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Article 68. Voted to appropriate, as it accrues from Water Revenue, the sum of Nineteen hundred and fifty dollars ($1,950.00) for the purchase of 2550 feet of pipe to complete installation of water mains on Forest Street where work is now in progress by W. P. A.
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Article 69. Voted to pass over the establishing of a planning board under the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 81A, as amended by Chapter 211 of 1936; the board to consist of five members, the first elec- tions to be for one to five year terms, and thereafter one each year for a five year term; and the directing of the Moderator to appoint a temporary board to serve until the regular board was duly elected.
Article 70. Voted to pass over the acceptance of the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 81F to 81J, inclusive, as amended by Chapter 211 of 1936.
Article 71. Voted to pass over the raising and appro- priating of the sum of Eleven hundred dollars ($1,100.00) for the preparation of a zoning plan under the direction of the planning board.
Article 72. Voted to pass over the authorizing of the Fire Department to place a colored light over each fire alarm box throughout the town, for identification of lo- cation at night, and the raising and appropriating of a sum of money for the same.
Article 73. Voted to build catch basins on the west side of Everett Street from East Water Street to Blossom Street, a distance of 200 feet, and that the amount of Two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) be appropriated from the sum raised for Highway Repairs under article No. 3 to pay for the cost of same.
Article 74. Voted to appropriate from the sum raised under article No. 34 the amount of One hundred six dol- lars ($106.00) to reimburse for an overdraft for labor performed under W. P. A. poject for painting warning signs in 1936.
Article 75. Voted NOT to elect the Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare to serve for terms of three years.
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Article 76. Voted NOT to discontinue the Stop and Go lights at the corner of Howard and East Water Street.
Article 77. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of Four hundred dollars ($400.00) to pay for the expense of heating, lighting, gas and removal of garbage in the Mc- Kinley School Building when the building is used by the Nursery, Sewing and Recreational projects of the Works Progress Administration.
Under article 77. Voted to request School Department to have intsalled separate meters to measure light used by Nursery, Sewing and Recreational projects at McKin- ley School.
A motion to reconsider Article No. 18 was not agreed to.
Sense of meeting votes:
Voted that, when work is finished, all plans and speci- fications used in the construction of seepage bed and attachments to the sewage disposal plant of the Junior- Senior High School, shall be filed in the office of the School Department.
Voted that the Finance Committee be extended a vote of thanks of the meeting for their untiring efforts in investigating the matters to be brought before the town meeting and the able manner in which the information was placed before the meeting. Unanimous vote.
Voted to pay Election Officials the usual fees.
Article 78. A Subsequent Meeting for the Election of Town Officers was held in the Rockland Opera House, Savings Bank Building, on Monday, March 8th, 1937. The polls opened at 5:45 A. M. and closed at 4:00 P. M. The result was as follows:
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Total number of ballots Cast 3556
MODERATOR-One Year
Magorisk L. Walls Blanks 893
2663
TOWN CLERK-One Year
Ralph L. Belcher 2959 Blanks 597
TOWN TREASURER-One Year
Charles J. Higgins 2916 Blanks 640
TAX COLLECTOR-One Year
James A. Donovan 2934 Blanks 622
SELECTMEN, BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE AND FENCE VIEWERS-One Year
John J. Bowler
1955
Elmer C. Cobb
1797
Archie F. Minnis
857
Harry S. Torrey
1816
1856
Norman S. Whiting Blanks 2387
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR-One Year
Toiva M. Jarvinen 867 Roderick Mackenzie 2510 Blanks 179
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ASSESSOR-Three Years
731
George Beal Norman J. Beals 2323 Blanks 502
AUDITORS-One Year
C. Elmer Asklund
2251
Leo E. Downey
2364
Harold C. Smith Blanks
2291
3762
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-Three Years
William B. Carey
1574
Benjamin Lelyveld
1787
William A. Loud
1700
Myrtle Prescott Blanks 1614
437
WATER COMMISSIONER-Three Years
Everett S. Damon
2013
Charles P. Howland
822
Eugene P. Sheehan
591
Blanks
130
BOARD OF HEALTH-Three Years
Arthur W. Casey
552
Joseph H. Dunn
2664
Blanks
340
LIBRARY TRUSTEES-Three Years
Francis J. Geogan 2566
Emma W. Gleason
2386
Blanks 2160
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PARK COMMISSIONER-Three Years
Charles T. Walls 2573 Blanks 983
SEWER COMMISSIONER-Three Years Charles M. Hines Blanks
2475
1081
TREE WARDEN-One Year
William C. Greene
153
Charles L. Hunt
1029
Alfred T. Metivier Blanks
2004
370
CONSTABLES-One Year
Austin Beale
582
Robert J. Drake
2388
John Fucillo
1216
Adolph L. W. Johnson
2585
Cornelius J. McHugh
2301
John H. Murphy
2380
George J. Popp
2301
Blanks
4027
A true copy, ATTEST:
RALPH L. BELCHER, Town Clerk
AMOUNTS RAISED AND APPROPRIATED ANNUAL MEETING, MARCH 1, 1937
Schools State Aid Soldiers' Relief
$104 423 00 700 00
8 000 00
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Military Aid
50 00
Care Soldiers' Graves
150 00
Memorial Library and Dog Fund
4 200 00
Street Lighting
9 234 00
Highway Surveyor
1 350 00
Tarvia and Road Binder
7 000 00
Highway Repairs
7 000 00
Sidewalks
2 500 00
Cleaning Union Street
1 100 00
Clean Up Week
100 00
Guide Boards and Signs
100 00
Fire Department
10 062 00
Police Department
8 800 00
Forest Fires
700 00
Board of Health
6 000 00
Inspecting of Animals
150 00
Park Department
3 115 00
Old Age Assistance
35 000 00
Moth Department
300 00
Tree Warden
900 00
Town Officers
6 800 00
Office Rent
1 240 00
Sealer of Weight and Measures
400 00
Elections
850 00
Compensation Insurance
2 250 00
Mass. Hospital School
500 00
Mass. Industrial School
3 000 00
Town Report and Poll Book
1 200 00
Support of Poor and Infirmary
45 000 00
Mothers' Aid
8 000 00
Town Notes and Interest
25 000 00
Assessors
2 500 00
Snow Removal
1 000 00
Reserve Fund
1 000 00
Miscellaneous Assessors
1 100 00
Miscellaneous Treasurer
800 00
Miscellaneous Clerk
350 00
Miscellaneous Selectmen
120 00
Miscellaneous Collector
1 400 00
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Miscellaneous Registrars
200 00
Miscellaneous Sealer
105 00
Miscellaneous Unclassified
1 150 00
Overdrafts 1936:
Tarvia and Road Binder
1 95
Fire Department
1 291 62
Tree Warden
40 68
Elections
426 50
Town Report and Poll Book
448 15
Snow
657 94
Miscellaneous Unclassified
558 23
Old Age Assistance
6 666 22
Public Welfare
2 643 78
Part payment Visiting Nurse
1 500 00
Rent Quarters Veterans Spanish-American War
288 00
Observance Memorial Day
400 00
Care Town Cemetery
60 00
Quarters, Post No. 147, American Legion
900 00
County Aid to Agriculture
150 00
Maintenance Plymouth County Hospital
3 633 12
Traffic Beacons and Signals
600 00
Insure Firemen
292 50
Rebuild East Water Street
5 000 00
Overlay Construction Union Street
640 87
Extras claimed Construction Union Street (Bradford Weston) 510 00
Parks, materials and services Federal projects 3 053 80
Cost of Materials and General Expenses W. P. A.
5 000 00
Striping Streets
150 00
Criminal cases in Court
100 00
Purchase 50 gal Test Can
70 00
Assessors Map
500 00
Heat, light, casualty Ins., Jr .- Sr. High and Mckinley Schools 100 00
Purchase Washington Reed Lot
500 00
Materials for construction seepage bed Washington Reed Lot 2 000 00
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Clean catch basins and gutters 500 00 Materials for sidewalks and curb west side Spring Street 1 000 00
Materials for sidewalks and curb west side Union St., from Liberty St. to Oregon Av. 900 00 Materials for sidewalk and curb north side Prospect St., from Highland to West Water Street 625 00
Sidewalk and curb north side Webster St., from Union to Wall Street 1 100 00
Materials for improvements at Reeds Pond 1 000 00
Materials for sidewalk on north side Salem St. from Union to Greenwood Streets 700 00
Materials for asphalt sidewalk and curb south side Blossom St., from Liberty St. to to Everett Street 300 00
Overlay East Water Street construction 513 60
Supervisor Bureau Old Age Assistance 300 00
Heat, light, gas, and removal garbage Mckinley School when used by Nursery, Sewing, Recreational projects W. P. A. 400 00
$360 420 96
Appropriations, from Water Revenue General Expense and Maintenance Water Dept. 32 000 00
Purchase 2550 ft. pipe to complete in-
stallation water mains Forest St. 1 950 00
$394 370 96
A true copy Attest:
RALPH L. BELCHER,
Town Clerk
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TOWN OF ROCKLAND
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING SEPTEMBER 9, 1937
Pursuant to the warrant a meeting was held in the Rockland Opera House, Thursday, Sept. 9, 1937, begin- ning at 7:30 o'clock P. M. and the following votes were passed and action taken.
The meeting was called to order at 7:30 P. M. by the Moderator.
The warrant and Constables return of service thereof was read by the Town Clerk.
Upon question of a quorum the Moderator appointed the following tellers to count the number of voters present and they were sworn by the Town Clerk.
Tellers appointed :. Archie F. Minnis, Alton Lyon and Norman J. Beals.
The tellers reported that there were 211 voters pres- ent at the meeting.
The Moderator ruled that in conformity with a by-law of the town no appropriation of money could be made unless 300 voters were present.
Voted to recess until 8:00 o'clock P. M.
At 8 P. M. the meeting was again called to order and a count of the voters present made by the tellers. They reported 238 voters present.
Voted to recess until 8:25 o'clock P. M.
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At 8:25 P. M. the meeting was again called to order and a count of the voters present made by the tellers and they reported 262 voters present.
Then at 8:30 o'clock P. M. it was voted that the meet- ing be adjourned until 7:30 o'clock P. M., Tuesday, Sep- tember 14, 1937.
ADJOURNED MEETING, SEPT. 14, 1937
The meeting was called to order at 7:30 P. M. by the Moderator.
A count of the voters present was made by the tellers and they reported 340 voters present.
The Moderator ruled a quorum was present and action called for under the articles in the warrant could be taken.
Article 1. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of Sixteen Hundred Fifty-Six Dollars ($1,656.00) as part payment for material to be used in the Sewing Project of the W. P. A.
Article 2. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000.00) to pay for the cost of materials and overhead expense of the W. P. A.
Article 3. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of Thirty-Five Hundred Dollars ($3,500.00) for the payment of town notes and interest.
Then at 8:00 o'clock P. M. Voted to adjourn.
At true copy of the record. ATTEST:
RALPH L. BELCHER,
Town Clerk
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TOWN OF ROCKLAND
AMOUNTS RAISED AND APPROPRIATED SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
September 14th, by adjournment from September 9, 1937
For part payment for materials to be used in W. P. A. Sewing Project $ 1 656 00
For cost of materials and overhead expense of the W. P. A.
4 000 00
Town Notes and Interest
3 500 00
$ 9 156 00
Attest :
RALPH L. BELCHER, Town Clerk
FISH AND GAME LICENSES ISSUED DURING YEAR 1937
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Resident Fishing
86 at $2.00
$172 00
Resident Hunting
110 at $2.00
220 00
Resident Sporting
34 at $3.25
110 50
Resident Minor and Female Fishing
19 at $1.25
23 75
Resident Minor Trapping
1 at $2.25
2 25
Resident Trapping
6 at $5.25
31 50
Non-Resident Fishing (3 day) 1 at $1.50
1 50
257
$561 50
Less Clerk's Fees 257 at 25c
64 25
$497 25
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Duplicates Resident Sporting (Free) (over 70 yrs of age) 27
7 at 50c 3 50
Paid to Division of Fisheries and Game
$500 75
DOG LICENSES ISSUED DURING YEAR 1937
Male
177 at $ 2.00
$354 00
Female
24 at $ 5.00
120 00
Spayed Female
74 at $ 2.00
148 00
$25 Kennel
1 at $25 00
25 00
276
$647 00
Less Clerk's Fees 267 at 20c
55 20
Paid to Town Treasurer
$591 80
Sixty-Fourth Annual Report Of the Selectmen
STATE AID 1937
Paid under Chapter 19, Revised Laws and Amendments thereto.
Total Amount of State Aid Paid
$ 643 00
Appropriation
$ 700 00
Under appropriation
$
57 00
MILITARY AID 1937
Expended
$
10 00
Appropriation
$
50 00
Under appropriation
$
40 00
CARE OF TOWN CEMETERY
Paid:
William E. Vining, services
Appropriation
$
60 00
$
60 00
CARE OF SOLDIERS' GRAVES
Paid :-
C. S. Tilden, labor
$ 50 00
W. A. Whiting, labor 15 00
W. F. Hunt, labor
15 00
James Maguire, labor
5 00
Louis B. Gilbride, labor 50 00 Expended - -$ 135 00
Appropriation $ 150 00 $ 15 00
Under appropriation
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BURIAL OF INDIGENT SOLDIERS
Paid :-
C. L. Rice & Sons
$ 100 00
Expended No appropriation
$ 100 00
CLEAN-UP WEEK
Paid :-
Dominico DelPrete, removing rubbish $68 49
Rockland Standard, Advertising 2 00
Expended
$ 70 49
Appropriation
$ 100 00
Under appropriation
29 51
CRIMINAL CASES IN COURT
Paid :-
George J. Popp, services
$ 34.00
John J. Dwyer, services 4 00
Adolph Johnson, services
3 00
Robert J. Jackson, services
16 40
Leroy L. Phinney, services
38 20
Expended
$
95 60
Appropriation
$ 100 00
Under appropriation
4 40
STREET LIGHTING 1937
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Paid :- Edison Electric Ill. Co., services $ 9 200 92
Expended
$ 9 200 92
Appropriation $ 9 234 00
Under appropriation 33 08
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HIGHWAY SURVEYOR
Paid :- Roderick Mackenzie, salary
$ 1 350 00
Expended $ 1 350 00
Appropriation
$1 350 00
TARVIA AND ROAD BINDER
Paid :-
Payroll, labor
$ 3 076 44
Thomas Murrill, sand
68 00
The Barrett Co., tarvia
3 465 21
Lester Wyman, sand
51 50
Bradford Weston, stone
238 74
Chris Tompkins, sand
29 00
Rockland Coal and Grain, coal
14 00
McRae-Ouderkirk, supplies
35 00
Expended
$ 6 977 89
Appropriation
$ 7 000 00
Under Appropriation
22 11
List of Payroll Tarvia and Road Binder
George Ford
$ 83 25
Patrick Mahoney
124 50
Gordon Hammond
36 56
Lyle Tibbetts
82 72
Wilbur Adams
71 43
William Cannaway
65 25
Joseph Daley
41 63
Kenneth Kemp
36 85
George Artino
29 25
Philip Murphy
82 12
George Blake
61 88
John Ricca
18 00
Wm. McGarry
53 72
Michael Haggerty
18 00
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Thomas McDonald
1 69
Frank Cifello
19 50
Earl Dunham
1 69
Harry Roberts
10 97
Eugene McKenna
1 69
Seymour Neiforth
1 69
Raymond Rainsford
1 69
Donald Baker
31 78
Emery Gould
1 69
Meyer Marcus
1 69
John Dwyer
162 00
A. Wainshalbaum
19 50
Raymond LaComb
19 13
Thomas McEnelly
54 56
Omer Gelinas
16 31
Walter Morrissette
9 00
Irving Turner
50 06
Wm. Green
121 47
Henry Cook
48 37
Domenic DelPrete
228 00
Arthur Casey
335 25
Wm. Condon
274 50
Samuel Williams
23 62
Fred Cormier
48 09
Eugene Green
27 56
Edward Gibbons
11 81
John Tedeschi
28 69
Louis Roche
74 25
Leo McAuliffe
18 56
Donald Owen
43 31
Joseph Sullivan
33 19
John Costello
50 62
Burrell Dill
66 94
Chas. Hunt
7 31
Frank Hibberd
13 50
Vincent Lee
47 81
Melvin Gay
96 75
Edward Casey
1 13
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Paul McDonald
1 13
Leo Cull
10 00
Eugene Norman
9 00
Arthur Najarian
23 06
Aldo Botto
4 50
Thomas Bailey
28 68
Ed. Condon
9 56
Ed. Dill
2 25
Michael Bowen
22 50
Irving Torrey
7 31
Fred Smith
7 31
Henry Lombard
7 31
Chas. V. Shalgian
7 31
John Troy
7 31
Alfred Davis
7 31
C. H. Curtis
7 31
Maurice Mahoney
7 31
John Martin
4 50
Maurice Caplice
3 94
M. Hopigian
1 97
Ed. Farrar
1 97
Ernest Shores
2 25
Russell McNevin
5 06
Richard Kane
5 06
Herbert Brown
18 56
Lawrence Cull
3 94
Ralph Tedeschi
13 50
Geo. Tyler
36 00
-$ 3 076 44
HIGHWAY REPAIRS .
Paid :-
Gordon Mann, rent of pit $ 75 00
Rome Bros., supplies
112 47
Payroll, labor 3 673 17
P. I. Perkins, supplies 12 90
E. L. LeBarron Foundary, grates 96 53
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New England Concrete Pipe Co. pipe 232 65 R. L. Files and others, 2 sets tracks
for tractor 125 00
Geo. L. Fairbain, rent of mixer 80 00
Tyler's Garage, storage of tractor 93 16
Roderick Mackenzie, sand and gravel 47 50
Rockland Welding Co., welding 10 00
Geo. W. S. Hyde, sharpening tools and supplies 125 45
Rockland Coal & Grain Co., lumber 48 14
E. P. Reed Lumber Co., 12-8 inch tile 3 36
Bradford Weston Inc., bit. concrete 927 89
Market Street Garage, rebuilding tractor 436 60
Southeastern Cons. Co., catch basin 90 92
Lelyveld Shoe Store, rubber boots 16 50
Buffalo-Springfield Roller Co. parts for roller 58 35
Rockland Auto Parts, supplies 6 00
M. F. Ellis Co., supplies 78 64
Comm. Public Safety, ins. of boiler 10 00
Chas. J. McCarthy, shovel spoon 67 80
American Brush Co., street brooms
17 23
Hall & Torrey Co. Inc., supplies
53 55
Rockland Disposal Co., removal of rubbish 45 00
Rockland Trans. Co., express 1 75
A. Wainshalbaum, gas, oil and storage 70 01 N. E. Iron & Steel Co., steel 25 92
Church Street Garage, storage, small tractor 24 00
Lester Wyman, gravel 10 20
Traffic Equip. Co., 24 dray brooms 42 00
Berger Metel Culvert Co., metal pipe 31 04
Standard Oil Co., oil 1 30
A. Culver Co., coal
37 15
Jenkins & Simmons, express 35
Bailey Motors Co., supplies 10 18
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Thomas Welch, sharpening tools
13 20
Roderick MacKenzie, use of car 187 47
Expended
$ 6 998 38
Appropriation
$ 7 000 00
Under appropriation
1 62
HIGHWAY REPAIR PAYROLL August 31, 1937
Paid :-
George Tyler
$ 606 93
William Meekin
10 97
James Sullivan
12 94
Thomas Bailey
9 00
John Ricca
96 75
Elmer Harrington
6 75
Harold Rainsford
26 44
Omer Gelinas
69 75
Myron Bacon
27 47
Joseph DelPrete
7 88
Fred Cormier
87 75
Leo Cull
49 75
Peter Hickey
14 63
Dominic DelPrete
210 00
Michael Bowen
36 75
Raymond LaCombe
98 26
Linus Hackett
65 25
Thomas Higgins
81 00
John J. Dwyer
90 00
William Bell
32 12
Lawrence Cull
79 32
William Condon
114 00
George Beverly
43 35
Thomas McDonald
6 75
Donald Baker
12 94
Philip Murphy
49 50
Lyle Tibbetts
85 22
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Louis Roche
51 75
Gordon Hammond
47 25
George Artino
78 75
Melvin Gay
40 50
William Cannaway
101 25
Gerald Hammond
27 00
Joseph Daley
45 00
Arthur Ross
36 00
Arvid Noren
31 50
Wilbur Adams
64 13
Irving Turner
57 38
Kenneth Kemp
36 00
Maurice Mahoney
31 50
Fred Smith
31 50
Antonio Spozianni
22 50
Frank Cifello
22 80
Henry Fraser
29 25
Sam Williams
56 25 .
Patrick Mahoney
154 50
Fred Cheney
9 00
Joseph Kerski
28 13
William Green
42 38
Michael Murphy
45 00
Vincent Martin
27 00
John Tedeschi
31 50
Thomas Murrill
78 00
Arthur Casey
93 00
Willard Grant
13 50
Thomas Callahan
22 50
Henry Cook
38 25
James Thibeault
9 00
Earl Corcoran
9 00
George Ford
22 50
Michael Haggerty
13 50
Antonio Tedeschi
4 50
Joseph Tedeschi
9 00
Thomas McEnelly
18 00
Thomas Morton
11 25
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A. Wainshilbaum
36 00
Gene Green
25 88
George Blake
29 25
Donald Owens
29 25
Charles Hunt
13 50
Vincent Lee
4 50
Burrell Dill
4 50
Joseph Sullivan
4 50
Arthur Najarian
4 50
-$ 3 673 17
SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Paid :-
Natalie F. Holbrook, salary
$ 600 00
Elida Butler, salary
600 00
Lida A. Clark, salary
1 200 00
Lida A. Clark, supplies
8 56
Winifred G. Holbrook, salary
900 00
Edison Electric Ill. Co., service
100 24
Rockland Water Dept., service
5 10
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co., service
39 96
12. 50
Chas. Scribner & Sons, books A. S. Peterson, supplies Hall & Torrey Inc., supplies
20 11
82 10
Library Book House, books
353 38
Junior Literary Guild, supplies
27 27
Howard Diersch, repairs
12 85
Forrest Partch, repairs
2 90
Amos A. Phelps, insurance
168 55
Howlands Ins. Office, insurance
14 31
American Library Asso., books
5 00
Demco Library Asso., books F. J. Barnard Co., supplies
50
29 37
International Library Asso., books 11 62
Filing Equip. Bureau, cards 19 34
Rockland Coal & Grain Co., coal
201 40
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O. H. Toothaker, books 2 16
Ida A. Totman, book 5 00
Rockland Standard Pub. Co., printing
3 50
New England News Co., books
41 92
Frank E. Fitts, labor
4 74
Social Justice Pub. Co., subscription
2 00
Douglas Print, cards 15 00
G. R. Niles, setting glass 1 35
Funk & Wagnalls, year book 7 60
Bemis Drug Co., Electric fan 3 98
McManus Box Co., slabs 3 00
A. I. Randall Inc., printing 14 75
Gaylord Bros., supplies 3 90
Christian Science Pub. Co., subscription 2 25 American News Co., subscription 90 50
D. R. Hunting Co., supplies
3 05
L. A. Wells, binding
5 78
H. W. Wilson, subscription 21 20
American Rescue League, subscription
60
Expended
$ 4 647 34
Appropriation
$4 200 00
Dog Fund
447 34
Total Available
$ 4 647 34
SIDEWALKS 1937
Paid :-
Weymouth Asphalt Co., material $ 90 77
Chris Tompkins, gravel 3 20
Hedge & Matthews, supplies 11 09
A. Culver Co., supplies 26 40
Rockland Coal & Grain Co., supplies
29 99
Bradford Weston Inc., bit. concrete
76 13
George W. Beal, gas and oil 3 62
Payroll, labor and Trucks
492 25
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Expended
$ 733 45
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TOWN OF ROCKLAND
Transferred to Howard St. $ 250 00
Transferred to North Avenue
700 00
Transferred to E. Water St.
725 00
Total of Transfers $ 1 675 00
Appropriation
$ 2 500 00
Amount of Transfers and Sidewalks
2 408 45
Under Appropriation
91 55
AMERICAN LEGION POST No. 147
Paid :-
American Legion Building Association, rent $ 900 00
Appropriation $ 900 00
CLEANING UNION STREET
Paid :-
Thomas J. Higgins, labor
Archie Flynn, labor
$ 1 195 50 4 50
Expended
$1 200 00
Appropriation $ 1 100 00
Transfer Reserve Fund
100 00
$ 1 200 00
SIGNS AND GUIDE BOARDS
Paid :- M. J. Fitzgibbons, putting up signs $ 24 65
Bay State Motor. Exp. Co., express 90
Charles A. Vaughan, 9 signs, 6 posts 64 50 Rome Bros., paint for R. R. signs 95
Robert Hayden, paint and putting up sign 9 00
Expended Appropriation $100 00
$ 100 00
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PETER A. BOWLER CAMP No. 63 SPANISH WAR VETERANS
Paid :-
Old Colony Post Building Association, rent $ 288 00
Appropriation $ 288 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT MAINTENANCE
Payrolls :-
C. P. Inkley, Chief $ 1 500 00
J. P. Barry, Dep. Chief 200 00
G. W. Clark, Supt. Fire Alarm 400 00
J. Fitzgibbons, driver
1 731 60
W. Parker, driver
1 638 00
J. Mulready, sub. driver
120 00
Engine Company No. 1, payroll
1 470 00
Ladder Company No. 1, payroll
1 253 50
-$ 8 313 10
Department Expense
A. Culver Company, fuel $ 166 97
104 47
Rockland Coal & Grain Co., fuel Telephone Co.
69 73
. Edison Light Co.
165 04
Old Colony Gas Co.
43 40
Water Department
24 21
Damon Electric Co.
6 75
A. J. Vargus
151 74
American La France Co., Labor and materials
186 88
Boston Coupling Co., supplies
80 21
Rome Bros., supplies
9 05
Hall & Torrey, supplies
15 98
J. Riordon, supplies
7 05
J. Dwyer, truck hire
7 00
Douglas Print
7 50
Union Market
5 57
Gorham Fire Equipment Co.
309 10
Hyle Cook, labor
62 00
65
TOWN OF ROCKLAND
Francis Metivier, labor
62 00
Albert Clark, labor
45 00
C. P. Inkley, use of auto
250 00
E. E. Lane, supplies
4 00
Stanley Ames, repairing
5 00
Brewer & Co., soda and acid
17 92
N. J. Beals, boiler room
412 50
Hallamore Machine Co., repairing
3 00
Lester Pratt, labor
7 00
J. S. McCallum, labor and material
18 00
A. A. Phelps, insurance
1 36
Edison Light Co., material
10 48
Chelsea Wrecking Co.
13 00
H. C. Metcalf
34 00
Standard Oil Co.
5 86
Chester Bandon, repairers tanks
5 75
Justin J. McCarthy Co., nozzle
43 14
Fred Yelland, supplies
7 00
Maxim Motor Co., ladder rounds
6 00
Simmons Express Co.
1 75
Fred Moore, oil 41 25
A. Hemmings, extinguisher 5 00
M. F. Ellis & Co., supplies 4 50
J. A. Rice Co., supplies 1 20
Rockland Transportation Company
50
Boston Mill Remnant, wiping cloths
12 25
Walter Killiam, jack
12 50
Gamewell Company
2 63
C. P. Inkley, Telephone and expense
90 70
Remedy Co., Inc.
2 09
P. Ouelette, labor
32 00
J. E. Kemp, repairing windshield
4 25
G. W. Hyde
2 50
Bemis Drug Co.
50
A. H. Blanchard Co.
10 71
Total Expense
$ 2 598 49 $10 911 59
66
SIXTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT
Appropriation Over appropriation
$10 062 00 $ 849 59
FOREST FIRE DEPARTMENT
Payrolls $ 569 00
Chester Bandon, repairing tanks
16 25
Boston Coupling Co., hose
44 00
Total Expenses
$ 629 25
Appropriation
700 00
Under Appropriation
70 75
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Paid :-
Cornelius J. McHugh,
patrol services $ 1 424 80
Robert J. Drake, patrol services $ 1 424 80
Adolph Johnson, patrol services 1 424 80
John H. Murphy, patrol services 1 434 40
George J. Popp, service as chief 1 924 00
George J. Popp, use of auto 260 00
Maurice J. Mullen, police service
114 70
John J. Dwyer, Jr., police service
112 35
Charles Hines, police service 19 00
Samuel Canaway, police service 18 00
Michael O'Brien, police service 14 50
John H. Hannon, police service
8 00
86 06
N. E. Tel. Co., service Brockton Edison, service, station and Webster street
73 09
Bailey Motors, gasoline, supplies police car 212 79
George N. Beals, supplies, repairs police car 33 14
A. Wainshilbaum, supplies, police car 36 50
Olympia Confectionery, food for prisoners 28 30
67
TOWN OF ROCKLAND
Rockland Coal & Grain, coal
for police station 88 40
John Cheever, supplies police station 13 25
Rome Bros., supplies
6 82
Ralph Measures, labor at station
6 00
Hall & Torrey, supplies
5 10
Dr. Norbert Lough, treating prisoner 5 00
Leroy Hutchins, supplies 4 00
Amos Phelps, insurance police car 3 90
Matt Radio, repairs to police radio
4 00
A. S. Peterson, supplies 2 25
Percy Albee, cleansing blankets police station 1 70
Jenkins & Simmons, express
35
John Dwyer, carting rubbish from station 8 00
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