USA > Massachusetts > Bristol County > Attleboro > Reports of town officers of the town of Attleborough 1908-09 > Part 3
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27
. .
5,000.00
Interest.
1908.
$45,000.00
First National Bank of Attleboro, interest due on bonds for the year 1908 $ 800.00
Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co.,
· interest due on bonds for the year 1908 17,573.81
Interest due on Registered Bonds for 1908 925.00
First National Bank of Attleboro, interest for 60 days on note of $15,000, dated Feb. 20, 1908, at 5% 125.00
Interest for 3 days on note of $15,000, dated Feb. 20, 1908, at 5% 6.25
Frank I. Babcock, Treasurer of Sinking Fund, interest from
Dec. 31, 1907, to May 1, 1908, on note of $5,000, dated Dec. 31, 1907, at 6% 100.00
$19,530.06
Miscellaneous.
1908.
Paid.
Treasurer of Sinking Fund, Water
Department
$10,000.00
67
ANNUAL REPORT
Maintenance account 14,596.28
Construction account 24,497.63
$49,093.91
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1909
2,549.80
$116,173.77
OUTSTANDING BONDS.
January 1, 1909.
4 per cent. bonds, due Oct., 1912. . $20,000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due Sept., 1915. . 12,000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due Jan., 1919 .. 20,000.00 31/2 per cent. bonds, due April, 1921 20,000.00 31/2 per cent. bonds, due Jan., 1921 10,000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due Oct., 1922 .. 25,000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due July, 1923 . . 35,000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due July, 1924 .. 40,000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due July, 1926. . 25,000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due July, 1927 .. 10,000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due July, 1928 .. 13,000.00 31/2 per cent. bonds, due July, 1929 15,000.00 37/2 per cent. bonds, due July, 1930 12,000.00 31/2 per cent. bonds, due April, 1932 30,000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due Oct., 1933. · 30,000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due Oct., 1934 .. 20,000.00 31/2 per cent. bonds, due March, 1935 100,000.00 31/2 per cent. bonds, due Nov., 1935 50,000.00 4 per cent. bonds, due April, 1910-
1934 50,000.00
$537,000.00
68
ANNUAL REPORT
TOWN INDEBTEDNESS.
Town bonds, general department $70,000.00 Sinking Fund assets, general de-
partment 31,000.86
Net bonded debt, general depart-
$38,999.14 ment
Floating debt, January 1, 1909 $25,200.00
Time notes, January 1, 1909 50,400.00
$75,600.00
Balance net debt, general depart-
ment
$114,599.14
Water Department, bonds $537,000.00 Sinking Fund assets, Water De- partment 62,063.86
Balance net debt, Water Depart-
ment
$474,936.14
Total bonded debt, General and Water Department ... .$607,000.00
Sinking Fund assets, General and Water Department 93,064.72
Net bonded debt, General and Water Department $513,935.28
Floating debt and time notes 75,600.00
Total net debt, General and Water
Department $589,535.28
Due from State of Massachusetts .. $ 3,067.50
69
ANNUAL REPORT
Amount of uncollected taxes
23,548.22
Cash on hand, January 1, 1909 . .. 45,478.09
$72,093.81
FRANK I. BABCOCK,
Town Treasurer.
DEBORAH STARKEY FUND.
Dr.
Interest accrued Jan. 1, 1889 $ 9.33
Interest from Jan. 1, 1889, to Jan.
1, 1909 720.00
$729.33
Cr.
Amount of relief paid from the fund upon orders of Selectmen, from Jan. I, 1889, to Jan. I, 1909 $439.00
By balance 290.33
$729.33
Principal of fund
$600.00
Accrued interest 290.33
Amount of fund, January 1, 1909. . $890.33
FRANK I. BABCOCK, Town Treasurer.
Examined February 3, 1909, and found correct : BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY, FREDERICK L. LeBARON, WM. L. ELLIOT,
Auditors.
Report of the Commissioners of Sinking Fund
GENERAL DEPARTMENT.
Dr.
To cash on hand January 1, 1908 .. $2,558.48
To amount invested in real estate mortgages and notes, January 1, 1908 24,450.00
To cash from Town Treasurer .
2,500.00
To interest
1,492.38
$3,992.38
$31,000.86
Cr.
Amount invested in real estate
mortgages, January 1, 1909 . . . $23,600.00 Notes of the Town 4,500.00 Cash on hand, January 1, 1909 2,900.86
$31,000.86
WATER DEPARTMENT.
Dr.
To cash on hand, January 1, 1908 ... $ 2,391.II
71
ANNUAL REPORT
To amount invested in real estate mortgages and notes, January 1, 1908 47,150.00
To cash from Town Treasurer .$10,000.00 To interest 2,522.75
$12,522.75
$62,063.86
Cr.
Amount invested in real estate
mortgages, January 1, 1909 . . $40,550.00 Amount invested in Town notes ... 20,700.00 Cash on hand, January 1, 1909 813.86
$62,063.86
E. S. HORTON, FREDK. G. MASON, F. W. WEAVER,
Commissioners of Sinking Fund.
FRANK I. BABCOCK, Treasurer.
Examined January 21, 1909, and found correct :
BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY, FREDERICK L. LeBARON, WM. L. ELI.IOT, Auditors.
Report of the Trustees of the Tri-Centennial Fund
Attleborough, Mass., Dec. 31, 1908.
The Trustees of the Tri-Centennial Fund make the fol- lowing report :
Cash in the Attleborough Savings Bank, October 17, 1908, Book Number 8619 $346.27
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 submitting herewith his eleventh annual report for the year ending December 31, 1908:
Taxes for 1903.
Dr.
Committed
$69.96 2.61
Interest
Cr. $72.57
Collected
Abated
$55.81 16.76
$72.57
Taxes for 1904.
Dr.
Committed
$92.59
Interest
4.72
$97.31
74
ANNUAL REPORT
Cr.
Collected
$26.57
Abated
70.74
$97.31
Taxes for 1905.
Dr.
Committed
$365.81
Interest
25.27
$391.08
Cr.
Collected
$184.50
Uncollected
23.70
Abated
182.88
Betterment Tax.
Cr.
Committed $31.40
$31.40
Abated
$31.40
$31.40
Taxes for 1906. Dr.
Committed $2,951.54
Interest 206.98
$3,158.52
$391.08
75
ANNUAL REPORT
Cr.
Collected
$2,456.28
Uncollected
332.65
Abated
369.59
$3,158.52
· Betterment Tax.
Dr.
Committed
$122.85
Interest
9.76
$132.61
Cr.
Collected
$132.61
Taxes for 1907.
Dr.
Committed
.$19,211.92
Interest 540.22
$19,752.14
Cr.
Collected $16,615.36
Uncollected 1,565.40
Abated
1,571.38
$19,752.14
$132.61
. 76
ANNUAL REPORT
Betterment Tax.
Dr.
Committed
$542.45
Interest
5.24
$547.69
Cr.
Collected
$457.94
Abated
89.75
$547.69
Excise Tax.
Dr.
Committed $44.85
$44.85
Cr.
Collected $44.85
$44.85
Taxes for 1908.
Dr.
Committed
$248,775.57
Added taxes
770.99
Interest
461.28
$250,007.84
:77
ANNUAL REPORT
Cr.
Collected $225,799.91
Uncollected 21,467.85
Abated 2,740.08
$250,007.84
Excise Tax.
Dr.
Committed
$2,159.00
Cr. $2,159.00
Collected
$2,080.13
Uncollected
48.72
Abated
30.15
$2,159.00
Betterment Tax.
Dr.
Committed
$291.20
$291.20
Cr.
Collected
$181.30
Uncollected
109.90
Collected. $291.20
1903 tax $ 55.81
1904 tax 26.57
78
ANNUAL REPORT
1905 tax 184.50
1906 tax
2,456.28
1906 Betterment 132.61
1907 tax 16,615.36
1907 Betterment
457.94
1907 Excise
44.85
1908 tax
.225,799.91
1908 Excise 2,080.13
1908 Betterment 181.30
Cash on hand 100.33
Bank interest
.82
$248,136.41
Cr.
Paid Treasurer as per vouchers . . $246,988.24
Cash on hand 1,148.17
$248,136.4I
Table of Percentages, Showing Collections Plus Abatement Orders.
1903
Tax
100%
1904
Tax
100%
1905
Tax
94%
1906
Tax 90%
1906
Betterment 100%
1907
Tax
92%
I907
Betterment 100%
1907
Excise
100%
1908
Tax 911/2%
1908
Excise
98%
1908
Betterment 62%
79
ANNUAL REPORT
This report completes eleven years I have served you as your Collector of Taxes. In that time I have collected and paid over to the Town Treasurer, promptly and cor- rectly, over 214 millions of dollars.
Considering the hard financial panic of the past year, I consider our taxpayers have broken all past records in promptitude of their payments.
A glance at the percentage tables in the report shows five items with 100% collections and no item but one under 90%, a condition we have never reached before.
In closing, I desire to thank the taxpayers for their unvarying courtesy accorded me in the official perform- ance of my duties, which many times, by virtue of the character of the same, are far from pleasant, although necessary.
Respectfully yours,
S. M. HOLMAN,
Collector of Taxes.
Examined January 26, 1909, and found correct :
BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY, FREDERICK L. LeBARON, WM. L. ELLIOT,
Auditors.
80
ANNUAL REPORT
REPORT OF HARRY E. CARPENTER
December 31, 1908.
Balance uncollected January I,
1908
$728.79
Interest received
70.56
$799.35
Abated
94.30
Paid to Treasurer
$705.05
Respectfully submitted,
HARRY E. CARPENTER,
Collector.
Annual Report of the Board of Assessors
To the Citizens of Attleborough :
The assessors in rendering this annual report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1908, feel it their duty to bring to your attention the fact that the amount required to be raised by taxation in 1909 to take care of the recommend- ations of the various departments, together with the sum necessary to meet former votes of the town and the re- quirements of the law will amount to at least $261,000.00. This is a sum $15,000.00 greater than the entire levy of 1908. To this amount must be added the extra appro- priations made in town meeting so that it can readily be seen that in order to keep the rate at $17.50 in 1909 it would require an increase in valuation of over $1,200,000.
Inasmuch as the valuation of the town has been in- creased $2,000,000 in the last two years and as conditions would not seem to warrant a large increase this year we are of the opinion that a conservative estimate would make the valuation in 1909 approximately $14.000,000, or an increase of about $500,000 over 1908.
On this basis the tax rate for 1909 will have to be $18.00 per thousand plus about 7 1-3 cents for each thou- sand dollars appropriated in town meeting, other than for regular department purposes. Consequently, while we would not advise false economy, which would hamper the departments in their work or deprive the citizens of needed improvements, we earnestly request that each article in the warrant be carefully considered in order that the tax rate be kept as near $18.00 as possible.
82
ANNUAL REPORT
TABLE OF AGGREGATES MAY 1, 1908.
Number of Residents Assessed on Property.
Individuals 2,046
All others 295
Total
2,34I
Number of Non-Residents Assessed on Property.
Individuals 682
All others
73
Total 755
Total number of persons assessed
on property 3,096
Total number of persons assessed on polls only 3,454
Total 6,550
Number of polls assessed, males . 4,645
Number of polls added, males 87
Total 4,732
Tax on each poll, $2.00.
Value of Assessed Personal Estate.
Excluding bank stock, resident .$4,030,145
Resident bank stock
18,880
Total $4,049,025
Value of Assessed Real Estate.
Buildings, excluding land
$5,906,505
83
ANNUAL REPORT
Land, excluding buildings 3,588,240
Total $9,494,745
Total value of assessed estate, May
1, 1908 $13,543,770
Tax for State, County and Town Purposes, Including
Overlayings.
On personal estate $ 70,857.93
On real estate 166,158.04
On polls 9,290.00
Total tax $246,305.97 Rate per $1,000, $17.50.
Increased Values for the Year 1908.
On buildings $427,120.00
On land 113,845.00
On personal property 398,030.00
Total gain in valuation $938,995.00
Gain in number of polls II6
Number of horses assessed
759
Number of cows assessed 854
Number of neat cattle, other than
COWS 72
Number of swine
166
Number of dwelling houses 2,429
Number of acres of land 15,000
Number of fowls 8,539
Value of fowl assessed $4,060.00
84
ANNUAL REPORT
Amounts Assessed for the Year 1908.
Appropriations made between May 1, 1907, and March, 1908.
Old Home Week $3.000.00
Hayward Street 300.00
Thacher Street
500.00
West Street 1,000.00
New street, Thacher to West.
and Soldiers' monument
5,000.00
Provincetown monument
45.00
Widening County Street
200.00
$10,045.00
Amounts Raised to Meet the Requirements of Former Votes of the Town.
Capron Park 2,000.00
Dodgeville school house 1,000.00
Addition to high school 2.000.00
Wall Street
2,800.00
Olive Street extension
2,500.00
$10,300.00
Amounts Required by Law to be Raised by Taxation.
Sinking Fund
$2.500.00
Interest on notes
3,000.00
Interest on bonds 2,650.00
State tax 18,425.00
County tax
16,230.93
Grade Crossing Abolition tax
11,965.37
State Highway tax
132.55
$54,903.85
Forwarded
$75.348.85
83
ANNUAL REPORT
Appropriations Made at the Annual Town Meeting, March 2, 1908.
Current and incidental expenses . . $12,000.00
Patrolmen and Police Department. 4,500.00
Fire Department :
Current and incidentals
14,700.00
500 feet hose 300.00
Rubber coats 100.00
Highway and bridges
14,000.00
County, Thacher and Tiffany
Streets
500.00
Thacher Brook drain
2,000.00
Pond Street
300.00
Phillips Street
300.00
Connecting Forest and Sturdy
Streets with Thacher
Brook
drain
900.00
Cleaning out Ten Mile River 100.00
Concrete sidewalks
2,500.00
Street sprinkling 4,000.00
Steam road roller 2,500.00
Street lighting 13,800.00
Soldiers' Relief 3,300.00
Curbing Soldiers' monument 500.00
Suppressing illegal sale of liquors 250.00
Rent, W. A. Streeter Post, G. A. R. 348.00
Decorating graves of soldiers and sailors
300.00
Public library
6,500.00
Support of paupers
8,000.00
Support of paupers, medical tendance
at-
500.00
Educational Department 71,000.00
Insuring school property 1,750.00
86
ANNUAL REPORT
New school house, Washington
street
3,000.00
Military Aid
60.00
Water Department
3,000.00
Total
$171,008.00
Appropriations Made June 23, 1908.
Fire alarm boxes
$ 175.00
Sidewalks, Betterment act
1,000.00
Total
$1,175.00
$247,431.85
Estimated receipts
4,500.00
Overlayings
3,374.12
Total tax levy
$246,305.97
Added taxes
770.99
Non-resident bank tax
2,469.60
Excise railway tax
2,159.00
Total tax committed to collector .. $251,705.56
GEO. M. WORRALL, HARRY E. CARPENTER, FRED L. TORREY,
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, 1908 :
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 hook and ladder men and five fire police, all located in the center of the Town; a hose com- pany at Farmers Village, a double company (hook and ladder and hose) at South Attleborough, 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.
88
ANNUAL REPORT
Hosemen :
Mark S. Millard,
James W. Nicholson,
E. Herbert Briggs,
Herbert Mckinnon,
William E. Riley, Frank Keeler,
Archibald Young.
Substitutes :
Elmer Foster, Donald Ferguson, Gilbert Thompson.
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, Warren Wright,
William Young.
Substitutes :
Albert K. McLeod, Leith Young,
Frank Lyle.
Permanent Men :
William Strong, Joseph Newcomb,
89
ANNUAL REPORT
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:
Walter C. Dix, George H. Nash,
Joseph H. Williams, Charles Sweetland,
Borden F. Stearns, George A. Taylor,
William T. Smith, G. Irving Boyden.
Substitutes :
Cregg Pope, Albert T. Young,
Herbert Brown, Roy M. Churchill.
Permanent Men : L. Flanagan, Driver ; Leonard Gould.
Hose Company No. 3.
Farmers.
Robert W. Sharkey, Foreman ; R. I. Giviens, Lieut .; W. H. Sharpe, Clerk and Treasurer.
Hosemen :
Frank N. Fowler, Michael Slattery, John A. Nerney, Robert Tipping. Raymond Manchester, Herbert Todd, Hiram Congdon, John Hardt, Charles Gay. Substitutes :
Frank Hatten, Archie Graham,
Steven Harvey.
90
ANNUAL REPORT
Hook and Ladder Company No. 2. South Attleboro.
Fred V. Murphy, Foreman ; William H. Coupe, Lieut .; H. V. Hopkins, Clerk.
Hook and Ladder Men :
Frank H. McGinity,
George W. Orr,
Nelson Roy, C. W. Barker,
Henry Bunker, F. A. Baker, Frank E. Shaw, Thomas F. Dean,
John Bora.
Substitutes :
Charles Cotton, Harry Prince.
Hose Company No. 4.
South Attleboro.
James W. Orr, Foreman ; John Ludgate, Lieut .; Christopher J. McLoughlin, Clerk.
Hosemen :
John Brennan, Michael Fox, Emory H. Orr,
John Marsland,
Daniel Driscoll, Percy Doran, Isaac L. Bunker, Walter W. Abbott, John Chace.
Hose Company No. 5.
Hebronville.
H. A. Smith, Foreman ;
W. N. Goff, Lieut. ;
91
ANNUAL REPORT
Chas. L. Atwell, Clerk ; J. V. Curran, Treasurer.
Hosemen :
Albert I. Atwell,
Alexander LaPalme,
Peter Gagne,
Adelard Messier,
Wm. Frenier, Martin Tierney, Frank Frenier,
William Sargent.
Substitutes :
Chester Smith, George Parker, Andrew Sargent.
Hose Company No. 6. St. Jean Plat.
Levi Monast, Foreman ; John McGale, Lieut .;
Armedas Duquette, Clerk ; William Smith, Treasurer.
Hosemen :
Arthur Dorais, Medore Duquette. Philomme Dorais, Frederick Duquette, Wilfred Champagne, Philias Duquette, H. Smith.
Joseph E. Smith,
Substitutes :
Wilfred Smith, John Paquette, Dominic E. Brogan.
Hose Company No. 7.
Briggs Corner.
Edward D. Briggs, Foreman ; Fred L. Briggs, Clerk.
92
ANNUAL REPORT
Hosemen :
Ernest E. White,
Edward A. Peck,
William A. Vickery,
Carl A. Brigham, Herbert B. Rounds,
Henry E. Briggs,
Charles L. Douglas,
Alfred W. Brigham,
George L. Wetherell,
Walter L. Brown.
Substitutes :
Carlos T. Clark, Clarence Brigham, William H. Brown.
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 5,000 feet of hose in good condition, located in the center of the town; one one-horse hose wagon, 600 feet of hose and all necessary tools in good condition, lo- cated 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
93
ANNUAL REPORT
wagon, one single-horse pung and one two-horse pung, located in the center of the Town.
Horses.
The department has eight horses, two on Hose No. I at South Main Street, two on Hose No. 2 at Union Street, two on Ladder Truck No. I at Union Street, one used by Chief and for fire alarm purposes, one spare horse, which has been laid up, but is now in good condition.
We believe that the department should keep an extra horse at Union Street, so as to have one in readiness for the Chief at all times, as in a great many cases one is re- quired on the fire alarm system; also in case of a sick horse, the department is then prepared.
The horses for the use of Hose Companies No. 3, 4, 5 and Ladder Company No. 2 are hired.
The service for Hose Company No. 3 is not as good as is needed, but is the best we have been able to secure, as there are very few available horses in that section.
The service for Hose Company No. 4 and Hook and Ladder Company No. 2 at South Attleborough is as good as can be expected while dependent upon hired horses.
The service for Hose Company No. 5 at Hebronville is as good as we can expect, owing to the fact that the horses used are at such a long distance from the hose house.
Harnesses.
The department has four sets of double harnesses, one used by Hook and Ladder Truck No. I, one used by Hose Company No. 2, and one used by Hose Company No. 5, Hebronville ; 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
94
ANNUAL REPORT
at Union street, and one extra harness, all in good con- dition.
Fire Alarm.
The Gamewell fire alarm system is in use and in good condition. It consists of the following apparatus: Two steam gongs, one at the pumping station at South Attle- borough, and one at the Electric Light Station, located at Farmers; three bells, one on South Main Street, one near Peck Street, one on Hose Company No. 4 house, South Attleborough; one striker located on the church at Hebronville; one indicator at Hose Company No. I, one at Hose Company No. 2, and one at Hose Company No. 5; 15 tappers, used in the shops, and by members of the fire department, 57 fire alarm boxes, owned by the town, one private box, owned by the Interstate Street Railway Company ; about 50 miles of wire and all neces- sary tools for keeping the same in repair; one storage battery, complete, with a six-circuit switch board.
Houses.
The department houses are located as follows: South Main Street house, occupied by Hose Company No. I ; Union Street house, occupied by Hook and Ladder Com- pany No. I, and Hose Company No. 2; the house at Far- mers, 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 Hebronville, occupied by Hose Company No. 5. Hose Company No. 6 is located in the building owned by the St. Jean Im- provement Society ; the house at Briggs Corner is occu- pied by Hose Company No. 7.
Permanent Improvements.
During the last year we have purchased 500 feet of hose and one new horse ; painted South Main Street hose
95
ANNUAL REPORT
house ; repaired the democrat wagon, also added two fire alarm boxes, No. 612, located on Falmouth Street, and No. 69, at the corner of Park and Wilmarth Streets.
Statistics.
Total number of fires and alarms during the year, I908:
Bell alarms
30
Still alarms
79
Assembly calls II
Fires with no alarms
6
Total I26
Fires in buildings
30
Fires in brush and grass
Fires in woods 33
23
Fires in chimneys
15
Fire in freight car
I
Fire in electric car
I
Fires in automobiles
2
Fires in dumps
5
Fires in fences
2
Fire in telephone pole
I
Fire in canvas
I
Automatic alarms; no fire
6
Calls where no fire could be found
6
Total loss for the year 1908 $37,469.72
Loss on buildings 21,235.80
Loss on contents
Covered by insurance 16,233.92
29,369.72
Loss over insurance 8,100.00
I26
Recommendations.
We would recommend the extending of the fire alarm down Washington Street.
96
ANNUAL REPORT
We would recommend the purchase of 500 feet of hose.
We would recommend the purchase of an express wagon.
We would recommend the purchase of a combination hook and ladder truck and all its equipments, the same to be located at South Main Street Hose house and the Board of Engineers to organize a company for the same, to consist of the permanent and six call men.
We recommend that we make such alterations in the South Main Street engine house as will be necessary to accommodate the same.
Salaries.
Chief Engineer $500.00 per year
Assistant Engineers 200.00 per year
Foreman, Center Companies 115.00 per year
Hoseman, Center Companies 100.00 per year
Hook and Ladder men, Center Com- panies 100.00 per year
Permanent men 17.50 per week
Farmers Hose Company, each man . South Attleboro Hose Company, each man
25.00 per year
25.00 per year South Attleboro 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 would call the attention of the vot- ers to the condition existing in the south section of the town, at present Hose Company No. 4, and Hook and Ladder Company No. 2 are covering more property un- protected by water than any other companies in town. We believe there should be in the near future a combina-
97
ANNUAL REPORT
tion wagon purchased similar to the one stationed at Hose Company No. 2, for the use of Hose Company No. 4.
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 Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen :- I have the honor of submitting the re- port of this department to Jan. I, 1909:
Sealed
Cond. Adj.
Number of platform scales over 5,000 lbs.
IO
I 2
Number of platform scales under 5,000 lbs.
59
4
6
Number of computing scales
25
3
I
Number of all other scales
98
I7
I4
Number of weights
713
I
47
Number of dry measures
467
28
5
cluding pumps
296
32
5
Number of milk bottles
10,035
I54
Number of linear measures
59
24
Total
11,762
240
104
Each and every one of the milk jars were tested before sealing or condemning.
Cash Account. Dr.
To cash received for fees $89.42
To fees uncollected
.30
$89.72
Number of liquid measures, in-
99
ANNUAL REPORT
Cr.
Aug. 6, cash paid Town Treasurer $19.00
Aug. 25, cash paid Town Treasurer 21.00
July 6, cash paid Town Treasurer .. 10.36
Sept. 4, cash paid Town Treasurer. 10.00
Sept. 29, cash paid Town Treasurer I8.66
Nov. 12, cash paid Town Treasurer 4.18
Dec. 31, cash paid Town Treasurer 6.22
Balance uncollected
.30
$89.72
Cost of Labor.
3301/2 hours at 30 cents per hour in office
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.