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I wish to thank all who assisted me the past year. Follow- ing is an account of receipts and expenditures :
Appropriation
$1,200 00
Received
32 00
$1,232 00
Expenditures.
Pay rolls
650 59
A. G. Hayes, pipe and labor
2 79
Leonard & Sampson, liability ins.
7 50
A. E. Duffany & Son, blacksmith work
5 55
Manufacturers Dist. Co., engine oil
4 25
Henry D. Smith, spraying poison
183 40
George H. Place, horse hire
40 50
Middleboro Auto Exchange, labor and batteries
12 75
George E. Doane, supplies
63 27
Lloyd Perkins, repairs on sprayer
1 58
A. R. Dunham, board of horse
4 00
James Morrissey, horse hire
18 75
Chas. H. Tribou, gasolene, cans, and tunnels
8 40
T. W. Peirce Co., hose
5 35
Middleboro Highway Dept., removing tree
4 50
L. S. Bailey, salary
111 00
$1,124 18
Balance January 1, 1912
$107 82
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Valuation of property :
1 gas engine
140 00
Ladders
45 00
Arsenate of Lead
56 00
Rope and tools
20 00
1 hand pump
15 00
$266 00
Respectfully submitted, L. S. BAILEY,
Tree Warden.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
For the Year ending December 31, 1911.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASE.
During the year we have had reported to us five cases of diptheria, fourteen of scarlet fever, seven of vericella, four of whooping cough, two of tuberculosis, eleven of measles, one of typhoid fever, one of anterior poliomyelitis, three of ophthalmia neonatorum, and one of cerebro-spinal meningitis.
GARBAGE.
By an arrangement with the Highway department the garbage has been collected twice each month and back yards and cellars have been kept much cleaner than heretofore. The Highway department has also handled the soil cart and what profit there was has been given to the town instead of to a private individual.
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation
$1,500 00 17 00
Licenses
Overdrawn 1910
$1,517 00 29 44
$1,487 56
EXPENDITURES.
C. B. Dolge, disinfectants $48 00
Edna M. Briggs, Wages in quarantine 30 00
Emma Egan, nurse in Reynolds cases 53 20
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P. H. Peirce & Co., supplies to Dutra family 27 45
Middleboro Auto Exchange, transport- ation to State Officers 9 00
Fred N. Whitman, supplies to Dutra family
16 01
Paztor & Klar, supplies to Dutra fam- ily
7 65
T. W. Pierce & Co., supplies
7 27
Telephone
29 56
H. L. Thatcher, printing
24 60
Lorenzo Wood, printing rules
44 75
G. E. Benn, inspector of plumbing
100 00
John J. Pearson, Deputy Inspector of Plumbing
50 00
Middleboro Fire District, repairs of fountain 2 51
T. G. Sisson, team hire
18 45
W. L. Soule, disinfecting
5 00
J. F. Morse, supplies
7 86
C. S. Cummings M. D. Phillip Butler case
18 00
C. L. Hathaway & Co., supplies
13 07
J. C. Boynton, supplies to Phillip Butler
15 00
Bryant & Soule, lime
5 00
A. C. Cosseboom, repairs on soil cart 2 30
A. G. Hayes, labor on fountain
1 00
C. P. Washburn, lime
3 56
Harry DeMaranville, wages in quar- antine 24 50
Middleboro News, printing rules
71 50
William Egger, supplies
1 58
E. M. Barden, care of fountain for two years 10 00
J. K. & B. Sears, lumber
15 79
O. Warren, wood for Phillip Butler
5 00
W. B. Munroe, labor
10 54
H. H. Shaw, team
1 00
J. O'Mally, labor
5 00
Nemasker Auto Exchange
2 50
O'Hara Bros. supplies for Wilsey
14 70
C. W. Tinkham, wages in quarantine
31 50
J. H. Wheeler
Inspector of Dressed Meats 1910 100 00
30
Board of Health 1910
25 00
Inspector of Milk 1910
25 00
Inspector of Dressed Meats, 1911
236 27
Board of Health, 1911
170 00
Inspector of Milk 1911
14 50
Cash paid for expenses
14 25
B. J. Allan
Board of Health 1910
85 00
Board of Health 1911
200 00
Cash paid for express
9 20
$1,612 27
Overdrawn $124 71 Reports of the Inspector of Dressed Meats and Milk are hereto appended.
Respectfully submitted,
J. H. WHEELER, THOMAS S. HODGSON, M. D. B. J. ALLAN,
Board of Health.
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INSPECTION OF DRESSED MEATS.
To Board of Health Middleboro:
I hereby submit my report as Inspector of Dressed Meat for year ending December 31, 1911.
Number of Pigs killed
584
Number of Veals
211
Number of Beefs
122
Number of Sheep
3
Condemmed 11 Pigs and 3 Beefs.
There are eight licensed slaughter houses.
J. H. WHEELER,
Inspector of Dressed Beef.
INSPECTION OF MILK.
I have visited all farms and dairies keeping over two cows for the purpose of furnishing milk for the Town of Middle- boro. In a great many cases I found milk being handled and strained in the barns where cattle were kept. In such cases milk houses were ordered constructed with proper screening and barns ordered cleansed and whitewashed.
Proprietors seemed willing and anxious to comply with the law, and I found on a later inspection that all improve- ments ordered and suggestions made had been followed.
A number of samples were taken from dealers and sent to the Brockton City Chemist for analysis. His report in- dicates that the quality in most cases is above the average sold in towns of this size and larger in the State.
There are fifty licensed Milk dealers.
J. H. WHEELER,
Inspector of Milk.
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REPORT OF FOREST WARDEN.
The year 1911 was one of the worst years in respect to damage done by forest fires that the town has experienced for many years.
We had our usual quota of fires caused by sparks from loco- motives, with more damage than usual; one house and one mill were consumed by the flames in addition to the damage to the woodland.
Outside of the "Railroad" fires, three bad fires, on Thomp- son, Purchase and Thomas streets, all probably set by smokers throwing down a lighted match, burned over territory never burned over before in the memory of the present generation, causing estimated damage of six thousand dollars.
I again wish to call attention to the carelessness of the "Bravas", two of the worst outside fires evidently caused by them while picking huckleberries and recommend that all woodland owners take advantage of the trespass laws and keep them out of their lands at all times.
My Deputies were the same as in 1910, William H. Connor taking the place of John C. Chase as Superintendent of Streets.
I have approved the following bills.
Walter T. Bryant
$194 40
Levi O. Atwood
134 40
David S. Surrey
158 80
Josiah H. Thomas
127 50
Gardner Thomas
156 10
Myron R. Sturgess
26 30
Seneca T. Weston
11 00
A. J. Bailey
28 25
Town of Middleborough, Highway Department
110 67
Chester E. Weston
145 89
$1,093 31
In view of the fact that the town some years ago voted to pay twenty cents an hour for fighting forest fires and that at the present time the average man who fights fire gets
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more an hour in his daily calling, I advocate the town raising the wage per hour for forest fire fighting to thirty cents, which is nearer the wage paid by other towns of similar size to ours.
I wish to thank my deputies for their assistance as well as the citizens of the town who cheerfully comply with the laws.
My report to the State Forester of the estimated damage to property for the year was $13,520.
Respectfully submitted, CHESTER E. WESTON
Forest Warden.
Middleborough, Mass., January 31, 1912.
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REPORT OF DEPARTMENT FOR SUPPRESSION OF GYPSY AND BROWN-TAIL MOTHS.
Mr. Chairman and Members of Board of Selectmen :-
Gentlemen :-
With the co-operation of your board, the State Foresters Office, and Division Superintendent L. W. Hodgkins of the State force we have been able to establish a Department equipped with all the necessary tools and a 400 gallon Fitz- henry-Guptill spraying machine with suitable quarters in basement of Town Hall for which I wish to express my thanks.
In scouting the Town the past year we have found a gen- eral infestation throughout the whole Town, with conditions extremely bad in the southerly section where we have an area covering about 1200 acres of woodland bounded by Carver line, Pine, State Road, Old Wareham and Rocky Gutter Sts. where there are millions of Gypsy moth nests and although we planted a disease called Flacherie which creates the Caterpillar Cholera and destroyed millions of Gypsy caterpillars there were at least 50 acres of trees com- pletely stripped of their foliage during the month of July 1911.
Jan. 1, 1911, we had 147 known Gypsy colonies. We now have the following colonies with two-thirds of the Town to scout during 1912
Street tree colonies
29
Orchard colonies
360
Woodland colonies
118
Total 507
Trees burlapped
34,748
Gypsy moth nests found and destroyed with
creosote oil
15,825
Gypsy moth Caterpillars found and destroyed under burlaps 18,755
Brown Tail webs found and destroyed by burning 93,138
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Acres aprayed with Arsenate of lead solution
90
Pounds of Aisenate of lead used
4720
Gallons of Arsenate of lead solution used 40,300 Orchards cleaned 53
Acres of woodland known to be infested with Gypsy moths, about 2,000
Average number of men employed
10
No work done during months of August and September.
Cash received by Town Appropriation
1,859 92
Cash received from work done on private
property
719 55
Cash received from State Funds
1,654 42
Cash received from Peirce Estate Trustees
550 00
Cash received from Frank L. White
25
Cash received from State funds for
December pay-roll
520 28
Total Cash expended
$5,304 42
5,304 42
A Gypsy moth colony is one or more nests found on a piece of property.
One Gypsy moth nest contains from 500 to 800 eggs. A Brown-Tail web contains from 200 to 250 caterpillars.
Orchard cleaning is cutting out worthless trees, cutting dead wood from trees to be saved, scraping off loose bark. zinc patching holes in trees and burning brush. This work is done only on property where Gypsy moth nests are found. The object of this work is to dispose of all breeding places so far as possible.
The owners of woodland and cranberry bogs in this Town do not realize the serious problem they are facing on this Gypsy moth question. It takes but one year of complete defoliation to kill a pine tree and from three to four successive strippings of the foliage to kill any other trees in the State of Massachusetts. We are not doing any work on the wood lands on account of not having sufficient funds to work with. The conditions are slowly but surely getting worse and I would recommend that an additional appropriation of $2,000 be made at the next annual Town meeting for the Suppression of the Gypsy moths in your wood lands.
Yours respectfully, FRANK L. WHITE,
Local Superintendent of Moth Work.
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REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I have the honor to submit the third annual report of the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1911.
BUSINESS OF THE DEPARTMENT.
Total number of arrests
204
Males
198
Females
6
Arrests for other towns
5
Liquor raids
7
Raids for stolen property
3
Stolen property reported
$2,956
Stolen property recovered
1,846
Fines imposed
1,167
Fines paid
1,037
House of Correction
13
State Farm
4
Concord Reformatory
2
Sherborn Reformatory for women
1
Shirley Industrial School
1
Drunks released .
53
Cases appealed
2
Probation
2
Complaints dismissed
5
Cases filed
21
Held for Grand Jury
4
OFFENSES.
Assault with intent to murder
1
Assault and battery
9
Auto laws, violating
9
Bastardy
2
Bicycle on sidewalk
1
Cruelty to animals
1
37
Capias
2
Concealed weapons
1
Cocaine keeping
1
Drunks
113
Delinquent Children
2
Disturbing the peace
5
Disturbance on cars
3
Disorderly house
1
Evading fare
1
Fornication
22
Gaming
1
Junk Dealer without license
1
Larceny
8
Larceny from the person, attempt
1
Liquor laws, violating
12
Lewdness
5
Minor at rink
1
Non Support
2
Short Measure
1
Peddling without license
1
Present at game
7
Unlicensed dogs
3
Vagrancy
7
Total
204
Respectfully submitted, HARRY W. SWIFT, Chief of Police.
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REPORT OF THE 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 1, 1911.
APPROPRIATIONS.
Superintendent's salary and trans-
portation of men
$1,500 00
Clearing snow and general repairs 2,500 00
Repairs of highways outside 6,000 00
$10,000 00
RECEIPTS.
Work done by Town teams
$2,300 95
M. O. Rounseville
1 50
Town of Carver
9 55
Town of Lakeville
25 00
Sale of sprinkler
316 00
F. L. Barrows for stone
10 28
A. M. Peckham for stone
7 50
Geo. Thomas, for stone
2 75
Old Colony St. Ry. Co. for stone
8 36
E. J. Keith for stone
4 22
E. E. Shaw for stone
4 50
Pasztor & Klar, for stone
7 50
Middleboro Water Dept. for stone
2 62
D. G. Pratt for stone
10 13
Bay State Street Ry. Co., for stone
14 35
State Treasurer
280 42
Town Hall
240 84 16 75
J. A. Sparrow
A. M. Peckham
191 57
Excise tax
2,414 73
D. H. Holmes
7 00
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Peirce Trustees
471 82
C. E. Weston
6 00
Kenneth Morrison
9 00
Lorenzo Wood
6 00
A. M. Bearse
4 00
Rebecca Dorrance
5 00
D. H. Farrar
7 00
Mrs. Chas. Alden
4 00
Jesse Leonard
11 40
Samuel Shaw
102 50
Mrs. Geo. R. Sampson
3 50
Jennie M. Carpenter
4 50
M. O'Toole
2 50
School Department
73 71
W. H. Connor.
12 42
H. W. Swift
3 00
Nemasket Worsted Mills
58 00
D. D. Sullivan
2 25
E. T. Jenks
12 46
D. A. Paun
12 00
Serena White
2 00
George A. Cox
6 50
A. R. Gurney
3 00
Mrs. John Hall
2 00
Mrs. Harry Fuller
2 50
Wm. Tillson
3 00
Eben Jones
7 75
Town of Bridgewater
249 54
Abel I. Hopkins
3 00
S. S. Lovell
7 00
E. T. Pratt
9 00
F. G. Grimshaw
7 00
Mrs. G. E. Wood
7 00
Alvin C. Howes
5 25
Susan Norveille
12 00
H. H. Adams
5 00
John Morrison
1 50
W. H. Southworth
10 50
D. G. Pratt
38 84
Street Railway Tax
2,425 50
Wm. Jeffers
3 00
A. Ellis B. Leach
14 50
W. R. Farrington
22 36
S. G. Robinson
1 50
Mrs. J. B. Simmons
4 00
40
William M. Haskins
21 75
William Boucher
21 00
Marshall Burgess
3 50
William Flynn
5 00
A. M. Wood Estate
5 00
John Howes
9 70
F. L. Barrows
6 50
State Highway Commission
8 50
Mrs. Bradford Chase
2 00
George E. White
2 00
Orrin R. Smith
9 00
Joseph Fortin
9 50
J. A. Washburn
2 50
Mrs. J. H. Copeland
78 39
Geo. L. Ellis
3 00
Chester L. Shaw
16 20
Gas Committee
35 00
Tree Warden
4 50
Mrs. James Coombs
47 70
Edward Rhames
7 50
Roger Nuttall
7 50
Herring Account
60 15
A. A. Thomas, Treasurer
18 25
George R. Sampson
3 00
Moth Department
176 72
Enos Drake
16 50
T. McManus
4 50
S. S. Lovell
10 75
Julia Edwards
4 00
J. J. Sullivan
4 00
John Tinkham
6 25
Seth A. Eaton
28 30
C. A. Englestead
4 00
M. S. Ryder
5 00
Balance from 1910
147 51
Total amount for use of Dept. for 1911
$20,335 49
EXPENSES.
Village Dept: Pay rolls $7,708 56 Theodore P. Holmes, sand 3 00
E. W. Thomas, gravel
7 20
$10,187 98
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C. W. Maxim, planing
23 29
Jennie Carpenter, gravel
80 00
Mrs. M. H. Stetson, gravel
19 50
C. P. Washburn, cement
78 55
E. J. Keith, use of boat at Poor House Bridge
12 00
E. H. Cromwell, sand
17 10
Bryant & Soule, cement
24 80
J. K. & B. Sears & Co., lumber for signs
2 98
Barrett Mfg. Co. tarvia
99 94
Standard Oil Co., of New York
road oil 185 46
Middleboro Water Dept. for money from State sent by mistake
4 50
E. M. Barden, bags 1 22
A. B. Black Mfg. Co., catch basin and cover
12 50
Harold L. Bond Co., pump, traps and bolts
77 50
T. W. Peirce Co., cesspool cover and rim
3 50
Adams Express Co., express bills
1 65
E. L. LeBaron Foundry Co., catch basin covers
61.46
William F. Dean, plank and labor for manhole cover 1 02
$8,425 73
William H. Connor, Superintendent's salary
$1,374 00
STONE ACCOUNT.
John Capeless, stone $ 2 97
D. D. Sullivan, stone 25 00
D. Gardner Thomas, stone 25 95
John M. Deane, stone
6 36
A. B. Gibbs, stone
18 60
L. Lewis, stone
15 45
$94 33
OUTSIDE DISTRICTS.
S. L. Pratt $100 14 A. R. Dunham 456 13
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Josiah H. Thomas
125 24
G. N. Fuller
151 77
Gardner Thomas
9 60
M. P. Azevedo
18 60
J. L. Benson
12 00
Wm. F. Clark
736 22
Warrentown Dist.
29 40
C. E. Pratt
381 66
Precinct St. District
22 00
H. T. Clark
366 31
Waterville District
130 00
J. Foster Penniman
187 47
S. T. Weston
515 22
Town teams for work in outside dis- tricts 1,770 56
C. E. Weston, posts and surveying 221 60
J. K. & B. Sears & Co., lumber 78 92
A. G. Hayes, repairs on pump at No. Middleboro 10 55
Rock District 27 00
Howard B. Carver, land
125 00
Barrett Mfg. Co. tarvia
400 00.
Cook, Borden Co. lumber for bridge
269 58
Standish Painting Co., street signs 100 00
T. W. Peirce Coy pipe 12 00
$6,256 97
MAINTENANCE OF PLANT.
Lorenzo Wood, printing $5 75
Butts & Ordway Co., bolts, rings, links, calked shoes 133 00
T. A. Churbuck, services and expenses suit Delmar vs Town of Middleboro 25 00
T. W. Peirce Co., sundries 200 05
A. C. Cosseboom & Co., blacksmith work 228 90
Dyar Supply Co., tools and supplies 78 26
Clark & Cole Co. wood, signs and sawdust 44 75
G. G. Benson, stable supplies
38 00
Frank Warren, shoeing 140 30
C. W. Maxim, labor and material for tank 24 45
Bryant & Soule, grain, hay, coal, lime 815 65
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T. F. McDonald, shoeing
5 75
Mrs. J. C. Chace, tip cart
35 00
Dr. T. F. Conway, veterinary ser- vices
7 00
Wm. H. Connor expenses (freight, express, etc.) 203 92
R. T. Benson, shoeing 13 00
Sparrow Bros., oil suits
5 00
M. W. Baxter, shoeing
5 45
Alexander Eaton, grease, blankets, wood
36 82
Middleboro Gas & Electric Plant, lights at stable 11 84
Clinton Wire Cloth Co., screens
10 15
Geo. R. Sampson, hay 22 80
E. P. Carr, painting cart
10 00
J. & G. E. Doane, tools and supplies
136 72
Good Roads Machinery Co., tools and scraper supplies 132 00
Lloyd Perkins, labor and material
4 43
Eagle Oil & Supply Co., oil and hose
44 32
A. B. Black Road Machinery Co., tools and supplies 135 50
C. H. Tribou, kerosene
27 70
Leonard & Sampson, accident insurance
175 00
Lamont & Nelson, oil, jack
23 52
Buffalo Steam Roller Co., blades and parts for scraper 6 00
J. M. Thomas, rollers and wagon lumber 13 70
Harold L. Bond Co., cart, tools, dyna- mite
85 90
W. S. Andrews & Son, rubber boots
6 25
J. K. & B. Sears & Co., buckets and file
1 36
Wm. Egger, pails
1 50
J. F. Alden, insurance 70 00
A. E. Duffany & Son, shoeing 21 95
M. J. Warren, shoeing 15 25
C. P. Washburn, hay 147 82
C. E. Roberts, Mgr., insurance 40 00
Wm. F. Deane, lumber and sawing 1 05
G. H. Simmons, wood 3 00
Adams Express Co., express charges 1 30
P. H. Peirce Co., grass seed
5 60
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Middleboro Auto Exchange, plug for concrete mixer 85
W. H. Connor, cement 12 50
H. W. Oliver, shoeing 2 75
Acme Road Machinery Co., blades for road scraper
28 80
Total orders drawn
19,396 64
Balance 1911
$938 85
SIDEWALKS.
Orders drawn:
Pay rolls
$907 82
Plymouth Gas Light Co., tar 50 00
H. L. Clapp, pitch
2 75
M. N. Cartier & Sons Co., pitch
61 50
Barrett Mfg. Co., pitch, tar and side- walk composition
227 89
J. K. & B. Sears & Co., lumber
3 56
Taunton Gas Light Co., tar
25 00
Overdrawn 1910
371 30
$1,649 82
Receipts
68 03
Appropriation
1,000 00
$1,068 03
Overdrawn 1911
$581 79
Following is a partial list of the sidewalk work done during 1911.
Centre St., 950 feet cement curbing.
Centre St., 1000 feet tar sidewalk 7 feet wide
Centre St., 300 feet tar sidewalk 10 feet wide
Everett St., 1750 feet cinder and crushed stone sidewalk. North St., 550 feet new sidewalk.
Webster St., 480 feet new sidewalk
Pearl St., 600 feet sidewalk rebuilt.
$3,245 61
$1,278 52
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SEWERS.
Balance from 1910
$318 89
Received from sewer entrances
225 00
Receipts from other sources
331 49
Orders drawn:
Pay rolls
$481 12
T. W. Peirce Co., pipe
56 48
Harold L. Bond Co., screen, scoop, traps, gouge
17 40
M. O. Rounseville, labor
50 00
J. & G. E. Doane, pipe
11 88
Sparrow Bros., oil suits
5 50
$622 38
Balance 1911
$253 00
STREET SPRINKLING.
Appropriation
$600 00
Receipts
35 08
Street watering tax
839 45
$1,474 53
Orders drawn:
Pay rolls
901 02
Standard Oil Co., of New York
235 46
Gulf Refining Co., road Oil
262 93
$1,399 41
Balance 1911
$75 12
Valuation of Town Property of Highway Department.
Concrete mixer
$580 00
1000 tons crushed stone
600 00
Crusher plant at Town Barn
2,500 00
Steam Roller
3,500 00
18 snow plows
350 00
14 street cranes
350 00
Town stable and lot
2,750 00
One sprinkling cart
350 00
One sprinkling cart
325 00
One sprinkling cart
200 00
$875 38
road oil
46
One sprinkling cart
75 00
2 sets platform scales
100 00
5 horses
1,500 00
4 sets double harnesses
150 00
2 Watson wagons
250 00
One single tip cart and harness
50 00
1 spreading cart
200 00
One 2 horse gear
125 00
One 2 horse gear
75 00
One jobbing wagon
40 00
3 road scrapers
400 00
1 Stone drag
15 00
2 bob sleds
100 00
Harrows, plows, chains, tools, ropes, etc.
300 00
Building Material
100 00
1 portable bin, screens, elevator, etc.
400 00
Land on Centre St.
1,200 00
2 tip carts 150 00
Sidewalk Department Valuation :
10 bbls. sidewalk mixture 65 00
4 Kettles
100 00
2 Rollers
45 00
3 Iron wheelbarrows, rakes, shovels, pails, dippers, etc.
25 00
1 Dryer
20 00
Screens and screenings
25 00
$280 00
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM H. CONNOR, Superintendent of Streets.
$16,735 00
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
For Year Ending, Dec. 31, 1911.
Appropriation from Town
$6,500 00
Special appropriation from Town,
Lighting Almshouse
500 00
Cash on hand, Jan. 1st, 1911
893 91
Received from other Towns
956 86
Received from sale of Farm Produce
including over $1,400.00 worth of milk 2,069 20
Received from boarders at Farm
143 50
$11,063 47
Paid expenses of Town Farm $4169 50
Lighting Almshouse 500 00
Salary of Supt. and Matron 775 00
Salary of Overseers of the Poor
300 00
Salary of Town Physician
150 00
Outside Poor, 31 families of 76 per- sons 2,578 32
Residing here, with settlements else-
where, 17 families of 51 persons 486 66
Residing elsewhere with settlements here, 18 families of 64 persons 1,084 61
$10,044 09
EXPENSE ACCOUNT.
Expense of Overseers, out of town
$64 13
60 03
Telephone, stationery, postage, etc. Insurance 360 00
Expenses incidental to burial of Geo. Stowers, for which we expect to be reimbursed
49 00
$533 16
$10,577 25
$486 22
Balance on hand, Jan. 1st., 1912
48
Number of inmates at Farm, Jan. 1st, 1911
9
Number admitted during the year 5
Number discharged or removed during the year
2
Number died during the year
2
Number remaining Jan. 1st, 1912
10
VALUATION.
90 acre farm and buildings
$21,000 00
3 wood lots, (51 acres)
950 00
Live stock including 2 horses, 13 cows,
1 bull, 2 heifers and 1 calf, 13 pigs and 70 fowl 1,068 00
Hay and produce
1,140 55
Groceries
45 00
Furniture etc. .
961 20
Implements and Tools
421 50
Wagons
260 00
Dressing, coal, wood and lumber
289 00
$26,135 25
The following is a partial list of Produce raised at the Farm the past year; part of which has been sold and the remainder being used at the Farm.
Hay, 30 tons
Corn Fodder, 16 tons
Rye straw, 112 tons
Corn, 700 bushels
Mangles, 130 bushels
Turnips, 108 bushels
Potatoes, 129 bushels
Beets, 6 bushels
Carrots, 19 bushels
Onions, 5 bushels
Beans, 11 bushels
About 500 dozen eggs, the larger part being used in the house, about 7928 gallons of milk were produced. The house being well supplied and over $1,400 worth sold.
Although the receipts from the farm for the past year exceeded any year in its history, yet they would have been considerable larger had it not been for the excessively dry summer which caused a shortage in all the crops; and the expenditure of quite a sum in the purchase of a manure
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spreader which does the work much better in much less time than by the old method of hand spreading, and also in ex- changing our old cows for younger stock, with the addition of 1 cow and 2 heifers. We now have almost an entire young herd of good milkers. But for the above items we believe that the farm would have more than paid its running expenses beside furnishing all the milk, eggs, pork and vege- tables to the inmates of the house, and we are satisfied that the farm and the house inmates are well managed and well cared for.
The Expense Account is noticeably large this year owing principally to the renewal of all the insurance policies, which of course will not occur again for a number of years.
Through the efforts largely of Rev. N. Mckinnon, we were able to secure a special appropriation of $500 from the town for the purpose of installing electric lights in both house and stable. The expense was a trifle in excess of the appropri- ation and has been satisfactorily adjusted through an out- side source. The lights have not been in use long enough to form a fair monthly average, but we do not think it will be very much in excess of the old method of lighting by kerosene.
We are very much pleased with the lighting, it being much more convenient and a greater degree of safety which is worth something.
If any of our Townspeople would like to see how the house looks when well lighted, we would invite them to call there some evening and we assure them that the Supt. Mr. Pushee would be pleased to illuminate at their expense.
Respectfully submitted
CHARLES W. KINGMAN, CHARLES M. THATCHER, EDWIN F. WITHAM.
Overseers of the Poor.
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MIDDLEBORO PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Middleborough, Mass., January 1, 1912.
To the President and Trustees, Middleborough Public Library.
Gentlemen:
I herwith enclose the report of the Librarian for the year 1911. No formal report by the Secretary seems necessary, as the report of the Librarian fully covers the working history of the Library for the past year.
Yours very truly,
E. S. HATHAWAY,
Secretary.
REPORT OF TREASURER, DECEMBER 30, 1911
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