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Fairhaven Garage, metal polish,
.50
$2,826.28
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POLICE DEPARTMENT.
Dr.
Cr.
Overdraft,
$104 23
Appropriation, Cash from court fines,
$1,100 00
H. W. Barney, con- stable and serv- ing notices,
326 85
Cash from county treasurer, killing dogs,
38 00
A. Mowatt, keeper of lockup,
100 08
special police duty,
7 00
H. W. Barney, killing dogs,
22 00
A. J. Shooks, kill- ing dogs,
16 00
H. W. Barney,
court fees,
34 14
A. J. Shooks, court fees,
8|85
Wm. H. Dunham,
court fees,
6 40
A. G. Douglas, court fees, 1 81
C. F. Brownell
& Co., livery,
31 50
So. Mass. Tel. Co.,
23 05
A. G. Douglas, special,
38|15
A. J. Jenney, special,
35 80
D. Gerstlauer, special,
34|00
J. B. Sylvia, special,
18 20
Amt. carried for'd,
$976 12
$1,312 51
167 51
A. J. Shooks, con- stable and serv- ing notices,
175 06
Cash from F. C. Hill, Treas.,
42
Police Department
Cr.
Amt. brought for'd, J. A. W. Burgess, special.
$976 12
Amt. brought for'd
$1,312 51
A. C. Aiken, special,
11 05
F. B. Jenney, special,
8 00
Wm. H. Dunham, special,
8 00
R. B. White,
special,
3 00
B. F. Tripp,
special,
3 00
L. N. Baudoin, special, 3 00
Geo. Ellis, special,
3 00
G. B. York,
special,
3 00
A. Mosgrove, special,
3 00
R. W. Pease,
special,
3 00
H. C. Pierce,
special,
2 00
R. W. Leonard, special, 1 00
Cornelius Callahan Co., badges,
4 50
Balance unex- pended,
268 84
$1,312 51
$1,312 51
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12 00
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INCIDENTAL ACCOUNT.
Dr.
Cr.
Expenditures as
per schedule I annexed,
$9,114 23
Balance from last year, Appropriation for memorial service, State Treasurer : Corporation tax,
200 00
Soldiers' Relief as per schedule J annexed,
122 80 2,856 00
Bank tax,
2,973 57
State Treasurer :
State aid,
2,676 00
State tax,
5,060 00 1,319 94 72 50
Soldiers' burial,
148 00
Highway tax,
Cash for sundry licenses,
20 00
Transferred to N. B. & Fairhaven Bridge acct.,
2,981 00
Cash for scallop permits,
144 00
Transferred to Fire Dept.,
350 00
Transferred to
Town of Mattapoi- sett, for Soldiers' relief,
48 00
Board of Health,
Tax Collector,
appro. June 3,
250 00
gypsy moth assessments,
38 80
Transferred to Board of Health,
209 46
Excess of taxes,
10,912 18
Transferred to
Coggeshall St. Bridge acct.,
83 80
Balance unex- pended,
239 59
$22,659 32
$22,659 32
$3,677 92
1,790 85
State Aid,
Military aid,
30 00
Bank tax,
44
Incidental Account.
NEW BEDFORD AND FAIRHAVEN BRIDGE.
Dr.
Cr.
Cr. from Inciden- tal account,
$2,981 00
COGGESHALL STREET BRIDGE.
Dr.
Cr.
Expenditures as per schedule K annexed,
$116 68
Balance from last year, Cr. from Inciden- tal account,
$32 88
83 80
$116 68
$116 68
HIGH SCHOOL INSURANCE.
Dr.
Cr.
J. C. Tripp, insur- ance,
$930 54
Appropriation,
$930 54
RICKETTS TRUST FUND.
Dr.
Cr.
Riverside Ceme- tery, care of lot, Transferred to Poor account,
By interest,
$57 78
$3 00
54 78
$57 78
$57 78
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Incidental Account.
Dr.
PARK DEPARTMENT.
Cr.
Expenditures as per schedule L annexed, Balance unex- pended,
$1,563 85
Balance from last year, Appropriation,
$254 33 1,500 00
190 48
$1.754 33
$1,754 33
TREE WARDEN DEPARTMENT.
Dr.
Cr.
Expenditures as per schedule M annexed, Balance unex- pended,
$1,575 70
117 60
Balance from last year, Appropriation, Town of Mattapoi- sett, spraying of trees, Mattapoisett citi- zens, spraying of trees, Fairhaven citizens, spraying of trees, H. H. Rogers Est., spraying of trees,
$16 55 1,200 00
225 00
90 00
139 75
22 00
$1,693 30
$1.693 30
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Incidental Account.
BOARD OF HEALTH
Dr. Cr
Expenditures as per schedule N annexed,
$465 71
Appropriation, June 3, $250 00 Cr. from incidental account, 209 46 By cash from S. M. Cote, 3 00
By cash from quahog permits,
3 25
$465 71
$465 71
SCHEDULE I INCIDENTAL ACCOUNT.
County treasurer, county tax,
$4,663.33
Wm. H. Bryant, collecting ashes and rubbish, 654.00
J. C. Tripp, insurance, 360.00
Parlow & Goddard, insurance, 30.00
C. D. Waldron, printing and advertising,
314.03
Mercury Publishing Co., printing, 51.75
L. H. Simas, clerical services,
368.00
Butler, Cox, Murchie & Bacon, account
re-apportionment of bridge, 1909-1910, 251.25
Crapo, Clifford & Prescott, legal,
79.40
City of New Bedford, tuition at Industrial school,
135.00
N. B. Printing Co., town reports,
133.20
Fairhaven Improvement Association, Fourth of July celebration, · 200.00
Veteran Association,
200.00
N. B. Gas Co., bridge lights,
115.50
A. B. Drake, surveys and plans,
155.20
F. M. Metcalf, surveys and plans,
70.50
Wm. H. Schroeder, inspecting animals,
125.00
D. B. Updike, printing deeds, 100.00
E. G. Spooner, stamps and box rent, 99.16
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Incidental Account.
Election officers, pay roll, 85.00
Board of Registrars, pay roll, 86.60
Forest fire, pay roll, 81.26
S. S. Bumpus, sealing weights and measures, 58.24
W. & L. E. Gurley, test weights for sealer,
53.54
C. F. Swift, recording births, marriages and deaths,
87.90
Southboro Print Shop, printing,
2.00
J. L. Hathaway, auditing,
54.00
N. Pope, auditing,
15.00
Joseph Allen, auditing,
15.00
C. W. Whiting, services on street lights,
37.25
W. C. Vaughan, burial,
35.00
J. F. Tripp, burial agent,
2.00
H. W. Barney, scallop duty,
103.00
A. F. Frates, use of motor boat,
6.00
E. J. Dillingham, copying conveyances,
28.00
C F. Brownell & Co., livery,
22.05
The A. E. Coffin Press, book and plans,
15.00
G. B. Luther, administering oaths,
1.00
A. B. Crowell, frames,
15.00
H. Jenney, labor on brown-tail moths,
14.00
C. F. Delano, tree pruner,
.65
W. C. Vaughan, death returns,
8.50
J. A. Orton & Co., death returns,
2.50
C. P. Maxfield, expense to Boston, sewer hearing,
3.00
C. P. Maxfield, perambulating town lines, 3.00
3.00
M. R. Brownell, expenses to Boston, 22.15
J. C. Tripp, moderator and administering oaths,
17.50
Southern Mass. Telephone Co.,
11.11
Wm. H. Hoeg, assessing and collecting bank tax,
9.04
Geo. L. Montague, assessing bank tax,
3.33
I. N. Babbitt, 66 4.52
Wm. H. Hoeg, expense to Boston, corporation tax, 3.00
George L. Montague, expense to Boston, 3.00
1. N. Babbitt, 66 66 66
3.00
Wm. M. Hoeg, paid for express,
.40
W. A. Greenough & Co., directory,
4.00
A. H. Irvin & Co., staples,
2.25
L. E. Bentley, 66 66
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Incidental Account.
L. H. Douglas, dinners to election officers, 2.50
Alex. Mowatt, 66 2.50
Wright & Potter, blanks, 1.50
Adams Express Co.,
1.25
F. S. Brightman Co., supplies,
3.45
M. E. Ives, supplies,
2.40
Smith Premier Co., supplies,
2.00
H. S. Hutchinson & Co., supplies,
1.45
G. H. Carpenter, moving boat,
.50
The Gamewell Fire Alarm Co., fire-alarm box,
50.65
C. A. Hacker, placing box, etc.,
18.00
James Wood, labor,
1.00
C. F. Delano, supplies for fire-alarm box,
.92
$9,114.23
SCHEDULE J SOLDIERS' RELIEF.
Cash to soldiers,
$63.00
Cash to widows,
52.00
J. W. Bates & Co., wood,
4.00
City Coal Co., coal,
3.80
Charged in "Incidental" account, $122.80
SCHEDULE K COGGESHALL ST. BRIDGE.
M. P. Whitfield, repairs,
$111.68
G. W. King, labor,
1.75
E. J. Howard, labor,
1.75
H. C. Pierce, labor,
1.50
$116.68
SCHEDULE L PARK DEPARTMENT.
Peter Murray, care of parks,
$1,155.00
66 grading Walnut street, 50.00
66 changing shrub beds, etc., 86.85
trees and labor, 53.20
C. F. Delano, re-laying pipe, 131.50
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Incidental Account.
F. W. Andrews, rent of building, 1909, 12.00
F. W. Andrews, rent of building, 1910, 36.00
A. G. Douglas, police duty, 20.00
Tree department, spraying, 15.00
3.00
H. H. Hathaway, paint,
.65
C. E. Lumbard, sign board,
.65
$1,563.85
SCHEDULE M, TREE WARDEN DEPARTMENT.
Frost Insecticide Co., arsenate of lead,
$160.50
Frost Insecticide Co., hose, etc.,
69.00
Vreeland Chemical Co., arsenate of lead, 140.00
John Allanach, trees, 100.00
C. D. Waldron, advertising,
51.00
F. W. Andrews, rent of building,
24.00
H. T. Delano, repairs on sprayer, 23.80
Fairhaven Garage, storage of spraying machine,
25.00
Fairhaven Garage, spark plugs,
2.50
George T. Lloyd, gasoline,
22.40
C. W. H. Moulton Co., ladders,
20.00
Valentine's Machine Shop, repairs,
19.13
L. H. Simas, typewriting, etc.,
16.40
Peter Murray, freight bills, expenses to Mattapoisett, and toll charges, 16.40
C. F. Delano, supplies,
12.14
N. P. Hayes, supplies,
11.70
John McCullough, waste,
9.50
Babbitt Steam Specialty Co., hose menders, saws, etc.,
8.08
H. H. Hathaway, paint and brush,
4.00
Wm. F. Nye, oil,
2.60
C. F. Brownell & Co., hauling spraying machine, Pay roll weeks ending as follows :
1.00
June 25, 1910, 120.90
July 2, July 9, 101.50
120.90
July 16,
120.90
C. D. Waldron, advertising,
50
Incidental Account.
July 23,
121.40
July 30,
99.60
August 6,
13.50
August 20,
16.20
August 27,
21.00
September 3,
10.50
October 1,
26.70
October 8,
26.25
October 15,
10.50
November 19,
26.70
$1,575.70
SCHEDULE N BOARD OF HEALTH.
Teams and labor, laying pipe for drain,
$146.96
Paisler & Willis, pipe, 139.65
N. M. Paull, establishing grade for drain,
2.00
C. D. Waldron, advertising,
57.00
A. H. Mandall, M. D., cultures,
30.00
W. W. Atkinson, fumigating,
25.65
Wm. H. Staples,
6.75
J. B. Peck, 4.00
S. S. Bumpus,
1.50
J. P. Quirk, cleaning vault and removing dead horse,
6.00
State Board of Agriculture, 2 branding stamps and outfit, 5.00 Wm. H. Staples, inspecting slaughtered animals, 5.75
6.00
A. J. Shooks, burying dogs,
5.50
H. W. Barney, police duty,
4.50
Browne Pharmacy,
4.15
A. N. Bruckshaw, toll charges to Boston and Fall River, 4.00
3.00
M. R. Hitch, drawing agreement, 3.00
1.50
E. G. Spooner, box rent,
1.35
Wm. F. Nye, alcohol, 1.35
Adams Express Co., .60
Jos. Enos, burning beds, .50
$465.71
H. W. Barney, burying dogs,
C. F. Brownell & Co., livery,
E. C. Dwelley, removing clams from depot,
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TOWN HALL.
Dr.
Cr.
Alex. Mowatt, janitor, Alex. Mowatt, extra labor, N. B. Gas Co., Patrick Connor, coal,
$499 92
Balance from last year, Appropriation,
$459 90
55 00
Rent, post-office,
400 00
405 52
Rent, hall,
413 00
Rent, J. C. Tripp,
50 00
272 80
J. C. Tripp, insurance,
360 00
N. B. Boiler & Ma- chine Co.,
3400
repairing boilers, Fairhaven Water Co.,
14 39
W. E. Simms, in- specting boiler, C. F. Delano, lawn mower, C. F. Delano, repairs,
10|00
10 00
3 46
C. E. Lumbard, repairs,
8|46
M. P. Whitfield, repairs, C. A. Hacker,
2|33
fitting lights,
9|90
C. A. Hacker, care of stage, H. H. Hathaway, paint,
11 91
Babbitt Steam
Specialty Co., desk,
12 00
Amt. carried for'd,
$1,715 69
Amt. carried for'd,
$2,122 90
6 00
800 00
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Town Hall.
Dr.
1
Cr.
Amt. brought for'd, S. H. Bond, repair- ing desk,
A. E. Burton &
Co., brushes,
6 30
Bliss & Upjohn,
4 40
H. K. Nye, sup- plies,
4 41
N. P. Hayes, door check, etc.,
8 50
N. P. Hayes, mat,
4 00
J. T. Hamer,
tuning pianos,
5 50
Peter Murray,
lawn dressing,
4 00
H. S. Hutchinson
& Co., supplies,
450
C. F. Wing,
window shades,
3 00
L. W. Morton, clearing drain,
.2 75
R. H. Thorpe,
wood,
2 00
C. E. Woodworth, clock,
1 50
De Wolf & Vincent, side plate for
lawn mower,
1|00
Fairhaven Iron Foundry Co., clay,
25
Balance unex-
pended,
315 29
$2,122 90
$2,122 90
$1,715 69
Amt. brought for'd,
$2,122 90
39 81
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SALARIES.
Dr.
Cr.
Treasurer : C. F. Swift,
$800 00
Collector :
Wm. H. Hoeg, Jr.
600 00
Balance from last year. Appropriation,
$174 15 3,400 00
Selectmen and
Overseers of Poor :
C. P. Maxfield,
300 00
L. E. Bentley,
200 00
M. R. Brownell,
200 00
Assessors :
Wm. H. Hoeg, Jr ..
266 00
Geo. L. Montague,
611 00
I. N. Babbitt,
105 00
Sewer Commission- ers :
Z. W. Dodge,
50 00
C. F. Delano,
50 00
J. S. Gifford,
50.00
School Committee :
T. A. Tripp,
25 00
L. E. Bentley,
25 00
D. W. Deane,
25 00
A. B. Paull,
25 00
D. W. Kendrick,
25 00
L. C. Bauldry,
25 00
Balance unex-
pended,
192 15
$3,574 15
$3,574 15
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STREET LIGHTS.
Dr.
Cr.
N. B. Gas Co., lighting, Balance unex- pended,
$1,672 83
847 35
Balance from last year, Appropriation,
$170 18 2,350 00
$2,520 18
$2,520 18
DEBT AND INTEREST.
Dr.
Cr.
N. B. Inst. Savings, notes paid, State treasurer, note paid, Sewer bond, Bridge bond, Temporary loan, Interest on notes and bonds,
$3,287 96 2,000 00 4,500,00 1,000 00 30,000,00
Balance from last year, Appropriation, Temporary loans, Sewer assessments, Overdrawn,
$590 30 14,187 96 30,000 00 1,237 68 85 84
5,313 82
$46,101 78
$46,101 78
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PRESENT TOWN DEBT.
Pease District Sewer Note,
$1,000.00 due Nov. 20, 1911
6.
1,000.00
20,1911
66
66
1,000.00 66 66
20,1912
66
1,000.00
66 66 21,1912
66
66
1,000.00 66
20,1913
Oxford Sewer note,
2,000.00 66 66
17,1911
יר
66
2,500.00
66
20, 1912
2,500.00
20,1913
Main Street Sewer note,
1,100.00
6,1911
Fort Street Sewer note,
450.00
66
66
6,1912
Washington Street Sewer note,
325.00
66
6,1912
High School Insurance note,
930.54
. 6
66
29,1912
N. B. and Fairhaven Bridge maintenance note
3,290.24
66
66
10, 1911
66
66
66
2,000.00
66
66
1,1915
66
2,000.00
66
66 1,1916
66
66
6.
2,000.00
66
1,1917
Fire Hose note,
400.00
66
Dec. 29, 1912
Manhattan Avenue note,
500.00
66
29,1913
Sewer Plant note,
3,500.00
66
66
29,1914
Rogers School Heating Apparatus note,
1,000.00
Nov. 20, 1914
Rogers School Heating Apparatus note,
1,000.00
66
66
20,1915
Rogers School Heating Apparatus note,
1,000.00
66
20,1916
Oxford School House note,
5,000.00
..
20,1918
66
1,000.00
66 66 17,1912
66
N. B. & Fairhaven Bridge note,
2,000.00
66
1,1914
66 66
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Sewer Bonds, 4%,
$4,500.00 due Oct.
1,1911
66
4,500.00
66
66
1,1912
66
5,500.00
66
66
1,1913
66
66
5,500.00
66
66
1,1914
66
66
5,500.00
66
66
1,1915
66
66
5,500.00
66
66
1,1916
5,500.00
66
1,1917
§ 1911-
Bridge Bonds, 4% ,
38,000.00
Nov. 1 3 1948
$113,995.78
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RECAPITULATION. Cr
Expenditures for account of :
Appropriations and credits for ac- count of :
General Highways,
$7,693 61
General Highways,
13,718 99
Farmfield Street,
1,397 30
Farmfield Street,
1,400 00
Manhattan Avenue, Howland road
472 25
Manhattan Avenue,
500 00
extension,
1,799 76
extension,
1,800 00
Cottage street extension,
extension,
14 16
Laurel street extension,
Laurel street extension,
115 70
Poor Department,
3.294 72
Poor Department,
3,578 24
Sewer maintenance,
4,039 83
Sewer maintenance,
4,438 51
New sewer plant,
3,278 32
New sewer plant,
3,500 00
Incidental,
22,419 73
Incidental,
22,659 32
N. B. & Fairhaven
N. B. & Fairhaven bridge,
2,981 00
Coggeshall street bridge,
116 68
Coggeshall street bridge,
116 68
High school insurance,
930 54
insurance,
930 54
Ricketts trust fund,
57 78
Ricketts trust fund,
57 78
Park Department,
1,563 85
Park Department,
1,754 33
Tree Warden,
1,575 70
Tree Warden,
1,693 30
Board of Health,
465 71
Board of Health,
465 71
Fire Department,
2,880 68
Fire department,
2,800 00
Hydrants,
2,262 50
Hydrants,
2,343 75
Hose reel house,
500 00
Hose reel house,
500 00
Police,
1,043 67
Police,
1,312 51
Town Hall,
1,807 61
Town Hall,
2,122 90
Salaries,
3,382 00
Salaries,
3,574 15
Street Lights,
1,672 83
Street Lights,
2,520 18
Debt and Interest,
46,101 78
Debt and Interest,
46,015 94
Balance,
12,156 84
$120,913 69
$120,913 69
High school
bridge,
Cottage street
Howland road
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT.
The Board organized with the choice of Mr. Maxfield as chairman and Mr. Brownell as clerk.
Miss Lillian H. Simas was chosen as secretary of the Board of Overseers of the Poor.
One of the first matters taken up outside the routine duties was the continued negotiation with the New Bed- ford Gas and Edison Light Company as to improved street lighting service in accordance with the vote of the town. The question of price was taken up with the Board of Gas and Electric Light Commissioners in Boston informally, with the result that later this Board was able to make a five year contract with the Company for better lights at a sub- stantially reduced cost.
In place of the old sixteen c. p. carbon lamps we now have thirty-two c. p. Tungsten lamps with efficient reflectors. so that the results in lighting the streets, as every one must have observed. are far better than before. For these the town pays during the first three years of the term of the contract, the sum of $14.25 per lamp per year, and during the fourth and fifth years it will pay the sum of $13.25 per lamp per year. The former price was $15.60 per lamp per year.
This means a saving on the basis of the present number of lamps, which is 123, of $166 for each of the first three years of the contract, and $289 for each of the last two years of the contract.
An arrangement was also made with the company for the substitution at the same price of two 250 c. p. Tungsten lamps for each of the old arc lamps, with a result much more satisfactory in the quality and distribution of the lighting of what perhaps are the most important streets and squares.
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The matter of introducing gas in the town was also taken up and your Board has drawn up and adopted certain con- ditions under which the New Bedford Company may lay its mains and pipes in our streets.
The condition which may be of the most general interest is that the company shall restore the streets to a condition as good as that in which they were found and to the satisfac- tion of the Selectmen.
Taken together with the right given to a town by the general laws of the state of purchasing the plant of a gas company within its territorial limits, we feel that the rights of the town are amply protected. The temporary incon- venience of having the streets torn up will be far more than compensated by the opportunity of having gas for cooking and lighting in our homes.
The following is a list of the streets in which the company has agreed to lay its pipes :
Howland Road, from its intersection with North Main Street to the west town line on said street.
Oak Street, south from the Howland Road.
North Main Street, from the intersection of Howland Road, northerly to the intersection of Adams Street.
Adams Street, from the intersection of North Main Street, approximately eleven hundred feet, (1,100 ft.)
From Adams Street on East Coggeshall Street, approxi- mately 1,000 feet.
North Main Street, from its intersection with Howland Road through Main Street to Church Street.
Church Street, from intersection of Main Street, to Laurel Street.
Fort Street, from Church Street to Cedar Street.
Oxford District.
Cook Street, from North Main to Cherry Streets.
North Street, from North Main to Cherry Streets.
Oxford Street, from North Main to lower cross street.
Lafayette Street, from North Main to lower cross street.
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North Main, to Cherry Street. Cherry Street, from Cook to North Main Streets.
Streets Tending East and West.
Bridge Street, from D. W. Deane's to approximately 800 feet east of Adams Street.
Cowen Street, from Privilege to Main Streets.
Spring Street, from Main to Chestnut Streets.
Washington Street, from Water to Summer Streets.
Center Street, Water to Rotch Streets.
Union Sreet, Water to Chestnut Streets.
Farmfield Lane, Green to Laurel Streets.
Cottage Street, Fort to Green Streets.
Huttleston Avenue, North Walnut to Adams Streets.
Streets Tending North and South.
Privilege Street, Bridge to Pease Streets.
Water Street, Washington Street to Railroad. Middle Street, Washington Street to Railroad. William Street, Spring Street to Cemetery. Walnut Street, Spring Street to Cemetery. Green Street, Spring to Cottage Streets. Laurel Street, Rodman to Church Streets.
Chestnut Street, Rodman to Union Streets. Pleasant Street, Rodman to Union Streets.
Rotch Street, Rodman to Center Streets. Summer Street, Rodman to Center Streets.
During the year the interest on the Ricketts fund and on the Pease fund was drawn and credited to its proper departments.
Last year on the Board's recommendation, the town voted to transfer from the incidental account to the credit of the New Bedford and Fairhaven Bridge account, the sum of $2,981, to pay the then outstanding bills for maintenance. Continued efforts have failed to procure from the City of
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New Bedford bills which the Board felt it should approve. so that those bills remain unpaid.The balance thus credited, however, is obviously pledged for the payment of those bills when properly rendered, and should not be relied on for the payment of any others.
In September the town boundaries were perambulated in accordance with the provisions of the law.
During the year the Board of Health voted to abolish the nuisance known as the Garcia drain on Washington street as the only satisfactory and permanent solution of that dif- ficulty, and at the request of that Board we voted that the work of building a drain from Washington street around the corner of Rotch street should be done under the super- vision of the Street Department. The result was that the nuisance was completely eliminated at a cost much less than would have been incurred had the work been done by a private contractor.
In accordance with the vote of the town to build a house for the Fire Department at Oxford specifications were drawn up and submitted to bids. The first bids were all above the amount of the appropriation, so that changes in the speci- fications became necessary. The house has now been erected satisafctorily for $500, the amount appropriated.
At the annual meeting in March, 1910, the town on rec- ommendation of this board appropriated the sum of $14,187.96 for debt and interest, $8,787.96 being for principal of the debt and the balance for interest. This was with the idea of renewing $3,000 of the debt, namely, the Oxford sewer note of $2,000 and the Pease district sewer note of $1,000. In November when the notes became due it ap- peared that there was money enough on hand to pay $2,000 more than was planned, and the board therefore voted to pay the Oxford sewer note instead of renewing it, thus saving interest and reducing the town debt.
During the year two copies were printed of the deed from Mr. Rogers to the town conveying the High School property. These copies were framed and placed in the entrance halls
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of the school building in accordance with the condition of the deed requiring that they be placed in a prominent posi- tion in the school.
Under orders from the State Commissioner of Records changes had to be made in the vaults in the Town Hall where the town records are kept to conform to the require- ments of the state law that such vaults shall be entirely fire- proof. Bids were obtained from companies making a spe- cialty of that work, but all provided for equipment so much more elaborate and expensive than your board felt was necessary that we had the work done on a plan drawn by Mr. Maxfield at a very much reduced cost and in a manner which fully meets the requirements of the Commissioner.
The road roller now owned by the town is in such a con- dition that it will not do the work required of it. The boiler is so weak that the State Inspector will allow a pressure of only 80 pounds whereas for the work of re- surfacing which must be done this coming year, it is neces- sary to have a pressure of 130 pounds. This means a thor- ough overhauling of the old roller at an expense of $1,200 or the purchase of a new roller. The old roller has been in use for about 15 or 16 years, a period which is fully up to the average life of road rollers.
Considering that even after the substantial outlay neces- sary to put the present roller in working condition the machine at best would be still an old one, your board feels that it will be economy in the end for the town to buy a new roller at a cost of $3.500, less what sum will be allowed for the old one.
With the large balance remaining to the credit of the Street Department, we feel that if the town will appropriate the sum of $2.000 for the maintenance of the streets, the same as last year, a new roller could be bought without asking any special appropriation for it.
In connection with the requirements of the town for financing for the coming year, we have to report the fol- lowing figures for debt and interest :
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Sewer bond due October 1, 1911, $4,500.00
Bridge bond due November 20, 1911, 1,000.00
Oxford sewer note November 17, 1911, 2,000.00 Bridge note (maintenance) November 10, 1911, 3,290.24 Main street sewer note November 6, 1911, 1,100.00
$11,890.24
Interest on bridge bonds,
$1,520.00
Interest on sewer bonds,
1,460.00
Interest on notes,
1,700.00
Interest on temporary loans,
600.00
5,280.00
Making total for debt and interest of $17,170.24
We respectfully submit the following estimates for appro- priations for the ensuing year as asked for by the various departments.
Debt and interest,
$17,170.24
Highways,
2,000.00
Poor,
2.300.00
Sewers,
5,000.00
Fire,
1,800.00
Fire alarm,
150.00
Hydrants,
2,300.00
Police,
1,000.00
Town Hall,
800.00
Salaries,
3,400.00
Street lights,
1,600.00
Park Department,
1,350.00
Trees,
1,200.00
Board of Health,
500.00
$40,570.24
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES P. MAXFIELD. LEWIS F. BENTLEY, MORRIS R. BROWNELL, Selectmen of Fairhaven.
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REPORT OF SUPT. OF STREETS.
The Board of Selectmen appointed Mr. Charles P. Maxfield Superintendent of Streets. Mr. Henry C. Pierce was selected as foreman.
All bills for current expenses of the highway department were paid when they were presented, this leaves the entire department free from debt, and with a balance to the credit of the department, $6,025.38
It has been the aim of the Street Department to keep the streets of the town as clean and tidy as possible, keeping up the general character of our town for cleanliness.
During the year work was done on the streets and side- walks where repairs seemed to be most needed. The out- lying roads of the town received more attention this year than usual. Would recommend that repairs on same be continued next year.
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