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Taxes for 1897.
$81 22
1898.
200 05
66
66 1899.
3,418 19
66
66 1900.
9,817 43
$13,516 89
and the following amounts may have been paid :-
Taxes for 1898.
$105 74
$740 64
66
1899.
391 08
1,131 72
$876 24
66
66 1900.
228 80
1,105 04
$15,859 39
157
TREASURER'S REPORT.
OF THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON. FOR FUTURE INFORMATION. CR.
following amounts of the taxes for 1897, 1898, 1899 and 1900, have been
If the opposite amounts can be taken to be approximately correct, then approximately there is still due the town for taxes, exclusive of the year 1901, as follows :-
Taxes for 1893
$2 56
66
66 1896.
361 06
1897.
1,750 04
66
66 1898.
4,433 69
66
66 1899
3,593 09
66
1900.
17,417 86
$27,558 30
Less balance due on Taxes for 1894-1895.
99 08
$27,459 22
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
DR. 1901.
HARVEY S. SEARS, TREASURER Pro Tem, IN
Nov. 1. Received of B. Delmont Locke the fol- lowing moneys belonging to the Town of Arlington and in his hands as Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, and as the holder of other minor town offices :
Balance of cash on hand $55,631.73, Nov. 1, 1901, deposited as follows : Cash in Town Treasurer office. Deposited in First National Bank of Arlington, B. Del- mont Locke, Treasurer,
$1,352 38 .
Nov. 1, 1901. .. $23,701 41
As shown on deposit book, from this is to be deducted the amont of outstanding checks, making. 42 09
23,659 32
Also deposited in a separate book in First National Bank of Arlington, Harvey S. Sears, George I. Doe, Agents for Town of Arl- ington ..
$3,769 43
Less outstanding checks not paid .
57 84
Deposited in Faneuil Hall National Bank, Water Com- missioners' Account $67 07
3,711 59
No outstanding checks .. 67 07
Contained in Red Pocketbook in the safe, money to pay Coupons Nos. 41 and 42, due July 1, 1889 . 50 00
Also money to pay coupons not presented : No. 88, due July 1, 1885 $30 00
No. 162, due July 1, 1885 .. 30 00
60 00
Deposit in Faneuil Hall National Bank, no outstanding checks. 26,731 37
$55,631 73
Amount carried forward
$55,631 73
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON. CR.
1901.
Nov.
Amount paid on Pay roll No. 2 ..
$22 00
Amount paid on Pay roll No. 7. 4 34
Amount paid on Pay roll No. 9 .. 2,475 60
Amount paid on Pay roll No. 10 .. 1,940 73
Paid for interest during the montlı.
2,142 00
16. Paid Crosby School Loan Bond, No. 16, due Nov. 1, 1901
3,800 00
Paid Crosby School Loan Bond, No. 6, due Nov. 1, 1901 . . 600 00
19. Paid J. O. Hayden, Treasurer, Middlesex County, County Tax ..
9,324 73
Less amount paid in October, 1901. 83 01
11,753 71
Dec.
4. Amount paid on Pay roll No. 4
53 45
Amount paid on Pay roll No. 5
1 60
Amount paid on Pay roll No. 8.
3 37
Amount paid on Pay roll No. 9
20 27
Amount paid on Pay roll No. 10
1,048 36
Amount of Pay Rolls No. 12
24,348 31
Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, amount bor- rowed July 1, 1901 ..
25,000 00
11. Expense of making return to Commonwealth. 14 00
Paid for interest during the month
3,017 60
Paid Metropolitan Sewerage Tax. Paid State Tax .
5,180 00
14. Tax for 1900 abated
8 11
18. Tax for 1897 abated ..
20 00
Paid J O. Hayden, County Treasurer, amount of dog tax less fees 459 60
Amount paid Town Clerk, fees, 207 dogs at 20 cents 41 40 Paid Sewer Assessment. 5 76
31. Paid Sinking Fund. 5,861 50
Paid Corporation and Bank Tax. 258 20
Amount carried forward.
. $104,136 03
1
Amount of Pay Roll, No. 11. $11,836 72
6,731 39
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TREASURER'S REPORT.
DR. HARVEY S. SEARS, TREASURER Pro Tem, IN
1901.
To amount brought forward. .....
$55,631 73
Nov. 1. Less amount held in reserve to pay
Coupons No. 41 and 42, due July 1, 1889. . $50 00
Coupon No. 88, due July 1, 1885 . .. 30 00
Coupon No. 162, due July 1, 1885 30 00
110 00
Of this amount $9,082.02 belongs to Water Account.
9,082 02
$46,439 71
Received for 1896 taxes, collected.
2 00
Received for 1897 taxes, collected.
25 00
Received for 1898 taxes, collected.
23 98
Received for 1899 taxes, collected.
66 58
Received for 1900 taxes, collected.
702 73
Received for 1901 taxes, collected.
6,013 87
Received interest.
829 30
Received Particular Sewer
330 77
Received for Watering Streets, 1901.
16 62
Received from Cemeteries.
114 50
Received for Lots in Cemetery
100 00
Received for Sewers ..
243 02
Received of sundry persons this month, as per Cash Book. .
574 31
Received for 1897 taxes, collected
222 43
Received for 1898 taxes, collected
202 90
Received for 1899 taxes, collected
102 61
Received for 1900 taxes, collected
1,585 32
Received for 1901 taxes, collected
3,702 27
Received for interest during the month.
1,264 74
Received for Sewer Assessments during the month .
5,222 83
Received for Particular Sewer during the month .. ..
230 00
Received for Watering Streets, 1901, during the month
200 00
Received for Cemeteries during the month ..
1,176 76
Received for Lots in Cemeteries during the month . .
80 00
Received for Sewers during the month ..
161 40
Received of Street Railway Tax.
12,422 23
Received of State Aid, Chap. 374.
1,088 00
Received of Boston Elevated Railway Tax
2,446 11
Received for Sidewalks.
1,729 71
Received of Burial of Deceased Indigent Soldiers ...
35 00
Received of Boston & Lexington R. R. Co., Excise Tax for year ending .
25 73
Borrowed of Arlington Five Cent Savings Bank on demand note, at 4 per cent per annum ..
20,000 00
Amount carried forward
$107,640 06
Dec.
$55,521 73
259 63
Received Sewer Assessments
TREASURER'S REPORT. 161
ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON. CR.
€ 1901. Nov.
By amount brought forward. $104,136 03
Amount carried forward.
.... $104,136 03
162 DR.
TREASURER'S REPORT.
HARVEY S. SEARS, TREASURER Pro Tem, IN
1901.
To amount brought forward. $107,640 06
Dec.
Received of Corporation Tax. 6,124 51
Received of National Bank Tax.
2,950 11
Received of Emerson W. Law, Clerk Third District
Court, fines collected . 34 25
Received of John R. Fairbairn, Master House of Correction, fines collected .. 6 00
Received of Trustees of Pratt Fund for Poor Widows' Fund
249 24
Received one year's interest on notes, Poor Widows' Fund .
24 52
Received of E. Nelson Blake, Jr., Memorial Fund .. Received from Trustees Elbridge Farmer Fund, for account of Robbins Library
2,055 72
Received of Robbins Library from Trustees of Pratt Fund. .
498 45
Received of Robbins Library, 1 year's interest on note, $5,200, Henry Mott Bequest, per contra .... Received of Robbins Library, 1 year's interest on note, $100, per contra Henry Mott Bequest.
4 00
Received of Receipts of Sinking Fund ...
6,213 00
Received 1 year's interest on note $5,354, account William Cutter School Fund, .
214 16
Received for amount overpaid on Pay roll No. 5 ....
6 50
2 50
Received for amount overpaid on Pay roll No. 11 ... Received of Boston & Northern R. R. Excise Tax ... Received of Public Schools from Trustees of Pratt Fund .
289 88
Received of Public Schools income from Martha W. Russell School Fund . .
146 92
Beceived from Deficiency, April 29, 1901, account three checks that were recovered from the Sewer at Roland A. Swan's residence on Water street, Arlington, $75, $53.34 and $35.
163 34
Also one check to replace one that was lost ..
75 00
Received from sundry persons and departments this month as per Cash Book.
1,138 87
$128,822 71
100 00
208 00
677 68
TREASURER'S REPORT. 163
1901.
ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON. CR. By amount brought forward. $104,136 03
Dec.
By Cash balance in the Treasury at this date 24,686 68
$128,822 71 HARVEY S. SEARS,
ARLINGTON, December 31, 1901.
Treasurer pro tem.
COMMISSIONERS OF SINKING FUND.
The Commissioners of the Sinking Fund submit herewith their annual report : -
1901.
Jan. 1. Cash on hand, $284 01
Received of Town of Arlington account of appropriation of March 25,1901, . $15,000 00 Less error in amount reported as un- expended in Town Report, 1900, sidewalks, $1,411 80 Actual amount being but as will be seen
by referring to the trial balance on
page 100. 352 49 1,059 31
13,940 69
July 15. Received from Town of Arlington amount to pay Bond No. 1 Cutter School Loan, due June 1, 1901, 3,000 00
Interest on $13,940.69, 9 mos. 6 days at 4 per cent., 427 52 Received 6 months' interest to June 1, 1901, on Cutter School Loan, at 4 per cent , 60 00 Received 6 months' interest to April 1, 1901, on $10,150, Locke School Loan, at 4 per cent., 203 00
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COMMISSIONERS OF SINKING FUND.
Received 6 months' interest to June 1, 1901, on $8,000, Cutter School Loan, at 4 per cent., 160 00
Dec. 31. ¿ Received 6 months' interest to Oct. 1, 1901, on $10,150, Locke School Loan, at 4 per cent., 203 00
Received 6 months' interest to Dec. 1, 1901, on $8,000, Cutter School Loan, at 4 per cent., 160 00
$18,438 22
Amount paid Town of Arlington as per vote of the town March 25, 1901, to pay Town Debt due in 1901, as follows : -
Locke School Loan, due April 1, 1901, $1,450 00
Cutter School Loan, due June 1, 1901, 3,000 00
Crosby School Loan, due Nov. 1, 1901, 4,400 00
$8,850 00
Interest on $1,450, April 1, 1901, to Jan. 1, 1902, at 4 per cent., $43 50
Interest on $3,000, June 1, 1901, to
Jan. 1, 1902, at 4 per cent., 70 00
Interest on $4,400, Nov. 1, 1901, to Jan. 1, 1902, at 4 per cent., 29 33
Rent safe at Union Safe Deposit Vaults, to Sept. 1, 1902,
10 00
Repairing lock,
1 50
154 33
Balance on hand,
9,433 89
$18,438 22
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COMMISSIONERS OF SINKING FUND.
INVESTMENT.
Town of Arlington School Loan, seven bonds, each $1,450, at 4 per cent., dated April, 1889, payable one in each consecutive year, beginning with April 1, 1913,
$10,150 00
Town of Arlington, Cutter School Loan, $8,000, dated June 1, 1900, at 4 per cent., i.e.,
No. 3, payable June 1, 1903, $4,000 00 No. 4, payable June 1, 1904, 4,000 00
Amount loaned to Town of Arlington, Dec. 31, 1901, 9,433 89
8,000 00
$27,583 89
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM G. PECK, A. D. HOITT, THEODORE SCHWAMB, Commissioners of the Sinking Fund.
Arlington, Dec. 31, 1901.
REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF THE PRATT FUND.
The Trustees of the Pratt Fund present the following report to the town for the year ending December 31, 1901 :-
INCOME.
Received 1 year's interest on City of Boston
Water Bonds, $5,000, at 5 per cent, $250 00
Received 1 year's interest on $20,000 Cutter School Loan to December 1, 1901, at 4 per cent, 800 00
Received interest on Book No. 13669, Arlington Five Cents Saving Bank, July 20 to January 1, 1902, 5 46
Received interest on Book No. 3791, Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, 1 year to Jan. 1,1902, 2 18 Received 1 year's interest on $3,000 Arlington Water Loan, 1928, at 4 per cent, 120 00
Received 1 year's interest on $2,000 Arlington Water Loan, 1922, at 4 per cent, 80 00
$1,257 64
Less amount paid rent of safe in Union Safe Deposit Vaults, $10 00
Expense repairing lock, $1 50
11 50
$1,246 14
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TRUSTEES OF PRATT FUND.
DISBURSEMENTS.
Amount paid Town Treasurer for
Poor Widow's Fund, $249 24
Amount paid Town Treasurer for Public Library, 498 45
Amount deposited in Arlington Five
Cents Savings Bank, as a High School Fund, 498 45
$1,246 14
INVESTMENTS.
Cutter School Loan, dated June 1, 1900, 5 bonds each $4000, payable one in each consecutive year, beginning with June 1, 1905, Nos. 5, 6, 7, 8,9, $20,000 00
City of Boston Gold Water Bonds due Oct. 1, 1905, 5s,
5,000 00
$25,000 00
HIGH SCHOOL FUND INCOME.
Amount on hand in Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, Jan., 1901, per last report, $8,168 15
Dividend one year to Jan., 1902, Book No. 4063 286 79
Income on fund for 1901, 498 45
$8,953 39
Less amount paid Town Treasurer for use of High School, 677 68
On deposit in Book No. 4063, $8,275 71
1
TRUSTEES OF PRATT FUND.
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INVESTMENT OF HIGH SCHOOL FUND INCOME.
Town of Arlington Water Bonds, Nos. 118 and 119, due 1922, 4's each, $1,000, due 1928, 4's, each $1,000, $5,000 00
Deposit in Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank, Book 4063, including interest, January, 1902, 8,275 71
$13,275 71
E. NELSON BLAKE JUNIOR MEMORIAL FUND.
1901.
Jan. Deposited in Arlington Five Cents Sav- ings Bank, in the name of the Trustees of the Pratt Fund, $2,500 00.
Accrued interest to January, 1901,
51 82
$2,551 82
Add dividend, January, 1902,
90 07
$2,641 89
Drawn and paid to High School to Jan., 1902,
100 00
$2,541 89.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM G. PECK,
WILLIAM E. WOOD,
HENRY HORNBLOWER, JAMES A. BAILEY, GEORGE HILL,
HARVEY S. SEARS, ex-officio,
Trustees of the Pratt Fund ..
Arlington, 1901.
REPORTS OF Consolidated Board of Trustees of Robbins' Fund, Soldiers' Monument Fund, Trustees of . Cemeteries and Samuel C. Buckman Fund.
ROBBINS FUND.
Amount of this fund, deposited in Arlington Five
Cents Savings Bank in 1901, was
$5,000 00
Accrued interest to January, 1901,
854 04
Interest added to January, 1902,
206 67
6,060 71
Amount paid Trustees of Cemeteries for 1900 and 1901,
420 15
Total in Bank January, 1902,
$5,640 56
SOLDIERS' MONUMENT FUND.
Amount of this fund deposited in Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank was, in 1901, $2,000 00
Accrued interest to January, 1901,
922 26
Interest to January, 1902.
103 16
Amount paid Trustees of Cemeteries for care of grounds and expenditures for 1900, $55 00
For care of grounds 1901, 30 00
Peirce & Winn Co., fertilizer,
3 75
New England Decorating Co., decorating
monument for Patriot Day, Memorial Day, and for President Mckinley,
30 00
$118 75
$3,025 42
118.75
Balance on hand, January, 1902,
$2,906 67
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CONSOLIDATED BOARD.
S. C. BUCKMAN CEMETERY FUND.
Amount of fund deposited in Arlington Five Cents Savings Bank was $2,000 00
Accrued interest to January, 1901,
170 35
Interest added to January, 1902,
76 61
For care and grading neglected lots in 1900 and 1901,
$246 96
$246 96
$2,246 96
246 96
$2,000 00
PERPETUAL CARE FUND.
Amount of fund deposited in Arlington Five Cents
Savings Bank was, in 1901,
$9,100 00
Accrued interest to January, 1901,
1,200 48
Amount received during 1901,
500 00
Interest to January, 1902,
347 90
Paid Trustees of Cemeteries for care of lots in 1900 and 1901,
$448 70
Loaned Trustees of Cemeteries,
726 80
$1,175 50
$11,148 38
1,175 50
$9,972 88
RECEIPTS.
+ 7
Appropriation for 1901,
$750 00
Care of Lots,
946 50
New lots,
1,300 00
Grading, repairs on lots, etc.,
1,212 50
Borrowed of Perpetual Care Fund for filling Park Land,
726 80
Amount carried forward,
$4,935 80
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CONSOLIDATED BOARD.
Amount brought forward,
$4,935 80
Borrowed of Perpetual Care Fund for care of lots, etc., for 1900 and 1901, 448 70 420 15
From Robbins Fund for 1900 and 1901, Soldiers' Monument Fund for 1900 and 1901,
118 75
S. C. Buckman Cemetery Fund for 1900 and 1901,
246 96
$6,170 36
EXPENDITURES.
Paid Shady Hill Nursery Co., trees,
$61 80
W. W. Rawson & Co., plants and seeds,
54 95
C. A. Hutchinson, sods,
6 25
Frank Nickola, myrtle,
4 00
Dennis Reardon, gravel,
50 00
John Tutten, posts and stones,
127 50
James Robertson, canvas,
11 16
Blanchard, Kendall & Co., lumber,
2 58
J. Breck & Sons, tree pruners, wire, etc.,
12 56.
R. W. Shattuck & Co., hose, tools, etc.,
76 35
Arlington Water Works, pipe, labor, etc.,
101 41
Knowles & Marden, tools,
7 65
Charles Gott, repairing tools,
17 00
W. M. Peppard, sharpening tools,
1 95
A. J. Wilkinson & Co., supplies,
63
Crosby School, loam,
39 75.
Michael H. Kelly, loam and grading,
1,265 92
R. A. Welch, loam and labor,
118 65
Peirce & Winn Co., cement, coal, fertilizer,
194 74
Oak Hall Clothing Co., uniforms,
23 13
Wetherbee Bros., making keys,
50
Robert Burlen, binding plans,
10 50.
Francis Doane & Co., books and stationery,
16 45
Frost & Adams, stationery,
6 53
Arlington Post Office, envelopes and stamps,
23 20
Sprague, Hathaway Co , prints,
91 55
Amount carried forward,
$2,326. 71
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CONSOLIDATED BOARD.
Amount brought forward,
$2,326 71
C. S. Parker & Son, printing,
16 75
F. H. Gray, printing,
6 50
A. L. Bacon, mason work,
2 25
E. S. Chapman, Supt.,
789 50
E. S. Chapman, extra labor,
120 00
Sewer Department, services and expenses,
307 25
Labor,
1,387 62
F. M. Gott, services,
264 00
Geo. W. McClellan, expressing,
50
Johnson's Express, expressing,
35
American Express Co., expressing,
15
Wood Bros., expressing,
30
H. Gott, services,
36 00
Allen, Thompson, Whitney Co., chair,
4 50
Account Soldiers' Monument for 1900,
55 00
Account Perpetual Care Fund for 1900,
235 00
For filling Park Lands for 1900,
617 98
$6,170 36
. REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF WIRES.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :-
GENTLEMEN :- I herewith submit my annual report as In- spector of Wires and Superintendent of Fire Alarm for the year ending Dec. 31, 1901 : -
INSPECTION OF WIRES.
During the past year 105 buildings were inspected, in which wiring was installed for electric lighting and electric power. All new work is inspected before being covered up, but we have experienced considerable trouble by lathers covering work be- fore it was inspected. These parties were given to understand that the work would not be accepted until the lathes were re- moved. In a number of these cases the work was found to be defective and changes were ordered. I would respectfully sug- gest that a by-law be added to the Building Inspection laws prohibiting the placing of lathes in any building in which elect- ric wiring is being installed, until the same has been inspected and approved by the Inspector of Wires. The class of wiring done during the past year is much superior to what was done a few years ago before the office of Inspector of Wires was created. The work done by this department is as follows :-
Total number of buildings inspected, 105
Total number of inspections made, 217
Total number of buildings inspected for rough wiring, 95
Total number of buildings inspected for fixture work, 68
Total number of incandescent lights wired for, .
2,142
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INSPECTOR OF WIRES.
Total number of arc lights wired for, 6
Total number of fan motors wired for, 7
Total number of power motors wired for, 5 Total horse power motors installed, 25 5-8
Fifty-two permits were issued to the Somerville Electric Light Company to attach supply service wires to buildings, and one permit was granted the Lexington & Boston Street Railway Company to connect their waiting room at the Heights with a lighting service from their trolley wires.
POLE LOCATIONS. ETC.
Twenty-four permits were issued to the various electric com- panies owning poles in the town for new locations, to replace or remove poles from the highways. The line of poles on Henderson street, Addison street, and a part of Maple street was rebuilt by the Somerville Electric Light Company, also. locations were granted the same Company to build a new line of poles on Brattle street between Massachusetts avenue and Dudley street. The New England Telephone and Telegraph Company were granted permission to place nine new poles on Chestnut street and to remove their old poles from this street. These new poles were set at the recommendation of this office for the purpose of carrying all wires on this street, this one line of poles to take the place of three.
The Atlantic Telegraph Company was granted permission to reset and straighten up its poles on Summer and Lowell streets. In all cases where poles have been found to be defec- tive, they have been promptly replaced by the various com- panies. The New England Telephone and Telegraph Company and the Somerville Electric Light Company have painted a large number of poles the past year. It was not deemed ad-
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visable to order the painting of all old poles as a number will have to be replaced at an early date. The New England Tele- phone and Telegraph Company have extended their system of underground conduits on Massachusetts avenue from Park avenue to the Lexington line and on Park avenue from Massa- chusetts avenue to Lowell street. This Company has removed all their aerial cables on Massachusetts avenue between the Cambridge line and Park avenue, also on Pleasant street between Massachusetts avenue and Lake street, placing the same underground, which is a great improvement.
FIRE ALARM SYSTEM.
This system at the present time is in better condition than ever before. All aerial wires and cross-arms were overhauled the past summer in a most thorough manner. A large number of cross-arms and pins were found to be unsound and were replaced. The fire alarm lines on Chestnut street, Medford street, Henderson street, Park avenue, Wollaston avenue and Hillside avenue were rebuilt and are now in perfect condition.
All other wires throughout the system were inspected and strengthened. About 12,500 feet of aerial wire was removed from the poles on Massachusetts avenue and on Pleasant street, also all cross-arms and other fixtures. Two thousand feet of new wire was installed on Massachusetts avenue between Franklin and Tufts streets, which is not in use at present, being a part of one of the new circuits planned when the system is. divided into more circuits. All boxes and pipes were painted in the spring as has been the custom here before.
Sixteen thousand, eight hundred feet of rubber covered wire was installed in the underground conduits on Massachusetts avenue, between the Fire Alarm Headquarters in Town Hall and Hose Houses Nos. 2 and 3, and Tufts and Winter streets.
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INSPECTOR OF WIRES.
Eight thousand, eight hundred and seventy feet of this wire is in use at present and all of the boxes and other electrical apparatus are connected to this underground system between the above mentioned points, all aerial wire having been removed.
In installing this system of underground wires, four circuits were provided for as recommended in my last report, and all wires are connected and ready for service as soon as the re- peater is purchased for headquarters. Seven hundred and fifty- seven feet of one-inch and 25 feet of 2-inch galvanized iron pipe was laid from the manholes for tap conduits to side streets and boxes. One iron post was placed on Massachusetts avenue, opposite Jason street, for box 39, this post being connected underground with the main conduit system This post is arranged so that it can be piped for gas at any time for a red lamp on top, showing the location of the box day or night. The town has now 26,800 feet of underground wire, 10,000 feet of this wire being installed on Pleasant street in December, 1900. The boxes on this street have been connected to this system since that time.
One 10-inch gong was placed in Hose House No. 2, in the early summer, which is an improvement over the old way of receiving an alarm from the tower bell striker.
One milliammeter was purchased for the switch board in head- quarters, which makes a valuable addition to the other instru- ments in that office. A new whistle valve was purchased for the air whistle on Town Hall, the old valve being ruined by the fire in that building on April 29, 1901. Also the electric whistle machine had to be thoroughly overhauled, being badly damaged by this fire. The fire alarm room in Town Hall has been equipped with an automatic thermostat system, which is connected to a loud sounding bell in Police . Station. This system will immediately sound an alarm in case of a dangerous rise in temperature in this room.
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INSPECTOR OF WIRES.
.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
I would respectfully again recommend that a four-section re- peater be purchased and that the fire alarm system be divided into four circuits, as the Chief of Fire Department recommends in his report of this year that more boxes be added to the sys- tem, which in my judgment are much needed, as the town has not purchased any boxes for 8 or 9 years. With these boxes added it will not be practical to continue operating this system without making the changes as recommended above.
I would also recommend that two blows be sounded on the Fire Alarm system at 6.45 A. M. and 6.45 P. M. instead of one, which, in my opinion, will be a more reliable way to determine the condition of the tower bells, gongs, etc. Have suggested this change to the Board of Fire Engineers, which they approve of.
Respectfully submitted,
R. W. LEBARON, Inspector of Wires.
REPORT OF SEWER COMMISSIONERS.
The Board of Sewer Commissioners herewith present their annual report for the year ending December 31, 1901 :
The work of the department has been conducted with the same organization and by the same methods as heretofore. All of the sewers begun during the year have been completed and put in operation and the entire system is working in a very satisfactory manner.
Reference is made to the Town Treasurer's and Town Engi- neer's Reports for expenditures and details of the work of the department.
The total length of sewers constructed by the town and in operation is 20.53 miles, and the total amount expended for construction and maintenance to date is $250,588.52.
Sewer assessments have been levied. to the amount of $124,571.37 including $4,311.38 on sewers constructed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Of this amount $81,814.61 has been paid to the Town Treasurer.
There have been 1679 assessments levied of which 409 have been apportioned.
The following is an inventory of the property held by the department :
Horses and stable equipment . $800 00
Tools, materials and appliances 4,298 00
Office fittings, instruments and sup- plies .
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