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Ware, James B., Jr.
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Simonds, Fred A.
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Ware, Wm. H.
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Simpson, Adelard
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Ware, Ernest S.
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Simpson, Napoleon
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Wetherby, Donald M. 2 00
Simpson, Augustine
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Wells, Albert E. 2 00
St. George, Felix
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Whalen, Paul J.
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St. Martin, Narcisse
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Whalen, James
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Suprenant, Ulric
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Wilson, Humphrey
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Wilson, George
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Tansey, Thos.
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Woodard, Edward M.
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Thetrault, Jacques Jr.
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Thetrault, Cleaphace
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Young, William
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Thibault, George
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Young, Fred 2 00
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SELECTMEN.
Selectmen's Report.
The year that has just closed has been one of large expen- ditures in some departments. The repairing of our Town Hall in putting the building in safe condition for all future time, and the expenditures incurred by the late war, in connection with Company K, have drawn very heavy upon our Town hall ac- count and our contingent account. We felt justified in these expenditures, knowing that the citizens of the town would sup- port us in our actions.
Our Highways are in good condition, when we consider the heavy storms that we have had to contend with. As an ex- periment we have placed a thin coat of broken stone or maca- dan on a section of Hamilton street from Main street to Crane street. Thus far it has given good results, and we would re- commend a continuance of this work through Hamilton street, as we consider it more economical than gravel, and it gives us a better road.
Our sidewalks are in good condition, except where the old brick walks are still used. Some of these old walks are danger- ous and must be repaired. All sidewalks vo'ed last spring are completed in a good, substantial way and are now public walks of the town and will last for many years. The railings and bridges of the town are in good repair, and with balances to the credit of these accounts, we recommend no appropriations for the present year.
The lighting of the streets of the town is becoming a very important factor, and the demand for lights which is shown in the Town Warrant seems to us greater than the ability of the
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Electric Light company to supply, judging from the fact that they have not furnished all the lights voted by the town hereto- fore. In regard to the water supply the late fire has demon- strated to us the importance of the location of another hydrant on Main street, thereby protecting the business part of the town more thoroughly. We would suggest to the water supply com- pany that they extend their pipes more extensively, crossing the river at Globe Village, giving supply to the upper section of that village and again at Mechanics street bridge, supplying the families in that section.
In the recommendations for the different departments un- der our charge, we have asked for amounts which we consider reasonable to carry out the requirements of the different de- partments. We can also state with pleasure that no lawsuits are now pending against the town.
Southbridge has proven its loyalty during the late war with Spain. She performed her duty towards the brave boys that went to those southern battle fields and her patriotic spirit was with them when they returned. We are proud of Southbridge. She stands second to none in the Old Bay State.
J. M. OLNEY, THOS. SANDERS, IV. C. CALLAHAN, Selectmen of Southbridge.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
BOARD
OF HEALTH.
BOARD OF HEALTH.
The Board of Health respectfully submit the following re- port for the year ending Dec. 31, 1898.
Total number of deaths, exclusive of still-births,
212
Number of still-births,
4
Number of deaths of males,
I2I
Number of deaths of females,
94
DEATH RATE BY AGE.
Total.
Male.
Female.
Deaths of persons under I year,
53
32
2I
from I to 2 years,
I2
7
5
from 2 to 3 years,
6
4
2
from 3 to 4 years,
2
I
I
from 4 to 5 years,
O
O
O
from 5 to 10 years,
6
5
I
from 10 to 15 years,
5
I
4
from 15 to 20 years,
9
3
6
from 20 to 30 years,
II
3
8
from 30 to 40 years,
9
5
4
from 40 to 50 years,
I3
9
4
from 50 to 60 years,
2I
II
IO
from 65 to 70 years,
21
7
I4
from 70 to 80 years,
18
5
I3
over 80 years,
5
5
O
age unknown,
O
O
0
212
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
DEATH RATE BY MONTHS.
January,
13
July,
13
February,
14
August,
22
March,
18
September,
15
April,
19
October,
18
May,
25
November,
19
June,
18
December,
22
CAUSES OF DEATH.
Consumption,
22
Diseases of kidney,
8
Diphtheria and croup,
4
Diseases of heart, 14
Erysipelas,
O
Cancer,
o
Puerperal fever,
O
Accident,
I
Cholera infantum,
19
Suicide,
O
Diarrhœa,
I
Unknown and ill-defined
Pneumonia,
5
causes, 64
Bronchitis,
7
All other causes,
40
Diseases of brain,
37
There have been a few cases of typhoid fever, mostly of mild tpye.
Of contagious and infectious diseases there have been a few cases of scarlet fever and diphtheria.
[PUBLIC STATUTES, CHAP. 80, SECT. 78, ACTS OF 1884, CHAP. 98, AND ACTS CF 1891, CHAP. 188.]
(1 ) When a householder knows that a person within his family is sick of small-pox, diphtheria, scarlet fever or any other disease dangerous to the public health, he shall immediately give notice thereof to the selectmen or board of health of the town in which he dwells, and upon the death, recovery or re- moval of such persons the rooms occupied and the articles used by him shall be disinfected by such householder in a manner
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approved by the board of health. Any person neglecting or re- fusing to comply with either of the above provisions shall forfeit a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars.
(2.) When a physician knows that a person whom he is called to visit is infected with small-pox, diphtheria, scarlet fever or any other disease dangerous to public health, he shall immediately give notice thereof in writing, over his own signa- ture, to the selectmen or board of health of the town ; and if he refuses or neglects to give such notice he shall forfeit for each offense not less than fifty nor more than two hundred dollars.
Membraneous croup is diphtheria of the larynx, and as such should be reported as diphtheria.
A proper regard for the principies of quarantine and disin- fection in cases of infectious and contagious diseases may pre- vent much in the way of sickness and death.
Respectfully, F. H. OLIN, M. D. Secretary of Board of Health.
LIST OF JURORS.
List of Jurors prepared by the Selectmen to be submitted for revision and acceptance at the annual Town Meeting to be held April 3, 1899. Angell, I. O. Dresser, Geo. A.
Ammidown, L. E.
Beecher, H. R.
Dresser, Geo. L. Duquette, L. N.
Boyer, Alex. Jr.,
Davis, Linus F. Dalton, Patrick M.
Booth, William
Boardman, Romain
Durfee, H. D.
Chamberlain, Elmer D.
Dakin, E. F.
Chamberlain, Dwight
Dinan, Henry
Chace, E. E.
Eccleston, Wm. H.
Clemence, J. E.
Egan, James K.
Cheney, H. S.
Egan, Michael
Cheney, Geo. M.
Freeman, H. J. Flood, Mathew
Chipman, O. B. E.
Farland, Antoine Farquhar, John
Clemence, L. D.
Flynn, Lawrence
Cronin, Thomas
Cheney, W. H. H.
Chamberlain, Andrew M.
Geer, H. L. Gagnon, Joseph Goodell, U. A. Gatineau, Felix
Clemence, Herbert A.
Daniels, Augustus
Gay, Ernest L. Gelineau, Joseph
Darling, Eugene L. Davis, Salem WV. Dennis, Paul
Harwood, Elmer E. Hall, Charles W.
Dillaber, M. L. Dresser, G. K.
Hogan, John J. Hardenber, Wm. E.
Chandler, W. A.
Chamberlain, Sylvanus
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LIST OF JURORS.
Hughes, Thomas Hancock, Geo.
Nichols, Frank B. Newell, Norval
Harrington, John
Newell, H. V.
Hancock, Daniel
Olds, A. W. Oldham, H. P.
Hyde, Charles
Hefner, John E.
Frue, Joseph E.
Holmes, Fred L.
Pelton. Albert L.
Hyde, A. L.
Plimpton, Manning
Johnson, A. J.
Plimpton, Lorenzo
Jackson, N. N.
Richard, Stephen
Kennedy, Wm. T.
Ryan, John
Lamoureux, G. E. J.
Ryan, Ferd F.
Lusignan, Adolph
Ryan, Thomas H.
Lamoureux, Wilfred
Shumway, Clarence P.
Lareau, Joseph N.
Smith, J. M.
Lawson, Roger C.
Simpson, George
LeClair, P. N.
Sibley, Lyman E.
Lyon, Otis F.
Seavey, William
Litchfield, H. L.
Seavey, William A.
Morse, H. P.
Torrey, E. T.
Marcy, Zenas A.
Tully, Michael J.
Morrissey, James
Thompson, Azel
Merritt, T. C.
Tetreault, F. X.
Mason, James H.
Vinton, Charles M.
McGrath, Thomas
Varner, Hugh
Morris, Andrew J. Morse, Silas B.
Whittaker, Henry
McGilpin, John C.
Winter, G. L.
Mansfield, Geo. E.
Wells, A. B.
Mason, Henry
Williams, Charles W.
TOWN WARRANT.
TOWN WARRANT.
WORCESTER, SS. To either of the Constables of the Town of Southbridge, in the County of Worcester, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby requested to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Southbridge, aforesaid, qualified to vote in Town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall in said Southbridge, on Monday the third day of April at nine o'clock in the forencon, to act on the following articles :
ARTICLE I. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
ART. 2. To choose all necessary town officers for the en- suing year, viz: Clerk, Treasurer, Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, Board of Health, Assessors, School Committee, Auditors of Accounts, Cemetery Committee, Library Committee, a Sink- ing Fund Commissioner and Constables.
ART. 3. To vote by ballot "Yes or No" in answer to the question "Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town."
ART. 4. To hear the reports of the Auditors of Accounts, Treasurer, Clerk, Selectmen, Library Committee, and act thereon.
ART. 5. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to pay town debts and charges, the ensuing year, or act thereon.
ART. 6. To see if the town will allow a discount on taxes paid within a certain period, or act thereon.
ART. 7. To see if the town will authorize the Treasurer to borrow such sums of money in anticipation of taxes, as will
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be found necessary to meet the current expenses of the year, or act thereon.
ART. 8. To see if the town will accept the list of Jurors as posted and presented by the Selectmen, or act thereon.
ART. 9. To see if the town will vote to pay the engine men for the ensuing year, or act thereon.
ART. IO. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money for the observance of Memorial Day, or act thereon.
ART. II. To see if the town will vote to pay an Electri- cian for the ensuing year, or act thereon.
ART. 12. To see if the town will fix the compensation of town officers, laborers and teams for the ensuing year, or act thereon.
ART. 13. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Treasurer to transfer from Cliff street appropriation $101.40, from special school house repairs $128.32, from Mechanic street extension $63.09, from Summer street sidewalk $27.87, from repairs Police Station $16.68, from Coombs street $16.62, from relocating Sandersdale road $5.72, from Sayles street side- walk $3.50, from Lens street sidewalk $1.22, from sidewalk be- tween Park and Summer streets $0.55, from Everett street sidewalk $46.89, to unappropriated funds, or act thereon.
ART. 14. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Treasurer to transfer from unappropriated funds to sewer, Main and Marcy streets, $106.39, to Marcy street sidewalk $263.85, to Chapin street sidewalk $154.16, to High street extension sidewalk $159 00, to Chestnut street sidewalk $140.59, to Bene- fit sidewalk $20.25, to Pine street sidewalk $7.45, or act there- on.
ART. 15. To see if the town will vote to build a section of sewerage for the new Parochial School building, beginning at manhole front of school house on Marcy street, through Marcy street to Edwards street, through Edwards street to-
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ward Pine street a distance of 250 feet, raise and appropriate money therefor or act thereon.
ART. 16. To see if the town will vote to build a new engine house on the lot on Main street, where the old brick school house now stands, according to plans and specifications which will be presented at the meeting, raise and appropriate therefor or act anything regarding the same.
ART. 17. To see if the town will vote to build an addition to the High School department of the Town Hall, according to plans and specifications herewith presented, raise and appropri- ate money therefor or act thereon.
ART. 18. To see if the town will vote to make general repairs on Poor Farm buildings, also to put in steam heat, raise and appropriate money therefor or act anything regarding the same.
ART. 19. To see if the town will vote to lay out and build a new town way, viz: Beginning at the easterly end of the westerly section of Dresser street, thence easterly over land of Mrs. Ellen J. Bartholomew to westerly end of easterly section of said Dresser street, raise and appropriate money therefor or act thereon.
ART. 20. To see if the town will accept and adopt the provisions of Chapter 97 of the Acts of 1891 as amended by Chapter 380 of the Acts of 1893 and by Chapter 274 of the Acts of 1897 relative to the apportionment of sewer assess- ments, or act thereon.
ART. 21. To see if the town will vote to straighten and widen Fiske street, also to extend the location of said street about 750 feet; raise and appropriate money therefor or act thereon.
ART. 22. To see if the town will vote to accept the short street running from River street to Cliff street over land of C. W. Weld, raise and appropriate money to pay for the same or act thereon.
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ART. 23. To see if the town will vote to accept the two streets running north from Main street through land of Geo. W. Wells to be called Maple and Walnut streets, or act anything regarding the same.
ART. 24. To see if the town will vote to work to its full width River street, between l'leasant street and Mill street, raise and appropriate money therefor, or act anything regarding the same.
ART. 25. To see if the town will vote to build a concrete sidewalk, stone-curbing, on the south-easterly side of Main street, from the entrance of Oak Ridge Cemetery to Chestnut street, raise and appropriate money therefor, or act thereon.
ART. 26. To see if the town will vote to build a concrete sidewalk, stone-curbing, on the northerly side of Charlton City road from Charlton street or road to land of Francis Livenoye, raise and appropriate money therefor, or act thereon.
ART. 27. To see if the town will vote to build a concrete sidewalk on the easterly side of Morris street, from Main street to F. O. Letcher's big block, raise and appropriate money there- for, or act thereon.
ART. 28. To see if the town will vote to establish an elec tric arc light on Charlton City road near residence of Phillip Degenais, raise and appropriate money therefor, or act thereon
ART. 29. To see if the town will vote to establish an elec- tric arc light on Coombs street, raise and appropriate money therefor, or act thereon.
ART. 30. To see if the town will vote to establish three incandescent lights on Marcy street, one between Edwards and Hamilton streets and two between Edwards and Main streets, raise and appropriate money therefor, or act thereon.
ART. 31. To see if the town will vote to establish two in- candescent lights on Edwards street, between Marcy and Ham-
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ilton streets, raise and appropriate money therefor, or act there- on.
ART. 32. To see if the town will vote to establish an elec- tric arc light on Central street, raise and appropriate money therefor, or act thereon.
ART. 33. To see if the town will vote to establish an elec- tric arc light at the junction of Elm street and Eastford road, in front or near the store of Wm. Chicoine, raise and appropriate money therefor, or act thereon.
ART. 34. To see if the town will vote to establish an elec- tric arc light at the corner of Williams and Chapin streets, raise and appropriate money therefor, or act thereon.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by publishing an attested copy thereof twice in the Southbridge Journal, Herald and Press, the first publication being not less than nine days next preceding the day of the meeting.
The polls will be open at 9 o'clock, A. M., and close at 3 o'clock, P. M.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place hereinbefore named.
Given under our hands this 21st day of March, A. D., 1899.
J. M. OLNEY, Selectmen THOS. SANDERS, of
W. C. CALLAHAN, Southbridge.
A true copy. Attest :
MARCUS L. DILLABER, Constable of Southbridge
INDEX.
Auditors-
Abatement of taxes, - -
46
Accounts,
89
Armory Building, 47
Balance of accounts, - 16
Benefit street walk, -
Bridges,
46
Cemetery fund, - 17 Cemetery improvements, 17
Certificate,
90
Chapin street walk,
Chestnut street walk, 53
Cliff street, -
54
Common schools, 36
Contingent schools, 39
Contingent account, 47
Coombs street,
53
District court fees,
-
55
57
Electrician, -
-
Engine men, 56
Enforcement of liquor law, 56
Evening schools, - -
42
Everett street walk, - 57
Fire department,
58
59
- Town pound, 83
Valuation of town,
87
Valuation center watch
district, -
-
8S
-
-
War relief,
84
Water supply,
-
85
Board of Health report, . 213
Co. K in Spanish war, -
189
Fire Engineer's report, - - 177
Library Committee report, - 97
List of Jurors,
- 215
Overseers of Poor report, - 123
Plumbing Inspector's report, 196 131 School Committee report, Selectmen's report, 205
Town Clerk's report, 171
Town officers, - 3
Town Treasurer's report, 9
Town warrant,
-
217
Police station,
71
-
Printing,
72
Public library,
-
19
Railing highways,
73
Repairs farm buildings, -
22 Repairs police station, - 74
Salaries, 74
Sandersdale road relocation,
76
76 Sayles street walk, School apparatus, 44
Sewers, - 77
Sewer land appropriation,
77 77 78
Sidewalk repairs, Sidewalk between Pine and Union streets, -
Sidewalk between Park and Summer streets, Specifications and plans, grammar school building, State aid
78 78 78 80
State aid, Spanish war, 80
Street lights, S1
68 Summer street walk, - Support of poor, - 22
Town hall contingent, 82
Grammar school building, 60
Headstones, Revolutionary soldiers, -
62
High school, 44
High street extension walk, 65
Highways,
-
63
65
Interest,
-
65
Main and Marcy St. sewer, 70
Marcy street walk, 69
Mechanics street extension,
Memorial Day,
68
69
Military aid,
68
Militia, -
67
-
Mynott fund,
-
19
25
Outside poor,
-
Pine street walk,
-
72
Police duty, -
71
-
Uncollected taxes,
197
-
Insurance,
66
Lens street walk, -
Cemetery Committee report, 91
Fourth July celebration,
-
47
Sewer committee plans, -
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