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DATE.
NAME.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
FATHER.
MOTHER.
LeBaron R. and Amy
Cambridge
Brooklyn
Dec. 6
Anna Ware Barker --- Ferrioli
Fred and Josephine
Italy
Italy
12
Mildred Helen Brewer
David and Emily JJ.
England
England
12
Annie Elizabeth Webber
Joseph and Mary
Germany
Germany
14
Edward Martin Clongh
Edward and Mary J.
Weymouth
Weymouth
15
Maud C. Nightingale
David H. and Delia
Plymouth
Plymouth
19
Mary Margaret Barnard
John E. and Jennie L.
Vermont
New Hampshire
19
Eva Cortelli
Frederick W. and Lillian M.
Maine
New Hampshire
24
Elizabeth McCarthy
Martin and Mary A.
Taunton
Plymonth
24
Elizabeth Perkins Ward
Ira C. and Katie W.
Carver
Plymonth
25
Charles Alfred Northrop -- Alborghini
Francesco and Theresa
Plymouth
Plymouth
29
George Weston Besse
George A. and Margaret L.
Wareham
New Brunswick
29
Howard Nelson Millington
William H. and Eunice E.
Newport
Kingston
30
Harold Leslie Griffin
George E. and Grace
Maine
Maine
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Charles A. and Angie
New Brunswick Italy
Italy
26
27 Clinton Irish Wasson
Luigi P. and Teotista Sendri
Italy
Italy
21 Katrina Wainwright Bittinger
Plymouth
John A. and Grace F.
BIRTHPLACE OF PARENTS.
DEATHS
REGISTERED IN PLYMOUTH IN I90I.
AGE.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
DATE.
NAME.
M. D.
Jan.
1
James H. Robbins
70
3
-
4
Phebe P. Ellis
79
4
20
Constitutional weakness
4
Lizzie H. Strong
62
5
6
Heart failure
7
Walter S. Allen
18
4
10
Disease of spinal cord
10
Louis Gallerani
35
Pneumonia
13
John Boyle
81
Disease of heart
13
Amondo Covalani
1
17
13
Mary Coll
60
Disease of heart
18
Maurice Frances Keough
1
17
Bronchitis
66
21
Mary Ann Faunce
94
9
25
23
Joanna D. Rider
83
9
23
Hepatic congestion
23
Catherine L. Bisbee
66
4
7
Pneumonia
24
William J. Russell
79
Pneumonia (died in New York)
25
Alexander C. Scott
29
Killed by R. R. train (died in
26
Josiah T. Hay ward
70
27
Ruth R. Goodwin
68
Heart disease
28
Sadie S Davis
25
3
10
Consumption (d. in Brockton)
Feb.
2
Georgianna Melix
54
7
81
11
12
5
Anna Eliza Weichel
72
11
-
82
8
Apoplexy
7
Martin V. B. Douglass
64
11
28
Pneumonia
7 Jane D. Snow
68
10
27
Disease of heart
8
Hannah P. Jordan
58
10
1
Cancer of liver
12
Edwin P. Fuller
23
4
18
Pneumonia
(d. in Dorchester)
George E. and Marion Berry
14 | Horace W. Bates
64
-
(d. in Cincinnati)
Isaac and Eliza Rogers Tilden Keene and Joanna Parsons Charles and Lena Clouse Azariah Snow and Phœbe Higgins
Sherman and Serena Finney Charles and Mary Bertocchi Nicholas
Hildebrando and Adelmina Facchini
Edward and Mary O'Brien
Thomas J. and Susan Simmons
Alexander Warner and Betsey Ackerman William Drew and Sarah Holmes
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Daniel Goddard and Mary Finney William S. and Mary W. Hayward Angus and Sarah J. Sweeny Otts and Betsey Paris Coet and -
Ephraim S. Morton and Sarah Finney John Harlow and Lucy Mahuren
3
Calvin Howland
Gangrene
Calvin and Lydia Nickerson Nicholas Suffel and
Chronic bronchitis
6
Margaret Steidel
Henry P. Mantz and Christina Eberly Joshua and Mary Pierce
Jonn M. Washburn and Susan P. Barstow
Clark Holmes and Hannah PATY
1 Moses - and -
4
John Peter Weichel
16
Tuberculosis
Old age
Abdominal Sarcoma
Old age
12
Phthisis Pulmonalis [Kingston
Carcinoma (d. in Middleboro)
DEATHS ( CONTINUED.)
DATE.
NAME.
AGE.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
Y. M.
D.
William B. Burt
68
Disease of brain
Pneumonia
15
Nathaniel E. Harlow
88
2
9
16
Ansel R. Churchill
71
7
Heart failure
18
Helen Leroy Anderson
6
Phlegm stoppage
26
Joshua A. Douglass
60
LaGrippe
22
Catherine Boyle
85
Rheumatism and influenza
24
Richard Pickett
58
Heart disease
25
Mary C. T. Robbins
75
2
19
Apoplexy
25
Mary A. Jackson
65
11
14
Influenza
March 1
Hannah D. Washburn
65
Heart disease
Caroline Taylor
87
11
7
Acute endocarditis
2
Ellen Quinlan
73
Bronchitis
Jeremiah Costlow and Joanna Fogarty
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Branch and Phoebe Bartlett William and Phœbe Dixon Frederick and Aurelia Gallerani Joseph Volk and Madaline Miller George N. and Deborah B. Rogers
John Carr and Mary Jesse and Betsey --- James B. and Martha Barker
66
18
Edgar B. Pierce
42
19
Growth in the throat
21
Mary A. Voght
76
10
1
Bronchitis
66
22
Mary G. Shaw
91
2
6
Old age
66
22 William C. Paulding
67
10
25
Emborlism
[N. Y.)
23 Sarah Jane Johnson
66
3
23
Meningitis (died in Lestershire
23
Kendall W. King
48
11
17
Apoplexy
27 Kathleen Sylvester
53
8
9
Pneumonia
George and Lydia Ellis Wilson and Susan Lucas David and Mary Eddy Joshua and Mary Pierce
John Donovan and John and Ellen Condon Cushing Turner and Pella Perkins
Jacob and Joanna Holmes Philip and Hannah D. Fuller Branch Pierce and Rebecca Bates
2
Maltiah B. Blackmer
73
6
2
LaGrippe
6
Charles C. Barnes
63
Debility from army service
66
6
John Cavicchi
5
Capillary bronchitis
8
Catherine Smith
37
3
14
Pneumonia
13
Frank A. Thomas
44
6 21
Natural causes, probably heart disease (d. Cambridgeport)
15
Mary Hazard
70
Disease of heart and influenza
16
Augustus Robbins
80
11
Valvular heart disease
Henry Timmerhoff and Mary E. --- Simeon Dike and Mary Gibbs William and Jane B. Holmes
William Aldrich and Nancy Gilmore Kendall W. and Laura A. Howland James and Charlotte Churchill
14
Edward and Elizabeth Dunham
2
29 Frederick Weise
70
13
Heart disease
66
29
Harold Nelson Henderson
6
20
Peritonitis
Ida Banzi
25
4 -
11 Premature birth Pulmonary consumption Old age
66
31
Caroline Crooker
87
4 19 Influenza and disease of heart
April 2
Johnston Brown
78
10 18
Bright's disease Heart disease
3
Nancy L. Pratt
70
2
26
5
Martha W. Peirce
54
5
4
Carcinoma
7
Celestina Eldridge Langford Katie Darsch
49
9 18
Pneumonia
8
1
6
Meningitis
9
Lena G. Pastere
1
9
Pneumonia
14
Stillman Pierce
72
(d. in Bridgewater)
66
16
Elizabeth Wells
63
6
4
Chronic endocarditis
66
18
Joshua B. Faunce
47
6
19
Paul C. Siebenschu
30
7
20
75 3
22
Sick from birth
25
William Ross
65
12
11
27
Lucretia Davis
73
6
26
29
Edwin H. Hazen
7
3
9
Tubercular meningitis [ville)
29
Sarah A. Lynch
85
7
17 Ovarian cystoma (d. in Somer- Stillborn -
May
3
George W. Kingman
69
8 8
Peritonitis (d. in Boston)
5
Bertha T. Sauer
8 13
Tubercular meningitis
14
Sarah A. Mather
81
1
24
Disease of heart
15
Eudora Esther Desveaux
2
15
Marasmus
17
Michæl Dennis Ward
27 3
20
Consumption
17
Rebecca R. Griffin
84
5
21
Old age
18 Harriet M. Barnes
58
3
Apoplexy
66
21
Josiah Haskell
80
14
Nephritis
22
John Holmes
84 7
3 Heart disease
23
John Morisi
-
12
Feeble from birth
Ludwig and Henriche VonGylenhansen Frank aud Julia Callahan Atilio and Mary Ardizoni John and Mary Shean - and
James Eaton and Elizabeth Peabody William and Abigail Allen Josiah and Delia Swain Sylvanus Churchill and Elizabeth Carver
Horatio Spooner and Jerusha Mckenzie John and Celestina Eldredge John and Katie Gasser John and Mary Carivo Ignatius and Betsey Besse William Baxter and Ann Ross
| Lemuel B. and Elizabeth Morton Robert and Pauline Robbins
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William and Isabelle J. Campbell William Phinney and Mercy Crocker James W. and Isabel A. Dow [gleston Benjamin Woodbury and Nancy In-
George and Sarah Hobart Jacob and Barbara Bechall A bel Babcock and Sarah Cheney Murdick and Caroline Daniel and Ellen Reed William Rogers and Lanman William B. and Harriet G. Brewster Roger and Abigail Pitsley Oliver and Clarissa Bosworth Alphons and Armilinda Stabeny
James H. Gurney and Delphia Stetson Thomas A. and Annie A. Clark
23
Betsey J. Bates Procter
Cerebral thrombus (d Kingston) Apoplexy
1
Acute gastritis (d.inSomerville) Pneumonia
29
-
-
.
29
31 William H. Mahoney
31
Thomas O'Brien
82
3 William E. Nickerson
56
Cancer (died in Middleboro)
DEATHS (CONTINUED.)
DATE.
NAME.
Y. M. D.
30
Mary A. B. Dyer
76
1 14
Cerebral embolism
June
4
Mary Diana Desveaux
3
6
Marasmus
Winslow Ellis
89
2
10
Old age
Sarah Wilson
77
9
21
11
Caroline A. Morey
75
9
4
kidney (d.in Castine,
66
17
Frederick J. Korth
69
5
Chronic Nephritis
70
Bright's disease
30
Lena A. Hedge
42
2
15
Carcinoma
July
3 Annie Metcalf
10
8
7
Abscess of Appendix
5
Caroline W. Hoxie
59
1
27
Cancer
72
Old age
8
1 20
Diphtheria
7
9
17
Tuberculosis
[Abington)
16
Charles E. Sullivan
31
7
16
Accidental drowning (died in
18 Louisa Volta
40
Placenta previa
Condistini and
21 Louis Buchmann
27
8
25
Pneumonia
Louis and Mary Sprow John and
66
22
James Mahoney
Chronic catarrh (d. in Boston)
45
2
6
51
4
26
Necrosis of pelvic bones (d. in Heart failure [Boston )
James Livingstone and
Aug.
2
Loraine L. Conkey
78
11
28
Paralysis from hemorrhage in
4 William Beckman
80
10
27
Rheumatism [braind. Belmont) Heart disease
8
Putnam Kimball
79
7
Cerebral hemorrhage
66
10 Rosamond D. Allen
73
-
- Diabetes
NAMES OF PARENTS.
Schuyler Sampson and Mary A. Bartlett Murdick and Caroline
Nathaniel and Sarah Butler
[Me. ) | Sylvanus Bourne and Lydia Eldridge
Edward T. Cooper and Paty
Julius and Lena Peck Allen and Lydia P. Seaver Ebenezer Pratt and
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ChandlerW. Doten and Mary W. Holmes
6 Mary Jane Robbins
10
William Gillespie
11
Irma Lois Harlow
42
Paralysis from broken neck
Martin and Catherina Lapold [Mam
22
Leopold Volk
24
Cancer (d. in Kingston)
William Nightengale and Harriet N.
Horatio N. and Susan Simmons
4
Charles H. Hayden
45
Edward B. and Ann S. Goodspeed
Manoah and -
6 Sarah A. Brown
74
-
John Book and
Putnam and Elleanor Dunham Alden Washburn and
6
10
Disease of brain
2
Dystocia
19
William S. Danforth
30
Elizabeth Harlow
William Blanchard and Sarah J. Jordan Thomas and Bridget Burns
Frederick and Jane Davee William and Alice Welch
Charles S. and Ella L. Sears
Patrick H. and Joanna Murray
-
56
Hannah M. Simmons Horatio N. Borden
25
AGE.
CAUSE OF DEATH.
16 Charles B. Arthur Martha B. Morton
22
11
1 Peritonitis 9
75
Daniel W. Andrews
64
2
David Brewer
40
6
21
26 Margaret Schneider
42
7
13
66
26
28
30
66 Sept.
2
Lena Fiorence Bassler
6
7
5
Diphtheria (d. in Kingston)
6
Lucy S. Thurston
57
10
20
Cancer of breast
6
Bertram Willis Covell
·5
7
Enteritis
7 Mario Danti
5
Cholera infantum
9 Carl G. F. Leidioff
Feeble from birth
12
Archie Francis Eagan
7
3
13
Entero- colitis
13
John W. Magee
33
4
13
Bright's disease
13
Marcia Tribble
83
11
27
Old age
14
Viola May Kendrick
1
4
9
Scald
16 Philip H. Haskell
80
Shock
18
Stephen P. Brown
64
2
19
Edward Higgins
1
14
Cholera infantum
20
Betsey F. Lucas
81
23
Betsey D. Benson
80
2
13
Bright's disease
24
Lemuel Bradford
73
1
20
Consumption
25
William Brandt
79
8
20
Acute catarrhal enteritis
26
Barnabas Hedge
77
3
26
Disease of stomach
28
Sarrafina Pastere
1
2
1
68
3
11
General debility
30
Mary Winslow Russell
75
Disease of brain
29
Lloyd F. Nightengale
14
5
5
Ulcer stomach perforation
Oct.
2
Phebe J. Bartlett
84
1
3
Old age (d. in Lynn)
2
Charles Borghi
7
1
3
15
Probably suffocation [dominal
| Richard and Betsey C. Dunham Lemuel and Hannah S. Holmes William and Phebe Angell James and Hattie Rodes Jesse and Mary A. Lockyer Jacob Moure and Mathaleen Dries - Marston and Andrew and Rosa Wirzburger
William Schulz and Christina Hirsch John and Mary Braunecker Vinal Burgess and Esther Clark William T. and Lizzie Higins Antonio and Caroline Chiberti
William and Susanna Kunz John A. and Agnes M. Sterling William N. and Susan Simmons
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Michel and Surf / Stephen P. and Eliza Ann Bartlett Jeremiah and Hattie Recor
Battle Morse and Mary
William Holmes and
David and Betsey Briggs Brandt and
Isaac L. and - Cotton
John and Mary Cariro
John Goodick and Sarah Hipson
William S. and Mary Winslow Hayward
Lorenzo L. and Cora M. Atkins
-- Tenney and
Frank and Mary Wede William J. and Judith Pierce
3
Irvin G. Brown
34
10
29
Disease of brain
30
Mary Hentz Albert Voght
65
3
24
Nephritis (d. in Brookline) Organic heart disease (died. in Congestion of lungs [Westboro) Accidental drowning Strangulated hernia Heart disease Meningitis Stillborn
17
18
23
James Stuart Kingsley
24
Ida C. Rose
John and Mary Bradford.
James R. and Elizabeth Landry
Bright's disease
Chronic bronchitis
Pneumonia
29
Sarah A. Hipson
| Cholera infantum
3
DEATHS ( CONTINUED. )
AGE.
DATE
NAME.
Y. M.
D.
66
3
Annie L. Holmes
34
-
-
5
Lizzie Loft
28
5
11
Pericarditis
6
Alexander G. Nye
84
1 12
Old age (d. in Weymouth)
7
Mary B Robbins
75
8
24
Tetanus
8
Mary Frances Cornish
59
4 26
Hemorrhage and exhaustion
66
9
Laura Gertrude Churchill
35
6 24
Peritonitis
12
Elena Anti
1 22
Heart failure
[Boston)
15
Irving W. Brown
33
7 29
Caries of lumbar vertebra (d. in Johnson and Mary Brewster
19
Phineas Franklin Burgess
68
28
Drowning accidental [neck | Phineas and Charlotte Thomas
22
Lizzie Ferrioli
50
Hemorrhage from wound in Chester Cristoffori and -
23
May L. Finney
43
9
Typhoid fever (d. in Newton) Stillborn
24
Robert N. Raymond
51
7
24
Tuberculosis of kidneys
25
George Woodbury
57
18
Malaria
26
Catherine Faunce
82
10
12
Chronic bronchitis (d. in Lynn)
66
29
Lemuel B. Burgess
67
27
Cerebral hemorrhage
Nov.
1
Katharine B. Hatton
38
5
17
Tuberculosis
1
Emilio Longhi
1
1
Tubercular meningitis
2
George F. Horan
32
10
20
Pulmonary tuberculosis (d. in
4
Richard Pope
77
5
11
Paralysis
[Abington)
4
Frederick Burgess
69
1 21
Heart disease
66
5
Eve ine Pratt
83
13
Old age
8 Dora L Brandt
70
11
1
Disease of heart
[River)
8
Mary B. Magee
27
1
17
Pernicions anæmia (d. in Fall
9
Frank Pierce
45
2
2
Drowned, suicidal
16
10
Henry H. Morton
73
4
27 Valvular heart disease
-
2
28
Sick from birth
NAMES OF PARENTS.
George Bradford and Arabella Barnes Benjamin Milnes and Emma Skyes Joshua and Gibbs Nathan B. and Levia W. Ryder Orson Phelps and Mary L. Treadwell George Clark and Caroline Tuft Amilcare and Eliza Falovana
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Eleazer S. and Mercy W. Mclaughlin Rufus and Charlotte Knapp Elkanah Barnes and Cynthia Simmons William and Mary Bartlett Neil Weir and Isabella McClenan Louis and Rosa Alborghini
Harding J. and Isabella O'Neil Richard and Eunice Churchill Vinal and Esther Clark Hervey Cusliman and Mercy Prince John F. Brinkmann and Charlotte Sau- William N. and Susan Simmons [berling Benjamin and Lydia Churchill Louis and Betsey Cushman
Peter an Evelinde Hussey
18 Wallace F. Fairley
CAUSE OF DEATH.
Acute tubercular disease ab-
-
John H. Harlow and Mary M. Morton
25
19 Theresa Masi 24 Catherine E. Thomas
67
6
Ellen Lahey
59
11
11 Cancer of rectum Chronic bronchitis 3 Phthisis (d. in Kingston)
26
54 8 21 Insanity and disease of stomach
28
Sarah Ann Ward
88 5
8
Arterio schlerosis (d. in New
Dec. 1
Nancy C. Whiting
85
1
23
Old age [Bedford)
Sarah J. Bent
65
9
15. 1
Congenital heart [Middleboro)
Harriet N. Vaughn
64
8 20
Valvular disease of heart (d. in
Louisa Bradford
88
4 23
Disease of heart [Randolph)
14
Henry Dodge
53 9
7 Cerebral hemorrhage (died in [ston )
15
Lewis Eddy
86
1
12
Apoplexy
17
Mary Tobin
75
Angina pectoris (d. in King- Senile dementia (d. in Westboro)
19
Ellis T. Lanman
77
6
16 Cancer
John E. and Jane Carey
22
Truman Bartlett
59
5
5
Phthisis
23
Gertrude Bruce
25
6
5
Malignant small pox
24
Lydia W. Sears
82
11
7
Old age
Ziba R. and Helen F. Ward
27
Charles Joseph Gledhill
2
8
19
Membranous croup
29
Harriet Gardner
88
6
16
Apoplexy
[Medfield)
66
18
Ida Fisher
46
-
Organic heart disease (died in Premature birth
and
Oct.
31
- Cooper
-
21
[ Erysipelas
Peter and Catherine Magili Edward W. and Mary Dillard Leonard Butler and Johanna Quin Michæl and Margaret Ryan John Evans and Mary Carleton Samuel and Pamelia Dunham William Burgess and Mary Bartlett Edward P. Spooner and Nancy Tobey Francis H. and Mary A. Downey Haines and
John Allen and Maria Smith Josiah and Abigail Wilbur John and Abiah Sturtevant Thomas Smith and Rose Noonan
Abiatha Hoxie and Lydia Clark Samuel and Temperance Thomas
-- 63-
Truman and Mercy Jennings Chandler and Abby F. Appleby Joseph Davie and Hannah Faunce
25
Carleton S. Ellis
19
1
Pneumonia (d. in Middleboro)
Arthur R. and Meriam H. Gledhill
Ephraim Finney and Phebe Wright
Frank L. and Ella E. Andrews
one hour.
-
1
Premature birth
19
Mary Margaret Bernard
19 Lydia S. Smith
66
Pneumonia
4
5
McCarthy
7
12
30 Horatio Robbins
28
Mary Ormond
26
SUMMARY.
The following are the statistics of births, marriages and deaths, registered in Plymouth, for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1901.
BIRTHS.
Number registered,
212
Males,
II3
Females, 99
The parentage is as follows :
Both parents born in- United States.
78
Italy,
4I
Denmark,
I
Germany,
I6
Sweden,
4
England,
5
Russia.
5
British Provinces,
8
Western Islands,
2
Mixed, one American,
39
Mixed, neither American,
I3
MARRIAGES.
Number of marriages registered in 1901,
Both parties born in- United States. 53
Germany. 2
96
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Western Islands,
I
Portugal,
2
Italy,
I5
British Provinces,
3
Mixed, one American,
18
Mixed, neither American,
2
DEATHS.
Number of deaths registered, 202, of which 47 occurred out of town, burial taking place in Plymouth.
Born in-
United States,
169
Germany,
II
England,
2
Ireland,
9
British Provinces,
5
Italy,
3
Norway,
I
Belgium,
I
Unknown,
I
Plym 5
THIRTEENTH ANNUAL. REPORT OF THE PARK COMMISSIONERS.
To the Inhabitants of the Town of Plymouth-
PARK ACCOUNT.
The undrawn balance of 1900 was $205 87
Appropriation, 750 00
175₺ cords wood sold at Morton Park, 455 91
6 cords refuse wood,
13 24
Bath House permits at Beach Park,
6 00
$1,431 02
Expenses for
Cutting and carting wood, trimming trees and burning brush, $826 16
Labor on roads and paths, 385 35
New signs, 53 OI
Axes, shovels and other tools,
13 55
Planting trees,
10 00
Foot-bridge at the outlet of Billing- ton Sea, 64 15
Grass seed and repairs to pump, 5 58
Lumber, $5.26; replacing seats, $7.17 12 43
Printing, $5.00; stone bounds, $2.50, 7 50
$1,377 73
Burton Park. Transplanting trees and shrubs, and cleaning up grounds, $12 93:
P
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Bates Park.
Care of grounds, $II 32
Lawn mower and hose, 13 25
Sowing seed and planting shrubs,
II 45
$36 02
Beach Park.
Care of Park by H. L. Sampson,
$15 00
Lock and dipper, $.50; painting, $1.70, 2 20 Clearing up grounds, 9 30
$26 50
$1,453 18
Overdrawn.
22 16
$1,431 02
TRAINING GREEN ACCOUNT.
Undrawn balance of 1900,
$14 32
Appropriation, 180 00
$194 32
Expenses.
Signs,
$9 50
Ashes,
7 12
Labor on walks and seats,
IO 81
Care of Green by B. E. Blackmer,
125 00
Undrawn balance,
. 41 89
$194 32
The overdraft on Park account will be more than met by the sale of wood already cut.
MORTON PARK.
More money than usual has been expended at Morton Park this year; but the improvements have been in even greater proportion.
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The addition to the park in March, of twelve and a half acres of land on the south side of Town Brook, has been connected with the old parts of the park by a foot-bridge over the brook near Billington Sea. This bridge may be reached from the south by a road-way, and by a well shaded path at the foot of a steep bank following the windings of the brook. The scenery in the brook-valley and the beauti- ful views of Billington Sea from the foot-bridge make this one of the most interesting parts of the park. Seats have been built in the shade of oak, sour-gum, maple and other trees in the valley, and when the winds are southerly this is a delightfully cool retreat even in the warmest of summer days.
Thirteen years ago the greater part of what is now Mor- ton Park was covered with sprout growth which had lost vitality with each cutting. It has been the aim of your commissioners, by the gradual substitution of seedling trees for coppice or sprout growth, to restore in time the lasting beauty and grandeur of a primeval forest. For the health of the seedlings it is sometimes advisable to thin the coppice so vigorously as to impair for a short time its beauty; but the rapid growth of the remaining trees and of those newly planted has more than justified the policy of giving them abundant light and room. If white pines and other ever- green trees fail to get ample light and room while they are young, their lower limbs cannot thrive. It is, therefore, important to keep pace with their needs by a generous clear- ing away of the inferior growth about them. That white pines may have the strongest trunks and roots to best fit them to withstand gales of wind, as well as to give them the most beautiful shapes, they need to be so far distant from other trees that the sun may get to all parts of the tree. If the lower limbs are much shaded they soon die, and the trunk below the dead limbs and the roots also, be- ing deprived of the food that would have come from the
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limbs alive, do not attain their greatest possible strength. A grove of such trees should be so planned that the trees would eventually be as much as seventy-five feet apart in every direction.
NEW BRIDGE.
The old bridge at "Bill Holmes' Dam" cannot be regarded as permanent. The approaches to it are inconvenient, and the bridge itself may at anytime be obstructed, or even re- moved. by the owners of the dam. With all this in mind, your commissioners are laying the foundations for a new bridge with an arch of uncut stone, about one-hundred feet farther up the stream. They do not expect this bridge to be built by the town; but they hope it will be built and named by some individual or by some organization interested in the town.
BEACH PARK.
The uncertainty as to what protection to the Beach from the ocean will be furnished by the town or by the nation, makes it undesirable to try to improve this park by the means at hand.
By taking good care of the waiting rooms and clearing up the grounds occasionally, the natural attractions of this park have been somewhat increased.
BURTON PARK.
This park is filling its purpose better year after year at very little cost to the town. Some of its surplus shrubbery was removed to Bates Park in the spring.
BATES PARK.
The coating of soil put on a part of this park in 1900, was seeded for a grass lawn; and the grass has
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made a good start. The grounds now have depth of soil sufficient to make a good lawn if occasional dressing is ap- plied, and care is used to cut the grass at proper times. Possibly water may need to be supplied to preserve the grass through any long summer drought.
Shrubs from Burton Park were used to advantage here, and survived the summer.
The extension of the brick paving of the principal walk would be an improvement, and a saving of expense in the care of the park.
TRAINING GREEN.
It is a source of much satisfaction that the persons who use this public square, avoid injuring its well kept grass plots.
Let us hope that all may learn that it is not necessary to injure valuable property either public or private, in cele- brating the anniversary of the birth of the nation. All the trees standing on the Green were trimmed under the direc- tion of the tree-warden, and at the expense of his depart- ment; it is hoped that these beautiful elms may gain vigor thereby.
We ask an appropriation of-
$750 00 For Parks,
For Training Green,
160 00
Respectfully submitted, NATHANIEL MORTON. GEORGE R. BRIGGS. WALTER H. SEARS. Park Commissioners.
PLYMOUTH, MASS., Dec. 31, 1901.
The Following Pictures of Morton Park are samples selected from forty-one pictures in
A SOUVENIR OF PLYMOUTH PARKS
Published in 1901.
The Souvenir also contains a brief history of the acquisition of our parks by the town, and a map of Morton Park.
For sale by A. S. BURBANK Plymouth, Mass .
Part of Little Pond Grove.
View of the Brook from South Side Path.
Island in Billington Sea.
REPORT OF THE FORESTER.
Appropriation,
$2,500 00
Bills paid to Jan. 1, 1902, for-
New equipment,
$508 25
Notices in newspapers,
23 50
Posters, blanks, etc., 15 30
547 05
Balance to credit of account, $1,952 95
The Town appropriated $2.500.00 at the Annual Meet- ing, "to be expended in means to prevent and check the spread of fires in woodlands."
The Forester hoped to establish two lookout stations which could be used to locate fires, by the simple principle of triangulation, as soon as smoke appears. The construc- tion of the telephone line, which would make this scheme practical, was postponed until 1902 and consequently the stations were not built; but they should be erected this year and paid for from the balance to the credit of the account.
It was intended to use a considerable part of the appro- priation for the establishment of belts of land, mostly along existing roadways, which should be kept free from under- brush, and so make continuous lines to be used as bases in fighting fires. With the woods divided by such belts, fires can be confined in most cases to the sections in which they originate and the cost of maintaining the belts need not be great, once they are established.
This work could not be done at a reasonable cost in sum- mer, as the brush must be burned, consequently the greater part of the appropriation has been carried into the new
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calendar year to be drawn upon as needed for work now being done.
It is pleasant to report that owners of woodland seem willing to cooperate in the establishment of these lines. All who have been approached on the subject seem ready to grant such rights as are needed for the purpose.
A number of chemical extinguishers were added to the equipment of the department and it is hoped that arrange- ments can be made to have one of the wagons, supplied with extinguishers and chemicals, located at Manomet at some point where there is a telephone connection, and where horses are easily obtainable. Such a station would be a great protection to the houses in the vicinity as well as to the woods from Chiltonville to Ellisville on the south and Long Pond on the west. A desirable location for a wagon could not be found in Manomet last year.
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