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Merchant. Rattan worker.
Laborer.
Richard and Catherine C. (Welch), Clerk. Brass finisher. Fruit dealer. Herbert A. and Catherine T. (Scanlon) Rattan worker. John and Annie E. (Muse), Ellis T. and Mary E. (McCrackin), Erasmo and Rachelo (Salemme),
Farm hand. Motorman. Meat cutter Blacksmith.
Teamster.
22 Vera Wiley, 23 John Joseph Tierney, 29 Francis Walsh,
Railroad clerk.
Male,
218
Tainter, 6 Muriel Adelaide Young, 8 Marion Ethel Brown,
Female,
25 Mary Margaret Hubbard, 25 Wallace Edward Runge, 27 Mary Ann Jeffrey, 28 Richard Brooks Dolbeare,
Oct. 1 Annie May Smith, 3 Mabel Margaret Glynn, 5 Agnes Theresa Sullivan, 6|Hannah Evelyn Heningar, 8 Henry Albert Collins, 14 Catherine Sweeney, 15 Ruby Inez Heath, 16 Hilda Mae Bent, 16 Emma Cecilia Munier,
18 Justin Crosby,
24 Marion Duffie,
27 Walter Salisbury Stoddard, 28 John Lawrence Keefe, 28 John Henry Gilligan, 30 Agnes Doris Brown,
Nov. 1 Andrew Daniel Fuiler, Jr., 7 Charles Butler Ford, 10 William Francis Jones, 12 John Joseph Donovan, 14 Veronica Alice Corcoran,
16 Dugnay,
17 White, 20 Florence May Doucette, 20 Ruth Alice Perkins, 23 Charles Ambler Thompson, 24 Louisa Dulong, 24 Louis Dulong, 24 George Andrew Bloom, Jr., 10 Mary Ella White, 12 Edmond Bissell Doucette, 14 Charles Knowlton Hewins,
Female, Male, Female, Male, Female, Female, Female, Female, Male, Female, Female, Female, Female, Male,
Female,
Male,
Male,
Male, Female,
Male, Male,
Male,
Male,
Female, Female,
Female, Female, Male, Female, Male, Male, Female, Male, Male,
Peter E. and Mary (Landry), Otto B. and Mary E. (Nowell), John and Josephine (Caravalio), Harris M. and Emma B. (Skinner), Samuel M. and Addie J. (Doucette) Michael F. and Annie B. (McGowan), John H. and Nora (Hart), Jonathan B. and Mary J. (Mitchell), Solomon and Julia ( Muse), Daniel J. and Nora C. (Barrett),
Burton A. and Gertrude L. (Holt), William A. and Emma M. (Dunn), Joseph L. and Margaret J. (Wheeler), Justin W. and Edith ( Norton),
Herbert W. and Clara (Burns), Frank B. and Mary C. (Altieri), Daniel and Mary J. (Casey ), Michael and Catherine (Dennehy), William C. and Agnes C. (Morgan), Andrew D. and Carrie W. (Clapp), Edward B. and Mary A. ( Butler), Alfred F. and Lena C. (Buckley), Thomas J. and Minnie (Drinan),
Edward J. and Annie F. (Godfrey), Alice (Dugnay),
Joseph and Mary (Le Blanc), John M. and Mary J. (Doucette),
William A. and Mary (Wiechman), George A. and Florence M. (Grant),
Ambrose and Kate (Landry),
George A. and Annie R. (Walters), Amos and Fannie (Robbins), Edmond J. and Ann C. (Muse), Frank and Alice G. (Knowlton),
Stove mounter. Florist. Barrel dealer. Publisher. Mason. Rattan worker. Rattan worker. Laborer. Laborer. Printer. Woodworker.
Farmer. Clerk. Shoemaker. Conductor.
Clerk.
Mason. Electrician.
Tailor. 219
Consulting engineer. Stove mounter.
Rattan worker.
Rattan weaver.
Machinist.
Painter Laborer. Stock fitter. Block cutter.
Rattan worker.
Salesman. Laborer. Laborer. Undertaker.
Dec.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN WAKEFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1903 .- Continued.
Date.
Name of Child.
Sex.
Names of Parents.
Hallet R. and Armanella H. (DeLong) Laborer.
Teamster.
Clerk.
Clerk.
Rattan worker.
Architect.
Rattan finisher.
Laborer.
Clerk. Section hand. Tinsmith.
Rattan worker. Mason.
220
Tarnisher. Fireman.
9 Francis Thomas Keady,
Female, Female, Female, Male, Female, Female, Female, Male, Female, Female, Male, Female, Male,
Andrew and Zenia G. (Ellis), John C. and Theresa K. (Murphy), Ernest E. and Linda M. (Curtis), Patrick J. and Sarah J. (Roach), George F. and Orrie T. (Chubb), John J. and Mary A. (Malonson), William J. and Ada (Doucette), Eugene and Emma L. (Taylor), Michael and Mary (Benson), Jeffrey Mandinnie (Brown), Martin and Nellie (Secolska),
James and Anna M. (Hallisey),
Female, Male,
Orrin A. and Gertrude M. (Hemenway, Michael F. and Alice S. (Marshall),
Occupation of Father.
Dec. 16 Elva Meredith Orde, 18 Ellen Trenetta Nicholson, 18 Mary Celona Kellaher, 20 Charles Eugene Ormsby, 21 Agnes Josephine Finneran, 25 Alice May Osgood, 25 Edna May Sullivan, 27 Asey William Muse, 29 Marjorie Lee Rea, 30 Mary Curran, 30 George Leo Robbins,
31 Sophia Julia Kroul, 31 John James Galvin,
1902 June Aug.
4 Marion Gertrude Stone,
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RECAPITULATION.
Births registered in 1903,
206
Males, .
95
Females,
111
206
Nativity of Parents.
Fathers.
Mothers.
.Wakefield,
25
24
United States,
70
60
British Provinces,
62
60
Ireland,
18
25
Italy,
12
12
Germany,
2
0
Russia,
2
2
Sweden,
4
4
Austria,
3
3
England,
2
8
Norway,
1
2
Scotland,
1
2
Danish West Indies,
0
1
Unknown,
4
3
Marriages registered in 1903,
115
Nativity.
Grooms.
Brides.
Wakefield,
19
23
United States,
58
49
British Provinces,
21
29
Scotland,
6
1
Ireland,
6
6
England,
3
3
Germany,
1
0
Sweden,
1
2
Norway,
0
1
Switzerland,
0
1
115
115
206
206
222
First marriage
Grooms. 101
Brides. 103
Second
·
·
13
11
Third
1
1
115
115
Number under 20 years of age,
3
13
between 20 and 30, .
.
72
82
30 and 40, .
28
16
40 and 50, .
7
4
50 and 60, .
5
0
115
115
Deaths registered in 1903,
129
Males, .
.
55
Females,
74
129
Number under 5 years of age,
31
66 between 5 and 10,
10 and 20,
4
66 20 and 30,
6
66 30 and 40,
10
40 and 50,
12
50 and 60,
15
60 and 70,
16
6 70 and 80,
14
" 80 and 90,
10
90 and 100
2
Still Births,
8
129
Average age, 39 years, 9 months, 26 days.
.
·
1
223
Nativity.
Wakefield,
39
United States,
.
57
Ireland,
20
British Provinces,
6
England,
5
Sweden, 1
1
Scotland,
1
129
DOG LICENSES.
Number of dogs licensed in 1903,
408
Males,
347
Females,
61
408
Tax on 347 males at $2.00,
$694 00
Tax on 61 females at $5.00,
305 00
Tax on 1 breeder's license,
25 00
$1,024 00
Deduct clerk's fees,
81 80
$942 20
Paid J. O. Hayden, County Treasurer, $942 20
CHARLES F. HARTSHORNE,
Town Clerk.
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Water Commissioners' Annual Report.
The Wakefield Water Board, in making its first report, has no yearly account to render, but its first bow to the pub- lic must be of interest to our citizens.
The committee that was our predecessor labored for years with well directed effort, and its work was fruitful of good to the town, success having crowned its efforts; and in the future, whatever of advantage accrues to this community from the ownership of the Water Plant, and of an element so indispensible to a community, that committec ought to be held in grateful remembrance ; for, in season and out of season, its members labored to bring about the ownership of the Water Plant at a reasonable price, and succeeded in the face of every obstacle that could possibly be placed in their way.
Their work was a strenuous one, and their principal re- ward must be their own consciousness of work well done for the community.
It is a reasonable statement to make, that no town in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has acquired the ownership of a water plant under more favorable terms, being freed from the annoyance and cost of litigation, so often incident to the taking of a gas or water plant.
The Wakefield Water Act passed the Legislature and was signed by Governor Crane, June 19, 1902.
Negotiations were entered into between the Water Com- pany and the Committee, through the law firm of Hurlburt,
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Jones & Cabot, and finally a price was obtained of $220,- 000 for the water plant and franchises, $10,000 for thirty acres of land bordering on Crystal Lake, and $5,000 for house and land bordering on Lake Quannapowitt, a total of $235,000.
This offer was made on July 16, 1903, as follows :
" Voted, that the Wakefield Water Company hereby offers and agrees to sell and convey to the Town of Wakefield all its rights to take water from Crystal Lake and all other sources for supplying the town of Wakefield and its inhabi- tants with water, and all of its property, real and personal, situated within said town, and all of its property in the town of Stoneham, free from incumbrance, and also the land recently conveyed to Frederick Brooks by trustees of the estate of the late Amos Stone, bordering on Crystal Lake, all for the sum of $230,000 ; this offer to remain open until August 1, 1903.
" Voted, that the president and treasurer of this Com- pany be and hereby are authorized and instructed, in case the foregoing offer be accepted, to execute in the name and behalf of the company, all deeds deemed necessary and suit- able to convey the property and rights referred to in the foregoing vote, and to deliver the same upon payment there- for being made.
"THE WAKEFIELD WATER COMPANY, " By JOHN BROOKS, President, " ALFRED S. HALL, Treasurer."
An offer from the Brooks heirs to sell the land of the Brooks estate bordering on Lake Quannapowitt to the Town of Wakefield for $5,000, was also received.
At the town meeting held July 13, 1903, the Water Com- mittee made a report unanimously recommending the pur- chase, by the town, of the property, rights and franchises
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as offered by the Company, and concluded their report as follows : '
" Your Committee feels that its long and somewhat stren- uous labor to enable the Town of Wakefield to own the water plant at a reasonable price, and on a sound, profitable, business basis, has not been in vain, and unanimously rec- ommend to the town the acceptance of the Water Act and the offer of the Wakefield Water Company to sell its plant and the Stone lands for $230,000, and land of the Brooks estate on Lake Quannapowitt for $5,000, as by articles in the town warrant.
" Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES A. DEAN, Chairman, GEORGE M. TOMPSON, EDWIN C. MILLER,
CURTIS L. SOPHER, ALBERT R. PERKINS,
THOMAS E. DWYER,
THOMAS HICKEY,
JAMES F. EMERSON. FRANK J. HENKEL, Secretary."
On Thursday, July 16, 1903, the town, by ballot, voted to purchase.
Whole number of votes cast, 263 Yes, ·
. 214
No,
.
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An issue of bonds was authorized by the town, of $235,- 000, to be payable in thirty years,
PAYABLE,
$ 4,000 per year for the first period of ten years. $ 8,000 “ second « .. .. ..
$12,000 “
third “ or until paid,
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On September 28, 1903, the Board of Water Commis- sioners were elected, as follows : Charles A. Dean, for three years, James H. Kimball, for two years, and William H. Butler, for one year, from the first of May next ensuing.
Bonds were authorized and prepared, as by vote of the town, on a four per cent. interest rate, for which a premium of $7,200 was received.
The Water Company was notified to be ready to prepare the necessary papers, and the Water Board authorized Hurl- burt, Jones & Cabot to take the legal charge of the transfer.
Many difficulties were met in getting a clear title, and it was found to be impossible to fully perfect a title before Dec. 1, 1903, as named in the offer.
On Dec. 2, 1903, the transfer was made, and the town ac- quired possession of the plant. Because of a doubt on the title of the land on which the pumping plant stands, the Company was required to deposit $1,000 in cash and $15,000 in bonds with our attorneys until all doubt was removed ; this has been accomplished and the title now stands clear to the town.
In taking possession of the plant at the time when our office work called for the immediate issuing of water bills, with incomplete data of water takers and charges, the task was difficult.
We found that the citizens generally appreciated the change in ownership, and responded willingly to our requests for information as to fixtures and charges, and very few sought to take advantage of the situation.
We hope to have a thorough inspection made before the next payments are due, and to have complete and exact data from which to send out bills.
Mr. Albert R. Perkins was elected Clerk on Dec. 23, 1903, at a salary of $900 per year ; he is bonded in the sum of $2,000 by the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co., of Maryland.
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Mr. Perkins has the confidence of this board and of the community, and his readiness to oblige in every reasonable way will undoubtedly be appreciated ; he is rapidly gather- ing all data concerning the plant and patrons, and will soon have the work well in hand.
IN MEMORIAM.
Soon after taking possession of the plant, the foreman, Mr. Peter Quinn, was stricken with an illness that proved fatal. His death was a severe loss to this department. He had filled that position for many years, and his experience and knowledge of the pipe system would have been valuable to the town. He was a faithful, quiet, industrious man and a good citizen.
EXTENSIONS AND SERVICES.
Before the plant came into the possession of the town, re- quests came to the Commissioners for extensions of pipes on many streets, and new service pipes for new and old resi- dences ; at our request the Water Co. commenced laying a two-inch pipe on Stark Avenue, which this board has com- pleted, and also three new services made therefrom.
A service to Carrie F. Harper, Stark Avenue.
" Fred Hiatt,
" Jesse E. Harrison,
Also
" E. I. Purrington, Crescent Street.
" William Greaney, Lake
" George W. Kimball, Main
the latter necessitated by the widening of Main Street in Greenwood.
The severe weather put an end to further new work; in consequence of the unusual depth of frost, many service pipes were frozen and the department was kept busy in at- tending to these cases and in taking care of hydrants, these being examined every very cold day ; in addition, after each
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storm the snow is cleared from the hydrants, that they may be ready in case of fire.
There is frequent complaint of service pipes having rusted and choked the pipes so as to give a diminished flow of water. These will undoubtedly have to be replaced with new pipe services.
There are calls for six-inch main extensions and hydrants on
Emerson Street, 500 feet.
Avon Court,
360
Salem Street,
2,900
Valley "
2,370 66:
Farm Street,
1,100
Forest «
1,800
Herbert "
300
Pine
800
There should be a fourteen-inch main from the pumping plant along Broadway to Main Street ; as should the present main from the pumping station break, the entire town would be without water, and in case of fire, this would be a grave condition.
Should this main of 1,400 feet be built, there would be a double security for water; there is just as much need of a double main as of double pumps, in case of a break.
The need of this main was strongly urged upon us by the retiring superintendent, Mr. Chadbourne, who very kindly and courteously offered us his assistance and advice freely, and the board feels under deep obligation to him.
The entire cost of these extensions and repairs will exceed $10,000. There is a bond premium and interest of $7,721, a portion of which might be appropriated for this purpose.
There should be an indicator placed on the stand-pipe to show the quantity of water therein, there being now no way for the engineer to tell what quantity of water is in the stand-
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pipe, and frequently it overflows, making a waste of water and pumping, also damage to property, leaving the town liable to suits for damages.
In the books of the department, the construction account will be kept entirely separate from maintenance, so that it will be possible to ascertain, after one year (or perhaps one term), what reductions may safely be made in water rates. We believe this to be a more business-like method than any attempt at haphazard reductions, before it is possible to tell by actual data what is the net surplus over maintenance ; neither revenue nor maintenance expenses can be absolutely known until the books are balanced after a year of actual business.
The financial business is conducted on the same system as in other departments of the town, that is, all moneys received are immediately deposited in the bank, from which nothing can be drawn except by draft from the Selectmen, by whom all bills of the department are paid, after being approved by the Water Commissioners and passed by the Town Auditors.
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RECEIPTS.
The receipts to and including January 31, 1904, are,
$11,334 61
EXPENDITURES.
Bills approved and paid to and including Jan- uary 31, 1904, $2,113 98
Bills approved and unpaid to and including January 31, 1904, 180 00
Total expenses to Jan. 31, 1904, $2,293 98
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DETAILED EXPENDITURES TO JAN. 31, 1904.
BILLS, PAID.
Payrolls, labor,
$ 681 20
Walworth Mfg. Co., pipe, fittings, and tools, . 41 68
W. S. Greenough & Co., books and stationery, 10 10
H. M. Dolbeare, printing and post- age, . 120 95
A. R. Perkins, insurance premium, 11 25
C. A. Cheney & Co., coal, water comm'rs 3
1,058 54
D. Dudley, work on safe, 40
Globe Stamp Works, rubber stamps, 55
Ludlow Valve Co., rubber rings, 4 50
Coffin Valve Co., service boxes, .
7 50
Cutler Bros., oil, fecd and supplies, 31 94
C. Latimer, express, 1 50
Mrs. Flemming, washing floor, ·
1 50
Smith & Anthony Co., bands and cocks, and sharpening tools, 11 80
·Municipal Light Plant, lights, 1
90
Geo. P. McIntosh, repairs to pung, 15 50
L. H. Kirk, grain and hay, ·
32 42
Chadwick-Boston Lead Co., tin pipe,
4 00
A. W. Tuckerman, tools, ·
1:80
J. Flanley, office rent, . 18 75
Wannamaker & Feindel, sharpening tools, 6 95
L. B. Evans' Son, leather,
45
Geo. H. Taylor, hardware,
2 64
A. H. Thayer, stationery, 3 00
American Express Co., express, 95
Heywood Bros. & Wakefield Co., fire clay, . 2 25
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Wakefield Water Co, materials pur- chased, 40 96
$2,113 98
BILLS, UNPAID.
Payroll, labor,
136 00
W. S. Greenough & Co., books and stationery,
15 73
Cutler Bros., brooms and shovel, 1 50
C. Welch, oil, .
7 50
American Express Co., express,
60
A. T. Howard, book, .
6 50
W. G. Hunt, insurance premium, . 7 50
Municipal Light Plant, lights,
4 67
180 00
Total,
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$2,293 98
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES A. DEAN, JAMES HI KIMBALL, WILLIAM H. BUTLER, Water Commissioners.
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FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT 1
OF THE
BOARD OF
SEWER COMMISSIONERS
OF THE
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31,
1904.
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Sewer Commissioners' Report.
TO THE CITIZENS OF WAKEFIELD :
Your Commissioners herewith submit their report for the year ending Jan. 31, 1904; it being their fourth annual.
Forty-five regular and cleven special meetings have been held, all hearings on sewer legislation relating to Wakefield have been attended ; frequent visits of inspection to the work under construction have been made, and in cases where claims for damages have arisen, much time has been used in inves- tigation, and the premises have been viewed.
FINANCES. CONSTRUCTION.
The unexpended balance as given in our last report was $7,655.86 ; in March 1903, the town appropriated $3,000, which, with other credits of $277.90, make the total receipts · for the year, $10,933.76 ; there has been expended $9,335.36, leaving a balance unexpended of $1,598.40. This balance is pledged for settlement of contract on Outfall sewer.
MAINTENANCE.
Appropriation, $2,800, other receipts amounting to $277.90, making a total of $3,047,17; there has been ex- pended $2,523.12, leaving a balance unexpended of $524.05. A detailed statement of expenditures is given at the close of this report.
CONSTRUCTION.
The Outfall sewer, under contract to the H. A. Hanscom Co., was completed about the time of our last report ; sub-
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sequent to that date some work of cleaning had to be done under the direction of the Metropolitan Board.
On Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, a small amount of work was done under the same authorities, in closing the hand holes to the under-drains at the lower levels ; to safeguard against possi- ble overflow of ground water into the sewer.
Final settlement has been made on Section 8, or the under- drain outlet, takings made, and releases secured.
Settlement with the contractors on the Outfall sewer is still pending ; your Commissioners are hopeful of an early settle- ment.
CLAIMS.
LAND DAMAGES.
Claims of this nature have been made where the sewer runs through private land, and where private land has been temporarily used for sewer purposes. These matters have received careful attention, and where considered proper by this Board, just and equitable allowances have been made. Five claims have been paid ; eight have accepted the award, but an appropriation is needed to effect settlement; two were not allowed ; two are to be heard from in reply to offers made them; and five are under consideration.
WELL CLAIMS.
Six claims for the drying of wells have been made, and in dealing with these the practice of last year has been followed of either piping the public water supply into the house, or of paying an equivalent sum. Three cases have been thus set- tled ; in two the Board felt there was no cause for claim ; and in one, under a previous agreement, a new well has been dug.
ACCIDENT CLAIMS.
Three claims for personal injury have been received, viz : Dennis Dobbins, for injuries received on Outfall sewer ;
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Elizabeth Dunn and Mrs. Dana Dudley, for injuries from falling into trench on Albion Street, where house connection was being made. Under advice of the Town Counsel, these claims have been settled ; in the case of Dobbins, by pay- ment of bill for medical attendance, and in the other cases by payment of nominal amounts.
MAINTENANCE.
Monthly inspections, cleaning of man-holes and occasional flushing has been done. About twenty man-hole tops have been reset on account of changes in street grades, and to prevent, as far as possible, the entrance of street wash into the sewers. In the course of the monthly inspections a de- · posit of mud, sticks and twigs has been found in the man- holes and removed. It will be necessary this year to provide some method of preventing this material from entering the sewer, and your Board is now considering methods of so doing.
Flushing has been resorted to when necessary. No serious case of stoppage has occurred, but a tendency in that direc- tion has been noted, due probably to the limited use of the sewer at present, and to the fact that many substances other than sewage find their way into the sewer through improper use of plumbing. It is hoped that we may be able this com- ing season to perfect a plan for cleaning and flushing by making direct connection from the water mains to certain man-holes, and thus in the future the work could be done at much less expense.
The department is also in need of an equipment of special sewer tools, and these should be provided this coming season.
An examination of the entire system, made previous to the writing of this report, shows that the sewers were in a clean and serviceable condition.
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HOUSE CONNECTIONS.
This work has been carried on throughout the year, begin- ning early in the spring and shutting down only on account of freezing weather.
A special effort has been made, and with some measure of success, it is thought, to do all work in a thorough manner and at low cost.
In making connections this department has in almost every instance furnished the iron pipe, and put same through the cellar wall, which has added about fifteen cents per linear foot to the cost of connections.
All material has been furnished by the town and bought of the lowest bidder, and only the actual cost thereof charged the applicants.
Total number of applications received to date, 199
Total number of connections made to date, .
193
Number of connections made this year, . 168
Total length of all connections, 7,970 feet
Average length, 41.3 “ ·
Average cost,
$30.73
FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR YEAR.
CR.
Cash on hand Feb. 1, 1903, $ 79 24
Receipts, cash,
5,776 69 -
$5,855 93
DR.
Disbursements, cash, $5,789 79
Deposits with six applications, 30 00
Cash on hand,
36 14
$5,855 93
The map accompanying will show the extent and location of this work.
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ASSESSMENTS.
In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 377 of the Acts of 1900, and Chapter 247 of the Acts of 1902, relating to assessments, a set of plans has been prepared and sched- ules of the amounts levied on the estates benefited have been transmitted to the Collector of Taxes for collection. The amount assessed is $84,349.89, which is divided into six hundred accounts. The Collector reports that on January 31st there had been paid $20,736.85.
About three hundred requests for apportionment have been made.
Petitions have been made by Hamilton & Eaton, attorneys, in the names of John M. Perley, Morrill-Atwood Ice Co., Nathaniel E. Cutler, George A. Winn, James F. Emerson, and Frederick Beebe, seeking to have the Supreme Court pass upon the validity of their assessments. Answers are being prepared.
LEGAL.
For information concerning this subject, reference may be made to the report of the Town Counsel.
INVENTORY.
The inventory of pipe and other materials, office supplies and furniture, plans and tools amounts to $3,600.
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Sewer Department Experiditures.
CONSTRUCTION.
Balance available from last year, $7,655 86
Appropriation authorized, · 3,000 00
Transferred from Printing account, 270 00
A. A. Mansfield, sale of wood, ·
1 50
F. P. Cutter, sale of wood, . ·
2 00
Grading Com. Hose House, sale of pipe,
4 40
- $10,933 76
Expended as per report below,
9,335 36
Balance unexpended,
$1,598 40
DETAILED EXPENDITURES.
ADMINISTRATION.
George M. Tompson, salary, Aug.
31, 1902, to Feb. 28, 1903, $ 166 66
William H. Lee, salary, Aug. 31, 1902, to Feb. 28, 1903, 166 66
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