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Attleborough, Mass., Dec. 31, 1907.
The Trustees of the Tri-Centennial Fund make the following report :
Cash in the North Attleborough Savings
Bank, October 17, 1907 .... ... $332.85
E. S. HORTON, L. Z. CARPENTER, W. L. ELLIOT, O. P. RICHARDSON, FRANK I. BABCOCK,
Annual Reports of the Tax Collectors
REPORT OF SAMUEL M. HOLMAN
To the Citizens of Attleborough:
Your Collector of Taxes has the honor of submit- ting herewith his tenth annual report for the year end- ing December 31, 1907 :
Taxes for 1903.
Dr.
Committed
$82.71
$82.71
Cr.
Uncollected
$69.96
Abated
12.75
-
$82.71
Taxes for 1904.
Dr.
Committed
$112.86
Interest
2.52
$115.38
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Cr.
Collected
$20.79
Uncollected
92.59
Abated
2.00
$115.38
Taxes for 1905.
Dr.
Committed
$429.19
Interest
3.36
$432.55
Cr.
Collected
$39.34
Uncollected
365.81
Abated
27.40
Betterment Tax.
Dr.
Committed
$31.40
$31.40
Cr.
Uncollected
$31.40
Taxes for 1906. $31.40
Dr.
Committed
$10,447.89
Interest
195.93
$10,643.82
$432.55
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Cr
Collected
$7,095.86
Uncollected
2.951.54
Abated
596.42
$10,643.82
Excise Tax.
Dr.
Committed
$39.52
$39.52
Cr.
Collected
$39.52
$39.52
Betterment Tax.
Dr.
Committed
$1,368.20
$1.368.20
Cr.
Collected
$1,245.35
Uncollected
122.85
$1.368.20
Taxes for 1907.
Dr
Committed
$232.266.51
Added taxes
314.93
Interest
340.75
$232.922.19
1
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Cr.
Collected
$212,279.7I
Uncollected
19,211.92
Abated
1,430.56
$232,922.19
Excise Tax.
Dr.
Committed
$2,441.23
Cr. $2,441.23
Collected
$2,396.38
Uncollected
44.85
Betterment Tax. $2,441.23
Dr.
Committed
$1.011.36
$1,011.36
Cr.
Collected
$468.91
Uncollected
542.45
$1,011.36
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Collected.
Dr.
1904 tax
$ 20.79
1905 tax 39.34
1906 tax 7,095.86
1906 Excise tax 39.52
1906 Betterment tax
1,245.35
1907 tax 212,279.7I
1907 Excise tax 2.396.38
1907 Betterment tax 468.91
Bank interest 7.26
Cash on hand at last report
3.907.21
$227.500.33
Cr.
Paid Treasurer, as per voucher ... $227,400.00
Cash on hand 100.33
$227.500.33
This report completes a tenth of a century I have served you as your Collector of Taxes. In that time I have collected and turned over to the Treasurer about two millions of dollars, promptly and correctly.
This year, in the face of bank troubles and general financial stringency, the collections to January 1, 1908. of the 1907 levy, plus abatements, have reached 92 per cent., or within 3 per cent. of last year's report, which was the record year for our town, and has rarely been reached in the entire State.
The effect on the Town Treasury of this character of collections, providing against so much borrowing as for- merly, keeping our credit good, not creating a floating debt which too often covered up thousands of dollars of abatements, arising from negligent collections, cannot be overestimated.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Our citizens are to be congratulated on their present habits of promptness in the payment of taxes, which are so productive of their individual and collective pros- perity.
Respectfully submitted,
SAMUEL M. HOLMAN, Collector of Taxes.
Examined February 1, 1908, and found correct.
BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY, WILLIAM L. ELLIOT, FREDK. L. LeBARON,
Auditors.
REPORT OF HARRY E. CARPENTER
December, 31, 1907.
Uncollected December 31, 1906. ... $728.79
Uncollected December 31, 1907 ... 728.79
HARRY E. CARPENTER,
Collector.
Annual Report of the Board of Assessors
TABLE OF AGGREGATES, MAY 1, 1907.
Number of Residents Assessed on Property.
individuals
1,958
All others 18I
.
Total 2,139
Number of Non-Residents Assessed on Property.
Individuals
627
All others 25
Total 652
Number of Persons Assessed.
On property
2,79I
Poll tax only 3,403
Total 6,194
Number of Polls Assessed.
Males
4,581
Males added 35
Total
4.616
Tax on each poll, $2.00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Value of Assessed Personal Estate.
Excluding resident bank stock $3,634,035.00 Resident bank sttock 16,960.00
Total
$3,650,995.00
Value of Assessed Real Estate.
Buildings, excluding land . . . $5,479,385.00 Land, excluding buildings . 3,474,395.00
Total $8,953.780.00 Total value of assessed es-
tate
$12,604,775.00
Tax for State, County and Town Purposes, Including Overlayings.
On personal estate $ 64,622.61
On real estate
158,481.90
On polls 9,162.00
Total tax
$232,266.51
Rate, $17.70 per thousand.
Increased Valuations for the Year.
On buildings $426,600.00
On land
356,905.00
On personal property
270,660.00
·
Total gain in valuation $1,054,165.00
Gain in number of polls. 458
Number of horses assessed 801
Number of cows assessed
859
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Number of swine assessed 284
Number of neat cattle assessed .... 83
Number of dwelling houses assessed 2,345
Number of acres of land assessed. . 15,000
Number of fowls assessed 6,295
Value of fowls assessed $2,610.00
Amounts Assessed for the Year 1907.
Appropriations made after May 1, 1906:
Olive street extension. 3,000.00
Street sprinkling cart 550.00
School physician 75.00
Speedway
1,500.00
Turner street
1,200.00
Total
$6,325.00
Amounts to Be Raised to Meet the Requirements of Former Votes of the Town.
Capron Park $2,000.00
Dodgeville school house 1,000.00
Robinson school house 1,000.00
Addition to high school building 2,000.00
Briggs Corner school house 2,800.00
Street from County to South Main. 2,800.00
Total
$11,600.00
Amounts Required by Law to Be Raised by Taxation.
Sinking Fund $5,600.00
Interest on notes 2,000.00
Interest on bonds 2,650.00
County tax
16,230.93
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ANNUAL REPORT.
State tax
13,400.00
Grade Crossing Abolition tax. II,206.39
State highway tax
93.84
Total
$51,181.16
Appropriations Made at Annual Town Meeting, March
4, 1907.
Support of paupers $7,000.00
Support of paupers, medical attend-
ance 500.00
Repairs on buildings at Town Farm 500.00
Military Aid
60.00
Soldiers' Relief
3,300.00
Decorating graves of soldiers and
sailors 300.00
Rent of W. A. Streeter Post, G. A. R. 348.00
Current and incidental expenses ... 11,500.00
Patrolmen and Police Department. 4,500.00
Suppression of Illegal Sale of Liquor 250.00
Public Library 5,000.00
Educational Department 69,100.00
Cleaning out Ten Mile River 300.00
Water Department 1,000.00
Band stand and flag staff at Capron
Park 400.00
Fire Department, Current and Inci- dentals 14,700.00
Fire Department, fire alarm boxes (new) 275.00
Fire Department, five hundred feet hose 300.00
Fire Department, deluge set.
I50.00
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House for Hose Co. No. 7 at Briggs- ville 300.00
Highways and bridges 13,000.00
Sidewalks, improvements and con- struction 2,000.00
Sidewalks, improvements under
Betterment Act 2,000.00
Thacher Brook Drain 2.500,00
Emory street, from Forest to Park street 750.00
Capron street, from South Main
street to Union street 1,600.00
Gardner street, from Pine street to Park avenue 300.00
Hope street, between Holden and
Oak streets and Holden street
and Starkey avenue. 500.00
Hebron avenue, Bourne avenue and Bliss avenue 500.00
Elizabeth street, from North Main to State street 500.00
George street 600.00
Street sprinkling
4,000.00
Street lighting
13.050.00
Light corner South Main and East streets 72.00
Lights, Knight avenue, Hebron ave- nue and South Main street I 10.00
Six incandescent lights, Thacher
street 75.00
Lights, South
Main
street,
near
Thurber avenue
50.00
$161.390.00
Appropriations made after May 1.
1906 $6.325.00
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Amounts to be raised to meet the
requirements of former votes of the town 11,600.00
Amounts required by law to be
raised by taxation 51,181.16
Amount appropriated March 4th, 1907 161,390.00
Total
$230,496.16
Estimated receipts
1,500.00
$228.996.16 .
Overlayings
3,270.35
Total tax levy
$232,266.51
Added taxes
314.93
Non-resident bank tax
2,531.8I
Excise railway tax
2,441.23
Total tax committed to Collector .. $237,554.48
GEORGE M. WORRALL, FRED L. TORREY, HARRY E. CARPENTER,
Assessors of Attleborough.
Annual Report of the Board of Engineers
To the Citizens of Attleborough :
The Board of Engineers of the Fire Department sub- mit their annual report for the year ending December 1907 :
Force of the Department.
The department consists of a Chief Engineer, two As- sistant Engineers, six permanent men, twenty-two reg- ular and six substitute hosemen, twelve regular and four substitute hook and ladder men and five fire police, all located in the center of the town ; a hose company at Farmers village, a double' company (hook and ladder and hose) at South Attleborough, a hose company at Hebronville, a hose company at St. Jean plat, and a hose company at Briggs Corner.
ROLL OF THE DEPARTMENT.
Board of Engineers.
Hiram R. Packard, Chief Engineer ; . James Howarth, Assistant Engineer ; E. V. Hicks, Assistant Engineer and Clerk.
Hose Company No. I. South Main Street.
Charles E. Riley, Foreman ; Allen W. Ferguson, Lieut .; Frank V. Stearns, Clerk; Charles Monroe, Treasurer.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Hosemen :
Mark S. Millard, E. Herbert Briggs,
William E. Riley,
James W. Nicholson, Herbert Mckinnon, Frank Keeler,
Archibald Young. Substitutes :
Elmer Foster, Donald Ferguson, Neal Young. Permanent Men :
Bert Riley, Paul LaCrosse.
Hose Company No. 2.
Union Street. James H. Rushton, Foreman ; Edward C. Fuller, Lieut .; Albert C. Parker, Clerk; James W. Rhind, Treasurer. Hosemen :
Robert Forbes, Sherman A. Davis,
John W. Bullock, Arthur B. Read,
Clarence I. Higgins, William Young,
Warren Wright. Substitutes :
Albert K. McLeod, Leith Young,,
Frank Lyle. Permanent Men :
William Strong, Joseph Newcomb.
Hook and Ladder Company No. i.
Union Street.
Eugene S. Cole, Foreman ; Fred A. Clark, Lieut .;
Arno E. French, Clerk ; Earl A. Smith, Treasurer. Hook and Ladder Men :
George H. Nash, George A. Taylor,
Walter C. Dix, G. Irving Boyden,
Joseph H. Williams, Borden F. Stevens,
Charles Sweetland, William F. Smith.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Substitutes :
Herbert Brown, Cregg Pope, Albert T. Young, Robert Barnes.
Permanent Men :
L. Flanagan, Driver ; Leonard Gould.
Hose Company No. 3.
Farmers.
Robert W. Sharkey; Foreman ; R. I. Giviens, Lieut .; WV. H. Sharpe, Clerk and Treasurer.
Hosemen :
Frank N. Fowler, Michael Slattery, Robert Tipping,
John H. Nerney,
Raymond Manchester, Herbert Todd, John Hardt,
Hiram Congdon,
Charles Gay. Substitutes :
Steven Harvey, Frank Hatten.
Hook and Ladder Company No. 2.
South Atttleboro.
Fred J. Murphy, Foreman ; William H. Coupe, Lieut .; Harold V. Hopkins, Clerk.
Hook and Ladder Men :
Thomas F. Dean, Henry Bunker, John Bora, Frank McGinty,
Henry C. Mahler, George W. Orr,
George Wright, Frank E. Shaw,
Nelson Roy.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Hose Company No. 4
South Attleboro.
James W. Orr, Foreman ; John Ludgate, Lieut .; Christopher J. McLoughlin, Clerk. Hosemen :
John Brennan, Daniel J. Driscoll, Michael E. Fox, Percy B. Doran,
Emory H. Orr, Isaac L. Bunker.
John Marsland, Walter W. Abbott, John B. Chace. Substitutes :
Charles L. Cotton, Harry Prince.
Hose Company No. 5.
Hebronville.
H. A. Smith, Foreman ; W. N. Goff, Lieut .; C. L. Atwell, Clerk ; J. V. Curran, Treasurer ;
Hosemen :
A. I. Atwell, A. LaPalme, Martin Tierney, P. Gagne,
Wm. Frenier, Thos. Murphy, A. Messier, F. Frenier. Substitutes : 1 Wm. Sargent, V. Boucher.
Frank Bross,
Hose Company No. 6.
St. Jean Plat.
Levi Monast, Foreman ; John McGale, Lieut. ; William S. Smith, Treasurer; Napoleon Dorias, Clerk.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Hosemen :
Arthur Dorias,
George Chevalier,
Medore Duquette, Jr.,
Frederick Duquette,
Armedas Duquette,
Wilfred Champagne,
Philomme Dorias, Philias Duquette.
Hose Company No. 7.
Briggs Corner.
Alfred W. Brigham, Foreman ; E. D. Briggs, Lieut. ; Carl A. Brigham, Clerk; Herbert B. Rounds, Treasurer. Hosemen :
Fred L. Briggs, Chester G. Eastman,
Charles W. Brigham, Edward C. Peck,
Arthur E. Hicks, William A. Vickery,
George L. Wetherell, Henry E. Briggs.
Substitutes :
Ernest E. White, Walter L. Brown. Charles L. Douglas.
Fire Police.
Seth R. Briggs, Captain ; Charles E. Wilbur, Ernest Hemple.,
William Dunham, Dexter Newell, George Ide.
Apparatus.
The apparatus of the department consists of one two- horse hook and ladder truck, with 300 feet of ladders and fully equipped with all necessary tools; one two-horse combination hose and chemical wagon, fully equipped; one two-horse wagon, fully equipped; two supply wag- ons, and 4,000 feet of hose in good condition, located in the centre of the town ; one one-horse hose wagon, 600 feet
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of hose and all necessary tools in good condition, located at the Farmers; one four-wheel hose reel, 1,300 feet of hose, in good condition, and one two-horse hook and ladder truck in good condition, located at South Attle- borough ; one four-wheel hose reel, 1,000 feet of hose in good condition, located at Hebronville ; one hand reel, 800 feet of hose, located at St. Jean plat; one hand reel, 800 feet of hose, located at Briggs Corner ; one democrat wagon, one single horse pung and one two-horse pung, located in the centre of the town.
The appartus in the department is very complete for the present, except in the ladder service. At present oui only ladder truck, located in the centre of the town, cov- ers all the outside alarms except South Attleborough. Should the building in the residential district continue to increase the number of alarms will naturally increase, which will necessitate the placing of a light ladder truck in South Main street house to cover all outside boxes, to protect the manufacturing district which would be left uncovered.
Horses.
The department has seven horses, five at the Union street house, and two at the South Main street house, in good condition.
Harnesses.
The department has four sets of double harnesses, one used by Hose Company No. I, one used by Hook and Ladder Truck No. I, one used by Hose Company No. 2, and one used by Hose Company No. 5, Hebron- ville ; four single harnesses, one used by Hose Company No. 4, South Attleborough, one by Hose Company No. 3, Farmers, one used by the spare horse at Union street, and one extra harness, all in good condition.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
Fire Alarm.
The Gamewell fire alarm system is in use and in good working order. It consists of the following apparatus : Two steam gongs, one at the Pumping Station at South Attleborough and one at the Electric Light Station, lo- cated at Farmers ; three bells, one on South Main street, one near Pleasant place, one on Hose Company No. 4 house, South Attleborough; one striker, located on the church at Hebronville; one indicator at Hose No. I, one at Hose No. 2, and one at Hose No. 5 ; 15 tappers used in the shops and by members of the Fire Department : 55 fire alarm boxes, owned by the town, one private box, owned by the Interstate Street Railway Company : about 50 miles of wire and all necessary tools for keep- ing the same in repair ; one storage battery, complete, with a six-circuit switchboard.
Houses.
The department houses are located as follows: South Main street house, occupied by Hose Company No. 1; Union street house, occupied by Hook and Ladder Com- pany No. I and Hose Company No. 2: the house at Farmers, occupied by Hose Company No. 3 ; the house at South Attleborough, occupied by Hook and Ladder No. 2 and Hose Company No. 4: the house at Hebron- ville, occupied by Hose Company No. 5; Hose Com- pany No. 6 is located in the building owned by the St. Jean Improvement Society ; the house at Briggs Corner is occupied by Hose Company No. 7.
Permanent Improvements.
During the last year we have purchased 500 feet of hose, and one deluge set on Hook and Ladder Truck No. 2, South Attleborough; 'three fire alarm boxes located
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as follows, box No. 26 located corner of Knight avenue and South Main street, No. 68 corner of Union and Park streets, No. 316 on North Main street, and painted two bell towers.
Statistics.
Total number of fires and alarms during the year 1907,
II2.
Bell alarms 46
Still alarms
59
Fires where no alarm was given 5
Assembly calls
2
Total II2
Fires in buildings
42
Woodland
7
Brush fires
30
Grass fires
15 4
Fires in dumps
Chimney fires
IO
Tent
₮
Awning
I
Telephone pole
I
Bonfire
I
II2
Total loss for the year 1907.
$12,774.86
Insurance paid on same . 1 1,389.86
Loss over insurance 1,385.00
Although the number of fires during the year 1907 was the largest in the history of the town, our total loss was $12.774.86, against $84,450.19 last year.
Recommendations.
We would recommend the purchase of 500 feet of hose. We would recommend the purchase of 21 rubber coats.
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Salaries.
Chief Engineer $500.00 per year
Assistant Engineers
200.00 per year
Foremen, centre companies 1 15.00 per year
Hosemen, centre companies
100.00 per year
Hook and Ladder men, centre com-
panies 100.00 per year
Permanent men 17.50 per week
Farmers Hose Company, each man ...
25.00 per year
South Attleboro Hose Company, each man
25.00 per year
South Attleborough Hook and Ladder Co., each man 25.00 per year
Hebronville Hose Company, each man 25.00 per year
St. Jean Plat Hose Company, each man 10.00 per year Briggs Corner Hose Company, each man 10.00 per year In conclusion, we extend our thanks to the officers and members of the department for their prompt response to alarms and the interest shown in extinguishing fires.
Respectfully submitted,
HIRAM R. PACKARD, Chief, JAMES HOWARTH, E. V. HICKS, Clerk,
Board of Engineers.
Report of the Sealer of Weights and Measures
To the Selectmen of Attleborough :
Gentlemen :- In the discharge of my duties during the past year I have visited more than one hundred localities where scales and measures were used, and after an ex- amination of the various implements used by the deal- ers for weighing and measuring their different commo- dities, I find them in much better condition than when I first made my acquaintance with them two years ago.
I have sealed 4,214 milk jars, 165 scales of the different capacities, with weights for the same, and I have sealed 55 dry measures and 25 tin measures.
A. T. WALES,
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Report of the Inspector of Kerosene Oil
To the Selectmen of Attleborough :
Gentlemen :- I have made quite a thorough canvass among the dealers in illuminating oil in the several sec- tions of the town during the past year, and find the con- ditions similar to those of my last report.
Among the dealers in oil I have not been able to find anything in that line but the product of the Standard Oil Company.
I understand the flashing point is limited to IIO de- grees, and in the tests which I have made I have carried it up to 150 degrees without flashing.
A. T. WALES,
Inspector of Illuminating Oil.
Report of the Inspector of Cattle, Provisions and Milk
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of Attleborough :
Gentlemen :- I herewith submit my seventh annual re- port as Cattle and Milk Inspector for the year ending December 31, 1907.
I made my annual inspection of all the cattle and swine in town in October, as usual.
Visits have been made to 179 stables, where 879 cows, 90 young cattle, 12 bulls, 2 oxen and 850 swine were kept.
There is a large falling off in all kinds of neat stock since 1906, there being 68 less cows, 36 less young cattle, 19 less bulls, one less oxen and 146 less swine. The fall- ing off, in my opinion, is largely due to the high price of hay and grain.
The number of cattle quarantined and killed this year, having the disease known as tuberculosis, was 34, against 67 last year.
There has been four horses killed in town this year having the disease known as glanders.
I have quarantined Io dogs in town this year under suspicion of being bitten by a dog that had the rabies.
I have inspected and released . 291 cattle this year brought into town from Maine, New Hampshire. Ver- mont and New York states.
I have sold 76 milk licenses this year, which is two more than I sold last year.
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ANNUAL REPORT.
There has been two fined this year for having milk on their carts that was not up to the standard.
The Board of Health this year is going to require every person having a license to sell milk to adopt a set of by-laws that will bring clean, pure milk.
Respectfully submitted,
CALEB E. PARMENTER,
Inspector.
Report of the Lockup Keeper for 1907
Attleborough, Mass., January 1, 1908.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
I herein submit my report as Keeper of Lock-up for the year ending December 31, 1907.
During the year I have cared for three hundred and five prisoners, charged with the following crimes and misdemeanors :
Male
Female
Total
Arson
I
I
Assault
3
I
4
Assault and battery
8
I 9
Assault on an officer
2
2
Assault with a dangerous weapon ..
2
2
Assault to kill
2
2
Attempt to steal
I
1
Bastardy
I
I
Breaking, entering and larceny
3
3
Carrying a loaded revolver
2
2
Collecting junk unlawfully
I
I
Common drunkard
I
I
Common night walker
I
I
Concealing leased property
I
I
Cruelty to animals
4
I
5
Cutting trees unlawfully
2
2
Disturbance of the peace
3I
3I
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-
Male
Female
Total
Disturbance on a street car
+
4
Drunkenness
163
7 170
Escaped prisoner
I
I
Evading car fare
2
2
Fornication
2
2
Idle and disorderly
2
2
Inciting a fight
3
3
Insane
I
I
Larceny
2.4
'24
Non-support
2
2
Obstructing an officer
2
2
Peddling without a license
2
2
Peddling on Lord's Day
I
I
Setting snares
I
I
Spitting on floor in street car
I
I
Stealing a ride
I
I
Stubborn child
4
4
Tramps
8
8
Trespass
5
5
Uttering threats
2
2
Vagrancy
5
5
Violation of terms of probation
4
4
Total
304
I2
316
Respectfully submitted this first day of January, 1908.
CHARLES E. WILBUR,
Keeper of Lock-up.
Report of the Park Commissioners for 1907
To the Citizens of Attleboro :
The work of clearing Capron Park has been continued another season, so far as the appropriation allowed, and now nearly three-quarters of it stands cleared of brush and stumps and is well grassed over.
The latter part of the summer was remarkable for lack of rain and it was judged wise by the commissioners to take advantage of the unusual opportunity for doing some of the work of clearing out the mud-hole at the rear end of the park. It is purposed to make a small pond of this spot, which will be both attractive in the summer and afford a skating place in the winter. A surprising depth of mud was found, it being from three to six feet deep, and this mud will serve as the greater part of the top dressing required about the park. After the whole of the park appropriation had been expended the dry weather still continued, and as it made the work at the pond so unusually economical the Commissioners desired to continue it. After consultation with the Board of Se- lectmen it was decided to do so, and additional work to the extent of $102.46 was performed before the fall rains commenced.
If the coming summer is ordinarily dry the pond will be excavated so that by next winter it will be flooded for skating for nearly its whole size.
The town made a special appropriation of $400 for a band stand. This was less than recommended for the
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purpose, and less, it was found, than a suitable band stand could be built for. It was decided best to build a stand, the main part of which should be of more lasting mate- rial than wood, and this has been done, using cobbles laid in Portland cement for the corners of the stand, and using iron beams and stone piers for the support of the floor. Cobble stones were found in the park in the work of clearing, and the cobble stone corners are surmounted by large granite caps. The stand is now made ready for the flooring, railings and the room for storage below the floor, at a cost of $264.25, leaving a balance of $135.75, which was turned back to the town. To complete the stand in wood, including a wooden flooring, will cost $270 For an additional sum of $50 the flooring and the walls of the storage room can be made of reinforced concrete, and we would recommend using the more permanentma- terial. The storage room spoken of is for holding the chairs, racks, etc., for the use of musicians.
The disbursement of the park appropriation for the past year has been as follows :
Care of Casino through the winter 24.00
Casino insurance 25.00
Labor pay roll, teaming, supplies and repairs. . 2,053.46
$2,102.46
Appropriation
2,000.00
Overdraw
$102.46
The Park Band Stand appropriation has been dis-
bursed as follows :
Labor pay roll
$116.70
Plans and iron rails
42.67
Cement and patterns 35.38
Teaming 1.00
48.00
Granite tops
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Setting of granite tops
5.50
Temporary floor during Old Home Week
15.00
$264.25
Appropriation
$400.0
Amount used
264.25
Amount returned
$135.75
Respectfully submitted,
S. D. BUSHEE, KARL H. HYDE, Secretary.
Park Commissioners of the Town of Attleborough.
Examined January 30, 1908, and found correct.
BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY, FREDERICK L. LeBARON, WM. L. ELLIOT,
Auditors.
Report of Tree Warden
To the Citizens of Attleborough :
The trees have been trimmed where it was deemed ne- cessary and a number of dead trees were removed.
January 16, 1907, Mr. S. O. Bigney petitioned to have two trees on County street removed. The hearing was held in the Town Clerk's office and was well attended. The permit was granted.
It was deemed advisable to remove four trees on North Main street, two from opposite property owned by Mrs. Day and two from opposite property owned by Miss Clara Blackinton, as the trees were in the gutter and were considered to be a menace to the safety of the pub- lic. Notices were posted on each one of the trees, a hearing was held in the Town Clerk's office, after which the trees were removed.
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