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By computing the interest on the loan as estimated by the Selectmen, the interest paid by the Town on the entire loan at maturity would amount to $49,100, while the interest on the loan, if continued for thirty years at the present rate, would amount to $121,800, a saving of $72,700, which, it will be seen,
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will more than provide for its payment. The loan becoming due this year was issued under a special act of the Legislature, with no requirement for establishing a sinking fund except from the surplus net income after payment of interest charges and expenses of distribution and repairs. Since that time a general law has been enacted requiring the establishment of a sinking fund, and limiting indebtedness for certain purposes within specified limits, which in general terms will require the Town, in issuing a new loan, to comply with.
A petitien has been presented to the Legislature, in accord- ance with the recommendations of the Selectmen, for authority to come under the provisions of the general law applicable to towns and cities for incurring loans, or renewing maturing loans, with the condition that in lieu of a sinking fund such portion of the debt may be retired each year, commencing in 1890, as will provide for the debt at maturity, and will without doubt be granted, thereby giving to the Town the opportunity to adopt the recommendations of the Selectmen, or make such other pro- vision for meeting the requirements of the law for establishing a sinking fund as they may deem for the interest of the Town. In counting upon an income from the Works, which shall pro- vide for the recommendation made by the Selectmen, their cal- culations are based upon the probable receipts from Water Works as increasing from the present basis. The income from the Works the last year, in case only the interest and expenses of management and repairs were charged in the account, would have left a balance of about $3,000, as some $2,000 has been expended for extensions and exceptional expenses during the year.
Separating these items from the account, there can be no reasonable doubt that the net income will provide for the re- quirements of the sinking fund, and leave a balance to meet moderate requirements for extensions.
Reference to the full report of the Commissioners will give the operations and detailed expenditures for the year.
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CONTINGENT.
CR.
By appropriations
$3,100 00
By balance of old account 862 31
By cash from-
H. W. Coffin, sewer right 25 00
J. F. Whiting, sewer right 25 00
Estate of William Bartlett, sewer right 25 00
Charles P. Hatch, sewer right 25 00
Lewis Eddy, sewer right 25.00
E. W. Bradford, sewer right 10 00
Ozen Bates, sewer right 10 00
George Shaw, sewer right
10 00
Estate of B. H. Holmes, sewer right
10 00
Sale of old buildings, School Street
18 00
Sale of check list
50
Collector's tax sales ..
71 25
Eleanor Kendrick, sewer right
25 00
$4,242 06
CONTRA, DR.
To payment for fire in the woods
$134 00
To legal expenses
265 44
To return of births
39 00
To return of deaths
34 50
To sewer extensions 197 89
To Town Clerk for services 164 40
To printing town reports
254 25
To bills for printing . .
153 00
To coal for Town House 51 00
Amounts carried forward.
$1,293 48 $4,242 06
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Amounts brought forward. $1,293 48 $4,242 06
To Post Office bill for envelopes, stamps
and stationery . 71 15
To Town Forester. 41 05
To repairs on Town House, including new safe 1,026 05
To Moderator town meetings
10 00
To services of Selectmen
628 71
To Galen Holmes, land rent for Pound .. 1 00
To C. H. Paine, surveying line between Kingston and Plymouth. 25 00
To cleaning Town House.
18 48
To land purchased from heirs of Ephraim Holmes and Thankful Tribble, below Carver Street. 100 00
To Grand Army for Decoration Day . ..
125 00
To Boston Directory .. 5 00
To carriage hire for Inland Fishery Com- mittee 13 00
¥ To stone bounds and setting
37 82
To repairs on town clock
2 00
To Ellis Benson for care of town clock .. To repairs on drinking fountains
25 00
5 05
To repairs on stand pipes ...
2 14
To memorial tablet, Coles' Hill
100 00
To repairs on fence on Hospital lot
5 00
To ringing bells 5 50
To police badges 12 71
To repairs on town bell and frame 23 04
To rent of halls for town meetings 90 00
To registration book .
2 75
To painting fence, Coles' Hill
4 00
Amounts carried forward. $3,672 93 $4,242 06
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Amounts brought forward. $3,672 93 $4,242 06
To expenses on ballot box. 1 61
To Collector's tax såles refunded 66 21
To mounting voting lists
8 00
To County History 12 50
To ballot box platform
5 61
To posting notices
3 25
To J. Atwood, services
28 00
To C. H. Paine, surveying streets, and
plans . 101 25
To Weston's Express bill
6 95
To carriage hire for Selectmen
12 75
To painting sign boards
7 50
To Water Works, labor on fountains, &c.
6 00
To services Board of Registration.
100 00
To filling stable lot, School Street 25 00
To sundries 11 05
4,068 61
Undrawn
$173 45
The expenditures under this account are unusually large, owing to the fitting up of the upper part of the Town Hall for offices, and constructing a new safe.
The purchase of land from heirs of E. Holmes and others below Carver Street, comprises the land below the wall on the street line to the wall below, and was purchased to protect the wall by keeping up the embankment, as it was found to be cheaper than to deepen the foundation of the wall in the loose material which composed the bank. The expenditures have, however, been keep within the appropriation.
With the balance to the credit of the account, an appropria- tion of $3,000 will be required for the current year, and is recommended.
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SCHOOLS. .
DR.
To payments in 1884.
$22,580 69
CR.
By appropriation $21,100 00
By school fund 235 19
By C. E. Barnes, refunded
6 75
By cash from sale of school books
607 28
By interest from Murdock Fund
18 25
21,967 47
Overdrawn $613 22
The expenditures for schools, as compared with last year, show an increased net expenditure of $669.38, the expenditure for 1884, less the amount received from sale of school books, being $21,973.41, against $21,304.03 in 1883. The deficiency in the account is explained by the operation of the law which went into effect in August of last year, whereby the Town is com- pelled to povide books and supplies free to the public schools. The cost to the Town for the present year has exceeded the estimates to an amount equalling the deficiency in the account. The loss of one half the dog fund transferred to the Public Library, which last year amounted to $303.70, will require in- creased appropriation to provide for it.
There seems to be no limit to the demands for additional school accommodations, and correspondingly increased expen- ditures to provide for them. The School Committee estimate that an appropriation of $22,000 will be required to meet the current expenses for the year, and $2,000 additional for school books and supplies.
It is difficult to see how the appropriation can be reduced under the present system of conducting the schools.
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POOR.
CR.
By balance of old account $393 92
By appropriation 6,500 00
By reimbursements
1,223 10
By one half interest from Murdock Fund 18 25
$8,135 27
CONTRA, DR.
To payments in 1884
7,710 35
Undrawn
$424 92
The net expenditure on account of poor is $6,469.00, against $6,598.22 last year.
An appropriation of $6,500 is asked for and recommended.
INSANE POOR.
DR.
To payments in 1884
$1,966 80
CR.
By reimbursements
$357 87
By appropriation 1,250 00
By balance from old account 258 27
1,866 14
Overdrawn
$100 66
The number of patients in the hospitals at the commence- ment of the year was nine. Three have since been admitted and one died, making the present number eleven.
The Overseers ask for an appropriation of $1,600, which is recommended.
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VINE HILLS CEMETERY.
CR
By balance from old account.
$515 84
By sale of lots in 1884 390 79
$906 63
CONTRA, DR.
To payments in 1884.
453 13
Undrawn
$453 50
There has been sold during the year twenty-five lots, from which has been received $333.79, and $57.00 for lots sold in previous years, in all $390.79.
There is due for two lots sold, but not paid for, $26.50.
LIGHTING STREETS AND TOWN HOUSE.
CR.
By balance from old account
$91 58
By appropriation 1,250 00
By reimbursements
20 50
$1,362 08
DR.
To payments in 1884
1,339 81
Undrawn
$22 27
There have been two gas lights added the present year, one each on Middle and Samoset Streets, making the present num- ber fifty-two.
There are also fourteen lamps, either burning oil or illumi- nating gas. An appropriation of $1,400 is recommended.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT.
CR.
By appropriation
$3,185 69
By reimbursements
4 06
$3,189 75
Jan. 1, 1884. DR.
To balance from old account $185 69
To payments in 1884
2,953 20
3,138 89
Undrawn
$50 86
COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
CR.
By balance from old account $0 70
By appropriation 500 00
$500 70
DR.
To paid Collector, collecting $6,529.05
back taxes, at 1 per cent
$65 29
Salary .
500 00
$565 29
Less 1 per cent. on $8,758.56, uncollected
87 58
477 71
Undrawn
$22 99
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WATCH AND POLICE.
CR.
By balance from old account. $44 49
By appropriation 1,200 00
DR.
$1,244 49
To payments in 1884.
1,253 52
Overdrawn
$9 03
WARREN FUND.
Dec. 31, 1884. CR.
By balance from old account.
$1,068 14
By interest 50 00
$1,118 14
DR.
To payments, 1884
22 58
Undrawn
$1,095 56
ABATEMENTS.
CR.
By balance from old account $2,208 84
By overlay, 1884 836 49
DR.
$3,045 33
To payments to Sinking Fund . $1,078 81
To abatements, 1884 704 11
To payment to E. L. Howard 7 14
1,790 06
Undrawn
$1,255 27
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ASSESSORS.
CR.
By appropriation $850 00
By appropriation for deficiency 150 74
DR.
$1,000 74
To balance old account
$150 74
To payments, 1884 782 78
933 52
Undrawn $67 22
DUXBURY . & COHASSET RAILROAD SINKING
FUND.
CR.
By appropriation
DR.
$1,500 00
Jan. 1, 1884. To payment to Trustees $1,500 00
FRESH BROOK.
CR.
Jan. 1, 1884. By balance from old account. $10 71
By sale of Brook 16 50
$27 21
DR.
To payments, 1884.
15 30
Undrawn
$11 91
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BURIAL HILL.
CR.
By appropriation
$250 00
By transfer from Warren Fund
16 68
DR.
To payments, 1884.
$266 68
TREASURER.
CR
By appropriation
$600 00
DR.
To payments, 1884
$600 00
SEXTON.
CR.
By appropriation
$125 00
To payments, 1884
$125 00
TRAINING GREEN FUND.
CR.
By balance old account
$649 59
By interest 26 42
Undrawn balance $676 01
DR.
$266 68
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NEW GRAMMAR SCHOOL HOUSE.
DR.
To payments, 1884 $8,288 54
BURIAL HILL ENLARGEMENT.
CR.
By appropriation
$1,700 00
DR.
To payments, 1884
$1,700 00
MARKET STREET WIDENING
CR.
By. appropriation
$2,000 00
DR.
To payments, 1884
$2,000 00
MURDOCK FUND.
CR.
By fund re-established
$730 00
By interest 36 50
$766 50
DR.
To payment to Poor account
$18 25
To payment to Schools
18 25
36 50
Balance
$730 00
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GUIDE BOARDS.
The Guide Boards of the Town are reported in good con- dition.
APPROPRIATIONS.
Schools $22,000 00
School books and supplies 2,000 00
Town debt 3,200 00
Roads and bridges 9,500 00
Fire Department 3,000 00
Watch and police
1,260 00
Lighting streets and Town House
1,100 00
Insane Poor
1,600 00
New roads
1,000 00
Contingent
3,000 00
Poor
6,500 00
Assessors
800 00
Buriai Hill
200 00
Collector of Taxes
500 00
Treasurer
600 00
Duxbury & Cohassset Railroad Sinking Fund 1,500 00
Sexton 125 00
$58,285 00
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DEFICIENCIES.
Schools $613 22
Roads and bridges .
153 11
Indigent soldiers aid
500 15
Insane Poor
100 66
New roads
742 22
New School-house
8,288 54
10,397 90
$68,682 90
The revenue not otherwise appropriated is estimated as follows :
Corporation tax
$5,000 00
Bank tax
2,500 00
Miscellaneous receipts
300 00
7,800 00
$60,882 90 Leaving the sum of $60,882.90, which it is recommended be raised by taxation for the expenses of the current year, being $10,100.39 more than was recommended last year.
WILLIAM H. NELSON,
EVERETT F. SHERMAN,
Selectmen
W. B. STANDISH,
of
L. T. ROBBINS,
Plymouth.
JOHN CHURCHILL, J
PLYMOUTH, Feb. 10, 1885.
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VALUATION.
Real estate $3,103,625 00
Personal property. 1,481,025 00
Total valuation . .
$4,584,650 00
Gain in real estate
$70,550
Loss in personal property
20,429
Number of polls, 1858.
Number of polls, women, 14.
Tax on polls, $2.00.
Rate of taxation, $13.60.
Number of horses, 545.
Number of cows, 453.
Number of sheep, 85.
Number of dwelling houses, 1,233.
Number of acres land taxed, 50,700.
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ABSTRACT OF RECORDS:FOR 1884.
Voted-That the Selectmen now and hereafter elected be in- structed to make such regulations in relation to the taking of shell fish as they may deem expedient, under Section 68, Chap- ter 91, of the Public Statutes.
Voted-That the Trustees of the Duxbury & Cohasset Rail- road Sinking Fund are hereby authorized and directed to con- vert the securities now held by them belonging to said Fund, with the exception of the securities of the Massachusetts Cen- tral Railroad Company, into cash, and pay over the same to the Town Treasurer, to be used by him to provide for payment of the loan becoming due April 1, 1884, and to pass over the securities of the Massachusetts Central Railroad Company to the Trustees of the Water Scrip Sinking Fund, to be applied by them to the redemption of the Water Loan becoming due June 1, 1885.
Voted-That no license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town. Yeas 213, nays 226.
Voted-That the Town Clerk be instructed to give the Trus- tees of the Public Library six months notice to quit, in accord- ance with the provisions of the vote of the Town granting the occupancy of the Town Hall for said Library.
Voted-That the Selectmen have authority to alter said hall by the construction of such rooms for Town officers as they think best, and furnish the same and also provide a suitable safe or safes.
Voted-That the Town grant to the Public Library the whole of the dog fund for the year 1883, now in the Treasury, to wit: $587.57, and appropriate the sum of $112.43 for the main- tenance of said Library.
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Voted-That the Selectmen be instructed to expend $1,200 of the appropriation for roads and bridges in the construction of sidewalks and stone crossings, and that one half of said sum be expended south of Town Brook.
Voted-That $200 be added to the appropriation for roads, and that the Selectmen be requested to expend the same for crossings and improvements of sidewalks on Cushman and Allerton Streets, for the convenience of travel to and from the Pilgrim National Monument and Grounds.
Voted-That $600 be appropriated to meet the demand for text books and school supplies for the ensuing year.
Voted-That the School Committee be authorized and in- structed to purchase some large open lot, with convenient rights of way, to erect a building, at some convenient place, at a cost not exceeding for land and building $7,500, for the accommoda- tion of the Grammar School and the two Primary Schools now in the High Sohool-house,. provided that said building shall be erected south of South Green Street, if a convenient lot can there be obtained.
Voted-That the old stable lot and buildings on School Street, belonging to the Trustees of Z. F. Leach, be purchased by the Selectmen for the Town for enlargement of Burial Hill, and the sum of $1,700 is hereby appropriated for that purpose, and that the Selectmen be authorized to sell the buildings on the lot on the most favorable terms and provide for the early re- moval of the same.
Voted-That the Treasurer is hereby directed to re-establish the principal of the fund given by John Murdock in 1757, to the Town of Plymouth, by crediting the same on the books of the Town, and annually pay over the interest on the same at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, in accordance with the provisions of the trust.
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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, Josiah A. Robbins, Henry Whit- ing.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR-Charles P. Hatch, elected March 3, 1884; George H. Jackson, elected March 5, 1883 ; John Churchill, elected March 20, 1882.
SEXTON-Clement Bates.
WATER COMMISSIONERS-Samuel H. Doten, Horace P. Bailey, elected March 3, 1884 ; Charles O. Churchill, elected March 5, 1883 ; Everett F. Sherman, Nathaniel Morton, elected March 20,1882.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-George A. Tewksbury, George F. Wes- ton, elected March 3, 1884; James D. Thurber, Charles I. Litchfield, elected March 5, 1883 ; 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,
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CONSTABLES-John Atwood, James B. Collingwood, Barnabas Hedge, William E. Baker, Joseph W. Hunting, Martin J. Hun- ting.
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, Edward B. Atwood, Cornelius C. Holmes, Nathaniel Brown.
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, 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-William T. Davis, Joseph F. Towns, Benjamin Ward, Horatio Wright, Martin V. B. Douglass, Henry Whiting, Nathaniel Ellis, Nathaniel Clark, Gustavus G. Sampson, David Clark, Galen R. Holmes, Solomon F. Webquish, Nehemiah L. Savery, George R. Briggs, Nathaniel Brown.
POUND KEEPERS-Oliver T. Wood, Hosea C. Bartlett, Galen R. Holmes.
WATER SCRIP SINKING FUND -- William H. Nelson, George G. Dyer, William T. Davis.
COMMITTEE ON INLAND FISHERIES -Thomas D. Shumway, David H. Gilbert, Charles B. Stoddard.
BOARD OF ENGINEERS FIRE DEPARTMENT-Horace P. Bailey, V. B. Holmes, Peleg S. Burgess, William E. Churchill, Albert E. Davis.
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TOWN MEETING.
Copy of Articles in the Warrant for the Annual Town Meet- ing, March 2, 1885 :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator.
ARTICLE 2. To choose all necessary Town officers.
ARTICLE 3. To choose a Committee to regulate the fisheries in Agawam and Half-way Pond Rivers, and take such other action relating to the same as the Town may deem expedient.
ARTICLE 4. To choose two Water Commissioners to serve for three years.
ARTICLE 5. To hear the report of the several officers and Committees of the Town, and act thereon.
ARTICLE 6. To revise and accept a list of jurors prepared by the Selectmen.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money in an- ticipation of taxes, and for disbursements under the provisions of the laws relating to State aid, and to defray the expenses of the Town after January 1, 1886.
ARTICLE 8. 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.
ARTICLE 9. To make all 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 10. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $125.00 to defray the expenses of Decoration Day.
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ARTICLE 11. Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxi- cating liquors in this Town ? Vote to be by separate ballot. "Yes" or "no" in answer to the question.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will make necessary changes in its By-laws concerning truant children and absentees from school.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will refund to Gamaliel Thomas the sum of $43.11 for taxes wrongfully assessed.
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to renew the Water Loan becoming due June 1, 1885, on such terms and for such time as they may deem for the interest of the Town, and provide at the time of the issue of said bonds for the annual proportional payments, beginning in 1890, as will retire the loan at maturity.
ARTICLE 15. To see what action the Town will take on the order of notice served on the Town by the County Commis- sioners for the working of a Town-way from Court to Water Street.
ARTICLE 16. To see what action the Town will take in aid of the Public Library.
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of a Town-way from South to Sandwich and Mount Pleasant Streets ; also the widening of Carver Street as made by the Selectmen.
ARTICLE 18. To see what action, if any, the Town will take to ascertain its rights in Thomas Alley, so-called.
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to quit claim to a piece of land on the westerly side of the Arch Bridge over Town Brook.
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to sell and convey a piece of land situated on the westerly side of the highway to Chiltonville, purchased of W. P. Ripley in 1819, adjoining the land of John Finney.
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REPORTS.
REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31st, 1884.
The receipts for the year are-
From water rates. $12,806 51
For labor and materials, service pipe account
690 73
Total ordinary income $13,497 24
The expenses for maintenance are-
For superintending, collections, labor and materials $2,626 70
For Pumping Station expenses 2,078 46
For interest on Water Works loan 5,280 00
For interest on steam pump loan 570 00
10,555 16
Income in excess of expenses of maintenance $2,942 08
Payments have been made from the income for pipe exten- sions, with other expenses properly chargeable to construction account, amounting to $1,867.79, which sum, together with $150 paid Mr. Thomas Atwood in settlement of his claim for per- sonal injuries caused by defect in service pipe trench on Cush- man Street, leaves $924.29 to be added to the sinking fund.
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The extensions of distribution pipe have been more than usual, the number of feet laid amounting to 3,499. The streets on which the pipe is laid are stated in the report of the Super- intendent.
The length of pipe of sizes from two to twenty inches is twenty-one and one fifth miles, and they appear to be in good condition.
Stone was procured for laying a wall between Great and Little South Pond, but the unusual height of the water in the canal prevented the work being done, and the wall will be built the coming season.
PUMPING WORKS.
The report of Mr. H. F. Gibbs, the Engineer, states that the buildings and engine are in good condition, and few repairs have been required through the year. A new feed pump has been procured and is run at much less cost than the old one.
Since June 1, the Engineer has used Cumberland instead of hard coal, and he estimates the saving during the seven months at $168.44, this quality of coal being of less price and showing reduced consumption for the same duty.
The pumping machine and boiler have been in daily opera- tion for five years, and it is the opinion of the Inspectors "that one boiler should not be relied upon where daily use is re- quired, and that a new boiler should be procured," as the pres- ent boiler, although apparently sound, is liable to show a defect that would require some days to repair.
The quantity of water pumped during the year amounts to 178,875,158 gallons, and is in excess of the quantity last year by 1,795,205 gallons.
The Engineer has shown the usual ability and efficiency, and his services are very satisfactory to the Commissioners.
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·INCOME ACCOUNT.
The Collector of water assessments reports the transactions for the year as follows, viz. :
Balance due Jan. 1, 1884, on water rates. $90 93
Balance due Jan. 1, 1884, on service pipe
account
24 43
Water rates for 1884, charged 13,038 20
Service pipe account for 1884, charged .. 723 65
Materials and labor, F. F. Emery, charged 344 89
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$14,222 10
The collections are-
On water rates account. $12,806 51
On service pipe account 690 73
From F. F. Emery's account 344 89
Uncollected balance, water rates account. 108 93
Uncollected balance, service pipe account 57 35
Abatement for the year 213 69
$14,222 10
There should be credited the Water Works, in addition to the above income, for public uses a sum not less than $1,500, this sum being the estimate made by the Water Board of 1881 for water facilities furnished for use of Fire Department, sprinkling streets, school-houses and other town property. The report for that year also called attention to the fact that extensive manufacturing had been introduced, highly beneficial to the Town, the small charge for water supply being the principal in- ducement to their location. The report for the year 1882 also calls the attention of the Town to the same subject, estimating in detail the amount that should be carried to the credit of the Water Works, the total sum being $2,013.00.
As now conducted, the water takers contribute to the mainte- nance of the several departments named. The present system of levying a special tax by a tariff of water rates, to meet ex-
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