Reports of town officers of the town of Attleborough 1908-09, Part 21

Author: Attleboro (Mass.)
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: The City
Number of Pages: 626


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Room.


1. Sadie W. Matthews, Prin., VI, V,


62 North Main St.


2. L. Lydia Baxter, II, I, Holden St.


3. Mary E. Hatten, IV, III, 12 Deanville St.


CAPRON SCHOOL.


CORNER FOURTH AND PROSPECT STREETS.


Room.


1. Mildred E. Barney, II,


2. Elizabeth R. Holbrook, I,


Chartley, Mass. 210 Park St.


4 Tappan Ave. 206 Park St.


5 Cambridge St. 10 Holden St.


8 School St. Mansfield, Mass.


8. Lilian C. Murray, I,


·


180


ANNUAL REPORT


PLEASANT STREET SCHOOL.


Room.


1. Carrie G. Luther, III, II, 118 Union St.


2. Carrie L. Brown, II, I, 118 Union St.


CARPENTER STREET SCHOOL.


Room.


1. Edna L. Atwell, II,


Hebronville, Mass.


2. Clara F. Bourne, I, R. F. D. No. 4


BRIGGS CORNER SCHOOL.


Room.


1. Julia L. Merry (Mrs.), Prin., VI, V, R. F. D. No. 1


2. H. Marion Lillibridge, II, I, R. F. D. No. 4


3 Maud M. Ryley, IV, III, 48 Dunham St.


DODGEVILLE SCHOOL.


1. Martha J. Roberts, Prin., V, IV, 713 Pleasant St., Pawtucket


2. Gertrude B. Sands, III, II, 62 North Main St.


3. Mary G. Gilles, I, 215 Pine St.


4. Ada A. Longfellow, Kindergarten, 19 East St.


4. Edith M. Wilmarth, Asst., Kindergarten, 245 County St.


HEBRONVILLE SCHOOL.


Room.


1. Lina M. Bassett, Prin., V, IV,


2. Maude A. Hodges, II,


Hebronville, Mass. Foxboro, Mass. Hebronville, Mass.


3. Jennie S. Pierce, I,


4. Kathrina S. Thayer, Kindergarten, Steere St.


4. Louise G. Richards, Asst., Kindergarten, 34 Peck St.


HEBRONVILLE ANNEX.


Annie M. Drew, III, 95 Winthrop St., Taunton, Mass.


SOUTH ATTLEBORO SCHOOL.


Room.


1. Emma D. Haines, Prin., VIII, VII, 61/2 Prospect St.


2. Edith L. Clarke, II, I, 33 Elizabeth St.


3. Jennie M. Phillips VI, V, South Attleboro.


4. Ethel M. Bassett, IV, III, 15 John St.


WASHINGTON SCHOOL.


Room.


1. Henry T. Prario, Prin., VIII, VII, 15 Grove St.


2. Alice C. Joslin, VI, V, 96 Evergreen St., Providence, R. I.


181


ANNUAL REPORT


3. Florence E. Phipps, IV, III, R. F. D. No. 5 7 Pearl St.


4. Caroline L. Crossman, II, I,


PLAT SCHOOL.


Grace Sherwood, II, I, 19 Hayward St.


SUPERVISORS AND SPECIAL TEACHERS.


John Laing Gibb, Music, 15 Gardner St. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.


Persis A. Crowell, Drawing, 7 Forest St. Office hour : Wednesday, 4-5 P. M.


John L. Howard, Penmanship, 32 Green St., Brattleboro, Vt. Office hour : Tuesday, 4-5 P. M.


Mr. Howard will be in town every fourth week that the schools are in session beginning with the second week.


William F. Eastwood, Manual Training,


155 Ruggles St., Boston, Mass.


EVENING SCHOOL TEACHERS.


BANK STREET EVENING SCHOOL.


Abbie C. Hill (Mrs.), Prin., Lilly Creed,


*Louise G. Richards ,


Florence C. Pike (Mrs),


*H. Marion Lillibridge,


*Lida H. Marrs,


199 Park St. 33 Elizabeth St. 34 Peck St. 33 Elizabeth St. R. F. D. No. 4 62 North Main St.


Charles W. Eddy, 62 Meeting St., Providence, R. I.


DODGEVILLE EVENING SCHOOL.


*Martha J. Roberts, Prin., 713 Pleasant St., Pawtucket, R. I. 23 East St. 11 Manchester St.


*Florence E. Tarleton, Eliza H. Wales (Mrs.),


HEBRONVILLE EVENING SCHOOL.


*Jennie S. Pierce, Prin., Hebronville, Mass.


Ada G. Cochrane (Mrs.), 60 Dean St. Hebronville, Mass.


*Lina M. Bassett, *Teachers also in Attleboro Day Shcools.


JANITORS.


Robert Barnes,


310 Park St.


High, Sanford St., Pleasant St.


182


ANNUAL REPORT


John V. Stone, Richardson,


William N. Thurber, Bliss,


Sheldon Williams, Farmers,


William A. Small, Capron,


James Walker, Carpenter St., George B. Reynolds, Briggs Corner,


Bilsborrow Ainsworth, Dodgeville,


Daniel Cavanaugh, Hebronville,


Albert J. Jillson, South Attleboro,


Reuben Coffin, Washington,


11 Grove St. 53 Elizabeth St. 62 North Main St. 20 Prospect St. 50 Dunham St. R. F. D. No. 1


South Main St., Dodgeville Hebronville


South Attleboro Central Falls, R. I.


GRADUATES-JUNE, 1909.


HIGH SCHOOL.


Lester Johnson Ainsworth Harry Leo McDonald


Kathlene Coffin Burnett


Florence Evelyn McLane


Grace Emma Currie


Laura Louise Monnier


Edmund Joseph Costello Mary B. Veronica Mulligan


Alice Everett Dexter


Miriam Torrey Payson


George Clinton Dix Carl Fowler Fritch


Clara Mildred Perry


Charles Edmund Gaynor


Herman Clifford Razee


Joseph Edward Gaynor


Herbert Bancroft Goff


Irma Chelstrom Regnell Grace Vera Roberts


Ethel Grace Heath


Elvira Angeline Shaw


Mabel Hickox


Edna Desire Thurber


Henrietta Louise Hollis


Charles Atherton Wales


Edmund Martin Webb


THREE-YEAR COMMERCIAL COURSE.


Ethel Jennie Atwell


GRAMMAR SCHOOLS.


SANFORD STREET.


Gertrude Katherine Armell Ernest Allen Burrows


Carlton Leroy Bell


Dorothy Carpenter


James Edward Billington


Joseph Irwin Claflin


William Emmett Bowen


Irma Beatrice Colburn


Earle Lindell Bowman


Louise Mary Cooney


Hugh Broadbent


Winnifred Margaret Cunningham


George Neil Brown


Susan Elvira Dolan


Theron Dorr Burnett


Ivie Cornelia Dyer


Lydia Clementine Jillson


Frances Elethere Leighton


Linda Adeline Payson


183


ANNUAL REPORT


Solomon Fine Maude Beulah Fiske Blanche Evelyn Fitzgerald Jennie Louise Ford Sadie Louise Gaffney Raymond Earl Gardner Mary Alice Gilroy Emily Ruth Givens


William Henry Hadley


Mildred Elizabeth Handy Noeline Heath


Joseph Patrick Hoey Everett Williams Keeler


Alice Beatrice LaRochelle Stephen James Lee Harry Frank Lessard Francis Seabury Manchester John Earl Manchester Mary Linda Manchester Hazel Hayden Martin Wesley Stevens Martin John Edward McCambridge Donald Carlisle McRae


Doris Ethel Moulton Gertrude Martha Newcomb Edith Marion Nichols


Louis Robert Nolan Clifford Earnest Pierce Alma Eliza Reeves Lloyd Clifford Regnell Harold Arnold Sarle


Everett Harrison Simmons


Irene Lucillus Simpson


Herman Harry Small Lila Melinda Smith


Alexander Tattrie Evelyn Snowdon Teasdale Donald Eugene Thomas


Clifford Ellsworth Thresher Charles Smith Tibbetts


Edwin Albert Todd


Raymond Henry Tomey Marion Irene Trescott


Ella May Vickery Bernard Wallenthin


Hattie Victoria Wallenthin


Alfred Walker


Rupert Duncan Waterman


Dorothea Kendall Wetherell


Louise Alice Williams


William Earl Young


RICHARDSON.


Gerard Taylor Amsbury Clarence Robert Bailey Charles Eugene Barrett Mabel Louise Belcher Emily Anna Bowen Grace Caroline Agnes Bradley


Mildred Nancy Brownell Frederick William Chapman Edith Gertrude Cole Leonard Bazil Cooney Joseph Cox Arthur Franklin Fletcher Elsie Mabel Fletcher Ellen Louise Galligan Mary Christina Gaynor Valeda Mary Louise Gibault


George Henry Heap Kathryn Margaret Hunt Gustave Verner Johnson Lillian Maria Johnson Drusilla Inman King Helen Irene Logan


Ethel Janes Mathewson


James Francis McDermott Henry Dillon Mulligan Earl Godard Niquette


Leslie Roy Palmer Lillian Edna Parker Alfred Pierce Cornelius Joseph Quinn Gussie Kate Rotenberg William Reed Schofield


184


ANNUAL REPORT


Leon Simms Ada Mae Spooner William Henry Sullivan Lena Frances Uhlig


Clara Agnes Vanier Harold Edwin Ward Ordert Leonard Wendell Earl Russell White


SOUTH ATTLEBORO.


Hellena May Rose Avey


Clara May Balser


Hazel Barden


Jennie Andrea Bensson


Amy Esther Mott


Albina Mary Bonier


Harold Franklin Powers


Matilda Adrian Brogan


Annie Elizabeth Stafford


Marguerite Alice Collins


Helen Gertrude Taylor


Bonnie Annie Laurie Coupe


Henry Binmore Thomas


Dorothy Dale Davidson


Robert Everett Denham


Walter Henry Flanagan Viola DeWolfe Gould


James William Jos. Mclaughlin


Beatrice Emily Whalley


ATTENDANCE TABLE FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR, FROM SEPT. 7, 1908 TO JUNE 25, 1909


NAME OF SCHOOL.


GRADE.


TEACHER.


ENROLLMENT.


AVERAGE MEMBERSHIP.


AVERAGE ATTENDANCE.


CENT. OF ATTEND-


PER


High


Fred U. Ward.


106


131


237


217


211


97


Sanford Street ..


. VIII.


Clarence H. Jones.


29


20


49


47


45


95


Sanford Street.


.


VIII, VII


Susan K. McIntyre.


37


32


69


62


60


97


Sanford Street ...


VII ..


Hannah M. Pratt.


40


28


68


63


60


96


Sanford


Street ..


VI.


O. Cora Chatterton.


33


32


65


59


57


96


Sanford


Street. ..


V.


Viola F. Leland.


26


28


54


52


19


95


Sanford


Street ..


.V.


Frances E. Goodale ..


26


24


50


47


45


96


Sanford


Street.


IV.


Eliza C. Hunt.


25


23


48


46


43


94


Sanford


Street.


IV. III


Nellie L. Barker.


23


20


43


42


37


92


Sanford


Street. ·


III.


Mary E. McManus.


25


24


49


46


44


96


Sanford Street.


Bertha L. Mowry.


36


36


72


67


64


96


Sanford Street.


Perley B. Reid.


21


26


47


45


43


96


Richardson.


Abbie C. Hill, Sub


22


28


50


47


44


94


Richardson.


VII


Harriet M. Miller.


21


23


44


42


41


95


Richardson


Effie G. Higgins.


17


33


50


45


43


96


Richardson.


Annie L. Williams


21


28


49


42


14


93


Richardson.


Flora E. Newell.


31


20


51


46


44


95


Richardson.


Minnie A. Walker


27


28


55


47


44


95


Richardson.


Helen B. Marsh.


23


26


49


45


42


96


Richardson.


A. Gertrude Sweeney ..


23


27


50


47


43


92


Richardson


II. .


1. . .


Eleanor M. Lillibridge ..


22


30


52


48


44


93


Farmers.


VI, V.


Sadie W. Matthews.


8


16


24


24


22


94


Farmers ..


IV, III.


Mary E. Hatten ..


20


21


41


40


36


92


Farmers.


I1, I.


L. Lydia Baxter.


16


26


42


40


37


92


Capron.


III, II.


34


26


60


52


47


90


Capron . ..


1. .


Elizabeth R. Holbrook.


23


20


43


42


37


90


Pleasant Street. ..


IV, III


Carrie G. Luther ..


16


25


41


41


39


96


Pleasant Street.


II. I.


36


· 29


65


53


51


95


South Main Street ...


III.


Florence L. Gould.


22


27


49


47


43


93


Carpenter Street ..


II . .


32


28


60


49


46


95


Carpenter Street.


.


.


Clara F. Bourne ..


41


22


63


54


51


95


East Street.


II, I.


Mareia A. Gordon.


2


2


*29


*28


94


Dodgeville.


V, IV.


33


27


60


36


34


95


Dodgeville. .


III, II.


Florence E. Tarleton.


32


36


68


41


38


92


Dodgeville ..


Mary G. Gilles.


40


27


67


33


29


88


Dodgeville. .


Kindergarten . .


Ada A. Longfellow.


18


20


38


27


25


92


Hebronville.


VI-IV.


Lina M. Bassett.


28


29


57


42


41


97


Hebronville.


III, II.


Margaret A. Gow ..


26


32


58


48


47


96


Hebronville.


I


Jennie S. Pierce ...


36


27


63


45


43


96


Hebronville.


Kindergarten.


Kathrina S. Thayer. .


22


27


49


32


28


87


South Attleboro.


VIII. VII.


Edward E. Weeks.


20


22


42


37


36


96


South Attleboro.


VI, V.


Jennie M. Phillips.


25


20


45


33


32


96


South Attleboro.


IV, III.


Ethel M. Bassett.


24


17


41


32


30


94


South Attleboro.


II, I.


Edith L. Clarke ..


22


23


45


38


34


89


Turner Street.


31


22


53


35


32


91


Turi er Street.


Alice C. Joslin.


30


29


59


*51


*48


94


Washington.


IV, III.


Florence E. Phipps.


6


1


5


*26


*24


93


Briggs


Corner.


VII, V.


Julia L. Merry.


23


13


36


34


28


91


Briggs


Corner.


IV, III.


Addie F. Sanborn.


19


14


33


29


26


92


Briggs


Corner.


II, I.


H. Marion Lillibridge ..


20


14


34


30


26


88


1366


1337


2703


2351


2210


94


*Open one-half year.


Yearly Av. Member. Av. Attend.


Av. Member.


Av. Attend.


East Street .. ..


15


14


Washington, VI, V.


16


15


Turner Street, VI, V .....


26


24


Washington, IV, III ... ..


17


15


Washington, II, I


13


12


.


.


.


.


.


V.


V. IV.


IV.


.


III.


.


.


1


. .


.


1


Washington.


II, I ..


. Alice C. Joslin.


3


3


*32


*30


91


*34


*31


90


Washington.


1. .


VIII


VII, VI.


VI.


Gladys M. Teasdale.


28


21


49


48


45


ANCE.


BOYS.


GIRLS.


TOTAL.


. .


-


II, I.


Grace Sherwood ..


VI, V. VI, V.


Edna L. Atwell.


I


Martha J. Roberts ...


Richardson.


Luey H. George.


Carrie L. Brown.


.


Ethel C. Hills.


ATTENDANCE TABLE FOR THE FALL TERM, FROM SEPT. 6 TO DEC. 24, 1909.


NAME OF SCHOOL.


GRADE.


TEACHER.


ENROLLMENT.


AVERAGE MEMBERSHIP.


AVERAGE ATTENDANCE.


PER CENT. OF ATTEND-


High.


Fred U. Ward. . .


113


139


1 25%


1 244


240


98


Sanford Street.


VIII.


Frederick H. Buck.


19


23


41


40


98


Sanford Street.


VII.


Susan K. McIntyre.


22


21


43


39


38


97


Sanford Street.


VII, VI.


. Hannah M. Pratt.


18


22


40


35


34


97


Sanford


Street. ..


VI ..


O. Cora Chatterton.


24


20


44


14


43


98


Sanford


Street.


V.


Viola F. Leland.


15


16


31


30


29


97


Sanford


Street.


V.


Frances E. Goodale ..


14


18


32


28


27


97


Eliza C. Hunt ..


22


21


43


41


40


96


Sanford


Street.


IV. III


Nellie L. Barker.


18


25


43


42


10


97


Sanford


Street . ..


III.


Mary E. McManus ...


21


18


39


39


38


97


Bertha L. Mowry ...


21


18


39


36


33


94


Sanford Street.


Walter I. Chapman ...


22


25


47


44


42


95


Bertha Thayer.


14


24


38


36


34


95


Richardson.


VII.


Georgianna Donlon.


15


20


35


32


30


95


Harriett M. Miller ..


13


21


36


35


33


95


Annie L. Williams ..


21


18


39


40


38


94


Laura M. Howland. .


16


25


41


42


39


94


Minnie A. Walker.


17


20


37


36


34


94


19


19


38


39


37


94


13


13


26


26


25


95


Richardson.


Eleanor M. Lillibridge ..


19


45


41


38


91


Bliss.


VII


17


21


38


38


37


97


Bliss.


VII


Lillian L. Chandler .


2.5


16


41


39


38


96


Bliss.


VI.


Clara Currie.


23


21


44


40


38


95


Bliss.


Florenee E. Tarleton.


16


19


35


35


33


96


Bliss.


Luey H. George ..


20


16


36


36


34


96


Bliss .


A. Gertrude Sweeney ...


20


19


39


35


33


95


Bliss.


Lilian C. Murray.


23


21


44


42


39


93


Farmers.


Sadie W. Matthews ....


15


20


35


34


32


93


Farmers.


Mary E. Hatten.


17


16


33


33


31


94


Farmers ..


L. Lydia Baxter


23


24


47


42


39


92


Mildred E. Barney


16


20


36


32


31


94


Elizabeth R. Holbrook.


20


16


36


32


30


92


Pleasant Street.


Carrie G. Luther ..


18


22


40


38


36


95


Pleasant Street.


Carrie L. Brown.


18


17


35


34


33


97


Carpenter Street. 11. .


Edna L. Atwell


24


12


36


34


33


97


Carpenter Street.


Clara F. Bourne. . ..


23


25


48


43


41


93


Dodgeville. .


Martha J. Roberts ..


17


15


32


32


30


94


Dodgeville.


Gertrude B. Sands.


26


14


40


37


34


92


Dodgeville.


Mary G. Gilles.


13


8


21


22


21


95


Dodgeville. . .


Kindergarten. .. Ada A. Longfellow ·


11


13


26


18


15


83


Hebronville.


V. IV.


Lina M. Bassett.


16


21


37


33


31


97


Hebronville.


Annie M. Drew ..


16


13


29


24


23


95


Hebronville.


TI.


Maude A. Hodges.


14


14


28


25


24


96


Hebronville.


I.


Jennie S. Pieree. .


17


21


38


31


29


94


Hebronville.


Kindergarten . .


Kathrina S. Thayer. ....


17


21


38


28


24


85


South Attleboro ..


VIII, VII.


Emma D. Haines.


9


9


18


18


17


98


South


Attleboro.


VI, V.


Jennie M. Phillips ..


18


10


28


27


26


97


South


Attleboro. IV, III. Ethel M. Bassett.


13


12


25


25


24


96


South Attleboro.


II, I.


Edith L. Clarke.


19


18


37


33


34


96


Washington .


VIII. VII


Henry T. Prario.


7


19


26


25


23


93


Washington.


VI, V.


Aliee C. Joslin.


18


18


36


35


33


93


Washington. ..


IV. TII.


Florence E. Phipps. ...


19


21


40


38


35


90


Washington ..


II. I.


Carolyn L. Crossman. . .


29


19


48


42


36


91


Briggs


Corner . .


VI. V. .


Julia L. Merry. .


16


15


31


30


28


93


Briggs Corner.


IV, III.


Maud M. Ryley.


18


7


25


25


23


96


Briggs


Corner.


II, I ..


H. Marion Lillibridge ..


17


10


27


27


24


89


1176


1184


2360


2230


2117


95


.


· IV


Florence L. Gould.


22


18


40


40


38


.


III.


.


.


·


.


I ..


II. .


Capron -


·


III, II


II, I.


.


.


I.


V. IV III, II.


.


III


·


·


II.


.


.


·


·


III.


II.


.


·


V


..


V.


IV.


Richardson.


IV. III


Richardson.


Helen B. Marsh.


Richardson ..


Addie F. Sanborn.


20


17


37


37


35


.


.


IV.


Sanford


Street. ..


.


95


Sanford


Street.


Gladvs M. Teasdale ....


Richardson.


VIII


Richardson.


VII, VI


Richardson.


VI


Richardson.


Richardson.


IL.


VI, V


IV, III


II, I.


Capron


.


.


ANCE.


BOYS


GIRLS.


TOTAL.


..


.


..


Bliss.


Willard M. Whitman .


27


SEVENTEENTH REPORT


OF THE


Water Department


OF THE


TOWN OF ATTLEBOROUGH


For the Year Ending December 31 1909


TOWN OF ATTLEBOROUGH Water Departmemt, 1909


Commissioners :


WM. M. STONE,


KARL H. HYDE,


DAVID E. MAKEPEACE,


Term Expires 1910. Term Expires 1911. Term Expires 1912.


Superintendent and Registrar :


GEORGE H. SNELL.


Assistant Superintendent : GEORGE W. BABCOCK.


Bookkeeper :


CARRIE L. PERRY.


Engineer at Pumping Station : WALTER P. WHITTEMORE.


Report of Water Department


SUMMARY OF STATISTICS


Attleborough Water Works.


Population by census of 1905. 12,702


Date of construction of works. 1873


Source of supply : Circular wells near Seven Mile River. Mode of supplying : By pumping into standpipe 100 feet high, 50 feet in diameter ; capacity, 1,500,000 gallons.


Pumping.


Builders of pumping machinery: Deane Steam Pump


Co., Barr Pumping Engine Co.


Description of coal used : Bituminous coal.


Coal consumed for the year (high lift pumps) . 1,044.639 1bs.


Total pumpage for the year. . 301,612,468 gallons. Average dynamic head against which pumps work :


Deane .260 feet.


Barr .262 feet.


Number of gallons pumped per pound of coal. . 289 gals. Duty, without banking. 63,430,000 ft. 1bs.


Duty. including banking ·71,020,000 ft. lbs.


Consumption.


Estimated population 18,000 Estimated population on line of pipe at date .. . 17,000 Total gallons consumed for year. ... 301,612,468 gallons


192


ANNUAL REPORT


Average daily consumption . 826,336 gallons Gallons per day for each inhabitant 45


Gallons per day for each consumer 48


Distribution.


Kind of pipe in use : Wrought iron, cast iron and cement lined. Sizes: From I to 24 inches.


Extended I2442 feet or 2.36 miles


Total now in use 56.46 miles


Number of leaks 50


Hydrants added 20


Number in use. 420


Total number of services now in use. 2,234


Range of pressure on mains at Park Square for 24 hours, 85 to 100 1bs.


Meters.


Meters added 145


Number now in use 2,246


Motors now in use. 2


Number of meters rented by the town 2,050


Number of meters owned by individuals 196


Kind and number of meters in use at the end of the year : Ball & Fitts I


Gem I


Union Rotary


507


"A" Union Rotary 249


Columbia 38


King II9


Hersey 123


Hersey Disc


Crown 39


158


Nash 592


Empire 38


Thomson 46


193


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Lambert 61


Trident 27


Keystone 247


FINANCIAL STATEMENT.


Maintenance. Dr.


Amount paid Town Treasurer by


Water Registrar, being income


from sale of water, etc ... .$42,055.27 Appropriation by town. ... $6,200.00


Construction Account (loan) 1,211.70


4,988.30


Cr. $47,043.57


Pumping expenses


$4,207.37


Incidentals


1,291.99


Salaries


2,740.00


Pay roll


3,135.13


Insurance 223.19


Repairs


1,662.69


Team


1,212.35


Tools


84.18


Work shop and barn


414.60


Pipe system 496.09


Interest account


20,595.00


Total maintenance $36,062.59


Amount placed in Sinking Fund .. . 10,000.00 Amount paid Construction Account 980.98


$47,043.57


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Construction Account. Dr.


Unexpended balance, January 1, 1909:


Cash on hand $2,549.80


Received from Maintenance Ac- count (loan) 1,2II.70


$ 3,761.50


Received from sale of bonds.


15,000.00


Amount received from Water Regis- trar for pipe laying, etc., and paid Town Treasurer 980.98


$19.742.48


Cr.


Cost of construction for 1909 as


shown by itemized account ... .$19,665.38


Unexpended balance 77.10


$19,742.48


Total cost of works to date .$712,180.14


Bonded debt at this date 552,000.00


Value of Sinking Fund. 74,794.56


Examined January 13, 1910, and found correct.


BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY, WM. L. ELLIOT, FREDERICK L. LeBARON.


Auditors.


SUMMARY OF MAINTENANCE.


Pumping Expenses.


Coal $2,178.48


Engineers salaries, oil and packings .. . 2,028.89


$4,207.37


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Repairs.


Pipe system


$ 211.83


Meters


204.93


Pumping station


1,177.61


Telephones


7.75


Work shop and barn


60.57


$1,662.69


Incidentals.


Telephones $224.64


Printing and book supplies


130.05


Pumping station


81.15


Freight and express


42.75


Postage


125.76


Work shop and barn


30.27


Pipe system


113.54


Office


103.70


Lighting


110.13


Rent and janitor service.


330.00


Salaries.


$1,291.99


Water Commissioners, Superintend- ent, Registrar and bookkeeper .. $2.740.00


$2.740.00


Pay Roll.


Pay rolls of labor


$3,135.13


Insurance.


$3,135.13


Insurance $223.19


$223.19


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Team.


Horse keeping, automobile, etc ... . $1,212.35


$1,212.35


Work Shop and Barn.


Work shop and barn. $414.60


Pipe System. $414.60


Service, pipe fittings, etc.


$496.09


$496.09


SUMMARY OF CONSTRUCTION.


Pipe line extension, including stock on hand $11,631.61


Services, including stock on hand .. 3,486.97


Improvements on Ide's Hill. 661.42


Land


550.00


Grading and drain at Pumping


Station


874.65


Meters


1,454.61


Liability insurance 241.66


Emergency supply


764.46


$19,665.38


Statement of the Indebtedness of the Town for Water Works Construction. Bonds.


4's A. and O., due October 1, 1912. $ 20,000.00 4's S. and M., due September 1, 1915. 12,000.00


4's J. & J., due January 1, 1919. . 20,000.00 31/2's J. and J., due January 1, 1921. 10,000.00


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31/2's O. and A., due April 1, 1921 20,000.00


4's A. and O., due October 1, 1922 25,000.00


4's J. and J., due July 1, 1923. 35,000.00 4's J. and J., due July 1, 1924. 40,000.00 4's J. and J., due July 1, 1926 25,000.00


4's J. and J., due July 1, 1927 10,000.00


4's J. and J., due July 1, 1928 13,000.00


31/2's J. and J., due July 1, 1929 15,000.00


31/2's J. and J., due July 1, 1930 12,000.00


31/2's O. and A., due April 1, 1932. 30,000.00


4's O. and A., due April 1, 1933. 30,000.00 4's A. and O., due April 1, 1934 20,000.00


31/2's M. and S., due March 1, 1935. 100,000.00


31/2's N. and M., due November 1, 1935 50,000.00


4's A. and O., due April 1, 1910-1934 50,000.00


4's J. and J., due July 1, 1911-1918. 15,000.00


$552,000.00


Sinking Fund assets


74,794.56


Balance net debt. $477,205.44


Statement of the Amount of Income Received From Water Rates, etc., From the Date of Construction of the Water Works to the Present Time.


(These figures do not include appropriations made by the Fire District or Town.)


June, 1874-April, 1875, 10 months $ 789.98


April, 1875-July, 1876, 15 months 2,021.84


July, 1876-May, 1877, 10 months 2,000.00


May, 1877-May, 1878 2,653.38


May, 1878-May, 1879 3,039.37


May, 1879-May, 1880 3,447.45


May, 1880-May, 1881 4,482.30


May, 1881-May, 1882 4,540.34


May, 1882-May, 1883


5,436.39


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May, 1883-May, 1884 5,500.00


May, 1884-May, 1885 5,034.00


May, 1885-May, 1886 5,500.00


May, 1886-May, 1887 5,714.52


May, 1887-May, 1888 6,092.00


May, 1888-May, 1889 7,600.00


May, 1889-May, 1890


8,300.00


May, 1890-May, 1891 8,759.46


May, 1891-May, 1892 8,535.00


May, 1892-May, 1893 9,616.94


May, 1893-January, 1894, 8 months. 9,200.00


January, 1894-January, 1895 11,174.60


January, 1895-January, 1896 14,188.00


January, 1896-January, 1897 15,292.29


January, 1897-January, 1898


16,446.69


January, 1898-January, 1899


16,394.18


January, 1899-January, 1900


19,968.89


January, 1900-January, 1901


21,424.4I


January, 1901-January, 1902


27,325.34


January, 1902-January, 1903 27,539.14


January, 1903-January, 1904


29,876.22


January, 1904-January, 1905


31,524.30


January, 1905-January, 1906


33,342.94


January, 1906-January, 1907


42,668.71


January, 1907-January, 1908 39,360.68


January, 1908-January, 1909 45,893.67


January, 1909-January, 1910 42,055.27


$542,738.30


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REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS


To the Citizens of Attleborough :


The Water Commissioners herewith submit their seventeenth annual report for the year ending Decem- ber 31. 1909. Appended will be found the report of the · Superintendent and Registrar, in which a detailed state- ment of statistics pertaining to the work is presented.


The matter of greatest interest to be called to the notice of the town is the necessity of further develop- ment of the source of supply so as to insure an ample quantity of water in such extreme seasons as have been proved possible to occur by recent experience. In the appended report of our engineer will be seen how extra- ordinary were the conditions of the past two years just passed compared with any of the preceding thirty-three years of which records are obtainable. It may happen that not for years to come will similar conditions be re- peated, but it is apparent that having once occurred the town must immediately take steps to provide sufficient water in case of repetition.


In the late summer months of the past year it was only possible to furnish the town with the necessary supply by utilizing the water of Orr's Pond, purifying this water by passage through the percolating area con- structed in 1907-1908. The result was in every way sat- isfactory, the quality of the supply, as shown by the analysis of the State Board of Health, holding up to the high standard of purification of the normal ground water. The low lift pumps and the percolating area were in service for about three months and more than forty mil- lion (40,000,000) gallons of water were drawn from Orr's Pond and added to the supply. This draft reduced the level of the pond almost to the possible limit and in November it appeared necessary to provide some means of obtaining additional water should the drought con-


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tinue. For such an emergency supply the preliminary requirements were a safe quality, a small necessary out- lay and the opportunity of quickly bringing it into service.


Looking over the possibilities an effort was made to obtain water from Pawtucket, but it was found that the unusual dryness had also here evidenced a possible shortage and no assistance could be looked for in this direction. It then became evident, since a ground water supply could not be developed in the time available, that some surface water would have to be used and the best opportunity seemed to be afforded by the Bungay River at Holden street. By a short extension of the pipe line from Hope street and a pump installed near the river this water could be forced into the pipe system. An analysis showed the quality to be satisfactory and, to our surprise, the color was but little higher than in the regular ground water supply. As a further precaution, however, it was intended, should this supply be used, to treat it with chloride of lime, a method by which all germ contamination and danger from disease can quickly and without the slightest detrimental effect on the water, be removed.


This treatment is being used as a permanent means of improving the sanitary quality of water in many places, notably at Boontown, N. J., where a daily supply of forty million (40,000,000) gallons for Jersey City is thus purified. Believing a personal examination of this plant advisable we visited Boontown and became con- vinced that the method there in use would guarantee the sanitary safety of the Bungay supply should its use become necessary. A small second-hand triplex pump was purchased, at a cost of five hundred and fifty dollars ($550.00), and such other appartus and material as would be required were gotten ready for use, but on November twenty-first to twenty-third a rain fall of more




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