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<br /> RFPORT OF CODMaTTER ON WATER DEPARTNENTS
<br /> The Committee appointed to investigate the condit4.01,,S of the
<br /> 7(ater Department mlde a rcliort under date of Y-Ay 21st $ 1906 , and at an
<br /> adjourned Town meeting, the Tovvn received +b.( report is one of Progress,
<br /> continued the Committee in existence , adopted its recomme,ndat ions, and
<br /> at the same. time authorized the selectmen
<br /> "To sell all Water Torks luildings and macbirc-ryl including the
<br /> "dwelling house on the TJ�ircoln ,'Itreet pror1crty, and a sufficJc- nt
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<br /> "parcel or pircols of land adjoining, such buildinLps to ry.,.akc thic-m
<br /> "a- vailable to 1-urc".1-asors" .
<br /> Upon seeking a ciastorw- r for this property, the :E1,electmen found
<br /> that to sell it in X items 4 as not the best course to pursue ,
<br /> plart 4cu144r1y t:cs ,here J. IA s some "i- cs, ion --ts to sonc= of the boundaries of
<br /> the differ Ent lots . Therefore , it apjcars to be necessary for the.
<br /> Selectmen to come to the, Town for a broader and more sl,eclfic authoriza-
<br /> tion to sell this prol.erty .
<br /> The recommend, tion of the Cormuittee is that the crtta.rc property,
<br /> consisting of buildings :-ind -neac.",ow lands be sold at a price not less
<br /> than a sum to be deterr.ined by the Assessors and Selectment , - reservilni- ,
<br /> hovvever, some five acres of land now used for ai.:3av�-ground .
<br /> Tt Is the 4.n+-cnt! ,1-i, of the Selectmcn to insert an article JrL the
<br /> warr,irt for the next '--arch "neeting asking for this authorizat-Lon .
<br /> The C-,�.Ie of t1hiu will, cert-,-dn1,-,,r, 1-rove bereficial to
<br /> the T. own inasnuch .-is it will produce enough money to reduce the tax r.--�te
<br /> for 1907 alfou 0•1 .50 per �1000, - besides ; 1-lacing the jxoperty in the
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<br /> hl,.Inds of individuals wlio will improve the same , -and pay annual t-,,.xes
<br /> thereon.
<br /> Vrhile the committee does not know the ex;tot condition of the
<br /> finances of the Water Poard, the account must necessarily show a great
<br /> improvement over the conditions-Lons of 1Tay last, in,-tsnuch is the receil-AS
<br /> water from the Town, ark from individuals, wi 11 include fifteen Monthp'-
<br /> income , - tlhit is, the last three riojiths of 1905 and the full twelve
<br /> months of 1906 , - and this addition it three month:,, ' income is estimated
<br /> -J, ''5, 000 . `besides this, a large income h:is bcon obtained fro variolr*
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