Eight Annual Report of the Boston Water Board

Download or read book Eight Annual Report of the Boston Water Board written by Boston Boston and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Eight Annual Report of the Boston Water Board: For the Year Ending, April 30, 1884 The Board has endeavored to accomplish during the year the following important results in connection with the administration of the affairs of the Water Department: - 1. To establish a systematic and economic conduct of the public business. 2. To adopt the best measures for the prevention of the enormous waste of water by consumers. 3. To stop the pollution of our sources of supply, and to improve the quality of the water. The Present Condition of the Service. Every branch of the service in the Water Department has been carefully examined by the Board, and we believe that the various divisions are being managed economically and efficiently; that no persons are employed whose services are not needed, and who are not rendering efficient service to the city, and that the whole business is being conducted upon business principles. Two new divisions have been organized during the year, viz.: The Meter Division, with Mr. Hiram Cutts, formerly Superintendent of the Mystic Department, as Superintendent, and the Inspection and Waste Division, with Mr. D. B. Cashman as Superintendent. The work accomplished by these new divisions has been of great importance and benefit to the City, and your particular attention is invited to this work as set forth in the special reports of September 6 and December 6, 1883, and to the first annual reports of the Superintendents, herewith appended. We made an earnest request of the Water Committee, several months since, to examine our books, contracts, and general administration of affairs; and, in conformity to this request, a sub-committee was appointed and the examination is being made. We presume a report will be rendered in due course of business. Prevention of Waste. The present Board, early in its organization, realized that the prevention of waste was one of the most important and difficult problems with which all large water-consuming communities are obliged to contend. 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.