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THIRTEENTH ANNUAL EEPOET
BOSTON WATER BOARD,
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1888.
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BOSTON;
ROCKWELL AND CHURCHILL, CITY PRINTERS,
No. 39 ARCH STREBT.
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[DoouMEi^T 31—1889.]
CITY OF i^l:M BOSTON.
THIETEENTH ANNUAL EEPOET
BOSTON WATER BOARD,
TEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1888.
Office of the Boston Water Board,
City Hall, Boston, Jan. 1, 1889.
To the Honorable the Gity Council: —
The Boston Water Board present their report for the year
ending Dec. 31, 1888, including a financial statement cover-
ing the expenditures in the various departments ; and also
the reports of the Water Registrar, the City Engineer, and
the Superintendents of the Eastern and Western divisions,
and the Inspection and Waste and Meter Departments : —
EXTENSION OF MAINS.
A large amount of work on " Extension of Mains " has
been done during the past year. Some twenty miles of
pipe-laying was required to supply the demand. Excepting
the previous season, the quantity of work completed has
exceeded that of any year since 1875. The additional main
to East Boston has been completed, Avith the exception of the
connecting siphon at Warren bridge. When this part of
the work is finished that district will have an abundant
supply.
New mains have been laid connecting Charlestown with
2 City Document No. 31.
the Cochituate and Sudbury river systems ; and when the
new siphon at the draw of Warren bridge is built, the con-
nection will be complete, and the Bunker Hill District can be
supplied with these waters whenever deemed necessary.
Much of the work of laying a main to Moon Island, for
the sewerage works, and from thence across the bay to
Long Island, for the pauper institution, has been accom-
plished, and the remainder will be finished early in the
spring. The Quincy Water Company offered to furnish
water to these places. The offer was considered very care-
fully by the Board, but it was finally decided that it would
be better for the city to supply its own institutions with
water rather than depend on any private corporation. Not
the least reason for this decision was that ultimately it would
result in a saving to Boston to take that course.
STOPCOCKS.
Five thousand sidewalk stopcocks have been placed during
the past year, making 30,000 now in service. This work
has proved of great convenience and saving to the depart-
ment.
HIGH SERVICE.
The new pumping-station at Chestnut Hill (a cut of which
appears in another part of this report) is finished, excepting
a few details. The two Gaskill engines have been in use,
more or less, during the past year pumping water into the
Fisher-Hill reservoir. A new gate-house has also been
built and the adjacent grounds graded and sodded. The
reservoir and grounds will now present an appearance in
accordance with other parts of the works.
Considerable territory in the city proper has been added
to high service. Some five and one-half million gallons
are now being pumped daily. This service will be extended
from time to time as the needs of the community require.
The old pumping-station on Elmwood street, Roxbury,
has been discontinued. The machinery and boilers will be
sold and the proceeds turned into the sinking-fund.
High-service pipes have been laid to the draw on Warren
bridge, also on the other side in Charlestown, and it only
remains to make the connection under the draw to complete
high service for that district whenever deemed advisable.
The City Council will be asked for an appropriation to
extend the high-service system in Roxbury and Dorchester,
and to lay an additional main from Parker Hdl to the Com-
mon. This last item is necessary in order to increase the
Report of the Water Board. S
pressure and to guard against the inconveniences which wonld
result in case of accident from our having hut a single main.
A wooden house with an ohservatory has been built
around the high -service tower on Mt. Bellevue (a cut of
which appears in this report), and the grounds will be
graded the coming season. A similar tank has also been built
on Breed's Hill, East Boston, to accommodate residents of
that locality who ai'e unable to secure a sui)ply from the
ordinary service. We intend to surround this with a build-
ing much the same as at Mt. Bellevue.
A new pumping-station has been built on Condor street,
East Boston, to which the pumps from the old building are
being removed. The Brighton pumping-station has been
discontinued. The pump will be removed to East Boston, to
be used in supplying the tank on Breed's Hill.
When the work in hand and contemplated is finished, in
all probability very little will remain to be done in the way
of high service for some years to come, with the exception
of extending mains wherever required.
LAKE COCHITUATE.
The wet season last summer made it a difficult matter to
keep Lake Cochituate drawn down sufficiently to enable the
contractor to pursue the work on the shallow flowage.
However, 60,000 yards of earth were excavated from the
Pegan and Hanchett meadows ; shallow places have been
made deep ; the banks have been gravelled ; and the dis-
agreeable vegetable growths removed. For this work
$30,000 were transferred from the high-service appropria-
tion, by order of the City Council. There still remain a few
spots that need attention. The results of the work last year
and this have been so satisfactory that the Board hopes to
be able to eradicate all shallow flowage from the lake. The
dyke separating the lake from the Pegan meadows has been
removed, thereby creating a better circulation ; and this
work, together with the removal of shallow flowage, must re-
sult in a vast improvement in the quality of the water.
Preparations have been made towards constructing a new
dam at the outlet of the lake, the old one being deemed in-
adequate for the service.
POLLUTION.
Since our last report the town of Framingham has begun
to build a system of sewerage works which, when comi)leted,
will be of great advantage to our water-supply. Marlboro'
obtained an act from the last Legislature giving that town the
4 City Document No. 31.
right to construct a sewerage system. It is hoped that other
towns in the neighborhood of the Sudbury and Cochituate
sources will follow their example. Money has been appro-
priated by the City Council to aid these towns in diverting
their sewage from our water-shed. More will be asked for
when other towns display a disposition to imitate Framing-
ham and Marlboro'.
A constant watch is kept by this department on the terri-
tory surrounding our water-supply to detect any pollution of
the water. A full record of each case discovered is on file.
Several cases have been turned over to the Law Department
for prosecution. We hope by vigorous proceedings in this
direction to prevent pollution in the future.
The matter of the Mystic-Valley sewerage is now being
agitated, and it is hoped that a successful solution of this
important question will soon be reached. In the meantime
everything possible is being done to keep pollution out of
the streams and ponds leading to Mystic lake.
FILTRATION.
Some attention has been given during the past year to the
matter of filtration. The Board has visited several places to
examine into the different systems, and will pursue their
investigations in order to gain knowledge that may be applied
with advantage to portions of our water-supply. Experi-
ments have been made during the summer at Basin 2 and at
Chestnut Hill, but the results have not been such as to
warrant a report upon them at this time.
INDIAN-BROOK-BASIN.
The Board again desires to call the attention of the gov-
ernment to the urgent necessity for beginning the work of
constructing the new basin, No. 5, on Indian brook, in the
towns of Ashland and Hopkinton. The former City Engi-
neers, Messrs. Joseph P. Davis and Henry M. Wightman,
and the present engineer, Mr. William Jackson, have, at
various times, made careful studies of this subject, and all
agree that the waters of this brook should be stored as a part
ot the city's supply. In a report to the Board (City Docu-
ment No.\01, 1881, pages 56, 57, and 58), Mr. Wightman,
speaking of the available storage-places on the Sudbury river
and its branches, says : —
First. Whitehall pond (a compensating reservoir built by the city
at the time the Cochituate works were constructed and afterwards sold),
situated near the head-waters of the rivers, with a water-shed of about
five square miles.
Report of the Water Board. 5
This pond will store about 900,000,000 gallons, and is a valuable
storage-basin ; but the city, under ordinaiy circumstances, obtains now
as much advantage from it as it would if it owned it, as all the water
that is run from it is intercepted by the city's dams on the rivers below.
Its use by the mills is at a time, usually, when the city needs the water,
that is, in the dryer months.
Second. A basin on the lower pai't of Indian brook could be obtained,
'but it is not a veiy favorable site, and its capacity would be small com-
pared with the others on this branch of the river.
Third. On the main stream, above Ashland, a large basin could be
built, but it would interfere with manufacturing establishments, and
would require the raising of the road-bed of the Boston & Albany
Railroad for a long distance.
It is doubtful whether the city could obtain the necessary rights to
interfere with the railroad ; but, even if it could, the delay in obtaining
them would amount to one season at least, and the cost of these rights,
and of mill damages, independent of the cost of consti'uction, would,
obviously, be very high.
Basin No. 7, on Angle brook, will contain about 1,500,000,000 gal-
lons, and will add about 5,000,000 gallons per day.
Its water-shed is 7.765 square miles.
It would not fill in a dry year, but its flow-line has been determined
so as to secure the least area of shallow flowage in proportion to its size
of basin. The dams will be about 1.200 feet long, the maximum
depth of water at the dam 20 feet, and the flowage area, with marginal
lands and islands, will be 873 acres.
In a report to the Board, dated March 3, 1888, City En-
gineer Jackson, speaking of the development of the Sudbury-
river supply, w^ith particular reference to the proposed basin
No. 5, says : —
In Mr. Whitman's report, before quoted, he refers to a basin on the
lower part of this brook ; but further investigations show that, higher
up the stream, there is an excellent opportunity to construct a large
basin.
This basin lies in the towns of Ashland and Hopkinton, the dam being
in Ashland. Indian brook rises in the southerly part of Hopkinton, and
flows in a northerly direction about five iniles, joining the Sudbury river
in Ashland.
The water-shed above the proposed dam is about 5.9 square miles in
area, and, with the exce])tion of a part of the village of Hopkinton, the
teri'itory is sparsely settled and largely covered with timber.
The village of Hopkinton is situated about one and a half miles from
the head of the proposed basin, and a considerable portion of it, say
three-quarters, drains in the direction of the basin ; but the drainage is
almost wholly soil-filtered before reaching the stream, and the propor-
tion of cases which would need to be treated as "pollutions" is very
small. It is quite practicable to adopt the comparatively inexpensive
system devised by the Massachusetts Drainage Commission for disposing
of all the sewage outside the water-shed ; and, sooner or later, this Avill
undoubtedly be accomplished.
The elevation of the basin is assumed at grade 295, 50 feet above the
valley at the dam, giving a capacity of 1,600,000,000 gallons, equal to
15i inches of rainfall on the watei'-shed.
The area flowed is 235 acres, and consists of wood and rather poor
farming lands. The side-hills are steep and rocky, the meadows in the
6 City Document No. 31.
lower part of the valley are cleared and cultivated, the upper part being
swampy and covered with timber and boulders.
The dam will be similar in construction to Dam 4 ; it will be about
400 I'eet long at the level of the meadow, and 1,500 feet long at the top
of the embankment. It is assumed that the foundation will be like that
found at Dam 4. Should, however, the borings develop different condi-
tions, the plan for the dam may have to be modified.
The basin will flow three roads ; these it is proposed to provide for
by changing their location, as described in a special report to your
Board.
The basin may be considered good for a daily average supply of
4,500,000 gallons. This figure is based upon the yield of the Sudbury
river from Jan. 1, 1878, to Feb. 1, 1884.
The estimated cost of this basin is $775,000.
The location of this basin is a very favorable one, both as regards its
storage capacity and the purity of the water collected.
The Board has already purchased 321 1 acres of the land
required for the basin, at a cost of $22,175, which is at the
rate of about $69 an acre. This amount includes the build-
ings upon three small farms, which, Avhen sold, will realize
a few hundred dollars. About ninety acres additional land
remain to be acquired.
Itbeinof necessary to discontinue and relocate certain hiijh-
ways lying within the flowage area of the ))roposed new
basin, a petition from this Board was duly presented to the
county commissioners of Middlesex county praying for such
discontinuance and relocation. Several hearings were had,
at which representatives of the town of Hopkinton and other
parties were present, and an amicable agreement was reached
satisfactory to all parties. On the 29th of December, 1888,
an order was passed by the county commissiimers granting
the petition of the Board. Damages to private parties
amounting to $75 were awarded ; and it was further ordered
that the cit}^ should pay the town of Hopkinton the sura of
$1,000, as a fail- and just sum towards the expenses of main-
taining the additional length of roads necessitated by the
changes referred to. It was also ordered that the city shall
lay out and construct the roads on or before the tirst day of
January, 1890.
It will thus be seen that the work must l)e commenced
very soon ; and while the work upon the highways is being
carried on, an engineei'ing force should be employed in making
tiie borings and other surveys necessary, properly to deter-
mine the site for the new dam. With the utmost energy in
pushing the construction, the Engineer states that it will
require three full seasons to build the reservoir ; and as the
water ought to remain at least one year without being used,
it will be four and possibly five years before it can be
properly added to the city's supply.
Report of the Water Board. 7
" MYSTIC-VALLEY SEWAGE.
For several years one of the vexed questions occupying
the attention of the Board has been the proper treatment of
the sewage of the Mystic-valley sewer built a dozen years
ago. During the past year plans were made by the City
Engineer and experiments made with results which justified
the erection of a plant for chemically treating the sewage,
which we are pleased to say is now in successful operation,
and which we think will effectually abate any further
nuisance in the lower Mystic lake. The works are built on
the city's land in Winchester, a short distance below the
old engine-house, and consist of a new engine-house,
with four large tanks, covered by an auxiliary building,
a chemical-room, in Avhich is situated the pump for rais-
ing the sewage into the tanks, and three tanks or vats
for dissolving the chemicals. The large tanks adjoin
the engine-house, and are each 40 feet in width by 60 feet
in length, and are arranged with one end and one side ad-
joining each other, covering an erea of 80 feet by 100 feet.
The floor of the tanks slopes towards an open drain, which also
slopes towards a large brick well, into which all the sludge
from the tanks is drained. The sewage is first pumped out
of a well built at the end of the branch sewer by a centrif-
ugal suction- pump. As the sewage rises in the suction-
pipe, the precipitant (crude snip. -alumina) is applied from
a small pipe extending from one of the chemical vats, and is
thoroughly mixed with the sewage as it passes through the
pump. It is then discharo-ed into a flume built on the top of
the tanks, which conveys it to either tank desired. These
tanks are filled successively, and the sewage is allowed
to rest three hours before emptying. At that time it is found
that all the matter in suspension and a large proportion of
the matter in solution has precipitated, covering the bottom
of the tank with sludge. The tanks are then emptied and
the sludge drained into a well, from which it is taken to ad-
joining land for removal. The Superintendent estimates the
total amount of sewage passing through the sewer each
twenty-four hours at 400,000 gallons, and it has been de-
monstrated to his satisfaction that by running the works from
seven or eight in the morning to two o'clock the next morn-
ing, all that absolutely requires treating can be treated. An
illustration of the plant is given in this report.
CONSUMPTION AND WASTE OF WATER.
The consumption during the past year shows an average
of 88 gallons daily per capita on the Cochituate and Sud-
bury systems, and 76.5 on the Mystic, — an increase over the
8 City Document No. 31.
previous twelve months of 10.9 percent, on the combined
supplies. This extraordinarily large increase in the use of
water was due mainly to the excessive cold weather in the
early winter months. In January and February the con-
sumption averaged over 50,000,000 gallons daily on the
combined supplies, as against less than 40,000,000 gallons
during the other months. This rate of increase, if main-
tained, would speedily bring us up to the limit of our pres-
ent means of supply. While we are confident that this
ratio will not continue, it should be borne in mind that not
only is the city growing rapidly, but the number of transient
and suburban people who use our Xvater is largely on the
increase, and should be included in any estimate of popula-
tion. It should also be stated that as a basis for ascertain-
ing the number of gallons consumed daily per capita the
population of Boston, including Charlestown, has been
figured as 420,000, which is believed to be a low estimate.
METERS.
Since the^ appearance of our last annual report, the Report
of the Meter-Testing Commission has been made public, and
has attracted much attention on account of the thoroughness
of the description given of the merits and faults of a large
number of meters subjected to trial. The test failed to in-
dicate that any one meter was so far superior that the com-
missioners were willing to recommend it as the best, but it
showed that there were several which could be relied upon
to perform reasonably accurate service. A perfect water-
meter is yet among the improvements of the future.
This Board has purchased meters in small quantities from
time to time during the past year, to supply the places of
the defective Tremont meters which are being removed fi'om
service as rapidly as possible. At the end of another year
there "will probably be very few in the department. We
have now in use about 3,500 meters of different patterns,
and we advocate the policy of frequent examinations with a
view to keeping them in good running order. In many
cities the policy is followed of allowing meters to take care of
themselves, but the delicate mechanism of the parts justifies
care and supervision if accurate results are to be expected.
Especially in view of the fact that no meter has as yet been
invented which, in our opinion, is entirely reliable, those
in service should not be allowed to perform any great length
of duty without being taken out for testing. We believe
that the policy suggested, if attentively adhered to, will save
the city a considerable amount annually in the way of
revenue.
Eeport or THE Water Boaed. 9
QUALITY OP THE WATER.
The quality of the water on the Cochituate and Sudbury
systems has continued to be very good, as indicated by the
accompanying report and table compiled by Prof. E. S.
Wood, our analyst, which gives a comparative statement as
to the condition of the water-supply during the past two
years, Beaver Dam brook, to which he refers, will certainly
improve as soon as the Framingham seweiage system is
completed, when the sewage of that town will no longer
reach the waters that flow into Lake Cochituate. It is hoi)ed
that Natick, Marlborough, and Westborough will soon intro-
duce similar systems, should the Framingham works prove as
successful as is anticipated.
The quality of the Mystic, probably owing to the heavy
and frequent rainfalls, has been more satisfactory than we
expected.
10
City Document No. 31.
Harvard Medical School,
Boston, Feb. 18, 1889|
To the Boston Water Commissioners : — \
Gentlemen, — Herewith please find the average results of the qua!
terly analyses made by me of the waters collected from the varioA
sources of water-supply for the city of Boston during the years 18^\
and 1888, arranged in tabular form for convenience of comparison.
Water Analysis.
[Figures express parts per 100,000 of water.]
Average Results of Quarterly Analyses of Boston Waters in 1887 andX
1888.
Location.
Free
Ammonia.
"Albuminoid"
Ammonia.
Chlorine.
Total.
Color.
I. Stony Brook, head of
(1887
0.0025
0.0251
0.60
6.95
2.0
Btisiu 3 ..... .
(1888
0.0049
0.0286
0.50
6.50
1.85
II. Basin 3, near Dam 3 .
f 1887
!l888
0.0086
0.0038
0.0264
0.0203
0.46
0.54
6.42
5.85
1.9
2.15
III. Sudbury River, head of
(1887
0.0032
0.0231
0.40
6.55
2.0
Basin 2
(1888
0.0018
0.0299
0.34
4.45
1.75
IV. Basin 2, near Dam 2 .
'1887
!l888
0.0045
0.0013
0.0256
0.0312
0.39
0.47
5.25
6.58
1.8
1.8
V. Farm Pond, influent
Chamber
(1887
( 1888
0.0056
0.0041
0.0245
0.0282
0..39
0.48
5.85
5.90
1.7
2.1
VI. Farm Pond, efliuent
Chamber
(1887
(1883
0.0081
0.0062
0.0259
0.0247
0.425
0.495
6.18
5.50
1.62
2.45
VII. Terminus Sudbury
Aqueduct,
(1887
(1888
0.0063
0.0016
0.0229
0.0211
0.425
0.48
6.90
5.85
1.9
2.15
VIII. Beaver Dam Brook . .
(1887
\ 1888
0.0084
00071
0.0195
0.0325
0.67
0.45
9.15
7.52
2.2
2.1
IX. Lake Cochituate, Gate-
(1887
0.0022
0.0145
0.52
6.92
3.0
House
Us88
0.0018
0.0157
0.54
6.78
4.7
X. Terminus Cochituate
Aqueduct
(1887
(1888
0.0040
0.0018
0.0139
0.0186
0.52
0.61
5.68
6.00
3.7
5.2
XI. C. n. Reservoir, eflBu-
ent Gate House . . .
(1887
^888
0.0044
0.0022
0.0175
0.0216
0.49
0.54
5.02
5.70
3.0
3.55
XII. Service, Boylston st. •
(1887
( 1888
0.0006
0.0007
0.0185
0.0224
0.49
0.50
5.40
6.18
3.0
3.5
XIII. Cold Rpving Brook,
head of Basin 4 . . .
(1887
(1888
0.0024
0.0026
0.0258
0.0384
0.39
0.27
5.72
6.20
1.9
1.55
XIV. Basin 4, near Dam 4 .
(1887
(1888
0.0040
0.0015
0.0297
0.0232
0.34
0.35
5.80
4.42
1.8
2.0
2
g
h
o
z
a.
Repoet of the Water Board. 11
From these figures it Avill be noticed that, with two exceptions, the
waters differed but slightly in the two years, — no more, in fact, than
would naturally be expected in the averages calculated from the results
of so small a number of analyses per year.
The two exceptions referred to are the waters of Beaver Dam brook
and Cold Spring brook. In the water of Beaver Dam brook the amount
of albuminoid ammonia averaged 0.0195 parts per 100,000 in 1887, and
0.0325 parts in 1888, which increase is explained by the unusually large
amount of impurity in this water in January, April, and October, as
will be seen by reference to the quarterly reports. Beaver Dam brook
water has not yielded such large amounts of albuminoid ammonia since
1883 and 1884. In the case of the water from Cold Spring brook, the
amount of albuminoid ammonia increased from 0.0258 parts per 100,000
in 1887 to 0.0384 parts in 1888 ; this increase was shown chiefly in the Oc-
tober analysis, when it reached 0.0624 parts per 100,000, and at tlae same
time the water contained 8.10 ])arts per 100,000 of total residue. This in-
crease in the amount f)f impurity in the Cold S])ring brook water may,
perhaps, be explained hj some necessnry disturbance to the bed of the
stream a short time previous to the collection of the water on October 1.
With I'eference to the cohn- of the waters it will be noticed that in all
of the basins and reservoirs the water was less dee])ly colored in 1888
than in 1887 with the exccjption of Basin 2, in which case the color
averaged the same in the two years. /
Very respectfully yours,
EDWARD S. WOOD, M.D.
New Appropriations.
We shall ask for the usaal loan for extension of mains,
and it is extremely desirable that our request, made last
year and referred to the Finance Committee, for a loan for
beginning the work on Basin 5, be granted. We shall also
ask for appropriations for building a new stable at the
All)any-street yard ; for continuing needed improi^ements at
Lake Cochituate, including a new dam at the outlet; and for
two new boilers, and repairs upon the engines at the Mystic
pumping-station. These items will be placed in the regular
appropriation bill, to be paid from revenue in each case.
Accompanying this will be found the reports of the Water
Registrar, the City Engineer, and the Division Superin-
tendents, to which attention is respectfully called.
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS F. DOHERTY,
WILLIAM B. SMART,
ROBERT GRANT,
Boston Water Board.
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City Document No. 31.
General Statistics.
f UDBUBT AND COCHITUATE WOBKS.
1887.
Daily average consumption in gallons . .
Daily average consumption in gallons per
inhabitant
Daily average amount used through meters,
gallons
Percentage of total consumption metered
Number of services
Number of meters and motors
Length of supply and distributing mains,
in miles . . . .,
Number of fire-hydrants in use ....
Yearly revenue from water-rates , . ,
Yearly revenue from metered water . .
Percentage of total revenue from metered
water
Cost of works on Jan . 1 , 1 887, 1888, and 1889,
Yearly expense of maintenance . . . ,
Mystic Works.
Daily average consumption in gallons .
Dmiy average consumption in gallons per
inhabitant
Daily average amount used through meters,
gallons
Percentage of total consumption metered .
Number of services
Number of meters and motors
Length of supply and distributing mains,
in miles
Number of fire-hydrants in use ....
Yearly revenue from water-rates ....
Yearly revenue from metered water . .
Percentage of total revenue from metered
water ,
Costof works on .Jan. 1, 1887, 1888, and 1889,
Yearly expense of maintenance . . . ,
26,627,900
74.3
6,373,200
23.9
53,400
3,763
414
4,806
$1,206,064 69
$400,706 85
33.2
^18,973, 616 03
$336,507 37
7,399,800
72 5
1,117,600
15.1
16,110
469
133.2
818
$249,609 62
$69,330 48
27.8
$1,657,458 97
$134,439 43
29,852,100
7,229,700
24.1
55,235
3,393
436.5
4,990
$1,244,191 75
$451,335 09
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$19,527,483 32
$339,693 34
7,629,000
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428
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$293,018 65
$76,241 82
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$1,659,639 37
$153,345 02
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7,844,900
23.6
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3,532
456.68
5,008
$1,317,385 92
$465,653 49
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$20,049,614 53
$383,638 16
8,258,400
76.5
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15.4
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395
142.2
956
$306,637 22
$75,830 78
24.7
$1,690,757 30
$162,086 42
Report of the Water Board. 13
Earnings and Expenditures.
The total receipts of the Cochituate Water-Works from all
sources for the year ending December 31, 1888, were as
follows, viz. : —
Income from sales of water . . . $1,317,385 92
Income from shutting off and letting on
water, and fees . . . . • 2,861 90
Elevator, fire and service pipes, sale of old
materials, etc 36,726 64
The total expenditures of the Cochituate
Water-Works for the year ending Decem-
ber 31, 1888, 'were as follows, viz. : —
Current expenses . . . $381,638 16
Refunded water-rates . . 515 27
Transferred to City Collector's
Department . . . 2,000 00
Interest on funded debt . 735,791 40
$1,356,974 46
1,119,944 83
Balance Dec. 31, 1888 . . . $237,029 63
The total receipts of the Mystic Water- Works, from all
sources, for the year ending December 31, 1888, Avere as
follows, viz. : —
Income from sales of water . . . $306,637 22
Income from shutting off and letting on
water, and fees ..... 727 50
Service-pipes, repairs, etc. . . . 1,232 91
The total expenditures of the Mystic
Water-Works for the year ending December
31, 1888, were as follows : —
Current expenses . . . $162,086 42
Interest on funded debt . 41,992 50
Refunded water-rates . . 72 75
Amount paid Chelsea, Somer-
ville, and Everett, under
contract .... 89,789 98
$308,597 63
293,941 65
Balance Dec. 31, 1888 . . . $14,655 98
14 City Document No. 31.
Cost of Construction, and Condition of the Water
Debts.
Cost of construction of Cochituate Works
to Jan. 1, 1888 $19,527,483 32
Expended in 1888, as follows, viz. : —
Extension of Mains, etc. . $279,715 48
New High-Service Works . 233,437 49
Additioual supply of water . 8,978 24
522,131 21
Cost of construction of Cochituate
W^ater-Wouks to Jan. 1, 1889 . $20,049,614 53
The outstanding Cochituate Water Loans,
Jan. 1, 1888, were $14,714,973 98
Issued during year 1888, as follows : —
Appropriation, High Service,
4% Loans . $26,300 00
♦' ('Extension of
j Mains, etc. :
]3^% Loans . 100,000 00
14:% " . 100,000 00
226,300 00
Total Cochituate Debt, Jan. 1, 1889 . $14,941,273 98
Cochituate Water Sinking-Fund, Jan. 1,
1888 $4,271,168 59
Cochituate Water Sinking-Fund, Jan. 1,
1889 4,738,893 70
Net Cochituate Water Debt, Jan. 1, 1888, 10,443,805 39
" " 1, 1889, 10,202,380 28
Cost of construction of Mystic Works to
Jan. 1, 1888 ...... $1,670,034 48
Cost of construction of Mystic Works to
Jan. 1, 1889 .,,,.. 1,690,757 30
Eeport of the Water Board. 15
The outstfinding Mystic Water Loans, Jan.
1, 1888, were $839,000 00
Total Mystic Debt, Jan. 1, 1889 . . 839,000 00
Mystic Water Sinking Fund, Jan. 1, 1888, $655,133 52
" 1, 1889, 704,041 22
Net Mystic Water Debt, Jan. 1, 1888 . 183,866 48
" 1, 1889 . 134,958 78
16
City Document No. 31.
EXPENDITURE ACCOUNTS.
Jakuary Dbaft, 1888, to January Draft, 1889.
Extension of 3 fains: —
Labor ...... $94,427 79
Salaries 1,680 18
Teaming 7,400 00
Blasting 8,755 96
Water-pipes, Contracts . . . 134,853 09
Miscellaneous .... 10,927 04
Stock 62,834 87
$320,878 93
High Service: —
Labor $30,176 24
Teaming ..... 1,607 12
Salaries 4,614 65
Stock 23,429 05
Blasting 25 21
Land purchased .... 2,709 10
Miscellaneous .... 12,017 33
Water-pipes, Contract . . . 24,215 79
Fisher-Hill Gate House, Contract . 912 00
Water Tower, Mt. Bellevue, Con-
tract 4,100 00
West Roxbury Pumps, Contract . 2,299 56
Wrought-iron Tank, Breed's Island,
Contract ..... 2,420 00
East Boston Pumping-Station, Con-
tract 4,000 00
Ceiling, New Pumping - Station,
Chestnut Hill, Contract . . 2,042 75
Copper Work, New Pumping Stat'n,
Chestnut Hill, Contract . . 1,100 00
Freestone, New Pumping-Station,
Chestnut Hill, Contract . . 12,754 82
Carpentry, New Pumping-Station,
Chestnut Hill, Contract . . 3,800 00
Masonry, New Pumping-Station,
Chestnut Hill, Contract . . 26,642 04
Roofing, New Pumping-Stat'n, Chest-
nut Hill, Contract . . . 4,000 00
Painting, Pumping-Station, Chest-
nut liill, Contract ... 500 00
Amount carried forward, $163,365 66
Eeport of the Water Boaed.
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Amount hronght forward, $163,365 66
Dwelling-house, Contract . . . 3,375 63
Iron Roof, New Pumping-Station,
Chestnut Hill, Contract . . . 15,610 00
Boilers, New Pumping-Station, Chest-
nut Hill, Contract .... 3,003 00
Pumping-engines, New Pumping-
Station, Chestnut Hill, Contract . 48,083 20
Introduction of Meters and Inspection : -
New Meters . . . . .
Stock for Meter supplies .
Expenses of SpecialWater-Meter Test —
Salaries of Commissioners, etc.
Stock and expenses
Labor .....
Improvement of Lake CocJiituate ,
Labor ....
Salaries (Engineers) .
Travelling expenses .
Teaming ....
Stock, tools, and expenses
Additional Supply : —
Salaries (Engineers) .
Labor ....
Mateiials and expenses
Travelling expenses .
Land purchased for Basin V.
Gate House, Dam IV., Contract
16,675
29
4,035
31
1,985
00
320
86
487
10
16,674
32
2,765
00
230
37
1,151
25
2,700
97
$1,896
50
1,989
34
1,937
50
335
75
2,537
15
282
00
$233,437 49
;,503 56
;,521 91
!,978 24
Maintenance Accounts, Cochituate Water- Works.
Boston Water Board : —
Salaries of two Commissioners, two
Clerks, Purchasing Agent, and Mes-
senger $12,800 47
Travelling expenses and miscellaneous, 1,903 72
Printing and stationery . . . 944 03
Advertising and postage . . . 682 60
Amoxint carried forward^
$16,330 82
$16,330 82
18
City Document No. 31.
Amount brought forward^
Water Registrar's Department : —
Salaries of Registrar, ten Clerks, seven
Inspectors, Foremen, Marine Agent,
Messenger, and laborers in Service
Division .....
Travelling expenses and miscellane-
ons ......
Printing and stationery
Advertising and postage .
Eastern Division : —
Salaries of Superintendents, Clerks,
and Foreman .....
Travelling expenses and transportation
of men ......
Printing and stationery . ...
Miscellaneous .....
Western Division : »—
Salaries of Superiatendent, Assistant
Superintendent, Clerks, and Special
Agent ......
Travelling expenses ....
Printing and stationery . . .
Miscellaneous .....
Inspection and Waste Division: —
Salaries of Superintendent, three
Clerks, and Ins[)ectors .
Travelling expenses ....
Printing and stationery
Miscellaneous .....
Meter Division: —
Salaries of Superintendent, one Fore-
man, and one Clei'k
Travelling expenses .
Printing and stationery
New meters
Setting and repairing
Stable
Tools and miscellaneous-
Federal-st. Yard: —
Workshop, blacksmith shop, etc.
Amount carried forward,
816,330 82
$41,647 21
1,681 17
1,369 27
65 00
57,977 96
2,905 72
916 77
154 76
58,909 81
1,623 29
156 58
364 15
44,762 65
11,955 21
11,053 86
55,337
27
901
78
259
50
17
50
36,516
05
H,450
47
204
75
72
17
705
97
13,355
56
603
88
1,889
55
21,282
35
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7,971
99
$149,872
93
Report of the Water Board. 19
Amount brought fonoard, $149,872 93
Albcmy-st. Yard : —
Pipe-yard, stable, etc., and rebuilding sea-wall . 24,350 82
Maverick Wliarf (depot for furnishing water to
sliipping), rent, and salary of agent . . . 2,029 59
Teleijhones ........ 973 55
Special agents' (3) salaries, travelling expenses, etc., 2,861 62
Cochituate Aqueduct ...... 1,548 93
Sudbury Aqueduct ...... 5,714 93
Main-pipe relaying (including stock and labor) . 25,171 34
'' repairing " "■ " " . 10,655 11
Hvdrants " " " " " . 17,845 70
Stopcocks '' " " " " . 3,588 30
Hydrant and stopcock boxes, and repairing (includ-
ing stock and labor) ...... 4,774 97
Tools and repairing (including stock and labor) . 8,100 07
Streets " " '' " " . 9,795 38
Fountains " " " " " . 3,5<s7 23
Stables " " " " . 10,282 59
Waste detectors " " " " . 1 5,991 85
Basins, Framingham and Ashland (including stock
and labor) 7,819 42
Service-pipe repairing (including stock and labor), 18,854 74
High service, Roxbury (including fuel, salaries, re-
pairs, etc.) (Discontinued in July) . . . 7,282 58
High service, Chestnut Hill (including fuel, salaries,
repairs, etc.), (from March, 1888) . . . 10,158 52
High service. East Boston (including fuel, salaries,
repairs, etc.) . . .... . 3,277 13
High service, Brighton (including fuel, salaries, re-
pairs, etc.) (Discontinued in April, 1888), . 739 56
High service. West Roxbury (including fuel, salaries,
repairs, etc.) 2,607 06
Chestnut-Hill Reservoir (including stable, care of
grounds, etc.) ....... 17,712 14
Parker-Hill Reservoir 1,912 29
Brookline Reservoir . . . . . . 1,105 95
East Boston Reservoir 696 07
South Boston Reservoir ...... 154 93
Fisher-Hill Reservoir 916 88
Lake Cochituate . 3,093 44
Chestnut-Hill driveway 1,882 26
Collector of Water-rates, salary . . . . 2,500 00
Taxes ......... 538 55
Damages 2,432 28
Analysis of water, etc. . . . . ... 390 00
Merchandise sold (pipes and castings, in cases of
emergency) . . . . . . . 419 45
11,638 16
20
City Document No. 31.
Maintenance Accounts, Mystic Water- Wokks.
Boston Water Board : —
Salaries of one Commissioner and one
Assistant Clerk ....
Printing and stationery
Advertising and postage
Travelling expenses and miscellaneous,
^4,701
00
83
44
11
50
184
7o
Water Registrar's Department : —
Salaries of Deputy Collector, two Clerks,
and three Inspectors ....
Printing and stationery
Travelling expenses ....
Advertising, postage, and miscellaneous,
Superintendent' s Departrtient : —
Salaries of Superintendent, Assistant
Superintendents, and Clerk
Printing and stationery
Travelling expenses ....
Miscellaneous .....
58,370
00
518
89
236
80
369
34
;,036 69
127 40
381 80
98 15
Inspection and Waste Division :
Salaries of Inspectors .
Travelling expenses
Meter Division : —
New Meters -
Setting and repairing
Tools .
Stable .
Travelling expenses
Miscellaneous
.$10,027 35
79 60
$237
5,336
11
72
62 01
598 87
93 45
564 30
Off and on water (labor) ....
Main-pipe laying (including stock and labor),
'' relaying
" repairing
Service-pipe laying
" repairing
Hydiants and gates, repairing
Streets, "
Lake .....
Conduit . . . .
$4,980 69
9,495 03
6,644 04
10,106 95
6,892 46
3,246 83
1,800
8,570
1,491
1,219
3,816
1,577
679
8,396
771
66
17
92
94
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$G9,689 45
Keport of the AVatee Board.
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Engine-house
Stables
Reservoir
Pumping Service, salaries and wages . $8,758 10
Fuel 8,333 41
Repairs 1,172 08
Oils, waste, and packing, and small
supplies 2,694 14
Repair- shop .
Fountains
Tools and repairing
Taxes . ". . .
Mystic Sewer (repairs, and pumping and treatment
of sewage)
Waste-Detector Service
Connections with Cochituate Service
Merchandise sold ....
569,689 45
10,478 70
■6,403 96
4,518 72
20,957 73
2,978 00
720 12
1,216 76
145 31
24,755 91
606 10
18,922 16
693 50
$162,086 42
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Office of City Engineer,
City Hall, Boston, Jan. 21, 1889.
Col. Thos. F. Doherty, Chairman Boston Water Board: —
Sir, — 111 accordance with the requirements of the Revised
Ordinances, I respectfully submit the following report on the
condition of the Water-Works : —
Sources of Supply.
The rainfall during the first seven months of the year was
a little below the average, but since August 1 it has l)een
unusually heavy, the total rainfall for the year at Lake
Cochituate beins; the laro;est recorded since 1869.
The rainfoll and (Quantities collected on the several water-
sheds are as follows : —
Sudbnrj'.
Rainfall, inches 57.465
" collected inches, 35.749
Daily average yield,
gallons, 127,642,900 ^
The quality of the water from the Sudbury and Cochituate
supplies has been good, and that from the Mystic has caused
less complaint than usual.
The fluctuations in the amount of storage in the different
lakes and reservoirs are shown graphically by an appended
diao-ram. The condition of the different reservoirs durinsj
the year is given below.
SuDBURY-RlVER RESERVOIRS AND LaKE CoCHITUATE.
lieservoir No. 1. — Water was wasting at the dam on Jan-
uary 1, and, with the exception of two days in January, con-
tinued to waste until June 8, when the stop-planks were
placed upon the dam. On Juno 28 wasting began again, and
continued till July 13. The surface of the reservoir con-
Cochituate.
Mystic.
56.93
56.745
30.97
31.12
51,400
25,001,600
Eeport of the Water Board. 27
tinned near high-water mark the balance of the season, waste
beginning again on August 23, and continuing until the pres-
ent time.
Reservoir JVo. 2. — This reservoir was full until June 24,
it then gradually fell until August 4, when the surface of the
water had fallen to grade 1G0.53, or Q.i^ feet below the top
of the flash-boards, which was the lowest point reached
during the year. Water has been flowing over the dam from
September 23 to the present time.
Reservoir No. 3. — Water was flowing over the dam from
January 1 to January 25, from February 22 to Feln-uary 23,
from March 28 to June 6, from June 26 to July 10, and
from August 24 to the present time. The lowest point
reached during the year was on March 20, when the surface
of the water was at grade 169.41, or 5.83 feet below the
crest of the dam.
Reservoir No. 4. — On Jan. 1, 1888, the water in the
reservoir stood at grade 207.89, or 7.32 feet below the top
of the flash-boards. The reservoir gradually filled during
January and February, and the water remained in the
vicinity of high-water mark until the 1st of August, when
the rcseivoir was drawn upon to supply the city. On Au-
gust 21 the water was at grade 211.20, and after that date it
began to rise, reaching the top of the stop-planks on Sep-
tember 28. Since that date the reservoir has remained
practically full.
Farm Pond. — The surface of this pond has been kept
at an average level of 149.11 feet above tide-marsh level.
The conduit through the pond was in use from June 23 to
July 10, and from December 15 to December 31. During
the balance of the year the water was taken through the pond.
The Framingham Water Company has pumped 61,500,000
gallons from the pond, or a daily average of 168,033 gallons.
Lake CocJiituate. — On Jan. 1, 1888, the surft^ce of the
lake was at grade 125.63, or 8.73 feet below high water.
It began to rise during the latter part of February, until, on
March 31, it reached grade 131.20, but soon began to fall.
Excepting August, water was wasted at the outlet of the
lake during a part of each mouth, from March to December,
inclusive, so as to allow the work to be done at the Pegan
meadows.
On August 20, a contract was made with Auguste
Saucier for the removal of 60,000 cubic yards of material
on Pegan meadows for the improvement of the shallow
28
City Document No. 31.
flowage, so as to give a depth of 6 feet on the meadows at
high water.
The accomplishment of this work was attended with much
difficulty, on account of the unusual amount of rainfall, and
the contractor is to be complimented for the fidelity with
which he has carried out his agreement.
The plans for building a new dam at the outlet of
the lake have been revised during the year, and late in
the season the work of construction was commenced ; but the
necessity of wasting large volumes of water, in order to
allow the work on the Pegan meadows to be completed, has
delayed the work, and, excepting the coffer dam, but little
has been done.
Reservoir
No. 1.
Top
of flash-
boards.
159.29.
ReseiToir
No. 2.
Top
of fliisli-
bo.ards.
167.12.
Reservoir
No. 3.
Crest of
dam.
175.24.
Rrsei-voir
No. 4.
Top
of flash-
boards.
215.21.
Farm
Pond.
Lake Co-
chituato.
Top
of flash-
boards.
134 36.
Jan. 1, 1888
Feb. 1, "
March 1, "
April 1, "
May 1, "
June 1, "
July 1, "
Aug. 1, "
Sept. 1, "
Oct. 1,
Nov. 1, "
Dec. 1, "
Jan. 1, 1889
157.79
157.59
158.05
158.52
157.87
157.97
159.40
158.58
159.34
158.08
156.62
156.68
158.07
165.94
166.25
166.20
166.29
166.04
166.16
166.17
161.25
163.88
167.39
167.39
166.67
166.24
175.46
174.28
173.40
175.49
175.37
175.52
175.38
173.49
175.32
175.62
175.63
175.72
175.58
207.89
211.67
215.21
213.80
214.64
215.17
215.14
215.09
211.92
215.20
215.18
214.79
214.61
549.24
149.21
149.22
149.17
149.25
149.28
149.-25
149.28
149.24
147.46
149.27
149.28
149.25
125.63
125.70
128.84
131.16
130.02
130.12
128.59
126.48
126.11
128.03
127.84
129.90
130.71
Water has been drawn from the different reservoirs on
Sudbury river to supply the city, as follows : —
Heservoir JSfo. 2, January 1 to 22 inclusive.
June 23 to July 9 inclusive.
July 25 to September 12 inclusive.
September 17 to September 26 inclusive.
September 29 to October 15 inclusive.
October 21.
Reservoir JSfo. 3, January 31 to June 7 inclusive.
November 3 to December 12 inclusive.
Report of the "Water Board. 29
Reservoirs Nos. 2 and 3, January 23 to 30 inclusive.
June 7 to 20 inclusive.
July 10 to 24 inclusive.
September 16 to 20 inclusive.
September 22 to November 2 in-
clusive.
December 13 to December 31 in-
clusive.
Farm Pond, January 1 to June 23.
July 10 to December 15.
Aqueducts and Distributing Reservoirs.
The Sudbury-river aqueduct has been in use during the
whole or portions of 362 days, and the Cochituate aqueduct
has been in use 358 days. The former has delivered into
Chestnut-Hill and Brookline reservoirs 7,224,700,000 gal-
lons, equal to a daily average supply of 19,739,600 gallons ;
and the latter has delivered 4,968,503,100 gallons, or
13,575,100 gallons per day.
Both aqueducts have been cleaned during the year ; the
details of this work will be found in the report of the Super-
intendent of the Western Division.
In the Cochituate aqueduct from February 22 to June 27,
and from September 27 to December 31, a depth of 6 feet
of water was run ; from June 27 to July 8, a depth of 6 feet
6 inches was run ; for the balance of the year the depth of
water run in the aqueduct followed the level of the lake.
The Chestnut-Hill, Brookline, Fisher-Hill, Parker-Hill,
and East Boston reservoirs are in good condition.
Fisher- Hill reservoir has been in use during the whole
year. The grading of the grounds was finished during the
early part of the summer, a drain-pipe was laid from the
back side of the reservoir lot to connect with the drain in
Fisher-Hill avenue, shrubs were planted, the walks and
slopes resurfaced, and the slopes and grounds seeded with
grass.
The loam surfacing of the slopes slipped in three or four
places during the very severe storm of September 26, and
another small slip occurred during the storm of November
"26. These slips are common to new embankments Avith a
clayey subsoil, but will not probably occur after a strong
sod has formed.
Parker-Hill reservoir was shut otf from the distribution,
and the hish-service districts Avere supplied directly from
Fisher-Hiirreservoir, from Dec. 3, 1887, to July 2, 1888.
30 City Document No. 31.
Since that date a circulation has been kept up in the reser-
voir by throttling the inlet gate.
West Roxbury has been supplied directly from Fisher Hill
during the entire year.
The average monthly and yearly heights of all the reser-
voirs are shown by an annexed table.
HiGH-S ERVICE PuMPING-StATIONS .
The Elmwood-street putnping-station was discontinued on
May 8, at 11 P.M., after having been in use since March 1,
1870, and the force of engineers and firemen was transferred
to Chestnut Hill. The daily average amount pumped at this
station, from January 1 to May 8, was 3,659,400 gallons.
The Brighton pumping-station w^as closed in January, and
the engineer transferred to Chestnut Hill. The pumps have
been taken down, and one of them will be transferred to the
new station at East Boston, to pump the water for the Breed's
Island high service.
The Brighton pumping-station was built in 1876 for the
tem{)orary supply of the high-service district of Brighton
until the Chestnut Hill pumping-station should be built.
At the East Boston station the daily average amount
pumped from January 1 to October 30 was 353,200 gallons ;
since the last date, with the exception of one day in
December, no water has been pumped, as, on account of the
increased supply furnished by the new 24-inch main, the
reservoir can be filled from the low^-service mains at night.
During extreme cold weather pumping will have to be
resorted to.
At the West Poxbury pumping-station the daily average
amount pumped was 40,560 gallons. The daily amount of
water used varied from an average of 20,800 gallons in April
to 74,800 gallons in January ; but nearly one-half of the
apparent consumption during the winter months was due to
the opening of a connection between the West Roxbury high
service and the general high service, to prevent the freezing
of the water in the pipe over the Park-street bridge.
The tank on Bellevue Hill has been enclosed by an obser-
vatory tower, which it is expected will prevent any trouble
from ice in the tank.
New High-Service Works.
Work upon the pumping-machinery and boilers was so
far advanced January 21, that fires were started under one
of the boilers, and engine No. 1 was run for a short time.
HELIOTYPE PRINTIKG
BELLEVUE HILL TOWER.
X
Eepoet of the Water Board.
31
On February 1, engine No. 2 was started, and they were
ran irregularly nearly every day until May 9, when they
wei-e put into regular service, the jiumps at Elmwood street
being abandoned. The pumps are completed, excepting
some minor details and painting.
A duty trial was made of engine No. 1, together with
boiler No. 2, on August 9 and 10, and trials were made of
engine No. 2 with boiler No. 1 on August 22 and 23, and
on September 26 and 27. Engine No. 1 developed a duty of
103,284,500 ft.-lbs. from 1,100 lbs. of steam at 212^, and
engine No. 2 a duty of 105,004,300 ft.-lbs. The best result
obtained from the boilers was an actual evaporation of 10
lbs. of water per pound of coal used, or an equivalent evapo-
ration of 11.57 lbs. from and at 212°.
Amount of water pumped at Elmwood-street and Chestnut-
Hill pnmping-stations in li
Elmwood street.
Chestnut Hill.
Total
January .
February .
March . .
April . . .
May . . .
June . . .
July . . .
August . .
September
October . .
November
December
141,970,300
115,072,000
102,284,500
92,287,000
20,444,500
2,271,500
31,011,875
35,349,850
31,643,175
107,409,500
144,288,925
171,114,750
170,841,875
160,001,215
157,559,500
151,792,250
170,032,100
144,241,800
146,083,875
137,634,350
123,930,175
127,854,0'JO
144,288,925
171,114,750
170,841,875
160,001,215
157,559,500
151,792,250
170,032,100
Daily average amount pumped
, 4,932,700 gallons.
In June several districts were changed from low service
to high service. In the city proper, 3.5 miles of streets
were so changed ; in Roxbury, 3.9 miles ; in Dorchester, 2,2
miles; and in West Roxbury, 0.6 miles.
The amount of water used by the high service increased
from 3,691,000 gallons per day in 1887 to 4,932,700 gallons
in 1888. The increase during the last half of the year, after
the territory supplied was enlarged, being 1,597,600 gallons
per day, or 42.8 per cent, over the consumption for the cor-
responding months in 1887.
32 City Document No 31.
Description of Chestnut-Hill Pumping- Station.
The buildings consist of an engine-room, 84 feet 10 inches
by 64 feet 8 inches, with a basement; a boiler-room, 79 feet
10 inches by 56 feet 2 inches ; and a coal-room, 65 feet 4
incites by 62 feet, connected with the boiler-room by an ex-
tension 43 feet 8 inches by 19 feet 10 inches.
West of the pumping-station is a circular screen chamber,
which is connected with the Cochituate aqueduct by a brick
conduit 4 feet by 4 feet 4 inches in section, and with the
48- inch pipe from the Sudbury conduit by a 36-inch iron
pipe, A third connection can be made with Chestnut-Hill
reservoir by a 48-inch pipe when desired, the pipe for this
connection beinof laid from the screen chamber to the centre
of Beacon street. Through these connections water can be
drawn directly from either the Cochituate or the Sudbury
conduit, or from the reservoir, as may from time to time
seem best.
Double screens made of copper wire can be placed in
grooves built into the masonry, and iron sluice-gates and stop-
planks are arranged for controlling the flow of the water.
A brick conduit 4 feet by 5 feet in section connects the
screen-chamber with the pump-wells in the basement of the
enginc-ro(»ni. There are three wells ; two of them are each
18 feet i)y 10 feet and 16 feet deep, and the third, which was
provided for a future pumping- engine, is 21 feet by 10 feet
by 16 feet.
These wells are connected w^ith the conduit through 3 feet
by 3 feet iron sluice-gates.
In order to provide for the possible extension of the
engine-room for a fourth pumping-enginc, a gate-opening
for a proposed pump-well has been built into the foundation
wall on the west end of the building, and the bottom of a
foundation wall between the present building and the screen-
chamber has been built, so that an extension to the present
buildino- can be built at any time without interfering with the
operation of the present pumping-plant.
Each well can be emptied through a 12-inch drain-pipe,
which also receives the waste water from the condensers of
the engines.
The basement has a concrete floor, and in it will be fitted
up a repair shop.
The i)umping-plant consists of two Gaskill horizontal com-
pound engines, each having a capacity of 8,000,000 gallons
in 24 hours ; they were built l)y the Holly Company, of Lock-
port, N.Y.
BOSTON AND ALBANf K. If. NEtVTCM C/ZtCU/r
mUttfpe Timmf Ci.Bostm
Report of the Water Board. 33
The high-pressure c^'linders are 21 inches diameter, the low-
pressure cylinders 42 inches diameter, the water-i)lungers 25
inches diameter, and all have a stroke of 3(i inches. The
phjngcr displacement is 302 gallons per revolution, and the
maximum piston speed, as per contract, is 115 feet per minute.
The foundation of each pump consists of a solid block of
American cement concrete 14 feet 5 inches in thickness, and
on each foundation aie built four brick piers 6 feet 8 inches
high, surmounted by a granite coping 12 inches in thickness.
The engines and pumps are secured in position by l|-inch
bolts, which arc built into the entire depth of the brick foun-
dations. The force mains from each pump are 24 inches in
diameter, and they unite outside of the building with a 30-
inch pipe which extends to Fisher-Hill reservoir, — a distance
of 5,800 feet. Bi'anches and gates have l)een placed in the
force main, so that a third and fourth pumping-engine can be
connected with the force main without stopping the pumping.
Branches have also been located for a second force main. /
The steam is furnished by two horizontal tubular steel
boilers, 78 inches in diameter, 18 feet 5 inches lono-. The
shell is ^Q inch thick, and each boiler contains 151 tubes, 3
inches in diameter. Each boiler contains 2,171 square feet
of heating surface and 49 square feet of grate surface. A
feed-water heater is placed in the flue between the boilers.
It is made of 80 brass tubes, each 2^ inches diameter and 15
feet long, sujiported by racks on a portable carriage. It has
a heating surlace of 931 square feet. The main steam-pipe
from the boilers to the engine-room is 10 inches in diameter.
The smoke-flue from the boilers to the chimney is of brick,
and is carried under the floor of the boiler-room.
The chimney is located in the extension of the coal house.
It is 150 feet in height above the floor of the boiler-ioom,
and the foundations extend to solid earth at a depth of 26
feet. The foundation is 27 feet 10 inches square at the
bottom, and is stepped in to 20 feet square at the grade of
the bottom of the flue where the brick masonry beains.
The foundation is of Portland cen)ent concrete to a height
of 6 feet above its base, and the upper portion is of rubble
masonry laid solid in American cement mortar. A door is
placed in the chimney at its l)ase for the removal of soot,
and an opening for a second smoke-flue has been built and
bricked up until needed. The chimney is drawn into a
circular form above the opening for the flues. The outside
shell at the base is 15 feet in diameter and is 28 inches thick ;
it has an outside batter of 0.288 inches per foot, and its
thickness is gradually reduced to 16 inches at a point 96 feet
above the floor. The flue is circular, its inside diameter is 5
34 City Document No. 31.
feet (i inches, and its wall is 12 inches thick at the base and
4 inches at the top, which is 20 feet below the top of the
outs^ide shelh The chimney has a cast-iron cap, and is fitted
with two -^-inch copper lightning-i'ods.
The coal-room contains four l)ins 51 feet k)ng, 14 feet 6
inches wide, and 13 feet high ; they will hold about 1,000 tons
of coal.
The coal is raised to an elevated run, from which it is
dumped into the bins. Scales are provided, so that the coal
can be weighed before dumping.
East Boston and Breed's Island High Service.
The works will soon be in working order. The pumping-
station is l)uilt of brick, with brownstone trimmings, and is
located on Condor street, nearly opposite Brooks street.
The su[)i)ly is taken through a 16-inch su(;tion-pipe, which
connects with the 24-inch pipe which crosses Chelsea creek
near this point.
A 12-inch force main is laid from the i)nmping-station to
the reservoir on Brooks street; and another 12- inch force
main is laid from the pumping-station, a distance of 11,000
feet, to a wrought-iron tank on the summit of Breed's Island,
or Orient Heights. This tank is 24 feet in diameter and 40
feet hiii'h. The bottom of the tank is 154. GO feet above
water-works base.
The two pumps now located in the old pumping-station at
the reservoir lot will be moved into the new building to fur-
nish the supply for the East Boston high service, and one
of the pumps from the discontinued Brighton pumping-
station will be used for the Breed's Island service.
The piping is so arranged that all the pumps can be used
for either district.
Contracts for this work have been made as follows : —
Pumping-station, Donahue Bros. & Co. . . $8,650 00
Pump foundations, J. IT. Etridge, Nov. 10., 1888, 316 25
Boilers, two, E. Hodo-e & Co.,\\ov. 30, 1888 . 838 00
Tank, George Miles, March 13, 1888 . . . 2,420 00
The foundations of the tank and the laying of the water-
pipe were done by the day.
Mystic Lake.
Water was wasted over the dam from January 1 to Jan-
uary 22, from February 5 to February 9, from February 20
Report of the Water Board. 35
to June 3, from June 14 to June 16, jind from September 26
to December 31.
The lowest point reached daring the year was on Sep-
tember 17, when the surface of the hd^e was at grade 4.26,
or 2.74 feet below high water. The yield of the watershed
of the lake is shown by a table on page 52.
My^^tic-V alley Seaver.
The new settling-tanks have been completed and are in
successful operation. The works consist of a pump-well
connected by a brick sewer Avith the main sewer, a sewage-
pump, an engine, an engine-house, four settling- tanks, a
sludge-well, a sludge-pump, and a series of settling-basins
for receiving the sludge.
In the engine-house are three vats, so arranged that the
precipitant is fed to the sewage from one vat placed lower
and between the other two, in which the precipitant is dis-
solved ; each vat is provided with a steam-pipe for heating
the water used, and with an appliance for stirring, which is
run from the engine.
After the precipitant is fed to the sewage, it is raised by
pumping to the settling-tanks, where, after a tank is filled,
it is allowed to settle for about three hours. The clarified
liquid is then drawn off by means of narrow stop-planks,
Avhich are removed one by one. At this season of the year
the tanks can be filled six times before it is necessary to re-
move the deposited sludge. This is removed through sluices
which connect with a sludge-well placed in the middle
space between the four tanks. From this sludge-well the
sludge is pumped into a flume, by which it is carried to the
settling-basins.
The average flow of the sewer is about 400,000 gallons in
24 hours, 75 per cent, of which is between 8 A.M. and 8
P.M. After 12 P.M. the flow from the sewer is practically
clear water.
The results of several experiments show that 1 volume
of sludge is deposited in the tanks to 30 volumes of sew-
age received. The sludge contains about 4 parts of dry
solids to 9() parts of water; the Avater disappears in the
settling-basins, and Ave have remaining a product sufficiently
dry to be easily handled, and containing 4 parts of solids to 12
parts of water. On this basis the amount of "dry product "
Avould be 10 cubic yards daily. The cost of the Avorks, in-
cluding the preparation of the settling-basins and incidentals,
was $10,410.18.
36
City Document No. 31.
The accompanying plan and view shows the arrangement of
the works.
Mystic Conduit and Reservoir.
The conduit has been cleaned twice during the year, and
is in good condition.
The eastern division of the reserv^oir was cleaned in 1884,
and the other division should be cleaned out this year. The
stone masonry of the western division has been repointed.
Mystic Pumfing-Station.
The repairs to the roof of the pumping-station were com-
pleted early in the year. The flat roof of the coal-bunker,
which was badly decayed, has been replaced by a shed roof.
The four old boilers have about outlived their usefuhiess,
and it would be economy to replace them with a new plant.
The table on page 43 shows the work done by the pump-
ing-engines during the year.
Engine No. 1 was in use 1,703 hours 55 minutes
" " 2 " " 2,6S9 " 30 "
" " 3 " " 7,482 " 45 "
pumping 279,878,500 gallons.
" 494,3-28,700 "
" 2,248,115,200 "
Total amount pumped
3,022,322,400
Total amount of coal consumed, 6,924,000 lbs.
Percentage ashes and clinkers, 8.4.
Average lift, in feet, 147.65.
Quantity pumped per pound of coal, 436.5 gallons.
Average duly of engines, no deduclions, 53,750,600 ft. -lbs. per 100 lbs. of coal.
Daily average amount pumped, 8,257,700 gallons, an increase of 8.2 per cent.
Cost of Pumping
Salaries ....
Fuel
Repairs ....
Oil, waste, and packing
Small supplies
$8,731 65
13,684 02
1,075 76
790 59
102 73
Total $24,384 75
Cost per million gallons raised one foot high, 5.48 cents.
Consumption.
The daily average consumption has been as follows : —
Sudbury and Cochituate supply
Mystic supply .
Gallons
per day.
33,310,700
8,258,400
Gallons
per capita.
88
76.5
boston water work^.
General Plan of Mystic Valley Sewerage Works.
SCALE.
Stluvfpt fnabag Ce Jtstn.
Eeport of the Water Boakd.
37
The above figures show an increase of 11.6 per cent, in
the c()nsuni[)tion from the Sudbury and Cochituate works
over that of the year 1887, of 8.2 per cent, from the Mystic
works, and 10.9 per cent from the combined supplies.
Distribution.
Durins: the year the following changes have been made in
the distribution system : —
SUDBUET-COCHITUATE WORKS.
Mystic
Works.
Size of
Pipe.
Total Length laid
and rulaid.
Length of Pipe
abandoned.
Length
laid.
Length
abandoned.
4
799
7,570
1,263
6
225
6
59,449
4,811
6,276
8
15,008
215
10
2,744
126
12
29,328
3,002
487
16
6,129
262
1,286
20
58
170
24
3,400
. .
115
30
5,709
427
Total length
122,624
16,030
9,980
6,225
The total length of pipe laid on the Sudbury and Co-
chituate works was 23.22 miles, and 3.04 miles have been
abandoned, making a net increase of 20.18 miles in the total
length in use. On the Mystic works the mains have been
extended 9,980 feet, and 6,225 feet of 4-inch wrought-iron
and cement pipe have been abandoned.
The 24-inch main to East Boston, the laying of which was
commenced in 1887, has been completed between City square
in Charlestown and Chelsea creek in Chelsea, and the new
30 and 16 inch mains have been laid, with the exception of
the portion on Warren bridge. The new 30-inch main has
been connected with the old 20-inch pipe at each end of the
bridge, and the pressure on the pipe in East Boston is in-
creased 10 or 12 pounds. The 30-inch main stalls from the
40-inch main on Boston Common oj^posite Mason street, and
runs diagonally across the Common to the corner of Park
and Beacon streets, thence through Beacon, Bowdoin, Alls-
38 City Document No. 31.
ton, and Bulfinch streets, Bowdoin square, Chardon, Portland,
Traverse, Haverhill, Causeway, and Beverly streets, to War-
ren bridofe, where it connects with the old 2()-inch main. A
connection has also been made with the okl 24-inch main in
Chardon street. These two connections with the new main
have increased the head in the pipes at the north end of the city.
The 16-inch high -service main was laid from the corner of
Mt. Vernon and Joy streets, through Joy, Myrtle, Derne,
Bowdoin, and Cambridge streets to Chardon street, and from
this point to Warren bridge the 16-inch and oO-inch pij)es
are laid in the same trench. On the Charlestown side the
30-inch and 16-inch pipes start near the crossing of the freight
railroad on Warren avenue, and are laid in the same trench
to City square, where the 30-inch is reduced to 24-inch,
and connections are made with the 20-inch Cochituate and
the 16-inch Mystic mains. The 24-inch and 16-inch pipes
continue through Park street to Common street, where the
})ipes separate, the 16-inch running to Monument square,
through Common and Winthrop streets, and the 24-inch
through Common, Adams, and Chelsea streets to Chelsea
bridge. The new 24-inch i)ipe was laid through the filled
portion of Chelsea bridge, l)ut the new 24-inch and the old
24-iiich pii)es are connected and carried over the bridge
proper in one line of 30-inch pipe. In Chelsea the new
20-inch pipe was laid in Broadway, Williams, and Marginal
streets, and is connected with the old 20-inch and 24-inch
pipes crossing Chelsea creek to East Boston. When the
30-inch is laid across Warren bridge, there will be two inde-
pendent lines to East Boston, with the exception of the
sections on Chelsea bridge.
A contract was made with the Gloucester Iron Works on
July 17 for furnishing 440 tons of 6-inch water-pipe for the
supply of Long Island, and on August 3 a contract was made
with Geo. W. Townsend for furnishing and laying a line of
6-inch pipe, with John F. Ward's flexible joints, between
Moon and Long Islands. Each length of pipe between
Moon and Long Islands was encased by four spruce planks,
11 feet 4 inches long and 3^ inches thick, and the space be-
tween the case and the pipe Avas filled with lime and cement
grout, to protect the iron from the sewage that is discharged
near that point. The pipe is placed below the surface of
the bottom of the channel wherever there is less than 10
feet of water at mean low tide. The length of the line is
3,415 feet. The pipe was laid for a distance of 10,270 feet
on Moon Island and through Scjuantum. All further progress
was delayed by complications with the town of Quincy. A
contract was made with J. N. Hayes & Co. for building the
Report of the AVater Board. 39
siphon and pi[)e-box at Neponset bridge for $8,000, but the
work was dehived for the same reason.
Miscellaneous.
The pipe-yard on Albany street has been enlarged by
taking the adjoining wharf formerly occupied by the City
Hospital Department, and a sea-wall, 1G8 feet in length,
was built on the water-front to replace the old wall, at a cost
of $5,965.90.
The following is a report from Mr. Desmond FitzGerald,
Resident Engineer, of the work intrusted to his charge : —
Boston, Jan. 1, 1889.
William Jackson, Esq., Chief Engineer Boston Water-
Works:—
Sir, — I submit herewith a brief report of the engineering
work accomplished during the past year by the force on ad-
ditional su[)ply and improvement of the old sources.
Early in the year borings were begun at Basin 5 to ascer-
tain the depth of the bed-rock below the surface of the valley,
at the site of the dam. Two test-[)its were partially sunk,
but their indications were so different from the water-borings
that it became evident that little reliance could be placed on
the ordinary wash-out system. The ground is so full of large
boulders that it will be necessary to use the diamond drill.
On March 10 all work on the new basin was suspended from
lack of appropriations.
During the summer, surveys were made of the Course brook
and Pegan meadows, at Lake Cochituate, and plans perfected
for their improvement, by lowering the grade of the bottom,
and filling the shallow portions. On August 20 a contract
was made by the Water Board with Auguste Saucier for the
removal of sixty thousand cubic yards of material at the
Pegan meadows, and this work has just been satisfactorily
completed.
Plans for new location of the highways on the site of Basin
5 have been made during the year, and have been accepted
by the County Commissioners of Middlesex County.
Some experimental work on the subject of filtration has
been prosecuted by the force und(;r my direction, but the
results are not sufficiently advanced to report upon at the
present time.
Very truly yours,
DESMOND FITZGERALD,
Resident Engineer.
40 City Document No. 31.
In General.
The high-service district in the city proper is now sup-
plied by ti 24-inch pipe from Parker-Hill reservoir to Pynchon
street, a distance of 2,90U feet; thence by a 20-inch pi[)e to
Berkeley street, a distance of 4,520 feet, where the 12-inch
pipe for the South Boston supply is taken off; thence by n
IG-inch pipe to the 16-inch by lO-inch branch on Boston
Common, a distance of 2,600 feet. During this season a
large territory has been added to the high-service district in
the city proper, and it is also proposed to make connections
so that a portion of the Charlestown district can be supplied
when the Mystic supply runs short. Estimating the max-
imum flow at })reseiit to be li times the average consump-
tion, there is a loss of head at the 16-inch by 16-inch branch
of 25 feet, besides ti sudden momentary additional loss of
head of 30 feet, caused by the large draught of elevators.
To remedy this excessive loss of head, it is necessary to
provide an additional line of pipe from Parker-Hill res-
ervoir.' The additional line of pipe is also desirable in the
contingency of an accident to the present line. I therefore
reconunend that a 20-inch main be laid from the present 24-
inch pipe in Fisher avenue, at Parker Hill, to the 16-inch by
l()-inch branch on the Common.
In the Roxbury and Dorchester high-service districts the
present consumption is about 2,500,000 gallons daily, and in
the higher portions of the districts the supply is at times
unsatisfactoiy. To remedy the trouble now existing, and to
provide for the future wants of this growing disti'ict, it is
necessary to lay a new main from the 1 6-inch pipe at the corner
of Parker and Centre streets, to the vicinity of Eggleston
square, where, by being extended as necessity may require,
it can be connected with the 12-inch pipes in Washington
street and Walnut, Humboldt, Elm Hill, and Blue Hill
avenues ; also the 12-inch pipe in Seaver street should be
connected from Walnut avenue to Maple street ; and the
connection between the 16-inch pipe in Centre street and
the 24-inch pipe in Perkins street should be changed to
16-inch.
The sizes of pipes recommended above are based on the
assumption that, when required, a main will be laid for
the supply of Dorchester by way of Forest Hills and the
proposed reservoir in West Roxbury.
The capacity of the combined Sudbur}^ and Cochituate sup-
plies, as at present developed, is 35,500,000 gallons daily for
Report of the Water Board, 41
a dry year. The consumption for tho past year was 33,310,-
700 gallons daily, an increase of 11.6 per cent, over the con-
sumption of the previous year. Assuming that the increase
for the next year will be equal to that of last year, the
consuni])tion Avill reach 37,174,700 gallons daily. That is,.
our consumption would be more than the dry years' ca-
pacity of our siip|)ly as at present developed. It is. there-
fore, evident that, for the protection of the city against i\i
probable season of short supply of water, it is necessary to^
begin the further development of its I'esources at once.
After authority is obtained to ]iroceed with the work of"
building an additional basin, several months will be required!
for necessary investigations and studies l)ef()re the actual con-
struction of a storage-basin can be proceeded with. The-
work of construction can, under the most favorable condi-
tions, be completed in three working seasons ; nearly one-
season will be required for the preliminary work, and the
basin should be allowed to be filled one year before water is-
used from it ; thus five years are required for the completion^
ready for use, of a storage-basin.
The figures below give the daily average rates of consump-
tion for the past five years from the Sudbury and Cochituate
works : —
1884 . . . 25,090,500 irallons.
1885 . . . 25,607,200 " "
1886 . . . 26,627,900
1887 . . . 29,^52,100 ^"
1888 . . . 33,310,700 "
The above shows an increase for the four years past of
32.8 per cent. Assuming the same rate of increased con-
sumption, we should have in 1892 a daily avei-agc consumption
of about 44,250,000 gallons. It is not believed, however,
that the increase during this period will be at this rate, but
a comparison of the rates of increase in the past live cor-
responding periods shows that it is reasonable to ex))ect that
the increase may not be less than 10 per cent. This per-
centage is based upon the assumption that it is safe to allow
for a considei'able reduction in the amount of water wasted,
the waste of last year being largely increased by the long-
continued cold weather during the early months. We may
anticipate with reasonable certainty that in 1892 our water-
works will be called upon to siqoply at least 36,750,000
gallons daily to the district now supplied by the Cochituate
and Sudbury works ; and should any additional territory
42 City Document No. 31.
now supplied from other sources be supplied from these
works, this amount would be proportiontitely increased.
The capacity of the additional b-'.sin, for which the land
has been partly acquired, is 4,500,000 gallons daily, and it
will be seen trom the above that, even with the development
of this basin, the works, with no allowance for possible ad-
ditions to the territory now supplied, will have but a cora-
[)aratively small surplus capacity.
It is, therefore, necessary that the construction of an addi-
tional basin should be proceeded with, and I wish to uroe
upon your Board the importance of using every effort to ob-
tain the necessary authority from the City Council.
Appended to this report will be found the usual tables of
rainfall, consumption, yield of water-sheds, etc.
WILLIAM JACKSON,
City Engineer and Engineer Boston Water Board.
BOSTON WATER WORKS.
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55
Rainfall received and collected, 1888.
Mystic.
COCHITUATE.
SUDBDHT.
Months.
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Inches.
Inches.
Per
cent.
January . .
February .
March . . .
April . . .
May ....
June ....
July ....
August . .
September .
October . .
November .
December .
4.05
3.28
5.185
2.84
5.095
2.20
2.23
6.23
8.56
4.955
6.85
6.27
1.43
3.32
4.28
3.27
2.88
0.84
0.39
0.54
1.31
2.74
5.04
5.08
35.20
101.25
82.48
115.21
56.59
38.08
17.46
8.75
15.29
55.28
73.55
96.41
4.13
3.55
5.60
2.51
4.63
2.07
1.67
6.32
8.81
4.95
7.03
5.66
1.13
2.77
4.76
3.45
2.37
0.53
0.47
0.94
2.31
2.57
4.21
5.46
27.46
78.01
85.00
137.34
51.19
25.78
28.06
14.87
26.24
51.90
59.92
96.39
4.15
3.685
6.02
2.425
4.825
2.535
1.405
6.225
8.585
4.99
7.225
5.395
1.878
3.255
5.775
4.566
2.912
0.728
0.209
0.677
1.994
3.566
4.761
5.428
45.26
88.32
95.93
188.30
60.35
28.70
14.90
10.87
23.22
71.45
65.90
100.60
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averages \
56.745
31.12
54.84
56.93
30.97
54.40
57.465
35.749
62.21
56
City Docujient No. 31.
Table showing the Temperature of Air and Water at different Stations on
the Water- Works.
1S8S.
January
February
March
April .
May .
June .
July .
August
September
October . .
November
December .
Tejipeeatube op Air.
Chestnut-IIiH Reservoir.
5.^.5
51.0
54.5
76.5
79.0
96.0
S6.5
89.0
77.5
68.5
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9.5
19.5
32.5
43.0
48.0
49.0
30.0
26.5
11.0
4.0
18.7
26.3
30.6
41.0
53.3
663
67.5
6S.8
58.6
46.2
42.5
32.8
Framingham.
53.0
51.0
52.0
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83.0
96.0
87.0
92.0
78.0
67.0
72.0
58.0
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6.0
19.0
31.0
39.0
45.0
46.0
27.0
28.0
8.0
4.0
18.1
25.8
20.8
41.9
53.2
67.6
67.7
63.3
59.4
46.3
41.7
32.6
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36.2
36.9
42.7
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67.4
71.1
72.2
66.3
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WATER llEGISTRAirS EEPOET.
JANUARY 1, 1889.
Office of the ^yATER Eegistrae,
Boston, Jan. 1,1889.
Thomas F. Doherty, Esq., CJiairman Boston Water
Board: —
Sir, — The annual report of the Water Re_2;istrar, as
required by Scot. 9, Chap. 30, of the Revised Ordinances,
is herewith submitted.
CocHiTUATE Works.
The total receipts of the Cochituate Works
for the year ending Dec. 31, '88, have been $1,356,974 46
The detail of this amount is as follows : —
Received from sales of water furnished in
1889 $2,426 00
Received from sales of water furnished in
1888 1,189,381 23
Received from sales of water furnished in
1^87 125,578 69
Received from sales of old meters . . 10,071 57
service-pipes and repairs . 3,958 27
sale of old material . . 5,794 35
" merchandise . . 3,453 75
" old pipe . . . 2,625 00
elevator, fire and motor pipes, 4,005 91
miscellaneous sources and
labor .... 2,852 13
off and on water, for repairs, 2,112 26
otf and on water, for non-pay-
ment .... 1,371 60
Carried forward,
.,353,630 76
58
City Document No. 31.
Brought forward.
Received from fees
* ' rent of water-posts
" rents .
*' fines for waste
*' rebate on gas
Total ....
$1,353,680 76
1,490 30
566 79
1,141 90
130 00
14 71
$1,356,974 46
Mystic "Works.
The total receipts of the Mystic Works have
been during the year 1888 .
The detail of this amount is as follows : —
Received from the sale of water in 1888,
" " «' " 1887,
" *< *« " 1889,
*• " service and fire pipes .
*' '* oft' and on water for repairs,
** '< off and on water for non-
payment
** *' fines r summonses)
** " rent of water-posts
" " sale of old material
Add sundry receipts by Water Board
Total
$308,597
63
$286,206
12
19,794
60
636
50
509
41
303
00
226
00
198
50
20
00
9
71
$307,903
84
693
79
$308,597
63
The percentage allowed the cities of Somerville, Chelsea,
and town of Everett under contract is as follows : —
Somerville
Chelsea
Everett
$47,230 77
35,168 93
8,635 01
$91,034 71
Eeport of the Water Board.
59
The expenditures of this department for the year 1888
are as follows : —
Mystic.
Cocliituate.
For salaries
. $8,870 00
$30,975 00
Labor ....
1,971 90
10,672 21
Printing and stationery .
518 89
1,369 27
Travelling expenses
236 80
1,681 17
Postage, telephone, etc. .
3()9 34
65 00
Total
. 111,466 93
$44,762 65
The estimated income from all sources from
the Mystic and Cochituate departments
for the year 1889 is ... . $1,702,000 00
From water-rates
" all other sources
Total .
Mystic.
115,000 00
2,000 00
Cochituate.
,357,000 00
28,000 00
7,000 00 $1,385,000 00
The total number of takers supplied by Cochituate
Works is 61,902
The total number of takers supplied by Mystic
Works is 20,518
The total number of meters now applied to
premises of both Cochituate and Mystic Works
is 3,539
The following table represents the size, kind, and location
of meters ; —
60
City Document No. 31.
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3
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127
802
476
68
80
19
6
1,067
117
158
33
27
18
13
1
58
9
5
1
1
22
12
8
5
11
26
35
14
1
5
58
25
14
2
6
4
3
6
20
17
2
7
2
20
8
4
4
5
21
2
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1
2
148
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5
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22
3
17
8
5
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1,162
159
182
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2
1
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1
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3
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3,152
207
90
81
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3,539
Eeport of the Water Board.
Gl
CocHiTUATE Works.
The following table exhibits the classes of premises to
which melcrs are attached, the amount of Avater consumed,
and the revenue assessed for the years 1887 and 1888 ; —
Class of Pkemises.
Hotels
Apartment Hotels
Business Premises
Steam Railroads
Sugar Refineries
Factories and Machine Shops
Iron Works aud Foundries
Mills and Engines
Marble and Stone Works
Gas Companies
Breweries
Oil-Works
Chemical Works
Laundries
Restaurants
Stables
Theatres and Halls
Hospitals
Schools
City, State, aud Government Buildings .
Steamers and Shipping
Elevators and Motors
Electric-I.ight Companies
Miscellaneous
Total
1887.
Quantity
used.
Cubic feet.
30,439,000
37,438,000
72,490,000
31,239,000
35,479,000
31,901,000
6,551,000
2,012,000
2,679,000
15,415,000
14,344,000
1,089,000
2,105,000
640,000
7,103,000
13,282,000
1,235,000
1,778,000
2,873,000
10,491,000
8,004,000
15,912,000
5,242,000
2,074,000
351,845,000
Amount
assessed.
$37,637 63
50,297 40
96,301 95
37,941 40
42,691 10
41,519 00
8;1T6 40
2,699 50
3,426 10
18,756 99
17,636 20
1,393 10
2,566 20
840 20
9,608 40
17,922 20
1,662 00
2,229 60
3,921 90
13,107 20
10,256 82
21,562 50
6,405 20
2,776 10
$451 ,.335 09
1888.
Quantity
used.
Cubic leei.
31,875,000
39,196,000
76,896,C00
36,414,000
26,804,000
36,388,000
6,705,000
2,346,000
2,505,000
16,112,000
13,993,000
820,000
1,551,000
1,252,000
6,867,0C0
15,523,000
1,224,000
2,680,000
2,830,000
11,226,000
9,015,000
19,844,000
6,265,000
2,500,000
370,831,090
Amount
assessed.
$39,227 70
52,278 80
102,165 75
41,460 30
25,990 40
46,837 60
8,294 80
3,179 70
3,230 00
17,442 30
17,214 60
1,079 10
2,522 20
1,629 60
9,277 30
20,724 90
1,664 80
3,330 00
3,877 70
15,211 SO
11,536 14
26,614 90
7,650 70
3,206 40
$465,653 49
62
Ci%Y Document No. 31.
Mystic Works.
The following table exhibits the classes of premises to which
meters are attached, the amount of water consumed, and the
revenue assessed for the years 1887 and 1888 : —
Class of Pkemisbs.
Steam Railroads
Horse Railroads
Hoosac Tunnel Dock and Elevator Co,
City and Government Buildings . . ■
Schools
Stables
Factories .
Chemical Works
Foundries
Breweries
Gas Companies
Oil-W'orks
Mills and Engines
Hotels
Model Houses
McLean Insane Asylum
Slaughter-houses
Business Purposes ..........
Wharves
Laundries ..............
Elevators and Motors
Bakeries
Restaurants
Tanneries . , .
Miscellaneous
Total
1887.
Quantity
used.
Cubic feet.
24,741,325
1,298,212
1,132,001)
6,550,817
917,572
2,023,916
5,411,259
1,168,000
734,948
909,642
717,790
3,230
1,126,559
600,520
1,721,500
1,330,000
3,814,783
927,461
691,581
372,468
63,571
485,000
189,169
1,003,513
2,810,457
,745,293
Amount
assessed.
$29,903 41
1,662 67
1,332 40
8,144 67
1,264 86
2,828 61
7,056 28
1,428 80
999 60
1,146 19
897 02
4 52
1,517 37
823 85
2,394 05
1,620 00
4,642 54
1,276 63
925 38
503 15
89 00
652 00
264 54
1,275 93
3,538 35
$76,241 82
1888.
Quantity
used.
Cubic feet.
22,795,288
1,339,285
90S,459
8,542,928
971,288
2,046.377
5,379,742
1,231,000
819,121
967,360
911,679
1,020,871
619,961
543,474
1,352,000
5,632,261
1,163,749
665,542
370,113
480,917
466,781
106,794
986,056
2,819,411
62,140,457
Amount
assessed.
$25,042 11
1,775 35
1,271 85
10,432 80
1,226 68
2,893 63
7,289 57
1,516 20
1,125 15
1,220 50
1,164 78
1,381 97
829 79
760 77
1,046 40
6,820 71
1,600 13
902 35
503 15
667 38
660 79
158 91
1,247 28
3,742 53
75,880 78
Eeport of the Water ^^oard.
63
The quantity used through meters in the different districts
was as follows : —
1887.
1888.
Cubic feet.
Amount.
Cubic feet.
AmouDt.
42,353,136
9,817,027
7,241,496
1,353,634
$52,836 16
12,468 Co
9,254 90
1,682 71
40,622,593
12,076,491
7,800,884
1,640,489
$48,236 59
15,288 08
10,305 13
2,050 98
Everett
Total
60,745,293
$76,241 82
62,140,457
$75,8S0 78
The following table exhibits the yearly revenue from the
sale of Cochituate water since its introduction into the city,
October 25, 1848: —
Received
by Water Commissioners
as per
Auditor
's report, in 1848
, ,
$972 81
From Jan
uary 1, 1849, to January 1
, 1850 .
71,657 79
1850,
1851 .
99,025 45
1851,
1852 .
161,052 85
1852,
1853 .
179,567 39
1853,
1854 .
196,352 32
1854,
1855 .
217,007 51
1855,
1856 .
266,302 77
1856,
1857 .
282,651 84
1857,
1858 .
289,328 83
1858,
1859 .
302,409 73
1859,
1860 .
314,808 97
1860,
1861 .
334,544 86
1861,
1862 .
365,323 96
1862,
1863 .
373,922 33
1863,
1864 .
394,506 25
1864,
1865 .
430,710 76
1865,
1866 .
450,341 48
1866,
1867 .
486,538 25
1867,
1868 .
522,130 93
1868,
1869 .
553,744 88
1869,
1870 .
597,328 55
1870,
1871 .
708,783 68
1871,
1872 .
774,445 70
1872,
1873 .
862,704 08
64
CiT^ Document No. 31.
From January 1, 1873, to January 1, 1874
1874,
1875,
1876,
1877,
1878,
1879,
1880,
1881,
1882,
1883,
1884,
1885,
188(3,
1887,
1888,
1874 .
$917,415
92
1875 .
977,020
48
1876 .
1,005,120
94
1877 .
1,029,643
70
1878 .
1,015,562
89
1879 .
1,010,584
30
1880 .
1,025,803
14
1881 .
1,039,896
17
1882 .
1,087,528
49
1883 .
1,127,982
32
1884 .
1,167,704
17
1885 .
1,203,192
55
1886 .
1,239,757
99
1887 .
1,206,064
69
1888 .
1,244,191
75
1889 .
1,317,385
92
The following table exhibits the yearly revenue from the
sale of Mystic water since its introduction, November 29,
1864: —
From
November 29, 1864, to January 1, 1866,
$22,419 55
January 1, 1866, to January 1, 1867 .
46,447 69
1867,
1868 .
56,532 04
1868,
1869 .
89,758 21
1869,
1870 .
105,948 98
1870,
1871 .
176,769 57
1871,
1872 .
203,824 88
1872,
1873 .
237,91^6 25
1873,
1874 .
257,983 15
1874,
1875 .
269,868 22
1875,
1876 .
310,672 92
1876,
1877 .
291,992 98
1877,
1878 .
286,590 18
1878,
1879 .
283,439 89
1879,
1880 .
270,599 82
1880,
1881 .
273,735 24
1881,
1882 .
230,856 78
1882,
1883 .
251,928 53
1883,
' 1884 .
260,011 91
1884,
1885 .
265,921 04
1885,
1886 .
276,557 60
1886,
1887 .
249,6 J9 62
1887,
1888 .
293,018 65
1888,
1889 .
306,637 22
Eeport of the Water Board.
65
The daily returns from the Service Divisions represent a
total of 9,983 orders received during the year, as follows : —
Application for service-pipes .... 2,546
" " turning on water for first time . 2,285
" " repairs in service-pipes . . 1,391
" "off and on water for repairs . 2,641
" " ." " " non-payment 1,120
Total 9,983
Drinking-Fountatns .
The total number of drinking-fountains established to Jan.
1, 1889, is 84, all of which, with the exception of 12, have
automatic fixtures to prevent the continuous flow of water.
They are distributed as follows, viz. : —
Boston Proper .
23
East Boston
4
South Boston
8
Roxbury
7
West Roxbury .
15
Dorchester
6
Brighton .
5
Charlestown
8
Chelsea
2
Somerville
5
Everett
1
84
Hydraulic Motors.
The total number of hydraulic motors now located is 91,
being an increase of 1 during the year 1888. They are
applied to a variety of business premises, church organs, etc.
Hydraulic Elevators.
The total number of hydraulic elevators established to
date is 316, being an increase of 33 over the previous year.
They are located principally in business premises and apart-
ment-houses.
66
City Document No. 31,
Water-Posts.
There are 156 water-posts now located for street-sprink-
ling purposes, being an increase of 32 during the past year.
i are located as loUows : —
Boston Proper ..... 8
South Boston
6
East Boston
1
Roxbury
25
Dorchester . . . ,
28
West Roxbury
. 29
Brighton
. 17
Charlestown District
6
Chelsea
4
Somerville .
26
Everett
6
156
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EEPOET OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE
WESTERN DIVISION.
South Framingham, Jan. 1, 1889.
Col. Thomas F. Doherty, Chairman Boston Water
Board : —
Sir, — The annual report of the Western Division of the
Boston "Water- Works is submitted herewith.
SuDBURY-RlVER BaSINS.
Owing to the large rainfall of the past year all of the
basins have been well supplied with water. They are now
full, and large amounts of water are daily wasting over the
dams. The quality of the water has been unusutdly good,
although at times some differences have been noted in the
water as it flows into the basins and out of thera, in favor of
the former.
Possibly the large volumes have not allowed the water to
remain in storag-e for sufficient time for the beneficial effects
of air and rest to affect the quality.
On June 19 a small amount of algae appeared in Basin 3,
but early in the autumn almost entirely disappeared.
Algae have not appeared in sufficient numbers in any of
our waters this year to give any trouble. A rough prelimi-
nary survey has been made of the Sudbury river, in the
neighborhood of the Cedar swamp, with a view to its
improvement ; another survey has been made for a new
channel for Cold Spring brook, from Dam 4 to Main street.
The above are the principal facts in regard to the Sudbury
supply. A more detailed account will be found under each
basin.
Basin 1.
On Jan. 1, 1888, the water was at elevation 157.79, and
was wasting over stone crest of dam, and so continued until
June 8, when flash-boards were put in place. On June 28
Report of the Water Board. 69
water was wasting over the top of the flash-boards, and con-
tinued to waste until July 10. The surface then fell to
elevation 158.51, on Auo-iist 5 and 6, but on the 23d was
again wasting over flash-boards or through waste-gates until
September 29, when flash-boards were removed. After this
it w^asted over stone crest or through waste-gates until
December 19, when, waste-gates being finally closed, water
ran over stone crest the remainder of the year. The highest
elevation reached was 159.87, on March 22. The lowest
elevation was 155.75, on December 9. The flow of one and
one-half millions of gallons has been passed into the river
every day in accordance with the law. The usual amount
of care has been given to the maintenance of the works
around the basin. The 48-inch main in the bottom of the
reservoir has not been repaired. It is in bad condition, but
no favorable opportunity has • ofiered for examining the
joints.
No water has been drawn from Basin 1 to supply the
city during the year.
Basin 2.
On Jan. 1, 1888, the water was at elevation 165.94, and
was wasting over stone crest, and continued to waste till Jan-
uary 21, w4ien the water lowered a little, but was wasting
again on February 1, and continued to waste, with the
exception of a few days in March, when waste-gates were
opened, until June 8, when flash-boards were put in place.
On June 16 water was wasting over flash-boards, and so con-
tinued till the 20th, when an extra set of temporary flash-
boards were added, the tops of which were at elevation
167.50. The water then rose to elevation 167.49, on
the 23d.
The water in the basin stood at elevation 160.53, on
August 4, 164.85 on the 26th, and at 161.43 on September
10. The temporary flash-boards were removed on Sep-
tember 22. Water was wasted over flash-boards until
November 26, when all of the flash-boards were removed.
With the exception of six days in December the water then
flowed over the stone cresi the remainder of the year.
The highest elevation reached was 167.64, on November
11, and the lowest, 160.53, on August 4.
The only work of any importance that has been done at
Basin 2, during the year, with the exception of the ordinary
routine work attending the maintenance of the dam and
gate- house and the management of the water, was the laying
70 City Document No. 31.
of 1,300 linear feet of stone paving on the easterly side of
the basin, on the Nevins' place.
In November an experimental plant to test the Warren
filter was put up at the dam, and observations made under
a variety of circumstances to test tlie capacity of the filter
and its ability to remove the micro-organisms existing in the
water.
Water has been drawn from this source for the supply of
the city between the following dates : —
January 1 to January 23.
June 23 to July 10.
July 23 to September 12.
September 17 to September 26.
September 29 to October 16.
October 20 to October 22.
Basin 3.
On Jan. 1, 1888, this basin stood at grade 175.46, and
water was wasting over the stone crest.
The basin continued to overflow until the 25th. On Jan-
uary 23 the supply for the city was drawn partly from this
source, and after the 30th wholly from this source, until
June 8. On February 20 the grade of the surface was
171.11, and water was flowins; over the crest on the 22d and
23d. On March 20 the water had fallen to 169.41, but it
soon rose, and on the 28th was again wasting over the dam.
Waste continued either over the crest or through the waste-
gates until June 7. Between June 8 and June 20 a portion
of the supply only was taken from Basin 3. On June 14
the surface was at elevation 174.69, and on the 26th rose
above the stone crest, and waste continued until July 11.
Between July 10 and July 23 a portion of the supply for the
city was taken from Basin 3, and the water was lowered to
grade 173.43, on August 6. On August 24 the basin was
aofain full and wastino- over the crest of the dam until the end
of the year. The highest point reached has been 176.30, on
January 2, and the lowest 169.41, on March 20. A portion
of the supply was drawn between October 16 and October
20, and between October 22 and November 2.
From the latter date to December 13 the whole of the
supply was drawn from this source, owing to the favorable
able quality of the water, and a partial supply from December
13 to the end of the year. No new work has been done at
this point.
Eeport of the Water Board. 71
Basin 4.
On eTan. 1, 1888, water in this basin stood at grade 207.89,
and rose gradually to 215.21, on March 1, when stop-planks
were removed from overflow, and water wasted over the
stone crest until March 17.
The waste-gates were opened at this date to carry on some
experiments for flow through the gates, and the surface fell
to 211.95, on the 21st. On April 4 the stop planks were
replaced, and on the 8th the water reached 215.00. From
this time until August 4 the basin remained full, the overflow
being carried over the crest, or through the gates, as occasion
demanded. On August 3 the supply for Basin 2 was drawn
from this source, and so continued until the 22d.
On the 21st the surface had ftillen to 211.20, but on
September 28 was again above 215.00 and wasting over the
flash-boards, until November 21, when the boards were
removed and the water allowed to run over the stone crest
for the remainder of the year. The highest elevation has
been 215.31, on April 9, and the lowest, 207.89, on Jan-
uary 1.
A considerable amount of eno-ineerino; work has been done
at this basin in the way of experiments to ascertam the co-
efficients of the waste-gates, and also to determine accurately
the amount of water flowing over the stone crest with
varying heights of basin. Two weirs, 20 feet in length, were
erected, and many experiments made, from which tables and
curves of flow will be plotted.
Farm Pond.
On Jan. 1, 1888, this pond stood at elevation 149.24, and
has been kept at about high-water mark (149.25) through the
greater part of the year.
Between September 12 and October 16 the surface was
drawn down about 1.8 feet at the request of the Selectmen
of Framingham, for the convenience of the contractors who
were building the sewers for the town. The highest eleva-
tion was 149.80, on December 28, and the lowest, 147.27, on
September 17.
Water was drawn through Farm-pond aqueduct from June
23 to July 10, and from December 15 to end of the year;
at other times the water was drawn directly through the
pond.
The Framingham Water Company have pumped 61 ,500,000
gallons from Farm pond, an average of 168,000 gallons daily.
72 City Document No. 31.
Lake Cochituate.
On Jan. 1, 1888, the lake stood at elevation 125.63, 8.73
feet below high water. On March 14, the water having
risen to 128.91, the waste-gates were opened at the outlet
dams on account of projected work at the Pegan meadows
later in the year. On March 31 the surface was at 131.20,
but early in April it began to fall gradually, and by means
of waste-gates was kept below 128.00 for a large part of the
summer and autumn.
A total of 4,229,200,000 gallons has been wasted during the
year. Plans were made for the removal of 60,000 cubic yards
of material from the Pegan meadows, and on August 20th
your Board made a contract with Auguste Saucier, of South
Framingham, for the execution of the work at the very low
price of 29 cents per cubic yard, which included the facing of
the embankments with gravel. This work has been carried
out. The old dike extending across the lake was removed,
as it was found by experience that the damming up of this
shallow water produced an excessive growth of vegetable
life. The old o-ravel and rock dams in Peofan brook were
also removed. A new culvert, at a lower elevation, was built
under the road at the upper portions of the meadows.
The town of Natick endeavored to stop the city from
taking away the dike, as they wished to build a road upon
it across the lake, but the courts refused to grant an injunc-
tion. This whole work has been prosecuted under the most
adverse conditions. The excessive rains interfered materially
with the execution, but the contractors have carried out their
agreement. It was intended to have done some shallow
flowage-work at the mouth of Course brook, but the rainy
weather prevented.
Work on a new dam was begun late in the season, but
beyond laying out the lines and erecting a cofter-dam little
was accomplished. It was necessary, in order to complete
the Pegan brook w^ork, to waste water in such larg6 amounts
over the site of the new dam that it was impracticable to
excavate for the foundation. The highest point reached
during the year was 131.40, on December 21. The lowest
elevation was 125.61, on February 4.
Water was wasted from .Lake Cochituate through the
outlet eates between the followinir dates, viz. : From March
14 to April 1 ; April 23 to April 25 ; May 13 to May 22 ;
June 4 to June 7 ; July 4 to July 12 ; September 27 to end
of the year.
Eeport of the Water Board. 73
SuDBURY-RlVER AqUEDUCT.
This structure has been in service during the entire year,
with the exception of about twelve clays, when the iiow was
stopped to clean the aqueduct and for other purposes. It
has carried to the city a total of 7,224,700,000 gallons, or a
daily average of 19,739,600 gallons, — a considerable in-
crease over last year.
On June 5, 21, and 22 the aqueduct was swept its entire
length. The cleaning from Farm pond to the West Siphon
Chamber was done by machine. From the East Chamber to
Chestnut-Hill Reservoir hand-labor was used.
The brick-work in the upper portions as far as Bacon's
Waste Weir was very dirty, being covered with a black
muddy deposit. There was no spongilla.
In the Beacon-street tunnel, about six cart-loads of rock
were removed, which had fallen from the roof. In the last
cleaning, which has recently taken place, we found a large
quantity of heavy pieces of rock which had fallen in the
neighborhood of Stations 803 and 804. It is evident, from
what has recently taken place in this direction, that it is un-
safe to put off the time for bricking up portions of this tunnel
any longer. Plans have already been made for this work,
and I earnestly recommend that the arch be put in during the
coming season.
The Waban embankment, which is one of the highest on
the line, has been coated with 180 cart-loads of loam.
Hurd's embankment has been treated in the same way. A
considerable amount of painting along the line has been
done by the ordinary maintenance force, such as the iron-
work of roofs, floors, and gratings in gates, houses, etc.
A careful examination has been made recently of the point-
ing of the masonry structures along the line of the Sudbury
and Cochituate, aqueducts executed a few years ago, prin-
cipally in 1880. It has been found that wherever elastic oil
cement was used in the pointing, it is still intact in good con-
dition and free from cracks ; but that, excepting in vertical
joints, the cement pointing (whether either Portland or Amer-
ican cement was used) is more or less cracked. I believe it
to be better to point such masonry, as platforms, steps,
stone-roofing, projecting belt, and capping courses, with elas-
tic cement. The joints should be large, of good width and
depth, to receive as large a quantity of cement as the char-
acter of the work will allow.
The larger the joint the longer its continued elasticity.
City Document No. 31.
The Cochituate Aqueduct.
From January 1 to February 22, the depth of water
maintained in this structure depended upon the depth of
Avater in the lake ; there not being sufficient water in the lake
to give a depth of six feet in the aqueduct ; but on the latter
date, the surface of the lake having reached grade 127.00, six
feet of water were run until June 27, when six inches more
were added to the flow.
On July 8, the level of the lake having fallen to this point,
and continuing to fall, the level maintained in the aqueduct
followed the surface of the lake until September 27, after
which a depth of six feet was maintained in the aqueduct un-
til the end of the year.
On May 14, 15, and 16, the whole length of the in-
terior was cleaned from the lake to Brookline reservoir.
From the lake to Station 130, the brick- work was covered
with a deep coating of black mud, but there was very little
spongilla. When the spongilla was found it occurred under
the muddy deposit, which latter was different in character
from that usually noticed.
In the Brookline tunnel, sewage still percolates through the
seams of the rock, and this is an evil which it is difficult to
reach. Our experience in this matter is of great value wher-
ever tunnels for water-works purposes are built near thickly
settled communities. It is very difficult, if not impractica-
ble, to arch a tunnel after the aqueduct comes into use ; and
wherever there is the slightest doubt about the possibility of
a tunnel acting as a drain for a considerable territory over
and about it, there should be no hesitancy in making it, in
the first place, as water-tight as possible by permanent lining.
On December 18 and 19 a second cleaning of this struct-
ure took place. The brick- work as far as Station 40 was
covered with black mud, under which was a reddish deposit
of spongilla. From Station 40 to Dedman's brook there
was a considerable amount of red and white sponge.
Owing to the impossibility of wasting water at Webber's
brook, the aqueduct could only be cleaned as far as the inter-
mediate gate-house at Chestnut-Hill reservoir.
The usual amount of care has been bestowed upon the
fences, mowing the bushes, and repairing the embankments.
At Newton Highlands an embankment which was wearing
away was covered with a foot of soil, sodded, and fenced to
preserve it from cattle.
The Cochituate aqueduct has been in continuous use, with
the exception of seven days, during the entire year.
Report of the Water Board. 75
Chestnut-Hill Reservoir.
A great deal of new work has been done at this point dur-
ing the past year. Tlie building of the high-service pumping-
statiou has necessitated an entire remodelling of the grounds
in this vicinity. An extra force of men has been kept at
work during a large part of the season. The old buildings
and sheds have been removed, driveways laid out, and an
undulating lawn built which required the purchase of several
thousand yards of loam. The grading has been completed,
but the planting of shrubs and the sowing of grass remains
to be done next spring.
A new row of sheds and a general work-shop building,
containing a carpenter shop and blacksmith shop, have been
begun.
All the gate-houses, driveways, and other works around
this reservoir are in good condition.
The water has been in constant use during the year, and
has been of excellent quality. The experiments on tlltration
begun at Basin 2 are now carried on at this reservoir, but
will require another 3^ear for completion.
The usual meteorological and other observations have been
made.
The maintenance of the driveway has been charged to our
ordinary maintenance account, no special appropriation hav-
ing been made by the City Council for this purpose.
Brookline Reservoir.
Everything in connection with this reservoir is in good
order. About half the water used in Boston has been sent
through the Brookline reservoir.
The water has been of excellent quality throughout the
year. No improvements have been made.
Fisher-Hill Reservoir.
At the request of the City Engineer, I took charge of the
completion of the work in and around this reservoir.
The banks were graded and the grounds laid out and
planted on the boundaries with some 2,000 shrubs and trees.
The grounds are now in excellent condition. A table of
rainfall at Chestnut-Hill reservoir is added.
Very respectfully,
DESMOND FITZGERALD,
ResideM Engineer and Superintendent.
76
City Document No. 31.
Table of Rainfall at Ohestnut-Hill Reservoir for Year ending Dec. 31, 1888.
Bate.
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Date.
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Jan. 1
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Snow
and
Rain
1.15 a.m. to
7.40 a.m.
Mar. 13
" 14
, 0.26
3 now
3.30 p.m. to
11.30 a.m.
" 4
5
1 0.08
Snow
8.30 p.m. to
12.10 a.m.
" 20
" 21
1.16
Rain
5.00 p.m. to
11.45 p.m.
" 8
" 10
0.17
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7.30 a.m. to 2,30 p.m.
6.15 a.m. to 3.30 p.m.
" 26
" 27
i 0.89
Snow
and
Rain
11.30 a.m. to
4.00 a.m.
" 13
0.47
Snow
and
Rain
6.30 a.m. to 7.00 p.m.
" 27
" 28
0.52
Rain
10.15 p.m. to
10.30 a.m.
" 15
0.08
1 0.76
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Snow
during evening.
3.45 p.m. to
3.15 p.m.
8.15 p.m. to
1.30 a.m.
" 29
0.23
"
4.45 a.m. to 9.40 a.m.
<< yi
" 18
Total .
5.53
" 23
" 24
Apr. 1
2
i 0.73
Rain
and
Snow
9.20 p.m. to
12.15 p.m.
•' 25
" 26
1 0.80
Snow
and
Rain
9.30 p.m. to
10.45 a.m.
" 5
" 6
" 10
" 11
« 14
" 20
" 21
1 0.83
1 0.55
0.09
1 0.24
Rain
Snow
and
Rain
Rain
Rain
and
Snow
3.00 p.m. to
5.00 a.m.
Total .
3.88
5.45 p.m. to
11.00 a.m.
Peb. 4
7
0.45
( 0.06
Snow
and
Rain
Snow
1.00 p.m. to 11.00 p.m.
4.30 p.m. to
2.00 a.m.
12.05 p.m. to 11.00p.m.
2.00 p.m. to
2.15 p.m.
8
8
0.10
1
;.o.7o
i
Rain
Snow
2.40 p.m. to 6.30 p.m.
4.30 p.m.
to
Total .
2.44
" 10
" 11
May 1
" 2
1 0.06
Mist
11.50 a.m. to
1.30 p.m.
" 12
J
3.00 a.m.
5
0.24
Rain
4.00 a.m. to 11.45 a.m.
" 20
" 21
\-
Rain
1.30 p.m. to
2.00 a.m.
8
9
1 0.57
"
11.00 p.m. to
11.00 a.m.
" 2f
0.8b
Snow
and
Rain
11.55 a.m. to 11.45 p.m.
" 11
" 11
" 14
0.49
1 1.62
1.32
[ o.oc
) 0.2C
"
2.15 a.m. to 7.30 a.m.
7.00 p.m. to
Total .
3.34
12.30 p.m.
5.15 a.m. to 12.15 p.m.
Mar. '
; 1 0..
t Sno-n
9.30 p.m. to
2.45 a.m.
3.30 a.m. to 5.00 a.m.
3.00 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.
" 1
" 1
i 2.3
3 '
Rain
i and
Sno-w
6.15 a.m.
/ 10.00 a.m.
" 1
" 1<
\ 0.3(
3
) "
8.00 p.m. to
3.00 p.m.
Eeport of the Water Board.
77
Table of Rainfall at Ohestnut-Hill Reservoir. — Continued.
^
^
(E
° a
m
°d
Date.
a
^ "^
025
Duration.
Date.
a
^•3
Duration.
M
m
M
m
May 28
)
2.30 a.m. to
Aug. 21
)
6.00 p.m. to
\ 0.85
Rain
[ 3.44
Rain
" 29
)
6.00 a.m.
" 22
)
3.00 a.m.
" 30
" 31
0.10
0.09
,,
2.00 a.m. to 9.15 a.m.
9.30 p.m. to 11.50 p.m.
<'
Total .
7.20
Total .
5.90
Sept. 1
8
0.22
0.66
Rain
7.00 a.m. to 11..50 a.m.
3.00 p.m. to 10.00 p.m.
June 6
) ..
11 p.m. to
" 9
)
9.30 p.m. to
\ 0.14
Rain
) 1.35
" 7
)
2.30 a.m.
" 10
1
5.45 a.m.
" 14
0.78
9.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.
" 12
0.59
12.45 a.m. to 10.00 a.m.
" 15
0.35
9.00 a.m. to 10.30 a.m.
" 13
0.07
1.45 to 4.00 a.m.
" 20
0.11
9.40 a.m. to 2. "0 p.m.
" 16
0.08
7.00 p.m. to 11.50 p.m.
" 21
0.03
11.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m.
" 17
)
12.50 p.m. to
" 23
0.06
8.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m.
" 18
1 1.94
7.00 p.m.
" 26
0.77
1.50 p.m. to 6.15 p.m.
" 21
0.24
12.15 a.m. to 8.00 a.m.
" 30
0.34
9.25 p.m. to 10. -15 p.m.
" 21
" 22
1 0.75
10..30 a.m. to
, 7.00 a.m.
Total .
2.58
" 22
" 26
0.03
3.50
7.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m.
1.00 a.m. to 11.45 a.m.
July 11
0.22
Raiu
7.20 p.m. to 11.55 p.m.
« 28
0.02
12.05 a.m. to 3.00 a.m.
" 20
0.09
0.51
12.05 a.m. to 5.30 a.m.
1.55 p.m. to 2.20 p.m.
" 20
Total .
9.45
" 22
0.70
0.16
10.30 a.m. to 7.00 p.m.
4.10 p.m. to 4.35.
" 23
Oct. 1
)
11.45 a.m. to
" 27
0.10
7.45 a.m. to 3.30 p.m.
" 2
1 0.52
Rain
10.30 a.m.
" 29
0.06
7.40 p.m. to 9.30 p.m.
" 2
0.18
■'
3.35 p.m. 10 4.00 p.m.
" 31
' 0.14
11.00 p.m. to 3.00 a.m.
Aug. 1.
" 6
" 7
" 7
1 0.82
0.42
"
7.30 a.m. to
8.30 a.m.
Total .
1.98
10.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.
" 12
)
5.15 p.m. to
0.30
•<
Aug. 1
0.18
Rain
12.00 p.m., July 31, to
3.00 a.m.
" 13
" 13
)
10.30 a.m.
10.30 p.m to
"■ 6
1.17
"
12.10 p.m. to 10.00 p.m.
1 0.13
II
" 14
11.30 a.m.
" 12
>
10.10 a.m. to 6.15 p.m.
Sl.73
<<
« 17
0.16
"
3.45 p.m. to 6.15 p.m.
" 13
>
3.00 a.m. to 11.55 a.m.
" 19
)
8.15 p.m. to
" 13
0.07
"
3.45 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.
'< 20
1 0.44
*'
4.00 a.m.
" 17
0.51
1.45 p.m. to 10.00 p.m.
78
City Document No. 31,
Table of Rainfall at Chestnut-IIill Reservoir. — Concluded.
= =•
Date.
.a
c
Duration.
Date.
o
a
Duration.
Oct. 23
)
11.00 p.m. to
Nov. 24
1
Snow
4.30 a.m.
\ 0.94
Rain
" 24
)
2.20 p.m.
" 25
M-50
and
to
" 24
0.03
"
4.10 p.m. to 4.45 p.m.
" 27
Rain
6.30 p.m.
" 2i
0.06
"
7.30 p.m.
" 29
0.26
Rain
11.30 a.m.to 11.30 p.m.
" 27
" 28
1 0.47
0.07
«'
4.00 a.m.
6.45 p.m. to 11.45 p.m.
Total .
8.17
" 28
Dec. 4
5
0.02
0.02
Snow
Rain
1.30 p.m. to 6.00 p.m.
Total .
4.54
9.30 p.m. to 11.50 p.m.
8
\ 0.63
Rain
and
10.45 p.m. to
Nov. 3
0.07
Rain
12.10 p.m. to 3.30 p.m.
" 9
S
Snow
6.45 p.m.
" 8
\ 0.20
„
6.30 p.m. to
" 11
0.99
Rain
7.45 a.m.to 10.30 p.m.
9
S
6.45 a.m.
" 17
\ 3.51
<■
4.00 a.m. to
" 9
0.05
"
10.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m.
" 18
S
11.50 a.m.
" 10
1.55
"
12.05 a.m. to 10.15 p.m.
" 27
0.19
"
5.15 a.m. to 9.00 p.m.
" 15
0.93
"
8.00 a.m. to 10.30p.m.
" 16
)
Rain
4.00 p.m. to
Total .
5.36
1 0.19
and
Snow
" 17
1.30 a.m.
" 19
0.40
Rain
5.00 a.m. to 11.00 p.m.
Total I
lainfal
for Year 60.27
EEPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE
EASTERN AND MYSTIC DIVISIONS.
Office of Sup't Eastern and Mystic Divisions,
Jan. 1, 1889.
T. F. DoHERTY, Esq., Chairman Boston Water Board: —
Sir, — I respectfully submit the report of the Eastern and
Mystic Divisions of the Boston Water- Works for the year
ending Dec. 31, 1888.
Sudbury and Cochituate Works.
Dlftrihution. — The supply and distributing mains con-
nected with the Cochituate works have been extended 20.2
miles, and 2.25 miles have been relaid. The length of mains
now connected with the works is 456.7 miles. The laying
of the new 30-inch main from the Common to Charlestown,
with 24-inch extension to East Boston, has been completed,
with the exception of the section on Warren bridge, and by
means of connections between the new and old' mains is now
used for the improvement of the East Boston supply.
The effect of the new main has been to increase the pres-
sure throughout East Boston about 12 lbs. per square inch,
so that the supply in that district is now equal to that in other
sections of the city.
The 16-inch main, for the supply of high service in Charles-
town, has been laid, with the exception of the section across
Warren bridge. Where the 30-inch and 16-inch pipes pass
under the tracks of the Boston &, Maine R.E., at Travers
street, wrought-iron pipes, 50 feet in length, imbedded in
Portland cement concrete, were used in place of the ordinary
cast-iron pipe.
About two miles of pipe have been laid on Moon Island
and in Squantum, for the supply of the city institutions on
Long Island ; and the flexible pipe, 3,415 feet in length, be-
tween Moon and Long islands, has been laid by Gr. W. Town-
send, the contractor.
On account of the change of grade of Beacon street in
Brookline, the 48-inch pipe has been lowered for a length of
1,190 feet.
80 City Document No. 31.
Hydrants.. — One hundred and seventy-nine fire hydrants
have been established, and sixty-one hj^drants have been
abandoned, making a net increase of 118 for the 3'ear. The
total number now connected with the system is 5,108.
Although many of the small Boston hydrants have been
repUiced by those of the Post or Lowry patterns, there yet
remain 1,400 in service. Many of these hydrants should be
replaced by improved patterns of larger size ; and I suggest
that at least 100 of them be changed during the coming
season.
Services. — During the past year, 1,814 services, with an
aggregate length nearly 10 miles, have been laid, and 102
services have been abandoned, making the net increase for
the year 1,712.
The work of placing sidewalk stopcocks on the old service
pipes has been continued, and 3,405 stopcocks have been
set.
The present method of laying pipes by the heating, gas,
telephone, and electric-light companies throughout the
business portion of the city, as affecting the pipes of this
department, demands serious consideration.
In many cases the pipes or masonry conduits of these
companies are laid in such a manner that access to our mains
and services, for repairs or other necessary work, is a practi-
cal impossibility. Many changes have been made in our
pipes to accommodate the work of the Boston Heating Com-
pany, and these changes have seldom, if ever, been made
without detriment to our system. No pipe or conduit
should be placed within two feet of our mains without special
permission from this department, and all locations in the
streets should be approved by the City Engineer before
work is begun.
High- Service Woi'lss. — On May 8 the })umping-engines
at the Elmwood -street station were stopped, and all the water
for the high-service supply has since that date been pumped
at the new station at Chestnut Hill. The old machinery at
the Elmwood-street station has been sold.
Between June 19 and July 3 the territory supplied from
the high-service works was increased by the addition of the
district bounded by Tremont, Boylston, Washington, and
Court streets in the city proper, and several districts in
Boston Hio;hlands and Dorchester. The hioh-service district
in Brighton has been supplied from the Chestnut-Hill works
since tlie latter part of January, 1888.
The grounds around the West Roxbury pumping-station
Eeport of the Water Board. 81
have been graded and sowed and a sidewalk-curbing set.
The grounds about the tower on Bellevue Hill should be
graded during the coming season.
Pipe- Yards and Buildings. — The Albany-street pipe-
yard has been enlarged by the transfer to this department of
the adjoining wharf. The new portion of the yard has been
graded, a new and substantial sea-wall built on the water-
line, and new fences on the street. A new stable and en-
larged buildings for storage of materials are very much
needed at this yard. New stables have been built in
Brio-hton and East Boston.
Fountains. — Six drinking- fountains have been presented
to the city by Godfrey L. Cabot. Five of these have been
set at the following points : Columbus avenue, opposite the
Boston & Providence depot ; Fort-Hill square, Post-OfEce
square, Winthrop square, Leverett street, near Charles street.
A circular granite fountain for horses has been erected in
Custom-House square by the Massachusetts Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, from a fund given by Dor-
othea L. Dix. A circular iron fountain for horses has been
erected at Mattapan, and a small fountain for men has been
set at Madison park. The total number of public drinking-
fountains now in charge of this department is as follows : —
For men and animals . . . . . . .51
For animals only . . . . . . .3
For men only ........ 8
Total 62
Water-Posts. — In order that the use of fire-hydrants for
filling watering-carts might be avoided as far as possible,
the number of water-posts has been increased during the
year from 84 to 119.
Mystic Works.
Mystic Lahe and Water-shed. — Owing to the excessive
rainfall of the past year the water in the lake has been drawn
but 2.74 feet below high water, and waste has been allowed
over the outlet dam during the greater portion of the
time.
During the summer there is a very large vegetable growth
in the shallow water of Wedge pond and on the river above
82 City Document No. 31.
Whitney's dam. As this is very obnoxious to tiie eye,
and probably does not tend to improve the quality of the
water, about 20 men were employed in its removal, and in
cleaning around the shores. The interior of the gate-chamber
at the lake has been painted and the keeper's house re-
paired.
Mystic-Valley Sewer. — Works for the chemical treat-
ment of the tannery sewage have been in process of con-
struction during the past year, under the direction of the
City Engineer, and are now in working condition. The
quantity of sewage hns largely increased within a few
years, and the settling- basins at some of the tanneries are not
of sufficient capacity. The result is that a large amount of
solid matter, which should be retained in the catch-basins,
is carried into the sewer and there deposited. During the
spring this deposit, which was found to be from six to twelve
inches in depth, was removed by scraping and flushing.
A new stable has been built, a roadway to the new build-
ings partially constructed, and the old buildings and tanks
are now being removed.
Conduit.— The conduit is in good condition. It was
cleaned on June 22, and again on November 20.
Pumping- Station. — The repairs on the engine-house roof,
which were in progress at the date of the last report, have
been completed, the walls of the engine-room have been
painted, new windows set, and the old tin roof of the build-
ing, which was in very poor condition, has been rei)laced by
one of tar and gravel.
The coal-shed has been improved by the substitution of a
shed roof for the old ilat covering, which was badly de-
cayed.
Engines Nos. 2 and 3 have been overhauled and put in
good condition. Sufficient repairs have been made on Engine
No. 1 to enable its use during the present winter ; but if these
works are to be used for supplying Charlestown, this engine
should be replaced by a new one of larger capacity. Boilers
Nos. 1,2, and 3 have received some small repairs, and are in
good condition. The four old boilers should be replaced by
new ones during the present year.
The grounds and buildings about the pumping-station are
in good order.
Reservoir. — The stone-work on the western division of
the reservoir has been pointed with Portland cement, the in-
Extended.
3,755 feet.
2,024 "
9,276 "
8,113 "
Relaid.
6,225 feet
270 "
6,146 '<
23,168 feet.
12,641 feet,
Report of the Water Board. 83
terior of the gate-house has been painted and the roof re-
paired.
The grounds are in good condition, with the exception of
some of the fences, which should be rebuilt. The reservoir
should be cleaned during the present year.
Distribution. — The mains connected with this system
have been extended and relaid as follows : —
Charlestown
Chelsea .
Somerville
Everett .
Total length of mains now supplied, 141.5 miles.
Fifty new services have been laid in Charlestown, and 748
in Somerville, Chelsea, and Everett, making the total num-
ber to Jan. 1, 1889, 17,607.
An ornamental iron fountain has been set at the junction
of Charles River and Warren avenues.
Detection of Waste.
The detection of waste by the Deacon meters and sidewalk
stopcocks was begun on April 9 and continued until Novem-
ber 1. There are connected with the works 74 meters,
through which are supplied about 370,000 people, divided
into 151 sections.
The growth of the city and the extension of the high-ser-
vice territory has rendered necessary the rearrangement of
some of the sections and the setting of additional meters.
For this purpose ten Deacon meters have been purchased,
and a portion of these will be set for use during the present
year.
In connection with the operations of the meters, night ex-
aminations have been made of all the services which have
been provided with shut-off cocks in the sidewalk. The ser-
vices in South Boston and the city proper, with the excep-
tion of the Back Bay district, have been tested twice, the
Charlestown, East Boston, Chelsea, and Back Bay services
once.
84
CiTT Document No. 31.
From these examinations the following table has been pre-
pared : —
Number
of Services
tested.
Reported
Once.
Defective
Twice.
Per Cent,
reported
Defective.
South Boston
South End, Church stopcocks
North and West Ends, and Back Bay . .
Charlestown
East Boston
Chelsea
Total
6,162
7,103
7,066
5,750
741
2,087
1,371
1,340
1,297
620
58
108
28,909
4,794
164
214
189
22.2
18.6
18.3
10.8
7.8
5.1
The defective services were reported to the Inspection and
Waste Department, and the premises were examined by
them, and the causes of waste reported, as follows : —
CO a
Sis
S)
IB J=
o
O
i
o
o
a
1
p
o
0)
p
■3
M
0
0
0
ft
0
"3
a
p
2
K
>
"3
>
M
a
tt
0
0
ffl
a
is
■30Q
a'3)
South Boston ....
Church stopcocks
North and West Ends.
Charlestown ....
East Boston
Chelsea
147
97
85
40
4
8
13
16
16
6
3
3
296
503
250
87
9
14
299
313
226
134
8
17
386
284
403
130
6
16
1
7
4
13
16
10
10
2
1
6
1
2
1
1
1
1
43
43
48
5
3
3
90
33
3
1
1
28
8
7
2
1
531
512
695
255
19
50
Report of the Water Board.
85
Sudbury and Cochituate Works.
Statement of Location, Size and Number of Feet of Pipe
laid in 1888.
Note. — B. indicates Boston; 8.B., South Boston; E.B., East Boston; B.H., Boston
Highlands; Dor., Dorchester; W.R., West Roxbury; Bri., Brighton; Chel., Chelsea; Qui.,
Quincy.
In what Street.
Chestnut-Hill reservoir
yard
Boston Common .
Beacon
Bowdoin ....
Allston
Buliinch ....
Chardon ....
Portland ....
Travers
Haverhill ....
Causeway ....
Beverly
Chardon .
Brooks- street extension,
Broadway
"Williams
Marginal
Beverly ....
Huntington ave.
Myrtle . .
Bowdoin .
Cambridge
Chardon .
Portland .
Between what Streets.
Beacon street and engine-house
Total 48-inch
Mason and Beacon ,
Park and Bowdoin
Beacon and Allston
Bowdoin and Bulfinch
Court and Allston
Bowdoin square and Merrimac .
Merrimac and Travers . . . , ,
Portland and Haverhill . . . ,
Travers and Causeway
Haverhill and Beverly
Causeway and the bridge . . .
Total 30-inch
At Hawkins ,
Condor and the water . . . .
Chelsea bridge and Williams ,
Broadway and Marginal . . ,
Total 24-inch
Opposite Fitchburg R.R. depot
At Parker
Total 20-inch
Joy and Hancock ,
Derne and Cambridge ....
Bowdoin and Chardon
Bowdoin square and Merrimac .
Merrimac and Travers . . . .
Carried forward , . ,
Bri.
B.
B.
E.B.
Chel.
B.
B.H.
125
1,415
202
706
192
647
843
160
544
538
165
297
5.709
12
176
1,590
720
902
3,400
58
162
675
235
873
160
2,105
86
City Document No. 31.
Statement of LiOcation, Size, etc. — Continued.
In what Street.
Boston Common . .
Derne
Joy
Travers .......
Haverhill
Causeway
Beverly
Condor
Huntington avenue .
Huntington avenue .
Bromfield
Bowdoin square . . .
Federal .'
Gainsborough . . . .
Beacon
Beacon
West Newton . . . .
East Eighth . . , . .
Condor
Glendon
East Eagle
Shelby
Saratoga
Ford
Breed
Gladstone
Park
Orient ave
Brooks
Seaver ........
Paris er Hill ave. . . .
Parker
Crawford
Between what Streets.
Brought forward . .
0pp. Mason
Bowdoin and Hancock ....
Mt. Vernon and Myrtle . . .
Portland and Haverhill . . .
Travers and Causeway ....
Haverhill and Beverly ....
Causeway and the bridge . .
Brooks and Putnam . . . . .
Parker and Longwood avenue
Tremont and Worthington . .
Total 16 inch ....
Tremont and Washington ....
Bulfinch and Green
Summer and Federal-street bridge
Huntington ave. and Falmouth . .
Brighton ave. and St. Mary . . .
Tremont and Somerset
Huntington ave. and Falmouth . .
N and O
Brooks and Glendon
Condor and East Eagle
Glendon and Shelby
East Eagle and Saratoga
Shelby and Ford
Saratoga and Lnyden
Lej'den and Gladstone
Breed and Park
Glads-tone and Orient ave
Park and the stand-pipe .....
Condor and Eagle
Humboldt and Walnut ave. . . .
Reservoir gate and Hillside ave. .
Huntington ave. and Ruggles . . ,
Walnut ave. and Harold
Carried forward ....
E.B.
B.H.
S.B.
E.B.
B.H.
16
12
Report or the Water Board.
87
Statement of Location, Size, etc. — Continued.
In what Street.
Cheney
East Chester park . .
Centre
Sydney .
Commercial . • . . .
Ashmont
Lauriat ave
Robinson
"Washington . . . .
Nelson ' .
Geneva ave
Florence . . . . . .
Canterbury
Weld
May ........
Florence .... J .
Washington
Centre .......
Isleworth
Beacon .
Brooks 1 ,
Western ave
Belvidere
Green ........
Falmouth
Dalton
Idaho
Congress ave. ...
Briggs place . . .
Myrtle
Pemberton square
Between what Streets.
Brought forward .
Blue-Hill ave. and Elm-Hill ave. . . .
Swett and N. Y. & N. E. R.E. bridge ,
Allston and Carlisle
Savin Hill and Romsay ave
Neponset ave. and O. C. R.R. bridge
Neponset ave. and Newhall
Lyons and Blue-Hill ave
Draper and Adams
Ruggles place and Codraan
Evans and Selden
Westville and Leroy .........
Blakemore and Sherwood
Poplar and Perkins
Willow and Church
Centre and Pond
Ashland and Sycamore
Bailey and Morton
South and Hewlett
Beacon and Englewood . . ■
Chestnut-Hill ave. and Isleworth . . .
Newton and B. & A. R.R
Everett and No. Harvard
Total 12-inch
West Chester park and Dalton .
Bowdoin square and Chambers
Caledonia and W. Newton . . ,
Falmouth and Belvidere . . . .
From River
Total 10 inch ......
Atlantic ave. and the bridge
From Shawmut ave
Russell and Grove
Prom Tremont
Carried forward
Dor,
W.R
12
20,479
842
663
87
241
635
302
157
580
72
512
225
25
629
387
844
346
254
1,048
349
11
102
638
29,328
351
9»0
627
352
474
2,744
427
166
715
128
1,436
88
City Document No. 31.
statement of Liocation, Size, etc. — Continued.
In what Street.
Tremont
Charles Gate, East
Washington . . . ,
Gainsborough . . ,
Chambers
Staniford . . . . ,
Gladstone
Howard ......
Centre ,
Homestead . . . ,
Minden ......
Draper ......
Cushing ave. . . .
Vernon
Melville ave. . . .
Lyons
Beaumont
Alban ......
Puritan ave. . . . .
Bowdoin ave. . . .
Eldon
Homestead . . . .
Gleason
Armandine . . . ■
Stanwood ave. . .
Willard
Prince
Perkins
Paine
Roslin ave
Berry
Sedgwick
Charles ......
Temple
Between what Streets.
Brought forward ......
Head place and Boylston
Commonwealth ave. and B. & A. R.R.
Dover and Waltham
Huntington ave. and O. C R.R. . . .
At Green
At Green
Breed and Park
Hampden and Gerard
Highland and Marcella
Walnut ave. and Humboldt ave. . . .
Day and Walden
Westville and Homes ave
Hancock and Everett
Buttonwood and Von Hillern ....
Allston and O. C. R.R
Lauriat and Chapman ave
Adams and West Moreland
Ashmont and Welles ave. ......
From Richfield
Eldon and Washington
Rosseter and Bowdoin ave
Magnolia and Hartford
Harvard and Willard
Washington and Milton ave. .....
Columbia and Blue-Hill ave. .....
Gleason and Bicknell
Perkins and Pond
Pond ave. and Prince
Walkhill and Canterbury
Beech and James
Canterbury and Manning
Elm and South
From Poplar
Ivory and O. C. R.R
B.
E.B.
B.H.
Carried fonoard ,
Repokt of the Water Board.
89
Statement of LiOcation, Size, etc. — Continued.
In what Street.
Bourne . . . .
Kittredge . . .
Willow . . . .
Glen road . . ,
Weldon . . . .
Roslindale ave.
Beacon . . . ,
Aldee
Englewood ave,
Braintree . . .
Thorn . . . .
Andrew place .
Milk
St. Botolph . .
Hancock • . .
Cambridge . .
St. Botolph . .
Hereford . . .
West Newbury
Mayo
Cobb
Caledonia . . .
Phillips . . . .
St. Botolph . .
Falmouth . . .
Batavia . . . .
Boylston • . .
Aldine . . . .
Private way . .
Belvidere . . .
Lafayette . . .
North Margin .
Randolph . . .
Between what Streets.
Brought forward
Walkhill and Shelby
Clarendon and Norfolk -
Centre and Weld
Sigourney and Walnut
From Washington ,
Central ave. and Beech
From Chestnut-Hill Pumping-Station ,
Franklin and Athol
Isleworth and Elm ave
Wilton and Hano
Total 8-inch
East Canton and Andrew pi
Thorn and Bush
Washington and Arch
West Newton and Garrison
Cambridge and Myrtle
Hancock and Lynde
West Chester park and Cumberland . . .
Newbury and Boylston
West Chester park and Charles Gate, East
Castle and Cobb
Mayo and Shawmut ave
Falmouth and Huntington ave
West Cedar and Irving
West Chester park and Gainsborough . .
From Gainsborough
Falmouth and Parker
Gloucester and Hereford .... • . . . .
Summer and Congress ave
From Atlantic ave
Falmouth and Dalton
Endicott and Prince
Lafaj-ette and Thacher
Albany and Harrison ave
Carried forward
W.R
11,725
542
264
202
89
342
162
513
247
514
408
15,008
135
154
239
294
62
42
50
48
342
83
127
315
1,002
88
252
95
305
446
159
126
141
142
420
90
City Document No. 31.
Statement of Liocation, Size, etc. — Continued.
In what Street.
Shaving
Follen ......
Charles Gate, East
Silver
Preble ......
Roger .......
East Fourth ....
Atlantic
Emerson
M
K
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"Washburn ....
Morris
Bennington ....
Homer
White-st. extension
Thwing terrace . .
Clayton place . . .
Procyon
Penryth
Harold ......
Ruthven
Southwood , . . .
Kensington . . . .
Lament ......
Phillips ......
Fairbury
Waumbeck . . . .
Bolster ......
Valentine
Malbon place . . .
Sunnyside
A court ......
Between what Streets.
Brought forward
Federal and Mt. Washington ave. .
St. Botolphand O. C.R.R
Commonwealth and B. & A. R.R.
Dorchester ave. and Dorchester st.
Liberty and O. C. R.R
Preble and Hyde
H and I
From Eighth
L and M
Broadway and Emerson .....
Ninth and the water .......
First and Third
Dorchester ave. and Boston . . .
Brooks and Marion
Wordsworth and Saratoga ....
Moore and Byron
Border and the water
From Highland
From Magazine
From Greenwich
Centre and Pynchon
Homestead and Hutchins . . . .
Harold and Elm -Hill ave
From Blue-Hill ave. .......
Bainbridge and Elmore
Vernon and Linden park . . . .
Smith and Tremont .
Blue-Hill ave. and Rand
Wabeno and Humboldt ave. . . .
Wyman and Mozart .......
From Thornton
From Washington ........
Centre and Minden .......
From Parker ,
E. B
B.H.
Carried forward .
1 16,419
Eeport of the Water Board.
91
Statement of Ijocatioii, Size, etc. — Continved.
In what Street.
Gay Head ....
Wabeno
Devon
Pleasant place . .
Oak Grove terrace
Centre
Georaria
Bellevue terrace .
Carlisle
Private way . . .
Tuttle ave. . . .
Elmo
Williams park . .
Beale ......
Brent
Marshfield ....
Hopkins
Brooks
Spencer .....
Burt ave
Olney
Corbett
Kenwood . . . .
Warner ave. . . .
Taylor
Longmeadow . .
Malvern .....
Percival ave. . .
Rowena
Bushnell ....
Millett
Temple place . .
Chapman ave. . .
Delhi
Between what Streets.
Brought forward . . .
Centre and Minden
Waumbeck and Wabon . . ,
Warren and Blue-Hill ave. . .
Heath ave. and Heath . . . ,
From Ruggles ........
Highland and Pynchon . .
Maple and Blue Hill ave. .
Quincy and Quincy ....
Centre and Welles ave. . . .
From Harvard
Savin-Hill ave. and Hartland -
Erie and Erie ave ,
From East
Dorchester ave. and Carruth
Washington and Carlisle . .
Batchelder and Clifton . . . ,
Corbett and Evans
From Dorchester ave. . . .
From Wheatland ave. . . .
Washington and Ashmont .
Union and Geneva ave. . . .
Evans and Morton
From Allston
Coolidge ave. and Park . .
Dudley and Clifton ....
Clifton and Batchelder . . .
Adams and Milton
Bowdoin and Hancock . . .
Bushnell and Carruth . . .
Rowena and Lombard . . .
Wheatland and Talbot ave.
From Temple
Birch and Athol ......
From Norfolk
Carried forward ..,.., , ... 24,267
B.H
Dor.
16,419
351
145
72
368
24
311
403
194
216
1,198
214
250
36
36
48
499
50
100
272
115
252
260
60
381
172
163
172
467
15
36
131
603
120
92
City Document No. 31.
Statement of Ijocation, Size, etc. — Continued.
In what Street.
West Moreland
Van Winkle . •
Westcott . . .
Cbipman . . .
Waterloo . . .
Bertram ...
Folsom ....
Woodward park
Englewood . .
Evans
Selden ....
Loud ,
Minot
Rill .......
Howe
Willard
Fairview . . . .
Private way . • ,
Leroy ......
Riverview . . .
Hartford terrace
Draper
James . . . . ,
Sherwood . . . ■
Rockview . . . .
Spruce
Goldsmith . . ,
Weld park . . .
Hillburn . . . .
Anson
Franklin park . .
Norfolk . . . .
John A. Andrew
Crosby square .
Between what Streets.
Brought forward . .
Adams and Beaumont . . .
Carruth and Dorchester ave.
From Park
Norfolk and Torrey ....
Harvard and Sydney place .
From Neponset ave
From Woodward park . . .
Folsom and Howard ave. . .
From Hillsdale
Nelson and Corbett ....
Nelson and Capen
From Dorchester ave. . . .
Frederika and Carruth . . .
Hancock and Ware ....
From Dorchester ave. . . .
Gleason and Bicknell . . .
Boutwell ave. and Train . .
From Savin-Hill ave. . . .
Ditson and Geneva ave. . .
From Adams
From Hartford
Westville and Robinson . .
Poplar and Roslin ave. . .
Florence and Pine
Hazel and St. John ....
From Bourne
From Centre .
From Centre .......
Poplar and Clarendon . . .
South and O. C. & N. R.R.
Walnut and Williams . . .
Washington and Kittredge .
Sedgwick and Elm ....
Call and O. C. & N. R.R. .
Dor.
Carried forward
W.R,
24,267
746
421
579
50
163
211
38
112
192
28
318
131
84
332
291
164
232
60
92
204
204
54
918
337
100
792
506
80
403
288
2,109
2.^9
61
130
34,936
Eeport of the Water Board.
93
Statement of liocation. Size, etc. — Continue
In what Street.
Cottage ave. . .
Huntington ave.
Private way . .
Brookside ave.
Montgomery .
Carl
Hall
Central ave. . .
Cedar ave. . .
School ....
St. Mark . . .
Private way . ,
Prospect ave. .
"Webber ....
Dent
Richards ave. .
Elm
New Atherton
Parley Vale ave,
Goldsmith pi. .
Fessenden . . .
Larch pi. . . .
Boynton . . .
Newbern ave. .
Paul Gore . .
Parsons . . . .
Riverdale . . .
Gordon . . . .
School . . , .
Parker court .
Englewood ave.
Everett square
Hano
Sparhawk ave.
Between what Streets.
Brought forward . . .
Shaw and Centre
Canterbury and Richards ave. .
From Washington
Boylston and Germania . . ,
From Spring
From Kirk
South and O. C. R.R
"Washington and Roslindale ave.
Lamartine and Oakdale ....
Boylston and Copley
South and O.C. R.R. . . . . .
"Weldon and "Walkhill
From Baker . . . .
" Canterbury .......
" Ivory . .
Huntington and Newbern ave. .
Everett and Revere
Amory and Copley
Rockview and Centre
From Centre
Chestnut ave. and Rockview . .
Hyde Park ave. and O. C. R.R.
South and O. C. R.R
Canterbury and Richards ave. .
Chestnut and Centre ......
Bennett and Surrey
"Western ave. and Vernon . . .
Cambridge and No. Beacon . .
Market and Portsmouth . . . .
From "Wexford .........
Elm and Brookline line . . . ,
Raymond and Raymond . . . .
Braintree and Cambridge . . . .
Sparhawk and Cambridge . . .
Carried forward ,
"W.R.
Bri.
34,936
1,796
333
185
306
305
261
513
617
326
60
319
199
107
384
104
237
109
124
814
81
272
262
477
616
98
158
22
475
150
192
176
48
394
19
45,475
94
City Document No. 31.
Statement of Location, Size, etc. — Concluded.
In what Street.
Athol
Moon island . .
Titus' farm . ,
Buckins ave. . ,
Squantum street
Brattle square .
Ninth-st. place
Hart place . . .
Norcross place
Everett court .
Mulberry place
Between what Streets.
Brought forward
Holton and Aldee
The water and Mr. Titus' field
Moon island driveway and Huckins ave.
Mr. Titus' field and Squantum street . .
From Huckins ave
Between Long and Moon islands . . . .
Total 6-inch
Brattle and Elm
From Ninth . .
" Eighth . .
Everett . . .
Dudley . . .
Total 4-inch
Bri.
8.B.
E.B.
B.H.
45,475
289
6,714
1,850
1,029
677
3,415
59,449
112
114
154
154
108
157
Eeport of the Water Boaed.
95
Sudbury and Cochituate Works.
Statement of Location, Size, and Number of Feet of Pipe
Relaid and Abandoned in 1888.
In what Street.
Between what Streets.
5
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Total 20-inch
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170
Elmwood and Pynchon 1 .
Total 16-inch
B. H.
16
Engine-house
262
262
Summer and the bridge
Huntington ave. and the bridge ....
Total 12-inch
B.
B.H.
12
Federal
2,209
793
12-in.
12
3,002
B.
W.R.
8
8
Central court
Mt. Vernon
75
140
Across R.R. bridge
Total 8 inch
215
726
320
940
1,146
453
19
27
100
342
200
378
78
82
Bromfield
Beacon .
Green
Tremont and Washington ......
Somerset and Tremont
Bowdoin square and Chambers ....
B.
B.H.
Dor.
W.R.
6
12
12
10
8
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Chambers
Russell and Anderson ........
At Green
8
8
8
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Blue-Hill ave
Blue-Hill ave
Cottage and Alaska
Woodbine and Southwood
Olney
Union and Geneva aves
Fessenden and Cedar aves
Total 6-iDch ,
6
Chestnut ave
4,811
B.
4
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Corigress ........
Myrtle
150
375
262
1,002
141
142
8
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8
8
Phillips
Lafayette
No. Margin
West Cedar and Irving
6
6
Lafayette and Thacher
Carried forward
6
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96
City Document No. 31.
Statement of Location, Size, and Number of Feet of Pipe
Relaid and Abandoned in 1888. — Concluded.
In what Street.
Shaving . .
Silver • . .
Edgewood .
Blue-Hill ave.
Between what Streets.
Brought forward
Federal st. and Mt. "Washington ave.
Dorchester st. and Dorchester ave. .
Blue-Hill ave. and Warren st. . . ,
Dennis and Alaska
Total 4-ineh
B.
S.B.
B.H.
2,072
381
3,825
977
315
7,570
Sudbury and Cochituate Works.
Pipes Lowered.
In what Street.
Beacon .
Allandale
Pine . . .
Gramercy
Between what Streets.
Summit ave. and Park . .
From Centre
Brown ave. and Sherwood
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Sudbury and Cochituate Works.
One hundred and seventy-nine hydrants have been estab-
lished and 61 abandoned during the year 1888.
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21
9
28
10
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2
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Boston Highlands
Dorchester
West Roxbury ........
4
5
1
1
1
3
17
33
39
11
52
74
50
3
179
10
2
5
44
61
118
Total number of Hydrants in use January 1, 18S9.
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17
19
37
114
122
35
1
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63
56
82
166
291
183
16
579
188
127
653
574
113
63
652
284
155
119
86
56
38
1,435
553
357
891
940
West Roxbury
582
319
16
5
3
7
8
7
400
1
1,005
2,302
1,400
5,108
Hydrants taken out and repaired
Hydrant boxes removed
: G-ate boxes removed .......
138
229
172
Eeport of the Water Board.
101
Sudbury and Cochituate Works.
Repairs of Pipes during the Year 1888.
Where.
Diameter of Pipes in Inches.
36
4
30
6
20
7
2
4
5
16
5
5
2
12
23
5
4
3
3
1
3P
8
8
1
2
1
1
1
14
6
61
4
5
2
2
2
1
77
4
38
7
1
46
3
5
5
2
8
2
1
1
12
1|
19
1
2
2
1
12
1
1
2
1
17
4
14
2
1
17
1
I
12
10
10
2
Total.
554
i;io
111
152
44
30
10
778
167
134
Bast Boston
38
13
4
6
18
12
Totals
1,031
34
1,356
Causes of the leaks that have occurred in pipes of
4 inches and upwards : —
Joints ....... 95
Settling of earth . . . . .16
Defective stopcocks . . . .21
" pipes ..... 28
" stuffing-boxes . . . 4
" packings .... 31
Bolts eaten by rust .... 2
Struck by pick ..... 3
Steam-Heating Co. .... 1
Frost 2
Stoppages by frost
Of 3-inch and in service-pipes
Joints .
Settlino- of earth .
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( (
couplings
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stopcocks
a
packings
35
200
1
3
1
108
38
10
9
203
13
Carried forward,
405
216
102
City Document No. 31.
Brought forwai
Stopcocks broken
" pulled
off
DUt
405
3
4
216
Couplings loose at main
Struck by pick
Frost . .
2
. 82
. 24
Burnt off by parties thawing
Caving of trench .
pipes
1
3
Parties digging cellar .
1
Gnawed by rats .
16
Pipe not in use
Parties building .
4
1
By Steam-Heating Co. .
" plumbers
10
1
" Gaslight Cos.
2
" Sewer Contractors .
7
Parties unknown
1
Twisted oif in wall
1
Eaten by soil
1
Blasting
3
572
Stoppages : —
By frost outside ..... 195
" " inside
168
" rust
146
" fish
26
" dirt
20
" solder
4
" gasket .
6
" lead chips
2
" silk handkerchief
1
668
Total
1,356
Report of the Water Board.
103
Sudbury and Cochituate Works.
statement of the Leaks and Stoppages^ 1850-1888.
DiAMETBB.
Tear.
Four inches and
upwards.
Less than four
inches.
Total.
1850
32
64
82
85
74
75
75
85
77
82
134
109
117
97
95
111
139
122
82
82
157
185
188
153
434
203
214
109
213
211
135
145
170
171
72
173
241
260
280
219
232
278
324
449
458
399
373
397
594
496
536
487
449
407
707
1,380
1,459
1,076
2,120
725
734
801
1,024
995
929
833
1,248
782
104
1851
237
1852
323
1858 ........
345
1854
254
1855
294
1S56
1857
307
363
1858
401
1859
531
1860 ;
592
1861
508
1862
490
1863 .
1864
494
489
1865
607
1866
675
1867
609
1868
531
1869
489
1870
926
1871
1,565
1872
1873
1,647
1,229
1874
2,554
1875
928
1876
948
1877
910
1878
1,237
1879
1,206
1880
1,064
1881
1,028
1882
1,248
1883
953
104
City Document No. 31.
statement of Leaks and Stoppages, 1850-1888. — Concluded.
DiAMETEB.
Year.
Four inches and
upwards.
Less than four
inches.
Total.
1884
253
111
150
172
216
1,127
638
725
869
1,140
1,380
1885
749
1886 .
875
1887
1,040
1888
1,356
Mystic Works.
Extension of Distribution- Pipes during the Tear 1888.
Size of Pipes.
Location.
4
6
8
lO
13
16
34
30
Total .
48
96
96
183
423
132
336
126
487
57
542
237
450
115
■ •
427
48
Johnson avenue
Eden-street court
Sherman square
96
96
183
423
Cook-street court
132
336
126
487
599
542
237
450
Total in Charlestown ....
" " Somerville ......
" " Chelsea
" " Everett
978
898
1,057
4,473
336
7,491
967
3,440
887
200
126
487
1,286
115
427
3,755
9,276
2,024
8,113
Total
7,406
12,234
1,087
126
487
1,286
115
427
23,168
Eeport of the Water Board.
105
Mystic Works.
Distribution- Pipes relaid and abandoned during the Year 1888.
Location.
Size of Pipe
abandoned.
Size of Pipe laid.
3
4
6
4
6
8
Totals.
624
648
636
516
474
643
520
491
579
600
276
218
36
588
648
636
516
474
612
520
491
579
600
276
Oak "
Cook "
. . . .
31
Walnut "
Short "
218
6,225
3,367
270
2,362
285
5,940
3,784
270
2.362
6 225
" " Somerville
417
6,146
270
Total for Mystic "Works . .
417
9,862
2,362
285
9,994
2,362
12,641
Mystic Works.
Leaks in Distribtdion Pipes during the Tear 1888.
Diameter of
Pipes.
10"
8"
6"
4"
3"
Totals.
Charlestown
1
13
3
1
2
39
19
6
7
24
38
1
3
1
1
10
1
2
Everett
9
3
18
66
70
5
162
106
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107
Mystic Works.
Number, Size, and Length of Service-pipes laid during flie Year 1888, and
number connected with Works Jan. 1, 1889.
Charlesto'n.
SOMERVILLE.
Chelsea.
EVEBETT.
Totals.
Diameter
IN Inches.
li
sec
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= 02
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1
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90
50
29
2
20
405
281
90
50
409
1
19
395
380
15,303
i
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8
42
275
1,033
40
575
2,070
15,618
6,008
2,070
220
4,400
i
Total for year
50
1,308
414
15,683
114
2,784
220
4,400
798
24,155
Total No. \
Jan. 1, 1889 \
5,787
154,970
5,410
185,421
4,935
132,435
1,475
32,230
17,607
505,056
Repairs of Services in CJiarlestown during the Year 1888.
Defective service-pipes . . . . . .46
Struck by pick ....... 5
Tin- lined pipes, |-in. dia., changed to f-in. dia. lead . 41
Services lowered ....... 7
Stoppages by fi'ost ....... 143
Stoppages by eels . . . . . . .72
Stoppages by rust . . . . . . .32
Stoppages by moss . . . . . . .15
Wooden service-boxes replaced by iron . , '226
108
City Document No. 31.
Mystic Works.
Hydrants established and abandoned during the Year 1888.
Established.
Abandoned.
la
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fl
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5
12
5
1
2
4
12
Everett
5
5
17
1
2
21
Total number of Hydrants in use Jan. 1, 1889.
Boston
Lowry.
6
o
3
3
o
28
49
385
168
87
2
2
181
2
1
42
2
6
1
300
387
170
88
Medford
8
3
28
693
181
51
956
Respectfully submitted,
DEXTER BRACKETT,
Supey'intendent Eastern and Mystic Divisions.
EEPOET OF TIE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE
METER DIVISION.
Office of the Superintendent Meter Division,
221 Federal Street, Boston, Jan. 1, 1889.
Thomas F. Doherty, Esq., Ohairman Boston Water
Board: —
Sir, — The annual report of the Meter Division for the
year ending Dec. 31, 1888, is herewith submitted : —
CocHiTUATE Department.
The total number of meters in service to date is 3,133.
During the year 136 additional meters have been applied to
the service and 131 discontinued.
Meters Applied.
4"
3"
2"
11"
1"
I"
i"
3
Total.
Worthington
" B. W. W." ■.
1
4
9
10
27
41
25
1
2
1
2
1
1
93
25
Crown
Ball & Fitts
1
1
1
8
12
2
1
Star
2
Frcst
1
2
5
9
11
27
73
9
136
110
City Document No. 31.
Meters Discontinued.
4"
3"
2"
1|"
!'■
r'
B
1"
Total.
1
4
16
15
21
2
10
1
1
1
3
39
"B. W. W."
21
1
4
3
1
45
55
11
1
Frost
1
Ball & Fitts
1
1
2
1
1
5
4
20
51
50
131
Five hundred and ninety-three meters have been taken
out especially for test and examination, 30 for enlargement,
95 frozen, 65 leaking, 44 clocks broken or defaced, 59
ordered, and 319 stopped or not registering, making the
total number of changes for the year 1,205.
Two hundred and seventy-four meters have been repaired
in service ; of this number 178 were found leaking, 89 with de-
faced or broken clocks, and 7 not registering, for various causes.
Twenty-six service pipes were found leaking and repaired,
and the location of 39 meters changed.
Meters in Service Jan. 1, 1889.
6"
4"
3"
2"
ir
1"
i
B
4"
Total.
7
18
86
67
468
269
507
111
69
7
2
20
1
6
6
1
2
115
1,092
11
3
1
1
1,030
"B.W. W."
Crown
1
11
19
28
33
153
11
5
1,448
80
Ball & Fitts
23
5
21
Frost •
1
1
4
Star
6
5
1
Weir
2
18
37
114
101
638
1,001
1,222
1
3,133
Eeport of the Water Board.
Ill
Four hundred and fifty meters have been purchased during
the year, of the following style and size : —
Sin.
2-in.
1^-in.
lin.
Jin.
1 in.
Total.
4
6
6
50
180
183
20
1
246
"B.W. W."
183
20
Ball Ss Fitts
1
Totals
4
6
6
50
383
1
450
One hundred and ninety-six meters have been sent to the
factory for repairs; viz., 61 Worthington, 113 Crown, 1
Frost, 2 Ball & Fitts, 2 Star, and 17 B. W. W.
New street-boxes set, 79 ; repaired, 46. Thirty-eight de-
cayed boxes have been taken out and replaced by new, and
32 removed. All boxes have been packed with hay, to pro-
tect the meters from frost.
At the shop, 2,156 meters and 5 motors have been tested ;
29 meters taken apart, cleaned, and repacked; 40 clocks and
175 gears changed for adjustment and repairs.
Mystic Department.
During the year 40 additional meters have been applied,
and 73 discontinued ; making the total number in service to
date 387.
Meters in Service Jan. 1, 1889.
6-in.
4.in.
S-in.
2.in.
l^in.
1-in.
^in.
i-in.
Total.
8
3
SI
4
74
50
4
42
21
95
191
<'B. W. VV."
4
2
6
6
8
2
24
2
185
2
Ball & Fitts
1
3
1
5
Totals
2
14
10
42
6
100
97
116
387
112
City Document No. 31.
Two hundred and five changes have been made, of which
82 were taken out for test and examination : 3 for enlarg-e-
ment
4 leaking ;
103 not workinof or reo-istering: : 4 clocks
broken or defaced ; 4 ordered ; and 5 frozen.
Five service- pipes found leaking and repaired, and 9 frozen
and thawed out.
Meters Applied.
Meters Discontinued.
4"
3"
2"
n"
1"
1"
1"
'3
O
4"
3"
2"
11"
I"
J
...
3
Worthingtou .
3
10
8
3
24
Worthington .
3
. .
4
4
5
16
Crown ....
1
3
1
5
4
14
"B. W.W." .
1
1
Ball & Fitts . .
2
2
Crown ....
Ball & Fitts .
Tremont . . .
2
3
5
14
2
30
52
2
2
1
2
6
1
10
13
7
40
•
2
6
9
21
35
73
Fifteen meters have been sent to the factory for repairs ;
viz., 14 Crown and 1 Worthington.
Meters repaired and examined in service, 51 ; of this
number 13 were found leaking, 11 with broken or defaced
clock, 20 stopped by fish, and 7 not registering for various
causes. Meters tested at shop, 416 ; repaired, 58.
Twenty new street-boxes have been set, 16 repaired, 24
decayed boxes taken out and replaced by new, 57 removed,
and the location of 3 meters changed.
Report of the Water Board.
113
General Statement for the Year.
COCHITUATE.
Mystic.
In service
New set
Discontinued . . . .
Changed
Changed locations . .
Tested at shop . . .
Repaired at shop . .
Repaired at factory .
Repaired in service ,
Purcliased . . . . ,
Reset
Repaired
3,133
136
131
1,205
39
2,156
244
196
274
450
387
40
73
205
3
416
58
15
51
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM J. WELCH,
Sup erintendent.
DIVISION OE INSPECTION AND WASTE.
Office, City Hall, Jan. 1, 1889.
To Thomas F. Doherty, Esq., Chairman Boston Water
Board : —
Sir, — The following report of this division for the year
enfling Dec. 31, 1888, is respectfully submitted.
The inspection force on the 1st of January, 1888, con-
sisted of thirt3^-one inspectors and three chief inspectors.
During the year two inspectors resigned. One appointment
was made through the Civil-Service Commission, to till one
of the vacancies, the other was not filled, leaving the present
number of inspectors thirty.
Three inspectors were sent to the Mystic Division January
2 to deliver bills ; they were employed there for over two
weeks.
Early in March five inspectors were again detailed to the
same district, under the Water Registrar, to deliver delin-
quent notices.
On April 21 twelve inspectors were detailed for duty in
the Cochituate Division, and five to the Mystic Division,
under the Water Registrar, to take statistics for assessing
the water-rates. The latter were employed in the manner
indicated until October 29 ; the men detailed to the Cochitu-
ate Division reported back for waste duty early in August.
All the rate bills and notices in the Mystic Division were
served by inspectors.
The work of checking the waste indicated by the Deacon
meters and Church stopcocks was begun in the middle of
April, and was continued until the end of October.
During the summer months the rules relating to the illegal
use of hand-hose weie rigorously enforced. 'I'o properly
perform this duty it was found necessary to employ seven men
for temporary duty, as seventeen of the regular inspectors
were working for the Water Registrar. The additional men
were appointed through the Civil-Service Commissioners.
They beuau duty June 11 and continued work until October
2().
Report of the Watee Boaed. 115
On April 10 the inspectors were placed in the North and
West Ends, and a general house-to-house inspection to check
waste was begun ; it was continued with the available force
until the present writing. The entire work of the Cochituate
Division will be finished in a couple of weeks. East Boston,
Brighton, Dorchester, and West Roxbury are the districts
now being inspected. The results of the inspection, in which
is included the house-to-house visits, the Deacon meter and
Church stopcock work, showed that in 123,718 examinations,
13,485 premises (nearly 11 per cent.) were found to have
defective fixtures, and were wasting water. The City Ordi-
nance in relation to repairs, etc., was enforced in each case.
The consumption during the year as compared with the
year 1883, before this division was organized, as will be seen
by the statistics of the Engineer of the Water Board, in-
creased materially during the first three and a half months,
viz., from January 1 to the middle of April. This was
owing to the very cold weather, the frost being from lour to
five feet in the ground during most of the period named ;
faucets were generally left open nights to prevent freezing.
Durino; the foilowiiio; months there was a marked savins:,
averaging 8.40 per cent, on the consumption of 1883.
During the year 5(57 fines were inflicted for non-repair of
water fixtures, wilful waste, and violations of hose regula-
tions. Of these only 66 were collected, 501 were abated for
various causes, in most cases the persons fined being allowed
additional time to comply with the ordinances, make repairs,
etc.
During the same period the water has been cut off for non-
payment of fines, etc., from ten water-takers, and let on
again to ten.
The amount of cash received for fines and turned over to
the City Collector was $132, viz. : —
Cochituate Department . . . . . . $112
Mystic De[)artmcnt ...... 20
$132
Respectfully submitted,
D. B. CASHMAN,
8ujperiniendent.
116
City Document No. 31.
The following table gives the work performed by each
inspector in checking waste : —
Inspectok.
Bac-haraeh, 8, . .
Berran, Joseph . .
Cassidy, M. F.J. .
Connolly, Jolin <T.
Corbett, John J. .
Daly, James F. . .
Desmoud, John F.
Dunu, John J. . .
Kdmbnds, M. F. .
Finnigan, D. A. .
Foye, John E. . .
llassitt, John B. .
Kane, James J. . .
Kilduff, William .
McCarty, C. F. . .
McCarthy, T.,jr. .
McCormaok, D. . .
MsXamara, J. J. .
Maguire, Hugh . .
Murphy, John J. .
Murray, Thos. F. .
Neagle, Jos. B. . .
Quigley, John J. .
Quigley, James L.
Ross, George F. .
Rjpnosky, K. . . .
Roth, John J. . . .
Smith, Lawrence ,
Sweeny, C.F. . . .
Toland, Joseph H.
Wood, Walter B.
Ward, Fred C. . .
^1?
Is
4,691
4,057
5,009
3,094
5,178
5,823
5,029
3,040
2,516
3,541
3,550
5,423
5,567
3,011
5,258
3,149
3,992
3,417
2,053
5,227
5,159
3,117
3,980
2,913
951
4,2.39
4,401
1,960
2,941
4,563
4,915
1,954
123,718
Defective Fixtures.
391
502
103
687
322
238
253
202
943
142
396
705
297
1,023
443
131
132
59
837
813
408
163
466
95
253
747
487
402
173
708
566
13,485
o Pi
145
171
241
300
240
119
70
306
141
532
295
198
335
118
319
225
63
684
30
343
258
693
100
196
40
161
246
578
137
76
242
369
7,931
437
204
573
25
624
863
452
101
388
679
109
190
418
106
635
117
101
228
30
620
860
290
341
203
121
241
1,179
600
69
174
841
1,088
12,905
S a,
sis
16
522
WiLPUL Waste
Repokts.
SUMMAEY OF STATISTICS.
EEPORT OF
In Accord akce with the Recommendation of the New
England Water-Works Association.
Boston Water- Works, Suffolk County, Massuchnsetts, sup-
plies also the cities of Somerville and Chelsea, and the town
of Everett.
Population by census of 1885 : —
Boston 390,393
Chelsea 25,709
Somerville 29,971
Everett 5,825
Total ■ . 451,898
Date of construction : —
Cochituate Works . . . . . . 1848
Mystic " . . . . . . 18()4
By whom owned. — City of Boston.
Sources of supply. — Lake Cochituate, Sudbury river, and
Mystic lake.
Mode of supply. — Seventy per cent, from gravity works.
Thirty " " " pumping "
Pumping.
COCHITCATE. MtSTIC.
f Holly Co. (since H. R. Worthington.
Builder of pump- j May 8).
ing machinery, j H. R. Worthington
I (to May 8).
Description of coal used : —
( Worthington ) anthracite .
a Kind, — (Holly) bituminous. Bituminous,
c Size, — Broken. Broken.
e Price per gross ton, — $4.98 $4.23 and $4.29
/ Per cent, of ash,— 7.3 8.4
118
City Document No. 31.
COCHITCATE.
2,620,558
Mystic.
0,924,000
Coal consumed for year, in^
lbs. ' . . " .
Total pumpaije for year, in
galls. ." . . . 1,805,374,800 3,022,322,400
Average dynamic head, in feet, 120.4 147.05
Gallons pum)3ed per lb. of coal, 087 430.5
Duty in foot-lbs. per 100 lbs.
of coal (no deductions) . 72,459,200 53,750,600
Cost of pumping figured on
pumping-station expenses,
viz.:— $15,686.53 $24,384.75
Cost per million gallons raised
to reservoir . . . 8.69 8.07
Cost per million gallons raised
one foot high . . . 0.0087 0.0548
Consumption.
CocHiTUATE. Mystic.
Estimated population . . 378,600 108,000
Estimated population sup-
plied .... 370,000 100,000
Total consumption, gallons . 12,191,715,000 3,022,583,500
Passed throuofh domestic
meters ....
Passed through manufactur-
ing meters
Average daily consumption,
gallons . . • .
Gallons per day, each in-
habitant ....
Gallons per day, each con-
sumer ....
Gallons per day to each tap,
393,970,000
2,477,202,500
33,310,700
88
90
585
3,804,318
461,977,300
8,258,400
76.5
77.9
469
Distribution.
Mains.
COCIIITUATE.
Kind of pipe used
Sizes
Extended, miles
Total now in use
Distribution-pipes less than
4-in., length, miles
Cast-iron.
Mystic.
Cast-iron , Wrouglit-
Iron and Cement.
. 48-in.to4-in. 30-in. to 3-in.
20. is 4.39
. 450.08 141.5
0
5.5
Eepoet or THE Water Board.
119
Ma-
'ns
.—
- Concluded.
COCHITCATE.
Mystic.
Hydrants added
,
118
21
Hydi-ants now in use
,
5,008
956
Stop-gates added
,
249
71
Stop-gates now in use
•
4,882
1,379
Services.
Kind of pipe used .
{
Lead.
Lead and
Wrought-Iron
Sizes
,
|-in. to 4-in.
i-in. to 2-in
Extended, feet
48,602
24,155
Service-taps used
1,712
798
Total now in use
56,947
17,607
Meters discontinued
i;^i
73
Meters now in use .
,
3,13a
387
Motors and elevators
in
use
399
8
120
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122 City Document No. 31.
CIVIL ORGANIZATION OF THE WATER-WORKS, FROM
THEIR COMMENCEMENT TO JANUARY 1, 1889.
Water Commissioners.
Nathan Hale, James F. Baldwin, Thomas B. Curtis. From May
4, 184G, to January 4, 1850.
Engineers for Construction.
John B. Jervis, of New York, Consulting Engineer. From May,
1846, to November, 1818. t
E. S. Chesbrough, Cliief Engineer of the Western Division. From
May, 1846, to January 4, 1850. t
William S. Wiiitwell, Cliief Engineer of tlie 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. t
Geokge 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 Ajiril 1, 1863.
N. Henry Crafts, Assistant Engineer. From October 1, 1855, to
April 1, 1863.
N. Henry Crafts, City Engineer. From April 1, 1863, to November
25, 1872.
Thomas W. Davis, Assistant Engineer. From April 1, 1863, to
December 8, 1866.
Henry M. Wigiitman, Resident Engineer at C. II. Reservoir. From
February 14, 1866, to November, 18704
A. Fteley, Resident Engineer on construction of Sudbury-river
worlvs. 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 Aprii
3, 1885.$
William Jackson, City Engineer. From April 21, 1885, to present
time.
After January 4, 1850, Messrs. E. S. Chesbrough, W. S. Wiiitwell,
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, 1819, which was limited to keep in force
one year; and in 1851 the Cochituate Water Board was established.
Cochituate Water Board.
Presidents of the Board.
Thomas Wetmore, elected in 1851, and resigned April
7, 1856J Five years.
John H. Wilkins, elected in 1856, and resigned June
b, 1860$ Four years.
Civil Organization of the Board.
123
Ebenezer Johnson, elected in 1860, term expired April
3, 186r4 Five years.
Otis Noucross, elected in 1865, and resigned January
15, 1867J ...... One j'ear and nine months.
John H. Thorndike, elected in 1867, term expired April
6, 1868J ...... One year and three months.
Nathaniel J. Bradlee, elected April 6, 1868, and re-
signed January 4, 1871 J . . . Two years and nine months.
Charles H. Allen, elected January 4, 1871, to JVIay 4,
1873 Two years and four months.
John A. Haven, elected May 4, 1873, to Dec. 17,
1874J One year and seven months.
Thomas Gogin, elected Dec. 17, 1874, and resigned JVl ay
31, 1875 Six montlis.
L. Miles Standish, elected August 5, 1875, to July 31,
1876J One year.
Members of the Board.
Thomas Wetmore, 1851, 52, 53, 54, and 55J . . Five years.
John H. Wilkins, 1851, 52, 53, *56, 57, 58, and 59^ . Eiglit years.
Henry B. Rogers, 1851, 52, 53, *54, and 55^ . . Five years.
Jonathan Preston, 1851, 52, 53, and 56J . . . Four years.
James W. Seaver, 1851 1 One year.
Samuel A. Eliot, 1851. J
John T. Heaud, 1851^ One year.
Adam W. Thax.ter, Jr., 1852, 53, 54, and 55J . . Four years.
Sampson Reed, 1852 and 1853J Two years.
Ezra Lincoln, 1852^ One year.
Thomas Sprague, 1853, 54, and 55^ .... 'J'hree years.
Samuel Hatch, 1854, 55, 56, 57, 58, and 61 . . . Six years.
Charles Stoddard, 1854, 55, 56, and 57J . . . Four years.
William Washburn, 1854 and 55 Two years.
Tisdale Drake, 1856, 57, 58, and 59J ..... Four years.
Thomas P. Rich, 1856, 57, and 58J . . . . Three years.
John T. Dingley, 1856 and 59^ Two years.
Joseph Smith, 1856J Two months.
Ebenezer Johnson, 1857, 58, 59, GO, 61, 62, 63, and 64, f Eight years.
Samuel Hall, 1857, 58, 59, 60, and 61J . . . . Five years.
George P. French, 1859, 60, 61, 62, and 63$. . . Five years.
Ebenezer Atkins, 1859J One year.
George Dennie, 1860, 61, 62, 63, 64, and 65 . . .Six years.
Clement Willis, 1860 One year.
G. E. Pierce, 1860$ One year.
Jabez Frederick. 1861, 62, and 63$ .... Three years.
George Hinman, 1862 and 63 Two years.
John F. Pray, 1862 One year.
J. C. J. Brown, 1862 One year.
Jonas Fitch, 1864, 65, and 66$ Three years.
Otis NoRCROSS, * 1865 and 66$ Two years.
John H. Tiiorxdike, 1864, 65, 66, and 67$ . . . Four years.
Benjamin F. Stevens, 1866, 67, and 68 . . . . Three years.
William S. Hills, 1867 One j-ear.
Charles R. Train, 1868$ One year.
Joseph 1\I. Wightman, 1868 and 69$ .... Two years.
Benjamin James, * 1858, 68, and 69 .... Three years.
Francis A. OsBORN, 1869 One year.
Walteu p]. Haaves, 1870$ One year.
John O. Poor, 1870 One year.
HoLLis R. Gray, 1870 One year.
124
City Docujment No. 31.
Nathaniel J. Bradlee, 1863, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70,
and 71t
George Lewis, 1868, 69, 70, and 71^ .
SiDNKY Squires, 1871^ ....
Charles H. Hersey, 1872
Charles H. Allen, 1869, 70, 71, and 72
Alexander Wadsworth, *1864:, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, and
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. Noyes, 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
and 76t t
Charles E. Powers, *1875 and 1876t •
Solomon B. Stebbins, 1876t .
Nahum M. Morrison, 1876t .
Augustus Parker, 1876f
Nine years.
Four years.
One jear.
One year.
Four years.
Seven years.
Three years.
Two 3-ears.
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 resio-ned Nov. 15, 1855, and Charles Stoddard was elected to
fill the vacancy. Mr. Henry B.^ofrers 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 .Tohnson was elected President; and
Julv 2 Mr. L. Miles Standish was elected to fill the vacancy occasioned liy 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 orgaiiizatioa of the Boston Water Board.
j Deceased.
Civil Organization of the Board. 125
BosTO?^ Water Board, Organized July 31, 1876.
Timothy T. Sawykr, fi-oni July 31, 1876, to May 5, 1879; and from
May 1, 1882, to May 4, 1883.
Leonard R. Cutter, from July 31, 1876, to May 4, 1883.
Albert Stan wood, from July 31, 1876, to May 7, 1883.
Francis Thompson, from May 5, 1879, to May 1, 1882.$
William A. Soimons, from May 7, 1883, to Aug. 18, 1885.
George ]M. Hobbs, from May 4, 1883, to May 4, 1885.
John G. Blake, from May 4, 1883, to Aug. 18, 1885.
William B. Smart, from May 4, 1885, to present time.
Horace T. Rockwell, from Aug. 25, 1885, to April 25, 1888.
Thomas F. Doherty, from Aug. 26, 1885, to present time.
Robert Grant, from April 25, 1888, to present time.
Organization of the Board for Year 1888.
Chairman.
Horace T. Rockwell, to April 25.
Thomas F. Doherty, from May 7.
Clerk.
Walter E. Swan.
City Engineer and Engineer of the Board.
William Jackson,
Water Registrar.
William F. Davis.
Deputy Collector and Clerk, Mystic Depa7'tment.
Joseph H. Caldwell.
Superinteiident of the Eastern Division of Cochituate Department.
EzEKiEL R. Jones, to Februaiy 20 (resigned).
Dexter Brackett, from February 20.
Superintendent of the Western Division and Resident Engineer of
Additional Supply.
Desmond FitzGerald.
Sux)erintendent of Mystic Department.
J. Henry Brown, to February 20.
Dexter Brackett, from February 20.
Superi7itendeni of Meter Division.
George S. Follansbee, to July 9.
Wm. J. Welch, from July 9.
Stiperintendent of Inspection and Waste Division.
D. B. Cashman.
t Deceased.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Page
Report of the Water Board ........ 1-11
Extension of mains ......... 1
Stop-cocks 2
High service ........... 2
Lake Cocliituate .......... 3
Pollution 3
Filtration ............ 4
Indian-brook basin ......... 4-6
Mystic-valley sewage ......... 7
Consumption and waste of water ....... 7
Meters 8
Quality of water .......... 9
Analysis of water .......... 10
New appropriations . . . . . . . . . 11
General Statistics. (See also Summary of statistics, p. 1 17) . 12
Eaknixgs and Expenditures ........ 13
Cost of Constrdction and Condition of the Debts ... 14
Expenditure Accounts in detail 16
List of Contracts .......... 22
Report of the Engineer . . . . . . . . . 2G-42
Yield of sources of supply . . . . . . . . 26
Sudbury reservoirs and Lake Cocliituate ..... 26
Aqueducts and distributing reservoirs ...... 29
High-service puraping-stations ....... 30
New high-service works ......... SO
Chestnut-hill puniping-station ....... 32
East Boston high service ......... 34
Mystic lake 34
Mystic sewer ........... 35
Mystic conduit, reservoir, and pumping-station .... 36
Consumption ........... 36
Distribution ........... 37
General condition and requirements ...... 40
Tables of consumption, diversion of Sudbury-river water, amounts
drawn from Lake Cocliituate, rainfall, operations of pumping-
stations, etc. .......... 43-56
Report op the Water Registrar ....... 57
Financial statement ......... 57
Meters 59-G3
Yearly revenue .......... 63
Fountains, motors, etc. ......... 65
Water-fixtures . 67
128 City Document JSTo. 31.
Page
Report of Superintendent of Western Division . . . 68-75
Sudbury-river basins ......... 68-71
Farm pond ........... 71
Lake Cochituate .......... 72
Aqueducts 73-74
Chestnut-hill, Brookline, and Fisher-hill reservoirs ... 75
Rainfall 76
Report of Sitperintendent of Eastern and Mystic Divisions . 79
Main pipe laid and relaid, location and length of same, total pipe
in use, repairs, leaks, and stoppages, hydrants in use, etc. . 79-108
Report of the Superintendent of the Meter Division . 109-113
Report of the Superintendent of the Inspection and Waste
Division 114-116
Summary of Statistics (arranged per recommendation of New Eng-
land Water-Works Association) ..... 117-121
Civil Organization of the Board, 1845 to 1887 . . . 122-125
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