Report of the city of Somerville 1882, Part 14

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Somerville, Mass.
Number of Pages: 338


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Engine built by Hunneman & Co., 1866, weight, 7,035 pounds. Hose tender built by Dole & Osgood, 1872, weight, 3,140 pounds. Station, corner of Highland Avenue and Walnut Street.


Name.


Age.


Residence.


Occupation.


Henry A. Byrns


42


Walnut St.


Engineer.


William A. Burbank


39


Engine House


Fireman.


Wm. H. Bonner


46


Columbus Ave


Driver Engine.


Lindorf D. Bixby


41


Shawmut St.


Driver Tender.


I. C. Jackson, Foreman


33


Linden St ..


Carpenter.


Frank Thorpe, Asst. Foreman


37


Walnut St.


Clerk.


Jas T. Cummings, Clerk


39


Columbus Ave.


Journalist.


J. F. Walker ..


25


Pleasant Ave.


Carpenter.


T. Cunningham


27


Washington St.


Clerk.


B. F Johnson


43


Union Sq.


Janitor.


F. H. Eaton


27


Prospect St.


Clerk.


Jos. Young ..


43


Highland Ave.


Janitor.


B. L. Howard


26


Putnam St.


Paper Hanger.


Jas. A. McLane


29


Clark St.


Bill Poster.


261


REPORT OF CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.


HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY NO. 1.


Carriage built by Cook & Rymes, 1874, weight, 5,460 pounds. Station, corner Washington and Prospect Streets.


Name.


Age.


Residence.


Occupation.


Melvin B. Ricker


39


Washington St.


Driver Truck.


Chas. E. Shaw, Foreman.


27


Linden St.


Paper Hanger.


Wm. A. McLane, Asst. Foreman.


22


Clark St. .


Glass Outter.


F. B. Hamblin, Clerk


30


Washington St.


Clerk.


E. L. Robinson.


37


Webster Ave.


Printer.


E. H. Bright


40


Washington St.


Driver.


J. E. Hill


36


Columbus Ave.


Salesman.


G. A. Page


28


Webster Ave.


Teamster.


E. W. Stinehart.


27


Newton St.


Flagman.


B. F. Ellis


27


Cross St.


Grocer.


H. E. Thompson


23


Clark St.


Bill Poster.


P. K. Wood.


38


Newton St.


Brakeman.


G. F. Harris


24


Summer St.


Furniture Mover.


W. H. Whitcomb.


23


Highland Ave


Lamplighter.


O. J. Lingley .


22


School St.


Grocer.


HOSE COMPANY No. 1.


Carriage built by Dole & Osgood, 1873 ; weight, 3,375 pounds. Station, Webster Street.


Name.


Age.


Residence.


Occupation.


T. H. Daley, Clerk


37


Webster St.


Driver.


E. F. Shaw, Foreman


30


Cross St.


Milkman.


F. N. Lewis, Asst. Foreman.


32


Webster St.


Letter Carrier.


D. W. Taylor


30


Everett Avenue


Clerk.


J. W. Inwood


30


Bonair St ..


Fireman.


F. D. Chase


43


Ellsworth Street ..


Pattern Maker.


C. P. Horton ..


26


Everett Avenue


Well Borer.


W. W. Parsons


47


Washington St.


Painter.


C. F. Kyes.


28


Cross St.


Teamster.


W. F. Mills


31


Lincoln St.


Barber.


262


ANNUAL REPORTS.


HOSE COMPANY NO. 2.


Carriage built by Louer & Rice, 1873 ; weight, 3,265 pounds. Station, Marshall Street.


Name.


Age.


Residence.


Occupation.


E. W. Ring, Clerk.


35


Marshall St.


Driver.


Frank W. Ring, Foreman.


32


Marshall St.


Teamster.


Daniel Spike, Asst. Foreman


38


Broadway


Cooper.


E. E. Winslow


51


Fremont St.


Watchman.


J. H. Hollis.


48


Bond St.


Painter.


L. Curville .


48


Bond St.


Packer.


J. M. Gould.


38


Otis St.


Printer.


S. B. Manning


30


Marshall St.


Jeweller.


E. T. Mayhew


33


Broadway


Shoemaker.


Chas. Timson


. . . .


22


Marshall St.


Teaming.


HOSE COMPANY NO. 3.


Carriage built by Hunneman & Co., 1871 ; weight, 2,930 pounds. Station, corner Washington and Prospect Street.


Name.


Age.


Residence.


Occupation.


Chas. Trull, Clerk. .


53


Columbus Ave.


Driver.


C. H Bridges, Foreman


35


Fountain Ave.


Machinist.


W. J. Blaisdell, Asst. Foreman


35


Quincy St ..


Painter.


E. H. Buxton


33


Somerville Ave.


Painter.


F. L. Draper


30


Munroe St. .


Machinist.


E. J. Brown ..


46


Somerville Ave.


Laborer.


G. W. Coombs.


29


Somerville Ave.


Blacksmith.


L. B. Hopkins


34


Summer St ..


Brittania.


H. H. Miller


26


Newton St.


Painter.


G. W. Bean, Jr.


.. . .... .


21


Everett St.


Jeweller.


. .


...


REPORT OF CHIEF ENGINEER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.


263


HOSE COMPANY NO. 4.


Carriage built by Hunneman & Co , 1874 ; weight, 3,280 pounds. Station, corner Highland Avenue and Grove Street.


Name.


Age.


Residence.


Occupation.


Samuel H. Stevens


41


Highland Ave.


Driver.


B. W. Lawrence, Foreman ..


36


Holland St ..


Fruit Dealer.


G. L. Borrowscale, Asst. Foreman.


24


Cutter Ave.


Janitor.


D. S. Steele, Clerk.


32


Highland Ave.


Carpenter.


D. W. Tucker


33


Wallace St.


Shipper.


A. F. Mentzer.


31


Hall St.


Butcher.


C. S. Thrasher


22


Chester St.


Milkman.


F. T. Smith.


27


Clarendon Ave.


Paper Hanger.


E. F. Trefren.


24


Morrison St ..


Carpenter.


F Du B. Hill


35


Partridge Ave.


Leather Dresser.


Respectfully submitted,


JAMES R. HOPKINS, Chief of Fire Department.


1


REPORT


OF THE


COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, Dec. 30, 1882.


Report accepted. Referred to the Committee on Printing, with instruc- tion to print the same in the Annual Reports. Sent down for concurrence. CHARLES E. GILMAN, Clerk.


Concurred in.


IN COMMON COUNCIL, Dec. 30, 1882.


DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Clerk.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, Dec. 30, 1882. To the City Council of Somerville : -


THE Committee on Public Property submits as its final report the following statement of appropriations and expenditures for the year 1882 : -


POLICE STATION INCIDENTALS ACCOUNT.


APPROPRIATION,


$2,000 00


RECEIPTS : -


For the letting of halls,


625 00


Total credit,


$2,625 00


EXPENDITURES : -


For janitor's salary,


$750 00


Gas,


224 84


Oil for carburetter,


185 00


Fuel,


368 15


Insurance,


20 00


Janitor's substitute (in vacation),


12 00


Incidental expenses,


58 17


Repairs and furniture,


645 39


Total debit,


2.263 55


Balance unexpended,


$361 45


PUBLIC PARK MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT.


APPROPRIATION,


$1,500 00


RECEIPTS : -


For grass sold,


$12 00


Damage to shrub,


1 25


13 25


Total credit,


1,513 25


Amount carried forward,


$1,513 25


268


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward,


$1,513 25


EXPENDITURES : -


For pay of foreman,


$720 00


Lighting and care of lamps,


77 50


Additional labor,


364 11


Filling,


120 66


Manure, fertilizer, and seed,


47 65


Trees, plants, and sods,


94 50


Fuel,


10 70


Signs,


9 55


Partition and floor in tool-house,


19 82


Oil in lamps, repairs, implements, etc., Total debit,


1,514 16


Excess of expenditures,


$0 91


SCHOOL-HOUSE INCIDENTALS ACCOUNT.


APPROPRIATION,


$6,500 00


RECEIPTS : -


For the letting of halls,


479 00


Articles sold,


5 00


484 00


Total credit,


$6,984 00


EXPENDITURES : -


For insurance,


$1,084 75


Gas (in High School hall),


132 80


Rent (Tufts Street school),


150 00


Sidewalk assessment (Bell school),


62 54


Emptying vaults,


87 50


Improvements,


1,285 46


Repairs and furniture,


4,785 70


Carriage hire for annual inspection,


6 00


Total debit,


7,594 75


Excess of expenditures,


$610 75


The expenditures on the different school-houses have been as follows : -


49 67


REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.


269


BEACH STREET.


Insurance,


$31 25


Emptying vaults,


14 00


Repairs and furniture,


161 01


$206 26


L. V. BELL.


Insurance,


$192 75


Paving a portion of yard,


176 30


New partition,


118 93


Sidewalk assessment,


62 54


Repairs and furniture,


301 28


851 80


BENNETT.


Insurance,


$81 75


Emptying vaults,


28 00


Repairs and furniture,


226 42


336 17


BRASTOW.


Insurance,


$18 75


Repairs and furniture,


77 67


96 42


CEDAR STREET.


Repairs and furniture,


112 83


EDGERLY.


Insurance,


$153 50


New room for janitor,


174 22


Repairs and furniture,


511 03


838 75


FORSTER.


Insurance,


$47 00


Laying brick walk and grading,


217 65


Repairs and furniture,


496 37


761 02


Amount carried forward,


$3,203 25


270


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amount brought forward,


$3,203 25


FRANKLIN.


Insurance,


$25 00


Repairs and furniture


245 91


270 91


HARVARD.


Emptying vault,


$7 00


Repairs,


45 12


52 12


HIGH.


Gas,


$132 80


Insurance,


188 75


New room for janitor,


123 15


Repairs and furniture,


530 08


974 78


HIGHLAND.


New fences,


$360 00


Grading and driveways,


115 21


Repairs and furniture,


152 06


627 27


JACKSON.


Emptying vaults,


$28 00


Repairs and furniture,


207 52


235 52


LINCOLN.


Insurance,


$43 75


Repairs and furniture,


229 42


273 17


MORSE.


Insurance,


$127 50


Repairs and furniture,


414 68


542 18


Amount ca ried forward,


$6,179 20


REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY.


271


Amount brought forward,


$6,179 20


PRESCOTT.


Insurance,


$75 00


Repairs and furniture,


745 85


820 85


Less second-hand furniture repaired and sent to Edgerly School-house addition, 272 00


548 85


PROSPECT HILL.


Insurance,


$58 75 323 27


382 02


SPRING HILL.


Insurance,


$20 00


Repairs and furniture,


31 58


51 58


TUFTS STREET.


Rent,


$150 00


Repairs,


142 28


292 28


UNION.


Emptying vault,


$3 50


Repairs,


41. 67


45 17


WEBSTER.


Insurance,


$21 00


Emptying vaults,


7 00


Repairs,


61 65


89 65


Carriage hire,


6 00


Total, as above,


$7,588 75


$7,594 75


Repairs,


272


ANNUAL REPORTS.


EDGERLY SCHOOL-HOUSE ADDITION ACCOUNT.


APPROPRIATION,


$17,000 00


EXPENDITURES : -


To R. A. Hines & Son (masons),


Contract price, $7,163 00


Extra work, 336 00


$7,499 00


To Mead, Mason & Co. (carpenters), on account of contract,


5,750 00


S. D. Kelley, architect, on account,


500 00


Furniture,


579 85


Mason work, D. Brooks,


230 57


Carpenter work, R. A. Melvin & Co.,


333 49


2 No. 20 Peerless furnaces, with piping, etc.,


406 00


Blackboards, .


77 93


Soapstone sinks,


63 00


1 vane,


35 00


3 clocks,


21 00


Teaming furniture,


5 00


Cleaning windows,


6 00


Advertising proposals,


13 50


Total,


15,520 34


Balance unexpended,


$1,479 66


MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNT.


EXPENDITURES : -


For City Hall expenses : -


Gas,


$352 57


Fuel,


188 75


Repairs, alterations, and furniture,


426 64


Shelves in Public Library,


128 98


Insurance,


89 99


Water,


50 00


Ice,


50 00


Incidental expenses,


132 26


$1,419 19


Amount curried forward


$1,419 19


REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CITY PROPERTY. 273


Amount brought forward, $1,419 19


Also for raising, lowering, and repairing flagstaffs and repairing flags,


$64 01


Ringing bells, 24 00


Rent and janitors' work, for cau- cuses and elections, 36 00


Work at Somerville Ave. Cemetery, 12 00


Crape badges, 3 00


Sewer assessment on Joy Street lot, 20 72


Path across Central Hill land, 82 08


241 81


Total,


$1,661 00


There is yet a small amount of work to be done on the Edgerly School-house addition by the contractors for the carpenter's part, and therefore about one quarter of the contract price is retained by the city, in accordance with the contract, until after the work shall have been fully completed.


The contract price was,


$7,648 00


Amount paid, as stated above, 5,750 00


Amount retained by the city,


$1,898 00


There also remains a small balance to be paid to the architect, and with these exceptions all the bills presented for this improve- ment have been paid.


For the committee, E. C. CLARK, Chairman. GEO. I. VINCENT, Clerk.


18


REPORT


OF THE


COMMITTEE ON FUEL AND STREET LIGHTS.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN, Dec. 30, 1882.


Report accepted. Referred to the Committee on Printing, with instruc- tions to print the same in the Annual Reports, and sent down for concur- rence.


CHARLES E. GILMAN, Clerk.


Concurred in.


IN COMMON COUNCIL, Dec. 30, 1882.


DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Clerk.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN COMMITTEE ON FUEL AND STREET LIGHTS, Dec. 30, 1882. To the City Council of Somerville : -


THE Committee on Fuel and Street Lights submits the following final report.


The appropriations managed by this committee and the expendi- tures therefrom have been as follows : --


SCHOOL FUEL ACCOUNT.


APPROPRIATION,


$3,500 00


EXPENDITURES :


For fuel to Beach Street School, $131 70


Bell


66


384 81


Bennett


66


173 07


Brastow


66


0 00


Cedar Street


66


31 72


Edgerly


66


398 65


Forster


66


545 56


Franklin


66


184 69


Harvard


66


5 50


High


377 51


Highland


66


397 56


Jackson


66


186 90


Lincoln


60


212 49


Morse


66


289 80


Prescott


66


501 72


Prospect Hill


66


195 58


Spring Hill


0 00


Tufts Street


66


61 34


Amounts carried forward, $4,078 60


$3,500 00


278


ANNUAL REPORTS.


Amounts brought forward, $4,078 60


$3,500 00


For fuel to Union School, 18 67


Webster 196 14


4,293 41


For advertising for proposals,


24 70


Total expenditures,


4.318 11


Excess of expenditures,


$818 11


STREET LIGHTS ACCOUNT.


APPROPRIATION,


$7,000 00


RECEIPTS : -


For lamps erected,


398 00


Damage to lamps,


22 85


For moving lamp,


10 13


Total credit,


$7,430 98


EXPENDITURES : -


For gas, to Cambridge Gas Light


Co., $1,926 96


Charlestown Gas Co., 1,640 42


$3,567 38


For lighting and cleaning lamps : -


To Hugh Blackwell, Supt.,


2,046 35


Globe Gas Light Co.,


1,074 27


For posts, lanterns, and signs


and setting and repairing same,


836 15


Supplies,


48 60


Advertising,


4 80


Total,


7,577 55


Excess of expenditures,


$146 57


-


Of the $4,293.41 expended for school fuel, the sum of $901.46 was paid to Horatio Wellington & Co., under a contract for the year ending July 1, 1882, and the sum of $3,391.95 was paid to


REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON FUEL AND STREET LIGHTS. 279


Walter M. Hadley under a contract for the year ending July 1, 1883. The prices paid Messrs. Wellington & Co. were $5.34 per ton for egg coal, $5.65 per ton for stove coal, $7.50 per cord for hard wood, and $6.50 per cord for soft wood ; and the prices paid Mr. Hadley were $5.35 per ton for furnace and stove coal, $ .. 00 per cord for hard wood, and $6.25 per cord for soft wood. A larger amount of fuel was consumed last spring than usual, on account of the cold weather which prevailed and extended into the month of June.


The following table shows the number of street lamps in the city, Jan. 1, and the number erected during the year : -


GAS LAMPS.


Chalestown Gas.


Cambridge Gas.


Globe Company Naphtha Lamps.


Total.


Lamps in city, Jan. 1, 1882


153


176


46


375


Lamps furnished and erec ed by city


6


8


7


21


Lamps furnished by citizens and erected by city.


... .


1


1


2


Lamps furnished and erected by citizens


....


....


1


1


Total increase during the year.


6


9


9


24


Present number of lamps


159


185


55


399


For every lamp furnished and erected by the city, except the one just placed on the fountain in Union Square, the city treasurer has first received from the petitioners the sum of twenty dollars. A gas lamp, however, costs considerably more than this sum, and we think the price should be increased next year.


In the year 1881 and up to March 1 of the present year the prices paid for gas in street lamps were $2.35 per thousand feet to the Charlestown Company, and $2.37 per thousand to the Cam- bridge Company. Since that date the prices paid have been $2.25 per thousand to each company, a reduction having been obtained by this committee.


The price paid to the Globe Gas Light Company for lighting and cleaning their naphtha lamps is $1.75 per lamp per month, the same as last year, the lamps being owned by the city.


280


ANNUAL REPORTS.


The price paid the superintendent for lighting and cleaning the gas lamps and the general supervision of all the lamps was sixty- five cents for each gas lamp per month in the year 1881 and the month of January in this year, and for the last eleven months the price has been fifty cents per gas lamp per month.


The system of lighting has been, as for several years past, to light until twelve o'clock on nights when there is no moon or when it is cloudy, and not to light when the moon is shining.


The estimates sent by this committee to the Committee on Finance in the month of February of the appropriations that would be ne- cessary for school fuel account and street lights account for the cur- rent year were $4,500 and $8,000 respectively; but the amounts appropriated by the City Council were $3,500 and $7,000, which, as appears by the above statement, have proved insufficient, although every effort has been made by the committee to keep the expendi- tures within the appropriations.


For the committee, C. A. PAGE, Chairman. GEO. I. VINCENT, Clerk.


REPORT


OF THE


COMMITTEE ON WATER,


WITH


WATER CONTRACT.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN BOARD OF ALDERMEN, Dec. 26, 1882. Accepted and sent down for concurrence.


CHARLES E. GILMAN, Clerk.


IN COMMON COUNCIL, Dec. 30, 1882.


Concurred in.


DOUGLAS FRAZAR, Clerk.


CITY OF SOMERVILLE.


IN COMMITTEE ON WATER, Dec. 22, 1882.


ยท To the City Council of Somerville : -


THE Committee on Water, which was instructed by an order dated Jan. 31, 1882, to take into consideration the subject of a revision of the present water contract with the city of Boston, and to report to the City Council as soon as practicable, reports that the committee, deeming it essential to secure the co-operation of the city of Chelsea and the town of Everett in any effort which might be made to obtain a revision or modification of the contract (our contract and theirs being similar), arranged for a joint meeting of the Committee on Water of the City Council of Chelsea with their city solicitor, the Water Board of Everett, and this committee, early in the year ; the invitation to the Chelsea committee being extended personally by the chairman of this committee, who also invited the Water Board of Chelsea to join in the meeting. At the time ap- pointed the Water Board of Everett and this committee met, but the city of Chelsea was not represented, nor was any message received from either of her officers who had been invited to attend. At this meeting it was voted to endeavor to obtain from the city of Boston a modification of the contracts of the city of Chelsea, the city of Somerville, and the town of Everett with the city of Boston (the modified contracts to provide for larger rebates than are now re- ceived), provided the same could be done without losing any rights now held under the present contracts. It was also voted to for- ward to the Committee on Water of the city of Chelsea a copy of this vote, and to invite them to meet the Everett Water Board and this committee and the Mayor and solicitor of Somerville, at such time and place as they might appoint, and to suggest that they in-


284


ANNUAL REPORTS.


vite the Mayor, solicitor, and Water Board of Chelsea to be present, if they should deem it best so to do. The communication having been forwarded as directed, and more than a month having elapsed without any reply being received, another meeting of the Everett Water Board and this committee was held, at which it was voted to solicit an interview with the Boston Water Board for the purpose of considering the subject of a revision of the water contracts'of the town of Everett and the city of Somerville with the city of Boston. A prompt reply was received from the Boston Water Board naming an early day for the desired interview, at which time we were courteously received by them, and our case was presented by members of the Everett board and of this committee, and the Bos- ton board promised to consider and take such action in the matter as they might deem just and proper. We have since been informed by them, however, that, from the nature of the case, they cannot consent to any modification of the contracts with Somerville and Everett unless the contract with Chelsea be similarly modified. They suggested that if a like effort is to be made another year; the matter be placed in the hands of a committee early in the year, so that if any agreement is reached it may be done before the annual appropriations are made by the Boston City Council.


We have reason to believe that if Chelsea had joined us our ef- forts would have been successful, and we are also of the opinion that it would be well to act on the suggestion of the Boston Water Board and make a renewed effort for a modification of the contract early in the coming year.


By order of the committee,


J. L. NORCROSS, Chairman. GEO. I. VINCENT, Clerk.


285


REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON WATER.


CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF CHARLESTOWN UNDER WHICH SOMERVILLE IS SUPPLIED WITH WATER.


THIS agreement, made this twenty-first day of September, eigh- teen hundred and sixty-eight, between the city of Charlestown, in the county of Middlesex, by the Mystic Water Board, duly author- ized, of the first part, and the town of Somerville, in said county of Middlesex, by the Mystic Water Committee of Somerville, duly authorized of the second part, witnesseth : -


That the said party of first part, in consideration of the water rents hereinafter to be paid, hereby agrees to and with the said party of the second part, that the said party of the first part will furnish the said party of the second part all the water needed by the town of Somerville and its inhabitants during the continuance of this agreement, as hereinafter provided, and that the supply of the same throughout the town shall not be restricted unless the source should prove inadequate to exceed the requirements of the cities of Charlestown and Chelsea.


And the said party of the first part further agrees to collect all the water rents, which may accrue for the use of the water under this agreement, in said town of Somerville, free from any expense to the party of the second part, and to provide for the necessary superintendence and ordinary care of the pipes laid for distribution and service in said town, and of the hydrants, stop-gates, and meters therein ; provided that the sum to be expended by said party of the first part for repairs upon said pipes, hydrants, stop-gates, and meters shall not exceed the sum of one hundred dollars in any one year, and that all repairs thereof in excess of said amount shall be paid by the party of the second part, and it is hereby agreed by the party of the second part that for a period of three years from the letting on the water, the distribution and the ser- vice pipes, and the connections therewith, shall be guaranteed free from any expense for repairs.


And the said party of the first part further agrees to pay to the said party of the second part the following percentage of water rates collected in the town of Somerville, in such portions thereof


286


ANNUAL REPORTS.


as the pipes and structures are or may be laid by said town in con- formity with this agreement or that may hereafter be assumed, viz. : on the annual receipts for water rates up to the amount of $20,000, fifteen per cent ; on the annual amount in excess of $20,000 and up to $30,000, twenty per cent ; from $30,000 to $40,000, twenty- five per cent ; from $40,000 to $50,000, thirty per cent; and on the amount in excess of $50,000, forty per cent, payable quarterly in the months of February, May, August, and November of each year.


And the said party of the second part further agrees to lay and maintain all the pipes, stop-gates, meters, hydrants (except those now required by law to be furnished by the city of Charlestown), additional to those already laid, and everything connected with the distribution and use of the water within the limits of the town of Somerville, free from any expense to the city of Charlestown.


And the said city of the second part further agrees to and'with the said party of the first part, that for all the Mystic Lake water furnished and used by the people of the said town of Somerville or by any person in said town, there shall be paid to said party of the first part water rents at the same rates and prices as now or may be charged during the time of this agreement by the said party of the first part to the inhabitants of the city of Charlestown under the same rules and regulations that are or may be established for like use of water in that city, but the party of the second part is not to be responsible in any case for the payment of said water rates, except for water furnished for public use to the town.


And the said party of the second part further agrees to pass and enact the like rules and regulations as to the mode of using water as are now or may hereafter be in force in the city of Charlestown, with like penalties for their violation, provided such rules and reg- ulations do not conflict with the laws of the Commonwealth.


And it is further agreed that the party of the second part may hereafter raise the water rates in the town of Somerville above those charged by the said city of Charlestown if it shall be lawful for said party of the second part so to do, and in case the water rates in said town of Somerville shall be so raised, the party of the first part shall, for the collection of the said rates, be entitled to


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five per cent of the excess thereof over the rates established in said city of Charlestown.


And it is further agreed that the town of Somerville shall be privileged to locate as many fire hydrants throughout the town as it may elect, to be used for fire purposes only, upon the annual payment to the city of Charlestown of the sum of twenty-eight . dollars for each three hundred and fifty inhabitants, the payments for 1869 and 1870 to be based upon the population of 1865, and on and after 1871, each year, for every five years upon the preceding semi-decennial census. In computing the amount, the fraction shall not be taken into account, unless it exceeds one half, when the full price will be charged, and it is further understood and agreed that the water supplied for public fountains shall be charged at cost.


It is also understood and agreed that when the city of Charles- town shall have erected and completed, at its own cost, the full number of fire hydrants required by the legislative enactment, whether the same shall be on the line of the aqueduct or not, its obligation shall be deemed to have been fulfilled as completely as if placed upon said line.


It is also agreed that if at any time within two years from the date of this contract the town of Somerville shall desire to purchase the distribution pipes and structures now laid in Somerville at the expense of the city of Charlestown, for the supply of that town, the city of Charlestown will sell them for the sum of $13,000, and the town of Somerville will then be entitled to the percentage of water rates, and the terms and conditions herein agreed will be applicable to the pipes and structures thus purchased.




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