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Grade.
Teacher.
Total M'm'ship
Average Mʼmʼship
Average Per ct. of attend'nce attend'nce
Pupils under 5
Pupils over 15.
Pu'ls bet. 7 and 14.
Total 1/2 day's absence
Cases tru- ancy
Total cases of tardi's
High,
Charles H. Howe,
283
269.1
258.4
96.
=
214
14
2094
2
611
Lincoln,
IX,
IX,
Fannie E. Carter,
35
81.
29.4
94.8
0
=
10
532
0
62
Ella P. Newton,
42
40.8
39.1
95.8
0
2
40
625
0
62
VII,
Grace A. Converse,
51
42.6
39.7
93.2
0
1
42
1077
2
284
VI,
Frances Burnham,
53
47.7
45.9
96.2
0
0
49
662
1
34
Jessie S. Dyer,
44
39.5
37.4
94.7
0
0
39
773
2
56
Isabel M. Elliot.
34
38.3
32.4
97.3
U
0
33
352
0
20
III,
L. Josephine Mansfield,
53
44.8
42.4
94.6
0
0
46
869
1
86
II,
L. Isadore Wood,
5;
43.7
41.4
94.7
0
0
19
838
0
79
Agnes Anderson,
43
34.2
31.9
93.3
U
0
12
818
0
69
Edith R. Marshall,
77
58.1
52.9
91.1
3
0
8
1896
3
167
H. M. Warren, IX.
M. A. Warren,
33
31.1
30.2
97.2
0
5
17
334
0
18
VIII,
Clara E. Emerson,
VII,
Mary Kalaher,
46
40.2
38.7
96.3
U
0
0
43
1002
U
62
V, VI,
M. Eunice Young
39
33.8
32.
95.
0
0
36
674
0
87
I, II,
Alice J. Kernan,
43
34.8
33.7
96.9
0
0
43
433
0
33
Hamilton, VI,
Elizabeth Gardner,
19
39.3
87.6
95.7
0
0
36
646
0
67
Eleanor M. Maloney,
52
43.3
41.2
94.5
0
0
15
753
-
164
I,
Jessie E. West,
46
88.7
36.3
93.7
7
0
6
867
2
126
Green wood, VIII, IX,
Sarah E. Wilkins,
39
32.6
30.3
92.9
0
9
21
903
0
104
Lila P. McCormick,
50
38.7
36.
92.9
0
0
38
1060
1
VI, VII,
V, VI.
Vienna L. Hill,
55
37.6
34.9
92.8
-* 0
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*
1225
5
130
Lena Harrington,
76
39.9
36.9
92.6
0
88.5
U
0
39
1524
1
0
63
=
Mercie M. Whittemore,
57
37.2
33.1
88.9
0
0
2
0
5
1868
0
46
Eleanor F. Emerson,
39
33.7
32.2
95.5
0
2
31
583
0
58
Eva E. Howlett,
39
36.6
34.8
93.8
0
0
38
923
0
0
97
Isabel G. Flint,
15
37.9
35.4
96.
Carolyn W. Pullen,
50
38.
34.7
91.3
0
0
0
2
26
829
0
63
Ralph B. Munroe,
47
41.
37.4
91.3
0
2
37
1809
0
16
Ruby S. Smith,
53
41.7
42.2
94.6
0
0
14
978
2
71
Agnes C. Grady,
52
44.7
40.9
92.
0
0
50
145L
6
134
IV, V,
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III, IV,
M. Lula Whitney,
47
43.5
41.5
95.3
0
0
42
779
4
83
Katharine L. Kelly,
53
44.8
41.9
94.8
0
0
20
865
0
87
Hannah I. Ardill
51
49 8
28.9
90.9
1
0
5
1275
0
48
III, IV,
Mary A. Grady,
40
89.3
36.
91.3
0
14
1242
0
194
IV, V,
II, III,
Mary E. Kelly,
35
32.4
30.7
94.8
0
1
23
617
1
68
49
40.1
37.9
94.7
0
0
39
818
0
186
46
43.1
40.9
94.9
V,
IV,
Lena B. Reynolds,
39
36.9
35.5
96.2
0
0
30
521
0
30
M. E. Wentworth,
VIII,
I,
Sallie F. Gardner,
51
35.6
30.4
$5.8
F. P. Hurd, VII, VIII,
V, VI,
0
43
16
1182
0
120
I, II,
Franklin, VIII,
T. Frank Shea,
29
26.8
24.7
92.4
0
49
1035
1
80
II, III,
II,
Mary I. Hawkins,
60
56.7
52.6
90.5
1
42
1031
1
64
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36.9
38.4
IV, V,
Lillian E. Mansfield,
53
27
1528
918
III, IV,
VI, VII,
V, VI,
II, T.
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III, IV,
I, II,
1
38
568
170
87
318
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Grade.
Teacher.
Total member'ip.
Average member'ip.
Average attend'nce.
Per cent. of attendance.
Total ses'ns absence.
No. cases of tardiness.
No. cases of truancy.
Dismissals
High,
Charles H. Howe,
302
290.2
280.3
96.6
922
215
0
156
M. E. Wentworth,
40
38.
36.7
96.6
243
13
0
14
Lincoln, IX,
IX
Fannie E. Carter,
39
38.6
36.2
93.8
441
26
0
13
Clara E. Emerson,
40
37.4
36.2
96.8
212
37
0
19
66
VII,
Eunice W. Fobes,
46
43.9
41.7
95.
392
65
6
2
VI,
Frances Burnham,
52
46.1
44.
95.4
380
63
0
45
V,
Jessie S. Dyer,
45
42.8
40.9
95.6
338
23
0
10
=
Iv, V,
Lena B. Reynolds,
43
40.3
39.
96.8
21
0
12
Isabel M. Elliot,
37
35.6
34.8
97.8
376
32
0
14
II, III,
L. Isadore Wood,
44
43.4
42.2
97.2
216
33
0
6
Agnes Anderson,
40
38.3
36.3
94.x
365
29
0
5
II,
I,
Edith R. Marshall,
71
66.
62.
93.9
697
38
0
4
M. A. Warren,
39
38.1
36.5
95.8
267
6
0
5
H. M. Warren, IX,
VIII,
Mildred E. Avery,
39
35.8
34.6
96.6
177
21
0
11
Mary Kalaher,
45
43.3
42.
97.
226
15
0
8
VII,
V, VI,
Abbie A. Fuller,
42
40.3
38.1
94.5
336
38
1
10
III, IV,
Mary A. Grady,
46
41.7
39.8
95.4
297
13
0
6
Alice J. Kernan,
44
43.8
40.4
92.2
564
74
0
3
I, II,
35
34.1
32.6
95.6
261
21
0
10
Elizabeth Gardner,
47
37.
35.8
96.8
229
30
3
9
IV, V,
52
42.2
41.2
97.3
220
52
0
10
Mildred M. Moses,
42
32.5
30.7
94.5
332
55
0
20
Sarah E. Wilkins,
29
28.9
27.6
96.2
224
32
Lila P. McCormick,
37
34.8
82.6
95.
344
53
0
11
Vienna L. Hill,
43
40.
38.1
95.3
351
49
L
16
66
IV. V,
Lena Harrington,
42
38.3
35.3
92.1
570
57
0
11
Lillian E. Mansfield.
48
31.7
29.1
91.8
492
12
1
6
II,
Mary I. Hawkins,
43
28.4
35.3
91.9
556
32
1
5
Mercie M. Whittemore,
33
28.7
25.5
88.9
455
37
0
3
Jessie E. West,
39
36.5
34.9
95.6
293
16
0
13
F. P. Hurd, VII, VIII,
Ralph B. Munroe,
39
33.7
31.6
93.8
406
31
0
14
III, IV,
Isabel G. Flint,
40
39.4
37.5
95.1
359
40
0
9
I, II,
Carolyn W. Pullen,
43
36.
33.9
94.1
382
26
0
12
Franklin, VIII,
T. Frank Shea,
34
31.6
28.9
91.5
555
7
0
=
VII,
John H. Graham,
40
35.3
32.2
91.2
600
20
0
14
VI,
Janet A. Cowan,
46
39.7
37.9
95.5
338
13
1
21
Agnes C. Grady,
47
44.2
40.8
92.
626
46
1
0
12
Maude L. Arnold,
34
38.3 27.2
36.7
95.8
291
22
0
5
III, ,
M. Lula Whitney,
43
39.7
37.6
94.8
298
24
0
9
Hannah J. Ardill,
44
41.7
38.2
91.4
630
47
0
10
Mabelle A. Hall,
34
30.9
28.9
93.5
313
23
0
6
Woodville, III, IV,
I, II,
Elvah M. Hayes,
31
24.7
22.7
91.9
362
36
0
6
Montrose, IV, V, VI,
M. Eunice Young,
28
24.1
23.5
97.5
129
16
0
4
Marion L. Whitelaw,
28
22.8
21.3
93.
239
39
1
11
I, II, III,
Mabel A. Kernan,
33
29.6
28.5
96.3
214
18
0
10
West Ward, III, IV,
Addie R. Crosman,
34
32.6
29.4
90.3
552
69
0
7
Il,
Total,
2267
2087.6
1981.
94.9
18179
1813
16
660
The above statistics cover the first five months of the present school year.
319
1
"0
IV,
L. Josephine Mansfield,
48
45.1
43.1
95.6
III,
II, III,
Mary E. Kelly,
9
I, II,
Greenwood, VIII, IX,
VII,
V, VI,
32
0
41.8
41.9
93.5
522
III,
I,
I,
V, VI,
Eva E. Howlett,
V,
26.
90.5
218
35
IV,
Katharine L. Kelly,
43
II,
I,
Hamilton, V1,
Eleanor M. Maloney,
18
34
VIII,
31
320
CORPS OF TEACHERS, WITH SALARIES, YEAR OF ELECTION,
GRADE AND WHERE EDUCATED.
NAME.
Salary.
Date of first elec'n.
GRADE.
WHERE EDUCATED.
HIGH SCHOOL,
COMMON STREET
Charles H. Howe
$2000
1895
Principal
Dartmouth College
Helen W. Poor
850
1896
First Assistant
Radcliffe
Lester S. Hart
750
1901
Assistant
Tufts
Wellesley
Smith
M. Hannah Wait
500
1903
Radcliffe
66
Franklin Crosse
600
1904
Dartmouth
Linwood L. Workman
700
1.04
66
Colby
Clara H. Frederick
550
1904
66
Vassar
M Alice Ryan
300
1902
Flora Marshall
200
1904
LINCOLN SCHOOL,
CRESCENT STREET
1000
1871
Principal
Berwick Academy Colby College Millbury High School
Clara E. Emerson
550
1879
Eighth
Eunice W. Fobes
450
1904
Seventh
Frances Burnham
500
1932
Sixth
Jessie S. Dyer
500
1900
Fifth
Lena B. Reynolds
500
1899
Fourth and Fifth
Isabel M. Elliot
500
1900
Fourth
L. Josephine Mansfield
500
1875
Third
L. Isadore Wood
500
1896
Second and Third
Quincy Training School
Agnes Anderson
425
1900
Second
Wakefield High School
Edith R. Marshall
550
1894
First
Mary C. Donovan
200
1904
Assistant
Symonds' Training School
H. M. WARREN SCHOOL, CONVERSE STREET
M. A. Warren
750 450
1871 1904
Principal Eighth
Wakefield High School New Hampshire State
Mary Kalaher
500
1883
Seventh
Abbie A. Fuller
425
1904
Fifth and Sixth
Mary A. Grady
425
1901
Third and Fourth
Alice J. Kernan
500
1890
First and Second
Wakefield High School
HAMILTON SCHOOL,
ALBION STREET
Elizabeth Gardner
600
1898
Principal
Eleanor M. Maloney
400
1902
Fourth and Fifth
Mary E. Kelly
500
1884
Second and Third
Mildred M. Moses
500
1902
First and Second
Calais, Me., High School Salem Normal School Wakefield High School Kindergarten Normal, Chicago
GREENWOOD SCHOOL,
MAIN STREET
Sarah E. Wilkins
700
1883
Principal
Lila P. McCormick
500
1891
Seventh
Vienna L. Hill
425
1900
Fifth and Sixth
Lena Harrington
425
1903
Fourth and Fifth
Lillian E. Mansfield
3×0
1903
Third
Mary I. Hawkins
500
1896
Second
Mercie M. Whittemore
400
1900
First
Miss Wheelock's Kinder-
Jessie E. West
500
1902
First
garten School Truro Normal Schooll
.
Ellen C. Wood
750
1900
Elizabeth F. Ingram
700
1881
Charles H. Mumma
1100
1904
Dickinson
Eunice E. Mower
450
1904
Ninth
Fannie E. Carter
600
1-86
Ninth
Wakefield Farmington Normal School New Hampshire State College
Quincy Training School Framingham Normal School
New England Conservatory Wakefield High School
Mildred E. Avery
Normal School
Salem Normal School Salem Normal School
Salem Normal School Wheaton Seminary Dover High School Lowell Normal School Salem Southboro High School
Wakefield High School
Mrs M. E. Wentworth
321
NAME.
Date Salary. of first elect'n.
GRADE.
WHERE EDUCATED.
F. P. HURD SCHOOL, CORDIS STREET
Ralph B. Munroe
$500
1900
Principal
Salem Normal School
Eva E. Howlett
500
1880
Fifth and Sixth
Isabel G. Flint
475
1899
Third and Fourth
Carolyn W. Pullen
423
1903
First and Second
Pinkerton Academy
FRANKLIN SCHOOL, NAHANT STREET
T. Frank Shea
800
1902
Principal
John H. Graham
475
1904
Seventh
Janet A. Cowan
400
1904
Sixth
Agnes C. Grady
400
1902
Fifth
Maude L. Arnold
425
1899
Fourth
M. Lula Whitney
500
1894
Third
Katharine L. Kelly
500
1894
Second
Hannah J. Ardill
500
1892
First
WOODVILLE SCHOOL,
FARM STREET
Mabelle A. Hall
425
1994 1898
Third and Fourth First and Second
Plymouth Normal School Farmington High School
MONTROSE SCHOOL,
SALEM STREET
M. Eunice Young
425
1903
Fourth to Sixth
Marion L. Whitelaw
400
1904
First to Third
Lowell Normal School New Hampshire Normal School
WEST WARD SCHOOL, PROSPECT STREET
500
1899 1899
Third and Fourth First and Second
Wakefield High School Wellesley College
SPECIAL INSTRUCTORS
George, F. Wilson
800
1876
Supervisor of Music
Boston Conservatory
Annie B. Parker
500
1893
Drawing
Prang Normal
Mary J. Wilson
500
1899
66
Sewing
Normal Training Brookline
Arthur W. Trubey
600
19 4
66 Sloyd Sloyd Training School
Lieut. H. G. Brockbank
100
1903
Military Instructor Superintendent
A Co., 6th Inf'ty, M. V. M. Yale College
JANITOR.
SCHOOL.
REISDENCE
SALARY.
Addison F. Lyman
High
736 Main Street, Greenwood
$700
Charles E. Newman
Lincoln
26 Park Street
800
Edward E. Eaton
Warren and Hamilton
13 Gould Street
575
Josiah H. Ringer
Greenwood
Greenwood Ave., Greenwood 25 Cordis Street
200
Thomas Thrush
Franklin
32 Franklin Street
450
Charles E Classen
Woodville
Oak cor. Nahant Street
110
Maurice F. Hurley
Montrose
289 Lowell Street
85
Edwin C. Swain
West Ward
31 Fairmont Avenue
85
Westfield Normal School Bridgewater Normal School Digby Academy Salem Normal School 66
Gorham, Me., Normal School Salem Normal School 66
Elvah M. Hayes
475
Mabel A. Kernan
Addie R. Crosman
475
Alfred C. Thompson
1800
1902
450
W. W. Shedd
F. P. Hurd
322
Water Commissioners' Annual Report.
The second annual report of the Wakefield Water Board is the first report covering a full year period.
The town took possession of the water plant December 2, 1903 ; a brief report from that date to January 31, 1904, was made last year, giving a short account of the acquiring of the water plant by the town for the sum of $235,000. This annual report is to January 31, 1905.
In our last report the total income had been, . $11,334 61 Total expenditures, . 2,113 98
Balance unexpended, . $9,220 63 The appropriation at the annual town meeting, 1904, from earnings, for maintenance was, . . $12,500 00 Expended as follows : Operating exp. pay rolls, $2,280 25 materials, etc., . · 3,853 95 $6,134 20
Maintenance, pay rolls, 3,866 77
material, etc., 4,853 20 $8,719 97
$14,854 17
Deduct credits :
Received from services on private land,
$2,334 07
Received from selectmen (hydrant),. 50 00
Received from B. & M. R.
R. (Mdse.) lost, 4 39
$2,388 46
Net expenditures, · . $12,465 71
Unexpended balance, . $34 29 .
323
STREET CONSTRUCTION.
Appropriated from earnings for construction where 5 per cent. income was guar- anteed,
$5,000 00
Expended as follows :
Average cost per foot.
Warren avenue 288 ft. 2 in. pipe, $153 45 .533
Greenwood St., 378 ft. 2 in. pipe, 175 31 .463
Herbert street, 395 ft. 2 in. pipe, 203 10 .514
Charles street, 335 ft. 2 in. pipe, 162 99 .487
Emerson street, 567 ft. 6 in. pipe, 471 73 .832
Valley street, 2,345 ft. 6 in. pipe, 2,107 19 .856
Salem street, 2,100 ft. 6 in. pipe, 1,722 13 .820
6,408 $4,995 90
. $4,995 90 Expended,
Unexpended balance, $4 10
The guarantee on the above construction exceeded 9 per cent.
BROADWAY CONSTRUCTION.
Appropriation for Broadway construction, from
premium, .
$5,076 20
Expended :
1441 feet 16-inch pipe from Pumping station to Main street with special castings, gates, etc. $5,070 76
Unexpended balance, $5 44
This construction was through wet land, requiring con- stant pumping day and night, also, passing under two lines of railroad tracks necessitated Sunday work at an additional cost for labor.
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RECEIPTS.
From water rates, balance 1903-4, $2,053 90
1904-5, 32,478 18
services on private land, 2,334 07
66 selectmen (hydrant), . 50 00
B. & M. R. R. (mdse. lost), 4 39
dwelling, rents, . 140 00
$37,060 54
Premium receipts for Broadway con-
struction, .
·
5,076 20
Total receipts,
.
$42,136 74
EXPENDITURES.
Bonds become due and paid from
earnings, . $4,000 00
Interest become due and paid from earnings, . . 9,400 00
Maintenance and running expenses, 12,465 71 Special hydrant and mdse. lost, 54 39
Service pipe on private land, . . 2,334 07
Regular street construction, . 4,995 90
Special construction (Broadway), 5,070 76
Total expenditures,
38,320 83 .
1904-5 surplus receipts over expenditures, $3,815 91 1903-4 66 66 9,220 63
Surplus from taking of plant, 14 mos. to Jan. 31, $13,036 54 From which the Assessors took (to reduce tax levy), 7,000 00
Leaving surplus balance in town treas- ury to date,
$6,036 54
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STREET SPRINKLING AND HYDRANTS.
The following comparisons of figures show the amount saved to the town :
1902. Paid Water Co., 2,058,000
gals. at 15c. per M., $308 70
Paid J. W. Grace, care pipes, 32 55
Cost of water etc., for sprinkling, $341 05
1903.
Paid Water Co., 1,877,000 gals. at 15c. per M., 281 61
Paid J. W. Grace, care pipes, 38 17
Cost of water etc., for sprinkling, $319 78
1904. If paid at same rate as for-
mer years, 3,996,000 gals. at 15c. per M. . 599 40
Town paid water department 8 standpipes at $25, 200 00
Reduced rate to the town, . $399 40
The hydrant rental was reduced from $35 to $25, $10 each ; reduced rate 127 hydrants at $10 equals a reduction of 1,270 00
Total reduction on sprinkling and hy-
drants, .
$1,669 40
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
FROM DECEMBER 1, 1903 TO JANUARY 31, 1905.
The net gain to the town in the fourteen months, from the taking of the plant, shows as follows :
Present surplus, . $6,036 54
Surplus taken by the Assessors,
·
7,000 00
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New construction from earnings, $4,995 90
Debt reduced from earnings, 4,000 00 ·
New service pipes estimated in streets, 1,000 00
Increase in tools and stock on hand, 800 00
Indicator and lines, 750 00
Forest street construction,
459 78
Ten new hydrants,
.
500 00
Reduced rates to the town for hydrants and sprinkling,
1,669 40
Total gain from earnings, . $27,211 62
From premium may be added Broadway con- struction,
5,070 76
Total gain to the town in money and property, $32,282 38
Of course, favorable conditions entered into this showing, that will not recur; however, friends of municipal owner- ship and those who were doubtful, ought to be satisfied that the town ownership of the water plant is, and will continue to be, profitable and successful.
SERVICE PIPES.
New services added during the year, 93
Services relaid during the year, .
104
Total,
197
On private land, On public land, Total. 3,953 feet.
New services, 2,126 feet,
1,827 feet,
Relaid services, 3,104 feet,
2,235 feet,
5,339 feet.
Totals, 5,230 feet, 4,062 feet, 9,292 feet.
Number of water takers December 1903, 1,632
Number of water takers January 31, 1905, 1,718
In addition to the above twenty-five new services have been laid to houses where the water has not yet been turned on.
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The registering gauge for recording the amount of water in the stand-pipe, has been placed in position and connec- tion by poles and wires completed. The apparatus is work- ing in a satisfactory manner.
Two additional stand-pipes, for street sprinkling pur- poses, have been installed on Main street in Greenwood.
The roof of the stand-pipe was found to be in a danger- ous condition and a new roof was constructed by Wana- maker & Webber.
We have constructed twenty-six flushing services, to enter the man-holes, for flushing the sewerage system ; these were paid for by the sewer department.
The cost of water used is paid as an income to this de- partment, and the direct services are a saving to the sewer department by reducing the expense of flushing, materially.
A large special globe fitting was used in connection with the Broadway extension ; this was made from drawings designed by an engineer, and contained one 16-inch and three 12-inch outlets. There are also, two 12-inch gates, two 16-inch gates, one 16-inch check-valve and two 16-inch " tees."
There have been eleven 6-inch gates placed in the system as supplementary gates for hydrants.
HYDRANTS.
Number of hydrants February 1, 1904, . 127
New hydrants added during the year, 16
Present number of hydrants, 143
Ten hydrants paid for from maintenance appropriation.
Five
" " construction
One
by selectmen.
LOCATION OF NEW HYDRANTS.
Broadway, near Nellie street.
Emerson, near Cedar court.
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Birch Hill avenue, corner of Charles street. Valley, near Cottage street. Valley street, 500 feet south of Water street. Foster street, near Richardson avenue. Railroad street, near Boston Ice Co. Lowell street, corner of Vernon street.
Pleasant street, corner of Wave avenue.
Pleasant street, corner of Sweetser street.
Salem street, opposite Houston house. Salem street, opposite Goldsmith house.
Broadway at Pipe Works.
Converse street, opposite Warren school.
Gould street, opposite Walnut street.
Gould street, corner of Murray street.
These hydrants were supplied by the Coffin Valve Co., and were adopted and located after consultation with the fire engineers.
WATER PUMPED IN THE YEAR 1904.
January,
18,211,672 gallons.
February,
19,308,240
March,
19,114,918 66
April,
18,106,910
May,
19,409,478
June,
20,820,944
July,
21,614,448
August,
21,126,588 66
September,
20,041,160
October,
22,554,020
November, .
19,813,366 66
December, .
19,653,946
Total for the year, . 239,775,690
Greatest amount pumped July 19,
1,117,200
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Week greatest amount pumped, July 17 to 23rd, $6,203,784 gallons
Average daily pumping for the year, 656,919
Average per head of estimated popula- tion, daily, 60
Amount of coal used (Georges Creek and New River), 515 tons.
RECAPITULATION OF PRINCIPAL WORK DONE AND ADDI- TIONS MADE TO THE SYSTEM.
Mains laid, two-inch pipe, . 1,396 feet.
Mains laid, six-inch pipe, . 5,012
Mains laid, sixteen-inch pipe,
1,441
Service pipes laid, 9,292
Drain pipe, (Forest street), eighteen-inch, 400
Number of new services, .
93
Number of relaid services,
104
Total, 197
Number of sewer flushing services,
26
Number of new hydrants, 16
Number of new stand-pipes for street watering, 2
Also, a new roof on the stand-pipe, pumps refitted and a registering gauge with wire and pole connections from the stand-pipe to pumping station.
Mr. William H. Butler, of this board, had charge of the construction and repairs, for a period of six months, from July 1st to Dec. 31st, 1904.
Under his energetic supervision the work was well and economically done, the cost of laying nearly a mile of six- inch pipe, with hydrants and gates, being less than eighty- four cents per running foot.
The board has had prepared a general map showing the location of water mains and hydrants at a cost of $20.00.
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The work was done by Engineer Harry H. Hawkesworth, and gives at a glance the underground system of mains and location of hydrants.
The clerk of the department, Mr. Albert R. Perkins, has in preparation a set of detail maps of the water system, in eight sections.
He has completed the working plans of four of these, in addition to his regular duties, during the past year, when complete, the work will be a valuable one to the depart- ment.
Mr. Perkins, as clerk of the department, has been an efficient officer ; his term expired January 1st, and he was re-appointed for the ensuing year.
COST OF "EXTRAS" NOT PROVIDED FOR BY APPROPRIATIONS.
Repairs and refitting of pumps :
Geo. F. Blake Mfg. Co., North pump, $164 44
66 South “ 98 05
$263 49
New roof on stand-pipe :
Wanamaker & Webber, stock and
labor,
$228 20
Polluted brook on Forest street :
400 feet 18-inch Akron pipe, . $326 40
Wire guard,
7 00
Labor, · . 126 38
$459 78
Total,
$951 47
The above extras were met under our regular appropria- tions. although not considered when estimating our appro- priations needed for last year.
Contingencies of similar nature are likely to arise each year.
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APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE COMING YEAR.
The commissioners ask for the same amount of regular appropriations as last year, viz. :
For operating, maintenance and additional hydrants, · $12,500 00
For extensions,
5,000 00
We also recommend that the surplus from water depart- ment revenue in the town treasury be appropriated for emergencies, the principal use of which will be for new boilers.
We have received orders from the boiler inspectors, to reduce the pressure from 75 to 65 pounds, if the present boilers are to be used, which is not sufficient pressure to run the pumps. We believe that on the score of economy and safety, new boilers should be installed at once. The boilers have served for twenty-two years and have outlived their usefulness.
* Since writing the above, we have received the following letter from the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co .:
Gentlemen :- In the report of our inspection covering the two boilers in your pumping station, made May 11-17, 1904, attention was called to the long service and generally worn condition of the boilers, and it was then advised that in the interests of safety it would be necessary to reduce the pressure to 65 pounds on and after November 1st, 1904.
We are aware that it is difficult for you to get along with these boilers with a pressure much less than that heretofore allowed, i.e. 75 pounds.
Therefore, we have not insisted upon having the reduction made during the winter season, but as the boilers have seen a service of some twenty-two years, were originally of light construction. and in view of the changes in the physi- cal properties of the metal which must have followed so long a service, and taking into the consideration the visible deterioration, we feel that the boilers have seen about all the service they should, consistent with safety. There fore, kindly advise us if it is your intention to have these boilers replaced in the early spring.
A waiting your reply, I am,
Yours respectfully,
C. E. ROBERTS, Manager.
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We have received a petition from the Smith & Anthony Co., and Winship, Boit & Co., for an eight-inch main from our Broadway extension to the end of the six-inch main on Foundry street, for better fire protection.
We have placed a "tee " on Broadway to facilitate this being done, and recommend that the town construct such main, without requiring a guarantee of five per cent income.
The petition is as follows :
WAKEFIELD, MASS., June 22, '04. TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS, WAKEFIELD, MASS :
Gentlemen :- We understand that you are laying a large water pipe along Broadway, at the foot of Foundry street. We were speaking to one of the Commissioners and he thought that they might leave a tee in that pipe facing up Foundry street. As you are well aware, there is a large amount of property on Foundry street, including the Smith & Anthony Company's buildings, and the Harvard Knitting Mills, and the only supply that these two large manufacturers have, in case of fire, is from a 6-inch pipe coming down from Albion street to a dead end at the foot of the foundry. Now we believe that we are deserving of better fire protection and we think that an 8-inch pipe lead- ing from this large pipe on Broadway, coming up Foundry street, and being attached to the 6-inch pipe now laid in Foundry street, it would give us a better supply of water in case of fire. As we are large tax payers in the town of Wakefield and represent a great many families, we think that this matter ought to be taken into consideration by your worthy Board and attention given to it.
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