Town annual report of the officers of the town of Plymouth, Massachusetts for the year ending 1951, Part 30

Author: Plymouth (Mass.)
Publication date: 1951
Publisher: Plymouth [Mass.] : Avery & Doten
Number of Pages: 720


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204.62


John F. Lovell


150.33


Palmer E. Presbrey


258.35


Abbie P. Shaw


100.58


Hannah E. Phillips


151.72


Arthur L. Morse 211.68


Henry F. Holmes


215.56


George R. Pierce


152.67


Edmund Robbins


101.39


Howard M. Douglas


153.58


Jacob Atwood


103.30


Rev. Ivory Hovey


100.37


Roswell S. Douglass


367.27


Frances E. Hovey 100.37


George F. & Jessie


Francis Burgess


204.59


B. Haigh


225.47


Elide F. & Gladys L.


Anna J. Butler


101.36


Antoniotti 303.71


Bartlett & Kingman


303.41


John Russell


326.45


Stillman R. Sampson


208.76


Adaline F. Howard


101.55


William E. Rogers


207.41


Edgar W. Washburn


100.80


Chester E. Rogers


208.43


Helen W. & Francis C.


William W. Fraser


223.12


Holmes 3,686.30


Fowler-Rice


151.13


Joseph H. Schubert


260.77


Ezra F. Benson


208.94


Charles Moning


1,000.03


Elizabeth Bradford


100.55


Frank Bull


150.49


Alice H. Harlow


363.69


Nelson M. Warner


1,054.13


Jennie R. Simmons


203.99


Emma F. Thurston


152.03


Ethel H. Churchill 206.49


Edwin H. & Junie W.


Peterson 101.98


Arthur H. Luce


310.97


Charles D. Craig


206.94


Abby Manter


205.61


James Collins 154.13


William G. & Thomas


Edward J. & Agnes W.


Russell


1,541.07


Louise McMurray & John Wood


200.41


Ida A. Palmberg


362.18


G. Vernon Bennett


102.22


Walter D. Hall


206.72


Isabella G. Harris


153.59


Walter F. Gould


207.65


Margaret B. Cole


158.11


Phebe J. Raymond 150.92


Helen L. Willard


155.87


Robert Burns 314.87


Franklin Sherman


208.82


Mabel D. Brown


206.30


Dora Walton Russell


75.42


Ellen J. Donnelly


207.45


Plymouth Savings Bank-Page 5


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Carr 205.18


Frederick L. Courtney


100.17


Alfred T. Swift


217.62


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Annice M. Stegmaier


207.39


Ira C. Ward 204.53


Thomas Karle


117.36


Walter H. Brown


307.88


Louise R. Warner


207.10


Joseph A. Maybury 433.34


James E. Bartlett


150.35 Bartlett-Collingwood 300.22


Ruth A. Manter & Marion


John L. Morton


203.36


L. Currier


243.36


Jennetta Urquhart


207.19


Nellie F. Clark


151.68


Mabelle J. Cowan


209.31


Mary Bragdon


153.93


Otis N. Robbins


150.46


Evelina P. Gould


213.24


Virginia D. Kelling


202.18


Henry B. Howland


100.55


Norman G. Cate & heirs


212.40


Alice Spooner


530.91


Guy C. Courtney


203.42


Arthur E. & Elizabeth Austin


526.19


Ella J. Caswell


104.59


Peter Wood


308.10


Matthias Grozinger


203.88


Walter B. Cobb


100.90


Charles E. Ainley


304.63


Bessie Duthie


152.34


Cora L. Stevens


210.42


Judith C. Skinner


221.54


John L. & Mollie A.


105.42


Annie G. Anderson 75.49


Herbert W. Holmes


116.87


Reuben H. Leach


266.55


Clark W. Holmes


150.46


Robert C. Swift


274.85


Grace E. Jordan


151.33


Willard C. Butler


151.47


Agnes R. Wood


206.05


Louis Profetty


101.01


Nicholas Gaspard, Sr.


205.53


George M. Swan


531.31


Ida M. Douglas


201.39


Manuel Fratus


203.44


Elizabeth Shea


202.88


Truman C. Holmes


456.85


Etta F. White


100.33


Edgar F. Bliss


116.98


Warren S. Gale


202.42


Nelson Robbins


154.62


Carrold D. Howland


342.26


Charles J. Stegmaier


202.67


Carrie A. Ripley


540.35


Charles H. Sherman


254.49


Percy H. Marsh


208.27


Skillman & Tuttle


204.65


Mary Allen


115.72


Carrie Lamond Brown


150.74


William E. Wareham & Albert E. Caswell 150.46


Agnes Ray


155.48


Frederic L. Holmes heirs 202.49


Ethel Drew Borden


308.24


Edith M. Adams


100.05


Gertrude E. Willard


210.70


Ruth M. Adams 100.05


Ella C. Tribble


204.00


Lee Roane


204.97


Lizzie French Morton


255.87


James Bain


100.61


Bertha M. Derby


204.98


John S. Gascoyne


155.40


Joseph J. Stone


312.39


Ebenezer Davie


201.16


Charles E. Stevens & George F. Wood 203.01


Etta Billingsley


101.88


Anthony M. & Emeline Monish


155.06


Isabelle F. Nickerson 171.92


Frederick W. Peck


209.90


Mary Lehman


103.34


Plymouth Savings Bank-Page 6


May Stoddard Yeomans


205.16


Henry A. Jordan


150.44


Karle


Ellen H. Kelley


200.82


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Anthony LoVerde


201.63


George L. & Susan B. Paty


207.74


Mary A. Dries


204.54


Stevens-Morton


102.93


James W. Blackmer


203.45


George H. Hodges 406.53


Emma B. Church


151.02


Morey-Peterson 201.21


Mrs. Harold E. Shurtleff


151.88


Guy H. Nason


110.13


Edith M. Weston


113.45


Alice L. Wright


204.47


Alfonsina Brini


152.65


Howard W. Edwards, Jr. 151.29


Benjamin W. Leland


206.23


Gustav W. Benson


200.33


Edmund T. Morton


200.04


Katherine J. Barnes


151.26


Perry-McGill


202.62


Ezra Pierce


213.32


Cornelius Bartlett


206.11


Henry O. Whiting


255.46


Charles A. Dixon


150.94


John Durnion


153.78


Virginia Wright


202.52


Bradford & Burrowes


100.87


James W. Tinkham


150.70


Alfred P. Richards


301.28


Ethel Dorr Mellor


503.25


Lottie E. Drew


152.77


Martha F. Paulding


151.23


Mary J. Purrington


101.49


Edwin F. Erland


104.90


Harry L. Johnson


1,515.97


Jabez B. Cole


303.28


F. Roscoe Fletcher


151.21


Josiah Churchill


101.33


Lyman A. Holmes


205.74


Elizabeth A. Dunlap


101.07


Albert G. Goodwin


404.83


Celia G. Luther


206.89


Chase & Veasey


202.66


Margaret Rossler


202.37


George E. Leach


150.79


Holmes & Sears


205.23


George Atwell


203.21


Mary Elizabeth Holbrook 265.55


Hedley C. Nickerson


305.16


Ellen H. Getman


100.31


Gertrude W. Babbitt


203.17


Anne Coombs


202.01


Addie R. & Ethel L. Haskins


204.22


Mary Alice Burns


202.21


Bertha C. Paulding


250.27


Mary Alice Burns


202.21


Rosalie Sauer


207.55


John J. Briggs


204.27


LeBaron R. Barker


2,605.76


Gustave Johnson


302.62


James E. Clark


166.88


Burton W. Smith


150.91


Edgar W. Howland


150.83


George H. Cochran


203.96


Lewis H. Gould


101.13


Leonard Bartlett


200.76


Josiah A. Robbins


207.57


James Philip Bird


254.72


Frank W. Roberts


278.18


Kate & Bess Turner


202.08


Gertrude L. Calloway


204.45


Eugene B. Holmes


125.69


Benjamin D. Loring


204.17


James B. Collingwood


292.21


Clark Finney, Jr.


532.18


Richard W. Arthur


201.43


Hedda S. Anderson


258.71


Albert C. Chandler


300.38


Grace H. Manter


603.91


Mary R. Hodge


504.49


Howland Davis


709.15


(William Burns lot)


Gertrude A. O'Brien


220.35


(Robert Brown lot)


Plymouth Savings Bank-Page 7


Charles E. Ames


328.70


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Elmer L. Briggs


303.34


Herman & Alyson


Theodore P. Adams


503.47


Dewhurst


200.70


Alfred C. Finney


1.05.15


Lemuel C. Howland


308.13


George Gooding


523.31


Morton L. Robbins


507.11


Charles C. Chandler


409.46


Clarence E. Delano


254.27


Mary Drew Gooding


261.20


Edith P. Hubbard


36.81


Total Plymouth Savings


Bank $125,719.30


Deposited in Plymouth Federal Savings and Loan Association:


Mary B. Dean


106.40


Charles H. Robbins


508.98


Mary Davis


201.84


Lemuel Leach


200.35


Albert E. Collier


202.50


Henry E. Morrison


150.86


Emma Louisa Bradford


520.69


Florence L. Brewster


252.86


Frances R. Davis


404.60


Lawrence W. Churchill


202.29


Frederick A. Cook


712.98


New funds established


John D. Brewer


305.70


in 1952:


Mary L. Eaton


201.18


Frederick N. Knapp


501.14


Ralph Mellen


155.87


Alice D. Hitchcock


500.00


Shaw and Fratus


230.98


Henry W. Swift 200.00


Mary F. Briggs


309.20


Louise B. Washburn


200.00


Daniel J. Robbins


305.00


Elizabeth Kneeland


400.00


John A. Beever


354.05


Octavius Reamy


300.00


W. G. Howland &


Robert Astley


200.00


Elias T. Averill


203.18


Harry L. Sampson (Chiltonville) 100.00


Eunice C. Marrah


102.64


John C. Schubert


250.81


Harry L. Sampson


300.00


Edward A. Burnett


252.41


Elroy T. Clark


300.00


William R. and Frances Sampson


402.53


Henry J. Schira


204.86


William C. Chandler


300.65


Isaac N. Stoddard


405.38


Helena & Joseph J. Raymond


203.58


Savings & Loan


Charles S. Robbins


200.58


Ass'n $11,454.09


Plymouth Savings Bank-Page 8


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Elmer C. LeBaron


200.00


William K. Dunham 200.00


Fred S. Gray


200.00


Total Plymouth Federal


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CHARLES E. HINCKLEY LOT IN CHILTONVILLE CEMETERY Brockton Savings Bank $1,000.00


ABNER & CHARLES H. LEONARD FUND People's Savings Bank, Worcester, Mass. 147.76


ST. JOSEPH'S CEMETERY FUND


Plymouth Savings Bank


131.00


PHOEBE R. CLIFFORD FUND


Deposited with State Treasurer 200.00


Total, Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds $206,166.38


FRANCIS LeBARON POOR FUND


Plymouth Savings Bank $809.31


Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank $816.34


NATHANIEL MORTON PARK FUND


Plymouth Savings Bank $2,000.00


MURDOCK POOR AND SCHOOL FUND


Plymouth Savings Bank $730.00


CHARLES HOLMES POOR FUND


Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank


$604.70


JULIA P. ROBINSON POOR FUND


Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank


$300.00


WARREN BURIAL HILL CEMETERY FUND


Plymouth Savings Bank $1,109.62


MARCIA E. JACKSON GATES PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND Plymouth Savings Bank $1,000.00


Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank $1,000.00


ELLEN STODDARD DONNELLY FUND (Income to be used for needy families)


U. S. Savings Bonds-Series G


$2,000.00


Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank $431.69


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ALICE SPOONER FUND (Income to be used for special comforts for the sick at the Town Infirmary) U. S. Savings Bonds-Series G $1,500.00 $323.74


Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank


POST-WAR REHABILITATION FUND


Plymouth Federal Savings and Loan Ass'n


$10,126.26


Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank $2,459.60


PLYMOUTH NATIONAL BANK STOCK INVESTMENT FUND Plymouth National Bank Stock $2,000.00


U. S. Savings Bonds-Series G $3,000.00


Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank $1,740.71


STABILIZATION FUND


Plymouth Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n $45.19


CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT SYSTEM FUNDS


Bonds


$153,398.14


Bank Stocks


17,040.00


Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n


10,306.04


Savings Banks


17,113.31


Plymouth National Bank


1,501.93


$199,359.42


SCHEDULE J


BORROWING CAPACITY, JAN. 1, 1953


Valuation for 1950, less abatements on $446,883


$26,538,247


Valuation of Motor Vehicles for 1950, less abatements 1,776,920


Valuation for 1951, less abatements on $725,197


27,701,478


Valuation of Motor Vehicles for 1951, less abatements


1,984,938


Valuation for 1952, less abatements on $579,282


29,157,793


Valuation of Motor Vehicles for 1952, less abatements


1,556,179


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$88,715,555


Average


29,571,852


5%


1,478,593


Total Debt Incurred and Outstanding


$854,000


Less: Water Loans


165,000


Total Debt Within Debt Limit


689,000


Borrowing Capacity, January 1, 1953


$789,593


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NINETY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE


Water Commissioners AND


Superintendent


OF THE


Town of Plymouth Massachusetts


1020


SSACHUSE


NM


MOJ


FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31


1952


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NINETY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS


The Board of Water Commissioners presents its Ninety- Eighth Annual Report covering the year 1952.


The total rainfall during the year amounted to 45.79 inches. This is about an average total amount but the precipitation was very small during some months.


The elevation of the water in Great South Pond at the end of each of the last five years has been as follows:


1948 104.55 1951 102.25


1949


103.20


1952 102.80


1950


102.25


A full pond is considered elevation 106.00 which has not been reached since 1941.


The greatest amount of water pumped at the Lout Pond Station in any one day was 2,057,000 gallons, on July 16, 1952, when pumps operated 201/4 hours. The tabulation of the pumping at this station and the Deep Water and Manomet Stations appears on a following page.


The total pumped at Manomet was 32,721,700 gallons, which was a large increase over the total of 19,870,000 gallons pumped in 1951. The greatest amount pumped in any one day was 741,100 gallons, on July 15, 1952.


The amounts received by the Town from the sale of water, connections to new mains, services rendered, etc., were as follows:


Rates


Labor


Misc.


Total


North of Stone Tank,


Rocky Point


$53,228.90


$62.00


$89.00


$53,379.90


South of Stone Tank, Rocky Point


13,829.00


395.00


1,245.00


15,469.00


$67,057.90


$457.00


$1,334.00


$68,848.90


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New Ground Water Supply


We, again, ask the Town for funds to develop a new supply of ground water at the location near Lout Pond as referred to in our report of 1951.


The experience of the last few years, and the low level of the ponds which have been reached, furnish ample evidence that an additional supply is urgently needed.


The appropriation requested is for the construction of the well, with the necessary small observation wells, pumping tests, engineering services, etc.


If the well meets our requirements and those of the Department of Public Health, a further appropriation will be asked for in 1954 to provide for the necessary pump, pipes, controls, etc., to place the well in service.


In times of extremely dry, hot weather, the pumps at the Lout Pond Station take the full flow of the water in the supply mains from Little South Pond and there is little or no flow through the Low Service System. When the pond level falls to that which has been reached in several recent years, the flow to the pumps is not suf- ficient to permit them to operate at capacity. This means that the rate of pumping must be reduced at the time when the demand for water is the greatest.


Service to the High Area - Standish Avenue.


Several of our recent reports have mentioned the diffi- culties of supplying water at a satisfactory pressure to the high section of Standish Avenue, north of Alden Street, and to the high area to the west on streets which are not now served by our Extra High Service.


Water takers in this area have very poor water pressure and get little or no water during the times of heavy con-


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sumption. The situation for these people is really serious. The solution which we recommend is the extension of the Extra High Service System in order that it may serve the area described. This necessitates a new main in Standish Avenue, north of Alden Street, some extensions on side streets and changing connections of some mains and serv- ices from the High Service to the new Extra High Service. This program also necessitates a new and larger tank for this system, with a capacity of 500,000 gallons or there- abouts, as the present tank on the westerly route is too small to adequately serve and provide fire protection for the water takers on this system and the considerable number which should be changed over to it. The water consumption on this system has doubled within the last ten years.


It is not expected that any increase in the pumping equipment at the Deep Water Station, which serves this system, will be required, as the electric pumps which have been installed in recent years should provide all the supply needed if adequate storage is provided.


The estimated cost of this extension of the Extra High Service System and the construction of the tank is $100,- 000.00, an appropriation for which is being requested. The appropriation for the purchase of the land on which to construct the tank is called for in a separate article.


Appropriations Requested for 1953


Maintenance and Labor


$40,195.00


Salaries


24,054.00


Regular Construction


10,000.00


Emergencies


2,500.00


SPECIAL ARTICLES


New Dump Truck, to replace Ford Dump Truck


now in service, purchased in 1947 2,300.00


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Construction of new well on land of the Town near Lout Pond, including observation wells, pumping tests, engineering services, etc. 17,500.00


Purchase of land on Braunecker Road for con- struction of new storage tank 1,000.00


Extension of Extra High Service System, new mains, connections to present mains, changing service connections, storage tank, etc. 100,000.00


Strand Avenue, Manomet - Construction of about 1,180 ft. 8" main to connect present main at Point Road with present main near Holmes Road 6,317.00


The following three articles are for the pur- chase of land near Wanno's Pond, Mano- met, for the further protection of the water supply:


Ralph E. Brooks, Lots Nos. 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, and part of Brooks Lane 2,600.00


Roman Catholic Archbishop, about 0.7 acre, which is a narrow strip of land near the Man- omet Pumping Station which includes part of the right of way in which the supply main to the Manomet tank is located


Porter T. Harlow - Part of Lot No. 47, on Wanno's Pond. Mr. Harlow has generously agreed to release this land to the Town.


350.00


1.00


These purchases include a large part of the land which the Department of Public Health recommends should be acquired by the Town. The Commissioners are pleased to have been able to come to agreement with the respective owners at prices considered reasonable.


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Construction in New Developments:


Appropriations contingent upon the payment by the owner or owners of Three Dollars ($3.00) per linear foot of main before construction is undertaken.


Porter T. Harlow, et al - About 1,430 ft. 6" main off Point Road, Manomet 6,144.00


Anthony DiStaula - About 930 ft. 6" main off State Road, Manomet 3,801.50


Enrico Ferrari - About 900 ft. 8" main off Sandwich Road 4,745.00


Cape Cod Ave., Reed Ave., etc. 32,500.00


This article has been included in the warrant for several years, but the streets involved have never been accepted by the Town. The appro- priation should be contingent upon such accept- ance. It is not considered a new develop- ment and there are now about 75 potential customers in the area.


Respectfully submitted,


EDWARD R. BELCHER, Chairman RICHARD T. ELDRIDGE, Secretary DANIEL F. MULCAHY ARTHUR ADDYMAN PETER R. BILLEY Board of Water Commissioners.


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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, Mano- met Well.


Mode of Supply, Gravity for Low Service and Pumping for High Service, Well.


PUMPING


Builders of pumping machinery, Fairbanks-Morse and Wolverine-Gould.


Description of fuel, Oil.


Amount used, 11,3991/2 gallons.


Pumpage for the year:


Wolverine-Gould


178,977,000 gallons


Fairbanks-Morse


214,537,000 gallons


393,514,000 gallons


Manomet Well (electric)


32,721,700 gallons


Total Pumping


426,235,700 gallons


(Note: New High Service


40,921,000 gallons


(electric) RE-PUMPED.)


Average static head, 68 feet.


Average dynamic head, 74.5 feet.


Number gallons per gallon of fuel oil: Wolverine-Gould 31,629


Fairbanks-Morse 37,369


Duty of Pumps:


Wolverine-Gould 145,363,000


Fairbanks-Morse 171,741,000


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COST OF PUMPING FIGURED ON PUMPING STATION EXPENSES, VIZ: $12,659.79


Per million gallons against dynamic head into direct pipe, $32.171.


Per million gallons raised one foot high (dynamic), $0.431.


COST OF PUMPING FIGURED ON TOTAL MAINTENANCE, VIZ: $53,549.37


Per million gallons against dynamic head into direct pipe, $136.079.


Per million gallons raised one foot high (dynamic), $1.826.


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, 488,644,204 gallons.


Average daily consumption, 1,338,751 gallons.


Gallons per day to each inhabitant, 107.


Gallons per day to each tap, 319.


STATISTICS RELATING TO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM


Kinds of pipe, Cement lined sheet iron and cement lined cast iron.


Sizes, From 2-inch to 30-inch.


Extended, 6,700 feet.


Discontinued, None.


Total now in use, 83 miles, 4,620 feet.


Cost to repair per mile, $11.70.


Number of leaks per mile, 0.167. Small distribution pipe less than 4-inch, 7 miles, 2,720 feet. Hydrants now in use, 430 public, 75 private.


Stop gates added, 31. Discontinued, None. Number now in use, 1,064.


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SERVICES


Kind of pipe, Lead and Cement lined, and Copper tubing. Sizes, From one-half inch to six-inch. Total now in use, 12 miles, 418 feet. Service taps added, 83. Discontinued, None.


Total now in use, 4,191. (3,361 in Plymouth and 830 in Manomet).


Average length per service, 18 feet.


Average cost per service, $55.46.


Number of meters added, 80.


Number now in use, 3,314.


Percentage of services metered, 79.0%.


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1952 PUMPING RECORD


WOLVERINE Hours Fuel Oil


FAIRBANKS-MORSE


Month Run


in Gals.


Gals. Pumped


Hours Run


Fuel Oil in Gals.


Gals. Pumped


NHS Gals. Pumped


Gravity In Gals.


Rain In


Temp. Inches Max. Min.


Jan.


80


266


8,393,000


19114


528


19,785,000


1,636,000


5,964,840


4.49


43


27


Feb.


621/2


208


6,577,000


190


524


19,484,000


1,514,000


5,245,420


7.86


43


27


Mar.


13914


461


14,764,000


1283/4


3551/2


13,403,000


1,607,000


5,454,960


4.92


45


31


April


1293/4


430


13,453,000


1373/4


3801/2


14,403,000


1,678,000


5,564,544


3.99


58


42


May


1443/4


4811/2


15,265,000


1521/2


393


15,795,000


1,901,000


2,919,060


3.67


67


47


June


1813/4


597


19,065,000


1931/4


5341/2


19,920,000


3,971,000


4,654,000


2.29


81


60


July


2003/4


663


20,892,000


3211/2


8881/2


32,648,000


7,249,000


3,707,580


.04


88


68


Aug.


15514


5091/2


16,536,000


2021/2


5551/2


20,966,000


3,514,000


5,268,480


6.41


80


64


Sept.


1753/4


579


18,412,000


1551/2


4281/2


15,770,000


3,426,000


4,326,660


2.55


75


55


Oct.


1671/2


5551/2


17,482,000


1361/2


376


13,808,000


3,389,000


6,945,000


2.68


62


43


Nov.


147


4891/2


15,249,000


1293/4


359


13,213,000


2,125,000


5,924,520


2.07


53


36


Dec.


1253/4


4181/2


12,889,000


16114


418


15,342,000


8,911,000


6,433,980


4.82


44


30


Total 1710


56581/2


178,977,000


20893/4


5741


214,537,000


40,921,000


62,408,504


45.79


(RE-PUMPED)


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Hours Run


Gals. Fuel Oil


Gals. Pumped


Duty based on BTU in Fuel 19,500 per lb. fuel oil Head, 74.5 feet


Wolverine-Gould


1,710


5,6581/2


178,977,000


Fairbanks-Morse


2,0893/4


5,741


214,537,000


145,363,000 171,741,000


3,7993/4


11,3991/2


393,514,000


Manomet Well (electric) 31,200 KWH


32,721,700


Total Pumping


426,235,700


Gravity


62,408,504


Pump operated continuously while Tank was being painted.


Total Consumption


488,644,204


(RE-PUMPED, 40,921,000 gals. Deep Water Station)


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Table Showing Location, Size and Cost of Pipe Laid During Year 1952


Sever St.


500'


6"


$3,111.00


('51 & '52)


Russell St.


32'


6"


Edes St. and


Vacant Lane


800'


6"


4,741.00


Bartlett St.


600'


6"


3,505.00


Suosso Lane


400'


6"


2,874.00


Magoni Terrace


400'


6"


2,595.00 not completed


Alvin Road


220'


6"


1,885.00


Highland Place


240'


6"


1,996.00


Center St.


164'


6")


8,710.00


2,140'


8"


Hemlock St.


520'


6"


1,820.00


Pearl St.


1,910'


8"}


Beach St.


68'


8,070.00


1,930'


11,022'


$58,673.00


68'


7,930.00


1,030'


10")


11,436.00


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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE FOR THE YEAR 1952


The members of the Board of Public Welfare on Janu- ary 1, 1952, were Harold G. Roberts, Chairman, Gordon S. McCosh, Dexter M. Brooks, Margaret E. McLean, and John J. Magee.


At the Annual Town Election held on March 1, 1952, John J. Magee was again elected a member of the Board of Public Welfare for a term of three years. Paul L. LaForest was elected a member of the Board of Public Welfare for a term of three years.


At the organization meeting of the Board of Public Welfare held on March 4, 1952, Mrs. Margaret E. McLean was elected Chairman of the Board.


The Board of Public Welfare, as Directors of the Town Infirmary, appointed for the 46th consecutive year Mr. Russell L. Dickson, Superintendent, and Sarah A. Dickson, Matron, of the Plymouth Town Infirmary.


The Administration of Public Assistance during the past year has demanded from your Board much deliberation and the constantly increasing cost of medical attention to the recipients has caused considerable concern.


The many changes in the Laws, Rules and Regulations, during the year, which govern the administration of assistance in the several categories of Public Assistance, have required a considerable amount of administrative and clerical time to put the changes into effect. The changes have had, in the most part, the tendency to increase the overall cost both in Administration and in the grants to the needy.


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Effective on May 1, 1952, following the approval of the Governor and the Executive Council, new and increased fee schedules for dental services were established. The new and revised rates increased substantially the dental costs to the relief program.


One of the 1952 amendments to the Social Security Act provided for increased Federal participation in assistance payments and on October 1, 1952, a new formula was introduced for preparing payrolls for claiming the in- creased Federal reimbursements for Old Age, Aid to Dependent Children and Disability Assistance.


1 Chapter 342 of the General Laws, Acts of 1952, which became effective on August 14th, 1952, provided for in- creased participation by the Commonwealth in tonsil and adenoid operations.


Title IV of the Social Security Act was amended, ef- fective July 1, 1952, and provided that in Aid to Dependent Children prompt notice be given to appropriate law- enforcement officials in respect of a child who has been deserted or abandoned by a parent.


Chapter 801 of the Acts of 1951 provided for several changes in Old Age Assistance effective January 1, 1953:


(1) Provisions to the effect that the Department shall from time to time increase the budgetary requirements to maintain adequate Standards of Assistance.


(2) Provisions for legal minimum rates of $75 plus leisure time activity allowance for persons who live out- side of a family group, and $55 plus leisure time activity allowance for persons who live in a family group.


(3) An increase of $500 per annum in the statutory exemptions for children.


(4) Provisions that the city or town have a lien against the property of any applicant or recipient of Old Age


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Assistance, said lien to be filed in the appropriate registry of deeds or registry district of the land court.


(5) A provision eliminating the present requirement under which the full cost of the $4.00 monthly leisure time activity item is reimbursed by the Commonwealth.


In accordance with the new law the Department also increased board rates, rental rates, and nursing, boarding and convalescent home rates, and in the category of Aid to Dependent Children the rental rates were increased.




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