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Beacon street 130 yards
Ellis street 74 yards
Park street 438 yards
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Bank street 281 yards
Park street arch. 75 yards
East street 370 yards
Carpenter street 242 yards
Peck street 242 yards
Elizabeth street 401 yards
Dean street 361 yards
Leroy street 360 yards
Dunham street 170 yards
5394 yards
Concrete Crosswalks.
Union street
83 yards
County street
54 yards
Park street
172 yards
South Main street
203 yards
Carpenter street 16 yards
Fourth street
55 yards
Pine street 75 yards
Falmouth street 35 yards
Holman street 41 yards
Morey street
20 yards
Dunham street
20 yards
Bank street 65 yards
Sanford street
33 yards
Pleasant street
109 yards
Howard avenue 28 yards School street 48 yards
Pearl street 16 yards
Knight avenue 128 yards
Highland avenue 20 yards
I221 yards
Re-dressing Concrete.
Union street 331 yards
County street
28 yards
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Park street 452 yards
South Main street 230 yards
Pleasant street 441 yards
Knight avenue
530 yards
North Main street 120 yards
Maple street
30 yards
2162 yards
Curbing.
New curbing was placed in sidewalks on the fol- lowing streets :
Mulberry street 535 feet 6 inches
Ellis and Manchester streets 310 feet
North Main street 234 feet
South Main street
463 feet 6 inches
Maple street
185 feet
South Attleboro
IO feet
East street
385 feet
Carpenter street
319 feet
Howard avenue
285 feet
Bank street
273 feet
Park street
517 feet 6 inches
Elizabeth street
517 feet
Holman street 466 feet 6 inches
Locust street 216 feet
West street
214 feet
4931 feet
Number of feet of corners set. 104 feet
Number of feet in driveways. 118 feet
Cement curbing built on South Main street and Dodgeville. 600 feet
5,753 feet
Six hundred feet of cement curbing was set in Dodge- ville, under the direction of Henry A. Lord, at a cost of
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45 cents per foot. or about one-half cost of the granite curbing.
Re-setting Curbing.
South Main street 34 feet
Forest street
32 feet
North Main street
34 feet
Hodges street
369 feet
Pleasant street
20 feet
County street
15 feet
Hayward street 45 feet
West street 26 feet
East street
40 feet
Park street 24 feet 6 inches
Bank street
28 feet
Total
667 feet
Gutters.
Gutters were paved as follows :
Ellis street 97 yards
Maple street 62 yards
Mulberry street 78 yards
Lafayette street 93 yards
Locust street 152 yards
Howard avenue
95 yards
Carpenter street 94 yards
East street 128 yards
Park street
173 yards
Holman street
154 yards
Bank street 91 yards
Elizabeth street 166 yards West street 68 yards
Forest street 66 yards
North Main street 90 yards
South Main street
200 yards
Total
1807 yards
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In closing, I again wish to thank those who have assisted the department by giving prompt notice of de- fects in the streets, also those who have assisted the de- partment in numerous ways, all of which information has been of great assistance to the town in lessening the liability of accidents, thereby saving the town from dam- age suits of an expensive nature.
Respectfully submitted,
HUGH A. SMITH, Superintendent of Streets.
Report of Moth Inspection Work
To the Citizens of Attleborough :
I herewith submit my fifth annual report as Super- intendent of Moth Work for the year ending December 31, 1912. In the 13 colonies previously discovered, I tinned all cavities in trees worth saving and removed all useless trees and brush. I burlapped 1,594 trees, located in the colonies, and turned them daily throughout the larvae season. I sprayed all trees in the 13 colonies with: arsenate of lead, with good results.
In the annual scouting there were eleven new in- festations of gypsy moth discovered, containing 98 egg clusters. I cut 9,234 brown tail moth webs this year. The financial statement follows :
William E. S. Smith, labor. $522.35
John A. Richardson, labor 420.70
Horse hire 9.00
Burlap and twine. 17.15
Arsenate of lead, ax, saw, etc 26.01
$995.21
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM E. S. SMITH,
Superintendent of Moth Work.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
TOWN OF ATTLEBOROUGH MASSACHUSETTS
YEAR ENDING, DECEMBER 31, 1912
Report of the Overseers of the Poor
To the Citizens of Attleboro:
The Overseers of the Poor were organized soon after the annual election in March by the selection of Joseph V. Curran, Chairman : Benjamin P. King, Clerk, and George M. Gustin, Visitor, and the regular work of the Board was taken up.
Nothing unusual has taken place during the year. The drought during the summer months practically de- stroved the crops, so there was nothing of consequence for the market. The hay crop. however. was good and has given us enough for the cattle and will probably carry us through until spring.
There has been an increase in the number of in- mates during the year. Twenty-five different people have been in the home. an average of 18 42-100, as against 13 15-100 last year ( 1911). Five inmates have died during the year. January 1. 1913. there were in the home, 15; eight women and seven men.
No unusual work has been undertaken the past year. The usual repairs have been made. but no new work. It will be necessary to shingle the ell on the street side to protect the inside of the house, and a new floor laid in the barn, the present one being unsafe to drive on with the horses and the big team wagon.
Because of the reduction in our appropriation of one thousand dollars ($1.000) less than was asked for. we have been obliged to overdraw $1.240.28. There are reimbursements which we expect to receive from the State. towns and cities, amounting to the sum of $617.10:
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also the sum due from the suit won in the Courts last fall, which, if we could have had entire, would have materially helped us out.
The expenses of the department are gradually in- creasing. The great advance in the cost of everything we have to buy, together with larger demands, call for more money, and to meet the emergency we cannot deceive ourselves or the Town by asking for less than we did last year, and which we should have received-$8,500- eight thousand regular and five hundred medical.
Following is the
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Appropriation
$7,100.00 500.00
Medical
Received from sale of milk.
$525.45
Received from produce, board, etc ..
817.69
Received from State of Massachusetts 435.23
Received from Town of Norton .....
13.50
Received from Town of Mansfield ...
11.50
Received from Town of Dighton ....
62.50
Received from Town of Southbridge
I54.40
Received from City of Taunton. . . .
33.00
Received from City of Fall River. . .
64.25
Reimbursement for aid rendered. .
1.00
Reimbursement for telephones .. . .
68.75
Duplicate bill, Attleboro Gas Light Co.
2.50
2,189.77
Appropriations and credits
$9,789.77
Overdraft
1,240.28
$11,030.05
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EXPENDITURES.
Office.
Attleboro Steam & Electric Co. $5.00
Hobbs & Warren Co.
3.09
Business Aids Bureau. 28.60
G. M. Gustin
4.08
H. C. Barden
3.07
T. V. Curran. .50
Providence Telephone Co 20.30
E. C. Newman. 8.25
H. E. White & Co. 4.00
Simpson Murdock Co 2.00
B. P. King. 5.20
Sun Publishing Co. 15.55
E. A. Wales
1.00
Fred A. Clarke. 3.60
E. E. Babb & Co 1.90
Times Publishing Co
3.50
$109.64
Salaries.
T. V. Curran $150.00
G. M. Gustin 349.92
200.00
B. P. King.
$699.92
Rents.
R. H. Enbom. SI20.00
Elizabeth Martin
108.00
C. L. Watson 72.00
TI R. Cobb
120.00
Fred Cooper 20.00
O. P. Richardson
143.00
F. M. Payson
120.00
C. M. Robbins 112.50
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E. M. Fuller
51.20
W. H. Riley. 60.00
$926.70
Fuel.
Attleboro Gas Light Co. $25.50
Attleboro Coal Co.
103.95
S. S. Darling & Sons.
28.00
Olney-Payne Co.
3.75
Smith Coal Co.
116.70
Attleboro Ice Co
4.55
Charles Knight
10.50
Geo. L. Stoddard
2.50
$295.45
Shoes and Clothing.
San Souci Department Store $77.61
Aldrich & Chipman Co
3.00
J. P. Mowry.
14.27
Jacobs Clothing Co
4.50
E. I. Perry
6.50
Charles Sherman
3.00
Geo. Chiplovitz
1.50
M. Sodoroskee
3.50
$113.88
Board.
Mrs. R. Bigelow
$72.00
John White 42.00
Harry E. Cole.
12.50
St. Vincent's Home 136.50
$263.00
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Groceries and Provisions.
A. G. Bruce & Co. $320.50
The Burnham Store Co
153.32
W. M. Brown 54.95
Boucher Bros. 22.00
W. H. Clark 735.00
John Daly 34.00
T. F. Gilroy 16.50
Gauvin Bros. 102.00
WV. P. Jutras. I22.00
G. A. Monroe Co 107.50
H. U. Todd. II2.00
Wightman Bros. 24.00
N. J. Yell.
8.00
Attleboro Cash Market. 6.00
M. F. Angell. 78.00
G. L. Bates.
8.00
Senai Dugas
56.45
Hicks Bros. 46.50
Frank Shaw
145.50
L. Z. Carpenter Co.
216.19
S. L. Tooker.
2.00
Henry A. White.
2.00
Dodgeville Store
34.38
Hebron Store
3.90
Arthur Bonnier
10.00
The New Public Market
109.50
Emilie Tetrault
4.00
James Burson
2.00
IV. N. Goff
9.00
$2,545.19
Cities and Towns.
City of Boston $56.87
Town of Norton 73.61
City of Newton 40.10
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City of Waltham
5.57
Town of Hubbardston.
272.55
City of Taunton. 8.50
City of Fall River
82.75
City of New Bedford
25.00
Town of Dighton.
2.00
Town of North Attleboro
17.00
$583.95
State of Massachusetts.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts ...
$286.50
Massachusetts Hospital School. 209.14
Frank E. Gay. 8.75
Dr. Ralph E. Kent. 9.00
Dr. W. O. Hewitt. 10.00
Dr. Geo. E. McPherson 20.00
Dr. A. H. Monty 10.00
Thomas Dean
3.07
Mrs. Messaline Daigle.
5.00
W. E. Middleton
2.50
Esther Skillings
3.00
Burials.
W. J. Kenney
$15.00
C. Fred Stone.
32.00
Stephen H. Foley
20.00
Transportation.
G. M. Gustin.
$47.95
New York, New Haven & Hartford R. R. 26.42
E. M. Thurber. 2.50
Dr. W. E. Rounseville. 3.00
Dr. A. H. Monty 2.50
$566.96
$67.00
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J. V. Curran. 37.50
W. E. Middleton 2.00
Medical Attendance for Town Poor. $121.87
Dr. Ralph P. Kent. $287.16
Dr. E. B. Richardson 1.40
Dr. W. E. Rounseville 45.60
Dr. J. A. Reese. 5.40
Dr. W. F. Milot. 21.98
Dr. Mary Battershall
3.65
Dr. John Lake. 2.98
Dr. J. W. Clarke
12.81
Dr. A. H. Monty.
I19.02
$500.00
Miscellaneous.
G. M. Gustin $15.42
Lilly & Morgan 8.80
Dr. W. F. Milot
15.00
Thos. O. Mullaly. 1.15
Mrs. Frank Stevens.
24.00
Anne Conley
I2.00
$76.37
Telephones.
For members' telephones
$46.87
$46.87
TOWN FARM.
Groceries and Provisions.
W. N. Goff $1,108.28
G. A. Monroe & Co.
21.57
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Bought by Superintendent. 16.40
D. A. Treen. . 17.00
S. A. Armstrong
2.73
Handy's Bakery 90.25
Direct Importing Co.
43.13
Shoes and Clothing.
San Souci Department Store Co. .. $76.61
J. P. Mowry. II.82
$88.43
Supplies.
Brownell Hardware Co. $26.13
A. R. Block. 2.08
G. A. Sweeney. 45.48
Charles J. Jagger & Co .52
N. Perry & Co
2.10
$76.31
Grain.
E. A. Briggs & Co
$544.69
Attleboro Grain Co. 472.79
$1,017.48
Blacksmithing.
D. F. Baker
$15.21
J. M. Simpson
44.35
$59.56
Repairs.
A. R. Macomber. $1.00
P. McBride 1.70
H. C. Barden 10.47
$1,299.36
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W. E. Barrett & Co 2.30
E. H. Frink.
10.05
H. E. White & Co. 39.04
Carpenter Coal & Lumber Co. .24
Attleboro Steam & Electric Co 58.61
Brown & Sharp 5.10
E. M. Fuller
21.35
J. W. Bullock & Co.
27.13
Peter Mercier
5.25
$182.24
Labor.
Wm. Beach
$87.73
Frank Giblin
72.27
Henry Stower
80.00
$240.00
Medicines.
M. S. Mead. $28.59
$28.59
Laundry.
Troy Steam
$30.00
Lane Bros.
20.00
$50.00
Fuel.
Fuel
$341.08
Salaries. $341.08
Nelson Hagar, Superintendent.
$500.00
$500.00
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Telephone.
House telephone
$19.50
Money Expended. $19.50
By Superintendent
$36.70
$36.70
Double Farm Wagon.
C. E. Allen
$135.00
Live Stock. $135.00
C. E. Allen, heifer.
$15.00
$15.00
Veterinary.
Hugh Gaw $24.00 1
$24.00
Total expenditures at Poor Farm $4,113.25
$11,030.05 JOSEPH V. CURRAN, BENJ. P. KING, GEORGE M. GUSTIN, Overseers of the Poor.
Examined, January 30, 1913, and found correct.
BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY; WILLIAM L. ELLIOT, FRED L. MORSE,
Auditors.
Report of Chief of Police
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
I herein submit my report as Chief of Police for the year ending December 31st, 1912.
During the year 1912, the following crimes and mis- demeanors have been prosecuted by this department :
Males Females Total
Abortion, attempted
3
3
Adultery
2
2
Assault
39
5 44
Automobile law, violation of
37
37
Bastardy
3
3
Breaking, entering and larceny. ..
IO
IO
By-laws, violation of.
19
I9
Common drunkard
9
9
Contempt of Court.
I
I
Cruelty to animals
I5
I5
Dangerous weapon, carrying
6
6
Delinquent child
8
8
Disorderly house, keeping of.
5
I
6
Disturbing the peace.
57
3
60
Dog keeping, unlicensed
6
6
Drunkenness
285
I2
297
Escaping from prison
I
I
Evading car fare.
I4
I4
False weight, giving of.
9
9
Food law, violation of.
6
6
Forgery
2
2
Fornication
I
I
Fraud
I
I
Game law, violation of
5
5
Gaming
36
36
Idle and disorderly
2
2
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Males Females Total
Larceny
48
4
52
Lewdness
I
I
2
Liquor law, violation of.
8
4
I2
Malicious mischief
I6
16
Manslaughter
2
2
Minors in pool rooms.
3
3
Non-support
19
19
Obscenity
I
I
Peddling without license.
I2
2
I4
Probation, violation of
4
4
Rape
3
3
Rape, attempted
3
3
Receiving stolen property
2
2
Robbery
I
I
Stubborness
4
5
9
Threats, uttering
3
3
Tramps
27
27
Trespass
39
39
Vagrants
3
3
Weekly payment law, violation of
5
5
Other offenses, not classified.
14
2
I6
Commitment of insane persons to asylum
3
I
4
-
Total
802
4I
843
Respectfully submitted, this 8th day of January, 1913.
CHARLES E. WILBUR,
Chief of Police.
Report of the Lockup Keeper
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
I herewith submit a brief report as Keeper of the Lockup for the year ending December 31st, 1912.
During the year 1912, 545 males and 16 females, a total of 561 prisoners, were confined and cared for at the lockup.
Respectfully submitted, this 8th day of January, 1913.
CHARLES E. WILBUR, Keeper of Lockup.
Report of the Park Commissioners for 1912
To the Citizens of Attleborough :
We herewith submit our report of activities at Capron Park for the year 1912. About two acres more were cleared of stumps, grubbed and put in good shape the past season. The walkways were extended some- what, and those already built were thoroughly repaired and put into first-class condition.
The roadways were made passable with gravel, but the small amount of money at the disposal of the Com- missioners precludes putting them into permanent first- class condition. One-half of the funds were this year used for maintaining the park, and this proportion na- turally grows larger each year. Driving in the park in- creases rapidly and the roadways will soon have to be built so as to withstand it, and we trust the town will see fit to make special appropriations for this work. The grading about the Newell shelter house was com- pleted and the drive to the building put into finished shape.
Many new benches were installed, and the Pierian rustic building was beautified with plants and vines, and the ground about it grubbed and sowed to grass. A few ducks and a pair of geese were obtained and a small house was built for them at the edge of the pond. They proved to be quite an attraction, and we believe a little money along these lines pays large dividends in decreas- ing the number of young people who will find it neces- sary to go out of town for their Sunday and holiday amusement.
The Daughters of the American Revolution erected a large boulder monument on one of the knolls near
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County street. commemorating the heroes of the war for American Independence. It is very attractive and espe- cially interesting, as it is a portion of a very unusual na- tive outcropping of stone and has a very beautiful cop- per memorial plate. designed by an Attleboro sculptor. We wish again to thank the many citizens who showed their interest by gifts of plants and trees, and that these gifts come so frequently is a matter of constant en- couragement to the Commissioners.
Following will be found the financial report for the past year.
CAPRON PARK.
Financial Statement for 1912.
Dr.
Appropriation
$3.000.00
Duplicate bill
1.50
Overdraft
74.86
$3.076.36
Cr.
Pay rolls
SI.604.44
Labor and teaming
504.14
Dressing and fertilizer
154.00
Gravel
10.20
Sod
12.00
Dynamite
11.70
Lumber
15.70
Insect killer
1.00
Bulbs, seeds. trees, shrubs and plants
245.46
Labels for plants
4.80
Tools. rakes. etc.
27.88
Lawn sprinkler
.75
Wire fencing and lawn guards
5.15
Hose and reels
25.75
Plant boxes 7.92
Stakes and posts 9.55
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Dump cart
15.00
Park benches and swings. 27.90
Ash barrels
9.35
Roofing paper 5.00
Repairing and sharpening tools. 8.70
Hardware and supplies.
16.49
Electric wiring, shelter house. 17.85
Painting and varnishing at Casino ..
30.00
Painting sign boards.
7.50
Material and labor on fountain
2.55
Painting band stand
10.45
Ducks
21.50
Food, etc., for ducks
11.93
Fencing
4.50
Material for hot beds.
29.25
H. E. White & Co., seats, swings, etc.
83.32
Pope & Read, labor and materials ... 13.89
P. J. Taeger, carpenter work.
12.15
T. G. Hasler, painting and resetting glass 25.67
Cyrus Getchell, carpenter work.
14.62
Sundry repairs 12.88
Photographs and half-tones of Newell shelter house 13.00
Freight and express.
31.56
Florist papers 4.61
Letter heads
4.00
Traveling expenses
2.25
$3.076.36-
SOLON D. BUSHEE, JAMES E. BLAKE. KARL H. HYDE,
Park Commissioners.
Examined, January 31, 1913, and found correct.
BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY. WILLIAM L. ELLIOT, FRED L. MORSE, Auditors ..
Report of the Sewer Committee
The Committee appointed by the town in 1908 to de- vise and construct a system of sewers, begs to submit its fourth and final report.
Early in the spring of 1912 a contract was let to Messrs. C. E. Trumbull & Co. of Boston, the lowest bid- ders, to construct the lateral sewers, covering almost the entire town. Work was promptly begun, and being fav- ored by good weather, it was continued until the middle of December. The contract called for the laying of about 22 miles of pipe, and they completed the laying of 19.10 miles, leaving 2:30 miles to be layed the next spring. No unexpected difficulties were encountered, and the work has progressed to the satisfaction of the Engineer and the Committee. It will probably take from two to three months to complete the contract, when the entire sys- tem will be ready for use.
The Committee cannot refrain from saying in this. its last report, that it believes the town will have, when completed, a sewerage system that has been scientifically devised and thoroughly constructed, and that none better exists in the commonwealth. The entire credit for this, of course, belongs to Mr. John J. Van Valkenburgh, the Engineer, who has spared himself neither time nor money to ensure the success of the undertaking. It is ample to supply the needs of the town for many years to come, and being operated by gravity, it should be of little expense to maintain.
The Engineer furnishes the town with a complete set of plans, showing the construction of the filter beds, the location of the pipes in the streets, the size of the pipe, and the location of the Y branches and manholes. In order, however, to have accurate records of all house
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connections, a set of plans drawn on a larger scale, and showing the location of the service pipe and its relation to the house, must be made, and work on this has been begun this winter. These plans will show accurately the size of each house lot, and can be used to advantage by the Assessors.
Urgent requests were made by abuttors last fall that their houses be connected with the sewer, when that por- tion of the system where they resided was completed. This was done where practicable, and already 32 house connections have been made.
One of the most difficult problems the Committee had to face was the devising of some system of equitable assessment for the payment of the cost of the sewers. Different towns and cities have different systems, de- pending largely on local conditions, and it will be the en- deavor of the Committee to agree upon some plan that will be equitable to all, and conform to the conditions existing in Attleboro.
A complete financial statement showing the receipts and expenditures of the department for last year, and a summary of the receipts and expenditures since the Com- mittee was organized, is appended.
The Committee has worked harmoniously and pleas- antly since it undertook this great work for the town, and it ceases its labors with the satisfaction at least to its members that its duties have been wisely and economic- ally performed.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES S. HOLDEN, Chairman ; MILLARD F. ASHLEY, STEPHEN A. BRIGGS, ALFRED R. CROSBY, SAMUEL M. MOLMAN,
WILLIAM J. LUTHER,
JAMES W. ORR, GEORGE A. SWEENEY,
GEORGE M. WORRALL, Clerk.
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FINANCIAL REPORT OF SEWER COMMITTEE.
For 1912. Dr.
Unexpended balance from 1911 ... $27,443.07
Received from sale of bonds .. 150,000.00
Received from premium on bonds 235.00
1912. Cr. $177,678.07
Paid.
J. J. Van Valkenburgh, Civil En- gineer
ȘII.497.43
Charles Miller & Son Co., for iron pipe 8,234.31
Attleboro Coal Co .. for pipe 16.482.43
Sessions Foundry Co. 3.635.85
Builders' Iron Foundry. II.05
Coffin Valve Co., gate.
50.50
Waldo Brothers, for pipe.
14.25
Brownell Hardware Co
2.25
Clinton Wire Cloth Co., reinforce- ment 9.66
C. E. Trumbull & Co .. contractors 73.018.71
Bruno & Petitti, contractors. 24.440.25
Water Department. material and labor 963.97
Highway Department, gravel, stone and repairing of streets. 506.82
Sewer Committee expenses. 14.55
Material. supplies and labor. 322.05
Freight 1.91
Demurrage on cars of pipe.
13.46
Land damages
50.00
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., ex- penses incurred on account of supporting tracks and raising bridge at Hebronville. 4,886.08
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.Sundry expenses :
Advertising and printing. . $48.70 Town of Seekonk, for taxes 19II and 1912. 34.75
Printing and sale of bonds. 235.00
Rent of office.
60.00
Serving notices.
1.40
Legal services, notices, .. etc.
56.33
Damage to produce
15.00
$451.18
$144,606.71
Sewer connections 536.83
Unexpended balance $32,534.53
$177.678.07
Examined. January 28. 1913, and found correct.
BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY, WILLIAM L. ELLIOT, FRED L. MORSE.
Auditors.
FINANCIAL REPORT OF SEWER COMMITTEE.
Showing Entire Expenditure to Date. Dr.
Received from sale of bonds .... $450.000.00 Received from premium on bonds. 235.00 Received from sale of ends of sewer pipe 1.50
$450,236.50
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Cr.
Paid.
J. J. Van Valkenburgh, Civil En- gineer $34,577.18
Charles Miller & Son Co., for iron pipe 54,803.75
Attleboro Coal Co., for pipe. 16,482.43
R. H. Newell, construction filtra- tion field 39,588.88
Brownell Hardware Co., for vitri- fied pipe 5,549.65
Clinton Wire Cloth Co., cloth for reinforcement 507.59
Concord Foundry & Machine Co.,
manhole covers and collars ... 813.72
Ludlow Valve Mfg. Co., valves ... 4,215.90
Springfield Foundry Co. 638.00
Trussed Concrete Steel Co., re- inforcement 342.00
Builders' Iron Foundry II.05
Coffin Valve Co., gate .. 50.50
Waldo Brothers, for pipe.
The Sessions Foundry Co. 14.25
3,635.85
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., ex- penses incurred on account of supporting tracks and raising bridge at Hebronville. 4,886.08
Bruno & Petitti, contractors. 165,526.31
C. E. Trumbull & Co 73,018.71
Water Department, material and labor 1,499.5I
Highway Department, stone,
gravel and repairing streets .. 2,597.84 Extra surveying and investigating 609.30
Sundry and traveling expenses of Committee 61.45
Material and supplies 705.46
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ANNUAL REPORT
Freight 4.40 5,625.00
Amount paid for land
Land damages
50.00
Sundry expenses :
Advertising and printing. $155.20 Town of Seekonk, for taxes
52.25
Clerical work
53.90
Printing and sale of bonds. 540.00
Rent of office.
285.00
Rubber boots
31.50
Legal services, notices,
etc.
181.42
Serving notices II.70
Demurrage on cars of pipe 20.89
Sundries
3.47
Damage to produce
15.00
$1.350.33
$417,165.14
Sewer connections
536.83
$417,701.97
Unexpended balance
32,534.53
$450,236.50
REPORT OF ENGINEER.
Charles S. Holden, M. D.,
Chairman Committee on Sewerage, Attleborough, Massachusetts.
Dear Sir : The amount of work done on the sewerage system during the past year and the progress in con- structing the system up to date is as follows :
Messrs. Bruno & Petitti, under their contract of June,
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1911, for building Sections 3 and 4, in the Ten Mile River and Thacher Brook valleys. at the beginning of last sea- son's work had the following amounts of sewers to build :
30 feet of 30-inch concrete sewer at Dodgeville.
1953 feet of 16-inch and 20-inch pipe sewer on Hodges. Water and Falmouth streets.
1415 feet of 12-inch pipe sewer on Hodges and Forest streets.
200 feet of 10-inch pipe sewer on Falmouth street.
800 feet of 8-inch pipe sewer on Emory, Holman and Forest streets.
This work was completed early in the fall and the contractors will be entitled to receive their final esti- mate as soon as the cleaning of the sewers in the above sections has been completed. At the beginning of this month there was a short section of 16-inch sewer on Lamb street remaining to be cleaned and a small leak in the Hodges street sewer, near Mechanics street, to be re- paired.
The said contractors have done good, honest, sub- stantial work on Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the Attleborough sewerage system, and the town has been fortunate in having their services in the construction of this work.
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