Town annual report of the officers of the town of Plymouth, Massachusetts for the year ending 1936, Part 22

Author: Plymouth (Mass.)
Publication date: 1936
Publisher: Plymouth [Mass.] : Avery & Doten
Number of Pages: 772


USA > Massachusetts > Plymouth County > Plymouth > Town annual report of the officers of the town of Plymouth, Massachusetts for the year ending 1936 > Part 22


Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).


Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34


16 Elizabeth Hokanson


76


17


18 Maria K. Royal


18 Dianne Waitt (Died in Boston)


6 mos.'


Broncho-Pneumonia


69


10 19


81 10 16


Chronic Myocarditis Chronic Myocarditis


Anthony Brown and Emma Wood John Krins and Madeline Buerkel John Rea and Catherine Pratt Manuel Perry and Escolastiea Monteriro Oliver Staples and Lacretia Askell


William P. Stoddard and Annie C. Farris


Rufus E. Caswell and Ida Leonard James Raymond and Caroline Wright Manuel Sears and Albina Medeiros


11 Manuel Sears


60


-


Edward Buttner and Bertha Thomas Henry Cant and Janet Ramsey


George F. Bartlett and Eunice Leonard


Simeon Barrows and Priscilla Burbank


William Crozier and Vioiet Copeland Bernard Anderson and Rita


-76-


Giacomo Nastri and Teresa Avansi Albert T. Harlow and Alice Whitten William F. Goldthwait and Sarah Tarbox


William Bartlett and Lucy D. Holmes George Comley and Hester White


Manuel J. Pimentel and Maria Vieira Howland S. Bonney and Angeles Ford George Baker and Helena E. Loring Pelham Freeman and Georgiana Farrington


Charles Cromwell and Delia Bumpus


Vincent Guaraldi and Mary Tassinari


and


14 Lizzie D. Wood


-


Cerebral Hemorrhage


71 2 12


Coronary Thrombosis


19 Bonaventura Ragazzini (Died in Boston) 21 William O'Brien


-


Stillborn


and


1


10 Jennie L. Lee (Died in Carver)


47


9


6


Myocarditis


9 Winthrop A. Baker


11 Hedley V. Bateman


Broncho Pneumonia Coronary Thrombosis


Thomas C. Holmes and Betsey D. Morton John Anderson and Vestlund Frederick N. Knapp and Lucia A. Bradford Vernon Waitt and Bernadine Almeida


Anthony Ragazzini and Rose William O'Brien and Alice Hassett


8


Chronic Myocarditis


Pulmonary Tuberculosis


Accidental Drowning


-


Name of Parents


Date


Name


Y. M. D.


Cause of Death


23 William N. Snow


70


6


23


26 Helen C. Jordan (Died in Boston)


68


11


27


28 Charles J. Dupuis


30


54


4 12 Carcinoma of Cecum


30


30 Peter A. Dries


68


- 18


May


1 William A. Noyes


71


9


15 Cardio-Renal-Vascular Disease Fracture of Skull


1 Charles A. Nickerson


1 4


38


10 27 Burns, Suffocation


4 Herbert R. Benton


20


4


10 Burns, Suffocation


1 James H. Devitt


83


2 10 Cerebral Hemorrhage


6 Mary A. Shaw Edwin K. Ervin


38 6


15


Carbon-Monoxide Poisoning-Suicide Encepholomalasia


14 Ivo Forni


77


1


26


Carcinoma of Esophagus


18 Margaret M. Davis


64


4


21


Chronic Myocarditis


22 Samuel W. Holmes


90


6


3


Generalized Arterio-Sclerosis Arterio-Sclerosis


23 David Holmes (Died in Taunton)


82


74


4


15


Carcinoma of Thyroid


28 A. Maude Eldridge


63


3


25


Coronary Disease


28


Frederick Monks (Died in Worcester)


58


Duodenum Ulcer


29 Joseph Priestley


78


4


16


Heart Disease


June


4 Arthur Robbins


70


9


8


Generalized Arterio-Sclerosis


4 Jose Vaz Mendes


38


Pistol Shot Wound-Suicide


Amelia E. Shaw


88


5


28


Cardio-Renal Vascular Disease


5 Albert R. MacMann


63


4


16


Cerebral Thrombosis


6 Jesse Tavares


67


1


28 Acute Dilatation of Heart


9 Alfred Q. Cole


72


10


2


Arterio-Sclerotic Heart Disease Accidental Drowning


13 Herbert J. Driscoll


39


2


7


19


Cerebral Hemorrhage


25 Michael Manna


80


2


10 Heart Disease


27 Emanuel DiStefano (Died in Boston)


74


27 Hypertrophy of Prostate


28


Hattie M. Ware


74


2


19 Arterio-Sclerosis


29 Elizabeth C. H. Austin


65


5


15


Intestinal Obstruction


30 Mary H. Chandler


17


10


88


7 Henry W. Mansfield


66


6 15


17 Subacute Bacterial Endocarditis Arterio-Sclerosis Coronary Thrombosis


Name of Parents


Philip Snow and Rebecca T. Sampson Christian Washburn and Salome L. Keith Charles J. Dupuis and Lydia Marcouix Pelham Whiting and Helen P. Holmes Joseph M. Kingan and Margaret Hegan - and -


John Dries and Katherine Maurer


Amos L. Noyes and Annie Jennings Ebenezer Nickerson and. Margaret B. Burgess William Benton and Elizabeth Harry J. Devitt and Frances E. Sampson William Hepworth and Grace Moore Edwin H. Ervin and Etta Smith - and


-77-


John O'Hara and Julia Gallivan David Haley and Abbie C. Putnam George W. Monks and Mary Anne Duffy


and


John Robbins and Anne Stokes Manuel Mendes and Julia Vaz Thomas Griffin and Mary Matthews John MacMann and Alma Bell Joseph Tavares and Maria Vriceme Alfred W. Cole and Mary Bird John J. Driscoll and Margaret B. Kane Ferdinand Tache and Marcelline Rinquet Saverio Manna and Antoinetta Pompio DiStefano and Concetta Joseph Hilt and Miriam Lamson Joseph C. Holmes and Sarah S. Fuller Ezra C. Chandler and Eudora H. Wood


Serafin Leal and Mary Thomas Beaumont Taylor and Elizabeth Oldroyd Patrick Mansfield and -


July


Joseph Leal 6 Nathan H. Taylor


Paralysis Agitans Intestinal Obstruction Electrocution-Accidental


25 Arterio-Sclerosis


28 Pelham H. Whiting


29 Ernest A. J. Kingan


59


Stillborn


Uremia


11


71


4


16 Frank A. Sampson


William Sampson and Jane Simmons John Proctor and


Seth Holmes and Salome Winslow David Holmes and Hannah Doten


24 Willianı O'Hara


16 Malvina M. Emond


70


22 Arterio-Sclerosis


Age


DEATHS REGISTERED IN PLYMOUTH IN 1937-(Continued)


Date


Name


Age Y. M. D.


Cause of Death


7 Lester Richardson, Jr. (Died in Boston)


-


6 27


Brain Abscess


8 Leander C. Vaughan


68


9


28 Sarcoma of Bladder Pyelonephritis


9 John A. McMahon (Died in Manchester, N. H.)


64


29


55


4


27


Angina Pectoris


16 Felice Vandini


64


5


4


19 Ephraim Fuller


79


4


3


Multiple Cerebral Emboli


23 Faith Anderson


24 Henry Rotheroe


20


Aug.


1


Eliza F. Merrill


75


7 10


Hypertension


1 Francis C. Whiting (Died in Boston)


24


6


1


Lympho-blastoma


1


John C. Clifford (Died in Boston)


4


11


9


Tuberculous Meningitis


6 Robert Deans


65


2


21


Carcinoma of Prostate


8 Florence L. Lee


53


4


26


Peritonitis


9 Lester Bailey


76


3


17 Broncho-Pneumon'a


18 John Lukowski 19 Nason


2 min.


Accidental Drowning Prematurity


20 Theresa M. LaVoie


6


Cerebral Hemorrhage


20


Edwin A. Studley


72


11


16


Carcinoma of Oesophagus


21 Anna T. Morissey


84


6


5


Pulmonary Edema


21 Edwin A. Dunton


68


2


27 Carcinoma of Rectum


23 Perry L. Sturtevant


57


1


14


Metastatic Carcinoma of Prostate


25 Charles E. Lee


79


8 6


Coronary Sclerosis


27 Margaret Picard


72


7


29


Myocarditis


27


Stillborn


29 Robert E. Coash


3


1


Fracture of Neck


30 Edigio Benazzi (Died in Kingston)


53


4


20


Gunshot Wound-Suicidal


30 Joanna Hosmer


85


8


12


Left Hemiplegia


30


-


-


-


Name of Parents


Lester Richardson and Ethel McCullum Leander M. Vaughan and Mary C. Taylor Henry Hemmerly and Clara Winsor


Arthur McMahon and Ellen Barnett James Walsh and Bridget Garry Allen Melloncote and Ellen Cole Joseph Vandini and Eliza Benassi Ephraim Fuller and Mary Nye John Anderson and Eleanor R. Ayer Frank Rotheroe and Annie Brunett


-78-


Peleg Gulliver and Fidelia Witherell William Whiting and Charlotte Hughes John S. Clifford and Mary Anderson Henry Deans and Mary Buchanan George E. French and Minerva Cook William P. Bailey and Almira Miller Stanislaus Lukowski and Josephine Konuta Albert L. Nason and Evelyn D. Thomas Anthony J. LaVoie and Irene C. Duford Leonard Studley and Mehitable Magathlin Isaac N. Stoddard and Martha L. Thomas Stimpson Dunton and Caroline A. Robbins Charles S. Sturtevant and ElizabethLanıphere John Lee and Catherine L. Osborn Charles Grimes and Judith Boudrow


and


William Coash and Thelma Brown Alexander Benazzi and Carlotta Alexander Nickerson and Mary Smith and


Sept.


19


5


3


19


4


-


Coronary Occlusion Pistol Shot Wound-Suicide Stillborn


James C. Coggeshall and Eva Gray John B. Bouchard and Oladie Bruneau


and


50


8 17


Cerebral Hemorrhage Cerebral Thrombosis


12 Katherine DeLancey 16 Grace Livingstone


Cardio-Renal-Vascular Disease


17


Imperfection of Palate and Throat Accidental Drowning


9 William H. Hemmerly


1 Louise Coggeshall 3 Arthur G. Bouchard


Stillborn


33


-


Date


Name


Y. M. D. 73


7 Manuel J. Cordeiro


15 Charles H. Davis (Died in Norfolk)


82


7


16 Albert A. Bumpus


50 8


24


Cerebral Arterio-Sclerosis


18 Edward A. Nickerson


10


14 Chronic Myocarditis


20 Carol S.evens Bearhope


22 James Brown


69 8


8


Carcinoma of Stomach


24 Bowers


10 hours


Prematurity Carcinoma of Breasts


28 Chester A. Rogers


55


1


18


. Coronary Heart Disease


Oct. L- Theresa Souza


64


Broncho-Pneumonia


10 Orin C. Bartlett


78


9


28


Coronary Heart Disease


11


George E. Feci (Died in Norfolk)


34


28 Carcinoma of Colon


13 Crothers


70


Coronary Sclerosis


23 Annie Crowley


82


Cerebral Vassel Thrombosis


24 Eunice B. Howland


91


4


17


Arterio-Sclerosis


25 Peter Diegoli


30


9


Cerebral Hemorrhage


27 Louisa B. Knapp


81


5


Cerebral Embolism


30 John G. Kuhn


65


1


23


Carcinoma of Liver


31 Aldei Hebert


67


7 26


Myocardial Failure


Nov.


3 Demetria Gambini


76


8


3 Arterio-Sclerotic Heart Disease


3 Mary E. Mullins


73


Hypostatic Pneumonia Pernicious Anaemia


9 Harry G. Clark


61


3


22


Bronchitis


10 Eva Geckler


75


11


Coronary Thrombosis


18 Paul W. Viets


43


Acute Interstitial Nephritis


18 Henry M. Hobart


78


26


Cardio-Vascular Renal Disease


19 George F. Merrill


18


3


23


Generalized Arterio-Sclerosis


21 Fannie O. Butler


63


8 28 Metastatic Carcinoma of Stomach


21 Mary J. Thomas


75


Acute Heart Failure


23 James Mitchell


65


7


13 Pulmonary Edema Cerebral Embolus


23 William M. Brown


78


8


--


24 Alice B. Studley


58


8


Coronary Sclerosis


25 Mary E. Rapoza 26 Lincoln S. Wixon


72


3


29


28 Mary A. VanAmburgh


86


Coronary Thrombosis


80


9


6 Broncho-Pneumonia


Name of Parents


Manuel Cordeiro and Maria Jose Henry Davis and Lucretia Phinney Andrew A. Bumpus and Ruth Gage Frederick E. Nickerson and Isabelle Gardner William Bearhope and Bethel Stevens James Brown and Esther Dobbie Stanford Bowers and Elsie Ottani Frank Maini and Elenor Balboni Irving F. Rogers and Sarah Lane


Frank Marchado and Frances Barboza Thomas Bartlett and Sarah Doten Amilcare Feci and Clementina Bovardi Worth B. Crothers and Gladys R. Marvel Thomas Griffin and Nora O'Brien Thomas Crowley and Catherine Regan John Finney and Deborah Swift and


Frederick N. Knapp and Lucia A. Bradford John Kuhn and Barbara Friesung Eli Hebert and Sophie Lareau


-79-


Fortinato Benotti and Clementa Balboni Patrick Mullins and Margaret Millea Patrick Delaney and Elizabeth Houllahan James E. Clark and Avis T. Thrasher Carol Vitoslaka and Antoinette Francis H. Viets and Mary E. Smith Henry M. Hobart and Mary Laphan Eben Merrill and Thomas T. McNaught and Juliet Delano John Breen and Margaret Callahan John Mitchell and Bessie Pollock David Brown and Mary Swan Eben Phillips and Alpena Gage


Manuel Madeiros and -


Anthony Wixon and Olive - Michael Madden and Susan Clune Michael Frawley and Mary Morissey


30 Mary F. Curran


9


23


Chronic Myocarditis Carcinoma of Prostate


28 Rose Guidaboni


9


3


Prematurity


21 Mary Griffin


--


87


---


Sarah A. Delaney (Died in Brookline)


65


77


1 7


55


4 Chronic Ulcerative Tuberculosis Carcinoma of Prostate Gland


Age


Cause of Death


12 Premature Birth


DEATHS REGISTERED IN PLYMOUTH IN 1937-(Continued)


Date


Name


Age Y. M. D.


Cause of Death


Name of Parents


Dec.


1 George P. Gavoni


28


9


9


Broncho-Pneumonia


2 Ralph F. Longhi


56


9


9


Leukaemia


6 Mary E. Carr


1


3


Cerebral Hemorrhage


6 Nellie F. Wood


63


Chronic Endocarditis


11 Robert Tavellini


9


1


8


Accidental Drowning


11 Ida Carlson (Died in Carver)


62


11 10


Cerebral Malacia


12 Harry P. Sherwood


41 1 13


Duodenal Ulcer


13 Manuel A. Silva (Died in Braintree)


49 9 10


Heart Disease


13 Lena Rose


17 Lillian Thurston (Died in Boston)


67


Arterio-Sclerotic Heart Disease


17 Harris M. Cutter


7 2


17


Broncho-Pneumonia


18 Catherine A. Gardner


72


Arterio-Sclerosis


19 Lena Ceccarelli


45


Cerebral Hemorrhage


20 Joseph Regini


74


2


20


Bronchial Asthma


20 Harry D. Stuart (Died in New York)


67


Heart Disease


25 John M. Vaz


64


3


20 Coronary Sclerosis


27 Phyllis Maderios


28


Acute Pulmonary Oedema


28 Lydia C. Bennett


57


Carcinoma of Breast


31 Michael F. Heath


79


9


30


Acute Pulmonary Oedema


Braman L. Bennett and Sarah T. Burgess William Heath and --- Quinlan


-80-


August Gavoni and Adelia Paoli Louis Longhi and Rose Alberghini Peter Carr and Mary Feeney - Lee and - Theodore Corson and Cora J. Butler John Rintela and -


Hanaford M. Sherwood and Anna E. Tabor Emilio Silva and Rosa Perry


Sebastian Rose and Kate Miranda


10 18 Broncho-Pneumonia


Charles Starks and Mary Morrissey


George Cutter and Lucinda Russell Martin Keefe and Catherine Kenney John DeCarli and Leonora Barina Lawrence Regini and Mary Danesi Henry Stuart and Adelaide Gurney Joseph M. Vaz and Mary Teixeira Luther Benjamin and Mary Sarsfield


-81 --


SUMMARY


MARRIAGES, 1937


Number registered in 1937 180


Both Parties Born in-


United States


143


Italy


2


Mixed, 1 American


30


Mixed, Neither American


5


180


BIRTHS, 1937


Number registered, 249, of which 64 were non-resi- dents.


Males


135


Females


114


249


Both Parents born in-


United States


198


Italy


4


Portugal


3


Holland


1


Cape Verde Is.


1


Mixed, 1 American


41


Mixed, Neither American


1


249


82


DEATHS, 1937


Number of deaths registered, 195, of which 45 were non-residents, and 33 died out of town, burial taking place in Plymouth.


Born in-


United States


131


Italy


14


England


8


Ireland


8


St. Michaels


6


Azores


5


Nova Scotia


3


Canada


3


New Brunswick


3


Germany


2


Sweden


2


Portugal


2


Scotland


2


Cape Verde Islands


2


Belgium


1


France


1


Russia


1


Finland


1


195


-83-


There have been issued from the Town Clerk's Office for the year 1937, licenses as follows :


Resident Citizen's Fishing Licenses


352


Resident Citizen's Hunting Licenses


335


Resident Citizen's Sporting Licenses


219


Resident Citizen's Minor and Female Licenses


92


Resident Citizen's Minor Trapping Licenses


2


Resident Citizen's Trapping Licenses


17


Resident Citizen's Sporting (Free) Licenses


52


Special Non-Resident Fishing Licenses


18


Non-Resident Citizen's Fishing Licenses


4


Non-Resident Citizen's Hunting Licenses


Duplicate Licenses


5


Resident Citizen's Lobster and Crab Licenses


111


Male Dog Licenses


877


Female Dog Licenses 120


Kennel Licenses


4


1001


HERBERT K. BARTLETT,


Town Clerk.


EIGHTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


Water Commissioners


AND


Superintendent


OF THE


TOWN OF PLYMOUTH


1937


-87-


REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS


The Water Commissioners herewith submit their eighty-third annual report.


RECEIPTS


Appropriation, Maintenance $26,287.50


Appropriation, Construction 4,000.00


Appropriation, Pumping Station Changes 9,000.00


Balance, Construction 1,392.50


Transfer from Reserve Fund (Reservoir emergency job) 900.00


Refunds 120.36


W. P. A. Project No. 165-14-4080 (WP 10270)


1,130.00


W. P. A. Project No. 165-14-4119 (10936), 5,313.95


$48,144.31


EXPENDITURES


Maintenance $26,093.82


Pumping Station Changes


8,528.36


Renewal and Extension of Mains


11,306.00


Extension of Services


713.00


Meters and Setting


913.00 47,


Stock on hand at shop


113.80


Unexpended Balance, Pumping Station Changes 471.64


Unexpended Balance, Construction 4.68


Unexpended Balance, Maintenance .01


$48,144.31


667


-88-


MAINTENANCE


Superintendent


$3,000.00


Registrar


1,050.00


Clerk


1,339.00


Office Heat, Light and Janitor Service 338.45


Stationery, Printing and Postage


276.25


Annual Reports


226.88


Telephone


295.47


Labor


7,662.70


Meter Manholes and Covers


89.25


Freight, Express


63.58


Miscellaneous Equipment and Re- pairs


1,702.46


Tools and Repairs


279.78


Auto Repairs and Supplies


476.95


Auto Insurance and Registration


123.40


Gasoline and Oil


489.13


Insurance 480.44


Shop Heat and Light


125.92


Leaks Repaired in Main Pipe


141.25


Leaks Repaired in Service Pipes


125.75


Labor and Material Painting Tanks


214.55


Low Service Reservoir (emergency job) 932.55


$19,433.76


Pumping Station :


Salaries


3,221.50


Substitute Engineer


50.00


Coal and Light (Station)


2,187.70


Fuel Oil


38.40


Heat and Light (Engineers' Dwelling)


395.02


Repairs to Buildings and Grounds


27.35


Heat and Power, Billington St. Sta.


523.05


Material and Supplies


143.13


Power, Warren Ave. Pump


73.91


6,660.06


$26,093.82


-89-


BONDED DEBT


During the year 1937, there was $10,000.00 paid on the Bonded Debt of the Water Department. The payment reduced the debt from $50,000.00 January 1, 1937, to $40,000.00 January 1, 1938. The Interest paid on this during the year 1937 was $2,000.00.


REVENUE


The total revenue collected by the Water Department during 1937 was $46,246.39, divided as follows: Plymouth System $41,194.02 Manomet System 5,052.37


$46,246.39


PUMPING STATION CHANGES


In the 1936 report of the Water Commissioners ap- pears the following paragraph :


"You Board is of the unanimous opinion that during the coming year a new pumping unit should be installed, driven either by a Diesel Engine or an electric motor, whichever upon further study shall appear most economical to install."


Acting upon the recommendation of the Water Com- missioners, the Town appropriated $9,000.00, at the reg- ular Town Meeting in March of 1937, for the purchase and installation of a new pumping unit and to cover the cost of necessary changes in pump foundation and suc- tion and discharge connections.


Your Board sent a letter to eight Diesel Engine Man- ufacturers and the Plymouth County Electric Co., out- lining the conditions under which the new unit would have to work.


After reviewing the proposals submitted, the one of- fered by the Wolverine Motor Works, Inc., of Bridge- port, Conn., for a 2 Cylinder, 4 Cycle Wolverine 400 RPM.,


-90-


connected by a Falk Gear Increasing unit to a Goulds Centrifugal Pump, with a capacity of 1,660 g.p.m., at a speed of 1750 RPM., was accepted. The price installed on foundation prepared by the Town was $5,500.00.


The old Worthington Pump was removed and neces- sary changes made in the foundation to fit the new unit.


The engine was started December 15, 1937, and has been operating nearly every day since. The old Barr Pump will be operated once each week during 1938 to ensure keeping it in good condition as a reliable standby unit.


Records of the first month of operation indicate that the fuel cost per million gallons of water pumped with the Diesel unit will not be more than 40% of the fuel cost per million gallons of operating the Barr Pump.


During the year 1937, 9,953 feet of pipe was laid, as reference to the table in the report of the Superintendent will show, the location, size and length being specified. 5,904 feet of this pipe was in Manomet and 4,049 feet in the down town section of Plymouth. Two of the Mano- met jobs, viz: 3,140 feet of pipe on Taylor Avenue, and 1,220 feet on the State Highway (a total of 4,360 feet) were W. P. A. Projects. The cost of all the material on these W. P. A. Projects and all labor except supervision was paid for from W. P. A. funds and has no connec- tion with the regular construction of the Water Depart- ment.


Requests will, undoubtedly, be made from time to time in the future for further extensions to the Mano- met System and your Board feels that it is desirable to grant such requests when a satisfactory return to the Town can be shown and if funds are available for such extensions.


At this writing, the Board has already received re- quests for main extensions on two streets, one at Pris- cilla Beach and the other at White Horse.


-- 91-


The rupture of a section of the old 10-inch low service main in Lanman's orchard occurred in October, 1937, and in the opinion of your Board this section should be relaid during 1938, and a 6-inch service line on Russell Street, between Court Street and Summer Street, laid in 1885, should (in part, at least) be replaced during the year with 8-inch pipe.


We recommend an appropriation of $26,000.00 for Maintenance for 1938, and $9,000.00 for Construction.


WILLIAM R. MORTON, Chairman JOHN L. MORTON FRANK D. BARTLETT CHARLES MONING RICHARD T. ELDRIDGE


-92-


SUMMARY OF STATISTICS


(Published by request of the New England Water Works Association, Plymouth, Mass., Water Works.)


Population, 13,175.


Date of construction, 1855.


By whom owned, Town.


Source of supply, Great and Little South Ponds.


Mode of supply, Gravity for low service and Pumping for high service.


PUMPING


Builders of pumping machinery: Barr, Worthington, Fairbanks-Morse and Goulds.


Description of fuel used :


(a) Kind, Bituminous coal and Fuel Oil.


(b) Brand of coal, New River, Sel. R/M.


(c) Average price of coal per gross ton delivered, $8.06.


Coal consumed for the year : Bituminous, 583,490 lbs.


Amount of other fuel used, 3293/4 gallons Fuel Oil.


Total equivalent for the year, 583,490 lbs. coal and 3293/4 gallons Fuel Oil.


Pumpage for the year :


Barr and Worthington, 288,337,000 gallons, with 3% allowance for slip.


Fairbanks-Morse, 15,610,000 gallons.


Goulds, 9,638,000 gallons.


Average static head, 65 ft.


Average dynamic head, 72 ft.


Number of gallons per lb. coal :


Worthington, 470.


Barr, 497.


Duty of pumps :


Worthington, 28,112,000.


Barr, 29,711,900.


-93-


COST OF PUMPING FIGURED ON PUMPING STATION EXPENSES, VIZ: $6,660.06


Per million gallons against dynamic head into direct pipe, $21.23.


Per million gallons raised one foot high (dynamic), $0.294.


COST OF PUMPING FIGURED ON TOTAL MAINTENANCE, VIZ: $26,093.82.


Per million gallons against dynamic head into direct pipe, $83.21.


Per million gallons raised one foot high (dynamic), $1.16.


STATISTICS ON CONSUMPTION OF WATER


Total population, estimated, 13,175.


Estimated population on pipe line, 12,500.


Estimated population supplied, 12,500. Total consumption for the year, 442,467,000 gallons. Passed through meters, 257,248,000 gallons.


Percentage of consumption metered, 58.1%.


Average daily consumption, 1,212,200 gallons. Gallons per day to each inhabitant, 91. Gallons per day to each tap, 367.


STATISTICS RELATING TO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM


Kind of pipe used: Cement lined sheet iron and cement lined cast iron. Sizes: From 2-inch to 30-inch.


Extended : 9,953 ft. Discontinued : 2,969 ft. Total now in use: 77 miles, 3,723 ft.


Cost to repair per mile, $1.81.


Number of leaks per mile, 0.103.


Small distribution pipes less than 4-inch, 8 miles, 1,631 feet.


-94-


Hydrants now in use: 316 public. 73 private. Stop gates added, 32. Discontinued, 4. Number now in use, 854.


SERVICES


Kind of pipe: Lead and Cement Lined.


Sizes : From one-half to four inches.


Extended: 848 feet. Discontinued: None.


Total now in use: 9 miles, 3,237 ft. Service taps added : 52. Discontinued: 3.


Number now in use: 3,298. Average length of services: 16 ft.


Average cost of service: $13.71.


Number meters added: 52.


Number now in use: 2,469.


Percentage of services metered: 74.8%.


-95-


SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT


To the Board of Water Commissioners


Gentlemen :


I herewith submit the annual report of the Superin- tendent for the year ending December 31, 1937.


TABLE SHOWING LOCATION, SIZE AND COST OF MATERIAL FOR PIPE LAID IN 1937


Location


Length in feet


Size in inches


Material Cost


State Highway


1,220


6


$1,213.00


Taylor Avenue


3,100


8


4,766.00


Highland Avenue


440


8


12


6


690.00


Brook Road


616


6


751.00


Holmes and Sims Roads


418


6


427.00


Quaker Road


58


6


41.00


Total in Manomet Section


5,904


$7,888.00


Stafford Street


535


6


571.00


Russell Street (Transite)


940


10


C. I. C. L.


70


10


1,480.00


Stoddard Street Transite


525


10


562.00


Russell Street C. I. C. L. Cement


63


8


Court House


120


6


528.00


North Park Avenue


400


6


526.00


Wellingsley and Overlook Roads


550


6


660.00


Cotton Street


170


2


39.00


Samoset Street


32


10


550.00


Total in down town section


4,049 feet


$12,804.00


The table shown above indicates a total of 9,953 feet pipe of all sizes laid during 1937, of which 5,904 feet was laid in Manomet and 4,049 feet in the Plymouth down town area.


All pipe laid in Manomet was new extension while of


368


8


$4,916.00


140


8


144


4


40


6


-96-


the 4,049 feet laid in the down town section, only 1,080 feet was new extension, and 2,969 feet was replacement.


The Taylor Avenue 8" and the State Highway 6" were laid as W. P. A. Projects.


GRAVITY MAIN BETWEEN STODDARD STREET AND RESERVOIR


A new 10" main of Transite Pipe was laid on Russell Street and along Stoddard Street to a gate in Lanman's orchard. After this work was completed there still re- mained about 600 feet of old 10" between this gate and the low service reservoir on Allerton Street.


When the original 10" pipe was laid in 1855, no shut off valve was installed at the point where this pipe en- tered the reservoir. In 1937, a break occurred in this old line and in order to repair it a temporary plug was placed over the end of the 10" in the reservoir. This accident indicated the necessity of setting a 10" gate on Allerton Street at the reservoir outlet and this was, ac- cordingly, done. The 10" pipe was twenty-two and one- half feet deep at the point where the new gate was set, making the job necessarily an expensive one and when the work is complete a brick manhole will be built to give access to the gate. The cost of this job to date has been $932.55.


The Finance Committee, by request, allotted $900.00 from the Reserve Fund to cover the major part of the cost of this work.


STANDPIPES


In March, 1937, the 50,000 gallon steel standpipe near Buckingham's was emptied and given a coat of red lead on the inside and aluminum paint on the outside, also the standpipes at Cherry Street, Pine Hills and Warren Ave- nue, near Stone's were each given one coat of aluminum paint outside.


The approximate cost of the above work was $214.55.


-97-


It will be necessary to paint the 50,000 gallon tank at the Porter Harlow's, Manomet, both inside and outside, during the coming year.


CONSUMPTION


The total consumption for the year 1937 was 442,- 460,000 gallons, of which 128,882,000 gallons or 29% was on the gravity or low service system, and 313,585,000 or 71% on the pumping or high service system.




Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.