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Page
Abatements 20
Air-cocks 61
Blow-off: cocks 61
By-passes 22
Contracts 13-15
Elevator service 20, 21
Electrolysis 4, 72
Financial statement . . 1, 2, 7-12
Fire protection 3
Fire reservoirs 61
Fire service 20-22, 72
Fountains 5, 60
Fort Point Channel 3
Gates.. 55-57
Harbor service 3, 70
High service 69
Hydrant pipes, etc 55
Hydrants, established, abandoned, in service 57, 58
Main pipe, laid, relaid, abandoned, etc 2, 3, 43-54, 69
Meter service 23-29
Maintenance work of miscellaneous character 63-65
Metropolitan water assessments 2
Motor service 20, 21
" Off and On " statement 20, 21
Organization 75
Paving work 5
Pipes frozen 4, 70, 71, 72
Rainfall 73
Report of Distribution Division 30-68
" Engineer 69, 70
" Income Division 16-29
Stop-cocks 5
Service pipes, laid and abandoned, etc 20, 62
" " to vacant lots 5
Shop work 66-68
Statistics, general, of department 74
Tapping machine 5
Waste detection 4, 22
Water fixtures 17, 22
Water posts 59
Water rates, assessed, collected, abated and outstanding 16
u by annual charge 17, 18
" by meter 17, 19
Water-takers 17
Office of the Water Commissioner,
City Hall, Boston, February 1, 1904.
Hon. Patrick A. Collins,
Mayor of the City of Boston :
Sir, — I submit herewith the ninth annual report of the
Water Commissioner for the year ending January 31, 1904.
The receipts and expenditures of the department for the
year were as follows :
Total receipts from all sources . . . . . . $2,989,749 27
Balance at beginning of the year (from tax levy) . . 61,769 12
*- _*
Total $3,051,518 39
Total expenditures for all purposes 2,767,006 24
Balance at end of the year (loan) .... $284,512 15
Total Receipts of the Year by Sources.
Sales of water $2,301,880 24
Service, elevator, fire, motor and stand-pipes and repairs,
labor, materials, etc. 40,757 72
City's proportion of entrance fees of other cities and
towns for use of Metropolitan water system . . . 25,995 38
Fees for summonses 1,803 00
Shutting off and letting on water, account of repairs . 1,679 00
Carried forward $2,372,115 34
2 City Document No. 43.
Brought forward $2,372,115 34
Shutting off and letting on water, account of non-payment
of bills 1,540 00
Difference on cost of laying main pipes .... 1,005 00
Use of West Roxbury pumping plant .... 749 65
Sale of land to Town of Brookline 733 75
Board of City Engineer's horse . ... . . 312 00
Interest on deposits 153 05
Rebate 2 14
Excess of income of Cochituate Water Sinking Fund over
requirements for the year . . . .
Credited from taxes .......
Loan (Extensions of Mains, etc., issued January, 1904)
Expenditures.
Current expenses and extensions
Metropolitan water assessment .
Interest on funded debt
Refunded water rates .
Extension of mains, etc. (from loan)
$2,376,610 93
292,000 00
$2,668,610 93
21,138 34
$2,689,749 27
300,000 00
$2,989,749 27
$827,286 89
1,510,857 46
411,050 00
2,324 04
15,487 85
^2,767,006 24
For detailed account "of expenditures, condition of water
debt, etc., etc., see statements annexed.
The Metropolitan Water Assessment paid in December,
1903, amounted to 11,510,857.46, an increase of $236,752.15
over the previous assessment. The enormous increase in
this assessment since the first payment in the year 1898 is
shown by the following list of yearly payments :
Year 1898 .
$285,600 54
" 1899 .
411,861 54
" 1900 .
578,696 96
k 1901 .
. 1,169,105 62
" 1902 .
. 1,274,105 31
" 1903 .
. 1,510,857 46
During the year the usual large amount of work of varied
character incidental to the carrying on of the department
has been accomplished.
The main pipe work has been chiefly of a relaying char-
acter which is to be expected from now on, as the require-
ments of newly laid out streets appear to have decreased
considerably, and our attention is demanded by the serious
Water Department. 3
condition of the mains in the older section of the city. Some
of these mains have been in the ground for half a century
and are in an advanced stage of decomposition; others are
too small to give an adequate supply to the great buildings
which it is now customary to erect. Moreover, provision
must be made for an increased fire protection in those parts
of the city where buildings are changing in size, character
and value. This necessitates increasing the capacity of the
mains and arranging the feed lines so as to give, where needed,
an ample supply to meet the concentrated consumption which
results from the massing of fire engines in limited areas,
necessary in case of all large fires.
In the relaying work done in connection with street
improvements, our effort has been to work in harmony with
the Street Department by immediately preceding the work
of that department wherever possible, thus making the dis-
turbance in the street as nearly concerted as can be, with a
corresponding reduction in the inconvenience caused the
public, and insuring an undisturbed pavement for several
years as far as the water mains are concerned.
An important feature of the work of the department dur-
ing the past year was the rearrangement and relocation of
water pipes and fixtures caused by the various public works
under construction, chief of which were the East Boston
Tunnel, the abolishment of grade crossings in Blue Hill
avenue and Oakland street and the laying out of the Ben-
nington street and Columbia road boulevards.
The 30-inch main in Tremont street was relaid between
Northampton and Rutland streets. It was found that this
main had deteriorated greatly through the action of the soil
in which it was laid. The relaying of this main was there-
fore a much-needed improvement. The same may be said of
the work of relaying about 600 feet of 40-inch main in
Brookline avenue, thus completing the work started last
year.
The 30-inch high service main in Washington street, Dor-
chester, was extended 928 feet, from Burt street towards
Codman street.
About 3,300 feet of 12-inch main was laid at Long Island,
Boston Harbor, to meet the rapidly increasing consumption
of water, due to the new buildings and forts that have been
erected during the past few years.
A difficult and dangerous piece of work was the laying of
20-inch and 12-inch mains, under the tracks between Fort
Point channel and Foundry street, under the West Fourth-
street bridge.
4 City Document No. 43.
The general work incident to the maintenance of the
department seems to be growing in extent every year. This
of course is only natural, considering that the fixtures and
property of the department are growing older, and conse-
quently requiring repairs and renewal in greater amount as
the years go by. Reference to the tables contained in the
report of the Distribution Division, appended, will give an
idea of the diversified character and amount of the work.
The present winter has so far proved to be an unusually
severe one, and much trouble and expense has been occasioned
in keeping the hydrants in readiness for use, and in thawing
out service pipes. It has become necessary to utilize a large
part of the force in making daily inspections and tests of the
hydrants to insure their being in condition for ready use. In
a few cases in exposed locations it has been next to impossible
to keep the hydrants from freezing during the extreme cold
spells. Fortunately, however, up to the present time no
serious results have been experienced therefrom.
More service pipes have been frozen during the present
winter than for many years past. This of course was due
to the great depth reached by the frost, and the shallow cov-
ering of the pipes in some localities.
The method of thawing frozen services heretofore in vogue
I found to be crude and old-fashioned, requiring much time
and consequently causing much hardship to those deprived
of water. I have recently caused to be tried a method of
thawing the pipes by electricity, and I am pleased to say that
it has so far proved successful. Should the next winter be
as severe as the present one I shall very likely employ the
electrical method generally. (A detailed description of the
process is given in the City Engineer's report appended.)
Electrolysis investigation has proceeded consistently
through the year with the result that we are finding an
increasing amount of electrical current in our pipes and
fixtures, with a corresponding deterioration of the same.
Something must be done to restrict these stray currents, and
I have reason to believe that the different companies respon-
sible are doing what they can along such lines. The progress
is necessarily slow, as the problem is a new one and can be
solved only by continued experimenting.
Particular attention was paid during the year to the sub-
ject of waste, and a special inspection, wherein the Deacon
system was utilized, was made under the direction of the
Engineering Division of the department. Several large leaks
were discovered and stopped, and much valuable data
obtained by which the house inspection force of the Income
Water Department. 5
Division was accurately guided in its work of inside inspec-
tion.
The Church stop-cocks, installed some years ago in large
numbers, are practically useless through corrosion and break-
ing of the rods, and are being replaced as rapidly as possible
by a new type of shut-off cock.
The use of the Smith tapping machine has been extended
during the past year, so that connections are now made with
mains as large as twelve inches in size, without shutting
down the main, thus doing away with much inconvenience to
the public by being deprived of water while such work is
going on.
The cold water fountains have been operated successfully
during the past summer, evidently to the satisfaction of the
public in general. The ice used in these fountains was fur-
nished by the Boston and Independent Ice Companies, at the
rate of $3 per ton, delivered into the fountain boxes in blocks.
The plain block and macadam pavement of former years,
which is being rapidly replaced by asphalt, bituminous mac-
adam, and pitch and pebble pavement with cement base, all
of which are expensive and have to be replaced by this
department when disturbed to permit of the prosecution of
our work, tend largely to swell the expenditures of this
department each year.
I deem it my duty to call the attention of your Honor to
the desirability of securing a modification of the Act of 1891,
chapter 323, so far as it relates to the laying of service
pipes in new streets constructed under said Act. The intent
of this law was to obviate the necessity for digging up streets
after once being constructed, but the object is by no means
accomplished. There are many serious objections to the
practice of laying service pipes to vacant lots, and the experi-
ence of this department has shown the folly of attempting
to anticipate the needs for water supplies. Many of the
service pipes laid are useless, owing to the fact that large
buildings are frequently erected covering several lots, as, for
instance, when the Horticultural and Checkering Halls were
erected on Huntington avenue this department was obliged
to abandon seven vacant lot pipes which were laid to supply
lots covered by these buildings, which really required only
two pipes, one of which was entered from Massachusetts
avenue. The asphalt paving had to be cut in order to plug
these useless pipes, and the long lengths of lead pipe left in
the ground are a total loss. This is one of many cases that
might be cited. This matter has been referred to by my
predecessors in previous reports, but so far as I am aware no
6 City Document No. 43.
steps have ever been taken towards modifying or repealing
the Act. The law so far as it pertains to the extension of
mains in new streets has proved satisfactory.
Reports in detail of work performed in the Income and
Distribution divisions and the Engineering Department will
be found annexed herewith.
Respectfully,
Eugene S. Sullivan,
Water Commissioner.
Water Department.
Details of Expenditures, under the appropriation for Cur-
rent Expenses and Extensions, for the fiscal year ending
January 31, 1904. (From Revenue.)
Salaries and wages :
Eugene S. Sullivan, Commissioner . . $5,000 00
Assistant Commissioners :
Isaac Rosnosky ...... 3,000 00
John J. Leahy 3,000 00
Chief Clerk and Secretary . . . 3,000 00
Employees 541,039 48
1555,039 48
Water-pipe and other castings ...... 151,492 79
Stable :
Hay, grain, straw, and board i# *. . $7,803 56
Vehicles and repairs .... 3,353 40
Horseshoeing, veterinary services, etc. . 2,634 34
Horses, purchase of 2,100 00
Harnesses and repairs, etc. . . . 1,038 82
16,930 12
Tools, machinery, and repairs of same, iron, steel, hard-
ware, and small supplies . . . . . . ' . 12,991 17
Lead and lead pipe 12,467 23
Meters :
New meters $10,827 50
Repairs and extra parts .... 1,260 91
12,088 41
Repairs and alterations of buildings, streets and struct-
ures 9,839 80
Lumber . . 8,334 40
Blasting and excavating pipe trenches .... 7,397 43
Travelling expenses and transportation of employees . 7,257 05
Teaming and freight 6,290 25
Printing 4,341 92
Salt 4,320 30
Fuel 3,778 19
Telephone service . 1,786 30
Stationery, postage, etc . 1,397 63
Gravel and crushed stone . . . ... . . 1,168 79
Oils 844 59
Bricks 479 00
Rents . 420 00
Waterproof clothing 411 09
Cement and sand 369 05
Taxes 363 00
Land, Whitehall pond, taken in 1890 325 00
Gas 287 79
Breaking up water-pipe 244 00
Badges 220 00
Professional and expert services 153 00
Advertising 146 29
Insurance on boilers 100 00
Salt hay 90 88
Drain-pipe 90 67
Furniture . 52 10
Ice 37 63
Premium on surety bonds 25 00
$821,580 35
Damages 5,706 54
$827,286 89
8
City Document No. 43.
Expenditure under the appropriation for Extension of
Mains, etc. (From Loan.)
Camden Iron Works, on account of contract for water-
pipes
$15,487 85
There was also expended by the Water Department the
sum of $3,477.14 for ice for drinking fountains, under an
order of the City Council of June 2, 1903, appropriating
15,000 from the Reserve Fund.
COST OF CONSTRUCTION AND CONDITION OF THE
WATER DEBT.
Cost of construction of Water Works to February
1903
Cost of construction of Water Works to February
1904
1,
Increase during the year
Stock on hand February 1, 1903 ....
Stock on hand February 1, 1904 .
Increase during the year . . . , .
The outstanding Water Loans February 1, 1903, were
The outstanding Water Loans February 1, 1904, were
Decrease during the year
The Water Sinking-Fund February 1, 1903, was
The Water Sinking-Fund February 1, 1904, was
Decrease during the year .....
Net Water Debt February 1, 1903 ....
Net Water Debt February 1, 1904 .
Increase during the year .....
$15,908,322 79
16,025,824 04
$117,501 25
$114,617 38
152,398 21
$37,780 83
$9,501,000 00
8,227,000 00
$1,274,000 00
$8,893,615 94
7,337,902 79
$1,555,713 15
$607,384 06
889,097 21
,713 15
The outstanding Water Loans on this date, February 1,
1904, are as follows :
Loans.
6 per cent. Currency,
6
6
6
5 " " Gold Loan,
Currency,
Date of
Maturity.
Due Jan., 1905 .
" April, 1905 .
" July, 1905 .
" Oct., 1905 .
" Oct., 1905 .
" Jan., 1906 .
Amount.
$3,000 00
53,700 00
10,000 00
6,000 00
887,000 00
80,550 00
Carried forward, $1,040,250 00
Water Department.
Date of
Loans.
Maturity.
Brought forward, .
.
. .
6 per cent
Currency,
Due April, 1906
5 L
4 u
Gold Loan,
44
April, 1906
5 4
( u
44
44
Oct., 1906
6 '
( (i
Currency,
44
Oct., 1906
6 '
l 44
44
44
Jan., 1907
6 '
4 u
4t
44
April, 1907
6 '
( (I
14
44
July, 1907
5 '
4 u
Currency Loan,
44
Oct., 1907
5 '
4 ((
44 44
44
April, 1908
4 '
I 11
Loan,
Due July,
4i '
4 » 4,
44
44
Oct., 1909
4 '
I U
44
44
April, 1910
4 '
4 44
44
44
April. 1912
4 '
4 44
44
44
Oct., 1913
4 '
4 (4
44
44
Jan., 1914
4 '
I 41
44
44
April, 1914
4 '
( 44
44
44
Oct., 1914
4 '
C 44
44
44
April, 1915
4 '
( 44
44
44
Oct., 1915
4 l
4 44
44
44
Jan., 1916
4 '
4 44
44
44
April, 1916
4
4 44
44
44
Oct., 1916
4 '
4 44
44
44
Jan., 1917
81 '
4 44
4 4
44
April, 1917
4 '
4 44
44
44
April, 1917
4 '
4 44
44
44
July, 1917
4 '
4 44
44
44
Oct., 1917
4 '
4 44
44
44
Jan., 1918
4 '
4 44
44
44
April, 1918
3i '
4 44
44
44
July, 1918
4 '
4 44
44
44
Oct., 1918
4 '
4 44
(4
44
April, 1919
8* '
4 44
44
44
Oct., 1919
4 '
( 44
44
44
Oct., 1919
Si '
4 44
44
44
Nov., 1919
3i '
4 44
44
44
Jan., 1920
4 '
4 44
44
44
Oct., 1920
4 l
4 44
44
44
April, 1921
4 '
4 44
44
44
Oct., 1921
4 '
4 44
44
44
Jan., 1922
4 '
4 44
44
44
April, 1922
4 '
4 (4
44
44
Oct., 1922
4 '
4 44
44
4 4
Oct., 1923
4 '
4 44
44
44
Oct., 1924
3i '
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44
44
Oct., 1027
81 '
4 44
44
44
July, 1929
Total
Amount.
$1,040,250 00
8,750 00
549,000 00
1,793,000 00
4,000 00
7,000 00
5,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
12,000 00
70,000 00
268,000 00
277,000 00
324,000 00
56,000 00
459,000 00
18,500 00
16,000 00
45,700 00
23,000 00
8,000 00
28,500 00
11,300 00
21,000 00
275,000 00
6,000 00
7,000 00
158,700 00
20,000 00
6,300 00
100,000 00
95,000 00
200,000 00
2,000 00
190,000 00
122,000 00
70,000 00
303,000 00
100,000 00
162,500 00
100,000 00
75,000 00
200,000 00
26,275 00
526,225 00
25,000 00
410,000 00
$8,227,000 00
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Si per cent. Loans
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5
Summary.
Currency Loans
Gold
Loans
$1,004,000 00
3,534,000 00
268,000 00
13,000 00
3,229,000 00
179,000 00
Total
5,227,000 00
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Cochituate Water Debt, Gross and Net,
At the Close of Each Fiscal Tear.
Fiscal Year.
Gross Debt.
Sinking-funds.
Xet Debt.
1847-48..
1848-49..
1849-50..
1850-51..
1851-52..
1852-53..
1853-54..
1854-55..
1855-56..
1856-57..
1857-58..
1858-59..
1859-60..
1860-61..
1861-62..
1862-63..
1863-64..
1864-65..
1865-66..
1866-67..
1867-68. .
1868-69..
1869-70. .
1870-71.-
1871-72..
1872-73..
1873-74. .
1874-75..
1875-76..
1876-77..
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..
1893-94..
1894-95. .
1895-96..
1896-97..
1897-98..
1898-99..
1899-1900
1900-1901
1901-1902
1902-1903
1903-1904
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3,787
4,463
4,955
5,209
5,972
5,432
5,403
5,230
5,031
4,724
4,754
3,846
3,455
3,012
2,992
2,992
2,942
3,152
3,370
3,867
5,107
5,731
6,482
6,812
6,912
7,863
8,123
9,735
11,548
11,545
11,753
11,697
11,631
11,631
11,955
12.S82
13,045
13,491
14,142
14,741.273
14,941.273
15,696,273
16,267,773
16,423,773
16,758,773
17,055,273
17,761,273
18,261,273
18,261,273
17,911,273
17,121,273
17,306,273
11,960,273
11,351,917
9,501,000
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1,185,049 67
1,268,234 97
1,372,953 62
1,533,890 28
1,560,917 83
1,709,492 60
2,043,764 73
2,143,847 85
1,771,692 92
1,9S9,300 88
2,281,857 89
2,607,768 46
2,746,505 58
3,106,323 82
3,385,201 26
3,947,616 92
4,373,304 09
4,864,092 54
5,440,819 47
5,979,297 80
6,471,545 34
7, 019.05S 3S
7,649,504 87
8,444,773 55
9,099,966 39
9,704,387 99
9,852,760 01
9,487,119 88
9,870,223 90
10,144,647 08
10,422,449 77
8,893,615 94
7,337,902 79
$2,129,056
3,787,328
4,463,205
4,955,613
5,209,223
5,972,976
5,432,261
5,403,961
5,230,961
5,031,961
4,724,961
4,754,461
3,846,211
3,455,211
3,012,711
2,992,711
2,992,711
2,942,711
3,152,711
3,370,711
3,867,711
5,107,711
5,731,711
5,382,711
5,627,661
5,644,476
6,490,757
6,589,820
8,174,793
9,839,218
9,501,509
9,609,426
9,925,581
9,641,973
9,349,416
9,347,505
10,135,768
9,939,150
10,106,272
10,194,657
10,367,969
10,077,181
10,255,454
10,288,476
9,952,228
9,739,715
9,405,769
9,316,500
9,161,307
8,556,885
8,058,513
7,634,154
7,436,050
1,815,626
929,467
607,384
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REPORT OF INCOME DIVISION.
Boston, February 1, 1904.
Mr. Eugene S. Sullivan,
Water Commissioner :
Dear Sir, — Herewith follows the annual report of the
Income Division, Water Department. The report of the Meter
Service Division covers the financial year ending January 31,
1904; the remainder of the report is rendered for the calen-
dar year ending December 31, 1903 — it being impracticable,
owing to the nature of our accounts, to render it for the
financial year.
Respectfully submitted,
J. H. Caldwell,
G-eneral Superintendent, Income Division.
TABLE I.
Statement of Water Rates, January 2, 1904.
Account of
Year.
Amount
Assessed.
Amount
Abated.
Amount
Collected.
Balance
Outstanding.
1894
1895
1896,
1897,
1898
1899
1900
1901,
1902
1903
$2,163,625 70
' 2,266,519 08
2,568,246 04
2,630,413 37
2,342,804 58
2,414,731 72
2,197,026 64
12,264,845 26
% 2,327,899 90
% 2,384,634 68
$51,615 19
55,409 79
* 95,157 39
53,864 09
1235,414 43
1257,930 16
46,457 05
45,559 17
42,674 02
32,775 01
12,112,006 01
2,211,008 55
2,473,083 65
2,576,549 28
2,107,390 15
2,156,246 26
2,150,124 59
2,217,869 38
2,283,765 08
2,064,284 83
U 50
100 75
5 00
555 30
445 00
1,416 71
1,460 80
287,574 84
Above amounts for years 1894, 1895, 1896, and 1897 include both Cochituate and Mys-
tic supply accounts. The contracts to supply Chelsea, Somerville, and Everett with
Mystic water were abrogated by tbe Metropolitan Water Act on 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.
% No City Department accounts in these amounts, such charges having been abol-
ished by an order of tbe City Council, approved by the Mayor on March 5, 1900.
Water Department.
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TABLE II.
Number of Classified Water Takers during 1903.
Number.
By annual rates
By meter rates
City supplies of all kinds
Total
95,083
5,132
9,115
109,330
TABLE III.
Kind and Number of Fixtures in Use December 31, 1903.
Number.
Bath-tubs
Bowls ,
Foot-tubs
Sinks
Taps
Urinals, automatic
" otherwise
Wash-tubs ,
Water-closets
Total fixtures ,
80,681
120,380
413
184,656
30,419
4,996
520
128,924
177,371
728,360
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City Document No. 43.
TABLE IV.
Water at Annual Rates.
Classification.
Number,
Amount.
Armories
Bakeries
Bath-houses
Building purposes
Cemeteries
Churches
Cistern rilling
Clubs
Depots and stations
Dispensaries
Dwelling-houses
Fountains
Freight-houses
Greenhouses.
Gymnasiums
Halls
Hand-hose
Hospitals and asylums
Hotels
Laboratories
Laundries
Libraries and museums
Manufactories
Model houses
Motors
Offices
Photographers
Puddling trenches
Kestaurants and lunch rooms
Kink
Saloons
Schools
Shops
Street watering
Shipping r.
Stables
Steam and gas engines
Stores
Theatres
Towers
Totals
2
281
1
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5
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4
12
56
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8,194 28
24 92
2,910 25
72 68
3,025 63
1,276 58
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979 83
77 58
2,159 29
44,635 00
4.014 75
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9.015 81
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282 17
276,035 56
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15,447 64
1,030 75
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8,000 90
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20,160 59
1,359 00
28,168 84
354 73
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22,669 53
1,876 24
68,766 91
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20 00
$1,319,750 38
Water, Department.
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Table V.
Water at Meter Rates.
Classification.
Number.
Quantity of
Water Consumed,
Cubic Feet.
Amount
Assessed.
Bakeries
Bath-houses
Boarding-houses
Bottling establishments
Breweries
Cemeteries
Chemicals
Club-houses ,
Distilleries ,
Electrical companies ,
Elevators and motors
Factories
Fish-houses
Gas-works
Greenhouses
Halls
Hospitals
Hotels
Iron-works
Laundries
Markets
Mills and engines
Model houses .•
Navy Yard and barracks
Offices, stores and shops
Oil-works
Public institutions
Saloons and restaurants
Schools
Slaughtering houses
Stables
Steam and street railways . . .
Stone-works
Sugar refineries
Tanneries
Theatres
Warehouses
Wharves and shipping
Total
23
9
99
37
24
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5
39
5
8
503
231
29
14
11
20
19
122
34
58
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854,000
6,591,000
2,967,000
22,073,000
859,000
2,078,000
9,913,000
1,154,000
24,095,000
39,772,000
41,945,000
1,591,000
12,405,000
795,000
1,554,000
10,311,000
88,772,000
9,847,000
13,931,000
150,000
14,507,000
70,911,000
19,699,000
165,076,000
343,000
18,887,000
21,116,000
7,083,000
1,519,000
16,148,000
204,180,000
1,142,000
31,483,000
366,000
4,483,000
8,117,000
23,583,000
5,132
902,042,000
$2,281 90
1,144 70
8,912 35
3,977 30
27.044 30
1,069 10
2,579 20
12,375 20
1,472 70
23.045 60
52,076 76
53,825 37
2,119 10
14,554 40
1,038 30
2,043 00
12,471 50
107,460 48
12,438 10
18,315 45
205 80
18,237 02
96,565 25
17,704 35
215,538 05
470 10
22,813 40
28,13S 50
9,152 40
1,876 90
22,224 42
190,377 43
1,476 90
26,010 40
502 30
5,697 00
9,736 35
29,542 54
L,056,513 92
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City Document No. 43.
Table VI.
Number and Amounts of Abatements Allowed during the Year 1903.
On Account of Assessments for Yeah.
Number.
Amount.
1901
1902
1903
Total,
$295 08
21,909 40
32,775 01
$54,979 49
Table VII.
New Elevator, Motor, Fire, and Service Pipes,
Elevator pipes
Motor pipes
Fire pipes
Service pipes
Total
21
7
31
963
1,022
Table VIII.
Turning ■ Water Off and On
For repairs of mains
For repairs of services
For non-payment of water bills
For waste
Turned on first time ,
Vacancies
Total
803
3,365
2,007
4
998
3,982
11,159
Water Department. 21
Table IX.
Off and On Receipts.
Received for turning water off and on for repairs — de-
posited with City Collector
,667 50
Table X.
Elevator, Motor, and Fire Pipe Service, for the Year
Ending December 31, 1903.
Elevators.
Under supervision December 31, 1902 . . . 578
Discontinued during the year ..... 7
Changed to electric 5
— 12
— 566
New elevators inspected and accepted during the year . . 22
Under supervision December 31, 1903 . . . . . 588
Changed to tank and metered water, and still under super-
vision ........... 53
Inspections made ......... 440
Accuracy tests made ......... 233
Registering inaccurately and repaired by owners ... 67
Wasting water and repaired by owners ..... 20
Clock cord broken and repaired by owners .... 17
Clock hands off, or glass broken, and repaired by owners . 23
Motors.
Under supervision December 31, 1902 . . . 129
Discontinued ........ 2
Placed on meter 3
Changed to electric ....... 2
— 7
— 122
New motors added to service during the year .... 8
Under supervision December 31, 1903 130
Motors on meter 16
Inspections made 83
Measured ........... 8
Tested 42
Registering inaccurately and repaired by owners ... 7
Not registering and repaired by owners ..... 5
Wasting water and repaired by owners 8
Fire Service.
Premises under supervision December 31, 1902 . . . 459
Supervision discontinued 7
452
Premises equipped during the year ...... 22
Premises under supervision December 31, 1903 . . . 474
22
City Document No. 43.
Inspection of premises ......
Total number of inspections of outlet valves .
Total number of inspections of hydrant inspections
Total number of valves sealed and resealed
Total number of hydrant valves sealed and resealed
By-passes.
Meter by-passes under supervision December 31, 1902
Discontinued ........
By-passes, additional ....
Under supervision December 31, 1903
Inspections made
Kesealed
3,225
34,642
738
2,958
128
40
2
38
3
41
192
14
Table XI.
Waste Detection.
Water Inspection.
Number.
Waste reports
First examinations . .
Second examinations
Third examinations.
Fourth examinations.
Fine notices issued. .
12,715
12,715
12,233
2,679
323
51
Table XII.
Defective Fixtures and Waste.
Number.
Tank fixtures leaking
Faucets leaking
Bursts
Water-closets leaking
Wilful waste
11,202
5,] 64
456
299
22
Water Department.
23
Table XIII.
Meter Service.
Statement of Meiers for Tear Ending January 31, 1904.
Meters belonging to department January 31, 1903 .... 5,189
Purchased during the year ........ 161
Found in service 1
Condemned during year
Lost in service .
Meters belonging to department January 31, 1904 .
5,351
70
. 5,281
Table XIV.
Distribution of Meters January 81, 1904.
In service 4,727
At department shop . . . 554
Table XV.
5,281
General Statement of Work Performed on Meters During Year
Ending January 31, 1904.
Meters.
Boxes.
Applied
Discontinued
Changed
Changed location
Tested
Repaired at shop
Repaired at factory
Repaired in service
Abandoned
Examined
Hayed
Condemned
Purchased
Meters in service
Private meters applied
Private meters in service . . .
Meters at department shop
63
235
12
24
City Document No. 43.
Table XVI.
Meters Applied.
Diameter
in Inches.
Totals.
6
4
3
2
i%
1
%
%
1
3
1
3
4
7
16
7
1
11
1
14
12
25
36
14
36
11
2
71
1
136
35
4
1
97
12
Nash
2
2
1
3
B. W. W
2
1
2
1
Totals
4
2
7
27
22
52
102
72
288
Table XVII.
Meters Discontinued.
Diameter in
Inches.
Totals.
4
3
2
1%
1
3/
%
Crown
1
5
1
4
2
5
5
5
2
2
13
18
5
3
24
9
2
31
5
43
95
Worthington
35
1
15
Metropolitan
36
B. W. W
5
E mpire
1
1
1
Disc
1
Totals
2
6
11
14
41
71
43
188
Water Department.
25
Table XVIII.
Meters Purchased.
Diameter in Inches.
Totals.
6
4
3
2
IK
1
%
5
3
1
11
24
32
42
36
7
153
8
Totals
5
4
11
24
32
42
43
161
Table XIX.
Meters Repaired at Factory.
Diameter in Inches.
Totals.
4
3
2
l l A
1
X
14
6
1
2
12
6
26
2
3
I
18
1
2
2
1
2
Hersey
1
5
7
Totals
1
2
3
4
23
23
56
Table XX.
Meters Condemned.
Diameter in Inches.
Totals.
2 1
%
H
Metropolitan
2
15
30
11
3
1
l
33
3
29
B. W. W
3
Crown
1
Totals
3
17
45
1
66
26
City Document No. 43.
Table XXI.
Meters Repaired in Service.
Cause of Repairs.
Clock broken
Ratchet broken
Glass broken
Cover broken
Coupling leak
Spindle leak
Valve leak
Gear loose
Clock bound
Did not mesh ,
Irregular registration .
Carried forward.
Number
35
5
22
27
38
55
3
12
12
4
11
224
Cause oe Repairs.
Brought forward.
Hands broken
Body leak
Defaced
Gasket
Pawl stuck
Rust
Stop cock leak
Spindle broken
Intermediate worn.. .
Total.
Number.
224
9
2
10
1
6
1
2
5
2
262
Table XXII.
Meters Changed.
Cause.
Number.
For test
Irregular registration
Stoppage
No force..
Frost
Solder
Gravel
Heat
Leak at body
Leak at spindle
Clock broken
Piston bound
Piston broken..
Gear bound
Carried forward.
183
118
20
3S
41
13
10
6
10
8
26
14
14
12
513
Cause.
Number.
Brought forward
Gear broken
Gear worn
Did not mesh
Enlargement
Ratchet broken
Rust
Spindle broken
Sbaft broken
Cover broken
Clock bound ...
Bar worn
Relocate
Valve broken
Total
513
44
3
34
27
8
21
5
6
3
5
3
682
Water Department.
27
Table XXIII.
Meters in Service January 31, 1904.
Diameter
in Inches.
Totals.
6
4
3
2
1%
1
%
2
10
17
45
31
51
139
82
1
52
121
166
19
76
491
375
88
132
330
450
460
212
35
4
1
1
1,218
2
20
3
2
1,132
2,397
570
B. W. W
6
6
17
521
35
2
3
2
14
3
6
3
5
12
1
6
1
2
5
24
2
2
1
9
13
Gem
1
4
5
2
2
Torrent
1
1
Ball & Fitts
1
1
Totals
20
72
109
281
404
1,098
1,496
1,247
4,727
Table XXIV.
Private Meters Set.
Diameter in Inches.
Totals.
6
H
l
!
§
Crown
1
l
l
3
28
City Document No. 43.
Table XXV.
Private Meters in Service.
Diameter in Inches.
Totals
6
4
3
2 li
1
1
f
3
2
2
2
1
5
10
4
3
2
5
2
33
5
1
12
2
2
2
1
1
Totals
5
2
5
11
10
7
3
7
50
Table XXVI.
Meters at Department Shop January 31, 1904.
Diameter in Inches.
Totals.
6
4
3
2
l£
1
1
5.
8
"Worthington
4
1
4
2
4
6
10
4
5
3
6
4
9
1
63
5
3
42
63
29
9
139
6
105
3
4
154
152
Hersey
1
37
185
8
1
5
1
1
4
2
8
1
1
Ball & Fitts
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
Totals
2
10
16
25
22
114
246
119
554
Water Department.
29
Hersey,
f-inch
Crown,
1
H
2
3
4
6
1
li
2
3
4
Worthington, f
t;
1
tt
H
u
2
11
3
it
4
CI
6
B. W
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*
Metropolitan
*
tc
f
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1
tt
n
tt
2
Lambert,
t
n
*
u
1
(I
H
It
2
20
221
135
85
57
23
10
7
558
1,323
479
380
170
86
55
46
10
7
393
554
127
149
33
21
2
-2,549
■1,286
37
2
599
130
20
4
755
17
Thomson,
inch
tt
t
a
Gem,
2
tt
it
3
u
4 I
4
u
l(
6
u
Trident,
1
(I
Empire,
1
tt
tt
1
u
(I
li
tt
Nash,
u
tt
IC
1
3
Disc,
tt
tt
1
1*
2
3
Ball & Fitts,
tt
it
I
2
3
Torrent,
6
Champion,
t
Rogers,
4
2
13
5
13
2
14
10
26
5,281
30
City Document No. 43.
REPORT OF THE DISTRIBUTION DIVISION.
Office of the Supeeintendent,
710 Albany Street, February 1, 1904.
Eugene S. Sullivan, Esq.,
Water Commissioner :
Sir, — I herewith submit in tabular form the annual
report of the Distribution Division for the year ending
January 31, 1904.
Respectfully yours,
William J. Welch,
Superintendent.
Statement of Location, Size, and Number of Feet of Main Pipe
Extended during the Year ending January 31, 1904.
Note. — C. P. indicates City Proper; Box., Roxbury; W. R., West Roxbury; Bri.,
Brighton; Dor., Dorchester; So. B., South Boston; E. B., East Boston;
Chsri., Charlestown; B. H., Boston Harbor.
Location.
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Washington st Between Burt and Codman sts Dor
Haven ave
Massachusetts ave.
A st.
Melcher st.
Private way (nat-
ural contin-
uation of Mt.
Washington
ave.")
Mason st.
School st.
Wapping st.
From Blue Hill ave..
Clapp st.
Between
bridge.
and railroad
Between private way (natural con-
tinuation of Mt. Washington ave.)
and Wormwood st
Between Wormwood and Congress
sts
Between A and Summer sts.
" Granite and A sts
At Bow st. . . ."
Between High and Summer sts.
At Navy Yard
Total, 16-inch
So. B.
Chsn.
II.
II.
L.
30-in.
16-in.
92S
209
231
512
1,065
228
360
20
186
9
2,820
Wateb Department.
31
Statement of Main Pipe Extended — Continued.
Location.
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Board of Survey
Street No. 713....
Ritchie st
La Grange st
Weld st
Wallingford road.
Blue Hill ave
Columbia road
Geneva ave
Greenock st
Kilton st
Mt. Vernon st
Normandy st
Old Colony ave
Roseclair st
Shoreham st
A st
Binford st
C st
Columbia road
Old Colony ave....
Passageway
Pittsburg st
Private way
Bennington st
Between Southampton and Leather-
bee sts
Between Columbus ave. and Mar-
cella st
From Martin st.
Between Washington and Swallow
sts
At Walter st.
Between Leamington road and
Chestnut Hill ave
Opposite Rockville st. (connection
between 12-inch and 6-inch)
Between Moseley and Dorchester
aves
Between Everton and Olney sts.
Blue Hill ave. and Har-
vard st
Harvard and Athelwold
sts
At Shoreham st.
Between Shoreham st. and Old Col-
ony ave
Between Columbia road and Seaver
st
At Mt. Vernon st., under Columbia
road bridge
From Boston st
Between Boston and Greenhalge sts
" Carson and Mt. Vernon sts
" Binford and Wormwood
sts. (connection between
12-inch and 6-inch).. .
" A st. and passageway
" First and Anchor sts
" Champney and Hyde sts
At Hyde st. and Columbia road
Between Binford and Wormwood
sts
Between Congress st. and railroad
tracks
Off A st., between Melcher and Con-
gress sts
Between Walley st. and Leverett ave.
Carried forward
Rox.
W.R.
L.
H.
H.
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H.
<<
H.
Bri.
H.
Dor.
H.
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12-in,
576
493
240
1,098
38
630
30
369
120
690
287
55
193
48
ISO
170
501
27
17
300
869
564
20
271
700
10
187
8,683
32
City Document No. 43.
Statement of Main Pipe Extended.— Continued.
Location.
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Bennington st.
(north side)
Boardman st.
Overlook st..
Saratoga St..
Long Island
Carleton st —
St. Botolph st.
Mendum st
Speedway
Alpha road
Florida st
Johnston road —
Tonawanda st.
Pittsburg st. ..
Third st
Saratoga st —
Blanford st.
Congress st
Court st. (north
side)
Cummington st.
Exchange pi. .
Hale st
Post Office sq.
(east side)
* State st.
Brought forward.
At Saratoga st
" Ford st
" Waldemar ave —
Between Ford st. and B.
L. R.R
ft. B.
South from connection between 12-
inch and 6-inch lines, opposite
Rainsford Island
Total, 12-inch.
Bet. Berwick park and Yarmouth st. .
At south side of Gainsboro st
South from Gainsboro st
At Walter st
From Telford st
Between Park and Waldeck sts
" Ashmont and Templeton sts.
" Blue Hill ave. and Harvard
st
Claybourne and Greenbrier
sts
Congress st. and railroad
tracks
At O st. (between 20-inch and 10-inch
mains)
At Bennington st. (connection be-
tween 12-inch and 10-inch) ,
Total, 10 inch.
Between Commonwealth ave. and
B. & A.R. R
Bet. Post Office ave. and Water st... .
" Corn hill and Franklin ave
At Blandford st
Between Blandford and Lawton sts.
From Congress st
" South Margin st
Between Water and Bath sts ,
" Exchange st. and Change ave..,
Carried forward
E.B.
B. H.
C. P.
Rox.
ii
W. R.
Bri.
Dor.
So. B.
E.B.
C.P.
L.
L.
H.
L.
H.
L.
L.
L.
H.
L.
H.
H.
H.
H.
L.
L.
L.
L.
H.
H.
L.
L.
H.
L.
H.
H.
12-in.
10-in,
S-m.
8,683
26
7
156
285
3,338
12,495
816
19
72
20
991
2
711
426
3fr
9
11
20
3,127
263
274
3
31
1,175
133
152
86
33
2,150
*Dead.
Water Department.
33
Statement of Main Pipe Extended. — Continued.
Location.
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Water st
West Canton st..
Randall st
Cleaves st
Dalyrmple st
Fresno si
Grove st
Irving et
Jewett st
Johnswood road
<<
Malcolm st
Pleasant ave
Rowe st
Summer st
Champney st
Smith st
Stratton st
Alpha road
Blue Hill ave*
Brenton st
Centre st
Columbia ave. ..,
Elder st
Lafleld st
Millett st ,
Proposed st
St. Margaret st. .
Shoreham st
Tokio st
Anchor st
Bowen st
Cypher st
Brought fonoard
Bet. Congress and Devonshire sts. . .
At Carleton st
" west side of Fellows st
Off Columbus ave
Bet. Egleston and Georgiana sts ".
" Dudley ave. and Alder st
" Washington and Stimson sts
" Pelton st. and end of street
" Neponset ave. and Folsom sts..
From Prospect ave.
" Belgrade ave
" Pleasant st
Off Brown ave.
Between Powell and Cass sts —
At Stratton st
Easterly from unnamed street. . .
Between Bigelow and Atkins sts.
" Park and Waldeck sts..
Opposite Almont st. (connection be-
tween 6-inch and 16-inch)
Off Glenway st
Between Elm lawn and Leslie st.
Off Mt. Vernon st
Between Columbia road and Hum-
phreys st
Off Centre st
Between Faxon and Harvard sts —
Off Alpha road
Between Roseclair and Boston sts..
" Carson and Mt. Vernon sts.,
" River st. and Edgewater
drive
AtC st
Between E and F sts.
At C st
Carried forward. . .
C. P.
a
Rox.
W. R.
Bri.
Dor.
So. B.
H.
L.
L.
H.
H.
H.
H.
H.
H.
H.
H.
H.
H.
H.
H.
H.
L.
H.
H.
H.
H.
H.
L.
L.
H.
H.
H.
L.
L.
H.
L.
L.
L.
8-in.
2,150
32
15
32
242
170
55
514
298
225
306
62
56
161
276
145
3
229
439
547
7
197
306
241
208
3
156
3
368
238
435
7
359
7
8,492
34
City Document No. 43.
Statement of Main Pipe Extended. — Continued.
Location.
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Hyde st.
Swallow st.
Arlington ave. .
Hamblen st
Jenner st
Monument ave.
Austin ave
Trumbull st
Blandfordst.
Court st. (north
side)
Court st. (north
side)
Eastern ave.
Holyoke st..
Knapp st —
Water st
Yarmouth st.
Pike st
Arden st —
Bagnal st...
Duck lane...
Telford st
Argyle st
Claybourne st.
<<
Greenhalge st.
Howe st. ......
Lombard way.
Millett st....
Norwood st.
Brought forward.
At Old Colony ave. and Columbia
road
" O st
Between O and X sts
West from Fred st
Bet. Arlington ave. and George sts. .
At Bo w st
Bet. Main and Warren sts
" Bays water and Saratoga sts . . .
Across Bennington st
Total, 8 inch
Between Commonwealth ave. and
B. & A. R. R
Between Franklin ave. and Cornhill:
" Cornhill and Franklin ave.
At Commercial st
" Carleton st
Off Beach st
Between Congress and Devonshire
sts
At Carleton st
" Fellows st
Between Coolidge and Hooker sts. . .
" Aldie and Holton ets
" Smith and North Harvard
sts
At Speedway ,
Between Talbot and Welles aves —
" Dakota and Tonawanda sts..
' ' Park and Tonawanda sts —
At Roseclair st
Off Hancock st
So. B.
Chsn
E.B.
C. P.
Rox.
Brl.
Dor.
Between Dorchester ave. and Auck-
land st
Between Talbot and Southern aves ,
Junction of Tolman st
Carried forward
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
H.
H.
L.
L.
H.
H.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
H.
H.
L.
H.
L.
H.
L.
8-in.
6 in.
8,492
9
26
117
87
336
18
202
447
33
9,767
101
154
8
45
11
139
143
20
24
200
39
28
31
176
84
216
15
130
339
441
33
2,377
Water Department.
35
Statement of Main Pipe Extended. — Concluded.
Location.
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5
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2,377
7
88
Champney ct
Seventh st
Between Carson and Mt. Vernon sts.
Off Champney st
Dor.
So. B.
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Chsn.
CC
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E.B.
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L.
L.
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L.
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L.
L.
L.
L.
H.
L.
H.
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cc
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cc
cc
cc
cc
cc
cc
cc
cc
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At st
34
Benedict st
Between Dorrance and Hamblen sts.
At Rutherford ave
183
33
Gilbert ave
24
Hamblen st
Bennington st.
(south side)
Bennington st
Sea View ave
Bet. Arlington ave. and George st. . .
" Princeton and Bunker Hill sts..
" West and Saratoga sts
3
87
1,388
46
306
" Walley st. and Leverett ave. . .
From Orient ave
Wordsworth st . . .
Between Bennington st. andB., R.B.
& L. R.R
72
c«
Southern end of island (connection
between 12-inch and 6-inch lines) . .
Southern end of island (connection
between 6-inch line on Long Island
Total, 6-inch
20
15
4,683
Off Endicott st
C.P.
L.
4-in.
Pond Street pi
108
Statement of Location, Size, and Number of Feet of ilain Pipe
Relaid during the Year ending January 31, 1904, and the
Former Size of Same.
Location.
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Brookline ave. .
Tremont st
*Tremont st... ,
* Dead.
Between Bellevue st. and B. &
A.R.R
Between Massachusetts ave. and
Rutland st
Between Massachusetts ave. and
Northampton st
Total, 30-inch.
C. P.
L.
L.
L.
40-in.
30-in.
594
941
143
1,084
40-in.
30-in.
36 City Document No. 43.
Statement of Main Pipe Relaid. — Continued.
Location.
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Fourth st.
Atlantic ave...
Commercial st.
Court st
State st.
Harrison ave.
Blue Hill ave.
Binford st.
Bow st
Wapping st.
Cambridge st.
Congress st.
Corning st. .
Franklin st.
Friend st
India st
Newbury st.. .
St. James ave.
Shawmut ave.
State st
Between Dorchester ave. and
Fort Point Channel i So. B.
At State st
" Eastern ave.
Between Tremont st. and Court
sq. (East)
At Scollay Square (across the
street from new 16-inch to
12-inch at Cornhill)
" Devonshire st >
" Exchange st —
Between Zeigler and Dudley sts.
At Haven ave. (over N.Y., N.H.
& H. R.R.)
Across A St., between 12-inch
and 16-inch mains
Between Harvard and Washing-
ton sts
Between Chelsea and Water sts.
Total, 16-inch
Bet. Charles and Hancock sts..
" Hancock st. and Bowdoin
sq
C. P.
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L.
L.
H.
L.
C. P.
At State st
" West side, Shawmut ave...
" East side, Shawmut ave. . .
Between Pearl and India sis.
Across Sudbury st
Between State and Central sts.. .
Across Dartmouth st
Between Clarendon and Dart-
mouth sts
Between Berkeley and Claren-
don sts
Bet. Cherry and Warrenton sts.
Near Congress st
Between Washington and Con-
gress sts
Carried forward .
H.
H.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
H.
L.
L.
H.
H.
20-in.
16-in.
337
12-in
72
91
258
39
12
25
233
195
5
203
451
1,584
1,676
551
32
20
45
971
45
143
104
591
610
890
13
241
20-in.
16-in.
12 &
16-in.
16-in.
<<
<<
6-in.
12-in.
16-in.
6-in.
8-in.
16-in.
6-in.
12-in.
6-in.
8-in.
6-in.
6 &
8-in.
6-in.
6 &
8-in.
6-in.
12-in.
5,932
Water Department.
37
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Location.
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Sudbury st
West Newton st.
Worcester st.
East Lenox st. ..
Hunneman st.. ..
Roxbury st
St. Alphonsus st.
Vancouver st.. ..
Centre st
Proctor st.
South st. . .
Walter st..
Weld st
Blue Hill av.
Clayton st...
Crescent ave.
Fremont st.
Glen way st .
Harvard st.
Moseley st.
Park st
Sydney st.,
A st
Cst.
Columbia road..
Dorchester ave.,
Brought forward
Bet. Slerrimac and Court sts. . . .
" Columbus ave. and Tre-
mont st
Columbus ave.
mont st
and Tre-
At Fellows st.
Between Harrison ave. and Al-
bany st
Between Shawmut ave. and Put-
nam pi
Between Smith and Tremont sts.
Across Huntington ave
Between Pond st. and Grovenor
road
At Walter st
Opp. Bussey College entrance...
Between Weld and Mendum sts.
' ' Weld and Proctor sts. . .
At Walter st
Opp. Norfolk st. (connection
between 12-inch and 16-inch).. .
At Park st.
Between Dorchester ave. and
Sydney st
From Blue Hill ave
Between Nos. 60 and 64.
At Greenock st
Between Blue Hill ave.
Wales st
and
At Cresent ave
Bet. Freeport and Adams sts.
At Crescent ave
At Private way (natural con-
timiation of Mt. Washington
ave., between Granite and A
sts.)
" West First
Branch st.
st., south of
Between Newman and Preble sts
" Fourth and Fifth sts. . .
Carried forioard
C. P.
Rox.
W.R.
Dor.
So. B.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
H.
H.
H.
H.
H.
II .
H.
L.
L.
H.
H.
H.
H.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
H.
12-in,
5,932
678
874
727
28
385
36
1,157
14
7
4
790
34
1,745
14
13
25
302
319
6 &
8-in.
6-in.
12-in.
622
6-in.
288
12-in
91
(<
102
(<
29
8-in.
8
12-in
227
8-in.
829
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12-in
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6-in.
15,338
12-in.
8-in.
12-in.
6-in.
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12-in
6-in.
12-in.
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City Document No. 43.
Statement of Main Pipe Relaid. — Continued.
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L.
12-in.
16
14
6
16-in.
ii
" Jenkins st
<(
Foundry st
Fourth st
Under Fourth-st. bridge
12-in.
Between Dorchester ave. and
Fort Point channel
it
H.
868
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Between Chelsea and Water sts.
Chsn.
L.
30
6-in.
" Walley st. andLeverett
E.B.
L.
402
6 &
12-in.
Bremen st
At Porter st
<(
E.
L.
50
231
10-in.
Bet. Maverick and Everett sts. . .
12-in.
Ford st
" Bennington and Boardman
sts
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L.
H.
L.
28
6
205
cc
Overlook st
CI
Porter st
Bet. Chelsea and Bremen sts
Total, 12-inch
6-in.
17,194
^^™
Anderson st
C.P.
L.
10-in.
16
6-in.
Battery march st..
Beverly st
Across Franklin st
cc
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53
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Between Causeway and Wash-
ington sts
it
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12
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cc
Bowker st
' ' Sudbury st
it
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Bet. Washington and Watson sts.
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" Eliot and Pleasant sts
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726
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At Cambridge st
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Clarendon st
Across St. James ave
cc
L.
L.
64
1,092
cc
Dartmouth st
Bet. Beacon and Boylston sts
cc
East Concord st...
Bet. Harrison ave. and Albany st.
ct
L.
722
cc
" Essex st. and Hay ward pi..
cc
H.
96
CI
Massachusetts ave.
(north side)
" Columbus ave. and N.T.,
N.H. &H. R.R
cc
L.
502
cc
No. Anderson st. . .
At Cambridge st.
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L.
L.
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53
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No. Russell st
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8-in.
Portland st
Across Sudbury st
II
Bet. Albany st. and Harrison ave.
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40S
6-in.
6,954
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Statement of Main Pipe Relaid. — Continued.
Location.
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So. Russell st
Trinity pi
West Cedar st
West Dedham St..
W. Springfield st.
St.Botolphst
Brown ave
Beach st
Carson st
Exchange st
Wales st
Bo wen st
First st
Midway st
Ninth st
Ost
Sixth st
Beach st.
Paris st
Blandford st
Cambridge st
Central st
Charlesgate East. .
Cobb st
Coram onwealth
ave. (north side).
Coram onwealth
ave. (south side).
Congress st
Court 8q. (west
side)
Brought forward.
At Cambridge st
" St. James ave
From Cambridge st. .
Between Washington st. and
Shawmut ave
Between Columbus ave. and
Tremont st
At North side of Gainsboro st...
" Garden st
" Parkst
" Crescent ave
" Park st
Across Harvard st
Between E and F sts
AtC st ,
Between Dorchester ave. and
Granite st
At Binford st
" Dorchester st
First st. and Columbia road.
At Ost
Off Medfordst
Bet. Meridian and Gove sts..
Total, 10-inch
Between Commonwealth ave.
andB. & A. R.R
Across westerly side of Charles
st., bet. Charles st. and Charles
river
At India st
Bet. Beacon and Marlboro sts . . .
At Shawmut ave.
Across Dartmouth st.
At State st.
" Court st
Carried forward.
C. P.
Rox.
W.R.
Dor.
So. B.
Chsn.
E. B.
C. P.
E.
ir.
L.
L.
E.
H.
E.
L.
L.
H.
L.
E.
E.
L.
E.
E.
E.
L.
L.
L.
H.
H.
10-in,
8-in.
6,954
24
13
120
298
6-in.
705
<<
39
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8-in.
37
6-in.
30
"
30
<<
46
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53
6 &
8-in.
721
6-in.
5
10-in
57
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2,340
6-in.
3
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372
4-in.
467
6-in.
12,330
12
36
3
182
42
116
106
6
17
520
6-in.
12-in.
8-in.
6-in.
8-in.
6-in.
40
City Document No. 43.
Statement of Main Pipe Relaid. — Continued.
Location.
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Devonshire st.
Franklin ave..
Garden st.. .
Grove st
Hale st
Hanson st...
Hay ward pi.
Irving st
Joy st
Mass. ave. (south
side)
Northfieldst...
North Grove st.
Shawm ut ave...
Temple st
Union Park st. .
Watson st
Wheeler st
Fellows st
Harrison ave
Huntington ave..
Marlboro st
Randall st.
Fresno st. .
Haverford st. (for-
merly Argylest.)
Jones st
St. John st
Walter st
Smith st
Abbott st
Ashland st
Brought forward.
At Franklin ave. and Court
sq. east (connection between
16-inch and 6-inch)
At State st
Across Court st.
At Cambridge st.
From Green st
From Shawmut ave.
At Harrison ave
" Cambridge st —
1 Columbus ave
' Camden st
1 Cambridge st
Bet. Cherry and Warrenton sts.
At Cambridge st
" Albany st
" Camden st
" Shawmut ave..
Between Hunneman and North
ampton sts
At south side of Dudley st.
" Vancouver st
Between Massachusetts ave. and
Charlesgate east
At east side of Fellows st
Bet. Dudley ave. and Alder st. .
From Cornwall st
At Walter st
" Centre st
Bet. Weld and Proctor sts.
Easterly from unnamed st.
At Harvard st
" Parkst
Carried forward
C. P.
Rox.
W. R.
Bri.
Dor.
H.
H.
H.
L.
L.
L.
L.
H.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
K.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
H.
H.
H.
H.
H.
L.
H.
L.
520
24
14
34
20
23
324
190
39
33
14
60
18
39
219
8
12
33
29
1,092
45
43
646
8
3
196
31
7
45
9
18
16
3,812
8-in.
6-in.
4 and
8-in.
6-in.
4-in-
6-in.
4-in.
8-in.
6-in.
8-in-
6-in.
8-in.
6-in.
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41
Statement of Main Pipe Relaid. — Continued.
Location.
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Button wood st.
Carson st
Everett st...
Glenarm st. .
Grant st
Harvard st..
Newport st..
Seaver st. ..
Shoreham st.
Spring Garden st.
Vaughan st
Broadway
Fifth st
K st
Nst
Second st
Seventh st
Swallow st
Third st
Wormwood st.
Arlington ave.
Arrow st
Bow st
Devens st.
Jenner st
Monument ave.
Rutherford ave.
Summer st
Union street
Brought forward.
At Crescent ave
Between Shoreham st. and Cres
cent ave
Between Crescent ave. and Mt.
Vernon st
At Park st
Bet. Merrill and Seaver sts.
At Crescent ave
Greenock st
Crescent ave
Glenarm st
Carson st
• Crescent ave.
' Harvard st. . .
' Ost
Bet. K and Q sts.
AtO st
" Broadway
O st.
Between O and N sts.
At Ost
" A st
"West from Fred st. . . .
At Bow st
Between Harvard and Wash-
ington sts
Between Washington st. and
Rutherford ave
At Bow st.
Between Warren st. and Monu-
ment square
Bet. Devens and Chapman sts.. .
At School st
" Rutherford ave
Carried forward
Dor.
S. B.
Chsn.
L.
L.
L.
L.
H.
L.
H.
L.
H.
L.
L.
H.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
8-in.
3,812
29
374
32
16
220
15
5
16
6
12
10,812
6-in.
8-in.
6-in.
6 and
8 in.
15
6-in.
17
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6-in.
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8-in.
20
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6-in.
250
6 and
8-in.
5
8-in.
645
4-in.
1,069
6-in.
3
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City Document No. 43.
Statement of Main Pipe Relaid. — Continued.
Location.
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Wapping st
Auburn ct
Batterymarch st.
Bond st
Cherry st
Devonshire st. . .
Hanson st
Lindall pi
Newbern pi
Ridgeway lane . .
Tileston st
Townsend pi
Charlesgate east.
Colony st
East Lenox st...
Fellows ct
pi
Notre Dame st. . .
Orange ct
Perkins pi
Washington pi..
Cohasset st
Grovenor road . .
St. Joseph st
Smith st
Blue Hill ave
Millet st
Broadway
Cst
Colton st
Brought forward
Bet. Chelsea and Water sts.
Total 8 inch
Chsn.
At Cambridge st
Across Franklin st
At Hanson st
" Shawmut ave
" State st
From Shawmut ave
At Cambridge st
" Carver st
" Cambridge st
" Hanover st
" Carver st
Across Commonwealth ave.
At Fellows st
Bet. Bragdon and Dimock sts..
At Fellows st
" Roxbury st
At the brook. —
" Centre st
" Woodman st.
Easterly from unnamed street. . .
Opposite Norfolk st. (connection
between 12-inch and 16-inch) . . .
Between Talbot and Southern
aves
AtM st
Between K and Q sts
At West First st., south of branch,
" First st
Carried forward.
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Box.
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Dor.
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S. B.
L.
L.
L.
L.
H.
L.
L.
L.
H.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
H.
L.
L.
L.
H.
H.
H.
L.
H.
H.
H.
L.
L.
L.
6-in.
10,812
7
10,819
16
4
19
44
12
6
18
3
3
6
15
137
12
8
36
41
75
36
18
46
69
12
12
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6-in.
4-in.
6-in.
4-in.
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6-in.
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4-in.
6-in.
4-in.
8-in.
6-in.
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4-in.
6-in.
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4-in.
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6-in.
2 and
6-in.
6-in.
4-in.
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Statement of Main Pipe Relaid. — Continued.
Location.
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Net
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Benedict st
Devens st
George st
Summer st. . .
Union st
Paris ct
Wesley st
Wordsworth st
Long Island...
Franklin ave. .
Townsend pi..
Downing st
Brought forward.
Between Dorchester ave. and
Granite st
At Broadway
" Columbia road . .
" Rutherford ave.
Near Hamblen st. . .
At School st
" Rutherford ave.
" Paris st
Between Bennington St. and B.,
R. B. & L. R.R
Soiithern end of island, between
6-inch line connecting with
Moon island and 2-inch line
connecting with Moon island..
Total, 6-inch
At Court st. .
" Carver st.
Between Salvisberg ave. and
Whittier pi
Total, 4-inch.
S.B.
Chsn.
E. B.
B. H.
C. P.
Rox.
L.
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L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
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L.
L.
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Children's Institu-
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" Parental School Grounds, Spring
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Insane Hospital
Trustees
" Austin Farm, between Harvard
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325
44
City Document No. 43.
Statement of Main Pipe Raised, Lowered, and Hoved Laterally.
Note. — This work was occasioned by the operations of corporations, contractors and
others, the changing of street grade and sewer construction.
Hancock st .
State st
Columbia road. . .
Audubon road...
KilbvBt....'.
State st ,
Hunneman st...
River way
Washington St..
Harvard ave —
Erie st
Glenway st.. .
River st
West Park st.
Second st
Kilby st.
Location.
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" Devonshire st.
Bet. Merchants' row and
Chatham row
Bet. Kilby and Exchange sts.
At Exchange st
Bet. Kilby and Exchange sts.
" Devonshire and Ex-
change sts
At Exchange st.
" Valest
Total, 16-inch .
At Brookline ave.
" State st
Dor.
C.P.
S.B,
Bet. Merchants' row and
Chatham row
Bet. Kilby and Congress sts.
" Devonshire and Con-
gress sts
At Devonshire st
" Atlantic ave
East of gate at Harrison ave.
At Brookline ave
Near Whipple st
At Brighton ave
" Merrill st
" Elmo st
" Harlem st
Opp. Liversidge Home
At Spencer st
Between A and B sts
Total, 12-inch
C.P.
24-in.
16 in.
12-in.
Rox.
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Bri.
Dor.
At State st.
S.B.
C.P.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
10-in.
L.
L.
H.
H.
H.
L.
L.
L.
L.
H.
L.
H.
H.
H.
H.
H-
L.
H.
52
110
100
72
30
36
96
60
23
Raised.
Moved.
Raised.
527
18
11
15
36
120
10
61
60
14
24
20
59
488
11
Moved.
Lowered.
Raised.
Lowered.
(<
Raised.
CI
Lowered.
Raised.
Moved.
Lowered.
Moved.
Lowered.
Raised.
Water Department.
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Statement of Main Pipe Raised, Etc. — Concluded.
Location.
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Essex st
Exchange st .
Lewis Wharf.
State st
Binford st.
Bailey st..
Austin st
Point Shirley.
Tremont pi
Harold st
Oakland ave
North Beacon st.
Elmo st
Erie st
Fuller st
Harlem st
Wrentham st
Bunker Hill st. ..
Bennington st —
Long Island.
Ludlow st.
At Lincoln st
" State st....
North side —
Bet. Merchants' row and
Chatham row
Across A st. (over 36-inch
line)
Opp. Hillside terrace
At Washington st —
Bet. Washington and Law-
rence sts
On beach at Shirley gut.
Total, 8-inch
Off Beacon st
At Ruthven st
" Dudley st
Opp. Albany House
At Erie st
" Michigan ave
" Washington st
" Glenway st
Near Adams st
Junction of Edgeworth st. . . .
At Wordsworth st
" Breed st
145 feet north of Breed st
Southwestern side of island,
south of connection bet.
12-inch and 6-inch lines,
opposite Rainsford island,
Westerly side of island, north
of connection bet. 12-inch
and 6-inch lines, opposite
Rainsford island
Total, 6-inch.
Corner of Eden st.
C.P.
S.B.
Dor.
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Chsn.
Win.
C.P.
Box.
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Bri.
Dor.
Chsn,
E. B,
B. H.
Chsn.
6-in.
4-in,
H.
L.
L.
H.
L.
H.
H.
L.
L.
H.
H.
L.
L.
H.
H.
H.
H.
H.
L.
L.
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City Document No. 43.
Statement of Location, Size, and Number of Feet of Main Pipe
Abandoned during the Year ending January 31, 1904.
Location.
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Brookline ave.
Tremont st
Fourth st.
Atlantic ave.. .
Commercial st.
Court st
State st.
Binford st.
Dorchester st.
Bow st
Brookline ave.
Cambridge st..
Court st. .
Lehigh st.
State st
Fenway
Hunneman st
St. Alphonsusst.
South st
Weldst
Blue Hill ave .
Fremont st...
Bet. Bellevue st. and B. & A. R.R.*. ..
" Massachusetts ave. and Rut-
land st
" Dorchester ave. and Fort Point
Channel
At State st
" Eastern ave.
Between Scollay sq. and Court sq.
east side
At Scollay sq. (across the street
from new 16-inch to 12-inch at
Cornhill)
Devonshire st.
Exchange st . .
Across A st. between 12-inch and
16-inch mains
Bet. Yale and Jenkins sts
" Harvard and Washington sts...
Total 16 inch.
At Burlington ave. (connection be-
tween 40-inch and 12-inch
Between Charles and Hancock sts. . .
Across northerly side of Charles St.,
between Charles st. and Charles
river
Between Scollay sq. and Court sq —
" junction, South and Har-
vard sts. and a point 454
feet from gate at Albany st.
Near Congress st ,
At Huntington ave. entrance
Bet. Harrison ave. and Albany st. ..
" Smith and Tremont sts
" Alleghany and Tremont sts
Opposite Bussey College entrance..,
At Walter st
Between Walk Hill and Norfolk sts. ,
From Blue Hill ave
Brought forward ,
C.P.
So. B.
C.P.
So. B.
Chsn.
C.P.
Box.
W.R.
Dor.
H.
H.
L.
L.
L.
L.
H.
L.
H.
L.
L.
L.
H.
H.
H.
H.
H.
40-in.
30-in.
20-in.
16-in.
12-in,
1,721
941
655
72
140
231
50
12
25
10
460
4
1,004
20
1,676
36
11
932
13
300
3S5
288
174
8
51
2,424
227
6,545
Water Department.
47
Statement of Main Pipe Abandoned. — Continued.
Location,
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Glen way st.
Harvard st .
Sydney St. .
A Street
Foundry st .
Fourth st.
Swan st
Bennington st.
Cottage st
Ford st
Overlook st
Foundry st.
Midway st.
Ninth St.. .
Bremen st.
Central st
Charleagate East. .
Congress st
(east
Court sq.
side) ....
Cumberland st. . ,
Franklin ave
st
Kilmarnock st
North Russell st..
Portland st
St. James ave. . . .
State st
Sudbury st
Carried forward
Between No. 60 and No. 64 ,
" Blue Hiil ave. and Wales st
At Crescent ave
" Private Way (natural continua-
tion of Mt. Washington ave.,
between Granite and A sts) . . .
Under Fourth-st. Bridge
Bet. Fourth-st. Bridge and Swan st..
Under bridge, between Foundry st.
and Fort Point channel
Bet. Foundry st. and Dorchester ave.
" Walley and Leverett sts
" Maverick and Everett sts
" Bennington and Boardman sts..
At Waldemar ave
Total, 12-inch
Between Fourth-st. bridge and Dor-
chester ave
At Binford st
" Dorchester st.
" Porter st
Total, 10-inch.
At India st
Between Beacon and Marlboro sts.
At State st
" Court st
" No. 31
Across Court st
Between Pearl and India sts
At Queensbury st
" Cambridge st
Across Sudbury st
Bet. Clarendon and Dartmouth sts.
" Washington and Congress sts..
" Merrimac and Court sts
Brought forward
Dor,
So.B.
E. B.
So.B.
E. B.
C. P.
H.
H.
L.
L.
L.
H.
H.
H.
L.
L.
L.
H.
L.
L.
H.
H.
L.
H.
L.
L.
L.
L.
H.
H.
L.
12-in.
10-in.
6,545
7
790
21
20
6
290
400
540
213
231
165
6
9,234
1,325
8
49
50
1,432
3
169
44
19
5
34
15
33
38
53
100
254
223
990
48 City Document No. 43.
Statement of Main Pipe Abandoned. — Continued.
Location.
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Charlesgate East .
Gainsborough et.
Hampshire st. ...
Huntington ave..
Randall st
Vila st.
Brown ave
Proctor st.
St. John st
Walter st
Harvard st —
Shoreham st...
First st
Wormwood st.
Arlington ave.
Arrow st,
Bow st
Devens st
Jenner st.
Anderson st
Batterymarch st.
Beverly st
Blandford st
Bowdoin st.. .
Bowker st
Cambridge st.
Camden st
Carver st
Carried forward
Across Commonwealth ave.
Between Commonwealth ave. and
Marlboro st
At N.Y., N.H. & H. R.R
Near Whittier st
At Vancouver st
" east side of Fellows st
" Kenwood road
" Garden st
" Walter st.
" Centre st
Between Weld and Proctor sts.
" Weld and Mendum sts
At Greenock st.
" Carson st
" C st
" A st
West from Fred st
At Bow st
Bet. Harvard and Washington sts...
" Washington st. and llutherford
ave
At Bow st
Total, 8 inch.
Rox.
W. R.
Dor.
So. B.
Chsn.
At Cambridge st
Across Franklin st
Bet. Causeway and Washington sts..
" Commonwealth ave. and B. &
A. R.R
At Cambridge st
" Sudbury st
Bet. Hancock st. and Bowdoin sq. ..
" Washington and Watson sts.. . .
" Eliot and Pleasant sts
" Boylston and Eliot sts
Brought forward .
C.P.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
H.
H.
H.
H.
H.
H.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
H.
L.
H.
L.
L.
L.
6 in.
990
137
216
12
SO
23
34
7
874
236
7
11
20
60
30
36
5
2,816
16
57
724
12
12
22
551
1,978
726
400
4,498
Water Department.
49
Statement of Main Pipe Abandoned. — Continued.
Location.
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Chambers St..
Clarendon st.
Cobb st
Commonw'lth ave.
(north side) . . .
Commonw'lth ave.
(south side) —
Corning st
Court sq.
(west side) . . .
Dartmouth st
Devonshire st...
East Concord st.
Franklin st
Friend st
Garden st
Grove st. .
Hanson st
Harrison ave....
Hay ward pi
India st
Irving st
Joy st
Massachusetts ave.
(north side)
Massachusetts ave.
(south side) —
Newbury st
No. Anderson st . .
Northfleld st
North Grove st
Kandolph st
Ridgeway lane —
St. James ave
Shawmut ave.
Brought forward. .
At Cambridge st
Across St. James ave.
At Shawmut ave
Across Dartmouth st.
At west side Shawmut ave.
" east side Shawmut ave . .
" Court st
Between Beacon and Boylston sts.
At State st
Bet. Harrison ave. and Albany st..
" Pearl and India sts
Across Sudbury st
At Cambridge st
From Shawmut ave
Between Essex st. and Hayward pi.
At Harrison ave"
Between State and Central sts
At Cambridge st
Between Columbus ave. and N.Y.,
N.H. & H. R.R
At Columbus ave
Across Dartmouth st
At Cambridge st ,
" Camden st
" Cambridge st
Bet. Harrison ave. and Albany st. .
At Cambridge st
Bet. Clarendon and Darthmouth sts.,
" Berkeley and Clarendon sts
" Cherry and Warrenton sts ,
Carried forward
C. P.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
H.
L.
H.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
H.
H.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
H.
H.
L.
L.
6-in.
6-in.
4,498
40
64
42
116
106
20
45
40
1,092
37
722
956
45
20
23
195
96
39
143
33
14
502
60
104
39
18
39
408
12
491
610
1,109
11,778
50
City Document No. 43.
Statement of Main Pipe Abandoned. — Continued.
Location.
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South Russell st.
Sudbury st
Temple st
Tileston st
Trinity pi
Union Park st. . .
Union wharf —
Watson st
West Cedar st
West Dedham st..
West Newton st...
West Springfield
st
Wheeler st
Worcester st.
Belle vue st
Charlesgate east.
Colony st
Commo n w e a 1 1 h
ave. (north side).
East Lenox st.
Fellows pi
st
Harrison ave.
Marlboro st.. .
Notre Dame st..
Regent sq
Roxbury st
St. Botolph st. .
Fresno st
Grovenor road.
Brought forward
At Cambridge st
Between Merrimac and Court sts..
At Cambridge st
" Hanover st
" St. James ave
" Albany st ,
South side, easterly end .*. ,
" end of wharf
At Camden st
From Cambridge st
Between Washington st. and Shaw-
mut ave
Between Columbus ave. and Tre-
mont st
Between Columbus ave. and Tre-
mont st
At Shawmut ave.
Between Columbus ave. and Tre-
mont st
At Bernier st
Bet. Boylston road and Ipswich st..
At Fellows st
" Charlesgate east.
" Fellows st
Between Hunneman and Northamp-
ton st
Between Zeigler and Dudley sts.
Massachusetts ave. and
Charlesgate east
" Bragdon and Dimock sts..
At end of Main
Bet. Shawmut ave. and Putnam pi. ..
At north side of Gainsboro st
Between Dudley ave. and Alder st.. .
At Centre st
Carried forward.
C.P.
Rox.
W.R.
L.
L.
H.
L.
H.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
H.
H.
L.
L.
H.
H.
6-in,
11,778
24
455
14
6
13
12
50
5
33
120
298
874
705
29
727
1
420
12
22
36
41
1,092
233
646
75
5
622
39
3
12
18,402
Water Department.
51
Statement of Main Pipe Abandoned. — Continued.
Location.
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merly A rgyle st.)
Jones st
St. Joseph st.
Smith st
Abbott st
Ashland st...
Beach st
Blue Hill ave.
Buttonwood st..
Carson st
Clayton st
Crescent ave
Everett st
Exchange st
Glenarm st
Grant st
Millet st
Moseley st. . . .
Newport st
Park st
Seaver st
Shelbnrne st
Shoreham st
Spring Garden st.
Vaughan st
Wales st
Bowen st
• Broadway
Brought forward .
From Cornwall st
At Walter st
" Woodman st
Easterly from unnamed st.
At Harvard st
" Park st
Opp. Norfolk st. (connection bet. 12-
in. and 16-in.j
At Crescent ave.
Bet. Crescent ave. and Mt. Vernon st.,
At Park st
Bet. Dorchester ave. and Sydney st.,
At Park st
Bet. Merrill and Seaver sts
At Crescent ave
Bet. Talbot and Southern aves.
At Crescent ave ,
Cst
Champney st.
Bet. Freeport and Adams st
At Glenarm st
Off Buttonwood st
At Carson st
" Crescent ave
" Harvard st
Across Harvard st
Bet. E and F sts
" K and Q sts
AtMst
" Ost
" West First st., south of branch. . .
Across Columbia road
Carried fonoard.
W. R.
Bri.
Dor.
So. B.
H.
H.
H.
L.
H.
L.
L.
H.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
H.
L.
H.
L.
L.
L.
H.
L.
L.
L.
H.
H.
L.
L.
H.
L.
L.
L.
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18,402
196
42
4
16
18
16
37
14
29
30
642
36
1,187
16
30
220
15
6
34
16
1,745
6
251
7
15
17
46
8
3,356
3
3
31
69
26,563
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City Document No. 43.
Statement of Main Pipe Abandoned. — Continued.
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Seventh st. .
Sixth st
Third st. .'-'.
Benedict st
Bowst
Devens st..,
Rutherford ave .
Summer st
Union st
Wapping st
Water st
Bennington st. .
Paris st
Porter st
Wordsworth st.
Long Island. ...
Auburn ct.
Bond st —
Cherry St..
Brought forward
Bet. Newman and Preble sts
AtO st
" C st
Bet. Dorchester ave. and Granite st.
At Broadway
Bet. First st. and Columbia road.
At Columbia road
" O st
" Rutherford ave
Bet. Harvard and Washington sts
At Rutherford ave
Between Washington st. and Ruther
ford ave
Between Devens and Chapman sts. .
At School st
" Rutherford ave
Between Chelsea and Water sts
At Wapping st
Between Walley st. and Leverett ave
" Meridian and Gove sts
" Chelsea and Bremen sts
" Bennington st. and B., R.
B. & L. R.R
Southern end of island, between 6-
inch line connecting with Moon
Island, and 2-inch line connecting
with Moon Island
Total, 6-inch.
At Cambridge st.
" Hanson st. —
" Shawmutave.
Carried forward.
So. B.
Chsn.
E. B.
B.-H.
C. P.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
H.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
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L.
L.
L.
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L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
L.
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26,563
302
3
46
732
12
3
3
2,340
8
3
3
3
3
10
595
3
214
1,069
7
21
482
4
189
467
205
144
33,437
16
19
44
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Statement of Main Pipe Abandoned. — Concluded.
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Hale st
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Newbern pi.
Sewall pi...
Townsend pi.
Union Wharf.
Downing st.. .
Fellows ct
Harrison ave —
Orange ct
Perkins pi
Washington pi..,
Colton st
Swallow st
Beach st
George st
Monument ave. . .
Paris ct
Wesley st
St. Joseph st
Monument ave.
Brought forward
Off Faneuil Hall sq..
At Court st
From Green st...
At Cambridge st.
" Carver st
" Milkst
" Carver st
South side, easterly end
Bet. Salvisberg ave. and Whittier pi
At Fellows st
At south side of Dudley st.
" Fellows st
" Roxbury st
" First st
Between O and N sts
Off Medford st
Near Hamblen st
Bet. Warren st. and Monument
At Paris st
Total, 4-inch.
At Woodman st
Between Main and Warren sts.
Total, 2-inch
C. P.
Rox.
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E. B.
W. R.
Chsn.
L.
H.
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2-in.
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372
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Private Gates.
Diameter in Inches.
Totals.
20
12
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2
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Blow-off Gates.
Diameter in Inches.
Totals.
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8
6
4
2
2
1
1
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4
6
Abandoned, during the year
6
1
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Hydrant Gates.
Diameter.
Totals.
6 inches.
Total number in system, January 31, 1903
9
9
1
1
Total number in system, January 31, 1904
S
8
Water Department.
57
Private Hydrant Gates.
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Diameter.
Totals.
6 inches.
Total number in system, January 31, 1903
1
1
Total number in system, January 31, 1904
1
1
Hydrants Established and Abandoned during the Year.
City Proper (Public)
" (Private)....
South Boston (Public) . . .
(Private)..
East Boston (Public)
Roxbury (Public)
Dorchester (Public)
" (Private)
West Roxbury (Public) . .
" " (Private)
Brighton (Public)
Charlestown (Public)
Long Island (Private) . . .
Total number of Public.
Established.
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58
City Document No. 43.
Total Number of Hydrants Connected with Distribution System,
January 31, 1904.
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" (Private)
Deer Island (Private)
Long Island (Private)
Thompson's Island (Private).
Gallop's Island (Private)
Bainsford's Island (Private).
Quincy
Brookline
Total number of Public Hydrants.
650
3
213
3
126
8
526
2
425
110
71
171
14
Total number of Private and Suburban Hy-
drants
2,292
30
48
31
20
91
230
1
235
82
779
8
261
374
134
11
42
161
139
47
15
28
196
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438
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19
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1,076
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135
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1,467
56
591
46
405
40
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12
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10
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307
57
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6
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2
5
12
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7,563
294
Water Department.
59
Water Posts.
Location of Water Posts Established and Abandoned during
the Year.
Established.
Alford street, opposite old location, near Almshouse, Charlestown.
Broadway, at N street, South Boston.
Bunker Hill street, between Polk and Elm streets, Charlestown.
Cliff street, near Washington street, Roxbury.
Huntington avenue, opposite Heath street, Roxbury.
Leonard street, about 50 feet from Adams street, Dorchester.
Oakland street, atHollingsworth street, Dorchester.
Q street, opposite Third street, South Boston.
South Huntington avenue, near Bynner street, West Roxbury.
South Huntington avenue, at Centre street, West Roxbury.
South Margin street, between Prospect and Staniford streets, City Proper.
Sydney street, at Sudan street, Dorchester.
Washington street, near Gaylord street, Dorchester.
Wyman street, at Chestnut avenue, Roxbury.
Abandoned.
Alford street, near Almshouse, Charlestown.
Bowdoin street, at Washington street, Dorchester.
Bunker Hill street, opposite Polk street, Charlestown.
Centre street, opposite Boylston street, West Roxbury.
Chestnut avenue, opposite Sheridan street, W T est Roxbury.
Dorchester avenue, near Adams street, Dorchester.
Dudley street, near Washington street, Roxbury.
Harbor View street, at No. 87, Dorchester.
Hazel street, at Rockview street, West Roxbury.
Heath street, at Huntington avenue, Roxbury.
N street, at Broadway, South Boston.
Oliver street, near Milk street, City Proper.
Prospect street, at South Margin street, City Proper.
Q street, at Fourth street, South Boston.
Number of Water Posts Connected with System, January 31,
1904.
District.
Number con -
nected with
System, Jan-
uary 31, 1903.
Established
during the
year.
Abandoned
during the
year.
Number con-
nected with
System, Jan-
uary 31, 1904.
City Proper
78
80
96
54
106
39
22
42
1
3
2
2
2
3
77
Roxbury
81
West Roxbury
95
Brighton
54
4
2
2
3
2
2
107
South Boston
39
Charlestown
22
East Boston
42
Totals
517
14
14
517
60
City Document No. 43.
Fountains.
Style. Abandoned During the Year.
(B) Junction of Blue Hill avenue and River street, Dorchester.
(C) Prescott street, in front of school-house, near Bennington street,
East Boston.
Number of Fountains in Service, January 31, 1904.
District.
Style
A.
Style
B.
Style
C.
Style
D.
Style
E.
Style
F.
Totals.
City Proper
11
9
4
5
4
3
1
2
1
3
4
8
2
1
3
3
1
12
5
2
35
Roxbury
19
8
6
1
1
5
4
4
7
10
South Boston
3
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12
Charlestown
9
11
Totals
33
18
17
3
32
7
110
Style.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
(F)
Note.
Indicates fountains 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 fountains for beasts only. Continuous flow of water
all the year.
Indicates fountains for man only. Automatic fixtures. In ser-
vice during warm weather only.
Indicates fountains for man and beast. Automatic fixtures for
both. In service during warm weather only.
Indicates cold water fountains for man only. Automatic fix-
tures. In service during warm weather only.
Indicates fountains for man and beast, with automatic fixtures
for man in warm weather, and a continuous flow of water for
beasts all the year.
Water Department.
61
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Tremont St., at Springfield st
Tremont st., between Rutland and Concord sts
Huntington ave., at Wigglesworth st
Huntington ave., at Heath st
Washington st., 60 ft. south of "Bailey st
Dorchester ave., near East st
Pleasant st., opposite No. 115
Blue Hill ave., over N.Y., N.H. & H. R.R
Long Island, on first hill north of head, at south-
western extremity of island.
Long Island, on head at southwesterly extremity
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Established.
Location.
District.
Size.
Heath ave., easterly from Heath place
Roxbury.
1-inch.
Deacon Meters.
Established.
Quincy street, at Columbia road, Dorchester.
Abandoned.
Dorchester street, opposite Boston place, South Boston.
Fire Reservoirs.
Connections with Boston Water Department system abandoned at:
Broadway, at C street, South Boston.
Devens street, at Rutherford avenue, Charlestown.
62
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63
Maintenance Work of Miscellaneous Character Performed
during the Year ending January 31, 1904.
Total Number
during the Year.
Boxes covering main pipe on bridges repaired . . 17
Brick gate chambers built, replacing wooden boxes . 22
Deacon meter boxes renewed ..... 3
Dead ends blown off . . . . . . . 881
Fountain repairs . . . . . . . 155
Fountains and troughs cleaned and inspected . . 3,270
Gates in service oiled and tested for general efficiency . 185
Gates renewed on account of deterioration . . . 14
Gates repaired . . . . . . . 242
Gate boxes renewed . . . . . . . 163
Gate boxes repaired . . . . . . . 1,010
Gate covers salted in cold weather . . . . 4,659
Gate frames and covers renewed . . . . 183
Gates inspected ........ 235
Hay removed from hydrant boxes . . . . 359
Hydrant barrels changed for various reasons . . 93
Hydrant barrels changed on account of street grading . 45
Hydrant boxes cleaned of mud and water . . . 932
Hydrant boxes renewed . . . . . . 122
Hydrant boxes repaired . . . . . . 341
Hydrant frames and covers renewed . . . . 107
Hydrants hayed as protection in cold weather . . 190
Hydrant inspections in cold weather .... 154,505
Hydrants in service oiled and tested for general efficiency, 2,515
Hydrants painted ....... 3,305
Hydrants repaired . . . . . . . 1,421
Hydrants strapped ....... 49
Hydrants thawed out ....... Q8
Investigations made when further action on the part of
Water Department was unnecessary
Locations of gates marked .
Main pipe repairs, caused by :
Action of tide
Blasting
Cap blown off
Defective pipe
Defective sleeve
Exhaust steam
Frozen .
Joints drawn .
No cause assigned
Pick-hole
Rust
Set screws loose
Settlement
Sewer construction
945
8,063
2
13
1
18
7
1
2
98
6
2
4
2
45
11
64
City Document No. 43.
Total
during
Sewer manhole on pipe .
Split pipe
Vibration
Pavement repairs
Salt (sacks of) purchased and delivered to Fir
Department .
Service pipe repairs, caused by :
Blasting
Broken by driving piles .
Broken by foundation wall
Broken by lightning rod .
Broken by steam-roller .
Burned by thawing .
Cake of ice falling on pipe
Collision with plow .
Conduit settling on pipe .
Corrosion
Defective couplings
Defective joints
Defective packing .
Defective pipes
Electrolytic action .
Frost (cold storage)
Frost (natural)
G-nawed by rats
Main cock blown out
Main cocks required renewal
Main uprights filled with dirt
Main uprights required renewal
Main uprights to high
Operations of Boston Elevated Railway Company
Operations of Boston Transit Company .
Operations of Gas Company .
Operation of Sewer Department and its agents
Pipe stolen
Pipes eaten by ashes
Pipes eaten by earth
Pipes eaten by lime
"Pipes worn out
Settlement of earth
Settling of service boxes on pipes
Sidewalk bottoms broken
Sidewalk cocks required renewal
Sidewalk cocks reversed and water running into
cellars .....
Sidewalk uprights above and below grade
Sidewalk uprights filled with dirt
Sidewalk uprights in way of edgestones
Sidewalk uprights required renewal .
Number
the Year.
1
5
3
1,826
4,000
3
2
34
3
9
1
1
1
1
1
68
55
12
205
14
3
89
7
1
47
14
35
3
2
32
5
93
2
5
3
4
6
301
28
8
211
3
10,144
11
84
230
Water Department.
65
Total Number
during the Year.
Sidewalk tops broken ...... 8
Sidewalk tops missing ...... 20
Stopped by dirt ....... 121
Stopped by fish ....... 25
Stopped by gasket ....... 5
Stopped by rust . . . . . . . 329
Struck by pick . . . . . . . 144
Unused pipes not shut off .... . 4
Waste pin in S. W. cock blown out ..... 1
Service pipes (portions of) changed from J-inch to
f-inch pipe .....'... 4
Service pipes changed from tin-lined to all lead . . 7
Service pipes extended on account of street widening, 29
Service pipes lowered on account of change in grade, 13
Service pipes lowered as a protection from frost . . 3
Service pipes moved from way of various corporations, 17
Service pipes raised on account of change of grade . 2
Service pipes shut off and let on to permit owners to
make repairs ........ 421
Sidewalk cocks and uprights given to individuals to
apply on private pipes ...... 24
Sidewalk nuts oiled . . . . . . . 532
Temperatures of water in cold water fountains, taken
in summer time . . . . . . . 1,277
Water post repairs of various kinds . . . . 217
Water posts shut off and let on during cold weather 1,555
Wooden plugs set in main uprights . . . . 114
66
City Document No. 43.
STATEMENT OF STOCK MANUFACTURED FROM THE ROUGH
IN THE MACHINE SHOP, BLACKSMITH SHOP AND CAR-
PENTER SHOP DURING THE YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31,
1904.
Valves :
3-inch
4 "
6 "
8 "
10
12 "
16 "
MACHINE AND BLACKSMITH SHOPS.
14
2
29
113
51
95
14
Hydrants :
Bachelder post
287
Lowry . . .
42
Boston Lowry
4
Corporation cocks :
f-inch . . .
1,468
f " ...
62
1 " ...
97
l.i " . . . ,
45
1£ " ...
47
Angle cocks, f-inch. . .
Lever handle cocks, f-inch,
Sidewalk cocks:
f-inch . . .
&. "
299
38
81
le couplings:
f-inch . . .
. 413
2. "
■k ...
84
1 " ...
43
li " ...
26
li " ...
8
2 " ...
2
Bent tube eouplin
gs, 2-
Combination couplings,
Double head female foun-
tain couplings, f -
inch .
Coupling nuts:
i-inch . .
35
f ".'■■• .
3,653
f " ...
43
1 il ...
40
U " ...
96
2 " ...
54
318
333
1,719
4
29
418
576
7
12
17
Coupling tubes:
f-inch . .
. 4,679
8 U
J ...
. 481
1 " ...
. 167
li " ...
5
li " ...
97
2 *' ...
. , 25
Meter nipples:
H-inch . . .
18
2 " ...
81
Solder nipples:
f-inch . .
43
1 lt ...
4
U " ...
18
2 " ...
3
Bolts:
Lowry hydrant
. 354
Post " .
. 887
B. L. " .
30
Lowry " extension 32
Post " " 246
Gate, 12-inch . . 62
Puddling head . 15
Air cock, 2 inch . 12
Machine, 1 in. by 6 in. 6
1 in. by 4 in. 1
I in. by 4 in. 1
fin. by l^in. 4
f in. by 7 in. 2
3,921
Jointers:
4-inch . .
. . 6
6 lt . .
. . 23
8 " . .
. . 8
10 " . .
. . 4
12 " . .
. . 14
Hydrant wastes, large
" " small
Gate pins ....
Sidewalk bushings .
Sidewalk tops . .
Set screws ....
Pinion gears for 20-inch
and 24-inch gates . .
5,454
99
1,652
55
295
2
2,392
667
578
1,081
6
Water Department.
67
Hydrant lugs . . .
Iron staples . .
Puddling head straps :
10-inch ....
12 " ....
3
43
Main pipe straps:
4-inch .
6 " . . .
12 " . . .
16 " . . .
28
CARPENTEE SHOP.
Lowry hydrant boxes .
Post hydrant boxes
Boston Lowry hydrant
boxes
Boston hydrant boxes . .
Gate boxes, large . . .
Gate boxes, small . .
Deacon meter boxes . .
Lowry hydrant boxes, tops
Post hydrant boxes, tops
Gate hydrant boxes, tops
(large) . . .. .' . .
Gate boxes, tops (small)
Lowry hydr
■inch
ant box pieces:
391
150
170
94
37
49
377
48
12
25
556
7
48
72
12
72
842
Boston hydrant box
pieces:
1-inch
2 "
3 "
6 "
Wooden horses
125
50
50
25
Gate box
pieces:
1-inch
. .
663
2 "
...
615
3 "
. . .
350
4 "
• . .
175
6 "
...
22
9 "
. . .
18
250
1,843
130
OLD STOCK RENOVATED
Valves:
3-inch
4 '"
6 "
8 "
12 "
16 "
Hydrants:
Lowry . .
Boston Lowry
Bach. Post . .
Boston . . .
Salt water . .
Corporation cocks
i-inch
1
H
Angle cocks, f-inch
Water post cocks:
li-inch ....
1* " . . . .
6
4
42
9
4
3
72
20
57
2
1
3
64
5
34
1
10
1
22
BY MACHINE AND
SHOPS.
Sidewalk cocks:
f-inch . . .
1 " . . .
Air cocks:
14-inch . . .
2 " . . .
68
152
117
23
BLACKSMITH
Pudding head cocks
Male couplings:
#-inch
Coupling nuts:
f-inch
4:
1 "
1+ "
"2 "
Coupling tubes:
f-inch .
1
li
H
2
63
31
1,284
46
68
10
12
1,281
3
106
1
1
2
9
5
94
1,429
Solder nippples, f-inch
1,394
4
68
City Document No. 43.
Bolts:
Lowry hydrants .
90
Post
106
B. L.
28
Lowry hydrant
extension . .
32
Post hydrant ex-
tension . . .
8
264
Hydrant wastes,
large ....
Hydrant wastes,
small . . . .
59
1
60
In addition to the foregoing, the Machine, Carpenter, Paint, Plumbing,
and Blacksmith shbps performed much work of a miscellaneous nature
in the maintenance and improvement of the property of the Water
Department. Some of the important items are as follows:
Made 315 tools for various purposes. Aggregate cost, $1,196.20.
Repaired 297 tools of various kind. Aggregate cost, $1,121.94.
Made 93 patterns. Aggregate cost, $901.89.
Sharpened 23,720 picks, chisels, and bars. Aggregate cost, $1,252.06.
Made cabinets and table for different offices of department. Aggre-
gate cost, $319.82.
Performed 140 odd jobs in yards, shops, and stables. Aggregate cost,
$1,338.55.
Whitewashed buildings in yard.
Painted inside of buildings at West Roxbury yard.
Repaired and painted building at Brookline reservoir.
Repaired stairs and fence around grounds at Brookline reservoir.
Painted water tank and inside of water tower at Orient Heights, East
Boston.
Painted and made quite extensive repairs on buildings at Charlestown
yard.
Repaved yard and painted fence at Charlestown yard.
Made excavations at different points throughout the city to enable
Engineering Department to make tests for electrolysis.
Changed and repaired gauges for Engineering Department, City Hall.
Established testing apparatus' for Engineering Department at Moon
Island.
Made test-bars for Engineering Department.
Leaded a large sleeve for Sewer Department, Brighton.
Laid large sewer pipes and jointed the same for Sewer Department at
Cow Pasture.
Wet down the baseball grounds on account of fireworks.
Performed odd jobs for Meter Department to the total sum of $271.36.
Water Department. 69
REPORT OF THE ENGINEER.
Engineering Department,
50 City Hall, February 1, 1904.
Mr. Eugene S. Sullivan,
Water Commissioner :
Sir, — I herewith submit the following report for the past
year of the work done and records kept :
During the year 15 miles of main pipe have been laid and
10.2 miles abandoned, making a total length in the system of
732 miles.
Some of the most important work done is the following :
The 30-inch main in Tremont street was relaid for a dis-
tance of 1,084 feet between Northampton and Rutland streets.
This is one of two large parallel pipes laid from Brookline
Reservoir to Boston Common in 1848, which supplied the
city until 1859, when a third main was laid. These two
mains are in good condition throughout their length, with the
exception of the portions in Tremont street from Hammond
to Dover streets, where the pipes were originally laid in
marsh mud, and were afterwards raised to conform to the
present grade of Tremont street. The condition of the
original soil and the character of the filling have caused a
demoralization of the iron in the pipes sufficient to seriously
impair their strength. It is proposed to continue the relaying
of these mains where they are in bad ground as fast as prac-
ticable.
The work of relaying and raising out of the marsh mud
the 40-inch low service main in Brookline avenue, from
Bellevue to Jersey streets, was completed by relaying 594
feet of pipe.
The 30-inch high service main in Washington street,
Dorchester, was extended 928 feet, from Burt street towards
Codman street.
Owing to the lowering of the tracks of the N.Y., N.H. &
H. R.R. under West Fourth-street bridge, it was necessary
to relay 317 feet of 20-inch and 490 feet of 12-inch pipe
from Fort Point Channel to Foundry street ; this work was
somewhat difficult, as the location crossed nineteen railroad
tracks on which trains were constantly moving. At the same
time connection was made with the 20-inch pipe laid in
70 City Document No. 43.
1894 in West Fourth street from Foundry street *to Dor-
chester avenue.
The consumption of water on the island service in the
harbor has increased rapidly during the past few years,
largely owing to the establishment, by the United States
government, of a permanent garrison at Fort Strong on Long
Island, of a fort on Lo veil's Island and of a larger garrison at
Fort Warren. To provide an adequate supply at these points
and at the City Institution, it was necessary to lay 3,338 feet
of 12-inch pipe on Long Island from the west end of the
island to a point near Fort Strong.
The present winter has been one of unusual severity. Not
since 1874 has so much trouble been experienced from frozen
mains, hydrants and services. Careful measurements have
been made of the depths to which the frost has penetrated,
of which the following table is a summary :
Water Department.
71
Depths of Frost from Actual Measurements During the
Present Winter.
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Conditions at Surface.
Western ave., at No. Harvard st., Bri..
Southampton st., at Reading st., Rox..
First St., near L st., S. B
Codman pk., near Townsend St., Box..
Edgerly pi., off Winchester st., C. P....
Beacon st., at Fairfield st., C. P .
Cambridge st., at Union sq., Bri
Broadway, at I st., S. B
Centre st., at Eliot sq
Eighth st., at H st., S. B
Dorchester ave., at D st., S. B
Reading st., at Southampton st., Rox . .
Dudley st., at North ave., Dor
Tremont st., at Canton St., C. P
Shawmut ave., at Waltham st., C. P
Atlantic ave., at Long Wharf, C. P
«« " " Clinton, C. P
Broadway, at Emerson st., S. B
East Fourth st., at N st., S. B
Parker st., near Huntington ave., Rox.,
Tremont St., at Parker st., Rox
A st., at Broadway, S. B
Tremont st., at Rutland St., C. P
Shawmut ave., at Northampton st.,C.P.
Porter st., at Chelsea st. , E. B
Bradford ter., near Centre St., W. R. . .
Summer st., near A st., S. B
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Gravel....
Stone fill-
ing and
clay —
Gravel....
Clay and
gravel . .
Gravel....
Clay
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Gravel....
Clay
Clay, etc..
Clay
Gravel
Clay
Clay and
gravel . .
Clay and
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Clay
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in.
5
6
5
5
5
3
5
2
5
4 10
4 10
4
9
4 9
4 7
4 6
4 6
4 6
4 4
4 4
4 4
4 4
4 4
4 4
4 4
4 3
4 3
4 1
4
4
4
4
Car tracks, ground bare.
Sidewalk, " "
About 2 in. ice, 6 in. snow.
Sidewalk, ground bare.
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5 in. ice.
Car tracks, ground bare.
About 6 in. ice.
Car tracks, ground bare.
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About 6 in. ice.
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" 16 " " 8 in. snow.
Car tracks, ground bare.
Sidewalk, " "
Car tracks, " "
Sidewalk, "
10 in. ice.
Car tracks, ground bare.
About 1 in. ice.
'• 16 in. ice, 8 in. snow.
4 in. ice.
About 6 in. ice, 6 in. snow.
" 1 in. snow.
" 10 in. ice.
72 City Document No. 43.
The improvement of the fire service has been prosecuted
vigorously during the year, the following work having been
Hnnft :
3,283 feet 16 -inch pipe laid, replacing 12 inch and 6 inch.
18,306 " 12 " " " " 8 inch, 6 inch and 4 inch.
12,656 "10 " " " " 6 inch and 4 inch.
7,435 " 8 " " " " 6 inch and 4 inch.
i
The experiment of thawing frozen services by electricity
was tried with success ; the pipes thawed were of lead, the
time required to do the work varying from three to seven
minutes. Both the Edison alternating current of 2,250 volts
and the Edison direct current of 220 volts were used; in the
case of the alternating current a transformer and a water
rheostat were used in the primary circuit, reducing the
voltage in the secondary circuit to about 50, with about 250
to 300 amperes. One of the secondary wires was connected
to the service pipe inside the house, the other to a hydrant
in the street. When the direct current was used a connection
was made with one of the outside wires of the Edison three-
wire system in a junction box in the street, and the current,
after passing through a water rheostat for reduction, was
carried by a wire directly to the service pipe in the hous'e,
whence it passed through the service to the main.
Electrical investigation has been continued, and it has been
found that at points the water pipes are being rapidly
destroyed by electrolysis, notably in the vicinity of power
stations ; the condition of the pipes in some places where
they have been exposed for examination is such that unless
remedial measures are taken at once serious trouble is certain.
Respectfully submitted,
William Jackson,
. City Engineer.
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GENERAL STATISTICS.
Boston Water Department.
Daily average amount used through meters during
1903 (gallons) . . . . . . 18,537,000
Number of services February 1, 1904 . . 90,013
Number of meters in service February 1, 1904 . 4,727
Number of motors under supervision February 1 ,
1904 130
Number of elevators under supervision Feb-
ruary 1, 1904 588
Length of supply and distributing mains in miles
February 1, 1904 732
Number of public hydrants in use February 1 ,
1904 7,563
Yearly revenue from annual water rates . . $1,287,200 69
Yearly revenue from metered water . . . $1,049,831 b8
Percentage of total revenue from metered water, 44.9
Yearly expense of maintenance . . . $703,134 86
Water Department. 75
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. 3
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 18, 1893. 3
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. 3
Charles W. Smith, from January 23, 1895, to July 1, 1895.
1 WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Charles W. Smith, from July 1, 1895, to January 20, 1896. 3
Jeremiah J. McCarthy (Acting), from January 20, to February 1, 1896.
John R. Murphy, from February 1, 1896, to October 17, 1899. 3 '
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 to 17, 1902.
Eugene S. Sullivan, from March 17, 1902, to present time.
Assistant Water Commissioners.
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. 3
William H. Oakes, from November 1, 1900, to March 9, 1902. 3
Eugene S. Sullivan, from March 10 to March 17, 1902.
Isaac Rosnosky, from March 10, 1902, to present time.
John J. Leahy, from March 21, 1902, to present time.
Chief Clerk and Secretary.
Walter E. Swan.
General Superintendent Income Division.
Jos. H. Caldwell.
Superintendent Distribution Division.
William J. Welch.
City Engineer and Engineer of the Department.
William Jackson.
1 Under Chap. 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.
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