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Field. With trumpet and
drum
811.44
Field and farm friends
.
Z76.5
French. Hezekiah's wives
₣888.1
Gaynor.
Songs of the
child world, 2v. . .
721.229
Goody Two-Shoes . .
·
Z77.6
Hamer.
Animal land
.
H172.1
Harris.
Eugene
Field
reader
811.52
Harrison In story land . 313.122
Holbrook. Hiawatha prim- er
136.68
.
Jackson.
Cat stories
.
J136.6
Letters from a cat .
·
J136.4
Johonnot. Book of cats
and dogs
736.64
Ketchum and Jorgensen.
Kindergarten gems 135.70
Lear. Nonsense books
.
136.34
Little folks. vs. 49, 51 of 052.L
Lodge, ed.
Six popular
tales L823.1
Lucas, ed. Book of verse for children 825.49
Miller, O. T. Queer pets at Marcy's M616.3
Miller, M. My Saturday bird class 734.72 Morley. Little Mitchell . M828.1 Morrison. Songs and
rhymes 823.11
Mother Goose rhymes Z83.5
Mother Goose nursery tales 716.78 Mother Goose nursery tales Z83.6
Mother Goose's nursery
rhymes
Z83.2
Norton and Stephens.
Heart of oak books.
v. 1, 2 of
133.59
Our little men and women.
051.01
Peary. Children of the
Arctic
227.141
Snow baby
. 227.135
Snowland folks
227.143
Picture objects
. 317.140
Playtime book
.
. 317.141
Poulsson. Child stories
.
P864.1
Finger plays .
. 721.225
In the child's world
.
317.107
Through the farmyard
gate
135.73
Pratt. Happy children
.
P887.2
Pretty toy pictures
Z86.7
Richards. More five min- ute stories .
R392.26
Richardson. Eyes right
.
R397 1
Russell. Sea children
.
R915.1
Scudder, ed. Book of
fables .
S436.15
Book of folk stories
.
S436.16
Shute. Land of song. Pts.
1 & 2 of
824.66
Stevenson. Child's garden of verse 825.9
Stowe. Little Pussy Wil-
low
S892.5
Surr. Stories about cats . 737.30 Things in-doors 731.68 Things out-of-doors 731.67
Tileston, ed. Children's
hour
824.73
True Mother Goose .
Z90.23
Tucker. Dogs, great and small T795.1
Valentine. Aunt Louisa's book of animal stories V234.1 Wiltse. Folklore stories . 716.82 Kindergarten stories . W713.1 Myths and mother plays 135.71
Woods. First school poe- try book 810.4
Wright. Seaside and way-
side. vs. 1 & 2 of
.
733.98.
233
GRADES IV-VI.
Abbott. Franconia stories.
10v.
A132.7-16
Aldrich.
Story of a bad
boy
A365.5
Andersen. Fairy tales and
stories
·
A544.8
Catherwood.
Dogberry
Andrews.
Each and all
.
A567.1
Seven little sisters .
.
A567.3
Chaplin
and
Humphry.
Little folks of other
lands
223.110
Ten boys who lived on the road from long ago to now
A567.5
Aulnoy.
Old
fashioned
and Clow. Stories of in-
dustry .
731.97
Chatterbox. vs. 13-27 of
051.C2
Baldwin.
Fifty
famous
stories
B193.2
Bamford. Look-about Club
737.36
My land and water friends
737.18
Second year of the Look-
about Club .
737.37
Darwin. What Mr. Darwin
saw
in his voyage
around the world
.
233.19
Bates, and others.
Child-
ren's ballads
823.24
Bayliss. Lolami, the little
cliff-dweller
230.136
Deane. Wonders from sea
and shore
.
737.118
Dodgson. Alice's adven-
tures in wonderland
D667.1
Doubleday. Bird neighbors
737.79
Beard. Curious homes and their tenants 733.117
Bignell. Mr. Jupes
and
Miss Jenny .
.
734.119
Birds and nature.
15v. of 051 B1
Brooks. True story of Washington 217.101
Burnett. Little Lord Faun- tleroy . B933.7
· Little Saint Elizabeth · Burroughs. Birds and bees 734.73
B933.8
Burt, ed. Poems every child should know 826.75
Butterworth.
Pan-Amer-
ican countries 227.115
Zigzag journeys in Eu-
225.90 rope
Zigzag journeys in clas- sic lands · 225.89
Carey. Wonders of com-
mon things . 733.71
Birds that hunt and are
hunted .
737.78
Drake. Around the Hub
610.19
.
Duncan.
Mary's Garden
and how it grew .
.
726.150
Eggleston, E. Stories of great Americans . . 213.109
Eggleston, G.C. Big brother
E296.1
Ewing. Jackanapes .
.
£956.6
Story of a short life
E956.16
Field. Love songs of child-
hood
.
811.46
Fisher. ' Fairy-land of science 735.1
Franklin, Benjamin. Life 215.69 Frost. Court of King Arthur F927.1
Gale. Songs for little peo- ple 824.47
Carpenter. Travels through
North America
with
the children
. 230.108
Carryl. Davy and the gob-
lin
C239.1
bunch
C286.2
Stories of
my
four
friends
A567.6
Chase. Stories from animal
land
. . 733.112
A944.1
fairy tales
.
Craik.
Adventures of a
Brownie
C844.38
Little lame prince
. C844.17
ed. Fairy book
. C844.35
234
Gautier. My household of
pets
G238.3
Gilder, ed.
Bible for chil-
dren
836.15
Greenaway.
Book
of
games .
724.87
Grimm. Fairy tales .
·
G884.1
Grinnell.
Our feathered
friends
734.115
Gueber. Story of the cho-
sen people .
712.55
Story of the thirteen col-
onies
.
612.140
Guernsey. Jenny and the
insects
·
732.44
Hale. Boys' heroes .
·
212.41
Family flight through
France, etc .
226.22
ed. Stories of adventure H132.27
Stories of the sea .
. H132.30
Hamerton.
Chapters
on
animals
736.103
.
Harris. Aaron in the wild
woods .
H242.1
Little Mr. Thimble-finger H242.5
Mr. Rabbit at home
.
H242.7
Nights with Uncle Re-
mus
.
H242.8
Story of Aaron
. H242.11
Uncle Remus
. H242.13
Hart, ed. Source readers in American history.
3v
612.161
Hawthorne Grandfather's
chair
. H318.13
Tanglewood tales
. H318.11
Wonder book .
. H318 15
Holbrook. 'Round the year
in myth and song
135.69
Humphrey. How
New
England was made
.
613.45
Little Pilgrims at Ply- mouth H882.2
Johnson. Illustrated poems
823.10
and songs
.
Judd. Wigwam stories 612.157 Keary. Heroes of Asgard K216.8
Kingsley. Heroes
.
K613.3
Water-babies .
. K613.6
Kipling. Jungle book
K627.4
Just so stories
. K627.16
Second Jungle book
. K627.11
Kirby. The sea and its
wonders
736.59
World by the fire-side
735.47
Kirkland.
Dora's house-
keeping
725.34
Six little cooks
725.35
·
Lang, ed.
Animal story
book
L251.4 '
Crimson fairy book
, L251.11
Violet fairy book .
. L251.10
Yellow fairy book .
L251.9
La Ramé. Dog of Flan-
ders
L322.6
In the apple country
·
L322.2
Nürenberg stove
.
Provence rose
L322.5
L322.4
Leonard. Story of the big
front door .
L553.3
Long. Beasts of the field 736.110
Fowls of the air
736.109
Little brother to the bear 736.116
Wood folk at school
736.111
Lorenzini. Adventures of
Pinocchio
.
L886.1
Lothrop.
Adventures of
Joel Pepper
.
L914.19
Five little Peppers
.
L914.2
Mabie, ed. Fairy tales every
child should know
716.79
Macdonald.
At the back
of the north wind
M143.4
Dealings with the fairies M143.6
Princess and Curdie
M143.21
Princess and the goblin . M143.22
Macduff. Story of a shell 733.55 Markham. Colonial days . M342.2 Maskell. Four feet, wings and fins . M374.1 Matéaux. Odd folks at home
.
737.35
Wonderland of work
.
727.63
Miller. First book of birds 734.111
1
.
235
Miller .- Continued.
Little folks in feathers
and furs M616.1
Second book of birds
.
734.112
Molesworth. Carrots
.
M734.4
"Grandmother dear."
M734.11
Moore and Nichols. Over-
head
736.26
Morley. Bee people
. 733.139
Insect folk .
. 733.146
Seed babies 735.100
Morris. Dogs and their
doings
737.29
Moulton. Bed-time stories M864.1
Nichols. Under foot 735.46
Noel. Buz; or the life of a honey bee . N685.1
Old fashioned fairy tales . Z85.4
Our country ; East
. 224.191
Our country ; West 224.192
Piatt.
Children
out
of
doors .
825.8
Pierson. Among the farm- yard people . 733.121
Among the meadow peo- ple 733.118
Tales of a poultry farm . 733.147
Richards. Captain January R392.1
Four feet, two feet and
no feet
737.144
Riggs. Birds' Christmas carol . . R447.1
Golden numbers
.
824.67
Posy ring
.
824.68
Story of Patsy
R447.6
Rocheleau. Great Ameri-
can industries, 3v.
726.142
Ruskin. King of the Gold- en River R894.1
St. Nicholas, vs. 1-32 of . 051.S
Saunders. Beautiful Joe . S257.1
Beautiful Joe's paradise S257.4
Scherren. Popular history of animals 737.60
Scudder. Bodleys afoot .
S436.2
Bodleys telling stories
S436.4
Boston town
.
610.18
Scudder .- Continued.
Folk stories .
. S436.16
ed. Children's book
. S436.17
Segur. Fairy tales .
.
S456.1
Seton-Thompson. Biogra-
phy of a grizzly .
.
T375.1
Lives of the hunted
736.91
.
Two little savages
. 727.112
Wild animals
I
have
known
736.93
Sewell.
Black Beauty
.
S5161.1
Smith. Four on a farm
. S655.16
Stickney and Hoffman.
Bird world
.
734.116
Stockton. Beeman of Orn S866.5
Jolly fellowship
S866.17
Tales out of school
S866 29
Round about rambles
.
735.35
Stoddard. Little Smoke . S869.14
Talking leaves
S869.23
.
Two arrows
S869.25
Strong. . All the
year
round, 3v.
. 733.122
Thaxter.
Stories
and
poems for children
.
T335.1
Thomas. In the young
world .
826.33
.
Todd. Vacation Club
. 733.109
Torrey. Every day birds . 734.117
Towle. Magellan
222.6
Uncle Warren. Animals . 737.120
Birds
737.9
Wade.
Our little
Cuban
cousin
224.156
Our little Eskimo cousin 224.153
Our little Japanese cous-
in
235.114
.
Our
little
Philippine
cousin .
236.82
Our little Porto Rican
cousin
224.114
Our little Siamese cousin 235.107
Walsh. Young folks' ideas W 165.3
Ward. Gypsy stories, 4v.
Gypsy Breynton
.
. W213.9
Gypsy's cousin Joy
.W213.10
236
Ward .- Continued.
Gypsy's sowing andreap-
ing
. W213.11
Gypsy at
the Golden
Crescent
W213.12
Weir.
Bird stories, old
and new
734.62
Wesselhoeft. Jack, the fire
dog W 517.7
vs. 3, 4 of
733.98
Old Rough, the Miser . W517.3
Tommy-Anne .
. W936.2
Sparrow, the tramp
. W517 5
Winds, the woods and the
wanderer W517.6
Yule-tide stories
Z95.8
White. Magic forest . W 5852.2
Zollinger. Widow O'Cal-
Whittier. In the Michigan
laghan's boys
Z40.1
lumber-camp
. W615.1
TREASURER'S REPORT OF RECEIPTS FOR THE YEAR 1905.
Fines collected by Librarian $128 65
Books sold by Librarian 4 54
Sale of Catalogues by Librarian
10 67
Rents
850 08
Cash Gift for the purchase of Books 5 00
Income from Tufts Fund
100 00
Balance of Town Appropriation, 1904
200 00
One-half Dog License Tax
588 11
On account of Town Appropriation, 1905
1,700 00
Cash on hand January 1, 1905
285 27
$3,872 32
EXPENDITURES.
For Books :
W. B. Clarke Co. .
$315 01
S. F. McLean & Co.
.
18 87
Publishers' Weekly
18 00
American Library Association
2 00
W. H. Moore
43 50
Cedric Chivers Ltd.
24 30
McDavitt-Wilson
11 78
The Moulton Publishing Co.
5 00
Amount carried forward
$438 46
Wood. The Zoo 737.121
Illust. natural history . 737.61
Woolsey. Cross Patch . W886.2 New year's bargain W886.14 Nine little goslings W886.15
Wright. Four-footed Americans . W936.1
Seaside and
wayside,
Yonge. Little Lucy's won- derful globe Y83.25
$3,587 05
237
Amount brought forward
$438 46
The H. W. Wilson Company .
1 00
Philadelphia Book Store .
.
18 35
New England News Co. .
43 18
Library Bureau
1 00
Houghton & Dutton
11 99
Library Art Club
5 00
Boston Book Company
37 00
Draper Publishing Co.
1 50
DeWolfe & Fiske Co.
26 08
Charles W. Clark Co.
11 00
Cash for Magazine
10
$594 66
For librarian and assistants :
Miss C. A. Blanchard
$700 00
Miss L. C. Richards
399 96
Miss Alice Bates Blanchard
116 10
Miss Abbie L. Loud
21 60
Miss M. L. Foye
17 70
Mrs. Alice H. Taylor
.
.
.
$1,256 71
For janitor :
F. D. Sherman
300 00
For cleaning :
Mrs. James McEvoy
19 70
For light :
Weymouth Light & Power Co.
215 53
For wood and coal :
Augustus J. Richards & Son .
279 12
For supplies :
Post Office supplies, blank books, cards, paper, etc.
$21 01
Gazette Publishing Co.
20 00
Adams, Cushing & Foster
9 50
J. E· Ludden
5 79
C. F. Vaughan
4 33
Library Bureau
.
117 75
E. W. Hunt .
2 05
Weymouth Pharmacy
1 70
Jordan Marsh Company .
3 47
Tyer Rubber Co. .
10 50
Amounts carried forward
$196 10
$2,665 72
·
.
1 35
.
238
Amounts carried forward
$196 10
$2,665 72
James W. Rand
96
Stone & Forsyth
·
5 00
Standard Oil Co.
1 98
J. B. Rhines & Co.
75
Ford Furniture Co.
1 15
Librarian of Congress
5 00
$210 94
For water :
Town of Weymouth
34 00
For sprinkling street : John F. Dwyer
6 00
For insurance :
A. S. Jordan & Co.
23 05
For transportation and distribution of books :
O. Cushing's Express
$50 00
John F. Dwyer
.
52 00
John W. Bartlett & Co.
52 00
J. P. Salisbury
52 00
W. W. Pratt
55 00
A. B. Sladen
43 00
Bates & Humphrey
25 00
William Nash
25 00
354 00
For binding books : F. J. Barnard & Co.
102 51
For repairs :
J. E. Ludden
$1 10
King & Pack
7 95
C. A. Blanchard
25
Godfred Rondeau
17 00
L. F. Bates
00
Joseph P. Howe
43 80
John Lyons
1 00
Ingalls & Kendricken
20 30
100 40
For librarian car fares and expenses : C. A. Blanchard 4 29
Amount carried forward
$3,500 91
.
·
.
.
.
·
.
.
.
.
.
239
Amount brought forward $3,500 91
For expressing :
18 62
For removing ashes : John F. Dwyer
6 50
For telephone and messenger
25
Augustus J. Richards on account of
Loan for Post Office fittings
200 00
Augustus J. Richards, interest on $200
20 50
$3,746 78
Cash on hand January 1, 1906
125 54
$3,872 32
CHARLES P. HUNT,
Treasurer.
1
ANNUAL REPORT
1 OF
WATER COMMISSIONERS
OF THE
TOWN OF WEYMOUTH, MASS.
I 905 . 1
WATER COMMISSIONERS.
DOUGLAS M. EASTON, Chairman. FRANK H. TORREY, Clerk of Board. WENDALL B. CLAPP. JOHN H. STETSON, Treasurer. GORDON WILLIS.
IVERS M. Low, Superintendent. CHARLOTTE E. BRIGGS, Clerk. C. B. KLINGEMANN, Engineer.
Office at East Weymouth, Mass.
WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT
JANUARY 1ST., 1906.
The Board organized March 20th., 1905, by the choice of Douglas M. Easton, Chairman; Frank H. Torrey, Clerk and Register ; John H. Stetson, Treasurer.
Frank H. Torrey was chosen Collector at a salary of $235.
I. M. Low continues as Superintendent at a salary of $750.
Miss C. E. Briggs continues Clerk at the office at a salary of $450.
C. B. Cushing continues as Accountant at a salary of $200.
C. B. Klingemann continues as Engineer at the Pumping Station at a salary of $1,000.
In presenting our report to the tax payers of the town of Wey- mouth, we are pleased to say at the outset that much improvement has been shown regarding the various topics discused in our re- port of 1905 ; much more can be done if you will co-operate with us.
FINANCE.
In our report of 1905, we endeavored to impress on the minds of our citizens, the importance of paying their bills promptly. We are pleased to report this year that considerable attention was paid to our appeal, as you will notice by examination of the Treasurer's report, especially to that part which relates to the balance due Jan. 1st., 1905 and balance due Jan. 1st., 1906. We trust the year 1906 will show a still further advancement towards the end so that in the near future, there will be practically nothing due at the beginning of the new year.
REBATES.
While a decided improvement has been made in this line during the past year, yet there are some to whom this question should appeal to more strongly than heretofore, for by a due attention to the printed slip attached to every bill, less friction will be mani-
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fested between owners of property and our office. It is of im- portance that every citizen, on receipt of his bill, should examine minutely every charge, and if not correct, he should report all errors or omissions to the office immediately, and not wait three months and then come to .the office and say " my house has been vacant two months" or " I have not used my hose this summer".
Such may be the case but as we have been imposed upon quite a number of times, we feel disposed to doubt such statements, this causes hard feelings and to do away with any discussions, we say " report promptly at the office".
LABOR AND MATERIAL.
On account of the severe winter of 1905, and the length of time that a great deal of the pipe has been in use, this depart- ment has been kept very busy. We desire to again call your attention to the fault-finding regarding our charges for labor and material.
We cannot find men, horses, and material, travel three miles, and make much profit on a job which the owner thinks ought not to cost over fifty cents ; as we have said before, this department does not do the work for profit. We pay the money for labor and material, and must make our charges accordingly, and we trust that you will so consider them, that we may, at least, get a new dollar for an old one. -
POND.
The sluice-way on Randolph street, built many years ago of plank and joist, is in a very dilapidated condition, and a new one must be constructed this year after the spring floods have abated. It is our intention to build this time of concrete, which will then be practically indestructible.
ELECTROLYSIS.
In our last report we intimated that arrangements had been made to have an electric survey made, which was done during the summer by M. A. Carter, assisted by Supt. Low and Mr. Easton of the Board, and we are glad to report that the conditions are not as bad as we expected to find them, judging from the trouble that other towns are having; yet the trouble is there, and sooner
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or later we must expect to meet it; in the meantime the Street Railway Supt. has been advised of the condition and informed that they will be held responsible.
The remedy suggested by Electrician M. A. Carter is supported by other expert electricians, while others do not advocate the plan, believing it only prolongs the agony, and that the only safety is in a double trolly.
" When Doctors disagree, what can we poor mortals do?"
See special report of M. A. Carter :
EAST WEYMOUTH, January 10, 1906.
To the Weymouth Water Board :
GENTLEMEN : In reply to you request for a statement of the electrolytic action on the Weymouth water pipes, I would re- spectfully submit the following report :
Electrolysis of the subterranean metallic structures is prima- rily an accelerated erosion caused by certain conditions being present when a current escapes from a metallic surface. The current finds its way to the piping system, for it presents a path of conduction back to the power station, and the amount of cur- rent conducted by the water pipes will be in the ratio that the earth resistance plus the pipe resistance bears to the rail-return resistance at portions of the system adjacent to the power station (when the trolley wire is positive potential. )
This current has to leave the pipes and return to the negative bus, for exactly the same volume of current must return to the power station as is sent out from it. If this current depart with sufficient electrical pressure between the pipe and adjacent moist- ure in the soil, it will change the constituents of the soluble mat- ter held in the water, which will in turn on account of their new form, more actively attack the pipe adjacent to the point where the solutions were decomposed.
It is necessary to have the following elements in combination in order that the effect may be produced called electrolysis.
A metalic surface surrounded by impure water and a currant leaving the surface, having at the point of departure sufficient potential to decompose the soluble chemical constituents or organic matter held in solution in this moisture. The current. leaving the pipe will cause the pipe to be positive relative to the
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surrounding electrolyte ; this will cause an acid reaction due to the decomposition at this point.
It is not correct to assume that all corrosion is electrolysis, for the composition of the pipe may be such that a local action will be set up within the structure of metal itself. This is found to be the case with steel, where it has been rolled with particles of uncombined carbon incorporated with the metal. When the moisture of the soil rests against such a composite structure of carbon and the surrounding metal, the effect of this is to destroy or disintegrate the metal and leaves a carbonaceous substance of graphitic appearance which causes a pit of greater or less dimen- sions to be gradually formed on the iron surface. The test to prove whether steel for pipe construction has this peculiar compo- sition is to submerge it in rain water, when the pitting will soon appear, if there is local action within the plate itself.
Another cause where local electrolysis may occur is where lead pipe and iron pipe are connected and burried in the same soil, the soil forming the electrolyte when charged with moisture, the lead and iron forming two battery plates.
Passing the consideration of those cases of electrolysis which are produced by foreign currents flowing from the structures, there are certain conditions that have to be understood in order to ascertain whether the structure is being deteriorated by the cur- rent ; and the metal which forms the surface also determines the damage that can be done by the current under different condi- tions. With a given current density and potential cast iron is affected the least, wrought iron the next, mild steel the next, high carbon steel the next, and lead the next. Lead, when affected by electrolysis, shows different peculiarities from those exhibited by the iron group. The carbonate of lead is formed when car- bonic acid is brought adjacent to the lead surface, which pro- duces a low resistance path, and has the property of migrating through the soil towards the negative and receiving plate for the current, which is usually the rail. In iron, ferric oxide and fer- rous oxid are formed on the surface of the iron, which of them- selves are not conductors to the flow of current, but on the con- trary tend to dam back or insulate the pipe on whose surface they are formed electrolytically.
" Now the principal damage to the pipe is when the pipe is positive, that is, when there is a constant flow of electricity from
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the pipe to the rail. An intermittent flow of current, or when the current flows from the rail to the pipe, is not of so much conse- quence.
In testing the water pipe system of Weymouth, I found only two sections where the current was flowing from the pipe to the rail. These places were in North Weymouth from Thomas Corner to Quincy Point, and Washington and Lincoln Squares at Weymouth Landing. I found the conditions practically the same in both places, with a flow of current of from 3 to 10 volts. In all other parts of the system the current was found to be flowing from rail to pipe, and in my opinion there is no great damage while the current is flowing in this direction.
Now the remedy for the sections where the current is flowing from the pipe to the rail is : make a solid connection from the pipe to the rail. I would advise using No. 0 copper wire as a con- ductor, drill and tap the water pipe for a half inch brass plug, let the plug project from the pipe 2 or 3 inches, solder the copper wire to the plug and then rivet the other end to the rail, put these conductors about 200 feet apart as a trial. If enough of these conductors are put in, and the Street Railway Company keep their rail bonded, you will have no trouble from electrolysis. This is called the drainage system.
Now gentlemen as I understand the subject, this is a practic- able and sure way of taking care of this positive current, for you are making a solid path or drain from your piping system to the return or rail. The resistance of the ground around the pipe is so great that the electricity will naturally follow the bonds which has the least resistance.
I would advise the purchasing by the town, of an ammeter and a volt meter, so that your Superintendent can occasionally make a test to find out the condition of the system.
In making the survey I was accompanied and assisted by Messrs. D. M. Easton, Commissioner and Superintendent I. M. Low.
Trusting the foregoing will meet with your approval, I am
Yours very truly, M. A. CARTER.
During the year of 1904 it became necessary to install a new boiler at the Pumping Station; this left another one which had
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seen service for a long time. The Insurance Company has re- cently condemned the old one, and we have contracted for a new one, being a duplicate of the one installed in 1904, and which will be set up before the summer season opens. We then shall be equipped in a thorough manner for years to come.
The sills of the barn were found to be in very poor condition and new ones have been put in ; it will have to be shingled during the coming summer. ª
A new 6-inch main pipe was laid in June from the intersection of Shawmut and Broad streets to Hill Crest Road, and then con- nected with the gravity service leading to the hydrant at the top of the hill. This main was started with the intention of supply- ing high pressure service to the factory of M. C. Dizer & Co., but upon their refusing to sign an agreement in writing which they made verbally, the work ceased at Hill Crest Road.
We are contemplating laying a 6-inch main along Hill Crest road as early in the Spring as conditions will permit.
It is also contemplated extending the main pipe on Main street, South Weymouth.
We regret to say that in laying the 6-inch main on Broad street, one of the workmen had his leg broken and that a suit against the town is pending for said injury.
An appropriation of $3000 is asked for the purpose of making further constructions as may be deemed necessary for the ensuing year, also an appropriation from the revenue of the Works to be applied as follows :
Interest on Bonds
$18,815 00
Payment to Sinking Fund
.
9,320 00.
Superintendent's Salary
Maintenance .
7,300 00
Pumping Station
Current Expenses
Commissioners
1,700 00
Office Expenses
$37,135 00
Respectfully submitted,
D. M. EASTON, F. H. TORREY, J. H. STETSON, GORDON WILLIS,
Commissioners.
REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT.
WEYMOUTH, MASS, January 1, 1906.
To the Board of Water Commissioners :
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