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545 Mr. Rowse asked her what companies she used and Mrs. Fitzgerald said what policies she had placed, she had put through the .American Eknployers. Mr. Rowse asked if she would submit to the Board_�a list of the stock companies with whom she could do business. She s1aid she would be pleased to do this and retired at 8;20 P. Me 10-8-25 P. M., Messrs. Robert C. Merriam and William C. Paxton *Lppeared before the Board to discuss the purchase of the water pipe in Patriot4 Drive , from Mr. Merriam. The Supt# of the Water Department made up an estimate of the cost of construction which Mr. Merriam thought was too low. He felt that there were certain overhead costs which were not included in the estimate. He said he did .not feel it quite fair to expect the result from the Nater Re: Purchase Department you would expect to get from a private business. of water pipe He said that there was a great deal of the work done in 1937 in Patriots and he felt the average cost per foot was the figure that Drive should have been used. Mr. Merriam said his average cost per foot was $2.94 of which $1.01 was for ledge. Mr. Merriam called the Boardfs attention to the fact that a sewer main was laid in Mefason Street two years later and the same kind of ledge was incurred and that year the Town's average cost per foot was 65.69. He felt considerin the great amount of ledge he had to contend with, the sum of.1,000.00 was a very reason- able amount for the Town to pay. If the Board did not want to pay him the $1,000.00 then he was going to move for indefinite postponement of the article. Mr. Paxton said the difference between the actual cost given by Mr. Merriam and Mr. Rossi estimate depended on the amount of trench ledge and trench excavation that was assumed to be charged to water construction and the amount charged to sewer construction. Mr. Ross felt that fifty percent of the ledge and tranch excavation should be charged.to the sewer constructions and therefore based his estimate on these quantities. However, Mr. Merriam felt that a greater proportion of ledge and trench excavation should be charged to the water construction. Mr. Paxton also laid that each water job varied and that extra fittings would have a great affect on the cost per foot. I .Mr. Rowse asked Mr. Merriam if he would be willing to pay the betterment assessment if the two dead ends in the street were tied in and he said he would expect to pay a betterment assessment of about $99.00 although he did not need the extension. The Board suggested that Mr, Merriam discuss the matter with Mr. Ross and he agreed to do this. Mr. Merriam retired at 8:50 P. M. Mr. Paxton said he.did not believe this sortof a situa. ' tion should come up again on account of the Board of Suriaey regulations,