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From Bridge to Saunders St. South.
From end of pipe at Mrs. Clapp's to end of pipe at W. Londergans.
Oak St.
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894.
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1
Oak St.
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1
1
Park St.
1457.
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1
2
Pine St.
3,641.5
535.5
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5
6
1
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979.
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1
1
From Sea St. to Hunt's Hill.
Saunders St.
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687.
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1
1
Tower Ave.
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402.
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2
1
1
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1
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9,412.
2953.
1125.
824.5
11 15
2 1
1
14,314.5 feet.
Number feet pipe laid
14,314.5
Number hydrants set
11
Number of gates set
19
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146.
,
Foyes Ave. Lake St.
2577.
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1
4
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1
From Park St. to T. Brassill's house From Park St. to Ed. Huff's house. From Pine St. to Oak St.
From Elm St. to A. R. Shaw's.
Private Way.
From Columbus Ave. to River. From end of pipe, North.
Washington St. Webb St.
846.5
836.5
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775
From Pleasant St. to Mrs. E.Torrey's. From end of pipe to Comm'l St.
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LOCATION.
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422.5
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201
DISTRIBUTION PIPES AND GATES LAID TO DEC 31, 1894.
SIZE.
CAST IRON PIPE.
WROUGHT IRON PIPE.
Gal. Iron Pipe.
Lead Pipe.
Gates.
20-inch diam.
250. ft.
1
18
66
66
2,092.5
12
14
66
20,679.5
28
12
66
19,087.8
66
37
10
60
30,905.2
58
8
229
6
13
4
66
66
4,717.5
29
2
37
11-2€
16
1,575.
3,518. ft. 1,004. 429. “ 1,909.1 "
520.5 ft.
8
1 66
258,683.9 ft.
291,823.7, total number feet.
2 12-inch valves.
1 14-inch check valve.
55.269 total number of miles.
453 gates.
6 automatic air valves. 7 6-inch blow offs.
352 hydrants.
9 4-inch blow offs.
135 ft. of 2-inch and 461 feet of 11-2 inch wrought iron pipe taken out of Lake St. and replaced with 6-inch cast iron.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE J. RIES, Superintendent.
453
25,759.2 ft.
6,860.1 ft.
520.5 ft.
37,465.2
66
143,486.2
66
9,935.9 ft. 14,248.3
11-4"
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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.
Collection.
Examination.
Turbidity.
Sediment.
Cold.
Hot.
Total.
tion.
Fixed.
Free.
Total.
In
Solution.
In Sus-
pension.
1894 11924| Mar. 20 Mar. 21 Very slight.
1894
Slight.
1.00
Distinctly
: 3.95
1,90
2.05
.0006
.0192
.0180
.0012
.57
0020 .0001|
0.3
.0215
.8808
12438 June 26 June 27
Slight.
0.80
Sweetislı. Distinctly Vegetable. Vegetable. Distinctly
3.90
1.25
2.65
.0000
.0160
.0140
.0020
.60
.0000 .0000
1.1
.0165
.6376
13054
Oct. 1
Oct. 2 |Very slight.
0.58
Distinctly Vegetable. Vegetable. Faint or none.
3.70
1.25
2.45
.0000
.0148
.0130
.0018
.66
.0020 .0000
0.6
0300
.4700
13555 Dec. 26 Dec. 31, Very slight.
Very slight. 0.70
Faintly Vegetable.
4.40
2.00
2.40
.0006
.0176
.0174
.0002
.60
.0020 .0000
0.9
.0220
.6930
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Loss on Igni-
Albuminoid.
Chlorine.
Nitrates.
Nitrites.
Hardness.
Iron.
Oxygen Consumed.
Color
.
Faintly Vegetable |Vegetable Sweetish. Faintly
Con. brown fibrous. Slight.
ENGINEER'S REPORT.
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To the Weymouth Water Board :-
GENTLEMEN,- I respectfully submit the following for the year ending December 31st, 1894.
Thirty-two new springs have been needed in the Deane pump and five in the Blake.
The blow-off pipe from boiler No. 2 has been renewed. Each boiler has needed one new flue.
I have let on the high service for fire purposes eighteen times and pumped five times, also pumped eight times for fires in the high service system on the following dates :
Jan. 1. Feb. 13, 14, 21, 24. March 2, 17. April 2, 3, 16, 20, 28. May 2, 7, 12. June 8. July 6, 21. Aug. 6, 22. Sept. 27, 28. Oct. 15, 18. Dec. 6, 20.
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 DEC. 31, 1894.
MONTHS.
Separate Days Pumping.
Number of Hours Pump-
Average Number of
Hours Pumping.
lutions per Month.
Total Number of Gallons
Average Dynamic Head
Average Temperature of
Lbs. of Wood
Coal in pounds.
Steam,
Banking Fires,
and Heating
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.
January .. .
16
46
50
2 55
REV. 83,660
GALS. 2,928,100
FT. 143
36º
LBS. 6,400
LBS. 7,500
LBS. 13,900
LBS. 1,390
GALS. 210
GALS. 390
25,123,098
46,561,474
February .
14
42
45
3 03
72,773
2,547,055
141
38°
5,600
7,400
13,000
1,510
195
344
23,039,875
40,475,457
March
16
47
20
2 57
79,900
2,796,500
140
43º
6,000
8,200
14,200
1,704
196
341
22,994,319
39,819,431
April ..
15
44 05
2
56
74,597
2,610,895
141
39º
30
4,500
9,700
14,230
1,420
183
268
21,575,937
31,652,122
·May .
20
107
15
5
21
184,833
6,469,155
138
.59º
20
4,000
19,425
23,445
2,342
275
333
31,757,218
38,329,368
June. .
27
195
40
7
14
367,196
12,851,860
130
67º
30
5,800
35,050
40,880
4,085
314
366
34,085,094
39,754,598
July .
28
231 15
8 15
414,080
14,492,800
137
75°
7,000
41,357
48,357
4,835
299
350
34,243,611
40,039,614
August ..
27
198
15
20
354,926
12,422.410
134
71º
7,100
32,900
40,000
4,000
310
377
34,706 970
42,196,925
September .
19
183
30
9 39
334,842
11,719,470
127
67º
7,500
28,500
36,000
3,600
325
411
34,480,633
43,554,485
October ..
16
244
30
15
16
264,094
9,243.290
140
60º
700
36,200
36,900
3,690
250
255
29,247,873
29,813,440
November ..
15
40
30
2 42
71,674
2,508,590
130
37º
4,500
8,000
12,500
1,250
200
313
21,758,506
33,997,665
Totals and averages.
213
55
6 28
2,302,575
80,590,125
136
53º
80
59,100
234,232
293,412
29,826
274
344
31,153,648
39,024,788
204
.
H.
M.
H. M.
Total Number of Revo."
Pumped per Monthı.
against Pump.
water.
5
Wood :
Raising
Building.
COAL CONSUMED.
ing.
Coal.
pound of Coal while
Pumping.
Coal on Total Coal.
LBS.
..
.
1381
RECORD OF DEANE PUMPING ENGINE FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1894.
Separate Days Pumping.
Number of Hours Pump-
ing.
Average Number of
Total Number of Revo-
Total Number of Gallons
Average Dynamic Head
Average Temperature of
Lbs. of Wood
Coal in Pounds.
Raising Steam,
Banking Fires,
and Heating
Pumping.
Total Coal.
Ashes.
No. Gallons Pumped per
No. Gallons Pumped per
Average Duty in Foot-
pounds per 100 lbs.
Average Duty in Foot-
pounds per 100 lbs.
Coal while Pumping.
H.
M.
M.
REV. 73,299
GALS. 2,565,465
FT. 141
LBS.
LBS. 6,000
LBS. 8,100
LBS. 14,100
LBS. 1,410
GALS. 181
GALS. 316
21,395,978
37,244,850
January ..
15
45
47
71,533
2,503,655
142
38º
5,600
8,400
14,000
1,680
178
298
21,178,775
35,297,958
February .
14
42 20
3 01
2 51
74,517
2,608,095
141
41º
5,800
8,300
14,100
1,692
184
314
21,751,512
36,951,364
March .
15
42
45
3 33
103,597
3,625,895
137
50°
4,500
12,300
16,800
1,700
215
294
24,659,970
33,681,911
April
15
53
20
8 05
237,230
· 8,303,050
132
60°
28
3,600
27,650
31,278
3,125
265
300
29,223,932
33,058,450
May .
18
145 45
50
9
25
281,095
9,838,325
132
71°
3 600
30,800
34,400
3,440
285
319
31,484,927
35,164,984
June ..
.
.
27
198 35
7
21
353,645
12,377,575
139
75°
25
5,400
36,300
41,725
4,170
296
340
34,389,041
39,528,450
July
22
169
50
7
43
307,892
10,776,220
135
70°
5,600
31,500
37,100
3,710
290
342
32,703,358
35,842,634
September
21
136 20
6
29
214,170
7,495,950
129
67º
4,500
22,500
27,000
2,700
277
333
29,868,862
38,656,379
October.
16
44
55
2 48
84,938
2,972,830
145
51º
5,000
9,300
14,300
1,430
207
319
25,140,163
November .
15
32
18
2
09
66,501
2,327,535
149
43º
4,900
7,800
12,700
1,270
183
298
22,774,288
37,081,198
December. .
31
77
40
2 30
161,940
5,667,900
150
34°
34
12,600
16,500
29,134
2,910
194
343
24,337,691
42,972,987
Totals and averages.
225
1136
23
5 03
2,030,357
71,062,495
139
53º
87
67,100
219,450
286,637
29,237
247
323
28,740,151
37,539,260
205
.
.
16
150
Hours Pumping.
lutions per Month.
Pumped per Month.
against Pump.
Water.
5
Wood :
Building.
Coal.
pound of Coal for Total
pound of Coal while
Coal on Total Coal.
Pumping.
38,517,289
August
H. 2
38º
COAL CONSUMED.
MONTHS.
JURY LIST.
List of persons proposed by the Selectmen of Weymouth to serve as Jurors, to be submitted to the town for revision and acceptance at the annual town meeting, to be holden on the fourth day of March, A.D., 1895.
NAME.
OCCUPATION.
Ames, Willis E.,
Stitcher.
Armstrong, Andrew,
Insurance Agent.
Bacon, John S.,
Grocer.
Bartlett, Arthur W.,
Grocer.
Bass, Herbert A.,
Reporter.
Bates, Samuel N.,
Cutter.
Bates, George L.,
Foreman.
Bates, James L.,
Farmer.
Shoemaker.
Bates, John A., Beedem, George A.,
Foreman.
Benson, Edward H.,
Beveridge, William J. C.,
Binney, John F.,
Cutter.
Blanchard, Alonzo W.,
Laborer.
Blanchard, Thomas,
Stitcher.
Blanchard, Lawrence A.,
Shoemaker.
Bond, William A.,
Shoecutter.
Boyle, Henry F.,
Treer.
Brennan, J. Lawrence,
Shoemaker.
Bryant, Millard P.,
Grocer.
Bullock, Francis F.,
Carpenter.
Burke, James E.,
Crimper.
Burrell, Ancil,
Shoecutter.
Burrell, Samuel W.,
Stitcher.
Expressman.
Burrell, Albert P.,
Plumber.
Currier.
208
Cain, Leonard W., Carey, John W., Carroll, John W., Casey, James,
Chandler, Henry B.,
Clark, Fred W., Ward 1,
Clapp, Charles H.,
Clapp, Henry W.,
Cohan, Dennis,
Condrick, James,
Condrick, John F.,
Cook, Arthur H.,
Manufacturer.
Cushing, John F., Ward 5,
Darcy, Stephen J.,
Dean, Zebulon,
Pedler.
Denton, Samuel C.,
Salesman.
Derby, Edward C.,
Operator.
Derby, Franklin,
Salesman.
Derby, Herbert L.,
Shoemaker.
Derby, J. Emmons,
Foreman.
Derby, N. Abbot,
Shoemaker.
Dexheimer, Jacob,
Bookkeeper.
Dizer, Wendell T.,
Foreman.
Dunbar, Howard L.,
Dunbar, James M.
Paper Hanger. Solecutter.
Dyer, Henry W., Ward 1,
Cutter.
Eagan, Thomas F.,
Operator.
French, Edward A.,
Manufacturer.
French, James B.,
Cutter.
Garcelon, Peter,
Carpenter.
Gardner, E. Bailey,
Painter.
Gay, Leonard T.,
Shoemaker.
Goodman, Martin,
Farmer.
Graney, John H.,
Finisher.
Garey, Minot P.,
Cutter.
Graves, Charles W.,
Shoemaker.
Greelish, Owen' L.,
Laster.
Leather Worker.
Griffin, Thomas,
Mason. Finisher. Clerk. Laborer. : Heelmaker. Shoemaker. Foreman.
Stitcher. Engineer. Operator. Laborer.
Foreman. Treer.
209
Hart, Dominick A., Hart, Daniel L., . Hanley, Henry E.,
Haviland, Philip F., Hawes, Bradford,
Healey, Peter,
Hender, James W.,
Tinsmith.
Hersey, William B.,
Carpenter.
Holbrook, John A.,
Salesman.
Holbrook, C. Sumner,
Cutter.
Hollis, Alvin,
Merchant.
Hollis, G. Lester,
Florist.
Hollis, Edward S.,
Shoemaker.
Howe, Fletcher W.,
Hardware Dealer.
Hughes, Peter F.,
Finisher.
Hunt, Francis H.,
Painter.
Hunt, Richard L.,
Boxmaker.
Inkley, John E.,
Shoemaker.
Kelley, John L.,
Shoemaker.
Kelley, Charles H.,
Manufacturer.
Kennedy, Patrick,
Crimper.
Kennerson, Benjamin R.
Gardner.
King, Samuel W.,
Carpenter.
Lawler, Henry,
Finisher.
Lawler, Henry H.,
Engineer.
Leach, Gustavus,
Stitcher.
Loring, Israel,
Solecutter.
Litchfield, E. Q. S.,
Stitcher.
Loud, C. Arthur,
Boxmaker.
Loud, Gilman B.,
Manufacturer.
Loud, Thomas B.,
Stitcher.
Loud, Willie B.,
Clerk.
Loud, Fred W.,
Operator.
Macauley, Matthew,
Bootmaker.
Mahoney, James J.,
Broker.
Mann, John E.,
Manufacturer.
Mckeever, John L.,
Finisher.
Electrician.
McKenney, Frank L.,
Manufacturer. Carpenter. Leather Dealer. Bookkeeper.
Selectman. Shoemaker.
210
McQuinn, Edward,
Merchant, Clayton B.,
Merchant, William F., Moore, James, Moore, Thomas F., Nash, William,
Nash, Samuel P.,
Newton, George L.,
Nevin, Edward B.,
Nolan, Daniel J.,
Orcutt, W. Loring,
O'Connor, Henry P.,
Paine, Edward P.,
Pierce, Elliot C.,
Pool, Henry L.,
Pool, Theron .A.,
Pope, Frank H.,
Heelmaker.
Power, Edward,
Edger.
Pratt, Gustavus M.,
Mason. .
Pratt, Edward I.,
Carpenter.
Pratt, Henry F.,
Shoemaker.
Pratt, Josiah H.,
Laborer.
Pray, James E.,
Laster.
Randall, George L.,
Shoemaker.
Raymond, Hiram E.,
Janitor.
Raymond, Sidney W.,
Fitter.
Reed, James A.,
Farmer.
Reed, William T.,
Farmer.
Reynolds, John,
Edger.
Richards, Alden,
Leather Worker.
Richards, Augustus J.,
Merchant.
Richards, Edward E.,
Salesman.
Richards, Frank H.,
Clerk.
Rockwood, Henry,
Grocer.
Ross, Silas,
Insurance Agent.
Seabury, Thanas B.,
Shaw, Gilbert M.,
Shaw, Oscar M.,
Retired. Tailor. Ice Cream Manufacturer. Farmer. String Maker. Grocer.
Manufacturer.
Watchman.
Merchant.
Cutter.
Foreman.
Manufacturer. Justice of the Peace. Clerk.
Clerk.
Shoemaker.
Shoemaker. Shoemaker.
Laborer.
211
Shaw, Osborn,
Shoemaker.
Shaw, Wendell,
Farmer.
Shaw, E. Faxon
Shoemaker.
Sherman, John F.,
Box Manufacturer.
Slattery, Dennis J.,
Shoemaker.
Smith, Nathan O.,
Cutter.
Smith, Benjamin F.,
Manufacturer.
Stetson, Charles,
Treer.
Sullivan, Daniel, Ward 5.
Trader.
Swett, Alden A. B.,
Salesman.
· Taylor, Joe,
Thayer, Franklin D.,
Business man.
Thomas, J. Russell,
Shoemaker.
Tilden, Atherton W.,
Cutter.
Tinkham, Charles C.,
Janitor.
Tirrell, Reuben,
Cutter.
Tirrell, John W.,
Laster.
Tisdale, Charles H.,
Farmer.
Torrey, Albree,
Stitcher.
Torrey, George C.,
Insurance Agent.
Turner, Waldo,
Carpenter.
Vining, Seth C.,
Operator.
Welch, John F.,
Treer.
Whelan, Daniel E.,
Foreman.
Whelan, Patrick,
Salesman.
White, Boylston G.,
Cutter.
Whiting, Alden,
Stitcher.
Whitman, Charles H.
Salesman.
Willis, Gordon,
Grocer.
Woodbury, Harry W.,
Foreman.
Wright, Marshall,
Mechanic.
BRADFORD HAWES, HENRY A. NASH, NELSON W. GARDNER, C. E. BICKNELL, GORDON WILLIS,
Selectmen of Weymouth.
TOWN RECORDS FOR 1894.
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 Thursday, the twenty-fifth day of January, instant, at 2.30 o'clock in the afternoon, then and there, upon the petition of Benjamin S. Lovell, James Humphrey, Z. L. Bicknell, Charles W. Hastings, Edward B. Nevin, Elbridge Nash, Augustus J. Richards, Henry A. Richards, John B. Rhines, and John J. Loud, legal voters in said town, to act upon the first three articles hereinafter stated, namely :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator for said meeting. .
ART. 2. To see if the Town will authorize and instruct its treasurer to prepare and issue from time to time, as the proceeds may be needed, coupon bonds of the town to be denominated on their face "Weymouth Water Loan," payable in thirty years from the first day of May of the year in which they are respect- ively issued, with interest at the rate of four per centum, payable semi-annually, to an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, for the purposes expressed, and in accordance with the authority granted to the town by chapter 222, of the Acts of the Legislature passed at its last session, entitled "An Act to authorize the Town of Weymouth to make an additional Water Loan," and will pre- scribe the manner and terms of such issue.
ART. 3. To see if the Town will adopt the report made at the last annual March meeting of the town by its committee, persons appointed at the annual March meeting held in the year 1892,
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"'for the purpose of making an investigation of the system of management of the town officers in every department, and of the salaries paid town officers, and to report when, in their judgment and for the best interests of the town, any change may be made which will result in increased benefit to the town, and a reduction of the expenses." Also to see if the town will take any other action in regard to the subject of said report, or in regard to fix- ing the number of persons of which each of its boards of town officers shall respectively consist.
ART. 3. By request of the School Committee, "To see what sum of money the Town will appropriate for the purpose of put- ting a new heating apparatus into the Hunt school building and to see if the town will instruct the treasurer to borrow said sum." And also to act on the following articles :
ART. 5. To see if the Town will instruct its board of Select- men to present in its name and behalf a petition to the Massachu- setts Highway Commission, representing that, in the opinion of said town, the common convenience and necessity require that the Commonwealth acquire as a State highway the road across the southwesterly portion of said Weymouth, and extending from the southerly line of Abington to the easterly line of Holbrook, and known as Ann street, and also to procure suitable plans and pro- files of said road.
ART. 6. To see if the Town will vote to name the street run- ning from Pleasant street to Torrey street-which was accepted by the Town at the last annual March meeting-Tower avenue.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof, in three public places in each ward in said town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at or before the time of said meeting.
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Given under our hands at Weymouth, this fifteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.
J. CLARENCE HOWE, HENRY A. NASH, LEONARD V. TIRRELL,
· HIRAM E. RAYMOND, JOHN F. DWYER.
Selectmen of Weymouth.
WEYMOUTH, January 17, 1894.
Pursuant to the above order, I this day posted true and attested copies of this warrant in three and more public places in each of the several wards of the town as therein required.
B. F. RICHARDS,
Constable of Weymouth.
A true copy, attest.
JOHN A. RAYMOND, Town Clerk.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, JAN. 25, 1894.
Pursuant to the foregoing Warrant, a legal meeting of the in- habitants of the town of Weymouth was held at the Town Hall, in said town on Thursday, Jan. 25, 1894, at half past two o'clock, P. M., the meeting being called to order and the warrant read by the Town Clerk.
ARTICLE 1. Louis A. Cook was elected Moderator by ballot, the check list being used in said election.
Voted, That the town hereby authorizes an increase of its water loan debt for the purposes stated in section four, of Chapter One Hundred and Seventy-four, of the Acts of the Legislature, passed in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty-One, to an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dol- lars, by virtue of and in accordance with the provisions of
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Chapter Two Hundred and Twenty-Two, of the Acts of the Legislature, passed in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety-Three, entitled "An Act to authorize the town of Weymouth to make an additional water loan," and that its treasurer is hereby instructed to cause to be made fifty coupon bonds of this town,-each for the sum of one thousand dollars as principal, payable in thirty years from the first day of May in the year in which, respectively, they shall be issued, and bearing that date, with interest payable semi-annually at the rate of four per centum, per annum, to be denominated on its face, "Wey- mouth Water Loan," and each bond to be sealed with its corpor- ate seal, and to be signed in its behalf, by its treasurer and countersigned by the chairman of its board of selectmen; and that said treasurer is hereby instructed to issue said bonds in such amounts as the board of Water Commissioners for this town shall by vote, from time to time request; and that all of these bonds before issue shall be approved by said board of Water Commissioners, and signed by the clerk of said Com- missioners in attestation of such approval. Also that such bonds may be sold, or any portion of them, by the treasurer of the town, with the approval of its board of Water Commissioners, either at public or private sale, or pledged by him with like approval, as collateral for money borrowed for the purposes authorized by said Chapter 222 of the Acts of the Legislature passed in the year 1893; and that said treasurer shall hold the moneys received from the sale, or pledge, of said bonds subject to the appropriation thereof already made, or which may be made, by vote of the town, for the purposes herein above named.
The result of the above vote being, YEA 103; No, 2.
Previous to the taking of the above vote, the Moderator ap- pointed Z. L. Bicknell and Francis A. Bicknell as tellers, and they were sworn by the Town Clerk.
ART. 3. An examination of the town records showing that the report mentioned in this article having already been adopted at the annual March meeting last past, a motion was made to reconsider the vote whereby the town voted to adopt said report, but [it was not carried, one hundred voters not voting in the
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affirmative, as required by the By-Laws of the town; the result of the vote being, Yes, 87; No, 12.
Voted. That the Board of Selectmen be instructed to call a special town meeting for the purpose of reconsidering or rescind- ing the vote of the town passed at its last annual March meeting, by which it adopted the report of a committee of fifteen persons, relating to the number of persons of which the Boards of Select- men, of Assessors, of Overseers of the Poor, and of the School Committee shall consist, and to the salaries to be paid to those boards, and also to other matters.
ART. 4. Voted : That the article in relation to a new heating apparatus for the Hunt School be laid on the table until the next annual March meeting.
ART. 5. Voted : That the Board of Selectmen be instructed to present, in the name and behalf of the town, a petition to the Massachusetts Highway Commission, representing that, in the opinion of said town, the common convenience and necessity require that the commonwealth acquire as a State highway the road across the southwesterly portion of Weymouth, and extend- ing from the southerly line of Abington to the easterly line of Holbrook, and known as Ann Street, and being that part of the road which runs from "Harwood's Corner" in Abington to Franklin Street in Holbrook, which lies in Weymouth, and to join with the towns of Abington and Holbrook in asking said Com- mission to make said road a State highway; and also that they procure and present with such petition suitable plans and profiles of the portion of said road lying in this town. Provided, that it shall involve no expenditure of money by the town.
(The result of this vote was : Yes, 45; No, 0,)
ART. 6. Voted, That the name of the street running from Pleasant Street to Torrey Street, accepted by the town at the last annual March meeting, be called Tower Avenue.
Voted. To adjourn.
[ATTEST. ] JOHN A. RAYMOND, Town Clerk.
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SPECIAL 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 Hall of the Engine House, in Precinct Two, in said Weymouth, on Friday, the second day of February next, at 7.45 P. M., then and there, to act on the fol- lowing articles, namely :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a Moderator for said meeting.
ART. 2. In accordance with a vote of the Town at a Special Town Meeting held on the twenty-fifth day of Jan., instant, in- structing the board of Selectmen to call a meeting for that pur- pose, to see if the Town will reconsider or rescind the vote of the Town passed at its last annual March meeting, by which it adopted the report of a committee of fifteen persons relating to the number of persons of which the boards of Selectmen, of As- sessors, of Overseers of the Poor and of School Committee shall consist, and to the salaries to be paid to these boards, and also to other matters. Also, to see if the Town will take any action in respect to fixing the number of persons who shall constitute the several boards of town officers who are elected by ballot under the Australian system of voting, as established in this town.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof, in three public places in each ward in said town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at or before the time of said meeting.
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.Given under our hands at Weymouth, this twenty-fifth day of Jan., in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four.
J. CLARENCE HOWE, HENRY A. NASH, LEONARD V. TIRRELL, HIRAM E. RAYMOND, JOHN F. DWYER, Selectmen of Weymouth.
WEYMOUTH, Jan. 26, 1894.
Persuant to the above order, I this day posted true and attested copies of this warrant in three and more public places in each of the several wards of the town as herein required.
B. F. RICHARDS, Constable of Weymouth.
A true copy, attest.
JOHN A. RAYMOND, Town Clerk.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant a legal meeting of the inhab- itants of the town of Weymouth, was held at the hall of the en- gine house in Precinct Two, in said town, on Friday, Feb. 2, 1894, at 7.45 p. m., the meeting being called to order and the warrant read by the town clerk.
ARTICLE 1. Louis A. Cook was elected Moderator by ballot, the check list being used in said election.
The Moderator appointed Nathan D. Canterbury and Francis A. Bicknell as tellers, and they were sworn by the town clerk.
Voted, That owing to the limited capacity of this hall, to ad- journ to the Opera House, East Weymouth, until five minutes past eight o'clock this evening.
At 8.05 o'clock, p. m., the meeting was again called to order at the Opera House, East Weymouth, by the Moderator.
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