Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-06

Edwin L. Burnap, was also submitted at the council meeting this week summary of the report follows:
 The usual care as to the sanitary conditions has been given the water Meadow Brook It was found neces- Eary to build some fences at Stony Brook, which the cityss contract called tor to keep out cattle, and more will have to be replaced this coming year. on the east side Of the reservoir IS nearly completed so that people going to the dam proper will have greater protection against going over the em- banknent. The reservoir is looked af- ter each day, the year round by a caretaker and the best of care is taken to prevent contamination.
 Meadow Brook has had a great amount of work done there the past year, and we hope that this coming year we will not have to spend so much there, for we cut the brush and l all growth has been cut off and burned l over, as much as would burn. The
 brooks were all cleaned out and wid
 ened, so that they are in good condi- ton. Some future time we will have 1 10 build a new building at Meadow I Brook, as the one there is old and has been broken so many times that 1t can 1 he entered easily. This ought to be 1 built of brick or concrete, as it is in
 place to catch fire from the brush. Fairvfew in Excellent Condition. Fafrview reservoir is in excellent 1 condition The roads have been re- l paired, ruts filled up and the grass cut 1 and brush burned. This will have to l be repeated somewhat this year, to l keep 1t up to the sanitary standpoint, l Whlch means a good deal to the city. l There have been so many complaints l about the unsanitary using of the pond
 TOT fishing that I have placed two large 1 signs prohibiting the same here, and which explain the penalties for same. I These complaints were based on facts, | as we have on investigation found them such. Below the dam we have cut off 1 brush and in the spring months will l have to burn same up. The gates there
 have been closed and mains blown of
 and the water is in good condition. The
 fences on the west side of the pond
 ought to be enewed with a strong wire I fence, as the osts are getting decayed
 and the wire is very rusty and old
 Other parts of the fence are of wood
 The bridges at the upper end are all
 :n good condition, having been renew ] ed during the past year, but will have to be painted this summer. There
 were old and the stringers were all rot
 ted off and were not safe.
 Meters for All New Services. |, We are now placing meters on al new services and on all transferred . ] pTOD0TLy. w e I1dQ dL In0 D6SlnnlIlB O.
 the year 1,03o meters, and at the pres.
 ont time we have 1,14S, and this veal
 we want to put in a great many more
 as I think we ought to curtail tht
 enormous loss of water by waste. Tht
 hydrant question should be given som
 attention, as there are quite a. few tha have been in place since the depart
 ment was organized. This year thert will be a lot of new building, to
 gether with what is in progress nov
 ct Willow, Chestnut and Franklin f streets. We need new mains on Will low street tc Franklin street, 10 inch f say; Willow to Franklin, througE 5 Chestnut street and Chestnut avenue
 s inch; Willow to Bath street, inch Chestnut street now has inch; Will low street has inch from Broadwa;
 to Chestnu" street and inch iron , Chestnut to Franklin street; Bat
 street has inch, and Chestnut stree , has inch from Bath to Willow stree
 which are all too small. There shou1 . be a new main from Shetucket stree
 10 Breed hall through Water street, i ], 10 or 12 incii size, with new hydrant
 along the line closer together, and tn t same in great many places; ther f l should be new hydrantS put in be q tween, making them 200 or 300 fee }. apart in the thiclkly settled sections S This line on Water street which hay e 1 mentioned I would mean to paralIt t the old 6-inch line and use the 10 1 inch or 12-inch for separate fire lin : for that part only.
 The Water Commissioners. The water commissioners are: Presi 5 dent, Albert s. Comstock, term expire June, 1917: Hugh Blackledge, term ex
 pires June, 1916; Patrick F. Bray, 2
 term expires June, 1916: Walter V o Lang, term expires June, 1917; WiIlial e s. Murray, term expires June, 1916. $ Superintendent of works-Edwin ] d Burnap.
 l. Clerk and Cashier-Charles W. Btu ,t ton.
 d Inspector Frederick Tyler.