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$44,244 26
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
DR. B. DELMONT LOCKE, TREASURER, IN
1878. To amount brought forward. : $125,262 54
July 3, Cash of D. G. Currier, rent of shop. 10 50
8, , " L. J. Newton, librarian, fines collected. .. . . 30 00
9, " A. F. Estabrook, on account board of En- dor Estabrook . 11 38
11, " Geo. Swan, for gravel and concreting ......
11 55
18, " Charles A. Sweet & Co., for $68,000 Arling- ton 5 % Water Scrip, dated July 1, 1878, payable in 20 years, Nos. 1 to 68, each $1,000, sold at 101.57. 17 days' accrued interest. 160 56
69,067 60
20,
" Dennis Reardon, balance due for cart.
26 34
" John Curtin, on account cart sold him.
3 00
31,
" sundry persons, interest on taxes
22 04
Aug. 3,
John Curtin, on account cart.
2 87
" Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, for $5,000 Arlington 5 % Water Scrip, Nos. 69 to 73, each $1,000, sold to them at 101.57.
5,078 50
1 month, 2 days accrued interest.
22 2
6,
cash of D. G. Currier, rent of shop.
10 50
15,
" John Curtin, on account cart.
5 00
16, " Ancient Order of Hibernians, Div. 23, 3 months' rent of room in Adams School- house, to July 1st. 12 50
25, 66
" David Puffer, for gravel.
10 00
29,
" Henry Swan, for concreting. 24 50
30,
" A. D. Hoitt, for gravel.
2 00
31,
" S. A. Fowle, for concreting 31 60
" sundry persons, interest on taxes 74 72
-
Amount carried forward. .
. $199,879 92
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON. CR.
1878. By amount brought forward.
$44,244 26
July 1, Cash paid Arlington Water Commissioners, amount borrowed Feb. 16thi. 3,000 00
4 months, 15 days interest on the same, @ 5 % per annum 67 50
66 66 Water Commissioners, on account of town appropriation, for interest on water debt
3,600 00
5,
66 John Peabody, 6 months' interest on the following notes, viz. :-
$1,000 to June 18, 1878 30 00
1,000 to July 1, “ 35 00
2,500 to June 2, 87 50
2,500 to May 23, “ 87 50
27, 66
66 Faneuil Hall National Bank, amount bor- rowed, Jan. 22d. 5,000 00
30,
66
Faneuil Hall National Bank, amount bor- rowed March 19th.
5,000 00
4 months, 11 days interest on the same ... Faneuil Hall National Bank, amount bor- rowed April 9th. . . 3 months, 21 days interest on the same ...
5,000 00
31,
66 Faneuil Hall National Bank, loans as fol- lows, viz. :-
66 July 1, 1878. 6,600 00
66
66
June 25, " 4,000 00
66
May 25, “
4,000 00
interest on above loans 75 75
amount of Pay Rolls, No. 7 74,405 48
Aug. 2, cash paid 6 months' interest due May 1st, on coupon note No. 8, for $1,000. 25 00
3. Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, amount borrowed March 23d. 5,497 97
4 months, 11 days interest on the same. .. 100 03
7,
66 " 6 months' interest to 6th inst., on note to es- tate of Geo. Holden, $5,000 175 00
31, amount of Pay Rolls, No. 8. 3,653 33
Amount carried forward.
. $164,980 84
1
66 6 months, 5 days interest on the same. 128 47
90 97
77 08
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DR. B. DELMONT LOCKE, TREASURER, IN
1878.
To amount brought forward. $199,879 92 Cash of D. G. Currier, rent of shop. 10 50
Sept. 5, 12, " William H. Jones, for lot No. 327, in new cemetery . 100 00
21,
" Varnum Frost, for tuition of his son Lewis, at the High School . 20 00
25, 66 " J. L. Hammett, on account of school bill .. 2 00
26,
" Geo. D. Tufts, for gravel and labor 1 50
30,
" sundry persons, interest on taxes
10 20
Oct. 1,
66 " Geo. W. Austin, Supt., for pork sold.
14 00
3,
" D. G. Currier, rent of shop.
10 50
5,
' A. F. Estabrook, on account board of En- dor Estabrook . 15 10
11 60-
9,
66 " Arlington Catholic Lyceum, 3 months' rent of room in Adams School-house, to Sept. 11
12 50
" Faneuil Hall National Bank, interest on de- posits to Sept. 30th .
47 16
18,
" Arlington Catholic Lyceum, use of hall .. . ..
17 00
21,
66
" Butler Rallying Committee, use of hall. . ..
5 00
31,
66
" John Curtin, on account of cart.
9 25
" F. E. Fowle, 6 months' rent of room to Oct. 1
75 00
" Charles Gott, for lot No. 173 1-2, in old cemetery .
40 00
66
" Geo. W. Austin, Supt., for beans sold.
5 39
66
" Dennis O'Mahoney, use of hall.
5 00
66
" sundry persons, interest on taxes
34 76
Nov. 1,
" D. G. Currier, rent of shop. 10 50
4 69
11,
" Republican Town Committee, use of hall ..
21 00
16,
66
" Jolın Osborn, for gravel.
3 12
18,
" Town of Medford, for coal tar.
3 00
20,
66
" S. D. Hicks, for grading and concreting. ...
19 80
66 " sundry persons, subscriptions towards ex- pense of watering the streets
239 00
23, 66
" Henry Mott, for gravel.
2 00
25,
" Ancient Order of Hibernians, for 3 months' rent of room in Adams School-house, to Oct. 1st .. 12 50
26, " Patrick Slattery, for rent of pasturing, for 1878. 25 00
27, amount received for dog licenses, to date 470 00
Amount carried forward.
$201,136 99
2,
66
" E. W. Corey, for gravel.
66 " S. A. Fowle, for concreting .
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON. CR.
1878. By amount brought forward. $164,980 84
Sept. 30,
Amount of Pay Rolls, No. 9 3,069 72
Oct. 1, cash paid John Peabody, 6 months' interest to date, on note, $7,000 245 00
16, " Plymouth Savings Bank, 6 months' interest due 25th Sept., on note, $30,000. 1,050 00
" Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 6 months' interest, due 9th inst., on notes, $42,000 .. 1,470 00
24, " Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 6 months' interest, due 27th inst., on note, $10,000. 350 00
31, amount of Pay Rolls, No. 10 5,809 84
Nov. 27, cash paid Treasurer of Middlesex County, dog tax. 427 80
fees on dog tax, to Town Clerk. 42 20
Amount carried forward'.
. $177,445 40
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
DR. B. DELMONT LOCKE, TREASURER, IN
1878. To amount brought forward. $201,136 99
Nov. 30,
Cash of William H. Richardson, for hauling stone .. 9 00
" sundry persons, interest on taxes ... 77:90
Dec. 2, " Brewster, Basset & Co., for $7,000 Arlington 5 % Water Scrip, Nos. 74 to 80, each $1,000, sold at 102.65 7,185 50 5 months, 1 day accrued interest. 146 81
3,
cash of D. G. Currier, rent of shop
10 50
10, " Chas. Endicott, Treasurer, State Aid, 308 00
Corporation Tax . 904 95
National Bank Tax 1,967 86
3,180 81
13, " S. E. Kimball, for 5 barrels coal tar.
6 25
16, " " Originals," use of hall.
10 00
17, " G. W. Austin, Supt., for pigs and apples sold
8 00
21, " John Irwin, for lot No. 306, in the old cem- etery 10 00
28, " L. C. Tyler, weigher, fees for weighing ..
38 57
66 " Edward E. Bacon, for lot No. 540, in new cemetery . . 40 00
30,
" G. W. Austin, Supt., for apples sold.
15 10
" Walter Bates, for 10 barrels coal tar. 12 50
Amount carried forward .
.... .. . . $211,887 93
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON. CR.
1878. By amount brought forward. · $177,445 40
Nov. 30, Amount of Pay Rolls, No. 11 3,577 76
Dec. 2, cash paid 6 months' interest, due Nov. 1st, on $16,000 coupon notes, at 5 % per annum. ....
400 00
10, 66 " Charles Endicott, Treasurer, State Tax ... 3,340 00
11, " John Peabody, 6 months' interest on notes, viz. :
to Jan. 1, 1879, on note, $1,000. 35 00
Dec. 18, 1878, on note, 1,000. 30 00
. 2, 2,500 87 50
Nov. 23, " 66 2,500 87 50
14, " note to estate of George Holden, Dec. 15, 1873, 5 years 5,000 00
66 " 6 months' interest on the same. 175 00
66 " O. A. Taft, 6 months' interest to 26th inst., on note, $6,000. 210 00
66 " estate of George Holden, 6 months' interest to 26th inst., on note, $10,000. 350 00
Amount carried forward.'
$190,738 16
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
DR B. DELMONT LOCKE, TREASURER, IN
1878. To amount brought forward .. $211,887 93
Dec. 31,
Cash of Robert Speatman, rent of shop for one year 75 00
borrowed of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, on demand . 622 28
" borrowed of Faneuil Hall National Bank, on de- mand. 5,000 00
" of Trustees for Pratt Fund, income for, Poor
Widows' Fund. 301 25
66 " Trustees of Pratt Fund, income for Public Library . 602 52
6: interest on note to Trustees of Town Library. one year's interest on note, $5,354, to Trustees of William Cutter School Fund
321 24
one year's interest on notes to Trustees of Poor Widows' Fund ..
36 79
of L. J. Newton, Librarian, fines collected. ..
30 00
66 subscriptions towards expense of watering the streets
8 00
of Edward Lacy, for board at the Almshouse.
49 60
" D. G. Currier, rent of shop to date
10 50
" E. T. Sargent, for salt pork.
4 80
66
" Burlington School Committee, for tar and labor 6 75
" A. C. Nichols, for assistance rendered. .
22 50
" Faneuil Hall National Bank, interest on de- posits to date
29 44
" Universalist Society, use of hall .
13 00
:6
" Thomas Higgins, for concreting
63 50
" Jolın Curtin, on account of cart
3 12
" Town of Belmont, for support of pauper for 1878 38 97
" F. E. Fowle, 3 months' rent of room to date
37 50
66
" Addison Gage & Co., rent of land.
75 00
" Arlington Catholic Lyceum, 3 months' rent to Dec. 11th, of room in Adams School- house, less repairs, $2. 10 50
" " sundry persons, interest on taxes
74 83
amount of special tax of 1875 collected
148 38
66 66 " 1876
232 50
" unpaid bills at this date, in Pay Rolls, Nos. 10, 11 and 12.
417 51
$220,129 41
6 00
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON CR
$190,738 16 1878. By amount brought forward.
Dec. 31, Cash paid Treasurer of Middlesex County, County Tax. 2,412 69
“ " one year's interest on note, $100, to Trus- tees of Town Library . 6 00
" one year's interest on note, $349.85, to Treasurer of Citizens' Soldiers' Fund .... 20 99
" one year's interest on note, $5,354, to Trus- tees of Wm. Cutter School Fund. 321 24
" Trustees of Poor Widows' Fund, one year's interest on note, $375.61. also, one year's interest on note, $237.50. amount of Pay Rolls, No. 12 ..
22 54
14 25
12,995 55
" discounts and abatements on taxes . . . 3,916 42
66 " Taxes of 1877, uncollected at this date ... 843 88
66 " " 1878, 60 . ..
7,423 89
cash balance in Treasury, at this date 1,413 80
ARLINGTON, Dec. 31, 1878.
$220,129 41
B. DELMONT LOCKE, Treasurer.
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
MARRIAGES, BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
Intentions of Marriages Registered in 1878.
Whole number of couples,
33
Average age of male, 27
Average age of female, 24
Both persons residing in Arlington, 13
But one person residing in Arlington,
20
Marriages Registered in 1878.
Whole number of couples,
37
Both persons American born, 24
Both persons foreign born,
7
American and foreign born,
6
Age of oldest person married,
51
Age of youngest person married,
18
First marriage of 65
Second marriage of
9.
Births Registered in 1878.
Whole number,
109
Males,
51
Females,
58
American parentage,
37
Foreign parentage,
60
Mixed parentage,
12
!
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
Deaths Registered during the Year ending Dec. 31, 1878.
AGE.
NAMES.
DATE OF DEATH.
Years
Months
Days.
Georgie Whittemore.
Jan.
6, 1878.
8
2
17
Mary Bowman Fowle.
6,
66
3
10
8
Annette Elizabeth Fowle.
66
7,
1
10
20
Abijah Frost
7,
78
4
. .
Roxa Brooks .
13,
78
5
10
Florence E. Turner
66
14,
3
4
. .
Jane Hinton
66
20,
77
10
25
Timothy Sullivan
22,
66
21
2
26
Martin Lennan.
Feb. 8,
67
·
. .
66
9,
57
6
·
66
12,
66
. .
66
13,
59
9
19
George C. Russell
66
16,
21
6
. .
66
19,
26
7
. .
Ellen A. Spicer
Mar. 5,
35
Daniel Hurley
11,
68
. .
Charles Henry Burns
20,
·
1
10
Henry C. Bacon.
21,
1
6
Chester E. Farmer
66
26,
34
3
19
Harriet M. Wood.
Apr.
5,
41
2
19
Jennie Campbell
66
4,
25
5
..
Catherine S. Pearl.
66
25,
22
7
16
Grace Doherty
66
27,
66
34
10
. .
Charles Horrigan
28,
5
5
. .
May
1,
1
2
. .
Benjamin F. Eastman
3,
76
·
. .
66
66
1
1
12
Ellen Scanlan.
25,
16
80
·
. .
Mary Crowly
28,
73
6
. .
6
31,
1
16
Chester T. Langell
June 3.
·
66
71
. .
7
7
Rebecca R. Locke
29,
66
77
7
18
John Breen, jr
July
8,
2
1
4
Alice C. Cooke
11,
66
8
4
5
Mary Crowley
12,
66
47
:
. .
Lemuel Pitts
18,
66
63
10
23
66
21,
66
..
·
. .
Nellie A. Murray
26,
Margaret Gibson
3
Mary A. Frost
15,
73
:
11
Mary Jennie Winn
24,
. .
. .
·
Albert Winn, jr.
26,
..
. .
8
Julia E. Jordan
16,
1
2
4
Mary Parker Payson
Thomas Ryan ..
2
. .
James Oakes
5,
.
Alvah Bacon. .
22,
49
Simon Haas
James P. Mehan
6,
66
2
Fanny G. Moss
William Henderson, 2d
Thomas Higgins .
. .
6
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
Deaths .- Continued.
AGE.
NAMES.
DATE OF DEATH.
Years
Months
Days.
Ella M. Russell
July 18, 1878.
3
6
18
Morris Sullivan
23,
66
. .
6
. .
Freddy A. Austin
Aug. 3,
66
2
5
26
John F. Kenny .
66
12,
66
8
24
Wilber Evans.
66
19,
66
. .
1
8
. .
Harry R. Jones
Reuben A. McDonald .
Sept. 4,
Ann Hodge .
5,
66
39
.
. .
66
89
4
11
Charles Easter ..
23,
66
36
6
7
Clarence H. Ramsdell
66
26,
66
1
19
Hanorah Callahan
28,
66
15
8
8
Daniel Reardon
Oct.
1,
66
3
1
.
Mary Ann Higgins
2,
66
41
8
7
George Evans
18,
66
. .
..
Herbert B. Rumsey
Nov. 2,
18
5
21
Charles W. Gott.
66
4,
66
. .
.
25
Michael Reagan .
66
7,
.‹
1
S
Olive R. McMillon.
17,
66
33
1
. .
Elizabeth Coursey
Dec. 2,
80
6
. .
Susan L. Bacon. .
12.
Hannah H. Cutter
12,
82
7
·
Mary S. Tripp
15,
66
Elizabeth A. Hill
66
22,
66
2
4
4
Cora M. Bradley
29,
. .
10
11
Kate Barrett
31,
66
4
. .
66
.
1
..
Benjamin Poland
66
16,
66
9
. .
Daniel Reardon
Mary Crowley
25,
S
3
. .
6
. .
Eunice J. Martin.
20,
4,
6
9
14
Catherine L. Hodge
21,
..
.
24
Elihu Adams ..
G
. .
19,
6
7
9
Harry D. McLaughlin
4
. .
. .
Daly
29,
12
6,
29,
83
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
Deaths .- Continued.
Whole number of deaths,
77
Males, 38
Females,
39
Average age, 26 years, 7 months, 20 days.
Number under 5 years of age,
36
between 5 and 10 years of age,
5
66 10 “ 30 66 8
66 “ 30 “ 60 .6 66
12
over 60 years of age,
16
American parentage,
36
Foreign parentage,
39
Mixed parentage, 2
SOME OF THE DISEASES OR CAUSES OF DEATH.
Consumption, pneumonia and congestion of lungs, 23
Diphtheria, croup and bronchitis, 14
Dysentery, cholera infantum and diarrhoea,
6
Brain disease,
2
Heart disease,
4
Cancer,
3
Register of Dogs Licensed since May 1, 1878.
Whole number,
211
Males, 195
Females, 16
B. DELMONT LOCKE,
Town Clerk.
REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SINKING FUND.
The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund make the follow- ing Report, for the year 1878 :
CR.
Amount received from Treasurer of Town of Arlington, ap- propriation, $5,497 97
Amount received from Town of Arlington, interest on loan of $5,497.97, 100 03
Amount received 6 months' inter- est on $5,000, Arlington Water Scrip, 125 00
$5,723 00
. DR.
Amount paid Treasurer of Town of Arlington for $5,000, Arlington 5 per cent. Water Scrip, due July 1, 1898, Nos.69, 70, 71, 72, 73, each $1,000, at 101.57, $5,078 50
1 month 2 days accrued interest, 22 22 Amount loaned Town of Arling- ton, on demand, with inter- est at 5 per cent, 622 28
$5,723 00
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REPORT OF THE SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS.
Investment.
Town of Arlington 5 per cent. Water Scrip, $5,000 00
Town of Arlington Note, on de- mand, interest at 5 per cent., 622 28
$5,622 28
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM G. PECK, A. D. HOITT, of the WILLIAM H. ALLEN, Sinking Fund.
Commissioners
ARLINGTON, Dec. 31, 1878.
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PRATT FUND.
The Trustees of the Pratt Fund submit the following Report, for the year 1878 :
Income.
Received one year's interest on $9,000, City of Cambridge Bridge Loan, $540 00 one year's interest on $15,000, City of Cambridge Building Loan, . 900 00
interest of Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, 86 29
Paid rent of a safe in the Union Safe Deposit Vaults, 20 00
$1,526 29
$1,506 29
Paid Town Treasurer for Poor Widows' Fund, Town Treasurer for Public Library, 602 52 Deposited in Arlington Five Cents Sav- ings Bank, as a High School Fund, 602 52
$301 25.
$1,506 29
Investment.
City of Cambridge Bridge Loan, sixes, $9,000 00
66 Building 66 15,000 00
Deposit in Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, 1,000 00
$25,000 00
High School Fund Income, deposited in Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, with interest to Jan. 1, 1879,
1,954 28
Respectfully submitted,
NATHAN ROBBINS, DAVID P. GREEN, WM. G. PECK, JOHN P. WYMAN, HENRY SWAN, B. DELMONT LOCKE, ex-officio, )
Trustees
of
Pratt Fund.
ARLINGTON, Dec. 31, 1878.
REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
In making our annual report for 1878, we congratulate the town that we are able to show very nearly the exact financial condition of the Water Works. This has been im- possible at any former time, on account of the large number of outstanding claims against the town. All bills have been paid up to the present time, and all claims for damages have been settled and paid excepting one, which we think has no foundation in justice, and which we hope the court will decide has none in law. The income from water rates varies but very little from that for 1877. The running expenses have been considerably less than in 1877, and we think that they may be still less for 1879. For all the details of income and expenditure we refer to the Treasurer's report which follows this. In January the suit of Oliver Warner et als., vs. the town was settled by the payment of the round sum of $4,000. In the same month the taxes assessed by Lex- ington for 1876 and 1877, were paid under protest and a suit brought to recover them. This case has gone to the Supreme Court on an agreed statement of facts and will be argued in January, 1879. In February the preparation of the Great Meadows for a storage reservoir was complet- ed and now, with little care, water can be stored there in sufficient quantity to supply the distributing reservoir and keep it full during the summer.
After the annual town meeting, we met and organized by choosing R. L. Hodgdon, President, and B. D. Locke, Clerk and Registrar. Sylvester Stickney was appointed Superin-
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REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
tendent. Subsequently George Hill resigned, and Warren Rawson, having been elected by the town, was sworn in to fill the vacancy:
There has been no extension of the street mains during the year. Gates have been put in at the junction of Maple and Pleasant streets, of Russell and Mystic streets, and of Summer and Brattle streets. A hydrant has been set on Fiske avenue. Wherever new gate or service boxes have been needed, cast-iron ones have been used instead of wooden. The greater durability of iron makes this a measure of economy, though the original cost of iron is a little more than that of wood. Fences have been built between the lands of the Water Works and those of Blodgett and of Winship.
The remaining Mill suits have all been settled on a basis of sixty-five per cent. of the award of the Commissioners. While sharing the almost if not quite universal opinion, that the sum paid in these cases was much in excess of what was justly due, still considering the technical legal advanta- ges held by the claimants, we think the settlement a good one for the town. Mr. Eaton's case was finished before Commissioners, and he appealed to a jury and got a verdict of $1,381.50, a little more than half of the smallest sum for which he ever proposed to settle. Both suits of the Fiske heirs have been settled by paying $450. Reed's case' has been tried, and the verdict of the jury was $3,279.71, less than 60 per cent. of what the award of the Commission- ers would have amounted to. It has been left for the Su- preme Court to decide who shall bear the costs in this case. We have paid them under the order of the court, taking a bond for their return, if the court decides that Reed shall pay them. The suit of Spalding came to trial, and was carried to the Supreme Court on exceptions, and will be argued in January, 1879. This is the only claim brought for damages now remaining unsettled, and this involves only
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a small amount. The result in all these cases justifies the course pursued by the town in contesting them.
In the contract for building the Water Works, occurs the following : "The contractor agrees at his own expense, to keep all the foregoing works in repair for five years after completion." In 1875, Mr. Norman paid for all repairs which had been made up to that time. A bill has been sent to him for the repairs which have been done since that time, but he has not yet expressed a willingness to pay it. The Treasurer is now in correspondence with him on the subject.
The amount of Water Scrip issued during the year is $85,000, which, with $215,000 previously issued, makes $300,000, the full amount to which the town is limited. $220,000 of this bearing interest at 6 per cent., and $80,000 at 5 per cent., will make the annual interest to be paid $17,200. Assuming that the net income for 1879, which can be applied to the payment of interest, will be the same as for 1878, or about $8,200, the deficiency for which the town will have to provide will be $9,000.
Amount.
$220,000
Rate. 6 per cent.
Interest. $13,200 4,000
80,000
5 " 66
$17,200
Deduct estimated net income,
8,200
Deficiency to be provided for,
$9,000
The present works are now in good repair, and are ade- quate for the supply of the present water takers. The supply of water which the town possesses is sufficient, if takers for domestic purposes can be had, to yield an income large enough to meet the interest on a larger debt than the present, but to provide for the storage of the water and for its distribution would require a considerable additional ex- penditure. This situation, now fairly before the town, we commend to its careful consideration.
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REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Uses for which water is supplied as reported by the Reg- istrar :-
Families supplied, 339
Stores and shops
16
Private stables 66
64
Livery stables
2
Horse railroad stable "
1
Steam railroad depot "
1
Hand hose
66
135
Hotels
66
3
Churches and societies supplied,
7
Town House
66
1
School-houses
66
3
Hose-houses
2
Private fountains
2
Irrigation
·
. 42
Cemetery
66
1
Savings Bank building
1
Stone crusher
66
1
Hydrants
97
Stock and tools on hand as reported by the Superinten- dent :-
60 feet 4-inch iron pipe, 1200 lbs.
-
2 lanterns. 1
1 street hydrant.
3. gate wrenches. 880 lbs. gate boxes.
5 service boxes.
7 ft. 4-inch cement-lined pipe.
14 ft. 6-inch cement-lined pipe.
7 ft. 8-inch cement-lined pipe.
25 lbs. manilla rope.
12 eight by four cast-iron branches, 206 lbs. 3 1-2 ft. 12-inch cement-lined pipe.
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REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
30 lbs. white lead.
1 four-inch gate. 11 rubber gaskets. 6 square gate caps.
1 Gem meter.
7 hydrant valves and plates.
1 hydrant foot.
1 hydrant frost case.
2 two and one-half inch hydrant nipples.
3 hydrant rods.
1 centre rod.
7 ft. 4-inch second-hand cement-lined pipe. 46 lbs. caulking rope.
3 hydrant caps.
2 shovels.
3 picks. 1 hoe.
1 rake.
56 ft. 6-inch cement drain pipe.
5 ft. 6-inch branches drain pipe.
5 ft. 4-inch branches drain pipe.
2 wheelbarrows.
All of which is respectfully submitted. Per order of the Water Commissioners.
R. L. HODGDON, President. .
ARLINGTON, Dec. 31, 1878.
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WATER WORKS .- TREASURER'S REPORT.
Receipts.
Balance of cash on hand Dec. 31, 1877, $1,207 10
Amount received during the year, 1878, viz. : -
For water rates for 1876, $11 00
water rates for 1877, 24 00
water rates for 1878, $7,813 89
From town for use of street hydrants for 1878, 1,000 00
8,813 89
For water rates for 1879,
166 75
9,015 64
Amount received of Faneuil Hall National Bank, interest on de- · posits, 80 07
Amount received of town, 4 months 15 days interest, at 5 per cent., on loan of $3,000, Feb. 16th, 67 50
Amount received of town, appropria- tion for interest on Water Scrip, 5,000 00
Amount received of eight persons for letting on water, which was cut off for non-payment of rates, 16 00
Amount carried forward, $15,386 31
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WATER WORKS. - TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $15,386 31
Amount received of D. Cahlane, for one year's rent of Slocum Mill, Amount received of O. M. Winship, for grass on the banks of the reservoir, 5 00
480 00
Amount received of town (July 1st), loan of Feb. 16th, 3,000 00
Amount received of town, to pay claims for damages, etc., arising from the introduction of water, as authorized by votes of the town, 86,228 37
$105,099 68
Expenditures.
CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT.
Paid claims for damages, etc., as follows, viz. :- Arlington Land Co., and Lewis heirs, in settlement of Mill Damage, $4,000 00
In settlement of "Mill Suits,"
damages, costs and interest as follows, viz. :- Samuel A Fowle, $17,095 26
Welch & Griffiths, 16,586 18
Charles Schwab, 11,867 63
John C. Hobbs, 10,229 18
Estate of Cyrus Cutter, 8,419 71
Theodore Schwamb, 6,684 91
70,882 87
Benjamin F. Thomas, legal services in " Mill Suits,"
1,390 00
Amount carried forward,
$76,272 87
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WATER WORKS .- TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $76,272 87
Paid Execution of Timothy Eaton vs. town of Arlington, damages and costs, 1,877 38
Witness fees in Eaton case, 39 80
Execution of R. W. Reed and others vs. town of Arlington, damages & costs, 4,142 91 Witness fees in Reed case, 55 20
J. H. Benton, jr., Commissioner's fees in case of Charles Fiske and others, vs. Arlington, 290 00
Damages and costs in suits of Charles Fiske and others, 576 89
David Clark for conveying jury to E. Lexington, 7 00
W. C. Currier, carriage hire, on account of law suits, 48 00
Witness fees in Spalding suit,
59 70
C. H. Taylor, surveyor, services on Eaton and Spalding cases, 18 30
T. H. Sweetser, legal services in Spal- ding case, 100 00
J. H. Hartwell, constable, services sum- moning witnesses in Spalding, Eaton, and Reed cases, 30 60
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