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Pool, Maria L. Friendship and folly 7471.11
Poorsen-Schwartz, J. van der (Maarten Maartens). Her memory 8246.4
Pugh, Edwin. Tony Drum, a Cockney boy 7572.1
Ray, Anna C. * Teddy: her book. 7748.1
Rayner, Emma. In castle and colony .
77501.2
Richards, Laura E. * Hildegarde's harvest. Sequel to Hildegarde's neighbors 7868.18
* Hildegarde's neighbors.
7868.16
7868.17
* Margaret Montfort. Sequel to Three Margarets. . Richardson, Abby S. Stories from old English poetry 7870.1
Ridge, W. Pett. By order of the magistrate. 7893.1
Rivers, Geo. R. R. Count's snuff-box. 7993.2
Rogers, Anna A. Sweethearts and wives. Stories of
life in the navy . 7969.1
192
BOOKS IN ROBBINS LIBRARY.
Rohlfs, Anna K. G. Agatha Webb. 7973.8
Sanford, M. Bourchier. Romance of a Jesuit mission . 8158.1
Saunders, Marshall. * Beautiful Joe 8173.2
Rose à Charlitte. 8173.1
Scott, Hugh S. (Henry Seton Merriman.) Dross. .
6642.9
Flotsam. Study of a life 6642.10
Prisoners and captives.
6642.11
Roden's corner.
6642.7
Suspense
6642.12
Young Mistley 6642.8
Scott, Sir Walter and others. Nuovotesoro di scherzos, etc. Estratti dalle opére. (Italian.). 1053.20
Seawell, Molly E. Sprightly romance of Marsac ...
8289.5
Shaw, G. Bernard. Cashel Byron's profession . . ..
8359.1
Sherwood, Margaret P. (Elizabeth Hastings.) Ex-
periment in altruism . 8400.1
Henry Worthington, idealist.
8400.3.
Puritan Bohemia. . 8400.2
Sherwood, Mary E. W. Transplanted Rose .
8401.1
Slosson, Annie T. Dumb foxglove, and other stories.
8468.2
Smith, F. Hopkinson. Gentleman vagabond and some others
8486.5
Other fellow
8486.6
Smith, Mary P. W. (P. Thorne.) *Young puritans in King Philip's war.
8505.8
8619.4
Spofford, Harriet E. P. * Hester Stanley at St. Marks *Hester Stanley's friends. Sequel to Hester Stanley at St. Marks.
8619.5
Steel, Flora A. Potter's thumb.
8693.3
Taylor, Mary I. House of the wizard . 8951.3
Thomas, Reuen. * Kinship of souls. 9021.1
Todd, Margaret G. (Graham Travers.) Windyhaugh 9118.2
193
BOOKS IN ROBBINS LIBRARY.
Tomlinson, Everett T. *Boys of old Monmouth. Story of Washington's campaign in New Jersey in 1778
9089.13
*Boys with Old Hickory. (War of 1812 series.) ... 9089.6
*Jersey boy in the revolution . 9089.14
*Two young patriots. (War of the revolution ser- ies.) 9089.10
*Ward Hill at Weston.
9089.12
*Ward Hill-the senior 9089.11
Tracy, Louis. Final war.
9109.1
Train, Elizabeth P. Madam of the ivies 9117.4
Queen of hearts. 9117.3
Trowbridge, John T. * Two Biddicut boys 9144.218
Tucker, Geo. F. Mildred Marville. 9160.2
Tuttiett, Mary G. (Maxwell Grey.) House of hidden treasure 9174.8
Underwood, Mary L. American mother, and other stories 9238.1
Valera, Don Juan. Pepita Jiménez. (Spanish.) . 93041.1
Valin, Elisabeth. Les chansons de Rogère. 93051.1
Van Dyke, Henry J., Jr. D.D. Story of the other wise man.
9314.1
Viaud, Louis M. J. (Pierre Loti.) Madame Chrys- anthème 9353.4
Walworth, Jeannette H. Fortune's tangled skein. . .
9440.4
Warner, Chas. D. That fortune.
9461.5
Watson, Henry B. M. Adventurers
9487.1
Heart of Miranda, and other stories
9487.2
Watson, John M. (Ian Maclaren.) Afterwards, and other stories 9488.4
Watterson, Henry, ed. Oddities in Southern life and character 1055.6
Wells, H. G. When the sleeper wakes 95221.1
194
BOOKS IN ROBBINS LIBRARY.
Westcott, Edward N. David Harum. 9546.1
Weyman, Stanley J. Castle Inn. 9549.9
Story of Francis Cludde. 9549.10
Wharton, Edith. Greater inclination
9550.1
White, Hervey. Differences
9573.1
Whiteing, Rich'd. No. 5 John street
9582.1
Whitney, Adeline D. T. Square pegs.
9595.17
Wildenbruch, Ernst von. Noble blood.
(Also) A
West Point parallel, by Capt. Chas. King ... 96151.1 Wildman, Rounsevelle. Tales of the Malayan coast. 9618.1 Wilkins, Mary E. The Jamesons 9624.10
Silence and other stories. 9624.9
Wright, Mabel O. * Wabeno the magician. Sequel to "Tommy-Anne and the Three Hearts" .... 9782.2
Yechton, Barbara. A lovable crank. Sequel to We ten 9836.2
*We ten 9836.1
FICTION-TITLES.
Al' Américaine. P. Huguenin . 52301.1 Adventurer of the North. Sequel to Pierre and his
people. G. Parker.
7244.7
Adventurers. H. B. M. Watson.
9487.1
Adventures of François. S. W. Mitchell. 6784.7
Afterwards and other stories. J. M. Watson
9488.4 Agatha Webb. A. K. G. Rohlfs.
7973.8 Amateur cracksman. E. W. Hornung
5144.1
American mother, and other stories. M. L. Under-
wood 9238.1
Archbishop's unguarded moment, and other stories. O. F. Adams. 1200.1 Arius the Libyan. 1125.2
195
BOOKS IN ROBBINS LIBRARY.
Auld Licht idylls. J. M. Barrie. 1712.6
Awkward age. H. James, Jr. 5435.26
Aylwin. T. W .- Dunton. 3574.1
Battle of the strong. G. Parker 7244.6
Beatrice. H. R. Haggard. 4522.5
*Beautiful Joe. M. Saunders. 8173.2
Belisario. J. F. Marmontel.
6428.1
*Belle. Author of Miss Toosey's mission 1126.7
Black Douglas. S. R. Crockett.
3118.15
Blue pavilions. A. T. Q. Couch.
3046.3
Bob, son of Battle. A. Ollivant.
7144.1
Book for a corner. 2 v. Ed. by L. Hunt.
1056.1
*Boys of old Monmouth. E. T. Tomlinson.
9089.13 °
*Boys with Old Hickory. (War of 1812 series.) E. T. Tomlinson. . 9089.6
Brown, V. C. A. F. Hector
4799.9
By order of the magistrate. W. P. Ridge 7893.1
Cashel Byron's profession. G. B. Shaw
8359.1
Castle Inn. S. J. Weyman. .
9549.9
Catacumbas de Napoles. (Spanish.) V. Moreno de la Tejera. . 68701.1
Celebrity. W. Churchill. 2773.2
Cendrillonnette. (French.) P. Maël 63361.1
Chansons de Rogere. E. Valin
93051.1
Children of the mist. E. Phillpotts
7381.1
Children of the sea. J. Conrad.
2966.3
*Christine's career. P. King
5696.1
Chronicles of Aunt Minervy Ann. J. C. Harris 4646.9
City of refuge. W. Besant. 1871.18
Concerning Isabel Carnaby. E. T. Fowler 3988.2
Consuelo. (French.) 3 v. A. L. A. Dudevant. . . 3549.15
Cost of her pride. A. F. Hector. 4799.8
Count's snuff-box. G. R. R. Rivers 7993.2
196
BOOKS IN ROBBINS LIBRARY.
Creel of Irish stories. J. Barlow 1701.2
David Harum. E. N. Westcott. 9546.1
Days of Jeanne d'Arc. M. H. Catherwood 2545.9
Day's work. (Stories.) R. Kipling.
5722.10
Dead men tell no tales. E. W. Hornung
5144.2
Descendant. E. Glasgow.
4272.1
Diana Victrix. F. Converse.
2969.1
Differences. H. White ..
9573.1
Double thread. E. T. Fowler
3988.1
Dream days. K. Grahame
4355.2
Dross. H. S. Scott. 6642.9
Duenna of a genius. Mrs. M. E. S. Blundell. 1992.1
Duet. A. C. Doyle.
3486.17
Dumb foxglove, and other stories. A. T. Slosson
8468.2
*Echoes from the gun of 1861.
1129.3
Elizabeth and her German garden. 1129.4
Embarrassments. (Stories.) H. James, Jr.
5435.25
Enchanted type-writer. J. K. Bangs
1683.7
Evelyn Innes. G. Moore.
6860.1
Experiment in altruism. M. P. Sherwood
8400.1
Experimental wooing. T. Hall.
4555.1
Extractos de los mas cèlebres escritores y poetas
Espanoles. (Spanish.) .. 1057.2
Eye of a god, and other tales. W. A. Fraser 4024.1
Fabius the Roman. E. F. Burr 2353.1
Final war. L. Tracy.
9109.1
Floresta Espanola. (Spanish.) 1057.3
Flotsam. H. S. Scott. 6642.10
For love of country. C. T. Brady 2125.1
For pity's sake. S. N. Carter 2534.1
Forest lovers. M. Hewlett. 4901.1
Fortune's tangled skein. J. H. Walworth 9440.4
Fowler. B. Harraden 4640.5
197
BOOKS IN ROBBINS LIBRARY.
Friendship and folly. M. L. Pool. 7471.11
Garrison tangle. C. King. 5681.24
Gentleman vagabond, and some others. F. H. Smith. 8486.5
Gloria mundi. H. Frederic 4027.7
Gloria victis. J. A. Mitchell. 6781.4
God in the car. A. H. Hawkins 4708.10
Good Americans. C. C. Harrison
4656.11
Grande marniere. G. Ohnet.
7131.3
Great love. C. L. Burnham
2345.11
Greater inclination. E. Wharton
9550.1
Guavas the tinner. S. B .- Gould.
1694.3
He, she and they. A. Lee.
59181.1
Heart of Miranda, and other stories. H. B. M. Watson 9487.2
Henry Worthington, idealist. M. P. Sherwood. .
8400.3
Her memory. J. van der Poorsen-Schwartz. 8246.4
*Hester Stanley at St. Marks. H. E. P. Spofford ....
8619.4
*Hester Stanley's friends. Sequel to Hester Stanley at St. Mark's. H. E. P. Spofford . 8619.5
Hilda. S. J. D. Cotes. 3564.5
*Hildegarde's harvest. Sequel to Hildegarde's neigh- bors. L. E. Richards . 7868.18
*Hildegarde's neighbors. L. E. Richards 7868.16
Hope the hermit. A. E. Bayly .
1760.10
House of hidden treasure. M. G. Tuttiett
9174.8
House of the wizard. M. I. Taylor
8951.3
I, thou, and the other one. A. E. Barr
1709.24
Idols. W. J. Locke. 6064.1
In a North Country village. (Stories.) Mrs. M. E. S. Blundell 1992.2
In castle and colony. E. Rayner 77501.2
In "God's country." D. Higbee. 4910.1
In the cage. H. James, Jr. . 5435.23
In the midst of life. A. Bierce 1890.1
198
BOOKS IN ROBBINS LIBRARY.
In the Sargasso sea. T. A. Janvier 5445.3
Ione March. S. R. Crockett. 3118.17
Jamesons. M. E. Wilkins. 9624.10
Janice Meredith. P. L. Ford. 3965.4
*Jersey boy in the revolution. E. T. Tomlinson. . 9089.14
Juffer Daadje et Juffer Doortje. E. Greyson 44381.1
King's Jackal. R. H. Davis.
3267.8
Kinship of souls. R. Thomas.
9021.1
Kit Kennedy. S. R. Crockett.
3118.16
Kronstadt. M. Pemberton.
7312.1
*Lakerim athletic club. R. Hughes
5226.1
Lamia's winter-quarters. A. Austin. 1582.1
Life's handicap. R. Kipling. 5722.9
Lion and the unicorn, and other stories. R. H. Davis 3267.9
Literary shop, and other tales. J. L. Ford.
3964.1
Little maid of Concord town. H. M. Lothrop
6121.17
Lorraine. R. W. Chambers
2607.3
*Lost in Nicaragua. (Travel-adventure series.) H. Butterworth 2381.3
Lovable crank. Sequel to We ten. B. Yechton 9836.2
Madam of the ivies. E. P. Train.
9117.4
Madame Butterfly, and other stories. J. L. Long. .
6085.1
Madame Chrysanthème. L. M. J. Viaud. 9353.4
Man who laughs. 2 v. V. M. Hugo 5230.10
March hares. H. Frederic.
4027.8
*Margaret Montfort. Sequel to Three Margarets. L.
E. Richards 7868.17
Market-place. H. Frederic.
4027.9
Master Skylark. J. Bennett.
1845.1
*Midshipman Stuart. C. K. Munroe
6961.21
Mighty atom. M. Mackay.
3023.5
Mildred Marville. G. F. Tucker 9160.2
Minister of Carthage. C. A. Mason 6490.1
199
BOOKS IN ROBBINS LIBRARY.
Miracles of Antichrist. S. Lagerlöf. 5822.1
Mr. Dooley in peace and in war. F. P. Dunne 3569.1
Mr. Dooley in the hearts of his countrymen. F. P.
Dunne 3569.2
Mr. Tommy Dove, and other stories. M. Deland. .
3292.7
Mollie's prince. R. N. Carey
More cargoes. W. W. Jacobs 2482.9
5421.3
Mormon prophet. L. Dougall.
3474.5
*Nan in the city. Sequel to Nan at Camp Chicopee. M. S. Hamlin. 4596.2
Noble blood. E. von Wildenbrüch
96151.1
No. 5 John street. R. Whiteing
9582.1
Nuovo tesoro di scherzos, etc. Estratti dalle opére. (Italian.) W. Scott and others. 1053.20
"O du mein Oesterreich!" 3 v. L. Kirschner 5740.4
Oddities in Southern life and character. Ed. by H.
Watterson 1055.6
Old Chester tales. M. C. Deland.
3292.6
One of the pilgrims. A. Fuller
4079.4
Orange girl. W. Besant.
1871.19
Other fellow. F. H. Smith
8486.6
Outcast of the islands. J. Conrad
2966.1
*Over the Andes. H. Butterworth
2381.4
Pagans. A. Bates.
1743.5
*Pauline Wyman. R. S. Clarke
2829.214
Pedagogues. A. S. Pier
7394.1
Pepita Jiménez. (Spanish.) J. Valera
93041.1
Philistines. A. Bates. 1743.6
Pierre and his people. Tales. G. Parker
7244.5
Pierre Nozière. (French.) A. France 4004.1
Potter's thumb. F. A. Steel.
8693.3
Pretty Michal. M. Jokai.
5559.1
Pride of Jennico. A. and E. Castle 25442.1
200
BOOKS IN ROBBINS LIBRARY.
Prisoners and captives. H. S. Scott. 6642.11
Prisoners of hope. M. Johnston. 55571.1
Puritan Bohemia. M. P. Sherwood 8400.2
Puritans. A. Bates. 1743.4
Queen of hearts. E. P. Train 9117.3
Queen's cup. G. A. Henty 4856.210
Ragged lady. W. D. Howells 5180.26
Red Axe. S. R. Crockett. 3118.14
Red Rock. T. N. Page. 7215.6
Rembrandt. W. C. Larned 5876.1
Richard Carvel. W. Churchill. 2773.1
River Syndicate, and other stories.
C. E. Carryl
2527.1
Roden's corner. H. S. Scott 6642.7
Romance of a Jesuit mission. M. B. Sanford.
8158.1
Romany of the snows. Sequel to Adventurer of the North. G. Parker 7244.8
Rose à Charlitte. M. Saunders
8173.1
Saragossa. B. Pérez Galdos. 7327.3
Second thoughts of an idle fellow. J. K. Jerome. 5497.7
*Señora's granddaughters. J. P. Duggan
3556.1
Shadow of a crime. T. H. H. Caine.
2421.7
Shape of fear, and other ghostly tales. E. W. Peattie 73071.1 Sherburne girls. Sequel to Children at Sherburne House. A. M. Douglas. 3475.23
Short line war. Merwin and Webster 6643.1
Silence and other stories. M. E. Wilkins. 9624.9
*Singular creatures, and how they were found. A. J.
Cupples 3167.2
Solitary summer
1143.14
Sprightly romance of Marsac. M. E. Seawell
8289.5
Square pegs. A. D. T. Whitney
9595.17
Standard bearer. S. R. Crockett 3118.13
*Stories from famous ballads. S. J. Lippincott. .. 6014.3
BOOKS IN ROBBINS LIBRARY.
Stories from old English poetry. A. S. Richardson. . 7870.1 *Stories of the magicians. A. J. Church. 1093.264
*Stories Polly Pepper told to the five little Peppers. H. M. Lothrop 6121.18
Story of Francis Cludde. S. J. Weyman 9549.10
Story of Gösta Berling. S. Lagerlöf .. 5822.2
Story of old Fort Loudon. M. N. Murfree. 6970.9 Story of the other wise man. H. J. Van Dyke, Jr. . 9314.1
Strangers at Lisconnel. J. Barlow 1701.3
Strong hearts. G. W. Cable. 2412.8
Suspense. H. S. Scott. 6642.12
Sweet bells out of tune. C. C. Harrison
4656.10
Sweethearts and wives. A. A. Rogers
7969.1
Tales. T. Hall.
4555.2
Tales of the Malayan coast. R. Wildman 9618.1
Tales of unrest. J. Conrad. 2966.2
Taming of the jungle. C. W. Doyle. 3487.1
Tattle-tales of Cupid. P. L. Ford 3965.3
*Teddy: her book. A. C. Ray. 7748.1
Tekla. R. Barr. 17091.1
Terror. F. Gras 4371.2
That fortune. C. D. Warner
9461.5
Those Dale girls. F. W. Carruth 2526.1
Tinted Venus. T. A. Guthrie
4497.2
Tiverton tales. A. Brown.
2214.3
*Told under the cherry trees. G. Le Baron 5914.1
Tony Drum. E. Pugh. 7572.1
Town traveller. G. Gissing
4262.4
Trail of the sword. G. Parker 7244.9
Trespasser. G. Parker. 7244.10
*Two Biddicut boys. J. T. Trowbridge. 9144.218
Two magics. (Also) Turn of the screw, Covering end.
H. James, Jr. 5435.24
2
BOOKS IN ROBBINS LIBRARY.
Two standards. W. Barry . 1723.1 *Two young patriots. (War of the revolution series.) E. T. Tomlinson. 9089.10
Uncle Max. R. N. Carey.
2482.8
Unofficial patriot. H. H. Gardener.
4123.1
Unsühnbar. (German.) M. von Ebner-Eschenbach . 36151.1
Vivette. G. Burgess. 2328.1
Voyage of consolation. Sequel to American girl in London. S. J. D. Cotes. 3564.4
*Wabeno, the magician. Sequel to "Tommy-Anne and the Three Hearts." M. O. Wright.
9782.2
*Wanolasset. A. G. Plympton. 7445.6
*Ward Hill at Weston. E. T. Tomlinson 9089.12
*Ward Hill-the senior. E. T. Tomlinson 9089.11
Warrior Gap. C. King
5681.25
*We ten. B. Yechton.
9836.1
*Wee Lucy's secret. (Little Prudy's children.) R.
S. Clarke. 2829.215
West Point parallel. C. King
96151.1
West Point wooing, and other stories. C. L. Burn- ham 2345.12
When knighthood was in flower. C. Major 6362.1
When the sleeper wakes. H. G. Wells. 95221.1
Windyhaugh. M. G. Todd. .
9118.2
Witch Winnie in Spain. E. W. Champney
2620.13
X jewel. F. Moncreiff.
6821.1
Ye lyttle Salem maide. P. B. Mackie
6300.1
Young Mistley. H. S. Scott. 6642.8
*Young puritans in King Philip's war. M. P. W. Smith 8505.8
1
REPORT
OF
WATER COMMISSIONERS.
The Water Commissioners herewith submit their annual re- port for the year ending December 31st, 1899.
The pipe systems have been extended and renewed, asrequired, during the year. The low-service system has been extended on Fairview avenue and Walnut street, and pipes have been laid in- to Walnut court. On the high-service pipes have been laid in Robbins road, Hawthorne avenue and Gray street (Atwood ave- nue). This latter system of pipe, with its reducing valve, located at the head of Walnut street, gives us a double reducing system and a second loop between the mains on Park and Massachusetts avenues. Other slight additions to the low-service system were required when connections were made with the metropolitan Sys- tem, and about 50 feet of cement-lined pipe have been replaced by iron pipe on Broadway, where the drains of the Highway De- partment required the lowering of the water pipes.
As stated in our last report, the town was admitted to the Metropolitan Water Dstrict on January 31st, 1899, and the promises as to the times when the town would be supplied with water have all been fulfilled.
The several details will be given below under their respective headings.
204
REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
PIPE EXTENSIONS AND RENEWALS.
In all, there have been laid 31.8 ft. of 10-in. and 4945.8 ft. of 6-in pipe, a total of 4977.6 ft .; 10 hydrants and 16 gates were set, and 2 old hydrants were removed from the low-service system.
There have been added this year 87 services, 52 connected with the high, and 35 with the low service. Four services have been transferred from the low to the high and one from the high to the low service. There have also been added 7 services for flushing sewers. 492 ft. of 4-in. cement lined pipe have been re- moved from Brattle street to make way for the pipes of the Metropolitan System. The following tables show the extensions in detail:
To extend the High Service.
LOCATION.
Length, feet.
Size, inches.
Hydrants.
Gates.
Robbins road
3231.9
6
6
6
Hawthorne avenue
Gray street(Atwood avenue.)
1084
6
2
6
In all 4315.9 ft. of 6-in. pipe, 8 hydrants and 12 gates.
To extend the Low Service.
LOCATION.
Length, feet.
Size, inches.
Hydrants.
Gates.
Medford street.
. .
. .
2
Parallel street .
31.8
10
.
1
Fairview avenue
210.
6
1
. .
Walnut street
289.5
6
1 .
1
Walnut court
In all 31.8 ft. of 10-in. and 499.5 ft. of 6-in. pipe, 2 hydrants and 4 gates. One hydrant has also been set on the estate of Wy- man Bros., Lake Street.
205
REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
To replace cement-lined pipe on Low Service.
LOCATION.
Length, feet.
Size, inches.
Hydrants.
Gates.
Medford street.
81.8
6
.
.
Broadway
48.6
6
. .
In all 130.4 ft. of 6-in. pipe.
To supply the special hydrant of Wyman Bros. on Lake Street, 320 ft. of 6-in. iron pipe were laid in their estate for which they paid the entire expense.
To eventually replace cement-lined pipe.
LOCATION.
Length, feet.
Size, inches.
Hydrants.
Gates.
Broadway
950
10
2
·
Broadway
1,666
8
..
..
This pipe was laid dry in 1897 in anticipation of a regrading of the street in 1898. It is very desirable that the regrading be completed as soon as possible, so that this large pipe may be placed in service, thus insuring better fire protection to the lower part of the Town.
There are now in hand applications for pipe extensions on the following streets:
Eastern Avenue, Hawthorne Avenue, Grand View Road, Pine Ridge Road, and Forest Street.
206
REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
PRESENT PIPE SYSTEMS.
Length of main pipe in use Jan. 1, 1900.
LOW SERVICE.
Size, inches.
Length, feet.
Hydrants.
Gates.
Cement-lined pipe.
12
10,991
5,321
66
6
· 16,266
66
66
4
23,992
Total
56,570
82
56
Iron pipe
12
150
66
10
2,432
66
.
8
6,480
6
10,608
66
4
12,207
Total.
31,877
69
64
Total both kinds
88,447
151
120
16.751 miles.
HIGH SERVICE.
Size, inches.
Length, feet.
Hydrants.
Gates.
Iron pipe
12
16,503
66
10
17,180
66
8
9,500
66
6
38,566
66
4
524
Total
82,273
166
132
15.581 miles.
r
8
20.7
REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Total of both services: 32.33 miles of pipe, 317 hydrants, and 252 gates. The pipe laid dry in Broadway and not used is not in- cluded.
In addition to the above there are 3,436 feet of smaller pipes, 2 in. to 14 in., which are laid in places where hydrants were not needed and the amount of water desired was small.
The details of the cost of the pipe extensions will be found in the Report of the Superintendent. Records and sketches show- ing the location of the pipes and connections have been made and arranged in convenient form for use and reference.
QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF WATER.
The high-service supply was drawn from all of the wells ex- cept two, which were found to give very much more iron than the others. The ordinary poor quality of this water was rendered much worse by the very dry season.
The low-service supply was taken in great part from the brook direct, and was as good as could be expected.
It is believed that the Metropolitan water we are now using is of excellent quality and sufficient in quantity, and that there is every reason to think that when the large storage reservoir is completed its quality will be even better.
On account of the very dry season just passed the town may indeed be considered fortunate in its admission to the Metro- politan District. Had the low-service supply not been connected early in the season, we would undoubtedly have experienced a water famine.
ADMISSION TO THE METROPOLITAN SYSTEM.
An account of the action leading to the admission of the town to the Metropolitan District was given in the report of last year; the following additions are made to place the entire matter on re- cord:
On January 31st, 1899, the Metropolitan Water Board passed
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the following vote, admitting the town to the Metropolitan Water District :-
"Voted, That the town of Arlington having applied to be ad- mitted into the Metropolitan Water District, under the provisions of Chapter 488 of the Acts of the year 1895 and Acts amenda- tory thereto, and having paid the sum of thirty thousand dollars, that being the sum required by the Metropolitan Water Board to be paid by said town upon its admission into the Metropolitan Water District, that is to say: having paid in cash the sum of fifteen thousand dollars and having conveyed to the Common- wealth a circular lot of land in said Arlington, with the stand pipe thereon, together with certain pipes and other property, and the right to use other pipes, the same being received in lien of a pay- ment of an additional fifteen thousand dollars, be admitted into the Metropolitan Water District, and that said town shall be furnished with water on the terms prescribed by said act of 1895, for the cities and towns named in Section 3 thereof."
As soon as practicable, plans were made to extend the Metro- politan water mains into Arlington, and land was purchased for a pumping station at the head of Brattle court, near the Boston & Maine R. R.
The system, now in place, is as follows: A 20-in. main con- necting with a 24-in. main in West Medford passes under Mystic river and along Medford street to Massachusetts avenue, thence along Massachusetts avenue to Brattle street, thence down Brat- tle street and down Brattle court to the pumping station. A 16-in. high-pressure main returns alongside the main in Brattle court and Brattle street and connects with our high-pressure sys- tem on Massachusetts avenue, near the head of Brattle street. These Brattle street pipes having been laid in place of our 4-in. low-service pipe required its removal, and in its stead the town was allowed an additional connection to the Metropolitan main, near the head of Dudley street.
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The low-service system is now supplied through a 12-in. con- nection with the Metropolitan main at each of the three follow- ing locations: Medford street at head of Parallel street, Massa- chusetts avenue at head of Medford street, and at head of Brattle street; and through an 8-in. connection placed on Brattle street at head of Dudley. With this 20-in. main as a feeder, and the various connections allowed us, no pipes larger than 12-in. diame- ter will be required on our low-service system.
The pipe in Medford street was competent in June and water was turned on to the low-service system on June 30th, 1899, through the connection at the head of Medford street. The water was turned on to the connection at Parallel street in October. During the summer and fall the mains on Massachusetts avenue and Brattle street were laid.
The proposed connection of the Metropolitan high-service main with our high-service at the head of Brattle street required moving the reducing valve, formerly at the head of Forest street, to the head of Brattle street. The expense of moving this valve and of making all connection with our mains was borne by the Metropolitan Water Board.
The unprecedented increase in demand for, and cost of, pump- ing machinery, during the past year, delayed the Metropolitan Water Board very much in carrying out their proposed plans for a new pumping station. At the suggestion of your Water Board it was finally decided to fit up a temporary pumping plant as soon as possible, transferring such part of our plant as was available to the temporary building constructed on the pumping station lot. For the machinery thus transferred the town received $2,500.00.
On January 1st, 1900, the pump at the temporary station was started, and on January 2d the remaining pump at East Lexing- ton was stopped. Since this time water has been supplied to the high service from the Metropolitan mains. During several weeks, as was to be expected, the high-service water was roily, due to a
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stirring up of the sediment in the pipes by the reversal of the cur- rent, but this is only a temporary trouble.
The Metropolitan Water Tax for the year 1899 was $2,889.15, on which a rebate was allowed, at the rate of $12.00 per million gallons, for water supplied from our sources up to June 1st, 1899, amounting to $1,042.80, thus making the net tax $1,846.35.
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