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June 30, '06. $11,226 98
Dec. 31, '06.
6,546 18 $17,773 16
Wiring accounts-
June 30, '06 1,059 26
Dec. 31, '06 ..
1,958 96 3,018 22
Extension accounts-
June 30, '06. 2,310 76
Dec. 31, '06 .. . 5,019 84
7,330 60
Sinking Fund for 1906.
430 00
$28,551 98
$28,551 98
Braintree, December 31, 1906.
EXPENSE ACCOUNT
Dr.
Cr.
Operating expenses in- cluding materials and labor $17,773 16
Wiring account, includ-
ing materials and la-
bor
3,018 22
$20,791 38
1906, Dec. 31. $20,791 38
1905, Dec. 31. 19,453 34
Increase in 1906. $1,338 04 Depreciation on cost of Plant from July 1, 1905, to June 30, 1906, inclusive 4,160 16
1,483 50
Interest paid on Notes and Bonds. . Interest on Plant, less Notes and Bonds 1,428 00
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Balance due from consumers' account
(See register) Dec. 31, 1905. . 5,912 73
Inventory of supplies on hand, Dec. 31, 1905
4,604 48
Cr.
Cash received from Light, Power, Meter Rents and Wiring accounts 18,579 78 Due from consumers for Light, Power, Meter Rents and Wiring accounts, charges to Dec. 31, '06 (See register) 7,111 79
Inventory of supplies on hand at Electric Light Plant per sched- ule on file Dec. 31, 1906. 7,404 58
Balance carried forward. 5,284 10
$38,380 25 $38,380 25
Dr.
1906.
Dec. 31. Balance brought forward $5,284 10
STREET LIGHTING SYSTEM.
There are 98 Arc Lamps of 1,200 C. P., and 259 25 C. P. Series Lamps which are equal to 65 Arc Lamps, making a total number estimated Arc Lamps 163 of 1,200 C. P. each.
From January 1, 1906, to June 30, 1906, inclusive, the Street Lighting Service was on 165 nights, 1,244 hours, 35 minutes. Average, 7 hours, 30 minutes each night.
From July 1, 1906, to December 31, 1906, both; inclusive 174 nights, 1,252 hours, 5 minutes. Average, 7 hours, 12 min- utes each night. :
Total service of Street Lights : ..
339 nights, 2,496 hours, 40 minutes. Average: 7 hours, 22 minutes each.
26 nights under moon schedule. No street lighting service.
365 nights. !
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The average cost of 163 Arc Lamps for 339 nights, in use 7 hours and 22 minutes each, was $32.42 (thirty-two and forty- two hundredths dollars) each Arc Lamp of 1,200 C. P. as estimated.
Braintree, Dec. 31, 1906.
INVENTORY OF STOCK.
Including Stable Account Property and Other Materials on Hand at the Electric Light Plant, December 31, 1906.
Lines and lamp materi-
als for repairs. .. . $1,275 00
Street Lamp repairs. . 145 81
$1,420 81
Electric Plant, materials for repairs Steam Plant, materials for repairs. .
342 00
758 75
Station tools and appliances. .
497 85
Distribution tools and appliances.
338 00
Oil and waste supplies.
37 48
Stable account property
1,490 00
Globes
40 20
Carbons
40 25
Office furniture and fixtures
35 00
Fuel account :
330 tons coal at $4 54. 1,498 20
12 tons screenings, $2 00 24 00
Wiring account :
Materials $641 79
Incandescent lamps 240 25
882 04
$7,404 58
Schedule of property on file. Braintree, Dec. 31, 1906. .
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TRIAL BALANCE
Dr. Cr.
15 Electric lines and lamps.
$27,640 49
23 Transformers 5,274 70
25 Electric plant 12,550 24
65 Meters 9,512 75
82 Incandescent street lamps 1,191 76
83 Real estate
11,544 85
88 Steam plant. 16,338 37
134 Arc lamps 2,269 17
$86,322 33
Cost of Plant and Lines, Dec. 31, 1906, Depreciation off, to June 30, 1906 :
Station tools and appliances $497 85
Distribution, do 338 00
Carbons
40 25
Globes
40 20
Oil and waste. 37 48
Repairs for steam plant .. . 758 75
Repairs for lines and lamps 1,420 81
Repairs for electric plant 342 00
Fuel account on hand. .
.
1,522 20
Stable acount
1,490 00
Office account
35 00
Wiring account
997 38
7,519 92
Consumers' balance account.
7,111 79
Interest account
376 42
Profit and loss account.
37,471 69
Sinking Fund Commissioners
7,114 67
Depreciation Fund 735 99
Notes Payable 18,200 00
Bonds
Appropriation for note payments ... Cash
4
16,500 00
43,300 00
10,280 14
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Manufacturing account
-: 1,466 68
Sinking Fund account.
5,590 00
Overdraft for construction
38,989 18
Appropriation for construction
12,326 81
$146,652 81 $146,652 81
Braintree, Dec. 31, 1906.
COST OF ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT.
With depreciation off June 30, 1906-$86,322 33
Outstanding debt.
Dr.
Notes payable
$18,200 00
Bonds
16,500 00
$34,700 00
Cr.
Sinking Fund account
$7,114 67
Inventory, Dec. 31, '06 7,404 58
Consumers' balance acct. 7,111 79
$21,631 04
$13,068 96
Dec. 31, 1906.
DEPRECIATION FUND.
Appropriation June 5, 1906, on the expenditures on the Electric Plant in full-$129,906 70 at 3 per cent. $3,897 20
Orders drawn and paid by B. F. Dyer, Treasurer, and charged to their respective accounts, to wit : Meters $826 47
Transformers 740 67
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New construction, Electric Lines and Lamps Arc Lamps 146 02
1,448 05
$3,161 21
$735 99
Accumulated interest
4 89
$740 88
CASH ACCOUNT.
To Cash received from the following charges, Light, Power, Meter Rents and Wiring charges-See Consumers' Register and Cash Book.
Dr. Cr.
1906.
Mar. 31, December 31,
1905, accounts . . $4,931 89
June 30, March 31,
1906, accounts . . 4,958 28
Sept. 30, June 30, accounts 3,199 11
Dec. 31, Sept. 30
accounts 2,675 31
Dec. 31, for summons 14 50
$15,779 09
Wiring account : 1906.
June 30, New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co .. $594 48 June 30, Collections per cash book ... 679 72 Sept. 30, Collections per cash book .... 745 62 Dec. 31, Collections per cash book ... 780 87
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$2,800 69
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Cr.
1906.
June 30, By Cash paid B. F. Dyer, Treasurer-See receipts on re- ceipt book $11,164 37 Dec. 31, By. Cash paid B. F. Dyer, Treasurer-See receipts in re- ceipt. book 7,415 41
$18,579 78 $18,579 78
Braintree, Dec. 31, 1906.
DANIEL POTTER, Manager.
REPORT OF ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
CONSUMERS' REGISTER FOR THE YEAR 1906.
For Light, Power, Meter Rents and Wiring Charge.
Dr. Cr.
1905.
Dec. 31. Balance due from con- sumers $5,912 73
Charges : 1906.
Mar. 31. For light .. $4,814 58
For power. 29 34
June 30. For light .. 2,827 39
For power. 60 06
Sept. 30. For light .. 2,540 04
For power. 147 48
5,687 99
Dec. 31. For light .. For power. 33 06
For summons in 1906
14 50
1905. $14,447 17 1906. 16,154 44 $16,154 44
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Meter Rents : 1906.
Mar. 31. Charges $143 55
June 30. Charges 150 01
Sept. 30. Charges' 155 95
Dec. 31. Charges 160 92
610 43
$16,764 87
Less Abatements :
1905.
Dec. 31. Charges 51 77
1906.
Dec. 31. Charges 84 76
$136 53
Net revenue for 1906 $16,628 34
Wiring accounts : 1906.
Mar. 31. Charges $569 90
June 30. Charges 266 05
Sept. 30. Charges 823 62
Dec. 31. Charges 919 74
$2,579 31
1905.
Dec. 31. Abate-
ments
23 29
Net revenue for 1906
2,556 02
$25,097 09
Cr.
1906.
June 30.
Cash paid B. F. Dyer,
Treasurer
$10,569 89
Dec. 31.
Cash paid B. F. Dyer,
Treasurer
7,415 41
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Dec. 31. Balance due from con- sumers 7,111 79
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Net revenue for lights, power, etc $16,628 34
Net revenue for wiring, etc. 2,556 02
$25,097 09
$25,097 09
$19,184 36 Dr
1906.
Dec. 31. Balance due from con- sumers' accounts-See register . . Charges for D. and C. lights, power, meter rents and wiring for 3 mos. ending Dec. 31, 1906 $5,916 60
$7,111 79
Charges for D. and C. lights, power, meter rents and wiring per accounts due Dec. 30, 1906 809 41
Wiring accounts, No- vember and Decem- ber, 1906 385 78.
$7,111 79
Braintree, Dec. 31, 1906.
We have examined the books of Daniel Potter, Manager of the Electric Light Department, showing amounts charged for operating expenses and to extension account, also cash book and find them correct also proper vouchers for the same, and a balance due from consumers Dec. 31, 1906, of $7,111 79 (seven thousand one hundred eleven and 79-100 dollars). .
WM. A. McKEAN, WILLIAM P. KELLEY, Auditors.
Braintree, Mass., Jan. 23, 1907.
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OPERATING AND EXPENSES OF THE ELECTRIC PLANT AT THE STATION FOR THE YEAR 1906.
Output of Killowatt hours :
Domestic and commercial lighting. 183,980
Street lighting . 164,470
Departments used and loss 18,400
366,850
Net operating expenses, $15,226 38.
Cost per Killowatt hour, 4 15-100 cents.
Revenue Domestic Lights.
$17,013 94
183,980 Killowatt hours at 4 15-100 cts. 7,635 17
$9,378 77
Revenue
$17,013 94
Operating expenses
15,226 38
$1,787 56
Arc Lamps :
164,470 Killowatts hours at 4 15-100 cts. $6,825 50
At the Station :
Wages
$4,359 61/
Coal
3,635 35
Oil and waste.
814 14
Station tools
.
41 07
Repairs on steam plant.
1,089 68
Repairs on electric plant.
6 67
366,850 Killowatts cost 2 71-100 cts. per hour.
Estimated Cost to Purchase :
366,850 Killowatts at 5 cts. $18,342 50
Manufactured at Station :
366,850 Killowatts at 2 71-100 cts. 1
9,946 52
Difference in favor of station $8,395 98 .
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THE FOREGOING REPORT OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF THE ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT FOR THE YEAR 1906.
All the machinery, boilers and other appliances at the Electric Light Station are in the best condition.
The Street Lighting Service including extension of lines and renewals, also connecting new consumers, have been care- fully and economically maintained by the Superintendent, Wallace P. Mercer.
There was no extension of street lighting service during the year. No appropriation for that purpose was authorized at the annual meeting.
The increase of domestic and commercial consumers has been large and the number reported; there are several houses at this time being wired and when completed and connected with the system will increase the number of lamps three hundred or more. Of the large number of houses the past year the Electric Light Department has furnished about 10 per cent. of said , houses.
The operating expenses, extension for new consumers and other charges will be found in detail in the report.
APPROPRIATIONS.
The following appropriations for the maintenance and annual charges required by Electric Light Plant for the year 1907 are recommended :
Depreciation Fund :
Notes payable issued. . $64,000 00
Bonds
16,500 00
Appropriations for con- struction 12,326 81
Overdraft for construc-
tion 39,989 18
$132,815 99 at 3 per ct. $3,984 48
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Connecting new consumers 2,000-00
Sinking Fund for 1907.
430 00
Payment of Notes maturing in 1907 $2,000 00 3,900 00
5,900 00
Payment of interest on Notes and
Bonds in 1907 1,267 00
$13,581 48
And in addition revenue derived from the domestic and commercial charges for lighting, power, meter rents and wiring accounts for operating expenses.
Respectfully submitted,
DANIEL POTTER, Manager.
Braintree, December 31, 1906.
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Warrant FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Norfolk, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Braintree. Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified to vote in elections therein, to meet at the polling places in their respective precincts, to wit :
Polling place in Precinct No. 1, Town Hall ;
Polling place in Precinct No. 2, Hose House, Hollis Ave .;
Polling place in Precinct No. 3, Hose House, Allen St .; on Monday the fourth day of March, 1907, at six o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to bring in to the. Wardens of their respective precincts their votes on the official ballot for a Town Clerk, a Town Treasurer, three Selectmen, three Assessors, three Overseers of the Poor, three Highway Surveyors, three Auditors, three Fence Viewers, a Tax Collector, a Tree Warden, two mem- bers of the Board of School Committee for three years, one member of the Board of Health for three years, one Water Com- missioner and Commissioner of Sinking Funds for three years, two Trustees of Thayer Public Library for two years and fifteen Constables.
Also to vote Yes or No upon the question, Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town?
The polls shall be open at six o'clock in the forenoon and may be closed at one o'clock P. M.
You are further directed to notify and warn said inhabi- tants qualified to vote as aforesaid, to meet at the Town Hall in said Braintree on Monday the eleventh day of March, 1907, at seven and one-half o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles, namely :
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Art. 2. To choose all other Town Officers except those elected by ballot.
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Art. 3. To see if the Town will authorize its Treasurer with the approval of the majority of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of Taxes and issue notes of the Town therefor. Also to see if the Town will hold its Treasurer harm- less on his bond from any loss which may arise from the failure of any National Bank in which the funds of the Town may be on deposit, said Bank or Banks being designated by the Select- men. Also to see if the Town will continue to pay for the bond of its Treasurer and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Art. 4. To hear and act upon the reports of the several boards of Town Officers and of any committee, and to choose any committee the Town may. think proper.
Art. 5. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the public schools and for transporting pupils to and from the same.
Art. 6. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the repairs of highways, Town ways and bridges. Also for repairs and building sidewalks and stone roads, removal of snow and watering streets.
Art. 7. To see if the Town will vote to build a drain on Frederick Road and Washington Street near the junction of Pond Street and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Art. 8. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of that part of Sherbrooke Avenue so called (leading easterly from its present terminus) as a Town way as made by the Selectmen and raise and appropriate a sum of money to build the same.
Art. 9. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of Highland Avenue, so called (leading easterly from Washington Street to Hancock Street), as a Town way, as made by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate a sum of money to build the same.
Art. 10. To see if the Town will accept the laying out of Nelson Street, so called (leading westerly from Shaw Street), as a Town way, as made by the Selectmen, and raise and appro- priate a sum of money to build the same.
Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to construct a side-
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walk on Shaw Street and Howard Street and appropriate the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars for the same.
Art. 12. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the poor.
Art. 13. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to appropriate for the payment of State Aid, Military Aid and for Soldiers' Relief as provided by Sections 18 and 19 of Chapter 79 of the Revised Laws, and to determine how much of the same shall be raised by taxation.
Art. 14. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for support and maintenance of the Fire Department and for the purchase of new hose.
Art. 15. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and seventy-five dollars for a Fire Alarm box at the corner of Howard and Hayward Streets.
Art. 16. To see if the Town will establish a telephone in each of the engineers' houses.
Art. 17. To see what action the Town will take in regard to purchasing land and building an Engine House for the south part of the Town and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Art. 18. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for operating expenses of the Electric Light Department, for connecting new consumers, etc.
Art. 19. To see if the Town will vote to place suitable street lights on Granite Street, southerly from West Street, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Art. 20. To see if the Town will vote to extend the street lights on West Street and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Art. 21. To see if the Town will vote to place suitable street lights on Charles Street and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Art. 22. To see if the Town will vote to place suitable street lights on President Road and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Art. 23. . To see if the Town will vote to extend the street lights on Quincy Avenue and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
. Art. 24. To see if the Town will vote to extend the street
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lights on Commercial Street to the Quincy line and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Art. 25. To see if the Town will vote to continue its night police and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Art. 26. To see if the Town will instruct the Board of Selectmen to appoint a Chief of Police and raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the same.
Art. 27. To see what action the Town will take in enforc- ing the Criminal Laws and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Art. 28. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of court fees and expenses.
Art. 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro-, priate a sum of money for hydrant service.
Art. 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the Water Loan Sinking Funds.
Art. 31. To see if the Town will vote to extend its Water System South in Washington Street from its present termina- tion to the Holbrook and Braintree Town line and raise and. appropriate a sum of money sufficient for the same.
Art. 32. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the purchase of meters.
Art. 33. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary for the payment of notes, and for the payment of interest on the Town debt, and on loans in anticipation of taxes.
Art. 34. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of Town Officers.
Art. 35. To see what sums of money the Town will vote. to raise and appropriate for miscellaneous expenses.
Art. 36. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to assist Post 87, G. A. R., in defraying the expenses of memorial services .on Memorial Day.
Art. 37. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Thayer Public Library and for the distribution of books.
Art. 38. To see what sums of money the Town will vote-
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to raise and appropriate for supplies and for repairs of the Town Hall and for the services of a Janitor.
Art. 39. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for insurance on Town buildings.
Art. 40. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for abatement of Taxes.
Art. 41. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be expended by the Tree Warden.
Art. 42. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to be expended by the Board of Health.
Art. 43. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to be expended on the Town Lands.
Art. 44. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to be expended on Plain Street Cemetery.
Art. 45. To see if the Town will vote to charge interest on all unpaid taxes after a certain date.
Art. 46. To see if the Town will accept the Jury List as prepared by the Selectmen.
Art. 47. To see if the Town will vote to erect bulletin boards for the posting of official notices, in five different places in the Town and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Art. 48. To see if the Town will sell the J. Sargent Ar- nold property on Storrs Avenue or take any action in relation thereto.
Art. 49. To see if the Town will release to Michael Levan- gie any interest it may have in his land on Sherman and Butler Road or take any action in relation thereto.
Art. 50. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the legacies or either of them given to it in the will of Charles E. French, late of Boston.
You are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof in three public places in each Precinct in said Town of Braintree, seven days at least before said fourth day of March, 1907, and by publishing the same once in the Braintree Observer-Reporter and Braintree Bee.
Hereof, fail not, and make due return of this warrant with
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your doings thereon to the Town Clerk before the second day of March, 1907.
Given under our hands at Braintree this thirtieth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven.
B. HERBERT WOODSUM, R. ALLEN GAGE, HENRY M. STORM, Selectmen of Braintree.
A true copy. Attest :
CHARLES A. HOBART, Constable of Braintree.
Braintree, February -, 1907.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I hereby notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified as therein expressed, to meet at the time and place for the purposes therein mentioned.
CHARLES A. HOBART, Constable of Braintree.
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Jury List.
As prepared by the Selectmen, January 8, 1907. Allen, William, 408. Commercial st., stone mason. Appleyard, Enoch, 119 Shaw st., carpenter. Arnold, J. Marcus, 444 Washington st., merchant. Bailey, William H. H., 20 Union st., retired. Bates, Louis F., 71 Commercial st., plumber. Blanchard, Joseph W., 47 Quincy ave., agent. Bolles, Francis S., Factory hill, dyer. Bond, Francis D., 35 Spruce st., clerk. Cain, Thomas J., Randall ave., stable keeper. Cavanagh, Charles F., 111 School st., building mover.
Clark, Edward W., 103 Hollis ave., carpenter. Cook, Alfred A., 40 Mt. Vernon ave., tile mason. Connell, James, 524 Commercial st., farmer. Cronin, William H., 190 Shaw st., salesman. Cummings, Charles B., 30 Pond st., clerk. Cutting James M., Grove st., farmer. David, Solon, Franklin st., janitor.
Doane, Henry W., 367 West st., bookkeeper.
Drollett, Joseph P., 320 Granite st., manufacturer.
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Dyer, Jacob A., 1295 Washington st., farmer. Estes, Lewis E., Grove st., farmer. Finnegan, George D., 165 Hancock st., editor. French, Azel R., 144 Franklin st., salesman. French, George A., 660 Washington st., farmer. Gardner, Francis A., 18 Elm Knoll, janitor. Goodspeed, N. Herbert, 75 Commercial st., leather worker. Gore, Henry W., 34 Vine st., bookkeeper. Gustin, Edwin R., Pond st., shoe worker.
Gutterson, William B., 15 Bellevue rd., clerk. .
Hayward, Francis E., 445 Quincy ave., florist. Hayward, J. Parker, Quincy ave., retired. Heath, Vernon S., 66 Franklin st., shipper. Hobart, Arthur L., 2 Elm: Knoll, electrician.
Hobart, Edward W., Hobart ave., inspector.
Holmes, William L., Myrtle st., retired.
Howland, Walter H., 10 Central ave., machine operator.
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Hunt, Nathaniel F., 431 Quincy ave., retired. Joy, Adoniram F., 4 Allen st., shoe worker. Keith, Arza H., Washington pl., manufacturer. Knight, Bradford Y., 195 Shaw st., carpenter. Leatherbee, James D., Tremont st., clerk. Leben, L. Francis, Howard st., machinist. Ludden, George E., 226. Shaw st., leather worker. Lyons, William A., 44 Union st., clerk. May, William, 485 Washington, st., contractor. McKean, William A., 63 Ash st., merchant. McKenney, Frank E., Monatiquot ave., retired. McNabb, James, Jr., 371 Quincy ave., gardener. McOsker, James T., 27 Taylor st., barber. McRae, Augustus, Sheppard ave., carpenter. Moore, Peter E., 286 Pond st., broker. Morgan, Frank H., 125 Allen st., broker. Morrison, L. Willard, 115 Adams st., clerk. Mulcahy, John W., 122 Tremont st., engineer. Newcomb, Willie A., 31 Hollis ave., shoe worker. Odom, John, 102 School st., letter carrier. Penniman, N. Allen, 277 Union st., superintendent.
Pennock, Frederick G., 741 Washington st., machinist. Philbrook, Walter G., 328 Elm st., painter. Pierson, Edward O., 485 Washington st., clerk.
Potter, Daniel, 12 French ave., electric light manager.
Ratcliffe, John W., 416 Commercial st., machinist.
Record, Sanford P., Commercial st., secretary. Robery, John P., 5 Liberty st., farmer. Ross, William A., 21 Hancock st., manufacturer.
Sampson, George E., 640 Wash. st., real estate and insurance. Slade, George H., 312 Middle st., shoe worker. Smart, Charles E., 259 Washington st., janitor. Smith, Peter, 50 Front st., laborer. Smith, Thomas M., 4 Plymouth st., auctioneer. Southworth, Alfred, 157 River st., agent. Stark. William F., River st., electrician. Stevens, James, 54 Liberty, machinist. Storm, Henry M., 336 Commercial st., selectman.
Sullivan, Edward J., 654 Washington st., merchant.
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Sullivan, John F., 44 Hobart st., painter.
Thayer, Elmer F., 279 Pond st., farmer.
Watkins, Edwin F., 533 Washington st., railroad employee.
West, John W., 234 Commercial st., salesman.
Whall, W. H., Jr., Granite st., farmer.
White, George H., Town st., farmer.
White, Hartley L., 133 Hollis ave., civil engineer.
Whitman, Henry B., Pond st., harnessmaker.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON ENFORCEMENT OF CRIMINAL LAWS.
At the Annual Meeting the sum of $750 was appropriated for the enforcement of the laws relating to the illegal sale of intoxicating liquors.
The Moderator, John Kelley, appointed a committee of three to carry out the instructions of the Town. This com- mittee organized May 21st with C. F. Hill Crathern, Chairman, and John M. Connell, Secretary. The crusade began immedi- ately. The committee found themselves face to face with deplorable conditions, the most flagrant violations of the law having existed in the very centres of population.
In the case of the most notorious rumseller in the Town of Braintree the strongest evidence was produced revealing the fact that a saloon was established in South Braintree which was selling thousands of packages a month.
So convincing and damaging was the evidence that the liquor books of one of the express companies were stolen before nightfall on the day on which the facts were discovered.
Before July 4th fourteen raids were made and a majority of the violators were convicted and sentenced. By this time Braintree was practically a dry town.
In August, September and October other raids and convic- tions followed, some on a second offence which resulted in several offenders leaving town.
The difficulties attending the enforcement of law are great and numerous. Your committee has had to proceed against men who have been absolutely defiant in the face of municipal law and public opinion, and who have been a positive menace to
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the moral welfare of the community. Cunning, unscrupulous, astute, they have exhausted every possible means to defeat the ends of justice, and sometimes have been momentarily successful. But the will of the people has ultimately triumphed and the law-breakers have been obliged to conform to the statutes.
A considerable sum of money has been returned to the town from fines imposed in the courts.
No attempt has been made to create a liquor fund, but an effort has been made to put the liquor dealers out of a wilful and malicious business.
The Sunday patrolmen have done duty on Sundays and holidays whenever and wherever the exigencies of the occasion demanded. Men have been appointed to these offices who have been endorsed by leading citizens and who have commended themselves to the committee. It has been difficult at times, how- ever, to get desirable men for the special work in hand.
At our important railway junctions and transfer stations there has been especial need of officers, owing to the large influx of people from other towns.
In view of the work done by the committee in suppressing the illegal traffic of intoxicating liquor and believing that it can and should be done in the future, they have the following recom- mendations to make :
1st. That the selectmen be instructed to appoint a Chief of Police, who shall be on duty during the day and shall also have full charge of the night police.
2nd. That the Town vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to meet the expenses of this office.
3rd. That in the event the Town should deem the fore- going recommendation not feasible, a sum of $750 be appro- priated for the enforcement of the criminal laws.
Respectfully submitted,
J. M. CONNELL, J. W. COLBERT, C. F. HILL CRATHERN.
The above report should have been made at the Annual Town Meeting, but as it was sent to the printer without the
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knowledge of the Board of Selectmen, and having been set up it is allowed to stand, although contrary to a vote of the town. It is my duty, however, to add a few facts that future genera- ations looking up old records may have a better understanding of the actual conditions as they now exist. Comparing the years 1905 and 1906 I find that in 1906 there were a less number of raids, fewer successful ones, fewer convictions, a less number driven out of town and more drunkenness, more disorder, and judging from the usual rumors, more men were selling liquor at the end of 1906 than was ever known before. No change in the illegal business, only the way of doing it has changed. Notwith- standing a slight lowering of the standard of law and order in the Town, I still maintain that Braintree is one of the most orderly towns in Massachusetts, and now that those who thought otherwise take a proper view as to what Braintree actually is and has been, let us all pull together for the benefit of the Town.
B. H. WOODSUM, Chairman, Board of Selectmen.
INDEX
Abatement of Taxes 99
Almshouse 80
Appropriations of 1906 49
Assessors' Account
52
Auditors' Report
124
Births of 1906
33
Committee on Enforcement of Criminal Laws, Report of. . 205.
Deaths of 1906
42
Debt of Town 111
Dog Tax Account 32
Electric Light Department, Report of. 173
Expenditures of 1906 56
Financial Summary . 120
Fire Department, Report of. 164
Fire Department Expenditures 57
Health, Report of Board of 162
Highway Surveyors, Report of. 62
Incidental Expenses 71
Insurance Account 122
Jury List Prepared for 1907. 203
Library, Report of Trustees of Thayer 166
Library, Gifts to
170
Marriages of 1906
38
Outside Aid
82
Poor Department Expenditures
80
School Committee, Report of. 151
School Statistics 157
School Expenditures 88
School Fund 118
Selectmen, Report of. 47
Sinking Fund Accounts 114
Soldiers' Relief 97
Stone Road, Expenditures 67
State Aid Account 98
Superintendent of Schools, Report of. 154
210
Tax Collector's Account 123
Town Clerk's Report
3
Town Hall Expenditures
99
Town Officers of 1906
2
Town Officers, Pay of
100
Town Debt
111
Town Treasurer's Report
105
Vote of Representative District
30
Vote at State Election 28
Vote at Town Election 8
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting of 1907. 197
Water Commissioners, Report of. 129
Water Department, Report of Superintendent 142
Water Finances-Treasurer's Report. 133
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