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Elementary
8,810.23
High
8,112.00
Fuel and Light
Elementary
5,590.84
High
3,193.59
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds
Elementary
2,132.55
High
2,242.98
Furniture and Furnishings
High School
787.28
Health
Elementary
1,754.76
High
548.85
Diplomas and Graduation Exercises
45.41
Elementary High
106.50
Insurance
Elementary
83.35
High
75.00
Petty Cash
Elementary
5.00
High
10.00
175,274.08
74
Hurricane Damage Repairs 384.37
Special Repairs High School East Fairhaven School
2,296.31 312.40
2,608.71
Mass. Teachers' Retirement System
138.45
RECREATION
PARK DEPARTMENT
Labor
2,521.64
Equipment
436.81
Trees
107.35
Insurance
44.39
All Other
30.35
3,140.54
Hurricane Damage
Labor
822.60
Equipment
77.40
900.00
UNCLASSIFIED
MEMORIAL DAY
Care of Lot
15.00
Bands
83.35
Flowers.
131.65
Flags
20.00
250.00
RENT FOR MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS
American Legion
190.00
Veterans of Foreign Wars
214.19
404.19
SMALL CLAIMS
Claims
73.04
BICYCLE REGISTRATION
Office Expense
.35
75
WAR RATIONING BOARD
Clerks and Janitor
2,447.40
Stationery and Postage
4.60
Printing
4.75
Telephone
121.52
Office Expense
68.37
Rent
240.00
Fuel and Light
275.10
Maintenance and Operation
35.36
Travel
20.00
3,217.10
UNPAID BILLS OF PRIOR YEARS Approved by Annual Town Meeting 776.28
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE
WATER DEPARTMENT
Salaries
Foreman
106.68
Other Expenses
Purchase of Water
358.19
Water Services
196.00
Repairs
20.59
Tools
13.50
694.96
UNION. WHARF
Salary of Wharfinger
300.00
Lights
33.96
Water
18.75
352.71
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT
INTEREST
Temporary Loans
Anticipation of Revenue
212.01
General Loans
4,405.70
4,617.71
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MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
Temporary Loans
Anticipation of Revenue
100,000.00
General Loans Reimbursement Loan
21,700.00
1,400.00
123,100.00
Tax Title Redemptions Reserved
6,677.67
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT
AGENCY
Taxes
State
37,008.79
County
19,952.19
Federal Withholding
25,570.56
82,531.54
Contributory Retirement System
8,952.21
County Dog Licenses-Town Clerk
1,702.60
Blue Cross
60.15
Post War Planning
33,176.88
REFUNDS
Taxes
581.74
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
77.82
Sewer Connection Deposits
1,380.90
Estimated Receipts
53.30
Chapter 90
700.00
Julia Stoddard Fund
2,105.47
4,899.23
$819,245.81
Cash On Hand December 31, 1944
90,478.70
$909,724.51
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ANALYSIS OF APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS-1944
ACCOUNTS
Balances
Carried Forward
Appropriations
Credits
Trust Funds
and Grants
Payments
Transfers to
Other Accounts
Balances
to Revenue
Balances
Forward
Selectmen's Salaries
$1,500.00
$1,392.34
$107.66
Selectmen's Office Expense
2,500.00
$3.15
2,250.05
253.10
Treasurer s Salary
1,471.96
111.58
1,583.54
Treasurer's Office Expense
3,462.97
3,458.41
4.56
Tax Collector's Salary
2,200.00
2,200.00
Tax Collector's Office Expense
2,500.00
2,445.59
54.41
Tax Title Expense
604.35
900.00
152.76
1,369.82
$287.29
Assessors' Salaries
4,200.00
126.73
4,305.00
21.73
Assessors' Office Expense
1,975.00
1,891.12
83.88
Salary of Moderator
25.00
20.00
5.00
Salary of Auditors
300.00
300.00
Election and Registration
5,233.00
600.00
5,786.44
46.56
Town Meeting Expense
800.00
737.19
62.81
Legal Expense
500.00
850.00
1,350.00
120.00
Safety Council
62.00
24.80
37.20
Board of Appeals
25.00
23.42
1.58
Town Hall
6,000.00
31.76
5,274.73
757.03
Town Hall-Hurricane Damage
3,300.00
134.29
3,165.71 5,000.00
Police Department
22,000.00
21,997.15
2.85
Police-Hurricane Damage
625.00
623.83
1.17
Fire Department
17,000.00
780.30
16,831.66
948.64
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Town Hall Repairs
5,000.00
Planning Board
120.00
ANALYSIS OF APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS-1944-Continued
Fire-Hurricane Damage
200.00
29.18
170.82
Fire Alarm
1,100.00
785.43
314.57
Fire Alarm-Hurricane Damage
1,600.00
1,315.88
284.12
Forest Fires
100.00
100.00
Hydrant Rental
8,910.00
8,910.00
Care of Trees
3,000.00
2,829.52
170.48
Salary of Tree Warden
200.00
200.00
Trees-Hurricane Damage
30,000.00
49.88
29,848.06
201.82
Insect Pest Extermination
300.00
295.25
4.75
Sealer of Weights and Measures
1,000.00
979.16
20.84
Building Inspection
750.00
450.00
1,178.95
21.05
Building-Hurricane Damage
350.00
Building Inspector's Salary
500.00
500.00
Civilian Defense
7,978.65
25.00
935.61
7,068.04
Insurance Town Buildings
2,450.00
2,397.85
52.15
Forestry
5.90
5.90
Board of Health
4,085.00
3,191.80
893.20
Salaries of Board of Health
720.00
720.00
Dental Clinic
500.00
447.15
52.85
Diphtheria Immunization
75.00
70.89
4.11
Public Health Nursing
1,000.00
1,000.00
Bristol County Tuberculosis Hospital
8,409.75
8,409.75
Shellfish Inspection
1,350.00
1,272.70
77.30
Propagation of Shellfish
2,460.70
Sewer Maintenance
8,300.00
52.80
8,224.50
128.30
Sewer Office Expense
170.00
156.65
13.35
Salary of Sewer Commissioners
525.00
525.00
Sewer-Hurricane Damage
2,000.00
1,482.08
517.92
Huttleston Avenue Sewer
5,200.00
5,200.00
Collection of Rubbish
7,000.00
6,995.83
4.17
Collection of Garbage
3,000.00
3,000.00
Mosquito Control Maintenance
1,200.00
1,200.00
2,460.70
350.00
ANALYSIS OF APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS-1944-Continued
ACCOUNTS
Carried Forward
Appropriations
Credits
Trust Funds
and Grants
Payments
Transfers to
Other Accounts
Balances
to Revenue
Balances
Forward
Highway Department
25,000.00
24,004.04
995.96
Highway-Hurricane Damage
33,000.00 1,500.00 10,428.79
1,500.00
Street Lights
3.29
700.00
1,383.76
2,075.63
3.29
8.13
Highway Building
6.62
Coggeshall Street Bridge
38.10 500.00
498.65
1.35
Public Welfare
15,000.00
4,635.45
19,543.83
91.62
Public Welfare Administrative
1,800.00
4.38
1,713.15
91.23
Infirmary
6,000.00
24.10
4,765.79
258.31
1,000.00
Infirmary-Hurricane Damage
1,500.00
105.20
1,394.80
Aid to Dependent Children
8,500.00
1,220.00
9,710.68
9.32
Aid to Dependent Children Fed. Gr. 1,842.93
2,848.54
4,673.49
17.98
Aid to Dependent Children Administrative
300.00
426.30
589.52
31.30
Old Age Assistance
55,000.00
267.44
55,267.33
.11
Old Age Assistance Federal Grant
761.43
42,631.02
43,392.45
Old Age Assistance Administrative
1,800.00
1,751.92
48.08
Old Age Assistance Adm. Fed. Gr. 220.82
1,420.95
1,511.50
State Aid
500.00
280.00
220.00
Military Aid
2,000.00
280.00
1,720.00
War Allowance
464.27
500.00
85.00
779.00
270.27
17,976.93
15,023.07
Salary-Superintendent of Highways
9,573.25
855.54
Chapter 90 Maintenance
6.62
38.10
Manhattan Avenue
Aid to Dependent Children Adm. Fed. Gr. 194.52
265.88
34.12
130.27
Balances
ANALYSIS OF APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS-1944-Continued
Soldiers' Relief
5,000.00
2,730.33
2,269.67
Veterans Rehabilitation
15.00
15.00
James Ricketts Fund
28.60 19,595.57
4.50
24.10
Elementary and High Schools
151,635.00
171,229.58
99
School-Hurricane Damage
1,500.00
384.37
1,115.63
Vocational School
3,200.00
851.50
4,044.50
7.00
School Repairs
108.71
2,500.00
2,608.71
State Retirement System
138.45
114.63
138.45
114.63
Park Department
3,500.00
3,140.54
359.46
Park-Hurricane Damage
900.00
900.00
Memorial Day
250.00
250.00
American Legion Quarters
350.00
190.00
160.00
Veterans of Foreign Wars
350.00
214.19
135.81
Reserve Fund
5,000.00
4,999.81
19
Small Claims
120.05
250.00
73.04
297.01
Bicycle Registration
49.07
.35
48.72
War Rationing Board
907.75
2,721.65
3,217.10
412.30
Unpaid Bills of Prior Years
776.28
776.28
War Memorial
6,876.88
6,876.88
Post War Planning
26,300.00
6,876.88
33,176.88
Post War Planning Committee
2,500.00
2,500.00
Water Dept. Administrative
16.37
694.96
21.41
Union Wharf
200.00
52.71
147.29
Salary of Wharfinger
300.00
300.00
Emergency Relief
4,612.95
4,612.95
Debt
21,700.00
21,700.00
4,411.00
1.58
4,405.70
6.88
Interest on Revenue Loans
750.00
212.01
537.99
Contributory Retirement System
8,952.21
8,952.21
$32,435.26
$577,746.16
$18,005.82
$68,358.84
$620,593.37
$16,517.03
$12,239.82
$47,195.86
Accrued Interest
TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN BALANCE SHEET - DECEMBER 31, 1944
GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES
Cash
General
$90,478.70 15.00
$90,493.70
Accounts Receivable Taxes
Levy of 1943
Personal Property
24.71
Real Estate
5,523.80
Sale of Real Estate Fund
10,850.00
Levy of 1944
Poll
20.00
Sewer Connection Deposits
290.00
Personal Property
638.40
Real Estate
34,204.63
Trust Funds
Julia A. Stoddard Fund Income 525.47
Andrus Spriit Fund Income 1,628.65
Lady Fairhaven Fund 579.59
2,593.71
Vessel Excise Taxes
Levy of 1944
60.01
Federal Grants Aid to Dependent Children 17.98
Tax Titles
43,567.32
Administrative 31.30
Old Age Assistance Administrative 130.27
Tax Possessions
19,732.87
179.55
Departmental
Loan Authorized and Unissued
34,000.00
Health
Sewer
34.28 22.95
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
9,589.02
Tailings $285.78
Petty-School Department
Proceeds of Dog Licenses-Due County 1.80
Tax Title Redemptions Reserved For Payment of Loan $2,205.92
Section 79, Chapter 60, General Laws 1,259.41
3,465.33
40,411.54
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes Levy of 1944
196.80
Aid to Dependent Children
Public Welfare
131.15
Infirmary Old Age Assistance
708.50
State Aid
340.00
Military Aid
140.00
War Allowance
694.00
School
11.52
Union Wharf
199.69
Overlays, Reserved for Abatement of Taxes Levy of 1943 Levy of 1944
5,430.31 8,672.73
14,103.04
Unexpired Balances
Tax Title Expense
287.29
Assessors' Salaries 21.73
Town Hall Repairs
5,000.00
Damage by Hurricane 1938
184.96
Civilian Defense 7,068.04
Insurance on Town Buildings
52.15
Forestry
5.90
Propagation of Shellfish
2,460.70
Chapter 90, Maintenance
8.13
Highway Building
6.62
Overlay Deficits
Levy of 1927
34.55
1931
50.32
1932
107.25
1933
9.13
Veterans Rehabilitation
15.00
1934
51.60
Small Claims
297.01
1935
77.78
Publicity
27.05
1936
83.77
Bicycle Registration
48.72
1937
29.20
War Rationing Board
412.30
1938
27.92
Post War Planning Committee
2,500.00
1939
35.21
Water Department Administration
21.41
1940
26.38
Sconticut Neck Water Project
1.66
1941
19.70
552.81
Hurricane Balances
Town Hall
3,165.71
Sewer Connections
12.05
Police Department
1.17
Fire Department
170.82
Fire Alarm
284.12
Care of Trees
201.82
Building Department
350.00
Sewer Department
517.92
7.73
Water Services
18.50
26.23
Loan Authorized-Water System
34,000.00
Manhattan Avenue
1.35
Infirmary Repairs
1,000.00
War Allowance
270.27
Huttleston Avenue Sewer
5,200.00
State Tax Deficit
2,369.13
2,495.47
Water Rates
213.38
Highway Department
15,023.07
Infirmary 1,394.80
Schools
1,115.63
State Retirement System
114.63
47,229.98
Revenue
Reserved Until Collected
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
196.80
Vessel Excise Tax
60.01
Tax Title and Tax Possessions
63,300.00
Departmental
2,495.47
Water
26.23
66,078.70
Surplus Revenue
45,111.02
$233,917.93
$233,917.93
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$182,162.63
Emergency Finance Loan, Chap. 49
$13,662.63
Emergency Storm Damage Loan 1938
16,000.00
Emergency Storm Damage Loan 1944
40,000.00
New Bedford-Fairhaven Bridge Loan
4,000.00
Addition to High School Loan
50,000.00
Water System Loan, Chap. 350
58,500.00
$182,162.63
$182,162.63
TRUST, RETIREMENT AND INVESTMENT FUNDS
Trust, Retirement and Investment Funds Cash and Securities In Custody of Treasurer In Custody of Trustees
$220,962.72
498,791.74
James Ricketts Charity Fund
$1,430.66
Julia A. Stoddard Charity Fund
21,512.42
Hannah Chadwick Fund
500.00
Andrus Spriit Fund 6,300.00
Henry H. Rogers Elementary School Fund
112,465.12
Abner Pease School Fund 7,558.12
Edmund Anthony Jr. School Fund
10,000.00
Contributory Retirement Funds
Pension Accumulation Fund
$14,019.46
Annuity Savings Fund 11,691.82
Expense Fund
194.48
Annuity Reserve Fund
422.53
Undistributed Income
1,691.23
28,019.52
Post War Rehabilitation Fund
33,176.88
High School Fund
498,791.74
$719,754.46
$719,754.46
Report of Police Department
December 31, 1944.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
Below and on following pages you will find the report of the Fairhaven police department for the year ending December 31, 1944. Much of what I reported at the close of 1943 is still true. It is my duty to remind you of these facts, and, in some cases, I can do no better than to copy sections of the 1943 report.
Appropriation Too Small
Judged by any standard, the 1944 appropriation made for the maintenance of the Fairhaven police department was much too low. This fact is proven and emphasized in the following sections. Police work is a combination of duties required by law and services expected by the public. It is my duty to recommend an appropriation which will provide for duties to be efficiently performed and for ser- vices to be properly rendered.
The Accident Situation
A year ago I wrote : "Rationing and Executive Order 35 (which holds the speed of motor vehicles down to 35 miles per hour days and 30 miles per hour nights) continued to hold down traffic and speed in 1943, but because funds were not available to use in patrolling our highways acci- dents increased." That statement is correct with regard to 1944.
Inadequate Personnel
In the 1942 and 1943 reports I wrote: "The fact that our roster of regular men is not complete due to men in the armed services, means that spare officers must constantly be assigned. Making these assignments takes a great deal of time that could better be used otherwise. Efficiency is im-
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paired by having first one man and then another working on one job." Those statements are still correct.
A patrolman is needed nightly from six to eleven o'clock in the center of the town, and there should be two men in the cruiser car on the second shift. My 1945 budget, if approved, will cover these services.
The department is now in need of two additional regular full-time men and two additional regular "half- time" men. If the evening patrol assignment in the center of the town is considered we need three, not two, additional regular "half-time" men.
Ambulance Cases
The appropriation for ambulance service was provided for in the regular police appropriation. The cost of furnish- ing this service accounts for part of the big amount spent for auto maintenance. We had nearly as many ambulance cases in 1944 as in 1943.
Bicycle Registration
Desk men are constantly receiving inquiries about the registration of bicycles. A few facts recorded here may help. We are constantly explaining that bicycle registra- tion is compulsory ; that the fee for each bicycle is 25c; and that there is no yearly renewal requirement. The plan offers a measure of protection to bicycle registrants and brings money into the town treasury.
Auxiliary Power Unit Needed
We have had two hurricanes in six years and after each one the police department has had to handle a greatly increased volume of business without utility company elec- tric power. After the 1944 hurricane an auxiliary power unit was borrowed from the Fire Department. Loss of power may be caused not only by hurricanes but also by sleet storms coating and breaking the wires. We cannot- and should not-depend on borrowing equipment, and I again urge the town to purchase an auxiliary power unit for police and town hall use.
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Increased Business Forecast
It is generally anticipated that all police departments will have a great increase in business in the coming year due to many servicemen returning to civil life and having to adjust themselves as when they went from civil to military life. There will be many mental and shock cases which will require the services of the police.
New Car Badly Needed
A new cruiser car is badly needed. Bills for repairs to the 1942 Plymouth in its third year of use have been ter- rific. It is unfit for further service.
Pay Scale Too Low
And here, copied from my 1943 report, are other facts which are still true: "The men of the department as well as myself, in my opinion, are underpaid, and it is a wonder we have ANY men working for the amounts they receive. Regular and spare officers have requested higher pay, and I recommend that they be paid more money for their services and that my pay be advanced."
Appreciation
Again I want to record my sincere appreciation to those who have cooperated with the department during the year. Chairman Victor O. B. Slater and Mr. Raymond T. Babbitt of the Fairhaven Committee on Street and Highway Safety and the schools of Fairhaven have again done excel- lent work in promoting safety in Fairhaven, and to them I give my thanks.
Respectfully submitted,
NORMAN D. SHURTLEFF Chief of Police
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OFFENSES
Males
Females. Totals
Allowing person to operate who
had no legal right to do so
1
0
1
Assault and battery
13
4
17
Assault to rape
2
0
2
Being a delinquent child
23
0
23
Being a neglected child
4
0
4
Being an unlicensed operator
4
1
5
Breaking and entering and larceny in the nighttime
2
0
2
Disturbing the peace
2
0
2
Drunkenness
15
0
15
Executive order #35 violations
1
0
1
Failing to stop when signalled to do so
1
0
1
Illegitimate children law violations Larceny
4
0
4
Leaving the scene of an accident after injury to property
1
0
1
Neglect of family
3
0
3
Neglect of minor child
1
1
2
Operating a motor vehicle after license was suspended
1
0
1
Operating a motor vehicle after right was suspended
1
0
1
Operating a motor vehicle so as to endanger
2
0
2
Operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxi- cating liquor
2
0
2
Operating a motor vehicle without having operator's license in possession
1
0
1
Operating an uninsured motor vehicle
1
0
1
Operating an unregistered motor vehicle
1
0
1
Possession of lottery slips
1
0
1
Promoting a lottery
1
0
1
Selling leased property
1
0
1
Speeding
1
0
1
Stubbornness
0
2
2
89
.
2
0
2
Threatening bodily harm Unlawful appropriation of a motor vehicle Weekly wage law violations
Males
Females
Totals
2
0
2
5
0
5
1
0
1
TOTAL LOCAL OFFENSES
100
8
108
OUT-OF-TOWN OFFENSES
7
1
8
TOTAL OFFENSES
107
9
116
DISPOSITIONS OF CASES
Fined-Suspended
2
0
2
Fined
8
0
8
Not guilty
4
1
5
Dismissed
23
3
26
Nol prossed
1
0
1
Shirley School
1
0
1
Filed
18
1
19
Probation
4
0
4
Continued
16
1
17
Appealed
5
1
6
Grand Jury
4
0
4
House of Correction suspended and probation
2
0
2
Released without arraignment
6
0
6
Massachusetts Reformatory
1
0
1
Defaulted
3
1
4
Fined and House of Correction Suspended
1
0
1
Fined and committed
1
0
1
TOTAL DISPOSITIONS OF LOCAL OFFENSES
100
8
108
ARRESTS BY MONTHS
January
8
0
8
February
10
1
11
March
1
0
1
April
4
1
5
May
11
1
12
90
Males
Females
Totals
June July August
4
1
5
15
0
15
9
2
11
September
5
0
5
October
5
1
6
November
1
0
1
December
2
0
2
Total Arrests for Local Offenses
75
7
82
Total Arrests for Out-of-Town Police
7
1
8
Total Arrests
82
8
90
ARRESTS BY AGES
0-5
years
3
0
3
6-10 years
3
0
3
11-15 years
9
0
9
16-20 years
18
3
21
21-25 years
5
0
5
26-30 years
7
2
9
31-35 years
3
0
3
36-40 years
4
1
5
41-45 years
9
1
10
46-50 years
3
0
3
51-55 years
4
0
4
56-60 years
4
0
4
61-65 years
1
0
1
66-70 years
1
0
1
Unknown
1
0
1
Total Arrests for Local Offenses
75
7
82
Total Arrests for Out-of-Town Police
7
1
8
Total Arrests
82
8
90
Fines imposed in Fairhaven cases
$440.00
Court fines received by the town
$275.00
Telephone calls, etc. January 1-December 31
21,397
Complaints January 1-December 31
2,218
Reports January 1-December 31
2,474
91
Resident arrests-46 males, 6 females
52
Non-resident arrests-30 males 30
Stolen property reported to the value of $9,563.42
Stolen property recovered $1,475.99
Number of Motor Vehicle Injury Accident reports filed with the police department in 1944 49
Number of persons injured in automobile accidents 65
Number of non-injury accident reports filed under
Section 1 Article IX, Traffic Rules and Regulations Number of dead bodies found 6
21
Number of doors found unlocked or open 47
Number of windows found unlocked or open 2
Number of street lights reported out 374
Number of occasions when all street lights were reported out 6
Number of ambulance cases
125
Number of Motor Vehicle Sales and Transfers filed with the police department :
Class 1 33
Class 3
111
Class 3 Nil
Individual 299
443
Number of children lost and returned to their homes 22 Number of traffic checkups 198
Number of the above checkups which resulted in operator's licenses or rights being recommended suspended 43
Number of operator's licenses and rights suspended
40
Number of motor vehicle registrations suspended or revoked 6
1944 POLICE DEPARTMENT EXPENDITURES
Chief Norman D. Shurtleff
$2,548.92
Regular Men
9,161.44
Spare Men
7,759.77
Flashlight Batteries and Bulbs
6.69
Office Expense
25.10
Subscription
2.00
Memberships
7.00
Photography
8.90
Out-of-State Travel
5.80
92
Physicians
13.00
Traveling Expense
17.75
Equipment for Men
8.60
Supplies
2.80
Printing
87.40
Postage, Stationery, Office Supplies
31.48
Auto Hire
82.62
Telephones
278.93
Radio Maintenance
60.98
Maintenance of Automobiles
1,885.08
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
$21,994.26
UNEXPENDED BALANCE
5.74
APPROPRIATION
$22,000.00
Report of Highway Department FOR THE YEAR 1944
To The Honorable Board of Selectmen
Town of Fairhaven, Mass.
Gentlemen:
During the year just passed we were able to do con- siderable repair work on the streets and roads.
Many of the hard surfaced streets were greatly im- proved by replacing or refilling broken and worn portions with cold patch (a mixture of gravel and tar) of which we used over 300 tons for this purpose.
We also sealed with tar approximately 62,000 square yards of street surface including the streets or a portion thereof-Bridge-(Huttleston to Alden Road), Cedar- (Fort to Laurel), Wilding-(Main to Adams), Ball-(Main to Adams), Alpine, Buttonwood, Cherry, Cook, Deane, Dover, East Coggeshall, Hedge, Lafayette, Morgan, East Morgan, Morton, North, Oxford, Pilgrim, Sycamore, Taber, Winsor and Wood.
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We did extensive brush and weed cutting on the im- portant suburban roads including Bridge St., Gellette Rd., Shaw Rd., Boston Hill Rd., Long Rd., Mill Rd., and Oak Grove Lane.
Many portions of sidewalks in various parts of the Town were regraded, resurfaced or otherwise improved.
We constructed approximately 100 feet of new drain with sand catcher basin and connections at the foot of Washington Street to the bulk head at the outer end of the new Mullin's Wharf, and all drains throughout the Town of which we have several miles of open and closed ditches and pipes have been cleaned and repaired where necessary including all sand catchers.
We assisted in the Salvage Campaign by furnishing men and trucks for three collections during the year, in February, May and September.
Under Chapter 90 Maintenance-work ordered by the State Engineer was performed on Alden Road and Sconticut Neck Road including "broomed in" tarred surface applica- tion on Sconticut Neck Road.
Manhattan Ave. Repairs .- As a result of action taken at the last Annual Town Meeting we have repaired and im- proved this street by regrading and resurfacing and applied a seal coat of tar. We eliminated all pipes at intersections and built gutters to provide more dependable drainage. We used 163 tons of gravel and fill, 153 tons of Shovel Mix (gravel tar) and 993 gallons of tar. Total cost of the work done was $1,631.26 and the amount appropriated was not enough to cover the cost of materials alone but all of the work done was necessary to put this much used street in proper condition.
Hurricane Damage .- The storm on September 14 had disastrous and far reaching results affecting our streets, sidewalks, sea walls and abutments, drains and Town Property at the Town Yard, where windows and skylights were damaged and shingles, roof paper and sheet metal torn off the roofs of main building and storage sheds. Approximately 600 trees on Town property were felled and it is estimated about 100 more must be taken down.
This necessarily interrupted our program of regular work and every available man and piece of equipment was
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put at work removing trees and debris from the streets and roads, filling holes in streets and sidewalks and a variety of other duties made necessary by the enormous damage done.
This work continued until frozen ground made it nec- essary to postpone further repair work which will be re- sumed as soon as conditions become favorable.
Rubbish Collection .- Because of a nuisance created on surrounding property particularly at Riverside Cemetery by papers and rubbish blown from the Kendrick Avenue dump- ing lot it was necessary to build a high wire fence enclosing the dump on two sides, which eliminated the trouble and was much appreciated by the residents in that vicinity.
We express our appreciation for the cooperation we have received from the citizens and residents of the Town and Town Officials which has assisted us in conducting our various activities in a satisfactory and economical manner at a lower cost to the tax payers than for the several years immediately preceeding 1941, although the cost of labor, supplies and materials has increased to a very large extent.
We have offered suggestions for helpful cooperation in the past which have been cheerfully adopted and we again earnestly request that automobiles should not be parked in the street during snow storms as it interferes with the proper plowing and removal of snow from the thoroughfare.
We also suggest that a report be given to us or the Police Department when it is noticed that a street sign is in the act of being damaged or is damaged or missing as we have been caused a lot of trouble and expense by the acts of hoodlums at night during the past year.
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