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Article 10. To see what appropriation the Town will make for the care and improvement of the various public parks and of Training Green.
Article II. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the present balance of the Insane Poor account, and all future reimbursements to the credit of the same, to the regular Poor account.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the undrawn balance of $42.93 from the South Street engine house to the regular Fire account.
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Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to build an addition to the Central Fire Station, and make an appropria- tion therefor. (By request. )
Article 14. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to issue bonds or notes of the Town to an amount not exceeding $18,000.00 for the purpose of raising money for an addition to the Central Fire Station. (By request. )
Article 15. To see if the Town will appropriate not ex- ceeding $12,000.00 for the purpose of purchasing a lot, and the erection of new buildings for the use of the Water De- partment.
Article 16. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to issue bonds or notes of the Town to an amount not exceeding $12,000.00, to carry into effect such action as the Town may take under Article 15.
Article 17. To see if the Town will appropriate $1.000 for the extension of water pipes.
Article 18. To see if the Town will appropriate $1.440 to pay the note issued by the Selectmen for the purpose of laying water pipes on Lothrop street.
Article 19. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to issue bonds or notes of the Town to the amount of $5,000 to pay the expense incurred in laying water pipes on Sandwich street.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to lay a new water pipe on Warren avenue from Cliff street to Hotel Pil- grim.
Article 21. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to issue bonds or notes of the Town to an amount not exceeding $5,000, for the purpose of laying new water pipes on Warren avenue, from Cliff street to Hotel Pilgrim.
Article 22. To see what action the Town will take in re- gard to providing and furnishing an armory, including the purchase of land and the erection of a building thereon. (By petition. )
Article 23. To see if the Town will authorize the Select-
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men to issue bonds or notes of the Town, not to exceed $30,000 for the purpose of raising money for an armory with furnishings, including land therefor. (By petition. )
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to discontinue the committee of fifteen. (By petition. )
Article 25. To see if the Town will authorize the Se- lectmen to lay a sewer in the southerly end of Standish ave- nue to connect with the Samoset street sewer, and make an appropriation therefor. ( By petition. )
Article 26. To see if the Town will define and macadam the highway at Manomet called the Bartlett road and form- erly known as Holmes town road, from a point beginning at the State highway near the Grammar School house. and extending southerly to the bridge on the Manomet Cran- berry Co. property on said highway, and make an appropri- ation for the same. (By petition. )
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to build a sewer on Newfields street, and make an appropriation therefor. (By petition. )
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to provide a hospital for contagious diseases, and make an appropriation therefor.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to furnish the surety bonds of the Treasurer and Collector of Taxes.
Article 30. To see what action the Town will take, if any, as regards Old Home week, and make an appropria- tion therefor.
Article 31. To see if the Town will provide a new school building to replace the Mt. Pleasant school house recently destroyed by fire, and make the necessary appropriation therefor.
Article 32. To see if the Town will authorize the Se- lectmen to issue bonds or notes of the Town to an amount necessary` to carry into effect favorable action upon Article 31.
And you are hereby required to serve this warrant in the
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manner prescribed by vote of the Town, by posting notices thereof in three public places in the Town, seven days at least before the meeting, one of which postings shall be in Chiltonville, and one in Manomet Ponds, and also by pub- lishing the Warrant in the newspapers published in Plym- outh, and make return thereof with your doings thereon, at the time and place above mentioned.
Given under our hands this eighteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and five.
HORACE M. SAUNDERS, DEXTER H. CRAIG, GEORGE W. BRADFORD, IRA C. WARD, NATHANIEL G. LANMAN,
Selectmen of Plymouth.
PLYMOUTH, ss.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, the inhabitants of the Town of Plymouth, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, are hereby notified to meet at the time and place and for the purposes therein mentioned.
BENJ. F. GODDARD, Constable of Plymouth.
TOWN OF
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REPORT OF THE TOWN OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1905
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ANNUAL REPORT
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TOWN OFFICERS
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TOWN OF PLYMOUTH
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PLYMOUTH THE MEMORIAL PRESS 1906
PLYMOUTH PUBLIC LIBRARY
INDEX.
Abstract of Records
7
Police Department
103
Assessors' Report
45
Public Library Report 88
Auditor's Report
44
School Department 137
Board of Health
83 Selectmen's Report 17
Cemetery Supt.'s Report
78 Town Clerk's Report
49
Fire Department
72
Town Officers
3
Forester's Report
95
Treasurer's Report
29
Inspector of Animals Report
81
Tree Warden's Report 98
List of Jurors
169
Warrant for Annual Town
Overseers of the Poor Report
47
Meeting 174
Park Commissioners' Report
92 Water Department
109
TOWN OFFICERS
Selectmen-Horace M. Saunders, Dexter H. Craig, George W. Bradford, Frederick D. Bartlett, Charles W. Eaton.
Toren Clerk-Edward L. Burgess.
Town Treasurer-Edward L. Burgess.
Auditor-Frank D. Bartlett.
Collector of Taxes-Herbert W. Bartlett.
Clerk of Selectmen-Herbert W. Bartlett.
Assessors-John C. Cave, chosen 1905, for three years; George Harlow, chosen 1903, for three years; James C. Bates, chosen 1904, for three years.
Overseers of the Poor-William T. Eldridge, chosen 1905, for three years; Herbert W. Bartlett, chosen 1904, for two years; Charles A. Strong, chosen 1904. for three years.
Water Commissioners-Everett F. Sherman and John W. Churchill, chosen 1903, for three years; Horace P. Bai- ley and Charles T. Holmes, chosen 1905, for three years; John H. Damon, chosen 1904, for three years.
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School Committee-William S. Kyle and J. Holbrook Shaw, chosen 1903, for three years; Elizabeth Thurber and Joseph T. Collingwood, chosen 1905, for three years; Frank H. Perkins and Increase Robinson, chosen 1904, for three years.
Burial Hill Committee-Selectmen.
Agawam Fishery Committee-Frank Harlow. Alfred Holmes, Harrison O. Barnes.
Park Commissioners-Thomas R. Watson, chosen 1904, for three years; George R. Briggs, chosen 1903, for three years; Walter H. Sears, chosen 1905, for three years.
Surveyors and Measurers of Lumber-Leavitt T. Rob- bins, Edward B. Atwood, Cornelius C. Holmes.
Scaler of Weights and Measures-Arthur A. Sampson.
Beach Committee-Selectmen.
Superintendent of Streets-Stillman R. Sampson.
Field Drivers and Fence Vicwers-Hosea C. Bartlett, Charles H. Raymond, Jacob H. Morse.
Superintendent of Water Works-Arthur E. Blackmer.
Collector of Water Rates-N. Reeves Jackson.
Pound Keeper-Hosea C. Bartlett.
Committee on Inland Fisheries-Edgar D. Hill, Lewis W. Edson, Horace M. Saunders.
Harbor Master-Ellis Whiting Harlow.
Board of Registration-C. H. Sherman, appointed in
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place of C. H. Holmes, appointed in 1904, for three years; Herbert W. Clark, appointed 1905, for three years; Alfred S. Burns, appointed in place of Frederick D. Bartlett, ap- pointed 1904, for three years; Edward L. Burgess.
Superintendent of Oak Grove and Vine Hills Cemeteries, and Burial Hill-Edward F. Stranger.
Sexton-Winslow S. Holmes.
Superintendent of Almshouse-Obed C. Pratt.
Board of Health-John F. Callanan, chosen 1903, for three years; Percy Lothrop, chosen 1904, for three years; Freeman Manter, chosen 1905, for three years.
Board of Engineers-Isaac L. Hedge, Ephraim D. Bart- lett, John E. Sullivan, James S. Kierstead and Alton D. Edes.
Superintendent of Chiltonville Cemetery-Chas. Rogers. Superintendent of Manomet Cemetery-Geo. A. Manter.
Superintendent of Cedarville Cemetery-Charles E. Kim- ball.
Constables-Michael Casey, Samuel Ferguson, Benjamin F. Goddard, Edward Manter, Freeman Manter, Augustine J. Hogan and William H. Geodecke.
Chief of Police-Benjamin F. Goddard.
Committee on Sewerage-Selectmen.
Tree Warden-George R. Briggs.
Forester -- George R. Briggs.
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List of Deputy Forest Fire Wards, 1905-Henry O. Whiting, Assistant Forester; Nehemiah L. Savery, Nathan- iel T. Clark, Elkanah Finney, Gustavus G. Sampson, Frank · L. St. George, LeBaron R. Barker, D. Edson Raymond, Al- bert M. Haskell, George H. Blanchard, Andrew J. Cahoon, Henry L. Cahoon, Wm. F. Doten, Zenas E. Langford, Ziba R. Ellis, John T. Pierce. William C. Collingwood, Stillman R. Sampson, Ernest L. Sampson, Benjamin F. Raymond, John H. Marshall, Abbott A. Raymond.
ABSTRACT OF RECORDS OF 1905.
MARCH 25.
On motion of Wm. W. Brewster, Voted, To request the Selectmen to insert in the warrant for the next Town Meet- ing such articles as may be needed to enable the Town to carry into effect the recommendations contained in the re- port of the Committee upon Shell Fisheries, as just re- ceived.
Voted, That the names of Joseph Barnes, Frank D. Bart- lett, Ralph E. Beaman, Fred Bemis, Isaac S. Brewster, Wil- liam C. Chandler, James A. Collingwood, John H. Damon, Clark Ellis, Ellis W. Harlow, Charles P. Hatch, Moses Hoyt, Walter S. Irwin, Thomas Jackson, Arthur J. Lacey, Charles D. Lewis, Nathaniel C. L. Luther, William S. Pratt, Edward T. Ripley, Charles Rogers, Harry O. Sherman and Michael D. Welsh be stricken from the list of jurors, and the name of Charles H. Raymond be added.
Voted, That the Town authorize the Treasurer, under the direction of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of taxes, and for disbursement under the provisions of the law relating to State Aid and Military Aid, and to defray the expenses of the Town after January 1, 1906.
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On motion of Horace M. Saunders, Voted, That the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150) be appropriated for Memorial Day.
On motion of William Hedge, Voted, That the dog fund, amounting to thirteen hundred and sixty-eight and eighty one-hundredths dollars ($1.368.80), and the additional sum of one hundred and thirty-one and twenty one-hundredths dollars ($131.20) be and are hereby appropriated for the use of the Public Library.
On motion of E. L. Burgess, Voted, That the Town au- thorize the Selectmen to renew any note or notes heretofore authorized, which are now due, or may become due the pres- ent year, for such time and on such terms as they may deem expedient for the interest of the Town. The necessary two- thirds voting in the affirmative, the motion was carried.
On motion of George R. Briggs, Voted, That the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars ($750) be appropriated for the care and improvement of the various public parks, and one hundred and seventy-five dollars ($175) for Training Green.
On motion of Charles A. Strong. Voted, That the pres- ent balance of the insane poor account and all future reim- bursements to the credit of the same be transferred to the regular poor account.
On motion of E. D. Bartlett. Voted, That the undrawn balance of $42.93 from the South Street engine house be transferred to the regular Fire Department account.
On motion of John W. Churchill, Voted, That the sum of $1,440 be appropriated to pay the note issued by the Select-
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men for the purpose of laying water pipes on Lothrop Street.
On motion of John W. Churchill, Voted, That the sum of $1,000 be appropriated to lay water pipes in new streets.
On motion of John W. Churchill, Voted, That the Select- men are hereby authorized to borrow the sum of five thou- sand dollars ($5,000) to pay the expense incurred in laying water pipes on Sandwich Street, and to issue therefor the notes of the Town each for the sum of five hundred dollars ($500), bearing interest at a rate not exceeding four per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually, and one note pay- able at the end of each successive year from the date of issue until the whole are paid. the said notes to be signed by the Treasurer and approved by the Selectmen of the Town; the interest and principal of said notes as paid to be charged to the water account. Seventy voted in the affirmative and none in the negative; the necessary two-thirds voting in the affirmative, the motion was carried.
On motion of John W. Churchill, Voted, That the Town lay new water pipe on Warren Avenue, from Cliff Street to Hotel Pilgrim.
On motion of John W. Churchill, Voted, That the Select- men are authorized to borrow the sum of five thousand dol- lars ($5.000) to pay the expense incurred in laying water pipes from Cliff Street to Hotel Pilgrim, and to issue there- for the notes of the Town each for the sum of five hundred dollars ($500), bearing interest at a rate not exceeding four per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually, and one note payable at the end of each successive year from the date of
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issue, until the whole are paid. The said notes to be signed by the Treasurer and approved by the Selectmen of the Town. The interest and principal of said notes as paid to be charged to the water account. Ninety voted in the af- firmative and none in the negative; the necessary two-thirds voting in the affirmative, the motion was carried.
On motion of Eugene H. Dorr, Voted, That a committee of five be appointed by the Moderator, to report at the April meeting the probable cost of a suitable armory, and the loca- tion and cost of a suitable site for the building.
On motion of Eugene H. Dorr, Voted, That the further consideration of Articles 22 and 23 be postponed until the adjourned meeting in April.
Frank B. Holmes moved that the Town macadamize the Bartlett road and formerly known as the Holmes Town road, from a point beginning at the State highway near the Grammar school house, and extend southerly to the bridge on the Manomet Cranberry Company's property on said highway, and make an appropriation for the same, and the motion was lost.
On motion of Horace M. Saunders, Voted, That the Town furnish the surety bonds of the Treasurer and Col- lector of Taxes.
On motion of William S. Kyle, Voted, That the School Committee be authorized to erect a six-room school build- ing at an expense not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).
On motion of Arthur Lord, Voted, That the Selectmen be authorized to borrow the sum of twenty-five thousand
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dollars ($25,000) for the purpose of building a six-room school building, and to issue therefor the notes of the Town each for the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500), bearing interest at a rate not exceeding four per cent., pay- able semi-annually, and one note payable at the end of each successive year from the date of issue until the whole are paid. The said notes to be signed by the Treasurer and approved by the Selectmen of the Town. One hundred and thirty voted in the affirmative, and none in the negative; the necessary two-thirds voting in the affirmative, the motion was carried.
On motion of William S. Kyle, Voted, That the sum of eighteen hundred dollars ($1,800) be appropriated for im- provement of the heating apparatus at the High School building.
On motion of William S. Kyle, Voted, That the sum of seven hundred dollars ($700) be appropriated for plumbing at the High School building.
APRIL 29, 1905.
On motion of Edward L. Burgess, Voted, That the report of the Committee on Armory be accepted and placed on file.
George Mabbett moved that action on Articles 22 and 23 be deferred to the next Town Meeting after the adjourn- ment of the Legislature; eighty-three voted in the affirma-
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tive and ninety-one in the negative, and the motion was lost.
On motion of Eugene H. Dorr, Voted, That a committee of five be appointed by the Moderator, said committee to have full power to purchase a lot of land, and to erect there- on an armory. Said committee are hereby instructed not to purchase any land, or enter into any contract in regard to the armory unless they are satisfied that the total cost of the land and armory, including furnishings, will not exceed thirty thousand dollars.
On motion of Eugene H. Dorr, Voted, That for the pur- pose of the purchase of land for an armory, and the erection and furnishing of an armory thereon, the Selectmen are hereby authorized to borrow the sum of thirty thousand dol- lars, and to issue therefor note or notes of the Town, bear- ing interest at a rate not exceeding four per cent. per an- num, payable semi-annually, and principal payable in twenty annual payments of fifteen hundred dollars each. Said notes to be signed by the Treasurer and approved by the Selectmen. One hundred and thirty-four voted in the af- firmative and twenty-five in the negative; the necessary two- thirds voting in the affirmative, the motion was carried.
On motion of Horace M. Saunders, Voted, That the Selectmen be authorized to lay a sewer in the southerly end of Standish Avenue to connect with the Samoset Street sewer when they deem it advisable.
On motion of Horace M. Saunders, Voted, That the sum of one thousand dollars be appropriated for sewers.
Edward B. Atwood moved that a committee of five be appointed to consider the question of sewers, and the motion was carried.
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On motion of Elkanah Finney, Voted, To build a sewer in Newfield Street.
On motion of Elkanah Finney, Voted, That the sum of two thousand dollars be appropriated to build a sewer in Newfield Street.
On motion of James B. Collingwood, Voted, That the Selectmen be and are hereby authorized to purchase or build a hospital for contagious diseases whenever they think proper, at an expense not exceeding fifteen hundred dollars, and charge the same to the contingent account.
On motion of Edward L. Burgess, Voted, That the Col- lector of Taxes be authorized to receive the taxes for the ensuing year at such places as he shall designate on or before the 15th day of October, that interest be charged on all taxes remaining unpaid on the said 15th of October, at the rate of six per cent. per annum, and such rate shall continue until otherwise ordered by the Town, and all the taxes and interest remaining unpaid on the Ist day of January follow- ing shall be collected forthwith by legal process, and the Collector is hereby authorized to collect at once by legal process all taxes of previous years outstanding.
Voted, That the sum of one hundred and forty-four thou- sand, five hundred and forty and thirty-four one-hundredths dollars ($144.540.34) be raised and assessed upon the polls and estates of the inhabitants of the Town of Plymouth, and upon the estates of non-residents, to defray the expenses of the Town for the ensuing year.
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JUNE 17, 1905.
Ephraim D. Bartlett moved that the Town erect a new building for the Fire Department on the lot on Main Street where the present building now stands, and that the Board of Engineers and the Selectmen be a committee to have full charge of the subject matter of this vote.
Charles H. Raymond moved that this article be indefi- nitely postponed. Twenty voted in the affirmative and twenty-five in the negative, and the motion was lost.
William T. Davis moved that a committee of five, consist- ing of the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, the Mod- erator of the meeting, the Chairman of the Board of Water Commissioners, the Superintendent of the Water Works, and the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department, be in- structed to investigate the needs of the Town, both as to the supply of water for domestic consumption and as to the extinguishment of fires, and report in print, with such rec- ommendations as they may see fit to make, at a meeting of the Town called at their request, for the purpose, and the motion was lost.
The motion of Ephraim D. Bartlett was then put and carried.
On motion of E. D. Bartlett, Voted, That for the purpose of procuring money to build an engine house on Main Street the Selectmen are hereby authorized to borrow the sum of eighteen thousand dollars, and to issue therefor the bonds or notes of the Town, bearing interest at a rate not exceed- ing four per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually, and
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payable in eighteen years in equal annual payments of one thousand dollars cach, the said bonds or notes to be signed by the Treasurer and approved by a majority of the Select- men. Fifty voted in the affirmative and seventeen in the negative: the necessary two-thirds having voted in the af- firmative, the motion was carried.
On motion of John W. Churchill, Voted, That the Water Commissioners be authorized to purchase a lot of land and erect thereon the necessary buildings for the use of the Water Department, at a total cost not to exceed twelve · thousand dollars.
On motion of John W. Churchill, Voted, That the Select- men be and are hereby authorized to borrow the sum of twelve thousand dollars, and to issue therefor the notes or bonds of the Town, each for the sum of six hundred dollars, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding four per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually, and payable one at the end of each successive year from the date of issue, until the whole are paid, said notes to be signed by the Treasurer and approved by a majority of the Selectmen of the Town. Forty-five voted in the affirmative and four in the negative; the necessary two-thirds having voted in the affirmative, the motion was carried.
On motion of William S. Kyle, Voted, That the sum of twelve hundred and fifty dollars be appropriated for furnish- ings for the new Mt. Pleasant school house.
On motion of Horace M. Saunders, Voted, That the Selectmen grant licenses for pawn brokers under such con- diditions and restrictions not inconsistent with the statue, as they may from time to time think proper.
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On motion of William T. Davis. Voted, That the Select- men be instructed to consider and report upon, at their con- venience. the expediency of taking a lease for a term of years from the owners of Odd Fellows' lot of rooms for the accommodation of some of the departments of the Town, together with a suitable vault for the preservation of the archives of theTown, and also to report on what terms such a lease can be effected.
On motion of Edward L. Burgess. Voted, That the sum of twelve hundred and fifty dollars, in addition to the one hundred and forty-four thousand, five hundred and forty and thirty-four one-hundredths dollars already appropri- ated. be raised and assessed upon the polls and estates of the inhabitants of the Town of Plymouth. and upon the estates of non-residents. to defray the expenses of the Town for the ensuing year.
Report of the Selectmen.
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The Selectmen respectfully submit the following report for the year ending Dec. 31. 1905 :
In the report of the board for the year 1903 the attention of the Town was called to the poor accommodations of those departments having offices in the Town House.
Now a new Town House is very much needed that each department may have proper accommodations. Unless the Town takes action at once in regard to a new building. the Selectmen will be obliged to provide better safe facilities for the records, as may be seen from the following letter :
Office of the Commissioner of Public Records, State House, Boston, Nov. 22, 1905. Board of Selectmen, Plymouth, Mass.
Gentlemen: The inspection of your Town building makes it evident that more room is needed for the safe keeping of the records in such condition that they shall be "so arranged that they can be conveniently examined and referred to." As to the absolute protection from fire it is impossible for me to decide, although it is presumable that since the supports were put under the vault some years ago that that is sufficient protection for such records as are kept in it. A good test, however, for the judgment of the Selectmen and the persons who might think that expendit- ure was not necessary for any better protection is for them
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to consider whether they would feel easy in their minds in case they had money or valuables in the vault. and the building should be in a fair way to be tested by fire. The selectmen owe it to the town to provide as safely for its records as they would for their own valuables.
The accumulation of the records is more rapid than is generally realized. and I should strongly advise more room and more adequate protection for yours. Your new county building offers a strong contrast between how things ought to be and ought not to be.
Yours respectfully.
ROBERT T. SWAN, Commissioner.
REPLY.
Plymouth, Mass., Dec. 2, 1905.
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