Town of Arlington annual report 1892-1894, Part 13

Author: Arlington (Mass.)
Publication date: 1892-1894
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Neelans, Henry W. .


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4620 ft. lots 414, 415


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Reardon, Dennis A. .


23100 ft. lots 250, 252, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249 .


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NAMES.


Description of Real Estate.


Total Real Estate.


Total Tax.


Smallman, John W. .


4620 ft. lots 88, 89


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Smith, Ellen


4620 ft. lots 56, 57 . .


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Smith, Henry ·


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Smith, Katie


2310 ft. lot 53


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Smith, Stephen W. .


2310 ft. lot 101


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Somes, George


11550 ft. lots 229, 265, 266, 268, 269


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Spear, Alonzo .


4360 ft. lots 215, 216 $40, 16170 ft. lots 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260 $120 ·


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Stanley, Robert L. .


6930 ft. lots 86, 87 .


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Taylor, Christina


2310 ft. lot 59


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Thompson, Mary N. .


9240 ft. lots 123, 124, 125, 126


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Thompson, T. H.


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Umbehend, Jacob


6930 ft. lots 150, 151, 152


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Vossohlik, Charles A.


4620 ft. lots 270, 271


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Vossohlik, Josephine B. .


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Welsh, Robert


4800 ft. lots 22, 23, 24


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LAND AT ARLINGTON HEIGHTS.


NAMES.


Description of Real Estate.


Total Real Estate.


Total Tax .


Abbott, Ira A., and John B. Nichols


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House $2800, 7665 ft. Dorchester av. $268, 35966 ft. sec. B block 2 lots 1, 14, 6747 ft. of 11, $109, 44372 ft. sec. B block 3 lots 11, 14, 17, 4830 ft. of 10 $444, 28703 ft. sec. D block 10 lot 1, 8506 ft. of 8, 3501 ft. of 2, 4223 ft. of 16 $72, 174532 ft. sec. E block 2 lots 4, 5, 6, 8 to 22 inclusive, 9643 ft of 23 $873, 123085 ft. sec. D block 9 lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 4855 ft. of 8, 766 ft. of 11, 6688 ft. of 12 $61, 244095 ft. sec. E block 1 lots 1, 12, 2 to 25 inclusive $800 .


$5,427


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Amsden, Henry F. and Joel F.


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1,265


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Arlington Heights Land Co.


12943 ft. sec. B block 6 lot 4 $582, 12000 ft. sec. B block 7 lot 3 $420, 10500 ft. sec. B block 7 lot 10 $263 . · 12173 ft. sec B block 5 lot 18 $300, 11918 ft. sec. C block 7 lot 2 $358, 4503 ft. sec. B block 2 part of lot 11 $135, 1065 ft. sec. B block 5 lot 16 $27, 2000 ft. sec. B block 5 lot 17 $50 22075 ft. sec. C block 6 lots 15, 16 .


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22500 ft. sec. B block 8 lots 14, 15


675


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Bartlett, Ida E.


21926 ft. sec. B block 4 lots 16, 17


174


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21176 ft. sec. C'block 7 lots 16, 17


529


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Bates, Henry W., and Chester H. Whitten Bayley, Job F. .


20400 ft. sec. C block 4 lots 5, 6


102


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Bent, A. Allen


8763 ft. sec. A block 6 lot 3


264


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Berry, George F.


10200 ft. sec. C block 5 lot 12


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Besarick, John H. .


10860 ft. sec. A block 3 lot 5 .


272


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Blinn, Harriet E.


8742 ft. sec. C block 3 lot 4


219


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Botsford, Charles B.


21000 ft. sec. B block 8 lots 8, 9


735


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Breck, Charles .


10713 ft. sec. A block 6 lot 4 $321, 10500 ft. sec. B block 2 lot 5 $315


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Briggs, Albert H.


10200 ft. sec. C block 1 lot 9 $51, 9375 ft. sec. D block 2 lot 10 $47 ·


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Burgess, Caroline M.


Campbell, Thomas S. Clark, Cyrus F., and John J. McNutt


10257 ft. sec. C block 2 lot 4 . Sec. B block 1 lot 9 $485, 11670 ft. sec. A block 3 lot 10 $117, 7500 ft. sec. A block 4 lot 2 $225, 11672 ft. sec. A block 7 lot 1 $88, 21750 ft. sec. B block 2 lots 6, 13 $435, 10875 ft. sec. B block 4 lot 11 $81, 10549 ft. sec. B block 5 lot 2 $290, 20344 ft. sec. B block 6 lots 15, 16 $610, 24009 ft. sec. A block 1 lots 9, 10, 16 $240, 113011 ft. sec. A block 2 lots 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18 $1130, 33610 ft. sec. A block 3, lots 6, 7, 8 $336, 28777 ft. sec. A block 4 lots 7, 8, 14 $647, 45286 ft. sec. A block 5 lots 4, 5, 8, 9 $2048, 11501 ft. sec. A block 6 lot 5 $345, 136075 ft. sec. A block 7 lots 3, 5 to 18 inclusive $680, 133125 ft. sec. A block 8 lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18 $666, 145549 ft. sec. A block 9 lots 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 $728, 56236 ft. sec. A block 10 lots 3, 6, 11, 12, 14, $1125, 50186 ft. sec. A block 5 $2207, 84679 ft. sec. A block 9 lot 10 $424, 108721 ft. Vine st. $2446, 90350 ft. Appleton st. $2259, 9750 ft. sec. A block 8 lot 13 $390 .


Clark, David O.


15400 ft. sec. B block 7 lot 9 $347, 12740 ft. sec. B block 7 lot 1 $382, 12000 ft. sec. B block 7 lot 2 $360


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Coburn, heirs of Abner


. 12401 ft. sec. C block 7 lot 14 $372, 10601 ft. sec. C block i lot 5 $318 .


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Cook, Henry A.


11644 ft. sec. A block 8 lot 14 $349, 10227 ft. sec. A block 7 lot 14 $51 .


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10257 ft. sec. C block 2 lot 5 $154, 11200 ft. sec. A block 6 lot 13 $504, 15000 ft. Crescent Hill $225 10500 ft. sec. B block 2 lot 2 . .


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Crane, John P.


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Davidson, William E.


26192 ft. sec. B block 2 lots 9, 10


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Davis, Joseph C.


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Dorchester, Daniel, Jr. .


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Dow, Charles F. ·


12401 ft. sec. C block 17 lot 15


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Description of Real Estate.


Total Real Estate.


Total Tax.


Downing, Lewis, Jr.


22876 ft. sec. B block 17 lots 15, 16


$686


$11 87


Earle, James H.


10900 ft. sec. A block 6 lot 9


327


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Eaton, Clark H. J.


12644 ft. sec. A block 5 lot 7 .


693


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Eddy, Darius .


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Emery, Thomas J.


11250 ft. sec. B block 9 lot 15


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Estabrook, O. D. ·


8742 ft. sec. C block 3 lot 5 .


262


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Fairbanks, Frances M.


21638 ft. sec. B block 5 lots 5, 8


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594


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Fairbanks, Moses


7200 ft. sec. A block 2 lot 4 .


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Gannett, Joseph H.


11250 ft. sec. C block 3 lot 1 $595, 9187 ft. sec. A block 9 lot 10


641


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Graydon, Sarah A. G.


16296 ft. Oakland av.


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Hammett, William F.


11250 ft. sec. B block 9 lot 7 $366, 7500 ft. sec. A block 4 lot 2 $263


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Hanson, Charles V. . .


10721 ft. sec. C block 2 lot 1 .


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Kahurl, heirs of Reuben . Knowles, J. A. .


10500 ft. sec. B block 8 lot 4


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Leonard, Laura A. .


11250 ft. sec. B block 2 lot 15


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Lincoln, Jennie W. . ·


20250 ft. sec. C block 6 lot 1 .


607


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Lovett, H. Augusta


9187 ft. sec. A block 9 lot 11 .


138


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Lowry, Sarah, and Annie J.


8640 ft. sec. A block 7 lot 2 $130, 14643 ft. sec. A block 6 lot 18 $805


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21554 ft. sec A block 3 lots 13, 14 .


Loud, John J., assignee .


30340 ft. sec. C block 4 lots 7, 8, 16 $228, 12909 ft sec. A block 6 lot 16 $710, 8964 ft. sec. A block 4 lot 6 $179, 10865 ft. sec. B block 2 lot 8 $325, 23366 ft. sec. B block 9 lots 1, 2 $876, 12000 ft. sec. C block 7 lot 1 $450, 9381 ft. sec. A block 3 lot 9 $141, 11052 ft. sec. B block 3 lot 1 $331, 9313 ft. sec. A block 1 lot 15 $140, 12286 ft. sec. A block 6 lot 15 $677, 10500 ft. sec. B block 7 lot 13 $341 .


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Macdonald, William L. :


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15417 ft. sec. B block 2 lot 16 $501, 10060 ft. sec. B block 3 lot 2 $201 .


702


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Mackenzie, Lydia :


11375 ft. sec. A block 8 lot 9 . .


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Mackintosh, William


23136 ft. sec. B block 4 lots 4, 5


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Mason, Lewis .


21846 ft. sec. B block 5 lots 13, 14


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Mayo, Caroline


10500 ft. sec. B block 2 lot 3 .


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McNutt, John J.


19500 ft. sec. A block 8 lots 10, 11


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Mitchell, Seth K.


9463 ft. sec. A block 9 lot 6


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Nixon, James .


22632 ft. sec. C block 6 lots 12, 13 $340, 21926 ft. sec. B block 4 lots 13, 14 $164


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Paul, Joseph F.


24369 ft. sec. C block 10 lots 10, 11 $609, 36785 ft. sec. C block 10 lots 4, 5, 6 $552 ·


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Pearson, J. H. S.


10500 ft. sec. B block 7 lot 12


341


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Peters, C. J., Jr.


22500 ft. sec. B block 3 lots 15, 16 .


281


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·· Pinkham, Ellen J.


21700 ft. sec. C block 10 lots 8, 9


597


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Piper, Edwin


21000 ft. sec. B block 1 lots 10, 11 .


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Piper, Joseph .


16018 ft. sec. A block 9 lot 25 .


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21000 ft. sec. B block 1 lots 13, 14 .


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Pride, Charlotte R., et al.


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25108 ft. sec. C block 7 lots 11, 12 $716, 24986 ft. sec. B block 6 lots 6, 7 $1312


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Rawson, William M.


10798 ft. sec. A block 4 lot 17 $540, 12335 ft. sec. A block 4 lot 16 $617


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9199 ft. sec. A ·block 6 lot 22 $391, 4283 ft. sec. A block 6 part of lot 21 $182 11016 ft. sec. C block 3 lot 2 $358, 10227 ft. sec. A block 7 lot 4 $128 ·


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Sargent, Edward P. .


23195 ft. sec. A block 9 lots 3, 4


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11859 ft. sec. C block 6 lot 10 $119, 10179 ft. sec. B block 6 lot . 11 $330, 11200 ft. sec. C block 6 lot 3 $308- .


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11697 ft. sec. A block S lot 1 $59, 20400 ft .- sec. 4 $102.


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Spencer, Lillian L.


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Stedman, George H.


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Stevens, Frank E. .


6542 ft. sec. A block 6 lot 2 .


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Strout, Charles O.


7687 ft. sec. A block 1 lot 2 $269, 10179 ft. sec. B block 6 lot , 11 $281, 4044 ft. sec. A block 1 lot 3 $142 .


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20344 ft. sec. B block 6 lots. 13, 14


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White, James E.


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STATISTICS


TOWN OF 'ARLINGTON. 4. OF THE


MAY 1, 1892.


Valuation of Real Estate, $5,136,485 00


66 " Personal Estate, 874,271 00


Amount " Town Grant, 107,122 95


State Tax,


4,567 50


" County Tax,


5,099 73


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" Sewer Tax,


597 89


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" Overlayings,


370 01


Number of Polls, 1636, at $2 each,


3,272 00


Rate of Taxation on $1000,


17 30


Number of persons paying a tax on property,


1,316


Number of persons paying a Poll Tax only,


1,179


Total number of tax-payers,


2,495


60 dwelling-houses,


1,015


66 66 horses,


573


66 66 cows, 245


Increase in number of dwelling-houses since May


1,1891, 31


Population of Arlington, 1890, 5,629


WARREN RAWSON, Assessors GEORGE W. AUSTIN, of


LEANDER D. BRADLEY, Arlington.


ARLINGTON, May 1, 1892.


INDEX.


PAGE


Almshouse


13, 23


Assessors' Report (Supplement).


Auditors' Report


107


Cemeteries


28,90


Chief Engineer's Report


111


Coal


13


Counsel Fees


28


Dedication of Library Build-


ing


45, 114


Discounts and Abatements


29


Drinking Fountains


30


Farmer, Elbridge Fund


86


Fire Department


30,111


Health Department


47


High School House


45


Highways and Bridges .


7, 15


Incidentals


32


Insurance


35


Interest


36


Jurors


155


Library .


37,114


Catalogue New Books


121


Memorial Day


37


Police


40,108


Poor out of Almshouse


25


Pratt Fund .


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Public Property .


57


Robbins Fund


90


Russell, M. M. W. Funds .


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Salaries


41


School Committee's Report


136


School Expense


48


Selectmen's Report


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Sinking Fund


41, 82


Soldiers' Monument Fund . .


90


State Aid .


43


Statistics of Town (Supplement).


Street Hydrants


41


Street Lamps .


14, 41


Supt. of Schools' Report


141


Tabular Statement, Appropri-


ations, etc.


54


Tax List (Supplement).


Telephones .


44


Town Clerk's Report


78


Town Debt


60


Town House


13, 44


Town Officers


3


Treasurer's Account


62


Treasurer's Report


15,97


Trial Balance .


56


Unexpended Balance, etc. .


59


Water Commissioners' Report


92


Water Works,


Regulations


and Rates


104


Water Works, Treasurer's Re-


port


97


Watering Streets


12


Water Investigation


46


REPORT


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TOWN OF ARLINGTON


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Committee on Water Supply


APPOINTED AT TOWN MEETING, HELD JANUARY 26, 1892.


FEBRUARY


21,


1893.


BOSTON : PRESS OF ROBINSON PRINTING COMPANY, 91 Oliver Street.


REPORT.


To the Citizens of Arlington :


Your committee appointed at a town meeting, January 26, 1892, to examine and report on the best means of in- creasing and improving the water supply for the whole town, submit the following report :-


The committee organized at once and examined the plans and records of the existing works and other pub- lished matter bearing upon the subject.


Then we employed Mr. M. M. Tidd, a civil engineer who is an authority on water-works, to go over the present works and source of supply with the committee. His report is annexed.


Acting upon his advice, we had a survey made of the present reservoir and a calculation made of the amount of excavation required to deepen the larger part so that it would be ten feet deep in all places when the reservoir is full, using the material excavated to fill a small part where there is now very little water at any time. This would reduce the area of the reservoir but would increase the storage capacity. The amount of excavation required to do this is 49,500 cubic yards, and there would still remain a very large volume of mud or peat in the bottom of the reservoir, which would be very objectionable.


We had a number of pipe wells driven in the following localities, namely : four in Reed's Meadow, above the res- ervoir ; four in the Great Meadows, a short distance above the outlet, and one at the Henderson Farm at Arlington Heights.


Mr. B. F. Smith, who drove the wells, reported that in his opinion the Great Meadows was the place to obtain the supply we required, and expressed the opinion that a million or more gallons per day could be obtained there.


Acting upon this the committee decided to make further examination of the Great Meadows.


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REPORT OF


We appointed a sub committee to purchase the necessary apparatus and conduct the work. They purchased the necessary tools and had twenty-four pipe wells driven at and near the shore of the Great Meadows just east of the East Lexington R. R. station.


The first seven, which were located farthest from the R. R. station went through fine sand and very little water could be obtained from them ; but the remaining seventeen penetrated through the sand into a layer of coarse gravel, which allowed the water to flow freely to the pipes, and an average of thirty-five gallons per minute was pumped from each well by the hand pump and also when they were con- nected together and a steam pump used.


The steam pump was run continuously from November 14 to November 21 and from November 26 to December 3, 1892.


Samples of the water were taken at various times and sent to the State Board of Health for examination and analysis and the result of these analyses are herewith sub- mitted.


On December 24, 1892, an application was made to the State Board of Health, under the provisions of Chapter 375 of the Acts of 1888, stating what the committee had done and asking their advice in the matter.


Their engineer, Mr. F. P. Stearns, made two visits to the Meadows and the water shed surrounding them and carefully examined the plans and reports in possession of the town, and on February 10, 1893, the report was received from the State Board of Health and is hereto annexed.


While the examination of the present source of supply was being made, the committee looked around to see if there was any other source which would be available and a visit was made to Meade's Pond near the boundary between Waltham and Lexington, but it was found to be totally un- fit for use as a water supply. Other sources were recom- mended to the committee, but they were found to be too distant and too low to be available. Visits were also made by members of the committee to the Winchester works, the Malden supplementary works, and the Newton works. In these visits much information was obtained in regard to details, but the conditions in Arlington are such that the methods which are used in other places cannot be directly applied.


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COMMITTEE ON WATER SUPPLY.


In carrying out their examinations the committee have expended $1980.87 of the $2000 appropriated, and now have on hand a well driving outfit and sufficient pipe, in addition to what is connected with the wells driven in the Great Meadows, to drive about nine more wells.


The expenditures are as follows :-


Paid W. F. Learned, for plan of reservoir, $ 60 00


M. M. Tidd, engineering services, 50 00


B. F. Smith & Bro., driving wells, 263 63


Michael Kelly, digging well at Arlington Heights, 25 00


Smith & Winchester, pipes, tools, etc., and rent of pump, 835 56


F. E. Foster & Co., lumber, 40 56


R. W. Shattuck, gas pipe and tumblers, I 8I


S. Stickney, fixtures,


14 58


F. W. Hodgdon, record book, etc.,


2 2I


E. J. Sweeney, expressing,


30 25


Thos. Roden, R. R. fares and oil,


2 94


C. Andrews, wagon, 2 50


Pierce & Winn Co., coal,


51 03


Arlington Water Commissioners, labor,


587 30


Daniel Sullivan, labor,


7 20


Jas. Donahue, labor,


2 60


P. T. Hendricks, for leather, I 20


Geo. D. Tufts, for white lead,


2 50


$1,980 87


Notwithstanding all that is said in the foregoing report, important questions remain to be considered, viewed both from its financial and beneficial aspect.


Your committee believe that the experiments and exam- inations should be continued, and that the committee should employ a competent engineer familiar with the subject to direct and have general supervision of the work, and unless other locations are found better adapted to furnish the sup- ply of water desired the committee recommends that the pumping and examination of the wells already driven near the East Lexington R.R. station be continued.


The committee recommends that an additional appropria- tion of $2000 be made to continue the examinations, as they believe that in this way the necessary knowledge can


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be obtained more quickly, and at less expense than in any other.


The committee has not as yet had any plans or estimates made for extending the distribution pipes to the higher parts of the town for the reason that as yet a satisfactory supply of water has not been found.


The committee also recommends that the Town instruct the Water Commissioners to have the amount of water which the town is now using measured daily, as that is an important fact which we should know before planning addi_ tional works.


All of which is respectfully submitted.


A. D. HOITT, WARREN RAWSON,


S. E. KIMBALL, GEO. P. WINN, JOHN T. WHITE,


EDWARD J. BUTLER,


FRANK W. HODGDON.


Arlington, February 21, 1893.


REPORT OF MR. M. M. TIDD.


To A. D. Hoitt, Esq., Chairman Committee on Water Supply for the Town of Arlington, Mass.


Dear Sir,-At your request I visited the Arlington Water Works on February 10, and examined the reservoir, the filter well, and portions of the water shed immediately above them, with a view to suggesting changes for the improvement of the quality of the water. I found the water in the reservoir slightly colored, but sweet to the taste and smell. I should pronounce it good at the present time, but of course it is clear to be seen that when it becomes heated by the summer sun, it will probably become bad, as it is stored in a reservoir which has a considerable shallow flowage.


As a remedy I would suggest the excavation of the mud in the bottom, and also the gravel and earth in some of the shallow portions to the depth of 8 feet, and the gravel excavated used to fill other shallow parts, in order that the


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average depth may be increased. The expense of doing that can be easily ascertained by making a cross-section plan of it.


I was very much surprised at the condition in which I found the water in the filter gallery. It was thick, murky, and had many clots of decaying vegetable matter. It had much the appearance of sewage. It is certainly unfit for domestic uses. I would suggest that the filter be drained at once, and a careful examination made to ascer- tain the source of the difficulty, and in the mean time, sup- ply the town direct from the reservoir, the water of which is now in good condition comparatively. The filter should be thoroughly cleaned and the entire pipe system flushed out. I would further suggest that the brook which now drains the farm house and barn yard on the north side of the reservoir directly into it, be diverted and taken around the east side into the stream below the filter ; also that the conduit which now leads the drainage from the Reed house directly into the stream which supplies the reservoir be diverted around the east side into the pipe above men- tioned for the diversion of the one entering the north side. This can easily be done.


If your principal supply is to be taken from the large swamp area, as has been done up to the present time, you can hardly expect very good water, as it is stored in a locality filled with peat and vegetable decomposition.


It is, however, possible, that good water may be found underneath those meadows, provided the conditions there are favorable. If there is a strata of loose water gravel or of coarse sand of sufficient extent to contain a sufficient quantity, then the supply may be obtained from those points. In order to ascertain if it can be obtained there, I would suggest the driving of test wells in the vicinity of the springs on the Reed farm ; also at various points in the " Great Meadows."


I do not wish to be understood as favoring a subterranean source of supply generally in preference to a visible one. On the contrary, I very much prefer the latter, but there are many cases where a visible supply is not practical for various reasons, and your case seems now to belong to that class.


As your works are at present arranged, there seems to


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be no means of knowing how much water is used at any season of the year. It seems to me that some means of measuring the water should be provided, and would there -. fore suggest that a pressure gauge be provided which can be applied to the main pipe, either on hydrant or other convenient connection, at a point as far as possible below the gate house of the reservoir, and still not below any considerable amount of consumption. Then by knowing the height of water in the reservoir and the height of the gauge, you will have the pressure due to the static head. Then the difference between the static pressure and that given on the gauge, will be the loss due to friction. Having the length and diameter of the pipe, and the loss of head by friction, the amount of flow is easily computed.


I observed in your office a plan of the lots of land which were purchased by the town, and which constitute the Great Meadows. This plan must originally have been an expensive one, but it is now in nearly a state of ruin. It is a valuable plan and can be copied now at a very small expense, and preserved for future reference. I would suggest that it be copied before the ruin is complete.


Respectfully yours,


M. M. TIDD.


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