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Carroll Delos Wright
Charles E. Bliss School
Felix Loparle Olen AuClair
Joseph Wilson Leavitt
Florence Lillian Bigney
Roy Talbot Matteson
Ida Irene Blair
Clarence Carpenter Munroe
Ida May Bowen
Tesla Case Nicola
James Albert Broadbent
Wellington Green Nicola
Madeline Dorothy Brown
Laura Isabel Perry
Earl Perrin Cooper
John Henning Peterson
Robert Fox Crook
Joseph Hugo Peterson
Francis Joseph Doyle
Francis William Powers
Beatrice Lucil Marie Dudemaine Solomon Rotenberg
Oquilla Johnson Echoles
Joseph Milton Sarle
Russell Salter Shaw
Jerome Francis Gilbert
Nettie Lane Stoddard
Gladys Earl Handy
Ethel Beatrice Vine
James Francis Healey
Clarence Edward Wightman
Mary Ellen Hunt
Ethel Louise Wilkinson
Frances Arvilla Kenniston
Frances Lillian Willmore
George Harvey Leach
Louis Roy Wilmarth
Carleton Crosby Leavitt
William Henry Young Jr.
South Attleboro School
Earle Clinton Barden
George Vernette Evans
Grace Hazelton Bennett
Nelson King Bennett
Thomas Jefferson King
Ruth Louise Bunker
Clifford Howarth Orr
Iva Isabelle Dean
Lily Standring
William Joseph Dean
Milton Joseph Emhoff
Louise Maude Whalley Alton Raymond Wilbar
Washington School
Lottie May Dohring Margaret Louise Dugan Rose Alma Leonard
Harold Raymond Lewis Albert Bergen Miller Clarence Ervin Raymond
Harry Stephen Haley
Gladys May Green
Ruth Stafford
Edward Firestein
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Visiting Schedule of School Physician for 1913.
High School
6-27
1.
17
0 5-26
16
Pleasant Street
6-27
17
17
; 5-26
16
Sanford Street
8-29
19
19
9 7-28
15
Farmers . .
8-29
19
19
9 7-26
18
Richardson
10-31
21
21
11 9-30
20
Carpenter Street
10-31
21
21
11 9-30
20
Bliss
13
3
3-24
14
12 2-23
Capron .
13
3
3-24
14
12 2-23
Briggs Corner
15
5
5-26
16
14 4-25
Dodgeville
17
7-28
16
16 6-27
Tiffany.
17
10 10-31
21
19
0
South Attleboro
24
14
14
4-25
23
13
Plat
14
14
4-25
23
13
-
-
18
16 6-27
Hebronville
20
12
12
2-23
21
11
Washington ..
Mar.
April
May
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Program of Manual Training Teacher
Day
Time
School
Grade
Tuesday
8:15- 9:40
High
Freshmen Freshmen
9:50-11:15
High
1:00- 2:30
Bliss
VIII
2:30- 4:00
Richardson
VIII
Thursday
8:15- 9:40
High
Freshmen
9:50-11:15
High
Freshmen
1:00- 2:30
Sanford St.
VIII
2:30- 4:00
Washington and
VIII
South Attleboro
VIII
Program of Sewing Teacher
Day
Time
School
Grade
Monday
9:00- 9:45
Washington
VIII, VII VI, V
11:00-11:45
South Attleboro
V-VIII
1:15- 2:15
Tiffany
VII, VI
2:30- 3:30
Tiffany
V, IV
Tuesday
9:00- 9:45
Sanford St. No. 7
V
9:45-10:30
Sanford St. No. 8
V
10:45-11:45
Sanford St. No. 2
VII
1:15- 2:15
Bliss
VIII
2:30- 3:30
Richardson
VIII
Wednesday
9:00-10:00
Briggs Corner Dodgeville
VI, V 1st & 3d wk.
9:00-10:00
VI, V 2d &4th wk. VII
10:45-11:45
Bliss
1:15- 2:15
Bliss
VI
2:30- 3:30
Bliss
V
Thursday
9:15-10:15
Farmers
VI, V
10:45-11:45
Richardson
V
1:15- 2:15
Sanford St.
VIII
2:30- 3:30
Richardson
VII
Friday
9:00-10:00
Hebronville
V-VII
10:45-11:45
Sanford St. No. 3
VII, VI
1:15. 2:15
VI
2:30- 3:30
Sanford St. No. 4 Richardson
VI
9:45-10:30
Washington
Program of Supervisor of Music
Day
Time
School
Grade
Sept.
Oct.
NOV.
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
April
May
June
Monday .
8:30- 9:10
9:10-11:40
1:30- 3:40
High Sanford St. Sanford' St.
1-VIII
9-23
7-21
4-18 2-16 6-20
3-17 10-24 7-21 12-26 9-23
Monday
8:30- 9:10
High
Richardson
I-VIII
16-30 14-28 11-25
30
13-27
10
17-31
14
5-19 2-16
Tuesday
9:00-10:30
Briggs Corner Capron
I-VI
11:00-11:30
II, I
10-24
8-22
5-19 3-17 7-21
4-18 11-25 8-22 13-27 10-24
1:15- 3:05
Dodgeville
I-VI
3:10- 3-40
Carpenter St.
I-III
Tuesday
9:00-10:45
I-V11I
I
10
11:00- 1:50
1-V111
17
15-29 12-26
31
|14-28
1I
4-18 1-15 6-20
3-17
2:00- 3:40
I-VII
Wednesday
8:30- 9:10
Iligh
9:30-10:10
Pleasant St.
I-IV
11-25 9-23
6-20
4-18 8-22 5-19 12-26
9-23 14-28 11-25
10:45-11:40
Farmers
I-VI
1:15- 3:10
Hebronville
I-VII
Wednesday
8:30- 9:10
High
9:30-11:40
Bliss
I-VIII
18
16-30 13-27
11 15-29
12 |5.19, 2-16 7-21 4-18
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....
. .
1
1:30- 3:15
Bliss
9
3
9:30-11:45
1:30- 3:45
Richardson
Washington So. Attleboro Tiffany
Program of Supervisor of Drawing
Day
Time
School
Grade
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
June
Mondays
8:20-11:30
Iligli
Tuesdays
8:20-10:30
High
Wednesdays
8:20- 9:50
Iligh
Fridays
8:20- 1:00
High
Monday
1:15- 2:15
Dodgeville
I-IV VIII
9
7
4
2 30
27
3-31
5
2:45- 3:30
Bliss
Bliss
V-VII
16-30
14-28
11-25
9
6-20
3-17
10-24
7-21
12-26
9-23
1:15- 2:10
Hebronville
1-111
23
21
18
16
13
10
17
14
19
16
2:45- 3:30
Bliss
V111
111
10
8
5
3-31
28
4
1
6
3
11:00-11:40
Sanford Street
VII, VI
17
15
12
10
7
4
11
8
13
10
1:30- 3:40
Richardson
Bliss
IV
1
24
22
19
17
1.1
11
18
15
20
17
2:15- 2:40
Capron
11, 1
VI, V
VII. VI II, IV
1-29
26
4
21
18
25
22
27
24
10:00-11:30
Sanford Street
V, VIII
11
9
6
11
1-29
5
2
7
4
3:10- 3:40
Sanford Street V1
Sanford Street
V, VI1
18
16
13
18
x
5
12
9
14
11
1:00- 3:10
South Attleboro
1-VIII
25
23
20
15
12
19
16
21
18
10:00-11:30
V, VII
1
2-30
27
22
19
26
23
28
25
2:45- 3:30
9:05-11:30
Richardson
V-VIII IV-VI1 V1, V
12-26
10-21
7-21
5
16-30
13
6-20
3-17
8-22
5-19
2:20- 2:50
Dodgeville
3:00- 3:30
Carpenter Street
9:05- 9:25
Plat
9:45-11:40
Washington
I-VIII
19
17
14
12
9
6
13
10
15
12
1:30- 3:25
Tiffany
Washington
V-VIII II
3-31
19
23
20
27
2.1
29
26
1:30- 3:25
2:25- 3:25
13
11
8
6
3-31
7
4
9
6
2:10- 3:30
Pleasant Street Sanford Street
I-IV IV
27
25
22
20
17
14
21
18
23
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Wednesday
1:00- 2:25
Briggs Corner
1-V1
10:00-11:30
10:00-11:30 2:05- 3:40
Sanford Street Bliss
V, V111 1-I11
Sanford Street South Attleboro Sanford Street
VIII, VII VI
Thursday
1:15- 2:10
lebronville
195
9:05-10:20
11:15-11:40
Sanford Street Tiffany
Friday
11:00-11:30
1:30- 3:15
11:00-11:35
1:30- 1:55
Sanford Street
3:00- 3:35
Farmers
11:00-11:40
Sanford Street Richardson
1:30- 3:10
Sanford Street Farmers
1-VI
1:30- 3:25
Tuesday
1:00- 2:10
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Annual Report of the Tax Collector
REPORT OF SAMUEL M. HOLMAN.
To the Citizens of Attleborough :
Your Collector of Taxes has the honor of submitting herewith his fifteenth annual report for the year ending December 31, 1912:
Taxes for 1909.
Dr.
Committed
$27.72
Interest
.80
Cr. $28.52
Collected
$7.50
Abated
21.02
$28.52
Taxes for 1910.
Dr.
Committed
$777.22
Interest
55.63
$832.85
Cr.
Collected
$678.16
Abated
105.03
Uncollected
49.66
$832.85
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Concrete Betterment Tax.
Dr.
Committed
$30.80
$30.80
Cr.
Collected
$30.80
$30.80
Curbing Betterment Tax.
Dr.
Committed
$167.01
$167.01
Cr.
Collected
$167.01
$167.01
Taxes for 1911.
Dr.
Committed
$24,393.87
Interest
686.27
- 1
$25,080.14
Cr.
Collected
$21,554.19
Abated
1,426.36
Uncollected
2,099.59
$25,080.14
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Excise Tax.
Dr.
Committed
$2,436.20
$2,436.20
Cr.
Collected
$2,436.20
$2,436.20
Concrete Betterment Tax.
Dr.
Committed $559.34
$559.34
Cr.
Collected
$537.32
Uncollected
22.02
$559.34
Curbing Betterment Tax.
Dr
Committed
$1,468.01
Interest
.31
$1,468.32
Cr.
Collected
$1,412.07
Abated 25.00
Uncollected 31.25
$1,468.32
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Taxes for 1912. Dr.
Committed
Interest
$363,346.27 492.75
Added taxes
1,396.03
$365,235.05
Cr.
Collected
$330,439.54
Uncollected
31,141.46 3.654.05
Abated
$365,235.05
Excise Tax.
Dr.
Committed
$2,775.49
Cr.
Collected
$2,699.57
Uncollected
75.92
$2,775.49
Concrete Betterment Tax.
Dr.
Committed
$427.08
Interest
.04
('r. $427.12
Collected
$231.00
Uncollected
191.52
Abated
4.60
$427.12
$2,775.49
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Curbing Betterment Tax.
Dr.
Committed
$2,113.40
$2,113.40
Cr
Collected
$27.50
Uncollected
2,085.90
$2,113.40
Taxes Collected in 1912.
Dr.
1909 Tax $7.50
1910 Tax 6-8.16
1910 Concrete Betterment 30.80
1910 Curbing Betterment. 167.01
IgII Tax 21.554.19
IgII Excise
2.436.20
IgII Concrete Betterment.
537.32
19II Curbing Betterment. 1,412.07
1912 Tax 330.439.54
1912 Excise
2.699.57
1912 Concrete Betterment 231.00
1912 Curbing Betterment. 27.50
Cash on hand at last report
3.297.72
Bank interest
9.06
$363.527.64
Cr.
Paid Treasurer. as per vouchers. . . $350.440.00 Cash on hand 13.087.64
$363,527.64
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Examined, January 28, 1913, and found correct.
BENJAMIN F. LINDSEY, WILLIAM L. ELLIOT, FRED L. MORSE,
Auditors.
Table of Percentage, Showing Collections, Plus Abatement Orders.
1909.
Tax 100%
1910
Tax
94%
1910.
Concrete Betterment. 100%
1910.
Curbing Betterment 100%
19II.
Tax
92%
IQII.
Excise Tax.
100%
I9II.
Concrete Betterment. 96%
I9II
Curbing Betterment 98%
1912.
Tax
90%
1912.
Excise Tax
941/2%
1912.
Concrete Betterment
50%
1912
Curbing Betterment
1%
This report completes fifteen years I have served you as Collector of Taxes. In that time, I have collected and paid over to the Town Treasurer, promptly and cor- rectly, over $3,650,000.00.
Respectfully submitted,
SAMUEL M. HOLMAN,
Collector of Taxes.
Report of the Superintendent of Streets
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of the Town of Attleborough :
Gentlemen :- I herewith submit my ninth annual re- port as Superintendent of Streets for the year ending De- cember 31, 1912.
The department has added to its equipment three horses and one double tip cart at a cost of six hundred dollars. This amount was taken from the general appro- priation of $14,000. and is $4,000 less than the appropria- tion for the year 1910.
It was deemed advisable not to do any new work on the streets in the center, as there were more than twenty miles of sewer pipe to be installed during the year ; this work having been performed. the streets were in bad con- dition. and consequently it will require a larger appro- priation the ensuing year.
The work has been performed under the direction of the same foreman as in 1911, namely, Charles Weymouth, Assistant Superintendent of Streets. Joseph Siddall, who- has formerly had charge of sidewalks, has also built a number of new streets this year under special appro- priation.
Henry Lord has had charge of the work in the south part of the town, and Charles Howarth has at -. tended to the work in South Attleboro.
The department employs two regular foremen, five teamsters. two shovelers and one street cleaner, who are employed permanently : also one street cleaner, who is employed for eight months.
The department has at the present time eight horses and the other equipment of the department is the same
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as we had last year. All streets have been scraped and the gutters cleaned in the usual manner.
The following streets were improved in the north division, so-called :
North avenue was gravelled from the North Attle- boro line, a distance of 1,911 feet, and 270 yards of gravel were used.
North Main street was gravelled from Bates corner, going south, a distance of 1,200 feet ; 330 yards of gravel were used.
Bank street was gravelled from Leroy street to the bridge, a distance of 418 feet ; 210 yards of gravel were used.
Hodges street was gravelled from Mechanics street to Elizabeth street, a distnce of 1.030 feet ; 397 yards of gravel were used.
Benefit street was gravelled from Oak street, 630 feet going north ; 389 yards of gravel were used.
Richardson avenue was gravelled a distance of 1,400 feet : 369 yards of gravel were used.
Howard avenue was brought to grade and gravelled from Park street to Garden street, a distance of 229 feet ; 247 yards of gravel were used on this street.
East street was gravelled from South Main street to Union street, a distance of 200 feet ; 114 yards of gravel were used.
Carpenter street was gravelled from Pine street to Union street, a distance of 275 feet : 104 yards of gravel were used.
Mulberry street was gravelled from South Main street to Lafayette street, a distance of 250 feet: 160 yards of gravel were used.
Olive street was gravelled from Garden to the west end of the street, a distance of 150 feet.
Spring street was gravelled from South Main street to Riverside avenue, a distance of 400 feet, and the num -- ber of yards of gravel used on this street was 274.
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Holman street was macadamized from Brook street for a distance of 250 feet, going towards the center of the town. On account of the poor material in this street it was necessary to construct a sub-drain and crushed stone was placed on the street twenty inches deep. Num- ber of loads of poor material removed from street, 104. Number of loads of crushed stone used, 140.
Number of yards of crushed stone used on the streets for filling holes, etc. 345
Total number of yards of gravel used on the streets named above. 286I
Total number of yards of poor material taken from streets 4489
Total number of loads of sand used for sanding walks 4I
Total number of loads of snow removed from streets 28c Total number of loads of stone carted from gravel bank to yard. 560
Total number of loads of dirt removed from gut- ters 1870
Sidewalks.
The work has been performed as follows :
Park street 1000 feet
Thacher street 1465 feet
Torrey street 550 feet
Maple street
II00 feet
Parker street
880 feet
Pearl street
290 feet
School street
295 feet
Mulberry street 250 feet
Pleasant street 920 feet
Falmouth street 320 feet
Holman street 380 feet
Howard avenue 200 feet
Bank street 515 feet
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Lafayette street 252 feet
Spring street 75 feet
West street 72 feet
Atwood street
712 feet
Carpenter street 278 feet
South Main street 1231 feet
10,785 feet
Number of loads of gravel used on sidewalks. 2980
Number of loads of ashes used on sidewalks. I206
Number of loads of stone used on sidewalks 477
Number of loads of poor material removed. 204
i
4867
South Division.
The work in this division has been performed as fol- lows: The brush has been cut from all the streets in town.
South Main street has been gravelled from Tiffany street to Thurber avenue, also from the corner of Knight avenue to Atwell's curve, a distance of 2,854 feet. Num- ber of loads of gravel used on this street, 1,664.
Thacher street was cut and brought to grade from Lamb street to the river bridge, a distance of 1,250 feet. Number of loads of gravel used, 604.
Locust street was brought to grade from South Main street, a distance of 650 feet, to the Grange Hall. Num- ber of loads of gravel used, 961.
The sidewalk was constructed on South Main street, from Church street to Knight avenue, a distance of 1,000 feet : 300 loads of ashes were used in this work.
Other streets were generally improved.
Southwest Division.
The work in the southwest division was performed as
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follows: All streets were scraped, gutters cleaned and brush cut in this division.
Highland avenue was gravelled a distance of 1,230 feet. Number of loads of gravel used, 348.
McMann street was gravelled a distance of 370 feet. Number of loads of gravel used on this street, 46.
Robinson avenue was repaired a distance of 300 feet. Number of loads of gravel used. 42.
West street was repaired a distance of 500 feet and sidewalk resurfaced a distance of 1.200 feet.
Washington street sidewalk resurfaced a distance of 700 feet.
Newport avenue sidewalk resurfaced a distance of 1,500 feet.
Number of loads of crushed stone used on sidewalk. 186.
Number of loads of gravel used on sidewalk. 140.
Cumberland avenue catch basins repaired. Brown street culvert has also been repaired : also Mendon ave- nue. Bacon street and Turner street have been repaired. Number of loads of gravel used on these streets, 262.
A new fence was built on Pond street, 780 feet in length, and 22 feet of 8-inch pipe for a drain was laid on Turner street. Number of loads of waste material re- moved, 186.
Bridges, Culverts and Catch Basins.
The following bridges were covered with 2-inch plank : Tiffany street, Read street and Maple street, and the sidewalk on Olive street bridge: also the County street bridge, near the R. I. line, has been repaired.
Three new catch basins have been built, one in Park street, one in Olive street. and one in County street. All other catch basins have been cleaned in the fall and in the spring.
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Akron pipe has been laid in the streets as follows :
Olive street 8 feet of 8-inch pipe
Park street
58 feet of 8-inch pipe
West street
32 feet of 8-inch pipe
Bank street
54 feet of 8-inch pipe
Peck street
50 feet of 12-inch pipe
Peck street
72 feet of 15-inch pipe
Peck avenue
58 feet of 8-inch pipe
Maple street
22 feet of 8-inch pipe
Carpenter street
42 feet of 8-inch pipe
Third street
IO feet of 8-inch pipe
North Main street
187 feet of 8-inch pipe
Town Yard
58 feet of 6-inch pipe
Total
651 feet
Thacher Brook Drain and Ten Mile River.
A special appropriation of $200 was made for the purpose of cleaning the river and the Thacher Brook Drain. The drain has been cleaned from a point north of the Taunton branch of the N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. to Maple street. The Ten Mile River has been cleaned from R. Wolfenden & Sons' establishment to Cliff street bridge.
Street Oiling and Sprinkling.
The streets were sprinkled at intervals during the first two weeks in April, and during the remainder of the year oil was used. Oil was purchased from different con- cerns as follows :
John S. Lamson $555.86
Standard Oil Co., N. Y 1,632.45
Alden Spears & Sons. 2,403.63
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The following streets have received one application of oil :
Lamb street,
Mill street.
Dean street.
Perrin street.
Thacher street.
Sturdy street.
Commonwealth avenue.
Claflin street.
John street. Hayward street.
Wall street.
East street,
West street.
Maple street,
Manchester street.
Lafayette street,
Garden street,
Beacon street.
Spring street.
Mulberry street.
Gardner street.
George street.
Hope street.
Carpenter street,
Benefit street.
Leroy street.
School street.
Forest street.
Park street. from Bishop
street to Briggs Corner Jewell avenue,
Parker street. Park avenue.
Orange street.
Torrey street.
Tappan avenue. Tames street. Fifth street.
Sixth street.
The following streets have received two applications of oil :
Mechanics street.
Brook street.
Hodges street,
Falmouth street,
Elizabeth street,
First street,
Lindsey street,
Second street,
Emory street.
Third street.
Morey street.
Fourth street.
Pearl street,
Hazel street.
Dunham street,
Johnson's Corner to Re-
hoboth line. on Oak Hill avenue.
Dennis street.
Capron Park.
Summer street, Jefferson street, Cliff street, Franklin street,
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Bank street,
Newport avenue,
South avenue,
Capron street,
Holman street,
Grove street,
Highland street,
Prospect street,
Pine street, Mill street.
The following streets have received three applica- tions of oil :
Union street; Park to Bishop street; Railroad ave- nue ; South Main street, from Thacher's bridge to See- konk line; South Main street, to Thacher's bridge; Pleasant street; County street; North Main street, to Simmons' crossing.
Monument square and Park street to Bronson block have received four applications of oil.
Work Performed Under Special Appropriation.
Maple Street.
Maple street has been brought to grade and made uniform width of 40 feet, from the Speedway to Dwyer's store, a distance of 650 feet. This street has also been widened from Park street to a point 400 feet west. This work required the building of a bank wall six feet high and 250 feet long ; a fence was also built over the wall. A sidewalk was built on one side of the street the entire length. Number of loads of gravel used on this street, 2,012.
Solomon Street.
The work on this street consisted of cutting and gravelling the length of street improved, from Maple street to East street, a distance of 600 feet. Number of loads of gravel used on this street, 675.
Manchester Street.
The work on this street was performed in the follow- ing manner. The street was made 40 feet wide and
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brought to grade from Ellis street to Garden street. A fence was built on the north side of the street. Number of loads of gravel used on this street, 166.
Garden Street.
This street was formerly called Wigwam, Henry and Eden streets, but the name has since been changed to Garden street. The street was worked to grade from Newman's storehouse to Olive street, a distance of 800 feet. Number of loads of gravel used on this street, 780. There were two catch basins built in this street and 26 feet of 8-inch pipe laid.
Brownell Street.
This street was worked to grade from Martin street to James street, a distance of 675 feet. Number of loads of material used on this street, 1,960. A sidewalk was built on the north side of the street.
Jefferson Street.
This street was worked to grade from Fourth street to Fifth street. Number of feet of street improved, 400. Number of loads of gravel used on this street, 622. A sidewalk was made on the west side of the street, and the number of loads of ashes used, 46.
State Street.
This street was worked to grade from Elizabeth street to John street, and a sidewalk constructed on one side. Length of street improved, 238 feet. Number of loads of material used, 435.
Water Street.
Water street was worked to grade from West street to the bridge over the Ten Mile River. The bridge was
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covered with two-inch plank and 100 feet of fence was built. Number of feet of street improved, 481. Number of loads of gravel and ashes used on street, 1,664. Ten feet of 8-inch pipe was used to convey water from gutter to the river.
Twelfth Street.
This street has been worked to grade from County street to Robert street. Length of street, 240 feet. Side- walks were built on the north side of the street and 126 loads of gravel were used on this street.
Robert Street.
This street was graded from Olive street to Thir- teenth street. Number of loads of gravel used on this street, 2,III. Number of feet of street improved, 1,590. Sidewalks were built on both sides. Number of loads of ashes used on sidewalks, 310. Number of loads of crushed stone used on sidewalk, 26.
Park Street.
An appropriation was made to build a new street from a point near George street to a point near Frank Cummings' residence, thus straightening the street. The distance of street improved, 500 feet. The work on this street was let by contract to Joseph McCra. Number of yards of filling required to complete the work performed on this street, 1,000. This street was brought to grade with gravel and then macadamized from a point opposite the Cummings Homestead to a point near Mr. Call's resi- dence, a distance of 2,775 feet. Number of yards of crushed stone placed on street, 2,875. Number of loads of gravel used on this street, 290.
South Avenue.
This street has been macadamized a distance of 2,200 feet. On account of the very poor material in this
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street it was necessary to remove a large quantity of sub- soil and replace with stone, thus forming a sub-drain, after which the street was macadamized. Number of loads of field stone used, 910. Number of loads of crushed stone used, 2,558. Number of loads of gravel used, 514.
Newport Avenue.
This street was macadamized beginning at Wash- ington street and finishing at a point near May street in South Attleboro. a distance of 2.400 feet. Number of loads of gravel used on street. 245. Number of yards of crushed stone used on street, 1,898.
River Street.
This street was brought to grade beginning at Tur- ner street and finishing at the Rhode Island line. a dis- tance of 700 feet. Number of loads of gravel used in this street. 360.
Bliss School Lot.
A special appropriation was made for the purpose of curbing the sidewalk in front of the school lot and concreting the walk. The gutters were paved and 323 feet of curbing were set. also 235 yards of concrete was placed on the sidewalk.
Atwood Street.
This street has been brought to grade beginning at James street and finishing at a point 360 feet distant, near the Thacher Brook Drain. Number of yards of ma- terial used in this street. 375. Sidewalks were built on both sides of street. Number of feet of sidewalk con- structed. 712. Number of feet of street improved by covering drain. 586. Number of loads of filling used on this work. 680. Number of loads of crushed stone used for grout. 41 : 450 bricks were used for manholes : 165
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cords of field stone in building wall; 440 bags of cement were used to make the grout.
Play Grounds.
A large amount of work has been performed on the grounds in the following manner: 69 large rocks have been blasted and carted from the grounds; 1,135 loads of dirt were required to bring the grounds up to grade, after which the grounds were ploughed, harrowed and seeded.
Speedway.
The work of this street consisted of building two re- taining walls in the Thacher Brook Drain, the stones being laid in cement. Steel rails were placed on the walls four feet on centers, and wooden forms were placed on the irons, after which five inches of concrete were allowed to get hard, then filling was placed on the con- crete 21/2 feet deep, thus forming a sidewalk; three man- holes were left over the drain to allow for cleaning the same when necessary.
Concrete Walks.
Concrete was placed on sidewalks on the following streets :
Mulberry street 214 yards
Hodges street 425 yards
Falmouth street 454 yards
South Main street 354 yards
Perrin street 186 yards
Pine street 76 yards
Railroad avenue 50 yards
Pleasant street 491 yards
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