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3,856 71
Amount carried forward .
$17,778 72
68
TREASURER'S REPORT.
DR.
B. DELMONT LOCKE, TREASURER, IN
1880. To amount brought forward . $26,225 36
May 10, Cash of Timothy Sullivan, on account board . . 2 00
11, Spaulding's Bell Ringers, use of hall . 10 00
18, Ancient Order of Hibernians, rent of hall . in Adams Schoolhouse, 6 months to April 1 25 00
20, Arl. Reform Club, use of hall 5 00
20,
66 James A. Bailey, on account of subscrip- tions for watering the streets .
50 00
22,
66 L. C. Tyler, on account weighing fees . 25 00
31,
Jolın Hover, for one week's board
4 00
31,
Cash borrowed of Faneuil Hall National Bank, on demand .
3,000 00
31,
Cash of George Phillips, for manure 3 50
31,
" received on account watering the streets 2 00
31,
" of D. G. Currier, rent of shop 10 50
31,
Cash of sundry persons interest on taxes
65 65
June
2,
66 Edward Lacy, for board .
24 70
3,
" Dennis Reardon, use of cart
3 00
5,
John Hover, for board
4 00
5,
66 J. A. Bailey, on account of subscrip- tions for watering the streets 50 00
5,
" Varnum Frost, for tuition of his son Lewis at the High School 20 00
5,
Jere. Crowley, for manure and team 3 25
23,
Andrew McManus, for a lot in the Old Cemetery
10 00
30,
Cash borrowed of Faneuil Hall National Bank,
13,000 00
30,
Cash of Water Commissioners, for labor at the filter .
659 00
. 30,
sundry persons, interest on taxes
21 75
30, .1, 1,
B. D. Locke, for concreting
7 50
3,
66 J. A. Bailey, on account of subscription for watering the streets . 6 00
10 50
17, 7,
Cash borrowed of Water Commissioners, on de- mand .
1,500 00
19,
Cash of Matthew Calahan, for concreting 11 90
19,
" Robert Dinsmore,
3 50
20,
" L. J. Newton, librarian, fines collected . 23 00
Amount carried forward.
. $119,402 06
July
Cash of Edward Lacy, for board
19 90
on demand .
Amount of Tax List for 1880
74,596 05
" D. G. Currier, rent of shop
69
TREASURER'S REPORT.
ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON. CR.
1880 .. By amount brought forward . $17,778 72
May 31, Cash paid 6 months' interest due May 1st, on 9 coupon notes each $1,000, @ 5% 225 00
June 30,
31, Amount of Pay Rolls, No. 5 3,761 27 Cash paid Water Commissioners, amount bor- rowed Feb. 18th 2,500 00
30,
66
4 months 12 days interest on the same, @ 5% .
45 83
30,
66
Water Commissioners, amount bor- rowed March 31st 500 00
30,
66 3 months interest on the same, @ 5%. 6 25
30,
66 Water Commissioners on account of town appropriation for interest on water debt 6,000 00
30,
66
Water Commissioners, amount of ap- propriation for the filter 1,500 00
30,
O. A. Taft, 6 months' interest to 26th, on note to $6,000 . 210 00
30,
66 Estate of George Holden, 6 months' interest to 26th, on note $10,000
350 00
Amount of Pay Rolls, No. 6. 4,159 21
July
30, 8, 8,
Cash paid Faneuil Hall National Bank, amount borrowed April 1st
3,000 00
" 3 months 7 days interest on the same, @ 5% 40 42
8,
" Faneuil Hall National Bank, amount bor- rowed April 27th
3,500 00
8,
66 2 months 11 days interest on the same @ 5% .
34 51
8,
66 6 months interest due May 1st on 6 cou- pon notes, each $1,000, (@ 5% 150 00
9,
66 6 months interest to June 18th, on note to John Peabody $1,000
30 0(
12,
John Peabody, 6 months' interest on the following notes, viz. :
$2,500 to May 23rd 87 50
1,000 to July 1st. 55 00 ,
2,500 to June 2d . 87 50
17,
66 Faneuil Hall National Bank, amount bor- rowed March 23d . 2,000 00
17,
66
' 3 months 24 days interest on the same @ 5% 31 67
Amount carried forward
$46,032 88
70
TREASURER'S REPORT.
DR
B. DELMONT LOCKE, TREASURER, IN
1880. To amount brought forward $119,402 06
July 20, Cash of Charles Endicott, State Treasurer, bal- ance of Corporation Tax . 3 47
22,
66 J. S. Potter, tax of 1875 52 65
24,
Cash borrowed of Water Commissioners, on de- mand .
2,000 00
27,
Cash of Timothy Sullivan, on account board . 66 D. P. Green, for concreting and loam
104 85
28,
66 Edward Lacy, for board
50
29,
66 A. L. Teel, for concreting .
2 19
29,
66 G. W. Austin, for peas sold
7 50
29,
George C. Russell, for loam
75 00
30,
F. E. Fowle, 6 months rent to July 1st
5 25
31,
66 W. W. Kimball, for scrapings
12 30
31,
66 Sundry persons, interest on taxes
33 44
16,
66 B. D. Locke, for concreting .
2 00
19,
66 R. Whittemore and heirs of W. A. Rus- sell, for concreting
26 50
20,
Robert Dinsmore, for concreting
2 50
28,
66 W. F. Sprague, 66
$ 00
31.
66 Edward Lacy, for board
26 45
31,
66
James Pendergast, for gravel
2 00
31,
66 Sundry persons, interest on taxes .
44 38
Sept.
9,
George Kirsch, for Lot No. 542, in New Cemetery . 40 00
10,
" D. G. Currier, 2 months rent of shop . 21 00
13,
66
S. R. Tappan, for auctioneers' license
2 00
14,
66 Water Commissioners, for board of en- gineer . 3 00
14,
66
A. W. Trow, for gravel
3 00
24,
66
Arlington Gas Company, for pitch
1 25
24,
" Universalist Society, for concreting
37 50
28,
66
L. C. Tyler, on account weighing fees
25 00
28,
66
Edward Lacy, for board 20 70
67 00
29,
66
G. S. Chapin, for concreting
66
Sundry persons, interest on taxes
30 19
30,
66 Jere. Maloney, for loam
2 00
Oct.
1,
" Varnum Frost, for tuition of his son Lewis at the High School . 20 00
5,
" W. W. Rawson, for tar .
2 00
6,
Faneuil Hall National Bank, for interest on deposits to Sept. 30th 88 41
Amount carried forward
$122,206 19
10,
Jere. Coleman, repairs of sidewalk 6 00
Aug.
31,
66 Thomas Higgins, teaming, &c.
2 00
28,
21 10
2,
71
TREASURER'S REPORT.
ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON. CR.
1880. By amount brought forward . $46,032 SS
July 17, Cash paid Faneuil Hall National Bank, amount borrowed Dec. 31, 1879 . 5,000 00
17, " 6 months 17 days interest on the same @ 5% 136 82
21,
" Faneuil Hall National Bank, amount bor- rowed May 31st 3,000 00
21, 1 month 21 days interest on the same @ 5% 21 25
24,
66 Faneuil Hall National Bank, on account amount borrowed June 30th .
7,000 00
28,
66 Faneuil Hall National Bank, balance of loan June 30th .
6,000 00
28,
66 interest on the same @ 41%
42 00
30,
66 Water Commissioners, viz. : amount bor- rowed 24th 2,000 00 amount borrowed 17th 1,500 00
31,
" 6 months interest due May 1st on $1,000, coupon note @ 5%
25 00 2,439 59
31, 31,
Amount of Pay Rolls No. 7 .
Amount of Pay Rolls No. 8 .
2,479 72
Cash paid Commissioners of Sinking Fund, amount borrowed Dec. 31, 1879 .
251 74
7 months 1 day interest on the same, @ 5% .7 37
7,
66 Commissioners of Sinking Fund, amount of appropriation
8,669 82
7, 4 months 23 days interest on the same @ 5% .
172 19
25,
" Plymouth Savings Bank, 6 months' in- terest to 25th inst., on note $30,000 . Oct.
1,050 00
30, Amount of Pay Rolls No. 9 5,288 41
2, Cash paid John Peabody, 6 months interest to 1st inst. on note for $7,000 245 00
Amount carried forward .
$91,361 79
-
1
Aug. Sept. 7, 7,
72
TREASURER'S REPORT.
DR.
B. DELMONT LOCKE, TREASURER, IN
1880. To amount brought forward
$122,206 19
Oct. 7, Cash of Walter Russell, for concreting 3 50
9,
J. H. Butterfield,“ 95 00
14, E. P. Henderson, for auctioneers' license, 2 00
16,
" Ancient Order of Hibernians, rent of hall in Adams Schoolhouse, 6 months to Oct. 1st. 25 00
16,
John P. Gardner, for grading and board . 23 55
20,
66 Henry Swan, for concreting 21 00
21,
66 Heights Village Improvement Society, for concreting 22 50
26,
66 Edward Lacy, for board
20 00
29,
66 William Morrow, hauling wood
2 25
29
66 Traders' & Mechanics' Insurance Co., . for damage to High School building by fire June 17th 25 20
29,
Water Commissioners, for labor
32 75
29,
66 Edward Storer, for concreting and loam,
34 65
30,
66 sundry persons, subscriptions towards ex- pense of watering the streets .
128 50
. 30,
of sundry persons, interest on taxes
21 53
Nov.
3,
66
D. G. Currier, rent of shop 2 months .
21 00
10,
66 W. W. Fay, for concreting and labor
207 60
10.
66 R. J. Hardy, for concreting
32 40
13,
66 L. P. Bartlett,"
1 75
13,
66 Arlington Catholic Lyceum, 8 months rent to Nov. 11th of hall in Adams Schoolhouse 33 33
15,
6 F. F. Russell, for loam .
2 25
16,
66 Est. T. H. Teel, for loam .
1 80
19,
" Mrs. James Russell, for concreting
65 40
19,
66 A. D. Hoitt, for concreting
36 90
20,
Pleasant St. Committee, for concreting .
120 00
20,
66 Emmet Boat Club, 1 month's rent to Dec. 16th, of room in Adams School- house . 4 16
22,
Daniel Sullivan, for loam
1 50
22,
66 Insurance Company of North America, for damage to High School building and furniture by fire June 17, 1880. .
20 07
22,
Amount received for dog-licenses to date 481 00
27,
Cash of Jacob Bassing, for loam 4 05
30,
E. T. Sargent, for pork 6 50
Amount carried forward
$123,703 33
73
TREASURER'S REPORT.
ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON. CR.
1880. By amount brought forward .
$91,361 79
Oct. 9, Cash paid Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 6 mos. inst. to 9th inst. on notes $42,000, 1,470 00
27, " Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 6 mos. interest to 27th inst., on note $10,000 . 350 00
30, Amount of Pay Rolls No. 10 3,720 10
Nov. 22,
Cash paid Treasurer of Middlesex County, dog tax . fees on dog tax to Town Clerk 43 60
437 40
30,
66 6 months interest due Nov. 1st on $15,000, coupon notes, at 5% 375 00
30, Amount of Pay Rolls No. 11.
3,416 44
1
Amount carried forward
$101,174 33
74
TREASURER'S REPORT.
DR.
B. DELMONT LOCKE, TREASURER, IN
1880.
To amount brought forward .
$123,703 33
Nov. 30,
Cash of Edward Lacy, for board
24 55
30,
D. G. Currier, rent of shop
10 50
30, Sundry persons, interest on taxes
42 19
Dec. 2,
66 Jere. Crowley, for manure
5 50
3,
B. D. Locke, 66
7 00
3,
3,
Walter Russell, for gravel .
10 00
3,
Elvira Fisher, for concreting .
7 20
4,
A. R. Proctor, for gravel
6 00
4,
George D. Tufts, for concreting
2 00
6,
W. W. Kimball, for gravel
14 25
6,
B. F. Locke, for concreting .
4 80
6,
66
S. G. Chapin, for concreting .
2 25
6,
J. F. Hobbs, for concreting
3 25
6,
66 C. P. Wyman, for concreting and loam
37 95
7,
66
Abraham King, for loam
60
7,
Samuel Dinsmore, use of hall
15 00
9,
66
G. W. Austin, for vegetables sold
10 65
9,
66 J. F. Bitzer, on account loam
25 00
9,
66
John Osborn, for scrapings
1 40
9,
66
J. M. Chase, for concreting, &c.
43 48
9,
Theodore Schwamb, for concreting
9 15
10,
66 Charles Endicott, Treasurer :
Corporation Tax . $1,709 40
Bank Tax
2,382 50
State Aid
324 07
Burial of William L. Wilson, 10 00
4,425 97
11,
" William Sandison, on account concret-
7 00
13,
", Carl Schwamb, for concreting
8 25
16,
William Doyle, for concreting
20 70
16,
" B. D. Locke, for pork .
8 00
16,
6
Daniel Benham, on account concreting .
20 00
18,
Wm. Sandison, balance for concreting .
7 40
20,
66 Emmet Boat Club, one month's rent of room in Adams Schoolhouse . 4 17
20,
66 J. H. Hartwell, for gravel
3 00
23,
66 Jesse Bacon, for concreting .
7 00
24,
66 H. L. Armes, for schoolbooks sold
2 64
28,
66 Edward Lacey, for board . 20 90
Amount carried forward
$128,534 70
7,
S. Stickney, for gravel .
3 00
66 John Schouler, for concreting
10 62
ing .
75
TREASURER'S REPORT.
ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON. CR.
1880. By amount brought forward .
.
$101,174 33
Dec. 8, Cash paid John Peabody, 6 months' interest on notes, viz. : -
8, 66
to Nov. 23, 1880, on note $2,500 . 87 50
S,
Dec. 2, 66 66 2,500 87 50
66 Jan. 1, 1881, " " . 1,000 . 35 00 S, 10,
66 Chas. Endicott, Treasurer, State Tax . 5,010 00
10,
66 6 months interest to 18th inst. on note to John Peabody, $1,000 30 00
Amount carried forward
$106,424 33
76
TREASURER'S REPORT.
DR.
B. DELMONT LOCKE, TREASURER, IN
1880. To amount brought forward $128,534 70 Cash of G. W. Austin, for loam and scrapings sold 9 35
Dec. 28, 28,
" R. L. Hodgdon and S. G. Damon, for re- pairs of sidewalk . 2 00
28,
" R. W. Shattuck, for concreting ,
27 60
31, Cash borrowed of Faneuil Hall National Bank, on demand .
4,000 00
31,
Cash of Addison Gage & Co., rent of land . 75 00
31,
" L. C. Tyler, weighing fees 22 53
31, L. J. Newton, Librarian, fines collected . 32 00
31, Cash interest on note to Trustees of Town Li- brary . .
6 00
31, one year's interest on note $5,354, to Trus- tees of William Cutter School Fund 321 24
31,
one year's interest on notes to Trustees of Poor Widows' Fund .
36 79
31, Cash of Faneuil Hall National Bank, interest on deposits to date
53 13
31,
" D. G. Currier, 1 month's rent of shop
10 50'
31,
" F. E. Fowle, 6 months rent to date
75 00
31,
" B. B. & H. J. Locke, for loam .
6 75
31,
Cash subscriptions towards expense of watering the streets
122 00.
31,
Cash of Water Commissioners, labor of men and horses .
26 50
31,
66 Henry Mott, for concreting
25 00
31,
66 George Swan, for concreting .
48 25
31,
66 Aqueduct Company, for concreting and labor of men and horses 34 00
31,
Republican Town Committee, use of hall,
18 00
31,
J. A. Bailey, concreting and gravel
38 95
31,
66 J. H. Hardy, for concreting
7 75
31,
66 George Russell, for loam .
6 00
31,
Trustees of Pratt Fund, income for Poor Widows' Fund . 294 76
31,
Trustees of Pratt Fund, income for Pub- lic Library 589 51
31, Cash borrowed of Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, on demand . 482 96
31,
Cash of W. G. Peck, for concreting 15 00
31,
" Asa Durgin, for tar and pitch 7 25
Amount carried forward .
$134,928 52
77
TREASURER'S REPORT.
ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON. CR.
1880. By amount brought forward . . $106,424 33
Dec. 31, Cash paid Treasurer of Middlesex County, Coun- ty Tax .
2,517 58
31, Arlington Water Commissioners, on ac- count appropriation for interest on water debt
3,000 00
31,
" 6 months interest to 26th, on note $10,000 to George Holden . 350 00
31, " 6 months interest to 26th, on note $6,000 to O. A. Taft 210 00
31,
" 6 months interest due Nov. 1st on coupon note No. 8, $1,000 · . .
25 00
31,
1 year's interest on note $100 to Trustees of Town Library . 6 00
31,
1 year's interest on note $349.85, to Treasurer of Citizens' Soldiers' Fund . 20 99
31,
" 1 year's interest on note $5,354 to Trus- tees of William Cutter School Fund . 321 24
31,
" Trustees of Poor Widows' Fund, 1 year's interest on note $375.61. 22 54
Also, 1 year's interest on note $237.50 . 14 25
Amount carried forward .
. $112,911 93
78
TREASURER'S REPORT.
DR.
B. DELMONT LOCKE, TREASURER, IN
1880. To amount brought forward .
· $134,928 52
Dec. 31, Cash of Robert Speatman, on account rent of shop 38 00
31, " W. H. Richardson, for loam . 4 00
31,
" Town of Belmont, for support of pauper for 1880 38 97
31, John B. Hartwell, for scrapings and la- bor . 5 10
31,
" sundry persons, interest on taxes 54 95
31, Amount of special tax of 1878, collected 28 35
31,
66 " unpaid bills at this date, in Pay Rolls Nos. 7, 9, 11, 12 .
249 34
$135,347 23
79
TREASURER'S REPORT.
ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON. CR.
1880. By amount brought forward . . $112,911 93
Dec. 31. Amount of Pay Rolls No. 12. 5,475 57
66. " discounts and abatements on taxes 3,849 18
31,
" Taxes of 1879, uncollected at this date .
1,424 31
31,
66 " Taxes of 1880, uncollected at this
date 8,233 06
31, " Cash balance in the Treasury, at this date
3,453 18
$135,347 23
B. DELMONT LOCKE, Treasurer.
ARLINGTON, Dec. 31, 1880.
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, AND DEATHS.
Intentions of Marriages Registered in 1880.
Whole number of couples,
32
Average age of male, 23
26
Average age of female,
17
But one person residing in Arlington,
15
Marriages Registered in 1880.
Whole number of couples,
34
Both persons American born, 16
10
Both persons foreign born, American and foreign born,
8
Age of oldest person married,
42
Age of youngest person married,
18
First marriage of
. 64
Second marriage of
4
Births Registered in 1880.
Whole number,
109
Males, ·
56
Females,
53
American parentage,
39
Foreign parentage,
50
Mixed parentage,
20
Both persons residing in Arlington,
81
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
Deaths Registered during the Year ending Dec. 31, 1880.
AGE.
NAMES.
DATE OF DEATH.
Years.
Months.
Days.
Laura Chase
Jan. 13, 1880,
17
Cornelius Reagan
Feb.
3,
60
4
Rhodes .
66
26,
Agnes Shean
66
28,
2
18
Jeremiah Mahoney
March 3,
66
-
66
6,
66
-
-
-
William L. Wilson
66
27,
66
50
Stephen Symmes
6
31,
89
10
12
Martha Carroll .
April
2,
66
76
Jacob Leavens .
66
10
66
77
10
7
Ellen Mitchell
13,
66
53
-
-
Susan W. Thatcher
66
21,
66
77
-
66
46
5
1
Ira Holt .
23
Mary Breen .
June
2,
66
45
-
66
5
8
22
Harrison French
66
20,
66
36
7
17
Mary Rogers
66
28,
66
46
1
-
John D. Mason
July
3,
66
51
10
13
Nettie A. Jennison
66
66
80
3
-
66
66
20
5
60
20,
66
1
11
20
Ida F. Butler
66
19,
66
15
4
11
John O'Brien
66
26,
66
40
I
-
Margaret Lacy .
66
2S,
66
79
-
66
31,
66
55
-
Amos W. Shirley
66
4,
66
1
66
11,
66
84
George R. Kirsch .
66
24,
66
-
11
-
Willie Irwin .
66
66
7
10
21
Nathaniel C. Nash
66
31,
66
76
4
25
Letitia Griffiths
Sept.
2,
76
8
-
Mabel P. Bolles
16
3.
1
11
26
·
·
-
Mary J. Shean .
66
20,
66
2
00 100 100 100 8 6 3 6
18
Henderson
66
18,
66
80
Ann Learnard .
66
8,
9,
66
14,
66
-
-
Eugene J. O'Neil
66
15,
48
1
9
J. Lewis Merrill Gilchrist
66
27,
66
1
6
Mary Manly .
3,
66
21
16
Charlotte Robbins
9,
Maud M. Williams
16,
Charles Strong . Welch
Aug.
1,
66
-
1100 1 00 1 5 8 - 3
Alexander Doherty
60
26,
66
Catherine Butler
28,
60
55
1213 2 3
Tobias McConnell
24,
66
-
Mckeown .
May
15,
75
1
Julia Linehan
10,
24,
-
1
-
William Powers
-
-
29,
60
66
John B. Riley
Mary E. Hoitt
82
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
Deaths. - Continued.
AGE.
NAMES.
DATE OF DEATH.
Years.
Months.
Days.
Mary P. Blanchard
Sept.
8, 1880,
67
6
Timothy Eaton
22,
66
78
5
24
Mabel G. Schnetzer
26,
66
2
9
Daniel P. Simpson
Oct.
7,
66
64
11
10
Matthew Nickola
17,
66
65
4
15
Sarah A. Higgins
22,
66
23
1
9
Mary Hooban
66
27,
66
56
-
-
1,
66
65
Angelina Hurley
66
25,
66
-
66
67
9
27
Norah Doyle
Dec.
8,
66
-
-
Mary Toomey
66
8,
66
46
-
66
-
66
96
2
29
Anna L. Beckwith
66
22,
66
-
1
9
Louis A. Fisher
66
26,
66
9
7
James Peabody
66
30,
66
85
8
4
66
19,
66
28
-
-
Pratt .
Patrick Rowe
66
8,
66
60
-
Thomas Mccarthy
66
14,
Sally Gates
66
17,
Katie Rowe
11
Charlotte E. Allen
Nov.
66
29,
-
83
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
Deaths. - Continued.
Whole number of deaths,
64
Males,
32
Females,
32
Average age, 42 years, 10 months, 21 days. Number under 5 years of age,
22
66 between 5 and 10 years of age,
3
66 10 " 30 66
6
66 “ 30 " 60 66 66
13
66 over 60 years of age, 20
American parentage,
25
Foreign parentage,
33
Mixed parentage,
6
SOME OF THE DISEASES OR CAUSES OF DEATH.
Pneumonia, consumption, and bronchitis, 15
Diphtheria, 3
Cholera infantum, and disease of the bowels, 9
Accidental,
4
Disease of the heart,
4
66 brain, and paralysis, 4
Register of Dogs Licensed since May 1, 1880. '
Whole number, 218
Males, 203
Females,
15
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 1880 :
CR.
Amount received from Treasurer of Town of Arlington, ap- propriation of March 9, 1880, $8,669 82
Amount received interest on the same to August 1st, -4 months, 23 days, at 5 per cent., 172 19
Amount received of Town of Ar- lington, loan of Dec. 31, 1879, 251 74
Amount received interest on the same to Aug. 1st, - 7 months, 1 day, at 5 per cent., 7 37
.
Amount received of Holbrook & Fox, for non-fulfilment of an agreement to give a mortgage, 20 00
Amount received 1 year's interest to Jan. 1, 1881, on $500, United States 4 per cent. Bond, 20 00
Amount carried forward,
$9,141 12
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Amount brought forward, $9,141 12
Amount received 1 year's interest to Jan. 1, 1881, on $5,000, 1 Arlington Water Scrip, at 5 per cent., 250 00
Amount received 1 year's interest to Oct. 1st, on Town of Wayland Bonds, $5,000, at 5 per cent., 250 00
Amount received 6 months' in- terest, due Jan. 1, 1881, on State of Massachusetts Bond for $1,000, at 5 per cent., 25 00
$9,666 12
DR.
Amount paid Union Safe Deposit Vaults, rent of safe,
$10 00
Amount paid Brewster, Basset & Co., for $8,000, Town of Stoughton, 4 per cent. Bonds, dated Aug. 10, 1880, , payable in 13, 14, 15 and 16 years, at 101}, 8,100 00 24 00
27 days accrued interest, for State of Massachusetts Bond, dated Oct. 1, 1863, payable in 20 years, No. 244, $1,000, interest at 5 per cent., at 104, 1,040 00
2 months, 6 days, accrued interest, 9 16
Loaned Town of Arlington, on demand, 482 96
$9,666 12
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REPORT OF THE SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS.
Investment.
Town of Arlington, 5 per cent. 1 Water Scrip, $5,000 00
Town of Wayland, 5 per cent. Bonds, 5,000 00
Town of Stoughton, 4 per cent. Bonds, 8,000 00
State of Massachusetts, 5 per cent. Bond, 1,000 00
U. S. Government, 4 per cent. Bond,
500 00
Town of Arlington, Note, payable on demand, 482 96
$19,982 96
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM G. PECK, Commissioners A. D. HOITT, of the
WILLIAM H. ALLEN, 5 Sinking Fund.
ARLINGTON, Dec. 31, 1880.
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PRATT FUND.
The Trustees of the Pratt Fund submit the following Report, for the year 1880 :
Income.
Received one year's int. 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, 53 78
$1,493 78
Paid rent of safe in the Union Safe De- posit Vaults, 20 00
$1,473 78
Paid Town Treasurer, for Poor Widows' Fund, $294 76
1
Town Treasurer, for Public Library, 589 51
Deposit'd in Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, as a High School Fund, 589 51
. $1,473 78
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REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PRATT FUND.
Investment.
City of Cambridge, Bridge Loan, sixes, $9,000
66 Building " 15,000
Deposit in Arlington Five Cents Sav- ings Bank, 1,000
$25,000 00
High School Fund Income, deposited in Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, with interest to Jan. 1, 1881,
3,321 47
Respectfully submitted,
NATHAN ROBBINS,
WILLIAM G. PECK,
Trustees
JOHN P. WYMAN,
of
DAVID P. GREEN,
Pratt Fund.
HENRY . SWAN,
B. DELMONT LOCKE, ex officio,
ARLINGTON, Dec. 31, 1880.
REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
The Board convened, immediately after the annual March meeting, and organized by the choice of Henry Mott as Pres- ident, and B. Delmont Locke, Clerk and Registrar. At a subsequent meeting Sylvester Stickney, was chosen Superin- tendent.
It will be remembered, that at the annual meeting the town appropriated fifteen hundred dollars, to be expended under the direction of the Board, for the increase of our filtering capacity. Under the above appropriation, we have expended upwards of thirteen hundred dollars. The Board made frequent visits to the reservoir, for the purpose of ascertaining the best location for constructing the proposed filter, and, after a full discussion of the whole subject, were unanimously of the opinion, that the most practical plan was to lengthen the present filter. With this view, we caused excavations to be made for a distance of one hundred feet from the terminus of the old filter, in a line parallel with the bank of the reservoir, walling up the sides with heavy stone for foundation, and covering in the whole with a brick arch laid in cement. We have to-day a continuous filtering gallery two hundred and thirty feet in length, with a width of twelve feet at the base. This addition has given a large supply of filtered water; but by no means has it proved to be an adequate supply for the wants of the town.
The marginal soil of the reservoir, so far as it has been tested by experimental excavations, is ill-adapted for filter- ing purposes. In the construction of the new filter, a single
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steam-pump sufficed to free the trench from water, for the workmen ; whereas, had we found a good filtering soil, two or three pumps would have been required.
The town of Waltham, with a filtering basin located on the banks of Charles River, covering an area of less than five thousand feet, has never wanted for full supply.
It is a most difficult matter, taking into consideration the almost unprecedented drought which has prevailed for the last seven months, to state with any thing more than guess- work how nearly we have reached the point of filtering all the water required by the town. Certain it is, that, had the town not seen fit to authorize the present extension, the number of hours per day, during the past season, in which we could have drawn a supply from the filter direct, would have been very few. We believe, therefore, that the outlay was a judicious one, although the supply has not been as great as had been expected.
The first year after the construction of the filter, assuming the reservoir to be full, shows its maximum capacity ; for the water passing through the great meadows carries vege- table substances held in solution, and these minute particles in their passage through the soil, from reservoir to the filter- ing gallery, must, to a certain extent, leave a deposit in the filtering soil, which, from constant accessions, will prove a serious obstacle to quick filtration. During the last season, after the excessive drought began, we could only supply water from the filter from early in the morning, until about three o'clock in the afternoon. This alternately drawing from filter and reservoir deteriorates the entire supply : the filtered water passes into the main pipes, already filled from the reservoir, and containing at least the sedimentary deposit of the previous night; so that some hours must necessarily elapse, before the mains are flushed, and the water is re- ceived by the taker in as good condition as when it left the filtering gallery.
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