Town of Newton annual report 1882-1883, Part 16

Author: Newton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Newton (Mass.)
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tive kinds of apparatus that could be applied to this work. One or more additional odorless excavators located at differ- ent points in the city would better accommodate citizens, and facilitate the prompt execution of orders, while also giving opportunity for choice. Many advantages are gained in using the odorless excavator, as the work can be performed by day.


The collection and disposal of ashes by the highway depart- ment has served an important end in filling low and unhealthy lands about the city, and thus removing causes of discomfort, and danger to health.


The small-pox hospital has, fortunately, not been occupied the past year. It has been painted outside and in, both for preservation and comfort, and is in neat and good order.


The comparative healthfulness of Newton as a place of residence has become an established fact. The census of 1880, in giving the mortality rate of the eighteen incorporated cities of Massachusetts, showed that of Newton to be the lowest, it being 15.8 to the thousand persons, the rate rising in the other cities to 26.3, the highest.


The public statistics of the State for 1882 give even better figures, Newton being 14.8, the lowest ; the highest being 27.4.


These facts, though gratifying to dwellers in Newton, should not lead to relaxation in effort for better things, as the causes of danger to public health are not yet all removed.


Respectfully submitted.


NATHAN MOSMAN, Health Officer.


CITY MARSHAL'S REPORT.


REPORT OF CITY MARSHAL.


CITY MARSHAL'S OFFICE, NEWTON, Jan. 1, 1884.


To the Honorable Mayor and City Council.


A REPORT of the doings of the police department of New- ton, for the year ending Dec. 31, 1883, is herewith submitted.


The force is composed of a city marshal, one sergeant, and fourteen patrolmen. The patrolmen are stationed as fol- lows : -


At Newton


3


At Newtonville


1


At Nonantum .


1


At West Newton


2


At Auburndale


1


At Newton Centre


2


At Newton Highlands


1


At Newton Lower Falls


1


At Newton Upper Falls .


1


Mounted to patrol the whole city


1


Total


. 14


NATIVITY OF THE MEMBERS.


Massachusetts .


8


New Hampshire


3


Maine


2


Vermont


1


Nova Scotia


1


Ireland


1


16


160


For night-patrol duty there are eleven routes or beats, bounded thus : -


No. 1, beginning at Centre Street, at Watertown line, thence by Centre, Sargent, and Kenrick Streets, to Boston line, thence by Boston line, Charles River, and Watertown line, to the point of beginning.


No. 2, beginning at Boyd's Pond, at Watertown line, thence, by said pond and Cold Spring Brook, to Pearl Street, thence by Pearl, Green, Chapel, Middle, Adams, and Washington Streets, Cold Spring Brook, Cabot and Centre Streets, to Watertown line, thence, by Watertown line, to the point of beginning.


No. 3, beginning at Boyd's Pond, at Watertown line, thence, by Boyd's Pond and Cold Spring Brook, to Pearl Street, thence by Pearl, Green, Chapel, Middle, Adams, Washing- ton, Crafts, and North Streets, to Waltham line, thence by Waltham line, Charles River, and Watertown line, to the point of beginning.


No. 4, beginning at Cold Spring Brook, at Washington Street, thence, by said brook, to Cabot Street, thence by Cabot, Blake, Mill, Walnut, Homer, Valentine, and Highland Streets, Forest Avenue, Mount Vernon Street, Washington, Cross, and Watertown Streets, to Cheesecake Brook, thence by said brook, Crafts and Washington Streets, to the point of beginning.


No. 5, beginning at Waltham line, at North Street, thence by North and Crafts Streets, Cheesecake Brook, Watertown, Cross, and Washington Streets, Greenwood Avenue, Mount Vernon Street, Forest Avenue, Highland, Valentine, Homer, Fuller, Washington, Greenough, Auburn, Crescent, and Webster Streets, a private way, Auburndale Avenue, Dart- mouth Street, Pine, River, and Lexington Streets, to Wal- tham line, thence to the point of beginning.


No. 6, beginning at Waltham line, at Lexington Street, thence by Lexington, River, Pine, and Dartmouth Streets, Auburndale Avenue, a private way, Webster, Crescent, Au- burn, Greenough, and Washington Streets, to the Gasometer,


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thence across the vacant land, and across Grove Street, to Charles River, thence, by said river and Waltham line, to the point of beginning.


No. 7, beginning at Charles River, at the boundary line between Wards Nos. 4 and 5, thence, by said boundary line, to Beacon Street, thence by Beacon, Chestnut, Fuller, and Washington Streets, to the Gasometer, thence across the vacant land, and across Grove Street, to Charles River, thence, by said river, to the point of beginning.


No. 8, beginning at Charles River, at the boundary line between Wards Nos. 4 and 5, thence, by said boundary line, to Beacon Street, thence by Beacon, Chestnut, Woodward, Boylston, Cook, Winchester, and Nahanton Streets, to Charles River, thence, by Charles River, to the point of beginning.


No. 9, beginning at Charles River, at Nahanton Street, thence by Nahanton, Winchester, Cook, Boylston, Wood- ward, Chestnut, Homer, Walnut, Hyde, Centre, Clark, Boyl- ston, Dudley, and Brookline Streets, to Brookline line, thence by said line, Boston line, and Charles River, to the point of beginning.


No. 10, beginning at the corner of Beacon and Walnut Streets, thence by Walnut, Mill, Blake, Cabot, Sargent, and Kenrick Streets, to the Boston line, thence, by Boston line, to Beacon Street, thence, by Beacon Street, to the point of beginning.


No. 11, beginning at Boston line, at Beacon Street, thence, by Boston line and Brookline line, to Brookline Street, thence by Brookline, Dudley, Boylston, Clark, Centre, Hyde, Wal- nut, and Beacon Streets, to the point of beginning.


The only change made in the department during the past year has been in the retirement of Mr. Revilo L. Hinds as city marshal, and the appointment of the present incumbent, who began duty on the sixth day of September : otherwise the force is the same as it was one year ago.


The following statement shows the work done by the department during the year : -


162


Number of arrests


. 408


Number of males .


. 366


Number of females


42


Number of foreigners


232 ·


Number of minors


· 87


Number held for trial


· 368


Number released on examination


40


NATIVITY OF PRISONERS.


United States


. 174


Ireland .


. 177


England


22


Canada .


17


Germany


7


France .


5


Scotland


5


Spain


1


408


Offences for which arrests were made : ---


Assault


1


Assault and battery


36


Assault, felonious


2


Assault on an officer


2


Adultery


1


Attempt to commit larceny


.


4


Breaking and entering .


1


Contempt of court


.


4


Cruelty to animals


9


Disorderly


5


Disturbing a public school


1


Disturbing the peace


42


Drunkenness 135


Embezzlement


3


Escaped convicts


·


2


Evading fare


2


.


.


.


·


·


.


·


·


.


·


163


Fraud .


1


Insane .


12


Larceny, simple


28


Larceny, felonious


.


11


Malicious mischief


1


Mingling poison with food


1


Non-support of family .


.


1


Profanity


.


1


Railers and brawlers


3


Receiving stolen goods .


1


Refusing to assist an officer


3


Runaways


2


Selling leased property .


1


Stealing a ride


.


1


Stubborn children


2


Suspicion of larceny


1


Suspicious persons


12


Threatening bodily harm


2


Truancy


3


Vagrancy


4


Violation of city ordinances


20


Violation of dog law


. 19


Violation of liquor law


28


Total


. 408


LODGERS.


NUMBER.


MALES.


FEMALES.


At station No. 1


336


331


5


At station No. 2


75


75


0


At station No. 3 .


352


350


2


At station No. 4 .


148


146


2


Total


911


902


9


.


·


.


·


.


164


NATIVITY OF LODGERS.


United States


· 388


Ireland .


365


England


72


Scotland


. 28


Germany


23


Canada .


22


France .


5


Italy


4


Sweden


2


Norway


1


Russia


1


Total


. 911


MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.


Amount of property reported stolen in the city . $3,991.00 Amount recovered, lost and stolen in and out of the city . 4,221.42


Accidents reported


35


Buildings found open, and secured


37


Dangerous buildings reported


10


Dead bodies found


3


Defective gas-lamps reported


195


Defective oil-lamps reported


302


Defective sidewalks reported


23


Defective streets reported


25


Defective gas-pipes reported


10


Defective water-pipes reported


12


Disturbances suppressed


58


Dogs killed .


13


Fire-alarms attended


13


25


Fires extinguished without alarm Horses killed


11


Injured and sick persons assisted .


24


Intoxicated persons helped home .


87


.


165


Lost children restored to friends


19


Liquor search-warrants served


34


Lanterns hung out in dangerous places


21


Notices served


8,000


Nuisances reported


21


Stray teams put up


29


Street-obstructions removed .


36


Truant cases investigated


27


Amount of fines imposed by court


. $1,504.00


Amount of imprisonment


14 years, 7 months


Amount of court-fees earned by officers


$780.32


Amount received from sale of a horse .


$165.20


The amount appropriated for the maintenance of the department was $17,700, the amount expended, $17,199.57 ; deduct the amount received from court-fees and the sale of the horse, and it will be found that the total expenses for police service for the year were $16,254.05.


During the year special police-officers were employed 248 days, at an expense of $620.


If the removal of Station No. 1 is contemplated, it is sug- gested that Stations Nos. 1 and 2 be consolidated, and a station-house be built about midway between the present loca- tions of the two. Station 2 is not used for lodgers on ac- count of its isolation, and being without any one in constant charge.


The strength and efficiency of a police force is not so much in the excessive number of station-houses, as in the number of men judiciously distributed. Take, for instance, the city of Lowell, with its sixty thousand inhabitants and its police force of sixty men, it has only one police-station.


The amount saved in the way I have mentioned could be expended in the increase of the number of men.


166


CITY PROPERTY IN USE BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.


STATIONS.


MARSHAL'S OFFICE.


TOTAL.


1


2


3


4


Bed blankets


7


4


4


8


7


30


Blank-books


Lot


Lot


Lot


Lot


Lot


Lot


Bookcases


1


1


Brooms


1


1


2


1


8


13


Carpeting, yards .


I


-


1


-


-


2


2


Carriage-robes


3


4


5


5


4


21


City ordinances


1


1


1


1


1


5


Clocks


1


1


1


-


5


Desks


1


-


-


-


1


1


2


Feather-dusters


1


1 1


-


I


1


1


1


19


19


Hand-hose, feet


25


50


50


50


1


-


-


-


-


-


-


6


6


Horses


-


-


2


2


Horseman's leggings


1


1


1


1


2


6


Lanterns


2


1


1


1


2


7


Lounges


1


1


2


Maps Mats


1


11


1


1


1


5


Mops


1


12


2


1


6


16


Police-clubs, long


1


1


-


16


16


Police-clubs, short


1


1


I


1


17


17


Police-belts


16


16


Police-regulations


150


150


Police-calls


15


15


Police-wreaths


12


12


Reins


1


1


Rope, feet .


1


1


1


-


120


120


-


-


-


1


5 110 1


-


1


-


1


2


4


Dictionaries


3


Fire-alarm keys


17


17


Harnesses


2


2


Horse-blankets


-


-


-


1


1


-


-


-


1


-


2


Mirrors .


1


2


3


5


Newton directories


1


1


3


Pails


6


6


Police-buttons, dozen


106


106


Police-badges .


2


3


5


Mattresses .


1


-


1


-


2


3


Bedsteads, iron


1


Carriages


3


3


Chairs


3


Coal, tons .


Handcuffs .


175


1


1


Inkstands .


1


1


1


30


30


1


5


167


CITY PROPERTY IN USE BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. (Concluded.)


STATIONS.


MARSHAL'S OFFICE.


TOTAL.


1


2


3


4


Saddles and bridles .


Saddle-cloths .


Settees .


-


-


1


1


1


Spittoons


1


1


2


7


Shovels .


1


2


2


Tables


1


1


1


5


Thermometers


1


1


Tin cups


3


8


2


3


5


Wash-bowls


1


1


Water-wrenches


1


1


1


2


6


Whips


-


-


1


1


I


-


-


2


2


-


3


3


1


Sleighs .


-


The records of the department show that the members have been, during the year, attentive to their duties, and there is every reason to be pleased with the force in its pres- ent condition.


Very respectfully,


DANIEL M. HAMMOND, City Marshal.


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19


Towels .


CITY OF NEWTON.


REPORT


OF THE


WATER BOARD


FOR 1883.


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BERTY AND UNIO


FOUND


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BOSTON: FRANKLIN PRESS: RAND, AVERY, AND COMPANY. 1884.


NEWTON WATER-WORKS.


ORGANIZATION FOR 1884.


WATER BOARD:


EDWARD W. CATE, President. COL. FRANCIS J. PARKER. FRANCIS A. DEWSON.


ALDERMAN NOAH W. FARLEY.


COUNCILMAN ALBERT F. UPTON.


ALBERT S. GLOVER, Clerk, and Water Registrar.


H. NELSON HYDE, JUN., Superintendent. ALBERT F. NOYES, Engineer (City Engineer).


REPORT OF WATER BOARD.


To his Honor the Mayor and the City Council of the City of Newton.


THE Water Board begs leave to submit the following Report of the doings of the Water Department for the year ending Dec. 31, 1883.


The Water Board, during the past year, has consisted of Alderman J. Wesley Kimball, Councilman Fred W. Free- man, Col. Francis J. Parker, Messrs. Francis A. Dewson and Edward W. Cate. At its first meeting the Board organized by the election of Mr. Edward W. Cate as President, and Albert S. Glover, Clerk.


The principal work of the department has been routine, a full and detailed account of which will be found in the tables hereto annexed. The Board, upon its assumption of the management of the department, found that the work upon the new foundations at the pumping station, which had been begun in September, 1882, was far from finished. This work was pushed to completion. The large pumping-engine was transferred to the new foundation, and began its work in its new position Feb. 27.


The auxiliary engine was removed to the lower or base- ment floor, as in this position its drafting power would be somewhat increased. The other alterations and repairs, rendered necessary by the building of the foundations, and changing of the engines, have been completed ; and the grounds, which were badly torn up, have been placed in good order. The new foundations have been in use over ten months, with the most satisfactory results, and it is believed that the trouble which existed at the pumping station for so long a time has at last been remedied.


An examination of the filter basin during the earlier part of the year led the Board to the conclusion that the pores of


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its sides and bottom had been, to a great extent, filled up by silt, which had collected during the seven years of the existence of the works.


With a view of increasing the supply of water, and of removing any substances which might have a tendency to decrease its purity, the Board asked for an appropriation of $3,000, to be expended in cleansing the filter basin. The appropriation being received, work was begun June 20, and ended July 10. The exact cost was $2,783.50.


The Board desires to call the attention of the City Council to the question of securing an additional supply of water.


An examination of the consumption during the last few years shows that it increases in about the same ratio as the increase in new services, which is about seven per cent.


The greatest consumption, of course, comes at the same season of the year as the least supply. Although last sum- mer was exceedingly dry, and almost every city in the Com- monwealth was obliged to place restraints upon the use of water, it is a matter of congratulation that the Board was not compelled to restrict the use of water in the least.


During a number of weeks, however, the large engine was kept constantly at work, Sundays excepted.


The average daily consumption during the month of August was 1,042,608 gallons, and the average daily supply drawn from the filter basin was 1,007,042 gallons. The storage loss was 1,037,236 gallons, and reduced the water in the reservoir to within about 3,000,000 gallons of low-water mark. If the consumption should increase seven per cent in 1884, and if the season were dry, the consumption might rise, in the month of August, to 1,115,591 gallons daily. This would cause a storage loss of 3,299,695 gallons, and would bring the water very near to the low-water mark.


During the year the Board instituted a series of experi- ments, with a view of testing the condition of the works, and also of finding if there were any sources of waste. The re- sults showed the works to be in excellent condition. The experiments, however, tended to show that large quantities of water were used by the owners of hand-hose, and it is thought, that, by a strict enforcement of the ordinance regu-


7


lating the use of hose, a great saving of water can be effected. In this connection the Board also desires to call the atten- tion of the City Council to the question of high service.


There are a number of districts of the city which are not at all supplied with water by the present system, and still others which are only partially supplied. The table hereto annexed will give the districts, their approximate areas and populations. While there may be no pressing need of a high service, it might be well to consider the question in connec- tion with that of additional supply. If it were thought best to increase the storage capacity of the works, it would proba- bly be best accomplished by placing an additional reservoir upon higher ground.


Complaints have been made, from time to time during the year, of bad taste of the water. These complaints have in all cases been promptly investigated, and the trouble remedied, usually by flushing the mains. Immediately after our most serious complaint, the water was analyzed, with very satis- factory results, by Professor Richards. His report is as follows : -


MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, BOSTON, May 10, 1883.


EDWARD W. CATE, EsQ.


My dear Sir, -The samples of water sent by you on May 8 have been carefully tested, and yield the following results : -


SOLID RESIDUE.


AMMONIA.


ALBUMINOID


AMMONIA.


INORGANIC.


ORGANIC OR


VOLATILE.


TOTAL.


CHLORINE.


NITRATES IN WATER CONCENTRATED TO 20 do ITS BULK.


PARTS PER 100,000.


Reservoir


Filter-basin .


Water-main .


0.0036 0.0030 0.0010


0.0044 0.0050 0.0014


5.80 4.28 4.40


1.88 0.92 0.40


7.68 5.20 4.80


0.82 0.61 0.60


Trace. Faint trace. Faint trace.


GRAINS PER GALLON.


Reservoir


Filter-basin .


Water-main .


0.0021 0.0018 0.0006


0.0026 0.0029 0.0008


3.41 2.51 2 58


1.10 0.54 0.23


4.52 3.05 2.82


0.48 0.36 0.35


Trace. Faint trace. Faint trace.


The hardness of the reservoir and of the main water was tested,


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and in each case it proved to be equal to 1.50 grains of carbonate of calcium to the gallon.


Respectfully yours, (Signed) ROBERT H. RICHARDS, Professor of Mining.


HIGH SERVICE DISTRICTS.


The tracts of land, and the areas of the same, which cannot be reached by our present water-supply, are as follows. The population we can only give very approximately, without an especial enumeration.


DISTRICT.


APPROXIMATE AREA.


ESTIMATED POPULA- TION.


Waban Hill


22 acres.


20


Chestnut Hill .


11


66


10


Institution Hill


22


100


Oak Hill


20


66


None at present.


Bald Pate Hill


16


66


Total


91 acres.


130


Districts to which water is supplied into cisterns, or to the first story only, or where the present supply cannot be depended upon : -


DISTRICT.


APPROXIMATE AREA.


ESTIMATED POPULA- TION.


Chestnut Hill .


45 acres.


30


Beacon Street Hill


23


40


Total


68 acres.


70


There may be some districts of Oak Hill - over which we have no levels, and for which no application for water has been made - which would come under this head.


The districts which would be benefited by a high service


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system for fire purposes would be, in addition to those already mentioned : -


DISTRICT.


APPROXIMATE AREA.


ESTIMATED POPULA- TION.


Mount Ida .


39 acres.


150


Cottage Hill, Upper Falls .


50


66


50


Nonantum Hill


14


20


Moffat Hill


15


66


None at present.


Brighton Hill .


10


50


West Newton and Newtonville Hill .


380


66


200


Chestnut Hill District .


138


66


50


Station Street and Institution Hill .


45


40


Total .


691 acres.


560


A large part of Oak Hill district, in which no water-pipes have been laid as yet, the population would not probably number over three hundred. We have not sufficient figures to warrant an estimate of the area, probably about eight hun- dred acres.


HIGH SERVICE DISTRICTS: SUMMARY.


AREA IN ACRES.


POPULA- TION.


Districts which cannot be supplied from reservoir


91


130


Districts partially supplied


68


70


Districts to be benefited for fire purposes


691


560


In addition to the above might be added Oak Hill, with an estimated area


800


300


Total


1,650


1,060


.


850


760


LENGTH OF SERVICE-PIPES.


The following table gives the length, in feet, of service- pipes to date : -


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WHEN LAID.


NUMBER.


LENGTH IN FEET.


To Jan. 1, 1878


1,497


104,065


During 1878


188


15,449


During 1879


232


13,670


During 1880


228


18,039


During 1881


267


14,675


During 1882


169


10,904


During 1883


159


11,709


Total


2,740


188,511


SUPPLY-PIPES.


The following table shows the location, size, and length of supply-pipes laid during 1883 :-


LOCATION.


WARD.


LOCATION.


2-IN.


1-IN.


TOTAL.


Phipps Place


2


From Walnut, east


224


-


Mill .


2


From end of main, east,


141


224 141


Walnut


5


Extended south


- 140


-


140


Total


364


141


505


TABLE SHOWING LOCATIONS, SIZES, LENGTHS, ETC., OF MAINS LAID DURING 1883.


LENGTH IN FEET OF EACH SIZE.


STREET.


LOCATION.


12-IN.


8-IN.


6-IN.


4-IN.


Arlington .


7


From Pembroke, east


-


-


-


1


47.80


Bennington


.


.


.


From Auburn, west .


323


1


Cedar


.


.


.


6


Extended north


130


Cottage


5


From Elliot, north-west


9


64


318


1


51.11


Crafts


2


From California, west


142


179


-


-


Derby


3


From Waltham west.


1,848


-


1


2


136.50


Fairmont Avenue


1


Extended west .


455


1


Forest


5


From Bowdoin, west


240


Foster


2


From Walnut, west .


264


1


Hammond .


6


Extended south


1,077


332


1


Hunnewell Avenue .


7


Extended east


249


Lake Avenue.


6


Extended east


.


299


1


4.50


Mill .


2


From Walnut, east


341


1


1


7


From Waverley Avenue, east.


442


1


1


3.75


Otis


2


From Murray, west .


746


1


1


10.78


Peabody


7


From Washington, north


70


1


1


Pearl.


1


From Watertown, south


399


1


1


Poor Farm Grounds


4


Extended north


48


6


From Hammond, north-east


1,889


1


2


Sharon Avenue


·


.


.


Station .


.


.


.


Summer


5


Walnut .


5


Extended north


364


129.00


Walnut .


2


Extended south to Mill .


537


-


-


4


From Washington, south


329


1


-


-


-


-


-


-


Total


1,242


2,656


7,941


2,304


11


17


491.34


.


.


Elgin


6


Extended east


460


1


.


.


.


.


.


Maple


.


4


Extended north


142


-


.


Monument Avenue.


-


Saltonstall Avenue .


.


4


From Crescent, west.


217


-


1


14.00


6


Extended south-east . From High, west


203


-


.


.


.


78.90


Washington Avenue


Winter .


5


Extended east .


-


.


.


.


1


Extended west .


607


-


1


Bourne .


4


Dalby


1


Extended north ·


.


11


GATES. HYDRANTS.


CUBIC YARDS ROCK.


WARD.


·


107


-


10.83


325


4.17


325


1


663


12


MAIN PIPE LAID DURING 1883.


RECAPITULATION.


Length of 12-inch pipe laid 1,242 feet


Length of 8-inch pipe laid .


. 2,656 feet


Length of 6-inch pipe laid . . 7,941 feet


Length of 4-inch pipe laid .


. 2,304 feet


Total


. 14,143 feet


MAIN PIPE, OF ALL SIZES, LAID TO DEC. 31, 1883.


. LENGTH IN FEET OF DIFFERENT SIZES.


WHEN LAID.


TOTAL.


24-IN.


20-IN.


16-IN.


12-IN.


8-IN.


6-IN.


4-IN.


Laid previous to Jan. 1, 1878


Laid in 1878


761


18,012


2,457


58,932


53,321


116,815


23,235


273,533


Laid in 1879


1,083


947


13,148


3,122


18,300


Laid in 1880


754


1,484


9,728


4,053


16,019


Laid in 1881


484


7,449


2,483


10,416


Laid in 1882


1,211


10,416


2,605


14,232


Laid in 1883


1,242


2,656


7,941


2,304


14,143


Total


761


18,012


2,457


62,011


60,283


173,888


39,887


357,299


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-


Total length mains laid to date, 357,299 feet, or 67.60 miles.


13


·


180


8,391


2,085


10,656


.


SERVICE-PIPES LAID DURING 1883.


SIZE OF PIPES.


TOTAL.


2-INCH.


12-INCH.


14-INCH.


1-INCH.


2-INCH.


§-INCH.


MONTH.


No.


LENGTH IN FEET.


No.


LENGTH IN FEET.


No.


LENGTH IN FEET.


No.


LENGTH IN FEET.


No.


LENGTH IN FEET.


No.


LENGTH IN FEET.


No.


LENGTH IN FEET.


January


-


-


I


11


34.70


1


34.70


February


2


26.10


3


130.50


5


156.60


April


43.95


4


153.20


11


475.30


47 00


17


719.45


May .


-


-


-


1


128.70


11


633.45


12


762.15


July .


1


-


-


3


430.40


7


366.55


10


796.95


August


2


273.30


3


459.70


10


686.80


15


1,419.80


October .


.


1


719.70


1


562.60


3


499.05


17


836.95


22


2,618.30


November .


.


-


-


I


-


-


7


532.60


12


501.75


19


1,034.35


Total


3


317.25


1


719.70


1


568.30


33


3,877.15


120 6,179.40


1


47.00


159


11,708.80


-


3


869.50


14


818.60


17


1,688.10


5.70


5


527.80


15


733.20


20


1,266.70


June .


-


-


-


-


2


250.10


18


948.40


20


1,198.50


December


.


-


-


13.20


13.20


March


-


-


-


14


September .


15


STATEMENT OF SERVICES IN USE DEC. 31, 1883.


Number of services laid throughout the city Dec. 31, 1883 2,740


Number of services shut off for non-payment,


remaining off Dec. 31, 1882 . . 11 Number of these services turned on during the past year 5


Leaving of these still shut off - 6


Number of services shut off for non-payment during the past year 1


Number of these turned on again during the past year 1


Leaving of these still shut off - 0


Number of services turned off by request, remaining off Dec. 31, 1882 . 93


Number of these turned on during the past year 40


Leaving of these still shut off .


- 53


Number of services turned off by request during the past year 93


Number of these turned on again during the past year 63


Leaving of these still shut off ·


- 30


Number of services once turned on, remain- ing off Dec. 31, 1883 - 89


Number of services never turned on . 107


Total number of services remaining off Dec. 31, 1883 196


Leaving number of services in use Dec. 31, 1883 2,544


METERS.


There have been set during the past year 97 meters, of which 90 are half-inch Crown, 2 are inch Crown, 1 is a three- inch Crown, 2 are five-eighths inch Worthington, 1, a five- eighths inch Desper, and 1, a two-inch Union Rotary.


The following table gives the classification of meters now in use : --


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CLASSIFICATION OF METERS.


SIZE.


DESCRIPTION.


TOTAL.


¿- IN.


g-IN.


2-IN.


1-IN.


11.IN.


2-IN.


3-IN.


Worthington .


-


302


6


3


-


-


1


312


Union Piston,


-


203


19


1


-


-


-


223


Union Rotary,


44


3


4


-


1


52


Crown .


159


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