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does not improve opportunities of obtaining suitable lots of land, which may be developed into parks as they are required, is neglecting its duty to both present and future generations. We have installed water works and want and will soon have a system of sewers, not as financial investments, but because they improve our physical comfort and safety. Schools and libraries we maintain at the public expense, not for a percentage of profit, but to assist and aid our children and people to a larger intelligence and a higher citizenship, thereby safeguarding our liberty. Parks are likewise being established everywhere, not for a direct monetary gain, but for the general welfare of the public, these breath- ing spaces affording places for recreation and a place where those who are worried and anxious over the trials of life can come in contact with nature and be helped by its quieting influence.
Within eleven miles of the State House in Boston there are 15,175 acres of parks costing $33,275,000.00 and maintained at an annual cost of $521,000.00. There are fifteen miles of fine roads connecting the different parks, and the title has been obtained to land for ten miles more. A conservative estimate would allow 1,000,000 inhabitants within the area served by these parks, which would bring the cost of them per capita $33.27.
Greater New York has an area of 6,997 acres in parks, valued by the assessors at $297,680,000.00, making a value per capita of $77.56.
Very many towns and cities are waking up to the value of parks in a community, especially in our own State. Thanks to the generosity of the Caprons, our town has a good one fairly started which when finished will cost us about $3.00 per capita, on a basis of 10,000 inhabitants.
We would call the attention of our public spirited citizens to the piece of land adjoining the park on Dennis street, which contains a hill much higher than any in
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the park and its vicinity. It is covered with a good growth of young wood, which, if properly trimmed and the grove furnished with seats, would make a very attractive spot. Most of the central part of the town is overlooked by it and, as it is unimproved at present, it probably could be purchased for much less now than at any future time, and it should be included in the park, as it overlooks the whole of it, and would add very much to its attractivenes and value.
We have utilized a natural depression within a few rods of County street, and have prepared it for a foun- tain with a basin of about forty feet in diameter, and as none of our citizens have offered to fix it up and install a fountain, we earnestly request the town to appropriate $500.00 for this purpose. This would finish the work on the front of the park and would add very much to the view from the Casino and the street.
The Commissioners are grateful for the expressions of approval and encouragement received from many of our citizens, and we hope we may continue to receive not only words of encouragement but also active help in the work of improvement, for we feel that a very few years of continued work will make the park a place the citizens will be glad to refer to as "our" park.
It gives us pleasure to inform the town that the Grand Army has shown its interest in the park, by purchasing and setting out forty oak trees just to the west of the Casino building and close to County street, making a grove to be known as the Grand Army Grove. We here publicly thank them and express the hope that others of our citizens may be induced to show their active interest in the work.
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Before we knew that the Grand Army were intending to furnish trees, or that the nursery which furnished trees to former Commissioners would replace those that died, we had ordered about $40.00 worth of trees and vines, and so had all we needed for the planting of the ground which had been cleared. We obtained trees as follows :
Trees from the G. A. R., 40
Trees replaced by the nursery, 150
Trees ordered or obtained from private sources by Commissioners, 48
Total, 238
As the balance of the park is well covered with trees, probably very few more will be wanted.
Before closing we would again ask the voters to double, for the year 1905, the usual appropriation, and thus allow the work to be continued through the whole season. This would allow us to work much more advantageously and we would have our finished park so much sooner.
The appropriation for 1904 was expended in the fol- lowing manner :
Labor and team bills, $1,784.61
E. A. Briggs, seeds, 30.00 1
Pierce & Carpenter, lumber, 1.53
Electric Light Co., lighting, 8.91
French & Brownell, tools, etc., 45-39
Karl H. Hyde, engineering, 48.25
Attleboro Sun, printing, 2.50
Pawtucket Times, printing, 2.00
Attleboro Coal Co., casino coal, 32.50
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G. A. Sweeney, steps, 1.50
M. F. Ashley, carpenter work, 1.05
L. Taylor, carting trees, 1.25
Ashes for lawn, 1.50
E. Caufy, freight bills, 5.84
Grangers' Nursery, trees and vines, 33.17
$2,000.00
Respectfully submitted, CHAS. E. BLISS, Chairman and Secretary ; E. CAUFY, KARL H. HYDE,
Park Commissioners.
Examined January 28, 1905, and found correct.
BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY, FRED L. LeBARON, BYRON R. HILL,
Auditors.
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Report of the Superintendent of Streets.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of the town of Attleborough :
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit my report as Superintendent of Streets for nine months ending December 31, 1904. April I, I received my appointment and commenced my duties by appointing my several assistants.
North Division.
This division includes the centre and all the main streets leading to the suburbs. I appointed Herbert A. Caswell in charge of the work. He is well known by all to be a capable man and able to perform all duties that are required of him.
In looking over the several streets leading from the suburbs to the centre, I decided that Park street was in the poorest condition, and, therefore, we commenced to work on this street at the Briggs Corner end. In order to get the work completed as rapidly as possible, I decided to have the South Division and the East Division men assist in the work in addition to our regu- lar gang. This street, from the southern end to Wil- marth street, was very narrow, so that we were obliged to build bank walls for 485 feet, also 250 feet of guard- rail, before we could commence the work of grading. The street was worked to grade from Briggs Corner to the Allen Cummings place and gravelled 9,020 feet; it
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was also rolled with a steam roller. We also built 1,400 feet of ash sidewalk at the southern end of the street.
Angell street has been worked to grade and gravelled where it was found necessary. Starkey avenue and Foley street were also brought to grade.
The following is the number of feet gravelled on these streets : Park street, 9,020 feet; Bank street, 1,650 feet ; Parker street, 200 feet; Lindsey street, 150 feet; Car- penter street, 220 feet; Morey street, 600 feet; other streets, 1,100 feet ; total, 12,940 feet, or 2 3-5 miles.
Total number of feet gravelled in all divisions, 29,042 feet, or 5 2-5 miles.
The number of loads of gravel placed on the follow- ing streets: Park street, 2,950 loads; Carpenter street, 197 loads; Morey street, 277 loads; Beacon street, 4I .loads; School street, 38 loads; Angell street, 114 loads ; Starkey avenue, 58 loads ; Parker street, 64 loads; Brook street, 29 loads; East street, 28 loads; County street, 148 loads; Lindsey street, 30 loads; Handy street, 12I loads; Highland street, 19 loads; Bank street, 571 loads ; Dennis street, III loads; total, 4,796 loads.
Number of loads of dirt deposited at Thacher Brook Drain, 295 loads; Mulberry street, 374 loads ; to dumps, 1,375 loads; total, 2,044 loads.
Number of loads of crushed stone : North Main street, 610 loads ; South Main street, 28 loads; Pleasant street, 644 loads; Park street, 860 loads; County street, 339 loads; Pearl street, 167 loads; School street, 143 loads; Beacon street, 109 loads; Beacon street, 94 loads of small field stone ; total, 2,994 loads.
Street Macadam.
The following streets have been macadamized: Park street, 2,310 feet ; Pleasant street, 1,463 feet ; North Main street, 1,375 feet ; County street, 770 feet ; Beacon street, 312 feet ; Pearl street, 440 feet; School street, 440 feet ; total, 7,110 feet, or I I-3 miles.
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Street Cleaning Department.
The work of this department is in charge of Charles O. Claflin, who has one and sometimes two assistants. There has been a very good showing made in this department, as the following figures will show: Pine street, 300 feet ; Mechanics street, 200 feet; East street, 274 feet ; Hayward street, 220 feet; Holman street, 398 feet; Bank street, 700 feet; Leroy street, 430 feet ; Bicknell street, 200 feet; Olive street, 300 feet; County street, 1,555 feet; Parker street, 150 feet; South Main street, 380 feet ; Pearl street, 625 feet ; School street, 400 feet ; Union street, 688 feet ; Pleasant street, 1,685 feet ; Angell street, 100 feet ; Starkey avenue, 142 feet ; Beacon street, 600 feet ; Carpenter street, 250 feet ; Dean street, 136 feet ; Peck street, 100 feet ; Falmouth street, 750 feet ; Sturdy street, 288 feet; Orange street, 125 feet; Grove street, 100 feet ; North Main street, 270 feet ; Park street, 1,350 feet; Third street, 700 feet ; Hope street, 117 feet ; Park street, south end, 500 feet ; total, 14,033 feet, or 2 3-5 miles.
Number of loads of ashes, gravel and stone carted, 2,730.
Sidewalk Department.
Under your orders the number of feet of curbing has been as follows: New curbing, 3,975; old curbing, 179; total setting, 4,154.
East Division.
The majority of roads in this section are the poorest of any in the town, and while this part of the town is not thickly settled, yet there seems to be a great deal of travelling over this section. The work in this division has been under the direction of Oscar Thayer.
The amount expended in this district was $681.83. Of this amount, $310.83 was expended on Park street. Wilmarth street has been worked to grade from Park
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street to Coomb's Hill, a distance of three-quarters of a mile. Thirty cords of rock were blasted and removed, gutters formed and the road crowned with the material found there. Steere street has been improved by clean- ing gutters and building a piece of road with stone foundation and gravel surface. The brush on the sides of the road has been cut throughout the district.
Number of loads of gravel carted on Steere street, 221 ; number of loads of gravel carted on Park street, 840.
West Division.
Amount expended in this division, $1,074.51.
This work has been carried on under the supervision of Robert Sharkey.
The larger part of the main streets in this section are in good condition. The following streets have been thoroughly gravelled: Deantown road, 950 feet; West street, 1,118 feet ; North avenue, 396 feet; North Main street, 1,443 feet; Dennis street, 425 feet; total, 4.332 feet.
Number of loads of gravel, 2,092. Number of loads of ashes used on sidewalks. 136:
South Division.
The work in this section has been carried on under the supervision of Henry Lord, who has , expended $1,302.75. The largest piece of work undertaken in this division was on County street. As the gravel in this section is very poor, it has always been a problem which had not been solved as to how to get gravel cheaply. Mr. Lord, however, solved it by discovering a large pile of small stones near by, 'at the foot of a ledge, thus allowing us to build 1,600 feet of macadam road. South Main street was gravelled at the south end for 2,100 feet. Other streets in this district have received their usual attention, as cutting brush and cleaning gutters. Mr. Lord also expended on Park street to the amount of $463.88.
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Number loads of gravel carted, 2,870; number loads of ashes for sidewalk, 81 ; total number loads, 2,951.
Bridges, Culverts and Catch Basins.
Three bridges have been recovered, namely : Mechanics street, Tiffany street, and Read street. Also the sidewalks on Bank street bridge and on Blackinton bridge have been covered.
Five new catch basins have been built and 170 feet of Akron pipe laid. Two catch basins have been located at the corner of Park and Brook streets, and two at the corner of Park street and the Speedway; also one on South Main street below Eden terrace.
Falmouth Street.
At the last annual town meeting the sum of $500.00 was appropriated for the above named street. After having it surveyed and having the brush cut, we found it necessary to remove 498 loads of subsoil from the west end of the street. This material was used to form sidewalks and to fill low places in the street. After this six inches of ashes were put on in order to raise the walks to grade. From Pleasant street the walks were complete for 450 feet. The travelled way from Pleasant street to Wetherell's shop was brought to grade with a 12-inch depth of good gravel, part of which was taken from Park street and the balance taken from Allen Cum- mings's bank. A catch basin was put in at the lowest point of the street and a 12-inch Akron pipe laid to con- vey the water from Mrs. Holmes's property to a point below. Ninety-eight loads of crushed stone were also deposited between Pleasant and Morey streets.
Street Sprinkling.
The work of sprinkling streets has been performed as follows :
Walter Goff has attended to the streets north of the centre, Arthur Parmenter the Eastern Section, W. E.
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Groves the Southern Section, and R. D. Manchester the Western Section. These men in charge have endeavored to give the best satisfaction possible.
South Attleboro.
The appropriation was $500.00. The sprinkling of streets in this section was in charge of Frank E. Shaw, who has attended to the sprinkling, commencing at Orr's factory and sprinkled the main street the entire . length to the State line, a distance of about three miles. The work was greatly appreciated by the residents of this section.
Thacher Brook Drain.
The amount of $1,000.00 was appropriated to cover the drain from Falmouth street to Park street. The retaining walls have been raised two and one-half feet to the grade of the street and the stone laid in cement ; the drain is also covered with Kyanized lumber. By raising the walls considerable space was left for filling. The filling for this space was furnished by dirt from cleaning the gutters last fall.
Number of loads used in filling, 440.
Southwest Division.
The majority of the streets in this section I find to be in very good condition. The amount expended in this section was $2,299.95. George Allen, who has had charge of the work in this sction for a number of years, was reappointed, much to the satisfaction of the resi- dents in that vicinity.
The work of grading and gravelling Newport avenue has been completed during this past year, making a first- class street, with good drainage from Orr's Corner to Washington street.
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The length of gravelling in feet that has been done on different streets in this vicinity is as follows :
Robinson avenue, 1,700 feet.
Cumberland avenue, 2,250 feet.
West street, 450 feet.
Brown street, 420 feet.
4,820 feet.
Number of feet of sidewalk on
Newport avenue, 1,860 feet.
Total, 6,620 feet.
Four hundred feet of guard-rail has been placed on West street. Three stone culverts have been taken up and made larger, one on West street, one opposite Orr's factory, and one near the Tiffany estate on Newport avenue. The bridge at Read street has been sheathed with two-inch covering.
Number of loads of gravel carted, 4,037; number of loads of gutter dirt, 236; number of loads of ashes for sidewalks, 266; number of loads of stone, 86; total, 4,625. Respectfully yours,
H. A. SMITH, Superintendent of Streets. -
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Annual Report of the Overseers of the Poor.
To the citizens of Attleborough :
The Overseers of the Poor herewith submit their annual report for the year 1904.
As will be seen by referring to the financial statement accompaning this brief report, expenses have been quite large, and the overdraw is large.
Having abolished the milk route, our attention must need be turned to some effort along farming lines, to procure an income to help meet our expenses.
April 1, Mr. Nelson Hagar of Upton. Mass., an ex- perienced farmer, assumed charge of the farm as superintendent, and took up the work.
In order to accomplish anything we were obliged to go to considerable expense in procuring new tools to work with, which have proved of great advantage. Many changes have been made, and several acres of land have been seeded down. Ditches have been dug to drain some of the wet land, and, as a result, we hope another year to get some substantial return for the outlay incurred.
The well has been completed and we have a supply of water for our needs. We still use the old well for domestic purposes ; although the new well seems to be pretty good.
The sale of milk at the Farm continues as last year. Considerable produce has been sold, and we hope by
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another year to make a much better showing than has been made for many years.
The average number of inmates at the Farm has been I 6-7 ; present number, 6.
The advisability of appointing a Town Physician hav- ing been suggested, we refer the matter to the voters of the town at its annual meeting.
Nearly one-half of the overdraw was made in procur- ing the water supply, buying new tools, and ditching, an expense which will not be necessary next year.
Of the $241.50 for special cases in medical attendance, all but $3.00 is or will be paid back to the town. Also in the item of rents, $155.00 is in same condition. As the town grows in population it is but reasonable to expect that this department will naturally increase its demands. In comparison with other towns in the State our pauper expenses show well. During this year there has been quite an increase of persons who will need constant aid-women with families whose husbands have deserted them, widows with families, and invalid heads of families who must have a certain weekly allowance in order to live. In consideration of these existing conditions, we ask for an appropriation of $6,000,00, $500.00 of which shall be for medical attendance.
Following will be found the financial statement :
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
Dr.
To annual appropriation, .... .$ 5,000.00 To annual appropriation for med-
ical attendance, 500.00
$5,500.00
Received from
City of Somerville, $ 71.65
Geo. A. Monroe, 73.60
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Town of North Attleboro, 67.39
Charles D. Whiting,
35.00
City of New Bedford, 107.25
State of Massachusetts,
322.73
Town of Mansfield, 158.00
Town of Hyde Park,
8.00
Town of Dartmouth,
249.88
Town of Wilbraham,
61.00
Town of Foxboro, 114.45
Damage to calf, 10.00
Town of Walpole,
115.00
Care of Mrs. Everett Reynolds, .
12.00
Check returned, 40.00
Town of Winchenden,
192.34
City of Fall River,
25.50
Duplicate bill, 4.00
Sale of Milk,
761.21
Town of Foxboro,
100.55
Overdraw,
2,626.09
$10,655.64
Cr.
Salaries.
B. P. King, $ 100.00
G. B. Fittz, 200.00
A. M. Everett, 150.00
$450.00
Rents.
Annie E. Malley, $ 84.00
John Blaney, 70.00
Horton & Bicknell, 84.00
B. B. Dean, 168.00
E. A. Sweeney, 125.00
Frances Martin,
40.00
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Dodgeville mill,
25.00
G. W. Livsey, agent,
22.00
Attleboro Gas Light Co.,
40.00
Ira Richards,
5.00
$663.00
$150.00 of this paid by other towns.
Board.
Mrs. Fred Mackintosh, $ I56.00
Mrs. Aggie Firth,
14.00
Mrs. W. N. Malory,
24.50
Mrs. Wm. Sargent,
14.68
Town Farm.
Frank E. Luther, $ 273.79
E. A. Briggs & Co.,
647.29
Geo. H. Snell,
72.75
W. E. Barrett Company,
93.50
Frank A. Cummings, 95.00
E. H. Frink,
33.50
J. Harris & Co.,
62.27
French & Brownell,
II.60
Nelson Hagar,
440.98
Clifton Hagar, 180.00
H. E. Carpenter, 81.00
J. J. Giblin,
5.50
Nahum Perry Company,
3.16
S. N. Eastman, 28.40
Pierce & Carpenter, 36.37
Albert Nason, 38.00
Analyzing water, 10.00
J. M. Seagraves, II.86
D. M. Patt & Co., 883.00
Louisa Aldrich, 75.00
$209.18
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J. Breck Sons & Co. 51.34
Geo. A. Sweeney,
14.64
H. E. White,
10.70
Attleboro Coal Company,
3.25
Wm. M. Fales,
2.90
Miscellaneous,
13.99
$3,179.79
Transportation.
B. P. King, .$ 2.55
G. B. Fittz, 50.81
A. M. Everett, 7.35
F. H. Capron,
11.25
W. H. Goff,
3.00
Seth R. Briggs,
.30
S. E. Ward,
10.00
T. V. Curran, .70
H. B. Shaw,
5.00
$90.96
Hospitals.
Hospital cottages for children, .... $ 212.63
Massachusetts School for Feeble
Minded, 212.63
Massachusetts Hospital for
Epileptics, 169.92
Taunton Emergency Hospital, 21.00
Rhode Island Hospital, 12.80
$628.98
Groceries and Provisions.
G. A. Monroe, $ 635.58
J. Mercier, 49.09
Geo. M. Worrall, 77.70
J. F. Angell.
4.00
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Walter M. Brown,
87.00
Keniston & Co.,
1,087.80
John Daly, I35.50
Senaca Cole,
99.23
L. Z. Carpenter,
72.00
East Side Grocery,
82.50
C. S. Atwell & Co.,
62.50
Dix & Taylor,
258.20
Dodgeville Store,
92.75
W. N. Goff,
23.00
Hebron Store, 77.90
Nerney & Co.,
15.50
Burnham Store,
30.00
Back Bay Company, 24.00
Nellie Fenton, 14.00
C. H. Angell,
4.00
Hicks Bros.,
20.00
Frank Stead, 32.50
Charles E. Frost,
I36.90
Interstate Cash Company, 3.00
Gammons & Fales, 1.50
Perry Grocery Store, 4.00
Joseph Endres,
2.00
C. F. Perry,
2.00
Thomas B. Dean, 20.61
H. F. Bliss,
96.00
$3,250.76
Medical Attendance.
Geo. K. Roberts, $
1
2.39
J. W. and M. H. Battershall, 337.29
W. O. Hewitt, 23.60
F. O. Mosher, 25.19
H. H. Amsden, 71.06
F. N. Burnett,
25.76
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Estate of J. C. Campbell, 5.04
W. F. Milot, 9.62
$499.95
Special Cases.
J. W. and M. H. Battershall, .$ 147.00
W. O. Hewitt, 30.00
F. O. Mosher, 7.00
F. N. Burnett, 9.50
E. S. Ward,
3.00
W. P. Watson, 45.00
$241.50
$238.50 of this paid by other towns.
Office Expenses.
Hobbs & Warren Company, .$ 10.24
A. M. Everett, 2.89
Geo. A. Sweeney 9.90
Attleboro Press, 2.00
B. P. King, 3.12
French & Brownell, .50
J. W. Gifford Company, .55
G. I. Simpson, .50
A. R. Block, 3.00
Sun Publishing Company, . 13.00
Providence Telephone Company, 21.90
Attleboro Steam & Electric Co., 13.91
$81.5T
Cities and Towns.
Fall River, $ 24.40
North Attleboro, II3.00
Boston, 77.00
Norton,
26.00
Stoughton, 25.00
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State, ..
16.28
Plymouth,
41.00
New Bedford,
18.00
$340.68
Shoes and Clothing.
P. J. Cooney, .$ 25.75
T. E. McCaffrey, 120.95
Shartenberg & Robinson, 12.50
Enterprise Shoe Company, 1.75
Estate of W. T. Haynes, 8.00
A. B. Smith,
9.18
Jacobs Clothing House,
40.30
Burials.
D. H. Smith, .$ 98.00
W. J. Kenney,
10.00
Coal and Wood.
G. A. Adams,
.$
49.45
Attleboro Coal Company, 330.12
Pierce & Carpenter, 41.30
Smith & Hodges, 10.95
Olney & Payne Bros.,
8.65
B. W. Dean,
2.00
Darlington Coal Company,
15.20
Miscellaneous Aid.
F. W. Pierce, $ 72.00
George Lee, . 4.00
Seth R. Briggs,
5.21
$218.43
$108.00
$457.67
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Wm. Lacombe,
5.00
Lorette Slorah,
18.57
Mrs. Wm. Bushee,
23.3I
Attleboro Drug Store,
4.75
Wm. T. Nye, 40.00
M. S. Mead, 8.15
Louis Gamkee, 1.00
A. O. Hodman, 4.00
Cora Brennan,
40.00
Sundries,
9.24
$235.23
Total,
$10,655.64
Examined February 2, 1905, and found correct,
BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY, BYRON R. HILL, FRED L. LeBARON,
Auditors.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
Dr.
Cash received for milk, $ 2.95
Cash received for produce, 120.81
Cash received for cows, 113.00
Cash received for plants, 17.60
Cash received for pig, 3.00
Cash received for transient,
.50
Cash received for grain,
7.60
Cash received from Town
Treasurer, 100.00
Miscellaneous, 57.63
$423.09
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Cr.
Cash paid for labor,
. . .$
199.60
Cash paid for freight and express,
13.87
Cash paid for harness,
4.75
Cash paid for J. J. Giblin,
4.00
Cash paid for hog and pigs,
34.40
Cash paid for pasturing calf,
2.50
Cash paid for cutting wood,
24.00
Cash paid for cows,
30.00
Cash paid for grain,
21.60
Cash paid for butchering,
3.00
Cash paid for plants,
27.20
Miscellaneous,
58.17
$423.09
Town Farm Account.
Dr.
Inventory January 1, 1904,
$ 2,416.75
Town Treasurer,
3,279.79
Supplies bought by Superinten-
dent,
423.09
$6,119.63
Cr.
Inventory January I, 1905, $ 3,620.84
Milk sold, 764.17
Cows sold, 113.00
Produce,
120.81
Miscellaneous, 28.70
Cost of maintenance,
1,472.II
$6,119.63
BENJ. P. KING, A. M. EVERETT, C. B. FITTZ,
Overseers of the Poor.
Annual Report of the Board of Health.
To the citizens of Attleborough :
In presenting its report for 1904, as called for by the statutes of the Commonwealth, the Board of Health regrets that it cannot state that there has been an in- crease in the healthfulness of the town during the past year, as the statistics show an increase both in deaths and in the number of contagious diseases reported, as compared with several preceding years.
This is especially true regarding diphtheria, 19 cases having been reported with three deaths. Of these, II cases occurred in Attleboro proper, one in South Attle- boro and four (in one family) in St. Jean Plat. Three of these cases died.
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