Annual Report Of The Metropolitan Water And Sewerage Board Massachusetts 1905

Excerpt from Annual Report of the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board, 1905 The Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board, established under the provisions of chapter 168 of the Acts of the year 1901, has already presented to your Honorable Body an abstract of the account of its doings, receipts, expenditures, disbursements, assets and liabilities for the calendar year ending December 31, 1904, and now presents a detailed statement of the operations for the year, being its Fourth Annual Report made since the consolidation of the Metropolitan Water Board and the Board of Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners on March 20, 1901. I. Organization And Administration. (1) Board, Officers and Employes. The membership of the Board has continued the same as in the preceding year: Henry H. Sprague, chairman, Henry P. Walcott, M.D., and James A. Bailey, Jr. William N. Davenport has continued as secretary and executive officer of the Board, and Alfred F. Bridgman as auditor and purchasing agent. The administrative office force, during the early part of the past year, consisted, in addition, of the same number of employes as in the preceding year; but during the year considerable reduction has been made, and the force now comprises a book-keeper, an assistant book-keeper, an assistant in auditing, a paymaster, one general clerk, four stenographers, a telephone operator, one messenger, and a janitor with two assistants, one of whom acts as watchman. It has been determined in the coming year to place the auditing department under the general supervision of the secretary, the present auditor acting as purchasing agent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Excerpt from Fifth Annual Report of the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board: January 1, 1906 To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General Court assembled. The Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board, established under the provisions of chapter 168 of the Acts of the year 1901, has already presented to your Honorable Body an abstract of the account of its doings, receipts, expenditures, disbursements, assets and liabilities for the calendar year ending December 31, 1905, and now presents a detailed statement of the operations for the year, being its Fifth Annual Report made since the consolidation of the Metropolitan Water Board and the Board of Metropolitan Sewerage Commissioners on March 20, 1901. I. Organization and Administration. (1) Board, Officers and Employes. The term of office of Henry P. Walcott, M.D., expired on March 21, 1905, and he was reappointed for the three years next succeeding. The membership of the Board has consequently remained as in the preceding year: Henry H. Sprague, chairman, Henry P. Walcott, M.D., and James A. Bailey, Jr. William N. Davenport has continued as secretary, and the auditing department has been placed under his general supervision. Alfred F. Bridgman, who formerly acted as auditor, has been made the purchasing agent, and will also act in the future as paymaster. A further reduction has been made during the year in the administrative office force. This force now comprises: a book-keeper, an assistant book-keeper, an assistant in auditing, one general clerk, two stenographers, a telephone operator, one messenger, and a janitor with two assistants, one of whom acts as watchman. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

Excerpt from First Annual Report of the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board: January 1, 1902 Table No. 29. - Chemical Examinations of Water from Lake Cochituate, Table No. 30. - Chemical Examinations of Water from Spot Pond, Stoneham, Table No. 31. - Chemical Examinations of Water from a Faucet at the State House, Boston, Table No. 32. - Averages of Examinations of Water from Various Parts of the Metro politan Water Works, 1901, Table No. 33. - Chemical Examinations of Water from a Faucet in Boston, from 1888 to 1901, Table N o. 34. Microscopical Examinations of Water from Various Parts of the Metro. Politan Water Works, 1901, Table No. 35. - Bacterial Examinations of Water from Various Parts of the Metropol itan Water Works, 1901, Table No. 36. - Examinations of Water from Brooks entering Reservoirs, 1901. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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