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The expenditures for Sewer Maintenance for the year 1927 was $9,594.39 leaving a balance of $1,207.31. We respectfully ask for an appropriation of $10,000.00 for the year 1928.
Respectfully submitted,
G. WINSTON VALENTINE, FRANK W. MORSE, WM. J. FITZSIMMONS.
Report of Building Department
There were 225 permits issued from the office of the Building Inspector for the year ending December 31st, 1927, at an estimated cost of $177,710.00. The office received for the issuing of these permits, the sum of $202.00.
Following is a list of the various permits : 26 dwellings, 63 garages, 2 greenhouses, 88 additions and alterations, 2 barns, 13 sheds, 2 stores, 24 henhouses, 5 gas stations.
CHARLES I. DREW,
Building Inspector.
by Susan B. Vincens.
The office of the Building Inspector is open from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. to answer all questions and give all information regarding the Building Code, at the Assessor's Office, Town Hall.
TITLE AND SCOPE
Section I. These by-laws shall be known and cited as the Building Laws. No building, structure or part thereof, shall hereafter be constructed, and no building or structure now or hereafter erected, shall be razed, altered, moved or built upon except in conformity with the provisions of these build- ing laws. Nor shall plumbing, gas piping, water piping, drainage, heating, wiring or ventilation be installed or altered in any building or structure except in conformity herewith.
Report of the Park Commission
To the Citizens of Fairhaven :
The outstanding activities of the season of 1927 have been the completion of the North Bridge Park and the tak- ing over the care of the several small park plots about the town.
The Bridge section was graded and seeded in the spring, planted in the fall under the direction of Mr. D. C. Potter. Plantings of a north shrub border with a few trees, ever- green and deciduous, to unify the entire plot, and soften or screen the adjoining Apartment grounds, will in a short time give a more fitting and dignified approach to the bridge or town. It is hoped the way may soon open for similar improvement on the southerly side.
As a recommend from the Planning Board the Improve- ment Association decided to give over to the town all claim and ownership in the several small park plots cared for by them for many years. Pending action of the town the Park Board was asked to assume the care of the same, as an ex- tention of the Park system; Willow, Marine, Cook Memorial and Garrison lot have accordingly been cleaned up and given adequate care. At Willow there have been set a white spruce, and a ginkgo by the Girl Scouts as a memorial to their leader, Lieutenant Murray ; and plans are in the making to further add to the distinctive character of these several plots as attractive isles of refuge for younger children and their elders, rather than as sport centers for which they are not adapted by location or sentiment.
The regular upkeep of the Parks has been maintained with three men permanently as heretofore and one addition-
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al during the height of the season, and the resulting ap- pearance has been gratifying in spite of the continual an- noyance from careless trespassers and wilful maurauders.
Severe base pruning was the early spring order of the day; new plantings of some seventy-five shrubs were made in needed sections, the walk edgings were more consist- ently trimmed this year and the continued rains kept both men and mower constantly on lawn duty. In August the large centre flagpole was so completely shattered by light- ning that it was necessary to entirely remove it, and for the present it is not deemed advisable to replace.
At the North End a responsible spirit of co-operation developed and material assistance in equipping playground and ball field was given-and an observer on a summer even- ing would have been impressed by the neighborhood gather- ing-a wholesome recreational centre for family entertain- ment.
The playgrounds were carried on with much enthusiasm and the appended reports of the two instructors show to what an extent the youth of the town are benefited by this department. Tennis popularity continued and was arranged by the Park Department and Tennis Association for co- operative care and maintenance as last year.
Band concerts a regular Friday evening feature alternat- ing at Cushman and North End Parks, attracted large crowds, and the use of the center Park as a general recrea- tional breathing spot increases each year-a welcome appre- ciation to those who have the Town's welfare at heart.
HAROLD B. DUTTON, Chairman MABEL L. POTTER, Secretary LEWIS F. POOR.
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PLAYGROUND REPORT
Number registered in older division, Cushman Park, from 6th grade up, both boys and girls included 408. Average daily attendence about 85. Number enrolled at North Fair- haven 498. Average attendance 125.
We had boys and girls baseball teams and competed against most of the New Bedford parks.
Both boys and girls tennis tournaments were held and there were three divisions in each class according to ages, under 12, 15 and 19.
Boys and girls tennis teams competed with all the park teams from New Bedford and both were defeated. About 50 took part in these matches.
A basketball court was laid out and many enjoyed this new sport.
Very truly yours, D. F. BORAH.
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The many friends of the playground movement may feel a great satisfaction and much encouragement in its con- tinued growth.
The registration the first week was 450-this number being nearly double the opening week of previous years.
About 1,000 names of children under school age and through the first six grades were registered during the season and their average daily attendance was nearly 200.
Apparatus was constantly over crowded and groups were enjoying games and supervised play. The story hour was always popular. A very little sewing and crocheting was done by girls of the sixth grade.
During my last week a doll show was held and 58 girls brought their dolls for the occasion. This should be made an annual event as it was so enthusiastically received.
Our recreation problem of to-day is larger than most people imagine as the goal for which we are working is a healthier America in which every child shall have opportu- nity for intelligent training and more abundant wholesome play.
MABEL O. DUTTON.
Report of the Board of Fire Engineers
January 3, 1928.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen :
The Board of Fire Engineers hereby submits its annual report for the year ending December 31, 1927.
This department has responded to 133 alarms, consisting of 83 Still and 51 Bell Alarms. Two out-of-town calls for assistance were answered in Acushnet.
The apparatus of this department is comprised of the fol- lowing : one Combination Hose and Chemical at North Fairhaven known as Hose No. 1, one Combination Hose & Chemical at Oxford Street station known as Hose No. 2, one Combination Hose & Chemical known as Chemical No. 1 at Headquarters, together with one Triple Combination American-LaFrance Type 75, 750 gal. Pumping Engine, and one Type 14 American-LaFrance City Service Ladder Truck, equipped with a 35 gal. chemical tank. We also have in reserve one Combination Hose & Chemical Reo truck which is used for all general purposes, and a Ford runabout car used by the Chief for general utility purposes.
The Fire Alarm system consists of 22.5 miles of wire. It also consists of 4 bell strikers and one steam whistle, 44 street boxes and these are connected with the station at North
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Fairhaven, the station on Oxford Street, the Water Works Pumping Station and with the Battery and switchboard room at Headquarters. A compressed air whistle at Head- quarters is used to call extra members when necessary in response to telephone calls for aid or still alarms.
The Board recommends that a like sum be appropriated this year for the maintenance of the Fire Department and for the maintenance and extension of the Fire Alarm.
Respectfully submitted,
ALEXANDER PRICE, Jr. G. E. JENNEY, A. W. MONK, E. G. SPOONER, Jr.
Board of Fire Engineers.
Report of the Board of Health
The Board of Health hereby submit their Annual Report for the year ending December 31st, 1927.
There were reported during the year, one hundred seventy cases of communicable diseases as follows - chicken pox, forty-four; diphtheria, thirteen; meningitis, (Cerebro- Spinal) one; german measles, one; opthalima neonatorum, one; suppurative conjuncitivis, two; lobar pneumonia, eight ; mumps, three; scarlet fever, forty-nine; tuberculosis (all forms) thirteen; whooping-cough, thirty-three; typhoid fever, one; dog bite, one.
The executive officer has issued one hundred and fourteen burial permits, ninety milk licenses and eight pasteurization licenses. Also two ice cream licenses. There have been twenty-three pasteurization, twelve bakery, five barber shop and one hundred nuisance inspections made, and two hundred and fifty-one permits for cesspools or septic tanks issued.
The board has cooperated with the Building Department in enforcing the Building and Plumbing regulations adopted by the town on February 4th, 1922.
We have four cases of tuberculosis in hospitals at the present time, which we are caring for at an expense of forty dollars and thirty cents ($40.30) a month each and one at seven dollars ($7.00) per week.
The board has received several notices from the Depart- ment of Public Health, regarding the polution of the waters of Priest's Cove, owing to cesspool matter getting into the cove, also drainage from the bathing beach and from the Atlas Tack Company. After inspection made by the state board department and our board, the Union Street R. R. Co.,
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thru Mr. Whitfield, were notified to remedy conditions on their premises, also the Atlas Tack Co., and the owners of property at Harbor View and Pope Beach. We are pleased to say that our requirements have in many cases been complied with and good results have been obtained. The Union Street R. R. has spent a great deal of money on their property and the State Engineers are satisfied with the work they have done and we believe there will be no more trouble. The Atlas Tack Co., have the matter under consideration. Many of the cottage owners have also put in proper cesspools or septic tanks and we anticipate very little trouble in the future.
GARBAGE
The garbage collections have been very good and there have been very few complaints. We have had garbage col- lections made during the months of July and August at Pope Beach and Harbor View, something that we have never done before and it was greatly appreciated by the people in these settlements. We feel that the results justi- fied the extra expense.
The executive officer wishes to thank the citizens of the town for the cordial cooperation which he has received from them during the past year. We also wish to thank the nurs- ing association, especially Mrs. Coggeshall, for her help and cooperation in our work. The association has done very fine work in the Baby Clinic and we hope the town will see the necessity of that line of work and will make a special appropriation for the work.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
Report of the Slaughter Inspector -
Board of Health,
Fairhaven, Massachusetts.
Gentlemen :-
I hereby make my annual report as Inspector of Slaughter- ing for 1927.
Swine inspected
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Cattle inspected 2
Calf inspected 1
Yours truly,
THOMAS LIVESEY,
Inspector.
Report of the Tree Warden
To the citizens of Fairhaven :
The Tree Warden hereby respectfully submits his annual report.
The trees of Fairhaven are in a good healthy condition but it is necessary to keep spraying them in order to insure this condition. The trees are dying from year to year from old age. We are replacing these inasmuch as the appropria- tion will permit. We planted fifty young Maple trees on different streets where we thought they were most needed.
The joining of the two positions of Tree Warden and Moth Superintendent, which vacancy was caused by the death of Mr. George King, will I am sure facilitate the work of the departments and bring much better results.
I would recommend that the citizens appropriate the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2500.00) for the work of the Tree Department.
Respectfully submitted,
PETER MURRAY,
Tree Warden.
Inspector of Animals
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Following is the report of the Inspector of Animals for the year ending December 31, 1927 :
During the general inspection I visited 105 premises, in- spected 1154 animals, 844 cows, 212 swine, 74 young cattle, 22 bulls, 2 goats.
I found 7 barns unclean, 5 with poor ventilation, 4 with insufficient light, 2 poor drainage.
During the year 2 cows affected with tuberculosis were slaughtered, and one with diseased throat. Six pigs quaran- tined in October for hog cholera, 2 died, balance recovered after being inoculated.
Respectfully submitted,
ALBERT L. AUSTIN, Inspector of Animals.
Auditor's Report
Fairhaven, Mass., January 1, 1928.
We hereby certify that we have examined the accounts of the Tax Collector, Treasurer, Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor and the School Committee of the Town of Fairhaven, for the year ending December 31, 1927, and find them correct.
CHARLES E. SHURTLEFF, RALPH E. LUMBARD,
Auditors.
Report of the Planning Board
For the year 1927 the activities of the Planning Board have been confined to matters of rather minor importance which will, however, undoubtedly conduce to the beauty, convenience or administrative economy of the town.
It was recommended by the Board that the Improvement Association incorporate with the Cook Memorial Square a narrow strip of land adjoining on the east owned by the Association, selling to abuttors the north half of the strip. The rest of the Association property has been offered to the town and it is recommended that the town take it over and place it under the jurisdiction of the Park Commission.
An article has been placed in the warrant providing for the removal of the curbing and grass plot in the street about the base of the monument to Mr. Rogers on Huttle- stone Avenue opposite the end of the bridge. It was early recognized that this extension of the base of the monument was a mistake which detracted from the simple dignity of the shaft. With the growth of motor traffic it has become a menace to life on nights when visibility is poor. Strangers to whom the shaft is plainly visible are likely not to observe the low lying curbing and it has been hit several times.
Fairhaven is becoming the Western Gateway for the im- mense and growing travel to the Cape and sooner or later must provide increased accommodations for the eastern traffic. For more than a year the Selectmen and the Plan- ning Board have had the problem under consideration and recently the State Engineers have taken a hand in it. The matter is yet by no means decided, but the solution gen- erally favored is to widen and straighten Spring St. from its junction with Washington St. at Madison Square thence leaving the present line and extending the street north west-
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erly along crest of the ridge to Bridge St. somewhere in the vicinity of Holcomb Lane, then widen Bridge St. westerly to Adams and Adams northerly to Huttlestone Ave. and make wide, easy turns, perhaps squares at corners of Bridge and Adams Streets and Adams Street and Huttlestone Avenue.
The Board recommends for adoption the article in the warrant discontinuing South Chestnut street at Maple street.
This undeveloped street is unnecessary, that neighborhood being already too much cut up by streets. Unnecessary streets waste the street department appropriation and are the cause of a great deal of needless expense.
Articles have been inserted in the warrant to change the zoning law by zoning for industry the old Tack works property on Fort street and for business a frontage of four lots of the same street directly opposite. Since the zoning law was adopted the Tack works site has been developing industrially in a permanent and desirable way largely for yachting. A large amount of capital is being invested, which deserves the protection of being a conforming use, while a most convenient and the least objectionable location for stores to serve this part of the town will be on land ad- joining the industrial district.
PLANNING BOARD
D. C. POTTER, Chairman WILLIAM TALLMAN, WARREN L. SWETT, LEWIS F. POOR, VICTOR O. B. SLATER, SAMUEL DUDGEON, GEORGE H. ATWOOD, JAMES A. STETSON.
Report of the Board of Appeals
The Fairhaven Board of Appeals held 18 Public Hearings during the year 1927.
Permits recommended 6
Permits recommended (Conditional) 6
Petitions given leave to withdraw 6
Total 18
All meetings and hearings were attended by the full board, Mr. Kenneth Pierce, Chairman.
Meetings are held the last Wednesday evening of each month, subject to the call of the Inspector of Buildings.
MR. KENNETH PIERCE, Chairman WILLIAM TALLMAN, Z. R. PINAULT, CHARLES W. KNOWLTON, VICTOR O. B. SLATER, Secretary.
SCHOOL REPORT
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FAIRHAVEN STAR
School Committee
ALTON B. PAULL
JAMES A. STETSON
EDWARD L. BESSE
Term expires 1929
WILLIAM B. GARDNER
Term expires 1929
MISS SARA B. CLARKE
Term expires 1930
MRS. ELLA H. BLOSSOM
Term expires 1930
Chairman ALTON B. PAULL, 39 Union Street
Secretary and Superintendent of Schools CHARLES F. PRIOR, 30 Green Street
School Department Clerk HELEN M. BRYANT, 143 Pleasant Street
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE HOURS : Town Hall
8:15-9:00 A. M .- Monday, Wednesday, Friday.
4:00-5:00 P. M .- Every school day unless absent on special business.
Open by appointment-
Wednesday evenings, 7:00-8:00.
The Superintendent's Office is open with a clerk in charge daily from 9-12 and 1:30-5, except Saturdays, when it is open only in the forenoon.
Telephone call at Town Hall, Fairhaven, 3891.
Telephone call at residence, 30 Green St., 6714-W.
Term expires 1928
Term expires 1928
School Calendar
1928
Tuesday, January 3
Wednesday, Feb. 22
Schools re-open Washington's Birthday (holiday)
Friday, Feb. 24
Schools close
Monday, March 5
Schools re-open
Thursday, April 19
Patriot's Day (Holiday)
Friday, April 27
Schools close
Monday, May 7
Schools re-open
Wednesday, May 30
Memorial Day (holiday)
Friday, June 29
Schools close
SUMMER VACATION
Wednesday, Sept. 5
Friday, Oct. 12
Wednesday noon, Nov. 28
Friday, Dec. 21
Schools re-open Columbus Day (holiday)
Thanksgiving recess Schools close
Christmas vacation
1929
Wednesday, Jan. 2
Schools re-open
NO SCHOOL SIGNAL, 22
The signal at 8:15 A. M. indicates no forenoon session for any of the eight grades of the elementary schools.
The signal at 12:45 noon indicates no afternoon session for any of the eight grades of the elementary schools.
The no-school signals do not apply to the High School.
Report of the School Committee
To the Citizens of Fairhaven :
Herewith is presented the annual report of the School Committee for the year ending December 31, 1927.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
(Elementary Schools)
RECEIPTS
Town Appropriation, 1927
$102,700.00
Henry H. Rogers Trust Fund
5,177.15
Edmund Anthony, Jr., Trust Fund
455.06
Pease Fund
350.47
County Dog Fund
1,775.03
$110,457.71
EXPENDITURES
General Control
$5,225.65
Superintendent
$3,700.00
Clerk
931.00
Attendance Officers
208.75
School Census
146.50
School Committee
150.00
Miscellaneous
89.40
Instruction
$81,040.77
Teachers' Salaries
$75,922.85
Text Books
1,661.18
Supplies
3,456.74
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Operation and Maintenance
$14,728.88
Janitors' Salaries
$6,630.00
Fuel
3,504.40
Building Supplies
2,130.52
Repairs
2,090.16
New Equipment
373.80
Other Agencies
$7,565.71
Transportation
$5,157.61
Health
1,962.50
Insurance
445.60
Miscellaneous $388.03
$108,949.04
Transferred to High School Account
$1,362.21
Balance
$146.46
$110,457.71
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
(High School)
RECEIPTS
Town Appropriation
$21,400.00
From Other Sources
26,100.00
Paid from Elementary School Appropriation
1,362.21
$48,862.21
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EXPENDITURES
Instruction
$36,803.35
Teachers' Salaries
$33,238.25
Text Books
1,619.58
Supplies
1,945.52
Operation and Maintenance
$11,228.92
Janitors' Salaries
$5,608.32
Fuel
1,339.68
Building Supplies
1,485.81
Repairs
2,182.22
New Equipment
612.89
Other Agencies
$575.00
Health
$184.00
Insurance
391.00
Miscellaneous
$250.86
$48,858.13
Balance
4.08
$48,862.21
PORTABLE SCHOOL ACCOUNT
Appropriation $5,000.00
Expenditures :
Edward E. Babb & Co.
$4,058.40
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
777.00
4,835.40
Balance $164.60
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REPAIRS
Following is a list of some of the more important repairs made during the year.
HIGH SCHOOL
Repairing boilers.
Repairing paneling in gymnasium.
Pointing up walls in places needing it most.
Papering, calcimining, and painting janitor's tenement.
Renewing electric signal system.
Installing new lights at entrance.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
Painting the Washington Street, East Fairhaven, and Job C. Tripp schools.
Repairing roof at the Rogers school.
Refinishing one hundred and twenty-five desks at Rogers and Washington St. schools.
Installing new ceiling in room at Rogers school.
Repairing boilers and renewing piping at Job C. Tripp school.
The list is far from complete because most of the ex- penditure in this direction is for those minor repairs which are constantly necessary.
The Committee wishes to call attention to the comparative figures found in the Superintendent's report, showing that Fairhaven spent in 1927 one-half the amount per pupil for repairs than was the average for the State. This or less has been our ratio for some years. More needs to be spent. Comparatively little has been expended on the high school since its erection, considering the size and value of
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the plant. The annual amount must increase or the building will deteriorate rapidly. At present the exterior needs re- pointing, only the more critical places having been touched up last year. No tinting or varnishing, except in the janitor's apartment, has been done on the interior since the building was erected. It would be too expensive a matter to renew the building throughout in one year, but the appro- priation for repairs should be sufficient to enable a portion of it to be done each year for several years. Only one side of the stadium wall has been repaired, the west side is now in bad condition and must be rebuilt next year.
In the elementary schools, the new buildings are in fairly good condition. The rooms at the Rogers School need re- tinting, the building needs re-pointing, and several rooms need re-ceiling.
At the Tripp school, a serious condition exists. The building is located on very wet ground. The soil about it is saturated with water which is constantly oozing through the walls, keeping the basement wet. In rainy weather, the water becomes several inches deep, despite the pump which cannot remove it rapidly enough. The boilers are deteriorat- ing rapidly on account of the dampness. It will not be economy to let this condition continue. The only assured permanent remedy is to water-proof the storage room, boiler room, and coal pocket. To do this and be sure of the result is an expensive job. A careful bid from a reliable contractor, guaranteeing the result, places the cost at $3,795. The Committee has inserted an article in the warrant asking the Town to appropriate this sum. It seems to us that it will be cheaper in the long run to do this than to let the present condition remain.
The Budget for high and for elementary schools follows :
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BUDGET FOR 1928
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
Estimated
Expended
for 1928
in 1927
General Control
$5,210.00
$5,225.65
Instruction
82,700.00
81,040.77
Operation and Maintenance
14,755.00
14,728.88
Other Agencies
7,400.00
7,565.71
Sundries
385.00
388.03
$110,450.00
$108,949.04
From Outside Sources
7,750.00
Appropriation required
$102,700.00
BUDGET FOR 1928
HIGH SCHOOL
Estimated
for 1928
Expended in 1927 $36,803.35
Operation and Maintenance
10,150.00
11,228.92
Health
185.00
184.00
Insurance
365.00
391.00
Sundries
200.00
250.86
$49,400.00
$48,858.13
From H. H. Rogers Trust Fund 26,100.00
$23,300.00
Instruction
$38,500.00
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In making the Budget, your Committee has been mindful of the desire for a lower tax rate. It asks for the same amount for elementary schools as was appropriated last year, $102,700. For the high school an increase of $1,900 is required due to more pupils enrolled. The total sum re- quired is $126,000.
The Report of the Superintendent of Schools has been carefully considered and is ordered printed as a part of the Report of the School Committee.
Respectfully submitted,
ALTON B. PAULL, Chairman
JAMES A. STETSON, EDWARD L. BESSE, WILLIAM B. GARDNER,
MISS SARA B. CLARKE,
MRS. ELLA H. BLOSSOM,
Fairhaven School Committee
Report of the Superintendent of Schools
To the School Committee of Fairhaven :
Herewith is submitted my fifteenth annual report as Superintendent of Schools.
ATTENDANCE
The total enrolment of the schools for the year ending June 1927 was 2204 as compared with 2144 in 1926; the average membership 1976 as against 1936 of the previous year. The high percentage of attendance of 1926, 94.5%, was maintained.
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