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City  Document. — No.  12. 


REPORT      f&&7!* 


COCHITUATE  WATER   BOARD, 


TO    THE 


CITY   COUNCIL  OF  BOSTON, 


FOR  THE  YEAR  1856. 


BOSTON: 
GEO.   C.   RAND   &  AVERY,   CITY  PRINTERS, 

No.    3,    CORNHILL. 

1857. 


REPORT. 


Office  of  Cochituate  Water  Board, 

January  15,  1857. 

Agreeably  to  the  provisions  of  the  City  Ordinance, 
the  Cochituate  Water  Board  beg  leave  to  make  their 
Annual  Report  to  the  City  Council ;  together  with  the 
Reports  of  the  City  Engineer,  the  Water  Registrar,  and 
the  Clerk  of  this  Board.  To  these  very  full  and  de- 
tailed Reports,  the  Board  would  refer  for  much  informa- 
tion in  relation  to  the  state  of  the  works  and  of  the 
water,  and  of  operations  and  doings  in  regard  to  the 
same,  during  the  last  year. 

The  Board  are  happy  in  being  able  to  state  that  all 
the  works  are  in  a  satisfactory  condition. 

Ever  since  the  Water  Board  was  originally  organized, 
there  has  been  entertained  a  desire  to  dispose  of  all  the 
property  owned  by  the  City  and  connected  with  the 
Water  Works,  but  not  needed  for  the  purposes  of  use 
or  security  in  regard  to  them.  A  large  amount  of  land 
lying  near  the  Lake  and  its  outlet,  and  also  distributed 
along  the  line  of  the  conduit,  having  served  all  the  pur- 
poses for  which  their  several  portions  were  purchased, 


4  CITY  DOCUMENT.  — No.  12.  [Jan. 

has  been  generally  unproductive,  while  the  taxes  upon 
them  and  their  fencing  have  been,  of  course,  a  burden 
without  any  equivalent.  And  so  of  the  mill  privileges 
owned  by  the  city  below  the  outlet ;  they  have  produced 
little,  if  any  thing,  to  the  city,  above  the  taxes  and 
repairs. 

Former  Boards  having  failed  to  carry  their  often  ex- 
pressed intentions  into  effect,  the  present  Board  took  the 
matter  seriously  in  hand.  They  had  surveys  made  of 
the  different  parcels  that  could  be  disposed  of  without 
detriment  to  the  works,  (always  reserving  ample  means 
and  rights  for  the  use  of  the  City);  and  during  the 
season,  at  private  sale,  and  at  two  different  public  sales, 
they  disposed  of  lots  embracing  145  acres,  at  prices  va- 
rying from  $19  to  $550  per  acre  —  making  a  total 
amount  of  $13,632.12..  The  result  of  this  .effort  was 
highly  satisfactory  to  the  Board.  There  still  remains 
a  considerable  amount  unsold,  embracing  the  upper 
mill  privilege,  which  should  and  probably  will  engage 
the  early  attention  of  the  next  Board. 

Among  the  parcels  sold  were  those  heretofore  used 
for  tlowage,  and  constituting  what  was  called  the  lower 
privilege.  The  dam,  by  which  this  privilege  was  formed, 
was  the  causeway  constituting  a  public  road  or  highway. 
At  very  high  water,  breaches  had  been  made  over  this 
highway,  by  the  current,  and  accidents  more  or  less 
serious  had  occurred  —  one  at  least  which,  on  trial,  re- 
sulted in  a  judgment  against  the  Town  of  Framingham, 
of  about  $400.  This  amount  the  said  town  called  upOn 
the  City  of  Boston  to  pay,  but  the  Board  declined  to 
pay  it.  At  quite  high  water,  the  water  in  the  lower 
privilege  backed  upon  the  wheels  at  the  upper  privilege, 


1857.]  WATER.  5 

and  thus  diminished  its  value.  Considering,  therefore, 
the  possibility  of  disputes  in  future  with  the  town  of 
Frarningham,  as  to  who  should  keep  the  causeway  in 
repair ;  and  considering  the  fact  that  the  factory  at  this 
privilege  was  burnt,  and  the  upjoer  privilege  would  be 
enhanced  in  value  by  its  use  being  discontinued,  the 
Board  deemed  it  expedient  to  abolish  this  lower  privi- 
lege, and  sell  the  land  for  farming  purposes,  on  the  con- 
dition that  no  mills  should  ever  be  constructed  on  the 
stream  passing  through  or  by  it.  It  is  believed  that 
the  City  realized  more  money  for  it  on  this  condi- 
tion, than  could  have  been  obtained  for  it  as  a  mill 
privilege.  Ample  rights  of  flowage  over  these  lands 
have  been  secured  to  the  city,  whether  the  same  shall 
occur  from  accident  or  by  design. 

In  addition  to  land  sold  in  the  neighborhood  of  the 
Lake  or  works,  there  has  been  sold  wood  to  the  amount 
of  near  $500,  mostly  growing  on  the  five  rods  belong- 
ing to  the  City,  bordering  upon  the  water. 

Besides  these  parcels  of  land  near  the  Lake  and  line 
of  aqueduct,  the  Board  have  disposed  of  Boon  Pond 
and  Ram's  Horn  Meadoiv,  in  the  town  of  Stow.  These 
were  purchased  with  the  view  of  forming  a  compensat- 
ing reservoir,  auxiliary  to  the  Marlborough  reservoir. 
But  nothing  has  ever  been  done  with  them.  They 
embraced  about  130  acres,  nearly  or  quite  half  covered 
with  water.  The  City's  property  consisted  mainly  in 
rights  of  flowage ;  there  being  besides  these  only  a  nar- 
row margin  of  woodland  that  could  be  regarded  as  of 
much  value.  It  was  deemed  best,  therefore,  to  dispose 
of  the  whole  to  Mr.  Arnory  Maynard,  (who  owns  a  fac- 
tory below,)  for  the  sum  of  $1,674.     Mr.  Maynard  can 


6  CITY   DOCUMENT.  — No.  12.  [Jan. 

add  value  to  his  mill  privilege  by  exercising  these 
rights  of  flowing,  but  the  City  could  derive  no  benefit 
from  them  whatever. 

Jamaica  Pond,  and  the  water  works  connected  there- 
with, were  purchased  of  the  Boston  Aqueduct  Com- 
pany, in  1851.  The  reasons  for  this  purchase  were : 
1st,  To  be  rid  of  rival  water  works.  2nd,  To  quiet 
claims  already  incurred  by  injury  to  their  pipes,  in  lay- 
ing down  our  pipes ;  and  3rd,  To  annul  the  privilege 
which  that  corporation  possessed,  of  breaking  up  and 
injuring  the  streets,  whenever  and  wherever  they  saw 
fit.  The  Board  feel  no  hesitancy  in  expressing  the  be- 
lief that  on  all  these  accounts  the  purchase,  at  the  price 
of  $45,000,  was  a  very  favorable  one  to  the  city;  and 
that  a  much  larger  benefit  than  the  interest  of  that  sum 
has  annually  accrued  to  the  city  from  the  purchase. 

The  object  of  the  original  charter  of  that  corpora- 
tion was  to  supply  the  City  of  Boston  ivith  ivater.  It  was 
somewhat  loosely  drawn ;  and  it  was  not  clear  what 
rights  or  privileges  of  supplying  other  places  were  em- 
braced in  it,  It  gave  no  authority  to  break  up  pave- 
ments and  injure  highways,  for  the  purposes  of  supply, 
except  in  Boston.  Of  late  years  there  has  been  grow- 
ing up  in  the  Roxbury  part  of  the  Tremont  road  a 
somewhat  dense  population,  which  has  applied  for  the 
use  of  the  water ;  and  the  City  of  Boston  has  supplied 
it,  without,  however,  attempting  to  exercise  any  right 
of  opening  streets,  or  laying  service  pipes,  except  along 
the  line  of  the  main  pipe.  This  service,  however,  yield- 
ed a  gradually  increasing  income,  which  in  the  last  year 
amounted  to  $2,624.64,  —  being  near  the  interest  of 
the  cost  of  the  purchase. 


1857.]  WATER.  7 

Although  at  the  outset  it  was  deemed  probable  that 
an  income  might  be  derived  from  the  use  of  these 
works  equal  to  or  exceeding  the  interest  on  the  cost  of 
their  purchase,  yet  it  has  been  the  constant  desire  of  all 
the  successive  Water  Boards  to  sell  them,  when  a  favor- 
able opportunity  should  occur.  It  was  always  felt  that 
these  works  were  a  kind  of  excrescence  upon  the  city 
system,  being  disconnected  entirely  with  it.  The  con- 
dition of  the  works,  their  state  of  repair  and  prospective 
durability  have  not  been  very  well  understood ;  while 
there  has  been  reason  to  suppose  that  in  certain  places, 
at  least,  the  pipes  had  become  quite  tender. 

Besides  these  reasons  for  effecting  a  sale,  it  was  felt 
that  there  might  some  odium  attach,  or  at  least  some 
ill  feeling  arise,  from  the  circumstance  of  one  city  sup- 
plying the  inhabitants  of  another  with  water,  and  taxing 
them  therefor  at  its  own  discretion,  without  their  having 
a  voice  or  remedy  in  the  matter.  There  can  be  no  reason 
to  suppose  that  the  Legislature  would  grant  the  city 
such  privileges,  on  an  original  application ;  and,  there- 
fore, it  was  deemed  to  be  good  policy  to  exercise  them 
as  short  a  time  as  practicable,  while  in  possession  for 
other  purposes. 

The  Board,  therefore,  voted  to  advertise  for  proposals 
to  purchase  these  works  ;  and  as  a  consequence,  proposals 
were  made,  which  resulted  in  a  sale  to  George  H. 
Williams,  Esq.,  of  Boxbury,  for  the  sum  of  $32,000  — 
$5,000  cash,  (which  has  been  paid ;)  the  balance  in  nine 
annual  payments  of  $3,000  each,  interest  annually, 
secured  by  mortgage  of  the  works.  Of  course,  the  sale 
is  conditioned  that  no  water  shall  be  supplied  in  the 
city  of  Boston  from  these  works. 


8  CITY  DOCUMENT.— No.  12.  [Jan. 

It  is  proper  to  add,  that  under  a  certain  contingency 
of  failing  to  obtain  a  legislative  act,  at  the  present  ses- 
sion, which  shall  confirm  certain  doings  under  the 
charter  and  privileges  conveyed  by  it,  the  purchaser 
may,  in  May  next,  annul  the  bargain.  But,  as  even 
without  that  confirmation,  the  purchase  is  now,  and 
prospectively  will  continue  to  be,  a  profitable  invest- 
ment, there  can  be  no  reason  to  suppose  that  the  pur- 
chaser will  wish  to  exercise  this  right. 

Besides  these  sales,  the  Board  have  during  this  year 
leased  the  Hopkinton  Reservoir,  for  a  term  of  ten  years, 
at  a  rental  of  $1,250  per  annum.  There  are  two  old  fac- 
tories attached  to  the  privilege;  but  they  are  regarded  by 
neither  party  as  of  any  value,  —  the  water  being  intend- 
ed for  use  as  a  reservoir,  to  be  drawn  off  in  dry  times, 
for  the  benefit  of  mill  owners  below,  who  become  joint 
lessees  of  the  same.  Should  the  Board  have  opportu- 
nity and  inclination  to  sell,  it  has  the  power  to  annul 
the  lease  at  any  time,  by  relinquishing  a  year's  rent. 
Though  the  amount  received  in  the  way  of  rent  is  small, 
considering  the  cost  of  this  reservoir,  it  is  to  be  regard- 
ed as  all  gain ;  for  the  city  has  hitherto  derived  no 
benefit  whatever  from  it. 

In  regard  to  leasing  the  Marlborough  Reservoir  for 
like  purposes,  a  negotiation  is  now  going  on.  But  what 
success  may  attend  it  cannot  now  be  foretold.  All  the 
property  owned  by  the  city  in  Marlborough  and  its 
vicinity,  is  now  but  a  bill  of  expense  ;  and  should  the 
efforts  of  the  Board  fail  to  lease  the  reservoir  for  some 
reasonable  amount,  the  question  whether  it  will  not 
be  good  policy  to  sell  off  the  whole  at  the  most  it 
will  bring,  will  present  itself  under  circumstances 
highly  favoring  an  affirmative  answer. 


1857.]  WATER.  9 

The  unnecessary  ivaste  of  ivater  is  a  topic  which  has 
been  pressed  upon  public  notice  by  this  Board,  every 
year  since  its  organization,  with  what  effect  will  shortly 
be  seen.  To  those  who  are  accustomed  to  regard  the 
people  of  Boston  as  an  orderly  and  brotherly  community, 
it  cannot  but  seem  strange  that  a  habit  prevails,  which 
not  only  involves  an  enormous  and  useless  waste  of  water, 
but  also  involves  the  deprivation  of  this  necessary  of  life 
to  quite  a  large  number  of  citizens,  who  have  (in  this 
respect,  at  least)  the  misfortune  to  dwell  in  costly  houses, 
in  the  elevated  portions  of  the  City.  This  Board  has 
done  its  duty,  and  spared  no  effort  to  check  this  evil. 
It  is  extremely  desirable  that  a  wholesome  public  sen- 
timent should  be  created  on  this  subject,  that  would 
make  water-takers  ashamed  of  these  wasteful  practices. 
The  consciousness  of  unnecessarily  wasting  water  would 
then  suffuse  the  cheek  with  a  blush  scarcely  less  deep 
than  accusation  of  misdemeanor  or  crime.  But,  in  spite 
of  all  that  has  been  done,  and  all  that  has  been  said, 
the  evil  seems  to  increase.  For  it  will  be  seen,  by  refer- 
ence to  the  Engineer's  Report,  that  the  average  daily 
consumption  in  1856,  has  been  12,048,600  gallons,  while 
in  1855,  it  was  10,346,300,  —  i.  e.,  an  increase  in  con- 
sumption of  nearly  20  per  cent.  The  number  of  water- 
takers  is  now  20,806,  and,  at  end  of  1855,  it  was  19,998, 
—  i.  e.,  an  increase  of  little  more  than  4  per  cent. 
Thus,  in  1855,  (taking  the  number  of  inhabitants  at 
163,000,)  the  daily  average  consumption  for  each  in- 
dividual was  near  63 £  gallons;  while,  in  1856,  (taking 
the  population  at  168,000,)  the  daily  average  consump- 
tion for  each  individual  has  been  nearly  72  gallons. 
Now  all  this  increase  can  be  nothing  hut  sheer  waste ;  (for 
2 


10  CITY  DOCUMENT.  — No.  12.  [Jan. 

among  the  new  water-takers  there  are  few  great  con- 
sumers) ;  and,  of  course,  the  waste  of  1856  was  equal  to 
8£  gallons  (or  12  £  per  cent.)  per  day,  for  each  individual, 
more  than  it  was  in  1855. 

In  this  respect  let  1855  be  compared  with  1854.  In 
1855  the  daily  average  consumption  was,  as  before 
stated,  63  1-2  gallons  for  each  individual.  In  1854  the 
daily  average  consumption  was  9,902,000 ;  equal  (cal- 
ling the  number  of  inhabitants  158,000,)  to  near  63 
gallons  to  each  individual.  So  that  in  that  year  the 
increase  of  Consumption  was  but  a  trifle  more  than 
what  was  indicated  by  the  increase  of  population. 

The  subject  might  be  further  illustrated  by  compar- 
ing other  years  embraced  in  the  table.  No  doubt  dif- 
ferent ratios  of  waste  would  be  found  to  characterize 
the  consumption  of  different  years.  But  it  is  to  be 
feared  that  in  no  year  will  the  waste  be  found  to  bear 
a  less  ratio  to  the  consumption,  than  in  the  year  pre- 
ceding it ;  while,  as  has  been  seen,  it  has  increased  dur- 
ing the  last  year  12  1-2  per  cent. 

The  greatly  increased  consumption  of  the  past  season 
has  put  it  out  of  the  power  of  the  Board  to  allow  any 
considerable  playing  of  the  fountains,  except  occasion- 
ally on  public  days, — thus  depriving  the  citizens  of  one  of 
their  most  valued  pleasures.  The  continued  draft  upon 
the  pipes  and  consequent  tendency  to  reduction  of  the 
water  in  the  reservoirs,  has  rendered  the  utmost  watch- 
fulness and  care  necessary,  on  the  part  of  the  Sujoerin- 
tendent,  to  turn  on  and  off  the  water  at  various  points, 
so  as  to  keep  the  water  in  all  the  reservoirs  at  a  height 
suitable  for  the  convenient  supply  of  the  neighborhood 


1857.]  WATER.  11 

and  also  for  an  indispensable  resource  in  case  of  fire  * 
After  effecting  these  objects  properly,  there  has  been 
little  surplus  that  could  be  let  on  to  the  public  foun- 
tains. 

A  good  deal  of  the  waste  undoubtedly  results  from 
the  improper  and  imperfect  manner  in  which  the  dis- 
tributing pipes  are  put  into  and  carried  through  the 
houses.  And  it  has  occurred  to  the  Board  to  suggest 
to  the  City  Government,  if  it  has  the  poiver,  the  propriety 
and  utility  of  exercising  more  control  than  it  has  hith- 
erto done  over  the  inserting  and  arranging  the  water 
fixtures  within  and  upon  the  premises  of  the  water- 
takers.  The  pipe  should  enter  the  house  at  a  place 
secure  from  frost,  and  should  be  continued  in  the  most 
secure  places  the  premises  afford  ;  and  if  the  premises 
do  not  offer  places  reasonably  secure,  they  should  be 
made  so  by  artificial  means.  No  pipe  should  be  carried 
in  a  horizontal  direction,  but  at  an  angle  of  less  or 
greater  elevation,  so  that,  by  means  of  a  cock  in  the 
cellar,  all  the  upper  pipes  could  be  emptied  as  a  pre- 
caution against  frost.  Again,  it  is  believed  that  persons 
are  often  more  nice  than  wise  in  putting  their  pipes 
behind  the  plastering  and  next  to  a  thin,  exposed  wall, 
where  the  risk  of  freezing  is  very  great.  If  they  would 
carry  their  pipes  within  the  plastering,  through  rear 
halls  and  kitchens,  where  they  would  partake  of  the 


*  The  importanee  of  keeping  a  supply  in  the  reservoirs,  in  case  of  fire,  it  is  feared, 
is  not  generally  fully  appreciated.  At  the  recent  fire  in  East  Boston,  (which  has  oc- 
curred since  the  date  of  this  Keport,)  more  than  10,000  barrels  of  water  were  drawn 
from  the  reservoir,  over  and  above  what  was  drawn  from  the  pipes  constantly  con- 
veying water  outside  the  reservoir.  Had  the  reservoir  been  empty,  it  would  seem 
as  if  the  damage  must  have  been  greatly  increased. 


12  CITY  DOCUMENT. —No.  12.  [Jan. 

general  warmth  of  the  house,  the  liability  to  frost 
would  be  greatly  diminished  if  not  entirely  obviated ; 
while  paint  or  whitewash  might  be  made  to  disguise 
them  so  that  they  would  attract  little  or  no  notice.  If 
arranged  in  this  manner  they  would  be  always  acces- 
sible when  repairing  should  be  necessary. 

But,  to  attain  these  objects,  some  person  of  judgment 
and  skill  should  be  consulted  at  the  outset,  and  have 
power  to  direct  and  distribute  the  water  fixtures  in  the 
best  possible  manner.  Would  it  not,  then,  be  well  to 
consider  the  right  and  power  of  the  City  in  the  matter, 
and,  if  practicable,  by  ordinance  or  otherwise,  to  re- 
quire that  in  all  new  buildings,  or  insertion  into  old 
ones,  the  arrangement  of  the  pipes  should  be  superin- 
tended or  directed  by  some  person  or  persons  ap- 
pointed or  licensed  by  the  City  government.  It  is 
believed  that  we  have  among  us  many  plumbers  and 
other  mechanics,  who,  if  clothed  with  power  to  exercise 
their  judgment  in  the  matter,  would  carry  and  arrange 
the  pipes  through  the  houses  in  such  a  manner  as  to 
secure  the  works  from  liability  to  frost.  Further  pro- 
vision might  and  should  be  made,  that  the  water  should 
not  be  let  on  for  the  first  time  in  any  case  till  a  certifi- 
cate should  be  received  from  some  proper  person  that 
the  fixtures  were  arranged  in  a  satisfactory  manner. 
Should  such  regulations  be  made  to  attach  to  all  new 
cases,  it  is  not  to  be  doubted  that  a  great  many  old 
water  takers,  whose  fixtures  are  imperfect  or  improperly 
arranged,  would  willingly  be  at  the  expense  and  trouble 
of  having  them  overhauled  and  made  to  conform  to  a 
safe  system  or  plan.     In  this  way,  it  is  believed,  that  in 


1857.]  WATER.  13 

a  comparatively  short  period  the  whole  city  would  be- 
come habituated  to  a  much  less  consumption  of  water 
than  now  prevails,  while  the  takers  would  enjoy  all  the 
luxury  of  a  full  supply  for  all  domestic  purposes. 

Unless  these  suggestions,  or  others  having  the  same 
object,  can  be  wrought  out  into  practical  results  that 
shall  effect  a  substantial  diminution  in  the  individual 
consumption  of  water  in  future,  as  the  population  in- 
creases, the  Board  is  forced  to  admit  that  the  necessity 
for  obtaining  additional  supply  is  no  longer  to  be  disre- 
garded. If  the  lesson  which  experience  has  for  years 
been  teaching  and  impressing  upon  us  is  to  be  accepted 
as  the  future  rule,  it  is  no  longer  to  be  winked  out  of 
sight,  that  the  enormous  and  constantly  increasing 
yearly  consumption  is  rapidly  bringing  the  City  to  a 
period  when  the  present  source  and  mode  of  sup- 
ply will  no  longer  satisfy  the  demands  of  the  pop- 
ulation. 

Considering  the  intrinsic  difficulty  of  deciding  upon 
the  most  judicious  method  of  obtaining  and  distributing 
an  additional  supply,  it  appears  to  be  high  time  that 
competent  minds  should  be  investigating  the  subject. 
For  example,  if  means  can  be  devised  to  furnish  East 
Boston  from  another  source,  and  in  a  manner  less  haz- 
ardous and  disadvantageous  than  the  present  mode, 
that  would  be  regarded  as  the  very  first  step  for  relief. 
But  to  determine  whether  this  be  practicable,  investi- 
gation must  be  made,  comparisons  be  instituted,  and 
finally,  details  must  be  wrought  out  into  results ;  and 
these  will  require  time  as  well  as  talent. 

In  order  to  aid  the  Board  and  the   City  Council,  in 


14  CITY  DOCUMENT.  — No.  12.  [Jan. 

forming  opinions  upon  these  matters,  the  City  Engineer 
has,  in  his  very  clear  and  able  Report,  hereto  annexed, 
collected  many  pertinent  facts  and  observations,  going  to 
show  the  capabilities  of  Lake  Cochituate  to  yield  the 
additional  supply,  and  has  touched  upon  the  additional 
works  necessary  to  bring  the  same  to  the  city,  —  all  of 
which  are  worthy  of  attention.  It  appears  from  this 
Report,  that  during  every  year,  when  an  account  was 
kept,  since  the  works  have  been  constructed,  there  has 
been  wasted  or  allowed  to  pass  down  the  river,  from  the 
Lake,  a  greater  quantity  than  has  been  brought  to  the 
city.  Experience  seems  to  have  established,  beyond 
doubt,  that  the  capacity  of  the  Lake,  as  a  source  of 
supply,  was  very  much  under-estimated  by  the  early 
engineers  who  computed  it ;  and  that  instead  of  being 
capable  of  supplying  ten  or  eleven  millions  of  gallons 
daily,  it  might  be  relied  on  to  supply  sixteen  millions. 
And  so  numerous  and  obscure  are  the  causes  operating 
unseen  to  mislead  the  judgment,  and  to  render  uncer- 
tain the  data  of  calculation,  that  it  would  be  no  matter 
of  surprise  if  experience  should  finally  show  that  this 
Lake  would  yield  twenty  millions  daily,  by  simply  rais- 
ing the  dam. 

But  when  this  additional  supply  is  talked  of,  the 
question  of  the  ability  of  the  conduit  to  bring  it  to 
Brookline,  is  immediately  suggested.  The  conduit  was 
intended  originally  to  convey  water  as  a  channel,  filled 
half  or  two  thirds  full.  But  the  exigencies  of  the  city 
have  been  such  that  much  of  the  time  it  has  been  run- 
ning full,  and  a  part  of  the  time  the  water  has  been 
pressed  through  it  under  a  head  1  1-2  and  even  more 
feet,  —  thus  putting  it  to  the  use  of  a  pipe,  instead  of 


1857.]  WATER.  15 

simply  a  channel*  This  is  putting  the  works  to  a  very 
undesirable  strain,  and  one  which,  of  course,  they  were 
never  intended  to  be  subjected  to.  And  should  a  breach 
occur,  not  only  might  much  damage  result,  but  the 
water  takers  might  be  subjected  to  much  suffering  and 
trouble  for  the  want  of  water,  before  the  breach  could 
be  repaired.  It  is  known  how  much  pressure  the  con- 
duit has  sustained  without  giving  way,  but  it  is  not 
known  how  much  it  can  sustain  without  a  breach.  But 
it  is  certain  that  if  it  is  to  be  relied  upon  to  bring  an 
average  of  sixteen  millions  of  gallons  daily,  it  must  be 
subjected  to  a  greater  and  more  constant  pressure  than 
it  has  been  yet.  What  may  be  the  result,  time  alone 
can  make  manifest.  As  a  first  step  towards  obtaining 
an  additional  supply,  the  Board  are  of  opinion  that  the 
clam  at  the  Lake  should  be  raised  two  or  more  feet ; 
and  as  it  is  doubtful  whether  the  city  now  has  author- 
ity to  do  it,  the  Board  recommend  that  application  be 
made  to  the  Legislature  for  such  authority. 

It  will  be  seen  by  the  Beport  of  the  City  Engineer, 
that  the  dam  at  the  outlet  has  betrayed  indications  of 
weakness  during  the  last  season.  In  consequence,  it 
has  been  deemed  prudent  to  support  it  by  constructing 

*  Since  the  date  of  this  Eeport,  during  one  week  of  our  coldest  weather,  the  fol- 
lowing quantities  have  been  forced  through  the  conduit,  under  the  annexed  head  of 
water,  in  feet  and  tenths. 

1857.    January  20th,  16,576,000  gallons,  1.66  feet  head. 


a 

21st,  17,203,000 

ii 

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it 

a 
ti 
u 

ii 

~22d,   16,765,000 
23d,    16,765,000 
24th,  16,765,000 
25th,  16,763,000 
26th,  16,961,000 

u 
u 

ii 
ii 

1.70    " 
1.70    " 
1.70    " 
1.70    " 
1.74    " 

ii 

u 
11 
11 

The  circumstance  that 

the  earth  covering 

the 

conduit  was 

frozen,  undoubtedly 

gave  additional  security  to  the  works. 

16  CITY  DOCUMENT.  — No.  12.  [Jan. 

a  new  dam,  460  feet  below  the  present  one.  This  will 
back  the  water  upon  the  present  dam  6  feet  or  more, 
so  that  it  will  not  be  subject  to  pressure  of  more  than 
4  feet,  and  ordinarily  not  so  much ;  while  the  new  dam 
will  be  sustained  by  the  dam  at  the  upper  privilege  in 
such  manner  that  it  will  be  relieved  from  any  danger- 
ous pressure.  This  system  of  supporting  succesive  dams 
by  back  water,  is  deemed  to  be  safer  than  to  attempt  to 
construct  a  single  impregnable  dam.  The  soil  is  so 
loose,  and  the  water,  under  high  pressure,  percolates  so 
freely  through  the  neighboring  soil,  that  the  difficulty 
and  expense  of  a  structure  that  should  be  perfectly 
reliable,  especially  if  the  pond  should  be  raised,  would 
be  very  great. 

The  work  of  constructing  the  new  dam,  was  com- 
menced too  late  in  the  season  to  allow  of  its  completion 
this  year.  Its  foundation,  however,  was  laid,  and  it  has 
been  put  in  a  condition  to  serve  a  temporary  purpose 
until  it  can  be  completed  in  the  spring.  Most  of  the 
materials  are  on  the  spot,  and  paid  for.  The  whole 
expense,  it  is  expected,  will  be  something  less  than 
$8,000. 

Since  the  last  Annual  Report,  the  sense  of  the 
citizens  has  been  taken  in  regard  the  annexation  of 
Chelsea  to  the  city.  The  result  was  a  decisive  major- 
ity against  such  annexation.  So  far  as  the  distribution 
of  Cochituate  water  is  concerned,  that  decision  must  be 
regarded  as  eminently  wise.  As  in  all  applications  for 
annexation  to  the  city,  a  leading  reason  for  the  measure 
will  always  be  a  participation  in  the  use  of  Cochituate 
water ;  so  it  must  continue  to  be  the  part  of  wisdom  on 
the  part  of  the  citizens  to  reject  such  applications,  so  long 


1857.]  WATER.  17 

as  the  proposed  extension  will  endanger  the  sufficiency 
of  their  own  supply.  Certainly  the  benefits  arising  to 
the  city  from  any  annexation  of  foreign  territory,  ought 
to  be  very  obvious  and  to  be  very  great,  before  the  cit- 
izens would  be  justified  in  sharing  with  others  that  sup- 
ply which  has  cost  them  so  much,  and  which  experience 
admonishes  them  may  soon  be  too  scanty  for  them- 
selves. 

By  great  watchfulness  and  care  in  the  management 
of  the  stop-cocks,  a  sufficient  supply  for  ordinary 
demand  has  been  kept  in  the  various  city  reservoirs 
during  the  year.  But  during  the  very  severe  weather 
of  December  18th,  and  a  few  clays  following,  the  reser- 
voir on  Beacon  Hill  was  entirely  exhausted ;  and  many 
takers  residing  upon  the  high  parts  of  the  city,  were 
entirely  destitute  of  water.  During  twenty-four  hours, 
the  enormous  sum  of  17,894,000  gallons  was  used  and 
wasted  ;  and  if  such  consumption  should  continue  for 
any  number  of  days,  much  suffering  would  inevitably 
result. 

It  may  be  well  here  to  remark,  that  the  attention  of 
the  Board  has  been  called  during  the  year  to  several 
kinds  of  newly'  invented  meters.  A  good,  simple  and 
cheap  meter  is  a  great  desideratum  ;  and  if  one  could  be 
found  that  should  be  reliable,  and  come  at  a  reasonable 
price,  (twelve  or  fifteen  dollars,  or  even  cheaper,)  it 
would  undoubtedly  be  good  policy  to  introduce  their 
use  to  a  certain  extent.  The  Board  is  happy  to  say, 
that  a  model  has  been  exhibited,  which  promises  great 
advantages  over  any  hitherto  in  use ;  and  if  it  shall 
appear  on  further  trial  that  its  promises  are  fulfilled,  it 
will  no  doubt  be  well  to  procure  a  quantity  for  use. 
3 


18  CITY  DOCUMENT.  — No.  12.  [Jan. 

There  has  been  no  complaint  made  clnring  the  last 
year,  of  the  quality  of  the  ivater. 

The  quantity  at  the  Lake  has  been  more  than  usually 
abundant.  A  good  portion  of  the  time  there  has  been 
9  feet  of  water  above  the  flume.  Though  there  does 
not  appear,  from  the  annexed  table,  to  have  fallen  more 
than  an  average  quantity  of  rain  during  the  year,  (40 
inches,)  yet  the  heavy  rains  falling  in  mid-summer,  have 
served  to  keep  the  water  unusually  high  during  the 
period  when  it  is  usually  quite  low. 

The  extension  of  the  ivories  has  been  continued  through 
the  season,  on  the  principle  which  former  Boards  adopt- 
ed, of  laying  pipes  wherever  the  income  would  cover 
the  interest  upon  the  cost.  Of  12-inch  pipe  there  has 
been  laid  during  the  year  2663  feet,  against  2051  feet 
in  1855.  Of  6-inch,  9789  feet,  against  10,384  feet  in 
1855.  Of  4-inch,  1871  feet,  against  1396  feet  in  1855. 
In  all,  14,323  feet  in  1856,  against  13,829  in  1855. 
The  whole  length  of  pipes  of  4  inches  and  upwards,  is 
now  a  little  over  116  miles. 

The  number  of  new  Stop-cocks  is  21  —  making  the 
whole  number  1001. 

The  number  of  Service  Pipes  laid  during  the  year  has 
been  832,  the  whole  length  of  which  is  29,754  feet  — 
making  the  whole  number  19,629. 

New  Hydrants  to  the  number  of  30  have  been  added 
this  year,  making  the  whole  number  1282. 

By  far  the  heaviest  job  of  Repairs  (if  this  can  be  so 
called)  undertaken  during  the  year,  was  the  raising  of 
the  pipe  in  Tremont  road.  Since  the  pipe  was  originally 
laid,  the  street  has  been  raised,  (twice  or  more.)     And 


1857.]  WATER.  19 

as  buildings  are  now  being  erected  along  a  large  portion 
of  the  road,  frequent  calls  for  water  were  made.  The 
supply  of  these  demands  was  found  to  be  both  difficult 
and  dangerous ;  and  it  was  deemed  best  to  meet  the 
difficulty  at  once  by  raising  the  pipe.  1852  feet  of  12- 
inch,  and  844  feet  of  6-inch,  (making  more  than  half  a 
mile  of  both)  have  been  raised. 

The  leak  in  East  Boston  Reservoir,  which  has  always 
been  troublesome,  has  not  yet  been  repaired.  But  lia- 
bility to  damages  resulting  from  leakage  upon  the  lands 
abutting  upon  it,  it  is  believed,  has  been  obviated  for 
the  present,  by  the  construction  of  a  trench  filled  with 
stones,  between  the  reservoir  and  said  lands.  There - 
does  not  appear  to  be  any  urgent  call  for  further  repairs 
at  present;  but  the  time  cannot  be  far  distant  when  a 
very  considerable  outlay  must  be  there  made. 

The  Annual  Report  of  the  Water  Registrar  contains,  as 
required  by  the  ordinance,  "  a  statement  of  the  num- 
ber of  water  takers,  the  number  of  cases  where  the 
water  has  been  cut  off,  the  number  and  amount  of 
abatements,  and  the  expenditures  of  his  department." 
The  list  of  water  takers  has  been  arranged,  as  usual, 
into  different  classes,  and  the  amount  of  water  rate  paid 
by  each  class  given,  the  water  rate  being,  as  usual,  paid 
to  the  clerk  of  the  Treasurer,  in  the  office  of  the  Water 
Registrar. 

The  whole  amount  received  for  water  rents  during  the 
year,  has  been  $282,651.84,  i.  e.,  $2,651.84  more  than 
was  estimated  at  the  beginning  of  the  year.  The  esti- 
mate for  1857,  is  $295,000. 

The  number  of  water  takers  is  now  20,806  ;  being  an 
increase  of  808  over  1855. 


20 


CITY  DOCUMENT.  — No.  12. 


[Jan. 


The  usual  condensed  classification  of  the  various  water 
tenants  has  been  prepared,  and  a  statement  of  the 
amount  of  water  rate  paid  by  each  class ;  the  whole, 
being  collated  with  similar  tables  for  the  preceding 
year,  is  here  inserted. 


1855. 


14,483 

15,260 

3,263 

3,515 

340 

426 

551 

648 

7 

8 

3 

3 

31 

30 

728 

720 

1 

1 

81 


1856. 


Dwelling  Houses, , 

Stores,  Shops,  Offices,  Cellars,  &c.  . , 
Hotels,  Restaurants,  and  Saloons,   . . , 

Stables, 

Railroads, 

Ferry  Companies,   , 

Steamboats,  ." , 

Hose, 

Motive  Power,   , 

Sugar  Refineries,  Distilleries,   Brew 

eries,  and  Bakeries, , 

Gas  Companies,  

Other  Manufacturing  Purposes, 

City  Buildings  and  other  City  uses, 
Public  Buildings,  Charitable  Institu 

tions,  &c, 

Shipping  Contract  with  Waterman, 
Street  Waterers,  (in  Roxbury,  1856,) 

Building  Purposes,   

Other  Purposes, , 


$157,318  88 

23,587  00 

10,895  63 

7,578  75 

7,523  40 

2,608  28 

4,370  01 

2,205  00 

800  00 

11,237  20 


$169,129  69 

26,542  93 

11,065  53 

8,297  10 

8,681  68 

2,712  16 

4,865  71 

2,192  00 

516  23 

10,202  25 


655  52 

621  22 

18,272  51 

22,857  68 

4,011  50 

3,777  72 

1,834  40 

1,989  95 

4,223  78 

4,387  30 

973  72 

100  00 

735  05 

1,085  05 

920  17 

1,010  24 

$259,750  80 

$280,034  44 

A  statement  of  receipts  and  expenditures,  the  last  year, 
by  the  Clerk  of  the  Water  Board,  or  Service  Clerk,  is 
hereto  annexed.      The  whole  amount  of  expenditure 


1857.]  WATER.  21 

has  been  $81,429.35.  Of  this,  $52,588.21  was  for 
Extension  of  the  Works;  leaving  $28,841.14,  as  the 
amount  of  the  expenses  of  this  department.  This  is  in 
excess  of  the  expenses  of  1855,  $1,528.56, — just  about 
the  amount  paid  for  surveying  and  selling  the  lands 
about  the  Lake  and  along  the  aqueduct. 

As  this  item  covers  all  the  expenses  of  repairs,  and 
the  salaries  of  those  having  charge  of  the  works,  &c,  it 
must  be  expected  to  increase.  The  works  are  continu- 
ally being  extended,  and  the  older  they  grow  of  course 
they  become  more  liable  to  breaks  and  leakage ;  and 
from  the  nature  of  the  case,  more  expense  must  be 
annually  required  to  keep  them  in  order. 

For  the  purposes  of  engineering,  in  relation  to  a  sep- 
arate supply  of  East  Boston,  and  also  in  relation  to  the 
damages  that  will  result  by  raising  the  dam  '  at  the 
Lake,  it  is  recommended  that  provision  be  made  in  the 
annual  Appropriation  Bill. 

All  which  is  respectfully  submitted. 

JOHN  H.   WILKINS, 
SAM'L  HATCH, 
TISDALE  DRAKE, 
JONATHAN   PRESTON, 
CHARLES    STODDARD, 
THOMAS   P.   RICH, 
JOHN   T.   DINGLEY. 


NOTE. 

London  is  regarded  as  being  exceedingly  well  supplied 
with  water.  The  ten  Water  Companies  supplied  recently 
(probably  in  1856),  81,025,822  gallons  to  328,561  houses. 
Taking  the  individuals  in  each  house  at  six,  and  the  supply  is 
41  gallons  to  each  individual  using  the  water.  But  if  the  con- 
sumption be  averaged  upon  the  whole  ■population,  (say  2,400,- 
000)  the  individual  consumption  is  little  less  than  33  gallons. 
The  gallons  used  are  probably  imperial  gallons,  which  are 
larger  than  our  wine  gallons. 


1857.]  WATER.  23 


RECEIPTS   AND    EXPENDITURES. 


Statement  op  Expenditures  made  by  the  Cochituate 
Water  Board,  from  December  31st;  1855,  to  January 
1st,  1857. 

Beacon  Hill  Reservoir,  for  labor,  &c,    $462  79 
South  Boston       "  "  " 

East  Boston         "  "  " 

Brookline  "  "  " 

Marlborough        "  "  ". 

Laying  Main  Pipe,  for  stock,  &c,  - 
Main  Pipe,  ----- 
Service  Pipe,  -        -         -        - 

Stable,  for    a  horse,  wagon,    hay, 

grain,  &c,       ...         - 
Hydrants,      ----- 

Stop-cocks, 

Backsmith  Shop,  for  stock,  &c, 
Plumbing  Shop,  "  " 

Proving  Yard,  "  "        in 

repair  shop,     -         -         -         -         107  75 
Pipe  Yard,  altering  Counting  Room, 

&c,         -----  180  92 

Aqueduct  Repairs,  for  labor,  &c,    -       1,148  32 
Lake,  on  account  of  new  dam  at  the 

outlet,  labor,  &c,  -         -         -       6,732  04 


256 

92 

365 

61 

782 

12 

3 

75 

1,458 

88 

17,182 

22 

10,846 

61 

897 

24 

577 

71 

688 

04 

345 

51 

82 

72 

Amount  carried  forward,  $42,119   15 


21 


CITY   DOCUMENT.  — No.  12. 


[Jan. 


Amount  brought  forward, 
Jamaica  Pond  Aqueduct,  labor,  &c, 
Hydrant  and  Stop-cock  Boxes, 
Salaries,         - 
Travelling  Expenses, 
Office  Expenses,  rent,  fixtures,  &c, 
Taxes,  ------ 

Miscellaneous  Expenses,  surveying 

and  selling  land,  &c, 
Toils  and  Ferriage, 
Fountains,      - 

Hose,  for  blowing  off  hydrants,  &c, 
Carting,  ----- 

Postage  and  Express,     - 
Tools,  -         . 
Stationery,    ----- 

Eents, 

Land  and  Water  Eights, 

Off  and  On  Water,         -    .     - 

Damage,  caused  by  laying  the  pipes 

through  drains,  &c, 
Oil,       -        -        -        -        - 

Printing, 

Proving  Press,       .... 
Repairing  Main  Pipe,     - 

"         Service  Pipe, 

"         Streets, 

"         Hydrants, 

"         Stop-cocks,     - 

"         Meters, 
Wages,  Proving  Yard,  - 
"       Plumbing  Shop, 
"       Blacksmith  Shop, 
"       Laying  Main  Pipe,     - 

Amount  carried  forward, 


42,119 

15 

273 

88 

792 

01 

7,015 

20 

159 

73 

1,950 

81 

628 

25 

1,664 

56 

288 

25 

101 

13 

287  45 

557 

01 

11 

62 

297 

27 

202 

20 

43 

10 

175 

00 

2,817 

08 

623 

68 

89 

90 

280 

14 

72 

64 

772 

05 

1,833 

28 

1,214 

08 

1,577 

87 

188 

77 

287 

62 

3,423 

77 

680 

29 

778 

71 

6,223 

93 

$77,430  43 


1857..]  WATER.  25 

Amount  brought  forward,       $77,4-30  43 

Wages,  Laying  Service  Pipe,  -       3,940  05 

"       Miscellaneous,   -         -         -  58  87 

$81,429  35 

Cash  paid  the  City  Treasurer. 

Amount  paid  by  the  former  Clerk,  -  $965  43 

For  Grass,  at  sundry  places,           -  186  00 

Wood, 108  00 

Land, 3,431   90 

Labor  and  Material,         -         -  238  26 

One  Horse,     -         -         -         ■  150  00 

Posts  and  Rails,      -         -         -  108  70 

Shutting  off  and  on  Water,      -  2,001   75 

Service  Pipe  and  Laying,          -  650  39        7,840  43 

Balance,  $73,588  92 

Amount  of  Expenditures,  81,429  35 

Extension  of  the  Wokk. 

Main  Pipe, $17,182  22 

Service  Pipe,          ....  10,843  61 

Laying  Main  Pipe,          -         -         -  1,458  88 

Wages,  Laying  Main  Pipe,      -         -  6,223  93 

"           "        Service  Pipe,           -  3,940  05 

"       Proving  Yard,  -         -         -  3,423  77 

Lake,  on  account  of  new  Dam,        -  6,116  80 

Stop-cocks,    .....  688  04 

Hydrant  and  Stop-cock  Boxes,        -  396  01 

Hydrants,      -         -         -         -         -  577  71 

Tools,  -         -         -         -         -        -  297  27 

Land  and  Water  Rights,         -         -  175  00 

Blacksmith  Shop,  Labor,  &c,          -  403  75 

Amounts  carried  forward,     $51,730  04    $81,429  35 
4 


26  CITY   DOCUMENT.— No.  12.  [Jan. 

Amounts  brought  forward,     $51,730  04    $81,429  35 
Plumbing  Shop,  Labor,  &c,  -         -  398  17 

Carting,  —  carting  pipes,  &c,         -  460  00      52,588  21 

Amount  of  Annual  Expense,  $28,841   14 

(Including  the  expense  of  the  Water  Registrar's  office.) 


Statement  of  the  Expenditures  and  Receipts,  on  account  of  the 
Water  Works,  to  Jan.  1st,  1857. 


Amount  dr 

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-    $4,043,718  21 

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1850, 

366,163  89 

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1851, 

141,309  23 

a 

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a 

a 

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1852, 

89,654  20 

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a 

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1853, 

89,854  03 

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1854, 

80,182  35 

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1855, 

63,866  33 

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1856, 

81,429  35 

$4,956,177  59 

Amount  paid  to  the  City  Treasurer 

by  the  Commissioners,  .  -  $47,648  38 
Amount  paid  to  the  City  Treasurer 

by  the  Water  Board,  1850,  -    8,153  52 

Amount  paid  to  the  City  Treasurer 

by  the  Water  Board,  1851,  -    5,232  38 

Amount  paid  to  the  City  Treasurer 

by  the  Water  Board,  1852,  -  15,869   12 

Amount  paid  to  the  City  Treasurer 

by  the  Water  Board,  1853,  -    4,621  40 

Amount  paid  to  the  City  Treasurer 

by  the  Water  Board,  1854,  -  12,423  29 


Amounts  carried  forward,     $93,948  09  $4,956,177  59 


1857.]  WATER.  27 

Amounts  brought  forward,      $93,948  09  $4,956,177  59 
Amount  paid  to  the  City  Treasurer 

by  the  Water  Board,  1855,        -    9,990  38 
Amount  paid  to  the  City  Treasurer 

by  the  Water  Board,  1856,        -    7,840  43        111,778  90 

$4,844,398  69 
Sundry  payments  by  the  City,  -      $46,860  44 
Discount  and  interest  on  loans,  2,368,838  99     2,415,699  43 

$7,260,098  12 
Sundry  credits  by  the  City,      -        $7,240  45 

Amount  ree'd  for  Water  Rates,  1,473,617  92     1,480,858  37 

Amount  due,  January  1st,  1857,  $5,779,239  75 

SAMUEL    N.   DYER, 

Cleric  Cochituate  Water  Board. 


APPENDIX. 

CITY    ENGINEER'S    REPORT. 

Boston,  January  5,  1857. 

Hon.  John  H.  Wilkins, 

President  of  the   Cochituate   Water  Board. 

Sir  : — The  usual  Annual  Report  of  matters  pertaining  to 
the  Water  Works  is  herewith  submitted. 

■    Lake  Cochituate.     Purity  of  the  Water. 

During  the  entire  year  of  1856,  the  water  in  the  Lake  has 
been  quite  as  pure  as  at  any  time  since  its  introduction  into 
the  City.  There  has,  also,  been  an  abundant  supply  of  water 
in  it  throughout  the  year. 

On  the  28th  of  January,  holes  were  cut  through  the  ice  in 
different  parts  of  the  Lake,  and  water  was  drawn  from  a 
depth  of  sixty  feet,  and  from  various  lesser  depths.  There 
was  no  perceptible  difference  to  the  taste,  in  the  water,  but 
it  all  appeared  pure  and  sweet. 

During  the  entire  season  the  water  has  been  allowed  to 
flow  freely  over  the  meadows  connected  with  the  Lake,  and 
with  Snake  Brook ;  and  it  has,  at  all  times,  been  perfectly 
good. 

June  20th,  the  outlet  of  Dug  Pond  was  opened,  and  kept 
1 


2  APPENDIX. 

so  until  it  had  drawn  the  pond  down  two  feet.  The  water 
was  not  needed  for  use,  but  it  was  thought  best  to  keep  up 
the  circulation.  This  pond  is  invariably  filled  up  in  the 
winter. 

New  Dam. 

The  dam  originally  built  at  the  outlet  of  the  Lake,  is  un- 
derlaid by  a  bed  of  quicksand.  Whenever  the  Lake  was 
full,  or  nearly  so,  a  great  many  springs  boiled  up  through  it 
outside  of  the  dam ;  some  of  them  within  thirty  or  forty  feet 
of  it,  others  at  distances  of  one  and  two  hundred  feet  from 
it.  The  amount  of  water  thus  lost  from  the  Lake,  has  not, 
to  the  present  time,  been  a  matter  of  any  moment,  because, 
without  it,  the  supply  of  water  has  been  ample  ;  the  time  will 
soon  come,  however,  when  it  will  all  be  wanted.  The 
springs,  or  a  part  of  them,  were  constantly  bringing  out 
small  quantities  of  sand,  and  to  such  an  extent,  that  it  was 
considered  unsafe  to  keep  the  Lake  full,  unless  back  water 
could  be  kept  on  the  dam.  This  has,  accordingly,  been  done, 
during  the  greater  part  of  the  year.  At  one  time,  a  very 
considerable  leak  occurred  through  the  dam,  about  six  feet 
below  high  water  mark  in  the  Lake.  It  was,  with  consider- 
able difficulty,  stopped,  and  it  became  necessary  to  draw 
down  the  water  from  this  part  of  the  Lake  to  save  the  dam. 
The  means  of  keeping  up  back  water  consisted  in  part  of  a 
very  small  temporary  wooden  dam,  on  the  outlet  stream, 
below  the  main  dam,  which  had  been  used  as  an  over-fall,  for 
the  measurement  of  the  quantity  of  water  wasted  and  leaking 
from  the  Lake. 

Still  lower  down  the  stream,  the  dam  of  the  upper  mill 
privilege  backed  the  water  up  to  the  small  dam.  These 
dams  having  both  become  very  much  out  of  repair,  they  were 
in  danger  of  breaking  away  at  any  moment;  consequently 
they  required  close  watching,  in  order  that  if  either  of  them 
broke  away,  immediate  measures  might  be  taken  to  reduce 
the  level  of  the  water  in  the  Lake. 


APPENDIX.  6 

The  dam  at  the  mill  was  particularly  examined  with  refer- 
ence to  its  being  repaired  for  the  purpose  of  keeping  water 
backed  up  to  the  main  dam.  Several  other  sites  for  new 
dams  were  examined;  and  it  was  finally  concluded,  by  your 
Board,  to  commence  the  construction  of  a  new  dam  near  the 
present  one.  A  point  was  chosen,  at  a  distance  of  460  feet 
outside  of  the  present  dam,  because  the  soundings  showed 
that  the  bottom  was  composed  principally  of  gravel,  whilst 
all  other  points  nearer  the  Lake  gave  positive  assurance  of 
quicksand.  Its  construction  was  commenced  on  the  twen- 
tieth day  of  October.  A  row  of  piling,  eight  inches  thick, 
has  been  driven  to  depths  of  from  fifteen  to  twenty  feet  in 
the  gravel.  They  were  tongued  and  grooved,  each  pile  being 
ringed,  and  great  care  was  taken  to  keep  the  joints  close. 

The  dam  is  to  have  an  over-fall  of  eighteen  feet  in  length, 
divided  into  three  parts,  by  walls  of  heavy  masonry,  the  over- 
fall of  the  dam  being  two  feet  below  high  water  mark  in  the 
Lake.  Stop-planks  are  to  be  inserted  in  the  dam,  from  bot- 
tom to  top,  so  that,  in  case  of  need,  the  Lake  may  be  drawn 
down  as  low  as  by  the  present  dam.  When  finished  its  over- 
fall will  afford  a  ready  means  of  measuring  the  surplus  water 
hereafter.  It  is  important,  in  view  of  the  large  increase  in 
its  use  in  the  City,  to  know  as  accurately  as  possible  the  full 
amount  which  the  Lake  will  afford,  and  it  will  be  advisable 
to  have  constant  measurements  made. 

Consumption  of  Water  in  the  City. 

Three  days  in  the  last  week  of  July,  the  consumption  of 
water  exceeded  19,000,000  gallons  per  clay;  the  average  of 
the  last  eight  days  in  July,  was  17,550,000  gallons  per  day, 
the  mercury  in  the  shade  at  noon  ranging  from  86  to  94 
degrees,  whilst  in  the  previous  portion  of  the  month,  with 
comparatively  comfortable  weather,  the  average  daily  con- 
sumption was  but  11,640,000  gallons. 

In  the  month  of  December,  the  average  daily  consumption 


4  APPENDIX. 

in  moderate  weather,  was  12,500,000  gallons ;  whilst  on  the 
18th,  15,287,000,  and  on  the  19th,  17,894,000  gallons  were 
used,  the  mercury  on  these  two  last  clays  having  fallen  eight 
degrees  below  zero. 

On  the  days  of  the  greatest  consumption,  the  residents  on 
the  higher  parts  of  Beacon  Hill  and  East  Boston  were  en- 
tirely deprived  of  water. 

The  increase  of  houses  and  buildings  is  almost  entirely  on 
the  low  grounds  of  the  city,  and  this  is  constantly  drawing 
more  and  more  water  from  the  higher  parts  of  the  city. 

New  Main  from  BrooJcline  to  the  City. 

As  there  does  not  appear  to  be  any  very  effectual  method 
of  abating  the  waste  of  water  in  the  City,  it  is  best  that  the 
subject  of  laying  another  large  main,  from  the  Brookline 
Reservoir  to  the  City,  should  receive  your  earliest  attention. 
Should  it  be  determined  at  once  to  lay  it,  so  much  time  would 
be  required  in  getting  the  pipes  cast,  and  all  the  necessary 
labor  of  proving,  trenching,  and  laying  them,  that  it  is 
scarcely  possible  that  they  could  be  ready  for  use  before 
there  would  be  actual  suffering  for  the  want  of  the  water,  in 
extreme  hot,  as  well  as  in  extreme  cold  weather,  in  East 
Boston,  at  least.  Additional  pipes  may  be  laid  in  East 
Boston,  which  will,  to  some  extent,  relieve  the  low  grounds 
there ;  but  even  then  there  will  be  quite  as  much  necessity 
for  the  new  pipes  by  the  time  they  can  be  laid.  The  streets 
in  Brookline,  through  which  they  would  most  likely  be  laid, 
are  already  occupied  with  the  two  lines  now  in  use,  and  they 
are  laid  in  a  trench,  which  is  much  of  the  way  through  rock, 
which  required  blasting.  In  laying  other  pipes  in  the  rock, 
by  the  side  of  the  present  ones,  great  care  would  be  required, 
and  it  is  not  likely  that  blasting  could  be  resorted  to,  because 
of  the  great  probability,  not  to  say  certainty,  of  breaking  the 
pipes  now  laid.     For  these  reasons  it  would  take  much  more 


APPENDIX.  0 

time  to  lay  another  line  of  pipes  than  was  originally  re- 
quired to  lay  both  of  the  present  lines,  which  are  in  one 
trench.  The  Gate  House  in  Brookline,  when  built,  was  ex- 
pressly prepared  to  receive  the  third  pipe,  and,  therefore, 
very  little  expense  would  be  required  there  to  receive  it. 

Some  surveys  and  estimates  would  be  necessary  before 
determining  the  best  route,  as  well  as  the  most  suitable  size 
to  be  laid,  and  its  cost. 

Lake  Cocliituate. — Its  Capabilities  of  Supply. 

Before  determining  what  amount  of  expense  should  be 
incurred  in  laying  new  mains  from  Brookline  Reservoir  to 
the  City,  it  is  important  to  know  the  amount  of  supply 
afforded  by  Lake  Cochituate.  By  knowing  the  amount  used 
in  the  City  in  any  one  year,  and  also  the  amount  wasted  and 
lost  by  leakage  from  the  Lake,  we  know  its  capability  of 
supply  for  that  year.  If,  for  the  same  year,  we  know  that 
the  total  annual  fall  of  water,  in  the  form  of  rain  and  snow, 
is  just  about  the  average  annual  amount  for  a  series  of  years, 
we  may  rely  upon  it  as  the  amount  which  we  may  derive 
from  the  Lake,  provided  we  give  it  sufficient  storage  room. 

Loammi  Baldwin,  Esq.,  in  1834,  made  a  gauge  of  this  Lake, 
from  which  he  obtained  16,156,800  gallons,  as  its  flow  in 
twenty-four  hours. 

By  the  observations  and  computations  made  by  the  Com- 
missioners of  1837  and  1838,  they  concluded  that  the  flow 
from  the  Lake  was  at  the  rate  of  15£  cubic  feet  per  second, 
equal  to  9,909,500  gallons  per  day,  from  July  27th,  1837,  to 
July  27th,  1838.  (See  City  Document,  No.  33,  of  1838,  p.  7.) 
This,  with  one  exception,  was  a  year  of  greater  drought 
than  any  other  for  the  preceding  twenty  years,  according  to 
the  observations  made  by  Dr.  Hale,  in  Boston ;  the  total  rain 
fall  for  1837,  being  only  29.98  inches.  From  November, 
1837,  to  November,  1838,  the  discharge  from  the  Lake  was 
21.82  feet  per  second,  equal  to  14,101,600  gallons  per  day. 


b  APPENDIX. 

The  Commissioners  of  1845,  pp.  59  to  67,  instituted  a 
series  of  experiments,  from  July  30th  to  Nov.  1st,  in  that  year 
—  a  period  of  three  months  —  to  determine  the  capabilities 
of  supply  of  the  Lake.  By  their  observations,  and  com- 
parisons with  previous  gaugings,  they  estimated  that  the 
daily  average  which  the  Lake  would  afford,  was  equal  to 
10,176,570  gallons  per  day.  This  estimate  was  made  on  the 
basis  that  the  area  of  drainage  into  the  Lake,  11,400  acres, 
equal  to  496,584,000  square  feet,  would  afford  4-10  of  the 
30  inches  (29.98)  of  rain  fall  in  the  year  of  great  drought, 
1837.  This,  it  will  be  observed,  was  given  by  them  as  an 
estimate  of  the  least  quantity  to  be  obtained  from  the  Lake. 

All  the  observations  which  have  since  been  made  show  a 
much  larger  amount  of  rain  fall  in  each  year  than  that  of 
1837,  and,  as  a  natural  consequence,  a  much  larger  amount  oF 
water  has  been  afforded  by  the  Lake. 

In  the  year  1850,  water  was  wasted  from  the  outlet  dam 
at  the  Lake,  from  April  12th  to  the  end  of  the  year,  but  no 
estimate  seems  to  have  been  made  of  the  quantity  thus 
wasted.  The  greatest  quantity  used  in  that  year  was  in 
July,  when  the  average  daily  amount  was  8,514,200  gallons. 
The  least  amount  used  was  in  October,  equal  to  4,504,300 
gallons  daily,  whilst  the  average  for  the  whole  year  was  but 
5,837,900  gallons  daily. 

In  1851,  the  greatest  average  amount  used  was  7,925,000 
gallons,  in  the  month  of  June.  The  least  was  5,365,200  gal- 
lons, in  April.  The  daily  average  for  the  whole  year  was 
6,883,800  gallons.  During  the  year  water  was  wasted  from 
the  Lake,  from  January  1st  to  July  1st,  equal  to  182  days  in 
succession.  The  total  amount  lost  was  estimated  to  be 
equal  to  4,892,472,480  gallons,  equal  to  13,404,034  gallons 
for  each  day  of  the  entire  year.  This,  added  to  the  amount 
used,  shows  the  Lake  to  have  been  capable  of  affording  a 
daily  average  of  20,287,834  gallons,  for  the  entire  year,  had 
provision  been  made  for  its  storage.  The  rain  gauge  was 
kept  for  only  a  few  months  at  the  Lake  in  this  year. 


APPENDIX.  7 

In  1852,  the  greatest  average  amount  used  was  9,608,000 
gallons,  in  the  month  of  July.  The  least  was  6,637,900  gal- 
lons, in  November.  The  daily  average  for  the  whole  year 
was  8,,125,800  gallons.  During  the  year  water  was  wasted 
from  the  Lake,  from  January  1st  to  May  24th,  equal  to  144 
days  in  succession.  The  total  amount  lost  was  estimated  to 
be  equal  to  4,020,566,885  gallons,  equal  to  11,015,251  gal- 
lons for  each  day  of  the  entire  year.  This,  added  to  the 
amount  used,  shows  the  Lake  to  have  been  capable  of  afford- 
ing a  daily  average  of  19,141,051  gallons  for  the  entire  year, 
had  it  been  stored. 

The  rain  gauge  kept  at  the  Lake  shows  a  total  fall  of 
47.93  inches  in  the  year.  Taking  the  proportion  of  the  rain 
fall  (4-10)  as  used  by  the  Commissioners  of  1845,  and  we 
should  have  had  a  daily  average  supply,  for  this  year,  of 
16,258,766  gallons;  but  we  have  an  excess  over  this  of 
2,882,285  gallons  per  day. 

In  1853,  the  greatest  average  amount  used  was  9,228,400 
gallons,  in  December.  The  least  was  7,903,600  gallons,  in 
April.  The  daily  average  for  the  whole  year  was  8,542,300 
gallons.  During  the  year  water  was  wasted  from  the  Lake, 
from  Junuary  26th  to  June  18th,  and  at  various  other  times 
throughout  the  year ;  in  all,  194  days.  The  total  amount  lost 
was  estimated  to  be  equal  to  3,166,417,500  gallons,  equal  to 
8,675,117  gallons  for  each  day  of  the  entire  year.  This, 
added  to  the  amount  used,  shows  the  Lake  to  have  been 
capable  of  affording  a  daily  average  of  17,217,417  gallons  for 
the  entire  year,  had  it  been  stored. 

The  rain  gauge  kept  at  the  Lake  shows  a  total  fall  of 
55.86  inches  in  the  year.  Taking  the  proportion  of  the  rain 
fall,  (4-10)  as  in  1852,  and  we  should  have  had  a  daily 
average  supply,  in  that  year,  of  18,945,381  gallons.  The 
measurements  and  estimates  of  quantities  used  and  wasted 
being  17,217,417  gallons,  show  an  average  of  1,727,964  gal- 
lons, les3  than  4-10  of  the  entire  rain  fall.    This  is  accounted 


APPENDIX. 


for  by  the  fact  that  heavy  storms  occurred  in  November  and 
December,  and  large  quantities  were  stored  and  kept  over 
until  1854,  in  which  year  there  was  an  excess  of  water  used 
and  wasted  over  the  amount  stored. 

In  1854,  the  greatest  average  amount  used  was  11,745,200 
gallons,  in  June.  The  least  was  8,030,200  gallons,  in  Novem- 
ber. The  daily  average  for  the  whole  year  was  9,902,000 
gallons.  During  the  year  water  was  wasted  from  the  Lake, 
from  January  1st  to  May  30th,  constantly,  and  for  some  days 
in  June;  in  all  154  days.  The  total  amount  lost  was 
estimated  to  be  equal  to  4,187,733,020  gallons,  equal  to 
11,473,241  gallons  for  each  day  of  the  entire  year.  This, 
added  to  the  amount  used,  shows  the  Lake  to  have  been 
capable  of  affording  a  daily  average  of  21,375,241  gallons 
for  the  entire  year,  had  it  been  stored. 

The  rain  gauge  kept  at  the  Lake  shows  a  total  fall  of 
43.15  inches  in  the  year.  Taking  the  proportion  of  the  rain 
fall,  (4-10)  as  before,  and  we  should  have  had  a  daily  aver- 
age supply,  in  that  year,  of  14,637,300  gallons;  but  we  have 
an  excess  over  this  of  6,737,941  gallons  per  day.  The  excess 
of  water  this  year  was  owing  to  the  fact  that  much  of  the 
rain  which  fell  in  1853,  was  wasted  in  large  quantities  early 
in  this  year,  it  having  been  stored  over  from  1853. 

In  1855,  the  greatest  average  amount  used  was  11,710,800 
gallons,  in  the  month  of  September.  The  least  was  8,540,000 
gallons,  in  April.  The  daily  average  for  the  whole  year  was 
10,346,300  gallons.  Water  was  wasted  from  the  Lake,  from 
January  15th  to  March  5th,  and  at  various  other  times ;  in  all, 
76  days  during  the  year. 

The  rain  gauge  kept  at  the  Lake  shows  the  total  fall  to 
have  been  only  34.96  inches  during  the  entire  year. 

There  does  not  appear  to  have  been  any  account  kept  of 
the  amount  wasted  from  the  Lake  during  the  year,  owing,  no 
doubt,  to  the  fact  that  the  temporary  dam  at  which  the  gauge 
was  kept,  had  become  so  out  of  repair  as  to  be  unreliable. 


APPENDIX.  9 

In  1856,  the  greatest  average  amount  used  was  13,284,007 
gallons,  in  December.  The  least  was  10,377,865  gallons,  in 
May.  The  daily  average  for  the  whole  year  was  12,048,964 
gallons.  During  the  year  water  has  been  wasted  from  the 
Lake,  in  various  months ;  in  all,  69  clays. 

The  rain  gauge  kept  at  the  Lake  shows  the  total  fall  to 
have  been  40.8  inches  during  the  entire  year. 

No  account  of  the  waste  from  the  Lake  has  been  kept, 
because  the  temporary  dam  before  spoken  of  had  become 
useless  for  this  purpose,  and  because  the  arrangement  of  the 
outlet  dam,  as  originally  constructed,  did  not  permit  of 
measurements  being  kept  with  any  degree  of  accuracy  at  it. 
The  new  dam,  when  finished,  with  its  wide  over  fall,  will 
obviate  this  difficulty. 

From  the  above  observations  and  measurements,  it  would 
seem  that  there  could  be  no  doubt  that  Lake  Cochituate 
could  be  made  to  furnish  an  average  daily  supply  of  16,000,000 
gallons,  or  even  a  greater  amount,  by  storing  all  its  waters, 
one  year  with  another.  The  precise  amount  of  expense 
necessary  to  accomplish  this,  can  only  be  determined  by  sur- 
veys to  be  made  hereafter.  The  amount  of  supply  which 
may  be  added  to  it,  by  taking  other  ponds  and  streams,  is 
also  a  matter  for  determination  hereafter. 

The  Conduit. 

On  the  4th  of  February  a  portion  of  the  embankment,  over 
the  conduit,  near  Morse's  Pond,  was  washed  off  by  the  pres- 
sure of  the  water  through  an  old  crack  in  the  conduit.  It 
was  temporarily  repaired  at  the  time,  and  in  April  it  was 
thoroughly  repaired. 

In  July,  about  four  hundred  feet  in  length,  of  the  bottom 
of  the  conduit  in  Newton  Centre,  was  repaired,  and  is  now  in 
good  condition. 

During  the  coming  season  it  will  be  necessary  to  repair 
about  fifty  feet  in  length,  near  Webber's  barn,  in  the  third 
2 


10  APPENDIX. 

section;  about  three  hundred  feet,  near  Knowles's  road,  in 
the  same  section;  and  about  two  hundred  feet  in  length,  near 
Morse's  pond,  in  the  first  section. 

Several  examinations  of  the  conduit  were  made  during  the 
season.  No  new  cracks  were  discovered.  It  was  thoroughly 
cleansed  in  July,  between  Charles  River  and  Brookline 
Reservoir. 

The  form  of  the  conduit  is,  as  is  well  known,  an  egg-shaped 
oval,  with  a  clear  height  of  6  feet  4  inches,  and  greatest 
width  5  feet,  the  largest  end  being  down.  The  original  esti- 
mates of  its  flow,  as  made  by  Robison's  formulas,  corrected  by 
observations  on  the  flow  of  the  Croton  Aqueduct,  gave,  for  a 
depth  of  3  feet  10  inches,  8,305,000  wine  gallons  in  twenty- 
four  hours ;  and  for  a  depth  of  4  feet  4  inches,  a  flow  of 
9,430,000  gallons  in  twenty-four  hours.  It  will  be  observed 
that  the  greatest  depth  then  calculated  for  the  water  in  it, 
left  two  feet  of  clear  space  in  the  conduit,  above  the  water. 
From  all  previous  experience,  it  was  judged  that  it  would  be 
unsafe  to  fill  it  any  nearer  full,  and  it,  therefore,  in  its  esti- 
mated flow,  partook  of  the  nature  of  a  canal,  covered  over 
only  for  the  purpose  of  keeping  impure  matters  from  the 
water,  in  its  course  to  the  City.  The  conduit  was  built  with 
American  hydraulic  cement.  It  has  been  repaired  in  the 
quicksands,  and  some  other  portions,  by  the  use  of  Portland 
(English)  cement,  and  is  now,  in  such  places,  quite  as  strong 
as  in  any  other  part  of  it. 

Instead  of  having  water  flowing  in  it,  at  a  depth  of  only  4 
feet  4  inches,  it  has  been  filled  entirely  full,  and  it  has  had  a 
head  on  it,  at  times,  above  its  top,  of  over  two  feet,  thus 
making  it  in  effect  a  pipe. 

When  the  repairs  are  made,  which  are  suggested  above, 
with  some  additions  to  the  thickness  of  some  parts  of  the 
embankments,  there  can  be  no  doubt  that  it  can,  with  perfect 
safety,  have  such  a  head  put  on  it  as  will  cause  it  to  deliver 
20,000,000  gallons  daily,  in  Brookline  Reservoir. 


APPENDIX.  1 1 

Charles  River  Pipes. 

The  pipe  chambers  at  Charles  River  were  designed  for 
three  pipes.  Two  only  have  as  yet  been  laid.  These  two  have 
sufficed  thus  far;  when  the  third  is  laid,  with  the  additional 
head  on  the  conduit,  it  is  clear  that  we  shall  have  an  increase 
of  more  than  fifty  per  cent,  over  the  delivery  of  the  present 
ones.  If  the  incrustations  still  continue,  they  may  be  readily 
cleansed,  and  restored  to  their  original  capacities  at  slight 
expense. 

Meters. 

The  two  large  meters  have  been  removed  during  the  past 
fall,  from  the  Brookline  Gate  House.  They  were  found  not 
to  answer  the  purpose  for  which  they  were  designed.  There 
is  a  small  leak  in  the  Gate  House,  which  may  be  repaired  in 
the  spring,  now  that  the  meters  are  out  of  the  way. 

Structures. 

There  are  some  signs  of  settlement  in  the  apron  way  of 
the  small  Gate  House,  at  the  end  of  the  conduit,  at  Brookline 
Reservoir.  With  this  exception,  and  the  leak  in  the  Gate 
House,  all  the  structures  on  the  line  of  the  works  are  in  good 
order. 

Raising  Pipes  on   Tremont  Street. 

When  the  pipes  were  first  laid  in  the  City,  Tremont  street, 
south  of  Dover  street,  was  at  a  very  low  grade,  and  all  the 
pipes  laid  there,  at  that  time,  were  laid  at  the  usual  depth 
below  the  surface.  Since  then  the  grade  has  been  raised 
several  feet,  and  all  the  pipes  laid  there  since,  have  been  laid 
at  the  usual  depth  below  the  new  surface.  Many  houses 
have  been  built,  within  the  past  year  or  two,  on  the  street ; 
and,  it  appearing  probable  that  it  would  very  soon  be  all 
built  upon,  it  became  a  matter  of  importance  to  raise  that 


12  •  APPENDIX. 

portion  of  the  12-iiich  pipe  which  was  at  the  lowest  grade. 
In  doing  this  it  became  also  necessary  to  raise  those  6-inch 
pipes  branching  from  it  to  the  side  streets.  All  the  12-inch 
and  part  of  the  6-inch  pipes  were  at  a  depth,  generally,  of 
twelve  feet  below  the  surface.  Whenever  a  service-pipe  was 
laid,  great  trouble  was  experienced  by  caving  in,  endan- 
gering the  lives  of  the  workmen,  as  well  as  being  extremely 
expensive.  It  was,  therefore,  determined  by  your  Board  to 
raise  the  pipes,  and  1,851  feet  of  12-inch,  and  844  feet  of 
6-inch  pipes  have  been  raised. 


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Loss  of  Head  from  BrooJcline  Reservoir  to  Beacon  Hill    and 
East    Boston  Reservoirs. 

The  effect  of  increased  consumption  of  water  in  the  City 
may  be  seen  by  reference  to  the  table  in  this  and  previous 
reports  of  average  annual  heights  of  water  in  the  Reservoirs. 

A  synopsis  is  given  in  the  following  table. 


Heights  of  Water  above  Marsh  Level  in 

Loss  of  Head 

from 

Bookline 

to 

Beacon  Hill 

Reservoir. 

Loss  of  Head 

from 

Brookline 

to 

East  Boston 

Reservoir. 

Yeab. 

Brookline 
Reservoir. 

Beacon  Hill 
Reservoir. 

East  Boston 
Reservoir. 

1850   

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1856   

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114.89 
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117.79 
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104.07 

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7.97 
7.96 
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19.60 
17.95 
23.81 
26.33 
29.55 

Extreme  high  water  in  Brookline  Reservoir  is  124.6  feet, 
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during  the  last  three  years,  within  one  foot  of  high  water 
mark  in  it ;  that  Beacon  Hill  Reservoir  has  averaged  very 
nearly  a  uniform  depth,  in  the  same  time ;  whilst  the  water  in 
the  East  Boston  Reservoir  is  constantly  decreasing  in  its 
average  height. 


APPENDIX. 


15 


To  show  the  effect  on  the  head,  occasioned  by  a  few  suc- 
cessive hot,  as  well  as  a  few  successive  cold  days,  the  follow- 
ing; table  is  inserted. 


1856 

Heights  of  Water  above  Marsh  Level  in 

Loss  of  Head 

from 
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Loss  of  Head 

a 

from 

K_          O 

Brookline 

Beacon  Hill 

East  Boston 

to 

Brookline 

Date. 

5  * 

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to 

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Reservoir. 

Reservoir. 

Reservoir. 

Reservoir. 

East  Boston. 

B 

July  26, 

94° 

121.60 

111.78 

84.43 

9.82 

37.17 

July  28, 

91° 

123.10 

112.86 

84.43 

10.24 

38.67 

Dec.  19, 

-8° 

123.27 

Empty. 

Water  in 

Pipe, 

Water  in 
Pipe, 

105.36 

43.00 

17.91 

80.27 

Note. — For  twenty-four  hours,  December  19,  water  did 
not  run  over  the  hill  in  East  Boston.  In  anticipation  of 
extreme  cold  weather  water  is  shut  in  the  East  Boston 
Reservoir,  to  be  let  on  the  pipes  in  case  of  fire. 

The  distance  from  Brookline  Reservoir  to  Beacon  Hill 
Reservoir  is  nearly  5.1  miles,  and  from  Brookline  to  East 
Boston  Reservoir  it  is  over  8£  miles,  by  the  lines  of  pipes. 


1857,  January  10th. — During  the  last  few  days,  with  the  mercury  below  zero,  Don- 
ald McKay,  Esq.,  has  been,  most  of  the  time,  entirely  out  of  water,  it  rising  in  the  pipes 
to  about  75  feet  above  marsh  level,  showing  a  loss  of  head  equal  to  49  feet. 


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Monthly  Fall  of  Rain,  in  inches,  in  1856. 


17 


MONTH. 


January, 
February,  .  . . 

March,   

April,   

May, 

June, 

July, 

August, 

September,  . 
October,  .... 
November,  .  . 
December,  . . 


Average, 


PLACES    AND    OBSEKVERS. 


■a  s 


1.44 
0.22 
0.66 
4.27 
7.81 
1.77 
1.76 
11.40 
3.13 
2.34 
1.43 
4.57 


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4.37 
7.10 
2.90 
4.02 
11.11 
4.90 
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2.83 
1.07 
0.90 
3.48 
5.31 
2.09 
1.73 
12.31 
4.79 
2.03 
2.53 
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1.37 
3.49 
5.89 
2.18 
1.86 
12.42 
4.78 
2.52 
2.53 
4.16 


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0.63 
3.33 
5.17 
1.59 
4.27 
13.97 
4.79 
2.23 
3.09 
1.96 


42.33 


5.30 
0.57 
0.97 
3.44 
6.73 
2.87 
4.24 
14.98 
4.66 
3.24 
2.89 
3.90 


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1.55 
2.80 
4.10 
2.47 
4.20 
5.75 
5.10 
1.15 
2.00 
5.80 


40.97 


The  above  table  of  rain  fall  has  been  again  kindly  fur- 
nished by  the  respective  observers.  By  reference  to  the 
previous  part  of  this  Report,  it  will  be  seen  that  the  record 
of  the  annual  rain  fall  is  important,  as  furnishing  a  means  of 
estimating  the  supply  to  be  derived  from  the  Lake. 

Professor  Caswell  informs  me  that  the  average  for  the 
past  25  years,  in  Providence,  has  been  40.30  inches. 
3 


18 


APPENDIX. 


Statement    of  the    Location,   Size  and  Number  of  Feet  of 
Distributing  Pipes,  laid  in  the   Year  1856. 


In  what  Streets. 


Between  what  Streets. 


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Tremont, - 

Tremont, 

Waltham,    

Tremont, 

Milford,    

Indiana  Place,   

Worcester,  

Chester,  North  side, 

South,   

Groton,  

East  Chester,  

Camden,  

Concord, 

Lenox,  

Parker, 

Tremont, 

Groton,  

Avenue  to  People's  Ferry, 

London,    

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Vernon, 

Ashland  Avenue,  North  side, . 
Cumston, 

Midland, 

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Eighth, 

First, 

Third, 

Telegraph,   


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Chelsea, 

Princeton,    . . . 

Border,    

Prescott,  

Meridiau, 

Decatur,    

Marginal,     . . . 
Havre,  

Chelsea  Street, 
Border,  


BOSTON     PROPER. 

Hanson  and  Milford,    

Concord  and  Worcester, 

Bradford  and  Harrison  Avenue, 
Milford  and  Groton,   


Total  12-inch  in  Boston  Proper, 


Shawmut  Avenue  and  Tremont,  . . . 

Connecting  with  Tremont, 

Shawmut  Avenue  and  Tremont,  . . . 
Shawmut  Avenue  and  Tremont,  . . . 

Connecting  with  Lehigh, 

Shawmut  Avenue  and  Tremont,  . . . 
Connecting  at  Harrison  Avenue,  . . 
Shawmut  Avenue  and  Tremont,  . . . 

Washington  and  Tremont,   

Tremont  and  Shawmut  Avenue,  . . . 
Washington  and  Harrison  Avenue, 

Groton  and  Dover,  

Connecting  with  Tremont,   


Total  6-inch  in  Boston  Proper, 


East  of  Commercial, 

Connecting  with  Indiana  Place, 

Connecting  with  Federal,  

Connecting  with  Lowell,    

Washington  and  Harrison  Avenue,    

Concord  and  Rutland, 

Total  4-inch  in  Boston  Proper,    

SOUTH     BOSTON. 

Baldwin  and  Munroe,  

To  the  North  side  of  Broadway,  

Baldwin  to  Mount  Washington  Avenue, 

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Total  6-inch  in  South  Boston, 


Gates  and  Old  Harbor,    

Total  4-inch  in  South  Boston, 

EAST     BOSTON. 

Marion  and  Brooks, 

White  and  Condor, 

Porter  and  Marion,   


Total  12-inch  in  East  Boston, 


Brooks  and  Putnam,     

Eutaw  and  White, 

Chelsea  and  Bremen,    

Condor  and  the  New  Bridge, 

East  of  Bremen, 

Orleans  and  Cottage,    

Porter  and  Marion,    


Total  6-inch  in  East  Boston,   . 

Holden  and  Gallagher's  Shipyard, 
Curtis's  Shipyard, 


12 
12 
12 

12 


Total  4-inch  in  East  Boston, 


APPENDIX. 


19 


RE  CAPITULATION. 


Section. 

1856. 

Diameter  in  Inches. 

12 

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21 


Statement   of  Service  Pipes  laid  in   1856. 


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Number. 

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Making  the  total  number  up  to  January  1,  1857,    19,629 

During  the  year,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  fifty-one 
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of  6-inch  pipes,  have  been  taken  up,  and  re-laid,  on  Tremont 
road. 


Repairs  of  Pipes  during  the   Year  1856. 


DIAMETER     OF     PIPES    IN     INCHES. 


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22 


APPENDIX. 


Of  the  leaks  that  have  occurred  in  pipes  of  four  inches  in 
diameter  and  upwards,  fifty-nine  were  caused  by  the  loosening 
of  lead  in  the  joints,  six  by  the  settling  of  the  earth,  seven 
by  frost,  and  one  by  a  flaw  in  the  stop-cock,  one  by  driving 
piles,  and  one  by  flaw  in  the  pipe.  Total,  seventy-five,  in  pipes 
of  4  inches  and  upwards. 

Of  the  leaks  that  have  occurred  in  the  service  pipes,  and 
two-inch  pipes,  fifty-seven  were  caused  by  settling  of  the 
earth,  six  by  defective  stop-cocks,  twenty-four  by  defective 
couplings,  nine  by  frost,  forty-nine  by  flaws  in  pipes,  thirty- 
one  by  stiff  connections,  two  by  leaks  in  joints,  nine  by 
settling  of  boxes,  six  by  tenants,  one  by  rats,  one  by  stop- 
cocks blowing  out,  nine  struck  by  picks,  three  by  driving 
piles,  three  by  digging  drains,  one  by  rust,  one  by  defective 
packing,  twenty  opened  to  take  out  fish.  Total,  two  hundred 
and  thirty-two  in  service  and  two-inch  pipes. 


Statement  of  the  Number  of  Leaks,  1850-56. 


LEAKS     IN     PIPES     OF     A     DIAMETER     OF 


Teak. 


1850 
1851 
1852 
1853 
1854 
1855 
1856 


4  Inches  and  upwards. 

32   

.......  64   

82   

85    

74   

75   

75   


Less  than  4  Inches. 

72    

173    

241    

260   

280   

219   

232   


Total. 


104 
237 
323 
345 
354 
294 
307 


APPENDIX.  23 


Hydrants. 


During  the  year  fifteen  new  hydrants  were  established  in 
the  City  proper,  eight  in  South  Boston,  six  in  East  Boston, 
also  one  in  Roxbury.    Altogether  there  have  been  established 
up  to  the  present  date 

In  Boston  proper,     ------         871 

"  South  Boston,       -         -         -         -         -         -         224 

"  East  Boston, 163 

"  Brookline,  ..-.--  1 

"  Roxbury,      -------  5 

"  Charlestown, 11 

"  Chelsea,       -         - 7 


Total, -      1,282 

Fifty-five  hydrants  have  been  taken  out  and  replaced  by 
new  or  repaired  ones.  One  hundred  and  twenty-seven  de- 
cayed hydrant  boxes  were  taken  out  and  replaced  by  others 
made  of  Burnetized  lumber,  and  the  same  material  was  used 
to  cover  thirty  hydrants  that  have  been  established  this  year. 

The  hydrants  are  all  in  good  condition,  and  have  been 
packed  with  salt  hay,  and  every  precaution  taken  to  keep 
them  in  a  working  condition  through  the  cold  weather. 


Stop-cocks. 

All  the  stop-cocks  have  been  cleansed  and  oiled  the 
past  season.  Twenty-one  new  boxes  have  been  put  in  to 
cover  the  stop-cocks  put  in  this  year,  and  forty-nine  boxes 
have  been  renewed.  The  stop-cocks  are,  with  two  or  three 
exceptions,  in  good  order. 


24 


APPENDIX. 


Statement    of  Pipes  and  other  Stock  on  hand,  exclusive  of 
Tools,  January  1,  1857. 


Number  of 


DIAMETER     IN     INCHES. 


3D 


24 


20 


16 


12 


li 


Jamaica 
Aqueduct. 


10 


Pipes, 

Blow-off  Branches, 

Y  Branches, 

3-Way  Branches,   . 
4- Way  Branches,    . 

Flange  Pipes,  

Sleeves,  

Clamp  Sleeves, 

Caps,   

Eeducers,  

Bevel  Hubs, 

Curved  Pipes, 

Quarter  Turns, 

Double  Hubs, 

Offset  Pipes, 

Stop-cocks, 

Pieces  of  Pipe,   


38 


22 


41 


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GOO 


Hydrants. 

5  Wilmarth, 

5  Lowell, 

3  Kingston, 
2  Hooper, 

8  Ballardvale, 

4  Long  N.  Y.  Pattern. 

For  Hydrants.  15  lengtheners,  11  hydrant  bends,  5  frames, 
10  covers,  4  boxes,  25  unfinished  boxes,  30  second  hand  caps, 
3  wharf  hydrants,  47  wastes,  309  lbs.  composition  castings, 
15  spare  screws,  3  plungers,  10  stuffing  boxes,  9  nipples,  25 
unfinished  hydrants  with  screws,  nipples,  plungers,  valves, 


APPENDIX.  25 

&c,  belonging  to  same,  5  wharf  hydrant  boxes,  1  sample 
hydrant,  20  wharf  hydrant  cocks,  10  bands,  36  rings,  150 
straps,  150  washers. 

For  Stop-cocks.  35  stop-cock  braces,  8  sets  of  stands  and 
gearing  for  36  and  30-inch,  25  wrought  iron  nuts,  13  4-inch 
flanges,  739  lbs.  of  f-inch  bolts,  197  lbs.  ^-inch  bolts,  164 
lbs.  of  finch  bolts,  152  lbs.  l£-inch  bolts,  319  lbs.  inch  bolts, 
109  lbs.  £-inch  bolts,  2  36-inch  composition  screws,  1  12-inch 
valve,  8  cast  iron  nuts,  1  30-inch  composition  screw,  6  6-inch 
composition  screws,  18  6-inch  wrought  iron  screws,  8  4-inch 
wrought  iron  screws,  4  sets  of  friction  wheels,  350  lbs.  of  old. 
bolts  (various  sizes),  2  2-inch  stop-cocks  (not  in  order),  3 
12-inch  screws,  2  sample  cocks,  11  4-inch  gate  caps,  2  6-inch 
gate  caps,  1  30-inch  valve. 

For  Service  Pipe.  450  square  boxes,  46  long  boxes,  6  Y 
boxes,  2  T  boxes,  90  caps,  37  tubes,  3  4-inch  cocks,  8  flanges 
and  2  caps  for  do.,  10  inch  air  cocks,  2  1-inch  union  cocks,  8 
f-inch  do.,  45  f-inch  do.,  17  straight  cocks,  14  inch  T  cocks, 
4  f-inch  T  cocks,  10  f-inch  T  cocks,  11  f-inch  Y  cocks,  189 
f-inch  flange  cocks,  14  lj-inch  connection  couplings,  11  inch 
connection  couplings,  28  f-inch  connection  couplings,  9  2£- 
inch  connection  couplings,  214  lbs.  of  old  couplings  of  various 
sizes,  334  lbs.  of  union  cock  castings,  36  composition  flanges. 

Water  Meters.  28  large  meters,  (2  are  out  of  order),  27 
small  meters,  (2  are  out  of  order),  2  power  meters,  1  small 
Philadelphia  meter,  600  lbs.  of  connection  pipes,  40  connec- 
tion nipples,  16  connection  couplings. 

Lead  Pipe.  1,100  lbs.  of  2^-inch,  1,120  lbs.  of  inch,  1,205 
lbs.  off-inch,  322  lbs.  of  1^-inch,  336  lbs.  of  f-inch. 

Block  Tin  Pipe.  84  lbs.  of  f-inch,  135  lbs.  of  f-inch,  68 
lbs.  off-inch  (old),  41  lbs.  of  f-inch  (old),  16  lbs.  of  f-inch, 
53  lbs.  of  J-inch. 

Block  Tin.    47  lbs.,  60  lbs.  of  solder,  650  lbs.  of  gasket. 

Pig  Lead.    1,445  lbs. 
4 


26  APPENDIX. 

Blacksmith  Shop.  3,409  lbs.  of  working  iron,  236  lbs.  of 
cast  steel,  700  lbs.  of  scrap  iron. 

Miscellaneous.  15,000  feet  of  Burnetized  2-inch  plank, 
1,000  feet  of  boards,  2  sets  of  stove  box  coverings,  1,900  lbs. 
of  scrap  cast  iron,  1£  cords  of  pine  wood,  2  large  proving 
presses  and  apparatus,  1  small  proving  press,  £  cask  of  rosin, 
£  cask  of  cement,  1  bbl.  of  oil,  2  tons  of  hard  coal,  £  ton  of 
blacksmith  coal,  30  baskets  of  charcoal,  £  carboy  of  vitriol, 
J  bbl.  of  black  varnish,  2  dozen  new  shovels,  50  picks,  1  set 
of  carpenter's  tools,  1  bbl.  of  old  composition  (354  lbs.),  620 
lbs.  of  composition  chips,  80  lbs.  of  cotton  waste,  4  dozen 
new  lanterns,  2  casks  of  nails,  1,100  lbs.  of  old  scraps,  bars, 
gas  pipe,  &c. ;  miscellaneous  lot  of  old  bolts,  cast-off  drills, 
and  tools  of  various  kinds,  a  large  lot  of  patterns  for  stop- 
cocks, hydrants,  &c. 

Stable.  800  lbs.  English  hay,  1,500  lbs.  salt  hay,  hay  cut- 
ter, 2  horses,  3  sets  of  harnesses,  2  waggons,  2  pungs,  3 
hand-carts,  1  wheelbarrow,  1  hand-truck,  6  bushels  of  grain, 
stable  utensils. 

At  the  Reservoir,  Beacon  Hill.  I  cast  iron  drinking  foun- 
tain, 5  swivel  pipe  patterns,  1  copper  ball  from  East  Boston 
Reservoir,  38  feet  of  3^-inch  shafting  and  geering,  17  feet  of 
2^-inch  do.,  14  feet  of  2£  inch  square  do.,  lot  of  iron  rods,  2 
sets  of  swing  stage-irons,  2  sets  of  wall  clamps,  1  swing  stage 
with  clamps  complete,  1  stone  block,  3  mast  rings  and  rolls, 
1  capstan  frame  with  levers,  6  hand-barrows,  3  hods,  2  dirt 
slides,  1  fall,  3  booms,  rail  carriages,  2  stone  carts,  2  strainer 
frames,  115  feet  of  round  iron,  guys  for  derrick,  1  iron  plate 
for  do.,  3  shaft  hangers,  7  pedestals,  2  stone  lewises,  lot  of 
old  iron,  4  wrenches,  6  shovels,  2  hammers,  1  sledge,  lot  of 
small  tools,  1  composition  reducer,  4  jets  (cast  iron),  2  com- 
position jets,  6  waste  cocks,  2  pieces  of  hose,  piece  of  copper 
pipe,  1  composition  cylinder,  6  composition  jets,  1  composi- 
tion 6-inch  plate,  1  4-inch  do.,  1  3-inch  do.,  5  cast  iron  jets,  2 
scythes,  2  rakes. 


APPENDIX.  27 

The  flexible  pipe  between  Chelsea  and  East  Boston  was 
tested  four  hours,  in  September,  and  found  to  be  tight,  no 
water  leaking  from  it  in  that  time. 

Respectfully  submitted. 

JAMES  SLADE, 

City  Engineer. 


28  APPENDIX. 


WATER  REGISTRAR'S   REPORT. 

Water  Registrar's  Office,  ) 
Boston,  January  1st,  1857.    5 

Hon.  John  H.  Wilkins, 

President  of  the  Cochituate  Water  Board. 

Sir:— 

I  herewith  submit  the  following  Report,  prepared  accord- 
ing to  the  provisions  of  the  Water  Ordinance,  passed  Octo- 
ber 31st,  1850. 

The  total  number  of  Water  Takers  now  entered  for  the 
year  1857,  is  20,806,  being  an  increase  since  January  1st, 
1856,  of  808. 

During  the  year  there  has  been  1,008  cases  where  the 
water  has  been  shut  off  for  non-payment  of  water  rates,  and 
unnecessary  waste  of  water.  Of  these,  678  were  for  non- 
payment; 330  were  for  waste. 

The  number  of  cases  where  the  water  has  been  turned  on 
is  1,594.  Of  these,  583  were  cases  which  had  been  previously 
shut  off  for  non-payment  of  water  rates;  286  were  those 
which  had  been  shut  off  for  unnecessary  waste  of  water ;  and 
725  were  let  on  for  the  first  time. 

There  have  been  no  abatements  made  during  the  year. 

The  total  amount  received,  from  December 
31st,  1855,  to  January  1st,  1857,  is  -         -         -  $282,651   84 

Of  the  above,  there  was  received  for  water 
used  in  previous  years,  the  sum  of       $1,617  40 

Leaving  the  receipts  for  water  used 
during  the  year  1856,  the  sum  of       281,034  44 

Amount  of  water  rates,         «...  $282,651  84 


APPENDIX.  29 

Amount  brought  forward,  $282,651   84 

A  detailed  statement  of  the  receipts  for  the  year 
1856,  is  included  in  this  Report. 

In  addition  to  the  above,  there  has  been  re- 
ceived, for  letting  on  water,  in  cases  where  it 
had  been  shut  off  for  non-payment  of  water  rates,         1,140  00 

Total  amount  received  during  the  year,  in 
this  office,         -         -         -        .-  "     -         -         -$283,791   84 


The  total  amount  received  during  the  year,  for 
the  use  of  Jamaica  Pond  water,  is     -         -         -      $2,624  64 

This  amount  is  included  in  the  general  account. 

The  amount  of  assessments  already  made  for 
the  year  1857,  is $237,628  03 

The  estimated  amount  of  income  from  the 
sales  of  water,  during  the  year  1857,  is     -         -    295,000  00 

The  expenditures  in  my  department  during 
the  year  1856,  have  been  ....        3,126  66 

The  items  of  this  expenditure  are  as  follows,  viz. : 
Paid  Charles  L.  Bancroft,  for  services  as  clerk, 

"    Stephen  Badlam,  «  " 

"    Peter  H.  Niles,  for  services  as  inspector,   - 

"    Chas.  E.  Dunham,         "  " 

"    Rand  &  Avery,  for  printing, 

"  Eayrs  &  Fairbanks,  for  books  and  sta- 
tionery,      -  -  .... 

"    W.  A.  Pierpont,  for  distributing  bills, 

"    H.  M.  Davis,  "  «'.''. 

"    E.  R.  Jones,  "  " 

"    J.  Atkinson,  "  "        - 

"    J.  W.  Greenwood,   "  " 

"    Stephen  Maddox,  for  services,    - 

"    Moore  &  Crosby,  for  printing, 

Amount, 


$785 

00 

758 

00 

628 

00 

628 

00 

118 

97 

112 

49 

22 

00 

18 

00 

18 

00 

15 

00 

15 

00 

4 

72 

3 

48 

$3,126 

66 

30  appendix. 

Statement,  showing  the  number  of  Houses,  Stores,  Steam 

Engines,  &c,  in  the  City  of  Boston,  supplied  with  Co- 
chituate  Water,  to  the  first  of  January,  1857,  with  The 
Amount  of  Water  Rates  paid  for  1856. 

1,314  Dwelling-  Houses,      $6  00 

1,453  "  « 

1,835 

1,903         " 
1,711 

1,447         "  " 

1,031  "  " 

686         "  " 

474         «  " 

421  "  » 

397         "  " 

316         "  " 

171         u  u 

195         "  " 

132.         "  " 

130         "  " 

107         "  " 

91  «  « 

66         "  " 

48  "  " 

§7         «  u 

29  »  "■ 

40         u  a 

34         "  " 

36         "  " 

236         "  « 

817         "  " 


15,207 


$6  00 

$7,884 

00 

7  00 

10,171 

00 

8  00 

14,680 

00 

9  00 

17,127 

00 

10  00 

17,110 

00 

11  00 

15,917 

00 

12  00 

12,372 

00 

13  00 

8,918 

00 

14  00 

6,636 

00 

15  00 

6,315 

00 

16  00 

6,352 

00 

17  00 

5,372 

00 

18  00 

3,078 

00 

19  00 

3,705 

00 

20  00 

2,640 

00 

21  00 

2,730 

00 

22  00 

2,354 

00 

23  00 

2,093 

00 

24  00 

1,584 

00  . 

25  00 

1,200 

00 

26  00 

27262 

00 

27  00 

783 

00 

28  00 

1,120 

00 

29  00 

986 

00 

30  00 

1,080 

00 

31  00 

7,316 

00 

4,773  94 

$166,558 

94 

18  00 

$36  00 

2  Model  Houses, 

2       Amounts  carried  forward,  $36  00  $166,558  94 


APPENDIX. 


31 


1 

1 
4 
1 
4 
3 
2 
5 
1 
1 
2 
1 
1 
2 
1 
3 
1 
1 
1 
12 


Amounts  Drought  forward. 

Model  House,         $20  00 

"  «  21  00 

"  "  -  24  00 

"  "  27  00 

"  "  30  00 

"  "  36  00 

«  "  39  00 

"  "  42  00 

a  a  48    00 

"  "  54  00 

"  "  60  00 

"  "  63  00 

"  "  66  00 

"  "  69  00 

"  "  72  00 

"  "  75  00 

"  "  90  00 

"  "  192  00 

"  "  210  00 


$36 
20 
21 
96 
27 

120 

108 
78 

210 
48 
54 

120 
63 
66 


72 
225 

90 
192 
210 
364 


00  $166,558  94 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 


00 
00 

75 


50 

g  House, 

57 

50 

1  Lodgin 

57  50 

1    " 

u 

65 

50 

65  50 

1    " 

and  Shops, 

89 
6 

00 

00 

89  00 

3 

1,987  Stores 

11,922  00 

i—i 

8 

00 

8  00 

29   " 

8 

50 

246  50 

604   " 

9 

00 

5,436  00 

9   « 

10 

00 

90  00 

13   " 

11 

00 

143  00 

9   " 

11 

50 

103  50 

2,358  75 


212  00 


2,652  Amounts  carrried  forward,   $17,949  00  $169,129  69 


32  APPENDIX. 

2,652      Amounts  brought  forward,    $17,949  00  $169,129  G9 
14  Stores  and  Shops,  $12  00  168  00 


1 

n 

30 

a 

8 

a 

6 

a 

5 

a 

1 

a 

1 

a 

3 

it 

1 

a 

1 

u 

264 

a 

2,987 

'142 

Offices, 

1 

it 

48 

ii 

2 

11 

1 

a 

3 

a 

1 

a 

1 

a 

1 

u 

1 

a 

27 

a 

228 

5 

Banks, 

1.1 

a 

1 

a 

1 

a 

2 

a 

20 

Amount  carried  forward 


13  00 

13 

00 

• 

14  00 

420 

00 

15  00 

120 

00 

16  50 

99 

00 

19  00 

95 

00 

20  00 

20 

00 

21  50 

21 

50 

24  00 

72 

00 

49  00 

49 

00 

73  95 

73 

95 

1,101 

54 

20,201  99 

6  00 

852 

00 

8  50 

8 

50 

9  00 

432 

00 

10  00 

20 

00 

11  50 

11 

50 

14  00 

42 

00 

15  00 

15 

00 

17  00 

17 

00 

19  00 

19 

00 

21  00 

21 

00 

135 

91 

1,573  91 

6  00 

30 

00 

9  00 

99 

00 

11  00 

11 

00 

14  00 

14 

00 

9 

25 

i 

163  25 

rward, 

5191,068  84 

APPENDIX. 

33 

Amount  brought  forwar 

d, 

$191,068  84 

i  : 

Building, 

$10  00 

$10 

00 

3 

CC 

12 

00 

36 

00 

i 

a 

14 

00 

14 

00 

i 

u 

14 

16 

14 

16 

19 

a 

15 

00 

285 

00 

i 

ii 

16 

00 

16 

00 

3 

a 

17 

00 

51 

00 

1 

a 

17 

50 

17 

50 

8 

ii 

18 

00 

144 

00 

7 

a 

20 

00 

140 

00 

3 

CL 

21 

00 

63 

00 

1 

ii 

22 

50 

22 

50 

3 

ii 

23 

00 

69 

00 

8 

ii 

25 

00 

200 

00 

2 

a 

26 

00 

52 

00 

8 

a 

30 

00 

240 

00 

3 

a 

32 

00 

96 

00 

1 

a 

32 

50 

32 

50 

1 

a 

35 

00 

35 

00 

2 

a 

36 

00 

72 

00 

1 

a 

37 

00 

37 

00 

1 

a 

39 

00 

39 

00 

1 

a 

39 

50 

39 

50 

5 

a 

40 

00 

200 

00 

1 

a 

43 

00 

43 

00 

2 

a 

44 

00 

88 

00 

2 

a 

45 

00 

90 

00 

2 

a 

46 

00 

92 

00 

2 

a 

49 

00 

98 

00 

1 

a 

50 

00 

50 

00 

1 

a 

52 

50 

52 

50 

1 

a 

60 

00 

60 

00 

1 

Amounts 

62  00 
carried  forward, 

62 

00 

98 

$2,560  66  $191,068  84 

5 

34  APPENDIX. 

98  Amounts  brought  forward,     $2,560  66  $191,068  84 

1  Building,  $65  00  65  00 

1  "  72  96  72  96 

1  "  73  00  73  00 

1  «  74  00  74  00 

1  «  82  00  82  00 

1  "  108  00  108  00 

1  «  130  00  130  00 

7  "  289  14 


112 

3,454 

76 

36  Churches, 

6 

00 

216 

00 

1         " 

8 

00 

8 

00 

1 

14 

00 

14 

00 

1 

15 

00 

15 

00 

2         " 

20 
6 

00 
00 

40 

00 

293 

41 

42 

00 

00 

7  Halls, 

4       « 

9 

00 

36 

00 

1       » 

12 

00 

12 

00 

1       " 

14 

00 

14  00 

2       " 

16 

25 

2  Private  Schools, 

6 

00 

12 

00 

i—i 

9 

00 

9 

00 

2       "             " 

14 

00 

28 

00 

1       "             « 

15 

00 

15 

00 

i—i 

16 
10 

00 
00 

16 

00 

200 

22 

10 

00 

25 

1  Theatre, 

1 

25 

00 

25 

00 

1         » 

93 

75 

93 

75 

1  Gymnasium, 

5 

00 

5 

00 

1  Custom  House, 

156 

00 

156 

00 

1  Hospital, 

40 

00 

40 

00 

6       Amounts  carried  forward,  $329   75  $195,016  85 


1  Hospital, 
1  Medical  Colle 
1  State  House, 
1  Library, 

1  " 
1 

2  Asylums, 
2       " 

1  « 
1  » 
1 


19 


16  Market  Stalls, 


5 

a 

1 

u 

1 

Market, 

1 

u 

1 

a 

48 

103 

Cellars, 

6 

n 

11 

a 

120 

1 

Hotel, 

7 

a 

1 

a 

1 

u 

1 

it 

1 

a 

1 

a 

1 

u 

APPENDIX. 

35 

i  forward, 

$329  75  $195,016 

85 

$163  75 

163  75 

30  00 

30  00 

134  50 

134  50 

6  00 

6  00 

9  00 

9  00 

43  95 

43  95 

15  00 

30  00 

25  00 

50  00 

35  00 

35  00 

■40  00 

40  00 

250  98 

250  98 

1,122 

93 

6  00 

216  00 

9  00 

27  00 

10  00 

50  00 
4  00 

47  00 

47  00 

74  00 

74  00 
15  27 

433 

27 

6  00 

618  00 

9  00 

54  00 
43  75 

715 

75 

14  00 

14  00 

15  00 

105  00 

16  76 

16  76 

18  00 

18  00 

20  00 

20  00 

21  00 

21  00 

24  00 

24  00 

25  00 

25  00 

14      Amounts  carried  forward,         $243   76  $197  288   80 


36  APPENDIX. 

14  Amounts  brought  forward,  $243  76  $197,288  80 

1  Hotel,  $27  00  27  00 

2  «  30  00  60  00 
1  "  33  00  33  00 

1  "  35  00  35  00 

2  "  36  00  72  00 
1  "  38  00  38  00 
1  "  39  75  39  75 

1  "  40  00  40  00 

2  »  42  00  84  00 
2  »  44  00  88  00 

1  "  45  00  45  00 

2  "  48  00  96  00 
1  "  51  00  51  00 
1  "  56  00  56  00 

3  "  60  00  180  00 
1  "  69  00  69  00 
1  "  71  40  71  40 
1  "  72  92  72  92 
1  "  74  00  -  74  00 

1  "  84  00  84  00 

2  "  90  00  180  00 
1  "  96  00  96  00 
1  "  103  08  103  08 
1  "  105  00  105  00 
1  "  108  00  108  00 
1  "  113  70  113  70 
1  "  119  50  119  50 
1  "  122  80  122  80 
1  "  137  00  137  00 
1  "  140  00  140  00 
1  "  144  00  144  00 
1  "  150  00  150  00 
1  "  174  10  174  10 


55  Amounts  carried  forward,       $3,253  01  $197,288  80 


APPENDIX. 


37 


55 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 


Amounts  brought  forward, 


Hotel, 


5175  10 
180  00 
193  10 
261  00 
289  00 
354  00 
357  00 
421  00 
465  00 
561  00 
672  00 
805  00 


67 

1  Boarding  House,   30 

00 

30  00 

1    "      "     31 

00 

31  00 

2    "      «     35 

00 

70  00 

1    «      »     36 

00 

36  00 

1    "      «     42 

00 

42  00 

1    «      »     54 

00 

54  00 

1    "      «     60 

00 

60  00 

1    "      "     109 

00 

109  00 

1    "      «     284 

00 

284  00 

~ 10 

•  33  Kestaurants  and  Sa- 

loons,         6 

00 

198  00 

7     "        "8 

00 

56  00 

192     "        "       9 

00 

1,728  00 

6     "        «   10 

00 

60  00 

35     «        »   12 

00 

420  00 

23     »        «   15 

00 

345  00 

1     "        "   16 

00 

16  00 

1    «       «  17 

00 

17  00 

5,253  01  $197,288  80 
175  10 
180  00 
193  10 
261  00 
289  00 
354  00 
357  00 
421  00 
465  00 
561  00 
672  00 
805  00 

7,986  21 


716  00 


298      Amounts  carried  forward,       $2,840  00  $205,991  01 


38 


APPENDIX. 


298         Amounts  oroi 

t  gfit  forward, 

$2,840  00  $2< 

35,991 

01 

1  Restaurant 

and 

S 

a- 

loon, 

$17 

50 

17  50 

2            " 

u 

18 

00 

36  00 

2           «   ■ 

a 

20 

00 

40  00 

1 

a 

23 

00 

23  00 

2    . 

a 

25 

00 

50  00 

2           " 

u 

30 

00 

60  00 

1           « 

u 

35 

00 

35  00 

40           " 

a 

261  82 

3,363 

349 

32 

1  Club  House 

? 

12 

00 

12  00 

2     u         u 

15 

00 

30  00 

\      u           a 

50 

00 

50  00 

]_      a           « 

7  50 

99 

5 

50 

1  Bathing  House, 

10 

00 

10  00 

1         " 

a 

15 

00 

15  00 

2 

u 

20 

00 

40  00 

1         " 

a 

40 

00 

40  00 

1         " 

u 

45 

00 

45  00 

1         " 

a 

50 

00 

50  00 

]          » 

u 

55 

00 

55  00 

1         " 

u 

135 

00 

135  00 

1         •» 

a 

9  17 

399 

10 

17 

265  Stables, 

5 

00 

1,325  00 

23       " 

6 

00 

138  00 

42       " 

6 

25 

262  50 

29       " 

7 

50 

217  50 

16       " 

8 

00 

128  00 

21       " 

8 

75 

183  75 

30       " 

10 

00 

300  00 

13       " 

carr 

11  25 
'ed  forward, 

146  25 

09,853 

439       Amounts 

$2;701  00  $2 

00 

1  Stable, 

4  " 

15  » 
1 

8  " 

1  " 
13  " 

2  " 
1  » 
1  « 

1  « 

2  " 
7  " 
1  " 
6  »■ 
1  " 
1  « 

3  « 
1 

•t  « 

4  » 
1  " 
1  " 
1  « 
1  " 


.PPENDIX. 

3y 

forward, 

$2,701  00  $209>853 

00 

$11  50 

11  50 

12  00 

48  00 

12  50 

187  50 

13  25 

13  25 

13  75 

110  00 

14  00 

14  00 

15  00 

195  00 

16  00 

32  00 

16  25 

16  25 

17  25 

17  25 

17  50 

17  50 

18  00 

36  00 

18  75 

131  25 

19  75 

19  75 

20  00 

120  00 

• 

21  00 

21  00 

22  00 

22  00 

22  50 

67  50 

23  75 

23  75 

24  00 

96  00 

25  00 

100  00 

26  25 

26  25 

27  50 

27  50 

28  50 

28  50 

28  75 

28*75 

30  00 

240  00 

31  25 

93  75 

31  50 

31  50 

32  00 

64  00 

32  50 

32  50 

34  00 

34  00 

36  00 

180  00 

38  00 

38  00 

543       Amounts  carried  forward,       $4;825  25  $209,853  00 


40 

APPENDIX. 

543       Amounts  brought  forward, 

$4,825  25  $209,853  00 

7  Stables, 

$40  00 

280  00 

1 

43  50 

43  50 

1 

44  00 

44  00 

1       < 

45  00 

45  00 

3       ' 

50  00 

150  00 

1 

53  00 

53  00 

3 

56  00 

168  00 

7 

60  00 

420  00 

1 

62  50 

62  50 

3 

70  00 

210  00 

1 

72  00 

72  00 

4 

75  00 

300  00 

1 

76  25 

76  25 

1 

90^00 

90  00 

"     4 

100*00 

400  00 

1 

110  00 

110  00 

1 

117  00 

117  00 

1 

' 

120  00 

120  00 

1 

130  00 

130  00 

1 

160  00 

160  00 

t 

1 

180  00 

180  00 

60 

240  60 

648 

8,297  10 

1  Shop  and  Engine,        9  00 

9  00 

1      " 

u 

10  20 

10  20 

6      " 

u 

12  00 

72  00 

1      " 

u 

13  56 

13  56 

1      " 

u 

13  61 

13  61 

1      " 

a 

14  00 

14  00 

1      " 

u 

14  55 

14  55 

2      « 

u 

15  00 

30  00 

1      " 

a 

15  66 

15  66 

1      « 

«             16  20 

carried  forward, 

16  20 

16      . 

Amounts 

$208  78  $218,150  10 

APPENDIX.  41 

16  Amounts  brought  forward,  $208  78  $218,150  10 

1  Shop  and  Engine,  $16  55  16  55 

1  "  «  18  60  18  60 

1  "  »  18  78  18  78 

1  "  "  19  68  19  68 

1  "  "  20  18  20  18 

1  "  "  20  88  20  88 

1  "  "  21  56  21  56 

1  "  «  23  34  23  34 

1  «  «  28  62  28  62 

1  «  «  28  96  28  96 

1  »  «  29  82  29  82 

1  "  "  30  00  30  00 

1  "  "  30  10  30  10 

1  "  «  31  08  31  08 

1  «  "  31  92  31  92 

1  "  "  32  22  32  22 

1  "  »  33  90  33  90 

1  «  »  34  74  34-  74 

1  "  «  36  00  36  00 

1  '•  "  42  84  42  84 

1  "  «  49  74  49  74 

1  "  "  49  86  49  86 

1  «  "  52  86  52  86 

1  «  "  53  04  53  04 

1  "  "  53  32  53  32 

1  "  "  56  04  56  04 

2  "  "  58  20  116  40 
1  «  "  59  22  59  22 
1  "  "  59  52  59  52 
1  "  "  60  54  60  54 
1  "  «  61  12  61  12 
1  "  «  61  49  61  49 
1  "  «  63  16  63  16 


50      Amounts  carried  forward,        $1,554  86  $218,150  10 
6 


42  APPENDIX. 

50  Amounts  brought  forward,  $1,554  86  $218,150  10 

1  Shop  and  Engine,  $64  38  64  38 

1  "  "  66  66  66  66 

1  «  «  66  78  66  78 

1  «  "  67  33  67  33 

1  «  «  68  44  68  44 

1  «  «  73  26  73  26 

1  "  "  74  88  74  88 

1  "  "  76  80  76  80 

1  «  «  80  52  80  52 

1  "  «  89  15  89  15 

1  "  "  91  10  91  10 

1  "  »  92  10  92  10 

1  "  «  95  34  95  34 

1  "  "  97  75  97  75 

1  "  "  97  78  97  78 

1  «  "  102  00  102  00 

1  «  «  103  50  103  50 

1  "  "  103  75  103  75 

1  «  «  105  90  105  90 

1  "  "  106  30  106  30 

1  "  «  106  74  106  74 

1  "  "  107  00  107  00 

1  "  «  111  00  111  00 

1  "  "  126  61  126  61 

1  «  «  129  7-8  129  78 

1  »  "  133  04  133  04 

1  "  "  135  00  135  00 

1  "  «  135  33  135  33 

1  "  "  139  38  139  38 

1  "  "  142  37  142  37 

1  "  "  149  94  149  94 

1  "  »  155  70  155  70 

1  "  «  169  50  169  50 

1  "  "  180  24  180  24 


84  Amounts  carried  forward,       $5,200  21  $218,150  10 


APPENDIX. 


43 


84 

Amounts  broi^ 

%ht  forward, 

$5,200  21  $218,150   10 

1 

Shop 

&I 

Inginc 

$184  20 

184  20 

1 

ti 

190  20 

190  20 

1 

a 

192  84 

192  84 

1 

tt 

211   88 

211  88 

1 

a 

306  82 

306  82 

1 

it 

326  00 

326  00 

1 

it 

369  72 

369   72 

91 

6,981  87 

1  Foun 

dry 

&  Engine..      9  00 

9  00 

1 

a 

tt 

10  00 

10  00 

1 

a 

a 

12  58 

12  58 

1 

a 

it 

15  00 

15  00 

1 

a 

a 

21  34 

21  34 

1 

it 

it 

28  20 

28  20 

1 

a 

a 

57  87 

57  87 

1 

it 

a 

58  92 

58  92 

1 

a 

a 

61   80 

61  80 

1 

a 

ti 

74  70 

74  70 

1 

a 

a 

115  44 

115  44 

1 

a 

tt 

133  16 

133  16 

•  1 

tt 

u 

338  48 

336  48 

13 

934  49 

1 

Printing 

Office 

and 

En 

gine,  18  25 

18  25 

1 

a 

24  96 

24  96 

1 

a 

<         27  10 

27  10 

1 

tt 

32  28 

32  28 

1 

tt 

36  18 

36  18 

1 

it 

"         39  50 

39  50 

1 

it 

'i         44  84 

44  84 

1 

it 

1        45  96 

45  96 

1 

tt                 tt 
Amounts  carr 

<         78  20 
icd  forward, 

78  20 

9 

$347  27 

$226,066  46 

44  APPENDIX. 

9      Amounts  brought  forward,  $347  27  $226,066  46 
1  Printing  Office  and 

Engine,  $81   81  81   81 

1      «             «       «       121  58  121  58 

1      «             «       «       151  40  151  40 

12  702  06 

"1  Ship  Yard  &  Engine,  90  84  90  84 

1     «         «             "      178  86  178  86 


1  Factory  &  Engine,       8  83  8   83 

22  50  22  50 

'           22  68  22  68 

25  29  25  29 

28  20  28  20 

43  76  43  76 

49  50  49  50 

56  36  56  36 

66  31  66  31 

70  92  70  92 

88  98  88  98 

91  50  91  50 

114  12  114  12 

115  90  115  90 
•  116  80  116  80 
■         119  50  119  50 

150  70  150  70 

<  215  40  215  40 
364  62  364  62 

<  568  24  568  24 

10  00  30  00 

11  25  22  50 

12  00  24  00 

13  00  13  00 


1 

a 

1 

(I 

1 

u 

1 

u 

1 

a 

1 

a 

1 

a 

1 

u 

1 

Li 

1 

a 

1 

tC 

1 

u 

1 

a 

1 

a 

1 

a 

1 

u 

1 

a 

1 

it 

1 

a 

20 

3 

Factories 

2 

a 

2 

a 

1 

a 

269   70 


2,340  11 


8      Amounts  carried  forward,  $89  50  $229,378  33 


APPENDIX. 

45 

8 

Amounts  brou 

ght  forward, 

$89  50  $ 

229,378  33 

5  Factories, 

$15  00 

75  00 

1 

a 

21  00 

21  00 

1 

u 

22  50 

22  50 

1 

a 

25  00 

25  00 

1 

u 

25  80 

25  80 

5 

a 

30  00 

150  00 

1 

u 

31  25 

31  25 

1 

u 

38  53 

38  53 

1 

u 

41  70 

41   70 

1 

u 

50  00 

50  00 

1 

a 

51  00 

51  00 

1 

u 

51  45 

51  45 

1 

a 

65  19 

65  19 

1 

a 

66  95 

66  95 

1 

a 

72  16 

72   16 

1 

u 

124  35 

124  35 

1 

a 

128  15 

128  15 

• 

1 

u 

170  00 

170  00 

1 

a 

172  68 

172  68 

1 

a 

230  94 

230  94. 

6 

u 

47  25 

42 

1,750  40 

Ts 

iugar  Refinery, 

2,367  15 

2,367  15 

i 

tt                 a 

3,442  26 

3,442  26 

1  Rolling  Mill, 

793  92 

793  92 

1 

a            u 

1,716  36 

1,716  36 

1  Grist  Mill, 

413  75 

413  75 

1  Mill, 

108  00 

108  00 

1 

(i 

132  60 

132  60 

1 

u 

194  94 

194  94 

1 

a 

315  98 

315  98 

1 

a 

604  48 

604  48 

1 

u 

680  76 

680  76 

1  Forge, 

596  04 

596  04 

12 

Amount  carrie 

d  forward, 

11,366  24 

242,494  97 

46 

APPENDIX. 

Amount  brought  forward, 

$242,494  97 

2  Engines, 

$7  68 

$15 

36 

4 

a 

7  83 

31 

32 

1 

u 

12  00 

12 

00 

1 

u 

14  28 

14 

28 

1 

a 

15  00 

15 

00 

1 

it 

22  08 

22 

08 

1 

(i 

48  00 

48 

00 

1 

u 

75  24 

75 

24 

1 

u 

102  30 

102 

30 

1 

a 

108  06 

108 

06 

1 

a 

114  50 

114 

50 

1 

a 

126  66 

126 

66 

1 

i( 

135  12 

135 

12 

1 

u 

117  24 

117 

24 

1- 

a 

175  56 

175 

56 

1 

a 

188  04 

188 

04 

1 

»     « 

1,904  82 

1,904 

82 

21 

3,205  58 

18  Printing  Offices,           6  00 

108  00 

14 

«  '               £ 

<                9  00 

126 

00 

2 

a                 < 

12  00 

24 

00 

3 

it                         I 

<              13  00 

39 

00 

2 

U                         l 

<              17  00 

34 

00 

1 

U                       l 

<              20  00 

20 

00 

3 

U                         I 

<             21  00 

63 

00 

1 

a                ( 

<              25  00 

25 

00 

1 

U                         i 

<             28  00 

28 

00 

2 

U                         i 

7 

00 

47 

474  00 

"I 

Distillery, 

51  90 

51 

90 

1 

u 

144  80 

144 

80 

1 

(C 

175  84 

175 

84 

1 

Amounts  c 

204  24 

irried  forward. 

204 

24 

4 

$576 

78  $246,174  55 

APPENDIX.  47 


4       Amounts  brought  forward, 

$576 

78  $246,174  55 

1  Distillery, 

$278   76 

278 

76 

1         " 

417  20 

417 

20 

1         « 

436  24 

436 

24 

1 

514  00 

514 

00 

1 

721  50 

721 

50 

1  Brewery, 

11  00 

11 

00 

1         « 

12  00 

12 

00 

5 

15  00 

75 

00 

1 

25  00 

25 

00 

1 

31  30 

31 

30 

1 

903  73 

903 

73 

19 

4,002  51 

2  Bacon  Works, 

15  00 

30 

00 

\            (l                  u 

25  00 

25 

00 

3 

55  00 

2  Bleacheries, 

9  00 

18 

00 

1 

10  00 

10 

00 

i— i 

19  00 

19 

00 

1             " 

6 

75 

1  Laundry, 

26  25 

26 

25 

1  Pottery, 

30  00 

30 

00 

7 

110  00 

54  Bakeries, 

6  00 

324 

00 

■   6 

9  00 

54 

00 

3 

12 

33 

63 

390  33 

1  Bakery  and  Engine,  15  00 

15 

00 

1           11                           u 

43  64 

43 

64 

1       "                 « 

55  00 

55 

00 

3 

113  64 

7  Ship  Yards, 

15  00 

105 

00 

J      u           « 

11  25 

ied  forward, 

11 

25 

8       Amounts  car? 

$116  25  $250,846  03 

48 


APPENDIX. 

• 

8 

AmounU 

■  brou 

ght  forward, 

$116  25  $250,846  03 

2  Dry  Docks 

j 

$15  00 

30  00 

1 

a            u 

53  18 

53  18 

1 

u            u 

80  57 

80  57 

~12 

280  00 

714  Hose, 

3  00 

2,142  00 

2 

a 

5  00 

10  00 

4 

a 

10  00 

40  00 

720 

2,192  00 

13  Fountains, 

3  00 

39  00 

6 

(C 

5  00 

30  00 

7 

u 

6  00 

42  00 

2 

u 

7  81 

15  62 

1 

a 

8  00 

8  00 

2 

a 

9  00 

18  00 

1 

u 

12  00 

12  00 

1 

(C 

15  00 

15  00 

33 

179  62 

1  Packing  H 

ouse, 

9  00 

9  00 

1 

a 

a 

10  00 

10  00 

1 

a 

a 

30  00 

30  00 

1 

a 

ic 

35  00 

35  00 

4 

84  00 

1  Railroad  Co., 

195  00 

195  00 

1 

a 

u 

504  02 

504  02 

1 

a 

(C 

844  46 

844  46 

1 

a 

a 

876  66 

876  66 

1 

a 

u 

1,039  68 

1,039  68 

1 

a 

a 

1,120  26 

1,120  26 

1 

u 

a 

1,663  38 

1,663  38 

1 

a 

a 

2,438  22 

2,438  22 

8 

Am,ount 

cam 

led  forward, 

8,681  68 

— 

$262,263  33 

APPENDIX. 

49 

1 

Amount  broug 
Chelsea  Ferry 

lit  forward, 

$262,263  33 

1 

Co., 
East  Boston 

$1,239   74 

$1,239 

74 

Ferry  Co. 

,      691  94 

691 

94 

1 

People's  Ferry 
Co. 

,      780  48 

780 

48 

3 

2,712  16 

1 

Canard  Steams' 

hip 

Co. 

,      700  00 

700 

00 

1 

Steamboat, 

26  25 

26 

25 

1 

a 

30  00 

30 

00 

1 

a 

31  64 

31 

64 

1 

a 

41  80 

41 

80 

1 

ii 

42  42 

42 

42 

1 

a 

54  60 

54 

60 

1 

ii 

66  18 

66 

18 

1 

ii 

67  50 

.    67 

50 

1 

ii 

72  21 

72 

21 

1 

ii 

92  56 

92 

56 

1 

a 

108  60 

108 

60 

1 

a 

110  00 

110 

00 

1 

a 

112  80 

112 

80 

1 

a 

113  97 

113 

97 

1 

a 

127  75 

127 

75 

1 

a 

128  80 

128 

80 

1 

a 

130  52 

130 

52 

1 

a 

131  04 

131 

04 

1 

a 

133  54 

133 

54 

1 

a 

160  00 

160 

00 

1 

a 

165  00 

165 

00 

2 

a 

168  70 

337 

40 

1 

a 

192  56 

192 

56 

1 

202  50 

Amounts  carried  forward, 

7 

202 

50 

26 

$3,379 

64  $264,975  49 

50 

APPENDIX. 

26       Amounts  orought  forward, 

$3,379 

64  $264,975  49 

1   Steamboat, 

$212 

44 

212 

44 

1 

227 

80 

227 

80 

1              « 

416 

74 

416 

74 

1 

629 

09 

629 

09 

30 

4,865  71 

1  Latin  School, 

16 

00 

16 

00 

1  English  High  School, 

16 

00 

16 

00 

1  Normal  School, 

16 

00 

16 

00 

19  Grammar  Schools, 

16 

00 

304 

00 

190  Primary  Schools, 

6 

00 

1,140 

00 

3       "               " 

11 

00 

33 

00 

13  Engine  Houses, 

16 

00 

208 

00 

5  Hose  Carriage 

Houses, 

16 

00 

80 

00 

3  Hook  and  Ladder 

Houses, 

16 

00 

48 

00 

6  Police  Station  Houses,  11 

00 

66 

00 

2         a               u             a 

16 

00 

32 

00 

1  City  Stable,  (Harrison 

Avenue,) 

77 

50 

77 

50 

.  1  City  Stable,  (Commerr 

cial  street,) 

27 

50 

27 

50 

5  Fire  Alarm  Moters, 

6 

00 

30 

00 

1      u           it                u 

15 

00 

15 

00 

1  Court  House, 

95 

00 

95 

00 

1  City  Hall, 

50 

00 

50 

00 

1  Faneuil  Hall, 

46 

00 

46 

00 

1  City  Building, 

37 

50 

37 

50 

1  Probate  Office, 

10 

00 

10 

00 

1  Office  at  City  Scales 

h      9 

00 

9 

00 

1  Dead  House, 

9 

00 

9 

00 

1  Public  Library, 

6 

00 

6 

00 

1  House  of  Correctior 

i,436  22 
forward, 

436 

$2,807 

22 

261          Amounts  carried 

72  $269,841  20 

APPENDIX.  51 

261       Amounts  brought  forward,  $2,807  72  $269,841  20 

1  Lunatic  Hospital,     $225  00  225  00 

1  House  of  Reformation,  50  00  50  00 
1  Faneuil  Hall  Market 

(for  Urinals,  &c.,)  70  00  70  00 

1  Street  Sprinkling,       400  00  400  00 

1  Offal  Station,              150  00  150  00 
1  Common  Sewer  (for 

making  Mortar,  &c.,)   75  00  75  00 


267  3,777  72 

Proprietors  of  Boston 

Traveller,  516  23  516  23 

Mass.  State  Prison,     349  26  349  26 

Mill  Dam  Co.,  300  00  300  00 

Boston  Gas  Light  Co.,  374  62  374  62 

SouthBostonGasCo.,  122  60  122  60 

East  Boston  Gas  Co.,  94  00  94  00 

Brookline  Gas  Co.,       30  00  30  00 

Contractors  for  sup- 
plying shipping,  4,387  30         4,387  30 
Street  Waterers 

(inRoxbury,)  100  00 
Building  Purposes,  1,085  05 
Proving  Pipes,  31  95 

Mechanics'  Fair,  24  51 


100 

00 

1,085 

05 

31 

95 

24 

51 

7,415 

52 

$281,034  44 

Respectfully  submitted, 

WILLIAM  F.  DAYIS, 

Water  Registrar. 


PUBLIC   LIBRARY 

or  THB 

CITY     OF     BOSTON. 


ABBREVIATED    REGULATIONS. 

One  volume  can  be  taken  at  a  time  from  the 
Lower  Hall,  and  one  from  the  Bates  Hall. 
Books  can  be  kept  out  14  clays. 

A  fine  of  2  cents  for  each  volume  will  be 
incurred  for  each  day  a  book  is  detained  more 
than  14  days. 

Any  book  detained  more  than  a  week  be- 
yond the  time  limited,  will  be  sent  for  at  the 
expense  of  the  delinquent. 

No  book  is  to  be  lent  out  of  the  household 
of  the  borrower. 

The  Library  hours  for  the  delivery  and  re- 
turn of  books  are  from  10  o'clock,  A.  M.,  to 
8  o'clock,  P.  M.,  in  the  Lower  Hall;  and  from 
10  o'clock,  A.  M.,  until  one  half  hour  before 
sunset  in  the  Bates  Hall. 

Every  book  must,  under  penalty  of  one  dol- 
lar, be  returned  to  the  Library  at  such  time 
in  August  as  shall  be  publicly  announced. 

The  card  must  be  presented  whenever  a 
book  is  returned.  For  renewing  a  book  the 
card  must  be  presented,  together  with  the 
book,  or  with  the  shelf-numbers  of  the  book.