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In spite of the physical handicaps in the High School, the instruc- tion has reached high standards. The Principal has on file many let- ters of commendation from outstanding American colleges and tech- nical schools praising the work of the graduates of Reading High School.
8. Dental Survey
Attention should be called to the Dental Survey conducted by Dr. Catherine Ronan, representing the Division of Child Hygiene of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. This survey was made on September 30 and October 1, 1941. It covered the High School seniors. One hundred sixty-one students were examined. Of this number, only three had never been to a dentist. One hundred forty- nine, or 92 per cent, had received dental treatment at one time or an- other. Of this number, the survey found that ninety-two students had fillings only; seven had extractions; and fifty had both fillings and extractions. The examinations indicated one hundred thirty-six chil- dren required fillings to be made; eleven required extractions; and one hundred thirty-six required both fillings and extractions. The ex- aminers found no diseased gums and only twenty-eight students whose teeth were not clean. On the other hand, the one hundred thirty-six students found needing dental treatment were 84 per cent of the num-
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ber examined. This indicates the need for dental care, at least among our High School seniors.
D. SPECIAL REPORTS
1. Dental Clinic
In her report, Mrs. Clewley, our School Nurse, has brought out the fact that the greatest physical difficulty found among our school children is dental disease. She stated that over one-half of the school pupils are victims of tooth decay. Much is being done in the schools to bring these facts to the attention of pupils and parents.
Although the situation with reference to dental care is not satis- factory, it would be much worse if the Dental Clinic in the Grouard House. supported by the Town and the Red Cross and under the aus- pices of the Reading Good Health Committee, did not exist. This Clinic, which provides dental service twice a week, has treated this year two hundred and forty-eight individual children. A constant check is made each year with reference to re-examination. This procedure is cutting down a great deal of dental trouble. The continuation of the Clinic is of vital importance to the health of our children, and it is hoped that its support by the Town will be increased for this im- portant work.
2. Report of Medical Care
Dr. Charles R. Henderson has made 1348 physical examinations during the year and has responded to calls at the various schools, resulting in 428 emergency inspections. He has examined 19 students for working certificates. During the year, six diphtheria immunization clinics were held at which the total attendance was 109. Of these, 87 were immunized, and 370 toxid injections were administered.
It is hoped that more parents of young children in Reading will avail themselves of the opportunity to have their children immunized against diphtheria. The State statistics show that only 14.4 per cent of Reading children four years and younger have been immunized and but slightly more than half of the children in the age group five through nine. In some towns these figures in corresponding age groups ap- proach 100 per cent.
Because of the possibility of either evacuation of children from this area or of receiving children from urban areas, it is important that parents give increased attention to the immunization of children with reference to diphtheria. This work is done in the school clinics. under the auspices of our local Board of Health and the School Nurse.
During the year the entire school staff has been most cooperative for the good of the schools, and the spirit in which they have done their work is a guarantee of their willingness to give their full share in any emergency which lies ahead.
Respectfully submitted,
E. C. GROVER
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Age-Grade Table-October 1, 1941
Age Opportunity I
II
III
IV
V VI
VII
VIII IX
X
XI
XII
P. G. Total
5 Years
82
82
6 "
98
57
1
156
7
21
91
55
167
8
3
1
17
94
49
164
9
6
4
18
100
43
171
10
1
7
20
95
40
163
11
"
4
4
27
93
41
169
12
"
9
25
89
45
1
169
13
1
3
17
24
88
55
188
14
"
3
2
2
11
29
90
63
5
205
15
"
4
10
24
87
94
6
225
16 "
2
1
7
39
89
83
2
223
17
"
2
6
20
69
11
108
18
"
1
1
1
19
22
19
"
4
4
20
"
21 " and over
Total
17
202
170
175
173
179
177
171
173
180
196
209
181
13
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COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES READING HIGH SCHOOL Class of 1941 Outdoor Exercises, Junior High School Field WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE ELEVENTH Four O'clock RAISING OF FLAG and PLAYING OF COLORS PROCESSIONAL MARCH
High School Band Smith
AMERICA
Audience and Senior Class PRAYER-Rev. Raymond W. Cooper .Salutatory "Arma Virumque Cano" Stella Marie Pollitz "Are We a Lost Generation?" Carolyn Elizabeth Campbell
TORCH ORATION Glenn G. Davis, Class President
ESSAY "Outlook for Youth" Donald Earle Taylor Class Honors
ESSAY "Our Inheritance" Carolyn Lumsden Class Honors
ESSAY "Where There is No Vision the People Perish" Robert Nelson Burrows Faculty Honors
Valedictory "The Way is Open" Ruth Evelyn Hicks
CERTIFICATION OF CLASS ACCEPTANCE OF CERTIFICATION Dr. Elbridge C. Grover, Superintendent of Schools CONFERRING SCHOLASTIC HONORS Rudolf Sussmann, Headmaster CONFERRING DIPLOMAS Irving C. Austin, Chairman of School Board SALUTE TO FLAG-Led by Class President Glen Davis STAR SPANGLED BANNER Keyes
Audience and Senior Class BENEDICTION-Rev. Raymond W. Cooper RECESSIONAL MARCH
High School Band
GRADUATION CLASS READING HIGH SCHOOL 1941
Accounting Course
George Edward Brennan
Phillip Arthur Burbine
Robert Nelson Burrows
William Donald Dacey
Ernest Paul Doucette
Herbert E. Kenney
Edward Syer Marshall
George A. Melanson, Jr.
Ellsworth Slayter Noone Harris Putnam Pratt, Jr.
Robert B. Taylor
Civic Preparatory Course
Eileen Marie Arsenault Marjorie Bernice Batchelder Maynard E. Batchelder Charles William Berglund, Jr. Gerald Francis Brooks Wilbur Frederick Cail
Barbara Wacey Jenkins John Henry Kelly, Jr.
Arthur Earl Knapp
Annetta Marjorie Macleod
Leslie William Merrill
Dorothie Meuse
Jeanette Marie Callan
Robert Donald Meuse
Constance Frances Carder
Donald Frederick O'Brien
Joseph S. Carder, Jr. John Peter Collins
Edwin J. Palmer
Thelma Currell Gertrude Sophia Dahlquist
Charlotte Rena Parker
Harriett Adelaide Parker
Edgar John Davis
Laverne Aileen Peterson
Patricia Ann Donegan
Robert Earle Piercy
Esther Margaret Doucette
Gerald L. Doucette
Dorothy Mae Racine Avis Gowen Sargent Lennox Schoppelry Constance R. Scharton
Stephen Irving Doucette
Robert Pierce Eisenhaure
Harry Francis Evans
David Teele Sheldon
Robert Francis Spellman
Maurice Fitzgerald
Albert Stephanian John Storti, Jr. Robert Brackett Tucker
Clarence Fraughton Esther Maryann Frotten John Joseph Hamilton Alden Burbank Heath
James E. Wallace
Gordon S. Watkins
Charles Leigh Webster
Helen Theresa Wheeler
Michael A. Hennessy Richard Franklin Higgins E. Dorothy Jeanes
Doris White
Donald I. Whitford
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Helen Sterling Farr Edward Fitzgerald
Edith Mae Oulton
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Classical Course
Carolyn Elizabeth Campbell Ethel Mae Greenyer Ruth Evelyn Hicks
Carolyn Lumsden Stella Marie Pollitz Donald Earle Taylor
Marjorie R. Tonks
Clerical Course
Anna Rachel Arsenault
Stella Elizabeth Arsenault
Mildred Louise Bennett
Beverly Johnson
Norma L. Doran
Christina Alma MacDonald
Marilyn Dorothy Edwards
Mary Evelyn Margeson
Florence Agnes Duggan
Ruth Longfellow Perley
Dorothy Evelyn Taylor
Mary Louise Zitzow
College Course
Kenneth Leland Anderson
Robert Francis Barrett
Barbara Helen Bird
Barbara Jean Blaikie
Thomas Lyman Jacob
Roger George Caron Gerald Frederick Colford
Malcolm George Johnston
Edith Helen Kimball
Robert Edwin Dagdigian
Phyllis Jannett Lacey
John Aram Dagdigian
Frances Virginia Mclaughlin
Jean Lucy Danforth
Priscilla Moulton Nichols
Lillian B. Davies Glenn G. Davis
Betty Jane Parks
Mary Delano
Mary Louise Slack
Alfred T. Doughty
Dorothy Isabelle Stratton
William B. Watson
Fine Arts Course
Bette Joyce Gullam
Elisabeth A. Shannon John Marshall Shaw
Normal Course
Louis C. Babine, Jr. Grace Stuart Bailey Gene Elaine Baker Marguerite Eleanor Brophy Paul William Connelly
Barbara Louise Jones Horace N. Lander Elmer B. Lincoln
Frances B. Madden
William Charles Morrissey
William Edward Friedlander
Donald Buel Hitchcock
Lois B. Ives
Doris Gertrude Dunn
Mildred Janet Faulkner
Dorothy E. Fleming
Mary Alice Flynn
Jean Elizabeth Dow
John Joseph O'Malley, Jr.
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Normal Course Continued
Phyllis Harriett Cullington
Virginia Davis
Newton Benedict Dickie
Donna Ruth Packer
Francis Herman Doughty
Betty Joyce Stanwood
Edward Lynch Ford
Shirley Mae Stevens
Evelyn Nancy Fortier
Woodbury Cole Titcomb
Phyllis Elaine Garey
Chester Paul Gunn
Isabelle Phyllis Tower Donald N. Tuttle, Jr.
Vernon Floyd Williams
Practical Arts Course
Edward Joseph Doucette
Donald L. Douglass
Frank R. Fisher
Helen Louise Gadbois
Ernest H. Hubbard
Ethel Johnson Robert D. Jones
Jeanette Anne Muse
Arthur F. Stiles, Jr. Ruth Frances Whitton
Thomas Stephen Widell
Scientific Course
James Bain, Jr. Albert Ray Barmby Lewis Paulfray Bosson
Richard Joseph Robbins Leslie Arthur Scott Warren Winn
Secretarial Course
Dorothy B. Arnett Mary Bronk
Doris I. Nelson
Mary G. Powell
Barbara Bryant
Virginia Roberts
Shirley L. Bussell
Rita J. Schaffner
Sonia E. Courossi
Eleanor M. Shaw
Barbara Mae Clark
Evelyn D. Shaw
Dorothy Marie Cress
Marjorie Frances Spindler
Muriel Frances Evans
Annabel Walker
Evelyn Louise Macleod
Dorothy Alice Walsh
Elsie M. Mason
Eleanor Marie Zitzow
Irregular Course
Alexander Clapperton Todd Davis Crooker Alexander T. Dissel Herbert Francis Grimes
Edwin Logan Robert Wells Loud G. Allan Marini Robert Melendy
Jean Lumsden Stanwood
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Robert Olsen
Marjorie L. Owen
TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
of the
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
For the Year Ended
December 31, 1941
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
To the Citizens of the Town of Reading :
The Board of Public Works submits herewith its Annual Report for the year ending December 31, 1941.
The Poard re-organized at the first regularly scheduled meeting after the March election, with Wendell P. Davis re-elected Chairman and Edward A. Brophy, Secretary; Philip Welch was re-appointed as Superintendent.
On February 3, 1941 a letter of resignation was received from Mr .. Harold W. Putnam to take effect March 1, 1941. This resignation was accepted with regret by the Board. Mr. Putnam was a member of the Board of Public Works from 1928 to date, a period of 13 years during which time he had also served as Chairman and Secretary of the Board. He was serving as Secretary at the time of his resignation ..
A total of forty-three Public Hearings were held during the year, on varied subjects including street layouts, sewer trunk line extensions, Municipal Light Department and New England Telephone and Tele- graph pole relccations, granolithic sidewalk installations, etc.
Acting as the Board of Survey, twenty hearings were held on ap- provals of lines and grades on eighteen new proposed street layouts,. many of which were submitted because of new water main installations in previously un-recorded locations.
Permits were granted for street openings in forty-nine instances, six permits were issued for erection of overhanging signs, and four painters-and-riggers operating permits issued.
The Board has co-operated with the Special Drainage Committee in construction of the Quannapowitt Drainage System, loaning both men and equipment from time to time as requested to augment W. P. A. forces. Much of the legal work relevant to land takings on the ditch easement has been handled by the Board of Public Works office.
Building developments during the year have greatly increased the duties of the Water and Highway Departments in both construction and maintenance programs, and it was necessary to obtain a special bond issue for added funds in the Water Department.
Emergency measures have been taken to safeguard the citizens of Reading in relation to preventing possible sabotage to the Pumping Station, with paid employees and volunteer guards. The Board wishes to express its appreciation to the personnel of the Reading Home De- fense Corps for the service they are rendering the Town and this De- partment by acting as voluntary unpaid guards at the Pumping Sta- tion. They have performed this service faithfully and conscientiously and deserve the commendation of the Townspeople.
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We believe that the report of the Superintendent immediately fol- lowing this report fully describes in detail the major accomplishments of the various Departments under the control of the Board of Public Works, as well as receipts and expenditures for 1941.
In closing, the Board of Public Works wishes to extend its thanks to the other Town departments and officials for their co-operation and courtesy during the past year.
Respectfully submitted, WENDELL P. DAVIS, Chairman EDWARD A. BROPHY, Secretary ALEXANDER LINDSAY GILBERT M. LOTHROP EDWARD TEER Board of Public Works.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the Board of Public Works, Gentlemen :
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As required by Section 4, Chapter 118 of an Act authorizing the Town of Reading to establish a Board of Public Works, I respect- fully submit for your consideration the twenty-first 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 :
Appropriation, Transfers and Bond Issue $ 74,496.66
Expenditures :
1. Office Maintenance :
Pay Roll $ 2,247.45
Supplies, Printing, etc. 836.48
Insurance
804.82
$ 3,888.75
2. Pumping Station Costs :
Station No. 1, Mill St.
Pay Roll
$ 831.18
Light, Phone and Fuel 402.63
Miscellaneous
89.63
$ 1,323.44
Water Department
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Station No. 2, Strout Ave.
Pay Roll $ 1,979.34
Light and Power 5,327.03
Heater Oil 167.27
Misc. Supplies and Repairs
369.53
$ 7,843.17
Filtration Plant :
Pay Roll
$ 403.00
Engrs., Weston & Sampson
300.00
Misc. Supplies and Repairs . ..
90.78
$ 793.78
3. Well Line:
Pay Roll
$ 1,587.69
Supplies and Fittings
2,558.93
Freight and Express
107.45
$
4,254.07
4. Maintenance of Meters :
Pay Roll
$ 1,850.37
Supplies, Misc. 611.26
$ 2,461.63
5. Maintenance of Service Pipes :
Pay Roll $ 1,469.56
Supplies and Misc. 1,032.25
$ 2,501.81
6. Maintenance of Main Pipes :
Pay Roll $ 753.99
Supplies, Tools and Misc. 579.60
$ 1,333.59
7. Maturing Bonds
$ 10,000.00
8 Bond Interest
$ 1,232.50
9. Truck and Equipment Maint : Repairs and Misc. Supplies ... Gas and Oil
$ 206.12
460.42
$ 666.54
Water Department
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10. Garage Maintenance :
Pay Roll
$
107.96
Fuel Oil
248.55
Supplies and Misc.
268.82
$
625.33
11. Main Pipe Construction :
Pay Roll
$
8,132.06
Pipe
9,455.50
Supplies and Fittings
3,722.41
Tools
515.27
Misc.
334.79
$ 22,160.03
12. Service Pipe Construction :
Pay Roll
$
2,052.97
Pipe ...
2,485.54
Supplies and Fittings
3,038.11
Misc.
141.78
$ 7,718.40
13. Meter Construction :
New Meters
$ 1,827.15
1,827.15 $
14. Hydrant Maint. & Const .:
Pay Roll
$ 1.309.49
New Hydrants
1,882.58
Supplies and Repairs
253.35
3,445.42 $
15. Standpipes :
Pay Roll
$ 101.78
Painting
1,769.30
Misc.
11.72
16. Miscellaneous
$ 485.69
Grand Total Expended
$ 74,444.10
Balance December 31, 1941 . . .
$ 52.56
Water Department
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$ 1,882.80
1941 Receipts
Meter Rates
$ 53,283.13
Service Pipe Maintenance
307.06
Service Pipe Construction
2,101.78
Rent
180.00
Fines
60.40
Hydrant Rental
5,562.00
Hydrant Repairs
64.81
Drinking Fountains
100.00
Sprinklers
42.00
Total Receipts
$ 61,701.18
Total Cost of Water System from beginning to January 1, 1941
$805,379.10
Main Extension-Maintenance Account $ 22,160.03
Meters 1,827.15
$ 23,987.18
Total Cost, December 31, 1941
$829,366.28
Water Bonds and Interest
There were $10,000.00 in bonds payable in 1941.
The interest on serial bonds for the year 1941 amounted to $1,232.50.
There are $12,000.00 in bonds and $992.50 interest due in 1942 as follows :
Payable
Interest
Bonds
March 15, 1942
$ 20.00
April 1, 1942
37.50
April 15, 1942
305.00
$ 2,000.00
June 1, 1942
182.50
3,000.00
Sept. 15, 1942
20.00
1,000.00
Oct. 1, 1942
37.50
2,000.00
Oct. 15, 1942
270.00
4,000.00
Dec. 1, 1942
120.00
$ 992.50
$ 12,000.00
Water Department
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Rainfall at Pumping Station
Normal Rain- Rainfall in
Excess or Fall-Inches 1941-Inches Deficiency-1941
Month
January
3.40
3.16
.24
February
3.25
1.88
-1.37
March
3.69
2.51
1.18
April
3.96
1.87
-2.09
May
2.90
2.24
- . 66
June
3.57
2.09
-1.48
July
3.32
3.66
+ .34
August
3.3
3.05
- . 26
September
3.74
.58
-3.16
October
2.90
2.13
- . 77
November
3.16
2.38
- . 78
December
3.45
4.08
+ .63
Totals
40.65
29.63
-11.02
The average rainfall for Massachusetts as deduced by the State Department of Public Health from long continued observations in various parts of the Commonwealth is 44.54 inches.
As may be seen by a table in this report showing the amount of rainfall for the years 1900-1941 inclusive, the average rainfall at the Reading Pumping Station No. 1 on Mill Street is 40.65 inches.
The rainfall in 1941 in Reading was a deficiency of 14.91 inches compared with the State observations and a deficiency of 11.02 inches compared with the Reading Pumping Station observations.
There was a deficiency of rainfall in the months of January, Feb- ruary, March, April, May, June, August, September, October, and November of 11.99 inches, and an excess in the months of July and December of .97 inches, comparing each month with an average rain- fall at Reading Pumping Station between the years 1900-1941 inclu- sive. The total amount of rainfall in Reading for the year 1941 of 29.63 inches is the lowest amount ever recorded from our observations.
The greatest amount of rainfall in 1941 for any one month was in December, with a fall of 4.08 inches; in any one day, Saturday, De- cember 13, 1941 with a fall of 2.68 inches. The year's total rainfall of 29.63 inches was a deficiency of 9.61 inches from the total rainfall of 1940, which was 39.24 inches.
The elevations of the Hundred Acre Meadow Pumping Station is approximately eighty feet above sea level.
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Table Showing Amount of Rain and Melted Snow
Day of Month
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
1
2
.11
.06
.08
.27
3
.52
T
.58
4
.28
.05
.08
.64
.01
.05
5
.24
.37
.08
.12
6
.67
7
1.55
.06
.01
.06
.02
T
8
1.21
.20
.06
.47
.33
.61
11
.51
.06
12
.65
13
.08
.12
.04
2.68
14
.20
.06
.18
16
.04
17
.13
.02
.57
.08
18
.10
.20
.37
19
.11
.07
T
20
21
22
.15
23
.60
.37
.19
T
24
1.17
.33
.03
.66
25
.15
.78
.93
26
T .32
.04
.06 1.52
.05
29
.07
. 47
T
30
.47
.21 .08
.02 1.72
.20
.05 .21
Monthly Totals . .
13.16
1.88
2.51
1.87
2.24
2.09
3.66
3.05
.58
2.13
2.38
4.08
Totals
to Date. 3.16
5.04
7.55
9.42
11.66
13.75
17.41
20.46
21.04
23.17
25.55
29.63
15
.05
T
.05
.12 .14
.11
27
.21
28
.07
.14
31
.04
.04
1.29
.01
9
.16
10
.21
T
1.08 T
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AMOUNT OF RAINFALL FOR YEARS 1900 TO 1941 INCLUSIVE
Year
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Total
1900
5.32
8.69
5.03
2.15
4.60
3.13
1.90
3.17
4.15
3.31
5.05
2.44
48.94
1.33
1.08
5.88
9.59
7.21
1.74
4.65
2.66
3.59
2.76
3.06
8.10
51.65
1901
1.80
6.11
4.69
6.22
1.69
1.98
3.02
3.75
4.01
4.91
.99
5.60
44.77
1902
3.84
3.16
6.38
4.95
. 48
8.91
3.40
3.42
2.29
3.69
1.33
2.59
44.44
1903.
4.42
2.21
2.21
9.90
3.56
2.56
1.88
4.26
5.16
2.02
1.80
2.25
42.23
1904.
5.44
1.47
2.92
2.59
1.39
6.11
1.19
3.30
7.87
1.20
2.22
3.72
39.42
1905.
2.60
2.53
6.48
2.84
5.14
2.63
5.88
4.18
1.36
2.38
3.31
3.08
42.41
1906
3.97
2.10
2.40
3.21
2.89
3.80
3.58
1.33
7.90
3.36
6.83
3.80
44.97
1907.
3.07
4.28
2.72
1.71
4.00
1.58
3.09
4.07
.86
3.56
1.10
2.66
32.70
1908.
4.17
5.33
3.57
3.95
1.97
2.14
. 3.59
2.75
3.74
1.23
4.06
3.60
40.10
1909
4.54
3.14
1.58
2.32
1.19
4.36
1.98
2.61
2.45
1.48
4.30
1.92
31.87
1910.
2.25
2.94
3.12
1.89
.67
3.43
4.79
3.80
2.94
2.91
4.14
3.57
36.45
1912
2.68
2.42
5.04
4.05
5.73
.29
6.44
2.02
3.02
1.45
3.10
4.80
41.04
1913
2.48
2.64
4.51
3.76
3.45
.93
1.68
3.48
3.66
7.56
2.13
3.24
39.52
1914.
3.34
3.65
4.09
6.32
2.76
1.44
2.34
2.78
.23
1.51
2.92
3.69
35.07
1915.
5.52
3.54
0.00
2.72
1.68
4.60
8.76
6.66
.70
2.80
2.93
5.47
45.38
1916.
1.22
5.37
3.37
5.14
4.59
5.86
3.13
2.30
3.11
1.01
1.94
2.01
39.05
1917.
2.92
2.41
4.18
2.90
4.00
4.78
1.19
3.70
1.46
5.75
1.39
2.65
37.33
1918.
3.08
3.02
2.02
4.10
.85
3.04
2.99
2.81
8.37
1.02
2.24
2.48
36.02
1919.
3.24
3.61
4.01
2.46
5.44
.88
3.22
3.83
5.65
2.63
6.20
1.53
42.70
1920
2.75
6.46
4.21
5.75
3.27
5.24
1.94
2.02
4.27
1.16
4.67
4.82
46.56
2.09
3.43
2.43
5.48
1.86
4 02
9.79
1.96
1.74
1.57
6.50
2.28
43.15
1922
1.77
2.72
4.27
1.37
5.08
11.27
4.88
3.29
3.68
2.73
1.06
3.12
45.24
1923
6.95
1.67
2.60
5.17
1.56
2.79
1.98
3.17
.82
3.63
4.13
4.83
39.30
3.77
2.55
1.71
4.25
3.10
2.53
2.70
4.80
7.95
05
2.56
1.52
37.49
4.28
2.14
7.66
2.95
2.05
5.62
3.13
2.37
2.16
4.66
3.94
5.53
46.49
1925.
2.53
4.41
2.83
2.24
2.19
1.80
2.08
3.30
1.32
3.95
3.89
3.08
33.62
2.32
3.18
1.30
1.43
2.19
2.27
3.04
5.28
2.68
4.10
4.18
4.77
36.74
1928
2.17
3.37
1.45
5.13
2.77
6.63
3.65
3.84
4.18
2.96
2.28
2.57
41.00
1929
3.14
3.76
3.49
6.81
3.50
1.21
1.19
4.53
2.41
2.49
2.87
3.63
39.03
1930
2.48
2.05
3.29
1.90
3.38
2.19
4.07
2.77
.79
4.45
3.68
2.20
33.25
1931
3.27
2.72
4.94
3.07
3.53
6.47
3.76
4.11
1.97
2.43
1.26
3.72
41.25
1932
3.92
1.90
4.83
2.01
1.17
1 81
2.04
5.09
7.24
7.26
5.25
1.29
43.81
1933
2.27
3.46
7.22
6.51
2.70
1.27
1.47
4.41
9.97
3.50
.96
3.47
47.21
1934.
3.17
3.29
5.13
3.09
2.52
4.00
1.25
1.72
6.43
3.89
2.03
2.70
39.23
1935.
6.13
3.23
1.06
4.72
1.44
6.21
2.67
1 98
4.03
.58
4.36
.90
37.31
1936.
6.60
3.09
7.23
3.01
2.05
2.73
1.75
4.4}
4.15
1.59
1.37
8.24
46.30
1937.
4.50
1.80
3.21
4.61
3.13
3.45
.97
3 .: 1
3.04
4.48
5.18
4.89
43.17
1938.
4.08
2.07
2.11
3.12
3.51
7.18
11.42
2.19
8.33
2.93
1.86
2.85
51.65
193).
2.08
3.48
4.00
4.47
2.02
2.77
.73
3.13
2.45
4.66
.77
2.92
33.48
1940.
2.22
4.34
3.68
4.65
3.52
2.41
2.58
.80
4.59
1.05
6.67
2.73
39.24
1941.
3.16
1.88
2.51
1.87
2.24
2.09
3.66
3.05
.58
2.13
2.38
4.08
29.63
Average.
3.40
3.25
3.69
3.96
2.90
3.57
3.32
3.31
3.74
2.90
3.16
3.45
40.65
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1921
1924
1926
1927.
1911
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS For Year Ending December 31, 1941 Reading Water Department Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts General Statistics
Population by census of 1940: 10,861.
Date of Construction: 1890, Mill Street; 1931, Grove Street.
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., George 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: 305,200.
Power cost for year: $5,327.03.
Total Pumpage by Venturi Meter : 245,332,500 gallons.
Cost of Pumping per Million Gallons, power only : $21.71.
Average number gallons pumped per K. W. H .: 803.84.
Cost of Pumping figured on Total Pumping Station No. 2 expenses, per Million Gallons pumped : $31.97.
Cost of Filtration, per Million Gallons, figured on Filtration Plant Expenses : $3.23.
Total cost of supplying water, per Million Gallons, figured on Total Maintenance, plus Interest on Bonds : $115.87.
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, Galvanized Iron.
Sizes : 11/4 inches to 12 inches.
Extended : 8,774.41 feet of 6" Cast Iron Main, 238.80 feet of 11/4" Cem- ent Lined Black W. I. Main.
Total in use at present : 52.49 Miles (6" to 12").
Cost of Maintenance per mile : $25.40.
Number of Hydrants added during year : 16.
Number of Hydrants in use (public and private) : 328.
Number of Stop Gates added during year : 20.
Number of Stop Gates now in use: 845.
Water Department
146
Number of Stop Gates smaller than 4": 152.
Number of Blow Offs added during year : 1.
Number of Blow Offs now in use : 29.
Range of Pressure on Mains : 45-90 1bs. Statistics Relating to Suction Mains
Kind of Pipe: Cast Iron.
Sizes of Pipe : 16", 12", 10", 8".
Total number of feet in use: 116 feet of 16", 1270 feet of 12", 1232 feet of 10", 3121 feet of 8". Total-5,739 feet.
Gates in use on Suction Mains : 1-16", 4-12", 1-10", 3-8", 100-21/2" Gates. Wells in use: Line A-12 Wells; Line B-16 Wells; Line C-11 Wells ;
Line D-12 Wells; Line E-9 Wells; Line F-12 Wells; Line G- 7 Wells; Line H-8 Wells; Line I-13 Wells; Total-100 Wells. Statistics Relating to Services
Services : Kinds of Pipe: Cast Iron, Galvanized Iron, Lead Lined, Ce- ment Lined ,and Copper Tubing.
Sizes : 3/4" to 6".
Extended : 8,181.50 feet.
Total in use : 43.46 miles.
Number of active service taps added during year : 135.
Number of service taps in use : 2712.
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