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Springfield
: 57
66
Salem
181 77
66 Worcester 127 15
66 Quincy
: 25
66 Lynn
145 00
66
Rockport
126 86
Ipswich
199 26
66
North Reading
12 95
66
North Adams
26 72
66 Haverhill
147 07
Cambridge
82 16
66
Lawrence
81 43
66
Amesbury
311
25
66
Salisbury
166 90
66
state of Massachusetts.
571 05
sale of farm produce.
200 37
sale of hay
127 75
returned aid
213 74
66 error in 1907
6.64
Appropriation
12,000 00
Total
$15,506 88
CITY FARM.
The city farm during the past year has been under the care of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Twombley.
An average of 40 persons have resided in the home during the year at a cost of $2.61 per week.
INSANE.
The support of the feeble-minded and epileptics during the past year, to the amount of $671.05 has been paid from the appropriation for the care of the poor.
Dc. 1, 1908, the city was relieved of this expense which will hereafter be assumed by the state .- (Chap. 629 of the Acts of 1908.)
OUTSIDE RELIEF.
Outside relief, which last year was granted to 303 persons,
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this year has been granted to 291 persons and are classed as follows: 166 having settlement in Newburyport, 95 having settlement in other places, 30 having no settlement in the state, making a total of 291 persons who have been assisted during the year.
PRODUCTS OF CITY FARM.
The products of the city farm during the past year were: 32 tons hay, 150 bushels corn, 30 bushels onions, 40 bushels turnips, 325 bushels potatoes, 25 bushels beets, 20 bushels carrots, 150 squashes, 350, cabbages, 1,000 pounds of hogs dressed, 400 pounds of lard, 800 pounds of butter.
ATWOOD AND DEXTER FUNDS.
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To His Honor the Mayor, and the City Council of the City of Newburyport.
GENTLEMEN :- The board of overseers of the poor, to whom is intrusted the income accruing from these funds, would respectfully report that the income from the Dexter fund for the year ending December 31, 1908, amounting to $90, has been divided among three overseers, $30 to each.
The income from the Atwood fund $307.50, has been divided in a similar manner, giving $102.50 to each over- seer, and has been distributed according to the will of the donors in the following manner:
DEXTER FUND.
In wards one and two the $30 of the Dexter fund, noth- ing remaining over from last year, has been distributed among 12 persons, in sums from $2 to $5 each, nothing re- maining over.
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In wards three and four the $30 of the Dexter fund has been expended in cash, groceries and fuel among seven per- sons, leaving nothing on hand of this fund at the close of the year.
In wards five and six the $30 of the Dexter fund has been expended among 10 persons, leaving nothing on hand at the close of the year.
ATWOOD FUND.
In wards one and two the income from the Atwood fund, $102.50, with balance on hand at the close of last year $150.25-$252.75, has been expended among 26 persons to the amount of $52.75, leaving $200 of this fund on hand at the close of the year.
In wards three and four the income from the Atwood fund, $102.50, with balance on hand at the close of last year, $80.47-$182.97, has been expended among 18 families to the amount of $89.44, leaving $93.53 of this fund on hand at the close of the year.
In wards five and six the income from the Atwood fund, $102.50, with balance on hand at the close of last year $109.06-$211.56, has been expended among 41 families to the amount of $87.42, leaving $124.14 of this fund on hand at the close of the year.
At the close of the year, December 31, 1908, there re- mained in the hands of the overseers :
Wards one and two, Atwood fund. $200 00
Wards three and four, Atwood fund. 93 53
Wards five and six, Atwood fund.
124 14
Respectfully submitted, EDMUND M. Dow, JOHN W. SARGENT, HERBERT PATTEN, Overseers of the Poor.
Annual Report of the Directors of the Public Library
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
Newburyport, December 28, 1908.
Voted, That the annual report of the public librarian, with accompanying papers, be incorporated with the directors' report; that the secretary be authorized to sign the names of the members to the same, and that they be forwarded to the City Council.
JOHN D. PARSONS, Secretary.
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TRUSTEES OF THE LIBRARY-1907.
Mayor, Irvin Besse.
Aldermen, John J. Kelleher, Herbert S. Noyes, George P. Peck- ham, George F. Avery, William H. T. Dodge, Edward G. Moody, Herbert Currier.
DIRECTORS OF THE LIBRARY.
Irvin Besse, mayor ex-officio
Edward G. Moody, president of the board of aldermen ..
Frank H. Plumer, president of common council 66
Lawrence B. Cushing, trustee of building fund.
Charles W. Moseley
66
Fred S. Moseley
Frank F. Morrill, term expires 1908
William R. Johnson
1909
Robert G. Dodge 1910
Moses Brown 1911
George W. Brown 60
1912
William C. Coffin 66
1913
Arthur P. Brown
1914
TRUSTEES OF THE PEABODY FUND.
John J. Currier, Charles W. Moseley, Lawrence B. Cushing, Fred S. Moseley, Thomas C. Simpson.
Librarian
John D. Parsons
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Assistant Librarians
Effie A. Tenney Elizabeth S. Thurston Charles I. Somerby
Helen E. Tilton . Alice W. Toppan
Special Assistants
Janitor
Harriet E. Barton . Dexter W. Nutting
ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD FOR 1908.
President, Irvin Besse
Secretary, John D. Parsons
Treasurer, Harry F. Whiton
Committee on Books-Frank F. Morrill, Robert G. Dodge, Moses Brown, William C. Coffin, Arthur P. Brown.
Building and Grounds-Lawrence B. Cushing, Charles W. Moseley, Fred S. Moseley.
Reading Room-William R. Johnson, George W. Brown, Ed- ward G. Moody.
Finance-The president, William R. Johnson, George W. Brown.
Librarian-Moses Brown, Lawrence B. Cushing, Frank H. Plumer.
DIRECTORS' REPORT.
To His Honor the Mayor and the City Council.
GENTLEMEN :- The di rectors of the public library here- with submit their 53d annual report. Your attention is called to the accompanying report of the librarian and other officers, which contain full information as to the condition of the library, its finances and funds. They are adopted and
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incorporated as a part of this report, which is respectfully transmitted for your consideration.
IRVIN BESSE, EDWARD G. MOODY, FRANK H. PLUMER, LAWRENCE B. CUSHING, CHARLES W. MOSELEY,
FRED S. MOSELEY, FRANK F. MORRILL, WILLIAM R. JOHNSON, ROBERT G. DODGE,
MOSES BROWN, GEORGE W. BROWN,
WILLIAM C. COFFIN,
ARTHUR P. BROWN,
Directors.
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REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN.
Newburyport, December 28, 1908.
To the Directors of the Public Library :
In pursuance of the rule that the librarian shall annually "make a detailed and circumstantial report" of the condition and increase of the library, I submit the following:
The total number of volumes November 30, 1907, was re- ported as 43,870. The number at the present time is 42,558. Some years since a sort of clearing house for government publications was established at Washington, under the direc-
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tion of a superintendent. Recently, the superintendent has asked the older libraries for a return of such public docu- ments as they could spare, to the end that they might be re- distributed among newer institutions and those who make a specialty of such collections. As it happened this library was overburdened with such publications, accrued during its more than half century of existence, many of which sev- eral years ago were transferred to the basement. By a vote in April of this year the librarian was authorized to return to the government all old public documents which in his judgment were of no value to the library. This he has done, and as a result 2390 volumes have been shipped, at no ex- pense to the library save the trifling sum for labor in taking the heavy mail sacks from the cellar. No books were re- moved which appeared to have inherent value to us, such as the scientific publications of the Smithsonian Institution, various monographs of the fish,geological, ethnological, labor bureaus and such. In this connection it should be noted that in the neighboring city of Salem a regular depository is located, where any government publication could be pro- cured in a short time if needed, and that books sent by the government to any public library, are not absolute gifts but title to this property is still retained, in theory at least. But above all it was a favor to this library to take back the books, as the space they occupied was not at all commensurate with their practical value. Roughly, 2400 such books would call for about 400 linear feet of shelving. The library con- tains many hundred other books, which might well be taken from the alcoves and shelved in the basement, where they would be available in the very rare case of any one being called for, and much shelf space would thus be liberated and could be used for the natural increase.
There were added during the year 1217 new volumes, which is slightly above the average, so that the natural and
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healthy growth of the library has not been interrupted, set forth more in detail in Appendix G.
The registration of inhabitants of Newburyport and New- bury qualified to take books from the library is 7056, an in- crease from 6327 a year ago, of whom 1104 hold the dupli- cate card entitling them to draw a second book providing it is not fiction. There are also 490 teachers' special cards.
The circulation of books for home reading is again the largest in the history of the library, amounting to 57,365 volumes, an average of a fraction less than 188 a day for the 3051/2 days the library was open for the withdrawal of books. The largest number drawn on any single day was 425. The percentage of fiction to the whole remains about the same, 76 per cent.
During the year there have been sent to the bindery- magazines to be bound and books to be repaired and made further serviceable-390 volumes. Besides this hundreds of books have been kept in good condition by work at the library, including many which ordinarily would have to go through the binders' hands, but which owing to modern im- provements for temporary binding, are repaired in the build- ing. There has been collected at the library in the way of miscellaneous fines and sales of old paper $22.93, for which I hold the treasurer's receipt, as the librarian has advanced for sundry expenses, postage, box rent, cartage, freight, etc., $20.45, for which he has been reimbursed.
From the number of card holders it will be seen that about half the people of this city and Newbury, deducting those in- eligible by not having reached the proper age, avail them- selves at one time or another of the benefits which the library can furnish. It touches almost every family, and the knowl- edge which it supplies, the culture which it offers and the recreation which its lighter literature gives, appear to be ap- preciated by all. It is a growing library. During the year 1217 new volumes have been added, embracing every de-
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partment of literature in which a community like this may have a near or remote interest. There are still conveniences or improvements greatly to be desired, including a detached reference room where many volumes in compact arrange- ment would always be ready at hand. This has now been considered for many years, and will doubtless arrive in good time.
The reading room, as ever, is greatly appreciated and free- ly visited by the public generally, but there are still many who appear ignorant of the advantages it offers. It is more fully supplied with periodical literature than ever before, and is especially strong in newspapers, practically every portion not only of this country but largely the English speaking world being well covered. Of .he almost numberless popu- lar magazines we have the best, most instructive and enter- taining, and few series of "heavy" reviews, as they are some- times called, or asked for in vain. With all these privileges so freely offered it seems incredible that any person would wantonly mutilate or steal the matter exposed on the tables, but it is continually an exasperating annoyance. So far efforts to detect the miscreants have failed but that someone will be caught and made an example of in the police court is very likely. A special statute provides a fine or imprison- ment for misdemeanors of this sort in libraries and reading rooms. The character of the articles and pictures cut or torr out indicates that more than one person has little regard for the properties, and, what is most common of all, often shows that the perpetrator is apparently what would be regarded as the refined or educated individual. If it were simply a fun- ny anecdote, a bright paragraph or a comic cut that was ab- stracted, one might infer mere ignorance or thoughtlessness, but when it is a picture that would interest no one but a lover of the fine arts, an article that presupposes only the interest of an educated person, or even a page of music, the efforts to detect become doubly hard. It may be a poor consolation,
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but still there is a satisfaction in knowing that this library is not unique in suffering such imposition, for the same com- plaint comes from many like institutions. Respectfully JOHN D. PARSONS, Librarian.
December 28, 1908.
APPENDIX A-RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
Appropriation
$3,000.00
CREDITS
By Town of Newbury, use of library for year 1907 150.00
By income from trust funds 1,005.00
By County of Essex, account of dog licenses. 622.25
By fines and sale of old paper. 21.03
Overdrawn, transferred from contingent account to bal-
ance
232.32
$5,030.60
EXPENDITURES
John D. Parsons, salary as librarian and cash paid. 1,521.15
Dexter W. Nutting, janitor of library 378.31
News Publishing Company, advertising. 11.25
Newburyport Gas & Electric Company, lighting 411.65
Watering Streets, watering streets 1908.
10 48
Effie A. Tenney, services as assistant librarian
450.00
Alice W. Toppan, services as assistant librarian. 8.25
E. S. Thurston, services as assistant librarian. 424.92
Harriet W. Barton, services as assistant librarian.
146.70
349.92
Charles I. Somerby, services as assistant librarian. ... Helen E. Tilton, services as superintendent of reading room
349.94
American Express Company, expressing. 7.00
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Gaylord Brothers, adhesive cloth
21.65
Newburyport Herald Company, printing 48.10
Gould & Adams, rubber stamps 2.20
John Gorwaiz, feather duster
3.00
Jere Healey, 75,600 pounds coal and one cord wood.
235.81
William T. Humphreys, insurance
136.50
Hall Brothers, pens
1.25
Hale's Express, expressing
4.60
Telephone Company, rental of telephone.
20.34
Jackson's Express Company, expressing.
6.95
William P. French, charcoal
22.00
Five Cents Savings Bank, rent of deposit box
15.00
James Dickens, electrical supplies
17.35
W. E. Morse, electrical supplies
5.95
Library Bureau, sundries
25.30
Leader Publishing Company, printing.
5.00
Brewster Brothers, insurance
220.50
J. J. & H. J. Chase, labor
.75
John Collins, wood
4.75
James L. Bryant, labor
25.28
John H. Balch Jr., wood.
66.00
Dustbane Manufacturing Company, dustbane.
6.00
F. Dillingham & Company, paper
15.00
H. I. Dallman & Company, dusters.
6.75
S. E. Kimball, sundries
.80
Item Publishing Company, printing
1.50
Union Printing Company, printing dog licenses.
3.50
Hannah Leary, cleaning
20.20
Rochester Germicide Company, disinfectant fluid.
15.00
John Murphy, labor
4.00
$5,030.60
APPENDIX B-TREASURER'S REPORT.
Newburyport, Mass., December 19, 1908. To the Directors of the Public Library of the City of New- buryports
GENTLEMEN :- I herewith respectfully submit a report of
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the condition of the income of the various funds of which I am treasurer, for the year ending date.
S. A. GREEN FUND.
CR.
Balance December 21, 1907. $ 43 86
Income during 1908. 104 05
$147 91
DR.
Payments during 1908 88 24
Balance.
$ 59 67
J. A. FROTHINGHAM FUND.
CR.
Income during 1908 $ 73 36
Payments during 1908 51 66
Balance
$ 21 70
A. WILLIAMS FUND. CR.
Balance December 21, 1907. $ 6 07
Income during 1908. 69 72
$ 75 99
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Payments during 1908
57 74
Balance
$ 18 25
SAWYER FUND.
CR.
Balance December 21, 1907. $ 58
Income during 1908.
314 07
$314 65
DR.
Payments during 1908
283 91
Balance
$ 30 74
S. W. MARSTON FUND.
CR.
Income during year 1908. $175 64
DR.
175 64
E. S. MOSELEY FUND.
CR.
Income during 1908. $171 44
DR.
171 44
A. E. CUTTER FUND.
CR.
$139 10
Income during year 1908.
DR.
Paid city treasurer, Newburyport.
139 10
Paid city treasurer, Newburyport.
Paid city treasurer, Newburyport.
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E. H. STICKNEY FUND. CR.
Income during year 1908. $250 00
DR.
Paid city treasurer, Newburyport 250 00
W. O. MOSELEY FUND.
CR.
Income during year 1908 $400 00
DR.
Paid city treasurer, Newburyport.
400 00
W. H. P. DODGE MEMORIAL FUND.
CR.
Balance December 21, 1907.
$152 34
Income during year 1908 100 63
$252 97
DR.
Payment of bills on file.
151 42
Balance unexpended
$101 55
J. R. SPRING FUND.
CR.
Balance December 21, 1907.
$275 96
Income during year 1908. 803 44
$1079 40
DR.
Payments during year 1908.
659 19
Balance
$420 21
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Balance December 21, 1907 $ 30 46
Income during year 1908 40 00
$ 70 46
DR.
Payments during year 1908.
$ 50 46
Balance
$ 20 00
W. C. TODD FUND.
CR.
Balance December 21, 1907
$ 15 14
Income during year 1908. 604 09
$619 23
DR.
Payments during year 1908
431 37
Balance
$187 86
GEORGE HASKELL FUND.
CR.
Balance December 21, 1907 $ 20 81
Income during year 1908. 38 18
DR.
35 47
Balance unexpended .
$ 23 52
SUMMARY.
CR.
Green fund, cash on hand. $ 59 67
$ 58 99
Payments during year 1908.
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Frothingham fund, cash on hand
21 70
Williams
.€
18 25
Spring
420 21
Bradbury
20 00
Sawyer
30 74
Todd
187 86
Dodge
101 55
Haskell
23 52
$883 50
H. F. WHITON, Treasurer.
Newburyport, December 19, 1908. Examined the above amounts and found the same correct and properly vouched.
WILLIAM BALCH, City Auditor.
APPENDIX C-PEABODY FUND.
Newburyport, Mass., December 7, 1908.
During the past year the income from the Peabody fund ($15,000 deposited in the Institution for Savings) has been $600. With a balance of $356.62 in hand at the beginning of the year the total credit has amounted to $956.62. From this sum there has been expended for books added to the library $512.05, leaving a balance at this date of $444.57.
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The number of new books added during the past year is 248; since the fund became operative 11,439.
CHARLES W. MOSELEY, Treasurer. JOHN J. CURRIER, LAWRENCE B. CUSHING, THOMAS C. SIMPSON, Trustees of Peabody Fund.
The books of the treasurer have been audited by the un- dersigned, found to be as stated, disbursements offset by vouchers, and the balance on deposit.
JOHN D. PARSONS.
APPENDIX D-BUILDING FUND.
Newburyport, Mass., Deember 7, 1908. To the Directors of the Public Library.
The building fund, so called, on deposit in the Institution for Savings amounts to $6332.88. From the income the bal- ance on hand at the beginning of the year was $226.85, in- terest paid twice $253.28, a total available of $480.13. There has been expended during the past twelve months for neces- sary repairs on the building, improvements, etc., $234.89, and a balance is carried forward of $245.24.
CHARLES W. MOSELEY, Treasurer. LAWRENCE B. CUSHING, Building Committee.
I have examined the above account, which is accompanied by proper vouchers, and the balance is on deposit.
JOHN D. PARSONS.
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APPENDIX E-CIRCULATION OF BOOKS.
1908.
1905.
1904.
Fiction
43,648
76.08
1907. 40,789
76.
1906. 41,773
78.62
44,333
81.37
42,936
80.2
Literature, (poetry,
essays, etc. ) . . ...
2,488
4.33
2,340
4.36
1,952
3.67
1,635
3.
1,546
3.
Biography
2,052
3.59
1,807
3.4
1,895
3.57
1,490
2.72
1,541
2.9
Travel,
descriptive,
etc. .
1,620
2.82
1,423
2.65
1,578
2.97
1,328
2.42
1,239
2.3
Magazines, general.
1,479
2.58
1,047
1.95
619
1.17
695
1.28
1,015
2.
American
history . .
1,375
2.40
1,420
2.64
1,337
2.52
1,372
2.44
1,446
2.7
Economics
957
1.68
1,067
2.
815
1.53
714
1.31
497
.92
*Fine arts
905
1.59
918
1.72
752
1.42
617
1.13
721
1.3
Useful arts
746
1.30
657
1.23
526
.99
602
1.11
596
1.1
Natural science. .
734
1.28
725
1.35
694
1.31
736
1.36
819
1.5
History (not Amer-
ican)
527
.91
575
1.08
522
.98
427
.77
425
. 8
Religion
424
.73
548
1.02
402
.76
262
.49
354
. 67
Philosophy
317
.55
230
.43
219
.41
223
.41
239
.45
Language
93
.16
74
.14
45
08
50
.09
83
.16
57,365 100.00
53,624 100.00
53,129 100.00
54,484 100.00
53,547 100.00
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*Includes music scores, recreations.
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APPENDIX F-ADDITIONS FOR THE YEAR.
Number of volumes reported November 30, 1907.
43,870
Additions from
Spring fund
351
Peabody fund
248
Donations
193
Dodge fund
119
Todd fund
107
Sawyer fund
98
Frothingham fund
30
Bradbury fund
25
Williams fund
17
Green fund
18
Haskell fund
11
1,217
45,087
Returned to U. S. superintendent at Washington
2390
Cancelled and worn out or lost. 109
2499
Restored by renewals.
30
Net loss
2,469
Total number November 30, 1908
42,618
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APPENDIX G -- CLASSIFICATION OF NEW BOOKS.
1908.
1907.
1906.
1905.
1904.
Fiction .
268
22.02
240
21.2
220
20.
311
25.9
373
27.
*Fine arts.
166
13.63
65
5.7
116
10.6
62
5.17
64
4.6
Biography
138
11.33
93
8.2
123
11.2
119
9.17
165
12.
Literature
117
9.61
133
11.7
89
8.1
114
9.4
110
8.
General work.
111
9.12
154
13.6
86
7.9
140
11.67
125
9.
Economics
100
8.21
95
8.4
95
8.7
139
11.66
105
8.
Useful arts
79
6.49
79
6.9
52
4.7
79
6.59
74
5.4
American history . .
64
5.25
73
6.2
98
8.9
65
5.42
119
8.7
Natural science ..
.
51
4.18
52
4.6
52
4.7
38
3.17
29
2.1
General history ...
20
1.64
25
2.2
60
5.5
32
2.67
97
7.
Religion
31
2.54
25
2.2
34
3.1
20
1.66
33
2.
Philosophy
17
1.39
12
1.
12
1.
9
.75
13
1.
Language
6
.49
10
1.
2
.2
6
.05
6
.5
1217
100.00
1132
100.00
1097
100.00
1199
100.00
1377
100.0
*Including music scores.
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Annual Report of the Board of Water Commissioners
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS
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To the Honorable Mayor and City Council, City of New- buryport.
GENTLEMEN :- The thirteenth annual report of the Board of Water Commissioners for the year ending November 30, 1908, together with the report of Engineer Lewis D. Thorpe on the new water supply is herewith presented.
While work was commenced on the new supply as early in the spring as possible, with the idea that it could be used in a temporary manner, should occasion require ít during the summer, owing to numerous delays it was not completed un- til late in the fall and the water being very low in the main pond we were again obliged to resort to Common Pasture to carry us through the summer. The pump there was run from June 21st until November 9th, when it was shut down and the pipe taken up and stored in the city pit.
Owing to the extremely dry season we were unable to se- cure as large an amount from this source as last year and while there is no way to accurately measure this water we es- timate that we secured about 225,000 gallons a day. Even with this additional source we were obliged to forbid the use of hose for the month of July.
The new supply being completed so late in the fall it has
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not given us a good chance to thoroughly test the same, but it is hoped that it will do all we have claimed for it.
The water in the main pond has been so low at times that trouble has been caused by air getting in the suction pipes. This, in part, accounts for the large apparent increase in the consumption during the months of July and August.
The following is the pumping record for the year :
December, 1907
26,005,178 gallons
January, 1908
26,669,815
February
26,307,670
March
25,600,555
April
24,645,187 66
May
26,111,554 66
June
30,142,771
July
28,602,074 66
August
24,348,134 66
September
25,147,903
October
26,680,250
66
November
26,188,938
66
Common Pasture (estimated )
31,950,000
Daily average
952,131
Number of pounds of coal used.
2,827,566
Average per day (pounds) 7,725
New mains have been laid in the following streets :
Beacon avenue, 6-inch, 300 feet; Lincoln street, 6-inch, 638 feet ; Oak street, 6-inch, 493 feet ; Chestnut street, 6-inch, 666 feet ; Pond street, 10-inch, 850 feet ; Pond street, 6-inch, 469 feet ; Hill street, 10-inch, 276 feet.
New large-sized hydrants have been set as follows:
Midway of Lincoln street; corner of Lincoln and Beacon avenue ; midway of Oak street ; Pond street near B. & M. R.R. station ; corner of Hill and Dalton streets; corner of Pond and Auburn streets.
Thirty-four service pipes have been laid during the year, requiring 1,260 feet of one-inch cement-lined pipe.
Thirty-three applications have been received during the year, making a total to date of 4,097, for which 3,336 service pipes have been laid.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
There have been nine breaks in service pipes and eight in main pipes during the year, the bad cement-lind pipes being practically all removed we have had very little trouble from that source ; the service pipes have required the usual amount of care.
The water has been drawn from the standpipe and the same thoroughly cleaned and given two coats of paint both inside and out.
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