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During the prevalence of diphtheria in September it was thought best to close the Union street and Prospect street schools for a few days, that we might have an opportunity to thoroughly fumigate the buildings and look after the sanitary conditions.
The buildings were fumigated and much needed changes made in the plumbing of the Union street and old High school buildings.
The case of City of Melrose against the Town of Reading, on account of sickness, death and burial of Pettengill G. Carlton, has been settled for $449.33, which the Town counsel advised to do rather than let it go to trial.
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. L. FLINT, Chairman. FREDERIC D. MERRILL, Sec'y. CALVERT H. PLAYDON, M. D. V. Board of Health.
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BOARD OF HEALTH
Appropriation
$600 00
Cash refunded
6 50
Cash refunded by Municipal Light Board 7 23
EXPENDED
G. S. Tukey, salary, Inspector of Plumbing $300 00
G. S. Tukey, fumigating
15 50
C. H. Playdon, M. D. V., salary Inspector of Slaughter Houses, Meats and Pro- visions, 1906 50 00
Municipal Light Board, electric lights Dec., 1905, and Jan., 1906 13 34
Lyceum Hall Association, rent year ending Dec. 31, 1906 100 00
J. C. Oxley, disinfectant
44 00
E. D. Richmond, M. D., medical services
1 50
Mrs. Frank A. Eaton, expenses in diphtheria case
75 00
F. H. Parker & Son, expressing
3 85
American Express, expressing
3 30
E. C. Metcalf, supplies
45
F. Wallace, supplies
1 35
Francis Bros., supplies
90
E. C. Hanscom, labor and material
6 50
C. W. Abbott, P. M., postage Overdrawn 2 96
1 00
$616 69
$616 69
BOARD OF HEALTH
ACCOUNT OF PETTENGILL G. CARLETON EXPENDED
City of Melrose, medical services, funeral ex-
penses and supplies
$449 33
Overdrawn
$449 33
$449 33
$449 33
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING
To the Chairman and Members of the Honorable Board of Health :
GENTLEMEN: I have the honor to submit the following report of work done in my department for the year ending Dec. 31, 1906 :
Applications filed
107
Left over
2
Calls made
297
Water closets set
106
Bath tubs set
52
Bowls set
67
Sinks set
87
Trays set
64
Butlers' sinks set
2
Physical and chemical sinks set
4
Urinals set
3
Grease traps set
1
Laundry gutter washers set
2
Drinking fountains set
3
Milk room trays set
2
Soda fountain drip pans set
1
Alterations
12
Ventilation and trapping old fixtures
12
I wish to call your attention to the fact "that you may take course to enlighten our citizens" of the absolute necessity of a sewer system for the centre of the Town and its immediate sur- roundings.
The large block corner of High and Haven streets known as Black's block, now Mellen's heirs, is in a critical condition; at times a cesspool of filth. We can hardly connect and put in condition
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one drain before another is cut off and allowed to run under the building, and your inspector feels that it will necessitate the con- demnation of the estate by your board in the very near future, as was the case with the Symes' building, and allow me to say for the health and good of the Town that this case is one of many NOT QUITE SO BAD conditions that can be made safe by a sewer system only.
Thanking the Secretary, the Board, my craft and the citizens at large for their kind co-operation, I am,
Respectfully submitted,
GREENLEAF S. TUKEY, Inspector.
REPORT OF TREE WARDEN
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Appropriation
$100 00
Unexpended balance 1905
101 23
EXPENDED
Labor
.
$176 00
Francis Bros., supplies
95
Morss, Whyte Co., netting for tree pro- tectors 22 50
O. O. Ordway, repairs
75
Treat Hardware & Supply Co., supplies
1 70
Geo. M. Hutchinson, damage to garden 3 00 Overdrawn 3 67
$204 90
$204 90
ASSESSORS' REPORT
We respectfully submit the following report of the valuation of real and personal property assessed in the Town of Reading during the year 1906 :
Valuation of real estate
$4,203,020 00
Valuation of personal property, not in-
cluding resident Nat'l Bank stock $587,775 00
Resident National Bank stock 27,750 00
$615,525 00
Total real and personal property
$4,818,545 00
Increase in value of real estate
$83,107 00
Increase in value of personal estate
51,846 00
Value of buildings excluding land
. 2,619,392 00
Value of land excluding buildings
. 1,583,638 00
Tax on real estate
$84,060 40
Tax on personal estate
12,310 50
Tax on polls
3,354 00
Total tax assessed on polls and estates Tax assessed on polls since May 1, 1906 Additional tax real and personal as- sessed Dec. 17, 1906 ·
64 54
Street railway excise tax (11.832-1000 miles in Reading) 2,332 08
Total taxes assessed from all sources
$102,129 52
Wellington bridge tax
$699 70
State highway tax
186 80
State tax
5,110 00
County tax
5,082 81
Total for state and cornty
$11,079 31
$11,079 31
Balance used for Town purposes .
$91,050 21
.
$99,724 90
8 00
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Rate of taxation $20 on $1000
Total number of persons assessed on property
1,463
Total number of persons assessed on polls only
973
Number of polls May 1, 1906
1,677
Number of polls added since
4
Total polls assessed
1,681
Increase from 1905
63
Number of horses
394
Number of cows
382
Number neat cattle
42
Number sheep
6
Number swine
232
Number fowls
5,284
Number dwellings
1,287
Number new dwellings
10
Number acres land
5,734
EDWARD F. PARKER, JOHN H. ADDEN, MILLARD F. CHARLES,
Assessors of Reading.
COLLECTOR'S REPORT
H. M. VIALL, Collector,
To TOWN OF READING
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Amount of uncollected taxes for 1904 $ 9,293 82
Additional taxes for 1904
34 00
Amount of uncollected taxes for 1905
29,980 58
Additional taxes for 1905
58 00
Committed list taxes for 1906
99,871 67
Excise tax for 1906
2,332 08
Additional taxes for 1906
23 00
Supplementary taxes for 1906
49 54
Interest, 1904
902 36
Interest, 1905
965 86
Interest, 1906
87 30
CR.
By cash paid E. F. Parker, Treas.
In full account of 1904
$10,230 18
Account of 1905
22,150 00
Account of 1906
65,000 00
Excise tax, 1906
2,332 08
By uncollected tax, 1905
8,854 44
By uncollected tax, 1906
35,031 51
$143,598 21 $143,598 21
H. M. VIALL, Collector.
READING, DEC. 31, 1906.
REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
To the Inhabitants of the Town of Reading :
We herewith submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1906.
TOWN HOME
Total number of inmates during year
8
Number discharged
1
Number of deaths
1
Number at present time
6
NUMBER OF PERSONS AIDED OUTSIDE TOWN HOME
Temporary aid granted adults
14
Temporary aid granted children 14
The number of inmates at the Town Home has been about the same as last year and the net expense is very nearly the same as last year, notwithstanding the fact that there has been considerable sickness among the inmates.
There has been considerable increase in personal property as shown by the inventory, and there has been a number of needed improvements made in the house and about the premises by the Superintendent, some of which are new floor for kitchen, new cess- pool, shed for carts and tools, and general improvement of land.
The calls for outside aid have amounted to considerably less than last year. The number aided has been less than last year.
We invite your attention to the financial statement which is given on the following pages.
JAMES W. KILLAM, OLIVER L. AKERLEY, GEORGE L. PRATT, Overseers of the Poor.
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TOWN HOME
INMATES
James Hunter
Aged 63 years
Margaret Sullivan
73
Henry W. Weston
59
Charles H. Ballard
66
60
William H. Burnham, died Nov. 13, 1906
66
80
Mehitable Parker, admitted March 12, 1906, dis- charged May 10, 1906
80
Frank C. Gilchrist, discharged Aug. 24, 1906, admitted Sept. 21, '06, discharged Nov. 2, '06, admitted Dec. 1, '06
James S. Wyatt, admitted June 27, '06
82
PERSONAL PROPERTY AT TOWN HOME JAN. 1, 1907
Live stock
$731 05
Hay and grain
327 45
Wagons, carts and sleighs
193 00
Manure
95 00
Harnesses, blankets, etc.
60 90
Two snow plows
15 00
Spraying machine and chemicals
40 00
Barrels, boxes and baskets
32 40
Fuel
103 75
Farming tools and implements
187 65
Beds and bedding
119 15
Household furniture and utensils
460 30
Provisions and supplies
187 63
60
$2,553 28
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TOWN HOME
Amount received from sale of milk,
eggs, poultry, vegetables, apples, pigs, etc. $1,018 11
Amount received from labor on high- way 202 01
Amount received from gravel 34 56
Amount received for use of horse, moth dept. 42 00
Amount refunded by Municipal Light Board
4 51
EXPENDED
W. C. Smith, salary Supt. .
$500 00
W. C. Smith, miscellaneous supplies 73 76
Delia Joyce, wages
50 23
Hannah Welsh, wages
30 50
Maggie Jameson, wages
30 50
Clara Brannigan, wages
30 50
Thos. Brannigan, wages
20 00
Geo. B. Mclellan, wages
70 00
Mary Orr, wages
29 50
Minnie Robbins, wages
15 50
C. F. Palmer, labor
9 00
T. J. Cullinane, labor
7 00
E. H. Crowe, labor
2 83
W. Freestone, labor
43 63
Geo. Hunt, labor
25 35
Joanna O'Brien, nurse 41 20
Reading Co-op. Ass'n, grain and groceries 459 09
G. H. Atkinson Co., grain and groceries 418 00
F. Wallace, grain and groceries 114 11
Wm. H. Mears, groceries 58 61 .
E. L. Chamberlain, meats and provisions
84 08
Amount carried forward
$2,113 39 $1,301 19
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Amount brought forward
$2,113 39 $1,301 19
Berry & Rich, meats
32 40
W. A. Rich, meats
21 78
M. F. Holt, meats
9 94
Chas. L. Nichols, meats
20 43
Wm. Taylor, meats
9 61
H. W. Wilson, crackers
16 36
A. S. Cook & Co., dry goods
27 52
F. G. MacDonald, dry goods
15 39
H. O. Copeland & Co., dry goods
9 54
Francis Bartley, clothing
52 54
E. C. Metcalf, supplies
4 18
Boston Oyster Co., oysters
1 25
W. Gray, hen meat
1 40
Eames Bros., saw dust
1 50
Wendell Bancroft & Co., fuel and supplies 106 64
Francis Bros., range, hardware and supplies 155 87
C. L. Martin Est., fuel
140 75
Nathan Bancroft Est., shoes and repairing 16 10
J. J. Cameron, harness repairs 2 60
W. C. Taylor, harness, leather and supplies 19 65 P. J. Seaman, labor and material 26 28
H. P. Hubbard, horse shoeing
19 50
C. D. Wells, horse shoeing
13 50
E. F. Gerry, labor
4 93
J. A. Murphy, repairs
1 00
Barker Lumber Co., hardwood floor
18 26
W. H. Willis, medicines
31 34
J. C. Oxley, medicines
10 90
A. W. Danforth, medicines
14 10
E. E. Nichols, ice
10 54
O. P. Symonds & Sons, labor and material
8 80
F. W. Parker, barber work for inmates
11 35
Prentiss & Viall, insurance 18 80
Amount carried forward
$2,968 14 $1,301 19
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Amount brought forward $2,968 14 $1,301 19
L. T. Eames, labor and supplies 3 71
Municipal Light Board, electricity 9 19
Deming Co., repairs on old spraying machine
11 50
W. P. Chisholm, ladder
4 00
C. I. Nesmith, supplies
75
H. C. Barrows, milk bottle caps 2 60
A. D. Morse, wall paper 2 34
Chas. Wakefield, supplies
4 25
H. R. Johnson, carpenter work 9 95
W. H. Wightman, insurance 15 00
Geo. E. Pierce, funeral expenses
36 65
Reading Water Works, water rates 44 37
C. H. Playdon, M. D. V., professional ser- vices 10 50
Geo. F. Dow, M. D., medical attendance
42 50
E. D. Richmond, M. D., medical attendance
13 50
C. R. Henderson, M. D., medical attendance G. P. Morse, horse 65 00
1 50
John W. Robbins, wheelbarrow and seed
28 32
John E. Herrick, standing grass
18 00
Frederick Bancroft, standing grass
11 00
Frank Simpson, standing grass 10 00
Martha Gray, standing grass 3 50
E. S. Harris, standing grass 12 00
A. A. Hooper, standing grass
15 00
E. F. Parker, standing grass
1 25
A. E. Ayer, corn fodder
9 27
Geo. M. Hutchinson, standing corn
20 00
Mrs. Alice Pierce, hay
61 30
L. F. Hatch, pigs
12 00
Landers Bros., pig
6 00
F. E. Knowlton, pigs
9 00
Elm Stock Farm, pig
3 50
Amount carried forward
$3,465 59 $1,301 19
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Amount brought forward
$3,465 59 $1,301 19
C. W. Cheng, bull
17 00
H. L. Sheldon, cows
32 50
A. P. Needham, cow .
52 50
M. H. Naphen, cow ·
26 00
A. J. Chapman, rent of pasture
20 00
Carried to Poor account
2,312 40
$3,613 59
$3,613 59
POOR OUT OF TOWN HOME
EXPENDED
Elmira Weston, fuel and supplies $ 45 50
Matilda Coulter and family, fuel 3 70
Theresa Froton and family, fuel and gro- ceries
131 58
Jas. S. Wyatt, groceries and provisions
37 94
Gertrude Cederburg and family, medical attendance and supplies 260 71
Julia A. Morton, supplies
104 00
Delia Casey, fuel 13 95
Edith M. Livingston, hospital expense
58 45
Frank C. Gilchrist, hospital expense
59 50
Walter S. DeRonde, hospital expense
35 50
Jane Green, groceries
6 50
Mary Surrette, medical attendance ·
8 00
W. H. Burnham, medical attendance, 1905 and 1906
21 00
Mehitable Parker, fuel
2 00
Carried to Poor Account
$788 33
HOSPITAL ACCOUNT
Massachusetts School for Feeble Minded,
Harold South well, board 1905 and 1906 $240 48
Carried to Poor Account
$240 48
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SUMMARY
Appropriation
.
$3,300 00
EXPENDED
Net expenses Town Home
$2,312 40 .
Poor out of Town Home
788 33
Hospital Account
240 48
Overdrawn
$41 21
$3,341 21 $3,341 21
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS IN ACCOUNT WITH TOWN OF READING Amount due from Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$281 93
EXPENDED
Annie Melonson and family, fuel and gro- ceries
$40 60
Amy L. Ballou and family, fuel and supplies 135 63
Bridget Greely and family, fuel and groceries 9 70 Edwin F. Skinner and family, groceries and provisions 96 00
$281 93
$281 93
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF CITY OF CAMBRIDGE
Amount received from City of Cam- bridge
$70 90
Amount due from City of Cambridge
86 26
EXPENDED
Charlotte White and family, fuel and gro- ceries
$157 16
$157 16
$157 16
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PAID ON ACCOUNT OF TOWN OF WILMINGTON Amount due from Town of Wilmington EXPENDED
$174 43
Sarah White and family, fuel and groceries $174 43
$174 43
$174 43
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF TOWN OF ANDOVER Amount due from Town of Andover $28 38
EXPENDED
Horace J. Hatch and family, fuel, groceries and medical attendance $28 38
$28 38
$28 38
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF TOWN OF NORFOLK
Amount due from Town of Norfolk $42 12
EXPENDED
Herman Seifert and family, groceries
$42 12
$42 12
$42 12
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF TOWN OF CANTON
Amount due from Town of Canton $48 00
EXPENDED
Raymond and Elsie Hobby, supplies
$48 00
$48 00
$48 00
PAID ON ACCOUNT OF TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Amount received from Town of Wake- field .
$42 67
Amount refunded on account of error in bill 3 84
Amount due from Town of Wakefield 36 87
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EXPENDED
Abbie M. McIntire, provisions and supplies $83 38
$83 38
$83 38
SEVENTEENTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Water Commissioners
For the Year Ending December 31 1906
OFFICERS OF THE WATER DEPARTMENT
Commissioners
HENRY R. JOHNSON, Chairman
Term expires 1907
GEORGE A. SHACKFORD,
66 66 1909
EARLE H. GOWING,
1908
Superintendent and Registrar LEWIS M. BANCROFT
Engineer at Pumping Station FRANK F. STROUT
Assistant Engineer ALBION G. NICHOLS
OFFICE OF WATER BOARD Room 2, Masonic Block
OFFICE HOURS 8.30 to 11 A. M., 2.30 to 4 P. M., except Saturday.
Saturday : 8.30 A. M. to 12 M., 7.30 to 9 P. M.
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To the Citizens of Reading :
The Board of Water Commissioners hereby submit their seventeenth annual report.
MAINTENANCE
Received rent
$ 5 50
Received fines and summons
12 60
Received electric light refund
2 71
Paid Pay Roll $1,409 50
N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co. 46 23
Engineering News Publishing Co. 5 00
Charles W. Abbott, P. M., stamps and box rent 57 20
The Mosler Safe Co., safe
200 00
Reading Masonic Temple Corp., rent
132 00
Municipal Light Board
2 71
J. A. Murphy, repairs on clock
1 00
Francis Bros.
11 72
Thorp & Martin Co., stationery
18 45
The Engineering Record
3 00
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, printing
27 25
G. G. Ledder, level, etc.
44 05
Braman, Dow & Co., fittings
1 53
The Bristol Co., dials
1 97
Frost & Adams Co., paper
6 74
S. M. Spencer Mfg. Co., stamps & badges
2 70
Francis Bartley, brush
25
F. H. Parker & Son, express
40
Insurance on safe, two years
24 00
N. E. Towel Supply, towels
5 40
American Express Co. 2 55
Car fares
12 40
F. W. Barry, Beale & Co., stationery
3 50
Balance
1,998 74
$2,019 55
$2,019 55
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PUMPING STATION MAINTENANCE
Received rent
$30 00
Received for coal sold School Committee
151 19
Received for wire
22 50
Received for grass
5 00
Received for telephones
2 90
Received electric light repaid
1 39
Paid Pay Roll .
$1,287 80
Harold L. Bond Co., car and barrow
56 67
N. E. Telephone & Telegraph Co. 38 90
Chas. A. Clafflin & Co., packing
16 88
Municipal Light Board
12 25
J. A. Murphy, repairing clock 2 25
Francis Bros.
10 27
Eagle Oil & Supply Co., oil, waste and packing 81 32
F. H. Parker & Son, express and team- ing 8 05
Joseph Breck & Sons Co.
1 35
Boston &. Maine R. R., freight
626 69
Wm. A. Jepson, coal
323 52
Jenkins Bros., discs
2 11
Geo. F. Blake Mfg. Co., pump repairs
5 55
M. H. O'Brien, labor
10 50
Perrin, Seamans & Co.
40
Howard W. Batchelder, gravel
2 40
The Hodge Boiler Works, grates, etc.
56 30
Lamprey Boiler Furnace Mouth Pro- tection Co. 40 00
Philadelphia Grease Mfg. Co., grease
4 00
R. P. Burgess, labor 13 00
Eastern Clay Goods Co., fire brick 19 65
Braman, Dow & Co., fittings 2 65
Insurance 62 40
Amount carried forward $2,684 91
$212 98
120
Amount brought forward $2,684 91
$212 98
G. H. Atkinson Co., ground bone, etc. 9 60
Wendell Bancroft & Co., cement 2 92
E. C. Metcalf, duster .
2 68
Town of North Reading, taxes
1 85
H. E. Nichols, fertilizer
3 87
T. C. Fife, bath tub and setting
35 00
Walworth Mfg. Co., fittings
54
R. & J. Farquhar & Co., shrubs
2 00
Car fares
1 25
American Express Co.
68
Balance
2,532 32
$2,745 30 $2,745 30
MAINTENANCE OF FILTERS
Paid Pay Roll
$762 25
W. B. Fonda, lime
56 25
Harrison Bros. & Co., alum
108 75
Francis Bros.
1 93
F. H. Parker & Son, express
2 40
General Chemical Co., alum
43 13
Woburn Machine Co., machine work
8 33
The Fairbanks Co., discs
1 40
Boston Bolt Co., bolts
5 92
Eirmer & Ammend, chemicals
3 00
F. W. Hunt & Co., alcohol
2 70
Eagle Oil & Supply Co., packing, etc.
4 39
American Express Co.
40
$1,000 85
MAINTENANCE OF METERS
Paid Pay Roll
$244 59
National Meter Co., repairs 128 47
Amount carried forward
$373 06
121
Amount brought forward $373 06
F. H. Parker & Son, express 2 20
W. E. & J. F. Twombly, printing 2 00
A. B. Matthews, horse hire
3 75
Geo. H. Atkinson Co., oil . 50
Union Water Meter Co., repairs
8 55
Hersey Mfg. Co., repairs
10 16
$400 22
MAINTENANCE OF SERVICE PIPES
Paid Pay Roll
$40 31
Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., valves
15 53
Francis Bros., wicking
05
Huey Bros., faucet
1 75
$57 64
MAINTENANCE OF MAIN PIPE
Paid Pay Roll
$44 97 30
Francis Bros.
$45 27
INTEREST
Received interest on deposit
$ 28 30
hydrant rent
4,950 00
for water for fountains
300 00
for water for street sprinkling
500 00
from receipts for water
2,326 70
Paid interest on bonds and notes $8,105 00
$8,105 00 $8,105 00
MAIN PIPE
Received for pipe sold
$40 43
Paid Harold L. Bond Co., jute packing
$4 46
Boston & Maine R. R., freight
87 98
Amount carried forward
$92 44
$40 43
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Amount brought forward
$92 44
$40 43
Builders' Iron Foundry, specials 4 95
4 00
544 31
33 00
Walworth Mfg. Co., gate boxes
10 20
Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., gates
20 70
F. H. Parker & Son, express
1 00
Chadwick-Boston Lead Co., pig lead
39 84
O. O. Ordway, sharpening tools Pay Roll
132 60
Balance
847 16
$887 59
$887 59
SERVICE PIPES
Received for pipe laid
.
$540 49
Paid Pay Roll
$606 79
Harold L. Bond Co., dynamite, etc.
47 06
Lead Lined Iron Pipe Co., pipe .
364 45
S. W. Bowker, teaming
3 00
Tenney, Morse & Co., pipe .
154 47
Sumner & Gerald, fittings
1 38
Geo. E. Gilchrist & Co., fittings
2 70
Boston & Maine R. R., freight
3 18
Francis Bros., fittings
1 05
Geo. Adams & Co., repairs on wagon 20 00
E. M. Dart & Co., S. & W.
27 60
A. B. Matthews, horse hire
41 50
T. C. Fife, fittings
2 55
Braman, Dow & Co., pipe
125 34
Walworth Mfg. Co., pipe ·
95 91
Chapman Valve Mfg. Co., valves
16 40
F. H. Parker & Son, express
4 20
Amount carried forward
$1,517 58
$540 49
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·
.
.
Perrin, Seamans & Co., pipe jointer Lynchburg Foundry Co., pipe A. B. Matthews, horse hire
4 55
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Amount brought forward $1,517 58 $540 47
Geo. H. Atkinson Co., oil 4 25
Wendell Bancroft & Co., drain pipe 5 15
Chadwick-Boston Lead Co., lead pipe Eagle Oil & Supply Co., tools
6 82
2 00
W. C. Taylor, repairs on harness
2 30
Richardson & Clement, die
1 75
O. O. Ordway, sharpening tools
22 65
Francis Bartley, rubber boots
12 00
Car fares
1 75
American Express Co.
2 40
Borth wick Bros., carriage
1 00
Chandler & Farquhar, drill
92
Balance
.
1,040 08
$1,580 57 $1,580 57
METERS
Paid S. W. Bowker, teaming
$7 50
Eastern Clay Goods Co., pipe
166 43
Pay Roll
51 25
Union Water Meter Co., meters
51 00
National Meter Co., meters
244 50
F. H. Parker & Son, express
3 90
Boston & Maine R. R., freight
1 12
A. B. Matthews, horse hire
75
Braman, Dow & Co., fittings
4 29
Wendell Bancroft & Co., lumber
3 28
Hersey Mfg. Co., meter
30 00
H. Mueller Mfg. Co., fittings
11 02
Meter Appliance Co., covers
75 00
J. E. Turner, milling
75
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.
.
$656 79
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EXPERIMENTAL FILTER
Paid Frank Ridlon Co., repairing generator
$19 60
Eirmer & Ammend, chemicals 2 30
Pay Roll . 4 75
Francis Bros., tin and zinc .
2 80
Robert Spurr Weston, engineer
122 44
F. H. Parker & Son, express
45
Walworth Mfg. Co., fittings
79
Wendell Bancroft & Co., lumber
54
Eagle Oil & Supply Co., tubing
1 80
Boston & Maine R. R., freight
89
Car fares .
2 65
Waters, Govonor Co., pulley
60
E. L. Knott Apparatus Co., evapora- ting dishes 1 00
$160 61
SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
Cash balance from 1905
$28 19
Interest on deposits
28 30
Hydrant rent
4,950 00
Water for drinking fountains
300 00
Water for street sprinkling
500 00
Meter rates
11,047 52
Fines and summons
12 60
Service pipes
540 49
Rent
35 50
Coal, wire, pipe, etc.
226 12
Paid interest
$8,105 00
Maintenance
2,019 55
Pumping Station Maintenance
2,745 30
Filter Maintenance
1,000 85
Meter Maintenance
400 22
Amount carried forward
$17,668 72 $14,270 92
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Amount brought forward Service Pipe Maintenance
$17,668 72 $14,270 92 57 64
Main Pipe Maintenance
45 27
Experimental Filter
160 61
Main Pipe
887 59
Service Pipe
1,580 57
Meters
656 79
Cash on hand
9 33
$17,668 72 $17,668 72
SUMMARY OF COST OF PLANT
Reported last year
$297,486 58
Main Pipe
847 16
Service Pipe
1,040 08
Meters
656 79
$300,030 61
The Board recommends that $4,950.00 be raised and appro- priated for hydrant rental; that $300.00 be raised and appropriated for water for drinking fountains; and that $500.00 be raised and appropriated for water for street sprinkling.
The interest payable the current fiscal year amounts to $7,825.00, as follows:
$184,000 00 for one year .
$7,360 00
7,000 00 for six months ·
140 00
10,000 00 for one year .
.
325 00
$7,825 00
It is well known that the Water Board have been seeking for several years for some better method of treating the water as it comes from the gallery than the one now in use, the object being to furnish water of a better quality, particularly regarding hardness, and to reduce the cost of treatment, if possible.
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The Board have experimented with various reagents for throwing down the iron contained in the raw water and the various kinds of filters and apparatus for aereating, etc., etc.
The quality of the raw water from the gallery changes from time to time during the year, at some times the iron being thrown down quite readily and at other times only with great difficulty, so that many of the methods tried, while promising good results at first, were found utterly inadequate to accomplish what was desired during some unfavorable season. In these experiments we have had the cordial assistance of the engineers of the State Board of Health and Mr. Weston, who has been directing our work for some time past. About a year ago he asked us to try what we call the " clay treatment," substituting clay for lime to act on the vegetable matter in the water and to throw down the iron. We submit with this report, Mr. Weston's report to us, which we think, explains itself.
We believe that the expense necessary to install modern filters would be a desirable investment for the Town and we know that with a new plant we could furnish the Town of Reading with as good water as any in the state. It would be absolutely pure as far as any pathogenic germs are concerned, colorless, tasteless, and what is of considerable importance, a soft water for washing, cooking and drinking. We give below a diagram comparing the hardness of the water which has been furnished and the water which we can furnish if new filters were put in so as to enable us to get all the benefits due to the new treatment.
waters from some of the surrounding towns using ground water.
* This diagram is made up of lines showing the hardness (average during the year ending April 1st, 1906) ; average hardness of gallery water during the same period; average hardness of water from experimental filter since April 1st, 1906; and hardness of
Reading Filter Gallery 2.9
Filter Wier 7.9
Reading Experimental Filter 2.5
Woburn 4.8
Wellesley 3.4
Brookline 4.5
Methuen 3.2
Billerica 2.2
Marblehead 6.7
* DIAGRAM
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We recommend that the Town authorize the Water Board to take the steps necessary to obtain proper authority from the Legis- lature, and to obtain detailed drawings and estimates of cost on the work to be done, and report as soon as feasible.
HENRY R. JOHNSON, GEO. A. SHACKFORD, E. H. GOWING,
Water Commissioners.
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REPORT OF WATER REGISTRAR
Amount of water bills rendered in 1906 . $11,270 52
Amount collected and paid to E. F. Parker, Treasurer
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