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29 Edward Bernard LeFave Ruth Mary Knight
30 Frank L. Cagnola Doris F. Wall
30 Edward Daggett Amsden' Margaret Tolman
24 James F. O'Dowd Marie Gormlie
Belmont Somerville
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1933
Date Name
Y M
D
Cause of Death
Aug. 1932
5 William D. Channell
61
9
3
Carcinoma'
Nov. 1932
27 Peter Joseph Burbine
38
Hypertrophy
Dec. 1932
12 Henry Pringle
14
2
27
Myleogemona
Jan.
3 William B. Jeffrey
81
6
3
Embelus
4 Mary E. (Thomas) Stone
60
0
23
Heart Disease
16 Carrie F. Pruden
68
8 30
Indigestion
17 Frank J. Emerson
81
4
23
Heart Disease
18 Ella W. (White) Brown
78
8
18
Myocarditis
21 Frederick F. Benson
68
3
-
Occulusion
22
Lydia A. (Lewis) Richardson 93
Influenza'
23 George Foster Newell
63
Carcinoma
24 Josephine (Kinghan) Abbott
81
10
28
Influenza
25 Sarah A. (Fletcher) Ayer
85
2
12
Heart Disease
31 Charles B. Beaudry
87
3
21
Hemorrhage
31 Rosella' C. (Hunt) Grimm 62
1 14
Cyst
Feb.
4 Delia E. (Boyce) Sweetser 90
6 30
Bronchitis
8 Harriet M. (Boit) Wiswall
79
5
27
Carcinoma
17 Carrie Anna (Powers) Moyer 49
10
13
Carcinoma
19 Howard B. Weston
59
Heart Disease
21 Jane (Inglis) Hickman
65
0
2
Carcinoma
22 James Kenneth Doucette
0
0
3
Hemorrhage
25 John Thomas Hutchinson 78
8
13
Hemorrhage
Mar.
4 Alice (Ryan) Johnson
83
3
6 William B. Goodwin
41
8
7
Carcinoma Myocarditis
7 Sarah D. (McLearn)
Marshall
72
2
5
Hemorrhage
-
14
55
-
7 30
DEATHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1933
Date
Name
Y M
D
Cause of Death
Mar.
16 Mary L. (Carter) Winship
74
4
3
Myocarditis Gangrene
17 Delia Casey
86
19 George W. DeCoster, Jr.
47
5
5
Aneurism
23 Arthur J. Sullivan
50
4
1
Hemorrhage
24
24 Elizabeth B. (Hunt) Wesson 75
75
1
12
Thrombosis
30 Calvert Howard Playdon,
D. V. M. 59
1 12
Parkinson's Disease
Apr.
3 James Jere Farnsworth 64
6
5
Myocarditis Tuberculosis
3 Edmund C. Metcalf
65
3
14
14 Georgianna W. (Wentworth)
Kinsley 38
2
1
Carcinoma
19 Willard L. Bailey
68
2
7
Carcinoma
19 Alexander F. MacDonald
65
0
4
Pneumonia'
19 21 Edgar Wales Phinney 83
1
13
Arterio Sclerosis
23 William J. MacAllister
72
4
20
Thrombosis
25 Anna Gloria (Oliver) Enos
78
Pneumonia
25 Bernice (Geldart) Hathaway
35 4
11
Cancer
25 Eliza (Beckwith) Ogden
87
7
17
Pneumonia
28 Albert M. French
62
6
24
Hemorrhage
29 Ellen M. (Stiles) Webster 84
1 14
Hemorrhage
May
3 Catherine (Townly) Brophy
10 William Langlands
90
5 25
Fracture of Hip
18 George E. Pratt
75
9
10
Heart Disease
19 Wilfred E. Cottle
24
1
4
Automobile Accident
23 Rebecca T. (Walton) Daboll
92
1
4
Arterio Sclerosis
25 Austin E. Leach 61
4
29
Hemorrhage
June
2 Flora M. (Jaquith) Gowen
68
4
25
Thrombosis
3 Luke White
67
-
Tuberculosis
6 Abbie E. (Coffin) Jackson
78
10
2
Hemorrhage
19 Joseph Turcott
45 10
21
Heart Disease
1 24
Hemorrhage
27 Edward E. Lerned
Tuberculosis
79
56
DEATHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1933
Date
Name
Y M
D
Cause of Death
23 Jennie E. (Taylor) Reeves
67
10
25
Hemorrhage
27 Harriet (Bodge) Wilson
78
4
27
Embolism
29 Adeline (Gallant) Gallant
61
Hemorrhage
July
5 Gordon Dulong
28
0
7
Luminol Poisoning
5 Fred Isac Rice
78
3
5
Angina Pectoris Myocarditis
10 Abbie (England) Dodge
81
14 George H. Sias
84
7
14
Hemorrhage
18 Cyrus P. Batchelder
71
2
15
Myocardial
22 George A. Forbes
70
10
26
Carcinoma
Aug.
4 Alberta LeFave
2
8
Meningitis
14 Martha J. (Powers) McLeod- 49
1 25
Thrombosis
15 Charles H. Powell
75
9
5
Heart Disease
16 Calvin P. Proper
30
1
16
Hypertrophy
16 Archibald Clark Wallace
67
0
13
Angina Pectoris
19 Helen G. (Currell) Tucker
30
7
4
Angina Pectoris
23 James B. Ward
79
8
16
Arterio Sclerosis
24 Elizabeth Dagnay Dahlquist
12
0
11 Accidental Drowning
25 Denslow V. Hanks
59
11
16
Thrombosis
25 Clemeth Morton Skidmore 54
11
8 Hemorrhage
Sept.
4 Elizabeth F. (Sweeney)
Haley 58
4 William C. Wales
73
6 27
6 Leonard Joseph Peters
0
0 26
Jaundice
8 William E. Cushman
77
0 20
Carcinoma
8 Mary E. (Rogers) Holbrook 59
-
Cardio-Renal Disease
8 Susan C. (Walker) 'Pierce 86
3 16 Arterio Sclerosis
13 Elizabeth (Nicholson)
Hinchcliffe 82
5 21
Carcinoma
15 Margaret Esther (McKenna)
Cann 49
8
2
Nephritis
15 Joseph Henry White
76
Nephritis
21 James H. Frost
81
Myocarditis
27 Owen F. Gillogley
64
5
10
Heart Disease
28 Samuel M. Smith
70
6 13
Carcinoma
-
-
Hemorrhage Cystitis
Degeneration
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1933
Date
Name
Y M
D
Cause of Death
Oct.
6 Emma J. (Gray) Southworth 74
7 James L. Dulong
36
17 Helen M. Caldwell
73
8
9
Myocarditis
17 William Enos
52
3
3
Tuberculosis Embolus
18 William E. R. Brent
35
25 Frank Gould Nichols
80
5
25
Myocarditis
27 Horace Brown
95
11
25
Hemorrhage
28 Albert T. Murphy
67
9
6
Hemorrhage
29 Joanna R. (Allen) Davis
35
0
5
Angina Pectoris
30 William Henry Nichols
74
3
20
Arterio Sclerosis
Nov.
3 Olive A. Prescott
77
9
1
Myocarditis
5 Simon J. Belinian
58
8
11
Automobile Accident
6 Hattie K. (James) Packer
68
6
11
Myocarditis
12 Clara E. Bancroft
83
10
15
Hemorrhage
12 Thomas Swift
46
Automobile Accident
16 Bridget (Newgent) Murphy
64
8
5
Myocarditis
17 Mabel H. (Burrell) Lewis
54
7
4
Embolism
19 Robert Mabb
4
Meningitis
20 Emily T. (Jones) Danforth
57
3
8
Embolus
22 Adelaide Gertrude (Oliver)
Enos
45
Myocarditis
28 John A. McLeod
60
6
18
Hernia
29 Bridget (Higgins) Geary
67
-
Carcinoma
29 William C. Howe
87
1
26
Indigestion
Dec.
2 Nellie (McNally) Lang
68
0
19
Septicemia
12 Harry Sumner Wright
65
4
15
Embolus
15 Henry R. Foster
60
0
16
Nephritis
23 Vera E. (Blaisdell) Sias
19
8
5
Eclampsia
24 Benjamin Cohen
40
7
24
Heart Disease
23 Ippoleta Bertha (Eastman)
Lathrop
62
11
Carcinoma
28 Herman L. Riessle
69
Heart Disease
-
Arterio Sclerosis Railroad Accident
-
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Thirteenth Annual Report
OF THE
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
For the Year Ended December 31,
1933
To the Citizens of Reading :
The Board of Public Works was organized on March 10, 1933 with Mr. Harold W. Putnam as chairman and Mr. William T. Fairclough as secretary. Mr. Alexander Birnie was appointed superintendent of Public Works for the coming year.
The year 1933 has been a particularly strenuous one for the Pub- lic Works Department. A severely reduced appropriation, a long list of Welfare workers, a very severe winter, and a flood of Civil Works Administration problems have greatly increased the Department's usual duties. However, it is the Board of Public Work's firm belief that the department has done exceedingly well in coping with these un- usual difficulties. Success has been largely the result of a fine spirit of co-operation and unselfish desire to serve shown by the entire personnel of the department. They certainly merit commendation.
In spite of a serious reduction in the highway appropriation the roads have been kept in very good condition. This year nearly all of the objectional car tracks were removed. 1,604.55 lineal feet of new roads have been accepted. Haverhill Street was constructed this year at a cost to the Town of $8,000.00. This work provided relief for the Welfare people, truck drivers, and many others at a time when relief was needed most. For next year the Board of Public Works has under consideration the construction of Main St. from Haven St. to the B. & M. R. R. Crossing.
Sidewalk construction this year was handled very well considering the small amount of money appropriated . To be frank, however, they are seriously in need of better care. It is hoped by the Board of Pub- lic Works that more money will be available for next year. Sidewalk mileage is increasing rapidly.
Work on land drainage has made great progress this year because of the additional labor at the Board of Public Works disposal. All of this work is in accordance with the general plans as laid out by Barber and Dixon.
The Town's Water Works have received considerable attention this year, especially the wells and the piping system. Twenty new wells have been drilled and one new line connected. Small pipes have
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been replaced by larger ones and many put in where none existed before. The system was thoroughly flushed out this year. All of the above mentioned tends to make our supply of better quality and more reliable.
Hydrant rentals amounting to $7,500.00 were taken from the Wa- ter Department this year. This is substantially a reduction in rates because the tax-payer formerly paid the rental. However, the Board of Public Works through constant improvement of the water system and the increased efficiency of operation therefrom anticipates the possibility of a further reduction within a reasonable time.
Few applications were received this year for sewer connections. The Board of Public Works has under consideration the reduction of sewer extension assessments and if such a reduction can be made the cost of connecting may be easier to bear, and encourage new exten- sions.
Because of poor business conditions throughout the past year a surprisingly large number of the Town's people were out of work. They were sorely in need of diversion. The Public Works Department provided it through its tennis courts, horse-shoe courts, wading pool, and hockey rink. Many of these facilities were lighted at night. Their constant use more than justified the effort and money spent in pro- viding them. In fact, it is the sincere wish of the entire Board of Public Works that further additions may be made to our park system this year. Only a short time ago our parks were very incompletely developed, and today, although many improvements have been made, they serve only to impress more forcibly upon us how much there is yet to do in this department.
In conclusion, during the past year of 1933 the Board of Public Works has earnestly endeavored to execute the will of the towns- people and in so doing to manage its affairs efficiently. If anyone has any suggestions to make as to ways in which we can better do this in the coming year they will be most welcome.
HAROLD W. PUTNAM WILLIAM T. FAIRCLOUGH A. RUSSELL BARNES, JR. MARTIN B. HARTSHORN ROBERT E. FOWLE
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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 establish a Board of Public Works, I respectfully submit for your consideration the thirteenth annual report of the De- partment of Public Works (Water, Highway, Sewer and Park) in- cluding 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 on Hand, Jan. 1, 1933
$ 12,844.39
Meter Rates
45,590.35
Service Pipe Maintenance
286.59
Service Pipe Construction
576.95
Rent
180.00
Fines and Summons
58.00
Hydrant Rental
1,000.00
Hydrant Repairs
105.42
Drinking Fountains
100.00
Sprinklers
18.00
Misc. Receipts
64.74
Total
$ 60,824.44
Appropriation
$ 56,079.39
Expenditures :
Office Maintenance $ 3,363.13
Pumping Station Costs :
Sta. No. 1, Mill St.
1,477.92
Sta. No. 2, Grove St.
5,649.27
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Maintenance of Meters
2,976.83
Maintenance of Service Pipes
760.64
Maintenance of Main Pipes
481.04
Maturing Bonds
15,000.00
Bond Interest
3,615.00
Auto Maintenance
806.53
Shop Maintenance
41.44
Main Pipe Construction
18,936.32
Service Pipe Construction
1,730.59
Meter Construction
352.50
Hydrants and Drinking Fountains
792.21
GRAND TOTAL EXPENDITURES
$ 55,983.42
Balance Dec. 31, 1933
$ 95.97
Total Cost of Water System since beginning to Jan. 1, 1933
$628,039.34
Expended 1933 :
Main Extension, Maint. Acct. $ 18,936.32
Meters
352.50
Total
$ 19,288.82
Total Cost Dec. 31, 1933
$647,328.16
REGISTRATION REPORT
Amt. of Bills (Metered Wtr.) Rendered in 1933
$ 47,826.44
Amt. Collected and Paid Treasurer $ 44,161.63
Amt. Uncollected
3,664.81
$ 47,826.44
$ 47,826.44
Amt. of Bills (Metered Water) of Previous Yrs. Uncollected
$ 2,132.62
Amt. Collected and Paid Treasurer $ 1,428.72
Amt. Uncollected
703.90
$ 2,132.62
$ 2,132.62
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FINANCIAL STATISTICS
EXPENDITURES
RECEIPTS
Water Works Maintenance
Total Maintenance
$ 16,349.01
Interest on Bonds
3,615.00
Payment on Bonds
15,000.00
Sprinkler System Payments
18.00
Total Maintenance
$ 34,964.01
Total from Consumers
$ 45,622.94
Water Works Construction
From Drinking Fountains
$ 100.00
Expended New Wells
$ 3,691.16
From Hydrants 1,000.00
Extension of Mains
15,245.16
Extension of Services
1,730.59
Extension of Meters
352.50
Total from Municipal Depts. .. Rents, Fines, Summons, Misc. Re- ceipts
$ 285.15
Service Pipes
863.54
Total Construction
$ 21,019.41
Main Pipe Maint.
3.00
Balance
$ 4,841.02
Hydrant Maintenance
105.42
Total
$ 60,824.44
Total
$ 60,824.44
Bal. brought forward from 1932
$ 12,844.39
From Meter Rates
$ 45,590.35
From Meter Maintenance 9.59
Private Drinking Fountains 5.00
$ 1,100.00
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YEARLY RECORD OF HUNDRED ACRE MEADOW PUMPING STATION JANUARY 1, 1933 TO JANUARY 1, 1934
Month
No. Days
No. Hrs.
No. Min.
Gallons Pumped Venturi Meter
Total Head
Power K. W. H ..
Gal. per K. W. H.
Rainfall
Fuel Cil
Daily Average Gals. pumped. .
January
31
335
15
12,952,100
227
16,600
780
2.27
417,810
February
28
308
00
11,779,000
227
15,120
779
3.46
325
420,678
March
31
355
15
14,084,700
227
18,350
768
7.22
454,345
April
30
319
30
13,351,800
227
16,825
793.5
6.51
660
445,050
May
31
367
00
15,238,900
227
19,150
795.8
2.70
100
491,577
June.
30
412
00
16,465,600
227
21,100
783
1.27
548.853
July .
31
434
30
16,303,850
227
22,050
739. 4
1.47
. ..
539,778
August
31
456
00
16,733,150
227
23,100
724.4
4.41
September
30
347
30
13,495,400
227
17.750
760.3
9.97
449,830
October
31
326
40
13,905,900
227
17,150
810.8
3.50
210
. 448,578
November
30
315
15
12.954,600
227
16,125
803.3
.96
431,820
December
31
361
15
14,581,300
227
18,450
790.3
3.47
411
470,364
Total3.
365
4,338
15
171,847,300
227
221,770
774.8
47 21
1 , 7.06 .. ,¿
470.389
525,930
: :
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
For Year Ending December 31, 1933 Reading Water Department Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
General Statistics
Population by census of 1930: 9747.
Date of Construction : 1890, Mill St., 1931, Grove St.
By whom owned: Town of Reading.
Sources of supply : Filter Gallery and Artesian Wells.
Mode of supply : (whether gravity or pumping) : Pumping.
Pumping Statistics
Builders of Pumping Machinery: Sullivan Machine Co., Geo. F. Blake Mfg. Co., Platt Iron Works, DeLaval Steam Turbine Co.
Electric Pumps at Grove Street Station
Description of Pumps :
(A) Pumping Unit No. 1-2-stage 5/4 DeLaval, 75 H. P. 1750 R. P. M. 3 phase, 60 cycle, 440 volts, 650 G. P. M.
(B) Pumping Unit No. 2-2-stage 8/6 DeLaval, 125 H. P. 1750 R. P. M. 3 phase, 60 cycle, 440 volts, 1000 G. P. M. K. W. H. used for year: 221,770.
Power cost for year: $3,718.09
Total Pumpage by Venturi Meter, 171,847,300 gallons.
Cost of Pumping per million gallons : power only : $21.64.
Average number gallons pumped per K. W. H .: 775.
Cost of Pumping figured on total Pumping Station No. 2 Ex- penses, per million gallons pumped : $32.87.
Total cost of supplying water, per million gallons figured on total maintenance, plus interest on Bonds : $113.22.
Average static head against which pumps work: 227.
Average dynamic head against which pumps work: 258.
Statistics Relating to Distribution Mains
Kind of Pipe: Cast Iron.
Sizes : 4 inches to 12 inches.
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Extended : 6,474.6 ft. of 12"; 343.0 ft. 8"; 4,752.2 ft. of 6"; 740.0 ft. of 1 1-4".
Total in use at present : 43.55 (6" to 12").
Cost of Maintenance per mile : $11.05.
Number of Hydrants in use, (Public and Private) : 273. Number of Stop Gates added during Year : 34.
Number of Stop Gates now in use: 675.
Number of Stop Gates smaller than 4": 146.
Number of Blow-Offs : 16.
Range of Pressure on Mains : 45-90.
Suction Lines : Line E .- 343' of 8".
Total feet Suction Main in use : 3,684.
,
Gates on Suction Line : Line E. 1-8"-9-2 1-2".
Total Number Gates in use on Suction Lines : 4-12", 1-8", 67- 2 1-2".
Services :
Kind of Pipe: Cast Iron, Galvanized Iron, Lead, cement lined and copper tubing.
Sizes : 3-4" to 6". Extended : 2,500.9 feet.
Total in use : 37.54 miles.
Number of active service taps added during year : 30.
Number of service taps in use : 2586.
Average length of services : 1933: 83.36 feet.
Average cost of service to owners: 1933: $21.38.
Number of meters added: 40. Number of meters junked: None.
Number of meters in use: 2751.
WATER BONDS AND INTEREST
There were $15,000.00 in bonds payable in 1933.
The interest on serial bonds for the year 1933 amounted to $3,- 615.00.
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There are $13,000.00 in bonds and $3,080.00 interest due in 1934 as follows :
Date of Issue
Payable
Interest
Bonds
Sept. 15, 1927
March 15, 1934
$ 180.00
April 15, 1931
April 15, 1934
455.00
$ 2,000.00
April 15, 1931
April 15, 1934
157.50
3,000.00
May 1, 1925
May 1, 1934
80.00
2,000.00
June 1, 1907
June 1, 1934
60.00
1,000.00
June 1, 1917
June 1, 1934
202.50
1,000.00
June 1, 1930
June 1, 1934
520.00
3,000.00
Sept. 15, 1927
Sept. 15, 1934
180.00
1,000.00
April 15, 1931
Oct. 15, 1934
420.00
April 15, 1931
Oct. 15, 1934
105.00
May 1, 1925
Nov. 1, 1934
40.00
June 1, 1907
Dec. 1, 1934
40.00
June 1, 1917
Dec. 1, 1934
180.00
June 1, 1930
Dec. 1, 1934
460.00
$ 3,080.00
$ 13,000.00
COMPARATIVE TOTAL PUMPAGE DURING THE PAST TEN YEARS 1924 to 1933 inclusive
Year
Annual Pumpage (Gallons)
Increase or Decrease (Gallons)
Average Daily Pumpage (Gallons)
Increase or Decrease (Gallons)
Cost per Million Gallons Pumped. Figured on Total Maint. & Int. on Bonds
Esti- mated Popu- lation
1924
119,653,855
8,706,750 Inc. 458,314 Inc.
327,818
23,885 Inc.
$180.78
7424
1925
120,112,169
329,074
1,256 Inc.
176.02
7424
1926
116,481,568
3,630,601 Dec.
319,127
9,947 Dec.
212.90
8796
1927
119,057,792
2,576,224 Inc.
326,185
7,058 Inc.
212.37
8796
1928
131,714,708
12,656,916 Inc.
359,876
33,691 Inc.
237.31
8796
1929
139,983,143
8,268,435 Inc.
383,515
23,639 Inc.
213.75
8796
1930
147,186,973
7,203,830 Inc.
403,257
19,742 Inc.
494.92
9747
1931
144,923,924
2,263,049 Dec.
397,051
6,206 Dec.
211.95
9747
1932
161,609,500
441,423
44,372 Inc.
120.73
9747
1933
171,847,300
16,685,576 Inc. 10,237,800 Inc.
470,389
28,966 Inc.
113.22
9747
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Rainfall
The average rainfall for Massachusetts as deduced by the State Department of Public Health from long continued observation in various parts of the State is 44.54 inches.
As may be seen by a table in this report showing the amount of rainfall for the years 1900 to 1933 inclusive, the average rainfall at the Reading Pumping Station on Mill Street is 40.62 inches com- pared with the State observations and an excess of 6.59 inches com- pared with the Pumping Station observations.
There was an excess of rainfall in the months of February, March, April, August, September, October and December of 13.94 inches, and a deficiency in the months of January, May, June, July and Novem- ber of 7.35 inches, compared each month with an average rainfall between the years of 1900 to 1933 inclusive.
The elevation of the Hundred Acre Meadow Pumping Station is approximately 80 feet above the sea level. The greatest rainfall in any one month was in September, with a fall of 9.97 inches, in any one day, Monday, August 28, with a fall of 2.27 inches.
The rainfall of 9.97 inches in September was an all time record from observations taken at Mill Street Pumping Station from 1900 to 1933 inclusive, the previous high being July 1921, with a fall of 9.79 inches.
WATER DEPARTMENT
The year 1933 was a very busy period for the Water Department. Labor furnished by the Welfare Department was utilized in extensive additions to the distribution system, and the latter part of 1933 a water project was done under the Civil Works Administration.
The twelve inch water main from Lowell and High Streets up Grove to Franklin Street, installation of which started in 1932, was completed in March, 1933. A large crew of Welfare Dept. employees were thus given work of a useful nature during the winter months.
The completion of the new twelve inch main not only added materially to the distribution system, but it also cut the cost of pump- ing per million gallons, power only, from $25.86 to $21.64, by reducing friction loss. Previously, the twelve inch main from the new pump- ing station at Hundred Acre Meadow had fed two eight inch mains ; one on Franklin and one on Grove Street. The new 12 inch main, carried to Lowell Street, was connected with two eight inch mains at High and Lowell Streets.
On Saturday, March 25, 1933, at 9.30 A. M., the gates on the new twelve inch, main at Grove and Franklin were opened, connecting the new main with Hundred Acre Meadow Pumping Station.
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Before turning in the 12 inch main, pressure gauges were installed as follows: On the hydrant on High St., near Lowell Street, which is tapped on an eight inch main on the hydrant outside the Hundred Acre Pumping Station, tapped from a twelve inch main; and on the ... discharge main where it leaves the 75 H. P. pump.
The gauge on the switch-board before cutting in on the new twelve inch main stood at 234, and after cutting in it dropped to 210. The gauge on the discharge main near the pump dropped back ten pounds, the gauge on the hydrant outside the station dropped back twelve pounds, and the gauge on the hydrant on High St., near Lowell St., increased 1.5 lbs., all of these readings being taken simultaneously with the cutting in of the 12" main.
Early in January an application for water was received from a newly laid out street called Nelson Ave., situated on the East side of Main Street, south of Franklin St. Due to the installation of sev- eral six inch "blind Taps" previous to the construction of Main Street in 1931, we were able to accommodate the applicant by utilizing one of these "blind Taps", without disturbing the cement roadway.
After the Grove Street 12" main was completed, a new project was needed to provide work for Welfare Dept. labor. As many com- plaints had been received from consumers on South Street of bad tasting and odorous water, it was decided to connect two dead ends by laying approximately 1300 feet of six inch pipe. A fire hydrant was also installed, adding to the fire protection facilities in this sec- tion. Dead ends on Winthrop Avenue and Irving Road were also eliminated by laying new 6" and 1 1-4" mains respectively.
Water main extensions under the 4 per cent Guarantee process were installed in the following streets: six inch, Haverhill Street, 2,076 ft. in length, Winthrop Avenue, 65 ft. in length, and Longview Road, 360 ft. in length; 1 1-4" water main, Nelson Avenue, 374 ft. long, Chestnut Road, 85 ft. long, and Hunt Street, 101 ft. long. These mains were installed upon application by the owners of property to be served from said mains, who have guaranteed to pay to the Town semi-annually 4 per cent of the original cost thereof.
The 1 1-4" mains in Percy Avenue and John St. Court, which have given much trouble in the past by leaks, were relaid with new 1 1-4 inch galvanized pipe.
As pointed out in my report for 1932, the Bear Hill Standpipe was insufficiently supplied by a six inch main emptying into a twelve inch. When the Civil Works Administration came into being a project in line with the recommendation made in last year's report was sub- mitted to the C. W. A. office and approved by them. This consisted of installing a twelve-inch main from Brook Street, at the end of the present six inch main along Summer Avenue to Third Street, thence up Third Street to the present twelve inch main on Cedar Street, a
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distance of 2800 feet, and a 12 inch main on Main Street from Haven Street to the R. R. crossing, approximately 1200 ft. long.
Work was started with a crew of fifty-six men on Brook Street, connection to the six inch being made with a Y fitting and a twelve by six inch reducer. Provision was made at this time for an extension of the 12 inch main up Ash Street to the Square, thereby connecting with the 12 inch main from the Station. A hydrant was set at the corner of Brook and Summer Avenue, where it was badly needed, and fittings installed making it possible to connect with the Wakefield Water Dept. at a future date. At the corner of Third Street and Summer Avenue a twelve by twelve by six inch tee was installed. A new hydrant was also set at the corner of Third and North Streets. In order to make the connection at Third and Cedar Streets, a twelve inch tap had to be made. As our Water Dept. is not equipped with a tapping machine of this size, it was necessary to borrow one from the City of Cambridge. General Supt. Goode of the Cambridge Water Dept. very kindly loaned a machine and a man to operate it.
This part of the project was completed late in December, and the water turned into the new main, allowing two more six inch mains to feed the standpipe. Previous to this connection, approximately four hours were required for the water in both standpipes to seek a common level. After the new connection was made, one hour only was required for the leveling process, thereby proving the advantage of the larger main.
The Main Street end of the project, which is 1200 feet in length, is being completed as this report is written, and, while it will not be used at present, is laid in the event of new construction of South Main Street from Haven Street to the Railroad Crossing. A new project has been submitted to the Reading C. W. A. Council for a twelve inch main, 3,200 ft. in length, to connect these two sections. When this project is finished Bear Hill and Auburn Street standpipes will be connected with a twelve inch supply main.
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