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Hinchcliffe. John, 4 Atlantic street, cordage employee. Hoffman, Richard R., 51 Davis street, none. Holman, Edward F., Cliff street, clerk.
Holmes, Curtis, 5 North Green street, conductor.
Holmes, Robert M., 89 Sandwich street, grocer. Holmes, William B., South Pond, laborer.
Jordan, John E., 70 Sandwich street, hardware dealer.
Kelley, Henry H., 18 Allerton street, manager.
Kierstead, James S., 9 Davis street, carpenter.
Kingan, Ernest A. J., 143 Sandwich street, clerk. Lewis, Charles D., 4 Market street, janitor. Lowrey, Abraham, 17 Whiting street, painter.
Mabbett, George E., Warren avenue, woolen manufacturer.
Magee, Eugene F., 3 Mt. Pleasant street, conductor.
Manter, Arthur L., 8 Whiting street, plumber. Marvelli, Joseph, 23 Hamilton street, weaver. McLean, Laughlin D., 1171% Court street, watchman.
Milburn, Harrison, Newfields street, janitor.
Morse, Arthur L., 21 Mayflower street, clothier.
Nichols, Albert O., Manomet, farmer.
Nickerson, Arthur S., 214 Sandwich street, cordage employee.
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Nightingale, George W., 10 Mt. Pleasant street, clerk. O'Brien, Mansfield S., 8 Church street, dry goods. O'Connell, John J., 20 Hall street, laborer. Peck, John P., 280 Court street, painter.
Pickard, William S. Obery street, conductor. Pioppi, Joseph, 29 Cherry street, carpenter. Ray, Preston, 93 South street, barber.
Raymond, Benjamin F., 23 Mt. Pleasant street, cranberry grower.
Read, George R., 129 Summer street, tack maker. Ripley, William L., Jr., 17 Stafford street, jeweller. Sampson, Fred A., 71 Summer street, grocer. Sears, Harold P., 236 Sandwich street, clerk.
Smithson, Paul J., 4 Stoddard street, superintendent. Sproul, William F., 176 Sandwich street, agent. Stegmaier, Henry L., 10 Cherry street, foreman.
Stephan, Nicholas, 18 Hamilton street, foreman.
Strong, Warren P., 27 Allerton street, insurance agent.
Sullivan, John E., Emerald street, plumber. Swanton, James S., 54 Allerton street, carpenter. Swift, Robert C., Clifford road, carpenter.
Talbot, Richmond, 35 Mayflower street, cranberry grower.
Thom, George S., 405 Court street, cordage employee. Wall, George W., 8 Phenix court, truckman. Ward, Ira C., Cliff street, teamster. Warren, Russell A., 36 Allerton street, superintendent. Webber, Charles, Jr., 281/2 Centennial street, percher. Welsh, Michael D., 21 Alden street, plumber.
Whitten, Edward W., 196 Court street, laborer.
Approved, February 27, 1919. WILLIAM T. ELDRIDGE, HENRY O. WHITING, EPHRAIM D. BARTLETT, D. H. CRAIG,
Selectmen of Plymouth.
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TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
CHIEF OF POLICE
OF THE
Town of Plymouth
For the Year Ending Dec. 31,
1918
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POLICE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen : Gentlemen :
I have the honor to respectfully submit to you the following report of the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1918.
ORGANIZATION.
JOHN ARMSTRONG, Chief.
Patrolmen.
Joseph W. Schilling, Lincoln S. Wixon, John Gault, Jacob E. Peck, George H. Bell.
Constables.
John Armstrong, Joseph W. Schilling, Lincoln S. Wixon, John Gault, Jacob E. Peck, George H. Bell, Freeman Manter, Herman W. Tower, Edward D. Dunton, James M. Cameron.
Special Police Officers.
Harry L. Otis, John Nauman, Roscoe A. Jewell, Harry L. Sampson, Charles Sanderson, James M. Cameron, Thomas J. Kennedy, John Bodell, William Armstrong, James Downey, Thomas W. Regan, Frank H. Cushman, Charles J. Grandi, Alfred Holmes, Edward K. Morse, Geoffrey D. Perrior, J. Murray Atwood, Russell L. Dickson, James W. Lewis, Freeman Manter, Charles Webber, Joseph Mentzel, Fred Long- hi, Nicholas Stephan.
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Fire Police.
Charles H. Raymond.
Janitor and Keeper of Police Station. Thomas J. Kennedy. Special Police for Limited Territory.
Edward F. Stranger, Cemeteries and Burial Hill; Bertram H. Wilbur, Pilgrim Monument; Benjamin F. Walker, Morton School; William H. Raymond, Mount Pleasant School; Martin W. Holmes, Burial Hill; Horace Anderson, Fresh Pond ; Charles F. H. Harris, South Pond; William S. Fuller, South Pond; Paul J. Smithson, Boys' Club; John H. Damon, Plym- outh Beach; Charles Coats, High School; Frank Thomas, R. B. Simmington's Estate; James Bell, R. B. Simmington's Es- tate; Peter Sedlak, R. B. Simmington's Estate ; George A. Bur- gess, South Street School.
ARRESTS BY THE MONTH.
Males Females
Total
January,
13
0
13
February,
19
1
20
March,
39
3
42
April,
19
0
19
May,
18
0
18
June,
16
3
19
July,
23
2
25
August,
24
1
28
September,
25
3
28
October,
20
0
20
November,
39
2
41
December,
12
0
12
267
18
285
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BUSINESS OF POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Total number of arrests,
285
Males,
267
Females,
18
Residents,
231
Non-residents,
54
Amount of fines imposed,
$1,220 00
Number of fines imposed,
37
Appealed cases,
11
Continued cases,
34
Discharged,
35
Released without arraignment,
40
Placed on file,
22
Probation,
48
Taunton Insane Hospital,
6
House of Correction,
10
Suspended Sentences,
2
Shirley School,
2
Waverly School for feeble minded,
2
Arrested for out of town officers,
15
Lancaster School for Girls,
?
Lyman School for Boys,
2
Sherbourne,
3
Concord Reformatory,
1
Held for Grand Jury,
4
285
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OFFENCES.
Males Females
Total
Assault and Battery,
10
0
10
Annoying the opposite sex,
2
0
2
Bastardy,
3
0
3
Breaking and entering,
27
0
27
Carrying revolver,
6
0
6
Cruelty to animals,
3
0
3
Drunkenness,
51
2
53
Delinquent,
1
0
1
Deserters,
6
0
6
Disturbing the peace,
15
1
16
Fornication,
0
1
1
Forgery,
1
0
1
Gambling,
8
0
8
Gambling, where implements were found,
2
0
2
Gambling, assisting in keeping place,
2
1
2
Insane,
1
2
6
Larceny,
40
0
10
Lewdness,
1
0
1
Lewd and lascivious co-habitation,
2
1
3
Lottery,
1
0
1
Lottery, assisting,
1
0
1
Malicious mischief,
0
5
Non-support of wife and children,
7
0
Neglected children,
1
2
3
Perjury,
1
0
1
Polygamy,
1
0
1
Rape,
?
0
1
Setting fires,
2
0
2
Street walking,
0
2
2
Stubborn child,
1
0
1
Trespassing,
0
4
2
Runaway child,
1
2
Habitual absentee,
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Unnatural act,
1
0
1
Unemployed,
3
0
3
Violating liquor laws,
16
2
18
Violating auto laws,
22
0
22
Violating Town by-laws,
7
0
Violating probation,
1
2
3
Vagrancy,
3
0
3
Vehicle without lights,
2
0
2
Wayward girl,
0
1
1
Watered milk,
0
1
1
267
18
285
Children reported lost and found,
10
Strayed teams lost and returned to owner,
3
Doors found open and locked by night officers,
50
Night's lodging given to
9
Complaints made and investigated,
1,417
I recommend an appropriation of $10,000.00 for the year 1919,
Respectfully submitted, JOHN ARMSTRONG, Chief of Police.
SIXTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
,
Water Commissioners,
Superintendent
AND
Collector of Water Rates
OF THE
Town of Plymouth
1918
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WATER COMMISSIONERS
JOHN W. CHURCHILL-Term expires March, 1921. ROBERT C. HARLOW-Term expires March, 1921. JOHN H. DAMON-Term expires March, 1919. EUGENE H. DORR-Term expires March, 1920. WILLIAM R. MORTON-Term expires March, 1920.
Superintendent- Arthur E. Blackmer.
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; telephone, 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.
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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 sixty- fourth annual report.
RECEIPTS.
Unexpended Balance,
$56 71
Appropriation, maintenance,
19,150 00
Appropriation, construction,
2,600 00
Credits,
142 95
Total,
$21,949 65
EXPENDITURES.
Maintenance,
$10,149 56
Pumps,
7,478 23
Extension of mains,
2,536 22
Extension of services,
508 12
Meters and setting,
478 88
Stock on hand at shop,
315 00
Unexpended balance, maintenance,
412 93
Unexpended balance, construction,
70 73
$21,949 66
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MAINTENANCE.
Salaries,
$3,078 07
Labor, 2,697 52
Auto repairs and maintenance,
1,012 06
Miscellaneous,
663 83
Thawing frozen services,
619 62
Leaks in main pipes,
577 40
Leaks in service pipes,
315 17
Damages to Electric Light Co., basement,
270 50
Stationery, stamps and printing,
221 90
Fuel, light and power,
191 49
Telephone,
145 96
Tools bought and repaired,
141 59
Care of reservoir grounds,
64 60
Care of office and sundries,
63 50
Freight, express and trucking,
.36 33
Renewing services,
50 02
$10,149 56
PUMPING STATION.
Salaries,
$2,249 91
Labor,
58 95
Fuel and light,
4,668 50
Heating and lighting engineer's house,
288 23
Material and supplies,
159 01
Parts and repairs to machinery,
25 75
Repairs to buildings and grounds,
16 92
Freight and trucking,
10 95
$7,478 22
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BONDS.
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, 1901,
1,000 00
Bond paid, on issue, July 1, 1903,
666 66
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
Bond paid on issue, June 1, 1909,
1,000 09
Total bonds paid,
$7,566 66
INTEREST.
Interest paid on issue, August 1, 1894, 64 00
Interest paid on issue, October 2, 1899, 120 00
Interest paid on issue, May 1, 1901, 122 50
Interest paid on issue, July 1, 1903,
387 50
Interest paid on issue, November 15, 1905,
168 00
Interest paid on issue, July 1, 1907,
580 60
Interest paid on issue, February 15, 1908,
580 00
Interest paid on issue, June 1, 1909,
122 50
Total interest paid,
$2,144 50
Bonds,
$7,566 66
Interest,
2,144 48
$9,711 14
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It is with a sense of personal loss that the Commissioners at this time record the death of former Superintendent Rich- ard W. Bagnell, on April 1, 1918.
Mr. Bagnell was appointed Superintendent May 11, 1874 and served in that capacity until 1901, at which time he was made Assistant Superintendent and held that office until his death in April 1918, making, a continuous term of service of nearly forty-four years.
The Commissioners wish to express their appreciation of Mr. Bagnell's unfailing devotion to his duty and his unwaver- ing loyalty to the interests of the Plymouth Water Works.
The new work of the Water Department for the year 1918 has not been as large in amount as in previous years, due to the difficulty in getting, material and the desire of the Com- missioners to do only such work as it appeared could not well be postponed.
There has been laid during the year, as recommended in our last report, 549 feet of 6" pipe and 184 feet of 4" on Prince Street and Cordage Street, also 336 feet 6" and 83 feet of 4" have been laid on Cordage Terrace for houses of the Plym- outh Cordage Company, and 240 feet of 4" pipe at Nicks Rock Road to the house of Francis Jacintho.
The old 2" pipe on Spring Street gave considerable trouble during the cold weather and to replace it there was laid 255 feet of 4" pipe, connecting the 16" pipe on Summer Street with the 6" pipe on High Street.
A 2" galvanized pipe on Hedges Court was replaced with 580 feet of 4" pipe.
The total cost of the above work including cost of changing services on North and Water Streets was $2,536.22.
For the ensuing year we recommend 1,300 feet of 6" pipe on Union Street from Water to Fremont, 750 feet of 6" pipe on Cushman Street from Court Street to Allerton Street, and 450 feet of 6" pipe on Allerton Street between Samoset Street
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and Cushman Street. The estimated cost of this new work in- cluding. changing services is $5,000.
We therefore recommend an appropriation of $5,000 for construction and $18,000 for maintenance for the year 1919.
Respectfully submitted,
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JOHN W. CHURCHILL, JOHN H. DAMON, WILLIAM R. MORTON, ROBERT C. HARLOW, EUGENE DORR.
Water Commissioners.
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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 1915, 12,926.
Date of Construction, 1855.
By whom owned. Town.
Source of supply, Great and Little South Ponds.
Mode of supply, Gravity for low service and pumping for high service.
PUMPING.
1. Builders of pumping machinery: Barr & Worthington.
2. Description of fuel used :
(a) Kind: Bituminous.
(b) Brand of coal: New River.
(c) Average price of coal per gross ton delivered : $10.57.
(e) Wood : No wood used.
3. Coal consumed for the year 695,546 pounds.
4. Amount of other fuel used. None.
5. Total equivalent coal for the year, 3 : 4 = 695,546 pounds.
6. Total pumpage for year: 341,962,000 gallons with 3% allowance for slip.
7. Average static head, 65 feet.
8. Average dynamic head, 72 feet.
9. Number gallons pumped per pound of coal: Worthing- ton, 399.0; Barr, 507.
10. Duty of Barr Pump, 30,400,000 ; Worthington, 23,900,000.
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COST OF PUMPING FIGURED ON PUMPING STATION EXPENSES, viz : $7,478.22.
11. Per million gallons against dynamic head into direct pipe, $21.87.
12. Per million gallons raised one foot high, (dynamic) $0.30.
COST OF PUMPING FIGURED ON TOTAL MAINTEN- ANCE, viz : $10,149.56.
13. Per million gallons against dynamic head into direct pipe, $51.55.
14. Per million gallons raised one foot high (dynamic) $0.72.
SERVICES.
16. Kind of pipes ; lead and cement lined.
17. From one-half to four inches.
18. Extended 701 feet.
20. Total now in use, seven miles, 4,545.5 feet.
21. Service taps added, 35.
22. Number now in use, 2,733.
23. Average length of service, 20 feet.
24. Average cost of service, $14.51.
27. Motors and elevators added : None.
28. Number now in use, one Motor.
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DISTRIBUTION.
1. Kind of pipe used: Cement lined and wrought iron, principally cement lined.
2. Sizes: from 2 inch to 30 inch.
3. Extended, 2,227 feet.
4. Discontinued, 525 feet.
5. Total now in use, 56 miles, 2,875 feet.
6. Cost to repair per mile, $10.20.
7. Number of leaks per mile, .53.
8. Small distribution pipes, less than 4 inch, 10 miles, 860 feet.
9. Hydrants added, 2 post. Discontinued, none.
10. Hydrants now in use: 228 public; 52 private.
11. Stop gates added, 5. Discontinued, 1.
12. Number now in use, 659.
13. Small stop gates less than 4 inch, 122.
14. Number of blow-offs, 42.
Published by request of the New England Water Works Association. FINANCIAL
MAINTENANCE.
Water rates, domestic, Water rates, manufacturing,
$35,206.94 3,908.66
Management and repairs,
$18,880.02
Interest on bonds,
2,144.50
Total water receipts,
$39,115.60
Total, Profit for year,
$21,024 52
Miscellaneous,
242.30
18,333 38
$39,357.90
Total,
$39,357.90
Paid bonds and notes,
$7,566.66
Carried to Construction Acct., Total.
10,766.72
$18,333.38
CONSTRUCTION.
$10,766.72
Extension of mains,
$2.536.22
Extension of services,
508.12
Meters and setting,
478.88
Stock on hand at shop,
315.00
Unexpended balance, maintenance
412.93
Unexpended balance, construction
70.73
Total,
$4,321.88
$7.566.66 paid yearly on principal. Bonded debt at 31/2 per cent.,
$10,200.00
66
9,999.90
.
4
66
30,300.00
Total,
$50,499,90
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Total,
Profits of maintenance,
334
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT
Gentlemen :- I hereby submit the annual report of the Col- lector of Water Rates for the year 1918.
Dr.
Arrears,
$9,527 93
Water Rates,
39,777 28
Labor and material,
260 60
$49,565 81
Cr.
Total Collections,
$39,357 90
Abatements,
1,605 38
Uncollected Rates,
8,374 72
Uncollected labor and material,
227 81
$49,565 81
Water is supplied to 2,917 families, 2,318 water closets, 1,119 bathtubs, 554 hose, 82 stables, 348 horses, 176 cows, 217 stores, offices and shop, 4 bakeries, 9 engines, 10 hotels and boarding houses, 10 halls, 40 urinals, 14 barbers, 12 markets, 4 banks, 12 saloons, 10 churches, 4 cemeteries, 3 hothouses, 4 laundries, 3 printing offices, 8 manufacturies, 2 billiard rooms, 2 photo saloons, 3 woolen mills, 2 electric plants, N. Y. N. H. & H. R. Road, County Buildings, Town buildings and street sprinkling, gas works.
Yours respectfully, N. REEVES JACKSON,
Collector of Water Rates.
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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, 1918.
ACCOUNT OF PIPES LAID FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1918.
LOCATION
Length in feet.
Size in inches
Cost of Pipe Laid
Changing Services
Total
Cordage Terrace
336
6
Cost of Pipe $218.40
Labor 99.71
83
4
Pipe
41.50
359.61
Prince Street
549
6
554.33
729.76
Spring Street
255
260 85
65.55
326.40
Nicks Rock Road
240
4
234.30
234 30
North Street
580
4
478.50
88.70
567.20
TOTALS
2,227
2,063.02
473 20
2,536.22
The winter of 1917-1918 was probably as severe as any win- ter this department has experienced for many years.
The Weather Bureau records indicate that not since 1874 has this section been afflicted with such long continued, extreme cold.
The effect of this has been to materially increase the main- tenance of this department. Approximately 125 services were
318.95
318.95
Hedge Court
181
4
175.43
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frozen, as were also some dead ends on small pipe. About 75 services were thawed out at an expense of $619.62, and water was carted in some cases where thawing; out was not feasible. On both metered and unmetered services water was kept run- ning to prevent freezing, with the result that long hours of pumping were necessary and a heavy draft was made on our coal pile at a time when coal was expensive and not abundant.
The average daily use of water increased to 1,563,000 gal- lons, an increase of 280,000 gallons daily over the next high- est year, 1914, when it was 1,383,000 gallons daily.
RAINFALL.
The usual rainfall table is shown on the following page.
This table has interest and significance in that it shows the lowest rainfall during 1918 that has ever been recorded by our rain gage at the pumping station during the twenty-eight years that records have been kept. The first four years of rain- fall shown in this table, 1887 to 1890, were taken from rec- ords kept by Miss Lou Knapp, and since 1891 these records have been kept by our engineers at the pumping station.
The total rainfall for the year 1918 was 34.92" while the average annual rainfall was 45.91". It will thus be seen that the 1918 rainfall was substantially 11" below normal.
The effect of this extremely low rainfall during a year when consumption has been a maximum is shown on Plate 1, which gives fluctuations of pond height and storage volume.
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.
Ост.
Nov.
DEC.
TOTAL
Variation from av.
in inches
1887
43.14
2.77
1888
50.28
4.37
1889
49.14
3.23
1890
51.80
5.89
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
444.65
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1.26
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
8.01
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
2.42
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
3.23
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
5.64
1896
2.75
4.73
5.82
0.89
2.93
3.59
2.27
1.71
5 65
3.60
3.41
1.75
39.09
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
8.59
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
12.49
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
2.40
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
1.07
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
7.20
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
-
1.38
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
7.55
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
.27
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
5.27
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
4.64
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
4.90
19.18
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
.16
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
5.34
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
7.03
1911
3.17
3 45
3.38
3 68
0.77
3.05
6.84
4.66
3.44
3.60
6.59
3 58
46.21
.30
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
1,99
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
18 29
2.38
1914
3.62
4.82
5.42
5 45
2.90
1.00
4.62
3.40
1.67
2.20
3.47
6.73
45.30
.61
1915
10.35
3.98
0.09
3 47
2 20
4.58
2.72
6.19
1 55
4 22
2.37
4.99
46.71
.80
1916
1.46
5.51
4.80
5.62
3.51
5.53
9.07
2.19
2.46
2.88
3.30
3.88
50.28
4.37
1917
3 36
2.59
6.27
4.88
7.02
6.53
2.20
3 40
3.32
5.02
0.60
2 32
47.51
1.60
1918
4.59
2.95
2.52
6.22
0.53
2.95
2.64
1.61
3 63
0.71
2.25
4.32
34.92
- 10.99
AV.
4.35
4.14
4.35
4.28
3.28
3.04
3.25
3.11
3.28
4.18
3.96
4.25
45.91
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-
-
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44.53
6.82
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TABLE OF METERS NOW IN USE.
FOR WHAT USED
6 in 4 in 3 in 2 in 11/2 in 1 in 3/4 in 5/8 in Total
T'l Amt.of wa- ter used through meters,gals.
Domestic
2
3
13
45
363
426
49,472,900
Manufacturing
3
1
1
4
1
5
3
18
36,227,300
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R.
1
1
2
7,262,000
Electric Lt. and Power Cos.
2
1
3
10,038,700
Business Blocks
1
4
20
32
5,873,600
Miscellaneous
5
1
11
4
17
38
5,415,800
Hotels and Restaurants
2
1
1
2
8
14
5,369,400
Laundries
2
1
3
3.476,500
State, County and Federal Bldgs.
1
4
2
1
8
1,815,800
Stables and garages
1
2
2
5
10
1,670,900
Shipping
1
1
2
310,100
Totals
3
4
2
18
10
34
66
419
556
126,933,000
METERS.
The above table shows the number of meters of various sizes in use, and the total quantity of water that passed through these meters in 1918. As a matter of possible interest the sub- division of metered use is made among various classes of con- sumers.
The total number of services on January 1, 1919 was 2,733 and the total number of meters 556, therefore 20 per cent. of the services are metered. The total consumption for the year was 570,453,000 gallons, of which 126,933,000 gallons, or 22 per cent. was metered.
CONSUMPTION FOR 1918.
Plate II is the customary diagram showing the average daily consumption for 1918.
The low service consumption, indicated by the dotted line on the diagram, is determined by records of the Venturi meter at the pumping station. The high service consumption is the
/
Storage in Million Gallons.
Pond Elevation Above Mean Low Tide.
102.0
100,0
104.0
1050
106.02.
500
600
200
800
$45
00. 55
2.95
+50
145
1.3
2.31
2.70
0
9 1.10
1
2.91
100
3.25
F 37
$ 2.98
9
92.30
0
Y
15
. 9.
2.23
8.15
3.35
1.03
2.51
6227
,27
10
234
200
230
$ 0.27
₼J.05
360
10/1000
92
Des
6.1
1.03
7.50
6.60
230
210x27197 100.00
vet
2.75
1.61
Jeux Poid crustiets
4:00
Pozd
229
047
6.73
1035
116
26 6
3.51
16
215
336
5.2,
24x
19
1 7.51
2.20
V
2. 52
6.20
0.53
$2.95
9264
102.0
103.0
104.0
105.0
106.0
500
600
200
800
PLATE I
PLYMOUTH WATER WORKS
Combined Storage of Great and Little South Ponds Between Grade 98.0 and Grade 106.0 = 855 Million Gallons.
0
1.53
6.19
1.81
9
A
3.31
2.5
3.75
0.05
220
23
2 3E
for
0
PLATE II
PLYMOUTH WATER WORKS
Consumption in Gallons.
w
100
500 000
20002
200 000
800.000
900.000
1000000
1100 000
1400 000
1.500000
1600.000
1200.000
1800.000
1900.000
2.000.000
0.00
Dec.30.2017
129.6.1928
.. 13
$ 20,
.. 27
Feb. 3 ..
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... 12 .
24 .
Dar 3 4
$ 10 -
.
.
24.
31%
April 7.
$ 14 %
* 21%
. - 28 ..
Average daily Your
Average dany Argy service d
de
. 19 00
. 26 ~
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6
* 16 .
-si
* 23 .
Y
. 30-
- 14 .
* 210
· 28 .
Aug +-
. 11 .
18 -
. 25. Seat 1.
8.
- 150
. 22-
+ 29.
Oct 6.
.. 13 -
200
Nor. 3 .
10
- 17-
. 26.
Dec 1
. 8
- 15
: 22
29
300 000
100.000
500 000
600 000
200 000
800 000
200 000
1000000
1100 000
1200 000
1.300000
1700.000
1500.000
1 600 000
1200 000
1.800.000
1200 000
2 000.000
2.100.000
2.200 000
Y
May 5.
,
+
0
0
Average daily today consump
Jump
.
6 932-001 0
1-563-200 22/1995
f
2
5
200
...
626.000 Jak0792
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.
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quantity pumped, with 3% allowance for slip, and the total consumption is the combined high and low service.
The fluctuations in consumption due to extremes in weather conditions are clearly shown. The winter of 1917-18 was the most severe one in Massachusetts since 1874 according to Wea- ther Bureau records, and it is to this severe and protracted cold weather that the, for us, unprecedented consumption of 1,563,000 gallons daily was responsible.
The average daily low service consumption for the year was 626,000 gallons compared to 526,000 gallons daily in 1917, an increase of 19%, while the average daily high service was 937,000 gallons in 1918 compared to 768,000 gallons in 1917, an increase of 22%. The total average daily consumption of 1918 of 1,563,000 gallons is an increase of 21% over the simi- lar total of 1,294,000 gallons in 1917.
The maximum daily average consumption was during the week of February 10th, when it reached the figure of 2,290,000 gallons for total daily average for one week, of which high ser- vice was 1,451,000 gallons and the low service 839,000 gallons.
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