEWITT, G. K. ROBERTS,
Board of Health.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS OF PLUMBERS TO THE BOARD OF HEALTH
Gentlemen :- Herewith we present our eighth annual report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1908.
The composition of the Board has been the same as during the previous year-Dr C. S. Holden, Chairman ; J. M. Seagrave, Secretary, and H. L. Perry.
During the year the Board held the following list of meetings for the examination of applicants :
Jan. 14. Examined Philip N. Arnold for journeyman plumber.
Aug. 13. Examined Wm. Barney and Joseph Slattery for journeyman plumbers.
Oct. 30. Examined James Murphy for journeyman plumber.
Total number of meetings held during the year of 1908 was three.
Total number of applicants examined during the year of 1908 was four.
All were successful in passing their examinations.
Respectfully submitted,
J. M. SEAGRAVE,
Secretary for the Board of Examiners of Plumbers.
Attleboro, Mass., Jan. 1, 1909.
MAJOR EVERETT S. HORTON
Report of the Trustees of the Public Library
The report of the librarian, submitted with this, gives an account in detail of the work of the library during the year 1908, and shows how extensively the library has been used by the public. It is especially gratifying to the trustees that the library work is extending on such broad lines. The members of the various clubs in town visit the library and obtain material from many sources for use in preparations of papers and for general inform- ation ; and artisans from the factories find on the shelves books and magazines that furnish aid and give sugges- tions for improvement in their various lines of work.
The general circulation of books during the year has been the largest of any year in the history of the library, and it is a source of pleasure to learn that the percentage of fiction to the total circulation is somewhat smaller than in previous years.
Notwithstanding the increased circulation, the trustees feel that there are many people in the outlying districts who do not as yet appreciate the wealth of pleasure and profit to be derived from taking books to their homes for quiet reading and study, and so a plan of library ex- tension work has been formed and will be put into exe- cution early in the ensuing year. The details are not fully developed as yet, but some suitable and convenient method will be adopted for suplying the people in Dodge- ville, Hebronville and South Attleboro with books twice a month, the distribution to be made from some central point in these villages. The Ladies' Library Aid Asso-
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ciation has generously donated $300 to assist in this work.
During the year, the trustees were pained at receiving the resignation of Major Everett S. Horton from the board. He has been a trustee from the organization of the library, and its only president. His duties as a trustee have been performed in the same faithful and conscientious manner that has characterized his labors in many other public trusts, and it was with heartfelt re- gret that his resignation was accepted.
The detailed report of the expenses of the library for the past year is appended. Inasmuch as the trustees feel that a larger sum should be expended each year for the purchase of new books, and the plan for library exten- sion work will involve increased expenditures, they recommend to the Town that the sum of $7000 be appro- priated for the use of the library during the year 1909.
Respectfully submitted,
J. L. SWEET, President,
M. E. ROWE,
C. H. WHEELER, ALICE M. WALES,
IRENE T. HILL,
ELEANOR S. CARPENTER,
G. ST. J. SHEFFIELD,
P. E. BRADY, C. S. HOLDEN, Secretary.
Summary of Expenditures.
Salaries and janitor service $ 2,697.46
Books and magazines 1,918.66
Book binding 366.25 Supplies 444.52
Electric lights 415.78
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Coal 556.1I
Repairs
31.39
Insurance (on books)
14.00
Sundries
55.83
Total
$6,500.00
Examined January 30, 1909, and found correct :
BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY, FREDERICK L. LeBARON, W. L. ELLIOT,
Auditors.
To the President and Board of Trustees of the Attle- borough Public Library :
I herewith submit the annual report of the Attle- borough Public Library for the year ending December 31, 1908 :
In accordance with recent custom, the details of the library's activities for the year are arranged alphabetically by subject.
Accessions.
During the year, 1244 new volumes have been added to the library : 1097 by purchase ; 44 by gift ; 103 by bind- ing periodicals. Besides these, 169 lost and worn out books have been replaced, the cost for which alone has been $134.16. One hundred and twenty-one books have been discarded entirely, as not worthy of replacement.
Binding.
Number of books rebound 708
Number of periodicals bound 103
Total 811
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Book Lists.
A number of special book lists have been printed dur- ing the year in the Attleboro Daily Sun and in the Paw- tucket Times. Among them have been lists on St. Fran- cis of Assisi, St. Valentine's Day, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, a list highly spoken of by Mrs. Mar- garet Deland during an afternoon lecture at Library Hall; a list selected by the Newark Public Library and known as 100 best novels. These have been mimeo- graphed and distributed free to readers. A somewhat more elaborate, bibliography of all material in the library on Browning was made for the use of a town club. With the co-operation of Mr. Jones, principal of the grammar schools, a list of books was selected for the use of Eighth grade pupils. We consider the selection and making of lists of books a most important branch of library work. We are always ready to help in discovering material somewhat inaccessible to the general reader, and to put it into permanent form in the shape of lists of books on given subjects.
Books, Care of
Open access to all books in the library is a source of satisfaction to borrowers. The privilege is seldom abused. The loss of books from the shelves for the year 1908 has been six from the children's department. 14 from the adult.
Books Lent.
The library was open for circulation 307 days in 1908. The number of volumes lent for home and school use during the year was 49,332, divided as follows :
Adult department 37,113
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Children's department
12,219
Outlying schools
1,626
South Attleboro and Robinson Street 689
Turner Street 269
Dodgeville
164
Hebronville
207
Briggs Corner
297
Divided according to classes, the circulation was as
follows :
General works
1,286
2.67
Philosophy
438
.88
Religion
388
.78
Sociology
I,IOI
2.23
Philology
25
.05
Natural Science
866
1.75
Useful arts
539
1.09
Fine arts
515
1.04
Literature
2,79I
5.65
History
1,256
2.54
Travel and description
880
1.78
Biography
942
1.90
Fiction
. 38,305
77.52
Total
49,332
100.00
The largest number of books issued on any one day was 461, on March 28. This is the largest circulation for a single day that the library has ever had. The smallest number of books issued was 54, on January 24. The largest month's circulation, 5709, was March. This year the library has had the largest single day, the larg- est month, the largest year of circulation in its history.
Comparative circulation by years for the last 10 years is as follows:
Year ending December 31, 1898 27,277
Year ending December 31, 1899 27,263
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Year ending December 31, 1900 31,420
Year ending December 31, 1901 34,944
Year ending December 31, 1902 43,882
Year ending December 31, 1903 43,208
Year ending December 31, 1904 44,726
Year ending December 31, 1905 43,010
Year ending December 31, 1906 42,152
Year ending December 31, 1907 38,998
Year ending December 31, 1908
49,332
Bulletin.
A new feature of the library's work this year has been the publication of a Quarterly Bulletin. This, as its title indicates, is to be published once every three months. The first number appeared November 15. It contains the rules of the library, a list of the books added to the library during the three months preceding the publica- tion of the Bulletin, a brief characterization of many books and from time to time it will contain lists of spe- cial interest. This publication will in some measure take the place of a complete catalogue of the library, printed in book form.
Catalogue Department.
An item in last year's report was this: "Books pre- viously catalogued in classed catalogue form will, as time and assistance permit, be changed to conform with the requirements of a dictionary catalogue. During 1908 the fiction section of the children's room has thus been re-catalogued. At the same time a duplicate catalogue has been made up to this point. The latter work was begun because we look forward to a time when this de- partment may be in a part of the building less accessible to the general catalogue.
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In addition to the work already outlined 342 volumes of periodicals never before catalogued have been acces- sioned, classified, and shelf-listed during the year. The same has been done for 1244 new volumes of books.
Children's Work.
The work in the children's room is for the most part included in the report on other activities in the library. The circulation here is about one-third the total for the entire library. Outlying schools have as usual been sup- plied with books. One special list of books has been compiled for the benefit of the children. The children are indebted to Mrs. MacIntyre of the Sanford Street school for a pleasant afternoon of "stories."
Gifts.
Art of Engraving.
Brady, Original photographs taken on the battle- fields during the Civil War of the United States; Mrs. Homer Daggett.
Bumpus, Cathedrals and Churches of Northern Italy. Caine, Bondman.
Dante Aligheri, La Divina Commedia; Melzie, Nuovo Dizionario Inglese-Italiano; Petrarca, Le Rime; Tasso, La Gerusalemme-Mr. Walter Claflin.
International Library of Technology, 4 volumes; Mr. Jean Theobald.
International Library Masterpieces of Literature, 30 volumes ; Father O'Connell.
Rousseau, Confessions, 2 volumes.
Rhode Island Genealogy, Biography, 2 volumes; Sol- omon Lincoln, History of the Town of Hingham, 1827; Aaron Hobart, Historical Sketch of Abington, 1839; John Daggett, Sketch of the History of Attleborough, 1834;
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S. C. Newman, Rehoboth in the Past, also an Account of Seekonk, 1860-Major E. S. Horton.
Hours.
More definite rules in regard to the opening of the li- brary on holidays have been adopted. The reading room is open from 3 to 9 p. m. Sundays and all holidays ex- cept Thanksgiving, Christmas and July 4, when the en- tire library is closed. The Sunday attendance at the li- brary during the past year has been most gratifying. The total attendance was 5049, an increase over 1907 of 1930; as this year in the circulating department was the largest in the history of the library, so this year's Sur. day attendance has shown the largest total and the larg- est single month, February, 805, and the largest single day. 297.
Library Aid Association.
The Library Aid Association has voted the library $300, to be used for the work of extension. That is, this amount is to be spent to supply the outlying districts of Hebronville, Dodgeville and South Attleborough, with books. As a beginning it is planned to deliver books to a certain point, at a definite hour, on a given day, every two weeks and to collect the books in like manner, to be exchanged at the library.
Library Art Exhibits.
The library became a member of the Library Art club in May, 1908. Since that time 12 exhibits have been held, illustrating various subjects. Lists of exhibits of- fered by the club have been sent to the various women's clubs in town.
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Mr. Arnold Slade, for several weeks lent the library a number of his reproductions of famous paintings in the Luxembourg.
Music.
The library has purchased as an experiment, the scores of ten standard operas and oratorios. These scores are to circulate as any other books do. If this branch of work proves popular we shall add other scores from time to time.
Periodicals.
The following have been added to the magazines sub- scribed for in former years :
American Photographer.
Athenaeum.
Camera.
Carpentry and Building.
Chemical News.
Cycle and Automobile Trade Journal.
Dial.
Engineering and Mining Journal.
Etude.
Forestry and Irrigation.
Garden Magazine.
Horseless Age.
Independent. Iron Age.
Law Students' Helper. Living Age. Metal Worker.
Patent Office Gazette.
Popular Electricity.
Popular Mechanics. Revue Canadienne.
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School Review. Stenographer. World Today.
Registration.
The total number of borrowers registered from No- vember II, 1907, to January I. 1909, was 3,053. Of these 36 have left town, leaving us with 3.017 borrowers to date. One thousand, three hundred and three have regis- tered during 1908.
Conclusion.
This year has in every respect been the largest on the records of the library : in the number of books circulated. in the proportion of non-fiction to fiction circulated, in the number of new books purchased, in the number of Sunday visitors. The statistics show admirable results. If they told the entire story it would be a good one. However, the work that is not recorded, the work in ref- erence and reading rooms, counts almost as much in the real service rendered by the library, to the public. As we acquire a greater number of technical magazines and reference books of value, we hope to see this work and the circulation increase side by side.
Respectfully submitted,
EUGENIA M. HENRY,
Librarian
Report of the Inspector of Wires
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Town of Attle- borough, Mass. :
Gentlemen :- I herewith submit my annual report as Superintendent of Wires for the past year.
The defects in electrical apparatus on the various premises in Town which the insurance companies have been calling attention to have been rectified and the interior installations throughout the Town are now in a very satisfactory condition. The outside construction as a whole is in very good condition.
During the year I have made 102 inspections of new work and numerous inspections of complaints and old work.
Respectfully submitted,
EDGAR TREGONING,
Superintendent of Wires.
Report of the Gypsy Moth Inspector
To the Citizens of Attleborough :
I herewith submit my annual report as Inspector of Gypsy Moths for the year ending Dec. 31, 1908. I bur- lapped the orchard of E. V. Carpenter and cared for same through the larvae season. A Gypsy moth colony was found there in the spring.
With two assistants, I gave the Town a thorough scouting in the fall, discovering three colonies of Gypsy moths, containing 15 egg clusters, or about 6,500 eggs. All were destroyed. I also cut off about 200 webs of the Brown-tail moth, containing about 300 larvae to the web.
I would be pleased to give help to anyone clearing their place of the pest at any time.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM E. S. SMITH,
Inspector of Gypsy Moths.
SIXTEENTH REPORT
OF THE
Water Department
OF THE
TOWN OF ATTLEBOROUGH
For the Year Ending December 31,
1908
TOWN OF ATTLEBOROUGH Water Department, 1908
Commissioners :
DAVID E. MAKEPEACE, Term Expires 1909.
WM. M. STONE, Term Expires 1910. Term Expires 1911.
KARL H. HYDE,
Superintendent and Registrar : GEORGE H. SNELL.
Assistant Superintendent : GEORGE W. BABCOCK.
Bookkeeper : CARRIE L. PERRY.
Engineer at Pumping Station : WALTER P. WHITTEMORE.
Report of Water Department
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
Attleborough Water Works.
Population by census of 1905. 12.702
Date of construction of works . 1873 Source of supply : Circular wells near Seven Mile River. Mode of supplying : By pumping into standpipe 100 feet high, 50 feet in diameter; capacity, 1,500,000 gallons.
Pumping.
Builders of pumping machinery: Deane Steam Pump Co., Barr Pumping Engine Co.
Description of coal used : Bituminous coal.
Coal consumed for the year
850,795 lbs.
Total pumpage for the year . 261,935,200 gallons. Average dynamo head against which pumps work :
Deane 254 feet.
Barr 260 feet.
Number of gallons pumped per pound of coal. . 229 gal. Duty, including banking 71.373,000 Duty, without banking. 82,929,000
Consumption.
Estimated population 16,000 Estimated population on line of pipe at date . . 15,000 Total gallons consumed for year. 261,935.200
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Average daily consumption . 715,688 Gallons per day for each inhabitant. .44.7 Gallons per day for each consumer. 47.7
Distribution.
Kind of pipe in use : Wrought iron, cast iron and cement lined. Sizes: From I to 24 inches.
Extended. 10,562 feet or 2 miles
Total now in use. 54.10 miles
Number of leaks .61
Hydrants added I6
Number now in use. 400
Total number of services now in use. .2,100
Range of pressure on mains at Park Square for 24 hours, 85 to 100 1bs.
Meters.
Meters added 129
Number now, in use 2,10I
Motors now in use 2
Number of meters rented by town
1,92I
Number of meters owned by individuals. 18c
Kind and number of meters in use at the end of the
year :
Ball & Fitts.
I
Gem
I
Union Rotary
507
"A" Union Rotary 249
Columbia 38
King
I22
Hersey
123
Hersey Disc
40
Crown 158
Nash 600
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Empire 37
Thomson 49
Lambert 63
Trident 30
Keystone
83
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Maintenance.
Dr.
Amount paid Town Treasurer by
Water Registrar, being income
from sale of water, etc. $39,673.30
Appropriation by town.
3,000.00
Accrued intrest 241.34
Amount borrowed from Construc-
tion Account
1,211.70
$44,126.34
Cr.
Pumping expenses
$4,116.48
Incidentals
1,144.89
Salaries
2.740.00
Pay Roll
3,595.87
Insurance
231.19
Repairs
872.45
Team
1,124.08
Tools
75.39
Work shop and barn
291.72
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Pipe system
404.2I
Interest account 19,530.06
Total maintenance
$34,126.34
Amount placed in Sinking Fund
10,000.00
$44,126.34
Construction.
Dr.
Unexpended balance, January
I,
1908
.$ 1,253.76
Amount received from sale of bonds 50,000.00
Premium on bonds
785.00
Amount received on notes.
15,000.00
Amount received from Water Regis-
trar for bill for Abolition of
Grade Crossings
6,220.37
$73,259.13
Cr.
Cost of construction for 1908, as shown by itemized account .. .$24,497.63 Notes paid 45,000.00
Unexpended :balance :
Cash on hand ...... .$2,549.80 Amount loaned Main- tenance 1,211.70
3,761.50
$73,259.13
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Total cost of work to date $692,514.76
Bonded debt at this date 537,000.00
Value of Sinking Fund 62,063.86
Examined January 18, 1909, and found correct : BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY,
W. L. ELLIOT, FREDERICK L. LeBARON,
Auditors.
SUMMARY OF MAINTENANCE.
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Pumping Expenses.
Coal $1,920.41
Engineers' salaries, oil and packings 1,936.37
Cost of extra pumping. 259.70
$4,116.48
Repairs.
Repairs on pipe system $123.85
Repairs on meters
515.80
Repairs at pumping station
I54.44
Repairs on tools.
67.04
Repairs at work shop.
7.24
Repairs on telephones.
4.08
$872.45
Incidentals.
Telephones $216.64
Printing and book supplies
171.29
Pumping station 52.87
Freight and express 46.62
Postage 60.00
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Work shop
49.50
Pipe system 21.89
Office
55.62
Lighting
I35.46
Rent and janitor service
325.50
General incidentals
9.50
$1, 144.89
Salaries.
Wated Commissioners, Superintend- ent, Registrar and Bookkeeper $2,740.00
$2,740.00
Pay Roll.
Pay roll of labor.
$3.595.87
$3,595.87
Insurance.
Insurance
$231.19
Teams. $231.19
Horse keeping, automobile, etc .... 1,124.08
$1,124.08
Tools.
Tools $75.39
$75.39
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Work Shop and Barn.
Work shop and barn $291.72
Pipe System. $291.72
Service, pipe fitting. etc. $404.21
$404.21
SUMMARY OF CONSTRUCTION.
Pipe line extension $10,863.30
Services 2,562.13
Improvements at stand pipe and
Ide's Hill 940.26
Filter bed and dam 7.161.82
Meters
1,053-49
Construction at Pumping Station. 1,916.63
$24,497.63
Statement of the Amount of Income Received From Water Rates From the Date of Construction of the Water Works to the Present Time.
(These figures do not include appropriations made by the Fire District or Town.)
June, 1874-April, 1875, 10 months. $ 789.98
April, 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
May, 1879-May. 1880 3,447.45
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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-January, 1894, 8 months.
9,200.00
January, 1894-January, 1895
11, 174.60
January, 1895-January, 1896
14,188.00
January, 1896-January, 1897
15,292.29
January, 1897-January, 1898
16,446.69
January, 1898-January, 1899
16,394.18
January, 1899-January, 1900
19,968.89
January, 1900-January, 1901
21,424.4I
January, 1901-January, 1902
27,325.34
January, 1902-January, 1903
27,539.14
January, 1903-January, 1904
29,876.22
January, 1904-January, 1905
31,524.30
January, 1905-January, 1906
33.342.94
January, 1906-January, 1907 42,668.71
January, 1907-January, 1908 39,360.68
January, 1908-January, 1909
45,893.67
$500.683.03
Statement of the Indebtedness of the Town for Water Works Construction.
Bonds.
4's A. and O., due October 1. 1912 $ 20.000.00
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4's S. and M., due September 1, 1915 12,000.00
4's J. and J., due January 1, 1919 20,000.00
31/2's J. and J., due January 1, 192I 10,000.00
31/2's O. and A., due April 1, 1921 20,000.00
4's A. and O., due October 1, 1922 25,000.00
4's J. and J., due July 1, 1923 35,000.00
4's J. and J., due July 1, 1924 40,000.00
4's J. and J., due July 1, 1926
25,000.00
4's J. and J., due July 1, 1927
10,000.00
4's J. and J., due July 1, 1928
13,000.00
31/2's J. and J., due July 1, 1929 15,000.00
31/2's J. and J., due July 1, 1930 12,000.00
31/2's O. and A., due April 1, 1932 30,000.00
4's O. and A., due April 1, 1933
30,000.00
4's A. and O., due April 1, 1934 20,000.00
31/2's M. and S., due March 1, 1935 100,000.00
31/2's N. and M., due November 1, 1935 50,000.00
4's A. and O., due April 1, 1910-1934 50,000.00
$537,000.00
Sinking Fund assets
62,063.86
Balance net debt $474.936.14
REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS
To the Citizens of Attleborough :-
The Water Commissioners herewith submit their six- teenth annual report, covering the operations of the de- partment for the year ending December 31, 1908. Ap- pended will be found the report of the Superintendent and Registrar, in which a detailed statement of statistics pertaining to the work is presented
The supply of water has been ample during the year, although conditions have been such that in many places underground sources have been severely tested. In
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September and October the water in the wells was drawn down to such a point that it became necessary to use the percolating area in order to meet the daily consump- tion. At this time the brook was dry for a considerable distance above the pumping station, and water was necessarily pumped from Orr's Pond to the area sur- rounding the wells. The results were extremely satis- factory and a proof of the value of the percolating area as an auxiliary to the ground water supply. The exist- ence of a watershed in proportion to the storage capaci- ty in the ground makes necessary some method of tem- porary relief during short periods of drought, if the source is to be developed to its maximum capacity. Such relief is provided by the percolating area and low lift pumping apparatus by which the water stored in Orr's Pond can be lifted to the area adjacent to the wells, fil- tered and added to the available supply of ground wa- ter. By this method, as suggested in our report for 1907, it is estimated that the supply now developed has been made capable of meeting a daily draft of one million, three hundred and fifty thousand (1,350,000) gallons in the driest period of the year. This is considerably in excess of present requirements, but it may be well to note that the consumption is increasing yearly and that during the driest month the water is liable to reach an amount twenty-five per cent. in excess of the average for the year. When, therefore, the average daily amount reaches a million (1,000,000) gallons there may be months when the demand will approach the capacity of the sources as non-developed. This from the present yearly increase, will occur in 1914 or 1915, which fact indicates the advisability of looking toward the develop- ment of an additional storage basin above the wells to the extent at least of acquiring the land at the earliest opportunity.
The roof of the older well will require some repairs
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in the near future and at such time it is recommended that the present wooden roof be replaced by a tiled dome similar to that on the new well.
The steam turbine and low lift centrifugal pump have satisfactorily met requirements; the boiler plant and Barr pump, with due allowance for the poor quality of the coal used during the year and for which the depart- ment is to be paid a rebate by the seller, have operated with high efficiency.
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