Town annual report of Middleborough, Massachusetts 1913, Part 1

Author: Middleboro (Mass.)
Publication date: 1913
Publisher: s.n.
Number of Pages: 198


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ANNUAL REPORT


of the


TOWN OFFICERS


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Middleboro, Mass.


for the


YEAR 1913


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TOWN OFFICERS 1913.


Town Clerk. ALBERT A. THOMAS Term expires 1915


Treasurer and Collector. ALBERT A. THOMAS


Selectmen.


CHARLES N. ATWOOD WILLIAM M. HASKINS BOURNE WOOD


Term expires 1914 Term expires 1915 Term expires 1916


Assessors.


ALBERT T. SAVERY EDWIN F. WITHAM BENJAMIN C. SHAW


Term expires 1914 Term expires 1915 Term expires 1916


Overseers of the Poor.


EDWIN F. WITHAM CHARLES W. KINGMAN CHARLES M. THATCHER


Term expires 1914 Term expires 1915 Term expires 1916


School Committee.


GRANVILLE E. TILLSON JAMES P. LEAHY, M. D. GEORGE W. STETSON


THEODORE N. WOOD


REGINALD W. DRAKE E. T. PEIRCE JENKS


Term expires 1914 Term expires 1914 Term expires 1915


Term expires 1915


Term expires 1916 Term expires 1916


Superintendent of Schools. CHARLES H. BATES


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Municipal Light Board.


WILLIAM A. ANDREWS HARLAS L. CUSHMAN WILKES H. F. PETTEE


Term expires 1914 Term expires 1915 Term expires 1916


Board of Health.


BERT J. ALLAN JAMES H. BURKHEAD, M. D.


JOHN H. WHEELER


Term expires 1914 Term expires 1915 Term expires 1916-


Constables.


F. HERBERT BATCHELDER


FRANK W. HASTAY


SAMUEL S. LOVELL


HARRY F. SNOW


FRED C. SPARROW


HARRY W. SWIFT


CHARLES M. THATCHER


ICHABOD B. THOMAS


Superintendent of Streets. WILLIAM H. CONNOR


Registrars of Voters


WALTER M. CHIPMAN Term expires 1914 LORENZO WOOD Term expires 1915 Term expires 1916


WILLIAM J. COUGHLIN


Trustees of Public Library.


WALTER SAMPSON Term expires 1914


WARREN H. SOUTHWORTH


NATHAN WASHBURN


HENRY W. SEARS


DAVID G. PRATT


KENELM WINSLOW


GEORGE BRAYTON


EDWARD S. HATHAWAY


THEODORE N. WOOD


Term expires 1914 Term expires 1914 Term expires 1915 Term expires 1915 Term expires 1915


Term expires 1916 Term expires 1916 Term expires 1916


Fish Wardens.


CORNELIUS H. LEONARD CHARLES N. ATWOOD WILLIAM M. HASKINS


Tree Warden Auditor LUTHER S. BAILEY WILLIAM W. BRACKETT


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REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS.


For the year ending December 31, 1913


APPROPRIATIONS MADE AT THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING HELD MARCH 3, 1913 AND ADJOURN- MENTS HELD MARCH 14, 1913 AND APRIL 3, 1913.


Support of Schools :-


Instruction, including Super- intendent's salary and trav- elling expenses of $2,200, Janitor's Salaries


$28,800 00


2,200 00


Fuel


2,200 00


Books, Supplies and Printing


2,000 00


Office Rent


150 00


Tuition-Bridgewater


76 00


Sundries


600 00


Total $36,026 00


Less estimated income, etc. 3,476 00


Balance


$32,550 00


School Physician


300 00


School Committee


150 00


Repairs


2,000 00


Transportation


2,000 00


$37,000 00


Support of Poor, including salaries of Overseers of $500 and over- draft of $233.14 7,200 00


Soldiers' Relief


2,000 00


Military Aid 150 00


Town Officers :-


Town Clerk, Treas. and Collector$1,200 00


Assessors 1,100 00


Selectmen


800.00


Registrars and Election and


Caucus Officers 450 00


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Inspector of Animals


200 00


Auditor


200 00


Moderator


20 00


Appropriation Committee


60 00


£


$4,030 00


Expenses of Town Officers :-


Assessors, including horse hire, clerical help and miscellaneous $500 00 Clerk for Town Clerk, Treasurer and Selectmen 450 00


Registrars and Election and Caucus Officers 300 00


$1,250 00


Incidentals, including overdraft of $1,919. 10 caused by settlement of damage suits against the Town in the Sparrow, Bernier, Kelley and Perkins cases $4,000 00


Town Debt :----


Sewer Note due November 1, 1913 $5,000 00


School House Note due Nov. 1, 1913 1,650 00


School House Note due Nov. 1, 1913 400 00


School House Note due Dec. 1, 1913 250 00


$7,300 00 1,500 00


Interest


Middleboro Gas and Electric Plant :- (Appropriation in form required by act of 1905)


Estimated operating expenses for 1913 $26,500 00


Interest required


2,468 00


Notes due 3,000 00


Depreciation, 3% of cost of Plant 4,844 00


Total $36,812 00


Less estimated income 30,000 00


Balance


$6,812 00


Suburban Lighting


400 00


Office Rent Commissioners' Salaries


150 00


300 00


$7,662 00


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Board of Health :


Overdraft and unpaid bills 1912 account, but not to include any bills for salary of Board or for in- spection of plumbing, for services previous to January 1, 1913 $1,000 00 Salaries of Board, including over- draft of $12.50 on 1912 account 300 00


Inspection of Beef and Milk 1913 400 00


Inspection of Plumbing 1913 100 00


All other expenses 700 00


$2,500 00


Highway Department :- Superintendent's Salary $1,500 00


Clearing of snow, in addition to amount received from East Taunton Street Railway Co., as Excise Tax and estimated at $200.00 1,600 00


Repairs and maintenance of Vil- lage District in addition to re- ceipts from the State on account of Street Railway Corporation Tax and estimated at $3,000 1,000 00


Repairs on highway in outside district 6,000 00


Receipts from Bay State Street Railway as Excise Tax and es- timated at $1,600 to be expended on Plymouth Street from its junc- tion with Murdock Street to the Bridgewater Line


Receipts from the New Bedford and Onset Street Railway Co., as ex- cise Tax estimated at $320 and to be expended on Smith Street Water Supply 300 00


$10,400 00 100 00


Town Construction Plant Police Department :- Salary of Chief Salary of Nightwatchmen (2)


$1,000 00


1,800 00


All other expenses 400 00


$3,200 00


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Sealer of Weights and Measures, in- cluding salary 300 00


Street Sprinkling-equal amount


750 00


to be assessed on abuttors Tree Warden's Department-includ- ing salary of Tree Warden G. A. R. for Memorial Day


1,000 00


200 00


For Suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths 1,939 92


Highway Dept., for collecting rub-


bish for 1912 and 1913


1,000 00


Portable School Building


1,600 00


Repairs High School


1,000 00


Water for Fall Brook School"


500 00


Total appropriations $96,581 92 Less Corporation and Bank Tax estimated 7,461 59


$89,120 33


Less Sewer note assumed by Peirce Trustees


5,000 00


To be raised by tax


$84,120 33


Voted by Town


$84,120 33


State Tax


10,400 00


State Highway Tax


403 75


County Tax


7,751 94


Overlay


1,686 32


$104,362 34


Assessed on 2360 polls


4,720 00


Assessed on personal property


21,087 54


Assessed on real estate


78,554 80


$104,362 34


Number of polls assessed, 2360


Value of buildings, excluding land


$2,426,920


Value of land, excluding buildings


1,500,820


3,927,740


Value of personal estate


1,054,377


$4,982,117


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Persons, firms, etc. assessed on property


1868


Residents


1526 342


Non-Residents


Persons assessed for poll tax only


1465


Number of horses assessed


692


Number of cows assessed


608


Number of swine assessed


23


Number of sheep assessed


1


Number of fowl assessed


7,640


Number of neat cattle other than cows assessed


138


Number of dwelling houses assessed


1,703


Number of acres of land assessed


40,226


Population of Town 8,000


Taxes remitted in 1913 have been as follows:


On account 1911 Assessments


$460 12


On account 1912 Assessments


784 60


On account 1913 Assessments


459 68


Tax rate $20.00 on $1,000.


ALBERT T. SAVERY, EDWIN F. WITHAM, BENJAMIN C. SHAW,


Assessors of Middleborough.


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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN For the Year Ending December 31, 1913.


The Selectmen have drawn orders upon the Town Treas- urer for the amounts hereinafter given under the several appropriations made by the Town.


TOWN OFFICERS.


Orders drawn:


Albert A. Thomas, Town Clerk,


Treasurer and Collector


$1,200 00


Caucus officers


33 00


Election officers


152 00


William J. Coughlin, Registrar


69 30


Walter M. Chipman, Registrar


68 60


Albert A. Thomas, Registrar


70 00


Lorenzo Wood, Registrar


67 55


Daniel F. Wilbur, Dog Officer


175 00


Thomas F.Conway, Inspector of Animals 200 00


Alvin C. Howes, Moderator


20 00


Appropriation Committee


60 00


C. H. Leonard, Selectman


33 33


William M. Haskins, Selectman


400 00


Charles N. Atwood, Selectman


200 00


Bourne Wood, Selectman


200 00


Benjamin C. Shaw, Assessor


300 00


Edwin F. Witham, Assessor


309 00


Allerton Thompson, Assessor


27 20


Albert T. Savery, Assessor


408 00


William W. Brackett, Auditor


250 00


Overdrawn 1912


$4,242 98 32 01


4,274 99


· Appropriation


4,030 00


Overdrawn 1913 244 99


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TOWN OFFICERS EXPENSES.


Appropriation


Balance from 1912


$1,250 00 496 71


$1,746 71


Orders drawn :


Eleanor B. Munroe, clerk Assessors 225 30


Susie A. Pitman, clerk Assessors 71 05


Susan A. Bishop, clerk Assessors 29 20


Verna L. Francis, clerical work Assessors 2 50


Daniel F. Wilbur, horse hire Dog Officer 31 00


Florence C. Haskins, Clerk Town Clerk and Selectmen 450 00


Hobbs & Warren, stationery Assessors 7 50


Eleanor B. Munroe, expenses at Registry Deeds 1 99


C. S. Millerd, horse hire Dog Officer 6 00


Bourne's Cafe, lunches Election Officers 15 50


T. G. Sisson, horse hire Assessors 40 50


Middleboro News, advertising Assessors 8 00


Benjamin C. Shaw, horse hire and ex- penses Assessor 140 00


Lottie W. Tinkham, clerical work


4 00


George G. Benson, handle and strap for Registrar's box 1 25


Edwin F. Witham, horse hire and expenses Assessors 17 70


Albert T. Savery, horse hire and ex-


penses for Assessors 20 50


$1,071 99


Balance 1913


$674 72


INCIDENTALS.


Orders drawn: W. L. Soule, returning deaths $ 23 25


Dr. A. C. Wilbur, returning births 3 00


Dr. W. F. Fryer, returning births 5 50


H. L. Thatcher & Co., printing 211 37


Dr. J. F. Shurtleff, returning births 1 50


So. Mass. Telephone Co., telephone bills 99 06


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J. E. Cross, stamp pad 35


A. M. Bearse, P. M., stamped envelopes 84 68


Dr. J. H. Burkehead, returning births 4 25


Pneumatic Hand Stamp Co., stamp 2 66


Dr. J. P. Leahy, returning births 6 00


C. L. Hathaway & Co., office supplies 9 78


Albert A. Thomas, recording births, marriages and deaths 165 90


Hobbs & Warren, office supplies and repairs on Town Seal 3 50


Dover Press, printing Town Reports 239 20


A. M. Bearse, P. M. ,P. O. box rent 3 60


Lorenzo Wood, advertising


197 25


Adams Express Co., express charges


3 30


P. B. Murphy, printing 7 00


Director Bureau Statistics, certi- fying notes 15 00


Middleboro News, printing and ad- vertising 131 00


James F. Charnock, returning deaths


3 50


Underwood Typewriter Co., type- writer ribbons 3 75


Underwood Typewriter Co., ex- change of machines 36 75


James C. Moore Corp., bill heads and ledger 5 55


A. M. Bearse, P. M., two cent stamps 74 00


D. F. Wilbur, horse hire Dog Officer 7 00


Carl S. Oakes, Treas., for band concerts 100 00


Fred N. Whitman, flag


16 92


A. A. Thomas, Treas., pay roll. Forest fires 4 20


Middleboro News, advertising


24 75


Chester E. Weston, pay rolls Forest fires 378 92


Middleboro Band, for band concerts


100 00


J. L. Fairbanks & Co., Collector's Book etc. 10 75


Charles E. Ryder, premium on bond


Town Clerk, Treasurer and Collector 100 00


The Rand Co., filing supplies 1 80


Levi L. Crane, pens


1 50


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Dr. C. S. Cummings, returning births 4 50


N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co., rent of pipe 1 00


A. W. Brownell, printing


2 00


Florence C. Haskins, administering oaths 10 00


Leonard & Sampson, liability insurance for moth work 77 13


Overdraft of 1912


$2,181 17 1,919 10


4,100 27


Appropriation


$4,000 00


Receipts 9 77


4,009 77


Overdrawn 1913 $90 50


TOWN HALL


Balance from 1912


$1,051 32


Receipts


3,525 00


$4,576 32


Orders drawn:


B. F. Johnson, Janitor $520 00


P. B. Bragdon, boiler inspection 2 00


The Billboard, date books 75


The Cudahy Packing Co., soap powder 4 25


Lucas & Thomas, sweeping compound 15 75


Middleboro Gas & Electric Plant,


lights 802 68


Charles E. Guertin, Police duty 13 50


B. F. Johnson, for help


255 39


Charles M. Thatcher, for Police duty


19 75


F. Herbert Batchelder, for Police duty


43 50


J. & G. E. Doane, supplies


153 95


J. K. & B. Sears & Co., lumber


22 49


Lloyd Perkins, plumbing etc.


38 27


T. G. Sisson, moving piano etc.


21 25


J. H. Wheeler, disinfectant


14 00


Fred C. Sparrow, carpenter work


259 50


T. M. Ryder, insurance


50 00


C. E. Ryder, insurance 50 00


Annie M. Reed, insurance


50 00


Sarah G. Robinson, insurance


50 00


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D. D. Sullivan, insurance 50 00


C. L. Hathaway, insurance 50 00


Percy W. Keith, insurance


75 00


J. F. Alden, insurance


56 25


R. M. Bassett, lamps and electrical work 78 38


I. B. Thomas, Police duty


40 50


James L. Jenney, coal


518 41


George D. Simmons, repairs chairs


2 79


B. F. Johnson, expenses


1 50


H. B. Wentworth, care of piano


20 00


E. H. Blake, repairs locks and labor on awnings 1 50


C. O. Denham, help


32 00


Washburn Purizone Co., dust layer


6 00


F. A. Johnson, painting


584 34


F. N. Whitman, towels


35


W. M. Haskins, agent


137 25


Frederick H. Deane, Police duty


4 50


$4,035 80


Balance 1913


$540 52


POLICE


Orders drawn:


Harry W. Swift, Chief


$960 00


Harry F. Snow, Night Watch


916 90


Frank W. Hastay, Night Watch


873 75


F. Herbert Batchelder, Night Watch


19 76


Central Garage, auto hire


11 00


Harry W. Swift, expenses


553 12


So. Mass. Telephone Co.


80 65


Harry F. Snow


3 10


C. M. Thatcher


58 30


Lorenzo Wood, printing


2 00


B. F. Johnson, food for prisoners


40 60


Middleboro Auto Exchange, auto hire


19 50


Bailey's Garage, auto hire 15 00


F. Herbert Batchelder


9 50


Harry W. Flagg, copies of record


3 00


Officers for July Fourth


48 00


Charles Guertin


5 25


Nemasket Auto Co., auto hire


4 50


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Jones Bros. Co., bedding Frank W. Hastay


11 87


7 20


B. F. Johnson, Keeper of Lockup


50 00


$3,693 02


Appropriation


$3,200 00


Balance from 1912


398 85


3,598 85


Overdrawn 1913


94 17


HIGHWAYS


Appropriations :


Superintendent's salary


$1,500 00


Clearing snow


1,600 00


Village District


1,000 00


Outside District


6,000 00


Water supply


300 00


Collecting rubbish 1912 and 1913


1,000 00


Receipts


16,330 08


Balance from 1912


311 33


$28,041 41


Orders drawn as per bills approved by Superintendent of Streets


24,559 50


Balance 1913


3,481 91


From this account there should be


deducted


$1,803 70


which was appropriated for snow


and


582 00


which was appropriated for water


and to be used for no other purposes


2,385 70


Actual Highway balance Dec. 31, 1913


1,096 21


STREET SPRINKLING


Orders drawn:


$1,599 26 362 71


Overdraft from 1912


$1,961 97


Appropriation


$750 00


Street Sprinkling tax


819 13


Transferred to Village account


362 71


1,931 84


Overdrawn 1913 $30 13


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SIDEWALKS


Orders drawn:


Overdraft from 1912


$1,248 71 774 30


Receipts


$2,023 01 1,543 00


Overdrawn 1913 $480 01


SEWERS


Balance from 1912


$534 27


Received from entrance fees


450 00


$984 27


Orders drawn:


607 22


Balance 1913


$377.05


GYPSY MOTHS


Orders drawn:


Pay rolls


$3,502 67


T. W. Pierce Co., supplies


17 98


J. & G. E. Doane, supplies 7 38


239 25


A. D. Nelson, expenses


40 92


Bernice M. Reed, copying street list for Moth Dept. 4 60


Allerton Thompson, Assessor, making property list 24 00


Edwin F. Witham, Assessor, making property list


24 00


H. W. Oliver, repairs on ladder


2 30


Fred Duprey, painting sprayer


32 00


B. E. Chapman, bicycle repairs


29 10


Adams Express Co., express bills


50


Charles H. Tribou, gasoline


7 70


T. G. Sisson, horse hire


134 97


Bailey's Garage, work on sprayer


20 60


Central Garage, gasoline


11 50


Wakefield Daily Item, Moth circulars .


3 50


Frank Stets, moving tools 1 00


Sparrow Bros., oil suit 2 75


$4,106 72


C. S. Millerd, horse hire


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Appropriation Receipts Balance from 1912 Moth tax


1,939 92


872 46


7 67


900 49


3,720 54


Overdrawn 1913 $386 18


TREE WARDEN.


Orders drawn as per bills approved by Tree Warden


$1,165 45


Overdraft from 1912


10 82


$1,176 27


Appropriation


1,000 00


Receipts


16 12


1,016 12


Overdrawn 1913 $160 15


SOLDIERS' RELIEF.


Appropriation


$2,000 00 43 00


Receipts


$2,043 00


Orders drawn by Selectmen 1,463 75


Overdraft from 1912


227 89


1,691 64


Balance 1913


$351 36


STATE AID.


State Aid of the following amount has been paid for the year 1913 $4,996 00


MILITARY AID.


Appropriation


$150 00


Balance from 1912


371 50


Received from State Treasurer 432 00


Orders drawn


$953 50 780 00


Balance 1913 $173 50


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The Selectmen have made the following appointments in their order :-


Thomas F. Conway, Inspector of Animals


Chester E. Weston, Forest Warden


Daniel F. Wilbur, Fish Warden


Morrill K. Dean, Fish Warden and Inspector at East Taunton


William H. Connor, Superintendent of Streets


William M. Haskins, Burial Agent


William M. Haskins, Agent of Town Hall


John W. Kelley, Fish Warden


Arthur Ouellette, Measurer of Wood, Bark and Lumber


Maurice E. Hardy, Public Weigher


William G. Wilcox, Measurer of Wood Bark and Lumber


Ernest S. Pratt, Public Weigher


William J. Coughlin, Registrar of Voters


A. D. Nelson, Gypsy Moth Supt. B. Frank Johnson, Keeper of Lockup Harry W. Swift, Police Officer and Chief of Police


Harry F. Snow, Police Officer Samuel S. Lovell, Police Officer


F. Herbert Batchelder, Police Officer


Ichabod B. Thomas, Police Officer


Fred A. Thomas, Police Officer Charles M. Thatcher, Police Officer


B. Frank Johnson, Police Officer


John E. Robinson, Police Officer Robert McLeod, Police Officer


William Watson, Police Officer William-M. Haskins, Police Officer


Frank Hastay, Police Officer Charles E. Guertin, Police Officer


Edgar D. Wood, Sealer of Weights and Measures


James P. Leahy, M. D., Member of School Board


Daniel F. Wilbour, Police Officer


Louis Ritter, Public Weigher Ferdinand Landgrebe, Special Police


Daniel F. Wilbur, Dog Officer


Patrick A. Grant, Public Weigher


Theodore A. Braley, Public Weigher


Frederick M. Jenney, Public Weigher


ELECTION OFFICERS.


Precinct One. Bert J. Allan, Warden


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Herbert A. Pratt, Deputy Warden Percy W. Keith, Clerk Ernest I. Perkins, Deputy Clerk Benjamin E. Holmes, Inspector Charles O. White, Deputy Inspector Nathan W. Pratt, Teller Frank P. Hall, Deputy Teller Josiah F. Carver, Officer


PRECINCT Two.


Henry W. Sears, Warden Levi O. Atwood, Deputy Warden Chester E. Weston, Clerk Michael J. Cronan, Deputy Clerk Henry B. Schlueter, Inspector E. T. Peirce Jenks, Deputy Inspector Edgar D. Wood, Teller Ernest M. O'Toole, Deputy Teller James F. Roberts, Officer


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LIST OF JURORS, TOWN OF MIDDLEBOROUGH. JULY 1913.


William F. Atwood, farmer, France St. Luther S. Bailey, market, 23 Forest St. Otis L. Barden, barber, Pearl St. John L. Benson, lumber dealer, Wareham St. Howard M. Bishop, wood worker, Smith St.


Edward H. Blake, bill poster, 101 Centre St


George F. Bryant, grain and coal dealer, 56 No. Main St.


Charles E. Bump, shoeworker, Arch St. Marshall P. Burgess, shoeworker, 71 No. Main St.


Joseph Carver, clerk, Miller St. Josiah T. Carver, painter, Pleasant St.


John M. Casey, shoeworker, 67 Wareham St.


Benjamin W. Caswell, agent, 15 Peirce St. Homer R. Caswell, clerk, 14 Pearl St. Walter M. Chipman, printer, 12 Arch St. Louis D. Churbuck, carpenter, 2 High St. Abisha T. Clark, farmer, Marion Road Howard A. Cline, pattern maker, 273 Centre St. Charles F. Cole, carpenter, 56 South Main St. Thomas F. Conway, veterinary, 72 South Main St. Edward H. Cromwell, real estate agent, Cherry St. Elisha A. Cudworth, woodworker Highland St. Nathaniel S. Cushing, Jr., sawyer, East St. Albert Deane, poultry dealer, Soule St. George A. Deane, peddler, Thompson St. Leonidas Deane, real estate dealer, 63 Oak St. G. Delmar Dunbar, clerk, 17 Court End Ave. Eugene L. Dunham, shoeworker, 18 Elm St. David H. Farrar, shoeworker, Cottage Court Charles O. Gammons, farmer, Highland St. William A. Greene, shoeworker, 75 Forest St. Bradford Harlow, R. R. Employee, 16 Southwick St. Wadsworth H. Harvey, woodworker, Miller St. William M. Haskins, Selectman, 29 Oak St. Alvin C. Howes, Supt. Water Works, 86 Pearl St. Eugene J. Keith, carpenter, 35 North St.


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Percy W. Keith, insurance agent, Plymouth St. Michael H. Kelley, mason, 30 Webster St. Thomas J. LeBaron, farmer, Wareham St. Orville N. Leonard, clerk, 63 Oak St. Edward B. Lovell, agent, 8 Water St. John L. Luippold, shoeworker, 17 Arch St. Eugene H. McCarthy, shoeworker, 53 Everett St. James McCarthy, painter, 22 Lovell St. John Merrihew, woodworker, Smith St. Ernest M. O'Toole, clerk, 14 North St. George H. Place, real estate dealer, 149 Centre St. Luther B. Pratt, teamer, East Main St. Edward C. Reed, Lumber dealer, Pine St. Rodman H. Robinson, farmer, Plymouth St. Clarence H. Ryder, carpenter, Highland St. John H. Ryder, farmer, Highland St. Truman C. Savery, wood and lumber dealer, Plymouth St. Benjamin C. Shaw, lumber dealer, Rocky Meadow St. Dana H. Shaw,-farmer, Rocky Meadow St.


Harrison F. Shurtleff, board sawyer, France St.


Charles H. Soule, poultry dealer, Cedar St. Edwin E. Soule, lumber dealer, Cedar St. Orlando Soule, poultry dealer, Cedar St. Frank M. Stickney, paper box maker, 53 Forest St.


Myron R. Sturgiss, cranberry grower, Rocky Meadow St. John J. Sullivan, clerk, 219 Centre St. Charles W. Swett, carpenter, Miller St. Charles M. Thatcher, real estate agent, 36 School St. Alfred E. Thomas, woodworker, Smith St.


Frank S. Thomas, engineer, Wareham St.


George L. Thomas, plumber, 6 Court End Ave.


Ichabod B. Thomas, Jr., shoeworker, 248 Centre St. James A. Thomas, millwright, Wareham St. Lazelle E. Thomas, retired, 59 Everett St. William H. Thomas, farmer, Wareham St. Allerton Thompson, retired, 17 North St. Charles S. Tinkham, shoeworker, 11 Courtland St.


Chester M. Washburn, lumber dealer, Plymouth St. John A. Washburn, mason, 76 Oak St. Albert T. Westgate, clerk, Miller St. Thomas T. Westgate, woodworker, Miller St. Seneca T. Weston, farmer, France St. John H. Wheeler, clerk, 57 Everett St. Charles O. White, shoeworker, Pleasant St. George H. Wilbur, photographer, Plymouth St.


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Chester B. Wood, farmer, Wood St. Edward C. Wood, druggist, 25 Webster St. Harold S. Wood, agent, 9 High St.


The damage suit of Anders Martenson, against the Town has been settled out of Court. There is now pending against the Town a suit of William T. Way, Administrator Estate of George B. Smith.


WILLIAM M. HASKINS, CHARLES N. ATWOOD, BOURNE WOOD, Selectmen of Middleborough.


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REPORT OF FISH WARDENS.


Orders drawn:


Highway Dept., repairs on fishway


$64 69


D. F. Wilbur, Fish Warden 60 00


Frank Horn, watching at Muttock 5 00


John W. Kelley, Inspector


25 00


Morrill K. Dean, Inspector at East Taunton


125 00


Charles N. Atwood, Fish Warden


5 00


C. H. Leonard, Fish Warden


5 00


William M. Haskins, Fish Warden


5 00


$294 69


Balance from 1912


6 00


Receipts


150 00


156 00


Overdrawn 1913


$138 69


The above overdraft is a little misleading as there is due, but not yet received, from the towns down the River more than enough to balance it.


WILLIAM M. HASKINS, CHARLES N. ATWOOD, C. H. LEONARD,


Fish Wardens.


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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES


Middleborough, Mass., Jan. 1, 1914. To the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Middleborough:


Gentlemen :-


I have the honor to make the following report of my doings as Sealer of Weights and Measures for the year 1913.


I have made no additions to the equipment the past year but have been ordered under the new law to seal druggists weights, for which I have ordered the equipment, for which the town will have to provide in next year's tax levy. The cost will probably amount to about $28.00. The assets now are $607.44.


Sealed Condemned


Portable Platform Scales


104


4


Spring Balances


49


7


Counter Balances


29


Steel Yards


32


Computing Scales


99


2


Wagon Scales


5


Rail Road Scales


6


1


Wet Measures


27


Dry Measures


22


Yard Sticks


48


2


Weights


416


Milk Bottles


1740


Cranberry Barrels


2783


Stores visited


29


Coal reweighed


3


Fees received


$82.34


FINANCIAL STATEMENT


Appropriation


$300 00


Orders Drawn


Edgar D. Wood, Salary


$249 94


Labor


3 12


25


.


Tools


6 46


Printing


6 94


Horse hire


14 00


Sundries


8 65


Overdrawn 1912


3 80


$292 91


Balance ·


7 09


Respectfully submitted EDGAR D. WOOD, Sealer of Weights and Measures.


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TREE WARDEN'S REPORT


From January 1, 1913 to January 1, 1914.


The work for the year consisted of spraying and removing trees. We sprayed 1482 trees, and removed 21 trees, 16 live and 5 dead.


Statement of account of Tree Warden for 1913.


Appropriation


$1,000 00


Received - L. S. Bailey


16 12


$1,016 12


Less Overdraft


10 82


$1,005 30


Payments :


April 5 L. S. Bailey


145 00


8 Geo. E. Doane


4 35


18 L. S. Bailey


17 00


May


15 L. S. Bailey


17 25


24 L. S. Bailey


39 00


Geo. E. Doane


147 17


29 L. S. Bailey


36 00


June


6 L. S. Bailey Geo. E. Doane


143 90


13 L. S. Bailey Pay Roll


72 50


21 L. S. Bailey Pay Roll


57 50


28 L. S. Bailey Pay Roll


51 12


L. S. Bailey Pay Roll


18 30


July


3 L. S. Bailey Pay Roll


25 00


5 L. S. Bailey Pay Roll


16 12


11 L. S. Bailey Horse Hire


58 50


19 Leonard & Sampson Insurance


25 71


L. S. Bailey


64 00


Aug.


1


L. S. Bailey 15 00


8 Leonard & Barrows 4 65


31 25


27


Geo. E. Doane 3 43


Sept. 27


L. S. Bailey Salary 1913,


Bal. 1912


172 70


$1,165 45


Overdraft January 1, 1914 160 15 Valuation of property $250.00.


Thanking all who assisted me the past year.


Respectfully submitted, L. S. BAILEY, Tree Warden.


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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH.


In accordance with the revised laws, the annual report of the Board of Health is herewith submitted, including the re- ports of the Inspector of Slaughtering and Inspector of Milk.


The Board was organized March, with B. J. Allan, chairman, J. H. Wheeler, Agent, J. H. Burkhead, physician. J. H. Wheeler was appointed Inspector of Slaughtering and Inspec- tor of Milk.


Regular meetings of the Board have been held the first Monday in the month with special meeting when necessary. The office of the Board has been open daily from 7 to 8 P. M.


During 1913 the town of Middleboro was very fortunate in the number of contagious diseases, having the smallest num- ber of cases reported with one exception (19) since the Board began to keep the records. During the year ending Dec. 31, 1913 contagious diseases have been reported as follows: Diphtheria 8, Scarlet Fever 6, Measles 5, Tuberculosis 10 a total of 27 cases.




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