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dated July 1910. . ..
$ 88.89
Interest on daily balance in
Bank for 191I.
182.40
$271.29
$121,037.69
EXPENDITURES.
Bonds.
IgII.
Paid
March 13, Boston Safe Deposit &
Trust Co., bond dated April
I,
1908, and due April 1, 191I
$2,000.00
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June 13, First National Bank of Bos- ton, bonds dated July 1, 1910, and due July 1, 19II. .
June 29, Treasurer of Sinking Fund, Town of Attleboro, bond dated July 1, 1909, and due July 1, 19II 2,000.00 Dec. 13, Old Colony Trust Co., bond dated Jan. 1, 1910, and due Jan. 1, 1912 2.000.00
3,500.00
$9,500.00
Interest.
IQII. Paid
First National Bank of Attleboro, in-
terest due on bonds for the year I9II $ 800.00
Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co., in- terest due on bonds for the year I9II 12,715.00
Old Colony Trust Co., interest due on bonds for the year 19II. 600.00
First National Bank of Boston, in- terest due on bonds for the year 19II 3.950.00
State of Massachusetts, interest due on registered bonds for the year I9II 5,125.00
Sinking Fund, Town of Attleboro, in- terest due on registered bonds for the year 19II. 995.00
Interest due on registered bonds, held by individuals, for the year 19II 1,180.00
$25,365.00
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Miscellaneous.
IQII.
Paid
Treasurer of Sinking Fund.
Water Department .$10.000.00
Maintenance Account. 17,612.72
Construction Account 45.415.62
$73.028.34
$107.893.34 Cash on hand January Ist. 1912
13.144.35
SI21.037.69
OUTSTANDING BONDS.
January, 1912.
4 per cent. bonds. due Oct. 1912. . . .. $20.000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due Sept .. 1915. . 12.000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due Jan .. 1919. . .
20.000.00 31/2 per cent. bonds, due April, 1921. . 20.000.00 37/2 per cent. bonds, due Jan .. 1921. . 10.000.00
4 per cent. bonds. due Oct .. 1922 25.000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due July. 1923. 35.000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due July, 1924. 10.000.00
4 per cent. bonds, due July. 1926 25,000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due July. 1927 10,000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due July. 1928. I 3,000.00 31/2 per cent. bonds, due July. 1929. . 15,000.00 31/2 per cent. bonds, due July. 1930. . . 12.000.00 31/2 per cent. bonds, due April. 1932. . 30,000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due Oct .. 1933 . . . 30,000.00 4 per cent. bonds. due Oct .. 1934. . 20.000.00 312 per cent. bonds, due March. 1935. 100,000.00 312 per cent. bonds, due Nov .. 1935. ยท 50,000.00
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4 per cent. bonds, due April, 1912- 1934 46,000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due July, 1912-1918 13,000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due Jan., 1913-1919 13,000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due July, 1912-1920 and 1921-1928. 38,500.00 4 per cent. bonds, due July, 1929-1940 24,000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due July 1912-1930 19,000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due July 1912-192I and 1922-1941 35,000.00
$675,500.00
TOWN INDEBTEDNESS.
Town Bonds, general department $397.200.00
Sinking Fund Assets, general de- partment 43,802.57
Net bonded debt, general de-
partment $353,397.43
Floating debt, time notes, January 1, 1912 65,000.00
Net debt, general department. . $418,397.43 Water Bonds $675,500.00
Sinking Fund Assets, Water De- partment 103,853.94
Net debt, Water Department .... $571,646.06 Total Bonded debt, General and Water Department $1,072,700.00 Sinking Fund Assets, General and Water Departments 147,656.51
Net Bonded Debt, General and Water Departments $925,043.49
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Floating debt
65.000.00
Total Net Debt. General and
$990.043.49 Water Departments
Due from State of Massachusetts $ 2.873.00 Amount of uncollected taxes. . . . 29,860.17
Cash on hand January 1. 1912. . . 51.509.34
$84.242.51
DEBORAH STARKEY FUND.
Dr.
Interest accrued Jan. 1, 1889 $ 9.33
Interest from Jan. 1, 1889, to Jan. I.
1912 828.00
Cr. $837.33
Amount of relief paid from the fund upon orders of Selectmen, from Jan. 1, 1889, to Jan. 1, 1912. $535.00 By balance 302.33
Principal of fund
$600.00
$837.33 Accrued interest
302.33
Amount of fund. Jan. 1. 1912 $902.33
FRANK I. BABCOCK. Town Treasurer.
Examined January 17. 1912. and found correct.
BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY. WILLIAM L. ELLIOT. FREDERICK L. LeBARON. Auditors.
Annual Report of the Tax Collector
REPORT OF SAMUEL M. HOLMAN.
To the citizens of Attleborough :
Your Collector of Taxes has the honor of submitting herewith his fourteenth annual report for the year ending December 31, 1911 :
Taxes for 1906. Dr.
Committed
$20.79
Interest
5.72
$26.51
Cr.
Collected
$24.51
Abated
2.00
$26.51
Taxes for 1907.
Dr.
Committed
$39.97
Interest
3.62
$43.59
Cr.
Collected
$33.59
Abated
10.00
$43.59
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Taxes for 1908.
Dr.
Committed
$62.85
Interest
3.68
$66.53
Cr.
$38.69
Abated
27.84
Taxes for 1909.
Dr.
Committed
$517.98
Interest
29.02
$547.00
Cr.
Collected
$358.00
Uncollected
27.72
Abated
161.28
$547.00
Betterment Tax.
Dr.
Committed
$28.10
Interest .
.98
$29.08
Cr.
Collected $29.08
$29.08
Collected
$66.53
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Taxes for 1910.
Dr.
Committed
Interest
$16,366.04 619.75
Cr. $16,985.79
Collected
$15,404.52
Uncollected
777.22
Abated
804.05
$16,985.79
Concrete Betterment Tax.
Dr.
Committed
$325.15 .88
$326.03
Cr.
$285.62
Uncollected
30.80
Ahated
9.61
$326.03
Curbing Betterment Tax.
Dr.
Committed
$1,019.50
$1,019.50
Cr.
Collected
$844.30
Uncollected
167.01
Abated
8.19
$1,019.50
Interest
Collected
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Taxes for 1911.
Dr.
Committed
$312,055.57 464.87
Added Taxes
1,059.04
$313.579.48
Cr.
Collected
$285,146.07
Uncollected
24,393.87
Abated
4,039.54
$313.579.48
Excise Tax.
Dr.
Committed
$2.702.80
Cr.
Collected
$ 266.60
Uncollected 2.436.20
$2.702.80
Concrete Betterment Tax.
Dr
Committed
$986.05
Interest
.59
Cr. $986.64
Collected
$408.10
Uncollected 559.34
Abated
19.20
$986.64
$2.702.80
Interest
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Curbing Betterment Tax.
Dr.
Committed
$1,628.56
$1,628.56
Cr.
Collected
$ 142.55
Uncollected
1,468.01
Abated
18.00
$1.628.56
Taxes Collected in 1911.
Dr.
1906 Tax $ 24.51
1907 Tax 33.59
1908 Tax 38.69
1909 Tax
358.00
1909 Betterment 29.08
1910 Tax
15,404.52
1910 Concrete Betterment 285.62
1910 Curbing Betterment. 844.30
I9II Tax 285,146.07
19II Excise 266.60
19II Concrete Betterment. 408.10
IQII Curbing Betterment. 142.55
Cash on hand at last report.
3.298.65
Bank Interest
17.44
$306,297.72
Cr.
Paid Treasurer as per vouchers. . . $303,000.00 Cash on hand. 3,297.72
$306,297.72
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Table of Percentages, Showing Collections, Plus
Abatement Orders.
1906. Tax 100%
Tax 100% 1907.
1908.
Tax
100%
1909.
Tax
90%
1909.
Betterment Tax 100%
1910.
Tax
95%
1910
Concrete Betterment Tax. 90%
1910.
Curbing Betterment Tax. 83%
IgII
Tax
92 1/2%
I9II
Excise Tax
10%
19II
Concrete Betterment Tax. 43%
19II
Curbing Betterment Tax. 10%
The above tables prove that this department, for the year just closed, has eclipsed any year in the history of the town. You will note that the years of 1906-7-8 have been entirely collected, this year, while only $804.94 re- main unpaid of the State. County and Town Tax, of the years 1909-10. The apparently small per cent. of collec- tion of the 1911 excise tax is due to a contention on the construction of state law, between the assessors and the Interstate railroad which will probably be straightened out and the tax paid before this report will appear in print.
The 1911 Betterment Taxes are payable without in- terest to May 1, 1912.
This report completes fourteen years I have served you as Collector of Taxes. In that time I have collected and paid over to the Town Treasurer, promptly and cor- rectly, some $3,300,000.
I desire, in closing the report, to heartily thank the taxpayers of Attleborough, for their uniformily, courteous
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treatment to myself and assistants, in the performance of a duty, that, while necessary, is oftimes unpleasant, by virtue of its character.
Respectfully submitted,
SAMUEL M. HOLMAN,
Collector of Taxes.
Examined January 23, 1912, and found correct.
BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY, W. L. ELLIOT, FREDERICK L. LeBARON,
Auditors.
Report of the Commissioners of Sinking Fund
GENERAL DEPARTMENT. 1
Dr.
To cash on hand January 1, 19II . . . . . $ 3.321.63
To amount invested in real estate
mortgages and notes, Jan. 1, 19II 25,950.00 To amount invested in Bonds, Jan. I, 19II 10,000.00
To cash from Town Treasurer $2,500.00
To interest 1,837.19
To cash from Premium on Bonds
193.75
4,530.94
$43,802.57
Cr.
Amount invested in real estate mort- gages Jan. 1, 1912. $28,350.00
Amount invested in Bonds, Jan. 1, 1912 1 5,000.00 Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1912. 452.57
$43,802.57
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WATER DEPARTMENT.
Dr.
To cash on hand, Jan. 1, 19II . $2,824.25
To amount invested in real estate
mortgages Jan. 1, 19II. 64,650.00
To amount invested in Bonds, Jan. I, 19II 21,000.00
To cash from Town Treasurer. $10,000.00
To interest 4,024.44
To cash from Premium on Bonds
1,355.25
$15,379.69
$103,853.94
Cr
Amount invested in real estate mort-
gages Jan: 1, 1912. $59,083.03
Amount invested in Bonds, Jan. I,
1912
44,000.00
Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1912 770.91
$103,853.94 FREDERICK G. MASON, FRANK W. WEAVER, WILLIAM J. LUTHER, Commissioners of Sinking Fund. FRANK I. BABCOCK, Treasurer.
Examined Jan. 11, 1912, and found correct. BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY, W. L. ELLIOT, FREDERICK L. LeBARON,
Auditors.
Report of the Trustees of the Tri-Centennial Fund
Attleboro, Mass., December 31, 19II.
The Trustees of the Tri-Centennial make the follow- ing report :
Cash in Attleborough Savings Bank, December 31, 1910, Book No. 8619 $374.79
Interest to October 1, 191I 15.12
Total
$389.91
All in Savings Bank, Book No. 8619.
L. Z. CARPENTER, W. L. ELLIOT, F. I. BABCOCK.
D. E. MAKEPEACE, O. P. RICHARDSON,
Trustees.
Report of the Park Commissioners for 1911
To the Citizens of Attleboro :-
The most important work of the past year was the grading about the Newell shelter building. This grading is now practically completed together with the necessary walkways about the shelter and a semi-circular driveway leading from the main roadway to the shelter and back again to the said roadway.
A drinking fountain was installed near the shelter and benches were arranged around inside the shelter, and the place is always in use and greatly appreciated by the frequenters of the Park.
Many swings and tilting-boards were put up in the "Bushee" grove and they proved extremely popular with the young people. Sundays and holidays find them in great demand with always many awaiting an opportunity to use them.
Capron Park is perfectly adapted for band concerts and is the only place in town that is so, and the Town makes a great mistake in not appropriating a sum each year for a number of them. The two or three of last which were provided through the courtesy of the Board of Trade, were much appreciated by a large number of people.
Another acre has been dressed down and seeded, sev- eral hundred feet of walkway built and a small amount of roadway brought into good condition. The pond has been enlarged by removing loam and mud for use as a top-dressing. The park lacks a rich top soil and the
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cleaning of the pond has worked to the bettering of both the pond and the land about it.
Many new trees have been set out and practically all of the old unsightly stumps are now removed. The cut worms compelled the replanting of nearly all the flowers which were set out last spring, and we were obliged to replace forty evergreens which were winter-killed. We are told hundreds were lost at Roger Williams Park.
Several citizens showed their interest in the park work by contributing plants, Mr. Albert Babcock and Mr. Cloutier contributing dahlias and Mr. Hasler asters. The proprietor of the Newell Hot Houses again showed his extreme liberality by donating over five hundred potted plants, which enabled us to make quite an added display of flowers this summer.
A very pretty rustic summer house was built in the "Pierian" grove, which work was kindly supervised by the President of the Pierian Club. It is purposed another summer to cover it with growing vines.
The Attleboro Steam & Electric Company added to their already generous contribution of service by install- ing more lights at the Shelter building and at the Pond. Pond.
That the Town appreciates their park is evidenced by the hearty financial support accorded it as well as by the numerous gifts of a private nature, and for the past two or three years the money appropriated in excess of the regular two thousand dollars has been very nearly all the Commissioners have had for new extensions outside of the regular maintenance of the park. In order that the new work be extended reasonably the coming year we recommend that three thousand dollars be appropriated.
Following is shown the expenditures for the past year.
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CAPRON PARK.
Financial Statement for 1911.
Dr.
Appropriation
$3,000.00
Overdraft 208.61
$3,208.61
Cr.
Labor and teaming $2,033.22
Dressing
129.00
Fertilizer
42.95
Weed and insect killer 6.80
Lime
22.00
Gravel and sand
13.10
Bulbs, seed grass, trees, shrubs and plants
257.68
Tools, rakes, etc
18.18
Lawn mowers
27.00
Repairs and sharpening tools.
6.70
Oil
.60
Coal
28.60
Sprayer
24.00
Bags for protecting trees
.55
Freight and express
9.86
Building cesspool
18.34
Painting see-saws
5.55
Repairs on Casino
1.25
Brayton Bros., sawing logs
3.25
Wire and screening.
10.40
Hose connections and washers
1.07
Rubber boots 8.00
Plant boxes 2.43
Stakes and posts.
21.00
Supplies for Shelter House II.50
Fixtures for Shelter House.
I22.00
1
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Gutters and conductors for Shelter
House 76.43
Repairs on Shelter House .75
Benches 85.00
Fountain 25.00
Plumbing 59.00
Sign boards
5.00
Six child's swings. 6.90
J. W. Manning, landscape gardener.
12.00
H. E. White & Co., labor and ma- terial for swings, seats, etc. 37.60
Grant Bros., planing planks.
.90
A. H. Sweet & Son, lumber 12.88
Pope & Read, drawing off fixtures. . 1.50
Cyrus Getchell, carpenter work. . .
4.55
C. H. Hodgkins, building summer
house 41.72
Sundry supplies, twine, raffia. rope and nails 2.87
Travelling expenses II.13
Telephoning .35
Respectfully submitted, $3,208.61
JAMES E. BLAKE, KARL H. HYDE, SOLON D. BUSHEE,
Park Commissioners.
Examined, January 25, 1912, and found correct.
BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY, W. L. ELLIOT, FREDERICK L. LeBARON,
Auditors.
NINETEENTH REPORT
OF THE
Water Department
OF THE
Town of Attleborough
For the Year Ending December 31, 1911
TOWN OF ATTLEROROUGH Water Department, 1911
Commissioners :
HARRY P. KENT. Term Expires 1912. JAMES H. LEEDHAM. TR .. Term Expires 1913.
ALONZO N. BROWNELL. Term Expires 1914.
Superintendent and Registrar :
GEORGE H. SNELL. January to April 12. CHARLES F. ROBINSON, April 12 to Dec. 31.
Bookkeeper :
CARRIE L. PERRY. ELSIE M. DEARBORN.
January to April 12.
April 12 to Dec. 31.
Engineers at Pumping Station :
JOHN V. JOSEPH.
January to Oct. 18.
GEORGE COOK,
Oct. 18 to Dec. 31.
Report of the Board of Commissioners of the Water Department
To the Citizens of Attleborough :
We herewith respectfully present the Financial Report of the Water Department of the Town of Attleborough for the year ending December 31, 1911, together with the general statistics of the department, and our recommen- dations for improvements and financial management for the coming year.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Maintenance Account.
Receipts.
Water rates, services, stock, etc ... . $47,102.57
Appropriation by Town. 14,000.00
Accrued interest on bonds. 88.89
Interest from Town Treasury 182.40
Duplicate bills : 3.00
Loan for construction account.
1,103.86
$62,480.72
Disbursements.
Insurance
$471.33
Tools
88.89
Work shop and barn
232.90
Teams and autos 1,608.01
Pay roll 4,624.09
Salaries
2,674.28
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Pipe system 351.97
Pumping expenses 5,309.20
Repairs 814.18
Incidentals
1,440.78
Interest on bonds.
25,365.00
Placed in Sinking Fund.
10,000.00
Serial bonds
9,500.00
$62,480.72
Construction Account.
Receipts.
Cash on hand, January 1, 19II $ 2,260.33
Sale of bonds. 55,000.00
Premium on bonds.
2,403.50
$59,663.83
Disbursements.
Pay roll
$5,589.14
Reservoir
32,430.04
Orr's dam
528.57
Meters
2,009.42
Insurance
104.50
36.85 Tools
Services
2,658.74
Pipe line
2,058.36
Loaned Maintenance Account
1,103.86
$46.519.48
Unexpended balance, Dec. 31, 19II
$13.144.35
Examined January 16, 1912, and found correct.
BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY. W. L. ELLIOT, FREDERICK L. LeBARON.
Auditors.
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IN EXPLANATION OF DISBURSEMENTS.
Maintenance Account.
Insurance.
Buildings, stock, liability $471.33
$471.33
Tools.
Tools
$88.89
$88.89
Work Shop and Barn.
Coal and wood
$163.63
Light fixtures
17.90
Office supplies
12.7I
Miscellaneous
38.66
$232.90
Team Account.
Auto bought $450.00
Tires, etc., for autos.
199.10
Repairing autos and wagons 316.20
Gasoline and oil for autos
87.25
Team hire and horseshoeing
89.30
Hay and grain
451.99
Miscellaneous
14.17
$1,608.01
Pay Roll.
Reading, changing, repairing meters $897.25
Work at Pumping Station 192.00
Care of shop and teams 220.00
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Watchman at shop. 730.00
Office assistance at shop 351.00
Repairing leaks 983.84
General work on pipe system
1,250.00
Salaries. $4.624.09
Superintendent and Registrar $1,582.29
Commissioners 295.00
Bookkeeper 796.99
$2.674.28
Pipe System.
Pipe fittings, etc. $351.97
Pumping Expenses. $351.97
Salaries $1,889.91
Coal 2,863.05
Oil and packings 278.36
Valves and fittings. 189.02
Miscellaneous
88.86
Repairs. $5.309.20
At Pumping Station $430.29
Meters . 279.89
Miscellaneous
104.00
Incidentals. $814.18
Office rent and janitor service. $330.00
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Envelopes and postage.
156.24
Office books, cards, etc. 93.20
Printing and express.
I39.35
Bond issue
90.00
Lighting and telephones.
328.76
Miscellaneous
303.13
$1,440.78 Interest on bonds. $25.365.00 Amount placed in Sinking Fund. 10,000.00
Serial bonds 9,500.00
Total as per Financial Statement
$62.480.72
IN EXPLANATION OF DISBURSEMENTS.
Construction Account.
Pay Roll.
Labor on main lines. $3,003.75
Labor on services.
1,347.40
Labor at Reservoir 268.25
Lining pipe, etc.
969.74
$5.589.14
Reservoir.
Land taken $ 8,500.00
Bruno & Petitti, contractors
21,701.71
F. A. Barbour, Engineer. 1,741.70
Fencing and repairing road. 486.63
$32,430.04
Orr's Dam.
Orr's dam $528.57
$528.57
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Meters.
New meters bought.
SI,674.31
Parts for repairing.
335.II
$2.009.42
Insurance.
Insurance $104.50
SI04.50
Tools.
Tools
$36.85
$36.85
Services.
Pipe. service boxes, etc.
.
$2.658.74
$2.658.74
Pipe Line.
Pipe, gates, fittings. etc.
$2.058.36
$2.058.36
Loaned to the Maintenance Account. $1.103.86
Total as per Financial Account
$46.519.48
STATISTICS.
Date of construction of water works 1873 Cost of works to date. $840.866.86
Bonded debt at this date 675.500.00 Value of Sinking Fund 103.853.94
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Pumping.
Pumps used Deane and Barr
Coal used
Bituminous
Coal consumed for the year 1,052,II0 lbs.
Total pumpage for the year .. 329,101,703 gallons
Quantity pumped per pound of coal. .312.8 gallons
Consumption.
Estimated population on line of pipe. . 18,100
Total gallons consumed for the year. . 329,101,703 Average daily consumption .. 901,648 gallons
Gallons per day, per consumer on pipe line. ... .44.2
Distribution.
Kind and size of pipe used: Wrought iron, cast iron, cement lined, I to 24 inches.
Extension of main lines. 12,380 feet, or 2.34 miles
Total now in use. . 62.38 miles Number of leaks during the year 80
Hydrants added I2
Number now in use. 462
Total number of services now in use. 2,547
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. and J., due January 1, 1919. 20,000.00
31/2's J. and J., due January 1, 1921. 10,000.00 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
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4's J. and J .. due July 1. 1923. 35,000.00
+'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
312's J. and J .. due July 1. 1929 15.000.00
312's J. and J .. due July 1. 1930. 12.000.00
312'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
312'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. 1912-1934 16,000.00
4's J. and J., due July 1. 1912-1918. 13.000.00
4's J. and J .. due January 1. 1912-1919. 13.000.00
4's J. and J .. due July 1. 1912-1928. 38.500.00
4's J. and J .. due July 1. 1929-1940 24,000.00
4's J. and J .. Que July 1. 1912-1930. 19.000.00
4's J. and J .. due July 1. 1912-1941 35.000.00
$675.500.00
Sinking Fund assets 103.853.94
Balance net debt. $571.646.06
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 S 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
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ANNUAL REPORT
May, 1879-May, 1880 3,447.45
May, 1880-May, 1881 +,482.30
May, 1881-May, 1882. 4,540.34
May, 1882-May, 1883 5.436.39
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
19.968.89
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, 1900 45.893.67
January, 1909-January, 1910. 42,055.27
January, 1910-January, 19II. 46,492.1I
January, 1911-January, 1912 47.102.57
$636,332.98
January, 1899-January, 1 900.
January, 1900-January, I901
21,424.41
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ANNUAL REPORT
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND EXPENSES FOR THE YEAR 1912.
Receipts.
From Water Rates. etc $48,500.00
From the Town. 20,000.00
On hand Jan. 1, 1912 (approximately) 13.650.00
$82 150.00
Expenses.
Interest on Bonds
$25.050.00
Sinking Fund
10,000.00
Serial Bonds
1 1,000.00
Pumping Station
5,500.00
Salaries
2,700.00
General Maintenance 10,000.00
Construction
17,300.00
$82,150.00
Comparative Table.
Year
Miles of Pipe in Use
Main Pipe
Extended
Income
Appropriation
Amount Put in
Sinking Fund
Interest Account
Bonded Debt
1898 30.28 mi.
2,466 ft. $16, 394.18 $7, 100.00 $4, 650.00 $12, 060.00 $278, 000.00
1899 20.63 mi.
1,845 ft.
19,968.89
21,424.41
6,100.00
5,000.00
13,183.44
305,000.00
1901 33. 18 mi.
8,229 ft. 27,325.34
27,539.14
5,000,00
4,000.00
5,200.00 5,200.00
13,192.50 14,120.00 13,845.00
327,000.00 357,000.00
1904 44.80 mi. 6,428 ft.
31,524.30
3.000.00
1905 49.30 mi. 24,002 ft.
33,342.34
2,000.00
15,036.51
487,000.00
1906 51.20 mi. 10,199 ft.
42,668.71
1,000.00 1,000.00
5,500.00 6,000.00 6,500.00 7.000.00
18.695.78 19,530.06
537.000.00
1909 56.46 mi. 12.442 ft.
20,595.00
552,000.00
1910 60.04 mi. 18,887 ft.
6,200.00 10,000.00
22, 755.00
630,000.00
1911 62.38 mi. 12.380 ft.
47, 102.57 14,000.00 10,000.00
25.365.00
675,500.00
7,100.00
4,650.00
12,582.50
293,000 00
1900 31.63 mi. 5,287 ft.
217,000.00
1902 39.00 mi. 30, 729 ft.
1903 43.60 mi. 24,299 ft.
28,876.22
5,000.00
5,000.00
13,645.00
337,000.00
1907 52.10 mi. 5,209 ft.
18,295.00 187,000.00 487.000.00
1908 54. 10 mi. 10,562 ft.
39,360.68 45,893.67
42,055.27 46,566.42
3,000.00 10.000.00 6,200.00 10,000.00
Recommendations of the Board of Water Commissioners
As in former years, the greatest problem that con- fronts the Water Commissioners is the financial ques- tion ; and we earnestly desire at this time to establish some course of management whereby the work of the department may be successfully carried on without in- creasing the present indebtedness by the issue of bonds. To substantiate our position in the matter, we need only to call attention to one item on the Financial Statement of this report, "Interest on Bonds, $25,365.00." In addi- tion to the interest, we must place in the Sinking Fund, yearly, the sum of $10,000.00 for the payment of matured bonds. Both of these items would be greatly lessened if the work could be carried on a few years without resort- ing to a bond issue.
The receipts of the department this past year have exceeded those of any previous year, and we expect a slight increase for the year 1912; but they are not now, and cannot be for several years to come, sufficient to cover the usual running expenses of the department, the interest, and the amount required for the Sinking Fund. To obtain this necessary amount, we respectfully ask of the Town the usual water rates for the amount of water consumed in schools and other town buildings as registered by meters in those buildings, a certain amount for street sprinkling, and the sum of $30.00 for each hydrant in the town, as was done in the years of 1896- 1897. With this aid we are confident that our heavy in- debtedness would gradually lessen, and that a few years hence, with increased receipts and decreased interest ac- count, the department would be on a self-supporting
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