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Parking Space -- We also wish to call to your atten- tion the lack of hydrant facilities in the Parking Space at the Harbor. All our present hydrants are located on the westerly side of Front Street, and in case of a severe easterly blow, should a bad fire develop in this section, it might be impossible to use the present hydrants at all.
We recommend that a 10-inch main be laid from Front Street to the rear of the Parking Space, a distance of about 600 feet, equipped with a four-way hydrant, · which will help the situation considerably.
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CELLAR PUMPING
After every heavy rain, the Department receives sev- eral requests for assistance in pumping out cellars. Early in 1935 the Board voted that "Fire apparatus shall not be used for pumping out cellars, unless there is an extreme emergency, or on order of a physician or the Board of Health."
In explanation of this ruling, in which our Board con- curs, we wish to explain that our pumps are all of the rotary type, as opposed to the piston type commonly used for cellar pumping and similar work.
Rotary pumps are easily and seriously damaged by grit or any foreign substance and in past years, on two different occasions, pumps have been ruined in this manner.
Fire equipment, we feel, should be reserved for the fire protection of all, and therefore should not be used for other purposes, particularly when equipment for cellar pumping is already available in town. In an extreme emergency, however, we will do all we can to assist any citizen.
MUTUAL AID
We have continued our mutual aid agreement with Cohasset, whereby they answer our second alarms and we answer theirs. We have had the finest of co-opera- tion from Cohasset at all times, have endeavored to carry out a "good neighbor" policy ourselves, and hope to continue these pleasant relations.
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Call Fire Emergency 365 or pull box in immediate vicinity.
Forest fires should be telephoned. 364 connects busi- ness office and all stations, and should be called on all Fire Department business.
LOCATION OF BOXES
12 Scituate Railroad Station.
13 Tilden-Beaver Dam Roads.
14 Shore Acres, north of Standish Avenue.
15 First Cliff.
16 Ed. Foster Road, Crescent Avenue North.
17 Kent Street, Meeting House Lane.
18 Gilson Road, 3rd Cliff.
19 Jenkins School.
112 Tichnor Court.
114 Tilden-Turner Roads.
116 Jericho-Hatherly Roads.
Front Street (south)
*121 122 Wampatuck Avenue, Oceanside Drive.
*123
Turner-Lighthouse Roads.
124
Barker Road, Scituate Avenue.
125 Ridgehill Road, Greenfield Lane.
126 Lighthouse Road.
131 Hazel Avenue.
142 First Parish-Stockbridge Roads.
*143 First Avenue.
*152 Hatherly-Turner Roads.
*162 Town Pier, Front Street.
*163 Front Street near Post Office.
164 Crescent Avenue-Peggotty Beach Road.
181 Dickens Row-Gilson Road.
182 Driftway-Gilson Roads.
183 Collier Road-Michael Avenue, 3rd Cliff.
21 Humarock, south of Marshfield Avenue.
23 Country Way-Elm Street.
24 Stockbridge Road-Greenfield Lane.
25 Driftway Road, near Country Club.
26 Country Way-Neal Gate Street.
27 Old Oaken Bucket Road.
28 Cornet Stetson Road.
29 Humarock, north of Marshfield Avenue.
*212 Boston Sand & Gravel Co.
213 Briggs Place.
214 Old Oaken Bucket Road-Maple Street.
221 Stockbridge-Driftway Roads.
*261 Country Way-Ford Place.
291 Fourth Cliff.
31 Mordecai Lincoln Road.
32 Hollett Street.
*33 North Scituate Village.
34 Country Way-Capt. Pierce Road.
*35 First Parish Road-Grove Street.
*36 Booth Hill-Clapp Roads.
*37 Clapp Road-Summer Street.
*38 Clapp-Mann Lot Road.
*39 Clapp Road-Cedar Street.
312 Hatherly School.
*314 Country Way-Mann Lot Road.
315 Country Way-Cohasset Line.
316 Booth Hill Road.
*332 Country Way (near Hollett Street).
41 Hugo's.
42 Hatherly-Whitcomb Roads.
43 Glades Estate.
*44 Glades Road-Bailey's Causeway.
45 Ocean Avenue-Grasshopper Lane.
*46 Surfside Road (beyond Mitchell Avenue).
*47 Gannett-Surfside Roads.
48 Gannett Road-Border Street.
412 Glades Road (near Glades Gate).
*413 Cherry Lane.
*414 Cliff Hotel.
421 Gannett-Hatherly Roads.
422 Buttonwood Lane-Bayberry Road.
51 Sunlight Hospital.
52 Capt. Pierce-Mann Hill Roads.
Egypt Beach Road to Turner Road.
Branch Street-Beaver Dam Road.
53 54 55 Mann Hill-Hood Roads.
56 First Parish Road-Maple Street.
*57 Country Way-Curtis Street.
*58 Egypt Railroad Station.
*512 Country Way-First Parish Road.
513 Utility Road.
*521 Civic Center.
*522 Hatherly-Mann Hill Roads.
523 First Parish Road-Elm Street.
*Street Boxes.
222 Forest Fire followed by Box Number.
313 No School.
141 Report at nearest Station.
2 All Out or Test.
Second Alarm is repetition of Box Number.
When giving a fire call by telephone speak calmly and distinctly, give name of street, location on street and name of person calling. This will enable the depart- ment to respond more promptly.
Call the department before attempting to extinguish the fire.
False alarms are punishable by fine or imprisonment.
Report of Fire Department
CIVIL SERVICE
We believe the time has come when members of the permanent and call forces of our Department should be under the protection of Civil Service Laws. Many members of the permanent force have been attached to the Fire Department for a number of years, some from eight to 12. Their experience and training has made them valuable to the Department and Town, and we feel that they and their dependents are justly entitled to the protection which Civil Service insures.
We intend to have an article in the Warrant provid- ing for this, and also intend to take steps to extend this protection to members of the Call Department.
EQUIPMENT
While the newest piece of apparatus we have is now nearly 10 years old, and Engine 1, our first motor pump- ing engine, has been in service 14 years, we take pardon- able pride in the appearance of the apparatus. So far as we know, all are in first class condition, and, barring accident, we feel they should require very little expendi- ture this coming year. We need a ladder truck badly, but more of that later.
FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
Our fire alarm system, installed in 1928, contains two circuits comprising some 38 miles of wire. At first No. 10 wire was used throughout the system, but experi- ence has proven that No. 10 wire isn't heavy enough to stand the severe storms of winter, particularly along the waterfront. We have therefore changed over and now use a larger wire, No. 6. Two miles of this have been installed on the waterfront this year, and as fast as replacements are necessary we recommend the use of the heavier wire.
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PROPOSED EXTENSION
The original fire alarm system covered all parts of the town, except the West End and First, Second and Third Cliffs. The West End was taken care of a few years ago, and we feel that the time has now come to extend the same fire alarm system protection to the Cliff section, which represents a total property valua- tion, entirely unprotected, of $1,300,000, or about 10% of our total valuation.
To do this will require the installation of about eight miles of wire, using present pole locations, and install- ing a few new ones. The biggest part of the cost will be for materials. We propose to make the installation with our own men.
In completing the work, we have figured on adding two panels to our switchboard, making a four-panel board in all. This will enable us to ultimately cut down the mileage on each circuit to about 10 miles, and will eliminate the overloaded and unbalanced circuits we now have.
The Underwriters do not approve of more than 20 street boxes on each circuit. The installation of the four-panel board will take care of our completed sys- tem of 80 boxes, even though it takes many years to increase the number of boxes to this figure.
FIRE ALARM BOXES
Carrying out the policy of previous Boards, we have installed two more street boxes this year, and propose to continue this policy; this we feel is the absolute mini- mum. We now have 29, with locations of 52 more, as listed on your fire alarm card. It is at once apparent to
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all that installation of two a year makes completion of the remaining 52 a very distant accomplishment.
Included in the proposed fire alarm extension over the Cliffs is the installation of six street boxes, located as follows :
Box 15-First Cliff, near new Coast Guard Station.
Box 16-Second Cliff, near residence J. L. Doherty.
Box 164-Second Cliff, near Crescent Avenue, en- trance to Pegotty Beach.
Box 18-Third Cliff, Gilson Road.
Box 181-Third Cliff, Dickens Row.
Box 183-Rivermoor, Collier Road and Michael Ave- nue.
These boxes will serve a double purpose, not only as fire alarms, but are so located adjacent to the beaches in these sections that help can be summoned in case of accidents in or on the water.
The complete cost of this extension, including boxes, panel board and installation, is estimated at $1,000.
BROOK STREET STATION
It is the opinion of the Board that the No. 1 Fire Station at the Harbor, Brook Street, in its present con- dition, is entirely inadequate for the needs of the Depart- ment.
Nearly 100 years of age, and formerly a schoolhouse, it now protects over $4,000,000 of taxable property, is located in a strategie position, and houses five perma- nent men and two pieces of apparatus. A new station is urgently needed, but a lot of other things are needed as much or more in the next few years, and while we hesitated about remodelling the present one, yet we
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feel that a new station in this district is simply out of the question for many years to come.
With this in mind, we propose to submit to the voters at the annual Town Meeting, an article providing for the remodeling of the present building by extending the first story 25 feet toward Brook Street, and 12 feet additional on each side. This addition would provide space for five pieces of apparatus, namely, Engine 1, the proposed Ladder Truck, Chief's car, Fire Alarm car and Forest Fire Truck. We would also include a fire-resisting room for our Fire Alarm System, business office and battery room on the ground floor, and more adequate living quarters on the second floor.
The lot on which the station stands runs through to First Parish Road, and provisions may be made later for an entrance from First Parish Road to the Station, without interfering with the present passageway.
The estimated cost of this remodelling, including heating, is $8,536.80.
LADDER TRUCK AND EQUIPMENT
For several years the Board has recognized the need for a ladder truck, but there have been so many other things urgently needed that we have waited until we felt that times were propitious for its purchase; and with this in mind, the Board voted on June 7th of this year to recommend the purchase of such a truck at the next annual meeting.
As far as the need of it is concerned, we might write volumes, but here are the most essential facts :
Our Fire Department is an inheritance from the horse and buggy days. The Department, organized in 1893, comprised five districts, each in charge of an engineer
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who was, to all intents and purposes, chief in his own district. In other words, there were five small fire departments, each with a chief, instead of one large central station under the supervision of one Chief. These districts were later increased to six by the sepa- ration of Humarock, following the Storm of 1898.
The advent of the automobile, the fire alarm system, the water works, telephone, and other modern con- trivances, improved roads and methods of clearing them in the winter, as well as the new roads already built and proposed, have all worked to make this system of protection obsolete; and ultimately, although this is a long way in the future, we think the department could get along nicely with the station at Humarock, one at or near the present Brook Street Station, and a third new station located about midway between the present Stations 3 and 4 (North Scituate and Minot).
Our first pumping engine, No. 1, purchased in 1923, was located at Brook Street. In the years following every other district was furnished with a pumping en- gine, with the result that we now have more pumpers than we have water for, and practically no ladders what- ever.
The longest ladder in the Department today is a 35- foot extension and there is only one of these. We have one 30-foot, one 20, a couple of 14's and several mis- cellaneous roof ladders. As to the need of a ladder truck, there can be no question, if you will stop to con- sider how little use one 35-foot ladder would be on a church, school, hotel or business block fire. This ladder truck, if purchased, will answer all alarms in every section of the town. Should it be purchased, it is our intention to transfer a larger pumping engine to Huma- rock. We believe the Humarock taxpayers are entitled
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to more protection than they have received in the past. Engine 5, now located at Humarock, we intend to use as a Forest Fire truck, maintaining the present forest truck as a reserve piece.
After a thorough investigation the Board is convinced of the necessity of purchasing a 65-foot aerial ladder truck and necessary equipment, at a total cost of ap- proximately $15,000. To many this will sound like a lot of money, particularly when a city service type lad- der truck, similar to that used in some of the nearby towns, can be purchased for considerably less. The city service truck, however, is rapidly being doomed to extinction because of the man power necessary to raise the large ladders, in some cases six men being needed to manipulate the longest ladders. The critical time in any fire is the first five minutes. With our present man power, had we a city service ladder truck, we haven't a permanent force large enough to raise the ladders and would have to wait until enough call men arrived to give assistance.
To make a long story short, should we purchase a city service truck, we would have to have at least one extra permanent man, which we feel at this time is an unjus- tifiable expense. This 65-foot aerial truck, which we recommend, can be driven and handled by one man. The 65-foot ladder is in three sections, power operated, and can be placed at any angle, in less than one-half minute. The truck is approximately 39 feet in length over all and can be easily housed at Brook Street when remodelled.
This would cost, if entirely paid for in this year's appropriation, $1.17 a thousand, but we do not recom- mend paying for it in this year's appropriation, but combining the fire alarm system, repairs to Brook Street
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Station, and the truck itself, in a proposed bond issue amounting to $27,500. In the opinion of the Engineers, there is no item more necessary in this year's budget than the purchase of this equipment, if proper and ade- quate protection is to be afforded the lives and property of the citizens of this town.
METHOD OF PAYMENT
The amount necessary to carry out the program we laid out as above follows :
Fire Alarm System $4,000
Brook Street Repairs 8,500
Ladder Truck and Equipment 15,000
Total
$27,500
We propose to raise $5,500 of this in this year's tax levy, which will add to your tax rate, approximately 44 cents per thousand, based on a valuation roughly of $12,- 733,000. The balance of $22,000 we feel should be raised by a bond issue running five years. Our reason for this recommendation is the fact that never in history have money rates been as low as they are at the present moment, and it is understood from reliable authority that money can be borrowed for 11/2% or even less. The average cost would be 36 cents per thousand on your tax rate for the next five years and this would extinguish the entire debt. Basing the tax bill on an average valuation of $4,400, an expenditure of $1.94 this year, and $1.58 yearly for the next five years will take care of this program. The question before the house is not Can you afford to do it, but Can you afford to go without this protection for so little money ?
One of the country's leading economists, Roger W. Babson, recently made the following statement: "We
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are on the verge of a distinct boom in real estate and business. The time to buy Fire Department supplies and other needed articles is the present, as you can purchase things cheaper now than you will be able to do in the future."
We feel making this expenditure by a bond issue is the fairest way, because in this manner new citizens making their residence in Scituate during the life of the bond issue will bear their proportionate share of the expense, and not burden our present taxpayers with the entire cost of these improvements.
The Board extends its thanks to the Board of Select- men for their advice and assistance extended so freely to us during the year; to the U. S. Coast Guard; to other Town Officials and Boards who have helped us; to Fire Department officials in other towns who have willingly given us their time and counsel; and to all members of the Department, from the Deputy Chief to the last mem- ber of the Call Force, whose fine spirit of co-operation has made possible our progress for the year 1936.
And last, but by no means least, to our taxpayers, whose generous support is responsible for this yearly report. The co-operation of all is appreciated, for-
In shooing flies or hauling freight It's wiser to co-operate For greater tasks are sooner done If all take hold and work as one.
This is a truth all horses know They learned it centuries ago When days are hot and flies are thick Co-operation does the trick.
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One tail on duty at the rear Can't reach the fly behind the ear But two tails, if arranged with craft Give full protection fore and aft.
Though fools pursue a lonely course Let wise men emulate the horse Help makes a burden half as great Use horse sense and co-operate.
Respectfully submitted,
MARK W. MURRILL, D. ALLEN KILLEFFER, C. M. LITCHFIELD, Board of Fire Engineers.
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ALARMS CLASSIFIED BY PROPERTIES AND CAUSES 1936
Burning Soot
Burning Without
Permit
Carelessness
Careless
Smoking
- Electrical
Explosion
Faulty
Construction
Fireworks
Incinerator
Induced
Ignition
Miscellaneous
Oil Burner
Overheated
Sparks from
Sparks from
Locomotive
Spontaneous
Unknown
Volatile Oils
Totals
Automobile
Barn
Dwelling
8
2
1
3
2
1
2
1
7
6
2
3
1
4
43
False Alarms
13
18
67
Forest Fire
18
4
1
5
8
-
-
1
1
3
Hotel
Needless
Alarms
Outbuilding
1
Public Building
1
1
Rescue Work
7
Totals
9
22
5
8
3
3
3
6
8
1
20
6
3
3
13
2
30
1 146
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-
1
-
3
1
11
1
-
-
-
4
4
Garage
1
1
1
2
4
UNOIN
Stove
Chimney
ALARMS BY DISTRICTS
1
2
3
4 5
| | 1st Cliff
1 2nd Cliff
3rd Cliff
Lighthouse
Sandhills
Scituate Harbor
Shore Acres
Greenbush
Humarock
Rivermoor
North Scituate
North Scituate
Egypt
Mann Hill
Scituate Center
Out of Town
Totals
Buildings
False Alarms
2
2
8
11
2
8
1 19
4
4
6
67
Rescue Work
2
1
-
-
-
1
-
-
1
3
-.
11
Automobiles Totals
2
2
4
17 27
5
15
1
1 34
11
9
2
14
2 146
Estimated value of properties where fire
occurred including buildings and contents $202,550.00 Loss caused by fire 15,540.34 Insurance paid on losses Uninsured loss
12,789.00
2,751.34
1
12
4
-
4
5
12
3
4
1
1
1
-
4
Forest Fires
1
1
1
1
7
2
Needless
1
1
2
2
2
-
-
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Districts
Beach
1
Point
Ceiling Line
Glass
Glas s
-9'4"- -
K-
Glapods
49'- 6"
PROPOSED REMODELLING OF STATION 1-BROOK STREET
Report of Fire Department
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Salaries :
Howard H. Colę
$2,199.50
Richard A. Cole
2,099.86
Bartley A. Curran
1,999.69
P. Nelson Ewell
1,999.69
Willard L. Litchfield
2,099.86
Philip A. Littlefield
2,049.51
Frank H. Sampson
1,999.69
Robert L. Turner
1,999.69
Laurence J. Wade
1,999.69
Albert E. Newcomb
220.16
Russell J. Wilder
125.00
Charles M. Litchfield
59.72
Mark W. Murrill
59.73
Frank M. Weymouth
25.00
D. Allen Killefer
30.55
Frank H. Cole, Jr.
5.00
Fred E. Ahearn
5.00
$18,977.34
Firemen :
Andrew J. Brady
$2.00
John Carlton
2.00
William R. Ewing
2.00
Wallace C. Loud
1.00
Kenneth Payson
3.00
Edwin A. Romkey
2.00
George W. Worster
1.00
Arthur W. Drew
72.16
Robert S. Dwight
28.82
Robert Dyment
57.64
Ferdinand Feola
61.57
James Finnie
52.40
Walter S. Foster
57.64
Malcolm T. Hall
55.02
Russell E. Hall
40.61
John H. Jakubens
53.82
Walter C. Jones
35.37
Arthur C. Merritt
10.48
Gilman Wilder
23.58
Richard S. Brown
58.95
John E. Bamber
61.57
Charles W. Curran
44.54
Thomas F. Curran
30.13
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James B. Dacey
86.57
Joseph R. Dillon
18.34
Richard A. Nichols
7.86
Elmer F. Ramsdell
65.50
Francis W. Stanley
40.61
Thomas Steverman
22.27
Lloyd A. Turner
64.19
Lloyd A. Turner, Jr.
41.92
John J. Ward
45.85
William L. Ward
49.78
John Wheeler
27.51
Carl A. Whittaker
14.41
Edgar F. Whittaker
32.75
Wendell W. Whittaker
77.40
Albert E. Newcomb
64.19
Fred E. Ahearn
37.99
Frank H. Cole, Jr.
57.64
1,512.08
Expenses :
Bound Brook Garage $156.53
Brockton Gas Light Co.
136.74
John S. Fitts
333.67
Front St. Sales & Service Co.
466.56
W. R. Schultz
221.02
Robert L. Turner
12.00
The Welch Co., Inc.
507.97
Edison Elec. Ill. Co. 362.56
A. L. Littlefield Co.
28.50
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co.
401.74
Satuit Garage Co., Inc.
93.64
Town of Scituate
142.90
Harold Y. Smith
240.00
Frederic T. Bailey & Co.
29.08
American Fire Equip. Co.
139.73
Lewis W. Perkins
66.66
S. Weymouth Custom Ldy.
85.45
Albert E. Newcomb
110.75
Whittaker Brothers
141.90
The Seaverns Store
33.15
Seaview Garage
8.40
Russell J. Wilder
4.45
Clifford's Service Station
24.50
Granite City Elec. Supply Co.
13.05
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Report of Fire Department
Sidney S. Gates
323.90
Carl A. Whittaker, Treas.
15.00
Bethlehem Shipbldg. Corp., Ltd.
54.00
F. H. Clapp
25.05
Fabric Fire Hose Co.
563.50
William H. Harney
10.43
Litchfield's Express, Inc.
2.70
Ray's Repair Shop
608.15
George W. Worster
2.00
Boston Coupling Co.
3.30
Gorham Fire Equip. Co.
73.89
W. A. Shorten
1.06
S. M. Spencer Mfg. Co.
116.43
Standard-Modern Ptg. Co.
34.68
J. Francis Bresnahan
34.22
Willard L. Litchfield
1.13
John J. Stewart
3.60
G. N. Annis
5.00
Robert Dyment
22.70
R. W. MacDonald
4.50
Alfred W. Cudmore
27.50
Chas. B. Graves
2.00
W. B. Mason Co.
2.63
Egypt Garage & Mch. Co.
166.61
The Gamewell Co.
258.71
Merrill's Auto Express
2.00
Max D. Miles
7.90
Westinghouse Elec. Supply Co.
363.49
Howard H. Young
14.00
Boston Sand & Gravel Co.
7.61
Franklin Pub. Co.
2.00
L. J. Peabody Office Furn. Co.
28.75
John H. Wyatt Co.
7.72
Atlantic Flag Pole Co.
17.25
Campbell Machine Co., Inc.
15.19
Walter S. Foster, Treas.
45.00
Quincy Lumber Co.
3.00
The Satuit Press
14.35
Albert R. Schofield
24.75
John L. Smith
249.00
Chester F. Spear
63.00
Harry E. Bates
2.00
Surfside Garage
4.91
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Wetmore Savage Elec. Supply Co.
3.60
Frank H. Cole, Jr.
4.00
Mass. Engineering Co., Inc.
43.56
E. L. Pinkham
18.35
The White Motor Co.
39.45
H. G. Bolster Mfg. Co.
10.00
S. Weymouth Ldy. & Cleansing Co.
43.35
Bay State Flag & Decorating Co.
15.00
Colin C. Hunter
19.17
Burroughs Adding Mch. Co.
10.99
Malcolm T. Hall
9.25
N. J. Whalen & Son
18.00
Fred C. Oxner
1.00
Railway Express Agency
.63
White Star Laundry Co.
4.25
Charles T. Fish
2.00
Frank H. Cole
12.00
John E. Bamber
4.50
Russell E. Hall
4.50
Walter W. Jones
15.75
Francis W. Stanley
6.75
Lloyd A. Turner
4.50
T. B. Alexander
9.00
Arial W. George
5.00
Mediterranean Sponge Importing Co. 7.35
L. Richmond & Co.
20.52
Sanderson Brothers
1.00
F. J. Barnard & Co.
17.85
Brockton Glass Co.
1.60
Howard H. Cole
2.00
Littlefield-Greene Corp.
21.91
Wholesale Radio Laboratories
15.00
7,387.39
$27,876.81 -
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
WATER DEPARTMENT
OF THE
TOWN OF SCITUATE
For the Year Ending December 31, 1936
E.
M
SATUIT
SANDERSON BROTHERS NORTH ABINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Report of Water Department
REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS
It is again possible for your Water Commissioners to make a report based on the figures of 1936 and pre- vious years, which shows your water department to be in good physical and financial condition. A con- servative value of the plant now owned by the Town is $881,064.42.
In spite of the big reductions in water rates for 1936, the current income for that year equalled the current expenses, and the surplus income from previous years was used to make important and necessary improve- ments in the system.
The most important of these were as follows:
First: Bringing in a new well at Cedar Street and connecting the same with the system.
Second: Laying 3,213 feet of six-inch main; Laying 14,785 feet of eight-inch main; Laying 1,200 feet of four-inch main.
Work of this nature should not be under-estimated. In every instance it provided nearby property with fire protection which it had not had before, improved their water service, and in all cases improved your water sys- tem by doing away with dead ends or by completing loops. The laying of 1,200 feet of four-inch pipe below frost at Humarock corrected a condition which has caused much annoyance and expense to the department. I wish also to point out that by getting Federal aid, WPA, in connection with our work, we have been able to add
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