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PENNIMAN SCHOOL
Virginia Elizabeth Arnold
Carl Azel Bergman
William Brown, Jr.
Florence Teresa Maher
Muriel Brown Call
Myrtle Irene MacEachern
Rosalia Elizabeth Christian
Ransford Edward Munroe, Jx.
Margaret Elizabeth Drinkwater
William Earl Edmondson
Elvin Herbert Perrow Pearl Eleanor Rowell Robert Morton Snow
Ethel May Evans
Doris Elizabeth Frazier
Laurence Irwin Sunbury
Isabel Caroline Handy
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David Andrew Wallace
Alexander Francis Healey
Marion Ruth Wickman
JONAS PERKINS SCHOOL
Lars Norman Anderson Marguerite Estelle Baynes Mary Elizabeth Bess James Thomas Brown Parker Lorraine Brown Margaret Catherine Bruce
Margaret McRoberts Gillan
Charles Allen Goss
Archibald Edward Grassick
Eleanor Frances Hall'
John Robert Hill
Robert Inglis
George Maguire Cody
George Edmond Kelley
Gordon Louis Condon
Mary Winifred McCarthy
Everett Joseph Coffin
Clara May Palmer
Arthur Savury Reader
John Leo Daley, Jr. Alice Davenport Dorothy Ada Davis
Alice May Rich Harriett Hawthorne Robbins
Eunice Evelyn Delory
John Archie Donaldson
Olive Bertha Robery Frances Rita Ryan
Francis Willard Dorey
Elsie Elizabeth Smith
Donald William Garland
Roy Spencer Walker
Roderick Stanley Wolcott
THOMAS A. WATSON SCHOOL
Marian Jean Alexander Irma May Anderson Clarence G. Armstrong, Jr. Robert Arthur William Edward Arthur'
Margaret Helen Herman William Foster Hopkins Edward Fraser Jenkins Leslie Albert Johnson Howard Walter Kelland
1.
Mary Martha Jordan Julia Martha Lehosky
207
Elizabeth Pattie Bate
Agnes Marie Better
Bertie Joseph Blanchard
Lewis Martin Bound, Jr. Helen Louise Carleton Margaret Cole Denton Philip John Faustini
Warner Maurice Fitch
Joseph Paul FitzPatrick
Roger Allen Forsythe Ambrose Lincoln Fraser
George Andrew Thompson Elinor Gertrude Toye Virginia Van Nortwick
Earle Eugene Fredette
Frederick James Walsh
Walter William Warren
Margaret Bowles Watt Berkeley Hassett Winchester
NOAH TORREY SCHOOL
Dorothy Ella Allison George Bruno Anderson John Thomas Barrett Anthony Basile
Alida Mary Benotti Warren Elbert Benson Marguerite Louise Boyle Joseph Callaghan Burke Margaret Mary Canavan Philip Joseph Cardarople Alice Ethel Cohen James Warren Conley Vito D'Acci
Xavier Stuart D'Arigo
John Joseph Devine
George Thomas Donovan
Dorothy Agatha Drinan Emily Gloria Farina Anna Mildred Fitzsimmons John David Foley
Joseph Freeman Ford Elena Dorothy Frantiello Edward Michael Furlong
Mabel Frances Galetti Richard Austin Haskell Chrystal Evelyn Hatch Mary Elizabeth Hayden Eileen Mary Hurley Eleanor Rose Ianuzzi
Morrison Franklin Kibble:
Elizabeth Reed Lakin
Anthony Larusso
Anthony Lauria Ruth Beatrice Lawry Jean Rea Mackenzie Cecelia Mary Meehan Evelyn Mary Morise
Helen Annie Nichols John Albert O'Connell -
Angelina Pino George Edward Powers Harriet Elizabeth Shanley Mary Regina Stratton Gertrude Elizabeth Welch Katherine Emma Wheeler Cecil Augustus Williams
Josephine Mary Zanghi
Louis Aloysious Gropp Henry James Henley, Jr. Martin Joseph Hennebury
Eva Vienna Libertine Frances Anna Luisi Helen Elizabeth Luisi Russell MacDonald
William Leo McVay Doris Arlene Means Mary Ellen Morse Carl Scrivener
208
PARENT - TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
Penniman School
President, Mrs. Wallace I. Bacon, 51 Cleveland Avenue, Braintree.
Secretary, Miss Juliet H. Douty, 354 Washington Street, Braintree. Treasurer, Miss Clara N. M. Holbrook, 56 Harrison Avenue, Braintree.
Jonas Perkins - Abraham Lincoln Schools President, Mr. Simon B. Rideout, 193 Shaw Street, East Braintree. Secretary, Miss Helen M. Linnehan, 76 Park Street, Braintree. Treasurer, Mr. Henry H. Storm, 364 Commercial Street, East Braintree.
Thomas A. Watson School
President, Mr. F. Gordon Smith, 10 Beechwood Road, East Braintree. Secretary, Mrs. Harold Robinson, 71 Arborway Drive, East Braintree. Treasurer, Mrs. Harold Robinson, 71 Arborway Drive, East Braintree.
Noah Torrey and Pond Schools
President, Mrs. Daniel F. Caskin, 85 Franklin Street, South Braintree.
Secretary, Miss Mildred Hayes, 6 Sunset Road, South Braintree. Treasurer, Mrs. Carl A. Benson, 34 Winthrop Road, South Braintree.
BRAINTREE HIGH SCHOOL
Service
Department
Oct. 1, 1928 Membership
Name
Education
Experience
Began
Principal
578 James L. Jordan
Bates College
20 years
Sept. 1918
Secretary
Post Grad. 6 Thelma C. Mackenzie
Braintree High School
3 years
Sept. 1925
Sub-Master Science Srs. 88
Samuel E. Lawrence
Rhode Island State
12 years
Sept. 1921
Science
German
Juniors 136
Almeda M. Walker
Mass. Agri. College
3 years
Sept. 1927
Mathematics
Sophomores
157
Katherine K. Waldron
Boston University
19 years
Sept. 1924
Freshmen
191
Alton C. Perry
University of Maine
3 years
Sept. 1928
Civics
Raymond B. Chapman
Bates College
2 years
Sept. 1928
209
History
Ruth M. Malone
Boston University
7 years
Sept. 1922
History, English
Constance F. Stecher
Boston University
2 years
Sept. 1928
English
Helen A. Donovan
Boston University
5 years
Sept. 1927
English
Marion L. Billings
Smith College
7 years
Sept. 1924
English
Gladys E. Maxfield
University of Maine
7 years
Sept. 1926
Latin
Ida Wilsker
Brown University
6 years
Sept. 1924
French
Josephine A. Keany
Boston University
7 years
Sept. 1924
French, Latin
Hazel M. Summerville
U. of New Hampshire
4 years
Sept. 1926
Drawing
Athalie Hobell
Mass. School of Art
9 years
Sept. 1921
Librarian
Miriam N. Marsh
Boston University
5 years
Sept. 1927
Household Arts
Ruth J. Bennett
Framingham Normal
13 years
Sept. 1919
Household Arts
Bertha C. Emerson
Fairmont Normal
17 years
Sept. 1927
Commercial
Raymond L. Strangford
Northeastern U.
11 years
Sept. 1922
Oct. 1, 1928 Department
Membership
Name
Education
Experience
Service Began
Commercial
Olive M. Avery
University of Maine
11 years
Sept. 1923
Commercial
Mildred B. Ahlgren
Salem Normal
9 years
Sept. 1923
Commercial
Hazel M. Fitts
Salem Normal
. 6 years
Sept. 1923
Commercial
Margaret C. Kirby
Salem Normal
14 years
Sept. 1923
Commercial
Ruth W. Thrasher
Boston University
7 years
Sept. . 1924
Commercial
Anna M. Tilley
Boston University
2years
Sept. 1928
Commercial
Viola P. Evans
Salem Normal
3 years
Sept. 1928
MONATIQUOT SCHOOL
210
Principal
377 Charles G. Lord
Boston University
9 years
Sept. 1927
Grade 8
44 Mildred B. Edwards
Farmington Normal
3 years
Sept. 1927
Grade 7
47 Mary B. Arnold
Tufts College
4 years
Sept. 1927
Grade 6
22 E. Aldana Coleman
Castine Normal
18 years
Sept. 1926
Grade 6
32 Josephine A. Hodgdon
Gorham Normal
3 years
Sept. 1927
Grade 5
37 Elizabeth G. Rogers
Framingham Normal
30 years
Sept. 1915
Grade 4
30 Margaret V. Thompson
Keene Normal
4 years
Sept. 1928
Grade 3
43 Ruth F. Chase
Plymouth Normal
6 years
Sept. 1926
Grade 2
32 Cora M. Coffill
North Adams Normal
15 years
Sept. 1918
Grade 2
22 Helen Decker
Gorham Normal
4 years
Sept. 1926
Grade 1
39 Gwendolyn Vaughan
Farmington Normal
4 years
Nov. 1928
Kindergarten
29 Esther W. Hallowell
Perry Normal
5 years
Sept. 1928
HOLLIS SCHOOL
Service
Department
Oct. 1, 1928 Membership
Name
Education
Experience
Began
Principal
321
Richard W. Johnson
Fitchburg Normal
8 years
Sept. 1922
Grade 8
20
Minnie M. Tibbetts
Castine Normal -. 8 years
Sept. 1927
Grade 7
34
Marjorie E. Hunt .
Framingham Normal >
2 years
Sept. 1928
Grade 6
37
Helen R. Page
Castine Normal
4 years
Sept. 1925
Grade 5
35
Doris G. Norton
Newburyport Training
9 years
Nov. 1921
Grade 4
39
Mildred S. Nickerson
Bridgewater Normal
15 years
Sept. 1913
Grade 3
39
Rosalie S. Bayley
Thayer Academy
29 years
Sept. 1899
Grade 2
33
Hannah C. Whelan
Weymouth Training
36 years
Sept. 1890
Grades 1 and 2
17-8
Julia F. Young
Gorham Normal
2 years
Oct. 1928
Grade 1
33
Rena E. Hemenway
Salem Normal
10 years
Sept. 1922
Kindergarten
26
Ann R. Howard
Page Kindergarten
24 years
Sept. 1910
PENNIMAN SCHOOL
Principal
306
Leverett T. Holder
Bridgewater Normal
6 years
March, 1927
Grade 8
25 Emma G. Davis
Washington Normal
7 years
Sept. 1923
Grade 7
26
Helen M. Sprague
Bridgewater Normal
4 years
Sept. 1926
Grade 6
29
Juliet H. Douty
Framingham Normal
5 years
Sept. 1926
Grade 5
31 Eleanor G. Brown
Bridgewater Normal
71/2 years
Sept. 1922
Grade 4
36
Mary E. Mills
Castine Normal
18 years
Sept. 1926
Grade 3
44
Ethel M. Towse
Machias Normal
7years
Sept. 1926
Grade 2
35
Grace A. Bell
Bridgewater Normal
6 years
Sept. 1923
Grade 1
: 30 Gladys Iliffe
Lesley Normal
7 years
Nov. 1926
211
.
Oct. 1, 1928 Membership
Name
Education
Experience
Service Began
Grade 1
24
Blanche E. Crockett
Farmington Normal
3 years
Nov. 1928
Kindergarten
26
Cecilia C. Whelan
Wheelock Kindergarten 12 years
Sept. 1916
JONAS PERKINS SCHOOL
Principal
312
Alberto M. Eldridge
Bridgewater Normal
30 years
Sept. 1918
Grade 8
33
Bertha E. Hinchcliffe
Salem Normal
13 years
Sept. 1925
Grade 7
42
Florence M. Hodgkin
Gorham Normal
4 years
Sept. 1927
Grade 6
37 Nellie E. Bolles
Braintree High School
39 years
Sept. 1889
Grade 5
30
Ida M. Cromwell
Castine Normal
14 years
Sept. 1923
Grade 4
36 Irma M. Killian
Bridgewater Normal
14 years
Sept. 1916
Grade 3
42 Helen C. Dignan
Bridgewater Normal
10 years
Sept. 1921
Grade 2
29
Helen D. Parker
Gorham Normal
4 years
Sept. 1927
Grade 1
37
Marguerite L. Sumner
Page Kindergarten
32 years
Sept. 1904
Kindergarten
26
Dora Iliffe
Susan E. Blow Kindergarten
10 years
Sept. 1927
THOMAS A. WATSON SCHOOL
Principal
408
Charles W. Brooks
Bridgewater Normal
13 years
Sept. 1916
Grade 8
33
A. Eugenia Wilbas
Bridgewater Norma
8 years
Sept. 1922
Grade 7
45 Ruth I. Clarke
North Adams Normal
5 years
Sept. 1925
Grade 6
40 Helen E. Porter
Keene Normal
2 years
Sept. 1927
Grade 5
37 Mary T. Madden
Bridgewater Normal
9 years
Sept. 1923
Grade 4
46 Gladys M. Pierce
Castine Normal
8 years
Sept. 1927
Grade 3
44 Karolyn R. Finck
North Adams Normal
5 years
Sept. 1926
212
Department
Department
Oct. 1, 1928 Membership
Name
Education Experience
Service Began
Grade 2
48
Aileen L. Kingsbury
Plymouth Normal
5 years
Sept. 1925
Grades 1 and 2
18-12
Lucille Hatch
Perry Normal
4 years
Sept. 1928
Grade 1
41 Norma R. Brown
Bridgewater Normal
9 years
Sept. 1922
Kindergarten
44
Rosamond H. Tenney
Wheelock Kindergarten
2 years
Sept. 1927
ABRAHAM LINCOLN SCHOOL
Principal
210
Grade 5
25
Anna V. Galligan
Bridgewater Normal 20 years
Sept. 1916
Grades 6 and 7
20-11
Mary G. Leahy
Keene Normal
7 years
Sept. 1928
Grade 4
24
Emily A. Landry
Bridgewater Normal
12 years
Sept. 1918
213
Grade
32
Helen M. Linnehan
Wheelock Kindergarten
5 1/2 years
Sept. 1925
Grade 2
33
A. Gladys Herring
Lowell. Normal
10 years
Sept. 1922
Grade 1
35
Helen L. Dewhirst
Lowell Normal
11 years
Sept. 1927
Kindergarten
30
Florence M. Ladrigan
Perry Kindergarten
5 years
Sept. 1927
NOALI TORREY SCHOOL
Principal
519
Winthrop H. Lamb
Hyannis Normal
15 years
Sept. 1927
Grade 8
22
Josephine B. Colbert
Bridgewater Normal
41 years
Sept. 1892
Grade 8
23
Blanche Hinds
Boston Normal
16 years
Dec. 1924
Grade 7
30
Margaret MacDonald
Gorham Normal
4 years
Sept. 1925
Grade 7
30 Doris M. Wright
Machias Normal
31/2 years
Sept. 1927
Grade 6
40 Anna M. Curto
Westfield Normal
2 years
Sept. 1928
Grade 6
41 Florence E. Richardson
Gorham Normal
25 years
April, 1926
Department
Oct. 1, 1928 Membership
Name
Education
Experience
Service Began
Grade 5
41
Olive E. Pingree
Castine Normal
6 years
Nov. 1928
Grade 5
42
Clara W. Bickford
Gorham Normal
12 years
Feb. 1926
Grade 4
41
Margaret E. Perkins
Colby College
9 years
Sept. 1922
Grade 4
41
Mildred E. Hutchinson
Plymouth Normal
. 24 years
Sept. 1919
Grade 4
22
Esther F. Drake
Bridgewater Normal
3 years
Sept. 1928
Grade 3
37
Grace E. Rowe
Salem Normal
5 years
Sept. 1924
Grade 3
36
Gertrude H. Falt
Gorham Normal
5 years
April, 1926
Grade 2
36
Ida E. Stratton
Newburyport Training
17 years
April, 1926
Grade 2
37
Mildred Hayes
Plymouth Normal
2 years
Sept. 1928
POND SCHOOL
=
Principal
118
Grade 1
29
Claire E. Shay
Thayer Academy
25 years
. Sept. 1903
Grade 3
27
Ellen J. Heal
Castine Normal
512 years
Jan. 1929
Grade 1
27
Leta M. Weston
Brookfield High
17 years
Sept. 1918
Kindergarten
35
Harriet M. Hill
Shaw Normal
35 years
Sept. 1893
SOUTH WEST SCHOOL
Grade 1
23. . Clara N. M. Holbrook
Thayer Academy
19 years
Sept. 1909
Kindergarten
19 Ethella M. Nichols
Perry Normal
12 years
Sept. 1916
SOUTH SCHOOL
Kindergarten Grade 1
7-12
Josephine M. Foster
Braintree High School 2512 years Sept. 1905
214
=
Department
Oct. 1, 1928 Membership
Name
Education
Experience
Service Began
Vocal Music
Ingrid E. Ekman
New England Conservatory
18 years
Sept. 1919
Instrumental Music
Frederick W. J. Lewis
Boston University
21 years
Sept. 1923
Drawing
Ruth H. Johnson
Mass. School of Art
4 years
Sept. 1927
Physical Education
H. Percy Hermansen
Savage School of Phys. Ed.
10 years
Sept. 1926
Physical Education
Helen E. Brown
New Haven Normal Sch. of Gym.
years
Sept. 1927
Nurse
Josephine D. Carson
Long Island Hospital
9 years
Sept. 1924
Special
Roma Bergami
Lowell Normal
10 years
Sept. 1925
Special
Alice Crocker
Bridgewater Normal
20 years
Sept. 1925
Special
Bertha L. Jennings
Bridgewater Normal
20 years
Sept. 1925
Superintendent
C. Edward Fisher
28 years
Oct. 1921
215,
Secretary
Emily Lawley
7 years
Jan. 1922
Carpenter
Edward O. Long
Attendance Officer
Charles S. Hannaford
Physician
Dr. C. A. Sullivan
Physician
Dr. J. J. Gallivan
Physician
Dr. H. W. Ripley
CONTINUATION SCHOOL
Girls
22
Elizabeth P. Cobb
Framingham Normal
3 years
Sept. 1925
Boys
31 James I. Allen
Johnson Normal
13 years
Sept. 1927
St. Lawrence University Boston University Braintree High School
June 1922
Jan. 1918
SUNDRY PERSONS
216
JANITORS
George W. Jennings, 317 Washington Street, Braintree Anson C. Damon, 387 Hancock Street, South Braintree. Albert F. Hollis, 39 Taylor Street, South Braintree. Joseph E. Hayden, 55 Pearl Street, South Braintree Omer W. Hollis, 282 Union Street, South Braintree. Edward C. Holyoke, 24 Liberty Street, East Braintree. James Cassidy, 47 Bellevue Avenue, East Braintree. Willard P. Brown, 23 Willow Street, East Braintree. John L. Shepard, 17 Colbert Avenue, South Braintree. J. Herbert Annis, 2 Grove Street, South Braintree. Frank T. Lindsay, 26 Frederick Road, South Braintree Nelson E. Hayden, 305 Pond Street, South Braintree. James O'Rourke, 33 Crawford Road, South Braintree.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Teachers' Salaries
$185,926.50
Superintendent
4,500.00
Secretary 1,200.00
Attendance Officer 500.00
Nurse and School Physicians
2,500.00
Janitors' Salaries
15,114.80
Fuel 9,200.32
Light, Water, and Miscellaneous Operating
4,208.17
Text Books and Supplies
13,450.44
Transportation 10,208.57
Tuition
3,613.56
Repairs
13,841.28
Outlay
4,535.07
Miscellaneous
3,620.98
Total
$272,419.69
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RECEIPTS BY THE TOWN ON ACCOUNT OF THE"
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Massachusetts School Fund $ 21,728.00
Continuation School (State Reimbursement) 1,814.89
State Reimbursement (On Tuition Paid) . 1,540.65
Continuation School (Tuition on Non- Residents) 502.32
Continuation School (Smith-Hughes Fund) 366.66
State Tuition (Wards)
-89.38
City of Boston (Wards)
66.06
Miscellaneous
291.18
Total
Net
$ 26,399.14 $246,020.55
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REPORT OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
"Honorable Board of Selectmen, Braintree, Mass. Gentlemen :
In compliance with your request, I submit the following report of the Department of Sealer of Weights and Measures, for the year ending December -31, 1928.
I have tried most earnestly during the year just passed to perform the duties of the office in an impar- "tial and fair manner, and therefore be just to all par- ties concerned. I have found our merchants most cour- teous and willing to comply with the laws in rela- tion to the sealing of weights and measures and in- ¿spections.
Appropriation
$850.00
Expense and Salary
849.69
Balance
.31
Received and paid Treasurer :
Sealing fees $164.74
Junk Licenses 300.00
Hawkers and Pedlers Licenses . 60.00
State License 38.00
Tank Trucks, 16 (Trucks sealed
43.50
Total
$606.24
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4
Inside and Outside Work
:: Scales tested and found correct 238
¡ Scales tested and condemned 4
Scales tested and adjusted 5
Weights tested and found correct 390
Weights tested and condemned
5
None sealed
24
Liquid measures tested and found
correct 454
Liquid measures tested and condemned 8
Linear measures tested and found correct 19
Measuring pumps found correct 94
Measuring pumps not sealed 61
Oil measuring pump sealed 51
Oil measuring pump not sealed 61
Leather measuring machine not sealed
Slot weighing machines sealed 8
Prescription scales
4
Apothicary weights 61
Quantity measuring
stops
on
Gas
Pumps
762
Number of Inspections made from December 15, 1927
to December 10, 1928
Total number of inspections made 584
Correct 563
Under 1
Over 15
Miscellaneous
5
In Conclusion
I have tried to make this department a truly pub -- lic service department, and have earnestly endeavored.
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tto extendiits influence in the closest manner possible to the people, thereby affording' them every opportunity to protect themselves against' insufficient weights and : measure.
Respectfully submitted,. ..
CHARLES S. HANNAFORD, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
`Examined and approved January 19, 1929.
R. W. MAGLATHLIN,. ... . RALPH W. ARNOLD, HERBERT A. CURTIS,
Auditors, 1928.
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE
'To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Public Welfare.
Gentlemen :
The following report is submitted for the year ending December 31, 1928.
Number of families referred
154
Persons involved 558
. : :
. .
Temporary Aid
Applications made 109
. Applications made, aid provided from
other
... . sources
25
Families aided ...
84
Persons involved
173
221
Braintree Settlement and residing in Braintree 48 Braintree Settlement but residing elsewhere $9
Residing in Braintree with settlement elsewhere 14
No known Settlement 13
Cases closed 13
Now aiding 43
Children Boarded by Dept. of Public Welfare
Illegitimacy-Mother incompetent 3
Both parents dead 1
Mother insane-Father unsuitable 1
Mother dead-Father deserted 4
Mother incompetent-Father deserted 2
11
Town Infirmary
Number of inmates at Infirmary January 1, 1928 12
Number admitted during 1928
5
17
Discharged to State Infirmary 2
Discharged to Taunton State Hospital 2
Discharged to Wrentham State School 1
Discharged. to State,. Division Child Guardianship 1
Discharged to. care of self 1.
Discharged to care of relatives
1
.8
Number of inmates. at Infirmary January
1, 1929
9
Mothers' Aid -- "118".
Applications made and aided
12
Persons involved
56
222
Braintree Settlement and residing in Braintree 8:
Having Settlement elsewhere 1.
Braintree Settlement, residing elsewhere 222 No known Settlement
Cases closed 3.
No aiding 9»
Board of Health
Persons referred 3:
Having Braintree Settlement
Having Settlement elsewhere 1:
Respectfully submitted,
MARY M. CAREY,
Agent ..
State Aid and Soldiers' Relief
Cases referred 28
Persons involved 56
Braintree settlement and residing in Braintree 19
Braintree settlement and residing elsewhere 2
Residing in Braintree and settlement elsewhere . 7
Now aiding 16
HORACE T. CAHILL, Chairman. SHELLEY A. NEAL, Clerk. EDWARD AVERY,
Selectmen of the Town of Braintree.
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REPORT OF INSPECTORS OF PLUMBING
Braintree, Mass., December 31, 1928.
`To the Honorable Board of Health,
of the Town of Braintree.
«Gentlemen :
We herewith submit our report for year ending . December 31, 1928.
There has been issued from this office 271 per- :mits to install plumbing together with 3 left over from 1927, of this number 274 have passed inspection.
There has been installed in old and new buildings :the following fixtures: (317) closets, (302) lavatories, :(270) bathtubs, (282) sinks, (243) trays, (2) showers, (2) soda fountains, (1) floor drainer, (1) urinal, (2) ibed pan washers making a total of 1422 fixtures the value of which was $115,600.00.
The number of old and new buildings in which plumbing was installed are as follows: (201) new and family houses, (35) old one family houses, (8) old two family houses, (3) old four family houses, (1) old ithree family house, (9) two family houses, (1) new hospital, (8) old stores, (2) old lunch rooms, (1) old (office, ((10) new stores, (7) new refrigerator drips, ((1) mew factory, (1) new four family house, (2) old factories. ((2) soda fountains, (1) floor drain.
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH E. LUDDEN, Inspector of Plumbing.
WALTER B. SKINNER, Deputy Inspector.
DWIGHT A. CHANDLER, Deputy Inspector.
224
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS
Board of Selectmen,
Town of Braintree.
Gentlemen :
I submit herewith my report of the Inspector of Buildings' Department for 1928.
Number of permits issued
382
The estimated valuation of these per- mits was
$1,117,100.00
Amount of money received for permits Permits were issued as follows :
1,621.00,
House 223
Garages
111
Alterations
37
Store
1
Gasoline Station
1
Factories
Addition to Hospital
1
Moving
1
Tea-Room
1
Barns
2
Storehouses 2
1
382
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN J. CRAIG, Building Inspector ..
225
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Water Department
OF THE
TOWN OF BRAINTREE
FROM
Dec. 31, 1927 to Dec. 31, 1928
Printed by Order of the Town
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REF
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Printed by PRATT & PRATT The Braintree Observer Braintree, Mass. 1929
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COMMISSIONERS AND OFFICERS OF THE WATER DEPARTMENT 1928
GEORGE A. WALKER, Chairman
Term expires 1929
CHARLES B. CUMMINGS Term expires 1930
THOMAS E. SEARS Term expires 1931
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OTIS B. OAKMAN, Treasurer
HARRISON W. MACOMBER, Secretary and Purchasing Agent
: JOHN W. MULCAHY, Superintendent
FRANCIS J. O'ROURKE, Chief Engineer
: 1.
1
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228
REPORT OF THE WATER COMMISSIONERS
The Board of Water Commissioners submit the Annual Report of the Water Department for the year ending December 31, 1928.
Nothing unusual or out of the ordinary have taken place in the department the past year.
The Superintendent's report shows that two hun- dred and thirty-five new services were installed during the year against two hundred and seventy-nine in- stalled during the year 1927.
A reduction in water rates has been made, going into effect January 1, 1929.
Following are the reports of the Secretary, Col- lecctor, Registrar and Superintendent.
MAINTENANCE
Forst & Braintree Auto Express
.35
L. A. Qualey
1.59
Chas. M. Smart
2.00
Burroughs Adding Machine Co. 4.00
Water Works Engineering
5.00
H. W. Macomber
12.17
Markrow Ribbon & Carbon Co.
11.00
Jas. F. Burke & Co.
13.62
Braintree Electric Light Dept.
24.34
New England Water Works Assn.
28.50
H. W. Bailey & Co.
114.92
L. E. Muran Co.
124.86
Pratt & Pratt
156.75
Chas. H. H. Bailey, Supt.
223.68
229
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
332.89
George A. Walker
100.00
Charles B. Cummings
100.00
Thomas E. Sears
100.00
Randolph Water Dept.
1021.46
Holbrook Water Dept.
1021.46
H. W. Macomber
1820.00
Pay Roll 1402.00
$6,620.39
1
GREAT POND PUMPING STATION
Braintree Service Express
.35
American Railway Express .67
W. S. Levangie
1.33
Forst Bros. Auto Express
2.05
Edson Mfg. Co. 2.40
American Fire Equipment Co. 3.17
General Electric Co.
3.50
Torrey's Pharmacy
3.50
American Steam Packing Co.
3.63
Walworth Co.
3.97
The Ashton Valve Co.
6.97
„Sumner & Dunbar
7.16
Isreal P. Weston
12.65
Builders Iron Foundry
12.73
Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co.
15.69
Commonwealth Oil Co. 17.00
The Garlock Packing Co. 26.49
A. G. Warren Co. 29.99
Alfred E. Holbrook
30.16
The Q. P. Signal Co.
55.00
A. W. Chesterton Co.
58.65
230
Arthur H. Blanchard 90.00
Woodsum Coal Co.
165.10
Electric Light Dept.
4279.01
Pay Roll 5607.20
$10,438.37
LITTLE POND STATION
A. W. Chesterton 1.92
Braintree Electric Light Dept.
14.73
Braintree Coal & Grain Co.
147.48
Pay Roll
442.00
$606.13
SERVICE MAINTENANCE
Winer's Hardware Stores 1.93
Dyer & Sullivan 3.15
D. A. Chandler 3.56
American Railway Express
3.86
Haskell Machine Co. 5.60
W. S. Darley Co.
5.83
Water Works Equipment Co. 6.50
Harrington King & Co.
6.60
Edward Dwyer
8.00
Pratt & Pratt
10.50
Patrick Levangie
12.00
G. E. Warren
36.95
American Fire Equipment
42.35 .
L. E. Muran
48.65
Mass. Amiesite Co.
49.00
Pay Roll 4989.7.3
$5,234.21
231
SERVICE OUTSIDE STREET
N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co. .50
Crawford Machine 2.25
William Lillie 3.65
Newark Brass Works
4.00
H. W. Bailey & Co.
8.43
W. I. Jordan
13.60
Red Hed Mfg. Co.
20.37
Walworth Co.
30.00
The Pinel Tool
48.18
George A. Caldwell Co.
66.49
Sumner & Dunbar
385.02
A. C. Trojano
564.39
Munroe Co.
604.65
Mueller Co. Inc ..
1277.18
Chadwick Boston Lead Co. 3208.62
Pay Roll
4909.58
$11,146.91
SERVICES IN STREET
Forst & Braintree Auto Express .25
Torrey Pharmacy
.82
Perkins Express
1.00
L. E. Muran
1.20
Braintree Auto Express
2.00
P. S. Lynch
3.00
N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. Co.
3.70
William Lillie
4.55
American Railway Express
9.58
Sumner & Dunbar
11.82
A. C. Trojano
25.41
W. I. Jordan
27.10
232
1
George Caldwell Co.
41.81
Walworth Co.
42.24
Eileen Ryan
50.00
The Pinel Tool
78.30
Munroe Co.
202.44
Mueller Co. Inc.
372.32
Chadwick Boston Lead Co.
1137.34
Pay Roll
1765.51
$3,780.390
METERS
H. W. Macomber .23
Braintree Auto Express .50
American Railway Express .97
Forst & Braintree Auto Express .. 1.75
National Meter Co.
4194.62
$4,198.07
METER REPAIRS
National Meter Co.
254.18
Pay Roll
558.50
$812.68:
READING, TESTING AND INSPECTING METERS
Haskells Garage 1.05
Clark & Tabor
1.45
G. E. Warren
3.05
Pay Roll
1467.00
$1,472.55.
233
HYDRANTS
American Railway Express
9.37
Rensselaer Valve Co.
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