Annual Water Report of Concord.

Annual Water Report of Concord.

Concord, N. H., has a population estimated at 21,000. Its supply is taken from Penacork Lake, the system being gravity; also pumping to reservoir for high service and fire protection. The works, which are owned by the city, are equipped with Worthington pumping engines. The total pttmpage for the year, without allowance for slip, was 299,115,016 gallons, and the cost of pumping, figured on pumping station expenses, was $3,243,193, or $10,845 per million gallons pumped. In the distribution service, are 67.74 miles of mains, cast iron and cement lined, with 945 stop gates, 2,416 feet and 19 gates having been added during the year. The number of public hydrants set is 389. of which 17 were added in twelve months. The number of service taps in use is 3,670, and the number of meters 1,764, of which 234 were set during the year. The work of substituting cast iron for the cementlined pipe, formerly in use, has been practically completed. An application from the Plains district, for an extension of the water mains to that section, after careful consideration, was refered to the city government, without the approval of the Board of Water Commissioners. which was withheld for various reasons. The total net receipts of the department from all sources, as reported by Superintendent Perry R. Sanders, amounted to $67,307.84, which, with a balance on hand January 1, 1909. of $24,412.40. brought the available funds up to $91,720.24. The total expenses, for maintenance and operation, were $29,662.17; interest on bonds was paid to the amount of $23,375 and bonds to the amount of $10,000 were paid off, leaving cash on hand, at the commencement of the current year, of $28,682.47.

Concord, N. H., has a population estimated at 21,000. Its supply is taken from Penacork Lake, the system being gravity; also pumping to reservoir for high service and fire protection. The works, which are owned by the city, are equipped with Worthington pumping engines. The total pttmpage for the year, without allowance for slip, was 299,115,016 gallons, and the cost of pumping, figured on pumping station expenses, was $3,243,193, or $10,845 per million gallons pumped. In the distribution service, are 67.74 miles of mains, cast iron and cement lined, with 945 stop gates, 2,416 feet and 19 gates having been added during the year. The number of public hydrants set is 389. of which 17 were added in twelve months. The number of service taps in use is 3,670, and the number of meters 1,764, of which 234 were set during the year. The work of substituting cast iron for the cementlined pipe, formerly in use, has been practically completed. An application from the Plains district, for an extension of the water mains to that section, after careful consideration, was refered to the city government, without the approval of the Board of Water Commissioners. which was withheld for various reasons. The total net receipts of the department from all sources, as reported by Superintendent Perry R. Sanders, amounted to $67,307.84, which, with a balance on hand January 1, 1909. of $24,412.40. brought the available funds up to $91,720.24. The total expenses, for maintenance and operation, were $29,662.17; interest on bonds was paid to the amount of $23,375 and bonds to the amount of $10,000 were paid off, leaving cash on hand, at the commencement of the current year, of $28,682.47.