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18 Benjamin F. Walker
74
2
9
Paralysis of right side and chestJohn B. Walker and Doty Chase
19 Robert Anderson
00
23 Augusto Ardizzoni
65
-
- and
24 Berthine Peterson
80
9
16
Arterial Sclerosis
25
Elfride Y. Mork (died in East Long-44 meadow)
6 13
Cause of Death
Name of Parents Thomas Pooley and Elizabeth Salter
5 Fracture of Skull. Auto Accident Herman F. Wood and Jennie Smith
June 2 Frederick B. Wood
3 Lawrence C. Holman (died in Boston
3
Cook
1 hour
8 3 27 Birth Injury and Prematurity Premature Birth Premature Birth
Age
Name
Date May 31 Guy W. Pooley (died in Boston)
Y. M. 73' 7
D. 12 Insolation. Arterio Sclerosis
Alfred Johnson and Gerda Albert Larson and
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16
Joseph Pellegrini
4 hours
Morris Murphy and Eunice Larkin Silvio Pellegrini and Lena Albertini Septicaemia fol. Fracture of leg. Michael Murphy and Ellen Kuby Auto Accident
25 Richard Roderick
John Roderick and Gloria Botelho Sylvanus Sampson and Lydia Burgess Francisco Garuti and Maria Mariani
-
J. Newton Perkins and Elizabeth Bishop Marin Poirier and Julia Forgeron
Minnie Stringfellow (died in Detroit, 20 Mich.) 13 John J. Leary 18
Mary F. Weiffenbach
71
10 11 Acute Cardiac Dilation
Frank O. Holman and Marie Mason Edgar A. Cook and Dorothy I. Spears Edgar A. Cook and Dorothy I. Spears James Madden and Nora McG-ath
John Sassi and Raffael Cantoni Thomas Bassett and Abbie Chase Ephraim S. Fletcher and Margaret M. Winants
8 Cancer of the Mediastinum Cerebral Hemorrhage
David Anderson and Margaret Simpson
8 Martha W. Harlow 8 George H. Phinney
28 Daniel Hay
DEATHS-Continued
Name of Parents
Date
Name
Y.
M.
D.
Aug. 25 George Temple
87
5
3
25 Dementi Cabral
18
3
2
26 Bessie Batchelder
-
7
- 23
-- and - John Cabral and Antonette Almeida John T. Clark and Elizabeth Andrews Jesse Harding and Jane Capen
Lorenzo Tribble and Nancy Atwood
28 Arthur L. Tribble (died in Biloxi, Miss.) 76
Sept.
3 Edwin L. Edes
3 Joseph Rebottini
11
82
10
9
Carcinoma of Stomach
7 Abby C. Holmes (died in Brookline) 7 John J. Ward (died in Medfield)
53
Cardio-Renal Disease
7 Oscar L. Clark (died in Algiers, La.)
35 11 9 Hypertrophy and Dilatation of Heart
12 Charles Viega
48 76
7
12 Cancer of Liver
17 Vernon Foster
18 Amedio Fornaciari
69
1 8 29 General Hypertension
20 William D. Richardson
72
11 Heart Complications Cerebral Embolism
24 Lynda W. Boles
24
John Fratus
26 Gertrude I. Hunter
28 Marion DiSalvatore
20
8 19 Pulmonary Tuberculosis
1 hr. 20 min. Premature Birth
Oct.
1 Richard Higgins, Jr.
3 Alice L. Mckay
6
Ira Brooks Stevens
5 Cerebral Hemorrhage
6 Adeline F. Perry
7 Albert L. Churchill
70 6 25 Cerebral Hemorrhage Stillborn
62 6 19 Cerebral Hemorrhage
68 10 20 Cerebral Hemorrhage
2 Pericarditis
5
11 Broncho Pneumonia
72 5 14 Aortic Regurgitation of Heart
65 8 Cerebral Hemorrhage 8
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1 Carcinoma of Duodenum
71 8 10 Congestion of Lungs
65 2 19 Enlargement of Heart
60
11 17 Cerebral Hemorrhage
61
1 17 Pneumonia
DeForest Shaw and Susan Richards John A. Proctor and Amy Drake William Larkin and - William Beer and Mary Saber
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James M. Beytes and Madelena Green Albert Schneider and Nazareth Pinto Walter Fuller and Blanche T. Goodwin Manuel Tavares and Bernada Julia John Johnston and Elizabeth Roscoe Tony Lenari and
14 Martha A. Priestley
16 John Lenari
16 Weston A. Shaw 16 Thomas A. Proctor 18 Jacob Larkin
19 Theresa Tillson (died in Boston)
12 hrs. 45 min. Valvular Heart Lesion 63 4 4 Cerebral Hemorrhage 10 hrs. 35 min. Prematurity 90 8
Langley B. Stevens and Gertrude S. Batten
Robert Hutchinson and Betsey E. Brewster Wilson Churchill and Mary George
and and
8 9 Squire Sutcliffe 11 Henry J. Beytes 11 Schneider (died in Boston)
13 Violet C. Fuller (died in Pembroke)
14 Joseph Tavares
16 3 19
80 5 12 Chronic Interstitial Nephritis
- and -
Edward H. Knight and Isabelle Dominic DiSalvatore and Irena Ciaramello Frederick Enos and Mary Hoffman
28 Enos
76
28 Lobar Pneumonia
Oliver Edes and Susan Davie
8 26
Streptococcus Hemolyticus InfectionRalph Rebottini and Argia Timbori
Samuel Briggs and Amelia Burt Hugh Ward and
Gideon H. Clark and Cora Cleveland
Joseph Viega and Savina Vierra John Foster and Eden Luigi Fornaciari and Chiara Ferriani Andrew J. Richardson and Maria B. Wright
Elmer Warner and Helen M. Law
Angina Pectoris. Embolism 37
4
14 Myocarditis
4 Cerebral Embolism Chronic Appendicitis
26 Harry B. Harding (died in Brooklyn, 60 N. Y.)
Age
Cause of Death
Cerebral Hemorrhage Pulmonary Tuberculosis
4 Coronary Thrombosis
Richard Higgins and Catherine D. McDonald Thomas Leslie and
Dato Oct. 20 Louis A. Fortini 23 Tinti 23 Annie E. Howland 28 Phillip Vitti 28 Antone Bent
Name
Y. 23
M.
D. 29
9
67
9
12
7 Meningeal Hemorrhage
73
31 Elizabeth K. Monks (died in Boston)
62
21
Metastatic Carcinoma
Nov.
2 Martha Fitts
58
1
3
14 Congenital Anomolies. Broncho
Pneumonia
77
1 Cancer of Liver
15
14 Jeannette A. Bradford Teresa Longhi 21 Joseph Alexander
47
3
7 Aortic Regurgitation of Heart Intestinal Obstruction
22 Torrance
73
10 21 Cerebral Hemorrhage
24
James A. Briggs
69
6
7 Grippe and Meningitis
25
Rose S. Churchill
60
11
3 Intestinal Hemorrhage
26
Katherine Wirzburger
92
2
14 Aortic Reguritation of Heart
27 Lucy C. Hutchins
56
5
11 General Carcinomatosis
Edgar A. Hutchins and Harriet C. Easterbrook
28 Harriet A. Corey Ellen L. Holmes (died in Boston)
74
3
1 General Arterio Sclerosis
30 Joseph Donelli
60
7
29 Carcinoma of Left Upper Maxila
30
7 1 Enlargement of Heart
36
4 Probably Coronary Occlusion
72 4 27 Carcinoma of Rectum
8
Jeremiah O'Fihelly (died in Norton)
69 11 23 Heart Disease
13 Gladys M. Benson
64 7 23 Cancer of Breast
13 Sebastiano Cavicchi
74
Hypostatic Pneumonia
14 Thaddeus Faunce
91 8
10 Old Age Premature Birth
19 Daniel Pelkey
89 2
3 Arterio Sclerosis
21 Eliza Neal
48 1
4 Lobar Pneumonia
22 Jennie S. Finney
73 11
10 Cerebral Hemorrhage
24 Rose Melisse
64
Angina Pectoris
24 Eva Lavertu
64 1
16 Heart Disease. Found dead
25 Joseph Pizzotti
68
10 11 Meningeal Hemorrhage
34
1
17 Cancer of Oesophagus
70
5
20 Broncho Pneumonia
82
5
27 Cerebral Hemorrhage
Benjamin F. Hodges and Betsey Blackmer John O'Fihelly and Mary Elisha Benson and Emeline Thomas and - Thaddeus Faunce and Mary A. Warner Joseph A. Frado and Floretta F. Tobin Frank Pelkey and Jane Dixon James Hocking and Ellen Mitchell Dominic Savi and Clementina Mornini Chandler W. Doten and Mary Holmes Frank Francesco and Louisa Lapolitano Eli Hebert and Sophie LaReau Antone Pizzotti and Rosie Cavicchi Jeremiah Hegarty and Manna Driscoll Joseph Goraldi and - Sunta Andrew Burditt and Hannah Adams
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Dec. 4 Albert E. Morton, Jr.
7 Helen W. Sherman 7
Sylvanus W. Sampson (died in Nor- folk) Fred L. Hodges
25 66 2 Cerebral Hemorrhage
8
3 Mary J. Thompson 9 Elda Balboni Lorraine Balboni (died in Boston)
73
Simeon Williamson and Elizabeth Miller James Briley and Eliza Hamilton
14
-
4
2 9 28 4 23 Aortic Regurgitation of Heart Fracture of left femur Embolism
Antonio Cavicchioli and Anna Cavallini Clyde Balboni and Lina Scagliarini
Eliacum Ellis and Sarah A. Walker Vincent Volta and Caroline Gozzi Manuel Alexander and Jessie Sacred Heart
66
1
1 Premature Birth
Ralph A. Torrance and Marie Corrow Bradford Blanchard and Caroline Kendall
and Francis H. Churchill and Elizabeth Burgess John Goetz and Katherine
77
6
5 Valvular Heart Disease
28
Age
Name of Parents
6
Cause of Death Accidental Drowning Premature Birth Cerebral Hemorrhage
58 8 28 11 Carcinoma of Duodenum
Frank Fortini and Mary Cocchi Silvio Tinti and Mary Correa Charles E. Bryant and Priscilla C. Bradford Angelo Vitti and Bernedett Felli Manuel Bent and Maria Amelia Patrick Reilly and Margaret Stanton
Jameson H. Hardy and Harriet Hildreth Martin Curtis and Ellen Mann Jacob Donelli and Angela
Albert E. Morton and Sarah J. Harlow Lyman Ward and Caroline M. Robbins Sylvanus Sampson and Lydia Burgess
17 Frado
2 hours
21 James D. Savi (died in Provincetown)
20
Exposure at sea
28 Hanna J. Haire 30 Antone D. Goraldi 31 Hannah C. Ryder
35
23 Howard Blanchard
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SUMMARY
MARRIAGES, 1929
Number Registered in 1929,
130
Both Parties Born in -
90
United States,
3
St. Michaels,
3
Scotland,
1
Madeira Islands,
1
Mixed, One American,
27
Mixed, Neither American,
5
130
BIRTHS, 1929 Number registered, 250, of which 48 were non-resi- dents.
143
Females,
107
Both Parents Born in -
United States,
153
Italy,
15
Portugal,
11
St. Michaels,
4
Scotland,
4
Cape Verde Islands,
3
Azores,
3
Greece,
2
Nova Scotia,
1
Sweden,
1
Russia,
1
England,
1
Ireland,
1
Italy,
Males,
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Mixed, One American, 47 Mixed, Neither American,
3
250
DEATHS, 1929
Number of deaths registered, 225, of which 45 were non-residents, and 43 died out of town, burial taking place in Plymouth.
Born in -
United States,
149
Italy,
22
England,
9
Ireland,
8
Nova Scotia,
6
Germany,
4
St. Michaels,
3
Azores,
3
France,
2
Portugal,
2
Cape Verde Islands,
2
Scotland,
2
Russia,
Prince Edward Islands,
2
Norway,
2
Cape Breton,
1
Hawaiian Islands,
1
Switzerland,
1
Canada,
2
New Brunswick,
1
Unknown,
1
225
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There have been issued from the Town Clerk's office for the year 1929, licenses as follows :
1,098 Resident Citizen's Sporting Licenses.
15 Non-Resident Citizen's Sporting Licenses.
6 Non-Resident Citizen's Sporting Licenses (Prop- erty Owners).
1 Unnaturalized Foreign Born Person's Sporting License.
1,120
79 Resident Citizen's Lobster Fishermen's Licenses. 2 Non-Resident Citizen's Lobster Fishermen's Li- censes.
3 Alien Lobster Fishermen's Licenses.
84
25 Resident Citizen's Trapping Licenses.
27 Minor Trapping Licenses.
52 7 Duplicate Licenses.
165 Female Dog Licenses.
837 Male Dog Licenses.
1,002
GEORGE B. HOWLAND,
Town Clerk.
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SEVENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Water Commissioners,
Superintendent
AND
Collector of Water Rates
OF THE
TOWN OF PLYMOUTH
1929
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REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS
The Water Commissioners herewith submit their seventy-fifth annual report.
RECEIPTS
Appropriation, maintenance,
$28,000.00
Appropriation, construction,
5,000.00
Balance, construction,
24,195.57
$57,195.57
EXPENDITURES
Maintenance,
$21,508.98
Pumping,
6,212.20
Extension of mains,
16,753.38
Extension of services,
615.75
Meters and setting,
2,326.76
Stock on hand at shop,
4,156.10
Unexpended balance, maintenance,
278.82
Unexpended balance, construction,
5,343.58
$57,195.57
MAINTENANCE
Salaries,
$3,755.00
Labor,
8,036.10
Auto expense,
612.06
Leaks in main pipe,
945.35
Leaks in services pipes,
257.19
11/2 ton Ford Truck,
835.00
Tools and repairs,
223.83
Telephone,
275.51
Office, heat, light and janitor service,
399.71
Shop heat, light and power,
136.19
Repairs to shop buildings,
174.58
Care Reservoir and grounds,
145.38
New Screens at Little South Pond,
188.54
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Freight, express and trucking, Meters in stock,
112.05
405.00
Hydrants and parts, Insurance, Miscellaneous,
154.31
353.99
4,499.19
$21,508.98
PUMPING STATION
Salaries,
$3,040.00
Fuel,
1,696.50
Heat and light (Engineers' house)
250.29
Heat and power (new pump. station)
166.85
Material and supplies,
130.87
Repairs to buildings and grounds,
627.94
Freight, express and trucking,
13.51
Insurance,
154.40
Wiring old pumping station,
131.84
$6,212.20
BOND AND INTEREST
Date of Issue
Interest Rate
Paid on Bonds
Paid on Interest
Bonds Unpaid
July 1, 1903
33/4%
$666.66
$112.50
$2,666.64
July
1, 1907
4%
1,000.00
140.00
3,000.00
Feb. 15, 1908
4%
1,000.00
140.00
3,000.00
Aug. 1, 1926
4%
8,000.00
960.00
16,000.00
$10,666.66
$1,352.50
$24,666.64
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The construction of the new high service system, men- tioned in the report of last year as having been started, has been completed. The pumps were started Septem- ber 25, 1929 and have been in daily operation since that time. A pumping station was built on Billington Street at a cost of $2,142.00 and two Fairbanks-Morse pumps with motors, electric control and all pipe fittings in the station were installed at a cost of $4,355.00.
It seems desirable to the Commissioners to improve the domestic and fire service in the north and south ends of the Town by the erection of two standpipes, one at the top of the hill at Cherry Street and one near the junc- tion of Warren Avenue and Manomet road, and also by relaying some 2" pipe in Doten Road.
Some pipe extension also will, undoubtedly, be request- ed in new streets.
We therefore recommend an appropriation of $15,- 000.00 for construction and the usual appropriation of $28,000.00 for maintenance, including a continuation of the metering program.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM R. MORTON, Chairman, JOHN H. DAMON, JOHN L. MORTON, FRANK D. BARTLETT,
RICHARD T. ELDRIDGE,
Board of Water Commissioners.
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
(Published by request of the New England Water Works Association, Plymouth, Mass., Water Works.)
Population, 13,175.
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
Builders of pumping machinery: Barr, Worthington and Fairbanks, Morse Co.
Description of fuel used:
(a) Kind, Bituminous.
(b) Brand of coal, New River.
(c) Average price of coal per gross ton deliv- ered, $7.84.
(d) Wood, None.
Coal consumed for year :
Bituminous, 576,245 lbs.
Screenings, None.
Amount of other fuel used, None.
Total equivalent coal for year, 576,245 lbs.
Total pumpage for the year, 298,245,000 gallons, with 3% allowance for slip.
Average static head, 65 feet.
Average dynamic head, 72 feet.
Number of gallons per lb. of coal: Worthington, 422.
Barr, 522.
Duty of pumps :
Worthington, 25,200,000 gallons.
Barr, 31,200,000 gallons.
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COST OF PUMPING FIGURED ON PUMPING STATION EXPENSES, VIZ : $6,212.20 Per million gallons against dynamic head into direct pipe, $20.97. Per million gallons raised one foot high (dynamic), $0.29.
COST OF PUMPING FIGURED ON TOTAL MAINTENANCE, VIZ : $27,721.18
Per million gallons against dynamic head into direct pipe, $94.43. Per million gallons raised one foot high (dynamic), $1.31.
STATISTICS ON CONSUMPTION OF WATER Total population, estimated, 13,175.
Estimated population on pipe line, 12,000.
Estimated population supplied, 12,000. Total consumption for the year, 438,626,000 gallons. Passed through meters, 292,282,000 gallons. Percentage of consumption metered, 50%.
Average daily consumption, 1,235,000 gallons. Gallons per day to each inhabitant, 93. Gallons per day to each consumer, 103. Gallons per day to each tap, 411.
STATISTICS RELATING TO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
Kind of pipe used: Cement lined sheet iron and cement lined cast iron. Sizes: From 2-inch to 30-inch.
Extended : 8,361 feet. Discontinued: 669 feet.
Total now in use, 61 miles, 1,359 feet.
Cost to repair per mile, $15.37. Number of leaks per mile, 0.697.
Small distribution pipes less than 4-inch : 9 miles, 455 feet.
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Hydrants now in use: 257 public; 69 private. Stop gates added, 31; discontinued, 1; number now in use, 754. Small stop gates less than 4-inch, 113. Number blow-offs, 42.
SERVICES
Kind of pipe: Lead and cement lined.
Sizes: From one-half to four inches.
Extended : 578 feet. Discontinued, None.
Total now in use, 8 miles, 3,538 feet.
Service taps added, 34. Discontinued, None.
Number now in use, 2996.
Average length of service, 17 feet.
Average cost of service, $18.11.
Number meters added, 119.
Number now in use, 1905.
Percentage of services metered, 63.5%.
Number of motors and elevators added: None.
Number now in use, 1 motor and 1 elevator.
FINANCIAL (Published by request of the New England Water Works Association.)
MAINTENANCE
Total Water Receipts,
$37,882.68 Management and repairs, Interest on Bonds,
$27,721.18 1,352.50
Total,
$29,073.68
Profit for the year,
8,809.00
Total, Paid on Bonds and Interest, $10,666.66
$37,882.68
CONSTRUCTION
Extension of mains,
$16,753.38
Extension of services,
615.75
Meters and setting,
2,326.76
Stock on hand at shop,
4,156.10
Unexpended balance, maintenance,
278.82
Unexpended balance, construction,
5,343.58
Total,
$29.474.39
Bonded Debt 33/4%,
$2,666.64
Bonded Debt 4%,
3,000.00
Bonded Debt 4%,
3,000.00
Bonded Debt 4%,
16.000.00
Total,
$24.666.64
Paid Yearly on Principal,
$10,666.66
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the Board of Water Commissioners:
Gentlemen: In accordance with the custom of this Department, I submit herewith the annual report of the Superintendent of the Plymouth Water Works for the year ending December 31, 1929.
TABLE SHOWING LOCATION, SIZE AND COST OF PIPE LAID
Location
Length
Size
Cost
New High Service,
105'
6"
$11,727.24
Summer Street,
264'
6"
2,066.39
Gray Avenue,
463'
6"
782.00
Savery Lane,
669'
6"
1,304.38
Harding Avenue,
355'
6"
588.70
Moning Terrace,
205'
212"
203.75
McKinley Road,
58'
. 6"
80.92
8,361'
$16,753.38
During the past year the principal activity of the De- partment consisted in completing the construction of the new high service system and putting it in operation.
An appropriation of $45,000.00 was made for this work in March 1926 but there was some delay in beginning construction, due to the fact that the laid out way in which it was desirable to lay the pipe was not graded until 1928.
There was 3,000 ft. of 8" pipe laid in 1928 and the balance of about 7,000 ft. of 8" was laid in 1929. This line connects with an existing 6" line at Liberty Street. There are at present 37 services on this system and 10 hydrants to furnish fire protection.
A small brick pumping station was built on Billington Street near Deep Water Bridge. This station contains two Fairbanks-Morse 200 GPM. pumps, operated by two
Plymouth Six
5,344'
8"
898'
8"
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15 HP. motors, also a recording Venturi meter register as well as a recording pressure gauge and volt meter. The pumps are arranged for either automatic or manual control. Normally, they are on the automatic control and are stopped and started by an electrical device when the water in the standpipe reaches a pre-determined level.
The water supplied to the pumps is taken from a 14" low service main on Billington Street by means of a 6" connection; a second 6" connection for use in an emer- gency has been made with the 16" old high service main. The suction lines to the pumps have been so arranged that the pumps may be operated separately, or together, and either pump can draft its water from either main.
The new station has been placed in charge of the engineers at the old station.
PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS
During periods of heavy summer draft, complaints have been made of poor pressure at some points on the old high service system that it would not be feasible to sup- ply from the new high service. One of these sections is the high ground at the top of the hill at Cherry Street and Savery Avenue. The Plymouth Country Club, having enlarged its Golf Course and extended and renewed the piping system used for watering greens, has requested some improvements in the distribution system in its vicinity.
The situation could be improved in both these local- ities by the erection of two standpipes, one on Cherry Street and one on Manomet Road about 750 ft. south of its junction with Warren Avenue.
In order to improve the conditions on Doten Road, which borders the Golf Course on the south-westerly side, it would be necessary to replace about 1,400 ft. of 2" pipe, now in that road, with 6" pipe.
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Several pipe extensions will undoubtedly be requested during the coming year on new street developments. An appropriation of $15,000.00 for construction is suggested if the new work mentioned above is to be carried out.
HYDRANTS
There have been five new hydrants added during the year, including those set on the new high service system. They have all been painted during the year and carefully inspected and are in good condition.
GATES
The regular semi-annual inspection of the gate valves has been continued in 1929. The inspection consists in closing and opening the gate to make sure it is in satis- factory condition.
SAVERY LANE
A 2" galvanized line on Savery Lane was replaced in 1929 with 6" cement lined cast iron pipe. A new hydrant was set on this line about midway between Standish Avenue and Court Street. This new line will improve the circulation in this section and the additional hydrant will furnish better fire protection.
POND HEIGHT AND STORAGE
Plate I is the usual chart showing pond heights and storage fluctuations for the past ten years in Great and Little South Ponds. At the beginning of the year 1929 there was approximately six hundred million gallons in storage which was increased to about seven hundred and fifty million gallons on June 1st due to heavy spring rain- fall. The storage volume then decreased gradually until at the end of the year it was approximately six hundred and fifteen million gallons.
PUMPING RECORDS
Month
Hours Run
Total Lbs. Fuel
Gravity
Pumping
Daily Pumping
Rain In Inches
Av. Max. Temp ..
Av. Min. Temp.
Daily Av. Fuel Lbs.
January
275
47,550
11,302,000
23,216,000
748,500
3.50
35
20
1533
February
2401/4
40,480
9,139,000
20,084,000
717,322
4.47
35
21
1445
March
2571/2
42,270
9,991,000
21,343,000
688,479
4.19
45
31
1363
April
243 3/4
42,320
10,836,000
20,715,000
690,509
8.39
51
37
1410
May
2601/4
43,450
12,347,000
22,655,000
730,793
3.17
69
48
1401
June
399 1/2
58,640
12,969,000
34,285,000
1,142,851
1.19
77
60
1954
July
3683/4
59,800
13,613,000
32,261,000
1,040,667
2.89
80
63
1929
August
36712
59,455
12,465,000
32,304,000
1,042,069
2.61
77
61
1917
September
2891/4
47,960
13,500,000
25,465,000
848,834
4.11
72
59
1598
October
2461/2
44,650
12,600,000
22,740,000
733,527
2.71
59
44
1440
November
239-1/2
44,300
10,884,000
20,561,000
685,368
3.49
48
36
1476
December
241
45,370
10,735,000
20,554,000
663,042
5.61
38
26
1463
1,201,000
3.428 3/4
-576,245
140,381,000
298,245,000
46.33
Hours Run
Total Lbs. Fuel
No. Gals. Pumped
Av. No. Gals. To Lbs. Coal
Av. Duty For Year
Barr Pump Worthington Pump Fairbanks-Morse Pump
3,153 275 $4
527,465 48,780
275,556,000 20,627,000 2,062,000
522
422
31,200,000 25,200,000
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F. 86,100
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CONSUMPTION
Plate II shows graphically the average daily con- sumption on the old high service system and the low service system. The inset in the upper right hand corner of the plate gives the same information regarding the new high service system.
The average daily low service consumption was 387,000 gallons, compared to 549,000 gallons in 1928, a decrease of 162,000 gallons daily. The average daily high service consumption was 818,000 gallons, compared to 788,000 gallons in 1928, an increase of 30,000 gallons daily. The average daily total consumption for the year was, 1,235,- 000 gallons, compared to 1,337,000 gallons in 1928, a decrease of 102,000 gallons.
The pumping records shown on the following sheet gives in some detail the records kept at the pumping station during the year.
METERS
There were 119 meters set during the year, making the total now in use 1,905, or 63.5%, of all services are now metered.
ANALYSES OF WATER
The State Department of Health has made the usual analyses of samples of water from our supply during the year 1929 and copies of these are on file in the office of the Superintendent.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR E. BLACKMER,
Superintendent.
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REPORT ON PROPOSED WATER SYSTEM FOR MANOMET
The Water Commissioners submit herewith their re- port on a proposed water supply system for Manomet, as prepared by the Superintendent, and in accordance with the following vote passed at the regular Town Meet- ing held March 23, 1929.
"That the Town appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 to cover the expense of a preliminary survey and cost esti- mate for the proposed public water supply system for Manomet. Said sum to be expended under the direction of the Water Commissioners."
PLAN
The plan accompanying this report has been compiled from several individual surveys and while it has been necessary to sketch in some of the roads in the new de- velopments the plan is sufficiently accurate to use as a basis for a preliminary cost estimate. All elevations shown are taken from a plan furnished by the Massa- chusetts Department of Public Works and are elevations above mean low water. The houses on the plan are in- dicated by square dots and the hydrants by circles.
An examination of the plan would appear to indicate that there are three sections to be supplied, viz:
(a) White Horse Beach and Priscilla Beach,
(b) Manomet Point development near Life Saving Sta- tion,
(c) Settlement at Manomet Bluffs.
In addition, there would be scattered houses along the pipe lines leading to these sections and possible exten- sions on Beaver Dam Road and Brook Road.
WELLS
One of the first problems was to locate a source of water supply, and to study this, test wells were driven in two localities. The first well driven was on the south side of the Pine Hills on the west side of the State High-
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way. This well was carried to a depth of about 57 ft. Some stones were encountered and then a dense stratum that yielded only a small supply of water. This well was examined by an engineer from the State Department of Health and acting upon his advice, further driving in this location was discontinued, and two test wells were driven on the land of Samuel Stephens at Fresh Pond. One well about 75 ft. from the shore and another deeper one about 150 ft. from the shore.
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