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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF
Middleboro, Mass.
OR
OUTH
COUNT
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INCORPORATE
AD.1669
For the Year Ending December 31st 1931
HI. L. THATCHER & CO. Middleboro, Mass.
TOWN OF MIDDLEBOROUGH PROPOSED BUDGET, 1932
In presenting the Budget with our recommendations, the Board have considered very carefully each and every item in the budget, and have only recommended such amounts as we feel each department needs in order that it may give the service that the citizens expect of it.
We feel this year of all years that the taxpayer is entitled to a reduction in taxes, and we have worked strenuously to accomplish this result.
Estimated Recommended
1932
1932
Receipts
Town Manager:
Salary
$4,500.00
Clerk
750.00
712.50
Transportation
500.00
350 .00
5212.50
Office Supplies and Expense
200.00
150.00
$5,950.00
$5,950.00
Town Clerk and Accountant:
Salary
$2,350.00
Office Supplies
90.00
90,00
$2,440.00
$2,440.00
$1,652.65
Treasurer and Collector:
Salary
$1,500.00
Salary Assistant Collector
750.00
712:50
Clerk
600.00
Vacations
-60.00"
Stationery and Postage
300.00
Office Supplies and Expense
175.00
Bond
820.00
$4,205.00
$4,205.00
$219.86
Assessors:
Salaries
$1,500.00
1423
Clerk
1,040.00
Printing and Advertising
300.00
Transportation
275.00
Office Supplies and Expense
50.00
$3,165.00
$3,165.00
Planning Board:
$100.00
$100.00
15.00
Law Department: Salary
$500.00
$500.00
475.00
Moderator:
$25.00
$25.00
Election and Registration:
Registrars
$300.00
Election Officers
500.00
Expense
7.5.
75.00
360. $875.00
$875.00
360.00 V
220011
3432 .50
172.00
2935 00
285.
Estimated Recommended 1932
1932
Receipts
Town Hall:
Agent and Janitor
$1,300.00
Fuel
400.00
Light
400.00
3 000
Repairs
400.00
Insurance
500.00
Water
15.00
Telephone
3150
350.00
3.050.00
$3,365.00
$3,365.00
$203.00
Police Department:
Salary Chief
$2,400.00
Salary Sergeant
1,900.00
18.05
Salary Regulars
5,325.00
Salary Specials and Clerk
2,100.00
Transportation
450.00
Fuel, Light, Telephone and Expense
700.00
Rent
800.00
Street Markings
150.00
15010
116135,00
$13,825.00
$13,825.00
$1,905.45
Fire Department:
Salary Chief
$400.00 .
Salary Permanent Men
$17,876.00 €
14582.00
Salary Call Men
5,000.00
.
2500.
Superintendent Fire Alarm
350.00
1.00
Equipment-Repairs
2,000.00 :
1000.
Fuel, Light, Power, Telephone and Expense
1,100.00 .
Departmental Supplies
500.00
19582.50
$27,226.00
$27,226.00
$561.17
Inspector of Wires:
Salary
$400.00
Transportation and Expense
200.00
505:00
Sealer Weights and Measures:
Salary
$800.00
Transportation
250.00
Equipment and Supplies
100.00
$1,150.00
$1,150.00
$115.15
Moth Department:
Town Liability
$2,650.00
Private Work
$1,350.00
Repair Sprayers
400.00
$4,400.00
$4,400.00
$1,535.81
Removing and Trimming Trees:
Labor
$300.00
Tools and Equipment
25.00
$325.00
$325.00
$3.50
Forest Fires:
Prevention and Suppression;
Labor and Equipment
$750.00
$750.00
$102.65
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380 125.
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$600.00
$600.00
21.6.0
540
Estimated Recommended 1932
1932 Receipts
Dog Officer :
Salary, including Transportation
$250.00
Expense
10.00
$260.00
$260.00
Health Department:
Salary Agent
$1,300.00
Salary Nurse
1,000.00
Stationery, Printing and Expense
150.00
Telephone
35.00
Transportation
500.00
Contagious Diseases;
Hospital Expense
800.00
Expense
125.00
Tuberculosis;
Board and Treatment
2,840.00
County Hospital Assessment
3,802.43
Vital Statistics;
Births
50.00
Deaths
25.00
Other Expenses;
Dental Clinic
500.00
District Nurse
500.00
St. Luke's Hospital
500.00
Inspections;
Inspection of Animals
250.00
Analysis of Milk
250.00
Sewer Maintenance;
Labor
1,500.00
Material
150.00
Insurance
220.00
Rubbish and Garbage;
Labor and Transportation
2,600.00
Dump
520.00
Street Cleaning
1,125.00
$18,742.43
$18,742.43 $1,617.97
Highway Department:
Salary Superintendent
$2,200.00
Labor-Miscellaneous
4,000.00
Truck Maintenance and Operation
3,500.00
Stone and Gravel
1,500.00
New Equipment and Maintenance .
3,000.00
Oiling
6,000.00
Patching
3,500.00
Snow and Ice
2,000.00
Sidewalk Maintenance
1,000.00
Bridges
1,500.00
Street Signs
100.00
Insurance, Fuel and Expense
1,515.00
Cutting Brush
1,000.00
Graveling Roads
5,000.00
$35,815.00
$35,815.00 $847.79
Estimated Recommended 1932 1932 Receipts
Public Welfare:
General Administration;
Salaries - Board
$1,200.00
Salaries - Physician
350.00
Expense
250.00
Outside Relief;
Town
16,000.00
Other Cities and Towns
3,500.00
State
1,600.00
Mothers' Aid;
Town Aid
7,000.00
Other Cities and Towns
2,200.00
Town Infirmary;
Salary Superintendent and Matron
1,400.00
Salary Employees
1,900.00
Other Expenses
6,500.00
$41,900.00
$41,900.00 $17,853.23
Old Age Assistance: Administration;
Salary-Board
$800.00
Salary-Physician
150.00
Office Expense
350.00
Cash Aid
20,000.00
$21,300.00
$21,300.00
Soldiers' Benefits:
Care Soldiers' Graves
$25.00
Soldiers' Burial
60.00
State Aid
500.00
Military Aid
100.00
Soldiers' Relief;
Fuel
525.00
Cash Aid
3,000.00
Medical Attendance
300.00
$4,510.00
$4,510.00 $652.00
School Department:
Salary Superintendent
$4,000.00
Salary Physician
400.00
Salary Nurse
650.00
Truant Officer
50.00
School Census
100.00
Printing, Stationery, Postage
400.00
Telephone
300.00
Expense
300.00
Salaries-Teachers
90,700.00
Books
3,720.00
Supplies
2,400.00
Tuition
1,500.00
Transportation
13,783.00
High School Clerk
624.00
Janitors
7,000.00
Fuel, Light, Water
5,500.00
Maintenance Buildings
3,500.00
Insurance
2,100.00
Expense
100.00
$137,127.00
$137,127.00 $30,854.28
Estimated Recommended 1932 · 1932 Receipts
Public Library: Salaries;
Librarian
$1,400.00
Assistants
2,750.00
Janitor and Assistant
663.00
Fuel, Light
625.00
Maintenance Building
300.00
Insurance
465.00
Printing, Postage and Supplies
325.00
$6,528.00
$6,528.00
$538.59
Unclassified :
Hydrant Rental
$1,690.00
Pensions;
Azel Eaton
667.80
Town Forests
100.00
Old Fire Station
50.00
G. A. R.
Memorial Day
$200.00
Hall Rent
200.00
Town Reports and Incidentals
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
Water Department:
Administration;
Collector
$200.00
Assistant Collector
100.00
Clerk
450.00
Expense
700.00
Construction, Mains and Services
1,500.00
Maintenance, Mains and Services
5,070.00
Meters, New and Repair
600.00
Pumping Station;
Salaries
4,000.00
Coal and Power
4,300.00
Filter Maintenance
2,300.00
Expense, including grading of grounds
1,550.00
Water Notes
2,000.00
Interest on Notes
880.00
$23,650.00
$23,650.00 $23,655.71
Gas and Electric Department:
Appropriate the receipts of the plant, out of which shall be paid the operat- ing expenses, bonds and interest, de- preciation and construction; and
$8,000.00 street lighting, which shall be included in the Tax Levy
$8,000.00
$8,000.00
Herring Run
$50.00
$50.00
$100.00
Land Damage Grove Street
$1,300.51
$1,300.51
Interest:
Temporary Loan
$6,000.00
High School
4,200.00
New Fire Pump
40.00
Nemasket Bridge
120.00
Warrentown Water
135.00
$10,495.00
$10,495.00
$7,197.27
$2,507.80
$2,507.80
$120.00
$400.00
$400.00
Municipal Indebtedness: High School New Fire Pump Nemasket Bridge Warrentown Water Extension
Reserve Fund Unclassified Receipts
Estimated Recommended 1932
1932 Receipts
$10,000.00
2,000.00
3,000.00
2,000.00
$17,000.00
$17,000.00
$3,000.00
$13,500.00
$13,500.00
$5,752.00
$412,986.74
$412,986.74
$98,488.08
LEWIS F. HARDING ALBERT A. THOMAS FREDERIC H. NOBLE JOHN S. COBB ALEXANDER HEATH
Selectmen of Middleborough.
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TOWN WARRANT
Middleborough, Mass., January 4, 1932.
Pl mouth, SS.
To E. Kimball Harrison, or either of the Constables of the Town of Middleborough:
Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn all the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall of said Town on Monday, January 18th, 1932, at eleven o'clock A. M., to act on the following articles, viz:
Article 1. To choose all necessary town officers, the following officers to be voted on one ballot, viz: a Moderator for one year, Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes for one year, two Selectmen for three years, two members of the School Board for three years, one member of the Planning Board for five years.
The polls will be opened at half past eleven A. M., for vote on the foregoing article, and will not be closed before eight o'clock P. M.
Article 2. To raise such sums of money by tax or otherwise, as may be neces- sary to defray the expense of the town for the current year, appropriate the same and to act anything in relation to the assessment and collection of taxes for the year.
Article 3. To authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Select- men, or a majority thereof, to borrow during the municipal year beginning January 1st, 1932, in anticipation of the revenue of said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the town, but not exceeding the total tax levy of the preceding financial year, as provided in Section 3, Chapter 719, General Acts 1913, and amendments thereto, giving the notes of the town therefor, payable within one year from the date thereof, all debts incurred under authority of this vote, to be paid from the revenue of the present municipal year.
Article 4. To hear the report of any committees or officers of the town; to appoint any committee, and act thereon.
Article 5. To see if the town will appropriate money for band concerts the coming season, and act thereon.
Article 6. To see if the town will appropriate money to be expended by Post No. 8, G. A. R., on Memorial Day, and act thereon.
Article 7. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money necessary to pay the rent of a suitable place for the Post of the Grand Army of the Republic, and act thereon.
Article 8. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of two hundred and fifty ($250) dollars, to be expended by Simeon L. Nickerson Post No. 64, American Legion, for their celebration of Armistice Day, November 11th, 1932, and act thereon.
Article 9. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money not exceeding five hundred ($500) dollars, to be paid to St. Luke's hospital, established in said town, for the establishment and maintenance of a free bed in the hospital for the care and treatment of persons certified by the selectmen of said town to be residents of the town and unable to pay for such care and treatment, and act thereon.
Article 10. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the use of the Plymouth County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture, a sum not exceed- ing three hundred ($300) dollars, and choose a town director for one (1) year, as provided in Sections 41 and 45 of Revised Chapter 128 of the General Laws, and act thereon.
Article 11. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money for the em- ployment of a school and public health nurse and act thereon.
Article 12. To see if the town will vote to continue the Christmas street light- ing, appropriate money for the same, and act thereon.
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Article 13. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money not to exceed five hundred. ($500) dollars, for a Dental Clinic for the school children, and act thereon.
Article 14. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of five hundred ($500) dollars, for the employment of the district nurse, same to be spent by the Board of Health under the direction of the Selectmen, and act thereon.
Article 15. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money not to exceed two hundred ($200) dollars, to be spent under the direction of the Planning Board, for the purpose of studying the various problems of the town, and act thereon.
Article 16 To see if the town will appropriate the sum of ten thousand ($10,000) dollars, from the Surplus Funds in the Gas and Electric Department, to re-imburse the town for money which has been previously raised by Taxation to pay bonds and notes issued in the past for the benefit , of the Gas and Electric Depart- ment. This sum to be used to reduce the Tax Levy for the year 1932, and act thereon.
Article 17. To see if the town will vote to accept Hillside Avenue, so-called, as laid out by the Selectmen, install three (3) street lights on said street and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of the street, and act thereon. Agreeable to the petition of Jacintho C. Martins, et al.
Article 18. To see if the Town will accept the decree of the County Commis- sioners No. 826 on Thompson Street, and raise a sum of money, not exceeding ten thousand ($10,000) dollars, to be expended for road construction, and land dam- ages, in conjunction with funds provided by the County of Plymouth or the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts or either or both, in constructing said street, begin- ing at Plympton Street and continuing toward the Halifax Line, and act thereon. Agreeable to the petition of George H. Higgins, et al.
Article 19. To see if the town will vote to repeal the following amendment to its General By-Laws which were adopted by the town of Middleborough at its Annual Meeting for the year 1929, and duly approved by the Attorney General, June 25, 1929, said amendment being as follows:
Article 13-Fire Department. Section 1. Day and Night Force. The permanent members of the fire fighting force of the town shall be divided by the Chief of the Fire Department into two bodies or forces which shall be designated as a day force and a night force, and shall alternate on tours of duty every third day. Sec- tion 2. Hours of duty. The hours of duty of the day force shall be from eight o'clock in the forenoon to six o'clock in the afternon, and the hours of duty of the night force shall be from six o'clock in the afternoon to eight o'clock in the fore- noon; provided, that on every third day, for the purpose of alternating the day force with the night force and vice versa, the number of hours of duty herein stated may be extended, but one force shall be at liberty at all times, except that in case of a conflagration, the officer having charge of the fire fighting forces shall have full authority to summon and keep on duty all members of the fire fighting force while the conflagration continues. This section shall not affect any law, by-laws, rules or regulations relative to salary, pensions, annual vacations or sick or disa- bility, or leave of absence of the members of the Fire Department, and act thereon.
Given under our hands at Middleborough, this 4th day of January, 1932, A. D.
LEWIS F. HARDING FREDERIC H. NOBLE ALBERT A. THOMAS ALEXANDER HEATH JOHN S. COBB
Selectmen of Middleborough.
A true copy attest. H. J. GOODALE, Clerk of the Board of Selectmen.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF
Middleboro, Mass.
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For the Year Ending December 31st 1931
MIDDLEBOROUGH
"HEAD-O'-THE-CAPE"
Elevation-100 feet above sea level Settled-1660
Incorporated as a town-1669 Population 1930 census-8593 Valuation-$9,072,315.00 (exclusive of Automobiles)
Municipally owned-water, gas, electric light plants. Tax rate-$31.40 per thousand Area-68.1 square miles Miles of street-146 Motorized Fire Department Well equipped Hospital.
Schools in Class A. Principal Industries :
Fire Apparatus
Varnishes
Shoes
Worsteds
Boxes
Jewelry
Brass Goods Drug Sundries
and thirty other products The center of the cranberry industry
Located:
35 miles from Boston 22 miles from New Bedford 30 miles from Providence, R. I.
Railroad Center Direct rail connections with
Fall River Provincetown Brockton
New Bedford Taunton Boston
Providence
New York
anna
Hanave-
BROCKTON
Marshfield
Owhile-
Monfield
Durbury
a
Kingston
flebora
Plymouth
TAUNTON
3MIDDLEBORO
WL 8.00. 001.
to cop
utworcham
MIDDLEBORO,
RIVER
M 66.02 600
More
MINT POINT
NEW B
FORD
AROUND.
MILES
TWENTY
Bridge
Lot 41.65 M.
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TOWN OFFICERS 1931
Selectmen
FREDERIC H. NOBLE
LEWIS F. HARDING, Chairman JOHN S. COBB ALBERT A. THOMAS ALEXANDER HEATH
Term expires 1934
Term expires 1933 Term expires 1933
Term expires 1932
Term expires 1932
Moderator FLETCHER CLARK, JR. Term expires 1932
Town Manager HARRY J. GOODALE
Town Clerk and Town Accountant WALDO S. THOMAS Term expires 1933
Treasurer and Collector
WILLIAM W. BRACKETT Term expires 1932
School Committee
KENDRICK H. WASHBURN
Term expires 1934
MRS. PRISCILLA S. ALGER
Term expires 1934
FOREST E. THOMAS Term expires 1933
FRED B. ALGER Term expires 1933
ALLAN R. THATCHER, Chairman Term expires 1932 ROBERT G. BUTLER Term expires 1932
Superintendent of Schools J. STEARNS CUSHING
BENJAMIN C. SHAW, Chairman HARRISON F. SHURTLEFF
Assessors WILLIAM G. BOYNTON Term expires 1934 Term expires 1933 Term expires 1932
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Board of Public Welfare and Bureau of Old Age Assistance
WILLIAM G. BOYNTON, Chairman JOHN S. COBB LELAH M. HATHAWAY
Term expires 1934 Term expires 1933
Term expires 1932
Members of the Planning Board
JESSE CARPENTER, JR.
Term expires 1936
JANE V. PHINNEY
Term expires 1935
RUSSELL A. TRUFANT, Chairman
Term expires 1934
ENID S. CROSIER
Term expires 1933
KENNETH B. KEEDWELL
Term expires 1932
Health Officer JOHN T. CONNOR
Superintendent of Streets PAUL F. ANDERSON
Registrars of Voters
WILLIAM J. COUGHLIN, Chairman
MICHAEL H. CRONAN
Term expires 1934 Term expires 1933
MINNIE A. JONES
Term expires 1932
Trustees of the Public Library
ALLAN R. THATCHER, Chairman
Term expires 1934 Term expires 1934
MARION K. PRATT
THEODORE N. WOOD
Term expires 1934
Term expires 1933
GRACE H. NOBLE THOMAS H. KELLEY
Term expires 1933 Term expires 1933
H. JANE BENNETT
WALTER L. BEALS
Term expires 1932
LEONARD O. TILLSON
Term expires 1932
NATHAN WASHBURN
Term expires 1932
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Constables
E. KIMBALL HARRISON ALDEN C. SISSON HARRY S. ALLEN
Tree Warden HARRY J. GOODALE
Forest Warden HARRY J. GOODALE
Moth Superintendent GEORGE WARD STETSON
Sealer of Weights and Measures LOUIS C. LITTLEJOHN
Inspector of Animals LESLIE N. CLARK
Inspector of Wires RALPH SAMPSON
Inspector of Plumbing JOHN J. PEARSON
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REPORT OF THE TOWN MANAGER
Honorable Board of Selectmen
Middleboro, Mass.
Gentlemen :-
I herewith present my eleventh annual report as Town Manager, together with the reports of the various depart- ments for your approval.
The outstanding achievement this year was the reduction in the tax rate of $2.70 per $1000 valuation. This was achieved through the co-operation of all the departmental heads who readily consented to pare their budgets in order that this result might be accomplished.
The other work of this department this year has been mainly the routine of the office.
The only special work was the investigation in con- nection with the new contract entered into by your Board with the Taunton Gas Light Company. This contract was executed as of June 1, 1931 for a period of five years and resulted in a reduction in price of 10c per 1000 cubic feet less than the old contract for gas for domestic use, the price for gas for house heating remaining the same, that is, 75c per 1000 cubic feet.
POLICE DEPARTMENT
This department continues to function in its customary efficient manner. The construction of the new State highway through Bedford and Grove Streets has lessened the necessary traffic duty in the business center of the town, but has transferred it to the new road, so that with the traffic duty it is necessary to perform in addition to its other work, there is plenty of work for all of its officers at all times.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT
This department is well housed, well equipped and has handled its work very well during the year.
While there have been no large fires there have been good possibilities, but due to the prompt work of the de- partment these fires have been brought under control at an early stage so that the property loss has been small. The prompt response to the calls by the Call Men is largely responsible for the good results obtained.
INSPECTION OF WIRES
The duties to be performed by this department are constantly increasing as the work spreads over a continually enlarging territory.
The requirement of inspection is also rapidly increasing, as the public are beginning to realize more and more the necessity for inspection in order that the fire hazard may be reduced to a minimum. By far the greater number of fires are attributed to faulty electric wiring so that it is only by careful and conscientious inspection that this hazard can be reduced. This is being done by our present inspector.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
There is apparently no limit in the amount of work this department could do and should do if the town could afford to make the necessary appropriation. Everything today is sold by either weight or measure and a large portion of our food is put up in packages. Therefore, for the pro- tection of seller as well as the buyer, it is essential that both be assured that the scales and the measures be accurate and that frequent examination be made of package goods to see that the contents equal in weight or measure the quantity marked on the package. It is only by exercising constant vigilance that the inspector is enabled to keep in check the unscrupulous dealer.
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The license question is another of his duties which re- quires a great deal of knowledge of the law to enable him to answer all the questions which are asked of him. He also has to keep a watchful eye out to see that none but licensed peddlers do business in this town.
This work is being very satisfactorily performed by our present inspector.
FOREST FIRES.
While there have been altogether too many of these fires during the past year we had only one that did any damage. That occurred on Spruce Street. The alarm was delayed due to the wrong location given by the Fall River Observer in conjunction with our observer and also to the inability of a resident in that section being able to get the use of the telephone line.
There were forty-four other fires, many of which had possibilities for a large fire, but due to the alertness of our local observer and the promptness of the response of our men, these were brought under control before any damage was done.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
We have been fortunate this year in not having many contagious diseases. What few we have had have been promptly reported and the Health Officer has seen to it that quarantine regulations have been observed.
The Inspection of Milk comes under this department and by constant inspection and analysis of our milk supply both by the Inspector of Animals and the Health Officer, we have been able to build up one of the best milk supplies of any town in this section. To do this means the careful inspection of the barns, the obtaining of samples during the milking of the cows early in the morning and constantly keeping in touch with the producer in order to obtain clean and wholesome milk containing the proper amount of solids and butter fats.
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Our Health Officer is constantly on the job and should be commended for his faithful work.
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
This department still continues to function in a very efficient manner. Each year as we watch the results ob- tained by the gravel crushing plant purchased in 1928, we are more and more satisfied that no mistake was made in the purchase of this plant. The quality and quantity of the material furnished by this equipment still holds up to that produced when the plant was new and the cost of up- keep has been very reasonable. The purchase of a new and larger drag line this year has added to the output. 10,377 cubic yards of material have been produced by it this year and placed on the roads at a cost of $0.85 per cubic yard. This cost includes all the labor and operating ex- penses of both truck and crushing plant, including repairs to the plant.
Through economies practiced during the year we were enabled late in the year to purchase two new trucks to re- place three old ones, a new snow plow and repair parts for the other equipment. These purchases will reduce the necessary requirements of the department for the coming year.
WELFARE DEPARTMENT
The Welfare Department as now organized is function- ing the best it has for a number of years and the tax payers, as well as those who are obliged to call on this department for assistance may feel assured that their interests are looked after in a very efficient and satisfactory manner.
This department has been very helpful redecorating the Town Hall and Bates School. They furnished the labor and the other departments the material to paint all the offices in the Town Hall and the rooms on the second
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floor in the Bates school. We did not go as far with the work as we might have, had not some of the painters in town appealed to the State Department of Labor and In- dustries. The taxpayers can feel therefore that they benefited by a substantial amount in the money that has been spent by this department.
The Boy Scouts put on a drive in December to collect food and clothing to be used by this department, with very commendable results. The response by the citizens was far beyond the expectations of the Scouts.
WATER DEPARTMENT.
No extensions have been made this year but we have added ten new services. All main gates and services have been inspected and needed repairs made.
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