Norwood annual report 1895-1899, Part 34

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


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18


21


12


22


1,230


262


151


1,789


3 79


Apr.


64


25


10


13


2


4


26


1,126


184


138


1,622


1 71


May.


49


10


11


11


2


14


1,110


187


149


1,543


4 18


Junc.


35


10


8


3


6


898


177


131


1,268


3 44


July.


32


S


6


3


2


1,100


146


128


1,429


2 72


Aug.


48


S


27


12


2


12


869


124


105


1,207


1 81


Sept.


36


6


15


8


2


7


996


125


113


1,308


2 40


Oct.


49


9


7


11


1


1


27


962


140


122


1,329


3 16


Nov.


75


14


24


16


4


27


1,001


374


117


1,652


3 95


Dec.


73


15


21


14


1


23


885


413


134


1,579


3 84


1898.


Jan.


91


12


28


16


5


60


1,086


395


169


1,862


2 68


706


148


234


139


7


22


251


12,344


2,731


1,614


18,196


$36 13


112


REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMIS- SIONERS.


The Commissioners of Highland Cemetery present here- with their annual report : --


A number of lots have been graded and avenues and walks made in the Catholic portion of the Cemetery. Owing to the nature of the soil the expense was more than in previous years.


The Cemetery has been under the personal care of Mr. W. A. Talbot.


A. G. WEBB, W. A. TALBOT, E. B. PENDERGAST,


Commissioners.


114


HIGHLAND CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS in account with the TOWN OF NORWOOD.


DR.


1897. TO CASH FROM


Feb. 23. Mary J. Lyden, Lot No. 586, $30 00


24. Patrick Conley, Lot No. 584, 50 00


26. William J. Tobin, Lot No. 578, 30 00


Mar. 6. Thomas Costello, Grave No. 590,


5 00


11. Mary Clancy, Lot No. 600, $30 00


Less three graves given up, 15 00


15 00


25. Daghlan Hogan, Lot No. 567, 30 00 Less one grave given up, 5 00


25 00


April 3. Mary Louise Sample, Lot No. 60,


60 00


6. William Shyne, Grave No. 589, 5 00


Joseph Donahoe, Grave No. 588,


5 00


May 24. Martin Connoly, Grave No. 587,


5 00


June 5. Hannah E. Wetmore, Lot No. 38, 50 00 Less Lot No. 163 given up, 30 00 20 00


July 19.


Frances A. Russell, Lot No. A 270, 20 00


Aug. 2. Fred Ducat, Grave No. 586, 5 00


19. Antone Eppic, Grave No. 585, 5 00


Sept. 3. George Hill's Heirs, Lot No. 104, 70 00


11. Bridget Conley, Lot No. 602,


25 00


13. Mary Reardon, Lot No. 587, 50 00 Less one grave given up, 5 00 45 00


17. Bernard L. Bigelow, Lot No. 18,


65 00


Oct. 7. John J. Rourk, Grave No. 584, 5 00


Nov. 5. Patrick Flaherty, Grave No. 583,


5 00


27. John Curran, Lot No. 593,


50 00


Dec. 13. John Tobin, Grave No. 582, 5 00


23. John Kennedy, Lot No. 573, 65 00


Amount carried forward, $615 00


115


HIGHLAND CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS in account with the TOWN OF NORWOOD.


1898.


DR. Amount brought forward, $615 00


Jan.


3. Edgar F. Roby, Lot No. 201, 25 00


21. Nathan A. Johnson, Lot No. 39, 65 00


25. E. Newman Fales' Heirs, Lot No. 10, 60 00


Cash for wood sold, 10 00


CR. $775 00


BY CASH PAID C. E. Pond, Treasurer, $775 00


1897. ORDERS DRAWN ON TOWN TREASURER IN FAVOR OF


June 15. M. H. Carroll, for grave markers, 50 00


Oct. 26. W. A. Talbot, on account of labor, grad- ing Catholic new lots and avenues, 500 00


1898.


Jan. 31. Balance labor, grading Catholic new lots and avenues, $170 60


Labor on avenues, walks, plots, and trees, 227 78


Bedding plants and shrubs, 96 07


Manure and fertilizer, 3 00


Tulip bulbs and manure, 14 27 511 72


Thomas Kerrisey, 53 days', 6} hours' labor, one horse and man 201 18 201 18


$1,262 90


This is to certify that we have examined the accounts of the Cemetery Commissioners, and find the same correctly stated and properly vouched.


EBEN F. GAY, JAMES A. HARTSHORN, FRANCIS E. EVERETT, Auditors.


VITAL STATISTICS.


Record of Births in Town of Norwood for Year 1897.


DATE OF BIRTH.


NAME OF CHILD.


NAMES OF PARENTS.


1890. Dec. 20


Joseph Sullivan


1896.


Oct. 8


1897.


Jan. 2


5


Glenn Milton McLeod


Oliver and Eva M.


Mark and Catharine.


10


Frank Richardson Larrabee


Frederick and Mary A.


66


15


Margaret Esther Rafuse ..


George A. and Susie G.


17


Margaret Waugh Henderson


18


Meyer


Charles G. and Lena.


25


66


26


66


30


Johann Habet Peterson


August and Christina.


Patrick and Mary.


Rudolf and Hilda.


Feb. 1


66


3


66


4


Theodore Francis Grant Bors


Christian and Julia E.


66


7


Agnes Frances Brown


George and Delia J.


13


Deliah Connelley .


Martin and Mary.


John J. and Agnes M.


Philip and Margaret.


66


25


Mary Catharine Cavanagh


John P. and Bridget H.


Mar. 8


10


Mary Ellen McDonough


Martin and Nellie.


66 66


19


Josephine Hayes


John and Mary E.


19


Harold Elmer Newcomb


George K. and Luella F.


27


John Sefferin


Suan and Annie.


Apr. 2


Lee .


Charles Herman Drummey


8


Winifred Margaret Costello


66


11


Edna May Rowell


Wilbur F. and Mary C.


66


16


Olive Augusta Alden


Daniel R. and B. Augusta.


Francis E. and Augusta C.


Joseph and Mary E.


6


Elizabeth Theresa Morgan


Margaret Jane Walker Drummy


Joseph S. and Susan C. Catharine.


30


31


31


Julia Frances O'Brien


James J. and Mary T.


Ruth Lillian Edmunds


G. Whiting and Anna F.


Charles Hugo Johnson


Matthias and Annie.


Theodorc E. and Annie L.


15


Mary Julia Fitzgerald .


Catharine Theresa McCartin


Edward Lawrence Flood


Charles T. and Catharinc.


Fannie Graliam Farrell


Thomas and Fannie. John and Marie.


66


16


Esther Frideborg Rask


Robert Edward Dower


Samuel and Hilda C. James and Ellen E.


18


29


Michael Lyden


Thomas and Mary.


6


James and Maggie. Mathew and Mary. James and Abbie.


Harris W. and Susan.


11


15


Annic Blasnack .


5


18


Delia McNalty


Charles Rockstrom


Daniel and Mary A.


Gladys Henrietta Augusta Mattson


Joseplı Donahue.


117


DATE OF BIRTH.


NAME OF CHILD.


NAMES OF PARENTS.


Apr. 17


Mary Frances Kaler


James and Jennie.


66


21


James Henry Billings


Arthur R. and Catherine M.


Patriek and Mary.


Elmer E. and Eleanor.


66


24


25


Mildred Amelia Readel


66


28


Lillian Cashman


May 2


2


Mary Frances Hayden


5


Russell Henry Worth


7


Helen Louise Connolly .


13


Mary Jane Farren


Patrick and Annie.


14


20


Eugene McCarthy


Daniel and Margaret.


Michael J. and Ella.


Emil E. and Clara.


Thomas and Sarah.


John and Mary. Wm. P. and Mary.


James and Mary.


16


Elizabeth Lavender Smith


66


18


James Tobin


William J. and Mary B. C.


20


Griffin.


Bartholomew.


66


21


Matthew Steel Blaek.


Riehard and Ellen W.


66


22


Peter James MeCall, Jr.


Peter J. and Elizabeth J.


Almand Warner Morse, Jr.


Almand W. and Emma J.


66


28


Flora Lillian Eppich


Anton and Louise.


July 2


66


9


Mary Catharine Flavin


Jeremiah and Hannalı.


66


12


Richard Lemuel Fulton


Lemuel B. and Aliee F.


66


13


Theresa Ellen Coakley


Dennis and Annie M.


16


Leona Eva Readel


Conrad and Eva.


66


19


Henry Fry Douglass


Forest M. and Clara E. Mark and Sarah.


Martin Connelly


21


Elizabeth Cronin


Thomas M. and Nellie E.


23


Charles Warren Sundquist


Eriek G. and Hilda J.


24


Annie Catharine Conroy


John and Mary.


25


Cyril Franeis Ellis


Granville and Luella.


66


31


Curtis Guild Boyden.


Franees Bertha Miller


66


9


Mary Ann O'Donnell ..


Festus and Mary.


66


12


Caroline Louisa Letts


66


1:2 Gertrude Pfeiffer


Ernest H. and Caroline. Matthias and Gertrude.


21


Rourke


Eleanor Ernestine Westgate.


Margaret Welch


Daniel and Bridget.


Conrad and Mary.


William and Mary A.


William and Elizabetlı.


Frank E. and Mary.


Mark F. and Ada H.


Michael and Nora.


George H. and Effie B.


21


May Helen Mahoney .


24


Edith Helen Johnson


29


Frank Kerrisey


31


Margaret Connelly


June 8


Graee Welel


14


Flarelity.


Donald B. and Nettie E.


25


Carl Otto Koch


Charles and Johanna.


17


Nieliols


George and Aliee.


20


26


Andrew Joseph Costello Bashford


Thomas and Margaret T. John and Annie. Arthur L. and Annabelle. Emil G. and Josephine E.


Ang. 1 6


12


Elizabeth Joaletta Hogan


John L. and Delia E.


22


Winifred Carr


Ruth May Shaekley


118


DATE OF BIRTH.


NAME OF CHILD.


NAMES OF PARENTS.


Aug. 15


23


Thomas Nee ..


Joseph and Mary. John and Julia.


66


27


Michael Barret


Daniel and Maria.


27


Margaret Coughlin


John and Julia.


Sept. 4


4


Roby


Joseph W. and Minnie C.


4


Peterson


William J. and Gertrude.


William S. and Laura M.


66


9


Charles Bartlett Sanborn.


George Edward and Violet.


Emil A. and Sophi.


66


12


Walter Brennan ..


Walter R. and Margaret.


66


16


Mary Kelley


Josepli J. and Mary.


66


16


Roland Stanley Ward


Roland S. and Nellie J.


19


Elsa Gleichauf .


Vetus and Theresa.


66


19


Ellen Elizabeth Lyden


66


20


Lottie May Blair.


David S. and Jennie M.


Arthur L. and Ellenor I.


John M. and Cecilia.


Oet. 2


Charles Joseph Gallagher


P. Frank and Margaret A.


66


3


Cletus Pendergast


Edward E. and Margaret F.


9


William Andrew Marriman.


Andrew C. and Hannah.


11 13


Julia Agnes Collins


Michael and Ella.


66


15


Nellie Isabella Buekman


Jesse M. and Isabella.


66


15


Helena Siegmund.


Josef and Sophea.


17


Henry Jacob Gullieh ..


Jacob and Catharine.


18


Edwin Waldemar Johnson


Walter O. and Ebla.


19


Francis Winslow Willett


George F. and Edith.


23


Agnes Hefferan.


Thomas and Catharine M.


66


27


Thornton Edward Hoar


Waldo C. and Geneveive.


66


29


Martha Farren .


Jolın A. and Annie A. Joseph and Mary E. Freda.


Frederick and Martha.


Patrick and Mary M.


66


5


Warren Edward Ward


Earnest F. and Winifred I.


9


Edith Mildred MaeQueen


Oscar C. and Mabel Louisa. Thomas M. and Mary J.


66 66


11


Gertrude Nugent


12


James Folan


12


Osear Frederiek Thompson


13


Amy Luella Barr


66


20


William James Rogers, Jr.


66


22


Allen


William J. and Annie M. Harry P. and Marion.


22


Louis Rhodes Hartshorn


J. Edwin and Aliee A.


8


Hale


12


Clarence Emil Gustavson .


Martin and Bridget.


21


Mabel Edna Bateman


27


Florence Jane Hennessey


2


Vida Mareclla Hill


Harry W. and Mary E.


Nov. 1


James Joseph Donahue


2


Peterson


4


Howard Manfried Readel


5


Robert Drummey.


10


Roy Maekay


Patrick and Mary J. James M. and Julia B.


Magnus and Joanna M. Robert T and Emma E.


26


Mary Theresa Kuhan


Clarence Sven Reinhott Mattson


Franeis E. and Augusta C.


Emil Ephraim Ericson


Alfred and Hilda.


Garriepy


George and Annie.


66 66


119


DATE OF BIRTHI.


NAME OF CHILD.


NAMES OF PARENTS.


Dec.


1


James Folan


6


Margaret Helen Eagan


6


James Allen Henry .


66


25


James Hurley


66


29


Agnes Josephine Coburn


Stephen and Maria. Michael and Margaret. James and Jessie H. Cornelius and Catharine. Louis and Mary E.


Attest :


E. L. BIGELOW,


Town Clerk.


120


Marriages Recorded in the Town of Norwood, 1897.


DATE.


NAMES.


RESIDENCE.


No.


BY WHOM MARRIED.


Jan. 9


William F. Halstead Bertha M. Earl


Beverly Norwood


11


Rev. S. S. Nickerson,


Jan. 12


William H. Jackson Emily G. Dearness


Norwood Norwood


1


Rev. C. F. Weeden, Norwood.


Feb, 4


Henry A. Stone Annie Lane


Norwood Norwood


2


Rev. James B. Troy, Norwood.


Feb. 18


William Bidwell Annie B. Bailey.


Norwood


Norwood


22


Rev. Geo. W. Nead, Norwood.


Feb. 25


George P. Ingalls. Gertrude C. Newcomb.


Norwood Norwood


1


Rev. H. Olson, Norwood.


Feb. 25


Cornelius Murphy Ellen Murphy


Norwood Arlington


1 1 Rev. James B. Troy, Norwood.


Mar. 4


Alfred Stone Mary C. Chalmers


Norwood Norwood


1


Rev. J. W. Powell, Jr. Boston.


Mar. 27


Carl Eckhardt Louisa E. Balduf


Norwood Norwood


1 1


Rev. C. F. Weeden, Norwood.


Mar. 31


George Cobb Elizabeth J. Edwards.


Sharon


1


Apr. 1


Carl J. Carlson Johanna Lagerkvist.


Norwood Norwood


2 2


Rev. C. F. Johansson, Boston.


Apr. 3


Emil Seisel Agnes Riemer


Norwood Brookstone, [Penn,


22 2


Rev. F. Wurl, East Boston.


Apr. 8


Fred Balduf Maria Boelinke


Norwood


1


Rev. Wın. B. Eddy, Norwood.


Apr. 14


George F. Murdock. Vira C. Whitney


Somerville Norwood


1 1


Rev. Geo. W. Nead, Norwood,


Apr. 19


Frank J. Brown Mary Phillips


Norwood Norwood


Rev. Janies B. Troy, Norwood.


Apr. 28


William H. Coffin Josephine Cobb


Walpole Walpole


1


1


Rev. Geo. W. Nead, Norwood.


1


1


1


1


Rev. Geo. W. Nead, Norwood.


Sharon


1


Norwood . 1


121


DATE.


NAMES.


RESIDENCE.


No.


BY WHOM MARRIED.


Apr. 28


Frank S. Forrest. Julia J. Twomey


Norwood


1


Norwood


1


Rev. James B. Troy, Norwood.


Apr. 29


Daniel Horgan Mary A. Sullivan


Norwood Dedham


1


Apr. 29


Janne A. Mattson. Matilda Anderson


Norwood Boston 1


1


Rev. C. F. Johansson, Boston.


May 1


Joseph Sigmund Josefa Eppich


Norwood 1


Norwood 1


Rev. John Janty, S.J. Boston.


May 2


Paul Pusateri Antonia Pusateri


Norwood Norwood


1


Rev. Jamey Gambera, Boston.


May 6


John W. Powell Louise Pettay


Boston Norwood 1


1


Rev. E. H. Hughes, Malden.


May 22


Albert Johnson Annie Peterson


Norwood


1


Rev. C. F. Johansson, Boston.


May 26


James P. Bolton Mabel A. Alden


Middleboro. . .


1


1


Rev. Geo. W. Nead, Norwood.


May 29


George W. Wesley Sarah Fletcher


Brooklyn, N. Y. Norwood


12


Rev. H. Olson, Norwood.


June 9


Levi Greenwood, Jr ... Annie C. Fay .


Norwood


Norwood


1


2


Rev. James B. Troy, Norwood.


June 15


James H. Bunker. Elizabeth A. Keyes


Boston.


1


June 16


John H. Baslıford Annie Scribner


Norwood


Norwood


1


1


Rev. Wm. B. Eddy, Norwood.


June 16


Kenny A. Mitchell Nora J. Mahoney .


Norwood


1


1


Rev. James B. Troy, Norwood.


Norwood


Somerville


1


1


Rev. Geo. Maxwell, Charlestown.


Norwood


Norwood


1


1 Rev. James B. Troy, Norwood.


June 30


Daniel E. Callahan Margaret T. Donovan .


Norwood


Norwood


1


1


Rev. James B. Troy,


Norwood.


/


Norwood


1


Rev. W. J. Browne, Boston.


June 23


William A. Apel Grace F. Jacobs


June 30


Coleman McDonougli Margaret Lydon .


Norwood


1


Norwood .


Norwood


1


2


Rev. C. P. Heaney.


122


DATE.


NAMES.


RESIDENCE.


No.


BY WHOM MARRIED.


June 30


George E. Day Nettie M. Fisher


Lynn


1


Rev. C. F. Weeden, Norwood.


July 1


William Grandison Nancy White.


Norwood Norwood


Rev. J. Harrell, Cambridge.


July 9


William English Mary Powers


Boston Norwood


Mark Stone, Boston.


July 14


Michael Reisinger Anna M. Wellbrock


Norwood Norwood


21


Rev. Jos. Krieg, Boston.


Aug. 16


Axel E. Haggblom Ida J. Gustafson


Norwood Norwood


1 Rev. A. W. Sundelof, 1 Boston.


Sept. 1


Robert Seaver Harriet W. Spaulding.


Norwood Waltham


1


Rev. C.E. Harrington,


1


Sept. 2


Walter R. Magoun. Grace E. Hippisley


Medford. Norwood


1


Rev. M. M. Cutter, Brookline.


Sept. 8


Fred W. Foster Annie M. Willy


Norwood Boston


1 Rev. Geo. W. Nead, Norwood. 1


Oct. 6 William Anderson Annie A. Murray


Norwood Norwood


1


Rev. C. F. Weeden, Norwood.


Oct. 17


James J. Morrisey Josephine Murphy


Norwood Norwood 2


1 Rev. James B. Troy, Norwood.


Oct. 20


Charles T. Diggs Sarahı E. Grandison


Norwood Norwood


1 1


Rev. J. Harrell, Cambridge.


Oct. 28


Michael J. Drummy Catharine Shea


Norwood Norwood


2 Rev. James B. Troy, Norwood. 1


Nov. 3


Jolın E. Shaw Grace M. Small


Norwood Norwood


1


Nov. 0


Carl Schaier Anna L. Feist


Walpole Norwood


1 1


Rev. H. Birkner, Boston.


Nov. 10


Martin Callahan Mary A. Cavanagh


Norwood Norwood


1


1 Rev. J. F. Stanton, Norwood.


Nov. 23


Edward C. Hunt. Nettie Hildretlı .


Norwood Norwood


1 Rev. Wm. B. Eddy, Norwood.


1


Norwood


1


1


1


1 Rev. Geo. W. Nead, Norwood.


.


123


DATE.


NAMES.


RESIDENCE.


No.


BY WHOM MARRIED.


Dec. 2


Frank G. Allen Clara H. Winslow


Norwood Norwood


1


Rev. C. F. Weeden, Norwood.


Dec. 10


Fred Carlson Annie L. Johnson


Norwood Norwood


1


1


Rev. C. F. Johansson, Boston.


Dec. 11


Charles O. Anderson .. Anna L. Johansson


Norwood Norwood


2


Rev. C. F. Johansson, Boston.


Dec. 11


Peter August Palmborg Hilda Josefina Blom- [gren


Norwood Norwood


1


Rev. Alfred Linberg, Boston.


Dec. 15


Willie S. Bateman Nellie Collard


Norwood Norwood


1


1


Rev. S. W. Billings, Sharon.


Attest :


E. L. BIGELOW,


Town Clerk.


1


1


1


124


Deaths Recorded in the Town of Norwood for Year 1897.


DATE.


NAMES.


YRS.


Mos.


DAYS.


Jan.


2


Joseph Donahoe


51


7


66


11


Sumner A. Ellis


54


6


23


11


Louis Blake Dexter.


18


7


25


15


Charles Henry Woods.


42


7


23


66


18


Myers


Walter Sample


23


66


19


David Curtis Talbot


64


3


66


20


Robert Oldham


68


9


22


Martin Clancy


44


6


Feb.


6


Bors .


1


7


Increase Hawes


82


1


4


11


Julia Dean Everett


73


6


18


12


Margaret Donovan


27


66


13


David H. Corbett.


65


3


6


19


Hannahı Leonard


82


22


Thomas Twomey


1


11


Mar.


3


Andrew J. Costello


7


5


7


Mary Talbot.


72


9


2


26


Josiah Warren Talbot.


85


1


28


Apr.


2


Lee Connolly


4


14


9


Mildred Whedon


35


5


13


22


O'Rourke


37


Abigail M. Clay


73


1


4


May


2


Olive W. Snow


26


1


26


Charles Edwin Boyden


8


1


23


Delia Conley


3


13


June


14


Flahrety


39


2


9


July


12


Mary A. Lane


39


5


15


16


Mary D. Chickering


100


1


2


19


Willis A. Russell


44


1


7


23


Walter H. Roby


21


6


23


Aug.


3


Bashford


66


12


Caroline Louisa Letts


66


18


Flora L. Eppic


1


21


66


20


Mary McCarthy.


24


James E. Elston


11


10


Sept.


3


Roby


¿ hr.


5


Peterson


11


10


18


Joseph Kelley


66


29


Agnes Shyne


1


5


23


Daniel Murphy


S


20


Margaret Griffin


3


5


Georgianna Berwick.


23


66


18


125


DATE.


NAMES.


YRS.


Mos.


DAYS.


Sept.


9


Leonie Readel


2


66


17


Hale


11


Jolın S. Fales


76


20


Lottie May Blair


2 hrs.


Mary McKeown.


87


4


14


66


26


Alice T. Pendergast


23


4


11


Oct.


3


Henry Bradford Baker


59


8


24


Editlı St. Clair Lewis


23


1


18


66


5


Margaret L. Rourke


2


5


11


66


5


Cletus Pendergast


2


11


Cecil Coleman McQueen


10


28


66


12


- Garrieby


48


Annie Bernard


31


Patrick O. Rourke


30


6


Nov.


1


Eliza L. Dickinson


66


66


2


Peterson .


2


66


4


Jolın Flaherty


3


8


66


5


Jenne Gustavson


27


1


20


66


8


Lucy A. Fairbanks


66


11


26


66


17


Martha Farren.


33


66


22


Bartholomew Curran


62


Dec.


5


Eliza Maria Boyden.


71


3


23


12


Ellen E. Tobin


11


12


66


13


Marcella Talbot


57


10


66


25


James J. Lannary


58


66


25


Emcline Frances Colburn


68


7


13


66


28


Charles Axel Hajjblom


1


Attest :


'E. L. BIGELOW,


Town Clerk.


3


Michael Murphy .


79


12


3


2


James J. Donahoe


66


8


Elsa Gleichauf


20


20


20


George Arthur Bennie


33


22


Charles Bartlett Sanborn.


14


24


16


Bridget E. Roach


18


18


Lillian Colpitta.


18


REPORT OF BOARD OF


WATER COMMISSIONERS


WATER BOARD,


1897.


EDMUND J. SHATTUCK, Chairman,


MARCUS M. ALDEN,


JOHN F. CALLAHAN.


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


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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.


The Board of Water Commissioners herewith present their thirteenth annual report for the year ending December 31, 1897, and with it a detailed statement of the income and expenditure of the department, and, as Trustees of the Sinking Fund, a statement of its investments.


At the annual town meeting Edmund J. Shattuck was re- elected Water Commissioner for the term of three years. The Board organized by choice of Edmund J. Shattuck as chair- man, and John F. Callahan, clerk.


FINANCIAL STATEMENT IN BRIEF.


Cost of Works to Dec. 31, 1897,


$150,971 07


BOND ACCOUNT.


Bonds and Notes Issued, $119,000 00


Bonds and Notes Paid, 34,000 00


Unpaid Water Bonds, $85,000 00


Value of Sinking Fund, 13,528 90


Net Debt Dec. 31, 1897,


$71,471 10


For further details and statement of bonds outstanding, we refer you to page 134 of this report.


The town is to be congratulated upon the present good condition and efficiency of the Water Works. There has been a considerable increase in the revenue. Our receipts from


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water rates and sales of water for special purposes for 1897 are $12,093.95, or $958.80 in excess of last year. Our Mainten- ance and Repair Accounts show an increase of $139.99, or a net increase of $818.81.


In our report for 1896 we called your attention to the fact of a large waste of water. Our pumpage now averages about 353,751 gallons per day. During the extreme cold weather in winter it jumps up to 416,445 or more gallons per day, thus proving that water is allowed to run to prevent freez- ing. The same increase occurs in summer during extreme warm weather, when lawn 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 sprinklers have been in use ten to twelve hours per day, and also in full use during copions showers, and it is also noticeable that this waste is the most frequent where services are not metered. The town should take prompt action to check this unwarrantable waste, and it seems to us the only method by which this can be accomplished is to require a meter on each service. A meter makes every consumer his own inspector. Consumers are more inclined to make a study of leaky fixtures, closets, etc. They are also liable to give more attention to the unnecessary use of the lawn sprinkler, and in cold weather provide suitable covering for pipes.


Under our present system we have in use 315 meters, 312 of which are owned by consumers, and 3 in use at the N. E. R. R. Car Shop are owned by the town. To recommend that all consumers be compelled to purchase and set meters would be a change somewhat radical and sweeping, and we realize it would cause a considerable amount of comment and criticism, and would undoubtedly increase the rates of some takers; but the utter fairness of the meter system can not be questioned, as each person would be required to pay only for water actually used; and while receiving the benefit of his own economy, the town would be saved the expense of large addi- tions to the plant. We believe this plan worthy of serious


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consideration by the people. If not adopted additional supply must soon be provided.


The benefits arising from the introduction of a general meter system are very strikingly shown in the following com- parison of figures taken from the annual reports of the Frank- lin (N. H.) Water Board for the years 1893, 1894, 1895 and 1896. In January, 1894, the Board voted unanimously to place meters on all services. About 300 meters were set in the first six months of the year, the work not being completed until about the first of July. The average daily consumption for each of the several years mentioned, together with number of meters in use, is as follows : -


For 1893, 267,397 gallons, very few meters.


1894, 197,836 66 426 1895, 217,552 66 502


1896, 225,793


540


The Reservoir was drained, and received its annual spring cleaning, and was found to be in good condition. The sum of twelve dollars was expended in repairing the banks to prevent washing.


A careful inspection of our hydrant system has been made during the year. This important branch of our Works is be- lieved to be in the best condition. Several have been repaired, and, to conform to recently established street grades, the de- partment have relocated a number. The expense for labor and materials has been borne by this department, which properly should be paid for by the street department, or by the corporations for whom changes in streets are made. At the request of the Fire Department, a large hydrant has been pur- chased and set at the corner of Railroad Avenue and Washing- ton Street, to afford better protection in this locality. Seven hydrants have been added to the line on extensions, making one hundred and thirty-six in use.


The pumping station buildings are in good condition. The coal shed was destroyed by fire on the morning of Feb.


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2, 1898. After a careful investigation we believe the cause to have been spontaneous combustion. The loss on the build- ing and coal is fully covered by insurance. The department will suffer a loss of tools, meters, etc., which were tem- porarily stored in the shed, and which were not covered by insurance in that building.


The contract for the new boiler, authorized by vote of the town at the annual town meeting, was awarded to the lowest responsible bidders, Messrs. E. Hodge & Co., East Boston. The boiler is now in position, and, with the exception of pipe connection, is ready for use. No payments have been made on account of the boiler. The lawns and driveways have received the usual care, suitable dressing purchased and spread on the lawn.


The investments of the Sinking Fund will be found in the report of the Treasurer. The funds have been increased by an appropriation from our treasury of $3,750.00, and from in- terest from investments of $415.29.


The Board was authorized to issue seven One Thousand Dollar four per cent. Water Bonds, numbered from 109 to 115, both inclusive, payable June 1, 1917. Advertisements for proposals of sale were inserted in the Norwood Messenger, Norwood Advertiser and Review, and Boston Daily Adver- tiser, and the following bids were received : -


Estabrook & Co.,


Boston, $1,063.59 for each bond.


R. L. Day & Co.,


Blake Bros. & Co.,


Blodgett, Merritt & Co.,


1,055.60 66


N. W. Harris & Co.,


66 1,054.40


Adams & Co.,


66 1,053.80


66


Cushman, Fisher & Phelps,


66


1,050.71


66


F. Bancroft,


66


1,046.25


.6 66


C. B. Wilbur,


1,042.60 66


66


66


1,057.86 1,055.90 66


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And accrued interest.


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At a special meeting of the Water Board and Town Treasurer, on motion of M. M. Alden, it was voted unanimously to award the sale to Messrs. Estabrook & Co., at $1,063.59 and accrued interest. The bonds were signed and delivered, and the following paid to the Treasurer : - -


Seven bonds at $1,063.59, $7,445 13


Acerued interest, 94 11


$7,539 24


All water rates and construction accounts for the year have been collected and paid to the Treasurer.


The Commissioners would recommend that the amount re- ceived for insurance on the coal shed and contents be paid to . their treasury, and that they be authorized to expend such portion of it as is necessary to build a proper receptacle for coal, and to replace the tools destroyed, not to exceed the amount received from the insurance company.


MAIN AND SERVICE PIPE EXTENSIONS.


Total number of serviee pipe laid 1897,


72


Total lengthi of service pipe laid,


1,465 feet $816 55


Total cost,


The following extensions to main pipes have been laid :


EXTENSIONS, 1897.


LOCATION.


SIZE OF PIPES,


LENGTH.


COST.


HY- DRANTS SET.


Phillips St., from eor. Walpole St. to house of F. L. Fisher, Silver St., from eor. Nahatan St. to 281 feet west


6"


707'


$587.71


1


Granite, Talbot, and Warren Sts., from Washington St. to Washington St.


6"


1,116'


838.80


3


Myrtle St., from end to house of J. Kelley


6"


300'


698.90


1


Lyden St., from Fulton to


Prospeet St.


805'


725.90


1


TOTALS


3,209'


$3,268.83


281'


417.52


1


The main pipe extensions have been made in accordance with the vote of the town. Guaranties have been signed by parties believed to be responsible for the required six per eent. on the esti- mated cost of the work. Our contracts for furnishing and laying the main pipes were made with J. T. Langford, contractor, Boston, sub- jeet to same conditions as former contraets.




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