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Mildred P. Massé, French 13 Maple St.
Daisy A. Howe, Mathematics. 10 Hope St.
Gladys E. Wilbur, Biology. 10 Eldridge St.
Mira Poler, English. 28 Fifth St.
Leola B. Harlow, Commercial Branches. 15 Jackson St.
Herbert N. Nicholas, History.
178 South Main St.
Grace M. Thompson, Commercial Branches 117 Pleasant St.
Lena F. Shaw, Domestic Science. 178 South Main St.
Muriel R. Galpin, English and Spanish. 23 Third St. William F. Eastwood, Manual Training. . 54 South Main St., Mansfield.
Robert W. Watts, Manual Training. 6 Jefferson St.
BANK STREET SCHOOL-Cor. Bank and Peck Sts.
Room
Milton P. Dutton, Principal . 333 Park St.
3 Alice M. McNerney, VIII. 206 Park St.
7 Effie G. Higgins, VIII. 191 South Main St.
8 Marjorie E. Davies, VIII. 33 Elizabeth St.
4 Mildred A. Farnsworth, VIII. 8 Howard Ave.
6 Hazelfern Hofmann, VIII. 191/2 Park Ave.
CHARLES E. BLISS SCHOOL-Park St.
1 Milton P. Dutton, Principal. 333 Park St.
1 Bertha M. Sperry, Asst., VII. 24 Park Ave.
2 Harriet E. Whiting, VI. 62 North Main St.
3 Florence E. Tarleton, V 8 Howard Ave.
4 Helen N. Davies, IV. 33 Elizabeth St.
5 Marion Harney, III. .7 Pearl St.
6 Elsie E. Bowen, II. Oak Hill Ave.
7 Roxie M. Taylor, II, I. . 38 Holden St.
8 H. Marion Lillibridge, I. 2 Burnside Ave.
Julia L. Merry (Mrs.), Individual Instruction. R. R. No. 1
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BRIGGS CORNER SCHOOL
Room
1 Anna I. Dearborn, Principal, VI, V. 174 North Main St.
2 Abbie M. Littlefield, IV, III .. 18 Park Ave.
3 Helen L. Johnson, II, I .. 23 Dean St.
CAPRON SCHOOL-Cor. Fourth and Prospect Sts.
1 Lucy H. George, III, II .. 55 South Main St., Mansfield, Mass.
2 Elizabeth R. Holbrook, II, I. 109 Park St.
CARPENTER STREET SCHOOL
1 Edna L. Atwell, II. Hebronville, Mass.
2 Clara F. Bourne, I. . R. R. No. 4
DODGEVILLE SCHOOL
1 Mary G. Gilles, Principal, VI, V. 281 South Main St.
2 Clara G. Smith, IV, III . 111 Thacher St.
3 Grace R. Pimer, II, I. 38 North Main St.
FARMERS SCHOOL-West St.
1 Marion S. Hamblett, Principal, VI, V 40 Elizabeth St.
3 Estelle M. Hartford, IV, III. 165 North Main St.
2 Eleanor A. Parker, II, I. 8 Howard Ave.
HEBRONVILLE SCHOOL
1. Martha J. Roberts, Principal, VII, VI. 281 South Main St.
2 Maude A. Hodges, V, IV Foxboro, Mass.
3 Mary L. Baxter, III, II. .15 John St.
4 Jennie S. Pierce, I. . Hebronville.
5 Kathrina S. Thayer, Kindergarten. .33 Bank St.
5 Flora M. Goff, Asst. Kindergarten Hebronville.
PLAT SCHOOL
Louise G. Richards, III, II, I. .34 Peck St.
PLEASANT STREET SCHOOL
1 M. Vaulein Moore, III, II. .142 County St.
2 Vera H. Sherwood, II, I .. 19 Hayward St.
ABIATHAR A. RICHARDSON SCHOOL --
Cor. Pearl and Pine Sts.
1 Joseph M. McEvoy, Principal. 10 Elizabeth St. .
1 Harriett M. Miller, Asst., VII. 33 Elizabeth St.
2 Ruth F. Sampson, VII. 19 Hayward St.
3 Annie L. Williams, VI. 18 Park Ave.
4 Alice M. Angevine, VI, V .8 East St.
5 Norma I. Bake, V. 24 Park Ave.
6 R. Ursula Bessom, IV. 50 Dunham St.
7 Beulah B. Ross, IV, III. . . 76 Peck St.
8 Mary L. Chapman (Mrs.), III. .50 Dunham St. 9 Florence M. Lillibridge, II. 2 Burnside Ave.
10 Annie H. Traill, I .. 118 Union St. Amy E. White, Individual Instruction. . 54 Dean St.
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SANFORD STREET SCHOOL
Room
2 A. Irvin Studley, Principal. 6 Sturdy St.
2 Hannah M. Pratt, Asst., VII. . 24 Dean St.
1 Clara J. Currie, VII. 12 Holden St.
4 Laura V. Arentzen, VI 8 Jefferson St.
3 Ruby L. Johnson, VI. 10 Hope St.
S Zita Simms, 119 Pine St.
7 Alice M. Gallup, V. 89 East St., Mansfield, Mass.
6 Mildred P. Harrison, IV 8 Howard Ave.
5 Nellie L. Barker, IV .. 33 Elizabeth St.
9 Mary E. McManus, III. 82 Dean St.
11 Margaret F. Gaynor, II. 9 West St.
10 Bertha L. Mowry, I. .5 Second St.
Leonora P. Beers, Individual Instruction .171 South Main St.
SOUTH ATTLEBORO SCHOOL
1 Dorothy M. Buffum, Principal, VIII, VII 5 Prospect St.
3 Alma C. Hillman, VI, V. Thacher St.
4 Carrie M. Durgin, IV, III. 8 Howard Ave.
2 Ethel Sanford, II, I. 23 Dean St.
JOSEPH O. TIFFANY SCHOOL-Thacher St.
1 Abbie C. Hill (Mrs.), Principal, VII, VI. 57 Bank St.
3 Mary V. Mulligan, V. 75 Orange St.
4 Leila M. Robinson, IV. .50 Dunham St.
5 Edith C. Polechio, III 8 Howard Ave.
6 Mary F. Wade, III, II. .8 Howard Ave.
7 Elizabeth E. Sherwood, II, I. .19 Hayward St.
8 Agnes L. Bryant, I. . South Attleboro Ada G. Cochrane (Mrs.), Individual Instruction 60 Dean St.
WASHINGTON SCHOOL
1 Grace L. Sullivan, Principal, VIII, VII. 118 Union St.
2 Marion L. Fountain, VI, V. 2212 Jefferson St.
3 Katherine Maier, IV, III. 8 Howard Ave.
4 Hazel Huxley, II, I. 11 Cliff St.
SUPERVISORS AND SPECIAL TEACHERS
John Laing Gibb, Music. 103 Bank St.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.
Persis A. Crowell, Drawing. 91 Peck St.
·Office hour:
Monday, 4:15-5 P. M.
Helen P. Bullard, Assistant. 7 Pearl St.
Office hour: Wednesday, 4:15-5 P. M.
Minnie A. Walker, Sewing. Hebronville
EVENING SCHOOL TEACHERS Attleboro Evening School
High School Building-County St.
*Abbie C. Hill (Mrs.), Principal. 57 Bank St.
*Mary E. McManus, Assistant. 82 Dean St.
*Dorothy M. Buffum. 20 Second St.
*Ada G. Cochrane (Mrs.) 60 Dean St.
*Robert W. Watts .. 19 John St.
*Joseph M. McEvoy 10 Elizabeth St.
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DODGEVILLE EVENING SCHOOL
* Martha J. Roberts, Principal 281 South Main St.
HEBRONVILLE EVENING SCHOOL
*Jennie S. Pierce, Principal. Hebronville *Teachers also in Attleboro Day Schools.
JANITORS
Robert Barnes, High, Capron. Room 404, Bronson Annex
Joseph I. Tharl. 301 South Main St.
Bank St., Sanford St., Carpenter St., Pleasant St., South Main St.
John V. Stone, Richardson. 11 Grove St.
Charles C. Rockwood, Bliss .157 Park St.
Charles J. Nelson, Tiffany 9 Summer St.
Sheldon Williams, Farmers 62 North Main St.
Carlos T. Clark, Briggs Corner .R. F. D. No. 1 Bilsborrow Ainsworth, Dodgeville, 96 South Main St., Dodgeville, Mass. Alex Lapalme, Hebronville. Knight Ave., Hebronville, Mass.
Thomas F. Dean. South Attleboro, Mass.
Raymond Avey, Washington. .R. F. D. No. 5
David Hamilton, Plat. R. F. D. No. 5
GRADUATION EXERCISES ATTLEBORO HIGH SCHOOL
High School Hall, Thursday Evening, June 22, 1916.
PROGRAM
Entrance March-"Monstrat Viam". . Hall HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA
Invocation
REV. EDWARD E. WELLS
Music-"Festival Hymn"
Dudley Buck
HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS
Address of Welcome
FRED LURAD WETHERELL President of the Class
Essay-"Westward Ho!" The Cry of the Ages DOROTHY STEWART MOORE
Solo -- (a) "I Love You" . Cadman (b) "Somewhere a Voice is Calling" Newton-Tate HELEN MARIE McCAFFREY
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Essay-National Quarantine and Sanitation HAROLD RAYMOND DAVIS SEMPLE
Essay-The Philippine Question HILDUR JOSEPHINE ORUP
Music-(a) "The Flag" Hadley (b) "The Uncrowned King" Loomis CHORUS
History of the Class of 1916 BEATRICE LUCILLE DUDEMAINE RUSSEL PERRY GRAY
Essay-Art and Its Meaning
BEATRICE WILHELMINA BEUTTEL
Music-"National Emblem March" ORCHESTRA
Bagley
Essay-Liberty Under Law WELLINGTON GREEN NICOLA
Essay and Valedictory-"Labor Omnia Vincit" CHRISSY HAMER VARLEY
Music-Selections from "Martha". CHORUS
Flotow
Presentation of Diplomas
WALTER A. BRIGGS Of the School Committee
Music-Class Song March of the Graduates-"The Master Stroke" Hall
ORCHESTRA
LIST OF GRADUATES
Lawrence Herman Allen Marion Louise Barrows
Evelyn Frances Fales Ethel May Foster Viola Marion Frear
Beatrice Wilhelmina Beuttel
Leodore Joseph Gibeault
Ida May Bowen
Russell Perry Gray
Pearl Florence Briggs Mildred Louise Bundy
Gladys May Greene Helen Maud Haynes Alice Almeda Hirons
Ward Harkness Bushee
Earle Bullock Carpenter
Irene Blanchard Carpenter
David Emory Holman
Arthur Glenmore Ceely
Gertrude Eleanora Johnson
Mollie Kaufman Ralph Benedict Keagan
Byron Hampton Lord
Grace Lusk
Helen Marie McCaffrey
Grace Florence Monnier Dorothy Stewart Moore
Sophia Theresa Clitheroe Nabby Eileen Coffey Rosamond Souther Cooke Earl Perrin Cooper Herbert Alvin Cooper Raymond Revello Davis Leslie Anna Mae Denlinger Beatrice Lucille Dudemaine
Irmah Gertrude Ingell
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Ernestine Octavia Moran Tesla Case Nicola Wellington Green Nicola John Edward O'Neill Clifford Howarth Orr Hildur Josephine Orup Capron Phillips Payson Laura Isabell Perry Ellen Mae Porter
Solomon Rotenberg Harold Raymond Davis Semple
Mildred Austin Smith
Marion Louise Thomae
Herman Melvin Thurber Chrissy Hamer Varley Fred Lurad Wetherell Ruth Arnold Whipple Myrtle Isabelle White
Arline Ware Young
HONORS
Chrissy Hamer Varley Dorothy Stewart Moore
Hildur Josephine Orup
Harold Raymond Davis Semple
Irmah Gertrude Ingell Beatrice Wilhelmina Beuttel . Beatrice Lucille Dudemaine
Alice Almeda Hirons
CLASS SONG
In the High School our class has labored quite hard, For Labor conquers all we know, Four happy years we have been on our guard, And now we've something good to show.
You have surely heard of the class of '16, That valiant victorious class, The best that this High School ever has seen, It does all the others surpass.
(Words by Dorothy Stewart Moore. Music by Ruth Arnold Whipple.)
Class Motto: "Labor Omnia Vincit" Class Colors: Green and Gold
HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA
Violins
Cornets
Kenneth G. Allen, 1917
Thomas S. Carpenter, 1918
Harold A. Davis, 1917
Tesla C. Nicola, 1916 W. Harold Siddell, 1917 Joseph S. Woodward, 1917
Lester F. Grant, 1917 Bessie E. Larson, 1918
J. Harold O'Leary, 1919
Alice P. Stanton, 1917 Marion L. Thomae, 1916
Viola J. Mella Nicola, 1919
Drums and Bells Clifton G. Belcher, 1918
Clarinets Byron H. Lord, 1916 Shirley J. Nicola, 1918
Saxaphone Wellington G. Nicola. 1916
Piano Raymond R. Davis, 1916
Musical Director-John Laing Gibb
Accompanist-Rosamond S. Cooke, 1916
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GRADUATION EXERCISES BANK STREET AND WASHINGTON SCHOOLS
High School Hall, Thursday afternoon, June 22, 1916
PROGRAM
March-"Battery A"
ELLA PEARL CAMERON
Chorus-"The Village Blacksmith," Part I.
Noyes
Invocation-
REV. ROBERT S. MOORE
Geography-
India: Original Essays-
a Brief History. Albert Edward Carpenter
b People. Aurore Irene Sevigny
c Calcutta Alton Spencer Braids
d Bombay. George Edward Mason
e American Trade. .Harry Clifford Fisher
Selected Chorus-"The Village Blacksmith," Part II. . Noyes
History-
Scenes from the Life of Abraham Lincoln:
Lincoln:
a The Boy d The Father
b The Just e The Country's Friend
c The Statesman f Liberty
Characters
a Donald McVicar Joseph Byron Lewis
b Frank Edward Johnson Louise Bertha Spier Margaret Helena O'Leary Alfred Edwin Salt, Jr.
c Frank Edward Johnson Charles Dosick Raymond Edward Holbrook
c Maurice Carpenter Potter Ejnar Hilding Ribbe Robert William Sharkey Heman Orlando Sweet
d Carl Henry Stevens Edgar Charles LaPalme
e Carl Henry Stevens
f Ruth Christina Sinclair
Readers
a Kathleen Salisbury Moore
b Lillian Chantler Ruth Ella Tomlinson
c Marion Amelia Stevens
d Hope Barbara Irving John Francis Hanlon f Violin by William Herbert Sargent
Instrumental Trio -- "Serenade" Widor
Violin . Ernest William Doyle
Cello.
Hazel Byington Nicola
Piano Mildred Signe Anderson
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Physiology and Hygiene-
a Essay. . Dorothy Priscilla Wharton
Assisted by Elsie Brett Sweeney
b Some Examples of First Aid-
Explanation
Alfred James Bagnall
Demonstration. .Karl Henry Robinson Assisted by Ralph Foster Perry, Percy A. Eklund, Arthur H. Barrowman
English-The Story of An Old Windmill (original)
Alice Magdalena Cathrine Wuille
Chorus-"The Village Blacksmith," Part III.
Noyes
Presentation of Diplomas
Note .- This program has been planned to represent some phases of our school work.
GRADUATES
Annie Elizabeth Adel Arthur Clifton Albert
Catherine Theresa Albert William Frederick Alsop Gunnar Robert Anderson Martha Bruce Anderson
Elvira Ellen Coyne Henry John Cremo Cornelius George Crosson
Mildred Signe Caroline Anderson
Robert Brownell Angus
Almeda Veshlage Cunningham
Myles Francis Travers Daly
Lolitta Hazel Davis
Maurice Timothy Arsenault James Alfred Bagnall Arthur Henry. Barrowman William Alfred Barton Kate Evelyn Beswick Dorothy Dela Blaine Mary Frances Borden Anna May Bowen Ellen Ruth Bowen
Mary Theresa Dennis John James Dolan Charles Dosick Ernest William Doyle Jessie Pearl Dyer Olive Louise Ebert
Percy Alexander Eklund Paul Penington Estee Harry Clifford Fisher Wilmer Bates Fisher Arthur Meadod Frazer
Charles Christopher Gaboury
Curtis Stanley Gallup
Ernest Osmond Gammell Charles Austin Gardner Harold Gay Philip Joseph Gilbert Gertrude Marion Gillis Clara Louise Gilroy Frank Robert Girard Ella Jocelyn Goodale Gertrude Burgess Goodale Harvey Bigelow Goodale John Albert Waldemore Graham David Clark Gray
Irene Elizabeth Marie Bradley Alton Spencer Braids Viola Myrtle Brockway Edward James Brown Mary Ella Brown Alice Bullock James Francis Henry Burch Stener Garfield Burton Edna Eloise Butterworth Ella Pearl Cameron Grace Beatrice Campbell Guiton Chace Canfield Albert Edward Carpenter Amy Gertrude Carpenter Grover Burr Carpenter Lillian Chantler Carl Coan Harold Wheaton Cole
Eva Amanda Conley Maud Beatrice Cook
Sarah Clotilde Cruff Esther Carlisle Cunliffe
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Annie Myra Grindell
Anna Caroline Gronvald Irma Whitney Groves George Frederick Haley Theresa May Haley William Edward Haley John Francis Hanlon Francis Hayes Mildred Mabel Hewes
Lois Chandler Heywood
Cora Lillian Hodgkins
Clarence Omer Hojaboom
Raymond Edward Holbrook Hillard Aubrey Holden Hope Barbara Irving
Eileen Frances Janson
Frank Edward Johnson
Evelyn Sarah Johnston Jacob Isaac Kaufman Ernest Ephriam Kenniston Sarah Margaret Kinton Dorothy May Knight
Edgar Charles La Palme
Helen Alice Leary
Edna Susie Lepper
Joseph Byron Lewis Alice Lovenbury Helen Victoria Lundgren Donald MacVicar
George Henry Marland, Jr.
George Edward Mason
Clarence Ellsworth Mathews
Edna Beatrice Mattinson
Karl Loomer McLeod Mildred McNary Ruth Evelyn Middleton
Florence Mary Moon
Kathleen Salisbury Moore
Albert Leonard Morin
Robert Clarence Moulton James Henry Mulkern Louis Francis Mulligan Kenneth Allton Murdock Shirley Clark Musick
Mabel Hildagard Nelson
Bernice Barbara Nicholson
Mary Joyce Nicholson Mildred Catherine Nicholson
Grace Irene Nickerson Hazel Byington Nicola Marvette Frances Noonan Lillian Anna Novack Catherine Marie O'Brien
Harold Everett Williams Bessie Leone Wilson Alby Everet Wood Roland Webster Woodward Mary Evelyn Wordell
Cornelius O'Brien, Jr.
Margaret Louise O'Connor
Margaret Helena O'Leary Ethel Vida Oliver
Robert Valdemar Olson George Fred O'Neill Ralph Foster Perry Florence May Pickett
Marion Hearst Pilkington
Maurice Carpenter Potter
Dorothy Harriet Read
John William Redding Grace Helen Reid John Edward Reynolds
Ejnar Hilding Ribbe
Gladys Alwis Robinson
Karl Henry Robinson Guy Charles Rogers, Jr. Alfred Edwin Salt, Jr. William Herbert Sargeant Ethel Mae Schreiber Meta Ruth Schupbach Florence Mae Sears Aurore Irene Sevigny
James Harold Shanley
Paul Leo Sharkey Robert William Sharkey
Ruth May Shaw Bertha Marion Simpson Ruth Christina Sinclair Louise Bertha Spier Florence May Spriggs Anna Josephine Stelter Carl Henry Stevens Herbert Borden Stevens Marion Amelia Stevens Raymond Louis Stock George Austin Stowe William Werner Sturdy Duncan Stephenson Sutton Elsie Brett Sweeney Heman Orlando Sweet Myrtle Susannah Sweet Evelyn Harper Taylor William Marvin Taylor Elwin Swift Thurber Ruth Ella Tomlinson
Frederick Dallas Walker Andrew Howard Walls Doris Arlene Wetherell
Zelotes Ellsworth Wetherell, Jr.
Dorothy Priscilla Wharton
Alice Magdalena Catherine Wuille
Bessie Williams Wyllie
Edward Yates James Milton Young
Maurice Treen Young
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GRADUATION EXERCISES SOUTH ATTLEBORO SCHOOL
Bethany Chapel, Wednesday Evening, June 21, 1916
PROGRAM
March
Invocation
REV. SEELYE BRYANT
Response-"Song of Praise" . Donizetti
"The Wayside Inn" Longfellow
G. EARL ORR
"Paul Revere's Ride" Longfellow
CURTIS R. WILBAR
Chorus-"Happy and Light" Balfe
"King Robert of Sicily" Longfellow
EMORY E. CHAPMAN
Piano Solo-"Love's Return' Seidt
LYDIA M. JENCKS
"The Legend Beautiful".
Longfellow
AGNES C. McLOUGHLIN
Chorus-"Come Flit Around" Wekerlin
"The Bell of Atri" Longfellow
H. HERSEY JOHNSON
Piano Solo-"Dance Eossaise". Baker
WINTHROP C. CULBERT
"Finale"
ALBERT W. JOHNSON
Chorus-"Class Song"
Pflock
Presentation of Diplomas
MR. BENJAMIN P. KING Chairman of the School Committee
GRADUATES
Longfellow
Emory Eugene Chapman Winthrop Cook Culbert Lydia May Jencks Albert William Johnson
Hiram Hersey Johnson Agnes Charlotte Angela McLoughlin Gilbert Earl Orr Curtis Roland Wilbar
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CITY SOLICITOR
December 23, 1916.
To His Honor, Harold E. Sweet,
Mayor of the City of Attleboro,
Dear Sir :-
The business of the law department of the City of Attleboro during the past year has been somewhat different from that of the preceding year. It is quite evident that the public at large are taking quite a different view of the new form of government from that taken during its first year.
During the year 1915 there were three claims for damages filed against the city, two of which resulted in litigation in the courts, viz. the Duranleau case and the case of Elin Grahn. These two cases are now pending in the Superior Court and in all probability will be tried at the March session at Taunton. During the year 1916 eleven claims for damages were made against the city; none of these claims have as yet been carried to the courts. These claims vary in amount from $10.00 to $500.00. In each instance an investigation has been made and in two instances recommendations for settlement made and the remainder of the claims no action was taken, each matter being al- lowed to take its own course.
The City appears as plaintiff in two actions, both of these actions having been brought by the Board of Sinking Fund Commissioners against Louis C. Luther, one of which actions is now pending in the Superior Court in Rhode Island and the other in the Superior Court for the County of Bristol at Taunton.
During the past session of the Legislature a number of bills in which the City of Attleboro was directly interested were acted upon. On behalf of the City of Attleboro an act validating the acts of the City relating to the Rifle Range was passed and also an amendment to the charter was made.
The City Solicitor appeared before committees regarding other acts in which the city was interested, such as the act providing for sittings of the Probate Court in Attleboro or sittings of the Superior Court for naturalizations, hearing on the half mill school tax, on two acts relating to building laws, on an act relating to the removal of snow by street railway companies and an act providing for a Board of Survey. The Board of Survey act was drafted originally as a special act for the City of Attleboro, but while in the hands of the committee on cities was redrafted and made general in its nature so as to apply to all of the cities of the Commonwealth.
Ten contracts and one bond were drafted. Thirty-three written opinions were given. Several questions regarding the conduct and re- sult of elections have arisen and advice was given to various officials in each instance.
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In the Fire Department a claim was made by the City against the Interstate Consolidated Street Railway Company, for damage to a truck at South Attleboro. The Street Railway Company has agreed to settle this matter by payment of the bills contracted for the repair of the truck.
The status of the Farmers' Company during the early part of the year called for considerable time and attention from this department also.
A number of ordinances were drafted at the request of the com- mittee on ordinances. Various other matters of importance were called to the attention of this department, the most serious of which is a question relating to the boundary of the West Street School House lot. The west boundary of this lot has been in dispute for a number of years and the retaining wall built near this boundary has fallen down leaving a very dangerous condition prevailing. A number of efforts were made by the School Department to adjust this matter by way of compromise, but each attempt was unsuccessful. During the summer this matter was turned over to the law department for inves- tigation and title was examined and all records searched and the result verified by the City Engineer. An attempt to compromise was then made by the City Solicitor, the Superintendent of Public Works and the parties interested, but this attempt was also unsuccessful. In this case it is advised that the title to the school house lot be regis- tered in the land court in order to clear up any questions relating to that parcel of land. The rules of the land court require that there! shall be a definite layout of the street adjoining the property.
The matter of laying out West Street is now before the Municipal Council.
The deed of land taken and used in building approaches to the various bridges built over or under the railroad at the time that grade crossings were abolished in Attleboro was delivered to the City and put on record.
A hearing was held before the Public Service Commission in Boston relating to an appeal by the Interstate Consolidated Street Railway Company in the matter of rules and regulations for the re- moval of snow by street railway companies from the various streets of the city. This matter was finally adjusted and a decree entered by the Public Service Commission whereby the present rules were adopted.
The Washington Street bridge matter has taken considerable time and attention from this department as well as from the Public Works Department. A petition was filed four or five years ago and a decree granted by the County Commissioners upon such petition September 23, 1913. This decree required the raising of the grade of that bridge between four and five feet, but a condition was inserted in the decree whereby like action should be taken by the authorities of the State of Rhode Island and their co-operation was made a condi- tion precedent to any action being taken by any Massachusetts authorities. Various attempts were made to get the authorities of the City of Pawtucket to act in accordance with the plan adopted by the County Commissioners, but these attempts were unsuccessful because the Pawtucket authorities did not consider it just that they should be called upon to pay large amounts in damages when the prin- cipal benefit would be to the railroad company rather than to the public at large. After working over this matter for several months a new petition and new plan of action were drawn up, petition was filed with the County Commissioners and a hearing was had in the Court
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House at Attleboro, December 21. 1916 and this hearing was continued until January 16, 1917. It is quite apparent from the attitude of the railroad in this matter that they intend to follow the same policy of delay that they have followed during the past three or four years. The excuse offered being that the railroad needs all of its money to increase its facilities for handling freight and does not desire to spend any money for repairing or building bridges. However, the condi- tions prevailng at the Washngton Street bridge are very dangerous and inconvenient to the public, and should be remedied at the earliest possible moment. No time will be lost on the part of this department in forcing matters to the end.
The Sewer Department matters are practically all finished. The deeds necessary for the widening of Union Street have been drawn up and may be executed whenever appropriations are made.
Of the appropriation of $850.00 made the first of the year for this department, $666.66 has been expended in salary and $44.20 in expense to the first of December. $62.50 will be required for salary for the month of December and about $10.00 for expenses. The balance of the appropriation amounting to approximately $66.64 will not be used by the department.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN J. COADY,
City Solicitor.
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SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
December 19, 1916.
To His Honor the Mayor and the Municipal Council, of the City of Attleboro.
Gentlemen :-
I herewith submit my second annual report as Sealer of Weights and Measures for the City of Attleboro.
Scales,
Adjusted
Sealed Condemned
Platform, over 5,000 lbs.
2
15
Platform, under 5,000 lbs.
24
146
Counter
13
155
Beam
1
4
Spring balance
14
115
11
Computing
4
78
Slot weighing
13
Prescription
1
S
Weights,
Avoirdupois
176
1176
Apothecary
24
148
19
Metric
12
78
1
Measures,
Dry measures
23
1
Liquid measures
232
3
Oil measuring pumps
3
43
Molasses pumps
15
Yard sticks
52
Milk jars, glass.
506
26
Ice cream cans
17
-
Total
274
2824
63
Fees.
Fees collected and turned over to City Treasurer Court fines in District Court.
$147.85
70.00
Total
$217.85
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Office calls for sealing. 65
Outside calls for sealing .
218
Inspection of Peddlers' Licenses. 21
Articles reweighed, including coal 273
Cases prosecuted in court.
4
Convicted
2
Filed 2
As shown by the report I have tested, sealed or condemned a total of 3,161 scales, weights and measures.
The reweighing of coal throughout the Commonwealth at this time demonstrates the need of inspection and calls to mind the conditions which prevail where this important work is neglected. Frequent in- spections at irregular intervals serve to keep the merchants and ped- dlers on the alert at all times to guard against carelessness and fraud.
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