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The suit against the City of Taunton has advanced a step during the year, the Town having recently been awarded the sum of $12,200 by a jury.
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The case against G. M. Quirk & Co. has not advanced.
The debt limit of the Town January 1, 1908, was $132,318.27.
The net debt was $96,650.00, and the borrowing capacity $35,668.27.
The Municipal Light debt of $75,700.00 added to the net debt gives $172.350.00 as the gross debt of the Town.
The decree of the County Commissioners relocating Grove street west of the railroad tracks gave the Town until October 1st to construct the same.
Provision for this should be made at the annual Town meeting this year.
WILLIAM M HASKINS, C. H. LEONARD, LYMAN P. THOMAS, Selectmen of Middleboro.
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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Middleboro, Mass., January 1st, 1908.
To the Selectmen and Citizens of the town of Middleboro :
I have the honor to make the following report as Sealer of Weights and Measures for the year 1907.
The student of history is aware of the fact that all nations both ancient and modern have established some system by which the sale of commodities to the comfort and maintenance of life should have a legally established law, and that duly appointed officers to ascertain if such laws and standards were complied with and obeyed.
The office of Sealer of Weights and Measures for the town of Middleboro has been for many years considered a farce and in which the appointee's ability was estimated by his talent which had never been weighed in the scales of justice.
By direction of the State Commissioner, I have the past year made many innovations at some expense tó the Town, and have created to a certain extent antagonism amongst a few, but have been encouraged by the fact that if my fellow citizens did not support me I have the word from the State Commissioner that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts would stand behind your Sealer of Weights and Measures.
The time is not far distant at the present rate of growth of the Town when your Sealer will be obliged to have office room in the town house or some other suitable quarters, as his business has increased the past year over forty per cent. My report is as as follows :
During the past year an inventory of the equipment owned by the Town for this department has been taken at the commence- ment of the year.
The assets were $516 00
Added during the present year 18 80
Total assets $534 80
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During the past year I have sealed, certified to, condemned, or adjusted 2,750 scales, balances, weights, dry and wet measures, of which 2,230 were for the sale of milk and 520 for business other than milk.
And this seems an opportune time to say a word to the con- sumers of milk. As long as you persist in purchasing milk in glass bottles just so long will you be in danger of short measure and uncleanliness. I am a firm believer in the old-fashioned method by the old-fashioned measure, and also believe that there should be a law enacted prohibiting the sale of milk in any other way than by measure.
I have visited 61 places of business, besides numerous pedlers and street dealers.
I have sealed 53 platform scales ; adjusted 6; condemned 2; sealed 14 computing platform scales ; sealed 53 counter balances ; found 7 overweight; adjusted 7; condemned 3; sealed 39 spring balances ; condemned 5 ; sealed 25 dry measures ; sealed 55 liquid measures ; condemned 2; sealed 33 yard sticks; condemned 2; sealed 7 druggist avoirdupois balances ; sealed 7 wagon platform scales; sealed 2 railroad platform scales; adjusted 7 platform scales ; sealed 12 steel yards ; condemned 10; tested 140 weights ; condemned 17; found short 8; repaired 4; total 520.
I have received in fees and turned into the Town Treasury $51.95.
I have paid expenses as follows :
For Advertising,
$2 00
Cutting die,
15
Printing seals,
4 50
Labor,
1 50
Car Fare,
50
Horse Hire,
5 00
Feed,
12
Telephone,
40
Express from Troy, N. Y.
1 00
Total
$15 17
I have charged the time to the amount of 111} hours at 40 cents per hour $44 60.
Balance due
$7 82
Respectfully submitted,
EDGAR D. WOOD,
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
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REPORT OF FISH WARDENS.
Received from sale of herrings
$100 00
Received from towns down the river
70 00
$170 00
Orders drawn : Middleboro Highway Dept. putting over herrings
8 75
William Coombs, labor
6 00
Henry H. Robinson, Inspector
130 00
C. H. Leonard, repairs
1 25
C. H. Leonard, Fish Warden
5 00
Wm. M. Haskins, Fish Warden
5 00
L. P. Thomas, Fish Warden
5 00
$161 00
Balance to divide with Lakeville
$9 00
Thirty-five dollars remains unpaid from the sale of herrings in 1907.
WILLIAM. M. HASKINS, LYMAN P. THOMAS, CORNELIUS N. LEONARD, Fish Wardens.
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REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS.
MIDDLEBORO, MASS., Dec. 11, 1907.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of the town of Middleboro Mass :
I have this day completed the inspection of animals in this town; namely horses, cattle, sheep, goats, and swine and I find them as a whole in good and very healthy condition. Out of one thousand (1,000) head of neat cattle there were but seven (7) which were suspicious of having contagious diseases. They were quarantined and further examined by the State Cattle Bureau, and six (6) were killed, having developed tuberculosis. The seventh was released, as no contagious disease could be diagnosed.
Yours Very Respectfully,
A. S. TALLMAN, V. S.
Inspector of Animals.
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE TO BUILD NEW ALMSHOUSE.
MIDDLEBOROUGH, MASS., Jan. 1, 1908.
The undersigned, a Committee to build a new almshouse, beg leave to make the following additional report to the one sub- mitted by them and dated Jan. 1, 1907.
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1907, $1321 92
Received from Pierce Trustees, 8008 45
$9330 37
Building Account.
Paid W. G. Harlow, Architect & Inspector $525 00
Insurance premiums and permits 42 00
Kinney Heating & Supply Co.
1047 00
J. & G. E. Doane
122 99
C. W. Maxim, screens, etc.
162 93
T. F. Boucher, painting, and papering
141 09
Electrician
15 00
T. W. Pierce
7 53
Bryant & Harlow
41 63
Frank E. Pierce on contract
5931 74
8036 91
Furnishing Account.
Paid J. & G. E. Doane
$58 50
W. L. Soule
270 87
T. W. Pierce
122 41
Insurance
30 00
Jones Bros. Co.
214 90
W. Egger
68 25
F. N. Whitman
24 53
A. M. Wood
4 00
793 46
We still have on hand a balance of $500 due Frank E. Pierce, as remainder of his contract, which sum is held pending adjust- ment of claims between parties not affecting the Town.
In order that the exact cost of building and furnishing may be ascertained we present the summary of both :
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Frank E. Pierce contract ($500 on hand) $13,617 57 Kinney Heating and Supply Co. 1,047 00
W. G. Harlow, Architect and Inspector 750 00
Insurance and permits 402 00
Miscellaneous 493 42
Total cost of building Cost of furnishing, as above
$16,309 99 793 46
$17,103 45
Received from insurance
Received from Pierce trustees
$6,095 00 11,008 45
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Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES N. ATWOOD, CARLTON W. MAXIM, ANDREW M. WOOD, CHESTER E. WESTON,
GEORGE W. STETSON,
GEORGE R. SAMPSON,
Building Committee.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
For the year ending Dec. 31, 1907.
Appropriation from Town
$ 8,000 00
Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1907 16 17
Received from other towns
1,136 30
Received from Mary F. Smith
200 00
Received from sale of farm produce, in-
cluding nearly $500 of milk 770 08
$10,123 08
Paid expenses of Town farm $3,720 47
Outside poor, 22 families of 45 persons 1,887 84
Residing here, settlement elsewhere, 11 families of 47 persons 984 13
Residing elsewhere, settlement here, 23 families of 50 persons 978 35
Hospital for Epileptics, 2 persons
345 43
School for feeble-minded, 2 persons
254 40
Salary of Superintendent and matron
900 00
Salary of Overseers of the Poor 550 00
Salary of Town Physician
150 00
Expense Account.
Traveling expenses of the Overseers out of town at various times, order book, blanks, stationery, postage, etc. 65 44
9,836 06
Balance on hand, Jan. 1, 1908
$287 02
The amount of cash, $9,836.06, disbursed during the past year includes $641.75 of 1906 bills which came in during the year, none of which is chargeable to the Farm account.
We have been left at the end of the year with quite a sum of money on hand, $287.02, owing to the fact that the books were
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closed promptly at the end of the year. A large number of bills came in the next day and over $700 of last year's bills are now in sight to be paid from last year's appropriation.
No. of inmates at town farm Jan. 1st, 1907
16
Admitted during year
1
Died during year
7
No. remaining Jan. 1st, 1908
10
Real estate
90 acre farm and buildings
$20,850 00
3 wood lots
950 00
Personal property
Live stock including 2 horses and 10 cows 830 00
Hay and produce
1,339 00
Groceries
44 40
Furniture
925 00
Implements and tools
212 50
Coal, dressing and lumber
169 00
Wagons
238 00
$25,557 90
The following is a partial list of produce raised at the farm the past year, a part of which has been sold and the remainder is being used for the support of the inmates :
Hay, 60 tons. Corn, 200 bu.
Carrots, 7 bu.
Corn fodder, 6 tons.
Potatoes, 125 bu.
Beans, 12 bu.
Rye straw, 1 ton.
Turnips, 120 bu. Apples, 18 bbls.
Oat straw, 2 tons. Beets, 6 bu. Pumpkins, 2 tons.
Rowen, 2 tons. Mangles, 60 bu. Eggs, 200 doz.
Milk, cream, butter, eggs and garden vegetables in abundance.
It is a matter of some satisfaction to the Overseers that the poor department, after about two years of unsettled conditions, now seems to be fairly started on an even basis which promises greater facility in handling its affairs. The completion of the new almshouse during the past year will as time goes on, give a greater degree of compactness and uniformity in dealing with the cases which come to the notice of the department, and it is con- fidently anticipated that the operations of the department may on this account be conducted with more convenience and advan- tage, both to itself and to the Town at large, than was possible under the adverse conditions created by the burning of the old
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house. The conditions surrounding outside poor remain about as usual : the presence of children in most of the families thus aided makes their support at the farm impossible, and in all cases where aid is extended to individuals, definite reasons exist which make their removal to the almshouse inexpedient. The public are cordially invited to inspect the new quarters at the Town farm, and the Overseers feel sure that all who avail them- selves of this opportunity will recognize that the new house is a model of economy as well as of efficiency.
Respectfully submitted,
ANDREW M. WOOD, CHARLES M. THATCHER, CHARLES W. KINGMAN, Overseers of Poor.
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TREE WARDEN'S REPORT. From January 1, 1907, to January 1, 1908.
My work the past year has mostly consisted of trimming trees. I have not only trimmed the lower branches, that interfered with public travel, but also the large, dead limbs that were a source of danger to the public.
The removal of five elm trees on Centre Street took a great deal of the appropriation otherwise needed.
If I could have put the money in doing other work, I should have been better pleased with results.
Again, I call your attention to the electric light wires which are a source of nuisance to our trees. If the agent persists in stringing them through the centre of the trees, we will enter a suit to prevent it, as that is one way of overcoming a nuisance. When talking ceases to be of any avail, a good punishment usually brings about the desired results.
Received appropriation
$250 00
Broken ladder
2 00
$252 00
Paid help
$97 15
Teams
18 50
Filing saws, etc.
2 97
Freight
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Ladder
12 00
Printing
1 00
Twenty-five days labor
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75 00
$206 97
Overdrawn 1906
50 94
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257 91
252 00
Overdrawn 1907
$5 91
Valuation of property :
Two ladders
$14 00
Pump
25 00
Saws, ropes, clippers
4 00
Spurs
3 00
$46 00
Respectfully submitted,
L. S. BAILEY, Tree Warden.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS.
To the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Middleboro :
The following is a statement of receipts and disbursements for and on account of highways, state highways and town bills, etc. as received and paid since January 1st, 1907.
Unexpended balance for 1906 $682 30
Feb. 21, H. P. Cummings Con. Co. 49 67
April, Appropriation
8,500 00
April 11, E. F. Witham, one horse
100 00
April 20, John C. Chace, cash incidentals
18 25
April 24, 66 66 Pierce trustees town team 10 86
May 1, C. E. Western, Pierce trustees
1,132 19
May 20, John C. Chace, Pierce trustees town team 50 53
May 24, Old Colony Street Railway
8 80
May 29, John C. Chace, Pierce trustees town team 51 00
June 3, John C. Chace, Pierce trustees town team
53 35
June 4, Herring act
8 75
June 11, John C. Chace, Pierce trustees town team 38 72
June 17, John C. Chace, Pierce trustees town team 34 00
June 29, John C. Chace, Pierce trustees town team 51 00
July 6, John C. Chace, Pierce trustees town team 51 00
July 13, John C. Chace, Pierce trustees town team 38 72
July 31, John C. Chace, Pierce trusteees town team 155 36
Aug. 3, A. B. Chapin 28 00
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Aug. 9, John C. Chace, Pierce trustees town team
$51 00
Aug. 10, John C. Chace, Pine St. 2.82, Pierce trustees town team 109 07
Aug. 31, John C. Chace, Summer St. and Pierce trustees town team 148 75
Sept. 7, John C. Chace, State highway town team
8 50
Sept. 14, John C. Chace, State highway town team 26 58
Sept. 21, John C. Chace, State highway town team
175 48
Oct. 2, A. B. Chapin, State highway
701 05
. Oct. 5, John C. Chace, State highway town team
42 97
Oct. 12, John C. Chace, State highway town team
29 75
Oct. 26, John C. Chace, State highway town team
124 50
Nov. 4, A. B. Chapin
1,298 52
Nov. 4, John C. Chace, State highway town team 72 34
Nov. 9, John C. Chace, State highway town team 48 91
Nov. 13, A. B. Chapin, State highway
1,421 96
Nov. 16, John C. Chace, State highway
77 44
Nov. 22, School house lawn
395 32
Nov. 23, John C. Chace, State highway town team 4 25
Dec. 3, A. B. Chapin, State highway
1,480 03
Dec. 6, A. B. Chapin, State highway repairs
228 96
Dec. 31, Excise tax
1,577 73
Dec. 31, street sprinkling appropriation and receipts 1,302 95
-$20,388 56
General expenses since Jan. 1, 1907 :
Margaret Cleverly, gravel
$142 20
W. S. Andrews, R. Boots
54 00
W. H. Haskell, veterinary service
51 50
W. F. Dean, sawing
80
Frank Warren, horseshoeing
74 38
Bryant & Soule, hay, grain, coal
1,325 18
A. C. Cosseboom, snow plows, wagon repairs, etc. 165 45
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Alex. Eaton, one gray mare
$175 00
Martin T. Soule, tool sharpening, repairs, etc. 130 61
James L Jenney, coal for Summer St., 1906
111 00
C. P. Washburn, cement
9 40
H. L. Bond, tools, supplies
71 31
Wylie Bros., machinist
93 28
Clark & Cole, sawdust splints
10 50
F. C. Norris, harness repairs, supplies
66 15
J. G. E. Doane, drain pipes, tools, etc.
327 33
J. K. & B. Sears, lumber, stable, streets, highways, etc. 464 50
Vestal Oil Co., crusher and engine oils
139 37
T. F. Boucher, load of gravel
13 31
Charles Clafflin, engine supplies
25 83
G. H. Simmons, pigs, wood, etc.
92 26
E. F. Witham, cedar posts
18 00
C. H. Thomas, one set platform scales
50 00
Eagle Oil and Supply Co., lubricating oils
17 80
Lebaron Foundry Co., manhole covers
4 75
Kelley Roller Co., repairs for steam roller
34 75
J. E. Cushman, posts
25 30
Middleboro News, payroll sheets
11 00
New England Brick Co., brick
3 25
M. H. Cushing Co., hay, grain, cement, etc.
531 92
O'Hara Bros., coal
8 40
A. B. Black, road scraper, knives
34 21
Smith & Hathaway, seeds, etc.
4 17
Waters, Governer Co., repairs
6 43
J. F. Alden, insurance
27 00
Hartford Steam Boiler Ins. Co.
45 60
Taylor Iron and Steel Co., crusher plates
113 00
American Packing Co., packing
4 40
Lloyd Perkins, 2nd, machinist
17 57
A. J. Bailey, painting water carts
36 50
C. S. Cummings, injury to man on Plymp- ton Street
3 00
W. J. Cromwell, repair wheel
1 40
Fred N. Whitman, Fourth of July fur- nishing 10 94
B. K. Cushman, posts, planks, etc., No. Middleboro
6 30
Sparrow Bros., oil cloths 2 50
Charles F. Anderson, k. oil
16 50
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B. C. Shaw, box boards for bin $3 90
C. W. Maxim, State road stakes, new snow plows, etc.
147 27
Jobe Clark, sharpening tools, etc.
4 63
Stoughton Rubber Co., belting
30 24
H. W. Oliver, blacksmith
2 00
Grover Bennett, hay burned at Plympton Street 25 00
Pierce Trustees, bal. of account on coal posts, etc.
38 80
O'Hara Bros., coal
8 45
Charles Carpenter, Est., gravel
47 80
Vestal Oil Co., crusher oils
45 59
T. F. McDonald, blacksmith
1 37
J. M. Deane, pine limbs
3 25
Nathaniel Bump, repairing
6 65
C. H. Shaw, use of land
15 00
Acme Road M. Co., crusher parts plow, etc.
78 00
E. S. Ober, gravel
112 80
Good Roads M. Co., plow repairs, parts and scrapers, etc.
46 50
John C. Chase, freight bill incidentals
61 01
5,255 71
Orders Drawn for Stone.
Elmer Shaw
$26 00
E. S. Ober
25 11
D. H. Cunningham
34 69
Max Schoch
25 87
Wm. Perkins
25 79
Peter Boyer
57 80
C. H. Shaw
30 50
A. J. Carpenter
76 45
$302 21
Received of L. Caswell, 27 ton, 902 M stone at 50 cents ton
$13 95
(To balance account of dressing.)
Received of John C. Chase, 130 ton, stone at 10 cents ton, drawn by town teams 34 ton stone, at 50 cents, drawn by J. C. Chase
13 00
17 00
$30 00
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Sold to John C. Chase, 10 cords dressing at $3.00 $30 00
Pay Rolls for Village District.
Money expended during the year by the Superintendent of Streets and the several assistants in their respective districts, including State roads, Superintendent's salary and all miscel- laneous work as it appears in report since January 1, 1907, including work of Town teams in outside districts.
Payrolls for village district
$8,578 30
Payrolls for Summer street
2,904 16
Assistants :
A. R. Dunham
$273 31
William F. Clark
362 33
Henry T. Clark
183 37
M. P. Azvedo
285 38
J. Foster Penniman
208 39
Dwight Kinsman
80 46
S. L. Pratt
282 47
E. S. Ober
29 10
J. H. Thomas
204 93
C. E. Pratt
91 56
John L. Benson
20 70
J. H. Ryder
156 61
C. H. Shaw
73 18
I. B. Thomas
92 81
Gardiner Thomas
87 60
2,432 30
$19,472 68
Appropriations and receipts Expenditures
$20,388 56
19,472 68
Balance
$915 88
Balance in Pine Street
114 23
Balance on sidewalks
9 90
Total balance in highway
$1,040 01
Town Teams. Had it not been for the Town teams this year we should have
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been handicapped. On account of high prices of hay and grain the teamsters wanted more pay and there was a reluctance to go where the work was. We had these pieces of work, namely :
One at Eddyville or Plympton Street from April to Novem- ber ; one at Summer Street from September to November 8; one at Pine Street from August 5 to November 1. About as far apart as you could get them in Town.
This, taken in connection with scraping the outside districts, the entire work done in the village this year, comprising macad- amizing Everett Street from Frank to Center Street, and recoat- ing Center from Everett to Main, with our street cleaning of the entire village, catch basins cleaning, sewer work, gravelling side- walks and school house lawn, cleaning up leaves, street sprinkling, State highway repairs and other miscellaneous work, made it hard to get teams at times therefor. I hired some horses and boarded them. This makes our stable expenses heavy. But the total expense of the horses, including board, veterinary service, repairs of harness, wagons and furnishings, divided by the number of horses worked, makes the cost $15.69 a month per horse, which is about one-half the earning capacity of each horse.
Outside Districts.
We have spent in the outside districts, as per assistant's account $2,432 30
Town teams and men in outside districts 280 00
Town teams, scraping, in outside districts, 25 days at $8.50 212 50
30 00
3 snow plows
$2,954 80
We have built for Pierce trustees about two miles of macadam road, Plympton Street, which does not show in this account, only so far as Town horses' credit, the trustees paying on payroll. We often hear it said that we do not receive any good from the Pierce fund. Seems to me that with the accumulation of miles of good road, financed by trustees, the most skeptical might see.
Street Sprinkling.
Appropriations and receipts Expenditures
$1,302 95
1,258 80
Balance is figured in highway account $44 15
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Pine Street.
Payrolls for Pine Street
$1,787 32
Incidentals for Pine Street :
R. T. Benson, sharpening tools
18 72
E. T. Witham, 1168 loads gravel
50 00
Frank Short, 470
23 50
L. D. Harlow, 75
66
3 75
Gamaliel Cushing, 50
66 66
2 50
1763 loads gravel $1,885 77
Under drained by field and cobble stones : Appropriation
$2,000 00
1,885 77
Unexpended
$114 23
Sidewalks.
Payrolls for concrete walks $526 46 $526 46
Orders drawn :
Henry Clapp, concrete, School Street, 271 yards at 45 cents.
121 95
Freight bill and incidentals on tar tools, etc.
43 92
M. N. Cartier, tar, pitch, tools, etc.,
258 57
Joseph Breck & Son, two rollers
44 65
C. H. Carpenter est., gravel
5 80
Harold L. Bond, pitch tools, etc.
94 05
Taunton Boiler Works, sand dryer
35 82
North Middleboro, A. R. Dunham, gravel walks 97 38
702 14
$1,228 60
Credit to side walk acct., to be charged to highway acct., 477 yards street crossings at 50 cents per yard. Appropriation Expenditures
$238 50
1,000 00
$990 10
Balance $9 90
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Value of stock and tools on hand
as per valuation highway property
$206 00
We have laid 1017 yards recoat -. ing at 45 cents 457 65
We have laid 422 yards new work at 65 cents
287 30
Henry Clapp, 271 yards, School Street, at 45 cents
121 95
A. R. Dunham, N. Middleboro, gravel
97 38
Rec. from Henry Clapp for sift- ing gravel 8 00
Rec. from S. N. Shiverick for sifting gravel 4 00
On hand at pit, 5 loads gravel at two dollars 10 00
$1,192 38
Valuation of 2 new tar kettles
$60 00
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of 2 new concrete bassons
6 00
66 of 2 new rollers 45 00
of 2 new sand screens
15 00
66
of 1 new dryer
35 00
66 of rakes, shovels, pails, hoes,
dippers, etc.,
10 00
Valuation of 7 bbls. tar
20 00
" of 4 large bbls. of pitch
15 00
$206 00
Crusher plant at Town barn
$2,500 00
Steam roller
1,000 00
18 snow plows
350 00
14 street cranes
350 00
Town stable and lot
2,750 00
1 lot of land on Centre Street
1,200 00
1 street sprinkling cart
325 00
2 street sprinkling. carts
250 00
1 set platform scales
50 00
4 horses, 2 carts, 5 sets double harnesses
1,100 00
1 extra tip cart
100 00
1 single tip cart
25 00
1 single cart harness
20 00
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1 spreading
$200 00
1 two horse gear
125 00
1 two horse gear
75 00
3 road scrapers
300 00
1 tool cart
5 00
1 stone drag
15 00
2 Watson wagons
280 00
1 jobbing wagon
40 00
2 bob sleds
100 00
1 heavy harrow, plows, chains, ropes, tools, etc.
200 00
Building material
100 00
1 portable bin screen and elevator
300 00
400 tons stone crusher
200 00
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-$12,166 00
We have traded stone crushers this year, getting a new No. 9} Acme 10x18 capacity, the Pierce trustees paying the difference, $600.00. Many thanks to them.
Thanks to the assistants for interest shown in their several Respectfully submitted, JOHN C. CHACE, Supt. of Streets.
Sewers.
April 19, payrolls
$9 50
September 10, payrolls
28 00
September 20, payrolls
68 83
September 27, payrolls
69 00
October 5, payrolls
96 89
October 11, payrolls
12 75
October 26, G. K. & B. Sears, old bill
39 21
November 8, New England Brick Co. .
7 15
December 13, A. G. Hayes, care Town House sewer 5 00
T. W. Pierce, 8-in. pipe for Pearl Street
84 25
Harold Z. Bond, sewer cleaners 108 55
$529 13
Overdrawn, 1906
293 10
$822 23
Appropriations
$300 00
Sewer entrances
475 00
775 00
Overdrawn
$47 23
Respectfully submitted, JOHN C. CHACE, Supt. of Sewers.
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Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths.
Payrolls
May 25, Stodard, Richard Co., burlap, twine, etc.
$33 66
July 19, J. & G. E. Doane, tools 2 57
October 18, printing circular 2 00
December 28, M. H. Cushing Co., oil
26
December 31, Harold L. Bond Co.
3 70
December 31, C. F. Anderson, oil
2 20
44 39
Appropriations Received, Pierce trustees
$300 00
600 00
Expenditures
881 80
Balance
$18 20
We find the moths have gained quite a hold in the woods adjoining the Carver line, the increase in other places is small but the wood colonies are expensive to clear up. Carver has a large force at work next to the Middleboro line.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN C. CHACE, Local Superintendent.
$837 41
$900 00
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REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
I herewith submit my report for the year ending December 31, 1907.
Following is a classified list of complaints received by the Board :
Rubbish 36
Overflowing cesspools 48
Defective drains 26
Unclean premises
22
Unclean cellars
12
Hog pens
8
Offensive privies
35
Care of our gutters.
There has been no improvement during the past year on the care of our gutters, and it is no fault of the Superintendent of Streets that it is as it is. And until it can be separated and placed under the care of the Board of Health such trouble is liable to exist.
Bakeries.
The bakeries have been examined as required by law and found in a neat and clean condition.
The Public Dump.
We said in our report one year ago, that we had built a fence and opened a new road so we could still use the dump.
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