Lead Pipe. -1,894 pounds 2-inch lead pipe, 3,080 pounds 11-inch ditto, 1,225 pounds 14-inch ditto, 3,458 pounds 1-inch ditto, 4,228 pounds 2-inch ditto, 28,175 pounds ğ-inch ditto, 3,068 pounds -inch ditto, 1,291 pounds 1-inch tin lined ditto, 2,494 pounds -inch ditto, 742 pounds -inch ditto, 200 pounds §-inch block tin pipe, 75 pounds solder, 455 pounds sheet lead.

Blacksmith Shop. — 1,300 pounds round iron, 860 pounds flat ditto, 100 pounds square ditto, 800 pounds working pieces, 400 pounds cast steel, 19 dozen pick blanks, 6,000 pounds Cumberland coal.

Carpenter's Shop. 147 Lowry hydrant boxes, 5 ditto, unfinished, 168 stopcock boxes, 19 unfinished ditto, 84 hydrant boxes, 84 ditto unfinished, 2 meter boxes, 16 ditto unfinished, 1,200 pounds spikes and nails, 37,000 feet 2-inch spruce plank, 6,000 feet 13-inch spruce batting, 35 1 foot pieces for raising hydrant boxes, 25 1 foot ditto, for stopcock boxes, 30 ditto for Lowry hydrant boxes, 60 feet hard wood · plank.

Tools. 1 steam engine, 1 large hoisting crane, 3 boom derricks, 6 hand geared derricks, 5 sets shears and rigging for same, 6 tool houses, 3 tool boxes, 2 platform scales, 1 portable blacksmith shop, 1 portable covering for Brewer fountain, 1 hand-roller, 1 horse ditto, tools for laying main and service pipes, 2 engine lathes, 1 foot ditto, 1 hand ditto, 1 Pratt and Whitney taper ditto, 1 chain hoisting gear, 1 upright drilling machine, 3 grindstones, 1 trip hammer, the necessary tools for carrying on the machine, blacksmith, carpenter and plumbing shops, 1 circular saw, 1 fan blower, 1 40-inch proving press, 1 36-inch ditto, 1 small ditto, 4 wheelbarrows, 400 feet old hose. Also a lot of patterns at

the foundries where we obtain castings.

Stable. 11 horses, 8 wagons, 3 buggies, 6 pungs, 1 sled,

1 cart, 12 sets harness, 22 blankets, 1 buffalo robe, 2 sleighs,

3 tons English hay, 80 bushels grain, 13 tous straw.

Beacon Hill Reservoir. 1 large composition cylinder, 16-inch jet, 1 6-inch composition jet, 3 composition plates, 9 cast-iron plates, 2 4-inch composition jets, 5 swivel pipe patterns, 1 2-inch copper straight jet, 6 composition jets for small fountains, 6 large composition cylinders.

Miscellaneous. 64 tons pig lead, 10 gallons linseed oil, 2 barrels kerosene oil, 150 tons furnace coal, 1 freight gravel, 1,000 paving brick, 110 pounds lead washers, lot of paving stones, 52 reservoir covers, 40 cords of wood, 6 manholes, 5 plates, lot of old lumber. Also old machinery from Marlboro.

Respectfully submitted,

E. R. JONES, Sup't Eastern Division.

REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE

WESTERN DIVISION.

OFFICE SUPERINTENDENT WESTERN DIVISION,

CHARLES H. ALLEN, ESQ.,

SIR,

BRIGHTON, May 1st, 1873.

President of the Cochituate Water Board:

In compliance with the rules of the Water Board, the following report is submitted:

LAKE COCHITUATE.

Work was commenced April 15th, 1872, to connect Farm Pond and the Sudbury River, with the lake. The work was completed, and the water turned into the lake, the 25th of June. Beaver Brook was cleaned out, made deeper and wider from the Walker mill privilege to the intersection of the trench dug from Farm Pond; length of trench about four miles, one mile required to be close-sheeted with 2-inch plank. Three flumes were built, and two stone culverts, under the town roads; two dams, one at the inlet of Farm Pond, and one on the Sudbury River, a short distance below the bridge of B., C. & F. R. R. The work was done under the direction of J. P. Davis, Esq., City Engineer. The water was run through the trench from June 25th until September 17th; the stop planks were then put in, and no water has been run into the lake from that time. From May 28th to June 1st, 1872, the water in the lake was 4 feet 10 inches above the bottom of the conduit. This was the lowest point reached during the year; it gradually rose, and on the 15th of Novem

ber it stood at 13 feet 1 inch. Orders were then given to keep it down to 12 feet 6 inches, and it was held near that point during the winter, and on April 30th, 1873, it was 13 feet 1 inch. The number of days that the water has run to waste will be shown in the report of the City Engineer. The engines and pumps have been removed, and stored; the gate-house repaired, and cleaned; the usual attention given to the grounds and fences connected with the lake. I would call your attention to the house occupied by the attendant; as it would not be economy to repair it, I would recommend that a new house be built, in a more favorable location for health, or, if built on the site of the present one, that it be raised, at least, three feet, so as to obtain more perfect drain

age.

CONDUIT.

The water has been drawn off from the conduit twice during the year, October 12th and 13th, to make the annual examination, which occupied two days. A very thorough examination was made, in company with the City Engineer, Clerk of the Board (and for three miles with some members of the Board). The section between the gate-house and the waste weir at Dedman's Brook was found very foul, being covered with a vegetable growth, and a great deal of sand on the bottom of the conduit, that was carried in by the pumps; from Dedman's Brook to the Chestnut Hill Reservoir it was quite clean; no new cracks were discovered, and no apparent change in the old ones. Measurements were taken by the City Engineer to see if the conduit had settled, so as to change its shape to any extent. It was found to be in a very good condition. October 25th, the water was drawn off and kept off for four days, and the section that required to be cleaned was attended to. The waste weirs are all in order; the doors and gratings will require painting during the season, to keep them so.

CHESTNUT HILL RESERVOIR.

Everything connected with the reservoir is in order; the gate-houses have been cleaned of the rust and cement that covered the stone-work, and the joints repointed where it was needed; stop-plank have been made for the effluent gate-house, to be fised should they be required, until suitable gates can be made and put in, as recommended by the City Engineer. There has been no occasion to shut off the water, or to make any change in the gates the past year. The variation of the water was three feet; highest point, 24 feet; lowest, 21 feet. The embankments are all in good order; no appearance of any leak has ever been seen. The bank on the west side of the Lawrence basin has been graded and improved; the two ledges that were left above the level of high water in the Bradlee basin have been taken down, so as to be covered with a depth of twenty inches at high water. The drive-way has not had any repairs on it; no suitable material can be obtained in this vicinity, and I would recommend starting the crushing-machine, and dress the drive-way with stone crushed very fine, as there is an abundance of material at hand; the expense would not differ much from the cost of gravel.

BROOKLINE RESERVOIR.

This reservoir has received the usual care and attention. The wall and fence on Dudley street have been completed and painted. The arrangements were made to clean this basin in November, and the water was drawn down for that purpose, when the fire of November 9th occurred, and it was not thought advisable to do it. The basin was filled again, and connected with the supply. Annexed, will be found the height of water at the Bradlee basin during the year, also the account of tools, etc.

Respectfully submitted,

A. STANWOOD,

Sup❜t Western Division.