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NINTH  ANNUAL  REPORT 


BOSTON  WATER  BOARD, 


TEAR  ENDING  APRIL  30,  1885. 


BOSTON: 
ROCKWELL   AND   CHURCHILL,   CITY   PRINTERS, 

No.    39    ARCH    STREET. 
1885. 


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[Document  118  —  1885.] 


CITY  OF  ^ms  BOSTON. 


NINTH  ANNUAL  EEPORT 

OF    THE 

BOSTON  WATER  BOARD, 

FOR  THE  TEAR  ENDING  APRIL  30,  1885. 


Boston  Water  Board  Office, 

May  1,  1885. 

The  Boston  Water  Board  herewith  presents  its  ninth 
annual  report,  together  with  the  reports  of  the  Engineer  of 
the  Board,  the  Water  Registrars,  and  tlie  different  Super- 
intendents. 

Condition  of  Reservoirs  and  Aqueducts. 

Special  attention  is  directed  to  the  reports  of  Engineer 
Jackson  and  Superintendent  FitzGerald.  They  contain 
much  valuable  information  with  reference  to  the  conditions 
of  the  storage-basins,  the  method  of  cleansing  the  same,  and, 
generally,  the  work  performed,  during  the  past  year,  in 
order  to  insure  a  pure  and  abundant  supply  of  water. 

The  new  basin  at  Ashland  (No.  4)  is  fast  approaching 
completion,  and  will  be  finished  by  November  1st.  It  will 
be  in  condition  to  be  used  next  season,  and  will  furnish  an 
additional  supply  of  about  5,000,000  gallons  per  day.  Its 
storage  capacity  is  about  1,100,000,000  gallons.  The  work 
will  be  completed  within  the  appropriation  made  by  the  City 
Council,  and  the  reservoir  will  be  the  largest  and  best  in  the 
water  service.     Total  cost  in  round  numbers,  $800,000. 


City  Document  No.  118. 


Pollution  of  the  Supply. 


Attention  is  also  directed  to  that  part  of  the  report  of 
Superintendent  FitzGerald  relating  to  the  test  case  before 
the  Supreme  Judicial  Court,  with  reference  to  the  "Pollution 
of  Boston's  Water  Supply."  We  regard  this  decision  as  one 
of  the  most  inportant,  not  alone  for  the  city,  but  for  the 
whole  State,  that  has  been  rendered  in  many  years.  It  was 
generally  regarded  as  a  test  case,  and  since  the  promulgation 
of  the  decision,  we  have  notified  all  parties  engaged  in  pol- 
luting the  supply,  that  immediate  steps  must  be  taken  to 
stop  such  pollution,  or  the  city  will  be  obliged  to  seek  a 
remedy  in  the  courts.  The  decision  is  being  accepted  by 
all  parties  in  good  faith,  and  the  persons  and  corporations 
polluting  our  supply  in  Natick,  Framingham,  and  elsewhere, 
have  either  ceased  such  pollution,  or  are  making  prepara- 
tions to  cease  the  same  at  an  early  day.  Under  these  circum- 
stances there  is  every  reason  to  believe  that  the  time  is  not 
far  distant  when  the  sources  of  our  water  supply  will  be 
practically  free  from  the  pollutions  which  have  so  long 
prevailed. 

The  importance  of  the  legislation  which  led  up  to  the 
decision  of  the  court,  and  the  great  benefits  which  must 
inevitably  result  to  the  citizens  of  Boston,  and  to  all  other 
communities  in  the  State  having  a  water  supply,  can  hardly 
be  overestimated.  The  struggle  to  reach  it  has  been  very 
protracted,  and  the  efforts  of  the  Board  have  been  bitterly 
opposed  by  the  various  town  authorities,  corporations,  and 
individuals  who  have  been  polluting  our  water  supply.  The 
final  decision  of  the  court,  establishing  the  principle  that 
polluters  of  water  sources  used  as  supplies  for  communities 
may  be  estopped  from  a  continuance  of  such  pollution,  is  of 
incalculable  benefit,  and  may  be  justly  considered  as  a  great 
sanitary  triumph. 

Peevention  of  Waste. 

This  important  subject  is  one  to  which  the  Board  has 
given  a  great  deal  of  attention.  The  Deacon  waste  detec- 
tion system,  and  the  house  to  house  inspection  system,  were 
organized  in  1883  for  the  purpose  of  reducing  the  enormous 
consumption  of  water  in  our  city,  and  the  results  justify, 
in  our  judgment,  the  expenditures  made  in  this  direction. 
The  daily  average  consumption  in  1883,  in  the  Cochituate 
Department,  was,  in  round  numbers,  32,000,000  gallons, 
and  the  daily  per  capita  consumption,  91  gallons.  In  1885 
(the  first  six  months),  notwithstanding  the  increase  of  manu- 


Report  oe  the  Water  Board.  3 

factures  and  population,  the  daily  average  consumption  had 
been  reduced  to  26,000,000  gallons,  and  the  daily  ^er  capita 
consumption  to  70  gallons.  The  reduction  in  the  Mystic 
Department  was  not  so  large,  in  consequence  of  the  defective 
system  of  pipes  in  Somerville  and  Chelsea. 

The  accompanying  report  of  Superintendent  Cashman, 
of  the  Waste  Division,  indicates,  in  detail,  the  methods 
adopted  to  effect  such  results,  and  these  show  the  effective- 
ness and  benefits  of  the  system.  The  examinations  of  the 
Inspection  Corps  are  also  calculated  to  materially  add  to  the 
water  revenue,  for  the  reason  that  the  rates  are  based  in  part 
upon  the  number  and  style  of  fixtures  attached  to  the  prem- 
ises, and  these  are  inspected  regularly  by  the  officials. 
There  is  no  other  method  of  preventing  the  enormous 
waste  which  prevails,  except  by  the  universal  adoption  of  a 
measurement  system,  and  this  is  impossible,  at  present,  in 
Boston.  If  the  consumption  cannot  be  kept  substantially 
within  its  present  limits,  the  necessity  for  obtaining  new 
sources  of  supply  will  become  imperative.  This  would 
necessarily  involve  an  expenditure  of  several  millions  of 
dollars.  The  existing  inspection  and  waste  detection 
systems  present  the  only  practicable  method  of  avoiding  the 
large  expense  for  a  new  supply ;  and  the  Board  is  of  the 
opinion  that  it  should  be  continued  until  the  people  have 
become  educated  up  to  the  standard  of  a  more  economic  use 
of  water.  It  may  be  said  with  some  degree  of  force  that  the 
inspection  system  is  somewhat  expensive,  but  there  is  ab- 
solutely no  other  way  to  stop  the  enormous  waste  save  by 
the  universal  use  of  meters ;  and  this,  as  we  have  already 
stated,  is,  at  present,  impracticable. 

The  force  is  somewhat  larger  at  present  than  it  will  need 
to  be  after  the  people  have  become  thoroughly  possessed 
with  the  idea  that  fixtures  must  be  kept  in  repair,  and  wil- 
ful waste  prevented.  The  Board  has  the  reorganization  and 
reduction  of  this  force  in  contemplation,  but  does  not  deem 
it  advisable  to  enter  upon  this  until  the  early  fall. 

In  the  report  of  the  Water  Board  for  1882  it  was  stated 
that,  "  During  the  past  year  an  investigation  of  this  subject 
has  been  made  by  the  Joint  Standing  Committee  on  Water, 
and  from  their  report  (City  Document  78,  1882)  it  will  be 
seen  that,  if  the  present  consumption  could  be  reduced  to 
sixt}^  gallons  per  head,  the  capacity  of  the  works  would  be 
sufficient  for  many  years."  The  systems  since  established 
have  accomplished  two-thirds  of  this  result,  and  it  is  hoped 
and  believed  that  the  per  capita  consumption  may  be  re- 
duced to  sixty  gallons  in  the  near  future. 

We  especially  commend  the  tabulated  statements  of  Super- 


City  Document  No.  118. 


intendent  Cashman's  report  to  the  attention  of  your  honor- 
able body. 

Sudbury  and  Cochituate  Works. 


1882. 

1883. 

1884. 

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January    .  . 

32,151,100 

92.9 

34,715,500 

97.8 

32,162,300 

88.4 

26,711,900 

71.4 

February  .  . 

34,662,300 

102.2 

32,690,700 

92.0 

24,598,000 

67.5 

31,847,400 

84.9 

March    .  .   . 

32,656,300 

94.1 

34,110,700 

95.8 

23,711,900 

65.0 

27,697,200 

73,7 

April  .... 

30,827,000 

88.6 

30,617,600 

85.8 

21,505,700 

58.8 

22,720,450 

60.3 

May    .... 

28,738,000 

82.3 

32,169,500 

89.8 

23,708,500 

64.6 

22,168,400 

58.6 

June   .... 

33,178,400 

94.8 

33,419,200 

93.3 

26,184,600 

71.2 

27,214,800 

71.8 

July    .... 

30,992,600 

88.5 

36,774,000 

102.4 

25,409,000 

68.9 

.... 

August  .  .  . 

34,149,300 

97.3 

37,141,000 

103.2 

25,065,200 

67.7 

September    . 

31,691,600 
31,563,800 
31,138,700 
32,352,300 

90.0 

33,645,600 
29,575,800 
28,839,300 

93.2 

26,389,500 
25,022,900 
22,954,200 
24,234,800 

71.1 

89.4 

88.7 

81.9 
79.6 

67.2 

61.5 

91.4 

30,174,200 

83.0 

64.9 

Mystic  Works. 


January  . 
February  . 
March  .  . 
April  .  . 
May  .  .  . 
June  .  .  . 
July  .  .  . 
August .  . 
September 
October  . 
November 
December 


Daily  Av- 
erage Con- 
sumption. 


8,369,600 
7,714,650 
7,737,300 
6,171,150 
6,319,100 
6,912,550 
7,307,650 
7,261,500 
5,846,300 
5,497,250 
5,930,600 
6,771,500 


Gallons 
per  Head, 
per  Day. 


71.5 
73.1 
80.0 
84.5 
83.9 
67.4 
63.4 
68.3 
77.9 


1884. 


Daily  Av- 
erage Con- 
sumption. 


8,019,100 
6,349,500 
6,337,100 
5,242,100 
5,800,000 
6,245,600 
^,312,300 
6,088,400 
6,411,200 
5,834,200 
5,119,700 
6,330,800 


Gallons 
per  Head, 
per  Day. 


92.2 

72.9 
72.7 
60.1 
66.4 
71.5 
72.1 
69.5 
73.1 
66.4 
58.2 
71.9 


1885. 


Daily  Av- 
erage Con- 
sumption. 


7,855,400 
10,019,500 
8,487,500 
6,042,600 
5,605,700 
6,594,200 


Gallons 
per  Head, 
per  Day. 


89.2 
113.6 
96.1 
68.3 
63.3 
74.4 


Eeport  op  the  Water  Board.  5 

Quality  of  the  Water. 

The  quality  of  the  water  during  the  past  year  has  been 
excellent.  Regular  examinations  and  analysis  have  been 
made  by  Professor  E.  S.  Wood,  of  Harvard  University,  and 
the  results  justify  the  conclusion  that  our  city  is  receiving 
water  of  as  good  quality  as  any  large  community  in  the 
country.  The  Board  has  every  reason  to  believe  that  the 
efforts  which  have  been  made  for  the  past  two  years,  and  the 
work  now  in  progress,  will  guarantee  an  abundant  and  pure 
supply  of  water  for  some  years  to  come. 

Current   Expenses. 

Gochituale  Water- Woi^ks. 


Tear. 

Maintenance. 

Extension. 

Interest. 

1883-84 

$300,851  34 

$96,389  69 

$639,213  41 

1884  85 

336,578  36 

115,013  02 

668,658  07 

The  increase  in  the  cost  of  maintenance  for  the  year  end- 
ing April  30,  1885,  was  $35,727.02,  and  this  was  very  largely 
caused  by  the  transfer  of  the  expenses  of  the  inspection  and 
waste  Division,  from  a  special  appropriation,  to  the  mainten- 
ance account,  and  in  main-pipe  repairing,  and  service-pipe 
relaying  and  repairing.  These  several  amounts  were  as 
follows ;  — 

Inspection  and  Waste  Division     .         .         .         $25,019  82 
Main  and  Service  Pipe         .         .         .         .  9,769  87 


$34,789  69 


The  same  reasons  governed  with  reference  to  the  increase 
in  "  Extension  "  and  "  Interest  "  accounts  as  in  the  previous 
year.  It  may  properly  be  added  in  this  connection  that  no 
extensions  of  main-pipes  are  authorized  by  the  Board  until 
6  per  cent,  income  on  the  cost  of  the  extension  is  guaranteed 
by  the  petitioners  for  a  period  of  five  years. 

Mystic   Water-Works. 

Tear.  Maintenance.  Extension.  Interest, 

1883-84  $116,572  94  $556  53  $538  60 

1884-85  128,126  40  446  03  489  60 

The  increase  in  the  cost  of  maintenance  for  the  year  ending 
April  30,    1885,  over  the  preceding  year  was  $11,553.46, 


6  City  Document  JSo.  118. 

and  this  was  caused  entirely  by  the  additional  cost  for  in- 
spection and  waste,  the  repairs  of  pipes,  and  the  work  re- 
quired upon  the  Mystic  sewer. 

Water-Rates. 

The  estimate  of  the  Water  Registrar,  Mr.  W.  F.  Davis, 
for  the  year  ending  April  30,  1885,  anticipated  a  deficit  of 
about  $80,000.  The  actual  deficit,  as  ascertained  after  the 
year  expired,  was  found  to  be  $75,495.88.  To  provide,  in 
part,  for  this  deficit,  and  to  relieve  the  overburdened  manu- 
facturing industries  from  the  onerous,  and,  in  the  judgment 
of  the  Board,  inequitable  water-taxes,  it  was  decided  to  make 
such  changes  in  the  annual  rates  as  would  properly  and 
equitably  meet  these  exigencies.  These  changes  were  or- 
dered by  the  Board,  but  the  vote  was  subsequently  rescinded, 
in  consequence  of  the  action  of  your  honorable  body,  and  in 
deference  to  a  very  unusual  exhibition  of  public  clamor, 
but  which  the  Board  thought  at  the  time  was  simply  the 
natural  complaints  of  the  persons  immediately  affected  by 
the  increase  of  rates.  We  see  no  reason  to  change  the  views 
expressed  in  our  communication  to  your  honorable  body 
under  date  of  February  24,  1885. 

It  is  estimated  that  the  surplus  for  the  year  ending  April 
30,  1886,  will  amount  to  $121,745.50.  We  had  hoped  to  be 
able  to  apply  this  surplus,  in  large  part,  to  a  reduction  of  the 
water-tax  upon  the  manufacturing  interests  of  the  city ;  but 
the  opinion  of  the  Corporation  Counsel  against  the  principle 
of  discriminating  rates,  and  the  failure  of  the  Legislature  to 
authorize  such  discrimination,  will  prevent  any  present  action 
in  this  direction.  It  should  be  stated  that  this  large  surplus  is 
the  result  of  the  action  of  your  honorable  body  in  providing 
that  the  cost  of  the  extension  in  main-pipes  and  appurtenances 
shall  not  be  charged  to  the  annual  revenue  hereafter.    , 

There  is  no  question  but  that  a  revision  of  the  rates  is 
demanded  in  the  near  future,  and  that  when  such  revision 
is  entered  upon,  it  should  be  pursued  wholly  with  regard  to 
an  equitable  and  just  apportionment  upon  all  water-takers, 
and  with  particular  reference  to  a  readjustment  of  present 
inequitable  rates. 

High-Service. 

The  appropriation  for  the  extension  of  the  high-service 
was  passed  December  24,  1884.  The  amount  appropriated 
was  $766,000,  in  accordance  with  the  estimates  of  the 
Engineer  of  the  Board.  The  latter  was  at  once  consulted, 
and,  following  his  recommendations,   the  Board,    early  in 


Report  of  the  Water  Board.  7\ 

January,  made  contracts  for  the  pipe  required,  and  effected 
a  saving,  by  reason  of  the  speedy  action  of  about  $24,000. 
Subsequently  contracts  were  made  for  the  pumping-engines 
and  machinery  with  the  firm  of  R.  Worthington,  of  the  city 
of  New  York. 

Permission  to  exchange  the  engines  at  the  Elmwood-street 
Station  was  obtained  from  the  City  Council  under  an  order 
approved  April  20th,  and  the  exchange  formed  a  part  of  the 
consideration  in  the  Worthington  contract. 

The  land  for  the  principal  reservoir  was  purchased  of  Mr. 
George  A.  Wilson,  on  April  9th,  for  the  sum  of  $91,934. 
The  location  of  this  new  reservoir  is  upon  Fisher  Hill, 
Brookline,  being  the  site  originally  selected  by  ex-City 
Engineers  Joseph  P.  Davis  and  Henry  M.  Wightman,  and 
approved  by  the  acting  engineer  at  the  time  of  the  purchase, 
Mr.  Dexter  Brackett.  The  price  paid  was  five  cents  per 
foot  beyond  the  estimates  made  by  Mr.  Wightman,  but  within 
the  general  estimate.  The  work  of  the  high-service  exten- 
sion will  be  pushed  forward  as  vigorously  as  possible,  and, 
it  is  expected,  will  be  completed  in  about  two  years. 

Henry  M.  Wightman. 

Mr.  Henry  M.  Wightman,  the  Engineer  of  the  Board  and 
General  Superintendent  of  the  Water-Works,  died  quite 
suddenly  on  the  3d  of  April.  At  the  time  of  his  death  the 
Board  was  awaiting  his  report  upon  the  location  of  reservoir 
sites  for  the  high-service  extension,  and  the  best  method  of 
prosecuting  the  work. 

The  Board  regarded  Mr.  Wightman,  both  ofl5cially  and 
personally,  as  a  man  of  great  executive  force  and  ability ; 
of  unquestioned  integrity,  and  of  almost  invaluable  service 
to  the  city.  It  will  be  difficult  to  replace  him.  The  mem- 
bers of  the  Board,  both  individually  and  collectively,  offer  a 
tribute  to  his  ability  as  an  official  and  to  his  genial  and 
generous  qualities  as  a  man. 

Meters. 

The  report  of  Superintendent  Cutts  presents  an  exhibit 
of  the  present  condition  of  the  meter  service.  The  purchase 
of  new  meters  has  been  temporarily  suspended,  to  enable 
the  company  to  repair  and  return  to  the  service  a  number  of 
meters  which  had  failed  to  come  up  to  the  requirements  of 
the  bond  originally  given  by  the  company.  It  will  be 
remembered  that  under  the  conditions  of  this  bond  the 
Tremont  Company  is  required  to  guarantee  each  meter  to  do 
accurate   duty  for  a  period  of  twelve  consecutive   months. 


8  City  Document  No.  118. 

Whenever  a  meter  has  failed  to  reach  this  standard  it  has 
been  removed  at  the  expense  of  the  Tremont  Corapany, 
and  either  repaired  or  replaced  by  an  accurate  machine. 
The  city  is  thus  practically  secured  by  a  good  and  sufficient 
twelve-months'  guarantee. 

The  Eesults. 

In  conclusion,  we  summarize  the  labors  of  the  past  two 
years  with  the  statement  that  the  Board  has  endeavored  to 
secure  — 

1st.  An  efficient  and  economic  organization  of  the  depart- 
ment, the  business  being  conducted  systematically  and  upon 
business  principles. 

2d.  The  reservoirs  and  aqueducts  have  been  thoroughly 
cleansed,  shallow  fiowage  largely  eliminated,  with  the  ex- 
ception of  Basin  No.  3,  which  cannot  be  done  until  next  year, 
and  a  genei-al  system  of  watchfulness  observed  as  to  the  re- 
moval of  all  impurities,  and  the  causes  thereof,  from  the  dif- 
ferent sources  of  supply. 

3d.  Leo-islation  and  decisions  of  the  hio;hest  law  authori- 
ties  have  been  obtained,  of  paramount  importance  to  the 
water-takers  of  the  city  and  elsewhere,  and  which  place  the 
power  of  protecting  the  purity  of  our  water  supplies  securely 
in  our  hands. 

4th.  The  establishment  of  waste-prevention  systems, 
under  which  the  daily  consumption  has  already  been  reduced 
6,000,000  gallons,  and  the^er  capita  consumption  from  91 
to  70  gallons  per  day,  with  a  possibility  of  better  results 
later  on. 

We  present  the  above  results  and  the  accompanying  reports 
as  evidences  of  the  faithfulness  with  which  we  have  endeav- 
ored to  discharge  our  duties. 


Report  or  the  Water  Board. 


General  Statistics. 


4 

SUDBUBT  AND   COCHITUATE  WOBKS. 

1882. 

1883. 

1884. 

Daily  average  consumption  in  gallons 

31,970,800 

32,836,900 

25,090,500 

Daily  average  consumption  in  gallons  per  inhabi- 

91 

4,387,530 
13.7 

91 

6,085,600 

68 

Daily  average  amount  used  through  meters,  gal- 

6,171,120 

Percentage  of  total  consumption  metered    .   .  . 

15.5 

20.6 

Number  of  services 

48,160 

49,290 

60,632 

2,463 

367.2 
4,320 

2,919 

378.0 
4,446 

4,666 

Length  of  supply   and  distributing  mains,  in 

388.5 

Number  of  flre-hydrants  in  use 

4,573 

Yearly  revenue  from  water-rates 

$1,127,982  32 

$1,167,704  17 

$1,203,192  55 

Yearly  revenue  from  metered  water 

$319,785  42 

$371,074  61 

$378,484  75 

Percentage  of  total  revenue  from  metered  water, 

28.4 

31.8 

31.5 

Cost  of  works  on  May  1, 1883,  1884,  and  1885  .   . 

$17,184,751  14 

$17,775,955  68 

$18,173,644  45 

$249,064  71 

$300,851  34 

$336,578  36 

Mystic  "Works. 

Daily  average  consumption  in  gallons 

6,574,400 

7,093,500 

6,209,700 

Daily  average  consumption  in  gallons  per  inhabi- 

77.0 
800,830 

82.5 
933,150 

71.0 

Daily  average  amount  used  through  meters,  gal- 

869,246 

Percentage  of  total  consumption  metered    .  .   . 

12.2 

13.1 

14.0 

13,992 
405 

146.0 

748 

14,453 

14,939 

501 

147.2 
770 

571 

Length  of  supply  and  distributing  mains,   in 

1129.2 

Number  of  fire-hydrants  in  use 

794 

$245,981  85 

$259,791  28 

$262,243  50 

Yearly  revenue  from  metered  water 

$58,459  80 

$68,116  91 

$63,627  39 

Percentage  of  total  revenue  from  metered  water, 

23.8 

26.2 

24.3 

Cost  of  works  on  May  1, 1883, 1884,  and  1885  .  . 

$1,641,762  22 

$1,648,452  35 

$1,656,266  70 

Yearly  expense  of  maintenance 

$84,483  87 

$116,572  94 

$128,126  40 

1  Reduction  caused  by  correction  of  errors  in  previous  reports. 


10  CiTT  Document  No.  118. 


Eaenings  of  the  Works. 

The  total  receipts  of  the  Cophituate  Water- Works  from  all 
sources,  for  the  year  ending  April  30,  1885,  are  as  follows, 
viz.  :  — 

Income  from  sales  of  water         .  .  .    $1,195,946  03 

Income  from  shutting  off  and  letting  on  water, 

and  fees 2,413  75 

Service-pipes,  sale  of  old  material,  etc.        .  17,613  94 

Sundry  receipts  by  Water  Board         .         .  4,394  27 

Stock  on  hand  May  1,  1884        .         .         .  79,628  36 

Increase  in  valuation  of  stock, 

March  15,  1884  .         .        $6,315  18 

Profits  in  manufacturing  hy- 
drants, etc.,  etc.,  for  the 
year  endingMarch  15, 1884,  4,302  52 


10,617  70 
$1,310,614  05 


The  total  amount  charged  to  Cochituate 
Water-Works  for  the  year  ending  April  30, 
1885,  is  as  follows,  viz.  :  — 

Current  expenses  .         .         .  $336,578  36 
Extension  of  works  paid  for 

out  of  income    .         .         .  115,013  02 

Interest  on  funded  debt.         .  668,658  07 


1,120,249  45 


Balance,  April  30,  1885  .  $190,364  60 


Stock  on  hand,  April  30, 1885,      $70,235  48 
On  hand  to  be  paid  to  Cochitu- 
ate Water  Sinking-Fund     .      120,129  12 


$190,364  60 


Amount  required  for  Sinking- 
Fund  for  1884-85      .         .    $195,625  00 

Excess  of  income  over  expen- 
ditures for  1884-85   .         .      120,129  12 


Excess  of  requirements  over  income   .         .  $75,495  88 


Eepoet  of  the  Water  Board. 


11 


The   outstanding   Cochituate  Water  Loans  at  this  date, 
exclusive  of  the  Additional  Supply,  are  as  follows  :  — 


5  per  cent.  Sterling 

Loan 

(£399,500) 

.   $1,947,273  98 

Due  Oct. 

1,  1902 

6  per  cent.  Loans  . 

100,000  00 

$100,000 

Due  April 

1,  1906 

5  per  cent.  Loan    . 

1,000  00 

1,000 

Due  Oct. 

1,  1907 

f  500,000 

Due  Dec. 

12,  1897 

450,000 

Due  June 

16,  1898 

540,000 

Due  Oct. 

3,  1898 

250,000 

Due  April 

27,  1899 

625,000 

Due  Jan. 

1,  1901 

688,000 

Due  April 

1,  1901 

330,000 

Due  July 

1,  1901 

413,000 

Due  April 

1,  1903 

6  per  cent.  Loans 

.     4,253,000  00^ 

38,000 
161,000 

Due  April 
Due  Jan. 

1,  1904 
1,  1905 

142,700 

Due  April 

1,  1905 

6,000 

Due  Oct. 

1,  1905 

82,550 

Due  Jan. 

1,  1906 

8,750 

Due  April 

1,  1906 

4,000 

Due  Oct. 

1,  1906 

8,000 

Due  Jan. 

1,  1907 

5,000 

Due  April 

1,  1907 

1,000 

Due  July 

1,  1907 

C 280,000 

Due  April 

1,  1910 

4  per  cent.  Loan 

743,200  00 

{  120,000 

Due  Jan. 

1,  1913 

C  257,000 

Due  Jan. 

1,  1914 

(  50,000 

Due  Jan. 

1,  1915 

3i  per  cent.  Loan 

50.000  00 

\    36,200 

Due  April 

1,  1915 

• 

(.  50,000 

Due  April 

1,  1915 

$7,094,473  98 

The  total  receipts  of  the  Mystic  Water-Works,  from  all 
sources,  for  the  year  ending  April  30,  1885,  are  as  follows, 
viz.  :  — 


Stock  on  hand.  May  1,  1884  . 

Income  from  sales  of  water    .         .         .         . 

Income  from  shutting  off  and  letting  on  water, 
and  fees    ....... 

Sundry  receipts  by  Water  Board    . 

Eeceipts  by  Mystic  Water  Eegistrar,  for  ser- 
vice-pipes, etc.  .         .         .         .         . 


The  total  amount  charged  to  Mystic  Water- 
Works  for  the  year  ending  April  30,  1885,  is 
as  follows,  viz.  :  — 


$16,708 
267,670 

416 
2,330 


74 
59 

50 
42 


3,367  33 
$290,493  58 


Amount  carried  forward, 


$290,493  58 


12 


City  Document  No.  118. 

$128,126  40 


Amount  brought  forward, 

Current  expenses 

Extension  of  works  paid  for  out 

of  income     ....  446  03 

Interest  on  funded  debt     .  .        48,960  00 

Amount  paid  Chelsea,  Somer- 
ville,  and  Everett,  under  con- 
tracts     37,622  32 


Balance,  April  SO,  1885         .... 

Stock  on  hand,  April  30,  1885  .      $10,145  84 
On  hand  to  be  paid  to  Mystic 

Water  Sinking-Fund     .         .        65,192  99 


Amount   required    for  Sinking- 
.     Fund  for  year  1884-85         .      $66,568  00 
Excess  of  income  over  expendi- 
tures for  year  1884-85  .         .        65,192  99 


Excess  of  requirements  over  income 


$290,493  58 


215,154  75 
$75,338  83 


$75,338  83 


,375  01 


The  outstanding^Mystic  Water  Loans  at  'this  date  are  as 
follows :  — 


6     per     cent,     currency 
Mystic  Water  Loans 


5  per     cent,      currency 
Mystic  Water  Loans     . 

6  per     cent,     currency 
Mystic  Sewer  Loans     • 

4    per    cent.    Loan 


r     $35,000 

Due  April 

1, 

1886 

60,000 

Due  Oct. 

1, 

1886 

50,000 

Due  Oct. 

1, 

1887 

3,000 

Due  April 

1, 

1888 

100,000 

Due  July 

1890 

$586,000  00 'i 

51.000 

Due  Jan. 

1891 

139,000 

Due  July 

■•-) 

1891 

67,000 

Due  Jan. 

Ij 

1892 

42,000 

Due  July 

1, 

1892 

[       89,000 

Due  July 

*■» 

1893 

1 

108,000  00 ; 

6,000 

Due  Oct. 

1893 

102,000 

Due  April 

^t 

1894 

130,000  00 

•    130,000 

Due  April 

^> 

1886 

15,000  00 

15,000 

Due  Oct. 

1913 

$839,000  00 

The  following  statement  shows  the  appropriations  by  the 
City  Council  for  an  additional  supply  of  water,  with  the 
loans  issued  to  meet  them,  and  the  amount  of  expenditures 
to  this  date  :  — 


Eeport  of  the  Water  Board. 


13 


Additional  Supply  of  Water. 


APPROPRIATIONS. 

Oct.   21,  1871.  —  Transfer  from  Reserved  Fund 

Apr.  12,  1872.  —  Order  for  Treasurer  to  borrow 

Apr.  11,  1873.—      " 

Feb.  26,  1875.—      " 

July     1,  1876.—      "  " 

Apr.  20,  1878.—      " 

Apr.   11,  1879.—      "  "  " 

Aug.  17,  1881.—      " 

June    2,  1883.—      " 

•Oct.  14,  1884.—      "  " 


Total  appropriations  to  April  30,  1885 

Oct.     1,  1875.  — Premium  on  $1,000,000 

order  of  Feb.  26,  1875 

April  1,  1876.— Premium    on    $452,000 

bonds,  under  order  of 

Feb.  26,  1875 

Oct.     1,  1876.  — Premium  on  $2,000,000 

bonds,  under  order  of 

July  1,  1876    . 


EXPENDED. 

1871-72 
1872-73 
1873-74 including  $20,897.50,  discount 

on    bonds    sold,   Januaiy 

1874 
1874-75 
1875-76 
1876-77 
1877-78 
1878-79 
1879-80 
1880-81 
1881-82 
1882-83 
1883-84 
1884-85 


$10,000  00 
100,000  00 
600,000  00 
1,500,000  00 
2,000,000  00 
600,000  00 
350,000  00 
324,000  00 
621,000  00 
150,000  00 

$6,155,000  00 


bonds,  under 
,     $83,700  00 


47,786  80 


221,400  00 


$2,302  81 
61,278  83 


114,102  77 

224,956  68 

783,613  49 

1,924,060  24 

1,257,715  26 

635,658  08 

213,350  97 

97,406  78 

85,677  98 

167,621  43 

423,625  79 

276,292  13 


852,886  80 
5,607,886  80 


6,217,663  24 


Balance  of  appropriations  unexpended,  April  30,  1885,     $290,223  56 


Balauce  of  loans,  April  3O5 1884,    $389,515  69 
Loans  issued  in  1884-5     .         .        27,000  00 


Payments  during  year  1884-5 


$416,515  69 
276,292  13 


Balance  unexpended,  April  30,  1885        .    $140,223  56 


^  Not  yet  issued. 


14 


City  Document  No.  118. 


The  outstanding  loans  which  were   made  on  account  of 
Additional  Supply  of  Water  are  as  follows  :  — 


4   per  cent.  Loans 

6    per  cent.  Loans 
6    per  cent.  Loan 

6    per  cent.  Loans 

4^  per  cent.  Loan 


$1,576,000- 


(    $324,000 

82,000 

688,000 

336,000 

209,000 

18,600 

16,000 

1,500 

C  1,000,000 

J,462,000<      452,000 

(  2,000,000 

12,000 

(      100,000 

RAA  nnnJ       492,000 
644,000  <^  8,000 

(^        44,000 
268,000 


Due  April 
Due  July 
Due  April 
Due  Oct. 
Due  Jan. 
Due  April 
Due  Oct. 
Due  April 
Due  Oct. 
Due  April  1 
Due  Oct.    1 
Due  April  1 
Due  July   1 
Due  April  1 
Due  Jan,    1 
Due  July  1 
Due  Oct.    1 


1912 
1908 
1908 
1913 
1914 
1914 
1914 
1915 
1905 
1906 
1906 
1908 
1902 
1903 
1904 
1905 
1908 


$5,951,000 


WM.  A.  SIMMONS,   Chairman. 
JOHN  G.  BLAKE, 
GEO.  M.  HOBBS. 


EEPOET  OF  THE  CLERK. 


Office  of  the  Boston  Wateh  Board. 

Boston,  May  1,  1885. 
Hon.  Wm.  A.  Simmons, 

Chairman  of  the  Boston  Water  Board :  — 
Sir,  —  The  following  is  a  statement  of  the  receipts  and 
expenditures  of  the  Boston  Water  Board   for  the  financial 
year  ending  April  30,  1885  :  — 

Eeceipts. 

On  account  of  Cochituate  Water-Works      .    $1,220,367  99 
"     Mystic  Water-Works  .         .  273,784  84 


Balance   of    loans   unexpended 

April    30,    1884,  Additional 

Supply  of  Water,$389,515  69 
Loans     issued     in 

1884-5      .         .     27,000  00 

$416,515  69 

Mystic  Sewer         .     $1,122  42 
From  Transfer  Fund 

under     order    of 

City     Council, 

June  7,  1884      .      6,245  70 


$1,494,152  83 


7,368  12 


Balance  appropriation,  New 
Main,  Cochituate  Water- 
Works         .         .         .         .       8,297  72 

Appropriation,       Chestnut-Hill 

Driveway,    1884-5       .         .       3,000  00 

Appropriation  Introduction  of 
meters  and  Inspection,  Co* 
chituate    Water-Works         .  279,831  86 


Amounts  carried  forward,  P  15,013  39     $1,494,152  83 


16  City  Document  No.  118. 

Amounts  brought  forward,     $715,013  89    $1,494,152  83 

Appropriation  Introduction  of 
meters  and  Inspection,  Mys- 
tic   Water- Works         .         .     11,541  27 

Appropriation  High  Service      .     86,200  00 

Appropriation      Extension      of 

mains,    etc.  .  .         .     50,000  00 

Stock  purchased  in  previous 
years,  Cochituate  Water- 
Works      ....        90,246  06 

Mystic  Water- Works    .  .        16,708  74 

Introduction  of  Meters  and 
Inspection,  Cochituate  Wa- 
ter-Works        .    $5,177  50 

Purchased  dm-ing 
year  1884-5, 
but  not  used     .     7,835  95 


13,013  45 


$982,722  91 
$2,476,875  74 


Expenditures. 

Current  expenses,   Cochituate 

Water-Works    .         .         .    $336,578  36 

Current      expenses,      Mystic 

Water-Works    .         .         .      128,126  40 

Extension  of  Cochituate  Wa- 
ter-Works .         .         .      115,013  02 

Extension  of  Mystic  Water- 
Works       ....  446  03 

Interest  on  Cochituate  Water 

Loans        ....      668,658  07 

Interest  on  Mystic  Water- 
Loans        .         .         .         .       48,960  00 

Chelsea,  Somerville,  and  Ev- 
erett contracts,  account 
Mystic  Water-Works  .        37,622  32 

Balance  Appropriation  New 
Main,  Cochituate  Water- 
Works,  paid  to  Sinking- 
Fund  Commissioners  by 
order  City  Council,  April 
28,  1885   ....         8,297  72 


Amounts  carried  forward,  $1,343,701  92     $2,476,875  74 


Eeport  of  the  Water  Board.  17 


Amounts  brought  forward,  $1,343,701 

92 

$2,476,875  74 

Construction,  Additional  Sup- 

ply of  Water     . 

276,292 

13 

Construction,  Mystic  Sewer  . 

7,368 

12 

Introduction  of  Meters  and  In- 

spection, Cochituate  Water- 

Works       .... 

106,873 

92 

Introduction    of  Meters    and 

Inspection,  Mystic   Water- 

W^orks       .... 

6,044 

00 

High -service 

5,332 

72 

Extension  of  Mains,  etc. 

1,050 

90 

Surplus  Income  of  Cochituate 

Water- Works  to  be  paid  to 

Cochituate  Water  Sinking- 

Fund         .... 

120,129 

12 

Surplus    Income    of    Mystic 

Water-Works  to  be  paid  to 

Mystic  Water  Sinking-Fund 

65,192 

99 

Chestnut-Hill  Driveway 

2,997 

48 

Balance      of      Appropriation 

Chestnut-Hill       Driveway, 

carried  into   the  Treasury, 

April  30,  1885  . 

2 

52 

$1,934,985  82 

$541,889  92 

April  30,  1885,  Balance  of 
loans  unexpended.  Addi- 
tional Supply  of  Water      .    $140,223  56 

Introduction  of  Meters  and  In- 
spection, Cochituate  Water- 
Works       ....      172,957  94 

Introduction  of  Meters  and 
Inspection,  Mystic  Water- 
Works       ....  5,497  27 

High-service  .  .         .        80,867  28 

Extension  of  Mains,  etc.        .        48,949  10 

Stock  on  hand,  April  30, 1885, 

Cochituate  Water- Works    .        70,235  48 

Mystic  Water- Works     .         .        10,145  84 

Introduction  of  Meters  and 
Inspection,  Cochituate  Wa- 
ter-Works .  .         .        13,013  45 


$541,889  92 


18  City  Docuiment  No.  118. 


Total  Water  Debt  of  the  City  of  Boston. 

Cochituate,         outstanding 

April  30,  1885  .  .  $13,045,473  98 
Mystic,  outstanding,   April 

30,  1885        .         .         .  839,000  00 

113,984,473  98 


Cochituate  Water  Debt. 

Outstanding     April        30, 

1884      ....  $12,882,273  98 
Issued  in  1884-85      .         .  163,200  00 

$13,045,473  98 


Mystic   Water  Debt. 

Outstanding     April        30, 

1884      ....        $840,000  00 
Puid  in  1884-5  .         .         .  1,000  00 

$839,000  00 


Total   Water  Sinhing-Funds,  April  30,  1885. 

Cochituate  Water  Sinking- 

Fund  ....  $3,106,323  82 
Mystic      Water      Sinking- 

Fund     .         .         .         .         444,453  69 

$3,550,777  51 


Trial  Balance,   Cochituate   Water-  Worhs,  April  30,  1885. 

Dr.  Cr. 

Construction  Account  .  $18,173,644  45 

Cochituate  Water-Works    .  $18,173,644  45 

City  Treasurer,  Loan  Ac- 
count     ....  835,667  77 

Appropriation,     Additional 

Supply  of  Water    .         .  140,223  56 

Appropriation,  High-ser- 
vice     ....  80,867  28 


Amounts  carried  forward,  %1^,0Q^,2>U  22  $18,394,735  29 


Repoet  of  the  Water  Board.  19 

Amounts  brought  forward,  $19,009,312  22  $18,394,735  29 

Appropriation,      Extension 

of  Mains,  etc.  .         .  48,949  10 

Appropriation ,  Introduc- 
tion of  Meters  and  Inspec- 
tion       ....  172,957  94 

Income  of  CochituateWater- 

Works  .         .         •.        •  1,310,614  05 

Maintenance  of  Cochituate 

Water-Works  .  .  336,578  36 

Extension     of     Cochituate 

Water-Works  .  .  115,013  02 

Interest  on  Cochituate  Wa- 
ter Loans        .         .         .  668,658  07 

Stock  Account  .         .         .  70,235  48 

Stock,  Introduction  of  Me- 
ters and  Inspection  .  13,013  45 

City     Treasurer,     Revenue 

Account  .         .         .      1,220,367  99 

Appropriation,  Chestnut- 
Hill  Driveway        .         .  2  52 

City  Treasurer,  Appropria- 
tion Account  .         .         .  3,000  OU 

City  Treasurer  .         .         .  1,508,919  69 

Funded  Debt      .         .         .    13,045,473  98 

Cochituate  Water  6%  Cur- 
rency Loan     .         .         .  4,897,000  00 

Cochituate  Water  5  %  Cur- 
rency Loan     ...  13,000  00 

Cochituate  Water  5  %  Gold 

Loan      .         .         .         .  3,552,000  00 

Cochituate  Water  5  %  Ster- 
ling Loan       ...  1,947,273  98 

Cochituate  Water  4%  Cur- 
rency Loan     .         .         .  588,000  00 

Cochituate  Water  4%  Loan  1,730,200  00 

Cochituate  Water  4|%  Loan  268,000  00 

Cochituate  Water  3 1-%  Loan  50,000  00 

Commissioners  on  the  Sink- 

ing-Funds       .         .         .  3,106,323  82 

Cochituate  Water  Sinking- 

Fund  ....  3,106,323  82 


$37,587,976  39  $37,587,976  39 


20 


City  Document  No.  118. 


Trial  Balance^  Mystic  Water- Worhs,  April  30,  188b. 

Dr. 

Cr. 

Construction      .         .         .1 

^, 656, 266  50 

Mystic  Water-Works 

$1,656,266  50 

City     Treasurer,     Revenue 

Account 

273,784  84 

Income   of    Mystic    Water 

Works  .... 

290,493  58 

Maintenance  of  Mystic  Wa- 

ter-Works 

128,126  40 

Extension  of  Mystic  Water- 

Works  .         .         .         . 

446  03 

Interest  on   Mystic    Water 

Loans    .... 

48,960  00 

Chelsea,     Somerville,     and 

Everett  contracts    . 

37,622  32 

Stock  Account  . 

10,145  84 

Stock,  Introduction  of  Me- 

ters and  Inspection 

829  80 

City  Treasurer,   Loan   Ac- 

count    .... 

12,663  69 

Introduction  of  Meters,    and 

Inspection 

5,497  27 

City  Treasurer 

216,588  07 

Funded  Mystic  Water  Debt    . 

839,000  00 

Mystic   Water  6%    Currency 

Loan          .... 

586,000  00 

Mystic  Water  5%    Currency 

Loan          .... 

108,000  00 

Mystic  Water  4%  Loan 

15,000  00 

Mystic   Sewer  6%   Currency 

Loan          .... 

130,000  00 

Commissioners  on  the  Sinking- 

Funds        .... 

444,453  69 

Mystic  Water  Sinking-Fund  . 

444,453  69 

$3,452,299  11 

$3,452,299  11 

Cost    of  Construction   of  the    Cochituate    Water- Works   to 

May  1,  1885. 
Cost  of  Water-Works  to  January  1, 1850,  as 

per  final  report  of  Water  Commissioners  .     $3,998,051  83 
Extension  to  East  Boston    .         .         .         .  281,065  44 


Amount  carried  forward  ^ 


t,279,117  27 


Report  of  the  "Water  Board. 


21 


Amount  brought  fonvard, 
Jamaica-pond  aqueduct 
New  dam  at  Lake  Cochituate 
Raising  lake  two  feet,  including  damages 
Dudley  pond,  lower  dam,  and  making  con 

nections  with  lake  .... 
New  main  from  Brookline  reservoir  . 
Land  and  water  rights  and  land  damages 

since  January  1,  1850     . 
New  pipe-yard  and  repair-shop  . 
Upper  yard,  buildings,  etc. 
New  water-pipes.  East  Boston    . 
New  main,  East  Boston 
Pumping-works  at  Lake  Cochituate 
High-service,  stand-pipe,  engine-house  and 

engines 
High-service,  South  Boston 
Chestnut-Hill  reservoir 
Parker-Hill  reservoir 
Charles-river  siphon  .         .         .         , 
Keeper's  house,  Parker  Hill 
Temporary  high-service,  Brighton 
New  stable  at  Chestnut-Hill  reservoir . 
Pegan  dam,  Natick    .... 
Willow  dam,  Natick  .... 
Higli-service,  East  Boston  . 
New  main  from  Chestnut-Hill  reservoir 
New  high-service  works 
Cost  of  laying  main  pipe  for  extension  in 

Roxbury,  Dorchester,  Brighton,  and  West 

Roxbury  Districts  ..... 
Additional  supply  of  water,  including  land 

damages  and  all  expenses 
Cost  of  laying  main  pipe  since  January  1, 

1850      .         .         

Extension  of  mains,  etc.  (from  loans) 


including  land 


$4,279,117  27 
13,237  50 
10,940  08 
28,002  18 

18,982  23 
304,991  83 

49,486  17 
25,666  51 
9,165  63 
20,999  43 
24,878  08 
23,577  69 

103,829  53 

27,860  29 

2,461,232  07 

228,246  17 

26,532  35 

2,764  90 

7,865  86 

8,103 

1,394 

1,567 

22,960  07 

341,702  28 

5,332  72 


55 
06 
29 


1,758,512  22 

6,217,663  24 

2,147,982  35 
1,050  90 

$18,173,644  45 


Cost  of  Construction  of  the  Mystic   Water- Works  to  May 

1,  1885. 

Salaries     . $17,644  61 

Engineering       .     •    .         .         .         .         .  33,746  87 

Land  damages   ......  91,855  38 

Amount  carried  forward,  $143,246  86 


22 


City  Document  No.  118. 


Amount  brought  forward, 
Reservoir  . 
Dam 

Conduit     . 

Engine-house,  coal-shed,  and  chimney 
Engines     . 
Grubbing  pond . 
Iron  pipes 

Iron  pipes,  trenching 
City  distribution 
Hydrants  . 
Stopcocks 

Miscellaneous  items   . 
Roadway  and  bridge  . 
Lowering  Mystic  river 
Inspections 

Service-pipes  and  meters 
Hydrants  for  Somerville  and  Medford 
Somerville  distribution 
Dwelling-house   for   engineer   and    fireman 

(pumping-station)  . 
Chelsea  extension 
Medford  extension 
Drinking-fountains     . 
New  line  of  supply  main 
Stable  and  pipe-yard 
Extension  of  engine-house  and  boiler 
New  force  main 
Mystic  sewer     . 
New  stable,  engine-house 
Additional  force  main 
Temporary  pumping-works 
New  work-shop 
Cost  of  laying  main  pipe  since  1873 


$143,246  86 

141,856  26 

17,167  26 

129,714  30 

36,112  99 

150,096  70 

9,393  26 

108,437  10 

61,029  59 

162,335  23 

19,976  21 

19,262  52 

14,012  51 

3,529  22 

3,012  06 

1,824  79 

133,858  70 

2,653  08 

2,492  10 

4,871  02 
37,347  86 

3,997  41 

1,415  05 
203,050  09 

8,964  64 
33,727  43 

9,875  17 
.  136,245  70 

1,767  39 
24,882  96 

6,905  15 

3,000  00 
20,205  89 

$1,656,266  50 


Respectfully  submitted, 

W.   E.    SWAN, 
Glei'k  of  the  Boston  Water  Board. 


EEPOET  OF  THE  CITY  ENGINEER. 


OrricE  or  City  Engineer, 
City  Hall,  Boston,  May  1,  1885. 

Hon.  William  A.  Simmons, 

Chairman  Boston  Water  Board :  — 

Sir,  —  In  accordance  with  the  requirements  of  the  ordi- 
nance establishing  the  Boston  Water  Board,  I  respectfully 
transmit  the  following  report  on  the  condition  of  the  Water- 
Works  :  — 


SUDBUEY    RIVER.    RESERVOIRS    AND    LAKE 
COCHITUATE. 

The  supply  from  these  reservoirs,  both  in  quantity  and 
quality,  has  been  better  during  the  last  year  than  for  a  num- 
ber of  previous  years.  During  the  greater  portion  of  the  year 
the  storage  reservoirs  have  been  full ;  and,  with  the  exception 
of  Reservoir  No.  2,  none  of  them  have  fallen  more  than  4.5 
feet  below  high-water  mark. 

Reservoir  JVb.  1.  — This  reservoir  has  been  practically  full 
during  the  entire  year,  the  lowest  point  reached  being  156.04, 
or  3.25  feet  below  the  top  of  the  flash-boards,  on  Jan.  6, 
1885. 

Water  was  wasted  at  Dam  No.  1  for  the  greater  portion  of 
the  time  from  May  1  until  Sept.  2,  when  the  water  fell  below 
the  level  of  the  flash-boards  ;  and,  with  the  exception  of  the 
1^  million  gallons  per  day  which  is  always  allowed  to  pass 
into  the  river,  no  water  was  wasted  until  Dec.  13,  when  the 
waste-gates  were  opened  for  a  few  days. 

On  Dec.  22  the  water  reached  the  level  of  the  crest  of 
the  dam,  and  has  been  wasting  since  that  date. 

Besei'voir  JVo.  2. — On  May  1,  1884,  water  was  wasting 
over  the  crest  of  the  outlet  dam,  and  the  waste  was  con- 
tinued, except  for  a  few  days,  until  July  8.  During  the 
following  month  the  reservoir  was  falling,  and  on  Aug.  7 
the  surface  was  3.14  feet  below  the  top  of  the  flash-boards. 
A  heavy  rain  on  this  date  replenished  the  supply,  and  the 
reservoir  filled  nearly  to  high-water  mark. 

The  months  of  September  and  October  were  very  dry,  and 


24  City  Document  No.  118. 

the  reservoir  being  drawn  upon  for  the  city's  supply  fell 
rapidly  until  Oct.  14,  when  it  was  practically  empty.  In 
the  latter  part  of  November  the  reservoir  began  to  fill, 
and  on  Dec.  23  waste  began  over  the  stone  crest  of  the  dam. 
On  April  25  flash-boards  were  placed  on  the  dam,  and  since 
that  time  the  reservoir  has  remained  at  ordinary  high-water 
mark. 

Considerable  work  has  been  done  in  completing  the  work 
on  shallow  flowage,  such  as  riprapping  the  shores,  grading, 
loaraing,  etc. 

Reservoir  JVb.  3.  —  This  reservoir  was  full  and  overflow- 
ing on  May  1,  1884,  and  its  surface  remained  near  the  level 
of  the  crest  of  the  dam  until  September,  when  it  began  to 
fall ;  and  on  Oct.  14  it  was  174.44  above  tide-marsh  level. 

From  Oct.  14  to  30  it  was  drawn  upon  for  the  supply  of 
the  city,  and  its  surface  fell  about  two  feet.  In  November 
the  reservoir  was  again  drawn  upon,  and  on  Nov.  23  the 
water  surface  reached  its  lowest  point  for  the  year,  3.88  feet 
below  the  crest  of  the  dam.  On  Dec.  19  the  reservoir  was 
again  full,  and  waste  was  commenced  over  the  dam.  The 
reservoir  is  now  full. 

Reservoir  JVb.  4.  —  The  quantity  of  gravel  filled  on  to  the 
dam  during  the  past  year  was  119,300  cubic  yards,  and  the 
quantity  of  concrete  added  to  the  core,  or  centre  wall,  was 
5,100  cubic  yards,  —  thereby  increasing  the  height  of  the 
dam  twenty-five  feet. 

The  slope  of  the  dam  below  the  berme  has  been  covered 
with  riprap  to  the  depth  of  eighteen  inches,  and  about  7,000 
cubic  yards  of  loam,  for  covering  the  outside  slope  and  top 
of  dam,  have  been  deposited  along  the  upper  portion  of  the 
slope,  ready  for  spreading. 

All  the  broken  stone  used  in  concrete  and  riprap  has  been 
crushed  from  stones  collected  in  the  basin ;  the  quantity 
aggregating  7,850  cubic  yards. 

All  the  valves  and  iron-work  required  for  the  gate-chamber 
have  been  set,  and  now  control  the  water  flowing  out  of  the 
basin.  The  valves  were  closed  on  the  4th  day  of  February, 
1885,  and  water  allowed  to  accumulate  in  the  basin  to  the 
amount  of  253,000,000  gallons,  or  to  the  depth  of  fifteen 
feet  at  the  gate-house,  —  at  which  depth  the  water  has  been 
maintained  to  date. 

During  the  past  year  there  have  been  removed  from  the 
basin  68,000  cubic  yards  of  muck  and  soil,  and  two  acres  of 
shallow  flowage  have  been  formed. 

The  old  wooden  bridge  on  the  road  at  the  extreme  southerly 
end  of  the  basin  has  been  removed  and  a  new  bridge  built 
with  granite  abutments  and  wing-walls. 


Report  of  the  Water  Board.  25 

The  work  remaining  to  complete  the  reservoir  consists  of 
about  20,000  cubic  yards  of  material,  to  be  placed  in  the 
embankment,  1,750  cubic  yards  of  slope  paving  on  the  inner 
slope  of  the  dam,  soiling  of  embankment,  superstructure  of 
the  gate-chamber,  etc.  This  work  will  be  completed  during 
the  present  season. 

Farm  Pond.  — To  accommodate  the  work  of  building  the 
aqueduct  across  this  pond  the  water-surface  has  been  kept 
below  its  usual  height  for  the  greater  portion  of  the  year. 

It  was  kept  nearly  full  until  July  13,  when  it  was  lowered 
about  2.5  feet  to  146.50,  where  it  remained  until  December. 
It  was  then  raised  to  147.,  and  kept  at  that  height  for  four 
months,  then  lowered  to  145,  where  it  now  remains. 

Lake  Gochituate. — On  May  1,  1884,  the  surface  of  the 
lake  was  134.30  above  tide  marsh  level.  During  June  and 
July  320,000,000  gallons  were  run  into  the  lake  from  the 
Sudbury  river  and  the  lake  surface  was  kept  near  high  water- 
mark until  August.  It  then  gradually  fell  until  December 
6,  when  it  stood  at  129.90,  or  4.46  feet  below  high  water- 
mark. 

During  December  and  January  the  lake  was  rising,  and 
on  Februar}?^  6  waste  was  commenced.  The  surface  is  now 
at  high-water  mark. 

No  water  has  been  drawn  from  Dudley  pond  during  the 
year. 

By  the  decision  of  the  Supreme  Judicial  Court,  rendered 
in  February  last,  the  authority  of  your  Board  to  prevent  the 
discharge  of  sewage  into  Lake  Cochituate  has  been  established, 
and  the  sources  of  pollution  are  now  being  removed  from  the 
brooks  entering  the  lake. 

The  temporary  pumping  machinery  has  not  been  required 
during  the  past  year,  and  as  the  completion  of  Reservoir 
No.  4,  during  the  present  season,  will  probably  render  its 
use  unnecessary  for  a  number  of  years,  I  would  advise  its 
removal  to  a  more  secure  situation. 

The  diagram  annexed  to  this  report  shows  graphically  the 
varying  heights  of  the  different  reservoirs  during  the  year, 
the  rainfall  on  the  Sudbury  river,  and  the  daily  amounts 
drawn  from  the  Sudbury-river  reservoirs  during  the  year. 

The  following  table  shows  the  heights  of  water  in  the 
reservoirs  and  in  Lake  Cochituate  on  the  first  of  each 
month :  — 


26 


City  Document  No.  118. 


May  1,  188i 

June  1,  " 

July  1,  " 

Aug.  t,  " 

Sept.  1,  " 

Oct.   1,  " 

Nov.  1,  " 

Dec.  1,  " 
Jan.  1, 1885 

Feb.  1,  " 

Mar.  1,  " 

Apr.  1,  " 
May  1,    " 


Res.  No.  1. 

Top  of  flash- 
boards, 
159.29. 


158.00 
157.88 
159.45 
159.30 
159.30 
158.97 
158.71 
157.67 
158.01 
157.73 
157.83 
158.15 
159.40 


Res.  No.  2. 
Top  of  flash- 
boards, 
167.12. 


166.18 
166.09 
167.17 
164.80 
164.50 
155.64 
150.25 
152.95 
166.15 
165.95 
166.13 
166.34 
167.46 


Res.  No.  3. 

Crest  of 

Dam, 

175.24. 


175.58 
175.49 
175.40 
176.27 
175.14 
174.65 
172.35 
171.81 
175.56 
175.41 
175.07 
175.69 
175.50 


Farm  Pond. 


149.27 
148.83 
149.22 
146.51 
146.50 
146.49 
146.54 
146.79 
146.83 
146.90 
146.97 
145.75 
145.04 


Lake  Co- 
chituate 
Top  of  flash- 
boards, 
134.38. 


134.30 
134.28 
134.30 
133.86 
133.19 
131.85 
130.70 
130.08 
131.43 
132.74 
132.47 
132.62 
134.36 


Water  has  been  drawn  from  the  Sudbury-river  reservoirs 
as  follows  :  — 


May     1  to  June  17, 
June  17  to  June  25, 

June  25  to  June  30,  " 

June  30  to  Oct.   14,  '< 

Oct.  14  to  Oct.   30,  " 

Oct.  30  to  Nov.    8,  " 

Nov.    8  to  Nov.  30,  " 
Nov.  30  to  Feb.  11,'85,  " 

Feb.  11  to  May     1,  " 


from  Reservoir  No.    1. 
"  "        No.    2. 


Nos.  1  and  2. 
No.    2. 

Nos.  2  and  3. 
No.    2. 
Nos.  2  and  3. 
No.    2. 

No.    3. 


Farm-Pond  Conduit, 

At  the  date  of  the  last  annual  report  Messrs.  Parker  & 
Sylvester  were  filling  across  the  pond  on  the  line  of  the  con- 
duit. 

Their  contract  was  completed  on  August  29,  59,010  cubic 
yards  of  material  having  been  deposited  at  a  cost  of  $27,- 
672.70. 

On  August  4  proposals  were  received  for  the  construction 
of  the  conduit,  3,760  feet  in  length,  between  the  upper  and 
lower  gate-houses ;  and  on  August  20  a  contract  was  made 
for  the  work  with  G.  M.  Gushing,  of  J^ew  York. 


Report  of  the  Water  Board.  27 

Work  under  this  contract  is  now  progressing,  the  trench 
has  been  excavated  for  a  length  of  1,200  feet,  and  700  feet 
of  the  conduit  completed. 


Aqueducts  and  Distributing  Reservoirs. 

The  Sudbury-river  aqueduct  has  been  in  constant  use,  with 
the  exception  of  a  few  days  in  December,  when  it  was  being 
cleaned. 

During  the  summer,  portions  of  the  masonry  of  the  Charles- 
river  bridge  were  pointed  in  a  thorough  manner,  at  a  cost  of 
$584. 

The  Cochituate  aqueduct  has  been  in  constant  use  except 
from  December  29  to  January  4,  when  the  water  was  drawn 
off  for  cleaning. 

From  May  1  to  June  10  the  water  in  this  aqueduct  was 
kept  six  feet  above  the  conduit  invert ;  it  was  then  reduced 
to  five  feet,  and  maintained  at  that  height  throughout  the 
year. 

The  line  of  the  Circuit  Railroad,  which  is  now  being  con- 
structed, crosses  both  aqueducts  in  Newton.  At  the  crossing 
of  the  Sudbury  aqueduct  the  arch  has  been  strengthened  by 
an  additional  ring  of  bricks,  and  the  work  of  strengthening 
the  Cochituate  aqueduct  will  soon  be  done.  The  Chestnut 
Hill,  Brookline,  Parker  Hill,  and  East  Boston  reservoirs  have 
been  in  constant  use,  and  are  in  good  condition.  At  the 
Parker-Hill  reservoir  an  iron  fence  has  been  erected  on  the 
coping  surrounding  the  reservoir,  at  a  cost  of  $2,094,  and  a 
stone  and  gravel  walk  constructed  on  the  top  of  the  reservoir 
bank  at  a  cost  of  $1,064.25. 


Hian-SERViCE  Works. 

The  work  done  at  the  Highland  station  is  shown  in  detail 
by  the  table  on  page  44. 

All  of  the  water  has  been  pumped  by  the  Worthington 
engine.  The  total  quantity  of  water  pumped  during  the  year 
was  884,988,000  gallons,  —  a  decrease  of  16.5  per  cent,  from 
the  amount  pumped  in  1883. 

Total  coal  consumed,  1,551,900  lbs.,  of  which  13.3  per 
cent,  were  ashes  and  clinkers. 

Average  lift,  108.49  feet. 

Quantity  pumped  per  lb.  of  coal,  570.3  gallons.     •  . 

Average  daily  quantity  pumped,  2,418,000  gallons. 

Average  duty  (no  deductions),  51,597,600  foot  lbs.,  per 
100  lbs.  of  coal. 


28  City  Document  No.  118. 

Cost  of  Pumping. 

Salaries  .         . 

Fuel 

Repairs  ..... 
Oil,  waste,  and  packing    . 
Sundry  small  supplies,  gas,  etc. 


^3,943  11 

3,784  00 

185  69 

243  96 

221  71 


$8,378  47 
Cost  per  million  gallons,  raised  one  foot  high      .         $0,087 

The  construction  of  new  high-service  works  which  has 
been  constantly  advocated  for  the  past  ten  years  was  author- 
ized by  a  vote  of  the  City  Government,  in  December. 

On  January  20  proposals  were  received  for  2,920  tons  of 
pipes,  and  special  castings  required  for  the  force  and  supply 
mains,  and  on  January  24  a  contract  was  made  with  A.  H. 
McNeal,  of  Burlington,  N.J.,  for  furnishing  the  same. 

The  contract  price  is  $26.45  per  gross  ton  for  the  pipe, 
and  $53.20  for  the  specials. 

During  the  month  of  January  surveys  and  investigations 
were  made  with  reference  to  determining  the  most  advan- 
tageous site  for  a  reservoir. 

At  the  East  Boston  station  the  daily  average  amount 
pumped  has  been  226,900  gallons,  a  decrease  of  36%  from 
the  corresponding  amount  for  the  previous  year. 

At  the  Brighton  station  the  amount  pumped  has  varied 
from  100,000  to  250,000  gallons  per  day. 

Mystic  Lake. 

Mystic  Lake  was  full  and  overflowing  on  May  1,  1884, 
and  waste  was  continued  until  June  8.  The  lake  remained 
full  until  September  1,  after  which  date  its  surface  fefl,  and 
durins^  the  month  of  November  stood  about  3.50  feet  below 
high  water.  In  December  the  lake  filled,  and  on  December 
23  waste  began,  and  has  been  continued  to  the  present  time. 

Mystic-Valley  Sewer. 

The  treatment  of  the  sewage  from  the  tanneries  in  the 
Mystic  Valley  has  been  continued  under  the  same  system  as 
for  the  two  previous  years. 

The  Farquhar  low-pressure  filter  has  been  placed  in  posi- 
tion, and  trials  have  been  made  to  determine  the  practicability 
of  filtering  the  sewage  ;  but  the  experiments  have  not  thus  far 
been  successful. 


Eepoet  of  the  Water  Board. 


29 


Experiments  made  during  the  past  year  show  that  the 
sludge  removed  from  the  settling-tanks  has  some  value  for 
manurial  purposes.  All  of  the  land  available  has  been 
graded,  and  the  experiment  will  be  continued  during  the 
present  season. 

The  quantity  of  sewage  is  constantly  increasing,  and,  if  the 
works  are  to  be  maintained  at  their  present  location,  they 
should  be  placed  upon  a  more  permanent  basis.  The 
machinery  and  buildings  are  of  a  temporary  character,  and 
already  in  need  of  repairs. 

Authority  for  the  removal  of  the  works  to  the  shore  of  the 
lower  Mystic  pond  was  asked  by  the  Legislature^  but  has 
not  been  granted.  I  would  recommend  that  the  subject  be 
carefully  considered,  in  order  that  some  definite  plan  may 
be  decided  upon  before  the  next  session  of  the  Legislature. 


Mystic  Conduit  and  Eeservoirs. 


The  conduit  has  been  cleaned  twice  during  the  year,  and 
is  in  good  condition.  The  east  basin  of  the  reservoir  was 
drawn  off  and  cleaned  in  May,  1884,  The  stone- work  was 
repointed,  and  the  wrought-iron  pipe  leading  to  the  west 
basin  re-covered  with  cement. 


Mystic  Pumping-Station. 

The  work  done  at  this  station  is  shown  by  the  table  on 
page  43. 


Engine  No.  1  was  used  151  hours  30  min. 
"       »     2     "      "  1343     "       30     " 
«       .<     3     ..      <<  7155     u       45     << 


pumping    25,005,600  gallons. 
"  258,542,200         <• 

'•      2,027,161,600         " 


Total  amount  pumped     ....       2,310,709,400         " 
Total  coal  consumed       ....  5,843,400  lbs. 

Of  which  8.6%  were  ashes  and  clinkers. 

Average  lift  150.04  feet. 

Quantity  pumped  per  lb.  of  coal,  395.4  gallons. 

Average  duty  of  engines  (no  deductions),  49,482,700  feet  per  100  lbs.  coal. 

Daily  average  amount  pumped   6,313,400  gallons,  a  decrease  of  7.4  per 
cent,  from  that  of  the  previous  year. 


Cost  of  Pumping. 

Salaries 

Fuel       . 

Oil,  waste,  and  packing 

Repairs . 

Small  supplies 


$7,318  20 

13,957  07 

544  87 

1,299  52 

58  87 


$23,178  53 


30  City  Document  No.  118. 

Cost  per  million  gallons  lifted  one  foot  high  $0,067. 

The  new  boilers  which  were  being  erected  at  the  date 
of  the  last  report  were  completed  and  placed  in  service  in 
June  last.  The  boiler-room  has  been  greatly  improved  by 
raising  the  ceiling  so  as  to  make  the  boilers  and  piping  more 
accessible,  and  also  to  reduce  the  danger  from  fire. 

In  order  to  determine  the  efficiency  of  the  boilers  a  careful 
trial  was  made  on  February  9  and  10,  with  the  following 
results. 

The  test  was  conducted  in  the  following  manner  :  — 

On  the  morning  of  the  9th  boilers  Nos.  2  and  3  were 
supplying  steam  for  engine  No.  3,  which  was  pumping  the 
city's  supply.  At  10.18  A.M.  the  engine  was  stopped,  the 
fires  under  the  boilers  drawn,  and  the  ash-pits  cleaned.  At 
10.30  A.M.  new  fires  were  started  under  both  boilers,  the 
steam  pressure  at  the  time  (as  shoAvn  by  the  gauges)  being 
27  lbs.  in  boiler  No.  2,  and  29  lbs.  in  boiler  No.  3.  At 
10.50  A.M.  the  engine  was  started,  and  run  continuously 
until  11,12  A.M.  February  10,  when  it  was  stopped,  the 
boiler-pressures  at  that  time  being  the  same  as  when  the  fires 
were  lighted,  viz.,  27  and  29  lbs. 

All  of  the  wood  and  coal  used  during  the  trial  was  carefully 
weighed  on  tested  scales.  The  water  fed  to  the  boilers  was 
carefully  weighed,  and  also  measured  by  a  2-inch  Worthing- 
ton  meter  placed  upon  the  boiler  feed-pipe.  Half-hourly 
observations  were  taken  of  the  height  of  the  water  in  boilers, 
steam  pressure  in  boilers,  temperatures  of  steam,  feed-Avater 
and  gases  in  flue. 

The  height  of  the  water  in  the  boilers  at  the  beginning  of 
the  trial  was  carefully  noted,  and  the  water  left  at  the  same 
elevation  when  the  trial  ended. 

The  boilers  are  of  the  horizontal,  return  tubular  type,  with 
external  furnaces.  They  are  78  inches  in  diameter,  17  feet 
in  length,  and  each  boiler  contains  151  tubes  of  3  inches 
outside  diameter.  The  boiler  shells  are  of  ^^g-inch  steel, 
tube  sheets  |-inch  steel. 


Grate  surface  each  7  feet  by  6  feet,  for  both 

boilers         ..... 
Heating  surface  in  both  boilers 
Ratio  of  grate  surface  to  heating  surface 
Duration  of  trial     .... 
Average  steam  pressure  . 

"        temperature  of  steam 
<<  '♦  "    gases  in  flue 

•«  "  '<    feed  water 

Total  amount  of  wood  used     . 


84  sq.  ft. 
4102.8      " 
1  to  48.8       ♦' 
24  hours  22  min. 
44  lbs. 
286.6°  Fah. 
344.2°     " 
115.6°     " 
633  lbs. 


Report  of  the  Water  Board.  31 

Fuel  equivalent  at  40  %  .         .         .         .  253  lbs. 

Total  goal  used 19,235 

"     fuel  used    ' 19,4.88 

*'     ashes  drawn  from  grates          .         .  1,463 

Unburnt  coal  in  ashes      ....  0 

Total  combustible 18,025 

Total  weioht  of  water  fed  to  boilers          .  190,986 

Water  evaporated  per  lb.  of  coal  at  ob- 
served temperature  and  pressure .         .  9.8 

Equivalent  evaporation  from  and  at  212°,  11,035 

Water  evaporated  per  lb.  of  combustible 

at  observed  temperature  and  pressure  .  10,596 

Equivalent  evaporation  from  and  at  212°,  11,931 

Fuel  burnt  per  hour        ....  800 

Fuel  burnt  per  hour  per  sq.  ft.  of  grate 

surface        ......  9.52 

Water  evaporated  per  hour  per  sq.  ft.  of 

grate  surface       .         .         .         .         .  7,837 

Water  evaporated  per  hour  per  sq.  ft.  of 

grate  surface       .....  93.33 

Water  evaporated  per  hour  per  sq.  ft.  of 

heating  surface    .         .         .         .         .  1.91 


Consumption. 

The  daily  average  consumption  during  the  year  was  as  fol- 
lows :  — 

Gallons  per     Percentage  of 
Gallons.  head  reduction  from 

per  day.  year  1883. 

Sudbury  and   Cochituate 

supply         .         .         .     25,090,500         68 
Mystic  supply         .         .       6,209,700         71 


Total.         .         .         .     31,300,200         68.6  21.6 

The  daily  average  consumption  from  the  combined  works 
has  been  8,630,200  gallons  less  than  during  the  year  1883, 
and  less  than  that  of  any  year  since  1877. 

The  table  on  page  36,  and  the  diagram  facing  page  36, 
show  the  daily  average  consumption  for  each  month. 

Waste. 

The  above  figures  show  that  the  efforts  which  have  been 
made  to  prevent  the  waste  of  water  have  been  very  success- 
ful. 


32  City  Document  No.  118. 

By  request  of  your  Board,  Mr.  Dexter  Brackett  has  been 
especially  detailed  from  this  office  to  take  charge  of  the 
Waste  Detector  Service,  and  I  transmit  herewith  his  report 
which  gives  more  in  detail  the  work  accomplished  :  — 

"Boston,  May  1,  1885. 
"William  Jackson,  Esq.,   City  Engineer:  — 

"  Dear  Sir,  —  The  following  report  of  the  work  done  in 
the  detection  of  waste  is  respectfully  submitted :  — 

"During  the  months  of  Ma^y  and  June,  1884,  the  Deacon 
meters,  which  had  been  received  from  England,  were  located 
throughout  the  city  and  were  immediately  placed  in  service 
to  determine  the  amount  of  waste  in  the  different  sections. 
The  localities  found  to  be  using  large  quantities  of  water  were 
reported  to  Mr.  D.  B.  Cashman,  the  superintendent  of  the 
Inspection  and  Waste  Department,  in  order  that  a  house  to 
house  inspection  might  be  made  by  the  inspectors  under  his 
charge. 

"  After  the  house  to  house  inspection  had  been  made  the 
sections  were  asjain  tested,  to  determine  the  savins:  effected 
by  the  inspection. 

"  Nearly  all  of  the  residential  portions  of  the  city  are  now 
controlled  by  this  system. 

"  Sixty-nine  meters  are  in  use,  supplying  a  population  of 
about  360,000  people  in  137  districts. 


Report  of  the  Water  Board. 


33 


"The  saving  which  has  been  effected  is  shown  by  the  fol- 
lowing table,  which  gives  the  daily  average  consumption  per 
inhabitant  during  the  past  two  years :  — 


SUDBTJBT  AND   COCHITUATB. 

Mystic. 

Month. 

Consumption. 

Amount  saved. 

Consumption. 

Amount  saved. 

Galls,  per  head 

Galls,  per  head 

per  day. 

Galls, 
per  head 
per  day. 

Percent- 
age. 

per  day. 

Galls, 
per  head 
per  day. 

Percent- 

1883 

1884 

1883 

1884 

January  .   . 

97.8 

88.4 

9.4 

9.6 

97.3 

92.2 

5.1 

5.2 

February    . 

92.0 

67.5 

24.5 

26.6 

89.6 

73.0 

16.6 

18.5 

March  .  .   . 

95.8 

65.0 

30.8 

32.1 

89.8 

72.8 

17.0 

18.9 

AprU    .  .  . 

85.8 

58.8 

27.0 

31.5 

71.5 

60.1 

11.4 

15.9 

May  .... 

89.8 

64.6 

25.2 

28.1 

73.1 

66.4 

6.7 

9.2 

June  .... 

93.3 

71.2 

22.1 

23.7 

80.0 

71.5 

8.5 

10.6 

July  .... 

102.4 

68.9 

33.5 

32.7 

84.5 

72.1 

12.4 

14.7 

August    .  . 

103.2 

67.7 

35.5 

34.4 

83.9 

69.5 

14.4 

17.2 

September  . 

93.2 

71,1 

22.1 

23.7 

67.4 

73.1 

.   .   . 

(8.5  inc.) 

October    .  . 

81.9 

67.3 

14.6 

17.8 

63.4 

66.4 

.   •   . 

(4.7  inc.) 

November  . 

79.6 

61.5 

18.1 

22.7 

68.3 

58.2 

10.1 

14.8 

December   . 

83.0 

64.9 

18.1 

21.8 

77.9 

7]  .9 

6.0 

7.7 

Averages  . 

91.5 

68.0 

23.5 

25.6 

82.0 

71.0 

11.0 

13.4 

"  It  will  be  noticed  that  the  saving  effected  on  the  Sudbury 
and  Cochituate  works  has  been  greater  than  on  the  Mystic 
works.  This  I  attribute  to  the  fact  that  the  distribution  sys- 
tems of  Somerville  and  Chelsea  are  in  a  yery  poor  condition, 
and  that  the  Deacon  system  has  not  yet  been  extended  to 
those  cities. 

"  There  yet  remains  in  some  of  the  sections  a  considerable 
amount  of  waste,  but  whether  this  is  taking  place  from  the 
water-fixtures  or  from  the  street  mains  and  services  cannot 
be  definitely  ascertained  until  we  have  sidewalk  stopcocks 
on  the  services. 

"  The  Board  having  adopted  the  Church  stopcock  to  be 
placed  on  the  services  throughout  the  city,  ordered  5,000  of 
them  in  September,  1884. 


34  City  Document  No.  118. 

"About  2,500  of  these  have  been  delivered  and  are  now 
being  tested  for  acceptance.  Within  a  few  weeks  the  work 
of  setting  them  will  be  commenced,  and  it  is  intended  to  for- 
ward the  work  as  rapidly  as  possible  in  order  that  they  may 
be  used  to  reduce  the  waste  during  the  present  season. 

"Further  experiments  have  been  made  with  the  Bell  Water- 
phone  ;  but  I  do  not  think  it  advisable  to  adopt  it  for  perma- 
nent use. 

"  Eespectfully  submitted, 

"DEXTER   BRACKETT, 

"Assistant  JEngineer." 


Quality. 


The  quality  of  the  water  from  the  different  sources  of 
supply  has  been  generally  good  throughout  the  year.  The 
cucumber  taste  has  not  been  noticed.  Algoe  made  their 
appearance  in  Farm  Pond  and  Reservoirs  Nos.  1  and  3  during 
the  summer  and  fall ;  but  less  trouble  was  experienced  from 
their  presence  than  in  past  years.  Owing  to  the  work 
going  on  at  Farm  Pond  the  water  of  that  pond  has  not  been 
very  good  during  most  of  the  year. 

The  water  of  Lake  Cochituate  has  been  of  good  quality 
throughout  the  year. 

Disteibution. 

The  distributing  mains  of  the  Sudbury  and  Cochituate 
works  have  been  extended  about  eleven  miles,  and  one  mile  of 
pipe  relaid  with  pipe  of  larger  diameter.  The  total  length 
of  supply  and  distributing  mains  now  connected  with  the 
works  is  388.5  miles. 

On  the  Mystic  works  the  distributing  mains  have  been 
extended  11,291  feet,  and  5,232  feet  of  wrought-iron  and 
cement  pipe  replaced  by  cast-iron  pipes.  The  total  length 
of  supply  and  distribution  mains  connected  with  the  Mystic 
system  is  129.2  miles.  This  amount  is  less  than  that  given 
in  former  reports,  as  a  careful  examination  of  reports  and 
plans  shows  that  many  errors  had  crept  into  the  figures,  and 
the  revised  length  is  thought  to  be  practically  correct. 

The  raising  of  the  grade  of  Brookline  avenue,  between 
Beacon  street  and  Burlington  avenue,  necessitated  the  rais- 
ing of  about  1,200  feet  of  the  40-inch  supply  main.     For  a 


Report  of  the  Water  Board.  35 

length  of  1,000  feet  the  pipe  was  raised  and  supported  by 
a  pile  trestle.  This  trestle  was  also  used  by  the  railroad 
company  in  filling  the  street.  The  water  passes  over  the 
bridge  in  two  wrought-iron  pipes  28  inches  in  diameter. 

Appended  to  this  report  will  be  found  the  usual  statistical 
tables  showing  the  rainfall,  consumption  of  water,  yield  of 
the  difi'ereut  water-sheds,  etc. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

WILLIAM  JACKSON, 

City- Engineer,  and  Engineer  Boston  Water  Board. 


36 


City  Document  No.  118. 


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45 


Rainfall  in  inches  and  hundredths  on  the  Sudhury-River  Water-shed,  for 

the  year  1884. 


18S4. 

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1  .   .   .   . 

0.065 

2  .   .   .   . 

1.405 

.  .  . 

.  .  . 

0.015 

.   .  . 

.    .    . 

3.   .   .   . 

0.08 

4  .   .   .  . 

1.35 

0.43 

0.08 

5  .   .  .   . 

0.60 

0.12 

0.015 
0.055 

0.735 
0.25 

0.425 
0.01 

6.   .   .   . 

.  .  . 

0.035 

.   .   . 

1.74 

7.  .  .  . 

0.16 

2.425 

.  .   . 

8  .   .   .   . 

1.695 

0.175 

1.755 

0.54 
0.01 

0.08 
0.265 

0.03 

0.02 

9.   .   .   . 

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10 

0.82 

.   .   . 

0.05 

.   .  . 

11  ...   . 

0.03 

0.03 

0.355 

0.05 
0.39 

0.055 
0.015 

0.22 

0.06 

12  ...   . 

0.135 

13  ...   . 

0.125 

14.   .   .   . 

0.90 

0.255 

0.52 

15  ...   . 

0.77 

0.08 
0.02 

0.025 

0.18 

0.95 

16.   .   .   . 

. 

17.   .   .   . 

0.015 

0.01 

.   .  . 

.   .   . 

0.18 

18  ...   . 

0.94 

0.145 

0.25 

19.   .   .   . 

.   .   . 

0.575 

0.225 

0.52 

.   .  . 

20  ...   . 

0.43 

1.44 

1.335 

0.095 

1.27 

. 

0.415 

0.09 

21  ...   . 

22  ...   , 

0.35 

0.075 

0.425 

1.145 

1.636 

23.   .   .   . 

1.065 

0.025 

0.105 

24.   .   .   . 

1.145 

.   .   . 

0.215 

.   .   . 

.   .   . 

.   .   . 

.  .   . 

0.425 

25.   .    .   . 

.   .   . 

.   .   . 

0.055 

0.095 

.   .   . 

0.015 

0.045 

26.   .   .   . 

0.985 

0.43 

•  •   • 

2.515 

0.49 

0.265 

0.885 

27.   .   .   . 

1.085 

.   .   . 

28.   .  .   , 

1.055 

0.92 

.   .   . 

0.20 

0.045 

.   .   . 

0.01 

29.   .   .   . 

0.01 

.  .   . 

0.375 

.   .   . 

.   .   . 

.  .  . 

30  ...   . 

0.37 

•   •  • 

0.025 

.   .   . 

•   •   • 

0.66 
0.31 

0.065 
0.02 

31.   .   .   . 

1.285 

Total  . 

5.085 

6.545 

4.72 

4.405 

3.47 

3.445 

3.665 

4.65 

0.855 

2.48 

2.645 

5.17 

Total  rainfall  during  year  .  .' 47.135  inches. 

Being  an  average  of  two  gauges,  located  at  Framingham  and  Westboro'. 


46 


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Rainfall  in  inches  and  hundredths  on  Lake  Cochititaie  Water-shed  for  the 

Year  1884. 


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1.13 

3.  .    .   . 

.  .  . 

.  .   . 

0.03 

4.   .   .   . 

.   .   . 

0.21 

1.05 

.   .   . 

.   .   . 

.  .  . 

0.38 

0.13 

5  .   .   .   . 

0.39 

0.10 

0.06 

1.03 

0.14 

6.   .   .   . 

0.12 

0.17 

0.43 

0.02 

1.85 

7.  .   .   . 

.   .   . 

0.18 

0.05 

.   .   . 

2.20 

.   .   . 

8  .  .   .   . 

0.48 

0.45 

0.06 

0.05 

9.   .   .   . 

1.64 

•   .   . 

.   .   . 

0.29 

.  .  . 

10 

1.52 

0.82 
0.03 

0.23 

11  ...   . 

0.04 

0.08 

0.10 

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0.24 
0.55 

0.07 

0.02 

0.16 
0.20 

0.31 

0.11 

0.14 

13.   .   .   . 

.   .   . 

0.09 

14.   .   .   . 

0.02 

0.58 

.   .   . 

0.06 

.   .   . 

15  . 

0.25 

0.73 
0.14 
0.38 

0.07 
0.04 

0.93 

16  ...   . 

0.10 

17  .   . 

0.18 

18.  .  .   . 

0.82 

0.04 

0.07 

0.16 

19  ...   . 

0.40 

0.13 

0.09 

0.33 

20.   .   .   . 

0.12 

0.68 

1.24 

0.73 

.    .   . 

21 

0.10 

1.52 

22  ...   . 

0.52 

0.06 

0.39 

0.88 

0.10 

23.   .   .   . 

1.20 

0.03 

0.07 

.   .  . 

24.   .   .    . 

1.04 

.   .   . 

0.24 

.   .   . 

.   .   . 

.   .   . 

25.   .   .   . 

.   .   . 

0.07 

0.11 

0.02 

0.29 

26  ...  . 

1.06 

0.53 

3.12 

0.60 

0.22 

0.04 

0.02 

0.24 

27.   .   .   . 

.    .   . 

0.70 

.   .   . 

28  ...   . 

.   .   . 

0.95 

0.88 

.   .   . 

0.14 

0.03 

0.95 

29         . 

0.84 

0.63 

30  . 

31.   .   .   . 

0.40 

0.32 

1.39 

Total . 

4.39 

6.04 

4.50 

3.80 

2.92 

3.88 

4.42 

4.49 

0.90 

2.69 

2.33 

5.31 

Total  rainfall  during  year 45.57  inchea. 


Report  of  the  Water  Board. 


47 


Rainfall  in  inches  and  hundredths  on  the  Mystic-Lahe  Water-shed  for  the 

Year  1884. 


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1.385 

3.   .   .   . 

0.06 

0.67 

.    .    . 

0.025 

,   .  . 

4.   .   .   . 

.   .   . 

0.236 

0.38 

.     .    . 

.    .    . 

0.36 

0.26 

.  .  . 

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0.16 
0.08 

0.16 
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0.07 

0.05 
0.065 

0.17 
0.095 

0.99 
0.226 

0.84 
2.29 

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0.02 

1.435 

7.   .  .   . 

8  .   .   .   . 

1.71 

0.04 
0.06 

0.405 
0.66 
0.25 

0.03 
0.015 

0.09 

0.416 

0.24 

0.666 

0.01 

0,14 

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10,   .   .   . 

.  .   . 

11.   .   .   . 

0.045 

0.19 

0.69 

.   .   . 

0.46 

0.16 

12  ...   . 

0.09 
0.415 

0.05 

0.316 

0.06 
0.10 

0.136 
0.14 

0.16 

13  ...   . 

0.32 

0.08 

14  ...   . 

15  ...   . 

0.095 
0.025 

0.20 

0.925 

16  ...   . 

0.91 
0.025 
0.13 

0.02 

0.025 

. 

17  ...   . 

18.   .   .   . 

.   .   . 

0.625 

.   .   . 

0.01 

0.035 

.   .   . 

0.20 

19  ...   . 

0.23 

0.11 
0.05 

1.62 

0.035 
0.01 

0.62 

0.46 

0.14 

0.265 

20.   .   .   . 

.   •  . 

0.07 

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,    .   , 

21  ...   . 

.   .   . 

0.57 

.   .   . 

0.035 

.   .   . 

1.20 

22  ...  . 

0.316 

0.485 

0.525 

0.10 

23.   .   .   . 

1.16 

0.03 

.    .   . 

0.01 

24.   .   .   . 

0.935 

.    .   . 

0.30 

.   .   . 

.  .    . 

0.01 

,   .   . 

0.345 

25  ...   . 

0.035 

0.215 

0.03 

0.01 
0.335 

0.04 
0.226 

26 .   .   .   . 

0.095 
0.63 

0.735 

3.605 

0.07 

27.   .   .   . 

.   .   . 

0.05 

.   ,   . 

0.055 

28.   .   .   . 

1.175 

0.89 

.   .   . 

0.11 

0.04 

0.90 

0.045 

29  ...   . 

0.025 

.   .   . 

.    .   . 

0.92 

0.87 

.   .   . 

0.15 

30.   .   .   . 

0.065 

.   .   . 

.   .   . 

0.01 

.   .  . 

.  .   . 

1.01 

.   .   . 

31.   .   .   . 

0.416 

0.185 

0.31 

Totals  . 

4.746 

6.086 

4.255 

3.18 

2.96 

4.635 

3.72 

4.865 

0.70 

2.70 

2.006 

4.66 

Total  rainfall  during  year 44,39  inches. 

Being  an  average  of  two  gauges,  located  at  Mystic  Lake  and  Mystic  Station, 


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49 


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71.8 

September 

91. 

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October    . 

82. 

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November 

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38.2 

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December 

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REPORT  OF  THE  WATER  REGISTRAR 


SUDBUET  AND  COCfllTUATE  DEPAETMENT, 


Office  of  the  Water  Eegistrar, 

City  Hall,  Boston,  May  1,  1885. 

Hon.   Wm.   A.   Simmons,   Chairman  of  the  Boston   Water 
Board :  — 

Sir,  —  In  compliance  with  the  requirements  of  the  ordi- 
nance, the  Water  Registrar  herewith  submits  his  annual  re- 
port for  the  year  ending  April  30,  1885  :  — 


The  total  number  of  water-takers  now  entered  for  the 
present  year  is  56,361,  — being  an  increase  of  2,193  over  the 
previous  year. 

The  total   revenue  from   the  sale  of  water 
during  the  financial  year  1884-5  is  .  .         $1,089,124  23 

Revenue  from  the  sale  of  water  furnished 
in  previous  years  ......      106,821  80 


$1,195,946  03 

The  total  receipts  from  all  other  sources  are  as  follows :  — 

Revenue  for  off  and  on  water  for  non-payment 

$1,016  00 

"         "    off  and  on  water  for  repairs 

2,645  45 

n         ii    service-pipes  and  repairs 

3,017  24 

'*         "    elevator  and  motor  pipes 

3,983  60 

*<         "    old  material 

6,583  12 

*<         *«    merchandise 

993  53 

'*         *'    summonses 

•     1,397  75 

'*         "    fines  and  penalties 

290  00 

*'         *'    sundries     .... 

101  00 

$20,027  69 

Eeport  of  the  Water  Board. 


51 


The  estimated  income  from  the  sale  of  water 


during  the  year  1885-6  is  . 
From  all  other  sources  . 


$1,256,871  00 
21,500  00 


,278,371  00 


The  expenditures  of  my  department  for  the 
year  1884  have  been  ..... 

The  items  of  this  expenditure  are  as  follows  :  — 

Salaries 

Labor  in  service  division 

Printing 

Travelling  expenses 

Postage,  etc. 


$39,307  27 

$24,473  34 

12,176  42 

1,658  21 

711  92 

287  38 

$39,307  27 


The  total  number  of  meters  now  applied  to  the  premises 
of  water-takers  is  4,439. 

Of  this  number  1,332  are  |-inch  in  size  2,325  |-inch,  614 
1-inch,  84  2-inch,  24  3-inch,  14  4-inch,  and  1  6-inch  in  size. 
There  are  also  235  elevators  and  69  motors,  with  indicators 
attached  to  register  the  quantity  of  water  consumed. 

There  are  53  drinking-fountains  established  within  the  city 
limits.  Those  marked  *  are  arranged  for  continuous  flow  of 
water.  The  balance  have  automatic  fixtures,  operating  the 
flow  of  water  when  required. 


City  Proper. 
*  Boston  Common  (6). 
North  square. 

Washington  street,  opposite  Blackstone  square. 
Atlantic  avenue,  junction  Commercial  street. 

"  "        head  of  Rowe's  wharf. 

Atlantic  avenue,  near  N.Y.  &  N.E.  R.E.  freight-house. 
Hay  market  square. 
Causeway  street,  at  Boston  and  Lowell  R.E.  depot. 

"  "  junction  Merrimac  street. 

Charles  street,  opposite  the  Jail. 

"  "       near  Boylston  street. 

Beacon  street,  near  Charles  street. 
Tremont  street,  near  Clarendon  street. 
Albany  street,  opposite  water- works,  pipe-yard. 
Mt.  Washington  avenue,  near  the  drawbridge. 


52  City  Document  No.  118. 

East  Boston. 

Maverick  square. 

Central  square. 

Bennington  street,  junction  Chelsea  street. 

South  Boston. 

Foundry  street,  opposite  First  street. 
Fourth  street,  near  Foundry  street. 

*'         '<       junction  Emerson  street. 

'*         "       corner  Q  street. 
Telegraph  Hill. 
Sixth  street,  near  P  street. 

Washington  Village,  junction  Dorchester  avenue  and  Dor- 
chester street. 

Itoxhury. 

Albany  street,  junction  Dearborn  street. 
*  Eliot  square. 

Eustis  street,  near  Washington  street. 
Heath  street,  near  Tremont  street. 
Pynchon  street,  near  Roxbury  street. 
Tremont  street,  junction  Cabot  street. 
Blue  Hill  ave.,  opposite  Oakland  Garden. 

West  Roxbury. 

Centre  street,  junction  Day  and  Perkins  streets. 

Centre  and  LaGrange  streets.  West  Roxbury  village. 

Morton  street,  junction  South  street. 

Roslindale,  Taft's  hotel. 

Washington  street,  near  Williams  street. 

Dorchester. 
Commercial  street,  opposite  Beach  street. 
Neponset  avenue,  cor.  Walnut  street. 
Upham's  Corner. 
Glover's  Corner. 
Grove  Hall. 

Brighton. 

Barry's  Corner. 

Market  street.  Cattle-fair  Hotel. 

Union  square. 

Western  avenue,  Charles-river  Hotel. 

Washington  street.  Oak  square. 


Eeport  of  the  Water  Board. 


53 


There  are  23  stand-pipes  now  located  for  street-sprinkling 
purposes,  as  follows  :  — 

Tremont  street  and  Hammond  park. 

Clay  street,  corner  Tremont  street. 

Eliot  square. 

Brookline  avenue,  corner  Longwood  avenue. 

St.  James  street,  corner  Warren  street. 

Blue  Hill  avenue,  between  Waverley  and  Clifibrd  streets. 

Warren  street,  corner  Gaston  street. 

Egleston  square,  corner  Walnut  ave. 

Upham's  Corner. 

Field's  Corner. 

Dorchester  avenue,  near  Savin  Hill  avenue. 

Dorchester  avenue,  at  Old  Boston  line. 

Beach  street,  Harrison  square. 

Union  square,  Brighton. 

Washington  street,  corner  Winship  street,  Brighton. 

Chestnut  Hill  avenue,  corner  of  South  street. 

Dudley  street,  opposite  Howard  avenue. 

Paris  street,  corner  of  Meridian  street. 

Corner  Munroe,  Walnut  avenue. 

Near  Francis,  Tremont  street. 

Centre  street,  Jamaica  Plain. 

Emerson  street.  Junction  Third  street. 

Beacon  street,  corner  Brookline  avenue. 

Statement  showing  the  number  of  houses,  stores,  steam- 
engines,  etc.,  in  the  city  of  Boston,  supplied  with  water  to 
the  1st  of  January,  1885,  with  the  amount  of  water-rates 
received  for  1884  :  — 


35,396  Dwelling-houses  (54, 

299  families) 

.    $520,076  23 

2,232  Model-houses  (8,725 

tenements) 

52,499  19 

17  Boarding-houses 

•         .         • 

925  00 

5  Lodging-houses 

, 

114  00 

12  Hotels       . 

^ 

464  17 

283  Buildings  . 

, 

12,873  14 

5,740  Stores,  shops,  and  offices 

55,554  61 

395  Shops  and  engines 

7,272  49 

148  Restaurants 

1,253  97 

1,065  Saloons  and  bars 

15,380  98 

6  Club-houses 

380  13 

112  Laundries 

2,156  00 

134  Bakeries    . 

2,527  50 

Amount  carried  forward, 

$671,477  41 

54 


City  Document  No.  118. 


Amount  brought  forward , 

$671,477  41 

2  Markets    . 

371  00 

33  Cellars 

195  00 

2,017  Stables 

14,681  60 

153  Churches  ...... 

2,524  94 

72  Greenhouses 

1,038  25 

21  Photographers  .          .          .         .          . 

513  17 

34  Public  halls  and  theatres  .  . 

580  67 

29  Private  schools .          .          .         .         . 

580  00 

27  Asylums  and  hospitals 

1,480  00 

5  Armories  .          .         .         .         . 

107  00 

17  Bottling-houses           .         .          .         . 

317  50 

1  Laboratory         .          .          .         .          . 

50  00 

28  Eailroad  stations         .         .         .         . 

374  42 

8  Freight-houses  .         .         .         .         . 

133  50 

1  Stationary  engine       .          .         .         . 

116  00 

35  Pile-driving  and  discharging  engines  . 

426  00 

3  Pumping-engines        .         .          .          . 

45  00 

1  Dry-dock  and  engine 

12  00 

2  Ship-yards         . 

60  00 

4  Boat-houses       .         .         .          .         . 

43  33 

2  Ice  Cos.  (washing  ice) 

25  00 

2,279  Hand-hose          .... 

11,395  00 

11  Fountains           .... 

186  25 

15  Tumbler-washers 

230  00 

4  Binderies  ..... 

80  33 

59  Beer  water-pressures 

295  00 

6  Aquariums         .... 

50  00 

7  Motors 

35  00 

1  Library     ..... 

17  50 

4  Smoke-houses    .... 

95  00 

2  Lobster-boilers  .... 

16  00 

Steam  and  tug  boats  . 

6,436  87 

Steamer  "  Flanders  " 

170  00 

"Protector" 

150  00 

''       "  Samuel  Little  " 

100  00 

"       "  J.  P.  Bradlee  » 

200  00 

Engine,  Hose,  and  Hook  and  Ladde 

Cos 

1,090  00 

Fire  hydrants,  4,180 

83,600  00 

Reservoirs,  129 

2,580  00 

Fire  Department,  Repair-shop    . 

35  00 

Lamp  Department     . 

20  00 

School  Department    . 

1,205  00 

Sewer  Department     . 

256  00 

Amount  carried  forward. 

$803,394  74 

Report  of  the  Water  Board. 


55 


'mount  hr ought  forward. 

1803,394  74 

Health  Department    . 

917  50 

Paving  Department   . 

99  75 

Police  Department    .          .          .          . 

110  00 

Surveyor's  Department 

12  50 

Committee  on  Common  and  Squares 

390  00 

Committee  on  Bridges 

80  00 

Committee  on  Public  Buildings  . 

136  00 

Committee  on  Armories 

35  00 

Board  of  Health 

792  25 

Directors  of  Public  Institutions  . 

201  00 

Public  and  Branch  Libraries 

236  00 

City  Hospital  (shop  and  stable) 

25  00 

Quincy  Market    (public   urinals   anc 

[ 

closets)          .         .         .         .         . 

67  50 

Building  purposes 

3,890  48 

Street  sprinkling        .          .          .          . 

1,287  22 

Jamaica  Pond  Aqueduct  Co.       . 

1,344  00 

Filling  Gas-holder 

75  00 

Meteied  water  (9  months) 

282,671  95 

Miscellaneous    .... 

35  78 

11,095,801  67 

56 


City  Document  No.  118. 


The  following  table  exhibits  the  classes  of  premises  to 
which  meters  are  attached,  the  amount  of  water  consumed, 
and  the  revenue  received  for  the  years  1883  and  1884. 


Class  op  Pebmises. 


Hotels 

Apartment  Hotels  .  .   .   .   • < 

Business  premises . 

Bteam  Railroads 

Sugar  Refineries - 

Factories  and  Machinists 

Iron  Works  and  Foundries 

Mills  and  Engines 

Marble  and  Stone  Works , 

Gas  Companies , 

Breweries 

Oil  Works , 

Chemical  Works , 

Laundries 

Restaurants , 

Stables 

Theatres  and  Halls , 

Hospitals , 

Schools 

City,  State,  and  Government  Buildings  , 

Steamers  and  Shipping 

Slevators  and  Motors 

Electric  Light  Companies 

Miscellaneous , 


Totals . 


18S3. 


Quantity 

used. 

Cubic  feet. 


27,593,573 

6,567,065 

52,614,059 

26,489,786 

23,386,000 

19,760,772 

8,380,042 

7,900,982 

2,561,763 

8,328,522 

8,969,227 

1,844,000 

3,386,531 

318,667 

3,914,041 

9,820,665 

706,000 

2,065,928 

1,891,075 

10,401,903 

4,963,444 

13,859,038 


1,776,174 


247,499,257 


Revenue 
received. 


$41,390  36 

9,850  60 

78,921  08 

39,734  68 

35,079  00 

29,641  15 

12,570  06 

11,851  47 

3,842  64 

12,492  78 

13,453  84 

2,766  00 

6,079  80 

478  00 

5,871  06 

14,731  00 

1,059  00 

3,098  89 

2,836  61 

15,602  85 

7,565  44 

20,788  56 


2,370  34 


$371,075  21 


1884. 


Quantity 

used. 
Cubic  feet. 


19,446,104 

17,058,166 

51,641,069 

26,592,829 

29,522,760 

22,087,052 

5,489,472 

4,562,819 

2,493,423 

7,252,200 

9,061,887 

1,532,898 

2,128,750 

424,000 

3,401,990 

9,767,765 

1,390,000 

1,643,000 

1,656,006 

8,001,702 

7,537,190 

13,929,396 

2,662,000 

3,068,187 


252,350,665 


Revenue 
received. 


$29,169  13 

25,587  20 

77,461  53 

39,889  22 

44,284  14 

33,130  51 

8,234  19 

6,844  19 

3,740  18 

10,878  30 

13,592  82 

2,299  47 

3,193  12 

636  00 

5,102  98 

14,651  61 

2,085  00 

2,464  50 

2,484  01 

12,002  55 

11,428  30 

20,894  08 

3,993  00 

4,438  77 


$378,484  75 


Eeport  of  the  Water  Board.  57 

The  following  table  exhibits  the  yearly  revenue  from  the 
sale  of  Cochituate  water  since  its  introduction  into  the  city, 
October  25,  1848:  — 

Eeceived  by  Water  Commissioners,  as  per  Auditor's  report, 
in  1848 


. 

.    , 

,    , 

$972  81 

1849, 

to  January '. 

1,1850  . 

71,657  79 

1850, 

a 

1851  . 

99,025  45 

1851, 

i  i 

1852  . 

161,052  85 

1852, 

i( 

1853  . 

179,567  39 

1853, 

a 

1854  . 

196,352  32 

1854, 

a 

1855  . 

217,007  51 

1855, 

(< 

1856  . 

266,302  77 

1856, 

(( 

1857  . 

282,651  84 

1857, 

(( 

1858  . 

289,328  83 

1858, 

a 

1859  . 

302,409  73 

1859, 

a 

1860  . 

314,808  97 

1860, 

n 

1861  . 

334,544  86 

1861, 

a 

1862  . 

365,323  96 

1862, 

(( 

1863  . 

373,922  33 

1863, 

i  i 

1864  . 

394,506  25 

1864, 

(( 

1865  . 

430,710  76 

1865, 

(( 

1866  . 

450,341  48 

1866, 

( ( 

1867  . 

486,538  25 

1867, 

it 

1868  . 

522,130  93 

1868, 

a 

1869  . 

553,744  88 

1869, 

(( 

1870  . 

597,328  55 

1870, 

( ( 

1871  . 

708,783  68 

1871, 

(( 

1872  . 

774,445  70 

1872, 

(( 

1873  . 

862,704  08 

1873, 

(( 

1874  . 

917,415  92 

1874, 

(C 

1875  . 

977,020  48 

1875, 

(( 

1876  . 

1,005,120  94 

1876, 

(( 

1877  . 

1,029,643  70 

1877, 

i( 

1878  . 

1,015,562  89 

1878, 

a 

1879  . 

1,010,584  30 

1879, 

li 

1880  . 

1,025,803  14 

1880, 

ii 

1881  . 

1,039,896  17 

1881, 

(( 

1882  . 

1,087,528  49 

1882, 

(( 

1883  . 

1,127,982  32 

1883, 

<( 

1884  . 

1,167,704  17 

1884, 

a 

1885  . 

1,203,192  55 

1885, 

to  May  1 , 

1885  . 

870,967  96 

58 


City  Document  No.  118. 


The  following  table  exhibits  the 
takers  since  January  1,  1850  :  — 


yearly  increase  of  water- 


Takers. 

Increase. 

From 

January  1 

,  1850,  to 

January  1 

, 1851, 

13,463 

(( 

1851, 

(( 

1852, 

16,076 

2,613 

(< 

1852, 

(( 

1853, 

16,862 

786 

(( 

1853, 

(( 

1854, 

18,110 

1,308 

(( 

1854, 

<( 

1855, 

19,193 

1,023 

(( 

1855, 

(C 

1856, 

19,998 

805 

(C 

1856, 

(( 

1857, 

20,806 

808 

(( 

1857, 

(( 

1858, 

21,602 

796 

It 

1858, 

(( 

1859, 

22,414 

812 

(( 

1859, 

(( 

1860 

23,271 

857 

(( 

1860, 

(( 

1861, 

24,316 

1,045 

(( 

1861, 

(( 

1862, 

25,486 

1,170 

<( 

1862, 

(( 

1863 

26,289 

803 

(< 

1863, 

(( 

1864 

26,851 

562 

(( 

1864, 

(( 

1865 

27,046 

195 

(C 

1865, 

(( 

1866 

27,489 

443 

(( 

1866, 

(( 

1867 

27,754 

265 

(( 

1867, 

(( 

1868 

28,104 

350 

(( 

1868, 

(( 

1869 

29,738 

1,634 

(( 

1869, 

(( 

1870 

,  31,500 

1,762 

(( 

1870, 

(( 

1871 

,  36,132 

4,632 

(( 

1871, 

(( 

1872 

,  38,716 

2,584 

a 

1872, 

(( 

1873 

,  40,688 

1,972 

i( 

1873, 

l( 

1874 

,  42,345 

1,657 

a 

1874, 

i( 

1875 

,  44,676 

2,331 

a 

1875, 

(( 

1876 

,  46,885 

2,209 

a 

1876, 

(( 

1877 

,  48,328 

1,443 

n 

1877, 

(( 

1878 

,  49,970 

1,642 

a 

1878, 

(( 

1879 

,  51,523 

1,553 

i( 

1879, 

(C 

1880 

,  52,268 

745 

i( 

1880, 

(( 

1881 

,  53,254 

986 

it 

1881, 

a 

1882 

,  53,655 

401 

(I 

1882, 

(( 

1883 

,  52,817 

(< 

1883, 

(( 

1884 

,  54,168 

1,351 

(( 

1884, 

(( 

1885 

,  56,361 

2,193 

Eeport  of  the  Water  Board. 


59 


The  Service  Department,  under  the  direction  of  the  Water 


Registrar,  is  in 


charge 


of  Mr.  C.  F.  Doherty,  to  whom  all 


applications  are  made  for  service-pipes,  shutting  off  and  let- 
ting on  water,  repairs  in  service-pipes,  and  remedying  stop- 
pages in  the  water  supply. 

Mr.  Doherty  fully  meets  the  requirements  of  the  depart- 
ment and  the  demands  of  the  public,  and  has  therefore  proved 
himself  a  capable  and  faithful  officer. 

The  total  number  of  applications  received  during  the  year 
is  as  follows  :  — 


For  service-pipes         .... 

.     1,343 

"    repairs  on  pipes    . 

.     1,987 

' '    off  and  on  water  for  repairs  . 

.     3,679 

"       "           "             "   non-payment . 

.     1,248 

"    turning  on  water  for  first  time 

.     1,338 

' '    off  and  on  for  waste      . 

193 

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EEPORT  OF  THE  VATEE  EEGISTEAE  OF 
THE  MYSTIC  DEPAETMENT. 


Office  of  the  Mystic  Water  Registrar,  City  Hall  Building, 
Chaelestown  District,  Boston,  May  1,  1885. 

Hon.  "Wm.  a.  Simmons,  Chairman  Boston  Water  Board: — 

Sir,  —  The  annual  report  of  this  department  for  the  year 
ending  April  30,  1885,  is  herewith  submitted  :  — 

The  total  number  of  water-takers  now  entered  for  the  year 
1885,  is  18,269,  distributed  as  follows:  Charlestown  Dis- 
trict, 6,302;  Somerville,  5,624;  Chelsea,  5,161;  Everett, 
1,182. 

The  total  revenue  received  from  all  sources  during  the 
financial  year  of  1884-5  is  $271,454.42,  in  detail  as  folows  :  — 


Charlestown   District   Water 

rates 
Somerville  Water-rates 
Chelsea  " 

Everett  " 

Labor  and  material  furnished 
for  additional  work  on  ser 
vice-pipes,  etc.   . 

Sale  of  old  material 

Off  and  on  water  for  repairs 

Fees,  summons 

Fines,  non-payment 

Maintaining  meters 

Fines,  wasting  water 

Sale  of  potatoes     . 


Total     . 


.  $114,792  80 

77,012  85 

64,652  ^^ 

11,212  06 

$267,670  59 

d 

$2,449  58 

467  16 

294  00 

208  50 

208  00 

106  59 

34  00 

16  00 

3,783  83 

• 

$271,454  42 

62 


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There  has  been  paid  the  cities  of  Somerville,  Chelsea,  and 
town  of  Everett,  as  per  contract,  $37,622.32,  as  follows  :  — 
Somerville    ....      $19,594  81 
Chelsea  ....        16,327  92 

Everett  ....  1,699  59 

$37,622  32 


The  expenses  of  the  office  during  the  year  ending  April 
30,  1885,  including  all  charges  for  collection  in  Chelsea, 
Somerville,  and  Everett,  were  $7,888.70. 


Tahle  showing  the  Number  of  Places  turned  off  for  Non-payment  of  Rates 
during  the  Year  2884,  the  Number  turned  on  again,  and  the  Number  still 
remaining  off. 


Charlestown  Diatrict 

Chelsea • 

Somerville 

Everett 

Totals 


Number 
turned  off. 


Number 
turned  on. 


146 


Number 
remaining  off. 


Stand-pipes  for  Street-Watering. 

The  whole  number  in  use  in  this  department  is  36,  dis- 
tributed as  follows  :  — 


Charlestown  District. 

Cambridge  street,  near  Stickney  &  Poor's  factory. 

"  "  Kailroad. 

Rutherford  avenue,  "  City  stables. 

«<  ♦'  Allen  street. 

South  Eden  street,  <'  Main  street. 

Prescott,  "  Harvard  school  building. 

Monument  square,    "  Laurel  street. 


Chelsea. 

Cary  square,  corner  Forsyth  street. 
Broadway,  near  Stockton  street. 
«*  *'    Cary  avenue. 


Report  of  the  Water  Boabd. 


63 


Washington  street 


Summer  street, 
Somerville  avenue 


Broadway, 


Somerville  avenue 
Spring  street, 
Beacon  street, 
Pinckney  street. 
Pearl  street. 
Highland  avenue, 
Main  street, 
Medford  street. 


Somerville. 

,  corner  Boston  street. 
"       Myrtle  street, 
near  Union  square. 
"     Elm  street. 
"     Laurel  street. 
,  "     Poplar  street. 

"  Cambridge  line. 
"  Merriam  street. 
"  Mossland  street. 
"  Franklin  street, 
opposite  Public  park. 

near  Clarendon  avenue. 
,       "       439  Somerville  avenue, 
near  Somerville  avenue, 
"     Cooney  street. 
"     Pearl  street. 
"     Cross  street, 
corner  Medford  street, 
junction  Broadway. 

near  Sycamore  street. 


Everett. 

Broadway,  near  Engine-house. 

"  "     Pleasant  street. 

♦*  "     Chandler's. 

Main  street,  "  Chelsea  street. 
Chelsea  "  "  Winter  street. 
Ferry     "       "     Nichols  street. 


Drinking-Fohntains  . 

The  whole  number  in  use  in  this  department  is  19,  dis- 
tributed as  follows :  — 


Charlestown  District. 

Bunker  Hill  street,  corner  Tufts  street. 
Canal  street,  <'       South  Eden  street. 

Main  street,  "       Hancock  square. 

"  near  Tufts  wharf. 

Austin  street,  opposite  Front  street. 


Automatic. 


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City  Document  No.  118. 


Chelsea. 
Broadway  square. 

"         near  bridge. 
Winnisimmet  street,  near  Ferry. 
Pearl  street,  corner  Marginal  street. 
Eastern  avenue,  corner  Crescent  avenue. 


Automatic. 


8omerville. 
Union  square. 

Broadway,  corner  Walnut  street. 
Highland  avenue,  corner  Walnut  street. 
Medford  street,         "       Central  street. 
Davis  square. 

Broadway,  opposite  public  park. 

Somerville  avenue,  junction  Washington  street. 


Automatic. 


Automatic. 


Everett. 
Main  street,  junction  Broadway. 


Automatic. 


Repoet  of  the  Water  Board. 


65 


The  following  Table  exhibits  the  Classes  of  Premises  to  which  Meters  are 
applied,  the  amount  of  Water  consumed,  and  the  Revenue  received  for  the 
Tear  1884. 


Class  of  Premises. 


Steam  Kailroads •   .  . 

Horse  Railroads 

Hoosac  Tunnel  Dock  and  Elevator  Co, 
City  and  government  buildings  .   .   .   . 

Schools 

Stables    

Factories 

Chemical  works ,  . 

Foundries 

Breweries 

Gas  companies 

Oil-works 

Mills  and  engines 

Hotels 

Model  houses 

McLean  Insane  Asylum 

Slaughter-houses 

Business  purposes 

Wharves 

Laundries 

Elevators  and  motors 

Bakeries     

Restaurants 

Miscellaneous   , 

Tanneries 

Total 


Quantity  used. 
Cubic  feet. 

Revenue 
received. 

15,704,172 

$23,556  19 

936,199 

1,404  29 

1,415,420 

2,123  13 

3,038,112 

4,557  OT 

860,528 

1,290  69 

1,928,298 

2,892  21 

4,749,162 

7,123  50 

774,160 

1,161  23 

815,244 

1,222  83 

869,004 

1,303  49 

161,769 

242  63 

337,148 

605  71 

870,305 

1,305  44 

465,994 

698  98 

714,007 

1,070  93 

1,628,621 

2,442  90 

1,367,951 

2,051  91 

567,174 

850  74 

778,669 

1,167  94 

484,169 

726  21 

236,930 

355  37 

275,080 

412  59 

232,506 

348  71 

2,134,192 

3,201  21 

1,074,366 

1,611  49 

42,419,180 

$63,627  39 

The  quantity  used  through  meters  in  the  different  districts 
was  as  follows  :  — 

Cubic  feet.  Revenue. 

Charlestown     ....      28,345,934  $42,518  15 

Somerville        .         .         .         .         7,180,866  10,770  99 

Chelsea 5,962,421  8,943  33 

Everett 929,959  1,394  92 


Total 


42,419,180      $(^3,627  39 


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Report  of  the  Water  Board. 


69 


Statement  showing  the  amount  of  water-rates  received 
since  the  introduction  of  Mystic-pond  water,  November  29, 
1865  ;  also  the  amount  paid  by  the  several  districts  supplied 


under  existing  contracts  : 


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Total 

amount 

received. 

Total 

amount 

paid  under 

contract. 

Net  amount 

to  Mystic 

Water 

Works. 

Charlestown,  1865 

$27,045  10 

$27,055  10 

'             1866 

47,247  16 

47,247  16 

'             1867 

60,188  83 

60,188  83 

•             1868 

68,815  32 

68,815  32 

'              1869 

74,369  81 

74,369  81 

•             1870 

82,230  79 

82,230  79 

1871 

87,259  70 

87,259  70 

♦, 

*             1872 

97,727  36 

97,727  38 

1873 

99,455  66 

99,455  66 

•             1874 

111,420  30 

111,420  30 

, 

'     1875 

118,568  00 

118,568  00 

'             1876 

116,271  17 

116,271  17 

'             1877 

109,963  25 

109,963  25 

'             1878 

104,174  76 

104,174  76 

1879 

98,313  88 

98,313  88 

'              1880 

102,590  50 

102,590  50 

'             1881 

106,927  90 

106,927  90 

•              1882 

109,921  18 

109,921  18 

1883 

115,462  25 

115,462  25 

'             1884 

115,781  43 

115,781  43 

'May  1,1885 

77,205  93 

77,205  93 

$1,930,940  28 

$1,930,940  28 

East  Boston,    1870 

$54,885  28 

$15,015  06 

$39,870  22 

1871 

63,371  71 

18,348  73 

45,022  98 

"                 1872 

70,957  40 

21,383  02 

49,574  38 

"                 1873 

77,480  79 

23,992  38 

53,488  41 

1874 

77,776  91 

24,122  83 

53,854  08 

"                 1875 

70,256  26 

21,102  53 

49,153  73 

"                 1876 

72,046  78 

21,818  74 

50,228  04 

"                 1877 

66,637  43 

19,655  03 

46,982  40 

"                 1878 

65,088  96 

16,535  63 

48,553  33 

"                 1879 

56,165  94 

32,139  10 

24,026  84 

"                 1880 

50,973  39 

10,889  36 

40,084  03 

725,640  85 

225,002  41 

500,638  44 

forward 

Amounts  carried 

$2,656,58113 

$225,002  41 

$2,431,578  72 

70 


City  Document  No.  118. 


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Total 
amount 
received. 

Total 

amount 

paid  under 

contract. 

Net  amount 
to  Mystic 
Water- 
Works. 

Amounts  brought 

forward 
$3,632  80 
19,548  14 

$2,656,58113 

$225,002  41 

$2,431,578  72 

Chelsea,      1868 

(6  mos.) 
"            1868-69 

$544  92 
2,932  22 

$3,087  88 
16,615  92 

"            1869-70 

26,474  26 

4,294  85 

22,179  41 

1870-71 

31,161  56 

5,290  39 

25,871  17 

1871-72 

38,714  16 

7,178  54 

31,535  62 

"            1872-73 

42,239  60 

8,171  85 

34,067  65 

1873-74 

45,169  46 

9,050  85 

36,118  61 

'•            1874-75 

50,644  51 

10,757  90 

39,886  61 

"            1875-76 

50,934  20 

10,873  66 

40,060  54 

"            1876-77 

49,893  35 

10,468  02 

39,425  33 

1877-78 

49,496  59 

10,348  99 

39,147  60 

• 

1878-79 

50,368  45 

10,647  79 

39,720  66 

'"            1879-80 

51,735  24 

11,214  09 

40,571  15 

"            1880-81 

54,990  65 

12,496  26 

42,494  39 

1881-82 

57,535  56 

13,514  23 

44,021  33 

"            1882-83 

61,510  34 

15,104  14 

46,406  20 

"            1883-84 

63,263  53 

15,805  42 

47,458  11 

"    May  1,  1885 

61,956  09 

15,282  44 

46,673  65 

809,318  39 

173,976  56 

635,341  83 

Some 

rville,      1869 

(6  mos.) 

'               1870 

$6,572  62 
13,189  89 

$985  89 
1,978  49 

$5,586  73 
11,211  40 

1871 

20,029  68 

3,005  94 

17,023  74 

1872 

25,275  13 

4,055  02 

21,220  11 

•               1873 

30,930  81 

5,232  70 

25,698  11 

•               1874 

37,325  96 

6,831  48 

30,494  48 

•               1875 

47,912  43 

9,873  73 

38,038  70 

•               1876 

49,743  55 

10,423  OS 

39,320  47 

•              1877 

49,873  19 

10,461  97 

39,411  22 

'              1878 

53,581  31 

11,932  52 

41,648  79 

•              1879 

54,329  13 

12,231  65 

42,097  48 

'               1880 

56,988  65 

13,295  45 

43,693  20 

'               1881 

65,394  32 

16,657  73 

48,736  59 

•               1882 

69,656  63 

18,362  65 

51,293  98 

'               1883 

73,872  23 

20,048  89 

53,823  34 

'               1884 

73,120  00 

19,748  00 

53,372  00 

'  May  1, 1885 

64,411  00 

16,264  40 

48,146  60 

792,206  53 
$4,258,10605 

181,389  59 

610,816  94 

forward 

Amounts  carried 

$580,368  56 

$3,677,737  49 

Eeport  of  the  Water  Board. 


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Total 
amount 
received. 

Total 

amount 

paid  under 

contract. 

Net  amount 
to  Mystic 
Water- 
Works. 

Amounts  brougl  t 
Everett,    1872-73 
"           1873-74 
"           1874-75 
"            1875-76 
*•           1876-77 
"            1877-78 

1878-79 
«            1879-80 

1880-81 
"            1881-82 
"            1882-83 
"            1883-84 
"    May  1,1885 

forward 

$3,603  34 

4,365  84 

4,677  58 

5,861  80 

6,548  38 

7,401  99 

7,429  06 

7,642  05 

8,329  87 

8,868  48 

9,946  46 

10,078  54 

10,812  32 

$540  51 

654  88 

701  63 

879  28 

982  26 

1,110  29 

1,114  36 

1,146  33 

1,249  47 

1,330  29 

1,491  98 

1,511  79 

1,621  85 

$3,062  83 
3,710  96 
3,975  95 
4,982  52 
5,566  12 
6,291  70 
6,314  70 
6,495  72 
7,080  40 
7,538  19 
8,454  48 
8,566  75 
9,190  47 

$4,258,106  05 
95,565  71 

$580,368  56 
14,334  92 

$3,677,737  49 
81,230  79 

Total  to  May  1, '85 

$4,353,671  76 

$594,703  48 

$3,758,968  28 

Respectfully, 

JOSEPH  H.  CALDWELL, 

Mystic  Wafer  Registrar. 


EEPORT  OF  THE  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  THE 
WESTERN   DIVISION. 


Chestnut-Hill  Reservoir,  May  1,  1885. 
Hon.  W.  A.  Simmons,  Chairman  Boston  Water  Board:  — 

Sir,  —  In  compliance  with  a  rule  of  the  Board  I  submit 
herewith  my  annual  report  for  the  year  May  1,  1884,  to  May 
1,  1885. 

SUDBURY-RIVER    BaSINS. 

All  of  the  basins  at  the  present  time  are  full,  and  water  is 
wasting  over  the  dams.  The  quality  of  the  water  has,  as  a 
rule,  been  better  during  the  past  year  than  usual.  Although 
algm  have  appeared  in  Basin  3,  less  trouble  has  been  experi- 
enced from  their  presence  than  ever  before.  Very  little  water 
has  been  drawn  for  the  use  of  the  city  from  Basin  1 . 

Until  early  in  1885  Basin  2  supplied  the  bulk  of  the  water 
used  from  the  Sudbury  system.  No  algoe  have  appeared  at 
this  point.  Considerable  additional  work  in  the  way  of  rip- 
rapping  around  the  margin  of  Basin  2  has  been  accom- 
plished. These  are  the  principal  facts  in  regard  to  the  Sud- 
bury supply.  A  more  detailed  account  will  be  found  under 
each  basin. 

Basin   1 . 

On  May  1,  1884,  water  in  this  basin  stood  at  elevation 
158.00  above  tide  marsh,  with  water  wasting  over  the  crest 
of  the  dam.  On  June  2,  a  double  set  of  flash-boards  was 
put  on  the  overflow.  On  July  19,  waste  ceased,  but  on  Au- 
gust 1  waste  was  resumed. 

With  the  exception  of  a  few  days,  water  was  running  over 
the  flash-boards  until  September  2.  On  December  18,  the 
flash-boards  were  removed,  at  which  time  the  water  stood  at 
elevation  157.00.  On  December  22  water  was  wastino:  over 
the  stone  crest,  and  so  continued  until  April  25,  1885,  when 
both  sets  of  flash-boards  were  put  on  the  dam,  owing  to  the 
dryness  of  the  season. 

The  highest  point  reached  by  the  water  during  the  year 
was  159.60,  on  April  30.     The  lowest  elevation  was  156.04, 


Eeport  of  the  Water  Board.  73 

on  June  6.  Not  less  than  1,500,000  gallons  daily  have  been 
allowed  to  pass  into  the  river  from  this  basin  during  the 
whole  year,  in  accordance  with  the  law.  Algce  were  noticed 
from  June  4,  until  December  27. 

The  usual  amount  of  care  has  been  given  to  the  mainten- 
ance  of  the  works  in  connection  with  the  dam.  There  is 
one  point  which  will  require  considerable  work  at  the  earliest 
moment.  The  48-in.  main  laid  in  the  bottom  of  the  basin 
has  shown  signs  of  leaking  in  many  places.  Once  it  has 
given  away  entirely,  and  it  is  probable  that  there  are  many 
bad  joints,  which  will  require  re-leading  when  the  water  can 
be  drawn  otf  without  risk  to  the  city's  supply. 

Basin  2. 

On  May  1,  1884,  this  basin  stood  at  grade  166.18,  and 
water  was  wasting  over  the  dam.  On  June  4  a  double  set 
of  stop-planks  was  put  in  place.  On  June  8  water  was  flow- 
ing over  the  stop-planks  and  continued  to  waste,  wdth  the 
exception  of  a  few  days,  until  July  8,  when  it  ceased,  and 
the  surface  gradually  fell  until  October  14,  at  which  time  it 
was  at  elevation  150.90.  Water  was  drawn  from  this  source 
for  the  supply  of  the  city  from  June  18  to  June  24,  from 
June  26  to  February  11,  1885.  On  account  of  some  work 
which  was  in  progress  in  the  bottom  of  Basin  2  the  water 
was  kept  at  about  149  until  late  in  the  autumn.  During  the 
greater  part  of  this  time  the  water  was  confined  to  the  old 
channel  of  the  river.  During  the  early  part  of  the  winter, 
on  "account  of  numerous  rains,  the  surface  rose  rapidly,  and 
water  was  wasting  over  the  stone  crest  on  December  23. 
This  flow  continued  until  April  25,  when  flash-boards  were 
placed  on  the  dam,  and  the  surface  of  the  basin  carried  up  to 
ordinary  high-water  mark.  The  highest  point  reached  dur- 
ing the  year  was  167.47,  on  April  30 ;  the  lowest,  148.75,  on 
November  17.  During  the  first  part  of  May,  1884,  the  color 
of  the  water  was  very  clear,  the  taste  good,  and  very  little 
matter  in  suspension.  In  October  and  November  the  water 
was  not  of  so  good  a  quality.  It  had  more  color  and  taste. 
Early  in  February,  owing  to  the  dark  color,  the  supply  was 
taken  from  other  sources.  No  algm  have  appeared  in  Basin 
2  during  the  year.  The  road  to  the  dam  was  gravelled,  and 
the  banks  sodded  last  summer.  During  the  winter  a  sub- 
stantial stone  wall  was  built  on  the  border  of  the  city  prop- 
erty on  Union  street.  For  three  months  a  small  force  was 
employed  completing  odd  jobs  about  the  margin  of  the  basin 
in  connection  with  the  work  on  shallow  flowage  ordered  by 
the  Board.     The  work  consisted  generally  in  trimming  the 


74  City  Document  No.  118. 

borders  of  the  original  slopes,  filling  up  considerable  areas 
to  high-water  line,  distributing  loam,  sowing  grass-seed,  etc. 
At  one  time  40  men,  9  double  and  4  single  teams,  were 
employed  on  this  work.  All  of  the  riprap  left  uncom- 
pleted between  Fountain-street  bridge  and  the  wooden  dam 
was  completed  to  grade.  Around  Nevin's  point,  and  facing 
Dam  2,  where  the  basin  is  exposed  to  a  long  reach  of  wind 
and  waves,  about  2,200  square  yards  of  riprap  were  placed. 
The  gate-house,  dam  and  other  structures  connected  with 
this  basin  are  in  excellent  order,  and  require  no  immediate 
repairs. 

Basin  3. 

On  May  1,  1884,  the  water  in  this  basin  stood  at  grade 
175.58,  and  water  was  flowing  over  the  crest  of  the  dam. 
On  July  16  waste  ceased,  and  the  basin  was  kept  at  about 
175.00  until  September,  when  the  surface  gradually  lowered 
to  174.44,  on  October  14.  On  this  date  a  portion  of  the 
supply  for  the  city  was  taken  from  this  source,  Basin  2  hav- 
ing been  exhausted.  By  the  last  of  October  something  like 
2  feet  of  water  had  been  drawn  oflf.  On  November  8  the 
gates  were  opened  again  for  the  supply  of  the  city,  and 
on  November  29  the  surface  had  fallen  to  171.62.  When 
the  gates  were  shut  the  surface  rose  rapidly,  and  on  Decem- 
ber 19  water  commenced  to  flow  over  the  dam  and  has  con- 
tinued to  do  so  ever  since,  with  the  exception  of  about  a  week's 
time.  The  highest  point  reached  by  the  water  was  175.89,  on 
December  23,  and  the  lowest,  171.36,  on  November  23.  The 
quality  of  the  water  in  Basin  3  has  been  somewhat  better 
than  usual.  On  June  4  algoe  made  their  appearance  and  re- 
mained until  the  last  of  December.  During  the  hottest 
weather,  when  the  algce  was  thickest,  the  surface  had  a  pecu- 
liar taste,  and  in  its  later  stages,  when  the  algcE  had  lost  its 
green  tint,  and  was  almost  white,  they  seemed  to  give  the 
water  a  musty  taste.  Very  little  work  has  been  done  during 
the  year  on  Basin  3.  The  gate-house  and  dam  are  in  excel- 
lent order. 

Farm  Pond. 

On  account  of  the  building  of  the  Farm-pond  aqueduct 
the  surface  of  the  water  has  been  kept  at  a  low  level  dur- 
ing a  good  part  of  the  year.  On  May  1,  the  water  was  at 
elevation  149.27,  but  was  soon  lowered,  and  kept  at  about 
148.75  until  June  27,  when,  in  order  to  store  some  of  the 
water  wasting  in  the  river,  it  was  raised  to  high-water  mark, 
and  kept  there  until  July  13.     The  pond  was  then  lowered 


Eeport  of  the  Water  Board.  75 

to  146.50  until  the  middle  of  December.  It  was  then  raised 
a  little  and  kept  at  about  147.00  until  March  28,  when  it  was 
gradually  lowered  to  about  145.00  where  it  has  been  kept  to 
date.  The  highest  point  reached  during  the  year  was  149.39, 
on  July  5  ;  the  lowest,  144.98,  on  August  3.  Algce  appeared 
in  the  waters  of  Farm  pond  on  June  3,  but  disappeared  in  a 
few  days  after  the  water  from  Basin  1  was  shut  off. 

On  Aug.  8  algce  reappeared,  and  remained  until  the  last 
of  November. 

The  quality  of  water  in  Farm  pond  has  not  been  very 
good  during  most  of  the  year,  owing  to  the  construction  of 
the  embankment  for  the  new  aqueduct  which  has  made  the 
water  somewhat  roily. 

Lake  Cochituate. 

The  quality  of  the  water  in  Lake  Cochituate  has  been  ex- 
cellent throughout  the  year.  Persistent  efforts  have  been 
maintained  by  your  Board  to  abolish  the  evil  from  which  the 
city  has  suffered  for  so  many  years,  in  the  shape  of  sewage 
discharged  into  the  brooks  feeding  the  lake.  At  last  these 
efforts  have  been  crowned  with  success.  In  February  a 
decision  favorable  to  the  city  was  rendered  by  the  Supreme 
Judicial  Court. 

My  first  report  on  the  matter  of  sewage  pollution,  as  affect- 
ing the  waters  of  the  lake,  was  made  in  1879.  Since  that 
date  several  cases  have  been  tried  before  different  courts, 
but  the  city  has  always  been  beaten.  We  are  now  in  a  posi- 
tion to  maintain  the  purity  of  Began  and  other  brooks  enter- 
ing the  lake,  and,  under  directions  from  your  Board,  I  am  at 
present  engaged  in  the  work  of  causing  all  the  drainage,  of 
whatever  description,  whether  from  water-closets  or  sinks,  to 
be  removed.  Notices  to  polluters  have  also  been  served  ou 
the  Sudbury-river  system. 

The  following  is  the  decision  of  the  Supreme  Court :  — 


76  City  Document  No.  118. 

Decision  or  the  Supreme  Judicial  Court  in  the  Case 

or  Augustus  P.  Martin,  Mayor  of  Boston, 

vs. 

Luther  Ellis  Gleason. 


PRELIMINARY  STATEMENT. 

(from    CITT    OF    boston's    BRIEF.) 

In  1846  the  Legislature,  by  an  act  entitled  "An  act  for 
supplying  the  City  of  Boston  with  pure  water,"  authorized 
the  City  of  Boston  "  to  take,  hold,  and  convey  to,  into  and 
through  said  city  the  water  of  Long  pond,  so  called  ('now 
Lake  Cochituate),  in  the  towns  of  Natick,  Wayland,  and 
Framingham,  and  the  waters  which  may  flow  into  and  from 
the  same,  and  any  other  ponds  and  streams  within  the  dis- 
tance of  four  miles  from  said  Long  pond,  and  any  water- 
rights  connected  therewith."     Acts  of  1846,  Ch.  167,  §  1. 

Pursuant  to  this  authority,  and  in  part  execution  thereof, 
the  city,  in  August,  1846,  took  certain  water  and  water- 
rights,  described  as,  "  all  the  waters  of  Long  pond,  so  called, 
and  other  brooks  and  streams,  whether  permanent  or  tempo- 
rary, entering  into  the  same,  and  of  all  the  bays,  coves,  and 
inlets  thereof,  and  of  the  outlet  of  the  same,  and  all  the 
water-rights  thereunto  belonging,  or  in  any  wise  apper- 
taining." 

August  19,  1846,  the  city  filed  in  the  office  of  the  registry 
of  deeds  for  the  county  of  Middlesex,  the  foregoing  descrip- 
tion of  the  taking,  and  a  statement  of  the  purpose  for  which 
taken,  as  required  by  said  act  of  the  Legislature  (see  copy, 
page  4  of  the  report)  ;  and,  as  soon  as  the  necessary  works 
could  be  constructed,  proceeded  actually  to  use,  and  has  ever 
since  used,  said  waters  for  the  supply  of  its  inhabitants. 
Pegan  brook  is,  and  has  always  been,  one  of  the  streams 
entering  into  Long  pond.      (Eeport,  page  1.) 

The  defendant  is  the  proprietor  of  a  hotel  in  Natick,  and 
all  the  human  excrement  discharged  from  the  water-closets, 
and  all  the  sewage  of  his  hotel  are  discharged  directly  into 
said  brook  in  sufficient  quantity  to  contaminate  its  waters. 
(Keport,  page  1.) 

The  City  of  Boston,  by  petition  of  its  Mayor  (St.  1884, 
c.  154),  prays  for  an  injunction  to  restrain  the  defendant 
from  polluting  this  water-supply. 


Report  of  the  Water  Board.  77 

DECISION  OF  THE  SUPREME  JUDICIAL  COURT. 

Martin  vs.  Gleason. 

C.  Allen,  J.  Disregarding  punctuation,  as  may  prop- 
erly be  done  in  construing  a  statute  (Gushing  vs.  Worrick, 
9  Gray,  385),  and  looking  at  the  purpose  and  contemplated 
scope  of  Stat.  1846,  c.  167,  the  City  of  Boston  was  author- 
ized by  Section  1  of  that  statute  to  take  the  water  of  Long 
pond,  and  the  waters  whicli  may  flow  into  and  from  the 
same,  and  any  other  ponds  and  streams  within  the  distance 
of  four  miles  from  said  Long  pond,  and  any  water-rights 
connected  therewith,  so  far  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  pres- 
ervation and  purity  of  the  same,  for  the  purpose  of  furnish- 
ing a  supply  of  pure  water  for  the  said  City  of  Boston.  This 
declared  purpose  relates  back,  and  illustrates  the  extent  of 
the  authority  conferred.  Water-rights  may  be  taken  so  far 
as  ma}'^  be  necessary  for  the  preservation  and  purity  of  the 
water.  The  words  "and  any  water-rights  connected  there- 
with "  are  not  limited  to  the  immediate  antecedent,  namely, 
the  "other  ponds  and  streams"  there  referred  to,  but  they 
also  include  Long  pond  itself,  and  the  waters  which  may 
flow  into  and  from  the  same.  It  was  designed  to  give  a  broad 
and  comprehensive  authority,  for  the  purpose  of  furnishing  a 
supply  of  pure  water  for  the  city,  and  to  confer  the  power  to 
take  everything  included  within  the  meaning  of  the  antece- 
dent words,  so  far  as  might  be  necessary  for  the  preservation 
and  purity  of  the  water.  Section  15,  imposing  a  penalty  for 
wantonly  or  maliciously  diverting  the  water,  or  any  part 
thereof,  of  any  of  the  ponds,  streams  or  water-sources  which 
shall  be  taken  by  the  city,  or  corrupting  the  same,  or  render- 
ing it  impure,  confirms  this  view.  Under  this  authority,  the 
city  might  lawfully  take  any  water-rights  connected  with  the 
waters  flowing  into  Long  pond,  including  the  prescriptive 
rights  which  the  plaintiff  contends  that  he  then  had  to  dis- 
charge seAvage  into  Began  brook.  It  appears  that  this  brook 
is  and  always  has  been  a  feeder  of  Long  pond;  and  that  the 
whole  of  it  is  within  four  miles  of  the  pond.  A  prescriptive 
right  to  foul  the  waters  of  a  stream  is  included  under  the 
term  "water-rights."  This,  indeed,  is  asserted  by  the  de- 
fendant in  his  answer.  It  is  a  right  in  respect  to  the  water 
of  the  stream ;  and  the  statute  conferred  power  to  take  all 
water-rights  which  might  interfere  with  the  purity  of  the 
waters  taken.  It  is  contended  for  the  defendant  that,  if  it 
was  necessary  to  preserve  the  brook  or  the  purit}^  of  the 
water,  power  was  granted  to  the  city  to  take  the  land  on  each 


78  City  Document  No.  118. 

side  of  the  brook,  and  thus  cut  off  any  use  either  of  it  or  of 
its  waters  ;  and,  indeed,  that  the  water-rights  could  not  be 
taken  separately  from  the  h\nd.  But  it  does  not  appear  to 
us  to  be  necessary,  even  if  it  was  competent,  for  the  city 
to  take  the  land  on  the  sides  of  tlie  brook  in  order  to  ex- 
tinguish any  prescriptive  right  to  foul  the  water  of  it. 

Assuming  that  the  defendant  had  such  prescriptive  right, 
it  is  further  contended  that  the  city  did  not  take  it;  but  that 
the  taking  of  the  waters  of  the  brooks  and  streams  entering 
into  Long  pond  only  appropriated  the  water  as  it  flowed  into 
the  pond  at  the  time  of  the  taking,  and  subject  to  all  legal 
burdens  and  uses  then  existing.  This,  however,  is  too  nar- 
row a  construction  of  the  description  of  what  was  taken. 
The  city,  after  reciting  the  whole  of  the  first  section  of  the 
statutes,  took  all  the  waters  of  Long  pond,  "and  other 
brooks  and  streams,  whether  permanent  or  temporary, 
entering  into  the  same,"  "  and  all  the  water-rights  thereunto 
belonging  or  in  any  wise  appertaining,  for  the  sole  use  and 
benefit  of  said  city."  This  language  does  not  exactly  follow 
the  language  of  the  statute  ;  but  we  cannot  doubt  that  it 
is  broad  enough  to  include  Pegan  brook,  and  the  taking  of 
"  all  tlae  water-rights  thereunto  belonging  or  in  any  wise 
appertaining,"  includes  any  right  then  existing  to  foul  its 
waters.  It  is  urged,  by  way  of  illustration,  that,  if  a  mill 
existed  on  the  brook,  the  right  to  use  the  mill  was  not  taken. 
But  it  is  not  necessary  to  consider  that  question  here.  It 
does  not  appear  that  there  was  any  mill  on  the  brook.  If 
there  was,  the  use  of  the  water  for  turning  its  wheels  might 
not  foul  the  water,  and  might  therefore  be  consistent  with 
the  purposes  and  rights  of  the  city.  But  the  right  to  use 
the  brook  as  a  discharge  for  sewage  in  large  quantities,  as 
practised  by  the  defendant,  is  inconsistent  with  such  pur- 
pose. If,  therefore,  the  defendant  had  any  such  prescriptive 
right  to  foul  the  water  of  Pegan  brook,  as  he  claimed,  such 
right  was  taken  and  extinguished  by  the  act  of  the  city 
under  the  Statute  of  1846  ;  and  by  Section  6  of  that  act 
the  city  was  liable  to  pay  all  damages  sustained  thereby. 
The  defendant,  if  he  sustained  damage,  might  have  applied 
by  petition  for  the  assessment  thereof  at  any  time  within 
three  years  from  such  taking.  This  remedy  was  the  exclu- 
sive one. 

It  was  not  seriously  contended  in  the  argument  that  the 
defendant  has  acquired  a  prescriptive  right  to  foul  the  waters 
since  the  taking  by  the  city  in  1846.  Such  prescriptive 
right  could  not  be  acquired,  because  the  fouling  of  the 
water,  since  the  right  to  foul  it  ceased,  would  be  a  public 
nuisance.  Morton  vs.  Moore,  15  Gray,  576.  Brookline  vs. 
Mackintosh,  133  Mass.,  125,  226. 


Report  of  the  Water  Board.  79 

Finally,  it  was  contended  for  the  defendant  that,  by  reason 
of  constructions  erected  by  the  city  at  the  mouth  of  the 
brook,  since  the  taking  in  1846,  the  waters  of  Pegan  brook 
do  not,  in  fact,  contaminate  the  water  of  the  pond ;  and  that, 
therefore,  the  city  is  not  injured.  It  appears,  however,  as  a 
fact,  that  the  water  of  the  brook  is  contaminated  by  the  acts 
of  the  defendant.  The  city  has  a  right  to  be  protected 
against  the  necessity  of  maintaining  works  for  the  preserva- 
tion of  the  purity  of  the  water  from  such  a  cause.  If  the 
acts  of  the  defendant  in  fouling  the  stream  have  made  it 
necessary  for  the  city  to  resort  to  extraordinary  means  for 
preserving  the  purity  of  the  water  of  the  pond,  he  cannot 
justify  the  continuance  of  such  illegal  fouling  by  showing 
that  the  city  has  thus  far  been  able,  by  the  maintenance  of 
special  works,  to  prevent  the  natural  result  of  his  acts. 

The  result  is  that  the  petition  for  an  injunction  is  main- 
tained. 

Injunction  to  issue. 


On  May  1,  1884,  the  surface  of  Lake  Cochituate  stood 
at  elevation  134.30,  and  on  the  16th  at  134.36,  exactly  high- 
water  mark.  It  was  maintained  at  this  height  until  May  29, 
when  the  surface  began  to  fall.  Between  June  18  and  July  1 
a  flow"  of  168,000,000  gallons  was  poured  into  the  lake  from 
Sudbury  river,  and  at  difierent  times  in  July  152,000,000 
gallons  more,  which  maintained  the  surface  very  nearly  at 
high-water  mark  until  quite  late  in  the  season.  The  lowest 
point  reached  during  the  year  was  129.90,  on  December  6. 
On  February  12,  the  water  having  risen  as  high  as  was 
considered  safe,  the  stop-planks  were  taken  out  at  the  dam, 
and  about  6  inches  allowed  to  flow  over  the  crest.  This 
continued  during  the  remainder  of  the  month.  On  March 
22  the  water  was  stopped  and  the  lake  was  filled.  The 
surface  is  now  at  high-water  mark. 

The  ice  all  disappeared  from  the  lake  on  April  12. 

The  engines,  boilers,  and  pumps  used  last  year,  are  still  in 
position  at  the  gate-house,  but  I  should  recommend  their 
removal  to  a  more  secure  situation. 

During  the  past  year  the  old  rotten  stable,  in  connection 
with  the  keeper's  house,  has  been  pulled  down,  and  a  sub- 
stantial stable  built  in  a  better  location. 

The  attention  of  the  Board  is  called  to  the  importance  of 
providing,  at  some  convenient  time,  for  the  building  of  a  new 
dam  at  the  outlet  of  Lake  Cochituate.  A  few  years  since, 
at  the  request  of  the  City  Engineer,  I  made  a  study  of  the 


80  City  Document  No.  118. 

present  structures,  their  capacities  under  different  circum- 
stances, and  the  portfolio  of  accompanying  plans  was  filed 
with  the  City  Engineer. 

During  the  past  year,  samples  of  the  lake  water  have  been 
analyzed  every  three  months  by  Professor  E.  S.  Wood. 

Dudley  Pond. 

This  pond  is  now  full.  No  water  was  drawn  from  this 
source  during  the  year. 

SUDBUKY-RIVER   AqUEDUOT. 

This  aqueduct  has  been  in  daily  service  during  the  entire 
year,  with  the  exception  of  a  few  days  when  undergoing 
cleaning.  It  has  brought  to  the  city  a  total  of  over 
5,000,000,000  of  gallons,  or  an  average  of  13,894,000 
o-allons  daily.  The  greatest  amount  in  any  one  day  was 
31,900,000  gallons,  on  December  29,  and  the  smallest 
7,100,000  gallons,  on    May  1,  1884. 

On  December  15,  16,  and  17,  the  whole  of  the  interior  was 
cleaned  from  Farm  pond  to  Chestnut-Hill  reservoir.  The 
brick-work  has  never  appeared  so  dirty  before.  Large 
quantities  of  black  patches  with  thick  muddy  deposits  were 
removed.  Spots  of  spongiUa  were  found  at  occasional 
intervals.  At  station  124-]- 50,  some  bricks  had  started  on 
the  bottom  from  the  pressure  of  a  spring.  The  practice  of 
applying  loam  to  the  embankment,  in  some  places  a  foot  in 
thickness,  has  been  continued.  Without  this  treatment  it  is 
impossible  to  maintain  some  of  the  embankments.  All  of 
the  loam  from  the  location  of  the  new  Circuit  R.R.  has  been 
removed.  The  arch  of  the  aqueduct  has  also  been  strength- 
ened at  the  crossing  of  the  tracks  by  an  additional  ring  of 
bricks. 

The  waste-weir  houses  have  been  kept  in  good  repair. 

Between  July  11  and  September  18  the  following  por- 
tions of  the  Charles-river  bridge  were  pointed  in  a  thorough 
manner.  All  of  the  brick-work,  the  two  projecting  belt 
courses,  the  joints  under  the  belts,  the  ring  of  the  large  arch, 
the  platforms,  abutments  and  steps  at  each  end  of  the  bridge. 
The  total  cost  of  this  work  was  $584.  It  was  found  that 
the  cement-mortar  was  lacking  in  some  of  the  joints  from 
1  inch  to  7  inches  in  depth.  This  admitted  water  to  the 
interior  and  was  damaging  the  masonry.  As  a  general  rule, 
oil  cement,  with  l  part  fine  sand,  was  liberally  used  in  all, 
except  vertical  joints.  The  Waban  arches  need  the  same 
treatment,  and  will  be  taken  in  hand  during  the  coming 
season . 


Eeport  of  the  Water  Board.  81 


The  Cochituate  Aqueduct. 

On  May  1,  1884,  a  height  of  six  feet  of  water  was  kept 
in  this  structure,  and  so  maintained  until  June  10.  On  this 
day  the  head  was  reduced  to  126.00  or  five  feet  above  the 
invert,  which  height  was  unchanged  during  the  remainder 
of  the  year.  Between  December  29  and  January  4  the 
water  was  drawn  off  for  cleaning.  For  a  distance  of  nearly 
a  quarter  of  a  mile  or  from  Sta."l93  +  02  to  Sta.  204 -|- 60  a 
considerable  amount  of  offensive  sewage  weeps  throuo^h  the 
Brookline  tunnel  and  of  course  finds  its  way  immediately 
into  the  water.  This  sewage  comes  from  the  leaky  cesspools 
of  the  residents  in  the  vicinity  and  is  a  nuisance  which  should 
be  remedied  without  delay. 

The  upper  six  miles  of  the  aqueduct  were  entirely  cleared 
of  spongilla  on  January  1  and  2,  by  a  special  gang  of  men 
after  the  regular  cleaning  had  been  accomplished.  This  sub- 
stance clings  so  closely  to  the  brick-work  that  it  is  found 
more  economical  to  remove  it  in  this  manner. 

Preparations  for  the  crossing  of  the  Circuit  R.E.  have  been 
made,  and  work  on  the  strengthening  of  the  arch  at  this  point 
will  be  begun  in  a  few  days. 

During  the  past  year  the  town  of  Wellesley  has  put  in  a 
system  of  water- works,  and  their  pipes  have  crossed  the 
aqueduct  in  at  least  a  dozen  places.  This  has  required  the 
greatest  watchfulness  to  see  that  no  damage  was  done  to  the 
Boston  works.  The  force  main  of  their  supply  is  located 
under  the  Newton  Lower  Falls  arch,  and  is  at  a  level  with  the 
bottom  of  the  foundation  of  that  structure.  A  break  at  this 
point  might  endanger  the  Cochituate  aqueduct. 

The  whole  line  has  been  kept  clear  of  bushes  by  the  usual 
annual  mowing. 

No  repairs  of  any  importance  have  been  made  on  the  in- 
terior during  the  year. 

Chestnut-Hill  Reservoir. 

This  reservoir  has  been  in  constant  use  during  the  year. 
The  water  has  been  good  in  quality.  Very  little  work  has 
been  done  on  the  drive-ways  on  account  of  the  crusher  being 
in  use  at  Basin  4.  Considerable  work  will  have  to  be  done 
on  these  roads  when  the  crusher  can  be  spared  for  this  pur- 
pose. 

The  usual  meteorological  and  other  observations  have  been 
made. 

All  of  the  gate-houses  and  other  structures  are  in  a  state 
of  good  repair. 


82 


City  Document  No.  118. 


A  table  of  rainfall,  showing  the  time  of  beginning  and 
ending  of  each  storm  is  appended. 

Brookline  Eeservoir. 

The  grounds  and  structures  connected  with  this  reservoir 
are  in  good  order. 

No  new  work  has  been  done  at  this  point  during  the  year. 
Very  respectfully, 

DESMOND   FITZGERALD, 

SwperintendeMt. 


Tahle  of  Rainfall  at  Chestnut- Hill  Reservoir  for  year  ending  Dec.  31,  1884. 


1 

a 
t-i 

d 

OQ  o 

Duration. 

0 

Duration. 

Jan. 
« 

1 

2 

.13 

1.28 

Rain& 
Snow 

5.15  a.m.  to  4  p.m. 
12.15  a.m.  to  5.30  p.m. 

Feb.    12 

«       13 

1- 

Snow 
and 
Rain 

4.30  a.m. 

to 
4.15  p.m. 

« 

8 
9 

i  1,80 

« 

8.30  p.m. 

to 
8.40  a.m. 

"       17 
"       18 

!■" 

Rain 

2.45  p.m. 

to 
11.00  p.m. 

„ 

11 
12 

.03 

.02 

Rain 

Sqow 

1.10  p.m.  to  4.15  p.m. 
1.10  p.m.  to  10.15  p.m. 

"       19 

"       20 

i    .62 

Snow 
and 
Rain 

9.30  p.m. 

to 
2.30  p.m. 

" 

13 
19 

20 

.03 

1    .28 

" 

7.45  p.m.  to  10.00  p.m. 

3,30  a.m, 

to 
7.30  p.m. 

"       23 
"       25 

1.37 

Snow 
and 
Raia 

6.00  a.m. 

to 
9.30  p.m. 

9.40  p.m. 

« 

24 

.84 

Rain 

9,30  a.m.  to  11.30  p.m. 

"       26 

1 1.05 

Snow 

to 

« 

SO 
31 

!•« 

" 

7.45  p.m. 

to 
12.30  a.m. 

"       27 
"       28 

1.17 

" 

11.45  a.m. 

6.00  a.m.  to  9.30  p.m. 

Total  . 

4.84 

Total  . 

6.38 

F«b. 

1 

4 

5 

.07 
.19 

.34 

Rain 

Snow 

Snow 
and 
Rain 

3.30  a.m.  to  8.00  a.m. 

4.00  a.m.  to  2.30  p.m. 

12.30  a.m. 

to 
3.30  p.m. 

March  5 
"      6 
«      7 

i- 

Snow 
Rain 

7.00  p.m. 

to 
6.30  a.m. 

11.00  a.m. 

c< 

6 

7 

!■" 

Rain 

7,15  p.m. 

to 
9,30  a.m. 

'♦      8 
«'     9 

il.l7 

1 

J 

and 
Snow 

to 
5.30  a.m. 

" 

8 

.06 

Snow 
and 
Rain 

3.00  a.m. 

to 
9.30  p.m. 

"      9 

"    10 

i- 

Rain 

and 

Snow 

3.15  p.m. 

to 
8.15  a.m. 

" 

9 

.05 

Rain 

11.40  a.m.  to  3.80  p.m. 

"    11 

.03 

Rain 

9.30  p.m.  to  11.15  p.m. 

Eeport  or  THE  Water  Board. 


83 


Table  of  Rainfall  of  Chestnut-Hill  Reservoir.  —  Continued. 


S 

.5 

i 

a 

1 

0) 
M 

QQ  O 

Duration. 

la 
P 

-1 
a 

O  W 

m  o 

Duration. 

Mar.  14 

j.24 

Rain 
acd 

7.15  p.m. 
to 

May      7 

4.40  p.m. 

'<    15 

) 

Snow 

1.30  p.m. 

8 

r  •^'^ 

Rain 

to 

"    19 

Snow 

3.30  p.m. 

"         9 

2.00  a.m. 

"    20 

1.14 

and 
Rain 

to 
6.30  p.m. 

"       10 

.03 

Show- 
er 

11.50  a.m.  to  12.10  p.m. 

"    23 

1     .22 

Rain 

7.30  p.m. 
to 

"       10 

.01 

" 

4.30  to  6.00  p.m. 

"    24 

) 

4.00  a.m. 

"       14 

.61 

Rain 

12.05  to  10.15  a.m. 

"    26 

{     .83 

Rain 

1.15  p.m. 
to 

••       15 

.08 

" 

5.35  to  6.45  p.m. 

"    27 

) 

5.30  a.m. 

"       20 

.73 

" 

1.35  to  5.45  p.m. 

"    27 

.02 

Show, 
ers. 

1.15  p.m.  to  8.00  p.m. 

"       24 

.02 

Show- 
er 

6.00  to  6.16  a.m. 

"    30 
'<    30 

.03 
.01 

Snow 

1.00  a.m.  to  11.30  a.m. 
5.45  p.m.  to  9.30  p.m. 

"        28 

.83 

Rain 

7.40  a.m.  to  9.00  p.m. 

Total  . 

2.89 

Total  . 

4.23 

June  12 

j    .31 

Show- 

12.15 p.m. 
to 

April   2 

Snow 

12.30  p.m. 

'«       13 

) 

ers 

2.30  a.m. 

"       3 

/■1.54 

J 

and 

to 
1.30  p.m. 

"       19 

1.66 

Rain 

2.05  to  6.05  p.m. 

"       4 

Rain 

«'       25 

) 

12.15  p.m. 

\  2.76 

" 

to 

<<        9 

) 

Rain 

1.30  p.m. 

"        26 

) 

6.45  a.m. 

"      10 

.78 

and 
Snow 

to 

) 

7.15  p.m. 

"      15 

.86 

Rain 

1.45  p.m, 

to 
5.00  a.m. 

Total  , 

4.73 

'<      16 

July     4 

) 

9.10  p.m. 

"     16 

.06 

" 

6.05  p.m.  to  9.00  p.m. 

"       5 

1  1.13 

Rain 

to 
7.40  a.m. 

.<      17 

.10 

Sho(v. 

7.20  p.m. 
to 

"       5 

) 

10.20  p.m. 

"      18 

ers. 

1.15  p.m. 

"        6 

1    .26 

'* 

to 
6.00  a.m. 

«•      18 

) 

9.00  p.m. 

.13 

<( 

to 

"       8 

.81 

" 

10.45  a.m.  to  11.00  p.m. 

"      19 

) 

7.15  a.m. 

9 

.03 

« 

5.40  p.m.  to  6.05  p.m. 

"     20 

) 

2.00  p.m. 

(    .13 

Rain 

to 

"      12 

) 

Show- 
ers' 

««      21 

) 

7.00  a.m. 

"      13 

1    .24 

8.40  p.m.  to  4.20  p.m. 

"     24 

.06 

<< 

4.30p.m.  to  6.30  p.m. 

Show- 
ers 

"      25 

) 

1  p.m. 

"      14 

,02 

5.00  p.m.  to  5.10  p.m. 

\    .80 

<< 

to 

"      16 

.05 

" 

6.25  p.m.  to  7.10  p.m. 

"      26 

S 

10.45  a.m. 

Show- 
ers 

Show- 
er 

"      18 
"      19 
"      23 

1.27 
.02 
.02 

2.15  p.m.  to  9.20  p.m. 

Total  . 

4.46 

10.30  p.m.  to  11.30  p.m. 

Show- 
ers 

7.35  p.m.  to  9.15  p.m. 

May     5 

.04 

7.35  a.m.  to  12.30  p.m. 

"      25 

.04 

Show- 

5.00 a.m.  to  7.45  a.m. 

"         6 

.07 

Rain 

5.45  to  11  p.m. 

ers 

84 


City  Document  No.  118. 


Table  of  Rainfall  at  Chestnut' Hill  Reservoir.  —  Concluded. 


1 

■g 

h- 1 

a  s. 
02  o 

Duration. 

1 

o 

a 

te'S 
tfc  o 

Duration. 

July 

27 
28 

.30 

Rain 

5.30  p.m. 

to 
2.30  a.m. 

Oct. 

8 
12 

.08 
.18 

Rain 

6.15  to  11.30  p.m. 
12.15  to  10.00  p.m. 

" 

29 
30 
31 

.95 
.33 

" 

6.10  a.m. 

to 
10. a.m. 

4.45  p.m.  to  9.15  p.m. 

18 
22 
23 
28 

.15 

|.,e 

.07 

" 

4'.45  to  7.00  p.m. 

8.20  p.m. 

to 
5  a.m. 

9.30  a.m.  to  4.15  p.m. 

** 

Total 

5.47 

; 

Nov. 

30 
31 
1 

1 

^1.71 

1 
J 

Rain 
and 

Snow 

5.00  a.m. 

Aug. 

5 
5 
6 

.08 
1  1.06 

Rain 

4.45  to  11.55  a.m. 

9.10  p.m. 

to 
2.00  a.m. 

to 
5.00  a.m. 

'■ 

Tota 

. 

3.41 

,1 

6 

7 
8 

.10 
1  2.14 

" 

2.40  to  3.20  p.m. 

11.15  a.m. 

to 
12.10  a.m. 

ij 

Nov. 

5 
19 

.30 
.49 

Rain 
Snow 

12.05  to  1.30  a.m. 
4.40  to  11.50  p.m. 

„ 

12 
13 

1 

■    .24 

.30 
.23 

„ 

11.30  p.m. 
to 

23 

24 

1     .99 

Rain 

12.20  p.m. 

to 
5.00  a.m. 

14 
22 
26 

" 

3.00  a.m. 

7.15  to  9.15  p.m. 

4.40  a.m.  to  3.30  p.m. 

28 
29 

1  1.24 

" 

1.30  p.m. 

to 
9.45  a.m. 

" 

■' 

29 
30 
31 

1     .63 

.06 

" 

9.10  a.m. 

to 
5.40  a.m. 

2.00  to  2.20  p.m. 

Total 

3.02 

" 

Dec. 

6 

7 

11 

[  1.45 
.16 

Rain 

Snow 

3.45  p.m. 

to 
3.30  p.m. 

Tota 

4.78 

5.00  a.m.  to  11.45  p.m. 

12 
13 

.05 
.09 

« 

8.00  a.m.  to  1.30  p.m. 

Sept. 

11 

.12 

Rain 

5.00  to  7.15  p.m. 

6.45  a.m.  to  4.30  p.m. 

" 

20 

.06 

" 

3.30  to  4.45  p.m. 

15 

.85 

Rain 

2.00  to  9.40  a.m. 

" 

25 

.10 

Show- 
ere. 

2.45  to  4.30  p.m. 

17 

.22 

Snow 

6.00  a.m.  to  6.30  p.m. 

" 

28 

.14 

Rain 

1.00  to  3.30  a.m. 

21 

\  1.42 

Snow 
and 
Rain 

Show- 
ers 

Snow 

5.30  a.m. 

to 
3.00  a.m. 

2.45  to  11.50  p.m. 

Total  . 

.42 

22 
22 
24 

.14 
.54 

Oct. 

3 
4 

.02 
.34 

Rain 

8.00  to  8.30  p.m. 
7.00  to  11.50  p.m. 

6.10  a.m.  to  9.30  p.m. 

" 

6 

.11 

" 

10.00  to  11.00  a.m. 

Tota 

4.92 

Total  for  year 49.55. 


EEPORT  OF  THE  SUPERINTENDENT  OF 
THE  EASTERN  DIVISION. 


Boston,  May  1,  1885. 
Wm.  a.  Simmons,  Chairman  Boston  Water  Board:  — 

Sir, — I  herewith  present  my  report  for  the  year  ending 
with  April  30.  The  works  under  my  charge  are,  in  my 
judgment,  in  good  condition.  In  the  large  sizes  of  main- 
pipes  only  one  break  has  occurred.  On  the  4th  of  October 
last  one  of  the  48-inch  pipes  on  Beacon  street,  beyond 
Brookline  avenue,  was  broken  by  the  falling  of  a  large  stone 
during  the  construction  of  one  of  the  abutment-walls  of  the 
new  bridge  over  the  Boston  and  Albany  railroad.  The 
damage  was  soon  repaired.  Last  season  the  40-inch  main  on 
Brookline  avenue  was  raised  to  conform  to  the  new  grade  ; 
two  wrought-iron  pipes  were  laid  on  the  new  bridge,  and 
connections  with  the  opening  of  the  40-inch  line  were  made 
this  spring,  and  water  let  on.  Up  to  now  the  evidences  are 
the  whole  line  is  in  a  good  condition. 

Beyond  the  laying  of  new  mains,  introduction  of  service- 
pipes,  and  the  general  maintenance  of  the  works,  nothing  of 
note,  except  the  above-mentioned  items,  has  occurred. 

Main-Pipe. 

The  whole  length  of  main-pipe  of  the  different  sizes  laid 
since  the  commencement  of  the  works  to  the  present  time  is 
437^  miles.  The  whole  length  of  pipe  laid  during  last  year 
is  61,849  feet,  or  about  12  miles. 

Whole  length  now  in  service,  388.52  miles. 

Service-Pipes. 

Whole  number  put  in  last  season    ....       1,342 

Length  in  feet 35,475 

Total  number  to  date 50,632 

Hydrants  and  Stopcocks. 
118  hydrants  and  173  stopcocks   established  during  the 
year. 


86 


City  Document  No.  118. 


Relaying  of  Enlarged  Sizes. 


Street. 

Between  what  Streets. 

Size  now. 

No.  of  Feet. 

Size 
formerly. 

Tremont 

Boylston 

Eliot 

"W.  Dedham  .  .  . 
Crawford    .... 

Holiis  and  Boylston 

Across  Tremont 

Pleasant  and  Tremont  .... 
Shawmut  ave.  and  Tremont  . 
Humboldt  ave.  and  Tower  .  . 

S 
12 
8 
8 
12 

789 
30 
744 
686 
92 

6 
6 
6 
6 
6 

Taken  up  and  Abandoned 


40-inch 
12-incli 
8-incli 
6-inch 
4-inch 
li-inch 


112  feet 

808     " 

145     " 

3,564     "• 

932     " 

820     " 

Changed. 

One  |-inch  out,  one  2-inch  put  in. 
One  |-inch  out,  one  l^-inch  put  in. 
One  |-inch  out,  one  l^-inch  put  in. 
Eight  |-inch  out,  eight  1-inch  put  in. 
Seven  |-ineh  out,  seven  |-inch  put  in. 
Three  ^^-inch  out,  three  |-inch  put  in. 


Eeport  of  the  Water  Board. 


87 


Statement  of  Liocation,  Size,  and  Number  of  Feet  of  Pipe 
laid  in  1884. 

Note.  —  B.  indicates  Boston;  S.B.  South  Boston;  E.B.  East  Boston;  B.H.  Boston  High- 
lands; D.Dorchester;  W.R.  West  Roxbury;  Bri.  Brighton. 


In  -what.  Street. 


Brookline  ave. 


Huntington  ave. 
Chestnut  Hill  ave. 


West  Chester  park 
Westland  ave.  .  . 
West  Newton    .  . 

J?oylston 

Tremont 

Gloucester  .... 
Boylston     .... 

Prescott 

Crawford    .... 

Amory 

Holborn 

Lawrence  ave.  .  . 
Blue  Hill  ave.    .  . 

Nelson 

Prospect 

Forest  Hill  ave.    . 

Erie  ave 

Pond 

Canterbury     .  .  . 

Florence  

Clarence  

South 

Everett 

Roxbury  ave.    ,  . 


Between  what  Streets. 


Over  B.  and  A.  R.R. 


Total  28-inch 


Tremont  and  Wigglesworth 
South  and  Englewood  ave.    . 


Total  16-inch 


Westland  aye.  and  Boylston  .  . 
Parker  and  West  Chester  park  . 
Washington  and  Shawmut  ave. . 

Across  Tremont 

Boylston  and  Head  place  .... 

Boylston  and  Newbury 

Fairfield  and  Q-loucester   .... 

Bremen  and  New 

Elm  Hill  ave.  and  Tower  .... 

School  and  Centre 

Blue  Hill  ave.  and  Warren  .  .  . 
Blue  Hill  ave.  and  Cedar   .  .  .  . 

Columbia  and  Elmo  . 

Norfolk  and  Evans 

Milton  ave.  and  Norfolk  .  .  .  . 
Norfolk  and  N.T.  and  N.E.  R.R. 
Washington  and  Merrill   .  .   ,  . 

May  and  Brookline  line 

Walk  Hill  and  Ashland  ..... 

Hancock  and  Brown  ave 

Spring  and  Prospect 

From  Walk  Hill 

Pearl  and  Vernon 

Englewood  ave.  and  Beacon  .   .  . 


Carried  forward  , 


B.H. 
Bri. 


B. 


E.B. 
B.H. 


D. 


W.R. 


Bri. 


244 


259 
1,403 

1,662 

135 

973 

297 

30 

67 

57 

552 

1,731 

1,33T 

1,071 

333 

293 

14 

262 

260 

175 

40 

2,021 

3,662 

146 

24 

142 

185 

291 

14,098 


88  City  Document  No.  118. 

Statement  of  Liocation,  Size,   etc.  —  Continued. 


In  what  Street. 


Nonantum 

"Warren 

Lake 

West  Dedham 

Eliot 

Tremont 

"West  Chester  park  .  .  . 

Moore 

Curtis 

Atwood  ave 

Gilbert 

Milbourne 

Back 

Qulncy 

Bowdoin  ave 

Torrey 

South 

Eittredge 

St.  John 

Centre 

Brown  ave 

Bourne 

Ashland  .....    .  .   . 

Fairview 

Albano 

Allandale 

Braintree 

Bennett 

"West  Chester  park  .  .  . 
St.  Botolph    ....... 

Eastern  ave 


Between  what  Streets. 


Brought  forward      

"Washington  and  Newton  line  .   . 
Cambridge  and  Massachusetts  ave. 
Washington  and  South 


Total  12-inch 


Shawmut  ave.  and  Tremont 

Tremont  and  Pleasant 

Hollis  and  Boylston 

Huntington  ave.  and  B.  &  P.  R.R.  bridge 

Saratoga  and  Milton 

Chelsea  and  Bremen 

From  Day 

"Wyman  and  Hoffman 

"Welles  ave.  and  Centre 

Austin  and  Madison 

Magnolia  and  Ceylon 

Eldon  and  Washington 

"Withington  and  "Washington 

From  "Washington 

Albano  and  Washington 

Centre  and  Rockvlew 

Louder  lane  and  "Walter 

Gardner  and  Florence 

Canterbury  and  "Walk  Hill 

Brown  ave.  and  B.  &  P.  R.R.  bridge    .  . 

South  and  Proctor 

Washington  and  Salem 

From  Centre 

"Wilton  and  Everett 

From  Parson 


Total  8-inch 


Columbus  ave.  and  B.  &  P.  R.R. 
Cumberland  and  Durham  .  .  .  . 
Atlantic  ave.  and  the  Ferry  .   .   . 


Carried  forward 


Bri. 


E.B. 


B.H. 


Dor. 


W.R 


Bri. 


Eeport  of  the  Water  Board. 
Statement  of  Location,  Size,  etc.  —  Continued. 


89 


In  what  Street. 


Boylston 

Waterford 

La  Grange 

Falmouth 

Commonwealth  ave. 
Cumberland  .   .  •  . 

Parker 

Marlborough  .  .   .  . 

Claremont 

Carlton 

Mayo 

Baxter 

Boston  place  .  .  .  . 

C 

Bowen 

East  Fifth 

New 

Moore 

Kickerson's  wharf  . 

Putnam 

Bennington  .  .  .  . 
Maverick  wharf  .  . 
Kensington     .   .  .  . 

Tower 

Waumbeck    .  .  .   . 

"Wyman 

Bromley 

Winthrop    .   .  .  .  . 

Bavin 

Winthrop 

Townsend 

Simmons 

Pierpont 

Sunderland  .  .  .  , 
Wise 


Between  what  Streets. 


Brought  forward 

Fairfield  and  Hereford 

Shawmut  ave.  and  Washington  •   .   . 

Tremont  and  Farnsworth 

West  Chester  Park  and  Camden  .  . 
West  Chester  Park  and  Beacon  .  .  . 
Huntington  ave.  and  St.  Botolpli  .  . 
Westland  ave.  and  Boylston  .... 
West  Chester  Park  and  Hereford   .    , 

Columbus  ave.  and  Carlton 

Claremont  and  Greenwich  park  .  .  . 

From  Castle 

CandD 

Dorchester  ave.  and  Old  Colony  R.R. 

Seventh  and  Baxter 

C  and  D 

GandH 

From  Prescott 

Saratoga  and  Pope 

From  New 

Condor  and  Falcon 

Moore  and  Wordsworth 

From  North  Ferry ,   . 

Bainbridge  and  Elmore 

Crawford  and  Oriole 

Warren  and  Wabon 

Gilbert  and  Danforth 

New  and  Old  Heath 

Blue  Hill  ave.  and  Dennis 

Warren  and  Tupelo 

From  Dennis  ._ 

Walnut  ave.  and  Warren 

Vernon  and  Clay 

Station  and  Prentiss 

Blue  Hill  ave.  and  Warren 

Centre  and  Roys 


Carried  forward 


S.B. 


E.B. 


139 

372 

51 
590 

58 
302 
110 

58 

85 
115 

60 
231 
222 

14 
399 
142 
172 
515 
184 
214 
769 
240 
259 

12 
153 

81 
376 

24 
227 
157 
771 
368 
196 
152 
111 

1,310 


90  City  Document  No.  118. 

Statement  of  L/Ocation,  Size,  etc.  —  Continued. 


In  what  Street. 


Goldsmith  .  .  . 
Fenwick  .  .  .  . 
Oregon  .  .  .  . 
Phillips  .  .  .  . 
Shirley  .  .  .  . 
Irving  ave. .  .  . 

Clapp 

Carruth    .  .   .  . 

Folsom    .   .   .  . 

Liongmeadow    . 
New ...... 

Maxwell  .  .   .   . 

Selden 

Holbrook  ave.  . 
Newhall  .  ,  .  . 
Crescent  ave.  . 
Milton  ave.  .  . 
Baker  court  .  . 
Pierce  ave.  .  .   . 

Plain 

Swan  court    .  . 

Fuller 

New 

Tremlett.  .  .  . 
Chickatawbut  . 
Bodwell  park  . 
Spring  Garden  , 

Wales 

Leeds 

Humphrey  sq.  , 

New 

Grampian  Way 
Harbor  View 
Clifton  .... 
Elmo     .... 


Between  what  Streets. 


Brought  forward  .  .   .   . 

From  Ruggles 

Circuit  and  Hulbert 

Smith  and  Conant 

Longwood  ave.  and  Conant  .   . 

Dudley  and  George 

From  Blue  Hill  ave 

East  Chester  park  and  Boston 

Fairfax  and  Codman 

Dudley  and  Harlow 

Clifton  and  Batchelder    .  .  .   < 

From  Boston 

Milton  ave.  and  Capen    .   .  .  . 


From  Neponset  ave 

Pierce  ave.  and  Ashmont  .  .  . 
Newport  and  O.C.  &  N.R.R.  . 
Norfolk  and  Lauriat  ave.  .  .  . 

From  Washington 

Plain  and  Newhall 

Pierce  ave.  and  Chickatawbut . 

From  Olney 

Milton  ave.  and  Washington    . 

From  Magnolia 

Washington  and  Hooper  .  .  . 
Plain  and  Minot    ....    ... 

Columbia  and  Bird 

Crescent  ave.  and  Harbor  View 
Harvard  and  Blue  Hill  ave.  .  . 
Savin  Hill  ave.  and  Bay  .... 

From  Dudley 

From  Savin  Hill  ave 

Savin  Hill  and  Savin  Hill  ave. . 
Dorchester  ave.  and  Newport . 

Hudson  and  Shirley 

Erie  and  Blue  Hill  ave 


Carried  forward 15,933 


B.H. 


Dor. 


Report  of  the  Water  Board. 


91 


Statement  of  Location,  Size,  etc.  —  Continued. 


In  what  Street. 


Fairfax  .... 
Whitfield    .  .   . 

Elmo 

Rockwell  .  .  . 
Sigourney   .   .  . 

Allen 

C 

Pratt  ave.  .  .  . 
Woodman  .  .  . 
Ballard    .... 

School 

Bismarck  .  ,  . 
Spring  Vale  .  . 
Corinth  .... 
Hancock  .... 

Maple 

Sharon  .... 
Hancock  .... 

Pine 

Hawthorne  .  . 
Atherton  ave.    . 

Baker 

Meehan    .... 

Keyes 

Rockview   .  .  . 

Hazel 

Sheldon    .... 

Salem 

Farrington  ave. 
Danforth  .... 
John  A.  Andrew 
Union  ave.  .  ,   . 

Hobart 

Wilton 

Pratt 


Between  what  Streets. 


Brought  forward  .   .  . 

From  Carruth 

Wheatland  ave.  and  park  .   . 

Erie  and  Erie  ave 

Milton  ave.  and  Washington 
Glenroad  and  Walnut  .  .  . 
Brown  ave.  and  Rowe  .  .  . 
Spring  Park  and  Boylston  .   . 

From  Centre 

Centre  and  Jamaica 

Centre  and  Custer 

Amory  and  Coplej' 

Boylston  and  Germania  .  .  . 
Spring  and  Marshall  .  .  .  , 
Washington  and  Birch  .  .  , 
Prospect  ave.  and  Ashland    . 

Centre  and  Weld 

Brown  ave.  and  Rowe  .  .  .  . 
Prospect  ave.  and  Pine  .  .  . 
Brown  ave.  and  Hancock  .  . 
Florence  and  Sycamore  .  .  . 
Washington  and  Albano    .  , 

Spring  and  Garden 

Williams  and  Keyes  .  .  .  , 
Washington  and  Meehan  .  . 

Green  and  Hazel , 

Rockview  and  Enfield    .  .   , 
Ashland  and  Prospect  ave.  . 
Albano  and  Corinth  .... 
Oak  and  B.  &  P.  R.R.     .  . 
Wyman  and  Boylston  .  .  .   . 
Sedgwick  and  Newburne  . 
Green  and  Washington  .   . 

From  Brooks 

Cambridge  and  Braintree  . 
From  Linden 


Carried  forward , 


Dor. 


W.R, 


Brl. 


15,933 
151 
258 
485 
821 
168 
175 
217 
142 

81 
213 
263 
392 
207 
356 
356 
237 
469 
335 
123 

60 
164 
452 
107 
252 
314 

88 
120 
348 
301 
274 

78 
153 
329 
117 
188 

24,675 


92  City  Document  No.  118. 

Statement  of  Location,  Size,  etc,  —  Concluded. 


In  what  Street. 


Peaceable  .  . 
Englewood  ave, 
Foster  .... 
Surrey  .... 
Appian  Way  . 
Hichborn  .  . 
Sinclair  court 
Oakland  .  .  . 
Gardner  .  .  . 
La  Rose  place 
Linden .... 

Lindall  ave.    . 
Fenton  court . 


Between  what  Streets. 


Brought  forward 

Winship  and  Rockland 

Chestnut  Hill  and  Roxbury  aves. 
Washington  and  Surrey    .   .  .   . 

Parsons  and  Foster 

Franklin  and  Vernon 

From  North  Beacon 


Washington  and  Faneuil 
Chester  and  Malvern    .   . 

From  Union 

Garden  and  Brighton  ave. 


Total  6-inch  , 


Lindall  park  and  Vernon  .  .   . 
Greenwich  pi.  and  Greenwich 

Total  4.inch 


Bri. 


B.H. 
Dor. 


24,675 
213 
67  T 
116 
458 
122 
713 
240 
158 
200 
185 
176 

27,933 
54 
100 


Eepoet  of  the  Water  Board. 


93 


Statement  of  Liocation,  Size,  and  Number  of  Feet  of  Pipe 
Relaid  and  Abandoned  in  1884. 


In  what  Street. 

Between  what  Streets. 

5 

Length. 

as 

Brookline  ave 

Under  Boston  and  Albany  R.R.  .   . 
Total  40  inch 

B. 

40    . 
12 

112 

112 

297 

"West  Newton 

Sbawmut  ave.  and  Washington  .   . 

B. 

12 

Brookline  ave 

Burlington  and  Boston  and  Albany 
RR 

B  H. 

12 
•     8 

511 

Harrison  ave.  and  Washington    .   . 

B. 

808 

Central  place 

17 

Montana 

From  Georgia 

Atlantic  ave.  and  the  Water  .... 

B.H. 
B. 

6 

128 

145 

T.  Wharf 

615 

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686 

8 

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Humboldt  ave.  and  Tower    .... 

B.H. 

92 

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East  Chester  park  and  Boston  .   .   . 
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B.H. 

6 

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550 

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Repairs  of  Pipes  during  the  Year  18S4. 


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Diameter  of  Pipes  in  Inches. 

48 

40 

36 

1 

1 

30 
3 

1 
4 

20 

13 

5 
12 

30 

16 

2 

2 

12 

14 
5 
2 
8 
5 
3 

37 

10 
1 

1 

8 

1 

1 

2 

. 

4 

6 

46 
14 

1 

10 
1 

1 

73 

4 

61 

7 
1 
1 
3 

1 

74 

3 

7 

1 

4 
1 

13 

2 

9 
2 

1 
12 

47 
47 

5 
5 

1 

14 
3 

3 

20 

S 

12 

1 

1 
14 

i- 

h. 

6 
13 
14 

1 

1 
35 

Total. 

401 
116 
109 
209 
76 
56 
39 

642 

South  Boston 

East  Boston 

Boston  Highlands    .... 

Dorchester 

West  Roxhury 

Brighton 

1 

1 

1 
1 

169 
139 
240 
86 
64 
40 

Totals 

1,006 

1,380 

Of  the  leaks  that  have  occurred  on  pipes  of  4  inches 
and  upwards  :  joints,  146  ;  settling  of  earth,  18  ; 
defective  packing, 2 6  ;  defective  stopcock,  17  ;  de- 
fective pipe,  17  ;  broken  by  B.  &  A.  E.R.  bridge- 


struck  by 


12  ;  settling 
settlin":   of 


builders,    1 ;    by  wharf-builders 
pick,  3  ;  by  frost,  2.     Total 

Stoppages  by  frost 

Of  3-inch  and  on  service-pipes  :  joints 

of  earth,    159  ;  settling  of  wall,    3  .  ^ 

drain,  2  ;  defective  pipe,  265  ;  defective  faucet, 
23 ;  defective  packing,  13  ;  defective  coupling, 
13  ;  struck  by  pick,  34 ;  by  frost,  3  ;  stiff  con- 
nections, 45 ;  by  sewer  diggers,  15 ;  faucet 
pulled  out,  3  ;  gnawed  by  rats,  9.     Total  . 

Stoppages  by  fish,  33  ;  rust,  306;  dirt,  8;  solder 
1 ;  paper,  1  ;  gasket,  2  ;  frost  outside,  99  ;  frost 
inside,  71.     Total 


231 
22 


606 


521 


Total 


1,380 


Eeport  of  the  Water  Board. 


97 


statement  of  Leaks  and  Stoppages  1850-1884. 


DiAMBTER  OF. 

Yeab. 

Four  inches  and 
upwards. 

Less  than  four 
inches. 

Totals. 

1850 

82 

64 

82 

85 

74 

75 

75 

85 

77 

82 

134 

109 

117 

97 

95 

111 

139 

122 

82 

82 

157 

185 

188 

153 

434 

203 

214 

109 

213 

211 

135 

145 

170 

171 

263 

72 
173 
241 

260 

280 

219 

232 

278 

324 

449 

458 

399 

373 

397 

594 

498 

636 

487 

449 

407 

767 

1,380 

1,459 

1,076 

2,120 

725 

734 

801 

1,024 

995 

929 

833 

1,248 

782 

1,127 

104 

1851 

237 

1852  .' 

823 

1853 

345 

1854 

354 

1855 

294 

1856 

307 

1857 

S63 

1858 

401 

1859 

631 

I860 

592 

508 

1862 

490 

494 

1864 

489 

607 

1866 

•676 

609 

1868 

631 

439 

1870 

926 

1,565 

1872 

1,647 
1,229 

1874 

2,554 
929 

1876 

948 

910 

1878 

1,237 

1,206 

1880 

1881 

1,064 

1,028 

1,248 

953 

1882 

1883 

1884 

1,380 

98 


City  Document  JSFo.  118. 


Hydrants. 

During  the  year  171  hydrants  have  been  established,  and 
53  abandoned. 


Boston 

South  Boston  .  . 
East  Boston  .  .  . 
Boston  Highlands 
Dorchester  .  .  . 
West  Roxbury  . 
Brighton     .  .  .  . 


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11 

5 

2 

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20 

3 

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2 

10 

10 

6 

9 

2 

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28 

2 

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6 

4 

12 

16 

31 

9 

7 
8 

3 
3 

6 
3 

47 
23 

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2 

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46 

21 

66 

54 

23 

28 

171 

6 

2 

11 

34 

53 

118 

Total  Number  up  to  May  1,  1885. 


Boston 

South  Boston  .  .  . 
East  Boston  .  .  . 
Boston  Highlands 
Dorchester  .  .  .  . 
"West  Roxbury  .   . 

Brighton 

Deer  Island  .  .  , 
Brookline  .  .  .  . 
Chelsea 


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234 


100 
33 
33 
43 
98 
208 
153 
16 


143 
112 
650 
560 
94 
62 


2,112 


753 

327 

171 

125 

86 

56 

S9 


1,567 


1,386 
S21 
324 
844 
801 
419 
272 
16 


4,598 


104  hydrants  have  been  taken  out  and  replaced  by  new  or 
repaired  ones,  and  164  boxes  have  been  taken  out  and  re- 
placed by  new  ones.  The  hydrants  have  had  the  usual  atten- 
tion paid  them. 


Report  or  the  Water  Board.  99 

Stopcocks. 

173  new  stopcocks  have  been  established  this  year.  117 
boxes  have  been  taken  out  and  replaced  by  new  ones.  The 
stopcocks  have  had  the  proper  attention  paid  them. 

Respectfully, 

E.  R.  JONES, 

Superintendent  Eastern  Division, 


EEPOET  OF  THE  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  THE 
MYSTIC  DEPAETMENT. 


Mystic  Depaetment  Boston  Water- Works, 

CHARLESTOWisr  DISTRICT,  May  1,  1885. 

Hon.    William    A.    Simmons,    Chairman   Boston    Water 
Board :  — 

Sir,  —  The  annual  report  of  this  department  for  the  year 
ending  April  30  is  herewith  submitted  :  — 

Mystic  Lake. 

During  the  past  year  the  water  has  been  abundant  and 
unusually  good. 

The  cleaning  mentioned  in  my  last  report  was  continued 
the  past  season  on  Wedge  pond  and  that  part  of  the  Aba- 
jonah  river  between  the  tracks  of  the  Boston  &  Lowell  R..R. 
The  depth  of  water  was  a  hindrance,  and  on  that  account  we 
were  unable  to  do  all  that  was  intended.  Considerable  work 
was  done  on  that  part  of  the  lake  above  the  old  canal,  and  on 
the  land  owned  by  Mr.  Bacon,  in  blowing  out  the  old  stumps 
that  were  left  when  the  works  were  built.  If  the  state  of  the 
water  will  permit  we  shall  continue  the  work  of  cleaning  this 
season. 

Mystic-valley  Sewer. 

The  sewer  is  in  good  condition,  but  is  now  taxed  to  its 
capacity,  and,  if  the  tanneries  continue  to  increase  their 
business,  will  have  to  be  enlarged. 

The  engine  and  pump  are  badly  worn,  and  will  need  ex- 
tensive repairs  this  summer.  The  boiler  has  been  repaired 
twice  the  past  year,  and  is  liable  to  give  out  at  any  time. 

When  the  works  were  built  the  plant  was  sufficiently  large 
to  take  care  of  the  sewage ;  but,  as  there  is  six  times  the 
amount  running  now,  the  plant  should  be  increased  in  pro- 
portion. 

The  land  at  the  sewer-pump  has  been  graded,  using  the 
sewage  refuse  as  a  fertilizer.  We  raised  a  good  crop  of 
Hungarian  grass  and  yellow  corn  the  last  year,  and,  as  the 


Eepoet  of  the  Water  Board.  101 

land  was  clear  gravel,  it  showed  conclusively  that  the  refuse 
taken  out  by  our  settling-tanks  is  of  value  as  a  fertilizer. 

Conduit. 

The  conduit  is  in  good  condition.  It  has  been  cleaned 
twice  the  past  year,  and  thoroughly  inspected  each  time. 
At  the  fall  cleaning  some  small  patches  of  sponge  were  found, 
which  were  scraped  off  and  thoroughly  scoured.  This  spring 
there  were  no  traces  of  vegetable  growth  discovered. 

Reservoir. 

The  east  basin  was  drawn  off  and  cleaned  last  spring ;  the 
brick  lining  to  the  slope,  with  the  exception  of  a  small  piece,, 
was  found  in  good  condition.  The  necessary  repairs  were- 
made  to  that  portion,  and  the  stone-work  pointed.  We 
found  the  covering  to  the  cement-pipe,  leading  to  the  west 
basin,  in  bad  condition.  The  old  covering  was  cleaned  off,, 
the  iron  thoroughly  scraped,  and  newly  covered  with  cement 
well  worked  on. 

The  banks  were  thoroughly  top-dressed  last  fall,  and  now 
show  the  benefit  of  the  work  done.  The  concrete  walk 
around  the  reservoir  will  have  to  be  resurfaced  this  season, 
and  it  will  be  economy  to  concrete  the  gutters  around  the 
first  slope. 

This  work  can  be  done  after  the  west  basin  has  been 
cleaned  and  pointed.  The  gate-house  has  been  painted 
inside,  and  a  new  set  of  screens  for  the  outlet  pipes  have 
been  made  and  put  in. 

I  again  call  the  attention  of  the  Board  to  the  great  need  of 
a  telephone  at  this  gate-house,  and  recommend  tha-t  it  be  put 
in  immediately. 

Roads  and  Grounds. 

This  part  of  the  works  has  received  the  usual  attention. 
The  grass  shows  the  effect  of  top-dressing. 

The  roads  around  the  works  are  in  poor  condition,  having 
been  made  with  clay  and  loose  gravel.  In  wet  weather  they 
are  mud ;  in  dry,  dust,  I  would  recommend  that  a  stone- 
crusher  be  purchased  for  this  department,  and  the  roads  be  re- 
built. The  railroad  track  has  been  straightened,  and  the  wail 
built  on  the  east  side.  A  foundation  has  been  built  for  a  new 
shed  for  the  storage  of  carts  and  tools  which  should  be  built 
this  season. 

I  would  also  recommend  that  the  house  at  the  lake  be 
clapboarded  this  season. 


102  City  Document  No.  118. 


Pumping  Service. 

This  department  is  in  good  condition,  though,  like  all 
works  of  the  kind,  it  needs  constant  care  and  repairs  to  keep 
it  in  working  order. 

No.  3  pump  will  have  to  be  thoroughly  overhauled  this 
season.  Since  my  last  report  the  new  boilers  have  been 
finished,  and  are  now  in  use,  showing  a  saving  in  fuel  over 
the  old  ones.  The  partial  repairs  on  the  engine-house,  men- 
tioned in  my  last  report,  have  been  done,  and  the  work  should 
be  continued  this  year. 

I  would  recommend  the  purchase  of  a  gas-machine  to  light 
the  engine-house.  At  present  it  is  poorly  lighted,  and  hardly 
safe. 


DiSTEIBUTION-PlPES . 

These  pipes  have  been  extended  by  the  addition  of  211  feet 
6-inch  and  90  feet  4-inch  pipe.  There  have  been  5,455  feet 
of  cement  pipe  replaced  with  cast-iron.  There  have  been  78 
leaks  the  past  year.  The  annexed  tables  show  the  amount 
of  work  performed  in  this  branch. 


Hydeants  and  Gates. 

3  new  Lowry  hydrants  have  been  placed  by  this  depart- 
ment the  past  year. 

12  old  Lowry  and  1  post  have  been  taken  out  and  replaced 
with  new. 

17  rotten  hydrant-boxes  have  been  replaced. 

There  have  been  added  9  new  gates,  7  4-inch  and  2  6-inch, 
the  past  year. 

49  rotten  gate-boxes  have  been  renewed. 


Service-Pipes  and  Boxes. 

54  new  services  have  been  laid  in  this  district  the  past 
year.  There  has  been  repaired  and  relaid  197,  in  which 
there  was  used  1,561  feet  of  lead  pipe. 

61  were  alterations  of  tin-lined ;  35  leaks  ;  38  stoppages  by 
eels ;  6  by  rust,  and  57  frozen. 

525  wooden  service-boxes  were  replaced  by  iron,  and  2 
fire-pipes  were  put  in. 


Report  or  the  Water  Board. 


103 


New  Services. 


Size. 

I  of  an  inch. 

%  of  an  inch. 

2.inch. 

Total  number. 

Total  feet. 

Number 

50 

2 

2 

54 

1,317 

Summary  of  Services  connected  with  the  WorTcs,  May  1,  1885. 


Charlestown. 

Somerville. 

Chelsea. 

Everett. 

Totals. 

Services 

Feet 

5,595  ' 
149,908 

4,046 
132,788 

4,456 
120,600 

842 
18,978 

14,939 
422,274 

422,274  feet,  or  79  mile,  5,154  feet. 
Breaks  and  Leaks  on  Distribution-Pipe. 


Size  of  Pipe. 

16 

12 

10 

8 

6 

4 

3 

2 

Total. 

1 

1 

3 
3 
4 

27 

29 

15 

3 

14 
83 
20 
4 

46 

65 

8 

1 

4 

51 

8 

Totals 

1 

1 

9 

10 

74 

71 

4 

170 

Extension  of  Distribution- Pipe, 


Location. 


Ham's  Court  .... 
Frothingham  avenue 
Cordis-et.  avenue  .  . 
Waterman's  wharf  . 

Somerville 

Chelsea     

Everett 


Totals 


SiZK   OF  PiPB. 


4-inch. 


24 


175 

12 

1,913 

857 
455 

3,436 


35 
3,703 
2,837 
1,225 

7,855 


Total  feet. 


24 

48 

181 

48 

5,616 

3,694 

1,680 

11,291 


104 


City  Document  No.  118. 


Distribution-Pipe  Relaid. 


Location. 

Original 
Size. 

4-inch. 

e-inch. 

S-lnch. 
Feet. 

16-inch. 

Inches. 

Feet. 

Feet. 

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84 
108 

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564 

60 
192 
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1,800 

570 

60 

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2,602 
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1,146 

2,118 

1,752 

5,232 

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Report  of  the  Water  Board.  107 

Connected  with  the  works  are  the  necessary  tools,  horses, 
and  wagons  to  do  the  work,  all  of  which  are  in  good 
condition. 

Yours,  respectfully, 

J.  HENEY  BROWN, 

Superintendent. 


KEPORT  OF  THE  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  THE 
METER  DIVISION. 


Meter  Division,  221  Federal  st., 

Boston,  May  15,  1885. 

Hon.  W.  a.  Simmons,  Chairman  Boston  Water  Board: — 

Sir,  —  The  annual  report  of  Superintendent  of  Meter 
Division  for  tlie  year  ending  April  30,  1885,  is  herewith 
submitted. 

The  total  number  of  meters  in  the  Cochituate  Department, 
doing  duty  at  the  commencement  of  the  year,  was  2,653. 

There  have  since  been  applied  1,841,  and  in  the  same  time 
102  have  been  discontinued,  making  a  total  in  this  branch,  at 
the  present  time,  of  4,302. 

In  the  Mystic  Department  the  year  commenced  with  496 
meters  doing  duty.  There  have  since  been  applied  114,  and 
during  the  same  time  44  have  been  discontinued,  making 
the  total  number  in  this  branch  567,  and  the  total  number  in 
the  whole  works  4,959. 

Accompanying  this  report  is  furnished,  in  tabular  form,  the 
different  sizes  and  styles  of  all  the  meters  in  use  at  date  :  — 


Summary  of  Meters  connected  with  the  Works  April  30,  18S5. 


Sttlb. 

6-incli. 

4-inch. 

3-inoh. 

2-inch. 

It  inch. 

l-inch. 

J-inch. 

1-inch. 

.  f  Worthington  .  . 

.... 

6 

10 

67 

16 

409 

445 

1     Crown 

1 

5 

16 

20 

25 

110 

48 

851 

89 
3 

74 

2,248 
57 

13 

Worthington  .  . 

7 

2 

40 

5 

93 

6 

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2 

6 

2 

8 

2 

13 

48 

65 

^1 

Tremont .... 

13 

119 

3 

5 

2 

1 

8 

24 

83 

140 

48 

721 

2,522 

1,468 

Report  of  the  Water  Board.  10 9* 

During  the  year  41  meters  have  been  condemned  as  use- 
less (worn  out  in  service). 

These  were  of  the  Worthington  pattern,  and  were  of  the 
older  numbers  in  use  in  the  works,  having  done  a  duty  of 
200,000  cubic  feet  and  upwards. 

In  the  wear  of  these  I  have  especially  noticed  that  those 
from  the  northern  sections  of  the  city  are  much  more  scarred, 
and  show  a  destroying  substance  to  contend  with  that  is  not 
apparent  in  those  removed  from  other  localities. 

This  destroying  agency  is  manifest  in  the  scouring  process 
to  which  they  give  evidence  of  having  been  subjected, 
proving,  in  many  cases,  to  have  been  very  destructive. 

Owing  to  the  continued  extreme  cold  of  the  past  winter 
77  meters  were  frozen,  fully  33  per  cent,  of  which  were 
located  in  street-boxes  placed  4^  to  5  feet  below  the  surface, 
while  the  balance  were  located  in  the  most  available  places 
in  buildings, — generally  the  cellars,  —  carefully  packed 
with  hay  for  protection  from  frost. 

In  all  cases  where  these  were  frozen  some  portion  of  the 
service-pipe  was  exposed  ;  this  exposed  part  was  first  af- 
fected ;  the  ice,  once  formed  in  the  pipes,  naturally  and 
quickly  extends  along  the  services,  and  soon  comes  in  con- 
tact with  the  meter. 

The  effect  is  to  disable  if  not  entirely  destroy  it.  In  my 
opinion  the  packing  of  meters  for  protection,  where  any 
portion  of  the  service-pipes  are  exposed  to  frost,  is  of  little 
or  no  account,  and  until  consumers  are  made  to  realize  the 
necessity  of  properly  protecting  their  fixtures  from  frost  the 
city  will  suffer. 

It  has  been  the  custom  to  let  the  water  run  to  waste  in 
extreme  cold  weather,  thereby  keeping  a  circulation  to  pre- 
vent freezing. 

The  application  of  meters  somewhat  interferes  with  this 
arrangement,  at  first  causing  a  vigorous  and  determined  op- 
position, manifested  very  impressively  to  the  employes  of 
the  department  while  performing  their  legitimate  duties, 
more  especially  in  localities  where  a  lesser  degree  of  intel- 
ligence may  be  looked  for. 

Seventy-five  decayed  street-boxes  have  been  replaced  with 
new  ones,  and  27  have  been  repaired. 

For  the  safety  of  the  community  these  require  constant 
and  careful  attention. 

There  are  also  in  connection  with  the  works,  and  under 
the  supervision  of  this  department,  234  elevators,  having 
supply-pipes  varying  from  2  to  6  inches  in  diameter. 

Six  of  these  have  meters  attached ;  228  are  operated  with 
cord  and  pulley,  or  ratchet,  according  to  style,  and  are  sup- 


110  City  Document  No.  118. 

plied  with  one  to  four  indicators  each.  These  attachments 
are  adjusted  by  actual  measurement,  and  record  the  con- 
sumption comparatively  correct,  and  might  be  considered 
reliable,  provided  they  were  not  so  liable  to  disarrangement, 
either  by  carelessness  or  accident ;  this  cord  is  easily  dis- 
placed or  broken,  and  I  am  of  the  opinion  that  the  city  is 
not  properly  protected  by  such  arrangements,  and  I  most 
respectfully  recommend  to  the  consideration  of  the  Board  the 
application  of  meters,  at  the  expense  of  applicants,  to  all 
elevator-pipes  hereafter  granted. 

In  addition  to  the  above,  there  are  in  the  Cochituate  works 
40  motors  with  indicators  attached,  and  in  the  Mystic  De- 
partment 4,  making  44  in  the  whole  works.  These  motors 
are  generally  of  one  style,  viz.,  Boston  Motor  Company's 
make,  and  are  owned  privately  by  the  parties  using  them, 
they  having  been  proved  and  accepted  by  the  department. 

Alterations  made  last  season  in  the  |-inch  Tremont  meter 
proved,  after  trial,  unsatisfactory,  and  they  are  at  the  present 
time  being  removed. 

The  trouble  being  in  the  mechanical  construction,  this  has 
caused  delay  in  the  work  of  the  departmen,  and  annoyance 
to  the  consumers  who  were  unfortunately  brought  in  contact 
with  them. 

Beside  the  substituting  of  these  rejected  ones  with  perfect 
machines,  the  contracting  parties  assume  the  expense  of  re- 
locating all  such,  thus  relieving  the  city  of  all  extra  outlay 
occasioned  thereby. 

There  have  been  purchased  during  the  year  2,818  |-inch, 
and  281  1-inch  Tremont  meters,  and,  adding  882  previously 
purchased,  makes  the  total  3,981,  distributed  as  follows  :  — 

Placed  in  service.         ......  2,479 

On  hand  in  stock  .......  345 

Obsolete 87 

At  factory  for  alterations      .....  1,070 

43  Crown  meters  have  been  purchased,  viz.  :  3  6-inch,  4 
4-inch,  2  3-inch,  13  2-inch,  9  l|-inch,  6  1-inch,  and  6  |- 
inch. 

The  6  l^-inch  were  disposed  of  to  consumers  for  private 
use,  they  reimbursing  the  city  for  the  same,  and  becoming 
owners  thereof.  The  others  have  been  placed  in  service,  with 
the  exception  of  1  4-inch,  2  2-inch,  and  1  1-inch,  which  are 
still  retained  in  stock. 

98  Crowns,  of  different  sizes,  have  been  repaired,  at  an 
outlay  of  $643.72. 


Eepoet  of  the  Watee  Board.  Ill 

Eepairs  of  this  style  of  meter  incur  the  extra  expense  of 
transportation  to  and  from  New  York. 

53  Worthingtons  have  been  purchased,  viz.  :  2  4-inch,  15 
2-inch,  17  1^-inch,  18  1-inch,  and  1  |-inch,  and  they  have 
all  been  put  in  service  excepting  2  2-inch,  which  still  remain 
in  stock. 

The  repairs  of  this  class  are  almost  entirely  done  in  the 
department,  and  charged  to  maintenance. 
Eespectfully  submitted, 

HIRAM  CUTTS, 
iSuperintendent  Meter  Dept. 


EEPOET  or  THE  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  THE 
INSPECTION  AND  WASTE  DIVISION. 


Division  of  Inspection  and  Waste, 

City  Hall,  Boston,  May  1,  1885. 

"William    A.    Simmons,   Esq.,     Chairman    Boston     Water 
Board :  — 

Sir,  —  In  compliance  with  the  order  of  the  Board  I  here- 
with respectfully  submit  the  report  of  the  work  of  this 
division  for  the  year  from  May  1,  1884,  to  May  1,  1885. 

At  the  date  of  my  last  annual  report  (May  1,  1884) 
nearly  half  of  the  general  house-to-house  inspection  in  the 
Cochituate  Department,  for  assessing  the  revenue  of  the 
present  year,  had  been  done.  The  entire  inspection,  with  the 
exception  of  premises  classed  as  "buildings"  and  "model 
houses,"  on  which  special  examinations  were  to  be  made  later 
in  the  year,  was  completed  early  in  June,  when  the  inspectors 
were  sent  to  their  various  districts  to  check  waste,  and  see 
that  the  hose  regulations  of  the  Board  were  enforced. 
Three  of  the  divisions,  viz.,  1,  3,  and  4,  were  subsequently 
specially  detailed  for  hose  and  waste  service,  their  working 
hours  being  changed  to  from  1  o'clock  P.M.  to  8  o'clock 
P.M.  ;  the  evening  being  the  principal  time  at  which  viola- 
tions of  hose  regulations  occur.  The  result  of  this  arrange- 
ment was  that  a  large  number  of  persons  were  found  illegally 
using  hose,  not  having  paid  for  the  privilege,  while  others 
were  violating  the  regulations  in  using  it  during  prohibited 
hours  ;  fines  were  inflicted  on  some,  others  being  compelled 
to  take  out  the  necessary  license  from  the  water-registrars. 

In  the  beginning  of  June,  some  additional  inspectors  having 
been  appointed,  a  division  was  formed  called  "  The  Deacon 
Division,"  to  check  the  waste  indicated  by  the  Deacon  meters. 
This  division  attended  exclusively  to  this  service  until  the  end 
of  December,  when  the  meters  were  removed  on  account  of 
the  freezing  of  the  ground. 

On  July  28  all  of  the  inspectors  were  placed  on  Deacon 
waste  service  until  the  end  of  the  second  week  of  August, 
when  Division  1  was  sent  to  the  Mystic  Department  to  make 
the  inspection  for  revenue  (January  bills)  in  Charlestown 


Keport  of  the  Water  Board.  113 

and  Somerville.  Division  3  was  then  detailed  to  inspect 
special  business  buildings,  which,  on  account  of  the  frequent 
changes  in  occupancy,  water-fixtures,  etc.,  it  is  not  deemed 
advisable  to  take  earlier  in  the  year.  Division  4  was  at  the 
same  time  placed  inspecting  model  houses  for  which  special 
rates  are  charged. 

As  we  proceed  with  our  examinations  of  the  water-fixtures 
in  dwelling-houses,  I  find  that  a  great  many  of  the  sources  of 
waste  in  past  years  are  gradually  ceasing  to  exist ;  for  ex- 
ample, persons  who  habitually  left  open  the  valves  of 
water-closets  to  flush  out  the  soil-pipes  have  generally  ceased 
doing  so,  as  an  inspector  is  liable  at  any  time  to  call  and  find 
the  water  wasting,  in  which  case  the  premises  are  fined  $2 
for  each  ofl'ence.  Again,  where  old,  leaky  fixtures  existed  for 
years,  new  ones  have  been  put  in,  or  proper  repairs  made ; 
the  inspection  visits  to  examine  the  fixtures  being  anticipated, 
the  plumber  is  frequently  sent  for  before  such  occurs. 

A  large  percentage  of  the  waste  that  in  former  years  raised 
the  consumption  to  over  100  gallons  per  head  of  the  popula- 
tion, I  consider,  from  the  results  of  the  past  two  years,  must 
have  occurred  from  bursts  in  street-mains  and  service-pipes 
before  reaching  their  source  of  supply.  During  the  year 
covered  by  this  report  I  have  notified  the  service  division  of 
the  Cochituate  Department  of  over  200  bursts  in  street  mains 
and  pipes ;  also,  of  a  large  number  of  public  fountains  and 
hydrants  found  wasting  water;  the  necessary  repairs  were 
made  in  each  case. 

The  work  of  this  division  in  checking  waste  and  cutting 
down  the  supply  will  be  readily  seen  by  the  following  table, 
which  gives,  by  way  of  comparison,  the  consumption  for 
each  month  for  a  year  before  the  house-to-house  inspection 
began,  with  the  corresponding  figures  for  each  month  since 
that  time.  The  increase  in  the  consumption  for  the  first 
three  months  of  the  present  year  is  accounted  for  by  the 
fact  that  it  was  an  exceptionally  cold  season,  in  consequence 
of  which  faucets  in  nearly  all  parts  of  the  city  were  left  open 
to  prevent  freezing  :  — 


114 


City  Document  No.  118. 


CocHiTUATE   Department. 


Consumption  in  Q-allons. 


The  year  before  Inspection. 


J  anuary  . 
February  . 
March  .  . 
April  .  .  . 
May  .  .  . 
June  .  .  . 
July  .  .  . 
August .  . 
September 
October.  . 
November 
December 


31,691,600 
31,563,800 
31,318,700 
32,352,800 


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34,715,500 
32,690,700 
34,110,700 
30,617,600 
32,169,500 
33,419,200 
36,774,000 
37,141,000 


Since  Inspection  began. 


1SS3.  1S84.  1S85 


33,645,600 
29,575,800 
28,839,300 
30,174,200 


32,162,300 
24,598,000 
21,862,600 
21,460,700 
23,708,500 
26,184,600 
25,409,000 
25,065,200 
26,389,500 
25,022,850 
22,954,250 
24,234,800 


26,711,900 
31,847,400 
27,697,200 
22,720,450 


The  saving  for  the  entire  year,  1884,  as  compared  with 
the  consumption  of  the  year  before  inspection,  averaged  per 
day  8,292,742  gallons  in  the  Cochituate  Department.  The 
daily  average  consumption  the  year  before  inspection  was 
33,213,758,  while  for  1884  it  was  but  24,921,016. 

In  the  Mystic  Division  a  considerable  saving  in  the  con- 
sumption was  effected  during  the  year  through  checking 
waste ;  but,  owing  to  the  imperfect  condition  of  the  street 
mains  in  Somerville  and  Chelsea,  it  bears  no  comparison  to 
that  effected  in  the  Cochituate  Division. 

After  the  Deacon  service  was  discontinued  for  the  year,  in 
conformity  with  the  order  of  the  Board,  the  Inspectors  were, 
each  in  turn,  beginning  January  1,  suspended,  with  loss  of 
pay,  for  twenty  days  ;  these  suspensions  ended  April  24,  when 
all  the  inspectors  were  again  at  work. 

The  work  of  the  present  year  was  opened  with  the  service 
of, the  January  bills  for  the  Water-Kegistrars.  In  the  Co- 
chituate Department,  37,557  bills,  and  in  the  Mystic  Depart- 
ment for  Somerville  and  Charlestown,  9,281  bills,  were 
delivered ;  this  work  was  completed  in  eleven  days. 

The  house-to-house  inspection,  at  present.in  progress  for  the 
revenue  of  next  year,  was  begun  January  12  ;  it  is,  at  the 


Eeport  of  the  Water  Board.  115 

time  of  writing  (May  22) ,  more  than  half  done.  The  entire 
of  the  inspection-books  for  South  Boston  have  been  passed 
to  Water-Registrar  Davis,  and  a  large  part  of  the  result  of 
the  inspection  throughout  the  city  is  ready  for  delivery  to 
him.  The  inspection  for  Registrar  Caldwell,  of  Chelsea, 
Everett,  and  Revere  —  for  his  July  bills — will,  I  expect,  be 
ready  in  a  few  days. 

A  large  number  of  inaccuracies  existed  in  the  returns  of  rate- 
able fixtures  sent  to  the  Water-Registrars  in  the  last  inspec- 
tion ;  this  resulted  from  not  having  in  my  possession  accu- 
rate returns  of  previous  inspections,  and  consequently  being 
unable  to  compare  the  returns,  as  they  came  in,  with  those  of 
former  inspections.  To  obviate  this,  and  give  to  Registrar 
Davis  this  year,  a  perfect  account  of  all  taxable  water-fixtures  in 
the  Cochituate  Department,  I,  with  the  consent  of  the  Board, 
detailed  two  inspectors  to  compare  the  present  with  last  year's 
return ;  where  discrepancies  were  found,  I  placed  four  of  the 
most  reliable  inspectors  on  the  vyork  of  verification,  their 
duty  being  to  visit  the  premises,  examine  the  fixtures,  and 
bring  in  correct  reports  of  what  they  found.  Some  thousands 
of  errors  were  discovered  and  corrected,  the  result  of  this 
will  be  that  the  inspection  on  which  the  Division  is  at  present 
engaged,  will  be  the  only  thoroughly  accurate  and  reliable 
one  ever  made.  I  expect  to  complete  the  inspection  of  the 
Cochituate  Department  early  in  July. 

On  February  17  I  received  a  communication  from  the 
Water  Board  stating  that  "  the  Board  of  Health  desire  to  be 
informed  of  the  number  of  privy-vaults  and  wells,  whether 
used  or  not,  within  the  city,"  and  instructing  me  to  obtain 
the  information,  and  transmit  the  same  to  the  Board  of 
Health.  I  was  further  instructed  by  the  Water  Board  to  call 
on  the  members  of  the  Board  of  Health,  and  ascertain  if  they 
needed  any  additional  information  that  this  division  could  fur- 
nish, I  did  so  with  the  result  that  immediately  afterwards  I 
had  printed  in  schedule  form  a  return  to  be  filled  up  by  each 
inspector,  giving  the  following  information  of  all  privy-vaults 
and  wells  within  the  limits  of  the  City  of  Boston,  viz.  :  — 
Of  vaults  —  the  "  street  and  number;  if  in  use,  condition, 
whether  broken,  if  full,  etc.  ;  and  of  wells  — their  number, 
if  in  use,  etc."  I  have  thus  far  transmitted  to  the  Board  of 
Health  returns  of  3,533  vaults,  and  of  200  wells,  with  their 
condition  as  stated  above.  In  addition  to  the  foregoing,  I 
was  requested  by  the  Board  of  Health  to  give  them  an  ap- 
proximation, from  any  source  which  I  then  had  in  hand,  of 
the  number  of  privy-vaults  within  the  city  limits  ;  the  fol- 
lowing copy  of  a  letter  which  I  wrote  them  explains  my 
action  in  reference  :  — 


116 


City  Document  No.  118. 


"Inspection  and  Waste  Division. 

Water  Department,  March  7,  1885. 

Samuel  H.  Durgin,  Esq.,M.D., 

Chairman,  Board  of  Health:  — 

Dear  Sir,  —  In  conformity  with  instructions  received  from 
the  Water  Board,  February  17,  I  herewith  send  you  re- 
turns of  vaults  and  wells  taken  by  the  inspectors  of  this 
division  since  that  date,  and  which  I  shall  continue  to  furnish 
you  with  during  the  progress  of  the  present  inspection. 
Below  you  will  find  an  approximation  of  the  number  of 
privy-vaults  in  the  various  districts  within  the  limits  of  the 
City  of  Boston,  asked  for  by  your  Board  in  our  recent  inter- 
view. 

Eespectfully  yours, 

D.  B.  CASHMAN, 

Superintendent. 


South  Boston    . 

.     2,082 

City  Proper 

.     2,874 

Boston  Highlands 

.     1,314 

Dorchester  District   . 

.     1,114 

Brighton  District 

880 

East  Boston 

.     1,682 

Charlestown  District 

.     1,545 

11,491" 


I  consider  that  there  is  a  marked  improvement  in  the  dis- 
cipline and  efficiency  of  the  Division.  Only  a  few  trivial 
reports  were  received  from  citizens  during  the  past  year  of 
any  impropriety  on  the  part  of  inspectors,  and  on  investiga- 
tion they  proved  groundless  ;  no  serious  complaint  has  been 
made  against  any  of  the  men. 

Refusals  to  admit  the  Inspectors  into  dwelling-houses  for 
purposes  of  inspection  are  now  very  rare,  although  they 
were  quite  frequent  in  the  earlier  days  of  house-to-house 
inspection. 

Metered  premises  are  examined  for  waste  the  same  as 
those  not  metered.  In  cases  where  waste  is  found  to  exist, 
the  persons  interested  are  orally  notified ;  no  notice  to  repair 
is  served.  By  this  course  we  frequently  save  such  persons 
considerable  expense,  as  otherwise  they  would  have  to  pay 
for  the  water  received  through  the  meter,  whether  used  or 
wasted. 


Eepoet  of  the  Water  Board.  117 


Schedules  of  the  Work  Performed  by  each  Inspector. 

In  the  following  schedules  the  work  performed  by  each 
Inspector  for  the  year  will  be  found.  It  is  but  just,  however, 
to  remark,  that,  in  some  cases  where  the  figures  do  not  seem 
to  give  large  results,  the  work  done  was  of  an  intricate  and 
important  kind,  that  required  time  and  care,  hence,  the 
figures  do  not  in  all  cases  give  the  value  of  the  work  done. 


INSPECTION  OF  1884, 


CocHiTUATE  Department. 

The  following  tables  give  the  work  of  each  Inspector  from 
May  1,  1884,  to  the  end  of  the  house-to-house  inspection 
then  in  progress  (June  6,  1844)  :  — 

Division  1, — James  H.  McGuire,  Chief  Inspector. 


Inspkctoks. 


Bacharach,  Solomon  , 

Dunn,  Jno.  J 

Finnegan,D.  A.  .   .  . 

Furlong,  L.  P 

HasBett,  J.  B 

McAuliffe,  J.  J.  .  ,   . 

Quigley,  J.  L 

Boss,  George  F. .  .  . 
Toland,  Jos.  H.  .  .   . 


Total , 


1884. 
May  19. 

1884 
Jan.  14. 


1883. 
July  16. 


1884. 

Jan.  1. 

1883. 

July  16. 


a  5 


Eft 


251 
494 
721 
418 
478 
272 
404 
723 
266 

4,027 


Defective  Fixtures. 


•43  S 
O  P< 

«  ■ 


5  5 


Wilful 
Waste 
Reports. 


Hose 
Reports. 


-*. 


Keport  of  the  Water  Board. 


119 


Division  2. — John  B.  Maguire,  Chief  Inspector, 


a 

c   . 
M  a> 
K  3 

Defective  Fixtures. 

Wilful 
Waste 
Reports. 

Hose 
Reports. 

1 

00    S 

11 

Inspectors, 

a 
t 
< 

S 

o    . 

^1 

CO  M 

1-3 
o  ft 

6 

1! 

:£.2 

=  "21^ 

^   . 
r'  ^ 

13 
0) 

o 

ft 

s 

M 

a 

fi 

!? 

^ 

« 

tL, 

rt 

fe 

M 

f=^ 

1884. 

Connolly  Jno.  A.    .  .   . 

Jan.  1. 

1883. 

582 

8 

11 

4 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Corbett,  Jno.  J 

July  16. 

105 

5 

5 

6 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Daly,  Jas.  F 

Aug.  18. 

511 

1 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

20 

10 

Desmond,  Jno.  F.  .   .   . 

July  16. 

517 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Haley,  Jno.  A 

" 

395 

13 

13 

7 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

McNamara,  Jno.     .   .   . 

1884. 

591 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

McCarthy,  T.,  Jr.  .   .   . 

Jan.  14. 

596 

4 

4 

5 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Rosnosky,  Raphael    .  . 

May  19. 
1883. 

180 

6 

6 

4 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Sweeney,  C.  F 

July  16. 

539 

1 

1 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Total      

4,016 

38 

41 

26 

0 

0 

0 

20 

10 

120 


City  Document  No.  118. 


Division  3.  — William  P.  Caeroll,  Chief  Inspector. 


Inspectors. 


Butler,  Wm.  F.  . 
Corbett,  Jno.  J.  . 
Cassidy,  M.  F.  J. 
Leahan,  Jno.  W. 
Maguire,  R.  E.  . 
McKetina,  B.  F.  . 
Quigley,  J.  J.  .  . 
Ready,  Edward  . 
Smith,  P.  J. .  .   . 


Total 


1883. 
July  16. 


1884. 
May  19. 

1883. 
July  16. 

1884. 
Jan.  14. 

1883. 
July  16. 


1884. 
Jan.  1. 


=  03 


385 
248 
486 
401 
494 
613 
565 
81 
635 

3,708 


Defective  Fixtures. 


a)  0) 


72 


«S 


74 


123 


3  3  a 


Wilful 
Waste 
Reports. 


Hose 

Reports 


Eepoet  of  the  Watee  Board. 


121 


Division  4.  —  James  J.  Strange,  Chief  Inspector. 


1 

a 

£  > 

Defective 

Fixtures. 

Wilful 
M'aste 
Reports. 

Hose 
Reports. 

i(S 

m 

n 

Inspectors. 

O 

< 
O 

3 

(D    O 

r 

.2 

1| 

■.a  a 

1" 

o 

Cm 

1883. 

Cullen,  Jno.  F 

July  16. 

268 

3 

3 

6 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Edmonds,  Michael     .  . 

IC 

159 

1 

1 

6 

3 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Kilduff,  William    ,  .  . 

" 

592 

6 

6 

10 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Murray,  Thomas  F.  •   . 

<l 

585 

5 

5 

14 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Murray,  Richard  J.   .    . 

1884. 

579 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Marphy,  Jno.  J 

Jan.  14. 

488 

11 

14 

22 

4 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Neagle,  Joseph  B.  .  .   . 

" 

220 

1 

1 

6 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Wood,  Walter  B.   .   .  . 

" 

519 

17 

17 

18 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Total 

3,410 

44 

47 

82 

7 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Summary  of  the  Part  of  the  Insjpection  of  1884  comprised 
in  the  foregoing  Schedules :  — 


Defective  Fixtures, 

Wilful 
Waste 
Reports. 

Hose 
Reports. 

a| 

9t^ 

IE 

Ol 

Division. 

<Ot3 

oS 

^^ 

o  a 

1 

ca 

:Sa 

a;  ,o  *S 

0) 

5?o 

1 

^§ 
Qm 

Pi  . 

II 

ll 

^ 

fe 

« 

E 

rt 

f=( 

rt 

fe 

One 

4,027 

4 

5 

7 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Two 

4,016 
3,708 
3,410 

38 

72 
44 

41 
74 
47 

26 

123 

82 

0 
0 

0 
0 
0 

0 
0 
0 

20 
0 
0 

20 

10 

Three 

0 

0 

Total 

15,161 

158 

167 

238 

7 

0 

0 

10 

122 


City  Document  No.  118. 


Deacon  Service. 

The  following  tables  give  the  work  of  each  Inspector,  in 
checking  waste,  from  the  time  of  districting  the  men,  Jane  7, 
1884,  to  the  end  of  the  year  :  — 

Division  2.  — James  H.  McGuire,  Chief  Inspector. 


• 

Wilful 

, 

Defective  Fixtures. 

Waste 

Hose 
Reports. 

a 

Rep 

orts. 
'6 

-r) 

V, 

INSPBCTOBS. 

a 
'o 

11 

« 
2 

3 

o 

m'3 

1 

3 

-a 
> 

3 
1 

ft 

< 

o 

o 

■s. 

v3  a 

^ 

O 

P5 

J 

O 

^ 

^1 

63 -o 

Ji 

Et3 

^^ 

u 

^ 

h 

O 

n 

i&- 

P 

«  a 
■■fr 

So 
.9'S 

P^ 

a 

a 

(U 

Q 

"A 

"A 

!z; 

« 

fe 

M 

fe 

« 

lit; 

1884. 

Dunn,  John  J.  .  .   . 

Jan.  14. 

.   , 

3,237 

370 

370 

332 

4 

1 

1 

11 

8 

1883. 

Desmond,  John  F.  . 

July  16. 
1884. 

2,940 

245 

244 

320 

10 

1 

1 

1 

0 

Finnegan,  Daniel  A. 

Jan.  14. 

1883. 

3,609 

394 

390 

468 

12 

0 

0 

3 

0 

Furlong,  L.  P.   .   .  . 

July  16. 

288 

20 

20 

30 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Murray,  T.  F.    ... 

1884. 

614 

83 

83 

32 

11 

1 

1 

2 

2 

MoKenna,  B.  F.    .   . 

Jan.  14. 

231 

45 

45 

43 

3 

0 

0 

0 

0 

MoCormack,  D.  .  .  . 

July  9. 
1883. 

2,888 

152 

152 

227 

0 

1 

1 

1 

0 

Ross,  George  F.    .   . 

July  16. 

1884. 

3,848 

256 

254 

255 

4 

12 

12 

10 

6 

Eosnosky,  Raphael . 

May  19. 
1883. 

3,810 

479 

481 

448 

7 

4 

4 

1 

0 

Toland,  Jos.  H.  .   .  . 

July  16. 

2,950 

69 

68 

48 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Total 

24,415 

2,113 

2,107 

2,203 

51 

20 

20 

29 

16 

Report  of  the  Water  Board. 


123 


Division  3.  — James  J.  Strange,  Chief  Inspector. 


Defective  Fixtures. 

Wilful 
Waste 

Hose 

a 

a 

Reports. 

Reports. 

ct 

g  3 

13 

•B 

Inspbctobs. 

* 

a 

a 
'o 

fu 

<        ■ 

1 

U 

a 
.2 
« 
a 

a  6 

«T3 

is 

M    * 
^   ft 

S  2 
•la 

•i 

> 

"a 
1 

t4 

I 

M 

O 
1 

> 

1 

i 

M 
O 
1 

1 

r^ 

as. 

p  So 

1"- 

O.rt 

=$  a 

So 

o 

o 

p 

« 

"A 

% 

15 

P5 

fa 

« 

^ 

tf 

s 

1884. 

Bacharach,  Solomon . 

May  19. 

1884. 

49 

1,946 

384 

382 

358 

6 

8 

8 

18 

5 

Berran,  Joseph  .  ,   . 

July  9. 
1883. 

110 

1,754 

411 

401 

481 

13 

6 

6 

0 

0 

Edmonds,  Michael   . 

July  16. 

82 

1,419 

203 

201 

208 

9 

0 

0 

23 

IS 

Kilduff,  William  .   . 

1884. 

30 

2,277 

231 

228 

243 

2 

0 

0 

5 

2 

McKenna,  B.  F.    .   . 

Jan.  14. 
1883. 

0 

1,781 

188 

187 

160 

5 

0 

0 

6 

2 

Maguire,  R.  E.  .  .  . 

July  16. 

1884. 

24 

1,569 

160 

160 

167 

2 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Smith,  P.J 

Jan.  1. 

26 

2,383 

852 

852 

879 

40 

10 
24 

7 
21 

0 
52 

0 

Total 

321 

13,129 

2,429 

2,411 

2,496 

77 

21 

Division  4.  —  William  P.  Carroll,  Chief  Inspector. 


4A 

a 

a 
1 

a, 
< 

1 

a 

m  p 

aS 

o  > 

11 

!2; 

£^ 

u 

<tH     O 

o  « 

-a 

ai 

Defective  Fixtures. 

Wilful 

Waste 

Reports. 

Hose 
Reports 

Inspbctobs. 

i, 

t. 
o 

ft 

(S-d 

•s 

ft 
« 
P3 

2   . 

•11 

a 
o 

•J3 
P 

Si 
SI 

g  " 

•2  a 
^^ 
fa 

-d 
-> 
'S 

1 

o 

ft 

P3 

13 

p 

M 
01 

p 

fa 

■6 

> 
'S 
o 

& 

u 
o 

ft 

12 
3 
9 
13 
11 
13 

61 

V 

t— 1 

o 

•1 
o 

s 

fa 

Corbett,  John  J.  .  . 
Foye,  John  E.    .  .  . 
Leahan,  John  W.     . 
Murphy,  John  J.  .  . 
Quigley,  John  J.  .  . 
Woods,  Walter  B.    . 

1883.     , 
July  16. 

1884. 
July  7. 

May  19. 

Jan.  14. 

1883. 
July  16. 

1884. 
Jan.  14. 

10 
0 

26 
0 

12 

24 

2,777 
0 
2,474 
2,729 
2,594 
2,572 

312 
0 
302 
400 
120 
362 

312 
0 
301 
398 
120 
361 

353 
0 
323 
441 
87 
396 

3 

0 
5 
5 
0 
6 

2 
0 
0 
4 
5 
1 

2 
0 
0 
4 
5 
1 

5 
2 
S 
10 
4 
5 

Total 

72 

13,146 

1,496 

1,492 

1,600 

19 

12 

12 

?<^ 

124 


City  Docuihent  No.  118. 


Deacon  Division,  5.  —  Edward  Keady,  Chief  Inspector. 

The  following  table  gives  the  work  of  the  Deacon  Division, 
(No.  5) ,  from  its  inception,  May  13, 1884,  to  the  end  of  year. 


I 
g 
o 
p- 
p< 

o 

<s 

.s 

.2  a 
Is 
^^ 

«t-i  .o 
Ti 

II 

.9 

m 
a  -2 

Defective  Repairs. 

Wilful 

Waste 

Reports. 

Hose 
Reports. 

Inspectoes. 

o 

PS-d 

P< 
a 

o 

.2  i 

O  M 

a 
•g3 

T3 

i 

> 

'a 

s 

P3 

u 
o 
P< 

73 

§ 

1 

O 

i 

a 

4 
0 
3 
0 
0 
3 
0 
7 
5 
3 
0 
2 
1 
0 
0 
0 

'6 

a 

.5 

a 
(§ 
S 

u 
o 
0. 

« 

2 
0 
2 
7 
0 
2 
1 
0 
0 
0 
0 
2 
0 
0 
0 
0 

'6 

1 
M 

s 

•J 

i 

Butler,  WilUam  F.  . 
CuUen,  John  F.  .  .  . 
Cassidy,  M.  F.  J.  .  . 
Daly,  James  F. .   .   . 
Edmonds,  Michael  . 
Foye,  John  E.    .  .   . 
Furlong.Lawrence  P. 
McAuliffe,  John  J.  . 
McNamara,  John  .  . 
Murray,  T.F.    .  .  , 
Maguire,  H.  G.  .   .   . 
Neagle,  Joseph  B.    . 
Quigley,  J.  L.    ... 
Ready,  Edward    .  . 
Sweeney,  C.  F.  .  .  . 
Toland,  Joseph  H,   . 

1883. 
July  16 

ii 

Aug.  18. 

July  16. 

1884. 
July  9. 

1883. 
July  16. 

1884. 
Sept.  20. 

Jan.  14. 

Jan.  1. 

1883. 

July  16. 

612 

676 

2,455 

256 

128 

1,568 

2,141 

2,286 

2,203 

1,878 

1,042 

2,019 

1,780 

80 

224 

248 

167 

118 

483 

34 

.     11 

155 

286 

375 

178 

248 

167 

297 

292 

18 

28 

27 

167 

118 

483 

34 

11 

155 

287 

375 

178 

248 

167 

297 

291 

18 

28 

27 

131 

83 

690 

49 

4 

132 

197 

338 

245 

271 

133 

243 

194 

5 

4 

14 

1 
8 
7 
3 
0 
2 
0 
6 
0 
5 
0 
6 
7 
0 
0 
0 

4 
0 
3 
0 
0 
3 
0 
7 
5 
3 
0 
2 
1 
0 
0 
0 

1 

0 

1 

7 
0 
2 
1 
0 
0 
0 
0 
2 
0 
0 
0 
0 

Total 

19,596 

2,884 

2,884 

3,480 

45 

28 

28 

16 

14 

Report  of  the  Water  Board. 


125 


Mystic  Department. 

The  following  table  shows  the  work  of  each  Inspector, 
checking  waste  in  the  Mystic  Division  from  the  time  of  dis- 
tricting the  men  (June  7,  1884),  to  the  end  of  the  year,  and 
also  includes  the  house-to-house  inspection  in  the  Mystic 
Department. 

Division  1.  —  John  B.  Maguire,  Chief  Inspector. 


■« 

Defective  Fixtures. 

Wilful 
Waste 

Hose 

- 

a 

o 

Reports, 

a 

.9 

13 

■d 

"O 

Inspectob. 

p 

'3 
p. 
< 

a) 

Is 

SI 

°  u 

5 

u 
o    . 

0)   0) 
00    O 

P< 
-S-e 

_o 

"S 

a 
a  c 

X  a 

•la 

> 
o 

M 
O      . 

15 -a 

1 
o 

H 
o 

C3 

n^ 

nH 

OM 

■■%B 

a=S 

Ph 

»'i 

Pi 

ss 

ft 

fe 

^ 

^ 

« 

fe  ■ 

« 

^ 

« 

1=( 

1884. 

Connolly,  John  A.  •  . 

Jan.    1. 
1883. 

2,376 

694 

158 

158 

148 

4 

0 

0 

37 

4 

Daly,  James  F.    .    .    . 

Aug.  lb. 

0 

71 

22 

22 

18 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Haley,  John  A.  .   .  . 

July  16. 

0 

439 

48 

48 

48 

0 

0 

0 

19 

11 

Hassett,  John  B.    .  . 

" 

1,429 

1,933 

265 

261 

265 

0 

1 

1 

0 

0 

Murray,  R.  J 

1884. 

1,509 

1,353 

195 

195 

223 

14 

0 

0 

15 

4 

McCarthy,  T.,  Jr.  .   . 

Jan.  14. 

2,515 

750 

276 

276 

245 

4 

0 

0 

38 

5 

McDavltt,  D.  B.  .  .   . 

July    9. 
1883. 

1,664 

895 

130 

130 

134 

12 

0 

0 

1 

1 

McAullffe,  John  J.    . 

July  16. 
1884. 

15 

52 

16 

16 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

Quigley,  J.  L 

Jan.     1. 

1883. 
July  16. 

858 

216 

.  263 

259 

270 

11 

3 

3 

0 

0 

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1,405 
11,771 

1,096 

128 

129 

110 

0 

1 

1 

20 

7 

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7,499 

1,501 

1,494 

1,461 

45 

5 

6 

130 

32 

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24,415 
13,129 
13,146 
19,596 

2,113 
2,429 
1,496 
2,884 

2,107 
2.411 
1,492 

2,884 

2,203 
2,496 
1,600 
3,480 

51 

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77,785 

10,423 

10,388 

11,240 

237 

89 

86 

288 

112 

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Repoet  or  THE  Water  Board. 


129 


Other  work  done  by  the  Division,  and  not  included  in  the 
foreo-oino-  schedules,  is  as  follows  :  — 


From  what  Source  received. 


Engineer's  Department 
Police  " 

Health  " 

Service  Division  .  .   . 


Defective  Fix- 
ture reports 
received. 


Wilful  waste 
reports  re- 
ceived. 


Violation  of 

Hose    reports 

received. 


During  the  year  614  tines  have  been  inflicted  for  non-re- 
pairs of  water-fixtures,  wilful  waste  of  water,  and  violations 
of  hose  regulations. 

Of  these  176  were  collected,  and  438  abated  for  various 
causes. 

During  the  same  period  the  water  has  been  cut  off  for  non- 
repairs from  96  premises  and  let  on  again  to  95. 

The  amount  of  cash  received  for  fines  and  turned  over  to 
the  Water-Registrars  is  as  follows  :  — 


To  Registrar  of  Cochituate  Dep't. 
Mystic  Dep't. 


Amount  refunded 


Total 


$296  00 
36  00 

332  00 
32  00 

$364  00 


The  $32  collected  in  fines,  and  afterward  refunded  to  the 
parties,  was  done  by  order  of  the  Water  Board. 

Very  respectfully, 

D.  B.  CASHMAN, 

Superintendent. 


130  City  Document  No.  118. 


CIVIL   ORGANIZATION  OF   THE  WATER-WORKS,   FROM 
THEIR   COMMENCEMENT  TO   MAY   1,    1885. 

Water  Commissioners. 

Nathan  Hale,  James  F.  Baldwin,  Thomas  B.  Curtis.  From  May 

4,  1846,  to  January  4, 1850. 

Engineers  for  Construction. 

John  B.  Jervis,  of  New  York,  Consulting  Engineer.  From  May, 
1846,  to  November,  1848. 

E.  S.  Chesbrough,  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Western  Division.  From 
May,  1846,  to  January  4,  1850. 

William  S.  Whitwell,  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Eastern  Division. 
From  May,  1846,  to  January  4,  1850. 

City  Engineers  having  Charge  of  the  Works. 

E.  S.  Chesbrough,  Engineer.  From  November  18,  1860,  to  October 
1,  1855. 

George  H.  Bailey,  Assistant  Engineer.  From  January  27,  1851, 
to  July  19, 1852. 

H.  S.  McKean,  Assistant  Engineer.  From  July  19,  1852,  to  October 
1,  1855. 

James  Slade,  Engineer.     From  October  1,  1855,  to  April  1,  1863. 

N.  Henry  Crafts,  Assistant  Engineer.  From  October  1,  1855,  to 
April  1,  1863. 

N.  Henry  Crafts,  City  Engineer.  From  April  1,  1863,  to  November 
25,  1872. 

Thomas  W.  Davis,  Assistant  Engineer.  From  April  1,  1863,  to 
December  8,  1866. 

Henry  M.  Wightman,  Resident  Engineer  at  C.  H.  Reservoir.  From 
February  14,  1866,  to  November,  1870. 

A.  Fteley,  Resident  Engineer  on  construction  of  Sudbury-river 
works,  from  May  10,  1873,  to  April  7,  1880. 

Joseph  P.  Davis,  City  Engineer.  From  Nov.  25,  1872,  to  March  20, 
1880. 

Henry  M.  Wightman,  City  Engineer.  From  April  5,  1880,  to  April 
3,  1885. 

William  Jackson,  City  Engineer.  From  April  21,  1885,  to  present 
time. 

After  Jan-uary  4, 1850,  Messrs.  E.  S.  Chesbrough,  W.  S.  Whitwell, 
and  J.. Avery  Richards,  were  elected  a  Water  Board,  subject  to  the 
direction  of  a  Joint  Standing  Committee  of  the  City  Council,  by  an  ordi- 
nance passed  December  81,  1849,  which  was  limited  to  keep  in  force 
one  year;  and  in  J  851  the  Cochituate  Water  Board  was  established. 

CocHiTUATE  Water  Board. 

Presidents  of  the  Board. 

Thomas  Wetmore,  elected  in   1851,  and  resigned  April 

7,  1856J '        •   Five  years. 

John  H.  Wilkins,  elected  in  1856,  and  resigned  June 
5,  1860$ Four  years. 


Report  of  the  Water  Board. 


131 


Ebenezer  Johnson,  elected  in  1860,  term  expired  April 

3,  1865t Five  years. 

Otis  Norcross,  elected  in  1865,  and  resigned  January 

16,  1867t One  year  and  nine  months. 

John  H.  Thorndike,  elected  in  1867,  term  expired  April 

6,  1868t One  year  and  three  months. 

Nathaniel  J.  Bradlee,  elected  April,  6,  1868,  and  re- 
signed January  4,  1871  .         .         .   Two  years  and  nine  months. 

Charles  H.  Allen,  elected  January  4,  1871,  to  May  4, 

1873 Two  years  and  four  months. 

John  A.  Haven,   elected    May  4,    1873,   to   Dec.    17. 

1874J One  year  and  seven  months. 

Thomas  Gogin,  elected  Dec.  17,  1874,  and  resigned  May 

31,  1875 ■       •       Six  months. 

L.  Miles  Standish,  elected  August  5,  1875,  to  July  31, 

1876 One  year. 


Members  of  the  Board. 

Thomas  Wetmore,  1851,  52,  53,  54,  and  55f         ..         .  Five  years. 

John  H.  Wilkins,  1851,  52,  53,  *56,  57,  58,  and  59$  .  Eight  years. 

Henry  B.  Rogers,  1851,  52,  53,  *54,  and  55  .         .         .  Five  years. 

Jonathan  Preston,  1851,  52,  53,  and  56        .         .         .  Four  years. 

James  W.  Seaver,  1851$ One  year. 

Samuel  A.  Eliot,  1851$. 

John  T.  Heard,  1851$    ........  One  year. 

Adam  W.  Thaxter,  Jr.,  1852,  53,  54,  and  55$       .         .  Four  years. 

Sampson  Reed,  1852  and  1853$ Two  years. 

Ezra  Lincoln,  1852$ One  year. 

Thomas  Sprague,  1853,  54,  and  55$        ...         .  Three  years. 

Samuel  Hatch,  1854,  55,  56,  57,  58,  and  61   .         .         .  Six  years. 

Charles  Stoddard,  1854,  55,  56,  and  57$      .         .         .  Four  years. 

William  Washburn,  1854  and  55  .         .         .         .         .  Two  years. 

TiSDALE  Drake,  1856,  57,  58,  and  59$    ....  Four  years. 

Thomas  P.  Rich,  1856,  57,  and  58$  ....  Three  years. 

John  T.  Dingley,  1856  and  59$ Two  years. 

Joseph  Smith,  1856$ Two  months, 

Ebenezer  Johnson,  1857,  58,  59,  60,  61,  62,  63,  and  64.$  Eight  years. 

Samuel  Hall,  1857,  58,  59,  60,  and  61$  .         .         .         .  Five  years. 

George  P.  French,  1859,  60,  61,  62,  and  63$.        .        .  Five  years. 

Ebenezer  Atkins,  1859$  .         .         .   ■      .         .         .  One  year. 

George  Dennie,  1860,  61,  62,  63,  64,  and  65  .         .         .  Six  years. 

Clement  Willis,  1860 One  year. 

G.  E.  Pierce,  1860$ One  year. 

Jabez  Frederick,  1861,  62,  and  63$       ...         .  Three  years. 

George  Hinman,    1862  and  63        .         .         .         .         .  Two  years. 

John  F.  Pray,  1862 One  year. 

J.  C.  J.  Brown,  1862 One  year. 

Jonas  Fitch,  1864,  65,  and  66$ Three  years. 

Otis  Norcross,  *1865  and  66$         .....  Two  years. 

John  H.  Thorndike,  1864,  65,  66,  and  67$    .         .         .  Four  years. 

Benjamin  F.  Stevens,  1866,  67,  and  68  .         .         .         .  Three  years. 

William  S.  Hills,  1867 One  year. 

Charles  R.  Train,  1868$        .         .         .         .         .         .  One  year. 

Joseph  M.  Wightman,  1868,  and  69$     ....  Two  years. 

Benjamin  James,  *  1858,  68,  and  69        ....  Three  years. 

Francis  A.  Osborn,  1869 One  year. 

Walter  E.  Hawes,  1870$       -        .        •'  ,     •        •        •  One  year. 

John  O.  Poor,  1870  .         ....         .         .         .  One  year. 

Hollis  R.  Gray,  1870 One  year. 


132 


City  Document  No,  118. 


Nathaniel  J.  Bradlee,  1863,  64,  65,  66,  67,  68,  69 
and  71 

George  Lewis,  1868,  69,  70,  and  71 

Sidney  Squires,  187 If   . 

Charles  H.  Hersey,  1872 

Charles  H.  Allen,  1869,  70,  71,  and  72 

Alexander  Wadsworth,  *1864,  65,  66,  67, 
72 

Charles  R.  McLean,  1867,  73,  and  74f 

Edward  P.  Wilbur,  1873  aixl  74 

John  A.  Haven,  1870,  71,  72,  73,  and  74$ 

Thomas  Gogin,  1873,  74,  and  75*  . 

Amos  L.  Noyes,  1871,  72,  and  75    . 

William  G.  Thacher,  1873,  74,  and  75J 

Charles  J.  Prescott,  1875  . 

Edward  A.  White,  1872,  73,  74,  75,  and  76t 

Leonard  R.  Cutter,  1871,  72,  73,  74,  75,  and  76t 

L.  Miles  Standish,  1860,  61,  63,  64,  65,  66,  67,  74 
and  76t 

Charles  E.  Powers,  *1875  and  1876t 

Solomon  B.  Stebbins,  1876t. 

Nahum  M.  Morrison,  18761 . 

Augustus  Parker,  1876f 


70, 


,  69,  and 


75, 


Nine  years. 
Pour  years. 
One  year. 
One  year. 
Four  years. 

Seven  years. 
Three  years. 
Two  years. 
Five  years. 
Three  years. 
Three  years. 
Three  years. 
One  year. 
Five  years. 
Six  years. 

Ten  years. 
Two  years. 
One  year. 
One  year. 
One  year. 


*Mi-.  John  H.  Wilkins  resic^necl  ISTov.  15,  1855,  and  Chai'les  Stoddard  was  elected  to 
fill  the  vacancy.  Mr.  Hemy  B.  Rogers  resigned  Oct.  22,  1865.  Mr.  "Wilkins  was  re- 
elected Feb.,  1856,  and  chosen  President  of  the  Board,  which  office  he  held  until  his 
resignation,  June  5,  1860,  when  Mr.  Ebenezer  .Johnson  was  elected  President ;  and 
Julv  2  Mr.  L.  Miles  Standish  was  elected  to  fill  the  vacancy  occasioned  by  the  resig- 
nation of  Mr.  Wilkins.  Otis  Norcross  resigned  Jan.  15,  1867,  having  been  elected 
Mayor  of  the  City.  Benjamin  James  served  one  year,  in  1858,  and  was  reelected  in 
1868.  Alexander  Wadsworth  served  six  years,  1864-69,  and  was  reelected  in  1872. 
Thomas  Gogin  resigned  May  31, 1875.  Charles  E.  Powers  was  elected  July  15,  to  fill 
the  vacency  occasioned  by  the  resignation  of  Mr.  Gogin. 

t  Served  until  the  organization  of  the  Boston  Water  Board. 

J  Deceased. 


Kepoet  or  THE  Water  Board.  138 


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  present  time. 
George  M.  Hobbs,  from  May  4,  1883,  to  present  time. 
John  G.  Blake,  from  May  4,  1883,  to  present  time. 


Organization  of  the  Board  for  Year  1884-85. 

Chairman. 
William  A.  Simmons. 

Clerk. 
Walter  E.  Swan. 

City  Engineer  and  Engineer  of  the  Board. 
Henry  M.  Wightman. 

Water-Registrar  of  the  Cochituate  Department. 
William  F.  Davis. 

Water-Registrar  of  the  Mystic  Department. 
Joseph  H.  Caldwell. 

Superintendent  of  the  Eastern  Division  of  Cochituate  Department. 
Ezekiel  R.  Jones. 

Superintendent  of  the  Western  Division  of  Cochituate  Department. 
Desmond  FitzGerald. 

Superintendent  of  Mystic  Department. 
J.  Henry  Brown. 

Superintendent  of  Meter  Division. 
Hiram  Cutts. 

Superintendent  of  Inspection  and  Waste  Division. 

D.   B.    C ASHMAN. 


TABLE   OF   CONTENTS. 


PAGE 

Report  of  the  Water  Board     ........  1-14 

Condition  of  reservoirs  and  aqueducts     ......  1 

Pollution  of  the  supply    .........  2 

Prevention  of  waste         .........  2-4 

Daily  and  per  capita  consumption,  1882-1885         ....  4 

Quality  of  the  water        .........  5 

Current  expenses    ...........  5 

Water-rates     ...........  6 

High  service    ...........  6 

Henrj'  M.  Wightman 7 

Meters     .....' .  7 

Results    .         .         .         .         .         .         .         .         .         .         .         .  8 

General  statistics,  1882-84 9 

Earnings  and  expenditures,  loans,  etc.    ...."..  10-14 

Report  of  the   Clerk .         .         .         .  15-22 

Receipts  and  expenditures       .'        .         .         .         .         .         .         .  15-20 

Cost  of  works 20-22 

Report  of  the  City  Engineer  .         .         ...         .         .         .         .  23-49 

Sudbury-river  reservoirs,  and  Lake  Cochituate       ....  23-26 

Farm-pond  conduit          .         .         .         .         .         .         .         .         .  2& 

Aqueducts  and  distributing  reservoirs     .         .         .         ...         .  27 

High-service  works          .         .         .         .         •         .         .         .         .  27 

Mystic  lake , .  28 

Mystic-valley  sewer         .         .         .         .         .       •  .         .         .         .  28 

Mystic  Qonduit  and  reservoirs           .......  29 

Mystic  pumping-station  .........  29 

Test  of  boilers  at  Mystic  station      .......  30 

Consumption  ...........  31 

Waste  prevention    ..........  31 

Table  showing  saving  effected          ......  33 

Quality  of  water      ..........  34 

Distribution  system          .........  34 

Tables  and  diagrams  :  — 

Daily  average  consumption,  1878-84        .....  36 

Diagram  showing  daily  average  consumption,  1875-85     .         .  36 
Diversion  of  Sudbury  river  water,  1879-84       .^        .         .         .37 

Average  monthly  and  yearly  heights  of  reservoirs,  1883-84      .  38 

Diagram  showing  heights  of  reservoirs,  rainfall,  etc.        .         .  38 


Contents.  135 

PAGE 

Yield  of  Sudbury  river  water-shed,  rainfall,  etc.,  1875-84        .  39 

"     "  Lake  Cochituate     "       "           "           "     1852-84        .  40 

"     "  Mystic  lake              "       "           "           "     1876-84         .  42 
Monthly  amounts  pumped,  coal  used,  etc.,  at  Mystic  station, 

1884 43 

Monthly  amounts  pumped,  coal  used,  etc.,  at  Highland  station, 

1884 ■      ....  44 

Daily  rainfall  on  Sudbury-river  water-shed,  1884     .         .     *   .  45 

"           "        "  Lake  Cochituate  "         "         "      .         .         .  46 

"           "        "  Mystic  lake           """...  47 

Monthly  rainfall  at  various  places,  1884  .....  48 

"         temperature  of  air  and  water,  -1884    ....  49 

Kepoet  of  "Watbb-Rbgistkar  of   the   Subbuet  and   Cochituate 

Depaetmbnt       ..........  50-60 

Number  of  water-takers  .........  50 

Revenue  for  the  year  1884-85 50 

Number  and  size  of  meters  in  use  .......  51 

Location  of  public  drinking  fountains      ......  51 

"  "  stand-pipes  for  street  sprinkling  .         .         .         .         .53 

Classes  of  takers  supplied  and  revenue  received  from  each     .         .  53 
Quantity  used   and   revenue  received  from   different   classes    of 

metered  takers,  1883-84 ■  '.  56 

Yearly  revenue  from  water  rates,  1849-85       .....  57 

Number  of  water  takers,  1850-84    .         .         .         .         .         .     '     .  58 

Number  and  kind  of  water  fixtures  in  use        .....  60 

Eepoet  of  the  Watee-Rbgisteak  of  the  Mystic  Depaetment     .  61-71 

Number  of  water-takers 61 

Revenue  received,  1884-85     ........  61 

Location  of  stand-pipes  for  street  sprinkling   .....  62 

"         "  public  drinking  fountains      ......  63 

Quantity  used   and  revenue   received  from   different   classes   of 

metered  takers,  1884 65 

Classes  of  takers  supplied  and  revenue  received  from  each     .         .  66 

Number  and  kind  of  water  fixtures  in  use       .         .         .         .         .68 

Yearly  revenue  from  water  rates,  1865-1885  .....  69 

Repoet  of  the  Supeeintendent  of  the  Westeen  Division  .         .  72-83 

Sudbury-river  basins        .         .         . 72 

Basin  1 .         .         .  72 

Basin  2 .73 

Basin  3 74 

Farm  pond      .         .         .         .         .         .         .         .         .         ...  74 

Lake  Cochituate      ..........  75 

Decision  of  the  Supreme  Judicial  Court  in  regard  to  the  pollution 

of  Pegan  brook    .         .         .         .         .         .         .         .         .         .  76 

Sudbury-river  aqueduct  .........  80 

Cochituate  aqueduct         .........  81 

Cliestnut-Hill  reservoir    .         .         .         .         .         .         .         .         .  81 

Rainfall  at  Chestnut-Hill  reservoir .82 


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Eeport  of  Superintendent  of  Eastern  Division  ....  85-99 

Main  pipe  and  services  laid  and  relaid    ......  85 

Table  of  location,  size  and  length  of  pipe  mains  laid  in  1884  .         .  87 
Table  of  location,  size  and  length  of  pipe  mains  relaid  and  aban- 
doned in  1884 93 

Table  showing  length  of  mains  laid  during  1884  and  length  in  use 

May  1,  1885 94 

Table  showing  number  and   length  of  service-pipes  laid  in  1884 

and  total  number  May,  1885 95 

Leaks  repaired,  1884 96 

Table  showing  number  of  leaks  and  stoppages,  1850-1884     .         .  97 

Number  of  hydrants  established  in  1884  and  total  in  use          .         .  98 

Report  of  Superintendent  of  the  Mystic  Department.       .        100-107 

Mystic  lake 100 

Mystic-valley  sewer        .         .         .         .         .         .         .         .         .  100 

Conduit   .         . '    .         .101 

Reservoir         .         .         .         .         .         .         •         .         •         •         •  101 

Roads  and  grounds           ......*..  101 

Pumping  service 102 

Distribution-pipes    .         .         .         .         .         .         .         .         .         .  102 

Tables  showing  mains  and  services  laid  in  1884      ....  103 

Table   showing   sizes   and   lengths    of  mains  connected  with  the 

works  .         .         .         •         •         •         •         •         •         •         •         •  10"'^ 

Table  showing  number  of  gates  connected  with  the  works      .         .  106 

Table  showing  number  of  hydrants  connected  with  the  works         .  106 

Report  op  the  Superintendent  op  the  Meter   Division       .         .  108 
Number  of  meters  in  use         .         .         .         .         .         .         .         .108 

"         "       "       purchased  during  year 110 

Report    of  the  Superintendent  of  the   Inspection   and  Waste 

Department        ..........  112 

Work  accomplished         .........  112 

Number  of  vaults  in  the  city    ........  116 

Schedules  of  work  done  by  different  divisions         ....  118 

Inspection  for  revenue,  1885  .         .         .         .         .         .       '  .         .  127 

Civil  Organization  of  the  Water-Works 130 


