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Truck hire 2921 88
Oil and gas
167 02
One Ford truck
800 00
All others
131 86
$9633 00
Snow and Ice :
Labor
$2782 00
Teams
802 88
Truck hire
141 25
$3726 13
Sidewalk Repairs
Labor $2416 61
Teams
584 06
Materials
1956 65
Tools and equipment
518 09
$5475 41
Permanent Roads
Labor $3024 52
Teams
971 26
Truck hire 515 63
Tarvia 2004 38
Equipment and repairs 404 62
Gas and supply 136 89
Materials 2677 80
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Coal for steam roller
83 01
All others 5 50
$9861 61
- Railings
Labor
$247 60
Materials
165 52
Tool repairs
10 25
$423 37
Oiling streets
Contract $1939 30
Total Highways $32876 52
Street lights :
Contract $13975 98
CHARITIES
General Administration :
Salaries $700 00
Clerk hire 294 00
Printing, stationery and postage 43 35
Telephone
92 00
All others
123 25
$1252 60
Outside Poor :
Groceries $7337 07
Coal and wood 1352 95
Board and care 5956 48
Medicine and medical attendance 833 30
State institutions 530 29
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Rent
1222 75
Burials, Nothing & all others . . 502 13
$17734 97
Relief by Cities and Towns:
Cities
463 87
Towns
509 22
$972 09
Mothers' Aid :
By Town
$5558 60
Other Cities and Towns
525 00
$6033 60
Almshouse :
Superintendent $1800 00
Groceries and provisions 1872 66
Dry goods and clothing 243 72
Buildings 370 71
Fuel and lights
1105 33
Hay and grain
116 96
Gasoline and oil
99 41
All others
278 32
$5887 11
Total Charities $31931 37
Soldiers' Benefit
State aid
$798 00
Military aid 437 50
Soldiers burials
60 00
$1295 50
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Soldiers' Relief
Fuel
$338 15
Groceries and provisions 370 00
Cash and rent
1335 65
Medicine & medical attendance
219 35
$2263 15
Total Soldiers' Benefit
.
$3558 65
SCHOOLS
Administration :
Salary of Superintendent. . $3500 00
Compensation and insurance . . 128 16
Truant Officer 264 91
Stationery, printing and postage 240 12
Telephone 206 56
Traveling expenses 110 96
School censors 52 52
Auto hire
297 00
Clerk hire 720 00
All others
106 14
$5626 37
Teachers' Salary :
High $13011 00
Elementary 50954 60
Evening 2209 00
Americanization 1150 00
Continuation 6776 00
Vocational
12286 82
$86387 42
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Text Books and Supplies :
High :
Books
$777 41
All other school supplies 666 14
$1443 55
Elementary :
Books $2478 39
All other school supplies 1611 83
$4090 12
Evening :
Books
$51 65
All other school supplies 44 89
$96 54
Continuation :
Books $126 35
All other school supplies 365 80
$492 15
Vocational :
Books
$105 27
All other school supplies
371 18
$176 45
Tuition :
Elementary
$414 88
Transportation :
Elementary $1646 80
Janitor Services :
High
$1832 59
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'Elementary
3875 01
$5707 60
Fuel and Light:
High $1177 00
Elementary
$4200 29
$5377 29
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds:
High :
Repairs
$1248 35
Janitor supplies
111 15
All others
455 88
$1815 38
Elementary
Repairs .$1730 50
Janitor's supplies
135 13
All others
541 71
$2407 34
Continuation :
Repairs
$295 86
Supplies
811 73
$1107 59
Vocational :
Repairs $651 27
All others
1449 38
$2100 65
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Furniture and Furnishings :
High
$914 47
Elementary
1438 56
$2353 03
Diplomas and Graduation exer-
cises
$23 25
Miscellaneous printing
$190 44
All other School expenses
$35 40
Rent to Town Hall :
Vocational
$364 44
Continuation
235 56
$600 00
Total Schools $122391 35
LIBRARY
Salaries :
Librarian
$1500 00
Assistants 1386 73
Janitor
1300 00
$4186 73
Books, periodicals :
Books
$1079 53
Periodicals
55 25
$1134 78
Binding :
Books
$692 26
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Periodicals
3 45
$695 71
Fuel and Light :
Fuel
$671 50
Light
210 32
$881 82
Building :
Repairs
$60 16
Furniture and Furnishing 18 80
All others
96 00
$174 96
Other Expenses :
Stationery, printing and adver-
tising
$216 19
Telephone
35 00
$251 19
Mynott Fund Books
$5 00
Total Library $7330 19
PLAYGROUNDS AND BATH HOUSES
Instructors
$1317 99
Labor
72 43
Supplies and apparatus
625 13
Sand
60 00
Automobile hire
55 00
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Repairs
321 75
All others
111 44
$2563 74
UNCLASSIFIED
Ambulance :
Meals
$28 40
Gas and oil
122 35
Supplies
125 63
Laundry
3 94
Repairs
105 44
$385 74
Annual Reports
$612 88
1922 Oustanding bills
$370 89
Hiker Memorial :
Monument
$4285 38
Automobile hire
78 00
Grading of lot and. curve
225 00
Printing
83 78
Decorations
130 99
Meals
263 63
Music
245 00
Labor
52 00
All others
82 25
$5446 03
Band Concerts :
Music
$350 00
Coporation Taxes paid to state
$8 14
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1922 Taxes and overpayment $5 00
Memorial Day :
G. A. R.
$200 00
100 00
S. W. A. American Legion
150 00
$450 00
Care of Town Clock
$50 00
Beacon Lights :
Beacons
$613 46
Water and ice supply :
Labor
$28 65
Drinking fountains
300 00
Ice
363 80
Repairs
18 04
Bubblers
18 00
$728 49
Insurance :
Schools
$2555 52
Town Hall
423 79
Liability
532 54
Library
230 00
Boilers
103 27
Almshouse
189 22
Fire department
156 88
Police station
148 50
Ambulance
27 50
Burglar Insurance
24 85
$4392 07
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Cemetery :
Superintendent
$250 00
Teams
125 00
Labor
2340 53
$2715 53
Other expenses :
Shrubs, etc. $152 83
Markers
68 70
Tools
36 59
Water supply
6 00
All others
16 51
$280 63
Total Cemetery $2996 16
INTEREST
Temporary Loans :
Anticipation of Revenue
$6054 55
General Loans :
Sewers
$2345 00
Highway 2911 32
Schools
8066 75
$13323 07
Total Interest
$19377 62
DEBT
Temporary Loans :
Anticipation of revenue
$290000 00
General Loans :
Sewers
$2000 00
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Highway
9260 00
Schools 12600 00
Total Indebtedness
$313860 00:
AGENCY
State and non-resident bank
$39487 21
Collected for County
15929 00
Auditing Municipal accounts 534 31
State highway tax
344 33
$56294 95
Sinking Fund :
Interest deposited
$640 00
Cemetery perpetual fund 1935 00
$2575 00
Total Agency 1
$58869 95:
OUTLAYS
Dresser St. Playground :
Labor, contract
$1607 75
Pipes
424 67
Labor
461 44
All others
6 00
Main St. Sidewalk :
Survey
$103 50
Contract
2376 00
Expense in joints and curb box 208 95
$2499 86
$23860 00
tax
45
Land damage
4303 93
All others 7 62
$7000 00
Pine St. Sidewalks:
Contract
$1950 00
Goddard St. Sidewalk :
Labor
$428 00
Teams
52 50
Materials
424 30
Survey
18 00
All others
14 00
$936 80
Dental Clinics :
Equipment
$1001 74
Supplies
49 41
Dentists' salary
144 00
All others
4 63
$1199 78
Police Station Building :
Contract
$19884 00
Extra labor
185 31
All others
3 60
20072 91
Vocational School Building : .
Architects
$2313 92
Contract
56533 61
Grading
8790 00
46
Inspections 1920 00
New equipment 2664 21
Extra Labor
370 92
Furniture
265 50
All others
221 56
Total Vocational School Building ..... $73079 72
Police Station Plan
Taxi $8 00
River St. School :
Architect
$1157 76
Labor
22 65
$1180 41
West St. Sewer
Plans
$10 50
Labor
75 40
Contract
546 00
Pipes and manhole
95 67
$727 57
Dupaul, Franklin and Curtis Sts. Sewers
Plans
$25 00
Labor
205 20
Pipes and manholes
391 24
Contract
1900 00
$2521 44
Oliver St. Sewer
Plans 25 00
Labor
! 76 55
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Pipes 216 10
Contract
690 65
All others
10 00
$1018 30
Gardner St. Sewer:
Labor
$49 50
Manhole and Pipes
308 17
Contract
360 00
All others
5 00
$722 67
Total Payments
$827827 60
Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1923
$12638 14
$840465 74
OUTSTANDING BILLS
The following are the outstanding bills as of December 31, 1923. which the department heads have expended in excess of their appropriations :
Schools, 1922 and 1923 $36 23
Highway
209 67
$245 90
VALMORE P. TETREAULT, .
Accountant.
APPROPRIATIONS
Bal Jan. 1,
1923
Transferred to
Appropriations
Total Credit
Unxp. Bal.
Transferred
Expenditures
Transferred
Total Debit
Bal. on Hand Dec. 31, 1923
Moderator
. $50.00
$50.00
$20.00
$30.00
$50.00
Selectmen
2,500.00
2,500.00
521.91
1,978.09
2,500.00
Accountant
1,650.00
1,650.00
56.68
1,596.32.
1,650.00
Treasurer
1,650.00
1,650.00
11.56
1,638.44
1,650.00
Tax Collector
2,100.00
2,100.00
133.21
1,966.79
2,100.00
Assessors
4,200.00
4,200.00
191.30
4,008.70
4,200.00
Town Clerk
1,200.00
1,200.00
1.47
1,198.53
1,200.00
Law
600.00
600.00
600.00
600.00
Election and Registration
1,500.00
1,500.00
308.85
1,191.15
1,500.00
Town Hall
$600.00
3,000.00
3,600.00
423.00
3,595.77
3,600.00
Police Department
25,000.00
25,000.00
1.42
24,998.58
25,000.00
Fire Department
25,948.50
25,948.50
.07
25,948.43
25,948.50
Forest Fire
800.00
800.00
463.60
336.40
800.00
Tree Warden
300.00
300.00
216.00
84.00
300.00
Moth Extermination
600.00
600.00
600.00
600.00
Sealer of Weights and Meas.
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Damage to persons and property
500.00
500.00
325.00
175.00
500.00
Searching Parties
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
Board of Health
10,100.00
10,100.00
16.93
10,083.07
10,100.00
Sewer Maintenance
3,000.00
3,000.00
518.46
2,481.54
3,000.00
General Cleaning
6,400.00
6.400.00
30.74
6.309.26
6,400.00
Bridges
2,300.00
2,300.00
2,300.00
2,300.00
Highways
177.13
15,000.00
15.177.13
15,177.13
15,177.13
Sidewalk Repairs
5,500.00
5.500.00
24.59
5,477.41
5,500.00
Oiling Streets
2,000.00
2,000.00
60.70
1,939.30
2,000.00
Maintenance of Permanent
Roads
10,000.00
10,000.00
138.39
9,861.61
10,000.00
Railings
500.00
500.00
76.63
423.37
500.00
Street Lights
14,000.00
14,000.00
24.02
13,979.98
14,000.00
Outside Poor
20,000.00
20,000.00
53.34
19,946.66
20,000.00
Mothers' Aid
8,000.00
8,000.00
1,902.40
6,097.60
8,000.00
Almshouse
6,000.00
6,000.00
112.89
5,887.11
6,000.00
Soldiers' Relief
3,000.00
3,000.00
736.85
2,263.15
3,000.00
State Aid
798.00
798.00
798.00
798.00
Military Aid
137.50
300.00
437.50
437.50
437.50
Soldiers Burial
100.00
100.00
40.00
60.00
100.00
Schools
130.00 123,000.00
123,130.00
26.40 123,103.60
123,130.00
Library
25.19
7,300.00
7,325.19
7,325.19
Mynott Fund
20.31
52.29
5.00
52.27
$47.29
Insurance
397.35
4,000.00
4.397.35
5.28
4,392.07
4,397.35
Ambulance
500.00
500.00
114.26
385.74
500.00
Annual Reports
612.88
612.88
612.88
612.88
Band Concerts
350.00
350.00
350.00
350.00
Care of Town Clock
5.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
Memorial Day
450.00
450.00
450.00
450.00
Water and Ice Supply
750.00
750.00
21.51
728.49
750.00
Playgrounds
2,700.00
2,700.00
126.36
2,563.74
2,700.00
Beacon Lights
613.46
613.46
613.46
613.46
Police Station Plans
443.75
443.75
435.75
8.00
443.75
Hiker Memorial
5,500.00
5,500.00
53.97
5,446.03
5,500.00
Oliver Street Sewer
1,018.30
1,018.30
1,018.30
1,018.30
Pine Street Sidewalk
2,200.00
2,200.00
250.00
1,950.00
2,200.00
Main Street Sidewalk
7,000.00
7,000.00
7,000.00
7,000.00
Goddard Street Sidewalk
1,200.00
1,200.00
263.20
936.80
1,200.00
Dresser Street Playground
2,500.00
2,500.00
.14
2,499.86
2,500.00
1922 Outstanding Bills
370.89
370.89
370.89
370.89
Dental Clinic
1,200.00
1,200.00
.22
1,199.78
1,200.00
Vocational School Building.
57,587.64
15,500.00
75,077.64
7.92
73,079.72
73,087.64
Gardner Street Sewer
722.67
722.67
722.67
722.67
West Street Sewer
727.57
727.57
727.57
727.57
Dupual, Franklin and Curtis
2521.44
2,521.44
2,521.44
2,521.44
Cemetery
1,296.16
1,700.00
2,996.16
2,996.16
2,996.16
Interest
20,250.00
20,250.00
872.38
19,377.62
20,250.00
Maturing Debt
23,860.00
23,860.00
23,860.00
23,860.00
River Street School
10,000.00
32,000.00
42,000.00
1,180.41
40,819 59
Police Station
36,500.00
36,500.00
20,072.91
12.66
12.66
Lebanon Brook Bridge
12.66
12.66
50.14
50.14
North Woodstock Road
50.14
50.14
VALMORE P. TETREAULT,
Accountant.
1
.
to Revenue
from
16,427.09
Streets. Sewer
$31.98
TOWN OF SOUTHBRIDGE
BALANCE SHEET December 31, 1923 REVENUE ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
Cash
$12575 34
Accounts Receivable
Taxes :
Levy of 1921 $399 49
Levy of 1922. 11357 62
Levy of 1923. 53164 58
$64921 69 $23 68
Tax Titles $15530 74
Special Assessments:
Unapportioned Sewer Assess- ments $4059 15
Apportioned Sewers 1923 .. 208 20
Apportioned Sewers 1924 to 1927 1459 53
Overlays Reserved for Abate-
ments :
Levy of 1921. $113 13
Levy of 1922. 3588 73
Levy of 1923 2349 13
LIABILITY
Revenue Accounts :
State Assessment on Polls $42 00
Reserve Fund 2300 68
Tax Title Revenue 23 68
Sewer Assessment Revenue 5235 77
Departmental Revenue 7825 90
Tailing 102 71
$6050 99
$5726 88 1 River Street School $8819 59
Committed Interest : Sewer Assessments $35 80
From State:
State Aid
$798 00
Military Aid 218 75
Soldiers' Burial 60 00
Police Station 16427 09 Mary Mynott Fund 17 29
$25293 97
Apportioned Sewer:
Due 1924 $693 89
Due 1925 615 06
Due 1926
102 14
Due 1927
18 14
From Departments:
Town Hall $145 00
Ambulance
729 50
$1459 53
Excess and Deficiency
. .. . .
$42874 06
Highways 129 00
Poor Department
3858 78
Schools ..
1105 87
Cemetery
781 00
$6749 15
Cemetery Trust Fund
....
$100 00
$91209 29
$91209 29
NON REVENUE ACCOUNTS
Cash
$62 80 32000 00
Apportion Balances :
North Woodstock Road ....
50 14
Lebanon Brook Bridges ....
$12 66
Loans Authorized
$1076 75
River Street School 32000 00
$32062 80
$32062 80
INDEBTEDNESS
Sinking Funds $40783 64
Funded Debt $50000 00
Net Bonded Debt 273946 36
Serial Debt
264730 00
$311730 00
$314730 00
TRUST FUNDS
Cash and Securities
. . .
$31855 18
Mary Mynott Fund $1000 00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund 32515 93
Boyer Trust Fund 249 73
Jesse J. Angell Fund
1089 52
$34855 18
$34855 18
VALMORE P. TETREAULT, Accountant
REPORT OF SELECTMEN
The Board of Selectmen submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1923.
The year has been a very busy one and large undertakings have been begun and some completed.
The Vocational School Building at the corner of Main and Pine street has been completed and occupied on September 1, 1923 and stands a credit to the already fine set of buildings in that section. The River Street School Building is in process of con- struction and when completed will serve that section of the town for many years.
At the opening of the Vocational building the Main Street School Building was turned over to the Board of Selectmen, and now a modern Police Station. with an emergency room, and a court room is almost completed. This will give the town and county a building needed for many years for these departments. Due to increased traffic and especially to the increased number of auto- mobiles we believe as our Chief of Police Ulric Breault does that for safety and for maintenance of law and order especially on our high- ways, that we should have a motorcycle officer on the department. The efficiency of the department is very commendable and all that can be done to assist the chief and his officers to protect life and limb should be encouraged.
The Finance Committee last year thought it wise not to con- struct any new permament roads due to the fact that we were building school buildings, but the Board feels that we should again this year continue the good road work started a few years ago and would recommend that the town follow the recommendation of the Special Committee which has made a thorough survey of road conditions, rendering generously of their time and thought, with the result that this Committee has given the town a lengthy, yet
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comprehensive, intelligent and valuable report of the con- ditions of our highways as they now exist.
The contract with the Webster & Southbridge Gas & Electric Co., was renewed for ten more years, and although not able to obtain a very great reduction, still we were fortunate enough to get a small reduction on our arc lights on Main street and further more were pleased not to be obliged to stand any increase. With the termination of our contract with the Gas & Electric Co., came the discontinuance of the fire alarm whistle, but due to the cour- tesy and kindness of the American Optical Co., we were able to install the same at the Lensdale factory of that company, for which we are very thankful, and would at this time. in the name of the citizens of Southbridge thank the above named company for their kindness and generosity, for it was a great saving to our town.
We recommend the establishment of an Engineering Depart- ment for the town at the next annual meeting not only for econ- omy but that it would be a step in the right direction for the coming years.
We must again this year repeat what we said last year in our report about our Fire Department, and that is that it deserves great credit for its efficiency, and that the appointment of our Chief Joseph E. Ducheneau as Forest Warden is also to be highly com- mended.
The erection of the Camp Ponce Memorial is not only a credit to our dead heroes and those who are living, but also a great credit to our community.
We recommend that some action be taken to make the corner at Worcester and Charlton streets more safe for traffic, by in- stalling a beacon or taking away some of the hill on the inside of the curve so that drivers of motor cars can see people and machines approaching from the opposite direction.
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The aim of the Board is like in former years for efficiency. economy and lower taxes, and would remind our constituency that high taxation even if levied upon an economic basis, effects the prosperity of our community, because in its ultimate analysis the burden of all taxes rests only in part upon the individual prop- erty taxed. High taxation means a high price level and high cost of living.
W. J. LAMOUREUX. F. A. SANSOUCY. G. W. LAUGHNANE.
Selectmen.
REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEERS
In accordance with law and custom we submit the following re- port for the year ending December 31. 1923. With the names of members in the fire department. Inventory number of fires we re- sponded to. Value of property where losses occurred. Dates and location of fires, and recommendations we believe is for the best in- terest of the fire department. Our balance from 1923 was 7 cents.
ROLL CALL Joseph E. Ducheneau. Chief George W. Laughnane Louis Lamothe Willard J. Claflin John J. Hogan. Clerk
PERMANENT MEN
Henry Lavoie Govan J. Wright Oswald Meunier
George M. Lamothe
George M. Lavallee Ralph H. Lavers
HOSE CO. No. 1
Isadore Ducheneau. Capt.
Victor Tavernier
Henry Desaulniers. Lieut.
Trenon Lamothe
Alfred Langevin
Paul Fontaine
Arthur Durocher
Elizear Proulx
Michael Maloney ?
Henry Desourdv
Joseph Ford Archile Langevin, Substitute
Hermistas Belanger
HOOK AND LADDER CO. NO. 1
Joseph Lucier. Capt.
John B. Casavant, Lieut.
Leo Brodeur
Felix Lavalee
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Leandre Coutre
Phillias Dufault
Arthur Fontaine
Isacore Lafleche George Jolly Joseph Brouillett
HOSE CO. NO. 2
Paul Potvin. Capt.
Origene Paul
Louis E. Farland, Lieut.
Charles Rielly
Paul Degrenier
Telesphore Leduc
Frederick Lavalee
Napoleon Lavalee
Emile Lariviere
ELECTRICIAN James C. Sangren
INVENTORY
Fire Stations $65,000 00
Fire Fighting Apparatus 28,700 00
Fire Department Supplies 8,720 00
Gamewell Fire Alarm System 7.315 00
House Furniture and Furnishings
1.347 10
Miscellaneous 259 00
NUMBER OF ALARMS
We responded to 163 alarms. 20 Whistle and 143 Stills.
Value of Buildings $662,710 00
Loss on Buildings 32,487 50
Insurance on Buildings 218,300 00
Insurance Paid on Buildings
31,972 50
Value of Contents 440,451 00
Loss on Contents
22,501 80
Insurance on Contents
125,151 00
Insurance Paid on Contents
22,084 80
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DATES OF FIRES AND LOCATIONS
January 18th, 1923-Still alarm. 11:05 a. m. Dwelling. 51'Plimp- ton street. Owned by Pierre Benoit. Cause, thawing pipes. Insured.
January 24th-Still alarm, 7:20 a. m. Dwelling. 18 Glover street. Owned by Annable Allard. Cause. overheated stove. In- sured.
January 31st-Box 32, 8:55 a. m. Dwelling, 44 Hamilton street Owned by Zenon Martel. Cause, overheated furnace. Insured.
February 6-Still alarm. 8:45 p. m. Dwelling. 126 Hamilton street. Owned by Amadie Leblanc. Cause, chimney. Insured.
February 11-Box 32. 12:20 a. m. 60 Hamilton street. Store and dwelling. Owned by J. J. Delehanty. Cause, defective wiring Insured.
February 14-Still alarm. 3:03 p. m. Brick business block, 76 Main street. Owned by Eagles' Association. Cause, cigarette. Insured.
February 22-Still alarm, 7:15 a. m. Dwelling, 31 Chestnut street. Owned by Cheney Estate. Cause, chimney. Insured.
February 23-Still alarm, 3:15 p. m. Dwelling. 30 Charlton street. Owned by Felix Hamel. Cause, thawing pipes. Insured.
March 3-Box 26, 12:20 p. m. Dwelling, 40 Milk street. Owned by Fabien Brodeur. Cause, chimney. Insured.
March 20-Box 34, 5:15 p. m. Dwelling, 20 Central street. Owned by Cheney Estate. Cause, kerosene stove. Insured.
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March 29-Box 32, 7:40 a. m. Fruit store, 80 Hamilton street. Owned by Rose Simpson. Cause, overheated chimney. Insured.
March 31-Still alarm, 12:15 p. m. Dwelling, 24 Central street. Owned by John Halpin. Cause, overheated chimney. Insured.
April 5th-Box 46, 1:21 p. m. Dwelling, 212 Lens street. Owned by Joseph Therrien. Cause, unknown. Insured.
April 10th-Box 25, 10:55 p. m. Stores and dwelling, 144 Ham- ilton street. Owned by Noe Ethier. Cause, defective wiring. Insured.
April 14th-Still alarm, 2:58 p. m. Dwelling, 24 Plimpton street. Owned by Phillip Lamereaux. Cause, spark from chimney. Insured.
April 15th-Box 39, 12:15 p. m. Dwelling, 31 Hartwell street. Owned by Mrs. H. Cutting. Cause, spark from chimney. Insured.
June 17th-Box 47, 5:16 p. m. Bakery, 221/2 Worcester street. Owned by Edward Demais. Cause, overheated oven. Insured.
June 22d-Box 49, 5:40 a. m. Dwelling, Charlton street. Owned by William Caniere. Cause. spontaneous combustion. Insured.
June 26th -- Still alarm, 9:20 a. m. Dwelling. 32 Crystal street. Owned by James Tulligana. Cause, spontaneous combustion. Insured.
July 11th-Box 45, 1:28 p. m. Stores and dwelling, 61 Mechanic street. Owned by Ralph Robbins. Cause, cigarette. Insured.
July 20th-Box 52, 10:07 a. m. Dwelling, 42 Morris street. Owned by Union Brothers. Cause, boys playing with matches .. Insured.
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July 21st-Still alarm, 12:30 p. m. Dwelling, brick row. Owned by Hamilton Woolen Co. Cause, kerosene stove. Insured.
July 29th-Box 71, 3:16 a. m. Boiler house off Mechanic street Owned by American Optical Co. Cause, unknown. Insured.
August 7th-Box 34, 11:21 p. m. Stores and tenements. Owned by Ernest Gay. Cause, cigarette. Insured.
August 7th-Box 34, 11:21 p. m. Stable off Central street. Owned by Mary Thimbliss. Cause, cigarette. Insured.
August 24th-Box 29. 6:22 p. m. Barn, Fiske street. Owned by Austard Asselin. Cause, boys playing with matches.
October 9th-Still alarm, 10:20 a. m. Dwelling, corner Main and High streets. Owned by Hamilton Woolen Co. Cause, spark from furnace. Insured.
November 3rd-Box 45, 8:47 p. m. Store, Thomas street. Owned by Mrs. Alexis Donais. Cause. cigarette. Insured.
November 14th-Still alarm, 1:20 p. m. Store and dwelling, 60 Hamilton street. Owned by J. J. Delehanty. Cause, spark from blower. Insured.
November 21st-Still alarm. Dwelling, 47 Everett street. Owned by Alfred Peloquin. Cause, looking for gas leak with matches. Insured.
November 28th-Still alarm, 9:25 a. m. Dwelling, 25 Cross street. Owned by J. B. Proulx. Cause, defective chimney. Insured.
December 7th-Box 72, 9:50 a. m. Factory off East Main street. Owned by American Optical Co. Cause, spark from emery wheel igniting gasolene.
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December 12th-Box 34, 1:50 p. m. Barn, Clemence Hill. Owned by George Clemence. Cause, spontaneous combustion. Insured.
December 12th-Box 34, 1:50 p. m. Dwelling, Ciemence Hill. . Owned by George Clemence. Cause, sparks from barn. Insured.
December 18th-Still alarm. Store and dwelling, 16 Pine street. Owned by Pierre Allard. Cause, defective stove pipe. Insured.
December 31st-Still alarm, 1:30 a. m. Store and dwelling, 4 East Main street. Owned by Southern New England Railroad. Cause, spontaneous combustion. Insured.
In concluding our report for this year we say that our experi- ence in the past warrants us in recommending the purchase of a small Triple Combination Pump. This will fill a long felt want in the department as we are handicapped when called to fires in the out-lying districts where the water supply is limited, and where we have to go onto soft soil. Then. again, the danger of an accident or breaking parts is always with us and should anything happen that would put our big pump out of working order we would be at a great disadvantage, and perhaps regret we were not better pre- pared. We also recommend six or seven new hydrants. We realize the Town is growing and new buildings are constantly going up and. this supply must be kept up.
We recommend an appropriation of $25,906.00 for the ensuing year.
We thank the people of the Town for their loyal support. The firemen for their obedience and good work.
JOSEPH E. DUCHENEAU, Chief WILLARD J. CLAFLIN LOUIS LAMOTHE GEORGE W. LAUGHNANE JOHN J. HOGAN, Clerk
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REPORT OF CHIEF ENGINEER
Permits to keep and sell explosives and maintain garages. Fire Works
24
High Explosives
17
Maintain Garages 167
INSPECTIONS
Hotels and Boarding Houses 14
Tenement Houses
648
Garages
360
Ambulance calls
72
JOSEPH E. DUCHENEAU, Chief of Southbridge Fire Department.
INVENTORY OF SOUTHBRIDGE FIRE DEPARTMENT
Two Fire Stations $65000 00
Fire Apparatus 28700 00
Fire Department Supplies 8720 00
Gamewell Fire Alarm System
7315 00
House Furniture and Furnishings 1347 10
Extra Tools 259 00
$111341 10
REPORT OF FOREST FIRE WARDEN
INVENTORY OF SOUTHBRIDGE FOREST FIRE DEPARTMENT
- One Ford truck $700 00
Twenty three-gallon hand extinguishers 200 00
Six ten-gallon hand water pumps 30 00
Three ten-gallon water cans
Eighteen brooms 18 00
Fifteeen hoes
15 00
Six ten-quart pails 3 00
Fifteen bottles for extinguishers
1 50
Twenty two and one-half-gallon extinguishers
220 00
One set of tools
5 00
One thirty-two by four and one half tire 22 00
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