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$2568 52
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Elementary :
Books $1143 24
All other school supplies 1550 76
$2694 00
Evening :
Books .
49 30
All other school supplies 57 19
$106 49
Continuation :
Books and all other school
supplies $2096 80
Vocational :
Books, equipment and all other school supplies $3719 03
Tuition :
Elementary $439 50
Transportation :
Elementary $1995 65
Janitor Service :
High
$3559 46
Elementary 3598 63
Evening
39 00
$7197 09
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Fuel and Light :
High
$4186 73
Elementary
10238 81
Evening
8 58
14434 12
Maintance of Buildings and Grounds : High :
Repairs
$863 92
Janitors' Supplies
368 85
All others
252 47
$1485 24
Elementary :
Repairs
$2903 24
Janitors' supplies
484 68
All others
1056 60
$4444 52
Furniture and Furnishings :
High
$888 94
Elementary
475 44
Evening
21 00
$1385 38
Diplomas and Graduation
Exercises
$41 80
Miscellaneous Printing
$142 50
Total School
$134130 00
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Library :
Salaries :
Librarian
1700 00
Assistants
1865 46
Janitor
1219 53
$4784 99
Books and Periodicals :
Books
$804 11
Periodicals
276 78
$10$0 99
Binding :
Books
$619 73
Periodicals
43 75
$663 48
F'nel and Light :
Fuel
$638 44
Lights
196 86
835 30
Building :
Repairs
$41 42
Furniture and furnishings ...
S 54
Janitors' supplies, all other ...
119 46
$169 42
Other Expenses :
Stationery, printing and adver- tising $179 57
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Telephone
49 62
All others
35 52
.
$264 71
Mynott Fund Books
$85 10
- Total Libraries $7883 89
Play Grounds and Bath Houses :
Instructors $1061 71
Labor
$247 36
Apparatus 351 95
Sand
50 00
Rent of Ground 85 00
Repairs
129 10
Supplies and all others
$262 80
$2187 92
Dresser St. Playground :
Labor
$6450 70
All other
15 50
$6466 20
Unclassified :
Water and Ice Supply :
Labor
$127 90
Material
17 97
Drinking fountain
300 00
Ice
563 95
Bubblers
39 06
$1048 88
Annual Reports
$597 52
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surance :
Schools
$881 38
Police Station
460 90
Liability
532 28
Fire Department
54 41
Library
95 40
Burglary Insurance
24 85
Alms House
115 00
Town Barn
26 70
Ambulance
22 50
$2213 42
Memorial Day :
G. A. R.
$200 00
S. W. V.
100 00
American Legion
150 00
$450 00
Band Concerts :
Music
$350 00
Ambulance :
Gas and oil
$73 10
Meals
23 95
Laundry
6 36
Supplies and all others
235 39
$324 80
Overpayment of 1923 Taxes
$4 95
1921 Tax Title overpayment $1 50
Carp Town Clock
$50 00
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Outstanding bills for 1923
$245 00 Game Warden
$100 00
Cemetery
Superintendent $250 00
Labor
2458 15
Teams
150 00
Loam
11 00
Shrubs, etc.
73 50
Tools
68 67
Water supply
4 00
Weed killer
57 75
All other
9 30
Total Cemetery $3081 37
Interest :
Temporary Loans : Anticipation of Revenue . .
$7431 99
General Loans :
Sewer
$2262 50
Highway
2472 75
School
8717 62
$13452 87
Total Interest
$20884 86
Debt :
Temporary Loans :
Anticipation of Revenue . . $250000 00
General Loans:
Sewer $2000 00
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Highway
7360 00
School $17050 00
$26410 00
Total Indebtedness
$276410 00
AGENCY
State tax
$21900 00
State Highway tax
678 50
Collected for County
17801 00
Auditing Municipal accounts. . 853 55
All other
27 96
41261 01
Trust Funds :
Sinking fund
$670 00
Cemetery Perpetual fund 26270 00
$26940 00
Total Agency
268201 01
Outlays :
Police Station :
Contract $14431 00
Extra labor
269 79
Furniture
981 90
Inspection
100 00
Electric wiring
472 89
Grading grounds
2000 00
All other
53 40
$18308 9>
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Taft Street Sewer :
Labor
$396 90
Pipes and material
327 68
$724 58
- Spring and Columbus St. Sewers:
Labor
$1189 80
Pipes and material
991 87
$2181 67
Henry Street Sidewalk :
Contract
$1198 58
Advertising
9 80
$1208 38
Cchasse Street Sidewalk :
Contract
$914 16
Advertising
7 00
$921 16
Oakes Avenue Sidewalk :
Contract
$1300 00
Concrete Roads:
Contract
$23519 31
Inspection 303 75
All others
140 65
$23783 71
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River Street School:
Contract
$37428 91
Architect
1191 59
Hardware
460 18
Boiler and radiation
1741 20
Electrical wiring
385 90
All other
11 60
$41219 38
Total payments
$814104 26
Cash on hand December 31. 1924
54.605 86
$568.10 12
VALMORE P. TETREAULT.
Accountant
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APPROPRIATIONS
Balance Jan 1.
Transferred to
Appropriations
Total Credit
Unexpended Bal.
Transferred to
Expenditures
Transferred
Total Debit
Bal. on hand
Dec. 1, 1934.
Moderator
$50.00
$50.00
$20.00
$30.00
$50.00
Selectmen
2,100.00
2,100.00
84.85
2,015.15
2,100.00
Accountant
1,700.00
1,700.00
47.99
1,652.01
1,700.00
Treasurer
1,600.00
1.600.00
49.34
1,550.66
1,600.00
Tax Collector
2,100.00
2,100.00
65.07
2,034.93
2,100.00
Assessors
4,500.00
4.500.00
217.70
4,282.30
4,500.00
Town Clerk
1,200.00
1,200.00
.79
1,199.21
1,200.00
Law
600.00
600.00
600.00
600.00
Election and Registration
$954.78
2,700.00
3,654.78
3,654.78
3,654.78
Town Hall
350.50
3,500.00
3,850.50
19.84
3,830.66
3,850.50
Police Department
29,200.00
29,200.00
.95
29,199.05
Fire Department
650.00
26,318.50
26,968.50
14.99
26,953.51
29,200.00 26,968.50
Sealer
of Weights
and
Measures
1,000.00
1,000.00
44.00
956.00
1,000.00
Forest Fires
800.00
800.00
112.55
687.45
800.00
Moth Department
300.00
300.00
600.00
38.00
562.00
600.00
Tree Warden
1,000.00
1,000.00
6.39
993.61
1,000.00
Engineering Department
5,500.00
5,500.00
58.97
5,441.03
5,500.00
Damage
to Persons
and
500.00
500.00
13.70
486.30
500.00
Board of Health
9,750.00
9,750.00
1,116.86
8,633.14
9,750.00
Sewer Maintenance
15.47
3,000.00
3,015.47
3,015.47
3,015.47
General Cleaning
400.00
6,400.00
6,800.00
8.58
6,791.42
6,800.00
Bridges
13,00.00
1,300.00
309.62
990.38
1,300.00
Highways
200.00
15,000.00
15,200.00
.43
15,199.57
15,200.00
Sidewalk Repairs
5,000.00
5.000.00
37.00
4,963.00
5,000.00
Maintenance of
Permanent
12,000.00
12,000.00
14.89
11,985.11
12,000.00
Railings
500.00
500.00
129.02
370.98
500.00
Street Lights
14,275.00
14,275.00
167.02
14,107.98
14,275.00
East Road
400.00
400.00
22.95
377.05
400.00
Oiling Streets
2,000.00
2,000.00
4.10
1,995.90
2,000.00
Outside Poor
8,500.00
20,000.00
28,500.00
1.65
28,498.35
28,500.00
Mothers' Aid
7,000.00
7,000.00
.49
6,999.51
7,000.00
Almshouse
6,000.00
6,000.00
1.66
5,998.34
6,000.00
Soldiers' Rolief
2,700.00
2,700.00
110.34
2,589.66
2,700.00
Military Aid
565.00
565.00
565.00
565.00
State Aid
582.00
582.00
582.00
582.00
Library
7,800.00
7,800.00
1.21
7,798.79 134,550.00
7,800.00
School
134,550.00 134,550.00
Mynott Fund
$47.29
45.50
92.79
85.10
134,550.00 92.79
$7.69
Water and Ice Supply
298.88
750.00
1,048.88
1,048.88
1,048.88
Insurance
2,500.00
2,500.00
226.58
2,273.42
2,500.00
Ambulance
500.00
500.00
175.20
324.80
500.00
Town Reports
597.52
597.52
597.52
597.52
1923 Outstanding
245.90
245.90
245.90
245.90
Memorial Day
450.00
450.00
450.00
450.00
Play Grounds
2,500.00
2,500.00
321.08
2,178.92
2,500.00
Band Concerts
350.00
350.00
350.00
350.00
Town Clock
50.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
Game Warden
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
Cemetery
1,404.14
1,700.00
3,104.14
22.77
3,081.37
3,104.14
Interest
884.86
20.000.00
20,884.86
20,884.86
20.884.86
Maturing Debts
26,410.00
26,410.00
26,410.00
26,410.00
Police Station
16,427.09
2,000.00
18,427.09
118.11
18,308.98
18,427.09
Taft Street Sewer
724.58
724.58
724.58
724.58
Dresser St. Play Ground
6,500.00
6.500.00
14.80
6,485.20
6,500.00
Spring and Columbus Street Sewers
2,181.67
2,181.67
2.181.67
2,181.67
Henry St. Sidewalk
1,386.00
1,386.00
177.62
1,208.38
1,386.00
Concrete Roads of 1924
24.580.00
24,580.00
592.22
23,987.78
24,580.00
Cohasse St. Sidewalk
924.00
924.00
2.84
921.16
924.00
Oakes Ave. Sidewalk
1,300.00
1,300.00
1,300.00
1,300.00
Eastford St. Grading
450.00
450.00
450.00
450.00
Lebanon Brook
12.66
12.66
12.66
12.66
North Woodstock Road
50.14
50.14
50.14
50.14
River St. School
8,819.59
400.00
32,000.00
41,219.59
41,219.38
41,219.59 .21
VALMORE P. TETREAULT,
Accountant
Roads
Property
1924
Revenue
From
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TOWN OF SOUTHBRIDGE BALANCE SHEET December 31, 1924 REVENUE ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
Cash
$54605 65
Accounts Receivable
Taxes :
Levy of 1922 $224 96
Levy of 1923 9548 86
Levy of 1924
44230 32
$54004 14 $740 29
Tax Title
Special Assessments :
Sidewalk
$1674 23
Unapportioned Sewer
2257 12
Apportioned Sewer 48 82
Apportioned Sewer 1924 10
1927 .. 1358 42
$5338 59
LIABILITIES
Loans, Anticipation of Taxes. $60000 00 Reserve Fund 1980 01
Tax Title Revenue 740 29
Sidewalk Assessment Revenue 1674 23
Sewer Assessment Revenue ... 2147 64
Departmental Revenue 8295 30
Tailings 272 54
Surplus War Bonus Fund. . 7778 99
Mary Mynott Fund 7 69
Eastford Street Grading
450 00
$83346 69
Overlays Reserved for Abate- ments :
Levy of 1922 $889 53
Levy of 1923
732 89
Committed Interest : Sewer Assessments
$2 44
Departmental :
$5140 65
Apportioned Sewer :
Due 1924 $627 64
Due 1925
627 63
Ambulance
324 00
Due 1926
85 01
Due 1927
18 14
Highway
28 00
Poor Department
5204 68
School
1333 12
$1358 42
Excess and Deficiency
...
$33140 65
$8295 30
$122986 41
$122986 41
NON REVENUE ACCOUNTS
Cash
$ 21 |
River Street School
$ 21
INDEBTEDNESS
Sinking Funds . $42535 66 Net Bonded Debt 277784 34
Funded Debt
$50000 00
Serial Debt .
270320 00
$320320 00
$320320 00
Levy of 1924
3518 23
State Aid (From State) ... $582 00
Military Aid (From State) 282 50
Town Hall
75 00
.
Cemetery
466 00
TRUST FUNDS
C'ash and Securities
$61154 11
Mary Mynott Fund
$1000 00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund
58759 30
Boyer Trust Fund .
261 07
- Jesse J. Angell Fund
1133 74
$61154 11
$61154 11
VALMORE P. TETREAULT. Accountaut
REPORT OF SELECTMEN
To the Voters of Southbridge :
The Board of Selectmen submit for your approval their report for the year ending December 31. 1924.
The members met and organized as follows :
Wilfrid JJ. Lamoureux, Chairman. Frank A. Sansoney. Clerk. G. William Laughnane.
The business of the board for the past year has been somewhat out of the ordinary. they had several matters of importance come be- fore them which were treated with greatest care and diplomacy; at all times the interests of the tax payer were uppermost and your Selectmen have always endeavored to get the most they could for the money expended.
The increase in rates of the New England Telephone & Tele- graph Co .. and as it relates to the increase for police signals awaits the results of decisions of the Public Utilities Commission and bills before the legislature.
The Police station was completed with a spacious court room from which the Selectmen secured a very good rental price. It also contains a first aid room. rest room. and is in every way up to date.
The motor cycle officers added to the force this year have proven a success and the efficiency of the department as a whole is good.
The Committee on Police station have not completed the grounds
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but with a small appropriation they will add to the already existing splendor of the surroundings.
The completion and opening of the new River Street School Building is a relief for the congestion that existed and is certainly approved and appreciated by the residents of that district.
The cement roads built on River. North. Foster and Hook streets were a resumption of permanent road building and filled a long felt want in the sections covered, and the Board would recom- mend the completion of the River Street from Mill to Walcott and the continuation of Main Street cement road from South street to Hamilton street over the Main street hill. We also believe that the town should build a stretch of permanent road on the outskirts of the town this year, either by finishing the North Woodstock Road to the Connecticut line, or making improvements on Eastford Road and Lebannon Hill Road.
The establishment of the Engineering Department proved to be a very wise move and as the report that follows from that depart- ment will show. it is not only a great money saver but will fill a long felt need and can be highly commended. We believe that the high- way department should be under the supervision of the Engineering Department. as an engineer has the technical knowledge and general- ly is conversant with or has had charge of road construction. With- out a vote of the town this is impossible unless the voters see to it that the same man is elected Highway Surveyor and appointed Engineer.
At a special meeting held in December the Selectmen were au- thorized to sell the old River Street School Building. This was sold at public auction. the town receiving $600.00 for same.
New rules governing the parking of motor vehicles on the street were adopted during the year. These regulations were not put in
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effect until we gave the public a hearing. Although these rules may not meet with the approval of all, yet we believe they will in time bring about the desired point, which is the protection of the general public.
The street signs that were erected in 1912 are badly mutilated or destroyed. We recommend that an allowance be put into the appropriation of the Engineering Department for this work.
The Town Hall Building must in the near future have repairs that will require a larger appropriation. The brick work on the front of the building should be repaired this year, also the swinging doors and stained glass windows. as this building was built over thirty years ago it will from now require constant repairing.
Our Fire Department deserves its usual credit and the Board is in full accord with the chief in his demand for a smaller pump. for it will add to the already existing efficiency, and prove to be an economy.
We believe that Municipal Governments should always be on their guard, and not go beyond their real needs or their ability to pay. The urgent need of to-day is a reduction in the tax load and a check on the increase of debt. A community without debt is what your Board of Selectmen wishes and is our aim. It can be done and should be done, and the only way to attain that goal is by fol- lowing the pay-as-you-go policy which has been put into effect the last year.
Respectfully submitted,
WILFRID J. LAMOUREUX, FRANK A. SANSOUCY, G. WILLIAM LAUGHNANE,
Selectmen.
REPORT OF TOWN ENGINEER
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
The Engineering Department. in making its first annual re- port. includes an inventory of equipment, outline of work done dur- ing the past year and recommendations or suggestions for civie im- provement.
During the past year the most important work was the investi- gation of the Sewage Disposal Works. A report of this investiga- tion was made to the board of Sewer Commissioners on July 7, 1924.
The preliminary plans and specifications for the construction of Concrete Pavements on North, Hook and River Streets were pre- pared. After due advertising of the proposed work, bids were re- ceived by your Board on July 7, 1924. J. A. Genereux being the low bidder and, having furnished a satisfactory surety bond, was ¿ warded the contract. Under our supervision the work was started a few days after the award and prosecuted to a successful comple- tion about September 15, 1924.
Plans and specifications for the construction of sidewalks on Henry and Cohasse Streets and Oakes Avenue were prepared. The work was advertised and at a public letting the contract was given to Aime Langevin. Work was started immediately, under our in- spection and completed in due time. The work on Henry Street was completed with a fair balance on hand. Cohasse Street walk was built with a narrow strip of parking between the sidewalk and the curb. This was not the usual method, but I deemed it advisable, inasmuch as, several shade trees were saved. When the appropria- tion for Oakes Avenue was made, there were a number of difficul- ties which were not taken into consideration and the amount proved
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inadequate. Work was started at the Main Street end of the Avenue and completed to the top of the hill. About 435 lineal feet of walk remain to complete the work to South Street.
Preliminary plans and specifications were prepared for the . Park Commissioners covering work to be done on the Dresser Street Playgrounds. The contract for the work was awarded to F. X. Laliberte & Son.
Plans, profiles and grades were furnished the Board of Sewer Commissioners for the construction of sewer lines on Taft and Spring Streets and Columbus Avenue, also for a line along a private street extending westerly from Elm Street. Plans and profiles of these sewers were also prepared for the purpose of recording them with Worcester District, Registry of Deeds, Worcester. Mass. Pro- perty owners were listed with their respective assessments for your Board.
Grading plans were prepared for the special Committee on Police Grounds. The work was awarded F. X. Laliberte & Son, aud was done under our supervision.
During the year we have received a very large number of re- quests for street line locations. These requests come, not only from local property owners, but from the Public Utilities Companies do- ing business in Southbridge. It was impossible to meet the demands which came late in the season because of the frost. We seldom found bounds as indicated and generally we were compelled to dig from six to fourteen inches before we were convinced of their absence. Time which might have been spent on other work was given to the unsatisfactory task of trying to satisfy abutters, who had assumed that certain points marked the Street line. Usually we found no two bounds in the same line. These experiences lead me to suggest that the Town adopt a standard bound with the letters S. H. (South- bridge Highway) cut in the top.
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A start has been made toward compiling an accurate map of the Town.
Up to this time only one copy of a description of streets, as ac- opted by the Town, has been recorded and kept on file with the Town Clerk. We have made another attested copy of these records o be filed in this office. This street record book made up of loose eaf page- will be kept up to date.
It seems hardly necessary to report the re-numbering of the streets because of the publicity the matter received from the news- papers. This publicity was not unappreciated by us, since it kept he property owners informed of the progress of the work, and there- oy enabled us to place the numbers without loss of time. In order o make a complete success of the work it seemed advisable to place he numbers ourselves and further, to give these numbers, without ost. to the property owners. The cost of these polished ahiminin numerals, of course, came from this department's appropriation. It s to be hoped that the system of numbering now adopted be followed n detail. In order to do this I think it would be advisable to assign number to cach building permit when issued from your office. This can be done by reference to the street numbering plans now on ile in our office.
In making the following recommendations I would call to your attention, that they are offered as suggestions primarily. This of- ice does not expect that they will be accepted entirely. However, ince they make for civic improvement it may not come amiss to mention them.
Therefore I suggest :
1. A concrete pavement on Main Street, starting at its junction with South Street, and extending westerly to Hamilton Street. Con- tructed full width, with a curb on the southerly side.
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2. A concrete pavement on River Street, from the end of th present pavement to the pavement on Pleasant Street.
3. An 8-inch sewer main on Eastford Road, beginning at tl manhole just northerly of the Hyde Mfg. Co. building and extendin southerly for a distance of about 1780 lineal feet.
4. A concrete retaining wall on the westerly side of Woreeste Street at its junction with Charlton Street.
5. A concrete curb around the small triangular plot of land : the junction of Central, Foster and Hook Streets. Should be grade and seeded.
6. Rebuild the walk on the northerly side of Hamilton Stree adjoining the plot of ground occupied by the Spanish War Veteran Memorial. Thereby eliminating the dangerous step at that poin
7. A concrete sidewalk on the easterly side of Marcy Stre from Dresser Street to Hartwell Street.
8. A concrete sidewalk on the southerly side of Hartwell Stree from Eastford Road to Prospect Street.
9. A concrete sidewalk on the westerly side of East Main Stre from a point opposite the entrance to the Lensdale Works of the 2 O. Co., to Fort Sumpter Road.
10. A concrete curb and gutter on the easterly side of Hig Street from Main Street to South Street.
11. A concrete curb and gutter on Sayles Street from Sout Street to Glover Street.
12. A concrete curb and gutter on Glover Street from Sayl. Street and extending southwesterly about 1500 lineal feet.
13. A concrete curb and gutter on Everett Street from Ma Street to Park Street.
14. A concrete curb and gutter on the westerly side of Cooml
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treet from Main Street to Oak Ridge Cemetery.
15. Regrade Goddard Court from Main Street to Dupaul Street.
16. A concrete sidewalk on Charlton Street from Evergreen Avenue to Harrington Street on the westerly side.
17. That streets be not accepted by the Town unless they are worked to their full width, that width being at least 40 feet, and tone bounds set in the ground to define their exact locations.
Respectfully submitted. THOMAS F. McGOVERN. Town Engineer.
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REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEERS
The Board of Fire Engineers report for year ending December 31st, 1924 will show the names of members of the department, inven- tory. number of fires we responded to. value of property endangered where losses occurred. etc. Dates and location of fires, recommenda- tions we believe necessary for the ensuing year. Balance from last $1499.
NUMBER OF ALARMS
We responded to 229 alarms, 218 Stills and 11 Whistles.
VALUE OF PROPERTY LOSS, ETC.
Value of Buildings $254,100 00
Loss on Buildings 29.639 30
Insurance on Buildings 171.600 00
Insurance Paid on Buildings
25.439 42
Value of Contents 186,840 00
Loss on Contents
24.456 00
Insurance on Contents
162.990 00
Insurance Paid on Contents 16.386 15
DATE AND LOCATION OF FIRES
January 8th-Still alarm at 2:55 p. m. Garage South Street. owned by Karl Hagen. Cause, overheated furnace. No insurance.
January 27th-Box 26 at 12:30 p. m. Dwelling house at 38 Pleasant Street owned by Christopher Powers. Cause, overheated stove pipe. Insured.
February 17th-Still alarm at 3:45 p. m. Tenement house. 104 Mechanic Street owned by Paul Lataille. Cause, spontaneous com . bustion. Insured.
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March 6th-Still alarm at 4:00 a. m. Hotel. Main Street owned by F. F. Murphy. Cause. gas explosion. Insured.
April 1st -- Still alarm at 3:30 p. m. Dwelling, Snow Street, owned by Louis Lapointe. Cause. children playing with matches. Insured.
April 2nd-Box 26 at 1:22 a. m. Bowling alley, 4 Wall Street. owned by Pierre Laudette. Cause, overheated furnace. Insured.
April 5th -- Still alarm at 9:55 a. m. Dwelling, Summer Dis- triet owned by Ovide Proulx. Cause, defective chimney. Insured.
April 12th-Box 27 at 8:30 p. m. Dwelling, 6 Water Street owned by Leon Harwood. Cause, cigarette. Insured.
April 14th-Box 26 at 1:40 a. m. Tenement house, 44 Pleasant Street owned by Albert Poulin. Cause. defective wiring. Insured.
April 24th -- Still alarms at 7:50 a. m. Store and tenement, Central Street owned by Mrs. Nelson Gewais. Cause. defective wir- ing. Insured.
June 17th-Box 43 at 3:22 p. m. Store house. Sandersdale. owned by Southbridge Printing Co. Cause, spontaneous combustion. Insured.
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July 3rd-Box 27 at 3.22 p. m. Store and tenement, 33 South Street, owned by Martin and Benoit. Cause. children playing with fire crackers. Insured.
August 13th-Box 42 at 8:48 a. m. Dwelling, Golf Street, owned by Whatislow Zajac. Cause, kerosene stove. Insured.
October 10th-Still alarm at 12:20 p. m. Tenement house, Bal-
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ard Court. owned by Hamilton Woolen Co. Cause, sparks from chimney. Insured.
November 8th-Box 47 at 7:40 p. m. Tenement house, corner Charlton and Worcester Streets, owned by Albert Vinton. Cause kerosene lamp explosion. Insured.
November 17th-Box 61 at 10:40 a. in. Factory, Mill Street, owned by the Hamilton Woolen Co. Cause. overheated boiler. Insured.
November 28th-Box 34 at 4:15 p. m. Dwelling, Ammidown district, owned by Alfred Couette. Cause, overheated chimney. Insured.
December 19th-Still alarm at 6:45 a. m. Stores and offices, 105 Main Street, owned by the Edwards Estate. Cause, kettle of grease boiling over. Insured.
December 27th-Box 41 at 5:25 p. m. Dwelling, 30 Main Street owned by Z. J. Lepage. Cause, children playing with matches. Insured.
In submitting our report for this year we wish to emphasize the necessity of a pump. As stated in our report last year the depart ment is greatly handicapped when called to a fire in the out-lying districts where we find it very hard to locate. And again the ele- ment of accident is always with us. Should one happen we would be delayed, and delays in the fire fighting business are very danger- ous. When it is realized a fire is liable to break out at any time, it is important that the department should be fully equipped.
We recommend the appointment of another permanent man. Since the ambulance department has been turned over to us it re- quires the attention of a man most of the time.
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We also recommend the purchase of ten new hydrants. Some parts of the town, are practically without hydrant service and should be protected.
We recommend an appropriation of $26.970.00.
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