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Females
92
DEATHS.
Number recorded
144
Number of males
74
Number of females
70
Number between 1 year and 10 years
22
Number between 10 and 20 years
5
Number between 20 and 30 years
5
Number between 30 and 40 years
7
Number between 40 and 50 years
12
Number between 50 and 60 years
9
Number between 60 and 70 years
22
Number between 70 and 80 years
37
Number between 80 and 90 years
20
Number between 90 and 100 years
5
86
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS.
There are on deposit in the Middleborough Savings Bank Cemetery Trust Funds as follows:
Lot Owner
Endowment
Balance
Nemasket Hill and Rock Cemeteries.
Lydia B. Vaughan and
Benjamin Thomas
$50 00
$55 94
Nemasket Hill and Central Cemeteries.
Nathaniel and Joseph Leonard
400 00
428 72
Central and South Middleboro Cemeteries.
Matthew H. Cushing et al.
400 00
451 98
Central and North Middleboro Cemeteries.
Everett Robinson Estate
300 00
365 63
Central Cemetery.
Harding C. Angus
100 00
106 76
Sarah E. Bartlett
100 00
109 55
T. H. & H. A. Besse
100 00
108 56
Andrew J. Bisbee
100 00
110 61
Samuel S. Bourne
100 00
113 09
Rufus J. Brett
100 00
109 30
F. O. Burgess
61 27
66 39
Joseph W. Cobb
100 00
100 00
Charles A. Cole
20 00
21 84
Robert V. Cole
82 14
92 00
Richard Cox
25 00
26 14
Lydia B. Cushing
50 00
58 98
William L. Deane
100 00
112 63
Jas. Dowsing
51 61
55 38
Mary E. Drake
100 00
110 40
Hannah S. Drew
100 00
107 82
David H. Farrar
100 00
104 62
N. N. Fenno
100 00
114 13
Thomas Gammons
100 00
100 00
S. B. Gibbs
100 00
108 74
Gilmore
100 00
103 02
William M. Haskins
100 00
108 24
87
George H. Hermann
50 00
51 00
Henry M. Hodges
100 00
108 36
P. B. Holmes
100 00
124 11
Jacob Johnson
75 00
81 74
Sarah P. Jones
100 00
107 68
B. F. Jones
100 00
108 48
Henry C. Keith
100 00
106 76
Clara S. Kelley
100 00
107 34
Eliza H. Kelley
100 00
108 16
William A. King
100 00
111.54
Calvin D. Kingman
100 00
107 77
John B. Knowland
100 00
100 00
Robert W. Lashures
100 00
109 31
Otis Leach
100 00
109 14
James Allen Leonard
150 00
162 60
Lewis Lincoln
200 00
215 58
Thomas J. Lovell
100 00
104 62
John N. Main
100 00
109 55
J. P. McCully
100 00
108 92
Alden Miller
100 00
110 45
S. B. Osborne
100 00
111 37
Alvin Pease
100 00
106 72
Jos. L. Pease
100 00
109 93
David D. Perkins
75 00
81 02
Esther A. Phinney
100 00
132 61
Thomas W. Pierce
100 00
105 08
Aaron Raymond
100 00
109 19
Mary A. Raymond
100 00
103 02
Alfred Randall
100 00
112 64
Geo. W. Rich
100 00
110 60
William Shiverick
150 00
166 01
Jacob G. Sparrow
100 00
108 62
Louisa Spooner
100 00
107 62
Reuben Taylor
100 00
110 66
Lydia N. Thomas
100 00
105 08
Allerton Thompson
100 00
100 00
Mrs. Lehman
60 00
63 79
B. F. Tripp
100 00
107 26
Ward
100 00
109 02
Axel Washburn
100 00
117 09
William Washburn
50 00
51 94
Flora A. Weston
50 00
53 60
Chauncey D. White
100 00
112 41
Sarah D. White
500 00
578 07
88
Nemasket Hill Cemetery.
J. M. Eddy
100 00
100 00
Austin Ford
50 00
50 00
Henry F. Pope
100 00
100 00
Sophronia L. Reed
50 00
50 00
Rhoda T. Savery
100 00
100 00
Charles Soule
100 00
100 00
Edmund Thompson
50 00
50 00
Oliver H. Thompson
100 00
100 00
Benj. C. Tinkham
50 00
50 00
Warren
50 00
50 00
Thomas Weston
150 00
150 00
B. P. Wood
100 00
100 00
Cornelius B. Wood
150 00
150 00
Ellen T. Wood
100 00
100 00
Priscilla Wood
50 00
50 00
Thomas Wood
100 00
100 00
Cemetery at Rock, Mass.
C. N. Atwood
100 00
112 46
Deborah Carver
100 00
128 20
Julia S. Cobb
100 00
128 27
Dr. Samuel Cobb
45 00
53 21
Sylvester F. Cobb
100 00
130 94
Charles F. Cushman
176 75
215 83
Mary B. Keith
75 00
92 75
Thomas & Barrows
1000 00
1313 66
A. J. Smith
50 00
53 58
Ephraim H. Thomas
75 00
79 64
Jane A. Wood
18 44
21 62
Cemetery at the Green.
Ira Bryant
50 00
62 14
Nelson Cobb
50 00
53 56
Branch Harlow
100 00
117 12
James Gilbert Nichols ?
50 00
52 58
J. B. & I. H. Thompson
100 00
174 70
Lydia R. Thompson
100 00
133 06
Julia M. Wood
50 00
57 62
Cemetery at Thomastown.
Atwood
100 00
163 85
Asa and Clarinda Shaw
100 00
100 00
89
Eleazer Thomas For care of Cemetery
100 00
150 47
198 00
215 64
North Middleboro Cemetery.
Sumner Keith
100 00
113 64
Jared Pratt
150 00
222 53
Waldron & Barrows
150 00
232 66
South Middleboro Cemetery.
W. O. & S. T. LeBaron
50 00
60 24
John & Henry Thomas
50 00
65 46
Sachem Street Cemetery.
Thomas Smith
50 00
66 61
Gammons
50 87
52 81
Summer Street Cemetery.
Jonathan T. Washburn
200 00
248 58
Purchade Cemetery.
Lysander Richmond
100 00
126 65
Fall Brook Cemetery.
Atwood & Thomas
200 00
268 00
Wappanucket Cemetery.
Benjamin Richmond
400 00
490 47
St. Mary's Cemetery.
Daniel Hallisey
100 00
105 30
Total amount of deposits
$13,639 08
Accumulated income 2,001 69
Total on deposit with Middleboro Savings Bank
The Town Clerk has received for Dog Licenses and Hunter's
Licenses the following amounts:
801 Dog Licenses
$1,926 00
378 Resident Hunters Licenses
378 00
1 Non-resident License
10 00
$2,314 00
Payments on the above have been as follows: Commissioners on Fisheries & Game 331 15
Commissions for Issuing Hunter's Licenses
56 85
County Treasurer-Dog Licenses
1,765 80
Commissions for issuing Dog Licen-
ses 160 20
2,314 00
Respectfully submitted, ALBERT A. THOMAS, Town Clerk.
$15,640 77
90
REPORT OF THE COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
For the year ending December 31, 1912.
Received as follows:
Collections on account 1908
Assessments
90 96
Collections on
account
1909
Assessments
361 80
452 76
Collections on
account
1910
Assessments
Town Taxes
5,775 66
Street Watering Account
70 08
Moth Account
22 50
5,868 24
Collections on account 1911
Assessments
Town Taxes
11,378 91
Street Watering Account
71 72
Moth Account
62 71
11,513 34
Collections on account
1912
Assessments
Town Taxes
84,786 13
Street Watering Account
550 28
Moth Account
1,016 37
86,352 78
East Taunton Street Railway Co. Excise Tax 97 07
New Bedford & Onset Railway Co. Excise Tax 321 67
Bay State Street Railway Co. Excise Tax 1,601 80
Interest on tax collections and de- posits 1,212 54
Cash paid Town Treasurer
during year $107,420 20
91
Abatements for the year have been as follows:
On account 1908 Assessments
53 16
On account 1909 Assessments
44 33
On account 1910 Assessments
Town Taxes
851 84
Street Watering
1 54
Moths
7 75
861 13
On account 1911 Assessments
Town Taxes
678 30
Street Watering
2 18
Moths
4 46
684 94
On account 1912 Assessments
Town Taxes
399 98
Street Watering
1 96
Moths
56
402 50
Total for the year Taxes due the Town are as follows:
$2,046 06
On account 1910 Assessments
Town Taxes
279 81
Street Watering
7 98
Moths
13 65
301 44
On account 1911 Assessments
Town Taxes
7,215 05
Street Watering
69 48
Moths
60 18
7,344 71
On account 1912 Assessments
Town Taxes
17,943 78
Street Watering
106 32
Moths
279 49
18,329 59
Total of taxes due
$25,975 74
Respectfully submitted, A. A. THOMAS,
Collector of Taxes.
92
REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER.
Cash on hand January 1, 1912
$19,760 71
Received for accounts as follows:
Board of Health :
Wm. L. Soule
5 00
B. J. Allan
15 00
J. H. Wheeler
35 00
55 00
A. A. Thomas, Collector:
Account 1908 Assessments 90 96
Account. 1909 Assessments 357 95
Account 1910 Assessments
5,868 24
Account 1911 Assessments
11,513 34
Account 1912 Assessments
86,352 78
104,183 27
Cemetery Trust Funds:
Additions to permanent fund 550 00
Income received for care of lots 405 45
955 45
Corporation and Bank Tax: State Treasurer 7,477 07
Fourth District Court:
Charles E. Ryder, Clerk 138 75
Luke F. Kelley, Clerk
467 34
Henry S. Porter, Sheriff
250 00
856 09
Gas Plant-Special Committee:
Thomas S. Pierce Trustees
1,719 31
Herrings:
Gloucester Mackerel Company 151 00
Town of Freetown 20 00
Town of Raynham
60 00
Town of Dighton
20 00
Town of Somerset
40 00
93
Town of Berkley City of Taunton City of Fall River
40 00
90 00
10 00 431 00
Highway-Bridge Account:
Thomas S. Pierce Trustees
2,000 00
Highway-Maintenance of Plant Account:
William H. Connor, Supt. Town teams
1,507 75
Thomas S. Pierce Trustees, Town teams
978 78
Mass. Highway Commission, Town teams
92 25
Middleboro Y. M. C. A., Town teams
1 89
Bay State Street Railway Co., Town teams
20 00
Butts & Ordway
29 12
L. S. Bailey, Tree Warden, Town teams
9 00
Thomas S. Pierce Trustees, Town Teams 550 37
3,189 16
Highway-Village Account:
Middleboro School Department Middleboro Gas & Electric Plant
269 96
363 98
State Treasurer
174 18
State Treasurer, Street Railway Tax
2,945 98
N. B. & O. St. Ry. Co., Excise Tax
321 67
E. Taunton St. Ry. Co., Excise Tax
97 07
Bay State St. Ry. Co., Excise Tax
1,601 80
All other receipts, including mon-
ey received for private work, cleaning cesspools, etc.
2,039 69
7,814 33
Incidentals :
Sale of Town History 3 00
Sale of Typewriter 15 00
N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co.,
94
Account Forest Fires From Herring Account Sundry receipts
399 65
236 75
3 61 658 01
Interest :
A. A. Thomas, Collector 1,212 54
Middleborough National Bank 194 27
1,406 81
Enoch Pratt Fund :
Income 400 00
Licenses :
County of Plymouth, Dog licen- ses
1,673 40
Ivan A. Rogers, Moving Pictures 110 00
4 Junk Licenses at $20.00 each 80 00
All other Licenses 53 00
1,916 40
Temporary Loans:
Middleborough Savings Bank 10,000 00
Middleborough National Bank 20,000 00
30,000 00
Military Aid :
State Treasurer
492 00
Moth Account:
State Treasurer
823 23
Sundry receipts
6 27
829 50
Middleborough Gas & Electric Plant:
George A. Philbrook, Manager
29,050 00
Overseers of the Poor:
J. H. Pushee, Farm account
2,218 50
James Weston account
53 00
J. T. Norris account
10 00
Charles E. Ryder, Clerk
52 00
City of Woburn
52 00
Town of Plymouth
17 25
Town of Falmouth
161 15
City of Fall River
254 78
City of Cambridge
205 03
State Treasurer
312 31
City of Taunton
50 00
City of Brockton
3 00
Town of Mansfield
24 00
Charles M. Thatcher, Telephone
3,419 77 account 6 75
-
95
Schools:
Charles H. Bates, Supt.
95 00
City of Boston
84 00
Town of Rochester
55 00
Town of Raynham
24 00
Town of Lakeville
801 64
Town of Plympton
206 00
State Treasurer
616 00
Thomas S. Pierce Trustees
1,400 00
From Licenses, Appropriation
648 00
3,929 64
Sealer of Weights and Measurers:
Edgar D. Wood, Sealer, Fees Collected Sewer Account:
70 83
Entrance Fee :
J. A. Washburn
25 00
David T. Washburn
25 00
J. W. Whitcomb
25 00
Wm. A. Andrews
25 00
Charlotte Ellis et al
25 00
Andrew Cronan
25 00
George H. Place
25 00
J. H. Creedon
25 00
T. F. Creedon
(2)
50 00
Phoebe H. Egger
25 00
John Vertuccio
9 02
284 02
Sidewalk Account:
John B. Knowland
11 00
Wm. L. Soule
22 20
Thomas S. Pierce Trustees
1,000 00
1,033 20
Soldiers Burial :
State Treasurer
222 00
Soldier's Relief :
Town of Plymouth
120 00
George Temple account
5 00
125 00
State Aid :
State Treasurer
5,926 00
George Temple account
6 00
Warren Chubbuck account
6 00
5,938 00
Street Sprinkling
Sundry receipts
27 85
96
Town Hall :
William M. Haskins, Agent
3,077 00
Middelborough Fire District 250 00
School Department 150 00
County of Plymouth 300 00
3,777 00
Total $232,021 42
Payments for the year have been as follows: Board of Health-Orders of Dept. $2,115 20
Cemetery Trust Funds :
Expense of Care of Lots 405 45
Deposited in Middleboro Sav- ings Bank 550 00
955 45
County Treasurer-County Tax
7,227 25
Fourth District Court Orders: -
Harry F. Snow 95 30
Harry W. Swift
65 51
E. Kimball Harrison
21 92
Samuel S. Lovell
8 64
F. Herbert Batchelder
9 12
Charles M. Thatcher
16 57
Daniel F. Wilbur
11 63
J. Emil Robinson
1 58
Frank W. Hastay
22 14
Fred C. Sparrow E. C. Brown
2 35
257 66
G. A. R. Post 8-Selectmen's Order
200 00
Gas Plant Committee-Order of Special Committee
1,719 31
Herring Account-Selectmen's Orders
487 77
Highway-Bridge Account- Selectmen's Orders
2,355 72
Highway-Maintenance of Plant
Selectmen's Orders 4,899 47
Highway-Outside Districts:
Selectmen's Orders
9,200 26
Highway -Stone Account: Selectmen's Orders
260 15
Highway-Superintendent's Salary : Selectmen's Orders
1,500 00
Highway-Village Account:
Selectmen's Orders 7,715 41
2 90
97
Incidentals-Selectmen's Orders Interest-Selectmen's Orders: Permanent Loans Temporary Loans
3,603 46
2,050 19 1,591 10 3,641 29
July Fourth Committee :
Selectmen's Order 300 00
Middleborough Public Library :
Enoch Pratt Fund Income Licenses
400 00 1,297 40
1,697 40
Temporary Loans-Selectmen's Orders
30,000 00
Sewer Loan-Selectmen's Orders
5,000 00
School House Loans-Selectmen's Orders
2,300 00
Military Aid-Selectmen's Orders
864 00
Moth Account-Selectmen's Orders
4,001 71
Middleborough Gas & Electric Plant:
Commissioner's Salary 300 00
Notes Paid
3,000 00
Interest
2,588 00
Depreciation
5,828 57
Suburban Lighting
433 86
Maintenance
24,011 81 36,162 24
Taunton Award :
Orders of Middleboro Gas & Elec- tric Plant as per vote of Town
4,887 85
Non-Resident Bank Tax : State Treasurer
377 19
Overseers of Poor :
Orders of Department
10,639 13
Police-Selectmen's Orders
3,251 15
School Department:
Maintenance-Orders of School Committee
37,437 98
Transportation-Orders of School Committee
1,681 20
Repairs-Orders of School Com- mittee 1,755 51 40,874 69
Licenses:
Credited School Department as per vote of Town 648 00
98
Sealer of Weights and Measurers:
288 27
2 75
1,225 71
111 00
1,885 25
State Highway Tax-Paid State Treasurer
622 50
State Tax-Paid State Treasurer
8,500 00
Street Sprinkling Account-Selectmen's Orders
1,724 24
Town Hall Account-Selectmen's Orders
3,280 38
Suppression of Crime-Selectmen's Order
50 00
Town Officers Account-Selectmen's Orders 4,119 65
Town Officers Expense Account-Selectmen's Orders 1,195 96
Tree Warden Account-Selectmen's Orders 1,118 64
Total Expenses
$216,866 11
Cash on hand January 1, 1913.
15,155 31
Total
$232,021 42
The following 'comparative figures may be of interest, showing as they do certain items of valuation, expenses and receipts for the year 1902 and the year 1912, with amount and per cent of increase or decrease.
1902
Percent.
Valuation
4,252,381 00
1912 4,849,792 00 104,277 07
Amount 597,411 00 23,577 23
Increase
14.05
Appropriations 80,699 84
29.21
Total of re-
ceipts
159,735 46
212,260 71
52,525 25
32.9
Receipts:
Corporation
& Bank Tax
6,590 03
7,477 07
887 04
13.46
Interest
915 27
1,406 81
491 54
53.72
Town Hall
1,251 92
3,777 00
2,525 08
201.69
Municipal Lighting Plant
12,491 00
29,050 00
16,559 00
137.57
Dog Licenses
909 51
1,673 40
763 89
84.04
Town Farm Account
646 86
2,218 50
1,571 64
242.91
Tax Collections
79,509 22
104,183 27
24,674 05
1
31.04
Total Payments
160,175 25
216,866 11
56,690 86
35.32
Payments:
Board of
Health
503.25
2,115 20
1,611 95
320.46
Schools
25,823 30
40,874 69
15,051 39
58.34
Orders of the department . Sewer Account-Selectmen's Orders Sidewalk Account-Selectmen's Orders
Soldier's Burial-Selectmen's Orders Soldier's Relief-Selectmen's Orders State Aid-Selectmen's Orders
5,600 00
99
Police
1,427 20
3,251 15
1,823 95
66
127.88
Town Officers
2,503 44
4,119 65
1,616 21
64.57
Interest
4,239 10
3,641 29
597 81
Decrease 16.72
Soldiers Relief
4,401 82
1,885 25
2,516 57
133.50
Municipal
Lighting
Plant
18,425 43
36,162 24
17,736 81 Increase
95.15
County Tax
4,689 80
7,227 25
2,537 45
54,1
State Tax
2,205 00
8,500 00
6,295 00
284.49
Overseers of
the Poor
9,974 26
10,639 13
664 87
66
6.76
Town Hall]
1,273 55
3,280 38
2,006 83
157.64
It is a matter of some satisfaction to note that during the past few years the Town Debt has materially decreased. On January 1, 1909 the Town debt was as follows:
Municipal Lighting Loan $73,700 00
All other permanent loans Total
86,750 00
$160,450 00
On January 1, 1913 the Town Debt was as follows:
Municipal Lighting Loan
61,700 00
All other permanent loans 42,550 00
Total
$104,250 00
Decrease
56,200 00
Should the Town be fortunate enough not to find it necessary to add to the Town Debt during the next few years, the Debt on January 1, 1918 will stand as follows:
Municipal Lighting Loan
43,500 00
All other permanent loans Total
19,850 00
$63,350.00
Again, should we continue till January 1, 1928 without the necessity of making further loans our Town Debt will be entirely paid.
Respectfully submitted, ALBERT A. THOMAS
Treasurer.
REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF THE MUNICIPAL LIGHT LOAN AND SINKING FUND.
Received from Town Treasurer
3,000 00
Paid Notes due Nov. 1, 1912
$3,000 00
A. A. Thomas,
Treasurer.
- .
100
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PEIRCE FUND.
Middleborough, Mass., January 27, 1913.
To the Selectmen of Middleborough, Mass.
Gentlemen :- The following statement shows the condition of the funds held by us as Trustees under the will of Thomas S. Peirce for the benefit of the town of Middleborough, and the Middleborough Public Library at the close of business December 31, 1912. Also statement of income of above funds for the year 1912.
Balance sheet of fund held in trust for the town of Middle- borough, December 31, 1912.
ASSETS.
Stocks
$321,983 89
Bonds
69,786 34 816 68
Premium on Bond
Mortgages and promissory note
113,213 00
Real estate carried as personal property
20,564 20
Post Office fittings and furniture
1,500 00
Cabinet at Library
240 00
Steel Chest in Peirce building
300 00
Life Insurance policy
300 00
Deposit in Savings Banks
5,000 00
Cash
3,666 84
Real Estate
$537,370 95 81,201 93
$618,572 88
LIABILITIES.
Trust fund received from Executor $472,506 03 Passing direct under will 119,713 89
Profit gain on securities exchanged 26,352 96
$618,572 88
101
INCOME.
Gross Receipts for 1912 $28,536 96
Expenses for 1912 including taxes of $4561.12
10,726 55
Net income for 1912 Balance on hand January 1, 1912
$17,810 41 2,199 76
$20,010 17
Spent for use and benefit of Town: Graveling the whole of Alden street, Oak Street from Court- land Street to High Street; resurfacing the whole of South Main Street from the Four Corners to the Lakeville Line; macadamizing the whole of Courtland street, putting on a coat of asphaltum on Plymp- ton, Centre, Taunton, South Main and Courtland Streets; repairs on Everett and Centre streets
$12,614 02
Town Treasurer for bridge ac- count
2,000 00
Town Treasurer for sidewalk account
1,000 00
Town Treasurer for Commercial Course
1,400 00 .
Town Treasurer for rebuilding gas plant
1,559 84
Safe for town treasurer and freight 178 12
Freight on Sanitary barrels
96
$18,752 94
Balance on hand January 1, 1913 ยท $1,257 23
Balance sheet of fund held in trust for the Middleborough Public Library.
ASSETS.
Bonds
Deposit in Savings Bank
$49,845 53 384 59
$50,230 12
102
LIABILITIES.
Devised under will
50,000 00
Profit gain on securities exchanged 230 12
$50,230 12
INCOME.
Receipts for year 1912 $1,885 26 Paid Treas. Middleboro Public Library 1,885 26
Yours very truly,
CHESTER E. WESTON, GEORGE W. STETSON, GEORGE R. SAMPSON,
Trustees under the will of Thomas S. Peirce.
103
REPORT OF AUDITOR.
I have verified the accounts of Town Clerk, Town Treasurer and Collector, Trustees of Peirce Estate, Public Library and Middleboro Gas and Electric Plant, and find them correct to the best of my knowledge.
NOTES AND BONDS OF THE TOWN OUTSTANDING
JANUARY 1, 1913.
GENERAL IMPROVEMENT LOAN.
Due Nov. 1, 1915-Enoch Pratt Fund $3,800 00
PLYMOUTH & MIDDLEBORO RAILROAD LOAN.
Due Nov. 1, 1918-Salem Savings Bank $5,000 00
SEWER LOAN.
Due Nov. 1, 1913-Middleborough
National Bank 5,000 00
SCHOOLHOUSE LOAN.
Due Nov. 1, 1913-Nov. 1, 1916-
South Scituate Savings Bank-
Norwell, Mass. $6,600 00
Due Nov. 1, 1917-Nov. 1, 1926-
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
16,500 00
Due Sept. 8, 1913-Chester E. Wes- ton
250 00
Due Dec. 18, 1913-Middleborough Savings Bank 400 00
Due Nov. 1, 1914-Enoch Pratt Fund
5,000 00
$28,750 00
104
MUNICIPAL LIGHTING LOAN.
Due Nov. 1, 1913-Nov. 1, 1923- Bearer $33,000 00
Due Nov. 1, 1913-1914-1917-Com-
monwealth of Massachusetts
7,500 00
Due Nov. 1, 1915-Enoch Pratt Fund 1,200 00
Due Nov. 1, 1924-1926-1927-Com-
wealth of Massachusetts 15,000 00
Due Nov. 1, 1925-Jose Parker Co. 5,000 00
$61,700 00
TEMPORARY LOAN.
Due April 12, 1913-Middleborough Savings Bank $30,000 00
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM W. BRACKETT,
Auditor.
105
REPORT OF GAS PLANT COMMITTEE.
Your Committee appointed "for the purpose of converting the present gas plant of the town into a water gas plant, con- struct an eight inch main from said plant to a point near the intersection of Main and Centre Street and make necessary connections with existing mains", have attended to their duty and beg leave to submit the following report:
Representatives from the Davis and Farnum Manufactur- ing Company, of Waltham, Mass., and the Western Gas Construction Company, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, informed us that a "lip" placed on the proposed gasholder of fifty thousand cubic feet capacity, at the time of its erection would save the town a considerable sum of money when it became necessary to place an additional holder of like capacity. This information was acted upon and bids asked for this additional lip or cup. The Davis and Farnum Co. submitted a bid of $350 and the Western Gas Construction Co., a bid of $1,400. Considerable time was spent by the Committee in learning why there was such a difference in bids and we were finally informed by the Davis and Farnum Co., that their engineer had made a mistake in his figures.
In order to take advantage of this low offer it was necessary to divide the contracts for the gasholder and the gas jet.
We accordingly placed an order with the Western Gas Construction Co., to install a 4' 0" water gas set with charging platform, complete oil feed system, motor driven blower and charging apparatus, for $4,700 and an order with the Davis and Farnum Manufacturing Company, for a gasholder of fifty thousand cubic feet capacity, with additional hydraulic cup, for $7,150. The Company afterwards allowed us $50 for installing hot water jets, making the amount paid them $7,100.
Your Committee were to prepare the foundation for the gasholder and place the building in proper condition for the installation of the gas set.
We found the yard at the gas house full of water and drip from the old plant, which was cleaned up at the expense of the Municipal Gas Plant, although strongly protested by them.
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As the Commissioners declined to put the building in fit condition, it was done by your Committee at an expense which shows later in this report.
We also deemed it best to erect a retaining wall near the gasholder, which has been done, as will appear later.
We then laid approximately thirty-two hundred feet of eight inch main from the gasholder to the intersection of Centre and Main Streets.
We were fortunate in securing our supplies but unfortunate in our pipe laying, leaks developing after the work was com- pleted, which necessitated an additional expense of about three hundred dollars, being charged $159.47 for putting Centre Street back to its former condition.
In spite of all these difficulties we have been able to con- struct our gas plant and pipe line, together with the additional cup, retaining wall and repairs to the buildings at a slight increase over the amount which we were informed was at our disposal, namely $16,000 and we believe that the town has been exceptionally fortunate in securing the contracts before stated and that the Companies have completed their work in a very satisfactory manner.
There is a credit due the Committee for lead sold the Middle- borough Water Department and one small account outstand- ing which has not been adjusted which we will pay from the amount receivable and turn the balance to the town treasurer.
The orders in excess of $16,000 have been paid by the town which has been reimbursed by the Trustees under the will of Thomas S. Peirce.
The financial statement follows:
Davis & Farnum Manufacturing Company, Gasholder $7,100 00
Western Gas Construction Com- pany, Water gas set 4,700 00
Holder Foundation and retaining wall, as follows:
Charles Warner Co., cement 240 00
J. K. & B. Sears & Co., lumber 56 60
Carlton W. Maxim, lumber and mill work 20 63
Middleborough Highway Dep't, payrolls 480 49 797 72
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Repairs at gas house, as follows:
J. K. & B. Sears & Co., lumber 79 91
Bryant & Harlow, carpenter work
109 59
P. H. Peirce Co., glass
15 40
George Boardman, setting glass
7 87
Carlton W. Maxim, lumber and mill work
61 86
Michael H. Kelley, mason work
20 25
William H. Connor, cement and lumber
92 80
Middleborough Highway Dep't. payrolls 76 65
464 33
Pipe account, as follows:
Donaldson Iron Co., pipe
1,642 76
Richards & Co., lead
218 16
H. L. Bond & Co., jute
14 40
Walworth Mfg. Co., gate boxes and pipe
58 42
Western Gas Construction Co., gates
208 94
Davis & Farnum Mfg. Co., pipe
89 57
Middleborough Highway Dep't. payrolls
1,269 01
E. J. Kelley, oil
1 40
Nathaniel Bump, blacksmithing
15 71
Chapman Valve Co., valve
21 50
Charles Tribou, kerosine oil
8 50
N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co., freight
21 96
N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co.,
watching tracks 16 72
3,587 05
Miscellaneous as follows:
Geo. E. Gilchrist, Co. lead pot
28 00
H. L. Bond Co., caulking tools
18 98
J. A. Gould, consulting engineer
10 00
C. W. Maxim, auto one day
25 00
C. W. Maxim, expense to Fort Wayne, Indiana 28 00
Chester E. Weston, telephone and sundries 10 75
C. W. Maxim, services
50 00
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C. E. Weston, services
50 00
Est. of E. T. Jenks, services 50 00
270 73
Total
$16,919 83
Of this amount $275. 55 has been paid since January 1, 1913.
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