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Sept.
6 Arabella J. May
64
6 10
Potts disease
Randolph
11 Walter H. Sloan
28 - 20
Albuminuria
Braintree
12 Madge R. Bennett
16 - 23
Parenchymstons
Bangor, Me. Boston
17 Robert V. King
63 - -
Chronic Myocarditis
20 Franklin P. Beers
41 2 17
Nephritis
Brooklyn, N. Y.
27 Dennie Whalin
56 11 29
Accident
Randolph
Uremia
Randolph
28 Alice S. Towns (Leach) 43
1 2
Oct. 13 Edgar B. Makepeace 61 6 23 19 Ann C. Huff (Hayden 71 3 2
89 4 - Acute Cardiac dilatation Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Morgan, Vt. Nova Scotia
3 17
26 John B. McGrane
67 --
Cancer of Stomach Chronic Myocarditis
Randolph Ireland
26 Stillborn
30 Catharine E. Foley (Mahoney) 31
Exhaustion
Boston
Aug.
2 Thomas Kiley
54 --
Broncho Pneumonia
20 Elizabeth Chase Swan
70 2 26
Valvular heart disease
Maine
50 8 6
Nova Scotia
Chronic Nephritis Senility
Canton
Nephritis Valvular disease of heart
Canton
Weymouth
6 -
SEVENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT
DEATHS-Concluded
9 Daniel A. Elliott 14 Margaret 1. Bryant (Robinson) 58 18 Frederick Hart Alden 74 5 11
241
23 Ella P. Jenkins (Perkins) 24 Joseph McDonald 24 Harriett A. Field (Hodge) 30 C. Edson Tucker 13 William H. Huttan
58
68
1 14
Arterio Sclerosis Apoplexy
Boston Boston
80
- -
64
9 8
Chronic Valvular disease of heart Canton Myocarditis
Nov. 7
- Cohen 7 James Lovering
30
8 -
Hemorrhage of Lungs
Cranston, R. I.
17 Ernest Holbrook
8 2
Malnutrition
Randolph
Lobar Pneumonia
Randolph
Dec.
6 Hannah E. Hatch
79 11 15
Intussusoption
Halifax
13 Seth Holbrook
75 4 4
Intestinal obstruction
Randolph
13 Ellen T. Madigan
53
-
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Ireland
18 Florence L. Mahoney
3 - 21
Diphtheria
Randolph
27 Stillborn
Randolph
Nov.
30 William P. Fox
67 -
Chronic Cystitis
Randolph
TOWN OF RANDOLPH
7
-
2
Premature Birth
England Randolph
-
-
24 Andrew E. Hayes
58
-
Carcinoma of Liver
Michigan
63 3 1
CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES
Mammary Carcinoma, Paralysis, Intestinal Carcinoma, Drowning, Asphyxia, Acute Bronchitis, Surgical Shock, Carcinoma of Pancreas, Senile Pneumonia, Emphalitis, Epedemic Influency, Diabetis, Septecaemia, Epethelioma, Enteritis, Hepatitis, Acute Cardiac dilatation, Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Cancer of the Stomach, Chronic Nephritis, Senility, Potts Disease, Albumenuria, Parenchymstous, Uremia, Car- cinoma of Liver, Premature Birth, Hemorrhage of Lungs, Malnutrition, Ieuosusop- tion, Intestinal obstruction, Diphtheria, Chronic Cystitis, one each 34
Exhaustion, Nephitis, Accident, two each 6
242
Broncho Pneumonia, Lobar Pneumonia, Myocarditis, Apolexy, Chronic Myocar- ditis, Valvular disease of Heart, three each
18
Arterio Sclerosis, Stillborn, four each 8
Cerebral Hemorrhage 5
71
SEVENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT
TOWN OF RANDOLPH
Interments at Randolph Of Persons Dying Elsewhere, 1913
Date of death
Name
Age Y. M. D.
Place of death
Jan. 1 Joseph P. Keating
33
9 20
Weymouth Charlestown
1 William Sullivan
60
8 Rufus Jones
87
7 14
Taunton
11 John Santossusso
69
Braintree
12 Edward McCarthy
78
Holbrook
14 Herbert Seo
10
4 4
Quincy
14 Margaret M. Tannan
44 8 10
16 Stillborn
21 Annie Chisholm
71
-
Dorchester Pittsfield
24 John P. Feeley
45
5 9
Feb. 8 Fred M. French
51
3 3
Arlington
14 Thomas Patten
79
6 -
Avon Boston
20 Maud M. Nolan
25
2 24
26 Cassie Anderson
39
-
Brooklyn, N. Y. Boston
26 Annie Tirrell
46 10 18
Mar. 14 William Ray Spear
39
25
14 Mary Veronica King
16
-
-
15
27 Stillborn
27 Bertha Levangi
1 5 22
Apr.
1 Roger A. Martin
4
7 Alfred Leo Knight
26
3 17
Denver, Col. Boston
10 Ida E. Lewis
5 4 18
11 James M. Kenney
46
5 6
Taunton
14 Adriana Beal
76
3 27
16 Walter Hickey
39
6 21
20 Henry G. Hughes
65
7 18
21 Catharine F. Reardon
62
-
Holbrook
23 Annie Veronica McCarthy
41 - 5
Holbrook
26 William H. Woodman
79 4 4
Somerset
243
-
Avon
24 William Gooch
82
9 7
Indianapolis Boston Braintree
16 John P. Moran
Braintree
Braintree
Dorchester Holbrook Boston
Brockton Braintree Quincy
SEVENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT
INTERMENTS AT RANDOLPH-Continued
Date
Name
Age Y. M. D.
Place of death
of death
30 Maurice F. Griffin
53 - -
Braintree Brockton
May
2 Mary E. Alden
37- 29
2 Marion E. Ludlam
15
5 23
Boston
6 Harry H. Niles
9 3
Braintree
16 Mary Callahan
72
Holbrook
16 Rachel J. Sweeney
81 10
Jamaica Plain
22 Magaret E. Jones
- 8
9
Boston Holbrook
24 James Hickey
79 ---
June
2 John Neagle
72
Quincy
7 Stillborn
Braintree
19 Mary Griffin
44
Boston New York
20 William J. Mclaughlin
47
21 Elsie Cheverie
22
Quincy
24 Henry Thibodeau
25
Geneva, N. Y. Braintree
July
-
2
6 Anna R. Douglass
26
7 Mary E. Graves
26 1 15
Brockton
16 Catharine Bentley
77 -
Braintree
16 William H. Curran
32
Lawrence
21 Timothy O. Connell
35
New York
Aug. 2 Thomas B. Kelley
54
Foxboro
14 Michael F. Gallagher
68
1 25
Quincy
17 Peter F. Rooney
24
8
Boston
22 Philip Elmer
- 4 12
Quincy
Sept. 8 Geo. Joseph Delaney
7 weeks
Brockton
8 Annie Bassett
49
Quincy
15 John F. Morgan
59
Boston
18 Richard G. Call
2
Quincy
17 William T. McCall
-
-
1
Quincy
22 Mary C. Shields
48
7 26
Avon
Oct.
5 Elizabeth F. McCarthy
60
3 12
Braintree
6 Albert Thayer
69 10 20
Boston
-
-
244
-
-
26 Simon Schrant
70
2 Ernest Petrel
6
Braintree Tewksbury Boston
9 Rosella Stetson
80 3 24
--
-
TOWN OF RANDOLPH
INTERMENTS AT RANDOLPH-Concluded
Date
Name
Age Y. M. D.
Place of death
of death
Nov. 17 Ernest Holbrook
- 8 2
Boston
24 Ellen Noonan
76 6-
Boston
27 Levi F. Hayden
56 10 24
Lakeville
28 Chesley G. Norwood
35 6 3
Avon
26 Timothy Callahan
53
2 .
Quincy Holbrook
30 John Hanifan
85
28 Margaret Gallagher
65
3 11
Dec. 11 John W. Reilly
15
7 8
13 Julia Dalton
43
2 19
13 Jeremiah O'Neil
41
Braintree
13 Stillborn
Stoughton
19 Stillborn
Stoughton
21 Nellie M. Payton
43
Brockton
29 John Dunn
75
Cohassett
29 Margaret E. C. Bannon
66
2 15
Braintree
- -
Quincy Weymouth Boston
--
-
-
245
SEVENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT
Should any person discover an error in the preceding records, he will confer a favor by notifying the Town Clerk, that correction may be made.
The Town Clerk hereby gives notice in compliance with Section 16, Chapter 29 of the Revised Laws, that he is prepared to furnish to parents, householders, physicians and midwives applying there- for, blanks for returns as required by law.
PATRICK H. MCLAUGHLIN,
Town Clerk.
246
TOWN OF RANDOLPH
INDEX
Abatements
30
Almshouse 34 7
Appropriations, 1913
Auditor's Reports
38, 39, 78, 89, 94, 101 232
Board of Health
30
Burial of Indigent Soldiers
27
Cash Received by Selectmen
37
Classification of Diseases
240
Collector of Taxes
39-41
County Tax
29
Court Fees and Return of Births, Marriages and Deaths
28
Deaths 236
Decoration of Soldiers' Graves
30
Fire Department
31
Fire Department, Report of
103
General Repairs®
13
Gypsy Moths
24
Insurance
27
Interest
29
Interments
241
List of Town Officers
2
List of Jurors
43
Lockup
27
Marriages
230
Births
I
SEVENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT
Military Aid
33
Miscellaneous
18
Overseers of Poor, Report of
34
Payment of Town Notes
102
Pay of Physicians
30
Poor Supported in Almhouse 1913
35
Poor out of Almshouse
32
Poor of Other Towns
32
Receipts and Expenditures
95
Record of Town Meetings, 1913
171
Removing Snow
17
Report of Assessors
3
Report of Selectmen
9-38
Soldiers' Relief
33
School Committee, Report of
113
School Physician, Report of
119
Special Police
24
Stetson School Fund, Report of Trustees
129
State Aid
33
State Highway Tax
29
State Tax
29
Street Lighting
30
Street Watering
29
Superintendent of Streets, Report of
11
Superintendent of Schools, Report of
138
Summary of Expenses for 1913
7
Tax Collector's Bond
29
Treasurer's Bond
29
Town Debt
26
Town Officers, Payment of
23
Town Treasurer, Report of
88-102
II
TOWN OF RANDOLPH
Tree Warden
25
Turner Free Library, Report of Librarian
51-54
Turner Free Library, Report of Treasurer
49
Turner Free Library, Trustees' Report
46
Town Clerk's Report
171
Valuation
3, 5
Vital Statistics
229
Water Commissioners, Report of
56-86
Water Department
79
Water Sinking Fund
29
Water Loan Sinking Fund
90
III
APPENDIX TO REPORT OF
FIRE ENGINEERS
RANDOLPH, MASS.,
FEB. 24, 1914
TOWN OF RANDOLPH
RECORD OF FIRES FOR 1913
March 8-Alarm at 1.35 P. M. for fire in wood box in residence of Samuel Beals, Oak Street. Damage, $10. March 14-Alarm for small brush fire, 11.54 A. M., in woods on Pond Street.
March 19-Alarm for grass fire at 12.45, west of So. Main Street.
April 12-Alarm 12.40 A. M. False. Box 28.
May 12-Alarm, 8 P. M., for fire in building owned by Frank Kirchthurn, Pond Street. Total loss. Unoccu- pied. Damage to buildings and contents, $721. In- sured.
May 31-Alarm for fire at 3.10 in dwelling of Mr. A. A. Lovejoy, North Street. Burning caterpillars near building, sparks injured roof. Damage to building and contents, $1300. Insured.
June 22-Alarm at 12.30 A. M. False. Box 29.
July 3-Alarm for fire at 9.30, in dwelling owned by Archibald Howes, Holbrook Gardens. Cause un- known. Totally destroyed. Damage to building and contents, $250. No insurance.
3
SEVENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT
July 5-Alarm for fire at 2.30 A. M. for fire in dwelling of Mrs. Mary Briggs, No. Main Street. Cause sup- posed to be spark from fire-works ignited on roof. Damage to building and contents, $5,500. Insured.
July 21-Alarm for fire at 9.40 P. M. in residence of Fred Ross, Canton Street. Cause, overturned lamp. Dam- age to building and contents, $2,200. Insured. Build- ing was occupied by Mr. Michael Scanlon, whose loss was, cash and contents, $1,900. Insured.
July 25-Alarm for fire in dwelling of Dominick Hand, Cottage Street, 3.45 P. M. Damage to building and contents, $350. Cause, burning brush in rear of house, spark ignited roof. Insured.
Nov. 19-Chief was called to spotless town for fire in building of Mr. John Hurley at 10 P. M. Cause un-
known. Damage to property, total loss. Insured for $1,500 on dwelling.
Dec. 8-Alarm at 9.15 P. M. False. Box 24.
Dec. 8-Alarm at 10.30 P. M. False. Box 24.
Dec. 28-Alarm at 6.25 P. M. False. Box 34.
4
TOWN OF RANDOLPH
FIRE DEPARTMENT EXPENSE
Paid M. E. Leahy 13 75
M. E. Leahy
8 75
Michael Shayes
21 00
Geo. A. Roel
15 00
J. Forgie's Sons
85 00
M E. Leahy
8 75
H. L. Daggert, Lessees
60 00
H. T. Libby
98 68
Eugene Thayer
4 27
Gamewell F. A. T.
29 00
F. W. Harris
109 33
Standard Ex. Co.
30 00
John Gill
35 25
R. J. McAuliffe
8 50
M. M. Sullivan, Eng.
5 00
Chemical Co., 7 members
28 00
Geo. A. Roel, Engineer
10 00
Geo. A. Roel, service
1 00
R. E. O'Brien
18 06
Mrs. Ellen Grady
15 00
Randolph Coal Co.
8 00
John Rogers
1 00
Walter Eddy
1 00
5
SEVENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT
F. W. Harris
100 00
Harold L. Bailey
50 00
Ed A. Perry
1 75
Philip L. Hand
1 75
Engineer and Fuel
30 00
Engineer and Fuel
76 16
Engineer and Fuel
36 00
Engineer and Fuel
72 23
Harold L. Bailey
17 50
E. B. Holbrook
17 30
Nicholas Moore
3 00
Engineer and Fuel
44 35
Stuart Howland & Co.
30 33
Francis D. Sullivan
12 50
F. W. Harris
100 00
Jas. E. Greene Co.
45 07
Jas. Fardy
10 35
Geo. H. Stetson
4 35
Chas. L. Saunders
6 00
Am. La Franc F. Eng. Co.
9 00
R. E. O'Brien
214 84
John B. McNeill
4 05
Edwin M. Mann
13 00
Geo. Bailey
15 00
Geo. H. Stetson
71 15
Harold L. Bailey
40 00
Harold Daggert
19 35
6
TOWN OF RANDOLPH
B. Moore, care of rooms
7 00
Geo. H. Stetson, Eng. 15 00
Geo. H. Stetson, 22 hours
11 00
Hose No. 1, 11 men
158 00
Geo. F. Taylor, Engineer
20 00
Geo. F. Taylor, hour service
11 25
Chas. E. Young
21 00
Jane Taber
20 00
John F. Gill
6 00
John F. Gill
30 25
Hook and Ladder, 9 men
125 50
Hose No. 2, 10 men
155 00
B. F. Hayden
2 00
Richard Meacy
5 00
Jas. Meacy
5 50
H. L. Bailey
35 00
Michael Sheyes
5 00
Wm. O. Halloran
30 00
Richard F. Forrest, Eng.
20 00
Richard F. Forrest, hour service
10 75
Frank W. Harris
148 83
C. F. Blanche
127 00
Gamewell F. A.
6 63
Wm. H. Carroll
1 00
Randolph Ice Co.
36 00
Eagle Oil & S. Co.
4 00
Michael L. Dorey
13 50
7.
SEVENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT
J. Mazoni & Estos
3 00
Est. of James Riley, rent
30 00
Est. of P. Joseph Riley
6 00
W. M. Howard
17 25
Hartford S. B. Ins. Co.
15 00
C. Fred Lyons
4 58
$2,755 41
8
RANDOLPH
TOWN REPORT
RP
1914
Randolph, Mass. W. L. HICKEY, Printer 1915
Seventy-Ninth Annual Report
OF THE
Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor, School Committee, Engineers of the Fire Department, Superintendent of Streets, Board of Health, Town Clerk and Town Treasurer
OF THE
TOWN OF RANDOLPH
TOGETHER WITH
The Reports of the Trustees of the Stetson School Fund, the Trustees of the Turner Free Library and of the Water Commissioners
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1914
MAY 1 4 1963
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1914-1915
Selectmen and Overseers of Poor JAMES H. DUNPHY ARTHUR W. ALDEN JEREMIAH J. DESMOND Assessors
JAMES H. DUNPHY Term expires 1915
JEREMIAH J. DESMOND Term expires 1916
ARTHUR W. ALDEN Term expires 1917
Town Clerk and Treasurer PATRICK H. MCLAUGHLIN School Committee
GEORGE V. HIGGINS.
. Term expires 1915
EDMUND K. BELCHER Term expires 1916
EDWARD LONG Term expires 1917
Water Commissioners
WILLIAM F. BARRETT
.Term expires 1915
JOHN B. McNEIL. Term expires 1916
RICHARD F. FORREST Term expires 1917
Auditors v.
MICHAEL F. CUNNINGHAM
JOHN K. WILLARD
JOHN B. WREN
Constables
FRANK J. DONAHUE
FRANK W. HARRIS
MICHAEL F. SULLIVAN
JAMES W. McGERIGLE
JOSEPH H. FOSTER LINCOLN STETSON
FRED VYE
Tax Collector EDWARD LONG
Registrars of Voters
JAMES FARDY
HAROLD F. HOWARD
JOHN H. FIELD
PATRICK H. MCLAUGHLIN
Fence Viewers
MICHAEL E. LEAHY
EDWARD M. MANN
CHARLES C. COLE
Engineers of Fire Department
RICHARD F. FORREST
GEORGE H. STETSON
CHARLES S. DOLAN, Clerk
Warden of Almshouse. MICHAEL M. SULLIVAN Keeper of Lockup BERNARD MOORE
Representative to General Court.
JOSEPH BELCHER
TOWN OF RANDOLPH
ASSESSORS' REPORT
Valuation
1913
1914
Real estate
$2,271,600 00
$2,317,200 00
Personal
552,150 00
566,550 00
$2,823,750 00
$2,883,750 00
Value of buildings Value of land Value of personal property
$1,575,950 00
741,250 00 566,550 00
$2,883,750 00
Town tax
$61,039 26
State tax
6,125 00
State Highway tax
57 26
County tax
2,345 84
Overlay
985 71
$70,553 07
Estimated corporation tax, P. S. $1,682 20
Estimated corporation tax, B.
2,152 20
Estimated bank tax
1,500 92
1,176 polls
2,352 00
7,687 32
Amount to be raised on property
$62,865 75
5
SEVENTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
Tax rate, $21.80.
$50,514 96
Tax on real estate Tax on personal estate 1,176 polls
12,350 79
2,352 00
Amount committed to collector
$65,217 75
Additional Assessments
Bay State Street Railway Co
$1,725 38
Bristol and Norfolk Street Railway Co.
56 20
Tax on personal estate
433 82
Tax on real estate
16 35
15 polls
30' 00
Total amount committed to collector
$67,479 50
Number of persons assessed poll tax only
726
Number of horses
208
Number of cows
306
Number of neat cattle
4
Number of fowl
2,865
Number of swine
15
Number of dwellings
1,097
Acres of land
5,606
6
TOWN OF RANDOLPH
Estimated Value of Town Property
December 31, 1914
Almshouse property and farm
$12,000 00
Town Hall and land
25,000 00
One steam fire engine and apparatus
5,500 00
One Babcock extinguisher and apparatus
800 00
Three engine houses and lockup
4,200 00
Land "Clark Estate"
1,200 00
Highway plant
5,000 00
Schoolhouse and land, So. Main St.
2,000 00
Schoolhouse and land, School St.
7,500 00
Schoolhouse and land, Chestnut St.
1,800 00
Schoolhouse and land, Belcher St.
9,250 00
Schoolhouse and land, Lafayette St.
1,600 00
Prescott Schoolhouse and land, Ward and School Sts.
17,000 00
Land, North St.
200 00
Turner High School Fund
1,000 00
Stetson High School Fund
20,000 00
Turner Free Library building and land
40,000 00
Turner Free Library
20,000 00
Turner Fund Library
10,000 00
Royal W. Turner Free Library Fund
20,000 00
Coddington Fund
1,900 00
E. Fannie Belcher Lot
1,000 00
Stetson High School
32,000 00
Water Works
164,000 00
$402,950 00
7
APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES FOR 1914
Appropria'n
Credits
Totals
Payments
Overdrawn
Uupaid or Unexpended
Highways.
$3,500 00
$4,407 48
$7,907 48
$5,889 17
$2,018 31
Repairs on Stetson Ifall . :
1,217 01
1,153 00
2,370 01
2,153 00
217 01
Births, Marriages, Deaths, Etc.
100 00
100 00
152 52
52 52
Gypsy Moth.
900 00
900 00
1,160 73
260 73
Tree Warden.
450 00
450 00
419 87
30 13
Almshouse .
2,000 00
738 46
2,738 46
3,277 38
538 92
Poor Out of Almshouse .
3,000 00
3,000 00
3,574 03
574 03
Poor of Other Towns.
1,078 71
Chapter 763, Mothers' Act.
528 90
Insurance, Town Property ..
550 00
23 97
573 97
430 55
143 32
Almshouse Lighting .
175 00
175 00
190 75
15 75
Town Lighting .
4,000 00
4,000 00
4,643 64
643 64
Repairs on Turner Library .
150 00
150 00
150 00
County Tax.
2,345 84
2,345 84
2,345 84
Highway Tax
57 26
57 26
57 26
State Tax
6,125 00
6,125 00
6,125 00
Returns of Poor
148 00
250 00
Water Notes.
6,300 00
6,300 00
6,300 00
Town Notes
6,100 00
6,100 00
6,100 00
Soldiers' Relief .
300 00
8 00
308 00
263
44 35
Burial Indigent Soldiers.
150 00
Military Aid.
150 00
280 00
430 00
420
10 00
State Aid .
150 00
150 00
150 00
Care of Clock .
20 00
20 00
20 00
Insurance, Treasurer's Bond .
100 00
100 00
100 00
Insurance, Tax Collector's Bond
50 00
50 00
50 00
Board of Health
200 00
200 00
276 10
76 10
Abatements.
700 00
700 00
712 85
12 85
Town Officers
2,200 00
2,200 00
2,225 00
25 00f
Interest .
2,200 00
1,875 76
4,075 76
4,091 21
15 45
Lockup.
150 00
150 00
137 13
12 87
Miscellaneous
1,800 00
1,800 00
2,039 30
239 30
2,295 00
2,295 00
1,894 70
400 30
Forest Fires
400 00
3 70
403 70
405 15
1 45
Fire Whistle
1,475 00
1,475 00
1,581 62
106 62
Schools, Including S. H. S.
18,182 25
1,342 05
19,524 30
18,447 02
1,077 28
Moderator .
25 00
25 00
25 00
Sinking Fund.
1,500 00
1,500
00
1,500 00
Soldiers' Relief, Randolph & Holbrook
150 00
18 22
168 22
54 65
113 57
Water Extension, Mill Street ..
300 00
300 00
300 00
$69,567 36
$9,850 64
$79,418 00
$82,827 57
$2,562 36
$6,117 14
SEVENTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
8
65
00
3,029 00
Post 110, G. A. R.
2,029 84
Special Police
Fire Department
250 00
Medical Attendance
TOWN OF RANDOLPH
REPORT OF SELECTMEN
The Selectmen of Randolph herewith submit their report of the receipts and expenditures for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1914.
The Selectmen consider it folly to longer conceal the fact that the Town is facing a financial crisis owing to the fact that some of the tax payers and property owners are not complying with their legal obligations in the payment of their taxes.
Unjust criticisms and uncharitable remarks have been uttered against the Selectmen on account of the financial condition of the Town. Rumors have been in circulation that the Selectmen were at times unable to pay the street department and the fire department. This in a measure is true and the sole cause of this deplorable condition is the delinquent taxpayer.
It seems hardly necessary to inform the citizens of the fact that the only revenue which the Town has to meet its current expenses is the taxes. If the delinquents would only cooperate with the tax collector the Selectmen would soon be in a position to expend some money on improve- ments.
In the table of appropriations you will find a number of unpaid or unexpended balances. In reality most of them represent unpaid bills owing to a lack of funds in the treas- ury at the time the books were closed. Appropriations made for the extension of the water main on Mill Street, for the sinking fund, and for medical attendance on the poor, have not been paid. There are unpaid balances on account
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of the School, Fire, and Highway Departments. Also an account of insurance on Town property. The various amounts are shown in the table of appropriations.
The condition of our streets is another matter which is demanding our attention. This year the voters will have an opportunity of electing the man they consider best qualified to direct the work on the highways. After the hearing upon South Main Street, the County Commis- sioners assured us that they would widen the street and would take care of any land damage resulting from the widening. To date we have not heard from the Massa- chusetts Highway Commission but we feel that they will do their part to give us a good Main Street.
JAMES H. DUNPHY, JEREMIAH J. DESMOND, ARTHUR W. ALDEN,
Selectmen.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
To the Selectmen:
Work on the highways was begun according to the usual custom, by cleaning the gutters. They were cleaned with the Road Machine. As it had been a long time since this had been done it was very slow work, making it more expensive, removing so much obstruction from them. We cleaned as follows: North Street to South Braintree line, Maitland Avenue, Liberty Street, Belcher Street, Belcher School Street, Mt. Pleasant Square, Allen Street, Roel Street, Pleasant Street, Cottage Street, Short Street, School Street, Moulton Street, Ward Street, Mill Street, Plain Street, Howard Street, Union Street, Alden Street, Center Street, South Street, Maple Street, South Main Street, Woodlawn Avenue, Warren Street, Depot Street, Silver Street, Warren Avenue, Fowler Street, Lafayette Street, to Vine Street, West Street, Cross Street, Wales Avenue, Grove Street, to James Devine's, North Main Street, Park Street. After which graveling and other repairs were done on the various streets as follows: South Main Street, 57 double loads of gravel, 12 loads of fine crushed stone; North Street, 51 loads of sand, 4 double loads of gravel on side walks, 4,800 gallons of Tarvia B, 2 bags cement; Cottage Street, 18 double loads of sand, 1,200 gallons of Tarvia B, 6 bags of cement; Short Street 3 double loads of sand; Warren Street, 31 double loads of sand, 2,400 gallons of Tarvia B; Union Street, 29 double loads of sand, 2,400 gallons of Tarvia B; North Main Street, 82 double loads of sand, 28 double loads of gravel
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on side walks, 7,200 gallons of Tarvia B; $319.86 for labor for patching with 800 gallons of Tarvia A. and 150 gallons of Tarvia B. and about 1,000 cubic feet of No 2 stone. It cost approximately to each 1200 gallons of Tarvia, for sweeping, spreading and cleaning after it $25.00. West Street, 2 cars of cinders, 84 loads of gravel; Lafayette Street, 25 loads of gravel; Mount Pleasant Square, 2 loads of gravel; South Street, 4 loads of gravel for sidewalks; placed a culvert on Vine Street, 22 feet of 20 inch drain pipe, reinforced with stone and 10 bags of cement; culvert at Liberty and Belcher Street, 60 feet of 12 inch drain pipe, with one 10 by 12 T. and 10 feet of 10 inch drain pipe, reinforced with stone and 17 bags of cement. At Mc- Carty's corner, laid 28 feet of 8 inch drain pipe; Fowler Street, 60 feet of 8 inch drain pipe and one 8 inch Y; Grove Street, 3 culverts across the sidewalk, 30 feet of 4- inch drain pipe; cleaned, took up and relaid 60 feet of 10- inch drain pipe at James Kennedy's; cleaned all catch basins and repaired basins on North Main Street and South Main Street; Fairview Avenue, 14 loads of sand at 20 cents per load, $2.80, 91 loads of stone at 20 cents per load, $18.20, dynamite, caps and fuse, $6.00, sharpen- ing picks and drills, $5.87, 16 car loads of cinders at $10.00 per car, $160.00, labor for carting, blasting, hauling stones, etc., $703.12. Sold 258 loads of loam from Fairview Avenue at 75 cents per load, $193.50.
Received $150.00, balance due $43.50; received from other streets, $57.55 for material scraped from them. Work for 10 days with double teams removing scrapings from the streets was paid for by private individuals for the material. Paid for sprinkling streets, Frank Harris, $86.25; Earl Crockett, $12.81. Mowed grass and repaired fences on various streets that needed it.
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Tarvia B cost 8 1-2 cents per gallon sprayed on streets. Although Tarvia may seem expensive, I recommend the use of it, as I think it is cheaper in the end to maintain good roads.
P. C. CROCKETT,
Supt. of Streets.
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
REMOVING SNOW
Paid M. E. Leahy and team
$57 75
Chas. H. Cole and others
74 51
Albert Bickford and others .
176 75
James Devine and others .
104 25
William Carroll and others
84 00
W. F. Mann and others.
201 37
H. D. Nelson and others
39 75
J. M. Dyer and others
55 63
E. F. Knight and others.
6 00
William Mahady
1 00
William H. Clark
2 00
James Welch .
4 25
Edward Donahue
4 25
Frank Riley .
1 00
Jeremiah Harty
1 00
$813 51
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Paid R. E. O'Brien
$54 30
W. L. Pulson .
37 06
John B. McNeil
28 80
John B. Mahoney
2 15
H. F. Libby.
4 20
Barrett Mfg. Co.
409 25
Hartford Boiler Co
15 00
A. Lizzie Mann
20 10
D. J. Hand .
4 00
H. H. Poole .
1 20
George Stetson
1 50
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co
75
E. C. Young
4 62
Frank Donahue
2 00
O. C. Stone Co
24 67
Benjamin Poole
12 80
C. F. Saunders
6 60
Wm. Cobb.
11 20
James Fardy
2 90
F. N. Carey
14 10
Hartford Boiler Co
75 20
Bay State St. Ry. Co
90 00
$822 40
GENERAL REPAIRS
Paid P. C. Crockett, Superintendent. $455 15
Earl Crockett and team
260 25
James Devine and team 375 84
Frank Harris and team
255 53
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W. F. Mann and team. 194 50
Peter Gibson and team
128 28
M. E. Leahy and team 33 00
John Collins and team 82 94
W. H. Carroll and team 12 03
Munroe Dyer and team
74 38
James Gibson and team 43 00
Michael Collins and team 30 37
Town Team . 27 95
Fred Evans and team 17 81
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