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The large yard room adjoining the building, renders the premises all that is desired, or that will be required by this department in the future. The total cost, including fixtures and furniture, was $932.11
Extensions.
By reference to the report of the Superintendent it will be seen that the cost of extension of the distribution pipe, includ- ing the replacing of the small galvanized iron pipe on Fremont street, with four-inch cement lined, has been $1,635.99, being $885.99 in excess of the appropriation made for extensions, the greater part of which excess was for the four-inch pipe carried to the Woolen Mill and tenements adjoining, this expenditure not having been anticipated when the appropriations were made.
Income and Water Rates.
Mr. Willard Wood was appointed Collector of water rates, and we are able to report that the uncollected bills at close of the year were but twelve dollars. The receipts have been : Rents for the year 1879. $9,928 61
Rents due previous to Jan. 1, 1879. 641 49
$10,570 10
This sum does not include any income from the use of water by the Woolen Mill, or tenements connected with it, as no water was taken by them until after the bills were issued. The in- crease from this source, with other additional takers, may rea- sonably be placed at $450, and the income for 1880 is estimated vat'not less than $10,400.
The water rates adopted by the first Board of Commis- Bioners in 1855, under authority conferred by the acts author- zing the Town to procure a supply of water, continued in force
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until 1865. At the annual meeting that year, a committee was; chosen and instructed to revise the rates, and their action, if approved by the Selectmen, was to be considered the tariff. Nol record appears of the action of this committee, other than a. printed sheet, dated 1866, giving rates for use of water for the different purposes, and this tariff, amended by vote of the Town, April 15, 1867, has continued in force. Whatever changes from previous years appear in the bills issued for 1879. are to be accounted for by the correction of the rates by the Collector, and rating them as required, upon the assessed val. uation of the property supplied.
A tariff in convenient pamphlet form has been prepared with slight changes, where it appeared that buildings occupied by three and four families were assessed no more and in some cases less than if occupied by two families. Rates are also made for hotels of more than forty rooms, and for water closet: in public houses, and as thus amended, this should be conside ered the tariff' for the future.
General Expenses and Condition of the Works.
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The expenditure for the year, under this head, include at outlay for repairs on the water way between Great and Litty South Ponds. The wooden bridge at the roadway had become dangerous, and has been replaced by stone, the wall on each side being about five feet high and covered to the length of fifty feet. The rest of the water passage to Little South is o wood, and in very poor condition, a portion of which should -
repaired soon.
Repairs will also be required on the pipe chamber at Little South, as the wooden structure which has been used for thi purpose, built in 1855, is much decayed. The inside is suffi! ciently large to receive a substantial brick lining on all sides and afford ample space for free flow of the water. During the
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progress of this work the Town can be supplied from the "Pump Station" pond, and the present head and needed quan- tity maintained. In other respects the Works are generally in good condition.
The estimated outlay for ordinary expenses of the works for the ensuing year are :
For Superintendent's salary
$500 00
expense of collecting rates
300 00
permanent laborer
600 00
engineer of steam pump. 500 00
seventy-five tons of coal (o) $5.00 ... 375 00
ten cords of wood for. lighting fires. 50 00
lubricating off, pump packing, etc ..
75 00
expense of laying service pipe and repairs 500 00
interest on water loan (@ 6 per cent.
5,400 00
interest on cost of pump (@ 5 per cent.
625 00
$8,925 00
Estimated income from water rents
$10,400 00
Income above expenses .
$1,475 00
Expenses.
In classifying expenses incurred for extensions of water pipe, new workshop, and current expenses of last year, the amount of each may not compare with the footings. on tho Treasurer's books under these several accounts.
The arrangement in this report, under the several heads, presents the ontlay as correct as could be ascertained by an examination of the bills on tile. The aggregate of the total amounts will however show the same results.
The amount of bills paid on steam pump account to Jau- mary Ist, is $8,521.71, and as partial payments only have been mode on incomplete contracts, a detailed statement is omitted.
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Cost of Extensions.
Wrought iron shell for water pipe $400 63
Cement. 171 42
Freight on materials
100 39
Labor, trenching, lining and laying pipe, 592 15
Gates set 176 12
Carting sand, pipe and cement
56 55
Soldering branches and faucets
64 05
Iron gate tops 74 68
$1,635 99
New Workshop.
Contract for building
$650 00
Tinning roof
111 76
Painting roof .
12 00
Pipe lining frame and bench
39 52
Lumber for same
5 65
Labor cementing floor, and cement.
26 72
Service pipe, plumbing, and wash bowl ..
65 21
Furniture
13 00
Advertising for proposals
1 00
Trench for service pipe.
7 25
$932 11
Current Expenses.
Salary of Superintendent $500 00
C. Davie, collector of rates.
43 75
Willard Wood, collector of rates
187 50
Clemens Herschel, advice ou Woolen Mill supply. 45 20
W. H. Sears, advice on Woolen Mill supply . 55 05
Amount carried forward .. . . $831 50
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Amount brought forward $831 50
Legal services 3 00
Stone bridge at South Pond. 108 00
Lead pipe and plumbing.
94 59
Cement: 45 00
Railroad freight and express
13 94
Carriage hire and teaming
129 73
White lead and canvass
36 92
Faucet bores. 25 15
Tools and machinist work 55 48
Lumber
35 64
Iron service pipe
54 39
Labor 775 29
Shop rent and storage to Sept. 1st
106 00
Printing water bills and tariff
48 25
Books and stationery 29 93
Corporation and T stops
66 09
$2,458 90
Receipts.
Cash on hand January 1, 1879
$91 53
from water rents
10,570 10
for labor and materials 288 00
from steam pump appropriation ... 121 26
from new workshop appropriation. 54 04
from extension appropriation 750 00
for pipe laid at Woolen Mill.
150 90
$12,025 83
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Expended.
Extensions . $1,635 99
New workshop. 932 11
Current expenses 2,458 90
Interest on water bonds. 5,370 00
To sinking fund 1,000 00
Balance to credit of Works, January 1, 1880. . 628 83
-$12,02;
Respectfully submitted,
CHAS. O. CHURCHILL, } Water Commission --
SAMUEL H. DOTEN, 1
I concur with the foregoing report, except in the conclus drawn under the head of "Location of the pump." I d also to testify to my high appreciation of the advice giver our townsman, Mr. Walter H. Sears, then Chief Engine! the Pawtucket Water Works.
WILLIAM W. BREWSTER
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Letters From Mr. Herschel.
CHARLES O. CHURCHILL, SAMUEL H. DOTEN, WILLIAM W.
BREWSTER :
Water Commissioners of the Town of Plymouth.
GENTLEMEN :- In advising upon the location of your pumping engine at this time, I find a marked change in all the considerations that have hitherto governed my reports to you. Until now, our aim seems to have been merely to bridge over, temporarily, some existing deficiency, such as that of affording a separate supply to the Woolen Mill, or to slightly raise the level of the water in the town reservoir, and so on. But with the resolve to purchase and erect a large and efficient steam pump, the new works attain a permanent character, and it is proper that the location of the engine house and all other parts of the scheme, be in harmony with these new features of the Water Works. Iu a permanent system of water supply by pumping, it is of value not to be obliged to pump continuously night and day. The delivery per hour is made the unit of com- parison on this account, and in order that a clear representation of the daily work be given. Again, if (as was the case four years ago), the consumption of water in Plymouth is 200,000 gallons per day, and the Woolen Mill may claim 20,000 gallons per hour, it is reckoning for but a small increase in the growth of the Town, to base the works projected at this time upon a nature consumption of 500,000 gallons in twenty-four hours.
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I have drawn on the profile, in a red dotted line, what our best information now gives us, as the probable location of the ten-inch main pipe. The ruling point in the line, for all por- tions of the Town. below it, is the point A, "Alanson Thomas' farm." It is not safe to rely on getting any more water through the pipe at points below, without suction, than may be got at this point. With suction, again, it is likely that an additional head, of say ten feet, may be made to act on the pipe, no mat- ter where the suction is applied. But no one could warrant that such would prove the case on a long line of suction pipe, about which so little is positively known as in the case of this ten-inch main. And attention should be called to the obvious fact that sucking water requires force applied, or coal con- sumed, and that to produce an additional ten feet head by suction, under the conditions named, may require an expendi- ture of coal theoretically sufficient to lift water twenty feet high, more or less.
Another ruling point is the one marked B, "Small Gains,' (though of a different order). The delivery at intermediate points, between A and B, may roughly be taken to vary with the distance, from the delivery at B to that at A, "Alanson Thomas' farm." It can be computed for any given points, if need be. I submit now the following table :
At A
At B
GALLONS PER HOUR.
Delivery with the pipe flowing freely : Time required to deliver 500,000 gallons :
Delivery with suction producing ten feet additional head :
Time required to deliver 500,000 gallons :
22,000.
39,000.
About 223 hours. 28,000.
About 13 hours.
51,000.
About 18 hours.
About 92 hours.
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But there is another limit to the delivery of the ten-inch main, besides the measure of what it will yield to the pumps ; and that is, what it may reasonably be called upon to lead away from them, and carry to the reservoir. Roughly speaking it is not good economy to allow the velocity in such a force main to exceed, materially, two feet per second ; because the resistance, due to friction, becomes then so great that the cost of pumping becomes considerable, and it shortly appears that it is better economy to lay an additional force main, rather than consume coal and engineer's time in over-exerting the main which is too small. Over-exertion of a main may also be carried to such excess as to endanger the safety of the pipe. At two feet per second the discharge of the ten-inch main would be about 29,000 gallons per hour ; or a requirement of about seventeen hours to deliver 500,000 gallons. And to produce this velocity and delivery will need a lift of about forty-seven feet by the pumps, provided the water is all delivered in the reservoir at the same level as the water level of the pond.
Twice this delivery, or what is the same thing, twice this velocity in the pipe, would demand four times as much work from the pumps ; that is, a lift of one hundred and sixty-eight eet, whence the utility, if not absolute necessity, of laying an- other main in the future. As soon as the regular consumption of the Town will have increased to 400,000 or 450,000 gallons per day, the additional main will have to be laid, probably.
With these general facts before you, I now advise you to place the engine house and pumps, either (1) at the point B, "Small Gains"), or (2) near the shore of the pond.
(1) If placed at "Small Gains," the next future step will have to be the laying of an additional main, thence to the Town; then, after another interval of years, the laying of an additional conduit, or suction pipe, from the pond to the engine house. Placing the engine house near Lout Pond would have the
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advantage of affording a supply of water in case the audio pipo to South Pond were disconnected for any purpose ; on th other hand is to be said, that the force main, if either, is the 1
one most liable to an accident or to repairs, and that the reser voir furnishes water in emergencies, such as for fires, and the this location is not as favorable as regards hydraulic condition: of flow, when compared with the location at "Small Gains, There may be other points in favor of the Lout Pond location but they do not at present occur to me.
(2) If the engine house be located near the pond, the punt would be connected by a twenty-inch pipe with the twenty-in pipe laid from the sereen house to the shore, and this part the works might then reasonably be considered as complete for any period of time which it would be our duty to. look fi ward to. An additional force main would be required by th plan about the same time as by the plan (1).
I do not see that the question of comparative first to: comes in ; one plan costing about as much as the other. It therefore, largely a matter of viewing the future prospects the Town of Plymouth in a bright and hopeful, or in a son what despondent fashion. If the works were to be built no and there were a proper appropriation to work with, we show lay a larger main, and probably place the pump near the pon as it is, we may reasonably place the engine house at citl place, at "Small Gains," or at the pond, and enlarge our p lines in the future.
As regards a shock to the suction pipe by the intermitt action of the pumps, such action need not be feared in our cf At the pond, the suction pipe would not be under pressure, : at "Small Gains" the pressure would be only a few feet at m . Part of the head there would be consumed by the delivery the water at that point and through the pipe, and then ag: the pump stands nine feet higher than the pipe. I believe t
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if asked to, Mr. Worthington would warrant the suction pipe against damage from shocks, as he does the force main.
I trust that you will call my attention to any points I may have omitted to report on, and remain, gentlemen,
Faithfully yours,
CLEMENS HERSCHEL,
Hydraulic Engineer.
BosTON, July 12, 1879.
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PLYMOUTH, July 26, 1879.
CHARLES O. CHURCHILL, SAMUEL H. DOTEN, WILLIAM W. BREWSTER :
Water Commissioners of the Town of Plymouth.
GENTLEMEN : I have examined the surroundings of Lout Pond, and having now considered the scheme of making use of this pond, in the future, as a pump-well or reservoir, I recommend this plan for your adoption. This location would permit the conduit to flow for the twenty-four hours into the pond, whenever the pump would force a quantity of water thence to the Town, greater than the conduit could deliver during the hours of pumping. In short, and as you will have noticed, my leanings are in favor of the Lout Pond location, if you have a right to use this pond as a reservoir; but they are in favor of the South Pond location, if you have not this right, or do not choose to exercise it.
I remain, gentlemen, faithfully yours,
CLEMENS HERSCHEL.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT WATER WORKS, 1 PLYMOUTH, Mass., January 1st, 1880. (
To CHARLES O. CHURCHILL, SAMUEL H. DOTEN, WILLIAM W. BREWSTER :
Plymouth Water Commissioners :
GENTLEMEN :- In accordance with the requirements of the Water Board, I herewith present the sixth annual report of the Superintendent.
There has been laid during the year 3,370 feet of wrough iron and cement pipe, at a total cost of $2,028.52. Of this, on hundred and ten feet was six eighths inch pipe, laid on Pilgriu wharf, from Water street, for the purpose of watering shipping at a total cost of $27.58. Water turned in pipe April 28th.
One hundred and ninety-six feet of three-inch pipe, laid i street between Lothrop Place and Court street, at a total cos of $70.53. Water let in pipe August 7th.
Three hundred and ninety-five feet of three-inch pipe, lai- between Commercial street and Fremont street ; seven hundre and thirty-eight feet of four-inch pipe, laid in Fremont stree from Sandwich street to Union street ; ninety-two feet of thre
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inch pipe on Fremont street, from Union street to Charles Burton's ; one hundred and twenty-nine feet of two-inch pipe, to residence of Charles B. Rice, at a total cost of $545.05, including the cost and setting of one three-inch gate in Union street, at junction of Fremont street. Water lot in pipe August 22d.
Ninety-three feet of six-inch pipe ; five hundred and sixty- five feet of four-inch pipe, two hundred and twenty-three feet of three-inch pipe, laid from Depot Avenue for use of Woolen Mill, at a total cost of $513.25, including the cost and setting of two four-inch gates. Water let in pipe November 21st.
Sixty-nine feet of ten-inch pipe, laid from pump well to Lout Pond, at a total cost of two hundred and seventy-three dollars.
Six hundred and ninety-six feet of three-inch pipe, laid on Lothrop street, and through Woolen Mill Village, below the Old Colony Railroad, at a total cost of $268.77. Water let in pipe November 19th.
Sixty-four feet of twelve-inch pipe, laid from main pipe to pump house, at a total cost of $330.34, including the cost and setting of one ten-inch and two twelve-inch gates. The above cost does not include the cost of the cast iron branches and check valve.
Five hundred and eighty-five feet of two-inch iron pipe, and ninety-six feet of two-inch cement pipe, has been taken up on Fremont street and replaced by four-inch cement pipe.
The number of service pipes inserted during the year is thirty-five ; length of pipe, two hundred and eleven feet and six inches. Cost of pipe, $29.05. Cost of trenching, $23.90. Total cost of service pipes inserted during the year, $72.75.
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Whole number of leaks and obstructions was
Defective pipe 6
Joints
5
Dirt 1
Total 12 The total cost of repairs and removing obstructions on the main distributing and service pipes was $23.25.
Of the leaks and obstructions that have occurred :
In service pipes 5 The cost of repairs. ... $5 20
In two-inch pipe. 6 The cost of repairs . 15 60
In four-inch pipe 1 The cost of repairs .. 2 45
Total number of leaks .. . 12 Total cost of repairs, . . $23 25
It may be well to say of the leaks that have occurred in service pipes, that they were lead pipes except one.
Twelve new gates have been established this year, one four- inch gate on Sandwich street, junction of Fremont street, at a cost of $27.20 ; one two-inch gate on Fremont street, junction of Sandwich street, at a cost of $15.30; one two-inch gate on pipe leading to the houses of T. N. Stoddard and Win. T. Davis, at a cost of $16.05; one two-inch gato on Union street, junction of Commercial street, at a cost of $13.25; one two-inch gate on pipe leading from Court street down to the houses in field of C. G. Davis, at a cost of $11.60; one six-inch gate on Court street, opposite the store of Wm. Burns, at a cost of $31.75, making a total cost of $118.15.
One three-inch gate set on Union street, at junction of Fre- mont street, two four inch gates are on line of pipo from Depot Avenue to Woolen Mill, two twelve-inch gates on line of pipe from main pipe to pump house, and ono ten-inch gaty on main pipe above the connection of the pipe leading to pump.
Twenty-seven service boxes and one gate box have been taken out and replaced by new ones at a cost of $34.30.
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The bridge over the water course between the two ponds has been rebuilt with stone, at a total cost of $184.44.
There has been added to the water takers this year, nineteen families, one stable, seven water closets, three bathing tubs, one provision store, one pasture, one candy mannfactory, ono twelve- horse power engine, one boarding house with twenty rooms, and one Woolen Mill.
The whole amount expended for labor during the year is.
The amount received for labor
$1,511 09 trenching. $177 28
The amount received for shutting-off
service. 32 50
Total amount received for labor .. $209 78
Total net cost of labor. $1,301 31
Size of Pipe in Use.
Main and distribution pipe laid to Dec. 31, 1879 :
Twenty-inch pipo.
51 feet.
Cone .. .
5
Twelve-inch pipe.
64
Ten-inch pipe.
18,295
66
Eight-inch pipe
4,051
66
Six-inch pipe
7,423
Four-inch pipe.
35,896
Three-inch pipe.
6,696
Two-inch pipo.
27,811
Two-inch iron pipe.
795
One-inch enamollod iron pipe
520
Six-eighths-inch cement pipo
110
Beven-eighths-inch iron pipe
855
Bix-eighths-inch lead pipe
185
Total number of feet
102,757
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The number of service pipes attached to the main and dis- tribution pipes are 1,056, the street length being 21,120 feet, making with the main and distribution pipe, a total of 123,877 feet, or 23 miles and 2,437 feet.
Total number of gates, Dec. 31 . . 108
Twelve-inch
Ten-inch.
Eight-inch 5
Six-inch
Four-inch 33
Three-inch 6
Two-inch. 38
One-inch, for waste 7
Total. 108
R. W. BAGNELL, Superintendent.
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK.
Marriages Registered in Plymouth in 1879.
Dute. Nume of Groom and Bride, und Residences.
Jan. 6. John A. Mayo, of Plymouth, and Margaret J. Cahill, of Boston. Married in Boston.
Jan. 18. John W. Valler and Ella A. Taylor, both of Ply- mouth.
Jan. 23. Cornelius Briggs, Jr., and Alice J. Wilson, both of Plymouth. Married in Brockton.
Jan. 23. George F. Tripp and Adeline J. Bellows, both of Fall River.
Feb. 14. Thomas M. Southworth and Lucy A. Tillson, both of Carver.
Feb. 18. Charles E. Chamberlin, of Worcester, and Rebecca J. Robbins, of Plymouth.
Feb. 22. William A. Faunce and Maggio C. McCarty, both of Plymouth.
Mar. 12. John Murry and Eugenia J. Jenkins, both of Ply- mouth.
Apr. 2. James F. Gano, of Kingston, and T. Maria Perry, of Plymouth.
Apr. 8. Thomas J. Lebarron and Sylvia A. Morse, both of Middleboro.
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Date.
Name of Groom and Bride, and Residencos.
Apr. 8. Walter H. Chase and Minnie J. Wood, both of Plymouth.
Apr. 22. George A. Edwards and Lizzie M. Pierce, both of Plymonth.
Apr. 23. Henry A. Churchill and Asenath C. B. Hinckley, both of Plymouth. Married in Ipswich.
Apr. 24. Robert A. Brown, of Kingston, and Marianna Hedge, of Plymouth.
Apr. 25. Charles Hurley and Mary Howard, both of Plymouth. Apr. 27. George W. Wood and Gertrude A. Currier, both of Plymouth.
Apr. 30. Edwin Dixon and Nellie E. Waterson, both of Plymouth.
May 15. George W. Bradford and Lizzie W. Howard, both of Plymouth.
May 18. Charles E. Bumpus, of Carver, and Abbie E. Swift, of Plymouth.
May 29. William Thurston, of Plymouth, and Emma F. Thomas, of Kingston.
May 29. Edward W. Whitten and Laura Diman, both of Plymouth.
June 3. Wilbur F. Bramhall and Clara B. Lyons, both of Plymouth.
June 5. William G. Doten, of Boston, and Flora Leslie Gooding, of Plymonth.
June 9. Benjamin F. Harlow and Rozilla Mahuren, both of of Plymouth.
June 10. Georgo A. Fannco and Mercy J. Sharpo, both of Plymouth.
June 15. Walter C. Hammond and Eliza A. Chandler, both of Kingston.
June 16. William HT. Wright and Mary A. Hodgson, both of Plymouth.
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Dute.
Nume of Groom and Bride, und Residences.
June 28. Charles W. Sherman and Susan S. Wood, both of Plymouth.
July 3. Herbert C. Churchill and Emma L. Fuller, both of Plymouth.
July 3. Daniel Hinchcliffe and Aurissa H. Irish, both of Plymouth.
July 6. William Draper, of Naugatuck, Conn., and Fannie McDowell, of Plymouth.
July 9. Charles H. Drew and Harriet F. Holmes, both of Kingston.
July 10. Frederick T. Harvey and Henrietta Pugh, both of Plymouth.
July 17. Charles Ellis and Hannah A. Ellis, both of Ply- mouth.
July 19. Lysander L. Dunham, of Plymouth, and Selissa P. Meloon, of Providence, R. I. Married in Provi- dence.
July 29. Timothy Ryan and Philomena Picard, both of Plymouth.
Aug. 17. Joseph J. Rogan and Jennie F. King, both of Plymouth.
Ang. 23. George W. Bumpus, Jr., and Sarah Frank, both of Plymouth.
Aug. 31. Walter D. Hall and Emma F. Holmes, both of Plymouth.
Sept. 3. Leonidas C. Jewett, of Dayton, Ohio, and Sarah A. Burr, of Providence, R. I.
Sept. 6. Henry T. Burroll, of Quincy, and Robocca S. Swift, of Plymouth.
Sept. 15. Charles H. Rogers and Martha L. Barnes, both of Plymouth.
Sept. 19. Silas W. Deane, of Middleboro, and Harriet M. Ellis, of Plymouth.
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Date.
Name of Groom and Bride, and Residences.
Sept. 19. George D. Cummings, of Medford, and Annie T. Bishop, of Plymouth.
Sept. 23. E. Q. S. Osgood, of Plymouth, and Mary HI. Tower, of Cohasset.
Oct. 2. Charles F. Brown and Sarah J. Mclean, both of Plymouth.
Oct. 8. Peter J. Murphy, of Brockton, and Katie Burns, of Plymouth.
Oct. 8. James B. Brown, of Philadelphia, and Christina E. Burns, of Plymouth.
Oct. 19. Oscar E. Belknap and Maria F. Carey, both of Duxbury.
Oct. 21. William Dunham, of Plymouth, and Elizabeth Ann Lewis, of Lynn. Married in Lynn.
Oct. 22. Thomas P. Swift and Mary L. Weston, both of Plymouth.
Oct. 28. James Cassidy, Jr., and Hattie F. Wood, both of Plymouth.
'Oct. 30. Albert G. Safford, of Plymouth, and Clara M. Small of Cohasset. Married in Cohasset.
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