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35 1 11 Son of Benjamin and Hannah. Died in New York. 50- -
24 - 2 Wife of Isaac T. Hall.
61 3 15 Wife of Watson Ellis.
67 11 - Son of John and Nancy.
37 11 - Wife of J. B. Johnson. Died in Boston,
24 8 13 Wife of John F. Hall.
Consumption, Pneumonia,
59| 5| 8|Wife of Barnabas Dunham.
73 10 17
- 4
72| 125 Wife of George Manter. 72 -- Wife of William Boag. 1 7 19 Son of Samuel and Mary H.
1 2 16 Son of Barnabas G.
34 11 -Son of Michael and Mary. 77 -- Daughter of Benjamin Robbins.
17 2 8 Daugeter of Micah and Margaret.
80- 37 227 Son of Jonathan and Cynthia. Died at Taunton.
69 1 17 Son of Daniel and Mary.
83 6 13 Son of Eleazer and Jemima.
16 6 9 Daughter of Henry and Harriet. Died in Reading.
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83 - 7 Daughter of Gideon White.
73 2-Son of Christopher and Mary. 5 8
3 Daughter of John.
23 -25 Wife of E. T. Nelson.
Consumption, Croup,
Pistol shot wound, Consumption, Kidney disease, Marasmus,
39| 214 Widow of Sylvester Valler,
LIST OF DEATHS .- CONTINUED.
DATE.
NAMES.
DISEASE,
YRS.
SI MOS.
Sto | DYS.
PARENTS, ETC.
July
5 Sarah W. Thomas,
7 Charles Goodwin,
9 Frederick E. Holmes,
9 Theodore Heath,
11 Ann R. Fuller,
Inflamation of bowels, Sincle gangrene, Pleurisy, Enteritis, Tuberculosis,
72 10 2 Wife of Wm. Thomas.
78 10 30 Son of Thomas Goodwin.
28| 7|27 Son of Peter and Almira.
2| 2| 2 |Son of William and Sarah.
3 10 Wife of Robert D. Fuller.
49 --- Widow of John Eisher.
15 Catharine Fisher,
15|Grace O. Jackson,
16 Louisa H. Briggs,
Dysentery.
Hemorrhage,
1 Son of Sylvester and Eveline.
16 Charles W. Davee,
20 Abby Blanchard,
Typhoid fever,
43 11 15 Wife of William L. Battles. Died in Cambridge.
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August
21 Angeline T. Battles, 26 Lydia F. Raymond, 3 Willie E. Griffin, 8 Carrie H. Paty,
Cholera infantum, Diptheria,
5-26 Daughter of Ephraim T. and Susan E.
78 2- Wife of Henry Whiting.
6 13 James H. and Mary B. 1
1 3- Son of Albert L. and Elizabetlı.
10 23 Daughter of Pelham W. and Etta H.
3| 7 |Son of Adoniram J. Raymond.
1|14 Son of Charles C. Barnes.
10 21 Son of John B. and Augusta. -
2 25 Daughter of P. Frank and Harriet A.
1 -22 Daughter of Edward and Minnie.
45 10 5
- 3 10 Son of George F. and Annie M.
12 George T. Ellis,
14 Isaac Lanman,
66 15 Sophia H. Briggs,
18 Elizabeth Dittman,
Consumption, Cholera infantum, Marasmus, Typhoid fever,
77 1-Son of Peter and Mary. 17| 1|15 Daughter of Cornelius and Sophia.
2 8| 8|Daughter of Frederick and Elizabeth.
Marasmus,
20 11- Wife of Joseph Blanchard.
Heart disease,
1.6| 1 Daughter of John T. Raymond.
7 13 Son of Frank S. and Ella,
11|Grace Whiting,
13 Edward D. Chapman,
19 Albert L. Revaleou,
Dyspepsia,
Cholera infantunı,
28 Leslie R. Barnes,
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28 Frederick B. Chandler, 00 Esther E. Burgess, 9 Ida L. Vaughan, 11 Thomas Colgan,
Convulsions, Cholera infantnm,
Sept.
27 Eva C. Harlow, 27 Albert E. Raymond,
Consumption, Brain fever,
2| 920 Daughter of Thomas O. and Sarah F.
Suppression of urine,
1 5 17 Daughter of Harvey and Nettie.
LIST OF DEATHS .- CONTINUED.
Sept. 24 Leavitt T. Robbins, 30 Edward Milburn.
Abscess, Consumption, Typhoid fever,
71| 1|15|Son of Charles and Mary.
- 7 16 Son of Edward aud Mary J.
9 5 25 Daughter of William Harlow.
20 322 Daughter of John Jordan.
- 5 7 Daughter of Josiah C. and Nancy B.
Consumption,
78 11 27 Widow of Henry Cassady.
5 9|20 Daughter of William Harlow.
90 3|12|Widow of Ansel Holmes.
17 Mary E. Peterson, 19 William T. McLean.
Marasmus,
25 9 6 Daughter of William J. and Susan S. Morey. 3 13 Son of David McLean. 3 13
19 John A. McLean,
Old age,
95 5 19 Widow of Samuel N. Holmes.
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21 |Mary Holmes, 27 Sophronia P. Manter, 28 Sarah Stephens, 31 Ansel R. Lucas, 2 Sylvanus Harvey, 11 Amanda M. Spaulding, 12 Clarissa Bullard,
Tuberculosis, Dropsy.
76 7 20 Daughter of John Stephens.
Peretonitis,
20 5 6 Son of Ansel Lucas.
Typhoid fever.
59 5 21 Son of Jonathan Harvey.
Puerperal fever,
23 6| 8|Wife of Ai H. Spaulding.
Heart disease,
86 9- Widow of Martin Bullard.
15 James H. Burns,
Killed on railroad,
21 5 24 Son of James and Mary.
Found dead in his room,
47 125 Son of Hezekiah and Hannah.
Typhoid fever,
13 2 14 Son of Manuel and Henrietta.
70 -- Widow of Jerome Swift.
Typhoid fever,
28 5 4
63 818 Son of Samuel and Sarah.
Dec.
7 William Wolcott,
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8 Patience Whiting,
9 Nathaniel Doty,
Softening of brain.
63 2 1 Son of Nathaniel and Olive.
66 10 Lydia Goddard,
Typhoid pneumonia,
65 3 - Widow of Daniel Goddard.
Son of James and Jane.
18 Grant C. Parsons.
20 Ruth Cornish,
Abcess, Consumption,
Widow of Spooner Cornish.
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Nov.
16 Henry A. Warrener, 21 |John Fratus, 23|Sarah Swift,
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24|Catharine Fratus, 27 Harvey Briggs, 7 Elizabeth S. Stranger,
Cancer on face, Convulsions, Paralysis,
22 10 12 Wife of N. E. Stranger. 77| 6 7 Died in Maine.
Consumption,
71|11|28 00
Suddenly.
24 6 21 Wife of George A. Manter.
Oct. 2| Harry M. Harlow, 6 Elizabeth H. Jordan, 66 7| Joanna B. Fuller, 14 Betsey L. Cassady, 17 Hattie E. Harlow. 17 Martha Holmes,
Dropsy. Typhoid fever, Old age, Pneumonia,
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BIRTHS.
Whole number of Births, 154
Males, 70
Females, 84
- 154
DEATHS.
Whole number of Deaths registered for the year, 1871, 124
Males, . 59
Females, 65
- 124
Under 5
years, 36
From 5 to 10
5
" 10 to 20
5
20 to 30
16
30 to 40 4
40 to 50 7 66
50 to 60 8
60 to 70 8
70 to 80 21
80 to 90
11
Over 90 3
- 124
49 TOWN OFFICERS.
Selectmen-Albert Mason, Lemuel Bradford, Henry Whiting, Jr., William H. Nelson, David Clark.
Town Clerk-Leander Lovell.
Town Treasurer-James Cox.
Collector of Tax-Lemuel Bradford.
Assessors-John Harlow, John Perkins, Samuel Shaw. "
Overseers of the Poor-John H. Harlow, Lemuel Brad- ford, Wm. H. Whitman, Leavitt T. Robbins.
Sexton-Clement Bates.
Water Commissioners-Lemuel Bradford, Abbot Drew.
School Committee - Benj. A. Hathaway, George A. Tewksbury, term expires 1874 ; Wm. H. Whitman, Charles Burton, term expires 1873 ; Albert Mason, Lemuel Brad- ford, 2d; term expires 1872.
Superintendent of Schools-Charles Burton.
Agawam Fishery Committee-John Atwood, Stephen. Pember, Augustus H. Robbins.
Constables-John Perkins, Barnabas Hedge, Harvey W. Weston, Stephen Pember, Augustus H. Robbins.
Board of Health-Barnabas H. Holmes, Barnabas Hedge, John Atwood, Amos H. Locke, Allen Bradford.
Surveyors of Highways-Elisha Nelson, Joseph F. Towns, Samuel Cole, Winslow Rickard, Stephen Doten, Lewis W. Thrasher, Horatio Wright, David Clark, Gus- tavus G. Sampson, Thomas Pierce, Alanson Thomas, Isaac N. Barrows.
Burial Hill Committee-Warren S. Macomber, Charles Raymond, James B. Collingwood.
Truant Committee-John Perkins, Josiah D. Baxter, James B. Collingwood.
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Surveyors of Lumber-George H. Jackson, Nathaniel Brown, Leavitt T. Robbins, Jr.
Inspector and Sealer of Leather-John Churchill.
Sealer of Weights and Measures-Horace C. Whitten.
Committee on Plymouth Beach-Thomas B. Sears, Henry Whiting, Charles Burton, Josiah D. Baxter.
Field Drivers and Fence Viewers-Joseph F. Towns, Nathan B. Perry, Samuel Cole, Lewis W. Thrasher, Ezra Finney, Hosea C. Bartlett, Lewis S. Wadsworth, Solomon Sylvester, Stephen Doten, Ed. D. Clark.
Pound Keepers. At Almshouse-Oliver T. Wood; at Chiltonville-Galen R. Holmes ; at M. Ponds-Hosea C. Bartlett.
Superintendent of Water Works-Abbot Drew.
Committee on Fire in the Woods-Franklin B. Cobb, Henry Whiting, Jr., Alanson Thomas, William T. Davis, Gustavus G. Sampson, Thomas Pierce, Horatio Wright, Isaac N. Barrows, Otis W. Burgess, Truman Sampson, Barnabas Hedge, Henry Whiting, Leavitt T. Robbins, Jr., Ezra Finney, Geo. W. Cobb, James Hall, Aaron Sampson.
Committee on Shell Fish-Josiah D. Baxter, Barnabas Hedge, John T. Hall.
Liquor Agent-Josiah C. Fuller.
Board of Engineers-Peleg C. Chandler, Richard W. Bagnell, Henry Whiting, Jr., Wait Wadsworth, Charles B. Stoddard.
Number of Polls-1,443. Tax on Polls-$2.00.
Rate of Taxation-1.72 100
Valuation-Real Estate, $2,024,450.
Personal " $1,199,350.
Total Real and Personal Estate, $3,223,800.
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TOWN MEETING.
PLYMOUTH SS.
TO EITHER OF THE CONSTABLES OF PLYMOUTH, IN THE COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH AND COMMONWEALTH OF MASSA- CHUSETTS :
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town of Plymouth qualified to vote in Town affairs, to meet at Davis Hall, in said Plymouth, on MONDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF MARCH NEXT, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following articles, to wit :
1st. To choose a Moderator.
2d. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the ensu- ing year.
3d. To hear the report of the Selectmen and other offi- cers and committees of the Town and act thereon.
4th. To determine the number of Water Commission- ers for the ensuing year and choose the same.
5th. To revise and accept a list of Jurors prepared by the Selectmen.
6th. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of taxes, and for disbursement under the laws relating to State aid, and to defray the expenses of the Town after January 1st, 1873.
7th. To appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the Town for the cur- rent year, and to raise the same.
PLYMOUTH PURITO WIRDADY
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8th. To see if the Town will authorize the sale of the Second Primary School House and the Lot on which the same stands at Manomet.
9th. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen in relation to the extension of water pipes to Chiltonville, and to take any other action in relation to such extension. that the Town may deem expedient.
JOth. To see if the Town will accept the provisions of the one hundred and fifty-eight chapter oi the acts of 1871, entitled "an act to provide for the election of road com- missioners."
11th. To see if the Town will extend the grant of her- ring rights in Town Brook and Eel River made to Messrs. Hadaway and Holmes.
And you are further directed to serve this Warrant in the manner prescribed by a vote of the Town, and make due return hereof, with your doings thereon, at the time. and place above mentioned.
Given under our hands this eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and. seventy-two.
ALBERT MASON, ?
WILLIAM H. NELSON, HENRY WHITING, JR., LEM'L BRADFORD, - DAVID CLARK,
Selectmen of Plymouth ..
1872
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN
OF THE
TOWN OF PLYMOUTH,
FOR THE
Financial Year ending Jan. 1, 1873.
PUBLIC
LIBRARY
SS.
PLYMOI
PLYMOUTH : AVERY & DOTEN, STEAM BOOK & JOB PRINTERS, CORNER OF COURT AND NORTH STREETS. 1873.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN
OF THE
TOWN OF PLYMOUTH,
FOR THE
Financial Year ending Jan. 1, 1873.
PLYMOUTH : AVERY & DOTEN, STEAM BOOK & JOB PRINTERS, CORNER OF COURT AND NORTH STREETS. 1873.
PLYMOUTH PUBLIC LIBRARY
167
108- 1873
Report of the Selectmen.
The Selectmen desire, in presenting their report for 1872. to follow substantially the plan of the last report, and give to the Town, as concisely and as clearly as they are able the information requisite to enable them to judge intelligently of the work of the year, and the expediency of any measures proposed for the ensuing year.
The Treasurer is charged for the year 1872 with :
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1872, .
$4,759 89
School fund from the State,
328 48
Dog fund from the County
329 22
State Aid from the State, .
3,800 00
Dividend from O. C. Bank,
500 00
Corporation tax,
5,315 48
Water rents,
6,642 11
Almshouse reimbursements,
143 35
Insane reimbursements, .
84 92
Agawam and Halfway Pond Fishery,
261 00
Militia reimbursements, 472 00
Armory rent.
150 00
Amount carried forward
$22,786 4%
4
Amount brought foward. $22,786 45
Sale of lots in Vine Hills Cemetery 614 25
School books sold. 713 34
Pedlers' licenses
6 00
Fines for violation of By-Laws
8 00
Taxes of 1872 53,041 10
Taxes of 1871.
4,195 40
Taxes of 1870
1,620 14
Taxes of 1869
325 83
Taxes of 1868
153 63
Taxes of 1867
55 71
Interest on taxes
321 32
New road reimbursements
600 00
Rebate of interest paid.
38 81
Lamps broken, paid for by parties
1 50
Fresh Brook receipts
8 00
Circus license.
25 00
Sale of school-house at Wellingsley,
278 92
Sale of school-house at Manomet
90 70
Earnings of teams in other departments credited to road account, and allowed as payments from other departments 663 30
Paid from other departments to Poor account, .. 260 00
Paid from other departments to Chiltonville water extension. 178 29
Reuben Sherman's loan 1,600 00
Timothy Manter's loan
500 00
Cash from Contingent.
31 93
Plymouth Savings Bank loan 12,500 00
$100,617 62
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The payments credited to him on the several accounts are. as follows :
State tax
$5,480 00
County tax
4,588 76
Schools
16,869 95
Poor,
6,961 58
Insane Poor
913 74
Roads
8,316 13
New roads
1,020 03
Town debt
5,586 03
Contingent
7,062 69
Water Works and scrip
7,606 79
Fire department
1,956 12
Assessors
106 35
Abatements
362 19
Discounts
3,059 8%
Herring money
315 75
Distribution to widows.
169 00
Treasurer
500 00
Lighting streets and Town House
779 85
Sexton
125 00
Burial Hill
34 00
State Aid
3,779 25
Vine Hills Cemetery.
1,186 63
Water Scrip Sinking fund .
1,500 00
Paid State loan (loan of Savings Bank substi- tuted).
12,500 00
New school house
321 65
Chiltonville water extension
6,079 82
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1873
3,436 49
$100,617 62
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The undrawn balances are as follows :
Chiltonville water extension $98 47
Fire Department. 1,164 27
Vine Hills Cemetery
130 92
New roads.
640 30
Insane Poor
577 17
Poor.
432 27
Assessors
465 03
Lighting streets, &c.
75 95
Town debt.
765 75
Discounts 650 80
Abatements 1,833 80
Collector of taxes 454 59
Herring money 390 99
Training Green
384 83
Fresh Brook 21 72
Distribution to widows.
198 01
New school house, North. 92 36
$8,377 23
Temporary loans, which are those for which pro- vision has already been made by taxation or otherwise 23,361 39
$31,738 62
To meet this, there are :
Uncollected taxes. $12,937 14
Due from the State for State Aid. 9,509 67
Cash on hand. 3,436 49
$25,883 30
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which leaves a deficiency of $5,855.32, which is made up as follows :
OVERDRAWN ACCOUNTS.
Schools $202 77
Burial Hill . 33 92
Water works and scrip.
1,155 53
Contingent
1,669 10
Roads
591 98
New school house and lot at Wellingsley.
239 50
$3,892 80
Overestimate of revenue for 1872 1,962 52
$5,855 32
It will be remembered that the revenue not otherwise appropriated for 1872 was estimated as follows : Corporation tax $5,400 00
Non-resident Bank tax.
1,800 00
Miscellaneous. 1,000 00
$8,200 00
The repeal of the law relating to taxation of bank stock after those estimates were made prevented any receipts from non- resident bank tax, and the receipts from corporation tax were but $5,315 48
And from miscellaneous sources 922 00
86,237 48 which will sufficiently explain the general deficiency that is entered above as overestimate of revenue.
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TOWN DEBT.
Twenty-five hundred dollars of the principal of the Town debt has been paid during the year, bringing the amount due Jan. 1, 1873, to $22,613.20, other than water debt. This is the same amount existing before the construction of the school houses at Wellingsley and at the north part of the Town. The amount of the debt is not large, but there should be a steady purpose to reduce it.
If large outlay beyond current expenses is contemplated the present year in any department, it may be doubted whether payment upon the principal of the debt should not yield to what is nearly or quite as essential to the prosperity of the Town, - the steady reduction of taxation. The valu- ation of the Town has increased since the close of the war nearly half a million dollars, and the rate of taxation has decreased in ratio a small fraction greater than the ratio of increase of property. The rate of taxation is not excessive as compared with many other towns ; it is much below the rate in many of the most prosperous towns of the Common- wealth, but is somewhat above the average of the State, and it should be borne in mind that high rates of taxation can be more easily borne in towns of greater prosperity and more rapid growth. While the Town has no reason for discour- agement about taxation, in view of the large expenditures it has made outside of current expenses, yet important interests. of the Town would be advanced by reducing the rate of tax- ation faster than the increase of valuation alone will secure such reduction.
The increase of valuation is likely to be about one hun- dred thousand dollars the present year, and if sufficient effort should be made by the Assessors to secure full and equal
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taxation, the increase may be much greater than that. It is safer to base our estimate, however, upon the valuation of last year, and the recommendations of this report are made upon that basis.
It is regretted that the conclusions of the special Commit- tee upon the conditions and needs of the fire department are not before us, but, in absence of full information, the Select- men cannot assume that any considerable extra outlay will be required in that department.
An appropriation of six thousand dollars is recommended for town debt, in the hope that this will admit of a reduc- tion of the principal of the debt not less than was effected last year ; but the Selectmen are not unmindful that other enterprises are foreshadowed that the Town may, in wise regard to its interests, enter upon which will increase the charge to this account materially.
Notes due the State, to the amount of twelve thousand five hundred dollars, have been called in, and a loan effected at the Plymouth Savings Banks in lieu of the same, under the authority given to make loans in lieu or renewal of existing loans. The following is a summary of the account :
CR.
By balance of account.
$312 97
Appropriation
6,000 00
Rebate interest on loans
38 81
$6,351 78
DR.
Interest paid
$3,389 30
Principal paid.
2,500 00
Balance undrawn
650 80
$6,351 78
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SCHOOLS.
CR.
Appropriation $15,500 00
State School Fund 328 48
Dog Fund 329 22
Books sold
713 34
School-house
90 70
Balance overdrawn
202 77
$16,869 95
DR.
Teachers and Superintendent
$12,777 49
Repairs.
789 66
Fuel.
S21 68
Care school-houses
361 55
Printing and advertising
102 75
Books.
1,102 42
Furnishing school-rooms
171 91
Carriage hire
146 00
Town of Carver
3 90
Sundries
592 59
$16,869 95
There are orders drawn on this account not paid amounting to $75.83, but the Superintendent reports that fuel and materi- als for repairs paid for in 1872, to be used in 1873, are on hand to at least the amount of the deficiency, and that there has been no real ·excess of expenditure over appropriation. The Committee estimate that the schools can be carried on forty weeks, and the necessary repairs on school-houses made, with the same appropriation as last year, and no change is recom- mended.
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POOR.
Paid in 1872 $6,961 53
Cn.
Balance of account Jan. 1, 1872 $990 50
Appropriation 6,000 00
Reimbursement 403 35
Balance undrawn 432 27
$7,393 85 $7,393 85
The payments may be classified as follows :
Supplies at the Almshouse $3,153 ST
Groceries on hand. 260 00
Expended outside for groceries and wood, &c. 1,893 74
Medical attendance 311 25
Medical attendance reimbursed by other towns 227 68
Burials 126 00
Salaries and services of employees 500 00
Bills of previous year paid 475 19
$6,961 58
There are orders drawn on this department not paid by the Treasurer to the amount of $196.24; and further out- standing, on which orders have not been drawn, $119.19; which leaves the actual balance available for expenditure in 1873 but $116.84. It is the opinion of the Overseers that no reduction can be made in this department, and none is recommended.
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INSANE POOR.
Paid in 1872
$913 74.
CI
Paid Jan. 1, 1872.
$405 99
Appropriation
1,000 00
Reimbursements
84 92
Balance undrawn
577 17
$1,490 91 $1,490 91
Some increase in the number of Insane now chargeable to. the Town is reported by the Overseers, and the bill from the hospital for the last quarter had not been received when the accounts were closed, and it is not deemed prudent to reduce this appropriation.
ROADS.
Paid in 1872 $8,316 13
CR.
Balance, Jan. 1, 1872
$60 85
Appropriation.
7,000 00
Earnings of teams in other departments. 663 30
Overdrawn. 591 98
$8,316 13 $8,316 13
Orders drawn not paid amount to $451.85, and further out- standing, $66.67, making a total expenditure over credit entered to this department, $1,090.50. Work amounting to about $200 has been performed by the teams properly chargeable to. the Chiltonville water extension, and to the amount of $300
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more properly chargeable to new road appropriation, which has not been credited to the road account, and, as those accounts now stand, may be more conveniently adjusted, as recommended hereafter. A considerable expenditure upon the bridge on Water street, not anticipated until late in the sea- son, and the delay in bringing in bills supposed to be paid, disturbed the estimates, and led to a deficiency, which the Selectmen were anxious to avoid, but the necessity of the later expenditure could not be overcome.
Considerable expenditure has been made during the year in efforts to improve the drainage of streets, and with results kleemed encouraging. Pipe drains have been constructed across Sandwich street, near the junction of South street, and at Wellingsley, in place of the wooden bridge near the new school house. The first mentioned drain has proved adequate to the demand upon it, and when the grading of the street and sidewalks is complete, it is believed the improvement of that locality will give satisfaction to all concerned. At Wel- lingsley, the removal of the wooden bridge has much improved the surface of the street, but, in one instance, the pipe has failed to vent the large quantity of water that flows there at times, and it is not yet certain that the difficulty can be rem- edied by removing obstructions that existed at the outlet of the pipe on the occasion referred to, and it may become nec. cessary to lay another pipe of equal size by the side of the first.
The largest special repairs made have been in the south part of the Town, though it is believed that the roads of no section have been allowed to grow worse, upon the wholet and Summer street has been put in good order as far wes, as Sparrow's Hill. The demand for thorough repairs is great, both westward and southward, but, in view of the large
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expenditures for removing snow, to be paid in 1873, already amounting to about $1,000, it is not practicable to accomplish as much as could be desired for permanent improvements the present year without a larger appropriation than the Selectmen feel justified in advising for this department. To meet the deficiency existing and the bills of the present year an appropriation of $3,000 is recommended.
NEW ROADS.
Paid in 1872. $1,020 03
CR.
Balance, Jan. 1, 1872 $260 33
Appropriation
800 00
Reimbursement.
600 00
Balance undrawn. 640 30
$1,660 33 $1,660 33
The principal charges to this account, for the year, have been for working the road at Manomet, widened by the County Commissioners, and completing the streets on Wat- son's Hill. Lothrop street is the only new road known to be required the present year, and it is thought that the balance to the credit of this account will suffice both for the con- struction and payment of land damages.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Paid in 1872.
$1,956 12
CR.
Balance Jan. 1, 1872
$320 39
Appropriation . 2,800 00
Balance undrawn. 1,164 21
$3,120 39 3,120 39
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The hose-tower authorized last year has not been construct- ed. A larger amount of new hose has been ordered than was estimated ; and when it is received and paid for, and some bills for hydrants, not settled when the books were closed, are also paid, the balance above stated as undrawn will be substantially exhausted. The additional order for hose was given after the first meeting of the special committee upon the needs of. this department, and with the full approval of the Selectmen. The special committee at the same time appointed a sub-committee, consisting of Messrs. Chandler and Churchill, to make careful and full examination of the various engines, steam and chemi- cal, and to report the result of those enquiries to the commit- tee. Mr. Churchill has been ill for some time, and the sub- committee has made but partial investigation, and no report to the whole committee at the present writing. When the investi- gations of Messrs. Chandler and Churchill are completed, and the results are before the Selectmen, they may be led to the same conclusions which the Board of Engineers seem to have reached ; but upon the information at present before them they cannot recommend the purchase of another steam fire en- gine, unless the autohrity to construct a hose-tower is revoked. An appropriation of $2,000 will be necessary for this depart- ment.
WATER WORKS AND SCRIP.
Paid in 1872 $7,606 79
CR.
Cash from water-rents
$6,642 11
Balance overdrawn
964 68
$7,606 79 $7,606579
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Water-rents charged for the year ending Nov. 1, 1872, amounted to $7,395.14, as follows : families, for ordinary uses, $5,983.50 ; stables, $334.00 ; bath-tubs, $58.00; water-closets, $160.00; stores and offices, $248.00 ; fountains, $19.00; mar- kets, $41.00 ; railroad and manufacturing purposes, $416.00 ; supplied to vessels, $135.34. A very considerable increase in rents, not appearing in the above figures, makes it quite certain that the earnings of the department will equal the interest on scrip, and all probable expenses for the present year, and as the amount of rents not collected when the accounts were closed making due allowance for all abatements, will meet the nominal deficiency, no appropriation is recommended.
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