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At Christmas time the Christmas Basket Fund provides Christ -- mas dinners for approximately ten per cent of the people of Fairhaven. These eleven hundred and odd people are taken care of only after careful and systematic investigation has eliminated "chiselers."
Did you ever figure out how many potatoes, turnips, and loaves of bread and how much sugar, butter, tea, coffee, and meat is required to feed 1100 souls? A vast quantity of foodstuffs is needed and our Association's baskets contain many items for well- balanced meals which I have not mentioned.
The Christmas Basket Fund was organized with a view of af- fording an opportunity to help to everyone who is able and wants to do so. Two whist parties are conducted. Prizes are donated by merchants and other friends. A prominent coal dealer donates coal for door prizes. To the merchants we reciprocate by plac- ing barrels in their stores so that customers will make purchases and deposit them in the barrels. In this way the storekeepers get additional business to offset the cost of the prizes and we get the contents of the barrels to use as "filler" in the baskets.
Generous farmers donate practically all the vegetables we need. At some farms our needs are anticipated, and ground is planted especially for us. We accept cash donations from those who care to give. Each donor to the Christmas Basket Fund is mailed an acknowledgement. Our buying is done from reputable dealers,
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in order that we can have the assurance that only first quality products are used in our baskets.
The Courthouse Problem
A perplexing problem and a big expense that the public does not usually think of appear in the handling of court cases. The public knows only of spectacular cases mentioned in the press, and even then exactly how many men and how much time and money are used is not known.
Further on in this report you will see that we made 292 local arrests. Multiplying this figure by two will give a conservative number of times some member of the department had to appear in district court. Sometimes cases come up three or four times before being settled. Again, if we multiply by two a second time we arrive at a conservative number of officer appearances made in lower court. Sometimes as many as five men are in court on one case.
While courtwork is absolutely necessary for justice to be meted out, there are two apparent injustices involved. When all day men are in court the department has to bear the expense of hir- ing extra men to act in their stead. When night men appear in court they receive no additional compensation and likely as not lose part of their sleep. Then, too, think of the officer who has looked forward for two weeks to his day off and has a case in court that very day! I can remember one case which came up for trial in the middle of an officer's vacation, keeping him from going on a trip he had planned.
The Department Personnel
How many townsfolk know how many men their police de- partment consists of and how many hours duty are required of each one? Probably very few.
Besides myself, there are three men working regularly in the daytime. Two are in the cruiser car and one is in the office. Each works nine hours a day. At night, two men work in the cruiser car nine and a half hours, and a third man patrols North Fairhaven for the same length of time. A man works in the office ten hours. Two more men, one in the cruiser car and one in the office, each work five hours a night. A little addition shows that 751/2 hours of labor is performed daily by regular men for regular pay. In a year regular hours of duty amount to 27,633.
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Each man, with the exception of the two working on the five- hour shift, has a day off in each fourteen. Those two men have- no time off.
My pay is $45 weekly. One man is paid $30 weekly, six are paid $25 each per week, and the other two are paid forty cents an hour. Multiplication and addition shows that the regular per- sonnel cost $13,228.25 in 1936. Less than $5000 remained from our $18000 appropriation to provide spare men and equipment, and to pay the other costs of the department.
A point I want to stress is this: We have six men whose daily pay is only $3.57, and two men whose daily pay is only $2.
In a year we have nearly 400 offenses to prosecute. This means. at least 400 appearances in court. Night men spend many day- time hours in the courtrooms and receive no extra compensation. Day men spend many hours in court, too, and thereby entail a heavy cost to the department, as spare men must take their places in the cruiser car. So much for district court. When superior court is in session, day and night men again lose time day after day by appearing there. Again, night men lose their time with- out pay and day men's duties are performed by brother officers at the department's expense.
In order to keep the town anywhere near safe I have to use two spare men in a second cruiser car Friday, Saturday, and Sun- day nights most weeks. On a great many evenings during the year it is necessary to have a man do patrol duty in the center of the town. Spare men have to be assigned to ball games and band concerts during the summer. One officer reports for duty at each night fire. The Fourth of July costs at least $50 each year. Although the managements of the various carnivals pay the officers working for them, each carnival costs the department at least a few dollars because of traffic and the result of having extra people in town.
Day men are not being paid while they are at home for lunch; but once or twice a week emergencies require them to return to duty without pay. Frequently day and night men return to the station and do overtime duty at no expense to the department.
As pointed out in another section of the report, numerous ap- peals from North Fairhaven parents and the principal of the Oxford School led me to assign an officer to the school at times when children leave the building. This past year this work has been done by one of the regular night men for $2 a week! Appeals
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have come, too, for officers to be assigned to the Tripp, Anthony, and East Fairhaven schools, but funds have been lacking.
Station 2.
With the cooperation of the Chairman of the Board of Fire Engineers Police Station No. 2 was opened November 23 in the North Fairhaven Fire Station.
As explained in the newspapers, there is offered at Station 2 hourly service nights to northend residents who no longer need to travel to the center of the town to transact police business. A telephone at Station 2 enables the night officer in that district to contact the station as occasion requires. Again considering northend police business, this new telephone line affords me a means at any hour of the day or night of carrying on confidential conversations that would otherwise be delayed.
Cruising Cost
Of course the department's biggest expense outside of labor is the cost of cruiser car operation and repairs. This cost is the price of efficiency, economy, and convenience. Cruiser cars en- able us to handle work swiftly-more swiftly than the same work could be handled by additional men without cars.
For purposes of identification, we have designated one cruiser car No. 1 and the other No. 2. Necessity requires that I use my own car in police work from time to time. In the summertime the department uses its motorcycle as needs arise.
During 1936 we used in these vehicles 5,740 gallons of gasoline and 312 quarts of oil. We bought during the year 6,462 gallons of gasoline and 104 gallons of oil. At present oil costs 60c a gallon and gasoline has cost from approximately 12c to about 14c a gallon.
First Car No. 1, traded in during the year, gave us 16,394 miles of service in 1936. We used Car No. 2 to the extent of 49,181 miles. Use of second Car No. 1 produced a mileage of 15.055. I used my car in department work, running up a mileage of 9,407. The motorcycle covered 1,384 miles.
These figures reveal a total of 91,421 miles for the year. The total cost of maintaining these facilities was $1,369.96. Simple division shows that the average cost per mile was less than two cents.
Of a total of $463.17 spent for repairs, $31.20 was the cost of
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keeping first Car No. 1 in repair; $19.25 was the cost of keeping second Car No. 1 in repair; and $412.72 was the cost of keeping Car No. 2 in repair. The cost of repairs to Car No. 2 and the fact that it has given us at least 71,813 miles of service indicate that it should be replaced.
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE T. SYKES,
Chief of Police.
OFFENSES
Males Females Total
Accosting a Person of the Opposite Sex 2. 0
2
Allowing an Improper Person to Operate a Motor Vehicle
0
1
1
Allowing a Person to Operate a Motor
Vehicle Who had No Legal Right to Do So
1
0
1
Assault and Battery
12
1
13
Assault on a Police Officer
1
0
1
Assault to Rape
3
0
3
Assault to Rape a Child Under Sixteen Years of Age
1
0
1
Assault to Rob
3
0
3
Assault With a Dangerous Weapon
2
0
2
Being a Delinquent
26
1
27
Being an Unlicensed Operator
8
2
10
Breaking and Entering and Larceny in the Nighttime
3
0
3
Carrying a Revolver
1
0
1
Carrying a Shotgun after License Had Expired
1
0
1
Causing an Uninsured Trailer to be Operated
Causing an Unregistered Trailer to be Operated
Desertion
6
0
6
Discharging a Shotgun in a Public Street
1
0
Í
Disturbing the Peace
10
1
11
Drunkenness
87
3
90
Failing to Keep to the Right of the Road
1
0
1
Failing to Stop at Stop Sign
2
1
3
Failing to Stop at Stop Sign at Corner of Huttleston Ave. and Adams St. in Fairhaven 2
0
2
Failing to Stop Before Entering a Through- way
4
0
4
Failing to Stop When Signalled to Do So
1
0
1
1
1
1
81
Fairhaven Scallop Regulations Violations Highway Regulations Violations
1 0 0 9 1
Illegal Sale of Intoxicating Beverages to a Minor
1
0
1
Illegitimate Children Law Violations
3
0
3
Indecent Exposure
1
0
1
Insane
1
0
1
Keeping Unlicensed Dog
2
0
2
Larceny
7
0
7
Law of the Road Violations
9
0
9
Leaving the Scene of an Accident After Injury to a Person
1
0
1
Leaving the Scene of an Accident After Injury to Property
1
0
1
Liquor Keeping with intent to Sell
1
0
1
Loaning an Operator's License
1
0
1
Neglect of Family
9
0
9
Obstructing an Officer
1
0
1
Operating a Motor Vehicle After License was Suspended
2
0
2
Operating a Motor Vehicle So as to Endanger
9
0
9
Operating a Motor Vehicle While Under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor
18
0
18
Operating a Motor Vehicle Without Having
Operator's License in Possession
1
0
1
Operating a Motor Vehicle Without Lights
2
0
2
Operating an Uninsured Motor Vehicle
1
0
1
Possession of Lottery Slips
4 0
4
Practicing Medicine Illegally
1
0
Promoting a Lottery
4
0
4
Removing Notice Against Trespassers
1
0
Ì
Rules of Road Violations
6
0
6
Scallop Law Violations
1
0
1
Selling Leased Property
1
0
1
Shellfish Laws Violations
3
0
3
Speeding
73
1
74
Statutory Rape
3
0
3
Threatening Bodily Harm
2
0
2
Unlawful Appropriation of a Motor Vehicle
1
0
1
Vagrancy
1
0
1
Weekly Wage Law Violations
1
0
1
Wilful Injury to Property
2
0
2
363
11
376
Males Females Total 9
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DISPOSITION OF CASES
Males Females Totals
Fined - Suspended
54
3
57
House of Correction - Suspended
13
0
13
Fined
119
3
122
Probation
9
0
9
Dismissed
2
0
2
Filed
62
2
64
House of Correction and Fined - Suspended
1
0
1
No Bill
6
0
6
House of Correction - Suspended and Fined
2
0
2
Shirley School
3
0
3
Defaulted
6
0
6
Lyman School
6
0
6
Industrial School for Girls
0
1
1
Continued
15
0
15
Grand Jury
1
0
1
Not Guilty
7
0
7
Appealed
3
0
3
Fined - Suspended & Defaulted
1
0
1
Released Without Arraignment
42
2
44
House of Correction
5
0
5
State Farm
1
0
1
Taunton Insane Hospital
1
0
1
Nolle Prossed
2
0
2
Placed Under Bonds
2
0
2
363
11
376
ARRESTS BY MONTHS
January
7
0
7
February
5
0
5
March
23
1 24
April
24
1
25
May
44
1
45
June
28
0
28
July
33
0
33
August
35
2
37
September
27
1
28
October
24
1
25
November
19
2
21
December
13
0
13
282
9
292
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ARRESTS BY AGES
Males Females Totals
6-10 years
1
0
1
11-15 years
9
1
10
16-20 years
45
2
47
21-25 years
48
0
48
26-30 years
35
0
35
31-35 years
31
0
31
36-40 years
26
1
27
41-45 years
29
1
30
46-50 years
19
2
21
51-55 years
18
1
19
56-60 years
6
1
7
61-65 years
6
0
6
66-70 years
5
0
5
71-75 years
1
0
I
76-80 years
1
0
1
Unknown
2
0
2
Artificial Person
1
282
9
292
OFFENSE SUMMARY
Local Offenses
363
11
376
Out-of-Town Offenses
30
2
32
393
13
408
ARREST SUMMARY
Local Arrests
282
9
292
Out-of-Town Arrests
29
2
31
311
11
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In Memoriam THOMAS BARNES Died March 1, 1936 Aged 66 years, eight months, ten days
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Fines Imposed in Fairhaven cases
Court Fines received by the Town Telephone calls, etc., Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 1936
30,982
Complaints Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 1936 1,810
Reports January 1 - December 31, 1936
2,172
34,964
Resident Arrests
107
Non-Resident Arrests
185
Other Arrest -- Address not known
1
Stolen Property reported to the value of
$7,337.43
Stolen Property recovered to the value of
$5,233.05
Number of persons injured in automobile accidents 93
Number of persons killed in automobile accidents
1
Number of dead bodies found 1
Number of lives saved with the H. H. Inhalator
2
Number of doors found unlocked or open
32
Number of windows found unlocked or open
6
Number of street lights reported out
262
Number of occasions when all street lights on the north circuit were reported out 2
Number of occasions when all street lights on the east circuit were reported out
2
Number of occasions when all street lights east of Sconti- cut Neck Road were reported out
1
Number of Motor Vehicle Accident Reports filed with the Police Department
55
Number of Motor Vehicle Sales and Transfers filed with the Police Department
Class 1 311
Class 3
17
Individual 240
568
Motor Vehicle Licenses and rights suspended or revoked
112
Motor Vehicle Registrations suspended or revoked 8
Traffic Check-ups 1,812
Radio Calls 2,061
$3,790.00 915.25
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POLICE DEPARTMENT EXPENDITURES
Regular Routine:
Regular and Extra Duty :
Chief George T. Sykes
$2,352.86
Investigating :
Regular Men, Regular Duty $7,229.46
Regular Men, Extra Duty 399.10
Spare Men, Regular Duty
298.80
7,927.36
Police Duty :
Regular Men, Extra Duty
77,50
77.50
Traffic Duty
Regular Men, Extra Duty
103.35
103.35
Desk Duty :
Regular Men, Regular Duty
2,896.62
Regular Men, Extra Duty 28.50
Spare Men, Regular Duty
453.60
3,378.72
Total Regular and Extra Duty $13,839.79
Vacations and days and nights off for Regular Men:
Investigating 643.00
Desk Duty
330.80
973.80
TOTAL COST OF REGULAR ROUTINE Extra Work:
$14,813.59
Investigating :
Spare Men
120.00
Police Duty :
162.80
Traffic Duty :
Spare Men
690.10
Dog Duty :
Dog Officer
71.00
Baseball Games:
30.00
Spare Men
1,073.90
TOTAL COST OF LABOR $15,887.49
7%
Spare Men
86
Flashlight Batteries
Telephones
2.16 320.22
Auto Hire
150.00
Maintenance of Automobiles and Motorcycle
1,369.96
Printing
49.00
Stationery, Postage, Office Supplies
49.41
Physicians
5.00
Town Clerk's Fees
19.50
Furniture and Fixtures
41.25
Traveling Expense
26.25
Obtaining Evidence in Liquor Violation
10.00
Supplies
6.45
Street Directory
15.00
Office Expense
4.40
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
$17.956.09
UNEXPENDED BALANCE
43.91
APPROPRIATION ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
$18,000.00
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Report of the Assessors
To the Board of Selectmen :
The Board of Assessors submit the following report for the year 1936 :
CLARENCE A. TERRY, CHRISTOPHER J. BIRTWISTLE, LEWIS E. BENTLEY, Fairhaven Board of Assessors,
RECAPITULATION Appropriations
Town Appropriation, Annual Meeting
$487,920.18 17,700.00
State Tax
Audit
976.47
Parks and Reservations
202.47
County Tax
14,330.26
Overlay, 1936 Current Year
14,137.88
$535,268.26
Estimated Receipts
Income Tax
7,678.60
Licenses
4,497.81
Fines
2,349.90
General Government
1,008.45
Protection of persons and property
432.31
Health and Sanitation
656.50
Special Assessments
48.05
Highways
20,462.86
Charities
635.00
Soldiers Benefits
7,015.06
Rent of land and wharf
1,310.83
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
9,654.79
Interest on taxes and assessments
6,379.40
Race Track Distribution
708.00
15.11
Trust Fund
$ 32,868.09
Corporation Tax
2,426.11
Schools
88
Interest on Loans, Chap. 300, Sec. 2
Loan Authorized, Tax Titles
2,421.15
36,000.00
$136,568.02
Net amount to be raised on Polls and Property $398,700.24- $ 6,724.00
Number of Polls at $2.00 each
Total Valuation, $11,361,630. at $34.50 Sewers 537.23
391,976.31*
Committed Interest
82.64
Excise on Certain Ships and Vessels
90.14
Total Amount of Warrants given to Collector
$399,410.32
Valuation $10,084,160 Real Estate $ 1,277,470 Personal Estate
$11,361,630 Tax at $34.50 $391,976.24*
Amt. to be raised $385,762.36
Overlay $ 6,213.88
Polls $ 6,724.00
Total Overlay $ 12,937.88
Bldgs. $7,718,630 Land $2,365,530
Real $10,084,160 Value $347,903.56 Tax
Personal $ 1,277,470 Value $ 44,072.75 Tax
Total $11,361,630
$391,976.31* Total Tax
* 7c difference because of half cent in rate.
To find the amount to be raised, add the annual Town Meeting Appropriations of the State and County taxes and deduct from this sum the Total Estimated Receipts, minus Available Funds.
The tax rate is determined by deducting the sum of Estimated Receipts (Free cash in Treasury, if any) from the total Town Appropriations and dividing the balance by the total valuation. The rate may be in fractions and is corrected by increasing or decreasing the Overlay.
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Statistics
Number of Horses, assessed
82
Number of Cows
768
Neat cattle, other than cows
11
Swine
76
Dwelling Houses
3,248
Acres
7,497
Number of fowl
3,331
Number of sheep
3
Additional Assessments, as of December 20, 1936
Number of persons assessed
3
Value of Real Estate $2,070.00
Tax on same
$ 71.42
66 omitted polls at $2.00 each
$132.00
Recapitulation of Motor Vehicles, 1936
Number of Cars
Value
Excise Tax
1st.
414
83,060
$2,765.16
2nd.
600
96,500
3,237.67
3rd.
1,105
210,170
5,910.99
4th.
293
72,220
1,409.23
5th.
209
36,220
750.19
2,621
498,170
$14,073.24
PUBLIC WELFARE
1936
Case Load
Food
Fuel
Clothing & Board
Medical
Cash
Rent
Cities & Towns
* Miscel. laneous
January
261
$3,049.80
$1,522.75
$ 250.00
$ 272.97
$ 469.00
$ 261.00
$ 4.00
$ 59.55
February
302
5,857.33
1,711.75
288.37
154.34
536.75
296.00
82.33
March
274
2,043.48
374.80
162.51
712.14
304.75
256.50
3,647.04
122.40
April
197
2,018.65
414.19
305.17
1,070.11
360.00
342.50
75.61
May
174
1,803.90
558.32
303.85
363.38
427.50
300.00
755.83
201.92
June
175
2,283.69
51.59
207.99
374.91
403.00
252.00
355.36
153.17
July
189
2,080.53
29.20
256.01
450.77
497.50
321.00
85.86
August
192
2,431.21
64.24
257.73
248.50
405.00
366.00
26.00
5.50
September
177
2,067.99
29.05
259.38
475.82
394.00
215.50
93.25
October
136
1,117.90
58.03
361.04
921.61
490.00
252.50
324.41
67.41
November
168
1,768.68
234.10
207.70
437.98
409.25
241.50
2,548.37
38.99
December
190
2,475.55
871.86
375.27
1,246.99
530.00
405 50
10.80
85.60
5
$28,998.71
$5,919.88
$3,235.02
$6,729.52
$5,226.75
$3,510.00
$7,671.81
$1,071.59
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* Miscellaneous includes State Institutions, Transportation, Burials, etc.
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EXPENDITURES AND RECEIPTS
EXPENDITURES
RECEIPTS
Payrolls
$ 2,436.25
From Individuals
$ 515.78 15,742.53
Office Supplies
227.70
From Cities and Towns
Cash etc., as above
54.691.47
Cities and Towns, as above
7,671.81
$65,027 23
$16.773.57
Actual Expenditures Total Receipts
$65,027.23
16,773.57
Net Expenditures
$48,253.66
.
From State
515.26
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OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Applications pending from 1935
1 96
Applications received in 1936
97
Applications accepted and assistance given
73
Applications refused
8
Applications filed but not acted upon as of December 31, 1936
16
97
Active cases January 1, 1936
85
New cases in 1936
73
Cases closed year 1936
22
Active cases January 1, 1937
136
Total number of cases aided in 1936
158
Applications rejected during the year 1936 for reasons specified below.
Insurance over required amount
1
Present income is sufficient
2
Returned to work
4
No record of birth
1
8
Cases closed during the year 1936 for reasons specified below.
Death
10
Admittance to public institution
3
Removal from Fairhaven
9
22
Expenditures
$30,817.60
Reimbursements
Cities and Towns
$ 659.32
Commonwealth
5,539.94
Federal Government
8,777.48
Net Expenditures
15,840.86
$ 30,817.60 30,817.60
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Report of the Auditors
January 1, 1937
We hereby certify 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, 1936 and find them correct.
RICHARD A. DENNIE, CHARLES E. SHURTLEFF, DELBERT J. HAYDEN,
Auditors ..
Report of the Highway Department
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
I herewith submit my annual report of the activities of the Highway Department for the year of 1936.
An appropriation of $25,000.00 was voted for maintenance of the department. It was necessary to exceed this amount by $670.70, due to the fact that bituminous material was purchased to protect several streets which were put down by W.P.A. If this work had been postponed it would amount to a much larger cost in the future.
The following work has been supervised by the Highway Department during the past year:
Streets Gravelled
8578 sq. yds.
Streets Resurfaced
7285 sq. yds.
Streets Reconstructed 13851 sq. yds.
Streets Sealed
Streets Honed
28000 sq. yards. 10000 sq. yds. 66
Catch Basins Installed
Storm Water Drains Constructed 9998 ft.
Concrete Curbing Constructed 2529 ft.
Granolithic Sidewalks Constructed
5560 sq. yds.
Many of the streets of the town are badly in need of sealing and I recommend an appropriation of $30,000.00 for the High- way Department and that at least $3,000.00 of this be used for this particular purpose.
Due to the fact that we have many old streets which require constant patching it would be desirable, during the coming year, to have considerable more reconstruction under the Federal Re- lief Program.
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY T. HOWARD, Supt. of the Highway Dept.
Report of the Planning Board
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Gentlemen :
The Planning Board held one special and nine regular meet- ings the past year. At the Special Meeting we met with the Board of Fire Engineers to discuss the East Fairhaven Fire Station site. Voted not to recommend the School Property for a fire. station.
In February, the Board approved street layouts. Also, were still working on the removal of the Billboards on the Huttleston Avenue extension.
During April and May, petitions were received and Public Hearings were held. The Antone D. Lewis petition was taken first and no one appeared at the hearing to oppose the change of zone and after considering the facts in the case, the Board voted to recommend the zone change, with restrictions. The George Alden petition was then taken up and no one appeared for the petitioner at the public hearing for the zone change. Five people, however, came and all spoke against the change of zone. This change was for a gas station and after due consideration the Board voted not to recommend the change of zone. At this public hearing we also met with the Selectmen and the Fire Station site was again taken up. Several people spoke against the school site, including adjacent property owners. After con- sidering the suggestions and statements and the safety angle involved regarding the school children, the Board again voted not to recommend the change of zone.
Petitions were received from Mr. Wm. Schroeder and Mr. Joseph G. Rose and public hearings held. The Board voted to re-zone the Rose Property and voted not to recommend the change of zone on the Schroeder property, the latter being for the purpose of erecting a gasolene station. At this meeting we met with Mr. Brown and Mr. Knowlton, the selectmen presenting a sketch of a lot at the south east corner of Washington St. and Akin St., to be used for a Fire Station site. The Board gave tentative approval of this site and asked for a formal presenta- tion of the project which was agreeable to the Selectmen.
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In October we received plans of the Fire Station on the new location and approved the same.
Voted to contact the Assistant Attorney General in regard to the status of the Billboard Law passed by the town. We also considered the matter of some law to restrict the number of gasoline stations in town. This we are still working on.
The Board voted to recommend that the entrance of the new Fire Station be located on Akin St., instead of on Washington St., as a matter of safety and to save two large elms on Wash- ington St.
The Planning Board is in favor of the Harbor Improvement Project and will lend their assistance in any way possible to aid this project.
The Board recommends that Center Street, between Main and William Streets, be widened on the north side, about four feet, this to be done by taking out one section of the sidewalk and moving the curb over. This is a 12 foot sidewalk, and may be done without any hardship to the pedestrians. At the same time removing three light poles and having the Gas Co. put these wires under the sidewalk, replacing the street lights with two standard light posts on each side of the street.
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