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City of Worcester, for aid to Mrs. John F. Col- man, 2 00
From state, for unsettled persons, 210 27 Ellen Grill, 5 00
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Mrs. John Lamont,
12 00
Joseph Gingras, 15 00
Adolph Lavallee, for board at hospital,
166 50
Mrs. Hodgson; for board at almshouse,
186 50
William L. McDonald, for produce sold,
227 36
William L. McDonald, for wood sold.
236 68
Louis Homer.
2 30
$1,560 66
F. GATINEAU. A. FARLAND. L. WESLEY CURTIS.
ANNUAL REPORT
- . OF THE
CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
REPORT OF THE CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
We have no report to make of any special service done our town in this branch of its work simply to speak of our approval of existing methods and the effi- cient management of carrying on the work. The amount of money expended by the town in this direc- tion, as we understand it, is used to advantage in a trustworthy manner.
We recommend the appropriation of eighteen hun- dred dollars to carry on the cemetery work. May our Superintendent feel this is the surest proof of con- mendation for his services.
Respectfully submitted, T. JEROME HARRINGTON, MICHAEL D. MORRILL, L. WESLEY CURTIS, F. E. CORBIN, HENRY C. CADY.
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REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT.
TO THE CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
GENTLEMEN :-
The work of removing the sand bank and grading up the low land has been continued and nearly com- pleted, I expected to finish it this year but found there was much more material to move than was expected, which has enabled us to grade more land than we an- ticipated. I think there is enough material left to fill up the remaining low places. After the grading is finished we have several hundred loads of loam to spread over the new made land which will complete all that kind of work that will ever need to be done.
We have set out the past year nearly two hun- dred trees, shrubs and evergreens, mostly of dwarf varieties, nearly all of them lived and made good growth.
The low land south of the tomb .has been raised about three feet and many of the monuments had to be raised which made considerable work. A new road was built across the land and a paved gutter was put in that extended down to the pond, which will carry off all the water from that part of the yard. The lots are perfectly dry and very desirable.
The usual routine work of keeping the cemetery has been carefully attended too.
243
REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
Much interest is felt by the public in the improve- ments now being carried on and there seems to be a strong desire to have it completed; after this is done there will not be any need for much more money being appropriated by the town. The cemetery fund is in- creasing each year and in a short time the interest will be sufficient to keep it in order.
I would recommend that we ask the town to com- plete the work that is nearly finished.
Have sold the past year nine perpetual care and eleven lots.
LOTS SOLD.
A. H. Wheeler.
$75 00
R. A. Beckwith,
75 00
Mrs. Z. A. Marcy,
25 00
George A. Bartlett,
25 00
James A. Larnerd,
25 00
Edmund Connelly,
25 00
Channing M. Wells,
50 00
A. B. Wells,
50 00
J. Cheney Wells,
50 00
Mrs. J. M. Olney,
50 00
Mrs. Calvin Claflin.
50 00
$500 00
PERPETUAL CARE.
Mrs. B. W. Bugbee,
$50 00
Edgar D. Morse,
50 00
Jacob Edwards, three,
150 00
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REPORT OF THE CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
Mrs. Liberty Reynolds,
50 00
Channing M. Wells, 50 00
Albert B. Wells,
50 00
J. Cheney Wells,
50 00
$450 00
The cemetery fund is now invested as follows- Southbridge Savings Bank, $1,600 00
Peoples Savings Bank, Worcester, 1,000 00
Five Cents Savings Bank, Worcester, 1,000 00
Savings Bank, Amherst, 1,000 00
Savings Bank, Ware, 1,000 00
Institution of Savings, Dedham,
1,000 00
Five Cents Savings Bank, Salen,
1,000 00
Worcester County Institution, Worcester,
1,000 00
Mechanic Savings Bank, Worcester,
1,000 00
Five Cents Savings Bank, Webster, 989 25
Springfield Institution for Savings,
850 00
$11,439 25
RECEIPTS.
Balance March 1, 1901, Appropriation,
$0 32
2,000 00
A. H. Wheeler, grading lot,
18 00
R. A. Beckwith, grading lot,
18 00
G. W. Corey, grading lot,
18 00
George Mansfield,
15 00
Peter P. Clarke,
15 00
Interest, 404 04
$2,498 36
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REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
EXPENDITURES.
Paid S. Williams, superintendent, for men, teams,tools, supplies, etc., bills exanı- ined each week by the committee and approved by the auditors, $2,483 33
Unexpended, $5 03 Respectfully submitted. SAMUEL WILLIAMS, Supt.
ANNUAL REPORT
. ... OF THE. ..
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES -
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
The Sealer of Weights and Measures herewith presents his report for the year ending March 1st, 1901.
I have not had so much to contend with as last year as the number of street peddlers and hawkers have diminished about fifty per cent. since we have prevented the use of short scales and measures, until the cut price peddler is met with only at rare intervals and the merchant is thereby protected from the ruin- ous competition of the short measure man. I would also say that we have had two cases before the court for using short scales and measures and in each case they were fined and both parties belonged out of town.
250
REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
ST. 1900, CHAPTER 339.
AN ACT TO REGULATE THE SIZE OF BERRY BASKETS.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
SECTION 1. All baskets of other receptacles used or intended to be used in the sale of strawberries, rasp- berries, blackberries, cherries, currants and gooseber- ries shall be of the capacity of one quart, one pint, or one half pint, Massachusetts standard dry measure.
SEC. 2. Whoever sells or offers for sale a basket or other receptacle not conforming to said standard, to be used in the sale of any of the aforesaid fruit, and who- ever sells or offers for sale any of the aforesaid fruit in any basket or other receptacle not conforming to the said standard, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than ten dollars for each offence.
SEC. 3. The said baskets or other receptacles shall not be required to be tested and sealed as provided by chapter sixty-five of the Public Statutes, but the sealer or deputy sealer of weights and measures of any city or town, or the deputy sealer of the commonwealth, may, when he so desires, and shall upon complaint, test the capacity of any basket or other receptacle in which any of the aforesaid fruit is sold or intended to be sold; and when the same is found to contain less than the standard measure it shall be his duty to seize the same, and to make complaint against the vender for the violation of the law.
SEC. 4. This act shall take effect on the first day of January in the year nineteen hundrd and one. [Ap-
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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
proved May 23, 1900.
ST. 1900, CHAPTER 369.
AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE SEALING OF BOTTLES AND CANS USED BY MILKMEN.
Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
SECTION 1. Cans, bottles or other receptacles used for the distribution of inilk or cream to the consumer shall be sealed as measures, under the provision of section twelve of chapter sixty-five of the Public Statutes ; and no fee shall be charged or received for sealing the same.
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect in cities on the thirty-first day of December of the current year, and in towns on the first day of March in the year nineteen ·hundred and one. [Approved June 6, 1900.
Operations of the department from March 1, 1900 to March 1, 1901.
Number of scales over 5000 lbs. tested and
found correct, 6
Number of platform, counter platform, spring and counter balances under 5000 lbs. tested and found correct, 186
Number of scales tagged for repairs,
2
Number of scales condemned, 4
Total number of scales tested, 198
Number of weights tested and found correct 204
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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Number of weights tested and found light and heavy and adjusted, 48
Total number of weights tested, 252
Number of dry measures tested and found correct, 170
Number of dry measures condemned,
6
Total number dry measure tested, 176
Number of wet measures including glass milk jars tested and found correct, 2684
Number of wet measures including glass milk jars condemned, 62
Total number of wet measures tested, 2746
Inventory of property in the Sealer's office belonging to the Town of Southbridge, March 1, 1901.
STANDARD AVOIRDUPOIS WEIGHTS.
One set steel weights 5-10-20-25 and 50 lbs., 5 weights.
One set brass weights from 1 drachm to 4 lbs., 11 weights.
STANDARD MEASURES OF LENGTHS.
One brass U. S. standard yard measure.
STANDARD DRY MEASURES.
One set of iron measures from 1 qt. to ¿ bushel, 5 measures.
STANDARD LIQUID MEASURES.
One set of iron measures from one gill to 1 gallon,
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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
6 measures.
Duplicates of measures marking sets, 1 set of wood measures from 1 qt. to ¿ bushel, 5 measures.
1 set of copper liquid measures from 1 gill to 1 gallon, 6 measures.
10-50 lb. iron weights.
One set brass weights from 1 drachm to 4 lbs., 11 weights.
One brass counter balance.
One bench drill with drills.
Two set steel.
Six stool letters.
Respectfully submitted, A. J. MORRIS,
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
List of Jurors.
Allard, Joseph A. Angell, Isaac O. Ammidown, Lucius E. Beecher, Herbert R. Boyer, Jr., Alexis Broadman, Romain
Chamberlain, Elmer D.
Chamberlain, Dwight Chace, Emerson E. Clemence John E. Caron, J. Anatole Chapple, John
Chandler, William A. Chipman, Oliver B. E. Chamberlain, Sylvanus Clemence, Luther D. Cronin, Thomas Coderre, Joseph L. Cheney, Wm. H. E. Clemence, Herbert A. Carney, William M. Darling, Eugene L. Davis, Salem W. Dennis, Paul Dresser, George K. Dresser, George A. Dresser, George L. Duquette, Louis N. Davis, Linus F.
Dalton, Patrick M. Durfee, Henry D. Dinan, Henry Eccleston, William H.
Egan, James K. Egan, Michael Earle, John J.
Freeman, Herbert J. Flood, Mathew
Flynn, Lawrence Geer, Horace L.
Gagnon, Joseph Goodell, Ulysses A. Gatineau, Felix
Gay, Ernest L. Galipeau, Alfred Harwood, Elmer E. Hall, Charles W. Hogan, John J. Hardenber, William E. Hughes, Thomas Hancock, George Harrington, John Hancock, Daniel Hebert, Pitt H. Herber, Sturmius Hyde, Charles Hefner, John E. Hill, Henry A.
256
LIST OF JURORS.
Herron, R. F. Hyde, Alva L. Johnson, A. Jerome Jackson, Nathan N. Kennedy, William T. Keveny, James Lamoureux, George E. F.
Lusignan, Adolph
Lamoureux, Wilfred J.
LeClair, Joseph
Lawson, Roger C.
Ryan, Ferd F.
Lavallee, F. 1st.
Lyon, Otis S.
Litchfield, Herbert L. Morse, Hiram P.
Mansfield, Robert E.
Morrissey, James
Merritt, Thaddeus C.
Torrey, Edwin T.
Tully, Michael J.
Morrill, Daniel T.
Troy, Thomas
Tetrault, Francis X.
Morse, Silas B.
Mansfield, George E. Mckinstry, John A.
Mason, Henry
Nichols, William E.
Nichols, Frank B.
Newell, Norvell Norman, Alfred Olds, Alonzo W. Oldham, Harry P. Pratt, Isaac S. Prue, Joseph E.
Pelton, Albert L. Plimpton, Manning Paige, J. E. Ryan, John
Ryan, Thomas H. Shumway, Clarence P. Smith, John M. Simpson, George
Sutcliffe, Arthur Sanders, J. O.
Mason, James H.
Morris, Andrew J.
Vinton, Charles M. Tetrault, Charles H. Williams, Charles W. Whitney, George C. Wilcox, Jeremiah Olney, W. R.
ANNUAL REPORT
. ... OF THE .. . .
ASSESSORS.
ASSESSSORS' REPORT.
TABLE OF AGGREGATES,
FOR THE TOWN OF SOUTHBRIDGE, OF POLL, PROPRERTY, TAXES, ETC., ASSESSED MAY 1, 1900.
Number of residents assessed on property : Individuals.
998
All others 48
Total. 1,046
Number of non-residents assessed on property : Individuals. 71
All others 9
-
Total 80
Number of persons assessed :
On property 1,126
For poll taxes only 1,152
Total 2,27S
Number of male polls assessed 1,450
260
REPORT OF ASSESSORS.
Tax on each poll. .$2 00
Value of assessed personal estate, excluding resident bank stock $876,843 00
Resident bank stock . 84,645 00
Total $961,488 00
Value of assessed real estate :
Buildings, excluding land1.0222022;160,594 00 Land, excluding buildings. 878,813 00 Total SITADIADDA TO XISA $3,039,407 00
· Total valuation of assessed estate May 1;o “" No" 190002.5 .4.70 . . TF. ... $4,000,895 00
200 Tax for state, county and town purposes, including .overlayings :
Or personal $18,460 56
On real. Jc158,356 63
On polls. 3,680 00
Total 21880,497:19
Rate of taxation per $1000. $19 20
"Number of horses assessed ... 683
Number of cows assessed. 562
Number of sheep assessed .
98
Number of neat cattle, other than, COWS
231
assessed.
Number of swine assessed 87 Number of dwelling houses assessed. 1,097
Number of acres of land assessed eq. 90er 20 -0012;846
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REPORT OF ASSESSORS.
Number of fowls assessed . . 2,108
Value of fowls assessed. $527 00
EXEMPTED PROPERTY.
Real estate.
Personal.
Total.
Public library,
$10,000
$1,000 $10,000 $21,000
Methodist church,
13,000
1,000
14,000
Union church,
17,000
1,000
18,000
Universalist church,
11,000
1,000
12,000
Congregational church, 25,000
1,000
26,000
Baptist church,
20,000
1,000
21,000
Canadian Catholic church,
14,000
2,000
16,000
Canadian free Catholic school,
6,500
500
7,000
Canadian free Catholic
school, unfinished, 15,000
2,000
17,000
Irish Catholic church,
18,500
1,500
20,000
Irish free Catholic school,
8,000
2,000
10,000
Residence of teachers
and superintendent
of free schools, in- corporated,
7,000
1,400
8,400
Y. M. C. A.,
40,000
2,964
42,964
Total, $205,000 $18,364$10,000 $233,364 Respectfully submitted.
FRANKLIN JACOBS, V. W. LAMOUREUX, S. K. EDWARDS,
Assessors.
ANNUAL REPORT
. . .OF THE. ...
TOWN CLERK.
ТЯОЧЕЯ ДАЦИИА ДОМИ СГЕБК
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT.
INSURANCE ON TOWN PROPERTY.
Town hall building and contents,
$63,500 00
Boilers, 6,000 00
Armory and contents,
5,500 00
Engine house and contents, Town,
16,300 00
Engine house and contents, Globe Village,
8,500 00
Almshouse, barn and contents,
13,000 00
School house, Marcy street and contents,
32,500 00
School house, Main street and contents, 7,000 00
School house, School street and contents,
5,000 00
School house, Pleasant street,
1,700 00
School house, corner Morris street,
1,500 00
School house, Sandersdale,
2,000 00
School house, Elm street,
1,600 00
School house, Hooker district,
600 00
School house, Bacon district, 600 00
Storage barn and consents, "Goddard Court," 1,100 00 Library building, 2,500 00
Printed books, paintings, furniture, etc., in Library, 10,200 00
$179,100 00
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK.
VITAL STATISTICS.
For year ending January 1, 1901.
Number of marriages,
- 106
Number of births,
328
Number of deaths,
243
Number of dogs licensed year 1900 --
Males,
338
Females,
22
Total, 360
Respectfully submitted, E. M. PHILLIPS, Town Clerk.
ANNUAL REPORT
. OF THE
Plumbing Inspectors.
REPORT OF PLUMBING IN- SPECTORS.
We respectfully submit the following report for the year ending March 1, 1901.
We have examined and approved the following work as complying with Chap. 455 of the year 1894 and of the rules of the Southbridge Board of Health.
Number of sinks put in trapped and vented, 108 Number of water closets put in trapped and vented, 56
Number of bath tubs put in trapped and vented, 22
Number of wash trays put in trapped and vented, 1
Number of lavatories put in trapped and vented, 18
Number of urinals put in trapped and vented, 3
Number of shower bath put in trapped and vented, 1
Number of bottle washer put in trapped and vented, 1
Total number of plumbing jobs exam- ined and approved, 210
Total number of examinations for plumbers, 1
We feel it our duty to call attention to Sections 1,
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REPORT OF INSPECTORS OF PLUMBING.
2,3 and 4 of the rules of the Southbridge Board of Health which shall be strictly enforced.
REGULATIONS FOR PLUMBING.
SECTION 1. The Board of Health will license per- sons to engage in, or work at the business of plumb- ing, provided they have passed satisfactorily the ex- amination required by law, and no person shall work at or engage in the business of plumbing unless he shall have first obtained a license and shall have regis- tered his name and place of business in the office of the Board of Health.
SEC 2. No person shall proceed to costruct, alter, adl t), or change any portion of the plumbing or drainage system of a building (except to repair leaks) until he has filed at the office of the Board of Health, a plan showing the work to be performed.
. SEC. 3. The Inspectors of Plumbing must be noti- fied when any work is ready for inspection, and all pipes and other fixtures must not be covered or con- cealed from view until inspected and approved.
SEC. 4. No person shall connect with the sewer or any drain on a public street without a permit from the Board of Health, and the sewage from each and every building on streets through which the public sewer runs, shall be connected with said sewer and if such sewer is not provided the sewage shall be disposed of in a manner approved by the Board of Health.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN S. RANAHAN, JOHN J. MULVEY, Inspectors of Plumbing.
UNPAID TAXES.
* Fireman who has claim against the town.
Allard, Pierre, 3d
Burrill, Moses
Allard, Victor
Cadarette, Felix
Anderson, Frank T.
Campbell, Charles
Andrews, Nathaniel H.
Caplette, Olivier
Balcomb, Vivian
Barrie, Albert
Carey, Andrew Caron, Frank
Barrie, Francis X.
Caron, Pierre
Barrie, Henry
Chase, Walter S.
Barrie, Joseph S.
Champagne, Henry
Beaudoin, John B.
Champlain, Charles
Beaudry, Eugene
Cloutier, David
Bennette, John W.
Codey Thomas
Benoit, Joseph
Collet, Ulric
Benoit, Joseph, Jr.
Collet, Ernest
Berthiaume, Edmond
Collins, Bernard
Black, Peter
Comstock, Hiram P.
Blaney, Herbert
Condou, Wm.
Boisvert, Dona
Condon, Patrick
Boiteau, Napoleon
Cooper, George
Bouchard, Louis
Creedon, Daniel
Bout her, Calixte
Creedon, John R.
Bourrassa, George
Creedon, Michael J.
Breen, Michael
Coughlin, John
Brennan, James J.
Cunningham, Peter
Bridget, George T.
Daignault, Napoleon
Brodeur, John B.
Daignault, Urbain
Brodeur, Joseph
Degrenier, Octave
Brodeur, Josep, 2d
Degrenier, Napoleon A.
Brouillet, Joseph
Delage, Isidore
Brousseau, Adon Brousseau, Flavian
Demers, Elie
Brunel, Francois
Denatte, Napoleon
Buchan, Adelbert
Dennis, Peter
Buchette, Pierre
Derosier, John L.
Dinneen, James J.
Buchette, Dona
Demers, Arthur
271
UNPAID TAXES.
Dominie, Francois Donavan, Daniel
Dorval, Honore
Duchesneau, Arthur
Hickey, Henry
Duchesneau, George
Hickey, Patrick
Duffy, Frank
Hitchen, John
Dumas, Joseph E.
Hitchen, Charles
Dumas, Philorum
Hogan, John E.
Durand, George
Holden, Thomas
Ethier, Pierre
Holden, James T.
Ethier, Noe, 2d
Holland, Nicholas
Fairbric, Joseph
Holmes, Carroll W.
Ferron, Hormidas
Hopkins, George
Fogel, Charles
Horrigan, Patrick
Fontaine, Alpha T.
Horrigan, Michael F.
Fontaine, Lucien
Hurpman, Harper M.
Gagnon, Leon
Keating, Walter
Gagnon, Uldege
Keating, Stephen
Gallaway, Frank
Kennedy, William T.
Gamache, David
Keough, James
Garceau, Theodore
Keough, Thomas
Garceau, Alphonse
Kerwin, Dennis
Kerwin, William
Gaudin, Arthur Gaulin, Alexis Gaulin, Verne
Kibbitt, Anthony
Lachapelle, Jos. E.
Gaumond, Victor
Gauthier, Napoleon
Gendson, Elzear
Giard, Alexis Giard, Alfred
Lachapelle, Edward Lafortune, Edward Laliberte, Placid G. Lamontagne, Pierre Lamothe, Arthur
Giroux, Joseph Giroux, George Gravel, Alfred Gravel, Joseph Green, Arthur
Lamothe, Felix. Jr. Lamothe, Dennis Lamothe, Henry Lamoureux, Louis
Langevin, Napoleon
Gregory, James Hamel, Albert
Langevin, Paul
Langevin, Joseph P.
Hamdelin, Hermenegilde Hetu, Edmond L. Hetu, Louis
272
UNPAID TAXES.
Langlois, Edward Langlois, Simon
Martel, Edgar
Martin, John
Lapierre, George
Martin, Arthur
Laporte, Pierre
Mathewson, Joseph
Laporte, Bazile
May, Peter
Lariviere, Edward A.
McGrail, Michael J.
Lariviere, John B.
McGrail, Wm. T .-
Laroch, Alfred
McGuirk, Edward
Larochelle, Noe
Metivier, Alfred
Larochelle, Ludger
Miller, Isaac
Lataille, Paul
Montminy, Alex.
Lataille, Joseph
Moriarty, Timothy P.
Lavalle, Louis, 2d
Morin, Francois
Lavallee, Narcisse, 2d
Morris, Thomas
Lavallee, Pierre
Morrissey, Thos. F.
Lavigne, Wilfred
Morrissey, John F.
Lavoie, Ambrose
Mulvey, John L.
Lawton, John
Murphy, Dennis
Leblanc, Narcisse
Murphy, Dennis J.
Lepain, Wilfred
Newman, Edward J.
Lepain, Adelard
Norman, John
Lescault, Xiste
Nolin, Wilfrid
Lippe, Gilbert
Nolan, Thos.
Lippe, John B.
Oakes, Edward J.
Lizotte, Victor
O'Keefe, James
Lizotte, Eward
Page, William
Lockhart, William
Paul, Olivier
Loranger, Alexis
Peloquin, Evariste
Loranger, Frank Jr.
Peloquin, Edmond
Loranger, Frank
Peregard, Dona
Lucier, Henry Lucier, Alfred
Petit, Stanislas
Lurchin, Verria E.
Pinsonnault, John
Mallinson, Herbert
Plau, Onezime
Mallinson, John
Pontbriant, Dolphies
Mandeville, Joseph Mandeville, Norbet
Potvin, Paul
Potvin, Clement
Peloquin, Joseph, 3d
273
UNPAID TAXES.
Powert, Joseph P.
St. Martin, Honore
Proulx, Adolph
St. Martin, Louis
Proulx, Caliste
St. Onge, Emile
Proulx, John, 2d
St. Pierre, Pierre
Reed, George E.
Tessier, Charles N.
Renaud, Frank E.
Theriault, Cleophace
Richard, Joseph A.
Thibault, Raoul
Richard, Stephen E. Jr.
Thibault, George
Robidoux, Joseph
Traynor, Joseph
Ryan, James T.
Trembly, Joseph
Trembly, Philias
Sansoucie, Levi Savage, Chas.
Tulley, Andrew J.
Savaria, Arthur
Ward, James S.
Senecal, Ernest
Wells, John
Sheridan, Edward
Wells, Chas.
Silbey, John F.
Whalen, Paul
Simpson, Adelard
Whalen, James S.
Slattery. David
White, William
Splain. Edward
Willis, John
Stebbins, Charles
Wilson, Humphrey
Strele, Albert L.
Wright, Charles
St. George, Felix
TOWN WARRANT.
WORCESTER, S. To either of the constables of the town of Southbridge, in the county of Worcester, GREETING :
In the name of the commonwealth of Massachu- setts, you are hereby requested to notify the inhabi- tants'of the town of Southbridge, aforesaid, qualified to vote in elections in town affairs to meet in the town hall, in said Southbridge, on Monday, the 1st day of April, at 9 o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the fol- lowing articles :
ARTICLE 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.
274
TOWN WARRANT.
ART. 2. To choose by ballot all necessary town officers for the ensuing year, viz: Clerk, treasurer. selectmen, overseers of the poor, board of health, assessors, school committee, auditors of accounts, cemetery committee, library committee, a sinking fund commissioner, a sewer ·commissioner and con- stables.
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 commit- tee, 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 anticipa- tion of taxes, as will 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. 10. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate money for the observance of Memorial day, or act thereon.
ART. 11. To see if the town will vote to pay an electrician for the ensuing year, or act thereon.
ART. 12. To see if the town will fix the compen- sation of town officers, laborers and teams for the en- suing year, or act thereon.
275
TOWN WARRANT.
ART. 13. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for sewer contingent, or anything regarding the same.
ART. 14. To see if the town will authorize the treasurer to transfer from unappropriated funds, to Eastford road $224.28, to widening Main street $78.98, or act thereon.
ART. 15. To see if the town will authorize the treasurer to transfer to unappropriated funds from en- forcement liquor law $655.84, from Central street side- walk $182.45, from Everett street culvert $124.02, from sewer plans $103.86, from Pine street sidewalk $44.84, from Edwards street sidewalk $44.66, from South street culvert $27.08, from Engine House No. 1 $29.60, from Eastford road bridge $7.52, from Fourth of July ap- propriation $3.15, from headstones for revolutionary soldiers $2.50, from Crane street sidewalk $1.41, from Cohasse street .22, or act thereon.
ART. 16. To see if the town will vote to establish an Electric Arc light on Williams St. near the resi- dence of John Williams, raise and appropriate money therefor or act thereon.
ART. 17. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of One Thousand Dollars to make special repairs upon that part of the highway leading to West Wood- stock, Conn., extending for about one fourth of a mile easterly from the residence of Gilbert Laprade, raise and appropriate money or act thereon.
ART. 18. To see if the town will vote to establish an electric arc light on Marcy street in front of Rev. G. Elz Bruchu's residence, raise and appropriate money therefor or act thereon.
ART. 19. To see if the town will vote to establish two incandescent electric lights on Pleasant street. between the residence of Mrs. Colquhoun and Mrs Moriarty, raise and appropriate money therefor,
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or act thereon.
ART. 20. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate the sum of $1500.00 to repair the roads and side- walks at Hillside Park, or act thereon.
ART. 21. To see if the town will vote to build a concrete sidewalk, stone curbing. on the East side of Chapin street, from residence of C. W. Johnson to Williams street, raise and appropriate money therefor, or act thereon.
ART. 22. To see if the town will vote to build a sewer, starting on Main street, at the corner of Marcy street, along said Main street to South street to land of Mary C. Plimpton, raise and appropriate money there- for or act thereon.
ART. 23. To see if the town will settle the price per foot for assessment to be paid for all sewers laid or to be laid in the future according to the plans ac- cepted by the town at its special meeting held in May, 1899, and to act anything in regard to the same.
ART. 24. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $650.00 to pay land damages as ordered by the County Commissioners in relocating and widening Main street between Oak Ridge cemetery and Chestnut street, or act thereon.
ART. 25. To see if the town will vote to accept the decree of the County Comissioner relocating Charl- ton Street, raise and appropriate money for the repairs ordered therein or act thereon.
ART. 26. To see if the town will vote to build a concrete sidewalk, stone curbing on the east side of Foster street, starting at the termination of the present walk along the land of the Central Mills Co. to North street, raise and appropriate money therefor or act thereon.
ART. 27, ' To see if the town will vote to remove
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the ledge on the east side of Pine St. extension and to widen the street to its full limit, raise and appropriate money therefor or act thereon.
ART. 28. To see if the town will vote to build a concrete sidewalk, stone curbing, on the west side of Pine street, from land of Edwin Phillips to Main street, raise and appropriate money therefor or act thereon.
ART. 29. To see if the town will vote to build a sewer starting on River street, extending through Mill street and Brick Row to Canal street, raise and ap- propiate money therefor or act thereon.
ART. 30. To see if the town will vote to build a concrete sidewalk, stone curbing, on the east side of Me hani's street, from North street to Charlton street, raise and appropriate money therefor or act thereon.
ART. 31. To see if the town will vote to build a concrete sidewalk, stone curbing, extending from High street, down the northerly side of School stroet to Collier street, to pass the School street school house, raise and appropriate money therefor or act thereon.
ART. 32. To see what action the town will take in regard to providing additional school accommoda- tions for the Mechanics street and Worcester street sections, or act anything thereon.
ART. 33. To hear and act on the report of the Selectmen locating a street running easterly from parallel to Everett street, near Cohasse street, raise and appropriate money therefor or act thereon.
ART. 34. to hear and act on the report of the Selectmen locating two streets on the "Highlands," so- called, and known respectively as Litchfield ave. and Beech street.
ART. 35. To see if the town will vote to lay out
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and build a new 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. 36. To see if the town will vote to build a gravel walk, stone curbing. on the south side of South street, from corner of A. H. Wheeler's lot to foot of Highland street, raise and appropriate money there- for or act thereon.
ART. 37. To see if the town will vote $400.00 to repair Water street and culverts on said street or act thereon.
ART. 38. To see if the town will vote to finish the cutting and widening that part of Main street, relo- cated by the County Commissioners last season, raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Dollars therefor or act thereon.
ART. 39. To see if the town will vote $300.00 to repair Sayles street extension and culverts on said street or act thereon.
ART. 40. To see if the town will vote to establish an electric arc light on River street, between Oliver street and bridge, raise and approve money therefor or act thereon.
ART. 41. To see if the town will vote to establish two incandescent lights on Marcy street, at each end of school house lot, raise and appropriate money therefor or act thereon.
ART. 42. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money sufficient to defray the expenses of collecting, arranging and preserving in permanent shape, the town papers, books, etc , which are in the town vault and other depositories
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which relate to beginnings of this town and its his- tory for the past one hundred years, or act anything regarding the same.
ART. 43. To see if the town will vote to establish an incandescent light at the corner of Glover and Sayles streets, raise and appropriate money therefor or act thereon.
ART. 44. To see if the town will instruct the Board of Auditors to require all bills against the town to be itemized before the same are approved, and to make their annual report in like detail; or take any ac- tion relative to town accounts.
ART. 45. To transact any other business that may legally come before the mecting.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by publishing an attested copy thereof twice in the South- bridge Press, Herald and Journal, the first publication being not less than nine days next preceding the · day of the meeting-or by posting up such attested copies in four conspicuous public places within the town, at least nine days, including Sundays-before the day of holding said meeting.
The polls will be open at 9 o'clock A. M., and close at 4 o'clock, P. M.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this War- rant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place hereinbefore named.
Given under our hands this 18th day of March, A. D., 1901,
JOSEPH OUIMETTE, JR., ? Selectmen of
H. S. CHENEY. Southbridge.
A true copy. Attest:
ANDREW M. HIGGINS, Constable of S. uthbridge.
INDEX.
Auditors-
Town hall contingent, 106
Crane street walk,
71
War relief. . 107 ·
Cemetery Improvements,
25
Water supply, 110
District court fees,
Eastford road bridge, .
73
Eastford road ledge, .
74 75
Assessors' report, 257
Board of health, 165
Enforcement liquor law,
78
Cemetery Committee,
239
Everett street walk,
78 Common schools,
121
Fire department.
79
Contingent schools,
12
Grammar school building, Insurance,
82
Evening school,
122
85 Fire Engineers,
221
86 High school, .
177
88 List of jurors,
181
Military aid,
89
Outside Poor, .
236
Morris street walk,
90
Overseers of Poor, ·
233
Outside poor,
34
Plumbing inspectors, 267
Public library.
28
Sealers weights and measures, 247 113 School committee, .
123
Railings.
94 Sewer commissioners,
205
Salaries. 95 Sinking fund commissioners, 171
Sewers,
98 Selectmen's report,
159
Sewer contingent, .
100 |Town clerk,
263
Sidewalk repairs, 101 Town officers, .
3
State aid, .
163 Treasurer's report, 11
273
South street culvert, .
105 Town pound, .
107
State aid, Spanish war,
105 Uncollected taxes,
270
72 Worcester street walk, Widening Main street, Accounts,
112
Electrician, .
Engine men,
75
Edwards street walk,
77
Balance of accounts, 22
122
Interest. Main and Marcy street sewer 87 Memorial day, . Militia, .
Library committee,
255
88 Mynott fund,
.
Police department,
91
Printing,
93 School apparatus, ·
Street lights, .
104
Town warrant,
110
110
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