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WATER COMMISSIONER
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YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1910
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Blacksmith shop
Concrete boxes
Carpenter shop
City Engineer, Report of
Contracts .
Construction, Cost of
Consumption of water
Distribution Division, Report of Superintendent
Expenditures .
Electrolysis
Fountains
General statistics
Hydrants .
Hydrants, blow-off and reservoir pipes
Income Division, Report of General Superintendent
Ice for drinking fountains
Length of main lines and connections
Main pipe work. Cost of
Mains laid and relaid
Machine shop .
Maintenance .
Meters ....
Organization of department
Off and On Force .
Property and plant .
Plumbing shop
Pattern shop .
Paint shop
Receipts .
Service pipes .
Waste detection
Water at annual rates
Water debt
Water loans outstanding
Water posts
Water, sinking fund
Tables :
Abatements . . .
Cost of Boston Waterworks
Fixtures in use December, 1909
Fixtures, defective and waste .
Meters
Miscellaneous work
Pipes, elevator, motor and service
Waste inspection ....
Water rates
Water, turning off and on . .
Water, comparative table of receipts and expenditures
Page
79,80
79
72-77
98-100
10-23
5
102
35-89
2-4
71, 72
68-71, 96, 97
101, 102
57-60, 94
93
24-34
3
90
42-47
37-42
72-77
2, 3, 48
28-34, 65, 66
35, 36, 103-106
64, 65
83-89
80, 81
81, 82
82
1,2-4
60-64, 95, 96
71,98
24
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5,6
66-68
5,7,8
25
between 4 and 5
25
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28-34, 65, 66
78, 79, 81-83
25-27
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FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
WATER DEPARTMENT
FOR THE YEAR 1909-10.
Office of the Water Commissioner,
City Hall, Boston, February 7, 1910.
Hon. John F. Fitzgerald,
Mayor of the City of Boston:
Sir, — I submit herewith the fifteenth annual report
of the doings of the Water Department covering the
year ending January 31, 1910.
The receipts and disbursements of the department for
the year were as follows:
Total receipts from all sources $2,897,635 48
Total expenditures for all purposes . . . . . . $2,897,635 48
Total Receipts of the Year by Sources.
Sales of water
Service, elevator, fire and motor pipes and repairs, labor,
materials, etc
Sale of old materials . .
Fees for summonses
Shutting off and letting on water on account of repairs .
Shutting off and letting on water on account of nonpayment
of bills
Use of West Roxbury pumping plant
Difference on cost of laying main pipe
Board of City Engineer's horse
Carried forward $2,677,948 00
$2,609,102 39
56,155
02
4,858
25
2,904
52
1,994
00
1,468
00
794
82
359
00
312
00
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City Document No. 40.
Brought forward
Interest on deposits
Sale of merchandise
Sale of horses
Conscience money-
Rents
Sale of hay .
Credited from taxes
Transfer by City Auditor
Expenditures.
Current expenses and extensions
Metropolitan water assessment
Interest on funded debt
Refunded water rates .
$2,677,948 00
296 50
282 49
275 00
155 00
100 00
15 00
$2,679,071 99
159,000 00
59,563 49
$2,897,635 48
$871,367 43
1,862,823 42
161,963 39
1,481 24
;2,897,635 48
Details of expenditures under the appropriation for
current expenses, etc., for the fiscal year ending January
31, 1910. (From revenue.)
Salaries and wages :
William E. Hannan, commissioner . . $5,000 00
Isaac Rosnosky, assistant commissioner to
February 12, 1909 350 00
Walter E. Swan, chief clerk .... 3,00000
Employees 481,627 12
Water pipes and other castings .
New meters ' . $65,014 25
Repairs and extra parts 2,360 56
Blasting and excavating pipe trenches and lay
water pipes .
Stable:
Board, feed, etc. _ .
Vehicles and repairs
Horseshoeing .
Horses, purchase of .
Harnesses and repairs, etc.
Veterinary services, etc. .
$489,977 12
128,460 33
ing and relaying
$10,618
3,651
2,538
1,510
1,359
626
67
32
11
00
30
75
Repairs and alterations of buildings, repairs of streets and
structures
Tools and machinery and repairs of same, iron, steel, hard-
ware and small supplies
Lead and lead pipe
Lumber
Automobiles :
Two emergency cars, $2,000 each . . . $4,000 00
One Corbin runabout 1,400 00
Repairs, supplies and care . . . . 4,551 66
67,374 81
57,460 91
20.304 15
19.305 57
16,504 96
14,556 15
11,348 35
9,951 66
Carried forward
,244 01
Water Department.
employees
Brought forward
Printing
Traveling expenses and transportation of
Fuel ....
Gravel and crushed stone
Teaming, freight and expressage
Telephones .
Salt .
Stationery, etc.
Rents
Cement, lime and sand
Drinking fountains
Oils
Postage
Brick
Insurance
Gas
Taxes .
Furniture
Electric lighting .
Advertising .
Waterproof clothing
Salt hay
Professional and expert services
Drain pipe
Ice ....
Recording papers
Premium on surety bonds
Damages . . . ...
Payment to widow of employee killed (chapter
141, Acts of 1909) . ,
$7,979 98
2,000 00
$845,244
01
4,527
03
3,792
76
2,388
11
1,920
40
1,899
09
1,813
14
1,705
00
1,554
89
1,252
00
787
92
769
32
670
33
419
69
368
15
340
00
309
77
299
25
290
07
281
50
220
94
213
91
135
34
50
00
47
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37 43
25
40
25
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$861,387' 45
9,979 98
^871,367 43
There was also expended by the Water Department,
under an appropriation of $5,000 from the Reserve
Fund, for ice for drinking fountains (order of City
Council, approved May 26, 1909) :
Ice .
Advertising
J,592 63
12 10
5,604 73
For comparative table of receipts and expenditures,
condition of water debt, etc., see statements annexed.
Reports of work performed in the Income and Dis-
tribution Divisions and the Engineering Department
will be found in the appendices annexed hereto.
Respectfully,
William E. Hannan,
Water Commissioner.
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City Document No. 40.
Comparative Table of Receipts and Expenditures.
Receipts.
1905-06.
1906-07.
1907-08.
1908-09.
1909-10.
Sales of water.
Other receipts .
Loan, extension of mains . .
Credited from taxes
Transfers by City Auditor.
,400,764 31
58,315 50
,459,079 81
330,000 00
200,000 00
,989,079 81
,471,726 19
80,118 91
,551,845 10
300,000 00
120,000 00
,971,845 10
,558,614 34
67,975 43
,626,589 77
35,878 85
$2,662,468 62
$2,626,564 59
52,509 31
2,679,073 90
16,687 10
,695,761 00
,609,102 39
69,969 60
,679,071 99
159,000 00
59,563 49
,897,635 48
Balance beginning of year.
Balance end of year.
$23,727 34
$17,540 97
t 9,460 67
$27,001 64
f * $17,540 97
t 9,460 67
$27,001 64
* $16,365 90
t 54,739 39
$71,105 29
$16,365 90
t 54,739 39
$71,105 29
Expenditures.
1905-06.
1906-07.
1907-08.
1908-09.
1909-10.
Current expenses
Metropolitan water assessment
Interest
Refunded water rates
Extension of mains :
From loans
From appropriation from revenue,
$541,375 59
1,758,635 00
348,188 36
1,420 19
336,186 37
,985,805 51
$544,769 54
1,822,556 33
257,764 85
1,475 66
301,175 07
,927,741 45
),191 07
1,726,588 68
178,217 66
1,210 60
16,365 90
165,000 00
$2,733,573 91
$$729,677 14
1,789,315 84
175,010 17
1,757 85
t $871,367 43
1,862,823 42
161,963 39
1,481 24
J,695,761 00
$2,897,635 48
* Loan. t Taxes.
t Amount expended for current expenses and extensions, there being one appropriation only.
COST OF BOSTON WATERWORKS.
Cochituate supply . . $1,715,950 73
Sudbury supply 9,267,367 04
Mystic supply . . 1,806,316 72
Distribution system , , 13,196,885 49
Total cost, January 1, 189S $27,986,519 98
Cost of portion taken by the state .... 14,717,009 30
Cost of portion remaining -SIS, 269, 510 68
Cost of portion taken by the state . , $14,717,009 30
Total payments by state 13,685,766 84
Excess of cost over amount paid $1,031,242 46
Cost in detail of portion of original works, exclusive
of state taking:
Brookline Reser\-oir
Beacon Hill Reservoir
South Boston Reservoir
Jamaica Pond Aqueduct
East Boston Reservoir
Parker Hill Reservoir
Fisher Hill Reservoir
Roxbury high sei-vice
Brighton high service
East Boston high service
West Roxbury high service
Pipe yards and buildings
Engineering expenses
Distribution . . . .
Cochituate works
Mystic works (distributic
Cost, January 31, 1898 .
Carried fonmrd
$200,077 21
363,533 21
90,908 10
88,417 20
66,103 09
205,793 81
191,135 35
103,829 53
7,745 00
30,208 12
22,346 56
94,832 16
57,873 58
10,871,844 18
$13,269,610 68
Brought forward
$13,269,510 68
Additions to cost on account of extension
of mains, etc. (eleven years to January 31,
1909), viz.:
Year ending January 31, 1899
" 31, 1900
" 31, 1901
31, 1902
31, 1903
" 31, 1904
" 31, 1905
31, 1906
" 31, 1907
"31, 190S
31, 1909
$411,910 26
446,120 35
364,604 08
259,228 99
125,705 99
117,501 25
221,595 49
313,465 41
293,734 68
220,239 57
182,602 70
Cost represented on waterworks ledger January 31, 1909, $17,257,461 89
Cost represented by above statement on same date . 16,226,219 43
Excess of cost represented over amount paid by state, $1,031,242 46
The following is a statement of the cost of the exist-
ing works on January 31, 1910:
East Boston Reservoir .
Parker Hill Reservoir
Fisher Hill Reservoir
East Boston high service
West Roxbury high servii
Pipe yards and buildings
Engineeiing expenses
Distribution (additions during the year, $203,369.28)
Total
866,103 09
205,793 81
191,135 35
24,173 26
22,348 56
94,832 16
57,873 58
14,931,685 79
$15,593,943 60
Water Department.
COST OF CONSTRUCTION AND CONDITION OF
THE WATER DEBT.
Cost of construction of waterworks to February 1, 1909,* $15,390,574 32
Cost of construction of waterworks to February 1, 1910 . 15,593,943 60
Increase during the year . $203,369 28
The outstanding water loans February 1, 1909, were
The outstanding water loans February 1, 1910, were
Decrease during the year ....
^4,249,500 00
3,696,500 00
$553,000 00
The Water Sinking Fund February 1, 1909, was
The Water Sinking Fund February 1, 1910, was
Decrease during the year . . . .
^3,637,956 71
3,205,159 65
$432,797 06
Net water debt February 1, 1909
Net water debt February 1, 1910
Decrease during the year
$611,543 29
491,340 35
$120,202 94
Stock on hand February 1, 1909
Stock on hand February 1, 1910
Increase during the year
$129,578 98
137,876 08
$8,297 10
The outstanding water loans on February 1, 1910,
were as follows:
Date of
Loans. Maturity. Amount.
4 per cent loan, due April,
1910 $135,000 00
4 " " " April,
1912 .
324,000 00
4 " " " October,
1913 .
50,000 00
4 " " " January,
1914 .
459,000 00
4 " « " April,
1914 ..
9,500 00
4 " " « October,
1914 .
10,000 00
4 " " " April,
1915 .
32,700 00
4 " « " October,
1915 .
17,000 00
4 " « " January,
1916 .
8,000 00
4 " " " April,
1916 .
18,500 00
4 " " " October,
1916 .
11,300 00
4 " « « January,
1917 .
8,000 00
31 " « " April,
1917 .
275,000 00
4 « « « April,
1917 .
6,000 00
4 " " " October,
1917 .
128,700 00
4 " « « January,
1918 .
13,000 00
4 « " « April,
1918 .
300 00
3| « " « July,
1918 .
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100,000 00
Carried forward .
$1,606,000 00
*See revised statement of cost of works in last annual report.
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City Document No. 40.
Date of
Loans. Maturity. Amount.
Brought forward .
$1,606,000 00
4 per cent loan, due October,
1918 .
95,000 00
4
" April,
1919 .
200,000 00
3i "
" October,
1919 .
2,000 00
4
' " October,
1919 .
164,000 00
3i "
' " November,
1919 .
106,000 00
3i "
' " January,
1920 .
70,000 00
4
' " October,
1920 .
163,500 00
4
" April,
1921 .
100,000 00
4
" October,
1921 .
140,500 00
4
' * " January,
1922 .
40,000 00
4
" April,
1922 .
75,000 00
4
" October,
1922 .
193,000 00
4
" October,
1923 .
18,275 00
4
" October,
1924 .
436,225 00
3i "
' " July,
1929 .
287,000 00
Total .
$3,696,500 00
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Fiscal Yeak.
Gross Debt. Sinking Funds. Net Debt
1847-48..
1848-49..
1849-50..
1850-51..
1851-52..
1852-53..
1853-54..
1854-55..
1855-56..
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1862-63..
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1877-78..
1878-79..
1879-80..
1880-81..
1881-82..
1882-83..
1883-84..
1884-85. .
1885-86..
1886-87..
1887-88..
1888-89..
1889-90..
1890-91..
1891-92..
1892-93..
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1894-95..
1895-96..
1896-97..
1897-98..
1898-99..
1899-1900
1900-1901
1901-1902
1902-1903
1903-1904
1904-1905
1905-1906
1906-1907
1907-1908
1908-1909
1909-1910
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4
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8
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11,
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955,613 51
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846,211
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992,711
992,711
942,711
152,711
370,711
867,711
107,711
731,711
482,711 11
812,711 11
912,711
863,711
123,711
735,711
548,711
545,273 98
753,273 98
697,273 98
631,273 98
631,273 98
955,273 98
882,273 98
045,473 98
491,473 98
142,273 98
741,273 98
941,273 98
696,273 98
267,773 98
423,773 98
758,773 98
055,273 98
761,273 98
261,273 98
261,273 98
911,273 98
121,273 98
306,273 98
960,273 98
351,917 28
501,000 00
227,000 00
224,000 00
671,250 00
562,500 00
531,500 00
249,500 00
696,500 00
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1,185
1,268
1,372
1,533
1,560
1,709
2,043
2,143
1,771
1,989
2,281
2,607
2,746
3,106
3,385
3,947
4,373
4,864
5,440
5,979
6,471
7,019
7,649
8,444
9,099
9,704
9,852
9,487
9,870
10,144
10,422
8,893
7,337
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5,943,
3,697,
3,794,
3,637,
3,205,
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300 88
857 89
768 46
505 58
323 82
201 26
616 92
304 09
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819 47
297 80
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,615 94
,902 79
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222 39
913 53
779 37
956 71
159 65
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4,955
5,209
5,972
5,432
5,403
5,230
5,031
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4,754
3,846
3,455
3,012
2,992
2,992
2,942
3,152
3,370
3,867
5,107
5,731
5,382
5,627
5,644
6,490
6,589
8,174
9,839
9,501
9,609
9,925
9,641
9,349
9,347
10,135
9,939,
10,106
10,194
10,367,
10,077
10,255
10,288,
9,9.52
9,739,
9,405,
9,316
9,161,
8,556,
8,058,
7,634,
7,436,
1,815,
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1,711 11
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1,711 11
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307 59
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513 97
154 10
050 08
626 90
467 51
384 06
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310 56
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586 47
720 63
543 29
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City Document No. 40.
REPORT OF INCOME DIVISION.
Office of General Superintendent,
City Hall, Boston, February 1, 1910.
William E. Hannan, Esq.,
Water Commissioner:
Dear Sir, — I submit herewith the annual report of
the Income Division, Water Department. The report
of the Meter Service Division, also the statement of
water rates, covers the financial year ending January
31, 1910; the remainder of the report is rendered for
the calendar year ending December 31, 1909, it being
impracticable, owing to the nature of our accounts, to
render it for the financial year.
Respectfully submitted,
J. H. Caldwell,
General Superintendent Income Division.
TABLE I.
Statement of Water Rates, January 31, 1910.
Account of
Year,
Amount
Assessed.
Amount
Abated.
Amount
Collected.
Balance
Outstanding.
1895
$2,266,519 08
2,568,246 04
2,630,413 37
2,342,804 58
2,414,731 72
2,197,026 64
2,264,845 26
2,327,996 91
2,386,428 02
2,391,751 16
2,446,978 39
2,524,105 25
2,619,031 00
2,645,888 58
2,693,634 16
1,206,566 80
$55,510 53
* 95,162 39
53,864 09
t 235,414 43
t 258,449 66
46,873 45
46,713 28
43,706 89
58,050 51
38,290 92
36,093 08
37,599 28
34,959 33
35,674 96
30,696 28
1,613 19
$2,211,008 55
2,473,083 65
2,576,549 28
2,107,390 15
2,156,282 06
2,150,153 19
2,218,131 98
2,284,290 02
2,328,347 51
2,352,679 94
2,410,871 31
2,486,505 97
2,584,071 67
2,608-,402 32
2,624,390 53
91,661 65
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901 ........
1902 .
1903
1904
$30 00
780 30
1905
1906
14 00
1907
1908
1,811 30
1909
1910$
38,547 35
1,113,291 96
The above amounts for the years 1895, 1896 and 1897 include both Mystic supply and
Cochituate accounts. The contracts to supply Chelsea, Somerville and Everett with
Mystic water were abrogated by the Metropolitan Water Act of January 1, 1898.
* This amount includes certain city department accounts, abated by order of the Mayor.
t These amounts include abatements of city department accounts, under order of the
City Council, approved by the Mayor on March 5, 1900, said order also abolishing all
charges for water used by city departments.
JThe statement of water rates for the year 1910 represents annual accounts only; the
quarterly meter accounts can only be estimated at this time.
Water Department.
25
TABLE II.
Kind and Number of Fixtures in use December, 1909.
Number.
Bath tubs
Bowls
Foot tubs
Sinks
Taps
Urinals, automatic
Urinals, otherwise. ,
Wash tubs
Water-closets
Total
95,144
130,567
271
200,450
37,803
5,067
571
156,992
196,308
823,173
TABLE III.
Number and Amount of Abatements Allowed During Year.
On Account op Assessments foe Year.
Number.
Amount.
1906
2
141
1,743
3,102
$65 00
1907
2,314 38
1908
15,656 30
1909
29,425 80
Totals
4,988
$47,461 48
TABLE IV.
Applications for New Pipes,
Elevator pipes
Fire pipes
Service pipes
Total
14
71
1,495
1,580
26
City Document No. 40.
TABLE V.
Turning Water Off and On.
For complaints
For repairs of services ^
For nonpayment of water bills
For waste
Turned on first time
Vacancies
Total
765
3,800
2,609
120
1,370
2,062
10,726
TABLE VL
Off and On Receipts.
Received for turning off and on for repairs, and deposited with City Collector.
$1,947
TABLE Vn.
WASTE DETECTION.
Water Inspection.
Waste reports
First examination and found repaired. .
Second examination and found repaired
Third examination and found repaired .
Fine notices issued
13,390
7,236
3,342
1,341
249
TABLE VI I L
Defective Fixtures and Waste.
Tank fixtures leaking
Faucets leaking
Bursts inside
Bursts outside ,
Hopper-cocks leaking
Water-closets leaking
Wilful waste
12,964
6,761
274
. 59
68
59
30
Water Department.
27
TABLE IX.
Elevator Service for the Year Ending December SI , 1909.
Under supervision December 31, 1908
Discontinued during the year
Changed to electric
New elevators accepted during the year
Under supervision December 31, 1909
Changed to tank and metered water and now under supervision
Registered inaccurately and repaired by owners
Clock cord broken and repaired by owners
Clock hands broken and repaired by owners
584
9
4
12
583
69
62
53
13
TABLE X.
Motor Service for the Year Ending December SI, 1909.
Under supervision December 31, 1908
Discontinued during the year
Under supervision December 31, 1909
Motors on meter
118
1
117
16
TABLE XL
Fire Pipe Service for the Year Ending December SI, 1909.
Premises under supervision December 31, 1908
Supervision discontinued during the year
Premises equipped during the year
Under supervision December 31, 1909
Premises inspected
Total number of inspections of outlet valves
Total number of hydrant inspections
Total number of valves sealed and resealed
Total number of hydrant valves sealed and resealed . .
Meter by-passes under supervision December 31, 1908
Discontinued
By-passes, additional
Under supervision December 31, 1909
Inspections made of by-passes
By-passes resealed
552
11
19
560
3,936
47,428
1,069
4,345
201
37
2
1
36
288
12
28
City Document No. 40.
TABLE XII.
METERS.
General Statement of Work Performed During Year Ending January 31, 1910.
Meters.
Boxes.
Applied
Discontinued
Changed
Changed location. . .
Tested
Repaired at shop . . .
Repaired at factory.
Repaired in service .
Examined
Lost (in service) . . . .
Hayed
Condemned
Purchased
In service
In service (private) .
At department shop
6,959
290
1,221
166
11,300
987
96
654
7,206
4
2,168
246
8,888
12,049
133
2,330
887
142
TABLE XIII.
Statement of Meters for the Year Ending January 31, 1910.
Meters belonging to the department January 31, 1909 5,741
Purchased 8,888
Condemned during year 246
Lost (in service) 4
Belonging to department January 31, 1910
Distribution of Meters January 31, 1910.
In service "'^ o' otn
In shop 2,330
14,629
250
14,379
14,379
Water Department.
29
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Meters Owned by Department January SI, 1910.
Diameter in
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14
52
12
20
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96
154
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174
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418
304
278
18
237
559
136
381
176
1,391
21
124
249
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3
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4,150
331
413
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1,095
1,615
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35
93
183
444
629
1,492
3,698
7,805
14,379
30
City Document No. 40,
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Meters at Department Shop January 31, 1910.
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59
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6
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29
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9
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1,958
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4
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55
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82
915
1,228
2,330
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Private Meters in Service January' SI, 1910.
Diameter in Inches.
Totals.
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3
2
n
1
3
4
5
8
2
2
2
5
5
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6
12
26
21
8
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133
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Totals.
6
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3
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1
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1
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8
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12
49
10
20
84
23
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130
91
144
208
79
170
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409
295
273
18
185
534
133
376
170
573
21
120
240
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2
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3,066
323
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Hersey
11
1,056
193
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124
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1
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85
43
194
184
163
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199
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2
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2
296
Worthington disc
227
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1
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1
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481
1,036
1,517
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85
166
389
608
1,410
2,783
6,577
12,049
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Diameter in Inches.
Totals.
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3
2
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1
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1
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38
11
40
160
20
130
1,280
60
387
4,015
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595
5,466
265
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2
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5
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15
205
325
145
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1,096
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2
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18
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75
270
2,105
6,373
8,888
32
City Document No. 40.
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Meters Condemned During Year.
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Totals.
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2
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1
60
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1
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15
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139
3
246
TABLE XX.
Meters Repaired in Service.
Cause of Repairs.
Clock broken
Glass broken
Cover broken
Spindle leaking
Coupling leaking
Stopcock leaking
Leak at joint
Relocated
Total
Number.
50
40
19
76
317
17
4
131
654
TABLE XXI.
Meters Repaired at Factory.
Diameter in Inches.
-
6
4 3
2
n
1
1
5
8
Totals.
2
1
1
3
1
3
6
2
15
5
14
9
1
31
1
1
68
Hersey
24
4
Totals
3
1
4
11
20
24
33
96
Water Department.
33
TABLE XXH.
Meters Changed.
Cause.
Number.
Test
Not registering . .
No force
Stoppage
Enlarged
Leak at spindle . .
Leak at coupling.
Leak at stopcock
Set backward . . . .
Relocated
Defaced
Frost
Total
401
437
76
29
50
33
47
2
43
35
33
35
1,221
TABLE XXI H.
Meters Discontinued During Year.
Sizes.
Number.
f -inch
176
f -inch
51
1-inch
17
1 f-inch
27
2-inch
13
3-inch
3
4-inch
3
Total
290
34
City Document No. 40.
TABLE XXIV.
Meters Applied During Year.
Sizes.
Number.
f-inch. . .
f-inch. . .
1-inch. . .
l^-inch. .
2-inch. . .
3-inch. . .
4-inch. . .
6-inch. . .
Total
5,421
1,190
218
74
31
16
6
3
6,959
Water Department. 35
REPORT OF DISTRIBUTION DIVISION.
Office of the Superintendent,
710 Albany Street, February 1, 1910,
William E. Hannan, Esq.,
Water Commissioner:
Sir, — Following is the annual report of the Distribu-
tion Division for the year ending January 31, 1910.
Organization.
From February 1, 1909, to March 1, 1909, the division
was in charge of Chief Clerk George H. Finneran, who
had been acting as ^'Official in Charge" since March 26
of the preceding year. On March 1, 1909, he was
made superintendent of the Distribution Division, which
office he now holds. The present organization is as
follows :
Superintendent. — George H. Finneran.
Assistant Superintendent (Northern Division). — Adam McClure.
Assistant Superintendent (Southern Division). — John W. Leahon.
Chief Clerk. — George A. Pratt.
8 clerks.
1 switch board operator.
2 messengers.
2 janitors.
Machine Shop. — Foreman, Edward J. Bachelder.
21 machinists, helpers, etc.
5 blacksmiths and helpers.
1 accountant.
1 engineman.
1 fireman.
1 patternmaker.
/ 1 patternmaker's helper.
Carpenter Shop. — Foreman, Richard F, Neagle.
9 carpenters.
1 laborer.
Plumbing Shop. — Foreman, B. F. Rogers.
13 plumbers, electricians and helpers.
2 laborers (trough cleaners).
Storeroom. — Storekeeper, John W. Sullivan.
2 assistants.
Main Yard (Albany street). — Foreman, John J. Maguire.
37 yardmen,
22 teamsters, drivers and chauffeurs.
11 stablemen.
6 painters.
8 concrete box makers and helpers.
5 men in yard storehouse.
Gate Inspection. — Foreman, Samuel J. Hallett.
7 men.
36 City Document No. 40.
General Inspection.
7 inspectors.
Main Pipe Gangs.
Foreman Doherty and 24 men.
Foreman Durand and 20 men.
Central District (Repairers and Service Pipe Men). — Foreman, William
T. Lenehan.
2 subforemen.
39 repairers.
15 service pipe men.
16 off-and-on men.
12 watchmen and emergency men.
Brighton District. — Foreman, Thomas Neville.
16 men in Brighton yard.
4 men at Fisher Hill Reservoir.
Charlestown District. — Foreman, Patrick Kelly.
22 men.
Dorchester District. — Foreman, Timothy Casey.
23 men.
East Boston District. — Foreman, Dennis Regan.
19 men.
West Roxbury District. — Foreman, Thomas C. McDonald.
23 men,
Parker Hill Reservoir.
2 men.
Unattached.
6 men.
It is, of course, impracticable to maintain throughout
the year an organization corresponding exactly to the
foregoing. For the months of December, January and
February a special force of hydrant inspectors is drafted
from the various gangs of the division to maintain the
hydrants in the central district in a condition for
immediate use. There are at the present time 30 men
so engaged. They include the gate inspection force,
which cannot be employed to advantage in its regular
line during the cold weather. Transfers of men from
one class of work to another are made as required, but
in the main the distribution of employees is as outlined.
There are now 435 men in the Distribution Division.
One year ago the total number was 421. During the
year 26 men were transferred from the Income Division
to the Distribution Division because of the assumption
by the latter division of the work of shutting off and
letting on service pipes; 8 men were transferred for
various reasons from the Income Division to the Distribu-
tion Division; 6 men were reinstated; 30 new men were
employed; 32 men were transferred for various reasons
from the Distribution Division to the Income Division;
10 men died; 4 men resigned to accept other positions;
and the names of 10 men were dropped from the rolls
because of long continued absence.
Water Department. 37
The average number of men at work daily during the
year was 381. The average number of men absent
daily during the year was 33. The lowest number of
men in the force during the year was 408. The highest
number was 436. The number of men 10 years or longer
in service is 363; 15 years or longer, 158; 20 years or
longer, 120; 25 years or longer, 42; and 30 years or
longer, 21. The maximum length of service is 56 years.
163 men entered the department at the age of 40 years
and older; 103 at the age of 45 years and older; 58 at the
age of 50 years and older; 25 at the age of 55 years and
older; and 8 at the age of 60 years and older.
Main Pipe Laying.
During the year 63,327 linear feet of mains were laid,
relaid and relocated, and 20,781 linear feet were aban-
doned and either taken from the ground or left therein,
as conditions warranted. Gate valves, air valves and
blow-offs were established and abandoned, as stated
in Table No. 1, appended to the text. The total mileage
of mains now owned and operated by the department is
761.23, consisting almost entirely of cast-iron pipe,
there being but 4,985 feet of 30-inch and 6,180 feet of
20-inch wrought-iron cement-lined pipe in the system.
Of the total amount laid, 1,170 feet of 6-inch, 14,788
feet of 8-inch, 6,995 feet of 10-inch, 11,437 feet of 12-inch
and 359 feet of 16-inch were laid to supply new buildings
in streets where water mains had not been laid and high
service to buildings in the business section.
To improve the general supply in the South Boston
district, 1,645 feet of 16-inch, 377 feet of 24-inch and
6,478 feet of 30-inch were laid.
In replacing old and inadequate mains there were laid
1,629 feet of 6-inch, 3,877 feet of 8-inch, 4,210 feet of
10-inch, 3,302 feet of 12-inch and 2,848 feet of 16-inch.
On account of the construction of sewers, streets and
bridges, the abolishment of grade crossings, the laying
of street car rails and other public works it was neces-
sary to relocate the following lengths of main pipe:
10 feet of 4-inch, 127 feet of 6-inch, 441 feet of 8-inch,
1,414 feet of 10-inch, 1,509 feet of 12-inch, 238 feet of
16-inch, 122 feet of 20-inch, 35 feet of 24-inch and 313
feet of 36-inch.
The most important pipe laying of the year was
as follows : . The 30-inch line in Northern avenue, C
9
38 City Document No. 40.
street and Sleeper street; the 30-inch line in Congress
street, between Atlantic and Dorchester avenues; the
24-inch and 16-inch lines upon the trestle at Congress
street pipe tunnel; the 16-inch line in Granite street;
the 12-inch line in Northern avenue; the 12-incli line
in Old Colony avenue; the 12-inch line in Charles River
Embankment; the 12-inch and 10-inch lines in St.
Mary's and Mountfort streets; the 10-inch line in Park
street, Longwood; and the replacement of old and in-
adequate mains in Chelsea street, East Boston; Wash-
ington and Morton streets. West Roxbury; G street.
South Boston; Norway, Seneca, Exchange, Malcolm,
Ivanhoe, Trumbull, Newland, Harris, Clark and Morton
streets, Cleveland place, Greenough lane, Hanover,
Franklin and Webster avenues, city proper; Bellevue
and Autumn streets, Roxbury; and Bunker Hill, Edge-
worth and Ferrin streets, Charlestown.
For some years past South Boston has had but one
supply main with a capacity of anything like present
day requirements, viz., the 30-inch main that enters the
district by way of Massachusetts avenue, Southampton
street, Dorchester avenue and D street. The only
other feed mains were the old 20-inch entering through
Dover and Fourth streets and the 20-inch leading from
the Dudley street 24-inch main at Columbia road,
through Columbia road, Boston and Dorchester streets.
Should any accident have happened to the 30-inch
main • South Boston would have been in a bad way,
especially the new section in the vicinity of Summer
street extension and he Commonwealth docks, now
rapidly being developed. It was considered desirable
to have an additional supply main enter the district by
way of Congress street, leading from the 30-inch main at
Franklin and Congress streets easterly through Congress
street to Fort Point channel, under the channel and
thence into South Boston. A portion of this work had
been done, — the 30-inch main in Congress street, between
Franklin street and Atlantic avenue, — and a pipe tunnel
had been built under the channel and two lines of pipe
laid therein, viz., 24-inch and 20-inch. During the
past year the 30-inch main has been continued from
Congress street at Atlantic avenue, through Congress
street to Dorchester avenue, thence to the pipe trestle
approaching the tunnel shaft, where it was reduced to
24-inch, across the trestle to the tunnel shaft, through
the tunnel, across the easterly trestle and connecting
Water Department. 39
upon land with the 24-inch laid a few years ago in Con-
gress street, South Boston. This piece of main extended
but a short distance to Sleeper street, where it was
capped after a connection had been made with the
16-inch Congress street distribution pipe. Starting at
the cap mentioned we resumed, laying a 30-inch line
through Sleeper street to Northern avenue, through
Northern avenue to C street, through C street to Danby
street, where the line ended, connecting with the 30-
inch line that enters South Boston by way of Massa-
chusetts avenue and Southampton street and continues
through Dorchester avenue, D street and Danby street
to the point mentioned at C street. When the water
is turned on through this line South Boston will be
much better than ever supplied.
The new portion of South Boston north of First street
is without- high service, and as many large buildings of
mercantile character have been erected therein the
extension of the high service from the city proper is an
imperative requirement. During the year the depart-
ment laid about 422 feet of 16-inch main upon and near
the pipe trestle approaching the Congress street tunnel,
thus leaving but 100 feet approximately to connect with
the existing main in Summer street, city proper. When
this is laid and some changes and connections made in
South Boston it will be possible to introduce the high
service to that district.
As a part of the plan for a high service system in
South Boston we have for the past few years laid addi-
tional mains in Congress street, A street, Mt. Washing-
ton avenue and other streets where required. These
mains will be used for the low service and the existing
low service mains utilized for high service. Following
along this line during the past year the department laid
a 16-inch main in Granite street, between Mt. Wash-
ington avenue and Baldwin street and transferred the
many large connections supplying the sugar refinery
from the old to the new main in anticipation of the
future high service. This main will be extended during'
the coming year to Second street and thence to Dor-
chester avenue, where it will connect with the 16-inch
main in that street, making a very efficient connecting
line between the 20-inch Dover street South Boston
supply and the 30-inch trunk line entering South Boston
by way of the Congress street tunnel and Massachu-
setts avenue and Southampton street.
40 City Document No. 40.
In Northern avenue advantage was taken of the new
30-inch main to lay a 12-inch distribution main connect-
ing at two points with the same. This enabled us to
establish a number of hydrants in Northern avenue and
provide something like an adequate fire service, which
that important district was lacking.
The construction of Old Colony avenue caused the
department to lay about 2,500 feet of 12-inch main
therein and connect with the Dorchester street and
Dorchester avenue mains. This work was principally
of value as a means of abolishing dead ends in Gustin,
Lark, Cottage, E, Amxcs and Earl streets and equalizing
the general supply in that section of South Boston.
The construction of the Charles River Embankment
between Back street and the Cambridge Bridge enabled
us to lay a very valuable line of 12-inch pipe, con-
necting with the 16-inch in Charles street and picking
up the dead ends in Chestnut, Mt. Vernon, Pinckney
and Revere streets. This will greatly improve the fire
protection in a district that was very poorly supplied.
A similar improvement was made in the new Back
Bay district bordering on the Brookline line by the lay-
ing of a 12-inch line in St. Mary's street from Beacon
street to Mountfort street and picking up the dead end
in Mountfort street. This district contained much
valuable property that did not have proper fire protec-
tion, due to unconnected ends in a remote part of the
system.
In the Longwood district bordering on the Parkway
a number of buildings used as hospitals, sanatoriums and
other public purposes have been erected during the last
few years. By reason of small sized mains and the
arrangement of the same the district could not be termed
as adequately supplied for fire protection. A 10-inch
main was therefore laid through Park street, from Brook-
line avenue to Autumn street, connecting there with a
main coming from Longwood avenue by way of River-
way and Park street. The 4-inch main in Autumn
street was increased to 8 inches, the 6-inch main in a part
of Bellevue street was increased to 8 inches, and hydrants
were established. This work will do much for the
district, but in the near future the remainder of the
Bellevue street main between Francis street and Brook-
line avenue should be relaid with larger pipe, as the
district is growing and buildings of size and importance
are being erected.
Water Department. 41
In Chelsea street, East Boston, about 1,500 feet of
12-inch main was replaced by 16-inch between Maver-
ick square and Brooks street. With what was laid in
1908, there is now a continuous line of 16-inch main
in Chelsea street from Maverick square to Brooks street.
During the coming year it is hoped to connect the end
at Brooks street with a new 30-24-inch line from Chelsea
under Chelsea creek. This will bring an ample quantity
of water to the southern end of the island, where it is
required by reason of railroad and dock development
at that end.
In Washington street, Forest Hills, there was formerly
a 6-inch main in the easterly side of the square leading
from Morton street and dead-ending at Tower street.
This was replaced by a 16-inch main and connected with
the 12-inch main in Hyde Park avenue. The 8-inch
Morton street main was increased to 16 inches from
Washington street to South street, where it receives its
supply from the 24-inch West Roxbury main. The dis-
trict in general south of Forest Hills square is thereby
provided with a much improved supply.
The 6-inch main in C street. South Boston, from First
street to Seventh street, was replaced by a 12-inch main.
This was a very desirable piece of work, crossing the
peninsula from north to south and reinforcing the
many mains running east and west. Much more work
of this nature will be required to thoroughly distribute
the supply in South Boston.
In Norway street, between Huntington and Massachu-
setts avenues, the old 6-inch main was replaced by a
10-inch and 12-inch main. An improved supply in a
congested section thereby results.
In Bunker Hill, Ferrin and Edgeworth streets,
Charlestown, old and small sized mains were replaced
with pipes of 10-inch and 12-inch diameter. The
large bakery of George Fox Company in a congested
section of wooden buildings was the immediate cause
of this work. Its benefits, however, will be realized
for some distance beyond.
The work of replacing the very old and small sized
mains in Seneca, Exchange, Malcolm, Ivanhoe, Trum-
bull, Newland, Harris, Clark and Morton streets, Cleve-
land place, Greenough lane, Hanover, Franklin and
Webster avenues was greatly needed. The pipes in
these streets were about fifty years old and so coated
with rust and the accumulated matter peculiar to cast-
42 City Document No. 40.
iron water pipes as to be of an efficiency of less than
one-half their original diameter. The water delivered
by these mains was of course more or less discolored
and it was because of complaints on this score that we
took up the work.
A new style blow-off was used in the system the
past year. It was designed by our Engineering Depart-
ment and is intended to be placed upon the ends of
street mains as a means of blowing off dead water.
Heretofore Boston Lowry hydrants have been used
for this purpose as well as for fire protection, but as it
is our present policy to establish post hydrants wherever
possible, Boston Lowry hydrants will not be used to
the same extent as formerly. It was therefore neces-
sary to devise a means of blowing off ^'dead end"
mains, and the result was the new fixture called a
^^ hydrant blow-off.'^ It consists of a piece of 3-inch
iron pipe, to be set vertically in a well or box, the top
of which is flush with the surface of the street. The
lower end of the pipe approaches the horizontal plane
of the street main by means of a long easy curve. A
3-inch flanged gate valve is bolted to the end of the curve
and the end of the street main enters the bell of the gate
valve. If the street main is larger than 3 inches,
reducers are used. A 2J-inch hose nipple is fitted
into the upper end of the 3-inch pipe and a cap is
screwed on to this nipple when not in use. When in
use the female end of a 2J-inch fire hose coupling is
connected with the nipple, and the 3-inch gate valve
is operated by a gate wrench. The water is blown off
through the hose into sewer, catch-basin or wherever
convenient. No chuck is used as in the case of a Boston
Lowry hydrant and the flow is much freer by reason
of the easy curve.
Eighty-three petitions for main pipe to be laid in
various streets were investigated and the required lengths
measured, and seventy-five petitions were granted and
the pipe laid.
Cost of Main Pipe Laying.
The following statements will show in tabulated
and classified form the cost of main pipe laying
during the year. The first table shows the prices upon
which the costs are based, and the second table gives
the costs of the work classified by sizes, nature of work
Tabi
ilated and Classified Statement Showing in
Detail the Cost of
Main Pipe Laying During the Year 1909-10.
Diameter
o( Pipe
Laid.
Length
Laid.
(Feet.)
Cost peb Lineab Foot of Various Elbmbntb of Wobk.
WOBK.
Main
Pipe.
Specials,
Valvea
and
Boxes.
Lead
and
Gnsltet.
Department
Labor and
Inapection.
Contract
Labor.
Teaming.
Hydrant
Cost.
Repaving.
Total.
Rbuabkb.
a-lnch
89
$0,651 JO. 108
$0,130
$0,049
$0,84
Department work; uncongested section, lead pipe, excavation partly done by Sewer Division.
New msins
New main.
New main.
Now mains
6-inch
e-incb
6-inch
800
74
290
tO.352
.178
.398
80.251
.780
.253
JO. 052
.139
.077
JO. 776
3.517
.116
$0,053
.577
.041
$0,134
80.010
.175
.010
$1,632
6-650
Department work; no obstructions over or under ground. Conditions good.
Department work; business section, pavement, narrow street, congestion ovet and under ground.
Cold and stormy weatber, frost in ground. Very unfavorable conditiona.
Contract work: no obstruction, over or under ground. Conditions generally good.
$1,281
$0,518
1,170
to. 353
JO. 285
JO. 064
J0.783
JO. 131
to. 083
$0,091
^$0,081
J0.021
$1,894
New mains
New main.
New main.
New mains
New mains
New main.
New mains
8-inch
8-inch
8-inch
8-inch
8-inch
8-inch......
S-inch
319
1.092
148
575
329
7.977
3,748
S0.5S8
..563
.671
' .502
.554
.675
.584
JO. 135
.253
.031
1223
.272
.237
.179
JO. 061
.074
.085
.100
.083
.073
10.890
,801
1.323
2.282
1.615
.088
.110
$0,042
.083
.150
.115
.228
.061
.050
JO. 355
JO. 041
.030
.022
.026
.056
.013
.012
$2,113
2-163
2.661
3.816
3.426
1.857
2,183
Department work; busmeas section, block pavement, much congestion over and under ground One
of two liiic. laid in same trench. Labor item less on that account.
Department work: uncongested section. Conditions good.
Department work; uncongested section; very hard digging. Considerable soft rock.
Department work; rock. Otherwise good conditions.
Department work; uncongested sections; cold weather, frost in ground; small jobs averagin- 55 feet
each.
Contract work; uncongested section. Conditions good.
Contract work; uncongested section; rock. Conditions otherwise good.
80,358
.487
,520
.000
.212
to. 531
.961
14,788
10.576
JO. 220
JO. 079
$0,324
SO -529
$0,067
JO. 277
$0,007
$0,016
$2,100
Average cort of total 8-i&ch new mains.
New main.
10-inoh
10-inch
10-inch
10-inch
10-inch
10-inch
345
091
139
209
4.243
1,368
10.751
.783
.700
.007
.770
.771
JO. 345
.273
.705
,402
.257
.*168
JO. 065
.072
.158
.153
.075
.083
JO. 793
1.242
2.172
1.922
.065
.079
$0,108
.054
.132
.153
.058
.068
$0,316
.217
10.014
.032
.121
.075
.011
.013
J2 , 395
2,675
3.996
4.271
1.937
2,272
Department work; uncongested section. Conditions good.
Department work; uncongested section; cold weather, frost in ground.
Department work: uncongested section: interference from building operations.
Department work; budness section: expensive pavement; congestion over and under ground; over-
tune work; branches for prospective services inserted. Conditions unfavorable.
Contract work; uncongested section. Condition, good.
Contract work: uncongested section, rock. Conditions otherwise good.
New mains
-
$0,841
SO. 523
.963
.174
.124
6,995
TO.767
JO. 261
JO. 080
'JO. 317
to. 605
$0,025
$0,018
J2.200
Average cost of total 10-inch new mains.
12-inch
12-inch
12-inch
12-inch
12-inch
486
981
2,007
7,491
462
10.930
.910
.680
1.012
.982
JO. 096
1.021
.203
.200
.241
to. 089
.211
tl.151
2.053
.025
.055
.092
$0,129
.146
$0,575
.001
.475
.328
.115
$0,021
.089
J2.995
5.492
2.144
2.191
2.373
Department work; uncongested section. Conditions good.
Department work; business section: block pavement: car rails; generally congested. Unfavorable
condition..
Contract work; uncongested section; block pavement: conditions good: contractor furnished team-
ing, lead, gasket, etc.. and made connections.
Contract work; uncongested section. Conditions good.
Contract work; uncongested section; rock. Conditions otherwise good.
JO, 990
.093
SO. 666
.427
.686
Now main.
.104
.145
.053
.102
.010
.006
New m»ins
11.427
<0.941
10.268
to. 096
$0,270
$0,425
$0,058
$0,333
JO. 101
$0,015
$2,508
Average cost of total 12-inoh new mains.
New mains
16-inoh
10-inch
10-inch..!..
16-inoh
Ifl-inch
178
' 148
422
43
1,127
«1.467
1.3C1
1.512
1.525
1.532
10.157
.215
.671
2.609
.479
to. 100
.151
.233
Jl .339
1.477
4.104
.241
.965
JO. 183
.126
.193
$0,443
$0,029
.015
1.852
J3.787
4.188
8.472
5,200
5,301
Department work; uncongested section; complicated with services. Conditions good otherwise.
Department work; business section; pavement; congestion over and under ground. Conditions bad.
Department work; laid on trestle over water and housed with double box: pipes strapped; box
painted, air and drip-cock, established, tunnel and shafts pumped out; unusual and extraordmary
Job done under most unfavorable conditions.
Contract work; uncongested section; conditions good: contractor furnished teaming, lead,
gasket, etc.
Contract and department work: business section; congestion overground; block pavement; many
service and fire pipe, of large diameter encountered: the .ame lowered or connected with new
main; hydrant, also transferred to new main; branch openings in old main made up with straight
pipe. Water service maintained for consumers: extra gates inserted in line: large brick gate cham-
ber built. Unusual job. involving many difficulties. Department work done mostly during cold
New mains
to. 840
New mains
New main.
to. 770
.680
New mains
.152
.185
.637
.432
to. 358
0.035
1,918
J1.608
10.409
JO. 168
J1.468
t0.416
$0,166
$0,357
to. 319
t0.210
$0,289
$5,404
Average cost of total 16-inoh new mains.
Tabulated and Classified Statement Showing i
n Detail
the Cost
of Main
Pipe Laying During the Year 1909-19.^ Continued.
Diameter
of Pipe
Laid.
(Feet.)
Cost per Linear Foot of Variodb Elements of Work.
Natoke of
Work.
Main
Pipe.
Spooials.
Valves
Boxea.
Lead
and
Gasket.
Department
Labor and
Inspection.
Contract
Labor.
Teaming.
''Sir' >^p™^-
Service
Pipe
Stook.
Miacel-
TotaL
Reuarsb.
New mains
24^inch
377
S2.805
$1,438
$0,258
$4,772
SO. 232
$2,125
$11,631
Deptirtoient work: laid on trestle over water and housed with double box: pipes strapped; box
painted, air and drip-cocks established; tunnel and shafts pumped out; unusual and extraoidiaary
job done under most unfavorable conditions.
30-incb
711
6.767
J3.945
4,209
$1,312
0-292
$0,593
$1,514
0.065
$0,480
0 007
$1,355
0 347
$0,846
0.018
$13,050
6.924
Department work; business section; expensive pavement; ear rails; great congestion over and under
ground, old stone sea wall of about 80 cubic yards taken apart and removed; mains to three
side streets lowered; sewer connections temporarily removed; wire conduits and manholes encoun-
tered; ingress and egress to and from abutting buildings maintained throughout the work.
An extraordinarily ditScult job.
Contract work; uncongested section, pavement, dock mud. ground water, loose soil. Conditions
hardly favorable. Contractor hauled pipe and supplied lead, gasket, blocking, etc.
1.982
1
, „
S4.180
$0,404
$0,065
$0,553
$1,765
$0,059
$0,458
$0,109
87.596
30-inch
313
$5,795
$0,257
$0,336
$4,684
$0,227
$0,431
$11,731
Contract work; uncongested section. Conditions good.
Replacement of old
Replacement of old
6-inch
0-ineb
58
1.554
$0,411
.348
$1,192
.1.57
$0,246
.061
$1,613
.218
$0,131
.041
$0,030
.013
$3,624
3.619
Department work; uncongested section. Cold weather, frost in ground.
Contract work; greatl.v congested district, unusually narrow streets, expensive pavement, many
service connections, unfavorable conditions.
$1,184
$0,170
$1,317
80.106
1.612
$0,350
$0,196
$0,068
$0,268
$1,141
80.044
$0,164
$1,270
$0,102
$0,013
$3,619
.4verage cost of total 6-inch replacement.
Re lacement of old
8-inch
8-incli
S-inch
8-inch
8-inch
151
306
613
1.206
1,601
$0,593
.251
.516
.486
.514
$0,121
.362
.2.89
.227
.324
$0,088
.097
.082
.080
.115
$1,110
.985
1.492
.146
.190
$0,083
.072
.106
.067
.063
80.038
.024
.089
.033
.086
$0,040
.017
.037
.014
.019
$2,077
2.293
3.227
1.759
3.107
Department work; uncongested section. Conditions good.
Department work; uncongested section. Cold weather, frost in ground.
Department work; greatly congested section, many service connections, unusually narrow streets.
expensive pavement; overtime necessary. Gooerall.v unfavorable conditions.
Contract work; uncongested section. Conditions good.
Contract work; greatly congested section; many service connections, unusually narrow streets,
expensive pavement. Generally unfavorable conditions.
$0,482
.101
.129
.191
$0,511
$0,573
Krpl!.',4'i,„,nt of old
.623
3.877
$0,488
$0,283
$0,097
$0,481
$0,580
$0,074
$0,173
$0,338
$0,063
$0,021
$2,602
Average cost of total S-inch replacement.
10-inch
10-inch
10-inch
10-inch
10-inch
10-inch
10-iacb
172
350
40
130
2,004
1.328
186
$0,315
.590
.528
.573
.668
.706
.034
$0,450
.462
1.083
.385
.350
1.987
$0,114
.086
.149
.215
.122
.108
.279
$1,350
1.069
1.505
1.937
.109
.195
.094
$0,064
.080
.043
.107
.077
.057
.075
$0,069
.020
.012
.139
.015
.020
.023
$2,364
2. 586
2.719
4.745
2.123
3.079
3.271
Department work; business section, congestion above and under ground, pavement and overtime
work.
Department work; uncongested section, many service connections, pavement. Conditions other-
Department work; uncongested section, cold weather, frost in ground. Conditions otherwise good.
Department work; uncongested section, many special castings inserted. Conditions otherwise
good.
Replacement of old
$0,113
$0,088
$0,082
.018
.0.30
.039
.099
.658
.119
.365
Replacement of old
$0,588
.851
.577
Replacement of old
Replacement of old
.325
.202
Contract work; business section, many service connections, pavement, car rails; congestion over
and under ground. Conditions generally unfavorable.
Contract work; uncongested section, many special castings inserted, pavement. Conditions other-
mama.
4,210
$0,627
$0,476
$0,124
$0,336
$0,573
$0,071
$0,200
$0,118
$0,058
$0,023
$2,611
Average cost of total 10-inch replacement.
Replacemeot of old
12-inch
12-inch
12-inch
162
1.143
1.997
$0,676
.952
.885
$2,077
.734
.380
$0,370
.184
.066
$2,055
.223
.374
$0,240
.123
.099
$0,961
.462
.147
$1,883
.112
.235
$0,094
.026
.037
$8,958
3,670
3,006
Department work: short jobs, business section, pavement, congestion over and under ground, many
special castings inserted. Conditions unfavorable.
Contract work; business section, many services, pavement, car rails. Conditions generally un-
favorable. ,
Contract and department work; uncongested section, pavement, many services and side con-
nections. Cold weather during part of job. frost in ground. Contractor failed to finish job.
Trench had to be kept safe during winter.
Replacement of old
Replacement of old
$0,785
.699
$0,068
.081
3.302
$0,898
$0,586
$0,120
$0,434
$0,694
$0,114
$0,296
80.274
80.072
$0,036
$3,523
Average cost of total 12-inch replacement.
Tabulated and Classified Statement Showing
in Detai
the Cost of Main
Pipe Laying Duri
ng the Year 1909-10.— Condudml.
Diameter
of Pipe
Laid.
LeaEth
Laid.
(Feet.)
Cost per Lineab Foot of Vabiods El&msntb of Work.
Work.
Main
Pipe.
Department
Ls1>or and
Inspection.
Contract
Labor.
Teaming.
Hydrant
Cost.
Repaving.
Service
Pipe
Stoclt.
Miacclla-
Total.
ItBMARKft.
Replacement of old
Replacement of old
Replacement of old
10-inch .
IS-JDch
16-inch
1.013
1.401
68
SI. 423
1.336
.359
$0,221
SO 070
.346
$1,609
.109
.257
80.204
.158
$0,292
.274
80.033
.017
.022
$4,360
3.300
6.297
Department worl^; uncongested section, pavement. Cold weather, frost in ground. Many
services and otlier connections. Cleaning up on unfinished contract work.
Contract work; uocongeated section. Conditions generally good.
Contract work; uncongested section, pavement. Conditions good.
80.407
.580
.050
.563
j
2.1S2
81.348
$0,575
$0,140
$0,725
$0,245
80.174
80.274
80.166
$0,084
80-024
$3,760
Average cost of total 10-inch replacement.
Mains relocated 4-inch
10
80.075
80.611
$0,187
$0,766
$0,283
80.142
82.064
Department work; excavation and backfilling by Sewer Division. Short job.
■
6-inch
99
80.377
.217
$1,029
.958
$0,338
.295
80.754
1.492
$0,245
.077
$0,096
.061
82.840
3.510
Department work; excavation and backfilling done by Sewer Division, gas company and
others. Short job.
Department work; excavation and backfilling done partly by department and partly by Sewer
Division at Water Department's expense; considerable congestion.
^ . ^
80.407
SO. 327
80.192
80.127
$0,085
$3,050
Average cost of total 6-inch relocation
1
Mains relocated
^inch
S-inch
8-inch
13S
176
80.166
.566
.159
80.685
.327
$0,246
.053
80.142
.045
.209
80.014
.153
.153
$0,061
.021
.016
$1,800
2.710
3.382
Department work. Excavation and backfilling done by Boston Transit Comroission. Sewer Division
and others.
Mains relocated
.464
.714
80.969
1.648
Mains relocated
80.428
Contract and department work; uncongested section, rock; generally unfavorable condition.
^
$0,278
$0,308
$0,145
$0,670
80.936
80.140
80.170
SO. 110
$0,032
82.693
Avera e cost of total 8-inch relocation
"
10-inch
10-inoh
10-inch
10-inch
280
355
109
670
80.646
.490
80.814
.375
$0,233
.139
.238
.123
80.582
2.883
.322
80.110
.062
.162
.081
80.155
.453
$0,020
.130
.064
.047
.122
.034
82.626
4 228
4.618
3.428
Department work; excavation and backfilling done by Boston Transit Commission. Sewer Division
and others; work involved with building of Beacon Hill tunnel; delays and obstruction thereby.
Department work; pavement, car rails; congestion underground.
Department work; business section; much congestion over and under grotind; overtime work; con-
ditions unfavorable.
Department and contract work; uncongested section. Sewer Division at work in street; work done
in instalments; many difficulties eocountered; very unfavorable condition.
$0,594
.054
.183
.611
1,4U
80.694
80.633
$0,158
80.870
$fl.452
80.088
SO 231
$0,149
80.326
80-050
83.562
Average cost of total 10-inch relocation.
12-iach
12-inch
12-inch
12-inch
12-inch
14
364
247
752
142
80.534
.903
.090
1.123
$1,200
1.452
.196
.039
1.189
80.260
.380
.112
.069
.401
$1,095
1.265
.143
1.470
.897
80.156
.192
.075
.167
.309
80.150
.120
.036
.102
.231
$2,866
3,945
3.106
2-983
6-159
Department work; uncongested section, cold weather, frost in ground.
Department work; excavation and backfilling done by Sewer Division and others; delay caused
in some of the jobs by waiting for excavation; overtime rates paid m other jobs.
Mains relocated. . . .
80.461
.865
1.895
$0,864
.146
$0,313
.042
.111
Mains relocated. . . .
connections and much work done therewith.
Contract and department work; uncongested section, rock: pipe lowered; services reconnected
and relaid. very bard job. interference from other work in progress at same time.
Mains relocated
1.519
80.424
80.521
80.183
81 . 148
80.680
80.166
$0,213
80.082
$0,108
$3,630
Mains relocated....
Ifr-inch
16-inch
119
485
$1,460
1.396
80.211
1.162
$0,177
.323
$1,785
.813
$0,185
.104
80.064
.069
83.873
3.87T
Mains relocated. . . .
80.008
movements necessary. . .
Department work; excavation and backfilling done by Sewer Division; delay caused by waiting
-
604
$1,406
$0,975
$0,294
81.005
80.120
80.006
$0,068
$3,877
Mains relocated
ao-inch
122
81.907
$0,575
$0,271
81.741
$0,181
$0,059
$4,736
movements necessary.
Mains relocated
24-miih
35
82.013
$11,772
80.605
86.355
80.131
82.132
823.060
Department work; assisted somewhat by Boston Elevated Railway Company, on whose account
work was done; overtime rates paid; working in rails delayed by Boston Elevated Railway
Company; 24-meh gate established and abandoned; condition generally unfavorable.
Water Department. 43
and conditions obtaining. Incidental expenses, such as
supervision, clerical work, holidays, injuries to men,
tools, cost of plant, depreciation, interest on money
invested, etc., are not included in these costs. They
represent the direct cost of the work with the exception
of articles manufactured in the shop and the teaming.
Those items include an additional amount covering
the immediate incidental expenses in the shop and
stable respectively.
In grouping the jobs with reference to conditions
considerable generahzation had to be made. A broad
standard had to govern the selection for the various
groups, as otherwise the subdivision would be almost
interminable. This can readily be understood when
one considers the variety of conditions encountered in
underground work and the modifications of the same
in different jobs.
Much apparently unwarranted variation in costs is
encountered in a study of the table, but in every case
there is an explainable and reasonable cause.
One of the disturbing factors in the ratio of costs
with stated conditions is the number of special castings
used. The more special castings (gates, valves, branches,
offsets, curves, sleeves, blow-offs, etc.) there are in a
given length of main the greater the cost of labor, lead,
teaming and miscellaneous per foot.
Short lengths of main as a rule cost proportionately
more per foot than long lengths.
In contract work the variable prices bid by success-
ful bidders are disturbing factors. Two sets of bids
on two different jobs where conditions are practically
alike will vary to a considerable extent.
As the department makes the connections in contract
work and as the cost of the connection work varies in
accordance with the number and difficulty of the same,
the proportion of increase or decrease in the cost per
foot is thereby varied.
The item of old pipe taken from the ground in replace-
ment and relocation work is a considerable factor in
reducing the cost per foot of main pipe and lead used,
inasmuch as its value as junk and in some cases as good
pipe is credited .against the cost of the new pipe used,
and the old lead joints recovered from the old pipe are
remelted and used to run the joints in the new work.
On the other hand, the labor item is increased by reason
of the breaking and handling and loading of the old pipe.
44
City Document No. 40.
The more hydrants there are included in a job the
greater the cost per foot of the main pipe labor, inas-
much as the fitting of hydrant branches into the line
causes cutting of pipe, extra joints, etc., and although
the hydrant is supposed to bear this extra cost, yet it is
difficult to correctly separate it from the main pipe
work.
Service pipe connections in replacement and reloca-
tion work are a very important influence in the
cost of jobs. They introduce the plumber, helper
and driller into the work with their attendant expense.
Service pipe fittings and variable lengths of lead pipe
also add to the cost, also extra digging and delay in
backfilling.
The foregoing are some of the causes that produce an
irregular scale of costs in the work. Sometimes they
appear singly in a job and sometimes several are found
in the same job, operating in conflict with each other
and against favorable factors that may also exist in the
same job. The effect is to neutralize either the good
or bad conditions and produce costs different from what
the salient factors of the job lead us to expect. These
factors, which are present in all jobs, are the size of pipe,
whether it is a new main, replacement or relocation,
the nature of the soil, the amount of congestion under
and over the surface, the weather and the kind of pave-
ment to be replaced.
Prices upon which Costs of
Main Pipe Laying
are Based.
Main pipe,
3-inch to 12-inch, inclusive, at .
$0.01165 lb
u
16-inch to 24-inch, inclusive, at
.01151b.
(I
30-inch to 60-inch, inclusive, at .
, .01181b.
u
specials, small, at .
.02581b.
a
" large, at .
.0251b.
Air valves,
1-inch, at
2.08 each.
u
IJ-inch, at
4.82 each.
u
2-inch, at
6.91 each.
Gate valves, 3-inch, at .
12 . 82 each.
((
• 3-inch (B. 0.), at
14.82 each.
u
4-inch, at .
15 . 95 each.
u
6-inch, at .
22 . 55 each.
u
6-inch (B. P.), at
25.42 each.
u
8-inch, at .
30 . 14 each.
u
10-inch, at .
50.46 each.
u
12-inch, at .
57 . 77 each.
li
16-inch, at .
104.89 each.
li
20-inch, at .
297.29 each.
(I
24-inch, at .
328.27 each.
u
30-inch (with 6-inch by-pass) , at
564.37 each.
u
36-inch (with 6-inch \
)y-p£
iss).
at
806 . 28 each.
Water Department.
45
Hydrant barrels, Boston post,
at . .
$49.82 each.
" " ordinary post, at .
44.78 each.
" " Boston Lowry, at
23.28 each.
" " Lowry, at
28.37 to 32.49 each.
" specials, at
.02581b.
Gate valve boxes, small, concrete, at
6.22 each.
« " " iron, at .
5.28 to 7.78 each.
« « " wood, at .
3.73 each.
" " large, wood, at .
4.68 each.
Hydrant boxes, post, concrete, at .
6.21 each.
« " " wood, at
4 . 19 each.
" " Boston Lowry, wood, at
6.11 each.
" " Lowry, concrete, at
6.41 each.
wood, at .
4.40 each.
Box frames and covers, at
.0221b.
Pig lead, at (average)
.043851b.
Lead pipe, at . . .
.0437 to .0532 1b.
Gasket or yarn, at
.061b.
Blocking, at . . .
.02 foot*
Lumber, at (average)
27.00 M. feet.*
Clay, at ... .
.0032 1b.
Firewood, at . . .
.77 foot.
Cartage, short haul (2| miles), at
. 75 ton.
Cartage, long haul (2| miles), at
1.40 ton.
Single team (department), at .
5.00 day.
Double team (department), at
7.00 day.
" (hired), at .
5.50 and 6.00 day.
Laborers, at . . ,
2.25 day.
Calkers, at .
2.25 and 2.50 day.
Pipe layers, at .
2.50 day.
Plumbers, at
3.00 day.
Drillers, at .
. 2.25 and 2.75 day.
Foreman, at
^
3.00 day.
Inspectors, at
,
. 2.75 and 3.00 day.
Cost of block paving with gravel bed and joints
.65 sq. yd.
" " " " concrete base and pitc'
1
joints . .
. 2.90 and 3.25 sq. yd.
Cost of asphalt paving
. 3.25 and 3.50 sq. yd.
" wooden block paving with concrete base
and cement joint
s
.
5.00 sq. yd.
Exclusive of the main pipe work covered in the pre-
ceding table, the following gate valves, air valves and
blow-offs were established, the valves on old mains and
the blow-offs on the ends of new mains:
Gate Valves.
4 16-inch, at total cost of
15 12 "
4 3" « «
6 6" "
1 4 « « «
1 l|-inch, at total cost of
12" " "
Air Valves.
$743
83
1,564
31
242
77
303
75
47
06
$21 49
39
09
* Board measure.
46 City Department No. 40.
Blow-
■offs.
1 3-inch
on 12-inch
main
Sit total cost of . . .
$50 10
7 3 «
" 8 "
«
Cl
a
357 56
6 3 "
" 6 "
u
((
a
364 55
1 3 "
" 4 «
u
(I
a
. . 57 43
1 1 "
a g «
((
u
u
20 17
The most expensive job per foot performed by the
department during the year was the laying of the 16-inch
and 24-inch Hnes upon the pipe trestle at Congress street
tunnel and the 30-inch line from the trestle to Atlantic
avenue. The conditions were extremely difficult. It was
necessary to roll the pipes upon the trestle one by one.
They were jointed a few at a time, and great care with
slow movements on the part of the men were necessary
because of the limited space and dangerous situation.
Both lines of pipe were tied to the manhole branches in
the shaft openings with l|-inch and 2-inch Bessemer
steel rods joined with turn-buckles. The tops of the
manhole branches were flanged and the cover plates
were bolted to the flanges with sheet lead packing.
The bolts were red-leaded. Air valves were placed in
the cover plates, and 2|-inch hose nipples with caps
screwed on were inserted in the cover plate of each
branch to permit of pumping out the siphons to a point
below the salt water line, if deemed necessary. The
vertical pipes in the shafts are also tied with rods and
turn-buckles from the manhole branches at top to the
curves at the bottom of the shaft where the pipes enter
the tunnel. These rods had become detached and it
was necessary before letting the water into the pipes to
make them fast. It was also considered desirable to
observe the joints for leaks when the water was turned
into the pipes. To do this the salt water which had
percolated into the tunnel and filled it and the shafts to a
point within a few feet of the shaft openings had to be
removed. This was quite a job, inasmuch as the shafts
are 63 feet deep and 7 feet 4 inches in diameter and the
tunnel is 1 12 feet long and 8 feet in diameter. After many
small difficulties were overcome the water was removed
by means of a No. 5 pulsometer pump. The steam
to operate the same was generated by an upright port-
able boiler set upon the bridge pier near the westerly
shaft. The pulsometer was suspended by a tripod and
lowered as the water receded in the shaft, the steam pipe
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Water Department. 47
and discharge hose being lengthened correspondingly.
The weather was very cold and it was difficult to main-
tain a sufficient head of steam in the pulsometer, due to
radiation in the long length of steam pipe from the boiler
to the pulsometer down near the bottom of the shaft.
The discharge and suction connections had to be abso-
lutely air-tight and every assistance given the pump
under the trying conditions. A few leaking joints were
discovered and easily repaired by calking. The two
lines on the trestle were housed by a double box with
pitched roof. This was a somewhat extensive job
and beyond the capacity of our carpenter shop. Extra
help was furnished by C. H. Belledue, carpenter con-
tractor, on a day labor basis. The box is about 413 feet
long, 8| feet wide and 4 feet high to the eaves and 6^
feet to the ridgepole. Suitable coverings were built
over the shafts. The entire structure was given two
coats of paint.
In laying the pipe from the trestle to Atlantic avenue
by way of Dorchester avenue and Congress street all
kinds of adverse conditions were encountered. The
locality is a very busy one and the great amount of
teaming, together with the accommodation given to the
occupants of buildings along the line, tended to delay us
and prevented economical methods in executing the
work. Tide water, conduits, sewer connections, catch-
basins, old timbers, manholes and a large sea wall of
heavy granite blocks lay in our path. There were
about 75 cubic yards of granite in the sea wall. The
blocks had to be cut so as to handle them and were
removed piecemeal. The dock timbers were large and
tough. The sewer connections were many and had to
be broken and relaid at suitable grades to admit the
laying of our pipes. The work had to be done when
there was the least amount of discharge from the build-
ings, some of which were occupied by manufacturers
employing large numbers of help. Water mains cross-
ing the line of the pipe had to be raised or lowered and
when we approached the middle of Atlantic avenue we
were obliged to offset both ways because of manholes
and junction boxes that could not very easily be moved.
The job with its continual obstruction impresses one
with the trying conditions to be met with in laying a
large sized main through the city's congested streets.
48
City Document No. 40.
Maintenance of Main Pipe.
Following is a table showing the nature of the work,
the number of times the work was done and the cost:
Nature of Wobk.
Number
of Jobs.
Cost of
Material.
Cost of
Labor,
Teaming
and Car
Fares.
Total Cost.
Leaking joints repaired.
Leaks due to settlement and other causes
repaired
Repairs caused by operations of Sewer
and Street Departm.ents, Boston Con-
solidated Gas Company and other cor-
porations
Pipes on bridges repaired and reinforced,
Gate valves renewed
Gate valves repaired
Gate valves repacked
Gate valves marked.
Gate valves inspected and tested
Gate valve boxes renewed
Gate valve boxes repaired
Gate valve boxes raised and lowered . . . .
Gate valve boxes cleaned out
Gate valve boxes inspected
Gate valve box covers cleaned off
Gate valve box covers salted
Frames and covers renewed
Streets repaved (including contractor's
work)
Dead end blown off
Bridge boxes painted
Bridge boxes repaired
Brick chambers, two built and two re-
paired
High service lines tested
Abandoned blow-off removed.
Sign posts erected for marking gate
valve locations
Siphons pumped out
Main pipes located
Signs on islands repaired and painted . . .
Gate valve boxes abandoned and filled in.
148
25
18
3
6
50
271
1,971
4,861
270
79
452
1,577
33
2,003
5,947
39
402
1,363
35
43
4
1
1
14
2
3
7
3
$367 66
280 26
63 89
258 43
550 98
200 66
11 78
2 10
25 22
1,537 19
53 42
316 25
161 43
86 95
738 85
7 18
281 61
432 64
67 67
Totals.
9 68
127 81
$5,581 66
$1,977 80
1,806 86
297 61
535 17
260 28
519 28
470 71
325 45
3,625 78
2,269 79
284 19
1,244 62
1,434 20
6 75
228 13
973 67
146 09
6,266 75
904 20
475 67
923 81
313 25
9 07
15 32
93 39
91 50
26 88
275 97
21 60
$25,823 79
»2,345 46
2,087 12
361 50
793 60
811 26
719 94
482 49
327 55
3,651 00
3,806 98
337 61
1,560 87
1,434 20
6 75
228 13
1,135 10
233 04
7,005 60
911 38
757 28
1,356 45
380 92
9 07
15 32
103 07
91 50
26 88
403 78
21 60
$31,405 45
BREAK IN 30-INCH MAIN^ TREMONT STREET, OPPOSITE SEAVER PLACE, JAN-
UARY 3, 1910; REPAIRED BY PIECE OF PIPE AND TWO SLEEVES. ON THE
LEFT IS SEEN ROOF OF SUBWAY AND WESTERLY 30-INCH MAIN RESTING
UPON IT. EDISON CABLES AND DUCTS ARE SUSPENDED OVER EASTERLY
MAIN. (See Page 49.)
Water Department. 49
It will be seen in the foregoing table that the total
cost of main pipe repairs and maintenance for the year
was $31,405.45, an amount considerably in excess of
that for the year previous. This may be accounted
for by the unusually large cost of repaying streets,
renewing, regulating and repairing gate valve boxes, the
maintenance of pipes on bridges and the expensive
leaks that occurred during the year.
It is to be expected that as the system grows older the
maintenance item will increase accordingly. In addi-
tion to this is the fact that repairs are yearly increasing
in cost by reason of increasing congestion under and over
the surface, the high class of pavement to be encountered
and replaced and the more exacting demands of the
public, to whom deference must be given in the matter
of shutting off water and interfering with street traffic;
overtime work with a greater wage cost results in the
one case and delay in the other.
During the past year a large amount of repaving was
done in the downtown section where this department
had made openings. In most of the cases the openings
had been made in previous years, but the burden of cost
is placed upon the year just passed. Although the
department has three patch paving gangs it is necessary
to let out much of the work to contractors. The large
number of boxes that are in the streets are a cause of
much expense. As most of them are made of wood they
are continually deteriorating and as a matter of safety
have to be renewed. We are substituting concrete
boxes in most cases and before long we hope to realize
good results in a lessened number of decayed boxes.
The work of the Street Department is a source of
expense to this department, changes in grade and street
repairs causing us to either lower or raise our boxes.
The worst leak that occurred during the year hap-
pened at 6.25 p. m., January 3, 1910, in Tremont street,
opposite Seaver place, when the easterly 30-inch low
service main laid in 1848 broke upon a mass of concrete
upon which it was resting. Before the line was shut
down a very large quantity of water escaped and flowed
through Tremont street to La Grange street, through
Eliot and La Grange streets to Washington street, and
northerly in Washington street as far as Boylston square.
It also flowed into Van Rensselaer place. About every
basement or cellar on both sides of the streets named
was flooded and in places where the cellars were extra
deep, as in the cases of the Majestic, Globe and Gaiety
50 City Document No. 40.
Theaters, the water accumulated to depths of from
two to five feet. The performances at all three theaters
were prevented, and it was only by the most energetic
work on the part of the department that the water
was removed and conditions improved so as to allow
a resumption of business. At the time the depart-
ment received notice of the break the emergency auto-
mobile and its crew was out answering another call; a
delay of about eight minutes occurred on this account,
but once upon the spot the gates were closed as quickly
as possible. Two 30-inch and one 16-inch gates are all
that are necessary to control the line at this point, but
as the westerly 30-inch line runs parallel within a few feet
distant it was necessary to close the gates on that line
before it could be determined which line was broken. Two
additional 30-inch gates, therefore, were operated. All
this was done in eighty minutes from the time the notice
was received at department headquarters. It was a
bitter cold night and succeeding day, and the work of
removing the water from the cellars and making repairs
proceeded with difficulty. We were handicapped by a lack
of efficient pumping apparatus, and I wish to say here that,
if the department expects to cope successfully with breaks
of a similar nature, it will have to provide itself with an
equipment of power pumps. The ordinary hand dia-
phragm pump is practically of no value in emergencies
of this nature. The cause of the break was the concrete
placed over a sewer and under our pipe. This faulty
condition was created when the pipe was shifted to the
east in 1896 to make room for the arch of the subway.
The concrete was not laid for the entire distance under
our pipe. It was placed just at the point of fracture
and it was the uneven resistance combined with natural
settlement that produced the break.
The morning after the break a number of clerks were
sent into the buildings of the district affected by the
leak and a thorough examination of each place and a
schedule of all property found damaged was made.
This was of great value in the settlement of the claims
filed. It helped greatly to controvert the exaggerated
statements of the claimants. Furthermore, an experi-
enced adjuster and appraiser, Mr. John B. Graham,
was engaged to make quick settlement of all claims
possible without resort to the courts. I find from
experience, in matters of this kind, that immediate
settlements usually result to the advantage of the
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department. Upon the basis of settlements thus far
made I should estimate the total damage at $23,000.
The cost of repairing the break was $885.66. The cost
of pumping out and cleaning the cellars and clerical
expense was $438.65.
Many leaks and breaks have occurred in this part
of Tremont street since the subway was built in 1896,
all due more or less to the same cause, viz., uneven
resistance of the pipe bed, this in turn being due to the
disturbance caused by the building of the subway and
the shifting and laying of pipes in unsuitable locations.
Following is a list of the important ones and the cost
of repairs. No mention is made of the damages paid
by the department for loss to property. This item in
many cases was large, and in one case in particular,
that of August 8, 1900, when the 30-inch main broke
at Hotel Touraine, was very large, running into thou-
sands of dollars.
N
Date.
Location.
Cause.
Cost of
Repairs.
May 14, 1897.
Aug. 11, 1898.
May 5, 1899.
Aug. 30, 1899.
Aug. 8, 1900.
Sept. 5, 1900.
Nov. 23, 1903.
Mar. 29, 1904.
Mar. 1,1907.
May 13, 1907.
Tremont street, at Common
street, easterly 30-inch
main.
Tremont street, near Hollis
street, westerly 30-inch
Tremont street, at Pleasant
street, 30-inch main.
Tremont street, opposite
Common street, easterly
30-inch main.
Tremont street, at Hotel
Touraine, easterly 30-inch
Tremont street, at Hollis
street, 30-inch main.
Tremont street, opposite
Hollis street, 30-inch main.
Tremont street, opposite
Common street, westerly
30-inch main.
291 Tremont street, 30-inch
main.
Tremont street, at Hollis
street, Hollis street' 16-
inch main.
Broken, % rigid bearing on
subway roof.
Pipe split. Sewer manhole
built over main, % sub-
way.
Joint leaking, % settlement.
Split, % settlement, rigid
bearing on subway.
Pipe broken by settlement.
Rigid bearing on side of
subway; piers supporting
it improperly.
Cost of stripping and
strengthening with brick
piers; raising and moving
laterally 192 feet.
Split, % settlement. Rigid
bearing. Subway tim-
bers left in ground.
Joint leaking, % settlement.
Split, % settlement. Rigid
support resting on roof of
subway.
Joint leaking, % settlement.
Pulled out.
Broken by settlement. Rigid
support resting on roof of
subway.
$189 64
153 41
17 36
358 52
2,204 52
5,182 89
435 10
20 55
307 00
56 97
157 93
52 City Document No. 40.
After the break at Hotel Touraine in August, 1900,
an attempt was made to give the easterly 30-inch main
a better bed with more uniform support, and it was
stripped from Boylston street to a point near La Grange
street and raised and moved laterally and brick piers
built under it. The work was stopped, however, at the
point mentioned and nothing has been done since. I
would advise continuing the work of stripping, examin-
ing, raising, supporting, etc., in a southerly direction as
far as the point in Tremont street north of Hollis street
where the pipe crosses to the westerly side of the street.
If this is not done we shall have repetitions of these
sometimes disastrous breaks.
Another point in the system that needs attention ere
something serious happens is the northerly abutment of
the Castle Street Bridge, where the two 30-inch mains
descend into Tremont street. The curve of the pipes is
both vertical and horizontal and the vibration due to
passing trains, together with the loose nature of the
soil, has tended to work the joints apart and many
times in the last few years we have been called upon to
make repairs. The lines will have to be broken out
and made up again, using new castings, as we have no
duplicates of the extra long curves used. This cannot
be done too soon as the result of a break at this point
would be of serious consequence.
The department is quite often called upon to remove
the boxes covering our pipes on bridges. This work is
occasioned through no fault of the box but because
the Bridge Division or the railroad wish to redeck the
bridge. If that part of the decking under the box were
independent of the rest, or, better still, if the pipe were
carried under the decking, some expense might be
spared the department.
In pursuance of a plan to uncover all pipes at bridge
abutments, examinations were made of the pipes at
Brookline Avenue, Commonwealth Avenue and Beacon
Street Bridges. At the two former places they were
found to be all right, but at the Beacon Street Bridge
a serious condition was exposed. Two 36-inch wrought-
iron pipes cross this bridge and at both abutments
converge underground into Y-branches, the single ends
of which are 48 inches in diameter. The joint connect-
ing the easterly end of the southerly wrought-iron pipe
to the cast-iron pipe of the Y-branch was drawn out
PIPE TAKEN FROM CORNER OF WALTHAM AND WASHINGTON STREETS,
MARCH 25, 1909. A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE EFFECT
OF ELECTROLYSIS. (See Page 53.)
Water Department. 53
about 3 inches and very near the point of separation.
The pipe was broken out and relaid iron to iron and the
joints re-run and tightly calked. The ends of the
wrought-iron pipes underground were found to be in a
fairly good condition, due no doubt to the dry, gravelly
soil, but as there was some rust and pits they were
scraped, painted with red lead and covered with a
3-inch jacket of cement mortar. This last precaution
is more or less experimental. The conditions found in
this case prove the necessity of examining all bridge
pipes at the abutments.
At Waltham and Washington streets the 12-inch
Waltham street main was exposed to repair a leak
caused by electrolysis. A section of the pipe was dis-
integrated by electrical action. Incidentally unusual
conditions were disclosed. The water main was found
resting on a sewer at one point and upon an abandoned
gas drip box at another. A conduit for electric
wires rested on top of the water pipe. Here was a
threefold violation of the rules of pipe laying, which
might have been prevented by proper inspection and
supervision.
"•In Harrison avenue, opposite No. 1115, while search-
ing for a supposed leak, a private pipe sewer was found
running along over our main in such a manner as to
cover our corporation cocks and prevent their operation
in the usual way from above. The sewer was suspended
by wires from an electric conduit. Several of the wires
had broken and allowed the sewer to drop upon our
main. This caused the sewer house connections to
break and the sewage to escape and the connections
to become stopped. All this trouble was caused by the
improper way in which the sewer was constructed.
That it was done knowingly was evidenced by the fact
that the main uprights or tubes on our corporation cocks
were removed.
In Callahan place, off Western avenue, Brighton, a
very peculiar condition was found in our 6-inch main at
the end of the place. Two perfectly round holes about
IJ inches in diameter and directly opposite each other
were found in the pipe. The holes were in all prob-
ability the work of electrolysis, as a large power house
is on the opposite side of the river and the returning
current traveled along the pipe to the end whence it
went into the ground and across the river to the dynamo
54 City Document No. 40.
where it started. There was nothing to indicate how long
the pipe had been leaking thus. The escaping water prob-
ably found its way to Charles river, not very far distant.
The 20-inch pipe crossing under the tracks in the rail-
road yard at South Boston still continues as a source
of trouble, leaks occurring from time to time due to
vibration. Just as soon as the water is turned on
through the new line entering South Boston by way of
Congress street tunnel this pipe should be abandoned,
the department thereby being saved further expense
and the railroad further inconvenience.
No serious leaks have occurred during the year in the
pipes crossing Charles river at Warren Bridge. An
examination of the 30-inch line at one of the quarter
bends on the Boston side of the siphon revealed a sleeve
joint almost entirely pulled out. A very good job of
putting the pipe together, tightening the tie rods and
running new joints was done by our Charlestown foreman
and the pipe has not troubled us since. The fact remains,
however, that these pipes should be carried across the
river in a tunnel and not in the present precarious way.
In Trumbull street the 4-inch main was found split
in a catch-basin through which it was laid. About
10,000 gallons an hour had been running into the basin
for an indefinite period. This was quite a considerable
item in waste and it was due to the Deacon meter system
that it was found. The main was relaid properly.
In Lake street, Brighton, where the 12-inch main
crosses a culvert, about one and one-half inches of a joint
had '^ blown out," and water escaped at the rate of about
5,000 gallons an hour. How long this had been going
on is unknown. The Deacon meter system was respon-
sible for the location of this leak also.
In the early fall of the year it was necessary, on
account of the rebuilding of the Huntington Avenue
Bridge over the Boston & Albany Railroad, to remove
the old 16-inch and 20-inch wrought-iron pipes that
have done service there for many years and replace
them with cast-iron pipes of the same sizes in slightly
different locations. The old wrought-iron pipes were
very much worn and eaten by locomotive gases, and it
was well that they were removed before they failed.
The insides were very much corroded and coated to a
thickness of almost two inches.
A 42-inch pipe on the westerly side of the bridge was
supported by the bridge builders during the rebuilding
Water Department. 55
of the structure. The large old main girders were
placed parallel to both sides of the pipe and were sup-
ported by blocking and timbers. Crosspieces of timber
were placed upon the tops of the girders and iron straps
or yokes, at short spaces apart, held the pipe suspended.
The ends of the straps or yokes passed through the
crosspieces of timber and were held in proper adjust-
ment by means of large nuts moving on threads and
turn-buckles. This arrangement proved a very good
support, and the line was maintained in service
throughout the progress of the work, with practically
no settlement or movement of the joints. New girders
were placed in position, a special bay for our pipe
was, provided, and cast-iron crossbeams, with the ends
resting on the bottom flanges of the girders, supported
the pipe. The ends of the crossbeams where they
rested on the flanges of the girders were covered with
concrete to protect them from the locomotive gases,
and the pipe was wedged with oak wedges upon each
crossbeam to prevent a lateral movement. The whole
bay, which runs under the sidewalk of the bridge, is
covered by reinforced concrete slabs. They can be
removed any time it is necessary to approach the pipe
from above. An air valve is placed in the pipe to be
operated through a manhole in the sidewalk above.
All expense to this department was charged to the cost
of rebuilding the bridge.
The work of inspecting, testing and oiling gates was
continued by the gang especially detailed for that class
of work, with good results. The gang consists of seven
men and two teams, and since it was organized, August
24, 1908, it has worked upon gates as follows: From
August 24, 1908, to December 3, 1908, and from
March 12, 1909, to December 7, 1909, or 306 working
days. The remainder of the time was spent in hydrant
work, the weather not being suitable for gate inspection.
During the time engaged in inspection the following
work was done:
Seven thousand and ninety-five gates tested, oiled
and packed, if necessary, in the city proper. South
Boston, Roxbury and Back Bay districts. The large
gates were gone over several times and received special
attention. A considerable number of small gates have
been gone over twice. In connection with the work of
testing, etc., 1,952 boxes have been cleared of mud,
water, tin cans, stones, dead animals, etc.
56 City Document No. 40.
The locations of all gates have been marked on
buildings, poles or some stationary object. Poles
holding signs indicating the distances and directions
of gates at points where there are many gates located
within a small area have been erected. Other similar
signs have been attached to trolley poles. Such work
has been done in about sixteen or eighteen cases. About
200 gate covers that were worn out or marked incor-
rectly have been replaced or exchanged.
One hundred gates were found to be either missing
on the plans, or else upon the plan but not in the
ground.
Found twelve gates that required repairs to the extent
of replacing them with new ones.
Two hundred decayed boxes and tops were found
and reported.
One 36-inch box at Brookline avenue and Beacon
street found packed solidly with dirt, where some one
had used it as a dumping place. At Beacon and Exeter
streets a large chamber on the 40-inch line was found
filled in the same way, except that it contained crushed
stone and was more difficult to remove.
A gear upon a 24-inch gate, near South and Walter
streets. West Roxbury, was found broken where a
steam roller had crushed into the box and pressed it.
Most important of all, one 6-inch division gate,
between the high and low service in South Boston, was
found open, allowing a very large quantity of water
daily to flow from the high to low service.
Twenty-nine high service and twenty low service gates
of various sizes, ranging from 4-inch to 20-inch, were
found closed and impeding the circulation. About 300
gates of all sizes in both the high and low service systems
Vfere found partially closed.
An interesting fact in connection with these closed
gates was that about 24 of them were located within an
area of about one-sixth of a square mile. Four thousand
three hundred, cards have been made out and filed, giving
data concerning each gate, the idea being that eventually
we shall have a complete card system of the gates con-
taining all necessary data, the system to be maintained
and used as a part of the gate inspection system. On
account of lack of clerical help it is impossible to record
every movement of each gate in the department. This,
however, should be done as we could then know who
Water Department. 57
operated a gate last, and responsibility for negligence or
improper operation could be placed.
While operating a large gate more men are required
than at other times. In the congested parts of the
city, men with signal flags are used to keep vehicles
and pedestrians from going into the manholes.
A considerable amount of lost time is caused by the
repairing or packing of a gate, as the gang as a whole
'cannot move faster than its slowest man, which is the
repairer at work upon the gate. We of course try other
gates in the vicinity while the repairer is at work, but
if they are found to need attention it means that the
gang with its tools and team must remain within a
limited distance. Another impediment is the entering
of buildings to ascertain whether or not pipes that show
in the streets are in service or not. It is not unusual to
find a fire or elevator gate in the street which to all
appearances controls a pipe that is in service, when in
reality it is cut off in the foundation wall and some-
times not even plugged or capped. The consequences
may readily be imagined should we open the gate on
such a pipe. Furthermore, the building has to be
notified of our intention to lower the gate, as even a
momentary interruption in the supply sometimes causes
inconvenience and alarm, and it is not unusual that
upon lowering the gate it is impossible through some
defect in its mechanism to raise it again, hence the build-
ing is without water and without notice. This spells
trouble in large type.
Our investigations in this line have revealed conditions
that are surprising. Fire pipes that were supposedly
protecting buildings from fire, and thereby affording the
owner a basis for a reduction in his insurance rate, have
been found shut off, sometimes without the knowledge
of the owner and at other times with his knowledge and
with his indifference as to whether or not they are turned
on.
Hydrants.
During the year 256 public and 2 private hydrants
were established, and 151 public and 3 private hydrants
were abandoned, making a total number of 8,024 public
and 307 private and suburban hydrants connected with the
system January 31, 1910. This work comprised not only
the establishment of additional new hydrants, but also
the changing of the style and location of old hydrants.
58
City Document No. 40.
Following is a statement of hydrant work performed
during the year and cost of same:
HYDRANTS.— ADDITIONAL AND CHANGES IN STYLE AND LOCATION.
NXTMBEB.
Cost of
Material.
Cost of
Labor,
Teaming,
etc.
Total
Cost.
115, additional
$9,687 94
6,758 25
$1,446 02
3,735 67
$11,133 96
154, changes in style and location
10,493 92
269 total
$16,446 19
$5,181 69
$21,627 88
Note. — The changes include eleven hydrants abandoned which were not replaced.
HYDRANT REPAIRS.
Nature of Work.
Number.
Cost.
Barrels changed
Barrels cleaned out
Barrels repaired for various causes
Blown off
Boxes cleaned out
Boxes inspected
Boxes pumped out
Boxes raised and lowered
Boxes renewed
Boxes repaired
Chains inspected and repaired
Covers cleaned of snow
Frames, covers and bonnets renewed
Hydrants raised and lowered
Inspected on account of cold weather
New branch
Oiled
Painted
Relocated. ,
Repaired on account of operations of Sewer Division
Streets repaved on account of hydrant work
Tested
Thawed out
Wasted
107
2
225
3
1,298
354
190
117
263
123
1,844
150
47
22
34,223
1
487
5,007
34
1
156
2
21
937
$2,091 56
3 51
583 42
4 14
506 46
54 87
110 61
483 11
3,934 92
507 28
281 43
15 75
231 90
630 33
7,329 11
31 85
141 35
1,402 87
958 33
2 77
767 04
4 50
19 59
48 88
$20,145 .58
Water Department. 59
From the foregoing it may readily be seen that the
hydrants are quite an expense to the department.
Nothing is received from the Fire Department for their
use nor for the water used at fires. It is therefore
apparent that the Water Department is contributing
in large measure to the work and cost of extinguishing
fires out of a special tax (water rates), while the general
presumption holds that fire protection is supported by
the general tax levy.
The largest item in hydrant maintenance is ^^inspec-
tion.'^ This always will be a necessary work, as in our
cold and variable climate it is almost impossible to
have hydrants in a condition for quick use without
inspection. This is especially the case since hydrants
have been used to such an extent by the Sewer, Street
Cleaning, Street Watering and Highway Divisions of
the city and numerous contractors. The men in the
employ of the aforesaid are either ignorant or indifferent
as to the proper manner in which to operate the hydrants,
and as a result serious defects occur which have to be
first located and then remedied. It is necessary in cold
weather to follow the Fire Department closely and
examine every hydrant that has been opened by that
department. This, of course, might be obviated if the
Fire Department saw that every hydrant which was
opened was left in proper condition, but they do not do
so and cannot be depended upon for that service.
Around the wharves and in the outlying districts there
are boxes which have to be pumped out every day or else
the water accumulating in them from the tide and springs
will freeze and at the same time freeze the hydrant.
One cannot plan upon any particular economy in the
inspection of hydrants, as the winter it is intended to
carry it out may be a severely cold one and a most
thorough and continuous inspection will be imperative.
In this climate of ours we may have two or three weeks
of mild weather and feeling presumptions as to the
necessity of inspection lay off the men, only to find it
necessary a few days afterward to recall them.
The renewal of boxes is a matter of much importance
and expense. Of the several thousand in the streets there
is always a certain number collapsed or so near that
state as to be dangerous and require immediate attention.
It is not unusual to have suits for damages grow out
of these cases. The use of concrete boxes is expected
to prevent occurrences of this nature within a few years.
60
City Document No. 40.
The Boston post hydrant is used by the department
wherever practicable and is giving thorough satisfaction.
I must again urge the restriction of the use of hydrants
to the Fire and Water Departments. No others should
operate them unless it is considered desirable that a
large percentage of them should be more or less defective
all the time.
Tables III. and IV. appended show the number of
each style of hydrant, public and private, established
and abandoned during the year, the districts in which
they are located and the total number in the system
January 31, 1910.
Service Pipes.
Thirteen hundred eighty-one service pipes, of diam-
eters varying from f inch to 16 inches, were laid dur-
ing the year, and 377 were abandoned. The net
increase for the year was 1,004. The total number of
service pipes in the system is 96,049. The term ^'service
pipe" includes not only those pipes supplying water to
premises for strictly domestic purposes, but also fire,
motor and elevator pipes. Tables V. and VI. appended
give details as to number, size, length in feet, etc. All
f-inch pipes are made of lead. Those ranging from
f -inch to 2-inch, inclusive, are of lead and lead-lined iron.
Pipes of 3 inches and upward are of cast iron.
The cost of laying and abandoning service pipes
during the year may be found in the tables following:
COST OF LAYING NEW (OR ADDITIONAL) SERVICE PIPES.
Size.
Number.
Length
in Feet.
Labor,
Total
Cost.
Average
Material.
Teaming,
Repaying.
Blasting.
Cost per
etc.
Service.
Average
Cost per
Linear
Foot.
16-inch
10-inch
6-inch
4-inch
3-inch
2-inch
1 §-inch
li-inch
1 f-inch
|-inch
f-inch
1
2
2
65
27
8
16
7
55
81
999
86
17
34i
1,3111
5691
179i
354
259i
1,249
2,007i
22,5071
$251 24
75 30
63 66
3,136 11
1,194 73
185 24
317 66
143 13
683 36
857 97
7,507 93
$68 97
85 52
55 88
1,979 93
794 93
99 30
219 64
111 39
676 70
878 34
9,898 63
$309 76
91 61
68 97
26 64
75 80
$9 50
50 00
1,121 00
$320 21
160 82
119 54
5,425 80
2,081 27
284 54
606 27
264 02
1,410 06
1,762 95
18,603 36
$320 21
80
41
59
77
83
47
77
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35
57
37
89
37
72
25
64
21
76
18
62
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9 46
3 46
4 14
3 65
1 58
1 71
1 01
1 13
88
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City Document No. 40.
COST OF SERVICE PIPES ABANDONED AND PLUGGED INDEPENDENTLY OF OTHER WORK.
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f-inch.
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1
2
3
3
5
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6
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198
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$17 88
$20 17
$12 40
$7 77
$7 77
18
17 19
28 78
45 97
8 09
37 88
18 94
167
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35 18
36 85
8 98
27 87
9 29
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38 11
16 19
21 92
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26 85
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8 68
81 16
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4,145
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1,213 89
166 16
1,423 77
143 36
1,280 41
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7 96
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7 38
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17
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As stated in last year's report the demand for larger
service pipes is yearly increasing, due to the require-
ments of modern plumbing, the erection of larger build-
ings and the installation of the automatic sprinkler
system of fire protection. The extension of the high
service system is a resultant of these new conditions.
The present capacity of that system is limited, however,
and if the demands made upon it continue to grow at
their present rate provision for a larger supply ought to
be made very soon. As at present situated not over
one day's supply is available in the event of a crippling
of the pumping machinery at Chestnut Hill. The
standpipe at Mt. Bellevue is also inadequate for the
demand made upon it. The higher parts of the West
Roxbury district which it supplies are being rapidly
populated. Conditions are such now that when any
unusual draft is made upon the system during the
day the pumps ''race" in their efforts to keep the tank
filled.
In the work of maintaining the service pipe system
the following statement will show the variety of work
done, the causes, number of jobs and the total cost:
Water Department.
63
Kind of Work and Causes.
Number
of Jobs.
Total Cost.
Repaired leaks caused by:
settlement
defective pipe
defective cock
defective coupling
defective joint
pick hole
electrolysis
operations of Sewer Department
worn packing
operations of Edison Company
loose coupling
steam roller
broken gate screw
subway construction
defective gate valve
cock turned wrong way
chemical action of lime
broken connection
broken valve stem
operations of meter service
worn washer
gate improperly shut
operations of contractor '.
blasting
gate left open
Repaved — settlement
Repaired — no force
Shut-off and let on — repairs and nonpayment
Investigations where no action by department was required.
Regulated uprights above and below grade
Repaired defective service uprights
Frozen pipes thawed out
Service pipes relocated
Decayed boxes renewed
283
280
86
86
35
84
14
34
14
3
12
5
2
2
1
5
2
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
661
434
866
718
2,990
86
14
27
13
$3,668 08
" 2,681 31
676 11
630 33
443 72
280 53
192 82
177 80
130 33
89 76
70 62
56 37
40 71
32 62
27 54
27 02
25 96
19 30
11 57
10 59
6 03
3 31
2 60
1 46
1 41
4,822 72
3,473 68
1,736 68
1,687 51
935 23
409 51
225 61
224 46
129 73
Carried forward.
6,768
$22,953 03
64
City Document No. 40.
Kind of Work and Causes.
Number
of Jobs.
Total Cost.
Brought forward -. .
Regulated gate boxes to grade
Cut out dead pipes
Relocated uprights out of place
Established new sidewalk cocks
Cleared uprights filled with dirt
Established new sidewalk uprights, missing
Established new flange boxes, improyement
Dirty water blown off
Repaired broken frames
Repaired defective box
Pumped out manhole
Established new gate box
Cleaned gate boxes
Replaced stolen service pipe
Replaced upright tops, missing
Replaced box cover, misplaced
Repaired loose gate bolts
Removed plugs
Replaced missing sidewalk nuts
Cleaned iron box filled with dirt
Repaired rusted cock
Tested service for pressure
Cleaned up after repairs
Established new combination top
Totals
6,768
56
10
24
39
12
11
6
9
3
1
1
1
2
1
4
1
1
2
4
1
2
1
1
1
$22,953 03
233 15
102 74
143 37
78 11
75 02
56 37
38 20
23 31
19 73
15 86
10 68
10 01
6 71
6 26
4 62
3 49
3 21
3 19
3 13
2 56
2 32
1 51
91
74
6,962
},798 23
On January 21, 1910, the ^^off-and-on" force of the
Income Division was transferred to the Distribution
Division. Twenty-five men were thereby brought into
the service of the Distribution Division to perform the
work of shutting off and letting on water for repairs,
nonpayments, vacancies, etc. Under this arrangement
the work can be done more expeditiously and econom-
ically, as when pressed with an unusual number of
orders the regular repair force of the Distribution Divi-
sion may help out, and when work is slack the ^^off-and-
on" men can be used in repair work. Furthermore,
two men for each outlying district were selected from
Water Department. 65
the force to serve permanently in those districts as ^^off-
and-on" men. A saving of time and car fares is thus
effected, as heretofore the men started on their jobs
from a common center — 710 Albany street. When
bound for remote places in Dorchester, West Roxbury
or Brighton much time was consumed in going to and
from the jobs. The money received for letting on is
forwarded daily to the Income Division, City Hall.
Tables V. and VI., appended, show the number, size
and length of service pipes laid and abandoned during
the year and the total number of each size and aggre-
gate length in the system January 31, 1910.
Meters.
Chapter 524 of the Acts of 1907 requires all cities
and towns supplied by the Metropolitan Water and
Sewerage Board to meter all new services and 5 per cent
yearly of all old services, except those used for fire or
public purposes. Chapter 177 of the Acts of 1909
places a penalty upon the nonobservance of the law
of 1907. It was therefore incumbent upon this depart-
ment to increase its equipment so as to comply with the
demands of the law. An arrangement was made so
that the Distribution Division assumed the work of
installing all outside meters and all repairs on outside
meters and meter boxes. This allowed the Meter
Department of the Income Division to devote its entire
force to the installation of inside meters and the testing
and repairing of meters in the shop.
Following is a statement of new meters installed by
the Distribution Division and the cost of the work,
exclusive of the cost of the meters, also a statement of
repairs on outside meters and the cost of same:
66
City Document No. 40.
NUMBER AND SIZES OF NEW METERS INSTALLED AND COST OF SAME
(COST OF METER NOT INCLUDED).
NuMBEK Set.
Size.
Cost of
Material.
Labor,
Teaming,
Car Fares,
etc.
Total Cost.
Outside.
Inside.
700
1
|-inch
|-inch
f-inch
f-inch
1-inch
1 1-inch
2-inch
3-inch
4-inch
6-inch
$5,612 32
12 69
641 20
6 15
408 85
110 80
68 13
8 99
26 10
22 30
$5,873 11
34 70
663 49
11 25
498 76
108 90
90 65
28 25
24 07
40 32
$11,485 43
74
16
47 39
1,304 69
48
5
17 40
907 61
9
219 70
6. . . . .
158 78
1
37 24
1
50 17
1
62 62
840
21
S6,917 53
$7,373 50
$14,291 03
METER REPAIRS, CAUSES, NUMBER OF JOBS, AND COST OF SAME.
Causes.
Number of Cost of
Jobs. Material.
Labor,
Teaming,
Care Fares,
etc.
Total Cost.
Decayed box
Settlement of paving
Defective box.
Leak, defective pipe .
Abandoned
Frame broken
Change
Boxes inspected ,
No force
Stoppage
Coupling loose
Cover of box off ... .
Box pumped out . . . ,
Totals
81
116
38
25
1
2
1
18
4
2
2
1
1
$447 44
62 73
29 46
17 59
5 09
84
$636 68
434 66
126 29
103 92
11 49
6 29
9 98
5 63
4 00
3 03
1 64
1 13
85
,084 12
497 39
155 75
121 51
11 49
11 38
10 82
5 63
4 00
3 03
1 64
1 13
85
292
$563 15
L,345 59
$1,908 74
Water Posts.
During the year one water post for street sprinkling
carts was established and four abandoned, leaving a
Water Department.
67
total number of 516 connected with the system January
31, 1910. The total cost of the work was $62.41, with
a credit of $74.45 realized from reclaimed stock. The
excess of this credit over the cost of work was applied
on bills for repairs which are continually being rendered
by this department to the Street Cleaning and Watering
Division of the Street Department for the care and main-
tenance of the posts. Formerly these posts were
entirely in our charge, but since 1906 we have simply
executed orders to do work as issued by the Street
Cleaning and Watering Division and charged the
expense to that division. Following is a statement of
repairs performed by this department on water posts
during the year, the number of jobs, the causes and
the cost:
WATER POST REPAIRS, CAUSES, NUMBER OF JOBS, AND COST OF SAME.
Causes.
Number of
Jobs.
Cost of
Material.
Labor,
Teaming,
Car Fares,
etc.
Total Cost.
Leaking valve
Pipe rusted out
Standpipe leaking
Post hit by team
Post arm broken
Box decayed
Broken valve
Broken waste cock
Paving settled
Shut off for winter
General overhauling
Main cock broken
Gate broken at main
Post arm leaking
Hard to operate
Leaking waste cock
Post in way of setting edgestoue
Coupling leaking
Pipe in way of conduit
Waste cock broken
Nipple broken
Carried forward
78
7
14
6
17
5
28
18
5
51
2
2
1
5
10
7
1
4
1
1
3
$8 33
27 45
6 73
9 23
15 70
31 45
16
23
2
71
3
30
10
56
7
62
1
45
33
2 84
3 80
74
61
$173 84
83 07
81 07
70 07
60 74
44 21
69 27
38 07
48 09
45 11
27 58
17 86
9 68
14 81
15 06
14 59
9 25
6 41
5 05
6 78
6 62
$182 17
110 52
87 SO
79 30
76 44
75 66
69 27
54 30
50 80
45 11
30 88
28 42
17 30
16 26
15 06
14 59
9 58
9 25
8 85
7 52
7 23
266
$149 08
$847 23
$996 31
68
City Document No. 40.
Water Post Repairs, Causes, Number of Jobs and Cost of Same. — Concluded.
Causes.
Labor,
Number of
Cost of
Teaming,
Jobs.
Material.
Car Fares,
etc.
Total Cost.
Brought forward . . . .
Broken frame
Box top piece decayed
Waste cock left open. .
Joint loose
Dirt in stop cock box .
Not shut off properly.
Elbow broken
Testing
Main cock leaking. . . .
Pick hole in pipe
Base loose ,
Inspection
Box full of water
Totals
266
$149 08
$847 23
1
4 59
2 16
3
1 49
4 76
1
3
5 75
5 44
24
3
4
2
4 78
4 42
3 25
43
4
1
1
3 00
2 57
1 97
10
1
1
1
1 44
85
66
292
$155 93 .
$888 28
$996 31
6 75
6 25
5 75
5 68
4 78
4 42
3 68
3 00
2 57
2 07
1 44
85
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Fountains.
During the year nine drinking fountains were estab-
lished, seven for horses and two for the general public.
Sixteen were abandoned; they were mostly of the old fash-
ioned type of combination fountains for man and beast.
It is the policy of the department at present to do away
with these fountains, as the part for man is out of date
from a sanitary standpoint, and the part for beasts — a
low stone trough — is exposed to abuse from unthinking
and malicious persons. In replacing them circular iron
bowls with continuous flow of water are erected in the
center of squares or street intersections. They are
away from the path of those who would abuse them and
the bowls are sufficiently high to allow a horse to drink
without being unchecked. This last feature is the
means of providing many a horse with a drink that would
go thirsty in the case of a low stone trough, where the
driver is too lazy to descend and uncheck. By locating
the new fountains at central points a lesser number was
Water Department.
69
necessary. Take, for instance, the fountain erected at
the intersection of Columbus avenue and Tremont street.
This replaced three of the old style located on Columbus
avenue at Whittier street, Columbus avenue opposite
Police Station 10, and Columbus avenue at Centre street.
The traffic passing any of these points is in most cases
likely to pass the point where the fountain is now located.
One fountain is doing the work of three. Other cases
were the same.
The cost of the work of erecting new fountains and
removing old ones was as follows :
Stock.
Labor,
Teaming, etc.
Total.
Credit by-
Removed Stock.
Net Cost.
$1,535 83
1
$1,458 13 $2,993 96
$1,520 82
$1,473 14
The work of maintaining the fountains was carried
on as usual. In addition to the many repairs necessi-
tated by the wear and tear and abuse of the fixtures
the troughs were cleaned daily. Two men are thus
employed daily in the central district, and one man in
each of the suburban districts makes the round of troughs
three times a week. The water is drained off and the
inside surface thoroughly scrubbed and periodically
burned out with a plumber's torch. The work of main-
tenance also includes the inspection of cold water foun-
tains throughout the summer, the taking of temperatures
and checking the amounts of ice placed in the box by
the ice companies under contract. It is my opinion
that better results would be realized if the ice were placed
in the box in a shaved state, instead of in large cakes as
at present. Furthermore, I think that better satisfac-
tion would be had in the matter of ice distribution if it
were delivered by one or two teams of the ice company,
upon which a representative of this department could
ride and observe at first hand the amount of ice placed
in the box. As an alternative, the department might
distribute the ice itself from various supply points.
Following is a statement of fountain repairs and
maintenance, with number of jobs performed, causes and
cost of same. Table VII., appended, shows locations
of fountains established and abandoned and total number
and different styles in service.
70
City Document No. 40.
FOUNTAIN REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE.
Causes, Number of Jobs and Cost of Same.
Causes.
Number
of Jobs.
Cost of
Material.
Cost of
Labor,
Teaming,
etc.
Total
Cost.
Inspection, taking temperature, etc. . .
Inspecting and cleaning horse trough . .
General overhaiiling Brewer fountain
Struck by team
Equippingfor summer use
Leak in supply pipe
Fountain reset
Drainpipe plugged
Fountain painted
Paving settled
Dipper stolen
Faucet broken
Cock broken
Waste pipe plugged (dirt, etc.)
Boxed over for winter
Ice box cover broken
Defective ice box
Broken coupling
Nipple broken
Dipper worn out
Grate broken
Faucet leaking
Leaking coupling
Waste pipe broken
Shut-off
Shut off for winter
Let on
Faucet stolen '.
S. C. box cover broken
Upright filled with dirt
Ornamental ball missing
Plug stuck in waste pipe
Pipe frozen
Water dirty
Carried forward
2,153
1,023
1
4
51
23
1
14
73
25
8
21
1
1
5
1
3
36
2
8
7
1
5
6
6
2
1
1
2
1
2
1
3,505
$107 45
38 57
63 89
11 49
16 69
7 33
17 41
16 71
19 80
31 07
16 55
6 98
16 81
4 21
5 20
53
3 59
8 38
1 02
13
14
1 70
2 26
86
5657 73
481 50
152 43
105 33
79 49
97 62
59 43
64 57
50 95
43 04
33 32
20 40
34 84
27 95
19 83
2 13
13 16
10 67
13 64
17 07
1 37
8 70
7 87
5 75
5 85
5 36
5 18
2 85
1 36
3 56
2 70
2 63
2 60
1 88
77
J,042 76
$657 73
481 50
259 88
143 90
143 38
109 11
76 12
71 90
68 36
59 75
53 12
51 47
51 39
27 95
26 81
18 94
17 37
15 87
14 17
20 66
9 75
9 72
8 00
5 89
5 85
- 5 36
5 18
4 55
3 62
3 56
3 56
2 63
2 60
1 88
J,441 53
Water Department.
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Fountain Repairs and Maintenance. — Concluded.
Causes.
Cost of
Number
Cost of
Labor,
of Jobs.
Material.
Teaming,
etc.
Total
Cost.
Brought forward
Pumping out water in ice box
Door broken
No force
Leak in waste pipe
Stop cock leaking
Pipe plugged
Broken elbow
Totals
3,505
$398 77
$2,042 76
2
1 74
1 21
49
1 10
50
1 51
1 50
1 13
14
15
1 10
3,513
$400 65
$2,051 45
,441 53
1 74
1 70
1 60
1 51
1 50
1 27
1 25
,452 10
Waste Detection.
The waste detection service was transferred to the
Income Division early in the year. In connection with
the matter of waste it is interesting to note that the
daily per capita consumption during the year just passed
was 149 gallons against 158 gallons the previous year.
It is estimated that more than one-half of this decrease
was due to the repair of large leaks located by the
Deacon meter system. The balance was due to the
restriction of general waste, brought about by the knowl-
edge that meters were being applied throughout the
city.
The Deacon meter in Harvard street, near Washington
street, city, abandoned when Washington Street Tunnel
was built, was re-established at No. 21 Harvard street
during the past year at a cost of $304.64 exclusive of
the meter.
Twelve Deacon meter boxes were renewed at a total
cost of $137.05 and two Deacon meters were repaired
at a total cost of $13.16.
Electrolysis.
This matter is now attended to by the City Engineer's
staff. It is growing in importance, and some time in the
near future the process of disintegration now going on
in the pipes at various points will reach the point of
failure or destruction with serious results. While con-
ditions exist as they are in the street railway system
72 City Document No. 40.
nothing can be done except to localize the trouble by
insulation and inform the street railway company of
its presence wherever manifested, so that the company
may take steps to recover its stray current and keep it
in its proper place.
Shop Work.
Reference to the statements of the work done by the
various shops in the department will give an idea of the
variety and extent of the same.
In the power plant there was used during the year
471,200 pounds of coal as against 497,000 pounds in
1908-09 and 671,200 pounds in 1907-08. The per-
centage of ash and clinker was 9.61 as against 10.16 in
1908-09 and 13.5 in 1907-08. Coal on hand February
1, 1910, 26,000 pounds. About 50 gallons each of
cylinder and engine oil were used during the year.
The machine and carpenter shops are engaged in the
regular manufacture of fixtures used by the department
in its work. In every shop or factory there are certain
fixed charges, or plant costs, which should be added to
the direct cost of the output in order to produce the
real cost of the articles manufactured. In the case of
our carpenter shop this ^' plant cost'' was calculated at
about 15 per cent of the labor cost of the boxes and
other articles manufactured, and in the case of the
machine shop 90 per cent of the cost of the labor was
added. This extra is added only to the work done in
the shop, and which requires the existence of a shop to
facilitate it. All work done by the carpenter and
machine shops on the , outside does nob include, this
additional factor.
In 1908-09 the '^ plant cost" of the carpenter shop was
20 per cent and that of the machine shop 70 per cent.
The changes in these figures are not due to increased
or decreased cost of plant. They are made because we
consider the figures of this year as more accurate.
The average cost of the output of the machine shop
was about 4 per cent less than that of last year. It
should be considered, however, on one side that the
costs of the iron and brass castings were about 10 per
cent and 2 per cent, respectively, less than they were
last year, and on the other side that the percentage for
^' plant cost," added to the labor, is 20 per cent more this
year than last.
Water Department. 73
Aside from the fact that it is a difficult matter to get
men in municipal employ to produce the same output
as those in private service, there are other conditions
that tend toward an increased cost. For instance, dur-
ing the year one man in the shop was absent about
fourteen weeks on account of sickness; another was out
almost the same length of time, due to sickness and jury
duty; and another has been absent off and on for some
time past, due to sickness also. Men are also frequently
called to work on outside work. All this interferes with
the uniformity and regularity of the shop work and the
output is lessened while the ^' plant cost" remains the
same. Furthermore, the shop might be run at a greater
capacity. Several more first-class machinists could be
employed and thus the unused power and facilities of
the shop utilized. It is of course more economical to
run a shop at full capacity than at any less rate. The
administration and power costs are practically the same
in either case, but in the event of running at full capacity
each article of the output bears a lesser proportion of
the running cost of. the plant. The idea is illustrated
by a train of cars running with full load of passengers
or half load, in either case the carrying cost is the
same.
Another matter that we have to contend with is the
difficulty of getting rough stock in sufficient quantity to
proceed on different lines of work without the proba-
bihty of being held up by a lack of stock. Under the
present system of buying both iron and brass castings
a year's contract is made, and if a new bidder secures
the contract, as has been the case each of the last few
years, it requires about one-half the year for the foundry
to get accustomed to our class of work, and it is only
during the latter part of the year that the stock arrives
with any uniformity and regularity. It would seem as
if the remedy for this was to ^^ stock up" or else have
the contract run for a longer period. The first proposi-
tion is a most desirable one, as nothing would be of
greater assistance than to have a large reserve stock of
rough castings to draw from, but our system of yearly
appropriations prevents this. The idea of making a
long term contract is not desirable because of the usually
unsettled condition of the iron and metal markets.
Some effort, however, should be made to better con-
ditions in this respect.
74
City Document No. 40.
In the concrete shop an electric motor was installed
to operate the cube mixer. This assists materially, as
the mixer when filled with a batch of concrete was very
hard to revolve.
Following are statements of the work performed by
the various shops and the costs of the same:
MACHINE SHOP.
STOCK MANUFACTURED FROM THE ROUGH.
Number.
Labor.
90
Per Cent
Added.
Stock.
Cost
Each.
Total
Cost.
3-inch gate valves
4-inch gate valves
6-inch gate valves
8-inch gate valves
10-inch gate valves
12-inch gate valves
16-inch gate valves
6-inch by-pass gate valves
Boston post hydrants
Lowry hydrants, 3 feet 9 inches
Lowry hydrants, 4 feet
Lowry hydrants, 4 feet 3 inches
Blow-off hydrants, 3 inches
2-inch air cocks
2-inch air cock bolts
1-inch sidewalk cocks
f -inch sidewalk cocks
1-inch sidewalk cocks
1-inch sidewalk cocks (iron pipe). . . .
|-inch corporation cocks
f -inch corporation cocks
l|-inch corporation cocks
|-inch stop and waste cocks
f-inch stop and waste cocks
1-inch stop and waste cocks
|-inch combination couplings
1-inch combination couplings
2-inch combination couplings
1-inch combination bent couplings . .
IJ-inch combination bent couplings.
2-inch combination bent couplings . .
16
69
82
98
42
53
19
11
172
5
13
4
48
23
36
1,033
116
25
51
1,857
33
77
426
149
47
1,436
386
60
131
50
50
$3 89
4 63
5 43
6 80
10 95
12 25
27 71
7 14
11 20
5 16
5 16
5 16
6 06
1 46
22
27
• 40
50 I
50
26
50
65
42
63
69
12
14
24
20
25
29
$7 39
8 80
10 32
12 92
20 80
23 28
52 65
13 57
21 28
9 80
9 80
9 80
11 51
2 77
42
51
76
95
95
49
95
1 23
80
1 19
1 31
22
26
45
38
47
55
$4 65
$12 04
6 03
14 83
10 93
21 25
16 45
29 37
25 18
45 98
31 82
55 10
45 24
97 89
10 48
24 05
25 51
46 79
16 08
25 88
17 52
27 32
17 75
27 55
10 64
22 15
3 91
6 68
24
66
25
76
40
1 16
55
1 50
77
1 72
27
76
45
1 40
1 27
2 50
27
1 07
36
1 56
62
1 93
18
41
27
53
75
1 21
38
76
71
1 18
98
1 53
$192 64
1,023 27
1.742 50
2,878 26
1,931 16
2,920 30
1,859 91
264 55
8,047 88
129 40
355 16
110 20
1,063 20
153 64
23 76
785 08
134 56
37 50
87 72
1,411 32
46 20
192 50
455 82
232 44
90 71
588 76
204 58
72 60
99 56
59 00
76 50
Water Department.
stock Manufactured from the Rough. — Concluded.
75
Number.
Labor.
90
Per Cent
Added.
Stock.
Cost
Each.
Total
Cost.
Female couplings:
f-inch coupling nuts . . . .
f -inch coupling nuts
1-inch coupling nuts
Ij-inch coupling nuts
f-inch coupling tubes
f-inch coupling tubes
1-inch coupling tubes
l|-inch coupling tubes
2-inch coupling tubes
1-inch meter coupling nuts
f-inch male couplings
f-inch male couplings
1-inch male couplings
IJ-inch meter nipples
2-inch meter nipples
Nipples for Doherty cocks
Nuts for Doherty cocks
|-inch solder nipples
f-inch solder nipples
1-inch solder nipples
Ij-inch solder nipples
1-inch by f-inch meter bushings
f-inch by f-inch meter bushings
1-inch meter bushings
f-inch meter bushings
f-inch iron plugs
5-inch set screws
1-inch set screws
Sidewalk uprights, bushed and fitted . . .
Hydrant wastes
4-inch jointers
6-inch jointers. . . . ;
8-inch jointers
10-inch jointers
12-inch jointers
16-inch jointers
30-inch jointers
16,169
3,698
263
200
15,431
1,862
758
313
112
441
792
500
99
231
50
15
30
56
501
179
150
106
250
372
165
398
2,695
72
2,034
154
5
10
13
5
11
2
2
Total.
$0 01
02
04
06
01
02
02
03
07
04
02
025
05
08
115
125
05
03
03
035
09
09
04
06
04
045
06
25
03
14
14
14
18
20
23
27
40
019
038
076
114
019
038
038
057
133
076
038
047
095
15
22
24
095
057
057
067
17
17
076
11
076
085
IL
47
057
266
26
26
34
38
44
51
76
$0 04
07
11
22
03
06
08
19
27
11
07
12
14
20
34
10
06
05
06
10
18
13
09
15
07
01
018
036
43
19
42
53
64
75
1 03
1 33
2 47
$0 059
108
186
334
049
098
118
247
403
186
108
167
235
35
56
34
155
107
117
167
- 35
30
166
26
146
095
132
506
487
456
686
79
98
1 13
1 47
1 84
3 23
$953 97
399 38
48 92
66 80
756 12
182 48
89 44
77 31
45 14
82 03
85 54
83 50
23 27
80 85
28 00
5 10
4 65
5 99
58 62
29 89
52 50
31 80
41 50
96 72
24 09
37 81
355 74
36 43
990 56
70 22
3 43
7 90
12 74
5 65
16 17
3 68
6 46
.f 32. 171 08
76
City Document No. 40.
STOCK REPAIRED AND RENOVATED.
Number.
Total
Cost*
$5
83
38
35
51
57
15
62
7
33
6
55
19
47
50
72
96
76
106
81
131
29
60
13
2
28
4
32
62
45
85
25
6
50
31
31
31
63
3
61
31
31
16
31
16
14
31
3
63
4
47
4
75
3-inch gate valves
4-inch gate valves
6-inch gate valves
8-inch gate valves
10-inch gate valves
12-inch gate valves
16-inch gate valves
Boston post hydrants
Bachelder post hydrants
Post hydrants
Lowry hydrants
Boston Lowry hydrants
f-inch sidewalk cocks
f-inch corporation cocks
|-inch corporation cocks
1-inch corporation cocks
1 5-inch corporation cocks. . . .
f-inch angle cocks
f-inch coupUng nuts
f-inch coupling nuts
1-inch coupling nuts
1 5-inch coupling nuts
2-inch coupling nuts
f-inch coupling tubes
f-inch coupling tubes
1-inch coupling tubes .......
1 5-inch coupling tubes. . . . . .
2-inch coupling tubes .^
5-ineh coupling tubes
Lowry hydrant bolts
Boston Lowry hydrant bolts .
Hydrant wastes
Corporation padlocks
Smith gate
3
10
17
6
2
2
3
7
15
30
46
24
57
108
13
9
17
5
1,300
38
29
18
41
722
38
40
13
11
6
7
14
121
14
1
Total .
$625 42
* 90 per cent is included.
Water Department.
77
MISCELLANEOUS WORK.
Number.
Cost.
Drilling, — gates, curves, reducers, offsets, caps, branches,
hydrant pots, 16-inch pipe, gate covers, oil cans, flanges
for meter department
Installed heating apparatus in East Boston yard
Installed heating apparatus in stable, 710 Albany street.
Reamers made
New tools made
Wagons repaired
Tools repaired
Air cock covers planed
Dipper handles made
Put covers on siphon pipes
Boiler in engine room repaired
Gates consigned to junk
Stretching bolts (1 inch)
Labor on defective castings
Hydrant barrels consigned to junk
Made gate sign brackets (pairs)
Made stretching bolts (f inch)
Made stretching bolts (f inch)
Made pump handles .' . . . .
Yard gate repaired
Two diaphragm pumps repaired
Meter valve repaired
Made bolt for East Boston yard
Axle pins made
737
6
13
9
110
2
300
2
13
12
16
6
6
16
77
276 74
75 70
73 33
69 65
69 46
51 83
22 80
18 65
18 35
17 57
12 85
11 16
10 77
10 77
7 15
5 19
5 18
4 75
4 67
3 63
3 00
2 06
1 30
Total
$1,159 33
CARPENTER SHOP.
STOCK MANUFACTURED.
310 small wooden gate valve boxes at $3.73 .
30 large wooden gate valve boxes at $4.68 .
91 wooden post hydrant boxes at $4.90
36 wooden Lowry hydrant boxes at $4.42 .
44 wooden Boston Lowry hydrant boxes at
6 wooden Boston hydrant boxes at $4.14
6 wooden Deacon meter boxes at $4.68
755 wooden meter boxes at $4.25 .
5 wooden blow-off boxes at $5.40 .
$1,156 30
140 40
445 90
159 12
1
268 84
24 84
28 08
3,208 75
27 00
Carried forward
),459 23
78
City Document No. 40.
Brought forward
117 wooden tops for small gate valve boxes at 50 cents
24 wooden tops for large gate valve boxes at 55 cents .
50 wooden tops for post hydrant boxes at 61 cents
57 wooden tops for Lowry hydrant boxes at 61 cents .
30 wooden tops for meter boxes at 61 cents ....
2,041 inches in pieces for raising small gate boxes at 9 cents
225 inches in pieces for raising large gate boxes at 10 cents .
1,158 inches in pieces for raising hydrant gate boxes at 10 cents
3,064 inches in pieces for raising meter boxes at 10 cents .
60 new t ools
12 reservoir covers
1,768 wooden paving blocks
10,704 wedges for concrete boxes and main pipe work
5,845 shelves for meter department
174 chocks ' .
204 6-foot pickets
34 wooden horses
Cut 14 ground boxes and stands for meter department
Total Cost.
$5,459 23
58 50
13 20
30 50
34 77
18 30
183 69
22 50
115 80
306 40
278 77
49 41
38 41
113 78
161 57
4 49
15 66
23 11
9 96
$6,938 05
MISCELLANEOUS WORK.
Remodeled East Boston pumping station, to be used as yard
headquarters
Remodeling and repairing paint shop
Tool repairs (2,171), filing saws, setting handles, etc.
Repairs in stable
Repairs in yard
Fitting up and repairs in concrete shed
Repairs (47) on wagons, (3) on buggies, (5) on automobiles
Repairs in commissioner's office ....
Repairs on building, 710 Albany street
Repairs in machine shop
Repairs on account of 30-inch leak, January 3, 1910
Repaired scales . . . . .
Repairs at Mt. Bellevue, West Roxbury
Repairs at Dorchester yard
Repairs in clerk's office
Fencing off plot with wire. East Boston Reservoir
Turned out 524 hammer and chisel handles .
Repairs in superintendent's office
Repairs at Charlestown yard
Labor on account of milling stock
Repairs at Brighton yard
Repairs at Parker Hill Reservoir
Repairs on fence around East Boston Reservoir
Made 61-foot box for thawing pipes
Repairs on account of Engineering Department
Repairs in electric shop
Repairs on superintendent's automobile
Made oak box for emergency automobile
Made tank for meter room ....
Made runs to clean out East Boston Reservoir
Cutting stock for electrician .
Made box for storeroom .
Repairs on launch ''Water Witch"
Repaired oil shed ....
Made 6 book rests for office .
Carried forward
Total Cost.
$2,658
11
957
62
720
95
685
33
526
18
441
84
335
32
251
87
124
45
87
75
86
68
57
84
42
45
40
28
35
82
35
17
34
72
33
33
29
42
28
93
24
57
23
38
22
37
19
60
19
20
15
12
14
49
13
38
11
83
8
76
8
20
7
27
7
06
7
62
6
75
^423 66
Water Department.
79
Brought forward ....
Repairs on tool house ....
Made sign for East Boston headquarters
Made 400 feet half-round molding .
Made 3 gate location signs
Made 2 settees for Doherty's tool house
Repairs at Fisher Hill Reservoir .
Cut stock for box cover at Long Island
Put new belt on circular saw .
Repairs on desk, East Boston district .
Total Cost.
$7,423 66
5 94
5 85
4 27
3 93
3 86
3 28
3 03
2 71
1 36
$7,457 89
CONCRETE BOX SHOP.
STOCK MANUFACTURED.
Labor.
Stock.
Cost
Each.
Total
Cost.
338 post hydrant concrete boxes, IJ inches thick. .
312 small gate valve concrete boxes, If inches
thick
$4 66
4 66
4 66
4 66
4 80
$1 42
1 29
1 38
1 87
1 61
$6 08
5 95
6 04
6 53
6 41
$2,055 04
1,856 40
224 meter concrete boxes, IJ inches thick
37 hydrant blow-off concrete boxes, If inches
1,352 96
241 61
13 Lowry hydrant concrete boxes. If inches
thick
83 33
924
$5,589 34
BLACKSMITH SHOP.
STOCK MANUFACTURED AND MISCELLANEOUS WORK.
Sharpened 9,587 picks, 1,269 bars, 3,956 chisels, 49 wedges
Made 547 new tools .
Repaired 1,605 tools
Made 3,397 dowels . ...
Repaired 44 wagons .
Made 986 post hydrant bolts
Installed motor, gearing, etc., for concrete mixer
Repairs on emergency automobile
Made 12 pairs straps ....
Repaired shop machinery
Repairs in yard, 710 Albany street
Made 228 Lowry hydrant bolts
Repairs in stable
Repairs in East Boston yard .
Repaired roaster
Put rings and chains on 241 hydrant caps
Made 2 seals for gate covers .
Made 12 brackets for gate chambers
Made 80 expansion bolts ....
Made 14 |-inch eyebolts
Made 40 Boston Lowry bolts
Carried forward ....
Total Cost.
$1,098 87
567
04
393
55
,309
65
136
47
98
60
72
18
59
57
46
17
42
55
35
92
34
02
33
23
26
06
25
25
22
92
14 02
12
78
9
02
7
29
6
47
5,051 63
80
City Document No. 40.
Brought forward ....
Made 256 post hydrant keys .
Made 4 plates
Made 8 pairs 4-inch pipe bands
Repaired 2 buggies
Made 200 S hooks
Made 230 hammer wedges
Made special pair 12-inch puddling head straps
Made 2 26-inch eyebolts
Made 10 clamps for main pipe repairs .
Made 61 wedges
Made 7 rings for whiffletrees .
Made 1 set straps for East Boston yard
Repairs in Charlestown yard .
Repaired tool box for West R^oxbury yard
Made 54 staples . ■ .
Repaired 1 harness
Repairs in engine room ....
Made 2 bolts for machine shop
Repaired office chair ....
Total Cost.
$3,051 63
5
5
4
4
4
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
71
15
65
11
10
04
78
42
20
11
10
09
78
18
13
81
78
75
67
?,099 19
PLUMBING SHOP.
ELECTRICAL WORK.
Electric lights installed in stable . ....
Electric lights installed in concrete shed
Electric lights installed in wagon shed ....
Electric lights installed in yard shed ('' senate ")
Electric lights installed in driveway ....
Electric lights installed in first, second and third floor, 710
Albany street
Electric fights installed in clerk's ofiice
Electric lights installed in meter office
Electric lights installed in superintendent's toilet
Electric lights installed in plumbing shop .
Electric lights installed in hallway, 710 Albany street
Electric lights installed in storeroom ....
Electric lights installed in meter room
Electric lights installed in Brighton yard .
Electric lights installed in Fisher Hill Reservoir
Electric lights installed in emergency automobile
Electric lights installed in superintendent's automobile
Electric fights installed in new headquarters, East Boston
Applying electrical power to concrete mixer
Installed horse clipper in stable
Moved indicator. East Boston yard, from old to new head
quarters
Wired commissioner's automobile for fights
Alterations in wiring commissioner's office
Nineteen batteries renewed
Installed private telephone in commissioner's office .
Installed telephone between main office and garage .
New cable on standpipe, Orient Heights .
Installed private telephone in superintendent's office
Installed microphane set in machine shop .
Installed storage battery in garage ....
Repaired 4 indicators
Repairs, East Boston Reservoir
Carried forward
Total Cost.
$131
29
48
04
50
70
28
59
15
36
94
95
110
17
* 72
38
20
30
79
24
23
87
157
53
56
82
94
01
91
55
42
61
54
55
227
82
136
16
113
50
109
86
50
26
40
90
40
48
37
44
35
10
34 04
33
80
32
95
22
93
16
73
14
56
.118 49
Water Department.
81
Brought forward
Adjusted 4 transmitters
Rewired commissioner's automobile
Installed electric bells in stable
Renewed batteries ....
Repairs, Parker Hill Reservoir
Installed extension lights in garage
Installed press button in plumbing shop
Repairs on superintendent's automobile
Inspected 2 indicators . . .
Installed extension hghts in paint shop
Installed binding posts, Post Office Building
Installed indicator, East Boston yard
Installed extension lights in Dorchester yard
Installed extension lights in stable
Repaired switch in concrete shed
Labor, delivering horn signal to East Boston yard
Placed new receiver and rubber cushion on office telephone
MISCELLANEOUS WORK.
Plumbing work in new headquarters, East Boston
Repairs in stable
Repairs in main building, Albany street yard
Repairs in paint shop
Repairs on automobiles .
Repairs in concrete shed
Repaired 30 tools ....
Made 600 nipples for concrete boxes
Made 17 tools ...
Repairs in brass finishing room
Repairs in machine shop .
Locating pressure gauge .
Repairs in meter room
Repairing washbowl in upper office
Repairs in office ....
Repairs in engine room .
Cut and bent wire for concrete boxes
Repaired radiator ....
Soldered 25 2-inch air cocks .
Made 125 iron nipples for rammers
Repaired sink in " senate "
Repairs in Dorchester yard .
Pumping sediment out of pipe in office
Repairs in blacksmith shop .
Repairs in carpenter shop
Repairs in electric shop . . - .
Repaired pipe for testing
Soldered Deacon meter wires
Made oil can for automobile
Total Cost.
$2,118
49
12
87
12
23
12
06
11
28
10
63
8
19
7
02
6 91
6
00
5
96
4
03
3
84
2
11
1
92
1
32
1
31
1
06
$2,227 23
Total Cost .
$278 23
69
95
49
03
36
96
30
27
28
70
23
85
21
60
20
82
19
64
13
63
12
69
10
64
8
72
8
27
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58
7
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5
82
5
60
5
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3
68
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63
97
44
44
37
40
40
PATTERN SHOP
Made 203 patterns .
Repaired 108 patterns
Shellacked 76 patterns
Labor, storing patterns
Carried forward
$677 18
Total Cost.
$1,029 77
597 24
28 13
18 71
$1,673 85
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Brought forward . .
Made case of drawers for shop
Repairs in shop ....
Labor, account cleaning two lathes
Repaired 6 tools ....
Labor, account putting in lumber
Labor, account taking stock
Labor, account carrying patterns to foundry-
Labor, account filing saws ....
PAINT SHOP.
MISCELLANEOUS WORK.
Painted stable and emergency room 710 Albany street
Painted new headquarters, East Boston yard .
Painted fence and buildings, Charlestown yard
Painted 12 wagons and buggies
Painted, varnished, etc., in superintendent's office, 710
Albany street
Painted in main building (hallways, etc.), 710 Albany
street
Setting glass in main building, 710 Albany street
Painted commissioner's office
Pa,inting in yard, main gate, etc., 710 Albany street
Painted gates, sleeves and branches (stock)
Painted pattern room, 710 Albany street .
Painted motor boat (Engineering Department)
Painted 19 tools (derricks, etc.)
Painted 9 gate signs .
Painted annex to concrete shed, 710 Albany street .
Painted 2 tool houses
Set glass in tower, Mt. Belle vue. West Roxbury
Painted superintendent's automobile ....
Painting in Dorchester yard (painted sign)
Setting large light of glass at 18 Howard street
Cleaned and shellacked chairs and desks in storeroom
Painted standpipe door. Orient Heights, East Boston
Lettered large light of glass at 18 Howard street
Set glass in tool house
Total Cost.
$1,673 85
16 21
12 38
10 13
9 00
7 53
6 23
50
16
;i,743 99
otal Cost.
S605
33
553
38
401
65
303
56
184 89
164 61
88
96
87
32
49
67
47
54
38
22
34
30
33
27
30
78
25
79
20
16
14
39
13
97
13
14
6
00
5
45
4
31
1
46
1
43
1,729 58
MISCELLANEOUS WORK.
1,026 inspections of patch paving
Portion of yard at 710 Albany street paved ....
Masonry work of all kinds, account of fitting up new headquar-
ters at East Boston _ .
Laboring work, removing old pumps and foundations and
doing a variety of things in connection with fitting up new
headquarters at East Boston
343 inspections of corporation work underground
2 pressure gauges established in West Roxbury
5 sets of test holes dug for Engineering Department
Cleaned sidewalks of snow and ice at East Boston Reservoir,
New brickwork in engine room, Albany street ....
105 inspections of department street openings ....
Watching pipes account of sewer construction ....
Carried forward
Total Cost.
$844 21
747 51
665 6.4
334
24
250
99
174
29
143
82
95
08
91
54
84 58
84 00
J,515 90
Water Department.
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Total Cost.
Brought forward . . . $3,515 90
Installed heating apparatus in paint shop (work by Engineer
Abbott) 78 21
Labor, delivering water from hydrants 62 15
Built new fence at new East Boston headquarters ... 57 38
Extended steam pipe underground to paint shop (work by
yard men) 30 58
Labor, investigating pipes crossing bridges .... 30 25
Cleaned out East Boston Reservoir 26 93
Cleaned snow from sidewalks. East Boston yard . . . 24 19
Cleaned snow from sidewalks, Charlestown yard ... 24 63
Accommodation work 21 59
Labor, account taking stock 19 25
Put composition footboard on step of emergency car No. 72, 17 86
Extended heating apparatus in storeroom (work by Engineer
Abbott) 7 31
Equipment for engineer's launch, "Water Witch" ... 6 60
Labor, testing tools for Engineering Department ... 2 95
Abandoned pressure gauge 1 83
Stable repairs . 84
$3,928 45
Property and Plant.
Albany Street Yard. — Another slice was taken off
our yard during the past year when the City Hospital
built a large chimney thereon and enlarged their boiler
and engine room. This restricts us more than ever
and tends to prevent free movement and accommoda-
tion for stock. We are often compelled to allow a good
bargain on lumber to pass by for want of storage space.
The work of renovating the paint shop started last
year and was continued and finished in the spring. This
once old building is now practically made over and is
well fitted for its purpose. Electric lights were installed,
and steam heat substituted for stoves which were a
constant source of danger in a building containing
paints and oils. A slate roof replaced the old shingled
one, thus giving further protection from fire, as in dry
weather, when the wind was in a certain direction,
sparks from the old wheelwright furnace, now used to
melt out old joints and burn up the yard rubbish, would
fall upon the shingles and ignite. A platform was built
around the paint shop and castings rearranged upon it.
Bins were built to hold small castings like caps, tubes,
sidewalk tops, etc. They were covered and suitably
marked and are a great improvement on the old broken-
down stalls that allowed the rain and snow to beat
upon the castings. Other platforms were built upon
which to pile castings. The work of enlarging the
concrete box shop was continued and finished. More
84 City Document No. 40.
drying racks were built and an electric motor with
gearing installed to turn the mixer. Wide platforms
of stout build were placed outside the new concrete
ageing and storage shed to further extend its capacity.
The old '^ senate" (ir tool room and lead shed was rebuilt
and much improved. Electric lights were installed
throughout the yard in all the buildings, and are a
great convenience and improvement over the ancient
lantern. The main gate to the yard was taken down
and rebuilt and a new sign placed over it. The old
gate was in a dangerous condition and liable to col-
lapse. A granite block pavement was laid in the
driveway, between the main gateway and the stable
entrance, and from that point easterly to a point
in front of the concrete box shop, in all about 400
square yards. This was a much needed improvement,
as in winter and in rainy weather the driveway was a
mass of mud. I think that each year a little paving
should be done until eventually all the driveways of
the yard will be paved. It will save the horses, the
wagons, the expense of patching, and the dust that is
blown about on windy days. The large yard scales
was rebuilt and other minor improvements made. In
the main building electric lights were installed in all
except a small portion of the building. The hallways
were whitewashed and painted. The superintendent's
office was renovated and painted, new lower window
sashes put in and telephones to various parts of the
building installed. Many windows in the main build-
ing, of which there are about 225, were reglazed. Much
more of this work will be required, as they are in bad
condition. Two automobiles were purchased and fitted
up for use as emergency cars. The old emergency
wagon was assigned to other use and the quarters of the
old wagon were entirely rebuilt and fitted as a garage
for the emergency cars. Steam heat was introduced,
electric lights and a new artificial stone floor with drain
in center and running water with sink and hose attach-
ments put in. These cars are simply what has been
needed for some time past and will enable the depart-
ment to cope with the demands of the times. An
automobile was purchased for the superintendent to
enable him personally to keep in touch with all parts
of the department. Four old and disabled horses were
humanely killed, three were sold for cash, one sold in
trade and seven purchased. In March a colt was born
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of a mare purchased in the latter part of last year.
As it shows signs of becoming a good horse the depart-
ment will keep it and try to raise it. Thus far it is
thriving. The horses generally are in good condition,
as shown by the fact that at the last work horse parade
all our horses that were entered — about a dozen — • took
prizes for condition and good qualities. The depart-
ment now owns 58 horses, 4 automobiles, 36 wagons,
single and double, 18 carriages of all kinds, 23 sleighs
and pungs, 3 road rollers and 13 portable tool houses.
During the year such of these wagons and carriages
that required it were overhauled, repaired and painted.
Two old wagons beyond repair were sold in trade for
new ones, and three old carriages, also too far gone,
were sold by auction. The result of the thorough work
in this line begun in the previous year is being felt in the
better condition generally of the rolling stock and the
lesser number of repairs required. Old harnesses that
were too far gone to repair were sold or exchanged in
part for new ones. A harness repairer's kit was pur-
chased and considerable small repair work was done
by ourselves with economy to the department. Oiled
duck covers were purchased and are worn by the horses
on rainy days, saving the harnesses and the horses from
the effects of the weather. A clipping machine run by
electric power was installed in the stable, and will tend
to make the work easier and quicker. The outside
stable walls were pointed and the roof repaired. Stalls
were repaired and the interior of the stable painted and
whitewashed. In general, the yard and buildings are
now in better condition than at any time for years, and
it is our aim and hope to keep them so.
The following old material was sold during the year:
696,627 pounds cast-iron junk.
18,948 pounds brass junk.
8,875 pounds composition turnings.
1,052 pounds lead dross.
496 pounds old hard rubber.
235 pounds old rubber boots.
210 pounds old automobile tire cases.
13 pounds old automobile inner tubes.
738 pounds old fire hose.
454 pounds old rope.
2 lots wrought-iron junk.
1 old 16-inch wrought-iron pipe.
1 old 20-inch wrought-iron pipe.
3 old horses.
1 Democrat body and seat.
1 old Concord buggy.
4 old carriage tops.
86 City Document No. 40.
1 pair heavy wagon shafts (new).
1 pair hght wagon shafts (old).
1 pair carriage shafts.
4 carriage wheels.
2 axles and boxes.
2 new tailboards.
1 old lead furnace.
1 old Concord buggy.
1 old tripod.
1 old fall for same.
1 old lead furnace, pot and ladle.
1 old 8-inch jointer.
1 old wagon.
Dorchester Yard. — As this yard was placed in first-
class condition during the previous year there was not
much to be done during the year just past. A new sign
was erected over the gate in Gibson street, and the
foreman has planted flowers and shrubbery in a space in
the center of the yard, thus improving the looks of
things generally.
Charlestown Yard. — The several buildings in this
yard were painted outside and inside, the windows
reglazed, a large wooden platform for unloading and
loading stock built, and a general finishing up of the
extensive repairs started in the previous year. A new
sign was hung upon the building, and the property may
be said to be in first-class condition.
West Roxbury Yard. — Practically nothing of impor-
tance was done here. The yard and building are not
owned by the city. Larger and more central quarters
should be secured, as this district is rapidly growing in
extent and importance. We are so limited for space
that we are now stabling one of our horses in an adjoining
building owned by the man of whom we rent the yard.
All our wagons, tools and stock are exposed without
shelter in the yard and something should be done at
once towards improving conditions.
Brighton Yard. — There is no ''yard" in its stricter
sense in this district, nothing but a stable, a wagon shed
and a small office. As this district will be a very
important one before long something should be done at
once towards securing proper quarters. Electric lights
were installed during the year and this makes the build-
ing a little more habitable. Previously the dim light
of a lantern was the only illumination. It is hoped that
a move into a better place will occur before a great
while.
East Boston Yard. — For some time past the old brick
pumping station in Condor street, opposite Brooks
street, was unoccupied, as the introduction of the high
Water Department. 87
service into Breed's Island by the Metropolitan Water
Board rendered pumping unnecessary. The building
was well made and had a commodious yard in its rear,
while the regular district headquarters, located upon
the Brooks street side of the reservoir in a small space
between the foot of the reservoir bank. and the street
fence, was wholly inadequate and furthermore could
not be approached from any side without climbing a
hill. It was therefore considered as a good move to
abandon the quarters at the reservoir and move into
the old pumping station. This was done September 16,
1909. Considerable work was necessary, however, be-
fore the station was fit to be occupied. The former
coal pocket, underground on the street side, but at grade
with the yard in the rear, was sheathed and made into a
first-class stable with four stalls and up to date sanitary
features; the pumps and pump foundations were removed
from the main room, toilets and modern plumbing put
in; a floor built half way up in the ell and a shop and
storeroom thus provided; windows built into the brick
walls to light this room and others glazed and fitted with
new sashes; a chain hoist set up; the tall chimney that
formerly served the boilers taken down and removed;
the two old boilers sold and removed; a steam heating
plant installed; a new iron smokestack erected; a cess-
pool built in the rear to serve as drainage for the stable
and washstand, they being below the grade of the street
sewer; a large shed built in the yard to serve as a shelter
for wagons and stock; the office provided with furniture;
electric lights installed throughout; the large mercury
and recording gauge moved from the old building to the
new; the whole place painted, varnished and shellacked;
the roof repaired; the brick work pointed and painted;
conductors attached; a new high fence built around the
yard, and a general fitting up, so that at the present
time we have a model district headquarters that will
serve for many years. The work was all done by the
department employees, except the smokestack and roof-
ing and some pointing. More than all, by filling in
from time to time, we shall finally have a wharf property
abutting on Chelsea creek. This will be a valuable
asset to the department. The old buildings on the
reservoir site were sold and removed. The department
will fill in the foundations, build a fence in the gap left
where the buildings were, spread loam, grade and seed
the soil as soon as the weather permits. The total cost
of the transfer to, and fitting up of, the new headquarters.
88
City Document No. 40.
with the exception of a little more work to be done on
the shed in the yard, is as follows:
Carpenter work
$2,663 96
Mason's work .
^
665 64
Painting work .
553 38
Electrical work .
341 52
Plumbing work .
278 23
Steamfitting work
276 74
New heater and fitting
116 80
Blacksmith's work .
30 21
Laborers' work in building fence
57 38
Miscellaneous ....
334 24
$5^318 10
East Boston Reservoir. — In the early part of the year
the reservoir was emptied and the bottom and sides
cleaned. Considerable mud and foreign matter were
found and removed. However closely it is watched,
mischievous people will throw things into the water.
The water may never be used; yet that cannot be
decided upon with certainty until a new and inde-
pendent supply enters the island.
Fisher Hill Reservoir. — Although small for present
demands made upon it, it is in generally good condition.
Electric lights were installed in the gatehouse during
the year.
Brookline Reservoir. — This reservoir is of no further
use to the department and should be disposed of.
Parker Hill Reservoir. — This reservoir and grounds
should be transferred to the Park Department and thus
relieve the Water Department of its care and mainte-
nance. It is of no value as a reservoir.
Mt. Bellevue Standpipe, West Roxhury. — Some re-
pairs will be necessary here soon. The tank leaks
slightly in the seams at one or two places — not seriously,
however. A little painting will have to be done. If
possible the tank should be drained off and an internal
examination made. It would be well to know whether
or not deterioration of the iron is progressing too fast.
The grounds around the standpipe are cared for by the
Park Department.
West Roxhury Pumping Station. — Although this sta-
tion is owned by the Boston Water Department it is
occupied and maintained by the Metropolitan Water
Board.
Orient Heights Standpipe, East Boston. — This tank is
in practically the same condition as the one at Mt.
Bellevue, with probably a few more slight leaks in the
seams. It should be examined and repaired the com-
ing spring. The windows in the building surrounding
the tank have been completely demolished by mis-
Water Department.
89
chievous boys and should be replaced by wooden shutters.
Much trouble is experienced by the failure of the float and
indicating apparatus to work at all times. During such
times the water in the tank has to be watched, else it
will overflow without being known until damage had
been done. Occasionally it does overflow, but upon each
occasion it has been discovered in time. The wires con-
necting the apparatus in the tank with that in the
office at East Boston headquarters very often break or
become detached and ground. They are subject to the
same troubles as all overhead wires and have to be
examined and repaired frequently.
Recording Pressure Gauges. — Gauges were established
during the year in the quarters of Engine Company No.
45 at Washington street, at Poplar street. West Roxbury,
and in those of Engine Company No. 30, Centre street,
at Bellevue street. West Roxbury. The total cost of
the work was $174.29.
The following recording pressure gauges are the
property of the department. They were installed and
are maintained by this division, and the readings
recorded by the Engineering Department. They are all
in good working order:
Location.
Service.
Grade of
Gauge
Above
City
Base.
Normal Pressure in
Pounds Per Square Inch.
9 a. m.
1 p. m.
17
17
36
36
41
41
44
44
48
41
41
30
30
42
42
40
41
48
48
54
54
34
35
56
58
90
70
'
57
68
30
68
28
70
53
60
5 p. m.
Chestnut Hill Pumping Station. . . .
Boston Common
Salem street, Engine 8
East street, Engine 7
Milk street, Post Office Building. . .
Congress street, Engine 38
Fourth street, at O street. Engine 2
710 Albany street
Gibson street, Water Department .
Western avenue, Engine 34
Bunker Hill street, Engine 32
Marion street. Engine 5
City Hall
Quincy street. Engine 24
Walnut street. Engine 20
Norfolk street, Engine 19
Chestnut Hill avenue. Engine 29 . .
Centre street. Engine 28
Centre street. Engine 30
Washington street. Engine 45
Deer Island
Moon Island
Long Island
Fort Warren
Low
Low
Low
Low
Low
Low
Low
Low
Low
Low
Spot Pond
Spot Pond
High
High
High
High
High
High
High
High
Spot Pond
High
High
High
127.5
48.4
27.2
22.7
20.9
21.1
51.8
24.0
29.3
27.5
36.0
64.3
105.1
98.3
20.8
79.1
111.5
82.9
172.0
84.4
35.5
33.0
65.8
25.0
6
40
45
48
48
46
33
50
46
49
56
39
62
64
97
72
60
72
33
71
28
78
63
78
14
37
42
45
42
31
43
41
48
54
35
Following are appended tables and statements of
department statistics.
Respectfully submitted,
George H. Finneran,
Superintendent.
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TABLE III.
Hydrants Established and Abandoned during the Year.
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TABLE VI.
Total Number and Aggregate Length of Service Pipes of Various Sizes Connected v ith System,
January 31, 1910.
Sizes.
Total Number.
Aggregate Length.
16-inch
2
14
4
26
147
1,165
748
1,849
1,304 •
339
2,411
2,582
78,478
6,980
95
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3,542
10-inch
1,366
8-inch
2,751
6-inch
21,654
4-inch
46,490
3-inch
22,303
2-inch
59,539
li-inch
39,827
IJ-inch
10,944
1-inch
132,151
f-inch
94,633
f-inch
2,216,814
159,954
Totals
96,049
2,812,063
Style.
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
E.
H.
A.
A.
A.
A.
A.
A.
A.
A.
B.
D.
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F.
F.
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TABLE VH.
Fountains.
Established during the Year.
Junction of Columbus avenue and Tremont street, Roxbury.
Junction of Hancock and Pleasant streets, Dorchester.
Junction of Washington and River streets, Dorchester.
Junction of Blue Hill avenue and Washington street, Roxbury.
Forest Hills square, West Roxburv.
Haymarket square, city proper.
Junction of Old Colony and Dorchester avenues, South Boston.
Bowdoin square, at Revere House, city proper.
Bainbridge street, corner of Dale street, Roxbury.
Abandoned during the Year.
Haymarket square, city proper.
Columbus avenue, at Washington street, Roxbury.
Columbus avenue, at Whittier street, Roxbury.
Columbus avenue, at Roxbury street, Roxbury.
Columbus avenue, at Centre street, Roxbury.
Junction of Blue Hill avenue and Washington street, Roxbury.
Western avenue, at North Harvard street, Brighton.
Washington street, at South street, West Roxbury.
Forest Hills square, West Roxbury.
Blue Hill avenue, near Glenway street, Dorchester.
Hudson street, at Quincy Schoolhouse, city proper.
Upham's Corner, Dorchester.
Freeport street, at Beach street, Dorchester.
Washington street, at River street, Dorchester.
Pierce square, Dorchester.
Adams street, at Minot street, Dorchester.
Water Department.
97
Number of Fountains in Service January 31, 1910.
Districts.
Style
A.
Style
B.
Style
C.
Style
D.
Style
E.
Style
F.
Style
G.
Style
H.
Totals.
City Proper
8
3
4
4
6
4
1
5
2
4
3
7
1
1
2
4
3
1
12
5
2
33
1
14
West Roxbury
8
5
1
1
9
1
4
4
4
11
East Boston
11
1
8
Totals
21
25
18
1
31
1
1
1
99
Style.
Note.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
G.
H.
Indicates fountain for man and beast, with automatic fixtures for man and beast in
warm weather and a continuous flow of water for beasts in cold weather.
Indicates fountain for beasts only. Continuous flow of water during the year.
Indicates fountain for man only. Automatic fixtures. In service during warm
weather only.
Indicates fountain for man and beast. Automatic fixtures for both. In service
during warm weather only.
Indicates cold water fountain for man only. Automatic fixtures. In service during
warm weather only.
Indicates fountain for man and beast, with automatic fixtures for man in warm weather
and a continuous flow of water for beasts all the year.
Indicates fountain for man and beast. Hygienic "bubble" fixtures for man. Con-
tinuous flow of water for man and beast all the year.
Indicates fountain for man only. "Bubble" fixtures controlled by self-closing cocks.
In service during warm weather only.
98 City Document No. 40.
REPORT OF ENGINEER.
Boston, February 1, 1910.
Mr. William E. Hannan,
Water Commissioner:
Dear Sir, — The work of the Engineering Depart-
ment in 1909 was of the usual varied character.
The past year saw the completion of the improved low
service supply for South Boston, work on which began
in 1904 when the tunnel was built under Fort Point
channel at the draw on Congress street. In this con-
nection the following work was done during the past
year: The 30-inch main in C street. South Boston,
was extended in C street, C street extension. Northern
avenue and Sleeper street to a junction with the 24-
inch main in Congress street, a total distance of about
5,750 feet; the 30-inch main in Congress street, city
proper, was extended from Atlantic avenue to Fort Point
channel; 24-inch pipe was laid on the trestles built
in 1907 over Fort Point channel from the ends of the
tunnel to the Boston and South Boston shores, and
connection was made with the 30-inch pipe previously
laid in the tunnel, thus completing the line between
the city proper and South Boston. At the same time a
16-inch high service pipe was laid on the trestles and
connected with the 20-inch high service pipe in the tun-
nel in anticipation of future extension of this service.
This new low service line both greatly strengthens the
supply to South Boston and affords a new '^feed" for
the city proper.
The Deacon meters were operated to detect waste
from April 8 until November 24 in the residential dis-
tricts of the city proper, in Charlestown, South Boston,
Roxbury and Jamaica Plain; the saving of water
effected was approximately two and one-half million
gallons per day, or about four gallons per capita for
the entire population of the city. The cost of the work
was $3,546. Of the waste found, 1,720,000 gallons
per day was in service pipes in the streets; 430,000
gallons per day in broken main pipe; 206,000 gallons
per day in defective joints in main pipe, and about the
same amount in hydrants and watering posts. The
result represents a part only of the waste existing in
Water Department.
99
the territory tested, as no inspection was made inside
of buildings, while the outside inspection was incomplete,
the larger leaks only and those most easily found being
located. Although the saving made was comparatively
small, yet it is an earnest of what might be accomplished
in restricting waste if the Deacon meter readings were
followed up by thorough inspection both outside and
inside of buildings. The meter simply locates waste
within certain limits and measures its amount; to
definitely locate that waste is the duty of the inspector,
a duty demanding honest and intelligent work.
On January 3 of this year a break occurred in the
easterly 30-inch main in Tremont street, opposite
Seaver place, with a large resulting damage to property
in the vicinity. The cause of the break was the rigid
bearing of the pipe at one point upon the concrete
reinforcement of a pipe sewer built by the Transit
Commission in 1897, immediately outside of the wall
of the subway and directly under the water pipe;
the sewer was rigidly supported upon piers, extending
down to the bottom of tha side wall of the subway,
and was evidently designed with a safe clearance
between its concrete covering and the bottom of
the pipe. Where the break occurred this design had
not been followed, the concrete being found hard up
against the pipe for a distance of about six inches. The
pipe, laid in 1847, was found to be in excellent condi-
tion, practically the only deterioration discovered being
on the inside under the tubercles. The following is
an analysis of the metal:
Silicon
. 1.70
Sulphur
, 0.094
Manganese
. 0.82
Phosphorus
. 0.79
Combined Carbon
. 0.60
Graphitic Carbon
. 2.98
This is the eighth break which has occurred in the
large water pipes in Tremont street, between Boylston
and Common streets, since the construction of the
subway under them. The apparent cause in each case
was identical with that of the recent break, viz., a rigid
bearing at one point with opportunity for a slight settle-
ment in the adjacent pipes.
The following is a memorandum of the breaks that
have occurred, with a statement of the condition found
in each case:
100 City Document No. 40.
1897, May 12. Easterly, SO-inch main opposite Common
street. Rigid bearing on subway roof.
1898, August 11. Westerly, 30-inch main opposite Children's
Mission. Rigid bearing on manhole over subway.
1899, September 1. Easterly, 30-inch main opposite Common
street. Rigid bearing on subway roof.
1900, August 8. Easterly, 30-inch main at Hotel Touraine.
Rigid bearing on subway wall.
1900, September 5. Easterly, 30-inch main at Hollis street.
Rigid bearing on wooden post supported from subway roof.
1904, March 23. Westerly, 30-inch main opposite Common
street. Rigid bearing on subway roof.
1907, May 13. Sixteen-inch main at Hollis street. Rigid
bearing on subway roof.
1910, January 3. Easterly, 30-inch main opposite Seaver
place. Rigid bearing on concrete over sewer.
A gauge has been installed in the office of the Engi-
neering Department in City Hall, which registers
the pressure in the low service system at a point about
1,200 feet distant; it has not been possible heretofore
to obtain such a record, the City Hall being situated
in the high service area. The operating mechanism of
the gauge is located in the basement of the Post Office
and consists of a diaphragm connected with the low
service main in Milk street by a small pipe, a lever
and transmitter; the varying pressure on the main
is electrically registered at City Hall, where it is both
indicated on a dial and recorded in permanent form
on a chart.
I renew the following recommendations, made in
last year's report, viz., that a standpipe be built on
the northerly portion of the ''double-high" system in
West Roxbury, and that additional storage be pro-
vided at Mt. Bellevue on the same service. That a
storage reservoir or reservoirs be built on the high
service system, large enough to hold at least six days'
supply for the entire high service of the city. That
a tunnel be built under the Charles river at Warren
Bridge to insure a safe connection between the large
mains in Boston and Charlestown and to safeguard
the high service supply of Charlestown.
Respectfully submitted,
William Jackson,
City Engineer.
Average Mon
thly Heights
, in Feet, Above Boston City Base, to which
Water Rose
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the Boston
Waterworlts
SouTHBHN High Sehvice.
Northern High Service.
1409.
City Hall.
Engine House
No. 24.
CJuiney and
Warreo Streets.
Roxbury.
EoKine House
No. 20.
Walnut Street,
Neponset.
Engine House
No. 19.
Norfolk Street.
Mattapan.
Engine House
No. 28.
Centre, near
Green Street.
Jamaica Plain.
Engine House
No. 30.
Centre, near
Bellevue Street.
West Roxbury.
Engine House
WashiDgtoQ and
Poplar Streets.
Roslindale.
Engine House
No. 29.
Chestnut Hill
Brighton.
Engine House
No. 32.
Bunker Hill
Street.
Charleatown.
Engine House
No. 5.
Marion Street.
East Boston.
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240
150
160
153
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139
142
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April
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243
23
155
240
240
242
229
159
231
242
229
242
227
246
230
248
241
247
238
240
238
240
242
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158
166
144
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247
232
244
231
244,
227
240
236
248
240
247
238
247
238
246
243
166
169
156
144
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247
232
247
234
244
229
246
237
248
241
247
238
246
238
246
242
163
166
166
142
Austut
247
234
248
237
246
231
247
230
248
242
247
239
240
239
246
242
164
168
150
144
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247
233
249
237
246
232
247
239
248
242
247
239
247
240
247
243
163
157
156
144
October
248
234
260
230
246
233
248
239
249
243
247
240
249
240
247
244
163
156
166
144
Novombor
248
230
260
240
246
234
248
240
249
244
248
240
249
241
247
241
162
150
156
143
December
247
237
249
240
246
234
247
241
248
244
247
241
247
242
246
244
162
156
154
144
Average Monthly Heights, in Feet, Above Boston City Base, to which Water Rose at Different Stations on the Boston
Waterworlts.
'
Low Service.
1909.
Choatnut Hill
PumpinK
Station,
Brighton.
Engine House
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Wostern
Avonuo.
Brighton.
Boston
Common.
Engine House
No. 8,
Salem Street,
City Proper.
Engine House
No. 7,
East Street,
City Proper.
Engine House
No. 38.
Congress and
Farnswortli
Streets.
South Boston.
Engine House
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City Document No. 40.
GENERAL STATISTICS.
Boston Water Department.
Daily average amount used during 1909 (gallons) 94,029,900
Daily average amount used through meters during 1909
(gallons) . ^ 22,768,700
Number of services February 1, 1910 97,194
Number of meters in service February 1, 1910 . . . 12,048
Number of motors under supervision February 1, 1910 . 117
Number of elevators under supervision February 1, 1910 . 583
Length of supply and distributing mains in miles, February
1,1910 761.2
Numberof public hydrants in use February 1, 1910 . 8,024
Yearly revenue from annual water rates (assessed) . . $1,411,156.63
Yearly revenue from metered water (assessed) . . . *S1, 285,477. 63
Percentage of total revenue from metered water . . . 47.7
Yearly expense of maintenance $654,493.49
* No revenue of any amount was received from the new meters set during the year 1909,
all of the services metered during 1909 being assessed on the annual rate. The number
of meters from which this revenue was derived was 5,500.
Water Department. 103
CIVIL ORGANIZATION OF THE WATERWORKS, FROM
THEIR COMMENCEMENT TO FEBRUARY 1, 1910.
Water Commissioners.
Nathan Hale,* James F. Baldwin,* Thomas B. Curtis.* From
May 4, 1846, to January 4, 1850.
*
Engineers for Construction.
John B. Jervis, of New York, Consulting Engineer. From May,
1846, to November, 1848.*
E. S. Chesbrough, Chief Engineer of the Western Division. From
May, 1846, to January 4, 1850.*
William S. Whitwell, Chief Engineer of the Eastern Division. From
May, 1846, to January 4, 1850.*
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.
N. Henry Crafts, City Engineer. From April 1, 1863, to November
25, 1872.
Thomas W. Davis, Assistant Engineer. From April 1, 1863, to Decem-
ber 8, 1866.*
Henry M. Wightman, Resident Engineer at Chestnut Hill Reservoir,
From February 14, 1866, to November, 1870.*
A. Fteley, Resident Engineer on construction of Sudbury river works.
From May 10, 1873, to April 7, 1880.*
Joseph P. Davis, City Engineer. From November 25, 1872, to March
20, 1880.
Henry M. Wightman, City Engineer. From April 5, 1880, to April 3,
1885.*
William Jackson, City Engineer. From April 21, 1885, to present
time.
Desmond FitzGerald, Resident Engineer on additional supply.
From February 20, 1889, to January 1, 1896.
After January 4, 1850, Messrs. E. S. Chesbrough, W. S. Whitwell
and J. Avery Richards were elected a water board, subject to the direc-
tion of a joint standing committee of the City Council, by an ordinance
'passed December 31, 1849, which was hmited to keep in force one year;
and in 1851 the Cochituate Water Board was established.
* Deceased.
104 City Document No. 40.
CocHiTUATE Water Board.
Presidents of the Board.
Thomas Wetmore, elected in 1851, and resigned April 7, 1856. |
John H. Wilkins, elected in 1856, and resigned June 5, 1860. |
Ebenezer Johnson, elected in 1860, term expired April 3, 1865.$
Otis Norcross, elected in 1865, and resigned January 15, 1867.$
John H. Thorndike, elected in 1867, term expired April 6, 1868. j
Nathaniel J. Bradlee, elected April 6, 1868, and resigned January 4,
1871.1
Charles H. Allen, elected January 4, 1871, to May 4, 1873. J
John A. Haven, elected May 4, 1873, to December 17, 1874.*J
Thomas Gogin, elected December 17, 1874, and resigned May 31, 1875. |
L. Miles Standish, elected August 5, 1875, to July 31, 1876. J
Members of the Board.
Thomas Wetmore, 1851, 52, 53, 54 and 55. J
John H. Wilkins, 1851, 52, 53, *56, 57, 58 and 59. |
Henry B. Rogers, 1851, 52, 53, *54 and 55. J
Jonathan Preston, 1851, 52, 53 and 56.$
James W. Seaver, 1851.$
Samuel A. Eliot, 1851.$
John T. Heard, 1851.$
Adam W. Thaxter, Jr., 1852, 53, 54 and 55.$
Sampson Reed, 1852 and 53.$ \
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.
JohnF. Pray, 1862.$
J. C. J. Brown, 1862.
Jonas Fitch, 1864, 65 and 66.$
Otis Norcross, *1865 and 63.$
John H. Thorndike, 1864, 65, 66 and 67.$
Benjamin F. Stevens, 1866, 67 and 68.$
William S. Hills, 1867.
Charles R. Train, 1868.$
Joseph M. Wightman, 1868 and 69.$
* Mr. John H. Wilkins resigned November 15, 1855, and Charles Stoddard was elected
to fill the vacancy. ISIr. Henry B. Rogers resigned October 22, 1865. Mr. Wilkins was re-
elected February, 1856, and chosen president of the Board, which office he held until his
resignation, June 5, 1860, when Mr. Ebenezer Johnson was elected president, and July 2,
Mr. L. Miles Standish was elected to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Mr.
Wilkins. Otis Norcross resigned January 15, 1867, having been elected mayor of the city.
Benjamin James served one year, in 1858, and was re-elected 1868. Alexander Wadsworth
served six years, 1864-69, and was re-elected in 1872. Thomas Gogin resigned May 31,
1875. Charles E. Powers was elected July 15, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resigna-
tion of Mr. Gogin.
JDeceased.
Water Department. 105
Benjamin James,* 1858, 68 and 69. t
Francis A. Osborn, 1869.
Walter E. Hawes, 1870. t
John O. Poor, 1870.
HoLLis R. Gray, 1870.
Nathaniel J. Bradlee, 1863, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70 and 71.$
George Lewis, 1868, 69, 70 and 71. t
Sidney Squires, 1871. J
Charles H. Hersey, 1872.
Charles H. Allen, 1869, 70, 71 and 72.t
Alexander Wadsworth, *1864, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69 and 72. J
Charles R. McLean, 1867, 73 and 74. |
Edward P. Wilbur, 1873 and 74. J
John A. Haven, 1870, 71, 72, 73 and 74.t
Thomas Gogin, 1873, 74 -and 75.*$
Amos L. Noyes, 1871, 72 and 75.
William G. Thacher, 1873, 74 and 75. t
Charles J. Prescott, 1875.|
Edward A. White, 1872, 73, 74, 75 and 76.J
Leonard R. Cutter, 1871, 72, 73, 74, 75 and 76.tt
L. Miles Standish, 1860, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 74, 75 and 76.tt
Charles E. Powers, *1875 and 1876. fj
Solomon B. Stebbins, 1876. f
Nahum M. Morrison, 1876.t|
Augustus Parker, 1876. ft
*See note on preceding page.
tServed until the organization of the Boston Water Board.
JDeceased.
1 BOSTON WATER BOARD.
ORGANIZED JULY 31, 1876.
*Timothy T. Sawyer, from July 31, 1876, to May 5, 1879; and from
May 1, 1882, to May 4, 1883.
*Leonard R. Cutter, from July 31, 1876, to May 4, 1883.
*Albert Stanwood, from July 31, 1876, to May 7, 1883.
*Francis Thompson, from May 5, 1879, to May 1, 1882.
William A. Simmons, from May 7, 1883, to August 18, 1885.
George M. Hobbs, from May 4, 1883, to May 4, 1885.
John G. Blake, from May 4, 1883, to August 18, 1885.
*William B. Smart, from May 4, 1885, to March 18, 1889.
*HoRACE T. Rockwell, from August 25, 1885, to April 25, 1888.^
Thomas F. Doherty, from August 26, 1885, to May 5, 1890; and from
May 4, 1891, to July 1, 1895.
Robert Grant, from April 25, 1888, to July 17, 1893.^
Philip J. Doherty, from March 18, 1889, to May 4, 1891.
*JoHN W. Leighton, from May 5, 1890, to July 1, 1895.
William S. McNary, from August 15, 1893, to November 5, 1894.^
Charles W. Smith, from January 23, 1895, to July 1, 1895.
1 Under chapter 449 of the Acts of 1895 the Boston Water Board was abolished, and
the Water Supply and Water Income Departments consolidated and placed under the
charge of one Water Commissioner.
*Deceased. 2 Died in office. 3 Resigned.
106 City Document No. 40.
1 WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Charles W. Smith, from July 1, 1895, to January 20, 1896.^
Jeremiah J. McCarthy (Acting), from January 20 to February 1, 1896.
John R. Murphy, from February 1, 1896, to October 17, 1899.^
Benjamin W. Wells (Acting), from October 17, 1899, to December 28,
1899.
*AuGUSTUs P. Martin, from December 28, 1899, to March 13, 1902.2
James Donovan (Acting), from March 14, 1902, to March 17, 1902.
Eugene S. Sullivan, from March 17, 1902, to January 11, 1906.^
William Jackson (Acting), from January 11, 1906, to March 1, 1906.
William J. Welch, from March 1, 1906, to April 27, 1908.^
William E. Hannan, from April 27, 1908, to present time.
Assistant Water Co7nmissioners.
Jeremiah J. McCarthy, from July 1, 1895, to January 20, 1896.
Edward C. Ellis, from February 17, 1896, to November 1, 1900.
*Melvin p. Freeman, from February 7, 1900, to March 9, 1902.^
William H. Oakes, from November 1, 1900, to March 9, 1902.^
Eugene S. Sullivan, from March 10 to March 17, 1902.
John J. Leahy, from March 21, 1902, to March 1, 1906.
Isaac Rosnosky, from March 10, 1902, to present time.
Joseph J. Norton, from March 1, 1906, to March 26, 1908.
James P. Lennon, from March 1, 1906, to March 26, 1908.
Chief Clerk of the Department.
Walter E. Swan.
General Superintendent Income Division.
Joseph H. Caldwell.
Superintendent of Distribution Division.
George H. Finneran, from March 1, 1909, to present time.
City Engineer and Engineer of the Department.
William Jackson.
1 See note on preceding page. ^ Died in office. ^ Resigned.
* Deceased.
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