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John Bachelder,
189 66
Richard McLean lots,
247 50
Ziba R. Ellis,
124 62
Charles L. Jones,
248 91
Clark Ellis, 250 01
Charles E. and Clarence E. Taylor, 123 67
Joshua L. Edes,
123 23
Raymond-Doten,
216 48
John Peck, 121 84
Hayden-Bradford,
148 20
Abbie B. Ward,
184 59
Adam and Frances Nicol,
121 84
Charles C. Drew,
303 89
Thomas Hedge,
270 18
Elmer H. Bartlett,
120 90
Scovel-Doten,
305 76
Walter S. Irwin,
147 83
Peter Holmes lot,
309 63
Frank Sheppard,
119 11
Maria A. Rickard,
119 62
Emily H. Cook,
177 17
William and Violet Crozier,
116 85
Frederick Mahler,
111 99
Isaac B. King,
236 00
Catherina Wilhelmy,
115 46
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Emily F. Bartlett,
118 96
William Bradford,
286 86
Charles and Deborah Hathaway,
226 71
Kate Zahn,
107 91
Lothrop C. King,
170 30
Alpheus O. Grant,
112 09
Jennette B. Smyth,
113 15
Clark Finney,
111 65
Ichabod Morton,
113 15
Cobb and Burgess,
112 67
William H. Miller,
111 65
Laura A. and Edna M. Larkin,
111 23
George H. Malloy,
111 39
Robert Siebenschu,
109 57
Perkins-Sibley lot,
104 99
Priscilla Perkins,
136 18
Betsey F. Dunham,
107 68
George H. Dunham,
107 68
Burgess-Bennett,
157 73
George and Elizabeth Nichols,
214 79
Harry Kramer,
106 48
Nellie H. Weeks,
105 08
Thomas C. Atwood and Laura
McHenry,
104 89
Charles C. Barnes and Samu- el G. Broadbent,
103 89
Mary J. Ware,
103 89
William L. Finney,
209 23
Jacob Jr. and Elizabeth Mahler,
209 26
Nathaniel Bartlett,
105 32
Charles E. Ryder,
105 32
Mary A. Austin, et al.,
78 68
Elizabeth A. Kimball, et al.,
41 20
David O. Harvey,
204 57
Total Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank, $42,478 79
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Deposited in Plymouth Savings Bank :
Morton D. Andrews,
$749 96
William H. Nelson, 652 03
Thomas B. Bartlett,
333 44
Rebecca F. Sampson,
325 26
Katherine E. Sever,
483 12
Mary F. Wood,
149 08
Cordelia Savery,
134 99
William Ross,
404 54
Putnam Kimball,
467 37
John Gooding,
636 66
Schuyler Sampson,
278 83
R. B. Hall,
148 06
Fanny Sylvester,
146 04
E. A. Spooner,
118 10
George Hayward,
455 82
George S. Tolman,
155 13
Elizabeth S. Tinkham,
187 23
Danforth and Thurber,
276 06
William Bartlett,
437 33
Daniel H. Paulding,
355 50
John Morissey,
302 16
Oliver T. Wood,
133 39
Sarah V. Kendrick,
84 33
Sarah A. Waldron,
180 41
Phœbe P. Ellis,
37 86
George E. and Carrie M. Benson,
116 83
Emma F. Avery,
538 92
Isaac M. Jackson,
1,046 24
Abby B. Avery and Samuel
Bartlett,
343 67
Dora Perrit,
171 84
Mary E. Moning,
130 01
Nathaniel Spooner,
161 79
Georgianna Hedge,
157 77
Elizabeth F. Stoddard,
307 26
Abbie D. Danforth,
137 94
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Cornelius Bradford,
141 96
Benjamin Hathaway,
282 07
George W. Haskins,
106 61
Henry Farris Stoddard,
150 67
Obadiah Lyon,
224 84
Madeline Harris,
218 79
Lydia G. Lothrop,
408 80
Annie Martin,
307 91
Sarah W. Sparrow,
138 23
Charles C. Doten,
347 97
Sarah J. Ryder,
271 61
Mary B. Bassett,
130 63
Colburn C. and Charles R. Wood,
402 67
Henry W. Tillson,
137 36
Caroline Grozinger,
65 86
Joseph P. Thurston,
233 34
Gustavus G. Sampson,
134 25
Amelia Knoch,
125 29
Briggs-Goodwin,
128 68
James H. Sutcliffe,
129 68
Evelyn Louise Perry,
117 35
Charles W. Eaton,
414 86
John Smith,
128 68
Amasa Bartlett and Bourne
Spooner,
317 78
Capt. Frederick Bartlett,
122 75
Caroline C. Finney,
124 80
Thomas Cooper,
121 18
Lorenzo M. Bennett,
179 56
James R. Shaw,
121 72
Ernest L. Sampson,
211 03
Truman Sampson,
121 72
Levi R. Sampson,
121 72
Arthur S. Byrnes,
118 72
Otis W. Lapham,
118 71
· Francis M. Robbins,
118 72
Plymouth Thirteen
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Lemuel L. Swift,
179 56
George W. Bradford,
235 53
Grace D. Mooney,
58 04
Amasa C. Sears,
110 66
Mary Pratt,
278 27
Henry W. Torrey,
170 49
Lyndon P. Hubbard,
112 53
Stephen Doten,
114 33
Ellen D. Howard,
84 95
Bramhall Fund,
171 99
Thomas Jackson,
112 70
Emma S. Hall,
113 70
Douglas-Hodges,
115 70
Churchill-Harlow,
169 67
Benjamin and Bessie Weston,
56 60
George Finney,
111 20
Horace C. Whitten,
111 20
Edward L. Robbins,
223 78
Henry Buhman,
112 20
John Krins,
109 78
Addie E. Douglas,
109 08
Frederick M. Atwood,
165 14
Ellis Whiting,
108 40
Charles Rogers,
80 56
Helen F. Hedge,
222 87
Robert H. and Rebecca Barnes,
138 26
Charles S. Purinton,
326 88
Isaac H. Valler,
109 94
Esther Hollis,
434 84
Edward W. Baker,
189 20
Elizabeth A. Howland,
211 02
Harriet E. McFall,
157 53
George E. Randall,
153 24
James H. and James E. Clark lots,
208 30
Eliza G. Hall,
206 20
Emma W. Hedge,
203 30
John Fratus,
152 78
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Mary E. Fuller,
102 04
Thomas Pierce,
150 78
Alfred L. Bartlett,
200 45
Martha S. Brewster,
102 14
Henry E. Maynard,
100 49
Edward H. Thompson,
100 25
Benjamin Drew,
152 12
Mary McLeod,
203 00
Catherine B. Morrison,
100 75
Lucy C. Nelson,
202 50
Philip Rudolph, 100 00
Eugenia Lothrop,
100 00
Lucia S. Griffin,
100 00
Anna M. Shepard,
300 00
Mercie F. Morse,
100 00
Anna B. Humphrey,
100 00
Martha A. Morton,
100 00
Nellie E. McCloskey,
200 00
Johnson Davee, May and Simmons, 200 00
J. Sumner Wood,
100 00
Frank Quartz,
200 00
Clarence W. Burgess,
150 00
Emma F. Caldwell,
250 00
Aaron Sampson,
100 00
Robert Thom,
100 00
Ella Bugbee Lee,
100 00
Sophia P. Mawbey,
100 00
Nathan S. Torrance,
100 00
Anthony Atwood,
200 00
Total Plymouth Savings Bank,
$27,336 43
ST. JOSEPH'S CEMETERY FUND Deposited in Plymouth Savings Bank, $105 23
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DEPOSITED WITH STATE TREASURER Phœbe R. Clifford Fund, $200 00
Total Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds,
$70,120 45
NATHANIEL MORTON PARK FUND Plymouth Savings Bank, $2,000 00
MURDOCK POOR AND SCHOOL FUND Plymouth Savings Bank, $730 00
FRANCIS LEBARON POOR FUND
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank,
$675 00
Plymouth Savings Bank, 675 00
CHARLES HOLMES POOR FUND
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank,
$500 00
JULIA P. ROBINSON POOR FUND Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank, $300 00
WARREN BURIAL HILL CEMETERY FUND Plymouth Savings Bank, $1,340 26 Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank, 202 54
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MARCIA E. JACKSON GATES PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND
Plymouth Savings Bank, $1,000 00
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank, 1,000 00
OLD COLONY NATIONAL BANK STOCK INVESTMENT FUND
Old Colony National Bank Stock,
$5,000 00
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APPROPRIATIONS ON WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING MARCH 26, 1927
Selectmen's Department,
$3,200 00
Accounting Department,
2,550 00
Treasury Department,
1,925 00
Tax Collector's Department,
2,700 00
Assessors' Department,
6,000 00
Assessors' Plans,
1,000 00
Law Department,
1,200 00
Town Clerk's Department,
1,650 00
Engineering Department,
1,000 00
Planning Board,
1,500 00
Election and Registration,
700 00
Maintenance of Town House,
3,000 00
Maintenance of Town Hall,
9,000 00
Police Department,
27,000 00
Fire Department,
36,605 82
Sealing Weights and Measures,
2,600 00
Moth Suppression,
5,000 00
Tree Warden's Department,
2,500 00
Forest Warden's Department,
4,000 00
Inland Fisheries,
250 00
Plymouth County Hospital Maintenance,
9,148 36
Health Department,
18,000 00
Public Sanitaries,
3,100 00
Sewers,
6,000 00
Street Cleaning,
5,000 00
Roads and Bridges,
40,000 00
Hard-Surfacing Streets,
7,500 00
Bridge on Brook Road, Manomet,
500 00
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Gurnet Bridge Tax,
Sidewalks, ·
7,000 00
Sidewalks: Granolithic, .
6,000 00
Snow and Ice Removal,
16,000 00
Street Sprinkling,
6,000 00
Street Lighting,
19,000 00
Harbor Master,
150 00
Pensions for Town Laborers,
800 00
Poor Department (Including Mothers' Aid),
26,000 00
Soldiers' Benefits (Overdrafts from 1926) :
State Aid, $1,264 00
Military Aid,
155 00
Soldiers' Burials,
60 00
Soldiers' Relief,
3,905 92
5,384 92
Soldiers' Benefits for 1927,
6,000 00
School Department,
250,950 00
Sexton,
200 00
Miscellaneous Account,
3,500 00
Water Department, Maintenance,
28,000 00
Water Department, Construction,
5,000 00
Oak Grove and Vine Hills Cemeteries,
11,500 00
Burial Hill Cemetery,
2,000 00
Chiltonville, Manomet, Cedarville and
South Pond Cemeteries,
300 00
Town Debt and Interest,
87,000 00
Total for Article 5, $684,187 72
Art. 6. Plymouth Public Library, (Including Dog Tax $1,790.38),
7,500 00
Art. 7. Manomet Public Library,
500 00
Art. 8. Park Department, for Parks, Training Green and Public
Camping Places, 10,763 00
Art. 9. Park Department, for Public Playgrounds, 8,970 00
773 62
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Art. 10. Bath-house at Stephens Field Playground, 2,500 00
Art. 11. Memorial Day, 550 00
Art. 12. July Fourth and Forefathers' Day, 900 00
Art. 13.
Band Concerts,
500 00
Art. 14. Plymouth County Aid to Agri- culture, 250 00
Art. 15. Rifle Range,
200 00
Art. 16. Town Forest, Reforesting and Improvement,
2,000 00
Art. 17. . Inspection of Buildings,
1,000 00
Art. 18. New Public Sanitary on State Wharf, 5,000 00
Art. 19. Repairs to Main Sewer Outlet,
4,550 00.
Art. 20. Prince Street :
Damages, $2,080 00
Construction, 2,520 00
4,600 00
Art. 21. New Sewer on Prince St., Court St. and Hedge's Road,
12,000 00
Art. 22. New Equipment for Highway Department,
7,350 00
Art. 23. Rounding Street Corners,
1,000 00
Art. 24. Sandwich Road Macadam,
8,000 00
Art. 25. Cordage Terrace Extension,
250 00
Art. 27. Surfacing and Sidewalk on
Grant St. and McKinley Road,
2,500 00
Art. 28. Surfacing on Clifford Road,
2,500 00
Art. 29. Paving Main Street Extension,
10,000 00
Art. 30. Grading on Town Wharf,
1,000 00
Art. 31. Iron Fence on Market Street,
1,000 00
Art. 33. Asphalt Surface on Shore Road (petition), 2,500 00
Art. 36. Plymouth Beach for Park Pur- poses, 6,000 00
Art. 38. Addition to Vine Hills Cemetery, 2,500 00
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Art. 41. Driveways at Memorial Building (petition),
Art. 26. New Public Way from Billington St. to land of J. Malaguti off Standish Ave., $35,000.00. If bond issue is authorized, there must be an appropriation in cur- rent year of not less than 6,500 00
Art. 32. Fire Alarm Signal System, $40,- 000.00. If bond issue is author- ized, there must be an appropri- ation in current year of not less than 6,500 00
1,400 00
$805,270 72
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POLICE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: -
Gentlemen: I have the honor to respectfully submit my annual report of the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1926.
ROSTER OF DEPARTMENT John Armstrong, Chief Patrolmen
Joseph W. Schilling, Lincoln S. Wixon, John Gault, Jacob E. Peck, Peter W. Winter, Robert M. Fogarty, Leo M. Murphy, Edward A. Smith, Lawrence J. Savoy, John H. Barrett.
Constables
John Armstrong, Joseph W. Schilling, Lincoln S. Wix- on, John Gault, Jacob E. Peck, Peter W. Winter, Robert M. Fogarty, Leo. M. Murphy, Edward A. Smith, Law- rence J. Savoy, John H. Barrett, Herman W. Tower, and Edwin A. Dunton.
Special Police Officers
Lee W. Cole, Charles J. Grandi, Nicholas Stephan, John Nauman, Fred Longhi, Arthur G. Mayo, Daniel E. Bea- ton, John Kennedy, William Armstrong, Ralph E. Cook, Daniel J. Sullivan, Charles Carr, Thomas W. Regan, An- tonio P. Diegoli, Nelson Cushing, Arthur Terry, Edward K. Morse, James W. Lewis, Charles Webber, Joseph W. Richardson, Neil Mckay, Leon D. Badger, Seth E. Wall, Henry Dries, John F. Hollis, Daniel E. Ellis, Welling- ton J. Lahey and Guy C. Bunker.
Special Police for Limited Territory Edward F. Stranger, Cemeteries and Burial Hill; Mar-
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tin W. Holmes, Burial Hill; John Yates, Junior High School; William H. Raymond, Mount Pleasant School; Charles Coates, High School; Abbott A. Raymond, Jr., Fresh Pond; William S. Fuller, South Pond; Ralph Matin- zi, Boy's Club; Frank Thomas, R. B. Symington's Es- tate; George A. Burgess, South Street School ; John Good- win and Alfred Nickerson, George Mabbett and Sons Co .; Charles Williamson, James Cameron and William Cam- eron, Plymouth Theatre; Malcolm Robicheau and George T. Wood; Old Colony Theatre; Martin Anderson, Charles Wedell, Samuel Gray, Alex Bongiovanni, John F. Doyle, David Dean, James Shaw, Adelbert L. Christie, Edward White, A. M. Douglas, John McCormick, Antone F. Lorenzo, George K. Harding, Robert Anderson, Axel Frie- burg, Edward Sweeney, George Fox, John Grandi, James Bain, Robert Fox, Arthur W. Stone, Charles L. Robbins, Plymouth Cordage Company; Lewis F. Smith, Training Green; Thomas Baldner, State Armory; Anton Rossler, Manomet; George F. Barlow, Beach Park; Albertus Wil- liams, Little Pond Grove; Nicholas Keefe, Memorial Hall.
Arrests by the month
Males
Females
Total
January,
33
2
35
February,
19
1
20
March,
40
2
42
April,
42
4
46
May,
48
5
53
June,
32
4
36
July,
55
6
61
August,
66
0
66
September,
21
4
25
October,
40
0
40
November,
33
0
33
December,
17
0
17
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446
28
474
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DISPOSITION OF CASES
Total number of arrests,
474
Males,
446
Females,
28
Residents,
273
Non-residents,
201
Amount of fines imposed,
$5,605.00
Number of fines imposed,
147
Appealed cases,
24
Continued cases,
28
Discharged,
73
Released,
58
Suspended sentences,
10
Filed,
75
Probation,
13
House of Correction,
15
Taunton Hospital,
7
Arrested for out of town officers,
6
Held for Grand Jury,
5
Defaulted,
4
State Farm,
1
Returned to their homes,
7
Shirley School,
1
474
OFFENCES
Males
Females
Total
Assault,
9
0
9
Adultery,
0
1
1
Abduction,
1
0
1
Bastardy,
1
0
1
Breaking and Entering,
20
0
20
Carrying Revolver,
1
0
1
Default Warrant,
4
0
4
Delinquent Children,
4
0
4
Disturbance of the Peace,
45
3
48
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Disorderly House,
2
2
4
Drunk,
116
1
117
Eavesdropping,
1
0
1
Exposing his person,
1
0
1
Fornication,
1
0
1
Forgery,
1
0
1
Fugitive from Justice,
1
0
1
Gambling,
3
0
3
Impersonating an Officer,
1
0
1
Insane,
1
6
7
Idle and Disorderly,
25
6
31
Kidnapping,
1
0
1
Larceny,
11
0
11
Lewdness,
1
1
2
Malicious Mischief,
8
0
8
Neglected Children,
3
1
4
Non-support,
4
0
4
Runaway Children,
7
0
7
Rape,
2
0
2
Receiving Stolen Property,
3
0
3
Stubborn Children,
2
0
2
Trespassing,
13
0
13
Threatening Language,
1
0
1
Violating Automobile Laws,
129
2
131
Violating Corn Bore Law,
2
0
2
Violating Liquor Laws,
14
4
18
Violating Probation,
3
0
3
Violating Town By-Laws,
4
1
5
446
28
474
MISCELLANEOUS WORK OF DEPARTMENT Children lost and found,
4
Buildings found open and secured,
103
Patrol wagon called out,
64
Accidents investigated, 71
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Telephone calls, 6,840
Liquor turned over to Federal Officers, (gallons) 1,488 Liquor turned over to State Police, (gallons) 750
One Dodge truck turned over to the Federal Officers
which was seized in the transportation of liquor,
The matter of new quarters for the Police Department should be given your earnest consideration as the ac- commodation in the building which we now occupy is not what it should be.
I would suggest a Ford Touring car be purchased for the officer who takes care of the Manomet district, it could be used to good advantage in a great many ways, give better service, and another step towards efficiency.
The new patrol wagon which was installed a few months ago has been called out quite often on different occasions. The benefits derived from this piece of ap- paratus can never be measured in dollars and cents.
The Police Signal System was put in operation over one year ago, is giving good service, and has increased the efficiency of this department considerably.
The installation of traffic lights along Court Street for the regulation of traffic should be given consideration. This is something which will have to be installed in the near future.
I respectfully recommend an appropriation of $27,- 000.00 to defray the expenses of this department for the year 1927.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN ARMSTRONG, Chief of Police.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT
Aggregate Valuation,
$25,975,450 00
Exempt under Clauses 11-18-23,
103,025 00
Available for Revenue,
$25,872,425 00
Valuation, Personal, $5,493,375 00
Valuation, Real,
20,379,050 00
Gain on Valuation, 1,514,075 00
To be raised by Taxation :
State, $52,080 00
State Highway,
7,999 00
County,
65,868 48
Town,
710,672 33
Overlay,
5,368 83
Estimated Receipts,
$841,988 64 221,441 04
$620,547 60
April 1. Division of Taxes,
Personal, $131,527 80
Real, 489,019 80
Dec. 31. Moth, 720 85
Additional, 390 60
Reassessed, 274 80
July 1. Polls, 7,944 00
Dec. 31. Polls, 142 00
$630,019 85
Warrants to Collector :
Property, $621,933 85
Polls,
8,086 00
$630,019 85
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146
Exempted under Chap. 59, Sec. 5, Gen. Laws : Charitable, Benevolent, Literary, Edu- cational, $712,300 00
Houses of Religious Worship,
344,600 00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
172,425 00
United States of America,
118,200 00
Town of Plymouth,
1,651,700 00
Plymouth County,
608,525 00
Table of Aggregates :
Residents assessed on Property,
3,003
Corporations, Firms, etc.,
740
Non-Residents,
1,206
Polls Assessed,
4,033
Polls Exempted, Clause 18,
44
Polls Exempted, Clause 23,
14
Horses,
192
Cows,
405
Neat Cattle,
21
Sheep,
16
Swine,
31
Fowl,
3,800
Dwelling Houses,
3,760
Acres of Land,
48,053
ABATEMENT ACCOUNT
Levy, 1925,
Dec. 31, 1925.
Balance,
$6,044 26
Dec. 31, 1926.
Abatements :
Personal,
$445 20
Real,
289 20
734 40
$5,309 86
To Reserve Overlay,
5,183 26
$126 60
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Levy, 1926,
Aug. 15.
Overlay,
$5,368 83
Dec. 31.
Reassessed,
274 80
$5,643 63
Dec. 31.
Abatements :
Personal,
$772 80
Real,
2,358 60
Polls,
360 00
3,491 40
$2,152 23
Reserve Overlay,
Jan. 1, 1926.
Balance,
$10,008 65
From Overlay, 1925,
5,183 26
$15,191 91
Transferred to Reserve
Account, 4,895 71
$10,296 20 We recommend an appropriation of $6,000.00 for Sal- aries and Expenses and an appropriation of $1,000.00 for Surveying and Plans, for the year 1927.
JAMES C. BATES, NATHANIEL G. LANMAN, CHARLES H. SHERMAN,
Assessors,
Plymouth Fourteen
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REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1926
ALMSHOUSE
Number of inmates in the Almshouse on
January 1, 1926, 12
Admitted during the year, 1
13
Discharged,
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Number remaining Dec. 31, 1926, 12
In commenting on the number of inmates at the Alms- house in the report of last year we remarked that the number kept quite closely to the 12 mark, and this year proves to be no exception. Of the 12 now there 2 are women and 10 men, and considering that the ages of 7 of them run from 75 to 84 years, with the other five from 48 to 67 years it would appear as a good place to live from the point of longevity. There is no doubt but what the good food and surroundings, with the absence of worry, all tend to prolong life.
Very little was spent on repairs the past year, a little painting of the interior, some plumbing, with the usual small repairs that occur from time to time and that at an expense of $212.88 was all.
A garden was maintained during the summer for the production of the usual table vegetables, of which 159 quarts of various kinds, 26 quarts of fruit, 139 glasses of jellies and 67 pints of unfermented grape juice were pre- served for winter use. Fifty chickens were raised, and what milk and eggs needed for use at the house, the sur- plus being sold and the proceeds turned into the Town treasury.
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The income from the Julia P. Robinson Fund was drawn, and under direction of the Matron, Mrs. Dickson, was expended upon the inmates as is directed.
OUTSIDE AID
This form of aid has been rendered to 186 persons liv- ing in Town and to 42 living in other places within the State but for which this Town is responsible. The cost of this aid, together with all our expenditures the past year will be found at the end of this report, and in the subdivisions according to the State's recommendation for the Accountants' report. We closed the year with a small balance to our credit in our general pauper account and with a considerable balance in our account of aid given to mothers with dependents, and have paid all bills pre- sented during the year, but we are aware of two or more good sized amounts for which we were unable to get the bills, and which will necessarily have to be paid out of the 1927 appropriation.
MOTHERS' AID
In March we took on a case that we had had previously and that had been closed, so that at one time during the year we were aiding 8 mothers with their 25 children. By mid-summer, however, one widow having remarried, the children of another having reached the age limit where this form of aid automatically ceases, and with two others able to get along for themselves, we reduced to four families. Since then we have reopened one of the later cases so that we end the year with five families. A glance at our reimbursements for this form of aid will show that the net cost to the Town was $1,543.21.
Expended,
$3,793 30
Reimbursed,
2,250 09
Cost to Town,
$1,543 21
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POOR DEPARTMENT
Appropriation March 27, $21,000 00
Appropriation for 1925 Bills,
511 45
Income from Trust Funds,
111 43
$21,622 88
Payments
General Administration-
Salary of Chairman, $50 00
Salary of Secretary, 350 00
Stationery and Postage, 10 50
All Other, 13 00
$423 50
Almshouse-
Salary of Superintendent, $624 00
Other Salaries and Wages, 1,462 43
Groceries and Provisions, 2,270 95
Dry Goods: Clothing,
278 66
Building,
212 88
Fuel and Light,
1,320 32
Equipment,
78 16
Hay and Grain,
348 80
Ice,
94 30
All Other,
606 58
7,297 08
Outside Relief by Town-
Cash, $4,893 00
Rent, 1,805 50
Groceries and Provisions, 3,240 50
Coal and Wood,
1,086 00
Dry Goods: Clothing,
3 95
Medical Attendance,
276 50
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Burials,
100 00
Institutions other than State, 26 00
Care and Nursing, 941 25
12,372 70
Relief Given by Other Cities and Towns-
Cities,
$1,476 29
Towns, 28 25
1,504 54
Total Payments, (Including $511.45 for 1925 bills), 21,597 82
Balance to Excess and Deficiency, $25 06
INCOME FROM JULIA P. ROBINSON FUND Expended by Overseers of the Poor for Inmates of Almshouse, $13 64
MOTHERS' AID
Appropriation, $5,500 00
Payments
Cash,
$3,612 00
Rent,
108 00
Fuel,
55 00
All Other,
18 30
Total Payments, 3,793 30
Balance to Excess and Deficiency, $1,706 70
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APPROPRIATION FOR 1927
For this year we are going to recommend the adoption of the suggestion of the State examiner who audited the accounts of the Town in October, last, that one appropriation cover both branches of aid under charge of this Department, although the accounts would be kept separately as now, therefore, we recom- mend an appropriation of $26,000.00 for the year 1927, an amount $500.00 smaller than both appropriations in 1926.
GEORGE L. GOODING, HERBERT W. BARTLETT, WILLIAM T. ELDRIDGE, Overseers of the Poor, For the Town of Plymouth, Mass.
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REPORT OF THE PARK COMMISSIONERS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Plymouth, Mass.
Gentlemen :
We, the Park Commissioners of the Town of Plymouth, hereby submit our report for the past year.
BEACH PARK
The pavilion which was erected last year has proven its worth many times.
The system of boxes at this park was increased, and will be still further increased this season.
Immediate steps should be taken to enlarge the park- ing space as it was found to be much too small this last season. Upon many days persons arriving at the beach, and desiring to stay, were forced to leave immediately as no parking space could be found for their cars.
The sea wall should be extended further north.
The total number of rooms let at this park during the season were 4,988.
STEPHENS FIELD
The filling in of this field is going on rapidly.
The driveways at Sandwich and Fremont Streets should be finished, and the bleachers are in great need of repairs. The comfort stations, which are far too small, must be enlarged.
One of the greatest improvements that could be made, that we have spoken of before and that we again recom- mend, is that a bath-house be erected.
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MORTON PARK
The new bath-houses at Little Pond Grove, adding greatly to the attractiveness of the park, proved very suc- cessful and were extremely well patronized.
The drives are in bad condition and there are some very very bad curves, for which we recommend that a larger appropriation be made.
The pines set out upon this reservation are growing extremely well, and add much to the beauty of the place.
BREWSTER PARK
The filling in on the south side of Town Brook has been completed and a rustic bridge erected. More trees and shrubs, which will add greatly to its beauty, will be planted in this attractive park.
SOUTH STREET PLAYGROUND
Some new playground apparatus was added to the playground, and was extremely appreciated by the chil- dren of this locality.
BURTON PARK
The usual care has been given to this reservation.
NELSON STREET PLAYGROUND
Bathing facilities were not at all good here last sea- son, owing to the wash of mud from the wharf dredging operations.
MUNICIPAL CAMP GROUND
This camp was more popular than ever. 1182 automo- biles and a total of 4111 persons were registered during the season. Many favorable comments and articles ap- peared in the tourists' magazines and daily papers regard- ing the desirability of this camp.
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INDIAN LANDS-MANOMET
The usual care was given this reservation.
A larger appropriation is asked, as a request has been received from some of the adjoining land-owners, that some improvements be made.
BATES PARK
This park has received the usual care.
DEPOT PARK
New walks were laid from Court Street to the Station.
Water was piped to a center point where a fountain will be erected later.
A strip of land fifteen feet wide was also taken from the Station end, and was used to widen the street.
VETERAN'S FIELD - NORTH PLYMOUTH
In accordance with the Town's vote a Committee of Veterans requested that this playground be known as "Veteran's Field." This request was approved by the Board.
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