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At a conference with officials of the Bay State Street Railway, your Committee was told that, owing to the great expense attendant upon the underground of their circuits, they did not feel as though they could do it, and would not do so unless compelled to by law.
Upon investigation we found that our own wires needed looking after. While our Fire Department is in fairly good
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condition, the Police Signal Service is of rather primitive design, the Town receiving very poor service. We also under- stand that the Town does not own the system, but rents it from the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company at a rental of approximately $225 per year. This amount would pay the interest on four thousand dollars ($4,000). We are given the information that the four boxes which are located on one circuit from the Monument, running east to the Farms, are frequently out of commission, caused by induction, and that one cannot hear over the line by telephone, thus making them practically useless at times.
The Committee decided to confer with some reliable firm in- stalling Police Signal Service, and the Gamewell Company was decided upon. On communication, arrangements were made to have them come and look the situation over, advising what would be required to put in, what would be a good working system at all times and one that could be depended upon. A representative of this company went over the Town and gave us an estimate for this system, which is rated as the best in use. Their estimate amounted to $3,250 and covered seven (7) Police Signal Stations and one mile of underground cable all laid, making a system that can be added to at any time when needed, without disturbing the existing installation.
Our tree-warden was consulted with regard to the trees and what damage they received from wires passing through them. He informed us that during the high winds and storms the wires chafed on the limbs and caused them to die; that the electric light wire insulations wore off, causing an arc when wet, thus setting the limbs afire and in a short time burning them off, when they drop to the ground; that the Company's men trim the limbs and do it in such a manner as to greatly injure our shade trees.
For the protection of our shade trees, for the safety of the public, and for the general appearance of the Town, your Com- mittee recommends that the Town proceed to put all overhead wires underground as soon as possible, and that the Town be divided into ten sections and that one section be done each year until all wires are in conduits, the starting point to be at the junction of New Ocean and Pine streets, at the man-hole where the underground wires now terminate from Lynn; that our Fire Alarm and Police Signal be placed in a conduit at the same time. the Town giving the different companies the locations for their conduits in the streets.
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We therefore recommend that the Town appropriate $4,200 for the purpose of installing a Gamewell Police Signal Service, and the placing of the Fire Alarm wires underground as far East from the Central Fire Station as the Monument and as far West as the car barn on Essex street.
Respectfully submitted,
J. FRANK GRIFFIN. PELEG GARDNER, W. H. OUTTRIM.
SWAMPSCOTT, MASS., December 31, 1912.
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COMMITTEE ON AUTO AMBULANCE REPORT.
1912 ]
REPORT OF
Committee on Auto Ambulance and Patrol.
At a special meeting held Tuesday, August 27, 1912, it was voted to purchase an automobile ambulance and patrol, and to build a garage for the same, and the sum of $3,000 was appro- priated. A committee of three was appointed, consisting of the Chief of Police, the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, and a third member to be selected by these two. Henry S. Baldwin was the third member selected. Your Committee, after decid- ing on an electric type car, advertised for bids. The Baker Electric Company was the only bidder, their price being $2,800, this to include a Mercury Arc Rectifier, for recharging the bat- teries. The remaining $200 was spent for building a garage in the rear of the Police Station. The car was delivered in Swampscott, November 1, 1912, and after being thoroughly tested it was accepted on November 15.
The ambulance has given entire satisfaction and your Com- mittee feels satisfied that it made no mistake in its selection.
Signed : JAMES F. CATON, U. M. CORSON, HENRY S. BALDWIN.
SWAMPSCOTT, MASS., December 31, 1912.
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REPORT OF Superintendent of Moth Work.
To the Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN, - The results of the work this year have been even more satisfactory than those of the past. I have not found a single large colony of the Gypsy Moth this fall, and the Browntail Moth is equally well suppressed.
Spraying operations have been carried on as usual, and all private property, excepting the extensive woodland, has been cleaned. Private work amounted to $2,235, making the actual cost to the Town for Moth work $2,765, instead of $5,000 which was appropriated.
The wilt disease and the Browntail fungus were planted in the woods as soon as the larva hatched. The results were very satisfactory. Besides these diseases to aid in the work, there are many parasites. The Calosoma beetle has become quite plenti- ful, as has the Monodentomerus acreus, which hibernates in the winter web of the Browntail. The nests cut off last winter were barrelled and the parasites allowed to escape in the spring, instead of burning them as previously.
Twelve large cavities in street trees have been treated and filled with cement. Cavities in fruit trees on private property have been tinned over. About twenty-five acres of brush land have been mowed over. There were 7,200 pounds of arsenate of lead used, 20 bags of cement, 240 pounds of tanglefoot and three barrels of creosote.
The clear, mild weather continuing so late into the winter has made it possible to have the annual work on the street trees completed, and a good start made on the private work for the ensuing year.
Respectfully submitted, EVERETT P. MUDGE, Superintendent of Moth Work.
SWAMPSCOTT, MASS., December 31, 1912.
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TREE WARDEN'S REPORT.
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Report of the Tree Warden.
To the Citizens of Swampscott :
I herewith submit my third annual report :
There were So trees planted on public ways during the year and IS removed. Three trees have been bolted to prevent split- ting. All wounds in trees have been properly dressed and painted over with tar. To prevent horses from gnawing young trees 4,000 square feet of galvanized wire cloth were used to make tree guards, and now nearly every small tree is protected. All old guards have been adjusted. Low branches in the way of passing have been trimmed in all parts of the Town. All the Town elms were sprayed and the beetle has been kept in check. Some Leopard moth borers have been destroyed, but it will be necessary to have a larger appropriation to keep them suppressed. By boring on the inside of limbs they cause them to break off, and not only make unsightly specimens of the trees but cause them to be a menace to the public.
For the ensuing year I recommend the following : Super- vision $75; new trees $200: removing trees $200 ; Leopard moth $500 ; Elm beetle $100 ; trimming trees $500 ; tree guards $100 ; emergencies $25 ; making a total of $1,700.
Respectfully submitted,
EVERETT P. MUDGE, Tree Warden.
SWAMPSCOTT, MASS., December 31, 1912.
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REPORT OF Inspector of Meats and Provisions.
To the Board of Health :
GENTLEMEN,-I have inspected the meat and provisions sold in Town and found them to be of good quality and kept in such manner as required by law, with one exception, which was of a store having beef on sale which had not been inspected. The owner was brought into court and fined.
Respectfully submitted,
W. F. LARRABEE, Inspector of Meats and Provisions
SWAMPSCOTT, MASS., January 6, 1913.
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CEMETERY SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
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Report of Cemetery Superintendent.
To the Board of Selectmen :
GENTLEMEN,-I herewith submit my report as Superintend- ent of the Cemetery :
Lots Sold During the Year.
Four (4) in the new part at $40.00 each
One (1) in the new part at $42.50.
One (1) in the new part at $44.00.
One (1) in the new part at $50.00.
One ( I) in the new part at $124.50.
Two (2) in the new part at $150.00 each.
One (1) single grave at $15.00.
Number of interments forty-four (44).
Avenue signs have been put on about all the avenues and paths in both the old and new part. The Cemetery was repiped for water with larger pipe and also extended to all parts of the Cemetery.
I recommend that granolithic concrete be put in front of the Town Tomb to replace the tar concrete, which is cracked and broken. Some of the gutters should be concreted also to pre- vent their washing out.
For the care and maintenance of the Cemetery I would recom- mend $1,600 be appropriated.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD A. SMITH, Superintendent.
SWAMPSCOTT, MASS., January 1. 1913.
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REPORT OF Water and Sewerage Board.
WATER DEPARTMENT.
To the Citizens of Swampscott :
We respectfully submit herewith our 15th Annual Report .
The work of this department as laid out for the year has been completed, the most important part of the work being the re- placing of the old S-inch cement-lined pipe from Humphrey street, through Orient street to the Ocean House, with a 10- inch cast-iron pipe, and the laying of an S-inch cast-iron pipe on Greenwood avenue to Rockland street. This work now gives us a complete double line to the lower end of the Town, a much needed improvement. The severe winter of 1912 caused addi- tional expense to the department, owing to freezing of pipes. The extent of this was unprecedented, and we were compelled to resort to electricity for thawing. The severe weather also caused the only serious break of the year, at the corner of Red- ington and Humphrey streets. This break flooded the cellar of the George H. Holden & Co. block to a depth of two feet, and the damage was settled without recourse to law, for $425. The standpipe we have been obliged to repair, recaulk and paint. The roof got to a point of being dangerous and we had it re- moved. We do not consider it necessary to go to the expense of replacing it, and consider it advisable to leave it as it is.
We know of no urgent calls for unusual expenditures in the department the coming year, and hope we may be able to get through the year without further issue of bonds.
I. IRVING EDGERLY, SAMUEL M. KEHOE, CHARLES E. HODGDON,
Water and Sewerage Board.
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Relaying and Extension of Mains.
Cost of same including hydrants and gates :
Orient street
4,135 feet of 10-inch cast-iron 318 feet of S-inch cast-iron
Humphrey street .
Greenwood avenue
507 " ".
Greenwood avenue
284 feet of 6-inch cast-iron
Humphrey street .
37 315
..
66
Millett road .
48 66
66
Mountain avenue
· 272 feet of 2-inch galvanized iron
Ryan place .
· 398 " ".
66
66
Yawata street
. 210
. 266 66
66 66
Dennison avenue
. 183
66
66
66
Lodge road .
. 271
66
Lawrence terrace . ·
. 205
66
Brewster terrace .
178 .
66
Phillips Beach avenue
· I 4-inch gate
Cost of Construction, including Hydrants and Gates.
Orient street, replacing S-inch cement
lined .
$6,298 97
Humphrey street
365 16
Greenwood avenue
687 84
Humphrey street
87 16
Beach avenue, replacing 6-inch kala-
mien .
229 64
Banks terrace
.
.
IOI 70
Millett road
49 77
Mountain avenue, replacing 2-inch galvanized iron .
117 50
Ryan place
482 93
Yawata street
57 88
Wyman road .
270 84
Dennison avenue
54 47
Stone court
51 53
Lodge road
.
78 72
Amount carried forward,
$8,934 II
66
Beach avenue
Banks terrace
153
66
Wyman road
Stone court .
.
. 125
Court from Redington street .
70
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Amount brought forward, $8,934 II
Lawrence terrace
33 31
Court from Redington street
47 52
Brewster terrace
85 16
Phillips Beach avenue
25 42
$9,125 52
Gates were Located as Follows:
Orient street
9 10-inch gates
Humphrey street
2 S-inch gates
Greenwood avenue
2 6-inch gates
Beach avenue
I 6-inch gate
Banks terrace
.
6 inch gate 1
Ryan płace
I 2-inch gate
Dennison avenue
I 2-inch gate
Stone court
I
2-inch gate
Lodge road
I 2-inch gate
Lawrence terrace .
I 2-inch gate
Court from Redington street
I 2-inch gate
Phillips Beach avenue.
I 4-inch gate
Total number gates
.
.
348
Hydrants were Located as Follows:
Beach avenue .
I
Greenwood avenue
I
Humphrey street
I
Total number hydrants
153
Table of Distributing Pipes, in Feet, January 1, 1913.
Wrought Iron
Cast Iron
Cement Lined
Kalamien
Total
I inch
S93
893
I& inch
2,565
2,565
2-inch
14,239
14,239
3-inch
1,088
1,08S
4-inch
6,958
333
1,734
9,025
6-inch
57,069
2,813
1,410
61,292
S-inch
6,428
6,428
Io-inch
17,482
694
18,176
I 2-inch
7,390
7,390
18,785
95,327
3,146
3,838
121,096
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WATER AND SEWERAGE REPORT.
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Meters Purchased during the Year.
50 5-8-inch Heisey .
$333 00
9 3-4-inch Heisey .
.
.
95 40
6 1-inch Heisey
88 80
2 Ig-inch Heisey
60 00
I 23-inch Heisey .
50 00
Total cost
$627 20
Cost of meters to Jan. 1, 1912 ·
13,735 25
Cost of meters to Jan. 1, 1913
$14,362 45 850 00
Stock on hand at storage house .
Total value Swampscott Water Plant .
169,564 95
Total services Jan. 1, 1912 .
1,535
New services added ·
.
92
Total services Jan. 1, 1913
1,627
Services metered
.
1,627
Financial Statement for Year Ending December 31, 1912.
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand January 1, 1912
$254 26
Received for water .
$37,596 17
Received for service, pipes and labor,
1,442 16
Income from Pine street property ·
4º7 92
Rent of land, Thompson Meadow . 25 00
Rent of sign, Thompson Meadow .
65 00
Interest on guarantees
315 97
Interest on Town Treasurer's De-
partment
103 72
Telephone
50 32
40,006 26
Receipts from Bond Issue, 1912 . 7,923 97
Total . .
$48, 184 49
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EXPENDITURES.
Maintenance
Metropolitan assessments :
Interest
$6,752 38
Sinking Fund
2,422 54
Maintenance
1,595 08
Interest, Serial Bond . 44 10
$10,814 10
Supervision and labor
3,692 60
Supplies
1,963 60
Lynn Gas and Electric Co., thawing pipes by electricity 282 49
Construction account 9,125 52
Labor and material installing meters,
1,695 77
Meters purchased
627 20
Relaying service pipes
922 61
Service pipes and fillings
2,053 95
Repairing and painting stand pipe
454 0I
Service expenses
718 91
George H. Holden & Co., damage,
425 00
Miscellaneous expenses
799 39
Taxes. City of Salem. .
14 40
Telephone ,
50 32
Paid on principal (30 year Serial
Loan)
3,000 00
Paid into Sinking Fund. (1928
Loan) 3,000 00
Interest on Bonds (1928 Loan)
5,250 00
Interest on Bond (Serial Loan)
3.047 50
Balance in hand, Town Treasurer January 1, 1913 . 247 I2
$48, 184 49
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Balance Sheet January 1, 1913.
CR.
Cash received . . .
$39,852 22
Abatements · .
2II 79
Shut-offs
. .
671 45
Unpaid January, 1910 excess .
9 75
Unpaid April, 1910 excess
2 35
Unpaid July, 1910 excess
17 29
Unpaid October, 1910 excess .
23 19
Unpaid January, 1911 minimum
67 00
Unpaid January, 1911 excess .
39 25
Unpaid July, 1911 excess
35 33
Unpaid October, 1911 excess .
51 25
Unpaid January, 1912 minimum
514 OS
Unpaid fractional billing
98 II
Unpaid January, 1912 excess
54 02
Unpaid July, 1912 excess
.
48 79
Unpaid August, 1912 excess
·
4 25
Unpaid October, 1912 excess .
476 08
Unpaid service billing
170 42
Unpaid land rent
60 00
.
$42,406 62
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Balance Sheet January 1, 1913.
DR.
Unpaid :
Fractional billing, Jan. 1, 1912,
$157 70
Service
228 56
Land rent
. .
22 92
July, 1909, excess 66 ..
17 47
Oct., 1909 66 66
. . 20 61
Jan., 1910, minimum
16 00
Jan., 1910, excess 66
14 99
April, 1910 6.
2 35
July, 1910 ..
17 29
Oct., 1910
..
. .
25 33
Jan., 1911, minimum ..
357 00
Jan., 1911, excess
43 18
July. 1911, 66
108 39
Aug., 191I, .. ..
25 98
Sept., 19II,
60 15
Oct., 1911.
595 56
Jan., 1912, minimum advance billing. 27,210 00
2.300 39
July, 1912, ..
2,170 39
Aug., 1912,
1.457 93
Sept., 1912.
1,358 47
Oct .. 1912, .
2,730 24
1912 fractional billing
927 29
1912 land rents
470 00
1912 sign rents 65 00
1912 interest on guarantees
315 97
1912 sales of junk .
31 00
1912 service billing
1,353 02
$42,406 62
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. .
Jan., 1912, excess April, 1912.
3º3 44
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WATER AND SEWERAGE REPORT.
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Water Bonds Outstanding January 1, 1913.
Thirty year Loan due Aug. 1, 1928,
provided for by Sinking Fund . Serial Bond Loan, $3,000 due each year, April 1, 1913 to 1939 · · Serial Bond Loan, $500 due each year, May 1, 1913 to 1928 . ·
$150,000 00
$1,000 00
8,000 00
$239,000 00
Value Sinking Fund, Jan. 1, 1913 . 57,253 98
Total net water debt, Jan. 1, 1913 .
$181,746 02
Total net water debt, Jan. 1, 1912 . Reduction for year 1912 . ·
181,851 39
105 37
Increase in Sinking Fund for year 1912 5,105 37
The bond issue of 1912 ($8,000) was expended as follows :
Construction account $1,000 00
Greenwood avenue ·
625 00
Orient street
6,298 97
$7,923 97
Report of Trustees of Sinking Funds.
In compliance with Chapter 293, Acts of 1898, we submit report for year 1912 :
Amount of funds as reported Jan.
1, 1912 .
$52,148 61
RECEIPTS.
Interest on $22,000 Swampscott
Water Bonds, 3} per cent, one year ·
$770 00
Interest on $2,000 Swampscott Sewer Bonds, 33 per cent, one year 70 00
Amounts carried forward,
$840 00 $52, 148 61
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Amount brought forward, $840 00 $52,148 61
Interest on $5,000 Reading Bonds, 42 per cent, one year . 225 00
Interest on $5,000 Revere Bonds, 4 per cent, one year 200 00
Interest on $5,000 Ipswich Bonds, 4
per cent, one year 200 00
Interest on $4,000 Lynn Bonds, 4 per cent, one year 160 00
Interest on $3,000 New Bedford Bonds, 33 per cent. one year 105 00
Iuterest on $1,000 Haverhill Bonds, 4 per cent, I year 40 00
Interest on $1,000 Great Barrington Bonds, 4 per cent, one year 40 00
Interest on $1,000 Amesbury Bonds, 4 per cent, one year 40 00
Interest on $1,000 Pittsfield Bonds, 32 per cent, one year . ·
35 00
Interest on $2,000 Quincy Bonds, 3} per cent, one year 70 00
Interest on $500 Milton Bonds, 32 per cent, one year 17 50
Interest on $1,000 Attleboro Bonds, 4 per cent, one year 40 00
Interest on $2,000 West Springfield Bonds, 4 per cent, one year So 00
Interest on $1,000 Swampscott
Water Bonds, 4 per cent, 6 months, 20 00
2,112 50
Interest, Security Trust Co. . · Reserved for Sinking Fund (2 per cent) . · . Gain from Milton Bond $500 at
IO 12
3,000 00
· $96.11 19 45
$57,290 68
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EXPENDITURES.
Interest and premium paid . $1,000 West Springfield 4 per cent Bond $8 22
$1,000 West Springfield 4 per cent Bond . 10 00
$1,000 Attleboro 4 per cent Bond .
4 33
$1,000 Attleboro 4 per cent Bond 2 50
$500 Milton 3 1-2 per cent Bond ·
1 65
$1,000 Swampscott 4 per cent Bond
10 00
36 70
$57,253 98
Investments.
$22,000 Swampscott Water Bonds, registered 33 per cent, due 1928, . $22,000 00 $1,000 Swampscott Water Bonds, registered 4 per cent, due 1927-8 . 1,000 00 $2,000 Swampscott Sewer Bonds, registered 32 per cent, due 1921-3, 2,000 00 $5,000 Reading Municipal Light Bonds, registered 43 per cent, due 1923-7 5,000 00
$2,000 Ipswich Engine House Bonds, registered 4 per cent, due 1926-7, $3,000 Ipswich Water Bonds, regis- tered 4 per cent, due 1924 . $5,000 Revere Schoolhouse Bonds . registered 4 per cent, due 1920-7 · $3,000 New Bedford Sewer Bonds, registered 3₺ per cent, due 1928 . $3,000 Lynn Water Bonds, registered + per cent, due 1922-7
2,000 00
3,000 00
5,000 00
3,000 00
3,000 00
$1,000 Lynn Sewer Bonds, regis- tered 4 per cent, due 1927 . $1,000 Great Barrington Water Bonds, registered 4 per cent, due 1923 . $1,000 Haverhill Schoolhouse Bonds, registered 4 per cent, due 1926 .
1,000 00
1,000 00
1,000 00
$57,290 68
Amount carried forward.
$49,000 00
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Amount brought forward, $49,000 00
$1,000 Pittsfield Sewer Bonds, reg- istered 32 per cent, due 1922 1,000 00 $1,000 Amesbury Water Bonds, reg- istered 4 per cent, due 1918 1,000 00
$2,000 Quincy Water Bonds, regis- tered 3} per cent, due 1927 2,000 00
$500 Milton Library Bond, coupon 33 per cent, due 1921 . 500 00
$2,000 West Springfield Refunding Bonds coupon 4 per cent, due 1928. 2,000 00
$1,000 Attleboro Water Bonds Cou- pon, registered 4 per cent, due 1926, 1,000 00
Deposit Security Trust Com- pany, Lynn 753 98
$57,253 98
I. IRVING EDGERLY. SAMUEL M. KEHOE, CHARLES E. HODGDON,
Trustees of Sinking Fund.
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REPORT OF The Water and Sewerage Board.
SEWER DEPARTMENT.
To the Citizens of Swampscott :
We submit herewith the Annual Report of this Department :
The pumping plant is now in good shape excepting the boilers. one of which it will be necessary to re-tube during the year. With this done, the plant will be in fair condition for a year or two, but it will be necessary in the near future to install new boilers.
During the year sewers have been put in the following streets : Banks road, Beach avenue, Cherry street, Greenwood avenue, King street, Mapledale place and Rock avenue, details of which can be found in table following report.
As the borrowing capacity of the Town for sewer work has become exhausted, it will be necessary before any more work can be done, to go to the Legislature for authority to borrow more money.
We have petitioned the Legislature for the authority to borrow $100,000, to be used in such amounts, and at such times, as the Town directs.
We recommend that for the ensuing year $5,500 be appropri- ated for maintenance and $1,000 for particular sewers.
At the last Annual Town Meeting, the question of sewerage east of the pumping station was referred back to our Board. We have taken the matter up with Mr. Worthington, the engineer who drew the original plans for the sewerage of the Town. We submit herewith his report for your consideration :
Messrs. I. Irving Edgerly, Samuel M. Kehoe. Charles E. Hodgdon of the Water and Sewerage Board, Swampscott. Mass.
GENTLEMEN, - I present the following statement and report upon the sewage disposal for the eastern section of Swampscott : The Report to the Sewerage Committee of your Town made
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by me December 31, 1901, shows on pages 20 to 22 of this report the preliminary studies made at that time of this section. It will be seen by an examination of this report that the investi- gations showed that the most economical method of disposal for this area was by a separate gravity outlet at Beach Bluff, near Ram Island. The objections to this advanced by the Town of Marblehead were largely of a sentimental nature and before the establishment of the Dread Ledge outlet, which was a practical demonstration of the effect of such an outlet in a tidal current, such as exists both at Dread Ledge and Ram Island.
In consequence of this objection, however, the eastern section of Swampscott, comprising about 600 acres, was divided by providing that the upper portion of this section, or about 390 acres, could be brought by gravity into the present system through an intercepting sewer.
This sewer was designed to run from the receiving basin through Humphrey street to Atlantic avenue, then through Atlantic avenue to Ocean avenue, Ocean avenue to Humphrey street and thence to the brook crossing near Manton street. This intercepting sewer required some deep cutting to bring the drainage by gravity, and the deepest cut was 22 feet on Ocean avenue, as shown by a profile prepared for this purpose.
The remaining 210 acres was to be collected by gravity at the junction of Atlantic avenue and Beach Bluff avenue. At this point was provided a small collecting basin, which when full was to be pumped through a cast-iron force main along Atlantic avenue to a point near Ocean avenue, when it was discharged into the gravity sewer leading to the present receiving basin through the intercepting sewer. This pumping was to be done by an electric motor designed to operate automatically by means of a float, which would start the motor when the basin filled and cut off the electric current when the basin emptied.
This design was to bring the sewage of this eastern section to the present receiving basin in the most economical manner.
It is to be noted, however, that a considerable portion of the sewage would require two pumpings, one at Atlantic avenue basin at Beach Bluff and again at the present receiving basin, with the rest of the sewage.
A comparison of the cost of the sewers required under each system of disposal is necessary to consider the question intelli- gently.
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The estimated cost of the sewers out- lined in the system shown on the present plans with the intercepter sewer and pumping area is $72,541 83
The estimated cost of pumping the sewage is $100 yearly, which cap- italized at 5 per cent represents or a total of for this plan.
2,000 00
$74,541 83
The estimated cost of sewers under the independent outlet system is . $43,286 61 and the cost of the outlet 27,725 00
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