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Receipts for Stephen Field - 1947 were $37.55, 1948 were $42.40.
Receipts for Morton Park - 1947 were $35.70, 1948 were $42.15.
Receipts for Beach Park - 1947 were $528.00, 1948 were $834.55.
The Department invited the Woman's Club and the Garden Club to make a survey of the Park Property and submit recommendations for a long-range program and the Department takes this opportunity to thank them for their interest in this project. Their report is on file and may be seen on request.
During the past year, two men have retired. Mr. Joseph Silvia retired under the Servicemen's Disability Act after serving the Department for more than ten years. Mr. Horace Dickerman retired under the Town's Contribu- tory Retirement System.
Respectfully submitted by
JOHN A. SIEVER, Chairman EDWARD J. E. HAND ARTHUR SIRRICO CLIFTON C. WOOD, Supt.
NINETY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT of the
Water Commissioners and
Superintendent
of the
Town of Plymouth
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MA
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1948
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NINETY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS
The Board of Water Commissioners presents its ninety- fourth annual report, covering the year 1948.
The rainfall during the year amounted to 49.98 inches, which is about four inches more than the average. At the end of the year the level of the water in Great South Pond was 104.55 ft., which was about 12" higher than at the beginning of the year and very nearly the same level as at Dec. 31, 1946.
The new pumping station at Manomet has been in successful operation throughout the summer season and has provided an ample and dependable supply of water. The gasoline engine which had been ordered early in 1947 was finally delivered in the fall of 1948 and installed as an emergency power unit for pumping if there should be a failure of the electric power supply. The grounds around the station have been graded and the road and parking space next to the building hard surfaced.
The Holmes or Union House land adjoining land al- ready owned by the Town and including frontage on both Great and Little South Ponds has been acquired by the Town as authorized at the annual meeting in March 1947.
MAINTENANCE
Some progress has been made in taking care of repairs to the buildings of the Water Department. At the Lout Pond Station the roof ventilators have been removed, the roof repaired, new copper gutters installed and the outside of the building painted. The roof of the engi- neer's dwelling house has been repaired and partly re-
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shingled. The old barn, now used as a garage, has been painted. The Deep Water Station has been painted. At the Howland St. Shop, new windows and window frames have been installed, on the southwesterly side.
The pumping units at the various stations have op- erated satisfactorily. The Diesel engines at the Lout Pond Station have been inspected as usual. It was necessary to install a new pump shaft on the Fairbanks unit as some wear had developed.
Details of maintenance operations are covered in the report of the Superintendent which follows.
We cannot avoid the substantial increase in the costs which appears in all items of our operating and main- tenance operations.
1948 RECEIPTS FROM WATER RATES (As reported by the Collector)
Plymouth
Manomet
$55,063.03 10,648.46
$65,711.49
NEW SCHEDULE OF WATER RATES-EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 1948
Because of the substantial increase in all of the op- erating and maintenance expenses of the Water Depart- ment, the Water Commissioners considered it necessary to increase the charges for water service and adopted the following regulations and schedules of rates, effective May 1, 1948. This is the first change in rates since 1924, when there was a reduction in charges for all the terri- tory then served. The minimum rate in Manomet was $25.00 per year when service in that area was first under- taken in 1932. This charge has been reduced in successive steps to $12.00 and is now established at $16.00.
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PLYMOUTH CHARGES FOR METERED WATER
First 20,000. cubic feet used during six months, 15¢ per 100 cu. ft. Next 180,000. cubic feet used during six months, 10¢ per 100 cu. ft. Over 200,000. cubic feet used during six months, 8¢ per 100 cu. ft.
Except, consumption over 200,000. cubic feet taken from the gravity system will be sold at the rate of 5¢ per 100. cubic feet.
Water rates are billed semi-annually, including min- imum meter rates in advance, and are due in thirty days from the date rendered. If not paid within sixty days thereafter, they may become a lien on the property in the manner provided by law.
Water service may be discontinued for non-payment of charges, in which case there will be an additional charge of $2.00 before it will be turned on again.
No adjustment for vacancies unless the Water Depart- ment is notified and water shut-off in the street.
ALL SERVICE PIPES INSIDE OF THE CURB SHUT- OFF ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OWNER.
MINIMUM METER RATES (Semi-annual)
Size of Meter
Minimum Charge
Consumption Covered by Min. Chg.
5/8"
$ 6.00
4,000 Cu. Ft.
3/4"
6.00
4,000 Cu. Ft.
1"
9.00
6,000 Cu. Ft.
11/2"
9.00
6,000 Cu. Ft.
2"
13.50
9,000 Cu. Ft.
3"
25.00
16,667 Cu. Ft.
4"
45.00
35,000 Cu. Ft.
MANOMET
CHARGES FOR METERED WATER
First 10,000. cubic feet used during six months, 30¢ per 100 cu. ft. Over 10,000. cubic feet used during six months, 15¢ per 100 cu. ft.
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Water rates are billed semi-annually, including min- imum meter rates in advance, and are due in thirty days from the date rendered. If not paid within sixty days thereafter, they may become a lien on the property in the manner provided by law.
Water service may be discontinued for non-payment of charges, in which case there will be an additional charge of $2.00 before it will be turned on again.
No adjustment for vacancies unless the Water Depart- ment is notified and water shut-off in the street.
ALL SERVICE PIPES INSIDE OF THE CURB SHUT- OFF ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OWNER.
Seasonal customers may be rendered an annual bill, covering excess consumption, if any, and the minimum meter charge for the year.
Requests in writing must be made to Superintendent's office before water can be let on or shut off. Water will not be let on until all outstanding bills are paid.
The Town is not responsible for frozen service, breaks etc.
Minimum Charge, $8.00 Semi-Annual, $16.00 Annual
Charge for Water Connections on New Extensions of Mains
On August 3, 1948 the Water Commissioners adopted the following regulation:
"That in all cases of extension of water mains after this date, there will be an initial fee charged each water taker from such extension, amounting to a $1.50 per front foot of the property, the minimum amount of any fee to be $75.00. This must be paid before the service is connected, and the Water Com-
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missioners may make such changes in any of the foregoing conditions in unusual cases, as in their opinion, the circumstances may warrant."
It is the considered judgment of the Water Commis- sioners that the property owners should pay for part of the cost of such extensions because of the increase in the value of the property when water service is avail- able and in order to avoid placing the burden of the full cost of such construction on other water takers or the general taxpayer.
If the property on both sides of the street in which the extension is made is supplied with water, the Town will be reimbursed to the amount of $3.00 per foot, or roughly one-half the cost of such construction.
CONSTRUCTION
The report of the Superintendent shows the amount of construction work during the year with the appropria- tions to which the expenditures were charged.
It is of interest that a total of 2.68 miles of main pipe were laid in 1948. In 1947 there were 3.24 miles, as shown by the report of that year.
During the last two years, 52 new hydrants have been installed, including renewals, replacements and those installed on new extensions.
The current program of extensions and improvements in our distribution system, provides a substantial better- ment in the fire protection system in the areas covered.
APPROPRIATIONS REQUESTED FOR 1949
For the operation of the Water Department:
Maintenance and Labor
$35,679.00
Salaries
20,918.00
Emergencies
2,500.00
Regular construction
5,500.00
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SPECIAL ARTICLES
New Truck 2,000.00
Construction at Priscilla Beach: 6,100.00
Ocean View Road and Arlington Road
(If these streets are accepted by the Town)
Cape Cod Ave., Reed Ave. and adjacent streets 40,000.00 (If accepted by the Town)
Special Construction $150,000.00
This appropriation is requested in order to continue the program of laying and relaying of water mains and improvements to the system as recommended by Met- calf and Eddy in their report on the Water System dated October 17, 1945.
BY-PASS CONSTRUCTION
The Town will be involved in considerable expense to take care of the water mains in the places where they will be affected by the new road construction by the Commonwealth. We are unable to estimate the cost of this work at this time, as the final plans have not been available to your Commissioners.
Respectfully submitted,
E. R. BELCHER, Chairman R. T. ELDRIDGE, Secretary DANIEL F. MULCAHY ARTHUR ADDYMAN C. BROOKS HUDSON
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
(Published by request of the New England Water Works Association, Plymouth, Mass., Water Works.)
Population, 13,175.
Date of Construction, 1855.
By whom owned, Town.
Source of Supply, Great and Little South Ponds, Man- omet Well.
Mode of Supply, Gravity for Low Service and Pumping for High Service, Well.
PUMPING
Builders of pumping machinery, Fairbanks-Morse and Wolverine-Gould.
Description of fuel, Oil.
Amount used, 11,7201/2 gallons.
Pumpage for the year:
Fairbanks-Morse, 182,058,000 gals.
Wolverine-Gould, 217,614,000 gals.
399,672,000 gals.
Less NHS (Electric)
15,730,000 gals.
383,942,000 gals.
Plus Manomet Well
(Electric) 15,595,000 gals.
Total pumped 399,537,000 gals.
Average static head, 68 ft.
Average dynamic head, 74.5 ft.
Number gals. per gal. of fuel oil:
Fairbanks-Morse 37,810
Wolverine-Gould, 31,515
Duty of pumps:
Fairbanks-Morse 173,765,000.
Wolverine-Gould, 144,835,000.
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COST OF PUMPING FIGURED ON PUMPING STATIONS EXPENSES, VIZ: $9,373.92.
Per million gallons against dynamic head into direct pipe, $23.461.
Per million gallons raised one foot high (dynamic), $0.314.
COST OF PUMPING FIGURED ON TOTAL MAINTENANCE, VIZ: $41,954.00.
Per million gallons against dynamic head into direct pipe, $95.006.
Per million gallons raised one foot high (dynamic), $1.275.
STATISTICS ON CONSUMPTION OF WATER Total population, estimated, 13,175.
Estimated population on pipe line, 12,500. Estimated population supplied 12,500.
Total consumption for the year, 542,789,000 gallons. Average daily consumption, 1,483,000 gallons. Gallons per day to each inhabitant, 112. Gallons per day to each tap, 385.
STATISTICS RELATING TO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
Kinds of pipe, Cement lined sheet iron and cement lined cast iron.
Sizes, From 2-inch to 30-inch.
Extended, 14,190 feet.
Discontinued, None.
Total now in use, 81 miles, 3,923 feet.
Cost to repair per mile, $10.43.
Number of leaks per mile, 0.195.
Small distribution pipe less than 4-inches, 8 miles, 3,661 feet.
Hydrants now in use, 376 public, 73 private.
Stop gates added, 38. Discontinued, None. Number now in use, 991.
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SERVICES
Kind of pipe, Lead and Cement lined, and Copper Tubing
Sizes, From one-half inch to six-inch.
Total now in use, 10 miles, 5,045 feet.
Service taps added, 70. Discontinued, None.
Total now in use, 3,850.
Average length of service, 13.2 ft.
Average cost per service, $38.82.
Number meters added, 70.
Number now in use, 3,030.
Percentage of services metered, 78.7%.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
To the Board of Water Commissioners
Gentlemen:
In accordance with the usual custom, I submit herewith the annual report of the Superintendent of the Plymouth Water Department for the year ending December 31, 1948.
The year 1948 was a busy one for the Department with material coming in much faster making it possible to cover considerable more work than could be accomplished the past few years when deliveries were much slower.
Seventy new services have been connected, thirty of these in Plymouth and forty in Manomet, adding to the revenue for the sale of water. Fifteen applications have already been made for connections the coming year.
Meters are being delivered in three, four and five months, depending on the sizes, that formerly took at least seven months on order. It was possible to receive and set seventy meters the past year. This does not mean
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that the above mentioned seventy new services were metered. It has been necessary to use our judgment as to placing meters where the use of water was greatest. There are some one hundred unmetered services in just the Plymouth system that are on metered rates, to say nothing of many in Manomet. There are also some meter replacements required. I hope that the Commissioners will see fit to take advantage of the prompt deliveries promised for the coming year and recommend the pur- chase of as many meters as possible, in order that we may take care of the many services that have had to go unmetered during the war years when meters were scarce.
Many services have been renewed, many corporations on services have been drilled, so that improvement of some 123 services has been realized and the takers have been made very happy.
The Department experiences its troubles as well as its triumphs and we were not without mishaps. Sixty-two leaks developed on services, four occurring in the Man- omet system and the others in Plymouth. All of these were repaired at a cost exceeding Two Thousand Dollars. In some cases complete renewal was necessary.
Sixteen leaks were repaired in mains. Fortunately, these did not happen at night so very little overtime was required which helped considerably to keep the cost down.
Some hydrant repairs were necessary and the usual inspections were carried on. Ten new hydrants were set.
Analyses of samples of water from the ponds, well and taps, at times specified by the Department of Public Health of the State, have been continued.
The table following will give you some idea of the immense amount of work covered during 1948.
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The auxiliary well supply at Warners Pond operated 13,940 KWH. during the months of June, July, August and September, and pumped 15,594,900 gallons of water.
Three 6" sprinkler systems were connected during the year, one at the Shore Club of the Hotel Mayflower at Manomet, the others in the downtown section, Tavern- elli's on Sandwich St., and the American Woolen Co. on Murray St.
Other work is mentioned in detail in the report of the Commissioners.
Pumping records are shown in the usual table at the end of the report.
Respectfully submitted,
THEODORE BRINK, Superintendent
1948 PUMPING RECORDS FAIRBANKS-MORSE NHS
WOLVERINE
Month
Hours Run
Fuel Oil in Gals.
Gals. Pumped
Hours Run
Fuel Oil in Gals.
Gals. Pumped
Gals. Pumped
Gravity in Gals.
Rain in Inches Max.
Min.
Jan.
167
554
17,135,000
132
3631/2
13,653,000
1,081,000
8,028,000
7.43
29
13
Feb.
1611/2
532
16,774,000
146
405 1/2
15,188,000
1,245,000
6,936,000
2.58
32
15
Mar.
1831/2
599
19,104,000
1541/2
425
16,126,000
1,365,000
8,587,000
4.14
43
26
Apr.
15812
5201/2
16,504,000
130
3581/2
13,642,000
1,069,000
10,077,000
3.86
52
34
May
1721/2
565 1/2
18,045,000
1341/2
370
14,196,000
992,000
11,439,000
8.64
59
43
June
147
4851/2
15,452,000
163 1/4
4501/2
17,229,000
855,000
12,884,000
3.20
68
52
July
1761/2
584
18,365,000
205
565
21,259,000
1,179,000
13,578,000
2.76
80
61
Aug.
2021/4
671
20,974,000
2011/2
553 1/2
20,760,000
2,218,000
14,245,000
1.87
79
62
Sept.
210
6981/2
21,718,000
169
468
17,579,000
2,695,000
14,141,000
1.53
70
51
Oct.
166
554
17,294,000
1331/2
369 1/2
13,846,000
930,000
14,927,000
6.97
57
42
Nov.
1241/2
4141/2
13,110,000
1361/2
3771/2
14,396,000
819,000
13,979,000
4.47
60
43
Dec.
2191/4
727
23,139,000
39 1/4
1081/2
4,184,000
982,000
14,431,000
2.53
50
29
Total
2,090
6,905 1/2
217,614,000
1,746 1/2
4,815
182,058,000
15,730,000
143,252,000
49.98
Hours Run
Fuel Oil
Gals. Pumped
Duty based on BTU in Fuel 19,500 per lb. fuel oil Head 74.5 ft.
Wolverine-Gould
2,090
6,905 1/2 4,815
217,614,000 182,058,000
144,835,000 173,765,000
399,672,000
NHS (electric)
-15,730,000
383,942,000
Manomet Well (electric)
+15,595,000
Total Pumping
399,537,000
Gravity
143,252,000
Total Consumption
542,789,000
Temp.
Fairbanks-Morse
1,7461/2
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TABLE SHOWING LOCATION, LENGTH, SIZE AND COST OF PIPE LAID 1948
Location
Length
Size
Cost
Alden St., W. Route to Stand.
1650'
8" }
$6,989.65*
Alden St., Stand. to Allerton St.
1,086'
8" )
5,481.23*
Boutemain Avenue
580'
8" 2
2,562.77*
Cherry St., Tank to Cherry Ct.
742'
10" )
16'
8"
4,114.48
Cherry Court
910'
8" 2
4,035.48*
So. Cherry St.
290'
8"
1,343.90*
Cordage Terrace
1,220'
8" 2
5,056.98*
Diaz Road
500'
8"
3,214.51
Hall St.
616'
8" 2
2,873.07*
Summer St.
1,340'
8" }
5,353.54*
Savery Avenue
550'
8" }
3,817.82
Savery Ave. Terrace
410'
6"
1,705.25
Liberty St. (connect. serv.)
246.83
Ocean View Road (connect. serv.)
792.11
Nick's Rock Road (connect. serv.)
1,250.98
John Alden Rd.
454'
8" 2
16'
6"S
3,254.68
Ocean View Rd. Extens.
100'
6"
720.80
Avenue B
823'
8" 2
3,606.95*
Avenue C
701'
8" 2
2,960.41*
Margerie St.
650'
6"
2,915.67
By-Pass (Westerly Route)
750'
12"]
200'
8"
5,300.00
100'
6"]
14,191'
$67,597.11
*Indicates Unfinished
32'
6"S
16'
6" S
167'
6"S
16
6" ]
16'
6"S
16'
16'
6"S
16'
6" S
160'
6"S
16
6" S
16'
6" S
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ASSESSORS' REPORT
The Board of Assessors acknowledges the retirement of Thomas L. Cassidy after twenty years of continuous service to the Town of Plymouth.
During the past year and only a short time as your Assessor, one of the Town's best loved citizens, Leonard M. Burgess, was called by death. This untimely loss we miss deeply through his wise counsel in our many prob- lems.
Your Board of Assessors in 1948 embarked on a pro- gram of reassessing all taxable property in the Town with one thought in mind, to assess each individual tax- payer a fair and equal assessment.
Two more years will be required in carrying out this program, and we feel that when completed will add Millions of Dollars to the total assessed valuations of the Town.
Not counting the Thousands of Dollars in increased revenue that the Town will receive due to the increases in valuation, every taxpayer will benefit in other ways by the decreases in the Tax Rate. This method resulted in a decrease in your 1948 Tax Rate of $4, one of the very few decreases made in the towns and cities throughout the State.
Our records are gradually being brought up to date and upon completion will add immensely to the efficiency of our department. Aerial photographs of the outlying districts of Plymouth were taken the past year that have thus far revealed over $200,000 in property that has never been assessed.
With increased efficiency and co-operation from Town Officials and the General Public as well, the year 1949 will result in many rewards to all Taxpayers of the Town of Plymouth.
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Valuation of Real Estate
$22,419,480.00
Valuation of Personal Property
2,063,065.00
Aggregate Value
$24,482,545.00
Exempted under Clauses 11-17-18-22-23
111,350.00
Available for Revenue $24,371,195.00
To be Raised by Taxation:
State Tax
$2,485.38
County Tax
56,554.54
Tuberculosis Hospital
16,305.70
Town Appropriations
1,516,532.41
Overlay
15,342.52
Total amount to be Raised by Taxation $1,607,220.55
Estimated Receipts including Dog Tax voted by Town to be used by Assessors
$527,619.78
Overestimates for 1947 to be
used as Available Funds 8,506.36
Out of Available Funds under
Approval by Commissioner of
Corporations and Taxation
135,679.00
Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds 671,805.14
Net Amount to be Raised by Taxation on Polls and Property $935,415.41
Division of Taxes:
Personal Property, Jan. 1 $78,396.47
Real Estate, Jan. 1 847,708.94
Polls, April 1 9,310.00
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Total Taxes to be Levied on Polls and Property
$935,415.41
Dec. 31, Additional Polls $40.00
Dec. 20, Additional Real Estate 7,093.65
Dec. 20, Additional
Personal Property 37.05
To E. and D. $7,170.70
Rate of Taxation $38.00 on a $1000
Warrants to the Collector:
Real Estate
$847,708.94
Polls
9,310.00
Betterments (Moths)
250.50
Water Liens
261.72
Additional Real
7,093.65
Additional Personal
37.05
Additional Polls
40.00
Total Warrants to Collector $943,098.33
Exempted under Section 5, Chapter 59 Gen. Laws as amended:
Houses of Religious Worship $350,050.00
Charitable, Benevolent, Literary, Educational 733,175.00
Parsonages Exempted
33,150.00
United States of America
124,700.00
Commonwealth of Mass.
183,625.00
County of Plymouth
559,125.00
Town of Plymouth
1,506,215.00
Total Exempted under Sec. 5, Chap. 59 Gen. Laws as amended $3,490,040.00
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TABLE OF AGGREGATES
Number of Persons, Firms, and Corporations
Assessed on Property 4,829
Polls Assessed 4,655
Polls Exempted under Clauses 17A and 18, Chap. 59
564
Polls Exempted under Clause 22, Chap. 59
4
Polls Exempted under Section 71, Chap. 59
38
Horses
52
Cows
304
Swine
204
Sheep
20
Fowl
18,475
Dwelling Houses
4,763
Acres of Land
69,760
Motor Vehicles and Trailers Assessed under
Motor Excise and Trailer Law:
Value of Motor Vehicles and
Trailers Registered
$1,653,825.00
Number of Motor Vehicles and Trailers Assessed 4747
Warrants to Collector (Motor Excise
and Trailer)
$49,701.03
State Rate on Motor Vehicles and Trailers, $38.07 on $1000
ABATEMENT ACCOUNT
Levy of 1942:
Reopened in 1948
$64.80
To Reserve Overlay
64.80
Levy of 1943:
Reopened in 1948
$62.40
To Reserve Overlay Levy of 1944:
62.40
Reopened in 1948
$62.40
To Reserve Overlay
62.40
Levy of 1945:
Reopened in 1948
$64.80
To Reserve Overlay
64.80
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Levy of 1946: Reopened in 1948 To Reserve Overlay Levy of 1947: Dec. 31, 1947 Balance Abatements:
$72.00 72.00
$1,236.42
Polls
$4.00
Personal
156.45
Real Estate
10.50
To Reserve Overlay
827.38
998.33
Dec. 31, 1948 Balance
$238.09
Levy of 1948:
August 9, 1948 Overlay Abatements:
$15,342.52
Polls
$1,228.00
Personal
618.45
Real Estate
10,878.65
12,725.10
Dec. 31, 1948 Balance
$2,617.42
Reserve Overlay:
Dec. 31, 1947 Balance
$25,633.35
From Overlay of 1942
64.80
From Overlay of 1943
62.40
From Overlay of 1944
62.40
From Overlay of 1945
64.80
From Overlay of 1946
72.00
From Overlay of 1947
827.38
To Reserve Account
Dec. 31, 1948 Balance
$26,787.13
ROBERT A. CARR WILLIAM H. BARRETT CARL W. RAYMOND Board of Assessors NANNIE A. PRATT, Clerk
$170.95
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PLYMOUTH PUBLIC LIBRARY AND LORING LIBRARY
From the annual report submitted to the Board of Directors of the Plymouth Public Library:
BOOK STOCK
Number of volumes end of 1947
26,322
Volumes added by purchase 1,355
Volumes added by gift 123
Total volumes added in 1948
1,478
Of which 665 were adult non-fiction, 497 adult fiction, 316 juvenile
Total 27,800
Volumes lost and withdrawn
1,083
Total number of volumes end of 1948
26,717
Number of prints (estimate) 20,000
Periodicals subscribed to 85
Newspapers subscribed to
6
USE
Volumes of non-fiction lent 24,370
Volumes of fiction lent 46,030
Volumes lent through 37 School Deposits
12,600
Total number of volumes lent 83,000
Percent fiction 65
Circulation per capita (includes Loring Library) 7.4
Prints lent 539
REGISTRATION
Number of new borrowers registered 294
Total number of borrowers registered 4,020
Percent of registered borrowers of population served (includes Loring Library) 38
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LORING LIBRARY
Books added by purchase 1948
476
Of which 322 were adult, 154 juvenile
USE
Volumes of fiction lent 9,966
Volumes of non-fiction lent 4,146
Total number of volumes lent 14,112
REGISTRATION
Number of new borrowers registered
107
Total number of borrowers registered 1,041 1.04
REPORT OF HARBOR MASTER FOR 1948
To The Honorable Board Of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
The dredging in the basin in 1948 only took out some of the fill. By putting the moorings closer, I made room for six extra moorings, and took care of all local yachts and motorboats. There are twelve draggers registered in Plymouth, and ten to thirty out-of-town draggers un- loading here every week, and more want to come. As there is not enough dockage, and no anchorage, it is a problem.
Fish landed during 1948 7,855,000 lbs.
Dories reported missing
76
Missing dories recovered 64
Respectfully submitted,
ELMER BOUTIN, Harbor Master.
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REPORT OF TREE WARDEN DEPARTMENT
Report to the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
During 1948, all street trees were sprayed with D.D.T. for Elm Beetles and also as a measure against Dutch Elm disease. We are fortunate as yet with no outbreak of this disease.
The department had to remove a few trees which were unsafe, and a few trees for improvements, and we planted some fifty new trees about town. Trimming was carried on as usual. I want to thank Mr. Brink of the Water Dept. for his help and the Compressor for the year.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN A. KENNEDY, Tree Warden.
REPORT OF GYPSY AND BROWN-TAIL MOTH DEPT.
Report to the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
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