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97 4 *-inch Corporation cocks. 2 1 -inch Corporation cocks, 16 -g--inch stop and waste cocks. 1 inch Meter. Some odd lots of second-hand wrought iron pipe and fittings. The 500 ft. of S -inch cast iron pipe on hand was taken up from Lincoln St. main to the filter house, put in to conduct water to the filter and hack again to the main, this pipe is worth 5400. The labor was done by Mr. T. L. Bruce and his men at odd times, at a cost of less than $60.00. Referring to expense account, $1,961.98 of this amount was for bills contracted previous to Jan. 1st, 1903. In contracting for lay- ing the 12 -inch main on Mass. Ave. the replacing of the Macadam was at the request of the Highway Surveyors done by the Highway Dept. The bill for doing this work was $287.50, as there was only $117.43 left of the Metropolitan Loan Appropriation, and in order to enable the treasurer to close this account, the Water Dept. assumed the balance, $170.07 which appears in the expense account. On the 18th day of February the Town entered the Metropolitan district, and received a partial supply from that source, until the 12 -inch main wascompleted (about June 1st). During this period we kept up steam and pumped the balance needed, about 2,000,000 gallons; this work was done by Mr. Bruce, the Superintendent, as we dismissed our engineers when we entered the district. It has been a great satisfaction to us to be able to furnish all the water required for use of hose, street watering, etc. The supply has been adequate and the quality much better than we expected. WOBURN AND LOWELL STREETS EXTENSION. At the Town meeting held June 22d, $9,000 was appropriated to lay a six-inch pipe on Woburn and Lowell streets, front Utica street to the Arlington line. 98 Having secured the signatures of the abuttors to an agreement conforming to the vote whereby this appropriation was made, we advertised for bids for pipe and for laying the same ; thirteen bids were received, and the contract awarded to Franklin A. Snow of Boston, the lowest bidder. This work was finished and water turned on as fax as the Morrill estate on Sept. 15th. The arrival of pipe for balance of distance was very much delayed and the job was not completed until about Dec. 1; nine services were connected ; more will be added in the spring ; no income received from this extension this year. Cost has been as follows: Printing and advertising, Pipe and fittings, Freight and teaming, Hydrants and gate valve, Man hole for meter, Four -inch meter and fish trap, Contract for laying pipe, Total, 10,824 feet of 6 -inch pipe laid. 10 hydrants set, and 13 gate valves put in. 25.1$0 6,028.43 105.60 245.72 9.25 269.00 2,708.18 $9,394.78 We wish to call attention to that part of the town north of the B. & M. R. R. known as Grant and Sherman streets. This district is supplied with water through a four -inch pipe leading from Oakland street over private property. This pipe was laid and has been main- tained under an oral license given by the owner to the Lexington Water Co., under the belief that the use would only exist for a short time. The pipe was laid to supply one house; twenty new houses have been built since. The present owners of the property notified us that unless the town was willing to pay a reasonable sum for the