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'ity Document. — No. 88.
CITY OF BOSTON.
REPORT
COCHITUATE "WATER BOARD
CITY COUNCIL OP BOSTON.
YEAR ENDING APRIL 30; 1875.
CITY OF BOSTON.
In compliance with the provisions of the City Ordinance
the Cochituate Water Board respectfully submits its annual
report for the year ending April 30th, 1875, together with
the report of the Clerk of the Board, the City Engineer, the
"Water Registrar, and the Superintendents of the Eastern
and Western Divisions. To these reports the Board would
refer the City Council for all detailed statements relating to
the condition and progress of the works during the year.
The Board has the pleasure of reporting the works in ex-
cellent condition, with the exception of the conduit, which,
however, is apparently in no worse condition than last year.
The water has been drawn off twice during the year, and
such examinations and repairs made as the limited time
would allow.
The question of a further supply of water from the
Sudbury river, which has been advocated by this Board dur-
ing the past four years, has at last been settled by the action
of the City Council at the very close of the municipal year.
Owing to this delay the whole of last season and the early
part of the present one has been lost, and nothing has been
done towards obtainiug an additional supply of water, with
the exception of the construction of the rock tunnel through
the Chestnut-Hill ridge. Immediately upon the passage of
the order authorizing the Board to take the Sudbury river,
the old sluiceway between the river and Farm pond, and
between Farm pond and Lake Cochituate, was put in order,
and the water from the river turned into the lake, and the
Board hope with this additional supply to keep the lake at
4 City Document. — No. 88.
high-water mark throughout the year. During the months
of June and July of the present year a fourth pipe (40 in.
diam.) will be laid across Charles river, enabling the present
conduit to deliver into the reservoir from one to two millions
of gallons more per diem than it can at the present time.
This, when completed, will make four pipes across the
river, connecting the two parts of the conduit, viz. : two
of 30 inches, one of 36 inches, and one of 40 inches in
diameter. It is thought that with the addition of this 40-inch
pipe, a supply of water can be brought to Chestnut-Hill
reservoir sufficient to supply the city until the new works
are completed.
The year opened with a full lake, which high point was
maintained remarkably well during the spring and early
summer months, but the extreme drought during July,
August and September made it apparent that the supply for
the city would fail unless it could be augmented from some
source.
In October application was made to the Mystic Water
Board for assistance, which was granted, and that water was
turned into the Cochituate pipes ; 57,000,000 gallons having
been furnished, Mystic Lake became so greatly reduced that
it was feared that a sufficiently large supply of water for its
own legitimate purposes would not be left, should the drought
continue.
During the winter every effort was made to check the
waste and extravagant use of water by the citizens, by means
of notices issued in the public papers, and by causing self-
closing fixtures to be put on in all places where the waste was
most apparent. During the month of October it became
evident that pumping at the lake would have to be resorted
to, the water having fallen below the top of the conduit.
The pumps and engines that had been used in 1871-72,
having been carefully housed, were ordered to be put in
readiness for use. They were set upon the platforms that
Report of the Water. Board. 5
had been used in 1871-72, and pumping was begun on
December 4th, 1874, the water at that time being at the
height of 4 feet 8 inches in the conduit, from which point it
continued to fall until January 30th, 1875, when it was 9|-
inches below the bottom of the conduit, — the lowest level of
the lake since its first use as a source of supply for Bos-
ton.
The sluiceway was opened and the water from Sudbury
river turned into the lake", January 21st, 1875, but pumping
was continued until March 4th, 1875.
From January 21st until May 1st, over 1,300,000,000
gallons were diverted from the river into the lake, equal to
about 72 days' supply for the city, and during this time none
had been wasted by running over the dam.
The total income received for water rates
(including the amount received for shutting
off and letting on water for non-payment of
rates) , for the year ending April 30, 1875, as •
per report of the Water Registrar, is . . $1,005,117 10
Less amount paid Mystic Water Board as
per contract . . . . . . 71,497 51
Balance $933,619 59
Showing an increase of income over the
previous year, of .... $98,686 62
The total amount credited to Water Works
by the City Treasurer for the year ending
with April 30, 1875, is .... $1,013,48327
The total amount charged to Water Works
for the year ending with April 30, 1875, is
as follows, viz. : —
Amount carried forward, $1,013,483 27
6 City Document. — No. 88.
Amount brought forward, $1,013,483 27
To current expenses . 462,876 65
To interest and premium on
water debt . . . 540,858 77 1,003,735 42
Excess of income over expenditures . $9,747 85
The amount expended for construction
during the past year was . . . $321,975 21
Amount expended on account of Parker-
Hill reservoir 106,106 23
Amount expended on account of additional
supply 224,956 68
Amount expended on account of water-
pipes, Wards 17 and 19 ... . 2,388 59
$655,426 71
Less amount of income over expenditures 9,747 85
$645,678 86
Add cost of works to May 1, 1874, as
per previous report ..... 10,141,060 33
Net cost of water works to May 1, 1875 $10,786,739 19
Owing to the imperfect system of keeping the books, the
expense and construction accounts have not been properly
separated, much that should have been charged to con-
struction account having been charged to expense
account.
This system has been changed, and in future the two
accounts will show more correctly.
From this statement it will be seen that the works have
earned $9,747.85 during the past year, after paying for
Mystic water for the City Proper, $7,652.19 ; over $10,000
Keport of the Water Board. 7
for pumping water at the lake, and fully $20,000 for thawing
out service pipes and replacing main pipes that were burst
by the extreme cold of the past winter.
Notwithstanding the large amount added to the cost of the
works (fully one-third being for additional supply) , the in-
creased receipts compare very favorably with the increased
expenditure for interest and premium, as, leaving out of
account the amount expended on the Chestnut-Hill tunnel
and expenses of surveying, the two accounts would just
about balance each other.
EASTERN DIVISION.
This division is in charge of Mr. E. E. Jones, and em-
braces all that part of the work lying east of the Brookline
reservoir.
Owing to the extreme cold of the past winter the work of
the Superintendent has been much more laborious than usual.
A large number of main and service pipes were frozen, over
13,000 feet of main pipe (some as large as 20 inches in
diameter), and over 1,000 service pipes having been frozen
solid, and, although a large force of men was employed day
and night, many consumers were without water for weeks.
During the past year about 23 1 miles of pipe have been
laid as follows : —
185 feet, 36-inch; 109 feet, 30-inch; 8,294 feet, 24-inch;
11,531 feet, 20-inch; 2,718 feet,16-inch; 48,934 feet, 12-
inch; 680 feet, 9-inch ; 17,364 feet, 8-inch; 33,424 feet,
6-inch; and 1,111 feet, 4-inch.
During the same period 358 stopcocks were put in.
The total length of pipe laid from the beginning of the
works until May 1, 1875, was 285 miles 4,016 feet, the
total number of stop-cocks 3,125, and hydrants up to the
same date, 3,246.
8 ' City Document. — No. 88.
The number of service-pipes laid during the year was
1,245, making a total to May 1st, 1875, of 40,088. All the
gates and stop-valves used during the year, up to the size of
12 inches, have been made at the Federal-street shop, and
preparations are being made for the construction there of
gates of a larger size.
The work of enlarging the distribution pipes throughout
the "burnt district" and other portions of the city has
been nearly completed, so that very little pipe-laying
will be called for, for some years, in the old part of the
city; but much remains to be done in Wards 13, 14, 15
and 16, and in Wards 17 and 19 nothing has been done as
yet; but an appropriation of $300,000 having been granted
in December last, for extending the pipe service in these
two wards, the work will be prosecuted with vigor during the
present season, and it is probable that they will be supplied,
to some extent, during the present year.
This continued extension of main and service pipes over
so large a territory greatly increases the duties of the
Superintendent of the Eastern Division and all of his
subordinates ; and, being so far from the centre of supply,
makes it much more expensive to carry it on, as all the
material must be carted from the Federal-street or Albany-
street yards.
During the early spring serious complaints came pouring
in from all parts of East Boston of the impurity of the
water furnished the citizens hj the Mystic Works, and the
Board felt constrained to change the supply from the MystiG
to the Cochituate . This change was effected April 2 1 , and since
that time the citizens of East Boston have been supplied en-
tirely by the Cochituate Works, though, under the contract
made with Charlestown in 1869, the Mystic Water Board is
receiving its • pay, just as though it was supplying the water
as usual.
Keport of the Water Board.
THE CITY RESERVOIRS.
Of the three low-service reservoirs, that in East Boston is
the only one which will be needed for the future. The one at
South Boston has been very little used for some years, and
with two lines of low-service pipes, each 20-inch, and one of
12-inch for the high-service, it seems scarcely possible that
it will be required again. The Board would therefore
recommend that it be taken from their charge. In respect
to the Beacon-Hill reservoir, it is the recommendation of
the Board that it be sold as early as practicable, it having
ceased to be useful since the completion of the high-service
reservoir on Parker Hill.
This last reservoir was completed and the water let into it,
November 2d, 1874, and is intended for the high-service only,
Its capacity is about 7,000,000 gallons, and its elevation
about 219 feet above tide marsh levei. It has been in con-
stant use during the winter and spring and proved to be
perfectly tight, reflecting much credit upon the contractors
Messrs. Tarbell and Hayes, who have executed their work in
a very satisfactory manner.
The total cost of the reservoir, including gate-house and
fence, but exclusive of the cost of the land, which has not
yet been settled, is $138,797.01. •
THE WESTERN DIVISION.
The Western Division comprises all that part of the
works lying west of the gate-house of the Brookliue reservoir,
and is under the charge of Mr. Desmond FitzGeralcl. All
the works belonging to this division are in good condition,
with the exception of the dwelling-house occupied by the
attendant who has the care of the lake and surroundings. It
was the intention of the Board to have built a new house
10 City Document. — No. 88.
during the last year, and an appropriation for that purpose
was asked for and granted ; but upon further consideration it
was thought better to await the action of the City Council
on the question of a further supply of water. It will be
necessary, however, during the present season to make some
repairs on the old house ; but it is not deemed advisable at
present to erect a new one, as the building of the new works
will probably necessitate a change of locality for the
house.
The duties of the Superintendent of this division have
been considerably increased, during the past winter, in con-
sequence of the continued pumping, day and night, for about
three months, a detailed account of which, together with
much other valuable information, will be found in his report.
THE DISTRIBUTING RESERVOIRS.
The Chestnut-Hill reservoir is iu a very satisfactory con-
dition. The level is 1.37 inches higher than at this time last
year ; the roadway has been covered in the best manner with
broken stones during the past season, and it is hoped that
the expense of repairs will be considerably lessened in the
future.
The Brookline reservoir needs a thorough cleaning, but as
it will be a work of some weeks, during which the water must
be drawn off, it cannot be done safely until another pipe for
supplying the city can be laid from the Chestnut-Hill
reservoir, — there being only one pipe at present, a break oc-
curring in which while the Brookline reservoir was empty
would deprive the city of water.
This second main will be necessary very soon, and would
have been recommended this year had not so much work, that
seemed more pressing, been called for.
Eepoet of the "Water Board. 11
NECESSITY OF LEGISLATION TO MAINTAIN THE PURITY OF
WATER.
There is a growing feeling in that portion of the com-
munity that has been called upon to consider the matter,
that further legislation is needed to enable cities and towns
to protect the purity of waters used for domestic purposes.
As most of our cities and many of the the principal towns
of the State are supplying themselves with public Water
Works, it seems absolutely necessary that some measures
should be taken to prevent the 'pollution of the water-courses
of the State by sewage.
As the case now stands, a city or town gets permission and
proceeds to erect Water Works, with very little thought of
future sewerage ; but as it becomes necessary to dispose of
the increased amount of water used, it is emptied into the
nearest brook or river, to be pumped up and used by some
neighboring city or town for domestic purposes. Heretofore,
in this State, water has been principally used for manufac-"
turing purposes, which use legislation has been shaped to
encourage. Now, its use for domestic purposes has become
of great importance, and new legislation is required. The
experience of the past year, in endeavoring to obtain an act
for diverting Pegan Brook from Lake Cochituate, shows that
the question has not yet fully impressed itself upon the minds
of those not directly affected.
It is hoped that another year will not be allowed to pass
without some measures being taken with a view of protecting
all the water-courses of the State.
12 City Document. — No. 88.
WATER REGISTRAR'S DEPARTMENT.
By reference to the report of the "Water Registrar it will
be seen that the number of water-takers for the year 1875 is
44,676, being an increase of 2,331 since January 1st,
1874.
The number of cases where the water was turned off for
non-payment of dues during the year ending January 1st,
1875, was 1,112, of which number 231 still remain shut off,
the balance having had the water turned on upon payment of
dues. The total number of meters now in use is 1,092.
The daily average consumption of water from January 1st,
1874, to January 1st, 1875, was 18,231,590 gallons, against
17,842,700 during the previous year. Thus while the number
of consumers increased during the past year 2,331, against
1,567 for the previous year, the amount consumed has increased
but 388,890 gallons per day, against 2, 779, 300 for the previous
year, showing a much greater percentage of increase of
consumers than of the amount consumed, resulting princi-
pally from the new style of fixtures that have been placed
upon hopper closets and urinals throughout the city. This
saving could be considerably increased by placing self-
closing faucets upon many other fixtures used in private
dwellings.
The number of water-fixtures of all kinds on the premises
of water-takers January 1st, 1875, was 186,874, showing an
increase of 16,593 during the year.
Under the present ordinance the Water Board has no con-
trol over the water rate's, with the exception of some
discretionary power in the charges for hand hose and other
trifling matters. The ordinances have been changed during
the past year, giving the Board authority to charge extra for
hopper closets and urinals, unless provided with self-closing
fixtures , and discretionary power over the charges for hand
hose. This is well so far as it goes, but the Board, having
Report of the Water Board. 13
charge of the Water Works, should have full authority over
the rates, and also over the fixtures that are put into the
premises of water-takers. This can be accomplished only
by some act compelling all plumbers to be licensed, which
would cause no hardship to anyone, but would simply enable
the Water Board to keep itself informed of any changes
being made upon the premises of water-takers. Under the
present system changes can be made without being reported
to the Water Registrar, and discovered only by a visit of the
inspector.
THOS. GOGIN, President.
EDW'D A. WHITE,
L. MILES STANDISH,
CHAS. J. PRESCOTT,
CHAS. R. McLEAN,
WM. G. THACHER,
AMOS L. NOYES. '
REPORT OF THE CLERK.
Office of the Cochituate Water Board,
Boston, May 1, 1875.
Thomas Gogin, Esq.,
President of the Cochituate Water Board: —
Sir, — The following is a statement of the expenditures
and receipts of this department for the year commencing
May 1, 1874, and ending April 30, 1875: —
EXPENDITURES.
Carting $530 00
Damage ....
504 82
Advertising .
251 41
Stable
4,944 6Q
Taxes .....
453 96
Tools
7,395 77
Travelling expenses of the Board .
157 50
Fountains ....
1,475 87
Postage and express
31 85
Aqueduct repairs ....
2,392 95
Printing for all departments -
2,016 25
Eastern avenue wharf (rent and salary of agent)
2,999 97
Telegraph, repairing instruments and wire
164 25
Stationery for all departments
308 81
Salaries ......
21,346 93
Shutting off and letting on water for repairs .
13,184 31
Inspectors .......
8,001 05
Amount carried forward,
$66,160 36
16
City Document. — No. 88.
Amount brought forward ,
eet) .
including $7,652.19
by the Mystic Water
Upper yard (Albany sti
Miscellaneous expenses
for water furnished
Board
Lake Cochituate
Maintaining meters
Meters .
Hydrant and stopcock boxes
Blacksmith shop .
Main pipe
Laying main pipe .
Service pipe .
Proving yard
High-service
Chestnut Hill reservoir
Beacon " "
East Boston "
South Boston "
Brookline "
Repairing stopcocks
Stopcocks
Repairing hydrants
Hydrants
Repairing main pipe
" service pipe
" streets .
Wages, laying main pipe
" " service pipe
" blacksmith shop
" proving yard .
" high-service
Laying service pipe
Pumping works at Lake Cochituate
Amount carried forward,
,160 36
10,467 45
10,433 84
2,203 21
1,685 50
3,685 74
4,593 89
209 59
256,123 77
38,972 13
12,759 68
1,475 28
12,672 43
16,819 26
813 59
618 38
274 15
1,104 27
50p 97
23,653 42
6,783 16
43,219 85
17,879 19
. 17,728 93
14,677 25
68,355 58
11,739 56
1,840 13
9,098 30
4,688 87
4,451 65
11,388 55
$677,172 93
Report of the Water Board.
17
Amount brought forward, $677,172 93
High-service, South Boston ..... 1,028 04
Wards 13 to 16, and Extension to Wards 17
, and 19 104,250 89
Chestnut Hill driveway ..... 13,096 13
Parker Hill reservoir 106,106 23
Water pipes, Wards 17 and 19 2,388 59
Additional supply of water .... 224,956 68
Total amount drawn for by Water Board $1,128,999 49
And which is charged as follows : —
To Water Works . . $678,200 97
" Chestnut Hill driveway . 13,096 13
" Wards 13 to 16, and Ex-
tension to Wards 17 and
19 . . . . 104,250 89
» Parker Hill reservoir . 106,106 23
" Water pipes, Wards 17
. and 19 . . . 2,388 59
" additional supply of
water . . . 224,956 68
$1,128,999 49
Amount charged to Water Works . : $1,115,903 36
receipts.
Fire Department, for use of hy-
drants $36,024 00
Fire and elevator pipes, repairs,
etc. . . . • • 37,923 66
Amounts carried forward, $73,947 66
2
18 City Document. — No. 88.
Amounts brought forward, $73,947 66 $1,115,903 36
Off and on water . . . 2,455 00
Fines 324 00
Sale of old material . . . 1,708 97
Kent of part of E. ave. wharf . 300 00
Sale of hay at reservoirs .- 343 80
Rent of land .... 91 00
Three months' rent of house, No.
7 Waverly place . . ._ _ 186 00
Sale of horse at Lake Cochitu-
ate 50 00
Sale of clay mill at Chestnut Hill
reservoir .... 25 00
79,431 43
Net amount to Water Works . . $1,036,471 93
Amount drawn for the Water Works, not in-
cluding Chestnut Hill driveway, additional
supply of water, Parker Hill reservoir,
Wards 13 to 16, and extension to Wards
17 and 19, or Water pipes, Wards 17 and
19 . . . . . . . $678,200 97
EXTENSION OF THE WORKS.
Main pipe, laying, etc. . . $181,990 74
Hydrants and stopcocks and
boxes . . . 35,733 58
$217,724 32
Amount of expenses from April
30, 1874, to May 1, 1875 . . . $460,476 65
Report or the Water Board. 19
Expenditures and Receipts on account of the Water Works
to May 1, 1875.
Amount drawn by Commissioners . . $4,043,718 21
" Water Board in 1850 . 366,163 89
" " " Cochituate Water Board
from January 1, 1851, to May 1, 1874 . 7,874,427 92
Amount drawn from April 30, 1874, to May
1, 1875, for Water Works . . , 1,115,903 36
$13,400,213 38
Amount paid the City Treas-
urer by Commissioners . $47,648 38
Amount paid by the Water
Board, 1850 . . . 8,153 52
Amount paid by Cochituate
Water Board to May 1, 1874 434,330 87
Amount paid from April 30,
1874 to May 1, 1875 . . 79,431 43
569,564 20
Net amount drawn from Treasurer . $12,830,649 18
Gross payments (including interest, pre-
miums, etc.) for account of the Water
Works to May 1, 1874 . $22,743,169,99
Gross payments from April
30, 1874, to May 1, 1875 1,659,162,13
24,402,332 12
Gross receipts to May 1,
1874 .... $12,602,109 6Q
Amounts carried forward, $12,602,109 66 $24,402,332 12
20 City Document. — No. 88.
Amounts brought forward, $12,602,109 66 $24,402,332 12
Gross receipts from April
30, 1874 to
Mayl,1875 1,084,980 78
Less amount
paid Mystic
Water Board
for supplying
East Boston,
as per contract 71,497 51
1,013,483 27
$13,615,592 93
Net cost to May 1, 1875 . . . $10,786,739 19
Eespectfully submitted,
W. E. SWAN,
Clerk of the Cochituate Water Board.
REPORT OP THE CITY ENGINEER.
Office of City Engineer, City Hall,
Boston, May 1st, 1875.
Thomas Gogin, Esq.,
President of the Gochituate Water Board : —
Sir, — In compliance with the ordinance relating to the City
Engineer's Department, the following report is respectfully
submitted : —
SUDBURY RIVER AND LAKE COCHITUATE.
The Sudbury river has not been made of service in main-
taining the supply during 1874, as authority to take its
waters had not been granted by the City Council at the close
of the year. The entire supply (with the exception of about
57,000,000 gallons from the Mystic works) has therefore
been obtained from Lake Cochituate.
The monthly average heights of the water surface of the
lake, above the bottom of the conduit, will be found in the
table on page 45.
On Jan. 1st, 1874, the water in Lake Cochituate stood 9
feet 8|- inches above the bottom of the conduit. January
29th it had risen to 12 feet 6| inches ; and from that date it
was allowed to waste over the dam, until February 14th,
when it stood at 12 feet ?>\ inches.
During March, April, May and June, it was kept at" very
near high-water mark.
Waste has been allowed during the following intervals : —
From January 29th to February 14th ; from February
22d to March 3d ; from April 23d to May 6th ; from May
22 City Document. — No. 88.
16th to May 28th ; and from June 6th to June 10th. The
total waste over the clam for the year has been 1,145,852,000
gallons, equal to an average daily supply of 3,139,320
gallons.
June 2 2d the water stood at high- water mark, and since
that time it has gradually fallen, standing, September 1st, 10
feet 2| inches ; November 1st, 6 feet 4^ inches ; and on
December 31st, 2 feet 2\ inches above the bottom of the
conduit.
In September a severe drought began, which lasted till
February of this year. Early in November it became evident
that it would soon be necessary to resort to pumping water
from the lake, in order to keep up a sufficient supply to the
conduit, and on the 11th of that month the Water Board
ordered the pumps and engines to be put in readiness for
operation at as early a day as practicable. At this time, and
during November and a portion of December, the Mystic
works were supplying the city proper with from two to two
and a half million gallons per clay, which, as the consumption
for those months was much below the average, enabled the
conduit, though running but partially full, to slowly increase
the depth of water in Chestnut Hill reservoir.
December 3d the water was drawn from the conduit, to
allow stop-planks to be put in at the gate-house. On the
evening of that clay the pumps were started-, and were kept
in constant operation, — with short stoppages for repairs, —
till March 3d, 1875. From January 21st till February 10th
the water surface was drawn below the conduit bottom,
reaching the lowest point (9| inches below) Jan. 30th. On
May 1st of this year the lake stands at 12 feet 4 inches ;
1,303,600,000 gallons from the Sudbury river having been
turned into it since January 21st.
Both Dug and Dudley ponds have been drawn down to
low-water mark. Dug pond was full in July, and on the last
day of that month was emptied by the Water Commissioners
Report of the "Water Board. 23
of Natick, to facilitate the construction of the pump well and
engine foundations for the town works. Dudley poud, which
has a small drainage area compared with its storage capacity,
had only filled to within 4 feet of high-water.
The town of Natick has erected pumping works, and taken
a supply for public use from Dug poud during the past year.
As this pond is a tributary of Lake Cochituate, and has been
used as a storage-basin (capacity 150,000,000 gallons), the
supply for Boston will be somewhat diminished ; but this is a
matter of small consequence compared with the injury to the
quality of the supply that will be caused by a sewerage sys-
tem for the town, which is likely to be built when the use of
water from the town works becomes general.
This subject has been reported upon (City Doc. No. 85,
Appendix A) , and various methods of diverting the sewage
from the lake have been suggested.
Application was made to the Legislature, during the present
session, for authority to divert Pegan brook (the natural
outlet to a large portion of the sewerage of Natick) into
Charles river, and, upon the refusal to grant this authority, a
bill was introduced to divert it into Sudbury river, which has
been referred to the next Legislature.
Conduit. — A thorough examination of the interior of the
conduit was made December 3d, by Mr. Wightman and Mr.
Cunningham, the latter passing through from the lake to
Charles river ; and the former from the river to the ventilator
near Newton tunnel.
It was found to be in about the same condition as at the
time of the previous examination, April 14th. The springs
spoken of in the last report to the Water Board, found within
1,500 feet of the lake, seem to have increased somewhat in
strength and volume of flow. During the time the water was
drawn ofl", they brought in large quantities of fine sand. An
attempt was made to stop their flow, but it met with little or
no success. To make proper repairs in this portion of the
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conduit, considerable time will be required, as short sections
must be dammed off, and the water kept down by bailing or
pumping.
The following table, extracted from Mr. Cunningham's
report, gives a detailed statement of the condition of the con-
duit from the lake to the syphon chamber on the west bank
of Charles river.
Measurements
of Conduits.
Station.
Remarks.
Height.
Width.
Gate House.
Entered at 8.50 a.m.
0.50
Sand 4 in. deep.
1.50
Springs on right running into conduit.
2.00
Large spring hringingin sand ; probe passed
easily through joint at this place, 2 feet
deep into spaces. Cut 26 ft. deep.
7.25
6.03
5.17
Hole in bottom ; probed 4 in. ; cutting 24 ft.
7.20
Crack top and bottom.
7.30
6.03
5.22
Two cracks in top from 7.10.
7.50
End of crack in top.
8.05
6.20
5.04
10.12
Sponge growth bottom and sides .
17.50
Large spring in bottom. Cutting 12 ft. deep.
17.70
6.30
4.94
Bottom below grade.
20.50
Loose brick in bottom at manhole.
20.25
One inch sand in bottom.
66.10
Spring enters on right. Cutting 37 ft. deep.
71.40
6.22
5.12
71.60
6.28
5.02
71.72
Large springs in several places. Cutting
27 feet deep.
73.65
6.13
5.12
Large springs at left. Cutting 14 ft. deep.
88.
Slight springs at right. Cutting 18 ft. deep.
96.80
Spring in bottom. Cutting 16 ft. deep.
97.80
Sand in bottom, brought in from springs
above.
100.
6.32
5.08
Brick out of bottom near Oak-st. crossing
and a manhole.
Eepoet of the Watee Boaed.
25
Station.
121.
122.
134+
141 to 144
142.
147.
150.80
152.
153.
- 154.
154.50
155+20
157.
167.70
168.
168.20
169.
169. to 170.20
170.
171.30 to .65
173.40 to +70
178.
178.65
179.
180.
181.
181.75
to 183.50
Measurements
of Conduit.
Height.
6.31
6.32
6.34
6.31
6.33
6.34
6.33
6.35
6.35
Width.
5.05
5.14
5.04
5.01
5.05
5.08
5.02
5.07
5.00
Remarks.
Spring at left in bottom 21 ft. cut.
Sand in bottom brought in from spring
above.
One in. of sand in bottom. Cutting 21 ft
deep.
Old crack pointed last year has not started.
Sand in bottom.
Sand in bottom.
Old crack top has not started.
Old crack top has not started.
1 Cracks from 154 to
155.20 were pointed
Nov., 1873, and have
Crack at top begins. J- not started.
J Conduit built on top
of 5 feet of embank-
ment.
Arrived at Dedman's Brook, Waste Weir,
11.45 A.M.
Started on at 12.35 p.m.
Old crack unaltered from 156 to 15S.50.
Old crack unaltered.
Old crack in top started a little. Embank-
ment 11 feet high.
Crack top and bottom. Bottom at right,
loose a little at the crack ; bricks may be
sprung by pressure with the foot.
Slight crack, left in top, right in bottom.
Crack top, started again; 5 or 6 feet of
embankment.
Crack top and hot--)
torn I in. wide.
Crack top and bot
torn J in. wide.
Crack top and bot
torn J in. wide.
Crack ends.
-d Crack by manhole.
| Crack § by top and
I bottom.
Embankment 15 ft.
extreme height,
extendingfromSta.
178.50 to 183.50.
Natural surface was
3 or 4 ft. below the
grade line.
There seems to be
no change in these
cracks.
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Measurements
of Conduit.
Station.
Remarks.
Height.
Width.
206.60 to 208.20
Slight crack at top.
207.
6.3
5.04
222.70
Crossing under B. & A. R. R.
240.50 to 241.70
Small crack in top, has been partly pointed ;
no change.
245. to 246.
Old crack, not started; 245 is opposite
Wellesley depot.
247.30
247.50
6.27
5.15
Crack top and bottom-) Embankment opp.
£ in. wide. 1 Wellesley depot,
Crack top and bottom | from 246 to 247.20 ;
J in. wide. J height 9 ft.
247.70
Crack ends.
248.50 to 249.
Crack top and bottom I to \ in. wide.
[ 252.50 to 253.
Crack J in. wide in top'
4J
u m
la
Ss
p 9
254.
255.
255.40
256.
256.20
6.24
6.34
6.27
6.33
5.22
5.07
5.06
unaltered.
Mudin bottom and roots
top and bottom.
Slight crack top and
bottom.
Wide crack in top.
Slight crack in top.
End of crack.
Embankment from
Sta. 251.30 to Sta.
256. SO. Extreme
> height 14 ft. The
* natural surface is
below grade from
Sta. 253.10 to
255.20.
259 to
Slight crack in top.
260.80
Slight crack in top. ♦
272 to
Old crack pointed, and
Embankment (14
ft. extreme height)
from Sta. 271.90 to
275. The natural
274.50
283.50
to 284
has not started.
Old crack unaltered.
An error in numbering
surface below
grade from 271.80
to 274.10. Em-
bankment 5 or 6
ft. high from 275
to 290.
282 in place of 289.
SECOND DIVISION.
13.10
Slight crack top and bottom.
to 13.40
J in. wide at top. Cutting 23 ft. deep.
to 13.50
6.09
5.08
Large spring in bottom, brings in' sand.
to 14.
Crack ends.
16.
Crack top and bottom. (In Grantville.)
to 16.40
17.30
Crack at top. Crosses road to Natick.
Keport of the Water Board.
27
Station.
Measurements
of Conduit.
Height. "Width
17.50
to 18.
to 18.40
18.70
19.
23.50
42.20
49.50
53.
to 53.50
54.
to 54.60
56.70
to 57.
59 to
59.80
63 to
63.80
64.
64.50
76.
77 to
77+30
to 77.60
80.90
to 81.
105.30
107.
107.50
108.
108.50
109.
109.50
6.15
6.21
6.14
6.27
6.19
6.04
6.04
6.07
6.15
6.22
5.13
5.03
5.21
5.12
5.05
5.21
5.24
5.42
5.38
5.21
5.15
Two cracks in top.
Slight crack.
J inch at top.
§ inch at top.
Crack ends.
Cross "Worcester Turnpike. Cutting 25 ft.
deep.
At Sta. 42.20 cutting is 39 ft. deep.
Grantville Waste "Weir; arrived at 3.35,
p. m., left at 3.45, p.m.
{ Crack top and bottom, embankment from
) Sta. 53 to 54.80. Maximum height 13 ft.
Crack in top l-16th in. to J in.
Crack ends.
Slight crack top °J
Slight crack top
Siight crack top
Slight crack top
ends.
Embankment 10 ft. max-
imum height from Sta.
56.10 to 58.50.
"Embankment from 58.50
to 59.80, 11 ft. maximum
height.
J
Slight crack in top.
Slight crack in top.
Slight crack in top l-16th inch.
Slight crack in ends.
Road crossing near school-house.
Slight crack top.
Slight crack top 3 in. wide.
Slight crack, top ends.
Slight crack, top ends.
Slight crack, top ends.
106+20 crosses arched road bridge ; road to
Upper Falls.
Started slightly at top") The very bad crack
and more' at bottom. that was repaired
Started slightly at top in November, 1873,
and more at bottom. J- has started very
Top and bottom start- slightly, showing
ed slightly. a crack in all the
Crack not started. J new pointing.
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Measurements
of Conduits.
Station.
Remarks.
Height.
Width.
110.
6.33
5.01
110.70
Slight crack, more at top.
to 111.
111.20
West pipe chamber Charles river,
out at 4.35 p.m.
came
In the last annual report it was recommended that a gate be
placed in the Grantville waste weir to allow the conduit to be
emptied by sections, and to afford a ready means of stoppingthe
flow of water, should any accident happen near Charles river,
the point where the greatest danger of accident exists.
With authority from the Water Board, Mr. Fitz Gerald,
Superintendent of the Western Division, made changes at
the waste weir during the time the conduit was emptied in
December, which will allow the use of stop-planks at that
point.
It was also recommended, in case the Sudbury river were
used for the next few years to supplement the Cochituate
supply, that a new siphon pipe be laid across Charles river.
Authority to do this work has been given by the City Coun-
cil ; the pipes (40 inches diam.) have been contracted for, and
the work of laying them, and the building of new chambers,
will soon be begun.
LOW-SERVICE RESERVOIRS.
The tables on pages 38, 39 and 40 give the monthly and
yearly average heights above tide-marsh level of the water
in the several reservoirs.
The average height, for the year, of the water in Chestnut
Hill reservoir has been 120.58 feet, or 0.18 foot higher than
in 1873.
Eepokt of the Water Board. 29
The average height, in the Brookline reservoir has been
119.96 feet or 0.05 foot higher than last }rear, and 0.62 foot
less than in Chestnut Hill reservoir.
The Beacon Hill, South Boston and East Boston reser-
voirs, though partially filled with water, have been almost
constantly disconnected from the street pipes for the past
year.
Experiments have been begun at the Beacon Hill reservoir
to determine the amount of the daily and }7early evaporation
from water surfaces, but have not been continued for a suffi-
cient length of time to give definite results.
DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM AND PIPE PLANS.
The work of enlarging the capacity of the pipe distribut-
ing system, which was commenced in the "Burnt District" in
1873, has been continued during the past season, and impor-
tant changes have been made by replacing small pipes by
larger ones, in laying sub-mains or feeders, and in setting
Lowry hydrants, the details of which will be found in Mr.
Jones' report. The new high-service mains for supplying
South Boston and Beacon Hill have been completed, and the
old 30-inch pipe on Tremont street, and the 20-inch pipe
from Dorchester to South Boston, lately used for this pur-
pose, have been returned to their original use as low-service
mains, with a marked improvement in the pressure at the
north and west ends, and in South Boston.
The enlargements and changes that have been made have
very greatly increased the supply for fire purposes ; in fact,
at no time since water was introduced into the city have
the works, in this respect, been in so good a condition as
now.
In June an appropriation was made by the City Council,
for surveying the West Roxbury and Brighton divisions of
the city, with reference to a system of pipe distribution.
The survey of Brighton is finished, and that of West Rox-
30 City Document. — No. 88.
bury nearly so, and the pipe systems for such portions
of those places as can be piped this season have been de-
cided upon.
An appropriation of $200,000 for the pipes and appurte-
nances was made early this season (1875), and the pipes were
at once placed under contract and are now being delivered ;
in fact, the work of laying the low service has begun.
Four new plans, on a scale of 100 feet to an inch, showing
the sizes and location of the pipes in South Boston, have
been made during the past year. We now have the whole
distribution of the city, with the exception of East Boston,
shown on this scale.
A large plan, giving, in skeleton, the distribution of the
entire city, is practically completed. This will be found very
serviceable in showing the relations that the mains and other
portions of the pipe system hold to one another, and as an
aid in fixing upon the diameter and location of pipes in future
extensions.
HIGH-SERVICE RESERVOIRS AND PUMPING WORKS.
Parker Hill Reservoir. — At the time of the last annual
report the work of building a high level reservoir on Park-
er Hill had begun, under a contract with Messrs. Tarbell and
Hayes. On Nov. 2d it was so far completed that water was
let in, and the process of filling commenced. Since that date
it has been in daily use. The work is of very substantial
character, and has been very faithfully carried out, under the
direction of Mr. Wilbur F. Learned, one of the assistant en-
gineers of this department, by Messrs. Tarbell and Hayes,
contractors for the reservoir proper ; Messrs. J. W. Coburn
and Co., contractors for the gate-house, and the Boston Ma-
chine Co., contractors for the gates.
The reservoir will hold 7,200,000 gallons above a plane
2\ feet above the bottom of the outflow pipe. The area of
the water surface, when at high-water mark, is 1.47 acres,
Keport of the Water Board. 31
and its elevation is 219 feet above tide-marsh level. The
elevation of the top of the bank is 222 feet ; of the bottom
of the out-flow and in-flow pipes, 197.50 ; of the sills for the
stop plank, 196.25 ; and of the lower floor of the gate-cham-
ber, 196 feet.
The chamber, gates and pipes have been proportioned and
designed for the use of the reservoir when it shall form part
of a general high-service system for the supply of all the
high lands of the city, as explained in City Doc. No. 38,
1873-
Pumps. — The pumping engines have worked very satis-
factorily during the past year, and are now in good condi-
tion.
The following table shows the total and monthly work done
by the engines during the year, and the quantity of coal con-
sumed in doing it : —
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33
Total. number of revolutions .... 9,790,545
" *? gallons pumped . . . 460,155,615
" amount of coal used, lbs. . . . 1,248,734
" '.' ashes and clinkers, lbs. . . 155,855
Average pressure on force main, lbs. . . 73
" • " " supply " " 35
Pressure used in computing duty on engine, lbs. 38
Approximate duty per pound of coal (no deduction for
clinkers or ashes), 269,387 foot lbs.
COST OF PUMPING.
Salaries .....
. $4,830 25
Fuel
. 3,669 30
Miscellaneous repairs
846 61
Gas
356 40
Small supplies ....
116 56
Total . . .
. $9,819 12
Cost per million gallons raised one foot high, 24.4 cents.
During November and a part of December the reservoir
was filling, which fact accounts, in part, for the large quanti-
ties of water pumped in those months.
The average daily quantity pumped for the year has been
1,260,700 gallons, an increase of 23£ per cent, above the
quantity in 1873.
CONSUMPTION OF WATER.
The table on pp. 41 and 42 gives the average daily consump-
tion of water for each month since 1849. The figures for
1874 give the consumption from the Cochituate works alone ;
the average from these works for the whole year is 18,074,900
gallons daily. During November and December, 57,191,258
gallons were supplied to the city proper, from the Mystic
3
34 City Document. — No. 88.
works, equivalent to an average daily supply of 156,690
gallons for the year. This quantity should be added to that
given above, for comparison with the consumption of previous
years; 18,074,900 + 156,690 = 18,231,590 gallons, or
388,890 gallons (2£ per cent.) in excess of the average for
1874. The greatest consumption was in July, when the v
daily average was 21,386,200 gallons.
The divisions of the city supplied by the Cochituate works
are : Boston proper, South Boston, Dorchester, and the
greater portion of Roxbury. (A small portion of Roxbury is
supplied by the Jamaica pond Aqueduct Co.) Those supplied
from the Mystic works are Charlestown and East Boston.
The West Roxbury and Brighton divisions are not yet pro-
vided with a public supply.
The Jamaica pond works supply from two to three hundred
thousand gallons per day (say 250,000 gallons) to its con-
sumers in Roxbury ; hence the average daily consumption for
the year, in the four first-named divisions of the city, has
been about 18,482,000 gallons.
ADDITIONAL SUPPLY.
A number of reports upon additional supply, with estimates
of cost of various schemes of works for bringing water from
several different sources, have been made and presented to the
City Council during the past year.
The reports of Messrs. Kirkwood, Francis, and Horsford,
upon the quantity and quality of the water to be obtained
from the Mystic valley, together with one from Mr. W. F.
Davis, Water Registrar, upon waste of water (City Doc. No.
134, 1873), were presented by the Water Board in January.
On February 3d, two orders were passed, one requiring
the Joint Standing Committee on Water to " report upon
the possibility arid expense of adding to the waters of the
Mystic pond a supply sufficient for the use of the city, by
connecting said pond with Shawshine, Concord, and Mer-
Keport or the "Water Board. 35
rimac rivers, or either of them ; " the other requiring the
committee " to consider the expediency of making a perma-
nent water connection between Farm pond and Lake Cochit-
uate, build a conduit from Lake Cochituate to Chestnut Hill
reservoir," etc. On February 17th, it was ordered, "that the
Joint Standing Committee on Water ascertain, by analysis
or otherwise, the purity of the water of Charles river, at the
most expedient point of taking the same for the use of the
City of Boston ; "'and on March 27th, it was further ordered
that the same committee " be requested to have accurate sur-
veys made, under the direction of the City Engineer, to as-
certain the water-shed of Mystic pond. "
In the latter part of April the committee transmitted to
the City Council the report of the City Engineer upon the"
above subjects, and presented with it majority and minority
reports ; also a report of a sub-committee upon mill damages
on the Sudbury and Charles rivers. (City Doc. No. 38,
1874.)
In May a preliminary report upon the cost of works to
bring the waters of Charles river to the city was made to
the Committee on Water, by the City Engineer, in obedience
to an order passed by City Council May 4th.
On June 16th it was ordered "that the Joint Standing
Committee on the Water Department ascertain and report
whether the present source of our water supply from Lake
Cochituate and Mystic lake combined can be so utilized as
to give an adequate water supply to the city in a season of
drought," etc. ; and on July 3d it was ordered that the com-
mittee " be requested to examine the Charles river, and report
in print, upon its availability as a source of supply," etc.
The report of the City Engineer upon these subjects was
made Oct. 10th (City Doc. No. 85), and was transmitted to
the City Council by the committee in the latter part of that
month.
In obedience to an order passed June 16th, a report (City
36 City Document. — No. 88.
Doc. No. 102) was presented in December to the City Coun-
cil by the commission of three physicians, appointed by His
Honor the Mayor " to examine and report upon the compara-
tive desirability on sanitary grounds of the Sudbury, Mystic,
Shawshine and Charles river waters."
An order, approved June 23d, requesting the Water Com-
mittee to report on the expediency of using Lake Cochituate
as a storage-basin for the Sudbury river water, etc., was
referred by that committee to the medical commission, and
the report upon this subject will be found in the above men-
tioned City Doc. No. 102.
In November an order was passed, requesting His Honor
the Mayor to petition the Legislature for the right to take a
supply of water from Charles river.
The request of the Water Board, made during the latter
part of 1873, that it be authorized to take land and water
rights, under the provisions of the Sudbury-river act, was
refused by a vote of the Common Council, December 23d ;
but on December 31st the vote was reconsidered, and the
Board was authorized to take the waters of the river, and
also lands for building storage-basins, but was prohibited
from incurring new liabilities for the construction of a conduit
from the river to Chestnut Hill reservoir. This action was
approved Jan. 2d, 1875.
On February 26th of this year an order was approved, which
authorized the Water Board to construct the entire works,
with the exception of a number of storage-basins on the upper
branches of the river, on the plan and scale recommended in
March, 1873 (City Doc. No. 29), and appropriated $1,500,000
to cover the estimated expenses of this year.
It being afterwards decided by the City Solicitor that the
above order did not authorize the Board to place the whole
work under contract this year, application was again made to
the City Council, and the requisite authority was granted in
an order approved April 12th.
Report of the Water Board. 37
Active preparations for placing the work under contract
are making, and it is expected that advertisements for bids
for building the greater portion of the conduit will be made
early this month.
The work upon Beacon-street tunnel has progressed very
favorably, and at the present rate of progress the various
headings will meet in about three months.
At the date of this report 3,634 lin. feet of tunnel have
been excavated, and 280 lin. feet of conduit at the west end
have been built.
The two headings west of the shaft are still worked by
hand drills.
FLAX POND, AND JAMAICA POND AQUEDUCT CO.
On November 21st, an order passed the City Council di-
recting the City Engineer to make surveys and measure-
ments to ascertain the actual amount of water that can be
furnished from Flax, Sluice and Cedar ponds.
The measurements were taking during December, and a
report was submitted Dec. 21st. (City Doc. No. 110.) The
order grew out of an offer of the Flax-pond Water Co. to
supply East Boston with water.
On December 21st, another report (City Doc. No. 108) was
submitted, in answer to a vote of the Joint Standing Com-
mitittee on Water, referring "the petitions of John C. Pratt,
and G. Winthrop Coffin, that the city would purchase
Jamaica pond, to the City Engineer, with request that he
report the facts as to the value of the property in question,
and the best method of supplying West Roxbury and
Brighton with water."
RAINFALL.
The usual tables, giving the rainfall at various points for
the year 1874, will be found appended.
(Signed,) JOS. P. DAVIS,
City Engineer.
38
City Document. — No.
Average Monthly and Yearly Heights, in feet and decimals, of the
several Reservoirs above " tide-marsh level" 1864-1874.
BROOKLINE.
Maximum high-water line, 124.60.
Month.
1864.
1865,
1866.
1867.
1868.
1869.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.*
1874-
January
February ....
March
April
May
June
July
August
September . . .
October
November ....
December . . .
122.37
122.61
123.62
123.82
123.62
122.66
122.87
122.64
122.03
123.19
122.78
122.29
123.31
122.82
123.26
123.38
122.65
123.23
123.33
123.39
123.29
123.29
123.38
123.24
122.28
122.47
123.19
123.45
123.04
123.29
122.97
122.80
122.81
123.03
122.75
122.64
122.00
123.12
123.05
123.00
123.07
122.34
122.98
122.23
122.52
122.65
122.89
122.37
123.29
122.79
122.33
123.04
123.04
122.77
122.77
122.75
122.12
122.31
122.56
122.00
122.58
122.64
122.48
122.60
122.77
121.85
122.10
122.19
122.50
122.58
122.46
122.92
122.83
122.60
122.77
122.56
122.75
122.64
122.50
122.23
122.35
122.64
122.60
122.50
121.89
122.54
122.08
122.00
121.79
121.98
122.19
122.06
121.50
119.54
116.94
117.71
118.64
120.48
122.04
122.10
122.29
122.25
121.25
122.14
123.44
122.96
120.98
121.06
120.46
119.86
119.71
121.36
121.84
120.90
118.79
118.48
119.04
119.09
119.69
119.71
121.06
119.52
119.27
119.59
121.70
121.83
121.08
120.50
118.65
117.60
118.43
120.17
Yearly Average .
122.87
123.21
122.89
122.69
122.65
122.48
122.58
121.02
121.63
119.91
119.96
BEACON HILL.
Maximum high-water line, 121.53.
January .
February .
March . .
April . . .
May . . .
June . . .
July . . .
August . .
September
October .
November
December
1864. 1865. 1866. 1867. 1868. 1869. 1870. 1871. 1872. 1873. 1874
117.72
117.54
116.38
117.21
116.53
115.31
115.32
115.19
115.91
118.17
118.55
117.35
119.18
118.91
120.58
121.28
120.31
120.56
121.23
119.83
119.03
118.43
120.14
120.50
119.20
119.65
120.72
120.70
119.53
118.53
119.51
119.17
119.39
119.50
119.78
119.37
119.11
118.59
119.45
119.86
118.50
118.34
119.00
117.70
120.46
120.46
120.84
120.02
Yearly Average . . 116.77 120.00 119.59 119.36 119.11 118.13 118.49 116.51 117.19 118.90 119
120.20
120.11
120.57
120.57
118.65
118.45
120.24
117.11
118.20
118.61
119.03
117.78
118.51
118.72
118.30
118.82
119.68
117.13
117.20
117.63
117.45
118.36
118.45
118.36
118.63
117.78
118.07
118.34
118.63
118.03
119.30
119.59
117.72
117
118.61
119.38
119.26
118.95
119.38
119.59
119.09
109.63
109.68
116.20
116.38
116.49
116.72
116.70
116.99
116.95
117.11
117.65
118.20
118.36
118.51
119.01
119.32
119.63
119.01
120.28
119.99
118.05
115.93
116.20
118.11
120.59
120.68
120.88
121.01
121.13
120.95
120.26
119.72
119.55
119.63
119.40
119.07
118.99
119.15
* New gauge put in, with a zero point .08 of a foot higher than that of the old gauge.
Keport or the "Water Board. 39
Average Monthly and Yearly Heights, etc. — Continued.
SOUTH BOSTON".
Maximum high-water line, 122.86.
Month.
1864.
1865.
1866.
1867.
1868.
1869.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
111.30
1874.
January
110.63
114.21
114.38
112.46
111.15
111.15
114.46
112.51
109.34
114.28
February
110.94
113.42
114.44
111.36
111.15
111.34
114.80
112.61
109.42
111.69
112.38
March .
111.13
113.64
113.51
111.74
111.11
111.63
114.51
112.74
109.38
112.01
113.69
April . .
.
112.07
114.82
114.99
111.88
111.55
111.96
113.57
112.63
109.67
112.74
113.65
May . .
111.64
115.44
114.90
111.63
111.61
111.78
113.53
112.71
109.32
113.40
113.94
June . .
.
109.06
114.91
114.32
111.19
112.15
111.51
113.36
112.44
109.24
110.69
113.53
July . .
.
108.57
114.36
113.96
111.53
111.53
111.19
112.21
115.32
109.05
109.40
112.92
August .
109.53
113.80
114.07
111.90
111.53
110.65
110.78
114.03
108.82
110.21
112.51
September
.
110.21
113.69
113.41
111.70
111.44
108.76
110.15
113.13
106.49
110.84
112.03
October .
.
112.49
112.89
112.74
111.29
111.44
113.15
110.01
112.80
109.34
111.21
111.44
November
112.49
112.74
112.03
111.26
111.44
113.76
111.86
112.76
110.61
111.30
111.51
December .
113.89
113.78
112.62
111.08
111.11
113.88
112.61
109.26
110.71
114.40
111.49
Yearly Average . .
111.05
113.97
113.78
111.59
111.44
111.74
112.65
112.74
109.28
111.60
112.78
EAST BOSTON.
Maximum high-water line, 107.60.
Month.
1864.
1865.
1866.
1867.
1868.
1869,
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
January
90.22
96.12
93.61
91.89
92.81
99.72
104.45
101.18
103.47
February
92.88
97.00
96.61
92.06
92.10
100.56
104.20
104.33
102.56
103.33
March .
93.50
94.83
94.22
91.69
91.14
100.60
100.89
106.12
100.41
102.58
April . .
96.16
96.52
96.47
90.91
u
104.93
107.14
100.10
104.77
May . .
97.68
96.04
95.85
89.63
fan
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105.91
106.50
101.54
104.37
June . .
94.22
93.91
93.71
91.82
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106.00
106.43
106.83
103.56
July . .
92.34
96.82
95.35
94.60
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100.60
103.87
106.47
105.06
August .
92.84
95.78
93.85
94.16
u
95.08
104.25
105.22
105.52
September
95.00
94.52
99.40
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94.87
102.77
104.91
105.25
October .
97.55
93.38
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96.85
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96.97
105.20
104.81
105.27
November
98.14
92.23
5B
93.47
101.12
104.75
104.56
103.93
December
97.27
94.34
92.29
92.57
102.06
105.18
104.58
102.87
Yearly Average . .
94.83
95.12
94.66
93.25
92.02
99.06
104.37
105.18
104.23
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Average Monthly and Yearly Heights, etc. — Continued.
CHESTNUT HILL.
Maximum high --water line, 125.00.
January .
February .
March . .
April . . .
May . . .
June . . .
July . . .
August . .
September
October . .
November
December .
Yearly Average
100.80
101.29
1871.
102.00
102.81
105.19
110.48
116.21
121.46
122.40
122.02
121.44
119.67
117.08
115.35
114.67
116.90
120.46
122.29
122.52
122.54
122.35
121.77
122.15
122.77
122.08
122.42
121.40
1873.* 1874
120.76
120.26
120.11
121.55
122.03
121.24
119.65
119.32
119.74
119.-70
120.21
120.21
121.32
120.19
119.95
120.16
121.93
122.11
121.50
121.00
119.75
119.15
119.32
120.61
120.58
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Table showing the height of water in the conduit at the gate-house,
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City Document. — No. 88.
Annual Amount of Rainfall, in Inches, at Lake Oochituate, Boston
and vicinity, 1849 to 1874, inclusive.
TEAR.
1849
1850
1851
1852
1853
1854
1855
1856
1857
1858
1859
1860
1861
1862
1863
1864
1865
1866
1867
1868
1869
1870
1871
1872
1873
1874
Places and Observers.
*47.93
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43.15
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40.80
63.10
48.66
49.02
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45.44
49.69
69.30
42.60
49.46
62.32
56.25
49.71
64.34
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48.47
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53.98
44.31
47.94
48.86
45.71
44.19
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56.87
52.67
56.70
51.46
50.07
61.06
67.72
49.30
47.83
50.70
55.64
64.11
66.28
59.73
48.33
58.04
54.94
41.09
40.97
54.07
41.97
40.51
53.83
45.17
47.59
53.79
57.92
45.46
46.95
50.14
57.21
56.42
39.46
43.59
41.71
39.89
47.98
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40.56
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38.73
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* By J. Vannevar.
Eepoet of the Water Board.
49
Table showing the Rainfall in Boston for the year 1874, and the
days on which it occurred, from observations by Win. H. Bradley,
Esq., Superintendent of Sewers.
Days of
Month.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May.
June.
July.
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
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4. . . .
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2.33
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.49
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17 ... .
.35
18 ... .
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.41
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. . .
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.05
20. . . .
.37
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1.02
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. . .
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21. . . .
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1.34
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.38
22 ... .
.36
1.54
23 ... .
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1.46
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24 ... .
.53
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25 ... .
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Totals (
4.30
4.02
1.64
8.36
3.72
2.91
2.70
6.48
1.66
1.02
2.58
1.70
Total for the year 41.09 inches.
EEPOET OF SUPEEINTENDENT OF WESTEEN DIVISION.
Western Division Boston "Water Works,
May 1st, 1875.
Hon. Thomas Gogin,
President Cochituate Water Board: —
Sir, — In compliance with the rules of the Board, I sub-
mit herewith my report for the past year : —
LAKE COCHITUATE.
May 1st, 1874, found us with a full lake, viz., 13 feet
4 inches above the bottom of the aqueduct. This height
was held, with alternate loss and gain, until June 23d, from
which time the surface lowered continuously and rapidly.
On the 30th of January, 1875, the water reached its low-
est point, 9^ inches below the bottom of the aqueduct, or
14 feet 1£ inches below high-water mark. The middle
division of the lake was at this time 1 foot 8 inches above
the bottom of the aqueduct, and in the southern division
3 feet 10 inches. These divisions being connected by arched
bridges under a highway and railway, the water overflowed
from one basin to the next. The effect of the scour on the
stability of the structures was a source of some anxiety.
They were closely watched, protected by rip-rap, and no ac-
cident happened. Jan. 21st water from Sudbury river was
turned into the lake, and the surface rose rapidly, some-
times as much as 5 or 6 inches in a day, and now the lake is
again nearly full.
July 11th Dug pond was let into the lake, to allow Natick
to get in the foundation of their pump-house. This pond is
Report of the Water Board. 51
now controlled by that town under the act of 1873, and ne-
gotiations are pending to sell the entire interest of the
city in that pond. January 8th, Dudley pond was turned
into the lake^ it being then 4 feet below high- water mark,
and on the 26th the water was drawn clown to the level of the
bottom of the pipe.
November 1st, 1874, the lake having fallen to the top of
the aqueduct, I received orders to get the pumps and en-
gines, used during the drought of 1871-2, in readiness ; and
on Dec. 3d the stop planks were put in and the pumps
started. For three months the supply to the city was kept
up by pumping. On March 3d, 1875, the pumps were
stopped. I am much indebted to Mr. Geo. Taylor and the
enginemen under his charge for the success with which the
engines were run day and night without accident. When
the temporary character of the machinery is considered, the
poor shelter from the extreme cold of the past winter, and
the exposure incident to the many changes which we were
obliged to make in the suction pipes, it seems to me a fitting
place to say this word in their praise.
The pumps were run 90 days. The average consumption
of coal in 24 hours was 5.85 tons. Steam was kept at about
75 lbs. A side track was built at the Cochituate crossing,
so that we were enabled to land our coal near to the works.
THE AQUEDUCT.
Up to the 18th of August the aqueduct was run under a
foot head. On that day a leak was reported on the high bank
at Newton Lower Falls. I had the brick-work laid bare at
the point, and found two cracks and an open space of about
a cubic foot in the embankment above them. A buttress of
concrete, one foot thick, was laid up against the conduit, and
the brick-work well plastered down with cement. No further
leakage has been noticed. At the same time, with the assist-
ance of Mr. George S. Rice, I took a series of cross sections
52 City Document. — No. 88.
25 feet apart, the whole length of this bank referred to two
stone bounds for line, and to a bench in the pipe-chamber for
level, so that any future change in the form of. the bank can
be detected.
From the middle of August to Oct. 5th, 6 feet of water were
run in the aqueduct, and from that time to the present about
8 inches head has been kept up. An examination of the
aqueduct was made Dec. 3d, Avhen we started the pumps.
Efforts were made to stop a bad spring at Station 7, near the
lake, which brought in a large amount of sand. The attempts
were ineffectual, and it was thought best to fill the aqueduct
as soon as possible, so that little time was left for any repairs.
On February 23d a large volume of water broke into a man-
hole in the deep cut near the lake. The valley of Snake
brook being clogged all the way to Cochituate village, with
several feet of ice, a sudden freshet was turned into the cut,
and lifting the ice with the manhole cover, left an opening for
the water into the aqueduct. So good was the old brick-
work, that since the breaking up of the ice, we found it
undisturbed, with the exception of the cover.
The aqueduct has been cleared of timber from Wellesley
to the lake. The bounds from Wellesley to the reservoir
have not yet been set. There are a number of property
lines which should be run during the coming summer, not
only on the aqueduct, but at the lake, and I would ask the
Board for the services of a small surveying party for that
purpose.
A set of stop-planks have been so arranged at Grantville
that the water can be shut off, in case of accident to the
aqueduct below that point.
CHESTNUT HILL RESERVOIR
Is in good condition. In December we put in a new revolv-
ing screen in the effluent gate-house. This was accomplished
Report of the Water Board. 53
successfully without pumping, to which I feared at one time
we should have to resort. Distance pieces a few feet apart
have been added to the new screen, also two wire ropes firmly
bound to the edges to prevent the wire from tearing. The
new screen works well, and I would recommend that the
other old one be replaced as soon as possible. The driveway
is in good order ; that portion of it repaired with finely
crushed stone is smooth and free from mud and dust.
A row of maples was planted last fall along Beacon street,
on the south side of the reservoir. The Webber claim for
damages for flowage from the waste weir near the reservoir
has been settled. A permanent right to empty into this
brook will have to be secured, or else a connection put in
between the conduit and the sewer near Beacon street.
brookline reservoir
Is in the same condition as usual, It needs cleaning badly.
The gate-houses are in thorough order. Annexed is
the usual schedule of property and a table of examinations
of the conduit, which I have compiled from various sources,
hoping it may be of use in any extended examinations in the
future.
Respectfully submitted,
DESMOND FITZGERALD,
Superintendent.
54 City Document. — No. 88.
SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY AT CHESTNUT-HILL
RESERVOIR.
1 two-horse express-wagon, 1 single ditto, 1 water-cart,
2 two-horse water carts, 2 iron road rollers, 1 single horse
pung, 1 two-horse ditto, 1 horse truck, 1 horse power,
1 horse cart, 1 hay wagon, 2 hand carts, 1 pair large
wheels, 2 clay mills, 1 tank, 6 gravel screens, 20 ox-tie
chains, 1 7-inch pump, 2 5-inch ditto, 1 house force-pump,
4 clay knives, 1 stone-crushing machine and castings, 1
blacksmith's forge and tools, 1 derrick and rigging, 1 man
head, 2 grub axes, 30 picks, 17 shovels, 13 spades, 4 hoes,
27 iron bars, 16 iron rakes, 9 stone hammers, 2 striking
hammers, 24 wooden rakes, 4 border knives, 1 root-puller,
5 snaiths, 15 scythes, 18 scythe stones and rifles, 3 lawn-
mowers, 1 garden engine, 2 Johnson's pumps, 5 hay forks,
6 lanterns, 6 oil cans, 3 reflectors, 8 peat knives, 7 tin dip-
pers, 37 drills, 11 tin candlesticks, 18 barrels cement, 18 fire
buckets, 7 pails, 9 rattan brooms, 5 wooden rammers, 10
ladders, 7 wheelbarrows, 2 grindstones, 1 jack-screw, 1 win-
dow brush, 5 paint brushes, 1 whitewash brush, 1 telegraph
battery, 7 rubber coats and caps, 15 pair rubber boots, 1 four-
bushel basket, 1 bushel basket, 2 hay ropes, 12 feet 18-inch
Scotch pipe, 25 feet 15-inch ditto, 12 feet 30-inch cement
pipe, 5 galls, raw linseed oil, 6 galls, varnish, 100 lbs. green
paint, 1 sand pump, 25 lbs. candles, 2 doz. padlocks, 1 set
scales, 1 safe, 1 clock, 2 horses, 1 Concord wagon, 1 carry-
all, 3 harnesses, 1 sleigh, 1 20 h. p. engine, 1 12 h. p. ditto,
1 6 h. p. ditto.
PROPERTY AT LAKE COCHITUATE.
1 extension dining-room table, 18 chairs, 1 map, 1 table,
1 mirror, 1 stove, 1 oil-cloth carpet, 1 wash-bowl, 1 range.
Eepoet of the Water Board. 55
1 telegraph instrument, 1 horse, 1 carriage, 1 wagon, 2 har-
nesses, 1 cart and harness, 1 pung, 1 robe, 1 blanket, 5
shovels, 1 coal shovel, 6 wheelbarrows, 8 picks, 4 crowbars,
2 sledge hammers, 6 drills, 1 hand saw, 1 hammer, 2 screens,
1 sieve, 4 stop plank hooks, 1 scale, 1 rain gauge, 3 ox-
chains, 3 pulley blocks, 1 spirit level, 2 25 h. p. engines,
1 boat, 3 large pumps, 3 small pumps, 2 hay forks, 1 dung
fork, 1 pair hedge shears, 9 pieces copper pipe, 2 spades, 6
hoes, 4 axes, 2 rakes, 7 pair rubber boots, 10 buckets, 3
baskets of classified articles belonging to engines, 4 belts,
3 whitewash brushes, 1 scythe.
PEOPEETY AT BEOOKLINE EESEEVOIE.
1 desk, 2 settees, 1 large stove, 1 spittoon, 1 lamp, 1 pair
rubber boots, 1 scythe, 1 iron rake, 1 wooden rake, 1 sickle,
1 hoe, 1 pick, 2 shovels, 1 scuffle hoe, 1 pair clipping shears,
1 spade, 1 border knife, 1 wheelbarrow, 1 step-ladder, 2
long ladders, 3 scrubbing-brushes, 1 corn broom, 1 rattan
broom, 1 water-pot, 1 water-pail, 1 sponge, 1 bushel basket,
1 dust-pan and brush, 1 coal-hod, 1 fire shovel, 1 stove-
brush, 1 screen brush, 4 iron rods, 2 mats, 2 towels.
56
City Document. — No.
Table of all Recorded Examinations of the Aqueduct.*
Station.
0
1
1 + 50
3
5
5 + 60
6
6 to 7
6 + 70
7toS
7 + 15
7 + 20
7 + 25
7 + 30
7 + 50
8 + 5
10
12 + 80
13
15
17 + 30
171
17 + 50
17 + 50
17 + 70
17 + 80
Date.
April, '74.
Dec, '74.
April, '74.
Dec, '74.
April, '74.
April, '71.
" '74..
" '68.
" '74.
Dec, '74.
April, '74.
Nov., '73.
April, '74.
April, '68.
Dec, '74.
Nov., '73.
Dec, '74.
April, '74.
SrZE.
6.24 X 5.04
6.15 X 5.02
6.15 X 5.02
6.30 X 5.03
6.23 X 5.07
6.25 X 5.05
6.05 X 5.19
6.03 X 5.17
6.03 X 5.22
6.20 X 5.04
6.33 X 5.02
6.28 X 5.00
6.29 X 4.92
6.21 X 5.04
6.30 X 4.94
6.45 X 4.92
Remarks.
Springs on right ,
Large spring bringing sand. Probe
passed easily through joint, 2 feet
deep into space
Remains of cement dam 1|" high
Crack in top
Remains of cement dam 1" high . .
Fine crack in top arch
Spring bringing in sand, crack in top
25 feet long, | " wide
Crack top and bottom . . . . ,
Hole in bottom, probed 4" . .
Two cracks in top from 7 + 10 ,
End of crack in top
Snake brook valley excavation . . . .
From 0 to 13, sides covered with moss
and spongy substance
Large spring ,
Fissure with water and sand . .
Large spring in bottom
Bottom below grade 3" for 25 feet ,
Bottom below grade
Conduit very much distorted . . ,
Authority.
Stearns.
Cunningham.
Stearns.
Cunningham.
Stearns.
Mains.
Stearns.
Crafts.
Stearns.
Cunningham.
Stearns.
Cunningham.
Stearns.
Crafts,
Cunningham.
Stearns.
*The later and more careful examinations have been furnished me in manuscript by Mr.
Davis and Mr. Fteley, under whose directions they were made. — D. F.
Keport or the Water Board. 57
Table of all Recorded Examinations of the Aqueduct. — Con.
Station.
Date.
Size.
Remarks.
Authority.
19
April, '74.
6.24 X 5.13
Stearns.
20 + 50
Dec, '74.
Loose brick in bottom at manhole . .
Cunningham.
20 and 21
22 + 50to )
April, '69.
" '74.
Are several places where cement used
in repointing has fallen out ....
Crafts.
Stearns.
24 + 50 )
25
"
6.12 X 5.05
a
25 + 10
"
5.92 X 5.00
tt
26
"
6.22 X 5.07
tt
26
Nov., '73.
6.28 X 5.10
Bottom apparently 3" above grade for
Cunningham.
26 + 50
April, '74.
6.31 X 5.02
Stearns.
27 + 70
"
6.25 X 5.16
it
29
a
6.18 X 5.01
(<
SI
a
6.25 X 5.07
"
33
a
6.25 X 5.08
«
40
a
6.24 X 5.03
• i
40 to 41
tt
«
50
a
6.22 X 5.14
"
51
"
6.24 X 5.04
"
51 + 20
a
6.20 X 5.05
■f
52 + 50 to 53
•'
<<
52 to 53
April, '71.
" '74.
6.28 X 5.05
Mains.
55 + 20
Stearns.
56 and 57
" '69.
Small place where cement has dropped
out and brick settled a little ....
Crafts.
57 to 58
" '71.
3 small fissures need pointing ....
Mains.
57
" '74.
6.28 X 5.00
Stearns.
57 + 70
tt
6.25 X 5,00
(i
60
" '69.
Crafts.
64 + 40
" '74.
6.25 X 5.07
Stearns.
66
"
6.25 X 5.11
"
66 + 10
Dec, '74.
Spring enters on right. Cutting 37
Cunningham.
66 + 20
April, '74.
" '71.
k" stream coming in at side bringing a
Stearns.
66 and 67
Mains.
58 City Document. — No. 88.
Table of all Recorded Examinations of the Aqueduct. — Con.
Station.
Date.
Size.
Remarks.
Authority.
68 + 20
April, '74.
6.31 X 5.04
Stearns.
70 + 50
"
6.27 X 5.02
Water running in at several places .
"
71 + 40
Dec, '74.
6.22 X 5.12
Cunningham.
71+60
<«
6.28 X 5.02
a
CI
71 + 72
u
Large springs in several places, 27 feet
ci
72
April, '74.
6.22 X 5.06
Large number of springs at sides . .
Stearns.
Near 73
" '69.
Place about 2 feet square where joints
need repointing. A little below on
Crafts.
73 + 65
Dec, '74.
6.13 X 5.12
Large springs at left, 14 feet cutting .
Cunningham.
74
April, '74.
6.19 X 5.10
Stearns.
74 and 75
" '69.
Stream and considerable sand ....
Crafts.
75 and 76
1866.
Fissure bringing in sand and water .
u
80
April, '74.
6.21 X 5.12
Stearns.
85
«
6.30 X 5.07
«'
88
Dec, '74.
Cunningham.
90
April, '74.
6.30 X 5.01
Stearns.
95 + 70
ct
6.19 X 5.07
"
96
April, '68.
Crafts.
96 + 80
97 + 20
Dec, '74.
Cunningham.
Stearns.
April, '74.
6.35 X 5.10
97 + 50 to 98
ci
ii
97 + 50
April, '68.
" '69.
Dec, '74.
Crafts.
it
97 + 80
Sand in bottom from spring above . .
Cunningham.
98
1866.
Fissure bringing in sand and water .
Crafts.
100 (about)
April, '69.
cc
100
Dec, '74.
6.32 X 5.08
Cunningham.
101 + 70
April, '74.
6.22 X 5.05
Stearns.
102 + 30
"
6.33X5.05
-
"
112
"
6.37 X 5.10
it
115
April, '69.
Crafts.
115 and 116
" '71.
Mains.
116 + 20
" '74.
6.51 X 5.08
Stearns.
Keport of the Water Board. 59
Table of all Recorded Examinations of the Aqueduct. — Con.
Station.
Date.
Size.
Remarks.
Authoritf.
116 + 50 to I
April, '74.
6.39 X 5.08
6.32 X 5.08
Stearns.
117 j
119 + 10
<<
120
"
ct
121
Dec, '74.
6.34 X 5.05
Spring in bottom, at left, 21 ft. cut . .
Cunningham.
122
«
Sand in bottom from spring above . .
tc
122
Nov., '73.
Water springs in with fine sand . . .
"
122 + 20
April, '74.
6.35 X 5.37
Stearns.
122 + 30 to I
CI
CI
123 1
134
cc
6.38 X 5.02
cc
134
Dec, '74.
Cunningham.
Mains.
140
April, '71.
Large willow root. Crack |" wide
141
April, '74.
6.36 X 5.03
Cunningham.
141
"
6.26 X 5.05
Stearns.
141 + 50
fc
6.28 X 5.15
Wide crack top and bottom, \" . . .
Cunningham.
141 + 75
141 to 144
,,
6.33 X 5.13
CI
Dec, '74.
April, '69.
Old crack, pointed last year, has not
u
141 to 142i
Are several small cracks in top . . .
Crafts.
141 to 1421
Nov., '73.
6.3 X 5.13
Crack in top g" to \", probably new •
Cunningham.
141J to 142|
April, '70.
Crafts.
142
" '71.
Mains.
142
April, '74.
6.29 X 5.15
Cunningham.
142
"
6.30 X 5.14
Stearns.
142 + 50
143
((
6.31 X 5.05
6.32 X 5.02
Cunningham.
«
Embankment at Stevens's Brook . . .
145
"
6.33 X 5.06
"
147
"
6.33 X 5.08
"
to 148
*S
6.85 X 5.01
ci
149
cc
150 + 80
Dec, '74.
Old crack in top has not started . . .
Cunningham.
151 and 152
April, '69.
Dec, '74.
Crafts.
152
6.32 X 5.04
Old crack not started. Embankment.
Cunningham.
60 City Document. — No. 88.
Table of all Recorded Examinations of the Aqueduct. — Con.
Station.
152
152 and 153
152 and 153
153
153
154
154
154 + 50
154 + 50
154 + 50
154 to 155
154 and 155
154 to 155
154 to 155 )
+ 20 i
154 to 155 \
+ 20 I
155
155
155 + 20
156 to 158 )
+ 50 \
157
157 and 158
157 + 60
Date.
April, '74.
" '71.
Dec, '73.
" '74.
April, '74.
Dec, '74.
Dec, '74.
April, '68.
April, '69.
" '70.
Size.
6.31 X 5.04
6.34 X 5.06
6.34 X 5.05
6.34 X 5.01
6.31 X 5.06
6.30 X 5.10
6.31 X 5.05
Remarks.
Authority.
Dec,
'73.
"
'74.
April,
'74.
Dec,
'73.
«
'74.
April,
'68.
"
'74.
6.33 X 5.13
6.37 X 5.11
6.35 X 5.08
6.3 X 5.04
6.33 X 5.08
Small crack in top extending to waste
weir
Light crack in top •. • •
Roots at left
Crack in top from 154 to waste weir .
Crack at top begins
Slight crack
Fine crack in top of arch
Crack in top all the way |"
Fine crack in top
Cracks in top and bottom
Cracks from 154 to 155+20 were point-
ed Nov., 1873, and have not started.
Conduit built on 5 ft. of embankment
dedman's brook waste weir.
Old slight crack, no change
Old crack unaltered, from 166 to 158.50
Crack which has been repaired and is
in good condition
15S
" '70.
158
•i )74-
6.35 X 5.05
160
Oct, '72.
160
April, '74.
6.33X5.0
160+95
"
6.35 + 4.95
161 + 20
"
6.3 X 4.94 Slight crack in top arch. Between 157
and 158 are several small cracks . .
Small crack in top
Roots growing through top. Crack
widens slightly
Crack in top arch
Small crack in invert .
Slight crack in top arch
Stearns.
Mains.
Cunningham.
Stearns.
Cunningham.
Crafts.
Crafts.
Cunningham.
Stearns.
Cunningham.
Cunningham.
Crafts.
Thompson.
Crafts.
Thompson.
Wiggin.
Thompson.
Keport or the Water Board. 61
Table of all Recorded Examinations of the Aqueduct. — Con.
Station.
Date.
Size.
Remarks.
Authority.
161 and 162
April, '74.
Thompson.
162
"
6.35 X 5.00
Crack top |". Number of slight
a
163
'•'
6.35 X 5.05
From here to 165, several slight cracks,
one short one, J" wide. Long one
in top \", in some places apparently
165
»
6.35 X 5.00
<£
167 + 20
"
Crack J" wide, 10 ft. long, continues
„
167 + 50
Dec, '73.
6.4 X 5.17
Crack in top \" , 10 feet long, old one.
Cunningham
167 + 70
167 and 168
Dec , '74
«
April, '74.
Thompson.
168
(i
6.35 X 5.15
' "
168
1866.
Where repairs were made, pointing
Crafts.
168
Dec, '74.
6.34 X 5.02
Cunningham.
168 to 169
April, '68.
Is a repaired crack, in good order . .
Crafts.
168| to 170
'« '69.
Is a crack in top, cement falling out;
should be repointed. Several places
that have been repointed show no
169
" '74.
Crack near 169, which has been re-
Thompson.
169 + 2ft
"
Crack in top from manhole !" wide .
a
169 to 170
" '70.
Small crack in top, part of which has
been pointed and stands well ....
Crafts.
169 to 170
" '71.
Several small cracks in top, which
have been repointed and have not
Wiggin.
169
Oct '72
169
April, '68.
Short crack ; should be pointed . . .
Crafts.
169| to 170
" '68.
a
169
Dec, '74.
6.30 X 5.07
Old crack started in top. " Embank-
Cunningham.
169 to 170.20
"
Crack top and bottom. Bricks at bot-
tom may be sprung with foot . . .
171 to 172
April, '74.
Crack in top J " wide ; appears new .
Thompson.
171 + 30 to f
171 + 65 J
Dec, '74.
Cunningham.
171 + 60 (
to 175| i
April, '70.
Crafts.
172
" '74.
6.30 X 5.15
Thompson.
62 City Document. — No. 88.
Table of all Recorded Examininations of the Aqueduct. — Con.
Station.
172 to 175£
173 +40 to
173+70
174
+ 10
174 to 177
178 to 181
178
178 and 181
178+65
178£ to 180
179
179
179
179 to 181
180
180
•180
, 181
181 + 75
182
182 to 183.50
182 to 184
182 to 183+
190
191 to 193
Date.
April, '68.
Dec, '74.
April, '74.
Dec, '73.
Dec, '74.
April, '71.
Dec, '74.
April, '69.
Oct., '72.
April, '74.
Dec, '74.
April, '74.
Dec, '74.
April, '70.
Oct., '72.
Dec, '74.
Oct., '72.
April, '74,
and
Dec
ril,'74, )
Mid >
c, '74. )
April, '70.
" '71.
Size.
6.35 X 5.00
6.35 X 5.03
6.35 X 5.02
6.35 X 5.05
Repaired crack, in good order, except
a small portion near 174, -which was
not pointed
Crack top started again 5 or 6 feet
of embankment
Slight crack in top
Crack top J ' . .
Roots ,
Old crack J" . . .
Authority.
Crafts.
Cunningham.
Thompson.
Several cracks in top, some of them
\" wide, others quite fine
Crack top and bottom J" wide
Crack little below top on right, in
some places very fine, but in no place
over I". This crack continues' at
intervals to about 184
Slight crack • . . . .
Small crack in top
Crack top and bottom § " wide . .
Crack in top I ' ' wide in places . .
Crack top and bottom J "wide . .
Fine crack for 50 feet
Slight crack
Crack ends
Crack by manhole
At 182 and 183 is a crack .
Crack in top J"
Crack J ' ' top and bottom •
Fine crack at intervals . .
" >
Several cracks, one of which has
been repointed
§2
There seems to be no change from
these cracks
Between 189 and 190 crack in top \"
wide
Several small cracks in side, settled
slightly on top arch
Cunningham.
Wiggln.
Cunningham.
Crafts.
Wiggin.
Thompson.
Cunningham.
Thompson.
Cunningham.
Crafts.
Wiggin.
Cunningham.
Thompson.
Cunningham.
Crafts.
"Wiggin.
Crafts.
Thompson.
Eeport of the Water Board. 63
Table of all Recorded Examinations of the Aqueduct. — Con.
Station.
205 to 206
206 + 60 to )
208 + 20 j
207
207 to >
208 + 20 i
207 to 208
207 to 208
207 to )
208 + 30 J
207| to 208J
209
214 to 215
219 + 25
221 + 85
222 to 223
222 + 70
228 to 230
228 + 5
228 and 229
240 to
241
C40 + 50to I
241 + 70 j
241
245 to 246
245
245 to 245
245 to be- j
yond 246 j
245!
245! to 247!
246| to 248!
Date.
April, '74.
a
Dec, '74.
(i
Nov., '73.
April, '69.
" '70.
" '74.
Dec, '74.
Oct., '72.
April, '74.
Dec,
'74.
April,
'70.
Nov.,
'73.
April,
'74,
Dec,
'74.
April,
'69.
■'
'70.
«
'68.
Size.
6.35 X 5.02
6.3 X 5.04
6.3X5.12
6.30 X 4.S
6.20 X 4.97
6.30 X 5.05
6.3 X 5.17
'70.
Remarks.
Crack in top
Slight crack at top
Slight crack in top
Fine crack in top, whole distance
Fine crack at intervals
Small crack top arch .
Fine crack in top arch .
Slight crack top . . . .
Slight crack in top . .
Diagonal crack started
Old settling of right side of upper
arch. Slight crack top. General
condition about here seems poor . .
Slight crack in top
B. & A. R. R. cr
Slight crack . .
Slight crack
Crack in top partially repointed .
Opposite "Wellesley Depot ....
Small crack top, partly pointed, not
started
Fine crack
Old crack £" ....
Slight crack top . . .
Old crack not started
Fine crack alongside of an old re-
paired crack
Cemented
Repaired cracks in good order, but
there are several small cracks un-
pointed
Fine crack
Authority.
Thompson.
«
Cunningham.
u
a
Crafts.
Thompson.
Crafts.
Thompson.
Cunningham.
Wiggin.
Thompson.
Cunningham.
Crafts.
Cunningham.
Thompson.
Cunningham.
Crafts.
64 City Document. — No. 88.
Table of all Recorded Examinations of the Aqueduct. — Con.
Station.
247 and 248
247 and 248
247 + 30
247 + 50
247 + 70
248 to
249
248 + 50)
to 249 \
252 to 253
252 + 50
252 + 50 )
to 253 j
253 to 254
253 to 254
254
254 to 256
254
254
254 to 256
2541 to 256
255
255 to 256
255
255 + 40
255 to 257^
256
256 + 20
259
Date.
April, '71.
Oct., '72.
April, '69.
Dec, '74.
it
April, '74.
a
Dec, '74.
April, '74.
Nov., '73.
Dec, '74.
April, '74.
Nov., '73.
Dec, '74.
April, '70.
Oct., '72.
Nov., '73.
April, '74.
Nov., 73.
Dec, '74.
Oct., '72.
Dec, '74.
u
Oct., '72.
Size.
6.27 X 5.15
6.30 X 5.05
6.24X5.22
6.25 X 5.22
6.34 X 5.07
6.27
6.33 X 5.06
From near 247 and extending about
50 ft. is a crack on top arch, left
side, in some places nearly |" wide
Quite large crack in top arch ....
Between 247 and 248 is a short crack,
worse than any seen yet; appears
again at intervals, a little beyond
248
Crack top and bottom I ' ' wide . . .
Crack top and bottom ^ "
Crack ends
Bad crack in top
Crack top and bottom |" to \" .
Slight crack top ; bottom settled .
Slight crack in top
Crack I" wide on top unaltered .
Roots. Slight crack grows larger
to 254 — \" wide — near manhole
3" to 6" of mud
Quantity of roots and small crack
in top
Mud in bottom and roots ....
Fine crack in top
Bottom quite muddy
)■ 5
' o
Crack in top, part of way J ' ' wide
Very fine crack in top
An old crack, pointed, remains
sound
Wide crack top and bottom . . .
Slight crack top and bottom . . .
Wide crack in top
Crack
Slight crack in top
End of crack
Crack
Authority.
Cunningham.
Wiggin.
Crafts.
Cunningham.
Thompson.
Cunningham.
Thompson.
Cunningham.
Thompson.
Cunningham.
Crafts.
Wiggin.
Cunningham.
Thompson.
Crafts.
Cunningham.
Wiggin.
Cunningham .
Wiggin.
Keport of the Water Board. 65
Table of all Recorded Examinations of the Aqueduct. — Con.
Station.
259 to 260
259 to I
260 + 80 J
260
260 to 264
264 to 265
272 to 274|
272 and 272^
272 to 273
272
272 to 274.50
272 and 276
2721 to 275
272 to 2741
274
275
282
283
283 to 284
283J to 284
283 + 50)
to 284 j
284 + 90
284£ to 285|
285 + 50
289
292 to 296
293 + 30
293 + 40
293 + 75
Date.
April, '74.
Dec, '74.
April, '74.
" '68.
Oct., '72.
April, '74.
Dec, '74.
April, '71.
" '70.
Nov., '73.
Oct., '72.
1864.
April, '69.
" '70.
« >H#
Nov., '73.
Dec, '74.
April, '74.
Nov., '73.
April, '74.
" '71.
Oct., '72.
April, '74.
Size.
6.32 X 5.07
6.26 X 5.13
6.24 X 5.12
Remarks.
Slight crack in top
Slight crack in top . .
Several slight cracks; mud hetween
263 and 264
Water leaks through
A little past 272 is a crack, part of
which is cemented, extending to
about 274|
Is an old crack in top, which has been
bridged at intervals with Portland
cement, which remains unbroken .
Large crack which has been pointed
not started «...
Bad crack repointed, cracked again,
extends to 273 + 50
Old crack not started
Is large crack, pointed and not started
Fine crack
Old crack in top quite wide, not
started since last year
Quite a crack in several places . . .
Not very serious crack
Figures wrong to sta. There should
be a 2 in place of a 9
Fine crack
Cracks in top most of the way ....
Slight crack in top (old)
Old crack unaltered
Crack I" wide ,
Slight crack in top, left hand ....
End of crack
What should be 289 is numbered 282 .
Small cracks
Cement out around one brick ....
II (I li U (I
14 (i II K (<
Authority.
Thompson.
Cunningham.
Thompson.
Crafts.
Wiggin.
Thompson.
Cunningham.
Wiggin.
Crafts.
Cunningham.
Wiggin.
Crafts.
Thompson.
Cunningham.
C(
Thompson.
Cunningham.
Thompson.
Wiggin.
Thompson.
6Q City Document. — No. 88.
Table of all Recorded Examinations of the Aqueduct. — Con.
Station.
297+25
297 to
298
298 + 10
300
1 and 2
3 and 4
12|tol3
12 to 14
13 to 14
13 to 14
14
15 and 17
15| to 17
15i to 16£
16
16 to 16 +40
16 to 17
16 to 17
16 to 18|
17 to 18
17 to 18
Date.
April, '74.
Nov., 73.
April, '74.
Nov., '73.
13 to 14
April, '70
13 and 14
" '74
13 + 10
Dec, 74.
+ 40
IC
+ 50
«
Oct., '72.
Dec, '74.
April, '69.
Nov., '73.
Oct., '72.
April, '74.
Dec, '74.
April, '68.
" '74.
" '71.
Oct., '72.
Nov., '73.
Size.
Remarks.
6.10 X 5.05
Bottom uneven, leaks badly from out-
side, old dams
2 small streams on right
! Bricks loose on right side 2 feet up
6.16 X 5.13 I END OF DIVISION 1.
I
Bad place in top, 2 dams
Dams
Fine crack in top opposite GrantviUe
depot
Several large cracks which have been
repointed, but think have started a
little in places
6.14 X 5.21 i Old crack in top pointed and cracked
agaiu
6.09 X 5.08
Fine crack in top
Bad crack in top, leaks badly on side ;
brick sunk in bottom
6.12 X 5.17
6.12 X 5.0
6.11 X 5.15
Slight crack top and bottom
V wide at top, cut 23 feet deep . . .
Large spring in bottom, brings in
sand
Crack, which looks as if it had spread
and water drips through; sand in
bottom
Crack ends
Old crack patched but not started . .
Old crack in top quite wide, pointed
and started again
Quite a crack in top
Large crack in top commences
Crack top and bottom
Fine crack in top
5 streams from inside, largest \"
diameter ; brick gone in bottom . .
Quite muddy . . .
Large crack, sandy
Authority.
Old crack in top quite large, pointed
and started again; springs at bot-
tom •
Thompson.
Crafts.
Wiggin.
Cunningham.
Crafts.
Thompson.
Cunningham.
Wiggin.
Cunningham.
Crafts.
Cunningham.
Wiggin.
Thompson.
Cunningham.
Crafts.
Thompson.
Wiggin.
Cunningham.
Keport of the Water Board. 67
Table of all Recorded Examinations of the Aqueduct. — Con.
Station.
17 + 30
17 + 50
18
18 + 40
18 to 19
18 + 50
18+70
19
20
21 + 50
27 + 80
30 + 25
30!
32
34 to 36
40 to 45
49
49 + 50
51 and 52
52 to 54|
52 to 53
53
53 and 55
Oct., '72.
53
Dec, '74
54
u
54 + 60
ic
56+70
(i
59 + 80
(i
63
(•
63! to 64^
Nov., '73
Date.
Dec, '74.
April, '74.
« '70.
Dec, *74.
'April, '74.
Nov., '73.
1866.
April, '74.
u
« '70.
Oct., '72.
Nov., '73.
April, '74.
" '71.
Size.
1.15 X 5.13
.21 X 5.03
..14 X 5.21
6.35 X 4.95
6.28 X 5.12
6.3 X 5.05
Remarks.
Crack at top
Two cracks in top
Slight crack
Crack V at top
Bad crack in top 60 feet long, leaks
badly
Fine crack in top
II " at top
Crack ends
Fissure repaired
Appears to be lead pipe in top . . .
Slight crack top
Mud bottom
Mud and roots in bottom
Fissure repaired
Some small cracks, cement gone . . .
Numerous small cracks in top . . . .
From 49 to east pipe-chamber all
good
WASTE WEIR AT GRANTVILLE.
Slight crack
Slight crack in top
Small crack in top, somewhat in-
creased from 53 to 54
To a little beyond 54 are two cracks
in top, in some places quite fine,
and in others \" wide
Slight crack
Crack top and bottom
Crack in top 1-16" to §"
Crack ends
Slight crack in top to ")
59 + 80 \ embankment.
Crack ends J
Slight crack
Authority.
Cunningham.
Thompson.
Crafts.
Cunningham.
«
Crafts.
Thompson.
Cunningham.
Crafts.
Thompson.
u
Crafts.
Wiggin.
Cunningham.
Thompson.
Wiggin.
«<
Cunningham.
68 City Document. — No. 88.
Table of all Recorded Examinations of the Aqueduct. — Con.
Station.
63 + 80 to>
64 +'40 \
"64
64+50
64 and 65
77
77 + 30
77 + 60
77 to 78
77 and 78
77 and 78
78
80 + 90
81
82
100
100 to 101
101
105 +
105 + 30
106
106 + 75
107
107
107
107 + 40
107 + 50
107 + 50
107 + 50
Date.
April, '74.
Dec, '74.
Oct., "72.
Dec, '74.
Nov., '73.
April, '71.
Oct., '72.
April, '74.
Dec, '74.
i<
April, '74.
1864.
April, '74.
Dec, '74.
April, '74.
Dec, '74.
Dec, '74.
Size.
6.34 X 5.00
6.38 X 5.03
6.27 X 5.05
6.27 X 5.05
6.27X5.14
6.19 X 5.21
6.19 X 5.22
6.19 X 5.21
6.06 X 5.30
6.10 X 5.22
6.04 X 5.33"
6.04 X 5.24
Remarks.
Large crack in top
i
1-16 ' crack
Ends
Slight crack
Slight crack in top . >
1-8" wide
Ends
Several cracks
Are 3 quite large cracks in top, but
they look as if they had been in the
condition they are now in for some
time
Several cracks
Slight crack, top .
Ends
Slight crack, top
Crack between 100 and the west pipe-
chamber 400 feet in length ; serious
crack, repaired
Small crack top
Dam
Patching commenced
This crack was plastered over in
Nov. '73, but has again opened
both top and bottom nearly \" .
The very bad crack repaired in
Nov. '73, has started very slight-
ly; showing a crack in all the new
pointing
Authority.
Thompson.
Cunningham.
(C
Wiggin.
Cunningham.
Wiggin.
Thompson.
Cunningham.
(I
Thompson.
Crafts.
Thompson.
Cunningham.
CI
Thompson.
Cunningham.
Thompson.
Cunningham.
Thompson.
<<
Cunningham.
Report op the "Water Board. 69
Table of all Recorded Examinations of the Aqueduct. — Con.
Station.
Date.
Size.
Remarks.
Authority.
107 + 60
April, '74.
6.02X5.40
Thompson.
107 + 85
«
«
107 + 85
«
5.98 X 5.44
Cunningham.
107 + 95
CI
6.00 X 5.45
Thompson.
108
Nov., '73.
6.00 X 5.48
Worst place wide crack top and
bottom, in a very dangerous con-
Cunningham.
108
April, '74.
6.05 X 5.45,
108
Dec, '74.
6.04 X 5.42
Started slightly at top and bottom
cc
107 to 1091
Oct., '72.
Crack that was repointed has
started, especially at 109 ....
Wiggin.
107 to 109|
April, '71.
Is a crack in top which has been
repointed, but think it is open-
107 to 109 \
Nov., '73.
6.18 X 5.30
Bad cracks top and bottom, very
wide in many places; has been
pointed and started again; con-
duit badly out of shape. A probe
was pushed through bottom crack
2 feet into the gravel below . .
W
CD
5
a1
p
s
Cunningham.
108 + 25
April, '74*
6.05X5.40
Larger crack in bottom, cement
repointing stops. Crack in top
continues. In some places there
are 3 cracks, some apparently
3
a
CD
<
Thompson,
cc
108 + 40
«
Crack in bottom goes to R. side of
O
o
108 + 50
Dec, '74.
6.09 X 5.35
6,07 X 5.38
Crack in top continues and in-
'<
CD
cc
108 + 50
Cunningham.
108 + 50
April, '74.
6.07 X 5.37
Several bricks near the top are
cracked from settlement. There
appears to be motion in the con-
duit, and as I thought some loose
109
Dec, '74.
6.15 X 5.21
Cfi
109
April, '74.
6.15 X 5.28
Thompson.
109 + 15
i.
CC
6.20 X 5.15
Two cracks in bottom each side of
cc
109 + 25
Crack in bottom varies from side
cc
109+50
«
109 + 50
Dec, '74.
6.22 X 5.15
Cunningham.
110
April, '74.
6.33 X 5.03
Thompson.
110
cc
6.33 X 5.01
Cunningham
70 City Document. — No. 88.
Table of all Recorded Examinations of the Aqueduct. — Con.
Station.
110 + 50
110 + 70
111
111 + 50
Date.
April, '74.
Dec, '74.
April, '74.
Size.
Remarks.
Old crack repointed in top Dot"
started
Slight crack to 111 .
6.35 X 5.05
6.35X 5.05
West pipe-chamber of Charles
river siphon
}a
Authority.
Thompson.
Cunningham.
Thompson.
FROM EAST PIPE-CHAMBER TO THE RESERVOIRS.
123
138 + 50
142 to 143
143 + 25
145
151
155
160
160
160
163 to 164
165
169£ to 170
169 + 30 j
to 170 j
170
174 to 180
175
175 to +40
176 to 179
178 + 15 )
to 178+95 j
179 + 40 j
to + 60 J
180 + 50
182 + 83
183 + 40
April, '74.
Oct., '72.
April, '74.
Oct., '72.
Nov., '73.
Oct., '72.
April, '74.
Nov., '73.
April, '74.
<<
Oct., '72.
April, '74.
6.36 X 5.00
6.33 X 5.06
6.36 X 5.03
6.36 X 5.06
6.36 X 5.00
6.35 X 5.03
6.28 X 5.13
6.34 X 5.05
6.33 X 5.07
6.38 X 5.03
6.34 X 5.03
6.33 X 5.04
6.33 X 5.06
6.32 X 5.09
6.37 X 5.04
Little sandy ,
Crack in top, beginning 16 ft. west of
a manhole; total length, 40 ft. . . .
Each side of manhole is a crack . . .
Crack 50 ft. long in top both sides
manhole
Sandy
Roots first observed in sides
Slight crack in top ; roots side ....
Slight crack at top
Moss on each side
Slight crack in top
Large roots growing both sides
Cracks at top
Slight crack in top
Slight crack in top, 2 ft. long . .
Roots
Manhole cracked on both sides
Rice.
Li
Wiggin.
Rice.
Wiggin.
Cunningham.
Wiggin.
Rice.
Cunningham.
Rice.
w
Wiggin.
Rice.
Keport of the Water Board. 71
Table of oil Recorded Examinations of the Aqueduct. — Con.
Station. Date
185
190
193 to 194
195
195 + 30 )
to 196+80 J
195| to 196i
195J to 197
196 and 197
196 and 197
196 and 197
196 to 197
197 + 50
198 + 25 )
to 198+55 J
198 to 199
200
205
205 + 70
206
210
215
216 + 25 )
to 218 +42 \
216 to 218|
216 + 25 )
to 218£ J
Size.
April, '74. 6.33 X 5.09
" ! 6.33X5.05
" '71.
" '74.
ii
Nov., '73.
April, '71.
" '70.
1867
1869
Oct., '72.
April, '74.
6.37 X 5.02
6.33 X 5.07
6.35 X 5.03
April, '71.
" '74.
April, '69.
" '74.
Oct., '72.
Nov., '73.
6.31X4.97
6.32 X 5.00
6.33 X 5.03
6.29 X 5.00
6.33 X 5.01
6.31 X 5.06
217 + 50 I April, '74. ) 6.31 X 5.C
217i to 218^ 1867
217J to 218| April, '69.
217| to 2181 « J7o.
217£ to 218^ " '71.
I
218 I Nov., '73. I 6.28X5.06
Remarks.
Crack on right side of upper arch
ahout 3 ft. long, diagonally to corners
Authority.
Slight crack in top
Slight crack in top
Fine crack in top
Fine crack in top
Is a small crack in top 50 ft. long
Small crack in top arch
Crack
Manhole cracked .
Slight crack in top
Fine crack in top
Sand at hottom
Small crack in hottom which lets in
sand : Crafts.
Rice.
Manley.
Rice.
Cunningham.
i Manley.
! Crafts.
I
iWightman.
, Wiggin.
i Rice.
Manley.
Rice.
Crack in top and sides ,
Several cracks in top and on left .
Rice.
Wiggin.
Several bad cracks in different joints,
left hand, top and bottom 1-8" to
1-4" I Cunningham.
Rice.
Crafts.
Crack top and bottom
Crack top and bottom, and sand . . .
Bad crack in top, nearly 1-4" wide
in places • . . .
Bad cracks in top arch, part of the
way two cracks
Manley.
Cunningham.
72 City Document. — No. 88.
Table of all Recorded Examinations of the Aqueduct. — Con.
Station.
218
220
221 + 25 )
to 222 +12 j
221 to 222
223 + 50 i
to 224 ]
223 + 55 |
to 223 +85 I
223 + 85 j
to 224 j
224 to 225
224 to 225
224 to 225
224 to 225
224 to 225
224 to 225+5
224 + 50
225
226 + 47 to;
228 + 45 j
226^ to 228§
227 to 228'
227 + 50
228
230
232 + 40 to |
234 j
232 + 50 I
and 234 j
232 + 50 to I
234 j
2321 to 234
Date.
232J to 234 Oct., '72
April, '74.
it
April, '71.
Nov., '73.
April, '74.
" '74.
Nov., '73.
1867
April, '69.
" '70.
" '71.
April, '74.
Nov., 73.
April, '71.
April, '74.
Size.
6.28 X 5.07
6.29 X 5.04
April, '69.
1867.
April, '70.
6.30 X 5.01
6.26X5.13
Remarks.
Slight crack in top and sides . .
Fine crack in top, part of the way-
two cracks
Slight crack in top . .
Slight crack in top . .
Slight crack in left sid«
6.27 X 5.08
6.29 X 5.10
6.29 X 5.08
6.31 X 5.06
6.31 X 5.06
Several large cracks in top, left \
hand, and one in bottom, proba-
bly new one
A double crack in top arch . . .
Double crack in top arch and bot-
tom also
Two cracks in left top, some places
1-4" wide, and others very fine
Two cracks in top arch, same as
last year; worst crack in the
section '
Large crack in top and sides . . .
Roots to 225 '
Authority.
Slight crack in top . .
Slight crack in top . .
Fine crack in top arch
Manhole
Large crack in tcp
Small crack in top and bottom arches
Slight crack in top
Several cracks in top, some of the way
very fine, some 1-8 ' to 1-4" wide .
Several bad cracks in top and on left
Rice.
Manley.
Cunningham.
Rice.
Cunningham.
Crafts.
Wightman.
Crafts.
Manley.
Rice.
Cunningham .
Manley.
Rice.
Wightman.
Crafts.
Wiggin.
Eepoet of the Water Board. 73
Table of all Recorded Examinations of the Aqueduct. — Con.
Station.
232£ to 234
232| to 238|
233 + 50
237
240
242| to 2442
241 and 244£
242J to 244
242 to 244
242| to 244
242 + 60 to;
244 (
242 + 60
245
247 + 40 )
to 248 + 20 i
247£ to 248
248
250
253 + 30)
to 254 + 50 J
253£ to 254|
253| to 254£
254 and 255
254 and 255
254
254 to 262
255
260
263 + 35/
to 0 + 30 J
Date. Size
April, '71.
Nov., '73.
April, '74.
(i
1867.
Apr., '69.
" '70.
" '71.
Oct., '72.
Nov., '73...
April, '74.
Nov., '73.
April, '71.
" '74.
if
" '71.
Nov., '73.
1867.
April, '69.
" '74.
6.28 X 5.14
6.29
6.31
6.29
X5.31
X5.01
X5.04
6.21 X 5.21
6.27 X 5.09
6.31 X 5-06
6.38 X 5.06
6.82 X 5.06
6.30 X 5.15
6.29 X 5.13
6.37 X 5.06
6.32 X 5.07
Remarks.
Several cracks in top, some of the way
fine, but part of it from \" to \
wide ; no change from last year . .
Bad cracks top and bottom, \" wide,
and crack in bottom, south side . .
Serious crack, 65 feet in length . . .
Bad crack in bottom and top, and con-
siderable sand
Several cracks on both sides of top,
some quite bad, nearly \" in places
Several bad cracks in both sides of
top arch
Several bad cracks and mossy ....
Near manhole and in embankment,
two of the worst cracks we have
seen; also two bad ones in bottom,
\" to !", large roots in top ....
Slight crack in top •
Slight crack in top
Very slight crack top
Fine crack in top
Slight crack in top .
Several fine cracks, top and right side
of arch
Slight crack in top
Small crack
Small crack top
Springs both sides, large root left side
Springy on right side
Large crack in top
Authority.
Manley.
Cunningham.
Crafts.
Wightman.
Crafts.
Manley.
Wiggin.
Cunningham.
Rice.
Cunningham.
Manley.
Rice.
Manley.
Cunningham.
Crafts.
Wightman.
Rice.
74 City Document. — No. 88.
Table of all Recorded Examinations of the Aqueduct. — Con.
Station.
Date.
Size.
Remarks.
Authority.
263| to 264
186T.
April, '69.
" '71.
" '74.
6.29 X 5.07
263£ to 264
Wightman.
Manley.
Rice.
264
Fine crack in top and right side . . .
THIRD DIVISION.
0 + 93 i
to 2 + 80 ]
land 2
land 2
1 and 1\
lto2
2
5
6 + 50 i
to 7 + 15!
6|to7
11 + 40 )
to 12 + 30 j
11| to 12|
12
12 + 60
13 + 86)
to 17 + 20 j
14
16
18
18 + 86 )
to 19 + 70 j
19£ to 20
20
20 + 85 j
to 21 + 38 j
April, '74.
1867.
April, '69.
Nov., '73.
April, '71.
April, '74.
Nov., '73.
April, '74.
Nov., '73.
April, '74.
Nov., '73.
April, '74.
6.29 X 5.06
6.31 X 5.08
6.38 X 5.03
6.30X5.07
6.39 X 5.07
.34 X 5.03
.34 X 5.06
.30 X 5.04
i.30 X 5.04
Large crack in top
Slight crack 30 ft. long
Small crack in top
Slight crack in top
Fine crack in top
Slight crack
Small crack in top
NEWTON CENTRE WASTE WEIR.
Slight crack in top
Very slight crack in top
Slight crack top 5 ft
Very slight crack
Manhole cracked both sides for a few
feet
Very slight crack in top
Very slight crack in top
Very slight crack in top
Rice.
Crafts.
Wightman.
Cunningham.
Manley.
Rice.
Cunningham.
Rice.
Cunningham.
Rice.
Cunningham.
Rice.
Eeport of the Water Board. 75
Table of all Recorded Examinations of the Aqueduct. — Con.
Station.
Date.
Size.
Remarks.
Authority.
21 to 21J
Nov., '73.
Cunningham.
22
"
6.26 X 5.13
u
25
April, '74.
6.30 X 5.06
Rice.
27 + 75
30
it
ii
«
6.34 X 5.09
CI
30 + 50
"
Very small stream right side ....
"
33|
Nov., '73.
Old cement dam 5" or 6" high . . .
Cunningham.
35
April, '74.
6.32 X 4.99
Rice.
+ 9
a
<i
35|
May, '70.
Cement dam should be cut out . . .
Crafts.
35J
Nov., '73.
Cunningham.
37!
1867.
Large fissure in bottom, through
■which a large volume of water and
Crafts.
37 + 50
April,.'74.
Nov., '73.
Spring as large as man's 'wrist in bot-
Rice.
37!
Copious spring in bottom, smells of
Cunningham.
37!
' 1866.
Crafts.
39
Nov., '73.
Cunningham.
40
1866.
Crafts.
40
April, '74.
6.34 X 5.09
Rice.
41+40
"
«
45
"
6.32 X 5.02
"
46 + 50
ii
"
50
"
6.29 X 5.11
ii
50 + 50 to \
II
i<
52 + 50 |
50 + 75
"
6.26 X 5.20
ii
51
" .
6.25 X 5.08
ic
+ 13
"
Four large springs in bottom ....
"
52
"
6.24 X 5.20
"
51
1867.
East of 51 is a slight crack and small
fissure in the bottom bringing in
Crafts.
50! to 52!
Oct., '72.
Wiggin.
50! to 52!
Nov., '73.
Cracks 1-8" and 1-4" top and bottom
Cunningham.
76 City Document. — No. 88.
Table of all Recorded Examinations of the Aqueduct. — Con.
Station.
Date.
Size.
Remarks.
Authority.
51|
Nov., '73.
6.20 X 5.10
Cunningham.
51
"
(i
52
"
tt
53 + 65
April, '74.
Rice.
53 + 85
54 + 38
u
CI
CI
Copious springs from 10 to 20 feet
«
NEWTON TUNNEL.
Nov., '73.
From 3" to 9" of mud in tunnel . . .
Cunningham.
April, '74.
Several inches of mud whole length .
Rice.
84
"
CI
85
"
6.24 X 5.04
"
86^
Oct., '72.
Wiggin.
Cunningham.
Rice.
86| to m
Nov., '73.
Quite a crack on right near top ; also
86 + 65 to)
87 + 45 )
87
April, '74.
6.29 X 5.15
88 to 90
Oct., '72.
Wiggin.
Rice.
89
April, '74.
6.30 X 5.04
89 to 89+30
Nov., '73.
Crack in middle, top, and hottom . .
Cunningham.
90
April, '74.
6.35 X 5.03
Rice.
90 to 90|
Nov., '73.
6.4 X 5.12
Cunningham.
90 + 10to>
April, '74.
Rice.
90 + 90 i
90 + 60
6.36 X 5.03
it
91 + 60to )
92 + 97 j
"
,,
92
"
6.33 X 5.07
ti
93
Oct., '72.
"Wiggin.
Cunningham.
94
Nov., '73.
Slight crack on right side near top . .
94
April, '74.
6.32 X 5.09
Slight crack in right side and top . .
Rice.
95
"
6.36 X 5.07
"
100
"
6.37 X 5.06
"
103 to \
"
ti
103 + 24 S
Eeport or the Water Board. 77
Table of all Recorded Examinations of the Aqueduct. — Con.
Station.
103 + 15
103+50
105
106+55 to \
107+40 j
107+40 to \
107+87 J
107 + 50
107| to 108
108| to 110
108+58 to \
110+50 (
109 to 110
110
115
115 to 117
115+20 to )
118+40 |
115| to 116J
116
117| to 118|
118
118+65 to
126+75
118| to 119^
119| to 126
119 to 124
119J to 124
119 to 124
119 + 50
120
120
120 + 50
Date.
April, '74.
Oct., '72.
April, '74.
Nov., '73.
Oct., '72.
April, '74.
Nov., '73.
April, '74.
Oct., '72.
April, '74.
Nov., '73.
April, '74.
Nov., '73.
Oct., '72.
April, '74.
Nov., '73.
1S67.
Nov. , '73.
Oct., '72.
April, '74.
Size.
6.35 X 5.07
6.35 X 5.07
6.30 X 5.09
31 X 5.05
30 X 5.07
40 X 5.01
6.33 X 5.17
.37 X 5.04
.36 X 5.01
. 37 X 5.07
Remarks.
Crack in top
Slight crack in top and right side . .
Slight crack in top
Slight crack in top
Several cracks, been repointed, not
started
Crack right side and top
Two cracks at right of top 1-8" . . .
Crack
Slight crack in top
Slight crack in top
Two slight cracks
Crack on right side
Large crack in top. Bottom rough .
Slight crack in top
The cracked portion of the Bennett
meadowextends about 650 feet; re-
paired during the year
Old cracks do not show much change
Bad cracks top and bottom, \" and
more
Several bad cracks on each side and
top ; repointing is all right
Bottom rough
From here to Intermediate Grate-
house is by the side of the Lawrence
Basin
Authority.
Rice.
Wiggin.
Rice.
Cunningham.
Wiggin.
Rice.
Cunningham .
Rice.
Wiggin.
Rice.
Cunningham.
Rice.
Cunningham.
Wiggin.
Rice.
Cunningham.
Crafts.
Cunningham.
Wiggin.
Cunningham.
Rice.
78
City Document. — No.
Station.
Date.
Size.
Remarks.
Authoritt.
120 to 121
April, '70.
Crack, and to 125 are several ; some of
them large; but haven't increased
Crafts.
120 to 125
" '71.
Stanwood.
121
" '74.
6.23 X 5.24
Cunningham.
121
Nov., '73.
6.20X5-27
a
121 + 50
April, ;74.
6.20 X 5.21
This cracked portion measures about
the same as last year; crack \" wide
n
122
Nov., '73.
6.24 X 5.22
Rough bottom ; remains of dams . .
"
122
April, '74.
6.21 X 5.22
Some places there are two cracks . .
U
122 + 50
" '74.
6.24 X 5.18
u
123
a
6.28 X 5.12
•<
+ 50
it
6.33 X 5.10
it
124
ti
6.31 X 5.07
<<
+ 50
■(
6.36 X 5.08
u
125
(<
6.19 X 5.22
Crack ends a little below this ....
(C
125
Nov., '73.
Old crack been pointed; not started .
125
April, '74.
6.21 X 5.21
II
125£ to 126|
Oct., '72.
"Wiggin.
Cunningham.
a
125J to 126
6.3 X 5.15
127
Nov., '73.
Oct., '72.
128 to 129
Wiggin.
128 + 30 to )
April, '74.
129 + 20 J
130
6.35 . 5.07
if
1331 to 138|
1866.
Crafts.
133£ and )
138£ ]
1867.
Old cracks do not show much change.
Those portions pointed remain per-
CI
134
Rice.
April, '71.
2 feet south of Webber waste-weir is
Stanwood.
156 and 157
" '69.
May, '70.
For about 20 feet, slight crack on top,
where sewer was carried under con-
it
157
Wightman.
171
WATER REGISTRAR'S REPORT
FOB
1874-75
WATEE EEGISTEAE'S EEPOET FOE 1874-75.
Water Kegistrar's Office,
Boston, May 1, 1875.
Thomas. Gogin, Esq.,
President of the Cochituate Water Board : —
Sir, — The following report is made in accordance with
the requirements providing for the care and management of
the Cochituate Water Works.
The total number of water-takers now entered for the year
1875 is 44,676, being an increase, since January 1, 1874, of
2,331.
The total number of cases where the water has been turned
off for non-payment of rates during the year ending January
1, 1875, is 1,112. Of this number, 881 have been turned on,
leaving a balance of 231 still remaining off.
The total amount of water-rates
received from April 30,
1874, to May 1, 1875, is . $1,001,177 10
Of this amount there was re-
ceived for water used in
previous years the sum of $61,271 75
Leaving the receipts for water
furnished during the year
ending April 30, 1875, the
sum of. . . . .$939,905 35
Amount carried forward, $1,001,177 10
6
82 City Document. — No. 88.
Amount "brought forward, $1,001,177 10
Amount paid Mystic Water
Board for the year ending
April 30, 1875, as per con-
tract $71,497 51
In addition to the above there
has been received for turn-
ing on water in cases where
it had been turned off for
non-payment of rates, the
sum of 1,876 00
$1,003,053 10
The increased amount of income for the year
ending April 30, 1875, over the previous
year is $96,622 62
The total amount of assessments now made
for the present year is ... $804,338 67
The estimated amount of income from the
sales of water during the financial year
1875 and 6 is $1,081,271 26
The expenditures of my office during the year
1874 have been $24,183 31
The total number of meters now applied to the premises of
water-takers is 1,092. Of this number 729 are |-inch, 307
1-inch, 44 2-inch, 10 3-inch, 2 4-inch, all of which are the
Worthington pattern.
DRINKING FOUNTAINS.
There are 31 drinking-fountains now established within the
city limits. They are located as follows : —
* Common (6.)
Tremont street, near Clarendon street.
Beacon street, near Charles street.
Washington street, near Blackstone square.
Report of the Water Board. 83
Charles street, near Boylston street.
" " between Boylston and Beacon streets.'
" " opposite jail.
Commercial street, junction Atlantic avenue.
Albany street, opposite City Hospital.
Mt. Washington avenue, near the bridge.
Foundry street, near First street.
Fourth street, near Foundry street.
Washington Village, junction Dorchester avenue and Dor-
chester street.
Telegraph hill, South Boston.
Eustis street, corner Washington street.
* Eliot square, opposite Norfolk House.
Pynchon street, opposite Roxbury street.
Tremont street, junction of Cabot street.
Beacon street, junction of Brookline avenue.
Commercial street, opposite Beach street, Dorchester.
Upham's corner, Dorchester.
Glover's corner, "
Grove Hall, "
Maverick square, East Boston.
Central square, "
Bennington street, junction Chelsea street, East Boston.
Those marked * are arranged for a continuous flow of water. The balance have auto-
matic fixtures, operating the flow of water when required.
84
City Document. — No.
The following table exhibits the class of premises to which
meters are attached, together with the amount of revenue
received during the year 1874 : —
Name.
Revere House . .
American House
Parker House . .
U. S. Hotel . . .
Tremont House .
Young's Hotel .
Adams House . .
Hotel Berkeley .
Marlboro House .
Albion Building .
W. D. Park . . .
Hotel Pelham . .
Hotel Boylston .
La Grange House
St. Cloud ....
Hotel Clarendon .
Seaver House . .
Evans House . .
Wm. Pfaff . . .
Hotel Kempton .
Hotel Hamilton .
Hotel Vendome .
Coolidge House .
City Hotel ....
Hancock House .
Merrimac House
Amount carried forward .
Class.
Gallons.
10,003,346
8,024,144
11,625,817
5,051,969
8,405,346
3,784,042
3,161,244
2,868,036
3,094,837
745,695
375,08'
2,756,542
1,077,833
427,514
608,579
1,457,392
351,441
1,177,680
292,184
1,294,792
1,647,059
1,982,789
1,358,091
127,027
123,786
445,477
Revenue.
$3,000 98
2,407 22
3,487 74
1,515 56
2;521 58
1,135 19
948 35
860 39
928 43
223 69
112 51
826 95
323 34
128 24
182 55
437 20
105 40
353 29
87 64
388 42
494 09
594 81
407 40
38 10
37 12
133 63
72,267,749 $21,679 82
Keport of the Water Board.
85
Name.
Class.
o
3
00
a
c
■a
c
fl
3
«*
o
03
a
S3
o
Gallons.
Revenue.
Amount brought forward .
72,267,749
$21,679 82
3
3
468,832
140 64
1
1
264,839
79 43
1
1
184,499
55 33
New England House . . .
1
1
593,407
178 00
1
1
401,377
120 38
1
1
131,406
39 41
Commercial House ....
2
2
497,824
149 36
1
1
3
449,886
459,742
134 95
3
137 90
3
3
1,457,391
437 21
1
2
1
2
236,302
776,526
70 87
Metropolitan House ....
232 95
2
2
1
3,034,575
78,270
910 35
Thomas L. Robinson . . .
1
23 48
4
4
1
5,687,826
88,326
1,706 33
Massachusetts House ...
1
26 48
1
1
2
662,700
198 78
1
1
172,530
51 74
2
2
310,776
93 21
3
3
699,532
209 84
2
2
864,915
259 45
2
2
1
767,177
346,657
230 13
1
103 99
2
2
4
2,924,856
877 43
1
1
857,332
257 18
Stumcke & Goodwin . . .
3
3
3,013,316
903 98
1
1
1
550,117
769,740
165 01
1
230 91
1
1
261,059
78 30
1
fl
3
1,259,519
87,630
377 84
1
-
-
-
1
26 27
100,626,633
$30,186 95
86
City Document. — No. 88.
Name.
Amount brought forward
Hotel Marion
Dio Lewis
Old Col. & Newp't R.R. Co.
Boston & Albany R. R. Co.
Boston & Maine R. R. Co. .
Boston & Lowell R. R. Co.
Fitchburg R. R. Co
Eastern R. R. Co
New York & New Eng. R. R.
Co
Boston & Providence R. R.
Co
Boston Gas Ligbt Co. . . .
South Boston Gas Light Co.
East Boston Gas Light Co.
Roxbury Gas Light Co. . .
Dorchester Gas Light Co. .
Standard Sugar Refinery,
Granite street
Standard Sugar Refinery,
Eastern avenue
Continental Sugar Refinery.
Bay State Sugar Refinery .
Oxnard Sugar Refinery . .
Boston Sugar Refinery . .
American Sugar Refinery .
Bay State Rolling Mill . .
Norway Iron Works . . .
Highland Spring Brewery .
Edward Habich
Wheat &Carberry. Vacant.
H. & J. Pfaff
A. J. Houghton & Co. . . .
Amount carried forward
Class.
Hotel
Brewery
Gallons.
100,626,633
162,210
1,547,368
22,509,003
36,022,207
4,076,376
6,079,082
4,851,321
12,515,421
6,761,406
10,721,091
39,792,749
1,522,394
1,334,969
1,420,641
1,808,953
38,749,650
13,403,4S9
20,647,425
9,676,800
4,118,886
21,345,600
685,327
17,457,402
22,601,678
9,172,004
3,221,478
2,694,551
766,132
Revenue.
$30,186 95
48 65
464 20
6,752 70
10,806 66
1,222 90
1,823 71
1,455 38
3,754 62
2,028 41
3,216 20
11,937 81
456 70
400 48
426 14
542 67
11,624 89
4,021 03
6,194 21
2,903 03
1,235 65
6,403 66
205 59
5,237 20
6,780 49
2,751 58
966 43
808 34
229 82
416,292,246 $124,886 10
Keport or the Water Board.
87
Name.
Amount brougM forward
Gottlieb Burkhardt .
John Roessle ....
Christian Jutz ....
Henry Souther & Co.
Boston Beer Co. . .
Conrad Decker . . .
Suffolk Brewing Co.
Burton Brewery . .
Standard Brewery .
Vincent & Hathaway
Moses Fairbanks & Co
Coburn, Lang & Co
Comstock, Gove 85 Co
Leonard & Co. . . .
"Wesleyan Association
Tremont Temple . .
S. S. Houghton & COi
P. McAleer
Smith & Porter . . .
T. H. Carter ....
Boston Journal . . .
John L. Gardner . .
Joseph Byers ....
Western Union Teleg:
Co
N. E. Mut. Life Ins. Co
State st
N. E. Mut. Life Ins. Co
State st
Horticultural Hall .
Suffolk National Bank
Benjamin Leeds . . .
Stone, Bier & "Weiss
aph
39
Amount carried forward ,
Class.
Brewery
Beer Factory
Building
Gallons.
416,292,246
1,453,507
3,316,019
389,167
911,182
5,371,814
738,554
3,642,750
946,530
1,210,986
868,544
742,551
432,951
288,411
1,081,882
930,630
1,049,486
307,619
546,096
1,223,302
846,321
1,938,277
119,536
793,364
391,439
726,854
183,337
318,406
417,441
362,339
205,919
Revenue.
$124,886 10
436 03
994 78
116 73
273 34
1,611 53
221 54
1,092 81
283 94
363 27
260 55
222 75
129 87
86 50
324 55
279 17
314 83
92 27
163 81
366 98
253 88
581 47
35 84
237 99
117 42
218 04
54 98
95 48
125 22
108 68
61 75
448,047,460 $134,412 10
88
City Document. — No. 88.
Name.
Amount brought forward
John Rayner, heirs . . .
Otis T. Ruggles
B. B. Appleton, hefts . .
J. W. Merriam .
R. H. Spaulding .
Mrs. Ellen Brooks
Oriental Tea Co.
S. D. Hicks . . .
John Stetson . .
Macullar.Williams & Parker
E. H. Furber ....
Joshua Sears' Estate
Lilly .Young, Pratt & Brack
ett
A. T. Brown
Hogg, Brown & Taylor .
A. Wentwenth
William Ropes' Estate .
A. D. Puffer
Eastern Express Co. . .
Grand Lodge of Masons
James W. Rollins . . . .
Haley, Morse & Co., 411
"Washington st. . . .
Mass. Inst, of Technology
S. N. Brown, Jr
A.H.Vinton
J. W. Pierce
B. F. Bradbury
Shepard, Nor well & Co. .
D. J. Hastings
C. U. Cotting, 456 Wash st
Class.
Building
Amount carried forward 466,465,322 $139,936 92
Gallons.
448,047,460
463,641
208,116
541,139
508,146
349,536
177,569
293,256
1.253 009
873,088
482,421
203,309
411,359
822,446
83,609
1,099,425
1,075,882
3,790,259
383,654
771,501
200,984
487,821
341,451
1,134,509
269,654
221,084
389,414
378,268
328,558
234,344
640,410
$134,412 10
139 07
62 41
162 33
152 42
104 84
53 26
87 96
375 88
261 91
144 71
60 98
123 40
246 72
25 07
329 82
322 75
1,137 05
115 08
231 43
60 27
146 32
102 42
340 34
80 87
66 31
116 80
113 47
98 54
70 28
192 11
Keport of the Water Board.
89
Name.
Amount brought forward
Parsons & Stoddard
W. H. Mann .
Ilallett & Davis
Galvin & Currio
P. Donahoe . .
Jonas Fitch . .
Samuel A. Way, estate
H. C. Stephens ....
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Washington street .
G. T. Burnham & Co. .
G. D. Dowes & Co. . .
Stephen H. Bennett, heirs
J. P. Dimond .
Taylor Page .
Franklin Evans
J. Zane & Co. .
Metropolitan R. R. Co.
Art Garden .
Allen & Woodworth
Merchants' Exchange
C. U. Cotting, 7 Court sq
J. J. Stevens . .
J. T. Brown & Co
J. C. Gray .
C. F. Hovey .
John Foster .
R. B. Brigham
M. M. Ballou ,
J. M. Smith & Co
Charles Rollins .
Adams Express Co.
Amount carried forward
Class.
Building
Gallons.
466,465,322
225,958
465,014
119,351
886,794
738,359
187,941
191,047
1,175,331
870,666
616,612
128,324
1,413,734
451,926
227,774
393,996
483,749
66,261
233,827
177,510
4,460,601
348,276
212,189
322,810
837,580
988,477
495,479
38,084
560,721
29,931
743,452
1,797,287
$139,936 92
67 77
139 48
35 79
266 03
221 49
56 37
57 30
352 59
261 18
184 97
38 48
424 10
135 56
68 32
118 17
145 11
19 85
70 14
53 23
1,338 16
104 47
63 64
96 83
251 25
296 52
148 62
11 41
168 20
8 96
223 02
539 17
456,354,383 $145,903 10
90
City Document. — No. 88.
Name.
Amount brought forward .
Jordan, Marsh & Co., King-
ston street
H. S. Lawrence .
J. M. Beebe
F. Tudor
Studio Building
Bost'n Post B'ding^ater st.
" " Milk st.
Traveller Building ....
Union Building
Wentworth Building . . .
Rice Building
Carter Building
Edmands Building ....
"Washington Building . . .
Niles Building
Palmers Building
Joy's Building
Sears Building
Advertiser Building ....
Charity Building
Codman Building
Transcript Building ....
Chauncy Hall School . . .
Mass. General Hospital . .
City Hospital
Lunatic Hospital
New England Hospital . .
Notre Dame Academy . . .
St. Mary's Institute ....
House of the Angel Guardian
Home for Catholic Children
Class.
Building .
Amount carried forward ' 517,370,504 $155,207 37
Gallons.
486,354,383
367,911
225,516
560,857
515,902
903,614
496,529
69,300
773,700
925,650
312,479
849,779
293,616
306,847
615,081
1,119,336
422,144
345,022
1,359,374
807,427
135,119
1,410,420
385,462
35,130
3,751,109
7,947,231
3,335,421
6S5,829
184,972
102,990
635,626
1,136,737
$145,903 10
110 35
67 63
168 23
154 76
271 06
148 94
20 79
232 10
277 67
93 72
254 91
88 07
92 03
184 51
335 78
126 62
103 49
407 80
242 21
40 51
423 10
115 62
10 53
1,125 32
2,384 14
1,000 61
205 74
55 47
30 88
190 67
341 01
Kepoet of the Watek Board.
91
Name.
Amount brought forward
Church Home
Temporary Home
Somerset Club House . . .
Union Club House
Temple Club
Boston Music Hall
City Hall
State of Massachusetts . .
United States of America .
Howard Athenasum ....
Boston Theatre
Boylston Market
"Washington Market ....
Suffolk Market
Franklin Market
Williams Market
Tremont Market .....
Union Market
Medical College
Boston College
Mary Stearns
Mrs. J. R.Hill
Mrs. R. W. Prescott ....
J. H. Baker
Mrs. W. A. Colson ....
F. B. Ruggles
Mrs. A. A. Tower
A. Carr
"W. A. Prescott
Geo. Odin, heirs
James F. Goodwin ....
Amount carried forward
Class.
State House
Post Office .
Boarding ,
Gallons.
517,370,504
774,689
270,697
1,311,951
640,530
292,994
730,162
1,194,658
1,021,514
247,725
167,526
650,355
293,691
1,075,867
666,642
366,502
709,851
92,527
66,750
297,539
537,679
251,805
382,935
158,204
138,051
203,437
233,654
96,719
131,587
243,598
220,543
291,405
Revenue.
$155,207 37
232 39
81 19
393 56
192 14
87 88
219 03
358 38
306 44
74 31
50 24
195 10
88 09
322 74
199 98
109 93
212 94
27 75
20 02
89 25
161 28
75 52
114 86
47 45
41 40
61 02
70 07
29 00
39 46
73 05
66 15
87 40
531,132,291 $159,335 39
92
City Document. — No. 88.
Name.
Amount brought forward
Mrs. A. P. Cleverly ....
D. C. Knowlton
Mrs. C. Farley "
Mrs. C. Cumraings ....
James Knowlton
Ruel Philbrick
E. F. "Whitman
S. V. Loring
Mrs. N. F. Chapin
William Evans
E. Cutler, 147 Kneeland st..
E. Cutler, 146 Kneeland st..
Michael Doherty
Job A. Turner, 17 Webster
avenue
Job A. Turner, 6 Melrose pi.
Peter McFarland
J. Collins
D. L. "Webster
Thomas Cantlon
"W. B. Mendum
Brown & "Wilcox
Jacob J. Storer, vacant . .
Joseph Nickerson & Co. . .
J. Morrill, jr., & Co
Pearson Bros. & Co
J. Morse
L. "Whittaker
C. Wright & Co. ......
Howard Watch and Clock Co
Haley, Morse & Co
Class.
Model
Amount carried forward
Factory
o
a
00
1 inch.
2 inch.
3 inch.
4 inch.
Indicator.
Total.
Gallons.
Revenue.
531,132,291
$159,335 39
2
. . 2
266,548
79 95
1
. . 1
301,851
90 54
1
. . 1
151,019
45 28
1
. • 1
305,579
91 65
1
. . 2
963,681
289 09
2
. . 2
246,267
73 86
. . 1
105,381
31 60
1
. . 1
187,927
56 35
1
. • 1
277,634
83 27
3
. . 3
731,234
219 34
2
. . 2
180,809
54 22
2
. . 2
434,834
130 43
5
. . 5
496,304
148 87
1
. . 1
24,600
7 38
1
. . 1
266,766
80 01
1
. . 1
384,531
115 35
2
. • 2
536,729
161 01
1
. . 1
550,664
165 17
1
. • 1
271,750
81 50
2
. . 2
204,637
61 38
3
. . 3
1,044,501
313 32
1
. • 1
r . .
. . 1
1,630,649
489 18
1
. • 1
180,645
54 17
1 . .
. • 1
1,641,067
492 31
1
• • 1
142,911
42 85
1
• • 1
138,667
41 58
1
• . 1
355,559
106 64
2 • .
• . 2
1,315,146
394 52
1
• . 1
559,529
167 84
: J. .
545,029,710
$163,504 05
Eeport or the Water Board.
93
Name.
Amount brought forward
Roxhury Carpet Co. . .
George C. Pearson . .
Back Bay Woolen Co. .
S. S. Putnam
John Preston
Union Elastic Goods Co
Mason & Hamlin . . .
William Carleton . . .
Boston Star Collar Co.
Murphy, Leavens & Co
H. M. Richards ....
Charles E. Kershaw .
E. Strain & Co. . .
Hasse & Pratt . . .
H.F.Miller. . . .
Stephen Smith & Co
Chickering & Sons
Mace & Reyes . .
Bagnall & Loud . .
Boston Car Spring Co
Wassineus & Whittle
A. Folsom & Sons .
Dwinell & Co
Standard Vinegar Works
J. M. Cook, estate . . .
Hallett & Davis ....
W. Wolf & Co
S. D. & H. W. Smith .
James W. Vose & Co. .
Daniels, Harrison & Co.
William Underwood & Co
Amount carried forward
Class.
Factory
Gallons.
545,029,710
3,380,172
500,459
593,444
1,380,509
196,491
192,781
1,609,234
488,369
239,100
397,446
711,082
704,767
53,181
1,221,029
165,367
450,404
230,849
210,209
290,204
836,535
248,267
394,026
479,609
37,094
628,717
321,561
862,252
746,257
80,730
1,320,554
305,024
Revenue.
564,305,433 $169,286 27
94
City Document. — No.
Name.
Class.
a
00
in
1 inch.
2 inch.
3 inch.
4 inch.
Indicator.
Total.
GrAIiLONS.
Revenue.
Amount brought forward .
564,305,433
$169,286 27
Cummings & Carlisle . . .
Factory
■ •
1 . .
. . 1
746,279
223 86
Leigh Manufacturing Co. .
"
1 . .
. . 1
988,499
296 53
Walworth Manufact'ing Co.
"
1
. . 1
280,544
84 15
Newton, Morton & Co. . .
tt
1
. . 1
136,634
40 96
"
2
. . 2
321,157
96 32
Seth "W. Fowle & Son . .
"
1
. . 1
47,000
14 09
"
1
. . 1
21,975
6 59
tt
1
. . 1
397,294
119 18
it
1
. . 1
458,413
137 49
"W. P. Emerson Piano Co. .
"
1
. . 1
584,616
175 37
Hallett & Cuniston ....
"
1
. . 1
378,778
113 61
(i
1 . .
. . 1
778,972
233 67
u
1
. . 1
19,620
5 88
S. D. & H. W. Smith . . .
"
• ■
1 . .
. . 1
876,711
262 99
"
1
. . 1
527,302
158 17
Am. Moulded Collar Co. .
"
1
. . 1
529,056
158 70
"
1 . .
. . 1
25,267
7 57
II
1
. . 1
421,656
126 49
Christopher Blake ....
"
1
....
. . 1
705,809
211 72
II
1
. . 1
330,989
99 27
tt
2
1 • .
• • 3
270,825
81 23
"
1
. . 1
140,811
42 23
"
1
....
. . 1
44,692
13 40
"
1
. . 1
376,590
112 96
Machinist.
1
. . 1
950,819
285 23
"
1
. . 1
128,572
38 55
"
2
. . 2
578,563
173 55
c«
2
1 . .
. . 3
437,939
131 36
<<
1
. . 1
692,565
207 75
Holmes & Blanchard . . .
it
1 . .
. . 1
89,160
26 74
George F. Blake & Co. . .
"
1 . .
. . 1
1,501,345
450 38
Amount carried forward .
578,093,885
$173,422 26
Eeport of the Water Board.
95
Name,
Amount brought forioard
E. H. Ashcroft
L. M. Ham . •
Eyelet Tool Co
Shorey&Co. .
L. A, Bigelow
"William Evans
Smith & Lovett
Am. Tool and Machine Co
J. Souther & Co. .
Boston Machine Co
Hersey Brothers .
Hinkley Locomotive Works
U. S. Manufacturing Co. .
H. S. Robinson
Atlantic Works .....
Geo. T. McLaughlin . .
South Boston Iron Co. .
Boston Iron Co
Holmes & Blanchard . .
Dyer & Gurney
"William Blake & Co. . .
Whiting Foundry Co. . .
Tremont Foundry Co. . .
Fulton Iron Foundry Co.
Chelmsford Iron FoundryG
John Lally
Downer's Kerosene Oil Co
F. H. Jenny
"Wilkinson, Carter 85 Co
Farrar, Pierce & Canterbury
Kidder, Vaughan & Co.
Amount carried forward
Class.
Machinist
Foundry
Boiler Maker
Oil Works
Gallons.
578,093,885
597.636
562,852
78,959
673,095
729,757
966,389
324,411
848,722
281,782
1,393,904
399,906
3,21S,452
1,569,382
173,549
1,976,100
627,059
2,248,589
687,854
438,659
211,970
1,339,180
358,496
88,584
228,824
130,694
278,414
5,687,039
1,328,376
424,934
1,423,836
144,764
Revenue.
$173,422 26
179 26
168 85
23 67
201 92
218 91
289 89
97 30
254 59
84 52
418 16
119 95
965 51
470 79
52 05
592 82
188 10
674 56
206 35
131 57
63 57
401 73
107 53
26 56
68 63
39 20
83 50
1,706 09
398 49
127 46
427 14
43 40
607,536,053 $182,254 33
96
City Document. — No.
Name.
Amount brought forward
Co.,
Bowker, Torrey
Bowker st. . .
Bowker, Torrey & Co.,
Foundry st
Torreys & Co
C. E. Hall & Co
W. C Taylor & Co. ...
A. Wentwortk & Co. . . .
Richard Power & Son . . .
Jeremiah Carew
E. F. Meaney
Geo. F. Chapin & Co. . .
C. D. Brooks
Blake, Gage & Co
W. K. Lewis & Bros. . . •
B. M. Clark
E. T. Cowdry & Co
Francis Baker
Fohes, Hay ward & Co. . .
Chase & Co
Charles Copeland
Messenger Bros
Mrs. G. F. Harrington . .
Marston & Cunio
Edward B. Pierce ....
J. Brown & Co
I. F. Kendall
Kendall & Dearborn . . .
Geo. Fera
D. T. Copeland
F. E. Weber
R. B. Brigham
Class.
Marble Works
Stone Yard . .
a
Vinegar Works
Pickle Factory
Saltworks . .
Confectionery .
Restaurant
Amount carried forward 644,021,851 $193,199 43
Gallons.
607,536,053
3,538,131
2,296,746
5,413,312
3,504,084
829,972
3,566,962
1,201,402
773,759
1,876,804
149,136
385,896
189,389
223,957
205,117
530,655
255,427
481,791
1,307,834
2,259,576
448,859
498,494
459,562
1,000,596
304,042
458,354
470,504
678,434
1.070,571
400,746
1,705,6S6
Revenue.
$182,254 33
1,061 42
689 00
1,623 96
1,051 21
248 96
1,070 08
360 40
232 10
563 02
44 72
115 75
56 80
67 18
61 51
159 17
76 61
144 51
392 33
677 85
134 63
149 53
137 85
300 16
91 19
137 48
141 12
203 51
321 15
120 21
511 69
Eepoet of the Water Boaed.
97
Name.
Amount brought forward
W. S. Mathews ....
Pearson & Tibbetts . ,
Brock & Coy ......
W. C. Cahoon & Son .
Durgin, Park & Co. . .
Morrill & Ontbank . .
Smith & Under-wood .
J. M. Learned
Wm. Englehardtj . . .
Tibbetts 8s Russell . .
J. D. Oilman
R. R. & J. S. Higgins .
Atwood & Bacon . . .
B. S. Wright 85 Co. . .
Felton & Stone ....
Jonas H. French . . .
C. H. Graves .....
J.A.Whipple ....
James Edmands & Co. .
E. L. Perkins
A. Hale & Co
Suffolk Wood Preserving Co
W. H. Swift 85 Co. . .
W. L. Bradley ....
B. Randall
Committee on Bathing .
C. W. Blodgett ....
W.A.Holland ....
Boston Dye Wood 8s Chem
ical Co
Hodges, Coolidge 8c Co.
Amount carried forward
7
Class.
Restaurant
Saloon . .
Distillery
Distillery
Photographer
Fire Brick
Card Factory
Rubber Works
Fertilizers
Baths
Chemicals
Gallons.
644,021,851
468,636
94,987
701,002
447,171
471,299
641,257
935,140
564,014
456,911
336,000
498,839
749,511
261,816
972,862
853,972
1,687,963
294,906
136,095
295,064
586,641
619,102
255,096
459,944
2,448,607
568,349
960,150
943,573
705,636
10,555,987
2,037,607
Revenue.
$193,199 43
140 58
28 49
210 28
134 13
141 37
192 36
280 53
169 20
137 05
100 78
149 64
224 83
78 52
291 84
256 17
506 38
88 45
40 82.
88 50
175 97
185 71
76 52
137 97
734 57
170 49
288 04
283 05
211 68
3,166 77
611 26
675,C29,988 $202,501
98
City Document. — No.
Name.
Amount brought forward
M. Crocker & Co
G. W. & F. Appleton . . .
Preston & Merrill
George Gill & Co
P. S. Merritt
Guild, "White & Co
R. "W. Ames & Son ....
Boston Forge Co
Boston Lead Co
National Bridge Co
American Steam Safe Co. .
Suffolk Glass Co
"Washington Pipe Works .
East Boston Pottery . . . .
Curtis, Knowles & Co. . . .
Simpson's Dry Dock Co. .
Cunard Steamship Co. . .
Munson & Co
Union Freight Railway Co.
J. B.Croshy
Farrar, Follett & Co. ...
Metropolitan Railroad Co. .
So. Boston Railroad Co. . .
Highland Railroad Co. . .
Draper 85 Hall
Martin Hayes
Draper Bros
"Wilbur & Locke
J. Austin Rogers
Norfolk House Stable . . .
Northend & Foster ....
Class.
Chemicals
Extracts
Tannery
Bacon Works
) Supply Loco-
i motives . .
Carving . .
Wire Works
Stable . . .
Amount carried forward [ • 1 . . 714,966,459 $214,481 75
Gallons.
675,029,988
2,434,312
154,117
. 852,750
317,054
511,754
525,794
223,199
1,728,141
2,248,386
679,901
417,741
890,729
857,323
280,309
109,186
586,026
9,148,932
1,686,172
481,500
348,817
1,558,506
6,165,172
2,526,831
1,492,390
1,765,146
555,546
66,391
295,603
299,512
250,214
479,017
02,501 38
730 28
. 46 20
255 SO
95 09
153 50
"157 73
66 93
518 42
674 50
203 95
125 31
267 20
257 17
84 09
32 73
175 79
2,744 66
505 84
144 44
104 63
467 53
1,849 54
758 04
447 71
529 52
166 65
19 90
88 66
89 83
75 04
143 69
Keport of the Water Board.
99
Name.
Amount brought forward
Jennings & Noyes
Robert H. Douglass . . . .
T. H. Seavey
C. & J. F. Baker
W. P. Pierce
J. Pratt
L. E. Hartshorne
J. P. Barnard, 108 Chestnut
street
J. P. Barnard, cor. Brimmer
and Chestnut streets . . .
J. P. Barnard, Joy street .
A. Garcelon
C. S. Godfrey
G-. W. Sherburne
J. E. Maynard, 834 Shaw-
mut avenue
A. Goss . ,
Adams Express Co. . ,
John Eaton, jr. . . . ,
F. S. Merritt . . . • ,
L. W. Porter & Co. .
"Warner & Richardson ,
Geo. M. King ....
Milo Whitney ....
Daniel Wood ....
T. D. Sullivan . . . ,
Ham & Co
E. E. Russell . . . .
Blanchard & Snow .
G. D. Pattee . . . ' .
James Jellison . . .
John Miller
Amount carried forward
Class.
Stable
Gallons.
714,966,459
380,593
257,031
218,782
195,093
100,710
142,124
59,451
405,036
912,727
1,013,736
228,472
194,369
145,304
113,782
244,259
403,183
197,511
61,132
366,584
878,527
585,704
202,093
361,476
166,0S6
185,893
234,914
123,510
328,437
257,399
73,326
Revenue.
$214,481 75
114 17
77 09
65 61
58 49
30 19
42 62
17 82
121 49
273 80
304 10
68 52
58 29
43 57
34 12
73 26
120 94
59 23
18 32
109 96
263 55
-175 69
60 61
108 41
49 81
55 75
70 46
37 04
98 51
77 20
21 98
724,003,703 $217,192 35
100
City Document. — No.
Name.
Amount brought forward
J. N. Harwood
H. C. Nims, Mason Ct.
J. A. Riedell & Co. . . .
E. W. Murray, Berkeley st
E. W. Murray, Stanhope st,
A. B. Atherton & Co.
George S. Johnson & Co. 680
Washington st.
George S. Johnson & Co. 774
Washington st.
T. Thaxter ....
James Monroe . .
Miller & Robinson
L. L. Holland . .
P. E. Murray . .
J. E. Maynard . .
John Rice ....
Geo. S. Fogg & Co
J. M. Dow ....
New York Express Co. .
Moses Coleman & Son .
Boston Hotels Coach Co,
U. S. and Canada Express
Eastern Express Co. . .
J. O. Barnard
Riverside Club Stable .
Club Stable, Chardon st.
Beacon Club Stable
F. A. Phelps ....
C. W. Dean ....
V.H. Covill ....
Dean & Burgess . .
Class.
Stable
Amount carried forward
Gallons.
724,003,703
409,296
565,305
471,884
151,454
319,462
687,817
479,488
131,564
132,637
181,920
652,762
184,731
185,362
538,653
735,629
982,972
344,534
665,380
166,521
1,223,159
110,797
370,371
84,142
126,794
181,642
192,742
441,831
218,654
242,511
87,698
$217,192 35
122 77
169 57
141 55
45 42
95 83
206 32
735,171,415 $220,542 13
Kepoet of the Water Board.
101
Name.
Amount brought forward
Sumner & Dickinson .
J. B. Cassidy & Bro. .
L. C. Chase .
Peck & Hall .
T. H. Ayres .
J. Hale . . .
J. M. Smith .
E. R. Webster
Club Stable, 75 Chestnut st
B. F. Wrightington -
Clark & Brown . .
H. C. Nims, 8 Lime
JohrrSawyer ....
Cilley & Stimson . .
Club Stable, 44 Joy st
Gray, Bell & Bailey
Joel Gray .......
Asa Critchett ....
Patrick Morrison . . ,
L. A. Noyes .....
Met. R. R. Co., Meridian st
A. S. Eaton % . . . .
Geo. D. Brown . . .
J. H. Hathorne ....
Henry K. Wing . . .
National Tube Works
Globe Nail Works . .
Grover & Baker S. M.
Albany st
Grover & Baker S. M.
Washington st. . . .
Farrington & Hunnewell
Amount carried forward
Class.
Stable
Silversmith
Gallons.
735,171,415
182,076
247,004
174,179
53,729
77,834
75,337
47,684
379,425
144,666
234,494
301,627
100,432
137,406
266,175
180,374
36,952
64,478
185,467
70,419
173,219
94,258
112,589
152,609
862,431
330,546
1,960,364
1,539,450
249,066
2,400,585
272,910
Revenue.
),542 13
54 61
74 08
52 24
16 11
23 34
22 59
14 30
113 81
43 38
70 34
90 47
30 10
41 21
79 84
54 10
11 08
19 34
55 62
21 11
51 94
2S 26
33 77
45 77
258 70
99 15
588 09
461 83
74 70
720 16
81 85
746,279,200 $223,874 0 2
102
City Document. — No. 88.
Name.
Amount brought forward .
Boston Wheat and Bread Co.
B. M. Cunningham
Byam, Carlton & Co
Manley Howe
L. Prang & Co
Cook, Jordan & Morse . . .
E. Brooks
"Walworth Manufact'ing Co.
H G. Denney
Briggs & Robinson
Carpenter, Woodward &
Morton
8. B. Stebbins
L. W. Pickens
C. E. Folsom
Boston City Flour Mills
J. J. McNu.tt
Glendon Co
Man son & Peterson . .
W. W. Bennett . . . .
Cross & Gilman . . . .
MeQuesten & Fogg . . .
J. F. Paul & Co
Bugbee & Spooner . . .
J. A. Robertson . . . .
R. Meagher
Chauncey, Page 8c Co. .
S. H.L.Pierce
A. J. Stearns & Son . .
H. Parker & Co
J. F. Keating
Class.
Laundry . . .
Match Factory
Chemist . . .
Chromos . . .
Engine . . . .
Amount carried forward 768,973,004
Gallons.
746,279,200
216,285
757,446
74,677
252,651
458,864
345,014
288,717
322,46S
150.584
648,156
1,406,489
585,936
288,427
408,180
3,151,754
2,661,238
1,518,276
881,489
936,689
560,144
392,587
1,022,481
781,994
930,021
308,459
1,059,367
1,137,0S9
90,112
638,451
419,759
Revenue.
:,874 02
64 88
227 22
22 38
75 78
137 64
103 48
86 59
96 72
45 16
194 42
421 93
175 76
86 52
122 44
945 51
798 35
455 47
264 43
280 99
168 03
117 76
306 73
234 58
278 98
92 52
317 80
341 11
27 02
191 51
125 91
0,681 64
Kepoet of the Watee Boaed.
103
Name.
Amount brought forward . .
8. C.Caleff
"Watson Ss Bisbee
D. A. Reed
Laming & Drisko
Cressey & Noyes
Smith & Jacobs
B. D. "Whiteomb
F. R. Jenkins
H. C. Hopkins
R. S. Gilmore
Glover & Jones ......
Whitney Dye Wood Mill .
David Snow, Jr. & Co. . . .
White, Frame & Co
Rnowles, Freeman & Co. . .
Curtis, Knowles & Co. . . .
Bond, Blanchard, Worthen &
Co
H. A. Hall
J. H. Chadwick
Horatio Harris
W. P. Hutchings
S. A. Way Estate. Not used.
J. C. Nichols .........
House of Correction ....
Suffolk County Court House.
Suffolk County Jail ....
Directors of Public Institu-
tions
South Ferry ....
North " . . • .
Police Station No. 1
Amount carried, forward,
Class.
Mill
Fish Store ,
Bacon Market .
Bakery ....
Fountain . . .
House & Fo'nt'n
a H
Fountain . . .
<■
"Wharfpurposes
Gallons.
768,973,004
304,824
295,199
567,621
904,761
1,979,804
811,828
1,593,990
355,777
85,192
207,119
804,216
1,385,946
65,257
102,577
324,568
17,370
279,171
216,472
618,539
422,872
89,204
203,602
13,120,237
5,347,242
1,406,115
3,464,377
8,628,733
6,971,175
306,126
Revenue.
$230,681 64
91 45
88 53
170 27
271 40
593 92
243 52
478 18
106 72
25 54
62 12
241 24
415 78
19 57
30 77
97 36
5 21
83 73
64 93
185 55
126 85
26 74
61 07
3,936 05
1,604 15
421 82
1,039 30
2,588 60
2,091 35
91 84
819,852,918 $245,945 2 0
104
City Document. — No.
Name.
Amount brought forward
Police Station No. 2 . . ,
" " 3 . . ,
Cedar Grove Cemetery . .
First Church
Bang's Chapel
St. Mary's Church ....
Tremont st. M. E. Church
South Cong'l Church . . .
Church of the Advent . .
First Universalist Church
Columbus av. Univ. Church
Shawmut Cong'l Society .
Church of the Holy Redeemer
Church of the Immaculate
Conception
Class.
Organ
Clarendon st. Baptist Church
Second Church Society . . .
St. James Church
Brattle st. Church Society .
•Bancroft & Boyden
John L. Gardner
Job F. Bailey
George O.Hovey
Amount carried forward .
Elevator
Gallons.
819,852,918
390,885
402,645
434,542
631,965
125,001
522,644
160,057
220,245
397,117
41,932
1,196,625
151,360
141,427
211,964
172,882
121,543
257,962
204,740
61,402
179,250
104,466
103,759
19,864
24,014
381,231
217,956
597,502
62,175
604,8S1
30,900
Revenue.
828,025,854
$245,945 20
117 27
120 78
130 36
189 58
37 48
156 77
48 02
66 08
119 15
12 58
358 98
45 40
42 41
63 57
51 85
36 45
77 38
61 41
18 40
53 77
31 32
31 12
5 95
7 20
114 36
65 38
179 23
18 64
181 45
9 27
$248,396 81
Keport of the Water Board.
105
Name.
Class.
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00
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1
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H
1
1
2
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Gallons.
Revenue.
i
William Claflin, 6 mos. . . .. " ...
Goldthwait, Snow & Knight " ...
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
828,025,854 '$248,396 81
283,552 85 05
1
71,250, 21 36
1
46,334 1 13 88
i
67,125 20 13
44,5791 13 35
20,8571 6 25
Chiekering 8s Sons, 3 mos. .
Odd Fellows Building, 1 mo.
a
a
425,2501 127 57
38,250 11 47
346,000 103 80
Boston Rubber Shoe Co. . .
Field, Thayer & Co., 9 mos.
McConnell & Gardner, 9 mos.
F. Shaw & Bro., 9 mos. . . .
W. E. Putnam & Co., 9 mos.
Henry Bond & Co., 7 mos. .
Mrs. Goddard, 3 mos. . . .
W. H. Mawhinney & Co.,
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It
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II
II
II
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608,100
484,200
175,756
589,300
603,300
500,812
713,000
583,100
72,000
454,900
1,318,500
713,250
173,835
551,851
579,180
291,750
312,000
54,750
699,054
418,500
182 43
145 26
52 72
176 79
180 99
150 24
213 90
174 92
21 60
136 47
395 54
213 97
52 14
165 55
173 75
87 52
93 59
16 42
209 71
R. H. White & Co., 3 mos. .
125 55
839,266,189
$251,768 73
106
City Document. — No.
Name.
Class.
o
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CO
o
a
B
a
to
3
Q
a
H
1
1
1
1
'1
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o
Gallons.
Revenue.
Talbot, Wilmarth & Co., 6
Elevator . . .
Factory . . .
Marine w'rmen
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
839,266,189
177,000
39,750
$251,768 73
53 09
John Shepard, 3 mos. • . .
S. R. Spalding, vacant . . .
F. Upton & Co., 6 mos. . . .
Perry, Wendall, Fay & Co.,
11 92
258,000
121,500
77 40
36 45
Barker Bros. & Gardner,
Paul Knowles & Others . .
2,000,996
at 8 cts. per
100 gallons.
1,600 73
Total •• . . .
841,863,435
§253,548 32
Eeport of the Water Board.
107
The following table exhibits the yearly revenue from the
sale of Cochituate water since its introduction into the city
October 25th, 1848 : —
Eeceived
by Water Commissioners, as per
Auditor's Eeport, in 1848,
.
$972 81
From January 1, 1849, to January 1, 1850, .
71,657 79
* 1850,
« 1851, .
99,025 45
1851, <
1852, .
161,052 85
1852,
1853, .
179,567 39
1853,
1854, .
196,352 32
1854,
< 1855, .
217,007 51
1855,
1856, .
266,302 77
1856,"
1857, .
282,651 84
1857,
1858, .
289,328 83
1858,
1859, .
302,409 73
1859,
1860, .
314,808 97
1860, . <
1861, .
334,544 86
1861, <
1862, .
365,323 96
1862,
1863, •.
373,922 33
< 1863,
« 1864, .
394,506 25
1864,
1865, .
430,710 76
1865,
1866, .
450,341 48
< 1866,
1867, .
486,538 25
1867,
1868, .
522,130 93
1868,
< 1869, .
553,744 88
1869,
1870, .
597,328 55
1870,
1871, .
708,783 68
1871,
1872, .
774,445 70
1872,
1873, .
806,102 51
1873,
1874, .
859,436 55
1874, <
< 1875, .
914,748 73
1875, to Ma
yl, 1875, .
693,512 31
$11,647,259 99
108
City Document. — No.
Statement showing the number of houses, stores, steam
engines, etc., in the City of Boston, supplied with water to
the 1st of January, 1875, with the amount of water-rates
paid for 1874: —
29,078 Dwelling-houses
. $4,62,137 94
39 Boarding-houses
1,829 50
890 Model-houses .
25,949 48
13 Lodging-houses .
449 00
16 Hotels
924 50
5,817 Stores and shops
59,960 80
448 Buildings .
21,054 17
630 Offices
5,147 05
41 Printing offices .
847 29
32 Banks
432 04
28 Halls
500 75
2 Museums .
241 00
35 Private schools .
557 33
17 Asylums . . j
1,048 67
4 Hospitals .
230 00
47 Greenhouses
1,020 00
108 Churches .
1,580 55
6 Markets ....
1,099 83
108 Cellars .
712 00
795 Kestaurants and saloons
16,651 34
12 Club-houses
290 83
38 Photographers .
1,069 12
10 Packing houses .
412 00
1,656 Stables ....
13,338 17
52 Factories ....
1,499 62
7 Bleacheries
157 50
1 Brewery ....
125 00
Amount carried forward,
$619,265 48
Keport or the "Water Board.
109
Amount brought forward,
4 Beer factories
109 Bakeries .
1 Boat-house
10 Freight-houses
4 Gasometers
7 Ship-yards
1 Cemetery .
3 Dry docks and engines
53 Shops and engines
59 Stores and engines
17 Factories and engines
1 Foundry and engine
5 Printing and engines
3 Bakeries and engines
1 Ship yard and engine
5 Buildings and engines
1 Packing-house and engine
12 Stationery engines
90 Hoisting and pile-driving engines
14 Armories .
725 Hand-hose
13 Fountains . . .
66 Tumbler- washers
60 Water-pressures
6 Laundries .
1 Commercial college .
1 Laboratory
1 Milk Company .
Custom-House . »
Post-Office
Branch Post-Offices .
5 Aquariums
Amount carried forward.
$619,265
48
237
50
1,198
92
49
00
218
17
59
00
130
33
10
00
125
00
* 2,482
36
4,382
57
1,026
49
69
38
708
00
109
00
35
00
1,150
50
78
00
1,090
95
1,075
00
257
00
4,260
00
148
75
990
00
300
00
146
42
42
00
50
00
55
00
150
00
80
00
61
00
45
00
$640,085 82
110
City Document. — No.
Amount brought forward,
1640,085 82
Filling tanks
44 34
Filling cisterns ....
99 34
1 Ice company (washing ice).
30 00
1 Gymnasium ....
12 50
1 Depot .....
34 00
4 Eailroad stations .
59 50
75 Steamboats ....
13,076 94
Office (City Scales) .
11 00
Lockup (Ward 16) .
6 00
Municipal Court (Ward 16)
14 00
Probate building
75 00
House of Reception .
10 00
40 Fire-engines, hose and hook and laddei
houses .....
890 00
2,918 Fire hydrants ...
52,524 00
98 Reservoirs . ...
1,764 00
Insurance Brigade
25 00
Fire-boat "¥m. Flanders" . ■
200 00
368 Public schools . . .
3,214 00
City stables ....
226 25
Washing-carts ....
125 00
Offal station ....
225 00
Faneuil Hall .
40 00
Public Library ....
50 00
2 Branch Libraries
43 50
Paving Department .
271 50
Common Sewer Department
250 00
Deer park . . . .
10 00
Public urinals ....
120 00
Street sprinkling
500 00
Public Garden ....
25 00
Drinking fountains
920 00
Amount earned forward.
$714,981 69
Keport of the Water Board.
Ill
Amount brought forward,
$714,981 69
Steamer " Henry Morrison "
200 00
Steamer " Samuel Little " .
100 00
Small-pox Hospital .
25 00
House of Industry (Deer Island)
83 75
Northampton-street District
108 50
Building purposes
6,215 91
Metered water (9 months)
192,981 88
Hippodrome ....
15 00
Mass. Charitable Mechanics' Association 25 00
Office, Surveyor's Department .
12 00
$914,748 73
112
City Document. — No. 88.
Statement showing the number and kind of Water Fixtures con-
tained within the premises of Water-takers in the City of Boston
to January 1, 1875, as compared with previous years.
1873.
1873.
1874.
Remarks.
6,452
6,768
7,266
Taps. These have no connection with any drain or
sewer.
64,454
67.0S9
72,310
Sinks.
30,632
32,690
36,141
"Wash-hand hasins.
10,289
11,580
12,040
Bathing'tubs.
14,863
16,222
18,877
Pan water-closets.
14,891
17,081
18,765
Hopper water-closets.
201
" " automatic.
278
248
291
" " pull.
213
223
188
" " self-acting.
503
589
606
" " waste.
602
590
648
" " door.
2,755
2,445
2,851
Urinals.
459
'• automatic.
11,826
12,779
14,300
"Wash-tubs. These are permanently attached to the
building.
714
734
680
Shower-baths.
445
419
363
Private hydrants,
641
712
754
Stop-hoppers.
96
112
134
Foot-baths.
159,654
170,281
186,874
Respectfully submitted,
WM. F. DAVIS,
Water Registrar.
EEPOET OF THE SUPERINTENDENT
OF THE
EASTERN DIVISION.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF EASTERN DIVISION.
Boston, May 1, 1875.
Thos. Gogin, Esq.,
President of the Cochituate Water Board: —
Sir, — I hereby respectfully submit my report for the year
ending with April 30th.
MAIN PIPE.
Most of the labor for the year was in relaying streets
within the city proper, East and South Boston, with pipes
of enlarged sizes, according to the plans of the City Engineer.
The lengths, in what streets, and the sizes, may be 'found in
the tables below. The whole length is 124,400 feet, equal
to a little more than 23^ miles. The required number of
stop-valves and hydrants have been established at their
proper distances and localities. Included in this estimate of
pipes laid are the following important lines : a 24-inch
high-service pipe from Centre street in Koxbury, through
Heath and Parker streets and Fisher avenue, to the Parker
Hill reservoir; a 20-inch from Heath street, through Pynchon,
Tremont and Northampton streets, to Columbus avenue, and
through the avenue to Berkeley street ; a 16-inch from Berke-
ley street, through the avenue, to and into the Common, there
connecting with the 16-inch laid last year, that supplies the
Beacon Hill district; a 12-inch from Columbus avenue,
through Berkeley and Dover streets, and on the Dover-street
bridge, to the siphon at the draw*;- a continuation of the same
through Fifth, Old Harbor and Thomas streets, for the high-
service supply of South Boston.
116 City Document. — No. 88.
Preparations are being made to lay the 40-inch siphon
pipe at Newton Lower Falls. About one half of the pipes
have been received ; the remainder are nearly all made and
will soon be delivered. By the 5th of the present month I
shall commence to lay pipes in the West Roxbury and
Brighton districts, and hope to continue without interruption
to the close of the season.
SERVICE PIPES.
The whole number of services put in is . . 1,245
Length of feet 33,699
LEAKS AND BREAKS.
The number of leaks this year has been greater than in any
year previous ; many of them were owing to the extreme
cold of the last winter. Three breaks in the large mains
have occurred. The first was on September the 8th, in the
40-inch line on Brookliue avenue. This was the largest
break since the introduction of the Cochituate water ; the
cause of it was the resting of the pipe on the stone capping
of a culvert, and the weight of the earth of the street, that
had just then been filled to a depth of five feet, caused the
pipe to separate through its entire length, and making a full
opening of the 40-inch pipe. The break was repaired and
the water let on the day following. It was fortunate this
occurred at this locality, as the water flowed into the wide
creek that runs parallel with the street, and no damage was
done to the buildings or property surrounding, nor harm
other than the washing away a portion of the street, and a
temporary short supply of water in the city.
On November the 2d the 20-inch pipe on Tremont street
near Chickering's factory broke. This is the new high-service
line, and was shut off just below, forming a dead end. At
the time of the break there was an exhibition of the working
Report of the "Water Board. 117
of the two pumps, at the same time, at the pumping works,
in presence of your Board.
The extra pressure, with the line being shut off, was proba-
bly the cause of the break ; possibly by damage to the pipe
in its transportation, as it was one of a lot that came by rail-
road.
The third break occurred on the night of the 23d of Jan-
uary, on the Dover-street bridge, near Albany street, in one
of the old 20-inch pipes. Both of the above were repaired
at once.
There was also a break in the north 36-inch gate onTremont
street, at Dover street. This gate was one of the first pattern
introduced, and, as has been proved by the breaking of a
number of the same kind, defective in its design. It was
replaced by one of the latest improved pattern.
STOP-VALVES OR GATES.
The order of the Board to discontinue what was known as
the "chamber" on Tremont street, opposite Chester square,
was attended to early this spring. Two 36-inch and two
30-inch gates of the old pattern were taken out, and one
36-inch of the newest pattern put in. Suitable brick boxes
or chambers were made round them, and the old large cham-
ber filled up, and paved over.
A new 48-inch gate was this spring put into the line on the
Goddard estate, near the foot of Bradley's hill. A 36-inch
and a 30-inch established in Tremont street, with blow-offs
connecting, near the dividing line of Roxbury and Brookline,
and one in the 40-inch line on Brookline avenue, opposite
the gas-works in Brookline, will be completed before this
report appears in print. . . ,
By the introduction of proper machinery at our works on
Federal street, I have been able to make all of our stop-valves
from 3 to 12 inch inclusive, and am now making the 16-iuch.
The machinery is suitable for making as large as 24-inch, and
118 City Document. — No. 88.
I can make them, if you think the number wanted will justify
the cost of the patterns. The number of stop-valves estab-
lished this year is 358.
HYDRANTS.
Your Board granted the request of the Fire Commissioners
to change the existing system of the kind and locality of hy-
drants to establishing., when new pipes are laid, the " Lowry "
at the intersections of streets, and the "Post " between these
intersections. With the assistance of the City Engineer, I
prepared a design, which promises to overcome all the objec-
tions heretofore urged against them. The design was adopted
by your Board, and an order passed to construct 50 of them.
The patterns are made, and two hydrants made and set. I
have tested them under the greatest pressure of water we
have, and under the most unfavorable circumstances, and am
pleased with the result. I shall be able to make them all at
our works, and at much less expense than they can be fur-
nished by outside parties. The number of hydrants estab-
lished this year is 433.
RESERVOIRS.
The Parker Hill reservoir was so far completed as to allow
the water to be let in November 2d, which was done in pres-
ence of your Board. I have kept it full this winter. It is
perfectly tight. The slope banks are nearly graded, and
sowed with grass seed, and the driveway will soon be com-
pleted. The whole was enclosed with a fence. The East
Boston, South Boston and Beacon Hill reservoirs are in as
good condition as when I last reported.
By request of the inhabitants the Cochituate water was
turned on to East Boston in place of the Mystic ; but the
pipes on the Charlestown side, between the connection of the
Mystic pipes and Warren bridge, were found to be frozen.
This line, since the introduction of the Mystic water, with
Keport of the Water Board. 119
three or four exceptions, has been shut off, and the water drawn
out of the pipes under the bridge in the winter season, to
prevent its being frozen.
Not only has the water been drawn out, but that in the
siphon under the draw has been pumped out to below low-
water mark.
It was found, on examination, that where it was frozen, the
pipes were deflected so as to retain the water for about 200
feet. Two of the pipes were burst, and, as all were old ones
and might be weakened by the ice, I thought it advisable to
take them out, and replace them with new ones. The new
pipes were laid properly, and a blow-off gate put in at the
lowest point, which will prevent a damage of like nature in
the future. The water was turned on again April 21st, and
has continued without intermission since.
FROST.
The extreme and continuous cold of last winter made seri-
ous trouble with the main and service pipes throughout the
entire city. In the whole of my service on water-works,
commencing in 1840, I have never known anything like this
season. Coming, as the cold did in the early part of the win-
ter, with no snow to protect the ground, and continuing till
the spring opened, with scarcely an intermission, it pene-
trated to a depth unknown to any one I know or have con-
versed with. The coldest winter I have known was
that of 1871-72. In my report for that year, it will be seen
that the number of services frozen was 338. In my ac-
count for this year, you will find 1,090. This does not in-
clude all. Permission was given the plumbers to thaw as
many as they might ; how many they thawed is unknown to
me. The original depth which pipes were laid was 4 feet.
In 1865 I altered this grade to 41- feet, and in 1872 to 5
feet. To this depth, I continue to lay them. I estimate the
average depth of frost this season to be about 4 feet 3 inches,
120 City Document. -*- No. 88.
though it was found in some places 5 and 6 feet, and even
more. I cannot say how correct this estimate is, for I only
measured it by the depth of the pipes that were frozen . The
frost was oftentimes below the pipes. How much, I cannot
say.
The following are the lengths and sizes of main-pipes
frozen, all dead ends.
20 inch on Charlestown bridge,
200 feet.
12 "
1,269 "
8 "
400 «
6 "
8,565 «
4 «
2,681 «
Total length, 13,115 "
Report of the Water Board. 121
Of the relaying of mains of enlarged sizes with Lowry
Hydrants connected throughout the City proper, South
and East Boston, the following table shows the changes in
the sizes : —
Size No. of Size
now. feet, formerly.
Tremont st. — between Mason and Boylston, 16 and 12 inch. 366 6 inch.
Hanover st,— Court to Union 12 " 923 6 "
Albany st. — from Harvard to Curve 12 " 790 6 "
" " at Chester Park 12 " 66 6 "
" " from Dover to Way 12 " 1,177 6 "
Merrimac street 12 " 900 6 "
Cornhill 12 " 550 6 "
East Chester Park 12 " 678 -6 "
Beacon st. — Somerset to Joy 12 " 1,050 6 "
Beach st. —Federal st. to Harrison ave 12 " 1,411 6 "
Commercial st. — Eastern ave. to Prince 12 " 3,075 6 "
Lehigh st.. 12 " 993 6 "
South st. — Lehigh to Beach 12 " 1,350 6 "
Curve st. — Albany to Hudson 12 " 200 4 "
Temple Place.. 12 " 524 4 "
Sudbury st. — Court to Portland 8 " 700 6 "
Portland st. — Hanover to Chardon 8 " 975 6 "
Salem st. — Hanover to Charter 8 " 1,900 6 "
Charter st. — Foster and Henchman 8 " 200 6 "
Long Wharf 8 " 737 6 "
North st. — Commercial and Fleet 8 " 728 6 "
Blossom 8 " 915 6 "
Allen 8 " 775 6 "
Richmond 8 " 988 6 "
Pemberton sq 8 " 600 6 "
Somerset st. — Pemberton sq. to Beacon 8 " 182 6 "
Lincoln st. — Kneeland and Harvard 8 " 280 6 "
Cove " " " Furnace 8 " 350 6 "
Henchman 8 " 275 4 "
Furnace 8 " 275 4 "
SOUTH BOSTON.
Dorchester ave. — Woodward to Boston 12 inch. 2,896 8 inch.
Dorchester ave. — Boston to Woodward 12 " 400 6 "
Granite 12 " 1,650 6 "
No.
of feet.
Size
formerly
1,562
6 inch.
2,700
6 "
4,547
6 "
1,200
6 inch
975
6 "
800
6 "
466
6 "
194
4 "
122 City Document. — No. 88.
Size
now.
First st. —I and M 12 inch.
Seventh st. — B and Dorchester 12 "
Eighth st. — Dorchester and L 12 "
EAST BOSTON.
Maverick st. — Chelsea to Cottage 12 inch.
Maverick st. — Lamson to Jeffries 12 "
Lamson st. — Maverick and "Webster 8 "
Clyde st 8 "
Marion st. — Bremen and Chelsea 6 "
RAISED.
Newton st., between James and Harrison ave 12 inch. 258 feet.
Harrison ave., between Newton and Dedham 12 " 900 "
LOWERED.
Second St., between O and P. 6 inch. 280 feet.
Everett st., between Cottage and Lamson 6 " 800 "
TAKEN UP AND ABANDONED.
8 inch iron pipe 2,S96 feet.
6
4
2
1
lh
u
" " 36,862
" " 2,538
lead 34
« 102
iron 2, 145
« 192
lead. - 79
pipe extended . . , 225
Report of the Water Board.
123
Statement of Location, Size and Number of Feet of Pipe
laid in 1874.
BOSTON.
In ■what Street.
Columbus av.
Northampton and Trem-
ont
Columbus av. . . .
Tremont
Hanover
Curve
Albany
Dover
East Chester Park
Merrimac
Cornhill
Columbus av. . .
Atlantic av. . . .
u it
Temple pi. ...
Beacon
Beach
Commercial ...
Lehigh
South
Between what Streets.
Berkeley and Hammond Park ,
Total 20-inch -
Berkeley, and 16-inch pipe on Boston Common
Total 16-inch
Mason and Boylston
Union and Court
Hudson and Albany
Harvard and Curve
North and south line of East Chester Park
Dover and Way
Albany and Draw of Bridge
Albany and Harrison ave
Chardon and Causeway
Devonshire and Court
Pleasant and Ferdinand
Long Wharf and South Market st. ...
Lewis Wharf and Commercial Wharf . .
Washington and Tremont
Somerset and Joy
Federal and Harrison av
Eastern av. and Prince
Albany and South
Lehigh and Beach
5S
Total 12-inch
5,730
5,730
2,741
2,711
366
923
' 200
790
66
1,177
460
678
900
550
928
84
375
524
1,050
1,411
3,075
993
1,350
15,900
124
City Document. — No. 88.
Statement of Location, Size, etc. — Continued.
In wnAT Street.
Tremont
East Chester Park . . .
Herrimac
"Worcester sq
Rutland
Albany
Salem
Henchman
North
Wellington
Claremont Park
Concord sq
Blossom
Allen
Richmond
Lenox
South
Sudbury
Washington
Portland
Salem
Charter
Henchman '
Long Wharf
North
Commercial Wharf . . .
Bloesom
Allen
Between what Streets.
Boylston and School
Albany and Harrison av. . .
Chardon and Causeway . . .
Harrison av. and Washington
Shawmut av. and Tremont .
Dover and Troy
Endicott and Charter ....
Charter and Commercial . . .
Fleet and Commercial ....
Columbus av. and Pro v. R. R.
Cambridge and Allen ....
Blossom and Charles ....
Commercial and Hanover . .
Shawmut av. and Washington
Lehigh and Beach
Total 9-inch ,
Court and Portland
Cornhill and Hanover
Hanover and Merrimac
Endicott and Charter
Foster and Henchman
Charter and Commercial
Atlantic ave. and end of wharf . . . .
Commercial and Fleet
Atlantic ave. and North cor. of wharf .
Cambridge and Allen
Blossom and Charles
Amount carried forward
AS.
£P4
Kfpoet of the Watee Boaed.
125
Statement of Location, Size, etc. — Continued.
In what Street.
Richmond . . .
a
Pemberton sq. .
Somerset . . .
Mercantile . .
Lincoln ....
Boylston . . .
u
Cove
Furnace ....
Waltham . . .
Westfield . . .
Pearl
Newland . . .
Coburn place .
Heed
Appleton . . .
Boylston . . .
Marlboro . . .
Hereford . . .
Yarmouth . . .
Liverpool wharf
Newbury place
Boylston . . .
Between what Streets.
Brought forward ....
Commercial and Hanover . . .
Commercial and Mercantile . .
Tremont and Somerset ....
Pemberton sq. and Beacon . .
Clinton and Richmond ....
Kneeland and Harvard ....
Park sq. and Tremont ....
Public Library and Head place
Kneeland and Furnace . . . . ,
Federal and Cove ,
Total, S-inch
Harrison ave. and Union Park st. . .
Tremont and Providence R. R. . . ,
Milk and Water
Dedhani and Upton
From Reed st '. . .
Northampton st. and Coburn place .
Berkeley and Tremont
Public Library and Head place . . .
Gloucester and Hereford
Beacon and Marlboro
Columbus ave. and Providence R. R.
Total 6-inch
Atlantic ave. and end of wharf ,
From Carver st
Public Library and Head place
Total 4-inch
II-
5^
8,413
825
163
600
182
416
280
518
268
350
275
12,290
15a
17C
314
246
142
187
250
91
76
47
72
1,750
404
84
126
City Document. — No. 88.
Statement of Location, Size, etc. — Continued.
SOUTH BOSTON.
In what Street.
Dorchester avenue
Granite
H
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First
Fourth
Seventh
Eighth
Eighth
Second
Fifth
Seventh
Seventh
Eighth
Dorchester avenue . . . .
Dorr
First
House of Correction and
Tudor r
Springer court
Between what Streets.
Boston and Dorr
Dorr and B
Sixth and Seventh .
Mt. Washington avenue and Second
Second and Emerson
Eighth and First
Seventh and Eighth
I and M
Foundry and draw of Bridge ....
B and Dorchester
Dorchester and L
N and M
Total 12-inch
O and P
K and L
Hand I
G and H
Dorchester and L
Dorr and B . . . .
Total 9-inch
Dorchester avenue and Earl
C and D
Total 8-inch
Insane Hospital yards
D and E
Seventh and Eighth .
Amount carried forward
Keport of the Water Board. 127
Statement of Location, Size, etc-. — Continued.
In what Street.
Between that Streets.
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253
238
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472
C and D
270
60
181
175
Athens street Bridge . • •
33
90
1,390
H and I
321
Fifth
662
N" and 0
394
T> and C
87
6,791
119
4
Dorchester avenue and 0. C. and N. R. R. . .
48
167
128
City Document. — No. 88.
Statement of Location, Size, etc. — Continued.
EAST BOSTON.
In what Street.
Maverick
Paris ......
Byron
Wads-worth
Bremen
Maverick
Lamson
Clyde
Grand Junction wharf .
Bremen
«<
Marion
Paris
Grand Junction wharf .
Between what Streets.
Lamson and Chelsea
Lamson and Jeffries
Total, 12-inch
Brooks and Putnam . .
Saratoga and Bennington
Saratoga and Bennington .
Brooks and Marion . . . ,
Lamson and Chelsea . . .
Total, 9-inch
Maverick and Wehster . . .
Marginal and Cunard wharf
Clyde and Marginal ....
Total, 8-inch
Bennington and Prescott ,
Brooks and Marion . . .
Bremen and Chelsea . .
Brooks and Putnam . .
Clyde and Marginal . .
Total, 6-inch
2,090
985
3,075
10
12
12
12
44
90
800
466
1,624
2,890
360
413
194
, 457
966
2,390
Report of the Water Board.
129
Statement of Location, Size, Etc. — Continued.
BOSTON" HIGHLANDS.
In what Street.
Parker Hill Reservoir ,
Parker Hill Reservoir ,
Centre
New Heath
Parker
Fisher ave
Parker Hill Reservoir
Pynchon
Tremont
/
Centre
Parker Hill Reservoir
Tremont
Brookline ave. . . .
Magazine
Norfolk ave
Centre
Tremont
"Washington
Between what Streets.
Fisher ave. and Reservoir
Total, 36-inch . . . .
In Reservoir
Total, 30-inch
Cedar and New Heath . .
Centre and Parker ....
New Heath and Fisher ave.
Parker and New Heath . .
Fisher ave. and Reservoir
Total, 24-inch
New Heath and Tremont . .
Pynchon and Hammond park ,
Total, 20-inch .
Linwood and Cedar
Total, 16-inch .
Fisher ave. and Reservoir . . .
Burke and Benton
Burlington ave. and Beacon . .
Howard and Dudley
Magazine, N. Y. and N. E. R. R.
Parker and Sheridan ave. . . .
Wigglesworth and Hillside ave.
Pynchon and Gardner
Amount carried forward
a,
30
24
12
185
185
109
109
632
919
274
1,759
225
3,S09
1,987
3,814
5,801
27
27
308
977
613
1,480
536
42
4.824
130 City Document. — No. 88.
Statement of Location, Size, Etc. — Continued.
In what Street.
Day
Heath
Lamartine
Westminster ave. . .
Dearborn pi
Halleck
Centre
Halleck
"Westminster ave. . .
Terrace
Beech Glen ave. . . .
New Heath
Parker Hill Reservoir
Dearborn pi. ....
Fisher ave
Perry court
Short
Central ave
Tremont
Woodville sq. . ... .
Eustis
Wyman
Sheridan ave
Between what Streets.
Amount brought forward .
Heath and Creighton ,
Tremont and Fisher ave
Centre and West Roxbury line ,
Total, 12-inch
Shawmut ave. and Walnut ave.
From Dearborn
Ruggles and Ward
Houghton pi. and Bowe . . .
Total, 9-inch
Ruggles and Prentiss ,
Total, 8-inch . ,
Shawmut ave. and Walnut ave.
From New Heath
Fort ave. and Highland ....
Pynchon and Terrace ....
In Reservoir
From Dearborn
Parker and New Heath . . .
From Hampden
Brookline ave. and Maple ave.
From Blue Hill ave
Culvert and Pynchon
Dennis and Blue Hill ave. . .
Hampden and Magazine . . .
From Centre
Centre and Curtis
Amount carried forward
Bo,
P2"
12
4,824
729
1,373
1^00
8,026
10
7
20
14
51
1,042
1,042
380
193
647
23
6
189
1,848
206
317
450
40
412
164
28
965
6.868
Report of the Water Board. 131
Statement of Location, Size, Etc. — Continued.
In what Street.
New st. . . .
Thornton . .
Hartopp pi. .
Chadwiok . .
Gaston . . .
Clay
Milford pi. .
Wilmont . .
Duncan . . ,
Billings pi. .
Tolman pi. ,
Blanchard pi
Lewis park ,
Quincy . . ,
Between what Streets.
Amount brought forward
Longwood ave. and Francis .
Vale and Ellis
Dearborn and Chadwick . . .
Yeoman and Hartopp pi. . . .
Warren and Blue Hill ave. . .
Hampshire and Elmwood . .
From Tremont
Bainbridge and Elmore . . .
From Ruggles
From Parker
Total, 6-inch
From Warren
Bartlett and Norfolk . . . .
Highland and Highland ave.
Blue Hill ave. and Warren .
Total, 4-inch
133
109
29
82
117
67
342
308
210
337
7,602
51
55
127
38
271
132
City Document. — No. 88.
Statement of Location, Size, Etc. — Continued.
DORCHESTER.
In what Street.
Pleasant . . .
Stoughton . . .
Commercial . .
Dorchester ave,
Dorchester ave,
Hamilton ave. .
Milton ave. . .
Norfolk . . . .
Euclid . . . .
Withington . .
Wentworth . .
Chipman . . .
Learned . . . .
Thetford . . .
Dorchester ave,
Fuller
Washington pi.
Water . . . .
Fulton . . . ,
Franklin . . .
Swan court . ,
Harbor View ,
Between what Streets.
Stoughton and Commercial .
Boston and Pleasant ....
Pleasant and Dorchester ave.
Commercial and East ....
Total, 24-inch
Codman and Washington ,
Bowdoin and Mt. Everett ,
Evans and Fuller
Total, 12-inch
Washington and Nelson . .
Washington and Withington
Euclid and Norfolk
Torrey and Norfolk
Torrey and Norfolk
Torrey and Norfolk
Evans and Norfolk
Washington and Codman . .
Milton ave. and Capen . . .
Total, 9-inch
From Minot
Fuller and High
Franklin and Water . . .
Fulton and Walnut . . .
From Richmond
Sidney and Spring Garden
Amount carried forward
12
1,886
1,545
866
188
4,485
2,669
1,541
803
5,013
56
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9
10
11
11
39
39
10
357
19
127
560
174
121
1,358
Keport or the Water Board. 133
Statement of Location, Size, Etc. — Continued.
In what Street.
Sidney
Shelberne ...'.-'.
New
Taylor ave
Plain
Norfolk
Euclid.
"Withington . . . .
Wentworth . . . .
Cliipman . . . . .
Learned
Alexander ave. . .
Howard ave. . . .
Boston Building Co
Buttonwood . . . .
Garden
Thetford ave. . . .
Newport
Midland
Frederica
Evans
Mt. Everett . . . .
"Winter
Fuller
Selden
Church
New Seaver '. . . .
Pleasant
Humphrey pi. . . .
Between what Streets.
Amount brought forward .
Harbor View and Crescent ave.
From Buttonwood
From Taylor
From Dudley
Oak and Pierce avenues ....
"Washington and Nelson ....
Washington and Withington . .
Norfolk and Torrey
Norfolk and Torrey ......
Norfolk and Torrey
Norfolk and Torrey
Dudley and Lebanon ,
Sargent and Howard ,
From Harvard
Garden and Locust
Dorchester ave. and Buttonwood ,
Norfolk and Evans
From Savin Hill ave ,
From Savin Hill ave ,
From Adams ,
Thetford ave. and Milton ave. . .
Quincy and Hamilton ave
Hancock and Church ,
Milton ave. and Capen
Milton ave. and Capen
Winter and High
Merrill and Erie ave
Commercial and Savin Hill ave.
Total, 6-inch
From Humphrey .
Total, 4-inch
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252
267
158
81
6
4,249
45S
364
309
492
473
175
636
812
143
262
1,389
398
398
237
277
503
129
270
346
341
50
78
14,891
87
87
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Repairs of Pipes during the Year 1874.
137
"Where.
Diameter of Pipes in Inches.
40
36
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15
15
24
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20
19
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442
392
276
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Boston Highlands . . .
1
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Totals
2,554
Of the leaks that have occurred on pipes of
4-inch and upwards, joints, 183; settling of
earth, 25 ; defective pipe, 18 ; defective packing,
1 ; defective gate, 1 ; struck by pick, 4 ; cap blown
off, 7 ; burst by frost, 90 ; blasting, 2.
Total, 331
Stoppages, by frost, 102; fish, 1. . . . . 103
Of 3-inch and on service pipes, joints, 17 ; settling
of earth, 170 ; setting of wall, 2 ; settling of boxing,
3 ; defective pipes, 59 ; defective packing, 16 ; de-
fective faucet, 11 ; defective coupling, 14 ; stiff
connections, 115 ; faucet punched out, 5 ; faucet
loose at main, 3 ; faucet blown out, 1 ; gnawed by
rats, 18 ; blasting, 1 ; struck by pick, 53 ; parties
digging drains, 7 ; pipes not in use, 13 ; frost, 43 ;
burnt off by parties trying to thaw, 3.
Total, 554
Stoppages, by fish, 183; rust, 84; gasket, 7;
dirt, 4.
Frost from inside of house, 198 ; frost outside, 1,090.
Total, 1,566
Total, 2,554
138
City Document. — No.
Statement of Number of Leaks, 1850-1874.
Diameter of.
Tear.
Four Inches and
upwards.
Less than Four
Inches.
Totals.
1850
32
64
82
85
74
75
75
85
77
82
134
109
117
97
95
111
139
122
82
82
157
185
188
153
434
72
173
241
260
280
219
232
278
324
449
458
399
373
397
394
496
536
487
449
407
769
1,380
1,459
1,076
2,120
104
1851
237
1852
323
1853
345
1854
354
1855
294
1856
307
1857
363
1858
401
531
I860
592
1861
508
1862
490
1863
494
1864
489
1865
607
675
1867
609
1868
531
1869
489
1870
926
1871
1,565
1,647
1,229
1872
1873
1874
2,554
Report or the Water Board.
139
HYDRANTS.
During the year 433 hydrants have been established, and
194 abandoned, as follows : —
Established.
Lowry. Boston. Post.
Abandoned.
Lowry. Boston
In Boston proper 163-f- 6=
169
2+ 114=116 53
South Boston 100+ 7=
107
1+ 57= 58 49
East Boston 38+ 2=
40
— 13= 13 27
Boston Highlands 47+ 3 +1=
= 51
2+ 4= 6 45
Dorchester 59+7=
QQ
— 1= 1 65
Totals 407+25 +1=
=433
5+ 189=194 239
Total Number of Hydrants
up tc
May 1, 1875.
Boston Proper .
1,256
South Boston
465
East Boston
272
Boston Highlands
693
Dorchester
518
Brookline .
9
Charlestown
11
Chelsea
8
Deer Island
14
3,246
63 hydrants have been taken out and replaced by new or
repaired ones, and 181 boxes have been taken out and re-
placed by new ones. The hydrants have had the usual atten-
tion paid them.
STOPCOCKS.
358 new stopcocks have been established this year. 72
boxes have been taken out and replaced by new ones. All
the stopcocks have had the attention of former years paid
them.
140
City Document. — No.
Statement of Pipes and other stock on hand, exclusive of Tools,
May 1st, 1875.
Diameter in Inches.
48
40
36
30
24
20
18
16
12
10
9
8
6
4
3
2
11
1
7
3
56
2
8
1
9
2
2
3
1
1
1
2
1
1
13
3
1
2
1
11
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
75
1
2
6
2
1
14
29
10
1
10
1
2
2
32
2
1
10
9
3
30
2
1
5
5
2
8
3
1
10
1
1
7
5
7
7
14
3
9
18
2
874
4
1
19
4
2
11
5
5
1
16
10
7
10
3
3
399
15
66
89
2
78
2
23
99
72
75
53
28
87
12
30
54
48
6
16
9
10
51
4,980
20
30
114
57
21
20
78
68
50
20
89
16
14
52
628
3
15
17
24
16
42
34
9
44
27
13
42
39
14
16
30
5
149
1
21
1
46
8
39
17
1
27
16
4
30
9
12
19
21
4
28
8
2
8
6
Blow-off Branches . .
T Pipes
4 "Way Branches . . .
3 Way Branches . . .
Clamp Sleeves ....
1
]
7
L4
9
3
48
200
Double Hubs
One-eighth Turns . . .
Pieces of Pipes ....
Blow-offs and Manholes
5
2
1
Manhole Branches . .
Hydrants. — 102 Lowiy, 21 Lowry extension, 7 Lowry
chucks, 15 Lowry frames and covers, 39 Lowry barrels, 15
Lowry caps, 12 round covers, 24 Wiltnarth, 4 Lowell old.
For Hydrants. — 8 bends, 40 lengtheners, 38 covers, 121
wastes, 2 wharf hydrant cocks, 16 nuts, 11 valve seats, 45 rub-
ber valves, 124 screws, 18 heavy frames, 12 heavy covers, 38
frames, 22 old covers, 315 pounds composition, 40 pairs straps.
Eepoet or the "Water Boaed. 141
For Stopcocks. — 2 36-inch screws, 1 30-iuch do., 2 24-
inch do., 1 16-inch do., 3 12-inch do., 4 8-inch do., 36 6-
inch do., 36 4-inch do., 1 4-inch do., for waste weir, 1 ditto
for Brookline reservoir, 34 3-inch do., 1 16-inch check valve,
12 12-inch valves, 1 8-inch do., 34 6-inch do., 27 4-inch do.,
31 3-inch do., 12 8-inch rings, 67 6-inch do., 85 4-inch do.,
20 3-inch do., 2 stuffing boxes for 8-inch stopcocks, 22 do.,
for 6-inch, 40 do. for 4-inch, 6,200 pounds iron casting for
16-inch, 12 inch, 6-inch and 4-inch stopcocks, 5 16-inch un-
finished, 6Q rings for stuffing-boxes, 610 pounds malleable
nuts, 75 pounds |— inch bolts, 200 pounds f-inch washers, 860
pounds f-inch bolts, 80 pound lead washers.
Meters in Shop. — 3 3-inch, 3 2-inch, 6 1-inch, 35 |-inch.
Stock for Meters. — 9 2-inch nipples, 12 1-inch do., 201-
inch do., 5 2-inch connection pieces, 4 1-inch do., 12 |-inch
do., 24 1-inch cocks, 45 |-iuch do., 1 4-inch clock, 1 3-inch
do., 8 1-inch do., 30 |-inch do., 30 brass spindles, 325 rub-
ber nipples, 7 fish boxes, 21 covers, 11 frames, 13 glasses.
For Service Pipe. — 157 1-inch union cocks, 113 |-inch
do., 155 f-inch do.,511 unfinished do., 16 1-inch air cocks,
38 4-inch T cocks, 9 1-inch do., 38 |-inch do., 8 f-inch do.,
12 f-inch Y do., 38 f-inch thawing do., 12 li-inch tubes,
70 1-inch do., 185 f-inch do., 12 2-inch couplings, 35 1-inch
do., 1,700 f-inch do., 200 l-inch do., 120 f-inch thawing
tubes, 1,000 boxes, 50 T do., 34 Y do., 149 extension tubes,
316 tubes, 1,000 caps, 470 pounds unfinished composition
castings, 7 4x2 iron reducers, 18 composition hose reducers,
2 l X 2-inch.
Lead Fijpe. — 3,201 pounds 2-inch lead pipe, 2,475 lbs.
li-inch do., 1,240 lbs. l^-inch do., 397 lbs. 1-inch do.,
2,275 lbs. l-inch do., 425 lbs. 1-inch tin-lined do., 504 lbs.
|-inch do., 50 lbs. f block tin do., 255 pounds block tin
do.
Blacksmith Shop. — 1,050 pounds round iron, 975 lbs.
flat iron, 450 lbs. square do., 150 lbs. working pieces, 1,980
142 City Document. — No. 88.
cast steel, 4 dozen pick blanks, 311 lbs. spring steel, 5,200
lbs. Cumberland coal.
Carpenter's Shop. — 117 Lowry hydrant boxes, 232
stopcock boxes, 71 do. unfinished, 54 hydrant boxes, 23 do.
unfinished, 6 meter boxes, 1,200 lbs. spikes and nails,
9,000 feet 2-inch spruce plank, 19,500 l|-inch spruce bat-
ting, 37 1-foot pieces for raising hydrant boxes, 50 1-foot do.
for stopcock boxes, 13 do. for Lowry hydrant boxes.
Tools. — 1 steam engine, 1 large hoisting crane, 3 boom
derricks, 7 hand-geared derricks, 5 sets shears and rigging
for same, 7 tool-houses, 3 tool-boxes, 2 platform scales, 1
portable blacksmith shop, 1 portable cover for Brewer
fountain, 1 hand roller, 1 horse do., tools for laying main
and service pipes, 2 engine lathes, 1 foot do., 1 hand do., 1
Pratt and Whitney taper do., 1 planer, 1 boring mill,.l chain-
hoisting gear, 1 upright drilling machine, 4 grindstones, 1
trip hammer, the necessary tools for carrying on the machine,
blacksmith, carpenter and plumbing shop, 1 circular saw, 1
fan-blower, 1 40-inch proving press, 1 36-inch do., 1
small do., 7 wheelbarrows, 1,650 feet hose, also a lot of
patterns where Ave obtain castings.
/Stable. — 14 horses, 12 wagons, 2 buggies, 6 pungs, 1 sled,
2 carts, 20 sets harness, 13 blankets, 2 buffalo robes, 2 sleighs,
40 bales hay, 180 bushels grain, 3 tons straw, 1 jigger.
Beacon Hill Reservoir. — 1 large composition cylinder
16-inch jet, 1 6-inch composition jet, 3 composition plates,
9 cast-iron plates, 2 4-inch composition jets, 5 swivel pipe
patterns, 1 2-inch copper straight jet, 6 composition jets for
small fountains.
Miscellaneous. — 8 tons pig lead, 81 gallons linseed oil, -2
barrels kerosene oil, 45 tons furnace coal, 180 tons gravel,
500 brick, lot of paving stones, 11 reservoir covers, 9 cords
wood, 6 plates, 1 iron fountain-basin, 4 stone troughs for
drinking-fountains, 3 drinking-fountains, 1 hose carriage, 16
bales gasket.
E. R. JONES,
Superintendent of Eastern Division.
CIYIL ORGANIZATION OF THE WATER WORKS FROM
THEIR COMMENCEMENT, TO MAY 1, 1875.
Water Commissioners.
Nathan Hale, James F. Baldwin, Thomas B. Cuktis. From
May 4, 1846, to January 4, 1850.
Engineers for Construction.
John B. Jervis, of New York, Consulting Engineer. From May,
1846, to November, 1848.
E. S. Chesbkough, Chief Engineer of the Western Division. From
May, 1846, to January 4, 1850.
William S. Whitwell, Chief Engineer of the Eastern Division.
From May, 1846, to January 4, 1850.
City Engineers having charge of the Works.
E. S. Chesbkough, Engineer. From November 18, 1850, to Octo-
ber 1, 1855.
George H. Bailey, Assistant Engineer. From January 27, 1851, to
July 19, 1852.
H. S. McKean, Assistant Engineer. From July 19, 1852, to October
1, 1855.
James Slade, Engineer. From October 1, 1855, to April 1, 1863.
N. Henry Crafts, Assistant Engineer. From October 1, 1855, to
April 1, 1863.
N. Henry Crafts, City Engineer. From April 1, 1863, to Novem-
ber 25, 1872.
Thomas W. Davis, Assistant Engineer. From April!, 1863, to De-
cember 8, 1866.
Henry M. Wightman, Resident Engineer at C. H. Reservoir. From
February 14, 1866, to November, 1870.
Joseph P. Davis, City Engineer. From November 25, 1872, to
present time. '
144
City Document, — No.
After January 4, 1850, Messrs. E. S. Chesbrough, W. S. Whit-
well, and J. Avery Richards were elected a Water Board, subject
to the direction of a Joint Standing Committee of the City Council, by
an ordinance passed December 31, 1849, which was limited to keep in
force one year ; and in 1851 the Cochituate Water Board was estab-
lished.
COCHITUATE WATER BOARD.
Presidents of the Board.
Thomas Wetmore, elected in 1851, and resigned April
7, 1856 * * Five years.'
John H. Wilklns, elected in 1856, and resigned June
5, 1860 * * Four years.
Ebenezer Johnson, elected in 1860, term expired April
3, 1865 Five years.
Otis Norcross, elected in 1865, and resigned January
15, 1867 One year and nine months.
John H. Thorndike elected in 1867, term expired April
6, 1868 One year and three months.
Nathaniel J. Bradlee, elected April 6, 1868, and re-
signed January 4, 1871 . . . Two years and nine months.
Charles H. Allen, elected from January 4, 1871, to
May 4, 1873 Two years and four months.
John A. Haven, elected May 4, 1873, to Dec. 17,
1874 One year and seven months.
Thomas Gogin, elected Dec. 17, 1874, to present time.
Members of the Board.
Thomas Wetmore, 1851, 52, 53, 54 and 55 * * .
John H. Wilklns, 1851, 52, 53, * 56, 57, 58 and 59 * *
Henry B. Rogers, 1851, 52, 53, * 54 and 55 .
Jonathan Preston, 1851, 52, 53 and 56
James W. Seaver, 1851 * * .
Samuel A. Eliot, 1851 * * .
John T. Heard, 1851 . . ' .
Adam W. Thaxter, Jr., 1852, 53, 54 and * *55
Five years.
Eight years.
Five years.
Four years.
One year.
One year.
Four years.
Report of the Water Board.
145
Sampson Reed, 1852 and 1853
Ezra Lincoln, 1852 * * .
Thomas Sprague, 1853, 54 and 55 * * .
Samuel Hatch, 1854, 55, 56, 57, 58 and 61
Charles Stoddard, 1854, 55, 56 and 57 * *
William Washburn, 1854 and 55.
Tisdale Drake, 1856, 57, 58 and 59 * * .
Thomas P. Rich, 1856, 57 and 58 .
John T. Dingley, 1856 and 59
Joseph Smith, 1856 ....
Ebenezkr Johnson, 1857, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62,
Samuel Hall, 1857, 58, 59, 60 and 61 * *
George P. French, 1859, 60, 61, 62 and 63
Ebenezer Atkins, 1859 * * .
George Dennie, 1860, 61, 62, 63, 64 and 65
Clement Willis, 1860 * * .
G. E. Pierce, 1860 * * .
Jabez Frederick, 1861, 62 and 63 * *
George Hinman, 1862 and 63
John F. Prat, 1862 .
J. C.J.Brown, 1862 .
Jonas Fitch, 1864, 65 and 66
Otis Norcross, * 1865 and 66
John H. Thorndike, 1S64, 65, 66 and 67
Benjamin F. Stevens, 1866, 67 and 68
William S. Hills, 1867
Charles R. Train, 1868
Joseph M. Wightman, 1868 and 69 .
Benjamin James, * 1858, 68 and 69
Francis A. Osborn, 1869
Walter E. Hawes, 1870
John O. Poor, 1870
Hollis R. Gray, 1870 .
Nathaniel J. Bradlee, 1863, 64, 65,
70 and 71 .....
George Lewis, 1868, 69, 70 and 71
Sidney Squires, 1871 .
Charles H. Hersey, 1872
Charles H. Allen, 1869, 70, 71 and 72
Alexander Wads worth,* 1864, 65, 66, 67,
Charles R. McLean, 1867, 73 and 74 .
Edward P. Wilbur, 1873 and 74 .
Jno. A. Haven, 1870, 71, 72, 73 and 74 .
10
63 and 64
67, 68, 69
,69 and 72
Two years.
One year.
Three years.
Six years.
Four years.
Two years.
Four years.
Three years.
Two years.
Two months.
Eight years.
Five years.
Five years.
One year
Six years.
One year.
One year.
Three years.
Two years.
One year.
One year.
Three years.
Two years.
Four years.
Three years.
One year.
One year.
Two years.
Three years.
One year.
One year.
One year.
One year.
Nine years.
Four years.
One year.
One year.
Four years.
Seven years.
Three years.
Two years.
Five years.
Present Board.
146 City Document. — No. 88
Edward A. White, 1872, 73, 74 and 75
Thomas Gogin, 1873, 74 and 75 . . ...
Leonard R. Cutter, 1871, 72, 73, 74 and 75 .
Wm. G. Thacher, 1873, 74 and 75
Amos L. Notes, 1871, 72 and 75 ... .
L. Miles Standish, 1860, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67,
74 and 75 .......
Charles J. Prescott, 1875
* Mr. John H. Wilkins resigned Nov. 15, 1855, and Charles Stoddard was
elected to fill the vacancy. Mr. Henry B. Rogers resigned Oct. 22, 1865.
Mr. Wilkins was re-elected Feb., 1856, and chosen President of the Board,
which office he held until his resignation, June 5, f1860, when Mr. Ebenezer
Johnson was elected President, and July 2, Mr. L. Miles Standish was elected
to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Mr. Wilkins. Otis Nor-
cross resigned Jan. 15, 1867, having been elected Mayor of the city. Ben-
jamin James served one year, in 1858, and was re-elected in 1868. Alexander
Wadsworth served six years, 1864-69, and was re-elected in 1872.
* * Deceased.
COCHITUATE WATER BOARD, 1875.
Thomas Gogin, President.
Charles J. Prescott, of the Board of Aldermen.
Wm. G. Teacher,^
> Of the Common Council.
Amos L. Notes, )
AT LARGE.
For Two Years. For One Year.
Leonard R. Cutter, L. Miles Standish,
Thomas Gogin, Edward A. White.
Clerk.
Walter E. Swan.
Superintendent of the Eastern Division.
Ezekiel R. Jones.
Kepoet of the "Watee Boaed.
147
Superintendent of the Western Division.
Desmond FitzGerald.
Water Registrar.
, William F. Davis.
City Engineer.
J jseph P. Davis.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD.
Eastern Division.
Edward A. White, Chairman.
Wm. G. Thacher, L. Miles Standish.
Western Division.
Leonard R. Cutter, Chairman.
Charles J. Prescott, Amos L. Notes.
Water Registrar's Department.
L. Miles Standish, Chairman.
Wm. G. Thacher, Amos L. Notes.
On New Supply.
Thomas Gogin, Chairman.
Leonard R. Cutter, L. Miles Standish.
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