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DEATHS REGISTERED IN PLYMOUTH IN 1897
AGE.
DATE.
NAME.
Years.
Months.
Days.
Jan. 3,
Karl Newland Henderson, Betsey L Griffin,
1 57
3
2
19,
Harry Wyman Hardy,
5
11
Diphtheritic Laryngitis,
66
28,*
Sarah Manter,
59
Heart Disease. Died in E
66
29,
A eida Endels,
1
2
14
Pneumonia,
[Boston.
Feb.
Mary Cameron,
2
23
66
Jerusha Badger, Newhall,
74
3
14
Chronic Bright's & Heart Di- Sick from birth. [sease,
11,
Nathaniel Carver,
62
26
66
18,
Mary 1). Russell,
69
1
12
19,
Estella N. Thomas,
10
2
66
22,
Winthrop R. Nickerson,
14
2
18 Valvular Heart Disease,
66
23, Sarah W. Sylvester,
70
-
-
Rectal Carcinoma,
NAME OF PARENTS.
Frank and Julia Calahan. Lemuel and Lucy Leach.
Frank and Lizzie A. Hardy. James & Christianna M. Anderson. William and Katrina Endels. James and Esther Cottam. John S. and Priscilla H. Wood. Joshua and Betsey Besse. ' Leander P. and Carrie E. Pierce. John and Sarah Perkins. Allen and Lydia Danforth. George N. and Helen R. Thomas. William and Azuba Nickerson, John and Sarah Burbank
52
4
11
Tubercular Meningitis Congi- [mital Consumption, Stillborn,
1
66
7, 8, 8,
John Silver Brown,
60
Gangrene, Cerebral Meningitis,
10,
3
Chronic Valvular Heart Di- Carcinoma, [sease.
16 Diphtheria. Died in Everett.
CAUSE OF DEATHI.
16,
23,
66
23, Joseph Guidaboni, 25, Rosa Jennings,
- 22
11
12
Cancer, Diabetes. Died in Detroit.
72
-
-
25,
Seth Benson,
52
8
5
Bright's Dis. Dien in Jam. Pl'n. Died in Boston.
28,
Harvey H Hart,
59
9
13
March 2,
Lillis B. Crapo,
66
2
6 Heart Disease. Died in Carver. Broncho Pneumonia,
66
3.
Arthur B. Andersoll, - Vaughn,
--
1
Premature Birth,
16,
Charles G. Grant,
19
6
7
Suicide. Died in Boston.
20.
Charles P. More,
57
3
3
( hronic Nephritis,
23,
John Washburn,
55
3
6
Internal Cancer,
25,
William Warren Ward,
1
8
26
Brain Disease,
Louis W. Schneider,
1
10
19
Laryngitis Diphtheretic,
Delia E. Wood,
2
18
Drowned,
30,
Caroline B. Virgin,
76
1
12
Cancer of Liver,
66
31,
Jennie A. Pickard,
1
3
14
Pneumonia,
31,
William E. Faber,
10
Convulsions,
31,
John Guidoboni,
1
16
Feeble from Birth,
April
2,
William C. Dunham,
26
2
14
Phthisis,
William and Azuba Nickerson.
5,
Dorcas L. Courtney,
32
8,
Lester Z. Bartlett,
17
6
2
Uraemic Poisoning,
11,
Charles T. Holines,
76
2
13
Heart Disease,
12,
Mary F. Wood,
74
2
6
Appoplexy,
13,
Hannah T. Torrance,
13
18
Phthisis,
66
28,
Lizzie A. McMalion,
74
5
8
Heart Disease,
George W. and Mary Barnes.
May :
1,
8, Timothy Downey,
82
-
-.
8,
James W. Westgate,
40
8
15,
Addeliza F. Badger,
44
5
7
Puicarditis. Died at Marble-
16,
Ruth HI. Lanman,
74
2
4
Old Age,
[head.
George Bailey -
Justin and Thankful Leland.
18,
Ephraim S. Fletcher.
70
7
5
Chronic Nephritis,
Anselmo and Enilda Gnidabeni. George H. and Eunice Robbins. Seth and Bathsheba Thomas. Daniel and Mercy B. Ruggles. Jacob and Susan Williams. Gershom and Rhudy Conger. August and Annie Johnson. Alfred W. and Arabella Wood. Alpheus O. and Abbie M. Grafton.
Anthony and Nancy Atwood. John and Deborah J. Robinson.
Ira C. and Katie Finney. John L. F. and Minnie W. Eddy. Austin A, and Mary E. Wood. Charles and Elinor Brewster. John B. and Maggie Pickard. William E. and Georgianna Faber.
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Anselmo and Anelda Guidoboni. William C. and Elizabeth Lewis.
John F. and Emma F. Bartlett. Amasa and Elizabeth Bartlett. Joseph and Hannah Davie. George H. and Mary Quinlan. John and Mary A. Collins.
28
2
21
Probably Heart Disease,
John Virgin,
Serons Effusions of Brain,
Timothy and Julia Downey. William W. and Delia Dolan.
27
18
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis.
John E. and Eliza J. Burt.
John A. and Agnes White.
15,
Mary W. W. Gannett,
-
6
Feeble from Birth,
66
27,
Samuel H. Jackson,
1
13
25, 28, 29,
Consumption,
-
10 Phthisis [Died in Boston.
DEATHS-Continued.
AGE.
DATE.
NAME.
Years.
Months.
Days.
May 24,
Henry G. Vinal,
58
2
14
Disease of Heart,
25,
Aldo Anti,
25
1
25,
Willard Wood,
79
10
5
Sclerosis,
66
31,
James E. Sherman,
57
7
10
June 7,
Ethel L. Mckinnon,
25
1
11,
Frank R. Wall,
7
10
29
18,
Sarah A. Wood,
84
5
16
Senile Dementia & Exhaustion. Old Age, [Died at Westboro. Chronic Bright's Disease,
July
12,
Carl Leroy Eddy,
5
3
2
66
12,
Allen Chase,
77
5
18
14,
Laurance F. McDermott,
28
10
7
16,
Margaret Robischeau,
50
66
21,
Eutina Kuhn,
19
9
26
Phthisis,
Cholera Infantum. Died in
25,
Emma Lawrence,
4
Acute Nephritis.
[Milford.
26,
Margaret L. Kingsley,
56
24
Aug
2, Sylva J. Morse,
71
1
2 Cholera Morbus,
66
2,
Otis B. Morton,
21
11
25
Accidental Drowning,
4,
Hattie W. Rich,
31
11
14
Disease of Liver,
79
3
21
Cancer. Died in E. Walpole.
NAME OF PARENTS.
Thomas and Cloe Jenkins. Antonio and Generoso Anti. Nathaniel and Rhoda Colburn. George and Betsey Ellis. John Cody George W. and Hulda Robbins. Thomas and Lydia Chandler. Josiah and Sophia Sampson. Arvin M. and Betsey Bancroft. James T. and Mary A. Wall. Bassett and Data Howland. Michael and Rosa Maginnis. Malcomb and Sarah McNeil. John and Barbara Kuhn. Joseph and Nellie O'Brien. Frank and Annie Lawrence. James and Hattie J. Rhodes. George and Fannie F. Wilkins. James and Sylva Glass. / Josiah and Hattie B. Tolman. Sylvanus and Mary W. Cobb.
54
28,
Ezra S. Diman,
89
5
2
66
29,
Mary L. Churchill,
37
--
Bl'd Pois'ng, fol'w'g Sc. Fever. Valvular Disease of Heart, Chronic Nephritis, [Chronic. Died in Kingston,
29,
Albert Simmons,
-
3
Cholera Infantum, Cancer,
22, Edmund Morey,
8
9, Chase Taylor.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
Erysipelas Meningitis,
Heart D'se, Uraemia Bright's Tuberculosis of Lungs. [D'se. Scarlet Fever.
.
9,
Susan S. Chubbuck, Whiting, Martin J. Hunting,
67
1
66
10,
13,
16,
Ida Ardizoni,
Mary Helen Sampson,
22
8 5
7
George Perrault,
26,
Rebecca F. Holmes,
49 6
29,
66
29,
Lely Newlander, Lena F. Stephen, Elizabeth A. Jackson,
1
4
1 18
13 Hemorrhage from Ulcer of Cholera Infantum. [Stomach. lleo Colitis,
Sept. 1,
1,
' Isaac T. Dunham,
59
3
14
5,
Catherine Kelly
9,
Olive J. King,
78
-
Old Age,
10,
Benjamin Holmes,
63
9
19
Cerebral Hemorrhage,
66
13.
Elisha T. Douglass,
45
10
23
Phthisis,
13,
Annie Accorsi,
52
6
1
James and Eliza Smart.
66
16,
Robert S. Ball,
82
5
23
Senile Dementia, [Winchester
66
19,
Olive H. Bartlett,
60
5
6
('ancer,
20,
John Kelley,
29
2
Accidental Drowning,
66
21,
Gardner T. Atwood,
19
22
Disease of Heart,
66
24,
John A. Murray,
1.1
9
7
Pyacem'a & Chronic Nephritis. Ileo Colitis,
John and Bridget A. Kelley. , y . Isaiah F. and Thankful Atwe Patrick R. and Hattie Whi Ümitlı. Charles W. and Ida B. Ina man. Solomon and Asenath fine Haskins.
Robert J. and Susanp Freeman E. and - Geffray D. and Mai allivan -
ah Finney.
Oct.
3,
Mary Alice Perrier,
Samuel and Ellen (
4,
Tryhena Sherman,
4,
Catherine Frawley,
61
-
Disease of Heart,
George and Mary
Manuel and Mar
4, Mary Sears,
-
38
-
Phthisis,
9,
Ida Hallgreen,
-
3
1 29
46
4
1
1 21
Arterio Sclerosis Ap'lxy. Died Brain Disease. [in Danvers. Uraemia, Bright's Disease. Whooping Cough, Consumption, Marasmus,
David and Olive Burbank. Frank and Louise Manter. Joseph and Eliza J. McFarlin. Arlasando and Coutilda Marlarguti. Miranda and Molancis Pierce. Honnora and Eliza Perrault. Ellis and Sarah H. Sampson. Peter and Annie Newlander. Nicholas and Mary A. Stephen. Edwin and Judith S. Stetson. Ichabod -
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Amaza and Leonica Harlow.
16,
Charles W. Churchill,
9
24
Cholera Infantum. Died in
W. C. and Mary L. Harding. William and Mary Finney.
20,
Cordana Swift,
1
50
6
27 Chronic Bright's Disease,
66
27,
Mildred Gibson,
6
c
Brain Disease, following
l' Ohelan.
29,
Bertha A. Wells,
17
4
19
Consumption, [Whooping C'gli
3
3
75
Whooping Cough, Consumption,
13
Gastritis,
Ephraim and Al
1
Paralysis Agitans, [W'Il'ston. Cerebral Hem'rr'ge. Died in Natural causes, probably H'rt Heart Disease, [Disease.
John McDonald. William - and Olive - Barnabas and Thankful Holmes. Carl - Elisha and Susan King. Louis and Annie Padarzoli.
10,
Carl Phillippe,
85
-
21
Feeble from Birth, Plithisis Pulmonalis,
24,
Emily B. Alexander,
27,
Barzilla Holmes,
55
17
71
.5
18, 24,
DEATHS-Continued.
AGE.
DATE.
NAME.
Years.
Months.
Days.
1
Oct. 11,
William H. Bradford,
52
8
15
Suicide by Shooting.
13,
Angus Scott,
70
66
16,
Henry William,
7
16,
Emma F. Towns,
26
5
8
66
17,
Edward W. Perkins,
38
20,
Henry Schneider,
77
2
8
66
24,
Sarah Sproul,
78
5.
19
66
25,v
Moses N. Pierce,
55
3
12
Chronic Nephritis,
29,
Helen J. Hayden,
27
4
2
Septic Peritonitis. Died in
31,
Marietta Pierce,
49
11
6
Appoplexy, [Charleston, S. C.
Nov.
1,
Anna Govoni,
William and Temperance Atwood.
66
2,
Eunice M. Raymond,
74
4
2
Consumption.
5,
William H. Cole, Jr.,
2
11
14
Intosemception,
16
9, Eldon Russell Atwood,
41
6
29
Pneumonia,
66
11,
Edward Dickerman,
12,
Joshua L Edes,
71
11
12
Chronic Bright's Disease,
15,
Lurana Morse,
1
6
23
Broncho Pneumonia,
William H. and Mary Holme. Andrew and Catherine Scott. Henry and Susanna Wilhelm. Henry and Rebecca Raymond. Stephen and - Edmunds.
Henry and Mary Leonard. Hugh Wilson
56
John Pierce
25,
Edna Harvey Bagnell,
-
10
27
Meningitis,
T. Allen and Mary E. Wood. George R and Saloam Nickerson.
29,
Rebecca Wiswell,
91
1
5
Heart Disease and Old Age,
James B. Bartlett Benjamin and-Lydia Char dler.
Frederick and Rose
John and Esther Blackmer.
4,
Esther Holmes,
5, Israel C. Blackmer,
57
11
17
5
13
Croup and Pertussis,
Ezra Blackmer William H. and Catherine Paine.
Charles and Ella Newman. Thomas C. and Betsey T. Atwood.
Horace W. and Lillie Pratt.
1
3 Heart Failure,
Oliver and Lucy Lewis. Thomas F. and Maria F. Besse. "
NAME OF PF PARENTS.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
Pistol Wound of Head. Suicide. Feeble from Birth.
Tuberculosis of Lungs. [ter. Exhaustion. Died in Worces- Myocarditis. Died in Boston. Pneumonia and Gastritis,
5
Ery-ipelas. [Watertown.
-
Cerebral Softening. Died in Marasmus.
5, Fred Nordstrom,
66
15, Thomas Spear,
81
1 Cancer of Stomach, 1
16, John J. Russell,
74
3
19, Hannah C. Fowler,
66
3
23, William B. Blackmer,
61
9
4
66
26, HIelen S. Murray,
76
6
66
27, Ruth H. Leonard,
77
25
Gangrene,
Paresis. Died in Medfield.
66
30,
Jolın B. Wirzburger,
2
10 Marasmus,
Dec.
1,
Susan F. Thomas,
59
Heart Failure. [Snug Harbor. Chronic Nephritis. Died at
5.
Harriet G. Barnes,
89
1
26
.6
8,
Agnes McLean,
25
10
Old Age, Phthisis,
9, 11,
George Nichol,
65
5
6
Heart Disease,
14,
Ella F. Bryant,
50
3
8
Exhaustion and Colic,
14,
George Manter,
73
1
11
Heart Disease,
15,
Gladys H. Atwood,
6
9
22
Dysentery,
46
16,
Frances A. Banker,
1
11
Deborah E. Caswell,
83
3
Vincent Lodi,
21
8
13
Phthisis,
20, 22,
Annie Metz,
1
10
20
Whooping Cough,
22,
Thomas B. Bartlett,
92
4
13
Hespes Tostes and Old Age,
23,
William II. Gillespie,
39
9
!
23,
Joanna Phelen,
86
11
30
28,
Thomas C. Smith,
2
11 Influenza & Disease of Heart,
29,
Margaret A. O'Brien,
45
10
7
Organic Valvular Heart Dis.
Thomas and Clarissa Harlow. John and Deborah Spooner. Silas and Mary Allen. Ezra and Henrietta Bartlett. Patrick and Hattie White. John and Sarah Davis. Levi and Rebecca Cushman.
66 27, 29, Jacob Henrich, 66
47
-
-
29,
Jabez B. Cole,
58
2
Cardiac Disease. Died in Bost'n
Samuel and Hannah Burgess. Edward and Anna Amend. Stephen and Sarah Everson. Patrick
5,
Thomas L. Fleming,
75
-
Joshua and Lydia Weston. David and Agnes Weild. Coomer, Jr., and Sarah Weston.
William and Martha Collins. George and Sally Sampson. . Charles W. and Emma L. Lovell.
Ferdinand and Amelia Schulz. Jonathan and Mercy Braley. Louis and Susie Christie. Joseph and Mary A. Smith. Ansel and Polly Lanman. Edward and Catherine Haskins. Michael and Mary Ohelan. Thomas and Sarah Finney. Bartholomew Sullivan
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Stillborn,
[Bronchitis.
66
18,
Whooping Cough & Capillary Heart Failure,
19,
Sarah Sherman,
99
66
.
Otis Wright,
1 19 17 Exhaustion, [Heart Disease. 9 24 Cer. Hem'r'ge. Died in Allston. Nat. Causes, prob'ly Heart Dis. Chron. Neph'tis & Bron. Pneu'a, Consumption,
Bright's Dis. [Died in Haverhill Infirmities of Age, Gan. & Can.
SUMMARY.
The following are the statistics of births, marriages and deaths registered in Plymouth for the year ending December 31, 1897.
BIRTHS.
Number registered 198
Males 112
Females
86
The parentage is as follows :
Both parents born in: -
United States
71
Italy
21
Germany
26
Sweden
3
England
4
Ireland
2
Russia
2
Portugal
2
British Provinces
10
Western Islands
1
France .
1
Unknown 5
Mixed, one American . 42
Mixed, neither American
6
1
Denmark
2
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MARRIAGES.
Number of marriages registered in 1897
Both parties born in : -
United States 4.3
Germany 7
Italy . 1
England 2
Ireland 1
Mixed, one American 12
Mixed, neither American 4
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DEATHS.
Number of deaths registered, 153 of which 30 occurred out of town, burial taking place in Plymouth.
Born in :-
United States 131
Ireland
3
Germany 4
Scotland
2
British Provinces 7
Italy
2
England
3
Sweden. 1
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
TO THE SELECTMEN OF PLYMOUTH :
The Board of Fire Engineers respectfully present their. annual report for the year ending Dec. 31st, 1897.
WORKING FORCE.
The working force of the Department consists of six engineers and 155 men as follows : Two steamer companies of 30 men each, one steamer company of 15 men, two hook and ladder companies of 16 men each, one chemical com- pany of 16 men, one chemical company of 8 men, and four hose companies of 6 men each.
APPARATUS.
The apparatus of the Department consists of three steamers, two hook and ladder trucks, two chemical engines and four hose carts.
HOSE.
We have in the Department about 5,000 feet of 23-inch cotton, rubber-lined hose, in good condition.
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BUILDINGS.
The buildings used by the Department are in good con- dition, and suitable for the purpose, except the building on South Street.
HYDRANTS.
There are now 95 hydrants belonging to the Town, two having been located the past year. Post hydrants, 52 ; flush hydrants, 43.
RESERVOIRS.
The five reservoirs belonging to the Town are in good condition.
FIRES AND ALARMS.
The Department has responded to six alarms the past year, in all cases except that of the Edes Manufacturing Co. the loss has been small.
FINANCE.
DR.
$5,166 48
To payments 1897
CR.
By appropriation, 1897. $5,000 00
Overdrawn balance $166 48
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APPROPRIATION.
We estimate that an appropriation of $5,000 will meet the necessary expenses of the Department this year and this sum is recommended.
RECOMMENDATION.
The Board of Engineers desire to renew their recommen- dation of last year, that a new building to be built on South Street, and that an appropriation of $250 be made for the purchase of fire alarm boxes.
H. P. BAILEY, Chief.
ENGINEERS.
H. P. Bailey,
E.[D. Bartlett,
Geo. E. Saunders,
A. E. Davis,
D. M. Bosworth, Wm. E. Baker.
PLYMOUTH PUBLIC LIBRARY.
REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS.
The Directors of the Library respectfully make the follow- ing report of the work of the Library during the past year and of its present condition :
Bound volumes added for circulation in 1897. .. 338
66 withdrawn from " . 92
Total gain in volumes for circulation in 1897,
246
Bound volumes added for reference 66
68
Total number of bound volumes added in 1897, 314
Unbound volumes and pamphlets added in 1897. 45
Total number of additions
359
Number of volumes for circulation, Jan. 1. 1897. 9,614
66 66 66
" added during 1897. 246
Total number of volumes for circulation
9,860
Volumes in reference department, Jan. 1,
1897 2,139
Volumes added in 1897 68
Total number of volumes for reference. 2,207
Total number of bound volumes in Library .. 12,067
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Books given out for circulation from Jan. 1, 1897 to Jan. 1, 1898.
History. 1,463
Biography
925
Travel 1,319
Poetry 497
Literature
1,650
Fiction.
29,500
Science.
870
Theology
131
Miscellaneous.
634
Total circulation for the year 36,989
An increase of nearly 2,000 over the circulation of the preceding year.
The following magazines and periodicals are provided in the Reading Room for the use of the public, viz :
Harper's Monthly.
66 Weekly.
66 Round Table
Atlantic Monthly.
Century Magazine.
Scribner's
New England "
Engineering
St. Nicholas 66
Review of Reviews.
North American Review.
Forum.
65
Popular Science Monthly. Scientific American Supplement. Publishers' Weekly. Library Journal. Cosmopolitan. Youths' Companion. New York Tribune.
In behalf of the Directors.
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WILLIAM HEDGE. Secretary.
WATER COMMISSIONERS.
EVERETT F. SHERMAN-Term expires March, 1900. JAMES MILLAR - Term expires March, 1899. HORACE P. BAILEY - Term expires March, 1899. INCREASE ROBINSON- Term expires March, 1900. JOHN H. DAMON- Term expires March, 1898.
SUPERINTENDENT - Richard W. Bagnell.
WATER REGISTRAR - N. Reeves Jackson.
ENGINEER AT PUMPING STATION - W. A. H. Jones.
All applications for water must be made at the office of the Water Commissioners.
Superintendent's office in rear of Engine House, Main Street.
Telephone call, 54-3.
Rates payable at Town Treasurer's office, semi-annu- ally, in advance, May 1 and November 1. .
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 lie over until the following month.
Approved bills paid by the Town Treasurer at the Town office.
REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1897.
The Water Commissioners herewith submit their forty- third annual report :
During the year three tests of the Low Service distribu- tion were made in order to detect any weak places in the pipes.
These tests were made in March, June and November. The number of weak places which developed into leaks was as follows, viz : In March 3 leaks ; in June 3 leaks, and in November 6 leaks. The total number during the year are given in the Superintendent's report. The result of the tests show the pipe to be in excellent condition, when the fact that the pipes have been laid 42 years is taken into consideration. During the test from June 15th to 21st, the whole town was placed on the high service and all water supplied to the Town was pumped. During this time 6,256,000 gal- lons were supplied to the Town an average daily consumption of 997,632 gallons. June being a wet month probably this quantity was not equal to the average supply for the month. Using this measurement as a means for comparison with the
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ordinary high service pumping, it is found that the total quantity of water used by the Town during the year was 382,120,000, or 1,047,000 gallons per day. Assuming that the population of the Town now supplied with water to be 7,000 which is believed to be a fair estimate, this quantity is equivalent to 149 gallons of water per inhabitant. Whenit it is remembered that from 50 to 60 gallons of water is an average consumption of water in towns of the size of Ply- mouth, it will be seen that the quantity used in this Town is excessively large. The Commissioners are making other tests of the quantity of water now being used, and the mat- ter is receiving careful attention.
This is a question of great importance to the Town, and involves not only the capacity of source of supply, but also the capacity of the distribution system. The general plan of the piping of the Town was based on the need and usages of nearly half a century ago, and as is well known, the pipes are small, and extended very greatly beyond the limits first contemplated.
If the Town is to use or waste a large quantity of water, the system of piping must be materially changed, and en- larged, or in case of conflagration we may find ouselves with- out means of effectually supplying water for fire hydrants. In this connection the Commissioners call the attention of the Town as in their last annual report, to the desirability of laying a 14-inch main from the present pipe of that size near A. J. Atwood's store on Summer Street, around through Sum- mer, Market, Main and Court Streets as far north as Aller- ton Street.
This would require 5,200 feet of pipe, and with new hydrants located at proper distances apart, would give greatly improved fire service. The estimated cost of this extension is $11,000. In case the Town decide to build
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Standish Avenue this present year, the Commissioners have made an estimate of the cost of laying a pipe in the street as follows : For a 10-inch pipe with gates and hydrants, $11,000 ; for an 8-inch pipe with gates and hydrants, $10,000. Either pipe would give the North part of the town a satis- factory supply of water for ordinary uses. In case of fire the 10-inch pipe would give, if properly connected, one-half more than the 8-inch pipe. The south part of the Town is also dependent for its whole supply on a pipe only four inches in diameter. This pipe when at first laid as far as Jabez Corner gave fair domestic service, since this time the pipe has been extended more than three miles without any increase in size. Much valuable property is entirely de- pendent for fire protection on this wholly inadequate supply. When the draft is small, the supply is still fair, but as the summer service begins the head is diminished to such an extent that houses on the high ground have difficulty in getting any water at all.
WATER RATES.
The Commissioners believe that the whole question of water rates should receive more careful attention, and that the rates should be revised.
The present rates are in many cases unjust and inequi- table. A certain portion of the expense of maintenance should be borne by the Town at large, a certain portion by the future inhabitants, the balance by the present popula- tion. To arrive at a fair distribution of the proportion to be borne by each requires careful study. It seems proper in any case, that the waste of water should be prevented,
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and that no part of the Town should suffer for lack of water by the wasteful use of others. The Commissioners believe it will be desirable to place meters on certain classes of service during the coming year in order to ascertain more carefully whether water is being wastefully and unwarrant- ably used.
RECEIPTS.
Water rates
$19,525 91
Labor and material 540 19
Balance last year 3,253 87
$23,319 97
EXPENDITURES.
Construction . $6,361 50
Maintenance. 5,176 46
Bonds and interest .. 9,000 00
Balance 2,782 01
$23,319 97
MAINTENANCE.
Salaries
$1,500 00
Money drawer 1 40
Horse hire 13 00
Labor 1,376 24
Coal, gas, oil and electric light 60 78
Repairs to shop, telephone, etc 255 50
Reservoirs, lumber and tools
88 84
Repairing picks, carting, etc 63 22
Traveling expenses 6 70
Freight and gate boxes 130 04
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Express and meters
$87 67
Stationery, stamps and printing
75 55
Rubber boots
19 25
Cement pipe.
1,048 08
Corporations and stops
40 30
Painting wagons and care of horse
127 40
Cement
88 50
Cleaning shores of ponds
27 80
Repairs to abutments and'well room.
48 45
Hay, grain and straw
99 49
Shoeing horse.
17 75
$5,176 46
PUMP.
Engineer
$817 50
Coal
372 36
Repairs on boiler room
40 36
Telephone .
36 00
Coal for house 25 25
Oil, packing and waste 50 21
Repairs on pump station
30 58
Repairs on boilers.
55 00
Carting ashes
17 37
Fire extinguishers 30 00
Painting pump
5 50
Sundries.
18 06
Wood for pump
43 95
$1,642 14
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BONDS AND INTEREST.
Bond paid on issue of June 1, 1885.
$2,800 00
" August 1, 1890 1,300 00
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1, 1894
800 00
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66 66
" February 3, 1894 240 00
Bonds paid
$5,140 00
Interest paid on issue of June 1, 1885 $1,960 00
August 1, 1890. 1,092 00
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66 1, 1894. 736 00
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" February 3, 1894. 72 00
$3,860 00
Bonds and interest paid. $9,000 00
Respectfully submitted,
E. F. SHERMAN, H. P. BAILEY, JAMES MILLAR, JOHN H. DAMON, INCREASE ROBINSON.
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS.
(Published by Request of the New England Water Works Association. )
PLYMOUTH (MASS.) WATER WORKS.
Population by census of 1895 : 8,000.
Date of construction : 1855.
By whom owned : Town.
Source of supply : Great and Little South Ponds and Lout Pond.
Mode of supply: Gravity for low service, and pumping for high service :
PUMPING.
1. Builders of pumping machinery : Worthington.
2. Coal : b. Bituminous.
d. Brand, various. e. $4.50 per gross ton.
3. Coal for year : 225,600 pounds.
Wood for year: 14,500 pounds. -
4. Total fuel : 240,100 pounds.
5. Total water pumped 108,868,320 gallons.
6. Average static head : 65 feet.
7. Average dynamic head : 66 feet.
8. Number of gallons pumped per pound of coal: 482.57.
9. Duty of pump : 26,562,583.
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COST . OF PUMPING, FIGURED £
ON PUMPING STATION EXPENSES, VIZ. : $1,642.14.
10. Per million gallons against dynamic head into direct pipe : $15.08.
11. Per million gallons raised one foot high (dynamic) : 0.220.
COST OF PUMPING, FIGURED ON TOTAL MAIN- TENANCE, VIZ. : $11,578.17.
12. Per million gallons raised against dynamic head into direct pipe : $107.26.
13. Per million gallons raised one foot high (dynamic) : $1.62.
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FINANCIAL.
MAINTENANCE.
RECEIPTS.
A. Water rates, domestic,
$18,239 41
B. Water rates, manufacturing,
1,286 50
C. Total water receipts,
19,525 91
CC.
Total,
$11,578 17
D. Miscellaneous,
540 19
DD. Profit for the year,
8,487 93
E. Total receipts,
$20,066 10
Paid bonds, $5,140 00
Carried to Construction Account, 3,347 93
EE.
Total,
$20,066 10
CONSTRUCTION.
S. Balance last year,
$3,253 87
FF. Extension of mains, $2,196 56
GG. Extension of services,
231 71
Extension of private services,
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