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66 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, " 66 2,500 87 50 " Nov. 23, " " 2,500. 87 50
14, " " note to estate of George Holden, Dec. 15, 1873, 5 years 5,000 00
" 6 months' interest on the same 175 00
65 " O. A. Taft, 6 months' interest to 26th inst., on note, $6,000. 210 00
" 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
" " Trustees of Pratt Fund, income for Public Library . 602 52
interest on note to Trustees of Town Library. one year's interest on note, $5,354, to Trustees of William Cutter School Fund.
6 00
one year's interest on notes to Trustees of Poor Widows' Fund. 36 79
of L. J. Newton, Librarian, fines collected. .. subscriptions towards expense of watering the streets .
8 00
66 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
" Burlington School Committee, for tar and labor 6 75
66
" 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
" Thomas Higgins, for concreting.
63 50
46
" John 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
" 1876 66
232 50
" unpaid bills at this date, in Pay Rolls, Nos. 10, 11 and 12 417 51
$220,129 41
321 24
30 00
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON CR. 1878. By amount brought forward. $190,738 16
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
66 " one year's interest on note, $5,354, to Trus- tees of Wm. Cutter School Fund .. ....
321 24
66 " Trustees of Poor Widows' Fund, one year's interest on note, $375.61. 22 54 also, one year's interest on note, $237.50. 14 25
amount of Pay Rolls, No. 12.
12,995 55
66 " discounts and abatements on taxes. 3,916 42
66 " Taxes of 1877, uncollected at this date ... 843 88
7,423 89
" 1878, . . cash balance in Treasury, at this date 1,413 80
$220,129 41
B. DELMONT LOCKE, Treasurer.
ARLINGTON, Dec. 31, 1878.
.
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
1
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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.
66
7,
66
1
10
20
Abijah Frost.
7,
66
78
4
..
Roxa Brooks .
13,
66
78
5
10
Florence E. Turner
66
14,
3
4
..
Jane Hinton
66
21,
66
2
10
25
Timothy Sullivan .
66
26,
66
21
2
26
Nellie A. Murray .
Feb.
8,
66
67
.
. .
Margaret Gibson
66
12,
66
. .
66
13,
59
9
19
Mary A. Frost
66
15,
66
73
.
11
George C. Russell
66
16,
66
21
6
. .
66
19,
66
26
7
. .
Mar. 5,
66
35
. .
. .
66
11,
68
. .
. .
Charles Henry Burns
66
21,
66
1
. .
6
Henry C. Bacon
66
24,
66
34
3
19
Harriet M. Wood.
Apr.
5,
66
41
2
19
Jennie Campbell
66
25,
66
22
7
16
Grace Doherty
66 -26,
66
34
10
..
66
28,
66
5
5
. .
Simon Haas .
66
3,
66
76
. .
. .
66
6,
66
1
1
12
Ellen Scanlan
66
16,
66
1
2
4
Mary Parker Payson
6
31,
66
1
·
16
Chester T. Langell
5,
66
71
7
7
Rebecca R. Locke
29,
66
77
7
18
John Breen, jr
July 8,
2
1
4
Alice C. Cooke.
11,
S
4
5
Mary Crowley
12,
66
47
63
10
23
Lemuel Pitts
........
66
6,
3
10
8
Annette Elizabeth Fowle.
20,
77
. .
. .
Fanny G. Moss.
·
.
·
.
66
4,
66
25
5
. .
Catherine S. Pearl
8
Charles Horrigan
May
1,
66
1
2
.
James P. Mehan
25,
80
. .
. .
Mary Crowly .
28,
66
73
6
. .
Thomas Ryan.
June 3.
66
2
James Oakes
Alvah Bacon.
22,
60
49
.
. .
Albert Winn, jr.
20,
66
. .
1
10
Chester E. Farmer
26,
66
57
6
. .
William Henderson, 2d
3
Mary Jennie Winn
Thomas Higgins
Ellen A. Spicer
Daniel Hurley
22,
:
. .
Martin Lennan ..
9,
.
.
·
Julia E. Jordan
27,
Benjamin F. Eastman
..
18,
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
G
18
Morris Sullivan
Aug. 3,
2
5
26
John F. Kenny .
66
6,
:
1
S
24
Wilber Evans.
16,
60
. .
9
. .
Daniel Reardon
19,
66
. .
1
. .
Mary Crowley
66
29,
3
· ·
Reuben A. McDonald .
Sept. 4,
5,
66
39
. .
.
Eunice J. Martin
66
23,
36
G
7
Clarence H. Ramsdell .
26,
66
15
S
8
Daniel Reardon
Oct.
1,
66
8
1
.
Mary Ann Higgins
18,
4
. .
.
Daly
Nov. 2,
18
5
21
Charles W. Gott.
66
4.
9
14
Catherine L. Hodge
17.
66
33
1
66
21,
66
. .
66
80
6
Susan L. Bacon .
12,
92
6
..
Hannah H. Cutter
66
15,
66
. .
4
12
Elizabeth A. Hill
.66
19,
6
T
9
Harry D. Mclaughlin
66
29,
. .
10
11
Kate Barrett
31,
66
4
. .
. .
66
23,
66
·
6
4
11
Charles Easter
19
Hanorah Callahan.
2,
41
8
7
George Evans
66
29,
..
. .
. .
Herbert B. Rumsey
66
4,
. .
. .
25
Michael Reagan.
1
8
Olive R. McMillon.
Elizabeth Coursey .
24
Elihu Adams .
Dec. 2,
12,
82
1~
Mary S. Tripp
22.
66
2
4
4
Cora M. Bradley
25,
8
8
.
Harry R. Jones
. .
6
.
Ann Hodge .
66
12,
66
Benjamin Poland
20,
89
1
28,
Freddy A. Austin
· 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
66 between 5 and 10 years of age,
5
66 10 < 30 66
8
66 " 30 " 60 .. . ..
12
66 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 diarrhœa, 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, Commissioners A. D. HOITT, of the
WILLIAM H. ALLEN, Sinking Fund.
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
$1,526 29
Paid rent of a safe in the Union Safe Deposit Vaults,
20 00
$1,506 29
Paid Town Treasurer for Poor Widows' Fund,
$301 25
602 52 Town Treasurer for Public Library, Deposited in Arlington Five Cents Sav- ings Bank, as 'a High School Fund, 602 52
$1,506 29
Investment:
City of Cambridge Bridge Loan, sixes, $9,000 00 66 Building « 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-oficio, )
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.
Rate. 6 per cent.
$220,000
80,000
5 . «
Interest. $13,200 4,000
$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
66
16
Private stables 66
64
Livery stables
2
Horse railroad stable "
1
Steam railroad depot "
1
Hand hose
135
Hotels
66
3
Churches and societies supplied,
7
Town House
66
1
School-houses
3
Hose-houses
66
2
Private fountains
66
2
Irrigation
42
Cemetery
66
1
Savings Bank building
1
Stone crusher
1
Hydrants
66
97
Stock and tools on hand as reported by the Superinten- dent :-
60 feet 4-inch iron pipe, 1200 lbs.
2 lanterns.
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.
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, 480 00 Amount received of O. M. Winship, for grass on the banks of the reservoir, 5 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 Schwamb, 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, Witness fees in Reed case,
4,142 91
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
John H. Hardy, legal services and ex- penses in Mill suits, and in Eaton, Spalding, Reed, Fiske and other cases, 1,024 65
$84,543 30
Paid on account work at Gt. Meadows, viz. :-
Highway Department, labor, $71 25
F. E. Foster & Co., lumber, 15 35
Amounts carried forward, $86 60
$84,543 30
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WATER WORKS .- TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $86 60 $84,543 30
Paid F. W. Hodgdon, labor, 1 50
John Donahue, 4 87
Sylvester Stickney " 15 75
J. M. Chase, lumber and labor, making dam, . 8 25
- 116 97
On account of Fencing, viz. :- Charles Hatch, setting stone bounds,
$14 30
James Baston, building fences on the lines of Blodgett & Winship, 96 00
110 30
On account of Lexington Taxes, viz. :-
Tax for 1876, interest and costs, $172 97
“ "1877, 66 66 66 147 22
J. H. Hardy, legal services, 52 20
372 39
Sylvester Stickney, for 8 ser-
vices at $15 each, $120 00
Extra on one service, 4 00
124 00
$85,266 96
Running Expenses.
Paid D. Cahlane for repairs on Slo- cum Mill, $12 52
George Y. Wellington, Agent, Premium of Insurance on Slocum Mill, 50 00
R. L. Hodgdon, car fares,
5 20
Amounts carried forward, $67 72 $85,266 96
96
WATER WORKS .- TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $67 72 $85,266 96
Paid D. F. Jones & Co., printing bills, 15 00
Edward Storer, repairs Slocum Mill, 12 00
Robert M. Gow, 34 service boxes, at $1.25, 42 50
Medford Water Board, cement pipe, 21 00
Chapman Valve Manuf. Co.,
Two 4-in. Post hydrants, 74 00
Four 4-in. Water valves, 57 00
One 12-in. Water valve, 67 50
198 50
Richards & Co., sheet iron,
1. 32
Charles Hatch, surveyor,
3 00
Wm. L. Clark & Co., 16 1-2 yds. rubber cloth, 15 68
George D. Tufts, painting hy- drants, 15 00
Boston Machine Co., rubber
valves and gaskets, $18 00
One 4-in. Post hydrant, 39 10
57 10
M. F. Whiton & Co., 69 lbs. manilla rope, at 11 c., 7 59
W. C. Currier, horse hire, 7 00
Hill & Gott, repairs of hydrant rods, etc., 3 60
A. Needham, expressing,
4: 05
Brooks, Rushton & Co., express- ing, 1 30
Amounts carried forward, $472 36
$85,266 96
WATER WORKS .- TREASURER'S REPORT. 97
Amounts brought forward, $472 36 $85,266 96
Paid Davis & Farnum Manuf. Co., 2,535 lbs. castings, viz. : gate boxes and bottoms, plugs, etc., 76 06
J. M. Chase, repairing gate house, 12 17
Thomas Higgins, sharpening picks and drills, 4 25
J. H. Hardy, legal services, 5 00
J. W. Peirce, 17 casks
cement, $25 50
gravel, 50
26 00
Labor at reservoir, viz :
Daniel Hurley, $ 9 25
James Coursey, 14 25
Bernard McGowan, 8 50
John Gee, 6 00
Asa Niles, 7 50
John Cook, 6 00
G. C. Muller, 6 00
James Beevens, 1 25
J. W. Peirce, 12 00
F. W. Hodgdon,
10 00
80 75
R. W. Shattuck, drain pipe, 2 42
Sylvester Stickney's bills, as follows, viz. :-
Repairing hydrants,
$59 75
Shutting off, and letting on water, 29 50
Amounts carried forward,
$89 25
$679 01
$85,266 96
7
98
WATER WORKS .- TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $89 25 $679 01 $85,266 96
Repairing leaks, repair- ·
ing and setting gate
boxes, digging out
and repairing ser-
vices, and other
work for water
works, 283 22
6 days inspecting fix-
tures, at $3.50, 21 00
Labor of men, 37 00
150 lbs. white lead, 13 40
5 lbs. lead pipe,
40
2 lanterns, 2 50
3 sleeves,
1 25
1 gate wrench, 3 00
1 ladder, 2 08
2 gate boxes, 3 00
2 stop-cocks and 1 union, 6.42
2 keys,
62
1 axe handle, and black- smith work, 1 75
Horse hire, car fares and
express on valve, 5 10
4 trips to Waltham with teaming, 11 00
2 trips to Medford with
teaming, 2 75
1 trip to Malden with teaming, 2 00
Amounts carried forward, $485 74 $679 01 $85,266 96
99
WATER WORKS .- TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amounts brought forward, $485 74 $679 01 $85,266 96
Less credit, 8 service
boxes, $10 00 Cement sold, 1 80
11 80
473 94
$1,152 95
Credit.
Stock of Materials and tools on hand, that have been charged to running expen- ses, 163 94
989 01
Interest on Water Scrip.
Paid one year's interest at 6 per cent., on $220,000 Water Scrip, $13,200 00
Six months' interest at 5 per cent., on $80,000 Water Scrip, 2,000 00
$15,200 00
Less amount received for interest accrued on $85,000 of Water Scrip, sold this year, 348 76
14,851 24
Sundry Items.
Paid Sylvester Stickney, for repair- ing leaks in main pipe, charged to George H. Norman, 29 25
Amount carried forward,
$101,136 46
100
WATER WORKS .- TREASURER'S REPORT.
Amount brought forward, $101,136 46
Amount as above credited Running Expenses, for materials and tools on hand, 163 94
Amount loaned to town, Feb. 16th, 3,000 00
Balance of cash on hand Dec. 31, 1878, 799 28
$105,099 68
Trial Balance, Water Works Books, Dec. 31, 1878.
DR.
CR.
Town of Arlington,
$304,210 77
Construction,
$304,264 57
George H. Norman,
215 30
Cash,
799 28
Interest,
62,775 09
Town appropriation for Interest,
Water rates for 1873,
8,035 83
" 1875,
7,600 52
" 1876,
8,463 59
66
“ 1877,
8,857 58
66
" 1878,
8,857 89
“ 1879,
166 75
Running Expenses,
9,828 59
Sundry Receipts,
2,974 76
Stock Materials,
198 52
$378,081 35
$378,081 35
B. DELMONT LOCKE, Treasurer.
ARLINGTON, Dec. 31, 1878.
21,000 00
" 1874,
7,913 66
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RULES OF WATER WORKS.
Sections 15 and 16 of Rules of Water Works.
SECT. 15. The following rates shall be charged annually for the use of water, namely :-
DWELLING HOUSES.
Occupied by one family, for the first faucet, $5 00
For each additional faucet to be used by the same family, 2 00
Where a house is occupied by more than one fam- ily, 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 fam- ilies, and but one faucet is used by all, for each family, 3 50
Where a house is occupied by more than one fam- ily, 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 watet-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
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, exclu- sive of hose and stable, be more than 25 00
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RULES OF WATER WORKS.
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, ETC., NOT INCLUDING MANUFACTORIES OR WORKSHOPS.
First faucet, $5 00
When two or more tenants are supplied from the same faucet, each, 4 00
Water-closet used by occupants of one tenement only, 5 00
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