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WILLIAM I. RUGGLES, JAMES W. KILLAM, OLIVER L. AKERLEY, Overseers of the Poor.
133
TOWN HOME
INMATES
James Hunter
William S. Pease
Margaret Sullivan, discharged April 28, 1903 ; readmitted May 4th, 1903
70
Henry W. Weston
56
Charles H. Ballard, discharged May 13, 1903 ; readmitted Oct. 29, 1903 66
57 66
Joseph Stokes, admitted May 24, 1903; discharg- ed Aug. 4, 1903
52 66
Addie E. Fielding, admitted July 17, 1903
31 66
Marion E. Fielding, admitted July 17, 1903 ; dis- charged Oct. 21, 1903 66
7 66
Blanche G. Fielding, admitted July 17, 1903; discharged Oct. 21, 1903 4 4
Gladys B. Fielding, admitted July 17, 1903
9 mos.
John H. Daland, admitted July 22, 1903
79 years
Louisa M. Daland, admitted July 22, 1903 ; died Oct. 20, 1903 80
Mary L. H. Parker, admitted Jan. 22, 1903 ; dis-
charged April 31, 1903
60 66
PERSONAL PROPERTY AT TOWN HOME
JAN. 1, 1904
Live stock
$290 00
Hay and grain
89 50
Wagons and sleighs
148 00
Manure
37 00
Amount carried forward
$564 50
Aged 60 years 66 74
134
Amount brought forward
$565 50
Farming tools and implements
148 70
Harnesses, blankets, etc.
66 50
Barrels, boxes and baskets
31 10
Fuel .
37 00
Beds, bedding, etc.
94 45
Household furniture and utensils
376 75
Provisions and supplies
130 90
Two snow plows
20 00
Spraying apparatus
65 00
$1,534 90
TOWN HOME
RECEIPTS
Amount received from sale of milk and
$ 25 77
Amount received from sale of poultry
1 00
Amount received from sale of apples
5 50
Amount received from sale of junk
25
Amount received from sale of cow and calf
52 50
Amount received from sale of vinegar
9 10
Amount received from sale of wood .
11 00
35 85
Amount received from sale of gravel Amount received from W. F. Burnham, board
105 02
Amount received for spraying trees
59 13
Amount received from labor, mowing
3 20
Amount received from labor, removing snow
20 76
Amount carried forward
$329 08
eggs
135
Amount carried forward $329 08
Amount received from labor on high-
way . 2 00
Amount received from labor moving tree
12 00
Amount received for bill overpaid Amount received for distributing Town
5 97
Reports, 1902
10 00
Amount received for witness fees in
9 05
Fielding case
Cash received from C. H. Ballard 3 00
Cash received from Joseph Stokes
3 25
EXPENDED
J. F. Burnham, salary $499 94
J. F. Burnham, soap and washing powder, clothing for Fielding children, vegeta- bles, meadow grass, expressing and sun- dry expenses 68 07
Georgie Burnett, wages
47 00
Katie O'Hearn, wages
1 50
Hattie O'Connell, wages
55 99
Minnie Hutt, wages
23 50
Mary J. Monahan, wages
21 13
Mrs. McIntire, labor
1 53
Mrs. Pratt, labor
1 50
Mrs. Milbury, labor
4 00
J. F. Burnham, two bedsteads, springs and mattresses
8 00
J. F. Burnham, expense of Fielding case 4 00
C. L. Martin, fuel
150 75
Amount carried forward $886 91 $374 35
136
Amount brought forward
$886 91 $374 35
W. Bancroft & Co., labor and supplies 5 45
Nathan Bancroft Est., shoes and repairs 11 95
C. D. Wells, horse shoeing
9 88
J. L. Eisenhaure, fuel
18 00
Hattie Forbes, wages
10 50
Bowker Insecticide Co., spraying supplies .
30 39
W. J. Munroe, garden seed
4 13
W. H. Wightman, insurance
15 00
F. H. Dewey, hay
51 28
A. W. Danforth, medicine
10 20
J. C. Oxley, medicine
16 15
W. H. Willis, medicine
11 35
E. E. Nichols, ice
14 35
Charles Wakefield, vegetables
1 65
Hall & Macfarland, shoes
3 00
A. Hodson, repairs
15 55
Wm. Taylor, meat and vegetables 82 82
H. S. Buck, meat and provisions 5 49
C. L. Nichols, meat and provisions
19 94
A. S. Nichols, meat and provisions, 1902
4 67
A. S. Nichols, slaughtering hogs
3 00
A. S. Nichols, meat and provisions 13 60
E. L. Chamberlain, meat and provisions
54 65
Berry & Rich, meat and provisions
54 57
E. B. Stewart, crackers
26 14
C. F. Nichols, fish, 1900
4 82
Thomas Ovans, fish 53 24
E. C. Metcalf, crockery, supplies
9 20
H. O. Copeland & Co., dry goods
7 92
A. S. Cook & Co., dry goods
9 31
Amount carried forward
$1,395 11
$374 35
137
Amount brought forward $1,395 11
$374 35
F. G. MacDonald, dry goods 13 31
Francis Bartley, clothing and supplies
29 35
Reading Co-op. Ass'n, grain and groceries
109 31
W. H. Mears, grain and groceries
170 50
F. Wallace, grain and groceries
158 99
Geo. II. Atkinson, grain and groceries
219 74
Cummings' Express, expressing
3 40
T. C. Fife, pipe fitting and supplies
15 31
Francis Bros., house furnishings and hard- ware
65 40
R. C. Totten, repairs
6 95
Reading Water Works, water rates
33 68
Carried to Poor Account
1,916 70
$2,291 05 $2,291 05
POOR OUT OF TOWN HOME
EXPENDED
Agnes E. Brown, hospital service $25 29
Delia Brown, board .
10 71
Edw. Brown, board
6 43
Frank A. Brown and family, physician's services
7 50
Wm. H. Burnham and family, groceries and fuel
174 12
Joel O. Cederburg and family, fuel and sup- plies
183 65
Matilda Coulter and family, fuel
19 35
John H. Daland and family, groceries, fuel, medicine and medical attendance 236 72
Amount carried forward $663 77
138
Amount brought forward $663 77
Mrs. W. T. Eames and family, supplies 160 00
Jane Green, fuel and groceries . 1 49
Frank L. Johnson and family, fuel 8 50
Annie Kent, hospital services
74 85
Wm. Leonard and family, rent
91 00
Miscellaneous expenses
2 66
Elizabeth H. Porter, fuel, provisions, sup-
plies and funeral expenses . 146 12
Mary T. Roach and family, fuel and grocer- ies 81 94
Margaret E. Russell, hospital services
18 00
Joseph Stokes, board and physician's ser- vices
33 75
George A. Stratton and family, supplies
33 25
John Walsh and family, groceries, medicine and medical attendance 54 90
Elmira Weston, supplies
101 85
Carried to Poor account
$1,472 08
HOSPITAL ACCOUNT
Danvers Insane Hospital :
Henry C. Brown, board $169 47
Sarah E. Damon, 104 46
Josephine Devine,
169 46
Ernest Hazelton, 66
169 46
Mary P. Foley, 169 47
Sumner McAllister, "
169 47
Levi W. Newell,
138 36
Olive P. Roundy, “
169 47
Worcester Insane Hospital :
Henry S. Buck, board 169 46
Carried to Poor account
$1,429 08
139
TRAMP ACCOUNT
F. D. Merrill, supplies $2 70 Carried to Poor Account
$2 70
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF READING
Amount received from the Common-
wealth of Mass. $49 15
Amount due from Commonwealth of
Mass. . 49 50
EXPENDED
Annie L. Melonson and family, fuel $35 00
Mrs. Charles Carr, fuel and groceries 6 75
Annie Burke and family, fuel 14 60
Bridget Greeley and family, fuel and groc- eries 12 30
Joseph P. Oliver and family, groceries 3 00
Mary O'Brien, nurse and medical attendance 25 00
Ernest Hill and family, groceries 2 00
$98 65
$98 65.
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF CITY OF WOBURN
Amount received from City of Woburn $53 40
Amount due from City of Woburn 46 16
EXPENDED
Robt. C. Smith and family, groceries, fuel and provisions
$61 65
Richard Burke and family, groceries 37 91
$99 56
$99 56
140
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF CITY OF MELROSE
Amount due from City of Melrose
$17 00
EXPENDED
Peter Ainsworth and family, fuel
$17 00
$17 00
$17 00
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF CITY OF WALTHAM
Amount received from City of Waltham $96 00
Amount due from City of Waltham 10 00
EXPENDED
Mrs. Frank A. Carey and family, supplies $106 00
$106 00
$106 00
TOWN OF WILMINGTON Amount due from Town of Wilmington $20 63
EXPENDED
Edmund White and family, groceries, fuel and provisions $20 63
$20 63
$20 63
TOWN OF SAUGUS
Amount due from Town of Saugus
$117 13
EXPENDED
Eliza C. Amerige, groceries, fuel, provisions, nurse, medicine and medical attendance $117 13
$117 13
$117 13
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SUMMARY
Appropriation
$4,000 00
EXPENDED
Net expenses Town Home
. $1,916 70
Poor out of Town Home
1,472 08
Hospital account
1,429 08
Tramp account
2 70
Overdrawn
820 56
$4,820 56 $4,820 5
TOWN OF READING.
FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
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FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31
1903.
OFFICERS OF THE WATER DEPARTMENT
Commissioners
HENRY R. JOHNSON, Chairman
Term expires 1904
EARLE H. GOWING, .
1905
GEORGE A. SHACKFORD, . 1906
Superintendent and Registrar LEWIS M. BANCROFT
Engineer at Pumping Station FRANK F. STROUT
Assistant Engineer ALBION G. NICHOLS
OFFICE OF WATER BOARD Room 2, Masonic Block
OFFICE HOURS 8.30 to 11 A. M., 2.30 to 4 P. M., except Saturday.
Saturday: 8.30 to 12 M., 7.30 to 9 P. M.
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To the Citizens of Reading :
The Board of Water Commissioners hereby submit their four- teenth annual report.
MAINTENANCE
Received fines and summons $7 40
Paid Engineering News
$ 5 00
S. S. Bell, manager electric lights 33 26
Reading Masonic Temple Corp., rent 132 00
Engineering Record . 5 00
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., telephones
34 82
L. T. Eames, wiring and fixtures
20 20
J. A. Murphy, repairing clock
1 50
The Bristol Co., dials .
1 97
Little, Brown & Co., books
7 00
Francis Bros.
1 20
Harley Prentiss, P. M., stamped en- velopes 46 90
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, printing 30 40
Thorp & Martin Co., books
65 50
O. P. Symonds & Sons, lumber
1 00
Frost & Adams Co., paper 1 20
S. M. Spencer Mfg. Co., rep. rubber stamp
1 00
Library Bureau cards
1 00
Pay roll
1,371 00
A. W. Danforth, floor oil
1 25
American Express Co.
15
Car fares
12 35
Ink, stationery, etc.
5 80
Balance .
1,772 10
$1,779 50 $1,779 50
147
PUMPING STATION MAINTENANCE
Paid W. A. Jepson, coal $688 24
M. H. O'Brien, repairing brick work . 36 00
S. S. Bell, manager electric lights 27 45
R. A. White, teaming coal 40 00
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone
41 72
H. R. Johnson, outside windows
12 91
W. F. Cook, painting
.
18 00
S. W. Bowker, teaming coal
90 25
Ashton Valve Co., rep. safety valve 4 00
B. & M. R. R., freight
239 41
Geo. F. Blake Mfg. Co., pump repairs
18 68
Electric Gas Lighting Co., fixtures
1 82
Francis Bros., fittings
11 43
C. L. Martin, teaming coal
7 50
Municipal Light Dept., coal
74 25
Geo. W. Knowlton Rubber Co., pack- ing 26 82
Walworth Mfg. Co. 3 38
Beattie Zinc Works, zincs . 1 00
Eagle Oil and Supply Co., oil, waste . 73 25
W. Bancroft & Co., fire brick, cement 51 65
F. H. Parker & Son, express and teaming 6 30
Forest Packing Co., packing
6 17
Curran & Burton, coal
933 85
Geo. A. Shackford & Son, teaming 119 72
Insurance . 64 70
Town of North Reading, taxes
1 57
Braman, Dow & Co. . 4 70
A. B. Matthews, horse
3 00
Amount carried forward $2,607 77
148
Amount brought forward
$2,607 77
G. P. Anderson, packing 6 00
R. P. Burgess, brick work 1 75
Chas. A. Claflin & Co., packing 7 35
Geo. H. Atkinson, brooms and oil
2 28
O. O. Ordway, rep. fire tools
1 25
The Hodge Boiler Works, grates
13 16
Car fares
1 34
Pay roll
1,275 44
$3,916 34
MAINTENANCE OF FILTERS
Paid John A. Blunt, iron work ·
$ 50
Boston Bolt Co., bolts
1 27
Francis Bros.
98
Merrimac Chemical Co., alum
9 56
Walworth M'f'g Co., fittings
1 54
B. & M. R. R., freight
91 50
Dodge M'f'g Co., hangers
9 25
F. H Parker & Son, teaming
34 65
Harrison Bros. & Co., alum
443 70
Isaac Winkler, alum
19 80
W. B. Fonda, lime
97 50
J. A. & W. Bird & Co., acid
2 77
A. B. Matthews, horse
4 50
C. A. Claflin & Co., packing Pay roll
1 00
782 75
American Express Co.
15
A. W. Danforth, muriatic acid
80
Theodore Metcalf Co., chemicals
80
$1,503 02
149
MAINTENANCE OF METERS
Paid Pay roll $188 38
B. & M. R. R., freight 1 70
Hersey M'fg Co., rep. meters
38 16
F. H. Parker & Son, express
2 60
National Meter Co., rep. meters
99 20
Union Meter Co., rep. meters
4 75
American Express Co.
1 55
$336 34
MAINTENANCE OF SERVICE PIPES
Paid Pay roll
$12 25
Chapman Valve M'f'g Co., valves 10 55
$22 80
MAINTENANCE OF MAIN PIPE
Paid Pay roll
$33 25
B. & M. R. R., freight
3 20
Moore & Co., labor
9 00
Chapman Valve M'f'g Co., rep. hydt.
5 57
$51 02
INTEREST
Received interest on deposits
$ 31 90
66 hydrant rent
4,890 00
66 appropriation for interest
600 00
66 for water for fountains .
300 00
for water for street sprinkling
500 00
66 from receipts for water .
2,383 10
Paid interest on bonds and note $8,705 00
$8,705 00
$8,705 00
1
-
150
MAIN PIPE LINE
Received for pipe sold
$50 70
Paid Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., hydrant $62 56
Balance
11 86
$62 56
$62 56
SERVICE PIPES
Received appropriation
$1,000 00
for pipe laid
284 80
Paid J. A. Blunt, iron work
$3 00
Chadwick Boston Lead Co., lead pipe
5 30
Francis Bros.
3 32
The Sumner & Goodwin Co., fittings
15 74
Walworth Mfg. Co.
191 77
B. & M. R. R., freight
10 51
W. Bancroft & Co., cement
50
F. HI. Parker & Son, express 6 35
F. W. Danforth, painting wagon 15 00
E. M. Dart Mfg. Co., s and w cocks 27 60
Braman, Dow & Co., fittings 39 20
Bingham & Taylor, service boxes
33 42
R. A. White, horse hire
28 50
Lead Lined Iron Pipe Co., pipe
36 39
Lamb & Ritchie, pipe
108 00
Reading Harness Shop, rep. harness
2 05
American Express Co. 1 10
Chapman Valve Mfg. Co.
99 25
Builders' Iron Foundry
27 68
A. B. Matthews, horse hire
65 00
S. W. Bowker, teaming
3 50
Amount carried forward
$723 18 $1,284 80
151
Amount brought forward George H. Atkinson, oil, etc. O. O. Ordway, iron work Electrical Appliance Co. T. C. Fife, pipe and fittings
$723 18 $1,284 80
5 15
10 43
2 58
1 94
W. C. Taylor, rep. harness
1 20
H. L. Bond & Co., handles Self closing faucet
1 75
Pay roll
313 08
$1,059 56
Balance
225 24
.
$1,284 80 $1,284 80
METERS
Paid F. H. Parker & Son, express
$ 40
B. & M. R. R., freight
40
National Meter Co., meters
185 00
Walworth Mfg. Co., fittings
6 78
American Express Co.
65
Henry R. Worthington, meters
16 80
Hersey Mfg. Co., meters
71 60
O. P. Symonds & Sons, milling
25
Pay roll
10 50
$292 38
EXPERIMENTAL FILTER
Paid Eagle Oil & Supply Co., tubing
$2 15
Pay roll
10 50
W. Bancroft & Co., lumber
14 30
Amount carried forward $26 95
25
152
Amount brought forward
$26 95
B. &. M. R. R., freight
25
Sumner & Goodwin Co., fittings 4 69
The Hodge Boiler Works, iron
.
1 50
O. P. Symonds & Sons, milling .
1 00
Franklin Labratory Supply Co.
4 35
Francis Bros.
12 08
Walworth Mfg. Co., fittings
4 31
A. B. Matthews, horse hire
6 00
O. O. Ordway, iron work
2 90
Wire netting
85
$64 88
SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
Cash balance from 1902
$49 41
Interest on deposits
31 90
Appropriation for interest
600 00
Appropriation for service pipes
1,000 00
Hydrant rent
4,890 00
Drinking fountains
300 00
Street sprinkling
500 00
Meter rates
10,155 12
Fines and summons
7 40
Service pipe
284 80
Main pipe .
50 70
Paid interest
$8,705 00
Maintenance
1,779 50
Pumping station maintenance
3,916 34
Meter maintenance
336 34
Service pipe maintenance
22 80
Amount carried forward
$17,869 33 $14,759 98
153
Amount brought forward
$17,869 33 $1,4759 98
Main pipe maintenance
51 02
Main pipe
62 56
Service pipe
1,059 56
Meters
292 38
Experimental filter
64 88
Filter maintenance
1,503 02
Cash on hand
75 93
$17,869 33 $17,869 33
SUMMARY OF COST OF PLANT
Reported last year
$286,754 96
Main pipe
11 86
Service pipe
774 76
Meters
292 38
$287,833 96
The Board recommends that $4,890.00 be raised and appro- priated for hydrant rental ; that $300.00 be raised and appropriated for drinking fountains, and that $500.00 be raised and appropriated for street sprinkling.
The interest payable the current fiscal year amounts to $8,425, as follows :
$199,000 00 for one year .
$7,960 00
7,000 00 for six months 140 00
10,000 00 for one year
325 00
$8,425 00
The Board recommends that $1,000.00 be raised and appro- priated for service pipes.
It will be necessary to paint the stand pipe this year, also to paint the engineer's house, and the Board recommends that $600 be raised and appropriated for this purpose.
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Your Board has continued through the year its investigation relating to an improved method of treating water as it comes from the ground for the removal of iron and doing away with the ob- jectionable hardness due to the present treatment. A larger ex- perimental plant on the lines indicated by the former small plant has been in operation about eight months and it has demonstrated beyond a doubt that it is perfectly feasible to eliminate from the unfiltered water as taken from the ground the iron which originally gave so much annoyance, without the addition of chemicals, and consequently without increasing the hardness.
The results obtained from this experimental plant are given in the following table of tests made by the State Board of Health, on water from the gallery, "unfiltered," from the old filter plant, "fil- tered," and from the experimental plant, which will hereafter be called "new process."
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS .- STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
WATER ANALYSIS FROM THE READING WATER WORKS PARTS IN 100,000 (Ammonia, Chlorine, Nitrogen and Oxygen Consumed Dropped)
DATE OF EXAMINATION
APPEARANCE
ODOR
Residue
on
HARDNESS
Turbidity
Sediment
Color
Cold
Hot
1903
Nov. 17
Decided
Cons.
Turbid .70
V. faintly unpleasant
Faint. unp.
8.50
2.9
. 2400
Unfiltered
17
Very Slight
Very Slight
.21
Faint. unp.
Dist. unp.
6.80
2.2
. 0250
New Process
18
Very Slight
None
.28
None
None
16.20
.0150
Filtered
Dec. 29
Decided iron Cons. iron
Filter
.44
None
None
8.00
2.6
. 1500
Unfiltered
29
Slight. Milky None
.11
None
None
7.50
. 0090
New Process
24
None
None
16
None
None
15.10
. 0080
Filtered
1904
Jan. 14
Decided iron Cons. iron
Filter
.42
Faint. earthy Faint. earthy
8.20
1800
Unfiltered
14
Slight. Milky None
.12
None
None
6.70
2.5
. 0210
New Process
14
Very Slight
None
.24
None
None
15.00
8.3
.0200
Filtered
-
Evaporation
Iron
10.
2.7 2.5 8.9 1
1
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The foregoing table shows that the water we furnish is practi- cally three times as hard as that which we could furnish under the new process.
To show the difference between the water which we are fur- nishing and what other towns in the vicinity are getting, we insert the following graphical table, showing the hardness of Reading water, for an average of seven years, and the hardness of the water supplied to a number of cities and towns in the State.
9.9 Reading Filter.
3.3 Unfiltered.
2.5 New Process.
1.3 Andover.
2.2 Billerica.
3.3 Cambridge.
4.4 Brookline.
I.I Danvers.
3.1 Methuen.
1.3 Stoneham.
2.5 Salem.
1.8 Wakefield.
2.I Wellesley.
2.9 Weston.
2.4 Winchester.
4.6 Woburn.
2.5 New Process, Reading.
3.3 Unfiltered, Reading.
9.9 Filtered, Reading.
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When one considers that the amount of soap used by any fam- ily is almost directly proportionate to the hardness of the water supplied, it is readily seen that every family in Reading is obliged to use from two to three times as much soap as they would if living in some of the towns mentioned, or as they would if we could fur- nish water treated by the new process.
The cost of the soap used per family in town is not very great, but whatever it is, more or less, it is more than double what it should be.
Your Board has not been able to get sufficient data to enable them to make exact figures, but from the information at hand, we believe that the saving would amount to more than two (2) dollars per year, per family.
There are something over 1,100 takers using soap, which means that on account of the hardness of the water furnished, due to the addition of chemicals, the people of this town spend at least $2,200.00 per year more for soap than they should, besides the disagreeable experience, which they do not need to be reminded of, caused by hard water.
Careful tests have been made of the power directly chargeable to the present method of treatment, and the results along with the cost of material required is given in the table below. These expen- ses are such as are inseparable from the present method of treating water, and we do not see how they can be reduced, but they would not enter into the expense of running a plant, built and operated on the line of the experimental, new process plant.
Table showing cost per year of operating present filter plant Repairs, average of seven years $ 29 60
Extra labor cleaning filters
14 98
Power used in operating filter plant
180 68
Chemicals, average of seven years
405 77
Oil and waste
18 15
Cost of handling water used in washing fil-
158
Depreciation, assuming life of plant to be
ters, including water wasted · twenty years and rate of interest 3} per cent., calculated on cost of filter plant alone, and not including building or machinery that would be used for new process
146 00
$323 12
Less estimates depreciation of new plant
200 00
123 12
$918 30
If we add to this the cost of the estimated amount of soap unnecessarily used, namely, $2,200.00, we have as the total yearly cost to the town of the present filter plant $3,118.30. The Board is now ready to further investigate the matter and report in full with estimates of the cost of the plant required to treat the unfilter- ed water by the new process and desires instructions from the town as to whether it shall go on or drop the matter.
HENRY R. JOHNSON, E. HARLEY GOWING, GEO. A. SHACKFORD), Water Commissioners.
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REPORT OF WATER REGISTRAR
Amount water bills rendered 1903
$10,203 50
abatement
47 82
$10,155 68
Amount collected
$9,839 47 uncollected
316 21
$10,155 68
Amount of 1902 bills uncollected
$479 83
abated
21 00
$458 83
Amount collected
$305 30
uncollected
153 53
$458 83
Amount of bills previous to 1902 uncollected
$129 56
abated
16 41
$113 15
Amount collected
$10 35
uncollected
102 80
$113 15
Service pipe bills rendered in 1903
$316 12
Service pipe bills previous years
33 61
$349 73
Amount collected
$284 80
uncollected
64 93
$349 73 LEWIS M. BANCROFT, Registrar.
Reading, Jan. 1, 1904
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
Reading Water Commissioners:
GENTLEMEN: I herewith submit my annual report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1903.
No extensions of mains have been made during the year. Three hydrants have been repaired. One was broken by a snow plow of the electric railroad, one by frost, and one needed a new valve seat. All of the hydrants were examined in November and left in good order for the winter, and all in exposed positions have been examined several times since.
There were twenty-six services put in during the year, making a total of eleven hundred and sixty-two. Thirty-eight service boxes have been lowered and repaired.
The following table will show the amount of service pipe in use :
6 inch
Cast Iron
1} inch
Galvanized
1} inch
Enamelled
1} inch
Galvanized
1 inch
Galvanized
1 inch
Lead Lined
& inch
Lead Lined
1 inch
Cement Lined
¿ inch
2 inch
2 inch
Galvanized
Owned by the town Owned by individuals
18
33.7
11447.8 169.7
870.8
19798.8 20645.5
369.1
9957.5 1662.2 1389.
814
19
123
328.7
90.4
50.
78.
12663.2
303.6 846.7
Total
814
37
156.7
11776.5 260.1
920.8
40444.3 445.1 22620.7 1965.8 2235.7
Cement Lined
Galvanized
161
The following kinds and sizes of meters are in use :
SIZES
No.
NAME
2 in. 1} in. 1 in.
ą in. : § in.
79
Crown.
1
78
544
Nash ..
3
4
537
196
Empire.
1
195
4
Gem.
4
41
Lambert.
39
12
Thompson.
1
1
10
22 2
Worthington Disc.
2
112
Hersey Disc.
1
3
3
105
1
Neptune ..
1
11
Union Rotary
3
3
5
30
Columbia
1
1035
12
6
13
1
1003
YEARLY RECORD OF PUMPING SERVICE FROM JAN. 1, 1903, TO JAN. 1, 1904
MONTH
No. Days
No. Hours.
No. Min.
Gallons Pumped
Total Head
Pounds Coal
· Rain Fall
January
31
141
45
4,129,483
219
38,041
3.84
February
28
128
3,927,789
37,107
3.16
March
31
131
45
4,060,143
34,352
6.38
April
30
132
3,925,743
32,189
4.95
May
31
195
15
5,989,153
44,411
.48
June
30
164
15
5,102,676
39,489
8.91
July
31
163
15
5,039,723
39,666
3.40
August
31
140
30
4,332,727
35,368
3.42
September
30
149
45
4,379,852
35,402
2.29
October
31
133
15
4,219,700
33,885
3.69
November
30
131
3,996,787
34,029
1.33
December .
31
131
45
4,099,156
34,660
2.59
365
1742
30
53,202,932
219
438,599
44.44
Worthington.
1
1
30
1
Niagara
162
Table showing amount of rain and melted snow in inches for the year ending Dec. 31, 1903 :
Day of Month
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Day of Month
1
.21
....
..
.04
....
...
. .
. .
..
...
....
..
....
....
....
.09
3
.90
...
....
.20
....
....
. .
....
. 15
3
4
.80
. .
....
.05
.37
4
5
6
.21
...
.17
.22
.23
1.23
.16
6
-1
.38
.32
.33
.06
.38
. . ..
..
.95
.10
.12
.96
.33
...
. 68
.08
..
.20
. .
. .
.31
. 14
. 15
1.00
.11
1.64
..
....
.16
.01
1.26
1.26
.04
.14
.50
.92
17
.18
.02
.10
1.37
....
.19
.. 20
1.01
...
.04
1.30
.79
.. 22
.42
....
...
.. 23
.. 24
.69
.01
.43
.05
... 24
. .. 25
.09
. .
.04
.84
.. 27
. .
. ..
.30
.27
.. 28
.08
..
.11
...
....
...
.13
...
....
.02
.. 23
... 30
.42
. . .
..
.33
.39
.18
...
... .
....
....
.. 30
.. 31
1.25
....
. .
.12
.27
....
....
....
. ...
.... 31
3.84
3.16
6.38
4.95
.48
8.91
3.40
3.42
2.29
3.69
1.33
2.59
. .
. .
.12
7
9
.67
1.18
1.23
.15
9
.. 10
..
....
.15
.40
. 14
.02
....
. .
.12
.13
13
. 14
.16
.. 17
1.36
.11
.02
...
.93
....
..
...
...
.49
.. 21
2.63
.02
....
.. 23
1.16
.21
..
.13
.12
.40
.. .
.47
.25
... 26
.. 26
.46
.28
... 29
.21
.07
.01
.11
..
..
.73
.01
11
.11
....
.57
.33
. 64
.03
5
8
..
.09
.26
...
.02
15
.19
.20
.. 21
...
. .
.. 22
.05
.43
.58
..
. .
8
..
. 04
18
1
...
2
The average rainfall for Massachusetts is 45.54 inches. The rainfall at Reading Pumping Station in 1903 was 44.44 inches, which is 1.10 inches less than the average. The deficiency occurred in the months of January, February, May, July, August, Septem- ber, October, November and December, while the rainfall for March, April and June was more than the average for those months.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS-STATE BOARD OF HEALTH ANALYSIS OF WATER FROM READING WATER WORKS PARTS IN 100,000
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