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ANNUAL REPORT
of Thé
TOWN OFFICERS
of
Middleboro, Mass.
For the
YEAR 1914
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CA BACK & SON, Prunes Tauniiby Mar- 1918
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
TOWN OFFICERS of
Middleboro, Mass.
for the
YEAR 1914
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COUNTY
PLYMO
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INCORPORATED
CAD.1669
C. A. HACK & SON, Printers Taunton, Mass. 1915
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TOWN OFFICERS 1914.
Town Clerk.
ALBERT A. THOMAS
Term expires 1915
Treasurer and Collector. ALBERT A. THOMAS
Selectmen.
WILLIAM M. HASKINS BOURNE WOOD HENRY B. SCHLUETER
Term expires 1915 Term expires 1916 Term expires 1917
Assessors.
EDWIN F. WITHAM
Term expires 1915
BENJAMIN C. SHAW ALBERT T. SAVERY
Term expires 1916 Term expires 1917
Overseers of the Poor.
CHARLES W. KINGMAN CHARLES M. THATCHER
Term expires 1915
EDWIN F. WITHAM
Term expires 1916 Term expires 1917
School Committee.
GEORGE W. STETSON
Term expires 1915
THEODORE N. WOOD
Term expires 1915
REGINALD W. DRAKE
Term expires 1916
E. T. PEIRCE JENKS
Term expires 1916
GRANVILLE E. TILLSON
Term expires 1917
JOHN V. SULLIVAN
Term expires 1917
Superintendent of Schools. CHARLES H. BATES
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Municipal Light Board.
HARLAS L. CUSHMAN WILKES H. P. PETTEE WILLIAM A. ANDREWS
Term expires 1915
Term expires 1916 Term expires 1917
Board of Health.
JAMES H. BURKHEAD, M. D. JOHN H. WHEELER HARRY W. SWIFT
Term expires 1915
Term expires 1916 Term expires 1917
Constables.
F. HERBERT BATCHELDER
WILLIAM CHAMBERLAIN
FRANK W. HASTAY
HARRY F. SNOW
FRED C. SPARROW
HARRY W. SWIFT
CHARLES M. THATCHER
ICHABOD B. THOMAS
Superintendent of Streets. WILLIAM H. CONNOR Registrars of Voters.
LORENZO WOOD Term expires 1915
WILLIAM J. COUGHLIN
WALTER M. CHIPMAN
Term expires 1916 Term expires 1917
Trustees of Public Library.
HENRY W. SEARS
Term expires 1915
DAVID G. PRATT
Term expires 1915
KENELM WINSLOW
Term expires 1915
ALLAN R. THATCHER
Term expires 1916
EDWARD S. HATHAWAY
Term expires 1916
THEODORE N. WOOD
Term expires 1916
WALTER SAMPSON Term expires 1917
WARREN H. SOUTHWORTH
Term expires 1917
NATHAN WASHBURN
Term expires 1917
Fish Wardens.
WILLIAM B. CROSSLEY WILLIAM M. HASKINS HENRY B. SCHLUETER
Tree Warden. Auditor. LUTHER S. BAILEY WILLIAM W. BRACKETT
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REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS.
For the year ending December 31, 1914.
APPROPRIATIONS MADE AT THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING HELD MARCH 2, 1914 AND ADJOURN- MENT HELD MARCH 16, 1914.
Support of Schools :-
Instruction, including Super- intendent's salary and trav-
elling expenses of $2,200 00, Janitors' Salaries
$29,983 33
2,700 00
Fuel
2,400 00
Books, Supplies and Printing
3,000 00
Tuition
363 00
Office Rent
300 00
Water Supply
250 00
Sundries
750 00
Total Less estimated income
$39,746 33
2,913 00
Balance
$36,833 33
School Physician
$300 00
School Committee
150 00
Transportation
3,175 00
Repairs
1,500 00
$41,958 33
Repairs High School Schools Special (Town House School)
500 00
Support of Poor, including salaries of Overseers of $500
7,000 00
Soldiers' Relief
1,500 00
Military Aid
250 00
Town Officers :-
Town Clerk, Treasurer and Collector $1,200 00
Assessors
1,100 00
Selectmen
800 00
1,000 00
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Registrars and Election and Caucus Officers
500 00
200 00
Inspector of Animals Auditor
200 00
Dog Officer
175 00
Appropriation Committee
50 00
Moderator
20 00
Overdraft
244 99
$4,489 99
Town Officers Expenses :- Assessors, including horse hire, clerical help etc.
$500 00
Clerical help for Town Clerk,
Treasurer and Collector
350 00
Clerical help for Selectmen
150 00
Registrars and Election and Caucus Officers
300 00
Total
$1,300 00
Less balance on hand
674 72
$625 28
Incidentals, including payment to Town Counsel of $500 00 for services for the years 1909- 1913 inclusive; also overdraft of $90 50 $3,100 00 ·
Town Debt:
School House Note due Novem- ber 1, 1914 $5,000 00
School House Note due Novem-
1,650 00
$6,650 00
Interest
$2,200 00
Police Department :- Salary of Chief - $1,000 00
Salary of Nightwatchman
900 00
Salary of Nightwatchman
900 00
All other expenses, including
overdraft of $94 17 600 00
$3,400 00
ber 1, 1914
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Middleborough Gas and Electric Plant: - (Appropriated in form required by Act of 1905) Estimated Operating expenses for 1914 $28,378 37
Interest required
2,348 00
Notes due
3,500 00
Depreciation, 3% on cost of Plant ($160,787 76)
4,823 63
Total
$39,050 00
Less estimated income 32,050 00
Balance
$7,000 00
Construction
$1,000 00
Board of Health :-
Salaries of Board
$300 00
Inspection of Beef 300 00
Inspection of Milk
100 00
Inspection of Plumbing, 1914
100 00
Water for Watering Troughs
670 99
All other Expenses
1,200 00
$2,670 99
Highway Department :- Superintendent's Salary $1,500 00
Clearing of Snow, in addition to amount received from East Taunton St. Railway Co. as Excise Tax and estimated at $200 00 1,000 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 Repairs and maintenance of Out- side Districts
1,000 00
6,000 00
Sidewalks
2,000 00
Bridges
1,500 00
Repairs of Vernon Street
500 00
Receipts from Bay State Street Railway Co. as Excise Tax and
$8,000 00
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estimated at $1,600 00, to be expended on Plymouth Street from its junction with Mur- dock Street to the Bridge- water Line
Receipts from New Bedford and Onset Street Railway Co., as Excise Tax, and estimated at $320 00 to be expended on Smith Street Marion Road Repairs
2,000 00 300 00
Road Machine
$15,800 00
Street Sprinkling-equal amount to be assessed on Abbuttors Tree Warden's Department-includ- ing salary of Tree Warden and overdraft of $160 15
$800 00
For Suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths
1,993 88
For expense of Private Moth work ·
1,000 00
Middleborough District Nurse As- sociation
300 00
Band Concerts
200 00
E. W. Pierce Post 8 G. A. R. for Memorial Day 200 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures-
including salary 300 00
Total Appropriations $105,138 47
Less Corporation and Bank Tax estimated 6,703 42
To be raised by Tax
98,435 05
Voted by Town
98,435 05
State Tax
11,375 00
State Highway Tax
420 21
County Tax
7,364 35
Overlay
1,380 88
$118,975 49
Assessed on 2381 Polls Assessed on Personal Property Assessed on Real Estate
$4,762 00
22,710 48
91,503 01
$118,975 49
$1,200 00
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Number of polls assessed, 2381 Value of buildings, excluding land Value of land, excluding buildings
$2,467,960
1,510,410
$3,978,370
Value of personal estate
987,395
$4,965,765
Persons, firms, etc. assessed on property
1,897
Residents
1,561
Non-Residents
336
Persons assessed for poll tax only
1,431
Number of horses assessed
644
Number of cows assessed
631
Number of swine assessed
57
Number of sheep assessed
7
Number of fowl assessed
6,870
Number of neat cattle other than cows assessed
126
Number of dwelling houses assessed
1,754
Number of acres of land assessed
40,226
Population of Town 8,000
Taxes remitted in 1914 have been as follows :-
On account 1911 assessments $8 26
On account 1912 assessments
275 01
On account 1913 assessments
881 76
On account 1914 assessments
275 80
Tax rate $23 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, 1914.
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.
$4,489 99
Appropriation Orders drawn:
Albert A. Thomas, Town Clerk, Treasurer and Collector $1,200 00
Albert T. Savery, Assessor 414 00
Benjamin C. Shaw, Assessor 306 00
Edwin F. Witham, Assessor 324 00
William M. Haskins, Selectman
400 00
Bourne Wood, Selectman
200 00
Charles N. Atwood, Selectman
33 33
Henry B. Schlueter, Selectman
166 67
Lorenzo Wood, Registrar
81 50
Walter Chipman, Registrar
81 50
Albert A. Thomas, Registrar
75 00
William J. Coughlin, Registrar
73 15
Albert A. Thomas, Treas., for Elec- tion and Caucus Officers
194 50
Albert A. Thomas, Treas., for Ap- propriation Committee 50 00
Alvin C. Howes; Moderator 20 00
Thomas F. Conway, Inspector Animals 200 00
Daniel F. Wilbur, Dog Officer
175 00
William W. Brackett, Auditor
200 00
$4,194 65
Overdraft from 1913
244 99
$4,439 64
Balance 1914
$50 35
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TOWN OFFICERS EXPENSES.
Appropriation
Balance from 1913
$625 28 674 72 $1,300 00
Orders drawn:
Lizzie S. Estabrook, Clerk Assessors $185 80
Ethel C. Perkins, Clerk Assessors 57 80
Bourne's Cafe, lunches Caucus and Election Officers 18 25
Puritan Restaurant, suppers Caucus Officers 4 20
Caswell's Cafe, dinners Election Officers 21 00
Daniel F. Wilbur, horse hire Dog Officer 34 50
Hobbs & Warren, office supplies
5 71
Standish Painting Co., lettering safe for Registrars 2 00
Florence C. Haskins, Clerk Town Clerk and Selectmen 500 00
Middleboro News, advertising for Assessors, etc. 11 50
T. G. Sisson, horse hire Assessors 9 50
Mildred E. Wheeler, clerical work 4 00
Benjamin C. Shaw, horse hire Assessors 165 00
Pasztor & Klar, lunches Caucus Officers 5 55
Hobbs & Warren, printing for Assessors 80
Ladies Auxiliary, lunches Election Officers 10 90
Lorenzo Wood, advertising for Inspec- tor of Animals 3 00
Union Publishing Co., Directory for Assessors 2 00
Edwin F. Witham, use of auto Assessors 33 00
William M. Haskins, expenses Selectmen 27 50
Albert T. Savery, horse hire and ex-
penses Assessors 22 00
$1,124 01
Balance 1914 $175 99
INCIDENTALS.
Appropriation Receipts
$3,100 00 118 60 $3,218 60
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Orders drawn:
A. M. Bearse, P. M., P. O. box rent 3 60
Dr. A. V. Smith, returning births 16 75
Dr. A. C. Wilbur, returning births 1 25
Dr. Alfred Elliott, returning births 6 75
2 71
Jesse F. Morse, pencils and paper C. L. Hathaway & Co., office supplies N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone bills Nathan Washburn, legal services
94 07
557 40
Dr. J. H. Burkhead, returning births Adams Express Co., express charges Carter's Ink Co., ink
3 85
Edward M. Healy, returning deaths Dr. F. A. Robinson, returning births Hobbs & Warren, books and printed blanks 19 71
H. L. Thatcher & Co., printing 233 94
W. L. Soule, returning deaths 14 75
J. L. Fairbanks & Co., books
11 25
G. W. Stetson, Atty., in settlement Martenson suit 125 00
1 50
L. H. Raymond, typewriter ribbons Dr. D. H. Holmes, returning births
8 25
Albert A. Thomas, recording births, marriages and deaths
146 50
C. E. Weston, forest fires
237 30
M. W. Baxter, forest fires
60
Middleboro News, printing and ad- vertising 95 78
Dover Press, printing Town Reports
245 70
P. B. Murphy, printing 5 25
G. W. Todd & Co., Protectograph check writer
34 30
H. A. Cutler, one-half cost envelope sealer 7 50
Bay State St. Rwy. Co., express charge 15
Lorenzo Wood, advertising
133 75
Director Bureau Statistics, certifying notes 16 00
Mrs. Herbert E. Hinds, forest fires
1 20
John Vahey, Atty., settlement suit Geo. B. Smith Est. 265 00
C. E. Weston, expenses forest fires and recording deed 8 95
4 75
2 75
2 20
1 50
2 00
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C. W. Maxim, forest fires 3 70
A. A. Thomas, Treas., pay rolls for forest fires
166 20
Library Bureau, dog license cards
4 34
Leonard & Sampson, insurance premium
91 37
W. B. Mason, rubber stamp
98
Dr. W. F. Fryer, returning births
6 75
Bailey's Garage, auto to forest fires
32 25
A. M. Bearse, P. M., two cent stamps
5 00
F. H. Blackbird, pens
2 50
Isador Freedman, bags
2 43
Florence C. Haskins, administering oaths
8 00
County Treas., entry Oak St. petition
3 00
Hutchison & Vickery, printing poll tax lists
100 00
J. H. Creedon, P. M., two cent stamps and stamped envelopes
123 38
Bourne Wood, premium on bond
1 99
J. H. Creedon, P. M., P. O. box rent
2 40
Ward's, stationery
1 36
W. H. Connor, expenses and freight on extinguisher and chemical
6 99
J. E. Cross, stamp pad and ink 60
7 05
Union Publishing Co., Directory
2 00
N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co., rent of pipe 1 00
$2,985.25
Overdraft from 1913
90 50
$3,075 75
Balance 1914
$142 85
TOWN HALL.
Balance from 1913
$540 52
Receipts
3,802 00
$4,342 52
Orders drawn: Lucas & Thomas, sweeping compound $15 75
G. E. Doane, supplies 117 94
100 00
The Rand Co., filing supplies
Wm. F. Clark, forest fires
14
B. F. Johnson, help 275 41
H. I. Dallman, brushes and brooms 6 25
J. K. & B. Sears & Co., lumber 84 56
Midd. Gas & Electric Plant, lights
879 64
Jones Bros. Co., table, chairs and seats
104 00
Lloyd Perkins, plumbing and heater work
322 97
B. F. Johnson, janitor
490 00
C. L. Hathaway, insurance
50 00
Annie M. Reed, insurance
50 00
Percy W. Keith, insurance
75 00
J. F. Alden, insurance
56 25
Sarah G. Robinson, insurance
50 00
T. M. Ryder, insurance
50 00
C. E. Ryder, insurance
50 00
D. D. Sullivan, insurance
50 00
F. Herbert Batchelder, police duty
40 10
F. H. Deane, police duty
31 20
Cudahay Packing Co., soap powder
4 25
R. M. Bassett, electrical work
56 99
L. D. Churbuck, carpenter work
3 63
A. A. Thomas, gas shades
1 40
W. M. Haskins, Agent
161 25
A. A. Capwell, decorating Town Hall for Redmen's Day 10 00
Baily's Garage, lettering door
50
C. M. Thatcher, Police duty
3 75
J. L. Jenney, coal
183 22
F. N. Whitman, paper towels
70
I. B. Thomas, Police duty
39 75
E. H. Blake, labor on locks and awnings 3 30
Chas. E. Guertin, Police duty 20 25
John A. Belden, repairs electric bell
1 25
Bryant and Soule, coal
341 88
G. D. Simmons, repairs on chairs
80 39
E. A. Masefield, slate
37 66
H. B. Wentworth, tuning and repairs piano
23 25
W. H. Connor, cement
7 20
Whitcomb & Owens, freight and cart- ing slate 2 90
Stone & Forsyth, toilet paper,
drinking cups 12 50
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George A. Westgate, Janitor '20 00
F. C. Sparrow, carpenter work 251 48
H. W. Oliver, bracket irons 5 00
Wm. Chamberlain, Police duty
16 05
T. G. Sisson, moving piano
13 00
Washburn Purizone Co., sweeping powder 6 25
F. A. Johnson, painting and setting glass
44 80
C. L. Hathaway, supplies
90
4,152 57
Balance 1914
$189 95
POLICE.
Appropriation
$3,400 00
Transferred from Fourth District
Court
593 90
Receipts
230 90
$4,224 80
Orders drawn: Police Account.
Harry W. Swift, Chief
$752 71
Louis Hathaway, Chief
169 45
Harry F. Snow, Night Watch
795 80
Frank W. Hastay, Night Watch
899 60
Frederick H. Dean
95 77
Charles M. Thatcher
68 27
Ichabod B. Thomas
7 50
F. Herbert Batchelder
10 50
B. F. Johnson, food for prisoners
6 60
Middleboro Auto Exchange, auto hire
26 00
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., telephone bills
78 12
Harry W. Swift, expenses
104 00
Harry F. Snow
16 25
Auto List Publishing Co., auto list
23 00
Bailey's Garage, auto hire
9 00
Dr. D. H. Holmes, professional services
4 50
Lorenzo Wood, printing
1 50
Harry F. Snow, expenses
1 10
Frank W. Hastay
19 34
B. F. Johnson, Keeper of Lockup
50 00
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Central Garage, auto hire
12 50
Robert A. Carroll, auto hire
5 00
Nemasket Auto Co. auto hire
1 50
Noyes-Randall Co., paper
1 34
Central Baptist Society, rent
15 65
William Chamberlain
115 80
N. E. Oil, Paint & Varnish Co., paint
37 05
Frederick H. Dean, Night Watch
34 60
E. R. Stewart, auto hire
1 00
Charles E. Guertin
6 97
Harry F. Snow, care of lockup
3 00
C. E. Thomas
1 50
Caswell's Cafe, food for prisoners
1 40
Harry W. Swift, food for prisoners
2 00
Union Publishing Co., Directory
8 25
James L. Jenney, coal
4 06
Charles M. Thatcher, expenses
$3,492 38
Overdraft from 1913
94 17
$3,586 55
Police Station Account.
$9 14
Harry W. Swift, expenses
5 50
E. F. Tinkham, office clock
135 00
B. Dinsmore, electrical work
10 47
Thomas & Benn, plumbing work
74 60
George E. Doane, supplies
2 00
Harry W. Swift, safe
10 00
Highway Dept., cement work floor
26 00
Harry F. Snow, labor
5 10
F. C. Sparrow, lumber & carpenter work
32 94
Homer R. Caswell, labor on cells
12 00
John A. Belden, installing lock
3 00
C. A. Duffany, labor
1 50
Whitcomb & Owens, freight & cart- ing cells 12 08
Jones Bros. Co., desk and chairs
29 00
Midd. Gas & Electric Plant, hot plate & tubing 1 80
Standish Painting Co., lettering safe & signs 13 05
75 00
Harry F. Snow, Acting Chief
1 75
F. Herbert Batchelder, Night Watch
25 00
The Champion Iron Co., cells
17
James L. Jenney, coal
15 75
Midd. Gas & Electric Plant, lights
11 80
Frank W. Hastay, labor and material
10 98
William Egger, supplies
32 42
J. K. & B. Sears & Co., lumber
3 42
Fred N. Whitman, supplies
4 02
Washburn Purizone Co., insecticide
2 00
Caswell's Cafe, food for prisoners
2 25
Central Baptist Society, rent 150 00
T. W. Pierce Hardware Co., supplies
4 35
$620 17
$4,206 72
Balance 1914
$18 08
HIGHWAYS
Appropriations:
Superintendent's salary
1,500 00
Clearing snow
1,000 00
Village Districts
1,000 00
Outside Districts
6,000 00
Town Construction Plant omitted in 1913
100 00
Bridges
1,500 00
Repairs Vernon St.
500 00
Repairs Marion Road
2,000 00
Road machine
300 00
Receipts
14,758 27
Balance from 1913
3,481 91
$32,140 18
Orders drawn as per bills approved by Superintendent of Streets
31,931 24
Balance 1914
$208 94
STREET SPRINKLING.
Orders drawn:
$1,638 68 30 13
Overdraft from 1913
$1,668 81
Appropriation
800 00
Street Sprinkling Tax
800 00
1,600 00
Overdrawn 1914 $68 81
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SIDEWALKS.
Orders drawn:
Overdraft from 1913
$1,893 31 480 01
$2,373 32
Appropriation
2,000 00
Receipts
79 20
2,079 20
Overdrawn 1914
$294 12
SEWERS.
Balance from 1913
$377 05
Receipts from entrance fees, etc
$1,126 83
Orders drawn:
913 79
Balance 1914
$213 04
GYPSY MOTHS.
Orders drawn:
Pay rolls $3,250 14
T. W. Pierce Co., supplies 14 72
C. S. Millerd, horse hire 128 00
A. D. Nelson, car fares and expenses 57 66
H. W. Oliver, ladder spurs and re- pairs ladder 2 70
Chas. O. Denham, horse hire 4 00
B. E. Chapman, bicycle repairs 4 60
H. L. Thatcher & Co., printing
1 75
Sparrow Bros., oil suit
2 50
T. G. Sisson, freight, carting and horse hire 127 19
Maxim Motor Co., auto hire and labor
3 38
Bailey's Garage, auto hire and re- pairs sprayer 65 15
G. E. Doane, brushes and twine 2 40
Chas. H. Tribou, gasolene and oil 19 80
Fitzhenry-Guptill Co., repairs sprayer 100 70
Wakefield Daily Item, circulars 3 50
$3,788 19
Overdraft from 1913
386 18
$4,174 37
749 78
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Appropriation
Private work appropriation Receipts
$1,993 88 1,000 00 681 72 3,675 60
$498 77
Overdrawn 1914 There is due from the State $238 21 on this account
TREE WARDEN.
$1,200 00
Appropriation Orders drawn:
$1,017 14
Overdraft from 1913
160 15
1,177 29
Balance 1914 $22 71
SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Appropriation
Balance from 1913
$1,500 00 351 36 15 61
Receipts
$1,866 97
Orders drawn :
1,398 53
Balance 1914 $468 44
STATE AID.
State Aid of the following amount
has been paid for the year 1914 $4,650 00
MILITARY AID.
Appropriation $250 00
Balance from 1913
173 50
Received from State Treasurer
390 00
Orders drawn
$813 50 576 00
Balance 1914 $237 50
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The Selectmen have made the following appointments in their order :-
William H. Connor, Forest Warden
A. D. Nelson, Gypsy Moth Supt.
Morrill K. Dean, Fish Warden and Inspector Alewives East Taunton
Thomas F. Conway, Inspector Animals
E. E. Place, Fish Warden
W. H. Connor, Supt. Streets
W. M. Haskins, Agent Town Hall
W. M. Haskins, Burial Agent
Walter M. Chipman, Registrar of Voters
Edgar D. Wood, Sealer of Weights and Measures
Daniel F. Wilbur, Police Officer
Harry W. Swift, Police Officer and Chief of Police
Harry F. Snow, Police Officer
Frank W. Hastay, Police Officer
Icabod B. Thomas, Police Officer
F. Herbert Batchelder, Police Officer
Samuel S. Lovell, Police Officer
Charles E. Guertin, Police Officer
Charles M. Thatcher, Police Officer
B. Frank Johnson, Police Officer Frederick H. Dean, Police Officer
Robert C. McLeod, Police Officer
William Chamberlain, Police Officer
Fred A. Thomas, Police Officer
Arthur Ouilett, Measurer of Wood, Bark and Lumber
Fred C. Sparrow, Police Officer
Ferdinand C. Landgrebe, Special Police
Daniel F. Wilbur, Dog Officer
William G. Wilcox, Measurer of Wood, Bark and Lumber Louis Hathaway, Police Officer, and Chief of Police Harry F. Snow, Field Driver
Clarence E. Thomas, Special Police
Arthur E. Southworth, Special Police
John H. Wheeler, Deputy Tax Collector
Ernest S. Pratt, Public Weigher
Ernest S. Pratt, Measurer of Wood, Bark and Lumber
Robert R. Melville, Measurer of Wood, Bark and Lumber
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 Edmund Pratt, Teller George F. Doyle, 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. P. Jenks, Deputy Inspector Ernest M. O'Toole, Teller Wilfred H. Paradis, Deputy Teller James A. Roberts, Officer
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LIST OF JURORS, TOWN OF MIDDLEBOROUGH, JULY 1914.
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, woodworker, 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. George L. Gillis, clerk, 57 Everett St.
Bradford Harlow, R. R. Employe, 16 Southwick St. Wadsworth H. Harvey, woodworker, Miller St. William M. Haskins, Selectman, 29 Oak 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. John H. Pushee, Supt. Alms House, Alms 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. Fred A. Shaw, farmer, Plymouth St. Harrison F. Shurtleff, board sawyer, France St. Charles H. Soule, poultry dealer, Cedar St. Edwin H. Soule, lumber 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, 78 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.
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Charles O. White, shoeworker, Pleasant St. George H. Wilbur, photographer, Plymouth St. Chester B. Wood, farmer, Wood St. Edward C. Wood, druggist, 25 Webster St. Harold S. Wood, agent, 9 High St.
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REPORT OF FISH WARDENS.
Received from Walter D. Blair $54 12
Received from Towns down the River 220 00
Received from H. Putnam & Sons 152 00
$426 12
Orders drawn:
C. E. Weston, looking up record of fishway
7 50
E. E. Place, Fish Warden
60 00
George B. Leonard, Inspector
34 00
R. W. Clark, signs
1 00
A. A. Thomas, Treas. for sand bags and plank furnished by Highway Dept. 13 50
Morrill K. Dean, Inspector at East Taunton
130 00
William M. Haskins, Fish Warden
5 00
Henry B. Schlueter, Fish Warden
5 00
$256 00
Overdraft from 1913
138 69
394 69
Balance 1914
$31 43
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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Middleboro, Mass., Jan. 1, 1915.
To the Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen :-
I have the honor to report as Sealer of Weights and Meas- ures the accomplishments of this department for the year 1914. I have added to the equipment of the Department a full set of Druggist's test weights and measures at an ex- pense of $26 16, making the assets of this Department read $633 60. I have sealed the past year :
Sealed
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