TABLE NO. 39. — Average Maximum and Minimum Monthly Heights, in Feet, above Boston City Base, to which Water rose, at Different Stations on the Metropolitan Water Works in 1907. LOW-SERVICE. SOUTHERN HIGH-SERVICE. BOSTON METRO WATER WORKS OFFICE, PARK STREET. TABLE NO. 39. — Average Maximum and Minimum Monthly Heights, in Feet, above Boston City Base, etc. - Concluded. APPENDIX No. 3. WATER WORKS STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR 1907. The Metropolitan Water Works supply the Metropolitan Water District, which includes the following cities and towns: 1 No water supplied to these places during the year from Metropolitan Water Works. 2 Not in the Metropolitan Water District, but has been supplied with water from the Metropolitan Water Works. 3 Only a small portion of Saugus is supplied with water. Mode of Supply. 25 per cent. by gravity. Pumping. Chestnut Hill High-service Station: Builders of pumping machinery, Holly Manufacturing Company, Quintard Iron Works and E. P. Allis Company. Description of coal used: - Bituminous: Somerset, Orenda, Barnet, Vulcan Steam and Carbon. Anthracite : buckwheat. Price per gross ton in bins: bituminous $4.09 to $4.14, buckwheat $2.97. Average price per gross ton $3.75. Per cent. ashes, 13.5. Chestnut Hill Low-service Station: Builders of pumping machinery, Holly Manufacturing Company. Spot Pond Station: Builders of pumping machinery, Geo. F. Blake Manufacturing Company and Holly Manufacturing Company. Description of coal used: - Bituminous: Georges Creek Cumberland. Anthracite : screenings. Price per gross ton in bins: bituminous $4.35 and $5, screenings $2.24. Average price per gross ton $4.02. Per cent. ashes, 13.0. |