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1 made settlement of $50.00.
2 made restitution.
1 sentenced to House of Correction for one month and con- tinued.
3 guilty placed on file.
3 discharged.
1 nol-prossed.
5 continued.
2 sentenced to Bridgewater.
1 guilty and paid costs. Total 24.
Adultery :
1 continued.
Breaking and Entering:
5 dismissed for want of prosecution.
3 not guilty.
6 held for grand jury made restitution and placed on proba- tion.
1 discharged.
2 held for grand jury.
1 guilty placed on probation from Superior Court.
1 sentenced to Lyman School.
1 adjudged a delinquent.
Total 20.
Bastardy :
1 made settlement of $350.00 in Superior Court.
Drunkenness :
13 fined $15.00 paid. 2 sentenced to House of Correction for ten days.
1 fined $15.00 and committed.
5 fined $15 00 and continued.
1 released in court.
1 placed on probation.
1 sentenced to House of Correction for three months.
1 fined $15.00, appealed, paid fine in Superior Court. 1 released at station.
13 guilty placed on file.
3 sentenced to House of Correction for thirty days and sen- tence suspended.
1 guilty and dismissed.
1 discharged. Total 44.
Defaulted : 1 paid costs $10.00.
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False Alarm of Fire: 1 paid costs $10.00.
Game Laws: 2 fined $20.00 paid. 1 guilty and license forfeited. Total 3.
Idle and Disorderly :
2 fined $20.00 paid. 2 sentenced to State Farm and appealed. 2 dismissed. Total 6.
Insane :
3 committed to Taunton State Hospital.
1 committed to West Roxbury Hospital. Total 4.
Keeping Unlicensed Dog : 1 fined $5.00 paid. 1 not guilty. Total 2.
Larceny :
1 fined $50.00 paid.
2 sentenced to House of Correction for six months.
4 nol-prossed.
1 held for grand jury and no bill found.
1 discharged.
2 dismissed for want of prosecution.
1 fined $25.00 sentence suspended and to make restitution.
1 guilty placed on file.
1 guilty placed on probation.
1 fined $50.00 and continued. Total 15.
Lodgers: Two.
Violation of Motor Vehicle Laws:
Operating under the influence of intoxicating liquor, five.
1 fined $100.00 paid.
1 fined $50.00 paid.
1 fined $25.00 paid.
1 fined $100.00 and continued.
1 discharged.
1 fined $50.00 appealed and sentenced to three months in House of Correction. 6 fined $25.00 paid.
5 fined $20.00 paid.
5 fined $15.00 paid.
1 fined $15.00 continued.
8 fined $10.00 paid.
1 fined $10.00 continued.
8 fined $5.00 paid.
1 fined $25.00 continued.
1 fined $20.00 continued.
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13 guilty placed on file.
8 dismissed.
1 thirty days in House of Correction and sentence suspended. 2 continued.
Total 66.
Manslaughter :
1 Held for Grand Jury and bill found.
Malicious Mischief
1 Placed on file.
2 Made restitution
1 Discharged Total 4
Neglected Children
10 Placed in care of relatives
1 Placed on probation.
1 Continued
1 Judged a delinquent Total 13
Non-Support
1 To pay $10.00 per week and defaulted
1 Sentenced to House of Correction for six months and sentence suspended
1 Continued Total 3
Neglect of family A
1 Sentenced to House of Correction for one year sentence sus- pended to pay $5.00 per week
1 Ordered to pay $25.00 per week
1 Fined $50.00 sentence suspended
1 Fined $50.00 sentence suspended and to pay $3.00 per week
3 Ordered to pey $5.00 per week and continued
2 Continued Total 9
Neglect to support parents-One ordered to pay $2.00 per week and continued
Non-payment of wages-One made settlement Out of Town arrests-99
Violation of probation-One sentenced to Three months in House of Correction
Paupers-One admitted to Tewksbury
Violation of Prohibition Laws-One, turned over to Federal Officers
Rape-Two held for Grand Jury
Railer and Brawler-One, Dismissed
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Receiving stolen property-One sentenced to House of Cor- rection for two months
Runaway Children-Six returned to parents
Selling cigaretts to a minor fined $25.00 paid
Stubborn Child
1 Committed to Sherborn
1 Dismissed for want of prosecution
1 Discharged
Total 3
Truants
1 Committed to Walpole
1 Committed to Union Training School and sentence suspended
2 Committed to Union Training School Total 4
Trespass
4 Continued
Tramps
1 Committed to State Farm
1 Guilty placed on file Total 2
Violation of Town By-Laws
1 Fined $10.00 and continued
2 Dismissed
Total 3
Violation of weights and measures
1 Fined $5.00 paid
2 Placed on file
1 Fined $25.00 and appealed Total 4
Miscellaneous Report
1 Raid for intoxicating liquors
4 Search warrants for stolen goods
1 Search warrant for gaming implements Stolen property recovered $3,967.60
Lost property found and returned to owners $1,175.00 207 Complaints investigated
Amount of fines imposed in Lower Court $1,740.00
Number of buildings found open and secured 60
During the summer months a Motorcycle officer was appointed doing duty in different parts of the town with very good results.
On petition to the Selectmen for a permanent day man in Ward three one was placed on duty there.
Two extra men were employed daily through the summer to handle the heavy travel to and from Plymouth.
A call system by telephone has been established and each man is required to call the station once every hour.
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I wish to thank the Police Officers for their able and cheerful manner in which they have performed their duties and conducted investigations.
In conclusion I wish to thank the Honorable Board of Select- men for the assistance and co-operation during the past year.
Respectfully submitted
ARTHUR H. PRATT Chief of Police
COMMITTEE ON SOLDIERS MEMORIAL
The Honorable Board of Selectmen ; Gentlemen :
We respectfully submit to you the following report:
In accordance with the vote of the Town, this committee was appointed to look into the desirability of a memorial of some des- cription in honor of, and dedicated to the veterans of our several wars.
After careful consideration of the different kinds of memorials we have come to the conclusion that the most practical and lasting would be a Memorial Town Hall embodying therein a memorial hall which would ever be a source of patriotic education to our children, suitable quarters for the veterans who so willingly done their part for the preservation of our land, a permanent home for offices for the Town Officials, an auditorium where our Town meetings may be held, and where the people of the Town may gather on different occasions.
We were very much aided in our work by the complete investi- gation of the former committee whose work was very thorough indeed, also by the courtesies of Mr. Harold Field Kellogg, archi- tect for the former committee, who very generously gave of his time and knowledge in preparing for us a new set of plans, speci- fications and estimates on the old and new set which we are filling with the report to you. We therefore recommend that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $175,000.00 for the purchase of land and the erection thereon, a Memorial Building similiar to those described in the plans, or to take any other action relative thereto.
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH KELLEY, Chairman BRYAN LEONARD, Secretary EDWIN R. SAMPSON ALFONSO STRIANO JACOB S. WICHERT-by J. K.
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REPORT OF THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
The Committee appointed by the Moderator in accordance with authorization at the Special Town Meeting of June 24, 1921, to act cooperatively with representatives of the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company in conducting a transportation system for the Town of Wewmouth, report as follows:
The Transportation Committee organized with A. C. Heald as Chairman and Stanley T. Torrey as Secretary.
The Town Accountant reported as available for expenses for the ensuing year the sum of $15,375.42.
Meetings have been held from time to time as required, and transportation affairs have been analyzed quite thoroughly by the Committee.
Conditions existing in town are too well known to demand any extended comment.
The greater part of the lines of the Weymouth Subdivision of the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company have been put in good working condition, one man cars have been operated successfully, and in a general way the requirements of the Com- mittee have been met.
Improved service in some directions has been sought, but up to the present time it has not been possible to operate at as low cost as is necessary in order to avoid a deficit as that reported at the end of the first 'period of the second year.
After serious consideration of the matter of unlicensed jitney competition, it is the unanimous opinion of the Committee that it will be very difficult indeed to operate a street railway system in the Town of Weymouth on a profitable basis as long as unlicensed jitney competition is permitted. However, owing to deferred co- operation on the part of Town Authorities, the situation remains much the same as at the beginning of the season.
The accompanying condensed schedule of revenue and expendi- tures for the period ending November 30, 1921, show a deficit of $8.281.40, which amount has already been sent to the Trustees of the Eastern Massachusetts Railway Company.
Detailed report of operation and copy of agreement under which operations are being conducted have been filed with the Clerk of the Selectmen.
Respectfully submitted,
A. C. HEALD, Chairman STANLEY T. TORREY, Secretary P. T. PEARSON J. W. HANLEY WILLIAM L. SWAN WALLACE H. BICKNELL
WILLIAM H. COWING JOSEPH KELLEY JAMES D. BOSWORTH GEORGE E. CUNNIFF
December 31, 1921.
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EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS STREET RAILWAY COMPANY BAY STATE DIVISION
STATEMENT OF WEYMOUTH SUBDIVISION OPERATIONS 6 MONTHS ENDING NOVEMBER 30, 1921.
Operating Revenue
$48,668.03
Operating Expenses :
Maintenance of Way and Structures
$13,323.85
Maintenance of Equipment
4,509.90
Power Expenses
4,908.44
Conducting Transportation
15,904.02
Traffic
57.84
General and Miscellaneous Expenses
5,980.84
Total Operating Expenses
$44,684.89
Taxes
564.96
Total Operating Expenses and Taxes
$45,249.85
Operating Income
$3,418.18
Non-Operating Income:
Interest on Deposits, etc.
55.97
Gross Income
$3,474.15
Deductions from Gross Income : Miscellaneous Debits
55.55
Net Income
$3,418.60
Required for Interest on Investment
11,700.00
Deficit
$8,281.40
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS STREET RAILWAY COMPANY "BAY STATE SYSTEM"
STATEMENT OF WEYMOUTH OPERATIONS 6 MONTHS ENDING NOVEMBER 30, 1921 AS PER AGREEMENT DATED AUGUST 3, 1921 COVERING PERIOD OF ONE YEAR ENDING MAY 31,1922
Railway Operating Revenue
Railway Operating Expenses
$48,668.03 (Detail) 44,684.89 (attached)
Net Revenue
$3,983.14
Taxes
564.96
Operating Income Non-Operating Income
$3,418.18
Interest on Deposits, etc.
55.97
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Gross Income Miscellaneous Debits
$3,474.15 55.55
Net Income
$3,418.60
Required for Interest on Investment
11,700.00
Deficit
$8,281.40
EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS STREET RAILWAY COMPANY "BAY STATE SYSTEM"
DETAIL OF OPERATING EXPENSES (6 MONTHS) WEYMOUTH DIVISION
Way and Structures
Superintendence
$1,265.11
Ballast
34.80
Ties
1,281.40
Rail
45.42
Special Work
Track and Roadway Labor
4,845.10
Misc. Track and Roadway Expenses
180.06
Bridges, Tressles and Culverts
35.29
Other Misc. Expenses
95
Superintendence
95.63
Signal and Interlocking Apparatus
86.39
Telephone and Telegraph Lines
18.31
Poles and Fixtures
429.86
Overhead Feeders
18.84
Track Bonding
508.22
Overhead Trolley
501.85
Misc. Electric Line Expenses
189.78
Superintendence
6.80
Buildings, Fixtures and Grounds (except shops)
122.44
Shops
441.39
Depreciation Way and Structures
2,898.00
Rails, Fastenings and Joints
318.21
Total
13,323.85
Equipment
Superintendence
260.48
Car Bodies
576.36
Painting
188.96
Shifting for Repairs
49.84
Trucks, Wheels, Axles
623.03
Air Brakes, inc. Air Brake Motors
68.63
Snow Plows and Service Cars inc. Trucks
521.14
Motors
165.93
Controllers
35.73
Economy Meters
9.20
All Other Electric Equipment
99.78
Electric Equip. Service Cars and Plows
400.32
Shop Machinery and Tools
54.51
Shop Expenses
230.72
Lost and Extra Time
17.14
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Shop Scrap-Credit
45.33
Automobile and Motor Trucks
508.01
Depreciation of Equipment
1,584.00
Adjustments Connecting Divisions
838.55
Total
4,509.90
Power
Superintendence
$24.11
Poles and Fixtures
.38
Misc. Power Plant Supplies and Expense
Connecting Division
4,883.95
Total
4,908.44
Conducting Transportation
Superintendence
2,002.65
Pass. Cond. Motor and Trainmen
366.33
Wages of Trainmen, Connecting Division
1,049.40
Wages One-Man Car Operators
9,705.24
Misc. Car Service Employees
9.63
Lamps, Lubricants, Waste, Fuses, etc.
18.12
Misc Car Service Expenses
15.60
Inspection (Secret)
112.01
Car House Employees
621.94
Car House Expenses
98.97
Other Transportation Expenses
3,556.73
Cleaning and Sanding Tracks
415.08
Removal of Snow and Ice
31.12
Total
15,904.02
Traffic
Superintendence
32.18
Advertising Passenger Service
25.66
Total
57.84
General and Miscellaneous
Salaries and Expenses General Officers
213.51
Salaries and Expenses General Office Clerks
943.29
General Office Supplies and Expenses
167.56
Law Expenses
23.48
Pensions and Gratuities to Employees
82.31
Misc. General Expenses
300.00
Telephone Rentals and Tolls
79.50
Miscellaneous General
619.74
Salaries and Wages Claim Department
14.26
Miscellaneous Expenses Claim Dept.
263.29
Legal Expenses in Connection with Claims
20.38
Injuries and Damages
2,622.40
Fire, Boilers, Emp. Liability, etc.
365.10
Stationery and Printing
172.59
Transfers and Tickets
106.43
Wages, Storekeerers and Clerks
129.56
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Transportation of Stores Misc. Expenses (Stores) Garage Expenses
66.14
15.51
375.79
Total
5,980.84
WEYMOUTH DIVISION OPERATING EXPENSES 6 MONTHS SUMMARY
Wages and Structures
$13,323.85
Equipment
4,509.90
Power
4,908.44
Transportation
15,904.02
Traffic
57.84
General and Miscellaneous
5,980.84
Total
$44,684.89
REPORT OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
A Copy-of the Annual report of the Sealer of Weights and Measures as forwarded to the State Dept. of Standards by Russell B. Worster, Nov. 31, 1921.
Sealing Fees for Year
202.02
General work for the year.
Sealed
Articles 2509
Non-Sealed
9
Condemmed
25
Gasoline Pumps 69
Ice Cream Cans 345
1 fined $5.00 for peddling without a license.
2 Cases placed on file
Fish, Fruit and Vegetable licenses granted 29 at $10.00 each Junk Collectors licenses granted 7 at $50.00 each
COMMITTEE ON TOWN HISTORY
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
When the town at the last annual meeting decided not to ap- propriate any money to pay for the publication of the Town History it naturally delayed the progress of the work to some extent. but we have had so much encouragement from public-spirited citizens that I feel that the gratitude of the Weymouth Historical Society should be publically expressed to all who by word or deed have aided this committee.
Work on the History has been carried on through the year
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and successful results have been achieved and much new matter added.
We have asked this year for an appropriation of $800.00 from the town, and this amount is all we shall ever need to ask for, because, through the liberality of one of our members, money enough for the publication on the work has been promised, and within a short time the volumes will be printed, and when that time comes, the identity of this liberal hearted citizen will be made known.
The scope of the History will be voluminous and varied, and will contain articles on "The Early Settlers", "Early Town Re- ocrds," "Origin of the Early Roads," "Military History," "Com- mercial Interests," "Ecclesiastical and Educational History," "The Geology of Weymouth," "Doctors, Lawyers, and Prominent Men," "Fire, Police and Water Departments," "Lodges and So- cieties," "Legislation," "Music and Musicians," "Weymouth Folk- Lore," "Century-old Houses," an exhaustive Genealogy of Wey- mouth people, and much other interesting and valuable matter, interspersed with many rare illustrations.
HOWARD H. JOY For the Society.
PARK COMMISSIONERS' REPORT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
ยท Lovell's Corner Playground.
During the year of 1921, all of the money spent from the regular appropriation was put into permanent improvements. We now have a stone building 10x12 with cement floor and partition with rough plumbing done, for which the town has expended less than $335.00, with $75.00, furnished by Lovell's Corner Improve- ment Society, $25.00 from the Young People's Club, and $10.00 from other sources. The ball field has been taken care of by the players; others have furnished sand for boxes and teeter boards. We will need $325.00 to finish plumbing, and would like some equipment for children.
Great Hill Park.
Nothing has been done with this property.
Bayley Green
Grading and seeding to the level of the curbing has been com- pleted, and some of the old shrubbery removed. Some low grow- ing shrubs should be planted, and owing to new seeding this park should have special care next season.
Beals' Park
This park, as in the past, has received considerable attention from the Commissioners. Besides the regular care, about 235 feet of curbing has been put around the border of the pond, and to
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complete this work and remove the mud, about $400.00 will be required.
Webb Park:
The conditions of Webb Park have been the same as last year in regards to the demand of the citizens for its use. The con- venient station has been practically finished with the exception of a few minor details.
The financial conditions of Webb Park for the year $1,562.01
made up in the following manner
Special appropriation from the Town of Weymouth
$1,000.00
Unexpended balance belonging to Webb Park
27.70
Donations
264.23
From the regular Park Appropriation
270.08
$1,562.01
Donations received from the following persons :
Mrs. Worthen
$50.00
Pray and Kelley
$50.00
B. W. B. Club
$25.00
Weymouth Circle, Daughters of Isabella
$25.00
Knights of Pythias
25.00
Div. No. 6 and Ladies Auxiliary, A. O. H.
10.00
Universalist Church
10.00
Joseph Kelley
66.87
Interest
2.36
$264.23
FRANCIS W. REA JOSEPH KELLEY ALONZO M. NEWBERT Park Commissioners
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
To the Citizens of the Town of Weymouth,
Gentlemen :-
Herewith is submitted the annual report of the Board of Health for the year ending Dec. 31, 1921.
The Board organized in March electing Geo. E. Emerson, Chairman, F. L. Doucett, Clerk and John S. Williams, Agent.
Geo. B. Baley was appointed inspector of Milk and Dairies also of slaughter houses and slaughtering.
Thomas Fay was granted a license to slaughter.
J. E. Ludden was appointed inspector of plumbing and Geo. Marshall deputy inspector.
Very few cases were examined at the tuberculosis dispen- sary these cases prefering to be treated by their own physician. The dispensary however has been used as a health centre and is open every day. It has also been used as a meeting place for the different organizations interested in health work.
The public health work has been in charge of Mrs. Katherine D. Pratt.
During the year forty one nuisances have been investigated, thirty-seven of which we were able to abate.
There were one hundred and sizty-three cases of contagious diseases reported as follows:
Encephilites Lithargica
1
Huterron Poliomyelitis
2
Chicken Pox
11
Diphtheria
10
Dog Bite (Rabid Dogs)
2
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis
3
German Measles
3
Lobar Phneumonia
14
Malaria
5
Measles
35
Mumps
2
Scarlet Fever
44
Tilanus
2
Tuberculosis (all forms)
14
Typhoid Fever
2
Whooping Cough
13
There were undoubtedly many more cases of measles, whoop- ing cough, chicken pox and pneumonia than were reported to the board.
Respectfully submitted GEO. E. EMERSON F. L. DOUCETT JOHN S. WILLIAMS
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REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF MILK AND DAIRIES
To the Honorable Board of Health of the Town of Weymouth. Gentlemen : - I submit herewith my report as Milk and Dairy Inspector for the year 1921. 160 Permits issued
Respectfully submitted GEO. B. BAYLEY Inspector.
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING AND SLAUGHTER HOUSES
To the Honorable Board of Health of the Town of Weymouth.
Gentlemen :-
I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Licensed Slaught- er Houses for the year 1921, as follows :
Hogs
355
Calves
172
Cattle
36
Total 563
Animals Condemned 5
Respectfully submitted
. GEO. B. BAYLEY Inspector
REPORT OF PLUMBING INSPECTOR
To the Honorable Board of Health of the Town of Weymouth.
Gentlemen : -
We herwith submit our report for the year ending Dec, 31, 1921.
There has been issued from this office 220 permits together with 1 left over from 1920, of this number 218 have passed inspec- tion and 3 remain unfinished for 1922.
There was a total of 777 fixtures installed in 225 old and new buildings, Fixtures were as follows, 250 water closets, 162 lavatories, 107 bath tubs, 169 sinks, 81 set tubs, 4 urinals, 2 showe baths, 2 soda fountains, the value of which was $56,535.00.
The number of buildings in which plumbing was installed was as follows; 24 old 2 family houses, 1 old 4 family house, 65 old 1 family houses, 3 old barber shops, 1 old office building,
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4 old stores, 2 old club rooms, 1 old car barn, 1 old school, 1 old church, 1 old shoe factory. 1 new dance hall, 2 new garages, 5 new stores, 2 new comfort stations, 111 new 1 family houses.
Respectfully submitted
J. E. TUDDEN Inspector of Plumbing GEO. MARSHALL Deputy Inspector.
CASES OF TUBERCULOSIS REPORTED TO NURSE
DISPOSITION
Admitted to Norfolk County Sanitorium 7
Discharged from Norfolk County 2 under Supervision.
Admitted to Rutland 1, later discharged unimproved under supervision.
Admitted to Tewksbury, 1 (Died).
Patients examined at Dispensary, 9. Positive, 2: Questionable 3; Negative, 4.
Total number of Patients with private Physicians 12.
Total number of Tuberculosis Patients under Supervision for home visits 14. Left Town, 6.
Number of House Visits, 178.
Number of Tuberculosis reported for the year 1921, 14
Deaths from Tuberculosis, 6.
Deaths from T. B. Meningitis, 3.
1 Case Aphthalmia Monatorum, 15 visits. Unsanitary con- ditions reported 6.
Action taken, 4.
Respectfully submitted
KATHERINE DOWLING PRATT, R. N.
REPORT OF THE ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMITTEE
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :-
The Electric Light Committee respectfully submit the follow- ing report.
At the Annual Town Meeting held in March $16,000 was ap- propriated for electric lighting.
We have spent during the year $15,868.21. Our contract runs out April 1st. and quite a number of lamps were not installed until late in the summer which makes the expenditures smaller than the appropriation.
Our contract expires Apr. 1st 1922 and to make sure that the
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number of lamps installed was correct, the committee and a repre- sentative from the Weymouth Light and Power Co. checked and rechecked every lamp in town with the following result:
869, 40 c.p .; 9, 80 c.p .; 6, 100 c.p .; 21, 250 c.p .; Columbia Sq. 4, 100 c.p .; Jackson Sq. 6, 250 c.p.
If no differences arise we feel certain that the Company will renew the contract for 5 years at the same price, which is: 40 c.p. $16.20 per year. 60 c.p .; $20.25 per year; 80 c.p .; $24.00 per year; 100 c.p .; $30.00 per year; 250 c.p .; $70.00 per year. Columbia Sq. $120.00; Jackson Sq. $225.00 per year.
With the number of lights installed the cost would be $16,237.96.
The committee recommend that $17,000 be appropriated for the ensuing year.
The calls for new lights are numerous and we could use the balance to install lights, if the Town sees fit to appropriate the amount asked for.
With regret we announce the death of Russell B. Worster, who has been a faithful member of the committee for seventeen years.
To fill the vacancy a joint meeting of the Selectmen and elect- ric light committee was held and Joseph Kelley was elected.
Respectfully submitted
SIDNEY G. DUNBAR WINSLOW M. TIRRELL MATTHEW O'DOWD JOSEPH KELLEY WALTER W. PRATT Committee.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN ENGINEER
To the Hororable Board of Selectmen of the Town of Weymouth :
Gentlemen :-
I submit herewith my fifteenth annual report on the town survey work, and a summary of other surveying or engineering work done during the year 1921.
The term "town survey work" might perhaps be more accur- ately defined as the revision and maintenance of the system of assessor's sheets (sixty-five in number) which, with the litho- graph map of the town published early in 1916, was the ultimate result of the survey commenced in 1907 and completed in 1915.
Since then the original tracings of these sheets have been re- vised to April first of each year and a complete set of prints furnished the Assessors at the completion of each revision.
In addition I have endeavored to eliminate or make clear each year in so far as additional information could be obtained and the appropriation would permit, as many of the missing or obscure boundaries or names of owners as possible. While the number of such is small as compared with the total, they are an ever present factor, and are sometimes increased through negligent or faulty conveyances.
Costs governing the work such as labor, fares and materials have remained practically the same as the year previous, and the number of transfers has also been approximately the same in 1921 as in 1920.
Each transfer, together with the probate records, are copied; the plans at the registry of deeds or filed at the land court are copied, or otherwise obtained; and all used in the revision work.
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