Town of Arlington annual report 1876-1880, Part 4

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Days


Ann Maria Blanchard.


Jan. 5, 1876


53


11


24


Hannah C. Locke.


6,


76


5


24


Michael Crowley.


8,


2


5


13


Eloise Marie Ryan


9,


66


27


9


3


Hugh Culinane.


9,


60


14


Theodore Diehl, jun


9,


13


6


20


Kate McCarthy


17,


..


14


4


2


Warren W. Redman.


28,


66


1


28


Bridget Culinane.


Feb. 9,


9


Jonathan Locke.


12,


55


3


10


Mary Ann Sullivan.


18,


21


5


18


Oscar D Arnold.


18,


1


2


18


John F. Lawrence.


19,


24,


3


7


12


Rose Connolly.


26,


30


George E. Redman


March 5,


2


5


6


Sally Wilson.


7,


88


8


9


William Slattery .


9,


John H. Ockington.


10,


24


1


15


Bridget Hoy.


14,


60


3


3


3


Harold W. Spalding


15,


3


4


9


Jeremiah O'Brien.


20,


2


John Colbert.


24,


6


Mary E. Durgi


25,


36


10


8


Thomas McCue.


27,


1


11


4


Michael Colbert.


31,


2


6


Jane Hall ..


April 2,


65


Nathaniel K. Lombard ..


66


4,


68


2


5


Charles Roster.


20,


1


Hiram C. Gardner.


May


1,


52


Eliza Stearns


9,


74


10


Annie Rowe.


12,


1


2


19


Isabella Bailey


15,


6


20


William J. A. Booth.


20,


66


1


11


17


William Jenkins Niles


29,


75


8


Frederic A. Rowe.


31,


7


9


4


Julia Maloney


June 17,


1


2


20


John Coughlin.


18,


66


3


Margaret O'Brien ..


21,


66


45


John T. Guilderson.


July 18,


Lavinia Hildreth ..


13,


47


7


John Henry Crowley


18,


Lillie C. Dornbach.


25,


10


26


John Field ..


31,


65


8


7


Melissa Jane Wier.


Aug.


1,


35


Edward Ahern ..


" .7,


10


·


66


1


Albert E. Schnetzer


19,


54


9


Abby Grant.


Mary E. O' Neil


14,


1


9


9


66


2


Joseph Daly ..


28,


66


·


9


1


14


60


REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.


Deaths .- Continued.


Age.


Names.


Date of Death.


Years


Months


Days


Timothy O'Brien


Aug. 8, 1876


67


Jennie E. Jacobs.


9,


14


5


Eugenia M. LeFevre


9,


14


8


Everett S. Morse.


18,


21,


1


2


28


Charles F. Foster


22,


55


4


John Dacy.


Jan. 6, 1873.


39


3


7


Susan A. Wyman.


Sept.


1, 1876


38


1,


14


4


10


Thomas Hall.


12,


76


11


Charles Henry.


17,


66


6


Mary Whittemore ..


Oct. 2,


71


3


James A. Balch .


..


11,


58


8


24


Bridget O'Neill.


18,


30


10


Mary Shean. ..


19,


40


Horatio Esterbrook. ..


31,


52


9


Fred. Valentine Parker.


Nov. 4,


2


8


20


Susan P. Wyman.


5,


77


3


Daniel McCarthy


10,


3


6


Catherine Lacy.


14,


83


Elizabeth D. Coursey .


Dec.


5,


4


4


26


Sophia W. Whittemore.


8,


33


1


18


Oswald H. Jackson.


19,


3


8


Clarence F. Oakman.


24,


2


6


26


William Fillmore ..


26,


50


Bell McAulaffa.


29,


18


Mary J. Dinsmore.


31,


3


2


Whole number of deaths.


Males.


43


Females.


36


Average age, 25 years, 10 months, 20 days.


Number under 5 years of age. .


34


between 5 and 10 years of age.


3


" 10 " 30


12


30 " 60


17


over 60 years of age.


13


SOME OF THE DISEASES OR CAUSES OF DEATH.


Scarlet fever.


15 | Consumption and lung diseases. 12


Cholera infantum.


4 Drowned and accidental. 4


Diphtheria and throat diseases.


. .


7 | Typhoid fever 4


REGISTER OF DOGS LICENSED SINCE MAY 1, 1876.


Whole number. 208


Males.


194


Females 14


B. DELMONT LOCKE, Town Clerk.


7


19


Mary Shea ..


26,


Maymie E. Murray


7,


24


3


Ella V. Spofford.


"


William H. Wyman.


11,


79


Henry W. Woodbridge


REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PRATT FUND.


The Trustees of the Pratt Fund make the following report of their doings during the year 1876.


Income.


Received one year's interest on $9,000 City of Cambridge Bonds, $540 00


Received one year's interest on $15,000


City of Cambridge Bonds, 900 00


Received interest of Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, 27 45


$1,467 45


Paid rent of a safe in the Union Safe Deposit Vaults, 20 00


$1,447 45


Paid Town Treasurer for Poor Widows' Fund,


$289 49


Paid Town Treasurer for Public Library,


578 98


Deposited in Arlington Five Cents Sav- ings Bank as a High School Fund,


578 98


$1,447 45


Investment.


City of Cambridge, Bridge Loan, sixes, $9,000 00


Building " 15,000 00


Deposit in Arlington Five Cents Sav- ings Bank, 1,000 00


High School Fund Income, deposited in Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, with interest to January 1, 1877, amounts to


659 64


Respectfully submitted,


NATHAN ROBBINS, DAVID P. GREEN, WILLIAM G. PECK, JOHN P. WYMAN, HENRY SWAN, B. DELMONT LOCKE,


1


Trustees


of


Pratt Fund.


ARLINGTON, Dec. 80, 1876.


$25,000 00


REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.


The Water Commissioners herewith submit the required report for 1876, " of all their acts and doings, and the condition of the property under their control, with such recommendations as they judge the interests of the town require." The property under their control has been cared for and kept in repair during the year, and is now in good condition. From the income collected in 1876 there have been paid all the running expenses for the year, includ- ing the laying of all new service pipes needed, and the building of a filter, and also $6,319.67 towards the interest on Water Scrip. The details of income and expenditure are shown by the Treasur- er's report, which accompanies this.


In the months of January and February a settlement of claims for damages was made with O. M. and C. F. Winship, John A. Russell, Wm. H. Slocum and John H. Blodgett.


After the annual town meeting the Commissioners, having been duly qualified, met and organized by choosing R. L. Hodgdon, President, and B. Delmont Locke, Clerk. Subsequently they ap- pointed Sylvester Stickney, Superintendent, and B. D. Locke, Registrar. They addressed themselves at once to the settlement of the numerous disputes about water bills, that existed at that time. These bills were all adjusted before July 1st, and since that time the Rules of the Water Works have been strictly and impar- tially enforced. The very gratifying increase of income attendant upon this course gives reason to hope for a time when the Water Works will be self-sustaining. There has been found difficulty in enforcing that part of Sec. 15 of the Rules, which relates to the use of water for building purposes. Much of the building in town is done by persons coming from other towns. Sometimes there has been no return made of the amount of water used. To obvi- ate this difficulty it is recommended that the following addition be made to that part of the rules referred to, " and a sufficient amount


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of money to pay for the same to be deposited with the Town Treas- urer before the water is used." This will simply apply the rule of prepayment to this case.


Settlement of Claims.


Since the annual town meeting a settlement of claims for land damages has been made with the following parties : - Lucy Gam- mell, Ellen A. Stone, executrix, Nathaniel Peirce, heirs of Eben and Nabby Peirce, Jeremiah Russell, heirs of Charles A. Crane, J. A. P. Peirce, Lewis P. Bartlett, heirs of Thomas Teel, heirs of Nathaniel Hill, heirs of Wm. L. Smith, O. M. Winship and Billings Smith. In several of these cases the money has not yet been paid, but will be as soon as the titles are completed. The claims of Luke C. Childs, L. C. Redfield, administrator, A. W. Bryant, H. K. Osborn and Dan- iel Cahlane who had brought suits against the town, have been settled and the suits withdrawn. There are two small parcels of land which were taken in July, 1873, and to which the Water Com- missioners have not yet got a title, but which will be paid for when- ever the proper parties present themselves and give a satisfactory title. The foregoing comprise all the claims arising from the in- troduction of water, which have come to the knowledge of the Commissioners except those concerning which suits are pending, and these have been left in charge of the Selectmen, in accordance with the wish of the town as expressed by its vote at the annual meeting. This divided responsibility does not seem natural or favorable to the interests of the town, and is liable to be attended by unpleasant complications.


New Pipes.


The town instructed the Commissioners to lay pipes in Lewis Avenue and the extension of Franklin Street, and made an appro- priation of $1,500 for the purpose. Four-inch cast iron pipes have been laid in each of these streets and the requisite gates and hy- drants put in at an expense of $1,011.27. The town authorized the laying of pipes in Teel and Henderson Streets, and appropria- ted $1,500 to defray the expense. After getting the necessary guarantee of rights to lay pipes and also that no land damages should ever be claimed in case these streets should be accepted by


64


REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.


the town, the Commissioners laid four-inch cast iron pipes in them and put in the necessary gates and hydrants at an expense of $978.12. The price of iron and of labor being less than had been estimated, these pipes were laid for considerably less than the appropria- tions. It is advised that the unexpended portion of these appro- priations be devoted to laying pipes in any places, in which the income from water rates will be not less than six per cent. on the outlay.


Fencing


An appropriation of $300 was made for fencing. This appro- priation will be ample for the next year, as only $89.96 has been expended.


Brown's Brook and Great Meadows.


Surveys and plans have been made which show that Brown's brook can be turned into Slocum's pond for a much smaller sum than the $5,000 which was appropriated. Owing to the lateness of the season when the Commissioners fixed upon a plan and were ready to begin the work, it was thought advisable to defer it till next year. When this brook is turned, as proposed, the Great Meadows will be entirely under the control of the town and can be prepared for use as a storage reservoir at small expense which can be paid out of the appropriation for the brook, if the town will so direct. This is recommended.


Filter.


The Commissioners, hearing many complaints about the quality of the water, and learning that some persons were relinquishing its use, early in the spring put a screen just below the surface of the water, where it enters the well-house in such a manner that the supply for the town should be taken through this screen in- stead of from the bottom of the reservoir, as had been the case up to this time. This was followed by some improvement in the quality of the water, but not a satisfactory one. The various methods of filtering were then investigated. It was found that any method of artificial filtering would be too expensive for this town. A deposit of coarse gravel, suitable for a natural filter, was


65


REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.


FILTER RESERVOIR. Diagram of Filter and Connections. A.W.W. discovered on the north-easterly border of the reservoir, extending a few hundred feet. At this place a filtering gallery was constructed 135 feet in length, and 12 feet in width. The earth was excavated to the depth of 12 feet. The ends were walled up with stone. Stone walls four feet in height were built on the sides and on these was sprung a semi-circular brick arch eight inches thick. From the easterly end of the gallery and in the di- rection of the main supply pipe, below the gate house, there extends for about 600 feet a conduit, consisting of a brick arch 20 inch span, sprung upon a scow bottom From the end of the conduit BRICK CONDUIT an iron pipe 12 inches in diameter ex- GATE HOUSE tends to the main supply pipe with which it will be connected as soon as the res- ervoir is filled so as to fill the filter and . wash it out. The water running through the filter now is clear and colorless. The excavation and filling for the filter were done under the direction of Mr. S. E. Kimball, Superintendent of Highways. The Commissioners desire to express their satisfaction with the energy and efficiency with which the work was con- WELL HOUSE ducted. The filtering gallery is a sub- stantial piece of masonry which, it is QGATE hoped, will be permanently serviceable to the town. A natural filter, situated as this is, by the side of an artificial reser- IRON PIPE voir, may in time become clogged. Most filters are situated by the side of natural bodies of water, generally running streams, the spring freshets in which are supposed to wash away the sediment and to prevent clogging. This condition can be imitated to a cer- tain extent, in our case, by keeping the waste gate open whenever the water is running over the waste weir. Should clogging ever 5


66


REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.


occur it would not be difficult to remove the sediment and renew the filter.


The amount of water supplied by the filter is many times greater than what the town is using for domestic purposes. Supplying fil- tered water for irrigation is an experiment. There are no data from which to ascertain the quantity required. The time and manner of using water for irrigation make it necessary-where there is no reservoir of filtered water, to have a constant supply equal to the greatest amount used at any time, that is, that the fil- ter should give for each hour of the twenty-four a quantity equal to the greatest amount used in any hour. This the present filter will undoubtedly do for ten months of the year and probably for the other two. If at any time it should fail to do so, an ample supply for the future can be procured easily and for a small outlay, as the conduit leading from the filter is large enough to carry all the water which our present water-shed will supply and the filter is so arranged that its capacity can be increased so as to filter it all. Though the expense of such an increase of the works would have been small the Commissioners did not feel warranted in in- curring it till it should be shown to be necessary.


Taxation.


A bill for taxes on all the property which the town of Arlington holds for water purposes within the limits of the town of Lexing- ton having been received in August, the Commissioners applied to the Assessors of Lexington for an abatement of the tax, which said Assessors declined to grant. Application was then made to the County Commissioners for the abatement. This action was approved by the town at the November meeting, and the Water Commissioners were authorized to take all legal proceedings neces- sary to test the validity or legality of the assessment of the tax. The County Commissioners appointed a hearing in the case for December 23d. At that time they adjourned till the ground should be free from snow, and thus the matter rests at present.


Scrip and Interest.


The amount of Water Scrip issued up to the time of the annual town meeting was $200,000. Since then there has been issued the amount of $10,000 and the Treasurer has sold it at a premium as is shown by his report.


67


REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.


There remains the amount of $18,000 of the appropriations made this year. How soon this will be needed it is impossible to say at present The estimated income to be received from water rates for 1877 is $8,400. This not being sufficient to pay the run- ning expenses and to meet the interest on Water Scrip, an appro- priation will be needed to supply the deficiency. The sum required can be better estimated at the time of the next annual town meet- ing when a recommendation will be made ..


Uses for which water is supplied as reported by the Registrar :


Families supplied,


320


Stores and shops supplied


14


Private stables 66


35


Livery stables


2


Horse railroad stable "


1


Steam railroad depot "


1


Hand hose


132


Hotels


66


2


Churches and societies supplied


5


Town House


1


School houses


3


Hose houses


2


Private fountains


3


Irrigation


43


Cemetery


1


Savings Bank building


1


Stone crusher


66


1


Hydrants


66


96


6 12900 18900 m6/1


Stock and tools on hand as reported by the Superintendent : -


4 wrenches.


70 feet 4-inch cement lined pipe.


Two 8-inch branches.


1 hydrant jacket.


¿ barrel patent cement.


22 picks.


26 shovels.


60 pounds Manilla rope.


140 pounds 4-inch cast iron pipe.


12 yards rubber cloth.


4 hydrant caps.


7 hydrant valves.


Lot of lumber not measured.


R. L. HODGDON, GEORGE HILL, JOHN FILLEBROWN,


2 Water Commissioners.


ARLINGTON, Dec. 30, 1876.


4 35 5 7


9900 88.000


215000


2 90


WATER WORKS .- TREASURER'S REPORT.


Receipts.


Balance of cash on hand Dec. 31, 1875,


$869 43


Amount received during the year 1876, viz. :-


For water rates for 1874, $349 50


" water rates for 1875, 1,561 87


" water rates for 1876, $7,358 39


From town for use of street


hydrants for 1876, 1,000 00


8,358 39


For water rates for 1877,


-


78 42


10,348 18


Amount received of Faneuil Hall National Bank, interest on deposits, 53 23


Amount received of town, interest on loan of $2,000, 23 05


Amount received of seven persons for let- ting on water which was cut off for non- payment of rates, 14 00


Amount received for cement sold,


30


Amount received of Sandy Bolles,


10 00


Amount received of D. Cahlane, for rent of "Slocum Mill," 1,800 00


Amount received of town ( July 3), loan of April 8, 2,000 00


Amount received of town to settle claims for land damages, etc., 32,687 86


Amount received of town on account of ap- propriations for laying pipes in Teel and Henderson Streets and Lewis Ave- nue and Franklin Street, and for fenc- ing, 2,000 00


Amount carried forward, $49,806 05


69


WATER WORKS .- TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amount brought forward, $49,806 05


Amount received of town, appropriation for interest on Water Scrip,


6,000 00


$55,806 05


Expenditures.


CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT.


Paid R. W. Shattuck & Co.'s


bills, for 11 services,


$242 00


for 34 services,


544 00


for extra on services, 24 60


$810 60


R. W. Shattuck & Co., sundries,


254 94


W. C. Currier's bill on account law suits, 60 50


David Hall, bill of fencing,


11 21


Edward Storer, bill of fencing,


78 75


E. P. Cutler & Co., iron pipe,


1,073 20


Davis & Farnum Manuf'g Co., iron pipe, 68 60


J. W. Peirce, teaming pipe,


43 99


Taylor & Little, surveying,


57 00


Chas. D. Elliot, surveys relating to "Slocum Mill," 81 56


For labor digging,


250 12


Taylor & Little, location of water pipe, 5 00


H. J. Wells, legal services, 20 00


J. H. Hardy, legal services,


26 00


C. H. Taylor, surveying,


56 75


Labor of men and horses on brook around reservoir, 327 00


W. H. Richardson, blacksmith work, brook around reservoir, 5 00


N. Garmon, stonę work, brook around reservoir, 18 00


$3,248 22


Amount carried forward,


$3,248 22


70


WATER WORKS .- TREASURER'S REPORT.


$3,248 22


Amount brought forward,


Paid Claims for damages, etc., as fol- lows, viz. :- O. M. & C. F. Winship, land damage, $2,250 00


John A. Russell, land damage,


823 65


Wm. H. Slocum, land damage. and mill,


9,411 07


John H. Blodgett, land damage,


10,900 51


Henry H. Tyler, land damage, · 461 43


Lucy Gammell, land damage,


132 00


Ellen A. Stone, executrix, land damage, 550 00


Nathaniel Peirce, land damage,


400 00


Luke C. Childs, land damage,


237 50


Heirs of Eben and Nabby Peirce, land damage, 393 75


Orrin C. Harrington, land dam- age, 56 25


L. C. Redfield, administrator, A. W. Bryant and H. K.Osborn, land damage,


500 00


Jeremiah Russell, land damage,


100 00


Heirs of Charles A. Crane, land damage, 125 00


John A. P. Peirce, land damage,


150 00


Lewis P. Bartlett, "


175 00


Daniel Cahlane, damage,


950 00


O. S. Knapp, legal services, Slo- cum Mill, etc.,


250 00


C. B. Stevens, Register, record- ing deeds, 11 45


Charles D. Elliot, surveys and witness fees in Reed case, 43 89


John H. Hardy, legal services in sundry cases, 92 00


Benjamin F. Thomas, legal ser- vices in mill suits,


2,537 55


Amounts carried forward,


$30,551 05


$3,248 32


71


WATER WORKS .- TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward, $30,551 .05


$3,248 22


Paid John H. Hardy, legal services in mill suits, etc., F. W. Bacon, witness fees in mill suits, 275 00


.28-37.99 831 60


George H. Bishop, witness fees in mill suits, 190 00


Clemens Herschel, witness fees in mill suits, 283 75


George A. Kimball, witness fees in mill suits, 213 50


Charles R. McLean, witness fees in mill suits, 50 00


Edward Storer, witness fees in mill suits, 22 20


Jesse Bacon, witness fees in mill suits, 19 20


Alfred Brooks, witness fees in mill suits, 19 20


John H. Hardy, paid witness fees in mill suits, 139 10


J. H. Hartwell, paid witness fees in mill suits, 37 20


John Fillebrown, paid witness fees in mill suits, 15 00


George Hill, paid witness fees in mill suits, 16 06


William Esterbrook, expense in mill suits, 25 00


Running Expenses.


Paid R. W. Shattuck & Co., sundries,


$840 90


4 00


J. W. Peirce, labor, T. C. Shean, damage by break in pipe, 6 00


James A. Mitchell, services at Slocum Mill, 12 00


Amounts carried forward, $862 90


32,687 86


467036 1875


5733.26 5000 18.75 5217.01


$35,936 08


72


WATER WORKS. - TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward, $862 90 $35,936 08


Paid C. F. Alderman, services at Slo- cum Mill, 3 00


Premium of insurance on Slocum Mill, 50 00


Edward Storer, repairs at Slocum Mill, etc., 54 45


N. Garmon, repairs at Slocum Mill, 114 50


Shedd & Sawyer, plan of Slocum Mill, 2 00


Town of Malden, 8-inch pipe,


7 00


Chapman Valve Manuf'g Co., for repairs, 5 63


Boston Machine Co., for repairs,


8 25


Nathaniel Garmon, cutting brush at meadows, 80 00


National Meter Co., 1 meter,


25 25


George D. Tufts, painting hy- drants, 21 00


· D. F. Jones & Co., printing,


22 50


C. S. Parker, printing,


2 25


Winn's Express, expressing,


40


Church's Express, "


80


J. H. Hardy, legal services, 3 00


R. L. Hodgdon, paid for labor setting stone posts, etc., 16 50


Labor of men and horses on fil- tering gallery, 1,863 87


Labor laying pipe for filtering gallery, 66 00


Davis & Farnum Manuf'g Co.,


iron pipe for filtering gallery, 492 61


Day, Collins & Co., drain pipe for filtering gallery, 8 25


Freight on cement for filtering gallery, 7 50


Amounts carried forward,


$3,717 66


$35,936 08


73


WATER WORKS .- TREASURER'S REPORT.


Amounts brought forward, $3,717 66 $35,936 08


Paid Cook, Rymes and Co., picks and handles for filtering gallery, 50 00


R. M. Johnson, use of pump and labor for filtering gallery, 6 00


C. H. Taylor, surveying for filter- ing gallery, 20 00


R. W. Shattuck & Co., sundries for filtering gallery, 173 28


David Allen, stone work for filter- ing gallery, 97 50


Jesse Bacon, mason work for fil- tering gallery, 1,064 41


F. E. Foster & Co., lumber for filtering gallery, 42 33


James M. Chase, lumber and labor for filtering gallery, 166 14


Edward Storer, screen for filter- ing gallery, 6 00


J. W. Peirce, sundries for filter- ing gallery, 27 00


W. H. Richardson, blacksmith work for filtering gallery, 15 92


George D. Tufts, lead for filter- ing gallery, 4 32


5,390 56


Interest on Water Scrip.


Paid interest on Water Scrip, $12,600 00


Less amount received for interest ac- crued at the dates of sales of $24,000 of Water Scrip, 280 33


12,319 67


Paid expenses on claim for abatement of taxes, 27 60


R. W. Shattuck & Co., for repairing leaks in main pipe, charged to George H. Norman, 42 00 Loaned to town ( April 8), 2,000 00 Balance of cash on hand Dec. 30, 1876, 90 14


$55,806 05


74


WATER WORKS .- TREASURER'S REPORT.


Trial Balance, Water Works Books, Dec. 30, 1876.


DR.


CR. $210,965 89


Town of Arlington,


Construction,.


$211,524 26


George H. Norman,


42 00


Cash,


90 14


Interest,


35,353 68


Town appropriation for interest,


9,000 00


Water rates for 1873,


8,035 83


355.05


66


1874,


7,891 66


66


" 1875,


7,581 02 8/2. 87


66


" 1876,


8,393 89


66


66 66 1877,


78 42


Running expenses,


6,960 07


Sundry receipts,


2,051 04


Taxes,


27 60


$253,997 75 $253,997 75


ARLINGTON, Dec. 30, 1876.


B. DELMONT LOCKE, Treasurer.


75


RULES OF WATER WORKS.


Sections 15 and 16 of Rules of Water Works.


SECT. 15. The following rates shall be charged annually for the use of the water, namely :-


DWELLING HOUSES.


Occupied by one family, for the first faucet, $5 00


For each additional faucet to be used by the same family, 2 00


Where a house is occupied by more than one family, and less than four, one faucet only being used for all, for each family, 4 00


Where a house is occupied by four or more families, and but one faucet is used by all, for each family, 3 50


Where a house is occupied by more than one family, the highest rates will be charged for each family having the water carried into their part of the house.


For the first bath-tub,


5 00


For each additional bath-tub, 3 00


For the first water-closet,


5 00


For each additional water-closet,


3 00


For hopper water-closets, special rates will be made.


Where bath-tubs or water-closets are used by more than one family, for each family, 4 00


Where two faucets are used, one for hot and one for cold water, and both emptying into one basin, but one charge will be made for both ; provided, that in no case shall the charge for the use of water by a pri- vate family, exclusive of hose and stable, be more than


25 00


BOARDING HOUSES.


For the first faucet,


$10 00


Each additional faucet, 2 00


Water-closet or bath-tub, when used by boarders, 10 00


Each additional bath-tub or water-closet,


3 00


STORES, OFFICES, WAREHOUSES, ETC., NOT INCLUDING MANU-


FACTORIES OR WORKSHOPS.


First faucet,


$5 00


When two or more tenants are supplied from the same faucet, each 4 00


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RULES OF WATER WORKS.


Water-closet used by occupants of one tenement only, $5 00 When used by occupants of more than one tenement, for each tenant, 4 00


For each additional faucet or water-closet, half of above rates will be charged.


MARKETS, SALOONS, RESTAURANTS, WORKSHOPS.


For markets, saloons, restaurants, workshops, or for pur- poses not included in any other classification, and not requiring more than an ordinary supply of water $5 to $25


HOTELS.


For each bed for boarders and lodgers, $3 00


For each bath-tub in a hotel, 10 00




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