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Beaches.
As in previous years a call was issued for bids for cleaning the beaches, but on receiving the same and carefully considering the matter, the Board deemed it advisable to have the work done by day labor under my super- vision. This proved to be a saving to the Town, as the work was com- pleted for nearly one-third less than the price asked by the lowest bidder. In all instances where further cleaning was necessary the abutters shared the expense.
Drainage.
The question of drainage in Swampscott is a very important matter for our consideration, as bad drainage is the cause of some of the contagious diseases which visit us so often.
During the summer and fall a great many complaints were received in regard to the condition of the brooks and drains in the different sections of the Town. Although some of these were for stagnant water, the most of them were cases where the course had become filled with debris and the water was overflowing on the premises. As these brooks play an impor- tant part in the surface drainage of the Town, it seems to me that they should be taken care of by some department that has the facilities for doing such work.
Food Products.
This has been the first experience with the regulation governing the sale of foodstuffs. This effort to protect the public health through the enforcement of this regulation has met with a great deal of opposition. Many methods, most of them primitive, have been resorted to by some of the dealers to circumvent this law. These people are obstinate about complying with any law which conflicts with what they assume to be their rights. They are loth to comply with any regulation that will interfere with their methods of doing business, and many of them have argued that the Board was interfering with some of their lawful rights. In my opinion this regulation is a step in the right direction towards protecting the public health, and every citizen should see that their dealer complies with the same as a protection to themselves.
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Complaints.
The following is a tabulated list of complaints received :
Miscellaneous
181
Garbage
115
Ashes and paper
61
Unsanitary conditions
-
48
Dead animals
35
Brooks and drains
19
Overflowing cesspools
14
Unsanitary privy vaults
13
Overcrowding tenements
9
Unsanitary toilets
9
Stagnant water .
8
Unsanitary buildings
8
Unsanitary stables
.
4
Recommendation.
I. I would most respectfully recommend the extension of the sewerage system in the Mountain Park district.
2. That the care of the brooks and drains be placed in the hands of some department that has the facilities for doing such work.
3. The adoption of an ordinance requiring the connection of all dwell- ing houses and other buildings on streets, where sewers exist, with those sewers and the installation of adequate plumbing appliances, followed by the immediate cleaning out and abolition of all existing privy vaults and cesspools.
4. The revision of the rules and regulations.
Respectfully submitted,
C. W. HORTON,
SWAMPSCOTT, January 1, 1916.
Health Officer.
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SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS' REPORT.
1915]
Report of the Surveyor of Highways.
To the Citizens of Swampscott :
The Surveyor of Highways herewith submits his annual report for the year ending December 31, 1915.
During the past year there has been constructed roadbed of tar-bound macadam to the amount of seven thousand square yards ; of concrete con- struction, 4,262 square yards were put in, and about one mile of gravel resurfaced road bed was built.
All gutters of the Town were scraped and cleaned at least twice, once in the spring and again in the fall, and on the main streets the gutters have been cleaned every week, weather permitting.
Thirty-nine signs, bearing the names of the streets where placed, have been erected at different parts of the Town.
The surface of the Danvers street bridge has been replanked this year with lumber which had previously been used in the construction of grano- lithic sidewalks on Humphrey street.
Two hundred and fifty-five feet of guard rail fence has been erected wherever needed, at different parts of the Town.
All the newly accepted streets in Town have had the roadways and gutters cleaned and resurfaced with gravel where needed.
Millett road received considerable attention from the Highway Depart- ment, the roadway being resurfaced, gutters paved, catch basins con- structed, drain pipes laid and guard rails erected. There is still consider- able more work to be done the coming year on both the upper end of Mil- lett road and also on Ocean View terrace.
Street Construction.
There have been built this year nine catch basins, and in connection with these basins there have been laid 396 linear feet of 15-inch pipe drain, 375 linear feet of 10-inch pipe drain, 594 linear feet of 8-inch pipe drain, and 76 linear feet of 6-inch pipe drain. Nearly allthe 8-inch and 10-inch pipe used in this work was taken from the old Stetson avenue drain, which was relaid a year ago.
During the past year one thousand five hundred square yards of gutters have been paved, also four hundred and fifty-four linear feet of curb- stone have been reset.
About one mile of new gravel sidewalks have been constructed on the following named streets : Puritan road, Humphrey street and the State road. For resurfacing work the amount of materials used follows :
Two hundred and ten loads of screened gravel, 187 loads of stone dust. There were 102 loads of sand used for sanding sidewalks.
There have been put in place on the various sidewalks of the town the
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past year, 197, square yards of new tar concrete walk, 1, 173 square yards of skim coat tar concrete walks and 330 square yards of tar painted concrete walks.
Street Watering and Oiling.
Bids for furnishing oil for street purposes were asked for, received and opened in the Selectmen's room, in the Town Hall, and were as follows, all bids being F. O. B. Swampscott :-
Standard Oil Company :
Per Gallon
Road Oil, 45 per cent. Asphalt .
.0315
Road Oil, 65 per cent. Asphalt
.0340
Non-Asphaltic, 28 gravity
. .0450
Gulf Refining Company :
Asphalt Oil, 40 per cent.
.0275
Asphalt Oil, 60 per cent.
.0300
John Baker, Jr. :
Asphalt Oil, 30 per cent.
.037
Asphalt Oil, 45 per cent.
.037
Asphalt Oil, 65 per cent.
.037
Asphalt Oil, 90 per cent., special
.060
161 Road Asphalt
.075
96 Road Asphalt
.075
Fred A. Cosgrove :
Non-Asphaltic
. .055
.0575
Indian Refining Company :
Asphalt Oil, 30-35 per cent.
.050
Asphalt Oil, 40-45 per cent.
.0525
Asphalt Oil, 60-65 per cent.
.0538
Asphalt Oil 80-90 per cent
.0515
Non-Asphaltic
.0650
Straw Oil
. .0450
M. McDonough & Co. :
Pennsylvania Non Asphaltic
· .05125
Curry Bros., Oil Company :
Pennsylvania Non-Asphaltic I tank .
.075
Pennsylvania Non-Asphaltic 5 tanks
·
.070
Alden Speares Sons Company :
Road Oil, Heavy Tasscoil . Less à cent 30,000 gallons
.06
Barrett Manufacturing Company :
Tarvia B by auto truck
.075
Tarvia B by tank cars
.
.0725
.
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Clark Refining Company :
Chugtite applied, .03 per yard, nine gallons.
The streets have been watered during fifty-seven days the past year. Also 67,558 gallons of oil have been applied.
The heavy travel which was diverted to other streets of the Town by reason of Humphrey street and the State road being closed the greater
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part of the year, has caused constant patrolling by men of this department using gravel, crushed stone, tar and oil for repairing street surfaces, and it will be necessary to do more street surfacing than usual the coming year.
Owing to the fact that all waivers for damages on Walker road have not been signed, no work could be done on this road.
Five new snow ploughs have been bought this year, to replace old and worn out ploughs.
I wish to thank the citizens of the Town for their display of confidence in the ability of this department to handle street construction work, as shown by their vote at a late special town meeting on the matter of Humphrey street construction.
Recommendations.
Danvers Street Bridge .- Owing to repeated complaints by the Boston & Maine Railroad Bridge Department, concerning the condition of this bridge, I would recommend that the Town appropriate a sufficient sum of money to reconstruct this bridge.
Concrete Mixer .- I would recommend that the Town purchase a con- crete mixer for the use of the Highway Department, and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for this purpose.
I would recommend that the concrete pavement on Humphrey street be extended this year from Pleasant street to Phillips corner, and that the Town appropriate money therefor, and that the work be done by the Highway Department.
I would recommend that Essex street, from the Lynn line to the Boston & Maine Railroad freight yard, be curbed on both sides and that the drive- way be paved, either with concrete or stone block paving, and that the Town appropriate money therefor, and that the work be done by the Highway Department.
I would also recommend that the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) be appropriated to be used for resurfacing Millett road and Ocean View terrace, and that the work be done by the Highway Department.
Amounts Recommended by Surveyor of Highways.
Administration.
Surveyor .
. $1,560 00
Clerical and telephone
100 00 Maintenance.
Repairs, streets, labor and teams 8,000 00
Cleaning streets and catch basins
2,000 00 ·
Crushing stone, labor, blasting
.
2,000 00 .
Roller and crusher repairs
500 00
· Equipment and repairs
500 00
Fuel, roller and crusher
. 350 00
Hay, grain and straw
1,300 00 ·
Shoeing
275 00
Vacations .
650 00
Amount carried forward,
$17,235 00
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Amount brought forward,
$17,235 00
Gas, board of horse, insurance
425 00
Harness repairs
50 00
Snow and ice, labor teams
2,000 00
Other expenses .
500 00
New work tar penetration to be used as follows : Humphrey street, from Pow- ers estate, Marblehead line, Puritan road and New Ocean street . . 6,000 00
$26,210 00
Sidewalk and Curbing.
Labor, concreting, sand, etc.
1,500 00
Street Watering and Oiling. Labor, Oil, Tar, Water .
5,000 00
Street Construction.
Labor, pipe, castings, cement, brick, build- ing catch basins, also paving gutters .
2,000 00
Total .
$34,710 00
Respectfully submitted,
MICHAEL J. RYAN, Surveyor of Highways.
SWAMPSCOTT, January 1, 1916.
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OVERSEERS OF THE POOR REPORT.
1915]
Report of Overseers of Poor.
To the Citizens of Swampscott :
The Board of Overseers of the Poor submit the following report : We have aided 87 persons this year, divided as follows :
Aided in Swampscott . 55
Aided in other cities and towns
32
Total
87
We have continually worked upon the plan that every able-bodied person over fifteen years of age should be of some help in supporting the family, and by insisting upon this plan being carried out it has reduced the expense to the town, and also made the family and individual more self- supporting.
We know by results already shown that this is a wise and safe plan to continue, as it will in many cases tend to make for better conditions and independence.
The Board has in several cases reduced the allowance, and by so doing the people have made more effort to help themselves.
We have had a number of calls for aid from people who really needed good advice and encouragement more than financial help.
We are gratified to find that our appropriation of $3,800 was more than sufficient for all our needs, and we have been able to return to the Town the balance of $448.03 unexpended.
The Board extends its thanks to all officials and citizens who have in any way assisted us in the past year.
Recommendation.
We would recommend that the Town appropriate the sum of $3,500 for the maintenance of the Poor Department for the ensuing year.
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH F. CROWELL, Chairman, EDMUND RUSSELL, Secretary, HARRY E. CAHOON.
SWAMPSCOTT, January 1, 1916.
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SECRETARY'S REPORT.
Persons having settlement in Swampscott aided by other cities and towns
32
Persons fully supported in Swampscott .
2
Families partially supported in Swampscott
IO
Men, women and children receiving aid in Swampscott dur- ing 1915
55
Settlement in Swampscott
.
.
42
Settlement elsewhere in State
.
·
I3
Number of persons aided in 1915 in Swampscott 55
By other cities and towns
32
87
Financial Report.
Reimbursed by State .
$28 33
Reimbursed by cities and towns
175 54
Due from State
19 65
Due from cities and towns .
139 84
Expenditures in 1911
3,624 60
Expenditures in 1912
3,798 39
Expenditures in 1913
.
3,876 03
Expenditures in 1914
3,798 45
Expenditures in 1915
3,351 97
Respectfully submitted,
EDMUND RUSSELL,
Secretary.
SWAMPSCOTT, January 1, 1916.
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WATER AND SEWERAGE BOARD REPORT.
1915]
Report of Water and Sewerage Board.
Water Department.
To the Citizens of the Town :
We submit herewith our annual report for the year 1915 :
In our last report mention was made of work on pipes and services on Paradise Road, which was to be resurfaced by the State, and we asked for and the Town voted $1,000 for this purpose.
After this estimate was made, the Town voted to put the Mudge Brook conduit in this street, and doing this caused more expense than we had estimated, as will be seen in figures for the cost of the work, the deficiency being paid from Department receipts.
We have for other work made a start in the Shaw Estate, and have laid about 1,200 feet of 6-inch pipe in Sargent and Aspen roads, also replaced smaller pipes with 6-inch in Bertha and Jessie streets, laid about 250 feet in Linden avenue and about 1,800 feet of 12-inch in Burrill street, from Paradise road to Essex street, all within the appropriation voted for the purpose.
Unexpended balances from 1913 and 1914, amounting to $528.94, were voted toward small extensions in Suffolk avenue, Crest road and Fair- view avenue, and the deficiency, amounting to $261.46, was paid from the Department receipts.
Last year the Board voted to equalize the water rates, and this year we have voted to reduce the excess water from 30c. to 25c. per 100 feet. In view of the fact that at the Annual Town Meeting there will be a report from the Committee appointed to consider a sliding scale on the water rates, we make no further comment, awaiting the report of that committee.
Another matter to which we call your attention is the matter of bonds issued by the Town for this Department. According to recent legislation we cannot issue these bonds for over five years. In view of the fact that we are now using only cast-iron pipe, the life of which is reckoned to be 40 to 50 years, this seems an unnecessary restriction. With any appre- ciable amount of extensions in the next four or five years, bonds for which must be issued, you can readily see that the debt requirements of principal and interest will increase to an alarming extent.
We have had a bill presented to the Legislature, giving the town the right to issue bonds for not over 30 years, as in years previous to 1915.
For the last two years we have recommended the purchase of a small auto truck, with our reasons for same. We again bring this to your attention, and again recommend that a sufficient amount be appropriated for this purpose.
Three years ago the Town voted to replace pipes in the Galloupe's Point property with 6-inch cast-iron, and at this time it was the intention of the
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Board to connect the dead end of this pipe through private land, a distance of approximately 325 feet, to the dead end in Tupelo road, but we were never able to come to an agreement with Mr. Lodge in the matter. Last fall Mr. E. A. Bardol, of Tupelo road, purchased the land through which the pipe would run, and has taken the matter up with the Board.
We recommend that the Town appropriate the amount of $700 to do this work, as soon as satisfactory arrangements can be completed with the owners for easement necessary. There is much valuable property in this location, and for fire protection alone, it is well worth the expenditure of the amount necessary to put in this missing link.
Relaying and extension of mains with cost, including gates and hydrants :
Paradise road $1,317 63
Sargent and Aspen roads, 1,214 ft. 6 in. cast-iron pipe, 2,398 82
Bertha and Jessie streets, 705 ft. 6 in. cast iron-pipe,
1,244 96
Linden avenue, 252 ft. 6 in. cast-iron pipe
197 09
Burrill street, 1,824 ft. 12 in. cast-iron pipe
1,000 00
Suffolk avenue, 150 ft. 6 in. cast-iron pipe
215 25
Crest road, 135 ft. 6 in. cast-iron pipe
321 05
Fairview avenue, 115 ft. 6 in. cast-iron pipe
254 10
Yawata street, 103 ft. 2 in. galvanized pipe
43 10
$6,992 00
Gates located as follows :
Total last report
407
Burrill street .
5
12-inch
Elmwood road
I 6-inch
Norfolk avenue
I 6-inch
Berkshire street
I 6-inch
Andrew road
I 6-inch
Sargent and Aspen roads
6 6-inch
Bertha and Jessie streets
2 6-inch
Burrill street .
I 6-inch
Crest road
I 6-inch
19
Total December 31, 1915
426
Hydrants located as follows:
Total last report
172
Paradise road
4
Sargent road .
I
Aspen road
2
Bertha street
I
Jessie street
I 9
Total December 31, 1915 . 181
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Table of distributing pipes in feet, December 31, 1915.
W. I. C. I.
C. L. Kalamein. Total.
I-inch
893
893
I4-inch
I28
128
Id-inch
2,565
2,565
2-inch
14,733
522
15,255
24-inch
475
475
3-inch
1,088
1,088
4-inch
6,958
333
1,734
9,025
6-inch
68,202
2,SI3
1,410
72,425
8-inch
6,593
6,593
Io-inch
17,612
694
18,306
12- inch
6,714
6,714
14-inch
3,045
3,045
Total
19,279 109,124
4,271
3,838 136,512
Meters purchased during the year 1915 : Seventeen 58-inch Lambert
$136 00
Four 12-inch Lambert
120 00
Cost of meters to January 1, 1915
$256 00 15,734 65
Total cost to December 31, 1915
$15,990 65
Total services December 31, 1914
1,748
New services added
66
Services abandoned
4
62
Total services December 31, 1915
1,810
Stock on hand December 31, 1915
$900 00
Total value Swampscott Water Plant .
$183,620 25
Financial Statement for Year Ending December 31, 1915.
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand, January 1, 1915
$269 87
Water, Services and Maintenances,
$44,585 44
Interest on Deposits
120 77
Coupons not returned
S7 50
Accrued Interest, bonds sold . .
28 67
Telephones
8 90
.
44,831 28 6,000 00
Bond Issue
Unexpended Balance, 1913-1914 .
528 94
$51,630 09
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EXPENDITURES.
Metropolitan Assessment.
Interest
$7,933 33
Maintenance
2,288 23
Sinking Fund .
1,516 27
Serial Bonds
120 91
Debt.
Sinking Fund
$3 000 00
Sinking Fund, Interest
5,250 00
Serial Bonds
4,700 00
Serial Bonds, Interest
3,238 50
Expenses.
Salaries
$742 00
Pay roll .
6,658 26
Miscellaneous .
6,629 34
14,029 60
Construction work .
6,992 00
$49,068 84
Balance on hand
Cash on hand .
$2,561 25 $2,402 22
Unexpended Balances. (Special Appropriations.)
Sargent and Aspen roads
$101 18
Linden avenue
52 81
Bertha and Jessie streets
5 04
$159 03
Trial Balance, December 31, 1914.
DEBITS.
Accounts outstanding, January 1, 1915
$5,472 07
1915, Minimum Billing
22,592 00
1915, Excess Billing .
18,556 85
1915, Additional Billing
459 67
Maintenance
500 00
Service Pipes and Labor
3,149 12
$50,729 71
CREDITS.
Cash Received
$44,585 44
Outstanding Water Rates
4,924 49
Outstanding Service Pipes and Labor
1,042 20
Abatements
71 12
Shut-offs
64 17
Cancellations
42 29
$50,729 71
$11,858 74
16,188 50
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Water Bonds Outstanding.
First, Second, Third, Fourth Issues due August 1, 1928 (Sinking Fund) 32 per cent · $150 000 00
Fifth Issue (Serial Bonds) due 1916 to 1939, 32 per cent · 72,000 00
Sixth Issue (Serial Bonds) due 1916 to 1928, 4 per cent .
6,500 00
Seventh Issue (Serial Bonds) due 1916 to 1925, 4 per cent Eighth Issue (Serial Bonds) due 1916 to 1924, 42 per cent Ninth Issue, (Serial Bonds) 1916 to 1919, 42 per cent
900 00
2,000 00
Tenth Issue (Serial Bonds) 1916 to 1918, 4 per cent 1,500 00
Eleventh Issue (Serial Bonds) 1916 to 1919, 4 per cent
6,000 00
Value Sinking Fund
$239,900 00 73,948 63
Net Water Debt December 31, 1915
. $165,951 37
Net Water Debt January 1, 1915
. 170,295 40
Decrease of Debt in 1915
4,344 03
Increase in Sinking Fund in 1915
5,644 03
SAMUEL M. KEHOE, CHARLES E. HODGDON, GEORGE D. R. DURKEE, Water and Sewerage Board.
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Report of Trustees of Sinking Fund for Water Debt.
In compliance with Chapter 293, Acts of 1898, we submit herewith our Report for the year 1915.
Amount in fund December 31. 1914 $68,304 60
RECEIPTS.
Interest $30,000 Swampscott 32 per cent, I year, $1,050 00 Interest $1,000 Swampscott 4 per cent, L year 40 00
Interest $1,000 Swampscott 42 per cent, 6 mos. . 22 50 Interest $900 Swampscott 42 per cent, 6 months, 20 25
Interest $2,000 Swampscott 32 per cent, I year . 70 00
Interest $5,000 Reading 42 per cent, 1 year ·
225 00
Interest $2,000 Ipswich 4 per cent, I year .
80 00
Interest $5,000 Revere 4 per cent, I year
200 00
Interest $3,000 New Bedford 32 per cent, I year, 105 00
Interest $3,000 Lynn 4 per cent, 1 year 120 00
Interest $3,000 Lynn 4 per cent, 6 months
60 00
Interest $1,000 Lynn 4 per cent, I year
40 00
Interest $1,000 Pittsfield 32 per cent, 1 year
35 00
Interest $2,000 Quincy 32 per cent, 1 year .
70 00
Interest $1,000 Amesbury 4 per cent, I year
40 00
Interest $3,000 Ipswich 4 per cent, I year .
120 00
Interest $1,000 Gt. Barrington 4 per cent, I year,
40 00
Interest $1,000 Haverhill 4 per cent, I year
40 00
Interest $500 Milton 32 per cent, I year . 17 50
Interest $2.000 W. Springfield 4 per cent, I yr. .
80 00
Interest $1,000 W. Springfield 4 per cent, 6 mos.
20 00
Interest $1,000 Attleboro 4 per cent, I year
40 00
Interest $2,000 Attleboro 32 per cent, I year
70 00
Interest $500 Swampscott 45 per cent, I year 22 50
Interest $1,000 Peabody 4 per cent, I year . 40 00
Interest Deposits, Security Trust Co.
10 73
2,678 48
From Water Department (2 per cent)
$3,000 00
3,000 00
Gain on Peabody Bond at $98.79
12 IO
Gain on West Springfield Bond at $99
10 00
22 IO
$74.005 18
EXPENDITURES.
Premium on two $1,000 Newton Bonds at $IO1.25 . .
$2 50
Premium on two $1,000 Cambridge Bonds at $101.25 · . .
2 50
Interest on Peabody Bond, 3 months 4 days IO 44
Amount carried forward, $15 44
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Amount brought forward, $15 44
Interest on West Springfield Bond, 3 months 28 1 days
I3
Intererest on Newton Bonds (2) 2 months 3 days, 14 00
Interest on Cambridge Bonds (2) 2 months 3 days, 14 00
56 55
Amount in fund, December 31st, 1915 $73,948 63 SAMUEL M. KEHOE, CHARLES E. HODGDON, GEORGE D. R. DURKEE. Sinking Fund Commissioners.
Sinking Fund Investments.
REGISTERED.
Thirty $1,000 Swampscott Water, 32 per cent., due 1928 Two $500 Swampscott Water, 4 per cent, due 1927-8 ·
$30,000 00
1,000 00
Nine $100 Swampscott Water, 42 per cent, due 1916-24 . 900 00
Two $1,000 Swampscott Sewer, 32 per cent, due 1921-3 . 2,000 .00 Five $1,000 Reading M. E. L. R., 42 per cent, due 1923-7 5,000 00
Two $1,000 Ipswich C. F. S., 4 per cent, due 1926-7
2,000 00
One $3,000 Revere School, 4 per cent, due 1924
3,000 00
Two $1,000 Revere School, 4 per cent, due 1920-7 . 2,000 00
One $3,000 New Bedford School, 32 per cent, due 1928 . $2,000
3,000 00
Two $1,000 Lynn Water, 4 per cent, due 1922-7
3,000 00
One $1,000 Lynn Sewer, 4 per cent, due 1927
1,000 00
One $1,000 Pittsfield Sewer, 32 per cent, due 1922 .
1,000 00
Two $1,000. Quincy Water, 32 per cent, due 1922-8
2,000 00
COUPON.
One $1,000 Amesbury Water, 4 per cent, due 1918 Three $1,000 Ipswich Water, 4 per cent, due 1924 . ·
1,000 00
3,000 00
One $1,000 Great Barrington Water, 4 per cent, due 1923 One $1,000 Haverhill School, 4 per cent, due 1926
1,000 00
One $500 Milton Public Library, 32 per cent, due 1921 . Two $1,000 West Springfield Refund, 4 per cent, due 1928 One $1,000 West Springfield Water, 4 per cent, due 1929
500 00
2,000 00
One $1,000 Attleboro Water, 4 per cent, due 1926 .
1,000 00
Two $1,000 Attleboro Water. 32 per cent, due 1935 One $500 Swampscott Sewer, 42 per cent, due 1916 One $1000 Peabody Sewer, 4 per cent, due 1931 . Two $1,000 Cambridge Water, 4 per cent, due 1924 Two $1,000 Newton Sewer, 4 per cent, due 1924 Cash, Security Trust Co. (Book 1018)
500 00
1,000 00
2,000 00
2,000 00
.
48 63
$73,948 63
1,000 00
1,000 00
2,000 00
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Sewer Department.
The work of this department for the year has been practically altogether on the Drainage question, rather than the sewer, only one small sewer having been built in Suffolk avenue. The Mudge Brook conduit, the Marshall Brook conduit, the Banks road drain, and the Humphrey street culvert have all been finished at or within the appropriation voted for the purpose, namely : $23,700, although the cost of the Marshall Brook con- duit will have to be taken from the contingent fund of the Selectmen. The other $1,000 of the $24,000 bonds issued was for the construction of the Marshall Brook drain, under the direction of the Board of Health.
We are still using the boilers, after considerable retubing and other repairs, and will undoubtedly manage to have them go another year.
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