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Julia Virginia Perry
Nov. 11
Joseph Charles Wordell
Anita Mary Deschene
Nov. 11 Arthur Carpenter Bower
Verda Elizabeth Rothwell
Nov. 11 Clarence Flores Ventura
Evelyn Woolley
Nov. 14 Arthur Joseph Benoit
Elizabeth Alice Stringer
Nov. 18
Charles Picanso
Eugenia Margaret Mello
Nov. 18
Gilbert Sylvia
Mary Antonia Witkowicz
Nov. 18 Samuel Roland Costa
Mary Sylvia
Nov. 18 Alonzo Belain James
Mildred Whitney Brant
Nov. 19 William B. Fleming
Madeline Holbrook
Nov. 25 Clement Alves
Mary Pires
Nov. 28 Roland Adrien Manny
Gertrude Bertha Gariepy
Nov. 28 Gilman Elsworth Hook
Bessie (Sanders) Harlow
Nov. 29 Russell Eugene Goble
Ellen Louise Dunn
Nov. 29 Joseph Lewis
Anna Bouthillette
Nov. 30 Frank Paul Gloria
Leonora Ortins Silva
Nov. 30 Manuel Joseph Joaquin, Jr.
Mary Rose Couto
Nov. 30 Manuel Roderick Silva
Elsie Medeiros
Dec. 2 Louis Govoni
Juliette Dias
Dec. 2 Antone George Pacheco
Marie Carmon De Mello
Dec. 2 Augustine Silveira
Mildred Lewis
Alice Beatrice Bousquet
Anna (Souza) Lewis
Dorothy Learned
Alice Kathrina Linderson
Beatrice Alice Deschene
Dec. 1- William Arthur Benoit, Jr.
Dec. 20 Antone Machado Avilla
Dec. 27 Bradford Lewis Blossom
Dec. 29 Andrew James Kelly
Dec. 30 Joseph Jesse Olivera
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DEATHS RECORDED IN FAIRHAVEN IN 1933
Date
Name
Years
Months
Days
Jan. 1
Jeanne Elinor Gonsalves
2
3
29
Jan. 5
John Joaquin Enos
26
1
Jan.
Shirley Mae Souza
. .
5
23
Jan.
8
Andrade
.
. .
1/8
Jan.
8
Andrade
. .
1/1
Jan. 9
Edithi S. Lumbard
72
. .
Jan. 12
Maria Madruga Costa
63
7
-1
Jan. 12 Martha M. Rogers
62
10
25
Jan. 14
Isabel (Roach) Martin
57
..
. .
Jan. 21
Abbie Downes (Allard)
83
. .
..
19
Jan. 29
Olive Pimental
31
9
30
Jan. 30
Hormidas Lemery
96
11
12
Feb. 5 Frank Morris, Jr.
1
1
12
Feb. 6 Lillian L. Gurney
68
Feb. 7
Zephirin R. Pinault
65
3
9
Feb. 10 Edouard Branchaud
78
. .
Feb. 16
William Harrison Gurney
74
..
..
Feb. 16
Harriet M. Wilson
80
11
17
Feb. 16 Candido P. Cardoza
84
..
Feb. 22
George A. Austin
72
11
16
Feb. 26
Charlotte Ellen Morton Tripp
92
0)
28
Feb. 27
Maria A. Roza
60
1
9
Mar. 1
Phebe A. Gammans
81
1
10
Mar. 1 Viola May Mello
1
11
28
Mar. 12
Ella Delano Tallman
83
1
9
Mar. 17
Sabrina W. Stuart
82
1
4
Mar. 22
Georgia W. Spooner
82
10
25
Mar. 23
Walter H. Francis
50
10
20
Mar. 29
Irnice F. Blechinger
7
. .
13
Mar. 30
Cynthia N. Davis
91
9
15
Apr.
4
Mary J. Reis (Correia)
50
.
Apr. 5
Catherine Damm Diebold
76
2
17
12
Annie S. Drake
76
5
25
Apr. 11
Annie B. Sherman
66
9
2
Apr. 15
Ida M. Ellis
78
8
8
Apr. 20
Henry L. Card
82
5
21
Apr. 22
Thomas Marsh
78
3
.
Jan. 18
Joseph Andrews
70
Jan. 26
John W. Jones
58
Jan. 29
Elaine M. Amaral
. .
48
5
Jan. 31
Emily M. Chapin
Feb. 11 Henry G. Souza
29
. .
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DEATHS RECORDED IN FAIRHAVEN IN 1933 - Continued
Date
Name
Years
Months
Days
Apr. 22
Peter Fernandes
57
Apr. 22
Clara Baron (Armfield)
63
.Apr. 24
Stillborn
Apr. 25
Luciene Bisaillon
18
7
15
Apr. 26
Elizabeth Breakell
67
11
5
Apr. 29
Mary M. Lima Silva
68
. .
. .
May
9
Henry W. Hammond
78
10
11
May 9
Leonora Sylvia Roberts
41
6
2
May
17
Edward C. Westgate, Jr.
2
8
22
May 19
Catherine Ashworth (Dunbar)
84
10
6
May 21
Mary Bryant Howland
86
4
8
May 26
Mabel Linwood Ellis (Wilcox)
52
9
May 27
Eleanor Harriet Downing
4
11
. .
May 28
Margaret Hannah Boardman
76
. .
. .
June 10
Charles O. Foster
45
June 2
George A. Johnson
50
8
30
June 3
Sara B. Clarke
76
5
29
June
Dora Rogers
25
7
16
June 10
Stillborn
June 17
Aivaleen Dunn
90
June 20
Ira Holmes McMahon
38
. .
. .
June 23
John Shea
85
6
. .
June 23
Stillborn
72
10
3
June 24
Annie H. Waterson
67
()
5
June 26
Harriet L. Cleveland
78
8
12
June 28
Mary Kubiak
53
6
. .
July 1
Hannah Jackson
40
.
.
July 1
Anna L. Dillingham
72
9
5
July 1 Delia Aubey
49
July
6
Hugh F. Harrison
72
July 9
Frank L. Blackwell
79
2
July 11 William Tetreault
57
.
1
July
16
Mary Alida Randall
82
5
29
July 17 Joseph Silva
21
7
11
July 26
Emily Jason Ferreira
17
6
12
5
Ralph H. Kingsley, 3rd
2
11
May 7 Maria Dias Cabral
49
15m.
June 19
June 22
Michael S. Glynn
71
June 23
Frederick H. V. Wood
36
July 16 Elizabeth Alice (Clarke) Crocker
43
1
1hr.
July 19 Mary Costa
.
Zephaniah W. Pease
June 25
Anna R. Sylvia Rose
May
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DEATHS RECORDED IN FAIRHAVEN IN 1933 - Continued
Date
Name
Years
Months
Days
July 31
Lizzie R. Delano
83
5
1
Aug. 3
James Henry Dowd
65
Aug. 3 Charles A. Wilson
75
10
28
Ang. 5 John Flannery
54
Aug.
7 Frank DeTerra
51
8
21
Aug. 16
Dorothy E. Gould
Aug. 17
Sarah E. Allen
70
7
21
Aug. 17
Annie Therrien (Braman)
28
10
21
Aug. 25
Frank Rego
2
9
13
Aug. 27
John H. Cordes
62
7
1.1
Aug. 30
Eugenie Gervais
64
10
8
Aug. 31
Richard Hampson
69
0
22
Sept.
3
Joshua Addy
70
Sept. 3
Ella H. Hillman
82
Sept. 3 Sidney Duckworth
52
2
16
Sept. 4
Lilian E. Page
65
. .
Sept.
6
John M. Perry
89
2
19
Sept. 18
George W. T. Case
61
4
14
Sept. 19
Timothy McCrohan
89
Sept. 24
Catherine M. Beswick
33
8
Sept. 29
Michael McMahon
64
. .
Oct.
Lawton
2hrs.
Oct.
5
Arthur Britto
26
1-
1-
Oct. 8
Alvaro Silva
20
23
Oct. 8 Albert Smethurst
82
2
3
Oct. 9 Walter Temple
81
. .
. .
Oct.
12
Reginald S. Merriman
37
3
Oct. 13
William W. Sekell
56
5
24
Oct.
19
Margaret A. Dodd
53
5
21
Oct.
19
Roger Bisaillon
6
. .
Oct.
22
Antone Costa
8hrs
Det. 28
William H. Caswell
74
10
13
Oct.
28
Marie Stella Nowakowski
71
5
14
Nov. 5
James M. Gibson
65
20
Nov. 7 John P. Fuller
67
11
13
Nov. 8 Rose Mello Soares
41
. .
Nov. 10
Emma A. Sekell
83
8
Nov. 11
Rachel Almy Chase (Tripp)
68
()
13
. .
Avg. 10
Mary A. Holt
53
9
11
Aug. 19
Ann M. Macomber
86
Aug. 31
Stillborn
.
12hrs.
Nov.
4 Ambrose Burnside Hayward Gough
5hrs.
Nov. 6
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DEATHS RECORDED IN FAIRHAVEN IN 1933 - Continued
Date
Name
Years
Months
Days
Nov. 12
Marjorie Cummings
11
3
6
Nov. 18
Ellen S. Apperson
84
. .
29
Nov. 20
Nettie Mary Abbott (Hall)
90
3
24
Nov. 23
Joseph Sylvia
74
3
28
Nov. 25
Gertrude Renard
10
5
21
Nov. 26
Gorham D. Crocker
10
5
Nov. 30
Elizabeth Terry Delano
88
Dec. 2
Malvina Olive Eddy
16
9
13
Dec. 1-
Shirley M. Deslauriers
1
3
22
Dec.
9
Filomina Souza Aranjo
63
Dec.
14
Harriet Fish Addy
73
5
29
Dec.
16
Lorany H. Chamberlain
91
11
16
Dec. 23
Francelia M. P. Wade
75
10
28
Dec. 25
Harry B. Wood
78
8
26
Dec. 26
Elizabeth K. Parlin
75
10
29
Dec. 31
Mary Jane Wilde
64
5
16
Dec. 31
William A. Dillingham
50
.
25
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Report of the Assessors
To the Board of Selectmen and the Townspeople of Fairhaven :
The Board of Assessors submit the following report for the year 1933:
RECAPITULATION
Appropriations
City or town appropriations, all voted since the 1932 tax rate was fixed $415,175.73
Special Town Meeting, April 28, 1933 478.66
Special Town Meeting, August 17, 1933
10,241.22
Overlay (deficit) 1932
209.22
State Assessments
State Tax
$ 16,290.00
Audit
166.71
Parks and Reservations
33.91
Special State Tax, Old Age Assistance
3,197.00
County Assessments
County Tax
$ 15,646.39
Overlay for the years 1921 to 1930 inc.
2,570.94
Overlay (of current year)
16,638.43
Total appropriations
$480,648.21
Estimated Receipts
Income tax (Certified by the Commissioner
of Corporations and Taxation)
$ 24,598.83
Corporation Taxes
4,620.88
Bank Tax
20.35
Motor Vehicle Excise
10,491.90
Licenses
1,402.50
Fines 184.26
Trust Company
15.58
Special Assessments
448.97
General Government
975.00
Protection of persons and property
289.84
Health and Sanitation
2,538.08
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Highways
329.83
Charities
12,811.24
Old Age Assistance
3,497.43
Soldiers Benefits
938.42
Schools
8,331.36
Federal Emergency Relief Act
10,767.48
Welfare Relief Fund
30,000.00
Public Service Enterprises
2,355.79
Interest on Deposit
417.41
Interest on Taxes and Assessments
4,730.53
Loans authorized (tax titles)
50,000.00
Rent of land and wharf
1,670.85
Total estimated receipts $171.436.53
Available funds (voted by town meeting or by city government to be used by assessors) upon written authority from the Commis- sioner of Corporations and Taxation $ 2,570.94
Total Deductions $174,007.47
$174,007.47
Net amount raised by Taxation on Polls and Property
$306,640.74
Number of Old Age Assistance Taxes 3197 at $1.00 each $ 3,197.00
Number of polls-3197 at $2.00 each 6,394.00
Total valuation $11,424,990.00 -- Tax rate $26.00 Property Tax 297,049.74
Additional betterment and special assessments (outside the taxes levied on property at the tax rate) as follows:
Apportioned sewers $ 620.39
Committed interest 205.29
Unapportioned sewers 61.76
Committed interest
2.31
Total amount of all taxes listed in
the collectors warrant
$307,530.49
Net amount raised on Polls and Property
3197 Polls at $2.00 $ 6,394.00 3,197.00
3197 Old Age Assistance Real and Personal Estate 297,049.74
$306,640.74
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Real Estate Tax Personal Tax
$263,286.40 33,763.34
Total Tax Total amount to be raised
$297,049.74 $286,805.31
Overlay Polls
$10,244.43
6,394.00
Total Overlay $16,638.43
To find the amount to be raised, add the annual Town Meet- ing Appropriations, the State and County Taxes, except the Old Age Assistance Tax and deduct from this sum, the total Estimated Receipts, minus Available Funds.
The tax rate is determined by deducting the sum of the Esti- inated Receipts, Polls, (Free Cash in Treasury, if any) from the total Town Appropriations and deviding the balance by the total valuation. The rate may be in fractions and is corrected by increasing or decreasing the Overlay.
STATISTICS
Number of persons assessed on property 4382
Number of male polls 3197
Value of Stock in Trade $ 36,905.00
Value of Live stock 46,460.00
Value of Assessed Machinery
560,721.00
Value of 'all other' Tangible Personal Property 654,504.00
Total of Assessed Tangible Per-
sonal Property $1,298,590.00 Tax $ 33,763.34
Value of buildings, excluding land $ 7,682,620.00
Value of land, excluding buildings 2,443,780.00
$10,126,400.00
Total of all assessed estate
Tax $263,286.40
(value)
$11,424,990.00
Tax $297,049.74
Number of horses assessed 107
Number of cows assessed 611
Number of neat cattle, other than cows 8
Number of swine 21
Number of dwelling houses
3276
Number of Acres 7497
Number of fowl
3790
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Additional Assessments, April 1st, to December 20th, inc. Chapter No. 59, Section 75, General Laws
Number of persons assessed
7
Value of Real Estate
$3,790.00
Tax $ 98.54
Value of Personal Property
300.00
Tax 7.80
$4,090.00
$106.34
81 Polls at $2.00 each
$162.00
Recapitulation of Excise on Certain Vessels
1% interest of 1% of $ 5,000.00
$ 16.67
1/3 interest of 1% of 525,000.00
175.00
Recapitulation of Motor Vehicle Excise Total Number
Total Value
Excise Tax
Ist Comm. 1280
$207,760.00
$ 6,684.16
2nd Comm. 342
63,020.00
1,960.72
3rd Comm. 294
66,550.00
1,601.24
4th Comm. 232
48,780.00
946.28
5th Comm. 218
54,860.00
885.36
6th Comm. 90
23,970.00
216.37
2456
$464,940.00
$12,294.13
We wish to express our sincere regret at the passing of the veteran member of our Board, Mr. Joseph B. Peck. We shall iniss him.
Respectfully submitted, CLARENCE A. TERRY CHRISTOPHER J. BIRTWISTLE Assessors of Fairhaven
Report of the Auditors
Fairhaven, Mass., January 1, 1934.
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, 1933, and find them correct.
CHARLES E. SHURTLEFF, RALPH E. LUMBARD,
Auditors.
$191.67
Report of the Highway Department
To the Board of Selectmen:
I hereby submit a report of the activities of the Highway Department for the last nine months of the year of 1933.
A greatly reduced appropriation necessitated the strictest of economy in the administration of this Department. However, it has always been the aim to give the best possible service under the conditions and this has been attained solely through the best of co-operation of the personnel of the Department who neces- sarily suffered a readjustment of wages after the Annual Town Meeting.
The appropriation of this Department, $20,000, gave an average monthly spending capacity of $1,666.67,-however, this average was exceeded in the months of January and February by an average of $216.81 per month, so we were faced with the necessity of offsetting this excess expenditure during the balance of the year.
Handling of Welfare Labor
One of the large problems has been to so handle the welfare labor assigned to this Department as to accomplish some worth- while work. The major operation of the welfare crews was the removal of the hulks at the end of the bridge. This was quite a difficult task to perform, but it is a credit to these men, many of whom were inexperienced in that type of work, but the manner in which they worked, many times handicapped by mud and tides, demonstrated that they were interested in beautifying the Town that was temporarily caring for them. It was necessary to expend from this Department's appropriation the sum of $401.50 for expenses incidental to this work.
Reservoir At Atlas Tack Works
This Department was requested by the Selectmen to co-oper- ate with the Tack Co. to correct a drainage nuisance that was causing considerable annoyance. Here again the welfare crew was used to advantage for a period of about six weeks and the result was satisfactory to the Company officials. Here again costs to this Department amounted to $138.50, but this amount is small beside the loss that might have resulted had the industry been lost to the Town and this was a possibility.
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Cleaning Drains In Cushman Park
The drainage system in the Park was in a very bad condition resulting in a very considerable flooding of the surrounding areas. While there existed some doubt as to the responsibility as to the care of this system and inasmuch as a number of street catch basins had been added to an already inadequate pipe line, this Department undertook this work and used some regular employ- ces and the balance from welfare.
Labor and material used on this job called for an expendi- ture of $221.63 from Highway account, but the results obtained well warranted the expense.
Besides these specific projects the welfare labor has been used to cut wood on the Town owned wood lot, clean gutters and roadsides besides resetting about 2,700 ft. of curbing on Summer. Centre and Rotch Streets.
One worth while job undertaken with the welfare crew was the raising of 240 bushels of potatoes and 60 bushels of turnips at the Town Farm. These were distributed to welfare recipients at the Town Barn by the Street Department. The Deparment also acted as distributors for the Red Cross in putting out flour, pork and eggs.
Condition of the Streets
It has been the aim of the Department to keep the existing hard surfaced streets in as good condition as possible by patching with stone and asphalt but there are many streets in Town that require treatment that will tend to smooth as well as protect the surface. Consideration should be given to this work soon or it will prove costly if neglected too long.
Considerable work has been done in gravelling sidewalks but there is need of much more throughout the Town.
Early in the Spring, the Town experienced an unusually heavy fall of rain that resulted in a very considerable damage to the streets and called for an extra expenditure of Highway money repairing sidewalks and streets, especially those built of cinders as these wash easily and were rendered impassable in manv instances.
During the last two months, this Department has had the supervision of a number of CWA projects which have given employment to a large number of men. This work has been a great benefit to the Town in numerous ways. However, it has been necessary to expend approximately $300.00 from this Depart-
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ment for material and tools necessary to carry on this extra activity.
This Department has been obliged to exceed its appropria- tion, but this overdraft is caused by the extra equipment required for CWA work.
In conclusion, I wish to say that the Highway Department has received and appreciates, the co-operation extended by other Departments and is always willing to reciprocate for the best interest of all.
Respectfully submitted, HENRY T. HOWARD, Supt. of Streets
Report of the Planning Board
Report for the Year 1933.
To the Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen :
The work of the Planning Board the past year has been in- teresting and also instructive. During 1933 the Planning Board has received several petitions, one for a change of zone and one relative to the new state highway going through the Levasseur estate at the head of Huttleston Avenue. This petition dealt with a proposition to build the new road out Bridge Street and join route six at or near the herring weir in Mattapoisett, thus relieving traffic on Washington Street.
This petition was presented in such a way that the Planning Board approved the same. Later a special meeting was called at the request of property owners on Washington Street, and a new angle to the situation was created, in as much as the majority of the property owners did not want the highway to go out Bridge Street, due to the fact that the valuation of property along Wash- ington Street would decrease and business would be taken away from present business establishments. The Planning Board re- versing its previous approval, with the following motion: "Be- cause of the decided contradictory statements, move, that the Board reconsider our vote of approval of last week, until such time as there is more complete accord for the proposed $170,000.00 project, and that the proper authorities be so notified." This motion was carried by unanimous vote.
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Several minor violations of the zoning act were called to the attention of the proper authorities and corrected.
Considerable interest was shown during the court case, rela- tive to the tourist signs on Huttleston Avenue. The town tried to prove that these signs constituted a public nuisance, which is almost an impossibility. The Planning Board is unanimous in feeling that, if this case had been presented as a zoning ordinance violation, the town would have won its case.
The Planning Board held a joint meeting with the Board of Selectmen and Finance Committee, and suggested various im- provements that could be carried out with some of the C.W.A. funds.
Respectfully submitted, JAMES A. STETSON, Chairman.
Report of the Board of Appeals
To the Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen :--
Following is the report from the Board of Appeals for the year 1933.
The Board held five (5) public hearings during the year. The Board recommended granting of permits as follows: Erection of and (addition to) buildings or garages nearer to lot and street lines than is required by town zoning laws. . 5. Erection of buildings in residential areas for business pur- poses . . 1.
The Board is asking for the sum of $25.00 for the year 1934.
The Board consists of the following members, all of whom serve without pay :
MR. V. O. B. SLATER, Chairman MR. G. A. STEELE, Secretary MR. THOMAS LIVESEY MR. R. T. BABBITT MR. H. E. ODIORNE.
Yours respectfully,
G. A. STEELE,
Secretary
Report of the Board of Fire Engineers
To the Board of Selectmen :
Pursuant to a call from your office the present Board of Fire Engineers met at the office of the Board of Selectmen on June 20th, 1933, and organized by the election of E. G. Spooner as Chairman and P. D. Brown as Clerk. E. G. Spooner was appoint- ed Chief Engineer with Thomas Livesey as First Deputy Chief and Alexander Price, Jr., as Second Deputy Chief. Mr. Charles H. Lawton, member of former Board, who had resigned, was placed upon the rolls of the Department and in charge of Salvage work.
No change was made in company personnel as approved and instituted as of May 1st.
At the meeting of the Board of Engineers held on July 26th, 1933, the following recommendation to the Board of Selectmen was presented and carried by vote of the Board, viz: "Voted, To recommend to the Selectmen that they negotiate an agreement with Mr. Spooner whereby the drivers of Fire Apparatus now furnished by him to the town under his present agreement; 'to store certain Fire Apparatus and furnish drivers for the consider- ation of $8000.00 per year' shall also function as firemen fully paid by Mr. Spooner and therefore not eligible for still alarm pay or firemans fees now paid by the town.
At a meeting of the Board of Engineers held on Jan. 8th, 1934 three recommendations to the Board of Selectmen for insertion in the Annual Warrant for Town Meeting was presented and car- ried by vote of the Board. These recommendations are to be found in the Warrant and the Board recommends their adoption as presented.
At the meeting of the Board of Engineers held Jan. 15th, 1934 the following recommendations to the Board of Selectmen were presented and carried by vote of the Board.
"There is apparent to the Board the need of a Company, equipped with a light pumper to be located in East Fairhaven. This would afford greater protection to this locality with an assur- ance of lower insurance rates. This could be accomplished by the transfer of the Reo Barton Pumper now at North Fairhaven as soon as a larger pumper can be purchased to replace the above transfer."
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"We find no sufficient reason for the continuance of the Station on Oxford St. The Board recommends the transfer of the piece of apparatus now there and which is used principally for the transfer of hose and cover up duty at Central Fire Station to the Central Station. This change should be made not later than the establishment of the East Fairhaven Station."
"Appreciating how essential an adequate water supply is for efficient fire fighting and realizing the shortcomings of our present supply, the Board recommends your co-operation with the Water Company for the strengthening of present lines, as suggested in the report of the New England Insurance Exchange, with new extensions to be added as fast as possible, especially on Sconticut Neck."
The report of the Chief Engineer of the Department follows.
Respectfully submitted by
Board of Fire Engineers, P. D. BROWN, Clerk.
Annual Report of The Chief of Fire Department
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen :
I have the honor to submit herewith my fourth annual report of the Fairhaven Fire Department for the year ending December 31, 1933.
This Department has responded to twenty-six (26) Bell alarms and eighty-eight (88) Still alarms, a total of one hundred and fourteen (114) calls. This figure is 39 less than the 153 calls answered in 1932 and 22 less than the 136 calls answered in 1931.
During the past year the following equipment has been used at various fires: 3900 feet of 11/2" hose; 10,600 feet of 21/2" hose and 655 feet of ladders.
This Department has during the past year issued the follow- ing permits :
Gasoline Storage (personal use) 3
(retail) 6
Oil Storage & Burners (household)
327
Kerosene (retail) 1
Fireworks (retail) 11
(display) 1
Gasoline Tank removals 1
Dynamite 11
Total
361
The two stations of this Department, one at 273 Adams Street and the second at 64 Oxford Street are both in good repair, with the exception of the floor and sills of the station at 273 Adams Street. If any change is made in the apparatus housed there the building should be raised, the sills and foundation should be re- newed and a new and up-to-date heating system installed.
The apparatus of this Department is in excellent condition. During the year a larger reconditioned motor was installed in Engine 2 (Barton) and the old motor reconditioned and placed in reserve to replace the motor in either Engine 2 or Hose 1 should occasion require.
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The pump on Engine 1 (LaFrance, 750) has been overhauled under the supervision of a former LaFrance Delivery Engineer and is in perfect condition.
A significant fact brought out by a perusal of our fire loss for 1933 is that the only total losses occurred in outlying districts where an insufficient supply, or total lack of water resulted. This condition is being overcome partially, by the cleaning out of brooks and water holes in the districts without hydrant service. The continuation of roads to high water mark on Sconticut Neck will be a great advantage to this Department, as in this section of our Town the salt water is the only adequate source from which we can obtain water for fire extinguishing purposes. The nature of the beach below high water, in some places at low tide due to the flats extending a long way out from shore makes it impos- sible for us to obtain water unless the tide is high. Curiously, the majority of our fires in this section heretofore have occurred at or near low tide, which fact stresses the point more strongly that some thought should be given an extension of a water main down Sconticut Neck as soon as practicable to do so.
Eight of the members of the Department have attended the Training School for firemen which was held at New Bedford and sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Education, Divi- sion of Vocational Education, and all of these men have received certificates for the completion of the course. The knowledge acquired by these men under the capable instruction of Captain Bochman of the New Bedford Fire Department should greatly increase the efficincy of this Department.
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