Town annual report of Weymouth 1893, Part 9

Author: Weymouth (Mass.)
Publication date: 1893
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 286


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Lawn hydrants 72


Bakeries


2


Blacksmith shops


4


Churches


13


Gymnasium . 1


Halls .


8


Paint shops .


2


Public Library


1


Ice-houses ·


3


Photograph rooms .


1


Electric light works


1


Restaurants


4


Street watering stand-


Saloons


2


pipes 2


Laundries


5


Ornamental fountains 3


Barber-shops .


11


Public drinking foun-


12


Engine-houses


6


Parks . ·


1


Green-houses


5


Motors .


6


School-houses


20


Meters .


2


Cemeteries


7 Hydrants


341


.


Club rooms


5


Coal and wood yards 2.


Boarding-houses


10


tains .


·


170


NUMBER OF FIXTURES.


Faucets


. 2,593


Water closets 141


Hand hose


.


966


Urinals . 18


Bath tubs


114


Number of houses supplied with water


. 1,902


Number of houses on pipe line not supplied


214


Number of houses that pipe line does not reach . 165


PIPES LAID AND GATES AND HYDRANTS SET IN 1893.


LENGTH IN FEET LAID.


GATES SET.


Cast Iron.


6 inches.


Galv. Iron.


2 inches.


Galv. Iron.


1} inches.


Galv. Iron.


14 inches.


Galv. Iron.


Hydrants.


6 inches.


2 inches.


1} inches.


1 inch.


Bridge St. Columbus Ave.


786.5


-


-


-


1


East St.


-


-


-


429


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


748


-


-


--


-


-


-


Fort Point.


-


339


-


-


-


-


-


1


From Puritan Cottage south.


Front St.


-


-


-


-


184


-


-


-


-


From house of Wm. Nash to house of Or- rin Whites.


Jeffreys St.


347.5


-


-


-


-


1


1


From Columbus Ave. south.


Private Way.


375.8


-


-


-


-


1


1


-


-


Off Bridge St., to house of Mrs. S. E. Cushing. Off Lake St., from end of pipe to Mrs. Ca- nary's house.


Tower Ave.


-


-


-


-


-


1


Webb St.


342


-


-


-


-


-


1


-


-


To house of Bates Torrey. From end of pipe to Richmond St.


1,851.8


496


748


429


510.1


3


7111


4,034.9 feet.


Number feet pipe laid


.


4,034.9


Number hydrants set


3


Number gates set . .


10


1


STREETS.


LOCATION.


-


-


-


- 1 |


-


-


-


Essex St.


1


. From Bridge to Jef- freys St. From house of Jos. Bagley to house of John Sheehan. From Broad St. to house of Mrs. John Dizer.


66


-


157


-


-


125


201.1


-


1 inch.


171


DISTRIBUTION PIPES AND GATES LAID TO DEC. 31, 1893.


SIZE.


Cast-iron Pipe.


Wrought-iron Pipe.


Galvanized- iron Pipe.


Lead Pipe.


Gates.


20-inch diam.


250


ft .


18


66


66


2,092.5


14


66


66


20,679.5


12


12


66


66


19,087.8


66


-


28


10


66


30,905.2


66


37


8


66


66


37,465.2


58


6


66


134,074.2


66


214


4


66


66


66


10,070.9 ft. 14,709.3 “


2,393


ft.


28


14


66


11


66


429


66


-


1


66


-


1,575


1,084.6 “


520.5 ft.


7


246,318.9 ft.


26,355.2 ft.


4,910.6 ft.


520.5 ft.


434


278,105.2, total number feet. 52.671, total number miles. 434 gates.


341 hydrants.


2 12-inch valves.


1 14-inch check valve.


6 automatic air valves.


7 6-inch blow-offs.


9 4-inch blow-offs.


-


1


-


-


-


11


1,004


66


37


2


1,764.5


66


Respectfully submitted,


GEORGE J. RIES, Superintendent.


1


ENGINEER'S REPORT.


To the Weymouth Water Board :


GENTLEMEN, - I respectfully submit the following for the year ending Dec. 31, 1893 : -


Both pumps are in good condition.


Seventeen springs have been replaced in the Deane pump.


The Deane boiler has been newly bricked in front.


The piping to the blow-off of the Blake boiler, which was found by the boiler inspector to be very weak, has been renewed.


I have replaced one valve in feed pump.


Have let on the high service for fire purposes, fifteen times dur- ing the year on the following dates : March 22 and 24, April 3 and 19, May 12, July 8, 27, and 31, Sept. 8, 10, and 28, and Oct. 2, 16, 17, and 18, and have pumped for two fires, July 4 and Dec. 22.


The following tables show the amount of water pumped, coal consumed, etc.


Respectfully, submitted,


GEORGE W. SARGENT, Engineer.


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. - STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.


GREAT POND, WEYMOUTH, WATER ANALYSIS (PARTS IN 100,000).


Date of.


Appearance.


Odor.


Residue on Evaporation


Ammonia.


Nitrogen as


No.


Collec- tion.


Exami- nation.


Turbidity.


Color


Cold.


Hot.


Total.


Loss on Ignition


Fixed. Free.


Total.


Solution


In Sus-


pension


Ni. trates


Ni- trites


Iron.


Oxygen Consumed


8418


1892 Jan. 12


1892 Jan. 13


Very slight. No sediment. Very slight. Slight sediment. Very slight.


1.40


4.25


2.20


2.05


.0000


.0208|.0176


0032


.47


.0030


.0000


0.32


8895


May 14


May 14


0.90


-


3.75


1.85


1.90


.0000


.0164 .0148


.0016


46


.0070


.0000


0.32


-


9351


Sept. 7


Sept. 7


Very slight sediment. Very slight. No sediment.


0.06


None.


Faintly Mouldy. Very faint or none.


3.80


1.55


2.25


0002


.0182


.0162


.0020


.52


.0180


.0000


0.5


-


1


9636


Nov. 7


Nov. 7


None.


3.10


1.70


1.40


.0000


.0142 .0130


.0012


54


.0050


.0001


0.6


1


1893


1893


. None.


Distinctly Vegetable.


Distinctly Vegetable. Sweetish. Very faint or none.


4.15


1.45


2.70


.0000


.0146 .0128


.0018


.60


.0030


.0001


0.8


-


-


10546


June 21


June 22


Cons. dark sediment. Very slight.


1.10


Faintly Vegetable.


3.90


1.90


2.00


.0002


.0194|.0160


.0034


.52


.0000


.0000


0.3


-


11077


Sept. 21


Sept. 22


Very slight sediment. 0.50 Very slight. Slight sediment. 0.55


None. Faintly Vegetable.


Very faint or none. Faintly Vegetable.


3.70


1.65


2.05


0006


.0154 .0132


.0022


.60


.0000


.0000


0.5


.0130


.5986


11526


Dee. 19 Dec. 21


.57


.0000


.0000


0.3


.0150


.6010


8,418 Taken from tap in Water Office


by Geo. J. Ries.


9,351


=


Fountain at Lincoln Square


0 Colorless.


9,636


-


tap at house of L. O. Holbrook


1 A yellowish brown tint.


10,147


16


« in Water Office


66


10,546


11,077


= in workshop, Weymouth Centre .


11,526


-


at house of Geo. J. Ries


-


·


SCALE OF COLORS.


8,895


at Pumping Station while pumping


2 A deep yellowish brown.


·


66


-


10147


Mar. 21


Mar. 22


Very slight sediment. Very slight.


0.90


3.70


1.65


2.05


.0004


.0158 .0134


.0024


Chlo- rine.


In


Albuminoid.


Hard- ness.


RECORD OF BLAKE PUMPING ENGINE FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1893.


MONTHS.


Separate Days Pumping.


H. M.


H. M.


REV. 46,110


GALS. 1,613,850


FT. 149


LBS.


LBS. 6,400


LBS. 5,350


LBS. 11,750


LBS. 1,365


GALS. 137


GALS. 301


17,067,802


37,485,361


February.


7


12 10


1


44


19,637


687,295


150


34°


2,400


2,400


4,800


561


143


286


17,912,625


35,825,251


March. . .


17


27 15


1


36


39,531


1,383,585


150


34º


-


6,800


4,050


10,850


1,265


127


341


15,952,671


42,737,403


April ..


23


51 22


2


14


87,158


3,050,530


145


43º


40


7,300


8,800


16,140


1,875


189


346


22,913,080


41,920,521


May.


9


34 55


3 52


57,856


2,024,960


139


63º


2,700


5,200


7,900


922


256


389


29,714,621


45,143,367


June .


21


92 35


4


24


157,177


5,501,195


133


69º


40


5,500


17,800


23,340


2,709


235


308


26,144,111


34,281,098


July .


21


116 50


5


33


215,277


7,534,695


132


72°


5,200


21,480


26,680


3,113


282


350


31,089,936


38,616,364


August ..


17


81


15


4 46


146,569


5,129,915


136


73°


5,100


15,250


20,350


2,366


252


336


28,592,406


38,154,457


September.


19


80 10


4 13


132,356


4,632,460


127


40


5,700


12,150


17,890


2,084


258


381


27,426,545


40,383,613


October.


16


42 00


2 37


75,824


2,653,840


143


53°


4,800


8,100


12,900


1,677


205


327


24,535,059


39,074,353


November ...


15


38 40


2 34


70,285


2,459,975


143


47º


4,500


7,300


11,800


1,534


208


336


24,862,842


40,189,251


Totais and averages.


181


605


22


3 20


1,047,780


36,672,300


140


120


56,400


107,880


164,400


19,471


223


339


26,045,363


36,690,932


Coal while Pumping.


January


16


28 10


1 45


Total Number of Revo-


Total Number of Gallons


Average Dynamic Head


Average Temperature of


Lbs. of Wood


10


Coal in pounds.


Banking Fires,


Building.


Pumping.


Total Coal.


Ashes.


Coal.


pound of Coal while


Average Duty in Foot-


pounds per 100 lbs.


Coal on Total Coal.


Average Duty in Foot-


pounds per 100 lbs.


Number of Hours!


Average Number of


Hours Pumping.


lutions per Month.


Pumped per Month.


against Pump.


Water.


Wood :


Raising Steam,


Heating


No. Gallons Pumped per


Pound of Coal for Total


No. Gallons Pumped per


Pumping.


-


-


-


-


68°


...


-


53°


COAL CONSUMED.


Pumping.


and


34º


174


' RECORD) OF DEANE PUMPING ENGINE FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1893.


Separate Day Pumping.


H. M.


H. M.


REV. 40,013


GALS. 1,400,455


FT. 151


LBS. 40


LBS. 6,500


LBS. 5,000


LBS. 11,540


LBS. 1,335


GALS. 121


GALS. 280


15,282,920


35,272,979


February.


21


29


08


Z 23


50,755


1,776,425


154


34°


10


8,400


7,900


16,340


1,903


108


224


13,963,091


28,880,622


March ....


14


25 05


1 47


40,417


1,414,595


154


34°


5,600


4,300


9,900


1,156


142


328


18,352,012


42,252,307


April ....


7


20 45


2 57


36,952


1,293,320


138


47º


2,100


4,200


6,300


735


205


307


23,627,108


35,440,663


May .


22


74 40


3 23


122,516


4,288,060


138


54°


6,600


13,100


19,700


2,298


217


327


25,051,847


37,673,389


June.


20


87 05


4 21


147,115


5,149,025


136


70°


40


5,600


18,450


24,090


2,685


213


279


24,243,379


31,654,363


July .


25


09 35


3 59


177,453


6,210,855


133


73°


5,600


22,020


27,620


3,208


224


282


24,942,811


31,286,124


August


24


71 55


2


59


123,672


4,328,520


131


71º


-


5,200


15,050


20,250


2,362


213


287


23,353,487


31,422,466


September.


12


32


00


2 40


62,507


2,187,745


136


61º


3,500


6,950


10,450


1,220


209


313


23,745,721


35,703,998


October.


15


37


55


2 31


71,255


2,493,925


138


55°


4,500


8,600


13,100


1,703


190


289


21,910,749


33,375,676


November


15


39


40


2 38


70,120


2,454,200


141


40


4,500


9,300


13,840


1,380


177


263


20,852,542


31,032,171


December.


31


87 07


2 48


160,071


5,602,485


143


34°


12,400


17,100


29,500


2,950


189


327


22,649,612


39,073,892


'Totals and averages. .


221


629


35


2 50


1,102,846


38,599,610


141


50°


160


70,500


131,970


202,630


22,935


190


292


22,400,841


34,394,805


-


January.


15


24 40


1 38


Total Number of Rev-


Total Number of Gallons


Average Dynamic Head


Average Temperature of


5


Water.


Coal in pounds.


Banking Fires,


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.


Average Duty in Foot-


pounds per 100 lbs.


Coal while Pumping.


Wood :


Raising


and


Steam,


Heating


MONTHIS.


Pumping.


Hours Pumping.


olutions per Month.


Pumped per Month.


against Pump.


Lbs. of wood


COAL CONSUMED.


Number of Hours


Average Number of


Coal.


pound of Coal while


Coal on Total Coal.


Pumping.


34°


-


-


40°


175


REPORT OF THE PARK COMMISSIONERS.


Outside of the interest which gathers around the liberal offer of Hon. Charles Francis Adams, to erect (provided that the Town shall procure an eligible site) a suitable monument in Weymouth, to commemorate the second settlement made in Massachusetts, and also the exploit of Myles Standish against the Indians which occurred upon our soil, there seems to be little for the Park Com- missioners to report. To develop the Webb Park, which is so finely located, an appropriation of money is needed. The North Weymouth Park has received its usual care and supervision from the Chairman of the Board. . With reference to the procuring of a site for the monument spoken of above, we would say that the Commissioners met Mr. Adams upon Weymouth Great Hill with a view to considering its adaptation for the purpose.


Commanding one of the most beautiful land and water views in the world, its conspicuous elevation and convenient location make this spot well worthy of being preserved for the use of the inbabi- tants of Weymouth and such visitors as may be attracted to our town by its unsurpassed views and its historical associations. The city of Quincy has already secured for its inhabitants one or more of the lofty elevations within its limits, while the Metropolitan Park Commission has taken about four thousand acres on and about the top of the Blue Hill range which approaches the nearest to a mountain range of any of the elevations in Eastern Massa- chusetts.


Mr. Adams expressed himself as entirely satisfied with this site for the location of the proposed monument, and your Commis- sioners were unanimous in approving this location, and have taken steps looking toward the securing of a tract containing three hun-


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dred and eight thousand and sixty-seven square feet, which includes the top of the hill and the approach from Neck Street.


We append an approximate plan of the land proposed to be taken, now owned by James L. Bates.


STREET.


N. 30°8/ E. N. 40° 14' E.


.


213.8.


Well. NECK


Stone bound.


214.03.


120.5


8. 59° E.


WILLIAM L. BRADLEY.


S. 88° 15' W. 1,195.52.


AREA, 308,067 SQUARE FEET, or about 7,075 ACRES.


883.5.


N. 88° 18' E.


ESTATE OF MRS. ELIZABETH P. HARDWICK.


S. 7° 30' W. 279.1.


WM. L. BRADLEY.


ELIAS S. BEALS, LOUIS A. COOK, WM. 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, 1893.


We have assessed upon the polls and estates of all persons and corporations liable to taxation in this town the sum of $125,341.84, which amount has been committed to Jacob B. Denbroeder, Esq., collector of taxes, with a warrant in due form of law, for collection and payment as required by a vote of the Town, viz. : -


Town grant, $105,100.00 ; State tax, $7,575.00; county tax, $6,482.27 ; non-resident bank tax, $5,387.04 ; overlayings, $797.53.


VALUATION AND POLLS.


WARD ONE.


Number of polls assessed, 471 males, 4 females.


Valuation of personal estate assessed . $153,178


Value of real estate assessed . $981,737


Total value of property assessed . $1,134,915


Value of property exempt from taxation $15,345 .


Total valuation


$1,150,260


Amount of abatements and remittances made, $78.22.


WARD Two.


Number of polls assessed, 1,058 males.


Value of personal estate assessed $490,154


Value of real estate assessed . ·


$1,416,031


Total value of property assessed $1,906,185


Value of property exempt from taxation $23,850


Total valuation


$1,930,035


Amount of abatements and remittances made, $141.33.


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WARD THREE.


Number of polls assessed, 650 males.


Value of personal estate assessed $277,017


Value of real estate assessed


$1,081,046


Total valuation of property assessed


$1,358,063


Value of property exempt from taxation $21,150


Total valuation


$1,379,213


Amount of abatements and remittances made, $196.04.


WARD FOUR.


Number of polls assessed, 405 males.


Value of personal estate assessed


$135,474


Value of real estate assessed .


$488,616


Total value of property assessed


$624,090


Value of property exempt from taxation $28,665


Total valuation


$652,755


Amount of abatements and remittances made, $38.84.


WARD FIVE.


Number of polls assessed, 515 males.


Value of personal estate assessed $237,981


Value of real estate assessed


$1,027,401


Total value of property assessed $1,265,382


Value of property exempt from taxation $23,357


Total valuation


$1,288,739


Amount of abatement and remittances made, $569.03.


Value of resident bank shares assessed $325,017


Total valuation of property assessed


$6,613,652


Total valuation of property exempt from taxation $112,367


Total valuation


$6,726,019


180


Number of houses . .


2,323


Number of acres of land


.


9,656


Number of horses .


1,113


Number of cows ·


612


Number of neat cattle other than cows


37


Number of sheep


29


Number of swine


.


.


217


Number of fowl


240


Respectfully submitted,


GILMAN B. LOUD,


JOHN F. DWYER, WILMOT CLEVERLY,


J. CLARENCE HOWE, Assessors.


TOWN RECORDS FOR 1893.


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 and warn the inhabitants of Weymouth aforesaid, qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the Town House in said town, on Monday, the sixth day of March next, at nine o'clock in the fore- noon, 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 Committee for three years, and three Trustees of the 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 choose 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.


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ART. 7. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise 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 seamėn, 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 abatement 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 appropriate 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 if the town will vote to raise and appropriate $7,500, or any sum for electric lighting.


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ART. 21. To see if the town will authorize and direct its Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow tem- porarily, in anticipation of the taxes of the present municipal year, the sum of $70,000 as the same may be from time to time required, 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 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 $24,500, to be expended for the following purposes : $16,600 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 mainte- nance of the works, and $3,200 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 $8,300 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 defi- ciencies in the appropriations of the current year, or for any over- drafts already made.


ART. 27. To determine in what manner taxes shall be collected in the ensuing year, and to fix the rate of interest upon all taxes remaining 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.


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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 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. 32. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purpose of suppressing the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors in this town, and to determine the manner of expending the same.


ART. 33. To see if the town will recommend the granting of sixth-class licenses to all druggists in the town, or act in any manner in relation to the matter.


ART. 34. To see if the town will accept the provisions of Chapter 309 of the Acts of the Legislature, passed A. D. 1885, entitled " An act authorizing cities and towns to license groves to be used for picnics and other lawful amusements."


ART. 35. To see if the town will instruct its Board of Water Commissioners to petition, in its name and behalf, the Legislature of this Commonwealth to authorize the town to issue bonds, notes, or scrip for the purposes mentioned in Sect. 4 of Chap. 174 of the Acts of the year 1881, to an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, in addition to the amounts heretofore authorized for water loans.


ART. 36. On petition of M. W. Lynch and others, To see if the town will instruct the Selectmen 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 towns-people, and that nine hours shall constitute a full day's work.


ART. 37. By request of J. A. Cushing, To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of an evening school in Ward 2.


ART. 38. By request of J. A. Cushing, To see if the town will name the Middle Street School-house, Jefferson.


ART. 39. By request of W. J. Sladen, To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate any sum of money for the purpose of


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building a hose house in Ward 1, near the Old North Church ; also to purchase land for the same.


ART. 40. On petition of William C. Peare and others, To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $100 to finish building Hawthorne Street extension, from Cedar to Myrtle Street.


ART. 41. On petition of M. W. Lynch and others, To see if the town will instruct the Board of Selectmen to employ a Super- intendent of Streets; who shall hold no other town office.


ART. 42. On petition of M W. Lynch and others, To see if the town will instruct the Superintendent of Streets, or the Board of Selectmen, that in the employment of teams on the highways an equal division of work be given to owners of teams in the different wards.


ART. 43. On petition of M. W. Lynch and others, To see if the town will vote that all contracts for the town shall be advertised in Weymouth newspapers.


ART. 44. On petition of W. F. Cushing and others, To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500, or any other sum, for the purpose of widening Pearl Street, near the house of Peter F. Hagerty, as laid out and accepted by the town.


ART. 45. On petition of Joseph W. Vinal and others, To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500, for the further working of Chard Street, from Putnam Street to Middle Street.


ART. 46. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $300, to extend the sidewalk near the house of Leonard Loud in Ward Five, and rebuild the bridge near the house of the late Andrew Casey.


ART. 47. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $150, to complete the work on East Street, between the house of J. A. Cushman and the Collyer house.


ART. 48. By request of D. J. Pierce, To see what action the town will take for the completion of the sidewalk on Webb Street, and appropriate money for the same.


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the town will vote to build a sidewalk on the west side of Reed Avenue, and raise and appropriate $50 for the same, or act in any way in relation to the same.


ART. 50. On petition of John Carroll and others, To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $200 for the pur- pose of working the new street off Middle Street, as laid out and accepted by the town.


ART. 51. On petition of John K. Carroll and others, To see if the town will accept the street laid out by one Cyrus Washburn, beginning at Lake Street opposite store of John A. Connell and running westerly to Charles Street; and raise and appropriate the sum of $500, to lay out and build the same.


ART. 52. On petition of John W. Phillips and others, To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $22 to maintain a series electric light on Phillips Street, in Ward Three, the same having previously been maintained at private expense.


ART. 53. On petition of John A. Connell and others, To see if the town will vote to settle the suit of Margaret A. Hyland against the town and make an appropriation therefor.


ART. 54. On petition of James M. Orcutt and others, To raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to lay a water main on Columbian Street, from Main Street to the Braintree line.




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