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The Committee recommends the acceptance of this way and appropriation of $100.00.
Article 41. To see if the Town will accept and allow as a town way Wellingsley Avenue from Sandwich Street in a southwesterly direction, as laid out by the Select- men and reported to the Town, and make an appropria- tion for damages and expense of acquiring titles not ex- ceeding fifty (50) dollars. (By petition.)
The Committee recommends that the Town take no action.
Article 42. To see if the Town will accept and allow as a town way Overlook Road from Wellingsley Avenue in a northwesterly direction, as laid out by the Select- men and reported to the Town, and make an appropria- tion for damages and acquiring titles not exceeding fifty (50) dollars. (By petition.)
The Committee recommends that the Town take no action.
Article 43. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of eight hundred (800) dollars for making an ad- dition to the Chiltonville Cemetery including the pur- chase of land, as requested by the Board of Cemetery Commissioners.
The Committee recommends the appropriation of $800 .- 00 for the making an addition to the Chiltonville Ceme- tery including the purchase of land.
Article 44. To see if the Town will vote to amend the By Laws by adding the following :- That at all future Town Meetings held in the Town of Plymouth, excepting such parts of meetings as are devoted exclusively to the election of Town Officers and provided that a number
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less than a quorum may from time to time adjourn said meetings, four hundred voters shall constitute a quorum. (By petition.)
The Committee recommends that the Town By-Laws be amended by adding a section substantially as set forth in this article.
Article 45. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding eleven hundred (1,100) dollars to be ex- pended under the direction of the Selectmen, under Sec- tion 6-A, Chapter 40 of the General Laws for the pur- pose of advertising its resources, advantages and attrac- tions.
The Committee recommends the appropriation of $1,100.00, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, if and when an equal amount shall have been raised by public subscription, or by donation, and paid into the Town Treasury on or before July 1, 1936, to be expended for like purposes.
Article 46. To see if the Town will authorize the transfer of a sum not exceeding five thousand (5,000) dollars from the Reserve from Overlayings of Taxes to the Reserve Account in the hands of the Advisory and Finance Committee.
The Committee recommends that the transfer of $5,000.00 be authorized.
Respectfully submitted,
ADVISORY AND FINANCE COMMITTEE TOWN OF PLYMOUTH
Ralph L. Drew, Chairman; John B. Finney, Franklin A. Hebard, Edward W. Jones, Harry R. Talbot, Paul W. Viets, Joseph S. Contente, Harvey S. Hatch, Warren P. Strong, John F. Taylor, William Anderson, Wil- liam H. Borghesani, George V. Buttner, Russell W. Harlow, Charles Mackinnon.
Attested : Elmer R. Harlow, Secretary.
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REPORT OF ADVISORY AND FINANCE COMMITTEE ON THE ARTICLES IN THE TOWN WARRANT
DECEMBER 14, 1936
To the Voters of the Town of Plymouth :-
The Committee has considered the several articles, has heard the petitioners, and has conferred with the Select- men on those articles for which they were the sponsors, and presents the following report.
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Article 2. To see if the Town will accept and allow as a town way, the widening of South Street from Pleasant Street to Sandwich Street, by relocation of the northerly line of said way as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town, and make an appropriation from money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated of the sum of forty-two hundred (4,200) dollars for land and property damages and cost of construction.
Under Article 2. The Committee recommends that the Town accept and allow as a town way, the widening of South Street from Pleasant Street to Sandwich Street, by relocation of the northerly line of said way as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town, and make an appropriation from money in the Treasury not other- wise appropriated of the sum of forty-two hundred (4,200) dollars for land and property damages including cost of acquiring titles and cost of construction.
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Article 3. To see if the Town will accept and allow as a town way Overlook Road, from Wellingsley Avenue in a northwesterly direction, as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town, and make an appropriation, from money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated of a sum not exceeding one hundred (100) dollars for damages or expense of acquiring titles. (By Petition) .
Under Article 3. The Committee recommends that the Town accept and allow as a town way Overlook Road, from Wellingsley Avenue in a northwesterly direction, as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town, and make an appropriation, from money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated of the sum of one hundred (100) dollars for damages or expense of acquiring titles.
At a previous town meeting the Committee had recom- mended that the Town take no action on making this a town way mostly because it is a "dead end" street but the property is being built on and increasing in taxable value so that we believe those who are building their homes there should have the advantages of a public way with water, lights, and sewer.
Article 4. To see if the Town will appropriate from money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of four thousand (4,000) dollars for the payment of Old Age Assistance for the remainder of the current year.
Under Article 4. The Committee recommends that the Town appropriate from money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of four thousand (4,000) dollars for the payment of Old Age Assistance for the remainder of the current year.
Article 5. To see if the Town will appropriate from money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated a sum not exceeding forty thousand (40,000) dollars to be
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used in connection with any Federal Unemployment Agency, and in the event of the discontinuance of Fed- eral Unemployment Relief, for construction, improve- ments or repairs of public works within the town. Said appropriation to be subject to transfers only on orders of the Board of Selectmen to the several projects, and for necessary local administration.
Under Article 5. The Committee recommends the appropriation of the sum of forty thousand (40,000) dol- lars for the purpose set forth in the article.
We are informed that this sum will carry on the unemployment relief through the whole of next year and if this appropriation is made now there will be no article in next year's annual town meeting warrant for any similar purpose.
Article 6. To see if the Town will direct the Board of Selectmen to make a division of the town into two or more voting precincts.
Under Article 6. The Committee recommends that no action be taken under this article.
The reason for this recommendation is that a commit- tee of twenty citizens was appointed some five years ago to investigate and report to the Town on the question of representative town government. We have good reason to expect that this committee will report at the next an- nual town meeting or before that time, in favor of the Town adopting a representative form of government, including the division of the town into precincts.
We would remind the voters at this time that the new By-Law, adopted last March requiring at least four hun-
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dred voters to be present at any town meeting in order to constitute a quorum, is now in effect.
Respectfully submitted,
ADVISORY AND FINANCE COMMITTEE TOWN OF PLYMOUTH
Ralph L. Drew, Chairman: Joseph S. Contente, Warren P. Strong, John F. Taylor, William Anderson, Wil- liam Borghesani, George V. Buttner, Russell W. Har- low, Charles MacKinnon, Daniel W. Besse, John D. Brewer, Alton D. Edes, Thomas S. Fogarty, George LeRoy Paty.
Attested: Elmer R. Harlow, Secretary.
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ANNUAL REPORT
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For the Year Ending December 31.
1936
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN
The business of the Selectmen is of such a nature that their report might well be a repetition from year to year. However, we will endeavor to present as complete a picture as possible.
The financial condition of the town has very little to do with the Selectmen but a complete statement of every activity that has been undertaken can be found in the town report, so that our report will only dwell on gen- eralities.
The business of the Highway Department has been carried on in the usual efficient manner and a great deal of work has been done on the outlying roads. A number of dangerous corners have been cut and signs erected to call the attention of the public to the existing conditions. The work of hard-surfacing the Federal Furnace Road has been continued and the Selectmen have again asked the County and State governments to contribute so that this valuable work may be carried on.
The sewerage system is functioning as well as can be expected when we consider the age of a great majority of the pipes. It has also been extended from time to time.
The liquor question has received the usual amount of time and thought. Very few minor complaints have been registered with the Board of Selectmen and no major ones. The revenue to the town from this source was $18,492.00.
The Selectmen have received a number of petitions for the laying out of streets for presentation to the town. It was impossible to get all of them in shape to be pre- sented at our regular town meeting and we would ask
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those who are interested in such petitions to have them in shape in the early part of the fall so as to give both the Engineering Department and the Selectmen ample time to prepare the plans and call the necessary hearing.
While the Welfare Department does not come under the jurisdiction of the Selectmen we feel that it is im- portant enough for us to mention in our report. The number of people unemployed is still a serious matter and without the assistance of the Federal Government on the W. P. A. the expenses of this department would be far greater than they are at the present time.
The Selectmen have attended several conferences and hearings with the various departments of the State and the County Governments, and while it is too soon to an- ticipate the benefits that may be derived from these hear- ings we believe that the effort is worth while.
There is not a great deal of change in the financial setup of the town, and it is still necessary for all depart- ments to proceed with caution when asking for their appropriations. We hope that the voters will be reason- able and appropriate such sums as are necessary to con- tinue the proper maintenance of the town's business but we also hope that they will give careful consideration to any articles that ask for money that is not absolutely necessary.
The work of the Police Department has been carried on in the usual efficient manner with a great deal of thought given to traffic regulations which is still a very important part of the activities of this department. Am- ber lights have been installed on Sandwich Street adja- cent to the Training Green. The lighting conditions in this particular spot have always been bad, and it is hoped that this will eliminate some of the trouble.
In the early part of the year your Board suggested and invited the Selectmen of Duxbury and Kingston to meet with us and try and draw up shell fish regulations
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that would be possible for each town to adopt. Several meetings were held and we are glad to report that the regulations adopted are similar in each town. We feel that there is a great deal of work to be done in this line and we have attempted to get this important indus- ry on a business basis. The regulations as adopted by the three towns will be found in another part of this report.
The Board was faced with another problem when Rep- resentative Ira C. Ward declined to be reappointed Forest Fire Warden. It was our opinion that the department had always functioned well during his administration but a great deal of agitation to combine this department and the central fire station has been heard for the last three or four years. In view of this the Selectmen held a hearing inviting all deputy wardens, heads of depart- ments, finance committee and any others who were in any way interested, and the concensus of opinion from that meeting indicated that a majority favored keeping the two departments separate. The Selectmen were then prepared to receive applications for the position, and Mr. James S. A. Valler of Manomet, a former deputy warden, was unanimously appointed for the year.
The assistance rendered the town by the Federal Government on W. P. A. cannot be underestimated. Work that without question would not have been attempted for a great many years has now been completed, some of which was very necessary and some which may have waited until the financial condition of the town warranted it. However, a great many of the unemployed have been kept busy and our welfare rolls reduced substantially. In the year 1936 the Federal Government allotted $159,- 076.77 of their money to be paid in wages to those em- ployed on the W. P. A. while we have supervised the ex- penditures of $32,919.31 of the town's funds. Numerous projects have been started and completed, some of the more important ones being as follows: Approximately
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1600' of stone wall with a 5' base, averaging 12' in height has been built from the State Pier to the Town Wharf. This work has been carried on under very difficult con- ditions and at what might be termed rather expensive, as the total cost of the wall will be in the neighborhood of $65,000 when it is completed but we are satisfied that the majority of the people feel that this will be a great improvement in this section. The Selectmen are now studying plans for the completion of this project includ- ing fence, sidewalk and parking space.
A road, known as Taylor Avenue, has been built con- necting the White Horse Beach section with Manomet Point. This project consisted of building a dirt road 3100' in length and 50' wide, with approximately 7,000 cubic yards of fill put in on the marshy ground. The project cost in the neighborhood of $11,000 and that part is complete. The water department is now laying 3,250' of pipe so that the people in this section may not only be serviced with town water but also receive fire protection.
Another project which we think is worthy of mention is the filling and grading at the new high school. Con- crete walls, curbing and stairs have been built, including driveway and walks. About 5,700 square yards of rough grading and 4,500 square yards of fine grading was done, also a 100' iron fence erected. This project will cost in the neighborhood of $18,000.00.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES A. WHITE, Chairman WILLIAM H. ARMSTRONG HOWARD M. DOUGLAS JOHN H. MURRAY AMEDEO V. SGARZI
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS AND SEWERS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit a report of the work done in the Street and Sewer Departments from January 1st, 1936 to December 31, 1936.
SEWERS
The following Sewer Extensions have been put in this year : Nelson Court, 192'-8" vitrified pipe and one man- hole was laid. This was requested by the Board of Health Dept. due to the unsanitary conditions existing. Court St., from Prince St. to the Delano property for a dis- tance of three hundred fifty feet, 8" vitrified pipe was used to connect two present mains together to take care of a large amount of water now going into the sewer when heavy rainstorms occur, one manhole was built at the corner of Cherry St. and Court St. Nook Road, 1,924' of 8" vitrified pipe was laid from Sandwich St. to the Nook Farm Dairy with 5 manholes built of brick and cement. This pipe was laid to take care of a deplorable condition caused by a cesspool running over into the trout pool and property around the Dairy. Several man- holes have been built up to the grade of the roads. It is probable several new extensions will be asked for this coming year and I recommend $5,000.00 be appropriated for this work.
STREET CLEANING
The usual work of cleaning streets has been carried out this year. Catch basins have been cleaned out, gut-
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ters taken care of and the brushing up of leaves in the fall was done.
DRAINS
Several new catch basins have been built to take care of surface water on some of the streets that never had surface water drains before.
The following drains have been installed this year : Taylor Ave., at White Horse Beach, 325' of 12" vitrified pipe, one catch basin cover and frame, Oak St., from Alvin Road to Davis St. on the west side, 336' of 15" vitrified and one catch basin was installed to take sur- face water out of Main Sewer on Oak St. Standish Ave., 350' of 15" vitrified pipe was laid from Hedge Pond to Brook on east side of street. Murray St., 40' of 12" vitrified pipe was laid to take care of surface water at Puritan Mills.
ASPHALT SIDEWALKS
Approximately 12,000 sq. yds. of Hot Mixed surface has been completed this year. The following sidewalks have been surfaced: Davis St., north side, 350 sq. yds., Standish Ave., north and south side, 1,429 sq. yds., Sand- wich St., west side, from Bay View Ave. to Nook Rd, 146 sq. yds., Mayflower St., north side, 144 sq. yds., South St., north side, 426 sq. yds., Whiting St., north and south side, 1,718 sq. yds., So. Park Ave., 291 sq. yds., Samoset St., north side, 220 sq. yds., Standish Ave. at Hedge School on the east side, 276 sq. yds., Chestnut St., east side, 442 sq. yds., Winter St., south side, 397 sq. yds., Sandwich St., from Obery Road to Nook Rd., 1,119 sq. yds. Sandwich St. to Howes Lane and Cornish Meadow, 488 sq. yds., Summer St., south side, 215 sq. yds., High St., west side, 85 sq. yds., Newfield St., east side, 25 sq. yds., Summer St., south side, 279 sq. yds., Mt. Pleasant St., south side, 601 sq. yds., north side 230 sq. yds., Allerton St., east side, 232 sq. yds., Stephens St.,
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south side, 277 sq. yds., Highland Place, west side and east side 292 sq. yds., Union St., west side, 606 sq. yds., Bradford St., south side, 148 sq. yds., Lincoln St., north side, 178 sq. yds., Leyden St., south side, 89 sq. yds., Sa- very Ave., gravel fill of 440 sq. yds., Oak St., west side, 28 sq. yds., Court St., west side, 75 sq. yds., Alden St., 20 sq. yds., Hedge Road, 22 sq. yds., Clifford Road, gra- vel fill and graded, 535 sq, yds., Standish Ave., east side, 325 sq. yds.
GRANOLITHIC SIDEWALKS AND CURB
Union St., west side, 58 lineal feet of curb was laid; Standish Ave., 54 lineal feet of cement curb was laid to replace old curb that was broken by the frost. Chestnut St., 297 lineal feet of cement curb was laid on the west side, 225 lineal feet on the east side ; Winter St., 407 lineal feet of cement curb was laid on the south side; Sandwich St., 265 lineal feet of curb was laid from Bay View Ave. to the Nook Road, Savery Avenue, 716 lineal feet of curb was laid on the south side; Freedom St., 87 lineal feet of curb was laid on the north side; Lincoln St., 204 lineal feet of curb was laid on the north side to bring the side- walk up to grade with the lawn in front of the new High School building.
Many new cement slabs have been replaced where tree roots have broken them out. The following driveways were replaced: Danforth's Bakery, two driveways at Dr. Curtin's residence, and the Samoset Shoppe.
A cement wall 50' long, 4' high and 12" thick was built at the end of Alvin Road to hold up the bank next to the cemetery. At Union St., 101 yds. of cement sidewalk was laid on the west side of the street along the pro- perty of David Cappanari. The stone wall at the property of No. 174 Summer St. was rebuilt and pointed up with cement.
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SPECIAL BUDGET
Long Pond Road-The usual hard-surfacing of this road was carried on at a distance of one mile. There was emulsion spread for another mile to bind gravel to- gether for a treatment of tar and gravel this coming year.
Point Road and White Horse Beach Road-The shoul- ders of these two roads were hard-surfaced with tar and stone three feet wide to make road surface twenty four feet wide instead of eighteen feet wide. After the shoul- ders were finished a surface treatment of tar and 1/2" stone was laid over the complete road surface.
Alvin Road-This road was scarified, brought up to grade with gravel, shaped and rolled to a strong sub-base. A 4" top of Pre-mixed material called Inter-lithic was placed on this sub-base and rolled until all settlements were taken out. A seal coat of 1/10 gallon of K. P. tar covered with 1/4" stone was applied and rolled. This road was in a deplorable condition because the water could not run off the surface and enter into the catch basins on Oak St. as the road was too low and flat.
Union Street-The old road bed was scarified and changed from a twenty foot road to a thirty five foot road in width for a distance of five hundred and fifty feet. A 4" penetration stone surface was constructed after the sub-grade was filled with gravel and all low points brought up to grade and rolled. This top surface was 4" of 11%" stone penetrated with TARVIA X and rolled with a seal coat of K. P. tar and 1/2" stone.
HARD-SURFACED STREETS
The following streets were hard-surfaced: Chestnut St., from Davis St. to Samoset St. with K. P. tar and 3/4 stone, rolled and sealed with retread tar and sand; Doten Road, was surfaced with K. P. tar and No. 2 stone; Sum- mer St., from Oak St. to St. Joseph Cemetery was resur- faced with K. P. tar and 1/2" stone mixed and rolled. A
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12" drain was laid across Summer St. to brook with one catch basin. Cordage Terr. Ext. was surfaced with K. P. tar and No. 2 stone rolled and sealed with retread tar and sand; Standish Ave. from Hamilton St. to Cherry St. was resurfaced with K. P. tar and 1%" stone mixed and rolled; North Park Ave. from Court St. to Railroad Sta- tion was resurfaced with K. P. tar and 1%" stone; Cush- man St. from Court St. to Allerton St. was resurfaced with K. P. tar and 12" stone mixed and rolled; Lincoln St. this road was scarified and brought to grade with gravel. A surface of K. P. tar and 34." stone was applied to the gravel surface, rolled and a seal coat of retread tar and sand was put on; Union St. from Bradford St. to Lincoln St. was resurfaced with K. P. tar and 1/2" stone mixed and rolled; Sandwich Road from Jordan Hospital to Bramhall Corner was resurfaced with asphalt and sand to seal the old tar surface that was breaking up and making a dangerous condition; Jordan Road was resur- faced with K. P. tar and 12" stone from the Whipple Es- tate to the cemetery ; Oak St. from Samoset St. to Sum- mer St. was resurfaced with K. P. tar and 1/2" stone mixed and rolled; Hamilton St. from Standish Ave. to Court St. was resurfaced with K. P. tar and 1%" stone mixed and rolled; Cherry St. from Standish Ave. to Court St. was resurfaced with K. P. tar and 1/2" stone mixed and rolled ; Savery Lane was resurfaced with K. P. tar and 1/2" stone mixed and rolled; Centennial St. from Court St. to Stan- dish Ave. was resurfaced with K. P. tar and 1/2" stone mixed and rolled; Court St. from Railroad Ave. to Loth- rop St. was resurfaced with K. P. tar and 1%" stone mixed and rolled; Wellingsley Ave., this road was scarified, shaped. A 4" base of gravel was put over old gravel base to bring it up to grade. A surface of K. P. tar and 3/4" stone was applied to stop the wash caused by heavy rains.
FEDERAL FURNACE ROAD
Another mile and one half road work was completed on the Federal Furnace Road this year under the Chapter 90 proposition.
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The total amount appropriated for the Federal Furnace Road for 1936 was $9,749.00, the town contributing $2,- 437.00, County $2,437.00 and State $4,875.00. Total cost of work done on Federal Furnace Road amounted to $9.737.30, labor and material included.
FENCES
Spring Street, at Bradford and Kyle's factory, 160 lineal feet of 4' heavy residential CHAIN LINK FENCE was erected to take the place of the old wooden fence on the west side of this street; Sandwich Street, at Cornish's Meadow 350 lineal feet of guard rail fence was erected to replace old fence on the east side of the highway; Samo- . set St., several sections of fence had to be replaced where automobiles had crashed through them; Cliff St., 200 lineal feet of rail fence was erected to take the place of the old fence on the south side of the highway. Several sections of rail fences have been repaired and repainted on some of the dangerous curves around the town.
FARM TO MARKET ROADS
With the Federal Government furnishing the labor the following Farm to Market Roads were taken care of : South Meadow Road, Seven Hills Road and Boot Pond Road. These roads were widened, brush cut on each side fifteen feet back of the travelled way and a 4" gravel sur- face was put on the old base.
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