Annual Report1890 |
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... Boston Water Office was employed to make a survey of the works , and report the plan best adapted , in his judgment , to secure an ample supply for the city , present and prospective . Mr. Bailey attended to the duty required , and ...
... Boston Water Office was employed to make a survey of the works , and report the plan best adapted , in his judgment , to secure an ample supply for the city , present and prospective . Mr. Bailey attended to the duty required , and ...
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... Boston has ex- pended upon the Cochituate Water Works nearly seven millions of dollars . In no year have the receipts equalled the expendi- tures . To say that , by this result , it would appear that the in- troduction of the water into ...
... Boston has ex- pended upon the Cochituate Water Works nearly seven millions of dollars . In no year have the receipts equalled the expendi- tures . To say that , by this result , it would appear that the in- troduction of the water into ...
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... Boston water is brought nearly , if not quite , four- teen miles before it reaches the consumer ; in Charlestown it is brought perhaps four miles , and in Salem five or six miles , before it strikes the taker . In Cambridge we commence ...
... Boston water is brought nearly , if not quite , four- teen miles before it reaches the consumer ; in Charlestown it is brought perhaps four miles , and in Salem five or six miles , before it strikes the taker . In Cambridge we commence ...
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... Boston and Lowell R. R. Co. , Sortwell & Co. , J. P. Squire & Co. , Charles E. Meyer & Co. , . Cambridge Horse Nail Co. , New England Glass Co. , . American Tube Works , William Lincoln & Co. , Billings & Bulloch , Welch , Bigelow & Co ...
... Boston and Lowell R. R. Co. , Sortwell & Co. , J. P. Squire & Co. , Charles E. Meyer & Co. , . Cambridge Horse Nail Co. , New England Glass Co. , . American Tube Works , William Lincoln & Co. , Billings & Bulloch , Welch , Bigelow & Co ...
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... Boston Bridge , at Brookline , 66 66 66 66 66 Cherry , 66 66 66 " Prospect , " Putnam , " River , Mason , at Phillips Place , Magazine , near Erie , 66 at Warland , 66 " Short , 66 " Park , Mt. Auburn , at Holyoke , 66 66 " De Wolf ...
... Boston Bridge , at Brookline , 66 66 66 66 66 Cherry , 66 66 66 " Prospect , " Putnam , " River , Mason , at Phillips Place , Magazine , near Erie , 66 at Warland , 66 " Short , 66 " Park , Mt. Auburn , at Holyoke , 66 66 " De Wolf ...
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3-inch pipe 4-inch crosses 6-inch cast-iron A. M. P.M. Gauge amount of water Annual Report average BLOW-OFF PIPES Boston Brattle Bridge Broadway Brookline Cambridge Street CAMBRIDGE WATER BOARD cast-iron pipes cast-iron sleeves cast-iron T's cement City Council City of Cambridge Cloudy coal cocks Columbia Concord Avenue conduit connect cost Court Curtis Davis Diameter in Inches districts elbows ending Nov engine-house engines Expended expenditures extension account Fair feet Fresh Pond gallons garden hydrants gate Hampshire Hampshire Street Harvard Square hose Inman INSTITVTIS iron pipe John Reardon junction junction Cambridge June 30 Little Pond main pipes Main Street Manufactory meters nipples North Avenue November 30 Otis Pearl pipe laid pounds present pumping Putnam Avenue Railroad rainfall Receipts repairs reservoir Respectfully submitted Sinking Fund Sparks Street Spy Pond stand-pipe stop and waste street elbows supply account supply pipes Thorndike total number water rates Water Registrar water-rates Wellington Brook Western Avenue Worthington Yard
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Page 13 - I have arrived at a very decided conclusion that sewage, when it is mixed with twenty times its volume of running water and has flowed a distance of ten or twelve miles, is absolutely destroyed; the agents of destruction being infusorial animals, aquatic plants and fish and chemical oxidization.
Page 31 - ... damages assessed therefor, to be recovered in an action of tort ; and on conviction of either of the wanton or malicious acts aforesaid, may also be punished by fine, not exceeding three hundred dollars, or by imprisonment, not exceeding one year.
Page 30 - ... not exceeding five rods in width, as may be necessary for the preservation and purity of said waters; and may also take and hold in like manner, such lands as may be necessary for erecting and maintaining dams and reservoirs, and for laying and maintaining conduits, pipes, drains and other works, for collecting, conducting and distributing such waters through said town of Fitchburg.
Page 49 - ... often called, of filamentous structure, grass-green or in some cases bluish-green in color, forming tangled masses readily removed from the water, and, when so removed, shrinking enormously in apparent bulk, and drying away to a grayish or colorless mass, in some cases looking almost like coarse paper. Plants of this character grow in almost all reservoirs, or other bodies of water exposed to the light and air, both in still and running water; they either float in masses in the water, or grow...
Page 48 - Their presence gives a decidedly green or greenish yellow tinge to large bodies of water; and their death and decay often cause considerable offence to the sense of smell of those sojourning in the neighborhood, and to the sense of taste of those obliged to drink the water.
Page 30 - ... railroad, highway, or other way, in such manner as not to obstruct or impede travel thereon...
Page 13 - But though for these reasons we believe that the organic contamination of the Thames is much less than is commonly imagined, still it would be sufficient to do great mischief were it not for a most beneficial provision of nature for effecting spontaneously the purification of the streams. Some of the noxious matter is removed by fish and other animal life, and a further quantity is absorbed by the growth of aquatic vegetation; but, in addition to these obstructions, important changes are effected...
Page 30 - Pond or otherwise: provided, li1iwever, that said city shall not hereby acquire any right to take ice from either of said ponds, or to take land upon which any building or machinery is now erected, or which is used in connection with such building or machinery for the purpose of storing ice or for convenience in cutting, storing and moving ice, without the consent of the owner of said land and buildings or machinery, and shall not obstruct by ditches, buildings or other structures the rights of such...
Page 31 - ... which it shall reasonably incur by reason of any defect or want of repair in such road, street, or way caused by the maintenance, repairing, or replacing of said pipes, or by reason of any injury to persons or property...
Page 31 - ... under the authority and for the purposes of this act, shall forfeit and pay to said city three times the amount of damages assessed therefor, to be recovered in an action "of tort...