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This work was substantially completed during the sum- mer of 1926, and what small amount remains uncom- pleted can be finished the ensuing year without a special appropriation.
All of Samoset Street from Court Street to Darby Road, and all of Darby Road that was not sealed in 1925 has received a seal coat of 85% asphalt and sand.
LIGHT SURFACING STREETS
A special appropriation of $1,000 for light tar sur- facing on River Street, and a general appropriation of $7,500 for similar work on various other streets, was made at the March meeting.
The River Street appropriation was not sufficient to fin- ish the whole of the street, but it can be finished the com- ing year without a special appropriation.
The following other streets were given their initial tar treatment this year, viz: Cliff, Town Square, South Rus- sell, Davis (from Oak Street to Cemetery), Lothrop, South Green, North Green, High, Castle, Sever, Murray, Chestnut, Vernon (west from Allerton), Atlantic and Highland Place, totalling approximately 21,815 sq. yds.
I recommend that Clifford Road from Warren Avenue to Doten Road be treated during 1927, at an estimate cost of $2,500, and I also recommend an appropriation of $7,500 to continue the work on other streets.
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BRIDGES Standish Avenue Bridge
Standish Avenue Bridge over the tracks of the Plym- outh and Middleboro Railroad required an unexpectedly large expenditure for repairs during the past year.
When the engineers from the Boston Bridge Works made an inspection of the bridge it was found that con- siderable deterioration had taken place, and extensive repairs were necessary to make the bridge safe for travel.
After the repairs were completed the bridge was care- fully painted and is now safe for loads of eight tons.
The total cost of this work was $4,793.
Watson Ellis Bridge
The old wooden bridge over Beaver Dam Brook at the Watson Ellis place, so-called, was removed, and three 42" and two 12" pipes were substituted for it. The total cost of this work was $470.37.
Newfields Street Bridge
In accordance with a recommendation made in the last annual report an appropriation of $1,500 was made to replace the wooden floor on the Newfields Street Bridge over Town Brook with a reinforced concrete one. This work was done in accordance with plans prepared in this office and on file here.
Bartlett Road
The Manomet Cranberry Company replaced an old wooden flume on the Bartlett Road with a concrete struc- ture, and the Town put a reinforced concrete slab floor across this flume.
Brook Road Bridge
The bridge on the Brook Road at Manomet has a wood- en floor on masonry abutments.
In conformity with the practice we have followed for the past few years, I recommend that this wooden floor be
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replaced with steel 1 beams and a reinforced concrete slab, and that the masonry abutments be pointed.
I estimate the cost of this work to be $500, and I recom- mend an appropriation of this amount to do this work.
CALCIUM CHLORIDE
The use of calcium chloride as a dust layer has been continued with satisfactory results during the year. The: increasing use of a light surface of tar and stone for side streets near the center of the Town has enabled the De- partment to extend the use of calcium chloride to roads that have not previously been treated, principally the: shore road beginning at the State Highway near Golf Course and going south to Stone's and Greenwood's.
The Long Pond Cedarville Road received its usual cal -- cium treatment.
I recommend an appropriation of $6,000 for dust lay- ing for the ensuing year.
SANDWICH ROAD
An appropriation of $7,000 was made to continue the: work of rebuilding Sandwich Road.
I recommend an appropriation of $8,000 to carry on: this work during 1927, and thus complete the project. started in 1925 of rebuilding this road from Bramhall's, Corner to Terry's Corner.
SIDEWALKS
The sidewalk work during the past year has consisted" of building about 1,581 lineal feet of granolithic curbing and 1,953 square yards of granolithic walk. There has. also been built approximately 1,102 square yards of a so- called K. P. walk during the year.
I am of the opinion that in the future we should spend. more money on sidewalks than we have heretofore done.
If we buy the asphalt mix machine referred to earlier in this report, I think we shall be able to build a sidewalk
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with a somewhat smoother surface than those we have made with the mixture of pea stone and K. P.
It has been our experience each year that the amount of money appropriated for the building of granolithic sidewalks has not been sufficient to meet all of the re- quests for granolithic sidewalks in those cases where the. abutting owners are willing to pay one-half the cost of the walk.
I therefore, recommend that an appropriation of $6,000 be made for the construction of granolithic sidewalks dur- ing the ensuing year, and an appropriation of $7,000 for the asphalt and sand type.
The necessary lines and grades for new road con- struction and sewer work have been furnished from the Town Engineer's Office during the past year, and record plans for sewer construction and miscellaneous work have been prepared, and are on file.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR E. BLACKMER,
Superintendent and Town Engineer.
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REPORT OF PLYMOUTH RELOCATION COMMITTEE
The Plymouth Relocation Committee submits here- with a report reviewing, in a general way, its activities since its appointment.
At a Special Town Meeting, held on January 29, 1921, it was voted "that a Committee of ten be appointed by the Selectmen to be known as the Plymouth Relocation Committee, said Committee to represent the Town in all matters pertaining to the relocation of wharf facilities."
Acting under this vote, the Selectmen appointed the following Committee, which had earlier been appointed by the Plymouth Chamber of Commerce to study the project, Frank Eastwood, Chairman, Arthur E. Black- mer, Secretary, Ellis W. Brewster, Charles Otten, Jr., Harry B. Davis, LeBaron R. Barker, John J. O'Brien, Charles F. Gardner, Charles W. Gifford and Colburn C. Wood.
The Committee submitted a report to the Town in March, 1922.
In this report they made no recommendation as to whether or not the Town should build a wharf, but did recommend that if a wharf were to be built it should be on Water Street, beginning at the foot of South Park Ave., and extending northerly to the foot of Lothrop Street. The estimated cost of construction was $130,000.00.
At the Annual Town Meeting, held March 24, 1923, the Town voted (343 in the affirmative, and 40 in the nega- tive) to erect a Wharf and Public landing on the location recommended by the Committee; and appropriated $130,000.00 for the construction of the same.
Prior to the passage of this vote by the Town, your Committee had numerous meetings with the United States District Engineer, in Boston, and the Waterways Division of the State Department of Public Works,
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relative to dredging a channel from the State Pier to the new Town Wharf, when built.
The estimated cost of this channel was $102,000.00.
The Committee, with the assistance of Senators and Representatives of the State and United States Govern- ment, secured the passage of two bills, one for $51,000.00 by the State Legislature, and one for $51,000.00 by Con- gress, to dredge a channel to the new wharf, when com- pleted.
The Federal Government made its appropriation for channel dredging conditional upon the erection on the new wharf of a modern freight handling equipment but later modified this condition by changing it to a modern coal unloading equipment.
Mr. James Millar of the James Millar Coal Company, who owned and operated a coal wharf just south of Plymouth Rock, but who was forced to change his loca- tion by the Federal and State Authorities, to make room for the State Park, was very anxious to relocate on tide water, and was willing to install the required coal un- loading equipment on the Wharf if the Committee would give him a lease to a portion of the property for a term of ten years.
The Committee had no authority to do this, but on July 21, 1923, at a Special Town Meeting, they were authorized to lease space for business purposes on the contemplated new wharf, this lease to be approved by the Board of Selectmen.
On October 6, 1924, an agreement was concluded with the James Millar Company to lease to them about one and one-third acres on the new wharf, at a rental of $1,500.00 per year for ten years, with a privilege of renewal for ten years more, but owing to the trouble with the bulk-head we had to change our style of wharf from our original plans, the result being that Mr. Millar could not put in the unloading plant he had in mind at the time the lease was signed, but had to put in a more expensive plant. He
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was forced to spend over $10,000.00 more than he orig- inally intended.
The Committe, after careful consideration, decided it was no more than right that the Town should stand at least $5,000.00 of this additional expense, since Mr. Millar was in no way responsible for the change, and was get- ting a much better equipment. The result was, at a Special Town Meeting, held Nov. 13, 1926, the Commit- tee asked to have Mr. Millar's rent changed from $1,500.00 per year for ten years, with option of renewal ten years 'more, to $1,000.00 per year for ten years, with option of renewal for ten years more, at a rent that was just and reasonable.
The services of Fay, Spofford and Thorndike, of Bos- ton, were secured to draw plans and specifications for the wharf and dike, and superintend construction.
Bids for the construction of wharf and dike were opened February 23, 1924. There were eight bids re- ceived. The Bay State Dredging and Contracting Com- pany being the lowest bidder, were awarded the con- tract.
In the office of the United States District Engineer in Boston, February 25, 1924, the bids to dredge the chan- nel were opened. There were five bidders, the Bay State Dredging and Contracting Company being the low- est this time, also, and awarded the contract for dredg- ing.
The Bay State Dredging and Contracting Company started on the dike March 31, 1924, and a month later they started to drive piles to fill in back of the bulk-head.
In July, and early in the fall, it was discovered that the ground was so soft, where the piles were driven, that the whole bulk-head started to move slowly towards the east, under the enormous weight of the soft mud being dumped behind the bulk-head.
In our early investigations we had test borings made by the B. F. Smith Company, which Company was con- sidered an Authority on this kind of work. The Federal
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Government also tested the ground and one or two Con- tractors made similar tests, but in no case did we find ground that was considered dangerous, or even suspic- ious, yet for all that our bulk-head would not stand up under the weight of mud, and on October 4, 1924, the Committee was obliged to ask for an additional appro- priation of $25,000.00 to make necessary changes.
At a Special Town Meeting, held Nov. 13, 1926, we asked for an additional amount of $774.68; which finished all the work undertaken on the dike, bulk-head and dredging.
We depended upon the Government contract to fill all the area, and there was material enough to do so, but owing to the nature of the mud filling it exerted too much pressure against the bulk-head, and we were compelled to remove some, to prevent the bulk-head from going to pieces.
The area must be filled in with light filling.
The Board of Health assisted us greatly, one winter, by dumping ashes into this hole, and saved the Town con- siderable money. We are in hopes of getting further aid from this Department.
When there is opportunity to lease other space on the wharf it will be necessary to do additional grading, and it will be desirable to cover these graded areas with ashes or sand.
This work can be spread out over a term of years, how- ever, and will involve very little additional expense to the Town.
It appears desirable to do some additional grading on the area leased by the James Millar Company, and some on the area reserved by the Town, at the south end of the wharf.
We, therefore, suggest an appropriation of $1,000.00 to do this work.
FRANK EASTWOOD, Chairman
Plymouth Relocation Committee.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD
During the past year the Planning Board has consid- ered various matters presented to it by persons inter- ested in the improvement of our Town.
The Selectmen asked the Board to make a recommenda- tion in the matter of proposed location of a dining car, so called, on North St. The Board held a public hearing at which both those who favored this project and those who opposed it had an opportunity to express their vari- ous views. After a discussion by the Board a letter was written by them to the Selectmen, recommending that the request for permission to locate a dining car on North St. be not granted.
Acting on recommendation of the Planning Board, the Selectmen added One Thusand Dollars to their Street De- partment Budget for rounding street corners in various intersections. The work that has been done under this appropriation has greatly improved conditions at these particular corners.
The project of laying a sewer in the valley of Hedges Brook and in a portion of Court St. and Prince St. was considered by the Board. A joint meeting with the Se- lectmen was held, at which this matter was discussed, and at a Planning Board meeting, held February 4, 1927, most of the property owners that would be benefitted by the construction of this proposed sewer appeared before the Board to urge their favorable consideration of this pro- ject. As a result of these meetings the Planning Board approved the project and recommended favorable action by the Selectmen.
The matter of a proposed by-pass route through Plym- outh, studied for the last two years by the Selectmen and
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Planning Board jointly, has been given still further care- ful consideration during the past year.
The plan submitted with this report shows the three projects which have been studied.
The first, marked Route No. 1, contemplated a route which should leave Court St., near South Spooner St., and turning easterly, cross the tracks of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company at, or near, the foot of Prince St., thence following the shore until it merged into the present Water Street Extension, and fol- lowing this route along Water St., crossing Town Brook easterly of the foundry, thence into Union St., through Stephen's Field, and connect with Sandwich St., near Mt. Pleasant St.
Route No. 2 began in Kingston, near Crescent St., and by a new cut-off route connected with Spooner St. at its junction with North Spooner St., thence following Spooner St., Standish Ave., Oak St., across Town Brook at the junction of Oak and Summer Sts. From this point on, the suggestion of the Public Works Department of the State is that a new road be constructed, crossing Staf- ford St., near Towns St. and South St., near Raymond's Corner, Obery St., near County Farm, and connecting into the State Highway at Warren Ave., near the Estate of Mrs. Hannah Spooner.
Route No. 3, which both the Selectmen and Planning Board believe is superior to either of the other two routes, is the most westerly of the three projects pre- sented. The suggestion is to start this route in Kingston near Howland's Lane, so-called, running through the lands of the Plymouth Cordage Company, westerly of Moning and Russell's Pond, crossing the Middleboro branch of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail- road Company, about 600 feet easterly from the present grade crossing at Braunecker's Farm, so-called, through Joseph Malaguti's land to Royal St., thence continuing across Summer St., near Watson's entrance, and Billing-
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ton St., near Deep Water Bridge, past Walter Hall's, until it connects with the present South Pond Road near Man- uel Medara's.
The Board believes that this is the most practical route that thus far has been studied, and has taken the matter up with the Public Works Department of the State, whose engineer approved the location as shown on the plan. Our advisor, Mr. Arthur Shurtleff, Town Planning Expert, has been over this route with your Board and has given his approval of the plan.
Inasmuch as the building of this road is linked up with the project of a new water supply for a section of the Town over which the road will pass, but the elevation be- ing such that it has hitherto been impossible to adequately supply this territory, it is the opinion of the Planning Board that the Town should proceed at once with so much of the construction of this road as is necessary for the carrying out of the Water Department plans.
ZONING
Probably no one project undertaken by a community can be of more far-reaching value as a guide to the proper development of the community than the adoption of a carefully considered and comprehensive zoning plan. The Planning Board believes that Plymouth should have such a zoning plan.
Experience in other places has shown that there are many difficulties in working out a proper plan, and that it is important that it be approched carefully and with due consideration to all interests involved.
The Board, in arriving at any recommendation which it may make to the Town for acceptance or rejection, will want to devote all the time and attention necessary, and to hear from anyone who wishes to be heard on the sub- ject. The Board recognizes that it is necessary to the success of zoning that it be given the fullest publicity and be adopted only after the most careful consideration by,
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and with complete knowledge of the citizens of the Town.
The Board believes that the proper first step is to have a study by an expert and is informed that such a study could be made for about twelve hundred dollars. This study will be something tangible to discuss and will fur- nish a starting point.
With the possible exception of the "Westerly Route," this seems to be the subject of greatest importance be- fore the Board at the present time.
Miscellaneous work which the Board may wish to un- dertake during the year will probably involve some slight expense, and therefore an appropriation of fifteen hun- dred dollars for the use of the Planning Board is recom- mended.
Respectfully submitted,
F. C. HOLMES, Chairman.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN CLERK
Births, Deaths, Marriages
FOR THE YEAR
1926
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN PLYMOUTH IN 1926
Jan. 6. Walter L. DeLory and Lila M. Blaisdell, both of Swampscott, married in Pymouth.
Jan. 9. Arrigo Bortolotti and Ada A. Cassanelli, both of Plymouth.
Jan. 16. Joseph Vandini and Mary Botieri, both of Plymouth.
Jan. 21. John Lopes of Plymouth and Annie W. John- son of Kingston, married in Plymouth.
Jan. 30. Kenneth F. Bourne of Plymouth and Irene Dorcas Parker of Plympton, married in Plymouth.
Jan. 30. Frank A. Sampson of Plymouth and Leora F. Morse of Whitman, married in Plymouth.
Jan. 30. John Costa and Mary Tavares, both of Plym- outh.
Feb. 13. Frank Edward Medara and Josephine Cappel- lo, both of Plymouth.
Feb. 16. Albert Leonardi and Mae Fox, both of Plym- outh.
Feb. 27. Justin P. Nowell of Somerville and Louie R. Tripp of Plymouth, married in Somerville.
Mar. 6. Adriano L. Grave and Mary Esteves, both of Plymouth.
Mar. 20. Stanley C. Nightingale of Duxbury and Alma J. Schneider of Plymouth, married in Duxbury.
Apr. 3. Lewis Donald Chaffin of Chelsea and Marguer- ite Amelia Croft of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
Apr. 3. Roderick L. Sherman and Mary Coutts, both of Plymouth, married in Newton.
Apr. 3. Oscar Burton Soule of Duxbury and Alice R. Hodgdon of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
Apr. 4. Stoddard Baker Emerson of Hanson and Ber- tha Martha Brink of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
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Apr. 5. Adolph Govoni and Mary Ellen Keough, both of Plymouth.
Apr. 10. Earl Clifton Reynolds of Plymouth and Eloise Theresa Tucy of Bourne, married in Bourne.
Apr. 19. Antonio Nunes Martinho of Plymouth and Libbie Elizabeth Martin of Oak Bluffs, married in Oak Bluffs.
Apr. 20. Nicholas Kaiser of Plymouth and Elizabeth Madeline Cronin of Waltham, married in Waltham. Apr. 23. Leander F. Smith of Plymouth and Elizabeth M. Bourque of Wakefield, married in Plymouth.
Apr. 24. Martin Joseph Walsh and Ida Banzi, both of Plymouth. .
Apr. 25. Walter Pizzotti and Mary Flora Arruda, both of Plymouth.
Apr. 26. Carroll Paul Burgess of Plymouth and Emily Chandler Noyes of Duxbury, married in Duxbury.
Apr. 29. Antonio Medeiros of West Warwick, R. I., and Mary Lema of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
May 2. Harry D. Glassman of Plymouth and Sarah Berkovich of Haverhill, married in Haverhill.
May 13. Ralph A. Fortini and Helen I. Holmes, both of Plymouth.
May 15. Gordon S. McCosh and Doris R. Clark, both of Plymouth.
May 17. Arthur Edward Jackman of Sutton, N. H., and Mary Louise Riedel of Plymouth, married in Sutton, N. H.
May 22. Bernard D. Verre and Evelyn E. Alexander, both of Plymouth.
May 22. Albano Silva of Kingston and Palmira Alves of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
May 28. Walter LeBaron Ellis and Mabel Estelle Adams, both of Plymouth, married in Cambridge. May 29. Elias Costa Freire and Mary Carmo Sousa, both of Plymouth.
May 29. Frederick C. Kaiser and Marina Sommi, both of Plymouth.
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May 30. James J. Shippen of Plymouth and Mabel A. O'Neil of Boston, married in Boston.
May 31. Arthur James Collins of Somerville and Ruth Helen Davidson of Lynn, married in Plymouth.
June 2. Clinton Lewis Bancroft of Reading and Ruth Duthie Beckford of Plymouth, married in Plymouth. June 5. Maurice Arnold Blackmur of Quincy and Lou- ise Fisher Adams of Boston, married in Plymouth. June 5. John Lewis of Taunton and Emily Frances Wager of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
June 7. Elmer E. Ross and Myrtle E. Folsom, both of Plymouth.
June 9. Thomas R. Southwell and Agnes J. Anderson, both of Plymouth.
June 11. Joseph Henry Cadorette and Margaret May Sears, both of Plymouth.
June 12. Henry Charles Malagodi of Chelsea and Mary Lucy Borsari of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
June 13. Antonio Chiusano and Assunta Crescezio, both of Plymouth.
June 19. Raymond Jerome Henrion and Harriet Paul- ine Robbins, both of Plymouth.
June 19. Martin Luther Mccullough and Edith Alex- andria Wood, both of Plymouth.
June 26. Thomas William Loft and Grace Brown Mor- ton, both of Plymouth.
June 26. Eugenio Angelo Zorzanello of Providence, R. I., and Theresa Fernanda Busi, of Plymouth, mar- ried in Plymouth.
June 26. Alvaro Rezendes of Somerville and Adelaide Veronica Lawrence of Plymouth, married in Plym- outh.
June 28. Alcide William Boudreau and Thelma May Stone, both of Plymouth.
June 30. LeBaron Russell Barker Jr. of Plymouth and Mary Bell Pope of Cambridge, married in Boston.
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July 3. Joseph Pickles and Katharine Beatrice Wood, both of Plymouth, married in Brockton.
July 4. Clarence S. Willard of Shresbury and Lizzie S. Estabrook of Worcester, married in Plymouth.
July 10. Walter Augustus Anderson and Sarah Ann Radcliffe, both of Plymouth.
July 14. Alix S. Andrew and Mary Francis, both of Plymouth, married in Marshfield.
July 16. Joseph Raymond Cadorette of Plymouth and Irene May Lee of Carver, married in Plymouth.
July 16. Bernard R. Davis and Margaret S. Watson, both of Plymouth.
July 18. Charles Scott Sturtevant and Beatrice Grace Pitkin, both of Plymouth.
July 24. Edward Costa and Mary Rabello, both of Plymouth.
July 24. Robert R. Tassinari and Elizabeth S. Weichel, both of Hudson, married in Plymouth.
July 26. Frank Silva Torres and Gloria Roderick, both of Plymouth.
July 30. Ferdinand Lenari and Mary Alba Guidaboni, both of Plymouth, married in Boston.
July 30. Robert Anderson Bartlett and Thelma Harri- ett Thom, both of Plymouth.
July 31. Paul William Bittinger of Plymouth and Paul- ine M. Kimball of South Acton, married in Acton.
Aug. 7. Louis Joseph Morin and Mary Zucchelli, both of Plymouth.
Aug. 11. Herbert Emil Johnson of Providence, R. I., and Thelma Violeen Raymond of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
Aug. 14. Harold Fornaciari and Inez Ardizzoni, both of Plymouth.
Aug. 14. Fernando Vecchi and Amelia Morton, both of Plymouth, married in Providence, R. I.
Aug. 21. G. Frank Lord of Athol and Katrina Wain- wright Bittinger of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
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Aug. 27. Lawrence William McCarty and Marion Les- lie Bosworth, both of Plymouth.
Aug. 27. Nathan H. Sprague of Plymouth and Bessie H. Allen of Waltham, married in Lynnfield.
Aug. 28. John Victoria and Cotilda Motta, both of Plymouth.
Aug. 30. Timothy J. Buckley and Margaret V. Borsari, both of Plymouth.
Sept. 1. Charles H. F. Mueller of Plymouth and Luci- enne E. Schmitt of Cambridge, married in Boston.
Sept. 1. John A. Bradford and Miriam A. Anslow, both of Plymouth.
Sept. 1. Alan W. Ferris of Roslindale and Olive M. McGovern of Plymouth, married in Boston.
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