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And you are hereby required to serve this warrant in the manner prescribed by a vote of the Town, by posting notices thereof in three public places in the Town, seven days at least before the meeting, one of which postings shall be in Chiltonville, and one in Manomet Ponds, and also by publishing the warrant in the newspapers published in Plymouth and make return thereof with your doings thereon at the time and place above mentioned.
Given under our hands this twenty-first day of February, 1921.
WILLIAM T. ELDRIDGE, EPHRAIM D. BARTLETT, DEXTER H. CRAIG, W. M. DOUGLASS, GEORGE W. BRADFORD, Selectmen of Plymouth.
Plymouth, ss. February 24, 1921
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, the Inhabitants of Płym- outh, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, are hereby notified to meet at the time and place, and for the purposes therein mentioned.
JOHN ARMSTRONG,
Constab'e of Plymouth
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
FIRE COMMISSIONER
OF
PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS
For the Year Ending December 31
1920
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REPORT OF FIRE COMMISSIONER
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen : Gentlemen :
The records of the department accompanying the report cover the routine work of the organization.
The department responded to a fire call from the Town of Carver and did duty with the Chemical Combination. A call from the Town of Kingston was also answered, but no fire duty . performed.
A call from Marshfield for the Lungmotor was answered, but too late to be of service as the victim of a drowning accident was reported as dead upon the arrival of the apparatus.
Calls for assistance from the Russell Mills district and from the harbor front were also answered, but in both cases the bodies of the drowned persons were not recovered in time to allow of proper use of the Lungmotor.
During the year a new signal disc has been added to the Uni- versal Fire Alarm Box for the use of the County Farm to be sounded when a prisoner escapes.
This signal alarm, known as Box 13, was sounded twice dur- ing the year, and materially assisted the County officials in ef- fecting the arrests of the escaped prisoners.
A great many hydrants suffered damage by accidents from automobile collision, and in cases where it has been impossible to locate the owners of the machines and collect for the expense to put hydrants again in commission, the department has been obliged to care for this added expense.
It will be necessary to purchase a new set of tires for Combin- ation D. This machine responds to all calls and to keep it in
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condition for prompt and efficient work and prevent deteriora- tion of its equipment, it is proposed to attach pneumatic tires rather than the solid type as at present.
Attention is also called to the condition of the Pope-Hartford Combination. This machine was the first piece of motor apparatus purchased by the town, and has been in service for seven and one-half years. It may be necessary to thoroughly overhaul the machine some time during the year, in which case it would be an expense not included in the appropriation estimated for the year.
Some repairs to the exterior and interior of the stations will have to be made this year. The labor will be cared for by the men of the Permanent Force, but there will be an expense for the materials.
ORGANIZATION.
Fire Commissioner,
Robert C. Harlow
Chief of Department,
Albert E. Hiller
Deputy Chief of Department,
Clifton B. Hatton
CENTRAL STATION.
Combination B Hose and Pumping Engine.
Captain-Fred W. Paty (Permanent)
Lieut .- John M. Holmes (Call)
PERMANENT MEN.
E. G. Gardner
P. W. Gardner
C. L. Schreoder
J. Farris
C. T. Shaw
A. Burgess
E. Wood
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CALL FORCE.
L. Battles
F. H. Donlevy
E. Downton
V. Peterson
W. E. Hurd
F. H. Britton
J. Sampson
A. A. Raymond
Ladder Company No. 1.
«Captain-H F. Robbins (Permanent)
Lieut .- L. Hedge (Call)
G. J. Anderson
C. H. Hatton
J. E. Beauregard
C. H. Alden
G. C. Bunker
A. Barbieri
R. M. Fogarty
W. Baker
NORTH STATION.
Combination Engine and Ladder Co. No. 2.
Capt .- H. T. Cash
Lieut .- J. Stephen
W. I. Delano
J. Ruprecht
N. W. Gray
R. Thom
E. C. Hardy
H. P. Webber
W. S. Pierce
B. Wolf
HOSE.
The regular inspection and testing of the hose of the depart- ment has been made.
To maintain a sufficient equipment it will be necessary to pur- chase 1000 feet of new hose.
E. R. Morse
D. Sullivan
A. E. Nickerson
L. White
E. F. Nutter
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HYDRANTS.
The hydrants under the care of the department have been carefully inspected, and previous to the cold weather were drained for protection from freezing.
FIRE ALARM SYSTEM.
The signal system will require a large amount of work during- the coming year. Much of the overhead wire is in bad shape. and constant attention is necessary to keep this important branch in condition for effective work.
During the past year about 1 1-2 miles of new overhead wire was put up by members of the Permanent Force.
We have delayed the purchase of material awaiting an expected drop in prices, but further postponement would be unwise, and. might result in a serious loss of both life and property, were we without the aid of the signal system.
INSPECTION OF BUILDINGS.
The necessary inspection of hotels and lodging houses as re- quired by the State Police have been made by the Chief of the Department and reports forwarded to the State House.
There have been 26 Licenses for Garages issued during the year.
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FIRE RECORD.
Out of Town,
3
Soot,
23
Thawing water pipes,
1
Rubbish, bonfires, 9
Gas Exploded,
1
Lighting, 2
Gas tank tipped over,
1
Unknown,
2
Electric flatiron,
1
Overheated heater,
1
Set by boys,
10
Overheated stove,
1
Defective flues,
1
Candles,
1
Hot grease,
1
Careless use of matches,
1
Smoking,
2
Meat on stove,
1
Electric wires,
2
Sparks from Steam Roller,
1
Needless and false,
18
Kerosene on stove,
1
Water pipe burst,
1
Alcohol ignited by gas,
1
Automobiles,
4
Oil Stoves,
4
Sparks from chimneys,
3
HOW EXTINGUISHED.
HOW EXTINGUISHED
MONTHS
Pony
Chemical Engine
Pump
No Action
January,
3
1
February,
1
3
March,
1
4
April,
5
2
May,
2
4
1
1
June,
1
2
July,
11
9
5
August,
1
1
September,
2
3
4
October,
6
ry
3
November,
2
December,
5
3
4
Total,
39
37
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Three (3) Lungmotor calls and one (1) Armistice Day.
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APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1921.
Salaries and Wages-
Permanent Force,
$19,310 00
Call Force,
2,625 00
Other Employees,
100 00
Total Salaries and Wages,
$22,035 00
Equipment and Repairs,
2,000 00
Hydrant Service,
500 00
Fuel and Light,
1,100 00
Maintenance Building and Grounds,
400 00
Other Expenses,
250 00
Total, $26,285 00
A special appropriation to cover the following is requested. Tires for Combination D,
$800 00
Batteries for three Machines,
150 00
Searchlights,. 50 00
Total, $1,000 00
Respectfully submitted,
ROBERT C. HARLOW, Fire Commissioner.
ALARMS-FIRE LOSSES-INSURANCE. YEAR OF 1920.
ALARMS
VALUES INVOLVED
TOTALS
INSURANCE
MONTHS
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Value of Buildings
Loss on Buildings
Value of Contents
Loss on Contents
Values Involved
Loss on values Involved
Buildings
Contents
JANUARY
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$ 25,000.00
150.00
$ 7,000.00
600.00
$ 32,000.00
$ 750.00
$ 20,000.00
$ 2,000.00
MARCH
4
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APRIL
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8
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42,200.00
3,139.00
36.900.00
8,321.50
85,100.00 10,200.00 11,500,00
11,460.50 100.00
21,300 00
24,600.00
JUNE
2
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8,000.00
100.00
2,200.00
JULY
20
5
25
9,000.00
35.00
2,800 00
35 00
6,000.00
AUGUST
2
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SEPTEMBER
9
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3,500.00
120.00
2,600.00
35.00 115.00
6,100.00 10,850.00
155.00 342.00
2,600.00 3,700.00
500.00
NOVEMBER
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10
2
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65.00
65.00
2,700.00
1,397.20
2,765.00
1,462.20
1,200.00
TOTALS
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96,265.00
3,836.00
56 550.00
10,468.70
152,815 00
14,304.20
58,600.00
31,000.00
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8,500.00
227.00
2,350.00
OCTOBER
15
1,500.00
MAY
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5.000.00
1,200.00
DECEMBER
FEBRUARY
SIXTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Water Commissioners,
Superintendent
AND
Collector of Water Rates
OF THE
Town of Plymouth
1920
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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, 1922. EUGENE H. DORR-Term expires March, 1923. WILLIAM R. MORTON-Term expires March, 1923.
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.
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-sixth annual report.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation, maintenance,
$19,000 00
Appropriation, construction,
8,000 00
Balance from 1919,
581 13
Credits,
228 37
Total,
$27,809 50
EXPENDITURES.
Maintenance,
$11,438 82
Pumps,
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Extension of mains,
2,955 20
Extension of services,
548 80
Meters and setting,
1,015 00
Stock on hand at shop,
172 21
Unexpended balance,
4,618 87
$27,809 50
PLYMOUTH SIXTEEN
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MAINTENANCE.
Salaries,
$3,642 00
Labor,
4,954 12
Auto repairs and maintenance,
463 34
Leaks in main pipes,
314 35
Leaks in service pipes,
265 65
Stationery, stamps and printing,
307 19
Fuel, light and power,
299 93
Telephone,
149 42
Tools bought and repaired,
90 51
Care of reservoir and grounds,
97 00
Care of office and sundries,
136 95
Freight, express and trucking,
91 20
Miscellaneous,
627 13
$11.438 82
PUMPING STATION.
Salaries,
$2,649 99
Fuel and light,
3,598 72
Heating and lighting Engineer's house,
186 50
Material and supplies,
270 45
Parts and repairs to machinery,
160 85
Repairs to buildings and grounds,
78 00
Freight, express and trucking,
11 69
Insurance,
104 40
$7,060 60
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BONDS.
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, 1902,
1,000 00
Bond paid on issue, February 15, 1908,
1,000 00
Bond paid on issue, June 1, 1909,
1,000 00
Total bonds paid,
$5,266 66
INTEREST.
Interest paid on issue, May 1, 1901,
$52 50
Interest paid on issue, July 1, 1903, 337 50
Interest paid on issue, November 15, 1905,
126 00
Interest paid on issue, July 1, 1907,
500 00
Interest paid on issue, February 15, 1908,
500 00
Interest paid on issue, June 1, 1909,
52 50
Total interest paid,
$1,568 50
Bonds,
$5,266 66
Interest,
1,568 50
$6,835 16
The only new construction carried out during the past year consisted of laying 1,847 feet of 6-inch pipe at a cost of $2,- 955.20, on a new street laid out by the Plymouth Cordage Com- pany, west of Standish Avenue.
This work was not anticipated by the Commissioners and no appropriation had been made to cover it.
Deliveries of steel and cement were delayed and one order of
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steel necessary to carry out all proposed new work was declined by the company that has furnished us material for the past thirteen years.
Under these conditions your Board thought it was wise to lay the new pipe requested by the Cordage Co., for the supply of new tenements, and to leave until 1921 the relaying of such pipes recommended in last year's report, as seen feasible to the Board, when the season for construction work opens.
A request has been received for an extension of pipe for about 700 feet on Summer Street, to the house now occupied by Oscar Huntly.
The estimated cost of this work will be $1,200.00 and the Commissioners favor the request for this extension and recom- mend that a special appropriation of $1,200.00 be made to cover the cost of this work.
We, also, recommend an appropriation of $19,000.00 for main- tenance, the same as last year.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN W. CHURCHILL, Chairman, JOHN H. DAMON, ROBERT C. HARLOW, WILLIAM R. MORTON, Water Commissioners.
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.
Published by Request of the New England Water Works Association. Plymouth (Mass.) Water Works.
Population (1920 Census), 13,046.
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. Screenings.
(b) Brand of coal: Miscellaneous.
(c) Average price of coal per gross ton delivered : Bituminous, $14.20; Screenings, $6.00.
(e) Wood: None.
3. Coal consumed for the year : Bituminous, 655,145 pounds; Screenings, 13,750 pounds.
4. Amount of other fuel used : None.
5. Total equivalent coal for the year, 668,895 pounds.
6. Total pumpage for the year: 335,253,000 gallons with 3 per cent. allowance for slip.
7. Average static head, 65 feet.
8. Average dynamic head, 72 feet.
9. Number gallons pumped per pound of coal: Worthington, 352 ; Barr, 515.
10. Duty of pumps: Worthington, 21,000,000; Barr, 30,000,- 000.
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COST OF PUMPING FIGURED ON PUMPING STATION EXPENSES, VIZ. : $7,060.60.
11. Per million gallons against dynamic head into direct pipe, $21.06.
12. Per million gallons raised one foot high, (dynamic) $0.292.
COST OF PUMPING FIGURED ON TOTAL MAIN- TENANCE, VIZ. : $18,499.52.
13. Per million gallons against dynamic head into direct pipe, $55.18.
14. Per million gallons raised one foot high (dynamic), $0.766.
STATISTICS OF CONSUMPTION OF WATER.
1. Total population to date, 13,046.
2. Estimated population on pipe line, 12,000.
3. Estimated population supplied, 12,000.
4. Total consumption for the year, 519,418,000 gallons.
ɔ̃. Passed through meters, 141,431,000 gallons.
6. Percentage of consumption metered, 27.2 per cent.
7. Average daily consumption, 1,419,000 gallons.
8. Gallons per day to each inhabitant, 109.
9. Gallons per day to each consumer, 118.
10. Gallons per day to each tap, 515.
STATISTICS RELATING TO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.
1. Kind of pipe used : Cement lined and wrought iron, prin- cipally cement lined.
2. Sizes: From 2-inch to 30-inch.
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24
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28.
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3. Extended: 1,847 feet.
4. Discontinued : None.
5. Total now in use, 56 miles, 4,559 feet.
6. Cost to repair per mile, $5.51.
7. Number of leaks per mile, 0.23.
8. Small distribution pipes, less than 4-inch : 9 miles, 3,495 feet.
9. Hydrants added, 1. Discontinued, none.
10. Hydrants now in use : 232 public ; 67 private.
11. Stop gates added, 4. Distcontinued, none.
12. Number now in use, 669.
13. Small stop gates less than 4-inch, 120.
14. Number of blow-offs, 42.
SERVICES.
15. Kinds of pipes : Lead and cement lined.
16. Sizes : From one-half to 4 inches.
17. Extended, 512 feet. Discontinued, 160 feet.
18. Total now in use, seven miles, 4,979 feet.
19. Service taps added, 32. Discontinued, 20.
20. Number now in use, 2,754.
21. Average length of service, 16 feet.
22. Average cost of service, $12.15.
23. Number of meters added, 70.
24. Now in use, 714.
25. Percentage of services metered, 26 per cent.
26. Percentage of receipts from metered water,
27. Number of motors and elevators added. None.
28. Number now in use, one motor.
Published by request of the New England Water Works Association. FINANCIAL
MAINTENANCE.
Water rates, domestic, Water rates, manufacturing,
3,391.33
Interest on bonds,
Wates rates, miscellaneous,
1,003.28
Total,
$20,067.92
Total water receipts,
$38,961.61
Profit for year,
19,277.31
Miscellaneous,
383.62
Total,
$39,345.23
Total,
$39,345.23
Paid bonds and notes,
$5,266.66
Carried to Construction Acct., Total.
14,010.65
$19,277.31
CONSTRUCTION.
$14,010.65
Extension of mains,
$2,955.20
Extension of services,
548.80
Meters and setting,
1,015.00
Unexpended balance,
4,618.87
Stock on hand at shop,
172.21
Total,
$9,310.08
Bonded debt at 31/5 per cent.,
$5,000.00
334
8,666.58
4
24,000.00
Total,
$37,666.58
$5,266.66 paid yearly on principal.
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Profits of maintenance,
$34,567.00
Management and repairs,
$18,499.42 1,568.50
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COLLECTOR'S REPORT
Gentlemen :- I hereby submit the annual report of the Col- lector of Water Rates for the year 1920.
Dr.
Arrears,
$8,064 86
Water Rates,
40,443 57
Labor and Material,
359 62
$48,868 05
Cr.
Total Collections,
$39,345 23
Abatements,
1,293 19
Uncollected Rates,
8,134 73
Uncollected Labor and Material,
94 90
$48,868 05
Water is supplied to 2,967 families, 2,366 water closets, 1,125 bath tubs, 520 hose, 70 stables, 33? horses, 185 cows, 225 stores, offices and shops, 5 bakeries, 9 engines, 10 hotels, and boarding houses, 10 halls, 40 urinals, 14 barbers, 14 markets, 4 banks, 12 saloons, 10 churches, 4 cemeteries, 3 hot-houses, 4 laundries, 3 printing offices, 8 manufacturies, 2 billiard rooms, 2 photo sa- loons, 3 woolen mills, 2 electric plants, N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R., County buildings, Town buildings, and street sprinkilng, 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 :- In accordance with the custom of this depart- ment, I submit herewith the annual report of the Superinten- dent of the Plymouth Water Works for the year ending Decem- ber 31st, 1920.
TABLE SHOWING LENGTH, SIZE AND COST OF PIPE LAID IN 1920.
LOCATION
Length in feet
Size in inches
COST
Forest Avenue Ext.
1.847
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$2,955.20
TOTALS
1,847
$2,955.20
RAIN FALL.
On the following page is given the usual table of rainfall ob- servations for the past thirty-four years.
The annual rainfall for 1920 was 55.69 inches, a record rain- fall for Plymouth, which has been exceeded only once during the period these observations have been made, and that was for the year 1898 when 58.40 inches was reported.
It was this rainfall of 55.69 inches last year following a rain- fall of 53.20 inches in 1919 that explains the unusual height of
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Great and Little South Ponds, as shown on Plate 1 giving pond heights and storage depletion.
The average annual rainfall for the past thirty-four years has been 46.40 inches and the last column in the rainfall table gives the variations of the yearly rainfall from this average for each year since 1887.
TABLE SHOWING SUB-DIVISION OF USE OF
METERED WATER.
For What Use.
Domestic,
Quantity in Gallons. 62,268,000
Manufacturing,
42,315,000
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., and Electric Light, 13,348,000
Hotels and Restaurants,
5,583,000
Laundries,
3,183,000
State, County and Federal Buildings,
1,985,000
Stables and Garages, 1.733,400
Miscellaneous, 11,015,600
141,431,000
We have now in service, 714 meters of various sizes and the above table shows the subdivision of the use of metered water by various classes of consumers.
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
- 3.26
1888
50.28
3.88
1889
49.14
2.74
1890
51.80
5.40
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
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1.75
1892
3.79
2.72
4.56
1.26
3.91
2.12
1.81
4.16
2.14
2.29
7.12
1.75
37.90
8.50
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
1,93
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
3.72
1895
3.54
0.87
2 71
4.79
2.73
2.01
3.58
2.05
3.27
6.89
3.95
3.85
40.27
6.13
1896
2.75
4.73
5.82
0.83
2.93
3.59
2.27
1.71
5.65
3.60
3.41
1.75
39.09
7.31
1897
4.21
2.08
2.31
4.28
3.65
2.99
2.88
2.91
1.42
0.87
6.42
3.27
37.32
9.08
1898
3.75
4.01
2.27
5.82
5.65
1.93
6.58
7.33
1.35
8.96
8.48
2.24
58.40
12.00
1899
6.52
5.23
6.70
1.18
1.40
3.02
3.79
1.17
6.92
3.03
2.28
1.60
43.51
2.89
1900
4 86
5.35
3.62
1.95
5.11
2.29
1 37
3.28
3.10
5.40
5.86
3.15
44.84
1.56
1901
2.51
1.70
6.86
7.78
8.51
1.46
4.33
2.25
2.77
2.07
2.59
10.20
53.11
6.71
1902
2 22
5.53
7.8%
2.93
1.52
1.89
1.43
3.65
5.32
1.72
6 77
11.53
1.87
1903
4.13
5.36
7.94
7.45
0.67
4.74
2.41
5.44
1.45
6.32
3.22
3.98
53 46
7.06
1901
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
.76
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
5.76
1906
4.05
5 33
8.69
2.31
5 23
2.36
6.42
2.02
2.98
4.50
3.45
3.13
50.55
4.15
1907
3.9%
3.41
2.31
4.08
3 68
2.70
1.10
1.82
11 16
2.91
6.82
6.90
50.81
4.41
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
.65
1909
5 41
6 18
3 74
6.41
3.51
3.03
1.83
2.44
4 95
2.23
8.15
3.34
51 25
4.85
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
7.52
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
.19
1912
1 88
4.00
7 51
3.87
4 71
0.30
2.32
3 50
1 49
1.26
3.83
6 16
43.92
2.48
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
1.89
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
1.10
1915
10.35
3.98
0 09
3 47
2 20
4.58
2.72
6.19 2.19
2.46
2.88
3.30
3 88
50.28
3.88
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
1.11
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
11.48
1919
4.86
3 77
5 06
3.78
5.47
2.07
4 73
7 65
4.''5
2.61
5 58
2.61
53 20
6 80
1920
4.24
9.02
5.60
4.92
4.48
7.39
3.04
3 13
2.73
1.84
5.11
4 19
55 69
8.76
Av.
4.37
4 29
4.4%
4.29
3.39
3 15
3.30
3.27
3.32
4.05
4.05
4.20
46.40
-
-
46 71
.31
1916
1 46
5.51
4.80
5.02
3.51
5 53
9.07
1 55
4 22
2.37
4.99
-
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Storage in million gallons
above mean low water
Pind slsvations
Ansval
Monthly
LAINPALL
102.0
1030
1040
105.0
100.0
500
600
700
90
5 ...
Oct :
104
0.15
6.41
1.01
bay*
OCT.
3.4
A++
368
1907
Aug
0.8 1
2.70
...
3.78
...
1900
sept
0. 15
1-53
4 18
5.44
3 74
. 41
Ayr.
Play
3.03
2 44
4.33
0.4.
N ...
8.15
.34
6-58
6.BE
Apr.
ney
of
Great
Little
South
Pond
between
grade
98.0
ind
1060
855
million
gallons
PLATE I
1920
May
15.
733
3.13
Sept
1.73
1.84
102.0
03.0
1040
105.0
1060
200
80
900
Combined
storage
and
1911
None
6 84
July
3.44
Sept
1.60
$58
4.00
Man
Apr.
1912
May
+
0.39
....
3. 9
2-31
3.50
1 49
Mar.
3.40
1913
May
1.57
1.77
Aug
sept.
8.49
Ost.
2:19
NEv.
4.41
-
J.n.
8.61
1914
May
2.20
1.00
4.62
3.40
Sept.
1.10
Now.
0. 72
9.33
Pel
$161
May
4.55
Oct.
4.SL
1.37
Det.
4.97
Jan.
1.46
1916
July
1.19
A-1
:4G
Sept
Det
...
$ 71
AP
7.01
6 63
3.40
1918
164
Aug
1.61
Ser+
43
O.T.
1.16
DEL
+11
en
3.77
1919
May
June
L.CY
واله
Aug
0 7.65
Det.
.47
STS
Det.
1.61
4 14
3.42
Mar-
S co
A ...
4 92
4 15
1011
4.16
4.05
-on-
3.47
9.AF
Map.
+
0.77
Aug
Sept
1.51
Oct.
6.65
2.94
1906
Apr
6.69
1.34
5.18
1.34
...
3+1
...
1.30
3.67
1.61
1903
219
1000
5.4%
Apr.
Apt.
47
- 1.14
5.63
3.07
1917
: 32
2.6%.
A ++.
6.22
2.95
Apr
1.67
- Consumption in gallons-
300-000
400.000
500.000
00.000
700.000
800-000
900.05
1.000 -000
1 . 100 .000
1 . 200 .000
1. 300. 000
1. 400-000
1 - 700 . 000
IFn. 4, 1980
15. ..
.. . 22. ..
· 29, 0
Mar. 7. "
.. 14 .
.. .....
. 2%,.
Apr. 4. ..
.. ... .
.. 25, 00.
May : 2, "
# 16. ..
23, ..
.. '30, "
June 6, "
13. w
- 20. 00
n 27 .. .
.. ... ..
:
25. 4
Aug. 1; "
. . 8, *
:
Y
" 22 ...
. 29 "
Sept. 5. "
. 12.00
.. 19. "
. 26, "
Oct 3, "
0
8/4-1000
22/07/2
9 5000 20/0202 0
Nov. 7, 0
14. "
" 28. ..
Dec. 5,1.
. 12. ..
.. ... .
- 26, "
Jan. 7. 1921
300.000
400.000
500.000
600.000
800.000
900.000
1.000.000
1.100.000
1-200.000
1.300.000
1. 400.000
1.500.000
1.600.000
1.700.000
PLATE II
17, %
.. 24, "
31. ..
Average daily total consump/202- 141
Tokal consumption
Average daily Your securde consum our service corsomatin
Average daily bink service
High service consumption
consump
7 501
.. 16. ..
Feb. 1 "
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PONDI ELEVATIONS AND STORAGE DEPLETION.
Plate 1 shows the monthly fluctuations in elevation, and con- sequent change in storage volume, of Great and Little South Pond, from June 1905 to Jan. 1, 1921, a period of fifteen and one half years.
It is interesting to note that in July 1920, these ponds reached a higher elevation than at any previous time during which this record has been kept.
Great South Pond attained an elevation of 106.85 and Little South Pond an elevation of 106.75 during that month, with a corresponding total available storage volume in the two ponds, above the intake pipe, of about 955 million gallons.
The storage on Jan. 1, 1920 was 620 million gallons and on Jan. 1, 1921 it was 880 million gallons, an increase during the year of 260 million gallons.
The explanation of these unusually high pond elevations and resulting storage volumes is found in the two successive years of high rainfall, in 1919 and 1920.
The average annual rainfall in Plymouth for the past thirty- four years has been 46.40 inches.
In 1919 the rainfall was 53.20 inches or 6.80 inches above normal and in 1920 it was 55.69 inches or 9.29 inches above normal.
An inspection of the rainfall table printed on another page, shows that no such sequence of years of high rainfall has oc- curred before since the rainfall records have been kept.
The resulting high ponds are the natural effect of such un- usual rainfalls.
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