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Sec. 6. The Water Board shall make all proper arrangements for the sufficient supply of water for use at fires, and for furnishing the same in the most efficient and suitable manner. They shall, in consultation with the Selectmen, arrange for such supply of water as may be required for operating any public fountains, or ornamental public water works, for flushing. and cleansing public sewers and drains, for sprinkling streets, and for any other use clearly distinct from that of ordinary water takers.
Sec. 7. The Water Board shall have exclusive charge of the supply of water, may make all the necessary arrangements therefor, and such rules and regulations and rates as they may deem to be judicious.
Sec. 8. The following rules and regulations are hereby established, and, together with such rules, regula- tions and rates as shall, from time to time, be made by the Water Board, under the authority of the preceding section, shall be considered a part of the contract with every person who takes the water, and the fact of taking shall be considered as expressing assent on the part of the taker to be bound thereby.
Whenever any of them is violated, although two or more parties may receive the water through the same pipe, the water shall be cut off and not let on again except by order of the Water Board, and on payment of one dollar, and in case of such violation, any payment for the water by the person committing such violation shall be forfeited.
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Rules and Regulations.
I. Application for the use of water must be made - in writing at the office of the Water Registrar in the prescribed form, and must state fully and truly the use to which it is to be applied.
No water shall be supplied by takers to persons not entitled to its use.
2. All persons taking the water shall keep the service pipes within their premises in good repair and protected from frost at their own expense, and they shall be held liable for all damages resulting from their failure to do so. They shall provide a stop and waste cock, to be properly located inside the building, and have the pipes so arranged that the water can be drawn from them whenever there is danger of its freezing.
3. They shall prevent all voluntary waste of water, and shall not allow water to run through their fixtures to prevent freezing, and there shall be no concealment of the purpose for which the water is used.
4. No alteration shall be made in any of the pipes or fixtures inserted by the town except by persons authorized by the Water Board, who shall be allowed to enter the premises to examine the apparatus, the quantity of water used and the manner of its use and to ascertain whether there is any unnecessary waste.
5. The town reserves to itself the right, whenever the Water Board deems it necessary to repair the works, to shut off the water in whole or in part.
6. The Water Registrar or Superintendent, or their agents or assistants may enter the premises of any water taker to examine the quantity used and the manner of its use and to cut off the water for non-payment of rents or fines, or any violations of these regulations or for any other necessary purpose connected with the discharge of their duties.
7. Owners shall be responsible for water supplied to their premises. When water is supplied to more than one taker through a single service, the bill may be made
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either to the owner of the estate or by the direction of the owner to the tenants; but in case of non-payment the water may be shut off, notwithstanding one or more takers may have paid their proportion to such owner or the town.
8. A taker may be required at any time to attach to the service pipe of his premises a meter of suitable size, when at the discretion of the Water Board it seems for the interest of the town. And in all such cases the rates for the current year shall be adjusted by the meter read- ings, even if a bill by fixture rates has already been settled.
9. All service pipe and stop cocks will be supplied and put down to the sidewalk line by the town. All work beyond the sidewalk line shall be done under the direction and approval of the Water Board by the water taker and at his expense both for labor and material.
IO. In all cases of non-payment of water rent in thirty days after the same is due, or violating the above rules the water may be shut off. The sum of $I will be charged for letting it on.
II. After January I, 1902, no person or persons will be allowed to connect two or more houses together through one service connection with the main water pipe unless by special permit from the Water Board; and if any are so connected in the future without permission the water may be shut off from the service in use until a new service connection is made with the connecting house.
On all services where two or more houses are now connected through one service the owner shall not have the benefit of the sliding scale of water rates until the average of each house so connected amounts to the same as allowed by the same rates for a single house.
12. The Water Board reserves to itself the right to shut off the water at the street service from the property of any person or persons disconnecting or taking out a
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water meter on their premises without permission, and water so turned off shall not be let on again until a satisfactory settlement for same offense is made with the Water Board.
13. All persons or firms wishing to have private hydrants or sprinklers connected with the town water supply shall make application to the Water Board and sign an application for same, by which they agree to comply with the by-laws of the department, and also file a plan of piping for the entire system and the water will not be turned on until the system is inspected by the Board or their representatives.
The Water Board shall inspect the system as often as they deem necessary, and if any repairs are necessary they shall be made by them at the expense of the cwner.
All outside piping connecting with the town system shall be laid by the Water Department at the expense of the owner.
All valves and private hydrants shall be sealed by the Water Department.
14. All persons or firms having private fire connec- tions for sprinklers and private hydrants on the premises or in buildings are forbidden to use the water for any purposes excepting fires, and shall not open any private hydrant in or out of the building for any other purposes excepting fire unless by permission of the Water Board.
For any violation of this by-law the Water Board may impose a fine of not less than $5.00 and not more than $20.00.
If water is used for any other purposes than for fires the Water Board shall estimate the amount so used and shall charge regular rates.
If the fine or bill for water is not paid when presented the Water Board may shut off the water furnished the private hydrants or sprinklers from the town supply until such fine or bill for water is paid and the sum of two dollars will be charged for turning it on.
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15. All services shall be laid by the Water Board from the sidewalk line to the cellar at the expense of the owner. The Water Board may make an estimate of the cost of the owner's part and may demand a deposit for the same before laying the pipe.
Applicants wishing a service pipe laid when there is frost in the ground shall pay the extra expense caused by the frost, on the part laid by the town.
16. Applications for extensions of mains through private ways or grounds shall in no case be granted un- less the owner thereof executes a proper instrument securing to the town the right of permanent occupation, free from any acts of interference that shall affect the safety of the pipe, and securing to the department free right of entrance for purposes of inspection and maintenance.
17. The town pond, South Attleboro, shall be open for fishing, Tuesdays and Fridays, to residents of the town of Attleborough only, upon application at the water office for permission. No fishing through the ice will be allowed. There shall be no dead fish left around the pond or thrown into the water. No nuisances shall be committed around the pond or from boats, and every care shall be taken by persons fishing not to contaminate the purity of the water. Persons having permits shall show them to any officer of the town or Water Depart- ment when called upon to do so. Any one caught fish- ing without a permit, or in any way violating this by- law, will be refused permission to fish and will be prose- cuted to the full extent of the law.
Sec. 9. The water rates and meter rents shall be payable semi-annually in advance on the first days of January and July of each year. All charges for specific supplies or supplies for fractional parts of the year shall be payable in advance and before the water is let on. In all cases where the consumption of water is ascertained by meters, any excess of the minimum rates shall be
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payable annually, quarterly or monthly, as may be re- quired by the Water Board. Bills for the same shall be due when rendered.
Sec. 10. If any person shall turn on or turn off the water in any public water pipes or reservoirs without the license of the Water Board he shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $3 nor more than $20 . upon conviction thereof before a trial justice or court having jurisdiction of offenses arising under town by-laws.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Attleborough, Massachusetts
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31
1905
TOWN OF ATTLEBOROUGH School Department, 1905.
School Committee :
CHARLES E. BLISS, Chairman ; WALTER J. NEWMAN, Secretary ; MISS LEONORA P. BEERS, BENJAMIN P. KING, GEORGE K. ROBERTS, M. D., MRS. EMILY L. RICHARDSON, MRS. FLORENCE B. THEOBALD, GEORGE M. WORRALL, THOMAS G. SADLER.
Superintendent of Schools:
LEWIS A. FALES.
Annual Report of the School Committee.
REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. FINANCIAL ACCOUNT.
Dr.
Appropriations, including evening
schools
.$60,100.00
Dog fund
1,698.47
Tuition
774.25
Duplicate bill .50
Insurance
58.00
Richardson school fund
49.00
Damage at Robinson school house 10.00
Sale of furnaces and old iron . 97.40
Sale of old books
42.00
Total
$62,829.62
Special Appropriations.
Briggsville school house
$7,800.00
New sanitaries
2,700.00
$10,500.00
$73,329.62
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Cr.
By January Bills
$5,785.89
February bills
4,912.90
March bills
5,319.73
April bills
4,896.27
May bills
8,029.12
June bills
5,051.77
July bills
6,747.08
August bills
4,009.40
September bills
8,384.65
October bills
7,220.72
November bills
5,954.66
December bills
6.369.76
Total
Balance
$72,681.95 647.67
$73,329.62
Evening Schools.
Dr
To appropriation
$1.000.00
$1,000.00
Cr.
By bills approved as follows :
Attleboro Gas Light Co., gas
$ 68.95
Teachers' pay roll
675.25
Janitors' pay roll
77.50
Sun Publishing Co., printing
9.25
Attleboro Press, printing
3.00
J. W. Gifford Co., repairs
11.97
E. E. Babb & Co., supplies
44.52
Hebron store, supplies
10.80
G. A. Sweeney, supplies 3.75
Reuben Coffin, supplies
8.45
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W. N. Goff, supplies 2.79
Dodgeville store, supplies 12.00
Total
$928.23
Balance
71.77
$1,000.00
Briggsville New House.
Dr.
To appropriation
$7,800.00
To overdraft 242.86
$8,042.86
Cr.
By Willard Merry, lot $ 200.00
Carl Hyde, surveying 21.20
Sun Publishing Co., advertising 6.75
N. Japson, labor 6.00
J. Kelly, boundery stone 3.00
M. Currie, carpenter work 6,018.64
Fuller, Warren Co., sanitaries, etc. 1,000.00
Geo. M. Worrall, labor
II.00
Attleboro Water Department,
labor, etc. 84.15
Levi Reynolds, grading 507.00
R. B. Magaveney, cartage 9.82
G. A. Sweeney, supplies 20.00
Derby Desk Co., furniture
30.25
Attleboro Furniture Co., furniture 92.55
O. P. Richardson, insurance 22.50
H. A. Brown, wiring 10.00
Total
$8,042.86
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New Sanitaries. Dr.
To appropriation $2,700.00
Overdrawn 66.95
$2,766.95
Cr.
By Fuller, Warren Co., contract ... $2,740.00
Karl Hyde, plans, etc. 19.75
Sun Publishing Co., advertising. . 7.20
Total $2,766.95 General Account, Not Including the Evening Schools.
Dr.
To appropriations, etc.
.$61,829.62
$61,829.62
Cr.
By bills approved as follows. . $60,943.91
Balance 885.71
$61,829.62
Ginn & Co., books and supplies ... $ 251.60 Silver, Burdette & Co., books and
supplies 66.99
Thompson, Brown & Co., books and supplies 62.40
C. S. Bush Co., supplies 96.29
Attleboro Press, printing 72.78
Remington Typewriter Co., sup- plies 10.20
Smith Premier Typewriter Co .... 71.00
J. A. Welch, typewriter, etc .. 53.50 . Underwood Typewriter Co., type- writer, etc. 70.00
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Typewriter Exchange, supplies ... 10.50
A. H. Sweet & Son, boxes 10.00
R. B. Magaveney, freight and
cartage 31.95
Hinds, Noble & Eldredge, supplies 1.00
E. E. Babb & Co., supplies 2,105.95
T. E. Perrin & Son, freight and cartage 15.60
Sun Publishing Co., printing
2.25
F. H. Perry, supplies 10.00
Powder House Novelty Co., sup- plies 2.90
A. T. Thompson & Co., supplies. . 1.40
Horton-Angell Co., supplies.
Chas. Scribners Sons, supplies. 1.45
18.90
Oliver Ditson Co., supplies
3.00
Binney, Smith & Co., supplies .... 9.80
L. E. Knott Appratus Co., sup- plies 6.30
E. L. Morris & Co., supplies 12.59
D. W. Hoff, supplies 19.65
Edith A. Barber, supplies
8.70
B. P. King, supplies 4.30
W. J. Newman, supplies
H. A. Smith, supplies 10.00
4.00
American Book Co., supplies
92.86
Dodgeville Mill, supplies
2.80
J. M. Sullivan, supplies 2.16
E. L. Freeman & Son, supplies 69.25
W. P. Kelly, supplies 25.00
W. A. Watrous, supplies 120.30
Grant Bros., supplies 7.00
B. H. Sanborn & Co., supplies. . .
99.30
D. C. Heath & Co., supplies ·
3.50
San Souci Department Store, sup- plies 7.48
Frost & Adams, supplies 12.00
Attleboro Steam & Electric Co., service 2.90
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ANNUAL REPORT.
N. Perry & Co., supplies 48.26
Wm. Richardson, transportation. . 300.00
G. R. Fields, transportation. .
360.00 T. E. Perrin & Son, transportation 360.00
Seneca Cole, transportation 612.00
Car fares, transportation
625.00
Enterprise Shoe Store, shoes
16.00
P. J. Cooney, shoes
9.90
San Souci Department Store,
shoes 6.50
A. B. Smith, shoes
2.15
Hebron Store, shoes
6.1I
Aldrich, Chipman & Co., shoes
100.06
Providence Telephone Co.
55.65
O. P. Richardson, insurance
135.00
H. E. Carpenter, insurance
191.25
M. C. Plummer Co., supplies
12.25
Carpenter & Co., labor and ma- terial II6.89
J. W. Gifford Co., labor and ma- terial
2,545.90
N. Perry & Co., labor and ma- terial
393.08
John Lennon, labor and material ..
11.45
J. L. Tobitt & Co., labor and ma- terial 227.87
Willard L. Merry, labor and ma- terial 3.20
Frank Mossberg Co., labor and material 3.95
Grant Bros., labor and material ...
64.09
A. R. Macomber, labor and ma- terial 49.52
Geo. H. Snell, labor and material. 14.90
Warren Parker, truant officer 414.71
Reubin Coffin, labor and supplies 43.60
A. A. Knowlton, supplies 2.00
French & Brownell, labor and material 3.10
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Attleboro Gas Light Co., gas 47.64
J. A. Thayer, supplies 42.40
W. P. Kelly, express and supplies. 97.00 Kenny Bros. & Wolkins, supplies. 33.27
E. E. Babb & Co., supplies . 42.30
Duffy Bros., labor and material. . 3.52
McDuff estate, labor and material 15.19
G. H. Herrick, labor and material. 5.25
W. J. Newman, salary and ex- penses 102.73
H. Cushman, supplies 12.45
Dix & Taylor, supplies 6.86
Carpenter Coal Co., supplies 5.78
Simeon Collins, supplies 1.75
G. A. Monroe & Co., supplies 2.35
Lester Moore, labor
10.00
T. W. Williams, salary
100.00
Callender, McAuslan & Troupe,
supplies 3.06
Martin Lee, labor
99.50
F. L. Shaw, labor 17.20
B. P. Galligan, labor and material II.42
Attleboro Furniture Co., supplies. 8.40
Nelson Japson, labor and material
II.IO
Jacobs Clothing Co., supplies
4.00
L. Z. Carpenter, supplies 7.13
G. H. Bradley, labor 1.00
L. A. Fales, expenses 68.86
W. A. Small, taking census, etc ... 68.00
E. A. Rodell, labor and material. . 1.75
John H. Lynch, labor and ma- terial 6.32
American School Furniture Co., material 2.00
M. A. Guild, labor 2.25
Derby Desk Co., furniture 179.50
Phinetos Chemical Co., supplies .. 6.25
San Souci Department Store, sup- plies .45
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·
Sargent & Co., supplies .26
H. B. Shaw, carriage hire 2.50
D. E. Adams, labor and material. 1.50
B. P. King, salary 25.00
Daniel Cameron, labor and ma- terial 2.49
E. A. Wales, labor and material. .. .60
A. J. Jillson, labor and material. .. 16.00
Walker, Pratt Mfg. Co., material. 50.00
Sun Publishing Co., printing .
98.57
W. D. Gilpatric, supplies 12.66
R. B. Magaveney, freight and cart- age 18.31
G. A. Sweeney, supplies 115.16
H. E. White & Co., labor and ma- terial 370.29
E. O. Dexter, labor and material. . 10.15
Levi Reynolds, labor
2.00
Karl Hyde, labor
2.75
Geo. M. Worrall, salary and ex- penses 179.70
Attleboro Steam & Electric Co., service 1.50
Attleboro Water Department,
labor 9.82
American Laundry & Towel Sup- ply Co., service 62.02
Toole Hardware Co., supplies . Daniel Young, labor and material
13.0I
E. M. Fuller, labor and material. .
9.23
W. H. Slater, labor and material.
2.00
Thos. Livsey, labor and material. .
5.60
E. A. Briggs & Co., lawn dressing
10.50
Earl Kent, supplies
10.00
E. Richardson, supplies
.75
Malcolm Currie, labor and ma- terial 28.57
Bates Opera House 37.50
Aldrich Chipman Co., supplies .
4.00
.65
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Dr. Walter Beckwith, lecture
10.00
A. I. Atwell, labor
7.75
R. H. Jones, labor and material ...
32.03
H. A. Brown, labor and material ..
1.00
C. R. Dexter, labor and material.
76.22
C. F. Damon, supplies
2.4I
Dodgeville store, supplies
3.50
A. F. & F. Bray, supplies
2.4I
Chas. E. Bliss, expenses
13.90
Robt. W. Barnes, labor
II.00
Wm. F. Flynn, labor and material 21.65 Mackinnon & Nicholson, labor and material 131.25
F. E. Goff, labor and material 181.25
J. J. Kenney, labor and material. 711.46
Davis & Dexter, labor and material
91.33
Moore & Goff, labor and material 124.37
Teachers' pay rolls
34,590.37
Rent
83.34
Alice I. Wetherell, salary
448.00
Wm. P. Kelly, salary
1,166.69
L. A. Fales, salary
600.00
Janitors' pay rolls
5,558.01
Truant school
38.70
Fuel
4,683.56
$60,943.91
W. J. NEWMAN, Secretary of Committee.
Examined January 24, 1906, and found same correct. BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY, FREDK. L. LeBARON,
Auditors.
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE.
To the Citizens of Attleborough :
Time moves on. and the old saying. "Time and tide waits for no man." is again approved, for the end of the year 1905 is here. and again we are called upon to render you an account of our work as guardians of the schools of Attleboro for 1905.
We request and desire that you would give careful investigation to the financial and other reports which are given regarding our work for the public schools. They should interest every citizen of Attleboro, for the work in them of today. is not for today only, but for the future moral and intellectual standing of our town in state and nation. We are but one of the many towns in our state and country, but it behooves us for our own credit and advantage to keep as near the head of the procession as we possibly can.
Importance of Education.
With many there is no need of emphasis on the im- portance of education to fit their children for the varied and exacting duties of life. They know that the illiter- ate and unlearned have small chance of success in the struggle for place and opportunity in the affairs of this world. therefore they give their children the best op- portunities they can. But there are some who seem to think that the money their children could earn is of more value than any education. and only send them to school because the law of our State says they must. Could we arouse them to see its value it would help on the work very much. It used to be said, "Children should be seen. not heard:" today they demand to be both seen and heard. and it should interest all citizens and parents to both see and hear that all their demands for instruction and opportunity for preparation for life's work be given. Strong is that people who endeavor to do this.
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Teachers.
We have raised the maximum pay of our teachers, be- ginning with September, 1905, and we are pleased to report that it seems to reach the cause of many resig- nations which we have had in the past. Resignations caused by ill health, business and marriage we expect, and from the last cause perhaps should encourage.
Vacation Schools.
This year vacation schools have been held for seven weeks in both Dodgeville and Hebronville, not only for the girls but also for the boys. The committee who have the expenditure of the appropriation of the Rich- ardson School Fund for schools, kindly authorized the use of one hundred and fifty dollars for tools, lumber, and articles needed for some carpenter work, to interest and instruct the boys. A young man from a similar school at Springfield, Massachusetts, was secured who gave instruction and assistance, one-half time each day at each place, which the electric cars made it very easy to do. The Committee are glad to be able to say that the results were very satisfactory.
We would repeat our suggestion of last year, that it would be a good work to have several such schools in town during the summer vacation, for if we can keep many of our boys and girls off the streets and get their minds interested in work and play that will prove uplift- ing and helpful to them, they may be saved from mis- chief and perhaps crime which idle minds and hands are tempted to do.
The expense to the town for vacation schools was $400.00. The Richardson School Fund contributed $147.82, expended largely by the chairman, making a total expended, $547.82.
New School House.
The new building at Briggs Corner has been built and finished on a very fine location near the old one. We think it a fine building, up-to-date in every respect, and
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we hereby extend an invitation to all our citizens to visit . it and trust many will do so. When the Committee asked for the building at the March, 1905, town meeting, there were 69 scholars. When the school commenced in the new building, November I, 1905, it started with 80 scholars. The appropriation for it was $7,800; total ex- pense was $8,024.86.
The opening of the parochial school at Hebronville took from our public schools about eighty scholars, thereby causing the closing of the one room in Moran hall and under present conditions our school building at Hebronville is ample for present requirements.
Transportation.
As our town is building up in all directions, the num- ber of scholars to be transported to different schools increases, and as the town voted to carry the children of Lona Cut (so called), it has and will increase the ex- pense.
Benevolence.
The calls upon the benevolence account are many and continuous, but under the careful supervision of our efficient truant officer, Mr. Parker, the effort is made to assist only those who really need assistance in the way of shoes, stockings, etc., to enable their children to at- tend school. We desire to thank all who have assisted in this work.
Repairs.
As was stated in our last report, ten thousand dollars could be expended to advantage on needed repairs. We have done the best possible with what we had. Under the efficient supervision of the Chairman of Incidentals and Repairs, Mr. G. M. Worrall, much has been accom- plished. New heating apparatus has been placed at the High and South Attleboro schools at an expense of six- teen hundred dollars. Several of the school buildings have been shingled, many rooms kalsomined and fixed
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up nicely, fence and wall at Sanford street partly new .and put in good condition, in fact many things have been done which had been put off for want of funds. We think if nothing unforseen occurs, that if as much is done during next year the school property of the town will be placed in excellent condition.
New Sanitaries.
At a special meeting the town appropriated, as shown by the records, twenty-seven hundred dollars for sani- taries to be placed in three school buildings as deemed best by the Committee. After careful consideration it was decided to place them in Capron, Carpenter street and Turner street schools. It has been done and adds much to the efficiency of the schools. The expense of the three was $2,766.95. Had we not already obtained an estimate, they would have cost over three thousand dollars, as prices and material had advanced consider- ably. The town should continue the good work and appropriate sufficient for three more this year, as there are five more school houses on streets where there is a supply of water.
The Work of the Schools.
We think the work has gone on quietly but effectual- ly, and much has been accomplished. We are somewhat of the opinion that we try to do more rather than less than we should, but it would require the wisdom of Solomon to tell just what is best to leave undone or at- " tempt to do. There are about as many ideas, plans, and hobbies, in education as there are professional educa- tors, and it is often difficult to sift them down and adopt the best, but it is that we are trying to do and will con- tinue to try to accomplish.
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