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92 H835h
*Howe, Maud. The eleventh hour in the life of Julia Ward Howe.
92 N161re
*Rose, J. H. Life of Napoleon I.
92 W562
Wheeler, Candace. Yesterdays in a busy life.
92 W588
Whiteley, Opal. Story of Opal.
*Younghusband, Sir George. A soldier's memories.
HISTORY
940.9 A82 956 A83 940.91 B28
*Ashley, R. L. Modern European civilization. Aslan, Kevork. Armenia and the Armenians.
Barton, George. Celebrated spies and mysteries of the Great War.
940.91 B29
Bassett, J. S. Our war with Germany.
974.2 C74b
*Bouton, Nathaniel. History of Concord, N. H.
974.4 H29c
Chase, G. W. History of Haverhill, Mass.
940.91 C97
*Cutler, F. M. The 55th artillery, A. E. F. Fraser, J. F. Australia.
994 F86 940.91 G12
*Gaines, Ruth. A village in Picardy. Gibbs, Philip. Now it can be told.
940.91 G355n
*Kalaw, M. M. Self-government in the Philippines.
Knapp, G. H. Tragedy of Bitlis.
991.4 K12 956 K72 973.2 L88
Lord, Arthur. Plymouth and the Pilgrims.
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92 Y89
92 A933f
267.3 M45
953 P83
*Mayo, Katherine. "That damm Y." *Porter, R. P. Japan.
940.91 R676
Roosevelt, Theodore. Average Americans.
940.91 S61
Sims, W. S. The victory at sea.
940.91 S62
*Sirois, E. D. Fighting Battery C, 102nd F. A.
940.91 U85S Usher, R. G. Story of the Great War.
920 W32 Watkins, J. E. Famous mysteries.
FICTION
Arnold, E. L. Wonderful adventures of Phra the Phoenician.
Bacheller, Irving. Man for the ages.
Barbusse, Henri. * We others.
Bassett, S. W. The harbor road.
Bassett, S. W. The wall between.
Bindloss, Harold. Partners of the out-trail.
Black, Alexander. The great desire.
Bojer, Johan. * Power of a lie.
Brown, E. A. That affair at St. Peter's.
Buck, C. N. * Pagan of the hills.
Burt, K. N. The red lady. Carlsen, C. L. Son of Pio.
Cummins, G. D. The land they loved.
Cutting, M. S. Some of us are married.
Darrow, Clarence. Farmington. Day, Holman. All-wool Morrison.
Dillon, Mary. Farmer of Roaring Run.
Dingle, A. E. Gold out of Celebes.
Ervine, St. J. G. Foolish lovers. Evarts, H. G. The cross pull. Ferber, Edna. Half portions. Fitzgerald, F. S. K. This side of Paradise.
Fletcher, J. S. The Paradise mystery.
Fletcher, J. S. The Talleyrand maxim.
Foote, M. H. The ground swell.
Footner, Hulbert. The fur bringers. Foster, John. The searchers. French, J. L. ed. Best psychic stories. Gale, Zona. Miss Lulu Bett.
Gerould, G. H. Youth in Harley.
Graham, Alan. Follow the little pictures. Graham, J. C. It happened at Andover. Grey, Zane. Man of the forest.
Hall, E. B. Love laughs last. Hannay, J. O. Up, the rebels! Hawkins, A. H. Secret of the tower.
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Howells, W. D. ed. Great American short stories. Ibanez, V. B. Mare nostrum. In the mountains. Kelley, E. M. Outside Inn.
Kerr, Sophie. Painted meadows.
Knibbs, H. H. Ridin' kid from Powder river.
Kyne, P. B. Green pea pirates.
Lewis, Sinclair. Main street. Lincoln, J. C. The Portygee.
Locke, W. J. House of Baltazar.
Lynde, Francis. The wreckers.
MacGrath, Harold. Man with three names.
Mackenzie, Compton. Poor relations.
McSpadden, J. W. ed. Famous detective stories.
Marshall, Archibald. Many Junes.
Marshall, Archibald. Sir Harry.
Mason, C. A. Conscripts of conscience.
Merrick, Leonard. Conrad in quest of his youth.
Montgomery, L. M. Further chronicles of Avonlea.
Morris, E. B. The cresting wave.
Mulder, Arnold. The outbound road.
Myers, A. B. Patchwork. Norris, Kathleen. Harriet and the piper. Norton, Roy. Drowned gold.
Oemler, M. C *The purple heights.
Olmstead, Florence. Stafford's island.
Onions, Mrs. Oliver. The disturbing charm.
Onions, Mrs. Oliver. Sweethearts unmet.
Oppenheim, E. P. The great impersonation.
Ovington, M. W. The shadow.
Porter, R. N. Girl from Four Corners.
Price, E. B. Silver Shoal light. The rain girl. Reeve, A. B. ed. Best ghost stories.
Sampson, E. S. Mammy's white folks. Sawyer, Ruth. Leerie.
Sedgwick, A. D. The third window.
Shafer, D. C. Barent Creighton.
Singmaster, Elsie. Basil Everman. Sullivan, Alan. The rapids. Swinnerton, Frank. September.
Taylor, K. H. Barbara of Baltimore. Vachell, H. A. Whitewash. Vallotton, Benjamin. * Potterat and the war.
Vorse, M. H. Growing up.
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Walpole, Hugh. Jeremy. Ward, Florence. The singing heart. Ward, Mrs. M. A. A. Helena. Wells, Carolyn. Raspberry jam. White, S. E. The killer.
Widdemer, Margaret. The boardwalk.
Williamson, C. N. and A. M. The lion's mouse.
Williamson. C. N. and A. M. The second latchkey. Willsie, Honoré. The forbidden trail.
CHILDREN'S BOOKS-NON-FICTION
821.08 B17
353 F86
Baker, E. K. comp. Children's book of poetry, 3v. Fraser, C. C. Young citizen's own book.
796 G44
Girl scouts. Scouting for girls.
694 G57
Goldsmith, Milton. Practical things with simple tools.
909 G65 940.91 G65
Gordy, W. F. American beginnings in Europe.
Gordy, W. F. Causes and meanings of the Great War.
914.1 H91
Hunter, G. M. When I was a boy in Scotland.
361 H99
Hyde, M. K. Girls' book of the Red Cross.
973.2 M42
Mathews, Basil. Argonauts of faith.
914.5 M47 793 P29c 92 A668 r
Payne, F. U. Plays and pageants of citizenship. Richards, L. E. Joan of Arc.
920 R79
Rowell, C. W. H. Leaders of the Great War.
Smith, D. E. Number stories of long ago.
511 S64 641 W29
Waterman, A. H. L. Little preserving book for a little girl. Wheeler, F. R. Boys' book of the world war.
940.91 W56 793 W63 970.1 W69
Wickes, F. G. Child's book of holiday plays. Wilson, E. N. The white Indian boy.
STORIES FOR CHILDREN
Baker, Olaf. Shasta of the wolves.
Barbour and Holt. Mystery of the Sea-lark.
Burton, C. P. The trail makers.
Heyliger, William. High Benton.
Ingersoll, Ernest. Raisin creek exploring club. Knipe, E. B. and A. A. A Mayflower maid. Lindsay, Maud. Bobby and the big road. McNeil, Everett. Buried treasure. Meigs, Cornelia. Pool of stars. Perkins, L. F. Italian twins.
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Meiklejohn, N. L. Cart of many colors.
Phillips, E. C. Little friend Lydia.
, Quirk, L. W. Boy scouts of Lakeville High. Richards, L. E. Honor Bright. Scoville, Samuel. Blue pearl. Seaman, A. H. Crimson patch. Singmaster, Elsie. John Baring's house. Spyri, Johanna. Cornelli. Taggart, M. A. Pilgrim maid. Turpin, Edna. Treasure mountain. White, E. O. The strange year.
REPORT OF CUSTODIAN JOHN CORNELL ART GALLERY
To the Trustees of the Memorial Hall Library.
GENTLEMEN: I herewith submit the report of the gallery for the twelve months ending December 31, 1920.
The attendance for the past year has necessarily been small, the high price of coal having a blighting effect upon the ability of the gallery to present an open door and a comfortable welcome during the winter months. A regrettable, but unavoidable situation.
The gallery was opened the first of May and closed the first of November. 182 visitors were registered. Of this number, 63 were adults and 119 children.
The ending of the year of 1920 rounds out twenty years of ser- vice which the gallery has rendered to the townspeople. Though inaccessible to those who, through age or other limitations, can- not climb so high, it surely has been a source of inspiration and help to many. Much has been done; more could be accomplished. Here is a collection of high-grade photographs, presenting a wealth of beauty and knowledge. If parents and teachers would co-operate by endeavoring to arouse an added interest in the children in the attractions of the gallery, occasionally coming in with them, the result would be beneficial to all. The older schol- ars should have a certain familiarity with Raphael's wonderful frescoes in the Vatican, his Loggia, and Michael Angelo's mighty work in the Sistine Chapel. They should know about Raphael's cartoons, one of the treasures of the South Kensington Museum in London. All this, and more, could they learn by repeated visits to the gallery.
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Of course, there are many children to whom such subjects would not appeal, but there are also others who would only need start- ing in that direction. Once their interest was aroused, they would keep on in the quest for more light.
The attention of the public has been called before to the col- lection of photographs so generously donated by Mr. Addison B. LeBoutillier. Some of these would play an important part in the suggestions which have been presented. The gallery has been a decided asset to the town. It should be even more so in the coming years.
Respectfully submitted,
ABBIE S. DAVIS Custodian
TOWN OF ANDOVER
TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
EMBRACING THE THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS AND TWENTY- FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF SEWER COMMISSIONERS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
DECEMBER 31, 1920
ANDOVER, MASS. THE ANDOVER PRESS 1921
WATER COMMISSIONERS 1889-1899
*JOHN H. FLINT
*JAMES P. BUTTERFIELD *FELIX G. HAYNES
SEWER COMMISSIONERS
1893-1894
*WM. S. JENKINS
*JOHN L. SMITH
CHARLES E. ABBOTT
1894-1899
*WM. S. JENKINS
*JOHN L. SMITH
*JOHN E. SMITH
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
1899-1902
*JOHN H. FLINT
*WM. S. JENKINS
*JOHN L. SMITH
*JAMES P. BUTTERFIELD
*FELIX G. HAYNES
1906-1907
*FELIX G. HAYNES *JOHN W. BELL, Treas. JAMES C. SAWYER, Sec'y LEWIS T. HARDY
*HARRY M. EAMES
1908-1912
*LEWIS T. HARDY *JOHN W. BELL, Treas. JAMES C. SAWYER, Sec'y
ANDREW McTERNEN
WILLIS B. HODGKINS
1914-1916
THOS. E. RHODES ('19) BARNETT ROGERS ('16)
*LEWIS T .. HARDY ('16)
ANDREW McTERNEN, Sec'y ('18)
WILLIS B. HODGKINS, Treas. ('18)
1917-1918
BARNETT ROGERS ('19) THOS. E. RHODES ('20) ANDREW McTERNEN ('18)
CHAS. B. BALDWIN, .Sec'y ('19) WILLIS B. HODGKINS, Treas. ('18)
1907-1908
*FELIX G. HAYNES *JOHN W. BELL, Treas.
JAMES C. SAWYER, Sec'y
*LEWIS T. HARDY
ANDREW McTERNEN
1913-1914
*LEWIS T. HARDY ('16) BARNETT ROGERS ('16) ANDREW McTERNEN ('15)
THOS. E. RHODES, Sec'y ('14)
WILLIS B. HODGKINS, Treas. (15)
1916-1917
BARNETT ROGERS ('19) THOS. E. RHODES ('17) ANDREW McTERNEN ('18)
CHAS. B. BALDWIN, Sec'y ('19) WILLIS B. HODGKINS,Treas.('18)
1918-1919
BARNETT ROGERS ('22) ANDREW McTERNEN ('21)
PHILIP L. HARDY ('21)
CHAS. B. BALDWIN, Sec'y ('22) THOS. E. RHODES, Treas. ('20)
1919-1920
BARNETT ROGERS ('22) ARTHUR T. BOUTWELL ('22)
WILLIAM D. MCINTYRE ('21) PHILIP L. HARDY Sec'y ('21) THOS. E. RHODES, Treas. ('23)
SUPERINTENDENT
FRANK L. COLE
* Deceased.
1903-1906
*JOHN L. SMITH
*FELIX G. HAYNES
*JOHN W. BELL
*LEWIS T. HARDY
JAMES C. SAWYER
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REPORT OF BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
To the Citizens of the Town of Andover, Mass.
Your Board of Public Works herewith submits its annual re- port for the year ending December 31, 1920.
This is the eighth annual report of the Board under the re- organization and includes the thirty-second annual report of the water system, the twenty-fourth of the sewer system and the eighth of the Highway and Park Departments since they have been under the control of the Board of Public Works.
ORGANIZATION
Mr. Arthur Boutwell and Mr. William McIntyre were elected to the Board by vote of the Town, the former for two years to fill out the unexpired term of Mr. Charles Baldwin, resigned, and the latter for one year to fill out the unexpired term of Mr. An- drew McTernen, resigned.
The Board met on March 3, 1920 and organized as follows:
Chairman, Barnett Rogers.
Secretary, Philip L. Hardy.
Treasurer, Thomas E. Rhodes.
Mr. Frank L. Cole was appointed Superintendent of the Board of Public Works for one year at a salary of $3000,00 a year and Mr. George Dick was appointed as Assistant Superin- tendent at a salary of $30.00 a week.
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WATER DEPARTMENT
During the past year no extensions have been made to the water system with the exception of extensions made in Shawsheen Vil- lage which have been paid for by the owners.
The appropriation of $17,000.00 for maintaining the present system was overdrawn $2,924.11, which is accounted for by the fact that we pumped 27,000,000 gallons of water to Lawrence for which the town received $5,000.00, which if placed to the credit of the water department would show that we kept well within our appropriation.
The appropriation of $2000.00 for construction was spent on installation of new service-pipes, meters, and expenses attached to them.
The Board recommends the sum of $18,000.00 for maintenance and $2,000.00 for construction for the use of this department for the ensuing year.
THE WATER BONDED DEBT
The Bonded Debt of the Water system January 1, 1920, was $123,000.00. During the year 1920 there has been paid out, out of the Town Treasury, $8,000.00; leaving a bonded debt on this sys- tem January 1, 1921, of $115,000.00.
Of this indebtedness $40,000.00 is redeemable by the Sinking Fund, which on January 1, 1921, amounted to $33,026.14.
The sum of $750.00 should be appropriated for the Sinking Fund for the year 1921.
THE SEWER DEPARTMENT
At a special Town Meeting held last year the Town voted to issue bonds to pay for the cost of extending the main sewer from Stimpson's Bridge to a new pumping station to be located in Shawsheen Village and to reimburse. the American Woolen Company for the difference in cost between an eight-inch and a twelve-inch force main from the new station to the filter-beds, as was advocated by the Board of Public Works.
The Board advertised for bids for this work and at a meeting held September 20, 1920, Cendella and Company of Milford,
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Mass., were awarded the contract for laying a main sewer from Stimpson's Bridge to a new pumping plant at Shawsheen Village, for the sum of $14,700.00 with a provision of $8.00 per cubic yard for ledgework.
This work was started as soon as the pipe could be procured and has been finished during 1920. The pipe for the work was furnished by the Town and a detailed statement of the expendi- tures is included in the report of the Superintendent.
There were no other extensions made to the sewerage system during the past year. A statement of the upkeep and mainten- ance of the present system in detail, is included in the Superin- tendent's report.
The State Department of Public Health has advised this Board that it will be absolutely necessary to enlarge the filtration beds this coming year. To accomplish this enlargement the Board asks and recommends an appropriation of $15,000.00 to pay for the cost of doing such part of this work as it seems advis- able should be done this year.
The sum of $3,000.00 is recommended for maintenance of the Sewer Department for the ensuing year.
THE SEWER BONDED DEBT
The bonded debt of the Sewer System January 1, 1920, was $85,000.00. During the year 1920, $5,000.00 was paid from the town treasury on this indebtedness. As was voted by the town, bonds were issued for $40,000.00 to extend the Sewer to Shaw- sheen Village and pay part of the cost of the new force main, thus making the total indebtedness on January 1, 1921, $120,000.00.
Of this amount $30,000.00 is redeemable by the Sinking Fund which on January 1, 1921 amounted to $19,170.35.
The sum of $1,000.00 should be appropriated for the Sinking Fund for the year 1921.
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
The Board has maintained its policy of placing cinders on roads in the outlying districts as far as possible with the material and money available.
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There have been no new tarvia roads built during 1920 with the exception of Lowell Street and Wolcott Avenue, which were pro- vided for by special appropriations.
The tarvia roads already built and which required blanketing were, as is customary, given a coat of tar and sand to maintain them in as good condition as possible.
In order to keep heavy traffic off School, Central and Bartlet Streets, and to prevent excessive wear, the Board of Public Works petitioned the selectmen to close these streets to heavy traffic, which they very kindly did.
The Town was very fortunate in having the Public Works De- partment of the State rebuild that part of Main Street between Porter Road and Chapel Avenue and save a very heavy expense to them. Also the State Highway has been extended approximately 800 feet nearer the center of the town. The permanent job done on the hill was accomplished at an expense to the town of ap- proximately $10,000.00, which is only a small fraction of the cost of the entire work. The Board hopes in the near future to show its appreciation of the co-operation of the State by extending this fine type of permanent road to the square.
It was found necessary to purchase a new steam roller for the use of this department, which necessitated an expenditure of $5500.00. The old roller had served the town for eighteen years and was sold for $1,000.00.
A detailed statement of the expenditures of the appropriations for highways is given in the report of the Superintendent.
The Board asks and recommends the appropriation of $30,000 for new construction and $30,000.00 for maintenance for the ensuing year.
SNOW REMOVAL
An expenditure of $10,800.00 was necessary to take care of re- moving snow during 1920, which cut down materially the appro- priation for Highway maintenance, as the Board had included in its budget only $1500.00 to do this work.
We have included under the maintenance appropriation recom- mended above, the sum of $2000.00 to care for the cost of remov- ing snow the ensuing year.
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SIDEWALKS
The Board has been able to do very little in the way of building new sidewalks during the past year, owing to the heavy expendi- tures necessary in the other work of the department.
LOWELL STREET
There have been 6575 feet of road built on Lowell Street the past year at an expense of $37,500.00. One third of this expense was borne by the Town, $5,000.00 of this portion was taken care of by special appropriations and the balance taken out of the con- struction appropriation of the Highway Department.
There remains about seven-eighths of a mile of road to build to complete Lowell Street to the Tewksbury line and the Board has inserted an article in the warrant asking for an appropriation of $5,000.00 as the town's share of the expense to complete the work in the ensuing year.
At the last annual town meeting the Board was instructed to make an investigation of the water department and to make such recommendations as they thought advisable at the next town meeting. With the idea in mind of obtaining all the information possible, the Board invited a committee consisting of Mr. E. V. French, Mr. Fred Wallace, and Mr. Chester Holland to assist them in this investigation and to make a report to the Board making such recommendations as they saw fit.
This committee has made a report to the Board making certain recommendations which this Board highly endorses and hopes the town will see fit to adopt.
The Board appreciates the work done by these gentlemen in investigating this department and wishes to take this opportunity to thank them for their co-operation.
BARNETT ROGERS THOMAS E. RHODES WILLIAM D. MCINTYRE ARTHUR T. BOUTWELL PHILIP L. HARDY
Board of Public Works
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ANDOVER WATER WORKS
At the Annual Town Meeting, March 1, 1920, after discussing a proposition to increase the water rates, an amendment to a motion was adopted reading as follows:
That the Board of Public Works be instructed to investigate the whole status of the Water Depart- ment covering the question of rates, the charges for fire services and other public services, and the ad- visability of having the Water Department operated as a self-supporting department and to report its conclusions and recommendations at the next Annual town meeting or at a special town meeting.
The Board of Public Works asked Messrs. E. V. French, C. W. Holland and F. A. Wallace to report to it on this matter with advice as to the course recommended, and we have given the problem careful study.
The Town of Andover now appropriates yearly the money necessary for the maintenance of the Water Works, for new con- struction, for the interest on the water bonds, and for the sinking fund and serial bond requirements. In return the Town takes the income from water rates.
It is now generally agreed that a public water system should be operated as a separate business, with its own accounts inde- pendent from the other finances of the town. It may, however, be carried on as a division of another department so as not to dupli- cate machinery, and in Andover it would be best for it to continue under the Board of Public Works. In many New England cities and towns the water works are operated as a separate business in this way.
The principal argument for this method is that the supplying of water is a public service different from practically all other services rendered by a town, in that a revenue is received and it seems the soundest business policy to make the service pay its. own way. There appears no good reason why water users should get water cheaper than its cost with the deficit made up by con- tribution from the general tax levy or that they should pay more-
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than the cost and return a profit to the general treasury. Opera- tion as a separate business encourages efficiency and shows quick- ly whether the water works are being operated at a profit or a loss.
The year 1921 promises to be a normal one for the water de- partment and it is probable that for some years to come the con- ditions will not vary greatly. The estimated Income and Expen- ditures for the Andover Water Works for 1921 are as follows:
INCOME
From sale of water to Andover users $26,500
From other sources - net
Total
$26,500
EXPENDITURES
For pumping, Care of Ponds, Reser-
voirs, Mains, Services and Hydrants,
Repairs, Reading Meters, Office Ex- penses and all sundries $18,000
New Construction 2,000
Total for Operation
$20,000
Serial Bonds maturing $8,000
Serial Bond coupons 2,677
Sinking Fund requirements 750
Sinking fund coupons
1,600
$13,027
13,027
Total Expenditures
$33,027
Total Income from above
26,500
Difference or deficit
$ 6,527
This difference must now be made up from the general tax levy. With the growth of Shawsheen Village there will probably be some increase in consumption and consequently a gain in revenue and a small corresponding increase in expenditures.
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There will, however, be an appreciable reduction year by year in the cost of the bonded debt as follows:
1921
$13,027
1931
$5,647
1922
10,563
1932
4,463
1923
9,937
1933
3,335
1924
8,763
1934
1,261
1925
7,257
1935
1,220
1926
6,772
1936
1,180
1927
6,588
1937
1,140
1928
6,302
1938
1,100
1929
6,018
1939
1,060
1930
5,833
1940
1,020
The above figures show that a few years hence the water works will become self-supporting unless considerable additional ex- penditures have to be made.
There are, however, some additional sources of revenue, which the water department, if on a true business basis, ought to have. . It is a fact that a considerable percentage of the original cost of the average water works plant is due to the fact that the system was made of a good deal larger capacity than necessary to furnish water for domestic and manufacturing purposes in order that it may be able to supply water for extinguishing fires.
Two ordinary 1 1-8 in. fire streams, throwing 250 gallons per minute each, would discharge 720,000 gallons in twenty-four hours. The average daily consumption in Andover is about 600,000 gallons. Two streams would give but scant protection for the business center of the town or for any large single building. Therefore, the rate of use of water for fire fighting is several times greater than that for all other purposes and must be supplied in addition to these normal uses.
This requires larger mains and reservoirs and in some cases larger pumping capacity and consequently increases the cost of the works appreciably. This extra cost of the water works is purely a fire cost and the fixed charges due to it should properly be paid for in the same way that the fire department is sustained, that is, from the general tax levy. The amount of water which any consumer uses normally is not necessarily a measure of his
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proper contribution for fire protection. Taxable value, though not a perfect guide, is more nearly a true measure. It would, there- fore, be a simple way of handling the situation to assume that the difference between Income and Expenditures should be considered as payment for fire services rendered by the water works.
This charge would decrease as the requirements for the bonded debt decrease and it could later be determined whether it was better to continue a reasonable appropriation for this purpose and reduce the water rates or keep up the water rates and let this appropriation disappear largely. This charge would be con- siderably more than the $6,500 required today and can be com- puted more closely later if desired.
The Town now pays the ordinary rates for water used in the schools and engine houses but does not pay for the water used in the public drinking fountains and for some few other public pur- poses. The water department should, however, receive a proper payment for all water supplied.
In the matter of depreciation it is probably fair to assume that the past generation has built and paid for the present water works plant and that they will turn over to the next generation much valuable equipment still good for many years. Therefore, the next generation may properly pay in its turn for renewals and extensions by a further issue of bonds. With the present light we think that this is a fair arrangement.
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