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I also wish to call your attention to the fact that in com- paring the outlay this year with that of the preceding years it should be borne in mind that there are quite a number of bills charged to the appropriation for roads and bridges this year, including all the expense of the city engineer's depart- ment except the salary, that have heretofore been charged to some other account.
I would recommend that you make a separate appropriation for the city engineer's department for the next year, as the two departments are liable at any time to be under separate heads and it would be very likely to create confusion if they both draw from the same appropriation.
The city now owns an engine and stone crusher and I would recommend that you provide for the purchase of a steam roller, as, while I am of the opinion that macadam when
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properly laid will not only give us better streets but will in a short time prove to be a saving to the city, I am just as positive that satisfactory work cannot be done with the horse roller that the city now owns.
Taylor street, Tremont street and Davis place have been built, Gilford avenue widened and the grade lowered. There has also been considerable progress made in grading Joliet street.
Work on Church street was stopped by cold weather, after considerable progress had been made. There are about three hundred feet of curb that needs to be reset to complete the work on the sidewalks. The street will need some grading when the Horse Railroad Co. relay their track, which I under- stand they are ready to do as soon as the ground is in suitable condition. I would recommend that this street be concreted from Main street to the bridge as soon as it can be put in proper condition.
I had intended to build Edgewater, Lewis and Winnecoash streets before the season closed, but the work ordered by the council on Church street, Gilford avenue and the sidewalks, made it almost impossible to do so. I think these streets ought to be attended to as early as possible in the coming season.
In building concrete sidewalks, I have, with a very few ex- ceptions, either put them to grade or where grade had not been established to what I believed should be the grade of the street when it was improved, believing that while it cost considerable more just now it would prove a saving in the future, besides improving the appearance of our streets, and in this connection I might say that the plan that I have adopted in all the work that I have done was to avoid, as far as possible, all merely temporary repairs, and taking some of the worst places, trying to repair them thoroughly so that at least a portion of the expenditure should result in permanent improvement.
I have not been able to make the surveys for the new street off Union avenue, the extension of Highland street and Cen-
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ter street as it was quite late when they were ordered and at that time considerable other work that required my con- stant attention up to the time that the ground closed up.
I am also behind on the plans of streets that have been laid out but will see that they are filed after my term of office ex- pires if I am not able to complete them before.
The construction of the Gold street bridge has been delayed somewhat from several causes but will, I think, go on quite rapidly now.
The following is a brief statement of the amount I have ex- pended during the time I have been in charge of the street department :
Bills chargeable to the appropriation for roads and bridges, Wards 1, 2, 3, 4
and 5, including three-quarters of salary of street commissioner . . $9,588.90
Received in cash and turned over to city treasurer, as per detail account sub- mitted herewith :
For street waste . $ 75.00
Manure
22.83
Old lumber
3.00
Sewer pipe
103.89
Labor
467.21
Total receipts -$ 671.93
Amount of actual expense .
$8,916.97
Expended on Church street
$1,334.05
Concreting in Wards 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
1,979.10
Total expenditure in Wards 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 $12,230.12
The above statement of receipts include bills to the amount of thirty-seven ($37.00) dollars that were turned over to me to be collected by Messrs. Edgerly and Marsh. Bills chargeable to the appropriation for
roads and bridges, Ward 6, including one-quarter of salary of street com- missioner $ 3,921.09
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Received in cash and turned over to city
treasurer as per detail account sub- mitted herewith:
For street waste $ 15.00
Old lumber 3.00
Labor
180.50
Total receipts -$ 198.50
Amount of actual expense .
$ 3,722.59
Expended on Gold street bridge 122.72
Concreting Ward 6 606.50
Total expenditure in Ward 6 4,451.81 $
I hand you herewith a detail account of the amount col- lected and paid to the city treasurer. I also enclose an inven- tory of the property belonging to the city in my charge. Respectfully submitted,
F. G. BERRY,
City Engineer and Street Commissioner.
I have received in Wards 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, cash from the following :
1893.
May 29. E. A. Elsam, street waste . . . $ 2.00
July 3. Geo. H. Edwards, old plank 1.00
14. J. Gingras, street waste 3.00
26. R. D. Carter, manure 5.25
26. 66 sewer pipe . 4.50
Aug. 14. John Williams, use of scraper . 25
Sept. 16. Town of Belmont, sewer pipe . 2.66
16. Fred Keasor, street waste 2.00
16. Mrs. Putney, 1.00
1894.
Jan. 2. Sewer department, labor 229.39
10. Lewis Boynton, street waste 1.00
10. N. J. Edgerly, 1.00
16 Dr. N. L. True, ..
2.00
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STREET DEPARTMENT.
Jan. 20. James H. Tilton, manure 6.50
20. F. W. Ladd, street waste 1.00
20. G. H. Mitchell, pipe 82
20. Eugene Dean, street waste . 5.00
20. C. Z. Rankin, sewer pipe 10.00
20. Albert Sanborn, street waste . 9.00
20. Laconia Car Co., sewer pipe .
1.40
20. Fred Keasor, street waste 1.00
20. F. Buxton, sewer pipe 1 50
20. Geo. W. Howe, labor 75
22. J. M. Folsom, street waste . 2.00
22. L. & L. V. Water Works, labor 15.82
22. J. F. Harriman, street waste 5.00
22. M. Long,
1.00
22. Geo R. Somes, manure
5.25
22. A. S. Gordon, street waste .
31.00
22. Nap. Gignac, old plank 2.01
2.00
23. Chas. Rowe, sewer pipe 3.60
26. S. B. Lmith, sewer pipe
29. Dr. H. C. Wells, street waste .
5.00
31. Park department, labor
24.70
31. Street department, Ward 6, sew- er pipe . 12.54
31. Fire department, use of horses 8.90
31. Police moving safe . 3.75
31. Sewer 6. labor . 183.65
31. sewer pipe 39.80
2. G. A. Sanders, sewer pipe 4.64
5. Laconia Car Co. 11.92
5. L. S. Perley, sewer pipe and manure 13.83
5. S. E. Young, street waste 3.00 --- $ 671.93
Feb.
Paid city treasurer as per receipts in the hands of city clerk $ 671.93
Received in Ward 6, cash from the following : 1893.
Aug. 1. B. S. George, street waste . $ 6.00
1. Geo. Randall, . 1.00
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Oct. 18. D. C. Easton, old lumber
1.00
18. M. Scott, 2.00
1894.
Jan. 2. Sewer department, labor . 79.75
22. B. J. Cole, street waste 4.00
31. Fire department, use of horses 3.00
31. Sewer " labor 97.75
Feb. 10. Geo. Page, street waste
4.00 ----- $ 198.50
Paid city treasurer as per receipts in hands of city clerk $ 198.50
PROPERTY IN THE CHARGE OF STREET DEPART- MENT IN WARDS 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Land and buildings on Water street $3,100.00
Land on Gilford avenue
125.00
5 Horses .
1,200.00
5 Harnesses and set of lead reins 109.00
5 Blankets and 1 hood 22.00
3 Carts and 3 sleds
2.85
1 Stone cab .
50
2 Road machines
2.25
1 Snow roller 90
1 Scraper 15
2 Plows, 3 plow-points, 3 plow-shoes 20.65
1 Drag and set of drag plank 3.00
2 Harrows 3.50
2 Stone lifters 25.00
9 Snow plows 20.00
4 Sand screens 15.00
1 Wagon jack 1.00
2 Eveners, 5 whiffletrees, 4 neck yokes
18.00
1 set lead bars
4.00
1 Stove
18.00
4 monkey wrenches 3.00
3 Grab chains and 3 grab hooks 5.50
9 Lanterns and 2 oil cans . 5.00
4 Saws, 1 nail hammer, 3 augers 3.90
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STREET DEPARTMENT.
2 Shaves, 2 screwdrivers, 1 plane . 1.80
2 braces and 19 bitts . 2.40
3 Scythes and snaths and 5 bush hooks . 4.75
48 Wooden shovels, 3 forks, 1 dung puller 11.50
2 Trowels, 1 brick hammer 2.00
2 Ice chisels, 1 cant hook, 1 grass hook . 3.00
1 ladder, 3 tool boxes 5.10
7 Chains, 7 bars, 6 grub hoes 17.00
9 Steel rakes, 16 round pointed shovels . 9.35
16 Picks, 30 steel shovels, 2 post spoons 28.50
6 Blast drills, 22 plug drills . 6.75
3 Hand hammers, 31 points and chisels . 10.00
5 Ball points, 3 blast spoons .
6 Tamps, 4 steel wedges, 3 axes 2.75
8.50
1 Paving maul, 1 paving hammer 7.00
12 Sand pails, 8 sand straps 10.00
150 Pounds spikes and nails
3,20
320 Ft. 15 in. sewer pipe 46.50
46 " 12 in.
9.66
236 " 10 in.
37.76
370 " 8 in.
40.70
6,140 Ft. 6 in. sewer pipe
245.60
16, 15 in. branches .
22.56
12, 12 in.
11.52
4, 10 in. 2.92
7, 10 in. bends . 4.83
11, 8 in. branches 5.61
106, 6 in. 36.04
26, 6 in. by 8 in. increasers 11.44
22 Cast iron sewer inlets 16.50
.
$ 5,333 44
PROPERTY IN CHARGE OF STREET DEPARTMENT,
WARD 6,
2 Horses . $ 600.00
1 cart, 2 harnesses, stone cab and sleds . 200.00
Stone crusher, engine roller, etc. (cost) 2,500.00
1 Road machine . 100.00
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5 Snow plows 20.00
1 Stone-lifter, 1 stone drag 14.00
6 Horses and signs for closing streets 10.00
9 Large steel shovels, 4 small steel shovels 5.50
30 snow shovels, 10 long-handled shovels 5.50
10 Round-pointed shovels, 1 post hole spoon 3.50
3 Large hoes, 4 small hoes
2.50
4 Iron rakes, 2 picks 3.50
1 bar, 2 grub hoes, 6 lanterns 3.80
1 axe, 1 water pail, 1 oil can
1.90
18 Ft. 12 in. sewer pipe
3.78
64 Ft. 6 in.
4.48
8 12 in. branches
7.68
2 6 in. branches 68
3,486.92
$8,820.26
SEWER DEPARTMENT.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF SEWERS.
To the City Council of the City of Laconia :
In accordance with my appointment, I have the honor to submit herewith the third annual report of the department of sewers for the year ending Feb. 15, 1894 :
WARDS 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 :
House connections reported to Mar. 1, 1893 176
Additions to Feb. 15, 1894 94
Whole number Feb. 15, 1894 270
Received for 94 permits $ 470.00
engineering services of superintendent 24.62
use of sewerage pump . 2.50
66
money paid to
city treasurer direct
1.50
Total amount received other than appropriatons $498.62
Amount received by superintendent
$
497.12
Deposited with the city and town treasurers
.
497.12
SEWER MAINTENANCE.
WARDS 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 :
Balance from previous years' account . $
789.68
Appropriation, 1893 .
3,500.00
Received for work and use of tools
498.62
-- $4,788.30
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Paid for labor . $ 165.68
Lewis, Vaughan & Co., receipt books 4.50
Laconia Hardware Co., tools and sup- plies . 3.70
James H. Tilton, supplies, cement, etc. 7.00
W. D. Huse, labor and stock 21.62
S. B. Smith, rent of room 91.67
A. W. Wilcox, Geo. P. Dunham, and others, team work 3.85
J. B. Chapman, sand 1,20
Laconia Gas Light Co., gas 7.00
Weeks Bros., stationery
6.05
Laconia Ice, Coal and Wood Co., bricks, etc. 2.75
Laconia and Lake Village Water
Works, water for flush tanks . . 448.93
Laconia and Lake Village Water Works, water for flushing sewers . 100.00
William Nelson, salary to Feb. 1, '94 cash paid out . 7.95
582.94
Interest on sewer bonds
2,600.00
J. F. Harriman, letter book 3.25
Total
. $ 4,058.09
Bal. cash on hand for sewer maintenance Feb. 16,'94
730.21
$4,788.30
SEWER CONSTRUCTION
WARDS 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5:
GALE AVENUE SEWER - Iron Outlet 120 ft. 6-in. cast-iron pipe. Average depth of water 4 ft.
Paid for labor $ 58.88
Laconia Car Co., hammers
2.00
A. W. Wilcox, team work
1.00
Perrin, Seamans & Co., scoops
9.00
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SEWER DEPARTMENT.
Paid Laconia Lumber Works, lumber 20.84
W. D. Huse, iron pipe, etc. . 70.97
Laconia Hardware Co., rope, etc. 8.19
Osgood & Sanborn, handles for scoops 2.40
William Nelson, cash paid out 4.05
$177.33
SEWER-1,137 1-2 ft. 6-in. vitrified pipe Sewer.
Paid for labor, inspector, etc. $ 57.05
W. M. Stevens, contractor 367.88
Urichsville Fire Clay Co., pipe 99.24
Street department, pipe . 16.10
Belknap Iron and Brass Foundry, cast- ings . .
24.12
Geo. A. Sanders, cement
16.00
James H. Tilton,
7.95
Laconia Ice, Coal and Wood Co., brick
18,00
Leavitt & Elwell, team work 5.18
Weeks Bros., printing posters
2.25
J. B. Chapman, sand . .
4.00
W. D. Huse, piping flush tank, etc. . 2.78
William Nelson, cash paid out . . 5.73
$626.28
Total amount paid .
$803.61
Am't due W. M. Stevens in Mar.,'94 $30.00
LINCOLN STREET SEWER-1,334 ft. 6-in. vitrified pipe Sewer.
Paid for labor .
$
213.45
Laconia Hardware Co., tools and sup-
plies .
11.15
Belknap Iron and Brass Foundry, cast- ings . 23.01
W. D. Huse, piping flush tank . 3.10
Laconia Ice, Coal and Wood Co., brick 7
6.80
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Geo. H. Mitchell, pipe. 32.16
Perrin. Seamans & Co., pipe 22.20
Street department, pipe 19.15
Urichsville Fire Clay Co., pipe 44 91
Laconia Lumber Works, lumber
1.85
William Nelson, cash paid out 15.94
Cole Mfg. Co., castings 7.80
John Nichols, gravel . 75
Geo. A. Sanders, cement, covers, etc. 5.20
James H. Tilton, cement and supplies 2.75
$410.22
CRESCENT STREET SEWER-265 ft. 6-in. vitrified pipe Sewer.
Paid for labor . $ 59.58
Belknap Iron and Brass Foundry, cast-
ings . . 13.88
J. L. Foster, team work . 1.85
Urichsville Fire Clay Co., pipe . 18.33
William Nelson, cash paid out 1.85
Street department, pipe
4.55
$100.04
MISCELLANEOUS.
Paid D. W. Judkins, services at hearing,
1891 . $ 12.60
John E. St. Clair, assistant surveying 2.25
Laconia Lumber Works, stakes 4.30
F. H. Davis, pattern work 13.20
H. E. Page, assistant surveying 4.05
Geo. A. Sanders, cement
6.65
D. K. Marsh, team .
2.50
Waring, Chapman & Farquhar. report
59.44
O. J. M. Gilman, services at hearing, 1891 21.00
Keuffel & Esser Co., paper, etc.
22.05
Frost & Adams, 66 3.12
Urichsville Fire Clay Co., specials 17.12
H. Gagne, labor . 2.04
99
SEWER DEPARTMENT,
Paid Amos L. Rollins, services at hearing, 1891 21.00
Weeks Bros., printing 2.00
Cole Mfg. Co., castings 4.00
F. L. Allen, iron siphons bought in 1891 150.80
F. L. Allen, bal. due on contract, 1891 .
500.00
$848.12
Balance of sewerage bonds on hand Mar.
1,1893 $4,992.72
Total amount paid out for construction,
Wards 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 2,161.99
Balance of sewerage bonds on hand Feb. 16, 1894
$2,830.73
SEWER CONSTRUCTION, WARD 6,
Paid pay rolls, labor and engineering ser-
vices $1,630.06
Everson & Liddle, contractor's estimates, Nos. 1, 2 and 3 5,706.11
Street dept., labor filling Messer street .
566.54
66 on sewer crossing Gold
street bridge 17.40
on Main and Mechanic streets 6.60
Weeks Bros., printing
18.07
F. H. Davis, pattern work 35.00
Engineering News Put. Co., advertising proposals 28.00
Union Pub. Co., advertising proposals 11,55
Laconia Hardware Co., spikes, nails, etc. 19.70
Laconia Lumber Works, stakes
6.25
D. K. Marsh, team work 12.00
Keuffel & Esser Co., drawing paper, steel
tapes, etc. 30.00
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William Nelson, cash paid out . 47.78
W. D. Huse. woodwork and stock 32.20
Perrin, Seamans & Co., rubber gloves . 5.33
Buff & Berger, cleaning transit . 11.15
W. H. Chapman, use of Y-level 25.07
James H. Tilton, cement Gold street river crossing 3.20
J. A. Thompson, labor on stone work, Gold street river crossing 103.60
Cole Mfg. Co., castings 3.28
Laconia Lumber Works, lumber Gold st. river crossing 1.01
W. W. Thompson, labor on Gold street river crossing . 143.58
S. B. Cole, stone for Gold st. river crossing
4.00
Total
$8,467.48
RECAPITULATION.
Money paid for work done or materials furnished
from Mar. 1, 1893 to May 2, 1893 $ 106.06 Money paid for claims for work done or materials furnished previous to Mar. 1, 1893 . 705.40
Reported to Feb. 16, 1894, construction,
Wards 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 . . $2,161.99 Reported to Feb. 16, 1894, construction,
Ward 6 .
. 8, 467.48
Reported to Feb. 16, 1894, maintenance, Wards 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 4,058.09
Total amount expended for sewers from Mar. 1, 1893, to Feb. 16, 1894 $14,687.56
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STREET DEPARTMENT.
Total amount expended for sewer mainte-
nance previous to Mar. 1, 1893 . $4,793.32 Total amount expended for sewer construc- tion previous to Mar. 1, 1893 . . 61,422.87
Total amount expended for sewers previous to Mar. 1,1893 $66,216.19
Total amount expended for sewers to Feb. 16, '94 $80,903.75 Amount expended for Ward 6 to 66 8,467.48
by Wards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,“
$72,436.27
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STREETS.
3
Flush tanks.
Inspection;holes.
Lamp holes.
Man-holes.
4-inch.
6-inch.
8-inch.
Io-inch.
12-inch.
15-inch.
Academy
2
5
1,307
Academy Square.
I
2
420
Adams
I
2
800
tArch
I
I
327
53
Avery
2
3
95I
..
Court
I
I
357
Baldwin
2
I
799
Batchelder
I
4
778
Bay
2
25
486
Beacon
I
2
238
172
Belknap
I
I
526
Bowman
3
879
421
Canal
400
Center
I
I
250
Central
I
2
525
Charles
I
378
Church
I
5
266
871
568
Crescent
2
265
Dixon
I
I
268
Elliott
I
I
390
Fair
2
773.
Gale Ave
5
1,138
Garfield
I
2
762
Gilford
I
2
2
...
Gove
2
*Gove outlet
2
330
Grove
1
124
Hanover
291
Harvard
I
3
877
High
I
3
871
Jewett
2
386
WARDS 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
DATE.
CITY OF LACONIA.
MAINS AND LATERALS AS CONSTRUCTED TO
102
2
838
1,170
486
Court
I
6
2
820
I
I
2
1,144
886
I
Inspections Flush tanks
10- "
8- "
6- 4
4-inch pipe
Lincoln
I
6
1,334
Lindsay
I
1
248
Locust
I
I
409
Lyford
I
2
2
1,048
Main, north
5
I
2
95
809
1,244 181
556
Messer
I
4
2
1,678
Middle
1
3
774
Mill
I
I
252
Oak
3
I
6
2,030
I
1
382
I
3
866
Pine
I
I
4
2
1,009
472
156
Pleasant
6
1,987
705
Province
3
I
1,223
River
I
573
Spring
I
2
3
1,428
Summer
I
2
1,254
2
I1
2,647
1,75I
432
Warren
I
2
I
785
Water
2,027
*Water outlet
570
West
I
Winter
I
3
I
1,230
Iron outlets. Water. 14 inch
329
Gove. 12
135
64
Messer, 6
36
66
Gale
6
I20
Siphon, Church, 12
‹
I71
49
81
81
32
95 38,221
8,243
2,023
3,814
3,993
791
tSewage tank.
*Private property.
SEWER DEPARTMENT.
Man-holes
Lamps
OR 10.83 MILES.
2,023 "
8,243
38,221
95 feet
15- 4 4
12-inch pipe . .
57,180
791
3,993
3,814 feet
SUMMARY, WARDS 1, 2, 3, 4 AND 5.
MAINS AND LATERALS-CONTINUED.
103
32 81
66
66
south
3
5
3
2
2.055
Parker place Pearl
I
4
I
-
Union
6
I
. 81
49
·
Outlets and Siphon
1
293 6
66
...
256
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CONCLUSION.
'The sewers now in use in this city are in good condition, every line that is used having received a thorough flushing last fall.
Only one stoppage has been reported, and that was caused by ice gathering on the inside of the pipe during the winter and forming an "ice jam" in the spring when it broke up; that this must have been the case is shown by the fact that the sewer worked all right during the winter, and that strange as it may seem, the stop-up occured on a very warm day in June.
The main question to be solved concerning the Laconia Sewerage System at this date is, why are the citizens so ad- verse to connecting their houses with the public sewer ? Surely it cannot be on account of the five dollars charged by the city for a sewer permit ? Right here perhaps it might be well enough to say a few words about that five dollars. The whole idea in the requirement of the payment of a fee, is simply to impose a special tax for a special privilege. The amount of money necessary for the care and maintenance of the sewers must be raised in some way, and if raised wholly by appropriation, imposes a tax on a great many persons who receive no direct benefit from the sewers ; but where a person owns a house and the grave question comes up, what am I to do with my sink drain ? there can be no doubt that the city answering that question for five dollars, not only makes a pretty cheap reply, but grants one of the best special privileges in its power. The oft-repeated sentence, "we own the sewers and pay taxes on them," can have little weight in this case, for on the same principle, we own the city teams and pay taxes on them ; but what person would expect to use the city horses for plowing his garden without paying for same. The permit fee then cannot be a cause for not connecting. Let us then look at it from a financial point of view.
To do the plumbing for connection of a water closet and sink complete, with the public sewer, costs on an average as follows :
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SEWER DEPARTMENT.
Plumbing $80.00
House connection 15.00
Sewer permit . 5.00
Total
$100.00
The care and maintenance for one year would be on an av- erage as follows :
Interest on $100 at 5 per cent. . $5.00
Repairs 2 per cent of first cost . 2.00
Increase in water rates over the rate for one faucet, which gives the consumer the
right to use the water for all purposes and at meter rates 4.00
Total $11.00
Which is nearly the average annual expense of a properly conducted system of house drainage of the above character, connected with the public sewer. To maintain the old system of closet vaults, etc., costs about as follows :
Cleaning vault twice a year . $6.00
Taking care of sink waste, that is, clean- ing cess-pool, or if the sink-waste is al-
lowed to discharge upon the ground, raking over and cleaning up the same . 4.00
Interest on probable cost of old system . 1.00
Total . $11.00
And for convenience, comfort and health there is no com- parison to be made between the two cases that would give the old system any possible excuse for being in existence in this city to-day.
In view of the above notes I would respectfully recommend that the City Council give the Board of Health special in- structions to make a thorough canvass of this city and enter in a book the location of all buildings not already connected with the sewer, in which the plumbing or sanitary arrange-
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CITY OF LACONIA. .
ments are such as would endanger, not only the health of the occupants, but of neighbors and persons passing on the street, and that they be further instructed to send to the owners of such buildings an order to connect with the sewer, if the build- ing is situated on a street through which a sewer has been built.
Work on the system of sewers in Ward 6 covered a period of about two months, last fall, and the progress made by the contractors, Messrs. Everson & Liddle, of Providence, R. I., was satisfactory in every respect. It is expected that this system will be completed by September first of this year. Some heavy work has been encountered on the 15-inch main, where the depth averages over 20 feet, but the laying of pipe has progressed steadily and the contractors have proved themselves equal to any emergency so far encountered.
With the completion of the above mentioned system we shall have one of the best and most perfect arrangements for the disposal of house sewerage to be found in any city in New England, and one that would compare favorably with any in this country.
In conclusion I wish to take this opportunity to express my thanks to the Honorable Mayor and City Council and to the old board of Selectmen for the uniform courtesy and confi- dence which they have tendered me during the past year, also to the Committee on Sewers of the City Council for their firm support and good suggestions.
Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM NELSON, Superintendent of Sewers.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
REPORT OF THE CITY MARSHAL.
To the City Council:
LACONIA, Feb. 15, 1894.
GENTLEMEN :- I respectfully present the following report of the police department from May 23, 1893 to Feb. 15, 1894.
ORGANIZATION.
CITY MARSHAL. Henry K. W. Scott.
PATROLMEN.
Amos G. Wheeler,
Calvin H. Foss,
James W. Feltch,
Samuel J. Dickson,
Frank A. Bailey.
SPECIAL RESERVE OFFICERS.
Albert Colby,
Henry L. Wilkinson,
Geo. H. Clark,
John M. Sanborn,
Moses T. Whittier,
Horace G. Whittier,
Geo. D. Merrill,
Charles F. Brown,
David H. Taylor,
Rufus Bean,
John D. Reid,
George Rollins,
John Nichols,
Henry Nichols,
Peter Trainor,
Charles F. Hoyt,
Eben E. Cutting,
Henry C. Horn.
ARRESTS AND CAUSES.
Arrests, males 231
Arrests, females
14
Whole number of arrests (including Lakeport) 245
Whole number of arrests at Lakeport 45
108
CITY OF LACONIA.
Drunkenness .
147
Common drunkard
5
Noise and brawl
8
Larceny .
8
Riding bicycle on public sidewalk
2
Indecent language
1
Keeping open shop on Sunday
4
Selling merchandise on Sunday
3
Disturbing the peace
2
Insulting and profane language
5
Simple assault .
12
Aggravated assault
1
Tramp
Escape from house of correction
3
Keeping spirituous liquor for sale
7
Obtaining money by false pretense
1
Horse thief
2
Threatening language
1
Keeping malt liquor for sale
6
Abduction
1
Obtaining board by false pretense .
2
Embezzlement
1
Prostitution
1
Non-support
1
Selling spirituous liquor
1 -
Locked up for safe keeping
Insane person
1
Disposed of as follows :
Paid fine and costs 69
41
Committed to H. of C. for non-payment of fine and cost 66 upon sentence 23
jail for non-payment of fine and costs . 2
upon sentence . 3
Gave bonds for appearance to Supreme Court 7
Gave bonds to keep the peace 1
2
Idle person
Vagrancy
109
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Committed to jail in default of bonds 8
Sentence suspended during good behavior 8
Sentence suspended upon promise to leave town . 8
Discharged without being brought before the court 28
Placed on file 23
Discharged by the court 9
Complaints withdrawn 2
Complaints nol-prossed 9
Cases not settled . 4
Cash received for police service $28.71
Paid to city treasurer 28.71
INCIDENTAL SERVICES.
Whole No. of lodgers (including Lakeport) 256
at Lakeport 109
Doors found open and secured (including Lakeport) 14
at Lakeport 9
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