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April 19, Ralph W. Brown of Scituate and Alice H. Forbes of Yarmouth, N. S., married by Frederick B. Noyes, Clergyman, at Scituate Center.
April 26, John L. M. Andrews of Scituate and Edith Helen Bullock of Weymouth, married by Luther Weston Attwood, Minister, South Weymouth.
May 19, Edwin T. Otis of Scituate and Dorothy Bouve of Cohasset, married by Howard Key Bartow, Clergyman, at Cohasset.
June 4, Samuel Theodore Bittenbender of Boston and Susan Elizabeth Peirce of Scituate, married by Dillon Bronson, Clergyman, at Scituate.
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June 7, Robert Dyment of Cohasset and Hazel A. Reddy of Scituate, married by Howard Key Bartow, Clergyman, at Cohasset.
June 8, Marcus' N. Barbour of Scituate and Phoebe R. Hallett of Scituate, married by Howard Key Bartow, Clergyman, at Cohasset.
June 18, Chester R. Sawyer of Braintree and Florence M. Green of Braintree, married by Thomas H. Goodwin, Clergyman, at Scituate.
June 12, Seth Vinal of Scituate and Mabel S. Gardner of Scituate, married by Frank B. McAllister, Minister, at Cohasset.
June 14, Walter I. Seaverns of Marshfield and Sarah Augusta Richardson of Scituate, married by John J. Brod- head, Minister, at Scituate.
June 19, Arthur L. Seaverns of Scituate and Nellie T. Sullivan of Scituate, married by Clarence Wiley, Justice of the Peace, at Boston.
July 6, Isaac N. Schair of Scituate and Annie Cohen of Scituate, married by Abram M. Sherskevsky, Rabbi, at Boston.
July 12, Aldon Burgess Morris of Scituate and Edith Morton Van Horne of Scituate, married by John J. Brod- head, Minister, at Scituate.
July 16, Harold Rowe Dorsett of Scituate and Josephine Mary Malloy of Scituate, married by Rev. William J. Foley, Priest, at Cohasset.
Aug. 2, Arthur Clayton Withem of Scituate and Ethel Josephine Ross of Scituate, married by B. Z. Stambaugh, Pastor, Scituate Center.
Aug. 21, Edward C. Vinal of Scituate and Elsie M. Adolphson of Scituate, married by Robert P. Doremus, Clergyman, at Scituate.
Aug. 30, Lester Murray Blair of Whitinsville and Marion Berkley Clapp of Scituate, married by Robert P. Doremus, Clergyman, at Scituate.
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Sept. 17, Percival E. Merritt of Scituate and Lilliette C. Jenkins of Scituate, married by George Loring Thurlow, Minister, at North Scituate.
Sept. 22, Augustus L. Abbott of Scituate and Eva A. Chase of Rochester, N. H., married by George Loring Thurlow, Minister, at North Scituate.
Sept. 24, John Reid, Jr., of Jamaica Plain and Eleanor Eliza Curtis of Scituate, married by John J. Brodhead, Minister, at Scituate.
Sept. 27, John S. Wood of New York and Josephine H. Slagter of Cleveland, Ohio, married by Robert P. Doremus, Clergyman, at Scituate.
Oct. 7, Alexander Otis Anderson of Brighton and Herberta Elizabeth Webb of Scituate, married by Seeley Bryant, at Scituate.
Oct. 19, Arthur E. Sweeney of Scituate and Mary K. Burchill of Scituate, married by T. J. Holland, Priest, at Maplewood.
Oct. 21, Joseph A. Ward of Scituate and Mary F. Mahoney of Boston, married by Michael J. Danaley, Priest, at Boston.
Oct. 25, William Stanley Dorr of Scituate and Edith Mabel McNutt of Grafton, married by Samuel A. Harlow, Clergy- man, at Grafton.
Nov. 1, Charles Bishop Jensen of Scituate and Florence May Wheeler of Scituate, married by John J. Brodhead, Minister, at Scituate.
Dec. 15, Oliver W. H. Earley of California and Ella M. Kilburn of Scituate, married by William H. Nobbs at North Hanover.
Dec. 17, Pasquale Feola of Scituate and Helen Nicolson of Nova Scotia, married by George Loring Thurlow at North Scituate.
Dec. 20, Samuel C. Walker of Newton and Gladys Burbank of Scituate, married by George G. Phipps, Clergy- man, of Newton.
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN SCITUATE IN THE YEAR 1913
DATE
NAME
NAME OF PARENTS
MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER
Jan. 24
Mary Grace Flannigan.
Peter Joseph and Katie Elizabeth Flannigan
Bresnahan
Jan. 25
Wilson Spooner Davis
Nahum I. and Minnie L. Davis.
Spooner
Feb.
4 Frances Maxfield Alexander
Thomas B. and Marion Collier Alexander .
Welch
Feb.
10
Lucy Frances Erwin .
Charles M. and Edith S. Erwin.
Gould
Feb.
25
Josephine Welch .
Michael F. and Katharine T. Welch.
Dorsey
March 1
John Joseph Lonergan .
John and Esther Lonergan .
Hoar
March 10
Richard Loring Mitchell .
Charles N. and Ruth C. Mitchell .
Capen
March 30
Charles Archibald McBride
Harry A. and Gertrude T. McBride.
Tilden
April 2
Charles Herman Eastman
Henry R. and Maud I. Eastman .
Spooner
April
20
Merle Sanford Wilder .
Russell J. and Vera L. Wilder .
White
April
27
Inez Frances Duran.
Michael and Elsie B. Duran.
Barbour
April
28
Roberta Ruth Huntley .
Robert E. and Ada M. Huntley.
Ferguson
May
2
Evan Frederic Bailey .
Philip S. and Maud de H. Bailey
Howard
May
24
Samuel John Tilden.
Charles H. and Miriam Tilden .
Cooper
May
26
Enid Vivian Crellin .
Edward C. and Rebecca Crellin.
McCleod
May
28
Dwight Lester Agnew, Jr.
Dwight L. and Frances L. Agnew
Roberts
May
28
Annie Louise Smith .
Samuel and Mary T. Smith .
Campbell
June
3
Arthur Francis Jellows
Moses H. and Margaret E. Jellows
Quinn
June
9
James Alfred Wilson.
Frank and Mary E. Wilson
Congdon
June 12
Francis Kelley .
Michael B. and Eliza Kelley.
Brophy
June
16
Bridget Helen Connally
Patrick and Nora Connally.
Connally Barry
June
29 Floraetta Olive Snow .
George A. and Maud F. Snow .
Litchfield
July
00
6 Virginia Poland.
Harold W. and Velma M. Poland
Morris
July
20
Ellen Margaret Curran
Charles P. and Delia Curran. Dorsey
July
28 Charles W. McNayr, Jr
Charles W. and Sarah McNayr.
Dickson
88
June
24 Ralph Francis McCarty
James L. and Mary E. McCarty
Catherine Healy . Aug. 6 Aug. 14 Leo Clayton Welch
John and Hannah Healy
Charles T. and Emily E.
Aug. 14 Elizabeth Jane Morrison
William and Jane Morrison.
Aug. 17 Virginia Roe ..
Thomas P. and Katherine Roe George G. and Ruth Smith.
Aug. 24 Huldah Marion Smith .
Herbert N. and Margaret Litchfield
Dunning
Aug. 29 Herbert N. Litchfield, Jr.
Aug. 30 David Murray Corning.
Murray G. and Eva Corning.
Cann Corbett
Sept. 1 Mary Ellen Richardson .
Sept. 2
Kenneth Gordon Macleod.
Howard L. and Katherine Matthews
Connolly
Sept.
26 Frederic John Dwyer
William W. and Flora C. Damon.
Oct. 2
Ruth Sylvia Damon. .
George A. and Sophia Timpany .
Spear
Oct.
18 M. Alden Spear Torrey
Archie W. and Ethel T. Torrey .
Jenkins
Oct.
19 Mildred Swan Young.
Frank L. and Elizabeth Young.
Seaverns
Nov.
28
Lois Elva Lincoln.
W. Irving and Edwina L. Lincoln.
Dec. 21
Allen Roger Wheeler .
Clarence G. and Sarah A. Wheeler
Ferguson
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May 4, 1912, Violet Gannett, Joy K. and Dolly W. Gannett, Heiple Feb. 25, 1907, Charles Herbert Whittaker, Warren J. and Annie Whittaker, Hinds Not before recorded.
Hourihan Litchfield Finney McGonagle Davey
William S. and Margaret S. Richardson
Kenneth G. and Mary E. Macleod.
Mague
Sept. 18 William Francis Matthews
Thomas L. and Caroline M. Dwyer
Doten Ney Gilliland
Oct.
14 Frederick Allen Timpany
DEATHS REGISTERED IN SCITUATE IN THE YEAR 1913
DATE
NAME OF DECEASED
AGE Y. M.
D.
CAUSE OF DEATH
NAMES OF PARENTS
Jan.
3
Mary M. Litchfield .
2
24
Acute Ilio-colitis, Acute Pleurisy
Jan.
14
Fannie C. Sylvester
62
2
Senility, Syncope. .
Jan.
20
Charles Otis Ellms .
82
1
7
Acute Indigestion ..
Jan.
23
Mary E. Spooner .
74
4
7
Cerebral Hemorrhage.
Jan.
27
Charles H. Jackson .
71
1
16
Feb.
13
Thomas J. Flaherty .
47
6
Chronic Heart Disease .
Feb.
18
Clement J. Prouty .
42
10
7
Feb. 22
Seth Litchfield .
77
5
-
March 9
Abigail J. Vinal.
82
10
13
March 15
Mary M. Tewksbury .
78
5
7
March 31
James Green .
83
7
Cerebral Sclerosis, results of age ..
April
2
Manuel Joseph ..
17
8
1
Phthisis Pulmonalis.
May
19
Fred R. Maitland ..
41
8
21
May
23
Charles E. Doherty .
37
6
May
24
William H. Sampson.
62
1
3
May
29 Annie Louise Smith .
1
Congenital Heart Disease.
June
4
Maria F. Turner.
84
3
12
Erysipelas.
July 12
Hattie A. Curtis.
43 ยท 1 12
Gen. Peritonitis, Rupture, Appen- dix.
Chronic Heart Disease
July
28
Stillborn ..
Aug.
7
Edwin W. Bates.
81 2 13
Aug.
11
George Burrage Joslin .
4
2
2
Aug. 17
John Victor Stenbeck.
77
10 -
Heart Failure, Arterio Sclerosis. .
William H. Litchfield and Margaret Leahy Trim Charles Ellms and Sally Bryant Joseph Clapp and Lydia Damon Henry Jackson and Betsy Curtis John P. and Mary Curran
John E. O. Prouty and Mary Reed Isaac Litchfield and Priscilla Litchfield Jairus Litchfield and Martha Vinal Ezra Vinal and Ann M. Collins Patrick Green and Mary Cloney Charles Joseph and Mary - Unknown George Doherty and Charlotte Ward
John E. Sampson and Rowena Morey Samuel Smith and Mary Ann Nickerson John B. Turner and Hannah Nichols
Shadrach B. Curtis and Eleanor P. Murdock James Gaynon and Mary Robinson
David Bates and Almira Pratt Ralph E. Joslin and Fannie M. Davis Unknown
90
Meningitis, Acute.
Tetanus.
Cardiac Disease, Intestinal Indi- gestion .
-
-
July
13
Mary Driscoll.
82
Cardiac Failure, Arterio Sclerosis Acute Toxemia.
Arterio Sclerosis .
Meningitis, following fracture of frontal bone caused by a fall. Acute Cystitis, Arterio Sclerosis. . Cerebral Hemorrhage
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Aug. Aug.
21 Charles Collien .
86
5
1
29 Francis R. Roberts
94
10 21
Aug. 31 Moses Craig
50
-
7
Sept.
1 Eliza Frances Pennycuick. .
86
5
Sept. 14
Charles H. Copeland .
39
1
1
Sept. 24 William H. Litchfield
Sept. 28
William A. Goss.
-
Emma R. Jellows. .
58
4
Oct.
6 Michael J. O'Connor
52
Oct.
13
Mercy A. Litchfield .
87
10
6
Oct.
28
Harriet Frances Sherman.
41 5 26
Nov. 1
Illegitimate
Nov.
5 Daniel Lincoln Wood.
83
8 21
Nov.
6
Hannah A. Hyland .
86
3
-
Nov.
15
Clara M. Skeele ..
81
0 28
Chronic Interstital Nephritis ..
Nov.
15
Sarah Sharon Clark
74
8 23
Dec.
2
Mary J. Wesley.
71
2 20
Dec.
12
Harriet Bowman.
82
4 20
Dec.
23
Sarah E. Whitney .
79
-
Carcinoma of Breast, Acute-Toxe- mia.
Dec.
24
Luther Litchfield.
90
7 13
Dec.
31
William H. Osborn
73
- 9
Carcinoma of Jaw, Auto-Toxemia| Chronic Nephritis. Diabetes Millitus.
7 Senility .
Appendicitis and Pneumonia. ..
Acute Dysentery .
Drowning (Accidental).
Carcinoma of Uterus, Hemorrhage Cerebral Hemorrhage. .
Chronic Heart Disease.
Suicidal
Elijah T. Clapp and Ann R. Clapp
Osborn Wood and Silence T. Lincoln Gersham Wheelwright and Hannah Ellms Charles Ellms and Sally Bryant Robert Hall and Maria White
Hubbard Stevens and Harriet Brackett Unknown
91
Charles Witham and Abraham Litchfield and Rachal Nichols Caleb Osborn and Mary Hyland
Chronic Bronchitis ..
Organic Heart Disease.
Daniel Collien and Richard S. Roberts and Sarah Richardson Austin Craig and Adelaide Churchill Robert Welch and Frances Kavanaugh George H. Copeland and Maria B. Gill Enock Litchfield and Unknown William Owen and Melinda Owen Unknown Allen Litchfield and Mercy Tilden
Results of Age. .
Cancer of Stomach
Cancer of Breast.
Carcinoma, Cerbral Apoplexy
.
Acute Bronchitis. . .
63
11 11
Oct. 4
BROUGHT INTO TOWN FOR INTERMENT, 1913
.
NAME
NAME OF DECEASED
AGE Y. M.
D.
CAUSE OF DEATH
PLACE OF BURIAL
PLACE OF DEATH
Jan. 25
Carmen F. Pratt. .
9
3
Lobar Pneumonia .
Jan.
16
Christopher Tilden . .
79
-
-
Jan.
31
Annie Lizzie Hayward.
50
3
23
Carcinoma of Lungs .
April
18
Emma J. Hyland . .
53
2
22
Carcinoma of Uterus.
Weymouth Weymouth
May
1
Melissa L. Bates.
73
4
17
May
15
Herbert Warren Vinal ..
35
2
7
Basalar Hemorrhage
Rockland
July
17
Julia E. Silva.
53
1
Carcinoma of Uterus.
Calgary, Canada
Aug.
7
Genevieve M. McCrohan
30
Aug.
1
Martha Tilden Vinal.
76
9
14
Aug.
10
Orianna A. Drown.
65
28
Cancer .
Boston Boston
92
Sept.
12
George A. Wilbur .
49
27
Oct.
29
Caroline A. Damon ..
30
4
22
Nov.
2
George H. Bellows.
64
4
11
Nov.
30
George H. Appleton .
74
4
26
Chronic Interstital Nephritis.
Dec.
11
Caroline O. Prouty .
67
9
27
Heart Disease .
Groveland Cemetery ..
Cambridge
Dec.
28
Royal B. Young. .
17
-
Tuberculosis .
Union Cemetery .
Boston
Sept 14, '12
Frank W. Damon. .
57
5
7
Arterio Sclerosis
Union Cemetery .. .
Wollaston
-
Contusion of Brain
Rumford, Maine
Chronic Valvular Disease of Heart Arterio Sclerosis .
Mt. Hope Cemetery . . Groveland Cemetery.
Westboro
Abscess of Kidneys .
Catholic Cemetery ... Union Cemetery . . . . Fair View Cemetery . .
Somerville
Uraemia.
Groveland Cemetery .. Union Cemetery .. . .. Fair View Cemetery . . Union Cemetery . . .. Mt. Hope Cemetery . . Groveland Cemetery .. Mt. Hope Cemetery .
East Orange, N. J. Boston
Cerebral Hemorrhage.
Quincy
Cancer of Neck.
Brookline
Chelsea
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SUMMARY
Number of births registered in Scituate for the year 1913.
Males . 22
44
Females . 22
Number of marriage licenses issued . 32
Number of marriages recorded.
32
Number of deaths for the year
44
Males . 24
Females . 20
Brought to town for interment and recorded
17
Number of dogs licensed for the year 148
Amount, less Town Clerk's fees, paid into the county treasury $392 40
Number of hunters' licenses issued .
167
REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE TOWN OF SCITUATE OCTOBER 25, 1913
Males 699
Females 81
All persons are requested to report omissions or correc- tions in the births, marriages and deaths. Blanks for the return of births will be furnished to those applying therefor by the Town Clerk.
JETSON WADE,
Town Clerk.
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REPORT OF THE SCITUATE WATER COMPANY
STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF THE SCITUATE WATER COMPANY FOR THE YEAR 1913
Receipts
Jan. 16. Water rates. $2,439 02
Jan. 21. Interest on deposit. 23 45
March 6. Water rates.
87 80
April 1. Interest on deposit.
12 33
May 26. Water rates.
252 01
May
31. Water rates
610 99
June
10. Water rates
196 15
July
31. Water rates.
8,696 33
July
31. Interest on deposit
2 96
Aug.
18. Loans. .
5,000 00
Aug.
29. Water rates.
6,567 94
Sept.
18. Water rates.
1,399 33
Oct.
18. Interest on deposit
20 60
Oct. 20. Loan.
5,000 00
Oct. 21. Water rates.
1,833 39
Nov.
12. Beaver Dam property
55 00
Nov. 15. Water rates.
253 94
Dec.
31. Water rates
1,870 32
$34,321 56
Expenditures
Jan.
10. General maintenance, auto. $51 76
Jan.
10. General maintenance
103 89
Jan.
10. Pumping station, fuel
20 70
Jan. 10. Service main
6 30
Jan.
10. Insurance. . 30 00
Jan.
15. Interest on bonds 2,500 00
95
Feb.
6. General maintenance $333 25
Feb. 6. Salaries . 81 00
Feb.
6. Corporation expenses . 5 00
Feb. 21. General maintenance, auto.
146 26
Feb. 21. Pumping station, fuel .
17 10
Feb. 21. Dividend on preferred stock. 1,125 00
March 8. Salaries.
72 00
March 22. General maintenance
53 40
March 22. Pumping station maintenance
125 53
March 26. General maintenance, auto.
15 00
April
1. Dividend on preferred stock .
125 00
April
21. General maintenance.
185 84
April 21. Salaries.
324 99
April
21. Pumping station maintenance 25 50
April
21. Pumping station, fuel 8 10
April 21. Insurance. 120 00
April
21. Office expenses.
300 00
April
21. General maintenance, auto
212 71
May
6. General maintenance
188 70
May
6. Salaries. 21 30
May
31. Haines & Co., account of construction 20,000 00
June
9. General maintenance 221 35
June
9. Salaries 125 00
June
9. Pumping station 25 50
June 18. Taxes. 9 56
June
18. Legal expenses 75 00
July
8. Salaries . 125 00
July
15. Interest on bonds.
2,500 00
July
31. General maintenance. 762 82
July
31. Pumping station maintenance 98 89
July
31. Pumping station, fuel 18 45
Aug.
1. Dividend account. 6,000 00
Aug. 1. Dividend on preferred stock 1,750 00
Aug. 1. Salaries. 125 00
Aug.
19. Haines & Co., account of construction 5,000 00
Aug. 20. General maintenance. 827 06
Aug. 20. General maintenance, auto. 390 63
Aug.
20. Pumping station, fuel. 30 00
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Aug. 30. Salaries. $125 00
Aug. 30. Check protested . 20 00
Sept. 30. Salaries. 125 00
Oct. 18. Legal expenses. 45 00
Oct. 20. General maintenance.
277 25
Oct.
20. Pumping station.
933 57
Oct.
20. Haines & Co., account of construction
4,850 00
Oct.
21. Interest on note
150 00
Nov. 4. Salaries .
250 00
Nov.
15. General maintenance
657 84
Nov.
15. Pumping station maintenance
78 88
Nov.
15. General maintenance, auto
74 46
Dec. 31. Taxes.
3,400 00
Dec. 31. Salaries.
125 00
Dec.
31. Office expenses .
3 25
Dec.
31. General maintenance.
315 20
Dec.
31. General maintenance, auto. 78 76
Dec. 31. Pumping station, fuel . 495 15
Dec. 31. Pumping station maintenance 59 26
$56,346 21
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REPORT OF THE PARK COMMISSION
To the Citizens of Scituate:
The custodians of the named plots in our town feel discouraged at times because after they have done their best to keep edges trimmed and grass clipped, somebody drives over the plot, spoiling the surface and breaking down the edges. The Park Commission has never yet been able to ascertain the names of such offenders. As practically every citizen of our town is known to every other, those who care so little for the good appearance of our town or who are such incompetent navigators as to drive across our grass plots, must be barbarians from beyond our borders.
We have thirty-two named plots, all but four of which are now in charge of local custodians. Almost all of these plots are well cared for. This year, as last, the honor of having maintained throughout the year the neatest plot, goes to Mr. Philip Turner, custodian of the Satuit Plot.
A large part of the small appropriation at the disposal of your Commission has been expended, during the past year, on the Common at the Harbor end of the town. Several of the trees there had never flourished because of poor soil. Around these trees holes were dug, about nine feet in diameter and two feet deep, and filled in with rich loamy material to serve as food for the roots. Three new trees have been planted, in a similar manner, where trees had died.
Last fall two immense billboards appeared on the Gannett field near the North Scituate railroad station, cutting off entirely the view of the little Bound Brook meadows, one of the most beautiful vistas in the village. Every citizen was indignant. The Park Commission, by working patiently and in a friendly spirit, managed to secure the removal of the billboards, and through the generosity of Mr. Samuel
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Gannett of Milton, to secure also a lease of the field, at a low rate, for a term of two years. This will give to the young people of North Scituate something they have never had before, namely, a place where they can play without trespassing. The field will be opened this spring as the Konahasset Playground. It is large enough to allow for football, baseball, basket ball, and tennis layouts. While it can hardly be said to equal the Common at Scituate Harbor, the boys and girls of North Scituate are very glad to have it.
The Common at the Center is now an unsightly neglected area. Several of the named plots should be put into good shape at once. Your Commission sees plenty of work ahead, and is ready to do it just as fast as the town sees fit to furnish the means. Being a shore town, our appearance is an asset that we cannot afford to neglect.
WILLIAM H. NORTH, WALTER S. HARRUB, HENRY T. BAILEY, Park Commissioners.
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REPORT OF THE TREE WARDEN
To the Citizens of Scituate:
We have been able to do considerable work this year in planting and the care of shade trees. We have planted, altogether, about three hundred trees.
We have sprayed all the elms for beetle; we have sprayed a number of our roadsides for tent caterpillar.
We mowed out all the streets having continuous lines of trees in August, and mulched the trees. We also dug around all the young trees, and watered most of those planted in the spring.
There are now nearly one thousand shade trees on our streets, the greater part of which are doing well.
State Forester Frank W. Rane says in his report regard- ing Scituate: "This town is seriously infested by both gypsy and brown-tail moths." The town has attempted to handle the gypsy and brown-tail work without doing much road- side cutting, owing to the fact that much of the shrubbery is beautiful and greatly admired by the summer residents.
However, the infestation has become so serious that it is necessary to do considerable trimming and clearing of road- sides. During the past season a large amount of work has been accomplished. If it is continued on the same scale, the town may be put into condition where the work may be handled easily and economically. The most unfortunate thing is the heavy brown-tail infestation; the expense of removing same this year was nearly $2,000. Owing to the town's having purchased a second power sprayer, the work was managed much easier this year than last.
The State during the past year has been very liberal, allotting us $3,045.05 in money, and $3,311.70 in tools and supplies, making a total of $6,356.75.
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The record of expenditures may be found in the report of the Selectmen.
I wish to say that we have $114 due from individuals for spraying, which amount should be credited to the Tree Warden's account.
In closing, let me urge upon the people of Scituate the importance of shade-tree planting. We have a fair start now, and if the work is continued Scituate may be made one of the most attractive towns in this section.
Whenever a new street is built, provision should be made for a row of trees on each side.
Thanking the people for their support and co-operation in this department, I am,
Respectfully,
PERCIVAL S. BROWN, Tree Warden.
January, 1914.
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REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH
To the Citizens of the Town of Scituate:
It gives us great pleasure to submit to the citizens of the town the work accomplished by the Board for the year of 1913.
All complaints submitted to the Board have been promptly attended to and adjusted.
The Board appointed garbage collectors at different parts of the town, and the manner in which it was collected has been satisfactory.
Numerous complaints were entered about the water sup- plied by the Scituate Water Company. The matter was taken up in conjunction with the State Board of Health, and samples from different sections of the town were taken and examined; they were found to be satisfactory for domestic use.
All slaughtering reported has been inspected by the Meat Inspector and found satisfactory.
During the year the town has been practically free from contagious disease, except for a few scattering cases.
We were pleased to have this result, owing to the severe epidemics in the surrounding towns.
The condition of the mosquito nuisance has been called to the attention of the Board and we suggest that the marshes and ponds be sprayed with mosquito oil.
The Board recommends that rubbish barrels be placed in the business centers of the town.
Respectfully submitted,
DR. HARRY F. CLEVERLY, Chairman, GEORGE T. OTIS, Secretary, DR. WILLIAM P. GROVESTEIN,
Board of Health.
January 27, 1914.
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REPORT OF PLUMBING INSPECTOR
To the Board of Health:
During the past year your inspector has endeavored, to inspect every building where plumbing has been installed. In all, including several at Humarock Beach, sixty-seven tests have been made, and with three or four exceptions water tests have been required.
During the winter months, especially in the summer houses, it is in many cases inconvenient to have a water test, as in some localities the water is shut off. On that account an ether or peppermint test has been required, which is not as reliable as water. For that reason it would seem advisable for your Board to purchase a smoke test machine, which, next to water, is the most reliable, and can be ac- quired at a small expense.
Cesspools and drains, while under your supervision, have been looked after by your inspector, and while there is a chance for greater improvement in the plumbing laws of our town, I consider the residents and plumbers are comply- ing with the requirements very satisfactorily.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES H. WATERMAN, Plumbing Inspector.
SCITUATE, December 31, 1913.
103
REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF MILK
To the Board of Health:
There were eighteen milk licenses issued the past year.
There have been some changes in the milk business. Six parties have not renewed their licenses, they having given up the business.
Samples of milk from all the dealers have been tested at different times; the milk farms visited, and suggestions made for improvement, where needed.
As a whole, the milk supply is quite satisfactory.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE T. OTIS, Milk Inspector.
104
REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
In making the report of the Scituate Fire Department for the past year, would say that we were fortunate by having a small number of fires, both building and forest fires. There were two buildings that were destroyed during the year. In May, the barn of Daniel S. Howard was burned, and in August, the barn on the Everett Torrey estate was destroyed. In both cases it was impossible to save the burning build- ings, but adjacent buildings were saved. We had a few small fires, one of which was near being a large one, when the roof of G. F. Welch's lumber shed was seen on fire, but was quickly extinguished by Hose 1.
The forest fires were few, as compared to other years, especially along the line of railroad, and we appreciate the help the "Dreamwold" department gave us in fighting the forest fire in the woods set by a locomotive.
The department is in good working order, and in District No. 4 there was an addition made, through the efforts of Engineer Sylvester. By taking up a subscription among the residents of Minot he collected enough money to purchase a hose reel and hose, which he keeps stored in his barn, which could be used in that vicinity before it would be pos- sible to get the wagon from the hose house.
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