Town annual report of Plymouth, MA 1900-1902, Part 19

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Publication date: 1900
Publisher: Town of Plymouth
Number of Pages: 476


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Plymouth


George E. and Ella M.


Andrew N and Anna


Sweden


Sweden


Tom and Mary E.


England


England


William T and Elizabeth A.


Nova Scotia


Provincetown


Jeremiah J. and Grace C.


Plymouth


Plymouth


Elizabeth Agnes McMahon


Joseph Russell Dickson


Russell L. and Sarah H.


Plymouth


Harwich


Scituate


Scituate


Daniel and Dorothy


Germany


Germany


James A. and Minnie B.


Barns able


Sandwich


Paul and Marcelina


Canada


Canada


Roger Grant Morse


Joseph G. and Leonora W.


Fairhaven


Plymouth


Doris Pricilla Kellaway


Gordon Bradford Simmons


Ernest Harrison Ginhold


James Edwin Heywood


John and Jane M.


England


John and Delia


Nova Scotia


Rutland, Maine


Russell B and Leila L.


Plymouth


Plymouth


Robert and Susan


Plymouth


Nova Scotia


Benjamin D. and Annie B.


Charlestown


Duxbury


Aldo and Rosie


Italy


Italy


William H. H. and Lina M.


E. Bridgewater


Hanson


William E. and Marion A.


Plymouth


Plymouth


Martin and Elizabeth


Willard R. and Mary B.


Germany Plymouth


Germany Plymouth


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Aug.


Frances Le Baron Shurtleff Damo Pederzani Reggina Marsetta Petit Mary Manzi


22 22 22 22 25 25 29


Julia Clongh Annie Copeland Morton Alice Rogan


Austin Shaw Fratus


Eleanor Whiting Watson


Dorothy Holmes Savery


Wolcott S. and Helen S.


Plymouth


Plymouth 1


Elmer Thomas Doten


James Osburne Everett


Percey Clegg Haigh Donald Lewis Coville


Frances Wellington Lahey


John J. and Mertie M.


Ireland


Wellfleet


Catherine Margaret Tobin Henry Ruprecht Stevens


Wilfred Gange


Arthur W. and Marian K.


Newton


Newton Plymouth


Harry L. and Berthia E.


Kingston


George and Selma


Germany


Germany Ireland


Louisa Sampson


Edward Russell Burgess Alene Richardson Bernard Delano Loring


August Govoni Ernest Wallingford Johnson


Irving Henry Wall Maier


Lynn Italy Brookline Italy


William H. and Almira A.


Roxbury


Saco, Maine


Staten Island


29 1 1 2 3 4 6


Edward J. and Mary A.


BIRTHS (CONTINUED. )


1902


NAMES.


NAMES OF PARENTS.


BIRTHPLACE OF FATHER.


BIRTHPLACE OF FATHER.


Aug. 10


Margaret Mary Shea


John F. and Josephine


Lawrence


13


Dominick Rossi


Paolo and Marianna


Italy


St. John Italy Middleboro


17


Eunice Brightman Magee


Arthur T. and Edith L.


Taunton Plymouth


Germany Italy


21


Winifred Elizabeth Brauneker Ros e Urbati


Humbert and Mary


Italy


21


Richard -Warren Adams


James P. and Ruth M.


R .. I.


Plymouth


23


James Crosby Anderson


James and Elizabeth M.


Plymouth


Plymouth


23


John Arthur Gledhill


Arthur R. and Weriam H.


Mansfield, Ohio


Canton, N. Y.


24


Gordon Shurtleff McCosh


New Brunswick


Plymouth


29


Robert H. Coolidge


Dixfield, Me.


Ireland


30


Oliver Stearns Nash


Arthur I. and Mary A.


Boston


Salem


Sept.


1


Annie Seibenlist Howard Russell Gray


Arthur G. and Lucy A.


Plymouth


Richmond, Va.


13


Ida Ortlaeni


Carlo and Mary


Italy


Italy


Mary Balboni


Antonio and Amelia


Italy


Italy Plymouth


15


Mildred Rose Downey


James M. and Susan M.


Plymouth


Rockland


16


William John McDonald


John D. and Gertrude E. Thomas J. and Susan A. Valentine and Patria


Ireland


Plymouth


18 21 23


Margaret Elizabeth Keough Mary Gavoni


Italy P. E. Island


Boston


Providence, R. I.


23 24 27 27


Oscar Merrill Morse


Charles A. and Alice M.


Plymouth


Fairhaven


Lowell


Ireland


Nova Scotia


Plymouth


5


6 Charles John Hurle


William T. and Maria L.


Boston


Germany


6 Milton Franklin Perkins


Plymouth


Harwich


6 Frank Lee Roberts


9 Mary Ida Voght


Thomas M. and Lillian F. Thomas J. and Maud L. Andrew and Rosa


Augusta, Ga. Germany


Georgia Germany


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13 14 Marian Vaughn Sears


Walter H. and Ella M.


Plymouth


Cape Breton


Wakefield


Italy


Elveretta Maude Wood


Leonard S. and Maud E. William R. and Alice L. Alfonso and Dementria


Plymouth Italy


Italy


Doratha Frances Regan Helen Elizabeth Pitts Lavinia Louise Laundry


Timothy A. and Mary E. John L. and Elizabeth M. Simon and Marie L.


Nova Scotia


Philadelphia


27 Oct.


Abner Nelson Leonard Dora Pirani


Henry and Eva


Germany


Germany


Robert and Adelaide H. Ernest and Sarah


17


Eugene and Annie


Oct. 10 13 13 13 13 16 16 17 18 19 20 20 21 21 21 22


Nov.


John Pincelli Donald Wadsworth Morton Gladys Viola Pierce Gertrude F. Konzelman Balboni


Jacob Theodore Mueller Edith Maud Boutin Rachel Etta Resnick Lenzi


Frances Elizabetlı Zahn


Charles Herman Woods


Argenta Ardizoni


Lazero and Mary


Edmund T. and Anna W.


Plymouth


Plymouth


Emil H. and Elizabeth J.


Germany


Wales


John M. and Ella R.


Plymouth


Wareham


Frank and Helen C.


Bridgewater


Bridgewater


Caroline Mabel Ward


Lyman and Carrie M.


Carver


Sandwich


Frank and Prudenza


Italy


Italy


Herman F. and Anna F.


Plymouth


Newark, N. J.


Eolanda Malaguti


Antonio and Augusta


Italy


Italy


Elizabeth Delaney


Frederick M. and Lena E.


Wareham


Middleboro


Frederick Alton Badger


Max and Celia


Russia


Russia


1 2


Helen D. Sadow Esther Christofori


Angelo and Beninda


Italy


Italy


Walter R. and Ida R.


Boston


Plymouth


William, Jr., and Gertrude


Plymouth


Wareham


Freddie Savino


Oriani and Ginglia


Italy


Italy


Raymond Cornish Davis


Herbert F. and Margaret M.


Plymouth


Nova Scotia


Amentori and Emma


Italy


Italy


Geoffrey and Mary A.


Nova Scotia


Plymouth


Eldon Sprague Burgess


Leonard M. and Mattie F.


Plymouth


Plymouth


Elmer C. and Marcia J.


Plymouth


Plymouth


Frank Antonnetti


Louis and Erminia


Italy


Italy


Lloyd F. and Hulda M.


Fairhaven


Wareham


Louis Emery Battles


Charles Malaguti


Annahel and Augusta


Italy


Italy


Brazil


Western Islands


23


Perry


Rita E. Jones


Mich. and Maggie


Reginald and Frances M. Charles H. and Ada Lawrence and Magdalena Roberto and Argia Gotlop and Anna Joseph A. and Mary E. Morris and Sillia Fred. and Lucy


Italy Plymouth Plymouth Germany Italy


Italy


Plymouth Fall River Germany Italy Germany


Germany


Nova Scotia


Nova Scotia


Russia


Russia


Italy


Italy Dayton, Ohio


Charles and Mary A.


Plymouth


Joseph F. and Elin D.


Provincetown Italy


Sweden Italy


Jeanette Morton


Harvey Gunther


Alice Winslow Kingsley Christiana Pratt Jordan


25 26 28 30 31 1


Angelo Polkari Earl Clinton Holmes


James and Catherine T.


England


Rhode Island


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2 5 5


Marjorie Atwood Bennett Beatrice Gertrude O'Brien


8 9 Celso Fortini 12 Margaret Perrior


18 20 William Curtis Dunlap


21 21 21


24


Joseph and Mary Ernest B. and Edith M.


Barnstable


Carver


BIRTHS (CONTINUED.)


1902


NAMES.


NAMES OF PARENES.


BIRTHPLACE OF FATHER.


BIRTHPLACE OF MOTHER.


Nov. 26


26


Jessie Irene Sutherland Earl Wall Eddy


James T., Jr., and Charlotte L.


27


Josephine Oliver Francis


Joseph and Prudencia


27


Irene Agnes Stott


Joseph W. and Eva M.


28


Beatrice Collins Cole


Walter C. and Lulu R.


Plymouth Western Islands Plymouth Wellfleet Nova Scotia


Harwich Nova Scotia WesternIslands Providence Taunton Nova Scotia Germany


Dec.


1


John Emerson Keyes


William and Ellen A.


Bridgewater


Nova Scotia Lawrence Italy Azores


2


Mary Coelha


Elmer W. and Nellie M.


Whitman


Roxbury


3


Dorris Lucille Burt


Charles E. and Idella J.


Plymouth


Plymouth


3


Roland James Beytes


James M. and Nettie M.


Boston


Middleboro


3


Oliver Roosevelt Found


William H. and Clara M.


P. E. Island


P. E. Island


3


William Thomas Braunecher


Marke F. and Winifred M.


Plymouth


Ireland


4


Alfred Reggiana


Louis and Carohna


Italy


Italy


5 John Hiram Nelson


Charles and Charlotte


Sweden


Sweden


1


Harold Clifton Raymond


William W., Jr., and Ida M.


Plymouth


Plymouth


9 Dorthy Wade


Harry E. and Bessie


Carver


Duxbury


9 Miriam Howland Davie


Edward P. and Edith W.


Plymouth


Plymouth


10


Frank W. Smith


Charles A. and Bertha


So. Dennis


Harwich


11


Mary Harriet Heatlı


Michael F. and Josephine


Plymouth


Nova Scotia


15


Mary Tinti


Tony and Ambiline


Italy


Italy


17 Eveline May Erickson


Charles H. and Catherine A.


Germany


23 Carl Alloise Bolt


John H. and Mary John S. and Ruth H.


Plymouth


29


Stillborn


30


Milton Ray Millman


30


Margaret Frances Williams


David R. and Emma S. Francis A. and Annie C.


Plymouth Switzerland Washington, D. C. Western Islands P. E. Island Spain


Plymouth Virginia


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1


Sylvia Scagliarini


Leon and Ida


Italy


Antonia and Rita S.


Azores


3 Edward Harrison Wade


George A. and Hattie C.


Vermont


New Hampshire


29


Hattie May La Count Joseph Palmer


Edwin T. and Julia


Maine


29


Alice Bertha Stephan


Nicholas and Mary


Germany


29


Mary Helen White


Leo and Mary M.


Daniel W. and Hattie G.


P. E. Island


.


Austria


25 Earl Lincoln Dunn


Western Islands


1


SUMMARY.


BIRTHS.


Number registered,


235


Males,


II6


Females, II9


The parentage is as follows :


Both parents born in- United States,


96


Italy,


38


Ireland,


I


Cape Breton,


I


Nova Scotia,


6


Germany,


I5


France,


I


Azores,


2


Sweden,


5


Russia,


3


Canada,


2


England,


2


Mixed, one American,


50


Mixed, neither American,


I3


235


MARRIAGES.


Number of marriages registered in 1902,


II8


Both parties born in-


United States,


55


Germany,


4


Portugal, I


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England,


I


Ireland,


2


Italy,


I4


Sweden,


4


Mixed, one American,


24


Mixed, neither American,


I3


118


DEATHS.


Number of deaths registered 175, of which 35 occurred out of town, burial taking place in Plymouth.


Born in-


United States,


145


Germany,


2


England,


4


Ireland,


9


British Provinces,


9


Italy,


I


Norway,


I


Scotland,


2


Wales,


I


Russia,


I


REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF CEMETERIES.


The following is the report of the Superintendent of Cem- eteries for the year 1902 :


During the year just past, the roads in the cemeteries have been materially improved and the general condition of the cemeteries is much better than formerly.


By following the plan of adding to the improvements each year, as much as the appropriation will warrant, while at the same time keeping in repair work already done, it will eventually demand a less annual expense.


The question of water supply has been met in a large de- gree by substituting about two hundred feet of two-inch pipe for the same length of three-quarter and one-inch pipe, and the result has fully justified the outlay.


About fifty cords of wood have been cut and the receipts from the sale of this will practically pay for the cutting and clearing the land from underbrush, thereby making the ground available for sale as lots.


The enclosing fence is, for the most part, very poor; the Samoset Street gates unsightly and not at all to the cred- it of the Town.


Some part of this fence ought to be removed each year un- til the entire work is done. Woven wire fencing, some of which is already in place seems to me the most durable as well as economical.


We enter the new year with a smaller balance to the credit of cemeteries than usual, in fact about one-half as much as last year, caused by a decrease in the sale of burial plots. In


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view of this decrease and the work that is really necessary, I recommend an appropriation for Cemeteries of One Thou- sand dollars.


Burial Hill, as I have suggested before, presents a pecu- liar problem inasmuch as it partakes of the nature of a park for summer visitors, and the expense of caring for the refuse caused by their presence, becomes a fixed annual charge upon the appropriation.


This year there is also to be provided sufficient funds for the repair of the retaining wall on the southwesterly side of the Hill.


Again I would emphasize the fact that it would be econ- omy for the town to make a permanent improvement upon the main walks of the Hill, either by concreting or by laying brick paving, saving as it would annual repair.


In view of the work absolutely called for this season, I recommend an appropriation of five hundred dollars for Burial Hill.


Respectfully submitted, EDWARD F. STRANGER,


Supt. of Cemeteries, Oak Grove and Vine Hill Cemeteries and Burial Hill.


POLICE DEPARTMENT.


To the Board of Selectmen-


Gentlemen-I have the honor to submit the following re- port of the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1902 :


Total number of arrests,


179


Males,


I74


Females,


5


Residents,


I32


Non-residents,


47


Adults,


152


Minors,


27


Number of fines imposed,


107


Sent to jail,


8


Sent to State farm,


7


Sent to Concord,


2


Cases appealed,


24


Cases discharged,


9


Placed on probation, 23


Amount fines imposed,


$1,746 00


Amount fines paid, $1,016 00


Cases now in Superior Court, 5


Classified as follows :


Assaults,


19


Drunks,


70


By-laws,


5


Liquor laws,


19


Insane,


2


Larceny, 15


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Non-support,


5


Adultery,


2


Peddlers' laws,


4


Breaking and entering,


4


Disturbance of peace,


14


Bastardy


2


Stubborn child,


I


Vagrant,


3


Capias,


I


Perjury,


I


Cock fighting,


9


Setting fires, 2


Concealed weapons, 1


The force consists of four regular men as follows: Sam- uel Ferguson, Peter Wood, Augustine J. Hogan and Michael Casey.


I desire to return my thanks for the courteous manner in which I have been treated during the year.


Respectfully yours,


SAMUEL FERGUSON,


Chief of Police.


Plymouth, Mass., Jan. 1, 1903.


FIRE DEPARTMENT.


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To the Board of Selectmen of Plymouth-The Board of Fire Engineers submit their report for the year 1902.


APPARATUS.


No additions have been made to the apparatus this year. Several pieces have received much needed repairs at a cost of $145.00.


HOSE.


There is in the department about 6,000 ft. of hose in good condition, and about 500 feet of poor. It will be necessary to purchase 500 feet this year.


BUILDINGS.


Quite a sum has been spent on the buildings of the de- partment, and considerable remains to be done. We es- timate $150.00 for this work.


FIRE ALARM SYSTEM.


The fire alarm system has been added to by the placing of an alarm box on Sandwich Street, opposite the Brockton & Plymouth Street Railroad Company's property, half of the expense having been borne by the Company.


The town having grown so much in the sixteen years since the system was first put in, the need of new boxes is great- ly felt, and requests are constantly coming in for them from the citizens of the town. We recommend a special appropriation of $350.00 for this work this year.


Plymouth


5


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HORSE SERVICE.


The horse service for the past year has cost more than ever before. Being unable longer to hire horses at $10.00 a call. the board has been obliged to hire of Mr. Chandler one pair of horses for the chemical engine at $2.00 per day ; these horses, with a driver, to be available at all hours of the day and night. For the other apparatus in the central station, Mr. Chandler is paid $10.00 for the engine and $5.00 for the hose wagon, for each call. At the South Street station $1.00 a day is paid for a pair of horses to be available nights, and day time whenever they are within sound of the alarm.


We estimate cost of the horse service for the year 1903 at $1,500.


We earnestly recommend that a suitable addition be built to the central fire station, and that horses owned by the town be kept there and worked in conjunction with the street department.


HYDRANTS.


Six new hydrants have been added to the hydrant ser- vice; three remain on hand unset.


FINANCIAL.


Appropriation,


Reimbursements,


$6,000 00 46 00


$6,046 00


Payments,


$6,293 43


Overdrawn, 247 43


We recommend an appropriation of $7,000.00 to meet the expenses of the department the coming year. We also recommend the following special appropriations : For new building at South Street, $8,000 00


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For addition to central fire station, 4,000 00 For new boiler on steamer No. 3, 900 00


For new fire alarm boxes, 350 00


FRANK H. LANMAN, Chief.


ISAAC L. HEDGE,


Clerk.


ENGINEERS.


F. H. Lanman, G. E. Saunders.


E. D. Bartlett. I. L. Hedge. J. C. Cave.


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH. YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1902.


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During the past year something less than the average number of contagious diseases have been reported to the Board.


The following table giving the number of contagious diseases and the number of deaths from all causes for the past ten years, is interesting in view of the increase of popu- lation, probably between two and three thousand within that time.


Year.


Contagious Dis.


No. Deaths.


1893


82 I35


1894


not given II4


1895 not


given I34


1896


88.


I3I


1897


71. 123


1898


15. 129


1899


198. 164


1900


47 I50


190I


48.


I55


1902


58 140


Of the total number of contagious diseases for 1902 fourteen were diphtheria, fifteen scarlet fever, twenty-seven typhoid fever, and two measles. The occurrence of a num- ber of cases of typhoid fever at about the same time caused the Board some uneasiness and a report was made to the State Board of Health asking for an investigation. An ex- pert came to Plymouth in response to this request, who re- ported upon investigation that after eliminating the cases


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which had undoubtedly been infected elsewhere, and those which in all probability were due to these cases, the remain- ing number was so small as to cause no anxiety.


Fifty-three bottles of free antitoxin for the treatment of diphtheria have been used in Plymouth and Kingston, and eight culture tubes have been sent to the State Board for diagnosis.


The formaldehyde disinfectors purchased by the Board last year are proving very efficient, especially since the use of pastilles has been abandoned and solid formaldehyde sub- stituted.


Notice has been received of two cases of smallpox occur- ring elsewhere, the patients' having settlement in Plymouth. The first notice came from the town of Maynard, referring to Bert Horan, and the second from the city of Boston, an- nouncing the illness of Mary Moriarty with the disease.


The Board feels that the town is making a serious mis- take in not providing a suitable place for the care of such cases, should they occur here and wishes to urge the pro- priety of an immediate appropriation for this purpose. The want of such a place is a menace to the safety of the com- munity, and places the Board in a most uncomfortable posi- tion.


The number of nuisances ordered abated during the year were eleven, and in fourteen instances premises were ordered connected with the public sewer.


The Samoset Street brook, spoken of in the report of last year is now practically cleared of the sewage which in increasing amount has choked its course for years past, and it will probably be possible to pass along Court Street in its vicinity next summer, without having to endure the vile odors which have hitherto made the locality so unpleasant, if nothing worse.


It is gratifying to the Board to note that the town voted at its last meeting that all premises on the line of the public


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sewer should be connected therewith within a reasonable length of time. It is not always easy to enforce the regula- tions which the Board deems necessary for the public good and it is encouraging to have such an assurance of support.


The water of the Elder Brewster or Pilgrim Spring is kept under surveillance and occasionally analyzed on account of the opportunity for contamination which its location af- fords, but it continues to remain pure in the estimation of the State Board.


The town is now supplied with two public dumps, one located upon the town lot near the corner of Obery and South Streets, and the other on Samoset Street. Both these places are kept in good condition by the Board of Health, and all waste material not likely to decompose or be other- wise objectionable should be deposited upon them and not about town.


The time is now ripe for the town to consider a matter which. although brought to its attention at least once before, in 1893, has been neglected too long, that is, the adoption of plumbing regulations. At present work is allowed which endangers the liealth of the community and competent plumbers are obliged to put in work which is an insult to their intelligence. The result of this want of regulation is that the poorest tenement buildings, where the sanitary con- ditions are at best none too good, are piped in the cheapest possible manner, and such plumbing is far worse than use- less. Better the old regime of the privy and cess-pool than a system of public sewerage which by gross carelessness and criminal neglect becomes a public nuisance.


The Board of Health will offer the town a set of plumb- ing regulations embracing the requirements of Chapter 103 of the revised laws of the State of Massachusetts at the March Town Meeting.


The following is a statement of the expenditures made by the Board of Health during the year :


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Agent and Inspector, salary. $125 00


Secretary, salary and expenses, 26 37


Labor and material at public dumps, 29 06


Physicians, account "Free Vaccination," Vaccine points,


212 00


46 74


Issuing vaccination cards,


10 00


Printing, 6 50


Veterinary, visiting horse suspected of glanders,


2 00


Nurses in contagious diseases,


308 90


Building closet in town house, for supplies,


24 13


Horse hire,


3 00


Telegram,


25


Burying horse,


2 50


Medicine, disinfectants and supplies furnished in contagious diseases, 5:5 60


Expense account, small pox case at Prospect Farm.


Provisions, clothing, medicine, disinfectants, etc., 119 70 Bath house ( shelter for watchman) and cartage on same, 14 50


Chas. J. Behlmann, damage to furniture, cloth- ing, etc., 200 00


Appraising above property, 5 00


Rent of house for quarantine, 22 50


$1,213 75


There has been reimbursed by the State on ac- count of smallpox case above mentioned, $228 12


Received for butcher's license, I 00


$229 12 J. HOLBROOK SHAW, M. D., JOSEPH W. HUNTING, FREDERICK D. BARTLETT, Board of Health.


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FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PARK COMMISSIONERS.


To the Inhabitants of the Town of Plymouth-


The Park Commissioners herewith present the fourteenth annual report of the condition of the parks and lands under their charge.


At the outset it becomes our sad duty to record the death of Nathaniel Morton, the founder and devoted friend of Plymouth Parks, which occurred on July eighteenth. At a meeting of the Park Commissioners soon, thereafter, the fol- lowing was submitted and ordered to be placed on record : "Mr. Morton's death has removed one with whom we have been associated from the beginning of Plymouth Parks. His own connection with them, and the reasons which led him to become identified with them, are perhaps best told in his own words in his "Souvenir of Plymouth Parks," published last year, and need not be further re- ferred to here. His love for the woods and trees was per- haps inherited, for his father, the late Mr. Ichabod Morton, was instrumental in the planting of many of the shade trees now ornamenting some of our streets. It is difficult to realize, at first, to what an extent Mr. Morton cared for the woods and waters which came to be called Morton Park; but many of the trees he knew personally, and he watched and measured their growth from year to year, and cared for their development, cutting away the less de- sirable in order to make room for the better; planting new where he foresaw that the old would in a few years be re- moved or become unworthy, and again cutting extensively


NATHANIEL MORTON.


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in order to open up views of a beautiful hillside or hollow, a secluded cove or open expanse of Billington Sea or Little Pond.


As time went on his ideas of the proper management of the woods developed and he became impressed with the necessity of "more room" and "more light" for the "in- dividual tree to develop to its best estate, and he did not hes- itate to cut even although there were some who criticized such "wood chopping." The result after only a few years has justified his judgment, and it will be more and more ap- proved as time goes on.


As, in the life history of the pine tree, perhaps his most favorite tree, when, in its early years the leader is broken off, time is required for the tree, at length, to recover its nor- mal condition of growth and development, so here, the im- pulse has been given, the form has been determined, the broad principles have been established, and as years go on we shall appreciate, more and more, that the work which he began was carried forward so far and so well that it only remains for his successors to come into harmony with his ideas in order to maintain the success which he achieved.


Perhaps the best monument which he could have would be a simple tablet at the entrance to Morton Park with the inscription :


Si monumentum queret, circumspice."


The following extract from Mr. Morton's will explains it- self :


"To the inhabitants of the Town of Plymouth, two thou- sand dollars, ($2,000.00 ) to be invested in real estate mort- gages, or other securities that the Selectmen may consider more desirable; the income from which to be expended, annually at Morton Park by the Park Commissioners. One- half the income to be expended first, to place and keep in order signs to mark the roads, paths and prominent localities in said Park and to keep the paths and open places free from


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large accumulations of leaves. Second, the balance, if any, to be expended in improving the paths and making new paths where considered desirable by the Commissioners. The other half of the income to be expended at Morton Park as the Commissioners may think best.


We are informed that this bequest has been recently paid over to the Selectmen by the Executrix.


The work of caring for the Parks was carried on per- sonally by Mr. Morton, as chairman of the Board, until his decease.


MORTON PARK.


Considerable work was done in Morton Park in the way of clearing and trimming the forest growth, and in laying out and constructing new paths, especially a path along the westerly side of the Park on land acquired by Mr. Mor- ton's efforts from the "Wabasso Associates." The land was formally accepted by the town, and added to the Park at the town meeting held August 12, 1902.




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