Town annual report of Braintree, Massachusetts for the year 1924, Part 9

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A connection with the Parkway should be built across from Granite Street north of West Street.


Dangerous corners at junction of Tremont St. and Central Ave. also at corner of Washington St. and Summer St. should be eliminated.


Traffic signals and lights should be installed at other dangerous corners.


Relative to sidewalks:


The town by a special appropriation built one the whole length of Franklin Street on the east side after the State Highway Commission had widened the street.


The town also built a walk on Washington Street in Braintree Highlands. This should also have been by a special appropriation.


Permanent walks were built on Commercial Street also on Holbrook Avenue and on Washington Street near Storr's Square.


A sum of money should be appropriated each year to continue building permanent sidewalks in each section of the town connecting with those already built.


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A special appropriation should be made to widen street and build a permanent walk in front of the Town Hall and Public Library.


Washington Street should be laid out and widened from Union Street to Summer Street on the west side before the new bank building is built on the Summer Street corner. A sidewalk should be built on Plain St. near River bridge.


The town should again consider the recommendation for dumping waste material also for removing old trees and planting new ones on our highways and in our parks. It also should appropriate a sum of money each year for plans until a complete set is acquired.


Realizing the growing importance of the Planning. Board the town on recommendation of its By-law committee voted to increase the number of members of this board from three to five. This change takes effect at the coming elec- tion. To be consistent they should have made the number of members three or a multiple thereof, as all other Boards in the town are. Auto traffic regulations were omitted in these By-laws.


We again recommend that the town provide for suitable traffic regulations by our Police Department. The safety of our citizens demands some rules for the regulation of auto- traffic.


Respectfully submitted CHARLES O. MILLER, Chairman, MERTON L. EMERSON, JAMES W. COLBERT,


Members of the Planning Board.


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BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS BRAINTREE, MASS.


Precinct 1.


French's Common-Has been mowed and raked during the summer, and kept in good shape for various sports. A new base ball back stop was erected. New foot ball goal posts were placed in position for foot ball. In the grove the swings have been kept in good order and the sand boxes filled. The past summer more children were at this play- ground than ever before. And every night and Saturday afternoons base ball was played and was attended by over 500 every night also on Saturdays 1000 enjoyed this sport. A quoit court has been installed in the grove and every evening during the summer a large number enjoy this game. A band stand has been purchased and will be placed in the middle of the grove the coming summer. The drinking fountain has been kept in good order and was enjoyed by all who attend this playground.


At Hollingsworth Park-Has been mowed, bushes cut, and kept in condition for sports.


PRECINCT 2.


Work on the diamond is progressing very satisfactorily. We hope to complete it during the coming year.


The Hollis Field Association contributed $900.00 for improvement on the field this year, and have also voted what money they have in the treasury, (about $900.00) to be spent in 1925.


We need about $2,000.00 to grade and finish the play- ground.


The grounds have been mowed and cleaned, sand boxes filled, and other improvements made for the children dur- ing the summer months.


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Precinct 3.


Park and Recreation Department.


Much time has been given during the past season to the care of the children in Precinct 3. Through the courtesy of one of the organizations in Braintree it was possible this year to procure new bamboo slides, teeter boards and sand boxes which were placed on the waterfront Playground.


Due and proper attention was given to the other play- grounds, the grass was mowed and kept in condition. In addition, a young lady instructor was furnished who made it pleasant for the children at all times and from the gen- eral comments on all sides it is fair to assume that this particular feature was a step in the right direction.


Acting in compliance with instructions given at the last town meeting, disposal has been made of the property on the waterfront. These buildings have been sold and one of them already torn down.


Respectfully submitted,


Signed : LAWRENCE A. TRAINOR, ALBERT F. HOLLIS, JOHN N. RODGERS,


Park Commissioners.


TREASURER'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1924.


Income


Town Appropriation


$800.00


Expenditures


Labor and Material $245.46


Mowing and Cleaning Grounds 552.78


$798.24


Unexpended balance


$


1.76


JOHN N. RODGERS, Treasurer.


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REPORT OF DENTAL CLINIC, 1924


December 2, 1924.


Clinic opened at Braintree Friendly Aid Rooms. Pupils examined by dentist in November, 1923, returned to have work completed.


At the suggestion of the Superintendent of Schools, the examination of teeth in the schools for the coming year by a dentist and his assistants was eliminated. The plan being that the school nurse examine and send the children to the clinic. This is being done.


Report of dental clinic from January 1st to December 31st, inclusive :


Children treated in January .. 160


Fillings


54


Cleanings


109


Extractions


96


Examinations


2


261


Children treated in February ..


109


Fillings


33


Cleanings


61


Extractions


79


173


Children treated in March


165


Fillings


40


Cleanings


97


Extractions 57


Examinations


1


Abscesses opened


3


1


198


190


Children treated in April


106


Fillings 24


Cleanings


59


Extractions 28


Examinations


1


Abscesses opened


3


115


Children treated in May


203


Fillings 72


Cleanings 124


Extractions 56


3


Abscesses opened


8


263


Children treated in June


101


Fillings


34


Cleanings


55


Extractions


35


Examinations


7


Abscesses opened


2


133


Children treated in December .


236


Fillings 36


Cleanings


188


Extractions


19


243


Total number of children treated-1080.


Total number of operations-1386.


Examinations


191


Report of Tuberculosis Work, 1924


125 calls have been made in connection with the fol- low-up work in Tuberculosis.


All new cases reported through the Board of Health have been investigated, histories taken and reports sent into the State Board of Health.


A decrease of 14 cases has been noted in the past year.


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


Water Department


OF THE


TOWN OF BRAINTREE


FOR


Year Ending Dec. 31, 1924


Printed by Order of the Town 1


TOWN


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ETTS.


BRAINTREE OBSERVER PRATT & PRATT, PRINTERS BRAINTREE


1925


ORGANIZATION


WILLIAM C. HARRISON, Chairman Term Expires, 1925 GEORGE A. WALKER, Chairman Term Expires, 1926 CHARLES B. CUMMINGS, Chairman Term Expires, 1927 OTIS B. OAKMAN, Treasurer - W. L. GAGE, Secretary and Purchasing Agent. JOHN W. MULCAHY, Superintendent FRANCIS J. O'ROURKE, Chief Engineer


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REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS


As required by Sec. 2 of Art. 3 of the Town By-Laws The Board of Water Commissioners submit herewith the Annual report of the Department for the year ending Dec. 31, 1924.


The year has been one of unusual activity and owing to the continued favorable weather, we were able to carry on the work of installation of new services up to about De- cember 1st. resulting in the addition of 214 new services during the year and 36 old services have been renewed.


Under Art. 56 of the Annual Meeting in 1922 the amount of $4,478.10 was appropriated to complete the 6" main on Plain Street from Grove Street to the dead end at Nelson's farm, but owing to the urgent call for improve- ments in other localities, it was carried over to this year with the same appropriation. The work has now been com- pleted at a cost of $5,105.65. The additional expense was occasioned by the increased cost of labor and material.


Under Art. 71 of the Annual Meeting in 1924, the amount of $2,075.88 was appropriated to extend the 6" main on Hollingsworth Avenue. This estimate was based on an extension of 900 feet but in completing the work it was found necessary to use 1020 feet of pipe and the cost of this extension was $2,389.78.


Under Art. 72. The amount of $3,260.08 was appro- priated to complete the connection on Brookside Road. This estimate was based on an extension of 1430 feet more or less and it was found necessary to cover 2308 feet making the cost considerably more than the estimate or $5,085.81. This work has been completed and has very materially add- ed to the security of a locality that has long been consid- ered insufficiently protected and it also gives the East part of the Town an additional source of supply.


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Under Art. 74. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to extend the Main on Liberty Street from present dead end near residence of Samuel F. Hawes to a point near Peach Street. It was voted to appropriate $8,000.00 to make the said extension of about 3600 feet. Work was commenced on the southerly end near S. F. Hawes and carried through for a distance of 1480 feet a little more than one-third of the distance at a cost of $3,930.57 and in the opinion of your Commissioners, it was. not thought wise to continue the remainder of the way dur- ing the present year, as the cost would be so much in ex- cess of the amount appropriated, and no other consumers would be benefited for the remaining distance.


Under Art. 76. To see if the Town would vote to ap- propriate a sum of money to extend the main on Commer- cial Street from the dead end to the Quincy line, it was voted that no action be taken and the entire matter be referred to the Water Board. Arrangements are being made by your Board with the City of Quincy and the Metropolitan Water District Commission by which it is believed the residents in the locality of Penn's Hill on Commercial Street will receive a sufficient supply at a very little expense to the Town.


Under Art. 79. It was voted to appropriate $9,100.00 to extend the main on West Street from present location to a point at the residence of Albert A. Drollett. No work has been attempted on this line pending a final decision on the lay out of West Street as a Boulevard connecting with the Park System, which involves changes in grades and bounds. Your Commissioners consider however that the work should be no further delayed and propose to proceed with the construction of this line, due consideration to be given to the grades and bounds shown by the new survey. It is further proposed to continue this line through to the Great Pond Station and substitute an 8" main for the 6" main formerly contemplated, in order to provide an ad- ditional feeder for the system, available in case of a break


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in the present feeder, cut down the friction head on the pump and use to the fullest extent a line which will return very little revenue in proportion to the expense involved if not so utilized.


For the further protection of the Water Supply, the Joint Board of Braintree, Randolph, and Holbrook pur- chased a strip of land on the borders of Great Pond in March last, the purchase price being $3,500.00 apportioned equally between the three towns.


Several new developments have been started located as follows :


Water Front at East Braintree by D. Arthur Brown on Edgehill Road.


Off Quincy Avenue by Alan L. Wingate on Edgemont Road and Bickford Road.


Brow Avenue off Academy Street by Mrs. Cecilia Brow.


Ellsmere Hedges off West Street by Mrs. Helen M. Ellsworth.


All of the work on these locations has been done under the supervision of the Water Department and at the ex- pense of the Promotors.


Relocation of the bridge on Adams Street by the High- way Department necessitated changes in location of water pipes causing an expense to the Department of $569.98.


Changes at Capen's Bridge, Adams St. Bridge, and Plain St. Bridge made it necessary to install new coverings to prevent freezing at a total cost of $694.00.


Widening and relocation of street lines have been made during the year on Washington and Franklin Streets which required the removal and relocation of a number of hydrants the expense of which this Department had to assume as no provision had been made in the appropriation made for the changes.


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The Commissioners think that when any changes are under contemplation by the Town in which the Water Sys- tem is likely to be required to make any changes, they should be called into consultation and allowed to present an estimate of the probable expense to the Department which should be included in any appropriation made for the work under contemplation.


The Department has been put to considerable expense by the malicious mischief of parties visiting Sunset Lake during the bathing season. Many panes of glass have been broken in the Pumping Station and slates have been torn off the roof and broken and many acts have been committed creating a very unsanitary condition in and around the Sta- tion. These mischievous actions have taken place when no- body in authority was around to detect the guilty ones. The attention of the Board of Health was called to the unsani- tary conditions but no remedy was suggested by that Board and the Commissioners believe the only way to overcome these troubles is to have an Officer with authority to act detailed to police the grounds about the Lake and Station while the bathing season is on.


MAINTENANCE


G. E. Warren .75


Dimond Union Stamp Co. 1.10


H. W. Dubois & Co.


1.35


Adams, Cushing & Foster


2.25


W. P. Tobey


3.00


A. E. Winship 3.00


W. A. Torrey & Co.


3.58


Perfect Typewriter Key Co.


4.00


N. E. Water Works Ass'n.


6.00


Library Bureau


6.97


Waldo Bros. & Bond


8.50


J. F. Burke & Co. 10.00


L. E. Muran & Co. 10.90


199


N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co. 11.45


Pratt & Pratt


12.00


C. S. Hannaford


70.21


H. W. Bailey & Co. 91.25


N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.


227.50


So. Braintree Post Office


263.64


Randolph Water Works


1,483.00


William C. Harrison


100.00


George A. Walker


100.00


Charles B. Cummings


100.00


William L. Gage


1,529.17


Pay Roll


1,250.30


$5,299.92


GREAT POND STATION


Haskell's Garage


.82


Atwood & Morrill Co. .


.85


Laing Bros. & Co. .


1.00


William Lillie . .


1.50


G. E. Warren 2.25


L. B. Twitchell, Jr.


3.00


American Railway Express ·


3.15


Urban T. Landry


4.00


W. A. Torrey & Co.


4.90


Waldo Bros. & Bond Co.


7.50


D. A. Chandler


8.11


Braintree Auto Express


·


8.25


Wallace & Tiernan Co.


15.55


Pinel Tool Co.


17.14


Rhines Lumber Co.


19.09


Lunkenheimer Co. .


22.55


Ashton Valve Co. 22.42


M. B. Main 24.50


A. W. Chesterton Co. 30.19


Pierce Perry Co. 38.39


F. A. Mellaconda 44.00


Fields Point Mfg. Co. ·


45.00


200


Paul Monaghan 70.00


R. Bishop Mfg. Co. 71.68


Garlock Packing Co. 140.58


Braintree Electric Light Dept .. 159.00


Commonwealth Oil Co.


190.44


Braintree Coal & Grain Co.


397.85


N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co.


579.39


A. A. Drollett


648.47


Curran & Burton, Inc.


2,700.84


Pay Roll


5,683.20


$10,965.61


LITTLE POND STATION


Rhines Lumber Co. 2.28


W. Lillie


2.75


J. W. Mulcahy 3.00


D. A. Chandler


4.09


Waldo Bros. & Bond Co.


5.75


H. W. Borden


6.98


G. E. Warren


7.03


J. H. Frazier


9.90


Paul Monaghan


13.50


Braintree Electric Light Co. ..


20.20


Grossman Coal Co.


37.50


D. Russell Boiler Works


105.00


J. C. Emerson 245.00


Pay Roll 506.00 .


SERVICE MAINTENANCE


Braintree Auto Express 1.05


Emil Peterson


5.00


G. E. Warren 5.90


G. A. Caldwell & Co. 8.00


J. Lucas & Son Co. 12.60


$968.98


201


F. E. Hathaway & Son 22.50


Pay Roll 2,387. 23


$2,442.28


SERVICE WORK OUTSIDE STREET LINES


American Railway Express Co. 3.47


N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co. 3.70


R. A. Gage 5.00


D. A. Chandler


7.70


W. Lillie


8.60


G. A. Caldwell & Co.


9.41


Chapman Valve Co.


12.69


Weymouth Water Works


12.85


Braman, Dow & Co.


14.49


Sumner & Dunbar


30.00


Pinel Tool Co.


35.64


Braintree Auto Express 38.45


A. C. Trojano


354.17


Mueller Co. Inc.


655.60


Pierce Perry Co.


822.07


Chadwick Boston Lead Co.


2,210.71


Pay Roll


3,323.19


$7,547.74


SERVICE WORK IN STREET


J. F. Sheppard & Sons, Inc. .. 2.00


Braintree Auto Express


2.85


Pinel Tool Co.


3.75


American Railway Express ..


6.97


E. L. LeBarron Foundry Co. ..


10.80


Chapman Valve Co.


12.69


Weymouth Water Works


14.03


Mass. Amiesite Co.


16.44


N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co.


31.64


Bingham & Taylor 46.00


Pierce Perry Co.


110.23


202


Sumner & Dunbar 170.60


A. C. Trojano


236.55


Mueller Co. Inc.


968.31


Chadwick Boston Lead Co. .. 1,162.80


Pay Roll


1,787.49


: -- -


$4,583.15


REMOVAL SERVICE WORK IN STREET


Chadwick Boston Lead Co.


91.63


Pay Roll.


119.70


$211.33


SERVICE REPAIRS IN STREET


Norfolk Woodworking Co. ... .50


J. F. Sheppard & Sons, Inc. 2.00


W. J. Farrell


50.00


Chadwick Boston Lead Co .. 64.00


Pay Roll


243.72


$360.22


METERS


Braintree Auto Express


.50


John E. Long


10.88


National Meter Co. 1,704.20


$1,715.58


METER REPAIRS


American Railway Express


.


.79


Braintree Auto Express 3.30


National Meter Co.


515.47


Pay Roll


617.00


$1,136.56


READING, INSPECTION AND TESTING METERS


L. E. Muran & Co. 9.00


Vye, Smith Co.


9.89


203


G. E. Warren


10.45


Pay Roll


926.00


$955.34


HYDRANTS :


Pierce Perry Co.


5.03


A. A. Drollett


12.00


Eddy Valve Co.


65.45


Rensselaer Valve Co.


1,084.60


$1,167.08


HYDRANT REPAIRS


Braintree Auto Express .70


D. A. Chandler


5.70


Topical Paint Co.


8.83


Commonwealth Oil Co.


10.18


Pierce Perry Co.


15.00


Wadsworth, Howland & Co.


24.80


A. C. Trojano


65.30


Coffin Valve Co.


749.08


Pay Roll


511.60


$1,391.19


TESTING AND FLUSHING HYDRANTS


Pay Roll


170.15


$170.15


TOOLS


America Railway Express 1.41


R. W. Haskell


2.30


Walworth Mfg. Co.


2.78


A. W. Chesterton Co.


3.36


D. A. Chandler


5.70


R. E. Whitman


5.75


W. Lillie


6.30


204


W. S. Darley & Co. . 17.50


Geo. A. Caldwell & Co. .


19.44


Hauck Mfg. Co.


25.00


W. H. Cobb


28.60


Pierce Perry Co.


30.62


G. E. Warren


.


44.86


Pinel Tool Co.


83.51


Mueller Co. Inc.


252.67


MAIN PIPE EXTENSION


Rhines Lumber Co. 2.20


G. E. Warren


3.00


J. Lucas & Son Co. 5.40


J. J. McCarthy Co.


7.20


Braintree Auto Express


10.70


Waldo Bros. & Bond Co


17.34


L. Grossman & Sons


27.00


Curry Bros. Oil Co.


36.54


Weymouth Water Works


74.06


Pinel Tool Co. 88.61


A. A. Drollett


446.63


Pierce Perry Co.


579.56


Builders Iron Foundry 776.28


Rensselaer Valve Co. 888.54


Chadwick Boston Lead Co.


1,230. 69


N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co. 1,294.24


Donaldson Iron Co.


14,133.54


A. C. Trojano


14,673.27


Pay Roll 361.35


MAIN PIPE REPAIRS


Braintree Auto Express 2.00


William Hough 2.40


Mueller Co. Inc. 6.30


$529.80


$34,656.15


205


Commonwealth Oil Co. 6.50


Rhines Lumber Co.


13.93


A. C. Trojano


90.09


Johns-Manville Co:


694.00


Pay Roll.


248.60


$1,063.82


PROTECTION WATER SUPPLY


John P. Shay


156.00


Geo. H. Wetherbee, Jr.


231.00


George H. Walsh & F. E. Eddy


500.00


A. B. & L. H. Mann


3,000.00


$3,887.00


AUTO TRUCKS


Superintendent's Truck :


W. Lillie .75


F. W. Campbell 1.00


Braintree Auto Express 1.30


Register Motor Vehicles 4.00


G. E. Warren 8.55


McLeod Bros.


11.50


Tide Water Oil Co.


13.00


Fisk Tire Co. 90.60


Standard Oil Co. 164.88


Haskell's Garage


360.82


656.40


Meter Car:


W. Lillie .30


American Ry. Express .54


Braintree Auto Express 1.00


G. E. Warren


1.70


Register Motor Vehicles 4.00


Tide Water Oil Co ... 13.00


206


Fisk Tire Co. 45.80


Standard Oil Co.


139.97


Haskell's Garage


164.12


370.43


Reo Car:


Braintree Auto Express 1.35


F. C. Foster, Jr. . 1.75


Fogg's Garage


1.80


G. E. Warren


2.00


Register Motor Vehicles 2.00


Tide Water Oil Co .... 11.70


Brewers Corner Garage 12.40


Haskell's Garage 49.51


Central Garage


54.93


Fisk Tire Co.


89.55


Standard Oil Co.


123.31


350.30


$1,377.13


GARAGE


W. A. Torrey & Co. .70


Tide Water Oil Co.


2.90


Grossman Coal Co.


25.90


Woodsum Coal Co.


72.15


Pay Roll


436.00


$537.65


INSURANCE


Geo. E. Sampson


$307.73


$307.73


FARM LANDS


Braintree Observer .50


Randolph Water Works


53.33


Holbrook Water Works


53.33


$107.16


207


STANDPIPE


G. E. Warren 7.20


Garlock Packing Co.


13.73


R. Allen Gage


16.90


B. D. Litchfield


56.67


M. B. Main


808.00


Pay Roll


62.70 1


$965.20


SUPERINTENDENT


J. W. Mulcahy


2,050.00


$2,050.00


RECAPITULATION


Maintenance


5,299.92


Great Pond Station


10,965.61


Little Pond Station.


968.98


Service Maintenance


2,442.28


Service Work Outside St. Lines


7,547.74


Service Work in street 4,583.15


Removal Service work in St ...


211.33


Service repairs in street


360.22


Meters


1,715.58


Meter Repairs


1,136.56


Reading, Inspecting and Test- ing Meters


955.34


Hydrants


1,167.08


Hydrant Repairs


1,391.19


Testing & Flushing Hydrants .


170.15


Tools


529.80


Main Pipe Extension


34,656.15


Main Pipe Repairs


1,063.82


Protection Water Supply


3,887.00


Auto Cars


1,377.13


Garage


537.65


Insurance


307.73


208


Farm Lands


.


107.16


Standpipe


965.20


Superintendent


2,050.00


$84,396.77


SECRETARY'S FINANCIAL REPORT


Balance, Jan. 1, 1924


$ 25,716.95


Chadwick Boston Lead Co., 45


Lead Reels returned . 180.00


Town of Braintree, Hydrants .. 500.00


Braintree National Bank Int. on


open account 46.44


Merchants National Bank interest on


open account 49.81


First National Bank, interest on Open account 142.64


Braintree National Bank, interest on Special Deposit 340.00


Mt. Wollaston Bank interest on Special Deposit 324.44


First National Bank interest on Special Deposit 141.63


Mueller Co. Inc., goods returned 79.65


Pierce Perry Co., goods returned 14.56


A. C. Trojano, sale of pipe


2,380.04


Discounts for cash settlements .. 171.81


Otis B. Oakman, treasurer . . Paid sundry bills as per vouchers


83,837.36


Balance Dec. 31, 1924


$ 84,396.77 29,528.56


$113,925.33 $113,925.33


REGISTRAR'S REPORT


Water rates, charged 1924 $ 60,163.80


Pipes, labor etc., charged 1924. . 20,262.27 Water rates outstanding Jan. 1, 1924 5,066.68


209


Pipes, labor etc., outstanding Jan. 1, 1924


1,750.25


Summonses 3.00


Interest


769.35


Town of Randolph


1,251.62


Town of Holbrook


1,243.67


Rent of Farm


500.00


Town of Weymouth


387.24


White's Cash Market


72.25


Highway department


36.83


A. C. Trojano


396.67


Chadwick Lead Works 180.00 .


Mueller Co. Inc.


79.65


Pierce Perry Co.


14.56


Discounts


171.81


Collections


$ 83,837.36


Water rates outstanding Dec. 31, 1924


4,814.24


Pipes, labor, etc., outstanding


Dec. 31, 1924


3,631.80


Abatements


66.25


$ 92,349.65 $ 92,349.65


Collector's Report


Balance January 1, 1924


$ 600.00


Collected in 1924


83,837.36


Paid treasurer on his receipts ..


$ 83,837.36


Balance Dec. 31, 1924


600.00


$ 84,437.36 $ 84,437.36


Examined and approved with vouchers for expenditures and balance on hand as outlined above.


RALPH W. ARNOLD, CHAS. H. TOBEY, PAUL MONAGHAN.


January 24, 1925.


Auditors, 1924.


210


TREASURER'S REPORT


Braintree, Mass., December 31, 1924.


Otis B. Oakman, Treasurer,


In account with Board of Water Commissioners. Balance from 1923. . $ 25,716.95


Received from W. L. Gage,


Collector 83,837.36


Received from Town of Braintree


(Hydrants) 500.00


Received interest on deposits ..


1,044.96


Paid on orders of Commissioners.


Balance, December 31, 1924. ...


$ 81,570.71 29,528.56


$111,099.27 $111,099.27


Examined and approved. Receipts proved and pay- ments properly vouched for. On deposit :


First National Bank $ 5,804.10


Braintree National Bank 3,124.46


Cash in hands of Secretary 600.00


First National Bank, certificate of deposit .... 3,000.00


Braintree National Bank, certificate of deposit 9,000.00


Mt. Wollaston Bank, certificate of deposit. .. 8,000.00


$29,528.56


RALPH W. ARNOLD, PAUL MONAGHAN, CHARLES H. TOBEY,


January 8, 1925.


Auditors, 1924.


211


SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT


To the Honorable Board of Water Commissioners of the Town of Braintree :


214 new services were laid during the year.


Kind of pipe and number of feet laid:


5/8" lead pipe


8470'-08"


3/4" lead pipe


379'-04"


3/4" iron pipe 443'


1" iron pipe 2169'-06"


1" brass pipe


181'


1}" brass pipe 94'


Total


11737'-06"


Total service pipe in System December 31, 1924:


37 Miles 2202 feet 5 inches.


36 services were renewed.


5/8" lead pipe 1204-05


3/4" lead pipe


25-09


3/4" iron pipe 323-06


1" iron pipe 37


252


11/2" iron pipe


2" iron pipe


89-03


Total


1931'-11"


8" Cast Iron pipe Adams St. Bridge


86-10


6"


66 Hollingsworth Ave. 1020


6" 66 66 Plain street 2376 66


6" 66 66 Brookside Rd. 2308


6" 66 66 Comm. St. (Penn's Hill) 732


6"


Brow Ave.


551


6" 66 66 66


Mt. Vernon St. extension 146


6" 66 66 66 Edgemont Rd. 1307


6" 66


66 Liberty street 1480 66


212


6"


66 Hilltop Street


551


4" 66


Bickford St. 678


4" "


66


66


Academy street 90


11325'


2" Wrought iron pipe Grove St.


404


2"


Elmlawn Rd. 170


2"


66


60 Oak Street


140


2"


66


66 66 Edgehill Rd. 592'


1306'


11/2" 66


66 Carter Rd.


70


70


1"


66


66 Willard St.


60


1"


66 Fairview Rd. 100


1"


Sagamore Rd. 110


270


Added during year 2 miles 2411 ft. 11 inches.


Number, Location and Description of Hydrants Set During Year 1924


No.


Location


Maker


334 Laing Woodworking Co.


Rennselear Mfg. Co.


335


Hollingsworth Ave.


66


66


336 Hollingsworth Ave.


66


66


66


337 Hollingsworth Ave.


66


66


339 Plain Street


340 Edgemont Rd.


66


341 Edgemont Rd.


66


66


342 Brookside Rd.


66


66


343 Comm. St. (Penn's Hill)


60


66


Number of Hydrants December 31, 1924


Number added during year 10


66


66


338 Cities Service Oil Co.


66


66


213


Distribution of Mains in Operation December 31, 1924


16 " cast iron pipe


741


14 " ‹‹


66 66


137


12 " 66 60 66


18539-02


66 66 10 " .




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