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1888-08-02 The committee upon Independent Water Supply would report that the work entrusted to them has been in substance completed, and the town has been supplied with water from its new water works since August 1, 1887. Brimbal Hill pasture of about forty acres was bought of Mr. John Bell, with small house thereon for $6150 and a Reservoir there built of a capacity of three and a quarter millions gallons capacity. Adjoining this, there has since been purchased of Mr. Joseph R. Pitman for $2000 about thirty acres, whereby the Reservoir is brought more nearly into the center of the land of the town, and the base of the whole Hill is thereby secured, so that the works may be better protected, and a more symmetrical appearance given thereto. At Wenham Lake about three acres were bought of Mr. Charles O. Gage for $2250 and thereon has been built a convenient and substantial pumping station, which has been furnished with two Gaskill pumping engines of a capacity two million gallons each, supplied with two steel boilers each of fifty horsepower; and all first-class. A convenient house has also been built for the Engineer of the works, and a well house and other needed out buildings, and the grounds about these works have all been neatly graded and improved. A purchase of a small portion of land was also made from the Joshua Trask estate by Cabot and Colon Streets for $500 in order to secure a better pipeline and thereby save crossing the Salem main pipeline twice. It became necessary to buy from Mr. John H. Lovett for $615 a portion of his land for the extension of Brimbal Avenue from Colon Street to Essex Street, and it was deemed best to extend the purchase so as to include a triangular portion of his lot at its northeasterly end and to buy out all of it beyond that required for said Avenue extension as public grounds; adding alike to the beauty and convenience of the entrance to the Avenue, and furnishing also increased facilities for drainage, the advantages of which are already manifest. Some expense has been incurred in grading these grounds. Of pipe laid, mostly of steel cement lined and covered, there is 10,330 feet of 18 inch in Brimbal Avenue from the pumping station to Colon Street, and from said Avenue by Y Street to the Reservoir; 26,256 feet of 12 and 13 inch in Common, Foster, Cole, Essex, Colon and Rantoul streets; 865 feet of 8 inch in Rantoul Street. The extra pipe found desirable in order to fully complete the system of works, with the gates, hydrants and extra branches cost about $12,500 and were not estimated for in the original estimate, but all came within the appropriation. The aggregate expenditures have been for pipe $68,597.11 for Pumping Station, including engines and boilers $33,626.86; Reservoir $17,372.15; Engineer's house $2904.77. Paid City of Salem for one-third of land damages for flowage by shore of the Lake paid by said City, and the whole held in trust for the two municipalities $1558.33; for land $2900 for engineering, surveying, superintendence and various other expenses $6433.01. Making a total expenditure of $141,392.23 of the $150,000 appropriated; leaving $8607.77 a portion of which will be needed for grading and fencing around Add Reservoir and other matters of completion. Add to this balance unexpended the $12,500 expended in extension of the works and makes $21,107.77, which taken from the $150,000 shows $128,892.23 expended upon the whole works as originally estimated. A whole number of gallons pumped to March 21,1888 was 194,997,799 at a cost for pumping of $10.48 per million gallons raised 146 feet above the level of the Lake, and 174 feet above tide water level. This is 31 feet 9 inches above the Salem Reservoir. Under the contract with the New England Construction Company, George H. Norman, president the old pipe of the town is guaranteed by said company for five years and the new pipe was guaranteed for ten years since increased to fifteen years, on account of dissatisfaction, by reason of many low leaks being found, when the new pipe was first used. The total cost for maintenance including fuel for the year, at the rate thus far expended, will amount to somewhat less than $4000. Add to this the interest on $150,000 authorized expenditure, equals $6000. And this makes a total for interest and maintenance of $10,000. Instead of the $16,274 yearly paid to the city of Salem under the last award. Making a net gain to the town of $6274 a year, besides giving us all this increase of head equivalent to about fifteen pounds increased pressure; thereby furnishing greater power for the suppression of fires, and for carrying water to our highest highlands. This showing is as we have always claimed that the water for our people could be pumped at a cost not exceeding fifty cents for each person in town. The actual cost been shown to be even less than that and the difference resulting to the city of Salem shows and lots of $12,274 each year. There are acres of rotten stone and rotten stone gravel in the Brimbal Hill lot, independent of that portion of the Hill occupied by the Reservoir and its immediate surroundings, which cannot but the upgrade value to the town. There is also a liberal supplied of course gravel in the Pumping Station lot near the Lake. In connection with these works, Brimbal Avenue eighty feet wide, was laid out by the town, as a town way, and our committee were made a committee to build it out of the ordinary appropriations. This has been done for thirty feet in width from Colon Street to Dodge Street 7635 feet in length and the force and supplied pipe of 18 inches is laid along the easterly side of said Avenue. Y Street, from the Avenue and running up on to the Hill, and in which the force and supply pipe is continued has also been built, as well as another Avenue through Mr. Bennett's farm from Brimbal Avenue parallel to the railroad, with an outlet on Dodge Street above the railroad crossing, so as to make an immediate usable connection between Brimbal Avenue and Dodge Street. In the meanwhile the question of completing said Avenue either over or under the railroad is constantly discussed, and may not be settled till the question of the drainage of the adjoining lands is concluded upon. Your committee unite in recommending that all water works of the town be put in charge of a Water Board of three to be elected first for one year, two and three years, and after that; that one be elected annually for a term of three years; and that said Board shall also have charge of the repairs and care of Brimbal Avenue and Y Street and the other connecting avenue to Dodge Street, as fully as though they were Surveyors of Highways. For the committee. John I. Baker, chairman Recorded by William H. Lovett, Town Clerk. Room At a meeting of the Selectmen of the town of Beverly, held on the second day of August A. D. 1888, upon the petition of the Association known as the Beverly and Danvers Street Railway company after due notice and after hearing all parties who desired to be heard, said Selectmen granted a location of track of said Association extending from Cabot Street in said Beverly through Elliott Street to the boundary line between Beverly and Danvers on said Elliott Street, subject to such specific orders and restrictions as said Board shall hereafter be determined. And at a meeting of said Selectmen held August 28th 1888, it was determined and ordered that the track of said Association shall be laid on the northerly side of Elliott Street in such a manner that the northerly rail of said track shall not be further than twenty feet from the northerly line of said Street nor less than 12 feet therefrom accepting that where said track crosses the mill dam it shall be laid as near the Northerly line of said dam as possible. And said Association shall construct a safe and substantial plank walk not less than six feet in width across and outside of the Southerly line of said dam, with suitable landings and approaches at each end thereof, said walk to be suitably railed and constructed to the satisfaction of the Selectmen. Provided further that said Association shall widen the traveled part of said way four feet, by removing so much of the ledge near the easterly end of said mill dam as may be necessary to accomplish and if such widening to the satisfaction of the Selectmen. And wherever said track is above located shall be laid into the traveled part of the way, said Association shall widen so much thereof as shall be necessary to make said traveled part as wide as it was before the laying of said tracks. And said Association shall be subject in the laying of said tracks to such further orders and restrictions as said Board of Selectmen may determine and said Association is hereby authorized to erect poles and maintain wires in connection therewith in said Elliott Street for the purpose of operating the cars of said Association by electricity. Beverly, Aug. 29, A. D. 1888. Freeborn W. Cressy Robert R. Endicott Selectmen John H. Woodbury of Joseph A. Wallis Beverly Chas. H. Odell A true copy. Attest. William H. Lovett, Town Clerk To the Selectmen of the town of Beverly. The directors of the Association known as the Beverly and Danvers Street Railway Company hereby certify their acceptance of the location in said town, of the tracks of the railway which said Association was formed to construct and operate; as said location was granted by your board on the second day of August instant; and we also accept your determination and order thereon made on the 28th day of said August. August 31, 1888. John I. Baker Peter E. Clark Samuel J. Foster Sidney W. Winslow Calvin Pumam Perry Collier Directors Received and recorded August 31, A. D. 1888 at thirty minutes past four o'clock P. M.. By William H. Lovett, Town Clerk.