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3-inch pipe 4-inch crosses 6-inch cast-iron A.M. P.M. Gauge algæ Annual Report Auburn Street average BLOW-OFF PIPES Boston Brattle Bridge Broadway Brookline Cambridge Street CAMBRIDGE WATER BOARD cast-iron pipes cast-iron sleeves City Council City of Cambridge Cloudy coal cocks Columbia Concord Avenue conduit connect cost Court Craigie Curtis Davis Diameter in Inches ditto east elbows ending Nov engine-house engines Expended Fair Fitchburg Railroad Fresh Pond gallons garden hydrants gate Hampshire Hampshire Street Harvard Square Hydrant Branch Inman iron pipe John Reardon junction junction Cambridge June 30 Little Pond Magazine main pipes Main Street Manufactory meters Mount Auburn nipples Norfolk North Avenue November 30 Otis Pearl pipe laid pounds present pumping Putnam Avenue Railroad rainfall Receipts repairs reservoir Respectfully submitted Sparks Street Spy Pond stand-pipe street elbows Superintendent supply account supply pipes Thorndike total number water rates Water Registrar water-rates Wellington Brook Western Avenue Yard دو دو دو
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Page 23 - 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 5 - ... 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 4 - ... 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 3 - ... 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 2 - 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 4 - ... railroad, highway, or other way, in such manner as not to obstruct or impede travel thereon...
Page 23 - 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 4 - 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 5 - ... 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 5 - ... 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...