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IIOSE.
There has been eleven hundred feet of new hose purchased at an expense of six hundred and five dollars ; there have been received for old hose five dollars and ninety-seven cents.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
I would recommend that two hundred and seventy-five dollars be appropriated for new hose.
I would also recommend that two hundred dollars be appropriated for Fire Extinguishers.
I would also recommend that the sum of eight humdred dollars be appropriated for hose towers on the hose houses at the south and east parts of the town.
. I would also recommend that the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars for a Fire Alarm be appropriated.
I would also recommend that the sum of two thousand dollars be appropriated for the general expenses of the Fire Department, and that the men be paid the same as last year.
INVENTORY OF PROPERTY.
IN HOSE HOUSE NO. 1.
One hand engine and jumper, 23 ft. of suction hose, 1,500 ft. cotton rubber lined hose, 50 ft. of cotton ¿ in. hose, 1 hose car- riage, 3 lanterns, 6 belts, 12 spanners, 4 axes, 1 fire hook, 1 hydrant gate, 2 hydrant wrenches, 12 coats, 5 pipes and nozzles, 4 fire hats, 15 badges, eight hundred and fifty feet of condemned hose.
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HOSE HOUSE NO. 2.
One hand engine and jumper, 36 ft. of suction hose, 1 hose wagon, 1,500 ft. cotton rubber lined hose, 50 ft. of ¿ in. hose, 1 bar, 1 plaster hook, 2 axes, 5 lanterns, 7 hats, 12 coats, 6 pipes, 7 nozzles, 2 horse blankets, 2 hydrant wrenches, 1 hydrant gate, 1 wrench, 7 belts, 13 spanners, 6 hose hooks, 1 Y coupling, 1 shovel, 1 wagon jack, 15 badges, 1 hook and ladder truck, 7 ladders, 3 ladder hooks, 2 axes, 2 shovels, 2 bars, 2 forks, 2 rakes, 1 large hook with fifty ft. of rope and chain, 2 pole hooks, 6 buckets, 2 lanterns, 12 coats, 4 fire hats, 100 ft. rope, 15 badges.
HOSE HOUSE NO. 3.
One hose carriage, 1,400 ft. cotton rubber lined hose, 3 pipes, 3 nozzles, 1 hydrant gate, 2 wrenches, 2 spanners, 4 belts, 1 axe, 50 ft. Į in. hose, 4 lanterns, 11 coats, 4 fire hats, 15 badges 1 hook and ladder truck, 7 ladders, 17 buckets, 2 ladder dogs, 2 axes, 5 hats, 2 buckets, 2 forks, 3 lanterns, 4 hooks, 11 coats, 15 badges, 1 hammer.
FATAL ACCIDENT.
On date of Sept. 2, 1893, Mr. Thomas Vinton was fatally burned by the explosion of gaseline.
LIST OF FIRES IN BRAINTREE, 1893.
April 1-Fire in woods at East Braintree, J. F. Sheppard owner, at which there was eight hours' work done; cause un- known.
April 23-Fire at South Braintree, building owned and occupied
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by the Braintree Wood & Lumber Co. ; loss, $250; no insurance ; cause, carelessness from smoking.
May 10-Fire in woods at North Braintree, owned by E. F. E. . Thayer and others ; 150 hours work; cause unknown.
May 10-Fire at North Braintree, building owned by the. Braintree Granite Co .; loss, $600; insured for $300; cause, caught from fire in woods.
May 20-Fire in woods at East Braintree, owned by H. A. Johnson, at which there was ten hours work; cause unknown.
May 21-Fire in woods at North Braintree, owned by Braintree Granite Co., at which there was forty hours work done; cause, unknown.
May 22-Fire at South Braintree, building owned by Patrick Maguire, and occupied by W. H. Cobb; loss on building, $900; insured for $1,200; loss on contents, $900; insured for $600; cause, spontaneous combustion.
August 17-Fire at North Braintree, building owned by A. B. Keith ; loss, $5; no insurance; cause, overheat of still.
August 30-Fire at North Braintree, building owned by Charles W. Hollis ; loss on building, $2,500; insured for $2,000; loss on contents, $2,800 ; insurance on contents, $1,100 ; cause, explo- sion of a kerosene lamp.
September 2-Fire in North Braintree, building owned by Thomas Vinton; valued, $2,500; damage, $50; insured for $2,000; cause, careless use of gasolene.
October 1-Fire at South Braintree, building owned by E. B. Whittier; value, $3,000; loss, $1,200; insured for $2,500; cause, unknown.
October 13-Fire in woods, East Braintree, owned by N. L. White estate, at which there was eleven hours work done; cause, unknown.
November 1-Fire in woods, East Braintree, owned by N. L. White estate, at which there was three hours work done; cause, unknown.
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November 2-Fire at North Braintree, building owned by J. L. Simonds ; loss, $1,500; insured for $100; cause, incendiary.
November 21-Fire in woods at South Braintree, owned by Bradford L. Hollis, at which there was no loss; cause, un- known.
TOWN OF BRAINTREE.
Electric Light Department.
REPORT OF THE MANAGER,
FROM FEB. 1, 1893, TO DEC. 31, 1893.
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REPORT OF THE
Electric Light Construction Committee. .
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REPORT OF THE ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMITTEE.
BRAINTREE, Jan. 1, 1894.
This committee was appointed at a special town meeting held Jan. 11, 1893, at which, by a vote of 263 yeas to 27 nays, the motion was carried "That the Electric Lighting Committee, ap- pointed at the town meeting. of June 2, 1891, be and hereby is authorized and directed to make such additions to the town's electric system as will enable it to furnish light for the town buildings and for commercial and domestic uses, as provided in Chapter 370 of the Acts of the Legislature in the year 1891."
To carry this into effect the sum of $16,650 was appropriated to be raised on the town notes. At the adjourned annual meet- ing of April 3, 1893, it was voted that bonds maturing in twenty- four years be issued instead of notes, that the water-works sink- ing fund be invested in these bonds and that the amount be reduced to $16,500, in order to save printing an' odd bond for $150. Later, when it was found that the number of applicants for the light largely exceeded the original estimate, and that a further investment was required to pay for additional trans- formers, meters and extensions of the line wires needed to con- nect these applicants, an additional appropriation of $1,300, and the returns for electric lighting for the current year amounting to $1,253, was made at the special town meeting of Nov. 28, 1893, making the total appropriation $19,053.
Acting under the authority thus conferred, after the most care- ful investigation and consideration of the best machinery and
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material for the various purposes, we have purchased and installed a steam and electric plant, the main features of which are as. follows :
Two Westinghouse alternating dynamos of the latest slow run- ning pattern, one with a capacity of 1,200 actual burning lights. and the other for 600 ditto, with the necessary auxiliary appara- tus, consisting of exciters, rheostats, compensators, ammeters, volt meters, switches, lightning arresters, etc.
43 Stanley transformers of various sizes. .
62 Westinghouse meters.
39,000 feet No. 00 triple insulated wire.
12,600 feet No. 2 triple insulated wire.
5,200 feet No. 4 triple insulated wire.
30,000 feet No. 6 triple insulated wire.
31,800 feet No. 8 triple insulated wire.
4,800 feet okonite wire in various sizes.
This wire of a total length of 23.33 miles has been mostly run on the poles set for the street lighting system. Forty-five addi- tional poles have been set.
1 Rollins engine with cylinder 14 inches diameter by 36 inches. stroke and fly wheel 13 feet diameter.
1 steel boiler duplicate of the street lighting boiler set last year,. 72 inches diameter by 18 feet long.
Brick and stone foundations for this boiler and engine have. been built and all piping, lagging and other work necessary to put them into first class running order has been done.
Full details of all our expenditures classified under the various. heads as required by the State Gas and Electric Light Commis -- sioners will be found in our financial statement which is annexed.
In order to place the town in receipt of some revenue from the- plant at the earliest possible moment, as soon as a portion of the- line wires were run and a fair number of takers connected, we put the smaller dynamo into operation by belting it to the engine-
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that runs the street lights. This enabled us to furnish light to about 30 customers on July 1st, long before the principal part of the new plant was completed.
In spite of the hard times the increase in the number of takers of the light has been steady, and at this date (Jan. 1) there are 70 houses and stores connected, having 1,500 sixteen c. p. lights. This, taking into consideration the largest number of lights burned at any one time, as shown by the station ampere meters, is less than one-half the capacity of the plant.
The larger'dynamo, with its engine and boiler, were not started into operation until Oct. 31st, since which date the whole plant has been in smooth and successful operation.
As is the custom in connection with the town's water system, we have made a charge for connection, in nearly every case enough to cover the cost of labor and material required to connect from the transformer on the main line to the customer's building. This charge has varied from $1.50, where the connection was short and easily made, to as high at $60 in one case, where it was nec sary to set several poles and run wire several hundred feet from the street.
Some inside wiring has been done by our men, and we have sold lamps and other material. All the accounts for this labor and material have been kept by the manager and bills have been rendered and collected by him. The total amount of these charges, as shown on the manager's books, is $878.79, which has been credited to the cost of the house lighting plant, making the net cost, not including material on hand as per inventory, $18,385.88, which is $667.12 less than the appropriations.
At the annual meeting last spring it was also voted that the sum of $125 be appropriated and expended under the direction of the selectmen for the purpose of installing four more arc lamps, or their equivalent in incandescents in the streets. On careful test it was found that the street lighting dynamos could easily run six more arcs and eleven more incandescents, and as there were many applications for street lights in important locali- ties that really needed the light the seventeen additional lamps
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have been installed in the localities as given below. In order to locate them in the situations where they were most needed it was necessary to extend the line wires much further than had been estimated, and the appropriation proved altogether inadequate. The total cost of installing them for labor, wire, poles and other material, has been $666.32. 1
In installing these additional street lamps we have run 11,100 feet of No. 6, and 6,300 feet of No. 8 triple braid copper wire, and have set 30 poles.
Following are the locations of the new lamps :
ARCS.
INCANDESCENTS.
South Braintree R. R. station 1
Hall avenue
.
1
Pond street, opposite Town street .
Pond street .
2
1 Monatiquot av. and Ash street 1
Franklin street .
1 West and Washington street 1
Mt. Vernon avenue
1
Hayward street
·
2
Liberty street
·
1 Hobart street . .
· 3
Shaw street
1 Shaw street
.
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1
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The entire work of superintending the installation of the house plant and the street lighting extension has been in charge of Superintendent Perry and we were thereby relieved from the expense of employing an outside expert. In order to release Mr. Perry from a portion of his duties in connection with the actual operation of the street plant while this work of construction was going on, an assistant was hired for station work whose wages, $12 per week, have been charged to the house and street exten- sion accounts, while Mr. Perry's salary has been entirely charged to the operating account as before.
The economy of this plan and the justice of charging the assistant's wages to the extension account is obvious when the alternative plan is considered, which would have been to have hired an expert electrician for the new construction, who would have cost at least $25 per week. Had we done this Mr. Perry's salary would have been charged to the operating account, but the
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extra help would have cost $13 more per week than under the plan we adopted.
Mr. Perry's willingness to assume these largely increased duties without increase of pay is very commendable.
There is still room at the station for a still further increase in the street or house lighting system if it should be needed in the future.
THOMAS A. WATSON, AMASA S. THAYER, HENRY A. MONK, RICHARD H. LONG, JOHN V. SCOLLARD,
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Committee on Electric Lighting.
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CLASSIFIED STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES
Of the Electric Light Committee.
ELECTRIC PLANT, DYNAMOS, TRANSFORMERS, ETC.
Paid Westinghouse Electric Co., lightning arresters $142 80
O. C. R. R., freight on electric machinery 51 33
Westinghouse Electric Co., elec- tric machinery 3,200 00
O. C. R. R., freight on electric machinery ·
26 80
Stanley Electric Co., 17 trans- formers and 10 cut-outs 743 00
Westinghouse Mfg. Co., spare dynamo coil .
3 75
Stanley Electric Co., two trans- formers 56 00
General Electric Co., six cut-outs
7 65
O. C. R. R., freight on meters .
97
O. C. R. R., freight on trans- formers .
1 06
3 68
J. M. Walsh, dynamo covers . Stanley Electric Co., eleven transformers ·
314 00
John Kelley, marble for switches Westinghouse Electric Co., elec- tric machinery
9 50
Stanley Electric Co., three trans- formers 76 00
O. C. R. R., freight on trans- formers ·
3 66
Stanley Electric Co., seven trans-
304 40
Amount carried forward $4,944 60
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Amount brought forward $4,944 60
formers 227 00
Westinghouse Electric Co., elec- trical machinery 61 01
O. C. R. R., freight on trans- formers, etc. 92
O. C. R. R., freight on trans- formers, etc. 2 79
O. C. R. R., freight on trans- formers, etc. 2 59
Stanley Electric Co., three trans- formers 130 00
O. C. R. R., freight on trans- formers 3 48
$5,372 39
ELECTRIC METERS.
Paid Westinghouse Mfg. Co., 62
meters
$948 00
STEAM PLANT.
Paid O. C. R. R., freight on boiler (deducted from Kendall's bill) $12 00
F. O. Whitmarsh, wages build- ing engine and boiler founda- tion ·
125 00
Edw. Kendall & Sons, on ac- count, boiler 875 00
J. B. Rhines & Co., bricks and cement for foundations . 442 32
Geo. E. Fogg, broken stone for foundations . 20 00
C. C. Webster, wages building foundation 175 00
Amount carried forward $1,649 32 $6,320 39
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Amounts brought forward . $16,49 32 $6,320 39
Edw. Kendall & Sons, balance in full for boiler 26 00
O. C. R. R., freight on engine . 14 40 John Cashman, carting boiler, (deducted from Kendall's bill) 12 50 John Cashman, set of engine foundation stones, as per agreement . John Cashman, one extra stone 10 00
100 00
J. B. Rhines, cement for foun- dation . 43 50
C. C. Webster wages building foundation
210 00
Fore River Engine Co., labor and material
79 13
Fore River Engine Co., carting engine . 25 50
Rollins Engine Co., engine
1,600 00
John E. Orr, 1 machinist hammer 1 00
Chas. A. Scheiren & Co., belts
94 63
Albert Hobart, putting boiler into position 20 00
Edward Billings, sand for foun- dations 21 56
Fore River Engine Co., labor and material 23 03
Chas. A. Schieren & Co., belts .
187 24
Fore River Engine Co., piping station as per agreement with sub committee 697 00
J. B. Rhines & Co., cement 12 00
Fore River Engine Co., labor and material 59 03
Amounts carried forward . · $4,885 84
$6,320 39
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Amounts brought forward $4,885 84 $6,320 39
Fore River Engine Co., labor and material 110 51
S. C. Nightingale & Childs, lag- ging boiler and piping . 84 39
Fore River Engine Co., labor and material 75 00
$5,155 74
ELECTRIC LINES, WIRES, INSULATORS, POLES, LUMBER HARDWARE,
ETC.
Paid Baker Hardware small
hardware
$1 77
T. H. Buck & Co., cross arms 66 00
J. B. Rhines & Co., lumber 3 26
Brooks, Baldwin & Robbins, bolts, screws, etc. 16 22
Holmes, Booth & Hayden, cop-
per wire (28,166 pounds) 3,766 36
Baker Hardware Co., small hard-,
ware 2 94
Globe Gas Light Co., gasolene .
1 60
Weymouth & Braintree Publish- ing Co., pay-roll blanks
3 00 .
J. B. Rhines & Co., lumber 4 93
Pettingill, Andrews Co., pins, insulators and hardware
128 51
General Electric Co., tree insu-
lators ·
12 50
John V. Scollard, writing bonds and paper 14 08
Brooks, Baldwin & Robbins,
auger and bolts
3 63
Amounts carried forward . · $4,024 80 $11,476 13
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Amounts brought forward . $4,024 80
$11,476 13
J. B. Rhines & Co.,' 1 49
Baker, Hardware Co., hardware, 4 55
J. B. Rhines & Co., lumber 1 51
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, balance on poles 26 25
Fore River Engine Co., labor and material 67 47
C. H. Spring, 100, 30 and 35 feet poles 216 65
Baker Hardware Co., hardware .
2 94
Brooks, Baldwin & Robbins, bolts, etc. 3 66
Baker Hardware Co., hardware,
4 87
Pettingill, Andrews Co., wire, insulators, etc.
54 37
General Electric Co., 100 Gem wire holders 10 15
J. B. Rhines & Co., lumber 5 19
Baker Hardware Co., hardware,
4 79
Fore River Engine Co., labor and material 79 13
F. A. Bates, hardware 2 95
Pettingill, Andrews Co., wire and supplies 447 77
Brooks, Baldwin & Robbins,
hardware 95
Baker Hardware Co., hardware,
2 86
Globe Gas Light Co., torch and gasolene 6 60
Baker Hardware Co., hardware,
2 31
Globe Gas Light Co., gasolene .
60
Fore River Engine Co., labor and materials
20 00
Amounts carried forward . $4,991 86
$11,476 13
99
Amounts brought forward . $4,991 86 $11,476 13
Baker Hardware Co., hardware, 4 60
J. B. Rhines & Co., lumber
14 35
Pettingill, Andrewś Co., wire and supplies ·
301 14
A. de Klotinsky
94 08
Baker Hardware Co., hardware,
4 12
Dexter Bros., paint for new poles ·
13 50
A. de Khotinsky, supplies ·
11 32
F. A. Bates, hardware
1 29
Fore River Engine Co., labor and materials
37 92
Pettingill, Andrews Co., supplies
103 8.0
Baker Hardware Co., hardware,
5 06
Brown Electric Co., supplies
23 01
General Electric Co., wire and supplies
18 62
Fore River Engine Co., labor and materials
12 82
24 15
Ambler & Hobart, hay and grain, Gasolene
2 20
Dexter Bros., paint .
9 00
J. B, Rhines & Co., lumber
7 10
Brooks, Baldwin & Robbins, bolts, etc. . .
5 81
Pettingill, Andrews Co., wire and supplies ·
273 51
Edward Shea, work on construc- tion tools 1 00
Brooks, Baldwin & Robbins, .
hardware
79
$5,963 05
Amount carried forward ·
$17,439 18
100
Amount brought forward $17,439 18
ELECTRIC LINES, WAGES, EXPENSE OF TEAM, ETC.
Paid Martin Frazier, wages, $54 50 .
Frank Binney,
·
.
12 50
Richard Cotter, 66 10 00 .
A. F. Mahoney, 66
.
10 50
A. L. Hobart, 66
12 50
Ambler & Hobart, hay and oats, Ambler & Hobart, oats, ·
8 23
3 06
A. L. Hobart, use of wagon,
1 00
C. H. Custance, setting poles Ambler & Hobart, hay and oats 34 17 Thos. South, shoeing horse and repairing wagon, . 8 60
C. H. Custance, setting pole and carting, 2 50
F. A. Burrell, use of wagon, ·
10 50
Ambler & Hobart, hay and oats 68 18
Thos. South, shoeing horse, 4 51
Wages linemen for April,
580 75
Wages linemen for May, .
180 86
Wages linemen for June, .
215 50
Wages linemen for July, .
208 13
Wages linemen for August, 121 50
Wages linemen for September, . 153 75
Wages linemen for October, 122 50
Wages linemen for November, . 144 00
Wages linemen for December, . 121 25
$2,127 79
ELECTRIC LINES, FREIGHT, FARES, TELEGRAPH, ETC.
Paid O. C. R. R., freight
25
O. C. R. R., freight 62 69
Amounts carried forward . $62 94 $19,566 97
38 80
101
Amounts brought forward,
$62 94 $19,566 97
J. F. Perry, cash paid for freight and fares ·
3 03
O. C. R. R., freight
7 57
Bullard & Davenport, insurance on line material .
8 70
O. C. R. R., freight
·
6 93
A. W. Baker, express
.
55
O. C. R. R., freight .
1 42
O. C. R. R., freight
·
20 80
O. C. R. R., freight
10 20
O. C. R. R., freight
3 31
Fore River Engine Co., cash paid for express and telephone messages
11 10
Fore River Engine Co., cash
paid for express and telephone messages
3 30
Fore River Engine Co., cash paid for express and telephone messages .
3 15
Fore River Engine Co., cash paid express and telephone messages 9 25
A. W. Baker, express
3 15
A. W. Baker, express 5 28
J. F. Perry, cash paid for freight and fares 3 05
J. F. Perry, cash paid for freight and fares 2 65
J. F. Perry, cash paid for freight and fares .
7 31
J. F. Perry, cash paid for freight and fares 1 78
J. F. Perry, cash paid for freight
75
$176 22
Amount carried forward
$19,743 19
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Amount brought forward
$19,743 19
HORSES AND WAGONS.
Paid J. Wilkins, bay mare · $160 00 .
J. M. Walsh, harness parts
.
3 35
J. M. Walsh, harness ·
.
29 00
W. E. Hawes, pung ·
. 15 '00
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$207 35
Total .
$19,950 54
INVENTORY OF MATERIAL ON HAND.
To be credited to Extension Accounts. ELECTRIC LINES.
600 ft. No. 12 okonite wire at
2Įc. . . 400 ft. No. 14 okonite wire at
$15 00
19c. . 100 ft. No. 8 okonite wire at 3c. · , 500 lbs. No. 8. W. P. Wire at 13Įc. . .
3 00
67 50
100 lbs. No. 6 W. P. wire at 13gc. . 13 50 100 lbs. No. 4 W. P. wire at 13gc. . 13 50
200 single porcelain cleats at 2c. 4 00
50 2-wire porcelain.cleats at 4c. 2 00
5 gallons paint at 90c. 4 50
200 16 c p lamps at 32c. . ·
64 00
11 key sockets at 22c. .
2 42
50 pins
·
50
100 insulators .
4 00
50 ft. silk cable
1 00
Amount carried forward $202 52
7 60
103
Amount brought forward $202 52
10 hard rubber tree insulators at 40c. 4 00
10 iron house brackets at 20c. 2 00
10 porcelain tubes
70
50 pole steps .
2 00
Nails, bolts and lags .
2 50
3 lbs. rubber tape at 40c. .
1 20
40 pole brackets 50
10 4-pin cross arms at 28c. 2 80
1 arc outrigger 12 00
33 30-ft. chestnut poles at $2.30 75 90
7 35-ft. chestnut poles at $3.15 22 05
$328 17
ELECTRIC PLANT.
3 arc lamps at $48 . $144 00 .
2 street incandescent sockets
at $1.50 3 00
4 street incandescent goosenecks at $1.25 . 5 00
4 line lightning arresters at $12
48 00
2 switches at $1.10 . 2 20
3 main cut outs at 50c. .
1 50
1 40-light transformer 42 00
1 20-light transformer
28 00
3 junction boxes at $10
30 00
2 meters returned to Westing- house Electric Co. for ex- change 30 00
$333 70
STEAM PLANT.
4,000 bricks not used in founda- tion at $6 $24 00 24 00
Total
$685 87
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· SUMMARY OF COST OF HOUSE LIGHTING EXTENSION.
Electric plant, dynamos, transformers, etc. $5,372 39
Electric meters 948 00
Steam plant, engine, boiler, piping, foundations, etc.
5,155 74
Horses and wagons
207 35
Electric lines, wire, poles and supplies $5,963 05
Wages, etc.
2,127 76
Freight, etc.
176 22
8,267 06
$19,950 54
Less amount charged customers for labor and ma- terial connecting them with the system 878 79
Less value of material on hand and not used, as per inventory .
685 87
Total cost of house lighting plant, as installed $18,385 88 We, the undersigned, have examined the above accounts of Thomas A. Watson, chairman of the electric lighting committee, and manager of the electric light department, and find the same correct and properly vouched.
L. W. MORRISON,
Auditors. CHAS. G. SHEPPARD, S
January 25, 1894.
DETAILED STATEMENT OF COST OF EXTENSION OF STREET LIGHTING SYSTEM.
Pay of men
$7.00
Pay of men
·
20 00
Pay of men ·
11 00
Pay of men
.
2 50
Amount carried forward
$40 50
·
105
Amount brought forward
$40 50
Pay of men
27 00
Pay of men
21 00
Pay of men
19 00
C. H. Custance, setting poles
21 50
Fore River Engine Co.
4 43
Pay roll, labor
21 00
labor
17 75
labor
7 50
labor
13 50
66
labor
11 50
labor
21 00
labor
13 50
66
labor
28 50
Pettengill & Andrews, wire, etc.
181 44
Brooks, Baldwin & Robbins, supplies 2 61
General Electric Co., supplies .
·
2 89
Fore River Engine Co., labor and material
17 54
Fore River Engine Co., labor and material .
2 86
Pay of men, labor
27 50
Pay of men, labor
31 00
Pay of men, labor ·
25 00
United Electric Improvement Co., lamps
8 00
Pay of men, labor
18 75
General Electric Co., supplies .
7 75
Pettengill, Andrews Co., wire and supplies
73 30
.
·
$666 32
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REPORT OF THE MANAGER OF THE ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT.
EAST BRAINTREE, Jan. 1st, 1894.
Owing to the change in the ending of the town's business year this report covers a period of eleven months, from February 1st, 1893, to January 1st, 1894.
This period has been a very busy one for all connected with this department, especially for Supt. Perry, who has, in addition to his regular duties, entirely supervised the work of installing the house lighting system, a work that has extended over the en- tire period of eleven months.
The street lighting system has worked perfectly during the year. Some trouble and expense has been caused by hoodlums breaking incandescent street lamps and hoods, but aside from this there has been no accident, breakage, or serious trouble of any kind. During ten of the eleven months covered by this report the street lights have been operated until 12.15 o'clock on every night not lighted by the moon, and during one month all night.
A detailed description of the house lighting plant will be found in the report of the electric light committee, on another page of this pamphlet, and it will not be necessary for me to repeat it here.
Its operation during the time it has been run has been very satisfactory. By using the surplus power of the street lighting engine to run a small alternating dynamo we were enabled to furnish light to about 30 customers July 1st, and this arrange- ment rendered it unnecessary to start the main part of the plant
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BRAINTREE MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC LIGHT STATION (Courtesy of the Braintree Reporter.)
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