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The pump house 28'x42' situated on the west shore of Lake Muschopauge is built after plans by Mr. F. R. Bartlett, architect. It is a tasty building of field stone laid in cement and neatly painted. The roof is laid with black slate from the Monson, Me. quarries, and is surmounted by a cupola and finial, the ridges being covered with copper.
A brick chimney 62 1/2 feet high with a circular flue 22 inches in diameter is built adjoining the pump house. Inside the building, the boiler, pumping engine, air pump, feed pump and connections are conveniently arranged and there are also coal bunkers having a capacity of 20 tons.
The ordinary level of Lake Muschopauge is 1021 feet, and the top of the water tower on the summit of Muschopauge Hill is 1352 feet above the sea, which makes it necessary to pump, when the tower is full, to an elevation of 331 feet, or against a pressure of 143.32 lbs. per square inch, not including friction.
For this reason it became necessary to provide a special pump of more than ordinary weight and power. Our speci- fications sent out to bidders called for an engine to pump 350
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U. S. gallons per minute at a piston speed of 61 ft. per minute against a head of 160 lbs. including friction, but when the Knowles Steam Pump Works were awarded the contract they agreed to build an engine that should be tested to a pressure of 250 lbs., which is the same as required in underwriters pumps. The result is that you have an engine better than. was specified and far in excess of any actual need, a machine that can be run at a piston speed of 125 ft. per minute, does its work easily and economically, and whose capacity is about 1,000,000 gallons per day, instead of 500,000 as specified. This pump is a Knowles duplex compound condensing pump- ing engine having
Io" high pressure steam cylinders, 20" low pressure steam cylinders, 81/2" pump cylinders, All of 12" stroke.
The suction pipe of this pump is 12" and the discharge pipe. Io" in diameter. The steam cylinders are jacketed, covered and lagged, and the steam pipes are also covered.
There is an independent air pump having a 6" steam cylinder, a 9" air cylinder with 10" stroke, and an improved jet condenser, so that it can take water from the injection pipe, and also from a force injection pipe leading from the force main. There is also a duplex direct acting boiler feed pump, having 3" steam cylinders, 2" water cylinders, and 3" stroke, which is connected so as to draw water either from the hot well, or from force main.
All the pumps have the best sight feed lubricators for oiling the steam cylinders. There are also water and steam gauges and a revolution counter reading to 1,000,000 revolu- tions. There is also an improved vertical feed water heater, with copper coil which heats the water before it is injected into the boiler.
A Cunningham horizontal tubular boiler 54" in diameter, .
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15'-6" in length, containing 64 best American lap welded tubes 3" in diameter by 14' long, furnishes steam for the pumping engine. It is made of open hearth homogeneous fire box steel 11-32" thick, with heads of flanged steel 1/2" thick. It is set in brick, and supplied with a Locke Damper Regulator, which operates automatically. There are also a set of fire tools, wrenches, etc., making the pumping plant a very complete one; economical and easy to operate.
The intake or suction pipe is 12" in diameter and 132 1/2 feet long, extending from the pump house to and into the Lake. The outer end which is fitted with a strainer, is about 6 feet below the natural surface of the Lake, and about 4 feet above the bottom. The suction lift is 10 feet. Owing to the great height to which the water has to be pumped it was deemed best to use a 10" force inain pipe to eliminate the friction as far as possible. This necessitated the laying of a small portion of the pipe on and near the surface of the ground, and wherever this wasdone, suitable embankments were built over the pipe to protect it from the frost. The force main pipe is 2312 feet in length. There are no branches or hydrants connected with this force main, so that the force exerted by the pump is uniform, and there will be much less danger of breaking the pumping machinery than there would be if the pressure were unequal or subject to sudden change.
All the pipe was manufactured by the Warren Foundry Co. The distribution pipe is 12" in diameter from the water tower to the Wachusett Road, a distance of 2657 feet, and 10" from the Wachusett Road to the end of the main pipe at the Town Hall, a distance of 5,096 feet. The 12" pipes weigh from 75 to 80 lbs. and the 10" pipes 60 to 70 lbs. per lineal foot, varying according to the pressure. The 6" pipes weigh 30 lbs per lineal foot. A 10" connection pipe, and suitable gates have been put in between the force main and the distri- bution main, near the water tower, so that water can be pumped direct to the town, if necessary or desirable, with cut
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passing through or into the water tower. An 8" branch pipe, 860 feet in length has been laid from the 12" distribution pipe to the new State Hospital, this work having been done by the State. Gates have been put into both the main pipe and the 8" branch, so that water may be shut off from the Hospital without interfering with the supply for the town, and vice versa. Two six inch branches were laid in the centre of the town, one 503 feet in length in the Paxton Road, and the other 325 ft. in length in the Depot Road. Gates are placed in each branch near its junction with the main pipe. There is also a gate in the force inain pipe at the pump house, and one in the distribution main in the valley near the Armitage place. The gates are all of the Ludlow pattern. The hydrants used are the Ludlow 5" post two way hydrants with 2 1/2" nozzles, having 6" connections with the main pipe, Twelve of these have been placed at points best suited for ef- fective protection in case of fire, and several more of the same pattern will be placed at the State Hospital the coming spring.
The greatest pressure is at the hydrant near the Rural Cemetery, which is 270 feet below the top of the water tower, and the least pressure is at that in the centre of the town op- posite Paxton Road, which is 154.3feet below the same point. The pressure at the State Hospital is about 185 feet. It will be seem, therefore, that there is abundant pressure at all of the hydrants for fire protection. The water tower is 20 feet in diameter and 90.2 feet in height, with a capacity of 211,- 792 gallons. It has been built thus large so as to afford ample storage capacity, and thus avoid the trouble and expense of frequent pumping.
This tower is erected on the summit of Muschopauge Hill, the bottom being 1261.6; the top 1351.8, and the hand rails surmounting the top, 1353.4 feet above tide water. It rests upon a substantial foundation of stone laid in cement mortar, about 21/2 feet in depth, and founded upon the solid granite of which the hill is composed. An opening or chamber
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covered with railroad iron is left in the foundation to afford access to the pipes where they enter and leave the tower. Tlie tower is built of first class American refined iron, whose resist- ance to tensile strain is 50,000 lbs. per square inch of section. The bottom and lower 20 feet, are 1/2"; the next 20 feet, 7-16"; the next 20 feet, 3/8"; the next 15 feet, 5-16"; and the top 15 feet, 14"; in thickness. This gives a factor of safety of a little more than four at the bottom of the tower, increasing toward the top, where it is nearly ten. In other words the tower at its weakest point will resist a pressure more than four times that which it is called upon to sustain when filled with water. The tower is surmounted by a balcony, the floor of which is two feet below the top of the tower. This balcony has outside and inside hand rails at the top, and is reached by a circular stairway of iron, protected by a substantial hand rail outside.
The Cunningham Iron Co. began the work of erection July 3, and completed the tower and stairway August 25, 1896.
The lot of land on which the pump house is situated, averaging about 200'x75', together with a right of way from Wheeler Avenue to the lot, and a circular piece of land 100 feet in diameter on which the water tower stands, together with a right of way to it from the Wachusett Road, have been taken for the purposes of the town; and a map showing such taking, and the lines of pipes throughi streets and private pro- perty has been filed in the Registry of deeds at Worcester.
It is a matter of congratulation that the total cost of the whole work has not exceeded the preliminary estimate inade by us in December, 1895, notwithstanding the fact that a more expensive pump house has been built than contemplated at that time, and a balcony has been added to the water tower.
The pipes, pumping engine, boiler and water tower are all of ample capacity, and the whole system, while not as large as many, is not excelled by any other in completeness of detail, excellence of work or adaptability to the needs of the town. Credit is due to the contractors, L. A. Taylor, The
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Knowles Steam Pump Works, and The Cunningham Iron Co., for the excellent character of the work done and ma- terials furnished. In proof of this, it is but necessary to say that up to this date, four months after the water was first let on, no leaks have developed either in the pipes, pump or water tower.
The field engineering and superintendence of con- struction have been in charge of Thompson & Wheeler, Civil Engineers, of Worcester, with Mr. A. F. Goddard as assistant engineer, and Mr. G. P. Hapgood as Inspector; and to all of these gentlemen credit is due for the satisfac- tory performance of the work. In conclusion I beg to acknowledge the confidence you have shown in me, and the consideration that I have received at your hands at all times during the progress of the work.
Respectfully submitted,
D. M. WHEELER,
Consulting Engineer.
Worcester, Mass., January 1, 1897.
Rules and Regulations.
I. Persons wishing water must apply to the Commis- sioners, and must state the several uses for which the water is required. Blank forms will be furnished. Water will not be introduced into any building, or premises except on the the written application, in the prescribed formn, of the owner or owners thereof, or by a duly authorized agent.
2. Water rents must be paid semi annually, in ad- vance, on the first days of June and December in each year. In all cases the owners of the, premises will be chargeable with the rent.
3. The service pipe will be laid by the town to the in- side of the cellar wall, or other place desired, and supplied with a stop and. waste-cock; the taker paying for all that lies on his premises before water is turned on.
4. All apparatus and locations supplied with water must be accessible and open to the inspection of the Commis- sioners or their agents, at all times, and all the fixtures shall be subject to their rejection if in any manner unsuitable for the purpose. No increase or extension of fixtures shall be made without permission from the Commissioners.
5. All persons taking water must keep their own fix- tures and the service pipes within their own premises in good repair, and fully protected from injury by frost, and must prevent all unnecessary waste of water.
6. The water must in no case be left running, unless by the written permit of the Commissioners.
7. No consumer shall supply other persons or families with water, or suffer them to take it, except for drinking on the premises.
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8. In case of violation, by a water taker, of any regu- lation established by the Commissioners, or mon payment of rates within fifteen days of their becoming due, his supply will be cut off, and the water will not be again let on until all cause of complaint shall be removed or dues paid, with an additional payment of $2.00 for letting the water on.
9. In case of fire, or an alarm of fire, or in making repairs, or extension, or other necessary purposes of the work, the Commissioners reserve the right to shut off the water at once, and keep it shut off as long as may be necessary.
10. No person shall open or interfere with the hydrants of this town without permission of the Commis- sioners, or an Engineer of the fire department.
II. The town will furnish service pipes, not exceeding 3/4 inch in diameter, from the main to the sidewalk free,- provided application is made in form required for the use of water, by the owner of any premises, situated on any street through which pipe may be laid.
I2. When water is supplied to more than one party through a single tap, the water may be shut off in case of non-payment of either party, notwithstanding one or more of the parties may have paid the amount due.
13. For washing windows, spinkling streets or water- ing gardens, not over 14 inch orifice is allowed, the use being limited in all cases to two hours per day for each hose, except when· meter is used.
I4. All parties using water for stables will be charged for the same whether carried by hand or through pipe.
15. The use of hand hose is restricted to two hours in each day, between 6 and 8 o'clock A. M., or 5 and 7 o'clock P. M., except where the water is drawn through a meter.
16. Water takers that intend to obtained an abate- ment on fixtures not in use, or being relieved from waterrates,
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must conform to the following: Where a house has more than one tenement, and all supplied from one service, if any one of said tenements are vacated, the fixtures must be sealed, and if the house is vacant, the water must be shut off in the street, or the owner will be required to pay full water rates by notifying the Commissioners and paying twenty-five cents for sealing each and every fixture, or one dollar where the water is to be shut off in the street. No sealing or shutting off for the above purpose will be done till the fee is paid. When water is wanted, notify the Commissioners, and if the water rates are paid, the water will be let on free of expense. If you fail to do this, full rates will be charged and a fine of two dollars for breaking seal or turning water into any fix- ture whatever.
I7. Meters will be furnished by the Water Commis- sioners at cost, or at a suitable rental to all water takers who desire to use them. The Water Commissioners reserve the right to put in meters at their own expense and charge for water by measure and not by schedule rates.
18. The Water Commissioners reserve the right to alter these rules and regulations at any time.
19. The Commissioners reserve the right to shut off water at any time for the purpose of making alterations or repairs.
Water Rates.
DWELLING HOUSES.
ANNUAL RATES Occupied by one family, for the first faucet, $6.00 For each additional faucet to be use by the same family, 2.00 When a house is occupied by more than one family and
less than four, one faucet only being used for all, for each family, 5.00
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When a house is occupied by four or more families and but one faucet is used for all, for each family, $4.00 When a house is occupied by more than one family the highest rates will be charged for each famn- ily having water carried into their part of the house.
For the first water closet, $5.00
For each additional water-closet, 3.00
For first bath-tub, 5.00
For each addititional bath-tub,
3.00
For set laundry tubs, not more than three in a set, 3.00
BOARDING HOUSES.
For the first faucet, $10.00
For each additional faucet,
3.00
For water-closet or bath tub when used for boarders,
10.00
Other charges as above.
Where two faucets are used, one for hot and one for cold water, both empting into one bowl or sink, but one charge will be made for both.
STORES.
Occupied as office, shop or similar purpose, $6.00
For each additional faucet, 2.00
For water-closet or urinal, 5.00
PRIVATES STABLES.
For first horse,
$3.00
For each additional horse,
1.00
For first cow, 1.00
For each additional cow,
.50
LIVERY, CLUB AND BOARDING STABLES.
For first horse, $3.00
For each additional horse,
2.00
The above stable rates include water for washing carriages without hose. Where hose is used, $3.00 additional.
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HOSE.
For sprinkling streets, washing windows and simi- lar uses, to be used only on premises and street opposite, not exceeding two hours per day for six months in the year, $5.00
BATHS.
For public baths, and each batlı in any hotel, $5.00
For water closet in public bath houses or hotel, 5.00
Eaclı additional, 3.00
STEAM ENGINE.
For each stationary steam engine working not over ten hours a day, for each horse power, $6.00
BUILDING PURPOSES.
For every cast of lime or cement used, $0.05
ORNAMENTAL FOUNTAINS.
(To be used not more than three hours a day for a period of not more than four months in the year.)
For a jet of one-sixteenth of an inch,
$ 5.00
For a jet of one-eighth of an inch, 10.00
For a jet of one-quarter of an inch, 15.00
To be shut off at the discretion of the superintendent.
MANUFACTORIES.
And for all purposes not enumerated in the rates, special contracts to be made with the Commissioners.
CHARLES R. BARTLETT, Water
STEPHEN W. TROWBRIDGE, Commissioners, Town of Rutland.
WILLIAM T. BROWN,
Annual Reports
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Rutland,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 15, 1898.
Annual Reports
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
Town of Rutland,
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 15, 1898.
WORCESTER PRINTING CO , 26 SOUTHBRIDGE STREET, WORCESTER, 1898.
TOWN WARRANT.
WORCESTER, SS. To J. WARREN MOULTON, CONSTABLE OF THE TOWN OF RUTLAND, IN THE COUNTY OF WORCESTER:
Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Rutland, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Rutland, on Monday, the seventh day of March, inst., at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles:
ARTICLE I .- To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting. ART. 2 .- To hear the reports of the Town Officers and Com- mittees, and act thereon.
ART. 3 .- To bring in and deposit their ballots for a Town Clerk for one year, for three Selectmen for one year, three Assessors for one year, three Overseers of Poor for one year, a Town Treasurer for one year, a Collector of Taxes for one year, five Constables for one year, an auditor for 'one year, one member of the School Committee for three years, one member of the Water Commissioners for three years, and one member of the Trustees of the Free Public Library for three years, and to vote "Yes" or "No" on the question, "shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town?" All the above to be voted for on one ballot, each to specify the person to be voted for by placing a cross (x) after his name. The Polls will be opened at 10 o'clock a. m., and may be closed at 2 o'clock p. m.
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ART. 4 .- To choose all other necessary Town Officers and Committees.
ART. 5 .- To see what interest shall be collected on Taxes not paid in a specified time.
ART. 6 .- To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treas- urer to borrow money for the use of the Town, under the approval of the Selectmen.
ART. 7 .- To see if the Treasurer shall be Collector of Taxes, and determine the compensation for the same.
ART. 8 .- To see what sums of money the Town shall raise and appropriate for the support of the Public Schools; for repairs of Highways and Bridges; for the support of the Poor; for State and Military Aid; for use on Memorial Day; for Transportation to and from the Public Schools, and for Contingent Expenses and pay- ing Debts.
ART. 9 .- To see what action the Town will take to have the Town House and Hose House taken care of.
ART. 10 .- To see if the Town will accept of the list of Jurors as presented by the Selectmen.
ART. II .- To see if the Town will vote to build a new School-house, and raise and appropriate money for the same, or act anything in relation thereto.
ART. 12 .- To see if the Town will vote to enforce the Sun- day Law against hunting and fishing, or act any- thing thereon.
ART. 13 .- To see if the Town will vote to sell any of the School-houses, or act anything thereon.
ART. 14 .- To see if the Town will vote to relinquish any claim it may have to a portion of a school-lot in Dis- trict No. 3, so called, in favor of the Boston & Maine R. R., for the purpose of extending the depot grounds at Muschopauge Station, or act thereon.
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ART. 15 .- To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum sufficient to comply with Chap. 439, of the Acts of 1897, or act anything thereon.
ART. 16 .- To see if the Town will vote to extend the Water System to some point on the Paxton Road, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
ART. 17 .- To see if the Town will vote to abate any Taxes in the hands of the Collector.
ART. 18 .- To see if the Town will authorize the copying of certain Records, or act anything thereon.
And you are directed to serve this warrant, by posting attested copies thereof, agreeable to vote of said Town, one at each Post Office, and one at the Congregational Church, in said Town, seven days at least before the time of holding said Meeting.
Hereof tail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place aforesaid.
Given under our hands this Fifteenth day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.
C. R. BARTLETT, Selectinen
F. G. BARTLETT, of Rutland.
A. F. BROWN, 1
Report of Overseers
OF THE
TOWN OF RUTLAND,
For the Year Ending February 1, 1898, IS RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED.
We have paid Holden Association $318.05, at a cost per week of each inmate, $1.829.
EXPENSE OUTSIDE.
North Brookfield, Mrs. Eliza Clark, $ 37.50
Paid Wheeler Bros., for Mrs. Townsend, 180.89
H. A. Kennen, expense to Springfield and Wilbraham; care of Hatty A. Snow, 8.78
Town of Blackstone, care of Rose Roan, 2.86
Putnam & Davis, stationery, 1.70
Chas. E. Parker, care of Hatty T. Conway, 4.73
City of Springfield, for Hatty E. Snow, 27.45
Samuel C. Sherman, board of Henry Clark,
34.57
Dr. Walcott, for L. B, Chickering, R. C. Prescott, burial expenses L. B. Chick- ering,
2.00
21.00
R. C. Prescott, burial expenses Mrs. Edmund Rice, 21.00
Samuel C. Sherman, board of Henry Clark, r7.57
Town of Dana, board of Hannah Martin, 52.00
E. W. Merrick, care and board of tramps,
3.00
Town of Hubbardston, for Mrs. Townsend, 9.01
13.50
Dr. Wm. E. Chamberlin, for Henry Supple, Wm. A. Whitmore. board of Henry Supple, Henry Converse, bill for Mrs. Prescott,
7.00
15.64
$778.25
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Received of Town of Hopkinton, for Hatty T. Conway,
Due from State Board, on account of Henry Supple, for board,
For medical attendance,
$4.73
7.00
13.50
$20.50
Net expense for supporting the poor the past year, $753.02
H. A. KENNEN, G. W. COWDEN, Overseers. HENRY CONVERSE,
PREAMBLE AND BY-LAWS OF POOR FARM ASSOCIATION.
We, the subscribers, representing the Towns of Paxton, Holden, Hubbardston, Oakham, Rutland, Phillipston and Westminster, chosen under an article in a warrant for a Town Meeting in our respective Towns, held in November, 1897, reading substantially as follows:
"To see if the Town will choose a committee of three, with power to act with similiar committees, which may be appointed by other Towns, to select a suitable place for the co-operative care of the poor, and to arrange terms and condi- tions for the use of the same, or act or do anything in reference thereto."
By virture of the authority vested in us by our respec- tive Towns, at the meeting aforesaid, and to carry out the in- tent of our said Towns, we do hereby form ourselves into an Association for the purpose of caring for the poor of our respective Towns, to be called the POOR FARM ASSOCIA- TION.
ARTICLE I. The Association shall be formed for a period of five years.
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ART. 2 .- The plant shall be managed by one person from each Board of Overseers of the Poor of the Towns forming the Association.
ART. 3 .- The poor of all the Towns interested, requiring tull support, shall be maintained at the plant selected, ex- cept the violent and uncontrollable insane.
ART. 4 .- The expense of maintaining the poor at this place shall be divided among the respective Towns accord- ing to the number of weeks' board furnished the poor belonging to that Town.
ART. 5 .- In case of death, the Warden shall notify, at once, the Town to which the deceased person belongs, who shall care for and bury said person at its expense.
ART. 6 .- The Board of Management, under this agreement, shall employ a suitable physician to attend and care for all paupers committed to such farm when sick, and the expense thereof, including all needed medicines, shall be charged as items of expense to such said As- sociation.
ART. 7 .- Any Town desiring to join the Association may do so at the commencement of any Association Year, by vote of the Association.
ART. 8 .- SECTION I. The Association shall begin April I, 1898, and the annual report shall be inade the first day of February every year thereafter.
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