New Britain herald., 1917-02-10

careful watch with reference to pos
 sible contamination and to prevent
 such the board have spent over
 $100,000 in purchasing land and
 buildings and the destroying and re-
 moving of objectionable conditions.
 In 1894 the first step was the condem-
 nation of the group of buildings (used
 es a resort) on the bank of the lake,
 thus putting an end to bathing, boat 1 ing, etc., which had existed for years.
 In addition eleven buildings have been
 removed from the watershed at 1 Shuttle Meadow Lake and 1 1000 acres were bought and cleaned up. In the :: Wolcott section no evils exist, that locality being sparsely settled. Only two places inhabited are on the water shed and those are far from the source of supply.
 In the Burlington district the city has purchased over 1 1000 acres It has removed fourteen buildings and is ne- gotiating for two more which will 1 practically eliminate all possible sources of contamination. In the upper Burlington district practically all land and buildings have been se- 1 cured for fowage and protection. The city is receiving a rental from these until the time comes for using this supply, when everything objectionable will be removed. In addition to this :, ,precaution we have caretakers at each source of supply, whose duties are the 1 enforcement of orders given them by ! the board and frequent patrol of the ! watersheds. A force of laborers is 1 employed to help those in charge. Davenport and Keeley Getty clemists) l make a bacteriological analysis weekly l of the supply as it is distributed to the consumers, a microscopical analysis of 1 the water from the different sources i monthly and a semi physical 1 inspection of the entire watersheds. In addition the board have a project l started for the reforestration of all the 1 watersheds, the removal of all decay ; ing growth and have already planted l 10000 pine trees on the watershed at 1 Shuttle Meadow.
 1 The engineering department. at the ! expense of the board, Is compiling a map of the entire property owned by l the city so reference can be made at 1 any time as to location, when 1t Is , necessary to secure additional prop erty for further protection.
 i The only filtration method Is the screening of the water. We have five gate houses, equipped with a double set of copper screens (close mesh) all waters change physically twice each year, April and September. A system
 of flushing the mains is carried out
 and we rarely have any complaints,
 except from those living near a. dead
 end of pipe or when a main is first
 laid in a street.
 l ivoo
 material, the approval and payments of bills, collection of water rents, pur-
 chasing of land, right of way and the
 general management of the depart ment.
 1 The largest expense for material is for pipe and is governed in quantity
 each year according to orders from i the common council. A schedule of
 sizes and quantity is made up usually
 the first of the year. and all the repu-
 table concerns are asked to bid for same, delivery to begin May 1. The
 result of the bids are submitted to
 the council for approval. On the award to the successful bidder a copy
 Of the order is mailed to the concern,
 who have inspected pipe the last twelve years for the department, 8 list
 of the pipe and number cast (good or
 bad) is mailed to Us. When pipe is
 being shipped a watch is kept, no
 pipe is loaded which has red figures.
 The factory send list of pipe, car num- | Der, freight bill and bill of lading all of which are invariably correct.
 i A debit and credit account is kept
 on a petty ledger of all contracts for pipe or any other contract that in- wolves more than one shipment Freight is prepaid, as often it happens
 if freight is paid at receiving end. we
 would be compelled to pay the bill be- fore the material Is checked up.
 All other purchases for material, in-
 cluding hydrants, valves, meters and supplies, list is furnished by the su- perintendent, which are ordered from the office, copy of same handed to su-
 perintendant, who on receipt of bill of
 lading and the arrival of same checks
 articles and approves bill by signature Local supplies are furnished by orders l which are in duplicate and are written l in the office.
 Payrolls are made up each week (to
 Thursday night) from time books,
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