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Gorgas, Raymond. Ernest H. Baynes.
Harrison, G. B. John Bunyan.
92 B887h 92 P146t
Hendrick, B. J. Training of an American; earlier life and letters of Walter Page. Hutton, W. H. John Wesley. Irwin, Will. Herbert Hoover.
92 W516h
92 H769i
92 H813
Kellock, Harold. Houdini.
92 L364
Lauder, Sir Harry. Roamin' in the gloamin'.
92 W515 1
92 L559
92 B841
Long, J. C. Bryan, the great commoner.
92 D891
Lucas-Dubreton, J. The fourth musketeer; life of Dumas. MacDougall, A. F. Autobiography of a business woman. Mansfield, Katherine. Journal.
92 C451
Martin, E. S. Life of J. H. Choate.
927.8 M38g
Mason. D. G. From Grieg to Brahms.
92 D634m
Maurois, André. Disraeli.
92 P833 Meehan, J. P. Lady of the Limberlost.
92 M828m *Morgan, J. H. John, viscount Morley.
Lee, Umphrey. The Lord's horseman; life of John Wesley. LeQuex, William. Things I know.
92 M147
92 M318
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92 A724 92 E4363
92 L638m 92 F929m Munson, G. B. Robert Frost. 92 P236 Parks, Leighton. Turnpikes and dirt roads. 92 P386 Pennington, Patience. Woman rice planter.
Poliakoff, V. The tragic bride; Alexandra of Russia.
Rose, Hilda. The stump farm.
Seitz, D. C. Horace Greeley. Sousa, J. P. Marching along.
Strachey, Lytton. Elizabeth and Essex.
Sturtevant, M. C. Thomas Clark, bishop of Rhode Island.
Sullivan, J. W. N. Beethoven.
Woodward, Kathleen. Queen Mary of England.
Young, S. H. Hall Young of Alaska.
HISTORY
Beard, C. A. Whither mankind?
Beaverbrook, W. M. A. lord. Politicians and the war.
Bercovici, Konrad. Story of the gypsies.
Boylston, H. D. "Sister", the war diary of a nurse.
* Burnham, F. R. Scouting on two continents. Cleven, N. A. N. Readings in Hispanic-American history. Cotterill, H. B. Ancient Greece. Cotterill, H. B. Medieval Italy. Davis, W. S. A day in old Athens.
Davis, W. S. A day in old Rome.
Etherton, P. T. Crisis in China.
Frank, Tenney. History of Rome. Haring, C. H. South America looks at the United States. Harrison, Marguerite. Asia reborn.
950 H23 901 H28 940.9 K52 947 L51 951 M75 973 M98a
Lee, Ivy. Present-day Russia. Monroe, Paul. China.
Muzzey, D. S. History of the American people.
Ranlett, L. F. Let's go!
Van Every. Dale. The A. E. F. in battle.
Vinache, H. M. History of the far east in modern times. Wertenbaker, T. J. The first Americans.
FICTION
Abbott, E. H. Abbott, Jane, Aiken, Conrad. Aldrich, B. S. Asquith, Cynthia, comp. Bailey, H. C. Bailey, Temple. Baldwin, Faith. Baldwin, Faith. Beck, L. A. Bennett, Arnold. Bethea, Jack. Bishop, Farnham.
But once a year. Heyday.
*Costumes by Eros. A lantern in her hand.
The black cap.
Mr. Fortune, please.
Silver slippers.
Alimony.
Departing wings.
Way of stars. The vanguard. Cotton. *The black bloodhound.
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901 B38 940.91 B38 397 B45 940.91 B69 968 B93 972 C59 738 C82 945 C82 913.38 D29 913.37 D29 951 E84 937 F85
980 H22
Hattersley, A. F. Short history of western civilization. Keyserling, Hermann. Europe.
940.91 R16 940.91 V29 951 V73 973 S34 v.2
Morrow, H. W. Mary Todd Lincoln.
92 A381 92 R72 92 G814s 92 S725 92 E4362 92 C547s
92 B398s 92 M366 92 Y86
Bowen, Elizabeth. Bromfield, Louis. Brooks, Jonathan. Brown, K. H. Brunner, E. B. Brush, Katherine. Buchan, John. Burt, K. N. Burton, Beatrice.
The hotel.
Strange case of Miss Annie Spragge. High ground. The father.
"My wife, poor wretch."
Little sins.
Runagates club.
Cock's feather.
Little yellow house.
Crusade. Destiny bay.
Red rust.
April and Sally June.
The door unlatched.
Common cheat.
Hinge of heaven.
Dangerfield talisman.
Mystery at Lyndon sands.
The golden bubble.
My lady of the Indian purdah.
The singing gold.
Amateur crime.
Scotch valley.
* The Cheyne mystery.
Crofts, F. W.
Crozier, Blanche.
Curwood, J. O.
Plains of Abraham.
Figured flame.
Gilman of Redford.
Dawson, Coningsby.
Deeping, Warwick.
DeFord, Alice.
De la Pasture, E. E. M. Douglas, O. E.
Duffield, Anne.
Miss Mayhew and Ming Yung.
Dunsany, E. G. M. lord.
Edgington, May.
Erskine, L. Y.
Power of the hills.
Farjeon, J. J.
House of disappearance.
Farnham, M. H.
Rebellion.
Ferguson, John.
Man in the dark.
Fletcher, J. S.
Fletcher, J. S.
Fletcher, J. S.
Fletcher, J. S.
Forbes, Esther. Freeman, R. A. Freeman, R. A. Froest, Frank. Fuller, Margaret.
Furman, Lucy.
Gaer, Joseph. Galsworthy, John. Gambier, Kenyon.
*Cartwright Gardens murder. * False scent. * Murder in the Pallant. # Wrist mark.
Mirror for witches.
A certain Dr. Thorndyke. As a thief in the night. * The Grell mystery. Alma. The lonesome road. Legend called Meryom. Swan song. The mad masquerade.
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Byrne, Donn.
Byrne, Donn. Cannon, C. J.
Chalmers, M. P. Cher, Marie. Cleugh, Sophia. Cockrell, Stephens.
Connington, J. J.
Connington, J. J.
Cooper, C. R.
Cooper, Elizabeth.
Cottrell, Dorothy.
Cox, A. B.
Cram, Mildred.
Crofts, F. W.
The sea mystery. Smiley's haven.
Darrow, Jane. Davis, W. S.
*The little house. Old Pybus. Singing river.
Way things are.
Eliza for common.
Blessing of Pan.
The joy girl.
Garnett, L. A. Gibbs, A. H. Glaspell, Susan. Gollomb, Joseph. Goodwin, John. Gregory, Jackson. Grey, Zane. Hargreaves, Sheba. Hart, F. N. Hay, Ian. Hurst, Fannie. Jackson, M. W. Jameson, Storm. Johns, Foster. Jordan, Elizabeth. Kaye-Smith, Sheila. Kelland, C. B. Kyne, P. B. Lagerlőf, Selma. Lincoln, J. C. Loring, Emilie. Lowndes, Mrs. Belloc.
Onions, Mrs. Oliver. Oppenheim, E. P. Oppenheim, E. P. Oppenheim, E. P. Outerbridge, Henry. Overton, Grant, ed. Peattie, D. C. & L. R. Parrish, Anne. Paxton, T. S. Payne, E. S.
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The joyous pretender. Harness. Brook Evans. Portrait invisible. When dead men tell tales. Captain Cavalier.
"Nevada." Cabin at the trail's end.
The Bellamy trial. The poor gentleman. A president is born. Beggars can choose.
The lovely ship.
The square emerald.
Miss Nobody from nowhere.
Iron and smoke.
Knuckles.
Tide of empire.
The general's ring.
Silas Bradford's boy.
Gay courage.
Story of Ivy.
Cambric tea.
Blue ruin.
Crimson roses.
Blindman's buff.
Daisy and Daphne. Splendid renegade.
*Kindling and ashes. The changing road. The flower show. Death in the dusk.
The far call.
The lie.
The prisoner in the opal.
Flutes of Shanghai.
Red lily and Chinese jade.
With malice toward none.
Our Mr. Dormer.
Beauty and the beast.
Norris, Kathleen.
Oemler, M. C.
Onions, Mrs. Oliver.
Onions, Mrs. Oliver.
The foolish virgin. Sheaves. Money for one.
* Pearl thief. The youngest Venus. Fortunate wayfarer. Light beyond.
Matorni's vineyard. Captain Jack. *Cream of the jug. Up country. All kneeling. Tellings. Painters of dreams.
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Lowrie, Rebecca.
Lutz, Mrs. G. L. H.
Lutz, Mrs. G. L. H. Lynde, Francis. Macaulay, Rose. McCulloch, J. H.
Mccutcheon, G. B. MacGrath, Harold. MacKail, Denis. Markham, Virgil. Marshall, Edison. Martin, H. R.
Mason, A. E. W. Miln, L. J. Miln, L. J. Morrow, H. W. Mottram, R. H. Norris, Kathleen.
Pryde, Anthony. Richmond, G. S. Rinehart, M. R. Rinehart & Hopwood. Rogers, Lillian. Rosman, A. G. Salten, Felix. Sawyer, Ruth. Scott, Eleanor.
Scott, Will.
Scudder, V. D. Simpson, Helen. Singmaster, Elsie. Small, A. J.
Sprague, J. R. Stebbins, L. P.
Story, W. S.
Suckow, Ruth
Swem, C. L. Swinnerton, Frank. Tarkington, Booth.
Taylor, K. H.
Thane, Ellsworth.
Tomlinson, H. M.
Tupper, Tristram.
Train, Arthur. Unset, Sigrid. Vachell, H. A.
Van Buren & Bemis, eds.
Van de Water, F. F.
Van Dine, S. S.
Wakefield, H. H.
Wallace, Edgar.
Wallace, Edgar.
Wallace, Edgar.
Wallace, Edgar.
* The hairy arm.
*The squealer.
*The strange countess.
Wallace, Edgar.
Wallace, Edgar.
Walpole, Hugh. Walsh, Maurice.
Weaver, J. A. V.
Her knight comes riding.
Webster, H. K.
The clock strikes two.
Wharton, Edith.
Wilder, Thornton.
Williams, Valentine.
Williams, Valentine.
Williams, Valentine. Wilson , Margaret. Wodehouse, P. G.
Woodbury, Helen. Woolf, Virginia. Wren, P. C.
* Rowforest. At the south gate. Two flights up. The bat. The shadow. The window. Bambi. Four ducks on a pond. War among ladies. Shadows. Brother John.
Cups and wands and swords.
What everybody wanted.
The master mystery.
Making of a merchant.
Old Adam's likeness. Uncharted island.
The Bonney family.
Werewolf. Brood of ducklings.
Claire Ambler.
The youngest one.
His Elizabeth. Gallions reach.
* The river. Horns of Ramadan. The axe.
Men are so selfish!
Mother in modern story.
Elmer 'n Edwina.
*Greene murder case. They return at evening.
* The clever one. * Clue of the new pin. * Diana of Kara-Kara.
Wallace, Edgar.
Wallace, Edgar.
*The terrible people. *The traitor's gate. Wintersmoon. While rivers run.
The children. Bridge of San Luis Rey.
The key man. * Man with the clubfoot. *Mr. Ramosi. Daughters of India. Money for nothing. Uncertain treasure. To the lighthouse. Father Christopher.
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Wren, P. C. Young, E. H. Young, F. B.
Beau ideal. Vicar's daughter. Woodsmoke.
JUNIOR NON-FICTION
Adams, Peter. Adams & Atchinson. Allen, N. B.
Atwood & Thomas. Baker, Margaret.
Barton, W. E.
Bennett, John.
Blake, William. Blauvelt, A. LaT. Borup, George.
Bridges, T. C.
Bryant, L. M.
Carrick, Valery.
Choate & Curtis. Clement, and others.
Daniels, Hawthorne. Drinkwater, John. Greenbie & Davis. Hader, Berta. Howard, A. W. Jacobs, A. M. Jones, Paul. MacDonald, Greville. MacDonald, Greville. Maxwell, Marjorie. Milne, A. A. Moon, Grace. Mulliken, S. E. Paine, A. B. Putnam, D. B.
Roosevelt, Theodore. Slade, C. J. Southworth, G. Van D. Southworth, G. Van D. Van Buren & Bemis. Webb, M. St. J. Wilhelm, L. M.
Aldredge & McKee. Aspinwall, Marguerite. Barbour, R. H. Bennett, E. H. Boyd, James. Brooks, Jonathan. Brown, E. A. Burton, C. P.
Cork ships and how to make them. A book of enchantment. Our cereal grains. Home life in far-away lands. Pixies and the silver crown.
*The father of his country. Pigtail of Ah Lee Ben Loo. Land of dreams. Piece bag book. A tenderfoot with Peary.
Young folks' book of the sea.
Children's book of American landmarks.
Tales of wise and foolish animals.
Little people of the hills.
Our surroundings. Compton's pictured encyclopedia. 10v. The clipper ship. All about me.
Young America travels abroad.
Picture book of travel.
Sokar and the crocodile.
Knights on the wing.
Alphabet of aviation.
Billy Barnicoat. Count Billy. Story of books.
House at Pooh Corner.
Runaway Papoose.
Boys and girls of Colonial times. Girl in white armor. David goes to Baffin Land.
* Diaries of boyhood and youth. St. David walks again. Our South American neighbors. What the old world gave the new. Christmas in storyland. The littlest one; his book.
With scissors and paste.
JUNIOR STORIES
Wags and Woofie. The sea girl. Comrades of the key. Camp Conqueror. Drums. Jimmy makes the varsity. Three gates. Bob's Hill meets the Andes.
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Burrows, Elizabeth. Coatsworth, Elizabeth. Cobb, B. B. & E. Darling, E. B. Dombrowski, Kathe. Field, Rachel. Field, Rachel. Gag, Wanda. Gray, E. J.
Irene of Tundra towers. Cat and the captain. * Pennie.
Baldy of Nome. Abdallah and the donkey. Little dog Toby.
Polly Patchwork.
Millions of cats.
Meredith's Ann.
Gray, E. J.
Tangle garden.
Heward, Constance.
Heward, Constance. Heyliger, William.
Hill & Maxwell.
Little Tonino.
Hunkle, T. C. Holder, C. F.
Holland, R. S. Hooker, F. C.
* Stories of animal life. Splendid buccaneer. Civilizing Cricket. Lost-a brother.
Knipe, E. B. & A. A.
Knipe, E. B. & A. A.
Lindsay, Maud.
Lofting, Hugh.
Doctor Dolittle in the moon.
MacDonald, Marcia.
McElroy & Younge.
MacGowan, Alice.
McNeely, M. H.
*Rusty Ruston. Shadow of the Iroquois.
Malot, Hector.
Meigs, Cornelia.
Minor, Ruby.
Fun at Sunnyside Farm. Concetta, the coral girl.
Olcott, Virginia.
Oliver, M. E.
Perkins, L. F.
Quirk, L. W.
Rice, Rebecca.
*Giles of the star. "Sewing Susie."
Singmaster, Elsie.
Andy breaks trail.
Skinner, C. L. Sloan, E. V. Stephens, C. A.
Katahdin camps.
Stuart, R. McE.
Story of Babette.
Wallace, Lew.
Boys' Ben Hur.
We five.
Bronze turkey.
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A patriot maid, and other stories. The choosing book.
Found treasure.
The squirrel tree. Trail of the little wagon.
McNeil, Everett.
*The little sister. Wonderful locomotive.
* Hail, California! The farm twins. Boy scouts on crusade.
More about Ellie.
Whitcomb, E. O. Willis, Elizabeth.
Ameliaranne keeps shop. Grandpa and the tiger. Macklin brothers.
Trueboy.
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TOWN OF ANDOVER
TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
EMBRACING THE FORTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS, AND THIRTY- SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF SEWER COMMISSIONERS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1928
ANDOVER, MASS. SMITH & COUTTS CO. 1929
WATER COMMISSIONERS 1889-1899 *JAMES P. BUTTERFIELD
*JOHN H. FLINT
* FELIX G. HAYNES SEWER COMMISSIONERS
1893-1894
1894-1899
WM. S. JENKINS
*WM. S. JENKINS
*JOHN L. SMITH
* JOHN L. SMITH
CHARLES E. ABBOTT
*JOHN E. SMITH
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
1899-1902
1903-1906
*JOHN H. FLINT
* JOHN L. SMITH
*WM. S. JENKINS
*FELIX G. HAYNES
*JOHN L. SMITH
*JOHN W. BELL
JAMES P. BUTTERFIELD
*LEWIS T. HARDY JAMES C. SAWYER
*FELIX G. HAYNES 1906-1907
1907-1908
* FELIX G. HAYNES
*FELIX G. HAYNES
* JOHN W. BELL, Trea. JAMES C. SAWYER, Sec'y
LEWIS T. HARDY
*LEWIS T. HARDY ANDREW McTERNEN
1913-1914
*LEWIS T. HARDY
*LEWIS T. HARDY ('16)
* JOHN W. BELL, Treas.
JAMES C. SAWYER, Sec'y
ANDREW McTERNEN
WILLIS B. HODGKINS 1914-1916
*THOS. E. RHODES ('19)
*BARNETT ROGERS ('16)
*LEWIS T. HARDY ('16)
ANDREW McTERNEN, Sec'y ('18) WILLIS B. HODGKINS, Treas. ('18) 1917-1918
*BARNETT ROGERS ('19)
*THOS. E. RHODES ('20) ANDREW McTERNEN ('18) CHAS. B. BALDWIN, Sec'y ('19)
CHAS. B. BALDWIN, Sec'y ('22)
WILLIS B. HODGKINS, Treas. ('18) *THOS. E. RHODES, Treas. ('20) 1919-1920-1921 1922-1923
BARNETT ROGERS ('22) WILLIAM D. MCINTYRE ('21) ARTHUR T. BOUTWELL ('22) PHILIP L. HARDY, Sec'y ('21)
*THOS. E. RHODES, Treas. ('23) 1923-1924
PHILIP L. HARDY ('27)
WM. D. McINTYRE, Sec'y ('27)
ARTHUR T. BOUTWELL, Treas. ('25) ARTHUR T. BOUTWELL, Treas. ('28)
EDWARD SHATTUCK ('25)
WALTER I. MORSE ('26) 1927
*THOS. E. RHODES ('28) WALTER I. MORSE ('29) 1928
ARTHUR T. BOUTWELL ('28)
ARTHUR T. BOUTWELL ('31)
W. I. MORSE, Treas. ('29)
WM. D. McINTYRE, Sec'y ('30)
GEORGE H. WINSLOW ('30) THOS. P. DEA ('31)
SUPERINTENDENT
CHARLES T. GILLIARD
*Deceased.
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*THOS. E. RHODES, Sec'y ('14) WILLIS B. HODGKINS, Treas. ('15) 1816-1917
*BARNETT ROGERS ('19)
*THOS. E. RHODES ('17) ANDREW McTERNEN ('18)
CHAS. B. BALDWIN, Sec'y ('19)
WILLIS B. HODGKINS, Treas. ('18) 1918-1919
*BARNETT ROGERS ('22) ANDREW McTERNEN ('21) PHILIP L. HARDY ('21)
*THOS. E. RHODES ('23) PHILIP L. HARDY ('24)
WM. D. McINTYRE, Treas. ('24)
ARTHUR T. BOUTWELL ('25) EDWARD SHATTUCK ('25) 1924-1925-1926
PHILIP L. HARDY ('27) WM. D. McINTYRE, Sec'y ('27)
*THOS. E. RHODES ('28) WALTER I. MORSE, Treas. ('29) WM. D. McINTYRE, Sec' ('30) GEORGE H. WINSLOW ('30)
*BARNETT ROGERS ('16) ANDREW McTERNEN ('15)
*JOHN W. BELL, Treas. JAMES C. SAWYER, Sec'y
*HARRY M. EAMES 1908-1912
Andover, Mass. Feb. 4, 1929
The Board of Public Works voted to adopt the report of the Superintendent as its report for 1928.
ARTHUR T. BOUTWELL, Chairman WALTER I. MORSE, Treasurer WILLIAM D. MCINTYRE, Secretary GEORGE H. WINSLOW
THOMAS P. DEA
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the Board of Public Works :-
GENTLEMEN :-
In connection with the Water, Sewer, Highway and Park De- partments you will be interested in reviewing a few of the more important activities and developments during the year ending December 31, 1928.
WATER DEPARTMENT
The plan of systematically increasing our main water system as prepared by the Board of Public Works in 1924 was further de- veloped n 1928. Eighteen hundred and six feet of eight-inch pipe were laid from the "dead end" (in front of the property owned by Charles Eaton) on Lowell Street to Brown Street and at this point the size of the main was decreased to six inches, and sixteen hundred and sixty-eight feet of six-inch pipe were laid within a few hundred feet of the Tewksbury line.
In addition eleven hundred and three feet of six-inch pipe were laid on Stinson Road. This addition to the water system elimi- nates a "dead end" and also adds an extra feed line to the water main on a section of Salem Street. On Washington Avenue twelve hundred and sixty feet of six-inch pipe were installed to replace a like amount of four-inch pipe. Pieces of the old un- earthed four-inch pipe line showed that the cross sectional area in places had been reduced 50% due to internal corrosion. Engin- eers now consider it more economical and practical to insist that all main water pipe be not less than 6 inches in diameter. This new 6-inch line gives a larger volume of water in case of fire, and makes more efficient the service insofar as the house water supply is concerned.
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The old 2-inch line on Gardner Avenue which had outlived its usefulness has been replaced by a 6-inch line. A hydrant has been installed at the end of this line in front of the properties. owned by Harry Stephenson and Mrs. Gates, which will obviate the necessity of running a hose from Main Street in case of fire.
Early in the summer of 1928 a section of Chestnut Street was connected with the high service, thus increasing the water pres- sure at the hydrant near the summit of Chestnut Street, and there- by insuring a sufficient volume of water in case of fire. This change caused two additional "dead ends" which gave consider- able trouble and to eliminate this difficulty, the "dead end" of the high service pipe on Bartlet Street (in front of the property owned by the Bell Estate) has been connected to the Morton Street line, thereby allowing the water mains on Morton Street from Bartlet Street to Chestnut Street, on Chestnut Street from Avon Street to Highland Road, on Avon Street, on Upland Road, on Pine Street, and on Summer Street from Avon Street to High- land Road to be supplied by the high service reservoir. This has resulted in creating a circulating line, in view of the fact that Highland Road is under high service, and in addition we have increased the pressure in this area. Incidentally this has elimi- nated two troublesome dead ends.
Due to the change of grade on Haverhill Street near the Rail- road underpass it was necessary to lower 314 feet of 10-inch water main pipe. Considerable ledge was encountered during the work, and the Town is indebted to the American Woolen Co. and the Lawrence Gas & Electric Co. for assisting with air drills.
The high service water main on Porter Road has been extended 336 feet to a point opposite the property owned by S. H. Bailey. This extension is necessary for supplying water to two houses that were recently built in that vicinity.
The Town installed 672 feet of 6-inch water pipe on a new street laid out by Ralph Bailey, and also 756 feet of six-inch pipe for Phillips Academy on private property. All expenses in connection with the above were paid by the respective parties.
Eight thousand feet of 12-inch main water pipe on Lowell
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Street from the Pumping Station to Argilla Road were cleaned Sunday, December 2nd, and this has materially increased the carrying capacity. Tests indicated that the 12-inch pipe prior to cleaning had but the carrying capacity of a 10-inch pipe, and this reduced cross sectional area, which was caused by an incrustation inside the pipe, built up an excessive friction head. Results of tests showed that the average percentage increase of flow from the hydrants connected to that section of the cleaned pipe was 27 per cent. At the Pumping Station tests were made before and after cleaning the pipe and it was noted that it required less pressure (of approximately 12 lbs. per square inch) to pump the same quantity of water. After cleaning it was found that by maintain- ing the same pressure which was maintained before cleaning, the number of strokes of the engine increased five per minute. This permits additional economy, for by burning the same quantity of coal we have increased the volume of water pumped by approxi- mately 10 per cent.
The shop in connection with the water works was given a general reconditioning during the past summer, and the regrading around the Pumping Station was continued and additional shrub- bery was planted.
To expedite the melting of lead used in making the main pipe joints, a kerosene melting pot was secured and this has proved economical. Heretofore it required hours to thaw a frozen hydrant using for this purpose a wood fire, while the new American La France thawing device accomplishes the same re- sults in 30 seconds.
A new gasolene pump was purchased which is proving to be an indispensable part of our equipment.
During 1928, 311, 948, 552 gallons of water have been pumped at the Haggetts Pond Pumping Station, or a daily average of 852,318 gallons. The steam pump was in operation 3950 hours and 45 minutes, and the electric pump was operated 511 hours and 10 minutes, making an average daily run of 12 hours and 11 minutes. On February 21 the greatest amount of water was
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pumped-approximately 1,291,500 gallons, and the banner week was that of February 19 to 26 during which time 7,395,990 gal- lons were pumped.
During the year 1928 every request to care for the water supply in houses in the vicinity of "dead ends" where the water is some- times unfit for domestic purposes, was promptly cared for. This cleaning service uses considerable water but must be done if the users are to have clean water.
The time has come when the Town should install a new pump- ing unit in view of the fact that the present Deane Steam pump has served a considerable percentage of its useful life, and because the present electric pump cannot be operated economically.
The following are the final recommendations of Weston & Sampson, Consulting Engineers :-
Board of Public Works,
February 2, 1929.
Andover, Massachusetts.
GENTLEMEN :-
We herewith present our final recommendations for pumping equipment at Haggetts Pond.
The present pumps consist of,-
1. A Deane vertical, compound, duplex, steam pumping engine, having a rated capacity of 1,500,000 gallons per 24 hours, installed in 1895, and operated by two 100 H. P., horizontal, tubular boilers erected in 1907 and 1910, respectively, approved for 125 lbs. steam pressure.
2. A centrifugal pump operated by a 200 H. P., electric motor having a capacity of 2 Mg. per 24 hrs., and 1 . erected in 1924.
The steam pump is operated as the main unit, with the electric pump held in reserve, except that it is run a few days each month to use up the $200 monthly demand charge for electric power. The present electric pump is altogether too expensive to operate continuously.
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NEW PUMP
Although the steam pump is in fair operating condition, it has served most of its dependable, useful life for a main unit, and its maintenance will be more and more expensive. The time has come to install a new main pumping unit. The choice lies between a high-duty, steam pumping engine and an electric-motor-driven centrifugal pumping unit.
COST OF OPERATION
Probably the best comparison between coal and electricity is found in the pumping station records for the period since the electric pump was installed. The cost for coal per million gallons of water pumped has been about $10, and the cost for electricity about $59.
We can assume that a new steam pump would give approxi- mately the same economy as the present steam pump, and that the cost for coal would be $10 per million gallons. A new electric pump, accurately designed for average operating conditions should show a considerable saving over the present electric pump, and we believe that under existing rates for electricity, the cost per million gallons would be reduced to $40. A still further reduction to about $28.50 would be realized under a new power rate which is available. In addition, an off-peak rate has been suggested by the power company which, if definitely available and advisable to accept, would reduce the cost to about $22 per million gallons.
COST OF INSTALLATION
The cost of installing a high-duty, steam, pumping engine, complete, would be about $33,000. An addition to the pumping station building would be necessary, and we would propose an extension in the rear of 10 feet, at a cost of about $4,000.
The cost of installing an electric pumping unit, complete, would be about $4,000, and could replace the present inefficient electric pump.
The fixed charges on the steam pump and building extension. at 6%, would be $2220 per year, and for the electric pump, at 8%, $320.
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COMPARISON OF COST PER MILLION GALLONS BY PUMPING
WITH STEAM AND ELECTRICITY, BASED ON 300 MG. PER YEAR
Item
Steam $10.00
Electricity
Coal
Electric Power
$22.00-$28.50
Fixed Charges
7.40
$1.07
Additional Maintenance
2.33
Additional Coal for Heating
1.00
Additional Cost of Electric Lighting
. 29
Comparative Cost per Million Gallons
$20.02 $24.07-$30.57
There are various advantages for both a steam and electric pump, which could be enumerated, but they are rather indeterm- inable, and can be considered to equalize each other.
As a conclusion to our study, we believe that the installation of a steam pumping unit would result in a net saving to the Town of from $4 to $10 per million gallons of water delivered into the distribution system. In order for the cost of operation for an electric pump to compare with a steam pump, electric power must be obtained for $0.0115 per KW.
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