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28 Congenital Heart
7 Harriet P. Peaslee
85
1 28 Old Age and Arterial Sclerosis
Michael Skehan and Rose Connolly Antonio Borghesani and Giconda Breveglieri
11 Arthur B. Wall
65 10 14 58
Metastatic Malignancy of Bones. William Wall and Sarah J. Hatton
11 Catherine M. Siever
11 Rose Longhi Elizabeth W. Beytes
83
9 13
Cancer of Liver
Vincent Alberghini and Louisa Leonard Nutter and Lucy Whitten
Manuel Roderiques and Mary Dias Cibelene Pina and Mary Nunes Marston Holmes and Esther Blackmer John Stacy and Rebecca
Peleg Gulliver and Fidelia Witherill Hugh R. Edgar and Margaret L. Keefe Alonzo Warren and Tryphosa Blackmer
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and Francis Cabrini and Juditha Sommi Sylvanus H. Churchill and Lucretia A. Bacon John Platt and Sarah Broadbent Charles L. Allen and Mary E. Rose Peleg Sampson and Mercy Churchill Samuel Costa and Mary Furtado
Isaac T. Moore and Mary A. Moore
30
30 Sarah E. Pope George H. Bradford (Died in Kingston) 79
84
9
28
9
7 Cerebral Hemorrhage
and.
68
3
8 20 Bronchial Pneumonia
26 Frank S. Stacy 29 Arthur P. Gulliver (Died in New Bedford) John Robert Edgar
30
7 Margaret S. Corl (Died in Stoughton) 8 Borghesani
47 10 20 Heart Disease Premature Birth
5 hours
4 10 Chronic Parenchymatous Neph- ritis Broncho Pneumonia 1
31 Lida C. Harlow
Manuel Botelho and Gloria Marks Libon Pinto and Mary Reposa Manuel Costa and Filomena Augusta Albert P. Chase and Catherine Chase
and
Stillborn
and
Stillborn
5 21 Stricture of Pyloric Orifice of Stomach General Arterio Sclerosis 3 Cardiac Arterio Sclerosis
Perry Huntley and Mahala Bryant Giovanni Carbone and Filomena Dimeo Solomon Nickerson and Annie Smith David Santany and Mary P. Vilinerve Frederick . Burgess and Harriet Leland Alton T. Clark and M. Bernice Robertson Sewell Burbank and Ruth Atwood
DEATHS-Continued
Date
Name
YMD
Cause of Death
16
11 25 Surgical Shock
13 Maria Tong (Died in Boston)
25
1
30 General Peritonitis
15 Mary A. Sullivan (Died in Hanson)
29
7 17 Acute Pulmonary Tuberculosis
19 Etta Harper
35
6
19
Carcinoma of Abdomen
20 Annie J. Lucas (Died in Flushing, N. Y).
61
1
4 Chronic Myocarditis Endocarditis
26 Mary E. Livingstone
28 Lottie L. Ford
29 Lucy D. Chandler
68
2
27 Cerebral Hemorrhage
82
4
26 Organic Enlargement of Heart
31 Justrudas Corriera
52 15
14
General Septicaemia
June
1
Adams
4 Premature Birth
2 Amaziah Lovell
96
Arterio-Sclerosis
5 Thomas Owens Fogarty (Died in Boston )
6 William W. Brewster
78
2
16 Organic Valvular Heart Disease Carcinoma of Stomach
- and -
11 William H. Thomas
86
11
4
Cystitis. Kidney Trouble
12 Emma M. Westgate
82
8
9 Cerebral Hemorrhage
16 Eleanor May Wood
3
13 Probably Broncho Pneumonia
18
Edward H. Sweeney
55
10
Gastric Ulcer
18
21 Margaret Girard
62
Aortic Regurgitation of Heart Sarcoma of Leg
21 Albert DeMarzio (Died in Kingston)
15
3
13
22 Bethiah J. Hunt
89
4
6 Fracture of Left Hip
23 Michael Dolan
89
4
9 Cerebral Hemorrhage
29 George R. Bennett (Died in Los Angeles, Cal.)
26
6 21
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Patrick Sullivan and Margaret Shea Daniel DeMarzio and Grace Spinottzi Elbridge Leach and Deborah Josselyn John Dolan and Mary Phelan Walter Bennett and Ida R. Holmes
July
6 Kenneth B. Adams (Died in Bourne)
35
2
15 Internal Injuries to chest Hypertension
13 Helen A. Holmes
82
9 16
18 Ann LeBlanc
89
11 18
Organic Valvular Heart Disease
22 Alfredo Roncarati
20
13 Septic Peritonitis
27 Irma E. Eddy
8
2
6 Fracture of Skull. Auto Accident Henry B. Eddy and Jennie F. Hall
27 Clara B. Tenney
76
4
11 Chronic Bright's Disease
28 Eliza M. Geary
84
8 - Cerebral Hemorrhage
Name of Parents
Francis Phillips and Mary A. Balva Daniel Tong and Edith Graham Dennis Sheehan and Mary Connors William Nickerson and Azubah Nickerson Mathew Edgar and Anne M. Paine
Alexander Haskins and Elizabeth Westgate John Hinchcliffe and Ellen Doherty Charles L. Ford and Elsie J. Keene David Delano and Sylvia Chandler Solomon Holmes and Asenath Burgess Francisco Botolt and Helen Jesus
Warren L. Adams and Lily Tong
and Mercy Thomas S. Fogarty and Jeanette Owens
Isaac Brewester and Sarah J. Bartlett
Elias Thomas and Deborah Freeman Nelson Bourne and Lucy Ryder Daniel C. Wood and Grace Pittsley Thomas Sweeney and Mary Ducey and -
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Richard Adams and Cordelia Larkin Abbot Drew and Elizabeth Churchill Joseph Girfor and - - LeBlanc Joseph Roncarati and Mary Mottino
Orrin W. Brown and Louisa J. Doten Michael Conley and Eliza Cummings
6
20
6
28 Cerebral Hemorrhage
8
5
Erysipelas
9 Ben Vendetti
Stillborn
May
7 Alpheus Phillips
21 Nathan T. Haskins
3 22
Cancer
30 Solomon M. Holmes
28 Hannah Smith 29 Henry Briggs Johnson
68
4 Cancer of Liver and Gall Bladder Hemorrhage from Bowels
John Hurley and Catherine Driscoll Ernest G. Johnson and Sarah E. Taylor
Aug. 5 Ernest W. Hatffeld (Died in Oneida, N. Y.)
7 Joseph Dostie
33
1 3 Accidental Drowning
8 Harriet C. Hutchins
82
5 28 Cerebral Hemorrhage Enlargement of Heart
13 Laura C, Peterson
92 2 4 Broken Hip
15 John White
Premature Birth
16 Lucia B. Harlow
77
Carcinoma of Liver
3 23 Bartolomew Vanzetti (Died in Boston) 39 - - Electric Shock. Judicial Hom- icide Valvular Heart Disease
24 Marilyn Louise Thomas
25 Nellie M. Taylor
44
6
24
Angina Pectoris
25 Amy B. Smith
50
Chronic Myocarditis. Embolism
-
13 Acute Pulmonary Oedema
1 Oliver M. Harris
25
4 14
Fracture of Skull. Hemorrhage
1
Louis R. Tassinari
26
8
7
Shock and Hemorrhage
2 Cora M. Johnson (Died in Boston)
41
Broncho Pneumonia
3 Antonio Coelho
53
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
6 Joseph L. Calzolari
54
10 22
Carcinoma of Abdomen
8 Olive A. Caldwell
75
Myocarditis
-11 Nahum Leonard
Angina Pectoris
16 Harry Armstrong (Died in Boston)
54
Lobar Pneumonia
20 Cosmo M. Silva
57 6
Mitral and Aortic Regurgitation
21 Peter Mendes
6 hours
Premature Birth Premature Birth
22 John Mendes
1
3
3
Chronic Interstitial Nephritis
80
11
Angina Pectoris
27
William Sawyer Read
12
4 11 Paralysis affecting Lungs and Heart
30 Annie DePont
30
1 22
Bronchial Pneumonia
30
30 Samuel Garman
81
25
Cerebral Embolism
30
Cornelius C. Holmes
75
1
9
Meningeal Hemorrhage
Benjamin Garman and Sarah Ann Griffith Joseph Holmes 4th and Elizabeth Cobb
Oct.
2 Catherine E. Warnsman
80
3
4 Cerebral Hemorrhage
7 James E. Townsend
11
Cancer of Bowels
8 William T. Reagan
5
4
13
Bronchial Pneumonia
9 James C. Bates
80
3
12 Chronic Cystitis
and Charles Peterson and Thankful Clark Montague White and Rachel N. Boutwell Briggs Harlow and Judith Weston Giovanni B. Vanzetti and Giovanna Nivello
David H. Thomas and Mary E. Nickerson Thomas J. Young and Almira J. Bassett Von Gozzig and
Sept.
1 Ellwood Lawrence Wilson
55
Ellwood L. Wilson and Anna M. Watson Myron C. Harris and Carrie L. Thatcher Innocent Tassinari and Ermine Balboni John W. Johnson and Joanna Falkenham John Coelho and Constance
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Antonio Calzolari and Beatrice Britricci Alfred Jaques and Hannah J. Hewett Nahum Leonard and Phoebe Cowen James H. Armstrong and Esther Baker Manuel M. Silva and Isabel Clara Henry Mendes and Julia Gomes
23 Ellen Peterson
23 Maria E. Pierce
Henry Mendes and Julia Gomes Henry Lees and Nancy Eddy Ignatius Pierce and Maria Atwood W. Kempton Read and Jessie Sawyer
Joseph Cavell and Annie F. Medeiros and
Stillborn
Henry Plitt and Margaret Joseph Townsend and Martha Howe John J. Reagan and Mary C. Kaiser James Bates and Betsey Gurney
Cleophas Dostie and Rose LaMontagne ", Thomas G. Esterbrook and Lucy M. Bacon
12 Albert Lundgren
63
13 hours 7 13
36 11 18 Puncture of Lung. Fracture Rib Walter Hatfield and Fannie Pearsons
86
9
Oct.
10 Frank G. Nelson
58
9
25
Probably Heart Disease
Lewis H. Keith
179
4
2 Cerebral Hemorrhage
11
18 Beatrice Cabral
12
9
21
Endocarditis
20
Alfred B. Cobb Jr. (Died in Boston)
1
17
Nutritional Disturbance
22 Abner H. Harlow
7 9
21
Enlargement of Liver
24
Mary A. Wrightington
6
6 23
Septic Thrombosis
25
Minnie Ladd
63
15
Angina Pectoris
John Donald and Annie Lamb
27 Ferdinand Monti
67
3 24
Probably Brain Tumor
28 Thomas Francis Flavell
65
Found Dead. Probably Myo- carditis
31 Albert E. Rafuse
64
21
Cancer of Stomach
Nov.
5 Edmund G. Nightingale
9
6
24
Broncho Pneumonia
9 Annie Garcia
60
9
14
Aortic Regurgitation of Heart General Carcinomatous Metastasis
10 Julia Denehy
37
1
14
4
8
Grippe. Chronic Valvular Dis- ease of Heart
18 Priscilla Sentil (Died in Boston)
37
Lung Abscess
John Adams and
19 Arthur Collas
2
29 Acute Dilation of Heart
20 Timothy C. Hartnett
85
7
25 Cerebral Hemorrhage
20 Alice E. Dugan
Peter Harvey and
30 Germano Vecchi
65
6
24 Arterio Sclerosis
1
Charles Northrup
6 Nicholas Ruprecht
49
10 23 Myocarditis
7 Elizabeth L. Collingwood (Died in Boston)
61
3 16 Cancer of Stomach
13 Mary A. Beckman
89
6 14
Bronchitis with Myocarditis
14 Lottie Burgess (Died in Passaic, N. J.)
)1
6 4 13 Broncho Pneumonia Abdominal Carcinoma 14
16 Paschal H. White
2 11 Probably Heart Disease
18 Robert W. Sampson (Died in Wren- tham)
6
18 Entero-Colitis
Gustavus T. Sampson and Esther C. Burgess Jeremiah M. Mace and Sarah A. Pittman Frederick H. White and Mary Earle C. Sampson and Claire Hodgdon
19 Presede Baruffaldi
60
5 Cerebral Hemorrhage
19 Charles E. Greene
60
2 23
Arterio Sclerosis Intestinal Obstruction
29
Emma Monti
57
4
17
Cerebral Hemorrhage
73
1 Heart Block. Endocarditis
67
- Carcinoma of Ear
Name of Parents
Date
Name
YM D
Cause of Death
Gustav Nelson and Katherine Weiffenbach Henry K. Keith and Vesta S. Cary
and
John Cabral and Antonette Almeida Alfred B. Cobb and Miriam Dorr
Abner H. Harlow and Jane Randall Abner Pierce and Mary
Massimiliano Monti and Mary Fioppi Thomas Flavell and Jane Mccarthy
Peter Rafuse and Caroline
George Nightingale and Marion L. Sampson Bento Nogueira and Rose Thomas Denehy and Annie MacDonagh Joseph Vacchino and Consolette Porolli
Arthur Collas and Doris Deleos Jeremiah Hartnett and Catherine
John Vecchi and Louise Favetti
Dec.
Erysipelas
Charles A. Northrup and Amy F. Drew Nicholas Ruprecht and Elizabeth Sylvester
Theodore Paddock and Caroline Burgess Charles Hayward and Mary A. Gordon
15 Carrie I. Mace
88
24 Guy Govoni
3
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Paul Montinari and Rosalba Gustavus C. Greene and F. Frances Churchill John Govoni and Adelina Meloni -- and
30 Jacobina Fogel 31 Carlo Magno
Jacob Schrieber and Mary Reiger Michael Magno and
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9
6 Acute Myocarditis
25
12 Paul Vacchino
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DEATHS-Continued
10
Stillborn
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SUMMARY
MARRIAGES, 1927
Number Registered in 1927,
113
Both Parties Born in - United States,
72
Italy,
3
Portugal,
2
Nova Scotia,
1
Scotland,
1
St. Michaels,
1
Ireland,
1
Prince Edward Island,
1
Mixed, One American,
28
Mixed, Neither American,
3
113
BIRTHS, 1927
Number registered, 263, of which 53 were non-resi- dents.
Males,
140
Females,
123
Both Parents Born in-
United States,
139
Portugal,
21
Italy,
19
St. Michaels,
13
Azores,
4
Nova Scotia,
3
Greece,
3
Germany,
2
Russia,
1
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Ireland, Cape Verde Islands, Mixed, One American, Mixed, Neither American,
1
1
49
7
263
DEATHS, 1927
Number of deaths registered 175, of which 36 were non-residents and 26 died out of town, burial taking place in Plymouth.
Born in -
United States,
119
Italy,
19
England,
6
Ireland,
6
Nova Scotia,
5
Germany,
4
Scotland,
3
Portugal,
3
Azores,
2
St. Michaels,
2
Canada,
1
Prince Edward Island,
1
Alsace Lorraine,
1
Sweden,
1
British West Indies,
1
Cape Breton,
1
175
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There have been issued from the Town Clerk's office for the year 1927, licenses as follows :
1,080 Resident Citizen's Sporting Licenses.
7 Non-Resident Citizen's Sporting Licenses (Prop- erty Owners).
4 Non-Resident Citizen's Sporting Licenses.
1,091
85 Resident Citizen's Lobster Licenses.
6 Non-Resident Citizen's Lobster Licenses.
4 Alien Lobster Licenses.
Resident Citizen's Trapping Licenses.
28 Minor Trapping Licenses.
95 18 46 8 Duplicate Licenses.
150 Female Dog Licenses.
776 Male Dog Licenses.
926
There have also been paid from this office bounties on six seals.
GEORGE B. HOWLAND, Town Clerk.
SEVENTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Water Commissioners,
Superintendent
AND
Collector of Water Rates
OF THE
TOWN OF PLYMOUTH
1927
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REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS
The Water Commissioners herewith submit their sev- enty-third annual report.
RECEIPTS
Appropriation, maintenance,
$28,000 00
Appropriation, construction,
5,000 00
Balance, construction,
36,969 18
$69,969 18
EXPENDITURES
Maintenance,
$16,857 87
Pumping,
6,242 13
Extension of mains,
4,571 23
Extension of services,
608 76
Meters and setting,
4,414 81
Stock on hand at shop,
2,727 50
Unexpended balance, construction,
34,546 88
$69,969 18
MAINTENANCE
Salaries,
$3,819 50
Labor,
7,009 19
Auto expense (including part payment on Coupé and Truck),
1,998 29
Leaks in main pipes,
564 62
Leaks in service pipes,
295 10
Tools and repairs,
242 67
Telephone,
197 34
Office heat, light and janitor service,
315 24
Painting office rooms,
79 64
Shop light and power,
56 35
Care of reservoir and grounds,
221 61
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Freight, express and trucking,
144 40
Meters in stock, 485 19
Hydrants and parts, Insurance, Miscellaneous,
511 60
357 03
560 10
$16,857 87
PUMPING STATION
Salaries,
$2,940 00
Fuel,
1,780 01
Heat and light (Engineers' house),
274 83
Material and supplies,
257 82
Parts and repairs to machinery,
763 42
Repairs to buildings and grounds,
218 17
Freight, express and trucking,
7 88
$6,242 13
BOND AND INTEREST
Date of Issue
Interest Rate
Paid on Bonds
Paid Interest
Bonds Unpaid
July 1, 1903
334%
$666.66
$162.50
$3,999.96
July 1, 1907
4%
1,000.00
220.00
5,000.00
Feb. 15, 1908
4%
1,000.00
220.00
5,000.00
Aug. 1, 1926
4%
8,000.00
1,600.00
32,000.00
$10,666.66
$2,202.50
$45,999.96
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In the report of the Water Commissioners for 1926 it was explained that the construction of the proposed extra high service system (extending from Deep Water Bridge to Malaguti's, along the line of the proposed new road) had been postponed until the necessary grading on the new road should be completed.
The new road project failed to be approved at the Town Meeting in March, 1927, and the Water Commis- sioners thought it wise not to proceed with construction of this extra high service system until definitely assured that the new road project would not be revived.
A replacement of the 6" low service line on Court Street, between Samoset and Lothrop Streets, should be made during 1928, by laying about 1,300' of 10" pipe. Two dead ends on the high service system at Lothrop Street and Water Street Extension should be connected with 500' of 6" pipe, and 450' of 2" on Union Street be- tween Bradford Street and Water Street should be re- placed with 6" pipe. We recommend an appropriation of $5,000.00 for replacing these old pipes.
There have been 301 meters set during the past year, making the total number now in use 1,582, or 54% of all the services are now metered.
It is the judgment of the Commissioners that the metering program should be continued until all services are metered and we recommend an appropriation of $6,- 000.00 for new meters.
The maintenance cost of the department does not fluc- tuate greatly and we recommend an appropriation of $22,000.00 for maintenance, the same amount that was expended last year.
WILLIAM R. MORTON, Chairman, JOHN H. DAMON, Secretary, ERNEST L. SAMPSON, F. D. BARTLETT, JOHN L. MORTON.
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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 and Worthing- ton.
Description of fuel used:
(a) Kind, Bituminous.
(b) Brand of coal, Various.
(c) Average price of coal per gross ton delivered, $8.75.
(d) Wood, None.
Coal consumed for year :
Bituminous, 633,850 lbs.
Screenings, None.
Amount of other fuel used, None.
Total equivalent coal for year, 633,850 lbs.
Total pumpage for the year, 299,722,000 gallons, with 3% allowance for slip.
Average static head, 65 feet.
Average dynamic head, 72 feet.
Number of gallons per lb. of coal : Worthington, 428. Barr, 480.
Duty of pumps : Worthington, 25,600,000. Barr, 28,600,000.
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COST OF PUMPING FIGURED ON PUMPING STATION EXPENSES, VIZ: $6,242.13 Per million gallons against dynamic head into direct pipe, $20.83. Per million gallons raised one foot high (dynamic), $0.29.
COST OF PUMPING FIGURED ON TOTAL MAINTENANCE, VIZ: $23,100.00
Per million gallons against dynamic head into direct pipe, $77.07.
Per million gallons raised one foot high (dynamic), $1.07. STATISTICS OF CONSUMPTION OF WATER
Total population, estimated, 13,200.
Estimated population on pipe line, 12,000.
Estimated population supplied, 12,000.
Total consumption for the year, 547,398,000 gallons.
Passed through meters, 189,247,000 gallons.
Percentage of consumption metered, 34.6.
Average daily consumption, 1,500,000 gallons.
Gallons per day to each inhabitant, 113.
Gallons per day to each consumer, 125.
Gallons per day to each tap, 502.
STATISTICS RELATING TO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM Kind of pipe used: Cement lined and wrought iron, prin- cipally cement lined.
Sizes: From 2-inch to 30-inch.
Extended: 2,775 feet.
Discontinued: 1,850 feet.
Total now in use. 58 miles, 4,826 feet.
Cost to repair per mile, $9.57.
Number of leaks per mile, 0.407.
Small distribution pipes less than 4-inch; 9 miles, 865 feet.
Hydrants now in use: 248 public; 68 private.
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Stop gates added, 8; discontinued, 2; number now in use, 702.
Small stop gates less than 4-inch, 114.
Number blow-offs, 42.
SERVICES
Kind of pipe: Lead and cement lined.
Sizes : From one-half to four inches.
Extended, 672 feet. Discontinued, None.
Total now in use, 8 miles, 2,497 feet.
Service taps added, 38. Discontinued, None.
Number now in use, 2,926.
Average length of service, 18 feet.
Average cost of service, $16.02.
Number meters added, 301.
Number now in use, 1,582.
Percentage of services metered, 54%.
Number of motors and elevators added: One elevator. Number now in use, one motor and one elevator.
Plymouth Six
FINANCIAL (Published by Request of the New England Water Works Association) MAINTENANCE
Total Water Receipts,
$38,546.88
Management and repairs, Interest on Bonds,
$23,100.00 2,202.50
Total,
$25,302.50
Profit for the year,
13,244.38
Total,
$38,546.88
Paid on Bonds and Notes, $10,666.66
Carried to Construction, 2,577.72
$13,244.38
CONSTRUCTION
Profits of Maintenance, $2,577.72
Extension of Mains,
$4,571.23
Extension of Services,
608.76
Meters and Setting,
4,414.81
Stock on Hand at Shop,
2,727.50
Unexpended balance, Construction,
34,546.88
Total,
$46,869.18
Bonded Debt at 334%,
$3,999.96
Bonded Debt at 4%,
5,000.00
Bonded Debt at 4%,
5,000.00
Bonded Debt at 4%,
32,000.00
$45,999.96
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 de- partment, I submit herewith the annual report of the Superintendent of the Plymouth Water Works for the year ending December 31, 1927. .
TABLE SHOWING LOCATION, SIZE AND COST OF PIPE LAID
Location
Length
Size
Cost
Chilton Street,
690'
6"
$1,101.60
Leyden Street,
480'
6"
1,092.07
Bradford Street,
680'
6"
1,425.26
Alvin Road,
S
440'
6"
1
85'
2"
S 691.30
Town Wharf,
400'
21/2"
261.00
Total,
2,775'
$4,571.23
The table given above shows the location, length, size and cost of pipe laid during 1927 in accordance with a recommendation made in report of 1926.
The pipe laid on Chilton, Leyden and Bradford Streets was to replace old 2" and 4" pipe that has probably been in service since about the year 1855.
The pipe laid on Alvin Road, west from Oak Street, was a new line on a newly opened road running westerly from Oak Street.
NEW WORK
There is, at present a 6" line on the low service sys- tem on Court Street, 1,300' long, extending from Samoset Street to Lothrop Street. This pipe has been in service since 1858 and is in poor condition and should be renewed during 1928.
The estimated cost of this work is $3,000.00.
There still remains about 450 feet of old 2" pipe on Union Street, between Bradford and Water Streets, which should be replaced by 6" pipe at an estimated cost of $1,000.00.
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There is a 6" high service pipe on Lothrop Street, run- ning to a dead end near Water Street Extension, and a 6" pipe along Water Street Extension, southerly from Nelson Street, running to a dead end near the canning factory. These two dead ends should be connected by about 500 feet 6" pipe at an estimated cost of $600.00.
Almost every year there are requests for minor exten- sions of mains that are not anticipated when the appro- priations for new work are requested, therefore, I recom- mend an appropriation of $5,000.00 for new work for 1928.
METERS
There have been 301 new meters set during the year. Of these 38 were on new services and 263 on old services, m aking 54% of all services now metered.
I recommend a continuance of this policy for 1928, of metering all new services and about three hundred old ones.
HYDRANTS There are 248 hydrants now in use.
Every hydrant has been inspected at least three times during the past year and has been carefully oiled and packed, and I am able to report that all are in good work- ing order.
A book of records has been made, in which is kept a copy of all hydrant inspections, showing date of inspec- tion, character or repairs, if any, and any other pertinent information.
GATES
All gate valves have been inspected twice during the year, packed and oiled when necessary, and operated sufficiently to indicate they are in satisfactory condition.
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CONSUMPTION
On Plate II, opposite page 88, is shown the usual con- sumption chart for the year 1927.
This chart shows the average daily consumption for each week of the year, on the high service system and the low service system, and also the sum of these which is the average daily total consumption.
The average daily low service consumption was 679,000 gallons compared to 758,000 gallons for 1926, a decrease of 79,000 gallons daily, and the average daily high service consumption was 821,000 gallons compared to 917,000 gallons in 1926, a decrease of 96,000 gallons daily.
The average daily total consumption was 1,500,000 gallons compared to 1,675,000 gallons in 1926, a decrease of 175,000 gallons.
The total consumpton for the year was 547,398,000 gal- lons compared to 611,836,000 gallons for 1926, a decrease of 63,988,000 gallons, or 14%.
This substantial decrease in consumption I attribute in part to the unusual distribution of rainfall during the year. For instance, the month of August is usually one of the months of high consumption and the normal August rainfall is about 3.2". The rainfall during August, 1927, was 11.36" and the consumption was 47.8 million gallons, and in 1926 the August rainfall was 2.84" and the consumtion was 55.2 million gallons.
The increase in the number of metered services has also undoubtedly helped to decrease consumption.
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
292
57,830
20,695,000
26,057,000
840,500
3.39
40
26
1,865
February
251
49,240
19,416,000
21,957,000
748,400
4.59
41
30
1,758
March
276
50,950
23,144,000
24,367,000
786,000
.70
51
34
1,643
April
259 1/2
48,590
23,181,000
23,190,000
773,000
1.03
59
41
1,619
May
305
54,470
24,980,000
24,303,000
784,000
.96
66
50
1,757
June
3231/4
58,805
20,657,000
28,809,000
960,300
1.62
79
61
1,960
July
3311/2
60,410
20,980,000
29,943,000
966,000
3.93
84
70
1,981
August
303
54,520
21,001,000
26,826,000
865,300
11.36
80
66
1,758
September
276
50,460
18,362,000
24,324,000
810,800
2.89
76
63
1,682
October
282
50,575
19,065,000
24,255,000
782,400
4.40
69
54
1,631
November
2641/2
48,250
18,257,000
22,607,000
753,500
3.48
60
47
1,608
December
26714
50,320
17,938,000
23,084,000
744,600
5.38
46
33
1,623
3,431
634,420
247,676,000
299,722,000
43.73
Hours Run
Total Lbs. Fuel
No. Gals. Pumped
Av. No. Gals. to 1 Lb. Coal
Av. Duty For Year
Barr Pump
3,027 404
560,200 74,220
268,314,000
480
Worthington Pump
31,408,000
428
28,600,000 25,600,000
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POND ELEVATION AND STORAGE DEPLETION
Plate No. 1, opposite page 88, shows, graphically, the fluctuation in pond heights and storage depletion for the past year.
On December 31, 1927, the ponds were approximately five inches higher than they were on December 31, 1926, and the available storage was approximately 550,000,000 gallons on December 31, 1927, compared to 500,000,000 gallons on December 31, 1926.
ANALYSES OF WATER
The State Department of Health has made the usual analyses of samples of water from our supply during the past year and copies of these reports are on file in the office of the Superintendent.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR E. BLACKMER,
Superintendent.
Pond Elevations Above M.L.M. - Storage in Million Golf
AMMBULL
WOMENLY
RAMAL
1090
106.01
500
600
200
YOO
900
2.95
R.R.
3492
0.71
4.14
....
4.70
.
Joly
V
Sepa
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....
4 74
27.1
....
.44
2.PJ
3.49
6.03
1144
Jak
Ord
4 ..
Der
3.24
J4>
1927
0.96
June
1.42
2./1
141
ANNUAL
MONTARY
102.0
1020
1000
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