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During the last months of the year there have been a great many "colds," sore throats, and a number of cases of diphtheria among the pupils. In those cases where there seemed to be the slightest chance of danger, school rooms have been fumigated with
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formaldehyde, disinfectant used, and school books, pencils, etc., of the infected pupils destroyed. In the larger school no sani- tary drinking fountains having been installed as yet, the school physician ordered the drinking cups sterilized each day.
The following diseases have been found among the children of the public schools during the past year :
Diseases of the Skin.
Pediculosis, 65. Scabies, 15. Impetigo, 85. Other skin diseases, 35.
Exanthemata.
Measles, 1. Varicella, 2.
Diseases of the Oral and Respiratory Tract.
Adenoids, 101.
Enlarged or disease tonsils, 142.
Decayed teeth, 341.
Other diseases of the Oral and Respiratory Tract, 90.
Diseases of the Eye.
Conjunctivitis, 35.
Other diseases of the eye, 44.
Diseases of the Bones.
Spinal curvature, 2. Flat-foot, 1. Fracture of the wrist, 1.
Diseases of the Nervous System. Chorea, 1.
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Diseases of the Ear. Purulent middle ear disease, 2. Acute catarrh of the middle ear, 1. Chronic middle ear catarrh, 10.
Unclassified.
Foreign body in nose, indigestion, constipation and ma- lingering.
Forty-four children were found with some defect of vision. The teachers test the eyesight of the children under their charge themselves, sending notices to the parents, of those found to be defective as required by law, only referring those about whom they are doubtful to the school physician.
The report of the Superintendent of Schools shows the num- ber of pupils found defective in vision by the teachers.
Respectfully submitted, J. HOLBROOK SHAW, M. D., School Physician.
SCHOOLS
Total enroll- ment for year
Average Number
Belonging
Average Daily
Attendance
Per Cent. of
Attendance
Total Days Absence
Number Cases
Number Cases Dis-
Number Cases
Truancy
Absent
Tardy
Number Visits Made
Number Visits Made by
School Committee
Visits Made by Parents and others
High School
89
116
187.10
182.2 73.
97.4
971
187
166
10
15
61
1
81
Ninth Grade
30
51
15.7
96.5
533
576
44
co
co
34
0
5
Knapp
233
195
396.
380.2
96.
6137
329
55
00
9
236
130
No. Primary
64
68
120.9
114.1
94.4
2693
221
26
12
0
47
9
59
Cold Spring
59
58
115.5
110.6
95.7
2276
507
69
2
40
1
46
8
79
Cornish District Primary
44
68
104.7
98.2
94.
2477
200
69
4
38
5
53
9
165
Cornish School
188
175
345 5
329.7
95.4
6247
377
141
6
43
5
343
4
169
Burton
83
85
164.4
156.
94.9
2492
184
61
3
IA
7
120
3
190
Mt. Pleasant Primary
30
46
73.2
69.
94.3
1723
180
71
00
1
41
5
56
Mt. Pleasant School
106
155
256.1
241.1
94.5
5742
507
142
11
3
146
6
131
Chiltonville
46
42
82.0
77.
93.9
1874
218
69
0
14
1
32
6
62
42
33
65.5
59.8
90.7
2311
384
56
0
4
1
18
6
70
Manomet
9
00
15.5
14.5
93.6
190
90
12
0
9
co2
-7-70
3
16
Vallerville
5
2
6.5
5.6
86.2
98
30
9
0
4
4
8
10.7
10.1
94.6
170
70
10
0
4
8
3
19
South Pond
8
2
7.5
6.7
89.
120
27
16
8
4
4
00
0
34
Totals
1040
1113
2026.8
1927.8
95.1
19003
4087
1013
62
213
95
1205
73
1280
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FIFTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Water Commissioners,
Superintendent,
AND
Collector of Water Rates
OF THE .
Town of Plymouth
1909
WATER COMMISSIONERS
JOHN W. CHURCHILL-Term expires March 1912. ROBERT C. HARLOW-Term expires March, 1912. CHARLES T. HOLMES-Term expires March, 1911. HORACE P. BAILEY-Term expires March, 1911. JOHN H. DAMON-Term expires March, 1910.
Superintendent-Arthur E. Blackmer. Assistant Superintendent-Richard W. Bagnell. Water Register-N. Reeves Jackson.
Engineer at Pumping station-John Bodell. Assistant Engineer at Pumping Station-Albert E. Caswell.
All applications for water must be made at the office of the Water Commissioners.
Superintendent's office, Town Square, near Town House, tele- phone call, 119-3.
Rates payable at the Town Treasurer's office, semi-annually, in advance, May 1st and November 1st.
Meeting of Commissioners to examine bills and claims against the Department the first Wednesday evening of each month.
Bills against the Department must be rendered on or before the first Wednesday of each month, or they will lie over until the following month.
Approved bills paid by the Town Treasurer at the Town Office.
REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS
The Water Commissioners herewith submit their 55th annual report :
RECEIPTS.
Undrawn balance,
$2,686 46
Water rates, domestic,
31,454 27
Water rates, manufacturing,
5,157 63
Labor and material,
966 10
Miscellaneous,
47 85
Bonds and premium,
12,053 87
$52,366 18
EXPENDITURES.
Maintenance,
$8,263 59
Pump,
2,880 42
Bonds and Interest,
17,487 14
Extension of mains,
14,926 65
Extension of service,
449 92
Meters and setting, domestic,
133 05
Meters and setting, manufacturing,
70 45
Canal at Great South Pond,
4,858 85
Undrawn balance,
3,296 11
$52,366 18
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PUMPING STATION.
Salaries,
$1,594 97
Fuel and light,
769 19
Heating and lighting engineers' house,
274 60
Parts and repairs to machinery,
5 93
Material and supplies,
181 78
Freight and trucking,
2 97
Tools and repairs on tools,
5 18
Repairs to buildings and grounds,
45 80
$2,880 42
MAINTENANCE.
Salaries,
$2,450 00
Labor,
3,107 95
Horse hire,
310 00
Horse feed, care, shoeing and stable items,
383 49
Freight, express and trucking, '
68 05
Stationery, stamps and printing,
62 25
Material for repairs,
161 86
Fuel, lights and power,
202 27
Meter, fittings and repairs,
84 28
Telephone,
69 77
Factory and office repairs and supplies,
188 89
Tools bought and repaired,
124 48
Renewing services,
66 89:
Supplies furnished school, street, fire depts. and other outside work,
259 27
Miscellaneous,
82 21
Stock on hand, pipes, sheet iron,
641 23
$8,263 59
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BONDS.
Bond paid on issue, June 1, 1885, $2,800 00
Bond paid on issue, August 1, 1890,
1,300 00
Bond paid on issue, August 1, 1894,
800 00
Bond paid on issue, October 2, 1899,
1,500 00
Bond paid on issue, May 1, 1900,
1,000 00
Bond paid on issue, July 1, 1903,
666 66
Bond paid on issue, April 15, 1905,
500 00
Bond paid on issue, April 15, 1905,
500 00
Bond paid on issue, November 15, 1905,
600 00
Bond paid on issue, November 15, 1905,
600 00
Bond paid on issue, July 1, 1907,
1,000 00
Bond paid on issue, February 15, 1908,
1,000 00
Total bonds paid,
$11,666 66
INTEREST.
Interest paid on issue, June 1, 1885,
$616 00
Interest paid on issue, August 1, 1890,
468 00
Interest paid on issue, August 1, 1894,
352 00
Interest paid on issue, October 2, 1899,
660 00
Interest paid on issue, May 1, 1901, 437 50
Interest paid on issue, July 1, 1903,
612 48
Interest paid on issue, April 15, 1905,
113 75
Interest paid on issue, April 15, 1905,
113 75
Interest paid on issue, November 15, 1905,
357 00
Interest paid on issue, July 1, 1907,
940 00
Interest paid on issue, February 15, 1908,
940 00
Interest paid on issue, June 1, 1909,
210 00
Total interest paid,
$5,820 48
Bonds,
$11,666 66
Interest,
$5,820 48
Total bonds and interest,
$17,487 14
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The largest single piece of work carried out by the Department during 1909 was making and laying 9,000 feet of 8-inch pipe, extending along Court street from Allerton street to Kingston line, to replace a 4-inch pipe which had been in continuous ser- vice there for about fifty-five years. At all cross streets, this 8-inch pipe was connected with the 10-inch pipe on Standish Avenue, and five more hydrants were placed on the 8-inch line than were on the 4-inch. All of the houses on the old 4-inch were changed to the 8-inch pipe, and the 4-inch pipe was aband- oned. This provides for an excellent supply of water for the
whole north part of the town. About 1,000 feet of 6-inch pipe was laid on Centennial street to connect the 10-inch pipe on Standish avenue with the new 8-inch on Court street. About 1,100 feet of 6-inch pipe was laid from the house of Manuel Me- dara to the Town Dump, on Obery street. A hydrant was placed at the end of this line to be used in case of fires at the dump. A table showing the cost of the above work, and also the location, size, and cost of a few other less important stretches of pipe laid will be found in the report of the Superintendent.
Another table in the Superintendent's report shows the length, size and cost of all pipe made during the year at our pipe factory on Howland street.
The bulkhead at Great South Pond, referred to in our last report as being an important piece of construction that should be undertaken, was begun in June, 1909.
The work consists of a reinforced concrete culvert 5 feet wide and 12 feet deep, flaring out as it enters the pond to a width of 10 feet at the bottom.
The bottom of this culvert is at the same elevation as that of the 18-inch pipe laid to Little South Pond last year (grade 95.0) and will make available about 10 feet of storage in Great and Lit- tle South Ponds, when a new bulkhead and screen well is built at Little South Pond. The construction of the Little South Pond bulkhead and screen well should be begun this year. The cost of culvert at Great South Pond has been $4,858.85.
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Two photographs of this culvert are shown in the Superin- tendent's report.
A substantial gain in revenue is shown for 1909 over 1908, due partly to a normal increase in watertakers, and partly to revenue received from metered water sold to manufacturers.
For the ensuing year we recommend an 8-inch pipe along Warren avenue, from Jabez Corner to Cliff street, and an 8-inch pipe on South and Pleasant streets from the Nook road to Market street, and we recommend an appropriation of $12,000 to cover the cost of laying the same.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN W. CHURCHILL, JOHN H. DAMON, H. P. BAILEY, CHARLES T. HOLMES, ROBERT C. HARLOW.
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.
Published by request of the New England Water Works Asso- ciation.
PLYMOUTH (MASS.), WATER WORKS.
Population by census of 1905, 11,100.
Date of construction, 1855.
By whom owned. Town.
Source of Supply. Great and Little South and Lout Ponds.
Mode of Supply. Gravity for low service and pumping for high service.
PUMPING.
1. Builders of pumping machinery : Barr and Worthington.
2. Coal (b) Bituminous (d) Brand various (e) average cost per gross ton $5.00.
3. Total fuel, 431,940 pounds.
5. Total water pumped, 249,968,100 gallons.
6. Average static head, 65 feet.
7. Average dynamic head, 70 feet.
8. Number of gallons pumped per pound of coal, Worthington 438.2, Barr, 588.6.
9. Duty of Barr pump, 34,340,000. Duty of Worthington pump, 25,558,000. Cost of Pumping figured on Pumping Station expenses, viz : $2,877.03.
10. Per million gallons against dynamic head into direct pipe, $11.51.
11. Per million gallons raised one foot high (dynamic) $0.164. Cost of pumping figured on Total Maintenance, viz: $11,144.01.
12. Per million gallons against dynamic head into direct pipe, $44.56.
13. Per million gallons raised one foot high (dynamic), $0.636.
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SERVICES.
16. Kind of pipes. Lead and cement lined.
17. From 1/2 to 4 inches.
18. Extended 635 feet.
20. Total now in use, 7 miles, 67 feet.
21. Service taps added, 55.
22. Number now in use, 2,415.
23. Average length of service 11.5 feet.
24. Average cost of service, $8.18.
27. Motors and elevators added. None.
28. Number now in use. One motor.
LABOR.
Total labor for 1909,
$9,907 95
Laying pipe,
$4,545 99
Making pipe,
1,856 15
Canal at Great South Pond,
222 50
Services,
134 36
Meters,
41 00
All other labor,
3,107 95
$9,907 95
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A. Water rates, domestic, B. Water rates, manufacturing,
$31,454.27 5,157.63
AA. Management and repairs, BB. Interest on bonds,
$11,144.01 5,820.48
Total, Profit for year,
$16.964.49
1,013.95
$37,625.85
Paid bonds and notes, Carried to Construction Acct., Total,
$11,666.66 8,994.70
$20,661.36
CONSTRUCTION.
$2,686.46 8,994.70 12,053.87
Extension of Mains,
$14,926.65
Extension of services,
449.92
Meters and setting,
203.50
Canal at South Pond, Undrawn balance,
3,296.11
Cost of works,
Town appropriations, From profits,
$195,717.64 248,301 24
$444,018.88
$11,666.66 paid yearly on principal. Bonded debt at 31/2 per cent ..
$39.600.00
33/4
15,999.84
4
93,400.00
$148,999.84
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FINANCIAL
MAINTENANCE.
Total water receipts, Miscellaneous,
$36,611.90
20,661.36
$37,625.85
Undrawn balance, Profits of maintenance, Bond issue,
4,858.85
$23,735 03
$23,735.03
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DISTRIBUTION.
1. Kind of pipe used. Wrought iron and cement lined, prin- cipally cement lined.
2. Sizes. From 2 inch to 20 inch.
3. Extended, 12,807 feet.
4. Discontinued, 10,478 feet.
5. Total now in use, 52 miles, 1,258 feet.
6. Cost to repair per mile, $12.43.
7. Number of leaks per mile, .96.
8. Small distribution pipe, less than 4-inch, total length 10 miles, 2,789 feet.
9. Hydrants added, 10. Discontinued, 4.
10. Hydrants now in use, 206 public, 52 private.
11. Stop gates added, 44; discontinued 29.
12. Number now in use, 586.
13. Small stop gates less than 4-inch, 141.
14. Number of blow offs, 41.
Plymouth
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REPORT OF COLLECTOR OF WATER RATES.
GENTLEMEN :- I hereby submit the annual report of the Col- lector of Water Rates for the year 1909.
The Collector is charged as follows :
Arrears,
$3,859 65
Water rates,
37,287 81
Labor and material,
596 57
Miscellaneous,
82 95
$41,826 98
Cr.
Abatements,
$407 74
Uncollected labor and material,
180 84
Uncollected rates,
3,612 55
Total collections,
37,625 85
$41,826 98
Water is supplied to 2,490 families, 1,850 water closets, 739 bath-tubs, 183 stores, offices and shops, 126 stables, 440 horses, 138 cows, 520 hose, 24 urinals, 4 cemeteries, 9 engines, 12 fish and meat markets, 5 banks, 8 churches, 1 water motor, 3 laun- dries, 8 manufactories, 2 photograph saloons, 6 saloons, 4 baker- ies, 10 hotels and boarding houses, 3 hot houses, 2 printing offices, 3 public halls, 2 billiard rooms, 2 cigar manufactories,
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Gas Works, N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. locomotives, 2 electric plants, 3 woolen mills, County buildings, Town buildings and watering streets.
Very Respectfully, N. REEVES JACKSON, Collector of Water Rates.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the Board of Water Commissioners :
GENTLEMEN : I herewith submit the annual report of the Superintendent of the Plymouth Water Works for the year end- ing December 31, 1909.
AMOUNT OF PIPES LAID FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1909.
LOCATION
Length in feet
Size in inches
Cost
Magoni Lane
418
4
$275.47
Madara's Honse, South Street to Town Dump
1,091
6
751.86
Road off Cherry Street
36
6
293.92
Newfield Street Extension
€5
6
52.23
Connections with 16 inch. 14 inch and 10 inch below meter at Pumping Station
14
10
352.06
184
8
48
4
Centennial Street
992
6
906.85
Sever Street
149
4
94.33
Avery Court off Stafford Street
199
4
127.21
Court Street from Allerton Street to Kingston Line, to- gether with street connections, changing services, also - short line up Bourne St.
259
6
88
4
11,678.12
TOTALS
13,807
$14,926.65
5
17
14
4
16
Connections at Market and Summer Streets, with 8 inch laid 1904
8
2
394.60
8,801
8
LEAKS.
There have been 50 leaks in main and distribution pipes this year, repaired at a cost of $646.69.
434
4
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The following table shows the number of hydrants set during the year (1909), also the size of pipe that feeds the hydrants, and whether on high or low service.
Court St., near R. R. Bridge, 1 High
8 Inch
Court St., opposite Mrs. Knapp,
1
High
8 Inch
Court St., near Hall St.,
1 High
8 Inch
Court St., north of Robbins St.,
1 High
8 Inch
Court Street, north of Suosso Lane,
1 High
8 Inch
Court St., south of Prince St.,
1
High
8 Inch
Court St., opposite pond at Plym-
outh Cordage Co.,
1
High
8 Inch
Court Street, south of Kingston line,
1
High
8 Inch
Centennial,
1
High
6 Inch
Obery Street, opposite Town Dump,
1
High
6 Inch
Summer, cor. Spring Street,
1
High
16 Inch
Number of public hydrants on high service,
167
Number of public hydrants on low service,
37
Number private hydrants,
52
256
SERVICES.
Fifty-five new service pipes have been laid at a cost of $449.92. Eight service pipes have been renewed at a cost of $66.89. There have been twenty-two leaks repaired in services at a cost of $77.61.
CONSUMPTION FOR 1909.
On Plate II is shown graphically the high service and low ser- vice consumption of water by the town; also the combined high and low service or total consumption. This diagram is pre- pared from records kept at our pumping station of the quantity of water pumped daily and the quantity that passes daily through our Venturi meter on our gravity system. The total consump-
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tion for the year was 462,482,000 gallons, or a daily average of 1,267,000 gallons. Our total high service consumption was 249,968,000 gallons, and our total low service consumption was 212,514,000 gallons. This gives a daily average high service consumption of 684,800 gallons and a daily average low service consumption of 582,200 gallons. Our high service consumption was therefore 54 per cent., and our low service consumption 46. per cent. of our total consumption. Following is shown the amount of water used by the three manufacturing concerns that. have meters :
American Woolen Co., 76,274,000 gallons
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., 20,349,000 gallons
Plymouth Electric Light Co,, 3,813,000 gallons
Total,
100,436,000 gallons
Comparing this with our total consumption of 462,482,000 gallons, we find that the three consumers above mentioned used 22 per cent. of our total consumption. A table is given below which shows the total number of meters in use on January 1, 1910, the sizes of the same, and the total amount of water which passed through them during the year 1909.
TABLE OF METERS NOW IN USE.
There are now in use, for manufacturing, laundries, stables, fish markets and domestic purposes, the following number of meters of sizes as shown :
FOR WHAT USED
6 in 4 in 3 in 2 in 11/2 in 1 in 3/4 in 5/8 in Total
Amt.of wat- er used through meters,gals ..
Manufacturing
2
4
2
1
1
3
4
17
101,525,000
Lanndries
1
1
1
3
2,430,000
Stables and garages
2
4
6
1,220.000
Supply for dredgers
tugs
and
2
4.145.000
Fish markets
3
3
885,000
House of correction and business block
2
2
4
1,120,000
Domestic
7
45
52
3.070,000
Green houses
1
1
2
210,000
2
4
6
2
4
13
58
89
114,605.000
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Out of a total number of 2,415 services 89 of them are meter- ed, or 3.75 per cent., and out of a total consumption of 462,- 482,000 gallons for the year 1909 there passed through the meters 114,605,000 gallons, or 24.8 per cent. In other words, we accounted for 24.8 per cent. of our total consumption by metering 3.75 per cent. of our services. It is interesting to note in this connection that as the three manufacturing concerns above mentioned used 22 per cent. of our total consumption, only 2.8 per cent. was used by the remainder of our metered consum- ers.
WATER SHED YIELD.
We are able to make an estimate of our water shed yield when we know our total consumption, and the rise and fall of our ponds or the increase or decrease of storage volume month by month. From the records that have been kept giving the above information, we can compute the approximate average daily yield of our water shed for the year 1909 to have been about 1,295,000 gallons, as shown by the following table :
AVERAGE DAILY YIELD OF WATER SHED.
Great and Little South Ponds.
Month
Consump- tion in miilion gals.
Increase or decrease in ponds
Av. daily yield, gals., for month
Av. daily yield, gals., for year
Rainfall
June, 1907,
37.1
- 20.8
580,000
2.70
July, '07,
43.1
- -42.8
0,000
1.10
Aug., '07,
44.9
-19.0
835,000
1.82
Sept., '07,
35.4
4.0
1,310,000
11.16
Oct., '07,
32.6
-10.0
₹30,000
2.91
Nov., '07,
31.7
16.6
1,610,000
6.82
Dec., '07,
32.0
46.8
2,540,000
1,087,000
6.90
Jan., 1908,
34.6
32.3
2,160,000
3.78
Feb., '08,
38.0
34.6
2,600,000
4.37
March, '08,
33.8
31.0
2,090,000
3.95
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April, '08,
33.6
- 1.2 1,080,000
2.48
May, '08,
38.1
-13.0
810,000
2.98
June, '08,
45.8
-31.5
475,000
2.30
July, '08,
53.7
-- 24.1
955,000
3.87
Aug., '08,
47.3
-32.3 480,000
4.41
Sept., '08,
36.9
-21.0
530,000
1.61
Oct., '08,
30.7
15.2
1,480,000
10.19
Nov., '08,
26.4
-14.8
385,000
1.35
Dec., '08,
31.1
1.1
1,040,000
1,174,000
4.28
Jan., '09,
34.2
24.8
1,900,000
5.44
Feb., '09,
33.4
40.2
2,630,000
6.18
March, '09,
31.0
13.8
1,445,000
3.74
April, '09,
29.8
53.5
2,780,000
6.41
May, '09,
35.2
0.0
1,135,000
3.51
June, '09,
44.1
-28.8
510,000
3.03
July, '09,
53.3
-48.7
150,000
1.83
August, '09,
51.5
-51.8
0,000
2.44
Sept., '09,
42.6
-12.0
1,000,000
4.95
Oct., '09,
38.9
-33.0
190,000
2.23
Nov., '09,
33.7
46.5 2,670,000
8.15
Dec., '09,
35.2
0.0 1,135,000 1,295,000
3.34
Upon comparison with our average daily consumption of 1,- 267,000 gallons we find that the yield from our water shed was about 30,000 gallons daily in excess of our draught upon it. This gives us about 10,000,000 gallons more storage on January 1, 1910 than we had on January 1, 1909, which checks closely with the volume as computed on another page under the head- ing of pond elevations.
POND ELEVATIONS.
On Plate 1 is shown the variation in pond elevation for the year 1909 at Great and Little South Ponds. It will be seen from an inspection of this diagram that while Great South Pond was about 0.2 feet lower on January 1, 1910, than it was
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FRONT VIEW OF CULVERT AT GREAT SOUTH POND.
SIDE VIEW OF CULVERT AT GREAT SOUTH POND.
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on January 1, 1909, Little South Pond was 1.3 feet higher, which means that we had about 10,000,000 gallons more in storage on January 1, 1910 than we had on January 1, 1909.
POND STORAGE.
A survey of Boot Pond was made on the ice in January 1909 and soundings were taken at intervals to get the volume of the pond. Surveys of the same sort have been previously made of Great and Little South Ponds. As a matter of record a table is shown below which gives the volume of these ponds for each foot in depth for the first ten feet at the elevations of the ponds given in the first column of the table.
Table Showing Volume in Great South, Little South and Boot Ponds, for each foot in depth.'
Elevation
Great So. Pond
(million gals.)
Little So. Pond
(million gals.)
Boot Pond
(million gals.)
Total
(million gals.)
Full Pond,
106
105
97.7
21.7
23.3
142.7
104
94.2
21.3
22.6
138.1
103
91.3
20.6
21.9
133.8
102
88.5
20.0
21.3
129.8
101
85.6
19.4
20.7
125.7
100
82.9
18.8
20.0
121.7
99
80.1
18.1
19.4
117.6
98
77.4
17.4
18.8
113.6
97
75.0
16.7
18.1
109.8
96
72.6
16.0
17.5
106.1
845.3
190.0
203.6
1,238.9
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RAINFALL.
A study of the following rainfall table is interesting and val- uable as showing how our water shed yield varies with our rain- fall. For example take the year 1908 with a rainfall of 45.75 inches the estimated yield of our water shed was 1,174,000 gal- lons and for the year 1909 with a rainfall of 51.25 inches, 10 per cent. greater than that in 1908, our water shed yield was 1,295,000 gallons, or 10 per cent. greater than our water shed yield of 1908. It is, of course, probable that such a direct re- lation cannot always be shown between our water shed yield and rainfall but it is, nevertheless, true that all our water sup- plies are vitally dependent upon rainfall and the amount of water that can be obtained from any given water shed varies more or less directly with the rainfall on that water shed.
Table showing total rainfall since 1887, and monthly rainfall since 1891. Aiso annual variation from the average.
YEAR
JAN.
FEB.
MAR.
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUG.
SEPT.
Ост.
Nov.
DEC.
TOTAL
Per Cent. of Variation from Mean
1887
50.28
8.5
1888
49.14
6.0
1889
51.80
11.7
1890
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36
1892
3.79
2.72
4.56
1.26
3.91
2.12
1.81
4.16
2.41
2.29
7.12
1.75
37.90
18.2
1893
2.88
6.66
6.17
4.45
4.39
2.50
2.71
5.80
1.73
2.16
3.29
5.59
48.33
4.2
1894
3.50
4.85
1.56
3.97
4.35
1.54
1.08
0.73
2.37
7.97
4.98
5.78
42.68
7.9
1895
3.54
0.87
2 71
4.70
2.73
2.04
3.58
2.05
3 27
6.89
3.95
3.85
40.27
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1896
2.75
4.73
5.82
0.88
2.93
3.59
2.27
1.71
5.65
3.60
3.41
1.75
39.09
15.6
1897
4.24
2.08
2.31
4.28
3.65
2.99
2.88
2.31
1.42
0.87
6.42
3.27
37.32
- 19.4
1898
3.75
4.04
2.27
5.82
5.65
1.93
6.58
7.33
1.35
· 8.96
8.48
2.24
58.40
26.0
1899
6.52
5.23
6.77
1.18
1.40
3.62
3.79
1.17
6.92
3.03
2.28
1.60
43.51
1
6.1
1900
4.86
5.35
3.62
1.95
5.11
2.29
1.37
3.28
3.10
5.40
5.36
3.15
44.84
3.2
1901
2.51
1.70
6.86
7.78
8.54
1.46
4.38
2.25
2.77
2.07
2.59
10.20
53.11
14 6
1902
2.22
5.53
7.82
2.98
1.52
3.68
1.89
1.43
3.65
5.32
1.72
6 77
44.53
-
3.9
1903
4.43
5.36
7.94
7.45
0.67
4.76
2.14
5.44
1.45
6.32
3.22
3.98
53 46
15.3
1904
5.44
3.61
2.47
9.11
2.23
2.58
4.02
3.52
3.18
1.85
3.53
4.10
45.64
1.5
1905
4.50
2.16
2.87
2.32
1.11
8.01
1.78
2.99
6.93
1.72
2.04
4.21
40.64
- 12.3
1906
4.05
5.33
8.69
2.34
5.28
2.36
6.42
2.02
2.98
4.50
3.45
3.13
50.55
9.0
1907
3.92
3.41
2.31
4.08
3.68
2.70
1.10
1.82
11 16
2.91
6.82
6.90
50.81
9.6
1908
3.78
4.37
3.95
2.48
2.98
2 30
3.87
4.41
1.61
10.19
1.53
4.28
45.75
1.2
1909
5.44
6.18
3.74
6.41
3.51
3.03
1.83
2.44
4.95
2.23
8.15
3.34
51.25
10.5
Av.
4.23
4.18
4.60
4.08
3.45
2.93
2.95
2.96
3.64
4.48
4.22*
3.67
46.35
1891
8.36
5.32
5.04
4.02
1.99
2.23
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