Annual report of the city of Somerville (1895) (14763115315)

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Title: Annual report of the city of Somerville
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Somerville (Mass.)
Subjects: Somerville (Mass.)
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Contributing Library: Somerville Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Federally funded with LSTA funds through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners



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HELIjrfPT PHTHTIHG CO BU3T0X /fesvT^ ^i»/^^» REPORT OF THE WATER BOARD. 13 Amount brought forward . Fuel for boiler : — 24,740 lbs. Cumberland coal, $1,819.25 $3.85 per 2,000 $ 47.63 224,000 lbs. Cumberland coal, $4.20 per 2,240 420.00 226,995 lbs. Cumberland coal, $3.51 per 2,240 355.69 77,100 lbs. Dominion coal, $3.20 per 2,000 .... 123.36 $946.68 Insurance on pump and boiler . $67.50 Insurance on building 67.50 $135.00104.56 Telephone, rental and tolls Electric lighting . . 48.00 Carpeting for pumping room 49.29 Books and stationery . 30.50 Repairs and fittings to pump and boilers 80.25 Oil 19.52 Packing and waste .... 23.49 Soda ash ..... 11.90 Tools and utensils .... 50.17 Hardware and carpentering 11.40 Ice, $5.00 ; Polish, $5.00 . 10.00 Standpipe and grounds, maintenance 270.09 $3,610.10 Total number of gallons of water pumped in 1895, 195,600,000.Cost of pumping per 1,000 gallons, based on the expense ofoperating the high-service system, $0.01845. WATER SERVICES. The plan