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TREASURER'S REPORT.
DR.
B. DELMONT LOCKE, TREASURER, IN
1884. To amount brought forward . $128,203 80
July 11 Cash of Boston and Lowell Railroad Co., for teaming curbing and gravel . 5 00 ·
25
" " L. J. Newton, librarian, fines collected 28 00
26
" C. P. Wyman, for gravel .
00
29
" " T. E. Thorpe, 1 load of stone .
75
31
" sundry persons this month, interest on taxes
36 39
Aug. 1
" Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, amount appropriated for the payment of town notes
5,000 00
borrowed of Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, interest at 3 per cent .
9,831 09
4
of Edward Lacy, for board . 24 10
14
" " L. C. Tyler, weighing fees .
13 20
20
" " Lewis H. Bacon, for lot No. 596 in New Cem- etery 30 00
" " W. S. Durgin, subscriptions for watering the streets .
55 00
26
" " Omar W. Whittemore, for a liquor license of sixth class 1 00
30
" Edward Lacy, for board . 24 80
" sundry persons this month, interest on taxes . 17 57
Sept. 1
" E. B. Mason, use of hall .
7 00
2
" " Water Commissioners for labor on repairs, ser- vices, etc., Jan. 1 to June 30 . 355 76
30
" " Edward Lacy, for board . 29 60
. " " sundry persons this month, interest on taxes .
17 36
" " Water Commissioners, for labor on services, repairs, etc., July 1 to Sept. 1
277 41
Oct. I
« " Faneuil Hall National Bank, interest on de- posits to Sept. 30. 86 65
3
" F. E. Goddard, use of derrick . 6 00 ·
6
" Theodore Schwamb, for loam . .
5 00
7
" Alvin Robbins, "
7 50
9
" sundry persons, subscriptions for watering the streets 335 50
23
" " Middlesex Townsman, 3 mos.' rent of rooms in
Swan's Hall to Oct. 1 . 18 75
Amount carried forward
. $144,420 23 .
85
TREASURER'S REPORT.
ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON. CR.
1884. By amount brought forward $44,663 06
July 12 Cash paid Faneuil Hall National Bank, amount bor- rowed March 24 . 4,000 00
14
" " Faneuil Hall National Bank, amount borrowed Feb. 25 2,000 00
" " 140 days' interest on the same, at 4 per cent 31 11
18
" " Faneuil Hall National Bank, amount borrowed April 28 4,000 00
23
. $11,500, borrowed June 25 3,000 00
26
66
" balance due on the same 8,500 00
" interest on the same
48 27
30
" " Faneuil Hall National Bank amount borrowed May 31. 6,000 00
" " 60 days' interest on the same, at 5 per cent 50 00
Amount of Pay Rolls, No. 7 3,074 42
Aug. 1
Cash paid Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, amount appropriated March 10, 1884 . 13,354 46
" " interest on the same to Aug. 1 . 177 37
" " Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, amount borrowed Dec. 31, 1883 . 1,269 50
2
" " 6 months' interest due June 1, on $8,000, cou- pon notes at 4 per cent 160 00
23
" " Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, on account loan of Aug. 1 . 6,417 23
Amount of Pay Rolls, No. 8. 3,296 67
Sept. 2
Cash paid D. A. Gleason, State Treasurer, one fourth of amount of liquor license fees received 338 00
30
Amount of Pay Rolls, No. 9 9,951 58
Oct. 2
Cash paid John Peabody, six months' interest to first inst. on note $7,000 245 00
9
" " Cohasset Savings Bank, six months' interest to 9th inst. on note to State of Massachusetts for $21,000
735 00
Amount carried forward
$111,426 33
" interest on the same . 29 76
30
" 81 days' interest on the same, at 4 per cent · " Faneuil Hall National Bank, on account of
36 00
" " 110 days' interest on the same, at 4 per cent 48 90
86
TREASURER'S REPORT.
DR.
B. DELMONT LOCKE, TREASURER, IN
1884. To amount brought forward $144,420 23
Oct. 27
Cash of Robert H. Woodland, for a pedler's license . 10 00
29
" " Edward Lacy, for board . 24 20
30
" " L. J. Newton, librarian, fines collected 18 00
31 " " J. C. Hobbs, for loam 3 20
" F. E. Fowle, 6 months' rent of post-office to July 1 . · 75
" W. W. Kimball, for gravel 4 50
" Geo. S. Priest, "
12 00
" Enos McMullen, for old funnel 1 75
Nov. 4
" Wm. Gates, for concreting 13 58
6
" G. W. Austin, for gravel and loam . 6 00 .
7 " Democratic Town Committee, use of hall 15 00
5 00
" Emmet Boat Club, use of hall .
15 00
8
" " Arlington Athletic Club, one month's rent of hall in Adams Schoolhouse . 5 00
10
" " Emmet Boat Club, one month's rent of room in basement of town house 6 25
11
" " Geo. W. Storer, two loads of loam 1 00
12
" John J. Curtin, fine for violation of by-law
5 00
17
" G. W. Austin, for stone and gravel sold .
12 10
" borrowed of Commissioners . of the Sinking Fund, on demand . 4,000 00
of Jubilee Singers, use of hall 8 00
18
" G. W. Austin, for one bay horse sold · 70 00
22
" Isidor Schuster, for a liquor license of fifth class 50 00
" Republican Town Committee, use of hall 46 50
received for dog licenses to date . 485 00
25
" of G. W. Austin, for manure sold
21 00
" Edward Lacy, for board . ·
25 20
" " S. R. Smith, for one gray mare .
50 00
29
" G. W. Austin, for plank sold .
75
19 90
" " sundry persons this month, interest on taxes . Amount carried forward
$149,450 11
" sundry persons this month, interest on taxes ) 95
" Charles Sawyer, use of hall
87
TREASURER'S REPORT.
ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON. CR.
1884. By amount brought forward ..
$111,426 33
Oct. 31 By Amount of Pay Rolls No. 10
5,538 78
Nov. 22 Cash paid Treasurer of Middlesex, County : -
Dog tax t
442 20 .
; at
42 :0
Fees on dog tax to tc six m 485 00
26 Cash paid D. A. Gleason, State Treasurer, one fourth of liquor license fee, received from I. Schuster,
12 50
29 Amount of Pay Rolls, No. 11
4,194 80
Amount carried forward
.
$121,657 41
88
TREASURER'S REPORT.
DR.
B. DELMONT LOCKE, TREASURER, IN
1884.
To amount brought forward
. $149,450 11
Dec.
Cash of D. A. Gleason, State Treasurer : -
Corporation tex . . $3,164 80
Bank tax on, · 4,005 44 State aid ps, for 400 00
7,570 24
" " J. A. Bailey and W. A. Peirce for lot No. 371 in New Cemetery . 100 00
4
" " Mt. Horeb Lodge, use of hall 15 00
" 'C. A. Libby, for road scrapings 6 00
8 " J. C. Nickerson, for road scrapings .
90
" " Arlington Athletic Club, 1 month's rent of hall in Adams Schoolhouse 5 00
10
" " D. F. Jones, for road scrapings 1 50
13
66 " Joseph Payne, on account, bill of stone 12 50
15
" " P. H. Hurley, on account .
3 25
16
" " Water Commissioners, for labor on services, repairs, etc., Sept. 1 to Nov. 30 186 16
20
66 " Joseph Payne, on account, bill of stone 12 50
22
66
" H. A. Freeman, for books sold to scholars 2 20
23
66 " Chas. Gott, for road scrapings 6 00
24
« " sundry persons, subscriptions for watering the streets 28 00
27
" Dennis Collins, rent of pasture for 1884 . 30 00
66 " A. Gage & Co., rent of land for 1884 75 00
" Joseph Payne, on account, bill of stone 9
29
" Estate of Geo. H. Gray, for gravel .
5 00
" " Wm. H. Richardson, for lot No. 448 in New Cemetery 75 00
30
78 34 61 " Water Commissioners, for labor on services, repairs, etc., for month of December . " " Trustees of Pratt Fund, income for Poor Widows' Fund 75 86
" Trustees of Pratt Fund, income for Public Library . 151 73
" " M. W. Croome, for manure and labor 3 50
Amount carried forward
$157,910 79
" Hiram Lodge, use of hall 8 00
89
TREASURER'S REPORT.
1884.
Dec. 1
ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON. CR. By amount brought forward $121,657 41 . . Cash paid to D. A. Gleason, Treasurer, State tax 5,780 00 ·
" six months' interest to Nov. 1, 1884, on $9,000, coupon notes at 5 per cent . 225 00
2
" to John Peabody, six months' interest on the following notes, viz. : -
$2,500 to Dec. 2, 1884 . 87 50
$2,500 to Nov. 23, 1884 . 87 50
22
Commissioners of the Sinking Fund on ac- count loan of Aug. 1 10 00
30
" Water Commissioners, on account of appro- priation for interest on Water Debt ·
1,000 00
3
1 year's interest to Jan. 1, 1885, on note, $349.85, to Treasurer of Citizens' Sol- diers' Fund 20 99
" " 1 year's interest on note, $100, to Trustees of Town Library 6 00
" 1 year's interest to Jan. 1, 1885, on note, $5,354, to Trustees of Wm. Cutter School Fund 321 24
" " Trustees of Poor Widows' Fund, 1 year's in- terest on note, $237.50 . 14 25
" 1 year's interest on note, $375.61 22 54
" Amos Stone, Treasurer of Middlesex County, County Tax
2,658 80
Amount carried forward
$131,891 23
90
TREASURER'S REPORT.
DR.
B. DELMONT LOCKE, TREASURER, IN
1884. To amount brought forward 3
. $157,910 79
Dec. 30 Cash of First Congregational Parish, for gravel . · 1 50
" interest on note to Trustees of Town Library 6 00
" 1 year's interest on note, $5,354, to Trustees of Wm. Cutter School Fund 321 24
" 1 year's interest on notes to Trustees of Poor Widows' Fund 36 79
" of G. W. Austin, for garden products and straw sold 30 26
31 " Edward Lacy, for board . 28 60
" George D. Tufts, for manure
8 00
" " L. C. Tyler, weighing fees
21 95
" Joseph Payne, balance for stone
13 50
" Town of Belmont, for support of pauper for 1884 38 97
" " F. E. Fowle, 6 months' rent of post-office, to 31st inst. 75 00
" Hernandez, use of hall 4 00
" Edward Storer, for 15 perch of stone ·
18 75
" " Middlesex County Commissioners, amount allowed for land damage on Bow Street 300 00
" Estate of A. P. Wyman, for scrapings 2 40
" " M. Finlayson, on account expense of M. A. McLeod . 3 50
" " L. J. Newton, librarian, on account of fines col- lected 16 00
" " Middlesex Townsman, 3 months' rent of rooms in Swan's Hall 18 75
" " Faneuil Hall National Bank, interest on de- posits to 31st inst. . 70 00
" " sundry persons, this month, interest on taxes 133 35
Amount of special tax of 1882, collected 91 48
" of unpaid bills, at this date, included in Pay Rolls, Nos. 7, 10, 11, 12 2,250 11
$161,400 94
.
91
TREASURER'S REPORT.
ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON, CR.
1884. By amount brought forward $131,891 23
Dec. 31 Cash loaned Water Commissioners, on demand 1,400 00 paid 6 months' interest to Jan. 1, 1885, on note to John Peabody, $1,000 35 00 .
6 months' interest to Dec. 1, on $13,500, coupon notes at 4 per cent 270 00
" 6 months' interest to Nov. 1, on $7,000, cou- pon notes at 5 per cent 175 00
Amount of Pay Rolls, No. 12 9,034 18
Amount of discounts and abatements on taxes, as shown on page 42 3,852 25
of taxes of 1882, uncollected at this date 71 52
£ « " 1883,
.
3,091 41
" 1884,
66
9,207 50
Cash balance in the treasury at this date .
2,372 85
$161,400 94
B. DELMONT LOCKE, Treasurer.
ARLINGTON, Dec. 31, 1884.
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, AND DEATHS.
Intentions of Marriages Registered in 1884.
Whole number of couples . 44 .
Average age of male 27 .
Average age of female 24 .
Both persons residing in Arlington, couples 22 ·
But one person residing in Arlington, couples 22 .
Marriages Registered in 1884.
Whole number of couples . 45 .
Both persons American born
28
Both persons foreign born
10
American and foreign born
7
Age of oldest person married
46
Age of youngest person married
17
First marriage of
84
Second marriage of .
.
Births Registered in 1884.
Whole number .
. 101
Males . · .
.
.
50
Females . .
51
American parentage
52
Foreign parentage
.
32
Mixed parentage
·
17
·
·
.
.
.
·
6
.
.
.
.
93
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
Deaths Registered during the Year ending Dec. 31, 1884.
AGE.
NAMES.
DATE OF DEATH.
Years.
Months. |Days.
Miller .
Jan.
1, 1884
Eliza P. Bacon
4,
66
87
Sarah Gallagher .
66
4,
John Flaherty
66
11,
66
54
Daniel Robinson
66
15,
66
1
Arthur Coughlin
66
17,
66
6
4
Jennie L. Wyman
Feb.
2,
66
25
2
Alice M. Lloyd .
66
4,
66
56
5
Jolin Robinson .
66
4,
66
2
3
Thomas Lynch
66
6,
66
5
Lydia P. Frost
66
18,
66
8:2
10
20
Margaret Spellman
March 5,
66
52
3
Louisa J. Mandluff
66
14,
66
78
6
8
Twohig
66
19,
66
-
-
Windsor W. Trowbridge
66
19,
66
20
7
Mary Caldwell
April
2,
66
65
19
Bartholomew McFlynn
66
3,
66
28
Hannah L. Bassett
66
27,
66
61
James H. Horrigan
May
2,
66
1
24
Ellen Kenney
66
66
32
-
1
5,
66
4
Israel F. Thatcher
66
19,
66
88
6
James Maher
June
4,.00
85
6
-
-
8,
66
56
66
3
Betsey Tobin
66
17,
66
84
-
S1
Arthur D. Moore
66
21,
66
22
6
23
Ann McAuliffe .
66
26,
66
65
-
2,
-
2
15
Katie M. Llewellin
13,
66
10
-
Bayard P. Rackliffe
66
15,
66
24
11
Harriet F. Wyman
66
16,
78
5
-
Sarah Flaherty
66
19,
66
5
66
22,
66
2
-
-
66
18,
66.
51
John Redman
66
20
66
50
6
3
Teddy Slattery
66
28,
66
9
15
Jerusha Little
Sept. 5,
66
93
2
3
-
-
-
5 6 2 100000
James J. Purcell
.66
8,
66
9
-
13,
66
36
-
-
4,
5,
1
Theodore G. Bucknam
Frances F. Callahan
15,
James Rogers
20,
66
Halsey H. Bacon
July
Mary F. Culinane
22
Patrick J. Sheehan
Aug.
12,
66
38
1 9 8 5 Gool OH
Margaret Kenney
66
William Crowe
66
11
Adam Dickey
80
-
66
Bridget Curtin
94
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
Deaths -Continued.
AGE.
NAMES.
DATE OF DEATH.
Years.
Months.
Days.
Mary E. Sweeney
Sept.
3, 1884
23
8
Georgianna M. Safford
66
6,
66
25
5
1
George W. Martin
66
7,
66
45
2
3
Clara White
66
8,
7
12
Nora Sullivan
66
21,
66
69
3
12
Ruth Johnson
66
13,
66
44
9
-
Thomas J. Russell .
6 6
15,
66
S2
10
15
John Purcell .
66
29
66
91
11
18
Timothy Donahue, Jr.
Nov.
2 ,
66
3
2
27
Abner P. Wyman
66
66
74
6
Eunice T. Pierce
66
7,
66
57
5
John D. Scannell
66
8,
66
3
7
11
Mary A. Cullen .
66
15,
2
3
21
Caroline E. Richardson
66
16,
66
59
8
27
Maria E. Walton
66
22,
66
56
8
Hepzibah W. Jarvis
66
23.
79
4
15
Mary Ame Peirce
66
27,
66
69
4
14
Thomas Burns
Dec.
4,
66
42
-
Malcolm Campbell .
66
3,
66
7
Frank S. Fuller .
66
8,
66
17
2
4
Edward Butler
66
26.
66
35
5
15
Stephen Small
66
27,
66
1
66
5,
66
-
-
-
7
14
Casper Byer
Oct.
4,
66
64
2
10
9,
66
79
6
-
-
-
3
Julia Sullivan
66
6,
66
1
Elizabeth Swan .
66
11,
51
5
Andrew Johnson
23.
Isaac Baxter .
Sandy Boles .
21
2,
25
Maud T. Greene
95
REPORT OF TOWN. CLERK.
Deaths - Continued.
Whole number of deaths, Males, 36
Females,
36
Average age, 38 years, 4 months, 29 days. Number under 5 years of age,
23
66 between 5 and 10 years of age,
3
66
66 10 “-30 66 8
66 30 6 60
17
66 66 60 " 70 66
6
66 over 70 years of age,
15
American parentage,
37
Foreign parentage,
28
Mixed parentage, 7
SOME OF THE DISEASES OR CAUSES OF DEATH.
Consumption, pneumonia, and lung diseases, 12
Heart disease, 7
Apoplexy,
5
Old age,
6
Cholera infantum, cholera morbus, and inflammation of bowels, 6
Cancer,
3
Paralysis,
3
Premature birth and inanition,
7
Register of Dogs Licensed since May 1, 1884.
Whole number, 214
Males, 195
Females, 19
B. DELMONT LOCKE,
Town Clerk.
ARLINGTON, Dec. 31, 1884.
72
REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SINKING FUND.
The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund submit the fol- lowing report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1884 : -
CR. 1884.
Aug. 1.
Amount received from Treasurer of Town of Arlington, loan of Dec. 31, 1883, $1,269 50
Interest on the same 7 mos. 1 day, at 4 per cent, 29 76
Received from Treasurer of Town of Arlington, ap- propriation of March 10, 1884, 13,354 46
Interest on the appropri- ation, 177 37
Aug. 23.
Amount received of Town of Arling- ton, on account of loan of Aug. 1, 6,417 23
Amount carried forward,
$20,248 32
97
REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SINKING FUND.
Amount brought forward, $21,248 32 Nov. 17.
Amount received of Town of Lancas-
ter for note, Aug. 9, 1884, 3 months, 4,000 00 Received of Town of Arling- ton on account of loan of Aug. 1, 10 00
- $25,258 32
DR. 1884. Aug. 1.
Amount paid Town of Arlington, ap- propriated at town meet- ing March 10, 1884, to pay notes falling due this year, Loaned Town of Arlington on demand, 9,831 09
$5,000 00
Aug. 23.
Amount paid Brewster, Cobb & Esta- brook, for Town of Lan- caster, Mass., notes dated Aug. 9, 1884, one for 3 months for $4,000, dis- counted at 4 per cent, 3,964 45
One for 6 months for $2,500,
discounted at 4 per cent, 2,452 78
Amounts carried forward,
$21,248 32 $25,258 32
98
REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE SINKING FUND.
Amounts brought forward, $21,248 32 $25,258 32
Nov. 17.
Amount loaned Town of Arlington, on demand, 4,000.00
Paid Union Safe Deposit Vaults, rent of safe, 10 00
$25,258 32 $25,258 32
Investment.
Town of Lancaster, Mass., note dated Aug. 9, 1884, payable in 6 months, $2,500 00 Loan to Town of Arlington, on de- mand, 7,403 86
$9,903 86
Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM G. PECK, Commissioners A. D. HOITT, of the
WILLIAM H. ALLEN, Sinkiny Fund.
ARLINGTON, Dec. 31, 1884.
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PRATT FUND.
The Trustees of the Pratt Fund submit the followin report, for the year ending Dec. 31, 1884 : -
CR. 1884. March 24.
Amount received of Brewster, Cobb
& Estabrook for sales as follows : - $15,000, Cambridge Build- ing Loan, due April 1, 1884, $15,000 00
Coupons on the same, 6 months' interest, 450.00
$15,450 00
Less discount of 8 days' in- interest at 31% per an- num, 12 02
$15,437 98.
$9,000, Cambridge Bridge Loan, due July 1, 1884, $9,000 00 Coupons on the same, 6 months' interest, 270 00 Amounts carried forward, $9,270 00 $15,437 98
100
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PRATT FUND.
Amounts brought forward, $9,270 00 $15,437 98
Less discount of 3 months, 7 days' interest at 31% per annum, 87 42
9,182 58
March 26.
Amount received, 6 months' interest,
due April 1, 1884, on $5,000 City of Boston Water Bonds, 125 00
Drawn from the Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, 1,384 14
Sept. 9.
Amount received, 6 months' interest, due 10th inst. on Town of Hopkinton Note, $19,000, at 4%, 380 00
Oct. 1.
Amount received, 6 months' interest to Oct. 1, on $5,000 City of Boston Water Bonds, 125 00
$26,634 70
DR. 1884.
March 24.
Amount paid Brewster, Cobb & Esta- brook, for the following securities, viz., Town of
Amount carried forward, $26,634 70
101
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PRATT FUND.
Amount brought forward, $26,634 70
Hopkington's note, dated March 10, 1884, payable in 20 years, with interest at 4% per annum, for $19,000, at 104}, $19,855 00
14 days' accrued interest, 29 56
City of Boston Gold Water Loan
Bonds, due Oct. 1, 1905,
interest at 5%, $5,000 at 120, 6,000 00
5 mos. 23 ds. accrued int.
120 14
$26,004 70
March 26.
Amount deposited in Arlington Five
Cents Savings Bank,
125 00
Nov. 1.
Amount paid rent of safe in Union
Safe Deposit Vaults,
20 00
Dec. 31.
Amount paid Town Treasurer,
for Poor Widows'
Fund,
$75 86
Paid Town Treasurer, for Public Library, 151 73
Deposited in Arling- ton Five Cents Sav-
ings Bank, as a High
School Fund,
151 73
Deposited in Arling- ton Five Cents Sav- ings Bank, 105 68
485 00
$26,634 70 $26,634 70
192456
102
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF PRATT FUND.
Investment.
Town of Hopkinton's note, dated March 10, 1884, payable in 20 years, interest at 4%, $19,000, at 102, $19,380 00 City of Boston Gold Water Bonds, due Oct. 1, 1905, inter- est at 5%, $5,000, at 109, 5,450 00
Deposited in Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, 170 00
-- $25,000 00
High School Fund Income, depos- ited in Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, with interest to Jan. 1,1885, $5,958 19
Respectfully submitted,
NATHAN ROBBINS, WILLIAM G. PECK, DAVID P. GREEN, HENRY SWAN, JOHN P. WYMAN, B. DELMONI' LOCKE, ex officio,
Trustees of Pratt Fund.
ARLINGTON, Dec. 31, 1884.
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEE
OF THE
"SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL FUND."
The Trustee of the " Soldiers' Memorial Fund " makes the following report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1884 : -
At the town meeting held March 5, 1883, under Article XXV., of the warrant, "To see if the town will accept in trust the 'Soldiers' Monument Fund,' so called, elect a trus- tee or trustees for the management of the same, or take any other action thereon," the following resolutions were unani- mously adopted, to wit : ----
Resolved, That the town accept the "Soldiers' Monument Fund," so called, the same to be held by the town in trust, to be appropriated and expended by said town at such time and in such manner as at a legal town meeting it shall determine, to and for the erection of a monument, or providing other suitable memorial in honor of the patriotism of those citizens of said town who lost their lives in military service in the war of the Rebellion.
Resolved, That the town treasurer for the time being, and his successor in office be, and hereby is appointed and elected as trus- tee for the care and management of said fund.
Resolved, That said fund shall be kept as a separate fund to be known as the " Soldiers' Memorial Fund," and said trustee is hereby instructed to report in writing annually at the March meeting the amount of said fund, and the manner of its in- vestment.
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REPORT OF TRUSTEE OF SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL FUND.
In accordance with the foregoing resolutions the fund was transferred to the town treasurer on the twenty-seventh day of March, 1883. It consisted of deposits in the Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, as follows :-
Jan. 13, 1866, deposit, $130 00
March 2, 1867, 506 25
July 6, 1867, 66
51 12
Making a total of deposits, $687 37
Which, together with the accumulated interest, amounted at the time of the transfer to $1,655.62. The fund is still deposited in the Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, and, with interest added to Jan. 1, 1885, amounts to seventeen hundred and ninety-two dollars and four cents ($1,792.04). This is the second annual report made to the town.
Respectfully submitted,
B. DELMONT LOCKE, Trustee, ex officio, of Soldiers' Memorial Fund.
WATER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.
In accordance with previous custom and requirement, we herewith present our annual report. For a detailed account of what has been done the past year, and the condition of the finances, we refer you to the report of the Treasurer, Regis- trar, and Superintendent, accompanying this.
The supply at the reservoir has been ample through the season, and we think the quality of the water is improved. We think that the reservoir should be enclosed by a suitable fence, and recommend that at the next annual meeting the town make an appropriation for the same ; and believing that the consumer should pay a fair and equitable sum for the use of water, we would again recommend the adoption of a schedule of water rates that was prepared by a special com- mittee, and has once been presented, repeating, that by such a change, the consumer would pay no more than is charged in other towns, and the proposed change would be but a slight increase to each one, but in the aggregate, an increase in income, thereby reducing the amount to be raised by tax- ation to pay interést on the debt. And believing that the water revenue should be used only for running expenses and interest on the debt, we would recommend an appropriation for the purpose of extending the main pipe, where, in the judgment of the commissioners, it shall be for the interest of the town to do so.
In order that the land on the side of the reservoir, on the
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line of Lowell Street, might be improved and graded, we have leased it to Mr. Winship, with the agreement that, at the expiration of three years, it shall be graded and sown to grass.
Uses for which water is supplied, as reported by the Registrar : -
Families
supplied,
484
Stores and shops
17
Private stables
60
Livery stables
2
Horse-railroad stable
1
Steam-railroad depot
66
1
Hand hose
159
Hotels
66
3
Churches and societies
8
Town house
66
1
Schoolhouses
66
3
Hose-houses
66
2
Private fountains
66
2
Irrigation
66
43
Cemetery
66
1
Savings Bank building
66
1
Stone crusher
66
1
Hydrants
98
Water motor
66
1
Skating Rink
66
1
Public Library
66
1
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY MOTT, WARREN A. PEIRCE, Water Commissioners.
ARLINGTON, Dec. 31, 1884.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF THE WATER WORKS.
ARLINGTON WATER WORKS DEPARTMENT,
Dec. 31, 1884.
TO THE BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS :
Gentlemen, - I herewith submit my report as Superin- tendent for the financial year ending this day.
CONSTRUCTION
There has been an extension of 189 feet of four-inch cement-lined pipe laid in Dudley Street at a cost of $127.35, which now yields to the town an income of $20 per annum. Also in the street recently accepted by the town (called Jason Street) we have laid 306 feet of four-inch pipe at a cost of $237.51, including the cost of one four-inch gate which also gives to the town an income of $50 per annum. That portion of the pipe (54 feet) crossing Arlington Avenue is of cast iron, the balance being cement lined, which was made to order.
SERVICES.
Thirty-two services have been added to the construction during the year, at a cost of $389.67, or at an average of about $12.20 each. Five leaks have occurred in services, which have been repaired. A few of the takers for irriga- tion purposes have been cut off, they having supplied them-
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selves with water otherwise. A large number of services have been shut off and let on, caused by change of tenants and to make repairs. While there has been something of a loss sustained by some of the farmers supplying themselves, there are so many new takers which have been and are being added, we have every reason to believe that the gen- eral receipts will soon be as large, if not larger, than hereto- fore. Thirty-six services have been dug up and the corpo- rations cleared from rust. Twenty-seven wooden service boxes have been taken up and iron ones substituted.
HYDRANTS.
The hydrants have received their usual attention. Ten have required repairs. A few others are in poor condition, and I would suggest that two new ones be purchased, in order that some of the old ones can be taken up and properly repaired.
GATES.
Fourteen have been dug up and newly packed, and eight iron gate boxes have been put in. I would suggest that a new gate be purchased and put in near the Arlington House, in order that in making repairs in that locality we should not be obliged to close the gate near the Town Hall, and thus shut off a good portion of the centre of the town. By thus doing, water would be allowed to pass down Med- ford Street and supply the lower part of the town.
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