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Hope avenue,
94 86
Hammond street,
2,164 64
Forbes 66
109 96
Channing and Suffolk streets,
90 87
Canterbury street,
4,647 77
Wellington
695 27
Lincoln 66
170 99-$26,174 55
Total for Highways,
$107,681 72
SIDEWALKS.
Appropriation,
$25,000 00
BLOCK PAVING.
Appropriation,
$25,000 00
Total receipts,
$157,681 72
EXPENDITURES.
Salary of Commissioner,
$2,200 00
Labor as per pay roll,
58,009 37
Live stock : Horses and oxen,
1,210 00
Hay, grain, straw, &c.,
4,733 86
Shoeing,
584 85
Tools and repairs,
2,869 63
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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS.
Labor, hired teams, &c.,
27,727 04
Breaking roads,
243 60
Lumber,
330 09
19,282 2-12 feet curbstone, including freight,
10,801 05
5,957 feet flagstone,
3,182 53
1,256 tons 1970 pounds cobble stone,
1,256 98
583 M. bricks, including freight,
7,283 15
41 long corners,
205 00
23 short
73 50
C. O. Richardson, setting curb, paving, &c.,
10,839 27
T. C. Rice, concrete paving,
2,346 17
Geo. F. Fisher, Asphaltum paving,
783 16
J. Sullivan, patching,
110 56
J. Connors,
49 40
Wall stone, stone bounds, posts, &c.,
275 10
Francistown Soapstone Co., 450 feet tile,
56 25
Alice McCann, rent of land for storage,
50 00
Gravel,
2,062 71
Paving blocks,
15,814 54
Advertising, writing, printing and stationery,
473 91
Insurance on city stables,
75 00
Perry and Bancroft, sprinkling streets,
9 00
Supply of water for trough, South Worcester,
20 00
Traveling expenses, telegraphing, &c.,
43 43
Damages allowed S. S. Foster, for injury to carriage,
4 00
Damages allowed Izanna Parkhurst, for injury to property, 374 65
Damages allowed A. M. Wheelock, for injury to property, 397 75
Damages allowed W. B. S. Green, for injury to property, · 150 00
Damages allowed L. Pierce, for injury to carriage, 5 00
Damages allowed D. G. Aldrich, for injury to carriage,
21 00
Gas at city stables, 81 91
Powder, fuse and coal, 28 69
Drain pipe and cement,
282 47
Medicines and attendance at stables,
43 00
Total expenditures, The above is divided as follows :-
$155,146 02
SIDEWALKS.
Expense to City, as previously shown, $40,996 65
BLOCK PAVING.
Expense to City as previously shown, $26,816 57
HIGHWAYS.
Balance of Expenditures, $87,332 80
$155,146 02
Horse blankets, 38 40
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RECAPITULATION.
HIGHWAYS.
Balance to the credit of the Department Nov. 30, 1873, brought forward,
$5,102 62
Appropriation,
50,000 00
$55,102 62
Revenue for sidewalks charged to abutters,
$18,804 21
66 " labor and material,
7,600 34
street construction,
26,174 55-$52,579 10
Expended,
87,332 80
Balance unexpended,
SIDEWALKS.
Expended,
$40,996 65
Appropriation,
25,000 00
Balance overdrawn,
$15,996 65
BLOCK PAVING.
Expended,
$26,816 57
Appropriation,
25,000 00 -
Balance overdrawn,
$1,816 57-$17,813 22
Balance unexpended to the credit of department,
$2,535 70
SCHEDULE,
Of Real and Personal Property in charge of the Highway Department, November 30th, 1874. REAL ESTATE.
50,331 feet land with city stables thereon,
$23,000 00
13 acres land on Lamartine street,
5,000 00
1 acre land on Pleasant street,
150 00
Land near Paxton line,
100 00
Total of real estate,
$28,250 00
PERSONAL PROPERTY.
LIVE STOCK.
15 horses,
$3,000 00
10 oxen,
1,000 00 -$4,000 00
HAY AND GRAIN.
3000 pounds hay,
$30 00
1 ton straw,
20 00
75 bushels oats,
51 00
30 bushels corn,
31 50
-$132 50
$107,681 72
$20,348 92
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WAGONS, CARTS, SLEDS AND EQUIPMENTS.
1 four-horse wagon,
$175 00
2 pairs ox bows, $ 2 00
1 two-horse wagon,
65 00
19 whiffletrees, 30 00
2 one-horse wagons,
300 00
15 horse blankets, 30 00
9 two-horse carts,
1,600 00
15 surcingles, 15 00
6 one-horse carts,
500 00
19 halters,
19 00
6 ox carts,
500 00
13 curry combs and brushes,
20 00
1 tight cart,
150 00
2 feed baskets,
00
1 pair cart wheels,
56 00
4 pairs feed bags,
8 00
1 stone lifter,
225 0
40 meal bags,
20 00
1 cesspool cleaner,
200 00
11 draft chains,
22 00
1 street roller,
200 00
2 heavy cable chains,
15 00
1 stone truck,
40 00
3 scraper chains,
6 00
2 two-horse sleds,
175 00
8 stake chains,
4 00
1 light horse sled,
40 00
20 tie chains,
11 00
1 light express sleigh,
25 00
6 whiffletree chains,
4 00
2 ox sleds,
35 00
1 pair lead bars,
3 00
7 pairs double harnesses,
300 00
1 brush harrow head,
5 00
3 single harnesses,
105 00
1 portable watering trough,
5 00
4 cart harnesses,
100 00
1 buggy,
100 00
1 pair lead harnesses,
50 00
1 buffalo robe, 10 00
11 ox yokes,
50 00
23 neck yokes,
20 00
$5,242 00
4
TOOLS.
2 sets tackle and falls,
$15 00
1 set grain measures, 1 50
1 grindstone,
13 00
1 spirit level,
2 00
36 good shovels,
36 00
1 adze,
2 00
64 old shovels,
15 00
3 chopping axes,
3 00
50 snow shovels,
50 00
1 broad ax,
: 00
8 long handled shovels,
8 00
9 mattocks,
18 00
1 ox scraper,
17 00
2 ladders,
4 00
1 manure hook,
1 00
1 cross-cut saw,
5 00
2 feed troughs,
8 00
8 hay forks,
4 00
7 oil cans,
3 00
28 street hoes,
28 00
5 garden rakes,
5 00.
8 snow scrapers,
25 00
53 picks,
106 00
29 wheelbarrows,
29 00
3 stone drags,
15 00
4 stone forks,
4 00
5 side-hill plows,
70 00
4 beetles,
4 00
1 pick plow,
50 00
2 steel wedges,
4 00
1 snow plow,
10 00
1 grain shovel,
2 00
9 plow points,
8 00
2 churn drills,
4 00
18 crow-bars,
54 00
1 oil pan,
5 00
17 stone drills,
34 00
7 brooms,
3 00
Lot of light stone tools,
5 00
1 iron vise,
6 00
3 stone hammers,
10 00
3 monkey wrenches,
3 00
8 cinder hammers,
16 00
3 stoves,
10 00
7 striking hammers,
17 00
19 water pails,
9 50
33 lanterns,
35 00
1 basket,
50
50 00
2 hay cutters,
18 00
3 grain chests,
15 00
150 feet tape measure,
2 00
3 gravel screens,
25 00
2 patent scrapers,
70 00
3 side scrapers,
15 00
Lot carpenter's tools, 5 tool chests,
12 00
200 feet fire hose,
150 00
$1,136 50
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LUMBER.
4,500 feet bridge plank,
$62 50
6 bridge stringers,
72 00
110 fence posts,
22 00
Lot fence railing,
10 00
-$166 30
STONE AND BRICK.
176 feet curbstone,
$88 00
14 feet flagstone (granite),
8 40
666 feet Belgian bridge,
666 00
50 feet common bridge,
30 00
108 feet flagstone,
27 00
1 long corner,
5 50
14 short corners,
49 00
Lot stone posts, &c.,
25 00
16,000 paving brick,
224 00
285 yards gravel (at yard),
160 00
250 yards screened sand (at yard),
175 00
$1,457 90
Total of personal property,
$12,135 20
" real estate,
28,250 00
Amount in department,
$40,385 20
Respectfully submitted,
RUFUS CARTER,
Commissioner of Highways.
WORCESTER, December 31st, 1874.
ANNUAL · REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON WATER.
To the Council of the City of Worcester :-
AN ordinance of the city requires a report from the Joint Standing Committee on Water, accompanied by the reports of the Water Commissioner and Water Registrar, for the year ending November 30, 1874.
The report of the Registrar indicates an unwarrantable con- sumption of Water in the absence of meters, and in view of this fact the Committee will deem it their duty to require meters to be placed wherever gross wastefulness is tolerated. The Com- missioner and Registrar are directed to use every means in their power, consistent with the authority imposed in them by the ordinances of the city, to compel a proper use of water.
METERS.
The subject of meters has claimed the attention of the Com- mittee at nearly every meeting during the year. A pressure had been brought to bear upon the several Water Committees for three or four years past to recognize a meter patented and manufactured by Wm. E. Desper, of this city, and it was adopted by the Committee of 1873. Its very unsatisfactory character caused the Committee to withhold its approval, and to
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cease reading them as they failed to do the work required of them. The failure of this meter is undoubtedly known to the patentee, as it is understood that none have been manufactured the present year.
The abandonment of this meter brought no relief to the Committee ; a new one, introduced by H. A. Desper, has claimed their attention. But three or four have been in operation within the knowledge of the Committee, and not all of these are work- ing satisfactorily. In view of the very limited test, both in time and numbers, your Committee were not justified in giving it equal recognition and approval with that of the Ball and Fitts' meter. Another reason existed for delaying this approval. The Committee were assured by the Union Water Meter Co. that the new Desper meter was an infringement upon theirs, and that its adoption by the city would bring an injunction against its use.
The Committee deemed it for the interest of the city that some other party should test this point.
The present water main through Main street, from Front street to Thomas street, is but six (6) inches in diameter; from Thomas street to Lincoln square, but four (4) inches in diameter, and these pipes from their long use and accretions of rust, have not the capacity that their size would indicate. The great increase in the consumption of water on Prescott street, demands a larger pipe through that street.
The burning of the Street Railroad stables and of "All Saints" church on Pearl street, indicated our weakness in those localities, and your Committee would recommend that larger pipes be substituted for the present ones from Front street through Main street to Lincoln Square, thence to the manufactory of "Ames Plow Company," on Prescott street. The same difficulty exists on Grafton street, from Washington Square to Providence street, where it is recommended a twelve (12) inch pipe be substituted in place of the present four (4) inch pipe.
WATER SUPPLY.
Your Committee feel that the trust imposed in them would not
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be answered did they not urge upon the City Council the im- portance of a decision regarding a further supply of water. The limited quantity now in store makes it possible that it may be exhausted before rains come. It would work hardship, de- privation and danger to the community, that can hardly be realized, and when the investigations of the Committee show that a supply ample for the needs of the city for many years to come, may be obtained by so reasonable an outlay, they think it would not be a wise economy that advises inaction. Their investigations to this end resulted in the conviction that Mill Brook and North Pond furnished an ample supply, much more easily and economically acquired than from any other source. There are but five (5) mill owners upon the stream, and the rights in the reservoir or North Pond are vested in but four (4) parties in nearly the following proportions, viz :
Stephen Salisbury, 4-10 ; J. M. Daniels & Son, 2-10; City of Worcester, 3-10 ; A. C. Buttrick, 1-10.
North Pond is situated two (2) miles from the city ; sixty (60) feet above Lincoln Square, and has an area of two hundred and thirty (230) acres. It will store 700,000,000 gallons, and has a water-shed that would guarantee 7,000,000 gallons per day. The power derived from the water used for flushing sewers would pump a large amount into the present system of pipes, or into Bell Pond, a natural reservoir that will contain at least 15,000,- 000 gallons, from which distributing pipes are already laid ; but beyond this question of a supply of water for the uses of the people, the city should obtain the entire control of that reservoir for the following reasons :
1st. That it might erect and maintain such a dam and such safeguards as should effectually quiet the fears of a breaking away that have haunted many a house for the past fifteen years, and not without reason.
2d. The statutes give the city the authority to take these water rights at any time. (This is an encumbrance upon the property of the mill-owners that they may with great propriety ask the city to remove, either by purchase or the abandonment of the right).
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3d. The existing rights of the city in that reservoir demand early attention that they may be preserved, and one of the most valuable is that of flowage, that may be lost by a long continued enforcement of the order of the County Commissioners to keep the water at a low level.
4th. The manufacturers of the Blackstone Valley are suffer- ing to a certain degree, in consequence of the fouling of the stream by the sewer discharges. The first of these manufactories has already asked for redress through the courts, and it is but a question of time in regard to the next in line.
Though the city might not be adjudged legally liable in these cases, would it not be the highest wisdom to avert the conse- quences, as far as it is possible, by the maintenance of a reservoir of such capacity as should give an uninterrupted flow through summer and winter, neutralizing in a great degree these offensive discharges.
The acquisition of all the rights in Mill Brook and North Pond, together with the rebuilding of the dam in a location that shall include Weasel brook, need not, in the opinion of the Committee, cost a sum very much exceeding $200,000.00. In regard to other sources of supply, Kettle brook is the most prominent.
This brook at present furnishes power to more than twenty (20) manufactories, all in operation, using a head and fall of 342 feet. This power, based upon an equivalent steam power is worth at least $650,000.00.
There is also upon this stream 160 feet of unimproved head and fall that would certainly be rated at one-half the value of the' improved power. This would approximate $1,000,000.00. It would also impose upon the city the difficult task of negotiat- ing with forty or fifty different parties. That it would be an utter impossibility to deal with so many without protracted litiga- tion must be evident to every one. The only advantage gained would be the utilizing of the present pipes, and this is by no means a clear advantage, with the possibility of a bursting of a main in time of a conflagration.
Not having investigated "Tatnuck brook," the Committee
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cannot speak so advisedly of that source, but it is very reasona- ble to suppose that the power, for manufacturing purposes, of that stream would be just as valuable, if the City desired to purchase it, as that of any other stream, and its relative cost would be the same. If there is 200 feet head and fall, as claimed, there would be 200 feet to pay for, and North Pond dam would still be " Banquo's ghost."
BELL POND.
It is well known that in this pond is a floating island of about two acres in extent. By direction of the Committee the Com- missioner, at the beginning of the year, removed about one-third of it, his men working upon it at such times as caused no neglect to the regular work of the Department. The result has been so satisfactory that he is directed to continue the work of removal, as also the mud upon the borders of. the pond. It is desirable that the City should obtain control of the margin of the pond, in order that it may be properly enclosed by a suitable fence ; and inasmuch as the greater part of the land adjoining the pond be- longs to the hospital estate and is supposed to be in the market, your Committee recommend the purchase of so much of it as is necessary for the purpose suggested. This recommendation would include the purchase of two small houses situated upon the borders of the pond, the filth from which would naturally find its way into its waters.
Your Committee cannot close their report without commend- ing the efficiency of the Commissioner and Registrar of this De- partment. Their strict attention to business and the ability that they have brought to the discharge of their several duties, should command higher salaries than they have received. The responsi- bilities of the Commissioner are exceeded by those of few of the servants of the City, and his salary should better conform to the responsibilities and duties of the position.
Respectfully submitted, A. G. COES, D. S. GODDARD, E. H. TOWNE, JAS. S. ROGERS, GEORGE GEER, THOMAS DOON,
Joint
Standing Committee on Water.
REPORT
OF THE
WATER COMMISSIONER,
To the Joint Standing Committee on Water: -
As required by the City Ordinance, the Commissioner presents his report for the year ending November 30, 1874.
Main pipes have been laid in all the streets ordered by the City Council, except Dewey and Warren streets. The petitioners for Dewey street not giving the required guarantee, the pipe has not been laid.
The order for Warren street was not passed in season to lay the pipe before cold weather. The wants of the petitioners have been supplied for the Winter by a temporary pipe.
The number of feet of main pipe laid this year is 22,613, with 33 gates, 17 hydrants; 9 hydrants have been set on pipe laid previous to 1874, making the whole number of hydrants 488.
There was also 2,886 feet of 8-in. pipe and 23ft. of 4-in., laid for the State Lunatic Asylum, and paid for by them. Also, 1,177ft. of 6-in. pipe for the Holy Cross College.
Taken up and relaid in Leicester street, 330ft. of 16-in pipe. Taken up and abandoned in Newton street, 1,184ft. of 4in., and in Mill-street, 125ft. of 6-in. pipe.
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Number of service pipes laid, 253, or 11,452ft. 7in .- 5,351 ft. 10in. for the city, and 6,100ft. 9in. for applicants.
Number of meters set, 337.
Number of leaks repaired, 108.
Value of stock and tools on hand is $38,419.18.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK E. HALL,
Water Commissioner.
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SCHEDULE OF PIPE LAID IN 1874.
STREET.
LOCATION.
Size of Pipe.
Feet of Pipe.
Gate.
Hydrants.
Mill and Newton,
From Leicester street to Pleasant,
16
8,000
7
May,
Newton to Woodland,
12
1,366
2
Belmont,
Bell Pond to land of State Hospital
12
1,754 2
1
Cambridge,
Southbridge to Chelsea,
12
541
1
2
Lovell,
66
Newton street,
12
63
1
1
Southbridge,
Cambridge to College,
8
1,483
2
Chelsea,
Cambridge to Crompton street,
8
506
1
1
Southgate,
66 Southbridge to Gardner,
8
1,073
2
Channing,
Catharine street South,
6
350
1
Clifton,
May street South,
6
781
1
Agricultural,
Highland street to Sunnyside.
6
1,030
2
1
Jefferson,
Vernon to Columbia,
6
970
1
Columbia,
Jefferson street,
6
19
1
Florence,
Maywood street North,
6
372
1
Queen,
King to Davis street,
6
562
2
College,
66 Southbridge to entrance to College
6
543
2
Reservoir,
66 Eastern avenue west,
6
68
1
1
Kingsbury,
66
Woodland street east,
4
393
1
1
Ledge,
Waverley street north,
4
321
1
Queen,
Kingsbury street to King,
4
329
Meade,
66
Lamartine street south,
4
394
1
Mt. Vernon Place,
Harrington ave. to Mt. Vernon st.
4
304
2
Auburn Place,
4
336
1
1
Hope Cemetery,
4
876
Leicester,
16
330
2
State Hospital,
8
2,886
1
State Hospital,
4
24
Holy Cross College
66
66 66
6
1,177
1
1
27,030 37
18
Catharine street south,
Taken up and relaid, Laid and paid for by them.
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Number of leaks repaired, 108 : On main pipe,-joints, 54; rust, 20; split, 3; soldered branch, 5; branch, 1; Settling of earth, 1; cap, 1; rivet, 2; quarter turn, 1; plug 1; hydrant valve, 3; hydrant bowl, 1; defective gate, 1. On Service pipe,-Lead connection, 7; tee, 1; packing, 1; broken stop, 2; bowl joint, 3. Stoppages in service pipe reported, 64.
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INVENTORY OF STOCK AND TOOLS ON HAND DECEMBER 1, 1874.
· 13 pieces 20 inch cast iron pipe, 34 pieces 16 inch cast iron pipe,
159 pieces 12 inch cast iron pipe,
23 pieces 8 inch cast iron pipe, class B,
128 pieces 8 inch cast iron pipe, class A,
120 pieces 6 inch cast iron pipe,
12 feet 24 inch cast iron pipe,
5 feet 20 inch cast iron pipe,
78 feet 16 inch cast iron pipe,
45 feet 12 inch cast iron pipe,
45 feet 8 inch cast iron pipe,
100 feet 6 inch cast iron pipe,
50 feet 4 inch cast iron pipe,
250 feet 6 inch cast iron pipe, been used,
50 feet 4 incli cast iron pipe, been used,
1,810 feet 15 inch unlined pipe,
210 feet 12 inch cement lined pipe,
1,596 feet 10 inch cement lined pipe,
2,912 feet 8 inch cement lined pipe, 84 feet 6 inch cement lined pipe, 147 feet 4 inch cement lined pipe,
462 feet 3 inch cement lined pipe,
504 feet 2 inch cement lined pipe,
15 feet 2 inch galvanized iron pipe,
72 feet 20 inch cement lined pipe, been used,
137 feet 16 inch cement lined pipe, been used,
107 feet 12 inch cement lined pipe, been used,
273 feet 10 inch cement lined pipe, been used,
2,783 feet 4 inch cement lined pipe, been used,
2 20 inch curve pieces,
6 16 inch curve pieces,
2 16x16 three way branches,
2 16x12 three way branches,
2 16x8 three way branchies, .
12 16x6 three way branches, 4 16x4 three way branches,
7 12x8 three way branches,
5 12x6 three way branches,
2 12x4 three way branches,
1 10x6 three way branch.
2 10x4 three way branchies,
13 8x8 three way branches,
34 8x6 three way branches,
10 8x4 three way branches, 32 6x6 three way branchies,
18 6x4 three way branches,
40 4x4 three way branches,
4 16x12 four way branches,
3 12x6 four way branches,
3 8x8 four way branches,
2 8x6 four way branches,
11 6x6 four way branches,
1 4x4 four way branches,
10 8 inch one-eighth turns, 6 6 inch one-eighth turns,
16 4 inch one-eighth turns, 2 16 inch quarter turns,
3 12 inch quarter turns,
6 8 inch quarter turns,
2 6 inch quarter turns,
3 4 inch quarter turns,
1 2 inch quarter turn, brass,
29 set sleeves for 16 inch cement lined pipe,
32 set sleeves for 12 inch cement lined pipe,
24 set sleeves for 10 inch cement lined pipe,
29 set sleeves for 8 inch cement lined pipe,
15 set sleeves for 6 inch cement lined pipe,
23 set sleeves for 4 inch cement lined pipe,
13 set sleeves for 3 inch cement lined pipe,
40 set sleeves for 2 inch cement lined pipe,
14 sleeves for 24 inch cast iron pipe,
3 sleeves for 20 inch cast iron pipe,
4 sleeves for 16 inch cast iron pipe,
5 sleeves for 12 inch cast iron pipe,
31 sleeves for 8 inch cast iron pipe,
12 sleeves for 6 inch cast iron pipe,
3 sleeves for 5 inch castiron pipe,
14 sleeves for 4 inch cast iron pipe, 1 sleeve for 3 inch cast iron pipe,
7 set ¿ sleeves for 12 inch pipe with bolts,
10 set ¿ sleeves for 8 inch pipe with bolts,
1 20x16 inch taper,
10 12x8 inch tapers,
14 8x6 inch tapers,
18 6x4 inch tapers,
2 4x3 inch tapers,
3 4x2 inch tapers,
2 24 inch bonnets,
1 16 inch bonnet,
2 12 inch bonnets,
16 8 inch bonnets,
27 6 inch bonnets,
11 4 inch bonnets,
12 12 inch plugs,
4 8 inch plugs,
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7 6 inch plugs,
1 16 inch gate,
1 16 inch gate, Ayres,
3 12 inch gates,
1 10 inch gate,
13 8 inch gates,
11 6 inch gates,
22 4 inch gates,
4 gate boxes,
7 gate box frames,
4 gate box covers,
25 gate box covers,
6 gate box frames and covers, small,
14 flush hydrants,
4 New Haven hydrants, been used,
4 post hydrants, been used,
12 post hydrant boxes,
31 flush hydrant box frames and covers,
16 hydrant wastes,
15 hydrant bowls,
4 pieces cast iron pipe for hydrant bowls,
216 lbs. iron bands for repairing solder branches,
895 lbs. wrought iron bands and bolts for street branches,
40 feet 3 inch steam pipe,
300 feet 14 inch steam pipe,
800 feet 1 inch cement lined pipe,
956 feet 2 inch cement lined pipe,
9,310 feet 1 inch unlined pipe,
455 lbs. 2 inch lead pipe,
790 lbs. 1 inch lead pipe,
470 lbs. & inch lead pipe,
128 lbs. solder,
69 1 inch lead connections,
32 & inch lead connections,
67 ¿ inch lead connections, been used,
2 3 incli globe valves,
2 1 inch Ludlow gates,
3 & inch Ludlow gates,
62 ₺ inch stops for bands,
31 & inch waste stops,
30 ₺ inch waste stops, 45 cast iron stop boxes and covers,
6,511 lbs. tapping bands,
142 lbs. wrought iron bands,
687 lbs. bolts and nuts for service pipe,
30 bolts for 24 inch sleeve, 28 14 inch brass tees,
204 1 inch brass tees,
23 1 to & inch rubber coated tees,
6 2 inch plain iron tees,
22 1 inch plain iron tees,
26 1 to 2 inch plain iron tees,
21 2 inch plugs,
30 14 inch plugs, 104 1 inch plugs, 246 & inch plugs,
15 1 inch thimble couplings,
17 & inch thimble couplings,
90 } inch thimble couplings,
12 2 inch malleable iron unions, 12 1 inch malleable iron unions, 7 2 inch rubber coated unions, 8 1 inch rubber coated unions, 2 1 inch brass unions,
3 3 inch brass unions,
3 2 inch rubber coated elbows,
3 1 inch rubber coated elbows,
25 2 inch rubber packings for tap- ping bands,
98 1 inch rubber packings for tap- ping bands,
325 ₺ inch rubber packings for tapping bands,
2 4 inch meters,
4 1 inch meters,
3 & inch meters,
1 1 inch Worthington meter,
1 & inch Worthington meter,
3 meter box frames and covers,
10 bbls. Portland cement,
94 lbs. cement,
1 Knowles rotary pump,
1 Knowles small steam pump,
1 Knowles large steam pump,
2 force pumps,
2 copper pumps,
6 tool boxes and 3 chests,
13 wheelbarrows,
55 picks,
9 pick handles,
57 shovels,
13 iron bars,
8 iron tampers,
10 striking hammers,
6 stone hammers,
13 hand hammers, 1 paving hammer,
16 hammer handles,
125 lbs. steel in drills,
18 hand drills,
9 iron spoons,
4 ladles,
2 small ladles,
52 cold chisels, 28 steel sets,
5 packing urns,
4 furnaces,
18 monkey wrenches,
15 Baxter wrenches,
3 pair 13 inch pipe tongs,
5 pair 14 inch pipe tongs,
3 pair 1 inch pipe tongs,
3 pair 3 inch pipe tongs,
2 pair } inch pipe tongs,
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REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONER.
1 pair § inch pipe tongs,
6 hand axes,
3 axes,
1 adze,
7 hand saws,
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