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The Massachusetts Department of Education, Division of Public Libraries, prepared and published in January, 1927, the following standard:
THE MODEL TOWN LIBRARY
Has
Income of $1.00 per capita (minimum).
Circulation of 5 books per capita.
One assistant for every 20,000 books circulated.
Expends
50% of its income for salaries.
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25% for books and periodicals.
10% for binding and supplies.
15% for maintenance.
Offers
Trained service.
Carefully selected books.
Extension service through branches and deposits.
Co-operation with schools, clubs and all other community interests.
Is Yours a Model Town Library ?
Yes, in nearly every one of the above criteria. In Massachusetts there are today :
86 public libraries receiving $1.00 or more per capita.
146 receive from 50c. to $1.00 per capita.
187 receive less than 50c. per capita.
In Which Class Is Your Library ?
The Reading Library is in the second class.
The following is in part the report of the Librarian to the Trustees:
This has been the first complete year in the children's room which was opened Oct., 1926. That the children are using the library is shown by the circulation of books for home reading which was about 30% of the total circulation for the year. The Reading Grange has been most generous giv- ing shrubs to beautify the entrance to the children's room, a clock and fifty dollars for books to be known as the Walter S. Parker Collection. Twenty- two books were chosen by the Librarian from the finely printed and illus- trated children's books too expensive for general use. They have been suitably labeled, placed on a shelf by themselves and are reserved for use in the room.
The library has also had the gift of two old letters relating to early town history from Mrs. Belle Gowing and a collection of old manuscripts including old letters, deeds and early valuation of real estate of the town of Reading from Mrs. D. P. Verne. Some of these have been exhibited in the show case at the library which has also held exhibits of old samplers, old French engravings, old china, and a gift from Mrs. Wadlin, two scrap books containing Mr. Wadlin's "Concerning the Past" clipped from The Chroni- cle and mounted by him. During Children's Book Week in the show case were placed some quaint old paper-covered books read by the children of long ago while near by were shown some of the attractive modern books recently purchased for use in the children's room.
Five more magazines have been added to the library list: the Bookman, Current History, Engineering News-Record, Forum and Time.
Progress has been made on re-classifying books by the decimal system. The American history and nearly all the essays are done. This involves some shifting of the books so that the classes can be kept together. Some books are found which can be discarded and more which should be kept but are so little used they can be stored in the basement as soon as shelf room is provided for them.
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In September at the request of Mrs. Davis, head of the English Dept. at the High School, five classes were given two forty-five minute talks each, the first on the card catalog and decimal classification, the second on refer- ence books and the use of the Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature. The classes came to the library at their usual recitation periods so that the cata- log and books referred to could be used to illustrate the talks, following which a few minutes were allowed each class to examine the books and ask questions. The Librarian gave two crowded mornings to this work believing it would be a help not only to the scholars but to the library staff if the Reading High School pupils had a little knowledge of the reference tools and location of the books in the library. This is done in many libraries but has not been done in Reading. It should be done every year.
Mention should be made of the efficient way in which the Assistant Librarian and her helpers carried on during the enforced absence of the Librarian.
BERTHA L. BROWN, Librarian.
THE CHILDREN'S ROOM
The Trustees feel that during the past year the children's room has fully justified the expenditure that it has involved. To be convinced of the extent to which it is used one only need consult the statistics in the Librarian's report. The children enjoy the room, parents appreciate this provision for their welfare and pleasure, the librarians can handle this group of patrons more easily since they have been segregated, and older readers in the main room find their comfort much increased. Some im- provements have been made during the year. The platform has been re- moved and shelves suitable for reference books installed against the north wall. The Reading Grange has presented a handsome clock and also des- ignated for the purchase of children's reference books the first $50.00 given for a collection of books in honor of Mr. Walter S. Parker. Such gifts set the seal of approval of our citizens on this side of our work.
MAINTENANCE
As outlined in the 1927 budget it was necessary to paint the main library room and the exterior woodwork this past summer. Specifications were prepared, and proposals invited thro two advertisements in The Chronicle. Bids were opened on June 20, 1927, and the contract awarded to Thyng & Tebbetts. The library room was closed from July 11 to July 23 inclusive. The contractors performed their work in a manner most satisfactory to the Trustees. It will be necessary to replace the shades of the room during the coming year.
A storm vestibule has been erected at the Woburn St. entrance to the children's room. The vestibule is so made that it can be disconnected, knocked down, and stored during the months not needed.
GROWTH
The Library will complete ten years' occupancy of its building in
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July, 1928. The years of service have demonstrated the adequacy of the facilities offered at the time of erection. The Trustees have notified the Commmission studying the needs of the town that, in their estimation, the full usage of the building will be reached by 1935, and at about that time an expenditure of at least $15,000 will be required to enlarge the building.
BUDGET FOR 1928
The detailed estimates of the amounts necessary for the proper sup- port and maintenance of the Public Library for the year 1928 are: Fuel, light, water, sewer charge $ 400.00
Printing and supplies
200.00
Books, periodicals, binding, etc.
2,000.00
Repairs, etc.
500.00
Miscellaneous expenditure
100.00
Total maintenance
$3,200.00
Salaries
4,430.00
Total appropriation requested
$7,630.00
As against an appropriation in 1927 of
$7,280.00
Unexpended
91.42
$7,188.58
The increase over 1927 is in the salary account as follows:
Miss Brown $1500.00 from $1400.00.
Miss Abbott $1100.00 from $1000.00.
Assistants $1050.00 from $900.00.
The increase in the salary list is requested, as it was last year and re- fused, in order to bring the salary of the Librarian to that incumbent with the position and comparable with the salary paid a grade teacher. The amount requested, $1500.000, is several hundred dollars below that required by the standard of the American Library Association. The Assistant Librarian is able, as amply proven, to carry on the work of the Librarian and an increase in her salary is only just. The increase in the pay of the other assistants, mostly on an hourly basis, is due to the growing use of the Library.
The Trustees hope to be able to maintain the Library according to their standard. During 1928 the curtains in the library room will have to be renewed, the ceiling in the stock and storage room replaced, increased storage room for books must be arranged in the basement, electric lighting in the children's room must be rearranged in part, and other minor re- pairs carried out. The time has arrived when a telephone should be installed.
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It is estimated that an income of about $300.00 will be received dur- ing the year from the "Fine Account."
The faithful and efficient services of Miss Bertha Brown, Librarian, and those of Miss Grace Abbott, Assistant Librarian, again merit our ap- preciative acknowledgment.
The work of the Assistants has been satisfactory and efficient.
Two vacancies on the Board of Trustees are to be filled at the annual town meeting, the terms of Ralph S. Keneeley and Jesse W. Morton ex- piring.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR N. MANSFIELD, Chairman EDITH BANCROFT, Secretary CHARLES F. DOUGHTY RALPH S. KENEELEY JESSE W. MORTON IDA C. LUCAS
Trustees.
Adopted as the Report of the Trustees, January 23, 1928.
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Seventh Annual Report
OF THE
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
For the year ended December 31
1927
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SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
To the Citizens of Reading:
The Board of Public Works for the year ending December 31, 1927, begs to submit herewith a detailed report of its activities.
Regular meetings have been held in the Municipal Building on Friday evening each week throughout the year; several special meet- ings being held when the Board deemed it essential to the furtherance of the work of the several departments.
We call particular attention to the equipment added to our various departments during the present year, comprising two Autocar trucks, a Chevrolet truck, a Fordson tractor with Sargent plow, and a com- pressor. The departments are thus enabled to perform the work required of them in a more thorough, efficient and economical manner.
Our present Highway building is inadequate for the proper housing of this valuable additional equipment. We believe, and therefore recom- mend, that a new building should be erected on the present site, or in some other desirable location, suitable for the immediate and future needs of the Highway Department.
The unsafe condition of the Mineral Street Bridge has caused the Board much concern, and the advisability of repairing same, or con- structing a new bridge, has been the subject of considerable discussion. Many of the stringers are rotted on top from 2 to 4 inches. The plank is very poor, as are the posts in the bents for 2 to 4 inches, where they come out of the concrete casing. The fence is loose and in a generally bad condition. Unless this bridge is repaired with reasonable promptness we shall likely be compelled, in the very near future, to close the bridge against vehicular traffic. It is estimated that the cost of the necessary repairs would approximate $9,000, and if such repairs were made the bridge would probably be good for another ten years or so. The estimated cost of a new concrete-steel bridge is $45,000, which could be depended upon to stand up for a period in excess of fifty years without any maintenance cost.
It appears to the Board that it would be sound economy for the Town to build a new bridge at this time. We trust that you will consider this situation carefully and appreciate this Board's anxiety to find a solution to this problem which will be in the interest of all our citizens.
Since the organization of this Board the Highways in the Town have been maintained at a very high standard, and this policy should be continued for the ensuing years. Such new construction should be laid as the finances of the Town will permit, with special attention to the highways in the outlying districts.
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We believe that this report and the report of the Superintendent contain all information concerning this Department and its activities that the interested citizen is likely to desire. Criticism of a construc- tive nature, designed to improve the methods or service of the several Departments under our jurisdiction, is invited and will receive from us the fullest measure of consideration.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN W. OWEN, Chairman CHESTER J. WALLACE MILES C. HIGGINS HARRY N. BROWN SAMUEL H. DAVIS, Secretary.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the Board of Public Works:
Gentlemen :- As required by Section 4, Chapter 118, of an Act authorizing the Town of Reading to establishing a Board of Public Works, I respectfully submit for your consideration the seventh annual report of the Department of Public Works (Water, Highway, Sewer and Park), including a financial report of each department, and a chronicle of the principal work performed with recommendations for the coming year.
WATER DEPARTMENT
Maintenance Account
Receipts :
Cash Balance, 1927
$ 1,695.35
Meter Rates
40,680.61
Hydrant Rental
7,315.00
Service Pipe Construction
1,918.46
Miscellaneous Receipts
906.82
Total
$ 52,516.24
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Expenditures :
1. Office Expenses :
Pay Roll $ 941.67
Supplies, Printing, Insur-
ance, etc.
1,430.33
Total $ 2,372.00
2. Pumping Station Costs :
Pay Roll
$
5,000.36
General Repairs 1,269.45
Supplies and Misc. 2,624.12
Standpipe Repairs
1,951.72
Total $ 10,845.65
3. Filter Costs :
Pay Roll $ 2,335.72
Electric Power 362.96
Supplies, Repairs, Misc. 404.21
Total $ 3,102.89
4. Maintenance of Meters :
Pay Roll
$
1,737.14
Supplies and Repairs
822.10
Total $ 2,559.24
5. Maintenance of Service Pipes :
Pay Roll
$
888.88
Tools and Supplies
184.09
Total $ 1,072.97
6. Maintenance of Main Pipes :
Pay Roll
$
393.66
Miscellaneous Supplies
..
32.10
Total $ 425.76
7. Bonds
Maturing bonds
paid
from Receipts
$ 9,000.00
8. Bond Interest paid from
Receipts
$
2,457.50
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9. Air Compressor Maintenance :
Electric Power
$ 1,563.64
Repairs
133.87
Total
$ 1,697.51
10. Automobile Truck Maint. .
$ 398.98
11. Shop Maintenance :
Repairs and Misc. Supplies
$
72.79
12. Main Pipe Construction :
Pay Roll
$
2,039.59
Fittings and Misc. Sup-
plies
4,371.71
Total
$
6,411.30
13. Service Pipe Construction :
Pay Roll
$
1,752.06
Pipe, Tools
and
Misc.
Supplies
2,658.70
Total
$
4,410.76
14.
Meter Construction :
Meters
$
1,302.23
Supplies
2.05
Total
$
1,304.28
15. Hydrants and Drinking Fountains :
Pay Roll
$
494.73
Repairs,
Fittings
and
Misc. Supplies
1,456.95
Total
$
1,951.68
Grand Total Expenditures
$ 48,083.31
Balance Cash on Hand ..
$ 4,432.93
Construction Account
Voted in August Town Meeting, 1927 :
Construction of Longwood Rd. Water Main
..
$
5,000.00
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Construction of Van Norden Rd. Water Main 10,000.00
$ 15,000.00
Receipts 7.00
Total
$ 15,007.00
Expenditures of the above Appropriations :
Longwood Rd. Water Main $ 3,701.61 Van Norden Rd. Water Main 6,812.09
Total $ 10,513.70
Balance $ 4,493.30
There still remains an unexpended balance of $805.92 from the construction account of Libby Ave. and Forest St. water main itemized as follows :
Voted March Town Meeting, 1925, Libby Ave. Water Main $ 6,000.00 Voted March Town Meeting, 1925, Forest St. Water Main $ 14,000.00
Premium and accrued interest on bonds 132.89
Total $ 20,132.89
Expended :
Libby Ave. $ 4,804.57
Forest St. 14,522.40
Total $ 19,326.97 $ 19,326.97 Balance $ 805.92
Cost of Plant December 31, 1926 $473,933.23
Expended 1927 :
Maintenance Acct. Main Ex- tensions $ 6,411.30
Van Norden Rd. Water Main 6,812.09 Longwood Rd. Water Main . . . 3,701.61
Meters
1,304.28
$ 18,229.28
Total Cost of Plant Dec. 31, 1927 $492,162.51
The interest for the year 1927 on serial bonds amounted to $2,457.50 as follows :
May 1, 1927, $18,000 bonds for six months at 4% $ 360.00 (Due $2,000)
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June 1, 1927, $30,000 bonds for six months at 4% 600.00 (Due $6,000)
June 1, 1927, $16,000 bonds for six months at 41/2% 360.00
(Due $1,000) 1
Nov. 1, 1927, $16,000 bonds for six months at 4% 320.00
Dec. 1, 1927, $24,000 bonds for six months at 4% . . 480.00
Dec. 1, 1927, $15,000 bonds for six months at 41/2% . . 337.50
There were $8,000 in bonds at 4% and a $1,000 bond at 41/2% payable in 1927.
The interest for the year 1928 on serial bonds amounts to $2,692.50 as follows :
March 15, 1928, $15,000 bonds for six months at 4% 300.00
320.00
May 1, 1928, $16,000 bonds for six months at 4% (Due $2,000)
June 1, 1928, $24,000 bonds for six months at 4% 480.00
(Due $6,000)
June 1,'1928, $15,000 bonds for six months at 41/2% 337.50
(Due $1,000)
Sept. 15, 1928, $15,000 bonds for six months at 4%
(Due $1,000)
300.00
Nov. 1, 1928, $14,000 bonds for six months at 4% 280.00
Dec. 1, 1928, $18,000 bonds for six months at 4% 360.00
Dec. 1, 1928, $14,000 bonds for six months at 41/2% 315.00
$ 2,692.50
There are $10,000 in bonds payable in 1928.
The Superintendent recommends that $7,875.00 be raised and appropriated for hydrant rental; that $100.00 be raised and appropriated for water for drinking fountains.
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FINANCIAL STATISTICS
EXPENDITURES
Water Works Maintenance
Total Maintenance $ 24,499.47
Interest on Bonds 2,457.50
Payment of Bonds 9,000.00
Balance of unexpended Con- struction account, Dec. 31, 1927 .
805.92
Sale of Bonds
15,000.00
Sale of Plans
7.00
From Meter Rates $ 40,680.61
Private Drinking Fountains . .
8.50
Total from Consumers 40,689.11
From Drinking Fountains 100.00
From Hydrants ..
7,315.00
Total from Municipal De- partments 7,415.00
Rents, Fines, Summons, Misc. Receipts 253.67
Service Pipes
2,463.11
$ 68,329.16
Total
$ 68,329.16
Extension of Mains ..... $ 16,925.00
Extension of Services ... 4,410.76
Extension of Meters ...
1,304.28
Total Construction . . Balance ..
$ 22,640.04
9,732.15
RECEIPTS
Balance brought
forward
from 1927
$
1,695.35
Total Maintenance
$ 35,956.97
Water Works Construction
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REGISTRATION REPORT
Amount of bills (metered water) rendered in 1927
$ 40,946.13
Amount collected and paid Treasurer
$ 40,654.96
Amount uncollected
119.70
Amount abated
171.47
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$ 40,946.13
$ 40,946.13
Amount of bills (metered water) of previous years uncollected
$ 35.00
Amount collected and paid Treasurer
$ 25.65
Amount uncollected
3.70
Amount abated
5.65
$ 35.00 $ 35.00
Amount of Service Pipe Construction bills
rendered in 1927
$
1,836.48
Amount of bills of previous years uncollected
264.36
Amount collected and paid Treasurer
$ 1,918.46
Amount uncollected
178.88
Amount abated
3.50
$ 2,100.84
$ 2,100.84
Amount of Service Pipe Maintenance bills rendered in 1927
$ 501.52
Amount of bills of previous years uncollected
53.74
Amount collected and paid Treasurer
$ 544.65
Amount uncollected
10.61
$ 555.26 $ 555.26
Amount of Main Pipe Maintenance bills
rendered in 1927
$ 86.51
Amount uncollected
64.52
Amount abated
21.99
$ 86.51 $ 86.51
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KIND AND SIZES OF METERS IN USE January 1, 1928
YEARLY RECORD OF PUMPING SERVICE For Year Ending Dec. 31, 1927
MONTH
No. Days
Hrs.
Min.
Gallons Pumped
Total Head
Pounds Coal
Gals. to Lb. Coal
Rain- fall
January
31
294
30
8,986,162
219
51,459
175
2.32
February
28
270
15
8,009,883
219
47,924
167
3.18
March'
31
304
30
8,860,946
219
46,167
192
1.30
April
30
309
15
9,466,748
219
48,840
194
1.43
May
31
651
45
10,276,816
219
53,512
210
2.19
June.
30
454
45
11,865,276
219
56,416
192
2.27
July
31
389
45
11,774,080
219
54,697
215
3.04
August
31
375
10,473,375
219
50,454
208
5.28
September
30
333
00
9,647,408
219
45,788
211
2.68
October ..
31
326
45
10,071,404
219
49,874
202
4,10
November
30
326
00
9,606,760
219
47,129
204
4.18
December
31
365
15
10,018,934
219
48,598
206
4.77
Totals
365
4443
30
119,057,792
219
600,858
198
36.74
1
Nash
1136
13
11
1
3
3
1167
2
Empire.
262
1
2
2
267
3
Hersey
241
4
12
7
2
1
266
4
Trident
126
127
5
Gamon
155
2
6
Crown·
76
2
2
3
7
90
7
Lambert
51
2
2
1
. .
54
9
Worthington
25
26
10
Pittsburg
13
13
11
Thompson
6
1
7
12
Columbia
3
3
13
Federal.
2
2
14
Keystone·
1
8
...
9
Total .
2148
20
34
9
14
13
3
2241
& in.
& in.
1 in. 1} in.
1} in. 2 in.
3 in.
Total
8
Union
1
157
53
51
....
MAKE
SIZES
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TABLE SHOWING THE AMOUNT OF RAIN AND MELTED SNOW From Jan. 1, 1927, to Jan. 1, 1928
Day of Month
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Day of Month
1 ....
.10
.54
1.22
1
2 ....
.05
.02
.73
2
3 ... .
1.26
2.00
.3
4 .. . .
.03
,94
. 4
5 .. . .
.03
.30
.40
.22
.03
.04
.5
6. . . .
.11
.03
.T
.04
.6
7 .. . .
.13
.20
.08
.47
.7
8 .. . .
.18
1.01
.02
.08
9. ..
T
.47
. 9
10 ....
.15
.14
.47
.24
.06
.14
. 10
11 .. . .
.34
.03
T
.01
.14
.10
.12
13 ... .
.39
.01
.54
.10
.T
.T
.14
.52
.51
.31
.11
.01
.15
17 ....
.05
.14
.86
.17
18 ...
.T
.40
.01
.T
.67
.02
.11
·18
19 .. . .
.02
.T
.43
.24
.19
.28
.36
.44
.T
.05
.02
.21
22 ...
.T
.28
.T
.58
.50
24 ....
.08
.T
.46
.48
.24
25 .. . .
1.04
.09
.51
.03
.08
.17
.26
27 ....
T
.45
. T
.11
.04
.69
.32
.T
.. 28
29 ... .
.36
.23
.01
.T
.21
.. 29
30 ....
.01
.02
.84
.02
.12
.31
Total
2.32
3.18
1.30
1.43
2.19
2.27
3.04
5.28
2.68
4.10
4.18
4.77
Total
Total
Total
to
to
Date
2.32
5.50
6.80
8.23
10.42
12.69
15.73
21.01
23.69
27.79
31.97
36.74 Date
I
.25
26 ....
.T
.11
.06
.01
.05
.78
. .
.27
28 .. . .
....
.43
21 . . . .
.07
.44
.20
.03
.08
.22
23 .. . .
.31
.T
..
16 ....
1.19
.. 16
.04
.20
.14
1.41
.75
.13
14 ....
...
.11
.39
...
.22
.T
. 48
.T
.14
.02
12 .. . .
.06
.74
.03
.13
.11
15 ....
..
20 ... .
.35
.20
.01
.28
.11
.05
.09
.01
.30
31 .. ..
....
.21
...
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS-STATE DEPT. OF HEALTH Water Analysis-(Parts in 100,000)
APPEARANCE
Residue on
Evaporation
Free Total
Chlorine
Ni- trates trites
Ni-
Hardness
Iron
Remarks
194602
1-18-27 Slight Iron
Distinct I.
.60
9.40
.0116
.0128
1.34
. 0080
.0000
3.1
.120
Filter Gallery
194603
1-18-27 None
None
.31
15.70
.0010
.0106
1.33
0090
0000
8.9
.022
Weir
194604
1-18-27 Very slight
None
.27
16.70
.0016
.0070
1.14
.0080
.0005
7.7
.057
Tap in Pumping Sta.
195562
3-21-27 Slight
Distinct I.
.80
8.50
.0102
0132
.94
.0070
.0000
3.1
.120
Filter Gallery
195563
3-21-27 None
None
.50
16.20
.0018
.0102
.96
.0060
0001
9.6
.065
Weir
195564
3-21-27 Very slight
None
.50
15.60
.0028
0084
.83
.0050
.0002
7.4
.110
196951
5-17-27
None
.10
12.20
0118
.15
16.40
.0092
.0084
1.38
.0070
.0000
8.0
.046
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5-17-27|Slight
Cons. Iron
pl's.1-1.20
8.20
.0120
.0176
1.18
.0140
.0000
3.1
240
198596
7-20-27 Distinct
2.5
290
196950
5-17-27 Very slight 7-20-27
V. S. Iron None
.02
12.30
.0116
.0090
1.66
.0030
.0000
4.9
.010
..
198598
7-21-27
..
None
Filter Gallery
.20 i'n
10.00
.05
8.90
.0122
0072
1.20
.0050
.0000
4.0
.055
Filter Weir
198597
AMMONIA
NITROGEN AS
No.
Date of Collec- tion
Turbidity
Sediment
Color
.0078
1.18
.0050
.0001
7.1
.034
Tap near Pump
.0255
0440
1.64
.0200
.0000
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS For Year Ending December 31, 1927
Reading Water Department Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
General Statistics
Population by census of 1925 : 8796.
Date of construction : 1890-1891.
By whom owned: Town of Reading.
Sources of supply : Filter gallery and artesian wells.
Mode of supply: (Whether gravity or pumping) : Pumping.
Builders of Pumping Machinery: Sullivan Mch. Co., Geo. F. Blake Mfg. Co. and Platt Iron Works.
Description of fuel used :
Kind: Coal.
Brand of coal: New River and all rail Penn.
Average price of coal per net ton delivered : $7.30. Coal consumed for year : 600,858 fbs.
Total pumpage for year: 119,057.792 gallons with allowance for slip. Average static head against which pumps work: 219.
Average dynamic head against which pumps work: 240. Number of gallons pumped per pound of equivalent coal: 198. Gallons pumped x 8.34 (ibs.) x 100 x dynamic head (240). Duty equals : 119,057,792 × 8.34 x 100 x 240
600,858
Total fuel consumed
Equals 39,660,964.232 including heating.
Cost of pumping, figured on Pumping Station expenses, including fil- tration, viz : $11,809.02.
Cost per million gallons pumped : $99.18.
Cost per million gallons raised one foot (dynamic) : $ .41.
DISPOSITION OF BALANCE-Carried to New Account
Net cost of works Dec. 31, 1927 $492,162.51 Bonded debt Dec. 31, 1927 70,000.00 Total cost of supplying water per million gallons figured on total maintenance plus interest on bonds : $212.37.
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Statistics Relating to Distributing Mains
Kind of pipe : Galv. iron and cast iron.
Sizes: From 11/4 inches to 12 inches.
Extended : 7,180.6 feet during year of six-inch pipe.
Total now in use: 37.59 miles of 6 inch pipe or larger.
Cost of repair per mile : $11.33.
Number of hydrants (public and private) now in use : 239.
Number of stop gates added during the year: 25.
Number of stop gates now in use: 386.
Number of stop gates smaller than 4-inch: 3.
Number of blow-offs: 13.
Range of pressure on mains : 45 1bs. to 90 1bs.
Services :
Kind of pipe : Cast iron, galvanized iron, lead and cement lined. Sizes : 3/4 inch to 6 inches.
Extended : 1927 : 5,201.1 feet.
Discontinued 1927 : 0 feet.
Total now in use: 33.06 miles.
Number of service taps added during the year: 91 (9 services run to gate box only).
Number now in use: 2,289.
Average length of service installed in 1927 : 63.43 feet.
Average cost of service installed 1927 : $22.39 (owners did own digging on 22 services).
Meters :
Number of meters purchased: 102.
Number of meters discarded: 0.
Number now in use: 2241.
Percentage of services metered : 97%.
Number of motors and elevators added: .. one.
Number now in use: None.
General
The distribution pipe lines have been extended on fourteen different streets in town, the sum total length of extensions being 7,617.10 feet.
One and one-quarter inch pipe lines in School, Dudley, Beech and Elliott Streets have been replaced by a six-inch pipe, the sum total length of replacements being 1,651.00 feet.
Van Norden Rd. water main was constructed under contract. Nineteen contractors bid on the work, and the contract was awarded to D. Romano & .Son, they being the lowest bidder.
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