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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
All were satisfied with food and clothing with the exception of two inmates who had nothing good in food and clothing. After taking all manner of pains and asking a few questions, they told the investigat- ing party that they were satisfied and were well cared for.
INVENTORY OF PERSONAL PROPERTY
AT THE ALMSHOUSE JANUARY 17, 1911.
Class 1, Stock, $1,980 00
2, Hay and grain, 620 00
3, Wagons and farm tools, 1,210 00
4, Household furniture and family snppltes, 985 89
$4,795 89
Inventory of 1911 is thirty-three dollars and nine- ty-two cents more than 1910.
H. S. CHENEY, ARTHUR HARWOOD, V, W. LAMOUREUX, Appraisers.
FARM AND ALMSHOUSE
Whole number of inmates during the year, seven- teen, with an average of sixteen.
The net cost of three dollars and seventy- eight and three-fourths cents per week included service of super. intendent, matron and hired help. For the ensuing year we recommend an appropriation of three thousand dollars.
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
ACCOUNT OF CASH
RECEIPTS.
Balance to credit of account.
Feb. 1, 1910
$684 61
Appropriation,
3,000 00
Produce sold,
1,044 00
$4,728 61
EXPENDITURES.
Orders drawn.
24.257 52
Balance Feb. 1. 1911.
$471 19
OUTSIDE POOR
RECEIPTS
Balance to credit of account Feb.
1,1910.
$280 00
Appropriation,
6,000 00
Special appropriation.
1,500 00
Town of Sturbridge,
102 00
Town of Upton,
58 65
City of Worcester,
9 50
Carmino Spinola.
12 00
Town of Charlton,
264 50
J. A. Genereux, M. D.,
1 25
Town of Webster,
8 00
Town of East Douglas,
3 00
Town of Milford,
57 50
State Treasurer,
83 97
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REPORT OF OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Town of Boylston,
$24 00
State Treasurer,
77 03
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$8,482 28
EXPENDITURES.
Worcester City hospital, $351 44
St. Vincent hospital,
357 20
City of Fitchburg hospital,
42 86
Framingham hospital.
17 00
City of Boston hospital,
28 57
State infirmary,
136 74
Paid for unsettled persons,
343 35
Paid for persons having settle- ment in other towns.
624 37
Paid persons in town,
5.944 30
Dr. S. J. Benoit, medical service,
245 60
Dr. J. A. Genereux, medical ser- vice,
218 40
Geo. Shepard, medicine,
3 90
Geo. Hartwell. medicine.
4 40
$8,318 13
For the ensuing year we recommend an appropri- ation of seven thousand five hundred dollars.
REPAIRS ON FARM BUILDINGS
RECEIPTS.
Balance to credit of account Feb.
1, 1911, $46 92
Appropriation, 100 00
Special appropriation,
640 00
$786 92
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EXPENDITURES.
Expenditures.
$768 11
Balance, $18 81
For the ensuing year we recommend an appro- priation of one hundred dollars.
GEDEON PINSONNEAULT, Jr .. A. L. DESAULNIERS, NAPOLEON GIROUX.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE
To the Honorable Board of the Selectmen of Southbridge:
GENTLEMEN :-
In compliance with the town ordinances, I herewith submit for your consideration a report of the activities and accomplishments of the aforesaid department together with data beginning with February 1, 1910, and ending with the close of the year, January 31, 1911.
The organization of the Police Department at the close of the year, January 31, 1911, was as follows :
CHIEF-Jesse F. Coombs.
PATROLMEN
Andrew M. Higgins,
Patrick Donnelly,
Oliver Paul
Joseph Paquin,
Peter A. Cormier,
James Coughlin.
Janitor and assistant lockup keeper- Louis Peloquin
SPECIAL POLICEMEN WITHOUT PAY.
John E. Hefner,
Wm. Farquhar,
H. S. Freeman, Roy Sanders,
George Chaffin, Nap. Boiteau,
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George Herbert, Thomas Troy, Alfred Langevin, G. T. Lamoureux, J. R. Farquhar,
T. Comberbach, Geo. O. Severy, Joseph LeClair, J. Wilcox, Henry Curse,
Thomas Welch, Jules Blain, Dennis Kenney, Joseph Stott, Waldo Heck.
CONSTABLES : -
Pierre Caplette, A. M. Higgins,
Joseph Paquin, P: M. Donnelly, Louis Lamothe. P. Laughnane, Marcus L. Dillaber,
BUSINESS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
Business performed by the department for the term expiring January 31, 1911: Total number of arrests 268 ; arrested on warrants 45; arrested with- out warrants 223; females 11; males 257 ; minors 19 ; residents 160 ; non-residents 108.
OFFENCES.
Adultery 4; affray 5; assaults 35 ; bastardy 6; breaking and entering 6 ; disorderly house 4 ; drunk- enness 138 ; disturbing the peace 19; fraud 2; gaming 7; insane 3 ; keeping liquor with intent to sell 3 ; lar- ceny 7 ; non-support 6 ; stubborn child 1; vagrants 18 ; violating school law 1 ; sale of oleomargerine withont license for same 1 ; violating meat law 2.
OCCUPATIONS.
Barbers 1; blacksmiths 2; cigarmakers 1; clerks 1; chauffeurs 1, carpenters 11; carders 1; dyers 2 ; farmers 12 ; finishers 1; firemen 2; grinders 1 ; hos-
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tlers 1; housekeepers 7; laborers 159; landlords 1 ; lumber men 1; painters 5 ; peddlers 2; polishers 4; no-occupation 30; salesmen 1; chef 1 ; shoemakers 1; spinners 5 ; stable keepers 3 ; teamsters 1; weavers 9; bartenders 1.
NATIVITY OF PRISONERS
America 151; Canada 44; Ireland 15; Italy 8 : Sweden 7; England 6 ; Austria 5; Greece 4; Russia 4 : Albania 4; Turkey 2; Germany 1; Holland 1; Scot- land 1.
DISPOSITION OF CASES
Committed to house of correction,
40
Filed,
30
Released,
24
Probation,
17
Discharged,
14
Committed to State farm, Bridgewater,
14
Held for grand jury,
7
Continued,
4
Defaulted,
3
Committed to women's reformatory, Sherbon,
2
Committed to reformatory, Concord,
2
Settled out of Court,
2
Committed to insane hospital,
2
Held for other officers,
1
FINES PAID.
One person paid a fine of $75, six persons paid fine of $50, two persons paid fine of $30, two persons paid fine of $27.38, four persons paid fine of $25, seven persons paid fine of $20, ten persons paid fine of $15, one
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person paid fine of $12, sixteen persons paid fine of $10, one person paid fine of $8, three persons paid fine of $7, one person paid fine of $6.50, twenty persons paid fine of $6, one person paid fine of $5.55, one person paid fine of $5.50, one person paid fine of $5.20, sixteen per- sons paid fine of $5, one person paid fine of $4.76, one person paid fine of $4.50, one person paid fine of $4, six persons paid fine of $3, one person paid fine of $1.20.
The fines paid on the various charges reach a total of $1,335.77.
COMMITTED FOR NONPAYMENT OF FINES.
For nonpayment of fine of $15, one; fine of $10, six; fine of $6, six; fine of $2, one.
COMMITTED TO HOUSE OF CORRECTION.
Committed for term of six months, one; three months, four; two months, twelve; thirty days, eight; indefinite period, fifteen.
PROBATION.
Probation for six months, 17; four months, 2; one month, 1.
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
Number of lights reported out, 105; number of doors leading to stores and public buildings found open and reported, 71; value of property reported lost, $164; value of property reported lost and recovered, $133; number of accidents reported and investigated, 18; num- ber of men placed on black list, 21; committed to insane asylum, 2; lost children found and restored to their re- spective homes, 13; written communications received
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by the department, 217; communications answered and other official letters sent out, 367; postal cards sent out, 116; complaints received by the police, 416; com- plaints investigated, 396.
STATION.
When the age of the building in which the police headquarters are located is taken into consideration, it may be said that the station is in good condition and with the expenditure of but a little money it could be placed in first class condition. The sanitary condition of the cell room especially is good when the existing difficulties that have to be contended with are seen.
The fixtures in the office and officers' rooms are in first class condition, while the Remington typewriter, purchased this last year, has added greatly to the busi- ness facilities of the department. If these two rooms were repainted and papered it would add greatly to the healthfulness and sanitation of the same. In con- sideration of these reasons, as well as the fact that the paint and paper in these rooms is soiled to such an ex- tent that the light is seriously affected, I would recom- mend that the aforesaid renovations be made.
The room at the rear of the office, which has been partly furnished to serve the purpose as an emergency room, is not equipped to give service that it could be made to by the expenditure of but a small sum of money. This room has never been but partislly com- pleted and therefore to give it the appearance that a room of this kind should have, it should be papered and painted and furnished in such a manner as to increase its efficiency and promote its usefullness.
An accessory to this department of the work, which is greatly needed, is a stretcher the necessity of which
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REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT.
has been demonstrated a large number of times during the past year.
A striking instance of the usefulness of such an article vas experienced but a short time ago when a man, who had been mortally wounded from the cut of a knife, had to be detained some fffteen minutes at the station before medical aid could be given him because of the fact that there was no means of taking him to a place where he could be conveniently looked after.
In consideration of the aforesaid facts I should heartily recommend that the matter of eqnipping this emergency room in a manner befitting a town of 13,000 inhabitants be hastily looked into with the idea of in- creasing the competency of the department in handling just such cases as the one herein spoken of.
TELEPHONE SYSTEM
Too high words of praise cannot be expressed for the aid that the telephone system has lent to the department in placing it at what I believe to be a high state of efficiency. When it is stated that 25,860 calls have been received during the past year at the police station it will be readily appreciated to what a material extent this system is used.
At times when an officer has been in need of as- sistance, in a short space of time, the dispatching of this information to the police station, by means of the elephone system, has brought quick results which will be appreciated as necessary in police work.
The telephone system has been of great usefulness on numerous occasions in the dispatching of officers to scenes of trouble wherein without this system many difficulties would have had to been overcome, a lapse of considerable time which proved on many occasions before the installation, a serious handicap.
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The system of keeping the calls of the different officers, while on their respective beats, is such that an officer's whereabouts is known at all times at the police station, thus giving the residents of Southbridge a system of police protection that I believe to be un- surpassed by any of the towns its size and by many that are much larger and have much more expensive systems in operation.
In co-operation with and acting as a part of the telephone system, the green light signal system has proved of unlimited usefulness. The three green lights used in this system are so situated, at elevated postions, throughout the town that it is possible for the officers doing patrol duty on the various beats to see them at many points.
By the switching on the green lights it imparts the information that the officers are to call up the station by means of the system and receive instruc- tions. To watch this system in operation one is sur- prised at the rapidity with which these signals are answered.
These two systems working as a part of each other have been tried and found to be of great value and up-to-date. I have discovered no weak points in the same and am well satisfied with its results.
RECOMMENDATIONS.
In addition to the recommendations heretofore made concerning the police station and the emergency room would recommend that another regular officer be added to this department to give better service in day-time.
It will be remembered that at the time the tele- phone system was installed it was necessary to take one of the officers from the regular beats and place
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him in the station to do the office work in connection with this system and up-to-date there has not been anybody appointed to fill the vacancy made by this change.
At the present time the beats during the day-time receive the attention of but one officer and it will be readily appreciated that one officer cannot give the center of the town and the section of the town known as Globe Village the protection that they demand. The great distance between these two sections of the town make it impossible for one man to patrol these two districts as they should be and with the coming summer months the work in the day duty is increased to the extent of providing an ample amount of work for another officer, thus providing one for each section of the town.
The business of the police office is such that it makes it non-permissible on many occasons for the Chief to leave, thus necessitating sending the officer on duty day time to investigate the complaint which leaves the section of the town that he would ordinari- ly patrol without protection.
It is believed that considerable building may be expected this summer in the way of railroad stations and other large buildings which will naturally call for the importation of much foreign labor. These men, it will be appreciated, make anything but ideal citi- zens which makes them a detriment to the peaceful- ness of the community in which they are employed.
With the duties of the day patrol far too great for our inadequate force at the present time and with the prospects of still greater difficulties to confront, it be- hoves me to recommend that the Honorable Board of selectmen appoint another regular officer for the bet- terment of the service.
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REMARKS.
It will be seen by the comparing of the data of the police department report of last year with that of the present year that the total number of arrests this year do not aggregate the previous number and in the way of explanation of this difference I would state that careful discretion has been exercised in the mak- ing of arrests and wherein it was thought that by sending a man to his home and saving him the cost of a fine which would eventually come out of the wants of his family and thus prove a detriment to all, and still obtain the desired results this policy was pur- sued.
This method, while it may not appeal to all, has been tested and found in the great majority of cases to have as good an effect, if not better, than would have been the case had the person been arrested and his family made to suffer for the same. In support of this method of procedure I affirm that the streets of Southbridge have been, during the past year, as free from objectionable characters as they were the previ- ous year, when other methods were used.
During my term of office as Chief of Police I have found the officers have shown a willingness to perform the duties as prescribed for them in a manner befitting their position and co-operated with each other in the activities of the department, thus bringing about re- sults that are obtainable in no other manner.
CONCLUSION.
In conclusion it is with great pleasure that I ex- tend, in behalf of the Police Department and myself, to the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Alexis Boyer,
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Jr., Anatole Caron and Joseph G. E. Page, our most sincere thanks for their kindly consideration during the past year and trust that the accomplishments of the department have been such as to repay them for their interest.
To our judicial superiors, Judge Henry J. Clarke and his associate clerk, Frederick H. Berger, and to Associate Justice John M. Cochran, Town Counsellor Louis O. Rieutord and Probation Officer Marcus L. Dillaber we wish to express our gratitude for their kindly attention and co-operation given this depart- ment in the many complex matters brought to our mutual attention.
Respectfully submitted,
JESSE F. COOMBS, Chief of Police.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Cemetery Committee
We submit the report of the Superintendent as a part of our own and recommend that the town appro- priate for the ensuing year the sum of seven hundred and fifty dollars.
S. K. EDWARDS, L. WESLEY CURTIS, MICHAEL D. MORRILL, T. JEROME HARRINGTON, CLARENCE E. MORSE, S. WILLIAMS, Superintendent, Cemetery Committee.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT
TO THE CEMETERY COMMITTEE
GENTLEMEN :-
I have received from the sale of lots and for per- petual care : Lots, $525 00 250 00 Perpetual care,
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REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMITTEE.
Amount of fund Feb. 1, 1910,
$16,851 75
Amount of fund Feb. 1, 1911,
$17,626 75
Lost 15 per cent. in Southbridge Bank,
211 72
Amount of fund Feb. 1, 1911,
$17,415 03
Invested as follows :-
Amherst Savings Bank,
$1,000 00
Dedham Savings Bank,
1,000 00
Gardner Savings Bank,
992 50
Leicester Savings Bank,
1,000 00
Millbury Savings Bank,
945 00
Natick Five Cents Savings Bank,
1,000 00
North Adams Savings Bank,
1,000 00
Leominster Savings Bank,
975 00
Worcester County Institution for Savings,
1,000 00
Southbridge Savings Bank,
1,388 28
Salem Savings Banks,
1,000 00
Springfield Five Cents Savings Bank,
1,000 00
Ware Savings Bank,
1,000 00
Webster Five Cents Savings Bank,
1,014 25
Worcester Mechanics Savings Bank,
1,000 00
Peoples' Savings Bank, Worcester,
1,000 00
Worcester Five Cents Savings Bank,
1,000 00
$17,315 03
CEMETERY IMPROVEMENTS
RECEIPTS.
Appropriation, Interest,
$750 00
687 90
$1,437 90
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EXPENDITURES.
Orders drawn for men, teams,,
supplies, etc. All bills ex-
amined and approved by
Cemetery Committee and
Auditors, $1,315 25
Balance to credit of account Feb. 1, 1911, $122 65
Respectfully submitted,
SAMUEL WILLIAMS, Superintendent.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
BOARD OF HEALTH
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen.
GENTLEMEN :-
The Board of Health respectfully submit the fol- lowing report for the year ending December 31, 1910.
Total number of deaths from all causes, ex- clusive of still-births, 179
Number of still-births,
14
DEATHS BY SEXES.
Number of deaths of males,
96
Number of deaths of females,
82
Number of deaths of sex unknown,
1
DEATHS BY AGES.
Males Females Unknown Total
Deaths of persons under 1 year,
33
24
1 58
From 1 to 2 years,
6
9
15
2 to 3 years,
4
1
5
3 to 4 years,
3
0
3
4. to 5 years,
2
0
2
5 to 10 years,
4
4
8
10 to 15 years,
0
0
0
15 to 20 years,
1
2
3
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20 to 30 years,
2
3
5
30 to 40 years,
7
6
13
40 to 50 years,
1
2
3
50 to 60 years,
7
6
13
60 to 70 years,
11
9
20
70 to 80 years,
13
11
24
Over 80 years,
2
5
7
Ages unknown,
0
0
0
-
96
82
1 179
DEATHS BY MONTHS.
January,
18 July,
15
February,
9 August,
22
March,
19 September,
12
April,
20 October,
14
May,
17
November,
12
June,
10 December,
11
CAUSES OF DEATH.
Phthisis or consumption,
13
Scarlet fever,
3
Diphtheria,
5
Typhoid fever,
2
Cerebro spinal meningitis,
2
Cholera infantum,
15
Dysentery,
1
Diarrhoea and cholera morbus,
1
Bronchitis,
7
Pneumonia,
17
Disease of the heart,
13
Disease of the brain,
11
Disease of the kidney,
10
Cancer,
10
Suicide,
1
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Accident,
3
Unknown or ill-defined,
28
From all other causes not specified above, 37
Total, 179
CONTAGIOUS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES REPORTED
Number of cases, diphtheria 15, with 5 deaths, of cases, scarlet fever, 68, with 3 deaths,
of cases, typhoid fever, 30, with 2 deaths, of cases, tuberculosis, 8, with 5 deaths,
of cases, infantile par- alysis, 13, with 1 death, 36, -
of cases, measles,
of cases, cerebro spinal meningitis,
of cases, whooping cough,
1, with 1 death,
2, with no death.
( By this table and the one preceding, it will be seen that all cases of tuberculosis were not reported to the office of the Board of Health.)
The duties and responsibilities of the health de- partment have greatly increased during the year and are constantly increasing.
The old way to cure disease without any effort to prevent it has proven expensive and deadly, especially in the control and prevention of tuberculosis.
The laws recently enacted have placed greater cares and larger expense on the local Boards of Health, but we have tried to keep down the expenses but give all reasonable aid to the needy.
The board held monthly meetings to approve bills
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and do routine business, also held three special meet- ings during the year; everything and everybody worked in harmony for the good of public health.
DR. J. A. GENEREUX,
Secretary.
AGENT OF BOARD OF HEALTH
To the Honorable Board of Health.
GENTLEMEN :
As your agent I submit the following report for the year ending January 31, 1911.
Houses placarded for contagious diseases, 77
77
Houses disinfected after other diseases, 20
School houses disinfected,
7
Contagious diseases investigated,
4
Hen nuisance investigated,
6
Physicians notified to report contagious diseases,
3
Cesspools investigated,
14
Cesspools ordered cleaned,
12
Privy vaults investigated,
23
Privy vaults ordered cleaned,
35
Privy vaults ordered removed,
2
Bakeries ordered cleaned,
3 5
Dumps investigated,
5
Dead dogs aud other animals ordered buried,
3
Cellars ordered cleaned,
2
Yards ordered cleaned,
10
Brooks investigated and ordered cleaned,
1
Wells investigated, 3
Dumps ordered cleaned,
Houses disinfected after same diseases,
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Ponds investigated,
1
Garbage nuisance investigated and ordered re- moved, 13
Slaughtering of cattle investigated,
1
Swine ordered removed,
2
Ashes ordered removed,
20
Drains investigated,
10
Drains ordered cleaned,
8
Other nuisances abated by orders,
4
Respectfully submitted,
ALBERT R. BROWN,
Agent of the Board.
REPORT OF PLUMBING INSPECTOR
To the Honorable Board of Health,
GENTLEMEN :
Following is my report as Plumbing Inspector for the year ending January 31, 1911.
Water closets installed,
206
Sinks installed,
179
Bathtubs installed,
66
Bowls installed,
74
Washtrays installed,
23
Urinals installed,
4
First inspections,
108
Second inspections,
97
Water tests,
97
Other kinds of tests,
11
Old houses connected to old lines of sewers,
11
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Old houses connected 1910 lines of sewers, 26 New houses connected to sewers, 17
Total houses connected to sewers in 1910-11, 54
Respectfully submitted,
ALBERT R. BROWN, Plumbing Inspector.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SEALER
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures, E. E. Gabree, from Nov. 15 1909 to Nov. 15, 1910.
Sealed platform scales over 5,000 pounds, 6
Sealed platform scales under 5,000 pounds,
51
Sealed slot weighing machines, 11
Condemned weighing machines,
2
All other scales,
163
All other weights, 407
Dry measures,
51
Liquid measures other than milk bottles,
80
Milk bottles sealed,
1857
Total number tested and found correct, 2626
Total number condemned, 46
Test weights made in stores,
12
Inspection made of milk jars,
25
Inspection of scales and measures of junk col-
lectors, 25
Coal inspection, 2
Fees collected during the past year, $56.87
Weights furnished by the commonwealth, one 50 lb .; one 25 lb .; one 20 1b .; one 10 lb .; one 5 1b .; 4 1b .; 2 1b .; 1 1b .; one 8 oz .; one 4 oz .; one 2 oz .; 1-2 oz .; 1-4 oz .; 1-8 oz .; 1-16 oz.
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Dry Measure-1-2 bushel; 1-4 bu .; 1-8 bu .; 1-16 bu .; 32 bu.
Liquid Measures-One gallon ; 1-2 gal .; one quart; one pint ; 1-2 pint ; one gill.
Sealer's Working Equipment belonging to the town-Ten 50 lb. weights ; one 28 1b .; one 25 lb .; one 20 1b .; one 10 1b .; one 5 lb .; one 4 lb .; one 2 1b .; one 1 lb. weights. One 8 oz .; one 4 oz .; one 2 oz; one 1 oz .; one 1-2 oz .; one 1-4 oz .; one 1-8 oz .; one 1-4 and one 1-16 oz.
Dry Measures-1-2 bushel; 1-4 bu .; 1-8 bu .; 1.16 bu .; 1-32 bu.
Liquid Measures-One gallon ; 1-2 gal .; 1 qt .; 1 pt .; 1-2 pint and one gill.
One yard measure, one dry measure, four and one-half foot rule, one dry measure gauge, one brand- ing iron, two hundred paper seals, fifteen lead seals, two rubber seals, five drills, one drilling machine, one hundred condemning tags, five pounds lead, two coal weighing books, one test balance, two punches, two sets steel figures, six steel letters, two screw driv- ers, two hammers, one wrench, one mallet, one town seal, one file, one pair of nippers, two bottles marking acid, five metric graduates, two funnels.
Respectfully submitted,
E. E. GABREE. Sealer Weights and Measures.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SEWER COMMISSIONERS
The Sewer Commissioners are endeavoring this year to give to the voters of the Town as complete and accurate a report of their doiugs as could be required from any official board of a town entrusted with the expenditures of money.
The Board has followed the policy of the past two years of employing its own help in order that the town labor might get the benefit of the money expended.
This year, after laying about 1822 feet of sewer on Plimpton, River and Walcott streets and 1230 feet on Main street as per vote of the town last April, we started a sewer on Chapin street, the payment of which was made with assessment money.
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