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With the submission of this report I close the fifth year of my connection with this Library. Engaging in
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its affairs as a member of the Board of Managers of the Library Corporation for the term of five years, I felt it a duty, after the transfer of the Library to the city of Newton, to complete my service by accepting the post of Superintendent, to which your Board has elected me during the past three years. I have exercised my best ability in perfecting its equipment and methods, and in increasing its usefulness ; but its demands are increasing, and its many details are requiring closer attention, in- volving, as a consequence, more of my time than I feel able to give to it. While I shall ever feel the liveliest interest in the future of the Newton Free Library, I must request to be relieved from further participation in its management.
Respectfully submitted.
FREDERICK JACKSON, Superintendent.
NEWTON, Jan. 4, 1879.
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APPENDIX.
A.
RECEIPTS.
1878.
1877.
1876.
Dec. 31.
Municipal appropriation .
$7,500 00 $6,000 00
$3,500 00
Fines
273 91
226 58
348 45
Sales of bulletins and catalogues
29 74
48 24
77 59
Sundries .
21 16
36 77
38 00
Payments for missing or damaged books
3 17
50
6 60
Deposits from non-residents
-
10 00
-
$7,827 98 7 96
$6,322 09
Cash on hand at last report
1,337 61
$3,970 64 3,349 70
$7,835 94
$7,659 70
$7,320 34
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B.
EXPENDITURES.
1878.
1877.
1876.
Dec. 31.
Book Account.
Books
$2,013 80
$1,378 90
$893 98
Periodicals
368 51
365 84
335 93
Pamphlets
1 69
1 98
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Binding
282 01
233 97
139 81
Paper covers
39 74
50 62
41 28
Binders
.
Building Account.
Repairs and additions
23 28
211 10
497 87
Furniture and fixtures
741 08
41 04
78 96
Lights
602 73
513 75
456 50
Fuel .
157 82
170 80
223 95
Salary Account.
Administration
1,900 00
1,900 00
1,850 02
Extra service
798 26
580 58
464 83
Supply Account.
Printing bulletins
59 83
33 60
177 00
Blanks and stationery
130 18
177 88
268 18
Postage
13 64
37 42
22 47
Sundries
225 87
353 39
251 87
Agency account
310 78
304 35
280 08
Total expenditure
$7,670 25
$6,360 72
$5,982 73
Balance with City Treasurer, $132 93
at the Library
32 76
Total balance
165 69
1,298 98
1,337 61
$7,835 94
$7,659 70
$7,320 34
1 03
5 50
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C.
CIRCULATION.
1878.
1877.
1876.
Dec. 31.
Number of days the Library was open £ .
308
256
305
of holidays the Library was closed,
5
5
8
of other week-days the Library was closed
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of volumes delivered for home !
81,030
68,023
81,705
use .
Average daily use
263
265
268
Largest daily use, Feb. 23 .
678
576
504
Smallest daily use, June 17 .
32
5
22
Number of books lost and not paid for .
11
10
15
of books worn out and withdrawn,
168
65
69
of notices to delinquents
1,125
1,040
1,586
of volumes covered
13,276
12,279
12,816
of volumes bound .
544
298
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of names registered during the year,
938
682
1,201
Total names registered .
7,775
6,837
6,155
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D.
ACCESSIONS.
1878.
1877.
1876.
Dec. 31.
Vols.
Vols.
Vols.
Increase by purchase
982
869
684
by gift
130
111
125
by binding pamphlets
48
10
-
by binding periodicals
55
82
-
Number of missing volumes restored since last report .
3
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-
Total accessions for the year
1,218
1,072
809
Number of volumes missing or withdrawn since
last report
179
75
84
Actual increase .
1,039
997
725
Number of vols. in the Library as last reported,
12,936
11,939
11,214
Total number of volumes in the Library .
13,975
12,936
11,939
Increase of pamphlets by purchase .
17
5
Increase of pamphlets by gift .
103
23
Accessions for the year
120
28
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Number of pamphlets as last reported
61
64
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Number of pamphlets bound since last report,
116
31
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of pamphlets on hand
65
61
64
of newspapers subscribed for
34
34
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of newspapers given .
12
9
-
of magazines subscribed for
24
20
-
of magazines given
1
1
-
Total number received
71
64
-
-
-
181
92
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.
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E.
CLASSIFICATION, GROWTH, SIZE, AND USE.
Vols. added
during the
year.
Total number
of vols.
Vols. issued
during the year.
Per cent. of Circulation.
1878.
1877.
1876.
Literature.
Prose fiction and juvenile reading
238
3,706
54,585
67.36
71.78
73.97
Essays, poetry, and drama,
137
1,688
6,823
8.41
8.27
7.79
Literary periodicals . .
97
993
1,630
2.01
1.91
1.47
Foreign literature
1
438
322
.40
.39
.47
History.
Geography and travels
119
1,284
6,023
7.43
6.95
6.21
Biography
120
1,243
3,467
4.27
3.68
3.55
History
80
1,284
3,354
4.13
3.02
2.92
Arts and Sciences.
Natural science and indus- trial arts
148
1,041
3,789
4.67
3.28
2.69
Political and social science,
47
752
329
.40
.22
.25
Theology .
25
616
645
.79
.50
.65
Reference Library
206
930
*63
.08
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Accessions for the year
1,218
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-
-
-
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Number of volumes in the Library
13,975
-
-
-
Circulation for the year
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81,030
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* Represents books loaned for home use by special permission.
ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
WATER REGISTRAR,
Superintendent of Water Works,
AND THE
WATER COMMITTEE,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1878.
RTY AND UNION
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PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
BOSTON: HENRY WASHBURN, PRINTER, 221 WASHINGTON ST. 1879.
REPORT
OF THE
WATER REGISTRAR,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1878.
WATER REGISTRAR'S OFFICE, CITY HALL, WEST NEWTON, December 31, 1878.
To the Honorable, the City Council of the City of Newton :
GENTLEMEN: I herewith respectfully present my report for the year ending December 31, 1878.
It is not precisely as required by Section 9 of City Ordinance, No. 75, the variation being explained that at the meeting of the Joint Standing Committee on Water, held December 6, 1878, it was voted that the Committee should make a report to the City Council on the general condition of the Water Works under their charge, and that the Water Registrar and Superintendent should make reports covering their respective departments.
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This report will necessarily cover the intervening time from the date of the Water Commissioners Re- port, viz .: November 1st, 1877, to and including Dec 31, 1878, it being the space of fourteen months, and will contain statements of expenditures and re- ceipts, the amount of abatements made, the number of service pipes laid, the number of water meters in use, and their classification, the number of families, stores, stables, etc., where city water has been turned on, the number and classification of fixtures to which city water is supplied, the number of cases where water has been turned off for non-payment, also the number turned off by request; a statement from the engineer at the pumping station, showing a record of the pumping engine,-number of gallons of water pumped, number of pounds of coal consumed, etc., from January 1st to December 31st, 1878, and a state- ment of consumption of water per month.
The Joint Standing Committee on Water were appointed on the part of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, January 21st, 1878, and consisted of Alderman Otis Pettee and Alderman E. W. Wood.
There were appointed on the part of the Council, January 28, 1878, Councilmen J. W. Kimball, George E. Pike, and Nathan Mosman; these five gentlemen, constituting the Joint Standing Com- mittee of the City Council on the Water Depart-
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ment, for the year 1878, in accordance with Section 1 of City Ordinance, No. 75.
On February 4, 1878, the resignation of the Board of Water Commissioners was accepted by the City Council, and on February 15th, the retiring Board of Water Commissioners, viz .: Messrs. R. M. Pul- sifer, Francis J. Parker and Robert R. Bishop, with Mr. Edward Sawyer, Engineer of the Works, by in- vitation of the Joint Standing Committee on Water, met at the City Hall and formally delivered to the City, by the Committee, the keys in their possession, and the full control of the works.
On April 15th, 1878, there were elected by con- current vote of the City Council, a Water Registrar and a Superintendent for the ensuing year.
At the meeting held April 18th, the entire Com- mittee being present, the Board was organized by the election of Alderman Otis Pettee as Chairman, and Moses Clark, Jr., as Secretary.
The Committee have held twenty regular meet- ings, and bills have been approved during the year amounting to $23,195.92.
EXPENDITURES.
There were expenditures made covering the two months, from the date of the Water Commissioners report, viz .: November 1st to December 31st, 1877,
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amounting to $9,548.49, and carried to the cost of works under the following heads, viz .:
PUMPING STATION.
Lands, . $3,250 00
Filter Basin, Conduit and Well .
201 63
Building and Chimney
104 70
Roads, Grading and Fencing
23 42
Equipments
38 36
Inspection and Engineering
. 148 73
$3,766 84
RESERVOIR.
Basin and Walls .
$400 00
Gate House and Chamber
21 44
Roads, Grading and Fencing
21 00
Inspection and Engineering .
40 57
483 01
DISTRIBUTION.
Pipes and Castings
83 49
Pipe Yard .
102 17
Inspection and Engineering .
140 00
325 66
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
Furniture and Office Expenses
1 75
Travel
12 25
Salaries
1,383 78
1,397 78
GENERAL ACCOUNT. .
Pay of Commissioners and Clerks
1,225 25
Advertising and Printing
564 12
Travel and Telegrams .
10 15
1,799 52
Extension Account
299 04
Miscellaneous
8 00
Amount carried forward,
$8,079 85
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Amount brought forward, $8,079 85
SERVICE ACCOUNT.
Pipe Laying, Inspection, Engineering and Meters 1,468 64
$9,548 49
Less received for Service, Assessment
and Meters . · 1,382 46
Freight refunded by the Warren Found- ry and Machine Company 188 18
1,570 64
Net expenditure from Nov. 1st to Dec. 3, 1877, $7,977 85
Cost of Works as per Commissioners' report, No- vember 1, 1877 .
759,642 07
Cost of Works to December 31st, 1877, 767,619 92
NOTE. - By an Order passed by the City Council, December, 1875, directing the City Treasurer to transfer to the general account the expenses incurred by the Commissioners under the special appropriation prior to the sale of Water Bonds,
Accounts amounting to $3,243 46 Also by the approval of the Committee on Accounts, bills amounting to 660 -00
Were charged to Water construction. These two amounts making $3,903 46
Added to the cost of Works as by the Commissioners' report, carries the expenditures to December 31st, 1877, to 771,523 38
WATER MAINTENANCE.
From March 1st, 1877, to December
31st, 1877 . 6,903 30
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There has been expended during the year ending December 31st, 1878, $23,195.92, and carried to the cost of works, as follows:
PUMPING STATION.
Filter, Conduit and Well
872 49
Buildings and Chimney
88 28
Engines and Boilers
103 19
Roads, Grading and Fencing
1,110 17
Equipments
328 39
2,502 52
RESERVOIR.
Roads, Grading and Fencing . .
366 58
DISTRIBUTION.
Pipes and Castings
7,055 78
Hydrants and Setting .
629 12
Water Gates and Setting
203 20
Stand Pipes
203 40
Pipe Yard .
448 52
8.540 02
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
Salaries
193 00
Extension .
4,596 35
Service Pipe Laying and Meters,
6,997 45
11,786 80
Cost of works to December 31, 1877,
$23,195 92 $771,523 38
Total cost of works to December 31st, 1878, Less received for services .
$2,986 25
" meters . 2,294 30
66 " old materials . 27 43
" Freight refunded by the Boston and Albany Railroad Company 264 46
. $794,719 30
5,572 44
Net cost of works to December 31st, 1878
. $789,146 86
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MAINTENANCE.
For the year ending December 31st, 1878 :
$10,000 00 Appropriation
GENERAL ACCOUNT.
Salaries, Office Expenses, Books,
Printing and Stationery 5 402 32
Reservoir 277 18
PUMPING STATION.
Coal, Wood, Oil, etc.
4,298 19
$9,977 69
Unexpended balance, . $22 31 Estimated amount of Coal on hand, Dec. 31st, 1878, 450 tons. Wood " 35 cords. Oil of all kinds, 71 galls.
RECEIPTS.
The receipts on Water Account, including the amount received from hydrants, for year end- ing December 31st, 1877 . . $17,986 77
The amount of water rates assessed as per schedule of rates, March 1st, 1878, and sent to the City Treas- urer for collection, was $20,006 50
The amount of Meter bills was 1,495 24
21,501 74
The revenue from yearly bills has been somewhat lessened, owing to abate- ments having been made amount- ing to . 1,303 06
Amounts carried forward, $1,303 06
$21,501 74
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Amounts brought forward, . $1,303 06 $21,501 74
To those who have requested water meters to be set, and taking water by meter instead of by schedule of rates, abatements have also been made by approval of the Committee amounting to 581 31 1,884 37
There remain unpaid water bills assessed in year 1878,
$19,617 37
92 76
Leaving the amount collected on yearly bills . 19,524 61
There have been collected water rates for fractional parts of the year, amounting to .
$2,021 76
Received for Summons,
12 00
" cutting off and letting on water, account of non- payment 18 00
66
" cutting off water per order 19 00
66
66 water for building purposes 28 98
66 " last year's rates, 1877
655 62
66
" six months meter bills to
Sept. 1, 1878 472 40
66
" minimum advance charge 742 70
3,970 46
Total receipts for the year ending Dec. 31, 1878 . $23,495 07
These figures include the $5,000 received from Fire Service.
There remain water bills unpaid for the year 1877 of $70 50
service " 66 66 165 90
66 66 66 66 1878, 49 80
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METERS.
There have been set during the year 1878,
90 meters
66 66 prior to January 1, 1878, 191 66
281
66
Discontinued
2
66
Number of meters in use December 31st, 1878, .
279
CLASSIFICATION OF METERS IN USE.
KINDS.
SIZES.
TOTAL.
§-inch.
3-inch.
I-inch.
2-inch.
Union Piston
206
19
1
66 Rotary
42
3
3
1
248
22
4
1
Worthington
3
1
251
22
5
1
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The annual inspection of premises where City Water is supplied has been made, and the office list changed to conform thereto.
The Inspection Books show that City Water is supplied to -
1 Armory,
1 Aquarium,
1 Almshouse,
3 Bakeries,
6 Barber shops,
7 Blacksmith's shops,
7 Boarding-houses,
2 Boarding schools,
8 Churches,
1 City Hall,
5 City stables,
2 Coal offices,
1 Confectioner,
3 Dentists' offices,
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8 Drug stores,
8 Engine houses,
1460 Families,
11 Fish markets,
1 Fish Pond,
281 Fire hydrants.
1 Public Hall,
10 Fountains,
15 Green houses,
2 Hen houses,
6 Hot beds,
8 Stables, express,
2 Hotels,
7 livery,
1 Knights of Honor Hall, 83 66 private,
1 Laundry,
3 Manufactories,
1 Stone Crusher,
1 Masonic Hall,
34 Stores,
CLASSIFICATION OF FIXTURES.
1919 Faucets,
5 Water closets, waste,
320 Bath tubs,
3 Urinals,
361 Water closets, pan,
2 Slop closets,
12 hopper, 4 Foot baths,
14 self-closing, 126 Set tubs, 477 Hand hose.
The above list does not include fixtures in School Houses, Engine Houses, Police Stations and other City buildings, using the additional number of -
64 Faucets, 2 Water closets, hopper,
5 Bath tubs, 13 66 self-closing,
19 Water closets, pan, 23 Urinals, 29 Hose use.
In this statement the number of fixtures of those who take water by meter is not included.
8 Meat markets,
1 Odd Fellows' Hall,
1 Orphans' Home,
2 Photograph galleries,
2 Police stations,
1 Library,
5 Railroad stations,
14 School houses,
4 Stand pipes,
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The total number of services on the books to date is 1,685 There were laid in 1876, 499 60 1877, 998
Total number to Dec. 31st, 1877, 1,497
Number of services laid this year, 1878, 188
Total, 1,685
NOTE. - Of this total number there are 167 Ser- vices which have never been turned on, causing a loss in receipts of at least $1,002.00.
There have been turned off on account of non-payment since March 1st, 1877, 55
Of this number there have been paid and turned on again, 37 There have been turned off per order and by request, 115 66 66 66 on again, 75
Total number of Services remaining off Dec. 31st, 1878, . 58
Respectfully submitted,
MOSES CLARK, JR., Water Registrar.
RECORD OF THE PUMPING ENGINE,
WORTHINGTON DUPLEX.
Year ending Dec. 31, 1878.
MONTHS, from January 1, 1878, to Dec. 31, 1878.
Hours.
Minutes.
Strokes as indicated by Counter.
Gallons
Pumped.
Average Height of Delivery.
Average water pressure. Lbs. per sq. in.
Average Suction Lift in Feet.
Coal in Pounds.
Duty, in pounds of Water raised one foot per 100 pounds of Coal.
January,
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23
30
12,548.
4,140,840
174.4050
75.50
18.542
15,500.
42,989,206.6
February,
.
63
40
32,805.
10,825,650
174.4050
75.50
18.799
36,800.
47,404,896.9
March, .
28
00
18,630.
6,147,900
172.9612
74.87
15,936
20,500.
47,117,310.5
April,
19
45
9,635.
3,179,550
171.5175
74.25
17.202
10,500.
47,628,806.3
May,
75
25
43,252.
14.273,160
173.8275
75.25
19,051
43.640.
54,220,402.0
June,
52
00
30,216.
9,971,280
177.7940
77.40
20,443
29,000.
56,860,286.6
July,
93
10
46,594.
15,376,020
178.4475
77.25
21,658
44,600.
57,535,183.4
August,
81
5
38,450.
12,688,500
171.4020
74.20
20.059
34,133.
59,211,836.6
September,
59
30
33,393.
11,019,690
177.0037
76.63
21,214
31,200.
58,864,841.0
October,
·
63
00
34,417.
11,357,610
174.9925
75.75
21.124
29,775.
62,423,645.1
November,
44
15
24,938.
8,229,540
176.7150
76.50
19.586
23,700.
56,864,532.5
December,
46
00
28,418.
9,377,940
179.9490
77.90
18.078
23,740.
65,223,637.7
Totals, . .
649
20
353,296.
116,587,680
2103.4199
911.00
231.692
343,088.
656,344,585.2
Average,
·
54
6.66 29,441.33
9,715,640
175.285
75.92
19.307
28,590.6
54,695,382.1
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STATEMENT
SHOWING THE CONSUMPTION OF WATER FOR EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR 1878, WITH DAILY AVERAGE.
MONTIIS.
DAYS.
Total Gallons per Month.
Daily Av'ge per Month.
1
January,
. 1878,
28
8,014,551
286,234
2
February,
66
28
7,694,175
274,792
3
March, .
..
35
7,961,953
227,484
4
April,
28
6.202,225
221,508
5
May,
28
8,239,781
294,278
6
June,
35
12,844,547
369,844
7
July,
28
15,608,479
557,446
8
August,
28
10,833,647
386,916
9
September,
35
13,108,080
374,517
10
October,
28
9,616,064
343,431
11
November,
28
8,517,838
304,208
12
December,
35
10,426,147
297,890
REPORT
OF THE
Superintendent of Water Works,
OF THE CITY OF NEWTON.
To
THE CHAIRMAN, AND MEMBERS OF THE JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON WATER IN THE CITY OF NEWTON :-
Gentlemen: In accordance with your request, I herewith submit a report of my doings as Superin- tendent of Newton Water Works, from April 15th, to December 31, 1878, inclusive, also the amount of Service Pipe laid, and number of Meters set before my election, from January 1, 1878, to April 15, 1878, as shown by books of the Superintendent of Pipe Laying.
PUMPING STATION.
There has been $253.14 expended in removing the fine sand from driveways and replacing it with suit- able material; they are now in good condition and 3
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will require but slight expenditure in future to keep them so.` The Engines and Pumps have been thoroughly overhauled and repaired, and are now in good condition.
FILTERING BASIN.
My attention was early called to the muddy state of the water by many citizens, and on examination of the filter basin, found the water twelve inches above the retaining wall of the walk around the basin, and the same height over the walk, with a part of the wall tumbled down into the basin in very many places, and the peat muck of which the banks are mostly composed, washing into the basin and mixing with the water. The citizens of Newton will probably find the water in the same condition as last Spring, whenever high water mark is attained, until a suitable filter basin is constructed. I have expended in removing mud from the basin, in repair- ing the wall and walk, and making a bank to prevent surface water from flowing into the basin, the sum of $945.30. The expenditure has been absolutely necessary, in order to supply the inhabitants of New- ton with comparatively pure and wholesome water for the present.
A substantial board fence, six feet high, was also built, enclosing the basin, at a cost to the city of $848.34.
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RESERVOIR.
The banks of the reservoir are now in apparently perfect condition. In the month of April the earth to the depth of from fifteen to twenty-four inches slid from the northerly bank for a distance of one hundred and seventy-five feet, this being the second or third time a slide has occurred on the same spot. I deemed it necessary to adopt some method whereby a similar slide and consequent expense should not again occur, and with the concurrence of your chair- man I had driven into the banks a sufficient number of chestnut stakes to support the loam in place until the grass gets sufficiently rooted to prevent any further trouble. Had the slopes been two inches instead of one and one-half to one, there probably would never have been any trouble by sliding.
The street around the reservoir had also washed to such an extent as to make it almost impassable. I expended $339.15 in paving gutters, and hauling, spreading and rolling gravel, and it is now in good condition.
Extensions of main pipe have been made during the year ending, December 31st, 1878, as follows:
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EXTENSIONS OF MAIN PIPE.
Size.
Length.
Gates.
No.
Hydrants.
No.
Alpine, from Hillside Avenue, east,
6
709
1
1
Bacon, extended south,
4
71
Bowdoin, from Forest, north,
6
196
1
8
28
Boylston, from High, east,
6
763
1
1
Central Avenue, extended south,
6
380
Chapel, from Watertown, north,
6
910
1
2
Columbus, extended north,
4
256
Concord, from Washington, northwest, . Eldridge, from Church to Vernon, 66
Franklin,
4
207
Lake Avenue, to connect Laurel, .
6
11
Laurel, from Beacon to Lake Avenue,
4
385
1
Lyman, from Centre to Sumner,
4
635
1
Maple, from Central, southwest,
4
139
Oak Avenue, from Webster, north.
6
523
1
Otis, extended east,
6
320
1
Pettee, from High, north,
6
567
1
1
Pine Grove Ave., from Grove, northwest, Sullivan, from Walnut, east.
6
781
1
1
Watertown, extended east to Chapel,
8
152
Waverly Ave., fr. Washington to Tremont,
6
540
1
Winter, from Chestnut, east,
4
173
RECAPITULATION.
Eight inch Pipe,
180 feet.
Six . 6
8,391
Four 66
2,085
Total length of main pipe laid,
10,656 "
Six inch Gates set,
10
Four " 66
.
3
Total number of Gates set,
13
.
6
2,062
1
2
6
629
1
1
1
4
219
1
.
In.
Feet.
-
21
Hydrants set on extensions,
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66 Needham street line, 1
Total number of Hydrants set,
12
SERVICE PIPES.
One hundred and fifty-seven services have been laid by me, and the length of service pipe of all sizes, required 12,599 feet from Jan. 1st, to April 20, 1878. Thirty-one services were laid with length of pipe 2,850 feet as per books of the superintendent of pipe laying, showing a total of one hundred and eighty-eighty services laid, and 15,449 feet of pipe used during the year 1878.
METERS.
Eighty-two new meters have been placed since April 15, 1878, of the following make:
Size 5 in. ¿ in. 1 in. 2 in.
Union Piston, 25
1
1 . .
Worthington,
1
. .
· · . .
Union Rotary,
47
3
3
1
The number placed previous to April 15th, as reported was forty-nine:
Size § in.
¿ in.
1 in.
Union Piston,
44 1
2
Worthington,
2
.
making a total for the year, of one hundred and thirty-one. Forty Fales & Jenks meters having been taken out in accordance with the vote of the Water
1
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Committee, forty of the above number, viz., thirty- eight & inch, one & inch, one 1 inch Rotary were sub- stituted. Seventeen meters have been taken out for repairs and reset, and it will require close attention to them all as they are very liable to get out of order and to stop registering.
STAND PIPES.
There are now three stand pipes for street water- ing, erected of the lamp post pattern, located as follows:
Washington street, Ward 7, near Engine House. Adams
" 2, corner Washington.
Beach
" 2, " 66
also one of a new pattern was attached to the hy- drant corner of Lowell and Washington streets, at a cost of about one-third of the post pattern, and an- swers every purpose. The one placed on Highland avenue, was removed at the urgent request of Mrs. Allen and the other lady residents of the avenue.
BLOW-OFFS
Have been placed on Sullivan street, Ward 2, Oak avenue, Ward 3, and on supply pipe in Central place, Ward 2; and the ones on Lake avenue and Water- town street have been removed and pipes extended.
SCHOOL HOUSES.
The inside piping and plumbing, with the proper drainage, has been done in the school houses at the
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Upper Falls, known as Prospect School Nos. 1 and 2, also in the Lincoln School, Ward 1, to supply sink in basement.
CHANGE OF GRADE.
The pipe laid under the track of the New York and New England Railroad, at Cypress street, Ward 6, was lowered four feet, to correspond with new grade of the road, that having been lowered to allow of building a bridge over the track.
REPAIRS ON MAIN.
Leaks in the main pipe have been found and stopped in the following streets: Watertown, Ward 3, six joints; Webster, Ward 3, one joint; Chestnut, Ward 5, two joints; Hammond, Ward 6, one joint; Rowe, Ward 4, hydrant joint; Lake avenue, Ward 5, capped hydrant branch; Galen, Ward 1, capped branch at end of pipe; Bowditch, Ward 1, Ludlow valve on blow-off. There were also reported in Feb- ruary, by the Superintendent of P. L., on Washing- ton, Ward 2, capped branch for branch; Auburn, Ward 4, capped hydrant branch, near Rowe; Need- ham, Ward 5, near Otis Pettee's machine shop.
REPAIRS ON SERVICE.
Four leaks in service pipes have occurred this year. There have been 76 iron sidewalk stop and waste boxes of a new pattern substituted for the
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wooden ones, as in all cases of such substitution the boxes have been found to be full of stones and rub- bish.
REMARK.
The shop built upon Boston and Albany R. R. land, near the depot, has been removed to the pipe yard, and fitted up for a pipe shop, storehouse and horse shed.
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