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By income from Murdock fund 18 25
$24,466 51
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Dec. 31, 1885. DR.
To balance of old account $581 38
To payments in 1886 23,645 35
24,226 73
Undrawn $239 78 The expenditures on account of schools are $23,645.35 against $24,604.63 in 1885, a less expenditure of $959.28, showing for the first time in several years a balance to the credit of the account.
POOR.
To payments in 1886
$8,703 02 Dec. 31, 1885. CR.
By balance, old account $378 78
By appropriation
6,500 00
By reimbursements
1,407 47
8,286 25
Overdrawn $416 77
The expenditures on account of poor are $704.65, in excess of last year, which will be explained in the report of the Overseers, an appropriation of $7,000 for the current year is recommended.
INSANE POOR.
DR.
To payments in 1886
$2,597 39
CR.
By appropriation
$1,725 00
By reimbursements
841 39
2,566 39
Overdrawn
$31 00
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The present number of inmates in the hospitals is 15, ten of which are wholly supported by the Town, the remainder are wholly or in part reimbursed to the Town.
An appropriation of $2,000 is likely to be required, and is recommended.
VINE HILLS CEMETERY.
Dec. 31, 1885. CR.
By balance from old account
$206 28
By cash from sale of lots
507 33
713 61
CONTRA, DR.
To payments in 1886
240 36
Undrawn $473 25
There have been sold during the year 34 lots, from which has been received $482.34 and $24.99 for lots sold in 1885, there is due for 3 lots sold, but not paid for, $34.00.
WATCH AND POLICE.
March 13, 1886. CR.
By appropriation $1,300 00
Dcc. 31, 1885. DR.
To balance old account $20 13
To payments in 1886
1,238 69
1,258 82
Undrawn
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$41 18
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WARREN FUND.
CR.
By balance from old account $1,143 83
50 00
DR.
To payments in 1886
128 90
Undrawn
$1,064 93
FRESH BROOK.
Dec. 31, 1885. CR.
By balance undrawn from old account.
$4 92
BURIAL HILL.
Dec. 31, 1885. CR.
By balance from old account .
$124 97
By amount transferred from Warren Fund
125 90
DR.
$250 87
To payments in 1886
$250 87
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Dec. 31, 1885. CR.
By balance from old account. $209 44
By appropriation 4,000 00
4,209 44
DR.
To payments in 1886.
3,560 02
Undrawn.
$649 42
By interest on old account
1,193 83
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COLLECTOR OF TAXES. .
Dec. 31, 1885. CR.
By balance from old account $13 57
By appropriation 500 00
513 57
DR.
To paid Collector, collecting $2,011.08,
taxes of 1884, $5,742.00, taxes of 1885-$7,753.08, at 1 per cent. Salary 1886
$77 53
500 00
577 53
Less 1 per cent. on $7,295.80, taxes of 1886, uncollected.
72 95
504 58
Undrawn.
$8 99
TREASURER.
CR.
By appropriation · $600 00
DR.
To salary, 1886
$600 00
SEXTON.
CR.
By appropriation DR.
$125 00
To sexton's salary, 1886
$125 00
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ABATEMENTS.
Dec. 31, 1885. CR
By balance from old account $1,789 59
By overlay, 1886 777 75
$2,567 34
CONTRA, DR.
To payment to Samuel Sampson, ad-
ministrator
$1,000 00
To abatements to Collector.
800 85
1,800 85
Undrawn
$766 49
ASSESSORS.
March 13, 1886. CR.
By appropriation .
DR.
$950 00
To payments in 1886
810 40
Undrawn.
$139 60
DUXBURY & COHASSET RAILROAD SINKING FUND.
CR.
By appropriation
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$1,500 00
DR.
To payment on note at Plymouth Savings Bank
$750 00
To payment on note at Plymouth Five
Cents Savings Bank
750 00
$1,500 00
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TRAINING GREEN FUND.
Dec. 31, 1885. CR.
By balance from old account
$703 49
By interest 28 58
Undrawn
$732 07
MURDOCK FUND.
CR.
By fund re-established
$730 00
By interest 1 year 36 50
$766 50
DR.
To payment to poor account.
$18 25
To payment to school account
18 25
36 50
Balance
$730 00
CHILTONVILLE WATER EXTENSION.
DR.
To payments, 1886
$4,047 42
NEW RESERVOIR.
DR.
To payments in 1886. . $5,254 20
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In accordance with the General Statutes, chapter 53, the Selectmen report the following Guide Boards in Plymouth, in good condition, with location, directions and distances, viz. :
Guide board near Carver and Plymouth line, marked, Carver, 3 miles, Middleboro, 7 miles, Rochester, 13 miles.
Guide board near junction of Plympton and Carver road, marked, Plympton, 8 miles, Middleboro, 133 miles, Carver, 52 miles.
Guide board near Sparrow's Hill, marked, Wareham, 13 miles, New Bedford, 29 miles, Rochester, 18 miles, Carver, 6 miles, Middleboro, 13 miles, Plympton, 8 miles.
Guide board at junction Carver and Wareham road, on South Meadow road, marked, Wareham, 13 miles, Rochester 17 miles, New Bedford, 28 miles.
Guide board corner Summer and Billington Street, marked, Carver, 8 miles, Wareham, 17 miles, New Bedford, 31 miles.
Guide board corner South and Pleasant Street, marked, Halfway Pond, 8 miles, South Pond, 4 miles.
Guide boards on G. W. Bramhall's store, Chiltonville, one marked, Sandwich, 16 miles, the other, South Plymouth, 4 miles.
Guide board at Clark's Valley, marked, Sandwich, 152 miles.
Guide board at Battles' Corner, Chiltonville, marked, Sand- wich, 14 miles.
Guide board at South Pond, on Vinal Burgess' house, marked, Plymouth, 4 miles.
Guide board near Sylvanus Sampson's house, South Pond, marked, Bourne, 14 miles.
Guide board at Freeman Manter's farm, South Pond, marked, Bourne and Wareham.
Guide board on the South Pond road, marked, Bourne, 16 miles.
Guide board at Mast road, marked, Sandwich, 13 miles,
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Guide board near estate of Jonathan Thrasher, marked, Plymouth, 8 miles.
Guide board on Prospect road, Long Pond, marked Ware- ham, 8 miles.
Guide board near Bloody Pond, marked, Sandwich, 9 miles, Plymouth 9 miles.
Guide board near Eaton's bog, marked, Sandwich.
Guide board at Lemuel Raymond Hollow, marked, Bourne and Wareham.
Guide board at cross roads, Long Pond, marked, Onset.
Guide board at cross roads, Long Pond, marked, East Wareham.
Guide board on the west side Half-way Pond Brook, marked Plymouth.
Guide board on M. V. B. Douglass' barn, marked, Plymouth and Onset.
Guide board at Andrew Douglass' farm, marked, Onset.
Guide board on White Island Pond road, marked, Onset.
Guide board near Horatio Wright farm, marked, Sandwich, 11} miles.
Guide board at fork of Clark and Sandwich roads, marked, Sandwich, 11 miles.
Guide board near George Thrasher's farm, marked, Plymouth, 7} miles.
Guide board at Chamberlain place on Sandwich road, marked, Plymouth, 9 miles.
Guide board at Chamberlain place, marked, Sandwich, 9 miles.
Guide board near the house of Elisha Ellis on Sandwich road, at the fork of South Plymouth road, marked, Plymouth, 10 miles.
Guide board located on Long Pond road, marked, Cedarville, 2 miles.
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Guide board located at Cedarville, marked, Plymouth, 13 miles.
Guide boards located at Cedarville school-house, marked, No. Sandwich, 23 miles.
Guide board located on Sandwich road near the line between Plymouth and Bourne, marked, Plymouth, 13} miles.
Guide board on Sandwich road, at same place, marked, Sand- wich, 5 miles.
Guide board on Sandwich road near Warren Swift's, marked, Plymouth, 13 miles.
Guide board located at foot of Pine Hills, south side, marked, Sandwich, 142 miles.
Guide board near Fresh Pond, marked, Sandwich, 12 miles.
Guide board near Grassy Holes, marked, So. Plymouth, 4 miles.
Guide board near Grassy Holes, marked, Sandwich, 9 miles.
Guide board in crotch of road to Ship Pond, marked, Ply- mouth road.
Guide board near house of Elisha Ellis, marked So. Ply- mouth, 6 miles.
GUIDE BOARDS RECOMMENDED.
Guide post to be located near Warren Swift's, marked, Bourne, 6 miles.
Guide board to be located near Cedarville school-house, on new road, marked, Plymouth, 13} miles.
Guide post to be located on road near A. J. Douglass' house, marked, Plymouth, 10 miles, marked, Wareham, 9 miles.
Guide board wanted at corner Sandwich and Pleasant Streets, marked, Bourne, 16 miles.
Guide board wanted at corner South and Pleasant Streets, marked, Bourne, 15} miles.
Guide board wanted at Jabez Corner, marked, Manomet, 5 miles, Bourne, 15 miles.
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Guide board wanted at Reuben Leach's house, marked, Bourne, 14 miles.
Guide board wanted at Clark's Valley, marked, Russell Mills.
Guide board wanted on South Pond road, near Russell Mills, marked South Pond.
Guide board wanted at road leading to J. C. Fuller's, marked, South Pond.
Guide board wanted at road leading to P. Burgess', marked, South Pond.
Guide board wanted on Cook's Pond road, marked, Bourne, 14 miles.
APPROPRIATIONS.
Schools $22,000 00
School books and supplies 1,800 00
Town debt and interest 3,000 00
Roads and bridges 8,000 00
Improvement of sidewalks 1,000 00
Fire Department 2,400 00
Watch and police 1,250 00
Lighting streets and town house
1,800 00
Insane poor 2,000 00
New roads
8,400 00
Contingent
3,000 00
Poor 7,000 00
Assessors
675 00
Collector of Taxes 500 00
Treasurer 600 00
Duxbury & Cohasset Railroad Sinking Fund 1,500 00
Sexton 125 00
Burial Hill 150 00
$65,200 00
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Amount brought forward $65,200 00
DEFICIENCIES.
Indigent aid
$564 82
New roads
208 41
Chiltonville water extension 4,047 42
Poor
416 77
5,237 42
$70,437 42
The revenue not otherwise appropriated
is estimated as follows :
Corporation tax
$5,500 00
Bank tax ..
2,000 00
Miscellaneous receipts.
300 00
7,800 00
$62,637 42
Leaving the sum of $62,637.42, which it is recommended be raised by taxation for the expenses of the current year, being $8,433.80 in excess of last year.
WILLIAM H. NELSON,
L. T. ROBBINS,
EVERETT F. SHERMAN,
WINSLOW B. STANDISH, JOHN CHURCHILL,
Selectmen of Plymouth.
PLYMOUTH, Feb. 12, 1887.
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VALUATION.
Real estate $3,315,625 00
Personal property 1,600,100 00
Total valuation $4,915,725 00
Gain in real estate $179,200 00
Gain in personal property 193,675 00
Number of polls, 1950.
Number of polls, women, 10.
Tax on polls, $2.00.
Rate of taxation, $12.80.
Number of horses, 578.
Number of cows, 418.
Number of sheep, 42.
Number of dwelling-houses, 1,306.
. Number of acres land taxed, 50,771.
Number of tax payers, 2,860.
Number of persons paying tax on property, 1,758. Number of persons paying poll tax only, 1,102.
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COPY OF ARTICLES IN THE WARRANT
FOR THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, TO BE HELD IN DAVIS HALL, AT 8.30 O'CLOCK IN THE FORENOON OF MARCH 7, 1887.
ARTICLE 1. To chose a Moderater.
ARTICLE 2. To hear the report of the several officers and committees of the Town, and act thereon.
ARTICLE 3. To choose all necessary Town officers for the ensuing year. The following officers being required by law to be chosen by ballot, will, in accordance with a vote of the Town, at its annual meeting, be voted for on one ballot, to wit : Selectmen, Town Clerk, Treasurer, Assessors, Constables, Collector of Taxes, Overseer of the Poor, Water Com- missioners, School Committee, Board of Health, Committee on Agawam and Half-way Pond Fishery.
ARTICLE 4. To accept and revise a list of jurors prepared by the Selectmen.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of taxes, and for disbursements under the pro- visions of the laws relating to State aid, and to defray the expenses of the Town after January 1, 1888.
ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will authorize the Collector of Taxes to use all means of collecting the taxes, which a Town Treasurer, when appointed a Collector, may use.
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ARTICLE_7. To make the necessary appropriations to defray the expenses of the Town, and for other purposes, and raise such sums of money as the Town shall deem expedient.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $125 to defray the expenses of Decoration Day.
ARTICLE 9. Shall licenses be granted for the sale of in- toxicating liquors in this Town ? Vote to be by separate ballot, "yes " or "no," in answer to the question.
ARTICLE 10. To see what action the Town will take in aid of the Public Library.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will discontinue the laying out of all that part of the northerly end of Water Street which has never been worked, which lies easterly of the easterly fence of said street, being originally land of estate of Benj. Hatha- way.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to convey a strip of land, or right of way over land conveyed to the Town, July 1, 1884, by Ephraim Holmes and others.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to enforce the provisions of the law concerning the sale of intoxicating liquors, and make an appropriation therefor, or provide in any way for the enforcement of said law.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to establish an evening school, and appropriate money to defray the expenses of the same, on the petition of F. J. Clarke and others.
ARTICLE 15. To take such action as the Town sees fit, with regard to requiring the County Commissioners to establish a County Truant School, in accordance with the provisions of law.
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ARTICLE 16. To see what action the Town will take in relation to printing and publishing the Town Records, as a part of the history of the Town.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will permit the burial of the body of the late Thomas Russell on Burial Hill.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will accept an Act passed by the Legislature of the Commonwealth, in the year 1886 , entitled, " An Act to authorize the Town of Plymouth to obtain an additional supply of water, and to issue notes, bonds and scrip for that purpose."
ARTICLE 19. To see what action the Town will take to furnish a better supply of water, and raise and appropriate any money which the action of the Town may require.
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ABSTRACT OF RECORDS FOR 1886.
Voted-To authorize the Selectmen to prosecute, compromise, or defend any claim or suit, within the Commonwealth, in the name of the Town.
Voted-That no licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town. Nays, 384; yea, 1.
Voted-That the Town pay the sum of $2.00 per day to its laborers.
Voted-That the Town appropriate and pay to Samuel Sampson, administrator of the estate of Alice B. Sampson, $1,000, the same being in full for all damages on account of the death of said Alice B. Sampson, by reason of the Town Tree, so-called, falling upon her.
Voted-That the Town grant to the Public Library the whole of the dog fund now in the treasury, to wit: $670.43, and appropriate the sum of $329.57 for the maintenance of said Library.
Voted-That an act passed by the Legislature of the Com- monwealth in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-two, en- titled, "An Act authorizing towns and cities to lay out public parks within their limits," be accepted.
Voted-That the Water Commissioners be authorized to con- struct a reservoir of a capacity of not less than one or more than two million gallons, in some suitable place where a head of water can be obtained of not less than forty feet above the level of Little South Pond.
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Voted-That to carry into effect the vote whereby the Com- missioners are authorized to construct a reservoir, the Treasurer be authorized, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow a sum not exceeding $15,000, payable in such equal annual proportional parts after the year 1886, as shall cover the whole of said sum in ten years from the date of said loan.
Voted-That the Water Commissioners are hereby instructed to obtain an Act from the Legislature, authorizing the Town to improve the water supply, to take any land necessary therefor, and to issue bonds, notes or scrip to an amount not exceeding $45,000.
Voted-That the Town elect all its town officers on one ballot.
Voted-That the Water Commissioners be instructed to extend a 4-inch pipe as far as the vicinity of Battles' Corner, so-called.
Voted-That the Selectmen be authorized to borrow the sum of $3,000 for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the extension of water pipes in Chiltonville, and that the same be assessed on the tax of 1887.
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TOWN OFFICERS.
SELECTMEN-William H. Nelson, John Churchill, Everett F. Sherman, Leavitt T. Robbins, Winslow B. Standish.
TOWN CLERK-Curtis Davie.
TOWN TREASURER-Curtis Davie.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES -- John Churchill.
ASSESSORS-John Harlow, Charles H. Holmes, Benjamin F. Ward.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR-George H. Jackson, elected March 1, 1886 ; John Churchill, elected March 2, 1885; Charles P. Hatch, elected March 3, 1884.
WATER COMMISSIONERS-Charles S. Davis, elected March 1, 1886; Everett F. Sherman, Nathaniel Morton, elected March 2, 1885; Samuel H. Doten, Horace R. Bailey, elected March 3, 1884.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-Charles I. Litchfield, James Millar, elected March 1, 1886, for three years ; Charles S. Davis, elected March 1, 1886, for one year ; Frederick N. Knapp, William T. Davis, elected March 2, 1885, for three years ; George F. Wes- ton, elected March 3, 1884, for three years.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS-Charles Burton.
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AGAWAM FISHERY COMMITTEE-Jesse R. Atwood, Joseph F. Towns.
CONSTABLES-James B. Collingwood, Joseph W. Hunting, Elisha G. Besse, James T. Heath, Freeman Manter, Joseph F. Towns, Ira C. Ward.
BURIAL HILL COMMITTEE-Selectmen.
SUPERINTENDENT OF BURIAL HILL-William T. Davis.
SURVEYORS AND MEASURERS OF LUMBER-Leavitt T. Robbins, Edward B. Atwood, George H. Jackson, Cornelius C. Holmes, Nathaniel Brown.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES-Christopher T. Harris. PLYMOUTH BEACH COMMITTEE-Selectmen.
SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES-Selectmen.
FIELD DRIVERS AND FENCE VIEWERS-Joseph F. Towns, Nathan B. Perry, Hosea C. Bartlett, Galen R. Holmes, Lewis S. Wadsworth, Jacob W. Southworth, William H. Pettee.
SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER WORKS-Richard W. Bagnell. COLLECTOR OF WATER RATES-William T. Hollis.
COMMITTEE ON FIRE IN THE WOODS-William T. Davis, Joseph F. Towns, Horatio Wright, Martin V. B. Douglass, Henry Whiting, Nathaniel Ellis, Nathaniel Clark, Gustavus G. Sampson, David Clark, Galen R. Holmes, Nehemiah L. Savery, George R. Briggs, Nathaniel Brown, Nathan B. Perry, Thomas Sampson.
POUND KEEPERS-Obed C. Pratt, Galen R. Holmes, Hosea C. Bartlett, Nathan B. Perry.
TRUSTEES OF WATER SCRIP SINKING FUND-William H. Nel- son, George G. Dyer, William T. Davis.
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COMMITTEE ON INLAND FISHERIES-Thomas D. Shumway, Charles B. Stoddard, Benjamin A. Hathaway.
BOARD OF ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT-Horace P. Bailey, William E. Baker, Peleg S. Burgess, Albert E. Davis, George E. Saunders, William E. Churchill.
BOARD OF REGISTRATION-Isaac M. Jackson, John W. Churchill, Herbert Morrissey, Curtis Davie.
BOARD OF HEALTH-James B. Collingwood, Charles H. Holmes, Clark Finney, Jr., William T. Davis.
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REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1886.
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS. Plymouth, Mass., Water Works.
Population by census of 1885 : 7,239.
Date of construction : 1855.
By whom owned : Town.
Source of Supply : Great and Little South Ponds and Lout Pond.
Mode of Supply : Gravity part of way, and then pumping.
PUMPING.
1. Builders of pumping machinery : Worthington.
(b. Bituminous.
2. Coal : d. Brand, various. ( e. $4.65 per ton.
3. Coal for year : 491,895 pounds.
4. Wood for year : 1,200 pounds = 400 pounds coal.
5. Total fuel : 492,295.
6. Total water pumped : 214,477,051 gallons.
7. Average static head : 35 feet.
8. Average dynamic head : 100 feet.
9. Number of gallons pumped per pound of coal : 435.
10. Duty of pump : 36,350,339.
*Cost of Pumping, figured on Pumping Station Expenses, viz. : $2,551.28.
11. Per million gallons against dynamic head into direct pipe : $11.89.
12. Per million gallons raised one foot high (dynamic) : $0.11-8%. Cost of Pumping, figured on Total Maintenance, viz .: $10,506.91.
13. Per million gallons raised against dynamic head into direct pipe, $48.98.
14. Per million gallons raised one foot high, (dynamic) : $0.48,98.
*Leaving out extraordinary repairs on pump, which properly ought to be charged over a period of six years, the amounts would be; No. 11, $10.01; No. 12, $0.10 1-100.
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FINANCIAL.
MAINTENANCE.
RECEIPTS.
EXPENDITURES.
FROM CONSUMERS:
A. Water rates, domestic,
$13,327 57
B. manufacturing,
1,003 61
C. Receipts for water,
$14,331 18
D. Miscellaneous (repairs, etc.,)
174 83
E. Total,
$14,506 01
F. No charge is made for water used by town.
K. Gross receipts from all sources, Gross expenditures,
$14,506 01 10,506 91
EE. Total,
$10,506 91
Profits of maintenance for year, Balance from last year,
1,125 09
$5,124 19
Carried to sinking fund, $1,000 00
" construction account, 1,351 08
2,351 08
Balance on hand,
$2,773 11
CONSTRUCTION.
T: From town appropriation,
$9,301 62
FF. Extension of mains,
$5,164 97
847 64
GG. " services,
847 64
U. services, private lines, etc., profits of maintenance,
1,351 08
HH. Special (reservoir, buildings, etc.,)
5,487 73
Total,
$11,500 34
II. Total,
$11,500 34
X. Bonded debt, $20,000 at 6 per cent.
6,000 " 5 "
6,000 " 4 1-2 per cent.
70,000 " 4 per cent.
Y. Sinking fund: $5,398.68.
$102,000
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Management and repairs,
$5,936 91 BB. Interest on bonds, 4,570 00
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CONSUMPTION.
1. Estimated total population at date : 7,400.
2. population on lines of pipe at date : 6,200.
3. 66 supplied at date : 6,100.
4. Total number of gallons consumed for year : 214,477,051.
7. Average daily consumption : 589,822.
8. Gallons per day to each inhabitant (1) : 80.
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consumer (3) : 97.
10.
tap (Distribution, 22) : 459.
DISTRIBUTION.
MAINS.
1. Kind of pipe used : wrought iron, cement-lined.
2. Sizes from 2-inch to 20-inch.
3. Extended 10,486 feet.
5. Total now in use : 233 miles.
6. Cost of repairs per mile : $10.
7. * No. of leaks per mile : 1.61.
8. Small distribution pipes, less than four inches : total length, 73 miles.
9. Hydrants added : 1.
10. Number now in use : 67 pub- lic and 8 private.
11. Stop gates added : 17.
12. Number now in use : 182.
13. Small stop gates-less than 4 inches : total, 89.
14. No. of blow-off gates : 15.
SERVICES.
16. Kind of pipe : lead and cement-lined.
17. From ¿ inch to 1 inch.
18. Extended 840 feet.
20. Total now in use : 5 miles.
21. Service taps added : 42.
22. Number now in use : 1,284.
23. Average length of service : 20 feet.
24. Average cost of service : $4.89.
27. Motors and elevatorsadded : 1 28. Number now in use: 2.
*A large number of the leaks was caused by pipe settling in a swampy place.
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REPORT OF THE COLLECTOR OF WATER RATES.
To balances from 1885 brought forward-
Rates $123 45
Labor and material. 34 89
Rates charged in 1886 14,391 98
Labor and material in 1886 1,143 70
Water for miscellaneous purposes ..
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130 77
$15,824 79
By amounts paid Town Treasurer, viz, :
Water rates collected $14,200 41
Labor and material collected 1,022 47
Miscellaneous water 6
130 77
15,353 65
By abatements. 335 29
" water rates uncollected 110 50
" labor and materials uncollected ...
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$15,824 79 Water is now supplied to 1413 families, 342 water-closets, 94 bath tubs, 111 stables, 92 horses, 77 cows, 118 hose and for 118 miscellaneous purposes.
Very respectfully, W. T. HOLLIS,
Collector of Water Rates.
Plymouth, January 1, 1887.
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PUMPING WORKS.
The Pump and Engine showing need of repairs, the works were stopped about two weeks; meanwhile all worn and defec- tive parts of the machinery were repaired, or made new, at an expense of $402.36. All the machinery appears to be working well.
September 1st, Mr. H. F. Gibbs resigned the position he had very satisfactorily filled as Engineer at the Pump Station, for a more lucrative situation. The vacancy was filled by the appointment of Mr. W. A. H. Jones.
Abstracts of tue reports of the Superintendent, Engineer and Collector are joined to this report.
WATER SUPPLY.
Plans have been considered by the Water Commissioners for providing a better supply of water.
A report was made and published in the Old Colony Memorial, April 19, 1986, of which the following is a copy :
"The Town having laid pipes from Little South Pond to higher ground than the water will flow by gravity and having put in pumping machinery to increase the natural head, is irrevocably committed to a continued supply to these higher parts, and there is probably no question in the mind of any inhabitant that this supply is decidedly imperfect, as the water takers on any land higher than about one hundred feet above the level of the sea get water during the day only, and then an insufficient quantity. The question then for the decision of the Town is how to rearrange our Water Works at the smallest expense. so that all parts of the Town will have a good and sufficient supply of water. There are two ways proposed, differing radically from each other, to accomplish this object. One is by supplying all the lower parts of the Town by gravity and pumping water only to the higher parts ; the other is a continuation of pumping all the water and adding a high service reservoir.
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The woolen mill uses about one-third of the whole present supply of water, the lower parts of the centre of the Town one-third, and the north and south ends, together with the higher parts in the centre of the Town, one-third. The woolen mill and the lower parts of the centre of the Town could be satisfactorily supplied from Little South Pond by gravity, leaving the north and south ends and the higher parts of the centre of the Town to be supplied by pumping. To accomplish this in a perfect manner the following pipes would have to be laid and changes made :-
A new fourteen-inch main pipe from Little South Pond to the junction of High and Summer Streets, there to be connected with the eight-inch main pipe on Summer Street and the ten-inch main pipe on High Street, a branch of which goes to the reservoir on Prospect Street. The parts of the Town to be supplied with water by this low service direct from Little South Pond would be Summer Street below High, Market, Main, Water Street north of Town Brook, Court Street as far north as and including Lothrop Street, and the territory between these streets and the harbor. It would also supply the woolen mill, the depot, the watering cart and all other consumption in the central part of the Town except that of the higher lands.
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