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ART. 16. To hear the report of the Sewer Con :- missioners regarding the transfer of accounts, or act anything thereon.
ART. 17. To hear and act on report of Selectmen laying out as a public way a certain way leading from Main street to Pine street, over land of Mrs. Ellen J. Bartholomew known as Chester street, raise and appro- riated money therefor or act anything thereon.
ART. 18. To see if the town will vote to maca- dam or pave Main street from the west side of Hamil-
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ton street to the east line of Foster street, raise and appropriate money therefor or act anything thereon.
ART. 19. To see if the town will vote to build a cement concrete bridge over the Lebanon Brook so- called at Sandersdale, raise and appropriate money therefor or act anything thereon.
ART. 20. To see if the town will vote to build a cement concrete sidewalk on westerly side of Mechanic street, from Charlton street northerly to the present walk at the junction of Worcester and Mechanic streets, raise and appropriate money therefor or act anything thereon.
ART. 21. To see if the town will vote to establish fifteen (15) incandescent lights on Ft. Sumpter Road so-called, raise and appropriate money or act anything thereon.
ART. 22. To hear and act on report of Selectmen as to the re-location of Clemence Hill Road from Cliff street northerly to the top of the hill.
ART. 23. To see if the town will vote to build a cement concrete sidewalk on easterly side of Cross and Union streets, from Hamilton southerly to Main street, raise and appropriate money therefor or act thereon.
ART. 24. To see if the town will vote to build a sewer on Cliff street from River street to point on said Cliff street near the residence of Arsene Girard, raise and appropriate money therefor or act thereon.
ART. 25. To see if the town will vote to amend Section 4, 7 and 9 of the Town By-laws relating to plumbing by striking out the said sections and inserting in place thereof the following:
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Sec. 4. The drain from every building shall be of sufficient size, and from a point ten feet outwardly from the inside wall, and not less than four inches in diameter, shall con- tinue up to and through rool to a height of two feet, and not less than one foot above the top of any window within fifteen feet, shall be made of cast iron, brass or galvanized wrought iron, except that lead pipes may be used for short connections and such pipes shall be of uniform thickness.
Sec. 7. Suitable cleanouts shall be pro- vided in main drain near cellar wall on the horizontal pipe, and on all runs of fifteen feet in lengths, unless otherwise permitted. 'The cleanout at cellar wall shall be in as direct a line as possible with sewer connections. Cleanouts at foot of all vertical pipes, and all vertical pipes shall connect with horizontal pipes with 45 degree fittings.
Sec. 9. All traps shall be protected from syphonage or air pressure by a special air pipe of size not less than one and one quarter inch in diameter placed outside of below trap; ex- cept as hereafter provided, (S traps shall be so vented in all cases), no special air pipe shall be required for the trap of the upper fixture, if said trap is within a distance of four (4) feet from vent stack, and connects with soil or waste pipe not more than eighteen (18) inches below the top water line of the trap.
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In the case of batteries of water-closets, the special air pipe from each trap may be omitted, provided the soil or waste pipe un- diminished in size is continued to a point above the roof, or re-vented into the main system above all fixtures.
The diameter of back air pipes for water- closets, to be two inches for one to three closets, three inches for four to six closets and above six to be four inches. No back vents shall be taken from side or crown of round traps, and continous venting system to be used at all times where practicable, otherwise vent pipe to be within two feet of trap, or act thereon.
ART. 26. To see if the town will vote to buy an automobile chemical truck or any other fire apparatus, raise and appropriate money therefor or act anything thereon.
ART. 27. To see if the town will vote to appoint a committee to confer with the Southbridge Water Supply Company regarding the price it will sell its plant, corporate holdings, rights and privileges to the town, also with power to investigate and appraise said corporate holdings, etc., and to hire or engage assist- ants for this purpose, raise and appropriate money therefor or act anything thereon.
ART. 28. To see if the town will vote to maca- damize or otherwise repair the Eastford road, raise and appropriate money therefor, or act anything thereon.
ART. 29. To see if the town will vote to maca- damize or otherwise repair the North Woodstock road,
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raise and appropriate money therefor, or act anything thereon.
ART. 30. To see if the town will vote, in accord- ance with Sections 2 and 3 of chapter 104 of the Re- vised Laws, the provisions of which were accepted by the town, to prescribe as the limits within which no dwelling house or other structure more than eight feet in length or breadth and seven feet in height, except detached houses or structures situated more than one hundred feet from any other building and wooden structures erected on wooden wharves, shall be built, unless made and covered with an incombustible ma- terial or unless a license in writing is granted therefor by the selectmen for public good or necessity and rec- orded in the town records, the area within the follow- ing boundaries :-
Beginning at the northwest corner of Main and Everett streets; thence north to the private way of the Webster & Southbridge · Gas & Electric Company ; thence northeaster- ly and northerly by land of the Gas & Electric Company, to location of New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company ; thence westerly by the location of the said Railroad to the west line of Foster street; thence north- erly by west line of Foster and Central streets, to south bank of Quinebaug river; thence westerly on south bank of river to the dam of the Central Mills Company; thence southerly in a straight line to the southwest corner of railroad location on Hook street; thence
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south on west line of Hook street; to Hamil- ton street, at land of Albert Vinton; thence westerly across Hamilton street to corner of the land of T. J. Harrington and Ella J. Morse; thence westerly by land of T. J. Har- rington and Ella J. Morse to a point seventy- five (75) feet west of Hamilton street; thence southerly to northwest corner of land of heirs of James Haggerty ; thence southerly by east- erly line of land of T. J. Harrington to north line of Main street; thence southerly across Main street to notrhwest corner of land of Mabel W. Murphy; thence southerly by west line of Mabel W. Murphy and Pierre Cap- lette to land of Mary Webster; thence wester- ly on northerly line of Mary Webster to land of C. F. Maxwell; thence southerly on wester- ly line of Mary Webster's land to north line of Dupaul street; thence easterly by north line of Dupaul street extended to east line of Goddard court; thence southerly by east line of Goddard court to north line of Dress- er street; thence easterly by north line of Dresser street extended across Elm street to easterly line thereof; thence southerly by east of Elm street to north line of Park street; thence easterly by north line of Park street to west line of land of Joseph Lacroix; thence north by the west lines of the lands of Joseph Lacroix, Arthur Lacroix, Sarah J. Carpenter and Fred E. Corbin to land of Southbridge National Bank; thence easterly by land of
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Southbridge National Bank to west line of Everett street; thence northerly by westerly line of Everett street to south line of Main street to point of beginning, or act anything thereon.
ART. 31. To see if the town will vote to pay to Felix Gatineau the sum of $58.52 in order to re-imburse him for the taxes of 1907, '08, '09, '10, '11, assessed on property not owned by said Gatineau, or act thereon.
ART. 32. To see if the town will vote to establish four incandescent lights on the Westville Road near the residence of Louis Pontbriand, raise and approp- riate money therefor or act anything thereon.
ART. 33. To see if the town will vote to establish six(6) incandescent lights on West Dudley Road from the residence of Mrs. Hancock to the Dudley line, raise and appropriate money therefor or act thereon.
ART. 34. To see if the town will vote to establish seven (7) incandescent lights on Eastford Road, raise and appropriate money therefor or act thereon.
ART. 35. To see if the town will vote to build a cement concrete sidewaik on northerly side of Walcott street and the easterly side of Plimpton street, from Pleasent street to Robert street, raise and appropriate money therefor or act thereon.
ART. 36. To see if the town will vote a cement concrete sidewalk on southerly side of Charlton street from Mechanic street easterly to the Catholic Cemetery, raise and appraprirte money therefor or act thereon.
ART. 37. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriated the sum of ten thousand (10,000)
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dollars to erect and dedicate a monument in memory of its soldiers who died in the service of the country, in the war of the rebellion, or act anything thereon.
ART. 38. To see if the town will vote to pave. macadam or otherwise improve Crane and River streets beginning at Dubey's block and running westerly to where Union street crosses or meets River street, raise and appropriate money therefor or act anything thereon.
ART. 39. To see if the town will vote and appro- priate a sufficient sum of money to build a macadam or bituminous macadam road surface on South street, from Main street westerly to the Quinebaug River at Westville or act anything thereon.
ART. 40. To see if the town will vote to pave with brick a part of West street beginning at the pav- ing on Main street and running westerly to the west end of the No. 2 Engine House, raise and appropriate money therefor or act thereon.
ART. 41. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the settlement of the Nellie Lavallee case, raise and appropriate money therefor or act thereon.
ART. 42. To see if the town will vote to build a culvert near the residence of H. C. Wadleigh, Sumner District, raise and appropriate money therefor or act anything thereon.
ART. 43. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate the sum of $500.00, the same to be expended on repairs of the West Dudley Road, or act thereon.
ART. 44. To see if the town will vote to purchase a piano for the Town Hall, raise and appropriate money therefor or act thereon.
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ART. 45. To see if the town will vote to appoint a committee to report upon the advisability of selling the Town Barn Property on Goddard Court, also to report on new sites for a Town Barn, or act thereon ..
ART. 46. To see if the town will vote to a cross- walk over Elm street and Eastford Road near Hartwell street. raise and appropriate money therefor or act thereon.
ART. 47. To see if the town will vote to build a macadam road on North street, raise and appropriate money therefor or act thereon.
ART. 48. To see if the town will vote to purchase the property at the corner of Elm and Park streets, now owned by Edward Chapin, (known as the Dr. Hartwell Estate) as a site for a primary school building, raise and appropriate money therefor or act thereon.
ART. 49. To see if the town will vote to build a sewer at Sandersdale, raise and appropriate money therefor or act thereon.
ART. 50. To see if the town will vote to build a . cement concrete sidewalk on the easterly side of Pine street from Main street to Edwards street, raise and appropriate money therefor or act thereon.
ART. 51. To see if the town will vote to build a cement concrete sidewalk on the northerly side of Charlton street from Worcester, street easterly to Mechanic street, raise and appropriate money therefor or act thereon.
ART. 52. To see if the town will vote to accept the report of the Committee (appointed at the Annual Town Meeting, held March 4, 1912, to choose a High
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School site), recommending the purchase of certain land for school purposes, raise and appropriate money therefor or act anything thereon.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by publishing an attested copy thereof twice in the South- bridge Press and Herald, the first publication being not less than nine days next preceeding 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.
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. The polls to open at 5.45 o'clock a.m. and to close at 4 o'clock p.m.
Given under our hands this eighth day of Feb- ruary, A. D. 1913.
ALEXIS BOYER, JR., Selectmen JAMES F. EARLS, of
CHARLES PROULX, Southbridge.
A true copy attest :
A. M. HIGGINS, Constable.
Errata
Page 152. Cash account under expenditures. One item omitted should read : Salaries, $1,115.00
INDEX
Auditors' Report :-
Abatement of Taxes 50
Auditor's Certificate. 127
Bridges ..
.50
Brochu street sidewalk.
113
Camp Ponce.
52
Cemetery improvements.
25
Cemetery fund. 25
Chapin street sidewalk
113
Charlton, Mechanic and Thomas street culvert. 52
Charlton street sidewalk.
113
Chestnut street culvert. 53
Contingent
53
Common schools.
40
Contingent schools. 41
District court fees. .67
Dupaul street.
70
Engine men.
71
East Main street sidewalk. 114
Electrician
71
Evening schools. .46
Everett street culvert. 72
Fire department. 72
Fire alarm battery
76
Foster street sidewalk.
105
Goddard court.
76
Hamilton street improvements 76
Harrington street grading .77
Highways. 78
High school. 47
Hook street crosswalk .81
Insurance
81
nterest. 83
Lebanon hill. 83
Main street macadam 84
Marcy street drain. 85
Mill and Main street wall 86
Memorial day 85
Military aid 85
Mynott fund 27
Outside poor
33
Playgrounds
86
Plimpton street extension. ,89
Police department. 89
Police station. .91
Printing
93
Public band concerts. .96
Public library 27
Railing highways. ,96 Repairs of farm buildings. .31
River street sidewalk.
114
River and Oliver street culvert.
97
Salaries
98
Sayles street sidewalk.
106
School apparatus
48
Sidewalk repairs
115
Sinking fund
100
Soldier's relief
101
State aid.
102
Street lights
103
Street signs
103
Support poor.
.31
Table of accounts
128
Town hall contingent
104
Town pound.
107
Unappropriated funds.
107
Union street sidewalk.
116
Water supply
109
Water street repairs.
109
Widening
110
Widening Oakes avenue.
110
Worcester street macadam.
110
Worcester street sidewalk.
116
Sewers :-
Sewer assessments.
117
Contingent
118
Chapin street.
119
66
Charlton street
120
Hamilton and Oliver Sts.
121
Mill street.
122
66 Morris and Cisco streets. 123
66
Pleasant street. 123
66
River and Plimpton Sts.
124
South St. and Oakes Ave ... 125
Upper Main street.
126
Board of Health.
233
Cemetery Committee. 255
Fire engineers
.270
Highway Surveyor
261
Library Committee
201
Obligations to be provided for 21
Overseers of Poor.
149
Playground Committee
156
Police Department
141
Plumbing Inspecter
245
Sealer of Weights. 258
School Committee.
161
Sewer Commissioners.
248
Selectmen
131
Sinking Fund Commissioners
257
Tax Collector.
266
Tree Warden.
260
Town Clerk.
253
Town Treasurer.
9
Town Officers.
3
Town Warrant
276
ANNUAL REPORTS
Of the Town Officers and Financial Statement of the Town of South- bridge for the Year ending January 1, 1914
O. J. PAQUETTE & CO., Inc .. Printers Southbridge, Mass.
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Town Officers for 1913-14 1
TREASURER Solomon E. Blanchard.
CLERK William W. Buckley
Alexis Boyer, Jr.,
SELECTMEN Charles Proulx, James F. Earls.
Napoleon Giroux,
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR Gedeon Pinsonneault, Jr., Daniel T. Morrill.
ASSESSORS
Joseph Gagnon, W. H. McGilpin, Antoine Farland,
. Term expires 1914 Term expires 1915 Term expires 1916
AUDITORS
Joseph Tremblay,
Joseph Lafleche, 2nd
BOARD OF HEALTH
George Webster, J. A. Caron, Jos. E. Donais,
Term expires 1914 Term expires 1915 Term expires 1916
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR Aimee Langevin.
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TOWN OFFICERS
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Albert J. Thibault,
Term expires 1914
J. A. Whittaker,'
Term expires 1914
Charles A. Tetrault,
Term expires 1915
Albert B. Wells,
Term expires 1915
P. H. Hebert,
Term expires 1916
F. A. Wald,
Term expires 1916
LIBRARY COMMITTEE
Theophile Houle,
Term expires 1914
Isidore Leblanc,
Term expires 1914
J. J. Delehanty,
Term expires 1914
William F. Hefner,
Origene J. Paquette,
Term expires 1915 . Term expires 1915
F. E. Corbin,
. Term expires 1915
J. A. Whittaker,
Term expires 1916
Wm. C. Flood,
Term expires 1916
Hector M. Leclair,
Term expires 1916
CEMETERY COMMITTEE
Morris H. Marcy,
Term expires 1914
Adolphe Peloquin,
Term expires 1914
Clarence F. Morse,
Term expires 1915
Joseph Desrosiers,
Term expires 1915 .
M. D. Morrill,
Terin expires 1916
Wardwell M. Edwards,
Term expires 1916
Pierre Caplette, Patrick Donnelly, A. R. Brown, P. H. Laughnane,
CONSTABLES
Andrew M. Higgins, Marcus L. Dillaber, Louis Lamothe, Joseph Paquin.
TAX COLLECTOR
Joseph Metras.
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SEWER COMMISSIONERS
James Pendergast, W. J. Lamoureux, .
G. E. Fred Lamoureux,
Term expires 1914
'Term expires 1915
Term expires 1916
SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS
Joseph Lafleche, Isidore Leblanc, Ephrem Chicoine,
Term expires 1914
Term expires 1915
Term expires 1916
TREE WARDEN Pierre Benoit.
Appointive Officers
TOWN COUNSEL L. O. Rieutord.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Fred E. Corbin,
CARE OF TOWN CLOCK George T. Armes.
POUND KEEPER Joseph Payant.
KEEPER OF LOCKUP
Napoleon Giroux Assistant, Jos. D. Proulx.
JANITOR OF TOWN HALL BUILDING Pierre Caplette.
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CATTLE INSPECTOR Wm. T. Pugh, V. S.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Felix Gatineau.
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
S. D. Perry,
Moses Gagnon, J. J. O'Shaughnessy, Wm. W. Buckley, Clerk.
FIRE ENGINEERS
Louis Lamothe,
Geo. W. Laughnane,
Joseph E. Duchesneau, Chief. John J. Hogan, J. Willard Claflin. Thomas Heffernan, Superintendent of Fire Alarm.
FIRE WARDENS
Aimee Langevin, Louis Pontbriand, Alfred Giroux, Frank Brissette, George Clemence, Alex. L'Heureux,
W. J. Wadleigh, Chas. Blackmer, John Keenan, Adelard Bouchard, Jos. Payant.
John S. Hefner, Thomas Troy, Geo. H. Chaffin, Patrick Sheridan, Jules Theriault, Joseph Bachand, Jerry Wilcox, Louis Meunier, Prosper Proulx, George Hebert, H. S. Freeman,
POLICE OFFICERS
Roy Sanders, Origene Lacasse, Louis Peloquin, Jules Blain, D. A. Kenney, Joseph Payant, Thomas Nichols, Joseph D. Proulx, John Fitzpatrick, Joseph Roy.
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PUBLIC WEIGHERS
Geo. E. Berry, Geo. E. Morse, C. Russell Morse, Herbert E. Carpenter,
John St. Martin,
A. D. Cornell,
Leon Harwood, Arthur Capen,
Geo. H. Clemence,
Elliot Clemence.
FENCE VIEWERS George H. Clemence,
C. M. Morse.
FIELD DRIVERS
Morris A. Feyler, Arthur J. Lacroix, John G. Curran.
TRUANT OFFICERS
Pierre Caplette,
Jules Theriault.
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK
E. C. Ellis, A. D. Cornell, Eugene Ide, Mederic Duhamel,
Victor W. Lamoureux,
James R. Harris, H. H. Clemence,
Thomas Hughes, Everett M. Morse,
Geo. H. Clemence,
Geo. Simpson,
John Ryan,
Earl W. Ide,
A. J. Harwood.
MEASURER OF LEATHER Felix Gatineau.
Andrew M. Higgins, Oliver Paul, Jr., James Coughlin, Pierre Cormier,
UNIFORM POLICE FORCE Napoleon Giroux, Chief. Joseph Paquin, Patrick Donnelly, Daniel Blute, Honore St. Martin.
Frank E. Randall, E. C. Ellis, Mederic Duhamel, Alfred Mckinstry, Thomas Hughes, Frank B. Vinton, Clarence Morse, Dennis Langevin, Wardwell Edwards, E. I. Knowles, Joseph Degrenier,
Henry A. Morse,
Walter Leonard, Philias X. Casavant, George Webster, Arthur E. Conner,
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Annual Report of the TOWN TREASURER
SOLOMON E. BLANCHARD in account with the Town of Southbridge, Jan. 1, 1913, to Jan. 1, 1914.
TAX BILL FOR THE YEAR 1913.
State tax,
$14,720 00
Highway tax,
68 00
County tax,
6,692 00
Town appropriations,
125,654 47
Overlayings,
3,490 96
Non-resident bank tax,
2,260 13
Sewer assessment,
22 48
$152,908 04
Excise tax,
1,427 81
Additional taxes,
1,146 71
$155,482 56
TOWN APPROPRIATIONS.
Voted at meeting March 11, 1913 :- Abatement of taxes,
$1,500 00
Bridges,
2,350 00
Camp Ponce,
50 00
Cemetery improvements,
800 00
Contingent, 7.000 00
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Electrician,
$200 00
Enginemen,
5,466 79
Evening schools,
750 00
Fire department,
3,000 00
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Insurance,
1,200 00
Interest,
7,600 00
Memorial day,
150 00
Outside poor,
6,500 00
Playgrounds,
1,500 00
Police department,
9,000 00
Printing,
2,100 00
Public band concerts,
250 00
Public library, dog fund and
2,000 00
Railing highways,
400 00
Repairs, farm buildings,
200 00
Salaries,
7,600 00
School apparatus.
250 00
Sewer contingent,
1,000 00
Sidewalk repairs,
2,000 00
Sinking fund,
750 00
Soldiers' relief,
1,800 00
Street lights, 11,000 00
Support of poor 3,107 42
Town hall contingent, rents and 1,800 00
Water supply, 3,700 00
Worcester street macadam 491 74
Obligations to be provided for in tax levy of 1913, 14,800 00
· Art. 4. Board of health, 2,000. 00 Art. 18. Main street paving, 10 notes each $2000.00, 1st due Dec. 1, 1913, 2,000 00
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Art. 20. Mechanic St. sidewalk, $1,800 00 Art. 21. Fort Sumpter road
lighting, 150 00
Art. 23. Cross St. sidewalk, 1,775 00
Art. 27. Water supply com- mittee, 1,000 00
Art. 28. Eastford road, 2 notes each $2.000.00, 2,000 00
Art. 29. Woodstock road, 5 notes each $1,000.00, 1,000 00
Art. 31. Reimbursement, Felix
Gatineau, 58 52
Art. 32. Westville lighting,
60 00
Art. 33. West Dudley road lighting, 90 00
Art. 34.
Eastford road
lighting, 105 00
Art. 35. Walcott and Plimp- ton street sidewalks, 1700 00
Art. 36. Charlton street side- walk, 1850 00
Art. 37. Soldiers' Monument,
10 notes each $1000.00, 1000 00
Art. 38. Crane street repairs, 2000 00
Art. 39. South street repairs,
5000 00
Art. 43. West Dudley road
repairs,
500 00
Art. 52. High School lot, 10 notes each $1250.00 1250 00
$125,654 47
Transfers from unappropriated funds :- To Highways, $8,000 00
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Common schools,
$20,000 00
Contingent schools,
4,700 00
High schools,
6,500 00
Police station,
700 00
Military aid,
300 00
$40,200 00
Transfers to unappropriated funds :--
From Water street improvement, $13 95
Marcy street culvert, 8 50
West Main and Mill sts. wall,
5 91
Charlton, Mechanic and
Thomas street culvert, 5 34
Hamilton street improve- ments,
4 59
Lebanon hill,
2 46
Charlton street sidewalk,
1 10
River and Oliver street culvert,
99
Hook street crossing,
50
43 34
Meeting April 28, 1913 :-
Sprayer machine,
$850 00
Cliff street wall,
1,200 00
West and School street culvert, 800 00
2,850
Meeting August 4, 1913 :-- Art. 2. Electric lights, from unappropriated funds, $350 00
Art. 3. Auto truck notes, 6,000 00
Art. 4. Watering trough, from
unappropriated funds, 300 00
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Art. 6. Nuisance brook cul-
vert from unappropriated funds, $125 00
Art. 7. Fire alarm tax levy 1914, 800 00
Art. 8. Union street sidewalk,
tax levy 1914, 550 00
Art. 9. Crystalstreet sidewalk, 2,200 00
Art. 10. Cliff street sewer
notes, 5,500 00
Art. 11.
Wardwell Court
sewer,
1,500 00
$17,325 00
Transfer from unappropriated funds :- To Art. 2. Electric lighting Main street, $350 00
Art. 4. Watering trough, 300 00
Art. 6. Nuisance brook culvert, 125. 00
775 00
Meeting August 25, 1913 :- Art. 1. Moderator.
Art. 2. Land purchased from M. Silk, $50 00
Art. 3. Land purchased from M. Buggy,
92 00
Art. 5. Insurance account, 300 00
Art. 6. Playgrounds, 200 00
642 00
Meeting October 1, 1913. Art. 3. Eastford road bridge, $300 00
Art. 5. Sewer contingent, 300 00
600 00
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Meeting November 4, 1913 :-
Art. 1. Moderator.
Art. 2. Transfer from unappro- priated funds, town hall contingent, $300 00
Art. 3. Transfer from unappro- priated funds, bridges, 300 00
Art. 4. Transfer from unappro- priated funds, playgrounds, 150 00
Art. 5. Transfer from unappro- priated funds, electrician, 200 00
Art. 6. Transfer from unappro- priated funds, contingent, 800 00
Art. 7. Transfer from unappro- priated funds, South street, 169 58
Art. 8. No appropriation.
Art, 9. Notes High school lot 11 notes each $550.00.
Art. 10. Transfer from unap- propriated funds, Chapin and Dresser street catch basin, 650 00
Art. 11. Transfer from unap- propriated funds, Cross St. sidewalk, 100 00
Art. 12. Transfer from unap- propriated funds, highways, 900 00
$3,569 58
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SOLOMON E. BLANCHARD, in account with the Town of Southbridge, Dr.
RECEIPTS.
Jan. 1, 1913, balance, (cor- rected) error in 1913 re- port,
$15,694 68
Taxes-1911, F. X. Tetrault. 1,138 77
1912, F. X. Tetrault, 12,381 61
1913, Joseph Metras, 133,932 24
Notes payable :-
Anticipation of taxes, 65,000 00
Auto truck,
6,000 00
Cliff street sewer,
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