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Periodicals
$2 00
Fuel and Lights :- Fuel
$342 08
Lights
180 02
$522 10
Building :--
Repairs
$68 53
Furniture
'1 00
Janitors' supplies, etc.
81 80
$151 33
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$3.859 07
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Other Expenses :-
Stationery, printing and postage
$264 53
Telephone
40 25
Lawn mower
15 00
Furniture repaired
7 00
All others
61 31
$388 09
Mynott Fund, Books
$43 90
Total Library
$6,037 05
PLAYGROUNDS AND BATH HOUSES
Instructors
$1,535 57
Labor
331 57
Apparatus
55 63
Land
49 00
Teachers' supplies
503 86
Auto hire
64 63
Rent grounds (Central Mills Co.)
60 00
Water supply
31 82
All others
38 97
$2,671 05
UNCLASSIFIED
BAND CONCERTS
Music .
$250 00
MEMORIAL DAY
$200 00
G. A. R. S. W. V. American Legion
1,000 00
150 00
$450 00
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Annual Report
Care of Town Clock
770 00 50 00
WATER AND ICE
Labor $ 39 95
· Ice 312 51
Bubblers
156 97
Drinking Fountains
225 00
Hydrants
6,265 00
INSURANCE
Boiler
$138 22
Automobile' (liability and fire)
80 95
Almshouse
240 88
Liability
536 51
Schools
175 80
Town Hall
720 48
Library
358 80
Fire Department
253 00
Bath House
20 00
$2,524 64
CEMETERY
Superintendent's Salary
200 00
Labor
2,137 65
$2.337 65
OTHER EXPENSES
Shrubs, etc.
$229 58
Tools
45 98
Weed killer '
52 50
Loams
162 00
Printing
47 50
Pipes
72 00
Water
6 14
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$6,999 43
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Cement
9 60
Book (Combination ;
18 00
All others
15 30
Total Cemetery
$658 60 $2,996 25
INTEREST
Temporary Loans :
Anticipation of revenue
$5,501 98
Dudley River Road
237 03
General Loans
Sewer
2,592 50
Highways
2,257 85
Schools
3,138 37
Bridge
160 00
Soldiers' monument
135 00
$14,022 73
DEBTS
Temporary Loans
Anticipation of Revenue
$240,000 00
Dudley River Road
11,000 00
General Loans
Sewer
2,000 00
Highway
10,950 00
School
7,350 00
Soldiers' monument
1,000 00
Total indebtedness
$272,300 00
AGENCY
State and non-resident bank tax
Collected for county 12,581 00
Auditing municipal accounts 403 24
State highway tax 522 89
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Collected for State
43,746 64
:
$57,253 77
Sinking fund
Interest deposited
$640 00
Cemetery Prepetual care fund
1,045 11
REFUNDS AND TRANSFERS
Refunds
Temporary school rooms
20
Highways
572 62
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Insurance
95 03
Non-resident bank tax
122 28
P.
T
$790 13
Transfers
School and Town Hall $600 00
Mechanic st. accts to Dudley River rd. 884 66
Sidewalk asst, revenue to sidewalk asst. 398 00
Excess and dificiency departmental bills 14 00
Sewer asst. revenue to Sewer asst.
1,084 50
Elm st. paving to Dudley River rd. 22 50
Various sidewalk accts. to Maple st. sidewalk 107 79
Reserve fund to schools
3,000 00
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Estimated revenue to schools
6,000 00
Various accounts to Town Hall
575 00
$12,686 39
Total refunds and transfers
$13,476 52
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AMBULANCE
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Repairs and supplies $151 58
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Drivers Oil and gasoline
15 75
96 50
Expenses to Boston for ambulance
34 00
All others
4 74
$302 57
OUTLAYS ELM STREET SEWER
Labor
$413 33
Teams
18 75
Pipes, cement, brick and sand
28 40
Tool
3 30
Surveys
64 00
$527 78.
EVERETT STREET SEWER
Labor, contract
$381 66
Teams
16 80
Labor
81 35
Materials
52 87
Surveys
91 97
$624 65
CENTRAL STREET SEWER
Labor contract
$1,137 00
DUDLEY RIVER ROAD
Labor contract
$8,287 58
MAIN AND CENTRAL STREET PAVING
Labor contract
$31,061 62
Survey ~ Specification + LE 4,821 56
Materials
297 52
Labor, extra work
378 20
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All others
52 55
$36,611 45
MAIN STREET REPAIRS
Labor
$273 14 316 50
Materials
1,410 18
MECHANIC STREET REPAIRS
Labor
$650 03
Team
346 26
Materials
1,003 18
$1,999 47
NORTH STREET PAVING
Labor contract
$4,486 11
Survey
403 75
$4,889 86
ELM STREET PAVING
Labor contract
$21,383 28
Extra work
61 55
Survey
223 19
Materials
403 74
$22,071 76
PRIMARY SCHOOL PLANS
$147 50
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TEMPORARY SCHOOL ROOM
$9,078 52
Furniture
843 66
Labor extra
36 30
$9,958 48
Engineering
Contract
$1,999 82
Team
45
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Total Payments and Transfers Cash on hand December 31, 1920
$710,094 34
42,100 61
$752,194 95
VALMORE P. TETREAULT, Town Accountant.
APPROPRIATIONS
Bal. Jan. 1, 1920
Transferred to
Appropriation
Total Credit
Unex. bal. trans-
ferred to Rev.
Expenditures
Transferred from
Total Debit
Bal. on hand Dec. 31, 1920
Moderator
50.00
50.00
10.00
40.00
50.00
Selectmen
2000.00
2000.00
153.73
1846.27
2000.00
Accountant
1400.00
1400.00
149.01
1250.99
1400.00
·Treasurer
1300.00
1300.00
75
1299.25
1300.00
Tax Collector
1550.00
1550.00
3.17
1546.83
1550.00
Assessors
3900.00
3900.00
75.18
3824.82
3900.00
Town Clerk
1200.00
1200.00
22.82
1177.18
1200.00
Election and Registration
2000.00
2000.00
6.75
1993.25
2000.00
Law
600.00
600.00
600.00
600.00
Town Hall
1175.00
2800.00
3975.00
6.34
3968.66
3975.00
Police Department
19,500.00
19,500.00
38.84
19,461.16
19,500.00
Fire Department
16,919.25
16,919.25
.87
16,918.38
16,919.25
Tree Warden
300.00
300.00
95.25
204.75
300.00
Sealer
1000.00
1000.00
1000.00
1000.00
Forest Fires
500.00
500.00
262.05
237.95
500.00
Damage to persons,
and property
500.00
500.00
500.00
500.00
Board of Health
9105.00
9105.00
1.17
9100.83
9105.00
Sewer Maintenance
3000.00
3000.00
335.85
2664.15
3000.00
Main & Hamilton Sts. Cleaning
1600.00
1600.00
.17
1599.83
1600.00
General Cleaning
2000.00
2000.00
36
1999.64
2000.00
Sanitary Cleaning
1350.00
1350.00
.04
1349.96
1350.00
Elm St. Sewer
527.78
527.78
527.78
527.78
OPRIATIONS
APPROPRIATIONS
Everett St. Sewer
1000.00
1000.00
375.35
· 624.65
1000.00
Central St. Sewer
1137.00
1137.00
1137.00
550.00
1137.00 550.00
47
549.53
550.00
Highways
41.50
22,650.00
22,691.50
1.80
22,689.70
22,691.50
Sidewalk Repairs
219.20
2700.00
2919.20
.48
2918.72
2919.20
Railings
400.00
400.00
23
399.77
400.00
Street Lights
14,000.00
14,000.00
54.92
13,945.08
14,000.00
Maintenance Permanent Roads
81.75
4000.00
4081.75
.19
4081.56
4081.75
Oi'ing Street
2500.00
2500.00
5.51
2494.49
2500.00
utside Relief of Poor
9000.00
9000.00
8.61
8991.39
9000.00
Mothers' Aid
950.00
5000.00
5950.00
5.88
5944.12
5950.00
Almshouse
6000.00
6000.00
9.19
5990.81
6000.00
State Aid
892.00
892.00
892.00
892.00
Military Aid
400.00
400.00
360.00
40.00
400.00
Soldier's Relief
1600.00
1600.00
179.62
1232.15
188.23
1600.00
Soldier's Burials
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
Schools
9000.00
88,000.00
97,000.00
1.20
96,998.80
97,000.00
Primary School Plans
361.02
. 638.98
1000.00
147.50
1000.00
852.50
Public Library
6000.00
6000.00
6.85
5993.15
6000.00
Mary Mynott Funds
45.50
45.50
13.90
45.50
1.60
Playgrounds
3000.00
3000.00
2671.05
328.95
3000.00
Care of Town Clock
50.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
Insurance
95.03
2500.00
2595.03
2524.64
70.39
2595.03
Public Band Concerts
250.00
· 250.00
250.00
250.00
Memorial Day, Care of Graves
450.00
450.00
450.00
450.00
Annual Reports ·
770.00
770.00
770.00
770.00
Water and Ice
735.00
735.00
.57
734.43
735.00
Hydrants
6250.00
6250.00
6250.00
6250.00
Ambulance ·
500.00
500.00
302.57
197.43
500.00
Cemetery Improvements
1301.89
1700.00
3001.89
5.64
2996.25
3001.89
Interest
1597.73
12,425.00
14,022.73
. 14,022.73
14,022.73
Bridges
APPROPRIATIONS
Bal. Jan. 1, 1920
Transferred to
Appropriation
Total Credit
Unex. bal. trans-
ferred to Rev.
Expenditures
Transferred from
Total Debit
Bal. on hand
Dec. 31, 1920
Maturing Debt
21,300.00
21,300.00
21,300.00
21,300.00
North St. Paving
5000.00
5000.00
110.14
4889.86
5000.00
Main St. Repairs
2000.00
2000.00
.18
1999.82
2000.00
Mechanic St. Repairs
2000.00
2000.00
.43
1999.57
2000.00
Elm St. Paving
99.16
5.00
22,000.00
22,104.16
22,071.66
22.50
22,104.16
Main & Central Sts. Paving
38,000.00
38,000.00
36,611.45
38,000.00
10.00 1388.55
Temporary School Rooms
20
10,000.00
1000.20
41.72
9958.84
10,000.00
Dudley River Road
15,790.27
15,790.27
15,790.27
15,790.27
Mechanic St. Paving
1125.86
1125.86
884.60
1125.86
241.26
Lebanon Brook Bridge
12.66
12.66
12.66
12.66
Mechanic St. Sidewalk 12.58
12.58
12.58
12.58
Mechanic St. Sidewalk
62.48
62.48
62.48
62.48
Chapin St. Sidewalk
32.73
32.73
32.73
32.73
River St. School Lot
43.18
43.18
43.18
43.18
Searching Parties
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
Maple St. Sidewalk
107.79
107.79
107.79
107.79
Smith-Hughes Fund
1057.98
1057.98
1057.98
1057.98
$2886.67 $32,888.42
364,158.23 401,931.52
2334.34 394,402.24
2589.89 401,931.52
2657.54
BALANCE SHEET December 31, 1920 REVENUE ACCOUNTS
Assets
Cash
$40,297 17
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes
Levy of 1918 $75 39
Levy of 1919 5.119 42
Levy of 1920 34.269 00
$39,463 81
Special Assessments :
Street oiling 1916 $375 50
Apportioned sewer 1920 116 30
Apportioned
sewer
1921 to 1924 231 76
Unapportioned sewer 2,085 51
$2,809 17
Liabilities
Temporary Loans $50,000 00 Primary School plans $852 50
Mary Mynott Fund 1 60
$854 10
Revenue Accounts :
Sewer $2,836 43
Tailings $72 61
Reserve Fund 752 36
Overlay Reserved for Abatements :
Levy of 1918 $1,742 18
Levy of 1919 2,556 64
Levy of 1920
2,088 15
ANNUAL REPORTS
$10,048 37
Apportioned Sewer :
Due in 1921
$67 06
49
Committed Interest : Sewer assessments
Due in 1922
67 06
Due in 1923
48 82
Due in 1924
48 82
From State : State Aid
$892 00
Military
180 00
$231 76 Cemetery Trust Fund to be invested 249 89 Excess and deficiency 22,268 39
$1,072 00
$83,652 51
$83.652 51
NON-REVENUE ACCOUNTS
Cash
$1,803 44
Appropriations Balances : Mechanic st. paving $241 26
Elm st. paving 10 00
Main and Central sts. paving 1,388 55
Lebanon brook bridge 12 66
Maple st. sidewalk 107 79
River School lot 43 18
$1,803 44
$1,803 44
ANNUAL REPORTS
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10 46
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DEBT ACCOUNTS
Sinking Funds
$35,896 66
Net Funded and Fixed
Debt
176,003 34
Funded Debt
$50,000 00
Serial Debt
161,900 00
$211,900 00
$211,900 00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
Mynott Fund
$1,000 00
Cemetery Funds 28,206 04
Savings, deposits and securities $29,424 62
Boyer Trust Funds 218 58
$29,424 62
$29.424 62
ANNUAL REPORTS
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Report of Selectmen
To the Voters of the Town of Southbridge :
The Board of Selectmen submit for your approval their report for the year ending December 31, 1920.
The Board met and organized as follows: Wilfred J. Lamoureux, Chairman; Frank A. Sansoucy, Clerk. They have held weekly meetings on Monday at 7.30 o'clock P. M.
The business of the year has been about as usual. Sev- eral special town meetings were called at the request of the voters.
Iu looking over the needs of the town we recommend the re-surfacing of Main Street from Everett Street to the wood block paving on this street. This is a much needed repair, as this is the only section of unimproved road from the Dudley line to the Sturbridge line on this thoroughfare from Springfield to Providence.
Elm, Central and North Streets an dthe Main Street hill have been re-surfaced this year with ,cement at an expense of about $60,000.00. We believe that construction of cement streets should be continued each year until at least all of the principal streets in the town have been improved and surfaced.
The Board have had River and Water Streets surveyed and lines relocated, also over thirty stone monuments located and set at other street lines which have heretofore been in doubt, and articles will appear in the town warrant for ac- tion on the reports of the Selectmen on the relocations of West, River and Water Streets.
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The Selectmen were called upon to make extensive re- pairs in the town hall building for the use of the Vocational School, and more money must be expended this year for heating and ventilating these rooms, if they are to be used in the future for school work. Here arises a question, whether it is best to expend money for temporary repairs in this. building, or whether it is a better policy to have a new building erected for school purposes and have the Vocational and Continuation Schools removed to that building.
The rent of the rooms used for a police station has been increased from $45.00 to $60.00 per month, and again arises the question of a new up-to-date building for this depart- ment, this building is in a very poor condition even at any rental price, it also has been condemned by the State Police as unfit for use as a police station. We would recom- mend that a thorough investigation be made into the matter of school buildings and the subject of remodeling the Main Street School Building into a police station if released by the School Committee, or a new building be erected on other land owned by the town for this department.
The cry oftentimes heard of extravagance in the man- agement of the town's affairs is not borne out by the facts in our financial report, printed and inserted in the Town Ac- countant's report, which will show that economy has been practised by the Board in the different departments under their supervision.
All growing and prosperous towns in the Common- wealth have larger debts and still do not show better results, in streets, sewers, public buildings, etc.
Following will be found the reports of the several de- partments appointed by the Board of Selectmen, also the State Auditor's report, giving results of his examination of
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the books and accounts for 1919, which had been voted by the town. At this time the State Auditors are at work on the books of 1920.
WILFRID J. LAMOUREUX, FRANK A. SANSOUCY, R. A. RICE,
Selectmen of Southbridge, Mass.
Report of Committee on Government Food Sales
To the Selectmen :
The committee in charge of government food sales in Southbridge report the following receipts and disburse- ments :
RECEIPTS
Cash received from sales $2.263 14
Interest from Southbridge National Bank 4 50
$2,268 14
EXPENDITURES :
Sept. 25. Zone supply officer
$110 00
Sept. 30. E. L. Chapin, to Boston 7 84
Nov. 21. Zone supply officer, bill 2.001 72
Sept. 24. L. E. Bradley, freight 63 48
Nov. 24. D. J. Dooley, cleaning store 2 00
Nov. 24. George Grant, printing 10 00
Nov. 25. F. L. Chapin, to Boston 4 67
Dec. 17. H. R. Beecher, prepayments
1 50
$2,201 21
$66 93
GEORGE W. COREY,
Treasurer.
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Your committee had the hearty co-operation of the selectmen and all citizens who were asked to assist, and es- pecially the Woman's Club, its president, Mrs. John L. Beck, having a very efficient corps of workers on duty during the sale, both at the Central Street store and the Globe engine house. Thanks are due to Nelson J. Gervais for the use of his store without charge, and to the Hamilton Woolen Co. for the use of its truck and men in unloading and trans- ferring the freight. Thanks are also due L. E. Bradley and A. L. Desaulniers for advice, and to Mr. Bradley for the use of his refrigerator and in taking care of the freight ship- ments. Also to Mr. O. Micheli for the use of his truck in transferring goods to the Globe salesroom. Valuable assistance was rendered by Geo. W. Taylor and E. L. Chapin, Mr. Taylor having charge of the Globe sales, and Mr. Chapin assisting in the sales at the Central Street store.
With the sanction of the selectmen, the committee has turned the balance of the receipts from sales over to the Southbridge Visiting Nurse Association, to help in carrying on the splendid work in which it is engaged for the allevia- tion of sickness and distress. 1
GEORGE GRANT, Chairman. N. R. BEECHER, Secretary. GEORGE W. COREY, Treasurer.
Report of Fire Engineers
In accordance with law and custom, we submit the fol- lowing report for the year ending December 31st, 1920, showing the number of fires we responded to, the value of property endangered where losses occurred.
REPORT OF THE CHIEF
VALUATION OF PROPERTY UNDER OUR SUPERVISION
Buildings and fire apparatus
$91,700 00
Fire department supplies
8,320 49
Extra small tools
123 00
Fire alarm system
7,415 62
House furniture and furnishing
1,347 55
$108,906 66
The Town accountant's report will show a balance of eighty-seven cents.
We were called to 119 fires in all, 10 whistle and 109 still alarms. The value of propery endangered : buildings, $100,250; contents, $92,550; total, $192,800; insurance on buildings, $90,600; insurance on contents, $61,450; total, $152,050; loss on buildings, $17,300; loss on contents, $23,- 888.58 ; total, $41,188.58.
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ROLL CALL BOARD OF ENGINEERS Joseph E. Duchesneau, Chief George W. Laughnane, Assistant Chief Louis Lamothe, Assistant Chief Willard J. Claflin, Assistant Chief John J. Hogan, Assistant Chief and Clerk
PERMANENT MEN
Henry Lavoie Govan J. Wright
George A. Larochelle Oswald Meunier
George Lamothe
CALL MEN-STEAMER CO. NO. 1
Joseph Brouillette, Captain
Isidor Duchesneau, Lieutenant
Henry Desaulniers
Joseph Morin Alfred Langevin Michael Maloney
Joseph Ford Paul Fontaine Hermisdas Duplessis Arthur Durocher Hermisdas Belanger Theophile Lefebvre
Napoleon Garceau, First Substitute
Leo Brodeur, Second Substitute
HOOK AND LADDER CO. NO. 1
Joesph Lucier, Captain
John B. Casavant, Lieutenant
Leandre Couture Oliver Paul
Alfred Boucher Arthur McDonald Henry Lamontagne Philias Dufault
Wilbrod Paul
Felix Lavallee
HOSE CO. NO. 2
Paul Potvin, Captain Hosea Weld, Lieutenant Frank J. Greenwood, Engineer George W .. Lavallee Origene Paul
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Paul Degrenier Adelard Dumas Louis E. Farland
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ELECTRICIAN James C. Sangren
CHIEF ENGINEER'S REPORT
Permits to sell and keep explosives : ,
Fireworks
11
Explosives
10
To maintain public garage
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INSPECTIONS
Hotels and boarding houses
14 /
Tenement houses, etc.
900
Private garages 175
Ambulance calls
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ALARMS
January 9th, 1920.' Box 48-Alarm 10 A. M. Recall 10.10 A. M. Six-tenement house, Charlton and Columbia Streets. owned by Albert E. Bonnette. Cause, smoking in bed. Insured.
January 21st. Box 41-Alarm 10.45 A. M. Recall 12.00 M. Three-tenement house, 18 Coombs Street, owned by Thomas J. Cahill. Cause, children and matches. In- sured.
May 2nd. Box 34-Alarm 10.59 A. M. Recall 1 P. M. Brick block, 117 Main Street, owned by A. A. Allard. Cause, overheated stove pipe. Insured.
May 28th. Box 42-Alarm 4.16 P. M. Recall 5 P. M. Dwelling house, Rock Street, owned by Frank Lesnowski. Cause, rags behind the stove. Insured.
June 11th. Box 45-Alarm 12.20 P. M. Recall 12.25 P. M. 26 Charlton Street, owned by Joseph Lippe. Cause, broken gas pipe. Insured.
August 13th. Box 46-5.07 P. M. Recall 5.25 P. M. Wooden shed, 10 Lens Street, owned by Nazaire Peloquin. Cause, combustion. Insured.
August 13th. Box 46-Alarm 5.07 P. M. Recall 5.25 P.
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M. Dwelling, 14 Lens Street, owned by Angelo Ciere. Cause, combustion. Insured.
September 3rd. Box 51-Alarm 11.29 A. M. Recall 12.19 P. M. · Three-tenement house, 40 Everett Street, owned by Dr. A. C. Tetrault. Cause, spontaneous combustion. Insured.
November 10th. Box 47-Alarm 10 A. M. Recall 10.15 A. M. Fire in 6-tenement house, 85 and 87 Worcester Street, owned by Albert Bonnette. Cause, sparks from chimney. Insured.
Dec. 19th. Box 24-Alarm 11.45 P. M. Recall 1 A. M. Brick building at 3 West Main Street, owned by J. J. Dele- hanty. Partial insurance.
RECOMMENDATIONS WE THINK NECESSARY FOR THE ENSUING YEAR
In submitting our report this year we desire to call at- tention to drivers of all vehicles to give the fire apparatus the right of way going to fires. This is important and we expect co-operation in this matter from all.
We want to call the attention of the people to the all important matter of not allowing qantities of rubbish to accumulate and remain in cellars or back yards. Last year 40 per cent of the fires were from this cause. We have been very lenient in the past with people who disregard our orders to clean up. But in the future, drastic measures will be taken if necessary to prevent fires. We also recommend the cleaning of chimneys.
We desire to call attention to the need of more hy- drants in various sections of the town. There is need of eleven more, and we earnestly recommend their installation. We feel it will be of interest to the tax payers to learn that we have not paid out any money for repairs on any of the apparatus this year. At the suggestion of the Chief of the Department, the voters turned over the old ambulance to us, and it is now under course of remodelling and when com-
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pleted we shall have a chemical combination and hose wagon worth five thousand ($5,000) dollars, and the expense of it will not exceed four hundred ($400) dollars. This amount will be for material and equipment, permanent men doing the work. It will carry 1,000 feet of hose. This will be kept at Globe Village house. We know this will give better protection at this section, something we felt in need of. The drivers will reside and work at Globe Village. We recom- mend an appropriation of sixteen thousand eight hundred and forty-four dollars ($16,844.00). This will take care of 500 feet of new hose, the new truck and every other item of expense in connection with the department.
We take this opportunity to thank the voters for their cooperation and support and the firemen for their obedience and good work.
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH E. DUCHESNEAU, Chief. WILLARD J. CLAFLIN, Assistant Chief. GEORGE W. LAUGHNANE, Assistant Chief. LOUIS LAMOTHE, Assistant Chief. JOHN J. HOGAN, Assistant Chief and Clerk.
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Report of Police Department
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of Southbridge : Gentlemen :--- '
I herewith submit for your consideration the annual report for the year ending December 31, 1920. The organ- ization of the Police Department at the close of the fiscal vear was as follows : 1
CHIEF Ulric Brault
PATROLMEN
Andrews M. Higgins Pierre Cormier
George Fitts
Rodolphe Lavigne
Patrick Donnelly Joseph Paquin
Alpherie Duplissis
Honore St. Martin
Daniel Blute
DESK OFFICER Andrews M. Higgins
JANITOR Joseph Proulx
CONSTABLES 1
Patrick Donnelly Andrews M. Higgins
George Fitts Ulric Brault
Duties performed by the Police Department during the year expiring December 31, 1920: Total of arrests, 231; arrests on warrants, 56; without warrants, 175; males, 225 ; females, 6 ; minors, 44 ; residents, 185 ; non-residents, 46.
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OFFENCES
Assault and battery, 7; adultery, 2; admitting minors il pool rooms, 2; breaking and entering, 28; bastardy, 5; dis turbing the peace, 7; deserters from navy. 2; gaming, 12 drunkenness, 39; highway robbery, 1; hindering an officer 1 ; held for outside police, 11; larceny. 15; malicious poison ing, 1; nou-support, 10: nuisance, 2; obtaining money unde false pretences, 1; receiving stolen goods, 1; riding o1 freight car, 4; stubbornness, 3; unlicensed dogs, 25 vagrants, 4; peddling without a license, 1; violation of auto laws, 36 ; violation of liquor laws, 9; violation of food laws, 2
DISPOSITION OF CASES
Fined, 117; House of Correction, 13; probation, 21; ap pealed, 7; made restitution, 6; held for grand jury, 3; con tinued cases, 3; nol-pros, 6; held for outside police, 11; helo for Superior Court, 2; released, 27; placed on file, 9; dis charged, 6; married, 1.
OCCUPATION
Farmers, 15; domestics, 4; at school, 12; carpenters, 4 ice dealer, 1; merchants, 8; mill hands, 7; painters, 3; fore man, 5; superintendent, 1; machinists, 8; grinders, 4; insur ance agent, 1; chauffeurs, 3; inn-keeper, 1; bakers, 4; ped dlers, 5; jobbers, 2; masons, 2; clerks, 4; barbers, 4; glass molders, 3; show-man, 1; chemist, 1; doctor, 1; firemen, 2 salesman, 1; watchman, 1; U. S. Navy, 2; laborers, 102; nc position, 19.
Number of lights reported out during the year, 143. Number of doors found unlocked reported during the year. 25. Number of accidents reported during the year, 28 Value of property lost or stolen during the year and which was recovered, $676.00. Automobiles reported stolen and recovered, 2.
In conclusion it is with great pleasure that I extend in behalf of the Police Department and myself to the Honor-
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able Board of Selectmen and other town officials our most sincere thanks for their kindly consideration during the year, and trust that the accomplishment of the department has been such as to repay them for their interest.
Respectfully submitted, ULRIC BRAULT, Chief of Police.
Southbridge, December 31. 1920.
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OFFENCES
Assault and battery, 7 ; adultery, 2; admitting minors i pool rooms, 2; breaking and entering, 28; bastardy, 5; dis turbing the peace, 7; deserters from navy, 2; gaming, 12 drunkenness, 39; highway robbery, 1; hindering an officer 1; held for outside police, 11; larceny, 15; malicious poison ing, 1; non-support, 10; nuisance, 2; obtaining money unde: false pretences, 1; receiving stolen goods, 1; riding 01 freight car, 4; stubbornness, 3; unlicensed dogs, 25 vagrants, 4; peddling without a license, 1; violation of auto laws, 36; violation of liquor laws, 9; violation of food laws, 2
DISPOSITION OF CASES
Fined. 117; House of Correction, 13; probation, 21; ap pealed, 7; made restitution, 6; held for grand jury, 3; con tinued cases, 3; nol-pros, 6; held for outside police, 11; helc for Superior Court, 2; released, 27; placed on file, 9; dis- charged, 6; married, 1.
OCCUPATION
Farmers, 15; domestics, 4; at school, 12; carpenters, 4 ice dealer, 1; merchants, 8; mill hands, 7; painters, 3; fore man, 5; superintendent, 1; machinists, 8; grinders, 4; insur. ance agent, 1; chauffeurs, 3; inn-keeper, 1; bakers, 4; ped- dlers, 5; jobbers, 2; masoris, 2; clerks, 4; barbers, 4; glass molders, 3; show-man, 1; chemist, 1; doctor, 1; firemen, 2: salesman, 1; watchman, 1; U. S. Navy, 2; laborers, 102; no position, 19.
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