Norwood annual report 1895-1899, Part 26

Author: Norwood (Mass.)
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1166


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40 00


11. Hugh Haggerty, Grave No. 571,


5 00


11. John Fahy, Grave No. 573,


5 00


12. John Smith, Grave No. 574,


5 00


17. William S. Hale, Grave No. 19,


5 00


20. Mark Conley, Lot No. 585,


30 00


22. Henry B. Mylod, Lot No. 398.


55 00


28. John Breen, Lot No. 582,


65 00


Sept. 17. Fred S. and Frank H. Evans, Lot No. 9,


65 00


23. Fred C. Lawton, Lot No. 40,


46 00


29. Sarah E. Larrabee, Lot No. 4, $75 00 Less lot given up, 36 00


39 00


Oct. 13. Thomas Kerriscy, Lot No. 560,


55 00


Nov. 21. Edward J. Brennan, Lot No. 605,


25 00


Dec. 4. Joseph Kelley, Grave No. 518, 5 00


Amount carried forward, $900 00


91


HIGHLAND CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS in account with the TOWN OF NORWOOD.


1897.


DR Amount brought forward, $900 00


Jan. 21. William P. Welch, Lot No. 516, 45 00


William H. Gilbert, Lot No. 401, 55 00


22. Mary Clancy, Graves Nos. 591, 592, 593, 15 00


$1,015 00


CR.


1897. BY CASH PAID Jan. 30. C. E. Pond, Treasurer, $1,015 00


92


HIGHLAND CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS in account with the TOWN OF NORWOOD.


1896. ORDERS DRAWN ON TOWN TREASURER IN FAVOR OF


Jan. 30. W. A. Talbot, for labor on avenues, walks, plots and trees,


$208 80


Labor on lots on Cypress Avenue,


26 09


" " Maplewood Avenue, 30 95


" " Circle, 14 60


Setting 163 bound posts, 40 75


Bedding plants and shrubs,


96 98


Fertilizer, Tulip bulbs and manure, 13 12


1 05


30. E. L. Bigelow, for recording deeds to Jan. 30, 1897,


6 25


May


25. Arthur T. Rogers, for bound posts, 50 00


July 16. Estate Francis Tinker, for recording deeds to Jan. 22, 1895, 5 00


$493 59


W. A. TALBOT E. B. PENDERGAST,


Commissioners.


VITAL STATISTICS.


Record of Births in Town of Norwood for 1896.


DATE OF BIRTH.


NAME OF CHILD.


NAMES OF PARENTS.


1894.


Nov. 16


Martin Devine


Martin and Bridget.


1895.


July 2 1896,


Clara Alice Garland


Frank S. and Mary.


Jan. 3


Martha Sullivan


Daniel and Augusta. Patrick and Margaret.


..


12


William Francis Hayes


=


14


Louis DeLuer May


Joseph E. and Lottie F.


17


William James Brennan


Edward and Mary A. William J. and Mary.


66


25


Eliza Julia Gullich


Jacob and Katharine.


26


Harold Richardson


28


Annie Haggarty


Feb. 4


Clara Ida Fiedler


5


Mary Elizabeth Curran


6


Hulda Rosalie Jurden


Gustave and Annie.


6


Bartley Conoley


Stephen and Bridget.


7


Marion Frances Bateman


Frank and Maria.


S 9


Margaret Helen Lucy


John J. and Etta.


66


10


Elizabeth Gertrude Marquart


13


Winifred Warde


Ernest and Winifred.


15


Patrick Coyne


Martin and Mary.


16


Elsie Hultin


Frank and Johanna.


19


William Francis Mullane


Timothy and Catharine.


22


Raymond Berwick Rafuse


George A. and Susie J. Edward P. and Fannie.


Mar. 1


Ella Louise Donahue


Joseph and Mary.


3


Malcolm Catlin Hatch


William F. and Katy A.


3


Colman Conolly .


Martin and Mary.


5


Catharine Lauretta Coakley . ..


66


5


Richard Wyllie Black


Richard and Helen Wyllie.


5


Bessie Florence Crimmins


John and Susie.


66


S


Carl Ari Johnson


Charles and Amanda.


6


Aloysius Ruddy


11


Annie Murphy


Eugene and Nellie. Dennis and Nellie.


23


Albert Leonard Murray


William and Mary.


Hugh and Sarah. Edward and Ida. Peter and Mary.


George Faherty


Patrick and Mary. Michael and Annie.


9


Alice McMadigan .


Julius and Elsa.


66


24 Janet Moreland


Timothy and Mary.


94


DATE OF BIRTH.


NAME OF CHILD.


NAMES OF PARENTS.


Mar. 9


Joseph Thomas Flood


Charles F. and Kate.


John and Mary. Axel and Alma.


66


17


Charles Ina Roekstrom


18


Edward Thompson


Magnus and Johanna.


24


Mary Ann Darey


Patrick and Mary.


Apr. 2


3


Thomas Curran


John and Sarah.


66


3


Winifred Foley


Darby and Hannah.


66


6


Anna Evangeline Johnson


Albert and Maggie.


66


6


Ella Shea .


11


Edna Elinor Warde


14


Joseph John O'Brien


66


17


Martin Joseph Lyden


66


26


Deliah Lyden .


Thomas and Mary. Arthur W. and Rose.


66


28


James Edward Conton


John and Mary.


66


30


May 7


66


11


Laura May Tobin


Arthur and Cora.


Allen and Maggie.


18


Annie Josephine Cummins .


Michael and Annie.


18


Francis Martin Eagan .


66


19


Harold Collins Partridge.


66


19


Mary Madaline Rourke .


John J. and Margaret.


66


25


66


27


Henry Thomas Anderson, Jr .. Sidney Goodman Garland.


June 1 66 6


Margaret Toomey


66


9


Louis Smith . .


Rayburn Floyd Jefferson


11


Michael Folan


21


Ruth Lillian Cotton


Francis Vincent Reardon


66


Walter Peter Readel .. .


25


Margaret Elizabeth Dempsy


.6 26


Paul James Halloran


Horace T. and Clara.


July 3 66 3


Isabell Warren Ross


Ed. M. and Ray De Behrens.


.6


4


Margaret Hogan


Dagalin and Catharine.


66


13


Bartley Kelley


Catharine Christina Cormack . .


..


19 James Stanton Dyer. .


66


21


Charles Erie Ferdinand Olson. John Curran


Andrew Joseph Costello.


Daniel and Nellie J. Michael and Mary A. John and Ida. Patrick and Nellie.


Thomas JJ. and Margareta


5


Dennis Joseph Keohane


John and Julia.


Joseph H. aud Ellen. Roland S. and Nellie J. Joseph and Julia. John J. and Jane.


27


. Hermine Walker


Raymond Wilbur Ellis Harry Joseph Farren


Ernest aud Esther.


Patrick and Annie. James D. and Emma F.


14


Hesther May Chandler Carlisle.


Michael F. and Margaret. Walter J. and Louise A.


Michael and Mary.


Henry T. and Josephine F.


Frank W. and Mary S. Patrick M. and Mary E.


Dennis and Mary. Isaac J. and Mary E. John, 2d, and Margaret. Fred L. and Cora V. John and Catharine. Conrad and Eva.


William and Mary. John F. and Nora F.


29


Roger Talbot Atwood


Nora Welch ..


Daniel and Bridget.


6


Theresa Morhardt


Peter and Katpelen. Andrew and Margaret.


15


20


26


- Kennedy


William J. and


15


Vietor Blasnack


17


Michael James Crowley .


11


23 24


95


DATE OF BIRTH.


NAME OF CHILD.


NAMES OF PARENTS.


July 28


Francis Joseph Kelliher


28


Mildred Louise Warren


" 28 66 29


Charles Franeis Meleher


30


Arthur William Allen


30


Gertrude May Brown


Aug. 7


Dorothy May Sullivan


9


Bertha Josephine Knoll


11


Timothy Augustan Cullinane .


12


Eva Painchaud .


19


Edmund Francis Doyle.


66


23 24


Leonie Agnes Cuff


66


24


Luey Elizabeth MeMahon


66 25


Mary Helen Anderson


66 25


Helen Johnson


Esther Desideria Johnson


Madeline Catharine Klingbell.


66


30


Alfred Conton Murray .


Daniel and Margaret.


Thomas and Lizzie.


Peter and Mary.


William II. and Lena E.


5


Alice Winifred Conley


66


6 6


Madaline Murphy .


James II. and Annie.


Adolphus and Annie. Frank E. and Mary L.


66 66


7 S 10


Ilenry Adolphus Holton Charles Edwin Boyden


Emily Cathaleen Sullivan


11


Festus Joseph Lyden


66 11


Joseph Sullivan


James Edmund Ellston.


James Joseph Foley .


16


Elonka Olivie Blasnaek.


17 19 20


Roy Wesley Alderson Meears . George W. Nead, Jr


66 66 66 66


21 28


Grace Sheddon Coburn


66 30


30


Oet. 11 Edward Duffy


Edward and Catharine.


17


66


12


Jolin Devine Martin Foley


Martin and Bridget. Stephen and Maria. Frank and Matilda.


66 14


Theresa Roark


Michael McDonough


66


19 20 23


Lawrence Ilayes


Eulalia Magdalene Bell.


26


Amanda Blasnaek.


John and Ella. Lee G. and Cora Louise. Bernard and Annie.


George W. and Mary M. Ernest A. and Susie I. Harry A. and Mary C. Fox. Cornelius J. and Lizzie M. George and Christina. J. C. and Catharine M.


Charles and Marie Ann. John and Josephine.


John and Mary. William J. and Bridget.


James F. and Elizabeth. Andrew and Catharine.


Walter and Ebba.


John Paul and Helen.


Sept. 1 66


2


Mary Feeney


. .


3


Gertrude Winifred Kelly


Patrick and Winifred J.


James and Susan.


Eugene and Susan. John and Bridget. Willian and Mary.


66 66 15


14


Charles Gordon Mackay


Edmund and Bridget. Colman and Bridget. Joseph and Vilma. Thomas M. and Mary.


George W. and Etta .J. Louis and Mary E. James and Maggie. George, 2d, and Laura V. James and Millie.


Clarenee Aloysius O'Brien . Hazel Rosamond Readel - McGrath


14


Johnson


John and Mary. Patrick and Annie. Michael and Mary. John M. A. and Mary. Carl and Elina.


66


Theresa Connelly


twins


Thomas McPolin


Theresa Elizabeth Hughes


66


25


66 26


Lionel Joseph Ross


96


DATE OF BIRTH.


NAME OF CHILD.


NAMES OF PARENTS.


Oct. 26


Jessie Caroline Mahon .


John F. and Margaret M. Frank and Alfrida.


29


Francis Joseph Mighan.


Patrick and Sarah.


31


Catharine Foley .


Patrick and Annie.


66


31


Anna May Bunney


James and Mary.


Nov. 12


Mildred Florence Metcalf.


William and Susie.


66


13


Cecil Coleman McQueen John Lee


Michael and Nellie.


64 15


Carl Frederick Eckart


Daniel and Barbara.


66


15


Edward William Larson


Phillip and Christina.


17


Mary Carberry .


Jolin and Julia.


18


William Francis Corcoran


Michael and Mary.


19


James Edward McManus


James and Annie.


Dec. 1


Jenny Edit Ealonora Eklund ..


5


Margaret Murphy


66


9


Deliah Curran . .


Bartley and Sarah.


10


Alice Bailey Donovan


Daniel and Johanna.


66


14


John Welch.


John J. and Mary E.


66


14


John Victor Smith


Carl Victor and Mary.


66


15


Mary Pendergast.


William F. and Mary.


16


Thomas Farren ?


66


16


Charles Farren


66


17


Margaret Edwards


66


26


Emma May Peterson


30


Ellen Elizabeth Tobin


Charles B. and Nellie. William J. and Gertrude. John and Catharina.


26


Edith Nicholina Reynoldson ..


Oscar C. and Mabel L.


13


Agnes Shyne.


William and Annie.


66


23


John A. and Edla W.


Michael J. and Mary L.


twins


John A. and Annie.


97


MARRIAGES.


DATE.


NAMES.


RESIDENCE.


NO.


BY WHOM MARRIED.


Jan. 1


Alfred Erieson. Elizabeth Olson


New York. Norwood . .


1


1


Rev. H. Olson, Norwood.


7


Patriek MeDonough Annie King.


..


Norwood Boston ,


1


Rev. D. J. Sullivan, So. Boston.


66


8


Michael Lee. Nellie Crowley


Norwood Norwood


1 1


Rev. James B. Troy, Norwood.


66


22


Andrew G. Anderson . . Catharine T. O'Malley


Norwood. Norwood .


1 1


Rev. James B."Troy, Norwood.


66


31


Phillip McCartin Margaret MeDonough


1 Norwood Norwood 2


Rev. James B. Troy, Norwood.


Feb. 12


William R. Mitehell. .. Margaret L. Williamson


Middleboro Norwood .


1 1


Rev. Ellis Mendell, Boston.


13


Thomas Lyden Mary Conroy


Norwood Norwood .


1


Rev. James B. Troy, Norwood.


Mar. 4


Arthur E. Smith Mattie L. Dimiek


Walpole. Norwood


1 1


Rev. Geo. W. Nead, Norwood.


66


4


Frank O. Bailey Carrie A. Maier


Walpole Dedhanı


1 1


Rev. Wm. B. Eddy, Norwood.


66


19


Artimas W. Fulton May Foye . .


Walpole Walpole


3 2


Rev. Geo. W. Nead, ¡ Norwood.


Apr. 8


George W. Worster Mary Colbert


Norwood Walpole .


1 1


Rev. James B.,Troy, Norwood.


4 12


Peter Brazel Mary Lyden.


Norwood Norwood .


2 2


Rev. James B. Troy, Norwood.


15


George B. Daueh Eleanor G. Tibbetts


Randolph Walpole


2 2


Rev. James B. Troy, Norwood.


6 22


Lovis V. Lavine Augusta S. D. Meyer.


Norwood . Norwood .


1 1


Rev. Wmn. B. Eddy, Norwood.


26


Ernest H. Coldwell Estella Regan


Norwood . Nova Scotia . .


1 1


Rev. Geo. W. Nead, Norwood.


29


James Bunney . Mary G. Nugent


Norwood . 1


Norwood.


1


Rev. James B. Troy, Norwood.


1


1


98


DATE.


NAMES.


RESIDENCE.


No.


BY WHOM MARRIED.


May 2


Axel Carllson Amande Neilson


Norwood .


1


Norwood.


1


Rev. Chas. F. Wee- den, Norwood.


“ 11


Willie A. Bigelow Gertrude L. Carpenter


Norwood Brookline


1


Rev. Reuen Thomas, Brookline.


Norwood 1


Norwood


1


Rev. James B. Troy, Norwood.


Norwood.


1


Rev. James B. Troy, Norwood.


" 10


Donald B. Smith Nettie E. Thayer


Provincetown Norwood


1


Rev. Wm. B. Eddy, Norwood.


“: 14


Edward D. Foley Bridget Conley


Norwood. 1


1 23


Oscar C. McQueen Mabel L. Maier


Norwood


Norwood .


1 1


Sidney Lawrence, Boston.


24


David S. Blair Jennie M. Walsh.


Norwood


1


Rev. Chias. F. Wee- den, Norwood.


" 24 .


John M. Hennessey . Cceillia E. McMillan ..


. .


Norwood Boston .


21


Rev. Arthur T. Con- nolly, Boston.


July 1


Robert Robbinson. Catharine Galvin


Norwood .


1


Isaae Washburn, Boston.


" 23


George L. Duncan. Ellen M. JJ. Corbar.


Norwood Norwood


1


Rev. James B. Troy, Norwood.


Aug. 1


Henry M. Merrill Harriett E. Turner.


Norwood Norwood. 2


Marlboro 1


Rev. Geo. W. Nead, Norwood.


19


Howard D. Snow Olive W. Chaplain


Norwood Norwood 1


1


Rev. Chas. F. Wee- den, Norwood.


19


Cornelius Hurley Catharine McCarty .


Norwood 1


Norwood. 1


Rev. James B. Troy, Norwood.


4: 20


Albert H. Clay Clara Hurd


Norwood


Boston


1


2


Rev. Geo. W. Nead, Norwood.


6


Henry M. Clare. Lillian A. Fletcher.


Norwood.


1


6 17


Patrick McNaltey Mary Lyden


June 10


John W. Mitehell. Aliee Louise Kelley


Norwood . 1


1


Norwood 1


Rev. James B. Troy, Norwood.


Norwood 1


Norwood


1


1


Rev. Wm. B. Eddy, Norwood.


6


George J. King Lulu M. Henry


Marlboro 1


1


Rev. C. F. Johnson, Boston.


Norwood . 1


99


DATE.


NAMES.


RESIDENCE.


No.


BY WHOM MARRIED.


Aug. 23


Jolin Fulton Nellie Foley .


Norwood. Norwood


1


Rev. Jas. F. Stanton, Norwood.


" 26


Henry Timothy Satter- lee.


Katherine Van Duzer MeCay.


Elmira, N. Y.


1


Rev. Dr. Geo. H. McKnight, Elmira, N. Y.


30


William H. Thorne . Mabel F. Thorne .


Norwood. Medfield 2 2


Rev. John A. Savage, Medfield.


Sept. 7


Geo. Odenwalder, Jr .. Elmira Morrison


Norwood. Pawtucket, RI 1


1


Rev. Wm. B. Eddy, Norwood.


66


9


George J. Niehols Alice I. Collard .


1


Boston


Boston


1


Rev. Geo. W. Nead, Norwood.


6. 23


Thos. F. Lawrence, Jr. Mary F. Dean . .


Medfield Norwood 1


1


Rev. C. F. Weeden, Norwood.


Oct. 7


Dennis J. Coakley Annie Leary .


Norwood . Canton


1


Rev. J. P. Bodfish, Canton.


“ 14


Daniel Barrett . Maria Flaherty


Norwood. Norwood .


1


Rev. James B. Troy, Norwood.


6 14


Emil G. Miller Josephine E. Kuld


Norwood 1


Norwood .


1


Rev. C. F. Weeden, Norwood.


Norwood


1


Rev. C. F. Weeden, Norwood.


66


21


Ernest H. Grant Ida M. Olson


Norwood .


1


Norwood


Norwood .


Norwood .


Walpole


1


1


Rev. Chas. E. Barnes Dorchester.


E. Walpole . .


E. Walpole ..


Walpole Walpole 1


1


Rev. C. F. Weeden, Norwood.


66


25


Thomas E. Clary Etta J. Stover


Norwood


Malden


2


1


Rev. Joshua W. Well- man.


“ 21


Ernest E. Letts . Caroline Simpson


Norwood


1


Norwood


1


Rev. H. Olson, Norwood.


27


William H. Carr Elizabeth Bond [renee.


29


Abbott Wendell Law- Grace Adelaide Spear


Nov. 2


Ira H. Annis Ida L. Fuller


1


1


Rev. C. F. Weeden, Norwood.


" 1S


Bert Henry Mason Mary L. Kenney


Norwood .


1


1


1


1


1


1


Rev. C. F. Weeden, Norwood.


100


DATE.


NAMES.


RESIDENCE.


No.


BY WHOM MARRIED.


Dec. 10


Frank M. L. Readel . Mabel Estella Saunders


Norwood Norwood


1 1


Rev. Geo. W. Nead, Norwood.


12


Carl Koch Johannah Eppich.


Norwood Norwood 1 1


Rev. Joseph Kreigh, Boston, Mass.


4 30


John P. Cavanaugh Bridget L. Curran


.


Norwood Chelsea 1 1


Rev. H. J. Mulligan, Chelsea, Mass.


101


Deaths Recorded in the Town of Norwood, 1896.


DATE.


NAMES.


YRS.


MOS.


DAYS.


1895.


Jan.


10


Abbie Tobin .


92


Nov


12


John Foster Dunham


24


15


1896.


Jan.


5


Marshall T. Hill


80


S


24


Fred M. Bailey


35


6


28


David Chaplin


63


7


3


66


12


Mary Elizabeth Shyne


7


11


1


19


Harold Frost


Sarah Bradley


91


9


12


66


29


Mary T. Merrill


49


S


9


Feb.


4


Patrick Higgins


66


66


29


Mary E. Pond


77


6


12


Mar.


3


Alice G. Hill


42


66


S


Mary Lyden


42


5


25


23


Nicholas P. Drummy


48


11


18


66


28


Annie HI. Ressinger.


23


11


19


Apr.


10


Joseph T. Flood . ..


1


66


11


Hannah Rebecca Fales


77


9


6 :


18


Ellis Boyden


70


4


5


66


19


John Lyden


39


4


12


66


23


Hemune Piton


49


4


66


27


Osborn Guilford Sargent .


17


6


27


66


30


Charlotte Pratt


79


3


20


May


1


Catharine Kerresey


68


9


19


66


S


Francis Rooney


S


5


24


June


4


Francis Tinker


80


5


1


66


7


George Pendergast


3


11


3


Ellen C. McParland.


71


3


1


66


21


Jane Ellis .


S6


1


11


66


22


George Hill.


70


11


14


July


1


Sylvester Hawes


76


5


27


Catharine Curran


60


19


Johan Severin Peterson


25


5


6


Bridget Foley.


25


2


28


66


21


Gertrude Meyer


7


29


Margaret Foley


70


S


22


Mary Elizabeth Beals


81


6


18


23


Joanna Mahoney


3


3


9


3


4


Edward James Robinson


41


6


Hubert Carberry


84


70


15


Mary Brennan


10


14


Elizabetli Elston


16


Nellic Coughlin


10


27


Mary A. Drummy .


40


24


31


John Ellis, 2d


69


8


28


Catharinc T. Welsh


10


S


9


13


21


102


DATE.


NAMES.


YRS.


Mos.


DAYS.


July


27


Anna Tibbetts


24


29


Aliee Marrion Abbt


7


Aug.


3


Charles Proetor Shattuck.


70


11


23


8


Maurice Fitzgerald


65


10


Annie Haggerty


6


13


10


- Flavin


Thomas M. Fahey


11


10


10


Daniel Feeney .


8


19


66


15


Joanna Morrisey


72


66


16


Florence Hale


1


2


18


66


21


Wilmar Tobin


4


2


12


27


Helen Johnson


2


1


11


Sept.


7


Richard Keating Vaughn.


82


11


4


66


10.


Gladys Louise Guild


66


15


Lawrence Noyes Bigelow


1


9


66


19


Smith


Oct.


11


William R. Alden


62


Sarah Jane Jones


77


4


12


Nov.


1


L. Ada Dexter.


23


S


1


14


N. Althine Morse


65


5


26


26


Julia Horgan


32


3


21


27


John Lyden


38


5


7


66


30


John Sample


67


9


27


Dec.


2


Esther D. Johnson


1


3


13


3


Mary Kelley


S


24


Jeremiah B. Reardon


28


3


S


28


Eliphalet N. Fales


78


29


10


11


Mary Carney


78


21


20


John Connolly .


2


27


John E. Breen.


7


25


REPORT OF BOARD OF


WATER COMMISSIONERS.


WATER BOARD,


1896.


EDMUND J. SHATTUCK, Chairman,


MARCUS M. ALDEN,


JOHN F. CALLAHAN.


G. A. P. BUCKNAM, Superintendent and Engineer.


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.


The Board of Water Commissioners herewith submit their Annual Report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1896, with a detailed statement of receipts and expenditures ; and, as Trustees of the Sinking Fund, a statement of its investments.


At the March meeting John T. Callahan was re-elected Water Commissioner for the term of three years. The Board organized by choice of Edmund J. Shattuck as Chairman, and J. T. Callahan, Clerk.


No important work or changes are noted in the operations of this department during the past year. It is a subject of con- gratulation that we report a considerable increase in the revenue. Our receipts fiom water rates and sales of water for special purposes for 1896 are $11,135.15, or $1,980.01 in excess of last year. Our maintenance and repair accounts show an increase of $834.94. The increased operating cost was made necessary by the large increase in the quantity of water pumped to reser- voir. Our records show a total of about one hundred and thir- teen million gallons, or an increase of nearly fifteen per cent over 1895. This large consumption has made it necessary to run the pumping engine nearly three fourths of all working days during the year, and we were compelled to hire for nine months an assistant engineer, at a salary of thirty dollars per month. The increase in consumption of .coal for the year was about seventy tons. In this connection the Board desire to call your attention to the fact that there is a large and nnwarrantable waste of water. This occurs during the dry season when lawn


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sprinklers are too freely used, and, although the regulations allow the use of hose only two hours per day for six months in the year, it has come to our notice that takers who do not have a meter allow sprinklers to run ten to twelve hours per day. There is also a noticeable increase in the quantity of water used in extremely cold weather, caused by running a continuous stream of water to prevent freezing, whereas the regulations dis- tinctly prohibit the use of water for this purpose.


We believe that the sale of water through meters is the proper system. The advantage of the meter service is not in the increased revenue derived (for in many cases a meter on a service results in a saving to the consumer in the amount of his water bill), but in the fact that the waste of water is stopped.


The effect of a reckless waste of water is expensive in the extreme, compared with which the mere cost of pumping is only nominal ; for if our town should continue to use and waste in the same ratio as the past year, it is only the matter of at least five years when we must have an additional supply, larger storage capacity, increased main pipes, in fact a duplicate of our present plant. It is evident that it is economy for the town to employ all reasonable means to check this reckless and unnecessary waste of water.


The reservoir is in excellent condition, and practically free from sediment. The hydrants and gate valves have received a thorough examination, necessary repairs have been made to sev- eral, all have been oiled and put into perfect working order. Six hydrants have been added to the line on extensions, and one hydrant added to Walpole Street linc, as recommended by the Fire Department, making a total of one hundred and twenty- nine in use.


The pumping station buildings are in good condition. Slight necessary repairs have been made. The contract for painting both the exterior and interior of pumping station, coal shed and reservoir fence was awarded to the lowest bidder, Messrs. Hobbs & Murphy. Suitable dressing was purchased and


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spread on the lawn. The driveways and surroundings presented a very creditable appearance during the entire season.


At the annual town meeting the Board was authorized to expend the sum of $1,000 with a view of ascertaining the cansc and a remedy thereof for the then existing unpleasant taste of the watcr.


We have to report that, after several conferences with the State Board of Health, who are giving this matter considerable attention, we came to the conclusion that it would be a waste of money to drive test wells at or near Buckmaster's Pond, or to cxpend moncy until the State Board had come to some definite conclusion as to the cause of this insect or plant life in the water supply. The quality of water since March last has been fully equal to our best standard.


The investments of the sinking fund will be found in the Treasurer's Report. Bonds Nos. 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, due June 1, 1896, amounting to $5,000, have been paid and cancelled.


All water rates and construction accounts have been collected and paid to the Treasurer. All debts contracted have been paid, with the exception of the Hersey Meter Co., $592.73. Owing to the large appropriations voted from our treasury, and with the unexpected increase in cost of maintenance, our funds were not sufficient to meet this account. We did not deem it advisable or necessary to call a special town meeting to mect this slight defi- ciency, and we have liquidated this account from our 1897 col- lections. .


The Commissioners have called your attention in a former paragraph to the large pumpage during the past year. In order to pump this quantity of water in an economical manner, changes of considerable magnitude at the pumping station will be neces- sary. We recommend the purchase of a feed water heater and new boiler, and the necessary piping and connections for the same ; the boiler to be set with proper connections so that it can be used in conjunction with the old boiler, or either used sepa- rately as desircd. The present boiler has been in constant use since October, 1885, but with slight repairs and a new lining for


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furnace, this boiler may be used for several years as an auxiliary. Estimated cost, including setting, rocking grate bars, and all connections, two thousand dollars ($2,000) .


MAIN AND SERVICE PIPE EXTENSIONS.


Total number of service pipe laid 1896,


52


Total length of service pipe laid,


1,045 feet


Total cost,


$587 78


The following extensions to Main Pipes have been laid :


EXTENSIONS, 1896.


.LOCATION.


SIZE OF PIPES.


LENGTHI.


COST.


HY- DRANTS SET


Walpole Street, from cor. Wilson Street to Davis Avenue. .


6 in.


481 feet.


$328.83


Davis Avenue, from cor. Walpole


Street .


6 1


942 “


754.58


2


Walpole Street, from cor. Davis Ave- nue, west ..


CO


330


357.87


1


Prospect Street, from Railroad Ave- nuc to house of P. Hawkins . . . .. .. Dean Street, from cor. Pleasant Street Mylod Street, from cor. Washington Street .


6


304


402.08


1


6


333


66


232.75


1


6


199 “


Rock Street, from Munroe.


1


273


150.32 46.44


1


New hydrant, Walpole Street, near E. E. Winslow's house.


49.04


1


2862 feet. $2321.91


All extensions have been made in accordance with the vote of the town. Guarantees for ten years for a sum equal to six per cent per annum on the cost have been executed by residents interested in the introduction of water on streets on which these extensions have been laid.


Our contracts for furnishing and laying the main pipes were made with J. T. Langford, subject to all conditions regard- ing quality of materials, responsibility in case of accidents, etc., as his former contracts with the town.


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WATER WORKS DEBT. STATEMENT.


First issue of Bonds, $75,000. Four per cent :


Series 1, payable Aug. 1, 1890,


$10,000 00


2, 66


1,1895, 10,000 00


3, 66 66 1, 1900, 10,000 00


4, 66 1, 1905, 10,000 00


66 5, 66 66 1,1910, 10,000 00


-


66


6,


66 1, 1915, 25,000 00


Second issue of Bonds, $25,000. Four per cent :


Series 1, payable June 1, 1891, 5,000 00


2,


1,1896, 5,000 00


3, 1,1901, 5,000 00


66 4, 66 66 1, 1906, 5,000 00


5, 66 1, 1911, 5,000 00


Third issue of Bonds, $8,000. Four per cent : Payable June 1, 1915, 8,000 00


Notes authorized by special town meeting held


May 1, 1893, for extensions, as follows : Payable Nov. 5, 1895, 2,000 00


Payable Nov. 5, 1897, 2,000 00


$112,000 00


CREDIT.


Bonds Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, paid Aug. 1, 1890, $10,000 00


Bonds Nos. 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, paid June 1, 1891, 5,000 00


Bonds Nos. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17,


18, 19, 20, paid Aug. 1, 1895, 10,000 00


Note paid Nov. 5, 1895, 2,000 00


Bonds Nos. 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, paid June 1,1896, 5,000 00 32,000 00


$80,000 00


Less Sinking Funds, Jan. 1, 1897,


9,363 61


Total net debt, Jan. 1, 1897, $70,636 39


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PIPE, SPECIAL CASTINGS AND FITTINGS ON HAND.


12#


10"


6"


4"


2"


1}" 1"


=


Pipe (feet)


60


12


330


130


24


34


32


08


210


Plugs


26


Sleeves


3


2


2


4


Tees


2


1


Nipples


12


Caps


18


10


Unions


10


Elbows


6


Bends (¿).


3


1


2


5


Lead Pipe, 4 lbs. to foot


350


...


Lead Pipe, 6


66


.


.


50


....


3 8" x 8" x 6" tees.


12 2" mal. sol. nipples.


9 2" hydrant cocks.


60 Service boxes, No. 94 E.


1 {" Crown meter.


7 5" Hersey meters.


6 ¿" Hersey meters.


1


1" Corp. cocks.


1 1" Hersey meter. Parts of hydrants, value $12. Parts of meters, value $6.


1 5" Chapman hydrant complete.


3 8" x 8" x 4" tees.


1 6" x 6" x 4" tee.


3 4" x 6" long reducers.


6 3"' S. & W. cocks.


12 ?" Sidewalk cocks.


12 3" Corp. cocks.


SUPPLIES ON HAND.




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