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American Railway Ex.
2.59
Browne Pharmacy
1.13
42.67
Pay Roll Regular (extra)
John L. McAuliffe
$ 31.25
John M. Reilly
31.25
John Hawkins
56.25
Howard E. Brightman
15.50
134.25
Board of Engineers
E. G. Spooner
$ 150.00
Thomas Livesey
100.00
Alexander Price, Jr.
100.00
Pierce D. Brown (clerk)
20.00
370.00
Engine Co. No. 1 (12 men)
$ 900.00
Engine Co. No. 2 (5 men)
296.88
Engine Co. No. 4 (8 men)
600.00
Truck No. 1 (10 men)
750.00
Hose Co. No. 1 (9 men)
700.00
Hose Co. No. 2 (6 men)
390.63
A. C. Robertson (janitor)
25.00
3,662.51
Detached Members
E. C. Westgate
$ 75.00
N. D. W. Westgate
75.00
C. H. Lawton
75.00
Edwin Allard
56.25
281.25
$4,447.51
Pay Roll (Still Alarm)
John L. McAuliffe
$ 1.50
John M. Reilly
13.00
E. G. Spooner
80.50
Thomas Livesey
16.50
Alexander Price, Jr.
16.50
Harold Spooner
45.50
Frank Jepson
12.50
Charles P. Thatcher
.50
Herbert D. Porter
6.50
Anthony Silva
6.00
Herbert M. Astin
9.00
Stanley R. Tripp
7.00
Lindsey Gifford
11.00
John Silva
5.00
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Raymond T. Babbitt
5.00
Colby E. Benson
1.50
Paul F. Keane
8.50
Frank Rogers
52.00
Robert Caswell
10.50
Harold S. Macomber, Jr.
17.00
Warren V. Aiken
22.50
Roswell B. Dunham
28.50
Richard A. Dennie
3.50
Augustus Xavier
25.50
Delbert E. Hirst
4.00
Edward F. Hammond
7.00
Harold U. Pierce
6.00
Harold S. Macomber
5.50
Abram H. Durfee
2.50
Thomas R. Green
22.00
Paul L. Fisher
11.00
Charles J. Lawton
12.50
William Astin
1.00
Earl York
39.50
Arthur A. Durfee
1.00
Alfred Gething
4.50
Alvin Tunstall
10.00
Howard O. Shumway
5.50
Joseph Sutcliffe, Jr.
13.00
Lawrence V. Robinson
12.00
James O. Miller
11.50
Henry Benoit
9.50
William Livesey
3.00
Michael Regan
12.00
Alfred Pacheco
7.50
Joseph Andrews
19.00
William C. Benoit
12.00
Joseph O. Whitfield
18.50
Orrin B. Carpenter
13.50
Malcolm Blackwell
4.00
E. C. Westgate
88.50
N. D. W. Westgate
57.50
C. H. Lawton
24.50
Edwin Allard
5.00
849.00
Total Expenditures $14,507.56>
PIERCE 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 fifth annual report of the Fairhaven Fire Department for the year ending December 31, 1934.
This Department has responded to 39 Box Alarms and 145 Still Alarms, a total of one hundred and eighty four calls. This is an increase of 70 Alarms over the total of 114 calls answered dur- ing 1933.
The following equipment was used during the calls last year; 5,350 feet of 11/2 inch hose; 23,300 feet of 21/2 inch hose and 1,076 feet of ladders.
The following permits were granted during the year: 1
Gasoline Storage (retail)
Oil Storage and Burners 84
Fireworks (retail) (display) 2
10
Gasoline Tank Removals 1
Dynamite and Blasting 29
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The Station at 64 Oxford Street is in good repair.
The Station at 273 Adams Street has received some repairs. A new concrete wash-stand was built to replace the wooden floor formerly used to support the apparatus. The doors, sills and foundation at this Station should be renewed. The heating sys- tem should be brought up to date by the installation of a hot water heating system of adequate capacity to heat the station in the most severe weather and with a separate boiler or heater room.
The apparatus of this Department is in excellent condition. The addition of a 300 gallon tank truck, equipped with a 50 G. P. M. booster pump has helped on several occasions to extin- guish fires in localities lacking in any other supply of water. This truck was constructed at headquarters at a very nominal cost to the Department, and the labor was provided entirely by the fire- men and drivers at that station.
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The water-holes and beach approaches constructed under the- C. W. A. and E. R. A. have shown conclusively in several instances: the advisability in their construction, and also that they should be constructed permanently and be kept usable by annual cleaning and repairing. The first water-hole constructed and located at the Blossom Farm on Bridge Street, near New Boston Road fur- nished an adequate supply of water at two different fires in a section where before the construction no available water for fire- fighting existed.
Each course of the Firemen's Training School in New Bedford has been attended by representatives of this Department and the knowledge obtained by them and passed on to the other members of this Department has already shown results far beyond expecta- tions.
Practice and drills were carried on all during warm weather at the drill-tower and at the Mill pond and at other practical places. Drills were also carried on indoors throughout the year. The ability of the members to use their apparatus and equipment correctly has manifested itself in actual combat and this ability has been clearly demonstrated in the splendid condition of equip- inent after the hardest year that it has been subjected to.
The salvage work at fires, under the very competent and en- thusiastic supervision of Captain Charles H. Lawton has helped tremendously to increase the efficiency and has also substantially reduced our total fire loss, which in spite of an increase in the number of fires of 62% for 1934, our total fire loss rose only 26.4%.
I recommend an appropriation of $15,000.00 for the mainten- ance of the Fire Department for this year; $300.00 for mainten- ance of the Fire Alarm system; $500.00 for the purpose of new fire hose and $300.00 for the purchase and installation of two additional Fire Alarm boxes to be located one at Cherry and Lafayette Streets and the other at Union Wharf.
I wish to again take this opportunity to extend my apprecia- tion to all members of this Department for their continued will- ingness and support; also to the Police Department and all the citizens and members of other Town Departments who have given and offered their assistance on various occasions.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD G. SPOONER, Chief of the Fire Department
REPORT OF ALARMS, LOSSES AND INSURANCE FOR THE YEAR 1934
Alarms
Damage
Insurance
Month
Box
Stills
Buildings
Contents
Buildings
Contents
January
2
13
1,047.83
10.00
6,000.00
1,000.00
February
2
8
1,695.50
823.25
5.960.00
3,300.00
March
4
6
2,335.00
255.00
13,500.00
2,000.00
April
5
17
188.65
75.00
3,950.00
May
6
13
4,830.65
1,300.00
10,300.00
3,000.00
June
5
5
20.00
25.00
July
6
30
57.00
200.00
500.00
August
1
12
2,500.00
1,000.00
2,500.00
October
3
12
6,234.00*
785.00
19,000.00
2,500.00
November
1
4
292.50
150.00
2,000.00
December
3
14
1,126.60
1,726.95
7,300.00
1,500.00
39
145
20,327.73
6,350.20
71,010.00
13,300.00
Insurance loss on Buildings
18,926.82*
Uninsured loss on Buildings
1,400.91
20,327,73
Insurance loss on Contents
1,076.20
Uninsured loss on Contents
5,274.00
6,350.20
Total reported loss
26,677.93
Total reported insurance
84,310.00
* Indicates damage to a boat and includes contents.
Note: Exposure losses during year - none. Per Capita loss $2.43.
September
1
11
89
CAUSES FOR FIRES AND ALARMS 1934
Automobile-backfire
3
Automobile-burning brakes
2
Automobile-faulty carburetur
1
Automobile-short circuit in wiring
1
Bonfire in street
1
Bonfire-with permit
5 29
Bonfire-with no permit
9
Careless smoking
3
Cat in tree
2
Cat on pole
1
Children and matches
3
Chimney-burning soot
13
Chimney-clogged
2'
Chimney-defective
1 2
Chimney-sparks from
Clothing-burning
1
Emergency-dangerous boards on roof
2
Emergency-frozen and bursting water pipes
1
Emergency-rescuing persons from water
2
Emergency-occupants locked out of house
1
False alarms
6 1 1
Faulty local fire alarm
2 1
Gasoline explosion
2 3
Jugs of water in sun
1 1
No fire found
13
Oil-overflow in firebox
2
Oil Burner-flooded
5
Oil Heater-defective
1
Oil Heater-flooded
1
Out of Town-Acushnet
2 1 2
Smokepipe-overheated
4 4
Steam from hot tar
1 1
Stove overheated
2
Unknown
40
Wire-live
1
Wire sparking in tree
1
184
Pitch burning
Smokepipe-defective
Spontaneous ignition
Steam mistaken for smoke
Faulty ignition
Furnace-dirt around hot air
Gas explosion
Incinerator-sparks front
Meat burning in oven
Carelessly thrown lighted material
Report of the Park Commissioners
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Citizens of Fairhaven :
Your Park Commission hereby respectfully submits its annual report for the year 1934.
Due to our reduced appropriation we were obliged to again ask our men for their most hearty co-operation in the matter of service rendered, and credit is due for the manner in which they responded.
Our season was from April 1st to November 1st and for the first six weeks two men did the work.
After six weeks we put on a third man full time for about two months and on half time for the balance of the season.
New pruners enabled the men to prune higher and better than before.
The tennis courts were resurfaced and provided with new nets and tapes.
We recommend considerable repairing and some replacement of playground apparatus this year.
The continued interest in the playgrounds seems to prove the value of this form of public expenditure.
The report of the Cushman Park Playground shows a regis- tration of 1,110 young people and visitors signed the guest book from Maine to Arizona and Florida to Canada.
The activities at Cushman Park were open to all ages and the daily attendance of 263 shows the excellence of Mrs. Dutton's work and the interest taken by the children.
The season at the North Fairhaven Playground was very successful, the enrollment topping the 400 mark for the first time.
The activities at the Anthony School and the East Fairhaven Playgrounds while not comparable with the Cushman and North Fairhaven still seem of sufficient value to warrant their continu- ance. In view of the fact that by far the greater part of the Park appropriation is expended for labor among Fairhaven citizens we earnestly recommend that the town be more liberal in their ap- propriation to the Park Commission.
Respectfully submitted,
FAIRHAVEN PARK COMMISSIONERS, MABEL E. POTER, Chairman, HAROLD B. DUTTON, LEWIS F. POOR, Secretary.
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Report of the Building Inspector
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
The Building Department respectfully submits the following" report of the various building activities during the year 1934. There were 218 permits issued. This is a gain of 49 over the year 1933.
We have received for the issuing of the various permits, the sum of $151.00, a gain of $87.00 over the year 1933. We have paid this amount to the Treasurer and notified the Town Ac- countant.
Following is a list of the different permits: 29 dwellings: 44 garages; 16 sheds; 1 greenhouse; 1 shop; 2 barns; 85 additions and alterations; 2 bath houses; 1 store; 1 milk room; 8 reloca- tions; 11 henhouses; 1 rest room and 16 buildings were razed.
The estimated cost of new building for the year 1934 was $72,983.00. This is a gain of $46,028.00 over the year 1933.
TITLE AND SCOPE
Section No. 1. 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 Building Laws. Nor shall plumbing, gas-piping, drainage, heating, wiring or ventilation be installed or altered in any building except in con- formity herewith.
PLUMBING INSPECTIONS
There were 100 plumbing inspections made in the year 1934.
PLUMBING PERMITS
All plumbing permits will be issued from the office of the Building Inspector, in the future.
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY T. HOWARD, Building Inspector.
REPORT OF THE Sealer of Weights and Measures
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
I herewith submit my annual report as Sealer of Weights and Measures for the year ending Dec. 31, 1934, during which time the following devices were tested and sealed or condemned.
Adjusted Sealed
Not Sealed
Condemned
Scales
Platform
14
42
30
9
Counter platform
3
8
1
Counter
10
59
1
6
Beam
1
4
Spring
37
96
2
6
Computing
23
54
10
Personal Weighing
5
3
Prescription
2
Jewelers
1
Weights
Avoirdupois
91
456
1
Metric
13
Apothecary
19
Troy
7
Measures
Liquid
146
2
Dry
37
Measuring Devices
Gasoline Pumps
23
38
5
4
Gasoline Meters
30
31
10
Kerosene Pumps
4
14
6
Oil Pumps
6
30
67
1
Molasses Pumps
Stops on Pumps
93
179
Yard Sticks
7
Oil Jars
3
Grease Pumps
2
Sealing fees collected
$117.47
Adjusting fees
3.41
93
Number of Reweighings of Goods Ready For Sale
Tested
Correct
Under
Over
Beans
193
126
67
7
Bread
178
169
2
7
Butter
164
63
22
79
Coal (in paper bags)
27
27
Confectionery
33
32
1
Dry Commodities
182
144
37
1
Flour
56
56
Fruits and Vegetables
49
10
39
Lard
8
8
Potatoes
82
23
47
6
Number of Inspections
Paper or fibre cartons
89
Pedlers licenses
56
Marking of food pkgs.
124
Labels on bread
172
Wholesale milk cans
122
Transient vendors
1
Pedlers Scales
17
Ice Scales
2
Junk scales
2
Milk jars
18
Oil jars
202
Kindling wood in paper bags
65
Other inspections
89
Number of tests made
Retest on gasoline devices after sealing 32
Mfrs. Sealed milk jars
31
Approved paper cartons
30
Oil jars . 9
I wish to express my appreciation to the various officials for the support extended to me during the year.
Appropriation recommended for 1935 as follows:
Salary
$630.00
Transportation 170.00
55.00
Telephone, Postage, Printing
10.00
Convention and travel
25.00
Extra labor
10.00
Equipment and supplies
Respectfully submitted, CHARLES P. THATCHER, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Report of the Tree Warden
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the Citizens of Fairhaven :
The Tree Warden hereby respectfully submits his annual report.
Through the work of the E. R. A. the trees of the Town have received much more attention this year than it could have been possible to give them otherwise. The whole Town was thoroughly sprayed for bugs and it was possible to trim most all of the trees, removing dead wood which has been there for years but simply could not be done before on account of the small appropriation.
Two hundred young Maple and Elm Trees were planted by the department besides thirty-three trees which were supplied by the Improvement Association. We have to consider that many of the old trees have outgrown their usefulness and will therefore have to be removed. If we can continue to plant young trees to replace the old ones which are removed they will not be missed and will prevent having so many treeless streets in the Town in the future.
In order that we may be able to continue the preservation of the trees and thus keep up the reputation of the Town as one of the most beautiful in Massachusetts I would recommend the appropriation of two thousand dollars for the work of the Tree Department.
Respectfully submitted, PETER MURRAY, Tree Warden.
Report of the Moth Superintendent.
The Moth Superintendent respectfully recommends the ap- propriation of five hundred dollars for the extermination of the moth in the Town of Fairhaven.
Respectfully submitted, PETER MURRAY, Moth Superintendent.
Report of the Board of Health
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Gentlemen :
The Board of Health hereby submit their annual report for the year ending December 31, 1934.
The office has been open daily from 9 to 11 A. M. Wednes- days from 9 to 11:30 A. M. and from 2:30 to 4 P. M.
Four meetings have been held with full Board present.
The following cases of communicable diseases have been reported during the year: Chicken Pox 22, Diphtheria 1, Dog Bite 24, Measles 231, Eye Infection , Lobar Pneumonia 6, Tuber- culosis (all forms) 10, Whooping Cough 17, Scarlet Fever 9, Mumps 1.
204 houses have been carded, 40 inspections made and 114 burial permits issued.
Garbage collections have been made in the usual efficient manner very few complaints have been received. We have been able to extend collections further east on Washington Street.
198 children have been given Diphtheria Immunization at the clinic.
The secretary is greatly indebted to the community nurse and the Police department for their valuable co-operation rendered in the work of this department.
Attention is again called to Section 109 of Chapter 111, G. L., regarding the reporting of contagious diseases by householders, failure to report may be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
Respectfully submitted,
W. F. DELANO, Secretary & Executive Officer
REPORT OF THE Board of Sewer Commissioners
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"Greatest possible efficiency with the least possible expense" is our motto now as in the past.
The Board has answered 57 emergency calls during the year. Five new connections have been made and one connection re- paired, making a total of 1,433 connections in use.
We hope to be able to have another Emergency Relief clean- ing project approved, as our sewers need cleaning very badly. We have been able to add to our equipment a new self-priming portable motor driven pump, to be used in case of emergency. By the eternal vigilance of the Board we have been able to keep the sewer system running with very little inconvenience to any of the citizens.
We would respectfully ask for an appropriation of $8,000 for maintenance work for next year, hoping that weather conditions permitting, we will be able to keep within the appropriation. We again extend a hearty welcome to any interested persons to come to our office any meeting night, when we will be very glad to receive any complaints or suggestions and to give any first hand information to those who are interested in what the department is trying to accomplish.
Respectfully submitted,
G. W. VALENTINE, FRANK W. MORSE, JOHN M. REILLY, Sewer Commissioners.
Report of Fairhaven Committee on Street and Highway Safety
The report of the work in the interest of Street and Highway Safety for the year 1934 follows:
It is to be regretted that although our accidents have decreased the deaths have increased due to irresponsible drivers residing out- side of Fairhaven.
The first death was on June 17 when a car driven by a New Bedford man returning from a bartenders' picnic collided with an automobile going in the opposite direction, the result being two deaths. The third death occurred on the new Huttleston Avenue Extension on the night of December 17. This was caused by a hit and run driver who left his victim dying by the roadside. A widow and four fatherless children mourn his loss.
I can't help but condemn the lack of suitable safety precau -- tions by the Massachusetts Department of Public Works as they' pertain to the Huttleston Avenue Extension. If this road had: properly constructed sidewalks and had been suitably lighted as recommended by the Fairhaven Planning Board it is extremely doubtful if this accident and its heartrending results would have. happened.
It is with a great deal of satisfaction that I have been able to receive the fullest cooperation of L. A. Blanchard, Executive Secretary of the Governor's Safety Council and J. G. W. Thomas, Engineering Representative of the Council in having blinker lights and legalized official boulevard stop signs installed on the new Huttleston Avenue Extension. It is hoped that before long we may be able to get a tripper stop and go light installed at Adams Street and Huttleston Avenue in place of the present blinker light. The tripper would be on Adams Street.
A telegram was sent to Mr. Blanchard on August 12 reading = "Demand immediate closing of new Huttleston Avenue Extension until suitable safety appliance have been installed. Three acci- dents within 24 hours. All serious. Previous record, no acci- dents." This may have been rather brusque but it expedited mat- ters, cut all red tape and brought immediate results.
It was also with the full cooperation of both Mr. Blanchard! and Mr. Thomas (after months of effort had failed to bring re-
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sults) that the Coggeshall Street Bridge was covered with a non- skid surface. Any one using this bridge now will appreciate the change from that of a dangerous hazzard to one of safety. Not one accident has happened since the non-skid surface was applied as recommended by Engineer Thomas of the Governor's Safety Council. Some of this covering has come off, it is true, but this will be corrected as soon as the recommendations of the main- tenance department of the Mass. department of Public Works as outlined to Mr. Hammersley of the New Bedford Street Depart- ment are effected.
All of Fairhaven's Public Schools are now enrolled members of the National Safety Council and the benefits derived are most worthwhile.
Last June, due to the cooperation of Supt. of Schools Charles F. Prior, Principal George C. Dickey, and Charles H. Johnson Jr., manual training teacher at the High School, four original designed signs were made by the boys under Mr. Johnson. These were painted and lettered as follows:
DRIVE WITH CARE WE LOVE OUR CHILDREN SOBRIETY SAFETY LAW OBEDIENCE WELCOME
These signs have been located at each of the four entrances to the Town and have attracted national comment. A photo- graph of them taken by J. E. Reynolds of Fairhaven has been reproduced in the New Bedford Standard-Times, the Public Safety Magazine of the National Safety Council and is to be featured with a story in the "Beacon", Mass. Governor's Safety Council publication.
The work of erecting these signs was done under the super- vision of Stupt. of Streets Henry T. Howard.
On December 13 occurred one of the finest culminations of a long anticipated satisfaction-that of the completion of the Safety Essay Contest for pupils in the Fairhaven High School and the awarding of prizes to the winners.
This Safety Essay Contest was made possible through the co- operation of Mr. Prior, Mr. Dickey, Fairhaven Post 166 of the
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American Legion and a generous citizen who does not wish his name made known. Over one hundred essays were submitted and were judged by a committee of judges consisting of Miss Elizabeth Graham, Miss Margaret McGuire and Mr. Coburn W. Tripp. After weeks of painstaking work the awards were made with appropriate exercises at the Fairhaven High School Safety Assembly.
The program consisted of an appropriate address by Officer William A. Andrews of the Massachusetts State Police. Other speakers were Commander Milton Burghardt of Fairhaven Post 166, Victor O. B. Slater of the Fairhaven Safety Committee and Mr. Prior, Mr. Dickey who introduced the speakers and offered remarks. The awards were made as follows:
1st - $3.00 and the beautiful Fairhaven Post 166 American I egion silver cup-Harold W. Woodcock.
2nd - $2.00-Miss Isabel Tuell.
Honorable mention-Miss Frances Rose and Carl Blechinger.
An excellent musical program was given under the direction of Miss Elizabeth Hastings.
I wish to thank all those who took part in the contest. It is with regret that more prizes could not have been awarded. The effort was most commendable and bids well for Fairhaven's future.
A new programme of safety publicity was inaugurated in the Fairhaven Star, where once each month on the children's page is published an up to the minute Safety message. Grown-up boys and girls enjoy it too!
I wish at this time to thank the Fairhaven Star for its co- operation, unstinting in its space for the spreading of the Gospel of Safety, Supt of Schools Prior, Principal Dickey of the High School, Supt. of Streets Henry T. Howard and Chief of Police George T. Sykes, also James E. Reynolds and that generous citi- zens for his cash donation, Charles H. Johnson, and my commit- tee, Mr. E. Philip Osberg and Raymond Babbit for their whole hearted spirit of helpful cooperation. Also to the Committee of Judges, and to all others who have been helpful in many ways in carrying out the work of Safety Education.
In 1933 we had 54 accidents with 2 deaths and 97 injured, 25 of the injuried being pedestrians while during the past year 1934, we had 52 accidents with 3 deaths and 83 injured, of which 25 were pedestrians, the same number as in 1933.
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Besides the $100.00 appropriated at Town Meeting, I alsc received a check for $25.00 from that generous and interested citizen which was spent for the making of signs and for cash Safety awards.
The expenses were as follows:
Children Page, Fairhaven Star $36.00
Making out reports to W. T. H. 24.00
Seven School memberships @ $5.00 35.00
Lettering on Cup 4.00
Total $99.00 expended
leaving a balance of $1.00 from the $100.00 appropriation.
The $25.00 was expended as follows:
Cash awards for Essay Contest $5.00
Materials for Safety Signs 4.00
Painting and lettering of signs 16.00
Total
$25.00
In order to continue the program started it will be necessary to have $150.00 budgeted as follows:
Children's Page
$36.00
Making out Reports
25.00
Seven School Memberships
35.00
Repainting Signs
15.00
Essay Award Program 15.00
Incidentals, stamps, etc.
14.00
$150.00
Where could $150.00 be better spent ?
In closing I would like to recommend that the Police Depart- ment consider the filing of accidents by location as well as the use of an accident location spot map. At this time, I wish to suggest also that the Board of Selectmen have made, a study of the traffic situation at Huttleston Avenue and Green Streets as well as the length of Green Street from Huttleston Avenue south to the Fort. Also at Coggeshall Street and Main Street, and Cog- geshall Street and Adams Street with the suggestion that suitable legalized Safety devices be installed.
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