Appendix No. 2. Appendix No. 3. An Act to provide for a Metropolitan Water Supply (Chapter 488 of Monthly Rainfall, in Inches, during 1896, at Four Places on the Water- 84 85 103 104 LIST OF MAPS, PLANS AND DIAGRAMS. 1. Map showing Works for supplying Water from the Nashua, Sudbury and Cochituate Water-sheds to the Metropolitan Water District, 2. Plan and Profile, showing Progress on the Nashua Aqueduct to Dec. 1, 1896, 3. Aqueduct Sections and Assabet Bridge, 11 12 12 14 5. Map of Metropolitan District, showing Progress of Works for Distributing Water, 15 4. Plan of Reservoir No. 5, showing Progress, METROPOLITAN WATER BOARD. To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General Court assembled. The Metropolitan Water Board respectfully submits its report for the year 1896, being its SECOND ANNUAL REPORT. The Metropolitan Water Board, established under chapter 488 of the Acts of the year 1895, began its work in July of that year. Its operations for the remainder of the year 1895 consisted chiefly in organizing its departments and entering upon the various surveys and investigations necessarily preliminary to the active work of construction which devolved upon the Board under the Act. I. ORGANIZATION. (1) Administration. The Board, as originally appointed by the Governor, consisted of Henry H. Sprague of Boston, chairman, Wilmot R. Evans of Everett, and John R. Freeman of Winchester. Mr. Freeman, on account of removal from the Commonwealth, resigned his position, his resignation taking effect on April 15, 1896. Henry P. Walcott, M.D., of Cambridge, was appointed in his stead, and was qualified for his duties and began his service on the Board on April 16, 1896. William N. Davenport of Marlborough has continued as secretary and executive officer of the Board and Alfred F. Bridgman as auditor and accountant. The office force has further comprised a bookkeeper, an assistant in auditing, two stenographers, a messenger and janitor. (2) Engineering Department. The engineering department is organized with the following principal engineers: Chief Engineer, FREDERIC P. STEARNS. Consulting Engineers, JOSEPH P. DAVIS, ALPHONSE FTELEY. Engineer of Distribution Department, DEXTER BRACKETT. Engineer of Sudbury Department, DESMOND FITZGERALD. Engineer of Dam and Aqueduct Department, THOMAS F. RICHARDSON. Subordinates in the engineering force have numbered 150, and, in addition, inspectors of pipe making, pipe laying, masonry and earth work, to the number of 30, have been employed. Laborers to assist in the making of borings and for handling of water pipes, repairing of roads and other minor operations have been employed from time to time, the maximum number at any one time being 97. The contractors for building the tunnel and aqueduct, for excavation of the soil and the preparation for use of Reservoir No. 5, and for laying the main distribution pipes, have employed a large number of men, amounting in the busiest period of the year to 4,108 men, using 845 horses. (3) Legal Services. On entering upon its work the Board secured the legal services of Albert E. Pillsbury and Andrew J. Bailey of Boston, and Frank P. Goulding of Worcester, and these gentlemen were of great assistance to the Board in the organization of its work, the preparation of contracts, and establishing the basis of negotiations and settlements. On Nov. 1, 1896, under the provisions of chapter 490 of the Acts of the year 1896, the Attorney-General of the Commonwealth assumed the performance of the legal work of the Board, and since that date the duties of counsel have been performed under his direction. (4) Conveyancing Department. The necessity for the examination of all of the titles of the lands taken for the aqueduct in Berlin, Northborough, Marlborough and Southborough, and the titles of the lands which are to be taken for the reservoir in Clinton, Boylston, West Boylston and Sterling, has |