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ANSEL O. CLARK, WILLIAM W. MAYHEW, J. PARKER HAYWARD, Selectmen of Braintree.
A true copy. Attest :
H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.
Braintree, September 6, 1900.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant the town met at the time and place specified, the warrant was read by the Town Clerk.
Article 1. Upon ballot with the use of the check list Mr. E. F. Abercrombie was elected Moderator, and was sworn by the Town Clerk.
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Art. 2. Voted that the town waive all right to contract with the Massachusetts Highway Commission for the building of the section of State Highway to be built in Braintree this year, and the Board of Selectmen is hereby authorized and instructed to sign the form of waiver furnished them by the State Highway Commission.
Art. 3. Voted that the subject matter of this article be indefinitely postponed.
Voted to adjourn.
A true record. Attest:
H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING.
Norfolk, ss. To either of the constables of the Town of Braintree. Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree qualified to vote in town affairs to meet at the Town Hall in said Braintree, on Tuesday, the eighteenth day of September, 1900, at seven and one-half o'clock in the evening, to act on the following articles, namely :
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meet- ing.
Art. 2. To know why the Board of Selectmen stopped the watering of streets.
Art. 3. To raise and appropriate any sum of money for street watering, or for repairs of streets.
Art. 4. To choose any committee or hear the report of any committee and act thereon.
You are to give notice of this meeting by posting up true and attested copies of this warrant in not less than nine public places in this town, seven days at least before the time of said meeting and by publishing the same once in the Brain- tree Observer.
Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your
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doings thereon to the Town Clerk before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Braintree, this tenth day of September, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred.
ANSEL O. CLARK, WM. W. MAYHEW, J. PARKER HAYWARD, Selectmen of Braintree.
A true copy. Attest :
H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.
Braintree, September 18, 1900.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, the town met at the time and place specified. The warrant was read and the polls declared open by the Town Clerk.
Article 1. Upon ballot, with the use of the check list, Mr. F. A. Hobart was elected Moderator and sworn by the Town Clerk.
Art. 2. Voted that this meeting be dissolved.
A true record. Attest :
H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR ELECTION.
Norfolk, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Braintree. Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the Town Hall in said Braintree, on Tuesday, the sixth day of November. 1900, at six o'clock in the forenoon, to bring in their votes to the Selectmen for Electors of President and Vice-President, a Governor of the Commonwealth, Lieuten- ant Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor, Attorney Gen- cral, Representative in Congress, Councillor, Senator, two Representatives in General Court, one County Commissioner,
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Register of Deeds, and County Treasurer, all of the above votes to be on one ballot. The polls will be kept open until one o'clock P. M.
You are directed to serve this Warrant by posting up attested copies thereof in not less than nine public places in this town, seven days at least before the time of said nieeting, and by publishing the same once in the Braintree Bee.
Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Selectmen before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Braintree this twenty-seventh of October, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred.
ANSEL O. CLARK, WILLIAM W. MAYHEW, J. PARKER HAYWARD, Selectmen of Braintree.
Braintree, November 6, 1900.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant the meeting was. called to order and the warrant read by Ansel O. Clark, chair- man of the Board of Selectmen, who presided at the meeting.
Richard L. Arnold and Albert F. Hollis having been ap- pointed ballot clerks :
B. T. Dyer, Daniel Potter, C. A. Belcher, Dennis Dugan. Will H. Shaw, John H. Kirby, Jr., Charles G. Jordan, Frank A. Gannon, Tellers; Nathaniel F. Hunt and John T. Powers, Inspectors, were all sworn by the Town Clerk.
The Town Clerk delivered the first set of ballots to the presiding officer and received his receipt therefor.
The cards of instruction and specimen ballots were posted according to law.
The clerk of the Board of Registrars of Voters furnished the presiding officer with a list of the qualified voters, for the use of the Selectmen and a duplicate copy for the use of the ballot clerks.
The polls were declared open at six o'clock A. M.
Voted that the polls be kept open until two o'clock P. M.
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The polls were declared closed at 2 o'clock P. M.
At the close of the balloting the presiding officer announced: that ten hundred and ninety-two ballots had been cast, and. that that number of names had been checked by the Select- men and also by the ballot clerks.
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At the close of the counting of the ballots the Town Clerk: announced that ten hundred and ninety-two ballots had been. deposited; that they were all cancelled, and that they were for. the following persons, namely :
Electors of President and Vice-President.
Electors at large. J
Thomas Wentworth Higginson of Cambridge 307
Thomas J. Gargan of Boston 307
Charles S. Grieves of Amesbury 77
Herbert L. Wood of Brockton
Patrick O'Keefe of Salem
John A. Henley of Lynn 1
Roger Wolcott of Boston 622:
William Whiting of Holyoke 620
Edward Kendall of Cambridge 11
John Bascom of Williamstown 11
Edward Waldo Emerson of Concord 3
Blanks 147
Total 2184
District No. 1.
William Nugent of Pittsfield 307
Leon S. Olliver of Westfield 77
Henry Noffke of Holyoke 1
James W. Toole of Holyoke
622:
Thomas A. Frissell of Hinsdale 10
75 Blanks
Total 1092
146
District No. 2.
Charles J. Bellamy of Springfield 307
William H. Lawler of Springfield 77
James Noonan of Springfield
1
Charles E. Stevens of Ware
622
Oliver W. Cobb of Easthampton
10
Blanks 75
Total 1092
District No. 3.
Eben S. Stevens of Dudley 307
Charles F. Fenner of Worcester 77
Walter J. Hoar of Gardner
1
Josiah Perry of Dudley
622
William W. Nash of Worcester
10
Blanks
75
Total 1092
District No. 4.
Robert E. Bisbee of Pepperell 307
John P. McDonald of Clinton 77
Francis H. Taylor of Fitchburg 1
Josiah P. Thacher of Littleton
622
Alfred L. Cutting of Weston 10
Blanks
75
Total 1092
District No. 5.
Nathan D. Pratt of Lowell 307
James A. Wilkinson of Methuen 77
John F. Bradley of Woburn 1
William Beggs of Woburn 622
William W. Sherman of Lowell
10
Blanks 75
Total 1092
147
District No. 6.
Arthur Withington of Newburyport 307
George L. Evans of Haverhill 77
Burton C. Woodbury of Haverhill 1
Arthur D. Story of Essex
622
Frank N. Rand of Haverhill
10
Blanks
75
Total 1092
District No. 7.
Thomas E. Dwyer of Wakefield 307
Ernest W. Timson of Lynn 77
John Welton of Chelsea 1
George L. Morse of Melrose
622
George H. Harwood of Lynn
10
Blanks
75
Total 1092
District No. 8.
Henry T. Schaefer of Winchester 307
John A. Aitkin of Cambridge 77
Herman W. A. Raasch of Boston 1
William H. Dyer of Boston
622
George E. Crosby of Medford
10
Blanks
75
Total 1092
District No. 9.
Thomas F. Keenan of Boston 307
Morris Kaplan of Boston 77
William H. Young of Boston 1
Henry C. Richardson of Boston 622
Herbert B. Griffin of Winthrop 10
Blanks
75
Total 1092
148
District No. 10.
Richard Sullivan of Boston 307
William M. Packard of Quincy 77
William H. Carroll of Boston 1
John Shaw of Quincy
622
Samuel F. Smith of Quincy
10
Blanks 75
Total 1092
District No. 11.
John H. Lee of Boston 307
David M. Chase of Boston 77
C. Arvide Olson of Hyde Park 1
Eben S. Draper of Hopedale 622
10
Blanks
75
Total 1092
District No. 12.
Albert P. Worthen of Weymouth 307
Samuel L. Smith of Brockton 77
Thomas L. Leonard of Taunton 1
Wilmon W. Blackmar of Hingham
622
Edward G. Knight of Hull 10
Blanks 75
Total 1092
District No. 13.
Charles R. Codman of Barnstable 307
Lawrence Roettinger of New Bedford 77
Wright Wilde of Fall River 1
Edmond Anthony, Jr., of Fairhaven 622
Elijah Humphries of New Bedford 10
Blanks 75
Total 1092
Samuel B. Shapleigh of Boston
149
Governor.
Michael T. Berry, Socialist Labor Party 15
Charles H. Bradley, Democratic Social Nom. Paper 62
W. Murray Crane, Republican 605
John M. Fisher, Prohibition
6
Robert Treat Paine, Jr., Democratic 245
Blanks 159
Total 1092
Lieutenant-Governor.
John L. Bates, Republican 628
John B. O'Donnell, Democratic 233
Wilbur M. Purrington, Prohibition 5
Moritz E. Ruther, Socialist Labor Party 11
George H. Wren, Democratic Social Nom. Paper 58
Blanks
157
Total 1092
Secretary.
Addison W. Barr, Democratic Social Nom. Paper 65
Alfred E. Jones, Socialist Labor Party 16
William M. Olin, Republican 598
William H. Partridge, Prohibition
4
Luther Stephenson, Democratic 231 178 Blanks
Total 1092
Treasurer.
Edward S. Bradford, Republican 595
Joseph L. Chalifoux, Democratic 216
Napoleon B. Johnson, Prohibition 8
Fred A. Nagler, Socialist Labor Party 11
Stephen O'Shaughnessey, Democratic Social Nom. Paper, 61
201
Blanks
Total .1092
150
Auditor.
Elbridge Gerry Brown, Democratic 241
Frank Albin Forsstrom, Socialist Labor Party 13.
William G. Merrill, Prohibition 25
Henry E. Turner, Republican 565
Frank S. Walsh, Democratic Social Nom. Paper 57
Blanks 191
Total 1092
Attorney-General.
John A. Billings, Democratic Social Nom. Paper 61
Allen Coffin, Prohibition 11
John C. Crosby, Democratic
224
Hosea M. Knowlton, Republican 595
Frank MacDonald, Socialist Labor Party 11
Blanks 190
Total 1092
Representative in Congress.
George J. Hunt, Socialist Labor Party 23
Charles F. King, Democratic 258
William C. Lovering, Republican 560
Charles E. Lowell, Democratic Social Nom. Paper 60
Herman T. Regnell, Prohibition 5
Blanks 186 1
Total 1092
Councillor.
Max Boewe, Socialist Labor Party 33
Arthur A. Maxwell, Republican 572
Thomas T. Watt, Democratic 237
Blanks 250
Total 1092
151
Senator.
William C. Deagle, Democratic Social Nom. Paper 60
Edwin C. Jenney, Democratic 250
Eugene H. Sprague, Republican 569
Blanks 213
Total
1092
Representatives in General Court.
Daniel H. Coleman, Democratic Social Nom. Paper 79
Horace R. Drinkwater, Democratic 533
Edward W. Hunt, Republican 420
Edward J. Starr, Democratic Social Nom. Paper 85
Gordon Willis, Republican 307
Blanks
760
Total 2184
County Commissioner.
John Cavanaugh, Democratic 419
James Hewins, Republican 487
Blanks
186
Total 1092
Register of Decds.
John H. Burdakin, Democratic-Republican 689
Blanks 403
Total 1092
County Treasurer.
Charles H. Smith, Democratic Citizen's Nom. Paper,
Republican
630
Blanks 462
Total 1092
The ballots were then sealed according to law, the check lists were delivered to the proper officer ; the returns were then signed and sealed, all in open Town Meeting.
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At S.35 o'clock P. M. it was voted that this meeting be adjourned sine die.
A true record. Attest:
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H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.
Braintree, November 16, 1900.
The Town Clerks of Braintree and Weymouth met at the Town House in Braintree at 12 o'clock noon and opened the returns for Representatives in the General Court for District number six, County of Norfolk, and found the whole number of ballots were sixty-seven hundred and twenty-eight (6728) and were for the following persons, namely:
Daniel H. Coleman of Braintree 208
Horace R. Drinkwater of Braintree 1319
Edward W. Hunt of Weymouth 1605
Edward J. Starr of Braintree 192
Gordon Willis of Weymouth 1367
Blanks 2037
Edward W. Hunt and Gordon Willis were declared elected and the necessary certificates signed by
HENRY A. MONK, Town Clerk of Braintree.
JOHN A. RAYMOND, Town Clerk of Weymouth.
WARRANT FOR TOWN MEETING.
Norfolk, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Braintree. Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the town of Braintree, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Braintree, on Tuesday, the fourth day of December, 1900, at seven and one-half o'clock in the evening, to act on the following articles, namely :
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Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meet- ing.
Art. 2. To see if the town will instruct the Selectmen to prepare a division of the town into convenient voting pre- cincts, as prescribed in Section 163, of Chapter 548 of the Acts of 1898.
Art. 3. 'To see if the town will vote to use official ballots for the Election of Town Officers, and to determine what offi- cers in addition to those required to be chosen by ballot, shall thereafter be so chosen, and determine the number and terms of office.
You are to give notice of this meeting by posting up true and attested copies of this warrant in not less than nine public places in this town, seven days, at least, before the time of said meeting, and by publishing the same once in the Brain- tree Bee.
Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, before the time of said .meeting.
Given under our hands at Braintree, this twenty-sixth day of November, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred.
ANSEL O. CLARK, WILLIAM W. MAYHEW, J. PARKER HAYWARD, Selectmen of Braintree.
A true copy. Attest:
H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.
Braintree, December 4, 1900.
In accordance with the foregoing warrant the town met at the time and place specified, the meeting was called to order and the warrant read by the Town Clerk.
Article 1. Upon ballot with the use of the check list Mr. F. A. Hobart was chosen Moderator and was sworn.
Art. 2. Voted that debate be limited to ten minutes for each speaker, and that no one be allowed to speak but once ·on the same subject.
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Voted to lay Article 2 on the table and take up Article 3.
Art. 3. Voted, on motion of Mr. Avery, that hereafter offi- cial ballots shall be used for the election of all town officers. required by law to be so elected and such officers in addition thereto as the By-Laws of the town require to be elected by ballot. The number and term of office of such officers to be as follows, as already fixed by the town, a Town Clerk to serve for one year; three Selectmen to serve for one year; three- Assessors to serve for one year; three Overseers of the Poor to serve for one year; a Town Treasurer to serve for one vear; one Collector of Taxes to serve for one year; three- Auditors to serve for one year; three Surveyors of Highways. to serve for one year; fifteen Constables to serve for one. year; a tree Warden to serve for one year; three fence viewers to serve for one year; six members of the School Committee, two members thereof to be elected annually and to continue- in office three years; a Board of three Water Commissioners, one member thereof to be elected annually and to continue in office three years; two Trustees of the Thayer Public Library, to be elected biennially and to serve for the term of two- years.
Art. 2. Taken from the table. Voted to instruct the- Selectmen to prepare a division of the town into convenient voting precincts, as prescribed in Section 163, Chapter 548 of the Acts of the Legislature of 189S.
Voted that this meeting now adjourn.
A true record. Attest :
H. A. MONK, Town Clerk.
H. A. Monk in account with Norfolk County as collector of Dog Tax in the town of Braintree for the year ending De- cember 31, 1900.
Dr
Cash received for 344 licenses $775 00
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Cr.
Cash paid for blanks $3 00
June 2, return to Norfolk County Treas .. . 1 20
Dec. 3, return to Norfolk County Treas .. . 1 20
June 2, Cash paid Treasurer
166 80
Dec. 3, Cash paid Treasurer
534 00
Charges for fees on 344 licenses, at 2Qc ..
68 80
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$775 00-
Examined and vouchers furnished for the account dog li- censes for 1900.
CHARLES G. JORDAN, Auditor.
Braintree, Jan. 18, 1901.
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
OF THE
Thayer Public Library.
The Trustees submit the following reports of the Librarian and of the Treasurer of the Board.
ASA FRENCH,
F. A. HOBART, N. H. HUNT,
HENRY A. JOHNSON, ROBERT E. BELCHER,
Trustees.
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT.
Number of days the Library was open,
299
Number of volumes borrowed, 29,872
of this number 25,270 were for
home use and 4602 for use in the Library.
Average per day, 99
Largest daily circulation, Feb. 21, 322
Smallest daily circulation, Aug. 17,
8
The number of volumes circulated of each class is as fol- lows :
History,
807
Biography,
495
Travel,
578
Science and Art,
787
Literature,
511
Fiction,
15,716
Poetry,
473
Juvenile,
4,969
Miscellaneous,
934
Reference,
4,602
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Number of volumes added during the year,
507
Number of Pamphlets, 253
Names registered during the year,
202
Total number registered,
6,1.65
Number of volumes in the Library,
13,261
A. M. ARNOLD,
Librarian.
GIFTS TO THE LIBRARY, 1900.
Volumes. Pamphlets ..
Adams Nervine Asylum, Boston,
1
Ames Free Library, North Easton,
1
American Union League Society, N. Y., .
1
American Swedenborg Co., N. Y.,
6
Arnold, Franklin E., 3
Atkinson, Edward, Brookline,
1
Barnes, William A., Boston,
2
Bates, Frank Amasa,
2
2
Bradbury, Agnew Co., London,
1
Brooks, Francis A., Boston,
1
Bulfinch, Ellen Susan, Boston,
1
Burnett. Co., Boston,
1
Caleb Stetson Fund,
63
Central Library, Syracuse, N. Y.,
2
Daniels, William Cook, Denver, Col.,
1
Depew. Hon. Chauncey, N .Y.,
1
Fall River Public Library,
1
Fidelity and Casualty Co., N. Y.,
1
Finley, Acker, Philadelphia,
1
Forbes Library, Northampton, Mass.,
2
French, Miss Mary A.,
1
Fullerton, Alexander, N. Y.,
1
Hall, Mrs. Lydia B., 1
1
Hartford Public Library, Conn.,
3
Hollis, Mrs. C. W., Christian Science Jour- nal. One year.
City of Malden, 1
158
Hollis, Mrs. C. W., Christian Science Sen- tinel. One year.
Home Market Club, Boston, The Protec- tionist. One year.
Hyde Park Public Library,
Journal of Prison Discipline, Penn.,
1
Kane, William A.,
1
Lake Mohonk 'Conference, N. Y.,
1
Library Bureau, Boston,
1
Lummis, Charles F., Los Angeles, Cal.,
12
Macmillan Company, N. Y., Book Reviews, Monthly Journal. One year.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
2
Massachusetts Society Sons of the Ameri- can Revolution, 1
Metropolitan Water Board, Boston,
1
New York State College of Forestry,
1
New Evangelical Monthly, "Salvation," N. Y. One year.
Pratt and Pratt, Braintree Bee. One year.
Prescott and Son, Braintree Observer. One year.
Penniman, Mrs. Eliza, 3
Richards, Lysander Salmon, Marshfield
Hills, 1
State and National Publications,
29
84
Soldiers' Home, Chelsea,
1
Tabor Academy,
2
Thayer, Miss R. R .. 3
1
Thayer, Misses Susanna and Sarah,
1
Thayer, James H.,
?
Traveller's Record.
Tufts Library, Weymouth,
2
Unitarian Association, Boston, 1
University of Pennsylvania, 1
Wells Memorial Institute, Boston, 1
West, James, Boston,
1
White, M. J., Canada. One map.
Wood, Henry, Boston, 1 1
1
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
Receipts.
Cash in Braintree Savings Bank
$63 60
Received of Town Treasurer, town appropriation 900 00
Town Treasurer, interest on Stet- son note
100 00
Town Treasurer, interest on town note
175 00
Librarian fines, bulletins, etc. . ..
37 71
Braintree Savings Bank interest .
65
$1276 96
Cash due treasurer
6 06
$1283 02
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Expenditures.
Paid Abbie M. Arnold, librarian
500 00
Abbie M. Arnold, assistant
150 00
Charles E. Lauriat Co., books ..
407 13
F. J. Barnard & Co., binding books
70 35
Wm. H. Guild & Co., magazines,
41 30
Geo. W. Prescott & Son, Brain-
tree Observer and printing ..
21 50
Town of Braintree, kindlings ... Town of Braintree, electric lights
25 44
Town of Braintree, water.
11 00
John Gallivan, labor on boiler ..
29 05
Charles E. Nove & Co., labels ...
2 00
New York & Boston Ex. Co., expressage
1 20
Home Science Pub. Co., maga- zine
1 00
A. S. Burns & Co .. book 1 00
1 00
Pratt & Pratt. printing
9 40
160
Weymouth & Braintree Pub. Co., advertising 1 50
O. M. Rogers, funnell. 50
F. E. Ormsby & Co., book 75
Abbie M. Arnold, incidentals
8 90
$1,283 02:
N. H. HUNT, Treasurer.
Braintree, Jan'y. 12, 1901.
Adjusted the above account, balance as reported credit to the Treasurer of $6.06 carried to new account of 1901.
DANIEL POTTER, Auditor.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Board of Water Commissioners
OF THE
TOWN OF BRAINTREE,
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1900.
PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE TOWN.
MOT
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1640 SSACHU
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BEE JOB PRINT: PRATT & PRATT STEAM PRINTERS BRAINTREE, MASS. 1901.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Board of Water Commissioners.
ORGANIZATION.
Board of Water Commissioners: Hon. James T. Stevens, chairman; T. Haven Dearing, M. D., John Kelley.
William E. Maybury, Superintendent.
Benjamin F. Dyer, Treasurer.
Henry A. Monk, Secretary and Collector.
John W. Mulcahy, Engineer.
The Water Commissioners, in accordance with the By- Laws of the Town, and in conformity with the usual custom, respectfully present their annual report of the operation and present condition of the. Department under their management.
At the Annual Town Meeting in March, Hon. James T. Stevens was re-elected a member of the Board to serve for the term of three years.
APPROPRIATIONS.
The appropriations for the year were as follows: For hy- drant service, $4425; for water loan sinking funds, $5120.
EXTENSIONS.
Some extensions of the mains have been made during the year, all of which are paying 5 per cent. or more on the cost of construction ; for location, etc., see Superintendent's report.
REPAIRS.
The cost of repairs on mains, gates, and hydrants, still con- tinues to be very small.
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IMPROVED PUMPING MACHINERY.
The improvement of the pumping machinery commenced last year has been completed and we think the money so in- vested has been of great advantage to the Town.
FUTURE WATER SUPPLY.
In accordance with our recommendation, the Town at its last annual meeting appointed a committee to act in conjunc- tion with this Board to consider the matter of a future water supply. That committee and this Board have had several meetings and a separate report of the finding of said joint committee will be made to the Town.
STREET WATERING.
The large amount of water used for this purpose, as shown by the Superintendent's report, detracts very much from the correct showing of this Department. We think the Highway Department should be charged a reasonable sum for the water used. In our judgment water used for any purpose whatever, --- street watering, flushing sewers, fountains, or any other pur- pose in connection with the Town,-should be charged to the Department using the same.
FINANCIAL CONDITION.
At the commencement of the year the Department had a cash balance of $8.20; it has paid all its ordinary expenses, made additions to the plant amounting to $3927, paid the in- terest on its bonds, and has a cash balance at the end of the year of $844.50; this without having drawn the full amount from the Town for hydrant service.
COLLECTIONS.
This year the collections have somewhat improved; future collections will be made strictly in accordance with the re- quirements of the Town By-Laws.
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SUPERINTENDENT.
Mr. Maybury, our Superintendent, has performed the du- ties pertaining to his position to our entire satisfaction during the year; the plant is constantly improving under his super- vision.
The reports of the Treasurer, Collector and Superintendent are herewith submitted.
JAMES T. STEVENS, T. HAVEN DEARING. JOHN KELLEY. Water Commissioners of Braintrec.
FINANCIAL.
Maintenance.
Pay of men as per pay rolls
$453 11
N. Y. & Boston Express Co., express,
2 95
Frank A. Bates, supplies and labor. .
6 59
15 00
Geo. W. Prescott & Co., printing .. W. A. Torrey, postage and supplies. . H. A. Monk, services as Sec'y, 1899. .
103 44
H. A. Monk, cash, expenses 1899 ...
3 15
H. A. Monk, balance for collecting water rate 1899
49 00
H. A. Monk, collecting water rates 1900
375 00
H. A. Monk, services as Sec'ý, 1900. .
50 00
Charles E. Hill, teams
2 50
Robert Brooks, labor
2 25
W. P. Brown, express
31 65
C. C. Mellen, legal services
365 00
Robert W. Neff, supplies
6 00
Hartford Steam Boiler Insurance Co., insurance
100 00
Pratt & Pratt, printing
4 00
Elmer Vinton, labor
20 47
A. J. Wilkinson & Co., supplies
2 50
.
50 00
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S. F. Brown, labor 5 50
Security Safe Deposit Co., rent 20 00
Thomas Groom & Co., books 2 00
D. H. B. Thayer, express 15 25
John Streiford, supplies 4 00
William May, labor and stock
20 00
National Meter Co., supplies
21 35
J. B. Rhines & Co., lumber 10 91
C. H. Hobart, supplies 50
W. E. Maybury, cash expenses of Board investigating water sup- plies 25 55
H. H. Thayer, labor 6 25
Weymouth & Braintree Publishing Co., printing 2 00
A. R. Gay & Co., supplies 2 60
Edward Shay, labor .
1 50
$1,780 02
Pumping Station.
· P'ay of men as per pay rolls $20 7412
Pay of day engineer, as per pay rolls, 900 00
Pay of night engin'r, as per pay rolls, 728 00
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