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To this portion of the grounds, because it is almost exclusively in public charge, we deeply feel we owe more care than it has received in past time, and in the coming season intend to apply there a considerable part of such labor as has heretofore been expended in clear- ing new ground.
Individual proprietors have continued improvements by grading and curbing lots and the erection of costly and appropriate monuments. It is due to them that the money received from the sale of lots should be expended in improving and ornamenting those places that must always be in the care of the Commissioners, and the fund now in the treasury will enable us to use a consid- erable amount for that purpose, beside paying for the fence already begun.
There is now in the City Treasurer's hands
a note for $3,000.00
Cash,
1,382.81
Mr. Curtis, Superintendent, has on hand, 75.47
Total amount,
$4,468.28
We have made an order on the Treasurer, to pay all the present obligations of the Commissioners, for $107 .- 23, and have remaining for improvements to be made the present year, $4351.05
Since the opening of Hope Cemetery, ten hundred and forty-seven (1047) lots have been sold for family burial places. Estimate the number who have used free places, and how many now, and how rapidly increasing are those who have a most tender interest in the consecrat- ed grounds -- who go there to weep over new-made
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graves-to learn of mortality and change-and, far bet- ter, to come nearer to God and see a Heavenly Father- to be inspired with confident hopes of Immortality.
You have committed to your Commissioners a most sacred trust : we desire faithfully to execute it. The negotiations for lots are made with the City Treasurer, George W. Wheeler, Esq., and he has the financial inter- ests in charge. To him for most careful and faithful ser- vice, and to our associates in the Commission, Messrs. Al- bert Curtis and Loring Coes, for gratuitous personal su- perintendence and care of the Cemetery, hearty thanks from all interested are due.
For and in behalf of the Commissioners,
ALBERT TOLMAN, Secretary.
Worcester, Jan. 29, 1869.
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Receipts and Expenditures.
REPORT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR HOPE CEMETERY FOR THE YEAR 1868.
RECEIPTS.
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1868. Jan. 1. Cash in A. Curtis's hands, $106.87
City Treasury, $3,031.06
Interest, 180.00
Cash for 49 lots sold, 1,186.50
Total receipts,
$4504.43
EXPENDITURES.
1868.
April. For 17 larch trees,
$12.75
For work on avenues, 3.50
28.43
June. For 82 days' work, Coggswell, 66
Hanathy and Ryan,
30.62
For 62
Kennedy,
11.16
For 6 66 Smith,
11.16
For 82 66
by 2 horses, 21.86
For 1 66 by 1 man and oxen,
4.00
August. For work on grounds,
2,50
September.
9.15
November. 66
3.50
For printing, by Tyler & Seagrave, 14.75
Total expenditures, $153.38
1869. Jan, 1. Balance unexpended,
$4,351.05
ALBERT TOLMAN, Secretary of the Commissioners.
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Report of City Engineer.
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K.
Report of City Engineer.
To the City Council :
The City Engineer respectfully begs leave to make the following second Annual Report, to wit :
SEWERS AND SEWERAGE.
The contract for continuing the walling of Mill Brook was awarded to E. B. Walker of North Oxford, and ex- ecuted March 5, 1868. The amount included in this contract was from the termination of the walls as left in A. D. 1867 to Front street, a distance of 1170 feet not including the Western R. R. bridge. Of this amount the walls have been only completed to the Western Rail Road bridge, leaving a balance of about 350 feet to be completed the coming season. In the distance finished this season there have been constructed three street bridges, viz .: Winter, Temple, and Franklin streets.
The foundations of the Western R. R. bridge, which are laid upon timbers, do not reach down to a level as low as that on which the bed of the present structure is being built. By removing small portions of the earth under the bedstone of it at a time, and filling the space removed with hammered stone, and keying them up with iron wedges, it is believed that the entire founda- tions may be renewed with safety, and without taking the structure down. The work should be done by an arrangement with the Rail Road company, and under the personal supervision of some one of their agents, and to their entire satisfaction. There has been paid
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on account of this work the sum of $40,152.19. Its construction will be continued the present season. In addition to the walling of the brook, there has been built a new outlet for the channel at the Fox Mill, costing the sum of $618.73.
The contractor has not been able to finish his work as was expected. It is due to him to say that he has man- ifested an energy in the undertaking equal to its magni- tude, and had the season been favorable for the execu- tion of it, there is little doubt but that the entire work contracted for would have been completed to Front street during the year. The piles for the boxes and the side foundation walls are all driven between the Railroad bridge and Front street.
The question of the manner of completing the walling of the brook through the city above its present termi- nus to Lincoln Square, is one of serious importance. The observations upon the stream for the last two years have forced the conclusion that an open trench is not the best that can be chosen for its construction. The reason against the open walling is, that the trench thus formed Inakes such a convenient receptacle for all the cast-off rubbish always accumulating on the premises of the oc- cupants of the estates bordering on its margin ; and the consequent expense attending the cleaning out of the channel.
It is believed that an arched culvert of ample dimen- sions would be far preferable in this respect to the open one. The problem of the required size of the arched sewer is the only consideration about which there will be any diversity of opinion. The formula adopted by the Engineers of the Brooklyn Sewerage Works, by which their dimensions have been calculated, would give a culvert equal to a circle 11.5 feet in diameter, contain- ing an area of 103.86 square feet.
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In practice upon the stream there are now built the following bridges and culverts which have never been known to be flooded, unless their entrances have been stopped by ice or flood wood, viz. :
Nashua R. R. bridge at Bridge st., area 78.04 feet.
Exchange st., “ 66.15
Union st. " near
65.66
Central street
" 112.16 66
Thomas street
73.94
Lincoln Square
48.24
Nashua depot
89.96
Arch at Grove Mill, built A. D. 1868,
" 112.01
The entire distance now to be constructed may be arched in one culvert without raising the banks so as to essentially damage any of the abutting estates. The stream can be covered with less amount of material than that now used in the open walling, but the kind of work to be executed will be more expensive, and hence the cost of construction will be somewhat increased.
Should it be deemed advisable by the City Council to put another portion of this work under contract the coming year, the construction need not necessarily be delayed until the completion of the present contract. By building about 400 feet of additional waste boxes, another party could proceed with his work at once. If more is to be done, it is important to commence early in the Spring, and by so doing it might be practicable to carry the walling as far up as Exchange street, or even above. This distance is 1575 feet.
SEWERS.
The contract of Messrs. Tarbell & Barney for building the Kendall street sewer, and those in the Pleasant street district, and a portion of the Austin street district, has
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been completed, the contract settled, and discharged. The amount of work accomplished under this contract and by this department during the present year, has been as follows :
ABSTRACT OF SEWERS LAID IN 1868.
Street,
9 in. Pipe
12 inch Pipe.
15 inch Pipe.
18 inch Pipe
Brick. 18 x 27
Brick.
20 x 30
30 × 45
Basins.
Street
Inlets.
Southbridge and Madison,-
835.5
14
Chandler,
482.
286.
495.
Irving,
845.
185.
3
South Irving,
359.
406.
1
Main,
985
24
1
2
Oxford,
1008
2
3
Ashland,
403
48
2
3
Linden,
417
Austin,
256
529
641
10
14
Gold,
199
117
2
2
Ledge, Water to Mill Brook,
126
1
1
Green,
1507
10
12
14
Harvard and Bowdoin,
30
513
4
2
4
Old Market and Arch,.
443
87
4
3
Burt,
337
2
0
0
Chestnut and William,
184
933.5
282
11
2
2
Lovell Court, ..
330
3
0
0
Crown Street Court,
188.5
2
0
0
Elm at West,.
4
Foster at Waldo,
2
Thomas at Nashua R. R.,
2
2
413
6566.5
4699.5
243 1096
1894
835.5 109
71 |104
In the foregoing table, the following sewers were laid under the direction of the Department, and not by con- tract, to wit :
Extension of Harvard street court sewer into Harvard and Bowdoin streets; Glen street ; Burt street ; from Water street to Mill Brook; Green street ; Chestnut street ; William street ; Lovell court; South Crown st. court; Gold street into Green ; Main street extension west from in front of E. A. Fawcett's store.
The following is the cost of the sewers as laid in the several streets named, to wit :
SOUTHBRIDGE AND MADISON STREETS.
835.5 feet trenches, $4,135.33
835.5 feet 30 x 45 in. brick sewer, 4,637.02
Man Holes -1-01-00:00 ---- 8 4 5 8 7 3 2 7 8 6 4 1 1 2
812243 2 4 3
4
Wellington,
130
264
358
3
High,
2
3
Houchin Avenue,
550
0
0
0
0
Harrison, Water to Mill Brook,
12
564.
Brick.
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8 catch basins.
1,079.53
5 man holes,
470.50
Engineering and contingencies,
213.35
Amount, $10,535.73
CHANDLER STREET.
495 feet 20 x 30 inch brick sewer,
$938.49
286 feet 15 inch pipe sewer,
271.70
482 feet 12 66
324.50
"Trenching for same,
2,623.75
7 catch basins,
890.34
8 man holes, -
536.53
Engineering and contingencies,
83.00
Amount,
$5,668.31
IRVING STREET.
185 feet 15 inch pipe,
$175.75
845 " 12
555.15
Trenching for same,
1,729.62
2 catch basins,
256.77
7 man holes,
477.68
Engineering and contingencies,
47.50
Amount,
$3,242.47
SOUTH IRVING STREET.
564 feet 15 inch pipe sewer,
$922.75
Trenching for same,
543.80
2 catch basins,
254.42
4 man holes,
220.37
Engineering and contingencies,
28.50
Amount, WELLINGTON STREET.
$1,969.84
406 feet 16 inch pipe sewer,
$387.30
359 “ 12
234.95
Trenching for same,
1,339.40
4 catch basins,
358.86
8 man holes,
446.74
Engineering and contingencies,
41.00
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Amount, $2,808.25
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MAIN STREET.
358 feet 20 x 30 inch brick sewer,
$662.40
264 " 18 x 27
446.10
Trenching for same,
3,010.57
2 catch basins,
270.96
7 man holes,
453.19
Engineering and contingencies,
72.00
Amount,
$4.915.22
HIGH STREET.
24 feet 15 inch pipe sewer,
$22.80
985 feet 12 .. 66
649.65
Trenching for same,
2,105.11
1 catch basin,
268.35
6 man holes,
472.14
Engineering and contingencies.
52.50
Amount, OXFORD STREET.
$3,570.55
1009 feet 12 inch pipe sewer,
$682.43
Trenching for same,
1,640.18
2 catch basins,
309.38
7 man holes,
429.77
Engineering and contingencies.
45.50
Amount, ASHLAND STREET.
$3,107.26
48 feet 15 inch pipe sewer.
$45.60
403 feet 12
283.27
Trenching for same.
733.33
2 catch basins,
238.44
3 man holes,
178.59
Engineering and contingencies,
21.50
Amount, LINDEN STREET.
$1,500.73
417 feet 12 inch pipe sewer,
$273.20
Trenching for same.
680.42
2 catch basins.
247.53
2 man holes,
132.52
Engineering and contingencies,
19.50
Amount. $1,353.17
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AUSTIN STREET.
641 feet 20 x 30 inch brick sewer,
$1,171.80
529 " 15 inch pipe,
511.45
256 " 12 66
166.40
Trenching for same,
2,826.85
10 catch basins,
1,290.97
8 man holes,
603.94
Engineering and contingencies,
98.00
Amount,
$6,669.41
HOUCHIN AVENUE.
550 feet 18 x 27 inch brick sewer,
$903.40
Trenching for same,
913.00
4 man holes,
234.86
Engine. - ing and contingencies,
30.50
Amount,
$2,086.76
GOL ? STREET.
42 feet 15 inch pipe sewer,
$33.60
6 feet 12
66
3.60
199 feet 9 inch pipe sewer,
92.75
Trenching for same,
386.89
2 man holes,
150.55.
Engineering and contingencies,
9.00
Amount,
$676.52
MAIN ST., IN FRONT OF ISAAC DAVIS'S ESTATE.
130 feet 15 inch pipe sewer,
$123.50
Trenching for same,
312.75
1 catch basin,
112.96
2 man holes,
160.00
Engineering and contingencies,
10.50
Amount, WATER STREET TO MILL BROOK.
$719.71
252 feet 18 inch pipe sewer,
$416.30
Trenching for same,
280.75
3 catch basins and 2 man holes,
389.38
Engineering and contingencies,
15.50
1
Amount, $1,101.93
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GREEN STREET.
1507 feet 15 inch pipe sewer,
$1,391.24
72 feet 12 inch 42.40
Trenching for same,
3,587.08
12 catch basins and 10 man holes, 1,809.47
Engineering and contingencies,
102.50
Amount, $6,932.69
HARVARD AND BOWDOIN STREETS.
513 feet 12 inch pipe sewer,
$307.80
30 feet 9 inch 66
12.00
Trenching for same, 1,264.10
2 catch basins and 4 man holes,
667.81
Engineering and contingencies,
33.50
Amount, $2,285.21
OLD MARKET AND ARCH STREETS.
87 feet 15 inch pipe sewer,
$73.95
443 " 12 " 66
265.80
Trenching for same,
638.97
3 catch basins and 4 man holes,
736.26
Engineering and contingencies,
25.50
Amount,
$1,740.48
BURT STREET.
337 feet 12 inch sewer,
$202.20
Trenching for same,
229.79
2 man holes,
112.88
Engineering and contingencies,
8.00
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Amount, $552.87
CHESTNUT AND WILLIAM STREETS.
282 feet 18 x 27 inch brick sewer,
$355.43
933 " 15
" pipe
826.46
184 9
73.60
Trenching for same,
3,006.00
11 man holes and 2 catch basins,
756.45
Engineering and contingencies,
75.00
Amount, $5,092.94
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LOVELL COURT.
.
330 feet 12 inch pipe sewer,
$219.00
Trenching for same,
168.45
3 man holes,
161.61
Engineering and contingencies,
8.00
Amount, $557.06
CROWN STREET COURT.
188.5 feet 12 inch pipe sewer,
$113.10
Trenching for same,
214.00
2 man holes,
123.06
Engineering and contingencies,
6.50
Amount, $456.66
FOSTER STREET.
1 catch basin, $65.17
ELM STREET AT WEST.
34catch basins,
$320.75
THOMAS STREET.
2 catch basins,
$118.90
PLEASANT STREET.
Paving over sewer laid in 1867, $1,103.91
LINCOLN STREET.
Removing obstructions and making connec'n, 30.45
THOMAS STREET AT WATER SHOP.
118 feet 9 inch pipe sewer, $47.20
Trenching for same, 69.70
Amount, $116.90
SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES.
Paid for sewers laid in 1868, $69,299.73
Tarbell & Barney on contract of 1867, 2,574.41
" E. B. Walker on account, 40,152.19
" for new outlet at Fox Mill,
618,73
Messinger & Wright, 2,400.00
“ on Piedmont street district surveying, 272.37
Stock on hand, 536.37
Amount, $115,853.80
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The following sewers ordered by the City Council during the year have not been laid down, to wit :
Laurel and Hanover streets, from Mill Brook to Arch street ; Summer and Prospect streets, from Laurel to Carroll streets ; Salisbury and Boynton streets to Mill Brook ; Pearl street, from Main to Chestnut; Chatham street ; Clinton street ; South Crown street ; a portion of Main street between Scott's Block and Davis's Court.
To complete the entire sewerage of the Austin street district, there remain to be constructed the following sewers, to wit :
Size.
Feet to be laid.
Chatham st. from High to Crown,
15 in.
1200
Clinton street,
12
314 }
15
235 5
South Crown street,
12
200
Main st., south of Chandler st.,
12
300
from Scott's Block to Park st.,
15
400
Park st., from Main to Salem,
18 x 27
800
Portland st.,
18 x 27
1300
12
600
Salem st.,
15
900
18 x 27
200
15
150
Madison st., East of Southbridge st.,
18 x 27
200
20 × 30
150
Orange st., from Plymouth to Madison st.,
12
300
Beacon st., from Madison to Sycamore,
12
600
Southbridge st., from Madison to Main,
15
700
Myrtle st.,
12
400
An outline map has been made of the entire Piedmont Brook district, and the upper portion of the Lincoln Brook district, preparatory to the commencement of its sewerage.
The number of private drains entering the sewers in 1867, as far known, was 135
The number entered this year under the or- dinances of A. D. 1868, is
107
Total, 242
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The subject of the entrance of private drains into the public sewer, is one that needs careful consideration, cor- rection, and direction in its administration as experience may from time to time demand. The public sewers are built for the benefit of the estates adjoining the streets in which they are laid, and the largest possible liberty should be allowed the citizen in their use, consistent with the safety of the main. Beyond a certain limit the citi- zen should be restricted in their use, which restrictions should be dictated and modified by experience. For in- stance, a private drain entering the Lincoln street sewer from a four tenement house on Linwood Place was re- ported stopped, and the main nearly filled up. On dis- connecting the entrance of the private sewer into the main, in the 5 inch private sewer at the connection was found one piece of two-inch plank about 14 inches long and nearly five inches wide, one piece of 4 foot lath, and some broken cups, &c., and on close examination it ap- peared that the entire contents of a common privy vault of the four-tenement house from which it came with all the rubbish that might be thrown into it, was being daily washed into the drain by the aid of the sink water and other drainage of the building. To properly control this matter, it is necessary to provide by ordinance for the more careful inspection of all private drains, and a rigid enforcement of all ordinances bearing upon this subject, else some serious consequence may follow. neglect.
STREETS.
During the year, assistance has been rendered the County Commissioners in relocating Southbridge, Grove, and a portion of Main street from Pleasant to Austin street.
Locations have been made for a new street from May
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to Beaver street, and of Kendall street, and an altera in Laurel street.
Surveys have been made of Corbett, Lamartine, f fch alteration and extension of West from Cedar to Hig. to land street, and of Front from Church to Summer street, ? and of Tracy Lane.
Total amount of streets located, 4861 feet.
66 surveyed, 6944 66
" re-located by Co. Commissioners, 20,031
Total, 31,836
Grades have been located and set for curb-stone on 11 streets, amounting to 7876 feet. Of this amount the Highway Commissioner has set 6536 feet of curbstone.
RE-NUMBERING STREETS.
On May 25, 1868, the petition of L. W. Pond et al. was referred to this Department with the following Or- der, to wit: " Referred to the City Engineer with au- thority to cause such streets to be re-numbered as he shall in his judgment consider necessary to be done, also to cause the street signs to be repaired and re- placed at the corners of the streets where the same are needed."
Upon this Order little has been done during the sea- son beyond re-numbering Shelby, Cedar, and John streets, and giving the subject such consideration as it deserves.
The conclusions reached after some inquiry as to the necessities of re-numbering, and some personal examina- tion, has been that there exists, to a large extent, a ne- cessity for re-numbering, as the system now in general use is faulty at its base. This system has been to num- ber the houses as built, without reference to others to be built afterwards, and the result has been that as new
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ones are built the then existing numbers are constantly falling into confusion.
In re-numbering any street it should be done by some comprehensive system applicable alike to all streets, as little liable as possible to soon fall into confusion by the addition of new houses and blocks.
The system which is recommended to be adopted by the Council would be this : To divide the streets into two classes ; one, those upon which blocks now stand, and those which are likely to be built upon in this man- ner within a few years, and those where the fronts will re- main probably a long time as at present, each lot occupy- ing from 40 to 60 feet front ; and numbering the separate estates such numbers as shall be indicated by the distance, leaving as many numbers for vacant lots as may be neces- sary when the lots are divided by as sınall a frontage as of 25 and 40 feet respectively. And in addition to these blank numbers from 5 to 20 should be left as side streets are crossed according to circumstance for any extra blocks or doors in blocks which may need numbers over those left per frontage. The streets reported in the Ap- pendix as re-numbered this season, have been numbered upon this principle.
It is recommended that this subject receive the care- ful attention of the Council, and that all the necessary details of the plan be matured, and that its execution be entrusted to some competent person who shall be duly authorized to carry out the plan under such supervision as may be deemed advisable.
No street signs have been replaced. Upon this sub- ject it is recommended that under the same supervision as the re-numbering of the streets, all gas lights standing at the angles or contiguous thereto, uniformly through- out the city, have painted upon the square of the glass fronting on their respective streets, the name thereof.
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If this practice should be uniform, it would soon be readily known where to look for the name of the street, and be of great convenience to all strangers, especially in the night time.
WATER WORKS.
These have been kept during the year by the Water Commissioner in good repair, and are now in their usual working condition.
The consumption of water has been more largely in. creased during the year than in any previous one. Ob- servation upon the amount drawn from the Storing Res- ervoir in the dry months of the summer, forced the con- clusion that at an early day the Storing Reservoir Dam should be raised, and its storing area enlarged. The Reservoir has fallen lower the past season than ever be- fore, and should an extreme drouth occur like 1864, the experience of the past hints the possibily of a short sup- ply of our now apparent abundance.
By raising the present dam some 20 feet and the road contiguous thereto correspondingly, some 160 acres would be flowed and the amount of water stored trebled. The present supply may be very much increased by raising the water upon the present dam two or three feet. This will require a small amount of work to be done upon the dam. This subject is recommended to the consideration of the City Council.
The number of applications for new supplies during the year has been 524, 119 over those of 1867. These have all been answered or withdrawn, save 30.
Number of service taps applied to Jan. 1, 1868, 1,008
in 1868, 504
Total number, $1,512
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Distributing mains have been laid in 41 streets. The size and number of feet of pipe laid, number of gates and hydrants set, are given in a schedule marked A.
The amount of pipe, gates, hydrants, and services now under charge of the works, are as follows :
MAINS AND DISTRIBUTION.
Amount laid to Jan. 1, 1868,
140,709 feet. 66 during 1868, 22,589
Total,
163,298
Service pipe laid to Jan. 1, 1868,
29,160
" during 1868,
13,790 66
Total,
42,950
No. of hydrants, public and private, Jan. 1, '68, 307
put in in 1868, 35
Total,
342
Hydrant branches laid to Jan. 1, 1868, 2365 feet 4 inch pipe. 66 " in 1868, 240
Total, 2605
Number of gates to Jan. 1, 1868, 227
66 set in 1868, 47
Total, 274
For individuals there has been laid 11,552 feet of service at an expense of $6,698.16
All of which, excepting
3,167.07
has been collected by the Treasurer.
The income for the year has been as follows :
Received from takers and water sold, $23,739.94
for hydrants, schools, and public buildings, 6,947.00
In addition to these receipts there are uncollected bills and assessments due to the amount of 5,400.00
This makes the earnings for the year, $36,086.94
Received for putting in service pipe and other materials sold, and sundry labor done, $8,624.06
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The following is a summary of the estates supplied, and the fixtures attached, &c., to wit :
Number of persons using, 13,150 Number of saloons,
34
families su pplied, 2,171
school houses, 6
66
sinks,
3,204
جم offices,
43
basins.
957
..
depots,
4
hot water backs,
169
halls,
4
baths,
345
boarding houses, .
7
water closets,
671
wire mills,
1
urinals,
117
markets,
14
6.
set wash tubs.
264
banks,
6
hose,
502
bakeries,
2
steam for heating,
32
green houses,
3
horse power,
1405
soap factory,
1
K
stables,
197
4
freight houses,
1
horses,
787
Baptistries,
3
..
cows,
70
City Hall,
1
carriages,
45$
Court Houses,
stores,
121
Convents,
1
shops,
210
66
Churches.
2
The expenditures have been as follows :
For work at Reservoir,
$682.93
For service pipe,
14,672.85
For distributing mains and fixtures,
25,455.03
For maintenance,
6,698.72
Total, $47,509.53
Appended is the Water Commissioner's Report of the condition of the works, and the number of leaks mended during the year, and also an inventory of the tools and materials on hand, with an appraisal of their value.
There are various streets which should have distribut- ing mains laid in them early in the season, for the pur- pose of supplying water-takers on the line, and also to make connection with lines already partially completed. The connections are some of them very necessary in or- der to avoid annoyance to large numbers of takers in case of any needed repairs on the mains now laid.
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These streets are as follows :
Street.
Feet. Inches.
Street.
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