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21 20
Perrin, Seamans & Co., tools
5 80
American Powder Mills, dynamite
21 57
Francis Bros., tools
1 00
W. Bancroft & Co., lumber
1 10
Car fares 3 35
139
Paid American Express Co., express 80
Chadwick-Boston Lead Co., pig lead 90 30
Geo. H. Atkinson Co., kerosene 2 00
Harold L. Bond Co., tools 8 38
Braman, Dow & Co., fittings
10 92
Walworth Mfg. Co., gate box
3 75
R. J. Hook, horse hire .
39 00
Charles Millar & Son Co., pipe
369 99
City Trust Co., printing and certifying bonds 125 00
Rensselair Valve Mfg. Co., hydrant 27 50
O. O. Ordway, sharpening tools .
9 40
Francis Bartley, rubber boots 4 00
John A. Blunt, sharpening tools
18 35
$2,377 34
SERVICE PIPE
Received for pipe laid . ·
$607 92
Paid Braman, Dow & Co., pipe and fittings $263 32
Walworth Mfg. Co., pipe and fittings .
141 68
Pay Roll 602 47
Geo. A. Shackford, horse
1 50
Tenney, Morse & Co., pipe .
29 86
Priest, Page & Co., steel 6 07
E. M. Dart Mfg. Co., stop and waste cocks
86 40
Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., valves 22 50
T. C. Fife, pipe and fittings . 8 56
Lead Lined Pipe Co., pipe
406 85
Globe Gas Light Co., torch .
26 00
H. Mueller Mfg. Co., fittings 7 67
John A. Blunt, sharpening tools
7 04
F. H. Parker & Son, express
9 00
J. E. Margeson, horse hire 46 75
Francis Bros., tools and fittings 3 67
Chadwick-Boston Lead Co., lead pipe 4 42
Ludlow Valve Mfg. Co., valves
6 70
140
Paid Frank E. Fitz Mfg. Co., grinder . 6 75
Geo. H. Atkinson Co., oil
5 25
R. J. Hook, horse hire .
47 75
W. C. Taylor, repairing harness
5 60
Eagle Oil and Supply Co., felt
19 65
O. O. Ordway, sharpening tools
22 35
American Express Co. .
2 05
Car fares
60
Boston & Maine R. R., freight
1 68
Balance
1,184 22
$1,792 14 $1,792 14
FILTER
Received for engine sold
$60 00
Paid Boston Bolt Co., bolts
$3 22
J. A. Lafave, labor
29 85
Pay roll
45 36
Francis Bros.
5 25
J. E. Margeson, horse hire
2 50
F. H. Parker & Son, express
50
Eastern Clay Goods Co., cement
7 60
S. D. Hicks & Son, copper box
5 25
Robert Spurr Weston, engineer
133 42
L. M. Ham & Co., iron beams
2 49
Walworth Mfg. Co., pipe and fittings
18 84
Wendell Bancroft & Co., bricks
4 24
Geo. H. Atkinson Co., oil
1 50
Car fares
3 30
Chandler & Farquhar, brass wire
25
Boston & Maine R. R., freight
90
H. W. Batchelder, sand
1 25
Traveling expenses
43 38
O. O. Ordway, iron work
2 45
American Express Co., express
2 30
Balance
253 85
$313 85
$313 85
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SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
Cash balance from 1907
$10 80
Interest on deposits
35 57
Accrued interest on bonds sold
3 89
Hydrant rent
4,980 00
Water for drinking fountains
300 00
Water for street sprinkling
500 00
Meter rates
. 12,853 95
Fines and summons
5 50
Rent
246 00
Service pipes
607 92
Grass and sundry sales
6 00
Bonds sold
5,000 00
Premium on bonds sold
94 50
Engine sold
60 00
Paid interest on notes
$475 00
Interest on bonds
7,220 00
Maintenance
1,870 56
Pumping station maintenance
3,584 41
Filter maintenance
1,540 08
Service pipe maintenance
97 78
Main pipe maintenance
109 90
Meter maintenance
384 85
New boiler and setting
851 01
Meters
419 80
Experimental wells
417 74
Main pipe
2,377 34
Service pipe
1,792 14
Filter
313 85
Note
2,500 00
Bonds
500 00
Cash on hand
249 67
$24,704 13 $24,704 13
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SUMMARY OF COST OF PLANT
Reported last year
$304,970 62
Main pipe
2,377 34
Service pipes
1,184 22
Meters
419 80
Filters
253 85
Experimental wells
417 74
$309,623 57
The Board recommends that $5,040 be raised and appropriated for hydrant rental, that $300 be raised and appropriated for water for drinking fountains, and that $500 be raised and appropriated for water for street sprinkling.
The interest payable the current fiscal year amounts to $7,465 as follows:
$175,000 00 for one year $7,000 00
7,000 00 for six months 140 00
10,000 00 for one year
325 00
$7,465 00
The citizens of Reading are to be congratulated on the abun- dant supply of water during the year, when so many towns and cities have suffered from the extensive drought.
At the request of the Engineer of the State Board of Health, we have driven a number of test wells to see if it were possible to secure a supply of ground water, which would not require treatment. In nearly all of the cases the supply was either inadequate or of inferior quality.
Now the State Board of Health has found a location north of Grove street, near the Wilmington line, which they think will yield an ample supply of satisfactory quality, and they recommend that we put down enough wells to yield a supply of 300,000 gallons per day and then make a continuous test, pumping that amount every day for three weeks.
143
If, at the end of the test, there appears to be plenty of water and it is of satisfactory quality, they recommend the installation of a low service pumping station at that point to force the water to the present clear water basin, which will serve as a pump well.
The Engineer's estimate of the cost of the new ,low service system is $25,000. His estimate for the test wells and pumping the same is $5,000, but a part of this amount would come out of the total estimate for the low service system.
HENRY R. JOHNSON, GEO. A. SHACKFORD, E. HARLEY GOWING, Water Commissioners.
REPORT OF WATER REGISTRAR
Amount of water bills rendered in 1908 $13,501 96
Amount collected and paid to E. F. Parker, Treasurer
. $12,514 22
Amount uncollected
877 25
Amount abated
110 49
$13,501 96 $13,501 96
Amount of 1907 bills uncollected
$656 11
Amount of 1906 bills uncollected .
87 75
3 00
Amount of abated bills recharged Amount collected and paid to E. F. Parker, Treasurer
$339 73
Amount abated .
8 30
Amount uncollected
398 83
$746 86 $746 86
Service pipe bills rendered in 1908 Service pipe bills previous years .
$666 11
239 05
Amount collected and paid to E. F. Parker, Treasurer
$607 92
Amount charged off
4 78
Amount uncollected
292 46
$905 16
$905 16
LEWIS M. BANCROFT, Registrar.
Reading, Jan. 30, 1909.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
1
Reading Water Commissioners :
GENTLEMEN : The nineteenth annual report of the Superin- tendent is submitted for the year ending Dec. 31, 1908.
The extension of mains has been twenty-two hundred and one feet of six-inch pipe, as follows : Kingston street, 854 feet; Middle- sex avenue, 243 feet ; Pine street, 1,104 feet. Two hydrants and three gates have been set in the above-named streets.
There have been no leaks in the main pipes during the year.
One hydrant on Main street at the corner of Mill street was broken by an electric car striking a heavy furniture wagon and forcing it over on to the hydrant. This has been replaced at an expense of $45.16.
All of the hydrants have been examined and put in good repair.
LOCATION OF FIRE HYDRANTS DECEMBER 31, 1908.
LOCATION
ASH STREET
West side, south corner Gould West side, north corner Avon West side, north corner Cross
AUBURN STREET
South side, west corner Beacon
South side, near Weston & Emery's
BANCROFT AVENUE
West side, south corner Middlesex Avenue
BERKLEY STREET
West side, near house of E. P. Bancroft
146
BROOK STREET East side, south corner Ash
CENTER AVENUE North side, opposite house of E. M. Knight
DEERING STREET
East side, south corner Lowell
EATON STREET
East side, south corner Salem East side, north corner Pleasant
ELLIOT STREET
East side, north corner Green
FEDERAL STREET
North side, near house of Wm. B. Jeffrey FRANKLIN STREET
North side, east corner Pearl North side, near house of W. D. Emerson North side, opposite house of Henry Cook West side, opposite house of C. W. Nelson West side, opposite house of Fannie C. Nichols West side, near house of George Parker Estate East Side, opposite house of Asa Parker
FREMONT STREET
North side, east corner Berkley
GRAND STREET
East side, near house of T. J. Babcock
GREEN STREET
North side, near house No. 16, C. N. Mellen Estate North side, opposite house of F. McKenney
GROVE STREET
West side, near house of A. D. Prichard West side, near house of J. C. Macomber West side, opposite Forest
147
HANCOCK STREET
West side, near house of John Murray
HAVEN STREET
North side, east corner Chute
North side, opposite Gould
South side, opposite Linden
South side, opposite Sanborn
North side, opposite Elliot
HAVERHILL STREET
West side, north corner Wakefield
West side, near house of E. O. Carey
West side, south corner Charles
West side, south of house of William Taylor
West side, north of house of Charles M. Harrison West side, corner Franklin
HIGH STREET
East side, south corner Mt. Vernon
East side, opposite house of J. A. Bancroft
East side, opposite Mineral
East side, opposite Highland Avenue
HIGHLAND STREET
West side, near house of Willard Kempton West side, south corner Locust
HOWARD STREET
South side, west corner private way
JOHN STREET West side, corner Pleasant West side, corner Haven
KING STREET
South side, opposite house of Geo. F. Gilman
KINGSTON STREET
East side, near house of C. B. Harkness
LINDEN Street
East side, opposite Home for Aged Women
148
LOWELL STREET
South side, west corner Sanborn
North side, east corner Bancroft Avenue
South side, east corner Willow South side, opposite house of E. W. Harris South side, opposite house of C. M. Barrows
MAIN STREET
West side, south corner Pearl
West side, south corner Franklin
West side, near house of A. G. Nichols West side, north of house of H. E. Nichols West side, opposite house of C. I. Nesmith West side, north corner Forest
West side, opposite house of G. D. Putnam
West side, north of house of A. L. Chapman
West side, near house of Freeman Kelso West side, south corner Locust
West side, opposite Charles West side, north corner Salem
West side, south point of Common
East side, in front of Elmwood Hotel East side, near Y. M. C. A. Building West side, south corner Green
West side, north side of R. R. crossing West side, opposite Avon
West side, opposite Cross
West side, south corner Summer Avenue
West side, north corner Hopkins West side, north corner South
MAPLE STREET East side, near house of Geo. E. Lang
MIDDLESEX AVENUE South side, east corner Deering
MIDDLESEX AVENUE EXT. North side, near house of Albion Benton
149
MILL STREET
South side, opposite Pumping Station
MINERAL STREET
North side, east corner Vine
North side, east corner Hancock North side, east corner Summer Avenue
MINOT STREET
West side, between Washington and Sweetser Avenue West side, between Warren Avenue and Center Avenue West side, near Park Avenue
MT. VERNON STREET
North side, opposite Chute
OAK STREET
North side, west corner Prospect
North side, opposite house of W. B. Whittier
ORANGE STREET
South side, east corner Belmont
PARK AVENUE
North side, near house of Wm. Carney
PARKER STREET
East side, near central fire station
PEARL STREET
East side, south corner Thorndike
East side, south corner Charles
East side, opposite house of Mary Bunker East side, near house of A. B. Melvin East side. opposite Forest
PIERCE STREET
West side, south corner of Orange
PINE STREET
North side, near house of G. A. Loomis
PLEASANT STREET
North side, west corner Middle
150
PRESCOTT STREET
North side, opposite Turner Wagon Co. North side, west corner Arlington North side, west corner Washington North side, east corner Pratt
PROSPECT STREET
West side, near house of John A. Boyd West side, north corner King West side, near house of E. H. Palmer PROSPECT STREET EXT.
East side, opposite house of Winthrop Pratt SALEM STREET
North side, opposite John
North side, near car barns
South side, opposite Pearl North side, west corner Belmont
North side, west corner Pine
SCOTLAND ROAD
South side, opposite house of H. E. Boothby
SUMMER AVENUE
West side, south of King West side, near house of C. A. Loring
West side, opposite Prescott West side, south corner Scotland Road West side, north corner Oak West side, near house of L. O. Ferson West side, opposite house of W. E. Coney South side, east corner Hopkins North side, near house of L. C. Myers North side, near house of Wm. F. Welch
TEMPLE STREET North side, near house of A. W. Temple
VILLAGE STREET
East side, north corner Green
151
WAKEFIELD STREET
North side, east corner Charles North side, east corner Pearl
WALNUT STREET
North side, near Hopkins
North side, near house of W. S. Parker North side, opposite Curtis North side, opposite South
WARREN AVENUE
South side, opposite No. 15
WASHINGTON STREET
North side, in front of No. 46 North side, west corner Ash
WEST STREET
West side, near house of Jas. O. Carter West side, near house of Wm. C. Buck West side, opposite Oak West side, near house of F. C. Tukey West side, opposite C. P. Weston's house West side, opposite King West side, near house of Allen C. Jones East side, near house of Emma S. Knowles West side, opposite house of Geo. P. Abbott
WILLOW STREET
North side, opposite house of J. H. White North side, opposite Summer Avenue
WINTER STREET
East side, north corner Salem
WOBURN STREET North side, at common
North side, east corner Sanborn
North side, west corner Linden North side, east corner Chute
North side, east corner Washington
North side, east corner Temple
152
WOBURN STREET
North side, opposite Pratt
North side, east corner Summer Avenue
North side, west corner Prospect North side, west corner Berkley
PRIVATE HYDRANTS
ASH STREET
Reading Rubber Mfg. Co.
3 south of mill 1 east of boiler house 3 north of mill
O. P. Symonds & Son 1 west of mill
BERKLEY STREET
E. B. Richardson 1 east of shop
SALEM STREET Fair ground 1 near north gate
BOILERS
One new boiler was installed early in May and it will be neces- sary to install another one early this year. The old boilers have been in use eighteen years and have done good service.
STAND PIPE
The stand pipe needs painting on the inside; this should be done as soon as the weather will permit.
153
SERVICE PIPES
There have been thirty-seven services put in and one discon- tinued during the year, making thirteen hundred and eleven in the system. Eight service leaks have been repaired, five caused by electrolytic action, one by bad solder joint and two by broken pipe.
The following table will show the amount of service pipe in use :
6 Inch Cast Iron
1} Inch Galvanized
1} Inch Enamelled
1} Inch Brass
1} Inch Galvanized
1 Inch Galvanized
1} Inch Lead Lined
1 Inch Lead Lined
2 Inch Lead Lined
1 Inch Cement Lined
¿ Inch Cement Lined
2 Inch Galvanized
4 Inch Galvanized
Owned by the town Owned by individuals 814
483
33.7 30.1 15514.2
196.2
30.8
887.2
22704.6
367.1
9889.8
1694.3 1572.7
547
123.
66.
1424.2
776.6
89.4
73.
24141.5 78.
12431.2
389.6 1939.7
Total
814 1030
156.7 96-1 16938-4
972.8.120.2
960.2
46846.1
445.1 22321.0
2083.9 3512-4
The following kinds and sizes of meters are in use :
SIZES
No.
NAME
2 in.
13 in.
1 in.
2 in.
§ in.
84
Crown
3
2
2
77
683
Nash
5
5
2
671
199
Empire
1
198
1
Gem ·
1
41
Lambert
2
39
12
Thompson
1
1
10
3
Worthington Disc
3
119
Hersey Disc
2
6
7
104
2
Neptune
2
12
Union
3
1
3
5
6
King
6
27
Columbia
27
1
Niagara
1
1
Keystone
1
1191
12
12
20
4
1143
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YEARLY RECORD OF PUMPING SERVICE FROM JAN. 1, 1908, TO JAN. 1, 1909
MONTH
No. Days
Hrs. Min.
Gallons Pumped
Total Head
Pounds Coal
Rain- fall
January
31
133
30
4,008,551
219
43,039
3.07
February
29
243
..
4,241,842
. .
46,042
4.28
March
31
147
4,289,385
....
44,987
2.72
April
30
140
30
4,131,196
.. .
39,852
1.71
May .
31
159
30
4,882,083
....
43,320
4.00
June.
30
236
30
7,578,589
....
61,930
1.58
July . .
31
262
30
8,083,648
...
68,113
3.01
August
31
193
15
5,595,612
..
..
51,596
4.07
September
30
182
15
5,588,502
....
49,409
.86
October
31
182
45
5,534,000
...
46,354
3.56
November
30
158
30
4,871,362
....
40,445
1.10
December.
31
163
30
5,204,540
...
46,865
2.66
366
2202 45
64,009,310
219
581,952
32.62
TABLE SHOWING CONSUMPTION IN GALLONS FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES, 1908
Domestic use, manufacturing and trade purposes,
metered .
39,007,708
Domestic use, unmetered ( estimated)
1,610,000
Drinking fountains .
7,199,950
Street sprinkling ( estimated)
6,500,000
Total accounted for .
54,317,658
Amount unaccounted for .
9,691,652
Total pumped . .
64,009,310
Percentage of water pumped accounted for
84
Percentage of water pumped unaccounted for
16
Percentage of water pumped metered
60.9
. .
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COST OF MAINTENANCE AND REVENUE
Amount
Cost per 1,000 Gallons pumped
Interest on bonds
$7,695.00
.1046
Management and repairs .
3,242.60
.0507
Pumping station maintenance
3,398.41
.0531
Filter maintenance .
1,541.08
.0204
Total maintenance without interest
8,181.09
.1242
Received per 1,000 Gallons pumped
Receipts from water takers
. $12,853.95
.2008
Total receipts .
. 18,673.41
.2917
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Table showing amount of rain and melted snow for the year ending Dec. 31, 1908 :
Day of Month
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Day of Month
1.
...
1.10
.46
·19
.08
.20
.28
..
. .
.38
3.
.40
.11
....
...
..
...
...
.03
5
6 ..
7 ..
8.
1.43
9 ..
9
10 ..
10
11 ...
..
.03
...
.15
.15
..
11
12 .. .
. .
..
. .
. . ...
....
.12
12
13 ..
1.33
...
.06
. .
.. .
.04
.20
.. .
...
. ..
...
....
. ..
16
17 ..
. ..
....
..
. . .
...
..
. ..
17
18.
.15
.61
.45
.
.34
20 .. .
1.28
..
..
. .
....
.24
20
22 ..
..
.39
.47
.31
..
..
23
24 . . .
.06
.27
.45
.45
.89
.05
.06
27
28.
.02
.08
..
. .
...
.61
.32
29
30.
.39
. . ..
..
..
1.24
30
31. . .
.61
. .
. ..
. .
..
.60
31
3.07
4.28
2.72
1.71
4.00
1.58
3.01
4.07
.86
3.56
1.10
2.66
..
.23
.16
.53
.01
...
. .
...
1.27
7
.58
1.68
.92
.01
...
14 ...
14
15 ..
.41
...
.44
.15
.53
.02
15
16 ..
.38
.11
.32
.72
.12
.30
...
. . .
....
. . .
24
25 ..
.31
..
26 ..
.05
27 .. .
.85
..
.17
...
1.38
. .
..
28
29 .. .
.02
.23
. ..
....
....
21
21 .. .
22
23 ..
..
.12
.01
.67
13
.08
.18
.13
.37
. .
.07
8
.04
.01
-01
1
2.
3
4. .
4
5 ..
...
6
.46
..
. .
18
19 ..
19
-07
.20
. 66
26
..
..
The average rainfall in Massachusetts is 45.29 inches. The rainfall at Reading Pumping Station was 32.62, making a deficiency of 12.67 inches. There was an excess of rainfall in February and May and a deficiency in all other months.
. ..
25
....
..
.56
2
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS -STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
ANALYSIS OF WATER FROM READING WATER WORKS
PARTS IN 100,000
DATE OF
APPEARANCE
ODOR
Residue on
Evaporation
Chlorine
Ni-
Ni-
Consumed
Hardness
Iron
No.
Collec- tion
Exami- nation
Turbidity
Sediment
Color
Cold
Hot
Free
trates trites
1908
1908
69985
Jan. 21
Jan. 21
Slight
Slight
Fil.
.47
Very F. U.
9.60
· 0092
.0086
.84
. 0060
. 0001
.49
3.1
.3800
Filter Gallery
69986
Jan.
21 Jan. 21
Slight
Cons.
Fil.
.01
Very F. U.
9.30
·0092
. 0060
.77
. 0040
0000
. 26
4.0
.1900
Filter Weir
70394
Feb.
17 Feb. 18
Very slight
Very slight
.01
None
11.60
0100
.0082
.67
. 0050
-0000
.12
4.2
. 0900
Filter Weir
70395
Feb.
17 Feb. 18
Slight iron
Cons. iron
Fil.
.45
Very F. U.
Very F. U. None
8.50
0112
.0090
.84
.0030
.0000
.50
3.0
.3500
Filter Gallery
70972
Mar. 17
Mar. 19
Cons. iron
Fil.
.44
None
8.80
. 0084
0076
. 71
.0030
.0000
.38
2.9
.2800
Filter Gallery
70793
Mar.
17 Mar. 19
Very slight
Slight
Fil. .03
None
None
8.80
0082
.0040
.70
.0030
.08
2.9
0320
Filter Weir
71392
Apr.
21
22
Slight iron
Cons. iron
.48
None
V. F. Woody
6.70
0092
0106
.64
.0030
.0000
.52
2.3
2100
Filter Gallery
71393
Apr.
21
Apr. 22
Very slight
None
.04
None
None
6.60
. 0082
.0062
.64
. 0030
.0000
.11
2.7
.0080
Filter Weir
71794
19
May 20
Decided iron
Cons. iron
Fil.
.67
V. F. Woody
F. Woody
8.20
. 0082
.0148
.64
.0020
.0000
.62
2.6
2400
Filter
Gallery
71795
19
May 20
Slight iron
Fil.
.01
None
None
7.50
.0074
0048
.65
·0030
.0000
. 12
2.6
· 0120
Filter Weir
72253
June 16
June 18
Cons. iron
Fil.
65
None
None
7.80
.0092
·0110
. 76
0020
0001
.74
2.5
.1900
Filter Gallery
72254
June 16
June 18
Slight iron
Cons. iron
Fil.
.10
None
None
12.30 -
.0098
·0084
.70
.0040
. 0001
.32
5.4
.0960
Filter Weir
72902
July 21 July 23
Decided iron
Slight iron
.40
V. F. Woody|
F. Woody
7.00
·0090
·0094
76
. 0020
.0001
.33
2.7
. 1300
Filter Gallery
72903
July 21
None
None
21
None
V. F. Woody 13.80
-0106
.0072
. 76
· 0030
0000
.22
8.0
0120
Filter Weir
73455
Aug. 18
Decided
Cons.
T'bid.60
None
Very F. U.
8.50
·0108
·0094
1 03 :. 0000
.0000
.60
2.9
2200
Filter Gallery
73456
Aug. 18
Aug. 20
Very slight
.26
None
None
15.10
.0044
.0068
.96
.0030
0010
.30
8.9
-0160
Filter Weir
73988
Sept. 16
Sept. 18
Cons. iron
.43
None
None
9.20
. 0116
. 0132
1.09 .0030
.0000
. 44
3.3
.2200
Filter Gallery
73989
Sept. 16
Slight
Very slight
.16
None
None
12.00
·0128
. 0048
1.10 .0030
.0000
.10
4.6
.1400
Filter Weir
74671
Oct. 20
Oct. 21
Slight iron
Cons. iron
32
None
None
10.20
0148
- 0084
1.93 .0020
0001
.30
2.9
.2400
Filter Gallery
74672
Oct. 20 Oct. 21
None
None
.16
None
None
16.50
0078
.0066
1-79 .0040
.0004
.18
9.3
-0020
Filter Weir
75277
Nov. 17 Nov. 18
None
Very slight
.15
None
None
17.60
0076
.0068
1.72 .0060
.0004
8.4
. 0070
75278
Nov. 17
Nov. 18
Decided
Cons.
Fil.
.40
Very F. U.
Very F. U.
12.30
·0126
.0080
[1.72 .0030
.0002
3.9
.2500
Filter Gallery
75819
Dec. 15 Dec. 16
Slight iron
Slight iron
.30
None
Very F. U.
12.10
0118
. 0074 1.57 .0020
0000
.29
3.3
.3200
Filter Gallery
75820
Dec. 15
Dec. 16
None
None
.13
None
None
17.00
. 0060
. 0068
1.54 .0020
.0002
.20
8.1
-0280
Filter Weir
AMMONIA
NITROGEN AS
Oxygen
Albu- mi- noid
May
May
V.slight iron
Decided iron
July 23
Aug. 20
None
Slight
Sept. 18
Filter Weir
Decided iron
Apr.
.0000
Faintly Un. Faintly Un. None
158
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1908
In form recommended by the New England Water Works Association.
READING WATER WORKS READING, MIDDLESEX Co., MASS.
GENERAL STATISTICS
Population by Census of 1905, 5,682.
Date of construction, 1890 and 1891.
By whom owned, Town of Reading.
Source of supply, filter gallery.
Mode of supply, pumping.
PUMPING STATISTICS
1. Builders of Pumping Machinery, Geo. F. Blake Mfg. Co.
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a. Kind, Coal. b. Brand of Coal, Bituminous.
2. Description of fuel used.
c. Average price of coal per gross ton, delivered, $5.00.
d. Percentage of Ash, e. Wood, price per cord, $
3. Coal consumed for the year, 581,952 lbs.
4. [Pounds of wood consumed] divided by three equals equiva- lent amount of of coal, lbs. 4a. Amount of other fuel used,
5. Total equivalent coal consumed for the year equals (3) plus (4), lbs.
6. Total pumpage for the year, 64,009,310 gallons, with allowance for slip.
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7. Average static head against which pumps work, 219 feet.
8. Average dynamic head against which pumps work, 240 feet.
9. Number of gallons pumped per pound of equivalent coal (5), 109.99.
10. Duty equals gallons pumped (6) x 8.34 (lbs.) x 100 x dynamic head (8) equals Total fuel consumed (5) 22,005,240.
Cost of pumping, figured on pumping station expenses, viz., $3,398.41.
11. Per millions gallons pumped, $52.77.
12. Per million gallons raised one foot (dynamic), $0.219.
FINANCIAL STATISTICS
RECEIPTS
Balance brought forward :
(a) From ordinary (maintenance ) receipts . ·
$10 80
(b) From extraordinary receipts (bonds, etc. )
Total .
$10 80
From Water Rates :
B. Meter rates .. .
. $12,853 95
C. Total from consumers .
$12,853 95
D. For hydrants® .
.
$4,980 00
E. For fountains .
300 00
F. For street watering 500 00
J. Total from municipal depts. 5,780 00
L. From bond issue .
5,000 00
M. From other sources : Rent, interest, etc.
451 46
Service pipes .
607 92
N. Total
$24,704 13
EXPENDITURES
Water Works Maintenance : AA. Operation (manage- ment and repairs) ·
$7,587 58
BB. Special : Boiler
851 01
CC. Total maintenance $8,438 59
DD. Interest on bonds (CC plus DD) 16,133 59
7,695 00
EE. Payment of bonds and notes 3,000 00
Water Works Construction : GG. Extension of mains .
2,377 34
HH. Extension of services, 1,792 14
II. Extension of meters . 419 80
JJ. Special : Experimental wells . 417 74 Filters 313 85
KK. Total construction 5,320 87
MM. Balance : Total balance 249 67
N. Total .
..
24,704 13
.
DISPOSITION OF BALANCE-CARRIED TO NEW ACCOUNT
0 Net cost of works to date .
.
.
.
.
·
.
·
.
$309,623 57
P. Bonded debt at date .
·
192,000 00
Q. Value of sinking fund at date, none.
R. Average rate of interest, 4 per cent.
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STATISTICS OF CONSUMPTION OF WATER
1. Estimated total population at date, 5,745.
2. Estimated population on lines of pipe, 5,655.
3. Estimated population supplied, 5,150.
4. Total consumption for the year, 64,009,310 gallons.
5. Passed through meters, 39,007,708 gallons.
6. Percentage of consumption metered, .609.
7. Average daily consumption, 174,888 gallons.
8. Gallons per day to each inhabitant, 30.44.
9. Gallons per day to each consumer, 33.95.
10. Gallons per day to each tap, 133.4.
11. Cost of supplying water, per million gallons, figured on total maintenance (item CC), $131.83.
12. Total cost of supplying water, per million gallons, figured on total maintenance plus interest on bonds, $251.73.
STATISTICS RELATING TO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
MAINS
1. Kind of pipe, cast iron.
2. Sizes, from 6 inch to 12 inch.
3. Extended, 2,201 feet during year.
4. Discontinued, 0 feet during year.
5. Total now in use, 30,193 miles.
6. Cost of repairs per mile, $3.63.
7. Number of leaks per mile, none.
8. Length of pipe less than 4 inches diam., 0 miles.
9. Number of hydrants added during year (public and private ), 2. 10. Number of hydrants (public and private) now in use, 168.
11. Number of stop gates added during year, 3.
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