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Diagram showing variation in high service, low service, and total consumption; also the daily average of each. Jan. 2, 1910, to Jan. 1, 1911.
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CONSUMPTION FOR 1910.
On Plate II is shown graphically the high service, low ser- vice, and combined high and low service, or total consumption of water by the town.
The data used in the preparation of this diagram are the records that are kept at the pumping station of the quantity of water pumped daily for our high service, and the quantity of water that passes daily through our Venturi meter for our low service supply.
The high service consumption for the year was 269,380,000 gallons, the low service consumption was 187,443,000 gallons. The combined or total consumption was 456,823,000 gallons.
From the above figures we obtain the daily average high ser- vice consumption to be 738,000 gallons, the daily average low service consumption 513,000 gallons, and the daily average total consumption to be 1,251,000 gallons.
Our high service was therefore 59 per cent. and our low ser- vice 41 per cent. of our total consumption.
Following is shown the amount of water used through meters. in 1910, by our three largest consumers :
American Woolen Co.,
48,229,000 gallons
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co.,
20,202,000 gallons
Plymouth Electric Light Co., 5,921,000 gallons
Total,
74,352,000 gallons
Comparing this with our total consumption of 456,823,000 gallons, we find that the three consumers above mentioned, used 16 per cent. of our total consumption.
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TABLE OF METERS NOW IN USE.
There are now in use, for manufacturing, laundries, stables, fish markets, and domestic purposes, the following number of meters of sizes as shown below.
FOR WHAT USED
6 in 4 in 3 in 2 in 11/2 in 1 in 3/4 in 5/8 in Total
T'l Amt.of wa- ter used through meters,gals.
Manufacturing
2
4
1
2
1
3
4
17
76,498.276
Lanndries
1
1
1
3
2,041,264
Stables and garages
2
4
6
647.580
Supply for redgers
tugs
and
2
2
6,425,807
Fish markets
3
3
296,445
House of Correction. Ar- mory and business blocks
2
3
5
1,814,822
1
2
3
190,335
Green houses Golf ground Domestic
1
7
47
54
3,108,766
Total
2
4
5
3
6
13
61
94
91,023,295
In a total of 2,480 services 94 are metered, or 3.79 per cent., and out of a total consumption of 456,823,000 gallons for the year 1910, there passed through the meters 91,023,295 gallons, or 19.9 per cent. We therefore have accounted for 19.9 per cent. of our total consumption by metering 3.79 per cent. of our services.
Consumption in million gallons.
Year
High Ser- vice
Low Ser vice
Total
American Woolen Co.
Plymouth| Elec. Lt. Co.
.N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R.
B. & P. St. Ry. Power Station
1908
235
210
445
63
4
18
4
1909
250
212
462
26
4
20
1
1910
269
188
457
48
5
20
1
As a matter of record the above table is given, showing the annual consumption in million gallons of four metered con- sumers.
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POND ELEVATIONS.
On Plate I is a diagram showing the variation in pond eleva- tions for the year 1910 at Great and Little South Ponds. From an inspection of this diagram, it will be seen that Great South Pond was .52 feet lower on January 1, 1911 than it was Janu- ary 1, 1910. Little South Pond was 1.12 feet lower January 1, 1911, that it was January 1, 1910. This means that Great South Pond suffered a decrease in storage of 49,000,000 gal- lons and Little South a corresponding decrease of about 23,000,- 000 gallons, or a total decrease of storage for the year 1910 of about 12,000.000 gallons.
RAINFALL.
The table on the opposite page shows the rainfall by months for the year 1910, the total rainfall for the year and the average rainfall, monthly and yearly, since 1891. An inspection of this table shows that the year 1910 was one of an unusually low rainfall. Only two years during the time that we have kept the rainfall records has the rainfall been lower. This is the explanation of the decrease in pond storage as given on the preceding page and shows again conclusively that the amount of water that we can get from our water supply ponds depends entirely on the rainfall on our water shed.
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Table showing total rainfall since 1887, and monthly rainfall since 1891. Also annual variation from the average.
YEAR
JAN.
FEB.
MAR.
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUG.
SEPT.
Ост.
Nov.
DEC.
TOTAL
Per Cent. of Variation from Mean
1887
43.14
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6.7 Per Cent
1888
50.28
8.7
1889
49.14
5.3
1890
51.80
12.2
1891
8.36
5.32
5.04
4.02
1.99
2.23
2.55
1.43
2.23
5.92
1.79
3.77
44.65
3.4
1892
3.79
2.72
4.56
1.26
3.91
2.12
1.81
4.16
2.41
2.29
7.12
1.75
37.90
18.2
1893
2.88
6.66
6.17
4.45
4 39
2.50
2.71
5.80
1.73
2.16
3.29
5.59
48.33
4.5
1894
3.50
4.85
1.56
3.97
4.35
1.54
1.08
0.73
2.37
7.97
4.98
5.78
42.68
12.9
1895
3.54
0.87
2.71
4.70
2.73
2.04
3.58
2.05
3 27
6.89
3.95
3.85
40.27
15.5
1896
2.75
4.73
5.82
0.88
2.93
3.59
2.27
1.71
5.65
3.60
3.41
1.75
39.09
19.3
1898
3.75
4.04
2.27
5.82
5.65
1.93
6.58
7.33
1.35
8.96
8.48
2.24
58.40
26.3
1899
6.52
5.23
6.77
1.18
1.40
3 62
3.79
1.17
6.92
3.03
2.28
1.60
43.51
5.9
1900
4.86
5.35
3.62
1.95
5.11
2.29
1.37
3.28
3.10
5.40
5.36
3.15
44.84
3.2
1901
2.51
1.70
6.86
7.78
8.54
1.46
4.38
2.25
2.77
2.07
2.59
10.20
53.11
14.8
1902
2.22
5.53
7.82
2.98
1.52
3 68
1.89
1.43
3.65
5.32
1.72
6 77
44.53
3.7
1903
4.43
5.36
7.94
7.45
0.67
4.76
2.14
5.44
1.45
6.32
3.22
3.98
53.46
15.6
1904
5.44
3.61
2.47
9.11
2.23
2.58
4.02
3.52
3.18
1.85
3.53
4.10
45.64
1905
4.50
2.16
2.87
2.32
1.11
8.01
1.78
2.99
6.93
1.72
2.04
3.45
3.13
50.55
9.3
1907
3.92
3.41
2.31
4.08
3.68
2.70
1.10
1.82
11 16
2.91
6.82
6.90
50.81
1908
3.78
4.37
3.95
2.48
2.98
2 30
3.87
4.41
1 61
10.19
1.53
4.28
45.75
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1909
5.44
6.18
3 74
6.41
3.51
3.03
1.83
2.44
4 95
2.23
8.15
3.34
51.25
1910
5.98
5.82
1.05
2.51
2.27
3.83
2.71
2.32
1.81
1.94
5.69
2.96
38.88
Av.
4.82
4.27
4.43
4.00
3.40
2.98
2.94
2.93
3.55
4.31
4.29
4.13
46.24
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7.7
1897
4.24
2.08
2.31
4.28
3.65
2.99
2.88
2.31
1.42
0.87
6.42
3.27
37.32
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1906
4.05
5 33
8.69
2.34
5 28
2.36
6.42
2.02
2.98
4.50
4.21
40.64
1.3
12.1
9.9
10.8
15.9
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TOWN OFFICERS, 19II
Selectmen-Frederick D. Bartlett, Charles W. Eaton, Alfred S. Burns, John W. Churchill and Thomas Swan.
Town Clerk-Edward L. Burgess.
Town Treasurer-Edward L. Burgess.
Auditor-Frank D. Bartlett.
Collector of Taxes-Herbert W. Bartlett.
Clerk of Selectmen-Herbert W. Bartlett.
Assessors-Nathaniel G. Lanman, chosen 1911, for three years; George Harlow, chosen 1909, for three years; James C. Bates, chosen 1910, for three years.
Overseers of the Poor-William T. Eldridge, chosen 1911, for three years; Herbert W. Bartlett, chosen 1909, for three years ; Charles A. Strong, chosen 1910, for three years.
Water Commissioners-Horace P. Bailey and Charles T. Holmes, chosen 1911, for three years; Robert C. Harlow and John W. Churchill, chosen 1909, for three years; John H. Damon, chosen 1910, for three years.
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School Committee-William M Douglass and Earl W. Good- ing, chosen 1911, for three years; Eugene P. Rowell and J. Holbrook Shaw, chosen 1909, fo. three years; William W. Brewster and Increase Robinson, cho: n 1910, for three years.
Burial Hill Committee-Cemetery Commissioners.
Agawam Fishery Committee-Frank Harlow, Alfred Holmes, Harrison O. Barnes.
Cemetery Commissioners-Henry W. Barnes, chosen 1910, for three years; Morton Collingwood, chosen 1911, for three years ; George Mabbett, chosen 1909, for three years.
Park Commissioners - Walter H. Sears, chosen 1911, for three years; George R. Briggs, chosen 1909, for three years; Thomas R. Watson, chosen 1910, for three years.
Surveyors and Measurers of Lumber-Edward B. Atwood, Cornelius C. Holmes and Warren S. Bumpus.
Sealer of Weights and Measures-Benjamin F. Snow.
Beach Committee-Selectmen.
Superintendent of Streets-Stillman R. Sampson.
Field Drivers and Fence Viewers - Charles H. Raymond, Lewis F. Smith.
Superintendent of Water Works-Arthur E. Blackmer.
Collector of Water Rates-N. Reeves Jackson.
Pound Keeper-Russell L. Dickson.
Committee on Inland Fisheries-Edgar D. Hill, Harry B. Davis, Goeffrey D. Perrior.
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Harbor Master-Alfred Holmes.
Board of Registration-Herbert W. Clark, appointed 1911, for three years; C. H. Sherman, appointed in 1910, for three years ; George F. Anderson, appointed to fill the unexpired term of George M. Harlow, appointed in 1909, for three years; Ed- ward L. Burgess.
Superintendent of Oak Grove and Vine Hills Cemeteries, and Burial Hill-Edward F. Stranger.
Sexton-Thomas J. Kennedy.
Superintendent of Almshouse-Russell L. Dixon.
Board of Health-Freeman Manter, chosen 1911, for three years; Arthur W. Bramhall, chosen 1909, for three years; George H. Jackson, chosen in 1910, for three years.
Board of Engineers-John E. Sullivan, Alton D. Edes and Isaac L. Hedge.
Superintendent of Chiltonville Cemetery-Charles Rogers.
Superintendent of Manomet Cemetery-George A. Manter.
Superintendent of Cedarville Cemetery-Charles E. Kimball. Chief of Police-Elwell H. Smith.
Constables-James M. Cameron, Samuel Ferguson, Edward Manter, Freeman Manter, Augustine J. Hogan, Herman W. Tower, Allen J. Caswell, Job H. Standish.
Committee on Sewerage-Selectmen.
Tree Warden-Abbott A. Raymond.
Forest Warden-Herbert Morissey.
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List of Deputy Forest Wardens, 1911-Henry O. Whiting, Nehemiah L. Savery, Nathaniel T. Clark, Gustavus G. Sampson, Frank L. St. George, assistant forest warden; LeBaron R. Bar- ker, D. Edson Raymond, Albert M. Haskell, George H. Blan- chard, Andrew J. Cahoon, Henry L. Cahoon, William F. Doten, Ziba R. Ellis, John T. Pierce, Ernest L. Sampson, Abbott A. Raymond, George H. Pierce, John F. Raymond, John W. Churchill, Barnabas Hedge, Edward P. Bartlett, James W. Hazen.
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ABSTRACT OF RECORDS OF 19II
TOWN MEETING, MARCH 25, 1911.
William W. Brewster reported for the Committee on Audit- ing and the report was accepted and placed on file.
Voted: To take up Article Twenty-six. Mr. William W. Brewster moved that the Selectmen be and are hereby au- thorized to dispose of the Primary School building and lot at Manomet, by public or private sale, or otherwise, as they may deem to be for the interest of the Town and to execute such papers in the name of the Town as may be necessary, and the motion was carried.
William S. Kyle moved that the Selectmen be authorized to appoint a Town Accountant, whose term of service shall begin Jan. 1, 1912, and to report to a future meeting of the Town, their recommendation as to the annual salary to be paid to such officer, and the motion was carried.
Mr. Kyle moved that from Jan. 1, 1912, the office of Town Auditor be abolished, and the motion was carried.
On motion of William W. Brewster: Voted, that the Moderator appoint a committee of three, who shall arrange for the installation of an improved system of accounting in the various departments of the Town, the same to be installed with the beginning of the next financial year, all expense incurred by this committee to be charged to the Contingent Fund.
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Voted: That the report of the various officers and commit- tees of the Town be accepted and placed on file.
On motion of E. L. Burgess: Voted, that the Town author- ize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, or a majority thereof, to borrow during the municipal year begin- ning January 1, 1912, in anticipation of the collection of taxes of said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the Town, but not exceeding one hundred and twenty-five thousand ($125,000.00) dollars, giving the notes of the Town therefor, payable within one year from the dates thereof. All debts incurred under authority of this vote shall be paid from the taxes of said municipal year.
Mr. Talbot moved that the Town appropriate the additional sum of $4,000.00, making the total appropriation called for $9,000.00, and the Selectmen be instructed to finish the Darby road, so-called, to the Carver line, and the motion was lost.
Mr. Avery moved that no appropriation be made for the macadamizing of Court street until all necessary widening and straightening has been made as recommended by the Selectmen on page 17 of their report for the year 1909.
Mr. Bartlett moved to amend by adding $6,500.00 for ma- cadamizing Court street.
Mr. Burns moved to amend the motion of Mr. Bartlett by adding that the portion of Court street now being considered by the County Commissioners with a view to widening remain open pending the action of the County Commissioners, and the motion was carried.
The motion of Mr. Bartlett as amended was then put and carried.
Mr. Avery moved that the Dog Fund amounting to $1,367.66 and the additional sum of $132.34 be appropriated for the use of the Public Library.
Mr. Hathaway moved to amend by adding $100.00, making
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the amount $232.34, and the amendment was carried. The motion of Mr. Avery as amended was then put and carried.
Mr. Bartlett moved that the Town authorize the Selectmen to renew any note or notes heretofore authorized which are now due or may become due the present year for such time and on such terms as they may deem expedient for the interests of the Town.
On motion of Mr. Avery : Voted, that the Town appropriate the sum of $1,200.00 for Parks and one hundred and seventy- five ($175) dollars for Training Green.
Mr. Avery moved that the Town appropriate the sum of two hundred and twenty-five ($225) dollars to pay the expense of Memorial Day, and the Motion was carried. Article Ten being under consideration, Mr. Avery moved that the subject matter of this Article be referred to the Selectmen, with full power to take such action in the premises as they may deem for the best interests of the Town, and the motion was carried.
Mr. Avery moved that Articles 11, 29 and 30 be considered together, and the motion was carried.
Mr. Avery moved that Articles 11, 29 and 30 be referred to a committee of five, to be appointed by the Moderator, relating to the compensation of Assessors, Chairman of Selectmen and Tax Collector, to report at a future meeting of the Town what readjustment of the salaries and compensation of the officers of the Town is advisable, together with their recommendations as to the apportionment of duties and compensation of the members of the several Boards and Committees of the Town, and the motion was carried.
Mr. Avery moved that no action be taken under Article Twelve until the Selectmen can assure the Town as to the actual cost of the layout of said alterations as reported to the · Town, and the motion was carried.
Mr. Lahey moved that the Town establish convient voting precincts in the Town, and the motion was carried.
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Mr. Avery moved that the Town lay out and establish the school house lot on South street as a public park, and that the expense of maintenance be paid out of the general appropria- tion for parks; one hundred and twenty-one having voted in the affirmative and twenty-three in the negative, more than two-thirds having voted in the affirmative, the motion was carried.
Mr. Sampson moved that Article Fifteen be indefinitely postponed ; one hundred and fifty-seven voting in the affirmative and two hundred and one in the negative, and the motion was lost.
Mr. Bartlett moved that the Selectmen for the time being be. and are hereby authorized in the name and on behalf of the Town to subscribe for or purchase five hundred (500) shares- of the capital stock of the Plymouth & Sandwich Street Rail- way Company at a price not exceeding the par value thereof. Such subscription or purchase shall not be made by the Select- men until they are satisfied that the balance of the amount necessary for the construction and equipment of said road is fully provided for.
Mr. Burns moved to amend by substituting one hundred and fifty (150) shares in place of five hundred (500) shares, and the motion was lost.
The motion of Mr. Bartlett was then put. . Two hundred and fourteen voted in the affirmative and fifty-two in the nega- tive, and the motion was carried.
Mr. F. D. Bartlett moved that for the purpose of raising money to be expended for shares of the capital stock of the Plymouth & Sandwich Street Railway Company, the Selectmen are hereby authorized to issue bonds of the Town to an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars. Such bonds shall bear on their face the words "Town of Plymouth, Railroad loan, Act of 1911," and shall be payable five thousand dollars at the expira- tion of each year from the date of issue for ten years, and shall.
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bear interest payable semi-annually at a rate not exceeding four per cent. per annum; shall be signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by a majority of the Selectmen.
Voted: That the Selectmen are hereby authorized to sell said bonds at public or private sale upon such terms and con- ditions as they think proper, provided that such bonds shall not be sold for less than their par value.
Mr. Avery moved that the money received by the Town front the Commonwealth in payment for the Armory be applied to the liquidation of the Armory loan and to other outstanding indebtedness of the Town under the direction of and as the Selectmen think advisable, and the motion was carried.
On motion of Mr. Avery : Voted, that further consideration of Article Eighteen be postponed until some later meeting of the Town.
On motion of F. D. Bartlett : Voted, that the Town accept. and allow the layout of Stafford lane, so-called, and change the- name of the same to Wood street, as laid out by the Selectmen. and reported to the Town.
On motion of F. D. Bartlett : Voted, that the Town accept. and allow the layout of Ocean and Weston avenues as laid out. by the Selectmen and reported to the Town.
Mr. Avery moved that the Town accept and allow the layout. of a common landing place at Cedarville as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town and an appropriation of one hundred dollars ($100.00) be made therefor. Mr. Briggs. moved to postpone until some future meeting of the Town, and the motion was carried, forty-one voting in the affirmative and thirty-five in the negative.
Mr. Bartlett moved that the Town authorize the Selectmell to transfer the balance of $14.38 from the fund for the oil road at Manomet to the Contingent account, and the motion was carried.
Mr. Bartlett moved that the Town accept and adopt by-laws;
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regulating the materials, construction and use of buildings and other structures within the limits of the Town as provided in. Section I. of Chapter 104 of the Revised Laws.
Mr. Raymond moved that this matter be indefinately post- poned, and the motion was carried.
Mr. Avery moved that the Town appropriate one hundred and twelve and 88-100 dollars ($112.88) for the deficit in ex- pense for the celebration of July 4th, 1910, and the motion was carried.
On motion of Mr. Avery: Voted, that the Town authorize the Fire Department to use the Grammar School house at Man- omet for a fire station, whenever the said building is abandoned for school purposes, and that an appropriation of the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) for the purposes of making necessary alterations and for furnishing the said building be made.
Mr. Avery moved that the Town authorize the School Com- mittee to take the South Street Engine House for School pur- poses and that an appropriation of four thousand dollars ($4,000.00) be made for necessary alterations and for furnish- ing the same, and the motion was carried.
On motion of Arthur Lord: Voted, that the Town authorize the Selectmen to take a lease of Pilgrim Wharf in Plymouth for such time and on such terms and conditions as the Select- men may deem for the interests of the Town, and make an ap- propriation of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00) for the pur- poses therefor.
Mr. Avery moved that the sum of two hundred and fifty dol- lars ($250.00) be appropriated for the erection and mainten- ance of public bath houses under the direction of the Park Commissioners, at such places as they may deem advisable, and the motion was carried.
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Elmer E. Avery moved that action under Article Thirty-two be indefinitely postponed : forty-one voted in the affirmative and seventy-nine in the negative, and the motion to postpone was lost.
J. J. Lahey moved that it is the sense of this meeting that. the Town pay its laborers 30 cents per hour, and the motion was carried.'
Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be a committee to act. in conjunction with a committee of the Plymouth Commercial Club and any interested citizens of the Town in procuring from the management of the New York, New Haven and Hart- ford Railroad Company increased facilities for passenger and freight traffic with Plymouth, including a double track between Whitman and Kingston. And further to request such improve- ment and care of the local premises of the company as will convenience its patrons and make attractive to the many thou- sands of visitors to this historic town, so important a terminal station of the New York, New Haven & Hartford system.
Voted: That the expenses of the Town officials so serving shall be paid from the Contingent Fund or moneys not other- wise appropriated.
On motion of Edward L. Burgess : Voted, that the Collector of Taxes be authorized to receive taxes for the ensuing year st. such places as he shall designate, on or before the fifteenth day of October; that interest be charged on all taxes remaining un- paid on the said fifteenth day of October at the rate of six per cent. per annum, and such rate shall continue until otherwise ordered by the Town, and all taxes and interest remaining un- paid on the first day of January following shall be collected forth- with by legal process, and the Collector is hereby authorized to collect at once by legal process all taxes of previous years out- standing.
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On motion of Edward L. Burgess: Voted, that the sum of one hundred eighty-three thousand seven hundred and 78-100 dollars ($183,700.78) be raised and assessed upon the polls and estates of the inhabitants of the Town of Plymouth, and upon the estate of non-residents, to defray the expenses of the Town for the ensuing year.
TOWN MEETING, JULY 29, 1911.
Benjamin A. Hathaway moved that the Town sell or dispose of all its shares of the capital stock of the Plymouth & Middle- boro Railroad Company to or in the interests of the Old Colony Railroad Company or the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company upon terms which shall secure to the Town not less than $76.00 in cash for each of its said shares; and that the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized in the name and behalf of the Town to take all the steps necessary and in their judgment proper to carry out and make effective the pur- poses of this vote, including the authority to vote upon all the shares of the Town at any meeting of the stockholders of the Plymouth & Middleboro Railroad Company upon any question in connection with the sale or disposal of said shares, and the motion was carried.
On motion of Elmer E. Avery: Voted, that the Selectmen be hereby authorized to build a sewer on Sandwich street from Bay View avenue to the Jordan Hospital, and on Warren ave- nue from Jabez Corner, so-called, to a point opposite the resi-
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dence of George E. Mabbett, and that an appropriation of $6,000.00 be made therefor.
Mr. Elmer E. Avery moved that for the purpose of building said sewer on Sandwich street from Bay View avenue to the Jordan Hospital, and on Warren avenue from Jabez Corner to a point opposite the residence of George E. Mabbett the Select- men are hereby authorized to borrow the sum of $6,000 and to issue therefor notes of the Town bearing interest at a rate not exceeding four per cent. per annum, payable semi-annually, the principal payable in six annual payments of $1,000.00 each, said notes to be signed by the Treasurer and approved by the Selectmen.
Mr. Bartlett moved to amend the motion of Mr. Avery by adding notes or bonds in the place of notes, and the motion to amend was carried.
The motion of Mr. Avery as amended was then put and twenty-eight voted in the affirmative and none in the negative; more than two-thirds having voted in the affirmative the mo- tion was carried.
Mr. Avery moved that the Town accept and allow the altera- tion of Main Street Extension as altered by the Selectmen, northerly from the bridge to the southerly line of the Drew land and reported to the Town, and that an appropriation of $1,150.00 be made therefor, and the motion was carried.
Mr. Avery moved that the Selectmen be and are hereby au- thorized to purchase a new twelve ton steam roller and to make such sale or other disposal of the steam roller now owned by the Town as they may deem most expedient for the Town, and the motion was carried.
On motion of F. D. Bartlett: Voted, that the Town author- ize the Selectmen to stipulate in writing to indemnify and save
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harmless the Commonwealth against all claims and demands for damages which may be sustained by any person whose prop- erty has been taken from them, or has been injured by the con- struction of a highway which the Massachusetts Highway Com- missioners propose to lay out and construct from the road op- posite the property of Levy Meyer southerly to the Bourne line.
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