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For this purpose, the Commissioners recommend a special appropriation of $860.00, the estimated cost of a building about 18 feet by 20 feet, covered with fire-proof material and suitable to our needs.
APPROPRIATION FOR REVOLUTIONARY MARKERS
Appropriation,
$200 00
$200 00
Expenditures
Bronze markers, 75,
$129 50
Labor,
7 10
Freight and cartage,
1 25
$137 85
Unexpended,
62 15
$200 00
Markers have been placed on the Burial Hill at the graves of the soldiers of the Revolution, as far as identification was possi- ble, as shown by the following list. In this connection the Com- missioners desire to express their appreciation of the assistance they have received from Mr. John W. Churchill and the late Hervey N. P. Hubbard. By inadvertance, the grave of James
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Thatcher, M. D., a surgeon in the army during the war of the Revolution, has not yet been marked, but will have our early at- tention. It is thought that a number of these soldiers may be buried in Manomet and any information which may help in lo- cating these graves in any of our burying grounds will be grate- fully received.
Andrew Bartlett,
Nathaniel Goodwin,
John Bartlett,
Timothy Goodwin,
Samuel Bartlett, Jr.,
Jesse Harlow,
Thomas Bartlett,
Jesse Harlow, Jr.,
William Bartlett,
Amaziah Harlow,
Lemuel Bradford,
Abraham Hammatt,
Nathaniel Bradford,
Barnabas Holmes,
William Bradford,
Eleazer Holmes, Jr.,
Joseph Bradford,
Ichabod Holmes,
Richard Bagnell,
Ichabod Holmes, Jr.,
Josiah Cotton,
Nathaniel Holmes,
Theophilus Cotton,
Peter Holmes,
Cornelius Cobb,
Samuel N. Holmes,
Job Cobb,
Consider Howland,
Nathaniel Carver,
William Hueston,
Richard Cooper,
Thomas Jackson, 3rd.,
James Collins,
William Keen,
Isaac Churchill,
Nathaniel Morton,
John Churchill,
Seth Morton,
Samuel Churchill,
Thomas Morton,
Seth Churchill,
Ebenezer Nelson,
Jobez Doten, William Doten,
William Person,
James Doty,
Joseph Plasket,
Thomas Doty,
Stephen Paine,
Charles Dyer,
Benjamin Rider,
Nathaniel Ellis,
Seth Rider,
Job Foster,
William Rider,
Nathaniel Ripley, (Reply)
Ezra Finney,
John Paty,
Plymouth Eleven
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Ebenezer Robbins, Jr.
William Thomas,
Lemuel Robbins,
Joseph Trask,
Samuel Robbins,
David Turner,
Simeon Sampson,
James Warren,
Samuel Sampson,
Benjamin Watson,
Lemuel Simmons,
William Watson, Jr.,
Jacob Taylor,
Lewis Weston,
Joseph Thomas,
William Weston.
Nathaniel Thomas,
CHILTONVILLE, MANOMET, CEDARVILLE AND SOUTH POND CEMETERIES
Appropriation,
$150 00 $150 00
Expenditures
Chiltonville Cemetery, general repairs, $94 10
Manomet Cemetery, general repairs, 28 02
Cedarville Cemetery, general repairs, 3 00
South Pond Cemetery, general repairs,
11 10
$136 22
Unexpended,
13 78
$150 00
Receipts
Sale of lots, Manomet, $18 48 $18 48
We recommend the sum of $150.00 to be appropriated for the year 1915.
We also recommend a special appropriation of $350.00 to put a two rail galvanized steel pipe fence around South Pond Ceme- tery to replace the old wooden fence which is beyond repair.
Eleven funds have been established during the last year, for perpetual care, amounting to $3,200.00.
GEORGE MABBETT, HENRY W. BARNES, HORACE M. SAUNDERS, Board of Cemetery Commissioners.
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BOARD OF HEALTH
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :-
The Board of Health, in compliance with custom and the public statutes, respectfully submits the following report for the year ending December 31, 1914.
Organization.
Early in the year, the Board re-elected Dr. George H. Jack- son as its chairman and medical advisor; Harry R. Talbot as its Secretary; and Freeman Manter as its inspector. Dr. Fred- erick H. Bradley was reappointed inspector of meats and pro- visions ; and Arthur A. Sampson and Michael D. Welsh were reappointed as inspectors of plumbing.
Meetings.
The Board has held regular meetings twice each month and special ones whenever required.
Complaints.
During the year, the Board as a whole has investigated num- erous complaints ; and the inspector alone reports that he has personally inspected about two hundred cases.
Fumigation.
The inspector reports the following cases of fumigation :-
Scarlet Fever, 42
Tuberculosis, 6 Diphtheria, 4
Contagious Diseases.
There has been a total of eighty-nine cases of contagious dis-
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ease as compared with seventy-one of the preceding year. The following tabulation of cases as reported by the local physicians will show the disease most prevalent during each of the past twelve months.
Jan.
Feb.
March
April
May
June
July
Aug.
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec,
Diphtheria,
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1 0
Scarlet Fever,
1
5
4 9
2
5
9
5 1
3
1
0
Tuberculosis,
3
2
0
1
3 1 0 2 3
1
1 0
Varicella,
0
1
1
0
0 00 0 0
0 5 0
Whooping Cough,
0
1
2 0 0 0 000000
Measles,
0
0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Opthalmia,
0 0 0 001000000
Tonsilitis,
0 0 0000000001
Mumps,
0 0000000002
0
Total,
4 11 7 14 5 9 9 8 4 5 10
3
1 0 2
Typhoid,
0
0
0 2
0
1 0 1 0
Twenty-seven cases have been reported as indigent and in fifteen cases of Scarlet Fever, three of Typhoid and one of Measles complicated by Broncho Pneumonia, the Board has taken control and furnished medical attendance, nursing and all supplies found necessary for the care of the infected indi- vidual and the prevention of infection to others.
Six cases of Tuberculosis, the Board has caused to be removed to State Hospitals for skilled care and treatment.
The charge made by the State in such cases has been four dollars per week for each patient. Eight cases declined such removal and the Board has been obliged to care for these at a greater expense than had they decided on hospital treatment.
Of the four remaining cases of contagious disease located in other Cities or Towns of the Commonwealth and with a proven settlement in Plymouth, the Board, as required by law, has reim- bursed the said City or Town for any bill incurred in conse- quence of the case.
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Hospital for Treatment of Contagious Disease.
The advent of a contagious ward at the Jordan Hospital will, in a great measure, reduce the expense of caring for the indigent sufferer in the future.
Under our present system, the Board is frequently obliged to quarantine the family together with the individual infected. In so doing, several, instead of the one person become our charges and the expense is often necessarily great. With the new method, the sufferer will at once be removed to the Hospital and the fam- ily quarantined only during such time as will correspond to the period of incubation of the disease to which they have been ex- posed.
Disinfection in all cases of contagious disease has been carried on as in the past. In no case has a second infection taken place and in all ways the work has been satisfactory to the Board.
Quarantine measures at several times during the year have been a source of additional expense. However, the Board believes that on each occasion the action taken was necessary and the effi- cient aid furnished them by the Police Department saved the Town a severe epidemic of scarlet fever.
Biological Products, i. e., Antetoxine, vaccine and typhoid prophylactic as furnished by the State have been secured and distributed to the local physicians on request.
Sputa analyses for Tuberculosis has been done by the local Board and specimens have also been forwarded to the State Bac- teriologist for examination when so desired.
Shipping from Foreign Parts.
Twenty-three ships from Progresso, Mexico, have arrived in port from January 1, 1914, to January 1, 1915. In all cases, the Board has ascertained the sanitary condition of the vessel and issued the regular bill of health before allowing them to dock.
To the officials of the Plymouth Cordage Company, we are indebted for much aid in this branch of the work.
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Milk Production and Sale.
By a recent act of the Legislature, known as Chapter 744 of the Acts of 1914, it is unlawful for any producer or dealer in milk to sell or deliver for sale the same, without first obtaining a permit from the Board of Health for such sale or delivery.
In accordance with the above and other provisions of the law, the Board has issued a number of permits after personal inspec- tion, satisfactory to the Board, of the place in which and the. circumstances under which such milk is produced.
The Board is of the opinion that this law, which means regular dairy inspection, cannot but have a beneficial influence on the cleanliness of the local milk supply.
Local regulations to supplement the law are soon to be drafted and all licenses are issued conditional on compliance with such regulations as may be adopted by the Board from time to time.
Disposal of Rubbish.
During the past year a regular caretaker has been employed at the Obery Dump. Rubbish and waste matter has been burned as far as possible. While the cost of the work has been consid- erable, the results have been satisfactory ; the general appearance as well as the sanitary conditions of the same being much im- proved.
The Board has also secured the use of land on Samoset. Street, owned by Mr. D. Ruprecht for a public dump.
These two dumps, under the present methods of waste dis- posal, should last the Town for several years and in the opinion of the Board, no cost should be incurred for an incinerator plant of any kind; the cost of any system which would be adequate for present and future needs being excessive.
Plumbing Inspection.
The inspectors report that 129 permits were granted; 5 ex- aminations and 172 inspections were made. Of the number of 'permits granted, 100 were for work in old houses and 29 for new dwellings.
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The cost of the above work as reported by the Town Account- ant is $468.50.
Meats and Provisions.
During the year 1914, the following number of animals were slaughtered and examined for food :-
Pigs
Cows
Calves
Sheep
January,
44
22
4
February,
10
10
2
March,
15
14
1
April,
9
5
9
May,
4
6
15
June,
14
July,
1
13
August,
4
3
6
5
September,
8
15
8
October,
15
14
6
November,
97
17
6
December,
119
15
6
1
325
129
90
6
And the following animals were condemned as unfit for food and were disposed of according to the law :-
Pigs, 3; Cows, 4; Calves, 2.
Expenses.
The Town Accountant's report shows in a general way the expenses of the Board. Like all other governmental agencies, the expense ratio tends to increase despite economy on the part of the Board. This is due to a variety of causes; such as the general rise in the cost of material purchased; the increasing de- mand on the part of the State that more and more be done in the way of sanitation ; meat and milk inspections ; aid to quar- antined wage earners ; an influx of poorly paid laborers who are a burden in the community in case of sickness or ill health; and the throwing onto the Board of many cases formerly carried by other departments.
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During the past year, the Board in its various lines of activity has expended about six thousand dollars; some of this sum will eventually be refunded to the Town in those cases where the parties aided have settlements elsewhere but unless the number of contagious cases show a material decrease in the coming year, the Board feels that a sum of not less than the amount expended this year ($6000.00) will be needed to effectually carry on its work for the betterment of the conditions of the Town entrusted to its care.
Respectfully submitted, GEO. H. JACKSON, FREEMAN MANTER, HARRY R. TALBOT,
Board of Health.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT
The Assessors present the following report for the year end- ing December 31, 1914:
Assessed real estate, April 1, $10,085,850 00
Assessed personal estate, April 1, 3,734,660 00
Assessed real estate, Dec. 20, 150 00
Assessed personal estate, Dec. 20, 101,450 00
$13,922,110 00
Assessed and Exempted
Soldiers, Clause 14, R. L.,
$53,350 00
Clause 9 and 10, R. L.,
50,900 00
$104,250 00
Buildings excluding land,
$6,827,550 00
Land excluding buildings,
3,258,450 00
Personal excluding resident bank stock,
3,599,625 00
Personal resident bank stock,
236,485 00
$13,922,110 00
Rate $18.40 on $1,000.
Gain on personal,
$393,890 00
Gain on real,
447,920 00
$841,810 00
Tax on personal, ex- cluding bank stock,
$66,288.30
Tax on resident bank stock,
4,351 32
Tax on non-resident bank stock,
4,637 08
Tax on real,
185,755 82
Tax on polls,
6,796 00
Moth assessment,
1,181 25
Excise tax Street Ry's.,
628 47
$269,638 24
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Town tax,
$215,244 32
State,
25,375 00
State Highway,
378 88
County,
16,428 35
County Gurnet Bridge,
416 58
Moth,
1,181 25
Non-resident bank stock,
4,637 08
Overlays,
3,436 87
Excise Street Ry's.,
628 47
Additional, Dec. 20.,
1,911 44
Committed to Tax Collector,
$269,638 24
Residents assessed on property,
1,837
Residents, all others on property,
666
Non-residents assessed on property,
737
Non-residents, all others, assessed on property,
200
Persons assessed on property,
3,440
Persons assessed poll only,
2,399
Persons assessed poll and property,
5,839
Soldiers exempt poll and property,
57
Soldiers exempt poll only,
52
Clause 9 and 10, R. L., poll and property,
75
Clause 9 and 10 R. L., poll only,
42
Horses,
519
Cows,
361
Neat cattle,
14
Sheep,
55
Swine,
27
Fowl,
4,600
Dwelling houses,
3,161
Acres of land,
50,269
Property exempt from taxation under the laws of Massachu- setts :-
Charitable, benevolent, scientific,
$444,553 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, ยท 30,000 00
Houses of Religious Worship,
254,225 00
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Plymouth County, Town of Plymouth, United States of America,
308,900 00
941,461 00
30,000 00
Abatement Account
Dec. 31, 1913. Undrawn balance, 1914. Added,
$1,722 73
1,639 80
$3,362 53
1914. Abatements,
133 20
$3,229 33
1914. Overlay,
3,436 87
1914. Abatements,
1,213 94
$2,222 93
Reserve Fund
Dec. 31, 1913. Undrawn balance,
$5,082 63
1914. Added Levy 1912,
16 20
1914. Added Levy 1913,
18 20
Dec. 20, 1914. Additional,
1,911 44
$7,028 47
April, 1914. Applied to reduce
tax 1914,
$3,500 00
Dec. 31, 1914. Abatements levy 1912, 947 70
$4,447 70
$2,580 77
We recommend an appropriation for services and expenses of the Assessors the sum of $2,700.00 for the year 1915. Also an additional appropriation of $1,000 to continue the survey and plan of the Town.
Also recommend that the sum of $2,500.00 of the reserve fund be applied to the reduction of the Tax Levy for the year 1915.
JAMES C. BATES, GEORGE HARLOW, NATHANIEL G. LANMAN,
Assessors.
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1914.
Almshouse.
We have made no especial repairs or improvements having spent just money enough upon upkeep to maintain the house and grounds in their customary good condition. The superin- tendent is Russell L. Dickson; matron, Mrs. Dickson. Two as- sistants are employed, both women, one constantly as cook, the other for a few hours each week in cleaning and scrubbing. The superintendent and family occupy six rooms with bath. For the use of the inmates there are 21 sleeping-rooms; three bath rooms with hot and cold water; three water closets, barber shop, a smoking room in the basement, besides the laundry and rooms for storage. The house is heated with steam and lighted with electricity. There are about 17 acres of land of which four acres are ploughed and cultivated to corn, potatoes and garden truck. The total valuation of the property is set at $12,000.00.
Number of inmates remaining on Jan. 1, 1914, 11 Admitted during 1914, 11
22
Discharged, 3
Committeed to care of State Board of Charity, 2
To the State Infirmary at Tewksbury, 1
6
Number in Almshouse on Jan. 1, 1915,
16
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Outside Aid.
Persons receiving aid the past year numbered 369 against 218 reported for the previous year, a most decided gain, and nat- urally the expense has been considerably greater. A glance at the financial statement printed below will show that our account is not overdrawn, but by turning to the Accountant's list of unpaid bills that were carried over into 1915 it will be seen that really we are $939.60 on the wrong side of our ap- propriation. If provision is made for the payment of this $939.60 from some other source we recommend an appropria- tion of $13,000.00, otherwise it will be necessary to ask for an appropriation of $13,939.60.
For carrying out the provisions of law under Chapter 763, Acts of 1913, we recommend an appropriation of $3,000.00.
POOR DEPARTMENT.
Receipts credited to Estimated Receipts.
Almshouse,
$289.81
Individuals,
9.00
Cities and Towns,
800.56
State,
602.30
Total Receipts,
$1,701.67
Appropriation,
$11,500.00
Income from Trust Funds,
100.07
Total,
$11,600.07
Payments-
General Administration-
Salary of Chairman of Overseers, $50.00
Salary of Secretary, 250.00
Printing, stationery and postage, 17.74
All Other, 78.77
Total General Administration, $396.51
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Almshouse-
Salary of Superintendent,
$599.56
Other salaries and wages,
735.13
Groceries and provisions,
1,458.37
Dry Goods and clothing,
221.25
Building,
117.36
Fuel and light,
771.73
Equipment,
122.62
Hay and grain,
303.43
All other,
426.08
$4,755.53
Total Almshouse,
Outside Relief by Town-
Cash,
$996.75
Rent,
1,047.50
Groceries and provisions,
2,106.41
Coal and wood,
366.28
Board and care,
25.86
Medicines and medical attendance, 258.50
Burials,
66.50
State Institutions,
355.93
Other Institutions,
161.58
All other,
272.75
$5,658.06
Less cash refunded,
7.00
Total Outside Relief, $5,651.06
Relief Given by Other Cities and Towns-
Cities,
$520.77
Towns,
$276.10
Total Other Cities and Towns, $796.87
Total Payments,
$11,599.97
Balance to Excess and Deficiency, 1914,
$0.10
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AID TO MOTHERS WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN.
Receipts, credited to Estimated Receipts.
$170.01
From State,
Appropriation,
$2,000.00
Payments-
Cash,
$694.50
Clothing,
3.45
Fuel,
4.15
Total Payments,
$702.10
Balance to Excess and Deficiency, 1914, $1,297.90
Respectfully submitted,
CHAS. A. STRONG,
WILLIAM T. ELDRIDGE,
HERBERT W. BARTLETT,
Overseers of Poor.
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PLYMOUTH PUBLIC LIBRARY
REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS
The Directors of the Library respectfully submit the following report of the work of the Library during the past year, and of its present condition :
Bound volumes added for circulation in 1914,
417
Bound volumes added for reference,
28
Total number of volumes added,
445
Number of volumes for circulation, Jan. 1, 1914,
14,661
Number of volumes added in 1914,
417
15,078
Withdrawn from circulation,
111
Total number for circulation, Jan. 1, 1915,
14,967
Number of volumes in reference departments, Jan. 1, 1914, 3,273
Volumes added in 1914,
28
3,301
Volumes withdrawn,
3
Total number of volumes for reference, 3,298
Total number of volumes in Library, Jan. 1, 1915, 18,265
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PERIODICALS
Monthly-
American Forestry
American Journal of Archaeology, gift of Dr. Helen Morton
Atlantic Monthly Bird Lore
Bookman
Century Country Life in America Craftsman
Etude
National Geographic Magazine Good Housekeeping Harper's Monthly
Indian's Friend, gift of Dr. Helen Morton
Library Journal Museum of Fine Arts Bulletin, gift of the Museum Musician New England Magazine
North American Review
Our Dumb Animals, gift of the S. P. C. A. Popular Mechanics
Popular Science Monthly Public Libraries
Review of Reviews St. Nicholas School Arts Magazine Scribner's Magazine World's Work
Weekly- Fibre and Fabric
Harper's Weekly Literary Digest Old Colony Memorial, gift of the Publishers Outlook
Plymouth Twelve
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Scientific American
Scientific American Supplement
Survey, gift of Miss Lucia Bartlett Youth's Companion
Daily-
Boston Transcript
Christian Science Monitor, a gift
New York Tribune
Religious Weeklies, presented to the Library-
America
Christian Register
Church Militant
Congregationalist
Watchman
Zion's Herald
Books circulated in 1914-
General Works,
152
Philosophy,
74
Theology,
129
Sociology,
472
Language,
70
Natural Science,
446
Useful Arts,
588
Fine Arts,
532
Literature,
825
Travels,
1,231
Biography,
773
History,
564
Fiction,
20,878
Total circulation for 1914, 26,734
The Directors desire to publicly and gratefully acknowledge the gift of 78 volumes of the best works of the year from the Plymouth Book Club, and also the gift of fifty dollars from Miss Mary Pratt for the purchase of books.
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An Italian library of about 40 volumes has been borrowed from the Mass. Free Public Library Commission. A list of books in the Library on education and teaching has been printed on postal cards and sent to all the teachers in the public schools.
The "open shelf" has continued to be largely used, while the use of the Reading Room has steadily increased, particularly dur- ing the long winter evenings.
As, with the exception of washing the walls of the Library and varnishing the floor some years ago, nothing had been done in the way of renovating the interior of the Library since its erection in 1901, the Directors realized that the time had come when reno- vation must be made, and accordingly the ceiling has been lately re-whitened, all the walls and, entire woodwork thoroughly re- painted and the floor put into good condition, as a result of which the entire interior of the Library is as clean and attractive as at the time of its original opening in 1902.
WILLIAM HEDGE, President,
Plymouth, Feb. 1, 1915.
For the Directors.
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GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTH ACCOUNT
REPORT OF MOTH DEPT. FOR THE YEAR 1914
Dr.
To appropriation,
$3,800 00
Cr. .
By Supt.,
$681 75
By labor,
2,034 97
By insecticide,
424 70
By hardware and tools,
98 65
By car fares and carting,
488 33.
By other expenses,
59 53
By balance undrawn,
12 07
$3,800 00
The moth work was pushed harder than usual this year, owing to having a little more support. During the spraying season, all spraying that could be done with one sprayer, was done, and this proves to be about the only effective method in the majority of places.
There was very little damage done by the gypsy or brown- tail moth this year, to my knowledge, although it was a pretty hard rub, around some of the cranberry bogs, to which they are very injurious. Every one owning a cranberry bog should examine it for gypsy moth egg clusters; look on stones, leaves, and especially under the banks of the border ditches. This is where the greatest danger lies, for if they hatch on the bog, they will clean it up very quickly, by feeding on the tender
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buds. If any signs of egg clusters are found, the moth super- intendent should be notified at once.
There is a marked decrease in the brown-tail moth this year. There are a number of different parasites helping us out some- what. I think if we can keep this pest under control a few more years, that the different parasites, and the wilt, will keep them in check for us.
All persons owning wood lots on which there is a mixture of oak and pine, should cut all the oak possible, as this is the most attractive for the moths, and such work is a great help to the moth supt. I would like to thank the many owners for their aid in the work during the past year.
It is impossible with one power sprayer, to cover the town as it should be, therefore I respectfully recommend an appro- propriation of $3,800.00 for the regular work for the ensuing sorts and cranberry bogs in the outlying districts ; also an ap- propriation of $3,00.00 for the regular work for the ensuing year.
A. A. RAYMOND,
Moth Supt.
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS FOR 1914
The annual inspection of animals started Jan. 15, 1914, and. was completed March 1st. 142 stables were inspected, 405 head of cows, 107 head of young cattle, 167 pigs, 18 bulls, 145 sheep.
During the past year five cows were condemned and killed. as suffering from tuberculosis.
We have had an outbreak of hog-cholera which has been treated by the Bureau of Animal Industry with successful re- sults.
The foot and mouth disease which was found quite exten- sively in this State, was not found in the Town of Plymouth, the quarantine regulations were well obeyed as a rule.
There has been an increased interest taken by most people who keep cattle, to keep them in better shape, and the stables. also show much improvement.
FREDERICK H. BRADLEY,
Inspector of Animals ..
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REPORT OF PARK COMMISSIONERS
The work at the different parks has been carried on as usual the past year and we believe the money appropriated by the Town for such purposes has been expended as judiciously as possible.
In Morton Park the forest tent caterpillars were very numerous the past season and only by constant spraying with arsenic of lead, etc., were they kept under control.
Owing to the badly infected colonies of gypsy moths on the outskirts of said Morton park, these pests have been found, more widely scattered in the park.
We are carefully thinning out some of the oak in some sec- tions to make room for the white pieces and other species of trees that are being set out and also to make better access for spraying.
The roads and paths are being cared for, and new paths that. were under construction last year have been completed.
We recommend that the town appropriate the sum of $200 to be used in buying a power sprayer for the use of the Park De- partment of Plymouth.
Bates Park, Training Green, Burton Park, and South Street Park have been properly taken care of.
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