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As soon as it is expedient, it is recommended that all standpipes be painted, a new standpipe considered for South Weymouth, and a ventilator installed for the chlorine equipment.
The helpful co-operation of the Board of Water Commissioners, together with that of other Town Officials, has contributed much toward the operations of the Department.
The following summaries and tables outline the activities for the past vear.
Respectfully submitted,
Sydney C. Beane, Superintendent
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS Year Ending December 31, 1946
Weymouth Water Works, Weymouth, Mass.
Population Estimated: Winter 28,500, Summer 30,000.
Date of Construction : 1885.
By whom owned: Town of Weymouth.
Source of supply : Weymouth Great Pond.
Mode of supply : Pumping to Filtration thence distribution by
(a) pumping to standpipe;
(b) gravity flow;
(c) Circuit Avenue pumping to Low Service.
Capacity of reservoirs: 2,570,000 gallons.
146
PUMPING MACHINERY
Great Pond Station
Low Lift
De Laval Single Stage Pump, 1000 G.P.M., 10 H.P. G.E. Motor De Laval Single Stage Pump, 1250 G.P.M., 10 H.P. G.E. Motor De Laval Single Stage Pump, 1500 G.P.M., 15 H.P. G.E. Motor
High Lift
De Laval Single Stage Pump, 1000 G.P.M., 60 H.P. G.E. Motor De Laval Single Stage Pump, 1250 G.P.M., 75 H.P. G.E. Motor De Laval Single Stage Pump, 1500 G.P.M., 100 H.H. G.E. Motor
Emergency High Lift
Gasoline driven De Laval Single Stage Pump, 1800 G.P.M. 150 H.P. Sterling Motor.
Hollis Street Station High Lift
Allis-Chalmers Single Stage Pump, 1200 G.P.M., 70 H.P. G.E. Motor Worthington Double Stage Pump, 1000 G.P.M., 70 H.P. G.E. Motor
Circuit Avenue Station Deep Well Pump Pomona Turbine Pump, 700 G.P.M., 25 H.P. Westinghouse Motor
DISTRIBUTION MAINS
Extended, 9,204 feet
Replaced, 1,544 feet
Total mains now in use, 119.1 miles
Number of hydrants added, 5
Total hydrants in use, 656 (excluding private hydrants)
Number of gates added, 27
Total gates in use, 1,054
Number of blow-offs, 85
SERVICES
Number of services added, 130
Total services installed to January 1, 1947, 8,216
Total services listed, 8,020
Number of listed service metered, 7,389
Percentage of services metered, 91.5
CONSUMPTION
Total gallons Great Pond Station Total gallons Circuit Avenue Station
567,450.000
3,980,000
Total gallons consumed
571,430,000
Average gallons daily consumption
1,565,000
Average gallons per day per capita
54.9
Total gallons through commercial meters
175,515,000
Total gallons through domestic meters
303,308,000
Total measured gallons
478,823,000
Percentage accounted for by meters
83.7
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TYPICAL ANALYSIS
PPM
PPM
Calcium
9.81
Bicarbonate
10.3
Carbonate
0.0
Magnesium
5.20
Hydroyl
0.0
Sulphate
4.9
Sodium
4.0 1
Chloride
3.8
Phosphate
1.7
Hydrogen FMA
1.8
Nitrate
.01
Total Cations
20.8
Total Anions
20.7
Total Hardness
15.
Alumina
.002
M. O. Alkalinity
19.
Organic Matter
.085
Phen. Alkalinity
0.
Fluorides
.000
Free CO2
3.1
Oil
.000
PH
7.1
Turbidy
2.
Total Iron
.021
Sediment Color
3.
Dissolved Iron
.013
Ordor, grassy,
1
Manganese
.001
Hardness as grains/
Silica
.025
U.S. Gal
.87
Total Electrolytes
.05
TABLE I METERS IN USE DECEMBER 31, 1946
Sizes in Inches
Make
3 / 4
1
11/2
2
3
4
6
10 Totals
Artic
201
201
Empire
4
1
1
1
7
Hersey
1241
8
38
33
21
2
6
4
1
1354
Imo
2
2
Keystone
72
1
73
King
45
1
2
2
50
Nash-9
4
4
Nash-K
26
26
Premier
1
1
Trident
827
1
1
829
Watchdog
4466
13
2
6
4487
Worthington
6
6
Totals
6894
9
53
36
32
2
8
4
2
7040
Dec. 31, 1945
6792
9
51
34
25
2
8
4
2
6927
-
-
-
1
148
TABLE II CONSUMPTION AND PUMPAGE IN 1946 Great Pond Station (Except as Noted)
Month
1946
Million Gallons
High Service
Million Gallons
Low Service
Million Gallons
Million Gallons
Circuit Ave. to
Million Gallons
Consumption
Power Cost per
Million Gallons
Consumption
Percent of
Wash Water Used
Average Monthly
Level Gr. Pond
Million Gallons
Storage above Elev. 160.00
January
24.45
1.74
21.58
47.77
10.85
5.87
165.75
470
February
22.99
2.41
17.98
43.38
12.32
6.46
165.50
445
March
23.84
1.50
20.50
45.84
11.60
6.17
165.42
437
April
23.51
1.45
19.77
.60
45.33
11.10
6.04
165.33
430
May
26.12
.20
21.97
48.29
10.70
5.76
165.60
445
June
29.09
7.04
14.73
15
51.01
14.38
5.93
165.58
455
July
32.78
12.28
13.90
1.92
60.88
13.80
5.47
164.80
380
August
25.29
1.22
20.24
98
47.73
13.45
5.10
164.76
376
September
25.54
45
20.06
.14
46.19
13.50
4.25
164.84
385
October
25.99
.68
20.47
47.14
13.85
4.02
164.48
350
November
23.52
.16
20.06
.19
43.93
14.60
2.72
163.96
303
December
22.99
.11
20.86
43.96
13.50
2.36
163.66
277
Totals
306.11
29.24
232.12
3.98
571.45
153.65
60.15
Avg. Day 1946
.838
.08
.637
011
1.565
12.80
5.01
164.96
396
Avg. Day 1945
.783
.042
.634
1.458
12.44
4.41
165.29
423
Max. Day 1946
1.189
.200
.085
2.604
17.00
3.05
164.66
367
Min. Day 1946
.633
.614
1.247
1.46
163.75
286
Max. Week 1946
8.10
4.95
2.09
1.05
16.19
15.80
5.13
164.81
381
Pumped to
Pumped to
Gravity
Low Service
Total
149
TABLE III - TREATMENT FOR 1946
Average Color
Average PH
Alum Coagulant
Soda Ash Soda Ash Coagulant Corrective
Chlorine
Calgon
Chemicals
MONTH 1946
Raw Water
Final Effluent
Raw Water
Final Effluent
Hundred Pounds
Hundred Pounds
Hundred Pounds
Pounds
Hundred Pounds
Million Gallons
Total Consumption
Water Temperature
January
64
0
5.3
7.8
115
61
101
973/4
10.89
39
February
66
0
5.2
7.2
94
52
89
141 1/4
March
68
0
5.3
7.2
101
53
73
883/4
11.
13.02
45
April
75
0
5.8
6.9
91
42
39
563/4
9.
9.83
50
68
0
5.7
6.8
103
41
34
551/2
8.
8.95
58
May
76
0
5.6
7.1
121
49
53
63
5.4
9.43
69
June
58
0
6.0
8.1
122
53
98
603/4
8.61
76
July
48
0
6.0
8.2
67
26
71
553/4
6.62
72
August
50
0
6.0
7.4
69
23
49
603/4
5.3
7.07
69
October
50
0
6.1
7.0
77
22
32
533/4
11.9
8.73
61
November
50
0
6.2
7.4
68
18
37
561/4
10.9
9.08
51
December
50
0
6.1
7.4
76
20
41
431/4
8.4
8.52
38
Totals
723
0
69.3
88.5
1104
460
717
8331/2
69.9
111.07
669
Avg. Day 1946
60
0
5.8
7.4
3.03
1.26
1.96
2.28
19
9.26
56
Avg. Day 1945
51
0
5.5
7.9
3.62
1.81
2.44
1.58
10.00
55
Max. Day 1946
100
5
6.5
8.2
Min. Day 1946
40
0
5.0
6.7
1/4
51/2
79
34
Cost per
10.32
41
September
150
TABLE IV NEW MAINS-GATES AND HYDRANTS INSTALLED 1946
Cement Lined
Street
Pipe
Steel
Cast Iron
W. I.
W. I.
C. I.
C. I.
C. I.
Gate Inches
Hydrants
Locations
Inches
2
6
1 1/4
6
8
12
6
8
12
No. 124 Academy Av.
5
16
1327
1
2
To Broad Street
No. 73 Appletree Lane
143
3
1
Babcock Ave.
1 -
Broad & Essex St.
86
5
Candia Street
8
256
1
1
To Cornish Street
Cornish Street
29
464
1
1
To Sutton Street
Fort Point
278
1
To No. 25 Fort Point Rd.
Gilbert Road
6
458
504
394
1
2
1
To No. 340 Green Street
May Terrace
90
-
4
327
1
1
To Gilbert Road
Newbert Avenue
69
Ralph Talbot Street
371
2
1
To No. 343 Ralph Talbot St.
Sutton Street
22
756
1
To Academy Avenue
Thicket
12
1334
942
2
2
To No. 310 Thicket Street
Torrey Street
234
1
1
To No. 90 Tower Avenue
Raleigh Road
Near No. 22 Raleigh Road
Totals
69
161
90
458
2288
1462
4676
13
4
10
5
1.
-
1166
To Candia Street
Green Street
To No. 64 May Terrace
Middle Street
To No. 65 Newbert Ave.
-
-
1
-
To No. 85 Appletree Lane Near No. 95 Babcock Ave. Near No. 354 Broad St.
151
TABLE V REPLACEMENT OF MAINS IN 1946
MAINS
Gates
Taken Out
Installed
Size-Inches
Kind
Feet
Size-Inches
Kind
Feet
Taken Out
Installed
No. 83 Babcock Ave.
To No. 95 Babcock Ave.
2
W. I.
181
6
C. L.
181
2
6
No. 11 Birch Road
To No. 18 Birch Road
1
Steel
89
11/4
C. L.
89
No. 44 Cross Street
To No. 60 Cross Street
1
Steel
184
2
Steel
184
To No. 27 Crest Ave. from
1
Steel
342
2
Steel
162
2
C. L.
100
Lakehurst Avenue
11/4
C. L.
80
To No. 22 Raleigh Rd.
2
Steel
236
6
C. L.
236
2
8
Westminster Road to
No. 45 Pine Cliff
1
Steel
512
2
C. L.
512
-
Totals
1544
1544
2
2
TABLE VI DISTRIBUTION PIPE AND GATES IN USE DECEMBER 31, 1946
Size-Inches
W. I. Steel
Transite
Cast Iron
Lead Lined
Cement Lined
Cast Iron Universal
Gates
20
250
1
18
2090
1
14
22555
14
12
48158
5588
66
10
49864
66
8
59184
1462
104
6
11426
285080
3282
1958
582
4
22535
751
49
2
64095
6799
384
2748
128
11/2
25167
352
-
43
11/4
6692
304
1
216
9183
-
Totals
216
105137.
11426
496515
384
13736
2709
1054
1
-
-
152
1
from Lambert Avenue
Lead
153
350367
January 8
1
38
.012
112
.20
9.8
10
7
5.1
.15
Raw Water
350368
January 8
6
12
.016
096
.25
9.8
8
7
5.5
.08
Coagulated
Water
350369
January 8
0
14
.018
050
.20
9.8
8
27
7.2
.03
Final Effluent
351089
March 18
2
48
.012
.124
.15
8.4
11
5
5.7
18
Raw Water
351090
March 18
8
7
010
.092
.10
8.4
8
8
5.9
12
Coagulated Water
351091
March 18 '
0
6
.002
.050
.10
8.4
6
16
7.0
.03
Final Effluent
351808
April 24
2
60
.008
.092
.10
7.2
6
8
5.7
.15
Raw Water
351809
April 24
8
7
014
.112
.15
7.6
8
6
5.7
15
Coagulated Water
353559
1
48
.036
.180
.15
7.6
5
8
5.5
.16
Raw Water
353560
July 8
4
7
.014
.112
.15
7.6
3
7
6
21
7.9
.03
355416
September 10
2
43
030
.096
.10
7.8
13
10
5.5
20
Raw Water
355417
September 10
8
15
.010
.058
.08
7.8
11
6
5.3
15
Coagulated Water
355418
September 10
1
15
002
.050
08
7.8
14
22
8.1
.08
Final Effluent
Sample Number
Date of
Collection
Turbidity
Color
Free
Total
Albuminoid
Nitrogen as
Nitrates
Chlorides
Hardness
Alkalinity
PH
Iron
Location of
Sample Taken
Final Effluent
351759
April 24
0
8
006
.074
.06
8.0
11
11
6.9
05
5.3
.08
Coagulated Water
353561
July 8
0
8
.018
.066
15
8.0
Final Efflucent
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
TABLE VII Department of Public Health (Parts per Million)
1946 Weymouth Water Analysis
Appearance
Ammonia
July 8
REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT
East Weymouth 89, Mass. January 21, 1947
To the Board of Water Commissioners
Gentlemen :
Herewith is submitted the forty-fifth annual report of the Accounting Department for the year ending December 31, 1946.
Respectively yours,
Emerson R. Dizer, Town Accountant
WATER DEPARTMENT STATEMENTS OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1946
RECEIPTS
Water Rents
$122,677.42
Water Liens
2,516.02
Water Construction
10,550.58
Interest on deposits :
South Weymouth Savings Bank
1,187.05
East Weymouth Savings Bank
140.84
Interest on Water Liens
31.11
Interest on U. S. Treasury Bonds
1,125.00
Refunds
52.47
Water Construction Deposits
7,843.38
Water Notes issued
50,000.00
Premium on Notes
437.50
Accrued Interest
12.15
Total
$196,573.52
Cash on hand January 1, 1946
144,045.56
Total
$340,619.08
Warrants paid in 1946
178,255.44
Cash on hand December 31, 1946
$162,363.64
PAYMENTS
Major Construction :
Labor
$ 4,050.22
Engineering
86.38
Transfers
Equipment
267.69
Stock
1,230.13
All Other
31,302.01
$36,936.43
Water Mains Construction :
Transfers-Stock
$ 4,729.16
All Other
4,036.40
8,765.56
Minor Construction :
New Services Labor
$ 3,278.12
Transfers
Equipment
1,028.06
Stock
2,322.07
1.5-1
All Other
414.25
$ 7,042.50
New Meters Labor
$ 40.39
Transfers
Equipment
10.36
Stock
6.76
All Other
2,288.18
2,345.69
Miscellaneous
Labor
$ 2,815.54
Transfers
Equipment
380.92
Stock
3,305.84
All Other
2,887.01
9,389.31
18,777.50
Maintenance and Operation :
Distribution System
Labor
$22,237.01
Engineering
67.93
Transfers
Equipment
2,314.23
Stock
1,368.50
All' Other
-774.36
$ 26,762.03
Filter Operation and Pumping
Labor
$12,728.78
Fuel
1,112.28
Light and Power
7,205.98
Chemicals
5,182.18
Transfers
Equipment
270.61
Stock
15.40
All Other
3,283.45
29,798.68
Care of Meters
Labor
$ 2,346.97
Transfers
Equipment
493.18
Stock
32.32
All Other
678.66
3,551.13
Hollis Street Garage
Labor
$ 376.37
Transfers
Equipment
12.54
All Other
701.59
1,090.50
Circuit Avenue Station
Labor
$ 103.08
Transfers
Equipment
14.31
Stock
1.15
All Other
144.91
263.45
Grounds and Buildings
Labor
$ 1,557.20
Transfers
Equipment
62.43
All Other
30.90
1,650.53
Water Shed
Labor
$ 903.69
155
Transfers Equipment All Other
20.65 267.16
1,191.50
Emergency Pumping Labor
$ 69.37
Transfers
1.38
Equipment All Other
11.04
81.79
64,389.61
Replacements :
Labor
$ 2,131.68
Transfers
Equipment
341.30
Stock
929.65
All Other
1.96
3,404.59
Purchase of Land:
Engineering Service
6.40
Commercial Expenses :
Labor
$
9,895.99
Transfers Equipment
77.40
Stationery and Postage
1,034.88
Town Treasurer's Department All Other
1,262.75
14,059.91
Salaries:
Commissioners
$ 430.00
Treasurer
460.00
Accountant
517.50
Accounting Department
624.29
2,031.79
Interest
983.75
Debt Retirement
5,500.00
Private Work:
Labor
$
5,475.98
Transfers
Equipment
1,131.26
Stock
4,771.14
All Other
88.20
11,466.58
Equipment :
Labor
$ 981.33
Trasfers
Stock
.57
Material
1,160.15
All Other
3,379.18
5,521.23
Stock :
Labor
$ 929.39
Material
23,349.33
Transfers
35.73
24,314.45
Total Expended
$196,157.80
STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES
Appropriation Accounts: Balance from 1945 Account Major Construction Land Bordering Pond
$ 70,829.71 2,375.77
156
Equipment
1,788.89
Equipment
1,380.48 12,831.32
Stock
Appropriation, March 4, 1946 From Revenue
112,041.00
39,424.00
From General Fund Appropriation, Nov. 12, 1946 From General Fund Transfer Credits:
5,000.00
Equipment Stock
18,712.69
Water Mains Construction-by loan
50,000.00
Premium on Notes
437.50
Accrued Interest on Notes
12.15
$319,506.67
Expended :
Major Construction
$ 36,936.43
Water Mains Construction
8,765.56
Minor Construction
18,777.50
Maintenance and Operation
64,389.61
Replacements
3,404.59
Purchase of Land
6.40
Commercial Expenses
14,059.91
Salaries
2,031.79
Interest
983.75
Debt Retirement
5,500.00
Private Work
11,466.58
Equipment
5,521.23
Stock
24,314.45
196,157.80
Balance Unexpended
$123,348.87
Balances to General Fund
5,351.27
Balance to 1947 Account
$117,997.60
Major Construction
$ 63,893.28
Water Mains Construction
41,234.44
Land Bordering Pond
2,375.77
Purchase of Land
493.60
Interest
12.15
Debt Retirement
437.50
Equipment
2,321.30
Stock
7,229.56
117,997.60
157
6,462.05
WATER DEPARTMENT BALANCE SHEET - DECEMBER 31, 1946
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Treasurer's Cash
$162,363.64
Water Construction Deposits
$1,036.00
Accounts Receivable : Water Rates Water Construction
30,712.89 2,404.51
33,117.40
Water Mains Construction
41,234.44
Land on Pond
2,375.77
Water Liens:
Purchase Land
493.60
Taxes 1945
34.78
Interest
12.15
Taxes 1946
912.87
947.65
Debt Retirement
437.50
Equipment
2,321.30
Stock
7,229.56
117,997.60
Revenue Reserved Until Collected Surplus Revenue
34,065.05
43,330.04
$196,428.69
$196,428.69
WATER DEBT ACCOUNT
Net Water Debt
$84,000.00
Water Loan-August 15, 1934 Water Loan-October 1, 1946
$34,000.00
50,000.00
$84,000.00
$84,000.00
Emerson R. Dizer, Town Accountant
158
Unexpended Appropriation Balances:
Major Construction
$63,893.28
FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE COLLECTOR FOR THE WATER DEPARTMENT
WATER ACCOUNT
Balance due January 1, 1946
$ 21,327.10
Charges to December 31, 1946
135,453.85
$156,780.95
WATER ACCOUNT CREDITS
Cash Paid to Treasurer
$122,658.98
Abatements and Service Transfers
919.17
Transfers to Lien Account
2,471.47
Balance due December 31, 1946
30,731.33
$156,780.95
MATERIAL AND LABOR ACCOUNT
Balance due January 1, 1946
$ 1,818.70
Charges to December 31, 1946
11,989.24
$ 13,807.94
MATERIAL AND LABOR ACCOUNT CREDITS
Cash Paid to Treasurer
$ 10,569.02
Abatements and Service Transfers
798.41
Transfers to Lien Account
54.44
Balance due December 31, 1946
$ 2,386.07
$ 13,807.94
Respectfully submitted,
Harry I. Granger, Collector
REPORT OF THE TREASURER FOR THE WATER DEPARTMENT
RECEIPTS
Water rents received
$122,658.98
Construction Account
10,569.02
Water Liens
2,516.02
Interest on Water Liens
31.11
Construction Deposits
7,843.38
Interest East Weymouth Savings Bank
283.09
Interest South Weymouth Savings Bank
1,187.05
Refund of Massachusetts Gasoline Excise Tax
52.47
Interest on Treasury Bonds 21/4%
1,125.00
Proceeds of Water Loan Oct. 1st. 1946-56
50,449.65
$196,715.77
Cash on Hand January 1, 1946
$ 94,020.36
$290,736.13
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PAYMENTS
Paid on Selectmen's Warrants for
Notes and Bonds
$ 5,500.00
Interest on Loans
983.75
624.29
Accounting Department Collection Service Sundry Appropriations
1,788.89
119,333.31
$128,230.24
Treasury Bonds 21/4% 1956-59
50,021.70
Cash on Hand December 31, 1946
$112,484.19
$290,736.13
WATER ASSETS
Amount due for Water Rents
$ 30,731.33
Amount due for Construction
2,386.07
$ 33,117.40
Cash on hand December 31, 1946
112,484.19
$145,601.59
Deposit Checking Account Granite Trust
$ 49,592.44
Deposit in South Weymouth Savings Bank
48,374.48
Deposit in East Weymouth Savings Bank Petty Cash Drawer
150.00
$112,484.19
Water Rents and Constructions Receivable
33,117.40
$145,601.59
Investments in U. S. Savings Bonds
$ 50,000.00
TOTAL WATER LIABILITIES
Serial Notes of August 1934
$ 34,000.00
Serial Notes of October 1, 1946-56
50,000.00
NOTES AND BONDS DUE 1947
Serial notes of 1934, Aug. 15
$ 5,000.00
Serial notes of 1946, Oct. 1
5,000.00
$ 10,000.00
Respectfully submitted,
Harry I. Granger, Treasurer Water Department
Weymouth, Mass. January 24,1947
I have examined the Treasurer's and Collector's accounts in the Wey- mouth Water Department and believe them to be correct. Regular examina- tion of all transactions with a monthly verification of cash with the official statement of the Granite Trust Company satisfies me that the Treasurer has properly accounted for all funds intrusted to him.
Respectfully submitted,
Emerson R. Dizer, Town Accountant
160
14,367.27
$ 84,000.00
Sixty-eighth Annual Report of the Trustees of Tufts Library Weymouth, Massachusetts 1946
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SIXTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF TUFTS LIBRARY, WEYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS
TRUSTEES
Wallace H. Drake, M. D. Francis N. Drown Alice E. Fulton #Francis C. Haviland
Philip T. Jones Franklin N. Pratt Leighton Voorhees H. Forrest Wilson
Clarance P. Whittle
SELECTMEN EX-OFFICIO
Joseph Crehan Harry Christensen
Joseph A. Fern Sandy Roulston
Basil S. Warren
Clarance P. Whittle, President
OFFICERS Franklin N. Pratt, Secretary
LIBRARIAN Christine E. Evarts
ASSISTANTS
Betty B. Arnold *Mary L. Gloster
Filomena A. LaRocco
*Ruth N. Nickerson Ruth C. Richardson Dorothy E. Trussell
*Rachael M. Bodine, Children's Librarian Ruth M. Connors, Children's & Young People's Librarian Mildred W. Olson, Circulation & Records Librarian Edith L. Payson, Cataloger Florence G. Truax, Reference Libaraian
BRANCH LIBRARIANS Catherine C. Condrick, North Weymouth Branch Irene E. Langevin, East Weymouth Branch *Gertrude C. Andrews, Nash's Corner Station Lena B. Pratt, Pond Plain Station
JANITORS John G. Galvin, Main Library *John A. Williams; North Weymouth Branch John Carter, North Weymouth Branch Benjamin N. Ells, East Weymouth Branch
* Resigned
# On leave of absence in the armed service
INFORMATION
Hours: Main Library 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. Children's Room 2:30 to 6 p.m. daily; Saturdays 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Summer hours: July and August 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m. to p.m.
Branches:
East Weymouth-2 to 8 p.m. daily except Saturday.
North Weymouth-2 to 6 and 7 to 8 p.m. daily except Saturday.
Weymouth Heights Station-2:30 to 6 and 7 to 8 p.m. Monday and Thursday.
Lovell's Corner Station-2:30 to 6 and 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Nash's Corner Station-2:30 to 6 and 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Pond Plain Station-2:30 to 6 and 7 to 8 p.m. Friday.
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The Library and the Branches are not open Sundays, legal holidays, nor the 17th of June.
The Library is for the use of all residents of Weymouth. Temporary residents are entitled to the same privileges as permanent residents.
Each card issued to an adult entitles the holder to one book of recent fiction (a book published within the last year), one current periodical, and any reasonable number of other books.
Children under Senior High School age are entitled to a card if the application is signed by a parent or guardian. Cards issued to children entitle the holders to three books, only one of which may be fiction.
All books from the circulating department, except the new fiction, may be kept for 14 days. At the request of the borrower, any book not in demand will be charged for one month, subject to recall after two weeks if requested by other borrowers. Fiction published within the last twelve months, and recent numbers of magazines are limited to seven days with no renewal privilege.
The vacation privilege allows a borrower to take books which are not recent publications for an extended time.
A book cannot be transferred from one card to another, but any 14-day book may be renewed at the library, by mail or by telephone (*), unless another borrower has asked to have the book reserved. The date due, the author and title of the book, and the borrower's number should be stated when the request for renewal is made.
Any book will be reserved at the request of a borrower, who will be notified as soon as the book is available. A charge of one cent is made for this service.
A fine of two cents a day will be incurred for each day's detention of a book after it is due. When a book is sent for by the librarian, it will be at the expense of the borrower.
For the convenience of residents in different parts of the town, books are exchanged through the stations as follows:
Nash's Corner, Shaw School Monday
Pond Plain, 308 Pond Street
Monday
Lovell's Corner, Pratt School Tuesday
East Weymouth, East Weymouth Branch Thursday North Weymouth, North Weymouth Branch Thursday Weymouth Heights, Adams School Thursday
* Telephone :
Main Library, Weymouth 1402
East Weymouth Branch, Weymouth 1677-W
North Weymouth Branch. Weymouth 1571-J
1
164
1
1946
Circulation by classes from Tufts Library and Branches
Main
North Weymouth East Weymouth
Weymouth Heights
Adult
Juv.
Total
Adult
Juv.
Total
Adult
Juv.
Total
Adult
Juv.
Total
General works
58
4
62
0
0
0
13
1
14
0
0
0
Philosophy
395
8
403
54
13
67
83
20
103
10
7
17
Religion
175
235
410
27
51
78
39
129
168
5
0
5
Social Sciences
1055
3134
4189
244
3575
3819
174
3482
3656
14
654
668
Language
118
29
147
12
7
19
39
1
40
0
8
8
Natural Sciences
609
711
1320
44
259
303
132
298
430
1
149
150
Useful Arts
1901
769
2670
386
497
883
495
492
987
45
127
172
Fine Arts
2410
1304
3714
254
2051
2305
336
1218
1554
20
469
489
Literature
1196
188
1384
355
137
492
590
95
685
29
48
77
History
1284
395
1679
425
116
541
320
225
545
54
42
96
Travel
1072
331
1403
525
360
885
401
260
661
106
92
198
Biography
1514
449
1963
659
245
904
564
212
776
88
49
137
Periodicals
2964
394
3358
2683
163
2846
1780
306
2086
277
19
296
Pamphlets
284
1
285
0
0
0
44
2
46
1
0
1
Fiction
24870
16168
41038
22093
9142
31235
17679
5785
23464
3200
1222
4422
Total
39905
24120
64025
27761 16616
44377 22689
12526
35215
3850
2886
6736
Total Gain for 1946: 9062
Inter-Library Loan:
Books Borrowed
70
Books Loaned
69
Number of circulation through schools10245
Adult :.
Juvenile:
Fiction
78078
Fiction
36893
Non-Fiction
27380
Non-fiction 28909
Total: 171260
Circulation by classes from Tufts Library and Branches 1946
Lovell's Corner
Nash's Corner
Pond Plain
GRAND TOTAL
Adult
Juv. Total
Adult
Juv.
Total
Adult
Juv.
Total
Adult
Juv.
Grand Total
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
71
5
76
5
1
6
1
0
1
5
0
5
553
49
602
0
22
22
0
13
13
3
14
17
249
464
713
16
997
1013
4
431
435
22
752
774
1529
13025
14554
Social Sciences . Language
0
12
12
1
0
1
0
0
0
170
57
227
1
181
182
7
35
42
18
122
140
812
1755
2567
Natural Sciences
30
167
197
23
69
92
42
164
206
2922
2285
5207
Useful Arts
13
615
628
5
120
125
31
555
586
3069
6332
9401
Fine Arts
24
27
51
9
5
14
71
32
103
2274
532
2806
Literature
34
66
100
34
101
135
52
54
106
2203
999
3202
History Travel
27
223
250
21
16
37
126
85
211
2278
1367
3645
63
96
159
10
7
17
157
81
238
3055
1139
4194
Biography
158
12
170
3
2
5
0
0
0
7865
896
8761
Periodicals
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
330
4
334
Pamphlets
4058
1931
5989
2541
763
3304
3637
1882
5519
78078
36893
114971
Fiction
4430
4351
8781
2659
1562
4221
4164
3741
7905
105458 65802
171260
General Works Philosophy Religion
BOOKS BORROWED FROM THE TUFTS LIBRARY 1946
100
ADULT 105, 458
DETHAS JUVENILE 65,805
MAIN 64,025
NO. WEYMOUTH 44,377 E.WEYMOUTH35,215 HITS : P
27,643 .
TOTAL LOANS 171,260
SCALE: 12,000 BOOKS TO HALF INCH.
NEW BORROWERS IN 1946
ADULTS 912
CHILDREN 588
TUFTS
RARY
EACH FIGURE REPRESENTS
100 PERSONS
TorAL
1.500
TOTAL NUMBER OF BORROWERS DECEMBER 31, 1946 - 8,416
GROWTH OF THE BOOK STOCK 1880 - 1946
1880 0 1 2,405 1890 000000 ( 13,163
EACH VOLUME
1900 0000000600F 20, 651 REPRESENTS
1910 000000000000 0 25,810 2,000 BOOKS
1920 0000006000000000(32,245
1930 0000000006000000000000 42,577
1940 00000000066000000000000000000 56,295 1946 0000000000006000000000000000000 ( 63,124
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SIXTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE TUFTS LIBRARY
The Tufts Library is the people's library. It is your library. It has grown in its sixty-eight years of service to the Town of Weymouth from a collection of twenty-four hundred volumes to one of more than sixty-three thousand. In the past year 2,662 new books were added. This is an average of 83/4 books per day for each day that the library was open. And the library is open all day, every day, except Sundays and holidays. Approximately one third of the books are fiction, one third are non-fiction and the remaining third are children's books.
The use of the Tufts Library is increasing. 9,062 more books were borrowed in 1946 than in the previous year. The library made fifteen hundred new friends, new borrowers. 8,416 people read 171,260 books in 1946. If each one had purchased these books for himself it would have meant an average expenditure of $41.08. Actually the cost to him from his taxes was only $1.16. This was the admission fee to a world of recreation, to imagination, adventure, romance, to history, to travel in far places, to friendships with great men through all ages, to a rapidly enlarging world of science. It was the only tuition asked for a people's university, where knowledge waits in open books on every subject, craft or skill. It opened doors of wonder to small children; it provided story hours and, for the older boys and girls, class instruction in the essentials of Library use. It offered reference service to the student, the business man and the club woman. And, as a sort of interest on the invest- ment, answers were given by telephone to the Tellotest Quiz questions approximately 6,000 times from the Main Library and nearly as many more times from the two Branch Libraries. Regretfully the library had to limit this service to the hours of 10 to 11 a.m. and 5 to 6 p.m. in order to free the telephone sufficiently to allow for other library business.
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