. Annual report of the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board . ere removed from the channels of theStillwater, Quinepoxet and Nashua rivers, between Oakdale and apoint about 1 mile below West Boylston. This material was piledand burned. Perennials wrere pulled or grubbed on the portionsof the reservoir from which the soil has been removed ; the reser-voir margin has been widened in the vicinity of Dover Pond, andalso near West Boylston ; driftwood has been removed from thereservoir, and burned; soil on the old Central Massachusetts Kail-road embankments at Oakdale has been cast to the foot of
. Annual report of the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board . ere removed from the channels of theStillwater, Quinepoxet and Nashua rivers, between Oakdale and apoint about 1 mile below West Boylston. This material was piledand burned. Perennials wrere pulled or grubbed on the portionsof the reservoir from which the soil has been removed ; the reser-voir margin has been widened in the vicinity of Dover Pond, andalso near West Boylston ; driftwood has been removed from thereservoir, and burned; soil on the old Central Massachusetts Kail-road embankments at Oakdale has been cast to the foot of theslopes, and covered ; the bottom of the reservoir in the vicinity ofthe upper end has been graded, to secure proper drainage ; andmuch other miscellaneous work has been done. The maximum force employed was 62 men and 6 horses, for theweek ending October 1. In addition to the engineering work connected with the esti-mates and inspection of the removal of soil, the organic matter in1,035 samples of soil has been determined for the guidance of
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