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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
Fires extinguished without alarm
25
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.
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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
Bedsteads, iron
1
-
2
3
Blank-books
Lot
Lot
Lot
Lot
Lot
Lot
Bookcases
1
1
Brooms
1
1
2
1
8
13
Carpeting, yards .
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
2
4
Dictionaries
1
1
1
1
3
Fire-alarm keys
-
1
1
19
19
Hand-hose, feet
25
50
50
50
175
Harnesses .
1
-
2
2
Horse-blankets
1
-
1
-
-
1
1
Inkstands
1
1
1
1
2
6
Lanterns
2
1
1
1
2
7 2
Maps
1
1
Mats
2
3
5
Mattresses .
1
1
1
5
Mops
1
2
3
5
Newton directories
12 2
2 12
6
16
Police-clubs, long
1
1
-
1
1
1
1
1
16
16
Police-regulations
150
150
Police-calls
15
15
Police-wreaths
12
12
Reins
1
1
Rope, feet .
-
120
120
-
1
-
-
-
1
1
-
-
1
1
2
6
Horses
2
2
Lounges
-
1
1 111111 1 1 1
1
3
Pails
16
16
Police-clubs, short
6
6
Police-buttons, dozen
106
106
Police-badges .
17
17
Police-belts
1111115 1 1 1 5
1
1
2
Mirrors
1
1
3
Coal, tons .
5
30
30
Carriages
3
3
Chairs
Feather-dusters
17
17
Handcuffs .
6
Horseman's leggings
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
Spittoons
1
1
2
7
Surcingles
Tables
1
2
1
5
Thermometers
1
1
Tin cups
3
2
19
Towels .
3
5
Wash-bowls
1
Water-wrenches
1
1
2
6
Whips
1
1
I
-
-
2
2
I
1
3
3
Sleighs .
1
1
Shovels .
2
2
2
1 11111181111 1 1 1 8 1 1
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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CITY OF NEWTON.
REPORT
OF THE
WATER BOARD
FOR 1883.
BERTY AND
UNIO
FOUND
ON.
ITUM
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-
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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 ITS BULK.
PARTS PER 100,000.
Reservoir
Filter-basin .
0.0036 0.0030 0.0010
0.0044 0.0050 0.0014
4.40
0.40
4.80
0.60
Trace. Faint trace. Faint trace.
GRAINS PER GALLON.
Reservoir
0.0021
Filter-basin .
0.0018
0.0026 0.0029 0.0008
3.41 2.51
1.10 0.54
4.52 3.05
0.48 0.36
Water-main .
0.0006
2 58
0.23
2.82
0.35
Trace. Faint trace. Faint trace.
5.80 4.28
1.88 0.92
7.68 5.20
0.82
0.61
Water-main .
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.
(Signed)
Respectfully yours, 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
10
Institution Hill
22
66
100
Oak Hill
20
None at present.
Bald Pate Hill
16
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
66
20
Moffat Hill
15
None at present.
Brighton Hill .
10
50
West Newton and Newtonville Hill .
380
200
Chestnut Hill District .
138
66
50
Station Street and Institution Hill .
45
66
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
850
76
In addition to the above might be added Oak Hill, with an estimated area
800
300
Total
1,650
1,060
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
-
224
Mill
2
From end of main, east,
-
141
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.
WARD.
LOCATION.
12-IN.
8-IN.
6-IN.
4-IN.
Arlington
7
From Pembroke, east
Bennington
1
Extended west . .
607
1
.
.
.
.
·
4
From Auburn, west .
Cedar
6
Extended north
Cottage .
5
From Elliot, north-west
9
64
318
1
51.11
Crafts
2
From California, west
Extended north .
From Waltham west.
460
1
136.50
Elgin
6
Extended east .
455
-
.
·
.
.
.
2
From Walnut, west . Extended south
1,077
332
1
Hunnewell Avenue .
7
Extended east .
219
Lake Avenue.
6
Extended east
299
1
4.50
Mill
2
From Walnut, east
.
.
.
746
1
1
10.78
Peabody
7
From Washington, north
.
.
70
325
1
1
Pearl.
1
From Watertown, south
399
1
1
Poor Farm Grounds
4
From Hammond, north-east
1,889
1
2
Sharon Avenue .
4
From Crescent, west .
Station
6
Extended south-east .
.
·
·
·
.
·
.
.
.
.
·
537
329
1
Winter
5
Extended east .
Total
1,242
2,656
7,941
2,304
11
17
491.34
·
142
-
-
-
1
2
Derby
Fairmont Avenue
1
Extended west .
.
Forest
5
From Bowdoin, west
240
261
1
Hammond .
.
.
.
.
.
.
From Waverley Avenue, east.
442
1
1
3.75
Monument Avenue. Otis .
2
From Murray, west .
.
.
.
48
-
.
.
217
-
1
14.00
Summer
5
·
.
.
.
.
Washington Avenue
4
From Washington, south
.
-
-
-
-
-
663
-
-
1
47.80
Bourne .
323
1
.
.
·
1
Dalby
1
3
1
-
-
142
Maple
4
Extended north
341
1
1
-
.
.
.
From High, west .
10.83
Walnut .
5 Extended north
364
129.00
Walnut .
2
Extended south to Mill .
78.90
Saltonstall Avenue .
6
Extended north
-
130
179
1,848
Foster
6
.
11
-
4.17
325
203
-
107
GATES. HYDRANTS.
CUBIC YARDS Rock.
1
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
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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 .
761
18,012
2,457
58,932
53,321
116,815
23,235
273,533
Laid in 1878
.
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
180
8,391
2,085
10,656
.
.
Total length mains laid to date, 357,299 feet, or 67.60 miles.
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SERVICE-PIPES LAID DURING 1883.
SIZE OF PIPES.
TOTAL.
2-INCH.
12-INCHI.
11-INCH.
1-INCH.
2-INCH.
5-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
-
.
.
5
156.60
April
1
43.95
4
153.20
11
475.30
1
47 00
17
719.45
May .
1
1
-
1
128.70
11
633.45
12
762.15
July .
1
3
430.40
7
366.55
10
796.95
August .
15
1,419.80
September
2
273.30
2
250.10
18
948.40
20
1,198.50
October .
·
1
719.70
1
562.60
3
499.05
17
836.95
22
2,618.30
November .
.
·
.
·
-
-
-
-
-
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
-
-
1
34.70
1
34.70
February
1
13.20
1
13.20
March
26.10
3
130.50
-
17
1,688.10
5.70
5
527.80
15
733.20
20
1,266.70
June .
3
459.70
10
686.80
-
-
-
14
2
3
869.50
14
818.60
December
. .
-
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 : --
16
CLASSIFICATION OF METERS.
SIZE.
DESCRIPTION.
TOTAL.
¿- IN.
5-IN.
3.IN.
1-IN.
13-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
-
2
-
-
1
-
2
Desper .
3
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
Total
.
159
552
31
15
1
1
2
761
WATER PUMPED AND CONSUMED.
During 1883 there were pumped 229,317,924 gallons of water, about 13,000,000 more than were pumped in 1882. The average daily consumption during the past year was 624,381 gallons.
The following table gives the average daily consumption by months during the past six years : -
MONTH.
1878.
1879.
1880.
1881.
1882.
1883.
January .
286,234
309,645
386,524
406,212
445,257
526,943
February .
274,792
300,275
341,920
397,346
470.841
481,437
March .
227,484
300,048
325,996
354,168
541,149
503,804
April
221,508
297,850
381,002
392,617
477,540
494,281
May
294,278
388,671
514,382
466,234
510,951
568,500
June
369,844
455,924
719,348
475,573
646,752
719,838
July
557,446
488,733
515,623
520,529
764,985
818,209
August
386,916
502,418
540,408
510,214
944,486
1,042,608
September
374,517
387,366
530,826
550,974
712,994
882,348
October
343,431
370,238
419,474
467,155
601,595
511,039
November
304,208
361,446
384,683
440.689
520,946
482,570
December
297,890
336,777
364,196
426,752
501,669
460,994
Daily average,
328,212
374,949
452,032
450,705
594,930
624,381
-
1
1
1
168
Spooner
3
Boston .
1
7
1
17
RECEIPTS FOR THE YEAR 1883.
Received on account of water-rates
of 1883 . $29,308 12
Received on account of water-rates
of 1882 1,568 27
Received on account of meter-rates, 18,414 03
Received on account of build'g-rates, 37 53
$49,327 95
Received for service-pipes .
$3,083 57
Received for meters and setting
2,157 55
Received for repairing meters .
338 67
Received for repairing services
15 60
Received for turning off and on wa-
ter, sealing fixtures, etc. . 132 11
Received for material sold
614 28
6,341 78
Total receipts during 1883
$55,669 73
EXPENDITURES FOR THE YEAR 1883.
MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT.
Amount of appropriation
$13,500 00
Expense of water registrar's office, including salary of registrar, in- spector, travelling, and miscel- laneous expenses .
$2,675 77
Expense of superintendent's office, including salary of superintend- ent, travelling, miscellaneous, and pipe-yard expenses
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