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The teachers and other personnel in the school system should be complimented for their loyalty and interest in their work during these troublesome times. Without their help, the education of the pupils in our schools would have suffered greatly.
Respectfully submitted,
ELBRIDGE C. GROVER,
Superintendent of Schools
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READING HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES Class of 1945 Outdoor Exercises, Junior High School Field Wednesday Afternoon, June Sixth Four o'clock PROGRAM
PROCESSIONAL MARCH High School Band
RAISING OF FLAG and PLAYING OF COLORS
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG Led by Class President, Marilyn L. Gunn STAR SPANGLED BANNER Key-Smith
Audience, Senior Class and Band
PRAYER-Reverend Charles F. Lancaster
SALUTATORY "The Time is Now" Kenneth Philip Roberts
TORCH ORATION-"Thank You for the Memories" Marilyn L. Gunn, Class President
ESSAY-"Not By Bread Alone"
Barbara Mae Johnson, Faculty Honors
ESSAY-"Youth, Get One Foot in the Door !" Virginia Blanchard Morss, Class Honors GOD IN NATURE Beethoven Shaw
AN EVENING'S PASTORALE A Cappella Choir ESSAY-"The Miracle Wrought by the Typewriter" F. Blanche Stalliday, Faculty Honors ESSAY-"What Makes America Tick?" Margaret T. Lyons, Class Honors
VALEDICTORY "The Watchword" Paul Lesure
CONFERRING SCHOLASTIC HONORS
Rudolf Sussmann, Headmaster
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CERTIFICATION OF CLASS
ACCEPTANCE OF CERTIFICATION OF GRADUATES Dr. Elbridge C. Grover, Superintendent of Schools CONFERRING DIPLOMAS
Irving C. Austin, Chairman of School Board AMERICA
Smith-Carey
Audience, Senior Class and Band
BENEDICTION-Reverend Charles F. Lancaster RECESSIONAL MARCH
High School Band
CANDIDATES FOR DIPLOMAS
Doris Elaine Anderson
Lena R. Lucci
Irene S. Arthur
Margaret T. Lyons
Ernest Garcelon Babcock, Jr.
Orilla M. MacLean
Doris Helen Bain
Stuart S. Macleod
Sylvia Nannette Batchelder
*Herbert Frank Maine Elinor Estelle Martin Robert Glen Mathieson
Robert Alan Batting
Eleanore Cecilia McKenna
Ruth Elizabeth Billingham
Robert C. Blaikie, Jr.
Melvin Edward Merrill Helen Ruth Merithew
Pauline Ann Blake
Edward Dewey Bloom
Raymond Merritt
Richard John Brennan
Edith A. Meuse
*Donald Allen Brock
Ruth Milton
Lorraine Margaret Brogan
Virginia Blanchard Morss
Beverly Brooks
Eleanor A. Munroe
Robert Earl Brooks
Shirley Myott
Elizabeth Claire Brown
Robert Joseph Neagle
Janice Louise Brown
Robert John Nelson
Annie Carney
Dwight Newman
Gladys Mary Carter
+Charles M. Nickerson
Paul N. Chapman
Eleanor Mary Nigro
Daniel Fairfield Norwood
Lawrence W. Colford Mary Collins Dorothy Lee Conron
Gerard A. Owen Dorothy M. Parshley
Bertha Locke Corliss
Ann C. Crouse
Jean H. Crouse
Stewart Preston Crowell, Jr.
*Eugene William Pendergast Constance Elaine Peterson Richard Eugene Piercy
Russell Francis Pollitz
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Donald W. Bateman
Helen Marie Beck
Charles Louis Meaige, Jr.
*James B. Currell Beverly Jean Dalton *Raymond H. Davies Lucille Brooks Dewey Theodore S. D'Orlando Albert David Doucette
Nancy June Pomeroy Charles C. Power *Wilson James Powers Arthur Ernest Proctor Norma K. Raymond Patricia Margaret Riessle
*Peter Nelson Doucette Julia Keith Eastman James Talbot Emery Priscilla Fancy William Alfred Fennelly
Donald Keith Roberts
Kenneth Philip Roberts
Mildred Elizabeth Roberts
David Franklin Rollins
Robert E. Ryer
David Earle Fische
Donna Ruth Shulkey
Genevivee Marie Flater
Edith Marjorie Smith F. Blanche Stalliday Raphnel Staples
Richard Hamilton Ford
Francis Malcolm Saint Hilaire
Robert Frederick Fortier
Muriel K. Stiles
Shirley Anne Foster
Donald J. Sullivan
Jeanne Lillian Fuller
Dorothy Mae Sullivan
Anastasia Mary Gavin
Elizabeth L. Surette
Kathryn Ann Geary Dorothy Gonzalo
Margaret Ellen Tanner
Robert Arthur Griffin
Philips Van Campen Taylor Marie J. Theodorou
Richard Arthur Hagan
Robert Harding Thomas
Eleanor Adene Hatfield
Marie Elizabeth Titcomb
Gloria Elizabeth Toussaint
Robert L. Heaton Alan Bruce Hodges
Eleanor Wallace
Eleanor Jean Horton
John J. Watson
Calvin Sweetser Hughson
Jean Frances Wellings
Barbara Ann Hutchins
Phyllis E. Wheeler
Arthur William White
Lillian Lorraine Jehu Elizabeth Claudette Jigerjian
George R. White
Jacueline Agnes White
Barbara Mae Johnson Jacqueline Rita Keefe
James C. White Mary G. White
Avis Shirley Knight Grace Elizabeth Lander
*Dana S. Williams Margaret Ann Williams
Melvin C. Lane, Jr.
Thomas William Wilshere
Virginia R. Wright
Elmer Edwin Young, Jr.
*Martin Arthur Lappin *Frank Howard Leach Paul Lesure Thelma Leona Libbey
*In Armed Services. #Member of Class of '37. ¿Member of Class of '40.
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Glenna Marguerite Flater
Barbara Flint
Ruth A. Surette
Marilyn L. Gunn
Present Use
and
Future Needs
of the
READING PUBLIC LIBRARY
Annual Report
Board of Trustees and Librarian
for the Year 1945
Too Many Books-
or
Too Few Shelves?
The Reading Public Library is doing a whale of a job! That may not be elegance of expression but it best pictures, in the thoughts of the Board of Library Trustees, the summation of the place your Public Library fills in the broad agenda of community service. Facts and fig- ures justify this contention.
Perhaps our present condition has grown upon us so gradually that those who use the Library have not realized just how much of a job is being done and how inadequate are the facilities for doing it. But really, the reader cannot handle books understandingly, and with corresponding enjoyment, unless there is room to stretch a bit.
What the Library needs is more elbow room!
Built for a town of 5,000 people and for circulating 15,000 books, the building has, in 15 years, become heavily stocked with reading mat- ter of all descriptions-in many cases not enough books for the patrons and, without question, too many books for the shelves.
(The report of the librarian on a following page will show the extent to which your Public Library is used.)
Book shelves have encroached upon the reading room. "The homey, club-like atmosphere has been lost in a labyrinth of piece-meal carpen- try which has provided storage space at the expense of the all-import- ant elbow room that goes with educational and recreational reading.
And yet, with little space and a restricted annual budget, your Li- brary has given service that stands high under critical comparison with the same public function in towns of like situation and facilities.
(A succeeding page in this report will explain -- without using dull statistics-some aspects of this comparison.)
The time has come when, with a growing population and a demand for more and more up-to-the-moment publications, the Town of Read- ing should take the step that will mean definite advancement in its public cultural and educational facilities.
Here is how the Public Library Trustees would solve the Books vs Shelves Discrepancy
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And now, a new plan for improving Your Public Library Facilities
The Trustees have plans and specifications from Willard P. Adden and Sherburne J. Watts, well known architects and residents of Read- ing, outlining an addition to the Library.
These call for alterations in the present building and the construc- tion of a new stack room, accommodating 60,000 volumes. There would be a new basement entrance on the southwest corner of the building at Woburn st. which eliminates the present basement entrance to the Children's Library and the platform and stairway which obstruct part of the room. New toilets, closets and storage vault for valuable docu- ments will replace present inadequate facilities.
The librarian will be furnished with a suitable office and a new heating plant will be installed.
It will be noticed from the architects' illustrations that the contour of the banking at Woburn st. will be altered and that the addition will fit pleasingly with the architectural appearance of the present building.
It is the belief of the Trustees that, with this addition, the Library requirements of Reading can be met for the next 25 to 30 years at last and the plans are so drawn that should further expansion be needed there would be no difficulty in blending new facilities with the then existing building.
By studying the plan of the main floor on the opposite page you will see how the reading room space can be regained. It will revert to the reading room that was originally designed when the library was to serve a town of 5,000 people and which, through the addition of book shelves, has shrunk more than one-third while the town population has more than doubled. The plan shows the location of the new stack room, a few steps from the reading room, and another plan presents a cross section showing the stack shelves at a convenient height with titles on the top shelf easily readable and the books within arm's reach.
This Will Cost ....
Contractor's base estimate as per plans and specifica-
tions of work included in estimate* $ 35,120.00
Heating as per engineer's plans and specifications .... 5,000.00
Stacks, office partition, asphalt tile on basement, first and mezzanine floors, counter and cupboards in li- brarian's office, other counters and lockers 15,000.00
Total
$ 55,120.00
*Base estimate includes following sub-bids : plumbing, electric work, doors and waindows, wood trim, exterior and interior, paint- ing, roofing, lath and plaster.
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Elevation shows landscape changes on south Cross section shows shelves of easy access
And What Are You Paying For?
Your money pays for a service that is abundantly used and in con- stant demand. Graphic appraisal of how your library serves the towns- people is shown by a comparison with the towns of Andover, Lexington, Needham and Swampscott. With many fewer volumes per capita, Read- ing has a decidedly larger circulation and yet operates under woefully inferior conditions.
Where these other towns provide a budget of $1.50 per capita Read- ing's librarians struggle along on less than $1 per person, which is less than the minimum recommended by the American Library Association.
Contrary to common practice in other towns, very little money is left to our library in the form of bequests. The donation of memorial book funds is being established by a few citizens in the town and the growth of the custom would constitute a public service which would benefit many and give considerable satisfaction to the donors.
If you would compare further (and the Trustees have the tabulated. statistics) you could see that our library provides an excellent, well bal- anced selection of books and superior service on the part of the Librar- ians. All this in view of a low operating budget, too low a wage scale and overcrowded quarters.
It is a moot question just how long we should expect the present ex- cellent service to continue under such conditions which are daily becom- ing more and more outmoded.
BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES
William J. Tonks, Chairman C. Nelson Bishop Sydney M. Hodson
Katherine C. Pierce, Secretary Christie W. Fowle Neil C. Robinson
Librarian's Report
To the Trustees of the Reading Public Library :
1 herewith submit my report for the year 1945, another year of doing the best we can under crowded conditions. However, it has been a good year and it has been a pleasure to welcome so many of the returning soldiers as well as many new residents.
An innovation this year has been the classification of the daily cir- culation into non-fiction, fiction and periodicals, which is done in most libraries of any size. It is gratifying to find that the amount of non-fic-
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tion taken is nearly one-third of the whole circulation, which speaks well for the reading habits of the adult borrowers.
The exhibit in a vacant store in the square was the feature of Book Week in November. The slogan, UNITED THROUGH BOOKS, was carried out in the two windows; one of which held the children's books, the other books for adults. The attractive books with their bright jack- ets made a colorful display. The Junior room is as popular as ever. A large cabinet of stuffed birds presented by Mrs. Philip Tirrell is a source of great interest to the children. Miss Turner held the story hours as usual during the summer and the State Certificate reading has also been popular. About 4500 books were put in the schools during the year.
The Knighton String Quartet was kind enough to give us another concert one Sunday afternoon in the spring, which was enjoyed by all.
Memorial Books
Mrs. Lloyd Henderson has designed a special plate for the books which are given to the library as memorials to friends who have passed away. We have received this year the following :
Music for the Million, by Ewer. Memorial to Mrs. Harry Barr. Wood Engraving and Woodcuts, by Leighton. Memorial to Mr. Lester Riley.
Contemporary American Painters
Portrait of America. Memorial to Mrs. Catherine Timlin.
Land of Enchantment, by Staleg. Memorial to Mr. L. B. Lewis.
An Omnibus of Detective Stories. Memorial to Leonard Mcclintock.
The Book Group of the Woman's Club has also given us :
Victorian Glass, by Ruth Webb Lee.
Primer of American Antiques, by Dreppard.
Respectfully submitted,
GRACE J. ABBOTT, Librarian
Public Library Expense Account
Salaries :
Appropriation - $6500.
Librarian
$ 1,874.25
Assistants
3,719.12
Janitor
902.95
$ 6,496.32
Maintenance - $3300.
Fuel, light, water, sewer
488.46
Telephone
52.24
161
Printing and supplies
264.38
Maintenance and repairs
202.62
Books and periodicals Binding
2,113.79
149.64
Miscellaneous
26.18
$ 3,297.31
Refund
4.00
$ 3,293.31
Balance unexpended and returned to revenue
On salaries
$ 3.68
On maintenance
6.69
Receipts
Fines collected
$ 810.15
Fees from out-of-town borrowers
13.00
Lost books paid for
2.15
$ 825.30
Paid to Town Treasurer
$ 825.30
Balance December 31, 1945
$ 00.00
Received from Trust Fund
$ 75.75
Paid for encyclopedias
75.75
Circulation Report
Volumes in Library Dec. 31, 1944.
26,411
Volumes bought :
Adult fiction
451
Adult non-fiction
337
788
Juvenile fiction
238
Juvenile non-fiction
159
397
Reference books
6
Received by gift
54
1245
1,245
27,656
Withdrawn during year
594
Total number volumes Dec. 31, 1945.
27,062
162
Circulation :
Adult
Fiction
49,272
Non-Fiction
13,292
Periodicals
6,510
68,974
68,974
Juvenile
Fiction
16,525
Non-Fiction
2,354
Periodicals
636
19,515
To schools
4,250
23,765
Total circulation in 1945
92,739
Total circulation in 1944
95,138
Loss in 1945
2,399
Net borrowers registered :
Adult
386
Juvenile
214
Total new borrowers
600
No. days library open
300
Average daily circulation :
Adult
229.58
Juvenile
79.22
Borrowed from other libraries
28
Loaned to other libraries
27
Form of Bequest
I hereby give and bequeath to the Town of Reading the
sum of
to have and to
hold, the income only of which shall be used for
for the Reading Public Library.
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92,739
TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT
of the
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
For the Year Ended
December 31, 1945
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, 1945.
The Board met and organized on March 5, 1945. Wendell P. Davis was re-elected Chairman; Alexander Lindsay was re-elected Secretary ; . Philip Welch was reappointed as Superintendent.
Regularly scheduled meetings were held during the year, also a few special meetings and conferences. Members of the Board were appointed to and served on special committees. Several public hearings were ad- vertised and held on various matters including trunk sewer extensions, Municipal Light Board and New England Telephone and Telegraph pole locations, etc. Acting as the Board of Survey, one hearing was held.
During the year the activities of the Department have been confined mainly to maintenance work. Relatively little construction was under- taken.
Several projects were prepared for the Post War Planning Com- mittee. Many projects are now available should the need become ap- parent. The Board has endeavored to prepare a wide selction of proj- cts. The projects were carefully chosen so that the Town will be directly benefitted by the construction of badly needed public utilities and also so that the greatest possible number of persons can be employed.
The Board has cooperated, as far as financially possible, with the Recreation Committee. Existing Departmental facilities were maintained and where possible, in a small way, additional facilities were provided.
The Board expects that 1946 will bring a substantial increase in resi- dential construction necessitating increased activity in the Water De- partment. Fortunately the Water Department is in excellent financial condition and, if labor is plentiful, will be able to provide necessary mains and services. It is also expected that many requests will be re- ceived for other types of services. It is not expected that the Board will have sufficient funds to meet all these requests. Some will have to be postponed to future years. This is especially true in relation to main trunk sewer extensions and also in relation to storm drain extensions.
It is recommended that the Town take definite steps in the near fu- ture to extend the sewer system throughout the well populated sections of the Town.
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The Board has endeavored to cooperate to the fullest possible extent with other Town Boards and Departments during the past year and ac- knowledges the courtesy, help and cooperation extended to them by the other Town Departments. The Board also wishes to express its appre- ciation to its employees, many of whom have willingly worked long hours in emergencies under adverse weather and working conditions.
For a more detailed report of the work accomplished by the various divisions comprising the Board of Public Works, reference is made to the report of the Superintendent which follows this report.
Respectfully submitted,
WENDELL P. DAVIS, Chairman ALEXANDER LINDSAY, Secretary EDWARD BROPHY HAROLD PUTNAM EDWARD TEER
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 twenty-fifth annual report of the Department of Public Works, (Water, Highway, Sewer and Park) including a finan- cial report of each department, and a chronicle of the principal work per- formed with recommendations for the coming year.
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WATER DEPARTMENT
Maintenance Account :
Appropriation and Transfers
$ 50,099.08 Expenditures :
1. Office Maintenance :
Pay Roll
$ 4,732.44
Supplies, Printing, etc.
777.02
Insurance
700.23
Miscellaneous
166.44
$ 6,376.13
2. Pumping Station Costs :
Station No. 1, Mill St.
Pay Roll
$ 278.00
Light, Phone, Fuel
214.10
Miscellaneous
54.78
$ 546.88
Station No. 2, Strout Ave.
Pay Roll
$ 1,917.58
Light and Power
5,237.53
Phone and Fuel
237.06
Misc. Supplies and Repairs
1,508.27
Filtration Plant
Pay Roll
$ 558.79
Engrs. Weston and Sampson ..
305.00
Supplies
113.89
3. Well Line :
Pay Roll
$ 351.31
Supplies and Fittings
633.98
$ 985.29
4. Maintenance of Meters :
Pay Roll
$ 1,792.07
Supplies, Misc.
334.82
Equipment
299.97
$ 2,426.86
Water Department
168
$ 8,900.44
$ 977.68
5. Maintenance of Service Pipes :
Pay Roll
$
3,969.76
Supplies, Tools and Misc. ..
1,756.71
6. Maintenance of Main Pipes :
Pay Roll
$ 169.25
Supplies and Misc. 226.12
$ 395.37
7. Maturing Bonds
$ 9,000.00
8. Bond Interest
$ 235.00
9. Garage Maintenance :
Fuel Oil $ 341.42
Lights and Phone
58.74
Supplies and Misc.
171.29
$ 571.45
10. Main Pipe Construction :
Payroll
$ 666.51
Pipe
3,584.87
Supplies and Misc.
461.26
$ 4,712.64
11. Service Pipe Construction :
Pay Roll
$
970.85
Pipe
505.82
Supplies and Misc.
596.57
$ 2,073.24
12. Meter Construction : None.
13. Hydrant Maintenance :
Pay Roll $ 278.08
Misc.
12.00
14. Miscellaneous :
$
290.08
Pay Roll General
$ 1,725.38
Road Machinery Acct. 1,733.57
Water Department
169
$ 5,726.47
Misc. Supplies
468.01
Salvage Collection
123.56
$ 4,050.47
Grand Total Expended ...
$ 47,268.05.
Balance December 31, 1945
$ 2,831.03
1945 Receipts
Meter Rates Including Refunds
$ 46,882.42
Service Pipe Maintenance
513.65
Service Pipe Construction
656.79
Rent 180.00
500.00
Drinking Fountains
100.00
Sprinklers
36.00
Fin'es
3.00
Miscellaneous
80.75
$ 48,952.61
Total cost of Water System from Beginning to January 1,
1945
$833,323.45
Meters - None.
Total Cost December 31, 1945
$833,323.45
Water Bonds and Interest
There were $9,000.00 in bonds payable in 1945.
The interest on serial bonds for the year 1945 amounted to $235.00. There are $4,000.00 in bonds and $50.00 interest due in 1946 as follows : Payable Interest Bonds
April 1, 1946
$ 7.50
April 15, 1946
35.00
$ 2,000.00
October 1, 1946
7.50
2,000.00
$ 50.00
$ 4,000.00
Water Department
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Hydrant Rental
Rainfall at Pumping Station
Month
Normal Rain- Fall-Inches
Rainfall in 1945-Inches
Excess or Deficiency-1945
January
3.38
2.60
- . 78
February
3.20
4.40
+1.20
March
3.74
1.79
-1.95
April
3.86
2.85
-1.01
May
2.96
4.28
+1.32
June
3.62
5.90
+2.28
July
3.37
3.07
.30
August
3.22
3.07
. . 15
September
3.66
1.19
-2.47
October
2.98
2.62
-. 36
November
3.39
7.77
+4.38
December
3.51
6.41
+2.90
Totals
40.89
45.95
+5.06
The average rainfall for Massachusetts as deduced by the State De- partment of Public Health from long continued observation 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 1900-1945 inclusive, the average rainfall at the Reading Hundred Acre Pumping Station No. 2 on Strout Avenue is 40.89 inches.
The rainfall in 1945 in Reading was an excess of 1.41 inches com- pared with the State observations and an excess of 5.06 inches compared with the Reading Pumping Station observations.
There was a deficiency of rainfall in the months of January, March, April, July, August, September, and October of 7.02 inches, and an ex- cess in the months of February, May, June, November, and December of 12.08 inches, comparing each month with an average rainfall at Reading Pumping Station between the years 1900-1945 inclusive.
The greatest amount of rainfall in 1945 for any one month was in November, with a fall of 7.77 inches; in any one day, Thursday, De- cember 6, 1945 with a fall of 2.58 inches. The years' total rainfall of 45.95 inches was an excess of 2.38 inches from the total rainfall of 1944, which was 43.57 inches.
The elevation of the Hundred Acre Meadow Pumping Station is approximately eighty feet above sea level.
Water Department
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TABLE SHOWING AMOUNT OF RAIN AND MELTED SNOW-1945
Day of Month
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
1
.61
.01
.19
.01
T
2
.01
.02
.10
.13
.01
.12 .24
T
3
.34
.82
.07
4
.10
.11
.38
.04
.85
5
.25
.25
.09
.12
.33
1.45
.50
2.58
7
66
.31
8
T
2.0
.02
.06
T
.13
10
1.67
.48
.67
T
.09
.03
11
T
.01
.10
.02
.27
.06
13
.19
.30
.10
18
.03
1.02
.02
15
.66
.03
.56
.37
.01
.01
16
.39
.04
T
1.15
.02
17
.01
.17
.13
T
.07
18
.02
19
.01
.01
.95
T
1.23
.58
21
.22
.70
.30
.25
22
.20
.62
.11
23
T
1.13
.04
25
1.39
.04
.50
.09
.13
1.08
26
.44
.11
.84
.02
.18
27
.13
.01
.03
.02
.03
28
T
.05
.01
.91
T
.13
29
.50
.04
.11
.44
.39
2.05
1.02
30
.24
.57
.33
31
.06
.01
T
.40
Month.y Totals . .
2.60
4.40
1.79
2.85
4.28
5.90
3.07
3.07
1.19
2.62
7.77
6.41
Totals to Date.
2.60
7.00
8.79
11.64
15.92
21.82
24.89
27.96
29.15
31.77
39.54
45.95
12
T
.20
.04
.16
.06
14
.20
.02
.46 .23
.53
20
T
.20
.23
.10
.11
.01
.89
T
.86
24
.04
9
.02
.09
.11
.26
.27
6
.25
.02
Water Department
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AMOUNT OF RAINFALL FOR YEARS 1900 TO 1945 INCLUSIVE
Year
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Total
1900
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
0.99
5.60
44.77
1902.
3.84
3.16
6.38
4.95
0.48
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
3.60
44.97
1907 .
3.07
4.28
2.72
1.71
4.00
1.58
3.09
4.07
0.86
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
0.67
3.43
4.79
3.80
2.94
2.91
4.14
3.57
36.45
1911 .
2.68
2.42
5.04
4.05
5.73
0.29
6.44
2.02
3.02
1.45
3.10
4.80
41.04
1912.
2.48
2.64
4.51
3.76
3.45
0.93
1.68
3.48
3.66
7.56
2.13
3.24
39.52
1913.
3.34
3.65
4.09
6.32
2.76
1.44
2.34
2.78
0.23
1.51
2.92
3.69
35.07
1914.
5.52
3.54
0.00
2.72
1.68
4.60
8.76
6.66
0.70
2.80
2.93
5.47
45.38
1915.
1.22
5.37
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