Norwich bulletin., 1912-05-07
WATER DEPARTMENT.

WATER DEPARTMENT, Development of Stony Brook Occupied
 Much of the Year-BaIancs Turned
 Over to City Treasurer $37,54S.37.
 In their 3eth annual report the board of water commissioners note that the cashiers report will show receipts and disbursements for the year and will contain much information not included in former reports. The balance paid, or to be paid, to the city treasurer for the fiscal year amounts to $37,54s.27, or about S3,500 less than the estimated balance, due to two causes, the fall ing off in receipts because of the curtailment of water and the increased expenses from the severe winter. Dur ing the year death removed two mem bers of the board, John T. Ryan, De- cember r. 1911, and Charles F. Briggs, February 1T, 1912. To fill their places, Patrick F. Bray 2d and Joseph F. Williams were chosen. Both of the deceased were deeply interested in all matters that tended toward civic bet terment, and both were anxious to see the water problem solved by the com pletlOn of Stony brook reservoir. They were both honest, straightforward men of firm conviction. It is with sincere regret that the board realize their great loss-the loss of, faithful friends and eo-workers.
 Plans and specifications for develop ing Stony brook were completed about April l, 1911 and it was decided that the department should lay the pipe from Washington square to East Great Plain by day labor, the remainder be- inn fran tfTss and on April 15 the contracts were awarded Thomas J. Dodd and Archi- bald Torrance. The contract for the dam and reservoir was awarded April 21 to the Petrossi company of Hart l ford. The pipe has all been laid but there is some refilling of trenches and grading of surfaces to do There have been 17,734 feet of 24-inch pipe, includ- ing waste pipe, laid. 3,990 feet of 20- inch pipe. and 2,S26 feet of 18-inch | pipe Where 20-inch pipe is used there i is 12-inch pipe in the same street, i and where 16-inch is used there are several parallel mains.
 l The main reservoir dam was com | pleted in December, the spillway be- l ing IS 1-2 feet above Fairview, giv- 1 ing an increase of about eight pounds | over FairView. when full. The supply l pipe is 27 feet below full pond The | corewal is S9 feet high and 731 feet | long. The core wall of side dam is l 19 feet high and 320 feet long. The
 main dam is 46 feet at it's highest 1 point and the smaller dam 23 1-2 feet 1 The greatest width of the main dam is l 195 feet and of the small dam 7s feet. i The width of the top in both cases is
 IS feet The spillway is 35 feet long
 and the abutments are five feet above
 the spillway.
 The area of the watershed is 29
 square miles. A 20-inch Venturi me- | ter has been installed in the pipe line
 near the northwesterly corner of Ma | plewood cemetery and recording appa-
 ratus will be installed in a suitable house there. The watershed is largely | wooded and when the Palmer house
 is removed there will be no houses on 1t. The gatehouse Is finished to the level of the top of the embankment
 and the gates are all installed. The
 small dam can be completed in @
 short time after the ground becomes settled. The water from Stony brook
 was ready for use in February. The
 amount of land now owned by the city
 is about 27O acres and includes the
 brook for more than a mile above the
 dam.
 Condemnation proceedings against J
 Raymond Palmer are before the su-
 preme court and condemnation pro-
 ceedings against c. s. Johnson. c, B
 Cook Patrick Good and Humphrey
 Galivan, are also under way. The new
 road at the reservoir is practically fin
 ished. The total amount expended or
 the reservoir including S4,500 deposited
 for Mir. Palmer is $226,97O. There fl SlS,000 retained on various contracts and $74,2SO with which to complete the work.
 The price of water for the small con.
 sumer by meter has been reduced, s,
 that it is now possible to keep tn, meter bill down to the lowest fla rate charges. It is the intention of thl
 board to meter a number of old serv ices each year and to meter each nev service as it is put in. There are il ) use about 4.000 services, and of tha 3 number 675 are metered. If the pres 3 ent policy of the board is continued 7 the whole city will in time be meterel 3 and the burden on the taxpayers vii r not be seriously felt
 2 Superintendent Statement.
 Supt. J. J. Corkery reports that oi s April 1. 1911, Fairview reservoir wa 1 down 190 inches, having 11S,0O0,O0 9 gallons of water It gained until Ma . 9, when there were 194 million gallons ' May the pumps at Trading Gov I were started and run until Decembe , 8 and pumped 160 million gallon. s When they stopped. 161 million gallon r were in F'airyiew. The lowest poir
 reached was POS inches on October l, e and the highest point March ,13191. y when it was p inches from full pont t The consumption for the year wa d 416,592,00 gallons from aFirview l
 million from Mohegan lake, and 16 n million from Trading cove. The rain k fall for the year was 40.34 inches ( n , 1-2 inches less than the average fc 5 forty years.
 e He recommends substantial ar
 propriation each year for the exter e sion of the meter system so that tr e entire city will be metered in te
 years and that a caretaker living nes s Fairview be employed to protect tf = city's property and guard against cor Il tamination of the water.
 Cashiers Report.
 n Cashier G. $. Raymond makes u