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City Document. — No. 103.
CITY OF BOSTON.
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REPORT
COCHITIJATE WATER BOARD
CITY COUNCIL OF BOSTON,
FOR THE TEAK ENDING
APRIL 30, 187 3.
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CITY OF BOSTON.
In Board of Aldermen, May 5, 1873.
Ordered, That the Cochituate Water Board be and hereby
are authorized to submit their annual report in print ; the ex-
pense thereof to be charged to the appropriation for Printing.
Passed in Common Council.
Came up for concurrence.
Read and concurred.
Approved by the Mayor May 6, 1873.
A true copy.
S. F. McCLEARY, City Clerk.
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CITY OF BOSTON.
City Hall, Cochituate Water Board Office.
May, 1873.
To the City Council of the City of Boston : —
In accordance with the requirements of the City Ordinance,
the Cochituate Water Board herewith submit their annual
report for the year ending April 30th, 1873, together with
the reports of the Clerk of the Board, the" Superintendent
of the Eastern and Western Divisions, Water Registrar,
and City Engineer, to which they would refer the City
Council for detailed statements of the progress and condition
of the Water Works during the year.
An examination of these reports will show the works to be
in a very satisfactory condition.
At the date of the last annual report, the Board were
especially engaged in the construction of a temporary connec-
tion between Sudbury River and Lake Cochituate ; the chan-
nel was completed in June, 1872, and on the 19th day of
that month, the water from Sudbury River was let in, and
(with sundry interruptions) continued to flow into Lake Co-
chituate until the 17th day of September, when the channel
was closed, and has not since been used. The amount of
water thus conveyed into Lake Cochituate cannot be accurately
stated, but is computed by rough gauging to be 1,676,600,-
000 gallons ; a sufficient quantity to supply the city for more
that one hundred days.
After the completion of this temporary connection, the City
Engineer engaged in making surveys and plans for the loca-
6 City Document. — No. 103.
tion and construction of a permanent conduit of great capacity
to convey the water from our new source of supply (Sudbury
Eiver) to Chestnut Hill Reservoir — a distance of about six-
teen miles.
His report upon this subject was made to this Board in
January last, and duly transmitted to the City Council, and
by them approved.
An appropriation of five hundred thousand dollars has been
made for the commencement of the work. A force will at
once be put into the field, and portions of the work got under
contract at an early clay.
To render the supply from Sudbury River the most efficient,
it is necessary to build two or more storage reservoirs, of lib-
eral dimensions, upon the river, and, by means of a conduit,
divert the water into Farm Pond at Framingham, thence by
a second conduit to Chestnut Hill Reservoir. To reach the
reservoir, and by the most desirable route, will involve the
construction of two or more tunnels through solid rocks. The
distance to be tunnelled will probably amount to seven or eight
thousand feet.
The size of the conduit will be eight and one-half feet di-
ameter, — over two feet larger than the conduit which connects
Lake Cochituate with Chestnut Hill.
It is estimated that this work, when complete, will cost
nearly five million dollars, — a vast sum iu itself considered ;
but the advantages to be derived from its expenditure can be
appreciated in the fact that it will ensure the City of Boston
an ample water supply for the next half century. The
work will be pursued with energy, but much time (three
vears and perhaps more) will be required for its completion.
The temporary connection between Sudbury River and
Lake Cochituate will be kept intact until the permanent
works are constructed.
The present supply of water at the lake renders it probable
Report of the Water Board. 7
that no demands will be made upon Sudbury River during
the year 1873.
The average level of the water in the lake for the year
ending January 1st, 1873, was 6^-g- feet above the level of
the bottom of the couduit ; the average of the previous year
was f>YQ ^. The level of the water would have fallen far below
the previous year except for the introduction of Sudbury River.
CONSUMPTION OF WATER.
The average daily consumption of water for the year end-
ing Dec. 31, 1872, was 15,063,400 gallons; an increase of
1,117,900 per day, as compared with the previous year.
The rapid growth of the city in population and mechanical
pursuits increases the demand for water, and the wisdom of
securing au additional supply is daily made more apparent.
The largest consumption of water was in the month of
November, averaging nearly eighteen million gallons daily.
This large demand was materially increased by the great con-
flagration which occurred on the 9th and 10th days of
November.
By the records in the office of the City Engineer, it appears
that the quantity of water used, during the thirty-five hours
of the fire, was sufficient to flood the entire area of the " burnt
district" (estimated at 60 acres) to a depth of 10|- inches ; and
would cover the area occupied by the buildings burned, to a
depth of nearly 14 inches.
The income from water rates has been $851,474.31, being
an increase over the previous year of $63,222,26, and the
estimated income for the year ending April 30, 1874, is
$875,000.
8 City Document. — No. 103.
The expenses have been as follows : —
For the current expenses .... $253,963 58
Interest and premium on water debt . . 702,177 21
,140 79
The Treasurer has credited the Water Works
for the same year $901,799 18
The balance shows an excess of expenditures
over income ...... $54,341 61
Expended in Wards 13, 14, 15 and 16 . 107,044 10
on New Water Pipe, East Boston . 8,732 21
" High- Service, South Boston . 26,832 25
" Add'l Water Supply $61,278 83
Less income . . 223 50
_ $61,055 33
$258,005 50
Cost of the works May 1, 1872 . . . 9,602,950 74
Net cost to May 1, 1873 .... $9,860,95624
EASTERN DIVISION.
This division comprises all the works lying east of the
Brookline Eeservoir, including the distributing pipes and
reservoirs in the city, and is uuder the care of Mr. E. R.
Jones.
During the year there has been laid ninety-four thousand
and forty-six (94,046) feet of main pipe, equal to about
eighteen miles ; total length of main pipes laid from the
commencement of the works to present time is two hundred
and thirty-seven miles.
Connected with the mains are two thousand six hundred
and fifty-eight fire hydrants, — an increase of two hundred and
twenty-five during the year. Of the hydrants now in use
eleven hundred and forty are of the Lowry pattern, and this
Report or the Water Board.
pattern is now exclusively used, wherever new mains are
laid or alterations made.
The hydrants are located as follows : —
Boston proper
South Boston .
East Boston .
Boston Highlands
Dorchester
Brookline
Charlestown .
Chelsea
Deer Island .
Total
. 1,105
. 394
. 236
. 561
. 320
9
11
8
14
. 2,658
The number of service pipes laid during the year is (2,195)
two thousand one hundred and ninety-live, measuring three
thousand two hundred sixty -six feet, or about twelve miles.
The work of connecting a portion of South Boston with
the "high-service" system, and mentioned in our last report,
has been completed, and is very satisfactory to the water-
takers in that section of the city.
The connection between the Mystic (Charlestown) Water
Works and Beacon Hill has been made by means of large-
sized pipes, and, in case of any emergency or disablement of
works in Boston, or Charlestown, great benefits would be
derived.
The relaying of main lines through the " burnt district "
has commenced, and will be continued as fast as new lines of
streets are determined, and other circumstances permit.
In most cases the new mains will be of increased capacity,
and all new hydrants will be of the Lowry pattern.
The City Engineer has been called* upon to examine the
present mains, by which the easterly section of the city is
supplied, and his report indicates a need of greater capacity
10 City Document. — No. 103.
in the branch mains feeding that section. This subject will
receive the early attention of the Board.
HIGH-SERVICE.
In our last report, allusion was made to the satisfaction
which the more elevated portion of our city derived from this
branch of the service, and that the day was not far distant
when it would be necessary to increase our pumping facilities.
The demands upon this service have exceeded any expec-
tations ; the average amount pumped daily for the year 1872
was 633,499 gallons, — an increase of more than thirty per
cent, over the previous year.
The best method for the increase of our facilities has been
considered by the City Engineer, and his views submitted to
the City Council through this Board, and may be found in
City Document No. 38 of the current year.
His plans contemplate the erection of a reservoir on Park-
er's Hill (Boston Highlands), and application has been made
to the Legislature for authority to take laud necessary for its
erection.
DISTRIBUTING RESERVOIRS.
The Beacon Hill Reservoir is only useful for the storage of
a quantity of water for use in case of fire, or accident to the
mains in its immediate vicinity ; and the same is substantially
the fact with the reservoirs at East and South Boston.
If a reservoir should be erected on Parker's Hill for the
benefit of the high-service, there is no reason why the Beacon
Hill Reservoir could not be abandoned with entire safety, as
the establishment of a reservoir, at the point named, would
command and amply protect the Beacon Hill District, both
for fire and domestic purposes.
Report of the Water Board. 11
WESTERN DIVISION.
This division comprises the lake and all that portion of
the work lying between the lake and the gate-house at the
Brookline Reservoir, and is under the care of Mr. Albert
Stanwood as Superintendent.
The new source of supply from Sudbury River has added
greatly to the importance of this division, and will materially
increase the duties of the Superintendent and others con-
nected with the works.
The annual examination of the conduit (omitted last year
on account of the low stage in the lake) was made on the
12th and 13th days of October last, and was found to be in
good general condition ; it appeared that some repairs were
required, which have been made.
CHESTNUT HILL RESERVOIR.
This reservoir is in excellent condition, and one of the most
valued features of the works. Its immense storage capacity,
731,472,429 gallons, affords ample protection to the city in
case of accident to the conduit, and is at all times kept at
such height as to answer all demands that are likely to be
made upon it.
BROOKLINE RESERVOIR.
The land and buildings are in good order. This reservoir
should be thoroughly cleaned out at an early day.
WATER REGISTRAR'S DEPARTMENT.
The number of water-takers now entered for the year 1873
is 40,688, — an increase of 1,972 over the previous year.
Number of cases in which the water has been turned off
for non-payment of rates, during the year, is 933 ; of this
number 751 have been turned oil again, and 182 still remain
off.
12 City Document. — No. 103.
Meters still continue in use in quite a number of establish-
ments, embracing hotels, railroads, stables, manufactories,
saloons, and buildings occupied by several tenants.
Whole number of meters now in use, 955.
The number of the various kinds of water fixtures, on the
premises of water-takers, January 1, 1873, was 159,654, —
an increase of 13,868 during the year.
CHARLES H. ALLEN, President,
JOHN A. HAVEN,
ALEXANDER WADSWORTH,
EDWARD A. WHITE,
LEONARD R. CUTTER,
EDWARD P. WILBUR,
WILLIAM G. THATCHER.
REPORT OF THE CLERK.
Office of the Cochituate Water Board,
Boston, May 1, 1873.
Charles H. Allen, 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,
1872, and ending April 30, 1873 : —
EXPENDITURES.
Carting ....
Plumbing shop .
Damage ....
Taxes ....
Upper yard
Main pipe
Service pipe
Rent of Eastern avenue wharf and salary of
agent ....
Telegraph ....
Hydrants ....
Stopcocks .
Tolls and ferriage
Lake ....
Proving yard, for stock, etc.
Stable . ...
Amount carried forward,
$810 00
62
50
3,232
54
1,431
13
4,593
03
36,416
81
8,526
18
3,222
33
1,457
11
4,453
37
5,668
82
26
00
3,260
58
2,373
06
4,628
80
$80,162
26
14
City Document. — No. 103,
Amount brought forward,
$80,162 26
Laying main pipes .
375 08
" service "
90 00
Eeservoir — East Boston .
126 50
" Beacon Hill .
578 47
" South Boston .
197 75
" Brookline
3,002 08
" Chestnut Hill .
14,612 31
Meters . . .
5,594 00
Maintaining Meters .
2,779 39
Repairing stopcocks .
1,857 62
" main pipe .
16,350 45
" service pipe
11,881 19
" streets .
6,510 25
" hydrants .
9,037 42
Travelling expenses .
177 40
Fountains .....
1,585 36
Postage and expressage
29 48
Blacksmith shop, for stock, etc. .
189 41
Tools
3,134 55
Salaries (including clerks in Water Reg
strar's
Department) ....
21,999 99
Inspectors . .
8,824 50
Off and on water
11,221 95
Printing (including Water Registrar
's and
Superintendent's) .
1,275 42
Miscellaneous expenses
2,030 22
Stationery (including Water Registrai
•'s and
Superintendent's) .
341 86
Wages — proving yard
6,912 50
" blacksmith's shop
816 57
" laying main pipe.
12,567 35
" " service pipe
10,408 08
Amount carried forward,
$234,669 41
Eepoet of the Water Board.
15
Amount brought forward,
Wages — laying high-service
Aqueduct repairs
Advertising ....
Hydrant and stopcock boxes
High-service ....
Pumping works at Lake Cochituate
Chestnut Hill Driveway
Water to Deer Island
Wards 13, 14, 15, and 16 .
Additional supply of water
New water pipe, East Boston
High-service, South Boston
Total amount drawn for by the Board
And which is charged as follows : —
To Water Works . . . $251,563 58
Chestnut Hill Driveway
Water to Deer Island
New water pipe, E. Boston
Wards 13, 14, 15, and 16
Additional supply of water
High-service, South Boston
Amount charged to Water Works
4,891 19
3,289 31
8,732 21
107,044 10
61,278 83
26,832 25
,631 47
$234,669 41
4,148 50
1,240 69
46 23
3,117 61
4,646 44
3,694 70
4,891 19
3,289 31
107,044 10
61,278 83
8,732 21
26,832 25
,631 47
$455,450 97
RECEIPTS
Received for hydrants and
maintaining same
for Fire Depart-
ment
" " pasturage and
rent of land
,652 00
137 00
Amounts carried forward,
,789 00 $455,450 97
16
City Document. —No. 103.
Amounts brought forward, $29,789 00
$455,450
97
Received
for sale of old Tool
House .
44 sale of hay at C. H.
Reservoir
15 00
50 00
<(
44 sale of grass at E.
B. Reservoir .
20 00
1 1
44 sale of coal at lake,
not used for pump-
ing engines .
100 00
(<
44 use of engine loaned
E. Boston Improve-
ment Co. i
75 00
t i
44 sale of old junk, etc.,
at yard . .
57 87
a
4 ' rent of part of East-
ern Ave. Wharf
300 00
<<
44 sale of old mat-
tresses, etc., at So.
Framingham .
223 50
a
44 off and on water
for repairs
1,990 00
a
44 fines for waste
379 00
a
44 pipe laying, repair-
ing, etc., etc.,
15,979 00
Net amount to Wa
48,978
37
ter Works,
$406,472
60
Which is credited to —
Additional supply of water, $223 50
Water Works, . . . 48,754 87
48,978 37
Keport of the Water Board.
17
Amount drawn for the Water Works, not
including Chestnut Hill Driveway, Water
to Deer Island, Wards 13, 14, 15, and
16, new water pipe to East Boston, High-
Service, South Boston, or additional sup-
ply of water ......
$251,563 58
EXTENSION of the works.
Main pipe
Wages laying main pipe
Laying main pipe, stock, etc
Service pipe
Wages laying service pipe
Laying service pipe
$36,416 81
12,567 35
375 08
18,526 18
10,408 08
90 00
68,383 50
Amount of expenses from April 30, 1872, to
May 1, 1873 $183,180 08
Expenditures and Receipts on Account of the Water Works,
to May 1, 1873.
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, 1872 . 6,647,558 36
Amount drawn from April 30, 1872, to May
1, 1873, for Water Works . . . 455,450 97
Amount carried forward,
3
$11,512,891 43
18 City Document. — ISo. 103.
Amount brought forward, $11,512,891 43
Amount paid the City Treas-
urer by the Commissioners . $47,648 38
Amount paid by Water Board,
1850 . . . 8,153 52
Amount paid by Cochituate
Water Board to May 1,
1872 . . . ■" . 315,789 92
Amount paid April 30, 1872,
to May 1, 1873 . . 48,978 37
420,570 19
Net amount drawn from the Treasurer, by
the Commissioners and Water Boards, for s
the Water Works . . . .$11,092.32124
Gross payments (including interest, pre-
mium, etc.) for account of the Water
Works ....... 21,472,585 44
Gross receipts 11,611,629 20
Net cost to the city, May 1, 1873 . . $9,860,956 24
Respectfully submitted,
J. A. WIGGIN,
Cleric of the Cochituate Water Board.
Report of the Water Board. 19
COST OF THE WORKS TO MAY 1, 1873.
western division.
Amount paid Wm. H. Knight, for the lake $100,000 00
< < a a a a a fac-
tories, $50,000, less amount on account of
the sale of land and machinery, and insur-
ance at the time of the fire . . . 20,818 22
Expense of raising the lake two feet, includ-
ing damages 28,002 18
Cost of roads, bridges and swamps . . 38,332 48
Gate-house at the lake .... 29,907 12
Dam at the outlet of the lake . . . 8,458 20
Dudley pond, lower dam, and making con-
nections with the lake .... 18,982 23
New dams, and improvement at the lake . 19,610 90
Total cost of lake dep't, not including land . $264,111 33
Land and land damages, less
credit for land sold . $225,523 15
Constructing brick conduit . 817,717 73
Brookline Reservoir,
laud . . $58,418 92
Construction . 108,301 92
Gate-house . . 33,356 37
200,077 21
Compensating reservoirs, less
amount received when sold . 66,859 80
Engineering expenses on the
Western Division . . 69,900 31
Miscellaneous expenses on the
Western Division . . 112,715 58
AmHs carried forward, $1,492,793 78 $264,111 33
20 City Document. — No. 103.
Am'ts brought fonoard, $1,492,793 78 $264,111 33
Payments on account of the
" new supply of water " . 63,581 64
Chestnut Hill Keservoir, land
construction . . 2,449,982 07
4,006,357 49
Total cost of Western Division . . . $4,270,468 82
EASTERN DIVISION.
Main and service pipes . $3,102,987 33
Reacon Hill Kes-
ervoir, land . $145,107 10
Construction . 368,426 11
513,533 21
South Boston Res-
ervoir, land . 55,103 23
Construction . 35,804 87
East Boston Res-
ervoir, land . 23,862 50
Construction . 46,328 59
90,908 10
70,191 09
Engineering expenses on the
Eastern Division . . 31,403 02
Machine shop and pipe yards . 99,463 97
Hydrants and stopcocks . . 123,298 59
Proving pipes . . . 35,983 96
Meters 126,758 94
Miscellaneous expenses on the
Eastern Division, . . 569,421 50
Payment on account of Wards
13, 14, and 15 . . . 700,983 03
Payment on account of Ward 16 375,000 00
AmH carried forward, $5,839,932 74
Report of the Water Board. 21
Am't brought forward, $5,839,932 74
Payment on account of Wards
13, 14, 15, and 16 . . 299,999 14
Payment on account of new
main to East Boston . . 24,878 08
Payment on account of new
water pipe, East Boston . 20,999 43
Payment on account of high-
service, South Boston . . 26,832 25
Total cost of Eastern Division . . $6,212,64164
Total cost of Eastern Division $6,212,641 64
Western " 4,270,468 82
u a a
Total cost of Eastern and Western Divis-
ions $10,483,110 46
Net cost after deducting income from all
sources $9,860,956 24
REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
Office of the City Engineer, City Hall,
Boston, May 1st, 1873.
Charles H. Allen, Esq.,
President of the Oochituate Water Board: —
Sir, — lu compliance with the requirements of the ordinance
on Engineer's Department, the following report, upon matters
pertaining to water supply, is respectfully submitted : —
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 52.
On May 1st, 1872, the height was 5 feet 3|- inches; on
May 28th, it was 4 feet 10 inches ; and from that date it rose
continuously till April 3d, of this year, when the lake was
full and wasting largely at the outlet-dam, the waste-gate
being open. On May 1st, the surface had been drawn down
to 13 feet 1 inch above the conduit bottom.
At the beginning of last year there was no water in store,
— in fact, at that time and until April 13 the conduit was
supplied by means of pumps, — and as very little snow fell
during the winter and the under-ground water-table had
been very much lowered by the drought of the preceding
season, great apprehension was felt that the Cochituate Dis-
trict alone would prove insufficient to maintain the supply to
the city during the following summer.
Application to the Legislature was therefore made for an
Report of the Water Board. 23
act authorizing the city to take water from a new source, and
to build works for immediate relief.
An act was passed, early in April, granting the right to
take water from the Sudbury River and to turn it into Lake
Cochituate, and the work required for this purpose was at
once begun.
In a report to your Board, made last May, a full descrip-
tion of this work (then in progress) was given. Its chief
features are a wooden dam across the river, and a ditch from
Farm Pond to Beaver Dam Brook, passing through swamp
and meadow lands of a nature that requires the sides of the
ditch to be sustained by planking and bracing. With the
exception of a bridge over the outlet of Farm Pond, it is now
finished. It is of a temporary character, intended, with proper
attention and repairs, to last four or five years, or until a
new conduit may be built connecting the river with Chestnut
Hill Reservoir.
Water was first let into the ditch June 19th, and was run
each night till June 25th, to draw down the level of the pond
and permit the deepening of the mouth of the ditch. On
June 25th, water from the river was turned into the pond,
and from thence let into the lake, and the flow was continued
uninterruptedly until August 7th, when it was stopped to
finish the side planking of the ditch. August 16th, the com-
munication was again- opened, and was kept open till Septem-
ber 17th, when it was closed for the season.
The quantity of water received from the river during the
summer cannot be very accurately ascertaiued, as during the
time of flow, a number of changes were made in the section
and capacity of the water-course. Rough gaugings were
made, however, and the quantity computed from them is
1,676,600,000 gallons; or equal to the supply required in
the city taken at the average for the year, for 110 days.
On page 50 will be found a table giving as has been cus-
24 City Document. — No. 103.
tomary, the rainfall on the lake water-shed, amount of water
consumed and wasted, rise or fall of the lake-surface, total
available amount of water and available percentage of rain-
fall received into the lake.
The figures of this table are but roughly approximate,
owing to the want of accurate data for the calculations.
Although it would cost a considerable sum to provide the
means for properly measuring the flow in the conduit, the
waste at the dam, the average rainfall for the entire water-
shed, etc., yet the value of the results to be obtained from
reliable measurements would fully warrant the necessary ex-
penditure.
The figures for 1872, in columns 4, 6 and 7 of the table, in-
clude the quantity of water received from the Sudbury River,
but those in the last three columns refer to the water-shed of
the lake alone.
It will be noticed that had no water been received from the
river, the lake-surface, instead of rising, would have stood at
the end of the year somewhat lower than at the beginning.
CONDUIT.
A thorough examination of the interior of the conduit, from
the lake to Chestnut Hill Reservoir, was made October 12th
and 13th.
It was found in a better condition than had been antici-
pated, but a number of new cracks were discovered, and many
of the old ones had widened.
The following transcript of the record made by Mr. Wig-
gin, clerk of the Water Board, will show the number and
position of the cracks ; those marked with an asterisk being
the new ones, or the ones never before recorded.
Report of the Water Board. 25
Joseph P. Davis, Esq., City Engineer: —
Dear Sir: Entered, the conduit at lake at 9.15 A. M.,
Oct. 12th.
For a long distance the bottom is very sandy, and the sides
are covered with a substance resembling sponge. There are
no cracks, however.
We reached Dedman's Brook at 11.45, and re-entered the
conduit at 1.15. At station *160 is a crack in top arch. 1G9
slight crack, also at 179 and 180.
The conduit so far from Dedman's Brook is very clean.
At 182 and 3 is a crack about ^ inch wide.
*228 to 230, slight crack.
247 and 8, crack in top arch quite large.
254, bottom quite muddy.
*255 to 571, cr ack, also at *259.
Between 272 and 3 is a large crack, that has been repointed,
but has not started.
274, quite a crack in several places.
284, muddy again.
*292 to 6, small cracks.
298, muddy.
13 to 14, crack, which looks as if it had spread where it
was repointed, and water drips through ; sand in bottom,
also.
*15| to 16^, quite a crack in top.
*17 to 18, large crack; also sandy.
Reached Grantville Waste Weir at 4.05, which is Station
49 \ . Conduit very clean.
Between *51 and 2, slight crack.
" 53 and 5, " "
*64 and 5, " "
" 77 and 8, several cracks.
107 and 9^, crack that was repointed; has started, espe_
cially at 109.
Reached Lower Falls, Station 111^, at 5.10.
26 City Document. — No. 103.
Sunday, Oct. 13th.
Entered conduit at 10.35.
142-3, little sandy.
*160, each side of man-hole is a crack.
163-4, sandy.
Between 174 and 80, some moss on each side of conduit.
196-7, crack.
216 to 218|, several bad cracks in top and on left.
232i- to 34, " " " "
242^ to 44, " " " " " also mossy.
Reached Newton Centre, Station 9, at 12.50 ; left again at
1.20.
*50^ to 52^, bad cracks. Conduit very clean.
Beached ventilator at 2.17 ; left again 2.40.
*86l, crack on right.
88 to 90, considerable fungus.
93, crack on right.
*1031, crack in top.
108^-110, several cracks, been repointed, not started.
*115 to 117, crack.
118, crack on right.
119-124A-, several bad cracks on each side and top. Re-
pointing is all right.
Bottom of conduit very rough.
1251- to 21]^, slight crack.
* 128-9, crack in top.
Reached intermediate gate-house, 3.15.
A statement of the condition of the grounds and structures,
pertaining to the lake and conduit, will be found in the
report of Mr. Stanwood, Superintendent of the Western
Division. The keeper's house at the lake is in a bad state,
and either it should receive thorough repair, or a new one
should be built.
Report of the "Water Board. 27
RESERVOIRS.
The monthly and yearly average heights above tide marsh
level of the water, in the several reservoirs, are given in the
accompanying tables on pp. 44-46.
It will be seen that the average height for the year has
been the same in the Chestnut Hill, as in the Brookline
Eeservoir, and greater by y 6 ^ of a foot, than the heights in
the latter during 1871.
The Beacon Hill and South Boston Reservoirs are not now
kept in open communication with the distributing system, and
therefore the heights of water in them no longer indicate the
pressure upon the street mains in their vicinities. The only
useful purpose these reservoirs serve at present is to store a
quantity of water for use in case of fire, or of accident to
the mains which supply the districts about them.
The Beacon Hill Reservoir has too hig-h an elevation to be
of use in connection with the low-service distribution, and
there appears to be no good reason why it should not be
abandoned, provided the proposed one upon Parker Hill be
built, as the latter will command the Beacon Hill district, and
insure an adequate supply for fires.
The South Boston Reservoir is also located too high to be
of much use in connection with the low-service of its district,
but as it stands upon a common or park, and its maintenance
is inexpensive, and as it will serve to hold in store a consid-
erable quantity of water, for use in emergencies, — such as a
break in the supply main leading to South Boston, — it
probably will be thought best not to remove it. /
The East Boston Reservoir has been thrown out of service
during the latter half of the year, and that section of the
city, supplied under the much greater head of the Charles-
town works.
28 City Document. — No. 103.
DISTRIBUTING SYSTEM.
The distributing pipes have been largely extended during the
past year, more especially in Dorchester and Roxbury. The
total amount of cast-iron pipes laid in 1872 is 17.8 miles.
The work of connecting Telegraph Hill, in South Boston,
with the 12-inch high-service main in Washington street,
Dorchester, was finished early in the year. The connection
consists of a line of 12-inch pipes, laid through Bowdoin
and Hancock streets, and of the new 20-inch low-service
main, leading through Dorchester avenue and Dorchester
street to Telegraph Hill.
The use of the 20-inch main for this purpose requires the
supply to the South Boston low-service to be kept up through
the single line of 20-inch pipe in Dover street. These pipes
were laid when the Cochituate works were built, and are not
protected by the tar coating now used.
Beyond question they are badly tuberculated, and are
probably reduced in capacity of delivery, so as to be not
much more than equivalent to 16-inch coated pipes.
The population of South Boston is not far from 40,000,
and that it may be properly supplied with water, and as a
safeguard in case of accident to or repairs upon the Dover-
street pipes, a new main should be laid, or the Dorches-
ter-avenue main should be returned to its original purpose,
and a new main, of smaller diameter, provided for the high-
service.
Pressures recently observed during the morning hours, at
the hydrant near the corner of E and Seventh streets, show
a loss of head, of about 28 feet, between that point and the
Brookliue Reservoir, and a large portion of this loss must be
due to the friction in the Dover-street main.
In the report of this department for last year, Mr. Crafts
recommended that a new hi^h-service main be laid from the
Report or the Water Board. 29
pumping works to Beacon Hill, and the old 30-inch main,
now supplying the Beacon Hill high-service, be used to aid in
the supply of the low-service of the city proper. I fully en-
dorse his recommendation, and would urge that it be acted
upon at an early day.
To ascertain the losses of head at the end of the large sup-
ply mains, and in the business portion of the city, Mr. Jones,
Superintendent of the Eastern Division, has taken gauge
readings from the 40-inch main near its junction with the 36-
inch main (reduced to 30 inches) on the Common, and also at
the hydrant corner of Broad and Milk streets.
From these it appears that during the morning hours — or
from 8 to 11 o'clock — the loss of head on the Common is from 14
to 17 feet; and that at the corner of Broad and Milk streets,
during the same hours, is from 30 to 37 feet. It will be noticed
that the loss between the two points at which the readings
were taken (the observations were simultaneous) is nearly
20 feet, or greater than that between Brookline Reservoir
and the Common. This indicates the need of greater capacity
in the branch-mains feeding the easterly portion of the city.
All the territory lying to the north and east of Cambridge,
Court, Tremont, and Essex streets is chiefly supplied from
the single 30-inch main, in Boylston street ; now the applica-
tion of the 30-inch high-service main to the low-service distri-
bution, as recommended, will give a new and very important
connection between the Common and that territory, and mate-
rially, improve the pressure where improvement is much
needed.
If it should not be deemed advisable to now incur the ex-
pense of laying the new high-service main the entire distance
between the pumping station and Beacon Hill, that portion
of it between the Common, near Boylston street, and the
hill, can be laid this season, and thus release enough of the
SOMnch main to give the desired connection between the
Common and Haymarket square on the low-service.
30 City Document. — No. 103.
The Engineers of the Fire Department, holding the opinion
that hydrants of much greater capacity than those now in use,
and of a kind that will allow of the concentration of a number
of engines at one point, are essential for proper protection
against fire, especially in districts covered with high and val-
uable buildings, have recommended that either the Lowry or
Hill hydrant be adopted. In conformity to this recommenda-
tion, your Board has decided to substitute the Lowry for the
old hydrants in the "burnt district." To furnish these
with a full supply of water requires that the existing street
mains should be replaced by new pipes of greater capacity.
Plans and estimates for this work have been submitted and
accepted, and an appropriation has been made by the City
Council to carry it out.
It is desirable that these hydrants be used at all points,
where tall and expensive buildings are found, or where there
are buildings filled with materials of a very combustible
character, such as the large wood- working shops, piano and
organ manufactories, etc. ; and to make their full capacity
available, it will, in many instances, be necessary to make
some modifications in the distributing system of pipes that
will effect a more rapid delivery of water than is now possi-
ble.
Sectional plans of Roxbury, four in number, on a scale of
two hundred feet to an inch, showing the water pipes as laid,
with the location of gates and hydrants, have been made for
the Superintendent of the Eastern Division, and similar plans
of Boston proper and of Roxbury and Dorchester, on a scale
of one hundred feet to an inch, are in preparation. The
plans of Boston proper, thirteen in number, are practically
completed, and those of Roxbury, twenty-two in number, are
nearly so.
PUMPING WORKS.
The following table shows the total and monthly work
done by the engines during the past year, and the amouut of
coal consumed in doing it : —
Report of the Water Board.
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32 City Document. — No. 103.
The average daily amount pumped for the year has been
733,499 gallons; the daily average for 1871 was 557,634
gallons ; the increase is about 31 per cent.
Owing to this increase, and to the necessity of furnishing
an abundant supply of water for fires within the high-service
area, the existing pumping machinery is unable to perform
the duty required of it. I was therefore directed by your
Board, early in the season, to report upon the best means for
securing an adequate supply for all purposes ; and in obedi-
ence to those orders the following report was presented.
ITY OF BOSTON".
w Office of the City Engineer, City Hall.
"Boston, March 4, 1873.
"Chas. H. Allen, Esq., President Gochituate Water
Board : —
" Sir, — The following report relating to the best method of
Increasing the effective capacity of the high-service system of
water supply is made by request of Mr. Haven, Chairman
of the Committee on Eastern Division.
"The districts included within the limits marked out on the
map for the high-service distributing system constitute more
than one-third of the present area of the city.
" They are : Beacon Hill in Boston Proper, Telegraph Hill
in South Boston, Parker's Hill, Fort Hill, Tommy's Rock and
the Seaver Hill Territory in Roxbury, and the range of high
lands which forms the greater portion of Dorchester ; making
in all an area of about 3,500 acres.
" A part of this area is not now supplied with water, in fact
has scarcely any population, and a large portion of that which
is supplied is not thickly populated ; but both parts contain
some of the most desirable land for residences within the city
limits, and evidently are destined to be rapidly occupied.
" Future annexations will greatly increase the high-service
area, both absolutely and relatively, and if all the territory
extending to Mother Brook, between Ihe Charles and Neponset
rivers, shall form the future city, or one metropolitan district,
then the area to be supplied from your high-service system will
34 City Document. — No. 103.
be very much larger than that to be furnished with water by
the low-service.
" It is therefore evident that the high-service works will in a
few years form one of the most important divisions of the entire
system of water supply, and it is particularly desirable that
their general character and outline shall be determined upon
at as early a day as the necessary data for this purpose can be
obtained, that whatever extensions are made in the existing
system may, if possible, be so made that they will form parts
of, or be available for, the system of the future.
" Although the data are not now at command from which even
a general outline of this system can be determined, neverthe-
less, there are certain features which it must or should have,
that can be pointed out, and which have a bearing on the ques-
tion that is the more immediate subject of this report.
" The water must be raised by machinery to an elevation that
will give the requisite head upon the distributing pipes, and
it is of great importance that at the point where this machin-
ery is located there shall be a large store of water, that no
interruption may occur to the supply in case the aqueduct or
pipe which furnishes the water to the pumps is temporarily
thrown out of use for examination, or repairs, or by accident
to it.
" This condition requires the eventual abandonment of the
location of the engines which now supply the high-service,
for a new one either at the Chestnut Hill or the Brookline
Keservoir, or at some new reservoir that may be built, specially
for the purpose, at a more favorable point.
" There are other reasons than that of a want of a store of
water, why the present location on Elmwood street, of the
high-service machinery, is not the proper one for the ma-
chinery of a system of works that is to supply an extensive
territory and a large population. There is a want of room at
this point ; the engine buildings would be exposed to the at-
tacks of fires originating on neighboring premises ; the ioca-
Report of the Water Board. 35
tion is on the outskirts of the territory to be supplied, or is
not sufficiently central for an economical system of distribu-
tion ; it would require the water to be brought to it in pipes,
at great cost, and a considerable loss of head ; and it is so
low that a pressure of over thirty pounds per square inch is
created on the suction side of the pump piston, which pro-
duces a harsh action of the machinery, and to some extent
impairs its efficiency.
" The new works should be of a kind that have reservoirs
as centres for the distributing pipe systems.
"The area to be supplied consists of various districts, more
or less isolated, for each of which there should be, as a mat-
ter of economy, a distinct system of distribution, and to se-
cure to them an uninterrupted supply under a nearly constant
head, and that the supply mains leading to the districts may
be of the minimum size and cost, reservoirs should be estab-
lished at convenient points.
"The existing high-service works were designed to supply
a limited area only, and were not constructed upon a scale
to meet the requirements of the large territory even now
depending upon them, much less to provide for further
extensions due to annexation.
" The pumping machinery consists of two engines, each of a
capacity to pump 2,400,000 gallons in twenty-four hours,
when making thirty-five revolutions per minute. These en-
gines are supplied from a single line of pipes, sixteen inches
in diameter, under a head which gives about thirty-three
pounds of pressure upon the pump piston ; and to enable the
latter to work at the guaranteed speed, it was found neces-
sary to connect the supply line with a large air-chamber.
The pump force mains, immediately after leaving the engine
building, are united by a Y branch into a single line of pipes,
sixteen inches in diameter, which leads to the stand-tower on
Fort Hill, and is about 2,500 feet long. On account of the
connection of the engines, through the supply and force
36 City Document. — No. 103.
pipes, they are found to react, one upon the other, when
working: together, and it is not considered safe to thus use
them at a speed which will give a much greater discharge
of water than will one engine alone, run at its safe maximum
velocity.
" As the capacity of one engine is less than that of four
steam fire-engines, it will be seen that the power to supply
water in times of fire is very inadequate. The laying of in-
dependent supply and force mains would nearly double the
available capacity of the engines for emergencies, and would
provide a safeguard against stopping the supply in case of a
burst.
" Under the existing arrangement, a burst in either the sup-
ply or force line would deprive the high-service district of
water until repairs could be made, and should such an acci-
dent occur during a fire, the consequences would be serious.
" The steam parts of the engines having sufficient power to
drive larger pumps than are now in use, it has been sug-
gested that these pumps may be replaced by others of greater
capacity. Such a change would be somewhat of an experi-
ment, and unless much more valve area, or a better passage-
way for the water than the pumps now have, can in some
way be provided, I doubt whether it would effect much gain.
But even if it can be successfully made, sufficient pumping
capacity would not be secured, under adverse circumstances,
— such as one engine being under repair, or dismantled for
cleaning, — to meet the demand for water in case of a large
fire within the high-service limits.
" The pumps now in use are fourteen inches in diameter, and
have a stroke of three feet, and a capacity of forty-eight gal-
lons per revolution of the engine. The diameter that has been
proposed for the new pumps, to replace the old ones, is six-
teen inches, which gives a capacity of sixty-two gallons per
revolution, or 130,000 gallons per hour, when the engine is
Keport of the Water Board. 37
running at its guaranteed speed of thirty-five revolutions per
minute.
" The average maximum hourly consumption of each day,
during the coming season, will not fall short of half of this
amount, or say 65,000 gallons, and will much exceed it in the
following years. If, in addition to this consumption, there be
required a supply for six steam fire-engines (which number the
Chief Engineer of the Fire Department says should be pro-
vided for), each throwing 450 gallons per minute (the aver-
age amount), the delivery must be at the rate of 227,000
gallons per hour.
"Both engines, running together, would meet such a de-
mand, but perfect safety is not secured when it is necessary
that all the machinery shall be put in operation to meet an
emergency that is likely to arise without previous warning.
There should always be a reserve engine, to admit of repairs
and cleaning at any time. Setting aside the domestic con-
sumption, one engine alone, even if provided with a sixteen-
inch pump, could not supply more than five fire-engines ; it
is clear, therefore, that, to secure proper safety, some special
provision must be made to keep up the supply in times of
large fires.
" This provision may consist either in the erection of a third
engine, or in the building of a reservoir and connecting it with
the stand-pipe.
" If the engine be erected, it should have a capacity to pump
about five million gallons per day, that when in use it alone
may furnish all the water required both for extinguishing
fires and for domestic supply. Owing to the comparatively
small draft at night, such an engine would be larger than can
now be conveniently used for keeping up the daily supply ;
but, for the present, it can be kept in readiness for service
in emergencies, and, as the consumption increases, can be
gradually brought into more constant use.
" There are now two boilers in service, each rated at one hun-
38 City Document. —No. 103.
drecl horse-power, or of sufficient capacity to drive the new
engine; nevertheless, a third boiler, of somewhat greater
power, should be provided.
" The arrangement proposed is, then, two small engines (the
existing ones) , each of a maximum capacity of about two and
a half million gallons per day, and a new engine and boiler
having a capacity of about five million gallons, and supply
and force mains twenty-four inches in diameter.
"The two small engines, when run together, or the large
engine alone, will furnish any supply that is likely to be
required from them within the next few years.
"The chief objection to this plan is, that a large expendi-
ture will be necessary for machinery, buildings, mains, etc.,
Avhich probably will be thrown out of use at the end of a
few years.
"A reservoir can be built on Parker's Hill, at an elevation
that will give sufficient head on the high-service pipes, or
with a wat'3r-surface about two hundred feet above tide-
marsh level.
"If this reservoir be connected with the stand-tower on
Fort Hill, it will be put in good communication with the high-
service distributing system, and will instantly respond to
any demand for a sudden increase of supply.
" The ratio between the average and maximum quantities of
water pumped in an hour, during each month, has varied in
the past year from 1|^ to ^||, as shown in the following
table : —
Eeport of the "Water Board.
39
" Table showing the average and maximum quantities of mater
pumped in an hour, and the ratios between them, for each month
of 1872.
Month.
January . .
February . .
March . . .
April ....
May ....
June ....
July ....
August . . .
September .
October . . .
November .
December . .
Averages
Average.
Gallons.
Maximum.
Gallons.
31,474
31,118
32,681
31,068
32,391
35,240
36,615
35,190
34,515
34,216
35,696
40,008
34,184
80,370
52,640
78,255
51,700
52,640
50,525
58,515
68,620
62,510
66,035
75,905
76,375
Ratio.
64,508
As 1 to 2.55
As 1 to 1.69
As 1 to 2.39
As 1 to 1.66
As 1 to 1.63
As 1 to 1.43
As 1 to 1.60
As 1 to 1.95
As 1 to 1.81
As 1 to 1.93
As 1 to 2.13
Asl to 1.91
As 1 to 1.8
"From the above it will be seen, that an engine which has
to vary its speed as the consumption of water varies, is re-
quired to be about double the capacity of one doing the same
work under a uniform speed ; that is to say, to furnish a
given supply, an engine pumping into a stand-pipe should
have twice the capacity of one pumping into a reservoir.
" Hence it follows that the building of a reservoir, besides
insuring an ample supply of water for the extinguishment
of fires, would, by virtually doubling the pumping capacity,
be equivalent to the addition of a new engine having twice
the power of each of the existing ones.
"If it be built to serve a temporary purpose only, its con-
nection with the stand-tower may be made with a line of
twenty-inch pipes, but as its proposed location is the proper
one for one of the auxiliary reservoirs of the future high-
service system, its pipe connections should be proportioned
40 City Document. — No. 103.
for future use, and this use should be kept in view in deter-
mining upon the capacity of the reservoir, the design of the
chambers, and the character of the work.
"Its office, in the works of the future, will be to regulate
the supply to Beacon Hill, Roxbury Highlands, and a portion
of Dorchester.
"Estimates are hereinafter given, first, for a new engine
with its buildings, and supply and force mains ; second, for
a new reservoir, designed to serve a temporary purpose, and
having a capacity of 4,500,000 gallons ; third, for a new
reservoir, designed to form a part of the future high-service
system, and having a capacity of about 6,000,000 gallons.
" It will be noticed that the land damages are the most im-
portant items of the last two estimates, but it should be borne
in mind that the value of this land is increasing from year to
year, and that if not now taken for the purpose proposed, it
probably will be eventually.
"In conclusion, I would recommend that a new reservoir,
having a capacity of at least six millions of gallons, be built
on Parker's Hill, and connected with the stand-tower by a
twenty-four inch line of pipes, and would suggest that, until
this work is completed, the following precautionary measures
be taken : —
"First, to make such connections at the Beacon Hill and
South Boston reservoirs as will permit of quickly putting
them in communication with the high-service pipe mains.
"Second, to keep these reservoirs well filled with water.
" Third, to employ men familiar with the location of the gates
and street mains, whose duty shall be to attend every alarm
of fire in the high-service, districts, and who shall be given
proper instructions, in reference to opening communication
with the reservoirs, and to shutting off portions of the high-
service area when the exigency of the case requires.
"The following are the approximate preliminary estimates
of cost : —
Report of the Water Board.
41
"First Estimate.
Engine and boiler ; capacity five millions of gal
Ions in twenty-four hours
Engine buildings and foundations
Supply main, twenty-four inches diameter
Force main, " " "
Land damages .....
" Add ten per cent. .....
"Total
" Second Estimate.
Reservoir on Parker's Hill ; capacity about 4,500,-
000 gallons
Line of twenty-inch pipe to stand-tower
Land damages .......
" Add ten per cent. .....
"Total
"Third Estimate.
Reservoir on Parker's Hill ; capacity about 6,000,-
000 gallons
Line of twenty-four inch pipe to stancl-tower
Land damages .......
" Add ten per cent .
$60,000
22,000
6,150
30,500
11,000
$129,650
12,965
$142,615
$ 53,000
31,000
75,000
$159,000
15,900
$174,000
$73,500
39,500
100,000
$213,000
21,300
$234,300
"Total ......
"Respectfully submitted,
" JOSEPH P. DAVIS,
" City Engineer.
42
City Document. — No. 103.
Application has been made to the Legislature for an act
authorizing the construction of a reservoir upon Parker's Hill.
The season will be so far advanced before the necessary
appropriations can be made, and the work put under con-
tract, that it is improbable that the reservoir can be made
ready for use before another summer.
The following is a statement of the cost of pumping for the
year 1872 : —
Salaries
Fuel .
Repairs
Gas
Small supplies
Total
$3,933 75
2*588 CQ
433 91
316 22
113 42
$7,435 30
Approximate cost per million gallons raised one foot high,
34 cents.
CONSUMPTION OF WATER.
The table on pages 47 and 48 gives the average daily con-
sumption of water for each month since 1848. The daily
average for the year 1872 was 15,063,400 gallons, which is
in excess of the average for 1871 by about 8 per cent. The
greatest consumption was in November, for which month the
daily average was 17,591,100 gallons.
The great fire of Nov. 9th began at about quarter past
seven in the evening, and was not brought under control un-
til the afternoon of the 10th. The consumption of water in
the city for all purposes, from 6A.M. of the 9th to 6 A. M.
of the 11th, or for 48 hours, was 43,500,000 gallons. The
average use for domestic purposes, just previous to the fire,
was 12,500,000 gallons in twenty-four hours ; hence, it ap-
pears that fully 18,500,000 gallons were used by the Fire
Report of the Water Board. 43
Department in the thirty-five hours from 7 P. M. Nov. 9th,
to 6 A. M. Nov. 11th, much the greater portion of which was
used in the first eighteen hours.
This quantity would cover the entire area burnt over
(taken at 60 acres), 10| inches deep, and would cover the
area occupied by the buildings about 14 inches deep.
ADDITIONAL SUPPLY.
Since the date of the last yearly report, preliminary sur-
veys have been made to determine the location of a conduit
from Farm Pond to Chestnut Hill Reservoir, and the best po-
sition for storage basins upon the Sudbury River. A plan of
works for securing and conveying to the city the additional
supply to be drawn from this river has been devised, and its
cost estimated, and a report, bearing date January 27, to-
gether with plans of the various structures required, was pre-
sented to the Water Board. The plan proposed has received
the approval of the City Government, and an appropriation of
$500,000 has been made to cover the expenditures of this
year.
A force will at once be put into the field, to make the sur-
veys for the final location of the conduit line, and portions of
the work got under contract at as early a day as possible.
RAIN-FALL.
The usual tables giving the rain-fall at various points for
the year 1872 will be found appended.
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH P. DAVIS,
City Engineer.
44
City Document. — No. 103.
Average Monthly and Yearly Heights, in feet and decimals, of the
several Reservoirs above '•'■tide marsh level" 1862-72.
BROOKLINE.
Maximum high-water line, 124.60.
Month.
January ....
February . . .
March
April
May
June
July. .....
August ....
September . . .
October ....
November . . .
December . . .
Yearly Average
1862.
122.46
122.85
123.52
124.18
124.00
123.25
123.73
123.70
123.64
123.85
124.07
123.46
123.56
1863,
123.64
123.23
123.23
123.85
123.52
123.17
122.76
123.11
123.36
122.26
123.63
122.53
123.19
1864,
122.37
122.61
123.62
123.82
123.62
122.66
122.87
122.64
122.03
123.19
122.78
122.29
122.87
1865. 1866,
123.31
122.82
123.26
123.38
122.65
123.23
123.33
123.39
123.29
123.29
123.38
123.24
123.21
122.28
122.47
123.19
123.45
123.04
123.29
122.97
122.80
122.81
123.03
122.75
122.64
122.89
1867.
122.00
123.12
123.05
123.00
123.07
122.34
122.98
122.23
122.52
122.65
122.89
122.37
122.69
1868. 1869.
123.29
122.79
122.33
123.04
123.04
122.77
122.77
122.75
122.12
122.31
122.56
122.00
122.65
122.58
122.64
122.48
122.60
122.77
121.85
122.10
122.19
122.50
122.58
122.46
122.92
122.48
1870,
122.83
122.60
122.77
122.56
122.75
122.64
122.50
122.23
122.35
122.64
122.60
122.50
122.58
1871.
121.89
122.54
122.08
122.00
121.79
121.98
122.19
122.06
121.50
119.54
116.94
117.71
121.02
1872.
118.64
120.48
122.04
122.10
122.29
122.25
121.25
122.14
123.44
122.96
120.98
121.06
121.63
BEACON HILL.
Maximum high-water line, 121.53.
Month.
January . .
February .
March . . .
April . . .
May ....
June ....
July ....
August . .
September .
October . .
November .
December .
Yearly Average
1862.
117.48
119.46
119.18
117.91
117.59
116.39
116.46
116.22
116.22
1863,
117.20
115.23
118.36
118.18
118.03
117.27
116.33
115.40
116.34
116.05
116.12
115.87
116.85
118.30
116.92
1864.
117.72
117.54
116.38
117.21
116.53
115.31
115.32
115.19
115.91
118.17
118.55
117.35
116.77
1865.
119.18
118.91
120.58
121.28
120.31
120.56
121.23
119.83
119.03
118.43
120.14
120.50
120.00
1866.
119.20
119.65
120.72
120.70
119.53
118.53
119.51
119.17
119.39
119.50
119.78
119.37
119.59
1867.
119.11
118.59
119.45
119.86
118.50
118.34
119.00
117.70
120.46
120.46
120.84
120.02
1868.
119.36
120.20
120.11
120.57
120.57
118.65
118.45
120.24
117.11
118.20
11S.61
119.03
117.78
119.11
1869,
118.51
118.72
118.30
118.82
119.68
117.13
117.20
117.63
117.45
118.36
118.45
118.36
118.13
1870.
118.63
117.78
118.07
118.34
118.63
118.03
119.30
119.59
117.72
117.80
118.61
119.38
118 49
1871.
119.26
118.95
119 38
119.59
119.09
109.63
109.68
1872.
116.20
116.38
116.49
116.72
116.70
116.99
116.95
117.11
117.65
118.20
118.36
118.51
117.19
Eepoet or the Water Board.
45
Average monthly and yearly heights, etc. — Continued.
SOUTH BOSTON.
Maximum high-water line, 122.5
Month.
January . . .
February . . .
March ....
April
May
June
July
August ....
September . .
October ....
November . .
December . . .
Yearly Average
1862,
113.66
114.08
114.12
114.93
115.74
114.22
114.23
114.03
114.04
114.24
115.94
116.35
114.63
1863.
115.73
115.54
115.36
114.73
112.71
111.39
109.75
109.80
109.64
109.90
111.25
109.90
112.14
1864.
110.63
110.94
111.13
112.07
111.64
109.06
108.57
109.53
110.21
112.49
112.49
113.89
111.05
1865,
114.21
113.42
113.64
114.82
115.44
114.91
114.36
113.80
113.69
112.89
112.74
113.78
113.97
1866,
114.38
114.44
113.51
114.99
114.90
114.32
113.96
114.07
113.41
112.74
112.03
112.62
113.78
1867.
112.46
111.36
111.74
111.88
111.63
111.19
111.53
111.90
111.70
111.29
111.26
111.08
111.59
1868.1869
111.15
111.15
111.11
111.55
111.61
112.15
111.53
111.53
111.44
111.44
111.44
111.11
111.44
111.15
111.34
111.63
111.96
111.78
111.51
111.19
110.65
108.76
113.15
113.76
113.88
111.74
1870.
114.46
114.80
114.51
113.57
113.53
113.36
112.21
110.78
110.15
110.01
111.86
112.61
112.65
1871
112.51
112.61
112.74
112.63
112.71
112.44
115.32
114.03
113.13
112.80
112.76
109.26
112.74
1872.
109.34
109.42
109.38
109.67
109.32
109.24
109.05
108.82
106.49
109.34
110.61
110.71
109.28
EAST BOSTON".
Maximum high-water line, 107.60.
Month.
1862.
96.26
1863.
95.64
1864.
90.22
1865.
1866.
1867.
1868.
1869.
99.72
1870.
104.45
1871.
101. IS
1872.
January .
96.12
93.61
91.89
92 81
103.47
February .
94.94
93.86
92.98
97.00
96.61
92.06
92.10
100.56
104.20
104.33
102.56
March . .
95.75
94.29
93.50
94.83
94.22
91.69
91.14
100.60
100.89
106.12
1C0.41
April . . .
96.71
95.65
96.16
96.52
96.47
90.91
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104.93
107.14
100.10
May . . .
96.99
93.07
97.68
96.04
95.85
89.63
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105.91
106.50
101.54
June . . .
95.99
91.10
94.22
93.91
93.71
91.82
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106.00
106.43
106.83
July . . .
96.13
90.43
92.34
96.82
95.35
94.60
100.60
103.87
106.47
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August . .
93.96
91.23
92.84
95.78
93.85
94.16
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95.08
104.25
105.22
September
95.57
91.96
95.00
94.52
<2«
99.40
94.87
102.77
104.91
October . .
91.80
95.02
97.55
93.38
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96.85
96.97
105.20
104.81
November
93.57
93.36
98.14
92.23
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93.47
101.12
104.75
104.56
December .
95.77
89.79
92.95
97.27
94.34
92.29
92.57
93.25
102.06
105.18
104.58
Yearly Average
95.29
94.83
95.12
94.66
92.02
99.06
104.37
105.18
46
City Document. — No. 103,
Average monthly and yearly heights, etc. — Continued.
CHESTNUT HILL.
Maximum high-water line, 125.00.
Month.
1870.
1871.
1872.
102.00
102.81
105.19
110.48
116.21
121.46
122.40
122.02
121.44
119.67
117.08
115.35
116.90
120.46
122.29
122.52
122.54
122.35
121.77
122.15
122.77
122.08
100.80
101.29
122.42
121.40
101.04
114.67
121.64
Beport of the Water Board.
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CONDUIT AT THE LAKE.
The following table shows the varying depths of the water
in the conduit at the gate-house, the number of da}'s in each
month that the water was running at those depths, and the
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Depths
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Conduit at the Lake. — Continued.
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Annual Amount of Rainfall, in Inches, at Lake Cochituate, Boston
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£5
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33
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£ a
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.
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40.30
40.97
40.74
51.09
34.69
53.98
54.07
62.13
45.68
51.48
44.31
41.97
41.00
41.00
43.30
*47.93
47.94
40.51
42.24
42.78
38.58
*55.73
48.86
53.83
45.04
43.92
53.27
43.15
45.71
45.17
41.29
42.08
46.25
34.96
44.19
47.59
40.63
• 44.89
48.41
39.05
40.80
52.16
53.79
42.33
42.49
45.97
40.97
63.10
56.87
57.92
44.04
49.38
52.02
44.74
48.66
52.67
45.46
37.40
37.73
35.80
44.51
49.02
56.70
48.49
47.51
48.41
45.29
55.44
51.46
46.95
45.97
46.91
46.67
3S.24
45.44
50.07
50.14
36.51
43.32
42.95
44.25
49.69
61.06
57.21
46.42
44.28
44.61
50.09
69.30
67.72
56.42
53.66
52.37
57.81
54.17
42.60
49.30
39.46
36.56
38.11
40.64
36.83
1865
49.46
47.83
43.59
35.84
37.38
38.82
44.69
1866
62.32
50.70
43.46
38.18
41.36
46.04
1867
56.25
55.64
41.71
41.40
45.54
45.87
47.04
1868
49.71
64.11
39.89
44.65
47.96
' 49.58
53.52
1869
64.34
66.28
47.98
47.30
47.30
48.96
47.70
1870 .
55.89
59.73
41.53
39 40
46.30
4^.71
49.02
1871 .
45.39
48.33
40.56
36.82
44 45
44.17
47.91
1872
48.47
58.04
52.73
45.80
44 32
48.67
48.71
* By J. Varmevar.
56
City Document. — No. 103.
Table showing the Rainfall in Boston for the year 1872, and the
days on which it occurred, from observations by Wm. H. Bradley,
Esq., Superintendent of Sewers.
Days.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
2 . . . .
.08
.02
.05
.20
.16
.10
.02
.17
4. . . .
5 . . . .
.58
.14
1.46
.12
.28
.03
2.54
.92
.72
.06
.28
6 . . . .
8 . . . .
.34
.24
.28
.24
1.85
9 . . . .
08
10 ... .
.40
.05
.16
12 ... .
13 ... .
.32
.22
.07
.76
.60
1.36
1.38
.13
.20
.22
.12
3.63
.47
.84
.56
.09
.06
12
14 ... .
1.06
.16
.54
.03
.42
.02
17 ... .
.18
.76
.80
.02
.12
20 ... .
1.01
.02
.43
84
.17
.04
.38
.88
2.08
12
25 ... .
.42
.11
26. . . .
.02
.34
.94
.10
.10
.96
.56
.91
.17
.15
.08
1.73
.44
.83
.10
.58
.03
1.93
1.92
31 ... .
.24
.04
.44
Monthly )
Totals. J
2.43
2.68
3.98
3.24
3.95
4.S1
4.48
10.48
7.37
4.98
4.64
5.00
Total for the year 58.04 inches.
WATEE EEGISTEAE'S EEPOET.
Water Eegistrar's Office, City Hall,
Boston, May 1, 1873.
Charles H. Allen, Esq.,
President of the Cochituate Water Board : —
Sir, — In accordance with the requirements of the ordi-
nance providing for the care and management of the Boston
Water Works, I have the honor to submit the following
report for the year 1872 : —
The total number of water-takers now entered for the
year 1873 is 40,688, being an increase since January 1, 1872,
of 1,972.
The total number of cases where the water has been turned
off for non-payment of rates during the year is 933. Of this
number 751 have been turned on, leaving a balance of 182
still remaining off.
The total amount of water-rates received
from April 30, 1872, to May 1, 1873, is $903,812 67
Less amount paid to the City of Charlestown,
as per contract ..... $52,338 36
$851,474 31
Of this amount there was re-
ceived for water used in pre-
vious years the sum of . $50,426 81
Leaving the receipts for water
furnished durins; the financial
year 1872 and 1873, the sum
of $801,047 50
Amount carried forward, $851,474 31
58
City Document. — No. 103.
Amount brought forward,
In addition to the above there
has been received for turning
on water in cases where it
had been turned off for non-
payment of rates, the sum of
The increased amount of income for the finan-
cial year ending Apil 30, 1873, over the
previous year is .... .
The total amount of assessments now made
for the present year, is .
The estimated amount of income from the
sales of water during the year 1873 is
The expenditures of my office during the year
1872 are
$851,474 31
1,570 00
$853,044 31
$67,525 58
$650,000 00
$875,000 00
$22,362 35
The items of this expenditure are as follows :
Paid for Salaries .....
$21,498 85
a a Printing .....
$551 65
" " Stationery .....
$186 97
" " Horse and Buggy
$123 00
" " Postage Stamps and Advertising .
$1 88
$22,362 35
Refort of the Water Board. 59
METRES.
The total number of metres now applied to the premises
of water-takers is 955. Of this number 644 are J-iuch, 264
1-inch, 40, 2-inch, 5, 3-inch, 2, 4-inch size ; they are attached
to a variety of establishments, embracing hotels, railroads,
manufactories, stables, confectionery, oyster saloons, and
buildings occupied by several tenants.
The following table exhibits the yearly revenue from the
sale of Cochituate water since its introduction into the city
October 25th, 1848 : —
Received by Water Commissioners, as per
Auditor's Report, in 1848 .
From January 1, 1849, to January 1, 1850
" " 1850,
1851,
1852,
1853,
1854,
1855,
1856,
1857,
1858,
'< 1859,
1860,
" 1861,
1862,
1863, "
1864,
" 1865,
1866,
1867, "
1868,
Amount carried forward,
.
$972 81
1850,
71,657 79
1851,
99,025 45
1852,
. 161,052 85
1853,
. 179,567 39
1854,
. 196,352 32
1855,
. 217,007 51
1856,
. 266,302 77
1857,
. 282,651 84
1858,
. 289,328 83
1859,
. 302,409 73
1860,
. 314,808 97
1861,
. 334,544 86
1862,
., 365,323 96
1863,
.' 373,922 33
1864,
. 394,506 25
1865,
. 430,710 76
1866,
. 450,341 48
1867,
. 486,538 25
1868,
. 522,130 93
1869,
. 553,744 88
$6,292,901 96
60
City Document. — No. 103.
Amount brought forward,
From January 1, 1869, to January 1, 1870,
1870, " 1871,
1871, " 1872,
1872, « 1873,
1873, to May 1, 1873,
1,292,901 96
597,328 55
708,783 68
774,445 70
806,102 51
625,822 82
1,805,385 22
Statement showing the number of houses, stores, steam
engines, etc., in the City of Boston, supplied with Cochituate
water to the 1st of January, 1873, with the amount of water-
rates paid for 1872 : —
25,511 Dwelling-houses .
$408,651 02
10 Boarding-houses .
527 00
703 Model-houses
19,307 85
9 Lodging-houses
376 00
14 Hotels
995 58
5,286 Stores and Shops .
55,641 79
411 Buildings
16,721 90
566 Offices
4,530 28
26 Printing-offices
435 83
24 Banks .
371 05
34 Halls .
468 51
1 Museum
36 50
31 Private Schools
559 17
16 Asylums
979 38
4 Hospitals
170 00
35 Greenhouses .
493 50
90 Churches
1,244 51
4 Markets
816 00
134 Cellars ....
910 50
662 Restaurants and Saloons
13,490 15
Amount carried forward.
$526,726 52
Eeport of the Watee Board.
61
Amount brought forward,
7
Club-houses
2
Bath-houses
37
Photographers
11
Packiug-houses
1445
Stables
26
Factories
8
Bleacheries .
1
Brewery
2
Beer Factories
95
Bakeries
1
Boat-house
10
Freight-houses
3
Gasometers .
4
Ship-yards
2
Dry clocks and engines
66
Shops and engines
32
Stores " " .
14
Factories "
6
Printing ' '
3
Bakeries "
2
Ship-yards ' '
10
Buildings "
1
Mill " •
1
Packing-house ' '
10
Stationary engines
63
Hoisting and Pile-drivin
15
Armories
71
Hand-hose
11
Fountains
42
Tumbler-washers
56
Water-pressures
3
Laundries
£ engines
$526,726 52
202 00
67 50
1,173 50
477 17
11,550 15
1,000 50
144 00
109 00
93 97
746 34
49 00
209 00
41 33
58 00
50 00
3,035 34
1,945 40
885 68
387 18
108 00
70 00
732 12
76 36
78 00
1,002 03
759 00
181 58
390 00
140 00
625 00
279 17
75 00
Amount carried forward,
,467 84
62 City Document. — No. 103.
Amount brought forward, $553,467 84
2 Commercial Colleges . 64 00
1 Laboratory ...... 50 00
Custom-house .... 150 00
3 Branch Post-offices . . . 39 00
1 Lockup ..... 6 25
Fitting Gasometers . . . 315 27
Fitting Cistern .... 18 00
Steam-dredging Machine . 50 00
Suffolk Street District ... 227 40
1 Ice Company (washing ice) . . 30 00
71 Steamboats ..... 13,308 70
Office (City Scales) . . . 11 00
Probate building . . . . 75 00
House of Reception ... 10 00
31 Fire-engines, hose and H. & L. houses 680 00
2,389 Fire-hydrants .... 43,002 00
96 Reservoirs ..... 1,728 00
371 Public Schools .... 3,000 00
City Stables . . . . ' 203 75
Washing-carts .... 125 00
Offal Station . . . . 225 00
Steamer " Henry Morrison" . . 200 00
Faneuil Hall .... 40 00
Public Library . . . . 50 00
" " East Boston Branch . 19 50
Paving Department Shop and Stable 27 00
Common Sewer Department . . 250 00
Deer Park 10 00
Public Urinals . . . . 110 00
Street Sprinkling .... 500 00
Public Garden .... 25 00
Drin king-fountains ... , 750 00
Building purposes . . . 4,741 87
Metered water (9 months) . . 182,592 93
$806,102 51
Eeport of the Watek Board.
63
Statement' showing the number and hind of Water Fixtures con-
tained within the premises of Water-takers in the City of Boston
to January I, 1873, as compared with previous years.
1870.
1871.
1872.
5,893
6,041
6,452
Taps. These have no connection with any drain or
sewer.
53,010
' 58,946
64,454 '
Sinks.
23,961
27,856
30,632
Wash-hand basins.
8,013
9,130
10,289
Bathing-tubs.
11,319
13,077
14,863
Pan water-closets.
12,235
14,104
14,891
Hopper water-closets.
250
241
278
" " " pull.
216
258
213
" " " self-acting.
433
434
503
" " " waste.
607
619
602
" " " door.
2,447
2,470
2.755
Urinals.
9,615
10,743
11,826
Wash-tubs. These are permanently attached to the
building.
879
741
714
Shower-baths.
13
1
Hydraulic rams.
547
468
445
Private hydrants.
723
578
641
Stop-hoppers.
73
79
96
Foot-baths.
128,234
145,786
159,654
Eespectfully submitted,
WM. F. DAVIS,
Water Registrar.
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE
EASTERN DIVISION COCHITUATE WATER
WORKS, 1872.
Boston, May 1st, 1873.
Chas. H. Allen, Esq.,
President of the CocMtuate Water Board: —
Sir, — I hereby respectfully submit my report for the year
ending with April the 30th.
The whole length of main pipes of the different sizes, laid,
the past year, as will be seen by the tables below, is 94,046
feet, or nearly eighteen miles.
The number of service pipes is 2,195, measuring 63,266
feet, being 12 miles, less 106 feet.
The lines of pipes on Bradley's Hill, 40 inches, 36 inches,
and 30 inches in diameter, measuring in all 2,348 feet, were
successfully lowered to an average depth of 3 feet early in the
year. The necessity of lowering these lines was the cutting
down of the hill by the town of Brookline. The work of re-
laying pipes of a larger size in East Boston, for the better
supply in case of fire, was completed in good season. The
jength will be found in the tables below.
The work of establishing gates at proper places, making
suitable connection and letting on the water for a high-ser-
vice supply to South Boston Heights, was completed on July
15.
The laying of pipes, establishing proper gates, and making
suitable connections for the use of the Mystic water for the
Eeport of the Water Board. 65
high-service of Beacon Hill, in case of an accident to the
pumping works or pipes leading therefrom, was completed in
August.
The East Boston and South Boston reservoirs were cleaned
in August and September.
A new line of 10-inch pipes, 612 feet in length, was laid
over the creek and by the side of Winthrop Bridge, in Novem-
ber. The old line was so exposed as to freeze twice during
the winter of '71 and '72. The new line is enclosed by two
air-tight boxes, or as near air-tight as could conveniently be
made, and although last winter was a severely cold one, we
had not the slightest trouble with it.
The experiment of stone troughs attached to the drinking
fountains answered the purpose well through the entire sea-
son, and I believe gave to the public a satisfaction above all
others. Your Board have ordered twenty more of them ; a
few have been delivered and set ; the remainder will be set
as soon after I get them as possible. I am sorry they do not
come faster, as the old ones have been taken out, and the
warm season is near to us. The occasion of their delay is, I
suppose, the rebuilding on the "burnt district" monopolizes
the most of the granite laborers. I have, however, the prom-
ise of more very soon. I think a round trough would be an
improvement over the present pattern, for a square, or any
locality where teams or cattle can surround it.
I am now establishing the Lowry hydrant wherever new
mains are laid or alterations made. I call your attention to
what I consider a wicked waste of water at the time of a fire.
Most of the reservoirs are fed by a short 4-inch pipe, that is
connected directly with the main pipe in street. The reservoirs
were constructed before the water works, and fed from the
roofs of buildings and other sources, consequently they were
made with an outlet, the hole beino- about eio'ht inches. When
the water is let on by the firemen, the water rises in the reservoir
to the outlet, and then escapes unseen through the eight-inch
9
66 City Document. — No. 103.
hole. You can readily imagine how much water is thus
wasted, and at a time when it is most needed. I have a num-
ber of times called the attention of the Fire Department to
this fact, but it has not been heeded that I know of.
I would ask your attention to what I consider a very im-
portant part of this report. Ever since my connection with
the Cochituate Water "Works, I have seen the necessity of
having a building provided, either by purchase or lease, near
our pipe-yard, where a number of our workmen can live, and
be near at hand, to be called on in case of an emergency.
Let me describe the condition we are in. In case of a break-
age in our works at night, or of a Sunday, notice is given by
the police to the watch at the yard ; the watchman travels up-
wards of a mile to the residence of the nearest workman ; he
hastens to the point designated. If the break is on the main
pipe, he has to travel to the north part of the city, a distance
of over two miles, and notify my assistant. He, the assistant,
has to send to as many different places as the number of men
he wants. Thence all repair to the pipe-yard for tools,
thence to the place of the accident. You can readily imagine
what damage might occur during all this time, and how much
time might be saved, if at the yard workmen could be had
at once.
Taken Up.
1,160 feet 6-inch pipe, Sumner street, between Lewis and
Border street.
336 feet 6-inch pipe, Lewis street, between Sumner and
Marginal street.
1,325 feet 6-inch pipe, Marginal street, between Lewis and
Cottage street.
691 feet 6-inch pipe, Clarendon street, between Boylston and
Beacon street.
1,032, feet 1^-inch, iron.
115 " 1 " lead.
Report or the Water Board. 67
63 feet f inch, lead.
120 " | " «
46 " l " "
Lowered.
786 feet 40-inch pipe on Bradley's Hill.
786 " 36 " " " " "
786 " 30 " " " " "
686 "12 " " White street, East Boston.
272 " 6 " " Clifford street.
Extended.
f-inch pipe 11 feet.
| " " 365 "
| » " 15 "
68
City Document. — No. 103.
Statement of Location, 'Size, and Number of Feet of Pipe Laid
in 1872.
In what Street.
Haymarket Square
Exeter
Columbus Avenue . .
Gloucester
Boylston
Cambridge
Castle
Tremont
Clarendon
High .
Summer
Kirkland
Porter
East Canton
Shawmut Avenue . . .
W. Clarendon
Commonwealth Avenue
North side ....
Commonwealth Avenue
South Side ....
Between what Streets.
BOSTON PROPER.
Charlestown and Merrimac . .
Diameter of
Iron Pipe
in Inches.
Total, 20-inch ,
Beacon and Commonwealth Avenue .
Total, 16-inch
Clarendon and Chandler
Marlboro and Commonwealth Avenue
Clarendon and Dartmouth
Dartmouth and Exeter
Lynde and Hancock
Tremont and Washington
Castle and Dover
Boylston and Commonwealth Avenue
Commonwealth Avenue and Beacon .
Hartford and Washington Square . .
Washington Sq. and Broad
Church Green and Washington . . .
Total, 12-inch
Indiana Place and Pleasant ,
Albany and Harrison Avenue . .
Pleasant and Warrenton
Columbus Avenue and Dartmouth
Clarendon Place and Dartmouth .
Clarendon and Exeter .
Dartmouth and Exeter'.
Carried forward
Feet
of Pipe.
400
150
140
150
274
131
1,177
821
525
691
461
372
1,114
6,006
533
618
377
235
550
147
700
231
3,391
Eepokt of the Watee Board.
69
Statement of Location, Size, etc. — Continued.
In what Street.
Between what Streets.
Diameter of
Iron Pipe
in Inches.
Feet
of Pipe.
Dartmouth
Fairfield
Clai emont Park . . . .
Marlboro
Bowdoin Square . . .
Middlesex
Emerald
Albion
Village
Shawmut Avenue . . .
Chandler
Central whf., So. side •
Mount Washington Av
Dartmouth
Clarendon
Sawyer
Yarmouth
Oliver
"Washington Square . .
Hamilton
Purchase
Hartford
Sturgis
Newbury
Sawyer
Ohio Place
Otis Place
Buckingham Place . .
Brought forward
Newbury and R. R. Bridge ....
Marlboro and Exeter
Columbus Avenue and Prov. R. R.
Fairfield and Dartmouth
Green and Bulfinch
Lucus and Castle
Paul and Castle
Chapman and Castle
Berkeley and Tremont
Across Atlantic Avenue
Federal and the Bridge
Columbus Avenue and Prov. R. R.
Boylston and Prov. R. R
Shawmut Avenue and Lenox . . .
Columbus Avenue and Prov. R. R.
Sturgis and Purchase
Oliver and High
High and Batterymarch
High and Pearl
Purchase and High
Pearl and Broad
Berkeley and Clarendon
Winifred Court and Lenox ....
Total, 6-inch
Washington and Shawmut Avenue
From Brimmer
From Buckingham ,
Carried forward
3,391
100
150
190
1,000
130
95
30
290
170
227
278
72
325
103
487
84
36
700
358
312
1,042
374
500
90
427
$10,961
370
96
192
70
City Document. — No. 103.
Statement of Location, Size, etc. — Continued.
In what Street.
Between what Streets.
Diameter of
Iron Pipe
in Inches.
Feet
of Pipe.
658
Paul
4
339
72
123
Greenwich Park . . .
Columbus Avenue and Prov. R. R
60
66
Preston & Merrill's Yard
From Mount "Washington Avenue ....
161
Caznove Place ....
240
1,719
Report of the Water Board.
71
Statement of Location, Size, etc. — Continued.
In what Street.
Between what Streets.
Diameter of
Iron Pipe
in Inches.
Feet
of Pipe.
Thomas
Dorchester
•
Second
Third
Fourth
cc
Sixth
Seventh
Ninth
F
&
a
G
M
National
OldHarhor
Storey
Kimball Court . . .
Cavanaugh Place . .
Swallow
Bowen
SOUTH BOSTON".
Atlantic and Atlantic
Dorchester Avenue and Jenkins
Total 12-inch
N and O
L. and M
Atlantic and G-
Gr and H
Gr and Linden
I and K
Dorchester Avenue and Ontario
Hand I
GandH
L and M
Dorchester and Lowland ....
First and Second
Seventh and Thomas
Seventh and H
Eighth and Ninth
Third and Broadway
Thomas and Dorchester . . . .
Eighth and Old Harbor Place .
Eighth and G
Total, 6-inch
From P Street . .
From E Street . .
NandO
Dorchester and F
Carried forward
1,292
1,038
2,330
284
566
477
633
62
90
230
186
195
390
280
264
215
290
118
370
200
100
232
5,182
180
170
416
164
72
City Document. — No. 103.
Statement of Location, Size, etc. — Continued.
In what Street.
Ontario ....
Mechanic Place
Jay
New Lark . .
Newman . . .
Broadway . .
Athens ....
Between what Streets.
Brought forward . . .
Sixth and Swan
From Eighth Street
Fourth and Fifth
Ninth and O.C. &N.R.R. .
Lowland and Dorchester . . .
Foundry and O. C. & N. R. R.
B & B. H. & E. R. R
Total 4-inch
Diameter of
Iron Pipe
in Inches.
Feet
of Pipe.
930
233
173
158
80
226
576
50
2,426
Report of the Water Board.
73
Statement of Location, Size, etc. — Continued.
In what Street.
Between what Streets.
Diameter of
Iron Pipe
in Inches.
Feet
of Pipe.
Brooks
Sumner ....
Lewis ....
Marginal . . .
Chelsea ....
Winthrop Bridg<
Trenton . . .
Eagle ■
Saratoga . . .
Prescott . . .
Chelsea ....
Havre ....
Putnam ....
London . . .' .
Haynes ....
EAST BOSTON".
Bennington and Chelsea . . .
Total, 16-inch
Bord'er and Maverick Square
Webster and Marginal . . .
Lewis and Cottage
Marion and Saratoga ....
Total, 12-inch
East Boston and Winthrop
Total, 10-inch
Putnam and White . . .
Brooks and Meridian . .
Knox and Putnam . . .
Prescott and Chelsea . .
Trenton and Lexington .
G-lendon and Byron . .
Bennington and Marion
Lexington and Trenton .
Porter and Bennington .
Total, 6-inch
Orleans and Marginal
Total, 4-inch . . .
629
629
1,160
336
1,325
2,830
5,651
612
612
162
440
100
180
148
482
290
132
125
2,059
176
176
10
74
City Document. — No. 103.
Statement of Location, Size, etc. — Continued.
In what Street.
Lorigwood Avenue
Brookline
Tremont
Blue Hill Avenue .
Centre
Seaver
Day
Shawmut Avenue .
Ruggles
New Heath . . . .
Conant
Wigglesworth . .
Worthington . . .
Westminster . . .
Windsor
Warwick
Townsend . . . .
Bowers
Ottawa
Circuit
Old Heath . . . .
New Heath ....
Woodward Avenue
Bickford
Schuyler
Maple
Between what Streets.
BOSTON HIGHLANDS.
Bumstead Lane and Maple Avenue . .
Longwood Avenue and Francis . . . .
Philip and Bumstead Lane
Alaska and Wayne
Waverly and Woodville Square . . .
Old Heath and Armory
Maple and Walnut Avenue
New Heath and Creighton
Codman Avenue and Egleston Square
Belmont and Cahot
Warwick and Tremont
Walden Place and Day
Total, 12-inch
Bumstead Lane and Worthington
Tremont and Longwood Avenue .
Ruggles and Hammond Park . . . .
Westminster and Shawmut Avenue
Ruggles and Hammond Park . . . .
Warren and Shawmut Avenue . . .
Laurel and Sherman
Regent and Shawmut Avenue
New Heath and Centre ....
Day and Walden Place ....
Dudley and George
New Heath and Bromley Park
Maple and Blue Hill Avenue .
Schuyler and Seaver
Diameter of
Iron Pipe
in Inches.
Carried forward
Keport of the Water Board.
75
Statement of Location, Size, etc. — Continued.
In what Street.
Between what Streets.
Diameter of
Iron Pipe
in Inches.
Feet
of Pipe.
Rand
Oriole
St. James
Vernon
Akron
Regent
Tower
Winslow
Longwood Avenue
Conant
Folsom Place . . .
Wigglesworth . . .
Worthington . . .
Phillips
"Westminster . . .
Marble
"Warwick
a
"Waverly
Townsend . . . .
Ottawa
Fountain
Riverside
Catawba
Regent
Circuit
Old Heath . . . .
Brought forward
Blue Hill Avenue and Rand Place
From "Walnut Avenue
Regent and Shawmut Avenue . .
Cabot and Simmons
Regent and Alpine , . .
St. James and Fountain
Oriole and Llewellyn Avenue . .
Total, 9-inch
Eustis and Dudley
Brookline Avenue and Maple Avenue
Bumstead Lane and "Worthington . .
From Conant
Tremont and Longwood Avenue . . .
Tremont and Smith
Ruggles and Hammond Park .
"Westminster and "Warwick . .
Ruggles and Hammond Park .
Ruggles and Marble
Perrin and Blue Hill Avenue .
"Warren and Shawmut Avenue
Laurel and Sherman
Circuit and Regent
From Tremont
Laurel and Sherman
St. James and Circuit ....
Regent and "Walnut Avenue .
New Heath and Centre ....
338
10
9
22
10
12
24
9
434
754
53
322
234
363
429
45
1,206
412
1,325
S4
142
1,182
766
14
236
180
547
650
798
Carried forward
76
City Document. — No. 103=
Statement of Location* Size, etc. — Continued.
In what Street.
Between what Streets.
Diameter of
Iron Pipe
in Inches.
New Heath ......
Woodward Avenue . .
Bickford .
Schuyler
Maple .........
Albert
Whitney .
Cedar
Delle Avenue
Rand .
Drury Place
Clifford
Oriole
Alpine ........
St. James
Vernon
Dennis
Zeigler
Akron
Tower
Llewellyn Avenue . . .
Swett
Hampshire
Cahot
Farnbam
Place from Dudley . .
Gaston
Brought forward .....
Walden Place and Day ......
Dudley and George .......
Prom New Heath ........
Maple and Blue Hill Avenue . . .
Schuyler and Seaver
Old Heath and Bromley Park ■ .
Prom Tremont
Centre and Pynchon
From Parker
Blue Hill Avenue and Rand Place
From Parker
Warren and Blue Hill Avenue . .
From Walnut Avenue ......
St. James and Akron
Regent and Shawmut Avenue . .
Cahot and Simmons .
Dudley and Huckins Avenue . . .
Warren and Washington
Regent and Alpine
Oriole and Llewellyn Avenue . .
From Walnut Avenue
Beyond Hilton
Ruggles and Culvert
Reed and Hampden
From Dudley
Warren and Blue Hill Avenue
Total, 6-inch
Report of the Water Board.
77
Statement of Location, Size, etc. — Continued.
In -what Street.
Koxbury Alms House .
Orchard
Ruggles
Bickford Avenue . . .
Fremont and Dayton Av
Longwood Avenue . .
Walden Place
Linwood Square . . .
Fort Avenue
Highland Park ....
Rockville Place ....
Lagrange Place ....
Bromley Park
Guild
Pevear Court
Eaton Court
Sewell Place
Blanchard Place . . .
Between what Streets.
From Marcella
From Yeoman
Cabot and Treniont
From New Heath
Mall and Mall
Binney and Brookline Avenue
From Highland
From Linwood
Highland and Beech Glen Avenue . . .
Beech Glen Avenue and Fort Avenue .
From Warren
From Blue Hill Avenue
Bickford and Albert
Shawmut Avenue and Lambert Avenue
From Dudley
From Cedar
From Tremont
Bartlett and Norfolk
Diameter of
Iron Pipe
in Inches.
Feet
of Pipe
Total, 4-inch
208
109
10
430
352
45
237
230
312
238
219
182
454
313
269
441
231
127
4,407
78
City Document. — No. 103.
Statement of Location, Size, etc. — Continued.
In what Street.
Between what Streets.
Diameter of
Iron Pipe
in Inches.
Feet
of Pipe.
Bowdoin
Church
Cottage
Harvard
Hamlet
Berkeley Place . .
Clayton
Myrtle
Centre
Pleasant
Commercial . . m .
High
Lincoln
Winter
Columbia
New Seaver . . . .
Michigan Avenue .
Elmo
Brook Avenue . .
Parkman
Arcadia
Westville
Grant
Everett Avenue . .
DORCHESTER.
"Washington and Church . .
Bowdoin and Adam . . . .
Boston and Pleasant ....
Washington and School . . -
Total, 12-inch
Boston and Berkeley Place
Stoughton and Hamlet
Park and Commercial
Bird and Quincy
Adam and Centre Avenue
Creek and Commercial
Hancock Street and Dorchester Avenue
Commercial and Highland
Adams and Dorchester Avenue . . . .
Adams and Hancock
Washington and Blue Hill Avenue . . .
Columbia and Erie Avenue
Blue Hill Avenue and Erie Avenue ,
Cottage and Stoughton ,
Adams and Dorchester Avenue . . ,
Adams and Draper
Arcadia and Draper
From Crescent Avenue
From Stoughton ,
Total, 9-inch
2,209
275
708
942
4,134
25
32
17
35
14
10
16
53
27
36
24
22
49
39
12
12
11
485
Eepoet of the Water Board.
79
Statement of Location, Size, etc. — Continued.
In what Street.
Howard Avenue
Green
Bellevue ....
Hamlet
Berkeley Place .
Park
Clayton
Bird
Myrtle
tt
Centre
Pleasant . . . .
Commercial . . .
High
Lincoln
Winter
Columbia . . . .
New Seaver . . .
Michigan Avenue
Elmo ......
Erie Avenue . .
Brook Avenue .
Parkman . . . .
Arcadia
Draper
"Westville ....
Grant
Everett Avenue .
Fox Avenue . .
East
Between what Streets.
Hartford and Howard
Prom Bowdoin ....
Boston and Berkeley Place . . . .
Stoughton and Hamlet
Beach and Clayton ,
Park and Granger ,
Ceylon and Myrtle ,
Quincy and Stoughton ,
Bird and Stoughton ,
Adams and Centre Avenue . . . . ,
Creek and Commercial ,
Hancock and Dorchester Avenue .
Commercial and Highland ....
Adams and Dorchester Avenue .
Adams and Hancock
"Washington and Blue Hill Avenue
Columbia and Erie Avenue ....
Blue Hill Avenue and Erie Avenue
Elmo and Michigan Avenue . . .
Cottage and Stoughton
Adams and Dorchester Avenue .
Adams and Draper
Arcadia and Robinson
Arcadia and Draper
From Crescent Avenue ......
From Stoughton
Adams and Percival Avenue . . .
"Winter and Highland
Carried forward
Diameter of
Iron Pipe
in Inches.
Feet
of Pipe.
231
219
16
472
336
134
969
20
530
1,700
1,180
246
1,551
417
400
593
1,481
645
873
562
234
811
1,351
833
346
228
315
470
355
650
18,168
80
City Document. — No. 103.
Statement of Location, Size, etc. — Continued.
In what Street.
East .
Howard
Myrtle Place
Trull . . . .
Oakman . .
Between what Streets.
Brought forward . . . .
Winter and Dorchester Avenue
Myrtle and Howard
Total, 6-inch
From Myrtle ....
From Hancock: . . .
Walnut and Taylor
Total, 4-inch
Diameter of
Iron Pipe
in Inches.
Feet
of Pipe.
18,168
322
511
19,001
229
657
146
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City Document. — No. 103.
Repairs of Pipes during the Year 1872.
Diameter
or
Pipes in Inches.
Where.
48
1
1
40
2
2
36
2
2
30
7
2
9
24
1
3
4
20
1
5
6
16
12
13
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64
56
6
1,226
i
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28
20
5
4
57
Totals.
1,247
227
81
84
8
1,647
Of the leaks that have occurred in pipes of 4 inches and
upwards, joints, 114 ; settling of earth, 23 ; defective pipe,
12 ; defective packing, 2 ; concussion by falling of walls,
6 ; struck by bar, 1. Total, 158.
Stoppages by frost, 25 ; fish, 5. Total, 30.
Of 3 iuches and in service pipes, joints, 10 ; settling of
earth, 149; defective pipe, 34; defective packing, 19;
defective coupling, 18 ; defective faucet, 4 ; coupling loose
at main, 7; faucet loose at main, 2; faucet pulled out, 4;
faucet broken at main, 6 ; faucet knocked out, 6 ; frost, 19 ;
stiff connections, 73 ; struck by pick, 25 ; gnawed by rats,
8 ; pipes not in use, 14; settling of wall, 1 ; cut by parties
unknown, 2 ; blasting, 1 ; concussion by falling of walls, 1.
Total, 404.
Stoppages by frost in street, 66 ; frost from inside house,
169; fish, 581; rust, 218; gasket, 16; solder, 3; dirt, 2.
Total, 1,055.
Keport of the Water Board.
85
Statement of Number of Leaks, 1850-1872.
Teak.
Diameter of
Four Inches and
upwards.
Less than four
Inches.
Totals.
32
72
104
64
173
237
82
241
323
85
260
345
74
280
354
75
219
294
75
232
307
85
278
S63
77
324
401
82
449
531
134
458
592
109
399
508
117
373
490
97
397
494
95
394
489
111
496
607
139
536
675
122
487
609
82
449
531
82
407
489
157
769
926
185
1,380
1,565
188
1,459
1,647
1850
1851
1852
1853
1854
1855
1856
1857
1858
1859
1860
1861
1862
1863
1864
1865
1866
1867
1868
1869
1870
1871
1872
86
City Document. — No. 103.
HYDRANTS.
During the je&r 253 hydrants have been established, and
28 abandoned, as follows : —
In Boston proper — Lowiy 17
" " " Wilniarth 47, abandoned 17
South Boston, " 13, " . 1
East Boston — Lowry 18
" " Wilmarth 7 . .
<< << " abandoned 10
Boston Highlands — Lowry 59
« " Wilmarth 17
Dorchester — Lowry 63
" Wilmarth 6
Brookline — Lowry 6
253 28
Deducting 10, abandoned in East Boston
17
30
12
18
7
59
17
63
6
6
235
10
225
Total number of Hydrants established up to May 1, 1873.
May 1st, 1872. Put in.
Abandoned.
Boston Proper,
1,058 64
1,122
17
1,105
South Boston,
382 13
395
1
394
East Boston,
221 25
246
10
236
Boston Highlands
, 485 76
561
561
Dorchester,
251 69
320
320
Brookline,
3 6
9
9
Charlestown,
11
11
11
Chelsea,
8
8
8
Deer Island
14
14
2,686
— 28 -
14
2,433 + 253 =
2,658
Total number up to May 1, 1873,
2,658
Keport or the Water Board. 87
86 hydrants have been taken out and replaced by new, or
repaired ones, and 257 boxes have been taken out and
replaced by new ones. The hydrants have had the usual
attention paid them.
STOPCOCKS.
250 new stopcocks have been established this year. 127
boxes have been taken out and replaced by new ones.
All the stopcocks have had the attention of former years
paid them.
88 City Document. — No. 103.
Statement of Pipes and other Stock on hand, exclusive of Tools,
May 1, 1873.
Diameter in
Inches
4S
40
14
36
10
3
30
58
2
1
2
6
1
7
141
2
22
2
13
1
4
24
32
4
6
13
1
5
2
2
5
8
3
4
2
20
17
5
12
8
4
3
4
17
3
18
3
1
16
12
10
41
6
10
6
2
9
146
149
7
8
24
1
6
3
10
7
3
1
1
6
4
3
48
3
12
7
8
8
14
54
2
8
12
4
2
li
273
12
1
2
21
13^
6
4
8
3
8
5
3
1,304
16
24
121
11
4
13
9
4
14
4
6
26
4
10
10
3,591
3
8
63
42
18
56
41
1
14
39
9
27
9
10
881
1
25
'26
64
12
48
10
4
11
13
19
5
30
43
6
25
74
2
7
2
4
2
3
1
2
4
1
1
2
2
1
12
9
1
2
3
2
2
1
5
40
Blow-offs and Manholes .
Hydrants. — 56 Lowry, 27 Lowry extensions, 3 Lowry
chucks, 48 Lowry frames and covers, 4 Lowry barrels, 12
Lowry caps, 10 round covers, 35 Wilmarth, 1 Wilmarth
and 16 Lowell (old), 1 wharf hydrant.
For Hydrants. — 26 bends, 41 leugtheners, 49 covers, 86
wastes, 21 nipples, 16 socket nuts, 42 rods, 10 wharf
Eepoet of the Water Board. 89
hydrant cocks, 75 brass tubes, 40 nuts, 50 stuffing boxes, 26
valve seats, 42 rubber valves, 25 leather rings, 32 screws, 16
heavy frames and covers, 47 frames, 73 covers, 2,898 pounds
iron castings, 61 pounds composition ditto, 72 pairs straps,
21 pounds Babbitt metal.
For Stopcocks. — 2 36-inch screws, 3 30-inch ditto, 3 24-
inch ditto, 2 20-inch ditto, 1 16-inch ditto, 1 4-inch ditto, for
waste wire, 1 ditto for Brookline reservoir (old), 45 com-
position screws for 4-inch gates, 1 16-inch check valve, 19
6-inch valves, 52 6-inch rings, 59 4-inch ditto, 60 6-inch
stuffing boxes, 23 4-inch ditto, 9,292 pounds iron casting for
6-inch gates, 5 frames, 5 covers.
Meters in Shop. — 3 3-inch, 10 2-inch, 13 1-inch, 136
J-inch.
Stock for Meters. — 5 2-inch nipples, 3 1-inch ditto, 30
f-inch ditto, 2 2-inch connection pieces, 8 1-inch ditto, 12
f-ditto, 46 1-inch cocks, 18 f-inch ditto, 1 4-inch clock, 1
3-iuch ditto, 1 2-inch ditto, 10 1-inch ditto, 25 |-iuch ditto,
8 brass spindles, 65 rubber nipples, 13 fish boxes, 12 covers,
9 glasses, 58 composition nipples unfinished.
For Service Pipe. — 4 3-ihch union cocks, 94 1-inch ditto,
119 f-inch ditto, 1,350 f-inch ditto, 78 J-inch ditto, 39
1-inch air cocks, 32 1-iuch T cocks, 47 f-inch ditto, 35 f-inch
ditto, 55 f-inch Y cocks, 48 f-inch thawing cocks, 18 2-inch
tubes, 96 ll-inch ditto, 74 1-inch ditto, 711 f-inch ditto, 15
f-inch ditto, 282 |-inch ditto, 24 2-inch nuts, 32 f-inch ditto,
18 2-inch couplings, 46 1-inch ditto, 60 J-inch ditto, 227
-|-inch ditto, 300 1-inch, ditto, 65 f-inch thawing couplings,
2,000 boxes, 44 T ditto, 30 Y ditto, 116 extension tubes,
2,200 tubes, 200 caps, 1,012 pounds unfinished composition
castings 2 4x2 composition reducers, 93x2 ditto, 44
2 x f inch ditto, 2 4-inch tunnel pipe, 7 3x2 iron reducers
with 2-inch composition nipples, 41 1-inch plugs, 66 f-inch
ditto, 81 f-inch ditto.
12
90 Citf Document. — No. 103.
Lead Pipe. — l,894pounds 2-inch lead pipe, 3,080 pounds
]|~inch ditto, 1,225 pounds 1^-inch ditto, 3,458 pounds
1-inch ditto, 4,228 pounds |-iuch ditto, 28,175 pounds |-inch
ditto, 3,068 pounds ^-inch ditto, 1,291 pounds 1-inch tin
lined ditto, 2,494 pounds -§-inch ditto, 742 pounds |-inch
ditto, 200 pounds |-inch block tin pipe, 75 pounds solder,
455 pounds sheet lead.
Blacksmith Shop. — 1,300 pounds round iron, 860 pounds
flat ditto, 100 pounds square ditto, 800 pounds working
pieces, 400 pounds cast steel, 19 dozen pick blanks, 6,000
pounds Cumberland coal.
Carpenter's Shop. — 147 Lowiy hydrant boxes, 5 ditto,
unfinished, 168 stopcock boxes, 19 unfinished ditto, 84
hydrant boxes, 84 ditto unfinished, 2 meter boxes, 16 ditto
unfinished, 1,200 pounds spikes and nails, 37,000 feet 2-inch
spruce plank, 6,000 feet 1|— inch spruce batting, 35 1 foot
pieces for raising hydrant boxes, 25 1 foot ditto, for stopcock
boxes, 30 ditto for Lowry hydrant boxes, 60 feet hard wood
plank.
Tools. — 1 steam engine, 1 large hoisting crane, 3 boom
derricks, 6 hand geared derricks, 5 sets shears and rigging
for same, 6 tool houses, 3 tool boxes, 2 platform scales, 1
portable blacksmith shop, 1 portable covering for Brewer
fountain, 1 hand-roller, 1 horse ditto, tools for laying main
and service pipes, 2 engine lathes, 1 foot ditto, 1 hand ditto,
1 Pratt and Whitney taper ditto, 1 chain hoisting gear, 1 up-
right drilling machine, 3 grindstones, 1 trip hammer, the
necessary tools for carrying on the machine, blacksmith, car-
penter and plumbing shops, 1 circular saw, 1 fan blower, 1
40-inch proving press, 1 36-inch ditto, 1 small ditto, 4
wheelbarrows, 400 feet old hose. Also a lot of patterns at
the foundries where we obtain castings.
Stable. — 11 horses, 8 wagons, 3 buggies, 6 pungs, 1 sled,
1 cart, 12 sets harness, 22 blankets, 1 buffalo robe, 2 sleighs,
3 tons English hay, 80 bushels grain, 1| tons straw.
Report of the Water Board. 91
Beacon Hill Reservoir. — 1 large composition cylinder,
16-inch jet, 1 6-inch composition jet, 3 composition plates, 9
cast-iron plates, 2 4-iuch composition jets, 5 swivel pipe
patterns, 1 2-inch copper straight jet, 6 composition jets for
small fountains, 6 large composition cylinders.
Miscellaneous. — 64 tons pig lead, 10 gallons linseed oil,
2 barrels kerosene oil, 150 tons furnace coal, 1 freight gravel,
1,000 paving brick, 110 pounds lead washers, lot of paving
stones, 52 reservoir covers, 40 cords of wood, 6 manholes,
5 plates, lot of old lumber. Also old machinery from
Marlboro.
Respectfully submitted,
E. R. JONES,
Sup't Eastern Division.
EEPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE
WESTERN DIVISION.
Office Superintendent Western Division,
Brighton, May 1st, 1873.
Charles H. Allen, Esq,,
President of the Cochiluate Water Board: —
Sir, — In compliance with the rules of the Water Board,
the following report is submitted : —
LAKE COCHITUATE.
Work was commenced April 15th, 1872, to connect Farm
Pond and the Sudbury River, with the lake. The work was
completed, and the water turned into the lake, the 25th of
June. Beaver Brook was cleaned out, made deeper and wider
from the Walker mill privilege to the intersection of the
trench dug from Farm Pond ; length of trench about four
miles, one mile required to be close-sheeted with 2-inch plank.
Three flumes were built, and two stone culverts, under the
town roads; two dams, one at the inlet of Farm Pond,
and one on the Sudbury River, a short distance below the
bridge of B., C. & F. R. R. The work was done under the
direction of J. P. Davis, Esq., City Engineer. The water was
run through the trench from June 25th until September 17th ;
the stop planks were theu put in, and no water has been run
into the lake from that time. From May 28th to June 1st,
1872, the water in the lake was 4 feet 10 inches above the
bottom of the conduit. This was the lowest point reached
during the year ; it gradually rose, and on the 15th of Novem-
Keport of the Water Board. 93
ber it stood at 13 feet 1 inch. Orders were then given to
keep it down to 12 feet 6 inches, and it was held near that
point during the winter, and on April 30th, 1873, it was
13 feet 1 inch. The number of daj's that the water has run to
waste will be shown in the report of the City Engineer.
The engines and pumps have been removed, and stored ; the
gate-house repaired, and cleaned ; the usual attention given
to the grounds and fences connected with the lake. I would
call your attention to the house occupied by the attendant ;
as it would not be economy to repair it, I would recommend
that a new house be built, in a more favorable location for
health, or, if built on the site of the present one, that it be
raised, at least, three feet, so as to obtain more perfect drain-
age.
CONDUIT.
The water has been drawn off from the conduit twice dur-
ing the year, October 12th and 13th, to make the annual
examination, which occupied two days. A very thorough
examination was made, in company with the City Engineer,
Clerk of the Board (and fur three miles with some members
of the Board). The section between the gate-house and the
waste weir at Dedman's Brook was found very foul, being
covered with a vegetable growth, and a great deal of sand on
the bottom of the conduit, that was carried in by the pumps ;
from Dedman's Brook to the Chestnut Hill Reservoir it was
quite clean ; no new cracks were discovered, and no apparent
change in the old ones. Measurements were taken by the
City Engineer to see if the conduit had settled, so as to
change its shape to any extent. It was found to be in a
very good condition. October 25th, the water was drawn off
and kept off for four days, and the section that required to
be cleaned was attended to. The waste weirs are all in
order; the doors and gratings will require painting during
the season, to keep them so.
94 City Document. — No. 103.
CHESTNUT HILL RESERVOIR.
Everything connected with the reservoir is in order; the
gate-houses have been cleaned of the rust and cement that
covered the stone-work, and the joints repointed where it
was needed ; stop-plank have been made for the effluent
gate-house, to be used should they be required, until suitable
gates can be made and put in, as recommended by the City
Engineer. There has been no occasion to shut off the water,
or to make any change in the gates the past year. The varia-
tion of the water was three feet ; highest point, 24 feet ; low-
est, 21 feet. The embankments are all in good order; no
appearance of any leak has ever been seen. The bank on
the west side of the Lawrence basin has been graded and
improved ; the two ledges that were left above the level of
high water in the Bradlee basin have been taken down, so as
to be covered with a depth of twenty inches at high water.
The drive-way has not had any repairs on it ; no suitable ma-
terial can be obtained in this vicinity, and I would recom-
mend starting the crushing-machine, and dress the drive-way
with stone crushed very fine, as there is an abundance of
material at hand ; the expense would not differ much from
the cost of gravel.
BROOKLTNE RESERVOIR.
This reservoir has received the usual care and attention.
The wall and fence on Dudley street have been completed and
painted. The arrangements were made to clean this basin in
November, and the water was drawn down for that purpose,
when the fire of November 9th occurred, and it was not
thought advisable to do it. The basin was filled again, and
connected with the supply. Annexed, will be found the
height of water at the Bradlee basin during the year, also
the account of tools, etc.
Eespectfully submitted,
A. STANWOOD,
8up't Western Division.
Report of the Water Boakd.
95
Height of Water at the Bradlee Basin, above the lower floor, at the
Effluent Gate-House.
Date.
1872.
May 1 .
2,
Height
of Water.
In.
5
fit
6
6|
7
n
n
Date.
1872.
June 1 . .
2. .
3. .
4. .
5. .
10 ,
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
1C.
17.
IS.
19 .
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
2G.
27.
28.
29.
30.
Height
of Water.
Ft.
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
23
In.
5|
4|
5
5
4*
5i
61
7
6
6
6
5|
5
4£
41
4
3|
3|
31
4
31
3
2
2
2
3^
3|
3
2
1£
Date.
1872,
July 1 .
" 2.
" 3.
" 4.
" 5.
" 6.
" 7.
" 8.
" 9.
" 10.
" 11.
" 12.
" 13.
" 14.
" 15.
" 16.
" 17.
" 18.
" 19 .
" 20.
" 21 .
" 22.
" 23.
" 24.
" 25 .
" 26 .
'• 27.
" 23.
" 29 .
" 30.
" 31 .
Height
of Water.
Ft.
23
23
23
23
23
23
22
22
22
22
22
22
22
22 8J
22 81
22 SJ
22 m
In.
2
ik
oi
0|
Oh
111
11
11
10}
10
9
22 7
22 1%
22 8
22 8J
22 8}
22 9
22 9}
22 91
22 10
96
City Document. — No. 103.
Height of Water at the Bradlee Basin. — Continued.
Date.
Height
of Water.
Date.
Height
of Water.
Date.
Height
of Water.
1872.
Ft. In.
1872.
Ft. In.
1872.
Ft. In.
August 1 . . .
22 92
September 1 . . .
23 8
October 1 . . .
23 111
" 2. . .
22 10
" 2 . . .
23 8
" 2. . .
23 Hi
" 3. . .
22 10
" 3. . .
23 8
" 3. . .
23 11|
" 4. . .
22 101
" 4. . .
23 7J
" 4. . .
23 11\
" 5. . .
22 11
5. . .
23 7|
" 5 . . .
23 11|
" 6. . .
22 11
" 6. . .
23 71
" 6. . .
23 11J
" 7. . .
22 10|
" 7. . .
23 71
" 7. . .
23 m
" 8 . . .
22 101
" 8. . .
23 7
" 8. . .
24
" 9. . .
22 10|
" 9 . . .
23 71
" 9 . . .
24
" 10. . .
22 10
" 10. . .
23 1\
" 10 . . .
23 113
" 11 . . .
22 10
" 11. . .
23 7
" 11. . .
23 11|
" 12. . .
22 1Q\
" 12. . .
23 7
" 12. . .
23 8
" 13. . .
22 1Q\
" 13. . .
23 6|
" 13. . .
23 2
" 14. . .
22 10£
" 14. . .
23 7
" 14. . .
22 11
" 15. . .
23
" 15. . .
23 6|
" 15 . . .
23 1
" 1(3 .. .
23
" 16. . .
23 8
" 16. . .
23 11
" 17. . .
23 2
" 17. . .
23 10
" 17. . .
23 2
" 18 . . .
23 Z\
" 18. . .
23 101
" 18. . .
23 21
" 19 . . .
23 Z\
" 19. . .
23 11
" 19. . .
23 3\
" 20 . . .
23 3|
" 20 . . .
24
" 20 . . .
23 4,
" 21 . . .
23 Z\
" 21. . .
23 11|
" 21 . . .
23 5
" 22. . .
23 Si
" 22 . . .
23 11
" 22 . . .
23 f>\
" 23. . „
23 6
" 23. . .
23 111
" 23. . .
23 51
" 24. . .
23 6
" 24. . .
23 11$
" 24. ; .
23 6
" 25. . .
23 5J
" 25. . .
23 n\
" 25. . .
23 51
" 20. . .
23 6
" 26. . .
23 11
" 26. . .
23 41
" 27 . . .
23 6
" 27 . . .
23 11
" 27. . .
23 2
" 28. . .
23 53
" 28. . .
24 Ok
" 28. . .
22 101
" 29 . . .
23 51
" 29. . .
24
" 29 . . .
22 51
" 30. . .
23 0J
" 30. . .
24
" 30. . .
22 1
" 31 . . .
23 8
1
" 31. . .
22
Eepokt of the Water Board.
97
Height of Water at the Bradlee Basin. — Continued.
Date.
Height
of "Water.
Date.
Height
of Water.
Date.
1872.
Ft. In.
1872.
Ft. In.
1873.
Nov. 1 .
22 1|
December 1 .
22 1
January 1 .
" 2.
22 3
" 2 .
22 01
" 2.
" 3.
22 5
3.
22 1
" 3.
" 4.
22 7
4.
22 1\
" 4.
" 5.
22 8k
" 5 .
22 1§
" 5.
" 6.
22 10
" 6.
22 2
" 6 .
" 7.
23
" 7.
22 2|
" 7.
" 8.
23 3J
" 8.
22 31
" 8.
" 9 .
23 4
" 9 .
22 4|
" 9 .
" 10.
23 1|
" 10.
22 h%
" 10.
" 11.
23 1
" 11.
22 5
" 11.
" 12.
23
" 12.
22 5
" 12.
" 13 .
22 10
" 13.
22 5
" 13.
" 14.
22 8
" 14.
22 5
" 14.
" 15.
22 6
" 15.
22 h\
" 15.
" 16.
22 4
" 16.
22 51
" 16.
" 17.
22 3
" 17.
22 5|
" 17.
" 18.
22 2
" 18.
22 6
« 18.
« 19.
22 0|
" 19.
22 6h
" 19.
" 20.
21 11|
" 20 .
22 7|
" 20.
" 21.
21 101
" 21.
22 8|
" . 21 .
" 22.
22
" 22.
22 9
" 22.
" 23.
22
" 23.
22 9J
" 23.
" 24.
22
" 24.
22 9
" 24.
" 25.
22
" 25.
22 8
" 25 .
" 26.
21 11|
" 26.
22 6
" 26.
" 27.
21 111
" 27.
22 6
" 27.
" 28 .
21 11|
« 28..
22 4|
" 28.
" 29.
21 11|
" 29.
22 21
" 29 .
" 30 .
22 0|
" 30.
" 31.
22 2
22 01
« 30.
" 31.
Height
of Water.
Ft.
In.
22
21 m
21 10£
21 10J
21 10
22
Oh
22
22
22
22
21 11|
21 m
21
10
21
9
21
9
21
H
21
9
21
11
22
22
21 11|
22
22
22
22
01
22
0|
22
o\
22
o\
22
Ok
21 11
21
11
13
98
City Document. — No. 103.
Height of Wat
3r a£ the Bradlee Basin. — Continued.
Date.
Height
of Water.
Date.
Height
of Water.
Date.
Height
of Water.
1873.
Ft. In.
1873.
Ft. In.
1873.
Ft. In.
Feb. 1
21 8J
21 1
21 Hi
" 2
21 8\
21 1
" 2
22
21 8
21 1
" 3
22 0|
" 4
21 7
21 \\
22 11
" 5
21 7
21 1
" 5
22 2
" 6
21 6f
21
22 21
'• 7
21 6|
" 7
21
" 7
22 3£
21 7£
" 8
21
" 8
22 4
21 n
" 9
21
22 4|
"10
21 7|
" 10
21
" 10
22 5
21 6i
21
22 51
21 5|
21 1
22 6
21 5
" 13
21 1
" 13
22 7|
21 4i
" 14
21 \\
" 14
22 9£
21 4
21 0£
22 10
"16
21 31
21 2|
" 16
22 101
"17
21 4i
" 17
21 3
" 17
22 lOf
"18
21 4i
" 18
21 3
" 18
22 111
21 41
21 Z\
" 19
23
"20
21 41
" 20
21 33
" 20
23 03
"21
21. 4}
21 5|
23 1J
"22
21 5
" 22
21 6
"22
23 2
"23
21 5
21 6
23 2
21 4|
21 61
" 24
23 2
"25
21 3
21 7
" 25
23 2
"26
21 2
21 7^
" 26
23 2
"27
21 1
21 1\
23 2
"28
21 1
21 8
" 28
23 21
" 29
" 30
" 31
21 8
21 10
21 11
" 29
" 30
23 2\
23 1\
Keport or the "Water Board. 99
Schedule of Property at Chestnut Hill Reservoir.
1 two-horse express-wagon.
1 single horse express-wagon.
1 water cart, with shafts.
2 two-horse water carts (new).
2 " " " (old).
2 " iron rollers.
8 new castings for rollers.
1 single horse pung.
1 two " "
1 horse truck.
1 " power.
1 hay wagon.
2 hand carts.
1 ox sling.
1 pair large wheels.
3 clay mills and shafting.
1 large water cistern.
1 stone drag.
6 screens.
40 ox-tie chains.
2 7-inch rotary pumps.
2 4" " "
2 Joyce force, "
1 house pump.
1 steam engine.
1 stone-crushing machine and castings.
2 blacksmith's forges and tools.
1 derrick and rigging.
4 clay knives.
4 grub axes.
90 picks.
48 shovels.
100 City Document. — No. 103,
6 spades.
11 long-handle spades,
6 new snow shovels.
3 hoes.
35 iron bars.
7 stone hammers.
6 striking hammers.
13 iron rakes.
7 scuffling hoes.
3 border knives.
1 root-puller.
1 pair grass shears.
5 scythes and snaiths.
13 wooden rakes.
11 wooden pails.
3 lawn-mowers.
1 garden engine.
4 hay forks.
9 lanterns.
4 reflector lanterns.
1 large reflector lantern.
8 peat knives.
22 tin dippers.
23 " candlesticks.
11 barrels cement.
11 long drills.
23 short "
9 wooden rammers.
2 grindstones.
3 jack screws.
chains.
4 pieces rubber hose.
2 " belting.
2 whitewash brushes,
6 paint brushes.
Report of the Water Board. 101
1 wooden brush.
1 wood saw.
10 ice chisels.
3 ice saws.
1 cross-cut saw.
3 telegraph batteries.
1 set scales and weights.
1
rain gauge.
75
feet 4-inch flange pipe.
36
a 8 ' ' " "
1
12-inch quarter turn.
12
feet 18-inch Scotch pipe.
30
K15 " " "
15
"30 " cement pipe,
5
a Of a a <<
2
horses, 2 harnesses.
1
Concord wagon.
1
covered ' '
1
carryall.
5
stoves.
1
safe.
At Brookli
1
stove and funnel.
2
settees.
2
lamps.
1
spittoon.
2
shovels.
1
hay rake.
1
iron rake.
1
pick.
1
border knife.
1
pail.
2
ladders.
1
coal hod.
102 City Document. — No. 103.
1
broom.
2
floor mats.
1
scythe and snaith.
1
basket.
1
desk.
1
oil can.
Schedule of Property at South Framingham,
102
shovels.
20
long-handle spades.
16
stone hammers.
15
axes.
15
wheelbarrows .
85
picks.
31
grub axes.
4
stoves.
4
chains.
70
pair rubber boots (poor) .
7
sounding rods.
1
grindstone.
1
step ladder.
1
rain gauge.
1
camp tent and utensils.
3
bed springs.
8
blankets.
7
mattresses.
6
bolsters.
17
pillows.
3
brooms.
1
brace and bitts.
2 hand saws.
1
screw driver.
1
chisel.
8
lanterns.
4
oil cans.
Keport or the "Water Board. 103
1 wash stand.
1 wash bowl.
1 water jar.
1 mirror.
6 tin clippers.
1 hatchet.
1 set blocks and falls,
lot ropes.
7 crowbars.
4 drag ropes.
5 augers.
3 ladders.
4 nail hammers.
1 timber roller.
4 pair stop plank hooks.
1 cart hook.
4 scrubbing brushes.
1 boat.
3 pair handcuffs.
1 map South Frainingham.
Schedule of Property at Lake Cochituate.
1 extension table.
1 parlor table.
18 dining-room chairs.
1 wash bowl.
1 mirror.
1 cooking range.
2 settees.
1 horse.
1 carryall.
1 express wagon.
1 cart.
1 cart harness.
2 single harnesses.
104 City Document. — No. 103.
1 buffalo robe.
1 pung.
1 rain gauge.
1 pair steel yards.
1 dung fork.
2 hay forks.
4 hay rakes".
2 iron-rakes.
6 hoes.
3 dung hoes.
6 picks.
5 iron bars.
4 ox chains.
1 grindstone.
2 gravel screens.
2 sand screens.
1 spirit level.
2 stone hammers.
1 sledge hammer.
2 ice chisels.
2 ice tongs.
16 water pails.
8 lanterns.
1 telegraph battery.
9 engine belts.
2 stop plank hooks.
'4 whitewash brushes.
2 grass hooks.
1 boat.
2 25 horse-power steam-
■engines.
1 15 " " "
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1 12 " " "
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2 18-inch pumps.
2 12 " "
CIVIL ORGANIZATION OF THE WATER WORKS FEOM
THEIR COMMENCEMENT, TO MAY 1, 1873.
Water Commissioners.
Nathan Hale, James F. Baldwin, Thomas B. Curtis. From
May 4, 1846, to January 4, 1850.
Engineers for the Construction.
John B. Jervis, of New York, Consulting Engineer. From
May, 1846, to November, 1848.
E. S. Chesbrottgh, 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. Chesbrough, Engineer. From November 18, 1850, to
October 1, 1855.
George H. Bailey, Assistant Engineer. From January 27,
1851, to July 19, 1852.
H. S. McKean, Assistant Engineer. From July 19, 1852, to
October 1, 1855.
James Slade, Engineer. From October 1, 1855, to April 1,
1863.
N. Henry Crafts, Assistant Engineer. From October 1, 1855,
to April 1, 1863.
106 City Document. — No. 103.
N. Henry Crafts, City Engineer. From April 1, 1863, to
November 25, 1872.
Thomas W. Davis, Assistant Engineer. From April 1, 1863,
to December 8, 1866.
Henry M. Wightman, Resident Engineer at C. H. Reservoir.
From February 14, 1866, to Nov. 1870.
Joseph P. Davis, City Engineer. From November 25, 1872,
to present time.
After January 4, 1850, Messrs. E. S. Chesbrough, W. S.
Whitwell, and J. Avery Richards, were elected a "Water Board,
subject to the direction of a Joint Standing Committee of the City
Council, by an ordinance passed December 31, 1849, which was
limited to keep in force one year ; and in 1851 the Cochituate
Water Board was established.
COCHITUATE WATER BOARD.
Presidents of the Board.
Thomas Wetmore, elected in 1851, and resigned
April 7, 1856 * * ...... Five years.
John H. Wilkins, 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 Jan-
uary 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
resigned January 4, 1871 . . Two years and nine months.
Charles H. Allen, elected from January 4, 1871,
to present time.
Keport of the Water Board.
107
Members of the Board.
Thomas Wetmore, 1851, 52, 53, 54 and 55 * *
John H. Wilkins, 1851, 52, 53, *56, 57, 58 and
59 * *
Henry B. Rogers, 1851, 52, 53, *54 and 55
Jonathan Preston, 1851, 52, 53 and 56 .
James W. Sever, 1851 .
Samuel A, Eliot, 1851 * * .
John T. Heard, 1851 ....
Adam W. Thaxter, Jr., 1852, 53, 54 and 55
Sampson Reed, 1852 and 1853
Ezra Lincoln, 1852 * * .
Thomas Sprague, 1853, 54 and 55 * * .
Samuel Hatch, 1854, 55, 56, 57, 58 and 61
Charles Stoddard, 1854, 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 ....
Ebenezer Johnson, 1857, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63
and 64 ......
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. Pray, 1862
J. C. J. Brown, 1862
Jonas Fitch, 1864, 65 and 66
Otis Norcross, * 1865 and 66
L. Miles Standish, 1860, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66 and
67
Five years.
Eight years.
Five 3'ears.
Four years.
One jeav.
One year.
Four years.
Two years.
One year.
Three }-ears.
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.
Seven years.
108
City Document. — No. 103.
John H. Thorndike, 1864, 65, 66 and 67
Charles R. McLean, 1867
Benjamin F. Stevens, 1866, 67 and
William S. Hills, 1867 .
Charles R. Train, 1868
Joseph M. Wightman, 1868 and 69
Benjamin Jabies, * 1858, 68 and 69.
Francis A. Osborn, 1869
Walter E. Hawes, 1870 .
John O. Poor, 1870
Hollis R. Gray, 1870
Nathaniel J. Bradlee, 1863, 64, 65, 66
70, 71 .
George Lewis, 1868, 69, 70, 71
Sidney Squires, 1871
Amos L. Noyes 1871, 72.
Charles H. Hersey, 1872
Charles H. Allen, 1869, 70, 71, 72 .
Alexander Wadsworth, * 1864, 65, 66, 67
68, 69, 72 .
Jno. A. Haven, 1870, 71, 72
Edward A. White, 1872
Leonard R. Cutter, 1871, 72
Edward P. Wilbur, 1873 .
Wm. G. Thacher, 1873
67,68,69
Four years.
One year.
Three years.
One year.
One year.
Two years.
Three years.
One year.
One year.
One year.
One year.
Nine years.
Four years.
One year.
Two years.
One year.
Present Board.
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*Mr. John H. Wilkins resigned Nov. 15, 1854, 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 on June 5, 1860, when Mr. Ebenezer
Johnson was elected President, and on July 2, Mr. 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. Benjamin
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.
Report of the Water Board. 109
COCHITUATE WATER BOARD, 1873.
Jno. A. Haven, President.
Leonard R. Cutter, of the Board of Aldermen.
Edward P. Wilbur, \
> Of the Common Council.
Wm. G. Thacher, )
AT LARGE.
For One Year. For Two Years.
John A. Haven, Charles R. McLean,
Edward A. White. Thomas Gogin.
Clerk.
Joseph A. Wiggin.
Superintendent of the Eastern Division.
Ezekiel R. Jones.
Superintendent of the Western Division.
Albert Stanwood.
Water Registrar.
William F. Davis.
City Engineer.
Joseph P. Davis.
110 City Document. — No. 103.
STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD.
Eastern Division.
Edwaed A. White, Chairman.
Edward P. Wilbur, Thos. Gogin.
Western Division.
Chas. R. McLean, Chairman.
Leonard R. Cutter, Wm. G. Thacher.
Water Registrar's Department.
Thomas Gogin, Chairman.
Wm. G. Thacher, Edward P. Wilbur.
On New Supply.
John A. Haven, Chairman.
Edward A. White, Chas. R. McLean.
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