Town annual report of the officers and committees of the town of Scituate 1922-1924, Part 6

Author: Scituate (Mass.)
Publication date: 1922-1924
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 606


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June 11


Cyrus Henry Spaulding


61 9


24


6


Drowning, aceidental.


William Alexander Tyrrell


Ae-Endocarditis, Valvular Heart Disease


Inanition, Transverse Eyelitis .


Maria W. Appleton.


Moses Griggs and Martha Hill


0 Senility .


Chronic Cardiac Disease


Acute Nephritis.


BROUGHT INTO TOWN FOR INTERMENT


DATE


NAME OF PERSON


Y.


AGE M.


D.


CAUSE OF DEATH


PLACE OF BURIAL


PLACE OF DEATH


Jan. 9


William Vinal Hayward. . . .


85


3


Lobar Pneumonia . .


Fairview Cemetery .


Quincy Norwell


Jan. 21


William Estes Stone .


91


4


17


Senility .


Feb. 9


William Merritt.


59


4


Chronic Myocarditis .


Groveland Cemetery .


Feb. 17


Georgiana De Vausney ..


77


3


42


2


0


Arterio Sclerosis. .


Groveland Cemetery .


Mch. 2


Benjamin W. Daniels


72


9


0


Chronic Pulmonary Tuberculosis


Mch. 2


Helen Doherty ..


56


4


13


Mch. 21


George Ward ..


75


0


0


Chronic Nephritis.


Catholic Cemetery .


Cohasset


Mch. 28


Annie S. Vinal.


52


6


15


Cardiac Disease.


Groveland Cemetery .


Quincy Newton


April 17


James T. Bailey .


58


8


23


Probably Heart Disease


Groveland Cemetery .


May 8


Lizzie R. Marden.


67 10


26


Premature Birth.


Fairview Cemetery . .


Pawtucket


May 25


Clara M. Skeele


60


0 0


Cardio Renal Disease.


Catholic Cemetery .


Chelsea


Aug. 19


Thomas F. O'Neil


63


5 27


87


7


12


Groveland Cemetery .


Sept. 6


Mary E. Vinal.


80


10


1


99


2


7


0


0


1


Premature Birth


Groveland Cemetery .


Oct. 3


Peleg T. Brown .


86


0


9


Acute Pharyngitis .


Groveland Cemetery . .


Oct. 29


Nancy S. Taylor.


68


0


11


Chronic Nephritis .


Groveland Cemetery .


Brockton Quincy


Nov. 21


Harvey W. Brown.


76


7


20


Chronic Endocarditis.


Groveland Cemetery .


Nov. 24


Helen A. Sylvester


73


0 21


Pernicious Anæmia .


1921 Sept. 27 Oct. 1


Helen Sophia Brown


66


2 10


Intestinal Obstruction .


Fairview Cemetery . Catholic Cemetery ..


Quincy Norwell


Jeremiah Henry Lehan. .


62


6 17


Myocarditis .


...


Boston


Spring Lake, N. J.


Feb. 23


Waldo M. Orcutt.


Taunton


Boston


Boston


Mch. 24


Margaret Nott .


83


Cerebral Hemorrhage.


Groveland Cemetery


Boston


Mch. 29


George B. Totman .


65


6


1


Carcinoma of Face.


Fairview Cemetery .


Cohasset


May 9


Allen M. Burton.


18 hours


Pulmonary Oedema .


Groveland Cemetery .


Boston


Aug. 25


Frank W. Leanard .


77


7


14


Chronic Myocarditis.


Groveland Cemetery .


Cohasset


Sept. 20


Groveland Cemetery .


Sept. 20


Mary E. Blaisdell.


Chronic Myocarditis


Sept. 30


John Stanton Adams


Newton . Melrose Sandwich


Brown Tomb


Brockton


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Report of Town Clerk - Interments


.


Fairview Cemetery .


Growth in Abdomen.


Brockton


Catholic Cemetery .


Carcinoma of Uterus.


Tubercular Peritonitis.


Groveland Cemetery .


Weymouth


William C. Bailey


Cerebral Hemorrhage.


Braintree


Acute Dilitation of Heart.


Groveland Cemetery .


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Report of Town Clerk - Summary


SUMMARY, 1922


Number of births registered in Scituate for the year 1922


52


Males


25


Females .


27


Number of marriage licenses issued.


30


Number of marriages recorded .


29


Number of deaths for the year


47


Males .


29


Females


18


Brought to Town for interment and


recorded .


27


Number of Dogs licensed for the year


164


Males . 125


Females . 38


Breeder's license 1


Amount less Town Clerk's fees paid into the County Treasury


$457 20


Registered Voters.


1,505


Male. 852


Female. 653


Male residents of the Town of Scituate,


between the ages of eighteen and forty-


five years, subject to military duty .... 444


All persons are requested to report omissions or correc- tions in the births, marriages and deaths.


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138


Report of Scituate Water Company - Receipts


REPORT OF THE SCITUATE WATER COMPANY


Year ending December 31, 1922


STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES


January 1, 1923


Assets


Supply Property


$66,600 00


Pumping Plant .


49,901 08


Distribution System .


289,076 87


$405,577 95


Less Depreciation


$9,169 82


$396,408 13


Notes Receivable


1,200 00


Discount on Bonds


4,500 00


Cash


11,714 08


$413,822 21


Liabilities


Capital Stock.


$250,000 00


Bonds .


100,000 00


Notes Payable.


44,500 00


Accounts Payable.


19,021 26


Profit and Loss


300 95


$413,822 21


Report of Scituate Water Company - Expenditures 139


SCITUATE WATER COMPANY STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES Year Ending December 31, 1922


Receipts


Hydrant Rental.


$11,125 00


Water Rates


43,136 01


Service Rates.


1,583 50


Metered Revenues


600 58


Miscellaneous Revenue


309 43


Notes Payable.


17,000 00


$73,754 52


Expenditures


Taxes


$1,479 53


Salaries .


6,533 43


Interest, Notes and Bonds . 9,930 81


Dividends, Preferred Stock.


5,000 00


Dividends, Common Stock.


6,000 00


Legal Expense. 482 38


Distribution Maintenance.


4,073 11


Pumping Station Operation


3,260 20


Purification


2,843 75


Fuel .


906 21


Construction


18,501 40


Service Maintenance.


2,046. 93


Miscellaneous Expense


1,732 37


$62,790 12


Extension of Water Mains Hatherly Road, 767 feet of 8-inch pipe. Hatherly Road, 578 feet of 6-inch pipe. Hawley Road, 25 feet of 6-inch pipe. First Avenue, 460 feet of 6-inch pipe. Second Avenue, 455 feet of 6-inch pipe. Third Avenue, 475 feet of 6-inch pipe.


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Egypt Avenue, 805 feet of 6-inch pipe.


First Avenue, 205 feet of 4-inch pipe. Second Avenue, 200 feet of 4-inch pipe. Third Avenue, 150 feet of 4-inch pipe.


Ocean Side Drive, 1,555 feet of 2-inch pipe. Hawley Road, 186 feet of 2-inch pipe.


Hazel Avenue, 500 feet of 2-inch pipe.


Common Street, 306 feet of 112-inch pipe.


Babbery Road, 441 feet of 114-inch pipe.


Besides these the Water Company laid a total of 2,703 feet of 1-inch pipes and 797 feet of 3/4-inch pipes, shallow, to accommodate houses on the different land developments in the Town.


Hydrants


Six additional hydrants have been set by the Water Company this year making the total number of hydrants 154.


Total number of hydrants for private protection, 2.


Service Pipes


The street mains have been tapped in 140 places this year making the total number of taps to date 1,540.


Water Supply


During the year the Water Company has purchased the Old Oaken Bucket Pond, also the Tack Mill Pond, both located in Greenbush, which will be developed to insure an adequate water supply for the Town.


Respectfully submitted,


THE SCITUATE WATER COMPANY.


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141


Report of the Park Commission


REPORT OF THE PARK COMMISSION


To the Citizens of the Town:


The plots, in the various sections of the Town, under our supervision, have been given good attention; in some cases it was found necessary to grade and resod them, grass is now in good shape and all are now in good condition.


The money appropriated for the partial renovation of the dwelling attached to the old Lighthouse at Cedar Point has been judiciously expended, but a further appropriation is necessary for the interior of the dwelling, also for repairs to the approach to the Lighthouse.


The Common upon which stand our monuments of the Civil War veterans and veterans of the World War, is now a very attractive spot but on account of its size and area must needs have special attention, therefore a special appropriation will be needed.


The plot along Glades Road, North Scituate has been completed but on account of bare spots some loam will have to be placed on it, and cared for during the season.


FRANK H. BARRY, Chairman. JOHN F. DALBY, WILLIAM H. NORTH.


142


Report of Tree Warden


REPORT OF THE TREE WARDEN


January 20, 1923 To the Citizens of Scituate:


In pursuance of the regular custom I am herewith presenting my report as Tree Warden. One hundred and twenty-seven trees have been planted in different parts of the town. Many trees had to be replaced where automobiles had run over and broken them. The storm last summer did considerable damage to our shade trees making considerable more work. Many of the large elms were split and had to be chained and bolted. I have gone over all our town roads and removed any limbs that bung over the highway.


The Tree Warden has no authority to cut trees or bushes along the State road, and any complaints regarding the condition of the same should be made to the Massa- chusetts Highway Commission.


Respectfully submitted,


WILLIAM F. FORD


143


Report of Board of Health


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH


To the citizens of Scituate we present our report for 1922.


The following cases of diseases were reported:


Measles 45, diphtheria 5, scarlet fever 7, tuberculosis 8, whooping cough 3.


We have attended to all complaints as usual, and have inspected all dairies and cow barns in town, and those in other towns from which milk is brought into this town.


Your Board thinks it very essential that the Town should vote to have public dumping grounds, one at Scituate and one at North Scituate.


Nearly all of the residents of North Scituate Beach have put in cess pools, conforming to the notice sent out in 1921.


Respectfully submitted,


WILLIAM P. GROVESTEIN, GEORGE T. OTIS, JOHN W. BURKE, Secretary.


144


Report of Inspector of Plumbing


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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING


Scituate, Mass., January 1, 1923.


Board of Health, Scituate, Mass.


Chairman:


The past year has seen a large increase in building operations and therefore more homes are enjoying well selected bathrooms, also hot and cold water, which are essential to comfort and health. With the increased number of plumbing installations it is important that the system installed be the best and the disposal of sewerage be properly taken care of. Our plumbing laws are such that give our citizens proper protection, also all plumbing contractors are working in harmony for the best standard of public health.


Respectfully submitted,


ARTHUR R. MERRITT, Inspector of Plumbing.


145


Report of Inspector of Milk


REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF MILK


To the Citizens of Scituate:


There were nineteen licenses issued for the year 1922; six more than the previous year.


I have tested samples of milk and found them satisfac- tory.


Most of the dairies show an improvement over last year.


Respectfully submitted,


GEORGE T. OTIS, Inspector of Milk.


146


Report of Inspector of Slaughtering


REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING


North Scituate, Mass., January 1, 1923. To the Board of Health.


Gentlemen:


To date I have made forty-four trips to inspect slaughtered animals and have inspected five beeves, twelve calves, fifty-six pigs and one sheep, all of which were suitable for human consumption.


Respectfully submitted,


J. F. BRESNAHAN, Inspector of Slaughtering.


147


Scituate Public Health Nursing Service


SCITUATE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING SERVICE


The work of the Scituate Public Health Nursing Serv- ice has been carried on very successfully the past year, and we believe is meeting a long-felt want for the people of Scituate. Our popular and efficient Public Health Nurse, Miss Alice M. Gaffney, is still the mainstay of the service, and we cannot speak too highly of her work among us. As a mark of appreciation she has been granted an increase in salary.


Our funds for carrying on the year's work have been adequate. To the generous Town appropriation of $1,500 was added the proceeds of a Flower Day on July 1 ($430), as well as generous contributions from the following: Post 31, G. A. R., Steadfast Lodge of Odd Ladies, Unitarian Alliance, Woman's Relief Corps, Carpenters' Union, Con- gregational Sewing Circle, Scituate Woman's Club, American Legion, Ladies' Aid of Methodist Episcopal Church, Mr. W. B. James, Rev. P. J. Buckley, Mrs. George F. Welch.


Among the activities of the year the Nursing Service was instrumental in establishing hot lunches in the schools, making a cash contribution of $72.70 to the School Committee for this purpose. We also had charge of a first-aid station at the July 4 Field Day.


The Nursing Service is a member of the Massachusetts Association of Directors of Public Health Nursing and the Massachusetts Tuberculosis League, and has made a con- tribution to the work of the Instructive District Nursing Association.


When it is remembered that, in the membership drive of last winter, approximately one-quarter of the town's


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population showed their interest in the work by joining, it is safe to say that the Service shares the confidence of the townspeople. We bespeak their support for another year.


A. CLARK SPAULDING, Secretary.


ANNUAL REPORT OF TREASURER OF SCITUATE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING SERVICE


December 14, 1922


Cash on hand December 8, 1921


$1,182 29


Received as follows:


From Town of Scituate. $1,500 00 .


From Societies and Organizations 180 50


From Nursing Fees . 365 55


From Memberships . 189 50


From Proceeds of Flower Day Sales. 406 50


From Sale of Red Cross Seals. 72 70


From Donations from Individuals .. .


67 75


$2,782 50


Total Receipts .


$2,782 50


Total plus cash on hand for 1922.


3,964 79


Cash Payments for 1922


For Salary of Miss Alice M. Gaffney


for thirteen months. $1,580 00


For Mrs. Anne L. McMayr 124 00


For Miss C. A. Roe. 8 00


For Nurses' Cash Expense


23 75


For Garage Rent.


55 00


For Upkeep of Car


238 73


For Insurance of Car.


83 85


For Purchase of New Car, difference in Exchange. 312 00


149


Scituate Public Health Nursing Service


For Printing and Stationery $13 25


For School account, paid Town Treasurer . . 72 70


For Nursing Supplies. 31 56


For Car Registration .


10 00


For Massachusetts T. B. League ... .


16 68


For Instructive District Nursing Association 5 00


$2,574 52 Local Payments. $2,574 52 Balance Cash on hand December 14, 1922 $1,390 27


Respectfully submitted


ANSEL F. SERVAN, Treasurer.


150


Report of District Nurse


REPORT OF DISTRICT NURSE January 1, 1922 to January 1, 1923


Number of patients . 137


Number of Nursing Visits. 995


Number of Infant Welfare Visits 360


Number of Prenatal Visits .


46


Number of Tuberculosis Visits . 60


Number of Visits to Children of Pre-School Age 58


Number of Visits to Schools. 140


This includes visits made with school physi- cian, school dentist, inspections, etc.


Number of Visits to Homes of School Children .


96


Number of Sanitary Inspections in Schools


Number of Friendly Visits .


199


Number of Other Visits .


261


Number of Night Calls . 42


Total Number of Visits 2,294


Money Collected .


$367 05


Number of Free Calls (Nursing) 230


ALICE M. GAFFNEY, R.N.


51


Number of Visits to Clinics . 18


151


Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES


North Scituate, Mass., January 23, 1923.


To the Selectmen, Town of Scituate, Mass.


Gentlemen:


My report for the year as Sealer of Weights and Meas- ures :


Sealed 2


Adjusted


Platforms over 5,000 pounds.


Platforms under 5,000 pounds.


11


Counter Scales .


29


4


Spring Scales.


42


Computing Scales .


18


Prescription Scales


6


Weights .


197


Liquid Measures .


45


Oil and Gas Measuring Pumps


46


10


Yard Measures


8


In addition to this report I have made inspections of scales and pumps.


Total amount of fees.


$45 10


Respectfully submitted,


ELWOOD C. DAMON, Sealer for 1922.


152


Report of the Fire Department


REPORT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT


Scituate, December 31, 1922.


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


Gentlemen:


The engineers appointed by your honorable Board met at the Town Hall May 8 and elected the following officers for the year ending April 30, 1923:


Chief, E. R. Seaverns; First Assistant Chief, Maurice O'Hern; Second Assistant Chief, Louis Cole; Clerk, A. F. Turner; District Engineer, C. M. Litchfield.


Five new hydrants have been installed during the year, making a total of one hundred and fifty-four.


Four buildings were totally destroyed by fire with an insurance value of eighty-one hundred dollars.


We feel that there should be some improvement along the lines recommended by the engineer of the New England Insurance Exchange, which would give us better fire pro- tection, and give the town a C rating instead of D which means a cheaper rate of insurance, an item for us all to consider.


This engineer, making his report, wrote as follows: "After careful consideration, we feel that in order to change the classification of the Town fiom D to C, it will be neces- sary to provide five hundred-gallon combined pump, chemical and hose wagon, as well as making a start on the installation of a fire alarm system. The latter recommenda- tion can at the start consist of only headquarters equipment and a few boxes, but should be installed in such a manner that it can be added to from time to time."


Below are the records of the flow tests taken at that time, the standpipe being three-fourths full.


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Report of Fire Department


Static Pressure Lbs


Residual Gallons Estimated Pressure per Min. Discharge Lbs. Discharge at 20 Lbs.


North Scituate, Main and Blossom Streets (1).


76


17


1,010


980


Scituate Beach, Beach Street (2)


78


10


440


405


Glades Road, Beach Bluff (3) .


7 :


47


254


350


Main Street, Hath rly School (4) .


66


26


760


815


Hatherly Road, Standish Avenue (5).


70


15


370


350


Scituate, Front Street (6) .


77


30


1,400


1,540


Scituate, Central, Woman's Club (7)


62


37


830


1,075


Greenbush, Webb's Store (8)


73


33


500


575


Some fear has been expressed in regard to the danger of fire at the High School. The building is of slow-burning construction and by the installation of a sprinkler system, all fear would be eliminated. We feel that if a fire should occur in either of the schools at the two ends of the town, where smaller children are assembled, it would be far more serious than to children at the age attending the High School.


For lack of funds it has been impossible to make im- provements that we feel are imperative, and because of which this board has spent only eleven hundred dollars since it organized in May.


E. R. SEAVERNS, Chief,


MAURICE O'HERN, First Assistant Chief, LOUIS E. COLE, Second Assistant Chief, A. F. TURNER, Clerk.


154


Forest Fires


FOREST FIRES


Scituate, December 31, 1922.


To the Citizens of Scituate:


In submitting my report for this department I wish to call your attention to the fact that the greater part of the loss due to forest fires is the result of carelessness, and could be eliminated if care were taken not to let too much rubbish accumulate before burning, or wait to burn until it is too dry, and above all means never to start fires in the "open" on windy days. Persons should comply with the law and secure a permit before burning in the "closed season."


The magnitude of the forest fire loss and the necessity of taking every reasonable measure to reduce it is shown by the following facts. In Massachusetts this year, 66,096 acres were burned with a resultant damage of $321,447. Ninety-one buildings were destroyed and five lives lost, while the attendant cost of extinguishing amounted to $75,157. In Scituate the expense incurred in 1922 in the suppression of fires of this nature added twenty-three cents per thousand on our tax rate.


The appropriation made in March had been exceeded by some fourteen hundred dollars, due largely to the West End fire, when I assumed charge in May.


My recommendation for the coming year for fighting forest fires is $650.


Respectfully submitted,


ERNEST R. SEAVERNS, Forest Fire Warden.


155


Report of the Clean-Up Committee


REPORT OF THE CLEAN-UP COMMITTEE


Scituate, Mass., January 23, 1923.


To the Citizens of Scituate:


The Clean-Up Committee had its first meeting in May and the various methods of removing rubbish and general "clean-up" work discussed - namely, the work of the Boy Scouts in collecting rubbish from barrels; that of appointing men to remove rubbish, ashes, etc., during “Clean-Up Week," and of taking care of the advertising, announcing the particular week decided upon. This last was done through the Scituate paper, by announcements in the various churches, and on the moving-picture screen.


The appropriation was the same as the year before and the work was done at a specified price so that we might keep within our appropriation.


Following is the report of the Treasurer:


Received from Town Treasurer $200 00


Paid Mitchell Bros. for collecting rubbish


during "Clean-Up Week" $48 90


Paid D. W. O'Hern for collecting rubbish during "Clean-Up Week" 78 60


Paid Franklin Publishing Company for advertising . 1 50


Paid Rockland Standard for printing posters . 3 00


Paid Boy Scouts, North Scituate, care of barrels . 28 00


Paid Mr. Locke, care of barrels 20 00


Balance


$180 00


$20 00


(Signed) H. T. HATCH.


Respectfully submitted


EDITH W. JAMES, Chairman.


156


Report of the Scituate Historical Society


REPORT OF SCITUATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY


To the Inhabitants of the Town of Scituate:


The trustees of the Historical Society beg to report an eventful period during the sixth year of its corporate existence.


The Cudworth House is in an excellent state of repair, kept so through the labors of and at the expense of the Society, and it continues to be the destination of many visitors who come not only to view its ancient interesting furnishings, but also to avail themselves of the fund of local historical information which it is constantly gathering and preserving.


During the year William H. Clapp, Esq., generously made a deed of the old Stockbridge mill at Greenbush to the Society and it immediately raised from among its members and an appreciative public, a sum sufficient to adequately and entirely restore it. The Water Company, in like gracious spirit, made conveyance to the Society of the perpetual right to use the waters of the Old Oaken Bucket Pond during periods in the summer, for the purpose of operating the mill and in the years to come it is the inten- tion of the trustees of the Society to grind grists as of yore.


The Society sustained severe losses last fall in the deaths of Miss Mary A. Ford, a trustee since its incorporation and of Silas Peirce, Esq., its first President. Their decease left vacancies that it will be difficult to fill. Mrs. Ford was a signally faithful, earnest and capable officer, and member. Strong in her affections, deep in her regard of the town of her birth and purposeful and resourceful in her work for the restoration and care of its early traditions, the Society provided her a welcome opportunity for constant service. As a teacher in the schools of Scituate and Boston she was


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a pronounced success. To few is given the opportunity for such large service as she performed, and few indeed are those who so enthusiastically embrace and so successfully improve such opportunity when it comes to them. She was a delight- ful neighbor, a friend to everybody and a patriotic citizen.


To Silas Peirce is to be assigned the highest awards for lovable and charming traits of character which won for him the affection of those who had the happiness to know him most intimately. He possessed in felicitous union, a sound, fine moral sense, generous sentiments, kindness of heart and all those qualities which give to friendship and social intercourse their enjoyment and charm. His aid and counsel were sought in a diversity of social, charitable, religious and business organizations which speak eloquently for his breadth of vision and business acumen. The Society was fortunate in securing him as its first President. In that office he displayed an interest, generosity and zeal that at once emphasized the usefulness of the Society and pushed it forward to a permanent and secure place among organiza- tions of a similar character.


Both Mr. Peirce and Miss Ford were always resourceful and energetic in the interests of this Society and their loss will be continually felt and lamented.


Respectfully submitted,


HARVEY H. PRATT, President.


Scituate, January 26, 1923.


158


Report of Committee on Street Nomenclature


REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON STREET NOMENCLATURE


To the Inhabitants of the Town of Scituate:


The Committee on Street Nomenclature presents this its annual report with an apology for the delay which has been occasioned in the erection of the guideboards con- tracted for under the appropriation made at the annual meeting in March, 1922, and it takes to its own shoulders the burden of that delay.


Last January the chairman of this Committee was instrumental in causing an act to be passed by the Massa- chusetts Legislature providing for an adequate number of signboards to adequately and completely mark the ancient highways between the two colonies of Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay. The contract for these signs was given to Mr. Jesse P. Litchfield who is building the town guide- boards and as a consequence the town work has been delayed. These latter are now in various stages of comple- tion and will be completed and in place, all of them, by the first day of June. It is recommended that the same appro- priation as was made in 1922, be again determined for the current year. Nothing so adequately returns benefit to the Town for a small amount expended as these attractive guideboards taking the place of worn out, unreadable signs placed upon decrepit posts and accompanied by individual advertising. The street signs and guideboards are property of the Town designed for a single useful purpose. They should not be encumbered with advertising of mercantile and other character.


Respectfully submitted,


HARVEY H. PRATT, For the Committee.


Scituate, January 26, 1923.


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Report of Allen Memorial Library


ALLEN MEMORIAL LIBRARY May 1, 1921 to May 1, 1922


Receipts


Cash from Town $600 00


Payments


Books .


$200 00


Fuel .


200 00


Salaries 200 00


$600 00




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