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66 of Warren Rawson, salary re- turned April 21 1,000 00
loan of Faneuil Hall National Bank 5,000 00
66 for laying service pipe 281 63
$20,173 29
Expenditures.
Paid R. W. Shattuck & Co., balance of account for 1873 . . . $1,268 61
R. W. Shattuck & Co., for 1874 . 519 64
Cayford & Hale, surveying 39 25
F. Cayford, 66
31 90
C. D. Elliot, engineering 273 07
Michael Waugh, labor
5 00
A. P. Cutter, 66
4 25
Alfred Brooks,
36 13
P. J. Shean, 66
5 00
Amount carried forward,
$2,182 85 $20,173 29
REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS. 65
Amount brought forward,
$2,182 85 $20,173 29
Paid Jeremiah Crowley, labor
74 00
Wm. Kimball, blacksmith
15 65
W. C. Currier, horse hire .
15 50
E. F. Kenrick, damage
5 00
W. L. Clark & Co., lead, &c.
2 15
Arlington printing office, printing,
12 00
D. F. Jones & Co., printing
6 75
174 56
J.W.Peirce, cem't, sand, and labor, Boston Machine Co., gate screws, valves, &c. .
36 25
City of Cambridge, for stone
19 25
Note at Faneuil Hall Nat. Bank .
5,000 00
Interest on the same .
119 58
Boston, Lowell, & Nashua R.R. express
50
David W. Muzzy, witness fees
7 50
Joseph Richardson, " '
10 00
Knapp & Bowman, legal services,
300 00
1 year's interest on $155,000 00, water scrip . .
9,300 00
$17,281 54
Balance of cash on hand Dec. 31, 1874 .
$2,891 75
Bills Payable, Dec. 31, 1874.
James M. Chase .
$4 17
George D. Tufts
20 00
George A. Kimball
12 00
R. W. Shattuck & Co.
447 58
Nathaniel Garmon
193 50
Water Rates for 1874.
Amount received
. $5,794 41
uncollected ·
1,526 78 ·
$7,321 19
Received of town for use of street hydrants, 1,000 00
$8,321 19
5
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REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Families supplied
259
Stores and shops supplied .
16
Private stables
·
43
Livery
·
2
Hand hose
.
113
Hotels
3
Churches and societies supplied .
4
Town house
1
School houses
3
Hose houses
.
2
Private fountains
3
Green houses
3
Irrigation
48
Cemetery
66
1
Offices
66
2
Hydrants
91
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B. POLAND,
WALTER RUSSELL,
Water Commissioners.
ARLINGTON, Dec. 31, 1874.
RULES AND REGULATIONS
OF THE
WATER-WORKS OF THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON.
SECTION 1. The Board of Water Commissioners of the town of Arlington, when elected, shall, before entering upon the performance of their duties, be duly sworn to faithfully discharge the duties of said office, and thereafter after the annual town meeting in each year, meet and organize them- selves into a Board by the choice of a President from their number, and also a clerk, and may make such rules and reg- ulations for their government and in relation to all subordinate officers by them appointed, as they deem expedient, not inconsistent with statute or the by-laws of the town.
SECT. 2. Said Board of Water Commissioners shall execute, superintend, and direct the performance of all the works, matters, and things, mentioned in the Act, hereafter referred to, and shall have and exercise all the rights, powers, and authority, and are hereby authorized, empowered, and appointed, as the officers and agents of the town, to exercise all the rights, power, and authority, vested in and granted to the town of Arlington, or conferred on said Board by or in pursuance of an Act of the Legislature approved on the twenty-fifth day of April, A.D. 1873, entitled “ An Act in addition to the Acts relating to the Arlington Lake Water Company," and by any acts in addition thereto, or to which said act is in addition thereto, so far as the same can legally be delegated, and shall perform all the duties required of them by said Act. They shall have power to appoint a superintend- ent and all necessary subordinate officers, agents, and assist-
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ants, and may remove the same at pleasure, and may fix their compensation and that of the clerk before mentioned, pro- vided that the same shall not exceed in the whole the sum appropriated therefor by the town. All such officers, agents, and assistants shall be subject to such rules and regulations as said Board shall from time to time establish.
SECT. 3. All bills for expenditures by said Board shall be approved by the said Board before they are paid by the treasurer, and shall be paid by the treasurer when so ap- proved.
SECT. 4. The president of the Board shall exercise a general supervision over the pipes and other structures ap- pertaining to the water-works and the materials and property connected therewith, and over all subordinate officers and agents. In case of the absence or inability of the president his duties may be performed by a president pro tempore to be chosen by said Board.
SECT. 5. . The said Board shall determine and assess the water rates according to the tariff of rates adopted by the town, and the clerk shall make out all bills for the same, which bills shall be transmitted to, and distributed and col- lected by, the treasurer. of the town.
SECT. 6. All moneys paid into the town treasury on account of water-works shall be placed to the credit of the water-works.
SECT. 7. For the purposes named in the eighth section of said Act of the Legislature, the selectmen and treasurer may issue from time to time so much of the Arlington Water Scrip, not exceeding such amount as may be authorized by the town to be issued and the amount authorized by said Act, and authorized by the Legislature hereafter, as may be necessary or required by the said Board of Water Commis- sioners for such purposes, and the treasurer may and he hereby is authorized to sell the same or any part thereof from time to time, or to pledge the same for money borrowed for the purposes aforesaid on such terms and conditions as he may deem proper.
SECT. 8. The annual rent for the use of the water shall
.
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be payable in semi-annual payments in advance on the first day of July and January in each year. All charges for specific supplies or for fractional parts of the year shall be payable in advance and before the water is let on.
SECT. 9. In all cases of non-payment of the water rent for thirty days after the same is due, the superintendent shall cut off the supply ; and the water shall not again be let on except upon the payment of the sum of two dollars, and not for the same occupant or owner, except upon the payment also of the whole amount due; provided, that, in cases of specific supplies, or for fractional parts of the year, where the water has been let on, it may be cut off immedi- diately, after notice given at the place that the rent is not paid, and may be let on again upon the conditions before mentioned. And the foregoing provisions shall apply when two or more parties take the water through the same service-pipes, although one or more may have paid the pro- portion due from him or them.
SECT. 10. The clerk, under the direction of the said Board, may make abatements in water rents, in all proper cases.
SECT. 11. The clerk shall keep suitable books, in which shall be entered the names of all persons who take the water, the kind of building, the name of, and location on, the street, the nature of the use, the number of taps, and the amount charged, which shall always be open to the inspection of the said Board, and any committee or officer of the town.
SECT. 12. The following regulations shall be considered a part of the contract with every person who takes the water ; and every such person, by taking the water shall be con- sidered to express his assent to be bound thereby. They shall be printed upon every bill for water rent, and when- ever any one of them is violated, the water shall be cut off from the building or place of such violation, although two or more parties may receive the water through the same pipe, and shall not be let on again except by the order of the Board of Water Commissioners, and on the payment of two dollars; and in case of any such violation, the said
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Board shall have the right to declare any payment made for the water, by the person committing such violation to be forfeited, and the same shall thereupon be forfeited.
The said Regulations are as follows : -
First. All persons taking the water shall keep the service- pipes within their premises in good repair, and protected from frost, at their own expense; and they will be held liable for all damage which may result from their failure to do so.
Second. They shall prevent all unnecessary waste of water, and there shall be no concealment of the purposes for which it is used.
Third. No alterations shall be made in any of the pipes. or fixtures inserted by the town, except by its agents, who are to be allowed to enter the premises supplied, to examine the apparatus, and to ascertain whether there is any unne- cessary waste, and no alteration or extension of the pipes in the house, ground, or premises shall be made without notice to the Water Commissioners.
Fourth. No water is allowed to be supplied to parties not entitled to the use of it, under these rules and regu- lations unless by special permission first obtained from the Water Commissioners.
Fifth. The said Board, or any person authorized by the Board, may enter the premises of any water-taker to exam- ine the quantity used, and the manner of use, and to cut off the water for non-payment of rents or fines, or any violation of the foregoing rules.
SECT. 13. The owner or occupant of any premises, where an unnecessary waste of water occurs, shall be liable to a fine of two dollars, and shall be notified thereof in writing, and if such waste shall not be prevented, and the fine aforesaid paid, within two days from the time when said notice is given, the water shall be cut off from the said premises, and shall not be again let on until the waste be stopped and the fine paid, together with an additional sum of two dollars for cutting off and letting on the water; and in case of a second offence during the same year a fine of
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four dollars shall be imposed, and if not paid as before men- tioned, the water shall be cut off, and not again let on till the cause of complaint is removed, and the fine paid, together with two dollars for cutting off and letting on the water; and in case of a third or subsequent offence, the water shall be cut off and shall not again be let on, except by vote of the Board, and the payment of such fine, not exceeding ten dollars, as the Board may impose. Service pipes will be laid to the line of the street without charge, and all appli- cants for whom the pipe is laid will be charged for the use of one faucet whether the water is used or not.
SECT. 14. Said Board shall have power to establish such other regulations as they may deem expedient for the intro- duction and use of water, and the water shall not be supplied to any building unless the pipes and fixtures shall be made conformable to the said regulations.
SECT. 15. The following rates shall be charged annually for the use of the water, namely : -
DWELLING HOUSES.
Occupied by one family for the first faucet . . $5 00
For each additional faucet to be used by same family, 2 00 Where a house is occupied by more than one family, and less than four, one faucet only being used for all, for each family . . 4 00 Where a house is occupied by four or more families,
and, but one faucet is used by all, for each family, 3 50 Where a house is occupied by more than one family,
the highest rates will be charged for each family having the water carried into their part of the house.
For the first bath tub 5 00 .
For each additional bath tub . 3 00
For the first water-closet 5 00
For each additional water-closet . 3 00
For hopper water-closets, special rates will be made.
Where bath-tubs or water-closets are used by more
than one family, for each family .
4 00
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Where two faucets are used, one for hot and one for cold water, and both emptying into one basin, but one charge will be made for both ; provided, that in no case shall the charge for the use of water by a private family, exclusive of hose and stable, be more than . 25 00
BOARDING HOUSES.
For the first faucet . 10 00
Each additional faucet. . 2 00
Water-closet or bath-tub, when used by boarders . 10 00
Each additional bath-tub or water-closet 3 00
STORES, OFFICES, WAREHOUSES, &C., NOT INCLUDING MANU- FACTORIES OR WORKSHOPS.
First faucet . 5 00
When two or more tenants are supplied from the same
4 00
faucet, each . . Water closet used by occupants of one tenement only, 5 00 When used by occupants of more than one tenement, for each tenant 4 00 . For each additional faucet or water closet, half of above rates will be charged.
MARKETS, SALOONS, RESTAURANTS, WORKSHOPS. For markets, saloons, restaurants, workshops, or for purposes not included in any other classification, and not requiring more than an ordinary supply of water $5 to $25
HOTELS.
For each bed for boarders and lodgers 3 00 .
For each bath-tub in a hotel . 10 00
For each water-closet in a hotel . . 10 00
PUBLIC BATHS.
For one tub in public bath-house . 10 00
For each additional bath tub . 5 00 .
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For one water-closet in public bath-house . 10 00
For each additional water-closet . . 3 00
STABLES.
Private Stables. For the first horse . 5 00
For each additional horse ·
£ 3 00
¥ For one cow
· 2 00
66 For each additional cow 1 00
Livery, club, and boarding stables. For each horse .
3 00 Car and omnibus stables. For each horse . 2 00 Truck and cart stables. For each horse .
Provided, that in no case shall any stable be charged less than $5.
The rates for stables include water for washing carriages without hose.
HOSE.
For hose of not over three-eighths inch orifice, used for washing windows, sprinkling streets (and the use of the same shall be limited to one hour per day), not less than
3 00
STEAM BOILERS.
For each boiler in use not over twelve hours a day, for each horse power . . $6 00
BUILDING PURPOSES. .
For each cask of lime or cement . 6 cents.
HYDRANTS.
Hydrants set by the town at the rate of $28.00 each, al- lowing one hydrant to each 200 inhabitants.
SECT. 16. When water is required for purposes which are not specified in the foregoing tariff, the rates shall be fixed by the Board of Water Commissioners, and the rates fixed in the foregoing tariff may he varied by the Water Commis-
2 00
·
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sioners, whenever in particular cases in their judgment the interests of the town shall require. .
SECT. 17. In all cases the action of a majority of the Board of Water Commissioners shall be deemed to be the action of the Board.
AUDITORS' REPORT.
THE auditors have examined the books and accounts of the Town Clerk and Treasurer, for the year ending Dec. 31, 1874, and find the same to be correctly kept, and the payments properly vouched for.
The auditors take great pleasure in stating that the recom- mendations in their report, for the year 1872, have been adopted.
The Treasurer has, during the past year, opened a set of books by double entry ; an account, with every appropriation made by the town, kept separately, thus showing, at any time, the unexpended balance of each.
CHAS. O. GAGE, Auditors. G. M. MORSE,
ARLINGTON, Feb. 4, 1875.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE ARLINGTON FIRE DEPARTMENT, FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1874.
To the Selectmen of Arlington.
GENTLEMEN, - In accordance with custom and duty, I pre- sent this my annual report, in as brief manner as possible, bringing to your notice only such matters as I deem of gen- eral interest.
Membership.
The department consists of thirty-nine persons. One chief engineer, four assistant engineers. Hose No. 2, twelve men. Hose No. 3, twelve men. Hook and Ladder No. 1, ten men.
Additional Apparatus.
In April, I communicated with you in regard to the great need of a Hook and Ladder Truck, which apparatus through your liberality was put in commission July 1, and I believe the town will find it to be a good and serviceable appendage. I take this opportunity to call your attention to the great need of facilities for transporting a larger amount of hose, as it is often required to lay from fourteen to sixteen hundred feet in one line, in order to reach a fire from the nearest hydrant, and we have been obliged to carry hose on the Hook and Ladder · Truck, which is very inconvenient. Additional hose has not been purchased, as, having had four fires in one week, we were able to turn out with dry hose at each fire, and our facilities for transportation being limited, we deemed it inexpedient to purchase more at present. We have, at present, twenty-one hundred feet of hose in fair condition, and capable of with- standing our water pressure, which is, but sixty pounds per inch ten feet above tide water or at the lowest hydrant.
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REPORT OF CHIEF ENGINEER.
Further Facilities.
It is absolutely necessary that the tower of the new hose house should be raised about eight feet to facilitate the dry- ing of hose, it being so low that some of the lengths when sus- pended in the tower lie on the cement floor, which is damp, and it is impossible to dry them; and in order to have hose last and do good service, they should be dried in twenty-four hours, which would be the case were the tower raised eight feet. I would call your attention to the unprotected condition of a large amount of valuable property, so situated that it can- not be reached by hydrant pressure, and if reached would avail nothing ; also, that the property of the Arlington Land Company has no protection. I would make further sugges- tions, but knowing that this town, like many others, acts in this matter after passing the fire-ordeal, I will wait a more favorable moment.
Appropriation.
I would recommend an appropriation for the current ex- penses for the ensuing year of two thousand five hundred dollars.
To the Citizens.
I would be pleased to have you visit the appartments occu- pied by the department, and to have you inspect the appara- tus, and manner in which it is used, also the manner in which your appropriations are expended, that you may better un- derstand the requirements, and make further appropriations for the same.
Personal Recognition.
In closing, I have to acknowledge the many favors granted by you, and the manner in which you have supported me in discharge of duty, for which I tender my sincere thanks. The board of engineers, officers, and members of the department, for their ready co-operation, will please accept my thanks.
Respectfully submitted,
ALFRED HOBBS.
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RECORD OF FIRES AND ALARMS FROM JAN. 1, TO DEC. 31, 1874.
Day of Week.
Date.
Hour.
Owners of Property.
Occupants.
Location.
Loss.
Ins.
Remarks.
Sunday .
April
1.45 A.M. Nathan Robbins. . . Nathan Robbins ...
Arlington Ave. ... . None
§ Burning of brush. Incendiary. guished by Police.
Extin-
Sunday . . .
April 12
6.00 A.M. Jonas Gammell. ...
None .
East Lexington Not known.
Burning of house, barn and out buildings. Assistance called, Hose 2 sent.
Saturday .....
April 18 .
9.15 P.M. Ira Russell ..
Ira Russell ..
Arlington Ave.
... . Trifling
Burning of hay. Incendiary.
Sunday .... . ..
April 19 11.15 P.M. Town of Arlington. Town of Arlington. Arlington Ave.
$2,000 None.
-- tools. Incendiary.
Saturday ....
May 9
2.20 P.M. M. Foley ... ... ....
M. Foley ..
Beacon Street ..
None
Defective flue.
Monday ....... June 15
8.45 A.M. Stephen Wright . . .
Stephen Wright .. ..
East Lexington
Trifling
. . .. Partial burning of house. Hose 2 sent.
Monday ...... June 29
7.50 P.M. Joshua Robbins ....
None.
Medford Street.
$150 None
Burning of slaughter house. Incendiary.
Thursday .. . .. July 16 12.10 P. M. R. W. Shattuck & Co R. W. Shattuck & Co Arlington Ave.
$250 $2,000 Partial burning of stable. Incendiary.
Saturday ..... July 18
3.50 P.M. R.W. Shattuck & Co |R. W. Shattuck & Co Arlington Ave.
. None
.
Repeated attempt to burn stable.
Thursday .. . .. July 30 Thursday ..... Aug. 27
8.00 P.M.
Boston Harbor.
Needless alarm.
2.50 A.M. C. L. Steinkrauss. .
C. L. Steinkrauss .. Lake Street . . ..
$2,200 $1,000 Burning of stable, &c. Incendiary.
Sunday .
Aug. 30
5.30 A. M. Arlington Land Co. None .
Arlington Ave.
.$350
... 200 Burning of fur shop. Incendiary.
Tuesday .....
Sept. 1
9.55 A.M. Capt. Ed. Russell. . Capt. Ed. Russell. . Arlington Ave.
. .. .Trifling
Fire on roof of house. Defective flue.
Wednesday ... Sept. 2|1.30 A.M. Thos. Hutchinson .. Thos. Hutchinson .. |High Street ...
.$5,500 $3,500
~
$10.450 $6,700
Burning of two houses, barn, and out- buildings at Winchester line, assistance rendered in saving furniture, &c.
REFONT OF CHIEF ENGINEER.
§ Burning of stone crusher building and
REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
THE amount expended on Old and Mount Pleasant Ceme- teries was $425.25. Appropriation, $500.
The work consisted of trimming the walks, and keeping them clean ; and in grading and gravelling the entire length of two streets in Mount Pleasant, making them conform to the entrance of the new portion of the cemetery.
The sum expended on the new grounds was $1,931.95. Appropriation, $2,000. Early in the season your committee called in the assistance of Hon. Joseph S. Potter, knowing that he was more experienced in laying out grounds and setting out trees than your committee, and, as far as possible, his ideas were carried out. Under his direction a hundred trees have been set out, and twenty transplanted ; and they are now ( with one exception) doing finely, thus confirming the committee's opinion of the gentleman who had the matter in charge. The entrance to the new grounds has been graded and gravelled, and two streets have been graded the entire length of the portion now laid out. The lots have all been staked and numbered. Hydrants have been set for the convenience of lot owners, and for watering trees, &c. Your committee have given names to the avenues and walks, and
would recommend the town to have signs erected as soon as possible. Your committee would also call attention to the main entrance, which has not been enclosed, they not feeling justified in erecting the gates without bringing the matter before the town. They also think it for the best interests of the town to grade the balance of the streets and walks, and would recommend an appropriation of $2,000 for cemeteries.
Respectfully submitted,
J. W. PEIRCE, Chairman, for the Committee.
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
THE library has remained under the care of the same librarian as last year, Miss L. J. Newton. The number of volumes taken from the library in 1874 is larger by more than two thousand than in 1873. The increase of the library has not been proportionately large, but it is hoped that we shall be able at no distant day to make it so, as it is expected that the bequest of the late Nathan Pratt, Esq., will soon be paid into the town treasury, and will be invested so that the income from it will be available for the increase of the library. The selection of proper books to suit the tastes and demands of our community, requires no inconsiderable amount of care and labor. The trustees invite all citizens to aid in this matter, by giving to the librarian at any time the names of books which they desire to have put into the library. Extended lists of the names of books sent to the librarian will also be very acceptable. All such suggestions will be promptly considered by the trustees. We recommend that, for the expenses of the library for the year 1875, there be made an appropriation of $1,000, and the amount received by the town from the tax on dogs.
Number of volumes belonging to the library, 3,687. Num- ber of volumes issued in 1874, 17,853.
. R. L. HODGDON, Standing Committee. G. W. CUTTER,
SCHOOL COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
To the Town of Arlington.
HAVING spent my early youth in the schools of New Hamp- shire, which were then weakened in their efficiency by the division of each town into several small districts, I cannot but begin my report with an allusion to the superiority of the present graded system of your schools. By combining scholars of about equal ability and attainments in separate classes, and placing each class under the supervision of an experienced teacher, whose course of instruction is fixed and must be thoroughly mastered by the scholar before he can be advanced to a higher grade, there is the best chance given to our teachers for the concentration of all their powers, and the thorough acquisition of knowledge necessary to give the requisite instruction to each class and scholar under their charge. Each scholar has thus an incitement to faithful labor, no matter how dull he may be, by the hope of promotion to an advanced class at the end of the year. The teacher thus can give particular attention to the instruction of each scholar without danger of loss to the whole school. By combining the efforts of several minds in our system of instruction under a fixed course of study, the scholar in his progress through the several grades of the Grammar and High schools, cannot but obtain great benefit and instruction from the varied means of education used by each teacher through whose hands he passes. In this report, as the position of chairman has recently devolved upon me, I will not attempt to speak of each teacher or school, but leave that task to my more experienced brothers on the committee. The question of the yearly progress the scholars have made in the several schools is an important one. It seems to me that the course pursued the last year, of devot- ing a week or more to the public examination of the schools is
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