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The source from which the increase comes too is sub- stantial, mostly domestic.
The running expenses this year have increased over those of last the sum of $343. This has been brought about by causes some of which were unavoidable ; for instance, the very unusual freezing up of the water pipes last winter which necessitated the expenditure of quite a sum of money, also considerable time and expense was incurred by improve- ments about the reservoir, cutting brush and cleaning up along the border of reservoir and banks of the overflow brook, a thorough cleaning out of the inlet from the
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reservoir along the way up to the tunnel and beyond ; this last was much needed, but now leaves the condition of the water-way to the reservoir all right. An improved con- dition of the water has been noticeable, attributable, we think, somewhat to the above. More particularly under the head of repairs and changes which might receive especial notice, comes the taking up from out of the middle of the sidewalk in Bacon street, the fire hydrant and moving it into Mill street, thereby relieving the danger of some one sometime getting injured from coming in contact with it in the sidewalk ; and the place in Mill street, to which it has been moved, is quite as serviceable for fire purposes.
We found it necessary to put in a new service for the Messrs. Wood on the avenue, the old pipe having become so rusted and filled up that their supply of water was nearly cut off. Piping anew gives them plenty of water.
Many other lesser matters in the line of repairs, on hydrants, gates, breaks and leaks, has received attention and occasioned quite an outlay, which can be looked for with quite a degree of certainty as the works grow in age and until much of the original is replaced with new.
We have deemed it expedient to lay main pipes in places in accordance with a vote of the town as follows :
In Grove street 306 feet of 4-inch iron pipe has been laid at a cost, including a fire hydrant set, of $262.97, this added to 180 feet last year gives a total of 486 feet running from Main street.
Cleveland Street.
702 feet 4-inch iron pipe has been laid in this street, hydrant set, both costing $506.35.
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This is a new street leading from the avenue near Winter street. Considerably graded, edgestones set, etc. Upon this street have been built three new houses, one of them a double one, others now in progress. Water rates at present re- ceived amount to $49-showing a good per cent. on the outlay.
Wyman Street.
A new street out of the avenue opposite the house of John P. Wyman and through to Broadway. In this street has been laid 405 feet 4-inch iron pipe, a fire hydrant set, at a cost of $325.42. Four new houses have been built upon this street and rates for water which are being received are satisfactory.
New Services.
31 new services have been added during the year at a cost of $388.50, an average of $10.50 each, showing that the cost per service is $1.06₺ less this year than last.
Flint and King Suits.
The above suits have been disposed of in accordance with the settlement which we referred to agreed upon in our last year's report. All claims by these parties have been ad- justed and the rights of the town fully protected by the execution of proper instruments. In connection with these suits we make mention of another suit for damages against the town brought by Thomas Cosgrove of Lexington for flowage to his land. The reasons we gave last year in favor
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of a settlement of the Flint and King cases applied to this case. It has accordingly been adjusted and there is no other suit against the town arising in connection with its water supply.
The commissioners estimate that the sum of $5000 will be required to make up the deficiency of income for the payment of interest on the water scrip for the year 1889, being $1000 less than the appropriation last year for this purpose. It is recommended that the town grants an ap- propriation for the purpose of extending main pipes, and placing new hydrants where in the judgment of the board it shall be for the interest of the town to do so.
It is necessary that rules be adopted governing the use of the water. The board trusts that the citizens will strictly conform to them. They are established by the town and the commissioners are expected to enforce them whatever they are.
Mr. Thomas Roden who has been in charge of the work the past year has as before proved himself proficient in work of this nature.
For detailed statement we refer you to the Treasurer's report.
Uses for which water is supplied, as reported by the Registrar :
Families
supplied, 650
Stores and shops
17
Private stables
60
Livery stables
2
Horse-railroad stable
1
Steam-railroad depots
66
2
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Hand hose
supplied,
196
Hotels
66
2
Churches and societies 66
8
Town-house 66
1
School-houses 66
3
Hose-houses
66
2
Private fountains
66
Irrigation 66
2 43
Cemetery
66
2
Savings Bank building
66
1
Stone crusher
1 104
Hydrants
66
Water motor
66
1
Public Library
66
1
Photograph studio
66
1
Respectfully submitted.
ALFRED D. HOITT, ? Water 1 APOLLOS J. TILLSON,
GEORGE W. LANE,
Commissioners.
ARLINGTON, Dec. 31, 1888.
WATER WORKS .- TREASURER'S REPORT.
RECEIPTS.
Balance of cash on hand, Dec. 31,
1887, $1,465 88
Amount received during the year 1888, viz. :
For water rates for 1888, $11,217 96
From town for use of street hy- drants for 1888, 1,000 00
66
" for water for drinking fountains, 200 00
-- 12,417 96
Amount received of Faneuil Hall National Bank, interest on deposits, $122 95
received of town, interest on loans, 47 34
170 29
Received of Warren A. Peirce, for grass, 40 00
Received of F. Alderman, for pas- turing at meadows, 100 00
Amount carried forward, $14,194 13
WATER WORKS .- TREASURER'S REPORT. 113
Amount brought forward, $14,194 13 .
Received of town, appropriation for interest on water scrip, 6,000 00
Received of town, appropriations, viz. : for laying pipes, $1,100 00
for settling lawsuits, 650 00
1,750 00
Received of town, June 30, 1888, amount loaned March 22, $3,000,00
" April 2, 1,500 00
4,500 00
Amount of materials used from stock on hand, and credited " Stock Materials' " account, 53 79
$26,497 92
EXPENDITURES.
Running Expenses.
Paid Davis & Farnum Mfg. Co., viz. :
4-inch iron pipe, 157
lengths, each 9 feet,
making 1413 ft. wgt.
34,622 lbs. at 2 cts. $692 44
6 tees & 2 plugs, wgt. 830 1bs. at 34 cts. 26 98
48 service boxes, wgt. 1710 lbs. at 3} cts. 55 58
Amount carried forward, $775 00
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Amount brought forward, $775 00
Paid Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., viz. :
3 4-inch Post Hy- drants at $28.34, $85 02
2 4-inch Water Gates at $9.87, 19 74
repairing hydrant, 9 10
113 86
Braman, Dow & Co., for 1-inch iron pipe and fixtures, 42 96
Geo. K. Paul & Co., for 4282 feet 2-inch pipe, 37 78
Sumner & Goodwin, for stop
cocks and fixtures, 82 22
Robert Fawcett, 5 baskets of charcoal, 1 75
John Lahy, 10 baskets of
charcoal, 3 50
John Brassil, 4 loads of sand, 1 00
Jones & Co., for paint, 4 24
Calvin Andrews, for teams,
56 42
Jesse Bacon, repairing man-
holes, 6 00
O. B. Marston, labor,
88
D. F. Jones & Co., printing,
14 00
C. S. Parker, 66 -
2 50
E. J. Sweeney, expressing,
17 95
A. F. Brooks, 66
1 00
Winn's Express, "
2 50
Amount carried forward. 1,163 56
WATER WORKS .- TREASURER'S REPORT. 115
Amount brought forward, $1,163 56
Paid W. H. Richardson, 90 lbs. old lead, 3 60
Geo. D. Moore, for excavating and filling trench, 15 00
Scrannage Brothers & Cook,
72 service box screws, at 25 cents, 18 00
Wood Brothers, white lead, 1 82
Parker & Wood, barbed wire, etc., for fence, 3 51
Harry Hunt, for fixtures,
25 25
Boston Lead Mfg. Co., for lead pipe and solder, 18 54
Town of Lexington, tax bill,
9 45
Chase, Parker & Co., for enam- elled duck, 4 00
Chas. Gott, for sharpening
picks and drills, etc., 65 05
Warren A. Peirce, for teams and cement, 101 67
amount of materials used for repairs, from stock on hand, 53 79
S. Stickney, for old lead, tools and supplies, 51 62
David Irwin, for old iron on broken hydrant paid for by him in 1887, 5 00
Patrick Kelley, for cost of ser- vice paid for by him per agreement, 11 75
-
Amount carried forward,
$1,551 61
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Amount brought forward, $1,551 61
Paid Highway Department, viz :.
518 lbs. old lead at 4c. $20 72
1 force pump, 3 00
gravel and labor, 3 00
26 72
Thos. Roden, railroad fares to Heights, 5 80
Thos. Roden, for services, viz. : 13 weeks at $15 per week, $195 00
9 mos. at $70 per month, 630 00
825 00
John Donahue,
labor,
74 37
James Donahue,
66
37 62
Reuben Frost,
8 75
James Farrell,
4 00
James Cronin,
40 25
B. W. Elliott,
66
17 50
A. Dalrymple,
66
16 62
John Gee,
66
32 37
James Gibson,
66
2 62
Patrick Hourty,
66
5 25
Peter Haverty
66
13 12
John Morrow,
1 75
George F. Reed,
66
12 00
Patrick Slattery,
12 68
Daniel Sullivan,
21 42
Lawrence Sullivan,
230 10
Richard Welch,
23 62
$2,963 17
Amount carried forward,
$2,963 17
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Amount brought forward, $2,963 17
Deduct credits as follows, viz. :
Received of Bastine & Gates for labor, $1 75
for 20} hours use of pump at 30c. 6 15
Highway Department, for ser-
vices of Thos. Roden, run-
ning engine at the stone crusher, 99 56
of Geo. A. Sawyer for pipe, 2 40
of A. L. Teel, for pipe, 3 60
of A. P. Wyman, for pipe, 2 00
of Asa Durgin, for pipe and labor, 75
of John Kelley, for pipe,
6 50
of Town of Arlington, viz. : for cost of laying pipes at Adams School- house, $11 93
at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, 49 25 61 18
$183 89
Amount transferred to account "Service Pipes," 388 50
Amount cost of laying main pipes transferred as follows :
Grove street pipe, $262 97
Cleveland street pipe, 506 35
Wyman street pipe, 325 42
1,094 74
1,667 13
$1,296 04
Amount carried forward,
$1,296 04
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Amount brought forward,
$1,296 04
Grove Street Pipe.
306 feet 4-inch iron
pipe and tec, $153 36
304 lbs. old lead at 4 cents, 12 16
5 lbs. oakum at 10 cents,
50
1 hydrant,
28 34
sharpening picks,
4 35
27₺ days labor at $1.75, 48 12
6 days labor of Ro-
den at $2.69, 16 14
262 97
Cleveland Street Pipe.
702 feet 4-inch iron pipe and tee, $350 26
656 lbs. old lead at 4 cents, 26 24
10 lbs. oakum at 10 cents, 1 00
1 hydrant,
28 34
1 gate,
9 87
31} days labor at $1.75, 55 12
8 days labor of Ro-
den at $2.69, 21 52
8 days use of horse at $1.75, 14 00
506 35
Amount carried forward,
$2,065 36
WATER WORKS .- TREASURER'S REPORT. 119
Amount brought forward, $2,065 36
Wyman Street Pipe.
405 feet 4-inch iron
pipe, tees, etc., $212 58
384 lbs. old lead at 4 cents, 15 36
10 lbs. oakum at 10 cents, 1 00
1 hydrant, 28 34
1 gate,
9 87
gate box and cement, 2 00
21 days labor at $1.75, 35 75 -
6 days labor at $2.69, 16 14
2} days use of horse at $1.75, 4 38
325 42
Lawsuits.
Paid Jas. King and Geo. Flint, in settlement of suits for dam- age by flowage, and costs, $525 00
Thomas Cosgrove, in settlement of suit for damage by flow age, and costs, 258 56
W. H. H. Tuttle, for legal ser- vices and expense, 49 00
832 56
Amount carried forward, $3,223 34
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Amount brought forward, $3,223 34
Service Pipes.
Amount of cost of 37 street services,
laid in 1888, at $10.50 average for each, 388 50
Interest on Water Scrip.
Paid one year's interest on $220,000,
at 6 per cent., ~ $13,200 00
one year's interest on $80,000, at 5 per cent., 4,000 00
17,200 00
Amounts loaned to town, viz. :
March 22, 1888, $3,000 00
April 2, 1888, 1,500 00
4,500 00
Balance of cash on hand, Dec. 31, 1888, 1,186 08
$26,497 92
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Trial Balance, Water Works Books, Dec. 31, 1888.
DR.
CR. $306,535 23
Town of Arlington,
Construction,
$310,599 74 233,479 12
Town Appropriation for interest,
Water Rates, 1873,
8,035 83
1874,
7,913 66
66
1875,
7,600 52
1876,
8,463 59
1877,
8,947 58
66
66
1878,
8,857 89
66
66
1879,
9,415 60
66 1880,
9,590 22
1881,
9,568 78
66
66
1882,
10,291 76
66
1883,
10,361 49
66
1884,
9,832 09
66 1885,
10,187 30
66
66
1886,
11,172 42
11,845 03
66
66 1888,
12,417 96
Kenison Suit,
2 37
Lawsuits,
265 13
Service Pipes,
2,331 21
Main Pipe,
10 70
Grove Street Pipe,
20 90
Stock Materials,
654 49
Sundry Receipts,
8,132 40
Running Expenses, Cash,
22,187 55
1,186 08
$570,703 32
$570,703 32
B. DELMONT LOCKE, Treasurer.
ARLINGTON, Dec. 31, 1888.
1887,
101,500 00
Interest,
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RULES OF WATER WORKS.
Extracts from 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, $6 00
For each additional faucet, to be used by the same family, 2 00
Where a house is occupied by more than one family, one faucet only being used for all, for each family, 4 00
Where a house is occupied by more than one family, 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 water-closet,
3 00
For hopper water-closets, 8 00
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, ex- clusive of hose and stable, be more than 25 00
BOARDING HOUSES.
For the first faucet, 10 00
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Each additional faucet, $2 00
Water-closet or bath-tub, when used by board- ers, 10 00
Each additional bath-tub or water-closet, 3 00
STORES, OCCUPIED AS OFFICE, SHOP, OR SIMILAR PURPOSE.
First faucet,
$6 to $20 00
For each additional faucet, 2 50
For water-closet or urinal, 6 00
MARKETS, SALOONS, RESTAURANTS, WORKSHOPS.
For markets, saloons, restaurants, workshops, or for purposes not included in any other classification, and not requiring more than an ordinary supply of water, $6 to $25 00
HOTELS.
For each bed for boarders and lodgers, 3 00
For each bath-tub in a hotel, 10 00
For each water-closet in a hotel,
10 00
PUBLIC BATHS.
For one tub in public bath-house, 10 00
For each additional bath-tub, 5 00
For one water-closet in public bath-house,
10 00
For each additional water-closet,
3 00
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STABLES.
Private Stables. For the first horse, $5 00
For each additional horse, 3 00
For one cow, 2 00
66 For each additional cow, 1 00
Livery, Club and Boarding Stables. For each horse, 3 00
Car and Omnibus Stables. For each horse,
2 00
Truck and Cart Stables. For each horse,
2 00
Provided, that in no case shall any stable be charged less than 5 00
The rates for stables including water for washing carriages without hose ; when hose is used, $3.00 additional.
HOSE.
For hose of not over three-eighths inch orifice, used for washing windows, sprinkling streets, and watering gardens (and the use of the same shall be limited to two hours per day), not less than
3 00
STEAM BOILERS.
For each boiler in use not over twelve hours a day, for each horse-power, 6 00
BUILDING PURPOSES.
For each cask of lime or cement, 6 cents
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ORNAMENTAL FOUNTAINS.
Ordinarily used three hours a day for a period of not more than four months a year :
For a jet of 1-16 of an inch,
$3 00
66 66 1-8 5 00
66 66 66 1-4 8 00
To be cut off at discretion of the Superintendent.
SECT. 16. When water is required for purposes which are not specified in the foregoing tariff, the rates shall be fixed by the Board of Water Commissioners, and the rates fixed in the foregoing tariff may be varied by the Water Commissioners, whenever in particular cases in their judg- ment the interests of the town shall require.
AUDITOR'S REPORT.
The undersigned hereby certifies that he has audited the books and accounts of B. DELMONT LOCKE, as Treasurer and Collector of the Town of Arlington, also as Treasurer for the Arlington Water Works, for the year 1888, and finds the same correct, with vouchers for all payments, and the balances of cash as stated by him.
CLARENCE T. PARSONS,
ARLINGTON, Jan. 24, 1889.
Auditor.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE ARLINGTON
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
To the Selectmen of Arlington :
GENTLEMEN -- I herewith submit my tenth Annual Report of the Fire Department for the past year, also offering sug- gestions for the ensuing year.
FIRES AND ALARMS.
The Department has answered thirteen alarms, one of these out of town (West Medford), and one false. Value of buildings damaged by fire, $29,600; value of stock and furniture, $11,000 ; insurance on buildings, $19,796 ; insur-
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ance paid on buildings and contents, $7690. The citizens may certainly congratulate themselves on the small loss by fire during the past year, while other cities and towns in our vicinity have suffered severely.
BUILDINGS ..
The buildings are in good condition. Horses have been placed in the Penn and Highland Houses. The Highway Department furnishes a horse for the Highland House, and this department pays $100 per year for the use of same. The two horses in the Penn House are owned by the Fire Department, one having been purchased this year, which we know is a vast improvement on the old method, and which we think is a step in the right direction toward having an efficient Fire Department.
HOSE.
The hose of the Department is in better condition than ever before. Hose has been purchased each year as the appropriation would admit, without calling upon the town for any extra appropriation. We have now in the Depart- ment 3600 feet of good hose, 500 feet of which have been purchased this year.
FIRE ALARM.
I would call your attention to our very imperfect system of fire alarm, and think some step ought to be taken for improvement.
If we continue to trust to telephone service for fire alarm, I am afraid we shall some day get sadly "left," and I think
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the time has arrived when this town ought to adopt a perfect fire alarm telegraph system. I have made inquiries of towns and cities in our vicinity which have adopted a fire alarm service, and all are unanimous in recommending the "Gamewell Fire Alarm Telegraph system." This system would cost the town about $2500, and would benefit the citizens of the outskirts, as well as those in the centre.
APPROPRIATION.
I would recommend an appropriation, to meet the ex- penses for the ensuing year, of $2800.
PERSONAL RECOGNITION.
In closing I wish to express my thanks to your honorable Board, to my engineers for their assistance, the members of the Department in responding to the calls, and for obeying orders.
Respectfully submitted,
CHAS. GOTT, Chief Engineer.
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REPORT
OF THE
TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.
To the Town of Arlington:
In presenting their report for 1888, the Trustees of the Public Library have to state a continuance of the popu- larity which the Library has so long enjoyed. As ap- pears from the annexed statement of the Librarian more than two hundred additional persons have this year begun to use the Library, while there is no appreciable falling off among former patrons except in cases of removal from town.
In some towns it is customary to fix a limit of age below which persons cannot take out books. Here this has not been done. Children of the same age differ so much in mental capacity and tastes that to fix any arbitrary standard would exclude some children who could use the Library to advantage, while admitting others who could not. When very young children apply, it is usually not hard to decide, by consulting parents or teachers, whether the priv- ilege should be granted.
A good many people who are not permanent resi- dents now visit or board in Arlington for some weeks or months at a time-especially in the summer. There is no reason why such persons should not enjoy the ad- vantages of the Library-and in fact it is worth while
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to adopt any reasonable means to help to make the town an attractive place for strangers to stay in. Accordingly, any temporary resident is allowed to use the Library as freely as a citizen ; the only condition being that he shall secure the town against loss by furnishing a guaranty from some responsible citizen, or if that is inconvenient by depositing a small sum of money to be returned to him when he ceases to use the Library.
In order to accommodate the people at the Heights a weekly delivery of books was established there several years ago and has been kept up during the greater part of each year. This department has lately been placed under the charge of Miss Lucy C. Bailey. It has proved itself a convenience to many people in that neighborhood and might well be used by more. Cards with the catalogue numbers of books desired may be left at the railway station at any time before noon of Thursday of each week, and the books will be ready for delivery at the same place on the same evening.
It seems that something of the same sort might well be established at the eastern end of the town, in case there should be any general demand for it, and proper facilities could be secured.
In the selection of new books the Trustees have followed their established policy of getting those likely. to be of some permanent value. They have frequently been aided by sug- gestions from the public and would be glad to receive more of such assistance. Any user of the Library who wishes to have a book bought can obtain at the desk a blank form of application. As soon as the book is placed in the Library -- and it generally is procured unless there is some special reason to the contrary on account of its expense, technical character, etc .- the person recommending it is notified and is given the first chance to read it.
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The reading-room has become an almost necessary part of the Library. In it are kept not merely current magazines and papers but complete or partial sets of several leading period- icals as well as a large number of books of reference. As all these may be read or consulted freely by any one who comes in, without any formality, the reading-room serves a purpose of its own, which the Library without it could not serve.
The principal feature of the year's work inside the Library has been the preparation of a new printed catalogue. The last catalogue of the whole Library appeared in 1876. In 1881 a supplement was issued, containing the books procured during the preceding five years. Since then there has been no consolidated supplement, and no guide to the additions made of late years except a number of short separate lists. The new catalogue has been prepared under the direction of the Librarian and was completed at the end of the year. Its preparation involved an unexpected amount of work, as so many inaccuracies were discovered in the catalogue of 1876-arising mainly from the fact that it was based on earlier lists which were prepared by several persons and without suitable oversight-that the work had practically to be done fron the beginning. The card catalogue was of the greatest assistance and proved its usefulness in this as in so many other ways.
The new catalogue was issued in January, 1889, and is what is technically known as an author-and-title dictionary cata- logue,-that is, each book appears in its proper alphabetical place under its title and under the name of its author. Such a list serves in most cases every purpose. To insert every book under its subject heading also would entail a great · increase in the size and expense of the catalogue without compensating advantages, as those investigating a subject usually wish to examine several if not all of the books that the Library has in regard to it-an investigation which has
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of course to be made at the Library, where the card catalogue is at hand. The Librarian has spared neither labor nor care to make the catalogue accurate and convenient, and it is be- lieved the typographical arrangement and execution will also be found entirely satisfactory.
Towards the end of 1888 a contract for a year was made with the Somerville Electric Light Co. to supply the Library with their light. The wires and fixtures were inserted by the Company without expense to the town and the cost of this method of illumination will be no greater than that of gas. A much brighter light is obtained for the same money, and we think that people generally will find the change an improvement.
Such are the principal matters to which the Trustees desire to call the attention of the town, feeling sure that an institution that gives so much pleasure and benefit to so many of our people will not lack the generous support of the community.
JAMES P. PARMENTER,
JANUARY, 1889.
For the Trustees.
LIBRARIAN'S STATEMENT.
Number of volumes in the Library, July, 1888 . 10,393
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