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FOUETH ANNUAL REPORT
Boston Water Board,
» FOE THE
YEAR ENDING APRIL 30, 1880.
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[DocuMEi^T 108 — 1880.]
CITY OF ^Mm BOSTON.
FOURTH ANNUAL EEPOET
OP THE
BOSTON WATER BOARD,
FOR THE YEAR ENDING APRIL 30, 1880. '
Office of Boston Water Board,
May 1, 1880.
To the City Council of the City of Boston : —
The Boston Water Board respectfully submit their fourth
annual report, including reports from the City Engineer,
Water Registrar, Clerk of the Board, Superintendents of the
Eastern and Western Divisions of the Cochituate works, and
from the Clerk and Registrar and the Superintendent of the
Mystic Department.
The reports of these officers are full and explicit in regard
to the details of the work accomplished in the several por-
tions of the Boston Water Works during the past year. The
Board will confine themselves to a general review of the con-
dition of the works, the necessity for immediate extension in
certain directions, and some of the most important questions
of administration which have arisen since the date of their
last report.
As far as the general condition of the lakes, basins, aque-
ducts, reservoirs, and all the existing structures, with their
many appliances for the distribution of water, is concerned,
the Board are happy to state that they have never been in a
more satisfactory condition. The principal exceptions are
the Cochituate aqueduct and the Brookline reservoir, which
have often been alluded to in past reports. It is the inten-
tion of the Board to begin systematic repairs on these struct-
ures at the first opportunity.
2 City Document No. 108.
A large amount of work has been accomplished during the
past year in finishing the storage basins connected with the
Sudbury-river supply, and those portions of the dams which
were in process of construction at the date of the last report.
Basins 1,2, and 3, including the gate-houses, are now en-
tirely completed, and are in daily use for the supply of tj;ie
city.
Consumption of Water.
The average daily consumption of water for the year 1879,
including the Mystic Works, was 34,579,370 gallons, — an
increase of 9 per cent, over the consumption of 1878. The
increased consumption from the Cochituate and Sudbury
river supplies was 10.7 per cent, in excess of the previous
year, and amounted to over 25,000,000 gallons per day.
This excessive use of water has caused the Board no little
anxiety, and it is evident that steps must be taken, at once,
both to stop its wanton waste and to supply works to meet
legitimate and largely-growing demands.
In the original scheme for the " Additional Supply," it was
estimated that seven storage basins would be required in the
Sudbury water-shed to secure a supply of 40,000,000
gallons per day ; but that for some years a supply of
20,000,000 gallons would be sufficient, and that this amount
would be secured by the construction of the three lowest
basins on the river. These, already built, are now furnishing
the amount of water estimated, but it is clear to the minds of
the Water Board that before a new basin can be built and
properly prepared for service, including the loss of two or
three working seasons, its services will be imperatively
needed. The Board, therefore, unanimously urge the City
Council to take immediate steps towards the construction of
an additional basin.
The Engineer estimates that the saving in the actual
building of the new works over the estimated cost would
more than pay for the basin asked for.
An inspection of the figures connected with the Mystic de-
partment will also show that the capacities of this source of
supply have been fully reached, and that some plan must be
devised to increase the supply materially. The Board have
had under consideration several methods for accomplishing
this end, and, as soon as that scheme which will promise the
best results for the interests of the city has been decided
upon (and it must be determined soon), the City Council
will be asked for a definite appropriation. The Board, how-
ever, are inclined to believe that, in view of the large ex-
Report of the Water Board. 3
penditures already made for the purification of the Mystic
water, its generally pure nature, and the growing demands
necessitating the husbanding of all available resources, the
Mystic supply should be retained and enlarged, either by
connection with the Cochituate works, additional storage
facilities, or by acquisitions from an entirely new source.
Sudbury River.
Sudbury river has supplied to the city nearly 4,000,000,-
000 gallons, or an average daily supply of over 10,000,000
gallons. A small portion of this amount was diverted into
Lake Cochituate, but the greater part was sent directly to
Chestnut Hill reservoir.
Basins Nos. 1 and 3 were filled early in the year, but owing
to delays in the construction of Basin No. 2, that basin was
not filled until late in the summer.
On May 2, 1879, the contract for building the gate-house
at Dam No, 1 was awarded to Messrs. Norcross Bros., of
Boston. This structure was finished Feb. 25, 1880. On
June 19, 1879, the contracts for building the gate-houses at
Dams 2 and 3 were awarded to James Fagan and B. F.
Dewing, respectively, and they were completed Jan. 24,
1880. The buildings were designed by the City Architect.
A large portion of the time of the Board has been taken
up in the settlement of unadjusted claims against the city
for land and water damages. Some of these were of an
intricate and delicate character, but it is believed that they
have been settled for the best interests of the city. A few
cases still remain unsettled, and are now in the hands of the
City Solicitor for trial.
The question of the expediency of removing the loam from
the bottom of the storage basins has been brought before the
Board several times during the year. On June 13, 1879, the
Park Commissioners addressed a communication to them,
representing the desirability of removing the loam for park
purposes, and enclosing estimates and a report from the City
Engineer in relation to the matter. These documents were
at once forwarded to the City Council, with a request from
the Water Board for a special appropriation ; but as no action
was arrived at, the basins, later in the season, had to be
filled, to insure a supply for the city.
On April 12, 1880, in answer to an order from the City
Council, another report was made, including one from the
City Engineer, reviewing the question and demonstrating the
impossibility of accomplishing anything very satisfactory
4 City Document No. 108.
in this direction under the present condition of the water
supply.
Lake Cochituate.
All the water available from this source of supply has been
run to the city steadily during the year. The surface was
drawn down about seven feet during the season of 1879, but
was filled again during the spring of the present year. A
number of important improvements have been made on this
portion of the works. Two new dams have been built to flow
large areas of submerged meadows, which were formerly ex-
130sed whenever the lake was drawn down. The cost of these
dams was insignificant compared with the advantage gained.
The settling basins at Pegan brook have also been cleaned
out and their dams repaired, as more fully set forth else-
where.
A new dam at the outlet of the lake will be required in the
near future, and it is the intention of the Board to accom-
plish this work as soon as possible. In the mean time the
present dam will be temporarily modified.
For several years the dangers threatening the purity of
the water, by the contamination of the brooks entering the
lake, have engaged the attention of the Board, but there
seemed to be no legal solution of the difficulties which arose
until the Statute of 1878 was passed. This Act gave the
State Board of Health direct control over cases of sewage
pollution, and under this law the most energetic measures
have been pursued for the purpose of eliminating, as far
as possible, all danger? from sewerage matter. To this
end the Superintendents and Engineers of the several
departments were directed to report to the Board the
name of every party known to be polluting the sources of
supply, together with descriptions of their premises. As
far as these reports related to Lake Cochituate it was found,
as expected, that Pegan brook, in Natick, demanded the
earnest attention of the city, and, acting under the advice
of the City Solicitor, proceedings were begun against
certain parties refusing to comply with the formal request
of the Board, to cease polluting the brook.
This action was taken only after mature deliberation, and
when consultation with the selectmen of Natick had failed to
secure any satisfaction to the city. These cases have not
yet been decided.
An attempt was made during the period of low water last
year to repair the upper end of the Cochituate aqueduct ;
but, owing to the rapid rise of the water in the lake, the
undertaking was postponed. No formal examination of the
Keport of the Water Board. 5
brick-work has been made, but from a cursory inspectio-n in
boats it is believed that no more serious defects exist in
this aqueduct than at the date of the last report.
Chestnut-Hill Reservoir.
This reservoir is in remarkably good order. The small
basin at Brookline will be cleaned out and the masonry of
the gate-houses repaired when the new 48-inch main is laid.
Authority for laying this main was obtained from the Legis-
lature on March 19, 1880, and from the City Council on
April 23, 1880. The Board proceeded at once to contract
for the pipes, and it is expected that the work will be com-
pleted before another season.
A 30-inch main will also be laid through Francis street in
Brookline, connecting the 40-inch main on Brookline avenue
with the 36-inch and 30-inch mains on Tremont street.
The 48-inch main is to run from Chestnut-Hill reservoir to
the junction of Beacon street and Brookline and Brighton
avenues, where it will join the old 40-inch main. The
laying of these pipes will greatly assist in maintaining the
pressure in the entire low-service supply of the city.
The distributing pipes have been extended during the year
by the laying of about 8 miles additional, making a total
of more than 372 miles laid to date.
High-Service Supply.
The total quantity of water pumped during the year 1879
was 820,827,210 gallons, against 753,162,900 gallons for the
preceding year, — being an increase of 9 per cent.
As will be seen by an inspection of the Engineer's report,
no portion of the works has been taxed to so great an extent
by the extraordinary increase in consumption as the high-
service supply. The former Engineer repeatedly called the
attention of the Board and the City Council to the dangers
that might result from postponing too long the reconstruc-
tion of the high-service works, and made several interesting
reports on this subject, which will be found in City Docu-
ment No. 117, 1875, and No. 80, 1876.
The water has been pumped during the past year at a very
much reduced cost, and the working of the three-million
Worthington pump has been very satisfactory ; but already
the machinery at the command of the Board has been taxed
nearly to the limit of safety, and the attention of the City
Council is called to the imperative necessity for beginning
the new high-service works already recommended in past
years. No further delay would be prudent in view of the
dangers to which this portion of the distribution is liable
6 City Document No. 108.
from inadequate pumping facilities. Particular attention is
called to the statements of the Engineer on this subject,
which are indorsed by the Board.
Mtstic Department.
The works connected with this department are in a satis-
factory condition. A portion of the grounds has been im-
proved by grading and tree-planting. During the period of
low water in November a quantity of muck was removed from
some shallow flowage of the lake near the Mystic station in
Winchester. The conduit was thoroughly cleaned in Oc-
tober, and a large growth of vegetable matter removed. A
decided improvement has resulted in the screenings.
The engines have been kept in good working order, re-
quiring only some minor repairs. They pumped during the
year 1879, 3,242,848,221 gallons, at a cost of 5^^-^ cents per
million gallons raised one foot. The attention of the City
Council is called to the statement of the Engineer that the
safe pumping capacity of these works has also been reached.
Over three miles of cement pipes have been replaced with
cast-iron. The diameters of the pipes relaid have been gen-
erally larger than of those taken up.
In July, 1879, a very disagreeable vegetable growth of al-
gae appeared in Horn Pond, and spread quickly throughout
the distribution of the system, causing great inconvenience
to the water-takers. The evil was beyond any known rem-
edy. The best experts were employed to investigate as to
the cause, but without practical results. That the appear-
ance of these plants is in no measure caused by sewage or
other pollution is shown by the fact that the same growth
has appeared, in a precisely similar manner, in one of the
basins of the Sudbury-river supply, on Stony brook, a dis-
trict free from danger of this sort.
Extensive experiments were made by the Engineer, to de-
termine whether or not it would be practicable to filter the
water, and a report was made to the City Council on Dec. 1,
1879, to which reference may be made for further partic-
ulars. The Board intend to continue investigations into the
circumstances attending the appearance of this unfortunate
and phenomenal growth of vegetable matter as opportunity
may ofier.
AH the drainage of a very objectionable nature has been
diverted during the year, either into the Mystic sewer, or by
independent cesspools. None of the tanneries now discharge
into the streams direct, as was formerly the case. Some o
the owners complied with the demands of the Board only*
after every means had been resorted to to evade them. Pro-
Eeport of the Water Board. 7
ceedings were commenced against several parties, before the
State Board of Health, but the cases were withdrawn after
every requirement of the Board had been met.
The importance of increasing the supply of the Mystic
Department, either by connection with the Cochituate works
or otherwise, has been already discussed ; but in this connec-
tion it may be well to state, that, on August 15, 1879, the
City Council directed the Water Board to report the cost of
connecting the Cochituate and Mystic supplies ; and that, on
August 18, 1879, the Board reported back the estimate of
the Engineer, which, exclusive of the cost of the 48-inch
main from Chestnut Hill reservoir to the corner of Harvard
street in Brookline, at which point the connection would be
made, amounted to $340,000, and, including the 48-inch
main, to $452,000 ; but the latter amount also provided for
the cost of a pipe sufficiently large to supply the City of
Cambridge.
Earnings of the Works.
The total receipts of the Cochituate Water Works, from
all sources for the year ending April 30, 1880, are as
follows, viz. : —
Stock on hand May 1, 1879 . . . $88,780 34
Income from sales of water . . . 1,044,780 52
Income from shutting off and letting on
water and fees ..... 3,612 25
Sundry receipts by Water Board . . • 61,09591
Profits in manufacturing hydrants, etc., etc.,
for the year ending March 15, 1879 . 3,743 68
>
$1,202,012 70
The total amount charged to Cochituate
Water Works for the year ending April 30,
1880, is as follows, viz. : —
Current expenses . . . $171,160 80
Extension of works paid for
out of income . . . 67,884 25
Interest on funded debt . 643,037 93
Amount paid Mystic Water
Works for water furnished
East Boston . . . 44,013 24
Refunded main pipe assess-
ment .... 50 00
926,146 22
Balance April 30, 1880 .... $275,866 48
City Document No. 108.
Stock on hand April 30, 1880, $61,159 24
Paid to Cochituate Water
Sinking Fund, April 30,
1880 .... 214,707 24
$275,866 48
The outstanding Cochituate Water Loans
at this date, exclusive of the Additional
Supply, are as follows : —
5 per cent.
Sterling Loan (£399,500) $1,947,273 98
Due Got.
1, 1902
5 per cent.
Loans .... 100,000 00
100,000
Due April
1, 1906
5 per cent.
Loan .... 1,000 00
1,000
Due Oct.
1, 1907
^ 16,000
Due Jan.
1, 1880
50,000
Due July
1, 1880
300,000
Due Dec.
1, 1897
200,000
Due Dec.
12, 1897
450,000
Due June
16, 1898
640,000
Due Got.
1, 1898
250,000
Due April
1, 1899
625,000
Due Jan.
1, 1901
688,000
Due April
1, 1901
330,000
Due July
1, 1901
6 per cent.
Loans .... 4,319,000 00
413,000
Due April
1, 1903
38,000
Due April
1, 1904
161,000
Due Jan.
1, 1905
142,700
Due April
1, 1905
6,000
Due Got.
1, 1905
82,550
Due Jan.
1, 1906
8,750
Due April
1, 1906
4,000
Due Oct.
1, 1906
8,000
Due Jan.
1, 1907
5,000
Due April
1, 1907
1,000
Due July
1, 1907
4 per cent.
Loan .... 280,000 00
$6,647,273 98
280,000
Due April
1, 1910
The total receipts of the Mystic Water Works from all
sources for the year ending April 30, 1880, are as follows,
viz. : —
Stock on hand. May 1, 1879
Income from sales of water ....
Income from shutting off and letting on water
and fees .......
Sundry receipts by Water Board .
The total amount charged to Mystic Water
Works for the year ending April 30, 1880, is
as follows, viz. ; —
$19,968 58
258,552 62
823 00
5,483 67
$284,827 87
Amount carried forward,
$284,827 87
Eeport of the Water Board.
Amount brought forward,
Current expenses .
Extension of works paid for out
of income ....
Interest on funded debt .
Amount paid Chelsea, Somer-
ville, and Everett, under
contracts ....
Amount refunded Cochituate
Water Works, for water fur-
nished East Boston from
Cochituate works, from July
23 to Dec. 24, 1879 .
Stock purchased but not used .
$284,827 87
$96,079 36
1,702 92
63,865 00
24,409 83
19,172 70
12,052 95
$217,282 76
Balance, April 30, 1880
$67,545 11
Stock on hand, April 30, 1880, $14,547 05
Paid to Mystic Water Sinking
Fund, April 30, 1880 . . 52,998 06
,545 11
The outstanding Mystic Water loans at this date are as
follows : —
6 per cent, currency
Water Loans
5 per cent, currency
Water Loans
Mystic
$613,000 00
Mystic
410,000 00
6 per cent, currency Mystic Sewer
Loans . . .
$26,000
1,000
35,000
60,000
50,000
3,000
100,000
51,000
139,000
67,000
42,000
39,000
Due Oct. 1
Due April 1
Due April 1
Due Oct. 1
Due Oct. 1
Due April 1
Due July 1
Due Jan. 1
Due July 1
Due Jan. 1
Due July 1
Due July 1
100,000 Due Oct. 1
202,000 Due Oct. 1
6,000 Due Oct. 1
102,000 Due April 1
1881
1885
1886
1886
1887
1888
1890
1891
1891
1892
1892
1893
1882
1883
1893
1894
130,000 00 130,000 Due April 1, 1886
$1,153,000 00
10
City Document No. 108.
Mystic Sewer.
Balance of loan, April 30, 1879
123,781 64
Receipts.
Sales of old materials, etc.
1,457 37
$25,239 01
Payments.
To Mystic Water Sinking
Fund $1,457 37
Construction and land-dam-
ages 2,027 28
Balance unexpended April 30, 1880
$3,484 65
$21,754 36
The following statement shows the appropriations by the
City Council for an additional supply of water, with the
loans issued to meet them, and the amount of expenditures
to this date : —
Additional Supply of Water.
APPROPRIATIONS .
Oct. 21, 1871. — Transfer from Eeserved Fund
Apr. 12, 1872. — Order for Treasurer to borrow
Apr. 11, 1873. —
Feb. 26, 1875. —
July 1, 1876. —
Apr. 20, 1878. —
Apr. 11, 1879. —
Total appropriations to April 30, 1879
$10,000 00
100,000 00
600,000 00
1,500,000 00
2,000,000 00
600,000 00
350,000 00
$5,060,000 00
Oct. 1, 1875. — Premium on $1,000,000 bonds, under
order of Feb. 26, 1875 . $83,700 00
April 1, 1876. — Premium on $452,000 bonds,
under order of Feb. 26,
1875 47,786 80
Oct. 1, 1876. — Premium on $2,000,000
bonds, under order of
July 1, 1876 . . . 221,400 00
352,886 80
Amount carried forward,
5,412,886 80
Report of the Water Board.
11
Amount brottght forward,
$5,412,886 80
EXPENDED.
1871-72
1872-73
1873-74 including $20,897.50 dis-
count on bonds sold
January, 1874 .
1874-75
1875-76
1876-77 .....
1877-78 . . . . .
1878-79
1879-80
$2,302 81
' 61,278 83
114,102 77
224,956 68
783,613 49
1,924,060 24
1,257,715 26
635,658 08
213,350 97
il 30, 1880
'" j^'j'' -"-^
Balance of appropriations unexpended Apr
$195,847 67
Balance of loans April 30, 1879
$59,198 64
Receipts.
Sales of land, etc. ....
New loan issued ....
■ •
$3,048 99
350,000 00
$412,247 63
Payments.
To sinking fund . . . $3,048 99
Sundry payments for construe- ■„
tion, land-damages, etc. . 213,350 97
$216,399 96
Balance unexpended April 30, 1880 . . $195,847 67
The outstanding loans which were made on account of Ad-
ditional Supply of Water are as follows : —
4 per cent. Loans, . . $670,000
5 per cent. Loans, . . 3,452,000-
6 per cent. Loan, . . 12,000
6 per cent. Loans, . . 648,000'
4i per cent. Loan, . . 268,000
$82,000
588,000
,000,000
452,000
,000,000
100,000
492,000
8,000
48,000
Due July
Due April
Due Oct.
Due April
Due Oct.
Due April
Due July
Due April
Due Jan'y
Due July
Due Oct.
1, 1908
1, 1908
1, 1905
1, 1906
1, 1906
1, 1908
1, 1902
1, 1903
1, 1904
1, 1905
1, 1908
),050,000
12 City Document No. 108.
In conclusion, the Board desire to place upon record their
regrets at the resignation of Mr. Jos. P. Davis, the late City
Engineer. Thoroughly skilled in every detail connected
with water supply, and deeply interested in the proper de-
velopment of the water-works system, the loss of his counsel
will be felt no more sincerely by any department of the city
than by this Board.
LEONAKD R. CUTTER, Chairman,
ALBERT STANWOOD,
FRANCIS THOMPSON.
EEPOET OF THE CLERK.
Office of the Boston Water Board,
Boston, May 1, 1880.
Leonard K. Cutter, Esq., .
Chairman of the Boston Water Board : —
Sir, — The following is a statement of the receipts and
expenditures of the Boston Water Board for the financial
year ending April 30, 1880 : —
Receipts.
On account of Cochituate Water Works . $1,109,488 68
" Additional Supply of Water . 3,048 99
" " Mystic Water Works . . 264,859 29
" " Mystic Sewer . . . 1,457 37
Balance of loans unexpended
April 30, 1879, Additional
Supply of Water . . $59,198 64
Mystic Sewer . . . 23,781 64
New loans, Additional Supply
of Water . . . . 350,000 00
Appropriation Chestnut Hill
driveway, 1879-80 . . 3,000 00
Stock purchased in previous
years, Cochituate Water
Works .... 92,524 02
Mystic Water Works . . 19,968 58
,378,854 33
548,472 88
$1,927,327 21
Expenditures.
Current expenses, Cochituate
Water Works . . . $171,160 80
Current expenses, Mystic
Water Works . . . 96,079 36
Amounts carried forward, $267,240 16 $1,927,327 21
14 CiTT Document No. 108.
Amounts brought forimrd, $267,240 16 $1,927,327 21
Extension of Cochitaate Water
Works .... 67,884 25
Extension of Mystic Water
Works .... 1,702 92
Stock on account Mystic
Water Works, not used . 12,052 95
Interest on Cochituate Water
Loans . . . . 643,037 93
Interest on Mystic Water
Loans .... 63,865 00
East Boston contract, account
Cochituate Water Works . 44,013 24
Chelsea, Somerville, and Ev-
erett contracts, account
Mystic Waterworks . 24,409 83
Amount refunded Cochituate
Water Works, for Cochitu-
ate water furnished East
Boston, account Mystic
Water Works . . . 19,172 70
Amount refunded Main Pipe
Assessment, account Co-
chituate Water Works . 50 00
Construction, Additional Sup-
ply of Water . . . 213,350 97
Construction, Mystic Sewer . 2,027 28
Surplus Income of Cochituate
Water Works to Cochituate
Water Sinking Fund . 214,707 24
Income of Additional Supply
of Water to Cochituate
Water Sinking Fund . 3,048 99
Surplus Income of Mystic
Water Works to Mystic
Water Sinking Fund . 52,998 06
Income of Mystic Sewer to
My Stic Water Sinking Fund, 1,457 37
Chestnut-Hill Driveway . 2,999 76
Balance of appropriation
Chestnut-Hill Driveway
carried into the Treasury
April 30, 1880 . . 24
1,634,018 89
$293,308 32
Repoet of the Watee Boaed. 15
April 30, 1880, Balance of
loans unexpended. Addi-
tional Supply of Water . 1195,847 67
Mystic Sewer
Stock on hand April 30, 1880
Cochituate Water Works
Mystic Water Works .
21,754 36
61,159 24
14,547 05
1293,308 32
Total Water Debt of the City of Boston.
Cochituate, outstanding
April 30, 1880 . . $11,697,273 98
Mystic, outstanding April
30, 1880 . . . 1,153,000 00
112,850,273 98
Cochituate Water Debt.
Outstanding, April 30,
1879 .... $11,753,273 98
Issued in 1879-80 . . 630,000 00
$12,383,273 98
Paid in 1879-80 . . 686,000 00 .
$11,697,273 ^^
Mystic Water Debt,
Outstanding, April 30,
1879 .... $1,153,000 00
Paid in 1879-80 . . 0,000,000 00
$1,153,000 00
Total Water Sinking Funds, April 30, 1880.
Cochituate Water Sinking
Fund .... $1,771,692 62
Mystic Water Sinking
Fund .... 318,137 06
. $2,089,829 68
16 City Document No. 108.
Trial Balance, CocMtuate Water WorTcs, April 30, 1880.
Dr. Cr.
Construction account . $16,341,908 25
Cochituate Water Works . $16,341,908 25
City Treasurer, Loan account 689,198 64
Income of Additional Supply
of Water . . . . 3,048 99
Appropriation, Additional
Supply of Water . . 195,847 67
Appropriation, New Main, Co-
chituate Water Works . 280,000 00
Income of Cochituate Water
Works .... 1,202,012 70
Maintenance of Cochituate
Waterworks . . . 171,160 80
Extension of Cochituate
Water Works . . . 67,884 25
Interest on Cochituate Water
Loans .... 643,037 93
Mystic Water Works, East
Boston Contract . . 44,013 24
Refunded Pipe Assessments . 50 00
Stock Account . . . 61,159 24
City Treasurer, Revenue Ac-
count ... . . 1,112,537 67
Appropriation, Chestnut-Hill
Driveway .... 24
City Treasurer, Appropriation
Account .... 3,000 00
City Treasurer . . . 1,111,132 17
Funded Debt . . .11,697,273 98
Cochituate Water, 6% Cur-
rency Loan . . . 4,967,000 00
Cochituate Water, 5% Cur-
rency Loan . . . 13,000 00
Cochituate Water, 5% Gold
Loan .... 3,552,000 00
Cochituate Water, 5% Ster-
ling Loan . . . . 1,947,273 98
Cochituate Water, 4% Cur-
rency Loan . . . 588,000 00
Cochituate Water, 4% Loan 362,000 00
Cochituate Water, 4]% Loan 268,000 00
Amounts carried forward, $30,831,224 00 $30,831,224 00
Keport of the Water Board. 17
Amounts brought forward, $30,831,224 00 $30,831,224 00
Commissioners on the Sinking
Funds .... 1,771,692 62
Cochituate Water, Sinking
Fmid .... 1,771,692 62
$32,602,916 62 $32,602,916 62
Trial Balance, Mystic Water Works, April 30, 1880.
Dr. Cr.
Construction . . .$1,614,648 10
Mystic Water Works $1,614,648 10
City Treasurer, Revenue Ac-
count .... 266,316 66
Income of Mystic Water
Works .... 272,774 92
Maintenance of Mystic Water
Works .... 96,079 36
Extension of Mystic Water
Works .... 1,702 92
Interest on Mystic Water
Loans .... 63,865 00
Chelsea, Somerville, and Ever-
ett Contracts . . . 24,409 83
Cochituate Water Works . 19,172 70
Stock 14,547 05
City Treasurer, Loan Account 23,781 64
Appropriation, Mystic Sewer 21,754 36
Income of Mystic Sewer . 1,457 37
City Treasurer . . . 213,888 51
Funded Mystic Water Debt 1,153,000 00
Mystic Water 6% Currency
Loan .... 613,000 00
Mystic Water 5% Currency
Loan . . . . 410,000 00
Mystic Sewer 6% Currency
Loan .... 130,000 00
Commissioners on the Sinking
Funds .... 318,137 06
Mystic Water Sinking Fund 318,137 06
;,595,660 32 $3,595,660 32
18
City Document No. 108.
Cost of Construction of the Cochituate Water Works to
May i, 1880.
Cost of Water Works to January 1, 1850,
as per final report of Water Commis-
sioners ......
Extension to East Boston .
Jamaica-pond aqueduct
New dam at Lake Cochituate
Raising lake two feet, including damages
Dudley pond, lower dam, and making con
nections with lake . . .
New main from Brookline reservoir .
Land and water rights and land-damages
since January 1, 1850 .
New pipe-yard and repair-shop
Upper yard, buildings, etc.
New water-pipes, East Boston
New main. East Boston
Pumping-works at Lake Cochituate
High-service, stand-pipe, engine-house and
engines .
High-service, South Boston
Chestnut-Hill reservoir
Parker-Hill reservoir
Charles-river siphon .
Keeper's house, Parker Hill
Temporary high-service, Brighton
New stable at Chestnut-Hill reservoir
Pegan dam, Natick .
Willow dam, Natick . .
Additional supply of water, including land
damages and all expenses
Cost of laying main pipe since January 1
1850 ; _
Cost of laying main pipe for extension in
Roxbury, Dorchester, Brighton, and West
Roxbury Districts .....
including land
$3,998,051 83
281,065 44
13,237 50
10,940 08
28,002 18
18,982 23
304,991 83
49,486 17
25,666 51
9,165 63
20,999 43
24,878 08
15,000 00
103,829 53
27,860 29
2,449,982 07
228,246 17
26,532 35
2,764 90
7,865 86
8,103 55
1,394 06
1,567 29
5,215,337 43
1,709,445 62
1,758,512 22
$16,341,908 25
Eepoet of the Water Board.
19
Cost of Construction of the Mystic Water Worhs to May
1, 1880.
Salaries . . .
. $17,644 61
Engineering ....
. 33,746 87
Land-damages . . •.
. 91,855 38
Eeservoir ....
. 141,856 26
Dam .....
. 17,167 26
Conduit ....
. 129,714 30
Engine-house, coal-shed, and chimney .
. 36,112 99
Engines ....
150,096 70
Grubbing pond
9,393 26
Iron pipes .
108,437 10
Iron pipes, trenching
. 61,029 59
City distribution .
. 162,335 23
Hydrants ....
19,976 21
Stopcocks ....
. 19,262 52
Miscellaneous items
14,012 51
Roadway and bridge
3,529 22
Lowering Mystic river .
3,012 06
Inspections ....
1,824 79
Service pipes and meters
133,858 70
Hydrants for Somerville and Medford .
2,653 08
Somerville distribution
.
2,492 10
Dwelling-house for engineer
and firemar
(pumping-station)
4,871 02
Chelsea extension . .
. 37,347 ^^
Medford extension
3,997 41
Drinking fountains
1,415 05
New line of supply main
. 203,050 09
Stable and pipe-yard
8,964 64
Extension of engine-house and boiler
33,727 43
New force main .
9,875 17
Mystic sewer
108,245 64
New stable, engine-house
1,767 39
Additional force main .
24,882 96
Main pipe laying since 1873 .
16,492 70
11,614,648 10
Respectfully submitted,
W. E. SWAN,
Clerk of the Boston Water Board.
EEPOET OF THE CITY ENGINEEE.
Office of City Engineer,
City Hall, Boston,
May 1, 1880.
L. R. Cutter, Ohairman Boston Water Board: —
Sir, — In accordance with the requirements of the ordi-
nance establishing the Boston Water Board, I respectfully
submit the following report on the condition of the Water
Works. Owing to the pressure of business I have been unable
to forward it as early as requested.
COCHITUATE WORKS.
Sudbury River and Lake Cochituate.
In 1879 the water from the additional supply which until
then had been taken directly from Sudbury river below the
dam, was for the first time taken mostly from the storage
reservoirs.
Reservoir No. 3, on Stony brook, which had been filled
for the first time in December, 1878, remained full or nearly
so until July, when it commenced to go down and con-
tinued to do so until the middle of August ; a heavy rain at
that time brought its surface to elevation 172.95. It went
down again after that time until September 20th, when
the reservoir filled gradually and commenced to overflow on
December 26th, and the waste has continued without inter-
ruption to date.
Reservoir No. 2, owing to the delay in the construction of
its dam, remained empty until August, when copious rains
filled it almost to overflowing ; it was heavily drawn from
during the summer and went down in December to elevation
156.50. It was refilled in the fall and has remained full to
date.
Reservoir No 1, kept full in the beginning of the year,
then emptied in April to allow the work to proceed at Dam
No. 2, WHS refilled in December, and has been kept so since.
Although the spring rains have not been so abundant as in
other years, the overflow from the three dams has been very
large all the winter and spring.
Eeport of the Water Board. 21
During the year 1879, 3,749,200,000 gallons of water have
been supplied to the city from the Sudbury river. This
amount is equivalent to a daily supply of 10,271,800 gallons
for the whole year. Of the above amount 411,300,000
gallons were diverted to Lake Cochituate and 3,337,900,000
gallons sent to Chestnut-Hill reservoir. The table on page
49 gives the monthly quantities diverted from the river to
Lake Cochituate and Chestnut-Hill reservoir since 1872.
Lake Cochituate was 16 inches below high-water mark, or
133 feet above tide marsh level, on the first day of January,
1879. Until the first of September the surface was kept
within 3 feet of high-water ; Oct. 1st it had fallen to
129.54; Nov. 1st to 127.43; Dec. 1st to 126.60; Dec. 29th
to 126.41, — the lowest point reached during the year. Since
Jan. 1st, 1880, the lake surface has risen, standing Feb. 1st,
129.28 ; March 1st, 132.00 ; April 1st, 132.88 ; and May 1st,
134.10, or 3 inches below high-water mark.
Water has been wasted at the outlet dam from Feb. 28th
to March 1.3th, March 18th to April 28th, and from May 2d
to 8th (1879), the total waste being 1,523,361,400 gallons,
equal to a daily supply of 4,173,600 gallons for the year.
During the months of November and December, 1879, two
dams were built at the lake, to retain, at or near high-water
mark, the water on the meadows of Course, Beaver-dam, and
Pegan brooks.
The dam for the meadows of Course and Beaver-dam
brooks is situated at the culvert under the Central turnpike.
It is semi-circular in plan, and consists of a centre of 6-inch
tongued and grooved sheet- piling driven on a circle of 30
feet radius, backed with gravel filling, having a slope of 2 to
1 and faced with stone filling which is paved on the surface.
A sluice Q^ feet in width is built through the dam and is
provided with stop-planks for retaining the water at any
desired height. The dam for the Pegan-brook meadows was
built on the site of a former dam. The old dam was raised
and improved by the addition of a paved overflow 34 feet in
length and of a sluice-way 6 feet in width, the latter for the
purpose of regulating the depth of the water on the meadows.
The filter dams, on Pegan brook, have been repaired and
both basins thoroughly cleaned.
High-Service Eeservoir and Pumps.
The averao'e height of the water in Parker-Hill reservoir
has been 217.85 feet above tide marsh level, or .49 feet higher
than in 1878.
22
City Document No. 108.
The table on page 56 shows the work done by the
pumpmg-engine during the year 1879. Practically all the
pumping has been done by the Worthington engine and the
economy of this plan is shown by the cost of pumping given
below.
Total quantity of water pumped, 820,827,210 gallons.
Total coal consumed, 1,510,500 lbs., of which 13.4 per
cent, were ashes and clinkers.
Average lift, 114.8 feet.
Quantity pumped per pound of coal, 543.4 gallons.
Average duty 52,057,100 ft. lbs. per 100 lbs. of coal
(without deductions for ashes and clinkers).
The average daily quantity pumped was 2,248,840 gallons,
an increase of 9 per cent, over that of 1878.
Cost of Pumping.
Salaries .
Fuel
Repairs .
Oil, waste, and packing
Gas and small supplies
Total
13,840
88
3,474
25
69
62
169
78
292
52
$7,847 05
The cost of pumping 1,000,000 gallons one foot high in
each year since the works have been in operation has been
as follows : —
1871 .
. $0.37
1874 .
. $0,244
1877 .
. $0,137
1872 .
. 0.34
1875 .
. 0.22
1878 .
. 0.122
1873 .
. 0.283
1876 .
. 0.18
1879 .
. 0.083
Brighton High-Service.
The daily average quantity pumped at this station has
varied from 25,000 to 200,000 gallons.
This variation is caused by the large amount used during
the summer season for watering streets and lawns.
The Brighton high-service being of a temporary nature, it
was not deemed advisable, at the time of construction, to
purchase land for a reservoir ; the present one was located in
the grounds of the High-School house in Rockland street,
which are not as high as could be wished. Since the works
have been in operation it has been found desirable to increase
the pressure in the distributing pipes and this result has
been successfully obtained at a small cost by the introduction
Report of the Water Board. 23
of a check-valve, with a safety-valve by-pass on the force
main just outside of the reservoir.
When the pumps are in motion the check-valve remains
closed, and the surplus water not used by the consumers
flows through the by-pass into the reservoir and the pressure
in the mains is kept above the reservoir head. When the
pumps are stopped, or when from any cause the draught
upon the mains is in excess of the pumping capacity, the
pressure falls, the check-valve opens, and the distributing
pipes are supplied from the reservoir.
With this arrangement an increased head of 46 feet
above that due to the height of the reservoir has been main-
tained during the day hours since Sept. 1. The pumps
and boilers are in good condition.
MYSTIC WORKS.
Mystic Lake.
From the beginning of the year until the middle of June
the water in the lake remained near high- water mark.
August 1st it had fallen to 3.75 feet above tide-marsh
level; August 18th, 2.56; Sept. 1st it had risen to 4.04;
Oct. 1st it stood at 3.50; Nov. 1st, 1.51; Dec. 1st, 0.82;
Dec. 5th at 0.75, — the lowest point reached since the winter
of 1874-75. From this date the lake surface rose until the
25th of Jan., when it reached high-water mark, and com-
menced to overflow at the outlet dam.
During the year .3,735,800,000 gallons have been wasted
at the outlet dam, equivalent to an average daily supply of
10,235,000 gallons for the entire year.
In October the conduit was examined and a large quantity
of vegetable growth and fresh-water mussels was removed
from the upper portion. No new cracks were discovered in
the masonry.
During the year the grounds near the entrances to the
dam have been much improved by grading and by the
planting of shade and ornamental trees. The bridge over
the outlet dam has been entirely rebuilt.
Mystic-Valley Sewer.
Four tanneries have been connected with the sewer during
the year, necessitating the construction of as many catch-
basins.
All the tanneries and dwellings within reach of the sewer,
24
City Document No. 108.
which formerly discharged their refuse into the streams or
ponds of the Mystic supply, now discharge into the sewer.
The catch-basins and branch drains have been cleaned and
flushed when required.
Mystic Pumping-Station and Reservoir.
The table on page 57 shows the work done by the en-
gines at this station during the year.
Engine No. 1 was in use 1,729 hours 15 minutes.
2 "
((
3,212
((
34
3 "
((
7,436
((
17
Total amount pumped, 3,242,848,221 gallons.
Total coal consumed, 0,884,516 lbs., of which 7.5 per
cent, were ashes and clinkers.
Average lift, 149.36 feet.
Quantity pumped per pound of coal, 418.8 gallons, an in-
crease of 23.2 gallons over the amount for 1878.
Average duty of the three engines, 52,175,700 ft. lbs. per
100 lbs. of coal. (No deductions.)
Evaporation in the boilers from and at 212°, as deter-
mined by measurement of the water, 10.07 lbs. of water per
lb. of coal.
Cost of Pumping
Salaries
Fuel ....
Repairs
Oil, waste, and packing
Small supplies
Total
$6,920 50
17,^366 09
453 24
901 09
105 62
$25,746 54
Cost per million gallons raised one foot high, $0,053.
The pumps have required no extensive repairs during the
year, and are now in good condition.
A large number of shade and ornamental trees have been
planted on the engine-house grounds.
At the reservoir changes have been made in the location
of the roadway and in the grading of the slopes. A 24-inch
connection has been made outside of the gate-house, between
two of the supply-mains, to facilitate the making of repairs
or examinations in the gate-house in case they should be re-
quired.
Eeport of the Water Board. 25
Pipes and Pipe Plans.
The capacity of the mains bringing the supply from Brook-
line reservoir to the city has not been increased since the
year 1859. Since that time the consumption from the Co-
chituate works has increased from 13,175,000 to 25,695,000
gallons or nearly 100 per cent. The effect of this large
increase has been to greatly diminish the head or pressure
in the city. Observations made during the past year show
that, during the time of greatest consumption, the loss of
head is from 32 to 34 feet.
In view of increasing the supply, and thus preventing this
excessive loss of head, surveys and estimates were made for
a new 48-inch main from Chestnut-Hill reservoir to the
city. The new main having been authorized by the City
Council, contracts have been made for the pipes and it
is expected that the line will be completed during the pres-
ent season. During the year the Cochituate distribution
has been extended by the laying of about 8 miles of pipe.
In the Charlestown District about 17,200 ft. of the wrought-
iron and cement pipe have been replaced by cast-iron and
in most cases the sizes of the pipes have been increased.
The plans showing the pipe system have had the year's ex-
tensions added as usual, and plans of Brighton, on a scale of
100 feet to an inch, have been completed, so that now the
entire city is shown on that scale. A large plan has also
been made, showing the entire high-service distribution
system.
Quality.
The quality of the Cochituate water has been good through-
out the year. The Sudbury river water has been somewhat
colored and, at times, has had a slightly bitter taste which
was noticed in the city late in the fall, when the river
water was sent directly into the distribution pipes without
passing through Chestnut-Hill reservoir.
The rest of the time, the Cochituate and Sudbury river
waters were mixed in the proportions shown in the accompa-
nying diagram and table.
In the early part of September an abundant growth of
algae developed itself in Eeservoir No. 3 of the Sudbury-
river works. The reservoir was immediately isolated from
the rest of the supply, and, owing probably to that precau-
tion, the algoe did not show themselves except in small
quantity in Basin No. 1, Farm Pond, and Chestnut-Hill res-
ervoir. The presence of the algae in Reservoir No. 3 was
26 City Document No. 108.
observed until the beginning of December, when, the water
having resumed its former quality, it was drawn as usual for
the supply of the city. The plants observed were extremely
minute, but grew in such quantities as to fill the water to
which they gave a mealy appearance ; the portions near the
surface of the water were often gathered together, by the
action of the wind, into green patches, which were blown
towards the lee shore. These microscopic algse were of
two liinds, one having a somewhat globular form, the other
presenting the appearance of a curved string of beads. The
quantities observed were constantly varying, increasing
sometimes with wonderful rapidity. The cause of this growth
is not known, and, with the present knowledge of these
matters, no remedy can be applied ; the formation of the
algoB seems to be wholly independent of the depth of the
water, but closely follows the changes of temperature, in-
creasing when it rises, and diminishing when it lowers.
The algce were not observed in Reservoir No. 2, which is
not as deep as Reservoir No. 3.
The experience of the past year shows the value of the
independent connections of the reservoirs of the Sudbury-
river supply, without which it would have been impossible
to prevent the contaminated water from reaching the distrib-
uting pipes of the city, to the great inconvenience of the
water-takers.
In July another alga, the Olathrocystis, similar to one of
those observed in Reservoir No. 3, made its appearance in
large quantities in the water of Horn pond, from which it
found its way into Mystic pond and thence into the distrib-
uting pipes ; being very minute, it could not be stopped by
screens. It is somewhat remarkable that it should originate
in the deep water of Horn pond, yet could not be found in
the Abbajona river above the outlet of its tributary from this
pond. The complaints about the quality of water became
so numerous that, in the middle of August, the City Govern-
ment instructed your Board to consider and report upon the
expediency and cost of introducing a system of filtration in
connection with the Mystic water supply. My predeces-
sor, at your request, investigated the subject, and, in his
report to your Board, ^ made in November, came to the con-
clusion that the only practicable mode of filtering the whole
of Mystic supply is by means of artificial filtering beds ; it
would require a very extensive filtering area, and the esti-
mate of cost of such a scheme is $427,000, which would be
I The report is given in full in the Appendix.
Report of the Water Board. 27
increased to $507,000 if it was found necessary to cover the
filter beds ; this expenditure was not recommended.
I would call the attention of your Board to the following
extract of Mr. Davis' report upon the filtration of the
Mystic water : " If vegetable growth shall prove as trouble-
some in the future as it has been in the past few years, some
steps, such as by filtration, by connection with the Cochitu-
ate works, by seeking a new source, or by employing tem-
porary expedients, must be taken."
Your Board has already had under consideration one of
the above suggestions, — that of connecting the Mystic
works by an independent pipe with Chestnut-Hill reser-
voir. Should the growth of algcE develop itself again in
the Mystic supply, this costly scheme would be looked upon
more favorably if the pipe was to be partly used for furnish-
ing a supply of water to the city of Cambridge which has
already manifested its intention of entering into negotiations
with the city of Boston for that purpose.
In November the algm disappeared from Mystic lake and
the water resumed its ordinary condition.
In the Appendix may be found a report, kindly furnished
by Prof. W. R. Nichols of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, which gives the results of his analysis of the
water supplied to the city.
Additional Supply, Sudbury River.
The amount expended to date for the additional supply
is $5,217,039.13.
The total sum appropriated for the construc-
tion of the additional supply is . . $5,412,886 80
Amount expended to date .... 5,217,039 13
Leaving a balance of . .... $195,847 67
Of the amount expended, $3,728,530.54 have been spent
for work done and materials furnished, including the con-
struction and maintenance of the temporary connection.
$1,488,601.93 have been spent for preliminary surveys,
for investigations into various sources of supply, for land
and water damages, for engineering, superintendence, and
other expenses.
It has always been considered of the utmost importance
for the purity of the additional supply to divert the sur-
face drainage of South Framingham from Farm pond, and
an allowance was made in the orio^inal estimate of cost for
28 City Document No. 108.
the probable expense of whatever share of the work the city
might have to do for the purpose of securing in this manner
the purity of the supply. A plan has been studied for a
sewer along the eastern shore of Farm pond to the Sudbury
river. Its construction has, however, been delayed by vari-
ous circumstances over which this department has had no
control ; but it is to be hoped that either some method will
be devised for stopping this objectionable drainage from
being discharged into the pond, or some arrangement can be
made by which this structure may be speedily constructed.
With this exception, and that of some work of minor impor-
tance which remains to be done, the construction of the addi-
tional supply as contemplated in the original estimates, with
three reservoirs, may be considered as completed ; and, in
due time, a special report on the subject is to be submitted
to your Board.
During the year Dam No. 2 has been finished, and the two
highways ordered by the County Commissioners of Middle-
sex, between Framingham and Ashland, have been com-
pleted. The three reservoirs and Farm pond have been put
in complete working order, and the supply has been drawn
from them for a portion of the year. All the gate-houses
connected with the dam have also been finished and fitted for
work. For the year ending Dec. 31st, 1879, the average
record of rainfall at five points in the Sudbury-river water-
shed (Hopkinton, Westborough, Marlborough, Southborough
and Framingham), is 41.419 inches, of which 45.33% found
its way into the river. The total yield of the water-shed
was 25,528,900,000 gallons, equivalent to a depth of 18.775
inches over the whole drainage area, or to a daily flow of
nearly 70,000,000 gallons.
By comparison with the preceding years (page 51) it
may be seen that 1879 has been a dry year ; and, had it not
been for an abundant rain in August, the reservoirs would
have been very low at the end of the season.
Condition of the Water Works.
All the works are, in most respects, in a satisfactory con-
dition. The Cochituate conduit has some weak points which
it would be well to strengthen. This structure has been
taxed beyond its capacity for years, and, as the flow of water
through it could not be stopped for any length of time, no
thorough repairs have been made. With the new supply in
operation the conditions are somewhat difi'erent, and some
steps ought to be taken to put the conduit in perfect condi-
tion. An attempt was made last fall to repair it at a point
Eepoet of the Water Board. 29
near Lake Cochituate, where the invert is known to require
strengthening; but the pressure of the water could not be
sufficiently overcome to do efficient work.
The flow of the water through the two conduits ought to
be so arranged that some needed repairs can be commenced
and prosecuted systematically without interfering with the
continuous supply of the city. Some portions of the Cochit-
uate conduit near the lake, where it is built at a great depth,
in ground saturated with water, will be difficult to reach, and
the repairs will be costly.
The attention of your Board must be called also to the
necessity of taking some measures for the improvement of
the outlet of Lake Cochituate.
In 1857 the City Engineer (see Eeport of Water Board
and of City Engineer, January, 1857) reported signs of
weakness in the dam at the outlet of the lake. At his
recommendation a second dam was built 460 feet below
the original one, and the overflowing capacity of the latter
was somewhat increased by widening its channel.
Notwithstanding this alteration the capacity of the dam
for the overflow of surplus water is not sufficient, and it has
been necessary to regulate with great care the filling of the
lake in the spring. This condition of things may have been
satisfactory in years past, but cannot be allowed to continue.
The general conditions of the water supply are changed.
Lake Cochituate has become one of the storage reservoirs
for the water of Sudbury river, and, with the increased con-
sumption of water, it becomes necessary to keep Lake
Cochituate as full as it is deemed prudent. Every spring
those in charge find themselves compelled either to keep the
surface of the lake low, necessitating the loss of a large
storage capacity, in order to leave room for possible freshets,
or to fill the lake at considerable risk in case an abundant
rainfall should occur.
An investigation of this subject, recently made by the
Superintendent of the Western Division, under the direction
of my predecessor, confirms me in the opinion that some
early action must be taken in this matter.
Consumption of Water.
The average daily consumption has been, for the year
1879, as follows: —
From Mystic lake 8,883,470 gall.
" Lake Cochituate and Sudbury river . 25,695,900 "
Total 34,579,370 "
An increase of 9 per cent, over the consumption of 1878.
30 City Document No. 108.
On page 50 can be seen the comparative daily con-
sumption from the Cochituate and Mystic works from 1873
to 1879, inclusive.
On page 49 are shown the quantities of water diverted
from Sudbury river.
The accompanying diagrams, relating to the same subject,
explain themselves.
These tables and diagrams show a large increase in the
consumption of water, chiefly from the Cochituate and Sud-
bury supply, which has been drawn from to the amount of
10.7 per cent, in excess of the consumption of the previous
year. At this rate of increase the limit of the present supply
would soon be reached. Its maximum capacity in case of a
diy year is shown by the following figures : —
Minimum daily yield of Lake Cochituate
in a dry year 12,000,000 galls.
Intended daily yield of the three reservoirs
on Sudbury river .... 20,000,000 '«
32,000,000
Deduct 11- million gallons, which the city
must let run in the Sudbury river
below its dams 1,500,000
Total daily supply available in a dry year, 30,500,000
Average daily consump-
tion during the
months of July, Au-
gust, September, Oc-
tober, and November,
1879 . . . 26,850,000 galls.
Amount to be probably
furnished to East
Boston . . . 2,500,000 '
29,350,000
Excess of daily supply over consumption
in a dry year 1,150,000 ''
If the waste of water is not stopped, it is clear that, in
case of a dry season, the present supply would soon fall
short of the wants of the city, and, as two years, if not more,
would be necessary to build more reservoirs and have them
in readiness to supplement the supply, I believe it advisa-
ble to take action towards securing the necessary lands for
building at least one of the storage reservoirs contemplated
Keport of the Watee Boerd.
31
in the valley of the Sudbury river or of its affluents. I
have not at present sufficient data to make an exact estimate
of the cost of the additional reservoirs contemplated on the
Sudbury river, but the difference between the actual cost of
the whole works, as now constructed, and the original
estimate, would be more than sufficient to build one of them.
In no part of the supply is the increase of consumption
more noticeable than in the high-service. It is forcibly
illustrated in one of the accompanying diagrams.
The daily average quantities of water pumped at the
Highland Pumping Station since 1871 have been as fol-
lows : —
Gallons. Yearly
percentag
1871 . .
. 557,650
1872 .
. 633,500
13.6
1873 .
. 1,023,350
61.5
1874 .
.1,260,700
23.2
1875 .
.1,269,910
.7
1876 . . . .
.1,461,100
15.
1877 . . . .
.1,718,000
17.5
1878 . . . .
.2,063,460
20.1
1879 . . . .
. 2,248,840
9.
No increase in area of territory supplied has been made
since 1875, when the supply was extended to "West Roxbury,
and the yearly increase in consumption since that time has
been about 15 per cent.
Assuming a yearly increase of 12 per cent, for the future,
the consumption will be as follows : —
1880
1881
1882
1883
1884
2,520,000 gallons.
2,820,000 >«
3,160,000 ««
3,540,000 *'
3,963,000 '«
In the winter the daily average would sometimes be higher,
and, judging from present experience, it must be ex-
pected that the daily average for January, 1883, will attain
4,000,000 gallons.
The figures given above are averages and would often be
exceeded for weeks at a time when the demand upon the
high-service is at its maximum.
Such a service as will be required within a short time is
beyond the safe pumping capacity of the present machinery.
A special report on the subject (City Document No. 117,
1875) by the City Engineer to the Water Board, presented
32 City Document No. 108.
all the facts necessary to show that prompt action ought to
be taken in the matter. Since then, by the erection of the
Worthington 3,000,000 gallon pumping-engiue, and by the
construction of the Brighton high-service works, a temporary
relief has been experienced ; but, considering that legislative
authority must be obtained, and that at least two years,
are necessary for the construction of a permanent system of
high-service works, it is evident, unless there is immediate
action taken, that the new high-service works, as recom-
mended by the Cochituate Water Board in 1875, cannot
be completed before the safe capacity of the present works
is exceeded.
In this connection I would call your attention to the fol-
lowing extract from the report of the Cochituate Water
Board to the City Council, dated December 2, 1875, as being
especially applicable at present : —
"In submitting the accompanying report of the City En-
gineer upon a new high-service system of water supply .
the Cochituate Water Board desires to express
the following opinions : —
^^First. That, owing to the recent annexation of West
Roxbury and Brighton with their large areas of high lands,
th§ constant extension of the high-service in the older di-
visions of the city, and the increase of consumption that
will result from increase of population in the districts now
supplied, very largely increased facilities for furnishing the
high-service supply will soon be imperatively demanded.
^"Second. That, for reasons stated in the engineer's report,
the present site of the pumping machinery should be aban-
doned when any large increase in the works is made.
'' Third. That a plan of new works should be adopted at
an early day, and that, if the City Council concur in this
opinion of the Board, the Legislature should be petitioned
at its next session for the needful authority to build it.
^^ Fourth. That the plan proposed and recommended by
the engineer — that of pumping machinery located at Ches-
nut Hill reservoir, with three distributing reservoirs and
large connecting mains — is the one that should be adopted."
It must be remembered that when the high-service works
were constructed in 1869 they were intended for the supply
of the high lands of the Roxbury District only ; since that
time, by the annexation of Dorchester, West Roxbury, and
Brighton, and the extension of the works to Beacon Hill and
South Boston, the area included in the high-service districts
has been increased from 760 to about 10,720 acres.
The consumption is also increased by constant and grow-
Report of the Water Board. 33
ing demands for the extension of the high-service into dis-
tricts now supplied by the low-service.
The consumption of water from the Mystic works is also
increasing, and the experience of several seasons, especially
in 1874 aud 1879, when the surface of the lake receded to
an uncommonly 'low level, shows that steps must be taken
to increase in the dry season the supply furnished by that
source. The average daily consumption for the whole year
does not give an exact idea of the extent to which the source
of the supply is taxed, as the maximum consumption gen-
erally takes place in the dryest portion of the year when the
supply depends mainly on the storage capacity of the lake.
Owing to the irregularities of the daily consumption the
limit of the safe pumping capacity of the works has already
been reached. The distributing reservoir contains only two
days' supply, and if the 8,000,000 gallon enghie should be
temporarily disabled at a time when the daily consumption
reaches 13,000,000 gallons, the remaining engines would
barely maintain the supply, even if, as intended, East Boston
is connected with the Cochituate service.
In closing I wish to call your attention to the tables and
diagrams, which are appended, showing the consumption of
water, rainfall, etc., for the year 1879, and desire also to
express my obligations to my chief assistant, Mr. Fteley, for
his efficient aid in the compilation and preparation of this
report.
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY M. WIGHTMAN,
City Engineer.
APPENDIX
EEPORT OF J. P. DAYIS TO THE WATEE BOARD ON
THE FILTRATION OF MYSTIC WATER.
Boston, December 1, 1879.
L. R. Cutter, Esq., Chairman Boston Water Board: —
Sir, — The order of the Cit}^ Council requesting the Water Board
to consider and report upon the cost and expedienc}^ of filtering the
Mystic water suppl}^, was referred to me by vote of 3'our board on
August 27. Since that date Mr. Fteley, resident engineer of the
Sudburj'-river supply, has, by my direction, made such surveys
and experiments having a bearing on the subject as the time at his
disposal would permit.
The investigations have not covered all the ground which it is,
perhaps, desirable to cover, but regarding it as important to give
you a report in season for its transmittal to the present City Gov-
ernment, I respectfully submit the following : —
The Cost.
Experiments were made to ascertain the nature of the substrata
in the vicinity of Mj^stic lake, and whether it would be practicable
to obtain a sufficient supply of water by filtration through them.
Material which was sufficiently porous to yield a large supply was
found at a depth too gi'eat to admit of building a filtering gallery,
but which could be reached and drawn from by wells of from twenty
to thirty feet in depth. This stratum consists of fine gravel and
yields a large supply of water, — part of which comes from the lake
and part from the surrounding territory, — at least the effect of
pumping and chemical analysis of the water point to these as the
sources.
The area of the subterranean source is not of sufficient extent to
yield a large continuous supply, and experiments made with arti-
ficial filters show that when the water is filled with the algce^ which
have been so troublesome during the past summer, the filtering sur-
face becomes quickly clogged and almost impervious, thus making
it quite probable that the suppl}^ from the lake at such times would
be soon cut off" and the ^deld of the gravel stratum reduced far
below tlie present consumption from the M3-stic works.
Other methods of filtering have been considered, but none of
them except the ordinary one — that of passing the water through
prepared beds of sand so arranged as to be readily accessible for
Eeport of the Water Board. 35
cleaning — promise to be successful in providing a sufficient supply
of thorough!}^ filtered water.
The estimated cost is, therefore, for artificial filters constructed
on the European plan and consisting of two feet of fine sand, one
foot of coarse sand, one foot of fine gravel, and three feet of coarse
material placed in laj^ers in masoniy reservoirs or tanks. To filter
10,000,000 gallons daily and to provide a surplus area that the
process of cleaning may be carried on without interruption to the
suppl}^ seven beds, each having an area of about 33,000 square
feet, will be required, — allowing an average flow of fifty gallons
per square foot per day.
The relative levels of the lake surface and the existing conduit
are such that pumps will be required to lift the water from the lake
to the filters, which last will deliver the filtered water to the con-
duit b}'^ gravitation, and are to be situated near the gate-house at
the upper end of the conduit, where good sand and gravel for
forming the beds are found.
The estimated cost is as follows : —
Inlet chamber and pumping station .... $120,000
Filters, tracks, washing beds, etc 250,000
$370,000
Add ten per cent, for superintendence and contin-
gencies 37,000
$407,000
Land-damages, say 20,000
$427,000
The cost of pumping and of operating the filters would be about
five dollars per million gallons of filtered water.
The interest upon cost of works at five per cent, would be nearly
six dollars per million gallons, making the total cost eleven dollars.
Expediency.
Two kinds of pollution have been complained of, — sewage and
vegetable growth. Since the construction of the Mj'stic Valley
' sewer most of the former has been diverted from the lake, and it is
expected that in a short time all direct drainage into the lake or
its tributaries of refuse matter from dwellings, tanneries, and man-
ufactories will be stopped. There will alwa3's remain, of course,
the washings from the streets and land surfaces, which are objec-
tionable, and especially so when coming from a thickly-settled
territory.
Filtration carefully conducted will remove matters held in sus-
pension, but has very little effect upon the matters in solution.
Some experiments and observations that have been made upon
filtration through sand show that a slight proportion of the matters
in solution is removed (probably b}^ oxidation) , but not enough to
render the process, in this respect, of much value.
36 City Document No. 108.
Unfortunately, much of that which is dangerous to health in
sewage is in solution ; hence the filtration of water thus polluted
fails to restore its salubrity.
During the past summer, and in that of 1876, the Mystic water
was rendered unfit for many domestic purposes by the presence of
immense quantities of algoi, a low order of plants which multiply
with marvellous rapidity, diff"using themselves throughout large
bodies of water in a single da}', apparently.
There is no evidence that these algce are injurious to health, but
when present in large numbers they give a disagreeable odor to the
water and render its use extremely distasteful.
Experiments made b}^ Mr. Fteley show that they may be com-
pletely removed from the water by careful filtration through sand ;
but the experience of Poughkeepsie, in this country, and of Berlin
and other cities in Germany, shows that the filtering process does
not arrest the spores of the plants ; at least, in those cities vegeta-
ble growth has appeared anew in the filtered waters when stored.
There are special difficulties attending the filtration of water in a
climate subject to extremes of temperature. In the winter the
water on the filter beds freezes, and thick bodies of ice often form,
which require to be removed at a considerable cost when cleaning
or repair of the filtering surfaces is needed.
In the summer the hot sun acts upon the sand-beds through a
shallow stratum of water, heating the water, and thus rendering it
possible for plants to grow upon the surface of the filters. This
growth seriously interferes with the action of the filtei's and neces-
sitates frequent cleaning.
Both of these troubles may be obviated by covering the beds by
arches or roofs, and it is probable that the growth of algce in the
filtered water may be prevented by covering the clear water res-
ervoir.
No estimate has been made of the cost of covering the reservoirs,
but an approximate estimate, amounting to $80,000, has been made
of the cost of building substantial sheds over the filters.
An important matter which must be considered in discussing the
question of expediency is that o^ waste of water.
In my last annual report I showed that about one-half the water
supplied to the city was wasted ; now it is obvious that filtration
is too expensive an operation to apply to water which is to serve
no useful purpose, but which is simply to be thrown away.
If the consumption can be reduced to proper limits, and I know
of no sound reason why it should not be, then filtration of the en-
tire supply can be resorted to without throwing a serious burden
upon the city. It ma}^ be well to say here, that already the con-
sumption of the M3'stic water exceeds the quantit}' which its source,
with its present storage capacity, can furnish in a season of great
drought (see City Doc. No. 85, page 14, 1874), and that the pres-
ent condition of the lake gives warning that either active measures
must be taken to reduce the consumption, or large expenditures
must be at once made to increase the suppl3^
East Boston has been supplied from the Cochituate works for the
past four months. Had it been connected with the Mystic works
Eepoet of the Water Board. 37
during that time, Mystic lake would have been practically ex-
hausted some days ago.
From what precedes it will be seen that filtration is only a par-
tial remedy for pollution by sewage ; that when carefully conducted
it is a sufficient remedy for pollution by vegetable growth ; and that
it is an expensive process, but that its cost may be brought within
reasonable limits if waste of water is first prevented.
If the vegetable growth shall prove as troublesome in the future
as it has in the past few years, then, beyond doubt, some step,
such as by filtration, by connecting with the Cochituate works, by
seeking a new source, or by employing temporary expedients,
must be taken to furnish the consumers of the Mystic water with a
purer supply ; but I am of the opinion that it is inexpedient to
build filters at the present time.
JOSEPH P. DAVIS,
City Engineer.
EEPORT OF PROF. W. R. NICHOLS TO THE CITY
ENGINEER.
To H. M. WiGHTMAN, Esq., Oity Engineer: —
Dear Sir, — I submit herewith in tabular form the results of
such chemical examinations of Cochituate and Mystic water as have
been made in my laboratory during the past year. The anal34i-
cal work has been performed under my direction by Mr. "W. W.
Macfarlane, S.B., and I have full confidence in the accuracy of
the results.
Cochituate Water.
The quality of the water delivered from the Cochituate works
has been generally good. As in the case of all surface waters, a
good filter will remove, at any time, more or less of animalcules
and vegetable fragments, but there is no evidence that the presence
of the small quantity of these foreign substances in the water
actually used for drinking gives to it any unwholesome quality.
During a portion of the year a very considerable amount of water
has been contributed bj^the Sudbury-river works ; and, as a result,
at times the water as drawn in the city has been quite strongly
colored. For a few da3^s, during which, as I understood, experi-
ments were being made on the flow of the water in the aqueduct,
the water had rather a marked unpleasant taste, evidently due to
the vegetable matter taken up in the storage basins. The bene-
ficial eflects of exposing a water of this character to the air, in an
open conduit or by passing through a reservoir, are very marked.
Table I. contains the results of the examination of the water as
drawn in the Laboratory of the Massachusetts Institute of Tech-
nolog}'. The method employed is that known as Frankland's, some
description of which was given in the last report of the Water
Board. For the benefit of those to whom this method is yet un-
familiar, I may state that it consists in evaporating a certain quan-
tity of the water to dryness, under suitable conditions, and sub-
jecting the dry residue which remains to a process of organic
analj^sis, in a closed vessel, in such a manner as to convert all the
carbon and nitrogen of the organic matter into gaseous substances,
which are collected and measured. The carbon and nitrogen are
spoken of as organic carbon and organic nitrogen respectively, and
they are sometimes taken , together and spoken of as the organic
elements. The method is difficult and tedious, requiring the use of
expensive and frangible apparatus, and consuming considerable
time ; for these reasons it can never be popular. Moreover, as is
the case with eveiy method employed for obtaining indications of
the amount and character of the organic matter in the water, the
Eeport of the Water Board.
39
results must be interpreted by a knowledge of the source from
which the water is derived, and of its surroundings. It must be
borne in mind, moreover, that the sum of the amounts of organic
carbon and organic nitrogen does not represent the actual amount
of organic matter present, for most organic substances which occur
in natural waters contain in addition a larger or smaller amount
of ox3'gen and of hydrogen ; how much, in any particular case, we
cannot tell. In interpreting the results it is felt that considerable
importance attaches to the relative proportion of carbon to nitrogen,
for it is, in general, true that organic matter of vegetable origin
contains a larger proportion of carbon, while organic matter of
animal origin contains a larger proportion of nitrogen. ^
Table I. — Examination of Boston Water.
(Results expressed as so many parts by weight in 100,000 parts by weight of the water.)
Date.
1879.
June 26 . . .
July 2 . . .
..,
zo
31
Aug.
7
<■
14
"
21
28
Sept
4
«
11
•'
18
"
25
Oct.
2
«
9
((
16
"
23
"
30
Nov.
21
Dec.
4
'<
19
Temperature
in Centigrade
22.1
23.2
24.1
26.7
20.7
20.5
20.3
20.1
19.5
17.9
17.7
18.9
16.9
15.5
12.3
amo
Carbon.
0.386
0.377
0.376
0.384
0.339
0.398
0.405
0.432
0.365
0.401
0.436
0.443
0.444
0.404
0.386
0.409
0.367
0.402
0.407
0.449
0.450
Organic
itrogen.
Sum of the
Organic
Elements.
Ratio.
Carbon
Nitrogen.
0.022
0.408
17.5
0.026
0.403
14.5
0.030
0.406
12.5
0.048
0.432
8.0
0.029
0.368
11.7
0.029 •
0.427
13.7
0.027
0.432
15.0
0.053
0.485
8.2
0.073
0.438
5.0
0.063
0.464
6.4
0.042
0.478
10.4
0.072
0.515
6.1
0.069
0.513
6.4
0.065
0.469
6.2
0.038
0.424
10.1
0.034
0.443
12.0
0.049
0.416
7.5
0.049
0.451
8.2
0.062
0.469
6.6
0.042
0.491
10.7
0.051
0.501
8.8
^ For a fuller discussion of Frankland's method, see Report of Massachusetts State
Board of Health, Lunacy and Charity, 1880. Department of Health, pp. Ill, etseq.
40
City Document No. 108. ♦
Table I. — Continued.
Date.
Temperature
in Centigrade
Degrees.
Organic
Carbon.
Organic
Nitrogen.
Sum of the
Organic
Elements.
Ratio.
Carbon
Nitrogen.
18SO.
Jan. 1 . . .
" 16. . .
" 23. . .
" 31 . . .
Feb. 5. . .
" 12.
" 19.
" 25.
Mar. 4 ,
" 11.
» 18.
" 26 .
April 1 .
" 9,
" 16.
" 22,
May 6 ,
" 13.
'• 21
" 28',
3.3
3.3
3.6
2.9
4.0
3.0
3.1
6.3
4.2
6.8
4.2
4.8
9.2
9.8
18.2
15.6
15.8
18.8
Mean of 42 samples
0.500
0.545
0.694
0.614
0.659
0.668
0.723
0.592
0.526
0.582
0.443
0.413
0.438
0.368
0.446
0.39T
0.360
0.325
0.361
0.423
0.447
0.453
0.055
0.064
0.064
0.041
0.061
0.072
0.063
0.051
0.064
0.047
0.071
0.060
0.037
0.046
0.048
0.044
0.047
0.046
0.063
0.034
0.075
0.051
0.555
0.609
0.758
0.655
0.720
0.740
0.786
0.643
0.590
0.629
0.514
0.473
0.475
0.414
0.494
0.441
0.407
0.371
0.424
0.457
0.522
0.503
9.0
8.5
10.8
15.0
10.8
9.3
11.5
11.6
8.2
12.4
6.2
6.9
11.8
7.9
9.3
9.0
7.7
7.1
5.7
12.4
6.0
S.9
Mystic Water.
The samples of Mystic water have been furnished me from the
office in Charlestown. The results of the examination are presented
in Table II., together with the record of the examination of samples
taken from the Mystic pond itself during a portion of the 3'ear.
These samples were taken two feet below the surface, at a point
some distance from the shore where the water is usually about 75
feet deep.
Eeport of the Water Board.
41
Tarle II. — Examination of 3Iystic Water.
(Results expressed as so many parts by weight in 100,000 parts by weight of the water.)
Date.
Locality.
Ml-
.2 ffl
§ ?
o 5 g
a
•2 5
a
So
o
.i
a
o
a
a
■<
, 6
.sa
sa
.OS
3I
isro.
June 19 . .
Charlestown
0.390
0.083
0.473
4.7
. .
. .
. .
" 26 . .
"
0.395
0.088
0.483
4.5
. .
July 3 . .
"
0.445
0.056
0.501
7.9
. .
9.6
" 10. .
<<
0.762
0.100
0.862
7.6
. .
10.0
" 17. .
"
0.716
0.112
0.828
6.4
. .
. .
10.2
" 24. .
'<
. .
. .
0.004
0.033
10.5
" 31. .
II
0.782
0.126
0.908
6.2
0.005
0.037
10.8
Aug. 7 . .
"
0.727
0.082
0.809
8.9
0.004
0.033
. .
" 14. .
(1
0.483
0.065
0.548
7.4
0.004
0.024
10.2
" 21. .
II
0.400
0.107
0.507
3.7
0.006
0.024
10.4
<• 28. .
"
0.455
0.100
0.555
4.5
0.005
0.023
10.7
Sept. 4. .
"
. .
. .
0.003
0.019
9.8
" 11. .
II
0.407
0.112
0.519
3.6
0.004
0.021
9.5
" 18. .
'«
0.330
0.081
0.411
4.1
0.002
0.020
9.7
" 25 . .
"
0.352
0.062
0.414
5.7
0.004
0.020
9.6
Oct. 2. .
II
0.364
0.059
0.423
6.2
0.004
0.016
9.8
" 9. .
11
0.328
0.022
0.350
14.5
0.007
0.016
10.1
" 16. .
"
0.315
0.021
0.336
15.0
0.001
0.013
9.6
" 18 . .
Mystic Pond
. .
0.001
0.016
9.7
" 23. .
Charlestown
0.316
0.055
0.371
5.7
0.003
0.013
9.7
" 30 . .
"
0.323
0.063
0.386
5.1
0.003
0.013
Nov. 7. .
<i
0.301
0.056
0.357
6.4
0.005
0.013
10.0
« 8. .
Mystic Pond
0.807
0.067
0.364
5.4
0.007
0.012
9.6
" 15. .
"
0.401
0.043
0.444
9.3
0.008
0.013
9.6
'< 20 . .
Charlestown
0.374
0.056
0.430
6.6
0.005
0.009
9.4
" 22. .
Mystic Pond
0.S06
0.036
0.342
8.6
0.013
0.013
9.7
Deo. 4. .
Charlestown
0.275
0.022
0.297
12.5
0.009
0.011
9.9
" 8. .
Mystic Pond
0.269
0.043
0.312
6.3
0.011
0.013
9.2
1880.
Jan. 1 . .
Charlestown
0.315
0.046
0.361
6.8
0.012
0.013
9.9
" 15 . .
"
0.313
0.054
0.367
5.8
0.012
0.011
10.2
" 30 . .
Mystic Pond
0.336
0.043
0.378
7.8
0.063
0.019
10.9
Feb. 5 . .
Charlestown
0.376
0.066
0.441
5.7
0.025
0.018
11.0
" 6 . .
Mystic Pond
0.401
0.096
0.496
4.0
0.040
0.023
11.4
42
City Document No. 108.
Table II. — Continued.
Date.
Locality.
|l
OQ
"a so
||
o s a
a 'Ss
m *^
Si
s
.2 '
'3
o
a
si
li..
. o a
P
Fel3. 12. ,
Charlestown . .
0.442
0.060
0.502
7.4
0.037
0.018
11.4
" 17. .
Mystic Pond . .
0.471
0.057
0.628
8.8
0.025
0.021
8.8
" 19 . .
Charlestown . .
0.421
0.044
0.465
9.6
0.035
0.020
10.1
" 26 . .
"
0.346
0.039
0.385
8.9
0.031
0.016
10.4
March 4 . .
"
0.347
0.039
0.386
8.9
0.033
0.016
9.9
" 6. .
Mystic Pond . .
0.849
0.040
0.889
8.7
0.044
0.017
10.3
" n. .
Charlestown . .
0.356
0.062
0.418
5.7
0.027
0.016
9.7
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0.314
0.060
0.374
6.3
0.027
0.013
9.9
<• 25. .
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0.322
0.062
0.384
5.2
0.027
0.015
10.4
April 1 . .
"
0.309
0.046
0.354
6.9
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10.3
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Mystic Pond . .
0.278
0.046
0.319
5.9
0.040
0.016
10.1
" 9. .
Charlestown . .
0.297
0.044
0.341
6.8
0.024
0.016
10.7
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Mystic Pond . .
• .
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0.041
0.017
10.2
" 16. .
Charlestown . .
0.361
0.054
0.415
6.7
0.020
0.017
10.6
" 22. .
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0.297
0.060
0.357
4.9
0.013
0.016
10.8
«' 29 . .
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10.4
May 3 . .
Mystic Pond . .
0.386
0.061
0.447
6.8
0.087
0.020
10.2
" 6. .
Charlestown . .
0.256
0.054
0.310
4.7
0.007
0.017
10.7
" 12. .
Mystic Pond . .
0.366
0.082
0.448
4.4
0.081
0.021
10.6
" 13. .
Charlestown . .
0.333
0.068
0.401
4.9
0.008
0.016
10.9
" 20 . .
"
0.359
0.073
0.432
4.9
0.008
0.016
10.5
" 24. .
Mystic Pond . .
0.332
0.046
0.877
7.4
0.031
0.021
10.6
" 27. .
Charlestown . .
0.358
0.061
0.419
6.9
0.009
0.021
10.8
June, '79, )
to >
May, '80, )
Charlestown )
Mean of 35-39 [
samples . . )
0.392
0.065
0.457
6.0
■ 0.012
0.018
9.9
Oct., '79, )
to [
May '80, )
Mystic Pond "1
(surface.) 1
Mean of 12-14 f
samples . . J
0.849
0.054
0.408
6.5
0.028
0.018
10.0
Oct., '79, )
to \
May, '80, )
Charlestown )
Mean of 19-20 [
samples 1 . . )
0.339
0.053
0.392
6.6
0.019
0.015
9.8
1 This average is made up from the samples drawn in Charlestown during the time within
which samples from the pond have also been examined.
In studying the figures in the foregoing table we see very clearly
one fact to which I have frequently called attention, namelj', the
great variation to which surface-waters are subject, and especially
in respect to the organic matter which they contain. On this
account it is seldom possible to form a just idea of the general
Eeport of the Water Board.
43
character of such a water from a single examination. This varia-
tion is rendered very large in the present instance because, during
the summer, there was in Mystic pond, and in the water as drawn
in the citj^, a ver}' large amount of certain microscopic plants
belonging to the algce^ and similar to those which occurred in
such quantities in Horn pond in 1876.1 j^ f^ii description of these
plants, with a plate, occurs in the Report of the State Board of
Health, Lunacy, and Charity, for 1880.
In order that the effect of their presence may appear more clearly,
I have prepared Table IH,, in which we have the results presented,
first in monthly averages, and then in averages for certain periods
into which there seemed to be a natural division. The algce became
numerous enough to awaken complaint and apprehension after the
middle of July, and the trouble was at its height in the latter part
of Jul}' and during August.
Table III. -^ Examination of Mystic Water.
(Results expressed in parts in 100,000.)
Date.
18T9.
June
July
August
September . . .
October
November . . .
December ....
1880.
January ....
February ....
March
April
May
1879.
Junel9 — July 3
July 10— Aug. 7
Aug. 14— Sept 11
Sept. 18— May 27,
Number of Samples.
Mean of 2 samples
4
4
3
5
2
1
Sum of the
Organic
Elements.
0.478
0.775
0.605
0.448
0.333
0.393
0.297
0.364
0.469
0.390
0.389
0.390
0.486
0.852
0.526
0.3S9
"Albuminoid
Ammonia."
0.0351
0.026
0.020
0.014
0.011
0.011
0.012
0.019
0.015
0.0162
0.017
0.034
0.022
0.016
1 Mean of two samples.
2 Mean of three samples.
1 See First Annual Report of Boston Water Board, 1877.
44
City Document No. 108.
Even in the absence of any abnormal condition sucli as was
caused this summer b}' the growth of aigfce, there is at times a con-
siderable variation in the amount and character of the organic
matter in the water, as, for instance, in October, 1879, when, on
the 9th and 16th of the month, the nitrogen was very much below
the usual amount ; as again on December 4th. That such changes
should take place is not at all surprising, although we may not be
able to explain the reason why in each particular case. The water
is taken from near the surface of the pond, flows in a conduit for
some distance to the pumping-station, is pumped into an open res-
ervoir, and thence distributed into the city. "We know that the
organic matter in natural water undergoes change with greater or
less rapidity, owing to the diflerence of temperature, to the action
of the wind, to the length of time during which the water is exposed
to the sun and air in the reservoir, and to other such causes.
That the considerable variation in the amount and relative pro-
portion of the organic carbon and organic nitrogen is not peculiar
to M3^stic water, may be seen from Table IV., compiled ' from the
Sixth Report of the Rivers Pollution Commission, which shows
the variation in the water of the several companies which supply
the city of London, Eng. The same thing is true in other plac6s
as well.
Table IV. — Variation in Monthly Samples of London Water, 1873.
(Results expressed in parts in 100,000.)
Organic Carbon.
Organic Nitrogen.
Name of Company.
<0
sis
ag
§ S <u
■a 5 a
C4 .
1-1 CQ
a o
a^ a
0.447
0.341
0.396
0.412
0.449
0.257
0.333
0.121
0.114
0.118
0.117
0.180
0.059
0.109
0.197
0.173
0.186
0.183
0.206
0.107
0.175
0.067
0.055
0.060
0.050
0.065
0.032
0.082
0.013
0.015
0.020
0.016
0.021
0.010
0.015
0.034
0.028
Southwark
0.030
0.032
0.040
0.018
0.035
In order to judge of the general character of the Mystic water,
as shown by the results of Frankland's method of analysis, we have
the necessary material in Table V., from which it appears that the
total amount of organic matter, as indicated b}' the organic carbon
and nitrogen, would be somewhat less than in Cochituate, were it
not for the increase brought about by the development during the
summer months of the algcB, to which allusion has been made. It
Eepoet of the Water Board. 45
appears, however, that, on the whole, there is a larger proportion
of nitrogen in the Mystic than in the Cochituate water ; and this
agrees with what we know of the character of the respective water-
sheds. Considering also that the total dissolved substances,
organic and inorganic, amount to twice as much in the Mystic as
in the Cochituate supply, we must regard the latter as the better
water ; the examination shows, however, as far as chemical exam-
ination can show, that, in spite of the polluting influences which
have been at work in the ponds and streams supplying Mystic
pond, the water, in its normal condition, is still good, and well
suited for domestic supply.
There is one other point to which allusion might be made. In
pursuit of some inquiries in which I have been engaged, I have had
made a number of chemical examinations of the water of Mystic
pond at the depth of eighteen feet, and also at the bottom of the pond.
Since January we have been able, by having a buoy anchored in
the pond, to take the samples at the same point where the water
is seventy-five feet deep. Previous to that time we did not always
succeed in finding the same spot, and some of the bottom samples
were taken at a depth of fifty feet only. Being unable for the
present to prosecute the research which I had planned, I should
like to put the results thus far obtained on permanent record.
They are included in tables VI. and VII.
Respectfully submitted,
WM. RIPLEY NICHOLS.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June, 1880.
46
City Document No. 108.
Table V. — Comparison of 3fystic and other Waters.
(Results expressed in parts in 100,000.)
Date.
June, 1879— May, 1880
Sept. 18, 1879—5
27,1880 . . . .
Jan., 1879— June, 1879
June, 1879— May, 1880
Jan., 1879— June, 1879
May, 1873— May, 1874
Mystic water as drawn in
Charlestown. Mean of 39
samples
Mystic water as above, — omit-
ting the samples taken while
the algm were abundant.
Mean of 28 samples
Boston water (Cochituate Lake
and Sudbury River). Mean
of 22 samples!
Boston water. Mean of 42
samples
Fresh Pond, 2 Cambridge. Mean
of 11 samples
Loch Katrine water ,3 Glasgow,
Scotland. Mean of 12 sam-
ples
Unpolluted surface waters.*
Mean of 195 samples ....
o
o
II
o
si
c so
0)
. .S H
li
0.392
0.065
0.457
0.336
0.053
0.389
0.408
0.052
0.460
0.452
0.051
0.503
0.417
6.074
0.491
0.197
0.018
0.215
0.322
0.032
0.354
Ratio.
Carbon
Nitrogen.
6.3
7.9
5.6
10.9
10.0
1 Third Annual Report of Boston "Water Board, 1879.
2 These samples were taken from the pond itself, and the results do not claim to represent
the water as delivered in Cambridge.
3 Sixth Report of Rivers Pollution Commission, p. 347.
* Sixth Report of Rivers Pollution Commission, p. 425.
Report of the Water Board.
47
Table VI. — Examination of Water in Mystic Lahe.
(Kesults expressed in parts in 100,000.)
Date.
Depth below Surface.
Ammonia.
"Albuminoid
Ammonia."
Total Solids.
Oct. 18, 1879 .
Nov. 8, 1879 .
Nov. 15, 1879
Nov. 22, 1879
Dec. 8, 1879 .
Jan. 30, 1880
Feb. 6, 1880 .
Feb. 17, 1880
March 6, 1880
April 5, 1880
April 14, 1880
May 12, 1880
May 24, 1880
June 3, 1880 .
18 feet
*•
0.001
0.008
0.008
0.015
0.011
0.031
0.035
0.041
0.040
0.040
0.040
0.032
0.040
0.036
0.017
0.011
0.013
0.013
0.011
0.016
0.019
. 0.016
0.016
0.013
0.016
0.016
0.016
0.017
9.1
9.6
9.6
9.8
9.6
11.1
11.1
10.8
10.4
10.2
10.4
10.5
10.6
10.3
Average . .
....
0.027
0.015
10.2
48
City Document No. 108.
Table VII. — Examination of Water in Mystic Lake.
(Results expressed in parts in 100,000.)
Date.
Depth below
Surface.
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la
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o
o
m
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o
a
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p S
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m
1
Oct. 18, 1879 , - -
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0.007
0.009
0.011
0.011
7.8
Nov. 8, <•
50
0.307
0.047
0.354
9.6
Nov. 15, "
60
0.606
0.106
0.712
0.023
0.027
11.6
Nov. 22, '<
50
0.309
0.047
0,356
0.016
0.017
9.6
Dec. 8, «<
64
0.288
0.041
0.329
0.011
0.008
9.7
Jan. SO, 1880
70-78
0.403
0.033
0.436
0.027
0.016
11.8
Feb. 6, "
70-78
0.514
0.071
0.585
0.080
0.019
11.8
Feb. 17, "
70-78
0.440
0.096
0.536
0.075
0.017
11.5
March 6, "
70-78
0.312
0.032
0.344
0.040
0.015
9.5
April 6, "
70-78
0.287
0.037
0.324
0.041
0.013
10.2
April 14, "
70-78
0.295
0.086
0.381
0.043
0.017
10.3
May 3, "
May 12, "
70-78
70-78
0.048
0.064
0.019
0.016
10.1
0.338
0.063
0.401
10.3
May 24, "
70-78
0.363
0.083
0.446
0.064
0.015
10.5
June 3, "
70-78
0.318
0.077
0.395
0.049
0.016
10.6
Average at bottom
Average at 18 ft. fro
Average at top dur
Oct , '79 Jupp '8
0.368
0.063
0.431
0.040
0.027
0.016
0.015
10.3
n top (Table VI ) .
10.2
ing the same time,
0
0.S49
0.339 •
0.054
0.053
0.403
0.392
0.028
0.019
0.018
0.015
10.0
Average as dra
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0.074
0.509
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0.638
0.196
5 . . .
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6 . . .
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0.173
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0.160
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7 . . .
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0.156
0.622
0.810
8 . . .
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0.198
0.288
0.051
9 . . .
1.144
0.028
0.107
0.040
0.018
10 . . .
. . .
0.566
. . .
11 . . .
0.001
1.406
1.316
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. . .
0.056
0.092
. . .
0.163
12 • . .
0.064
0.270
13 . . .
0.478
14 . .
0 068
0.108
0.395
15 ...
0.030
1.038
16 . . .
0.928
. . .
0.268
0.382
0.814
0.387
. . .
0.018
17 . . .
. . .
0.919
. . .
. . .
0.010
. . .
. . .
. . .
18 . . .
0.018
0.416
0.003
0.206
5.754
0.012
0.262
0.660
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2.030
0.048
20 . . .
0.020
0.440
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. . .
1.050
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. . .
0.090
21 . . .
0.004
0.156
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0.012
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22 . . .
0.010
0.040
0.005
0.020
0.031
0.003
0.704
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1.176
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. . .
0.125
24 . . .
0.002
0.044
0.356
0.514
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0.024
26 . . .
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0.480
0.102
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. . .
0.354
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27 . . .
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0.612
. . .
0.016
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1.642
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29 . . .
0.018
1.064
0.217
0.752
0.016
0.004
0.007
0.404
0.605
0.105
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0.53
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31 . .
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0.691
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2.478
3.562
5.140
4.716
1.679
3.789
3.933
6.509
1.878
0.809
2.682
4.344
Total for the year 41.419 inches
Being an average from five gauges, located at Framingham Centre, Southboro', Marlboro',
Westboro', and Hopkinton.
Report of the Water Board.
59
Table showing Rainfall at Lake Cochituate for the year 1879.
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0.28
0.26
0.48
0.70
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0.18
0.26
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7 . . . .
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0.13
0.54
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0.60
0.02
0.14
0.14
0.28
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10 ...
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1.16
0.12
0.06
1.26
0.05
0.19
0.02
0.06
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12 ... .
13 ... .
0.03
0.48
0.17
14. . . .
15. . . .
16. . . .
17 ... .
0.64
0.10
0.87
0.26
0.18
0.18
1.00
0.04
0.82
0.52
0.08
0.04
0.02
1.03
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0.04
0.22
0.15
5.50
0.22
0.05
0.68
0.21
19 ... .
1.70
0.92
0.03
20 ... .
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0.35
21 ... .
0.15
22 ... .
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0.09
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0.26
0.28
0.38
0.02
0.03
0.36
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1.02
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26. . . .
27 ... .
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0.72
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29 ... .
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0.72
0.44
0.58
0.18
0.85
0.13
0.10
0.60
0.67
0.11
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0.60
0.55
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2.00
3.05
3.90
4.69
1.20
4.14
3.38
6.43
1.74
0.90
2.98
3.60
Total for the year 38.01 Inches.
60 City Document No. 108.
Table showing Rainfall on Mystic Water-shed for the year 1879.
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0.085
0.40
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0.60
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0.54
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0.60
0.045
0.02
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0.15
0.02
0.19
8 . . . .
0.09
0.09
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0.19
0.47
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0.78
0.04
0.22
0.02
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0.86
0.01
0.05
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1.17
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0.06
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0.05
0.21
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0.97
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0.02
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0.02
0.02
0.01
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0.22
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0.01
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0.37
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13. . . .
0.02
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0.02
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14. . . .
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0.12
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0.02
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0.28
0.01
0.86
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. . .
. . .
0.33
. . .
1.39
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16 ... .
0.40
0.01
0.17
0.69
0.53
0.83
0.06
0.23
0.07
1.24
0.01
0.03
0.03
0.425
0.06
0.98
0.18
3.80
0.03
17 ... .
18 ... .
0.03
0.305
0.73
0.28
19 ... .
0.04
20 ... .
0.02
0.18
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21 ... .
0.09
22 ... .
0.24
0.03
0.02
0.05
0.72
23, . . .
0.02
. . .
0.93
0.16
. . .
24 ... .
0.30
0.055
0.55
25 ... .
0.48
0.55
0.03
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0.20
. . .
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. . .
0.02
27 ... .
0.01
1.03
. . .
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0.895
. . .
28 ... .
0.06
0.21
0.07
0.55
0.91
0.13
0.06
0.21
0.645
0.02
0.10
0.37
0.52
29 ... .
0.16
30 ... .
31. . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
0.57
Totals .
1.82
2.73
3.52
4.645
1.86
3.985
2.385
5.485
1.60
0.765
2.765
3.74
Total for the year 35.30 inches.
Being an average of two gauges, located at Mystic Lake and Mystic Station.
Report of the Water Board.
61
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City Document No. 108.
Table showing the Amount of Evaporation at Chestnut-Hill Reservoir and
the Temperature of Air and Water at different Stations on the Water
Works.
Evaporation
IN Inches.
Tempebatuke of Air.
Temp, or
Water.
Chestnut-Hill
Chestnut-Hill
Parker-Hill
B'line
Mystic
18T9.
Reservoir.
Reservoir.
Reservoir.
Res.
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3
a
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48
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22
49
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21
34
33
52
2
24
47
5
22
35
34
54
73
6
20
30
42
53
68
6
18
31
42
36
37
34
36
May
5.59
6.30
92
36
.61
87
37
60
50
53
June
5.54
6.50
94
43
65
90
43
63
65
64
July
6.41
7.75
91
44
71
89
49
69
71
70
August ....
5.33
6.72
92
48
68
91
50
68
69
67
September . .
3.80
5.33
87
31
61
84
35
60
62
62
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2.99
4.36
83
20
57
82
24
56
51
52
68
61
7
3
38
82
66
59
8
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38
32
40
36
40
34
WATEE EEGISTEAE'S EEPOET, 1880.
Office of the Watee Eegistrar,
City Hall, Boston, May 1, 1880.
L. R. Cutter, Esq.,
Ohairman of the Boston Water Board : —
Sir, — The Water Registrar, in compliance with the re-
quirements of the ordinances, herewith presents his annual
report for the year ending with April 30, 1880.
The total number of water-takers now entered for the
year 1880 is 52,268, being an increase since January 1,
1879, of 745.
The total number of cases where the water has been
turned off for non-payment of rates during the year is
1,367 ; of this number 1,004 have been turned on, leaving a
balance of 363 still remaining off.
The total revenue received from the sale of
water on account of the year ending April
30, 1880, is $968,540 73
From the sale of water furnished in previous
years 57,067 09
From the Mystic Department for Cochituate
water furnished East Boston from July
23 to December 24, 1879 . . . 19,172 70
Total . . . . . . $1,044,780 52
The total revenue received
from East Boston for the
year is ... . $67,559 80
Of this amount there has been
paid to the Mystic Depart-
ment, as per contract . 44,013 24
In addition to the above there has been re-
ceived for turning on water, in cases
where it had been turned off for non-
payment of rates, the sum of . . . 1,988 00
Received for summons .... 1,624 25
Total $1,048,392 77
64 City Document No. 108.
The estimated amount of income from the
sale of water during the year ending
April 30, 1881 $970,000 00
The expenditures of my office during the
year 1879 have been .... $23,921 77
METERS.
The total number of meters now attached to the premises
of water-takers is 1,097.
Of this number 680 are |-inch ; 348 1-inch ; 47 2-inch ;
18 3-iDch ; 4 4-inch sizes.
In addition there are 157 elevators and 40 motors, with
indicators attached, to determine the quantity of water con-
sumed.
Eeport of the Water Board.
65
The following' table exhibits the class of premises to which
meters are attached, together with the amount of revenue
received during the year : —
Name.
Eevere House. . . .
American House. .
Parker House ....
U. S. Hotel
Tremont House . .
Young's Hotel
Adams House ....
Hotel Berkeley. ..
Albion Building . . .
Hotel Pelham .
Hotel Boylston
La Grange House. .
St. Cloud
Hotel Clarendon. . .
Seaver House
Evans House
Park-square Hotel .
Hotel Kempton . . . .
Hotel Hamilton . . .
Hotel Vendome . . . .
Coolidge House . . .
Hancock House . . .
Merrimac House . • .
Stanley House
Class.
Hotel
Amount car' dforw'd I I.. .. 83,513,370
Gallons.
6,411,114
9,806,108
10,361,328
7,868,364
8,849,379
12,035,993
6,889,508
2,668,891
1,751,033
1,732,112
2,948,941
394,787
1,281,204
1,498,884
263,676
1,021,013
302,641
1,289,273
1,410,909
2,295,634
1,648,637
155,559
223,966
404,416
Revenue.
^1,364 81
2,074 63
2,198 87
1,682 18
1,874 56
2,534 35
1,465 43
573 57
374 37
366 72
618 77
83 50
274 81
322 68
55 29
218 84
62 77
276 19
304 08
514 92
345 83
31 10
47 80
86 87
r,752 84
66
Keport of the Water Board.
Name.
Avioujit br'tforw'd . •
International Hotel . .
Hotel Alexander
Hotel Brunswick ....
Park's Hotel
Derby House
City Hotel
Hotel Albermarle
Ashland House
Hotel Columbus
Hotel Glover
Merchants' Hotel....
M. J. Flatley
New England House
Winthrop House ....
Dooley's Hotel
Falmouth House . • • •
Job A. Turner
Milliken House
Bell's Hotel
Everett House
Metropolitan House . .
Commonwealth Hotel
St. James Hotel
Massachusetts House,
Bay State House ....
Mariner's House
Class.
Hotel
Amount car'dforw'd.
Gallons.
83,513,370
2,531,583
1,488,339
7,745,881
521,866
455,341
331,043
897,728
451,674
2,153,055
692,858
170,693
124,238
783,032
572,098
97,876
317,101
264,759
448,059
1,775,349
195,377
1,715,732
2,513,326
2,950,133
97,575
493,291
297,945
Revenue.
17,752 84
533 68
316 52
1,658 17
110 77
96 65
68 32
191 91
95 19
456 70
147 42
36 53
26 19
165 19
120 71
21 03
67 43
66 41
95 72
380 30
41 07
365 27
527 12
629 32
20 60
107 32
61 86
113,599,3221 $24,150 24
Report of the Water Board.
67
Name.
Amount br't for'wd . ■
Robertson House .-. . .
Boston Hotel
Creighton House
Van Eensselaer
Quincy House
Marston House
Crawford House
Pavilion House
Norfolk House
Hampton House
Hotel Agassiz
Phillips House
Albany House
Cattle Fair Hotel
Phoenix House
Hotel Huntington
Hotel Cluny
Stinson House
John D. Miller
Moody Merrill
New Marlboro' Hotel.
Hotel Hoffman
Geo. W. Marks & Co.
Hotel Bristol (3 mo.)
Old Colony and New-
port Railroad Co. • .
Class.
Hotel .
Gallons.
11
113,599,322
197,221
255,055
4,517,791
531,046
2,072,154
754,869
2,992,591
651,638
637,366
550,779
1,945,253
97,006
325,493
330,271
266,514
1,204,861
3,559,374
216,210
229,223
1,649,386
307,094
280,506
16,038
414,203
23,057,672
Revenue.
?24,150 24
42 63
54 62
959 97
114 11
438 20
160 02
638 36
137 81
136 40
120 73
421 15
20 09
69 96
68 07
55 63
256 42
765 65
45 62
49 07
350 15
63 61
56 09
t
3 20
82 84
4,888 36
Amount cm-'dforw'd.
160,658,936
1,149 00
68
City Document No. 108.
Kame.
ATTkount br'^t forw'd
Boston and Albany
Railroad Co
Boston and Maine
Railroad Co
Boston and Lowell
Railroad Co
Eitchburg Railroad Co,
Eastern Railroad Co..
New York and New
England R.R. Co. .
Boston and Provi-
dence Railroad Co.
Boston, Revere Beach,
and Lynn R.R. Co.
Boston, Winthrop and
Pt. Shirley R.R. Co.
Boston Gas Light Co.
So. Boston Gas L't Co.
E. Boston Gas L't Co.
Roxbury Gas L't Co. .
Dorchester Gas L't Co.
Standard Sugar Re-
finery
Jasper Sugar Refinery
Continental Sugar Re-
finery -
Bay State Sugar Re-
finery
Oxnard Sugar Refin-
ery
Boston Sugar Refinery
Bay State Rolling Mill
Class.
17
Amount car' dforw'd 416,298,192
G-allons.
160,658,936
36,674,772
5,317,411
6,121,141
5,326,502
6,850,061
15,561,842
16,411,382
4,990,433
296,625
30,242,279
810,302
1,176,390
990,728
557,979
64,091,349
64,230
23,867,250
14,934,300
3,392,013
181,850
17,780,417
Revenue.
^34,149 00
7,779 74
1,122 15
1.296 17
1,119 17
1,444 52
3.297 38
3,460 54
1,051 55
62 04
6,523 14
174 91
250 27
422 42
117 23
13,653 13
15 37
4,976 55
3,053 97
683 64
25 12
3,646 33
3,324 34
Eeport of the Water Board.
69
Name.
Amount ir't forw'd.
Norway Iron Works
Highland Spring
Brewery
Edward Habich
J. W. Kenney
King & Lang
H. &J. Pfaff
Marshall Brewery . . .
A. J. Houghton & Co.,
Hallock St
A. J. Houghton & Co.,
Station st
Boylston Brewery. . . .
Gottleib Burkhardt . .
John Roessle
Jones, Cook, & Co. . .
Boston Beer Co
Conrad Decker
Suffolk Brewing Co. .
Burton Brewery
Elmwood Spring
Brewery
Vincent & Hathaway.
Moses Fairbanks &
Co
Coburn, Lang, & Co.
Comstock, Gove, &
Co
Isaac Pratt, Jr.
Amount car' d forw'd.
Class.
Brewery
Beer
Factory.
Building
Gallons.
416,298,192
25,200,308
5,617,575
2,869,269
1,469,634
161,355
5,641,725
730,614
960,819
1,870,982
2,215,110
633,939
8,082,825
7,033,448
5,966,018
1,081,621
6,257,625
660,750
841,006
471,016
729,939
273,511
269,574
1,057,208
496,394,063
Eevenue.
88,324 34
5,347 42
1,198 28
612 03
305 76
40 34
1,191 73
148 52
198 68
386 44
463 09
137 89
1,701 16
1,484 05
1,256 45
230 81
1,322 17
138 85
179 65
97 64
149 99
56 68
55 77
221 50
$105,249 24
70
CiTT Document No. 108.
Name.
Class.
a
c
o
■B
CO
.s
o
a
'3
M
"a
o
Qallons.
Revenue.
Amount hrHforw'd ••
496,394,063
$105,249 24
Wesleyan Association
Building
3
••
3
437,138
93 23
Tremont Temple
((
1
1
••
2
1,185,182
253 84
S. S. Houghton & Co.
(1
1
••
1
461,176
97 24
((
9
9
240,458
579,976
53 55
Smith & Porter
ii
2
..
2
123 00
E. A. Dewson
(1
2
2
1,021,711
215 20
Boston Journal
ii
••
1
1
1,193,993
256 09
Joseph Byers
a
2
••
2
714,489
150 99
N.E. Mut. Life Ins.
Co., 70 State st. ...
11
2
2
105,916
22 21
N.E. Mut. Life Ins.
Co., Milk St
(C
1
1
2
897,549
196 59
Horticultural Hall . . .
((
1
1
249,429
53 35
Suffolk National B'k
((
2
1
••
••
3
187,637
38 19
Benjamin Leeds
((
2
••
••
2
282,406
60 48
Blackstone Market. . .
It
2
2
174,391
36 24
John Eayner heirs . .
((
2
••
2
227,476
47 27
Hill & Towne
(<
2
2
193,621
41 18
Turn Hall
1
1
1
1
562,109
358,389
122 28
B. B. Appleton heirs
81 85
J. W. Merriam
((
2
••
2
239,048
49 24
Peter B. Brigham
u
2
••
••
• ■
2
453,466
96 65
Mrs. Ellen Brooks. ..
((
1
••
1
87,181
18 66
Oriental Tea Company
"
1
1
292,695
61 67
S D Hicks
<(
1
1
9
1,831,269
835,358
383 00
John Stetson
<(
1
1
179 59
Macullar, Parker, &
Co
((
—
1
—
—
—
—
1
465,991
509,672,117
98 69
Amount car'dforw'd.
$108,079 62
Eeport of the Water Board.
71
Name.
Amount hr't forw'd .
John F. Mills
Lilly & Brackett. . • .
J. I. Brown & Son. .
Hogg, Brown, & Tay-
lor
A. Wentworth
William Eopes, estate
A. D. Puffer
J. R. Hall
Grand Lodge of
Masons
James W. Rollins . . . .
Haley, Morse, & Co. .
Mass. Inst, of Tech-
nology
S. N. Brown, jr.
A. H.Vinton
A. Stowell
B. F. Bradbury..
Shepard, Norwell, &
Co
D. J. Hastings
C. U. Cotting, 628
Washington st
C. U. Cotting, 7 Court
sq
W. H. Mann
Moulton & Bradley . .
Jordan, Marsh, &Co.,
Washington street.
Class.
Building
Gallons.
509,672,117
459,054
2,110,804
288,737
3,146,206
282,901
2,576,297
490,096
564,518
216,351
620,303
76,156
1,116,879
334,051
131,761
216,346
134,355
363,541
345,834
531,249
77,341
Vacant.
1,984,554
1,338,098
Revenue.
,079 52
95 76
457 45
63 35
667 93
69 72
549 05
104 35
119 22
68 84
132 37
15 78
242 66
70 24
27 96
47 07
27 94
76 79
71 25
114 77
17 24
396 89
275 65
Amount car' d forw'd.
527,077,549 $111,781 80
72
City Document No. 108.
Name.
Class.
o
,c
s
d
.c
s
s
Gallons.
Revenue.
lO
—
-
m
•*
—
H
Amount hr't forw'd . .
..
527,077,549
$111,781 80
G. T. Burnham & Co.
Building
••
1
756,391
160 71
Stephen H. Bennett
<(
">
9.
649,044
143 96
"W. H. Foster
11
1
1
245,351
51 87
Brown & Seavey
It
1
1
89,521
18 83
Franklin Evans
n
1
••
1
168,407
35 29
J. Zane & Co
n
2
2
209,634
44 02
Allen & Woodworth . .
1
••
1
185,071
39 23
Merchants' Exchange
((
1
••
3
4,558,554
958 02
H. M. Burr &Co
(<
2
••
2
186,218
39 10
J. T. Brown & Co. . .
(<
1
1
198,330
41 68
J C frrav ■
J,
8
4
404,821
85 60
C. F. Hovey & Co. . .
<(
3
4
1,122,114
236 96
Globe Publishing
n
1
1
717,056
153 64
Charles Rollins
((
1
1,216,561
253 66
Adams Express Co. . .
((
2
3
515,139
109 69
A; J. Wright
<<
••
1
1,142,446
251 64
W. Blenkinsop
u
2
2
292,696
62 28
Boston Gas Light Co.
(c
2
2
115,217
24 29
John F. Wilson
((
1
1
269,746
57 39
L P Ober
it
1
1
1
1
440,633
220,621
92 24
Young Men's Chris-
tian Association —
48 09
A. A. Miner
(1
1
1
168,886
36 04
Henry F. Miller
u
••
1
321,203
68 63
Art Building
a
••
1
253,036
55 54
Equitable Life Ins. Co.
i(
1
••
2
1,017,661
219 40
Amount car'd forw'd.
542,541,906
$115,069 60
Eeport on the Water Board.
73
Name.
Atnount hrHforw'd . .
E. H. White & Co. . .
Young Men's Chris-
tian Union
W. R. Clark . .
Deacon House
Boston Herald Build-
ing
Loring & Dexter,
Trust
Commonwealth Build-
ing
Mutual Life Ins. Co.
of N.Y
Class.
Building
F. Tudor
Studio Building
Boston Post Building
Traveller Building. . .
Union Building
Wentworth Building.
Eice Building
Carter Building
Edmands Building. . .
Washington Building
Niles Building
Palmer's Building .
Joy's Building
Joshua M. Sears, 199
Washington street .
Advertiser Building
Gallons.
542,541,906
1,792,495
1,961,484
420,961
89,068
3,160,981
641,874
842,664
671,625
1,045,847
593,491
857,626
594,616
1,126,838
311,439
542,183
161,394
357,541
807,961
1,080,930
129,001
413,939
999,954
950,581
Revenue.
115,069 60
379 68
419 90
90 34
18 11
669 68
135 26
175 33
142 57
224 07
126 54
180 82
127 35
235 62
66 70
114 28
34 62
74 34
169 58
227 58
28 17
86 40
214 65
210 12
Amount car'dforw'd.
562,096,399
#119,221 41
74
City Document No. 108.
Name.
Class.
Gallons.
Revenue.
Amount br't forw^d .
Charity Building . . .
Codman Building . • .
Transcript Building.
Merchants' Bank
Building
Paine Memorial Hall.
Chauncy Hall School
Mass. General Hospi-
tal
City Hospital
Lunatic Hospital . .
New England Hospital
Mass. Homoeopathic
Hospital
Notre Dame Academy
House of the Good
Shepherd (3 months)
Church Home
Sailors' Home
Temporary Home . .
Somerset Club . . . .
Union Club
Temple Club
Central Club
Boston Music Hall.
N.E. Conservatory of
Music
Park Theatre .
City Hall . . . .
Amount br't forw'd
562,096,399
324,594
877,111
580,328
1,424,957
225,188
121,703
6,864,758
9,896,492
4,200,504
898,111
417,646
385,014
450,061
838,074
104,566
403,816
1,546,950
821,889
134,731
30,909
398,198
79,128
252,856
2,459,236
$119,221 31
70 13
182 82
123 74
595,833,219
303 51
47 54
26 65
1,531 31
2,102 04
892 80
189 54
87 46
79 28
96 16
176 36
24 54
86 78
330 31
174 12
28 80
6 64
87 44
19 81
55 09
520 02
3,464 20
Eeport of the Water Board.
75
ATnount car'dforiv'd.
State of Massachusetts
United States
Howard Athenaeum .
Boston Theatre
Globe Theatre. . .%..
Boylston Market. • • .
Washington Market .
Suffolk Market
Franklin Market . . .
Williams Market • . .
Medical College ....
Boston College
Mrs. C. C. Annable.
Mrs. W. A. Colson .
Charles W. Smith . .
M. P. Carr
J. H. Grout
George Odin heirs . .
James F. Goodwin. • .
Mrs. D. L. Morse
Mrs. C. Farley
Mrs. C. Cummings. ..
James Knowlton
Euel Philbrook
J. A. Merrill
Mrs. G. A. Winn....
Class.
StateHo.
Post \
Office. /
Amount car'dforw'd.
Board'g.
Gallons.
595,833,219
2,287,613
1,415,475
75,336
585,294
503,724
548,701
413,063
334,456
291,908
259,148
610,449
412,561
763,411
235,456
179,769
200,266
317,006
110 948
389,446
230,529
102,128
228,398
799,418
334,412
390,399
112,530
Revenue.
,464 20
484 00
305 23
16 68
126 62
109 17
115 50
86 78
70 25
66 57
58 11
128 28
89 09
159 02
51 28
38 41
42 15
66 71
23 36
82 38
60 04
22 16
50 11
169 62
73 11
82 U
24 74
607,965,063
$129,056 01
76
City Document No. 108.
Name.
Class.
Gallons.
Revenue.
Amount hrHforw'd
Mrs. N. r. Chapin.
William Evans ....
Board'g.
Model . .
M. H. Abbott, 215
Kneeland st
E. Cutler, 224 Knee-
land st
Michael Doherty
Job A. Turner . .
James Chisholm.
J. Collins
D. L. Webster . .
Thomas Cantlon.
W. B. Mendum..
Lowell Five-Cent Sav-
ings Bank
N. Whiting
David Wilcox & Co.,
8 Boylston square.
J. Morrill, Jr., & Co.
Pearson Cordage Co.
J. Morse
L. Whittaker
C. Wright & Co
Factory.
Howard Watch &
Clock Co
Haley, Morse & Co. . .
Roxbury Carpet Co. . .
George C. Pearson. . .
Putnam Nail Co
607,965,063
127,254
302,918
178,989
141,639
300,758
66,534
171,023
244,478
1,152,324
107,934
236,799
892,493
559,568
1,214,693
105,174
1,510,973
147,879
122,603
209,841
332,409
Not using.
3,064,445
447,631
3,756,084
Amount car'dforw'd.
623,359,506
$132,334 07
Report of the Water Board.
77
Name.
Class.
.a
a
CO
A
p
•*
Indicator.
Totals.
Revenue.
. 62.*? ^f't^ 'lOfi
$132,334 07
224 08
William Carleton
Factory .
1
2
..
3 1,055,124
Murphy, Leavens, &
Co
(C
1
1 331,584
70 65
H. M. Richards
(<
1
1 371,033
78 19
Charles E. Kershaw. .
((
1
••
1 Not using.
E. Strain & Co
((
1
••
1 133,065
30 97
Peet Valve Co
(<
1
1 722,822
151 60
A. W. Bailey
<(
2
••
2 122,222
25 66
CM. Clapp&Co
(t
••
1
••
1 314,904
65 88
<(
1
••
••
1 543,615
113 71
Byam, Carleton & Co.
((
1
••
1 39,278
8 21
Stephen Smith & Co. .
((
1
••
••
••
1 658,126
138 63
(<
••
3
3 1,941,526
412 22
Mace & Keys
<(
1
1 198,308
42 59
Bagnall & Loud
(<
1
••
1 212,181
45 99
Boston Car Spring Co.
(f
••
••
1 620,446
131 09
A. Folsom & Sons ....
(<
1 371,784
79 18
Dwinell, Hayward, &
Co
(<
1
1 637,216
134 61
J. M. Cook, estate. ..
l<
1 1,411,794
297 09
Hallet & Davis
l(
••
••
1 183,062
39 07
S. D. & H. W. Smith,
Montgomery st
((
I 692,355
145 35
S. D. & H. W. Smith,
(1
L 657,893
I 242,949
137 29
60 11
Emerson Piano Co. . .
l<
1
William Underwood &
Co
(<
2
••
2 764,831
158 26
G. D. Dowes & Co. . .
(1
••
I 625,486
130 26
ATnount car'dforw'd.
, ,
, .
, .
. . .
636,201,110
$135,044 76
78
City Document No. 108.
Kame.
Amount hrH forw'd •
D. Wilcox & Co.,
Avery st
C. P. George & Co. . .
Boston Belting Co. . •
Eichardson, McKee,
& Co
H. Barker
Conrad Zeigler
C. H. Bacon
Morton & Chesley. . . .
A. Zeigler
Cummings & Carlisle-
Walworth Manufact.
Co
Class.
Factory ■
Newton, Morton, &
Co
A. J. Morse & Co. .
Seth W. Fowle & Son
H. B. Arnold & Co. . .
Dennis on Manufact.
Co., 25 Vale st . . . .
Chadwick Lead Works
Henry Mayo & Co. . . .
B. F. Sturtevant
Charles W. Spurr . . .
Hallett & Cumston. . .
P. Lally
S. G. Underhill
Amer. Molded Collar
Co
Amount car'd forw'd.
Gallons.
636,201,110
207,106
15,158
375,750
470,108
129,113
45,541
1,375,981
1,623,121
19,488
1,138,291
425,130
314,056
398,919
33,807
434,783
434,506
419,004
575,026
331,088
177,646
370,959
637,104
476,214
488,732
Revenue.
647,117,741
$135,044 76
43 50
3 03
81 64
100 17
27 44
10 63
292 02
345 40
3 88
242 94
90 50
66 11
84 11
7 32
94 96
87 63
87 04
114 99
69 m
2,1 80
80 38
132 07
101 37
103 53
.$137,352 88
Eeport of the Watee Boaed.
79
Amount br't forw'd .
Kittredge & Co
D. Shales & Co
Christopher Blake..
G. H. Dickerman . . .
J. L. Ross
R. Estabrook & Son.
George Gill
F. King & Co
Grover & Baker Sew-
ing Machine Co.,
Wash, st
Downes & Adams. .
Jon a. Cottle
J. A.Frampton (6mos. )
H. N. Glover (5 mos.)
G. F. Waldron
A. K. Young
Harrison Loring
S. A. Woods & Co...
George F. Blake
Ashcroft Manufact. Co
L. M. Ham
Eyelet Tool Co
L. A. Bigelow ■
William Evans ,
Smith & Lovett
Class.
Factory .
Mach'ist
Am. Tool and Ma-
chine Co
Gallons.
647,117,741
Not using.
371,581
339,813
612,461
100,726
395,843
168,833
577,336
15,000
201,346
561,451
113,573
284,661
Vacant.
428,378
112,321
757,576
876,684
576,256
380,574
211,463
630,121
884,409
181,230
881,709
$137,352 88
79 64
72 23
106 57
23 81
79 16
35 28
122 03
3 00
40 82
112 27
22 70
56 92
90 42
24 00
159 74
192 29
121 65
79 84
44 73
134 42
191 11
38 27
188 40
Amount car'd forw'd.
656,681,086 $139,372 18
80
City Document No. 108.
Name.
Amoiint br'tfo7'w'd . .
J. Souther & Co
Boston Machine Co. .
Hersey Brothers
Hinckley Locomotive
Works
Atlantic Works, Chel-
sea St
Atlantic Works, Bor-
der st
Holmes & Blanchard,
Charlestown st
H. S. Robinson
Geo. T. McLaughlin .
South Boston Iron Co.
Holmes & Blanchard,
Taylor st
James Gurney & Co. •
William Blake & Co. .
Whiting Foundry Co.
Tremont Foundry Co.
Fulton Iron Foundry
Co
Charles Roberts
Highland Foundry Co,
M. H. Washburn
George Miles
Downer Kerosine Oil
Co
S. Jenney & Co. .
Maverick Oil Co.
Class.
Mach'ist
Foundry
Boil'r'm,
Oil W'ks
Amount car' d for w'd 682,383,197 $144,823 04
Gallons.
656,681,086
11,138
1,299,039
291,241
1,946,476
1,907,761
2,348,550
721,711
200,049
612,294
1,742,971
192,159
137,896
577,241
379,164
38,865
149,101
569,716
326,513
129,279
333,751
9,320,393
1,109,603
1,357,200
Revenue.
$139,372 18
2 22
274 08
60 95
413 45
411 34
491 22
154 36
42 33
130 07
368 87
40 70
28 52
121 01
80 33
8 31
31 20
120 52
66 39
28 10
69 51
1,987 64
233 24
286 50
Eeport of the Water Board.
81
Name.
Amount br'iforw'd ..
Pierce & Canterbury .
Kidder, Vaughn, & Co.
Bowker, Torrey, &
Co., Bowker st. . . .
Bowker, Torrey, &
Co., Foundry st. . . .
Torreys & Co
C. E. Hall & Co
A. "Wentworth & Co. .
Richard Povrer & Son.
Jeremiah Carew
E. E. Meaney
Geo. F. Chapin & Co.
Pike & Fabins .
Horace H. Lewis . . . .
"W. K. Lewis & Bros. .
M. M. Pickett & Son.
E. T. Cowdrey & Co. .
Warner & Freeman . .
Fobes,Hayward, &Co.
Chase & Co
A. F. Copeland
E. M. Messenger
Mrs. G. F. Harrington.
Marston & Cunio . . . .
W. L. Egerton
Amount car^d forw'd.
Class.
Oil Wks
Marble
, Works
Stone Yd
Vinegar
Works
Pickle
Factory
Salt Wks
Confec'y
Restaur't
Gallons.
682,383,197
1,240,757
366,181
3,198,331
Not using.
2,436,203
2,684,573
1,987,569
567,256
307,404
1,621,066
174,624
433,321
178,771
266,484
189,766
780,008
209,987
584,724
1,408,569
676,166
175,674
302,371
341,364
441,841
702,956,207
Revenue.
$144,823 04
274 20
78 66
672 90
518 04
563 65
419 14
118 79
66 35
334 18
35 84
92 19
36 93
56 38
40 15
162 37
46 02
123 80
295 68
188 34
37 04
63 78
72 82
91 79
^149,212 08
82
City Document No. 108.
Name.
Amount br't forw'd . .
Frost & Dearborn. . . .
George Fera
D. T. Copeland
F. E. Weber
R. B. Brigbam
W. F. Bacon
Thomas Hillery
Campbell & Coverly .
C. T. Somes
O. A. Jones
O. S. Edgerly
C. H. Bailey
Mary Smith
R. M. Waitt
C. E. Bacon
Thomas "Walton
J. Gallagher
A. E. Stahl & Co
Dearborn & Ingalls . .
A. R. Weir
S. A. Clough& Son..
J. W. Saunders
A. F. Copeland.. ....
J. Backus
W. S. Matthews
Brock & Coy, 243
Atlantic ave
Amount car'dforw'd .
Class.
Restaur't
Gallons.
702,956,207
455,176
318,421
774,039
207,939
1,330,771
123,001
195,488
405,864
220,876
223,846
50,558
228,841
118,981
188,236
300,271
96,504
84,284
11,805
216,781
165,976
220,823
204,946
293,068
387,923
237,818
179,243
Revenue.
$149,212 08
95 38
67 97
163 66
44 06
281 97
26 41
41 65
86 23
44 98
47 49
10 72
48 18
27 44
39 96
63 88
20 51
18 33
2 36
46 19
35 16
47 76
42 97
62 97
82 16
50 45
710,197,636 $150,749 83
Eeport of the Water Board.
83
Atnount hr't forw'd.
Brock & Coy, 73
Clinton
Sheppard & Cham-
berlin
Durgin, Park, & Co. .
Paul & Savoy
Smith & Underwood .
J. M. Learned
Charles Vossler
Tibbets & Eussell
J. H. Blodgett
E. E. & J. S. Hig-
gins
Atwood & Bacon . . • •
Smith & Wright
Palais Eoyal
.Felton & Son
Jonas H. French . . • .
C. H. Graves
James Edmond& Co.
A. Hale & Co.
Byron & Hall
Byron & Hall, El s-
worth pi
W. H. Swift & Co. .
W. L. Bradley
W. H. Bowker & Co.
Amount car'dforw'd.
Class.
Restaur't
Saloon .
Distill'y
Rectifier
Fire
Brick.
Rubber
Works.
Currier.
Fertiliz's
Gallons.
710,197,636
226,038
226,817
314,724
271,876
628,013
626,021
425,837
430,344
524,281
971,552
97,719
474,496
360,324
2,221,186
711,294
248,191
460,838
269,896
280,037
81,331
1,122,998
2,354,116
866,610
Revenue.
150,749 83
47 18
47 99
66 79
57 80
133 62
111 66
89 44
91 71
110 81
207 67
20 97
103 25
73 59
463 50
146 89
53 10
100 81
58 47
63 71
16 25
234 30
505 38
184 16
724,292,175 $153,738 78
84
CiTr Document No. 108.
Name.
Amount br'i forw'd .
B. Eandall
Boston Dye Wood &
Chemical Co
W. H. Whitmore
G. W. & F. Appleton
Preston & Merrill
Quirin & Nelson
F. S. Merritt
R. W. Ames & Son . .
James A. Frampton. .
Boston Forge Co
Boston Lead ManT g
Co
A. N. Hardy
Compressed Shafting
Co
Suffolk Glass Co.
"Washington Pipe
Works
New England Pottery
Simpson's Dry Dock
Co
Cunard Steamship Co
Union Freight Rail-
way Co
W. B. Gleason & Co.
Butchers' Slaughter-
ing and Melting As-
sociation
John Giblin
Amount car'd forw'd.
ClaBs.
Fertiliz's
Chemic's
Extracts
Tannery
Pho'pher
Carying.
Skating
Rink.
Gallons.
724,292,175
221,183
14,032,079
354,740
Not using.
620,475
406,816
455,559
Not using.
156,901
2,238,332
433,877
127,418
52,635
696,751
Not using.
463,719
695,304
3,838,725
1,689,900
152,739
3,831,683
Not using.
$153,738 78
50 00
754,761,01 1||160,201 75
Report of the Water Board.
85
Name.
Amount br't forw'd
Boston Skating Rink
Co
Metropolitan Railroad
Co
So. Boston Railroad
Co
Highland Railroad
Co
Draper & Hall
V. R. Bridgham
C. H. Foster
A. J. Child
E. A. Noyes
James W. Hale
A. H. Foster
I. M. Southwick
Charles R. Smith ....
J Austin Rogers
Norfolk House Stable
Charles Foster & Co.
Parmenter & Sumner
Robert H. Douglas . .
J. Frank Pickett
J. P. Barnard, 108
Chestnut street ....
J. P. Barnard, cor.
Brimmer and Chest-
nut streets
J. P. Barnard, Joy st,
A. Garcelon
Amount car'dforw'd.
Class.
Skating
Rink.
Stables
Stable
16
22
Gallons.
754,761,011
200,025
9,127,225
4,888,743
2,965,833
999,181
846,283
398,798
620,636
605,628
195,009
30,360
87,286
214,862
567,579
Not using.
274,493
232,096
261,233
82,824
368,476
421,838
944,761
288,099
778,682,279
Revenue.
,201 75
50 00
1,946 56
1,030 13
622 15
209 22
70 92
84 02
106 88
104 46
40 05
7 59
17 45
44 84
119 93
57 24
50 78
54 92
16 96
79 17
90 10
195 11
60 54
$165,260 77
86
City Document No. 108.
Name.
*
ClaBS.
c
.a
o
c
«
o
-3
73
o
Gallons.
Revenue.
Amount hr't forw'd ..
778,682,279
$165,260 77
Clark & Brown
Stable . .
352,598
72 54
G. W. Sherburne
116,161
24 25
J. E. Maynard
652,974
134 89
182,507
382,074
38 41
Adams Express Co. ..
79 24
John Eaton, Jr
126,786
25 92
56,369
335,409
11 83
J. T. Manson
68 99
Warner & Richardson
433,606
89 87
George M. King
• •
487,321
101 05
Milo "Whitney
161,776
34 20
Daniel Wood
344,641
70 48
T. D. Sullivan
• •
153,406
32 74
Ham & Co
372,496
98,664
76 33
r. E. Russell
..
20 56
Edgar Snow
• •
43,665
9 26
Israel Tibbitts
• •
239,205
48 99
James Jellison
251,698
51 50
20,926
284,783
4 18
L. H. Brown
2
V
2
61 92
Harwood & Hackett. .
1
1
240,856
49 48
H. C. Nims
3
3
501,031
102 34
Boston Hotels Coach
Co
0
0
1,623,452
175,755
342,076
337 68
E. W. Murray, Berke-
\
1
35 58
E. W. Murray, Stan-
hope street
1
..
—
]
71 71
Amount car'dforw'd.
786,662,464
$166,914 71
Report of the Water Board.
87
Name.
Class.
Gallons.
Amount br't forw'd • .
A. B. Atherton
Geo. S. Johnson ....
Johnson Bros
T. Thaxter.,
A. B. Winship
J. F. Howes
Miller & Eobinson . . .
John Rice
Geo. S. Fogg & Co. . .
A. D. Pattee
Nelson Brothers
Moses Coleman & Son
J. H. Richardson ....
Northend & Foster. . .
E. A. Batchelder
Riverside Club Stable
Club Stable, Chardon
street
Beacon Club Stable . .
Z. R. Folsora & Co...
Henry Beckwith
F. A. Phelps
A. P. Marion
Parker Bryant
B. W. Dean
F. S. Rice & Co
M. & W. Ham
Stable
Amount car'd forvi'd'
786,662,464
295,666
292,913
129,984
121,621
166,566
505,576
256,201
448,598
437,244
157,54]
108,256
146,597
231,173
127,404
160,395
199,951
104,529
110,109
331,628
151,755
482,312
207,998
250,816
227,484
553,989
321,931
,914 71
62 46
60 52
26 65
25 10
85 19
103 26
52 72
93 62
92 20
32 22
22 43
30 47
47 76
26 10
33 33
43 78
21 53
23 55
69 00
31 05
106 45
42 64
52 45
47 67
113 13
67 03
793,190,701
,277 02
City Document No. 108.
Name.
Amount br^t forw'd .
J. H. Pote & Co. . . .
J. B. Cassidy & Bro.
Peck & Hall
J. Hale
Ware & Bussigny. . .
J. A. Eiedel & Co. . •
Union Eailvray Co. •
Charles O. Barnard.
E. R. Webster
Club Stable, 75 Chest-
nut St
Class.
Stable
C. S. Godfrey
Clark & Brown
William Pike
A. H. Foss
Cilley & Stimson ....
Club Stable, 44 Joy St
Ash Critchett
A. S. Eaton
L. A. Noyes
Geo. D. Brown
J. H. Hathorne
H. D. Smith
M. Munroe
Geo.W. Hollis(5mos.)
Boston Driving Ass'n.
Amount car'd forw'd.
Stocky'd
Slaught-
ering y'd
Gallons.
Revenue.
793,190,701
117,901
185,096
260,319
191,514
128,379
186,911
103,456
178,394
132,105
194,657
225,961
718,104
173,273
109,284
227,356
283,426
158,094
208,921
106,770
155,777
887,724
273,129
1,096,240
43,005
413,475
799,899,972
Report of the Water Board.
89
Amount br't fo7-w'd . .
National Tube Works.
Globe Nail Works . . .
Farrington & Hunne-
well
B. M. Cunningham . .
I. H. Carey
Manley Howe
L. Prang & Co
E. G. Morse
Erancis Brooks
Walworth Manuf. Co.
H. G. Denny
Porter & Co
C. U. Getting
Moses B. Wilde
John Foster
J. M. Sears, 45 Arch St.
John Briggs & Co. . . .
J. S. Potter
S. B. Stebbins...
L. W. Pickens
C. E. Folsom
Boston City Flour
Mills
J. J. McNutt
Glendon Co
Manson & Peterson .
Amount car'dforw'd.
Class.
Silver-
smiths
Laundry
Chromos
Engine
Mill
Gallons.
799,899,972
610,301
870,834
101,566
692,618
73,471
567,841
450,653
384,765
290,679
1,547,311
223,621
509,018
264,893
357,696
408,331
1,020,503
531,931
846,879
710,191
745,524
94,673
3,855,406
1,817,746
1,257,691
769,456
Revenne.
,675 28
109 58
199 36
21 59
143 63
14 68
120 43
94 08
82 26
62 29
335 25
48 11
107 96
56 42
76 10
87 82
217 51
111 37
179 97
148 07
156 96
19 55
790 80
384 02
266 07
163 63
818,803,570 $173,672 79
90
City Document No. 108.
Kame.
Amount hr't forw'd . •
S. G. Bennett
Cross & Gilman
McQueston «& Fogg . •
J. F. Paul & Co
Bugbee & Spooner. . .
J. A. Robertson
Stetson & Pope
Chauncy, Page, & Co.
S. H. L. Pierce
A. J. Stearns & Son. .
Palmer, Parker, & Co.
J. F. Keating
Watson & Bisbee
Laming & Drisko ....
Cressey & Noyes ....
Smith & Jacobs
B. D. Whitcomb
S. Crosby & Son
Nathaniel Cummings.
R. S. Gilmore
Glover & Jones
Atlantic Dyewood Co.
Standard Dyewood
Mill
Knowles, Freeman, &
Co
G. B. Spaulding & Co,
Class.
Mill
Fish
Store.
Bacon
Works,
Amount car' d forw'd 838,210,476 $177,693 84
Gallons.
818,803,570
738,539
611,236
292,059
1,542,654
473,297
251,265
Not using.
711,939
1,002,556
32,393
802,246
655,786
471,706
353,281
1,107,024
725,784
1,076,708
771,113
253,269
Not using.
(I
6,042,774
449,805
763,404
278,068
Revenue.
$173,672,79
161 84
128 66
59 98
326 99
102 07
60 24
149 80
112 65
6 98
171 63
139 37
97 49
77 28
237 36
155 65
230 32
162 45
53 30
1,278 14
89 95
170 07
58 93
Keport of the Water Board.
91
Name.
Amount br'tforw'd
Bond, Blanchard,
Worthen & Co
G. K. Withington&Co.
J. H. Chadwick
Horatio Harris (6 ms. )
J. C. Nichols
Warren & Co., Agts..
Hingham Steamboat
Co
Portland Steam Pack-
et Co
Class.
Bakery
House &
Fount'n
Wharf
purposes
Steamr's
Thayer & Lincoln
J. Henry Sears & Co,
Litchfield Steamboat
Co
House of Correction
Suffolk County Court
House
Suffolk County Jail .
Directors of Public In-
stitutions
South Ferry . . .
North Perry ....
Board of Health
Police Station No. 1
" " 2
Public
Urinals
Amount car'dforw'd.
Gallons.
838,210,476
63,548
637,883
53,153
Not using.
71,746
1,115,431
5,579,698
1,853,325
Not using.
189,537
2,105,265
12,171,563
1,137,311
1,737,090
6,522,811
7,136,550
8,276,550
499,786
236,971
391,994
356,679
Revenue.
883,347,367
$177,693 84
13 29
131 94
10 63
14 34
234 23
1,115 93
384 56
37 89
421 05
2,633 75
241 47
366 78
1,414 06
1,527 31
1,768 99
103 21
48 90
83 44
79 16
$188,324 77
92
City Document No. 108.
Amount hrH forw^d . -
Police Station No. 4
" 5
" 6
" 7
" 8
" 9
" 10
" 12
" 13
City Pr
Class.
L. W. Morrill & Co .
John C. Miller
First Church • .
King's Chapel .
Cathedral of the Holy
Cross
Trustees Masonic
Building
St. Mary's Church.
Tremont-st. M. E.
Church
South Cong'l Church
First Univ. Church . ■
Columbus-av. Univ.
Church
Rotary
Pan
Organ
Shawmut Cong'l Soc'y
Church of the Holy
Redeemer
Amount car'd forw'd.
Gallons.
Kevenue.
883,347,367
168,405
285,204
128,243
207,783
128,741
152,948
173,768
62,851
65,584
723,525
91,718
1,049,048
149,382
109,549
267,000
50,000
454,501
97,628
120,570
432,303
86,904
235,500
98,483
888,677,005
,324 77
36 43
60 74
27 75
44 01
27 38
33 56
37 49
13 45
11 98
153 31
18 34
220 77
31 68
26 86
56 58
10 00
99 70
21 42
26 89
89 45
18 16
50 21
20 99
$189,461 92
Report of the Water Board.
93
Name.
Class.
Gallons.
Amount Ir't forw'd.
Church of the Immac-
ulate Conception. . .
Clarendon-st. Baptist
Church
Organ
Second Church Soc'y
St. James Church ....
Brattle-st. Church . . .
Mason & Hamlin ....
Boston Society New
Jerusalem
Second Hawes Unit,
Soc'y
Old South Church
Society
Trinity Church Soc'y
German Catholic Ch
Church of the Good
Shepherd
Central Cong'l Soc'y.
J. E. Pierce (4 mos.) .
Bancroft & Dyer
John L. Gardner . . . .
JobF. Bailey
Henry S. Hovey
E. Williams
Sidney Squires
M. D. Spaulding
William Claflin
S. S. Dunn
Joel Goldthwait & Co.
Elevator
888,677,005
709,199
69,634
118,187
201,000
Not using
9,750
120,177
99,248
236,250
440,250
232,500
54,750
50,250
7,500
583,171
69,900
620,656
35,550
131,250
175,914
15,713
118,725
33,312
26,041
,461 92
148 07
14 45
24 61
42 22
1 95
26 23
21 64
51 11
94 84
49 35
11 29
10 05
1 50
123 45
15 54
129 62
7 64
28 09
36 81
3 14
24 77
6 87
5 20
Amotmt car'd forw'd. '
892,835,932
$190,340 36
94
City Document No. 108.
Name.
Class.
Gallons.
Amount br't forw'd. .
Chickering & Sons. .
Odd Fellows' Building
Davis & Co
L. Beebe & Sons ....
A. W. Clapp
Eufus Gibbs & Co. . . .
James Tucker & Co. .
Clark & Warren
E. H. Sampson
Elevator
Stone, Bills, & Whit-
ney
J. C. Haynes
Lewis, Brown, & Co..
Claflin & Thayer
McConnell & Gardner
W. E. Putnam & Co.
Henry Bond & Co. . • .
J. S. Stone
Dennison Manuf g Co.
A. Low & Co
Clement & Colburn . .
Ehodes & Co
Smith, Richardson, &
Bates
Henry A. Gould
John Cummings & Co.
Mitchell, Green, &
Stevens
Amount car'd forw'd
892,835,932
1,318,875
28,500
606,000
1,184,250
Not using
Not using.
400,500
294,000
652,500
126,750
831,000
1,337,250
1,315,500
318,750
1,060,500
828,000
898,500
1,422,000
1,691,250
741,750
1,260,750
1,459,500
831,150
1,969,500
Not using.
,340 36
283 77
7 12
127 76
249 67
85 84
56 17
139 20
2Q 89
174 45
284 92
278 64
67 16
223 69
176 17
188 62
298 53
357 15
158 14
267 07
306 19
176 73
409 20
913,402,707 #194,683,44
Report of the Water Board.
95
Name.
Amount hr't forw'd . .
Mrs. H. W. Harris . .
Mrs. H. W. Harris . .
Josiah Cummings • . • .
Hotel Westminster . .
Hotel Warwick
Hotel Lyndeboro' . . . .
Hotel Clifford
Hotel Berwick
Hotel Edinburgh • . . .
Emerson & White . . . .
J. Montgomery Sears
Mrs. J. Longley
J. B. mmball & Co. . .
First National Bank . .
Notman & Campbell .
Martin, Skinner, &
Fay
A. A. Pope & Co
A. Storrs & Co
Abrara French & Co. .
Talbot, Wilmarth, &
Co
Albert Metcalf
Edward Spaulding . . .
Withington & Hall...
Josiah Cummings ....
Fairbanks & Brown . .
Amount car' d forw' d .
Class.
Elevator
Gallons.
913,402,707
355,500
Not using.
Not using.
685,500
640,950
2,026,350
1,336,800
2,440,950
1,673,250
875,325
939,825
33,225
571,500
3,684,563
176,250
744,000
744,000
554,625
750,600
570,750
24,060
254,250
465,000
272,700
675,300
933,897,980
Revenue.
$194,683 44
75 30
144 07
138 39
428 63
282 99
521 15
357 04
186 31
202 73
7 02
118 72
833 27
37 76
153 64
156 00
114 08
158 16
122 44
5 40
52 76
97 72
57 13
142 17
$199,076 32
96
CxTY Document No. 108.
Name.
Amount hrH forw'd ..
Grosvenor & Richards
"W. E. Underwood
George D. Howe . . . .
Lord, Whittemore, &
Co
Converse & Stanwood
John F. Mills, estate.
Daniels, Badger, &
Co
Wright, Worster, &,
Delano
Hotel La Eayette
Hotel Baldwin
Doll & Richards
S. G. Allen
Thomas Groom
Monks & Co
Enoch Page
F. R. Sears
Lawrence Building . .
S. D. Warren
Howe Bros
Dyer, Taylor, & Co. . •
Henry Bond
David Parker & Co. . .
J. Montgomery Sears,
12 Arlington st
A. W. Stetson.
Amount car''dforw'd.
Class.
Elevator
Gallons.
933,897,980
270,750
440,311
1,421,100
Not using.
610,150
2,361,713
600,750
637,350
3,487,860
1,127,250
625,500
850,350
440,925
2,566,500
4,770
48,900
2,568,700
150,450
264,075
1,258,614
1,311,000
347,438
200,288
39,608
955,432,332
$199,076 32
57 60
91 37
303 27
106 35
507 13
127 42
136 05
733 06
240 49
132 88
180 23
93 98
545 64
95
10 49
596 16
35 38
55 76
263 52
274 95
73 29
41 12
8 86
$203,692 27
Eeport of the Water Board.
97
Kame.
Class.
Gallons.
Eevenue.
Amount ir't forw'd . .
H. A. Turner & Co. . .
E. M. Hodges
J. H. Wright
H. &J. Pfaff(8mos.)
Osgood & Greenough
Hotel Comfort (7
mos
Elevator
Dufly, Cashman, &
Co. (8 mos.)
Jones, Cook, & Co.
(6 mos.)
Moses Williams (6
mos.)
A. L. Dickerman (6
mos.)
Peter C. Brooks (5
mos.)
Continental Block (3
mos.)
Gardiner, Murphy, &
Co. (4 mos.)
Mrs. T. B. Williams
(6 mos.)
B. E. Mudge (3
mos.)
Howard Nat'l Bank . .
Sidney Bartlett
Wendell, Pay, & Co.
Continentals. Build'g.
C. D. Swain & Co
J. A. & W. Bird
955,432,332
510,000
64,725
10,051
569,722
301,441
267,608
185,476
138,750
563,475
213,173
145,050
143,175
200,250
102,848
42,000
1,963,125
71,025
636,750
2,058,975
181,575
1,869,225
$203,692 27
102 59
12 94
2 32
113 92
60 27
63 51
37 09
27 75
112 70
42 63
29 01
28 63
40 05
20 56
8 40
402 67
15 80
135 90
437 33
37 84
391 93
Amount car'd forw'd.
965,670,750 #205,806 11
98
City Document No. 108.
Name.
Amount hrHforw'd .
A. Wentworth
Atlantic Nat'l Bank . .
E. E. Apthorp
E. Gordan Dexter
Banfield, Forristall, &
Co
J. & J. Dobson
Bobbins & Kellogg. . .
Houghton & Coolidge.
Horswell, Kinsley, &
French
J. T. Bailey
Z. A. Willard
F. M. Johnson
Minot, Hooper, & Co.
J. P. Paine
Miss C. D. Brewer . .
J. M. Beebe
John Holman
Paul & Co
Oliver Ditson & Co. . .
W. H. Slocum
Charles H. Ward
Doe & Hunnewell . • . .
J. Cottle
A. A. Lawrence
David Parker & Co . .
Amount car'dforw'd.
Class.
Elevator
Gallons.
965,670,750
52,500
855,227
3,248,550
3,204,300
2,034,825
371,700
1,003,350
749,025
552,075
69,294
504,474
2,235,000
2,211,300
719,250
9,848
32,521
459,825
359,325
707,700
819,675
478,840
779,400
593,513
5,322,450
1,163,925
994,208,642
Keverme,
$205,806 11
10 50
181 41
685 77
693 14
423 26
77 11
210 62
156 80
115 63
14 62
107 40
474 90
465 42
153 37
1 96
7 10
95 05
75 73
150 41
170 94
99 12
162 97
123 71
1,136 32
241 28
$211,840 65
Keport of the Water Boaep.
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E.N. Yerxa
L.W. &H. F. Morse.
Jacob Wirth
A. J. Knight (3 mos.)
Cobb Bros. (4 mos.) .
W.E. Eichards
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Forest Hills Cemet'y
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144,525
48,626
68,250
94,500
45,750
350,260
6,000
129,000
72,000
35,250
372,460
2,837,175
2,053,241
$211,840 65
33 04
10 53
14 59
18 90
9 86
70 05
1 20
25 80
14 40
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37 23
283 71
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100
City Document No. 108.
Statement showing the number of houses, stores, steam-
engines, etc., in the City of Boston, supplied with water to
the 1st of January; 1880, with the amount of water-rates
received for 1879 : —
Lodging-houses
32,476 Dwelling-houses
29 Boarding-houses
1,513 Model-houses
15
15
5,862
516
825
46
Hotels
Stores and shops
Buildings .
Offices
Public halls
4 Theatres .
33 Private schools
25 Asylums .
5 Hospitals .
64 Greenhouses
137 Churches .
9 Market-houses
85 Cellars .
198 Restaurants
642 Saloons .
235 Bar-rooms
18 Club-houses
31 Photographers
41 Packing-houses
1,819 Stables .
50 Factories .
6 Bleacheries
131 Bakeries .
11 Freight-houses
3 Gasometers
2 Cemeteries
3 Bath-houses
4 Ship-yards
3 Dry-docks and engines
154 Shops and engines .
15 Factories and engines
11 Printing and engines
1 Foundry and engine .
2 Ship-yards and engines
2 Bakeries and engines
27 Stationery engines .
Amount carried forward
$481,636 92
1,398
75
37,284
42
461
50
916
75
64,717
00
21,979
43
7,388
71
lU
36
124
00
620
25
1,528
00
264
00
1,554
17
2,176
33
1,255
50
578
33
6,103
88
13,072
74
1,527
58
359
25
885
50
1,637
84
13,601
10
1,898
67
141
87
1,245
25
252
00
64
00
70
75
65
00
46
25
100
00
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08
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75
851
40
92
50
60
42
105
00
2,221
18
$677,352 43
Eepoet or THE Water Board.
101
Amount brought forward
1677,352 43
55 Discharging and pile-driyiug engines .
661 00
9 Armories .....
152 00
1,670 Hand-hose ....
9,515 00
10 Fountains ....
115 00
29 Tumbler-washers
450 00
109 Beer water-pressures
545 00
44 Laundries ....
1,213 68
10 Aquariums . . . . .
120 00
16 Railroad stations
275 50
67 Steam and Tug Boats
9,685 76
11 Motors
75 00
1 Laboratory ....
50 00
Custom House . . . .
85 00
2 Police Stations ....
67 00
45 Fire-engines, hose, and hook and lad
der houses ....
990 00
7 Chemical engine-houses
105 00
3,898 Fire hydrants ....
70,164 00
129 Reservoirs ....
2,322 00
Repair shop ....
35 50
Steamer " Wm. M. Flanders " .
200 00
Steamer "J. P. Bradlee" .
200 00
Steamer " Samuel Little " .
100 00
Steamer " Protector "
100 00
Publfc Schools .
4,227 00
Street-watering
1,470 06
Street-sprinkling
13 74
Paving Department .
423 75
Internal Health Department
1,570 00
Common Sewer Department
200 QO
Lamp Department .
42 25
Committee on Common and Squares
385 00
Committee on Bridges
82 00
Filling cisterns, etc. .
43 44
District Court House
16 00
Branch Libraries
71 50
Directors of Public Institutions .
263 00
Ice Company (washing ice)
15 00
Building purposes
2,047 60
Metered water (9 months)
159,708 59
$945,157 80
102
City Document No. 108.
The foil
owinff table e]
«:hibits the yearly increase of
water-
^ers since January 1,
1850: —
Takers.
Increase.
om January 1, 1850,
to January 1,
1851, 13,463
1851,
1852
, 16,076
2,613
1852,
1853
16,862
786
1853,
1854
, 18,110
1,308
1854,
1855
19,193
1,023
1855,
1856
, 19,998
805
1856,
1857
, 20,806
808
* 1857,
1858
, 21,602
796
1858,
1859
, 22,414
812
1859,
1860
, 23,271
857
1860,
1861
24,316
1,045
1861,
1862
25,486
1,170
1862,
1863
. 26,289
803
1863,
1864
26,851
562
1864,
1865
27,046
195
1865,
1866
27,489
443
1866,
1867
27,754
265
1867,
1868
28,104
350
1868,
1869
29,738
1,634
1869,
1870
31,500
1,762
1870,
1871
36,132
4,632
1871,
1872
, 38,716
2,584
1872,
1873
40,688
1,972
1873,
1874
42,345
1,657
1874,
1875
44,676
2,331
1875,
1876,
46,885
2,209
1876,
1877
48,328
1,443
1877,
1878
49,970
1,642
1878,
1879,
51,523
1,553
1879,
1880,
52,268
745
The following table exhibits the yearly revenue from the
sale of Cochituate water since its introduction into the city,
October 25, 1848 : —
Eeceived by Water Commissioners, as per
Auditor's Report in 1848 .
From January 1, 1849, to January 1, 1850
1850, " 1851
1851, " 1852
1852, '' 1853
1853, " 1854
1854, <' 1855
1855, «' 1856
Amount carried forward
$972
81
71,657
79
99,025
45
161,052
85
179,567
39
196,352
82
217,007
51
266,302
77
$1,191,938 89
Eeport of the Water Board.
103
. $1,191,938 89
282,651 84
289,328 83
302,409 73
314,808 97
334,544 86
365,323 96
373,922 33
394,506 25
430,710 76
450,341 48
486,538 25
522,130 93
553,744 88
597,328 55
708,783 68
774,445 70
862,704 08
917,415 92
977,020 48
. 1,005,120 94
. 1,029,643 70
. 1,015,562 89
. 1,010,584 30
. 1,025,803 14
802,925 23
$17,020,240 57
Drinking-Fountains . ^
There are 53 drinking-fountains established within the
city limits : —
City Proper.
* Boston Common (6);
North square.
Washington street, near Elm.
'* '* opposite Blackstone square.
Atlantic avenue, junction Commercial street.
" '* head of Rowe's wharf.
near N.Y. & N.E. E.R. freight-house.
Hay market square.
Causeway street, at Boston and Lowell E..E,. depot.
" " junction Merrimac street.
Charles street, opposite the jail.
'< " between Boylston and Beacon streets.
" " near Boylston street.
Amount hrought forivard
From Jannary 1, 1856, to January 1, 1857
1857, " 1858
1858, " 1859
1859, '' 1860
1860, " 1861
1861, " 1862
1862, " 1863
1863, " 1864
1864, " 1865
1865, " 1866
1866, *< 1867
1867, " 1868
1868, «' 1869
1869, " 1870
1870, '« 1871
1871, '' 1872
1872, " 1873
1873, '* 1874
1874, " 1875
1875, " 1876
1876, " 1877
1877, " 1878
1878, '< 1879
1879, " 1880
1880, to May 1, 1880
1 Those marked * are arranged for a continuous flow of water. The balance have
automatic fixtures, operating the flow of water when required.
104 City Document No. 108.
Beacon street, near Charles street.
Tremont street, near Clarendon street.
Albany street, opposite Water Works, pipe-yard.
Mt. Washington avenue, near the drawbridge.
East Boston.
Maverick square.
Central square.
Bennington street, junction Chelsea street.
South Boston.
Foundry street, opposite First street.
Fourth street, near Foundry street.
" " junction Emerson street.
" '* corner of Q street.
Telegraph Hill.
Sixth street, near P street.
Washington Village, junction Dorchester avenue and Dor-
chester street.
Boxbury.
Albany street, junction Dearborn street.
Beacon street, junction Brookline avenue.
* Eliot square.
Eustis street, near Washington street.
Heath street, near Tremont street.
Pynchon street, near Roxbury street.
Tremont street, junction Cabot street.
West Roxbury.
Centre street, junction Day and Perkins street.
Centre and La Grange streets, West Roxbury Village.
Morton street, junction South street.
Roslindale, Taft's Hotel.
Washington street, near Williams street.
Dorchester.
Commercial street, opposite Beach street.
Neponset avenue, corner Walnut street.
Upham's Corner.
Glover's Corner.
Grove Hall.
Brighton.
Barry's Corner.
Market street, Cattle-Fair Hotel.
Union square.
Western avenue, Charles-river Hotel.
There are eighteen stand-pipes now located for street-
sprinkling purposes as follows : —
Tremont street and Hammond park.
Clay street, corner Tremont street.
Eeport or THE Water Board.
105
Eliot square.
Brookliiie avenue, corner Long wood avenue.
St. James street, corner Warren street.
Blue Hill avenue, between Waverly and Cliiford streets.
Warren street, corner Gaston street.
Egleston square, corner Walnut avenue.
Dale street, opposite Harvard avenue.
Upham's Corner.
Field's Corner.
Dorchester avenue, near Savin Hill avenue.
Dorchester avenue, at Old Boston line.
Beach street, Harrison square.
Union square, Brighton.
Washington street, corner Winship street, Brighton.
Chestnut Hill avenue, corner of South street.
Dudley street, opposite Harvard avenue.
Statement showing the Number and Kind of water Fixtures contained within
the Premises of Water-takers in the City of Boston, January 1, 1880, as
compared with previous years.
1877.
1878.
1879.
8,388
8,716
8,900
Taps. These haye no connection with any drain or sewer.
80,340
81,842
84,138
Sinks.
41,359
43,044
46,034
Wash-hand basias.
14,300
15,121
15,751
Bathing-tubs.
22,704
24,956
26,142
Pan water-closets.
1,038
777
725
Hopper water-closets.
20,680
22,006
22,855
" " automatic.
539
619
622
" " waste.
1,438
1,478
1,386
Urinals.
2,307
2,226
2,450
" automatic.
16,608
17,517
18,406
Wash-tubs. These are permanently attached to the building.
598
634
590
Shower-baths.
263
237
211
Private hydrants.
850
853
1,004
Slop-hoppers.
106
125
138
Foot-baths.
211,516
220,051
229,353
Respectfully submitted,
Wm. F. DAVIS,
Water Registrar.
EEPOET or THE MYSTIC WATER EEGISTBAR
FOR THE TEAR 1879-80.
Office of the Mystic Water Registrar,
Boston, Charlestown District, May 1, 1880.
Leonard R. Cutter, Esq.,
Chairman Boston Water Board : —
Sir, — I herewith present the Annual Report of the Mystic
Water Registrar, for the year ending April 30, 1880, in con-
formity with the city ordinance.
The total number of water-takers now entered for the year
1880 is 20,566, distributed as follows : Charlestown Dis-
trict, 6.092; East Boston, 4,500; Chelsea, 4,654; Somer-
ville, 4,552 ; Everett, 768.
The total amount of water-rates received from May 1,
1879, to May 1, 1880, is as follows : —
Charlestown District
East Boston
Chelsea
Somerville
Everett .
The amount paid the cities of
Chelsea, Somerville, and town
of Everett, as per contract
is . . . .
The amount paid Cochituate
Water Department for water
furnished East Boston, from
July 23 to Dec. 24, 1879, is
The amount received for water
used in previous J^ears is
Leaving the net receipts for
,894 05
44,013 24
51,068 42
55,891 73
7,685 18
$258,552 62
water furnished during the
year . . . .
$24,409 83
19,172 70
8,920 06
206,050 03
$258,552 62
Amount brought forward
. $258,552 62
Keport of the Water Board.
107
Amount brought forward
In addition to the above
amount, there has been re-
ceived, for labor and ma-
terial, furnished for work
outside this department, but
connected with the water-
works, the sum of
Fines, non-payments
Fees, summons
Maintaining meters
Off and on water for repairs
Sale of old material
$258,552 62
$249 52
382 00
319 00
204 50
122 00
65 00
1,342 02
$259,894 64
Total amount received during the year
The expenses of the office during the year ending April
30, 1880, including all charges for collections in Chelsea,
Somerville, and Everett, were $6,304.79.
Table showing the number oj -places turned off for non-payment of rates
during the year 1879, the number turned on again, and the number still
remaining off.
Charlestown District
Chelsea
Sotneryille
Everett
Total
Number turned
off.
104
201
24
422
Number turned
on.
81
135
84
306
Number remain-
ing off.
23
The places turned of for non-payment of rates in East
Boston are included in the report of the Water Registrar of
the Cochituate Water Department.
Stand-pipes for Street Watering.
The whole number in use in this department is 29, dis-
tributed as follows : —
Charlestown District.
Cambridge street, near Stickney & Poor's factory.
" '* Railroad.
Summer street,
Somerville avenue,
108 City Document No. 108.
Kutherford avenue, near City stables.
*' " Allen street.
South Eden street, " Main street.
Prescott " " Harvard School building.
Monument square, " Laurel street.
Chelsea.
Cary square, corner Forsyth street.
Somerville.
Washington street, corner Boston street.
" " Myrtle street,
near Union square.
Elm street.
Laurel street.
Poplar street.
Cambridge line.
Merriam street.
Broadway, *« Franklin street.
" opposite Public park.
School street, near Somerville avenue.
Spring street, " "
Beacon street, " Cooney street.
Pinckney street, " Pearl street.
Pearl street, *' Cross street.
Thurston street, ** Broadway.
Highland avenue, corner Medford street.
Everett.
Broadway, near Engine house.
" '* Pleasant street.
** «* Chandler's.
Main street, " Chelsea street.
DumKING-FoUNTAINS .
The whole number in use in this department is 21, dis-
tributed as follows : —
Oharlestown District.
City square, corner Park street.
Chelsea street, " Wapping street.
Bunker Hill street, corner Tufts street.
Canal street, *' South Eden street.
Main street, " Hancock square.
'* near Tufts wharf.
Austin street, opposite Front street.
Keport of the Water Board.
109
Chelsea.
Broadway square,
" near bridge.
Winnisimmet street, near Ferry.
Pearl street, corner Marginal street.
Eastern avenue, corner Crescent avenue.
Somerville.
Union square (2).
Broadway, corner Walnut street.
Highland avenue, corner Walnut street.
Medford street, " Central street.
Davis square (2).
Broadway, opposite Public park.
Everett.
Main street, junction Broadway.
East Boston.
(See CocMtuate Water Eegistrar's Keport.)
One of the fountains in Union square, one at the corner of
Highland avenue and Walnut street, one at Davis square,
Somerville, and one on Broadway, near the bridge, Chelsea,
have automatic fixtures regulating the water supply. The
others are so arranged that the water flows continuously.
Table showing the Number and Size of Meters, also the Number of Motors in
the Mystic Water Department.
Size
OF Meters,
finch.
I inch.
1 inch.'
1^ inch.
2 Inch.
3 inch.
4 inch.
Motors.
Total.
Charlestown
District . .
35
21
17
9
1
1
2
1
22
23
9
9
4
3
2
21
8
6
1
2
3
3
1
4
2
91
55
Chelsea . .
Somerville .
2
2
2
36
27
7
Total. . .
82
5
67
6
38
7
6
6
216
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119
Statemeut showing the amount of water-rates received
since the introduction of Mystic-pond water, November 29,
1864 : —
Charlestown District,
East Boston, net.
Chelsea,
net.
Somerville, net.
Amounts carried forward.
1865 .
. . $27,043 10
1866 .
. 47,247 16
1867 .
. . 60,188 83
1868 .
. 68,815 82 ■
1869 .
. 74,369 81
1870 .
. 82,230 79
1871 .
. 87,259 70
1872 .
. 97,727 36
1873 .
. 99,455 66
1874 .
. 111,420 30
1875 .
. 118,568 00
1876 .
. 116,271 17
1877 .
. 109,963 25
1878 .
. 104,174 76
1879 .
. 98,313 88
May 1, 1880 .
. 74,641 49
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1870 .
. $39,870 22
1871 . .
. 45,022 98
1872 . .
. 49,574 38
1873 . .
. 53,488 41
1874 . .
. 53,654 08
1875, 10 m
OS. 49,153 73
1876 . .
. 50,228 04
1877 . .
. 46,982 40
1878 . .
. 48,553 33
1879, 7 m(
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May 1, 1880 . .
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1868, 6 m
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1868-69 .
. 16,615 92
1869-70 .
. 22,179 41
1870-71 .
. 25,871 17
1871-72 .
. 31,535 62
1872-73 .
. 34,067 65
1873-74 .
. 36,118 61
1874-75 .
. 39,886 61
1875-76 .
. 40,060 54
1876-77 .
. 39,425 33
1877-78 .
. 39,147 60
1878-79 .
. 39,720 66
May 1, 1880
. 39,524 95
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1870 . .
. 11,211 40
1871 . .
. 17,023 74
1872 . .
. 21,220 11
1873 . .
. 25,698 11
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$80,740 09 $2,285,570 97
120
City Document No. 108.
Amounts brought forward.
Somerville, net,
Everett,
1874
1875
1876
1877
1878
1879
May 1, 1880
180,740 09
30,494 48
38,038 70
39,320 47
39,411 22
41,648 79
42,097 48
38,347 21
$2,285,670 97
aet,
1872-73 .
$3,062 83
1873-74 .
3,710 96
1874-75 .
3,975 95
1875-76 .
4,982 52
1876-77 .
5,566 12
1877-78 .
6,291 70
1878-79 .
6,314 70
" May 1
, 1880
6,186 83
The aggregate amount to May 1, 1880
350,098 44
40,091 61
#2,675,761 02
Respectfully,
JOSEPH H. CALDWELL,
Mystic Water Registrar.
EEPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE
WESTERN DIVISION.
Chestnut Hill Eeservoir,
May 1, 1880.
Leonard R. Cutter, Esq., Chairman Boston Water
Board : —
Sir, — In compliance with the rule of the Board, I submit
herewith the annual report of this department for the past
official year.
Lake Cochituate.
On the 1st of May, 1879, the surface of the lake stood at
elevation 133.78, — 12 ft. 9 in. above the bottom of the
aqueduct, and within a few inches of high-water mark. On
the 2d of May the stop-planks were partly taken out at the
dam, and a small amount of water wasted ; but, with this ex-
ception, there has been no waste of water during the year.
The lake maintained its height until the middle of June,
when it gradually, but steadily, declined until Dec. 29, at
which time the surface reached grade 126.41, the lowest
point touched during the year. On the 15th of January the
lake stood at 127.14, and, owing to the shutting down of the
head-gates of the Cochituate aqueduct for a month, and an
abundance of rain, the surface rose at the rate of about a foot
a week. On the 16th of February the gates were again
opened and water drawn from the lake to the city, notwith-
standing which the water has risen as high as it is thought
best to keep it with our present facilities for overflow.
No great amount of water has been drawn from the Sud-
bury source into the lake, — only 718,700,000 gallons in
all, — and this has been received in course of some experi-
ments on the flow of water through the Sudbury aqueduct.
A large amount of new work has been accomplished at the
lake during the past year. Two new dams have been built
to flow portions of the lake which are exposed at low water :
one at the mouth of the Pegan or Hanchett meadows, and
the other at the crossing of the Central Turnpike in Natick,
to control the meadows south of that road. Both of these
improvements were very much needed, and will probably
accomplish more to maintain the purity of the water than
122 City Document No. 108.
any other similar expenditure could have done. Both of
these dams were thoroughly built by day's labor. The
sluices were formed of piling with stop planks to control the
water, and the exposed faces were either paved or rip-rapped.
A large amount of work has been done at the mouth of
Pegan brook. By order of the Board in December last,
I rebuilt the large filtering dam and replaced the sluices in
both dams. The latter were so rotten as to be untrust-
worthy. These sluices were both rebuilt of chestnut.
Advantage was taken of the low stage of water to clean
out the settling basins. About four thousand loads of de-
posit were removed from the two basins ; the sides were
entirely regraded, the growth of trees removed, and the
borders covered with clean gravel, which gives a diflferent
look to this portion of the lake.
Notwithstanding the Board has done all in its power to
neutralize the effect of the bad water from Pegan brook, this
great evil still remains.
On October 28th I was directed by the Board to report
to them the names of all parties polluting the lake within
the limits of the town of Natick, with a description of the
premises. On November 28th the report was made, and
the Board proceeded at once to take action against the pollu-
tors under the statute of 1878. The parties, nearly 100 in
number, were duly notified ; and on Feb, 7th proceedings
were begun against some of them before the State Board of
Health. The hearings took place on March 5th and March
20th. The cases are now pending.
The only other serious trouble threatening the lake water
at present comes from the Eeformatory Prison in Sherborn,
and the State has already done much to alleviate this
nuisance. A series of pipes supplied from large " field-
tanks " has been built to filter the sewage through the natural
earth. The eflluent water is quite clear, and a great im-
provement over the very bad condition of things at the time
of the last report.
A new slope wall was built during the winter on the
middle division of the lake ; the Pond-street culvert was
rebuilt by contract during the latter part of the summer.
As we have always had more or less trouble at the dams at
the outlet of the lake, during freshets, I have made a series
of investigations into the actual state of the dams, their
capacities under various circumstances ; and some borings
have been made to determine the best site for a new dam,
should one be decided on.
The result, together with plans of the existing structures,
have been sent to the City Engineer.
Report or the Water Board. 123
Until a new dam can be built I would suggest the follow-
ing changes in the existing structures : —
First, the removal of the weir and brick-work at the lower
dam, and a better arrangement of stop-planks. Second, the
building of a foot-bridge at the upper dam, and a modifica-
tion of stop-planks to be controlled from the bridge. With
these alterations and precautions in the management of the
lake at times of high water much greater safety will be
insured than at present, and the cost will be trifling.
The other structures at the lake are in their usual condi-
tion.
There is a question now pending between the city and the
town of Natick as to who shall maintain Willow bridge.
Dug and Dudley Ponds.
We have drawn no water from Dudley pond during the
year, and very little has been received by overflow from
Dug pond.
The Cochituate Aqueduct.
Six feet of water were run in this aqueduct from May 1st
till Sept. 10th ; and eight feet from Sept. 10th to Oct. 7th ;
the latter making a head of 20 inches over the top of the
conduit. From Oct. 7th the head gates were wide open,
and the water followed the surface of the lake with a certain
loss of head until Jan. 15th, when, with the authority of the
City Engineer, I proceeded to make some repairs on the
upper portions of the aqueduct, and for that purpose the
water was ' shut ofl^. A well was sunk a short distance from
the lake, with the intention of lowering the ground water
below the bottom of the aqueduct ; after this was accom-
plished, the plan was to take out the invert, and after con-
creting the foundation to replace the invert. Owing to the
rapid rise of the lake, and the inability to keep the water
down at reasonable expense by pumping, the attempt was
abandoned on Feb. 17th, and the gates reopened. The well
remains for another trial whenever the lake is low.
The head gates, which control the water from the lake,
were found so leaky that they were taken out, repaired, and
made tight.
Since Feb. 17th we have run but five feet of water in the
aqueduct or elevation 126.00.
The line of the aqueduct has been cleared of growing
timber during the year, whenever the men were not engaged
in more pressing work. Extensive repairs will soon have to
124 City Document No. 108.
be made on the culverts and other structures on the line of this
conduit. The catch-basins were cleaned out during the past
year.
ScDBDRY-ElVER AqUEDUCT.
This structure is in excellent condition. It has sent to
Chestnut-Hill reservoir during the year about 4,000,000,000
gallons.
The banks have been well looked after, as it is important
to get a good sodding started on them. The Boaid have
authorized me to fence portions of the line liable to be
injured by cattle, and steps have already been taken in that
direction. The gate-houses are in good condition. A care-
ful examination of the interior of the conduit soon after it
was put in my charge showed that many fine cracks existed
in difierent jjortions of its length. They will probably never
increase or become of any particular importance unless the
structure should be strained beyond the design at some
future time ; but, for the purpose of ascertaining whether
there were any changes taking place, however minute, at any
point, I have put the interior in perfect order. For this pur-
pose the bottom cracks have been dug out and pointed thor-
oughly, and the top cracks when they were of the thickness
of a sheet of paper have been simply painted over with
from two to three coats of American cement put on with a
brush. This is done very rapidly, and has shown that, with
one or two exceptions, there has been no further change since
the repairs were made.
The small springs have been stopped by calking with sheet
lead. The cracks in the bottom were repaired with Portland
cement, mixed ^ sand, | cement. The whole of the interior
is now in perfect order from the terminal chamber to Course
brook.
The upper portion of the aqueduct from Farm pond to
Dewing's cut has been scraped and thoroughly cleaned. The
inside was coated, for a large portion of this distance, with a
deposit of lime, which was almost as hard as enamel, and
in places nearly an inch in thickness. After this substance
was chiselled and scraped ofi*, the brick-work was washed
and swept as clean as possible. The washing was completed
as far as Bacon's waste weir.
Culverts Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 have been pointed,
and all the iron-work in the gate-houses painted during the
year.
On July 8th, I was directed to open a street over the con-
duit from Mr. Chas. P. Clark's land, in Newton Centre, over
Report of the Watee Board. 125
land of Rev. S. F. Smith, which was accomplished, during
the following month, to the satisfaction of all parties con-
cerned.
Chestnut-Hill Reservoir.
In April last a disease appeared among the fish in the res-
ervoir. It was principally confined to the horn-pouts, of
which there are large numbers. It was noticed at first that
individual fishes appeared to be laboring under some trouble.
They would float about near the surface in a weak condition.
There were large white blotches on their sides and backs, and
sometimes the fish would be worn almost to a skeleton before
succumbing to the disease. Numbers were taken out from
the slope walls on the sides of the basins, into which they
had run their heads.
Soon afterwards large schools of horn-pouts could be seen
swimming slowly around the reservoir near the surface, and
all apparently affected.
Professor W. R. Nichols, of the Mass; Institute of Tech-
nology, was engaged to investigate the trouble, and it was
found that the disease from which they were suffering was a
vegetable parasite which attaches itself to the skin of slow-
moving fishes, and grows feeding on the body. Large
quantities of the fishes must have recovered, as in the course
of a few weeks the disease disappeared.
The structures connected with the Chestnut-Hill reservoir
are all in good order. I know of no repairs of importance
that will be required at this point during the coming year.
The grounds are showing finely the results of past labor.
The plan has been kept up of planting small and inexpensive
trees for future effect.
The 48-inch main around the reservoir has been used for
the first time to supply the city directly during some exper-
iments made in November and December to determine the
exact consumption.
The Cochituate water was shut off from this reservoir for
almost three weeks in the fall and early part of the winter,
and was run through the Brookline reservoir independently
of the Sudbury. This was done to guard against some
threatened troubles of a vegetable nature, which however
disappeared, and the Sudbury and Cochituate are now mixed
in nearly equal quantities in the distribution.
For several years past I have been making experiments
on rain gauges placed in various positions at Chestnut-Hill
reservoir. While enough has not been done to add much to
the literature of the subject, yet sufficient data have been
126
City Document No. 108.
collected to show that it is of the greatest importance to
have some uniformity throughout the country in observation
on the rainfall. It is proved beyond doubt that at the level
of the ground much more rain can be collected than at a
short distance above the surface. At Chestnut Hill I have
collected 17 per cent, less rain at a height of 25 feet than
at a height of 2^ feet, this being the average for one year's
observations. In England, the height of one foot has been
very generally adopted as the proper position for a gauge.
There are practical difficulties with this height in our climate,
and it has seemed to me that two feet and one-half is a good
height for us. If all gauges were so placed, relative com-
parisons would be of real value. Good results have been
secured with a gauge of 14.85 in diameter. A hundred
ounces in a gauge of this size makes an inch of rain, and
great accuracy is secured by weighing. One difficulty is to
secure a river of good section whose shape will not be easily
changed. It would be desirable to have them all furnished
from some central source. As a great many observations are
now made on rainfalls by water works throughout the
country, it is to be hoped that some uniformity will be
arrived at.
The following table shows the rain-fall at Chestnut-Hill
reservoir for the year 1879 : —
Tahle of Rainfall at Chestnut- Hill Reservoir,^ for the year ending Dec, 1879.
ft
a)
a
m o
Duration.
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a
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Duration.
Jan. 2
.39
Snow
7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Feb. 9
.01
Snow
9 a.m. to 1.15 p.m.
" 9
«' 11
.SO
.02
«
4 a.m. to 7.S0 p.m.
8 to 9.30 p.m.
" 11
<• 12
>1.30
Rain
6 p.m.
to
10.45 a.m.
" 16
.68
"
4.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m.
« 17
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3 p.m.
" 20
" 21
.08
.01
..
1 to 4 a.m.
8.45 to 11.45 p.m.
" 18
" 19
-.66
Snow
to
" 27
<• 28
\ .02
Mist
3 p.m.
to
8.45 a.m.
" 20
" 22
'< 25
.01
.37
<•
7 p.m.
5 to 7 p.m.
2.20 to 10 p.m.
Total .
2.10
<< 26
" 27
\ .49
Rain
Snow
8.40 p.m.
to
2. a.m. 6 to 7.20 a.m.
Feb. 6
\ .18
Snow
3 p.m.
to
1 a.m.
" 6
Total .
3.02
1 Three gauges have been kept during the year, but the quantities in this table are from a
gauge 14.85 inches in diameter, 2 feet 8 inches above the surface of the ground, and well
placed in a very large open yard, unsurrounded by buildings or other obstructions. The
duration of rainfall has been marlied by observers and checlsed from a Belf-recording gauge
which records to within live minutes. — D. FitzQ-erald.
Correction. — On page 126, 17th line from top, read " rim" instead of " river."
Keport or THE Water Board.
127
Table of Rainfall at Chestnut-Hill Reservoir. — Continued.
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Duration.
Mar. 6
.22
Snow
12.30 to 8 p.m.
" 9
.08
Rain
5.15 to 8.30 a.m.
" 11
.01
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7.15 to 9.30 a.m.
•« 14
.14
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3.15 to 9.30 p.m.
« 17
•\ .45
Snow
4 to 11.45 a.m.
" 18
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11.45 a.m.
ers &
to
Snow
12.15 a.m.
" 21
.14
Snow
4 to 10.15 a.m.
Rain
10.15 a.m. to 3.15 p.m.
" 22
> 1.075
Snow
5.25 to 6 p.m.
" 23
J
Rain
6 p.m. to 9.45 a.m.
" 27
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Snow
7 a.m.
>1.12
and
to
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Rain
3.30 p.m.
" 30
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Rain
5 to 8.45 a.m.
«' 31
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Snow
( 12.30 p.m. to 2 a.m.
1 April 1.
3.565
April 3
.205
Rain
and
Snow
4 p.m.
to
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" 10
1.58
Rain
and
Snow
2.30 p.m. to
5.30 a.m.
" 11
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Snow
Snow in p.m.
" 15
" 16
\ .27
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3.30 p.m.
to
3 a.m.
" 17
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Rain
6 a.m.
" 18
and
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7 p.m.
" 25
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Rain
5 to 6.30 a.m.
" 29
( .54
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12.15 to 9 a.m.
4.15 p.m. to 10 a.m.
" 30
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9.55 to 11.15 p.m.
Total .
6.015
May 16
( .03
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Rain
" 19
I .68
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Total .
.85
1 to 7.15 a.m.
9.30 to 5.15 p.m.
7.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m.
8 to 8.30 p.m.
June 2
" 3
" 4
" 5
" 6
" 10
" 11
" 13
" 15
" 16
" 26
" 28
" 29
" 30
Total .
1.38
Show-
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Rain
Duration.
5.10 p.m.
to
3 p.m.
4.40 to 5.05 p.m.
5.10 to 5.45 p.m.
2.50 to 3.15 a.m.
7.45 p.m. to
6 a.m.
1 to 3 a.m.
6 a.m.
to
2 p.m.
11.40 a.m. to 12 m.
3.55 to 4.05 p.m.
6.45 p.m. to 1.30 a.m.
2.30 to 6p.m.
1.35 to 1.55 p.m.
July S
.01
Rain
5.20 to 5.25 p.m.
" 4
.12
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4.15 to 5 p.m.
" 7
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12.30 p.m.
to
11 a.m.
» 12
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12.45 to 2 a.m.
" 16
.73
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4.05 to 5.15 p.m.
" 18
.04
"
3.45 to 4.30 p.m.
" 22
( .23
1.12
w
1.45 to 2.05 a.m.
11.10 to 11.35 p.m.
" 26
" 27
\ 1.02
"
1.45 p.m.
to
6 a.m.
Total .
3.03
Aug. 8
" 16 =
" 17
" 18
" 19
" 24
" 25
" 26
" 29
Total .
7.15
4 to 9 a.m.
7.35 a.m.
6.30 a.m.
3.45 to 4.05 p.m.
1.15 p.m.
to
8.15 a.m.
10.05 to ll.(T5 p.m.
1 Either misty or sprinkling during the whole of these three days. My self-recording gauge
25 feet above ground showed 3.5 inches from 2.50 p.m., Aug. 18, to 3 a.m., Aug. 19, which
probably represents something less than 90 per cent, of the rainfall at the surface of the ground.
128
CiTr Document No. 108.
Table of Rainfall at Chestnut- Hill Reservoir. — Concluded.
a)
M
5s
Duration.
p
i
o
a
o u
m c
Duration.
Sept. 4
" 8
« 14
.68
.48
.27
.07
Rain
1.30 to 6.45 a.m.
3.20 to 11.30 a.m.
3 a.m. to 6.15 p.m.
7.45 a.m to 7.45 p.m.
Nov. 23
<• 29
.08
.01
Rain
and
Snow
Rain
4.45 a.m.
to
7.30 a.m.
1.30 a.m to 3 p.m.
" 16
Total .
2.71
. • •
" 24
.38
"
2.25 to 6.30 p.m.
Dec. 4
" 6
" 7
.15
1-
Rain
Total .
1.88
1.30 to 7.30 a.m.
1p.m.
to
7.30 a.m.
Oct. 11
.09
Rain
3.45 to 11 a.m.
" 19
.26
<.
3.15 to 8.45 a.m.
" 8
.11
"
11.30 a.m. to 3.45 p.m.
<• 22
.02
..
4 to 6.15 a.m.
" 10
I .13
„
8.30 p.m.
to
" 28
.40
«
10.50 a.m. to 8 p.m.
" 11
8.30 a.m.
.< 14
•• 15
|l.l9
Rain
and
Snow
Snow
7.30 a.m.
Total .
.77
to ■
2 a.m.
7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Nov. 3
.39
Snow
6.10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
" 20
.01
"
7.30 to 10.30 a.m.
« 7
J 18
„
10.30 a.m.
to
" 22
.62
'<
1.45 a.m. to 9 p.m.
" 8
s
5.30 a.m.
" 24
.57
Rain
5.15 a.m. to 2 p.m.
" 12
•' 13
i .46
Rain
5 p.m.
to
3.46 a.m.
" 25
" 29
.01
.10
Snow
Rain
9.30 to 11.20 p.m."
6 to 9.30 a.m.
" 18
.83
.31
Rain
and
Snow
Snow
6.45 a.m.
to
6.10 p.m.
5 a.m. to 5.45 p.m.
" 31
.53
Snow
7.30 a.m. to 10 p.m.
" 20
Total .
3.93
Total fo
f year
Brookline Reservoir.
This reservoir is in the same condition as at the date of
the last report. A great deal of work will have to be done
to it after the new 48-inch main is laid. The basin should
be cleaned out and the gate-houses thoroughly overhauled.
The grounds are in good order.
The customary list of tools and other property is ap-
pended.
Respectfully submitted,
DESMOND FITZGERALD,
Superintendent.
Report of the Water Board. 129
LIST OF CITY PROPERTY ON THE WESTERN
DIVISION.
1880.
Chestnut-Hill Reservoir.
Effluent Gate-House.
1 hand-pump, 1 12-ft. ladder, 1 10-ft. ladder, 2 wrenches,
100 ft. of hose, 120 ft. gas-pipe, 2 shovels, 1 rattan broom,
1 set evaporation apparatus, 4 stop-plank hooks, 1 blow-off
wrench, 2 gate wrenches, 32 ft. galv. chain, lock, etc., 1
fountain nozzle, 33 stop-planks, 1 step-ladder, 5 pictures, 1
gauge, 1 thermometer, 1 broom, 2 brushes and dust-pan, 6
lanterns, hydraulic apparatus, 1 stove, stove-pipe, poker and
hod, 1 settee, 1 mat, 1 nozzle, 3 oil-cans and tunnel, 1 ham-
mer, 1 scrubbing-brush, I sponge, 1 window-brush, 2 wire
scoops.
Terminal Chamber.
1 self-registering gauge, 1 broom, 1 settee, 1 dust-pan and
brush, 1 stove, stove-pipe, poker and hod*, 1 coal-box, 1 20-
ft. ladder, 1 boat, 1 step-ladder, 4 lanterns, 1 duster, 3 oil-
cans, 1 pair rubber boots, 1 iron rake, 1 reflector-lamp for
boat, 1 mat, 2 stop-plank hooks, 25 stop-planks, 1 wire
scoop.
Intermediate Gate-House.
18 stop-planks, 1 wrench.
Influent Gate- House.
26 long stop-planks for conduit, 14 stop-planks, 4 hooks,
1 extra brass screw.
Office.
1 safe, 3 desks, 6 chairs, 3 stools, 5 pictures, 1 telegraph
instrument, 2 sets scales, 1 stove, 3 reflecting lanterns, 6
lanterns, 11 brooms, 1 hook-gauge, 2 inkstands, 4 thermom-
eters, 2 copper pans, 3 tumblers, 2 kettles, 9 pairs rubber
boots, 7 rubber coats and caps, 8 gauging-floats, 1 drawing-
table, 1 sink, pump, wash-basin, and 8 towels, 1 automatic
rain-gauge, 1 book-case.
Tool-House.
\ box glass, 1 copper elbow, \ bbl. lard oil and cans, |
bbl. kerosene oil and cans, 1 gall, sperm oil, 1 can glycerine,
130 City Document No. 108.
12 bird-houses, 1 conduit reflector, 3 screen-doors, 75 lbs.
waste, 24 padlocks, 18 boxes candles, 2 bars soap, l- gross
matches, 11 paiut-bmshes, 1 chimney brush, 5 whitewash
brushes, 2 bunches tacks, 3 rolls wicking, 2 sheets rubber
gaskets, 3 ice-chisels and hooks, 1 ice-saw, 2 glass floats, 1
Johnson pump, 12 window-screens 1 water-tank, 2 rain-
gauges, 6 horse-bonnets, 2 shades, 7 draft-chains, 8 striking-
hammers, 2 hand-hammers, 7 sledge-hammers, 2 paving-
hammers, 2 axes, 4 screen-bars, 15 iron bars, 31 square
shovels, 9 snow-shovels, 55 round-pointed shovels, 5 scufflers,
43 picks, 5 grub-axes, 34 pick-handles, 7 sledge-handles, 7
trowels, 17 rifles, 1 lot of cord, 9 hoes, 4 one-bushel baskets, 4
border-knives, 2 beadles, 5 paving-rammers, 1 root-puller, 3
manure-forks, 1 limb-cutter, 1 gafi'-hook, 1 California pump-
belt, 25 ft. wire fence, 2 pulleys, 2 mowing-machines, 18
drills, 1 copper tamping-rod, 2 iron spoons, 2 whetstones,
one wooden pulley, | can palm-oil, 1 screen-brush, 6 bags
grass-seed, 5 lbs. oakum, 7 dozen hay-caps, 1 rubber tank-
hose, 1 box candlesticks, 1 writing-desk, 1 cross-cut saw, 4
small tin dippers, 12 pails, 5 heavy buckets, 1 tin boiler, 1
hay-knife, 50 ft. fuse, 4 sponges, 1 grate, 5 lbs. powder, 3
spades, 14 points, -3 chisels, 3 grass-hooks, 3 watering-pots,
3 feed-baskets, 75 lbs. lead, 6 rattan brooms 11 snaths, 14
iron rakes, 19 wooden rakes, 12 hay-forks, 2 hay-ropes, 1
oil cabinet, 25 lbs. axle grease, 4 rubber blankets, 12 kegs
nails, 6 plow-points, 1 cement testing-machine, 1 piece brass
screen, and 1 piece copper screen.
Old Blacksmith's Shop.
1 observatory and instruments, 2 pieces canvas, I pair
oars, 2 boats, 1,000 shingles, 1 flume, 1 post-spoon, 1 iron
cover, 10 bbls. Portland, 23 bbls. American cement, \ bbl.
black oil, 1 lot crusher-plates, 2 large screens, 12 signs, 1
iron bedstead, ^ bbl. paint, 1 manhole grate, ^ cask red
paint, 1 house force-pump, 1 lot of chains, 3 stoves, 20 ft.
lead pipe.
Stable.
8 horses, 2 pigs, 8 horse-blankets, 1 rubber horse-cover, 2
sets double harness, 1 hay-rigging harness, 2 express har-
nesses, 2 driving-harnesses, 9 halters, 4 cart-harnesses, 1
harness-pan, 1 gall, neat's-foot oil, 1 Johnson pump, sleigh-
bells, 2 surcingles, 1 stove, 1 stable-sponge, 4 curry-brushes
and combs, 1 set lead chains, 1 hay-cutter, 1, knee-pad, 40
bushels oats, 1 bushel cracked corn, 3 bushels shorts, 10 tons
hay, 2 brooms, 2 bales straw, 2 open buggies, 1 covered buggy,
1 bufialo and lap robe, 1 duster, 1 jack, 1 watering-pot, 1 whip.
Eeport of the Water Boaed. 131
Carpenter's Shop.
1 stove, 1 clock, 30 ft. clear white-pine, 100 ft. ash, 400
spruce clapboards, 3 hand-saws, 1 panel-saw, 1 bit-stock
and bitts, 1 level, 8 planes, 3 augurs, 1 pair dividers, 6
chisels, 2 axes, 2 gauges, 20 fence-rails, 4 X 4, 1 wood-saw,
1 water-tank, 400 lbs. nails, 1 lot screws, 1 hammer, 1 com-
pass-saw, 12 eye-bolts, 1 fence-wrench, 2 ladles, 2 rubber
belts, 2 jack-screws, 15 lbs. green paint, 1 can japan, 2
galls, boiled linseed-oil, 5 galls, raw linseed-oil, 5 brushes, 1
gall, black paint, 1 gall, varnish, ^ can spirits turpentine,
3 cans paint preserver, 1 grindstone, 1 galv. chain and pul-
ley, 1 belt-stretcher, 1 rotary-pump, \ ton hard coal, \ ton
soft coal, 1 Blake pump, 1 portable boiler, 1 roll brown
paper, 1 feed-pump, 1 portable engine, 1 glue-pot.
Blacksmith'' s Shop.
1 forge, 1 anvil, 1 set tools, 1 vise, 1 breast-drill, 3 stock-
dies and taps, 1 ratchet and drill, 10 files, 75 lbs. iron, 200
lbs. scrap-iron, 4 pairs pipe-tongs, 2 solid die-plates, 75 ft.
steam-pipe, 3 cold chisels, 2 monkey-wrenches, 1 soldering-
iron.
Yard.
1 derrick and rigging, 1 Blake stone-crusher, 1 12-horse
power engine, 2 cans, 1 portable building and shed, 60 ft.
4-inch suction-pipe, 1 piece of lead suction-pipe (siphon),
1 piece of 18-inch copper suction-pipe, 30 ft. of 4-inch iron
/• suction-pipe, 12 ft. 8-inch drain-pipe, 8 ft. 6 inch drain-pipe,
6 ft. 30-inch drain-pipe, 15 fire-buckets, 1 carryall, 1 sleigh,
2 express wagons, 1 2-horse wagon, 4 carts, 2 water-carts,
1 hay- wagon, 1 pung, 2 2-horse sleds, 1 2-horse truck, 2 drags,
1 1-horse water-cart, 2 road-rollers, 1 pair large wheels, 2 mov-
ing wheels, 4 roller-wheels (I horse-power), 2 hand-carts, 1
spare pole, 2 hand-rollers, 2 sets lead bars, 1 fire-engine, 2
jacks, 2 conduit forms, 1 step-ladder, 1 30-ft. ladder, 1 28-
ft. ladder, 1 20-ft. ladder, 2 12-ft. ladders, 2,000- bricks, 2
tons sand, 1 lot cast-iron grates, 1 lot clay, 1 scraper, 2
snow-ploughs, 1 plough, 1 harrow, 55 granite-bounds, 5 cedar-
posts, 1 rain gauge, 6 gravel-screens, 12 wheelbarrows, 125
pickets, 1 tool-box, 1 lot of old cast-iron.
BrooMine Reservoir.
1 writing-desk, record-book, ink-rack, etc., 1 gauge, 1-
stove, stove-pipe (32 ft.), hod and poker, 1 pitcher, 1 turn
bier, 1 spittoon, 1 lantern, 1 stove-brush, 2 settees, 4 stop-
132 CiTT Document No. 108.
plank hooks, 2 towels, 2 mats, 1 pair rubber boots, 1 scythe,
3 shovels, 1 pick, 1 dust-brush, 2 rakes, 1 hoe, 1 sickle, 1
scufiler, 2 water-pails, 1 13-ft. ladder, 1 step-ladder, 1
sponge, 1 pair hedge-shears, 1 dust-pau, 1 feather duster, 1
bushel basket, 1 border knife, 1 wheelbarrow, 1 spade, 1
broom, 1 screen-brush, 1 rattan-broom, 2 scrubbing-brushes,
1 watering-pot, 1 axe, 1 chair, 1 wrench, 1 40-inch gate-key,
9 ft., 2 36-inch gate-keys, 4 ft., 1 30-iuch gate-key, 6 ft., 2
air-cock wrenches, 2 gate-wheels, 1 gate-cover, 1 gate-
crank, 2 gate-chamber wheels, 38 stop-planks, 3 ft. 3^
inches X 8 inches, 18 stop-planks, 4 ft. 5 inches X 8 inches,
33 stop-planks, 5 ft. 6 inches X 8 inches, 3 gas fixtures, 1
frame for gates, 1 rammer, 4 keys for 48-inch connection, 1
wrench, iron cover and wooden cover for 48-inch connection,
1 crow-bar, 3 thermometers, 5 padlocks, 2 screen-doors, 6
window-screens, 6 screens, 5^ X 5 ft., 1 iron ladder, 7^ ft., 4
signs, 1 hammer, 1 cold chisel.
Lake Cochituate.
1 25-horse-power engine, 3 18-inch pumps, 1 12-inch
pump, 4 stop-plank hooks, 2 1-inch hooks, 1 box bolts and
pieces steam-pipe, 2 pieces boiler-plate, 1 dining-room table,
12 dining-room chairs, 1 small table, 1 mirror, 1 stove, 1
oil-cloth carpet, 2 spittoons, 2 record-books, 1 bowl and slab, 1
steelyards, 1 horse, 1 wagon, 1 light wagon (worthless), 1
cart, 1 pung, 3 harnesses, 1 rain-gauge, 38 stop-planks, 1
screen for gate-house, 4 hoes, 1 scythe, 2 pieces rubber hose,
1 rope, 2 gravel screens, 1 drain-mould, 1 lot of corrugated
iron, 4 rattan brooms, 6 candlesticks, 2 grindstones, 1 grap-
pling-iron, 1 boat-hook, 1 raft, 2 square-pointed shovels, 2
snow-shovels, 2 round-pointed shovels, 10 picks, 2 grub-hoes,
2 stone hand-trucks, 4 ox-chains, 1 short chain, 2 rakes, 2
white-wash brushes, 1 saw, 1 hammer, 1 roll telegraph-wire,
1 sledge, 1 striking hammer, 1 road-roller, 9 bbls. cement,
1 pair hedge-shears, 2 sickles, 2 hay-forks, 1 manure-fork,
50 stone-bounds, 4 pails, 1 pair oars, 2 sand-sieves, 6 hand-
drills, 2 hand-drill hammers, 6 steel points, 1 axe, 1 hatchet,
2 iron settees, 1 keel-bottom boat, 1 set small scales, 1 lot
of scrap-iron, copper and lead, 3 pairs rubber boots, 1 copper
sand-pump.
Farm Pond Gate-House.
1\ tons coal, 2 pails, 2 wrenches, 1 22-ft. ladder, 4 stop-
plank hooks, 3 yds. linen, 8 candles, 2 tin-pans, 4 cans, 2
ropes, 3 qts. kerosene oil, 1 boat, 3 lamps, 3 reflectors, 3
globes, 2 weir-gauges with apparatus, 2 wrenches for hoist-
Eepokt or THE Water Board. 133
ing gates, 1 crow-bar, 1 scuffler, 1 wire scoop, 3 conduit
reflectors, 4 double blocks with ropes, 3^ ft. rubber hose, 1
thermometer, 1 brass handle, for current-metre.
Office at Framingham.
6 bbls. American cement, \ bbl. Portland cement, l bale
oakum, 1 roll sheet lead, 5 hand-saws, 2 planes, 1 level, 2
hammers, 1 steel square, 4 bitt-stocks, 5 augurs, 11 bitts,
1 bevel, 3 screw-drivers, 2 wrenches, 1 marlin spike, 2
chisels, 1 carpenter's tool-chest, i keg nails, 4 pails, 1 ice-
pick, 2 swivel screen-hangers, 3 testing-irons, 5 cans, 12
eye-bqlts, 11 iron dogs, 16 iron steps, 22 bags, 1 tent, 1
grindstone, 1 water-can, 1 cement testing apparatus, 1 bbl.
bungs, lot of old iron, 1 ladle, package brimstone, 15 shovel-
handles, 1 pair chain dogs, 1 single block, 100 wooden pins,
1 coil of wire, 494 ft. old rubber hose, ^ keg spikes, 1
rammer, 12 picks, 1 grub-hoe, 3 shovels, \ box red paint, 1
ice-chest, 1 tool-box, 22 files, 1 tack-hammer, 1 wash-stand,
7 oil-cups, 4 padlocks, 1 tool-chest, iron pipe and fittings,
2 2-gall. measures, 2 reflecting-lanterns, 4 lanterns, 5 lan-
tern-globes, 1 gall, kerosene oil, 2 tunnels, 3 galls, sperm
oil, 2 brands, 7 galls. Page's varnish, 2 sledge-hammers, 5
axes, 4 brass bolts, 1 wooden maul, 11 picks, 1 wood-saw
and horse, 14 hammer-handles, 2 bdls. lathes, 3 mortar and-
12 brick hods, 1 stove, 3 ice-tanks, 8 manure-forks, 8 small
stone-hammers, 1 wooden rake, lot of leather belting.
Tool-House at Farm Pond.
10 picks, 12 grub-axes, 4 spades, 12 square-pointed
shovels, 9 round-pointed shovels, 6 long-handle round-
pointed shovels, 1 cross-cut saw, 1 hand-saw, 11 oars, 1
cylinder stove and pipe, | keg shingle-nails, 4 kegs spikes,
6 augurs, 1 jack-screw, 1 axe, 1 sieve, 2 hoes, 1 oil-cup, 1
chisel-bar, 2 pinch-bars, 5 crow-bars, 4 tampers, 2 rammers,
1 sledge-hammer, 4 scale-chains, 2 drag-chains, 103 bolts, 3
ft. 6 inches long, 11 wheelbarrows, 49 rods, 12 ft. long, 5
kegs old spikes, 1 lawn pump, 1 14-ft. lever, 3 double
blocks with ropes, 4 single blocks, 5 dredging-hooks, 5 ice-
hooks, 2 mortar and 8 brick-hods, 8 wooden rolls, 1 truck,
3 steel sounding-rods, 2 bush-scythes, 1 snath, 4 iron truck-
wheels, 50 ft. lead pipe, 1 gravel and 2 sand-screens, 1
wooden pump |- bbl. cement, 1 can, 26 stop-planks, 7 ft. 6
in. X 8 inch*X 4 inch, 80 stop-plank, 7 ft. X 8 inch X 4 inch,
48 bolts, 3 ft. 3 inches long, 30 bolts, 5 ft. 6 inches long,
cast-iron pipe and 4 bends, 350 bolts assorted sizes, QQ
stakes, current metre apparatus, 200 wooden pins, 15 ft. of
134 City Document No. 108.
6-mch stove-pipe, 1 water-pot, 1 belle oakum, 1 hoisting
apparatus, lot of old iron, 2 iron rings, 1 iron dog, 1 drill,
1 tool-chest, 2 bunches cord, 1 lot rubber, 1 trowel, 2
Avooden beadles, 1 tool-box, 4 oak-plank, 2 hammered
granite stones, 1 truck, 1 boat, 1 wooden scale, lot of spruce
lumber, lot of hard-pine lumber, lot of old lumber, 10
ladders.
Course Brook Waste Weir,
1 spade, 1 broom, 1 hoe, 2 stop-plank hooks with rope,
2 stop-plank hooks, 2 bags, 3 lanterns, 3 cans, 1 shovel, 1
piece of rope, 1 oil-cup, 4 pairs rubber-boots, 1 candle-stick,
1 can sperm-oil, 1 ice-chisel, 1 iron-rake, 1 hatchet, 3 wooden-
horses, 1 conduit reflector, 2 paint-brushes, 4 pails, 1 wheel-
barrow, 6 stop-planks, 9 feet 6 inches X 8 inches X 3
inches, 12 stop-planks, 4 cape-chisels, pile of old lumber.
Bacori's Brook Waste Weir.
3 iron-rakes, 1 spade, 4 bags, 3 square-pointed shovels, 4
grass-hooks, 2 pairs rubber-boots, 1 hand-barrow, 1 piece
canvas, 1 wheelbarrow, 1 pick, 1 culvert-scoop, 1 long-
handle round-pointed shovel, 3 cans, 1 lantern, 2 boxes
candles, 2 stop-plank hooks, 12 stop-planks, 2 cement-boxes,
6 steel sets, 5 cape-chisels, 1 ice-chisel.
' Rosemary Brook Blow-off.
1 gate-wrench, 1 ladder.
Fuller's Brook Waste Weir.
12 stop-plank, 9 feet 9 inches X 8 inches X 4 inches, 2
stop-plank hooks, 2 brooms, 1 can, 1 ice-chisel, 1 wheel-
barrow, 2 pails, 1 bag.
Tool-shed, near Fuller's Waste Weir.
12 plank, 14 feet X 8 inches X 3 inches, 4,300 hard brick,
1 wheelbarrow, 1 round-point shovel, lot of old lumber.
West Siphon Chamber.
52 stop-planks, 6 feet x 8 inches x 4 inches, 1 coal-hod,
1 coal-box, 1 tool-chest, 1 gauge, 5 pair rubber-boots, 1
stool, 1 gate-hook, 1 hook for bolting door, 2 lanterns, 3
cans, 1 gallon Page's varnish, l- can thinning, 1 sponge, 6
paint-brushes, 1 scrubbing-brush, 1 jug, 1 stove-brush, 3
calkiug-irons, 3 steel points, 1 dust-pan and brush, 6 brooms,
1 axe, ^ bag cotton waste, 1 2-bushel basket, 1 long-handle
Eeport of the Water Board. 135
round-pointed shovel, 3 square-pointed shovels, 2 candle-
sticks, 1 pail, 1 piece of rope, 1 ladder, 1 hoe, 1 closet, 4
stop-plank hooks, 2 wooden horses, 1 bag salt, 1 sieve, 2
cans paint, 1 mat, 1 bush-scythe, 1 grass-hook, 1 grub-axe,
1 crow-bar, 1 candle-reflector, 3 oil-cups, 1 keg nails, 2
globes, 1 augur, 1 hay-fork, 1 hand-saw, 1 hammer, 1 iron-
rake, 1^ bbls. sand, 3 bbls. cement, 1 bbl. Portland cement,
5 bags grass-seed, 7 boxes candles, 2 bags, 1 wheelbarrow.
East Siphon Chamber.
3 qts. paint, 1 broom, coil rope, 1 candle-stick, 1 closet, 1
flat-bottom boat, 52 stop-planks, 6 feet X 8 inches X 4
inches, 1 gauge, 2 stop-plank hooks, 1 wooden roller, 3
shovels, 1 wrench, 1 lantern, 3 iron-rakes, 2 pair rubber-
boots, 1 spade, 2 grass-hooks, 1 bag.
Glarhe's Waste Weir.
12 stop-planks, 2 stop-plank hooks, 1 broom, 1 shovel.
EEPOET OF THE SUPEEINTENDENT OF THE
EASTEEN DIVISION.
Boston, May 1, 1880.
Leonard R.Cutter,Esq. , Chairman Boston Water Board : —
Sir, — My report for the year ending with April 30th I
herewith respectfully submit.
I consider the works at the present date to be in excellent
condition.
Main Pipes.
The whole number of feet of pipe of the different sizes laid
during the year is . . 42,838 feet.
Eelaid .... 2,785 "
45,fi23, equal to 8|||| miles.
Total number miles of pipes laid to date . . 372|||^
Service Pipes.
Whole number put in ..... 1,036
Length in feet 27,787
Pipes changed . . . . . . 124
Lengthinfeet . . . . . . . 1,606
Posts for Watering-Carts.
Established during the year ..... 7
Total number now established . . . . . 25
Location.
Blue-Hill avenue, corner Quincy.
*' " near Warren.
Francis street, near Tremont.
Perkins street, near Centre.
Prince street, near Perkins.
Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Paris street, corner Meridian.
Keport of the Water Board.
137
Drinking-Fountains .
Established Sixth street, between P and Q.
*' fire-pipes ....
" elevators ....
" motors ....
6
23
6
Of the relaying of enlarged sizes, the following table
shows the changes in sizes
street.
Between what Streets.
Size now.
No. of feet.
Size form'ly
Harrison avenue . .
Dove
Rove's Wharf . .
Curve and Beach ...,.,.
P and Dorchester
From Atlantic avenue ....
8-in.
6 "
6 "
1,700
800
285
6-in.
4 "
4 "
Eaised.
A St. , Baldwin and end of pipe 6-inch. 300 feet.
Cabot St., Tremont, and Windsor 6-inch. 110 "
Lowbred.
Cabot St., Tremont and "Windsor 6-inch. 246 feet.
Taken Up.
6-inch iron pipe 2,435 feet.
4
2
li-
1
lead
926
. 13 '
.1,162 '
71 '
8 '
. 280 "
85 '
138
City Document No. 108.
Statement of Location, Size, and Number of Feet of Pipe
laid in 1879.
In what Street.
Exeter
Albany
Newbury
Beacon
Gloucester
Halden
Bromfield
Dartmouth
■I
School and City Hall Ave,
Newbury
Davenport
Auburn
Dartmouth
Marlboro' ,
H
I
Morni court
Between what Streets,
a
2 .
55
E
o
BOSTON.
16
91
Total 16-inch
91
12
376
488
60
24
73
Total 12-inch
1,021
6
265
163
36
130
430
144
1,500
96
168
Huntington and B.&A.R.R
Fairfield and Hereford
130
10
3,072
SOUTH BOSTON.
12
96
Total 12-iiioh
96
6
337
Ninth and O.C.R.K
69
Amount carried forward
...
• •.
406
Report of the Water Board.
139
Statement of Location, Size, etc. — Continued.
In what Street.
Old Harbor
Nintli
"Watti court . . . .
N
Falcon
Doherty court. .
Pope
Brooks
White
Sumner place . .
Harmony court
Swett
Norfolk ave . . . .
Fairland
New Heath....,
Gerard
Swett
New
Savin ,
Oak
Between what Streets.
Amount brought forward .
SOUTH BOSTON.
Eighth and Ninth
Old Harbor and Lowland .
Ninth and O.C.R.R
Fourth and Broadway
■ Continued.
Total 6-inch
EAST BOSTON.
Meridian and Border
Brooks and Meridian
Everett and Maverick
Saratoga and Curtis
E. B. Reservoir and White
E. B. Reservoir and Brooks
Total 6-inch.
From Sumner...
From Lexington.
Total 4-inch.
BOSTON HIGHLANDS.
Gerard and Magazine
Dolan court and Oak
Total 12-inch
Winthrop and Moreland. •
Centre and Pynchon
Swett and Island
Gerard and Magazine . . . . ,
From Swett
Tupelo and Blue Hill ave.
Norfolk ave. and Clapp ..
209
442
379
366
1,802
160
100
112
152
200
60
784
137
130
1,673
207
349
47
28
28
58
79
362
Amount carried forward.
140
City Document No. 108.
Statement of Location, Size, etc. — Continued.
In what Street.
Shawmut ave.
Cobden
Howland
Cottage court
Faxon place. .
Reed court ...
Bickford
Whitney
Hoffman .
Gilbert
Dolan court. .
Maywood . . . .
Dale ave
Court
Hulbert
Hampshire . . ,
Wyoming . . . .
Court
Adams
Columbia . . . .
Myrtle
Norfolk ave...
Washington . .
Romsay
Codman
Between what Streets.
Amount brought forward.
BOSTON HIGHLANDS.— ConimM«d!.
Vernon and Roxbury ,.
Washington and Walnut ave
From Warren
From Rand
Tremont and Smith
Yeoman and Hartopp place
Centre and Bromley park
Tremont and Conant
Lamartine and Gilbert
Hoffman and Roys
From Norfolk ave
Blue Hill ave. and Warren
From Dale
From Day
Ray and Circuit
Vernon and Clay
From Warren
Total 6-inch.
Bickford and Parker.
Total 4-inch. . .
DORCHESTER.
Ashmont and Minot
School-house and Wales place
Quincy and Lawrence ave
Cottage and Franklin court
Ashmont and Homer
Dorchester ave. and Sagamore
Dorchester ave. and R.R. Crossing ,
Total 12-inch ,
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Keport of the Water Board.
141
statement of Location, Size, etc. — Continued.
In what Street.
Between what Streets.
Glendale
Melville ave....
Monadnock
Pleasant
Bowdoin ave...,
Grampian way
Ellsworth
Grant
Melville ,
Cedar ave
Clarence place ..
Carlton
Cow Pasture . . . .
Woodward park
Harlow
CUfton
Hudson
Columbia
Franklin court .
Hartford
Sargent
Virginia
Glendale
Glen
Brook place
Davenport ave. . .
Baker court
Sumner-st. place.
Highland
New
DORCHESTER. ■
Bird and Columbia
Washington and Allston. . .
Bird and Dudley
Cottage and Pearl
Washington and Eldon . . .
Continued.
Total 8-inch.
Savin Hill ave and Savin Hill ave. ..
Commercial ave. and Dorchester ave.
From Crescent ave
Washington and Alston
Bird and Monadnock
From Washington
Crescent ave. and O.C. & N.R.R
From Carlton
From Harlow
Howard ave. and Woodward park. ..
Hudson and Cottage
Clifton and Dudley
Hancock and Glendale
From Norfolk ave
Sargent and Howard ave
Hartford and Howard ave
Dudley and Davenport ave
Columbia and Glen
Glendale and Trull
From Dudley ,
Columbia and Virginia
From Willow court
From Sumner
High and East
From Ashmont
Amount carried forward.
227
1,243
1,448
949
527
4,394
408
317
57
9
20
148
397
1,053
287
322
395
13
397
430
127
231
364
246
21
293
405
253
256
431
156
7,036
142
City Document No. 108.
statement of Location, Size, etc. — Continued.
In what Street.
Sumner court • . .
Bowdoin ave ...
Codman
Ware
Monaduock
Park
Amory
Poplar
Metropolitan ave
Spring
Clarence
Metropolitan ave.
Annawan ave.. . .
Perkins
Lakeville place ..
Child
Lee
Rutledge
Ellsworth
Poplar
Metropolitan ave.
Park
Warren square ..
New
Between what Streets.
Amount brought forward
DORCHESTER. — Continued.
From Sumner
Washington and Eldon
Dorchester ave. and R.R. Crossing
From Trull
Dudley and Bird
Total 6-inch.
WEST ROXBURr.
Rutledge and Martin
School and Boylston
Alhion and Metropolitan
Poplar and Kilburn
Walnut and Clarence
Spring and Prospect
Total, 12-inch
Poplar and Hyde Park line
Irving and Park
Pond ave. and Prince
Total 8-iDch.
From Centre
Starr and South
Keys and Child
Bellevue and Park
From School..
Alhion and Metropolitan ave.
Poplar and Hyde Park line . .
Annawan and Martin
From Green
From South
.2 ^
Amount carried forward.
Eeport of the Water Board.
143
statement of Location, Size, etc. — Concluded.
In what Street.
Carolina ave
Elm
Perkins
Court
Spring Lane
Amory
Centre place
Court
Faneuil
Parson
Allston sq ,
Griggs ,
Court
Academy-Hill ave,
Between what Streets.
Amount brought forward
"WEST ROXBURY. — Continued.
South and Lee
Everett and Newherne
Pond ave. and Prince
From Perkins ,
Lamartine and Chestnut ave ••
School and Boylston
From Centre
Total 6-inch .
From Perkins
Total 4-inch.
BRIGHTON.
Market and Brook
Faneuil and R.R. bridge
Total 12-inch ,
From Allston
From Allston
Total 6-inch .
From Washington.
From Rockland . . .
.2 a
Total 4-inch
253
42
15
208
343
10
256
4,045
115
115
296
6
329
208
142
158
800
144
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147
Repairs of Pipes during the Tear 1879.
Where.
Diameter of Pipes in Inches.
40
36
30
24
2
3
20
15
3
10
2
16
2
12
18
3
6
1
3
8
2
2
4
6
40
5
3
2
12
4
66
4
51
7
3
4
1
66
3
4
4
2
4
2
1
7
91
1
92
3
3
1
19
4
1
1
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3
1
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527
129
83
76
8
5
3
831
i
7
16
2
3
1
29
Total.
Boston
South Boston ., • •
East Boston ....
Boston Highlands .
Dorchester . . . .
WestRoxhury . .
Brighton
2
2
2
792
171
104
98
22
15
4
2
2
2
5
30
2
31
1,206
Of the leaks that have occurred on pipes of 4 inches
and upward : joints, 151 ; settling of earth, 18 ;
defective packing, 9 ; defective pipe, 13 ; defec-
tive stop -cock, 12 ; cap blown off, 1 ; struck by
pick, 1. Total 205
Stoppages by fish, 5 ; by gasket, 1 . . . 6
Of 3-inch and on service pipes ; joints, 11 ; set-
tling of earth, 160; settling of wall, 2; settling
of sewer, 1 ; defective meter, 1 ; defective pipe,
52 ; defective coupling, 8 ; defective packing, 8 ;
defective faucet, 3 ; coupling loose at main, 2 ;
faucet loose at main, 2 ; burst by frost, 3 ; struck
by pick, 35; by drain-diggers, 7; by nail, 1;
pipes not in use, 3 ; cut by axe, 1 ; blasting, 1 ;
stiff connections, 91 ; gnawed by rats, 8 ;
Total 400
Stoppages by fish, 318 ; rust, 252 ; dirt, 6 ; gasket,
14 ; solder, 1 ; frost, 2 ; gravel, 1 ; lead chips, 1 595
Total .
1,206
148
City Document No. 108.
Statement of ^^umher of Leaks and Stoppages, 1850-1879.
DiAMETEK OF.
Tear.
Four inches and
upwards.
Less than four
inches.
Totals.
1850
32
64
82
85
74
75
75
85
77
82
134
109
117
97
95
HI
139
122
82
82
157
185
188
153
434
203
214
109
213
211
72
173
241
260 '-
280
219
232
278
324
449
458
399
373
397
394
495
536
487
449
407
769
1,380
1,459
1,076
2,120
725
734
801
1,024
995
104
1851
237
1852
323
1853
345
1854
354
1855
294
1856
307
1857
363
1858
401
1859
531
I860
592
1861
608
1862
490
1863
494
1864
489
1865
607
1866
675
1867
609
1868
531
1869 J
489
1870
926
1871
1,565
1872
1,647
1873
1,229
1874
2,554
1875
928
1876
948
1877
910
1878
1,237
1879
1,206
Eeport of the Water Board.
149
Hydrants
During the year
100 hydrants have been established, and
31 abandoned.
Esta'blished. Abandoned.
Lowry. Boston.
Y. Post. Boston.
Dif
Boston, 7
2
5 6 = 20 14
06
So. Boston, 0
1
4 2=7
2
5
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3
1 0=4
0
4
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4
2 5 = 11
1
10
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10
7 3 = 29
5
24
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8
4 10 = 24
2
22
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4
1 0=5
0
5
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0
0 0=0
7
0
18 ,
32 24 26=100 — 31=6£
1 76-
— 7=69
Total amount wp to May 1,
1880.
Boston .
, ,
1,325
South Boston
486
East Boston .
297
Boston Highlands .
788
Dorchester .
683
West Roxbury
323
Brighton
207
Deer Island .
16
Brookliue
8
Charlestown .
3
Chelsea
8
4,144
28 hydrants have been taken out and replaced by new or
repaired ones, and 153 boxes have been taken out and
replaced by new ones. The hydrants have had the usual
attention paid them.
Stopcocks.
92 new stopcocks have been established this year,
boxes have been taken out and replaced by new ones.
the stopcocks have had the proper attention paid them.
75
All
150
City Document No. 108.
Statement of Pipes and other Stock on hand, exclusive of Tools, May 1, 1880.
Diameter in Inches.
60
2
48
29
40
32
36
34
30
40
3
1
2
4
11
7
4
2
22
10
2
2
3
1
18
2
4
24
32
1
8
9
1
28
3
8
18
4
9
4
3
1
20
53
1
1
5
3
4
3
9
11
8
2
5
1
16
86
4
1
13
18
2
3
4
4
5
11
8
17
1
7
12
984
2
51
29
3
14
3
4
20
17
58
19
10
11
23
5
10
47
5
11
■
2
6
9
4
36
36
1
8
894
18
34
12
8
5
7
24
47
39
3
59
7
11
6
842
4
32
4
10
2
6
15
6
17
24
13
9
16
17
3
10
12
2
29
4
199
■
7
1
10
3
1
3
4
3
9
1
3
4
4
12
1
17
3
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Blow-off Branches . .
4-Way Branches ....
3-Way Branches ....
2
2
9
1
6
2
1
1
1
4
4
1
1
6
1
11
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
1
Sleeves
1
16
6
2
4
1
Bevel Hubs
13
Quarter Turns ....
Double Hubs
Offset Pipes
Yoke
Manhole Pipes ....
One-eighth Turns . . .
Pieces of Pipe
Blow-off and Manhole .
Plugs
Thawing Clamps . . .
Straps
Branch Openings . . .
1
2
10
Manhole Branches , . .
Lowry Hydrants. — 38 Lowry hydrants, 2 barrels, 51
rubber valves, 46 gaskets, 10 chucks, 130 bolts, 13 exten-
sions, 19 wastes, 20,049 lbs. special castings.
Post Hydrants. — 26 post hydrants, 4 barrels, 18 pot
valves, 118 bolts, 78 gaskets, 12 rubber valves, 14 bottom
extensions, 2,159 lbs. special castings.
Boston Hydrants. — 15 Boston hydrants, 105 straps, 75
wastes, 26 extensions, 6,062 lbs. special castings.
Eeport or THE Water Board. 151
Boston Y Hydrants. — 18 Boston Y hydrants, 1 Y top,
3 pots, 19 gaskets, 18 bolts, 21 rubber valves.
For Stopcocks. — 1 4-inch screw for waste weir, 1 do. for
Brookline reservoir, 2 16-inch check valves, 7 2i--iuch screws
for goosenecks, 6 2^-inch valves, 299 lbs. comp. castings,
51 bolts, 108 lbs. washers, 386 lbs. comp. nuts, 349 maila-
ble nuts.
Meters in Shop. — 2 3-inch, 10 2-iuch, 1 1^-inch, 2 1-inch,
44 |-inch.
Stock for Meters. — 8 1-inch cocks, 19 |-inch do., 5 1-inch
clocks, 75 rubber nipples, 4 2-inch connection pieces, 3
1-inch do., 6 | inch do., 5 4-inch fish-boxes, 9 3-inch do.
For Service Pipe. — 1 2|^-inch female coupling, 2 21^-inch
air-cocks, 38 2-iuch nipples, 33 2-inch male couplings, 69 2-
inch tubes, 65 2-inch nuts, 7 ll^-inch union cocks, 12 11^-
inch tubes, 6 l^-inch nuts, 17 l^-inch union cocks, 50 1^-
inch T cocks, 30 ll-inch male couplings, 43 ll-inch nuts,
32 1^-inch tubes, 53 1-inch union cocks, 3 1-inch T cocks,
49 1-inch sidewalk cocks, 32 1-inch crooked cocks, 12 1-
inch air-cocUs, ^'o 1-inch male couplings, 211 1-inch nuts,
175 1-inch tubes, 3 1-inch air-plugs, 40 |-inch union cocks,
47 |-inch T cocks, 5 |-inch crooked cocks, 32 |-inch side-
walk cocks, 84 |-inch male couplings, 74 |-inch nuts, 88 |-
inch tubes, 508 |-inch straight cocks, 137 |-inch crooked
cocks, 16 |-inch T cocks, 14 |-inch thawing cocks, 60 |-
inch solder cocks, 7 |-inch right angle cocks, 6 |-ihch left
angle cocks, 151 |-inch sidewalk cocks, 24 |-inch Y cocks,
33 |x|^-iuch tubes, 408 |-inch tubes, 781 |-inchnuts, 74 |-inch
male couplings, 42 |-inch thawing couplings, 155 |-inch plugs,
44 1-inch union cocks, 10 |-inch crooked cocks, 77 ^-inch
nuts, 64 |-inch tubes, 12 4-inch thimbles, 4 3-inch thimbles,
11 4x2 composition reducers, 5 3x2 ditto, 1 21^x2 ditto,
1 4X2 2 way ditto, 28 2x1 ditto.
Lead Pipe. — 255 lbs. 3-inch pipe, 1,454 lbs. 2-inch ditto,
1,898 lbs. 1^-inchpipe, 767 lbs. l|-inch pipe, 352 lbs. 1-inch tin
lined pipe, 1,025 lbs. |-inch lead pipe, 581 lbs. f-inch tin
lined pipe, 2,288 lbs. |-inch lead pipe, 812 lbs. |-inch tin
lined pipe, 558 lbs. l-iuch lead pipe, &^ lbs. solder.
Blacksmith Shop. — 341 lbs. cast steel, 87 lbs. spring
steel, 52 lbs. tire steel, 79 lbs. calking steel, 1,695 lbs. re-
fined iron, 1,119 lbs. Norway iron, 332 lbs. horseshoes, 39
lbs. horse nails, 61 pick blanks.
Carpenter's Shop. — 10 lowry hydrant boxes, 23 post ditto,
29 Boston ditto, 19 Boston Y ditto, 39 stopcock boxes, 1
meter box, 42,800 feet spruce, 300 feet pine boards, 160 feet
maple, 90 feet oak, 36 feet ash.
152 City Document No. 108,
Tools. — 1 steam-engine, 1 large hoisting-crane, 3 bo6m
derricks, 8 hand-geared ditto, 8 set of shears and rigging for
same, 8 tool-houses, 4 tool-boxes, 7 nozzles, 2 platform
scales, 1 portable blacksmith shop, 1 portable cover for
Brewer fountain, 1 hand roller, 2 horse ditto, tools for lay-
ing main and service pipes, 2 engine lathes, 1 foot ditto,
1 hand ditto, 1 Pratt and Whitney ditto, 1 planer, 1 boring
mill, 1 chain hoisting gear, 1 upright drilling-machine, 4
grindstones, 1 trip hammer, the necessary tools for carrying
on the machine, blacksmith, carpenter, and plumbing shops,
1 circular saw, 1 fan-blower, 1 40-inch proving press, 1 36-
inch ditto, 1 small ditto, 9 wheelbarrows, 3 handbarrows,
also a lot of patterns at foundry where we obtain castings.
Stable. — 13 horses, 13 wagons, 2 buggies, 6 pungs, 1
sled, 2 sets runners, 2 carts, 17 sets harness, 30 blankets, 3
bufialo robes, 3 tons hay, 40 bushels grain, 1 jigger, 4 lap
robes, 2 hay-cutters.
Beacon Hill Reservoir. — 1 large composition cylinder, 1
16-inch jet, 1 6-inch composition jet, 3 composition plates,
9 cast-iron plates, 2 4-inch composition jets, 5 swivel pipe
patterns, 1 2-inch copper straight jet, 6 composition jets for
small fountains.
Miscellaneous. — 18,427 lbs. pig lead, 360 lbs. gasket, 1
fountain basin, 1 stone trough for drinking fountain, 130
cords of wood, 1 thawing boiler, 1 hose carriage, 1 garden
pump, 60 3-inch earthen pipe, 120 lbs. new rope, 1,000
paving bricks, 1 ton sand, 160 tons gravel, 47 gallons kero-
sene oil, 20 gallons linseed oil, 24 lbs. waste, 7 bbls. cement,
lot of old bolts.
Eespectfully submitted,
E. R. JONES.
Sujperintendent Eastern Division.
EEPOET OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE
MYSTIC WATER WORKS.
Chaelestown District, Boston, May 1, 1880.
Leonard R. Cutter, Esq., Chairman of Boston Water
Board : —
Sir, — The annual report of this department for the year
ending April 30, 1880, is herewith respectfully submitted.
The works are, as a whole, in very good condition. At
the lake the removal of the bank of gravel on the westerly
side, adjoining the entrance from Mystic street, has been
finished, the gravel all being used to fill up the area on the
south-westerly side of the dam. This area has, with that on
the hill, been graded ofi", trees set out, and the whole sown
to grass, making a great improvement, that will be more
apparent probably as the season advances. The new road
from Mystic street to the dam has also been graded and
completed. A new and substantial stone wall, 250 feet in
length, has been built along the front line of the lot on the
Tipper side of Mystic street, with materials on hand. The
bridge over the over-fall at the dam has been thoroughly
repaired, having new inside stringers, and a new covering of
southern pine plank. Advantage was taken of the low level
of the water in November, to clear up the area at Mystic
Station in Winchester, usually covered with water, a large
amount of muck having been wheeled out and deposited
along the shore, thus giving a greater depth of water.
Mystic sewer is now in complete working order, and two
men are constantly employed in looking after it, and also
the branch connections and cesspools.
Conduit.
In October and November the section of the conduit
between the lake and ventilator, in which there has always
been a heavy growth of vegetable matter, was thoroughly
cleaned and flushed. An examination at this time showed
the conduit to be in good condition, there having been no
material change since the last report.
154 City Document No. 108.
Pumping-Station.
The pumps and boilers, which have all been in use more or
less during" the year, have required but the usual repairs.
The engines are kept in excellent working order, but
owing to the constant work required of them they now need
thorough outside repairs and repainting. The engine-room
is considerably out of repair, and needs a thorough reno-
vating and repainting at once.
The grounds about the engine-house are in good condition,
and present a neat appearance. The 100 spruce trees, with
a number of other kinds which were set out a year ago, are
all, with four or five exceptions, in a flourishing condition, the
transplanting proving a success. The dwelling-houses and
stable are in very good condition.
The coal account for the year is as follows : —
Amount on hand May 1, 1879, . . .305.79 tons.
Eeceived from May 1, 1879, to May 1, 1880. 3509. «0 "
Total 3815.39 "
ConsumedfromMayl,1879,toMay 1,1880, 3559,64 "
On hand 255.75 "
Force Mains.
These mains have both been in constant use during the
year, and, beyond a slight joint leak on the old main last
month, they have required no repairs. The new roadway
on the line of these mains from South to West street is
being gradually graded with ashes, and other proper material
that is found on the works. A drain pipe was laid through
this new roadway, from the entrance to the reservoir grounds
on South street, to West street, there connecting with a
drain already laid. This was laid with old 8-inch water-pipe,
that had been replaced in the city, and gives, what was much
needed, a direct drainage from the reservoir to Mystic river.
Eeservoir.
The reservoir and the grounds adjacent are in very good
condition. A year ago the lawn and the bank on the north-
easterly side, which had been broken up more or less the
previous year in laying the new force main, were being
regraded and sodded or sown to grass, and as a result at the
present time present a very good appearance. The road- way
on this side has been regraded and rolled. Since the first
of December the water in the reservoir, like that in the lake,
Report of the Water Board. 155
has been excellent, the screens m the gate-house showing
scarcely any sediment whatever. The inside of the gate-
house will need renovating, and the screens in the effluent
chambers connecting with the two supply mains to the city
will need renewing the present season.
Supply Mains.
On the 30-inch wrought-iron and cement main no repairs
were needed during the year. On the 24-inch cast-iron
main there was a slight joint leak, otherwise no repairs
were required, and the mains are no doubt in good con-
dition.
Distribution Pipes.
In this district the distribution pipes have been extended
408 feet, and 17,183 feet have beenrelaid, all with iron pipe.
Of the amount relaid 15,453 feet was with larger pipe, and
the balance, 1,730 feet, with pipe of the original size. Of the
amount that was enlarged 36 feet was from 2 to 3 inches,
228 feet from 2 to 4 inches, 4,408 feet from 4 to 6 inches,
12 feet from 4 to 10 inches, 282 feet from 6 to 8 inches, 2,758
feet from 6 to 10 inches, 3,444 feet from 6 to 12 inches, 1,494
feet from 8 to 10 inches, and 2,791 feet from 8 to 12 inches.
There have been 13 additional hydrants located, viz. : 4 Lowry
and 9 Post. One flush hydrant has been replaced with a
Lowry. There have been 48 breaks and leaks on the cement
pipes during the year. In Chelsea the distribution pipes
have been extended 24 feet, in Somerville 248 feet, and in
Everett 252 feet.
Service Pipes.
The number of new service pipes entered during the year
was 71. There were 23 tin-lined pipes changed to lead,
43 pipes lowered, 5 enlarged, and 15 " V'branches changed
to single services. There were 29 stoppages on the service
pipes, of which 18 were caused by fish, 9 by rust, and 2 by
frost. 651 service boxes have been renewed.
In the following tables will be found the number of feet of
pipe laid and relaid during the year, also the amount now
connected with the works, and the stock on hand May 1,
1880.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES H. BIGELOW,
jSuperintendent,
156
City Document No. 108.
Distribution Pipes Belaid in Charlestown in 1879-80.
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6
Streets.
Sin.
4 in.
6 in.
Sin.
:y)in.
12 in.
16 in.
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Feet.
Feet.
Feet.
Feet.
Feet.
Feet.
Feet.
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Tufts
4 inch.
4 "
2 "
2 "
6 "
4 "
4 <<
4 "
2 "
6 "
6 "
6 "
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6 "
4 "
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174
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960
818
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1,524
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12
180
1,128
1,020
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High
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325
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8
12
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Concord Avenue . . .
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144
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36
528
5,760
326
4,264
6,235
34
Eepoet or THE Watee Board.
157
Extension of Distrihidion Pipes in Charlestown in 1879-80.
Streets.
Size of Pipe.
Kind of
Pipe.
Total Feet.
4 inch.
6 inch.
168
108
18
36
72
06
Iron.
168
■Washington Square
Lexington Avenue
Mystic W.W. Pipe Yard . . .
108
18
36
06
72
Totals
402
06
408
Service Pipes Laid in Charlestown in 1879-80.
Size.
\ inch.
1 inch.
I inch.
linch.
1 J inch.
2 inch.
Total
No.
Total
Feet.
Number
28
36
2
3
1
1
71
1,706
158
City Document No. 108.
Charlestovn.
Chelsea.
SOMEEVILLE.
Everett.
Relaid 1,730 feet.
Relaid and enlarged • 15,453 "
Extension 408 feet.
Laid previous 154,190 "
,e 154,598 feet, or 29 miles, 1,478 feet.
["Extension 24 "
J Laid previous 149,339 "
149,363 feet, or 28 miles, 1,523 feet.
Extension 243 "
Laid previous 236,405 "
igate 236,653 feet, or 44 miles, 4,333 feet.
Extension 252 "
Laid previous 75,772 "
e 76,024 feet, or 14 miles, 2,104 feet.
Engine-House )
Grounds, Somer- J Laid previous 287 feet.
VILLE. )
Total amount of distribution pipe May 1, 1880, 116 miles, 4,445 feet.
Eepoet of the Water Board.
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160 City Document No. 108.
CIVIL ORGANIZATION OF THE WATER WORKS, FROM
THEIR COMMENCEMENT, TO MAY 1, 1880.
Water Commissioners.
Nathan Hale, Jambs F. Baldwin, Thomas B. Curtis. From May
4, 1846, to January 4, 1850.
Engineers for Construction.
John B. Jervis, of New York, Consulting Engineer. From May,
1846, to November, 1848.
E. S. Chesbrough, Chief Engineer of the Western Division. From
May, 1846, to January 4, 1860.
William S. Whitwell, Chief Engineer of the Eastern Division.
From May, 1846, to January 4, 1850.
City Engineers having Charge of the Works.
E. S. Chesbrough, Engineer. From November 18, 1850, to October
1, 1855.
George H. Bailey, Assistant Engineer. From January 27, 1851,
to July 19, 1852.
H. S. McKean, Assistant Engineer. From July 19, 1852, to October
1, 1855.
James Slade, Engineer. From October 1, 1855, to April 1 , 1863.
N. Henky Crafts, Assistant Engineer. From October 1, 1855, to
April 1, 1863.
N. Henry Crafts, City Engineer. Fi'om April 1, 1863, to November
25, 1872.
Thomas W. Davis, Assistant Engineer. From April 1, 1863, to
December 8, 1866.
Henry M. Wightman, Resident Engineer at C. H. Reservoir. From
February 14, 1866, to November, 1870.
A. Fteley, Resident Engineer on construction of Sudbury-river
works, from May 10, 1873, to April 7, 1880.
Joseph P. Davis, City Engineer. From Nov. 25, 1872, to March 20,
1880.
Henry M. Wightman, City Engineer. From April 5, 1880, to pres-
ent time.
After January 4, 1850, Messrs. E. S. Chesbrough, W. S. Whitwell,
and J. Avery Richards were elected a Water Board, subject to the
direction of a Joint Standing Committee of the City Council, by an ordi-
nance passed December 31, 1849, which was limited to keep in foi'ce
one year; and in 1861 the Cochituate Water Board was established.
CocHiTUATE Water Board.
Presidents of the Board.
Thomas Wetmore, elected in 1851, and resigned April 7,
1856$ Five years.
John H. Wilkins, elected in 1856, and resigned June 5,
1860t Four years.
Ebenezer Johnson, elected in 1860, term expired April
3, 1866$ Five years.
Otis Norcross, elected in 1865, and resigned January
15, 1867 One year and nine months.
Report of the Water Board.
161
John H. Thoendike, elected in 1867, term expired April
6, 1868$ One year and three months.
Nathaniel J. Bradlee, elected April 6, 1868, and re-
signed January 4, 1871 . . . Two years and nine months.
Charles H. Allen, elected January 4, 1871, to May 4,
1873 Two years and four months.
John A. Haven, elected May 4, 1873, to Dec. 17,
187 4 J One year and seven months.
Thomas Gogin, elected Dec. 17, 1874, and resigned May
31, 1875 Six months.
L. Miles Standish, elected August 5, 1875, to July 31,
1876 . • . . . . . . One year.
Members of the Board.
•^54, and 55
and 56
Thomas Wetmore, 1851, 52, 53, 54, and 55$
John H. Wilkins, 1851, 52, 53, *56, 57, 58, and 59$
Henry B. Rogers, 1851, 52, 53, =
Jonathan Preston, 1851, 52, 53,
James W. Seaver, 1851$
Samuel A. Eliot, 1851$
John T. Heard, 1851 ....
Adam W. Thaxter, Jr., 1852, 63, 54, 55$
Sampson Reed, 1852 and 1853
Ezra Lincoln, 1852$ ....
Thomas Sprague, 1853, 54, and 55$
Samuel Hatch, 1854, 55, 56, 57, 58, and 61
Charles Stoddard, 1854, 65, 66, and 57$
William Washburn, 1854 and 55 .
TiSDALE Drake, 1856, 57, 58, and 59$ .
Thomas P. Rich, 1856, 57, and 68$
John T. Dinglet, 1866 and 69$ .
Joseph Smith, 1856$ ....
Ebenezer Johnson, 1857, 58, 69, 60, 61, 62, 63, and 64$
Samuel Hall, 1857, 68, 59, 60, and 61$
George P. French, 1859, 60. 61, 62, and 63
Ebenezer Atkins, 1859$ ...
George Dennie, 1860, 61, 62, 63, 64, and 65
Clement Willis, 1860 .
G. E. Pierce, 1860$
Jabez Frederick, 1861, 62, and 63$
George Hinman, 1862, and 63
John F. Pray, 1862
J. C. J. Brown, 1862 .
Jonas Fitch, 1864, 65, and 66
Otis Norcross, *1865, and 66
John H. Thorndike, 1864, 76, 66, and 67$
Benjamin F. Stevens, 1866, 67, and 68
William S. Hills, 1867 .
Charles R. Train, 1868
Joseph M. Wightman, 1868, 69 .
Benjamin James, *1858, 68, and 69
Francis A. Osborn, 1869
Walter E. Hawes, 1870$ .
John O. Poor, 1870
HoLLis R. Gray, 1870 .
Nathaniel J. Bradlee, 1863, 64, 65, 66, 67,
and 71
George Lewis, 1868, 69, 70, and 71
Sidney Squires, 1871
68, 69, 70,
Five years.
Eight years.
Five years.
Four years.
One year.
One year.
Four years.
Two years.
One year.
Three years.
Six years.
Four years.
Two years.
Four years.
Three years.
Two years.
Two months.
Eight years.
Five years.
Five years.
One year.
Six years.
One year.
One year.
Three years.
Two years.
One year.
One year.
Three years.
Two years.
Four years.
Tliree years.
One year.
One year.
Two years.
Three years.
One year.
One year.
One year.
One year.
Nine years.
Four years.
One year.
162
CiTr Document No. 108.
68, 69
and
Charles H. Herset, 1872
Charles H. Allen, 1869, 70, 71, and 72
Alexander Wadsworth, *1864, 65, 66, 67
72
Charles R. McLean, 1867, 73, and 74 .
Edward P. Wilbur, 1873 and 74 .
John A. Haven, 1870, 71, 72, 73, and 74^
Thomas Gogin, 1873, 74, and 75* .
Amos L. Notes, 1871, 72, and 75 .
William G. Thacher, 1873, 74, and 75
Charles J. Prescott, 1875 .
Edward A. White, 1872, 73, 74, 75, and 76t
Leonard R. Cutter, 1871, 72, 73, 74, 75, and 76t
L. Miles Standish, 1860, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 74, 75
and76t
Charles E. Powers, *1875 and 76t
Solomon B. Stebbins, 18761 .
Nahum M. Morrison, 1876t .
Augustus Parker, 1876t
One year.
Four years.
Seven years.
Three years.
Two years.
Five years.
Three years.
Three years.
Three years.
One year.
Five years.
Six years.
Ten years.
Two years.
One year.
One year.
One year.
*Mr. John H. Wilkins resigned Nov. 15, 1855, and Charles Stoddard was elected to
fill the vacancy. Mr. Henry B. Rogers resigned Oct. 22, 1865. Mr. Wilkins was re-
elected Feb., 1856, and chosen President of the Board, which office he held until his
resignation, June 5, 1860, when Mr. Ebenezer Johnson was elected President; and
July 2, Mr. L. Miles Standish was elected to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resig-
nation of Mr. Wilkins. Otis Norcross resigned Jan. 15, 1867, having been elected
Mayor of the city. Benjamin James served one year, in 1858, and was reelected in
1868. Alexander Wadsworth served six years, 1864-69, and was reelected in 1872.
Thomas Gogin resigned May 31, 1875. Charles E. Powers was elected July 15 to fill
the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Mr. Gogin.
t Served until the organization of the Boston Water Board.
j: Deceased.
Repokt of the Watee Board. 163
Boston Watee Board, Organized July 31, 1876.
Timothy T. Sawyer, from July 31, 1876, to May 5, 1879.
Leonard R. Cutter, from July 31, 1876, to present time.
Albert Stanwood, from July 31, 1876, to present time.
Francis Thompson, from May 5, 1879, to present time.
' Organization of Board for year 1879-80.
Chairman.
Leonard R. Cutter.
Clerk.
Walter E. Swan.
Superintendent of the Eastern Division of Cochituate Department.
Ezekiel R. Jones.
Superintendent of the Western Division of Cochituate Department.
Desmond Fitzgerald.
Superintendent of Mystic Department.
Charles H. Bigelow.
Water Registrar of the Cochituate Department.
William F. Davis.
Water Registrar of the Mystic Department.
Joseph H. Caldwell.
City Engineer.
Henry M. Wightman.
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