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. $196,807 12
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66 " Dennis Collins, rent of cemetery pasture
87
TREASURER'S REPORT.
ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON. CR.
1885. By amount brought forward $156,652 21 .
Dec. 7 Cash paid D. A. Gleason, Treasurer, State Tax
4,335 00
29 66. 66 Amos Stone, Treasurer of Middlesex County, County Tax . 2,861 91
31 66 Water Commissioners on account of ap- propriation for interest on Water Debt . ·
2,000 00 600 00
loaned Water Commissioners, on demand . paid Commissioners of the Sinking Fund on account of loan of April 9, 1885 . 10 00
66 " 1 year's interest, to Jan. 1, 1886, on note $349.85, to Treasurer of Citizens' Sol- diers' Fund . .
20 99
66 · 1 year's interest to April 1, 1885, on note $100, to Trustees of Town Library 6 00
66 1 year's interest to Jan. 1, 1886, on note $5,354, to Trustees of Wm. Cutter School Fund . 321 24
6.6 Trustees of Poor Widows' Fund, 1 year's interest on notes to Jan. 1, 1886 :
on $237.50 14 25
. on 375.61 . .
22 54
Amount carried forward
$166,844 14
88
TREASURER'S REPORT.
DR. B. DELMONT LOCKE, TREASURER, IN
1884. To amount brought forward
$196,807 12
Dec. 31 Cash of Trustees of Pratt Fund, income for Poor Widows' Fund . 122 52
66 " Trustees of Pratt Fund, income for Public Library .
245 03
" Mrs. John Schouler, for road scrapings 1 80
66 " Alvin Robbins, for loam
4 00
66 " Herbert J. Frost, for tuition of his son and danghter in High School .
40 00
66 " G. W. Austin, for pork and vegetables sold 14 87
66 " Jesse Bacon, for 200 feet of stone capping
55 00
66
" F. F. Russell, for road scrapings
4 20
66 " Fairbanks, Brown & Co., for labor . ·
5 25
66
" Faneuil Hall National Bank, interest on deposits to 31st inst.
53 11
66 " sundry persons, subscriptions for watering the streets 66 00
" Water Commissioners, for repairs of con- crete and hauling gravel .
31 75
16
" Wm. Burditt, for road scrapings ·
1 20
66 " A. L. Teel, for road scrapings . ·
1 50
66
" Town of Belmont, for support of pauper in 1885
38 97
66 " H. T. Hewitson, for tuition of his daughter at Cutter School . 10 00
66 " Alvin Robbins, for Lot No. 319 in New Cemetery
100 00
" Patrick Slattery, rent of pasturing for 1885 30 00
" sundry persons, this month, interest on taxes 93 07
Amount of unpaid bills, at this date, included in Pay Rolls Nos. 11 and 12 343 16
$198,068 55
89
TREASURER'S REPORT.
ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON CR.
1885. By amount brought forward . $166,844 14
Dec. 31 Cash paid Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, 6 mos. interest, to Jan. 1, 1886, on note to John Peabody, $1,000 . . .
35 00
66 66 6 mos. interest to Dec. 1st, on $13,500 coupon notes, at 4 per cent. . ·
270 00
66
66 6 mos. interest to Nov. 1st, on coupon note No. 8, $1,000, at 5 per cent. 25 00
Amount of Pay Rolls, No. 12.
10,189 66
66 " discounts and abatements on taxes, in 1885, as shown on page 68
4,611 34
66 " taxes of 1883, uncollected at this date .
160 28
66 66
" " 1884, 66 66
1,880 74
66
66 " " 1885, 66 66
66 66
. 11,823 32
Cash balance in the Treasury, at this date · 2,229 07
$198,068 55
B. DELMONT LOCKE, Treasurer.
ARLINGTON, Dec. 31, 1885.
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
MARRIAGES, BIRTHS AND DEATHS.
Intentions of Marriages Registered in 1885,
Whole number of couples, . 52
Average age of male, 27
Average age of female, e ·
24
Both persons residing in Arlington, couples, 24 .
But one person residing in Arlington, couples, .
28
Marriages Registered in 1885.
Whole number of couples, . 54 .
Both persons American born, couples,
19
Both persons foreign born, couples, ·
. 23
American and foreign born, couples, .
.
12
Age of oldest person married,
46
Age of youngest person married,
17
First marriage of . 101
Second marriage of .
7
Births Registered in 1885.
Whole number,
125
Males,
.
.
·
73
Females, .
52
American parentage, .
. 51
Foreign parentage,
54
Mixed parentage,
· 20
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.
.
91
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
Deaths Registered during the Year ending Dec. 31, 1885.
AGE.
NAMES.
DATE OF DEATH.
Years.
Months.
Days.
Thomas Ramsdell
Jan.
3, 1885
71
- 1
-
Charles P. Bradley .
66
5,
66
66
-
Marion C. Hutchins.
18,
66
7
9
17
Joseph Sullivan .
.
25,
66
4
3
21
Ann Maria Butler
66
24.
66
32
8
Margaret Chubbuck . - Flaherty
66
26,
70
8
-
-
Ellen Buckley.
Feb.
1,
1
2
14
Colleen Ferguson
6.
4,
66
2
5
4
James Twohig, jr.
66
6,
66
-
-
6
James Beevens
66
10,
66
47
Ira O. Carter .
66
13,
66
2
5
4
Patrick Fermoyle
66
17,
55
-
Annie L. Cook
66
18,
66
28
11
James Price
66
20,
66
87
Mary Tripp
66
21.
66
-
-
2
12
Matilda A. Hooper
. (
23,
81
9
-
2,
3
9
2
Schnetzer
66
5,
66
-
-
Jacob Farner .
6,
66
30
Charles F. Hill
8,
66
42
3
10
Sheehan .
66
10,
66
-
-
-
George Henry Rowe
10
7
14
- Roden.
66
14,
17,
66
75
John Burns
66
20,
66
65
Daniel G. Collins
28,
20
6
27
Elias Dupee .
28,
66
79
2
-
Eliza A. Barnes .
April
3,
66
73
1
12
John Schouler.
66
5,
74
6
10
Julia Munroe .
12,
66
47
-
.
66
-
4
3
Florence T. Higgins.
13,
66
4
9
24
Michael Slattery .
1
21,
66
65
2
Ellen Mehan
23,
38
Jenny Lawrence .
66
24,
66
31
2
4
Jenny C. Lawrence
66
25,
66
1
--
-
William A. Fowle
66
14,
51
2
23
John Robinson
66
23,
66
William Dacey
March
14,
66
-
-
Michael Reily.
·
-
.
19,
5
21
Mark Graves .
66
.
9
.
66
27,
John Duffee
6,
28
9
-
Lilian G. Hunting
13,
92
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
Deaths .- Continued.
AGE.
NAMES.
DATE OF DEATH.
Years.
Months.
Days.
Joseph Teel .
May
1,1885
84
1
-
William Sweeney
66
6,
Leslie A. Needham .
66
7,
1
1
15
Elizabeth S. Jones .
60
10,
66
71
Eliza C. Parker .
66
17,
66
97
2
Susan H. Woodman
66
26,
63
1
26
William Morrow
29,
66
74
Patrick Linskey .
June
7,
66
41
Lydia Rand
66
7,
66
8
John Codey
8,
66
51
Johanna Codey
Alice Braman
60
14,
66
87
Lizzie E. Bunker
60
25,
27,
66
28
5
Julia A. Farnsworth
July
14,
77
3
Thomas McCue .
60
29,
66
5
Fred S. Agur
66
24,
66
7
8
7
Henry J. Crosby
Aug.
3,
47
5
18
James Duffee .
7,
66
4
7
Elsie Wyman .
66
22,
66
51
10
13
Charles F. King .
66
24,
.6
63
4
5
Joseph H. Teel .
66
31,
55
8
22
Frank Gleason
Sept.
7,
23
Margaret Dinsmore .
17,
66
1
2
17
Charlotte E. Hutchins .
66
24,
1
11
-
Frank L. Bany
66
26,
66
1
Annie Munroe
Oct.
7,
66
1
4
Lillian R. Foley .
16,
66
23
11
10
Mary Lacey
22.
66
70
-
Sophronia Whittemore .
66
26,
66
84
-
Adolphus Davis .
Nov.
2,
75
7
10
Quinn .
3,
66
-
Mary A. Dupee .
66
9,
76
co 3
-
.
11,
56
33
Mary W. Frost .
8
Herbert M. Hutchins
28,
66
30
-
19
8
7
George F. Grant, jr.
66
30,
9,
66
1
7
5
Sarah M. Phillips
20,
46
6
.
Daniel J. Mahoney .
13,
66
66
6
Elijah Cutter .
.
7,
59
Mary J. Welch
18,
38
Catherine Waldron
1
93
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
Deaths .- Continued.
AGE.
NAMES.
DATE OF DEATH.
Years.
Months.
Days
Katie A. Butler .
Nov. 11, 1885
17
5
11
Charles Gibbons .
12,
47
9
10
Alma Hammonson
66
20,
60
3
5
Joseph Butterfield
60
21,
60
66
2
2
Carrie L. Aken .
66
22,
49
9
Margaret Leary .
66
22,
66
22
11
2
George Turner
Dec.
4,
1
Richard Irwin
9,
66
50
Ellen Connors
60
13,
60
38
-
-
Alice Welch .
22,
2
1
19
Louisa F. Thornton .
60
23,
66
13
9
18
Mary E. Casey .
27,
66
23
11
13
-
-
Frederick J. Johnson, jr. .
23,
14,
60
13
7
-
-
Henry T. Kenney
94
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
Deaths-Continued.
Whole number of deaths, .
· 95
Males,
.
· 51
Females, .
· 44
Average age, 34 years, 5 months, 9 days.
Number under 5 years of age,
· 29
between 5 and 10 years of age,
4
66 10 30 66
13
66 30 60 66
24
66
60. 70 66
66
7
66 over 70 years of age,
18
American parentage,
.
. 43
Foreign parentage,
44
Mixed parentage,
.
8
SOME OF THE DISEASES OR CAUSES OF DEATH.
Consumption, pneumonia, and lung diseases, 17 ·
Heart disease, .
7
Scarlet fever,
11
Cholera infantum, and disease of bowels,
5
Cancer,
5
Paralysis, .
8
Premature birth and inanition, .
.
7
Old age,
.
Register of Dogs Licensed since May 1, 1885.
Whole number,
. . 245
Males,
· . 215
Females, .
.
30
B. DELMONT LOCKE,
Town Clerk.
ARLINGTON, Dec. 31, 1885.
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REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS
OF THE
SINKING FUND.
The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund submit the fol- lowing Report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1885 :
CR. 1885.
Feb. 12.
Amount received of Town of Lancas- ter for Note dated Aug. 9, 1884, for 6 months, April 9.
$2,500 00
Amount received of Town of Arling- ton, balance of loan of Aug. 1, 1884, 3,403 86
received interest on the same, as follows : Aug. 1, 1884, to Feb. 1, 1885, at 3 per cent., Feb. 1, 1885, to Apr. 9, 1885, at 4 per cent., 88 12
Amount carried forward, $5,991 98
96
REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SINKING FUND.
Amount brought forward, $5,991 98
Amount received of Town of Arling-
ton, loan of Nov. 17, 1884, 4,000 00
received interest on the same, as follows :
Nov. 17, 1884, to Feb.
1, 1885, at 3 per cent., Feb. 1, 1885, to Apr. 9, 1885, at 4 per cent., 55 22 received from Treasurer of Town of Arlington, ap- propriation of March 10, 1885, 16,151 95
received interest on the same, Mar. 10, to Apr. 9, 1885, at 4 per cent., 53 84
received of Town of Arling- ton, on account of loan of April 9th, 10 00
$26,262 99
DR. 1885.
Feb. 12.
Amount loaned Town of Arlington, on demand, $2,500 00
April 9.
Amount paid Town of Arlington, ap- propriated at town meet- ing March 10, 1885, to pay note due April 9, 1885, 21,000 00
Amounts carried forward,
$23,500 00 $26,262 99
REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF SINKING FUND. 97
Amounts brought forward, $23,500 00 $26,262 99
April 9. Amount loaned Town of Arlington, on demand, 2,752 99
Dec. 31.
Amount paid Union Safe Deposit Vaults, rent of safe, 10 00
$26,262 99 $26,262 99
Investment.
Loan to Town of Arlington, Feb. 12, 1885, on demand, at 4 per cent., $2,500 00
to Town of Arlington, April 9, 1885, on demand, at 4 per cent., 2,742 99
$5,242 99
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM G. PECK, Commissioners ALFRED D. HOITT, of the
WILLIAM H. ALLEN, Sinking Fund.
ARLINGTON, Dec. 31, 1885.
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REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PRATT FUND.
The Trustees of the Pratt Fund submit the following Report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1885 : 1
Income.
Received 1 year's interest on Note of the Town of Hopkin- ton for $19,000, at 4 per cent., $760 00
1 year's interest on City of Boston Water Bonds, $5000, at 5 per cent., 250 00
interest of Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, 2 58
$1,012 58
Paid rent of safe in Union Safe
Deposit Vaults, 20 00
$992 58
Amount paid Town Treasurer, for Poor Widows' Fund, $122 52 paid Town Treasurer, for Public Library, 245 03
Amount carried forward,
$367 55
99
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PRATT FUND.
Amount brought forward, $367 55
Amount deposited in Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, as a High School Fund, 245 03
deposited in Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, 380 00
$992 58
Investment.
Town of Hopkinton's Note dated March 10, 1884, payable in 20 years, interest at 4 per cent., $19,000 at par, $19,000 00 City of Boston Gold Water Bonds, due Oct. 1, 1905, interest at 5 per cent., $5000, at 109, 5,450 00
Deposited in Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, 550 00
-$25,000 00
High School Fund Income, deposited in Arlington Five Cents . Savings Bank, with in- terest to Jan. 1, 1886, $6,443 92
Respectfully submitted,
NATHAN ROBBINS, WILLIAM G. PECK,
Trustees
DAVID P. GREEN, HENRY SWAN,
1
of
JOHN P. WYMAN,
Pratt Fund.
B. DELMONT LOCKE, ex officio, 1
ARLINGTON, Dec. 31, 1885.
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEE
· OF THE
SOLDIERS'
MEMORIAL FUND."
The Trustee of the "Soldiers' Memorial Fund" presents to the town the following, third annual Report :
No change has been made in the fund. It isstill deposited in the Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, and, with interest added to Jan. 1, 1886, amounts to eighteen hundred and sixty-five dollars and thirty-nine cents.
Respectfully submitted,
B. DELMONT LOCKE,
Trustee ex officio of Soldiers' Memorial Fund.
ARLINGTON, Dec. 31, 1885.
REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE ROBBINS FUND.
The Trustees of the "Robbins Fund" submit the follow- ing Report :
At the town meeting held Nov. 3, 1885, action was taken upon the following article in the warrant : "Article Seventh ; To hear and act upon the report of the Committee appointed to consider the subject of the gift of Mrs. Eli Robbins to the Town of Arlington, of five thousand dollars, the income from which is to be used for the care of certain lots in the cemetery, and to adopt measures for the management and disposition of said fund."
Judge Win. E. Parmenter made the following report for the committee ; to wit :
To the Town of Arlington :
The committee heretofore appointed to take into consid- eration the subject of the gift of Mrs. Eli Robbins to the town, and to make recommendations thereon, report-
That the sum of five thousand dollars has been placed in
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REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF ROBBINS FUND.
the hands of the Town Treasurer by Mrs. Robbins. She has also placed in his hands an additional sum of three hun- dred dollars to be regarded as one year's income from said sum, from which she desires that a bill due to Mr. Hartwell may be paid.
The committee recommend that the principal sum be established as a fund, to be lodged in the hands of Trustees for management and investment, and to that end they here- with report a plan for the organization of a Board of Trustees.
The committee further recommend that the said sum of three hundred dollars be at once applied by the town to the purposes for which the gift was made.
They therefore submit the subjoined motion for the ac- tion of the town :
First, That the gift to the Town by Mrs. Eli Robbins, following the wish of her late husband, of the sum of five thousand dollars, for the purpose of keeping in order certain family lots, and also the avenues and paths in Mount Pleas- ant Cemetery, shall be held by the town for such purposes, and shall constitute a separate fund, to be styled the Rob- bins Fund ; which said fund shall be managed and invested by a Board of Trustees. Said Board shall consist of three citizens of the town, and the town treasurer for the time being. Said three citizen Trustees shall at first be selected by the town at the meeting held on the third day of Novem- ber, 1885,-one for a term to end at the annual meeting which shall be held in March, 1887; one for a term to end at the annual meeting which shall be held in March, 1888 ; and one for a term to end at the annual meeting in March, 1889.
The town shall, at said annual town meeting, which shall be held in March, 1887, and at the annual meeting in March in each year thereafter, elect by ballot one member
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REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF ROBBINS FUND.
of said Board for the term of three years ; and at any meet- ing shall, by ballot, fill any vacancy in said Board which may exist by reason of the death, resignation, or removal from town of any Trustee, for the remainder of the term so made vacant.
The income from said fund shall be received and held by the Town Treasurer, to be expended under the direction of the town for the following purposes, namely :
To keep in order for all time the lot of Kimball Farmer, the father of Mrs. Eli Robbins ; the lot of Nathan Robbins, the father of Mr. Eli Robbins, and the lot of Joshua Rob- bins, the brother of Mr. Eli Robbins,-all said lots being in Mount Pleasant Cemetery ; then to expend such portion of said income as shall remain, to keep in order the avenues and paths in said Cemetery.
Said Trustees shall make a report of their doings to the town at the annual meeting in March in each year.
Second, That the sum of three hundred dollars be ex- pended, under the direction of the Cemetery Committee- 1st, to discharge the bill due to Mr. Hartwell ; 2d, to defray the cost of whatever things it may be necessary to do in carry- ing out the purposes of the gift.
WILLIAM G. PECK, HENRY SWAN, Committee.
WM. E. PARMENTER,
It was voted that the foregoing report be accepted, and adopted. The following Trustees were elected by the town, namely : William G. Peck for the term expiring in March, 1889 ; Henry Swan, for the term expiring in March, 1888 ; Richard L. Hodgdon for the term expiring in March, 1887.
The sum of fifty-three hundred dollars has been received by the Trustees, and deposited in the Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank. The sum of three hundred dollars was
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REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF ROBBINS FUND.
afterwards withdrawn from said Bank and paid to the town treasurer, in accordance with the vote of the town hereto- fore mentioned.
The fund remains deposited in the Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, and, with interest to January 1, 1886, amounts to five thousand and fifty-three dollars.
WILLIAM G. PECK, HENRY SWAN, Trustees of
RICHARD L. HODGDON, B. DELMONT LOCKE, ex officio, J
Robbins Fund.
ARLINGTON, Dec. 31, 1885.
REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
The Water Commissioners respectfully submit their An- nual Report :
At the annual meeting in March, the commissioners were obliged to ask for a larger appropriation for interest on the Water Scrip than for the last three years, as, instead of having an unexpended balance as there had been for sev- eral years past, the treasurer was obliged to borrow $1400 to carry along the necessary running expenses and interest account, and the town appropriated $10,000 for deficiency on interest account and $800 for new main pipes, to be laid, where, in the judgment of the commissioners, the income from the water rates would warrant the expenditure, and also to relay main pipe on Arlington avenue near Medford street, and to connect the mains on Mystic with Medford street through Chestnut street.
The past year has proved conclusively that our present filtering capacity is insufficient, as during the summer and fall, when large quantities of water are used, the filters would not supply the demands, and therefore we were obliged to let the water on from the reservoir, and we now feel that some other means must soon be adopted to purify the water in sufficient quantities for the wants of the town. One way
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REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
would be, to clear out the present reservoir, another would be, to increase our present filtering capacity, making it about six feet deeper and enlarging the same. Your board have experimented, by driving pipes on the easterly side, and think that by digging a series of wells to the depth of fifteen feet we would get pure water in large quantities, which would be another way ; but to utilize this plan we would have to lay about one-half mile of new main pipe, connect- ing with the present main at or near Bow street, and relay- ing pipe on Arlington avenue. For several years, in fact every year since the pipe was lowered near Medford street, there has been a large outlay, probably more than enough to relay the same. As it could not be repaired so as to make a permanent thing, the commissioners of last year recom- mended that the main for about 150 feet be relaid. We have relaid it at a cost of $433.14, using cast iron instead of cement pipes, placing a 12-inch gate at the head of Medford street, so that, in making repairs, we should not be obliged to shut off the water from the easterly part of the town.
Chestnut Street.
We have laid 282 feet of new 4-inch iron pipe, connecting Medford with Mystic streets, thereby disposing of a dead end, and also increasing the supply of water at the easterly part of the town, where the main pipe is shut off near the central part of the town, in making repairs.
Mount Vernon Street.
We have laid 404 feet 13-inch iron pipe, replacing a three- fourth inch pipe which was insufficient, as there was a call for an increased supply, and we think that the present pipe will
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supply the demand in the future. The cost was $150.62, Mr. Paul paying twenty dollars toward the expenditure.
Jason Street.
At the November meeting the town appropriated $600 to extend the pipes on Jason street, as recommended by your board. As it was a difficult piece of work to estimate accurately, we have exceeded the appropriation, which was unavoidable, as it was impossible to make an exact esti- mate before digging, on account of the ledge, and we felt that we were justified in taking the small amount necessary to complete the work, from the regular appropriation. We have laid in this street 558 feet of 4-inch cast iron pipe, and : placed a hydrant at the usual distance, at a cost of $718.93. The income derived from the extension will be about $60 a year, and probably in the near future more will be added, so that although it was an expensive piece of work, it is a good paying investment for the town.
New Services.
There have been 42 new services added this year, it being a larger number than any year since the water was first in- troduced, at a cost of $516.60, or $12.30 for each.
Repairs.
Every hydrant and gate in town has been thoroughly tried and repaired, where it was needed. About the usual number of leaks have occurred, which, in most cases, have been repaired by using clamps instead of winding the joints.
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REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Superintendence.
Your commissioners believing, as the works are yearly in- creasing, that the time had come when it would be for the best interests of the town to employ some person who could give his entire time in looking after the general work neces- sary for keeping the works in repair, and, as we could not have the services of Mr. Austin without considerable increase in his salary, we made an arrangement with Mr. Sylvester Stickney whereby he would teach some capable person about the management of the works, and at the same time superin- tending, himself, for one year. After Mr. Johnson had served about six months he resigned and Mr. Thomas Roden has been appointed to fill the vacancy, Mr. Stickney agreeing to the same arrangement, so that next year we feel confident that Mr. Roden will have learned so that with some assistance he can take charge, and thus the work can be carried on more economically for the town than any other way.
Last year your commissioners deemed it advisable to en- close the reservoir by a suitable fence, but as the town was obliged to raise an unusually large appropriation, they de- cided not to ask for the money at that time, but your board still think it is for the interest of the town that a fence of some kind be built, as, if there is none, sooner or later the town will be obliged to settle claims in consequence of a de- fective highway. We would recommend an appropriation for this purpose, and also for extending the main pipes, where, in the judgment of the board, it shall be for the in- terest of the town to do so. We would also call the atten- tion of the citizens to the necessity of strictly conforming to the rules, thereby relieving the commissioners of the very unpleasant and expensive duty of employing officers to look
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REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
after water-takers who illegally use the water, for by con- forming to the hours established we are able to supply more water than by allowing every body the use of the water at the same time. For detailed statement of income and ex- penditures, we refer you to the Report of the Treasurer, herewith submitted.
Water Closets.
When the water was first introduced privileges were al- lowed the citizens as inducements to take the water, which in our judgment should be discontinued. One of these privi- leges was to allow the waste water pipes to be connected with the water-closets and vaults, thereby relieving them of the necessity of paying for the use of water for such purposes ; so that now nearly every body building new houses makes them in this manner, thereby paying only six dollars when others using the same amount of water pay eleven dollars or more, which may be fair for those who pay the former, but unjust to those who pay the latter amount; and we would call the attention of the citizens to this matter as it has assumed such large proportions that we deemed it advisable to bring it before the town to take action thereon. Although the Water Commissioners have power to change the tariff in particular cases where in their judgment the interests of the town shall require it, we in this particular case know that many would claim the act as an arbitrary assumption of authority and we therefore bring this to your notice in our report, and ask the town to take action on the same at the annual meeting.
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REPORT OF WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Uses for which water is supplied, as reported by the Registrar :
Families
supplied,
521
Stores and shops
66
17
Private stables
60
Livery stables
66
2
Horse-railroad stable
66
1
Steam-railroad depots
2
Hand hose
66
160
Hotels
66
3
Churches and societies
66
8
Town-house
66
1
School-houses
3.
Hose-houses
66
2
Private fountains
2
Irrigation
66
32
Cemetery
1
Savings Bank building
1
Stone crusher
66
1
Hydrants
66
99
Water motor
1
Skating Rink
1
Public Library
66
1
Photograph studio
1
Respectfully submitted,
WARREN A. PEIRCE,
Water
ALFRED D. HOITT,
Commissioners.
APOLLOS J. TILLSON,
ARLINGTON, Dec. 31, 1885.
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WATER WORKS .- TREASURER'S REPORT.
RECEIPTS.
Balance of cash on hand, Dec. 31,
1884, $105 43
Amount received during the year 1885, viz. :
For water rates for 1885, $8,987 30
From town, for use of street hy- drants for 1885, 1,000 00
for water for drinking fountains,
200 00
10,187 30 -
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Amount received of Faneuil Hall National Bank, interest on deposits, received of town, interest on loan, 13 89
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