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113.76
Etheridge. Dictionary of typewriting.
727.260
Fagan. The Old South; or, The romance of early New England history. 614.175
224.248
Federal council of the churches of Christ in America. Committee on religious drama. Religious dra- mas, 1924. 822.128
Field. Clothes that count and how to make them.
724.394
Fish, comp. Boy's book of verse. j
825.112
Fishman & Perlman. Crucibles of crime; the shock- ing story of the American jail.
311.205
Fosdick. Modern use of the Bible. Twelve tests of character.
833.124
Fox & Schwartz. Fannie Fox's cook book.
725.215
Frazer. Folk-lore in the Old Testament.
833.123
French, ed. Pioneer West.
224.252 715.76 316.184
Freud. General introduction to psychoanalysis.
Frost. New Hampshire, a poem with notes and grace notes. 826.165
Fuller, Eunice. Book of friendly giants.
j
716.156
Fuller, R. G. Child labor and the Constitution.
315.453
Garnett. Three to make ready: Hilltop, Muffins, The pig prince; three plays for young people.
j 822.126
Gask. All about pets. told in stories.
j 723.355
Gaylord. Little sea-folk. j 733.174
Geister. Fun book; stunts for every month in the year.
723.345
Faris. Seeing the middle West.
836.166
Thrilling escapes.
240
Gibbons. Europe since 1918.
633.246
Gibson ..
Romance of coal.
724.378
Gjerset. History of Iceland. 616.69
j
615.161
Stories of American explorers.
j
615.160
Gore.
Holy Spirit and the church.
834.111
Gregory. Three wonder plays: The dragon - Aris- totle's bellows - The jester.
822.125
Gruenberg. Parents and sex education.
726.349
Guest. Passing throng.
[poems ]
826.161
Haldane .. Daedalus; or, Science and the future.
732.126
Hall. Buried cities.
j 718.47
Hapgood. School needlework.
723.344
Harding. Johnson. Life of Warren G. Harding.
B.H222j
Harris. My book and heart.
B.H241
Hayward. Colonial lighting.
727.262
Hildebrand. Blue water.
225.156
Hillis. Great men as prophets of a new era.
920.H556
Great refusal, and other evangelistic sermons.
834.112
Hobbs. Secret of wealth.
314.234
Hogan. Outline of radio.
723.350
Hollingworth. Special talents and defects; their sig- nificance for education.
313.271
Howe, H. E .. ed. Chemistry in industry.
724.384
Howe, O. T. Argonauts of '49.
617.164
Hudson. Far away and long ago, a history of my early life.
B.H866
Inge. Personal religion and the life of devotion.
836.165
Jansky & Wood. Elements of storage batteries.
723.351
Jefferson. Character of Paul.
833.130
Jesus Christ. Rihbany. Christ story for boys and
girls.
j 836.159 233.116
Johnson. Camera trails in Africa.
Judson. New Butterick cook book, rev. & enl. by Flora Rose.
725.214
Kent. Great game of politics.
315.459
King. Discovery of God.
836.136
Kirkpatrick. Use of money; how to save and how to spend.
314.235 721.448 616.70
Korff. Autocracy and revolution in Russia.
Kummer. First days of knowledge.
i 736.219
First days of man.
j 736.218
Lape, comp. Ways to peace; twenty plans selected from the most representative of those submitted to the American peace award. With an introduction by Esther Everett Lape, and a preface by Edward W. Bok. Lawrence. Fifty years.
Leacock. Over the footlights.
Learned. Everybody's complete etiquette.
Lemmon. Puppy book.
Lescarboura. Scientific American home-owners' hand- book.
J'Espagnol de la Tramerye. World-struggle for oil. Lincoln. Rankin. Intimate character sketches of Abraham Lincoln.
315.447 833.129 130.109 310.90 725.208
727.265
724.383
B.L631r
Gordy. Leaders in making America.
Kobbe. Complete opera book.
241
Tarbell. In the footsteps of the Lincolns. B.L631t
Lindquist. Red man in the United States.
615.155
Long. Irish sport of yesterday. 232.151
Loomis. Field book of common rocks and minerals. 733.159
Loving, ed. Ten minute plays.
822.123
Loyola. Sedgwick. Ignatius Loyola.
B.L959s
Luckiesh. Portable lamps, their design and use.
727.263
Lutes. Gracious hostess. 310.91
Lutz. Drawing made easy.
j
722.259
McLaughlin .. Communicable diseases.
726.359
Manley & Rickert. Writer's index of good form and good English.
121.92
Marsh. Charm of the Middle kingdom.
235.144
Mason, comp. Troublesome words and how to use them.
121.91
Mecklin. Ku Klux klan
311.210
Mode. Frontier spirit in American Christianity.
835.83
Moffett. Careers of danger and daring.
723.334
Montgomery. Modern auction, 1923.
723.337
Morley. Inward ho!
132.124
Parsons' pleasure. [Poems ]
825.103
Mott. Confronting young men with the living Christ.
836.158
Mullins. Christianity at the cross roads.
834.113
Murtagh. Small houses.
727.261
Nordmann. Kingdom of the heavens; some star secrets.
731.182
Old songs in French and English; il. by Rie Cramer; with piano accompaniment.
721.538
O'Neill, comp. Modern short speeches.
136.78
Ortloff. Garden bluebook of annuals & biennials.
726.364
Page. A-B-C of aviation.
727.233
Automobile repairing made easy.
724.387
Parkhouse. Practical polishing and staining.
724.396
Parkhurst. My forty years in New York.
B.P229m 833.126
Parsons. Everybody's business; the story of Amer- ica's assets and opportunities as repre- sented by the nation's chief industries.
724.376
Pasteur. Descour. Pasteur and his work.
B.P263d
Patton. Business of missions.
834.109
Pearson, E. L. Studies in murder.
311.207
Pearson, F. A. Ticket and show card designing.
727.259
Peters. Diet and health, with a key to the calories.
726.346
Diet for children (and adults) and the Kal- orie Kids. 726.350
Polkinghorne. Weaving & other pleasant occupa- tions; as training for hand and eye in the schoolroom.
313.268
Powers. Japan.
235.146
Pupin. From immigrant to inventor.
B.P967
Putnam. Southland of North America.
224.256
Quick. Real trouble with the farmers.
726.352
Ravage. Malady of Europe.
633.249
Redfield. With Congress and cabinet.
315.458
Ringwalt. Brief drawing.
315.337
Rizal y Alonso. Russell & Rodriguez. Hero of the
135.142
Porter, (O. Henry) Postscripts.
Pritchard, ed. Essays of to-day; an anthology.
132.144
Parks. What is modernism?
242
Filipinos; the story of Jose Rizal, poet, patriot and martyr.
B.R529r
Robertson. Guide to literature of home and family life. Robinson, E. L. 1816-1916, one hundred years of savings banking.
314.233. 313.266
Robinson, J. H. Humanizing of knowledge.
731.184.
Russell, B. A. W. A B C of atoms. Icarus; or, The future of science.
732,127
Russell, M. M. How to produce plays and pageants. Saylor. Tinkering with tools.
723.339+ 723.307
Schultz. Friends of my life as an Indian.
615.159'
Scott. Citizenship for new Americans.
315.444
Seal. Furnishing the little house.
727.264
Seton. Chinese lanterns.
235.145
Shelley. Maurois. Ariel; the life of Shelley.
B.S5450m
Shepherd. Boys' own book of politics for Uncle Sam's young voters. j 315.457
313.275,
Smith. Games and recreational methods for clubs, camps and scouts.
723.340
Spilker. Real estate business as a profession.
Statesman's year-book, 1924.
Stearns. Challenge of youth.
Steinmetz.
B.S823h. Hammond. Charles Proteus Steinmetz. Boyhoods of our navy heroes. j 920.S8462
Stevenson. Masson. Life of Robert Louis Stevenson. B.S848ma
313.269
Sweeney. Military intelligence.
Sweetser.
Guide to the White Mountains.
315.336 224.253. 723.349
Toynbee. Western question in Greece and Turkey.
713.27
Tufts. Education and training for social work. Turk. They live and are not far away.
834.105
Viaud.
Pierre Loti, notes of my youth.
B.V657
Villard. Some newspapers and newspaper-men.
136.125
Villiers. Mascot book.
727.256
Vizetelly & De Bekker. Desk-book of idioms and idiomatic phrases in English speech and literature.
111.72:
Walsh. Health through will power.
726.347
Whitehead. Business of selling.
724.398
Who's who, 1924.
R
Who's who in America, 1924-1925.
R 732.125
Wiggam. New decalogue of science.
Wise. Dramatics for school and community.
727.253
Work. Auction bridge of 1924.
723.338
Yates. Boys' playbook of chemistry. j 732.124
Also 3 duplicates and 3 replacements.
Francis Flint Forsyth Fund
Barbour. Fighting scrub.
j B2314.49
My dog's story.
j B2314.50
Bindloss. Boys of Wildcat ranch.
j
B516.24
Bowen. Merrimeg.
j
B671.2
Stevens.
Stevinson. Handwork and social history.
315.451
Thomas. Fundamentals of radio.
314.227 R 316.188.
Sherman & Reed. Essentials of teaching reading.
131.82
243
Brown. Robin Hollow.
j
B8152.11
Burgess. Billly Mink.
Carter.
Patriot lad of old Boston.
Chapman. Barbara in Pixie land. j C366.1
Cummins. Bluebeard, Haroun el Rashid. [Plays] j 823.94
Goldilocks and the three bears, Torquil Mac- Ferron, Thomas Olifant, Tyranny. [Plays] j St. George and the dragon, Sleeping beauty. [Plays] j
823.95
Eliot. Little black coal.
J
E424.1
Wind boy.
j
E424.2
Fyleman. Fairy flute. Fairy green.
[Poems ]
j 826.167
Forty good-night tales.
j F993.1
Grant. Wade. Ulysses Simpson Grant; a story and a play.
j
823.98
Gregor. Captain Jim Mason. Jim Mason, backwoodsman. Jim Mason, scout.
j
G866.4
j G866.2
Hawkes. Dapples of the circus.
j H3131.1
Heward. Twins and Tabiffa.
j H491.1
Hooker. Little house on the desert.
j H7628.2
Prince Jan, St. Bernard.
j H7628.3
Hume. Camp Ken-jockety.
j H8813.2
Hunt. Peggy's playhouses.
j H913.1
Lewis. Friendly adventures of Ollie Ostrich.
j L5871.1
Lofting. Story of Mrs. Tubbs.
j
L8264.6
Martineau des Chesnez. Lady Green Satin and her maid Rosette.
j
M3684.1
Moore. Nicholas.
j
M781.1
Ollivant. "Old For-ever."
j
0482.4
Parrish. Knee-high to a grasshopper.
j P247.1
Rickert. Bojabi tree.
j R423.2
Robinson. Little Lucia's island camp. j R565.3
Sanderson, Margaret Love, pseud. Camp fire girls in old Kentucky. Camp fire girls on Hurricane island.
j
S216.2
Seaman. Boarded-up house.
j
S438.10
Crimson patch. Girl next door. Sally Simms adventures it.
j S438.9
Sheahan, (Henry B. Beston) Starlight wonder book. j 716.167
Singmaster. Boy at Gettysburg.
j S6167.7
Smith. Children of the lighthouse. j S6554.3
Wade. Trail blazers, the story of the Lewis and Clark expedition. j 230.197
Washington. Wade. George Washington; a story
and a play. j 823.97
Wickes, comp. Happy holidays. j 312.163
Charles Henry Pratt Trust Fund
Bailey. Peacock feathers.
B152.8
Cobb. Goin' on fourteen.
C6332.6
Curwood. Gentleman of courage.
C947.20
Ertz. Nina.
E735.2
Galsworthy. White monkey.
G137.13
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826.166
[Poems]
j
823.96
B912.51 j
C245.1
j S216.1
j S438.12
j S438.11
j G866.3
244
Kyne. Enchanted hill.
K995.12:
Mccutcheon. East of the setting sun.
M139.28
Miln. In a Shantung garden.
M634.2:
Oppenheim. Passionate quest.
0624.53
Richmond. Red of the Redfields.
R413.20
Sabatini. Saint Martin's summer.
S113.9
Sedgwick. Little French girl.
S448.10
Society of arts and sciences, New York.
O. Henry memorial award. 1923. v. 5 of
S678.1
Wade. Trail blazers.
j 230.197
Walpole. Old ladies.
W163.12
Whitechurch. Templeton case.
W5863.6.
These books are deposited at the East Weymouth Branch .. All duplicates.
APPENDIX C-PERIODICALS
Academy of political science. Proceedings.
International studio.
Journal of education.
¡Alpha aids.
Journal of the national educa- tion association.
American boy.
American city.
Ladies' home journal.
American cookery.
Library journal.
American girl.
Literary digest.
American historical review.
Little folks.
¡American issue.
Living age.
American journal of nursing.
McCall's magazine.
Marine engineering and Ship- ping age.
Mechanical engineering.
Mentor.
Missionary review of the world ..
American machinist.
Modern Priscilla.
Motor.
Munsey's magazine.
¡Museum of fine arts bulletin, Boston, Mass.
Musician. Nation.
National geographic magazine.
*National republican.
Book review digest.
Nature magazine.
Bookman.
Boston evening transcript.
Bulletin of bibliography.
Canadian magazine.
Catholic world.
Century. Child life.
*Christian register.
*Christian science journal.
¡Christian science monitor.
*Christian science sentinel.
*Church militant. Collier's weekly.
¡Common ground.
Outlook. Photo-era.
Pictorial review. Playground.
Poetry.
Political science quarterly.
American junior Red Cross news.
American library association. Booklist. Bulletin.
American magazine.
American poultry advocate.
Annals of the American acad- emy of political and social science.
Asia.
Atlantic monthly.
Bird lore.
¡New England conservatory of music bulletin.
¡New Near East.
New republic.
Nineteenth century and after.
North American review.
Open road.
"Our dumb animals.
Prize stories of
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¡Congregationalist.
Popular mechanics.
Popular science monthly.
Primary education.
¡Protectionist. Public libraries. Publisher's weekly.
Radio news.
¡Raja Yoga messenger.
Reader's guide to periodical. literature.
Educational review. Electrical world.
Elementary school journal.
Engineering news-record.
Etude.
Everybody's magazine. ¡Everygirl's.
Forest and stream. Fort.m.
Garden magazine & Home builder.
Good housekeeping.
Harper's bazar.
Harper's magazine.
Sunset.
Survey.
¡Theosophical path. Travel.
House and garden.
House beautiful.
+Universalist leader.
Humane review. Illustrated London news.
Weymouth gazette and tran -.. script.
Independent.
¡Weymouth item.
Industrial education.
Woman's home companion.
Industrial management.
World's work.
Youth's companion.
NORTH WEYMOUTH BRANCH
American boy. ¡American junior Red Cross news.
Harper's magazine.
Literary digest.
Munsey's magazine.
American magazine.
National geographic magazine ...
Atlantic monthly.
Popular mechanics.
Century.
Radio news.
*Christian science monitor.
¡Red cross courier.
Country gentleman.
¡Rotarian. St. Nicholas.
Delineator.
Everybody's magazine. Garden magazine & Home
Woman's home companion.
builder.
Youth's companion.
Good Housekeeping
EAST WEYMOUTH BRANCH
American boy. ¡American junior Red cross news. American magazine.
Nature magazine. Pictorial review. Popular mechanics. ¡Red cross courier.
Country gentleman. Country life.
Cumulative book index. Current events. Current history magazine. Current opinion. Delineator. Education.
¡Red Cross courier.
Reference shelf.
Review of reviews, (American) .. +Rotarian.
St. Nicholas.
Saturday evening post. ¡School.
School arts magazine.
Scientific American.
Scientific monthly.
Scribner's magazine.
¡Silver cross.
-. 64
¡Health journal of the Massa- chusetts tuberculosis league. *Horticulture.
U. S. air services.
Inland printer.
Saturday evening post.
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246
Atlantic monthly. Collier's weekly.
¡Rotarian.
Delineator. Etude.
Saturday evening post.
Garden magazine & Home
Scientific American.
1
builder.
Scribner.
ILiterary digest.
*Silver cross.
Mentor.
Travel.
Munsey's magazine.
Youth's companion.
National geographic.
¡Gift.
THE FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE TUFTS LIBRARY FOR
THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1924
Salaries and wages: Librarian and assistants
$2,811.30
Janitor service
700.00
$3,511.30
Books, Periodicals, etc. :
De Wolfe & Fiske Co.
$2,260.13
Herman Goldberger
304.20
The H. W. Wilson Co.
59.65
Oliver Ditson Co.
59.33
The Library of Congress
10.00
Boston Evening Transcript
9.78
American Library Association
9.00
Sampson & Murdock
8.00
Dodd, Mead & Co.
6.41
Library Art Club
6.00
R. R. Bowker Co.
5.00
The Memorial Press
3.08
Public Libraries
3.00
F. W. Faxon Co.
3.00
Gazette and Transcript Pub. Co.
2.50
The Corticelli Silk Co.
2.19
City Library of Springfield
.50
$2,751.77
Binding Books:
F. J. Barnard & Co.
$615.52
WFuel and Light:
A. J. Richards & Son
$631.10
Weymouth Light & Power Co.
272.00
$903.10
Maintenance of Building :
Edward C. Beck
$300.00
Harry C. Glover
41.75
J. E. Ludden
38.69
Clark & Taber
34.05
Lewis S. Loud
30.00
Weymouth Electric Shop
27.94
D. Sewall
27.75
Ford Furniture Co.
18.75
Librarian, sundries
14.96
Weymouth Light & Power Co.
12.24
F. S. Hobart & Co.
10.98
Hayes Pump & Machinery Co.
10.10
1
1
Review of reviews.
St. Nicholas.
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Rhines Lumber Co.
7.67
Water Rent
6.00
Chester N. Fogg
5.00
Preston P. MacDonald
5.00
Stewart Hardware & Paint Co.
2.00
Commissioner of Public Safety
2,00
Fuller Brush Co.
1.75
$596.63%
Other Expenses:
Library Bureau
$88.05
H. B. McArdle
45.40
Gaylord Bros.
44.80
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
25.70
Peerless Supply Co.
19.17
Librarian, sundries
17.61
C. H. Smith
8.50
Am. Ry. Express Co.
6.71
Carter Rice & Co.
6.45
F. D. Ballou
6.44
Post Office, Box Rent
4.00
F. J. Barnard & Co.
3.00
Tolman's Express
2.75
Theo. E. Fogg
2.50
Ruxton's Express
.35
$281.43:
Printing :
Pray & Kelley
$74.00
Gazette & Transcript Pub. Co.
62.45
Weymouth Item Pub. Co.
8.00
Franklin N. Pratt
4.00
$148.45.
Transportation and Distribution of Books:
Hollis Auto Co.
$213.00
W. J. Sladen
100.00
W. B. Chalke & Sons
86.00
Harry E. Bearce
71.00
Alfred S. Tirrell
50.00
E. E. Merchant
43.75
$563.75.
Insurance :
Charles H. Chubbuck, plate glass
$6.24.
North Weymouth Branch:
Librarian
$500.00
Extra help
18.70
Janitor service
40.00
H. O. Tutty, rent
450.00
Wey. Lt. & Pwr. Co.
35.17
F. W. Faxon Co.
39.50
Joseph Crehan
125.00
Quincy Sign Shop
36.00
H. Rossetter H. O. Tutty
2.40
Mary M. Din ;; wall, Transportation, etc.
59.80
Adams, Cushing & Foster
6.97
$1,324.687
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11.14
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Total expended, Tufts Library Balance to treasury
$10,702.87 749.35
Total
$11,452.22
Appropriated for Tufts Library :
Appropriation, March 3, 1924
$10,167.75
Tufts fund
125.00
Joseph E. Trask fund
564.11
Augustus J. Richards fund
220.12
Susannah Hunt Stetson fund
112.48
Tirrell Donation
45.00
Francis Flint Forsyth fund
64.42
Charles Henry Pratt Trust fund
28.34
Total
$11,452.22
*East Weymouth Branch Library: Librarian
M. P. Garey, rent
520.00
Weymouth Light & Power Co.
15.34
Library Bureau
347.40
Ford Furniture Co.
146.50
The F. W. Faxon Co.
47.25
DeWolfe & Fiske Co.
30.32
F. D. Ballou
10.11
Arthur W. Cook
8.00
J. H. Murray Hardware Co.
6.50
Hiram B. Turpel
6.40
Weymouth Light & Power Co.
3.60
Thorp & Martin Co.
3.50
H. B. McArdle
2.75
Gaylord Bros.
1.95
Total expended
$1,414.99
Balance to Treasury
85.01
Total
$1,500.00
Appropriation, March 3, 1924
$1,500.00
Income from other sources:
Tufts Reading Room fund
125.00
$250.00
L. F. Grammes & Sons
8.40
Adams, Cushing & Foster
6.97
* Beginning May, 1924.
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REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON TOWN FOREST
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
The Committee appointed to consider the question of a town forest has the matter still under consideration and is in close touch with the Department of Conservation of the Commonwealth.
If possible we shall present definite recommendations at the annual town meeting. Otherwise we request that the Committee" be continued, study the subject and make recommendations at- some future meeting.
Respectfully submitted, FREDERIC GILBERT BAUER, NEWLAND H. HOLMES, PARKER T. PEARSON, ALFRED P. PILLSURY, FRED O. STEVENS,
Committee.
REPORT OF INSPECTORS OF PLUMBING
Dec. 31, 1924.
To the Honorable Board of Health of the Town of Weymouth: Gentlemen :
We herewith submit our report for the year ending December -- 31, 1924.
There has been issued from this office 377 permits together" with 1 left over from 1923, of this number 373 have passed in -~ spection and 5 left over for 1925.
There has been installed in new and old buildings the follow -.- ing fixtures: (244) bathtubs, (305) lavatories, (394) closets, .. (273) sinks, (176) trays, (1) drinking fountain, (2) soda foun-» tains, (2) dentist chairs, (11) urinals, (12) shower baths, the - value of which was $171,575.00.
The number of buildings in which plumbing was installed .? was as follows: (187) new 1 family houses, (10) new 2 family- houses, (109) old 1 family houses, (33) old 2 family houses, (5) : new stores, (2) old stores, (1) new school, (1) shoe factory, (1). hospital, (4) office buildings, (1) club house, (1) new power ... house, (1) new garage, (2) gas stations, (2) dentist offices, (1) old garage, (1) library.
Respectfully submitted,
J. E. LUDDEN, Inspector of Plumbing. GEO. MARSHALL, Deputy Inspector.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
To the Citizens of Weymouth: Gentlemen :
The Board of Health beg to submit the following report for- the year ending December 31, 1924.
The Board organized in March electing George E. Emer- - son, chairman; F. L. Doucett, Clerk and John S. Williams, agent. . In June, John S. Williams resigned, and the vacancy was filled by . the appointment of L. W. Pease, and Joseph W. McDonald was; engaged to do the fumigating.
George B. Bayley was appointed inspector of milk and dairies, .. also of slaughter houses and slaughtering.
Frank P. Fay and Thomas Fay were granted licenses to» slaughter.
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J. E. Ludden was appointed inspector of plumbing and George E. Marshall deputy inspector. .
During the year 71 nuisances were reported and investigated. Most of these we were able to entirely remove or abate.
Contagious diseases reported during the year, 323, as follows: 2
Antirro Poloinyelitis
Chicken Pox
20
Diphtheria
12
Measles
133
Lobar pneumonia
15
Influenza
30
Scarlet fever
74
Pulmonary tuberculosis
14
Other forms tuberculosis
1
Typhoid fever
1
Whooping cough 36
A great many of the complaints received by the Board have ¿been in regard to the disposal of garbage, especially in the north part of the town during the summer months when practically «every house on the shore is occupied.
The section is very much congested and it would be im- possible for many of them to bury the garbage without digging «over and over the same places. Many of the summer people come for only a short time and make no attempt to dispose of their «garbage, or simply carry it to some neighbor's lot after dark, and «dump it on top of the ground.
The whole situation has been gone over carefully and while xthere is unquestionably much cause for complaint in Ward 1, the wrest of the town handle the problem very well.
The collecting of garbage alone would be a very : imple mat- tter, but the disposal of it is a big problem and involves the ex- apenditure of a great deal of money.
Ward 1 has increased in population in the last few years xmore than any other part of the town and is still growing. Due vto this increase and the congested condition something will have ato be done in the near future.
In accordance with the Act of the Legislature, Chapter 256, approved April 14, 1924, it will no longer be necessary to main- Etain a separate room as a dispensary. The records will be kept aut the town office and the follow-up work continued as before.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE E. EMERSON,
F. L. DOUCETT,
L. W. PEASE.
251
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of the Town of Weymouth :: Gentlemen :
I herewith submit my ninth annual report of the Street De- - partment for the year ending December 31, 1924.
Regular Highway Appropriation. $68,065.00 was the amount .; appropriated at the March meeting; credits, transfers and special. appropriations made the amount available $77,448.57 for regular . highway work. A study of the summary of expenditures at the . end of this report will show the amount expended for the various ; items.
Oiling, as in the past few years has been the large item under · this appropriation, $21,719.58 being the amount expended. . Tarvia B was used largely for this work, 117,112 gallons being - used, and more streets treated than ever before. 15,782 gallons ; of asphalt oil were also used in treating some of the lighter trav- . eled roads. The ecnoomy of this work is so apparent that I be- - lieve that at least $25,0000 should be expended next year as it is , impossible to preserve the surface of roads without it.
GENERAL REPAIRS, which includes all small road repairs, .. general maintenance throughout the season, graveling of side - streets, scarifying and rolling preliminary to oiling, and private " work amounted to $18,655.25. Three thousand dollars of this ; amount was used for private work as it is increasing each year - by new streets being accepted, and by the heavy increase in motor - travel. This department is often severely criticised for not doing - certain repairs that are requested and needed, but it is impossible .. to do work without money and the fact that the appropriations for . this work have not been increased in proportion to the demands, . is responsible largely for the increasing number of articles in the . warrant for street work. Citizens have come to believe that in order to get work done, it is necessary to have an article in the - warrant for a special appropriation, and they are pretty nearly - right, as.$15,000 will do but little more than take care of general .! maintenance and small repairs. I recommend that at least . $24,000 be allowed for this work. The cost of snow removal last ; year was less than for several years due to the few storms experi- - enced, $4907.93 being the total cost.
MAINTENANCE OF TRUCKS: A new oil distributor - mounted on a new 21/2 ton Mack chassis was purchased, and ! proved most satisfactory. Parts of the old distributor were used : in the construction of the new one which materially lowered the . cost so that we were able to obtain the oil distributor and Mack : truck with a dump body complete for $5994.65. It was intended : to dispose of the old Netco chassis formerly used for the oil dis- . tributor, but owing to the small sum offered it was felt that we . had better keep it, as a spare for light work. This decision proved ! a wise one as we rented it to both the Water Department and i Fire Department at a low figure for the greater part of the season. . The Packard truck loaned to the Department by the State, while . costing considerable for repairs was well worth the money ex- - pended. The other two Netco trucks are in good condition.
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