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EXTENSIONS.
Two extensions have been made during the year, in accordance with the vote of the town.
From the corner east of Mr. Storey's place 401 feet of 4" pipe was laid to opposite Mr. Briggs' farm house, at a total cost of $332.12. Also from Farnsworth corner 3727 feet 4" pipe to the Wayland line, at a total cost of $1819.00. The work on both extensions was done by James E. Burke of Waltham, the price for digging and laying pipe in the former case was 23 cents per lineal foot, and in the latter 20 cents per lineal foot, and in each case $3.50 per cubic yard of rock.
NEW WORK.
We wish to call the attention of the town again to the importance of connecting the 6" pipe opposite Mr. Higgin- son's place with that opposite Mr. Adams' place. This is absolutely necessary for the safety of the south part of the town, because in case of any break in the pipe between the centre of the town and the railroad station, that part of the town is left without fire protection.
We recommend that the town make an appropriation this year for this work.
The slate taken from the roof of the old pumping station, together with some gray brick bought of the contractor, are
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now piled on the reservoir lot. It is the intention of the commissioners the coming year to build a house over the screen well and make connection by wire with the pumping station for a warning bell for high water.
The commissioners feel that as soon as the money can be spared from either the maintenance or construction account an iron fence should be built about the reservoir to protect the water from any pollution.
LOWERING PIPE.
On account of the changing of the grade of the road in the east part of the town, it became necessary to lower 885 feet of 4" pipe, in four different places.
It was proposed to abandon the pipe already laid and lay a new pipe at a distance from the old one. Nine hundred feet of pipe were therefore bought from M. J. Drummond of N. Y., at a cost of $28.60 per ton.
A contract was afterwards made with Mr. Burke, in which he agreed to take up and re-lay the old pipe, saving as much as possible. The price to be paid for the same being 30 cents per lineal foot and $3.75 per cubic yard of work. Most of the pipe was saved and the Water Works have therefore about 800 feet of 4" pipe on hand. The total cost of the work, including pipe, was $889.11. The appro- priation for the same was $1,500.00
The statistics and the financial statements in this report are in conformity with the request of the New England Water Works Association.
A detail of the expenses is found in the Selectmen's report.
GEORGE L. CHAPIN, JOSEPH S. HART, STEPHEN H. BLODGETT, JOHN F. FARRAR, CHARLES S. WHEELER,
Water Commissioners.
* the
LINCOLN PUMPING STATION.
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A Copy of the Engineer's Report.
PLYMOUTH, April 29, 1901.
Mr. George L. Chapin, Chairman Water Board, Lincoln, Mass. :
Dear Sir :
I present herewith the following report of the test of the pump furnished to the town of Lincoln by the Deane Steam Pump Co. of Holyoke, Mass.
The test was made April 18th and 19th instant, commenc- ing at 11.10 a. m. of the 18th, and running until 3.16 a. m. of the 19th. The reservoir being filled very nearly to the limit of its capacity at this hour it was decided not to con- tinue further pumping, as this would have necessitated wast- ing the water through hydrants or blow offs, and conse- quently a waste of coal. The action of the pump was very uniform and regular, and nothing of especial value was to have been obtained by lengthening the duration of the test.
Boiler No. 2, the new boiler, was used during the test, having been thoroughly cleaned out previous to starting. The start was made with everything cold.
During the test, steam was maintained at from 90 to 95 pounds pressure. The water in Sandy Pond was 15.3 feet below the centre of the water gauge, which indicated a pres- sure of from 143 feet at the commencement of the test, to 146.5 feet at the close, making an average head for the pump of 160 feet.
During the test 734,969 gallons of water were pumped, or at the rate of very nearly 1, 110,000 gallons in 24 hours. This was done with ease and without forcing, and apparently at a
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desirable rate of speed. The contract calls for a capacity of 750,000 gallons in 24 hours ; this condition, therefore, is more than fulfilled.
In order to arrive at the duty for 24 hours, it is assumed that the engine would have run 8 hours more under similar conditions with similar results to those given in the last 8 hours of the run. Computing the duty on this basis gives a result of 47,046,000 foot pounds with 100 pounds of coal. The contract calls for 45,000,000 foot pounds under these conditions. This guarantee is also more than fulfilled. The last 8 hours of the run developed a duty of 63, 100,000 foot pounds per 100 pounds of coal. Had the test been com- menced with everything hot the result for the 24 hours would have been considerably greater.
For the whole run the engine raised 312 gallons of water into the reservoir per pound of coal consumed.
The guarantees of the contract as to capacity and duty have therefore been more than fulfilled.
I beg to congratulate the town and the Water Board on having obtained a first-class pumping engine, well adapted for the requirements of the situation ; of good design and excellent workmanship and able to do its work efficiently and economically.
Very respectfully,
WALTER H. SEARS.
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Summary of Statistics FOR THE YEAR ENDING FEB. 1, 1902.
Lincoln Water Works, Lincoln, Middlesex, Mass.
Population by census of 1900, 1, 127.
Date of construction, 1874.
By whom owned, town.
Source of supply, Sandy Pond.
Mode of supply, pumping ; compound, condensing.
PUMPING.
Builders of pumping machinery, Deane Steam Pump Co. Description of fuel used :
Kind, Bituminous coal.
Brand of coal, Pocahontas and Georges Creek.
Average price of coal per gross ton, delivered, $5.49. Wood, price per cord, $4.00.
Coal consumed for the year, 201,752 pounds.
Pounds of wood consumed, equivalent amount of coal, 4,000 pounds.
Total equivalent of coal consumed for the year, 203,752 pounds.
Total pumpage for the year, 53,435,363 gallons, without allowance for slip.
Average static head against which pumps work, 148.5 feet. Average dynamic head against which pumps work, 160 feet. Number of gallons pumped per pound of equivalent coal, 213. Duty, 34,995,555.
Cost of pumping, figured on pumping station expenses, viz., $1,426.99.
Per million gallons pumped, $26.66.
Per million gallons raised one foot (dynamic), 16 cents.
Cost of pumping, figured on total maintenance, viz., $4,919.85.
Per million gallons pumped, $92.07.
Per million gallons raised one foot (dynamic), 57 cents.
Financial.
MAINTENANCE.
RECEIPTS.
From Consumers :
A. Water rates, fixture, $3,661 03
B. Water rates, meter, 1,011 45 C. Netreceipts for water,(A)+(B), $4,672 48
D. Miscellaneous (rent, repairs, sales, etc.) . 114 82 . .
E. Total from consumers ·
$4,787 80
From Public Funds :
F. Hydrants ·
$1,080 00
G. Fountains . 150 00
I. Public buildings 120 00 Total from public funds 1,350 00
K. Gross receipts from all sourees .
· $6,137 30
EXPENDITURES.
AA. Management and repairs .
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· $2,754 85
BB. Interest on bonds . .
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2,165 00
CC. Total maintenance for year .
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$4,919 85
DD. Balance -
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1,217 45
K. Total
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$6,137 30
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Financial.
CONSTRUCTION.
RECEIPTS.
Q. From balance of previous year
$4,784 59
FF. Extension of mains
$2,151 12
R. .. Bonds issued
. 2,000 00
II. Special (reservoirs, pumps, etc.)
5,447 57
S. .. Appropriations from tax levy .
1,400 00
J.J. Total construction for year . .
$7,598 69
KK. Balance
585 90
V. Total .
$8,184 59 .
W. Net cost of works to date .
$115,254 65
X. Bonded debt at date
56,000 00
Y. Value of Sinking Fund at date
4,993 36
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Z. Average rate of interest 34 per cent.
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V. Total
$8,184 59
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EXPENDITURES.
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CONSUMPTION.
Estimated total population at date, 1127. Estimated population on lines of pipe, 857. Estimated population supplied, 835. Total consumption for the year, 53,435,363 gallons. Passed through meters, 8,924,250 gallons. Percentage of consumption metered, .167. Average daily consumption, 146,398 gallons. Gallons per day to each inhabitant, 129. Gallons per day to each consumer, 142. Gallons per day to each tap, 817.
DISTRIBUTION.
MAINS.
Kind of pipe, cast iron and cement lined. Sizes, from 4 inch to 12 inch.
Extended 4128 feet during year. Total now in use, 15.133 miles.
Cost of repairs per mile, $3.90.
Number of leaks per mile, .0019.
Length of pipes less than 4 inches diameter, 0.322 miles. Number of hydrants added during year (public and pri- vate), 4.
Number of hydrants (public and private) now in use, 75. Number of stop gates added during year, 4.
Number of stop gates now in use, 61. Number of stop gates smaller than 4 inch, I.
Number of blow-off gates, 15.
Range of pressure on mains at centre of town, 40 pounds to 50 pounds.
SERVICES.
Kind of pipe, galvanized iron and cement lined. Sizes, & inch to 4 inch. Extended, 156 feet, Discontinued, 6 feet.
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Total now in use, - miles.
Number of service taps added during year, 13. Number now in use, 179.
Average length of service, 12 feet.
Average cost of service for the year, $10.70. Mumber of meters added, I. Number now in use, 6.
Percentage of receipts from metered water, 0.161.
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Collector's Report.
The collector is charged as follows :
Arrears, Water rates, Miscellaneous,
$498 75
6347 51
107 74
-- -$6954 00 -
Credit.
Abatements,
$38 00
· Uncollected rates,
778 70
Total collections,
6137 30
--- $6954 00
GEORGE L. CHAPIN, Collector.
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The indebtedness of the Water Works is as follows :
Thirteen $1000 bonds, due one each year, $13,000 00 Note with Middlesex Institution for Savings, due April 7, 1902, 10,000 00
Ten $1000 4 per cent. bonds, due 1917, 10,000 00
Twenty-three $1000 32 per cent. bonds, due 1930, 23,000 00
$56,000 00
The total cost of the pumping station and equipment has been as follows :
Amount expended, as per report of Feb. 1, 1901, $12,648 29 J. M. & C. J. Buckley, balance contract, 2,094 20 extras 175 70
P. H. Butler, marble, 22 50
Albert Washburn, labor and stock, 125 96
J. B. Hunter & Co., extras on hardware, IO 95
C. W. Trainer & Co., covering steam pipes, 53 51
Richard Hanley, slating and copper, 52 40
Deane Steam Pump Co., balance contract, 1,800 00
Walworth Mfg. Co., 21 02
Grading, 978 28
$17,982 81
There remains one bill to be paid on the labor of the stone work of the intake chamber of about $75.00. This bill has never been presented and the Water Board have been unable to communicate with the contractor.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.
The town has been fortunate in not having occur, during the past year, within its borders any serious epidemic.
Those contagious cases which have occurred have either been brought into the town sick with the disease or have occurred in the immediate family of the persons first afflicted.
The greater part of our labors this year has been devoted to abating the nuisances occasioned by the keeping of large numbers of pigs in unsanitary surroundings and the hand- ling, storing and feeding of "city swill" and we feel that with the steps already taken those nuisances will shortly be abated.
SAMUEL H. PIERCE. JOSEPH S. HART. S. H. BLODGETT.
Regulations of the Board of Health of the Town of Lincoln.
ADOPTED JUNE 12, 1899.
PROTECTION OF WATER SUPPLY.
1. No person shall drive any horse, cow, or other neat cattle, to or into the waters of any pond in the town of Lincoln, which is used as a source of public water supply, or place any such animal on or near the shore thereof, for the purpose of permitting such animal to wade in the waters thereof, or to drink therefrom.
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2. No person shall permit any cow, horse, or other do- mestic animal, either belonging to him or in his care or charge, to go to or into the waters of any pond in the town of Lincoln which is used as a source of public water supply, for any purpose whatsoever.
3. No person shall throw, put or discharge into the waters of any pond in the town of Lincoln used as a source of public water supply, any manure, offal, sewage or refuse or decaying matter.
4. No person shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, upon the shores of any pond in the town of Lincoln used as a source of public water supply, between low water mark of such pond and a line measured one rod above the high water mark, any manure, offal, refuse or decaying matter.
SWINE.
5. No person shall keep swine within the limits of the town after he has been notified by the Board of Health not to do so.
6. Swine in herds, exceeding five in number, shall not be kept or allowed to pasture within five hundred feet of any public street or way.
OFFENSIVE TRADES.
7. The Board of Health hereby adjudges that the ex- ercise of the trade or employment of keeping swine within the limits of the town is a nuisance and hurtful to the inhab- itants thereof, and dangerous to the public health. No per- son, firm or corporation shall engage in, or exercise within the limits of the town of Lincoln the trade or employment of keeping swine without having first obtained a permit there- for in writing from the Board of Health ; and such permit may be revoked at any time by the said Board.
8. The Board of Health hereby adjudges that the ex- ercise of the trade or employment of slaughtering cattle, swine, sheep or other animals, or of conducting a melting or
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rendering establishment, is a nuisance, and hurtful to the in- habitants of the town, and dangerous to the public health. No person, firm or corporation shall engage in or exercise within the limits of the town of Lincoln, the trade or employ- ment of slaughtering cattle, swine, sheep or other animals, or of conducting a melting or rendering establishment.
OFFAL, MANURE, ETC.
9. Kitchen refuse or what is known as "City Swill" or Offal from swine pens, slaughter houses, vaults or cesspools, shall not be carried over any public street or way within the limits of the town except in water tight receptacles, which shall be closely covered.
10. Offal or manure from swine pens, slaughter houses, vaults or cesspools, when deposited upon the fields, shall be thoroughly plowed under and covered within twelve hours after such deposit ; or, if for any reason not so plowed under and covered, such offal or manure shall be wholly removed within the said time after such deposit.
11. All owners or occupants of any premises within the limits of the town of Lincoln, shall, on or before the first day of June, in each year, remove all offal, manure and other foul and offensive substances or matter from all swine pens, slaughter houses, vaults and cesspools situated upon their premises ; and shall thereupon immediately cleanse and thoroughly put in order all such swine pens, slaughter houses, vaults and cesspools.
REPEAL.
12. These regulations so far as they agree with former regulations shall be deemed a continuation thereof ; but otherwise all former regulations are repealed.
PENALTY.
13. Whoever violates any of the above regulations is liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars for each offence. Public Statutes, Chapter 80, Section 18.
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Amendments.
ADOPTED JULY 19, 1901.
1. No person shall convey, or cause to be conveyed, swill, house offal, or refuse or decaying matter over any public street or way in the town without a written license therefor issued by the Board of Health. Such license shall be exercised at all times in accordance with the require- ments of the Board and of its officers, and may be revoked at any time. The ninth (9th) regulation of the Board is hereby repealed.
2. No owner or occupant of land or premises within the town shall permit any swill, house offal, or refuse or decay- ing matter, brought from without the limits of the town, to remain upon his land or premises for a period exceeding twenty-four hours in any case ; provided, however, that any of the said substances may so remain after the said time if placed in receptacles or otherwise disposed of in a manner previously approved in writing by the Board of Health.
Whoever violates any of the above regulations is liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars for each offence.
Public Statutes, Chapter 80, Section 18.
ADOPTED JANUARY 16, 1902.
3. The Board of Health hereby adjudges that the deposit of sputum in public places is a nuisance, source of filth, and cause of sickness, and hereby orders : That spitting upon the floor, platform, or steps of any railroad station, car, public building, halls, church, market, store, or any sidewalk im- mediately connected with said public places, be, and hereby is, prohibited.
Whoever violates any of the above regulations is liable to a penalty of one hundred dollars for each offence.
Public Statutes, Chapter 80, Section 18.
A true copy of the regulations of the Board of Health of the Town of Lincoln and all amendments thereto.
Attest : JOSEPH S. HART,
Secretary of the Board of Health.
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Report of Tree Warden.
In accordance with the wish of the Town, at the last an- nual meeting, that a thorough investigation should be made of that section which had been infested by the gypsy moth, the services of Charles E. Bailey, who had charge of all work done by the State in the Town of Lincoln, were acquired.
He was highly recommended by the State Board of Agri- culture as an expert, both in pruning and in gypsy moth work, and was familiar with the ground to be covered. An agree- ment was made with him to work from the first of May to the thirty-first of November, for $15.00 per week and fares from Malden to Lincoln and return, sixty-four cents per day.
Before beginning work he carefully looked over the ground and reported that there were between 15,000 and 20,000 trees with burlaps still upon them, left when the State stopped its work two years ago. He found these burlaps in such condi- tion that they could be used this season without renewing. In order to do the work more expeditiously he required a trained helper, and a competent man was hired at $1.75 per day.
These caterpillars feed during the night and seek shelter during the day from the heat and sun. While seeking such places, they crawl over the whole tree. The burlaps have been found to be the cheapest means of detecting the pres- ence of the caterpillars in localities where they are thought to exist. The whole infested area has been examined, and it has been found that the work done by the State, under Mr. Bailey's supervision, was so careful and thorough that but two new colonies were found, and these exterminated. Two localities which were badly infested at the time of the State's relinquishing its work, were found to have spread but little, and by burning the area over carefully another year, the pests can be killed.
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This seems a wonderful showing toward the extermination of one of the greatest insect pests with which this country has been afflicted. None of the outlying towns, as far as known, which have suffered from the ravages of the gypsy moth, except Lincoln, have appropriated money for their exter- mination.
Of the three imported insect pests, the elm-leaf beetle, brown-tail moth and gypsy moth, that are spreading rapidly and destroying trees throughout the state, the latter is the most universal feeder, and this the Town of Lincoln has well in hand.
The damage done by well-established colonies of gypsy moths cannot and should not be under-estimated. They in- crease with alarming rapidity, when once started, and, being the most general feeder known, devour the foliage of ever- green as well as broad-leafed trees. I have seen three acres of wood-land in Gorgetown so completely stripped of fol- iage that the large leafed trees were as bare as in winter, and the needles gone off every pine. An evergreen tree once stripped of its leaves will never recover, and a broad-leafed tree will stand such stripping but two or three times. The work of extermination requires such careful attention, and is attended by such expense, that it seems impossible of accom- plishment by those of either small or moderate means and is best done by the community. No man conducting a farm could find time during his ordinary labors to attend to the details of the work at the proper periods.
It has been stated by those who are in opposition to the general suppression of this pest, that it has natural enemies which destroy it; but their rate of increase is so great in the localities where their natural enemies are present, that this means of extinction cannot be relied upon, and vigorous and active methods of extermination must be employed.
The elm-leaf beetle is present in the town, but not in alarm- ing numbers, and at the present rate of increase it would seem that it would require three years to become a dangerous menace.
The brown-tail moth, as far as known, has not yet been de- tected within the town borders.
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As far as possible, the tent caterpillars were destroyed along the highways of the Town.
Eight rock maples have been planted on the south side of the road from Baker's Corner toward the centre. Mr. Baker furnished these trees. Also set out rock maples on the east side of Nathaniel Cousin's estate.
As it seemed best to have some settled plan of pruning, this was begun on the Concord line, near Walden Pond, and continued toward the pumping station, the intention being to complete the Square from Walden Pond to Miner's Cor- ner, thence to the depot and the centre, and back to Baker's Corner. This was not wholly accomplished before Bailey's contract expired, but those sections pruned have been well done. The tree in front of Mr. Vernon A. Wright's house has been braced with rods and rendered safe, Mr. Wright paying for the rods. The elm trees in front of Mrs. Howard Snelling's were pruned, Mrs. Snelling paying for the work done on them on her side of the wall. Hon. Charles F. Adams kindly contributed the services of a man and his teams while the work was being done in his neighborhood. With- out his assistance the work undertaken would not have been so quickly accomplished.
The area covered, though seemingly small, comprises a large number of trees. The two maps which accompany this report plainly show the district infested by the gypsy moth. That portion of No. I, marked by red lines, shows where the gypsy moths were originally, and the area inspected last sea- son. The red lines on No. 2 show the small colonies that exist at present, and that can be practically exterminated as soon as the young caterpillars have attained sufficient size to be seen while feeding. More pruning would have been done had it not been for the imminent danger from the gypsy moth.
As it requires two men to do the pruning in the quickest and best manner, it is hoped that the Town will appropriate at least $800 for this work.
HENRY BROOKS.
Feb. 1, 1902.
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Report of the Treasurer of the Cemetery Commissioners.
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