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Respectfully yours, SMITH T. SHARPLES, 1_
Chief of Police.
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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN. Year Ending December 31, 1920. TOWN OFFICERS.
Appropriation
$5,210.00 504.50
Transfer from Reserve Fund
$5,714.50
Less overdraft 1919
40.15
$5,674.35
Town Clerk, Treasurer and Collector : Albert A. Thomas
$1,500.00
Assessors :
Albert T. Savery $28.00
Allerton Thompson
596.50
Benjamin C. Shaw
406.00
Charles N. Warren
546.00
$1,576.50
Auditor :
William W. Brackett
$200.00
Registrars:
Walter Chipman
$100.00
Lorenzo Wood
100.00
William J. Coughlin
100.00
Albert A. Thomas
75.00
$375.00
Election Officers : Pay Rolls
$309.00
Inspector of Wires: Jesse C. Wilbur
$159.00
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Moderator:
Alvin C. Howes
$20.00
Dog Officer : E. E. Place
$149.91
Inspector of Animals:
John H. Pushee
$54.17
Walter H. Haskell
133.16
$187.33
Selectmen :
S. T. LeBaron
$60.00
Bourne Wood
221.17
E. R. Stewart
100.00
E. H. Cromwell
400.00
$781.17
$5,157.91 $516.44
Balance
TOWN OFFICERS' EXPENSE.
Balance 1919
$57.01
Appropriation
1,675.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
111.99
Selectmen-Clerical Help:
Ernest R. Stewart
$50.00
S. T. LeBaron
25.00
$75.00
Town Clerk-Clerical Help:
Florence C. Haskins
$576.32
Margaret Thomas
32.16
Inez Andrews
18.00
Malvina Hunt
21.48
L. S. Estabrook
5.00
$652.96
Assessors-Clerical Help: L. S. Estabrook C. N. Warren
$186.70
352.00
$538.70
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$1,844.00
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Assessors-Transportation : Benjamin C. Shaw $200.00
$200.00
Other Expenses :
Election Dinners, Kanakas $9.40 1
Election Dinners, Stewart 36.00
E. R. Stewart, Boston, etc. 3.74
E. H. Cromwell, Boston, etc.
8.02
A. T. Savery, expenses
2.00
Library Bureau
2.05
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
73.29
Liability Insurance
1.02
Nemaskett Press
35.00
E. R. Stewart, Transportation
25.00
$195.52
$1,662.18
Balance
$181.82
INCIDENTALS.
Appropriations
$2,600.00
Receipts
829.30
Town Government
150.00
N. Washburn, legal services
500.00
Sprayer Moth Dept.
450.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
350.00
Expenditures :
Deficit 1919
$92.73
Orders drawn
4,700.13
$4,792.86
Balance
$86.44
Orders Drawn:
Middleboro Gazette, Printing and Adver- tising $162.00
New England Tel. & Tel. Co., Service 313.03
Bourne Wood, Insurance 220.50
C. L. Hathaway & Co., Supplies 2.60
Nemaskett Press, Printing 287.08
$4,879.30
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L. A. Baker, Services
8.25
Director of Accounts
32.00
William Murphy, Transportation
.50
Jesse Morse, Supplies
.25
Nathan Washburn, Services
500.00
Anthony & Son, Town Reports 1919
672.00
American Railway Express, Express
12.18
W. L. Soule
29.00
J. J. Fowler, Jr., Labor and Supplies
83.38
Bailey's Garage, Signs
12.60
Texas Co., Supplies
18.30
H. L. Thatcher & Co., Printing, etc.
650.34
Granville Tillson, Printing
5.00
A. A. Thomas, Office Supplies
394.00
A. A. Thomas, Treasurer
119.25
J. H. Creedon, P. M., Postage, etc.
230.88
Myron L. Hinckley, Repairing Clock
4.00
Chas. E. Morse, M. D.
: 50
Wright & Potter Mfg. Co., Supplies
6.16
E. A. Sisson, Trucking
10.50
Florence C. Haskins
10.00
Maxim Motor Co., Labor and Supplies
15.38
E. E. Place, Labor, etc.
25.00
Wales Adding Machine Co., Supplies
4.62
F. W. Hunter, Supplies
20.40
Middleboro Water Dept.
15.16
Brockton Typewriter Co., Supplies
3.50
Mass. Highway Commission
2.00
Cromwell Auto Supply Co., Supplies
70.40
Hobbs & Warren, Supplies
2.81
Thorp & Martin, Supplies
6.68
Studebaker Service Station, Supplies
.20
George E. Doane, Supplies
13.75
Standard Extinguishing Co., Supplies
12.07
Carter's Ink Co., Ink
4.50
George R. Sampson, Insurance
160.54
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
2.00
J. L. Fairbanks Co., Supplies
31.50
Adelbert W. Fuller, Printing Signs
1.88
A. F. Whitcomb, Painting Bandstand
11.50
Registry of Motor Vehicles, Truck
2.00
Middleboro Gas & Electric, Supplies
.25
Cape Top & Tire Co., Supplies
12.00
H. F. Kraege, Supplies
13.70
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N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., Freight 1.00
George A. Donner, Supplies 2.00
Charles W. Clark, Abatement of Taxes 5.60
Harry Shurtleff, work on Town Bounds 2.00
Sears Lumber Co., Supplies 19.45
Ralph N. Bassett, Supplies 4.04
Commonwealth of Mass., Sprayer
450.00
$4,700.13
TOWN HALL.
Balance 1919
$1,130.26
Appropriation
2,600.00
Receipts
2,085.00
Expenditures :
Bourne Wood, Insurance
$205.00
Ralph N. Bassett, Labor, etc. 147.96
R. N. Drake, Insurance 115.00
T. M. Ryder Co., Insurance
115.00
Leonard & Keedwell, Insurance
115.00
D. D. Sullivan, Insurance
115.00
Theodore N. Wood, Insurance 93.75
P. W. Keith, Insurance
100.00
C. L. Hathaway, Insurance
115.00
E. H. Cromwell, Insurance
93.75
J. F. Alden, Insurance
75.00
Annie M. Reed, Insurance
115.00
John J. Pearson, Labor, etc.
265.76
Lucas & Thomas, Supplies
.12
Reed Disinfectant Co., Sweeping Comp.
10.50
F. N. Whitman, Supplies
83.03
Jas. L. Jenney, Est., Coal
676.63
Granite City Soap Co., Supplies
9.81
Sears Lumber Co., Lumber, etc.
200.02
Fred C. Sparrow, Labor
714.86
George F. Doane, Supplies
51.43
Middleboro Water Dept., Water
125.61
John J. Mitchell, Revenue Tax
150.00
William Egger, Supplies
17.00
R. J. McCarthy, Tuning Piano
12.00
A. R. Owens, Freight
7.00
$5,815.26
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Middleboro Gas & Electric, Service
446.19
M. L. Hinckley, Repairing Clock 1.50
Chemo Co., Floor Oil 94.50
George R. Sampson, Insurance 19.76
Napoleon Gregoire & Son, Dustbane
28.00
L. O. Atwood, Wood
34.00
Mass. State Prison, Brooms
18.00
William F. Deane, Check Boards
5.00
A. C. Cosseboom, Supplies
1.00
Bailey's Garage, Signs
3.00
F. A. Johnson, Painting
40.05
E. H. Blake, Supplies and Repairs
9.15
E. Kimball Harrison, Salary
1,264.00
Thomas & Weston, Insurance
115.00
C. B. Dolge, Supplies
25.00
American Railway Co., Express
2.00
Ellis B. Leach, Janitor Service
14.00
$5,849.38
Deficit
$34.12
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Appropriation
$2,154.57 26.00
Receipts
$2,180:87
Less overdraft
304.57
$1,876.00
Orders Drawn
2,644.73
Deficit 1920
$768.73
SOLDIERS' BURIAL.
Selectmen's Orders
$110.00
STATE AID.
Selectmen's Orders
$2,724.00
MILITARY AID.
Balance 1919
$249.00 131.00
State Treasurer
$380.00
Orders Drawn
$382.00
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Deficit 1920 $2.00
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GYPSY MOTHS.
Appropriations Receipts State Treasurer Private Work
$2,104.62
711.31
1,197.84
1,309.38
$5,323.15
Less Deficit 1919
2,022.53
$3,300.62
Orders Drawn
$4,227.12
Deficit 1920
$926.50
ELECTION OFFICERS.
PRECINCT ONE.
Warden, B. J. Allen.
Deputy Warden, Edward B. Whitmarsh.
Clerk, Percy W. Keith.
Deputy Clerk, Ernest I. Perkins.
Inspector, Benjamin E. Holmes.
Deputy Inspector, Harold M. Pratt.
Teller, James F. Gardner.
Deputy Teller, Walter I. Standish.
Officer, Josiah T. Carver. .
PRECINCT Two.
Warden, Henry W. Sears. Deputy Warden, Sylvanus L. Brett. Clerk, Chester Weston.
Deputy Clerk, Michael J. Cronan. Inspector, Henry P. Schlueter. Deputy Inspector, E. T. P. Jenks.
Teller, Ralph Maddigan. Deputy Teller, John J. Mahoney. Officer, Kimball B. Harrison.
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The following appointments have been made in their order :
John J. Fowler, Jr., Moth Superintendent.
John J. Fowler, Jr., Forest Warden.
Jesse C. Wilbur, Inspector of Wires.
Superintendent of Streets, Watson W. Baker.
William J. Coughlin, Registrar of Voters.
Paul Anderson, Special Police.
Morril K. Dean, Inspector Herrings, E. Taunton.
Dog Officer, E. E. Place.
James A. Thomas, Inspector Herrings, Wareham St., Nemas- ket Mills.
William G. Wilcox, Surveyor of Wood and Lumber.
A. V. Smith, M. D., Soldiers' Physician.
C. S. Cummings, M. D., Soldiers' Physician.
E. Kimball Harrison, Constable.
Ralph Sampson, Special Police.
E. E. Place, Sealer of Weights and Measures,
Myron Bump, Special Police.
Chief of Police, Smith T. Sharpels.
Frank B. Sellers, Patrolman. Alton R. Rodgers, Patrolman. William Chamberlain, Special Police.
Frank W.Hastay, Special Police.
Samuel S. Lovell, Special Police.
Charles E. Guertain, Special Police.
John H. Pushee, Special Police.
Ichabod B. Thomas, Special Police.
Samuel Hathaway, Special Police. Louis Ritter, Pubic Weigher. Lura Thomas, Public Weigher. George H. Shaw, Public Weigher.
Albert F. Soule, Public Weigher. Ernest Pratt, Public Weigher.
Smith T. Sharpels, Keeper of Lockup. Chester Weston, Fence Viewer. Zenas Phinney, Fence Viewer. Myron W. Baxter, Fence Viewer.
Charles Chute, Special Police, Oct. 13. Charles Hegarty, Special Police. James F. Gardner, Teller, Precinct One. Charles O. Dunham, Special Police. Benj. F. White, Special Police.
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JURY LIST, 1919.
John L. Benson, Mill Worker, Wareham St. George H. Bailey, Shoeworker, Wood St. Edward H. Blake, Bill Poster, Wareham St. Sylvanus L. Brett, Shoeworker, 11 Rock St. Anatole Bourgeois, Shoeworker, 47 School St. Clifton F. Babbitt, Clerk, 80 School St. William W. Bearse, Clerk, Wareham St. Rufus A. Benson, Blacksmith, Wareham St. Walter H. Chipman, Reporter. Benjamin W. Caswell, Caterer, 15 Pierce St. Louis D. Churbuck, Carpenter, 22 School St. Abisha T. Clark, Farmer, Marion Road. James M. Clark, Retired, Wareham St. Alanson F. Cobb, Shoeworker, Wareham St. Charles F. Cole, Carpenter, 56 So. Main St. Edward H. Cromwell, Real Estate Agent, 2 High St. Louis Chartier, Laborer, 19 Southwick St. Nathaniel S. Cushing, Sawyer, East St. Albert Deane, Poultry Dealer, Soule St. George A. Deane, Peddler, Thompson St., Reginald W. Drake, Insurance, Pierce St. G. Delmar Dunbar, Clerk, Bourne St. Eugene L. Dunham, Shoeworker, 18 Elm St. William Egger, Merchant, Pearl St. William P. Fessenden, Clerk, Plymouth St. David H. Farrar, Merchant, Cottage Court. Charles O. Gammons, Farmer, Highland St. George L. Gillis, Clerk, 61 Oak St. Joseph M. Gibbs, Shoeworker, Wareham St. James R. Glidden, Merchant, 18 High St. Frederick L. Hammond, Hotel Prop., No. Main St. Wordsworth H. Harvey, Woodworker, Miller St. Lewis F. Harding, Bookkeeper, Rice St. William M. Haskins, Retired, 29 Oak St. Eugene J. Keith, Carpenter, 35 North St. John Howes, Auto Garage, Rice St. Ralph D. Kelley, Clerk, Pierce St. Percy W. Keith, Insurance, Plymouth St.
Orville H. Leonard, Clerk, 63 Oak St. Ralph LeBaron, Farmer, Wareham St. Edward B. Lovell, Agent, Barde Hill Road. John L. Luipold, Shoeworker, 17 Arch St.
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Ralph W. Maddigan, Insurance, Star Ave. Harry Maxim, Farmer, Marion Road. Eugene H. McCarthy, Shoeworker, 58 Everett St. James McCarthy, Painter, 22 Lovell St. Arthur B. Munroe, Salesman, Pierce St. Ernest M. O'Toole, Merchant, 14 North St. Frank C. Otto, Mill Worker, 56 E. Main St. David R. Pierce, Shoeworker, Wareham St. Winifred L. Perkins, Salesman, No. Main St. Herbert A. Pratt, Merchant, Pierce St. Leonard Powers.
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Edward C. Reed, Lumber Dealer, Pine St. William J. Robb, Clerk, 17 Barrows St. Ralph E. Ryder, Carpenter, Plymouth St. Clarence H. Ryder, Carpenter, Highland St. Truman C. Savery, Wood and Lumber Dealer, Plymouth St. Edwin F. Shaw, Farmer, Summer St. Benjamin C. Shaw, Lumber Dealer, School St. George F. Shaw, Farmer, Plymouth St. Patrick Sherlock, Mill Worker, Barrows St. James J. Sheehan, Salesman, Reland St. Harrison T. Shurtleff, Board Sawyer, France St.
Charles H. Soule, Poultry Dealer, Cedar St. Edwin E. Soule, Lumber Dealer, Cedar St. Arthur H. Standish, Farmer, Thompson St. Ralph Starett, R. R. Employee, Courtland St.
Frank M. Stickney, Paper Box Maker, 53 Forest St.
Myron R. Burgess, Cranberry Grower, Rocky Meadow St. John J. Sullivan, Merchant.
Walter I. Standish, Shoeworker, Pleasant St. Charles W. Swett, Carpenter, Miller St.
Alfred E. Thomas, Woodworker, Smith St.
Frank S. Thomas, Engineer, Wareham St.
George L. Thomas, Plumber, 6 Court End Ave. Ichabod B. Thomas, Jr., Shoeworker, 248 Center St. Waldo Thomas, Clerk, 22 Webster St.
Charles S. Tinkham, Shoeworker, 11 Courtland St. Chester M. Washburn, Lumber Dealer, Plymouth St. Charles M. Weeks, Clerk, Rice St. Albert T. Westgate, Clerk, Miller St. Joseph T. Westgate, Telephone Employee, Courtland St. Seneca T. Weston, Farmer, France St.
Charles O. White, Shoeworker, Bourne St.
George H. Wilbur, Photographer, Plymouth St.
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Harold S. Wood, Assistant Bank Examiner, 9 High St. Bourne Wood, Insurance Agent, 14 Elm St. James R. Dunham, Machinist, 18 Elm St. Wilfred H. Paradis, Shoeworker, 13 Everett St. Frederick L. Weston, Clerk, Plymouth St. Sven Hokanson, Tailor, Wareham St.
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REPORT OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
To the Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen :
I have the honor to report to you the work of this Depart- ment for the year terminating Dec. 31, 1920:
I have sealed 741 scales, weights and measures.
I have adjusted 121.
I have condemned 4 Gas Pumps, which have been replaced by new ones.
I have condemned 24 articles, weights and measures.
I have re-weighed 4 loads of coal and found them to run slight overweight of 5 to 10 lbs.
I have forbidden the sale of articles of food on account of short weight in five instances.
The sealing outfit is in poor condition, all of our testing weights will have to be transported to Brockton for test before their use,-our large Standard Test Scale and Cabinet has been condemned by the State Inspector. This was in- stalled in 1846.
FINANCIAL REPORT.
$66.59
Balance
Appropriation
250.00
Receipts
69.72
From Contingent
41.67
$427.98
ORDERS DRAWN.
E. E. Place, Sealer
$187.50
S. T. LeBaron, Sealer 62.49
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ORDERS DRAWN.
E. E. Place, Sealer
$187.50
S. T. LeBaron, Sealer 62.49
W. & L. E. Curley, Supplies 79.42
E. E. Place, Transportation
65.00
E. H. Cromwell, Insurance
8.13
Nemaskett Press, Supplies
3.95
Hobbs & Warren, Supplies
2.11
B. E. Place, Transportation of Weights to Brockton to be sealed
8.00
G. E. Doane, Supplies
5.75
Balance on hand
$422.35 $5.63
Respectfully submitted,
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THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
For the Year 1920.
The organization of the Board has been the same as last year, Alvin C. Howes, has served as Chairman and Superin- tendent, and John J. Pearson was elected Clerk.
At the annual meeting in March, John J. Pearson, was; re-elected Commissioner for three years.
The leaks at the mains and curbs have been less than: last year.
Seventeen new domestic services have been put in, a special service and hydrant at the south side of the George E. Keith factory and special fire services at the Worsted Mill and Maxim Motor Co.
The hydrants have received special attention during the year, the last inspection being finished December 15th, but - there are changes and improvements which should be made, dependent upon income and appropriations that may be made for larger mains in line with the recommendations of the Insurance Exchange.
There is a lack of meter efficiency, for the reason that many new ones are needed, and owing to other requirements that had to be provided for, no funds were available with which to purchase them, but the regular expenses for the next year will, as it now seems be very much less, and the income practically the same, and for this reason, unless it should become necessary to use if for other pressing needs, the meters needed, can be bought from the income of that year.
If however, the income should not be sufficient to do this, it would be sound business policy, as it means added income to the town, to provide some method by which the meters needed could be secured.
At the pumping station the efficiency of the filter beds have been restored by putting in fresh sand. The pumps have received necessary repairs and new arches have been
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put in the fire boxes and other incidental repairs made, as needed.
In this, the final report that we shall make as Commis- sioners, we wish to express our appreciation, of the uniform consideration, that has been given us by the citizens as a whole, although, as a matter of fact, there have been times, as was inevitable, when we could not see eye to eye in all matters.
Income and expenditures for the year are as follows:
MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT.
Collected by Commissioners and paid to Treasurer :
For water by meter rates
$27,822.04
Interest on bonds
140.00
Repairs on services
467.67
Repairs on meters
43.63
Testing meters
3.00
Telephone tolls
9.50
Hay sold from Pumping Station lot
5.00
Vargin Piranian, use of Pump
4.00
Chas. W. Clark, refund on carting sand to filter
2.00
Mass. Highway Comm., refund on registration of truck
8.00
LeBaron Ice Co., oil
.80
Town of Middleboro, water supplied
300.00
Mr. Hall, 3 curb stops
9.00
Paper sold
.27
Turning on water
7.50
Pipe sold
5.43
M. L. H. Peirce, Water Trough Drink- ing Fund
149.62
Town of Middleboro, Highway De- partment, coal
128.49
M. Burman, junk 2.00
Middleboro Gas & Electric Plant, service box 3.38
$29,111.33
Balance in hands of Treasurer, January 1, 1920 $1,074.66
$30,185.99
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Orders drawn on the Treasurer as follows:
PUMPING STATION AND LOT.
Pay roll, including engineers
$5,272.67
Vacuum Oil Co., oil
119.55
James L. Jenney, coal
117.13
Middleboro Gas & Electric Plant, lighting 72.27
Eagle Oil & Supply Co., supplies
202.42
Lloyd Perkins, fittings
2.92
Ralph Bassett, supplies
2.26
The Fairbanks Co., supplies
5.70
Crosby Steam Gage & Valve Co., valve
38.00
R. B. McKim Co., Scoops
2.30
Town of Middleboro, Highway De- partment
775.14
The George H. Shaw Co., supplies
7.00
Fred L. Hanson, labor
68.36
Economy Lubricating Co., Boiler Compound
64.52
The Hodge Boiler Works, handhole plate
3.50
Spencer Regulator Co., supplies
8.31
The Bristol Co., charts
4.11
Manning, Maxwell & Moore, Inc., repairing gauge
1.25
Worthington Pump & Machinery Corp., supplies
226.33
H. W. Johns-Manville Co., packing 6.22
Wiltbonco Mfg. Co., glasses reground
11.25
J. D. Vaughn, labor
5.00
John J. Pearson, labor and fittings
11.81
Freight charges
13.08
Express charges
4.68
Soap
3.64
Registered letter and Parcel Post
.38
Jenkins Bros., valve and bonnet
4.43
McLeod & Henry Co., door arches
66.00
George E. Doane, lamps and hammer handle
15.70
Power Equipment Co., fittings
194.28
T. W. Pierce Hardware Co., supplies
46.59
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N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., freight on coal
785.28
Car Demurrage 12.36
A. R. Owens, carting 2.57
Bryant & Soule, coal
104.41
Atlantic Coal Co., coal
6,586.22
Sears Lumber Co., fire brick and cement 19.48
Hart Packing Co., packing
7.56
M. H. Kelley, mason work
22.00
Peter H. Corr, cotton waste
19.04
C. R. Washburn, lime
1.95
Walworth Mfg. Co., fusible plug
2.65
American Railway, express
13.80
Moore Steam Turbine Corp., repairs on pump
496.02
F. N. Whitman, brooms
3.87
$15,454.01
MAINS.
Labor
$45.88 .>
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., rent of mains
2.00
Oil
.24
The Ludlow Valve Mfg. Co., 1.86
$49.98
SERVICES.
Labor
$308.48
Oil
2.46
Freight charges
11.56
Express charges
3.58
Chadwick-Boston Lead Co., lead pipe
22.83
The A. P. Smith Mfg. Co., sleeves and valves
80.30
The Ludlow Valve Mfg. Co., fittings
69.43
George E. Gilchrist Co., fittings
270.78
Lloyd Perkins, fittings
9.86
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William H. Gallison Co., supplies
91.35
Town of Middleboro,Highway Dept., patching road 2.50
Joseph H. Young Co., supplies
101.85
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Union Water Meter Co., curb stops 30.48
H. Mueller Mfg. Co., packing .80
$1,006.26
METERS.
Labor
$215.16
F. N. Whitman, flashlight and bat- teries
2.65
National Meter Co., repair parts 21.06
Mrs. Ida F. Rounseville, meter
10.00
Buffalo Meter Co., repair parts
41.13
George E. Doane, battery and bulb
1.20
.60
C. A. Sherman, battery and bulb Express Flash light
.58
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$292.58
GENERAL EXPENSE.
Labor
$1,068.10
New England Tel. & Tel. Co.
121.09
Bailey's Garage, supplies
172.11
George F. Doane, supplies
36.96
Parcel Post
.08
A. P. Smith Mfg. Co., drill pins
.45
Triangle Auto Co., labor & supplies
4.80
L. B. Harlow, wood 2.50
Registry of Motor Vehicles, registra- tion of truck 10.00
R. B. McKim Co., shovels
10.00
J. C. Boynton & Son, supplies
5.18
Express
.50
H. Mueller Mfg. Co., gaskets
6.36
Freight
.52
Emery paper
. 60
Howes & Perkins, supplies
. 65
George B. Hall, curb stops
3.00
Phillip Egger, refund on boiler
14.36
Insurance on package
.08
Cotton for flags
.35
John J. Pearson, labor
3.90
George W. Perkins, sharpening mower .75
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A. C. Cosseboom & Co., labor and repairs 31.58
George R. Sampson, Insurance 124.90
Modern Tire Repair Shop, supplies 34.35
George N. Dupont, rubber boots 6.50
Nathaniel Bump,repairing chain wrench 1.50
Leonard & Keedwell, Insurance 84.15
Commissioners' salaries 300.00
General expenses brought forward $2,045.32
Rebates· 5.67
Supervision of filter and maintenance 1,582.89
Calvin H. Shaw, sand for filter 26.80
Middleboro Savings Bank, paid loan
4,000.00
Middleboro Savings Bank, paid meter bond 1,500.00
Middleboro Savings Bank, paid stand-
pipe bond 1,000.00
$10,160.68
OFFICE AND SUPERINTENDENTS.
Alvin C. Howes, Superintendent
$1,600.00
Alvin C. Howes, expense 82.01
Labor
1,005.41
James L. Jenney, Est., coal
122.34
Middleboro Gas & Electric Plant, lighting
8.74
Express
1.01
Pens
.20
Bryant & Soule, coal
6.88
George A. Shurtleff, wood
13.50
The Nemaskett Press, printing
16.90
James H. Creedon, P. M., stamped envelopes
63.96
H. L. Thatcher, printing
3.25
Sani-Flush
.25
Ink
1.60
P. O. Box rent
1.20
Paper
1.95
Soap
. 40
Laundry
.35
Tags
.12
$2,045.32
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CONSTRUCTION AMOUNT.
Collected by Commissioners and paid to Treasurer: For putting in meters $0.91
For putting in services, etc. 1,499.16
For putting in mains 230.34
$1,730.41
SERVICE PIPE ACCOUNT.
Labor
$1,263.83
The Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., valve
13.41
George A. Shurtleff, wood 1.89
John J. Pearson, labor
119.40
Chadwick-Boston Lead Co., lead
33.43
J. C. Boynton & Son, oil
2.34
Lloyd Perkins, fittings
2.68
N. Bump, curb handle
1.50
Town of Middleboro, Highway Dept., patching Freight
7.75
1.70
$1,447.93
MAIN PIPE ACCOUNT.
Labor $135.25
The Ludlow Valve Mfg. Co., gate rub- bers for hydrant 17.16
George E. Doane, sheet lead .85
George E. Gilchrist, pipe
54.97
A. R. Owens, carting pipe
1.50
Freight on pipe 1.36
$211.09
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SINKING FUND ACCOUNT.
For 1920.
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. 312 per cent. bonds $2,000.00
The outstanding bonds to the amount of $20,000 issued for the installation of the filter plant and bearing interest at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, are due and payable $1,000 each year, on the first day of January in each year, beginning Jan. 1, 1921, and the sinking fund as provided for in the vote authorizing the bond issue, has been established.
FILTER SINKING FUND ACCOUNT.
March 28, 1917, deposited in the Mid- dleboro Savings Bank $250.00
Interest for 1917
5.00
April, 1918, deposited
250.00
Interest for 1918
17.22
July, 1919, deposited .
250.00
Interest for 1919
26.55
Interest for 1920
38.35
$837.12
The outstanding bonds to the amount of $25,000, issued for the construction of the new standpipe and bearing interest at 4 per cent. per annum, are due and payable $1,000 in each year, on the first day of June in each year from June 1, 1920.
Respectfully submitted,
ALVIN C. HOWES, JOHN J. PEARSON, CHARLES F. GAY.
Trustees of Sinking Fund.
Middleboro, Mass., January 1, 1921.
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.
For the Year Ending December 31, 1920.
In form recommended by the New England Water Works Association.
MIDDLEBORO WATER WORKS.
Middleboro, Plymouth County, Mass.
GENERAL STATISTICS.
Population by Census, of 1915:
Population by Town, 8,270.
Date of Construction, 1885.
By whom owned, Town of Middleboro.
Source of supply, well south of village, near Nemasket River. Mode of supply, Pumping.
PUMPING STATISTICS.
1. Builders of Pumping Machinery, Deane Steam Pump Co., and Moore Steam Turbine Corp.
2. Description of fuel used :
(a) Kind, Bituminous.
(b) Brand of coal, New River, Pocahontas.
(c) Average price of coal per gross ton, delivered $16.37. 3. Coal consumed for the year, 1,122,200.
4. Total pumpage for the year, 148,211,600 gallons, without allowance for slip.
5. Average static head against which pumps work, 250
6. Average dynamic head against which pumps work, 254
7. Number of gallons pumped per pound of coal 132.0
8. Duty = gals. pumped (4) x 8.34 (1b) x 100 dynamic head (6) 28,418,273.
Total fuel consumed.
84 .
FINANCIAL STATISTICS.
RECEIPTS.
Balance brought forward From water rates:
$1,074.66
A. Meter rates
$27,822.04
B. Total from consumers
$27,822.04
C. From other sources
3,019.70
Total $31,916.40
EXPENDITURES.
Water Works Maintenance:
A. Operation (management and repairs)
$30,015.18
B. Interest on bonds 1,960.00
Water Works Construction :
C. Extension of services $1,447.93
D. Extension of mains 211.09
E. Total Construction
$1,659.02
F. Total expenditures construction and maintenance
33,634.20
G. Deficit
1,717.80
H. Bonded debt to date
45,000.00
I. Value of Sinking Fund at date
837.12
J. Average rate of interest, 4 per cent.
K. Net cost of works to date 212,876.11
OFFICE AND SUPERINTENDENT.
Coin envelopes $0.75
Box pencils
.75
Paper clips
.40
E. F. Shaw, wood 2.50
D. D. Sullivan, Insurance
117.20
$3,051.67
Interest on bonds
$1,930.00
Interest on bonds, meter account 30.00
$1,960.00
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Total expense, including interest .
$31,975.18
Total expenditures, construction account
1,659.02
Total
$33,634.20
Cash received, 1920
$31,916.40
Deficit, 1920
$1,717.80
Respectfully submitted,
ALVIN C. HOWES, JOHN J. PEARSON, CHARLES F. GAY, JR.,
Water Commissioners, 1920.
· ALVIN C. HOWES, Supt.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
To the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Middleboro:
Because of the large amount of patching and small repairs required, during the past year, the most conspicuous con- struction and maintenance attempted was financed by the Pierce Trustees, who paid for the new work on Centre Street from Everett Square to Main Street, a tarvia blanket for the principal outlying macadam roads, nearly eight miles in length, and the gravel construction on Plymouth Street, from State Farm Road to Bedford Street. Durable stretches of gravel were applied to Oak, Webster, and Arch Streets from the old gravel of Centre Street which was built of clean crushed stone penetrated with tarvia X.
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