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THIRD TERM-
Division of Fractions.
Miscellaneous Problems.
Oral Arithmetic (Daily Recitations) .
Rapid work in Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Di -- vision and Fractions, etc. Oral Problems relating to written work.
Geography (Daily Recitations).
FIRST TERM-
The Earth.
1. Form.
Size.
Motions.
2. Graded division of land.
3. Graded division of water.
4. Natural division of land,
5. of water, f.
Important ones named, and characteristics observed.
6. Zones.
7. Climate.
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8. Vegetation.
9. Animals.
10. Races.
11. Occupations.
12. Travel.
SECOND TERM-
North America.
1. Position.
Projections.
2. Size. Indentations.
3. Coast Line. Adjacent Islands.
Plateaus.
4. Surface.
Highlands, Mountain Systems. Peaks and Volcanoes.
Lowlands, - Plains and Valleys.
5. Drainage.
River Systems and Lakes.
6. Climate.
Elevation. Winds. Currents.
Grains. Spices.
7. Vegetation.
Fruits. Woods.
8. Animals.
9. People.
Races. Population. Occupations. Religion. Government.
10. Resources.
Fur-bearing animals. Fertile soil. Minerals. Forests. Fisheries.
11. Political Divisions.
7 Name, in order of size. Compare with other countries. Capital and largest city in each di- vision. Name largest cities.
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THIRD TERM-
The United States. Topics the same as for North America. Language.
FIRST TERM-
The Sentence.
Statements.
Questions.
Proper Names.
Use of is and are, and was and were.
Dictation Exercises.
Composition. Names of Cities and States.
Initials.
SECOND TERM-
Abbreviations.
Names of Days.
Use of has and have.
Picture Stories.
Names of Months and Seasons.
Dates.
. Letters.
Addresses.
Commands.
Comma.
Quotation Marks.
Quotations. Contractions.
Composition.
THIRD TERM-
Two parts of statement. Proper and Common Names. Dictation Exercises. Composition.
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Singular and Plural forms of words. .
Possessive forms of words.
Review.
Spelling.
Words and Sentences from the Speller.
Nature Study.
FIRST TERM-
Animals.
SECOND TERM-
Minerals.
THIRD TERM-
Plants.
Gymnastics.
Swedish System.
Reading.
Fourth Reader and School World, etc.
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COURSE OF STUDY.
Primary Schools.
Written Arithmetic (one recitation daily).
FIRST TERM-
Reading and writing numbers of five figures.
Addition (five figures.) Subtraction.
Multiplication (two figures in the multiplier) .
Division (one figure in divisor, long and short division) . Problems (on the above rules).
SECOND TERM-
Addition (six figures) .
Subtraction.
Multiplication (three figures in multiplier) .
Division (two and three figures in divisor). Problems.
THIRD TERM-
Numbers to millions.
Review.
Oral Arithmetic (one recitation daily).
Geography.
Direction and Distance.
Names of forms of land and water.
Lessons on vapor, clouds, rain, snow, ice and wind. Local Geography, including maps of streets and harbor. Sand modelling.
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Spelling (two recitations daily).
Music (one exercise daily, twenty minutes) .
Language (one recitation daily, fifteen minutes) .
Oral and written work in forming sentences. . Use of capital letter, period and interrogation point. Dictation Exercises.
Written stories from pictures, geography, and science lessons. . Letter writing.
Reading Miscellaneous Literature (two recitations daily), Writing (one lesson daily, fifteen minutes).
Science Lessons and Nature Study (one lesson daily, fifteen minutes).
Health Lessons (showing the effect of alcoholic drinks).
Plants (naming and describing different parts).
Lessons on Common Minerals.
Talks on Common Things.
Drawing (three lessons a week, twenty minutes).
Drawings of different parts of plants.
Object Drawing from cube, sphere, cylinder, etc., and ob- jects based upon them.
Designs in colored paper.
Paper-folding and cutting. Stick-laying. Gymnastics (daily).
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PLYMOUTH HIGH SCHOOL.
GRADUATION EXERCISES
-OF THE-
CLASS OF 1891.
"ACT IN THE LIVING PRESENT."
PROGRAMME.
PART I.
MARCH : The King of the Owls ( Wadsworth), - Orchestra SALUTATORY, - - -
OVERTURE : Apollo, (Bonnisseau) , -
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May H. Sears
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Orchestra
ESSAY : Something Better Than Riches, - - Maria W. Ricard
ESSAY : Home and Foreign Missions, - Harriet E. Johnson
ESSAY : Arts, - - - Jacob Parker - - ESSAY : "America Means Opportunity," - Deborah Howland CHORUS : The Venetian Boatmen's Evening Song (Hatton) ,
School
ESSAY : "When ye hae naething else to do, be sticking in a tree," - Bertha C. Lapham -
ESSAY : Daniel Webster as a Statesman, -
- Fred A. Goddard
ESSAY : Characters in Literature, ʻ - - Edith W. Adams
CORNET SOLO : La Reve d'Amour (Millars), Richard B. Brown
ESSAY : The Nautical School, - - - - James Millar, Jr
ESSAY : Pictures in the Fire, - - Edna Le F. Stuart CHORUS : When in Grief's Dark Vale (Donizetti), - School
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PART II.
ESSAY : If I Were an Artist, - Anna W. Peterson - CLARINET SOLO : 5 eme Aire Variee (Brepsant), Fred A. Goddard ESSAY : Ambition, as a Servant and as a Master, Ella A. Taylor ESSAY : "Of What Good Is It?" - - Annie B. Diman -
DECLAMATION : "The American Sphinx," -
Richard B. Brown
ESSAY : Memories of the Spinning Wheel, - Grace A. Leach
ESSAY : "America for Americans," - - Carrold D. Howland
CHORUS : Damascus Triumphal March (Costa), - - School
ESSAY : The Good Old Times no Better Than the Present,
Martha J. Strong
CLASS PROPHECY, - - Read by Maud Morton
OVERTURE : Orpheus in der Unterweld (Offenbach), Orchestra
VALEDICTORY, -
Laura E. Holmes
CLASS SONG,
Words by Anna W. Peterson
Music by Richard B. Brown
Presentation of Diplomas by Mr. CHARLES I. LITCHFIELD, Chairman of School Committee. CLASS OF 1890.
DIPLOMAS AWARDED TO
Edith Walker Adams, Annie Bradford Diman,
Laura Elizabeth Holmes, Deborah Howland,
Harriet Ellen Johnson, Bertha Clinton Lapham,
Grace Alton Leach, Maud Morton,
Anna Weston Peterson, Maria Warren Rickard,
May Holmes Sears, Martha Jane Strong,
Edna Le Forrest Stuart, Ella Amelia Taylor,
Richard Baxter Brown, Jacob Parker, James Millar, Jr.
CERTIFICATES. Three Years' Course.
Margaret Esther McGarry, John P. Fraher, George Finney Hadaway, Fred Alexis Goddard, Carrold Dean Howland. Two Years' Course.
Alice Stetson Harlow,
Faustina F. Holmes.
ANNUAL REPORT
-OF THE-
Town Officers
-OF-
PLYMOUTH
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31st,
1892.
PUBLIC LIBRARY
PLYMOUTH : AVERY & DOTEN, BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS. 1893.
ANNUAL REPORT
-OF THE
Town Officers
-OF-
PLYMOUTH
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31st,
1892.
PLYMOUTH : AVERY & DOTEN, BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS. 1893.
PLYMOUTH PUBLIC LIBRARY
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TOWN OFFICERS.
SELECTMEN-Charles S. Davis, L. T. Robbins, Everett F. Sherman, Elkanah Finney, F. H. Holmes.
TOWN CLERK-Curtis Davie.
TOWN TREASURER-Curtis Davie.
AUDITOR-James D. Thurber.
COLLECTOR OF TAXES-Charles H. Rogers.
CLERK OF SELECTMEN-Charles H. Rogers.
ASSESSORS-Charles Henry Holmes, Alonzo Warren, Benj. F. Ward.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR-George H. Jackson, chosen 1892, for three years; Charles P. Hatch, chosen 1890, for three years; Charles H. Rogers, chosen 1891, for three years,
WATER COMMISSIONERS-Horace P. Bailey and James Mil- lar, chosen 1890, for three years; Everett F. Sherman and Samuel Bradford, chosen 1891, for three years.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-Charles I. Litchfield and James Mil- lar, chosen 1892, for three years; Charles H. Howland, chosen 1892, for one year, and Gideon F. Holmes for two years; Elizabeth Thurber, chosen 1890, for three years; H. N. P. Hubbard, chosen 1891, for three years.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS-Charles Burton.
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AGAWAM FISHERY COMMITTEE-Martin V. B. Douglass, Harrison O. Barnes, Daniel W. Andrews.
CONSTABLES -Joseph W. Hunting, J. Alonzo Douglass, Joseph F. Towns, Freeman Manter, Michael Casey, George H. Newhall, Edwin F. King.
PARK COMMISSIONERS-Nathaniel Morton, chosen 1892, for three years; Walter H. Sears, chosen 1890, for three years; George R. Briggs, chosen 1891, for three years.
SURVEYORS AND MEASURERS OF LUMBER -L. T. Robbins, Edward B. Atwood, George H. Jackson, Cornelius C. Holmes.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES-Christopher T. Harris. BEACH COMMITTEE-Selectmen.
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS-Stillman R. Sampson.
FIELD DRIVERS AND FENCE VIEWERS - Howard Hirsch, Joseph F. Towns, Nathan B. Perry, Hosea C. Bartlett.
SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER WORKS-Richard W. Bagnell. COLLECTOR OF WATER RATES-John H. Harlow.
POUND KEEPERS - Hosea C. Bartlett, Nathan B. Perry, Joseph F. Towns.
COMMITTEE ON INLAND FISHERIES -- Thomas D. Shumway, Charles B. Stoddard, Benjamin A. Hathaway.
BOARD OF REGISTRATION - Isaac M. Jackson, Alfred S. Burbank, Curtis Davie, John W. Churchill.
SUPERINTENDENT OF VINE HILLS CEMETERY-Myles S. Weston.
SEXTON-Ozen Bates.
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE ALMSHOUSE-Obed C. Pratt.
BOARD OF HEALTH-Charles Henry Holmes, Edgar D. Hill, Alonzo Warren, Henry Harlow, Frank B. Holmes.
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BOARD OF ENGINEERS-Horace P. Bailey, William E. Baker, Peleg S. Burgess, Albert E. Davis, George E. Saunders, Daniel M. Bosworth.
SUPERINTENDENT OF CHILTONVILLE BURIAL GROUND-Augus- tus B. Rogers.
SUPERINTENDENT OF MANOMET CEMETERY-Stephen Holmes.
COMMITTEE ON FIRES IN THE WOODS- Samuel Bradford, Nehemiah L. Savery, Gustavus G. Sampson, Horatio Wright, M. V. B. Douglass, N. B. Perry, C. E. Bumpus, Thomas Sampson, Ziba R. Ellis, Joseph F. Towns, Nathaniel Mor- ton, William F. Doten, Frank B. Holmes, Nathaniel T. Clark, Silas Valler, Howard Hirsch.
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ABSTRACT OF RECORDS OF 1892.
March 7 .- Voted, That no licenses for the sale of intoxi- cating liquors in the Town be granted. Nays, 438; yeas, 257.
March 7 .- Voted, That after the present year the Park Com- missioners be chosen by ballot and on the general ticket.
March 7 .- Voted, That the offices of the Treasurer and Col- lector of Taxes be open from 9 to 1, from 2 to 43, and on Wednesday and Saturday evenings from 7 to 8, and that the salaries be fixed at $700 each.
March 7 .- Voted, To appropriate the sum of $150 to defray the expenses of Decoration Day.
March 7 .- Voted, That the Town grant to the Public Library the amount of the dog fund now in the Treasury, to wit, $816.76, and appropriate the additional sum of $383.24 for the maintenance of said Library.
March 7 .- Voted, That the Town authorize the Selectmen to renew any note or notes heretofore author- ized which are now due or may become due the present year, for such time and on such terms as they may deem for the interest of the Town, with this proviso, that they be in-
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structed to pay the note for $3,000 due June 9, 1892, and the several notes payable on de- mand, amounting to $1,700, out of the money in the Treasury, not otherwise appropriated.
March"7 .- Voted, To authorize the Selectmen to prosecute, compromise or defend any suit or suits within the Commonwealth in the name of the Town.
March 7 .- Voted, That the sum of $180 be appropriated for the care of Training Green.
March 7 .- Voted, That the Town accept the provisions in regard to Assessors of Chapter 295 of the Sta- tutes of the year 1878.
March 7 .- Voted, That the Town will at the annual meeting in 1893 choose three Assessors. One for one year, one for two years and one for three years, and thereafter at each annual meeting one Assessor for three years.
March 7 .- Voted, That the Town will ratify and approve the agreement made by the Selectmen, Oct. 24, 1891, with H. B. Taylor, respecting the flumes over which the highway crosses the Mill Pond at Manomet.
March 7 .- Voted, That the expenditures for the care of Trainin Green be under the direction of the Park Commissioners.
March 7 .- Voted, That the Town accept and allow the loca- tion and laying out by the Park Commissioners of certain lands at and near Billington Sea for park purposes, as described and located in the location filed by the Park Commissioners with the Town Clerk, Feb. 27, 1892.
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March 7 .- Voted, That the Town appropriate for park pur- poses the two parcels of land belonging to the Town at the head of Plymouth Beach, as lo- cated and laid out by the Park Commissioners, and first described in the location of lands at. Plymouth Beach filed by the Park Commis- sioners with the Town Clerk, Feb. 27, 1892.
March 7 .- Voted, That the Town appropriate for park pur- poses the land at Jumping Hill, as located and laid out by the Park Commissioners, and first. described in the location of lands at Jumping Hill filed by the Park Commissioners with the Town Clerk, Feb. 27, 1892.
March 7 .- Voted, That the Town accept and allow the loca- tion and laying out by the Park Commissioners: of certain lands at the head of Plymouth Beach, filed by the Park Commissioners with the Town Clerk, Feb. 27, 1892.
March 7 .- Voted, That the Town accept and allow the loca- tion and laying out by the Park Commission- ers of certain lands at Jumping Hill, filed by the Park Commissioners with the Town Clerk, Feb. 27, 1892.
March 7 .- Voted, That the Town accept and allow the lo- cation and laying out by the Park Commission- ers of certain lands at the southeast corner of Vernon and Allerton streets, filed by the Park Commissioners with the Town Clerk, Feb. 27, 189 2.
March 7 .- Voted, That the Town extend the electric light. system so as to include the Old Road in Chil- tonville, leading from the Chiltonville Post.
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Office to the house of John Harlow, the River Road from the house occupied by James How- ard Finney to Hotel Pilgrim, and Warren Avenue from Hotel Pilgrim to Cliff Street.
March 7 .- Voted, That the location of a light at Cole's Hill be left with the Selectmen.
April 9 .- Voted, That the Town appropriate for park pur- poses the third parcel of land belonging to the Town at the head of Plymouth Beach as lo- cated and laid out by the Park Commissioners, and first described in the location of lands at Plymouth Beach filed by the Park Commis- sioners with the Town Clerk, Feb. 27, 1892.
April 9 .- Voted, That it being understood that by such ac- ceptance no right of way or user to or on the the beach are to be taken or interfered with.
April 9 .- Voted, That $600 be appropriated for Morton Park.
April 9 .- Voted, That $200 be appropriated for Plymouth Beach Park.
April 9 .- Voted, That $100 be appropriated for Whiting Street Park.
April 9 .- Voted, That $100 be appropriated for Waverly Square, otherwise to be called Bates' Park.
April 9 .- Voted, That the Town appropriate $500 for the repairs of school house on Spring Street.
April 9 .- Voted, That the School Committee be instructed to purchase a lot of land between Russell and Samoset streets, and erect a Primary school
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house thereon, and that the sum of $2,500 be appropriated therefor.
April 9 .- Voted, That the Selectmen be instructed to insert an article in the Warrant for the next Town Meeting to see what disposition shall be made of the old High School building.
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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN.
The Selectmen submit the following report for the year 1892 :-
The Treasurer is charged with-
Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1892 $26,347 83
Water rates, labor and materials 18,350 82
Notes for pipe on beach. 2,400 00
Temporary loan 40,000 00
Plymouth & Middleboro R. R. loan 50,000 00
Agawam and Half-way Pond fishery 1,352 50
School department reimbursement 158 88
Poor department reimbursement 1,783 27
Road department reimbursement 1,241 12
New High School reimbursement 42 50
Morton Park reimbursement
91 84
Manomet Cemetery, sale of lots, etc
47 34
Cedarville 66 66
66 66
15 00
Vine Hills
66 66
434 49
Widows reimbursement. 20 00
Old Colony Bank, dividend 400 00
Murdock fund, interest. 36 50
Training Green, sale of materials 8 00
Beach Park, storage. 2 00
Town Records, sale of books 114 30
Amount carried forward. $142,846 39
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Amount carried forward $142,846 39
Liquor licenses 3 00
Seal bounty from County 31 00
Military aid reimbursements
107 00
State aid reimbursements from State
2,599 50
Indigent aid from State 654 11
Burial of soldiers, reimbursements from State. 87 50
Dog fund from County 816 76
Insane poor reimbursements 486 09
Armory rent from State
400 00
Fines from District Court 402 00
Licenses
155 75
Sale of herring brooks
30 00
Interest on taxes
533 44
Rebate of interest
38 58
Warren fund income
50 00
Corporation tax from State
7,201 14
Bank tax from State
2,080 35
Taxes of 1892
86,665 29
66 " 1891
9,538 34
" 1890 2,238 93
66 1889
1,051 21
66 " 1888.
67 05
66 1887 55 87
$258,139 30
The Treasurer is credited with the following payments : Plymouth & Middleboro R. R. subscription. .. $45,000 00 Temporary loan repaid 40,000 00
Schools 27,602 37
Water department. 20,498 48
Amount carried forward. $133,100 85
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Amount brought forward . $133,100 85
Roads and bridges
13,935 70
New High school 10,830 11
Notes and bonds paid
9,870 00
Contingent account
6,264 95
State tax
4,760 00
County tax
7,953 25
National Bank tax
4,707 62
Interest account
4,491 78
Poor department 7,723 50
Fire department
5,158 56
New roads .
1,809 60
Watch and police
2,286 65
Insane poor
2,737 57
Sidewalks
1,511 65
Burial Hill
54 80
Warren fund
1 70
Assessors
1,275 53
Collector
699 92
Treasurer
700 00
Abatements 2,797 50
Vine Hills Cemetery
250 81
Cedarville Cemetery
174 49
Chiltonville Cemetery
16 83
Manomet Cemetery
5 40
Sexton
125 00
Duxbury & Cohasset R. R.
1,500 00
Public Library
1,800 00
Agawam and Half-way Pond fishery
95 00
Indigent aid
861 92
State aid 2,955 00
Amount carried forward. $230,655 69
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Amount brought forward. $230,655 69
Military aid
756 00
Liquor licenses to State
75
Seal bounty 246 00
Burton Park.
88 08
Training Green
221 85
Morton Park
665 82
Beach Park 173 26
Waverly Park
100 00
Publication of Town Records
708 40
Widows. 154 00
Lighting streets and town house 5,447 23
Cash on hand, Dec. 31, 1892.
19,122 22
$258,139 30
The Treasurer's books have been examined and found correct and vouchers were shown for all payments. The amount of cash on hand was found to be $19,122.22, as stated in the Treasurer's account. The orders drawn by the Selectmen have been compared with the original bills and the amounts found to correspond.
JAMES D. THURBER, Auditor.
PLYMOUTH, Jan. 31, 1893.
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The undrawn balances of the several appropriations are as follows :-
Vine Hills Cemetery
$672 67
Abatements
1,439 96
Fresh Brook.
34
Burton Park
13 92
Beach Park
28 74
Morton Park
26 02
Warren fund
1,078 81
Collector
101 52
Roads and bridges
202 52
Water works
658 59
Manomet Cemetery
68 01
Widows
34
Sidewalks
3 92
Murdock fund
730 00
Burial Hill
45 20
Poor
2,248 17
Lighting streets and town house
91 41
Town debt and interest
440 98
New grade school house
2,500 00
$10,351 12
The overdrawn balances of the several appropriations are as follows :-
Indigent aid
$415 27
Town Records
1,441 54
Cedarville Cemetery
109 26
Military aid
629 00
Assessors
57 93
Amount carried forward $2,653 00
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Amount brought forward $2,653 00
Watch and police
86 65
Insane poor 51 48
Schools .
35 82
New roads
481 95
Chiltonville Cemetery
78 02
Training Green
33 85
New High school house
3,673 66
Contingent account
1,011 20
Fire department 509 42.
$8,615 05
The Selectmen repeat the recommendation of previous years that the deficiency in the Town Records account re- main until the publication shall be completed. The Com- mittee on Publication intend to finish their work by the issue of a third volume, covering the time to the close of the Revolution. The Boston selling agent has not yet made his return for the sales of this volume, so the overdraft will be reduced to some extent. The Selectmen also recommend that the overdraft for the new High school house be paid by an appropriation of $173.66, and by a note for $3,500.00, payable $500.00 annually. All other overdrafts, except for cemeteries, should be met by appropriations.
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TOWN DEBT.
WATER LOAN FUNDED.
61,600 four per cent. bonds dated June 1st,
1885, payable within twenty years in an- nual payments of $2,800. $61,600 00
32,500 four per cent. bonds dated August 1st, 1890, of which the sum of $1,300 is payable annually . 32,500 00
20,000 six per cent. bonds due August 1st, 1894, 20,000 00
2,400 four per cent. notes due August, 1893. ... 2,400 00
$116,500 00
DUXBURY AND COHASSET RAILROAD LOAN.
Note to Plymouth Savings Bank,
due April 1st, 1894, 4 per cent. $1,500 00
Note to Plymouth Five Cents Sav-
ings Bank, due April 1, 1894, 4 per cent 1,500 00
3,000 00
TEMPORARY LOAN.
Consolidated loan at Plymouth
Savings Bank, dated April
1st, 1891, $2,200 payable an- nually, 43 per cent. $19,800 00
Consolidated loan at Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank,
dated April 20th, 1891, $670 payable annually, 43 per cent. 6,030 00
Notes to sundry persons on de- mand, 4 per cent. 1,700 00
27,530 00
Amount carried forward $147,030 00
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Amount brought forward . . . . $147,030 00
HIGH SCHOOL-HOUSE LOAN.
Note to Plymouth Savings Bank dated July 1st, 1891, 4 per cent. $2,000 payable annually . $18,000 00 Note to Plymouth Five Cents Sav- ings Bank, dated July 1st, 1891, 4 per cent. $2,000 payable an- nually 18,000 00
36,000 00
PLYMOUTH AND MIDDLEBORO R. R. LOAN.
Bonds dated Jan. 7th, 1892, 4 per cent., payable $5,000 annually. $50,000 00
50,000 00
$233,030 00
Undrawn balances
10,351 12
$243,381 12
LESS.
Uncollected taxes, 1889
$38 56
1890
439 69
1891 2,228 70
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1892
10,456 70
Indigent aid due from State 415 27
State aid due from State
2,971 50
Seal bounty due from County 246 00
Cash on hand 19,122 22
$35,918 64
Indebtedness Dec. 31st, 1892
$207,462 48
Indebtedness Dec. 31st, 1891 167,694 12
Increase for the year
$39,768 36
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The funded debt was increased by the issue of $50,000.00 bonds for the Plymouth & Middleboro R. R. subscription and notes for $2,400.00 for the beach pipe, and was reduced by the payments on the various bonds and notes and the excess of corporation taxes over the estimate.
CONTINGENT.
CR.
Appropriation
$4,000 00
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for deficiency 63 78
Armory rent
400 00
Fines
402 00
Miscellaneous receipts
451 75
Balance overdrawn
1,011 20
$6,328 73
DR.
To-
Overdrawn balance of old account
$63 78
Stationery
21 63
Surveying
21 75
Stone post
11 00
Fuel
122 70
Incidentals
70 06
Clerk of the Selectmen
143 75
Street Railroad inspection
34 25
Town Meetings expenses
138 00
Travelling expenses
32 50
Returns of births, deaths, etc.
266 85
Legal expenses, deeds, recording, etc 56 25
Fire in the woods 704 89
Amount carried forward. $1,687 41
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Amount brought forward. $1,687 41
Expenses on P. & M. R. R., loan 14 00
Repairing and refurnishing lock-up 53 25
Services of Selectmen 1,007 47
Post-office bills 108 94
Board of Health and expenses .
569 93
Repairs to and painting town house 107 96
.Janitor of town house 183 71
Board of Registration and expenses
243 50
Witnesses and expenses in herring hearings
60 40
Fees and expenses of arrest
101 65
Expenses of State election 157 90
Armory rent, heat and light and rifle range
1,076 25
Advertising and printing, including town report. 480 50
Decoration Day .
150 00
Safe 103 20
Auditor 75 00
Highway damage
92 16
Drivers9 badges 30 50
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Care of town clock 25 00
$6,328 73
It will be seen that the overdraft in this account amounts to a little over a thousand dollars. It is caused chiefly by the large amount ($704.89) which was expended on fires in woods, of which there were a large number this year. It also became necessary to paint the town house and refit the lock-up, and the expenses of the Board of Health and elections were also larger than last year. It is thought that the same appropriation as last year, $4,000, and an appro- priation of $1,011.20 for the deficiency will be necessary and is recommended.
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ROADS AND BRIDGES.
CR.
By -
$12,500 00 Appropriation
Undrawn balance of old account
397 11
Reimbursements from new roads
738 20
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sewers
300 00
P. & M. R. R 99 18:
66
" Poor Department 84 49
66
66 small accounts 19 25
$14,138 23
DR.
To-
Payments in 1892
$13,935 70
Balance undrawn 202 53
$14,138 23
A large amount of work has been done by the Depart- ment in various places through the Town, and several sub- stantial improvements have been made. In addition to the ordinary run of work a considerable amount had to be spent for the removal of snow last winter and four of the bridges were renewed.
The Selectmen have considered with some care the ques- tion of the permanent improvement of our roads, and have unanimously come to the following conclusion : That the work of repairing our roads, especially in the center of the Town, as now necessarily done, is penny wise and pound foolish to the greatest degree. At present a piece of road is repaired at a considerable expense with gravel or screened gravel, the best material to be sure that we have at hand,
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and the road will remain in good condition for about a year with some small repairs. After that the repairs con- stantly increase until within three or four years the road must be thoroughly repaired again. The Selectmen have visited several towns which have a stone crusher and ma- cadamize their roads, and strongly recommend the Town to make a beginning this year in macadamizing the roads in the center of the Town, and each year hereafter make a cer- tain amount, and thus in the end obtain good and durable roads. If this system had been begun twenty years ago Plymouth today, notwithstanding the poor quality of her road material, would have had the best roads of any Town in the State, and at an expense not much greater than the expeuse of the present system. It must be remembered that as the amount of macadamized road increases, the cost of yearly repairs will lessen. The cost of a stone crusher, set up ready to work, is about $5,000, and the cost of a steam roller about $3,000. The stone in Plymouth are not particularly good for this purpose, but would answer if the cost of carting them would not be so great. Taking into consideration the cost of a crusher and the cost of the stone, the Selectmen are of the opinion that it would be much cheaper to buy the stone already crushed, and hire a roller for the limited time it would be needed than to invest so much money in a plant. Crushed stone can be bought in Cohasset at a private plant, and the O. C. R. R. will carry the same at a reasonable price. The cost of a mile of ma- cadam road is about $5,000, of course varying with the width of the road. The Selectmen recommend a special appropriation of $3,500 for the purpose of macadamizing. An appropriation of $11,500 is recommended for next year, but if the appropriation is made for macadam it can be re- duced to $10,500.
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