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town some plan for a change in their building which would afford these much-needed accommodations. Upon full consideration, how- ever, of the unusually large demands upon the treasury of the town which will necessarily be made the present year, they have deemed it a duty to postpone until next year the request for an extraordi- nary appropriation for the use suggested.
Notwithstanding these unfavorable conditions by which the use of the library is restricted and its possible benefits diminished, the Trustees can heartily congratulate the town upon the excellent showing made by the statistics of the last year in regard to the intelligent and abiding interest of a very large body of our citizens in the reading of good books. While the accessions to its cata- logue have been less than usual, the circulation of the library has exceeded, by nearly five thousand volumes, the average of the nine years since its opening, and the percentage of books loaned from the department of Fiction has been less than the average of those years, and below the average of municipal public libraries. This record is encouraging, and should stimulate all having a voice in its control to new efforts to sustain and extend the influence of so beneficent an agency for the promotion of the welfare of our com- munity.
A list of donations to the library during the past year, desig- nating the number of bound volumes and of pamphlets, and a list of periodicals furnished for the reading-room, are hereto appended.
JAMES HUMPHREY,
For the Board of Trustees.
WEYMOUTH, Jan. 1, 1889.
DONATIONS.
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Ames Free Library (North Easton, Mass.)
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Boston, City of
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Brookline Public Library
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Brooklyn Library .
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Faxon, Henry L. .
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Hoar, Hon. George F
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Holbrook, J. A.
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Laughton, Macdonald & Co. .
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Mosely, Edw. A. . · Newberry Library (Chicago, Ill.)
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Newton Free Library
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Pierce, Hon. Henry L.
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Porter, Charles H. .
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Raymond, John
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Smithsonian Institution
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Thomas Crane Public Library (Quincy, Mass. )
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Washington, Public Documents
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Watertown Free Public Library
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Whitman Public Library
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PERIODICALS FURNISHED FOR THE READING-ROOM.
Monthly.
Semi-Monthly.
American Agriculturist.
Good Housekeeping.
Art Amateur.
Literary World.
Atlantic Monthly.
Union Signal. (Gift.)
Blackwood's Magazine.
Catholic World.
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Weekly.
Century.
Frank Leslie's Ill. Newspaper.
Forum.
Garden and Forest.
Harper's Monthly.
Harper's Bazar.
Index of Periodicals.
Harper's Weekly.
Lippincott's Magazine.
Harper's Young People.
Literary News.
Illustrated London News.
Journal of Education.
Monthly Record of Five Points House of Industry. (Gift.)
Littell's Living Age.
North American Review.
Nation.
Popular Science Monthly.
St. Nicholas.
Scientific American Supplement.
Scribner's Magazine.
Youth's Companion.
Wide Awake.
An extra copy of Harper's Monthly and the Century are sub- scribed for, for loaning.
Most of the other magazines may be borrowed after they have been taken from the tables in the reading-room.
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Scientific American.
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TREASURER'S REPORT
Of Receipts and Expenditures of the Tufts Library for the year . 1888:
RECEIPTS.
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1888
$22 58
Last year's appropriation
300 00
Appropriation for 1888
800 00
¿ dog-license money
475 82
Rent of estate, Geo. T. Rand .
400 00
Rent, C. G. Esterbrook
150 00
Interest Tufts Library Fund
100 00
Catalogues sold by librarian
25 00
Fines collected by librarian
142 35
Water tax of tenants
5 00
Damage on books .
.
1 10
Old paper sold .
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.
15
$2,422 00
EXPENDITURES.
Paid Laughton, Macdonald & Co., books
$493 08
Estes & Lauriat
65 05
Houghton, Mifflin & Co. .
41 00
Clark & Carr
12 34
Munn & Co.
1 25
J. H. Hiscock . .
6 75
A. S. Clark
89
Little & Brown
15 00
Dodd, Mead & Co. .
1 70
Massachusetts History Co.
.
McClurg & Co., magazines
$2 05
History Company, magazines
22 80
Publishers weekly magazines
5 05
R. W. Bowker, magazines
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1 05
E. H. Hames & Co., magazines
2 00
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4 00
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Paid C. Scribner, magazines
$1 05
Youth's Companion . · .
50
$34 50
Amount overcharged
10 10
$24 40
J. G. Roberts & Co., binding . 93 10.
C. A. Blanchard, librarian
478 76
L. C. Richards, assistant .
151 10
M. L. Foye
7 00
Horace F. Trufant, janitor
63 65
Otis Cushing, transporting books to South Wey- mouth . 40 00
Clark & Foster, distributing books to South Weymouth 25 00
Wm. G. Nash, distributing books to South Wey- mouth . 25 00
F. D. Pratt, transporting and distributing books to South Weymouth 40 00
John W. Bartlett & Co., transporting and dis- tributing books to North Weymouth 52 00
J. W. Bates, distributing books to East Wey- mouth 52 00
Old Colony Railroad, transporting books . ·
11 25
A. L. Hobart, transporting books . ·
38 00
George W. Young, transporting books for 1886 and 1887 48 80
C. G. Esterbrook, printing
25 00
A. W. Blanchard, printing 21 95
Alfred Mudge & Son, printing .
45 24
J. W. Rand, post-office supplies 12 38
Library Bureau, supplies . 11 35
Carter, Rice & Co., supplies 4 59
J. Q. Bradish, supplies .
1 00
C. H. Vaughn, supplies .
1 75
A. Storrs, Bement & Co., supplies 3 65
C. W. Clark, supplies 1 50 .
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Paid B. F. Smith, supplies
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$4 77
A. W. Baker, expressing .
7 10
J. B. Rhines & Co., lumber
121 75
A. Sherman, labor .
103 30
J. N. Our, labor
27 70
J. Bailey, labor
1 52
S. Curtis, lumber and labor
7 96
C. F. Pope, labor
4 25
B. H. Everett, labor, etc.
17 20
G. W. Hersey, labor, etc.
4 00
Estate G. S. Baker, supplies, etc.
19 19
John Ford, sprinkling
8 00
J. Loud & Co., coal
101 31
C. A. Whittemore, oil
5 54
A. S. Jordan & Co., insurance
16 20
Mrs. McAvoy, cleaning
8 40
Water tax
10 00
Cash on hand .
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34 28
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$2,422 00
A. S. WHITE, Treasurer.
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
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The undersigned, Assessors of the town of Weymouth, respect- fully submit the following report of their work for the year ending Dec. 31, 1888.
We have assessed upon the polls and estates of all persons and corporations liable to taxation in said town, the following sums which have been committed to Alfred O. Crawford, Esq., Collector of Taxes, with a warrant in due form of law for collecting and pay- ment of the same.
Town grant, $90,350 ; State tax, $7,470 ; County tax; $3,829.69 ; overlayings, $1,037.76 ; non resident bank tax, $4,224.99. Total amount of commitment, $106,912.44. Number of persons assessed, 3,343. Number of polls assessed, 2,954. Number of persons assessed a poll tax only, 1,497. Valuation of personal estate, $1,645,468 ; valuation of real estate, $4,255,646. Total valua- tion, $5,901,114. - Valuation of Union Bank resident stock, $256,932 ; non-resident stock, $231,068. Total valuation, $488,- 000. Valuation of South Weymouth Bank resident stock, $142,-
919 ; non-resident stock, $35,581. Total valuation, $178,500. Number of acres of land assessed, 9,244. Number of dwelling- houses, 2,194 ; number of horses, 869; number of cows, 568; number of neat cattle other than cows, 48; number of swine, 44.
Amount of exempted property owned by religious societies, $274,050; charitable and benevolent societies, $13,332; agri- cultural society, $8,300. Total amount, $295,682.
Amount of abatements and remittances made, $456.56.
Inasmuch as a very large part of the remittances made each year are caused by persons leaving town before the taxes become due, we would recommend that all poll taxes be made fully due and
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payable on or before July 15, and that the Collector be required to enforce the collection of all taxes where only a poll is assessed on or before the twenty-fifth day of August.
Respectfully submitted,
LEONARD GARDNER, WILMOT CLEVERLY, JOHN P. BURRELL, GEORGE A. CUSHING, J. CLARENCE HOWE, Assessors.
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NORTH WEYMOUTH PARK AND PLAY- GROUND.
In accordance with a vote of the town passed March 5, 1888, and permission granted by the Selectmen Sept. 4. 1888, the follow- ing joint report is submitted : -
Received from E. S. Beals $450 00
C. N. Beal, considerations named in deed
1 00
E. S. Beals, for 1 load of loam
40
N. W. Cemetery, for 3 loads of loam ·
1 20
Bradley Fertilizer Co., fertilizer
10 80
Peter F. Hagerty, discount on bill
5 09
Wm. T. Shaw .
5 00
Jos. L. Newton, for labor
50
E. S. & J. L. Newton, for boundary stones
3 50
Ancil Burrell
5 00
Geo. W. Lovell, for boundary stones
3 50
Bradley Fertilizer Co., fertilizer .
15 00
Rachel J. Clapp .
2 00
W. F. Cushing, overpay refunded
35
Pilgrim Society, for boundary stones
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3 50
Noble Morse, for boundary stone
1 75
Noble Morse, for wood .
50
Geo. J. Reis
5 00
Wm. Coleman .
1 00
Mrs. Coleman .
1 00
Town, for building sidewalk, etc.
15 00
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Alexis Torrey .
100 00
James Torrey .
25 00
John W. Bartlett
10 00
Solomon Ford .
10 00
F. H. Torrey ·
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10 00
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Received from J. A. Holbrook
$15 00
J. A. Cushman
10 00
Geo. W. Lovell
10 00
David Ford
10 00
Augustus Beals
10 00
John E. Stoddard
10 00
Herbert A. Newton .
5 00
Mrs. J. H. Torrey
5 00
C. H. Newton .
5 00
W. A. Drake .
5 00
W. L. Jenkins .
5 00
A. E. Jackson .
5 00
L. Torrey
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5 00
L. B. Curtis
10 00
Frank A. Newell
5 00
T. F. Cleverly .
5 00
H. W. Dyer
5 00
B. F. Thomas .
5 00
David Benson .
5 00
Warren Dyer
5 00
C. Clapp .
2 00
H. J. French .
5 00
George Bellows
2 00
Charles Stevens
5 00
George W. Clark
1 00
Leonard Wolfe
1 00
James Williams
1 00
T. B. Seabury .
2 00
Edwin Walker .
1 00
W. L. Bates
1 00
E. E. Dyer
1 00
J. B. French
1 00
George Ruggles
2 00
W. T. Seabury
1 00
Charles Chubbuck
2 00
J. B. Barker
1 00
F. A. Bicknell .
5 00
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Received from George L. Newton
$1 00
A. F. Pratt
1 00
F. L. Spear
1 00
Joseph Brown . .
1 00
A. J. Sidelinger
1 00
Augustus M. Bicknell
1 00
George H. Pratt
5 00
John Binner
2,00
A. W. Bartlett
2 00
W. O. Collyer .
2 00
Fabian Miller .
2 00
George Briggs .
2 00
George O. Miller
2 00
Daniel Vining .
1 00
Joshua H. Shaw
5 00
G. C. Fisher
1 00
Henry Stoddard
5 00
David L. French
2 00
Chester H. Stoddard
1 00
G. G. French .
1 00
F. J. Barnes
1 00
H. E. Kenerson®
1 00
A. V. Sidelinger
1 00
E. R. Blanchard
1 00
A. W. Phillips .
1 00
Wm. A. Clark .
1 00
Martin H. White
1 00
D. J. Pratt
1 00
David Grenville
1 00
R. F. Cleverly .
1 00
James Lovell .
1 00
J. W. Cushing .
2 00
W. A. Bicknell
50
Cash
50
Cash
50
John Roachman
50
Cash
50
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Received from Stephen Delory
$1 00
G. T. Stoddard
50
H. T. Bicknell
3 00
Charles Marion
1 00
Charles Dyer .
1 00
Edward H. Benson
2 00
Charles L. Seabury .
1 00
George French
50
Joshua P. Holbrook .
00
W. M. Tyler
1 00
M. A. Hagerty
1 00
N. Q. Cushing .
50
J. Fred Miller .
50
C. Patch & Son
10 00
John F. Brown
2 00
James Thayer ..
1 00
Samuel P. Nash
1 00
W. W. Kenerson
50
G. W. Beane .
2 00
W. E. Beane
00
Edward L. Dorant
1 00
M. M. Morse .
1 00
W. F. Cushing
2 00
Henry A. Nash
25 00
Frank Lewis
1 00
Thomas Kerivan
1 00
Charles H. Cash
1 00
B. P. Thomas .
1 00
Clarence G. Trussell
.
2 00
George H. Cunningham
1 00
Thomas Bicknell
1 00
Leonard Thompson .
5.00
Joseph De Young
1 00
Peter F. Hagerty
3 00
John H. Libbey .
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1 00
C. H. Burgess . .
2 00
John W. Thomas
1 00
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Received from Chester S. Ford
$2 00
George N. Whiting .
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50
Harvey Cushing
1 00
G. G. Cushing .
1 00
Leon Johnston
1 00
E. Frank Beals
10 00
James L. Beals
10 00
James Brayshaw
1 00
Seth A. Pratt .
10 00
G. J. Whip
1 00
Cash
25
M. Harrigan
1 00
George H. Walker
1 00
Joseph L. Newton
.5 00
Alfred T. Baker
1 00
Frank E. Baker
1 00
Wilmot Cleverly
1 00
Nathan Holbrook
10 00
J. Sheppard & Son .
10 00
G. W. Walker .
00
R. E. Loud
1 00
A. J. Shaw
1 00
Henry L. Kenerson .
1 00
1
Eli Culley
10 00
Edward C. Culley
5 00
Fred. C. Fisher
1 00
Fred. Lincoln .
1 00
Frank H. Whiting
1 00
James F. Thomas
10 00
Edward B. Newton
10 00
John W. Burr .
1 00
E. F. Pratt
1 00
Lewis A. Beals .
2 00
$1,109 84
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PAYMENTS.
Paid for recording 5 deeds
$3 90
C. W. S. Seymour's 2 plans 17 00
Henry Hurley's labor, 163 hours
32 60
Abram Delory's labor, 2172 hours 43 50
E. S. Beals's horse, 189} hours 28 43
Three trees of J. Murphy 15 00
Lawn seed of Joseph Breck & Sons .
12 70
Peter F. Hagerty's labor, 142 hours .
31 95
Peter F. Hagerty's 2 horses, 154 hours
46 20
Mike Hagerty's labor, 153 hours
30 60
Robert Cruce's labor, 112} hours
22 50
Charles Perigo's labor, 4 hours
80
Michael Urell's labor, 147} hours
29 50
James Fogerty's labor, 167} hours
33 50
William Allen's labor, 872 hours
17 50
Harry Hosely's labor, 85 hours
17 00
Thomas Connell's labor, 85 hours
17 00
Geo. W. Lovell's man and horse, 5 hours .
1 75
W. F. Cushing's man and horse, 32} hours
11 37
30 loads of gravel from Wm. T. Shaw
1 20
11 loads of gravel from C. Litchfield
44
27 loads of gravel from Mrs. Cleverly
1 08
8 stone posts from McGrath Brothers 25 00
Fertilizer from Bradley Fertilizer Company 10 80
One settee
2 25
Frame for plan
3 .00
Material and labor of Weymouth Water Works, 23 42
H. H. Kenerson's labor and paint
2 03
J. R. Orcutt's bill for fence
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8 85
Joseph Duyone's labor, 128} hours ·
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25 70
Henry's Hurley's labor, 85g hours
17 10
Abram Delory's labor, 1554 hours
31 05
E. S. Beals's horse, 109¿ hours
16 39
Town's coal for engine
3 75
Fertilizer from Bradley Fertilizer Company
15 00
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Paid John Ford's wheel-drag .
$3 00
B. F. Richards's derrick . 5 00 .
Geo. W. Lovell's hauling stones
2 50
J. H. Pratt's labor, 40 hours
8 00
Stones bought .
2 00
John Coffey's labor, 155 hours . Abram Delory's labor, 164} hours E. S. Beals's horse, 107} hours Henry Hurley's labor, 1202 hours
31 00
32 85
16 12
24 15
14 00
Francis Cushing's labor, 70 hours W. F. Cushing's horse, 65 hours Grass seed of J. R. Orcutt
18
Peter F. Hagerty's labor, 90 hours
20 25
Peter F. Hagerty's 2 horses 102 hours
30 60
Mike Hagerty's labor, 92 hours
18 40
Robert Cruce's labor, 70 hours
14 00
Joseph Conrad's labor. 72} hours
14 50
Joseph Duyone's labor, 92 hours Henry Hurley's labor, 71 bours
14 20
Abram Delory's labor, 1452 hours
29 15
John Coffey's labor, 60 hours
12 00
E. S. Beals's horse, 103 hours .
15 45
J. H. Thompson's men and horses
63 63
E. S. Beals's 2 men and horse .
50
E. S. Beals's 2 men, 8} hours
40
E. S. Beals's horse, 23 hours
37
Grass seed of J. R. Orcutt
3 00
Material and labor of Weymouth Water Works, 15 15
E. S. Beals's 2 men, 2 hours
80
H. L. Humphrey's engineer labor
.
00
B. F. Thomas's labor, collecting . .
10 00
Noble Morse's labor, 10 hours .
2 00
G. W. Bean's labor
50
G. W. Lovell's horse labor
1 57
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18 40
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$1,042 28
9 75
1.41
Balance with T. F. Cleverly, Treasurer of North
Weymouth Improvement Association
$67 56
$1,109 84
The bills paid were certified to as being correct by E. F. Pratt, Auditor of the North Weymouth Improvement Association, and were approved and ordered to be paid by the Executive Committee of said Association.
THOMAS F. CLEVERLY, Treasurer N. W. I. Association.
E. S. BEALS, President N. W. I. Association.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF FIFTEEN.
The Committee of Fifteen, chosen by the town at its last annua meeting to suppress the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors, held its first meeting in Engine Hall, Ward 2, March 13, 1888, and organ- ized by the choice of a chairman and secretary.
After a full consideration of the matter, it was unanimously decided that the police work should be placed in charge of one chief officer. A committee was then appointed to consult with Capt. Andrew J. Garey, who soon reported that his services could be secured at a salary of $1.200 a year, with the condition that he should have at least one regular assistant. It was voted to engage Capt. Garey. The committee also engaged Nelson W. Gardner as assistant officer, at a salary of $50 per month.
The officers entered at once upon the work, and have continued it with such successful results as appear in the subjoined report of Capt. Garey, and as is generally known throughout the town, the sale of liquors has been driven into concealment. There are now no places where sales are made openly, and the business has become a very uncon.fortable and dangerous one to follow, even stealthily.
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A prevailing practice for evading the law, and one difficult of detection, is to carry small quantities of liquor in the pocket, and sell to the thirsty in by-places and dark corners. To meet this . evasion a bill has been introduced into the Legislature, which will allow officers to search persons suspected of selling in this manner, and it is to be hoped that this bill will become a law.
The most perplexing question that the committee have had to act upon has been the application of the law to the druggists. Realizing that it was the settled conviction of the people of the town that the druggists must be selling large quantities of liquors, otherwise so many of them could not do a living business, they were, on the other hand, satisfied that there was a decided feeling that there should be one place in each prominent village where liquors for medicinal and mechanical purposes could be bought without obliging the seller to violate the law. Therefore when all the druggists had applied for a sixth-class license, a majority of the committee met at the Town House on the day of the public hearing before the Selectmen, and voted to recommend that a license be granted to one druggist in cach of the Wards 2, 3, and 5, and offered to select the names of the three to be licensed.
Both the recommendation and offer of the committee were ac- cepted by the Selectmen, and at a later date were carried into effect. Naturally enough this action excited the indignation of the other druggists and their friends, and such a pressure was brought to bear upon the Selectmen that all but two received licenses.
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The committee would call attention to the small amount expended for the nine months ending Dec. 19, namely, $1,426, and by ref- erence to the report of Capt. Garey it will be seen that the fines imposed amount to $1,506, so that, could the latter have come to the town, instead of going into the county treasury, the work of the officers would have been self-supporting.
The committee have held meetings from time to time, which have been fully attended, and reports from the different wards have shown that the officers have been efficient and faithful in their work. The committee feel that they were fortunate in securing the services of these officers.
The committee decidedly and unanimously recommend to the
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town the continuance of this system of enforcing the law ; they would also recommend that the sum of $1,500 be raised and appro- priated, and that the unexpended balance of last year be reappro- priated.
Respectfully submitted,
WILMOT CLEVERLY, AUGUSTUS BEALS, Ward One.
B. F. RICHARDS,
N. D. CANTERBURY,
Z. L. BICKNELL, Ward Two.
M. SHEEHY,
A. J. RICHARDS,
GEO. W. WHITE,
CHAS. T. CRANE,
BRADFORD HAWES, GILMAN B. LOUD, C. W. FEARING,
Ward Foor.
H. B. REED,
A. E. VINING,
G. L. WENTWORTH,
Ward Five.
Committee.
REPORT OF A. J. GAREY.
EAST WEYMOUTH, Dec. 31, 1888.
To the honorable the Town Committee for the enforcement of the law against the sale of intoxicating liquors :
GENTLEMEN, - I have the honor to submit the following report of work performed since March 19, to date : -
Whole number of prosecutions for violating the liquor law
36
Amount of fines imposed $1,375 00
Number of persons sent to the House of Correction for violations of the liquor law, for terms of three months each
5
Ward Three.
144
Whole number of searches made for intoxicating liquors
45
Whole number of liquor seizures made 18
Number of prosecutions for drunkenness, disturbing the peace, illegal gaming, etc. 26 1
Amount of fines imposed . $131 00
Number committed to House of Correction, for terms
of 30 days to three months each . 10
Respectfully submitted,
ANDREW J. GAREY.
Assisted by NELSON W. GARDNER
REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS
OF THE
TOWN OF WEYMOUTH FOR THE YEAR 1888.
The Water Commissioners of the town of Weymouth respectfully submit their sixth annual report.
Success has continued to follow your water works during the past year, and returns for the expense incurred show a satisfactory increase as per statement.
(For a more itemized report see Superintendent's report.)
Whole number of services
1,450
Number of services put in 1888
132
Water takers added in 1888
144
Whole number of water takers
1,531
Income for the year 1888 :
From the town for hydrants
$7,500 00
Water rents collected
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16,852 44
Water rents unpaid
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1,234 81
$25,587 25
Less rents due in 1887
612 27
$24,975 98
Amount received in 1887
22,011 94
Increase for 1888 .
$2,963 04
Your Commissioners have completed the laying of a new main from William G. Nash's store through Main and Washington Streets to Federal Street in Ward 3. This will connect the high service with the gravity ; it also taps the large main pipe which
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supplies water to the north section of the town on Main Street near Mr. Ells's, and can be used in connection with the high or gravity service as occasion may require. In the completion of this main we have another connection between the high service and north section of the town, previous to which if any break had oc- curred in the main pipe line, the north section of the town would have been dependent on the main through Pleasant Street, which is only 6-inch and would have been small for the service required.
In putting in this main it was considered expedient to cut down the hill 9 feet and widen the roadway to 28 feet near the house of Mr. McGennis ; this was rock cutting, and from a careful account kept of the expense, the extra expense incurred amounted to $1,097.66, and considering the great advantage to the roadway should be reimbursed by the town to the water works. The whole expense of putting in the main from W. G. Nash's store to Federal Street was $11,782.27, of which $6,529 was for labor and $5,253 .- 27 for pipe and other material. There were also laid 1,373 feet of 6-inch pipe in Richmond and Webb Streets, and 216 feet of 6-inch pipe in Union Street. It was intended to have put in an extension of pipe in Randolph Street, but owing to the delay in the other work, occasioned by heavy and continued rains, this work was prevented. It is, however, the intention to work this extension early in the spring.
Mr. George J. Reis has continued to superintend the works dur- ing the past year to our satisfaction, and his services have been secured for the ensuing year.
Mr. George W. Sargent has charge of the works as engineer at the pumping station, and has managed the same in a satisfactory manner.
In accordance with the vote of the town, your Commissioners have paid to the trustees of the sinking fund $12,000.
ANALYSIS OF GREAT POND WATER.
During the past year samples of the water of Great Pond have been forwarded to the State Board of Health at six different times. The analysis is very satisfactory. The actual results can be found in the Superintendent's report.
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MILL AND LAND DAMAGES.
The damages awarded by the County Commissioners, in August, 1887, for the taking of land for the main water pipe line from Great Pond to Middle Street, have been paid to nine of the ten petitioners whose awards were included in their decree of that date.
The claim of the South Boston Ice Company was heard by said Commissioners in February last, and their decree awarding the sum of four hundred dollars as damages was filed in September, but no further action has been taken in this suit.
In the mill owners' suits against the town the plaintiffs' motion for a new trial, pending at the date of our last report, has been denied ; and the plaintiffs in three of those suits have waived their exceptions to the rulings of the justice presiding at the trial in the Superior Court, and accepted the verdicts of the jury.
The suits of the Assignees of the Weymouth Iron Company and of John C. Howe et al. are awaiting the decision of the Supreme Judicial Court upon the question of the allowance of their excep- tions, and if these shall be allowed those plaintiffs will be permitted to submit their claims to another jury.
ADDITIONAL POWER AT PUMPING STATION.
Your Commissioners are of the unanimous opinion that an additional pump and boiler are necessary at the pumping station. At the present time we are dependent wholly upon one pump and boiler, and in case of any accident to the same the high service would be cut off entirely until such accident could be repaired.
The cost of an additional pump and boiler would probably be near $8,000, and we recommend that an appropriation for that amount be made.
BONDS.
Anticipating the action of the town at its March meeting, your Commissioners have petitioned the Legislature for authority to issue additional bonds in the sum of $50,000. A portion of this sum will be necessary for the purpose of paying for the mill damages, additional power at the pumping stations, and for further extensions.
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APPROPRIATIONS.
Your Commissioners would ask for the following appropriations for 1889 : -
The town to raise for hydrants $7,500 00
The town to raise for fountains 300 00
For payment of interest on bonds from income 14,000 00
For payment to sinking fund from income · 7,000 00
For payment of current expenses from income . 6,000 00
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