NEWTON WATER WORKS. Area of city 11,600 acres 20,000 Source of supply: Filter Basin on the banks of Charles River, which is fed by intercepted springs. Bottom at grade 81, or about 10 feet below ordinary level of river. Low water grade. 85 A 24" conduit, 696 feet long, leads to pump well. 93 Boiler: 3 tubular, 5′ 3′′ diameter, 19' 8" long, containing 54 tubes, 4′′ diameter and 19′ 8′′ long, built by Kendall & Roberts. Heating surface Grate surface One duplex boiler feed pump and hot well. about 1,500 square feet 294 square feet One duplex high pressure Worthington steam pump (1,000,000 gallons), 12" water plungers and 15′′ stroke. One compound duplex condensing Worthington engine (5,000,000 gallons) 22′ and 22" water plungers, and 50" stroke. Axis of plungers of large engine at grade. Suction of large engine, 24" diameter; Force main, 24" in diameter. Suction of small engine, 16" in well, 12" at pump; Force main, 12" in diameter. Main leading to reservoir, 20" diameter. The water is pumped through the mains to the reservoir, making the reservoir a storage and regulating basin. Bottom of reservoir is grade .247.80 265.80 15,000,000 gallons 91,525 square feet 126,000 square feet Pump lift for large engine to high water at reservoir Daily average consumption in 1884 Length of mains, Dec. 31, 1884 Number of services, Dec. 31, 1884 Number of services in use, Dec. 31, 1884 Length of services laid, Dec. 31, 1884. 24 feet 145-156 feet 532,804 gallons 69 59-100 miles 433 878 $966,584.73 $819,220.33 $49,769.01 235 feet head Supt. Western Division Boston Water Works. EQUITABLE WATER METER CO., CHAPMAN VALVE MAN'F'G CO. NEW ENGLAND ASSOCIATION. COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS. FRANK E. HALL, Supt., Quincy, Mass. ALBERT S. GLOVER, WILBUR D. FISKE, J. HENRY BROWN, ALBERT F. NOYES, FALL MEETING. So. Framingham, Mass. The regular Fall Meeting of the Association was holden here today, being called to order in Liberty Hall at 9.50 o'clock a. m., President Coggeshall in the chair. In the absence of Secretary Glover, Wm. R. Billings, Superintendent of the Taunton Water Works, was chosen Secretary protempore. The reading of the Records was waived. A call of the roll showed the following members and guests present: Geo. E. Batchelder, Wm. R. Billings, Dexter Brackett, Junius A. Brand, Robert C. P. Coggeshall, Geo. A. Ellis, L. Louville Gerry, Frank E. Hall, Horatio N. Hyde, jr., A. W. Inman, Moses Joy, jr., ACTIVE MEMBERS. Registrar, Superintendent, City Surveyor, Eng'r and Registrar, Superintendent, Worcester, Mass Taunton, Mass. Boston, Mass. Norwich, Conn. New Bedford, Mass. New Bedford, Mass. Springfield, Mass. No. Attleboro, Mass. Quincy, Mass. Springfield, Mass. Worcester, Mass. Civil Engineer, U. S. Hotel, Boston, Mass. Superintendent, Hydraulic Engineer, After a short address by President Coggeshall the following applications were considered: FOR ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP. Geo. E. Wild, Superintendent, So. Weymouth, Mass. John H. Perkins, Superintendent, Watertown, Mass. The Secretary was instructed to cast one ballot for the candidates, which being done, they were declared elected to membership in the Association. A letter of regret at inability to attend the meeting was read from Peter Milne, Jr., Water Purveyor, Brooklyn, N. Y., President American Water Works Association. A letter of Albert S. Glover, resigning, on account of ill health, his office as Secretary, was received, read and on motion of Mr. A. H. Howland was laid on the table. A circular was read from Committee of Civil Engineers Club of Cleveland, Ohio, relating to the matter of employing Civil Engineers in Government work and it was voted to refer the matter to the Executive Committee, said committee to confer with the committee of the Engineers Club of Cleveland. Mr. A. H. Howland then invited the Association, in behalf of the Framingham Water Supply Company, to participate in a lunch to be served after the excursions. The invitation was accepted and the convention then adjourned. Immediately after adjournment the Association took barges and proceeded to the Natick Pumping Station where they were received by Commissioner Fairbanks and Superintendent Morse and inspected the new Blake pumps and boilers there being placed under the direction of Mr. Wilbur D. Fiske. From this point the Association proceeded to Wellesley and through the courtesy of Mr. H. H. Hunnewell, visited his magnificent gardens; thence they drove through the grounds of Wellesley College, by kind permission of the Secretary, Miss Anna M. McCoy, and thence to Bailey's Hotel, passing on the way Waban Valley Bridge of the Sudbury River system of the Boston water supply. After spending an hour at the Hotel, at dinner, barges were again taken and the Association proceeded to the Basin IV of the Boston Water Works, at Ashland, which was inspected under the direction of Wilbur F. Learned, C. E., Resident Engineer. From here, passing Basin II they drove to Dam I, after an inspection of which the party divided, some leaving the barges and walking over the line |