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The Board recommends an appropriation of $4,800.00, the same as last year. As at present, the Board does not have the use of re-imbursement for the money, which in the first place it is obliged to pay out for the care of indigent persons having
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settlements in other Towns, the net cost to the Town of this department is always less by several hundred dollars than the disbursements.
Respectfully submitted, BOARD OF HEALTH, by Harry R. Talbot, Secretary.
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LIST OF JURORS
Prepared by the Selectmen of Plymouth Mass., for 1914.
Adams, James P., Chiltonville, mason.
Akeley, Leon B., 6 Phœnix Court, dresser.
Alexander, Carroll A., 2715 Fremont treet, real estate.
Anderson, Albert S., Manomet, clerk.
Anderson, George F., Standish avenue, dresser tender.
Anderson, Horace, Manomet, carpenter.
Armstrong, William, 34 South Spooner street, machinist.
Arthur, Richard W., 72 Samoset street, barber.
Ashton, John W., 16 Vernon street, weaver.
Axford, William C., 190 Summer street, weaver.
Barnes, Alfred L., 268 Court street, clerk.
Bartlett, Ephraim D., 58 Allerton street, contractor.
Bartlett, George D., 5 Brewster street, manufacturer.
Bartlett, Orrin C., 4 Winter street, pilot.
Bartlett, William L., 2nd., Manomet, farmer.
Bartlett, Edwin P., Point road, farmer.
Bartlett, Elston K., 58 Allerton street, carpenter.
Bennett, Sylvanus S., ? Highland place, carpenter.
Beytes, Henry J., 430 Court street, storekeeper. Bittinger, Joseph F., Sever street, printer. Blackmer, Daniel H., Manomet, farmer.
Bliss, Edgar F., 22 Leyden street, merchant. Bolger, T. Frank, 110 Sandwich street, dispatcher. Bradford, George W., 252 Court street, contractor.
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Bradford, Louis K., 111 Court street, machinist. Bradford Edward W., Jr., 1 Warren avenue, collector. Broadbent, Edgar N., 125 Court street, pattern maker. Buck, Bradford P., 9 Brewster street, shoe dealer. Bumpus, Warren S., + Clyfton street, carpenter. Burbank, Alfred S., 5 South Green street, merchant. Butland. Elmer E., 4 Massasoit street, salesman. Carr, Patrick, 23 Centennial street, laborer. Carver. Frank H., 20 Brewster street, drug clerk. Cate, Norman G., 104 Allerton street, commercial traveler. Chandler, Coleman B., Stafford street, carpenter. Churchill, John W., 13 Chilton street, contractor. Clark, Nathaniel T., ? North Green street, carpenter. Cleveland, Warrick H., Manomet, postmaster.
Cole, Charles F., Jr., 20 Whiting street, machinist.
Cole, Guy R., 390 Court street, merchant.
Cobb, George A., 139 Summer street, machinist. Cooper, Guy W., 231 Sandwich street, grocer. Costello, Thomas J., Cedarville, salesman.
Craig, Charles D., 11 Jefferson street, clerk.
Cushing, Robert W., Sandwich street, druggist.
Damon, John H., 258 Court street, master mechanic.
Dixon, Edward L., Manomet, fisherman. Davis, Albert E., 33 Allerton street, agent.
Dowling, Vincent, 8 Murray street, weaver. Eaton, Charles W., 115 Court street, retired.
Ellis, Clark, 23 Samoset street, marble cutter. Ellis, Edward J., 12 North street, motorman. Ellis, Ziba R., Ellisville, farmer. Ferguson, John R., 22 Robinson street, shoe dealer. Finney, John B., Sever street, contractor. Gale, Warren S., 30 Allerton street, bottler. Geary, Harry T., 234 Sandwich street, collector. Gifford, George F., 6 Allerton street, baker.
Glover, Luther F., 6 Franklin street, baker.
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Goddard, Fred A., 271 Court street, draughtsman. Goodwin, John J., 71 Samoset street, watchman. Gould, Jesse L .. 26 South Spooner street, foreman. Gray, Arthur G., 26 Davis street, clerk. Hadaway, Augustus S., Jr., River street, fisherman. Hall, Alvin A., 9 Stoddard street, salesman.
Harlow, Albert T., 208 Sandwich street, carpenter.
Harlow, Charles B., Manomet, farmer.
Harlow, Frank, 156 Sandwich street, merchant.
Harlow, Thomas F., Ellisville, farmer.
Harney, Thomas F., 8 Nelson street, plumber. Hasenfuss, Fred A., 427 Court street, clerk.
Haskell, James L., Pondville, stone mason.
Hatton, Charles H., 15 Oak street, painter.
Hayden, Charles F., 11 Cushman street, ticket agent.
Hazen, James W., Beaver Dam road, farmer.
Hedge, Barnabas, 338 'Court street, wood dealer.
Holmes, Charles T., 11 Allerton street, steam fitter. Holmes, David, 152 Sandwich street, painter.
Holmes, George W., White Horse, lobster catcher.
Holmes, John M., 4 Fremont street, clerk.
Holmes, Truman H., Manomet, farmer. Holmes, William B., South Pond, laborer. Jordan, Harrison W., 14 Washington street, plumber.
Keith, Henry D., 114 Sandwich street, tackmaker.
Kelley, Frank C., 368 Court street, cordage worker. Kierstead, James S., 9 Davis street, carpenter. King, John F., 5 Davis street, grocer. Kingan, Ernest A. J., 143 Sandwich street, clerk. Langford, Zenas, River street, road surveyor. Leonard, John W., Jr., Summer street, nurseryman.
Macomber, William J., Summer street, burr maker. Manion, Thomas, 17 Lothrop street, shoemaker. Manter, Edward R., Cliff street, teamster. Marvelli, Joseph, 23 Hamilton street, weaver.
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McLean, Laughlin D., 21 Court street, watchman. Morrison, John L., Stafford street, baker. Morse, Arthur L., 21 Mayflower street, clothier. Mullens, James, 56 Allerton street, retired. Nazro, William E. C., 2 Court street, architect. Nightingale, George W., 10 Mt. Pleasant street, clerk. Osterdiep, John W., 98 Allerton street, cloth examiner. Palmberg, John A., Summer street, painter.
Paulding, George B., 6 Oak street, rivet maker.
Paulding, Edwin S., 12 Sandwich street, rivet maker. Quartz, Frank, Jr., 8 Atlantic street, grocer.
Quartz, Henry, 283 Court street, grocer.
Raymond, Charles H., 41 South street, rivet maker. Raymond, William H., 9 Robinson street, janitor. Read, George R., 129 Summer street, tack maker.
Reagan, Thomas W., 108 Sandwich street, watchman.
Rogers, Charles, Chiltonville, moulder.
Royal, Henry W., 225 Court street, bookkeeper. Saunders, Albert F., 19 Franklin street, clerk. Sidebotham, James, 35 Oak street, dresser. Spillane, William F., 18 South Russell street, weaver. Steadman, Ellery, 2 Court street, clerk. Stephen, Nicholas, 18 Hamilton street, foreman. Stevens, Charles T., 8 Stoddard street, florist. Stockbridge, Herbert A., 5 Lothrop street. clerk.
Sturtevant, Percy L., 14 Jefferson street, weaver. Swan, George Jr., 404 Court street, cordage worker. Swanton. James S., 54 Allerton street, carpenter. Swift, George H., Cedarville, grocer. Thomas, B. Loring, 221 Sandwich street, carpenter. Thomas, Henry C., 188 Court street, provisions. Thurston, Joseph P., 2 Fremont street, fisherman. Tripp, Lyman F., 11 Whiting street, blacksmith. Turner, Edgar S., 16 Nelson street, spinner.
Walton, Henry, 12 Clyfton street, superintendent.
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Ward, Ira C., Cliff street, farmer.
Warner, Fred L., rear 22 Murray street, weaver.
Whiting, Ellis, Chiltonville, clerk.
Whiting. Henry O., 9 Pleasant street, provisions. Williams, George H., 2nd, 30 South street, electrician.
Wilson, John B., 36 High street, upholsterer.
Wood, Howard S., 17 Pleasant street, designer.
Wood Peter, Manomet, stone mason.
Zahn, Charles, 10 Atlantic street, shoe dealer.
Approved February 9, 1914.
ALFRED S. BURNS, EPHRAIM D. BARTLETT, HERBERT S. MAXWELL, Selectmen of Plymouth.
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FIFTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Water Commissioners,
Superintendent
AND
Collector of Water Rates
OF THE
Town of Plymouth 1913
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WATER COMMISSIONERS
JOHN W. CHURCHILL-Term expires March, 1915. ROBERT C. HARLOW-Term expires March, 1915. JOHN H. DAMON-Term expires March, 1916. HORACE P. BAILEY-Term expires March, 1914. CHARLES T. HOLMES-Term expires March, 1914.
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, office 532-R, shop 532-W.
Meeting of the Commissioners to examine bills and claims against the department, the first Wednesday evening of each month.
Rates payable at the Town Treasurer's office semi-annually in advance, May 1 and Nov. 1.
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.
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REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS
The Water Commissioners herewith submit their fifty-ninth annual report.
RECEIPTS.
+ Appropriation,
$15,000 .00
Credits, other departments.
352 64
$15,352 64
EXPENDITURES.
Pump,
$3,621 50
Maintenance,
8.548 63
Extension of mains,
1,949 3S
Extension of services,
306 61
Sheet-iron and rings in stock,
417 57
Meters and setting,
466 39
Unexpended balance,
12 56
Total,
$15,352 64
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PUMPING STATION.
Salaries, $1,866 62
Fuel and light,
974 50
Heating and lighting engineer's house,
258 15
Parts and repairs to machinery,
24 74
Freight and trucking,
14 90
Material and supplies,
85 88
Tools and repairs on tools,
1 80
Repairs to buildings and grounds,
37 67
Repairing chimney,
357 24
Total, $3,621 50
MAINTENANCE.
Salaries,
$2,750 00
Labor,
2,922 00
Horse and harness,
285 00
Horse feed, care, and stable items,
376 28
Freight, express and trucking,
61 18
Stationery, stamps and printing,
85 00
Leaks and repairs in main pipes,
243 50
Fuel, light and power,
102 03
Telephone,
61 85
Factory and office repairs and supplies,
102 39
Tools bought and repaired,
98 94
Renewing services,
90 01
Miscellaneous,
1,151 62
Leaks repaired in service pipes,
96 31
Material for repairs,
122 52
Total, $8,548 63
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BONDS.
Bond paid to issue, June 1, 1885,
$2,800 00
Bond paid to issue, August 1, 1890,
1,300 00
Bond paid to issue, August 1, 1894,
800 00
Bond paid to issue, October 2, 1899,
1,500 00
Bond paid to issue, May 1, 1901,
1,000 00
Bond paid to issue, July 1, 1903,
666 66
Bond paid to issue, April 15, 1905,
500 00
Bond paid to issue, April 15, 1905,
500 00
Bond paid to issue, November 15, 1905,
600 00
Bond paid to issue, July 1, 1907,
1,000 00
Bond paid to issue, February 15, 1908,
1,000 00
Bond paid to issue, June 1, 1909,
1,000 00
Bond paid to issue, July 1, 1910,
2,000 00
Total bonds paid,
$14,666 66
INTEREST.
Interest paid on issue, June 1, 1885,
$168 00
Interest paid on issue, August 1, 1890,
260 00
Interest paid on issue, August 1, 1894,
224 00
Interest paid on issue, October 2, 1899,
420 00
Interest paid on issue, May 1, 1901,
297 50
Interest paid on issue, July 1, 1903,
512 50
Interest paid on issue, April 15, 1905,
43 75
Interest paid on issue, April 15, 1905,
43 75
Interest paid on issue, November 15, 1905,
273 00
Interest paid on issue, July 1, 1907,
780 00
Interest paid on issue, February 15, 1908,
780 00
Interest paid on issue, June 1, 1909,
297 50
Interest paid on issue, July 1, 1910,
280 00
Total interest paid,
$4,380 00
Bonds,
$14,666 66
Interest,
4,380 00
Total bonds and interest, $19,046 66
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COMMISSIONERS' REPORT
There has been very little new work carried out by the depart- ment this year; a total of only about 2,220 feet of new pipe being laid, at a cost of approximately $1,950.
For the ensuing year we recommend an 8-inch pipe across Obery Street, between Sandwich Street and the South Pond Road.
It is the intention of the Selectmen to lay out a 50-foot way across Obery Street, and a cross connection between the line laid to the Dump with the present Sandwich Street line appears desirable.
At present if any accident occurs to the 10-inch line on Sand- wich Street, between Nook Road and Jabez Corner, the whole south part of the town is deprived of water until repairs can be made. Such an accident occurred on Nov. 18, 1913, and water was shut off from 4 P. M., Nov. 18, to 6 A. M., Nov. 19, seriously inconveniencing the householders and incurring grave risks in case of fire. The estimated cost of this work would be about $3,000 and no bond issue would be necessary.
On August 30 our pumping station chimney was struck by lightning, but fortunately the core was not damaged, and no damage was done to our boilers or pumps. Mr. George W. Bradford made the necessary repairs, and the cost of the work was $357.24.
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The Commissioners recommend an appropriation of $18,000 for the ensuing year.
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 Association.
PLYMOUTH (MASS.) WATER WORKS.
Population by census of 1910, 12,100.
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, $4.95.
3. Total fuel, 514,820 pounds.
5. Total water pumped, 301,032,000 gallons.
6. Average static head, 65 feet.
2 Average dynamic head, 70 feet.
8. . Number gallons pumped per pound of coal, Worthington, 487.2; Barr, 585.4.
9. Duty of Barr pump, 34,148,000; Worthington, 28,420,000. Cost of pumping figured on pumping station expenses, $3,621.50.
10. Per million gallons against dynamic head into direct pipe, $12.03.
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11. Per million gallons raised one foot high (dynamic), 17 cents. Cost of pumping figured on total maintenance, viz. : $12,170.13.
12. Per million gallons against dynamic head into direct pipe, $40.43.
13. Per million gallons raised one foot high (dynamic), $.577.
SERVICES.
16. Kind of pipes ; lead and cement lined.
17. From one-half inch to four inches.
18. Extended 452 feet.
20. Total now in use, seven miles, 2,154 feet.
21. Service taps added, 34.
22. Number now in use, 2,589.
23. Average length of service, 13.3.
24. Average cost of service, $9.00.
27. Motors and elevators added: None.
28. Number now in use: One motor.
DISTRIBUTION.
1. Kind of pipe used: Cement lined and wrought iron, prin- cipally cement lined.
2. Sizes: From 2 inch to 30 inch.
3. Extended, 2,220 feet.
4. Discontinued, none.
5. Total now in use, 54 miles, 2,020 feet.
6. Cost to repair per mile, $4.47.
7. Number of leaks per mile, .28.
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8. Small distribution pipes, less than 4 inch, 10 miles, 2,294 feet.
9. Hydrants added, two post. Discontinued, none.
10. Hydrants now in use: 219 public; 52 private.
11. Stop gates added, six. Discontinued, none.
12 Number now in use, 616.
13. Small stop gates less than 4 inch, 140.
14 Number of blow-offs, 42.
LABOR.
Total labor for 1913,
$4,364 07
Laying pipe,
$721 81
Making pipe,
321 13
Services,
285 62
Meters,
230 72
Leaks in main pipe,
113 51
Leaks in service pipes, 146 73
Labor at pumping station,
110 11
Miscellaneous labor for other departments, 195 59
All other labor, 2,238 85
$4,364 07
Published by request of the New England Water Works Association.
FINANCIAL
MAINTENANCE.
Water rates, domestic, Water rates, manufacturing,
$33,337.38 2,936.61
Management and repairs, Interest on bonds,
$12,170.13 4,380.00
Total water receipts, Miscellaneous,
589.64
20,313.50
Total
$36.863,63
Total,
$36,863.63
Paid bonds and notes, Carried to Construction Acct., Total,
$14,666.66 5,646.84
$20,313.50
CONSTRUCTION.
Profits of maintenance,
$5,646.84
Undrawn balance,
$ 37.00
Extension of Mains,
1,949.38
Extension of services,
306.61
Sheet iron in stock,
417.57
Meters and setting,
466.39
From profits,
$456,018.88
$5,646.84
$14,666.66 paid yearly on principal. Bonded debt at 31/2 per cent.,
$25.200.00
38/
13.3 3.20
4
66
65,800.00
$104,333.20
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Cost of works,
Town appropriations,
$151,051.00 304,967.88
Unexpended balance,
2,469.89
.
Total, Profit for year,
$16,550.13
$36,273.99
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REPORT OF THE COLLECTOR OF WATER RATES.
Gentlemen-I hereby submit the annual report of the Col- lector of Water Rates for the year 1913.
The Collector is charged as follows :
Dr.
Arrears,
$6,358 41
Water rates,
39,286 67
Labor and material,
717 30
$46,362 38
Cr.
Total collections,
$36,863 63
Abatements,
1,569 86
Uncollected rates,
7,755 54
Uncollected labor and material,
173 35
$46,362 38
Water is supplied to 2,757 families ; 2,175 water closets ; 996 bath tubs; 521 hose; 96 stables; 411 horses; 191 stores, offices and shops; 12 meat and fish markets; 27 urinals; 207 cows ; 5 banks; 8 churches; 9 engines ; 4 cemeteries; 3 laundries : 8 manufactories ; 2 photograph saloons; 7 saloons ; 4 bakeries ; 10 hotels and boarding houses; 3 hot houses; 2 printing offices ;
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6 public halls; 2 billiard rooms; 2 cigar manufactories; gas works; New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; 2 elec- tric plants ; 3 woolen mills; county buildings ; town buildings ; street sprinkling.
Yours respectfully, N. REEVES JACKSON, Collector Water Taxes.
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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 ending December 31, 1913.
ACCOUNT OF PIPES LAID FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1913.
LOCATION
Length in feet.
Size in inches
Cost
Cherry St. Ext. to Brauneker Farm
1,025
4
$584.93
Main St. Extension
644
10
1,007.20
New St., west from Spooner St.
340
6
156
4
287.25
Savery Avenue
55
4
70.00
TOTALS.
2,220
$1,949.38
CONSUMPTION FOR 1913.
Plate II shows in diagrammatic form the consumption of water for 1913, in daily average quantities for each week of the year. The dotted line on the diagram shows our low service or gravity consumption-the next full line above, our high service or pumping-and the upper full line is the sum of these two and is the total consumption.
The daily average low service consumption for the year was
PLYMOUTH WATER WORKS
200.000
100.000
500.000
600.000
200.000
800.000
200.000
200
1.500.000
1.600.000
1.200.000
1.800.000
1.90
2.0
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. 26
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1 23
. 30
Apr .6
. 13
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.. 13
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300.000
700.000
500.000
600.000
200.000
800.000
200.000
1.000.000
1.100.000
1.200.000
1.300.000
1.700.000
1.500.000
1.600.000
.200.000
1.800.000
20.000
2.
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PLATE II.
20.000
Lox service consumption-
presage dair dish
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PLYMOUTH WATER WORKS Diagram showing pond elevations and storage depletion.
Storage
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Storage in million gallons.
700
600
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105
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482,000 gallons, the high service was 824,000 gallons, and the total was 1,306,000 gallons.
The total consumption for the year was 477 million gallons, the low service being 176 million gallons or 37 per cent. and the high service being 301 million gallons or 63 per cent. of the total.
RAINFALL.
A rainfall table giving results of observations for the past twenty-seven years is shown on another page. The last column shows the variation in inches above or below the average, for each year that records have been kept.
For the year 1913 our total rainfall was 48.29 inches, being 2.21 inches above the average of 46.08 inches for twenty-seven years.
Table showing total rainfall since 1887, and monthly rainfall since 1891. Also annual variation from the average in inches. .
YEAR
JAN.
FEB.
MAR.
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUG.
SEPT.
OCT.
Nov.
DEC.
TOTAL
Variation from av. :in inches
1887
43.14
- 2.57
1888
50.28
4.57
1889
49.14
3 43
1890
51.80
6.09
1891
8.36
5.32
5.04
4.02
1.99
2.23
2.55
1.43
2.23
5.92
1.79
3.77
44.65
1 06
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
7.81
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
2.62
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
3.03
1895
3.54
0.87
2 71
4.79
2.73
2.04
3.58
2.05
3 27
6.89
3.95
3.85
40.27
5.44
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
6.62
1897
4.24
2.08
2.31
4.28
3.65
2.99
2.88
2.91
1.42
0.87
6.42
3.27
37.32
8.39
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
12.69
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
2.20
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
.87
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
7.40
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
1.18
1903
4.43
5.36
7.94
7.45
0.67
4.76
2.44
5.44
1.45
6.32
3.22
3.98
53 46
7.75
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
.07
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
5.07
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
4.84
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
5.10
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
.04
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
5 54
1910
5.98
5.82
1.05
2.51
2.27
3.82
2.71
2.32
1.81
1.94
5.69
2.96
38.88
6.83
1911
3.17
3 45
3 38
3 68
0.77
3.05
6 81
4.66
3.44
3.60
6.59
3 58
46.21
.50
1912
4 88
4.00
7 51
3.87
4 71
0.39
2.32
3 50
1 49
1,26
3.83
6.16
43.92
- 1.79
1913
4.09
3.50
3.40
6.66
2 30
1.57
1.77
3.03
3.49
11.08
2.79
4.61
15.29
2 58
Av.
4.28
4.18
4.47
4.09
3.29
2.80
3.04
3.06
3.45
4.43
4.30
4.21
45 71
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TABLE OF METERS NOW IN USE.
FOR WHAT USED
6 in 4 in 2 in 11/2 in 1 in 34 in 5/8 in Total
T'l Amt.of wa- ter used through meters.gals.
Manufacturing
3
4
2
2
7
2
20
68,425,900
Laundries
1
1
1
6
8
931.900
Shipping
1
1
2
467.800
Fish markets
3
3
234.400
County Farm, Armory, business blocks, etc.
3
2
3
8
3,513,100
Green houses,
1
1
1
3
273,700
Golf grounds,
1
3
2
6
1,053.800
Gardens,
1
1
2
1,931.200
Domestic
2
5
10
100
117
10,613,900
Totals
3
4
9
3
14
19
119
171
91,657.900
2
4,212,200
Stables and garages
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METERS.
The above table shows the number of meters of sizes shown now in use for manufacturing, laundries, stables and garages, fish markets and domestic purposes. The last column indicates the amount of water in gallons that passed through these meters in 1913.
With 2,589 services in use and 171 meters, we are 6.8 per cent metered, and through those meters passed 91,657,900 gal- lons of water, or 19 per cent of our total consumption.
CONSUMPTION IN MILLION GALLONS.
As a matter of record the table is given below, showing our high and low service and total consumption of water, and the consumption of four of our largest metered consumers for the last six years.
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Consumption in Million Gallons.
Year
High Ser- vice
Low Ser vice
Total
American Woolen Co.
Plymouth Elvc. Lt. Co.
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R.
B. & P St. Ry. Power Station
1908
235
210
445
63
4
18
4
1909
250
212
462
76
4
20
1
1910
269
188
457
48
6
20
1
1911
289
189
478
55
6.6
7
1.5
1912
309
191
500
54.9
7.3
7.6
2.4
1913
301
176
52.7
6.8
4
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Diagram showing Pond Elevations and Storage Depletion.
On Plate I is given a diagram, the lower part of which shows Pond Elevations and the upper part, Storage Depletion, for Great and Little South Pond, from June, 1905, to December, 1913.
The dotted line shows the variation in elevation of Little South Pond and the Great South Pond elevations are shown by the full line.
These variations in elevation furnish the data which enables the Storage Depletion curve to be drawn.
From surveys which have been made of Great and Little South Ponds, it has been possible to calculate the storage volume in these ponds for each foot in depth.
The elevation of full pond, so-called, is grade 106.0, and the elevation of our intake pipe is grade 95.0.
All calculations have been made on the volume of water in Great and Little South Pond between grade 97.0, two feet above the bottom of our intake pipe, and full pond grade 106.0. Be- tween these two grades, at full pond, there is contained 855 million gallons of water.
At the end of each month we determine the elevation of each pond, and since we know the storage volume for each foot in
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depth, we can calculate the amount of storage gained or lost each month.
Our data for plotting the Depletion Curve is obtained by substracting the volume of water between full pond and the elevation of the pond at the end of each month, from 855 million gallons, the result being the available storage in reserve at the end of each month.
The resulting curve obtained by plotting these points en- ables us to determine with considerable accuracy the available storage at any period since observations were begun and to make interesting comparisons of the amounts of storage available in different years.
At the bottom of the plate is given the railfall for each year and the average daily draught for each year since our Venturi meter has been set.
Our average annual rainfall as deduced from records kept for the past twenty-seven years is 46.08 inches and the average for eight years shown on the diagram is 46.96 inches, or 0.88 inches above the normal.
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