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229 Inspections of hydrants should be made after use at fires or otherwise ; condition is generally good . " Of thirty-nine recommendation - made by Captain Merchant many should have been accomplished in the daily routine of the fire department , the balance would have needed the approval of the voters . The Board of Selectmen and Public Works , acting as a. Board of Water Commissioners , have had an independent study made by Metcalf & Eday of the present and future needs not only for domestic but for fire purposes . They summarize this report as follows : REINFORCEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE LEXINGTON WATER WORKS "The conclusions of the Engineers of the Nev, England Insurance Exchange and those of Metcalf & Eddy , Engineers employed by the Board of Public Works to make a complete survey of the water system concur with respect to the inade- cuacy of our present supply of water for proper fire protection . " The Board of Public Works has already accepted the complete plane of Metcalf & Eddy entitled " Reinforcement and Improvement of the Lexington Water Works " as a guide for future extensions and improvements . borne progress has already been made in carrying out certain recommendations involving small expenditures of money . The Board has also adopted a tentative program which when completed will cover the first six recom- mendations in the report of Metcalf & Eddy . " These include a hook-up with the Arlington Water System in Westminster Avenue ; more cross connections wherever two lines of water pipe exist in the same street ; reconstruction of connections at the Venturi meter at the Arlington Line in Massachusetts Avenue ; extension of a 12 " pipe from the meter in Massachusetts Avenue up and across Liberty Heights and down Oak Street to laassachusetts Avenue , thence along the south side of the Avenue connecting with the 8 " main in k'ollen Road ; an extension of the present 1f2 " pipe in Massachusetts Avenue from Slocum Road to the Minute Man , thence in s' edford Street to Revere Street . This construction work to be spread over two years at a cost of approximately $78 , `'00 . 00 . A part of this cost to be taken out of Water Department earnings and the balance to be bonded over twenty years . " Other recommendations include a 12 " pipe extension in a proposed street from Rawson Avenue to Lowell Street ; 12 " pipe in Parker , Clarke and Forest Streets ; an 8 " pine in Muzzey Street ; a 12 " pipe from Massachusetts Avenue via Hayes Lane to the top of Granny Hill ; a 1 , 000 , 000 gallon standpipe on Granny dill ; a 12 " pipe from Massachusetts Avenue through Rindge Avenue extended to Rawson Avenue ; a 12" pipe from Forest Street through Vine Brook hoad , Winthrop Road Find Highland Avenue to Bloomfield Street , thence to Massachusetts Avenue through Bloomfield Street ; replacement of 4" pipe in Eustis Street , Percy Road , Warren Street and Pelham Road with 8 " pipe ; a 1.0 " pipe from MassachuE• etts Avenue through daple Street to Lowell Street . " Tne , complete program will cost approximately 4k76 , 030 . O0 but construction can be spread over many years . " Y"chile the necessity of a more adequate supply of water is essential from the fire protection point of view we must not lose sight of the fact that the growth of the town would soon compel the very improvements we are recommending in order to give the domestic users the supply and service for which they pay .