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Net levy after deducting receipts
$193,215 14
FRED S. HARTSHORNE, SAMUEL T. PARKER, CHARLES A. CHENEY,
Assessors.
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SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Board of Water Commissioners
OF THE
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING JANUARY 31, 1909
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Water Commissioners' Annual Report.
The sixth annual report of the Wakefield Water Board is herewith presented, together with the usual statistics neces- sary to a complete knowledge of the work of the department.
It will be seen from the annual financial statement, that the past year has been a successful one in all respects, the town having received the benefit of an additional reduction of five dollars on each hydrant, and the consumers a reduc- tion of one dollar on the first faucet rate.
Repairs of pumps and machinery at the pumping station have materially enhanced its value and improved its oper- ating efficiency.
It was found necessary to thoroughly overhaul the pump- ing machinery and to make extensive repairs to one of the pumps. This is now in first-class condition, and on a seven- hour test, showed an average evaporation of 10.91 lbs. of water per pound of coal used. The other pump will this year be brought up to the same standard of efficiency.
The retaining wall near the station has been rebuilt and cemented for a distance of 300 feet, and the standpipe has been cleaned. It is proposed to paint the standpipe during the coming year.
On account of the unpleasant taste of the water of Crystal Lake during the summer months, the State Board of Health was requested to make an especial examination of the water.
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They have reported (as published in the local press) that the taste is due to a microscopic growth and is a common thing in pond waters, though not dangerous to health.
They recommend filtration as the only remedy. Following their suggestion, the board has engaged Engineer W. S. Johnson of Boston, an expert on the subject, to consider the questions of filtration and water supply. After his work is completed and his report received, the town will be informed of his conclusions.
The importance of preserving and improving the quality of the water, of increasing the supply and storage of water and guarding against waste, are matters calling for careful inves- tigation and study.
The State Board of Health has been asked to examine the shores of Crystal Lake and its sources of water supply, to ascertain whether any conditions existed which might be a menace to the purity of the water.
This has been done, and although they do not consider conditions dangerous, their report contains suggestions which the board intends to carry out. We wish to acknowl- edge our indebtedness to the State Board for its courtesy and readiness to respond to our requests.
The board has obtained an option on land opposite the pumping station, which, if purchased by the town, may be used for stable and other purposes.
An article will be placed in the town warrant relating to the subject, under which the reasons for the proposed pur- chase will be fully presented.
After meeting all charges and expenses relating to the water department, there remains to its credit the handsome surplus of $3,951.66, and the board wishes to emphasize what has been stated in our former reports, that all surplus re- ceipts of the water department should be set aside as an emergency fund, to be used only for extraordinary require- ments and to meet the larger payments on the bonds when they become due.
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ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Total receipts :
From water rates
$35,499 77
" services
1,548 II
dwelling . 172 00
sale of horse
80 00
Total receipts
$37,299 88
Expenditures :
By maintenance
$15,605 50
" construction
2,899 33
" construction overdraft, 1907 2,083 39
" bonds (town treasurer) 4,000 00
" interest (town treasurer) 8,760 00
Expended from this year's receipts
$33,348 22
Jan. 31, 1909, surplus or balance $3,951 66
Detailed statements of the receipts and expenditures will be found under the head of the divisions of statistics which follow :
MONTHLY RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES.
Receipts.
Expenditures.
February
$421 57
$656 17
March
.
.
.
.
5I II
1,798 95
April
397 96
1,041 83
May .
1,992 89
2,279 66
June .
14,465 II
1,639 58
July .
1,523 71
1,828 72
August
223 69
2,139 83
September
469 77
1,352 47
October
238 78
2,433 93
November .
4,465 7I
1,037 77
December .
11,671 64
789 10
January
1,377 94
1,613 42
$37,299 88
$18,611 43
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MAINTENANCE.
The annual appropriation at the annual town meeting, 1908, from earnings, for mainten- ance was . $14,000 00
Expended as follows :
Maintenance, pay rolls $4, 692 08 materials 2,341 18
$7,033 26
Operating Expenses :
Office, pay rolls . $1, 190 00
Rent .
225 00
Miscellaneous 928 48
Station and stable :
Pay rolls $1,431 60 .
Coal 3,413 55
Repairs and supplies 647 54
Horse .
260 00
Feed and stable exp.
476 07
$8,572 24
$15,605 50
Deduct credits :
Received from services on private land, etc.
$1,628 II
Net expenditures
$13,977 39
Unexpended balance
4
0
$22 61
CONSTRUCTION.
Appropriation
$5,000 00 .
Expended as follows :
Average.
Cedar Ct., 4 in., 144 ft., $109 89 $0 76
Turnbull Ave., 4 in., 629 ft., 498 35 79
Pine St., 4 in., 373 ft., 383 82 I 03
Emerald St., 6 in., 696 ft., 647 63 93
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Greenwood Ave., 6 in., 151 ft., $147 63 97
Montrose Ave., 6 in., 512 ft.,
456 31 89
Greenwood St., 6 in., 219 ft.,
197 20 90
$2,440 83
Stock on hand .
. 458 50
$2,899 33
Overdraft in 1907
2,083 39
Expended
$4,982 72
Unexpended balance
$17 28
METERS.
Unexpended balance from last year .
$III 96
Expended
106 60
Unexpended balance
$5 36
FINANCIAL STATISTICS OF THE WATER PLANT
FROM DECEMBER 1903, TO JANUARY 31, 1909.
Value of plant in 1903 . $235,000 00
New construction and improvements, 1904
14,000 00
1905 ·
12,500 00
1906 .
5,000 00
1907
7,000 00
1908
3,000 00
Present value
. $276,500 00
Cost of plant, capitalization $235,000 00
Bond reduction, to date 20,000 00
Present indebtedness
. $215,000 00
Financial gain in water plant
. . $61,500 00
.
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Additional profit to town and consumers :
Reduction in hydrant rates and street sprinkling, five years Reduced rates to consumers
$9,500 00
16,800 00
Surplus taken by town, 1904
7,000 00
1906
3,500 00
1907
1,500 00
1908 ·
1,000 00
$39,300 00
Total gain to town and consumers during five years of town ownership . $100,800 00
SERVICES.
New services added during the year
33
Services relaid during the year
74
Total
107
On private land. On public land. Total.
New services
1,495 ft.
758 ft.
2,253 ft.
Relaid services.
2,839
1,579
4,418 ft.
Totals
4,334 ft.
2,337 ft.
6,671 ft.
Number of water takers, December, 1903
1,632
..
. 6
66
66
1907
1,879
66
1908
1,927
66
1909
1,937
In addition, nine new services have been laid to houses where the water is not yet turned on.
HYDRANTS.
Number of hydrants, February 1, 1908
189
New hydrants added during the year
.
2
Present number of hydrants
191
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January 31, 1905
1,718
1906 .
1,778
.
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The above additions were paid for from construction appropriation.
LOCATION OF NEW HYDRANTS.
Pine street, near Lee street. Emerald street, opposite Turnbull avenue.
WATER PUMPED DURING THE YEAR.
January
22,737,697
February .
.
. 20,715,958
March
. 21, 934, 538
April 19,141,488 .
May .
20,945,512
June
. 29,052,808
July . 29,795,342 .
August
21,261,357 ·
September
21,092, 160
October
20,753,632
November
19,132,906
December
.
20,464, 208
Total
. 267,063, 606
Greatest amount pumped in 1908, July 12, 1,572,438 gallons. Greatest amount in a week, July 6 to 12, 8,921,606 gallons. Average daily pumping for year, 729,682 gallons.
Average daily, per head of estimated population, 69 gallons.
We close this report with detailed accounts of the expendi- tures under the maintenance and construction appropriations.
MAINTENANCE-EXPENDITURES.
Municipal Light Plant, gas and electricity $46 00
coal 522 49
repairs and supplies 35 40
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., telephones 178 41
John Toomey, coal and wood 2,871 81
National Meter Co., meter 60 00
Dyar Supply Co., tools and supplies 265 70
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Churcher Electric & Mfg. Co., aquaphone H. A. Perkins, plans 50 00
$2 58
Geo. F. Blake Mfg. Co., repairs to pumps
827 41
Curry Oil & Supply Co., oil and polish 42 60
Chadwick-Boston Lead Co., solder, etc. 16 25
J. S. Gosnay, stable supplies 33 65
L. H. Kirk, grain and hay 178 72
G. H. Taylor, supplies
42 87
G. P. McIntosh, repairs to wagons
4º 75
Curley Bros., grain and hay 135 10
Garlock Packing Co., packing
90 90
Wanamaker & Feindel, blacksmith work 22 05
A. W. Brownell, printing
5 30
A. T. Howard, book
7 00
C. W. Eaton, postage and printing
63 00
Est. J. Flanley, rent and furniture
226 00
American Express Co.,
5 75
H. M. Dolbeare, printing
36 40
S. Dulong, wall papering 23 31
T. F. Swan, wall paper
31 35
H. Morgan, mason work
21 85
H. A. Feindel, lumber and lime
14 85
A. T. Locke, lumber
23 25
Day Express Co.
I 75
Elliot Co., stencils
4 44
E. A. Carlisle & Pope Co., sashes
8 84
Lead Lined Iron Pipe Co., pipe and fittings
764 06
Walworth Mfg. Co., pipe and fittings
295 76
A. G. Osborn, floor oil
6 25
Bigelow, Dowse & Co., lawn mower
9 25
William Hall & Co., pump springs
51 67
Town of Stoneham, taxes
208 85
Chapman Valve Co., valves
20 22
R. C. North, shoeing
.
16 45
Smith & Anthony Co., tapping bands
43 76
Boston & Maine Railroad, freight and tickets 25 43
Mrs. J. E. Kelley, cleaning .
22 00
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A. H. Thayer, stationery
$2 92
J. Bannon, clipping horse 3 00 .
Carpenter-Morton Co., polish
35°
S. B. Dearborn, P. M., postage I 00 .
S. Hunitz, duster
50
Eaton's Express
5 30
Mrs. J. Meade, meals
4 00
F. F. Wakefield, repairs .
4 62
L. B. Evans Son Co., leather .
3 20
Anderson Coupling Co., service boxes .
153 80
E. & F. King Co., soda ash 5 02
Sanitas Mfg. Co., repairs to brass fittings 8 50
Wakefield Shoe & Clo. Co., boots .
7 00
G. M. Kelley, shoeing 22 15
J. C. Paige & Co., liability and bond insurance 119 76
W. H. Wiley, boat and oars. 26 75 -
Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co., hose . 14 25
A. A. Butler, excavating vault
3 00
Chas. T. Luce & Co., fusible plugs .
4 00
Coffin Valve Co., valve parts
4 50
W. Kendall, painting wagon
12 00
W. W. Wilder, painting .
26 00
C. Welch, oil . .
I 25
F. J. Bridge & Co., pens 1
3 00
J. Laybolt, glass
I 96
W. Nokes, horse
260 00
W. H. Butler, carfares
I 80
Globe Stamp Works, stamp and ink
.
3 75
T. S. Douglass, glass
3 50
E. B. Badger & Sons Co., condenser repairs
3 75
J. F. Sherritt, paints
, 7 00
Mass. Boiler Inspector
5 00
Rensellaer Mfg. Co., valves
73 75
T. Hickey, lime and cement 23 80
J. W. Grace, supplies
4 65
Johns-Manville Co., magnesia cement
3 75
W. L. Block, oil .
.
.
3 92
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W. S. Greenough & Co., stationery .
$0 90
Hinds & Coon, cotton waste
9 44
Wakefield Ice Co., ice
5 00 .
A. Parson, service pipe
28 05
J. Jeffrey, hogshead .
2 50
Eagle Oil & Supply Co., polish
I 75
H. A. Simonds, sealing scales .
2 21
E. W. Eaton, oil
60
C. F. Gilman, bandages
25
Cutler Bros., supplies .
I 14
G. H. Allen, veterinary services
8 00
$8,291 82
MAINTENANCE-PAY ROLLS.
W. H. Butler
$1,000 00
A. R. Perkins
1,000 00
George Daniel .
936 00
Patrick Sexton .
755 97
Arthur Gibbons
699 49
James Hurtin
827 34
Jeremiah Murphy
417 25
Charles Brown .
17 00
Newton Colby
6 00
Edward Talbot .
375 50
Patrick Joyce
118 00
George E. Branch
91 25
H. A. Simonds .
98 75
A. P. Butler
20 00
James Dingle
10 00
John Loughlin
2 00
Benjamin Butler
117 00
Patrick Collins
52 00
Patrick Duggan
252 00
Fred Ronan
31 00
Patrick Maloney
4
23 00
Timothy Sliney
20 00
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Charles Reardon
$10 00
Patrick Hennessey
134 00
William Hickey
7 00
Joseph Brewer
3 00
Joseph Muse
41 00
James Regan
168 00
Daniel Murphy .
5 00
Jeremiah Barrett
5 00
John Hanley
5 00
William Heustis
5 63
George Ledwith
22 00
Charles Cotton
12 00
John Daly .
2 00
Michael Qualter
2 00
John Talbot
4 00
Charles Doyle, team .
3 50
Robert Philpot, team
.
15 00
$7,313 68
CONSTRUCTION - EXPENDITURES.
J. C. Paige & Co., liability insurance $118 00 .
Dyar Supply Co., tools, etc.
13 95
Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., gates
67 45
Warren Foundry & Machine Co., cast iron pipe
900 18
Smith & Anthony Co., gate boxes
25 22
Rensellaer Mfg. Co., hydrants .
66 00
Chadwick-Boston Lead Co., lead
205 90
Lynchburg Foundry Co., cast iron pipe
207 47
Boston & Maine Railroad, freight
42 50
$1,646 67
CONSTRUCTION - PAY ROLLS.
Patrick Sexton
$95 94
Arthur Gibbons
.
.
.
54 85
Jeremiah Murphy
70 75
Edward Talbot
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.
.
69 75
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Patrick Duggan
$67 75
Patrick Joyce
39 00
Timothy Sliney
24 00
Charles Reardon
13 00
W. H. Butler
200 00
John McCormack
19 00
Alex. Halliday
16 00
James Regan
46 00
Dennis Connor .
37 00
Daniel Murphy
59 00
Patrick Cassidy
30 00
Patrick Hennessey
59 75
William Hickey
28 00
Joseph Brewer .
34 00
Joseph Muse
36 00
James Cronin
25 00
Jeremiah Barrett
51 00
Timothy Haley
22 00
James Logan
9 00
Dennis Maloney
13 00
Charles Brown .
31 00
William Heustis
.
II 87
T. F. Kelley
II 25
James Keady
4 00
John Hanley
7 00
John Daley
20 75
Michael Qualter
16 00
Frank Riley
.
6 00
G. W. Killorin, team
25 00
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$1,252 66
Respectfully submitted, CHARLES A. DEAN, JAMES H. KIMBALL, THOMAS G. O'CONNELL, Wakefield Water Commissioners.
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Auditors' Final Statement.
The Board of Auditors herewith present to the town their report for the fiscal year ending February 1, 1909.
From February 1, 1908, to February 1, 1909, the selectmen have drawn 3, 164 orders on the town treasury, amounting to $221,203.57.
We have examined the vouchers for these payments and have also verified the arithmetic of all bills coming before the board of selectmen for payment during the year, and our report upon them will be found arranged in the departments to which they belong.
We have verified the accounts of such departments as pay money to the treasurer; we have examined the books of the collector of taxes, and of Albert W. Flint, treasurer of the library and reading room, and find them correct. We have also examined the accounts of Mr. Flint as town treasurer, and find them correct, with the proper vouchers for all pay- ments made by him and that he has a cash balance of $9,930.41 in the Wakefield National Bank.
We also certify that he has securities and deposits repre- · senting the various trust funds now in his charge.
The unexpended balances of cemetery committee, common and park, Water and Railroad street land damages, sewer department, highway department, light plant, public library, bell at Boyntonville, gypsy and brown-tail moths, markers for Revolutionary graves, are available for next year, either on account of contracts pending, or by past votes of the town.
The overdraft on Main street land damages will be refunded to the town by the county.
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We have examined the accounts of all departments and find them to be correct.
All payments made by this department are paid by orders drawn by the selectinen and vouchers for same are on file at the town hall where they can be seen at any time.
We invite any citizen who desires a closer knowledge of bills and accounts of the town to make application to this Board and same will be gladly answered.
In compliance with the vote of the town we have compiled the annual town report and submit the same.
Respectfully Submitted, WILLIAM O. ABBOTT, WM. J. STOUT, W. E. PITTOCK,
Auditors.
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Report of the Board of Health.
WAKEFIELD, MASS., February 2, 1909.
The Board of Health herewith submits its annual report. The number of contagious diseases to the Board the past year, are as follows :
Typhoid fever .
I7
Measles
.
143
Scarlet fever
22
Diptheria .
I3
Tuberculosis
I7
NUISANCES ABATED, AND OTHER DETAIL.
Dumping offal .
II
Unsanitary cow barns ordered cleaned
20
Permission to board state children
5
Full and overflowing privy vaults ·
51
Offensive and defective water closets
20
Overflowing cesspools and catch basins
48
Leaking and defective traps
I
Defective drains
I3
Filthy yards
3
Manure in yards and lots
3
Wet cellars.
2
Filthy hen coops
3
Swill wagons ordered repaired
2
Hog pens abated
7
Defective plumbing .
3
Slop closets abated .
I
Sewer connections ordered
9
Wells condemned
I
Dead animals
4
JOSEPH W. HEATH, M.D., Chairman. AUGUSTUS D. JENKINS, Secretary. JOHN M. CATE, Health Officer.
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Report of the Inspector of Plumbing.
TO THE HONORABLE THE BOARD OF HEALTH, WAKE- FIELD, MASS .:
Gentlemen : - The work of the Plumbing Department, ending Dec. 31st, 1908, was as follows :
Applications filed .
81
left over 1907
5
Inspections and calls made
299
Investigations
21
Number of fixtures set .
391
Water closets
IIO
Bath tubs
62
Bowls
66
Sinks .
82
Wash trays
66
Butler sinks
I
Urinals
2
Shower baths
2
Surface drains
2
Alterations and Ventilation
II
Sewer connections
29
Cesspools
34
I have made several inspections at request of the Board and defects remedied.
Allow me to thank the Board, their secretary, my craft and citizens at large, for their kind co-operation.
Respectfully rendered,
GREENLEAF S. TUKEY.
Jan. Ist, 1909.
" 1908
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Financial Report of the Cemetery Commissioners.
The Cemetery Commissioners herewith respectfully submit the following financial report for the year ending January 31, I909 :
Feb. 1, 1908, Cash available
$64 58
Aug. 19, Sale of lots 76 75
June 26, 66 Sale of graves 8 00
June 26, Opening graves
12 00
July 16, Sale of grass 15 00
Dec. 5, Building foundation 5 00
Dec. 17, 66 Pasture land . 45 00
$226 33
PAID OUT.
Feb. 27, 1908, A. M. Tuttle, shrubs
$50 00
May 22, Fred L. Knight, labor 17 00
Henry Fay, labor . 10 00
William Lee, labor
4 00
June 4,
W. H. Murray
2 00
May 26,
D. C. Wright, dressing
10 00
Ed. Fentyhuff, labor
2 00
June I, "
Geo. H. Taylor, supplies 3 80
Water Dept., 9 50
Aug. 19,
R. Philip Reid I OO
20, John Allen 4 00
July 25,
Pay roll 40 00
Nov. 26, 66
15 62
28. L. E. Bennett, supplies
I 30
Wakefield Daily Item, supplies $2 50
Mr. Schurman, sand 70
Nov. 29, 1908, A. M. Tuttle, shrubs
25 00
Dec. 5, C. S. Knowles
2 20
IO, 66 A. L. Mansfield 22 90
$223 52
Feb. 1, 1909, balance available . $2 81
We recommend the receipts of Forest Glade Cemetery to- gether with an appropriation of $200 to care for the cemetery grounds and lay out Section A.
JAMES R. REID, Chairman and Treasurer, E. S. OLIVER, Secretary, OLIVER WALTON.
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Report of Sewer Commissioners.
TO THE TOWN OF WAKEFIELD:
Your sewer commissioners herewith submit their ninth an- nual report.
As in previous years the work of the department has been entirely maintenance and house connection work.
Nine hundred dollars was appropriated by the town, $800 for maintenance and $100 for anticipated needs on North avenue and Converse street; $765.08 has been paid in by - householders for house connections.
The principal sewerage suit - the Town against the Amer- ican Surety Company has been tried during the year and a verdict rendered for the Town, exceptions now placing the case in the Supreme Court. According to the verdict ren- dered, which we fully anticipate will be made final, the town should recover the full amount of the bond, $30,000, and also several thousand dollars interest.
During the year the question of draining the factory prop- erty of Heywood Brothers & Wakefield Company, has been taken up by the Board. The large portion of this property is in an area so low that drainage can not be received from it wholly by gravity. It was the intention of the original Board of Sewer Commissioners that this area and the other low areas chiefly in this district should be considered in a separate system, and the sewerage therefrom should be pumped into the main drain from a collecting point on Valley Street near Hart Street.
Roughly speaking the low area system would cover the territory east of Melvin Street, the Rattan Factory property, and the area east of Pleasant Street, including portions of Montrose. And when a sewerage system is installed in this
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low area district it will be necessary to pump the sewerage into the main drains. To take care of the sewerage from the Rattan factory property, it is not necessary to construct an entire low area system and this problem of sewerage for the factory may be taken care of as one unit and without the construction of any further main drains by the town. The nearest point to the factory yard where sewerage can be re- ceived into the sewers is on Water street, near the railroad track. If the sewerage from the factory is collected by gravity, it can readily be pumped from the west end of the yard into this sewer and the only work necessary for the town to do would be to lay a suitable pipe from the manhole in front of Laybolt's Store under the track and inside the factory gate. The construction of the main drains in the whole or in any considerable portion of the low sewerage area would mean assessments to land owners abutting on the streets of practically $1.30 a running foot, on each side of the street. Such assessment in many cases would confiscate the property, the abutters being unable to pay the taxes, and it might result that if we construct low drains in this main area to take care of the factory sewerage, we shall in effect be taking away property belonging to many of the people in this district in order to remedy a condition brought about by carelessness of the factory owners, and a condition which might be remedied by the factory owners themselves without making any expense for the town or land owners in this low area.
It must be remembered that in most cases where the prop- erty can not pay the tax of constructing the sewer in the ad- joining street, that that expense will have to be met by the town itself, the town reimbursing itself at some distant date by a sale of the property or otherwise.
MAINTENANCE.
In 1906, $1,044.18 was expended under this head ; in 1907, $775.98 ; in 1908, $748.50. The $100 appropriated for re- pairs on the sewer in Converse street and North avenue was
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not used, the conditions not being as serious as anticipated, and no special work was necessary.
For the coming year, the commissioners ask for $750.
There are in Wakefield over 32,000 feet of six-inch and eight-inch sewers besides about 20,000 feet of larger pipes. These pipes were brushed, flushed with water and thoroughly cleaned during the year, and this will have to be done every year. Some of the sections require cleaning as often as once a month. More obstructions appear each year in the house connection drains, and it may be expected that year by year as the sewerage system grows older, such troubles will in- crease.
At present, the system is in excellent condition with the exception of some minor troubles in Converse street and North avenue, which were explained more fully in our last report, and which are not now regarded as serious.
We believe it will be economy for the town to maintain the system in a first-class condition, and would recommend the permanent employment of a competent foreman. It appears now to be necessary to have a man who is familiar with the system available at short notice to do such cleaning of ob- structions and repair work as may be required from time to time to keep both house connections and main drains clean and in proper working condition.
HOUSE CONNECTIONS.
Some thirty-seven connections have been installed this year against forty-seven last year.
The commissioners are glad of this opportunity to commend the faithful and efficient work of their superintendent, Mr. Patrick Curran.
Following is a summary of work and expenses :
Total number of applications to date. 475
Total number of connections made 474
Total number made during 1908 . .
37
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
DR.
Cash on hand Feb. 1, 1908 $20 50
Receipts, cash
765 08
$785 58
CR.
Labor as per pay rolls $416 81
J. W. Grace, pipe and fittings
224 46
R. C. North, sharpening tools 6 70
H. A. Feindel, cement 5 40
Wanamaker & Feindel, repairs on tools I 95
A. T. Locke, lumber I 13
C. W. Eaton, advertising
2 50
H. M. Dolbeare, advertising
2 25
L. E. Bennett, cement
2 40
G. W. Eaton, oil and sundries
2 52
N. E. Cutler, oil and sundries
I 33
D. W. Hunt, teaming .
I 00
F. S. Hartshorne, clerical
37 00
Return payments
68 75
Cash on hand
II 38
$785 58
MAINTENANCE.
DR.
Appropriation, maintenance $800 00
Appropriation, North Ave. and Con- verse St.
100 00
Curley Brothers, rent of building
15 00
Town of Stoneham, manhole rods
90
Highway department, sale of rope
5 10
$921 00
266
CR.
CLEANING, FLUSHING AND INSPECTION.
Labor as per pay rolls .
$354 29
Dyar Supply Co., brushes and rods
14 30
$376 84
Outfall Sewer :
Labor as per pay rolls .
$58 40
58 40
Manholes :
Labor as per pay rolls
$7 78
House Connection Dept., cement
2 40
10 18
Yard :
Boston & Maine Railroad Co., rent Miscellaneous :
25 00
25 00
Labor as per pay rolls .
$90 90
F.S. Hartshorne, clerical and inspection
163 00
J. W. Grace, rope and tools
13 71
C. W. Eaton, advertising
4 00
Wanamaker & Feindel, tools and repairs
3 65
A. T. Locke, lumber .
I 20
Municipal Light Plant, coke
.
I 05
G. H. Taylor, sundries
57
$278 08
Total expenditures
$748 50
Balance unexpended
72 50
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$921 00 EDEN K. BOWSER, W. RAYMOND EMERSON, C. ORNE BAYRD.
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Report of the Municipal Light Board.
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