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$185,027 74
$23,314 56
$44,953 10
Taxes, 1916, refund
1,882 00
Taxes, 1916, over payment
1,882 00
$186,909 74
Appropriations
$214,169 50
Payments
$186,909 74
Credits
20,057 33
Unexpended balances
23,315 06
Special Taxes and Overlay
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12,584 12
Overdrafts
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6,484 95
Taxes, 1916, overpayment
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1,882 00
$255,177 90
$255,177 9n
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44,953 10
Payments without orders
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C. FREDERICK TARBOX FRANK W. COUILLARD PAUL MONAGHAN Auditors for 1917
Lighting Board, salaries
$300 00
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3,810 98
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20 00
Electric light
550 00
* Selectmen's account shows ledger account covering two yeare and totals of overdrafts and unexpended balances differ from this report which onl. covers 1917.
INSURANCE ACCOUNT
Schoolhouses
Buildings
Contents $1,500.00
Total $20,000.00
Abraham Lincoln
$18,500.00
Monatiquot
27,000.00
1,500.00
28,500.00
Noah Torrey
30,000.00
2,000.00
32,000.00
Noah Torrey portable
1,000.00
350.00
1,350.00
Jonas Perkins
27,000.00
3,000.00
30,000.00
Penniman
13,000.00
1,000.00
14,000.00
Union
8,000.00
8,000.00
Pond
7,800.00
700.00
8,500.00
South
1,000.00
200.00
1,200.00
Southwest
1,000.00
200.00
1.200.00
Southwest portable
1,000.00
350.00
1,350.00
Hollis 1.
45,000.00
2,500.00
47,500.00
$180,300.00 $13,300.00 $193,600.00
Town Hall
60,000.00
4,500.00
64,500.00
Alms House
10,000.00
1,200.00
11,200.00
Alms House Barn
1,100.00
650.00
1,750.00
Union Engine House
1,800.00
1,800.00
Butcher Boy Engine House
1.000.00
1.000.00
Wampatuck Engine House
1,000.00
1,000.00
Thayer Public Library Electric Light Dept .:
17,699.00
12,301.00
30,000.00
Station and Contents
46,300.00
Office Building and Contents
5,250.00
Boiler Insurance
20.000.00
Fly Wheel Insurance Water Dept .:
40,000.00
Great Pond Station Boilers
10.000.00
Great Pond Station
3,000.00
7,000.00
10,000.00
Little Pond Station Boilers
20,000.00
Town Hall and Schoolhouses.
Boiler Insurance
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35,000.00
$275,899.00 $38.951.00 $491.400.00
The Water Department, Electric Light Department and Town carry Employers' Liability Insurance.
The above list comprises all the insurance on Town property which we have found to be in force.
C. FREDERICK TARBOX, FRANK W. COUILLARD, PAUL MONAGHAN, Auditors for 1917.
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COLLECTOR'S ACCOUNT OF TAXES
Allen C. Wentworth, George H. Holbrook and Allen Lawson, In Account with the Town of Braintree, December 31, 1917. TAX ACCOUNT 1915
Uncollected per Ledger, Jan. 1. 1917 $ 10,561.25
Additions to adjust Commitment Book to Warrant
23.99
Payment after abatement
$10,587.24
Collections January 1-December 31,
1917
$ 10,309.64
Collections credited to 1916 account
59.20
Outstanding December 31, 1917 (contro- verted
218.40
$10.587.24
1916
Uncollected per Ledger, Jan. 1, 1917.
$ 52,657.51
Interest credited in error
.05
Additions to adjust Commitment Book to Warrant
14.00
Collections credited to 1915 account
59.20
Overpayments February. 1917
1,971.41
$54,702.17
Collections January 1-December 31,
1917
$ 39,929.86
Outstanding December 31, 1917, per de-
tailed list
14,772.31
$54.702.17
1917
Commitment of · Taxes
$201,765.32
Commitment of Moth Assessments
1,616.35
Commitment of Street Sprinkling Assess- ments.
1,459.62
Commitment of Excise Tax
2,705.94
Supplementary Comitment of Taxes
332.86
Overpayments
20
Collection's January 1-December 31,
1917
$146,237.06
Deductions to adjust Commitment Book to Warrant
.70
Outstanding December 31, 1917, as per detailed list
61,642.53
$207,880.29
INTEREST ACCOUNT
Interest collected on 1915 taxes
$1,007.66
Interest collected on 1916 taxes
1,285.48
Interest collected on 1917 taxes
129.68
$2,422.82
We have examined the above statements and find that they agree with the Accountant's Books, that the above amounts have been turned into the Town Treasury, and that they are a correct reproduction of the Collector's Books.
C. FREDERICK TARBOX, FRANK W. COUILLARD, PAUL MONAHAN.
Auditors 1917.
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$207.880.29
2.00
FUNDS AND ASSETS OF THE THAYER PUBLIC LIBRARY
We hereby submit the detailed reports of the treasurer and librarian.
ALBERT E. AVERY, BENJAMIN F. DYER. WILLIAM GALLAGHER, WILLIAM C. HARDING,, Trustees.
Mr. Alva Morrison has resigned on account of removal from Braintree, and Mr. Herbert F. Kneeland has been appointed as his successor.
FUNDS AND ASSETS OF THE THAYER PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUSTEES, DECEMBER 31, 1917 William C. Harding, Treasurer Caleb Stetson Fund
Braintree Savings Bank, Book No. 7148
$ 520.00
Town of Braintree Water Bond. No. 30, for $1,000.
4% interest
. Town of Braintree Water Bond, No. 98, for $1,000,
980.00
4% interest
1 000 00
$2,500.00
Town of Braintree Notes
Seven Notes, Nos. 47-53, at $750 each. all dated July 1, 1914. and payable July 1. 1918. '19, '20, '21. '22, '23, '24, respectively; interest at 4%, pay- able semi-annually $5250.00
Two Notes. No .. 58-59, at $500 each, all dated October 1, 1914, and payable Oct. 1, 1918 and '19, re- spectively; semi-annual interest at 4% 1,000.00
$6,250.00
Rachel R. Thayer Bequest
Home Savings Bank, Boston, Book No. 116676 '$172.50
Savings Bank Deposits
Home Savings Bank, Boston, Book No. 116676
$ 750.00
Quincy Savings Bank. Book No. 44275
750.00
Weymouth Savings Bank. Book No. 13682 500.00
Braintree Savings Bank, Book No. 7874
1,250.00
$3,250.00
We have examined the funds and assets of the Thayer Public Library Trustees. William C. Harding, Treasurer, and find same correct as stated.
C. FREDERICK TARBOX. FRANK W. COUILLARD, PAUL MONAHAN. A:ditors, 1917.
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NATHANIEL H. HUNT LEGACY INCOME ACCOUNT FOR YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1917.
William C. Harding. Treasurer
1917
Income
Jan. 1 Cash on deposit in State St. Trust Co., Boston
269.55
Jan. 8 From Town Treasurer
160.00
Jan. 9 From Town Treaurer
45.00
May 11 From Town Treasurer
60.00
May 15 From Town Treasurer
15.00
July 2 From Town Treasurer
160.00
July 3 From Town Treasurer
50.52
From Town Treasurer
45.00
From Town Treasurer
100.00
Dec. 3
From Town Treasurer
60.00
Dec. 31
From Town Treasurer
100.00
From Town Treasurer
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67.50
From Town Treasurer
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Interest on bank balance
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$1,198.69
Expenditures
Albert H. Hall
$ 726.33
N. Michelson Co.
53.92
H. W. Wilson Co.
22.00
The Palmer Co.
100.00
Houghton, Mifflin Co.
8.75
Mann Publishing Co.
3.25
Boston Book Co.
2.00
Pratt & Pratt
2.00
Christian Dietetic Society
3.00
DeWolfe & Fiske Co.
1.35
R. R Bowker Co.
2.00
Edna B. Holman
1.35
E. A. Merriam
1.75
The S. S. Scranton Co.
1.00
The Boylston Pub. Co.
.75
Cash on deposit in State St. Trust Co. Dec. 31, '17 ....
269.34
$1,198.69
We have examined the account of William C. Harding. Treas- urer, showing the income receipts of the Nathaniel H. Hunt Legacy income account, and find it correct and properly vouched. Balance on hand Dec. 31. 1917, State St. Trust Co., $269.34.
C. FREDERICK TARBOX, FRANK W. COUILLARD, PAUL MONAHAN, by C. F. T. Auditors for 1917.
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50.52
From Town Treasurer
15.00
.60
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THAYER PUBLIC LIBRARY
William C. Harding. Treasurer
Treasurer's Report for Year Ending Dec. 31, 1917 Receipts
Cash on deposit Jan. 1, 1917. in State St. Trust Co. Boston
$ 894.85
From Town Treasurer
1,400.00
Town Note No. 57 paid
500.00
Town Note No. 46 paid
750.00
Interest on Town Notes
300.00
Lost and damaged books, and fines
187.62
From Town Treasurer for distribution of books
150.00
Stetson Fund interest
80.00
Weymouth Savings Bank interest
9.67
Interest on bank balances
4.35
$4,276.49
Expenditures
Lucretia F. Hatch,, librarian
$ 720.00
Alice A. Holbrook, assistant librarian
434.00
Town Note, No. 46
750.00
Town Note. No. 56
500.00
Librarian's expenses for the year
141.79
Woodsum Coal Co.
142.50
J. F. Sheppard & Sons
107.50
H. W. Borden
70.45
F. L. Chandler
28.26
Electric Light Dept. ٠١٠ 63.30
H. W. Bailey & Co.
27.00
George W. Prescott Pub. Co.
45.75
N. Michelson Co.
69.52
C. H. Hobart & Son
90.05
John Heaney
50.00
Edward Avery
31.50
Paul Monaghan
48.00
Bradford Gallagher
25.85
William Leavens & Co.
35.10
Library Bureau
14.39
The Palmer Co.
95.30
Cash retained by librarian
16.83
Granite Trust Co.
5.00
Gaylord Bros.
5.35
Town of Braintree
7.76
Library Art Club
6.00
Stamps
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6.00
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Water
Department
2.00
Cash on hand Dec. 31, and carried forward 737.29
$4,276.49
We have examined the account of William C. Harding. Treas- urer of the Trustees of Thayer Public Library, and find it correct, with all bills properly vouched, and balance in State St. Trust Co. of $737.29.
C. FREDERICK TARBOX, FRANK W. COUILLARD, PAUL MONAHAN.
Auditors for 1917.
THAYER PUBLIC LIBRARY STATISTICS
Number of books in the Library
17,264
*Number of books added during 1917
836
Number of books circulated during 1917 29,668
Number of books circulated during 1917 in East
Braintree 5,699
Largest daily circulation, June 16
230
Average daily circulation
101.6-|-
Percent of fiction circulation
64.26-|-
Total number of days library was opened 292
Total number of borrowers
3,170
Number of new borrowers in East Braintree
67
Number of new borrowers during 1917
364
*This number includes bound magazines.
PERIODICALS
The Library receives regularly the periodicals in the following
list :-
The Booklist
America
American City (town edition)
American Cookery
American Magazine
American Poultry Journal
American Review of Reviews
Art World
Atlantic Monthly
Bird Lore
Book Review Digest
Bookman
Boston Evening Transcript
Braintree Bee
Braintree Observer
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Bulletin of Bibliography Carnegie Pittsburg Bulletin Catholic World Century
Christian Register. Gift
Christian Science Journal. Gift.
Christian Science Monitor. Gift
Christian Science Sentinel. Gift
Collier's
Congregationalist.
Gift
Cumulative Book Index
Current Events
Current Opinion
Delineator
Dial
Education
Etude
Everybody's
Forum
Garden Magazine
Good Government. Gift
Good Housekeeping
Harper's Monthly
Hearst's Magazine
Hibbert Journal
Hints:
The Entertainment Magazine
Home Needlework
Home Progress
House Beautiful
Illustrated London News
Illustrated World Independent
Ladies' Home Journal
Library Journal Life
Literary Digest
Living Age
Living Tissue. Gift
London Punch
McClure's Magazine
Missionary Review
Modern Priscilla
Mother's Magazine Musician
Nation
National Geographic Magazine 169
New Country Life in America New England Magazine New England Shoe and Leather Industry. Gift
New Republic
New York Times Book Review
New York Times Current History
Nineteenth Century and After North American Review
Our Dumb Animals. Gift
Outing Outlook
Popular Mechanics
Popular Science Monthly
Protectionist.
Gift
Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature
Remonstrance.
Gift
St. Nicholas
Scientific American
Scientific American Supplement
Scribner's Magazine
Searchlight on Congress.
Gift
Something to do
Springfield Republican
Survey
System
Temperance Cause. Gift
Universalist Leader.
Gift
Woman's Home Companion
Woman Citizen
World's' Work
Yale Review
Youth's Companion
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REPORT OF BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS
ORGANIZATION
HON. JAMES T. STEVENS, Chairman JOHN KELLEY WILLIAM C. HARRISON OTIS B. OAKMAN, Treasurer WILLIAM E. MAYBURY. Superintendent W. L. GAGE, Secretary and Collector JOHN W. MULCAHY, Engineer
Complying with the By-Laws of the Town Art. 2, Section 2, there is herewith submitted the Annual Report of the Water Com- missioners for the year ending Dec. 31, 1917.
The Board has met regularly on the first and third Monday of each month and much important bu iness has come before it. The labor situation has been a source of much annoyance. The high wages offered at the plants engaged in Government work have drawn away from other industries largely and this department has suffered with other domestic industries and this ha: caused a large increase in the pay rolls, by reason of employment of new help at necessarily increased wages.
The cost of maintenance of the plant ha's very materially in- creased by the advance in price of all kinds of materials, particu- larly in the advanced price of coal for which we are now paying more than 100% more than in 1916. and the difficulty of getting prompt shipments of material has been a source of much annoy- ance.
There have been sixty-two new services installed during the year, making a total of nearly 2,300 services in operacion, and there has been added to the street mains about one and one-half miles, and six fire hydrants have been added. making a total num- ber of hydrants in operation 303.
The Department has been confronted with an extra expense in the way of protection of the property under its control. Following the declaration of war between the United States and Germany it was thought wise to use all precautions against any damage that might be done to the property of the Town, and by advice of the Public Safety Committee, a detail of the Braintree Home Guard was stationed at the Pumping Station and Standpipe. This was continued for a time, when these details were relieved, and at the request of the Public Safety Committee a permanent watchman was employed at the pumping station to remain on duty during the hours when the engineers of the plant were off duty. No known attempt has been made to do any damage and we hope the same conditions will continue,
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The Department is hampered in its work and annoyed by the continued slowness exhibited by many consumers in paying their bills. It not only adds to the clerical work of the Department but makes quite an addition to the postage account. Also the Depart- ment gets a bad reputation for not paying its bills when due. The report of the collector shows some $2,600.00 in unpaid bills. This delinquency on the part of consumers necessitated carrying over some $2,000.00 of accounts to be paid from the revenue of 1918 which should have been paid in 1917. If this condition continues to exist and we are unable to pay our indebtedness when due, merchants and manufacturers will not care to sell their products to us. In many town's, if consumers neglect to pay when the bill is due the water is shut off without notice, and we may have to adopt such arbitrary measures, however much we should regret to do so.
In the early part of the year we were surprised with a state- ment that the County of Norfolk had purchased a tract of land on the watershed of Great Pond and were to erect a Tuberculosis Hospital thereon. A meeting of the Joint Water Boards of Brain- tree, Randolph and Holbrook was called. and it was the unanimous opinion of the Boards that every effort should be made to prevent the carrying out of the project. Letters were sent to the County Commissioners and the State Board of Health, advising that we should apply to the courts for relief if the County attempted to carry out its plans. and meetings were arranged for and held with both bodies and were attended by the full Boards of each of the Towns mentioned with the result that the County has sought and obtained another location for their purpose?, and we believe the efforts of the Board to protect the water supply of the Towns using Great Pond water have been effective and that their plans as proposed have been abandoned.
In October of this year the property in Precinct 3, known as the Watson Estate, was purchased by the Norfolk Development Co. and representatives of this company came before the Board stating that it was proposed to at once lay out streets and proceed to erect nome hundred or more houses. and requested the Water De- partment to furnish a water supply for the same. It was found the plans as laid out would require some 2500 feet of 6-inch pipe and the board wa; of the unanimous opinion that it would not be justi- fied in involving the Town in such expense for the development of property for private interest:, and a proposition was made the Company that they purchase and lay their own pipe together with hydrants, gates, branches and tees under the supervision of the Superintendent of this Department, and when completed to the sat- istaction of the Water Department. turn the same over to the sole ownership of the Town, and the Water Department would make
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house connections as applied for under the Rules and Regulations of the Department. This was agreed to without modifications and a contract was prepared embodying all of the above requirements and it was duly signed by the Norfolk Development Co. and the Water Commissioners. This. contract is a repetition of the policy adopted by the Board in like cases of land development and one which the Board proposes to follow in all such cases.
Work was commenced and continued under the supervision of the Superintendent of the Department until cold weather prevent- ed further operations. The development of the property is only partially completed. The completion of the work as proposed may be an item of con iderable expense to the Town in having to in- crease the size of the mains to that locality in order to insure a sufficient supply of water.
The unprecedented stretch of cold weather. never before known in the history of the Department, has causd much damage to the system. In many places street mains have frozen and also in a number of services and nearly 250 meters have frozen and are out for repairs. The cost to the Department to make repairs can hardly be estimated, but it will prove very expensive.
These conditions should be a warning to every water consumer to take all precautions possible to avoid the danger of freezing as the repairs are an expense to the consumer as well as to the Town.
In closing we wish to congratulate the Town in that one item of expense has been eliminated by the liquidation of one hundred thousand dollars of the bonded indebtedness of the Department as will be seen by the report of the Sinking Fund Commissioners.
The completion of this report will be found in the reports of the Registrar, Collector and Superintendent, appended hereto.
JAMES T. STEARNS. JOHN KELLEY. WILLIAM 'C. HARRISON.
Board of Water Commissioners.
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MAINTENANCE
N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co. $ 142.39
E. A. Hammond
16.69
Thorp & Martin Co.
6.00
W. A. Torrey & Co.
4.32
F K. Patch
4.50
Adams Express Co.
1.78
T. Groom & Co.
2.85
Electric Express
.95
Pratt & Pratt
75.75
- Moses T. Dyer
11.67
Braintree Taxi Cab Co.
2.50
George H. Holbrook
62.00
Hartley L. White
100.00
Massachusetts Bonding Co.
10.00
Bay State St. Railway Express
3.66
D. C. Haseltine
1.78
M. W. Haskell
2,24
W. L. Gage (sundry cash expenses)
10.33
South Braintree Post Office
163.33
W. L. Gage
1,144.00
James T. Stevens
100.00
John Kelley
100.00
William C. Harri on
100.00
Pay of men as per payrolls
755.67
$2,822.41
GREAT POND STATION
Braintree Electric Light Dept.
$ 74.50
R. A. Gage
4.40
J. F. Sheppard & Sons, Inc.
3,350.92
F O. Whitmarsh
12.00
Lumsden & Van Stone
11.80
Ashton Valve Co.
14.50
Garlock Packing Co.
24.07
Curry Brothers Oil Co.
111.11
C. H. Hobart
1.85
Walworth Manufacturing Co.
13.95
William Tierney
65.55
Dow Manufacturing Co.
1.22
F. H. Hayes Machinery Co.
216.00
Adams Express Co.
3.48
F. L. Chandler
3.10
A. W. Chesterton Co.
17.98
Rhines Lumber Co.
.52
Pay of men ag per payroll
2,404.67
$6,331.62
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LITTLE POND STATION
Braintree Electric Light Dept. $ 9.80
J. F. Sheppard & Sons Co. 172.37
C. H. Hobart 1.43
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co. .26
F. L. Chandler 1.46
$ 185.32
SERVICE WORK OUTSIDE STREET LINES
Woodsum Coal Co.
$ 6.14
R A. Gage
7.21
Chadwick Boston Lead Co.
461.52
Walworth Manufacturing Co.
110.89
A. C. Trojano 60.33
F. L. Chandler 6.47
Tenney Morse Co.
368.03
Pay of men as per payroll
991.13
$2,011.72
SERVICE WORK IN STREET
R. A. Gage g $ 10.24
Chapman Valve Co.
13.50
A. C. Trojano
163.22
Tenney Morse Co.
76.81
Chadwick Boston Lead Co.
320.40
H Mueller Manufacturing Co.
157.00
Standard Oil Co. 10.00
Woodsum Coal Co.
2.25
Walworth Manufacturing Co.
4.92
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co.
7.52
Pay of men as per payroll
589.23
$1,355.09
SERVICE REPAIRS IN STREET
Braintree Electric Light Dept. $ 72.30
Pay of men as per payroll 257.01
$ 329.31
RENEWAL OF SERVICE WORK IN STREET
Pay of men as per payroll $ 53.62
HYDRANT REPAIRS
Coffin Valve Co.
$ 77.15
Bay State St. Railway Ex.
.95
Pay of men as per payroll
45.12
123.22
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TESTING AND FLUSHING HYDRANTS
Pay of men as per payroll
168.00
$ 168.00
METERS
National Meter Co.
789.80
$ 789.80
METER REPAIRS
R. A. Gage
$ 6.62
Adams Express Co.
2.64
National Meter Co.
114.69
Play of men as per payrolls
448.13
$ 572.08
READING, INSPECTION AND TESTING METERS
L. A. Qualey
$ 4.75
Pay of men as per payrolls .. 1,435.22
$1,439.97
STABLE
Dyer & Sullivan
$ 1.60
T. J. Cain
76.76
M V. Cain
18.85
H. B. Whitman
7.15
Pay of men as per pay roll
351.00
$ 455.36
TOOLS
Thomas O'Brien
$ 19.15
Curry Bros. Oil Co.
2.00
Walworth Manufacturing Co.
13.56
Burditt & Williams Co.
2.50
Waterworks Equipment Co.
34.00
S. C. Hathaway & Co.
14.00
H. L. Bond Co.
.80
Pinel Tool Co.
4.05
Revere Rubber Co.
34.80
R. A. Gage
1.00
R. Belyea
13.45
W. H. Cobb
27.95
$ 167.26
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MAIN PIPE EXTENSIONS
Davis & Farnum Manufacturing Co.
$ 183.28
H. L. Bond Co.
11.34
R. A. Gage
30.84
Chapman Valve Co.
32.00
Walworth Manufacturing Co.
131.27
Electric Express Co.
4.35
George E. Fogg
36.07
Tenney Morse Co.
117.95
Rensselaer Valv~ Co.
95.88
Chadwick Boston Lead Co.
42.08
A. C. Trojano
3,666.65
Pay of men as per pay roll 372.70
$4,724.41
MAIN PIPE REPAIRS
Pay of men as per payroll $ 173.25 $ 173.25
PROTECTION OF WATER SUPPLY
Jchn P. Shay
$ 159.70
George H. Holbrook
9.58
G. E. Warren
.42
N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co.
25.60
Charles H. Hunt
386.80
$ 582.10
AUTOMOBILES Mathewson Truck
Central Garage
$379.62
Curry Bros. Oil Co.
10.00
F. L. Chandler
4.95
G. E. Sampson
68.00
Monatiquot Garage
7.00
F. W. Robinson
20.00
Mass. Highway Commis ion
4.00
$493.57
Ford Truck
Central Garage
$154.13
P. S. Yerxa
58.50
G. E. Sampson
68.00
Curry Bros. Oil Co.
10.80
Hill & Hill
6.75
Dow Mfg. Co.
1.20
Mass. Highway Commission
4.00
$303.38
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E. M. F. Car
Texas Oil Co.
$113.95
Charles W. Glines
71.05
R N. Spaulding
6.85
F. W. Robinson
21.50
G. E. Fogg
8.00
Mass Highway Commission.
13.00
$ 234.35 $1,031.30
INSURANCE
George E. Sampson
261.02 $ 261.02
GARAGE
Fay of men as per payroll ..
351.00 $ 351.00
SUPERINTENDENT
W. E. Maybury
1,574.97
W. E. Maybury, Cash expenses ..
3.50
$1,578.47
RECAPITULATION
Maintenance
$2,822.41
Great Pond Station
6,331.62
Little Pond Station
185.32
Service work outside street lines
2,011.72
Service work in street
1,355.09
Service repairs in street
329.31
Renewal of service work in street
53.62
Hydrant repairs
123.22
Testing and flushing hydrants
168.00
Meters
789.80
Meter repairs
572.08
Reading, inspection and testing meters
1,439.97
Stable
455.36
Tools
167.26
Main pipe extensions
4,724.41
Main pipe repairs
173.25
Protection of water supply
582.10
Automobiles
1,031.30
Garage
351.00
Insurance
261.02
Superintendent
1.578.47
$25,506.33
178
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WATER REGISTRAR'S REPORT FOR YEAR 1917
Pipes. labor, etc., outstanding Jan. 1, 1917
Summonses collector
750.29 28.09
Total collections
$30,609 96
Water rate. outstanding Dec. 31, 1917
2,085.05
521.74
Pipe. labor, etc., outstanding. Dec. 31, 1917 Abatements
46.93
$33,263.68
$33,263.68
COLLECTOR'S REPORT
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1917
$ 176.65
Collections
30,609.96
Turned over to treasurer
30,473.78
Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1917
312.00
Water rates charged
$27,733.53
Pipes, labor, etc., charged
2,189.06
$30,786.61 $30,786.61
We have examined the foregoing report of the Registrar and Collectors. comparing it with the Treasurer's receipts and vouch- ers. and approve same.
C. FREDERICK TARBOX,
FRANK W. COUILLARD, PAUL MONAHAN. Auditors 1917.
179
TREASURER'S REPORT
Otis B. Oakman, Treasurer. In Account with Board of Water Commissioners
Water rates outstanding Jan. 1. 1917 ... 2,562.71 Jan. 1, 1917, to Dec. 31, 1917, inclusive Received balance Jan. 1, 1917 $ 267.55
W. L. Gage, Collector 30,473.78
Town of Braintree, refund of interest
330.00
Interest on deposit, Merchants' National Bank 15.56
Hydrant service appropriation
500,00
$25,506.33 Paid 252 orders
Coupons and interest on $100,000 water loan to Jan. 1, 1918 4,000.00
Interest to Feb. 1,1917, on $6,000 1926 note
120.00
Interest to Jan. 15, 1917, on $3,000 May- flower Park Loan
60.00
Coupons to April 1, 1917, $7,500 serial . . Refunded by town
1.50.00
Bonds due Oct. 1, 1917, Nos. 11 and 12
1,500.00
Balance in Merchants' National Bank
250.56
$31.586.89 $31.586.89
Examined and found correct with proper vouchers for all ex- penditures and a balance of $250.56 in the Merchants' National Bank, Boston.
C. FREDERICK TARBOX, FRANK W. COUILLARD, PAUL MONAHAN. Auditors 1917.
Braintree, Jan. 17. 1918.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the Honorable Board of Water Commissioners of the Town of Braintree.
Gentlemen: The Superintendent of the Water Department re- spectfully submits his annual report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1917
Sixty-two services were laid during the year. Kind of pipe, size, and number of feet laid as follows:
Feet
In.
Five-eighths-inch lead pipe
1517
0
Three-fourths-inch galvanized iron pipe
1663
0
One-inch galvanized iron pipe
312
6
3492
6
Total service pipe in system December 31, 1917, 154,187 feet, 9 inches, or 29 miles, 1,067 feet. 9 inches.
180
SERVICES RENEWED
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