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10 00
Lockup, 75 75
Legal expenses, 1.335 60
Special police, 1.027 50
High street schoolhouse grounds.
48 30
Fenton W. Varney, fees for collecting taxes, 1900, 331 00 Watching fires, 115 15
Special road. North Scituate Beach.
317 64
Land damage on Surfside, J. M. Barker,
6 30
Tree Warden, 302 77
Jenkins schoohouse.
16,074 60
Inspection of animals,
100 40
Memorial Day,
100 00
Libraries, 500 00
Blossom street sidewalk,
291 99
Bridge street,
479 00
Bound Brook,
594 60
Land damage. Overhead Greenbush,
2,000 37
Mount Hope Hill,
75 52
Booth Hill.
583 70
Brook street.
49 50
Town Hall, lot grading.
59 75
Abatement of taxes.
1,145 68
Total amount of orders drawn, $54.161 79
Interest on notes, State tax,
$2.139 00
1,505 00
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County tax, 2,926 56
Corporation tax overdrawn, 59 06
Interest on money borrowed and paid, 302 96
W. E. Supple, on account of District Court, 52 90
John F. Turner, on account of District Court, 92 05
C. L. Spring, on account of District Court, 95 67 16 60 Robert Buckley, on account of District Court,
Elmer F. Burrows, on account of District Court, 26 70
Roland Turner, for woodchucks, 60 30
Roland Turner, fees, collecting taxes, 190I, 347 24 Roland Turner, Treasurer, discount, taxes, 1901, 1,466 72 Herbert L. Pratt, on account Second District Court, 13 80
$63,266 35
Deduct ---
Due for State aid, $1,494 00
Due for grade crossing. 1,800 33
Due from Francis Mulkern, estate, 44 60
Due from State, account Mary Green, 95 63
3,434 56
Net expenses,
$59,831 79
INCOME.
Amount of tax assessed, 1901, $41,284 65
Corporation tax, 1,355 34
National bank tax. 204 14
John Monahan, pedler's license. 8 00
William Monahan, pedler's license, 8 00
Albert Bates, pedler's license, 8 00
State, on account of Superintendent of Schools, 416 66
Massachusetts School Fund, 480 46 State, for children in charge of State Board Charity. 36 00 Second District Court, for fines. 78 95
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Edgar H. Ellms, for tuition, 5 00
Arthur L. Litchfield, for tuition, 56 00
County Treasurer, dog tax, 233 84
Interest, for money on deposit, 124 46
James E. Otis, bowling and pool table license, · 4 00
James Ward, bowling and pool table license. 4 00
James E. Otis, for gravel from 'Gannett Pit,' 24 50
F. T. Vinal, 2nd, Sealer of Weights and Measures, 30 12
Fish rights, 8 00
Rent for Town Hall,
10 00
W. S. Robinson, rent for Brook street schoolhouse, 24 00
A. J. Waterman, auctioneer's license, 2 00
Income,
$44,406 12
Net expenses,
$59,831 79
Income,
44,406 12
Expense more than income.
$15,425 67
FINANCIAL CONDITION OF THE TOWN,
DECEMBER 3I, 1901.
LIABILITIES.
NOTES.
RATE.
NOTES DUE.
INT. PAID TO.
INT. DUE.
$2,500 00
3 3-4
pr ct.
May 29, 1902
Nov. 29, 1901
$8 48
8,000 00
3 3-4
Nov. 1. 1905
Nov. 1, 1901
50 00
25,000 00
4
66
Jan 15, 1906
Jan. 15, 1902
10,000 00
3 34
66
May 20, 1906
Nov. 23, 1901
·40 17
10,000 00
3 18-100
66
April 5, 1911
Oct. 5, 1901
75 08
10,000 00
3 23-100
Nov. 9, 1911
45 77
14,200 00
3 3-4
Jan. 15, 1911
Jan. 15, 1902
$79,700 00
$219 50
Principal on notes,
$79,700 00
Interest due on notes, Dec. 31. 1901, $219 50
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Note in anticipation of taxes,
5,000 00
Liabilities estimated, 1,000 00
6,219 50
$85,919 50
RESOURCES.
Cash in the hands of the Treasurer,
$3,795 16
Uncollected taxes of 1892,
99 47
1893,
132 45
1894,
214 61
1895.
214 26
1896.
167 67
1897.
136 93
1898.
294 32
1899,
487 56
1900,
2,78I 26
I90I, 6,550 98
Due from State for State Aid,
1,494 00
Due on account of grade crossing.
1,800 33
Due from State, on account of Mary Green,
95 63
Due from estate of Francis Mulkern,
44 60
Resources.
$18,309 26
Liabilities.
$85.919 50
Less resources,
18.309 26
Net debt, Dec. 31, 190I.
$67,610 24
Net debt. Dec. 31, 1900,
50,970 70
Increase of debt.
$16.709 54
Respectfully submitted.
JOHN J. FORD, THOMAS F. BAILEY. Selectmen of Scituate.
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I have examined the accounts of the Selectmen and find them correct for all bills paid.
FRANCIS B. LEE, Auditor.
GUIDE BOARDS.
The guide boards are in fairly good condition and the location of them is the same as last year. Another year we would advise a thorough renovating of them.
ESTIMATED EXPENSES FOR 1902.
Removing snow,
$1,000 00
Support of poor,
4,500 00
Town officers,
1,700 00
Collection of taxes,
400 00
Discount on taxes,
1,000 00
Public buildings and grounds,
500 00
Reduction of debt,
3,000 00
Printing, stationery and postage,
300 00
Support of schools,
8,000 00
Transportation,
2,000 00
Superintendent of Schools,
250 00
Roads, bridges and sidewalks,
5,000 00
Miscellaneous,
1,000 00
Abatement of taxes,
600 00
Interest on debt,
3,700 00
Libraries,
250 00
Soldiers' relief,
500 00
Legal expenses,
100 00
Expense of lockup,
100 00
Memorial Day,
100 00
Scituate 3
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Scituate Water Co., For fire protection,
2,500 00
3,000 00
State tax, estimated, County tax, estimated,
1,500 00
2,900 00
Total,
$43,900 00
TRUST FUNDS.
The income from the Lucy O. Thomas fund has been
paid as follows, viz :
To Silvia N. Clapp,
$8 19
To Caroline Damon,
8 19
To Mary N. Bowditch, 8 19
To Joanna Merritt,
8 19
Amount drawn from bank, $32 76
The income from the Eliza Jenkins fund has been paid as follows, viz. :
To Matilda F. Harrub,
$28 40
To Mary S. Bouve,
28 40
To Mahala T. Vinal,
28 40
To Susan Otis,
28 40
To Emma F. Manson,
28 40
Amount drawn from bank,
$142 00
JOHN J. FORD, THOMAS F. BAILEY, Trustees.
I have examined the accounts of the trustees and find them correct.
FRANCIS B. LEE, Auditor.
$39,500 00
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LIST OF JURORS.
Submitted to the Town for revision and acceptance at the Annual Meeting to be held March 3rd, 1902:
Otis Barker.
Walter Litchfield.
Charles A. Bates.
Wallace L. Jackson.
Everett L. Bearce.
Charles Manson.
Percy S. Brown.
Westlev C. Merritt.
Albert K. Briggs.
Joseph W. Morris.
Fred T. Bailey.
Charles H. Northey.
William O. Clapp.
James E. Otis.
Charles F. Clapp.
Clement J. Prouty.
Frank O. Clapp.
John C. Peirce.
Elijah T. Clapp, Jr.
Edward Rogers.
Albert B. Curtis.
Chester H. Sherman.
Fred Cole.
William Stanley. Ansel F. Servan.
John Cummings.
J. Frank Crane.
Azro Turner.
Charles N. Turner.
Frank T. Vinal, 2nd.
Israel C. Dalby.
Fenton W. Varney.
George Emerson.
Christopher O'Neil.
Henry T. Fitts.
Jetson Wade.
William W. Gordak.
James Ward.
E. Clayton Hyland,
Nathaniel Wilder.
Patrick Kane.
Frank S. Watson.
Ernest F. Litchfield.
William H. Watson.
Respectfully submitted.
JOHN J. FORD, THOMAS F. BAILEY, Selectmen of Scituate.
Harry E. Damon.
Ellis E. Damon.
ASSESSORS' STATISTICS.
Number of polls, males,
699
State tax, $1.00.
County tax, $1.00.
Poll tax, $2.00.
Number of residents assessed on property,
Individuals,
664
All others,
17
Total, 680
Number of non-residents assessed on property,
501
Individuals, All others,
7
Total, 508
Number assessed on property,
1,188
Number assessed on poll tax only,
270
Total,
1,458
Value of assessed real estate,
Buildings,
$1,565.695 00
Land.
$1,013,965 00 -
Total.
$2,579,660 00
· Value of assessed personal estate,
·166,740 00
Total valuation,
$2,746,400 00
Tax on real estate,
$38.694 90
Tax on personal estate,
2,501 IO
Tax on polls.
1,398 00
State tax.
1,505 00
County tax,
2,926 56
Town tax,
35,925 00
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Grade crossing,
734 17
State highway,
58 50
Overlayings,
46 77
Total,
$41,196 00
Rate per $1,000.00, $15.00.
Valuation in 1901.
$2,746,400 00
Valuation in 1900,
2,642,700 00
Increase in valuation,
$103,700 00
·Number of horses,
478
COWS,
277
sheep.
7
cattle other than cows,
36
swine,
37
fowl.
2,670
dwelling houses,
958
acres land,
9,696
JOHN J. FORD, THOMAS F. BAILEY, Assessors of Scituate.
COLLECTOR'S REPORT.
F. W. VARNEY, COLLECTOR, IN £ ACCOUNT
WITH THE TOWN OF SCITUATE.
1901.
DR
Jan. I. To amount of uncollected taxes. $7.094 25
CR.
By amount of abatements allowed, 470 20
By cash paid R. Turner, 3,842 79
By balance of uncollected taxes, 2,78I 26
$7.094 25
I902. DR. Jan. I. To amount of uncollected taxes brought forward, $2.781 . 26 F. W. VARNEY. Collector for 1900.
CONDITION OF THE TREASURY.
TOWN OF SCITUATE IN ACCOUNT WITH ROLAND TURNER, TREASURER.
1901-1902. DR
Paid-
Selectmen's orders,
$54.163 79
Interest,
2,524 75
State tax.
1,505 00
County tax.
2,926 56
Corporation tax overdrawn, 59 06
Interest on money borrowed and paid, 302 96
William E. Supple, by order Second District Court, 52 90
John F. Turner, by order Second District Court, 92 05
Charles L. Spring, by order Second District Court, 95 67
Elmer F. Burrows, by order Second District Court, 26 70
Robert Buckley, by order Second District Court, 16 60
Roland Turner, for woodchucks. 60 30
Roland Turner, fees for collecting taxes, 347 24
Roland Turner, Treasurer, paid note, 25,000 00
Roland Turner, Treasurer, paid note. 5,000 00
Repairs on State highway. 58 50
Herbert L. Pratt, on account Second District Court, 13 80
State, on account of grade crossing. 697 4I
Interest on same, 36 76
Making returns,
19 00
Discount on taxes, 1,466 72
Cash on hand, Jan. Ist, 1902, 3.775 16
Uncollected taxes, 190I, 6.550 98
$104,811 91
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CR.
Cash on hand, Jan. Ist, 1901, $14,600 II
Received Town note dated Jan. 15th, 1901, 14,200 00
Premium on above note, 394 76
J. E. Otis, for gravel from Gannett Pit, 24 50
Second District Court, for fines, 78 95
Town note, State Treasurer, dated April 5, 1901. 10,000 00
Town note, State Treasurer, dated November 9, 1901, 10,000 00
Town note due June 7, 1902, 5,000 00
John Monahan, pedler's license, 8 00
William Monahan, pedler's license, 8 00
From State, on account of children
in care of State Board of Charity, 36 00
J. E. Otis, bowling and pool table license, 4 00
State, on account of Supt. of Schools, 416 66
Albert Bates, pedler's license, 8 00
W. S. Robinson, rent of Brook street schoolhouse. 24 00
James Ward, bowling and pool table license, 4 00 Corporation tax, 1,355 34
National bank tax. 204 14
Military aid, 14 00
State aid, 1,693 00
Burial of indigent soldiers, 70 00
A. J. Waterman, auctioneer's license, 2 00
Edgar H. Ellms, tuition of children, 5 00
Arthur L. Litchfield, 56 00
of State Treasurer, school fund, 480 46
of County. dog fund, 233 84
Interest on money on deposit,
124 46
Fish rights. 8 00
Rent of Town Hall, 10 00
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Fenton W. Varney, Collector, on
account taxes, 1900, 3,842 79
Frank T. Vinal, 2nd, Sealer of Weights and Measures,
30 12
James Sullivan, for board at Taunton, 31 57
Taxes for collection, 1901, 41,284 65
1892,
2 3I
1893,
2 95
1894,
2 36
1895,
2 85
1896,
8 58
1897,
6 21
1898,
40 23
1899,
494 07
$104,811 91
ROLAND TURNER,
Treasurer.
I have examined the account of the Treasurer, and find it correct.
FRANCIS B. LEE, Auditor.
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN SCITUATE IN
1901.
DATE. 1901.
NAMES OF PARTIES.
RESIDENCE OF EACH.
Age
PLACE OF MARRIAGE.
BY WHOM MARRIED
Scituate
29
Cohasset
/ Edith W Ferguson
22
( Francis Loring Bates
12
1 Winnett Gray Litchfield
66
23
30
Canton, Mass.
/ Castella E. Hayward
Boston
26
1
16
/ Edwina Lewis Seaverns
Scituate
22
March 17
) Frank George Andrews S Lulu Woods
Cohasset
19
Scituate
55
Cohasset
-
..
25
¿ Clara Bushee
Lowell, Mass.
24
Scimate
28
30
J Walter S. Vinal ( Henrietta Vinal
..
25
June 19
( Grace Garland Ho'brook
Welfleet, Mass.
21
J George B. Elhus
Norwell
33
Cohasset
1
July 2
/ Rose P. Shanley
Boston
24
17
{ Mary Elden Nudd
Waterville, Me
25
1
Littleton, Mass. Scituate
53 22
Scituate
Emma Florence Bailey
32.
Cohasset
Malden, Mass.
1
( Rev. Thomas H. Goodwin,
Marslıfield
Jan.
8
J Leonard W. Murdock
( Rev. E. Victor Bigelow,
Cohasset ( Rev. Frank Park, Beechwood, Mass. j Rev. Seelye Bryant, Canton, Mass. ( Rev. Albert D. Spaulding, Scituate j Rev William H. McDonough, Cohasset Cohasset 1 1 § Rev. William R. Cole, 1 ( Rev. D. M. Murphy,
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23
Nettie G. Brown § John P. Dwyer
Scituate
31
24
Cohasset
Cohasset
J Arthur Wordsworth Cleaves
Scituate
25
1 Waterville. Me.
( Rev. A. T. Dunn, 1 ( Rev. Albert D. Spaulding, 1
Waterville, Me.
17
John H Duffy ¿ Ellen Burden
§ Ernest W. Gray
..
'24°
¿ Dora F. Harwood ( Charles B. Ford
31
May Josephine Kelley
Rockland, Me. Scituate Marshfield Scituate
23 38 24 22
Marshfield
1
.( Charles M. Litchfield
15
[ William Irving Lincoln
Cohasset
29
Scituate
19
--
Cohasset
April 10
§ Fenton W. Varney ¿ Selina M. Parker
[ Thelesphor Brown
30
Cohasset
Cohasset
§ Rev. Albert Bryant,
1
Scituate S Rev. Joseph Hollingshead,
J Savillion Fuller Dalby
1 Welfleet, Mass.
1 Wellfleet, Mass. Rev. Frank Park, Cohasset j Rev. William H. McDonough, 1
Scituate § Rev. William H. McDonough, Cohasset Kev. Henry H. French, Malden, Mass.
18
§ Walter Sargent
Scituate
27
38
Scituate
22
Aug. 4 66 24 1
( John Paul ¿ Eliza Picton ( Warren Prescott Gannett 1 Edith Staples
Oct. 11
=
30
Nov. 5
10
22
J Jabez S. Early il Medora P. Hayden || Stephen A. Hammond / Laura M. Chamberlain
No. Cambridge Scituate Boston
28 27
25
W Parsonfield, Me.
Scituate
25 Cohasset Winchester. Mass.
Cohasset
North Cambridge
1 Boston
1
( Rev. William H. McDonough, 1 Cohasset ( Rev. G. H. Bacheller, West Newfield, Me. ( Rev. Albert D. Spaulding, 1 Scituate ( Rev. William H. McDonough, Cohasset ( Rev. D. Augustine Newton, Winchester, Mass. ( Rev. Alexander J Hamilton,
1 Cohasset ( Rev. Albert D. Spaulding, Scituate 1 ( Rev. William B. Frisby, 1 Boston
27
( Frank A. Willcutt Mary E. Newcomb Edgar L. Hyland ? Annie A. Goldrick ( Warren Elmor Sanborn Katie Evelyn Gullerson § Daniel Hyland Catherine Agnes Cogan
.
Scituate 66
Parsonfield, Me. Scituate 33 35 Boston Stoneham, Mass. Scituate 22 24 35 24 30 25 29 31 28 25
| Cohasset
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BIRTHS RECORDED IN SCITUATE, 1901.
DATE
NAME OF CHILD.
NAMES OF PARENTS.
IMAID N NAME OF MOTHER.
Jan. 2
21
Beatrice Victoria Bates
27
Israel Edelstein
Feb.
26
Margaret Elizabeth Brown
McCarty Nott
March 2
Carl Herbert Wood
D. Herbert and Mary E. Daniel E. and Catherine Patrick Jr. and Catherine Peter W. and Ella
Loftus
20
Lawrence Kane
Doherty
April 1
8
Velma Ray Jenkins
Damon
May 66
6
( Cora Dorothy Damon
William W. and Flora C.
Ney
6
Flora Doris Damon
66
22
Richard Nelson Jenkins
Touley Barry
June July
22 21
Willie Francis Hyland - Gordon
Flanagan
Aug.
28
Robert Henry Tilden
Cooper
Sept. 9
14
Dorothy Lyndall Bates
Benjamin L. and Caroline Harry E. and Nina G. Peter and Augusta
Gordak
22
Charles Harold Edwin Olson
Johnson Litchfield
Oct.
29 31
John Edward O'Neil
O'Donnell
Nov. 13
Rossina Adelaide Clapp
16 Alvin Wendall Blanchard
Alvin W. and Nora
Jenkins Reardon Merritt
16
Merton Stanley Burbank
Litchfield
Dec.
16 Margaret Ellen Sardy
Catherine Christine Connolly
Martin J. and Annie
1900.
Jan. 14
Veronica Murphy
Joseph P. and Emma E.
Mitchell
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Warren W. and Mary J. William F. and Mary E. Albert F. and Sarah D. Charles H. and Miriam
Harold Franklin Damon
Mersereau
28
Kimball McNeill
Peter C. and L. Grace
Smith
Millard A. and Martha Henry P. and Mary Elijah T. Jr. and Olive J.
George O. and Henrietta B. Francis L. and Winnet G. Ervin H. and Maggie M.
Smith Ryan
26
Cynthia Martin Otis
James E. Jr. and Lucy Francis L. and Winnett G. Himan and Ida William A. and Margaret E.
Litchfield Litchfield Edelstein
10
- Mann
Marjorie Ella Sharp
Hyland
5 Edith Genevieve Whittaker
George C. and Etta B. Frank T. and Emily C.
Merritt
.
19 Milton Loring Bates
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THE FOLLOWING WERE BROUGHT TO TOWN FOR INTERMENT.
1901
NAME.
AGE. Y. M. D.
PLACE OF DEATH.
Jan.
1
Mabel T. Dunbar
81
1
18
Quincy, Mass.
March
5
Joanna Doherty
78
Boston
16
Susan E. Wood
47
1
8
Mansfield
17
John Greene
65
Marshfield
April
15
Mary J. Lincoln
70
Cohasset
18
Freeman Vinal
85
3
27
Boston
May
17
Michael D. Ward
27
3
20
Plymouth
26
Joseph C. Young
63
Boston-
29
Esther T. Litchfield
19
2
('ohasset
June
17
Beatrice M. Lane
1
11
Somerville
Aug.
3
George W. Litchfield
62
11
28
Boston
19
Alvin Monteiro
3
6
4
Cohasset
Sept.
14
Lena M. Duffy
20
11
-
Bostou
21
Alfred H. A. Seaverns
38
6
-
Cohasset
26
Jinay Litchfield
19
7
13
Weymouth
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN SCITUATE FOR THE YEAR
1901.
DATE.
NAME OF DECEASED
Y. M. D.
Jan. 16
Cornelius Driscoll
53
6
Heart disease
Dennis and Mary
17
Ellen J. Swift
21
10
29
Tuberculosis
Minkens and Matilda Grne
23
Helen M. Litchfield
75
10
Pernicious anaemia
Feb.
5
Richard Hoar
61
6
Bright's disease
Matthew and Mary
7
James Damon
81
5
28
Pneumonia
John and Rebecca Ensign and Sally
15
Benjamin F Merritt
79
3
20
Softening of Brain
22
Elijah Pratt
92
3
1
March 2
Edward O Farmer
68
18
Disease of heart
Jedediah and Mary
14
Ann F. Hughes
16
5
20
Phthisis
James and Julia
16
George H. Webb
90
S
20
Pneumonia
Peleg and Mary T.
30
Julius N. Mallory
52
Bright's disease
Nathan and Louisa
31
Abigail M. Damon
72
CON 8
Broncho pneumonia
Nathaniel and Sophia Mayo
31
George L. Curtis
64
28
Bright's disease
Shadrach B. and Charlotte
April
2
Maud Mayo
27
6
12
Pleuritis
Joseph and Lydia
William O. Clapp
60
10
Cerebral hemorrhage
7
Susan M. Young
73
-
21
Pertussis
Job L. and Emeline F. Frank and Lulu
May
23
Fred. C. Andrews
10
Cyannsis cardioca
24
Frank A. Damon
25
8
12
Phthisis pulmonalis
29
66
7
Albuminuria
Nymphus and Deborah John and Catherine
July
2
Joseph H. Litchfield Jaines H. Con way Lorenzo Eaton
85 9
2
-
88
7
7
General prostration
Aug.
1
Priscilla Litchfield Peter F. Tague Seth Chandler
71
.1
Chronic cystitis
9
John H. Ward
31
4
Tuberculosis
9
Lauretta Ward
7
5
Diphtheria
Edward and Bridget T.
10
Margaret Ward
14
2
Diphtlieria
Edward and Bridget T.
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James and Mary Daniel and Hanna Litchfield Peter F. and Josephine T. Seva and Hannah John and Catherine
8
--
2
14
Inanition
Silas and Nancy
10
11
Uraemnic poisoning
Cerebro spinal meningitis
16
Lonis S. McCarthy "
47
1
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Apoplexy
Joseph and Deboralı Colman
Phthisis
14
Marion Gertrude Ellms
68
-
Nervous exhaustion
Seth and Eliza
27
Reuben Young Jenkins
Southard and Mercy
General dėbility
Abraham and Rachael Litchfield
AGE.
CAUSE OF DEATH
NAMES OF PARENTS.
Horatio M. and Addie M.
George H. and Harriet L.
6
Aug. 14 21 24
Lucius B. Marsh
83 75
6
54
70
6
Sept.
30 4 5 7
Patrick Dunn John Curran James Mense Willie F. Hyland
72
O
3
Oct.
21 16 Mary J. Boynton 29 William O Merritt
86
6
16
Nov. 17 Mabel N. Mott Abbie C. Litchfield
75
6
6
Dec. 3
8
Michael Dunn Angusta Olson
36
16
Julia A. Peakes
86
10
17
Hannah Clapp
91
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Thomas H. and Sarah C. William and Mary Churchill Gideon and Mary Martin and Ann Charles and Sarah Dennis and Mary William F. and Mary E. Alexander and Margaret Stephen and Elizabeth Wilcox
Billings and Abbie B. Eben and Elizabeth Osborne Ezra and Ann Vinal
Martin and Ann John and Catherine Johnson -- and -- Wilder Noalı and Zinthia Whitcomb
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1
3
18 26 Fracture of skull Disease ( f heart Heart disease Neurasthenia Cancer of bladder Cholera infantum -
Alexander MacArthur
52
-
Cholera infantum Typhoid fever Disease of heart Cerebral apoplexv Paralysis Neuritis
61
2
65
--
10
Heart disease and exposure Chronic nephritis
Chronic intestinal nephritis Old age
Mary H. Haven Joseph F. Ford
79
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SUMMARY.
Number of births in Scituate for the year 1901, 28
Males, 15 1
Females, 13
Whole number recorded for the year.
29
46
Number of deaths for the year,
Males, 29
Females, 17
Brought to the town for interment, 15
Whole number recorded for the year, 61
Number of marriages recorded. 24
Number of licenses issued, 24
Number of dogs licensed for the year, I33 1
Males, 119
Females. I4
Amount received for the same, $308 00
CHARLES MANSON.
Town Clerk.
Scituate, December 31, 190I.
REPORT OF THE TREE WARDEN.
Number of new trees set out and planted, I25
Number of trees trimmed, 600
The amount raised was $200.00, and it was not enough nor sufficient to make a good showing, as tree planting is in its infancy to a certain degree in Scituate. So with the cost of new trees, watering them during a dry summer, mulching them in the fall. and the care and trimming of all the old ones, it required more money than most people would think, to do it properly. There is no use in setting out young trees and never looking at them afterwards; they need care and attention for the first two or three years.
I would recommend, as the State says, we raise 50 cents per head, for each poll in town. Next to education and good roads what is more beautiful than a nice row of shade trees along the highway, and anyone who has been through the towns of Plymouth, Cohassett or Hingham can't help having seen and appreciated the beauty of the trees that have been planted on or near the sides of their streets. In a paper or magazine some time ago I read where, when President Mckinley once went on a visit to ex-President Hayes of Ohio, the first thing he said on entering the grounds was, "I must go around and pay tribute to the trees." And again, on the last day of his life, when the nurses wanted to draw the screens to protect his eyes from the light, he objected, saying, "No, I want to see the trees; they are so beautiful."
In regard to planting or setting out new and young trees, in my opinion, it is better to have very nearly all put in one
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locality, or village, of the Town, each year. By so doing the trees will all grow of about the same size and they would all need attention and care at the same time, such as prun- ing, watering or mulching. This system would be cheaper for the Town, because the work would nearly all be in one place, and easier to do: but you could not cover the whole Town so quickly if you put a tree here and there and tried to satisfy everybody at once.
Now about trimming trees. I believe all limbs that se- riously interfere with foot and vehicle travel should be re- moved. A six-foot man should be able to walk on any sidewalk without having his hat knocked off; a load of hay, barrels or furniture, should be able to go through the cen- ter of the street without the danger of some sharp limb, (formerly broken off by hand), putting the eye out of a driver; and other limbs or branches that would drag along the whole length on top or sides of a newly painted buggy or carryall, when they turn out to pass each other, should also be removed. I do not believe in making bean poles of trees when trimming them, but I do believe in taking off all unsightly and useless limbs, making the tree more shapely and adding to its good looks and growth. It may seem hard and is disagreeable, to have to saw the limb off a tree, where someone objects, but if there is a large building being moved on a narrow road and a limb obstructs and stops the pas- sage, there is no course but to saw it off. I found in going around, one great trouble, that Bill Wright could always see where Sam Wrong's trees were a bother and nuisance to him, but he never could seem to see where his trees ( Bill Wright's) were a nuisance to Sam Wrong.
In an edition of the Scituate Herald, published January, 1902, some one writes, under the head of North Scituate news, that it would not be safe to re-elect me, having used my saw pretty freely this year, I might use an axe next year if elected. I wont say I never cut down a tree, but I
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can say, long before I ever was Tree Warden, that on the land and along the roadside in front of the land I owned in Brook street, I set out at my own expense fifty (50) shade or ornamental trees. And I think I can guarantee that the party who wrote or had that put in the paper, has never set out a tree in their lives, either at their own or anybody else's expense.
WM. H. BURKE, Tree Warden.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
Town of Scituate
FOR THE
Year Ending December 3 I
I90I
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
We are glad to annouce that our schools are in a pros- perous condition, and we believe the children are surely paving the way and acquiring a foundation which, if fol- lowed, will result in the progress of our town socially and morally. One important factor in gaining these results is the cooperation of the parents. They ought to visit our schools regularly; become acquainted with the teachers, and the system of teaching, encourage them, and impress upon the minds of the pupils the importance of an education; nor criticize the teachers too hastily, and censure them for everything. The fault may lie wholly in another direc- tion. If the parents would interest themselves enough to look into these matters, and obtain a personal knowledge the strain and care, and a great deal of responsibility, would be removed from our teachers, and to the pupils would be an incentive to honesty and industrv. The course of study in the High School has been re-arranged and broadened. We do not feel satisfied as yet. We propose to place our High School upon a footing equal to any in the State. A graduate of our High School is obliged to spend an extra year in preparing for college, before he or she is qualified to enter. Perhaps this is the very reason why so few of our young men and women enter college. Now what we propose to do is to increase and broaden our course in the High School to such an extent that our diplomas will be received at any college for admission. Those who do not choose to enter college, or who are deprived from so doing for pecuniary reasons, will receive a year's extra training, which will prepare them for the different vocations which await them, and to this end we submit the follow- ing proposition and recommend the same, viz. :
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That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500 (fifteen hundred dollars) in addition to the regular amount, for the purpose of establishing a ninth grade, increasing and broadening the High School course, and advancing the salaries of the principals of the Grammar Schools.
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