Town annual report of Braintree, Massachusetts for the year 1933, Part 1

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Annual Report


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ANNUAL REPORT


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Receipts and Expenditures OF THE


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FROM December 31, '32 to December 31, '33


TOGETHER WITH THE REPORT OF THE


TOWN CLERK, SELECTMEN, ASSESSORS, OVERSEERS OF THE POOR AND HIGHWAY SURVEYORS, ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, TOWN TREASURER, ENGINEERS of FIRE DEPARTMENT, WATER COMMISSIONERS BOARD OF HEALTH, MUNICIPAL LIGHT


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Printed by Order of the Town


Report of Town Clerk


WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING BRAINTREE, MASSACHUSETTS.


NORFOLK, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Braintree.


Greetings :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified to vote in elections therein, to meet at the polling places in their respective Precincts, to wit:


Polling Place in Precinct 1, Town Hall.


Polling Place in Precinct 2, Legion Building, Hol- lis Avenue.


Polling Place in Precinct 3, Hose House, Allen Street.


On Monday, the sixth day of March, 1933, at five forty-five o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to bring into the Wardens of their respective Precincts their votes on the official ballot for a Moderator, Town Clerk, a Town Treasurer, one Selectman for a term of three years, one member of the Board of Public Wel- fare for a term of three years, one member of the Board of Assessors for a term of three years, one Water Commissioner and Commissioner of Sinking Fund for a term of three years, one member of the Municipal Lighting Board for a term of three years, two mem- bers of the School Committee for a term of three years, one member of the Board of Health for a term of three years, one member of the Board of Health


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for a term of one year, one Sewer Commissioner for a term of three years, one Trustee of Thayer Public Library for a term of one year, one Park Commission- er for a term of three years, a Tax Collector, a Tree Warden, two members of the Planning Board for a term of three years, two members of the Planning Board for a term of three years, one member of the Planning Board for a term of one year, and fifteen Constables.


The polls will be opened at Five forty-five o'clock in the forenoon, and will be closed at three o"clock in the afternoon.


You are further directed to notify and warn the said inhabitants qualified to vote as aforesaid, to meet at the Town Hall in said Braintree on Monday, the thirteenth day of March, 1933, at seven forty-five o'clock in the evening, then and there to act upon the following articles, namely :


Article 1. To choose all Town Officers, except those elected by ballot.


Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to autho- rize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year.


Article 3. To see if the Town will hold its Treas- urer harmless on his bond for any loss which may arise from the failure of any National Bank or Trust Com- pany in which the funds of the Town may be on de- posit, said Bank or Trust Company being designated by the Selectmen.


Article 4. To see if the Town will hold its col- lector harmless on his bond from any loss which may arise from the failure of any National Bank or Trust Company being designated by the Selectmen.


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Article 5. To hear and act upon the report of the Several Boards of Town Officers, and any commit- tee the Town many think proper.


Article 6. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for the Reserve Fund for ex- traordinary or unforseen expenditure during the cur- rent year.


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


Article 7. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to appropriate for GENERAL GOVERN- MENT for salaries and expenses of the following de- partments and other purposes, the present year:


1. Finance Committee


2. Selectmen


3. Accountant


4. Town Engineer


5. Assessors


6. Treasurer


7. Tax Collector


8. Town Clerk


9. Election and Registration


10. Law


11. Insurance


12. Planning Board


13. Caretaker of the Dumps


14. Maintenance of Municipal Buildings : Town Hall, Central Fire and Po- lice Station and Public Library


15. Auditors


16. Moderator


17. Miscellaneous Expenses. !


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PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY


Article 8. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to appropriate for the protection of persons and property the present year :


1. Fire Department


. Fire Alarm System


2. Police Department Traffic Signals


3. Wire Department


4. Tree Warden's Department


5. Moth Department


6. Street Lighting


7. Building Inspector


8. Sealer of Weights and Measures


9. Life Guard at Sunset Lake


HEA TH AND SANITATION


Article 9. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for Health and Sani- tation the present year :


1. Health-General


2. Contagious Diseases


3. Collection of Garbage.


4. Dental Clinic


5. Tuberculosis Clinic


6. Inspector of Plumbing"


7. Inspector of Animals


8. Vital Statistics


9. Inspector of Milk


10. Inspector of Meats and Provisions


11. Sewer Maintenance


12. Maintenance and Repairs,. Norfolk County Hospital.


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Article 10. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Water Department the present year, to be expended by the Board of Water Commissioners, and act on anything relating thereto.


1. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the extension of Water Mains on Granite Street, from Five Corners to the Quincy Line, or take any action relative thereto.


2. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the filtration of the Waters of Great Pond, or take any action relative thereto.


3. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the reconstruction of the dike at Great Pond.


4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the maintenance and operation of the Water Department including inter- est and debt on Water Loans, the same to be taken from the revenue of the Department and the unex- pended balance of 1932.


5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to petition the General Court of the Com- monwealth to authorize the Board of Water Commis- sioners of the Town of Braintree to take, on behalf of the Town of Braintree, in addition to the water rights already established, the whole or any part of the water of Farm Brook or Farm River, so-called, of Cochato Brook, so-called, of Cranberry Brook so- called or of Cranberry Pond so-called, or any other water, waters and lands or any rights in or to the


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same or any of them, for the purpose of supplying the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree with water for the extinguishment of fires and for domestic pur- poses, business purposes or other purposes, or take any action relative thereto.


Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate any sum or sums of money to be ex- pended under the direction of the Sewer Commis- sioners for the construction, maintenance and exten- sion of the system of drainage and sewage disposal, or will vote to raise and appropriate any sum or sums. of money for the purpose of paying any necessary ex- penses and liabilities incurred under Chapter 17 of the Acts of 1930 as accepted by the Town, and to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Se- lectmen, to borrow all or any part of said sums in ac- cordance with the provisions of any General or Spe- cial Act authorizing the Town to borrow for such pur- poses, or to take any action relative thereto.


Article 12. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Elec- tric Light Department the present year, to be ex- pended by the Board of Electric Light Commissioners, or act on anything relating thereto.


Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to ap- propriate, from the income of the Electric Light De- partment, the sum of $22,266.82 for Depreciation Fund; and the sum of $307,733.18 together with the unexpended balance of $8,353.09 of the year 1932 for operating expenses, renewals, repairs and new construction. And to see if the Town will vote to ac- cept from the funds of the Electric Light Department,. the sum of $8,000.00, to assist in reducing the 1933 Tax Levy. If accepted, this amount will be paid to


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the Treasury of the Town in four equal installments during the year 1933. Credit for the amount, $8,- 000.00, is to apply to the reduction of the old appro- priation Account, still carried on the books of the Electric Light Department.


SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES


Article 14. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the Public Schools, the present year.


1. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate such sum of money as may be necessary for the purpose of purchasing or taking land in Precinct Three for the purpose of constructing a school build- ing thereon, or take any action relative thereto.


2. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate such sum of money as may be necessary for the purpose of purchasing or taking land in Precinct Two for the purpose of constructing a school building thereon, or take any action relative thereto.


3. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate such sum of money as may be necessary for the purpose of purchasing or taking land in Precinct One for the purpose of constructing a school building thereon, or take any action relative thereto.


4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate sums of money for the purpose of construct- ing, furnishing and equipping an addition to the High School, and for the making of necessary additions and alterations to the present building incidental thereto, and to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of


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the Selectmen, to borrow all or any part of said sums, in accordance with any General or Special Act autho- rizing the Town to borrow money for such purposes, or take any action relative thereto.


5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate sums of money for the purpose of construct- ing the new school buildings and for the original equipment and furnishing of same. And to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow all or any part of said sums, in accordance with the provisions of any General or Special Acts authorizing the Town to borrow for said purposes, or take any action relative thereto.


6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate money for the purpose of purchasing or tak- ing land fronting on Cleveland Avenue and adjoining the present Penniman School ground, or take any action relative thereto.


7. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote. to buy certain land in Precinct Two, and to construct a grade school building thereon (construction work to be done by town residents) and make an appropria- tion for same.


Article 15. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for the Public Library, the present year.


PUBLIC WELFARE


Article 16. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to appropriate for the Public Welfare De- partment, the present year.


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1. Board of Public Welfare


2. Visitor


3. Temporary Aid


4. Mothers' Aid


5. Old Age Assistance


6. Infirmary


SOLDIERS BENEFITS


Article 17. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for SOLDIERS' RELIEF the present year.


Article 18. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for STATE AID and MILI- TARY AID under Chapter 200, General Acts of 1919, the present year.


Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to assist Post 87, G. A. R., Braintree Post 86, American Legion, and Veterans of Foreign Wars, No. 1702, in defraying ex- penses of Memorial Day.


CEMETERIES


. Article 20. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the improvement of the Cemetery the present year.


1. Superintendent.


2. Maintenance.


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RECREATION and UNCLASSIFIED


Article 21. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for the general uses of the Board of Park Commissioners the present year.


Article 22. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to appropriate for Pensions and Annuities the present year.


1. Police Department, a. Former Chief of Police Gallivan. b. Former Patrolman Johnson.


2. Laborer,


Peter Kearney.


Article 23. To see what sums of money, in addi- tion to tht appropriated under any other article, the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for Land Damages.


HIGHWAYS


Article 24. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Street De- partment the present year.


1. General Expenses.


2. Materials and Supplies.


3. Permanent Construction.


4. Sidewalks and Curbings.


5. Salaries of Permanent Men, including Supt.


3. New Equipment.


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7. Removal of Snow.


8. Repairs and Maintenace of Bridges.


Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to aban- don, as and for a public highway, that portion of Har- rison Avenue, lying between Cleveland Avenue and the Monatiquot River.


Article 26. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to lay out as a town way, NORTH BOW- DITCH STREET, between Hayward Street and Wil- kins Road.


Article 27. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to lay out as a town way, JEFFERSON ROAD, so-called, and raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the improvement of said way.


Article 28. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a town way, Walnut Street Ex- tension, so-called, from Storrs Avenue to Lakeside Drive, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the improbement of said way


Article 29. To see if the Town will raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to rebuild WEST STREET from the Blue Hill Road to the Randolph Line.


Article 30. ON PETITION. To hear the report of the Selectmen relative to the laying out of a part of (NEW) KING HILL ROAD, from Pond Street to Granite Street, under the provisions of Chapter 82 of the General Laws, and to see if the Town will vote to accept said street, as and for a public way, and will authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent do-


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main, or acquire by purchase, any land necessary for said laying out; provide the sum or sums necessary to pay the cost of Land Damages thereof, or take any action relating thereto.


Article 31. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to lay out COM- MON STREET, from the Kennel Club to Spring Street (Sunnyside Park) .


Article 32. To hear the report of the Selectmen relative to the laying out of SAGAMORE STREET, from Fountain Street to Rock Avenue, under the pro- visions of Chapter 82 of the General Laws, and to see if the Town will vote to accept said street, as and for a public way, and will authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, or acquire by purchase, any land necessary for said laying out; provide the sum or sums necessary to pay the cost of Land Damages thereof, or take any action relating thereto.


Article 33. To hear the report of the Selectmen relative to the laying out of AUDUBON AVENUE, from Quincy Avenue to Spencer Street, under the pro- visions of Chapter 82 of the General Laws, and to see if the Town will vote to accept said street, as and for a public way, and will authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, or acquire by purchase, any land necessary for said laying out; provide the sum or or sums necessary to pay the cost of Land Damages thereof, or take any action relating thercof.


Article 34. To hear the report of the Selectmen relative to the laying out of TOWNSEND AVENUE, westerly from Middle Street about 240 feet, under the provisions of Chapter 82 of the General Laws, and to see if the Town will vote to accept said street, as and


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for a public way, and will authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, or acquire by purchase, any land necessary for said laying out; provide the sum or sums necessary to pay the cost of Land Damages thereof, or take any action relating thereto.


Article 35. To hear the report of the Selectmen relative to the laying out of WESTON AVENUE, from Washington Street to Tremont Street, under the pro- visions of Chapter 82 of the General Laws, and to see if the Town will vote to accept said Street, as and for a public way, and will authorize the Selectmen to take by eminent domain, or acquire by purchase, any land necessary for said laying out; provide the sum or sums necessary to pay the cost of Land Damages thereof, or take any action relating thereto.


Article 36. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to lay out as a town way ARGYLE ROAD, from Gordon Road to Trefton Drive.


Article 37. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to lay out as a town way SPENCER STREET, from Arborway Drive to Audubon Avenue.


Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to trans- fer and appropriate the unexpended balances of the following appropriations of the year 1932:


Gravel $333.72


Hayward Street (1931) .16


Hayward Street 32.97


Adams Street 10.83


Elm Street 14.96


Liberty Park Ave.,


Common-Audubon Rd. .24


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Hockey Rink


31.75


Audubon Road 182.17


$606.80


INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT


Article 39. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for Interest and Maturing Debt the present year.


MISCELLANEOUS


Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to make application to the General Court to erect and consti- tute in the Town, representative Town Government, by Limited Town Meetings, and act on anything re- lating thereto.


Article 41. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a committee of five to procure from the Legislature permission to submit to the voters of the Town at a special election the question of the adoption of a Town Manager Form of Government, substantially as set forth in the report of a committee submitted to and received by the Town at its 1932 An- nual Meeting.


Article 42. ON PETITION. To see whether the Town will vote to pay to Clarence R. Bestick of Brain- tree, the sum of Two Thousand Three Hundred Dol- lars and ninety one cents ($2,300.91) with interest thereon for removing trees and doing other work and furnishing materials in connection with street widen- ings, sidewalk improvements and things incidental


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thereto during the years 1929, 1930 and 1931, and to raise and appropriate a sum of money therefor or take other action with reference thereto.


Article 43. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to direct the Eelectric Light Department to read meters for the Water Department at the same time that the electric meters are read, nearest to Jan- uary 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each year, the Water Department to pay the Electric Light De- partment 25 per cent of the meter reading cost; or in any way act thereon.


Article 44. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to adopt an ordinance limiting the time of work for Town employees, so-called, to seven hours per day, five days per week.


Article 45. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to enact an ordinance limiting the operating of certain construction machines, particularly drills and diggers.


Article 46. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to direct the School Committee to eliminate the Kindergarten grade in all schools at the end of the current school year, or in any way act thereon.


Article 47. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to direct the School Committee to appoint for the coming school year and thereafter, only full time teachers to act as principals of the Grade Schools, or in any way act thereon.


Article 48. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to direct the School Committee to appoint one police officer, as selected by the Chief of Police, from each Precinct to act as attendance officer, in his


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precinct, at a compensation not to exceed $100 each: per year, or in any way act thereon.


Article 49. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purpose of obtaining an expert appraisal of the value of the Real and Personal Property of the Cities Service Refining- Company and the Braintree Processing Company, on which to base a just and equitable assessment for tax- ation purposes ; said sum to be expended by and under the Board of Assessors, or take any other action rela- tive thereto.


Article 50. To see if the Town will accept or purchase for one dollar ($1.00) from the Trustees of the Thayer Academy, or others, certain tracts of land lying along the Monatiquot River, particularly at Commercial Street, East Braintree, for park purposes, or otherwise.


Article 51. To see if the Town will vote to ac -- cept, in accordance with the terms thereof, the con- tributions of certain employees, who have agreed or may agree to contribute a portion of their salaries to the Town Treasury to be expended as a portion of the appropriation for the departments under which they are employed, or any other department of the town, or take any action relative thereto.


Article 52. To see what action the Town will: take in regard to giving preference to Braintree resi- dents in employment on all construction work, or any other action relative thereto.


Article 53. To see what disposition the Town will make with reference to surplus funds in the Elec- tric Light Department.


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Article 54. ON PETITION. To see if the Town will vote to amend its code of By-Laws by adding and adopting thereto a new article, said article to read as follows: To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to establish and create the position of Wire Inspector ; to appoint such official, and to appropriate a sum of money for the salary of such Wire Inspector, and act on anything relating thereto.


You are directed to serve this warrant by posting true and attested copies thereof in three public places in each voting Precinct in said Town of Braintree, ten days at least before said sixth day of March, 1933, and by publishing the same once each week for two suc- cessive weeks in the Braintree Citizen, the first publi- cation to be at least eight days before said meeting.


Hereof fail not, and make due return of this War- rant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk be- fore said meeting.


Given under our hands at Braintree, this tenth day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and thirty three.


HORACE T. CAHILL, JOHN H. CAHILL, HARRY H. BOUSQUET, Selectmen of the Town of Braintree.


A true copy. Attest :


JOHN J. HEANEY, Constable of Braintree.


Braintree, Mass., February 18, 1933.


Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I hereby


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notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Brain- tree, qualified as expressed therein, to meet at the time and places mentioned, for the purposes therein mentioned.


JOHN J. HEANEY, Constable of Braintree.


Braintree, Mass., February 18, 1933.


Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I have hereby notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified as expressed therein, to meet at the time and. place mentioned, for the purposes therein mentioned.


JOHN J. HEANEY, Constable of Braintree.


Braintree, Mass., March 6, 1933.


In accordance with the foregoing warrant, the voters assembled in their respective Precincts to cast their ballots for the several Town officers named therein.


The polls were opened at five forty-five o'clock in the forenoon and were closed at three o'clock in the afternoon.


The following Election Officers served :


PRECINCT ONE. J. Frank Lane, Warden; J. Raymond Murphy, Clerk; Everett F. Russell, Louis Kaplan, Henry J. Moynihan, Frank A. MacDonald,


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Charles H. Roberts, Edward J. Sullivan, Frank M. O'Rourke, Homer L. Walters, Michael P. Novelline, Mary M. Wynot, Francis Le Vangie, Ellen V. Tyler, George P. Holmberg and James O'Rourke, Constable.


PRECINCT TWO. James E. Folsom, Warden; John W. Mahar, Clerk; Mabel L. Cox, Mabel L. Kinna, Amy Getchell, Fred T. Smith, Beatrice L. Silver, Charles E. Elliott, Francis J. Mahar, Thomas F. Fitz- patrick, James J. Moody, Harry P. Mace, Kevin B. Dwyer, Frank Mischler, Robert A. Murray and Gustaf Arnoldson, Jr., Constable.


PRECINCT THREE. Thomas Cassidy, Warden; John Riley, Clerk; Edward Libertine, Pedro Christen- sen, John P. Doucette, Arthur E. Crossman, Earle A. Bigelow, Valentine P. Keeley, Helen Harmon, Arthur Stenberg, Maurice Fitch, John Yourell, William Pills- bury, Samuel McClellan, Richard Spence and Russell Boutin, Constable.


At the opening of the Polls the Ballot Boxes were inspected and found to be empty and the registers set at zero (0). The keys were placed in charge of the Constables of their respective Precincts. The meet- ings were conducted in like manner and in accordance with the law.


At the close of the polls, when all votes had been canvassed, counted, recorded and ballots sealed ac- cording to law, they were then forwarded to the Reg- istrars of Voters, by which Board the figures were tabulated, proved and the result declared.




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