Annual report of the Boston Water Board, for the year ending .. . island, and the dangerof freezing the pipe will be lessened. Forty contracts for rock excavation were made during theyear. Two hundred and ninety-five petitions for main pipe 162 City Document No. 39. extensions were reported upon in regard to grade of street,size of pipe, and cost of laying. The pipe laid has been measured, the gates and hydrantshave been located and plotted on the plans. Thirty-three profiles of unaccepted streets have been madeand grades given for grading the streets and laying pipeswhere required. The record


Annual report of the Boston Water Board, for the year ending .. . island, and the dangerof freezing the pipe will be lessened. Forty contracts for rock excavation were made during theyear. Two hundred and ninety-five petitions for main pipe 162 City Document No. 39. extensions were reported upon in regard to grade of street,size of pipe, and cost of laying. The pipe laid has been measured, the gates and hydrantshave been located and plotted on the plans. Thirty-three profiles of unaccepted streets have been madeand grades given for grading the streets and laying pipeswhere required. The records from the four pumping-stations, the lakes,reservoirs, the Mystic sewer, and the returns from pipefoundries, etc., have been carefully kept. Appended to this report will be found the usual tables ofrainfall, consumption, yield of water-sheds, etc. Respectfully submitted, William Jackson, Gity Engineer, r.;j;>i-. : i .1 ri.\ I O H^Efe BOSTON WATER WORKS. Diagt^m showing the rainfall and daily aversge Consumptionfoieach month. yearly Averages shown fhus -. Water-Supply Department. 163 ^ o o o o o o o ^ o o o o o o o o o o o « ^1, M ^« o °i CO ^ CO t- oo sf o -* <m o o CO* cT CO ^ o Til o -* CO 05^ « (N ^ •H oT o oT oT c» o o oT oT cT ^ cT oT ?^ o o o o o o o o o o o o 8 o o o o o o o o o o o p^ o? o^ o CO ^ CO oT to ,-, lo ^ oT oo oT uo cT iCi « ^ ^ c^ iC 00 JO oo o 00 trT oT OJ otT o oT 1 2 o o o o o o o ^ (^ o o § ° o o o o o o o © 1 °i *^ QO_ to ^_ o CO 0)_ <r- I-H CO CO o o ira r^ oo to co c-T to ?riT ^ 00* F-T 00 o to n CO 00 o Tj* <Z) *-^ c^ o -* ^__ CO -^ o ^ CO ^. M QQ 03 * CO co CO t-^ t- o<r cT 00 00 t-^ t-T 05 o o o~ o o o o o o o o o 7^ o o o o o o o o o o o o ai lO iO tD^ ^ to_ t^ to CO o ^„ ^ oc § co M s s J^ o co to rf eg co i « *~^ o O r-^ to^ o_ co_^ T-^^ cb CO •^ o H t~ oT t-^ t-^ t^ oo oo c»? t^ t^ i~r (C t-T o cT ^~o~ o o o o o o o o o o GO o o o o o o o o o o o o 1 aci ^ o. o t- CO (N CO ^„ oo o^ ^. 1 aD (N <N »o c


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