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On Tuesday, December 10, 1929, Dr. Kingston and Dr. Drury of the State Board of Health came down to look at the slaughter house, and were well pleased with situation and arrangements of same, and said they wished more towns in the State had as good place to slaughter.
FREDERICK H. BRADLEY, V. M. D.,
Inspector.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF MILK INSPECTOR FOR 1929
Jan. 6, 1930.
To the Honorable Board of Health : Gentlemen :
In accordance with the Gen. Laws, Mass., Chapter 40, Section 49, I herewith submit a report as Inspector of Milk for the year ending December 31, 1929.
Work Performed
Licenses or permits issued in 1929 :
Type
Class A
Class B
Class C 45
Total
Milk Dealers Licenses,
80
44
169
Oleomargarine Licenses,
9
9
Permits,
40
40
Total,
80
53
85
218
Summary of Inspections Made :
Class A .- Hotels, restaurants, tea rooms, lunch- counters, drug stores,
123
Class B .- Stores, markets, etc., 104
Class C .- Producers of those primarily dealing in milk,
158
Dairies,
55
Pasteurizing Plants,
21
Ice Cream Plants,
4
Total, 465
Average Percentage per class for Sanitary Conditions :
Class A .- Dealers, 81.14%
Class B .- Dealers,
78.25
Class C .- Dealers, 77.43
Dairies, 84.84
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Ice Cream Plants, . 97.50
90.70
Pasteurizing Plants,
Average percentage of sanitary conditions, 84.97
Summary of Tests Made :
Testing milk for Butter Fats,
154
Testing milk for Solids,
286
Testing milk for Sediment,
69
Testing cream for Butter Fats,
6
Testing milk for Tubercle Bacilli (T. B.),
33
Testing milk for Adulteration, 138
Testing milk for Streptococci, 181
Total,
867
Average percentage of Butter Fats in milk,
4.16 %
Average of percentage of Solids, 13.487
Average percentage of Butter Fats in cream,
40.4
Tuberculin Test:
Cattle tested under State Supervision in 1929, Plymouth,
504
Cattle tested and passed,
489
Cattle tested and reacted,
15
Percentage passing test,
97%
Expenditures for 1929
Salary of Milk Inspector,
$631.23
Salary of Collector of Samples,
600.00
Equipment,
90.77
Auto Expense,
100.52
Material, Miscellaneous,
79.01
Total, $1,501.53
DANIEL J. SULLIVAN.
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REPORT OF INSPECTORS OF PLUMBING
Plymouth, Mass., January 1, 1930.
To the Honorable Board of Health :
We herewith submit our report for the year 1929
Number of Permits, 145
Number of Inspections, 193
Number of Old Buildings, 98
Number of New Buildings,
47
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR A. SAMPSON,
MICHAEL D. WELSH,
Inspectors of Plumbing.
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REPORT OF FIRE COMMISSIONER
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit the report of the Plymouth Fire Department for the year 1929. On analysis it shows that the fire loss was the smallest for a number of years, be- ing only 2.05% of the assessed value of the property in- volved, which certainly indicates the high efficiency of the Department and is very gratifying to your Fire Com- missioner and should entitle the entire Department to the continued loyal support of your Honorable Board and the citizens of the Town.
Following is a brief summary of the conditions of the personnel, buildings, apparatus and signal system.
PERSONNEL
An excellent spirit of enthusiasm and co-operation continues to exist throughout the entire department which in my opinion is the principle reason for the ex- cellent results as shown by the very small fire loss.
BUILDINGS
Both the Central and North Stations, with the excep- tion of ordinary repairs, are in good condition.
APPARATUS
Housed in the Central Station
Combination A, 400 gallon pump, hose and chemical
Combination D, 400 gallon pump, hose and chemical Combination B, 750 gallon pump, hose and chemical Ladder Truck
Two Service cars and Chief's car
All of the above are in good condition. Housed in North Station
Combination C, chemical and hose, in good condition.
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Horse-drawn Ladder Truck. Regarding this machine I can but refer to previous reports. It is very evident that this machine should be replaced with a motor driven ladder truck.
Your Commissioner is reluctant to ask you for an ap- propriation at this time, as the Town apparently faces other expensive propositions.
FIRE ALARM SIGNAL SYSTEM,-
I am pleased to report that the signal system on Sand- wich, Main and Court Streets from Jabez Corner to the Kingston and Plymouth line are now underground and two new boxes have been installed and puts the main line in excellent condition. There is considerable work to be done yet on the aerial circuits and the addition of new boxes. It is the plan of your Commissioner to continue annually to improve these conditions from the regular ap- propriation using the men of the Department all possible for this work.
ORGANIZATION
Fire Commissioner, Chief Fire Department,
Deputy Chief Fire Department,
Henry Walton Albert Hiller Clifton Hatton
Central Station Captain Fred Paty Captain Everett Wood
Percy Gardner Charles Schroeder
James Farris
C. Thom Shaw Augustus Burgess Peter Bibeau
Chester Wood
Call Force
Lieut. Alfred Nickerson
John Sampson
Elmer Chandler
Daniel Sullivan
Peleg Chandler
Milton Howland
Charles Baumgartner
George Banker
Charles Carr
Arthur Lovell
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Warren Sampson Norman Holmes
Max Siever Philip Vacchini
Hook and Ladder
Lieut. Guy Bunker
Ernest Beauregard
Charles Hatton
Angelo Barbieri
William Baker
Robert Fogarty John Kennedy George Wood
John White
North Station
Captain Burton Gray
Frank Pimental
Lieut. John Stephen
Robert Thom
William Delano
Michael Maiers
Barnard Wolf
William Pearce
Peter Bagni
Charles Northrup
FIRE CALLS
Roof Fires,
10 Lightning, 5
Soot,
46 Sprinkler let go,
1
Overheat stove pipes,
2 Rags on fire, 2
Overheat steam pipes,
1 Gas exploded, 2
Thawing water pipes
2
Tar kettle fire,
1
Steam in buildings
3
H-H Inilator,
2
Cat in tree,
3
Rubbish fires,
6
Automobiles,
12
Smoking,
8
Stove tipped over,
3
Children playing with matches, 5
2
Oil heaters,
4
Street fires,
31
Short circuit of wires,
6
Fire works,
8
Lamp exploded,
3
False Alarm,
3
Candles,
4
Set on fire,
7
Bon fires,
6
Junk Yard,
1
Smoke in buildings,
4 Boy in tree,
1
Dump fires,
8
Back fire from furnace, 1
No School Signal,
10
Cleaning with gasoline, 2
Grass fires,
36
Wood fires,
13 Total, 271
Overheat furnace, 3
Kerosene stoves exploded, 6
Smoking in bed,
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OUT OF TOWN CALLS
Kingston
8 East Carver
3
Plympton
2 South Carver
1
Marshfield
1 Manomet
23
Darby
1
Total Number
40
West Duxbury
1
Responded No Action
False Alarms
Feet of Hose Used
Gallons of Chemical
Feet of Ladders
H-H Inilator Used
Total of Alarm
During Year
January
60.4
3.
7
3
2,800
422
283.
13
February
40.2
2
8
7
1,600
262
220
15
March
117.3
4
22
13
. .
2,750
785
90
39
April
56.8
2
13
4
. .
1,150
224
62
1
20
May
43.8
4
13
2
3,000
264
295
19
June
80.2
1
8
4
650
147
87
1
14
July
224.1
7
54
9
1
4,650
1,017
214
71
August
142.1
4
16
10
4,000
331
77
30
September
20.8
3
5
. .
1
1,900
142
48
9
October
44.1
3
9
4
. .
1,600
121
102
16
November
25.6
1
8
3
1
550
129
14
13
December
32.9
3
8
2
.
1,850
42
114
13
Total
888.3
37
171
61
3
25,420 3,876 1,606
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VALUATION AND LOSSES
Assessed value on Buildings,
$349,270.00
Loss on Buildings,
$7,601.00
Insurance on Buildings,
$419,928.00
Insurance paid on Buildings,
$5,941.00
Value on Contents,
$231,978.00
Loss on Contents,
$4,345.90
Insurance on Contents,
$157,606.00
Used
Used
Month of Year
Miles Traveled
Pumper Used
Chemical Used
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Insurance paid on Contents, Total Value Involved,
$3,765.90
$581,248.00
Total Loss on Value Involved,
$11,946.90
Total Number of Alarms during 1929,
272
(1930)
Salary and Wages,
$27,432.00
Equipment and Repairs,
1,050.00
Hose,
500.00
Equipment for Men,
100.00
Motor Apparatus,
2,000.00
Fire Alarm,
1,000.00
Fuel and Light,
1,125.00
Maintenance of Building and
Grounds,
650.00
Headquarters,
410.00
Other Expenses,
420.00
Pension,
1,027.00
Total,
$35,714.00
HENRY WALTON,
Fire Commissioner.
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REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1929
OAK GROVE AND VINE HILLS CEMETERIES
Appropriation,
$11,500.00
Income from Trust Funds,
1,825.21
$13,325.21
Payments
Salaries and Wages-
Superintendent,
$1,329.20
Labor, 8,204.80
Clerical Assistance,
114.78
$9,648.78
Other Expenses-
Teams,
$380.97
Loam and Fertilizer, 1,053.90
Trees, Shrubs, Grass Seed,
117.84
Tools, Paint, 322.26
Telephone, 19.83
Stationery and Postage, 90.40
Macadamizing,
824.34
Pipe and Cement,
552.26
Markers,
133.73
All other,
31.76
$3,527.29
Total Payments, 13,176.07
Balance to Excess and Deficiency,
$149.14
Receipts
Sale of Lots,
$1,422.76
Care of Lots,
1,414.56
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Miscellaneous (including Graves
and Foundations), 3,522.02
Total Receipts, $6,359.34
We recommend an appropriation of thirteen thousand dollars ($13,000.00) for the year 1930.
SPECIAL APPROPRIATION FOR MACADAMIZING AVENUES
Appropriation, $500.00
Expended, 500.00
We recommend an appropriation of one thousand dol- lars ($1,000) for macadamizing avenues in Oak Grove and Vine Hills Cemeteries for the year 1930.
BURIAL HILL CEMETERY
Appropriation,
$2,000.00
Income from Trust Funds,
74.16
$2,074.16
Payments.
Salaries and Wages-
Superintendent, $269.75
Labor, 1,514.75
Clerical Assistance, 80.76
$1,865.26
Other Expenses-
Teams, $12.13
Tools, Paint, 33.11
All other, 99.41
144.65
Total Payments, $2,009.91
Balance to Excess and Deficiency, $64.25
Receipts
Care of Lots, $44.80
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We recommend an appropriation of two thousand dol- lars ($2,000.00) for the year 1930.
CHILTONVILLE, MANOMET, CEDARVILLE AND SOUTH POND CEMETERIES
Appropriation,
Income from Trust Funds,
$300.00 99.80
$399.80
Payments
Clerical Assistance,
$19.90 4
Chiltonville-
Labor,
$94.70
Cedarville-
Labor,
$84.90
Manomet-
Labor,
$83.75
South Pond-
Labor,
$38.00
Truck,
4.00
$42.00
Auto Hire,
$9.00
Total Payments, 334.25
Balance to Excess and Deficiency,
$65.55
Receipts
Sale of Lots,
$55.04
We recommend an appropriation of five hundred dol- lars ($500.00) for Chiltonville, Manomet, Cedarville and South Pond Cemeteries for the year 1930.
Thirty-three new funds have been established the past year, amounting to $7,136.71, all of which can be found in the report of the Town Accountant.
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In Town Meeting, March 23d, 1929-
On motion of William P. Libby, Article 42, was refer- red to the Cemetery Commissioners to investigate and later report to the Town.
The Commissioners recommend that they be instructed to take the Cemeteries at the Chiltonville and Manomet churches, and that they become a part of the Town Ceme- teries adjoining.
Respectfully submitted,
HORACE M. SAUNDERS, ARTHUR E. BLACKMER, RICHARD T. ELDRIDGE,
Board of Cemetery Commissioners.
Plymouth Ten
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REPORT OF BUILDING INSPECTOR
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen :- I submit herewith my report for the Building Department, for the year ending December 31, 1929.
Permits
Est. Cost
42 One Family Dwellings,
$184,300
44 Garages,
18,620
14 Other Buildings,
151,700
35 Additions and Alterations to Dwellings, 42,000
22 Additions & Alterations Other Buildings, 44,650
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$441,270
Yours respectfully,
THOMAS A. BODELL,
Building Inspector.
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SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen : In compliance with Chapter 98, Section 34, Gen. Laws, Mass., I herewith submit a report for the year 1929 as Sealer of Weights and Measures. Period from January 1st to December 31, 1929.
OFFICE STANDARDS
Balance-1. Yard Measure-1. Meter-1. Kilogram-1. Avoirdupois Weights.
50 1b .- 1, 25-1, 20-1, 10-1, 5-1, 4-1, 2-1, 1-1, 8 oz .- 1, 4-1, 2-1, 1-1, 1/2-1, 1/4-1, 1/8-1, 1/16-1. Capacity Measures.
1/2 bu .- 1, 1/4-1, 1/8-1, 1/16-1, 1/32-1, 1 gal .- 1, 1/2-1, 1/4-1, 1/8-1, 1-16-1, 1-32-1, 1/64-1.
STANDARDS OTHER THAN THOSE FURNISHED BY THE COMMONWEALTH
Apothecary Weights.
1 lb .- 1, 6 oz .- 1, 2-2, 1-1, 4 drams-1, 2-1, 1-1, 1/2-1, 2 scru- ples-1, 10 grains-1, 5-1, 2-1, 1-1, 0.5-1, 0.2-1, 0.1-1. Metric Weights.
500 grams-1, 200-1, 100-2, 50-1, 20-1, 10-2, 5-1, 2-2, 1-1, 500 mg .- 1, 200-1, 100-2, 50-1, 20-1, 10-2, 5-1, 2-2, 1-1. Cylindrical Glass Graduates.
32-oz .- 1, 16-1, 8-1, 4-1, 2-1, 1-1, 35 cu. in .- 1, 10-1, 3-1.
SEALER'S WORKING EQUIPMENT
Test Balance-1. Test Balance for Apothecary Weights-1. Avoirdupois Weights.
50-1b .- 21, 25-2, 20-1, 10-2, 5-2, 2-4, 1-3, 8 oz .- 2, 4-2, 2-2, 1-2, 1/2-2, 1/4-2, 1/8-1, 1/16-1, 1/32-1. Metric Weights.
500 grams-1, 200-1, 100-2, 50-1, 20-1, 10-2, 5-1, 2-2, 1-1, 500 mg .- 1, 200-1, 100-2, 50-1, 20-1, 10-2.
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Apothecary Weights.
12 oz .- 1, 6-1, 2-2, 1-1, 2 drams-1, 1-1, 2 scruples-1, 1-1, 10 grains-1, 5-1, 2-1, 1-2, 0.5-1, 0.2-2, 0.1-1. Capacity Measures.
1 gal .- 1, 1/2-1, 1/4-1, 1 pt .- 1, 1/2-1, 1 gill-1, 2 bu .- 1, 1/4-1, 1/8-1.
Test Measure for Gasoline Pumps.
10 gal .- 1, 5-1, 4-2, 3-1, 2-2, 1-2.
Standard Measuring Flasks. Metric Units.
500 ml .- 1, 250-1, 100-1, 50-1, 25-1. Pipettes.
6 liq. drams, graduated in minims-1, 10 millimeters grad- uated to 1/10-1, 30 minims graduated to 1 min .- 1.
Tools, Record Books, Etc.
Yard Measure-1, steel tape-1, steel dies-6, lead press-1, lead seals-600, aluminum seals-150, liquid clamp-1, paper seals : red-50, green-100, Not-Sealed labels-200, condemning tags-100, drills-6, punches-3, adjusting lead-2 lbs, levels-2, slicker plate-1, receipt books-8, seal- ing record books-2, commodity reweighing record books-1, coal reweighing books-14, reweighing pads-1, inspection pads-9, ice weighing kit-1, chain-1, hooks-6, point remover-1, dry measure guage-1, 14 inch stilson wrench-1, 6 in .- 1, hammers-3, screw drivers-4, flat wrenches-4, hand drill-1, cutters-2, pliers-2, slide rule-1, emery stone-1, vices-2, files-6, inside caliper-1. Office Equipment.
All-steel desk-1, fire-proof files (3 compartment) -2, Rem- ington Standard No. 10 typewriter-1, safe-1, chairs-2.
SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES
Appropriation for 1929, $2,700.00
Salary,
$1,200.00
Labor,
599.00
Equipment,
98.35
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Printing & Advertising,
15.13
Auto Expense,
682.85
Stationery & Postage,
43.97
Telephone,
51.19
Miscellaneous,
8.50
$2,698.99
2,698.99
Balance, $1.01
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Work Performed by Department of Weights and Measures for Which Fees Are Collected
9th Annual Report
Jan. 2, to Dec. 31, 1929.
Legal Fees
Tested
Adjusted
Scaled
Not Sealed
Condemned
Sealing Fees
Scales :
Platform over 5,000 lbs.,
$1.00
24
9
23
1
$23.00
Platform 100 to 5,000 lbs.,
.50
242 113
190
37
15
95.00
Counter 100 lbs. or over,
.50
1 101
24
77
20
2
7.70
Beam 100 lbs. or over,
.50
11
10
. .
1
5.00
Beam under 100 lbs.,
.10
25
2
17
8
1.70
Spring 100 lbs. or over,
.50
45
1
33
12
16.50
Spring under 100 lbs.,
.10
188
71
148
8
32
14.80
Computing 100 lbs. or over,
.50
6
4
6
3.00
Computing under 100 lbs.,
.10
107
50
96
11
9.60
Personal Weighing,
.50
12
.
11
1
5.50
Prescription,
.10
7
1
7
.
.70
Jewelers'
.10
2
1
1
.10
Weights:
.03 1,312
4 1,303
9
39.09
Apothecary,
.03
105
105
3.15
Metric,
.03
26
26
.78
Troy,
.03
26
14
12
. .
.42
Capacity Measures :
Liquid,
.03 1,025
. . 1,010
.
15
30.30
Ice Cream Cans,
.03
1
.
.
. .
.03
Dry,
.03
25
25
.75
Fuel Baskets,
.03
16
13
3
.39
Auto Meas. Devices
Gasoline Pumps,
X
184
4 146
16
22
Gasoline Meters,
.10
4
. .
2
.
X
44
1
41
3
. .
X
137
13
88
48
1
·
Quan. Meas. on Pumps (ea.)
.10 1,045 514 1,045
104.50
Molasses Meas. Devices, Linear Measures
.10
6
2
4
.20
Yard Sticks,
.03
75
74
1 2.22
Cloth Measuring Devices,
.03
1
.
1
·
.03
Adjusting, Charges,
. .
..
Miscellaneous (3 Veh. Tanks; 108 Milk Jars),
..
4.50
Total,
4,924 811 4,616 157 128 $435.16
1
. .
.50
Counter under 100 lbs. lbs.,
.10
.
. .
.
.
2
.20
Kerosene Pumps,
Oil Measuring Pumps,
..
. .
. .
1
.
65.50
DEVICE
. .
Avoirdupois,
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SUMMARY OF INSPECTIONS MADE
Clinical Thermometers, 41
Paper or fibre Cartons, 132
Coal Certificate, 22
Milk jars, 1453
Ice Scales, 57
Pedlers licenses, 197
Junk Scales, 6 Pedlers scales,
71
Marking of Bread, 230 Transient vendors,
12
Marking of Food Pkgs. 155
Wholesale milk cans, 167
Metal Ice Cream con-
Misc'l inspections, 198
tainers, 175
SUMMARY OF TESTS MADE
Berry baskets, 6 Mfrs. sealed milk jars, 198
Climax baskets,
3 Mass. standard boxes, 2
Gas devices (other than sealing) 244
Cranberry boxes,
1364
Cartons (approved as
Glass grads., 26
measured), 34
Cranberry barrels tested
Ice cream cartons,
150
24
TRIAL WEIGHING AND MEASUREMENTS OF
COMMODITIES SOLD OR PUT UP FOR SALE
Item
Total Number Tested 339
Number
Incorrect
Correct Under
137
173
Butter,
37
29 13
·
24
Coal,
41
8
5
28
Dry Commodity,
3
1
. .
2
Fruits and Vegetables
46
4
39
3
Grain and Feed,
2
1
1
Hay,
46
7
35
4
Ice,
7
7
Liquid Commodity,
2,553
2,350
1 202
Meats and Provisions,
7
1
3
3
Wood,
29
11
.
18
Miscellaneous,
1,461
743
336
382
Total
4,571
3,168
557
846
Over
Bread,
Oil jars, 596
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RECORD OF COURT CASES
Name of Address Nature of Offence Date Result Amount Defendants Viol. Chap. 101 2/1/29 Guilty Of Fine 2
Brockton G. L. Mass.
$10.00
DANIEL J. SULLIVAN, Sealer.
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REPORT OF MEASURER OF WOOD AND BARK for 1929. TOWN OF PLYMOUTH
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen : In compliance with Gen. Laws, Mass., Chapter 94, Section 296, I herewith submit a report for the year 1929 as Measurer of Wood and Bark.
CORD WOOD
Date Kind
Length
Tested
Correct
Under Over
Oct. 24 Oak
8 Ft.
1
1
Nov. 29 Oak
Stove
1
1
Dec. 28
Pine
8 Ft.
1
1
Total
3
2
1
KINDLING
June 12 Pine
Stove
1
1
Sept. 10 Oak
Stove
17
17
Nov. 9
Oak
Stove
8
8
Total
26
1
25
CONVEYANCES AND CONTAINERS MEASURED
Trucks
Baskets
April 18
1
April 19
1
June 12
1
Aug. 19
1
Sept. 10
17
Oct. 11
1
Nov.
9
8
-
Total
3
27
DANIEL J. SULLIVAN.
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REPORT OF HARBOR MASTER
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen :
I am submitting the following brief, condensed report of some of the conditions, or activities along the "Water Front" for the year of 1929.
Many yachts and boats, both large and small, have visited our harbor during the season-nearly 200 in num- ber, all of which have been boarded, or directed to a safe anchorage.
Some of the yachts hailing from ports on the Pacific Coast, others from various ports along the coast line- from Maine to Florida, and one or more from Nova Scotia.
During the cold months of the fishing season, many fishing craft discharge their fares, and tie up at Town Wharf, which necessitates daily attendance there.
Have responded to numerous calls from townspeople- also from Ellisville-regarding lost boats, and anchorage for small boats, etc.
Respectfully submitted,
ORIN C. BARTLETT,
Harbor Master.
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COMMITTEE ON TOWN OFFICES
This committee was appointed during the summer of 1927 under the following vote passed at the Town meet- ing, March 26th, 1927:
Article 37:
"On motion of Harry B. Davis, Voted : That a to make a survey of the present and future committee of five be appointed by the Moderator needs of the Town for Town offices and to re- port at a future Town Meeting."
At that time certain parcels of real estate adjacent to the Town Offices were in the market and one purpose of the vote was to consider the desirability of purchasing one or more of these parcels for Town purposes. They were sold shortly after the appointment of the committee and therefore the immediate occasion for its appointment passed.
We have considered the general situation in regard to the Offices of the Town and feel that, in general, the various departments are reasonably well provided for. The Town is now renting rooms in the Governor Brad- ford Building for the Board of Health and the Dental Clinic of the School Department at an annual expense of $900. In our opinion this rent is not excessive, and it is less expensive to hire these quarters than it would be to build a building to take care of these requirements. We believe it is neither necessary nor advisable for the Town to undertake the construction of any office build- ing under present conditions and in the face of other heavy expenditures which may become necessary.
EDWARD R. BELCHER, WALTER E. BENT, CLARENCE D. BRADFORD, HARRY B. DAVIS, WILLIAM T. ELDRIDGE.
January 17, 1930.
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REPORT OF PLANNING BOARD
The Planning Board submits herewith its report for the year ending December 31, 1929.
ZONING
At the regular Town Meeting held on March 23, 1929, the Planning Board presented to the Town a revised Zoning By-Law and Map for the consideration of the voters. This By-Law and Map represented a two year study of this very important matter, by your Board, with the aid of an experienced consultant. The subject was discussed in detail with the Finance Committee, but we regret to state that their recommendation was that no action be taken in this matter ; and when the project was brought before the Town Meeting it was rejected.
Notwithstanding the adverse report of the Finance Committee and the rejection of the Zoning By-Law and Map at Town Meeting, your Planning Board is convinced that Zoning for Plymouth is a necessary and desirable thing, and that at some future time the Town will feel it wise to adopt a Zoning plan.
AIRPORT DEVELOPMENT
In co-operation with the Aviation Committee of the Chamber of Commerce, the Planning Board has been giving some thought to the development of airport fa- cilities for Plymouth. The Board believes that there will be need for some kind of airport facilities in or near the Town, and that steps should be taken to begin that development.
The Planning Board has included in its budget for 1930 the amount of five hundred dollars which will pro- vide for preliminary studies by competent engineers, of an airport site, plans for development, estimates, etc. The Board hopes that the Town will authorize this ap- propriation in order that the Town may have the benefit of expert advice. With such reports and estimates in hand. the matter can then be intelligently presented and considered.
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AIR-MAP OF THE TOWN
Some years ago the Planning Board looked into the possibility of having a map of the Town made from the air, but at that time any estimates seemed prohibitively high. Very recently, however, information has been re- ceived which indicates that an air-map of the Town could be made for from three to five thousand dollars, a figure much more reasonable than any previous esti- mate. This information has come so recently to the Board that it has not been possible to put the matter in shape, nor to confer with the other Town departments benefited by such a map. The Board mentions it now as something which the Town might like to be consider- ing with the belief that such an expenditure will probab- ly seem to be wise at some later date.
These air-maps are most satisfactory as they show everything that exists, missing nothing, of course, since they consist of actual photographs keyed together, mak- ing one map of the Town as a whole. There are also furnished maps on a larger scale for the section of the Town where this larger scale is desirable. The maps are sufficiently accurate so that distances can be scaled from them.
There is now no accurate map of the whole Town, and of course such a map as has been described would be very valuable from many points of view, in that present location of all roads would be shown, and it would be of real value in planning developments and any changes of road lay-out. In addition, it has been the general expe- rience that such maps pay for themselves by revealing the existence of property of which it has been impossible for the Assessors to know previously.
FUTURE TOWN DEVELOPMENT
Your Planning Board wishes to call to the attention of the Town the possibilities which Plymouth has in the direction of development for summer residence. In these
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days of decreased industrial employment Plymouth is indeed fortunate in having this other asset, so capable of future large development. It would seem to your Board that it is good common sense for the Town to encourage those reasonable projects, both municipal and private, which will work in that general direction.
The Board recommends an appropriation of $200.00 for the ensuing year.
Respectfully submitted
FRANCIS C. HOLMES, Chairman.
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GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTH ACCOUNT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, the following
report is respectfully submitted.
Appropriation,
$5,000.00
Payments : Salaries and Wages-
Superintendent, $1,345.50
Labor, 1,630.85
$2,976.35
Other Expenses-
Insecticides,
303.00
Hardware and Tools, 17.32
Teams and Trucks,
427.26
Auto & Sprayer Exp. 793.20
1/2 Cost Chevrolet Truck 337.00
Telephone, 45.87
Hose,
100.00
$2,023.65
$5,000.00
The Brown Tail Moth situation the past year was about as usual. They were cut off and burned, at a small ex- pense. The Gypsy Moth conditions look very good, espe- cially in the residential sections. I have proven to my own satisfaction that spraying all roads leading into the Town is the right thing to do. This has been done, as far as conditions allowed.
On the whole, I think we are getting the Moths down a little every year.
I respectfully recommend an appropriation of $5,000.00 for labor and supplies for the ensuing year.
ABBOTT A. RAYMOND,
Moth Supt.
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TREE WARDEN ACCOUNT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, the following report is respectfully submitted.
Appropriation,
$2,500.00
Payments : Salaries and Wages-
Supt. (Tree Warden) $465.00
Labor, 1,073.35
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