Town annual report of Middleborough, Massachusetts 1930, Part 4

Author: Middleboro (Mass.)
Publication date: 1930
Publisher: s.n.
Number of Pages: 322


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Tho many years shall pass, our school so true, Thy memory will last, for we love you. A memory so fair we all may share, A reverie of days spent in thy care. We'll keep thee in our hearts forever more, We'll sing thy praises to you o'er and o'er, We'll tell of all the joys with which you bless, That others too may share your happiness. Our high school days are done, fair M. H. S. Another task begun, our M. H. S.


And now to thee our school, we say adieu; We know that other friends will stay with you.


Gertrude A. Snowden.


CLASS OF 1930 CLASSICAL COURSE


*Priscilla Carolyn Archer Mildred Kathryn Bowman *Madeline Gertrude Caswell *Polly Veronica Drevinsky Gwendolyn June Hill *** Victor Norman Landstrom


Roger Matthews


*Hazel Mabel Maxim


Everett Joseph Murphy


Mildred Arleen Nolan


** Geraldine Stafford


*Nathalie Inez Thibault


*Alfred Lovell Wood


SCIENTIFIC COURSE


Charles Hillman Bricknell


*Frederic Jay Carey *Frederick Earl Eayrs


*Norman Arey Fowler


*Stanley Anthony Menowsky


Joseph Ignatius Roberts, Jr. *Charlotte Mabel Smith *Philip Wendell Stafford


Winthrop Snowdon Thomas Albert George Thompson


Donald Thomas Welch


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COMMERCIAL COURSE


Mary Elizabeth Allison Zola Mae Anderson Freeman Abbot Black


Dorothy May Kinsman


Hazel Clark Lincoln


Harvey Chester MacNeill


James Arthur Brooks, Jr.


*Viola Mae Caswell


*Eloise Christine Nielsen Dorothy Elizabeth Phillips


Margaret Marie Charron


Evelyn Mae Pierce


Alberto Perry Chase


Florence Mae Clark


*Annie Theresa Fabbri


Helen Agnes Fargo


Mary Howard Ferraguto Elwin Lane Hanson


Mary Elizabeth Kelley


Donald Joseph S. Quindley Helen Robbins *Virginia Ruth Sass Joseph Thomas Silva *Gertrude Auretta Snowden Helen Reed Thomas Ruth Anna Tripp


Alice Wright


GENERAL COURSE


Frederic Courbron Allen


Helen Marie April


Ellsworth Franklyn Beckman


Charles Henry K. Mayhew, Jr.


Lawrence Bernard Bissonnette


Elaine Enid Bricknell


John Calvin McDonald Ivan Russell McLeod


Roger Eldon Burger


Ruth Ella Carver


Manuel Joseph Medeiros Doris Gertrude Perkins Forrest Reed Perkins


Kathryn Hanlon Fagan


Elizabeth Hope Plissey


Albert Joseph Gerrior Ruth Marion Goodale Alexander Heath, Jr.


Elizabeth Frances Walker


*Stanley Alton Ware


Edward Day Heath Milton F. Jones


Reginald Sherman Washburn


Doris Naomi Lewis


Roger Vaughan Weston Melville Daniel Wilbur


*Valedictorian


*Salutatorian *Pro Merito GRADUATING EXERCISES Grade VIII MIDDLEBOROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS


Town Hall Wednesday, June 11, 1930 at two o'clock


PROGRAM


1.


March "Boys' Brigade"


Bates School Orchestra


Wenrich


Under the direction of Wirt B. Phillips, Supervisor of Music


Hazel Lillian Long Leighton LeBaron Maxim


Virginia Wheeler Caswell


Stephen Albert Strojny


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2. Invocation Rev. George H. Quigley


3. Response "Lovely Appear" from the "Redemption" by Gounod


Bates School Chorus


4. Our Country in Contemporary Poetry


A. A Patriotic Creed Edgar Guest


Michael Pawlak


B. Who Loves His Country Nancy Byrd Turner


Clarence Dimond


C. America Rabbi Abba Silver


John Neilsen


5. Orchestra Selection "Apollo Overture" Ascher


6. "Massachusetts Through the Years"


A Tercentenary Celebration, arranged from "The Spirit of Massachusetts" by Esther and Lawrence. A. Averill and other source material by Henry B. Burkland. Wirt B. Phillips, musical director.


"A pageant is a festival of thanksgiving to Al- mighty God for the blessings of the past, the oppor- tunities of the present and the hope of the future." -Parker.


The Spirit of America Jennie Stanley


Massachusetts


Kathleen Graham


Episode 1. John Eliot and his Praying Indians 1645


Religion .


.Robert


Clark


John Eliot.


.John Sabalewski


The Past. Henry Kumpunen


Indians .... John Cahill, Edmund Reynolds, Harold Tibbetts


Puritan Hymn Tunes "Yorke" and "Old Hundred" arranged by Hosmer


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Chorus


Episode 2. A Dame School of 1690


Education .


Alma Nye


Dame Green Anna Sowyrda


Increase


Gertrude Manion


Jonathan


Viljo Heleen


Nancy


Roger


Eleanor Wright


Roger Hall


"Onward," Bates School Hymn


Charles H. Bates


Chorus


Episode 3. Under the Famous Elm in Cambridge, 1775


Liberty .


Bertha Porter


Gen. Ward.


Charles Waters


Gen. Washington


Charles Carey


"Land of Our Fathers"


Webbe


Bates School Girls' Glee Club


Episode 4. Abolitionist Days in Massachusetts 1832 Freedom .


Frank Raymond


Wm. Lloyd Garrison


Frederic Bigelow


"The Home Road' Carpenter


Bates School Boys' Glee Club


Episode 5. March of Industry 1875-1915


Industry Mollie Sullivan


Hardware


Richard Norris


Paper


Francis Mullen


Firearms Neil Duggan


Chairs Joseph Gamache


Fishing George Caswell


Shoes .


Alfred Falconieri


Textiles


Sulo Erickson


Middleboro


Robert Dufur


Poem by Thomas G. Hirst "O'er the Lake," a song of 1880


Girls' Glee Club


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Episode 6. Keep the Home Fires Burning 1917-1918


Democracy


Mary Dutra


The Soldier


Carleton White


His Family .


Cora Place, Mildred Grossman


Red Cross Nurse


Winifred Hirst


"Keep the Home Fires Burning"


Chorus


Episode 7. The Blending of the Old and New Worlds 1880-1930


The Present. Margaret Carlson


Mothers of Americans


Jennie Goodlavich, Anna Mclaughlin, Dora Goodreau


Universal Language,-Music


Violin and Piano Duet


Alma Paradis and Verna Howes


The Future


Helen Nolan


Massachusetts Song Higgins


Chorus


Epilogue


Jennie Stanley, Kathleen Graham


Salute to Flag


Class


"Peace and Plenty" Wilson


Chorus


7. Orchestra Selection


"Lola Waltz"


Ascher


Orchestra


8. Awarding of Honors Supt. of Schools, J. Stearns Cushing


a. American Legion Medal for Excellence in American History


b. The Bates Award for Excellence in English


9. Presentation of Diplomas Allan R. Thatcher, Chairman Middleboro School Board


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10. Class Song


Led by Lois Gammons


11. Benediction


Rev. Harold H. Rogers


12. Exit March "New York Life" Emil


BATES SCHOOL CLASS SONG


By Lois A. Gammons


Class of nineteen thirty of the old Bates School We've tried to be obedient to your every rule Teachers who have guided us to meet our fate Let us all give thanks to them and dear old "Bates."


Friends, and chums and pals we've been throughout the years Just the thought of parting seems to bring the tears. In the years to come when everything goes wrong Let us all recall the words of our School Song.


Chorus


We are marching onward, ever, ever, onward Now we're facing M. H. S. We have worked together in fair and stormy weather May our friendships ne'er grow less.


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BATES SCHOOL FACULTY


Henry B. Burkland, Principal, Social Studies Mark R. Shibles, Vice Principal, Science


Elizabeth H. Benson, English Sylvia G. Comley, Art


Faye H. Deane, Literature


Harriet M. Jones, Social Studies


Lucy E. Merrihew, Mathematics


Olive M. Kidd, Mathematics Wirt B. Phillips, Music


Frieda F. Hartmann, English and Art


BATES SCHOOL List of Graduates-June, 1930


Athanasious, Lucy J.


Jacintho, William L.


Belrose, Ralph H.


Jurgelewicz, Mary V.


Bernabeo, Victor


Keough, Lois M.


Bigelow, Frederic I.


Kewppie, Alexander


Bissonnette, Lauretta E.


Kumpunen, Henry W.


Breck, Samuel, Jr.


Lagadimos, Gerrior


Bryant, Chrystal W.


Lemmo, Stella N.


Budd, George E.


Lind, Clarence J.


Cahill, John W.


Lindsay, Tulivie M.


Cahill, Vincent G.


Long, Mabel F.


Caldwell, Amy


Maleski, John


Camandona, Thomas J.


Manion, Gertrude T.


Carey, Charles R.


Matrisciano, Margaret A.


Carlson, Margaret T.


Mclaughlin, Anna L.


Carreiro, Mary C.


McLeod, Florence L.


Caswell, George W.


Mullen, Francis J.


Clark, Robert A.


Navais, Augustine S.


Cordeiro, Mary T. Dainis, Pauline H.


Neilsen, John


De Arruda, Jesse


Norris, Richard E.


Dimock, Pauline A.


Dimond, Clarence A.


Dimond, Marion A.


Drake, Ernest M.


Paradis, Alma L.


Drew, Elmer O.


Pawlak, Michael


Dufur, F. Robert Duggan, Neil J.


Perry, Hugh W.


Dutra, Mary G.


Porter, Bertha


Dzenawagis, Charles


Quindley, Norman E.


Falconieri, Alfred J.


Ray, Clifford W.


Fanjoy, Allen C.


Raymond, Frank M.


Fox, Elden B. Fred, Rosaline M.


Remillard, Viola M.


Gamache, Joseph P.


Rogers, John B.


Ryder, Samuel C.


Sabalewski, John


Guilford, Richard A. Galanto, Geneva


Sculley, Gordon R.


Gammons, Lois A.


Shaw, Marguerite


Goodlavich, Jennie Goodreau, Dora J.


Sowyrda, Anna


Stanley, Jennie F.


Graham, Kathleen L.


Nye, Alma C.


Olson, Laura


Panesis, Angeline


Place, Cora B.


Erickson, Sulo


Quindley, Phyllis C.


Reynolds, Edmund H.


Goodell, S. Maurice


Guaraldi, Alma H.


Shaw, Ethel A.


Martinia K. Donahue, English


MacDonald, Agnes M.


Nolan, Helen F.


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Grant, Emerson W. Grossman, Mildred L. Gryniewicz, Victoria A. Hadsell, Grant B. Hale, Everett L. Hall, Roger L. Harrington, Margaret L. Hartling, Eldoretta B.


Hathaway, Louis S.


Heleen, Viljo E. Hirst, David E. Hirst, Winifred E.


Waters, Charles J. Wells, Beatrice L. White, Carleton I.


Holden, Parker


Houlihan, William F., Jr. Howes, Dorothy E.


Howes, Verna E.


Sullivan, Anna E. Sullivan, Mollie R. Thompson, Clarence P. Tibbetts, Harold F. Timonen, Helvi E.


Travers, Iola J. Trinque, Gladys L.


Trinque, Mertie F.


Walker, Frances M.


Williams, Harold H.


Wright, Eleanor L.


Yarusites, Alfonso


Zilonis, Walter A.


WAPPANUCKET SCHOOL


Mrs. Ruth B. Maxim, teacher Hopkins, Sarah L. Hopkins, Sarah M.


Andrews, Manuel T.


THOMASTOWN SCHOOL Mrs. Elena Manley, teacher Fernandez, Arline Wrightington, Charles A.


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REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE.


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


Gentlemen:


I hereby submit the Twenty-second annual report and detailed statement of the duties performed by the Police Dept., of the Town of Middleborough, for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1930.


The past year has been an unusually busy one. There being a large increase of automobiles due to the celebration of the Tercentenary, there being a lot of out of state cars going through the town, touring the Cape.


I recommend that the department be equipped with a 'Portalite' as the department has no search light to be used at night for an investigation. This light would be a great help to the department.


I recommend that two horns be installed over the signal boxes that are located at the center and at Everett Square. To be used in case of calls during the day, as at the present time the lights cannot be seen during the day.


CHIEF OF POLICE. ALDEN C. SISSON


SERGEANT William Murdock


ACTING SERGEANT Charles H. Rogers


PATROLMAN.


Alton R. Rogers


Thomas L. Pittsley


- CLERK.


Chester Rice.


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SPECIAL OFFICERS


Paul Anderson


Myron A. Bump


Herbert W. Batcheler


George A. Barney


William O. Casey


Arthur B. Caswell


Walter R. Carmichael


George Fredette Robert E. Hewitt


Ralph Sampson


E. Kimbal Harrison James J. Vigers


Ernest St. Almand


Harold S. Wood


Jesse C. Wilbur Wallace Grant


OFFENCES


Males Females


Total


Assault and battery


9


0


9


Bastardy


1


0


1


Breaking and entering and larceny


5


0


5


Capias


3


0


3


Causing injuries to property


7


0


7


Drunkeness


50


1


51


Disturbing the peace


2


0


2


Lodgers


32


0


32


Motor Vehicle Violation


82


1


83


Neglect of children


2


1


3


Non-support


4


0


4


Operating under the influence


17


1


18


Larceny


14


0


14


Violation of game law


12


0


12


Vagrancy


1


0


1


Insane


5


4


9


Escaped prisoners


1


0


1


Evading car fare


3


0


3


Runaways


1


0


1


Samuel Hathaway Warren E. Jefferson Louis Littlejohn Patrick McMahon S. Edward Matthews Lorenzo W. Rice John J. Sullivan Alton T. Smith


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STATISTICAL REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT


Ambulance calls


11


Arrest for out of town officers


15


Amount of fines imposed in Middleboro Court


$6,025.00


Automobile accidents investigated


102


Automobile accidents fatal


5


Automobile accidents persons injured


135


Buildings found open


600


Cases investigated


9


Disturbances quelled without arrest


Defective sidewalks reported 2


1


Defective street lights reported


5


Dogs shot


1


Number of arrests during the year


120


Males


2


Females


3


Minors


.


55


Non-residents


50


Native born


20


Foreign-born


10


Number of commitments


510


Number of adult cases in Middleboro Court


15


Number of Minor cases in Middleboro Court


240


Number of non-residents in Middleboro Court


2


Nuisances


400


Summons served


3


Street obstructions removed


Sale of second-hand automobile reported


1,540


Value of stolen property recovered and restored


$1500.00


Warning tags on autos 95


50


Fatal accident on railroad


125


Defective water-pipes reported


57


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CONCLUSION


I wish to express my thanks and appreciation for the assistance that the operators of motor vehicles of the Town of Middleboro have given me in the past year. We have had five fatal accidents in the past twelve months, these acci- dents were due to careless operation of the out of town oper- ators. In all cases the parties involved were brought before the Fourth District Court, and were all convicted of operat- ing so as to endanger. We have had fewer accidents and injuries to person than we have had in previous years.


The Game-well system Police boxes have been installed, and have proved satisfactory and have been a great help to the department.


I wish to thank the Superintendent of Schools for the system he has installed into the schools for the education of the children in regards to traffic.


I wish to thank the operators of the local telephone ex- change for the good service given the department, which has been a great assistance in our work.


I wish to express my thanks and appreciation for the assistance and cooperation given me by the Honorable Board of Selectmen, the Fourth District Court, the people of the Town of Middleborough, and the officers of the Department, who have helped to make the administration of this de- partment a success.


Respectfully submitted,


ALDEN C. SISSON,


Chief of Police.


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81 REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD


To the Selectmen and the Town of Middleborough :-


We beg to submit the following first annual report of the Planning Board.


The Board has been quite completely reorganized during the past year beginning with the appointment of Jesse Car- penter Jr., Enid S. Crosier, and Kenneth B. Keedwell to fill · vacancies on the Board. Since then we have proceeded to develop Parking Space plans, and have looked into numerous other matters such as street layouts, housing, etc. In view of present conditions, however, our recommendations for immediate action be confined to the parking space as a relief measure, the replacement of shade trees as a low-cost employment and improvement project, and the first step toward a park-and-playground development.


In our parking space study, we have had maps prepared of the obviously suitable sites, and have developed plans for a variety of developments in each case. We have discussed the matter with many interested parties and are now sound- ing out local opinion in order to fix upon one definite project for presentation at Town Meeting. Granted a reasonable amount of cooperation, we can assure the Town of ample parking facilities at moderate cost. This study has taken most of our time and appropriation, and innumerable meet- ings and consultations. The bare maps secured by us should be worth more to the Town for Assessors and similar pur- poses than our entire appropriation.


The local parking problem is certainly acute. The mer- chants can sell to no more motor traffic than can find con- venient parking, even if several thousand cars an hour are fed past the stores. A moving car means people going else- where to trade. People from outlying towns will not trade here unless given good facilities-better facilities than in the competing centers.


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The value of the time saved residents of the outlying parts of Middleborough alone in doing necessary business here would justify the cost of a suitable parking space.


The adoption of our plans will mean from four to ten times as many cars can be parked per store fronting on the space than at present, Our main regret is that all the stores in town cannot be provided for as cheaply, Since trade habits are slow to change, we earnestly urge immediate action toward providing this parking space,


We also recommend the planting of highway shade trees to replace those dead, dying or removed, and to improve streets now shadeless. We are accustomed to hearing that the beauty of the Cape lies in its elm-arched streets, yet we remove elms year after year without replacements. We find that "a mile of elms" (one side only) can be set for about $550.00 and we suggest that such an expenditure be made yearly until all requirements are filled. This price is based on a variety of elm immune from the elm beetle.


PURPOSES OF THE PLANNING BOARD


The Planning board is given a broad field of study under the law, but no authority to execute changes it may recom- mend. The field of studies is the resources, possibilities and needs of the community. The only powers of the Board is in its influence on public opinion. In the parking space study you see an example of such work. Other studies usually followed are street improvements and layouts, traffic regulation, building lines and laws, zoning, school plant lay- out, parks and playgrounds, comfort stations, drainage and refuse disposal, water supply, billboards and nuisances, and map studies of population, assessments, expenditures, etc.


The theory is that the Board should have at its disposal a small appropriation, and with this money prepare maps on the items to be studied, as in the parking space study. Five Board members secluded in the Town Hall immersed in


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deep study are valueless without plans and maps on which to study, and can accomplish little, as we have seen in past years of no appropriation. With a modest appropriation, the Board may prepare projects for future action of the Town, and the Town will have a definite basis for action. It is thus seen that the Planning Board may supplant many of the occasional committees appointed at Town Meeting to study specific subjects.


The activities we have in mind for the coming year relate to zoning, school plant layout, and parks and playgrounds. All we can do with zoning will be in starting an educational campaign. The school plant study will look toward the elimination of the Union Street School, and other features which may seem objectionable. The park and playground situation is dependent on action by the Town on articles in the Warrant at our request. Incidentally, the bestowal of some modest powers upon the Board would make it a much easier post to fill.


Zoning is perhaps the subject nearest to the basic purpose of Town Planning. Residential property values are based on confidence-confidence that the neighbors will not impair those values by starting a store, garage, miniature golf course, overnight camp, factory, etc. Judging by recent develop- ments, many residents have had their confidence in their neighbors rudely shattered. The object of zoning is to regulate such developments as to location, and thereby pre- serve property values. When this is brought home to the voters, there will be a demand for zoning. We may want a new shoe factory, but not necessarily on South Main Street. Nothing could stop the erection of a factory there at present. With a zoning law on the Town books, however, the courts could prevent it. Similarly with other "intrusions". Zon- ing is to "keep the pig out of the parlor."


To sum up, the duties of the Planning Board are the pre- servation and enhancement of property values in the Town by finding ways to make Middleborough a better place in


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which to live and trade. We draw no compensation and have no rights other than that of trying to influence the Town to help itself.


Respectfully submitted,


ENID SINCLAIR CROSIER RUSSELL A. TRUFANT KENNETH B. KEEDWELL JAMES V. PHINNEY JESSE CARPENTER, JR.


Planning Board.


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WATER DEPARTMENT


The construction of the State Highway through East and West Grove Streets caused a lot of work for this depart- ment. As this road was to be constructed with a so-called permanent surface, it was necessary to place our water pipes in as good a condition as possible. To do this we extended the 6" main on West Grove St. a distance of 708 feet, to accommodate all the houses on that street, renewed all the old service pipes, examined and repaired where necessary all the main gates, moved the curb gates into the new curb line, moved the hydrants back so as to be out of danger, installed gates on all hydrant connections where there were none, installed one new hydrant on East Grove St. between So. Main St. and Cliff St., and put in two new hydrants on the extension on West Grove St.


The change of grade on the hill on East Grove St. beyond the Pumping Station was such that the 12" main leading from the Pumping Station to the standpipe had to be lowered for a distance of about 800 feet, with a maximum drop of 6 ft. We were enabled to drop the pipe without making a cut and with the pressure still on. This of course shortened the distance and made a very crooked line of pipe, and caused the joints to leak a little, but when the pipe was in its new posi- tion, we were enabled by recalking the joints, to make the line perfectly tight.


The construction of this new State highway on East Grove St. necessitated the building of a new bridge over the Nemasket River. The construction of this bridge enabled us to correct a condition that has been a source of worry to the department for a long time, and that is the abolishing of the force main leading to the center of the town that passes under the river. As long as the main laid in that position, there were always possibilities that it would break, or that it would spring a leak and run for a long time without being detected. In either case, it would be expensive to repair. In consulting with the State Highway Engineers, they


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agreed to provide a space so that we could lay a new pipe through the bridge and connect it with the main leading to the standpipe. This was done, and the pipe under the river was disconnected at the Y in East Grove St., and by closing the gate near the Pumping Station, the old line under the river became dead. Now all the water that is pumped, goes through one main to a point near the street where it divides, part coming direct to town and the rest goes direct to the standpipe. Any leak that occurs now will readily, be dis- covered.


We have continued the policy inaugurated a few years ago of removing all meters that have been in use over five years, testing, cleaning and repairing if necessary, and then putting them back in service. This work is done by the regular force during spare time, and really costs but little, and makes us reasonably sure that the department is getting the maximum amount of revenue.


One new sprinkler service, six inches, has been laid this year to the Middleboro Laundry. A T was left in the line so that the Fuller Garage can install a sprinkler system at some future time. This fire service also serves the Laundry as a domestic supply.


Eight new small 1" services have been laid this year.


All main gates have been inspected and repairs made where necessary.


All hydrants have been inspected twice and put in good operating condition.


In general, the system is in good condition, but there is much need of replacing the four inch mains with large pipe, and the connecting of dead ends. These will be taken care of as soon as the money is available.


Respectfully submitted,


H. J. GOODALE,


Town Manager and Superintendent.


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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1930


Population by census of 1930-8,593. Date of con- struction-1885. By whom owned-Town of Middleboro. Source of supply-well south of village near Nemasket River. Mode of supply-pumped direct overflow to standpipe.


PUMPING STATISTICS


1. Builders of Pumping Machinery, two Goulds Electri- cally Driven Centrifugal main units; 1 Gould driven by Moore Steam Turbine, and 1 DeLaval complete turbine and pump, auxiliary units.


2. Description of fuel used:


(a) Electric Power for Main Units


(b) Bituminous coal for auxiliary units $.024


(c) Price per K.W.H .- average


(d) Average price of coal per Net ton, delivered 7.36 K.W.H. consumed for the year


(a) Main Pump 164,186


(b) Filter Pump 31,186


3. Coal consumed for the year, heat and power, lbs.57,952




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