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100.00
101.83
Robert Reid,
100.00
101.83
Edwin B. Newell,
100.00
101.50
Martha A. Shaw,
211.00
226.50
August Carlson,
100.00
104.38
Elizabeth R. Macomber,
200.00
210.00
Thomas D. Frame,
200.00
206.75
O. P. Allen,
100.00
102.37
Albert A. Sherman,
100.00
101.62
Charles A. Royce,
100.00
101.62
Martin L. Farrington,
100.00
101.50
Joseph H. Jones,
150.00
151.67
Mary S. Moore,
100.00
101.12
Horace R. Paine, care Horce Munn lot,
50.00
50.80
A. W. Holbrook,
100.00
101.25
James S. Morgan,
200.00
204.00
Silas B. Keith,
100.00
100.37
James H. Davis,
100.00
101.00
George S. Peck,
100.00
101.00
Nettie O. Coleman,
50.00
50.12
Jennie C. Carpenter,
100.00
101.87
Nellie M. Bond,
100.00
101.50
Esther A. Graves,
100.00
102.25
Cyrus W. Cross,
100.00
100.00
Lucy A. Hitchcock,
100.00
100.00
John C. Green,
100.00
100.00
$21,496.00
$22,409.48
Gain in P. C. Fund,
$600.00
CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS INTEREST FUND
Balance Fund January 1, 1925
$1222.35
Added :
Interest payable Secretary, 206.98
Interest payable Town Treas. 733.53
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Interest C. I. Fund,
66.05
$2228.91
Withdrawn :
Care of lots, Present Condition,
878.98
878.98
$1349.93
DAVID L. BODFISH ALBERT S. GEER ALDEN P. KNOWLTON Cemetery Commissioners
Care of Soldiers' Graves
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen :
I hereby submit the following report relative to the care of the graves of soldiers, sailors and marines who have served in the wars of the United States and who are buried in the cemeteries of the Town of Palmer.
The soldiers' graves in St. Anne's Cemetery have been graded and those in the other cemeteries have been cared for to the number of one hundred and thirty-one.
Several of the graves are still without markers, an- oversight that should be remedied.
Appropriation
$250.00
Paid Rev. M. J. Carroll
care St. Thomas Cemetery, $50.00
Paid P. Coache, grading St. Anne's 34.00
Paid Cemetery Commissioners, care 166.00 $250.00
Respectfully submitted,
DAVID L. BODFISH,
Supt. of Graves.
Report of Chief of Police
Palmer, Mass., January 1, 1926 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
During the year 1925, 414 cases, not including cases against juvenile offenders, were prosecuted in the District Court of Eastern Hampden against 349 persons, for offenses committed within the Town of Palmer. Of the . persons brought before the Court in these cases, 186 were residents and 163 were non-residents, 341 were males and and 8 were females. A list of the cases follows :
Adultery
4
Assault,
26
Assuming to be an officer,
1
Bastardy,
4
Breaking and entering,
6
Carrying a revolver,
2
Cruelty to animals,
1
Cutting timber,
3
Desertion,
6
Disturbing the Peace,
5
Drunkeness,
109
Fugitives from Justice,
7
Gambling,
17
Gambling houses,
3
Hawking and Peddling,
2
Junk laws,
3
Larceny, 28
Lewd and lascivious conduct,
1
Malicious mischief,
4
Non-support,
8
School laws,
3
58
Setting fires without permits, 3
Vagrancy, 26
Violation of liquor laws, 29
Violation of motor vehicle laws, 113
414
The number of cases prosecuted in 1924 was 326, the increase for the past year being 88. The number of cases of drunkenness in 1924 was 65 as against 109 the past year. The increase is due to the fact that during 1925 persons brought into court on charges of operating automobiles while under the influence of liquor also had charges of drunkenness preferred against them, a practice which was not followed during 1924.
There has been no change in the personnel of the police force during the year. In my judgment all the officers have discharged their duties in a faithful and conscientious manner, and I desire to officially record my appreciation of their work and also my appreciation of the support given the police department by your Board.
TIMOTHY J. CRIMMINS,
Chief of Police.
License Commissioners' Report
The Board of License Commissioners met and organized March 26, 1925.
It was voted to have all fees the same except for Sun- day licenses, which was raised from one dollar to two dollars.
The number of licenses granted are as follows :
Third class 3, Inn Holders 9, Lodging Houses 4, Common Victuallers 29, Sunday Licenses 54.
MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN, Chairman NEIL McDONALD, Clerk OSCAR BRESSETTE
Palmer, Mass., January 7, 1926
Board of Assessors
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The Board of Assessors respectfully report as fol- lows :
Appropriations,
$340,323.58
Maturing Debt (including interest)
45,072.50
Deficit in overlay (of 1922)
1.087.86
State Tax,
27,600.00
State Highway Tax,
15,775.00
County Tax,
21,135.13
Overlay,
4,097.77
$455,091.84
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
Income Tax,
28,982.56
Corporation Tax,
35,568.98
Bank Tax,
448.03
Licenses,
500.00
Fines,
600.00
General Government,
2,000.00
Protections of persons and property,
173.20
Health and sanitation,
59,25
Highways,
4,000.00
Charities,
5,300.00
Schools,
8,994.40
Interest on deposit,
600.00
Interest on taxes,
2,000.00
Total estimated receipts,
89,226.42
Cash balance,
56,714.69
Total deductions,
145,941.11
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Net amount raised by taxation, Less 2902 polls @ $2.00,
309,150.73 5,804.00
Total amount to be raised by taxation on property, 303,346.73
Assessed valuation of 1925
Personal estate,
3,910,011.00
Buildings, excluding land, 6,688,176.00
Land,
1,535,682.00
Total, $12,133,869.00
Tax Rate,, $25.00 per M.
Number of residents assessed on property :
Individuals, 1865
All others, 108
1973
Number of non- residents assessed on property :
Individuals, 210
All others,
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256
Number of persons assessed on property,
2229
Number of persons assessed for poll only, 1322
3551
Number of Horses assessed,
224
Cows,
623
Sheep,
3
Neat Cattle,
112
Swine,
53
Fowl,
5735
Dwelling Houses,
1435
DANIEL V. FOGARTY CHAS. E. FULLER
HENRY L. HOLDEN
Board of Assessors
Road Commissioners' Report
To the Voters of the Town of Palmer :
The Board of Road Commissioners herewith submit their sixth annual report for the year ending December 31, 1925.
The organization of the Board at the opening of the year was as follows: Thomas J. Moran, Chairman ; Chas. A. Tabor, Clerk; Sherman M. Stebbins was re-appointed Superintendent of Streets. On account of leaving town Mr. Tabor was forced to resign in September, Mr. Conway being appointed Clerk for the balance of the year.
BOUNDARIES
Foster and Pleasant Streets relocated and bounded. The appropriation of $125.00 not being large enough the balance needed was taken from Highways.
Relocation of Main and Church Streets was not accepted by the Town, and to widen Main Street at this point we recommend that walk on Main street near junc- tion with Church benarrowed to six feet, which will neces- sitate the removal of the trees at this point. This will widen Main Street three feet at this point and still leave walk wide enough for travel.
BRIDGES
'Tenneyville Bridge over B. & A. tracks has been re- planked with 3 inch plank and surface coated with fine trap rock and tar, which we think will materially add to the life of the plank surface.
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The Whiting Bridge over Hampden Railroad has been replanked and treated with crushed stone and tar. Appropriation of $1,300.00 was not enough and balance needed was taken from Highways.
RAILINGS
New Railings have been built and others repaired to the amount of $397.52.
SEWERS AND CULVERTS
Twenty-two Sewer Entrance Permits have been issued during the year. All sewers called for in articles have been completed together with several short extensions, with exception of High Street, Bondsville. To comply with provisions of this article it was found impossible to make the grade to connect with present High Street sewer, and we recommend that new lay-out be made to connect this section with the State Street Sewer.
Walnut Street sewer was relaid from Converse to Park Streets, and apparently relieves a bad condition in this locality.
Belchertown Road Sewer was completed at an expense of $3,453.69, the Commission laying in same trench 6 inch water pipe on contract for Three Rivers Fire District. We believe this arrangement is a substantial saving in the work for both the Fire District and the Town.
We were obliged to call on the Selectmen for addi- tional funds to build a 50 foot section of Sewer on Pleasant Street, Three Rivers, and other extensions. They trans- ferred $400.00 to our account for this purpose.
WALKS AND CURBING
Contract for Tar walks was awarded P. J. Nelligan of Ware, and Cement walks to Philippi Coache of Three Rivers. Curbing contract was awarded to the Pease Com- pany of Nashua, N. H.
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Repairs to walks were carried out as far as appropria- tions would allow, but much still needs to be done. All special articles for walks and curbs were taken care of.
The $1,250.00 appropriation was applied principally on Squier, Pine, Park, Pleasant, Main and Foster Streets.
MAIN STREET, THREE RIVERS
This Cement Concrete roadway with necessary walks, curb, etc., has been completed at an expense to the town of $14,492.20.
SNOW REMOVAL
On account of the mild winter of 1924-25, the sum of $1,492.25 only was spent for snow removal. Of this amount, the larger portion was spent on town roads rather than on roads controlled by the State.
On account of change in mode of travel, we believe it will become more necessary each year to keep clear of snow an increased number of our town roads.
Trucks have been renovated by the Board of Public Works, and returned to us ready for the present winter work.
FAY BRIDGE AND TENNEYVILLE ROAD
This bridge and highway leading thereto have been completed during the past year, and we believe this high- way and bridge to be a very satisfactory addition to our improved public ways.
FOREST LAKE ROAD
We wish to call your attention to the amount of work done on this highway and the greatly improved approach to Forest Lake, doing away with and replacing with Con- crete, a large wooden planked culvert and wooden bridge.
While exceeding the appropriation of $1,000.00, this additional work was made possible by the grouping of special appropriations under Article 39.
It is the Commission's recommendation that a portion
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of the lesser traveled highways be well graveled each year, to be later hardened with top dressing of crushed stone and tar. An extension of our system of graveled roads would do much to reduce the cost of the old-fashioned methods of road maintenance and bring outlying districts into closer touch with village centers. The present-day methods of travel would seem to necessitate this change.
HIGHWAY RELOCATIONS
Relocations in highways have been asked for on sec- tion from State Highway to Ware, past plant of Bridgman Ice Cream Company to covered bridge ; High Street, Thorn- dike and at Hampden Railroad underpass on road from Four Corners to Bondsville.
The Commission recommends that the Town take favorable action on these relocations when they are pre- sented, provided they can be made at a resonable cost.
The following statement shows in a condensed form the appropriations handled by this Board.
Appro- priations $15,000.00
Expended 14,827.85
Unex- pended
Highways
172.15
Snow Removal
2,000.00
1,492.25
507.75
Bridges
1,500.00
1,249.17
250.83
Railings
400.00
397.52
2.48
Street Bounds
125.00
125.00
Sewers and Culverts
4,400.00
4,413.41
* 13.41
Sewer, Article 41
3,500.00
3,453.69
46.31
Sewer, Article 44
575.00
17.55
557.45
New Walks, Article 37
5,505.00
4,782.32
722.68
Whiting Bridge, Article 47
1,300.00
1,300.00
Article 48
675.00
675.00
Article 39
14,600.00
12,186.35
2,413.65
Main Street, Three Rivers
12,879.11
12,992.61
**
113.50
Walks, Repairs
2,400.00
2,402,27
* 2.27
Curbing
1,250.00
1,250.00
$66,109.11
61,564.99
4,544.12
*Denotes accounts overdrawn.
+For labor performed and material furnished in hard-
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ening surface between rails and 18 inches on each side. The Springfield Street Railway Company reimbursed the town in the sum of $556.77, which is not shown in this state- ment.
RECOMMENDATIONS
The Commission recommends an appropriation for the purchase of a new truck on an exchange basis for the older of the two Ford Dump Trucks now alloted to this Depart- ment. In connection with this, we think it would be good business to make appropriation large enough to purchase , a higher grade truck than those noiv used.
Recommendations for regular appropriations for 1926 are as follows :
Highways
$15,000.00
Snow Removal
2,000.00
Bridges
1,500.00
Railings
400.00
Sewers and Culverts
2,500.00
Repair of Walks
2,400.00
Curbing
1,250.00
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS J. MORAN JOHN J. CONWAY
Road Commissioners
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Overseers of the Poor Report
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Citizens of Palmer :
The Overseers of the Poor of the Town of Palmer herewith submit their annual report for the year ending December 31, 1925.
Through whom aided
No. Aided Amount
Town Farm,
12
$4,879.12
In Homes and Private Families
168
6,510.10
Poor Under Chapter 763, Acts 1913 (Mother's Aid)
4.2
4,808.80
Persons aided in other cities and towns having settlement in this town
72
836.91
Persons aided in this town having
settlement in other cities or towns
20
328.20
Persons aided in this town having
no settlement in Commonwealth 13
138.77
Amount expended on this last item will be reimbursed by the State, also one third of amount expended for Mother's Aid.
RECEIPTS
Appropriation :
General Administration
$16,000.00
Salaries,
455.00
Town Physician
150.00
Clerical Assistance,
200.00
Contingent Fund,
500.00
From Reserve Fund,
1,123.63
18,428.63
Town Farm :
Sale of Produce,
1,697.73
Sale of Wood, etc.,
276.00
Board for Inmates,
1,296.20
3,269.93
Income from Thompson Fund
42.80
42.80
Reimbursements,
10.49
$21,751.85
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PAYMENTS
Salaries :
Board of Overseers, 455.00
Town Physician,
150.00
Clerical Work,
200.00
805.00
Town Farm:
Warden,
1,200.00
Labor,
1,070.25
Groceries and Provisions,
634.32
Dry Goods and Clothing,
37.35
Fuel and Light,
475.66
Hay and Grain,
887.79
Repairs and Equipment,
306.49'
Telephone,
33.53
Fertilizer, Seed, etc.,
171.20
Sundry Items,
61.03
4,877.62
Outside Poor :
Rent, 1,410.05
Groceries and Provisions,
6,930.23
Board and Care,
462.12
Coal and Wood,
889.69
Cash,
1,443.15
Hospital Care and Medicine,
387.50
Burials,
87.00
Insurance, 68.40
Ledger, Postage and Printing,
40.98
Telephone, 63.59
Sundry Items,
175.65
Out of Town Aid,
840.94
$12,799.30 $18,481.92
Contingent :
Transferred to General,
500.00
Appropriation.
ยท NET COST OF CHARITIES
Total Expense, $18,581.92
Less Receipts of Town Farm, $3,269.93
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Less Reimbursements from State, 1,408.75
Less Reimbursements from Individuals, 117.27
Less Reimbursements from Other Cities, 40.00
Less Income from Thompson Fund, 42.80
4,878.75
$13,603.17
NET COST OF TOWN FARM
Total Expense for 1925,
$4,877.62
Total Receipts for 1925,
3,269.93
Outstanding Bills
442.00
3,711.93
Net Cost,
$1,165.69
REPORT OF WARDEN TO OVERSEERS OF THE POOR FOR THE YEAR 1925
RECEIPTS
Milk,
1,622.96
Produce,
534.20
Board,
1,190.34
$3,347.50
DISBURSEMENTS
Paid Town Treasurer, $3,347.50
BILLS RECEIVABLE
For Wood, 126.00
For Milk, 150.00
$276.00
Number of Inmates registered during year, 12 Largest number at one time, 6
Average number supplied for year, 6
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INVENTORY
Furniture and Tableware,
$900.00
Food Supplies, 296.00
Live Stock,
1,365.00
Hay, Grain and Ensilage,
1,445.00
Farm Implements,
960.00
Wood, Coal and Lumber,
600.00
$5,566.00
The Board recommends the following appropriations for its use during the year 1926.
Support of Poor,
20,000.00
Salaries of Board,
600.00
Clerical Work,
300.00
Town Physician,
200.00
$21,100.00
THOMAS W. MANSFIELD
CHAS. GIROUX, M. D.
PATRICK McKELLIGOTT
Overseers of the Poor
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures
This Department has sealed, corrected or condemned the following :
Adjusted Sealed Condemned
Platform Scales over 1000 1bs.,
14
Platform Scales under 1000 1bs.,
7
40
6
Counter Scales over 100 1bs.,
1
6
Counter Scales under 100 1bs.,
8
18
Beam Scales under 100 1bs.,
7
Spring Scales over 100 1bs.,
2
Spring Scales under 100 1bs.,
9
34
3
Computing Scales under 100 1bs.,
5
17
2
Personal Weighing Scales
4
3
Avoirdupois Weights,
1
230
Liquid Measures, .
77
1
Gasoline Measuring Devices,
7
43
5
Kerosine, Measuring Devices,
6
2
Quantity Stops,
247
Yard Measures,
2
Reweighing of Butter,
4
Reweighing of Dry Commodities,
14
Reweighing of Bread,
56
Special Scales Inspections,
5
Gasoline Pumps Inspections,
6
Kerosine Pumps Inspections,
1
38
833
22
For the year ending December 31, 1925.
LOUIS LEVEILLEE
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Report of Board of Health
To the Honorable Selectmen and Citizens of Palmer :
The Board of Health of the Town of Palmer here- with submits its annual report for the year ending December 31, 1925.
TABLE NO. 1
Chicken Pox
Diphtheria
Measles
Scarlet Fever
Tuberculosis
Whooping Cough Anterior
Poliomyelistis
January,
1
3
1
1
February,
1
2
5
1
March,
3
3
1
April,
23
1
May,
5
June,
1
1
July,
2
August,
1
1
September,
3
1
3
November,
?
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
5
12
37
10
2
1
October,
1
December,
73
TABLE NO. 2
Number of Deaths reported from January 1, 1925 to January 1, 1926.
January,
5
August,
5
February,
12
September,
5
March,
12
October,
15
April,
9
November,
6
May,
11
December,
5
June,
5
July,
10
Total
100
TABLE NO. 3
Total
Male Female
Less than 1 year,
20
13
7
1 to 2 years,
2
2
2 to 3 years,
0
3 to 4 years,
0
4 to 5 years,
1
1
5 to 10 years,
3
1
2
10 to 15 years,
0
15 to 20 years,
1
1
20 to 30 years,
6
4
2
40 to 50 years,
6
3
3
50 to 60 years,
6
3
3
60 to 70 years,
16
8
8
70 to 80 years,
13
4
9
80 to 90 years,
8
2
5
90 to 100 years,
2
1
2
Over 100 years,
Still born, -
9
5
4
100
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REPORT OF MILK INSPECTOR
To the Board of Health of Palmer : I have granted the following permits and licenses : Dealer's Licenses, 115 @ $ .50 $57.50
4
3
30 to 40 years,
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Dealer's Permits, 1
no fee
Oleomargarine Licenses, 5 @ .50 2.50
Producer's Permits, 111 no fee
$60.00
Have carefully inspected all places where milk is pro- duced or sold. one or more times as seemed necessarv.
Have revoked or suspended 3 producer's permits on on account of unsanitary conditions.
Since obtaining the Sediment Tester, some work has been done along this line with satisfactory results, con- siderable work will be done along this line in the future.
Respectfully submitted,
A. F. BENNETT,
Milk Inspector
REPORT OF MEAT INSPECTOR
To the Board of Health of Palmer :
I have made the following meat inspections :
Hogs 102
Beef 18
Veal
22
Respectfully submitted,
A. F. BENNETT, Meat Inspector
RECEIPTS
From Appropriations :
Salaries,
$175.00
Vital Statistics,
700.00
Clerical Work,
100.00
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General Expenses,
1,500.00
Meat and Cattle Inspection,
1,000.00
Reimbursements :
Tuberculosis,
95.25
Licenses :
Alcohol,
15.00
Druggist,
3.00
Undertakers,
2.00
Milk and Oleomargarine,
60.00
Bottling,
15.00
$3,665.25
EXPENDITURES
For :
Salaries,
175.00
Clerical Work,
100.00
Printing and Postage,
11.36
Telephone,
24.36
Hospital Board and Treatment,
1,042.29
Fumigation,
43.40
Vital Statistics,
91.00
Inspection,
902.23
Sundry Expenses,
32.30
$2,421.94
The Board recommends the following appropriations for the ensuing year, namely :
Salaries
$175.00
Clerical Work,
100.00
Vital Statistics,
700.00
Inspection of Meat, Milk and Cattle,
1,000.00
Contagious Diseases and
Sundry Expenses,
1,500.00
$3,475.00
Respectfully submitted, J. P. SCHNEIDER, M. D., Chairman M. WILLIAM HOLDEN WILLARD C. HITCHCOCK
Board of Health
Tax Collector's Report
ACCOUNT OF 1921
Outstanding January 1, 1925 $22.64
Added Assessment (1-28-'22) 15.00
$37.64
Amount added as "paid and abated" on 1923 report through error $ 1.41
Abatements 36.23
37.64
Account of 1922
Outstanding January 1, 1925 $134.76
Added Assessment (12-22-'25)
30.47
Interest
8.87
$174.10
Paid Treasurer
$130.63
Abatements
43.47
$174.10
Account of 1923
Oustanding January 1, 1925 $1,706.44
Added Assessment (12-22-'25) 1,341.21
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Interest
192.29
$3,239.94
Paid Treasurer
$2,063.25
Abatements
1,176.69
3,239.94
Account of 1924
Outstanding January 1, 1925
$37,732.02
Added Assessment (2-3-'25)
80.08
Interest
977.93
$38,790.03
Paid Treasurer
$32,993.39
Abatements
765.97
33,759.36
Outstanding December 31, 1925 5,030.67
Account of 1925
Assessors' Warrants to be collected $310,275.43 Interest 137.20
$310,412.63
Paid Treasurer
283,383.79
Abatements
399.95
283,783.74
Outstanding December 31, 1925 26,628.89
JOHN T. BROWN, Tax Collector.
Selectmen's Report
The Selectmen respectfully submit the following report :
ORGANIZATION: The Board organized with the choice of William B. Kerigan as Chairman and Frank G. Rogers as Clerk.
APPOINTMENTS: Ernest E. Hobson was appointed Town Counsel; Harriette Paine, Bookkeeper; Louis E. Chandler, Burial Agent; David L. Bodfish, Superintendent of Graves; M. Scott French, Chief Engi- neer; Louis Leveillee, Sealer of Weights and Measures ; Fred H. Smith and Michael H. Davitt, Inspectors of Ani- mals; Timothy J. Crimmins, Chief of Police.
The suit of James H. Murphy against the Town of Palmer, growing out of the building of the Wenimesset School at Three Rivers, which was reported as pending in the Superior Court in our last report, has not yet been determined. The Master has yet to file his report.
The price for Junk licenses was the same as last year, namely $50.00.
The Board has adjusted all but one of the claims of property owners abutting on South Main Street and the road leading from South Main Street over the Tenney- ville Bridge to Park Street for damages on account of the taking by the Commonwealth of land in the construction of the state highway in said streets. The claim still un- adjusted is that of Grace Buckner and others and they have brought a petition in the Superior Court for assess- ment of damages. The petition is returnable the first Monday in February.
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The contract for the printing of the town reports this year was awarded to The Palmer Register at the same price as last year, namely, $5.65 per page for 1800 reports.
During the fall of 1925, the special commission appointed under authority of the legislature to consider the needs of Boston and the Metropolitan District for additional water supply filed its report, recommending that substantially 57% of the watershed of the Ware River be taken and that a compensatory reservoir be built under cer- tain conditions to hold the remaining 43% of the watershed and permit the water to come down the river for the use of towns and industries. Closely entwined with all water legislation is the project recommended a few years ago and still pending before the legislature for the taking of the waters of the Swift River. Either of these takings would be of considerable damage to the Town of Palmer. The Selectmen have participated in several conferences with the Selectmen of other towns in the Ware Valley, and the Chairman of your Board is serving as a member of the executive committee which is planning the fight to be made against the taking and the safeguarding of the interests of the several towns in the valley so far as possible in any legislation which may be passed authorizing the taking of the waters of either river. The Board recommends that the town appropriate the sum of $500.00 to defray its share of the expense in connection with the opposition of the legis- lation referred to.
The Board adopted rules and orders regulating the parking of vehicles in the streets of the town and the use of the streets in the Depot Village by so-called jitneys. In the opinion of the Board the regulations have worked no hardship upon any particular persons and have eased up to a considerable extent congestion in certain parts of Main Street in the Depot Village.
During the year the Board has granted hearings to several petitioners who desire to operate motor busses
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through the town and has refused, for what appear to it to be very good reasons, to grant any of the petitions. The Springfield Street Railway Company filed a petition to run motor busses to the villages of the town and to the Ware and Monson town lines. The Board gave several hearings and after mature consideration has decided to grant the company the permission requested. As soon as legal re- quirements can be complied with and permits drawn which will safeguard all the interests of the town, formal permis- sion will be granted.
During the year the Board perambulated the bounds. between the Towns of Ware and Warren and found them in a very satisfactory condition.
The streets in the Depot Village usually sprinkled with water were oiled the past season, through an arrangement made with the Board of Road Commissioners. The cost of oiling was a bit more than watering, but the results ob- tained and the general satisfaction felt everywhere war- rants the Board in believing that oiling the streets is far more preferable than sprinkling with water, and it recom- mends that this course be followed in the future.
On November 6, 1925, the Board held a joint meeting with the School Committee to fill vacancies which had occurred in the latter committee through resignations. Dr. George A. Moore was elected to fill the vacancy caused by te resignation of Harold M. Parsons and Robert E. Faulk- ner was elected to fill that caused by the resignation of George L. Warfield. a
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