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amount of water Auburn st Auburn Street Boston Brattle st Brattle Street Broadway Brookline Cambridge st Cambridge Street Cambridge Water Board Chapman Check Valves CHESTER W City Council City of Cambridge City Treasurer College grounds Concord avenue Construction account consumption Corner Crown Daily average December engine house excess of receipts feet of 6-inch feet west Fitchburg Railroad fixtures fountains four per cent Fresh Pond Reservoir gallons gate Hampshire Harvard st Hersey high service Hobbs Brook Basin hose Inch Linnæan LOCATION main pipe Main st Maintenance account Massachusetts Ave Massachusetts Avenue North ave North avenue November 30 Number old 4-inch Opposite Otis st Payson Park Reservoir Perkins pipe to replace pumping station Raymond St replace the old riprapping seals Sinking Fund standpipe Stony Brook storage street renewal Supplies and repairs Supply Account Third St Total Union unpaid valves Water rates water supply Worthington wrenches
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Page 65 - THERE is not in the wide world a valley so sweet, As that vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet ; Oh ! the last rays of feeling and life must depart, Ere the bloom of that valley shall fade from my heart.
Page 28 - Water Board : GENTLEMEN, — In compliance with the requirements of the City Ordinance, I present the...
Page 64 - ... a part of its water supply from its own works or receives a supply from a water company, shall be allowed and credited in its apportionment with a sum equal to twelve dollars for each million gallons of water furnished as aforesaid, as determined by said water board and certified to said treasurer.
Page 64 - ... to wit : — The cities of Boston, Chelsea, Everett, Maiden, Medford, Newton and Somerville, and the towns of Belmont, Hyde Park, Melrose, Revere, Watertown and Winthrop...
Page 23 - Very respectfully, WM. W. DALLINGER, City Treasurer. I have examined the above statement and find It correct. HARRY T. UPHAM, City Auditor. REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER WORKS CAMBRIDGE, December 2, 1901.
Page 28 - Also, 1,031 flre hydrants (besides 19 on private premises). 8 flre reservoirs. 65 street watering standpipes 28 drinking fountains in public squares. 4 public sanitaries. The above schedule of fixtures does not include those in schoolhouses, engine houses, police stations, and other City buildings, or where the use of water is covered by meter. The usual house-to-house inspection has been made. Respectfully submitted, WALTER H. HARDING, Registrar. ANNUAL STATEMENT OF THE WATER REGISTRAR TO THE COMMITTEE...
Page 43 - ... to complete the grading, soiling, graveling, and planting of the western half of the grounds, excepting that portion at present occupied by the stone-yards and shops, and sheds of the new building for the State, War, and Navy departments. MONUMENT GROUNDS AND GREENHOUSES AND NURSERY. The grounds are in much the same condition as at the date of the last annual report. During...
Page 23 - To the Cambridge Water Board: Gentlemen : — I give you herewith a record of the transactions between the Water Office and the City Treasurer's Office during the year ending November 30, 1897. Gross collections for account of Water Works, "Rates, fines, etc." $301,150.92 Abatement certificates received and paid on "Water Rates...
Page 21 - To the Cambridge Water Board: — GENTLEMEN : — I give you herewith a record of the transactions between the Water Office and the City Treasurer's Office during the year ending November 30, 1902. Gross collections for account of Water Works,
Page 31 - ... with the statement submitted by the City Treasurer and verified by the City Auditor. STILLMAN F. KELLEY, Committee on Accounts.