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MAINS.
But four small leaks have been detected in our mains during the year. These were all caused by defective joints, and were repaired at a small expense.
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We have laid 4,813.5 feet of main pipe this year in the streets and private ways, as shown by the table following this report. Five hundred feet of two-inch main pipe in private way off Broad Street, opposite engine house, has been replaced with six-inch cast iron.
The total length of main pipe now in use is 51 miles, 4,790 feet.
We have been called upon once to furnish a portion of the town of Braintree with water while they were making some repairs. It did not effect our pressure so that we could detect it on our gauge at the office.
HYDRANTS.
One hydrant on Broad Street, opposite Phillips Street, was broken by a runaway team. With the exception of this, our hydrants have caused us no trouble and are in good order.
GATES AND GATE BOXES.
The gates are in good working order.
Fifty-nine decayed wooden gate boxes have been replaced with cast iron ones this year. This is a matter that will require con- siderable attention as long as there are any wooden boxes left.
SERVICE-PIPES.
Four leaks have been repaired in the service-pipes at a small expense, three of these were defective joints and one was in side walk stop.
One hundred and fourteen new service-pipes have been laid this year as follows : -
99 & inch lead
3 1 66
66
1,924.8 feet 88.
18 2
galv. iron
234.1 66
1 1 66 66 66
. 13.5 66
66 66 66
13.5 "
1 2 66
66
66
33. 6
1 2
66 tarred iron
15. 66
1 6
cast iron
12. 66
2,333.9 feet
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Nineteen hundred and eighty-seven service pipes have been laid to date.
Of these, there are sixteen that the water has not been let on and nine that have been discontinued.
Number of feet of each size laid as follows : -
1,764 & inch diameter
41,668.6 feet
184 1 66
5.041.7
19 1} 66 773.5
14 2 66 314.5 66
1 23 66
17. .6
13
36. .
2 4
66
28.
26 6.
47.
Total length of service pipe
47,926.3 feet
Number miles of service pipe 9,076.
Thirteen old wrought iron service pipes have been replaced by lead.
One hundred and sixteen water takers have been added this year, making total number to date two thousand and eighty.
Two services that were shut off for nonpayment of rates have been let on by the payment of two dollars and the unpaid rates.
Water is supplied to the following : -
Families
2,073
Laundries 4
Stores .
41
Barber-shops 13
Offices
6
Boarding-houses 12
Banks
Engine-houses 4
6
Depots .
4
Greenhouses
5
Schoolhouses
20
Markets
3
Cemeteries 3
7
Bakeries
Churches
13
Slaughter-houses
1
Halls
9
Manufactories 37
Public Library
1
Livery & express stables,
10
Photograph rooms . ·
2
6 Truck stables
10
Club rooms
Restaurants .
4
Lawn hydrants 72
Saloons
.
Blacksmith stops 4
Private stables 157
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Gymnasium . 1
Ornamental fountains 3
Paint shops
2
Public drinking fount- ains . ·
12
Ice houses
2
Electric Light works
1
Parks
·
1
Coal and wood yards
2
Motors
5
Meters
4
Street Watering stand pipes
2 Hydrants
338
NUMBER OF FIXTURES.
Faucets
2,518
Water closets
136
Hand hose
· 956
Urinals
. 17
Bath tubs
101
Number of houses supplied with water
. 1,816
Number of houses on pipe line not supplied
269
Number of houses that pipe line does not reach
. 176
PIPES LAID AND GATES AND HYDRANTS SET IN 1892.
LENGTH IN FEET LAID.
GATES SET.
STREET.
LOCATION.
Cast Iron. 6 in.
Galv. Iron. 2 in.
Wrought Iron. 2 in.
Galv. Iron. 1} in.
Galv. Iron. 1 in.
Hydrants.
6 in. 2 in.
Front St.
1,317
-
-
From Mill St. to old Reed Place.
Fort Point. Main St.
1 922
-
116
From Pond St., north.
Private Way.
548
Off Broad St.
-
1
83.5
Off Lake St., from end of pipe.
Pearl St. Thicket St. Wharf St.
1,323
From Pond St., south.
-
167.5
1 1 1 From East St., north.
4,110
167.5
199.5
256
80.5
5
4
1
4,813.5 feet.
Number feet pipe laid .
.
4,813.5
Number hydrants set
5
Number gates set .
5
-
1
256
1 11111 1
1111 1 1
Off Prospect St.
1
1
From end of pipe.
80.5
111
1
2
1
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DISTRIBUTION PIPES AND GATES LAID TO DEC. 31, 1892.
SIZE.
Cast-iron Pipe.
Wrought-iron Pipe.
Galvanized- iron Pipe.
Lead Pipe.
Gates.
20-inch diam.
250.
ft.
-
1
18
. .
66
2,092.5
66
-
1
14
20,679.5
12
12
19,087.8
28
10
30,905.2
37
8
37,465.2
58
6
132,222.4
207
4
1,764.5
10,070.9 ft. 14,709.3 " 1,575. 6
256. 574.5 0
520.5 ft.
G
244,467.1 ft.
26,355.2 ft.
2,727.5 ft.
520.5 1t.
424
274,070.3, total number feet.
2 12-inch valves.
51,907, total number miles.
1 14-inch check valve.
424 gates.
6 automatic air valves.
338 hydrants.
7 6-inch blow-offs.
9 4-inch blow-off's.
500 feet 2-inch pipe taken out of private way off Broad Street and replaced with 6-inch.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE J. RIES, Superintendent.
2
27
36
1
-
1,897. ft.
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ENGINEER'S REPORT.
To the Weymouth Water Board :
GENTLEMEN, - I respectfully submit the following for the year ending Dec. 31, 1892 : -
Both pumps are in fairly good or'er. No repairs have been needed on the Blake pump, but it will soon need a new set of rubber valves.
Fifteen new springs and one new high-pressure piston head have been needed in the Dean pump.
Six new valves and three new springs have been put in vacuum pumps during the year.
The old boiler has been newly fire bricked in front and one one and one-fourth inch old check valve has been replaced with a new one.
The new boiler will soon need new bricking in front and a new set of arches. With the exception of this I think everything is in good order.
Have pumped for two fires - June 17 and Oct. 30.
Let on high seavice five times during the year for fire purposes - March 18, Aprll 21, May 29, Nov. 16 and Dec. 26.
The following tables show the amount of water pumped, coal consumed, etc.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE W. SARGENT,
Engineer.
RECORD OF BLAKE PUMPING ENGINE FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1892.
Separate Day's Pumping.
HI. M.
II. M.
REV. 37,081
GALS 1,297,835
FT. 146
LBS.
LBS. 5,000
LBS. 4,500
LBS. 9,500
LBS. 1,045
GALS. 130
GALS. 289
16,634,692
35,117,694
January .
16
25 15
1 31
1 25
33,717
1,180,095
150
34°
-
4,500
4,350
8,850
07-4
133
271
16,681,342
33,937,904
February .
15
21 28
27 35
1 43
40,661
1,423,135
150
35°
-
4,100
4,900
0,000
990
159
290
19,781,578
30,333,507
April
15
16
20
33
05
69,782
2,442,370
148
-
4,500
6,700
11,200
1,232
218
361
26,916,661
11,005,010
May .
15
55
25
41
86,253
3,018,855
147
57-
-
4,500
7,900
12,400
1,761
243
352
20,817,221
40,848,80%
June.
18
81
60
4 32
132,483
1,036,005
142
71°
-
3,300
14,150
17,156
1,524
265
327
31.158,459
38,791,98%
July ..
119
40
4 50
200,555
7,230,475
140
75°
-
5,5 Ml
20,243
25,743
2,830
250
357
32,794,558
41,701,799
August ..
57
23
3
35
150,094
5,223,200
114
78°
-
5,300
15,573
21,173
2,052
249
29,797,311
30,748,634
Beptember
21
00
313,599
10,976,96 ,
153
64º
-
6,150
31,550
3,579
255
314
56,558,712
13,973,17:
October ...
17
113
165,740
0,555,900
144
5,200
15.000
21,200
2,166
202
317
31,473,019
41,702, 35
November
16
27
10
1 41
43,702
1,532,720
140
1,1 M)
10,100
1,115
151
281
14,557,919
31,917,700
December ..
16
24
20
1 37
35,976
1,2 9,160
150
.. 5°
5,100
5,050
10,130
1,15.
121
219
1.,619, 102
31,192,260
Totala and Aveinges.
12
21
4 02
1,508,763
45,506,705
1.16
57,500
136,972
194,772
21,556
235
341
28,636,593
40,720,796
....
Number of Hours
Average Number of
Hours Pumping.
Total Number of Revo-
Total Number of Gallons
Pumped per Month.
Head against Pump.
Average Temperature
Wood :
Raising Steam,
Banking Fires,
Bullding.
Pumping.
Total Coal.
Ashes.
No. Gallons Pumped per
Pound of Coal for Total
No. Gallons Pumped per
Average Duty in Foot.
Pounds per 100 1bs.
Average Duty in Foot-
Coal on Total Coal.
Pounds per 100 lbs.
Coal while Pumping.
Average Dynamic
of water.
Lbs. of Wood.
Coal in pounds.
COAL CONSUMED.
5
MONTHS.
Pumping.
Coal.
Pound of Coul while
Pumping.
March
16
..
177
-
-
-
85
lutions per Month.
and Heating
36°
RECORD OF DEANE PUMPING ENGINE FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1892.
Separate Days Pumping.
H. M.
H. M.
REV. 32,289
GALS 1,130,115
FT. 151
36°
40
LBS. 4,900
LBS. 4,600
LBS. 9,540
LBS. 1,045
GALS. 118
GALS. 245
14,918,228
30,939,109
February
14
20
45
1 28
32,551
1,139,285
154
34°
-
4,300
4,650
8,950
985
127
245
16,349,185
31,467,786
March ..
15
22 35
1 30
34,500
1,207,500
154
34º
34
4,500
5,500
10,034
1,100
120
219
15,456,096
28,197,540
April .
15
34
40
2 18
55,899
1,956,465
153
43º
4,500
6,200
10,700
1,177
182
315
23,331,667
40,265,943
May
16
46 55
2
55
82,601
2,891,035
154
54°
40
4,800
9,400
14,240
1,562
203
307
26,075,349
39,501,379
June
18
72 55
4
03
122,644
4,292,540
150
71°
40
3,500
15,366
18,906
2,061
227
279
28,403,509
34,947,074
July ..
27
92 10
3 24
171,678
6,008,730
137
75
40
5,900
18,257
24,197
2,651
248
329
28,373,164
37,604,506
August .
21
88 10
4 11
159,665
5,588,275
144
78°
4,900
17,427
22,327
2,357
250
320
30,059,097
38,510,901
September.
10
33
15
3 19
65,070
2,277,450
155
67º
-
2,550
7,950
10,500
1,155
216
286
28,038,663
37,032,196
October .
15
41 17
2 45
78,210
2,737,350
146
55°
40
4,300
7,700
12,040
1,399
227
355
27,683,611
43,287,102
November
15
32 20
2 09
54,841
. 1,919,435
149
46°
40
4,500
7,650
12,190
1,419
150
250
19,566,899
31,179,151
December ..
16
20 15
1 15
31,521
1,103,235
153
36°
4,800
5,450
10,250
1,189
107
202
13,734,145
25,830,273
Totals and Averages.
197
526 47
2 40
921,469
32,251,415
150
52°
274
53,450
110,150
163,874
18,100
196
292
24,620,452
36,628,706
..
15
21 30
1 26
Total Number of Revo-
Total Number of Gallons
Pumped per Month.
Head against Pump.
Average Temperature
Lbs. of Wood
Coal in pounds.
Banking Fires,
and Heating
Building.
Pumping.
Total Coal.
Ashes.
No. Gallons Pumped per
Pound of Coal for Total
No. Gallons Pumped per
Average Duty in Foot-
Pounds per 100 lbs.
Coal on Total Coal.
Average Duty in Foot-
Pounds per 100 lbs. Coal while Pumping.
MONTHS.
Pumping.
Number of Hours
Average Number of
Hours Pumping.
lutions per Month.
of Water.
1
5
Average Dynamic
Wood :
Raising Steam,
LBS.
January .
..
178
.
COAL CONSUMED.
pound of Coal while
Coal.
Pumping.
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WEYMOUTH PARK COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
FEB. 7, 1893.
We cannot report any great amount of work done on park lands the past year for obvious reasons, chief of which is the lack of funds. In Webb Park the trees planted are most of them alive and bid fair to make a good growth, while those which died will be replaced by new ones. A small sum of money is available for this purpose, raised by the local Village Improvement Association, more money could be used to advantage, and we invite contribu- tions from the liberal minded citizens of Ward 3, to be expended judiciously in this park. Fortunately the lack of funds perhaps here is not so great a misfortune, as nature has done so much, the wild growth of trees and shrubbery, the rocks, the outlook to the sea, are sufficiently attractive to the lover of nature to compen- sate for the absence of art. Some improvements, however, could be made, for instance, a rustic summer house, of size sufficient to accomodate quite a number of people, roofed over to protect from sudden showers, located on the heights, would be in harmony with the surroundings and found to be a great convenience to visitors, provided as it should be with seats, and tables on which to spread lunches. The completion of Summit Street is desirable at an early day, as it makes this park more easy of access by carriag s.
The North Weymouth Park, which the commissioners from wards three and five (Mr. Beals not objecting) . recommend be named Beals Park in honor of the donor, has been kept in good order without any expense to the town. about $50 having been expended upon it the past season which was mostly contributed by the mem- ber from Ward One. Its walks and flower beds, trees, pond, and rockeries seem to have been much appreciated by the visitors, while the young people found here ample opportunity for indulging in outdoor sports.
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Our attention has been called to the importance of marking, by some suitable monument, the spot where the first settlement in the town was made. This has been definitely located as at Hunt's Hill in North Weymouth, on the Weymouth Fore River, nearly oppo- site Quincy River. Here Weston's Colony established its planta- tion in the month of August of the year 1622, but abandoned it the following spring, and were succeeded by Capt. Robert Gorges and party in September, 1623, who made it permanent. Here also the bloody fight of Capt. Miles Standish with the Indians occurred, which was of great importance in its results to the colonists, as by it the Indians were intimidated and ceased to trouble thereafter the little settlement. Mr. Charles Francis Adams, of Quincy, to whom belongs the credit of locating definitely the ancient settle- ment of Wessagusset, taking quite an interest in having the spot marked in some suitable manner proposes to give to the town a monument, to cost not less than $1,200, for this purpose, provid- ing the town furnish a site, which shall be at or in the immediate vicinity of Hunt's Hill. This is certainly a very liberal proposition on the part of Mr. Adams, and we feel that the town should at once accept it and furnish a suitable lot of land. Unfortunately, Hunt's Hill proper is being levelled and carried off to fill in the Marine Park at South Boston, adjacent land, however, is available and we hope to be able to negotiate for a suitable lot, at a fair price, in which case we will recommend the town to appropriate money to pay for it.
Although park matters in this town thus far have been deemed of small importance, the time is not far distant when the subject will be one of deep interest to every citizen who has the good of the town at heart. Coming within the area of greater Boston, we are to be made a part of the Metropolitan Park system which has been outlined in the recent report of the Metropolitan Park Com- missioners, and it is very desirable that we as a town should acquire tracts of land, riparian rights, etc., as opportunity offers, preferably by gifts, having in view the development of a Park System as time progresses, and thus be prepared to co-operate with the Metro- politan Park Commission, when it shall be created, and empowered to act. With this end in view the Commissioners hereby extend
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an invitation to citizens who may be possessed of suitable pieces of real estate, to donate it to the town for park purposes and thus perpetuate their names in town history. With the advent of elec- tric cars in town will come the necessity for wider streets, and if we are to have a park system some time in the future, as no doubt we shall, it would be well to have it planned out in advance in a comprehensive manner, and roads laid out in accordance with the plan, to connect the several parts. Wide avenues or boulevards, traversing the town from north to south and east to west, with room for electric cars in the centre, and other vehicles on each side. would be a very great improvement on many of our present nar- row and crooked thoroughfares, which are entirely too contracted for the increased travel caused by street railways and other meth- ods of locomotion. In the future we are to look for great changes. and we as Park Commissioners, having to do with parks and nat- urally, ways to get to them, feel it within our province to make a study of the whole town, and formulate a comprehensive plan whereby we may point out the importance of spending our money in such a manner as shall tend to develop the general plan. It has been suggested that it would be of interest to the citizens of the town, and a very proper thing to do, to have copies of all deeds of land, conveyed to the town for public uses, printed in the town reports, and we would request that the Town Treasurer have copies of all such deeds prepared, of land already acquired, and published in our next annual schedule.
ELIAS S. BEALS, LOUIS A. COOK, WILLIAM H. CLAPP, Park Commissioners.
ASSESSORS' REPORT.
The undersigned, Assessors of the town of Weymouth, herewith present a statement of their work for the year ending Dec. 31, 1892.
We have assessed upon the polls and estates of all persons and corporations liable to taxation in this town the sum of $125,723.37, which sum has been committed to Jacob B. Denbroeder, Esq., Collector of taxes, with a warrant in due form of law for collec- tion and payment of the same in accordance with a vote of the town, viz : -
Town grant, $107,165.00; State tax, $5,302.50; county tax, $6,482.27 ; non-resident bank tax, $5,353.72; overlayings, $1,419.88.
VALUATION AND POLLS.
WARD ONE.
Number of polls assessed, 496 males ; 4 females.
Value of personal estates assessed . $170,287
Value of real estate assessed . $931,525
Total valuation assessed . $1,101,812
Value of property exempt from taxation . $19,035
Total valuation
$1,120,847
WARD Two.
Number of polls assessed, 1,007 males ; 2 females.
Value of personal estates assessed . $483,394
Value of real estate assessed . $1,378,416
Total valuation assessed $1,861,810
Value of property exempt from taxation $35,740
Total valuation . $1,897,550
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WARD THREE.
Number of polls assessed, 686 males.
Value of personal estates assessed . $272.922
Value of real estate assessed $1.083.056
Total valuation assessed $1,355.978
Value of property exempt from taxation . $24.025
Total valuation
$1.380.003
WARD FOUR.
Number of polls assessed, 412 males.
Value of personal estates assessed . $138,519
Value of real estate assessed .
$485,608
Total valuation assessed
8624,127
Value of property exempt from taxation . $27,040
Total valuation
$651,167
WARD FIVE.
Number of polls assessed, 522 males.
Value of personal estates assessed .
8257,701
Value of real estate assessed
$1.025,496
Total valuation assessed
$1.283,197
Value of property exempt from taxation .
$22,492
Total valuation
$1,305,689
Value of resident bank shares assessed
$331.320
Total valuation of property assessed
$6.558,244
Total valuation of the town with exemptions added . $6.686,576
Total amount of property exempt from taxation
$128.332
Total number of polls assessed, 3,124 males ; 6 females.
Amount of abatements and remittances made, Ward One $55.92 ; Ward Two, $214.47; Ward Three, $142.90 ; Ward Four, $84.63 ; Ward Five. $100.59; total amount. $598.51.
Increase of valuation from 1891
$23.504
Number of dwelling-houses
2.273
Acres ofland .
0,532
Horses
1,137
184
Number of cows . 633
Neat cattle other than cows
63
Sheep
14
Swine
169
Fowl
614
In accordance with the requirement of the Statutes of the Com- monwealth, we have made duplicate copies of our entire work and forwarded them to the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Respectfully submitted, .
JOHN P. BURRELL,
WILMOT CLEVERLY,
GEORGE H. BICKNELL,
GILMAN B. LOUD,
J. CLARENCE HOWE,
Assessors.
TOWN RECORDS FOR 1802.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.
NORFOLK, SS : To Either of the Constables of the Town of Wey- mouth, in said County, GREETING :
In the name of said Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify aud warn the inhabitants of Weymouth aforesaid, qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the Town House in said town, on Monday, the seventh day of March next, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz. :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator for said meeting.
ART. 2. To vote on one ballot for the following named Town Officers, to wit : Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, five Selectmen, five Overseers of the Poor, five Assessors, three Auditors, Collector of Taxes, ten Constables, Water Commissioner for three years, Park Commissioner for three years, two School Committees for three years, and three Trustees of Tufts Library for three years ; also, to vote on the same ballot, " Yes " or " No," upon the question, " Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"
ART. 3. To chose all other necessary town officers.
ART. 4. To hear and act upon the reports of the several boards of town officers, and of any committee appointed at any former meeting and to choose any committees the town may think proper.
ART. 5. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of public schools.
ART. 6. To see if the town will instruct the School Committee to employ a superintendent of schools.
ART. 7. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise
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and appropriate for the repairs of highways, townways, and bridges.
ART. 8. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Support of the Poor.
ART. 9. To see what sum the town will vote to appropriate for the payment of State Aid, Military Aid, and for Relief under Chapter 447 of the Acts of 1890, to disabled soldiers and seamen, and the families of disabled soldiers and seamen, and to determine how much of the same shall be raised by taxation, the ensuing year.
ART. 10. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the Fire Department.
ART. 11. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for Police Service.
ART. 12. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Tufts Library.
ART. 13. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for Discount and Remittance of Taxes the ensuing year.
ART. 14. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of interest that may become due the ensuing year. .
ART. 15. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriare for printing and advertising.
ART. 16. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for miscellaneous expenses.
ART. 17. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of town officers.
ART. 18. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for Memorial Day.
ART. 19. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise for care and repair of Town House.
ART. 20. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for Electric Lighting.
ART. 21. To see if the town will authorize and direct its Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow tempo- rarily, in anticipation of the taxes of the present municipal year,
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the sum of $70,000, as the same may be from time to time re- quired, and to give the negotiable note or notes of the town for money so borrowed, and that all such temporary loans shall be payable from the said taxes.
ART. 22. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for hydrants and for the water-rent and care of Drinking Fountains.
ART. 23. To see if the town will vote to appropriate from the revenue of the Water Works, for the current year, the sum of $23,800, to be expended for the following purposes : $16,400 for the interest on the Weymouth Water Loan, becoming due the ensuing year; $2,700 for salaries of the Superintendent of the Works, and Engineer at the Pumping Station ; $2,000 for main- tenance of the Works, and $2,700 for all other necessary expenses.
ART. 24. To see if the town will appropriate and direct to be paid to the Trustees of the Sinking Fund, out of the income of water-rates for the current year the sum of $8,200 to be set apart and invested as a sinking fund for the payment at maturity of the principal of the Weymouth Water Loan Bonds.
ART. 25. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $3,000, for the purpose of extending the main water-pipe line.
ART. 26. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate, or will appropriate, to provide for any de- ficiences in the appropriations of the current year, or for any overdrafts already made.
ART. 27. To determine in what manner taxes shall be collected the ensuing year, and to fix the rate of interest upon all taxes re- maining unpaid, after the time fixed for payment.
ART. 28. To choose a Committee on Appropriations, to report at the next annual meeting.
ART. 29. To act upon the list of Jurors, as prepared and posted by the Selectmen.
ART. 30. To see if the town will authorize its Selectmen to act as Attorneys to defend the town in any suit that may be brought against it.
ART. 31. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate
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the sum of $700 (in addition to $500 now in the treasury) for the purpose of building a lock-up in Ward One.
ART. 32. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purpose of working the relocation of Front Street, as laid out by the County Commissioners in 1890. .
ART. 33. On petition of John W. Bates and others, To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of. $2,500 for the purpose of suppressing the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors in this town, and determine the manner of expending the same.
ART. 34. On petition of W. H. Bolster and others, To see if the town will recommend the granting of Sixth Class licenses to all drug- gists in the town, or act in any manner in relation to the matter.
ART. 35. On petition of M. W. Lynch and others, That the Selectmen be instructed to pay $2.00 per day to all able bodied men for work performed by the town, whether by contract or otherwise, and preference be given to the town's people, and that nine hours shall constitute a full day's work.
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