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WILLIAM H. NELSON, -
L. T. ROBBINS,
JOHN CHURCHILL, DAVID CLARK,
1 Selectmen of Plymouth.
EVERETT F. SHERMAN, J
PLYMOUTH, Feb. 9, 1883.
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VALUATION.
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Real estate $2,918,125 00 Personal property 1,541,883 00
·· Total valuation $4,460,008 00 %
Gain in personal estate, 1882. $16,108 00
Gain in real estate 55,600 00
Number of polls, 1,796.
Tax on polls, $2.00.
Rate of taxation, $1.28.
Number of horses, 529.
Number of cows, 471.
Number of sheep, 195.
Number of dwelling houses, 1,188.
Number of acres land taxed, 50,762.
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ABSTRACT OF RECORDS FOR 1882.
Voted-That hereafter the annual meeting for the choice of Town Officers be held on the first Monday of March.
Voted-That no license be granted for the sale of intoxicat- ing liquors in this Town. Yeas, 101; Nays, 291.
Voted-That $500 be raised and assessed upon the polls and estates of the Town of Plymouth, for the construction and re- pairs of sidewalks.
Voted-That the Selectmen be instructed to devote the sum of $1,000 of the appropriation of roads and bridges to the con- struction and repair of sidewalks.
Voted-That the Selectmen be instructed to employ some suitable person, to serve without pay, to take charge of and trim the trees in the streets of said Town.
Voted-That the Town instruct the Selectmen to settle the suit against the bondsmen of the late Collector of Taxes on the payment by the defendants of all the expenses and costs of the suit, including fees of counsel for the Town, provided that Mr. Cobb, one of the bondsmen, make such transfer to Mr. Holmes, the other bondsman, as shall be satisfactory to Mr. Holmes.
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Voted-That $150 be appropriated for the observance of the. next anniversary of the Landing of the Pilgrims on the 22nd of December, 1620, the service consisting of an historical address, to be attended by the pupils of the public schools, the military, fire department, Grand Army, and other organizations of the Town.
Voted-That the Selectmen be instructed to expend such a sum of money as may be necessary, not exceeding $3,000 to complete the Water Street extension, and erect the supporting walls against the land of abutters thereon ; and that the amount necessary for this purpose, and for the working of Drew and Ocean places, as laid out by the Selectmen and accepted this day by the Town, be borrowed and included in the appropria- tions for the next year.
Voted-That the Water Commissioners be authorized to remove the sections of two-inch water pipe on Robinson and Mayflower streets, and replace the same with such size of pipe as will be uniform with that already laid in said street.
Voted-That the subject matter relating to increased School accommodations be recommitted to the Committee, with instruo- tions to hold public hearings, to report at a future meeting the number of scholars in Town, their division among the schools, whether a suitable place can be leased for the accommodation of the High School, and all the facts in detail on which their recommendation for a new school-house rests, and that their report be published in the newspapers of the Town, at least ten days before said meeting.
Voted-That the Overseers of the Poor be authorized to expend such a sum of money as may be necessary, not exceed- ing $6,000, to make the necessary additions and repairs at the Almshouse, the addition to be of brick, to be built upon plans
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to be approved by the Selectmen, and that the same be assessed upon the polls and estates for the next year.
Voted-That the Town instruct the Selectmen to petition the next Legislature for the repeal of Chap. 63 of the Acts of 1809, entitled " an Act to empower the inhabitants of the Town of Plymouth to choose a Board of Health, and for removing nuisances in said Town."
Voted-That the Selectmen are hereby authorized and in- structed to convey to Ansel R. Churchill a strip of land on the northerly side of his premises, by a line commencing on Russell Street at the north-westerly corner bounds of said Churchill's land, and running parallel to the northerly side of his dwelling- house as far as the Burial Hill fence, subject to such conditions as the Selectmen may consider for the interest of the Town. .
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TOWN OFFICERS.
SELEOTMEN-William H. Nelson, David Clark, John Churchill, Everett F. Sherman, Leavitt T. Robbins.
TOWN CLERK-Curtis Davie.
TOWN TREASURER-Curtis Davie.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES-John Churchill.
ASSESSORS- John Harlow, Josiah A. Robbins, Henry Whiting. OVERSEERS OF THE POOR-George H. Jackson, elected March 15, 1880; E. Cushing Turner, elected March 21, 1881 ; John Churchill, elected March 20, 1882.
SEXTON-Clement Bates.
WATER COMMISSIONERS-Charles O. Churchill, elected March 15, 1880; Samuel H. Doten, H. P. Bailey, elected March 21, 1881 ; Everett F. Sherman, Nathaniel Morton, elected March 20, 1882.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-James D. Thurber, George G. Dyer, elected March 15, 1880 ; Phebe' R. Clifford, Charles B. Stod- dard, elected March 21, 1881 ; Frederick N. Knapp, Nathaniel Morton, elected March 20, 1882.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS-Charles Burton.
AGAWAM FISHERY COMMITTEE-Joseph F. Towns, Jesse R Atwood, Augustus Robbins.
CONSTABLES-John Atwood, James B. Collingwood, Barnabas Hedge, William E. Baker, Joseph W. Hunting, Martin J. Hunt- ing, Lewis S. Wadsworth.
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BURIAL HILL COMMITTEE-Selectmen.
TRUSTEES DUXBURY & COHASSET RAILROAD SINKING FUND- John J. Russell, George G. Dyer, Isaac Brewster.
SURVEYORS AND MEASURERS OF LUMBER-Leavitt T. Robbins, George H. Jackson, Edward B. Atwood.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES-Christopher T. Harris. PLYMOUTH BEACH COMMITTEE-Selectmen.
SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS-Selectmen.
FIELD DRIVERS AND FENCE VIEWERS-Joseph F. Towns, Nathan B. Perry, Lewis S. Wadsworth, Hosea C. Bartlett, Galen R. Holmes.
SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER WORKS-Richard W. Bagnell.
COLLECTOR OF WATER RATES-Josiah A. Robbins.
COMMITTEE ON FIRE IN THE WOODS-Franklin B. Cobb, Henry Whiting, William T. Davis, Gustavus G. Sampson, Thomas Pierce, Horatio Wright, Otis W. Burgess, Barnabas Hedge, Truman Sampson, Leavitt T. Robbins, Ezra Finney, Ziba Ellis, Samnel Bradford, Benjamin Ward, David Clark, Aaron Sampson, Nathaniel Brown, M. V. B. Douglass, Samuel H. Doten, Thomas Sampson, A. J. Atwood, Nathaniel Clark, Joseph F. Towns, B. A. Hathaway, Eleazer E. Swift, N. B. Perry, George H. Jackson.
POUND KEEPERS-Oliver T. Wood, Hosea O. Bartlett, Galen R. Holmes.
WATER SCRIP SINKING FUND-William H. Nelson, George G. Dyer, William T. Davis.
BOARD OF HEALTH-Frederick N. Knapp, Charles G. Davis, William P. Stoddard, William Burns, Isaac M. Jackson.
COMMITTEE ON INLAND FISHERIES - Thomas D. Shumway, David H. Gilbert, C. B. Stoddard.
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REPORTS.
REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
The undersigned, Overseers of the Poor, submit the follow- ing report :
The calls for aid have not exceeded the previous year.
The outside poor have had their wants supplied with care · and prudence.
The inmates of the Almshouse the past year, as heretofore, have been well cared for and made comfortable.
Have entertained but twenty-one tramps the past year. Balance undrawn Jan. 1, 1882. $811 27
The Town raised for the support of the poor the past year. 6,000 00
: Received from other towns for supplies furnished
their poor 1,414 30
$8,225 57
Amount expended $7,233 43
Amount unexpended. 992 14
$8,225 57
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INSANE POOR.
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Balance undrawn Jan. 1, 1882 $57 94
Amount raised for the support of insane poor
1,550 00
Received as reimbursements. 387 32
$1,995 26
Amount expended
$1,809 52 -
Amount unexpended 185 74
$1,995 26
POOR AT THE ALMSHOUSE.
Number of inmates Jan. 1, 1882
22
Number admitted during the year 3
Number discharged.
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Number died .
3
Number remaining Jan. 1, 1883
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INSANE POOR.
Number at the hospitals Jan. 1, 1882. 9
Number admitted during the year 2
Number discharged during the year 1
Number died during the year 0
Number remaining Jan. 1, 1883. 10
We recommend that there be raised for the support of the poor for the current year $6,000.00, and for the support of the insane poor $1,500.00, which is the same for the poor, and $50.00 less for insane poor.
The Overseers charged with the duty of providing needed ad- ditional repairs to the Almshouse (the addition to be built of
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brick, the cost not to exceed the sum of $6,000.00), have con- sulted an architect and procured plans for such addition and repairs as in their judgement is needed to meet the present and prospective needs of the Town.
The plans submitted comprise a building similar in design to the present building, and connecting with it, 53x36, with two stories and attic above the basement; and comprises on the first floor twelve rooms 7x11, with a hall nine feet wide opening into the main building.
The upper story is intended for the hospital department, and the general plan is the same. The building is intended to be built of good quality of common hard brick, plainly finished both inside and out, ventilated, heated with steam, and with such conveniencies as will adapt it for the purposes intended.
From the best estimates which have been obtained the cost will considerably exceed the appropriation ; and, allowing for the usual contingencies which in most cases exceed the estimates, it will require not less than $7,500.00 to complete the work.
The Overseers found that the time required to obtain plans and estimates would not allow them sufficient time to complete the building, even if the appropriation was sufficient, before the Winter months; and, as the wooden building at present occu- pied will have to be removed to make room for the addition, it was thought, as a matter of economy and safety to the inmates who would have to occupy it until they could be transferred to the new building, that it should be done in the Summer, when fires could be dispensed with, as no adequate provision could be made for heating it without incurring considerable expense .?
In case the Town shall decide to increase the appropriation, to cover the estimated cost, the work can be commenced as early in the Spring as the weather will permit.
GEORGE H. JACKSON, ) Overseers E. O. TURNER, of the
JOHN CHURCHILL, Poor
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REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
The Water Commissioners respectfully submit their report f of transactions for the year ending Dec. 31, 1882.
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The receipts have been sufficient to meet the expenses of the year, amounting to $11,297.50, and cancel the deficiency of $2,210.74 standing against the Works at the commencement of , the year, and a balance remains to the credit of the Water Works account, Jan. 1, 1883, of $135.56.
The sources of income for the year have been :
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Water assessments $12,135 70
Labor on service pipes and materials 438 73
Plymouth Woolen Company .. 653 31
Plymouth Cordage Company. 416 06
$13,643 80
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The expenses include cost of pipe extensions, interest, tele- phone, and improvements at Pump Station, amounting to $1,353.40, giving the sum of $9,944.10 as the cost of maintain- ing the Works during the year, and $2,630.33 less than the ordi- nary receipts, which sum could be carried to the sinking fund but for the course adopted by the Town of charging all costs of extensions of water pipes, and permanent improvements, to the income accounts.
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EXTENSIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS.
The Superintendent reports an addition to the distribution pipe of seven hundred and one feet of four-inch, and three hundred and forty-eight feet of three-inch, pipe, at a cost of $686.44. . The addition made since his appointment in 1874 are five and a half miles, and no pipe laid under his super- 1
vision has developed any defect, and shows the skill and faith- fulness of the workman retained as foreman.
The water pipes are in very good condition, with exception of about six thousand feet of two-inch pipe in the southerly part of the Town, and which has yearly required the larger part of the expense of repairs.
The Superintendent's office was connected with the Pumping .' Station last April, by means of the telephone wire, and proves ' to be a useful and convenient mode of communication. The Engineer at the Station has been called, on each of the several night fire alarms, and prepared the engine for starting, but the high service pressure was fortunately not required.
The cellar floor of the pump house has been cemented, and concrete gutters laid on two sides of the building. Outside stairs have been built from the second story, and a steam . radiator placed for the warming of the tenement, the rooms grained and walls papered, and the building painted on out- side, - the cost of these improvements amounting to $666.96 ...
The artificial water-course between Great and Little South Ponds should be put in permanent condition by an extension of : the stone wall, as the plank sides put down at the first opening ' of the Works is too poor for further repairs. The portion not, protected by a wall is about four hundred and fifty feet, the ! cost of a wall being estimated at eight hundred and fifty dol-, lars. The present year promises to be as free from calls forfi
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unusual expenditures in the Water Department as will appear in the future, and the Commissioners are of opinion that this work should be now completed.
The flow from Great South has been uninterrupted, Little South Pond being maintained at nearly the same level, and the water drawn from it is probably better for this constant circu- lation than if taken from a pond that was undisturbed.
PUMPING WORKS.
Mr. H. F. Gibbs, the Engineer, reports the engine and boiler in good condition.
The engine has run during the year 4,282 hours, and pumped 170,296,853 gallons of water, consuming 300,405 pounds of coal.
The daily average consumption through the year has been 466,567 gallons, and in excess of the daily average of last year 12,032 gallons. The consumption during the month of August was 3,651,722 gallons more than any month, and the lift, at the Pump Station was seventy-five feet above the level of South Pond, the average daily consumption during that month being 623,388 gallons, and notwithstanding the unusual dry season the water has been of the usual good quality.
The Engineer has given close attention to his duties, and during his three years of service has not been absent from the Station a single day, and having no assistant a vacation cannot be allowed him. Although no complaint is made by him of his close confinement, the Commissioners are aware that some relief should be afforded if possible. The pump if stopped on Sunday, and the seventh day usually allowed to others granted him, not only furnishes cause of complaint from the large num- ber of takers who depend upon the pump for a supply, but leaves the Town in a measure exposed to a short supply should
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a fire occur, and there seems no relief from this condition of affairs other than the building of a high service reservoir, or employment of an assistant at a compensation greater than the annual interest on the cost of construction of high service storage.
HIGH SERVICE SUPPLY.
The Water Board are of the same opinion expressed in their ; previous reports, that by delaying the construction of a high service reservoir of a capacity sufficient for eight or ten days' supply, the Town is each year neglecting a very essential part of a work which, if completed, would insure protection from any danger of a short supply. Depending upon one pumping engine only, the time is sure to come for regretting prolonged delay. The reason for postponement of the consideration of the subject, will probably be the same as on previous years, "the needed outlay for other purposes," and the future will not, probably, develope any period when there are no . calls for expenditures other than the ordinary wants of the Town. Con- tinued waiting for a favorable opportunity would have pre- vented all improvements the Town has ever made, and although many have involved a large expenditure, no considerable num- ber of our people regret their cost, and none has been more needed, or conferred more benefit than would be realized by a favorable consideration of this recommendation of the Com- missioners. One step in the right direction would be a vote instructing the Commissioners to report to the Town at some meeting to be called previous to the annual report, or included : in the report of the next year, detailed estimates of the cost of a reservoir of such capacity as they may think is required,
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ASSESSMENT.
The Collector's statement shows the transaction for the year to be, charges
For water assessements. $12,509 45
labor and materials, service pipe 359 33
labor and materials, Plymouth Cordage Com- pany .. 416 06
balance of account due, 1881
172 96
$13,457 80
, The amounts collected are :
For water
$12,135 70
labor and materials, service pipe .. 438 73
labor and materials, Plymouth Cordage Company . 416 06
abatements for vacant tenements. .
224 25
Balance to account of Jan. 1, 1883 ....
243 06
$13,457 80
The additional sum that should be carried to the credit of Water Works may be classified as
Twenty dollars for each of the 62 fire hydrants ... $1,240 00
Sprinkling streets 125 00
For drinking fountains. 80 00
Water to school-houses and other public buildings
100 00
Cost of water furnished by vote of Town, estimates on pumping expenses only, less amount received. 468 00
$2,013 00
By addition of this amount to the receipts for water And ordinary receipts on service pipe account .. 438 73
$12,135 70
Would show the earnings of the Department .. $14,587 43
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A gradual and gratifying increase of income for uses of water is shown by the annexed statement of the amounts received the last seven years.
Water rents collected 1876
$8,498 52
1877
9,298 00
1878 9,511 75
1879
10,570 10
1880 11,242 13
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1881 11,520 38
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1882 12,135 70
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. EXTENSIONS AND GENERAL EXPENSES.
Paid- .
Superintendent $591 68
Collector of water rates 328 88
Service pipes and rubber hose
99 21
Valves 23 80
Cement
120 00
Shell for pipes
276 25
Railroad freight
34 91
Enamel cloth, canvass, and lead
48 25
Lumber and service boxes
12 35
Blacksmith work.
8 56
Printing
22 50
Stationery and postage
7 05
Teaming and carriage hire 195 89
Furniture and carpet
34 75
Painting office and workshop 52 71
Steam gauge
6 00
Fuel
10 00
Ephraim Finney, claim for damage. 12.00
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Labor bill, 1881.
$81 00
Labor bill, 1882.
963 26
Interest on water bonds
5,040 00
$7,969 05
Cost of extensions.
$686 44
Ordinary expenses
7,282 61
$7,969 05
STEAM PUMP EXPENSES.
Paid-
H. F. Gibbs, Engineer, salary. $600 00
H. F. Gibbs, Engineer, extra pumping. 117 40
Interest on pump loan 570 00
Coal, 150} tons
992 39
Wood, 133 cords
62 50
Kerosene oil.
9 45
Lubricating oil
48 00
Rubber gaskets
11 57
Tools, valves and packing
50 14
Labor overhauling engine, and machine work
39 24
Boiler inspection 25 00
Sal soda for boiler 8 02
Express and carriage hire
16 60
Brass feed pipe to boiler 46 25
Rental of telephones
20 00
Duplicate pump machinery
35 13
Grass seod and fortilizer 9 80
$2,661 49
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IMPROVEMENTS AT STATION.
Steam radiator, trap and pipes .. $55 24
Telephone wire and poles. 182 20
Carpenter work on stairs, ventilator and gutters 112 77
Lumber for same.
73 16
Doors for tenement
10 00
Tin roofing and hardware
24 29
Concreting cellar floor and brick work,
39 25
Stone wall at Lake 14 05
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Concrete gutters.
28 00
Painting pump-house.
128 00
$666 96
$3,328 45
The report of the Superintendent is herewith presented, in which may be found in detail the transactions of his depart- ment.
CHARLES O. CHURCHILL, ) SAMUEL H. DOTEN, NATHANIEL MORTON, EVERETT F. SHERMAN, HORACE P. BAILEY,
Water Commissioners.
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WATER COMMISSIONERS.
CHARLES O. CHURCHILL-Term expires March, 1883. SAMUEL H. DOTEN-Term expires March, 1884.
HORACE P. BAILEY-Term expires March, 1884. NATHANIEL MORTON-Term expires March, 1885. EVERETT F. SHERMAN-Term expires March, 1885.
SUPERINTENDENT-Richard W. Bagnell. WATER REGISTRAR-Josiah A. Robbins.
CHIEF ENGINEER AT PUMPING STATION-Harrison F. Gibbs.
Supt
Office in rear of Engine House, Main Street.
Rates payable at Town Treasurer's office, semi-annually, in advance,-Jamuaundara ++; May 1st and November 1st. Meeting of the Commissioners to examine bills and claims against the Department, the first WEDNESDAY EVENING of each month.
Bills against the Department must be rendered on or before the first Wednesday of each month, or they will lay over until the following month.
Bills paid by the Town Treasurer at Town House.
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SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER WORKS, PLYMOUTH, Jan. 1, 1883.
TO THE COMMISSIONERS OF WATER WORKS :
Gentlemen, - For the ninth time I have the honor to submit my annual report, and I herein furnish a statement of the con- dition of the Works for the year ending Dec. 31, 1882.
The additions made to the pipe lines the past year amounted in all to 1,048 feet of wrought-iron and cement pipe, viz : 701 feet four-inch, 348 feet three-inch, at a total cost of $686.44.
One hundred and fifteen feet of four-inch pipe was an exten- sion on Allerton Street, from Davis Street to the residence of Mr. Ichabod Carver, at a cost of $73.29. Water let in pipe Aug. 23.
Five hundred feet of three-inch pipe was an extension on south side of Depot Park and in rear of Davis Block, at a cost of $97.19. Water let in pipe Aug. 19.
Five hundred and eighty-six feet of four-inch pipe was laid from Court Street to the factory of the Plymouth Cordage Company for fire purposes, and was connected to the automatic sprinkler, at a cost of $416.06. Water let in pipe Sept. 5.
One hundred and forty-eight feet of three-inch pipe was laid from Court Street and connected to the four-inch pipe that was laid to the Woolen Mill from the street north of Depot Park, at a cost of $99.90. Water let in pipe Nov. 23.
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The water was let in the pipe that was laid on Vernon Street, west of Allerton Street, in December, 1881, as recorded in last report, Feb. 4, 1882.
The number of service pipes inserted during the year is seventeen ; length of pipe, 163} feet ; cost of pipe, $24.32; cost of trenching, $20.45. Total cost of service pipes con- nected to the main during the year, including tapping and boxes, $66.25.
The cost of repairs, removing obstructions on the main dis- tributing and service pipes was $159.22. -
Of the leaks and obstructions that have occurred :
In ten-inch pipe. 3 The cost of repairs. . $16 20
In eight-inch pipe. 1 The cost of repairs .. 4 60
In six-inch pipe 2 The cost of repairs .. 16 10
In four-inch pipe 6 The cost of repairs .. 23 17
In two-inch pipe. 21 The cost of repairs. . 77 46
In service pipes 10 The cost of repairs .. 21 69
Total number of leaks .. 43 Total cost of repairs. $159 22
Four new gates have been established this year :- one four- inch gate on Allerton Street, at junction of Davis Street ; one four-inch gate on Court Street, on branch to Plymouth Cord- age Company's factory ; one three-inch on Court Street, for the branch to Plymouth Woolen Mill pipe ; (the cost of the three above gates is included in the cost of the extensions to which they belong); one two-inch gate on street north of Depot Park, on branch that leads to street south of Depot Park, at a cost of $17.75.
Thirty-seven service boxes and one gate box have been taken out and replaced by new ones, at a cost of $34.70.
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There has been added to the water takers this year twenty- two families, five stables, twelve wator closets, three bathing tubs, and one lobster works. 6
The whole amount expended for labor during the
year. $959 74 1
Amount received for labor, trenching .. . . $347 15 1: Amount received for labor, shutting-off service 59 25
406 40
$553 34
SIZE OF PIPE IN USE.
Main and distribution pipe laid to Dec. 31st, 1882 :
Twenty-inch pipe. 51 feet.
Cone.
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Twelve-inch pipe
64
Ten-inch pipe
18,362
Eight-inch pipe
4,616
Six-inch pipe.
8,915 "
Four-inch pipe.
37,055
Three-inch pipe
8,893 .
Two-inch pipe.
27,864
Two-inch iron pipe 725
One-inch cement pipe 418
520
Six-eight-inch cement pipe
110
Seven-eight-inch iron pipe
813
Total number of feet
108,481
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One-inch enameled iron pipe
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The number of service pipes attached to the main and dis- tribution pipes is 1,123, the street length being 22,460 feet, making, with the main and the distribution pipes, a total of . 130,941 feet, or 24 miles and 4,221 feet.
Total number of gates to Dec. 31st, 1882 130
Twelve-inch gates 2
Ten-inch gates. 8
Eight-inch gates
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Six-inch gates 9
Four-inch gates 40 1
Three-inch gates 11
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Two-inch gates
One-inch gates, for waste 7
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R. W. BAGNELL, Superintendent.
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Duxbury & Cohasset Railroad Sinking Fund.
TO THE SELECTMEN OF PLYMOUTH :
Gentlemen, - We respectfully submit the statement of the condition of the Sinking Fund of the Duxbury & Cohasset Railroad at the present time.
DR.
To amount received of Town Treasurer $15,693 20
To income received from same. 3,624 00
$19,317 20
CR.
By-
Bond of City of Chicago, seven per cent . $1,000 00
Bond of Old Colony Railroad, seven per cent .
2,000 00
Bond of Old Colony Railroad, six per cent ..
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