Guide to historic PlymouthLocalities and objects of interest . ^Y the census of 1895 the population ofPlymouth was 7,958. The total valua-tion of the town in that year was$6,646,750, of which $4,646,525 wasreal estate and $2,000,225 number of polls assessed was 2,416. Few towns are better provided with city conven-. :^^^^ ^=^\^ ^^T^^^ -i-^fc::^^^^^^--^- PLYMOUTH HIGH iences. A system of water-works, introduced in 1855,supplies the inhabitants with pure water from thegreat ponds that lie in the woods a few miles southof the main village. The main thoroughfares arelighted
Guide to historic PlymouthLocalities and objects of interest . ^Y the census of 1895 the population ofPlymouth was 7,958. The total valua-tion of the town in that year was$6,646,750, of which $4,646,525 wasreal estate and $2,000,225 number of polls assessed was 2,416. Few towns are better provided with city conven-. :^^^^ ^=^\^ ^^T^^^ -i-^fc::^^^^^^--^- PLYMOUTH HIGH iences. A system of water-works, introduced in 1855,supplies the inhabitants with pure water from thegreat ponds that lie in the woods a few miles southof the main village. The main thoroughfares arelighted by electricity, and both electricity and gas arein use for illuminants in public buildings, stores, fac-tories and dwellings. An electric street railwaycarries passengers over six miles of Plymouths high-way and into the adjoining towii of Kingston. The town has a public library containing eleventhousand volumes. Its schools rank among the bestin the State, and its high-school building, erected in1891 at a cost of forty thousand dollars, has accom-modation for over two hundred pupils. In its reli-gious denominations are represented the L^, Baptist, I niversalist, Methodist,Catholic, Episcopal, Advent and German Lutheranfaiths. The town contains five ])anking institutions, — theOld Colony and the
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