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Under the direction of the board of public works the following expenditures were made:

The board of public works was discontinued on the completion of the dam in 1893, and the city council then assumed control and managed the plant until the water and light commission was created by charter in 1897. At the time the board of public works was abolished there was due and unpaid on contracts the sum of $55,896.87. The water and light commission had exclusive supervision, management, and control of the waterworks system, the electric lights, the power plant, and all property, funds, and business belonging or pertaining thereto.

The $200,000 of bonds issued in 1895 were utilized in paying the $56,000 indebtedness left by the board of public works, and in completing the water and light system, with the exception of the reservoir. The reservoir was never built. After a site had been practically chosen it became evident that it would be necessary to filter the water of the lake, and upon the advice of Mr. Allen Hazen, of New York City, the sanitary engineer called in for consultation, it was determined to construct filtering galleries in the sand flats about 2 miles below the dam, and to transfer the pumps to a new pump house to be erected near the filters. These galleries, three in number, were in successful operation when the dam broke. The lower station was