Town Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Douglas, for the year ending 1911, Part 1

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ANNUAL REPORTS


TOWN OFFICERS


TOWN OF DOUGLAS


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Year Ending


MARCH 1, 1911.


ANNUAL REPORTS


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


OF THE


TOWN OF DOUGLAS


FOR THE


Year Ending March 1, 191I.


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WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING


Monday, March 20, 191I.


WORCESTER SS. .


To any Constable of the Town of Douglas, in the County of Worcester.


GREETING :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify the inhabitants of the town of Douglas, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet in the town hall, East Douglas, in said Douglas, on Monday the twent- ieth day of March current, at six o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles :


Article 1. To elect a moderator, a town clerk, a town treasurer, six constables, a tax collector, an agent on Devise of Moses Wallis, ten highway surveyors, one for each district, a tree warden, an auditor, all for a term of one year, also one selectman, one assessor, one overseer of the poor, one water commissioner, three members of the school committee, one trustee of the public library, one town cemetery commissioner, all for a term of three years, and to vote Yes or No on the question " Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the town the ensu- ing year. "


ART. 2. To choose all other necessary town officers for the year ensuing.


ART. 3. To hear the reports of the town officers and out- standing committees and act thereon.


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ART. 4. To raise by tax and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary for support of poor, for schools, for debts and interest, for salary of superintentedent of schools, for maintaining street lights, for fire protection, for exterminating browntail and gypsy moths, for salaries of town officers, and for other contingent expenses of the town for the ensuing year.


ART. 5. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary for making and repairing highways and town ways for the ensuing year and order the same assessed upon polls and estates of res- idents and non-residents as other town charges are assessed.


ART. 6. To determine the time when poll and other taxes shall be collected, or act in any manner in relation thereto.


ART. 7. To see what disposition the town will make of the dog fund.


ART. 8. To see if the town will vote to pay the members of the hose company the sum of eight dollars each for their services the ensuing year, the organization and control of said company to be under the supervision of the fire engineers.


ART. 9. To see of what number the acting superintending school committee shall consist and what their compensation shall be.


ART. 10. To see if the town will vote to contract with the Worcester Suburban Electric Co. for street lighting the ensuing year, or act in any manner in relation thereto.


ART. 11. To see what sum the town will raise and appropriate for the relief of disabled soldiers and their families.


ART. 12. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars to Samuel Sibley Post, G. A. R., for charitable purposes, under the provisions of Chapter 25, Section 15, of the revised laws.


ART. 13. To see what salary the town will pay its tax col- lector the ensuing year.


ART. 14. To see what price the town will pay for teams and labor on the highways the ensuing year.


ART. 15. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Treas- urer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in an- ticipation of taxes of the current year and to be paid therefrom.


ART. 16. To see what sums of money the town will raise and appropriate for constructing and repairing sidewalks and under whose supervision it shall be expended.


ART. 17. To see if the town will vote to pay twenty-five dol- lars for repair of town clock, so called, co be paid from the con- tingent fund.


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ART. 18. To see what sum ot money the town will raise and appropiate for the Simon Fairfield Public Library.


ART. 19. To see if the town will vote the sum of one hund- red dollars to Lambert B. Simons Camp, 123, S. V., for defraying expenses for Memorial Day.


· ART. 20. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to be used on the highways under supervision of the select- men, or act or do anything in relation to the same.


ART. 21. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars for the grading of the school- house lot in East Douglas.


ART. 22. To see if the town will vote to sell the town gravel pit, so called, adjoining Lemuel Cunliff's land, and authorize Willie R. Wallis to give deed thereof in the name of the inhabi- tants.


ART. 23. To see if the town will vote to accept the provisions of Chap. 452 of the Acts and Resolves of 1908, entitled "An Act to authorize Certain Towns to Appropriate Money for Watering their Public Streets."


ART. 24. To see if the town will vote to act in conjunction with the town of Sutton in prohibiting fishing through the ice on Manchaug Pond for the term of two years.


ART. 25. To see if the town will authorize its overseers of the poor to build a silo on the town farm, to cost not exceeding $125.00, and will raise and appropriate said sum therefor.


ART. 26. To see if the town will vote to pay the members of the Fire King Engine Co. the sum of three hundred and twenty dollars for services rendered from April 1, 1910 to April 1, 1911.


The polls may close at two o'clock.


And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting up at- tested copies thereof at the Post Office in East Douglas, at the Post Office in Douglas Center ten days at least before the time for holding said meeting.


HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting aforesaid.


Given under our hands this sixth day of March, in the year one thousand nine hundred and eleven.


W. R. WALLIS, W. S. SCHUSTER, W. L. CHURCH,


Selectmen of Douglas.


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Report of the Selectmen.


For the fiscal year ending March 1, 1911, the Selectmen have drawn orders on the Town Treasurer amounting to $42.205 88, of which $13,166.56 was for water works account, leaving $29,039.32 drawn for other town expenses as follows:


Highways, ten districts, Appropriation $2000 00.


$2,398 42 30 00


Road drag


Stone road, Centreville, Appropriation


$3000 00


4,690 92


Schools and Transportation,


66


5500 00


6908 11


Books and supplies,


..


400 00


428 97


Superintendent,


360 00


679 98


Repairs,


300 00.


524 58


Support of poor,


1500 00


1,854 95


Members Fire Co., 1909-1910,


320 00


320 00


Hose house, cost and incidentals,


66


1600 00


1,474 65


Street lighting,


1600 00


2,400 00


Band, Memorial Day,


. .


100 00


100 00


G. A. R. Post,


06


150 00.


125 00


Soldiers' relief,


100 00.


232 00


School physician,


66


50 00.


50 00


Moths,


66


100 00.


46 78


State Aid


692 00


County tax


1,314 00


State, one-fourth license money


1,000 25


$25,449 61


66


200 00


176 65


Debts and interest,


2 35


Repairing scraper


7


Contingent appropriation $500 00


Cattle inspection


$54 75


Meat inspection


24 89


Fire hose.


350 00


Refund, cost original survey and interest.


244 76


Assessors


359 11


Tree warden


190 10


Forest fires


434 49


Town Hall and Engine Hall


155 64


Election expenses


120 75


Returning births and deaths


27 25


Town clerk


111 90


Printing and stationery


175 54


Tax collector, salary


203 25


Abatements


63 19


Contagious diseases


274 59


Registrars


65 00


Salaries other town officers


508 33


Watching, July 3 and 4


10 00


Belt for crusher


37 00


Board of Health


3 00


Sealer weights


9 37


Burial indigent soldier


37 00


Perambulating town line


7 00


Janitor Town Hall and Engine Hall


36 00


Care of watering trough


5 00


Cleaning street


50


Dog officer


10 00


Mowing cemetery


15 00


Inspecting boiler


5 00


E. P. Heath expenses and services Aldrich case


10 00


W. F Hall, auditor


41 30


$3,589 71


$29,039 32


STATE AID.


Joseph T. Arnold


$60 00


Mrs. Charles H. Barton


48 00


Mrs. Elmer H. Balcome


24 00


Horace Belding


48 00


Mrs. William H. Cook


48 00


Charles E. Green


72 00


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Christopher Gazette


$72 00


Mrs. William H. Marshall .


48 00


John P. Otis 36 00


Joseph Quinn . 12 00


Chandler Titus


48 00


Mrs. Leander Thompson


4 00


Charles A. Whipple


48 00


Dorris B. Young


4 00


Mrs. Elisha McKenney .


48 00


Wellington Balcome


72 00


$692 00


W. R. WALLIS, W. S. SCHUSTER, W. L. CHURCH,


Selectmen of Douglas.


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Treasurer's Report.


WALTER E. SCHUSTER, Treasurer


1910


CR.


Apr. 4.


Selectmen's orders, 835 to 852 $1,283 10


E. P. Heath, court money 10 75


Herbert E. Hughes, 66


18 28


Frank E. Smith,


18 21


Poor, H. D. Mowry, money returned from state


45 30


May 2.


Selectmen's orders, 853 to 879


3,132 96


June 6.


880 to 895 4,888 35


Frank E. Jones, coal, library order 1 ..


122 50


21. F. P. Heath, collector 1909 tax abatement, selectmen's order 907 57 94


27. C. J. Batcheller, library order 2


100 00


July 5. Selectmen's orders, 896 to 905


628 10


E. P. Heath, collector 1909 tax abatement. selectmen's order 907 5 25


Selectmen's orders, 908 to 915 .


1,592 66


Joseph Foster, court money


19 79


Aug. 1.


Selectmen's orders, 916 to 928


1,154 90


Sept. 1. Expense collecting check


10


6. Selectmen's orders, 930 to 945


2,799 38


12.


E. P. Heath. collector abatements 18 90


Oct. 3.


Selectmen's orders, 947 to 963 2,501 52


H. E. Hughes, court money 9 30


E. P. Heath, 66 66


16 01


J. B. Howard, 66


18 54


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Nov. 7. Selectmen's orders, 965 to 975 $1,294 16


16. State treasurer, state tax . 2,035 00


Repair state highways 106 50


17. H. D. Mowry, poor, money returned by state 32 40


Dec. 5. Selectmen's orders, 976 to 987 1,841 14


1911


Jan. 2. E. P. Heath, tax discounts to November 1 286 29


66 abatements to December 16 24


6. inhabitants of Douglas 25 92


J. B. Howard, court money 24 21


E. P. Heath, 11 44


Selectmen's orders. 988 to 998


2,482 63


16. Library order, C. J. Batcheller, 3 153 06


27. H. D. Mowry, overseer, money returned by state 52 65


Feb. 6. Selectmen's orders. 999 to 1013 1,508 81


18. E. P. Heath, collector, costs in B. F. Aldrich case, 1907 tax. 139 40


E. P. Heath, collector, costs, Prudence Whip- ple case, 1910 tax 25 00


27. F. P. Heath, collector tax abatements 25 36


Selectmen's orders, 1015 to 1038 2,826 66


28. E. P. Heath, collector, 1909 tax overpaid 1 30


Selectmen's order 1040 1,044 76


E. P. Heath, collector, 1910 tax abatements By cash March 1, 1911, in hands of treasurer and in bank 7,919 60


26 73


$40,382 10


1910


DR


Mar. 1. Cash on hand .


$8.740 48


111 03


10. Fire damages, N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co. State treasurer, check sent Gardner South- wick, deer damage . 8 00


17. State treasurer, sick paupers $22 30


temporary aid 8 00


burial paupers 15 00


45 30


28. E. P. Heath, collector taxes No. 18, 1909 taxes 78 00


Apr. 1. A. A. Putnam, Justice, court money 12 20


2. Interest for February 13 46


Apr. 4. Peddler's license, H. S. Hewett No. 110, expires April 2, 1911 $8 00


E. P. Heath, collector taxes No. 19, 1909 taxes . 331 60


7. W. A. Washburn, Keeper of Jail and House of Correction, Worcester 16 00


29. Joseph Labelle & Co., 1st and 4th class licenses 2,000 00


30. Amos Goodness, 3 pool and 1 billiard table license 20 00


May 2. J, T. Derham, 1st and 4th class licenses 2,000 00


E. E. Young, undertaker's license 1 00


W. H. Herendeen, auctioneer's license 2 00


F. H. Smith, auctioneer's license 2 00


Joseph Fieres, junk license, one-half payment 10 00 E. P. Heath, auctioneer's license 2 00


F. Bowen, undertaker's license . 1 00


4. H. C. Holden, druggist's license 1 00 Interest for March 13 53


5 00


6. Oliver Tranque, pool license Town of Dudley, Paul Stocki case


68 46


June 1. Interest for April


14 30


6. City of Boston. tuition


22 00


Joseph Fieres, junk license. second half price Edward Kelley, butcher's license.


1 00


11. James E Meehan, 5 nights' use of town hall $1 20


15 00


inspection animals 25 87


27 07


21. School tuition, winter term 1909-10, from Leonard pupil, Sutton


7 00


E. P. Heath, collector, 1909 taxes No. 20. . 312 84


July 1. A. A. Putnam, court money


30 27


5. School tuition, spring term 1909-10, from Leonard pupil, Sutton Interest for May


7 00


9 77


E. P. Heath, collector, 1909 taxes No. 21. . 37 38


23.


.6 1910


1


1,513 00


27.


66


66


.6 6.


2 1,900 00


30. 66


66 66


3. 1,200 00


Aug. 1. 66


66 66


66


66 4. 6.300 00


W. R. Wallis, refund, error billing order No. 914


25 50


Interest for June 4 33


8. E. P. Heath, collector, 1910 taxes No. 5 2,034 00


10 00


14. State treas., transport. paupers


12


Aug. S. Town of Adams, Agnes Fisher case $ 7 50


12. State treasurer, support of sick paupers $40 25


temporary aid . 15 00


transportation of paupers. . 3 60


contagious diseases 15 00


73 85


Sept. 1. Interest for July 18 24


12. E. P. Heath, collector, 1910 taxes No. 6. 1,375 00


.6 66 .6 1909 6 6


11 25


Oct. 3.


1910 No. 7 .. 650 00


Second District Court of Southern Worcester County, court money . 32 23


Interest for August . 21 63


31. E. P. Heath, collector. 1910 taxes No. 8. ..


950 00


Nov. 4. School repairs, 3 half windows of Centre Building 75


Town hall, rent one night to Joseph Hall. . 3 00 Interest for September 17 04


7. E. P. Heath, collector, 1910 taxes No. 9. . 828 20 Highways No. 3, Henry Jarvis, Selectmen's order No. 948 65 75


9. Republican Town Committee, hire of Town Hall, November 7 3 00


10. Peddler's license No. 466 to Barnet I. Seder of Worcester 8 00


16. State treas., corporation tax P. S. $120 96


corporation tax P. S. 2,051 86


National Bank tax


187 72


State aid 871 00


temporary aid


15 00


State Board of Charity,


transportation of paupers 2 40


burial of paupers . 15 00


High School tuition in spe- cial cases


500 00


3,763 94


21. State through Uxbridge, School Superintendent 500 00


Dec. 1. Interest for October .


18 06


1911


Jan. 2. E. P. Heath, collector, 1910 taxes No. 10. . 1,760 88 Court return, Second District Court, South- ern Worcester County . 35 54


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County Treasurer, dog fund returned $325 56 Interest for November 17 24


24. Douglas Water Works, interest 4% $947.60 from Sept. 10, '10 $14 10 Interest 4% $1296.98 from Dec. 5, 1910 7 07


21 17


26. State Treas., support sick paupers $23 45


Temporary aid . . . . 28 00


Transportation paupers 1 20


52 65


26. State Treas., Mass. state school fund 938 41


27. Town of Sutton, tuition, winter term, Leon- ard pupil 7 00


Feb. 1. Interest for December. 1910. 14 62


18. Kaiser Estaphen, state license No. 19 × 00


Forester's rent of Town Hall to Apr. 1. 1911 E. P. Heath. Colector, 1907 tax .. B. F. Aldrich $396 70


120 00


47 60


Court judgment


$444 30


Interest .


27 08


Taxable costs, witness fees


30 00


501 38


21. Douglas Water Dept., & Henry


Jarvis bill $65.75 . . . . $49 31


? Jarvis Adams bill $107.48 80 61


129 92


27. E. P. Heath, Collector, 1910 tax, No. 11 ... 840 36 Wm. Jillson, balance of Memorial Day band appropriation, 1910. 16 10


28. E. P. Heath, Collector, interest taxes 1909. . 14 30 Interest for January 18 28


E. P. Heath, Collector, 1910 taxes No. 12. . 251 73


E. E. Young. undertaker's license, 1909 1 00


$40,382 10


14


Cash on hand March 1, 1911 .


$7,919 60


Due from E. B. Knapp, collector, 1896


20 31


..


1897


145 67


66


60


1899


229 90


66


6. 66


1900


254 22


..


66


1901


95 07


66


E. P. Heath,


1910


602 00


66


State for state aid


692 00


$9,958 77


In trust, Henry Whiting Fund, Peoples Savings Bank, Worcester, for care of cemetery lot . .


$114 28


In trust, Sarah E. Scott Fund, Peoples Savings Bank, Worcester, for care of cemetery lot 56 30


$170 58


WALTER E. SCHUSTER, Town Treasurer.


Office of WILLIAM FRANKLIN HALL, Accountant,


Exchange Building, Boston, Mass., March 1, 1911. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Town of Douglas, Mass. GENTLEMEN :


I have examined the books and accounts of the Town Treas- urer and Water Commissioners for the year ending February 28, 1911, and find them to be well kept and in excellent condition.


The taxes are well collected and properly accounted for to the Treasurer.


The cash was verified on this date (March 1, 1911) and found to be as follows :


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TOWN TREASURER'S ACCOUNT.


On deposit in Shawmut National Bank, as per their


statement of February 28, 1911 $10,557 32 Less :- Checks outstanding, not yet cashed by bank. . 3,707 82


Balance as per check book $6,849 50


Checks in hands of Treasurer 909 10


Cash .. .. 161 00


Total cash on hand and in bank, agreeing with balance


as required by the cash book $7,919 60


WATER COMMISSIONERS ACCOUNT.


On deposit in Old Colony Trust Co., as per their


statement of February 28, 1911 $183 28


Less :- Check outstanding, not yet cashed by bank 11 75


Balance as per check book $171 53


Checks in hands of Treasurer 1,173 61


Cash


80 31


Total cash on hand and in bank, agreeing with the balance per cash book


$1,425 45


Respectfully submitted,


WVM. FRANKLIN HALL, C. P. A.


Per A. S. Byrnes.


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REPORT OF THE


Water Works Construction Committee.


Article 22d of the warrant for the annual town meeting of 1908 was as follows : -


" To see if the town will vote to build or construct a system of water works for domestic and fire purposes, or do anything in relation to the same."


Under that article the following were appointed as a com- mittee to fully investigate the subject of water works, and report at some future town meeting : - Willie R. Wallis, Winfield S. Schuster, William J. Griffin. William L. Church, James W. Wix- tead, Edward N. Jenckes, Frank E. Jones, Frank L. Correll, Her- bert N. Lougee and Charles J. Batcheller.


The committee organized by choosing Willie R. Wallis chairman and Charles J. Batcheller, clerk.


A full and free discussion resulted in the employment of Parker, Bateman & Chase, civil engineers, of Clinton, Mass., to make preliminary surveys and estimates of cost of construction.


After a careful inspection of all the sources of supply Engineer Bateman recommended taking the water from driven wells, located on the land of Willie R. Wallis, just north of his mill, pumping the water therefrom to a cement reservoir to be built on land belonging to the estate of Joseph Thompson.


The engineer's survey, briefly described, covered the territory within the following boundaries : - From Willie R. Wallis' to the reservoir, near the Joseph Thompson place; over the river to the Catholic church, the lower village, and thence to the A. F. Brown place, to the Solomon Davis place on the


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Uxbridge road, with a second main line from the reservoir passing the J. B. Pine estate to Depot street, and joining the Main street main at the drug store corner, with branches covering all intersecting streets within this territory, making some over five miles of mains.


The estimated cost was $47,267.00.


At the annual town meeting of 1909 the report of the investi- gating committee was accepted, the town voted to build the water works on the lines recommended in their report, and the investi- gating committee was made a building committee.


By a special act of the legislature the town was authorized to issue $50,000.00 in 4% bonds, payable in thirty years, in annual payments of $2,000.00 each, the first payment to be in five years from date of issue.


The strong financial condition of the town (being entirely free from debt) was evident in the ready sale of $40,000.00 of the authorized bond issue to Adams & Co., of Boston, at the high premium of $1.0453. This year two more bonds have been sold at $1.0475, to the Old Colony Trust Co., of Boston.


Before the proposed source of supply was accepted by the State Board of Health they required a seven days' continued pumping test in October, 1909, in a very dry period, and that test proved conclusively that we have an abundance of water, and the daily analysis by the State Board during the test pumping showed the water to be of most excellent quality.


The reservoir on Thompson hill, holding 200,000 gallons, is of cement, reinforced with steel rods, and is supposed to be good for all time, increasing in hardness and strength year by year. The elevation is sufficient to give satisfactory pressure for fire protection throughout the entire district.


A careful investigation proved conclusively that electric power to operate the pumps would be the most dependable and also the least expensive, and therefore a contract was made with the Douglas Electric Co. to furnish all needed power for a period of three years, and the experience in operating the plant for several months past has shown the wisdom of the contract.


The street mains have


616 feet of 10-inch pipe, 17951.5 feet of 8-inch pipe, 12578.5 feet of 6-inch pipe, 400 feet of 2-inch pipe.


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Fifty-three public and one private hydrants are ready for service, furnishing a most excellent fire protection to all parts of the village.


The building committee considered their duties embraced the erecting of the pumping station, the driving and testing the wells, the building and filling the storage reservoir, the laying the street mains, and the placing of the hydrants, leaving the system ready for instant use for fire protection, and ready for the Water Commissioners to make house connections for domestic uses. These acknowledged duties being completed, your committee, in asking release from further service, congratulate the town in now possessing a water system second to none. and constructed several thousands of dollars under the engineer's estimates.


WILLIE R. WALLIS, Chairman,


CHARLES J. BATCHELLER, Clerk.


REPORT OF THE BUILDING COMMITTEE OF THEIR RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES


RECEIPTS


1909


Dec. 15. To received from Adams & Co. for forty $1,000 bonds, at $1.0453 $41,812 00


Adams & Co., accrued interest,


1910 5 mos .. 15 days, at 4 % ... 733 33


Mar. 1. Interest on deposit 83 93


-- $42,629 26


1910


Sept. 13. To received cash rebate on machinery $78 00


1911


Jan. 6. Old Colony Trust Co. for two $1,000 bonds, at $1.0475 and accrued interest 2,097 00


Mar. 1. Interest on deposits 70 74


Interest from town of Douglas 50 79


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Mar. 1.


Bills receivable


$183 87 Cash rebate on machinery . 78 00


$2,558 40


Total receipts


$45,187 66


EXPENDITURES


1910 Mar. 1911


1. By paid engineering $1,303 02


Mar.


1. Engineering 591 08


$1,894 10


1910 Mar.


1. Land for reservoir $50 00 Land for wells and pumping station 367 50


417 50


1910 Mar.


1. Hydrants, valves, gates, and boxes $1,959 29


1911 Mar.


1. Hydrants, valves, gates, and boxes $155 91


2,115 20


1910 Mar.


1. Pipe and fittings for street mains $15,786 66


1911 Mar.


1. Pipe and fittings for street mains $82 89


15,869 55


1910 Mar. 1911


1. Pipe laying $4,083 58


Mar.


1. Pipe laying 4,146 09


Pipe laying (not yet paid) 218 30


8,447 97


1910 Mar. 1. Driven wells 629 35


1910


Mar. 1. By paid for cement reservoir. $4,521 28


1911


Mar.


1. Reservoir (not yet paid) . $3 00


4,524 28


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1910


1. Pumping station $2,277 03


Mar.


1. Pumping station $680 61


Pumping station (not yet paid) 35 69


$2,993 33


1910 Mar. 1. Electric motors 793 80


Rebate on motors 115 10


$678 70


1911


Mar. 1. Pumps


$2,955 04


1910


Mar.


1. Miscellaneous $474 34


1911


Mar.


1. Miscellaneous


85 76


Miscellaneous (not yet paid) . 33 24


$593 34


Total cost of construction of


water works


$41,118 36


SUMMARY


1911


Mar. 1. Cash received


$45,003 79


Bills receivable 183 87


Total amount received and due $45,187 66


1911


Mar. 1. Paid for materials and con- struction $40,828 13


Bills to be paid 290 23


Total amount paid and to be


paid


$41,118 36


Balance remaining after con-


struction


$4,069 30


WILLIE R. WALLIS, Chairman. CHARLES J. BATCHELLER, Clerk.


A detail report of last year's receipts and expenditures by the Water Works Committee, printed in the town report of 1910,


Mar. 1911


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showed total receipts of $42.629.26, with expenditures for con- struction of $32,245.85, leaving a balance for construction unex- pended of $10,383.41.


Following is a detail report of receipts and expenditures for this year, ending March 1, 1911 :


RECEIPTS


1910


Mar. 1. Balance remaining for con- struction


$10,383 41


Sept. 13. To received cash rebate on machinery


$78 00


1911


Jan. 6. Old Colony Trust Co. for two $1,000 bonds, at $1.0475 and accrued interest $2,097 00


Cash rebate on machinery 78 00


70 74


Mar. 1. Interest on money on deposit Interest from town of Douglas Bills receivable 183 87


50 79


$2,558 40


Total receipts for construction


$12,941 81


EXPENDITURES


ENGINEERING 1910


Mar. 29. By paid Parker, Bateman &


Chase $292 45


Sept. 6. Parker, Bateman & Chase 298 63


$591 08


HYDRANTS, VALVES. GATES, AND GATE BOXES


1910


Apr. 4. Bingham & Taylor, gate boxes $49 73


29. Ludlow Valve Co., valves .. . 58 13


May 19. Ludlow Valve Co., hydrants 48 05


$155 91


PIPE AND FITTINGS FOR STREET MAINS


1910


Apr. 4. Fuller Iron Works, specials $81 75


29. 66


6.


1 14


$82 89


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PIPE LAYING


1910


Mar. 29. J. Morrell, on pipe laying $1,995 86


66 extra labor 47 04


July 29.


on pipe laying .


1,973 27


1911


Feb. 21.


66


66


$129 92


Mar. 1.


(not yet paid) 218 30


$4,364 39


PUMPING STATION


1910


Apr. 4. A. D. Mathewson, gravel roof- ing Cement foundation for pumps


$63 66


73 43


May


31. B. A. Stockwell, carpenter work 64 70


June 6. W. S. Jillson, labor


8 25


20. W. E. Balcome, carpenter work


75 19


Sept. 6. Howard G. Ramsey, electric connections, etc. 139 93




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