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TRUSTEES JACOB EDWARDS MEMORIAL LIBRARY
George Grant Fred E. Corbin
Louis O. Rieutord Henry Tetreault
For the Town
Francis L. Chapin (Deceased) John E. Page E. Benjamin Armstrong For the Fund
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CEMETERY COMMITTEE
Daniel T. Morrill
Wardwell M. Edwards
Clarence F. Morse
George H. Hartwell
Alva L. Hyde Seaver M. Rice
Term expires 1931 Term expires 1931 Term expires 1929
Term expires 1929
Term expires 1930 Term expires 1930
CONSTABLES
Ulric Brault Alfred Lariviere
Andrew M. Higgins Ovila Marten George H. Hartwell
Patrick Donnelly Marcus L. Dillaber
TAX COLLECTOR Leon J. Delage
PLANNING BOARD
Henry R. Dufault Joseph Metras Oswald Laliberte
George S. Potter Elmer Schumacher
SEWER COMMISSIONERS
Onesiphore Lapierre Omer Perron Pierre Benoit
Term expires 1931 Term expires 1929 Term expires 1930
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SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS Ubald A. Lariviere (Resigned Nov. 12, 1928)
Louis R. Metras Conrad E. Maynard
Term expires 1931 Term expires 1929 Term expires 1930
PARK COMMISSIONERS
George Silk William C. Lunan Hector M. LeClair
Term expires 1931 Term expires 1929 Term expires 1930
TREE WARDEN Albert E. L'Ecuyer
TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUND
Arthur O. Boyer (Deceased) Allan H. Faxon Raymond H. Favreau
APPOINTIVE OFFICERS
TOWN COUNSEL Louis O. Rieutord
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TOWN ENGINEER George A. Alley
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Fred E. Corbin
CARE OF TOWN CLOCK Marcus L. Dilaber
GAME WARDEN Alfred Lariviere
POUND KEEPER Joseph Payant
KEEPER OF LOCKUP
Ulric Brault Assistant, Louis Peloquin
JANITOR OF TOWN BUILDING Victor Gaumond
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TOWN ACCOUNTANT Valmore P. Tetreault
CATTLE INSPECTOR
William T. Pugh, V. S. (Died April, 1928) Williamı C. Van Tassell, V. S.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
G. Rudolphe Lariviere
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
S. D. Perry Joseph L. Berthiaume J. J. O'Shaughnessy Raymond H. Favreau, Clerk
MOTH SUPERINTENDENT
Albert E. L'Ecuyer
FIRE ENGINEERS
Joseph E. Ducheneau, Chief
Louis Lamothe William J. Fitzpatrick
George W. Laughnane J. William Claflin James C. Sangren, Superintendent of Fire Alarm
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FIRE WARDEN Joseph E. Ducheneau
DEPUTIES
Edward Bellerose George Clemence Joseph Mandville
William Le Blanc George W. Lavallee Antonio Boniface
FENCE VIEWERS
I. Raymond Apte Albert J. Mckinstry Charles Proulx, Jr.
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK
Mederic Duhamel
Raymond Dartt
Thomas Hughes
Solomon Labonte
A. J. Harwood
Joseph L. Berthiaume
Wardwell Edwards
Charles J. Brodeur Hector Demers
George Harris
Alfred Montigny
Everett M. Morse
Dewey Lariviere
George Simpson
George Alley
Eugene Walker
FIELD DRIVERS
Fred Donais
Ulric Brault Rudolphe Bibeau
Raymond Mckinstry
Clifford Mckinstry
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POLICE OFFICERS
Louis Meunier
Louis Peloquin
Miss Margaret Butler
Louis Hetu
Joseph Payant
Joseph Tremblay
Edward Carey
David Fox
Arthur Durocher
Alfred Marand
Joseph Dionne
John Nichols
Alfred Lafleche
Edward Grant
John King
Peter Graff
Henry Lavoie
Louis Dionne
Draper A. Story
Michael Prendergast
Justin Dentini
I. Raymond Apte Herve L'Homme
Peter Latour
A. J. Mckinstry
Oliver Houle
Dr. H. L. Peloquin
Victor Gaumond
H. W. Wilkinson
R. H. Lindsay
Herbert E. Michon
Earl Craig
John Farquhar Charles F. Rielly
Marten Shields
Eugene Blais
Adelbert Buchanan
John Pelletier
Aristide Asselin
Thomas Earls
George Duprey Henry Curboy George Bergmark E. Stanley Knowles Louis R. Metras Irving Mitchell Everett C. Freeman
Joseph J. Tully William Farquhar Zenas Henley
Eugene E. Beaudry
Benj. R. Newcomb
Zotique Letendre George A. Alley
Louis Bueci
Alfred Langevin J. H. Montigny Geo. W. Lavallee
Alpha Fontaine
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UNIFORMED POLICE FORCE Ulric Brault, Chief
Pierre Cormier
Arthur L. Murphy
Joseph Paquin
Felix Lusignan
Patrick Donnelley
Alfred Tetreault
Joseph Morin
Alfred Lariviere
John M. Beaudry
Martin Brennan
Carl Corriveau
John Miller
Ovila Martin
Ernest J. Fierro-Substitute
SOLDIERS' BURIAL OFFICERS
George W. Corey J. Arthur Genereux Wm. P. Lacroix
PUBLIC WEIGHERS
Raoul Thibeault
George N. Crane
George Alley
Thomas Hughes
Edward Jones
Clarence Morse
George Harris
Wardwell M. Edwards
Medric Duhamel
George Bergmark
Eugene Walker
Robert Christianson
George E. Morse
Stanley Cheney
C. Russell Morse
Irene Hughes
Adelard Laporte
Bazil J. Proulx, Jr.
Raymond Mckinstry
Herbert E. Ryan
Benj. R. Newcomb
David Hobson
John J. Hogan
Edmund Gilbreault
Osa Matte
Harold C. Fay
Raymond Dartt
Clifford Mckinstry
Alfred Mckinstry
ATTENDANCE OFFICER
Miss Margaret Butler
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REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER
For the year ending December 31. 1928
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1928 $57.815.67
Receipts for 1928 1.044,596.35
$1,102.412.02
Disbursements for 1928
1.045,829.38
Balance cash on hand Dec. 31, 1928 $56,582.64
RECONCILIATION, DECEMBER 31, 1928
Statement, Peoples
National Bank $20,315.06
Less checks outstanding
.
48.27
$20,266.79
Statement Southridge
National Bank
$41,317.02
Less checks outstanding
5,384.67
$35,932.35
Cash, received too late for deposit
December 31 383.50
Balance cash on hand Dec. 31, 1928 $56,582.64
F. A. BOUVIER, Treasurer.
NOTES AND BONDS
Due 1929
Denominated
When Made
Amount of Loan
Balance · Outstanding Dec. 31, 1928
$500.00
New High School
.1916
$7,000.00
$1,000.00
3,800.00
Main and Central Sts. Paving ...
. . 1920
38,000.00
7,600.00
2,200.00
Elm St. Paving
.1920
22,000.00
4,400.00
1,360.00
Main, North and Pleasant Sts ..
.. 1921
13,600.00
4,080.00
7,500.00
Vocational School Bonds ..
.1922
150,000.00
105,000.00
1,000.00
River St. School
.1924
7,000.00
3,000.00
10,000.00
Sewer Beds Extension
.1925
70,000,00
40,000.00
10,000.00
1926 Road Construction
1926
38,000.00
18,000.00
Amount inside Debt Limit
$183,080.00
Sewer Bonds Due 1930
1900
$20,000.00
$20,000.00
30,000.00
Sewer Bonds Due 1929
.1899
30,000.00
30,000.00
3,750.00
New High School
. . 1916
75,000.00
30,000.00
$70,110.00
Amount Outside Debt Limit $80,000.00
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Total Funded Debt
$263,080.00 Less Sinking Fund Security
50,000.00
Net Funded Debt, Dec. 31, 1928
$213,080.00
$100,000.00 Anticipation of Revenue Loan of 1928, Due April 2, 1929.
F. A. BOUVIER, Treasurer.
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SINKING FUND
Book No. Depository
Balance Dec. 31, 1928
Interest 1928
16257
Amherst Savings Bank
$1,609.17
$114.85
34032
Clinton Savings Bank
1,630.34
70.95
44901
Dedham Institution for Savs.
1,954.51
63.33
51856
Fitchburg Savings Bank
1,452.53
63.56
4443
Leicester Savings Bank
1,363.72
62.52
39639
Natick Five Cents Savs. Bank
1,132.54
49.26
29970
Salem Five Cents Savs. Bank
1,600.37
74.11
390502
Suffolk Savings Bank
1,604.36
69.82
21209
Southbridge Savings Bank .
5,947.35
272.86
4459
Southbridge National Bank ..
1,143.30
44.58
914
Southbridge Peoples Nat. Bank
5,707.55
222.69
42082
Ware Savings Bank
1,387.66
99.02
21481
Webster Five Cts. Savs. Bank
1,693.15
81.56
130170
Wor. Five Cts. Savs. Bank ...
1,398.38
60.84
50139
Worcester Peoples Savs. Bank
1,703.78
74.14
73989
Worcester Mechanics Savs. Bk.
1,291.47
55.21
239436
Worcester Co. Inst. for Savs.
1,536.74
70.45
94880
Worcester No. Savs. Inst. ...
339.09
16.42
Augusta, Me., Water District Bonds
16,000.00
640.00
$50,496.01
$2,206.17
Sinking Fund December 31, 1927
$48,289.84
Interest on Sinking Fund for 1928
2,206.17
Sinking Fund December 31, 1928
$50,496.01
F. A. BOUVIER, Treasurer.
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MARY MYNOTT FUND
Book
Balance Dec. 31, 1928
Interest
Balance
No.
1928 Dec. 31, 1928
9529
Southbridge Savings Bank
$1,000.00
$49.34
$1,000.00
BOYER FUND
31084 Southbridge Savings Bank
220.33
10.83
213.16
JESSE J. ANGELL FUND
3553 Southbridge Peoples National Bank .. 1,000.00 41.85
1,000.00
WORLD WAR MEMORIAL FUND
3676
Southbridge Savings Bank
4,161.69
205.10
4,366.79
5502 Southbridge Peoples
National Bank ..
4,403.86
178.79
4,582.65
Total
$8,565.55
$383.89
$8,949.44
ELLA M. COLE FUND
45612
Attleborough Sav- ings Bank
$1,000.00
$37.50
$1,000.00
176397
Charlestown Five Cents Savs. Bank
1,000.00
25.00
1,000.00
94985
Cambridge Savings Bank
1,000.00
37.50
1,000.00
Total
$3,000.00
$100.00
$3,000.00
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CEMETERY FUND
Book
Depository
Balance Dec. 31, 1928
1928 Interest
24902
Dedham Institution for Savs.
$1,000.00
$50.63
91607
Fitchburg Savings Bank
1,000.00
45.75
22841
Leominster Savings Bank
975.00
49.36
9849
Milibury Savings
1,500.00
50.62
32073
Natick Five Cents Savs. Bank
1,000.00
45.49
8465
Southbridge Savings Bank ...
6,934.25
269.22
378
Peoples National Bank, South- bridge
8,100.00
328.88
3592
Southbridge National Bank . .
2,989.68
121.37
153048
Springfield Inst. for Savings. .
2,000.00
91.01
1498
Salem Five Cents Savs. Bank
1,000.00
48.58
3791
Ware Savings Bank
1,000.00
50.62
11619
Webster Five Cents Savs. Bk.
1,500.00
50.83
55266
Worcester Peoples Savs. Bank
1,000.00
45.50
54964
Worcester Five Cents Savs. Bk.
1,000.00
45.50
47299
Worcester Mechanics Savs. Bk.
1,000.00
45.50
79028
Worcester Co. Inst. for Savs.
2,595.00
109.51
45792
Athol Savings Bank
2,000.00
89.58
91694
Cambridge Savings
2,000.00
89.58
170011
Charlestown Five Ct. Savs. Bk.
2,000.00
95.83
49264
Gardner Savings Bank
2,000.00
85.63
82904
Lynn Inst. for Savings.
2,000.00
97.92
30302
Newburyport Five Cents Sav- ings Bank
2,000.00
97.92
183325
New Bedford Five Cents Sav- ings Bank
2,000.00
91.25
29044
Winchendon Savings Bank . .
2,000.00
97.92
93327
Worcester No. Savings. Inst .. .
2,175.00
104.59
43927
Attleborough Savings Bank. .
2,000.00
95.83
No.
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Southbridge National Bank, Certificate of Deposit 10,000.00 450.00
$64,768.93 $2,844.42
Cemetery Fund December 31, 1927
$63,563.93
Added to Fund during 1928 1,205.00
Cemetery Fund, December 31, 1928
$64,768.93
F. A. BOUVIER, Treasurer.
SEWERS
Year of Assessment
For Collection
Outstanding
Dec. 31, 1927
Assessment 1928
Collected 1928
Added to Taxes
Appropriated
Abated 1928
Outstanding
Dec. 31, 1928
1922 Marcy St.
$206.91
$50.48
$156.43
1922 Hartwell St.
100.96
100.96
1926 Franklin St.
584.77
584.77
1926 Curtis St.
3,22.90
$322.90
1926 Gardner St.
205.17
$25.81
101.94
$77.42
1926 Eastford Rd.
676.56
300.00
150.00
226.56
1927 Main St.
306.32
306.32
1927 Goddard St.
202.27
202.27
1927 Park & Woodland . .
631.35
149.75
481.60
1928 Newell Ave. .
$1,838.51
1,838.51
1928 Worcester St. .
1,240.69
1240.69
$3,237.21
$3,079.20
$325.81
$755.40
$1,755.68
$77.42
$3,402.10
F. A. BOUVIER,
Treasurer.
1928
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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN
To the Citizens and Taxpayers of Southbridge :
The assessments on several parcels of property were re- duced this year by the Board of Assessors thus lowering the total valuation of the town, vet by rigid economy on the part of the Appropriation Committee and the voters at the Annual Meeting the tax rate remained the same as in 1927. This method of saving was also carried on through the year by the several boards elected and we again urge that especial attention be paid to all expenditures, voting only those that are absolutely necessary and on the basis of "pay-as-you-go" plan.
The Board this year did about the usual amount of re- pairs in the town hall building, some painting, rebuilding the coal bin with brick, also a new ceiling in the boiler room and other small repairs that always appear each year. We believe that the electric wiring will soon have to be over- hauled and some replaced. At the present time we are hav- ing a steel ceiling installed in the G. A. R. Hall, caused by falling plaster. We recommend the usual appropriation for this account.
The Selectmen, by vote of the town, purchased the prop- erty known as the Company Barn, situated on Mill Street from the Hamilton Woolen Company for the sum of $4800.00 We also sold at public auction the Town Barn property of Goddard Court to Onorato and Domenica Micheli for the sum of $4750.00. This transfer gives the town, especially the
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Highway Department, a largei barn, garage and land, which was badly needed on account of added equipment and sup- plies used in this department.
Through an agreement with the N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., a crossing over their tracks at Fort Sumpter at grade was established, until the completion of a new bridge and ap- proaches at this point. This seemed necessary for the safety of the public, as the bridge constructed by the S. N. E. R. R. Corp. is in a very unsafe condition. In co-ope. ation with the selectmen of Brimfield, Sturbridge, Dudley, Webster and other Blackstone Valley towns, a bill was presented to the State Legislature asking that the State relieve the several towns of the expense of the maintenance of these bridges and approaches; also the abolishment, if that occurs.
The Selectmen met a committee from the Insurance Agents Association of the town and have formulated a plan for a blanket policy of insurance covering all town property, and the contents of same. This we thought best, to insure an equitable adjustment in case of a fire, for we found all buildings not properly covered and many in which the con- tents were not insured at all.
The Selectmen reached an agreement with the Worces- ter Consolidated Street Railway Co., in relation to the tracks in certain streets not being used. The town agreed to assume all responsibility of removing the rails and restoring the streets to a proper condition. For doing this the Railway Company paid the town the sum of $4530.00. The disposi- tion of the other rails in the wood paving in Main and Me- chanic streets and those in the brick paving on Hamilton street from Main to Pine street is still under consideration.
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As the Post Office building was not completed this last Fall the sidewalk on Main and Everett Streets was not com- pleted. this work will go on in the spring and at this time we wish to recommend that the town construct in the south- erly half of Main Street from the wood paving easterly to Everett Street, a cement paving thus completing a needed improvement and in keeping with the fine new buildings in that section.
By vote of the town we caused to be constructed side- walks on Rose Street and Green and Columbus Avenues.
During the year examination was held by the State Civil Service Commission for the position of Sealer of Weights and Measures. From a list submitted we appointed Mr. G. Rudolphe Larivierre to that position.
Because of the death of Dr. William T. Puch, who had held the position of Animal Inspector for the last 16 years, we appointed Dr. William C. Van Tassell to that position.
Respectfully submitted,
ALFRED J. PELOQUIN, FRED E. HALL, WILFRID J. LAMOUREUX, Selectmen.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN ENGINEER
Feb. 8, 1929.
The Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Town of Southbridge,
Southbridge, Mass.
Gentlemen :-
The Engineering Department herewith submits its re- port for the period from March 29, 1928 to date, also its rec- ommendations for the coming year.
There has been but little new construction done this year. The Department has prepared plans and supervised the construction of sidewalks on Columbus and Green Ave- nues and Rose Street.
Progress has been made on the Town map, particularly in the sections where it is anticipated that improvements will be made on the town's system of storm water disposal.
The purchase of all the maps, plans, field books, etc., pertaining to the town from H. Amidon, we feel, was a good move as it places in our town records much valuable informa- tion which would have been difficult and costly to obtain.
Anticipating some public improvements for the coming year we have prepared plans and estimates for the construc- tion of a concrete highway on Main Street from the end of the 1926 construction at Oakes Avenue westerly to Hamilton
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Street. Also another section of concrete road on the southerly side of Main Street at the sites of the new Post-Office and the proposed Bank Building. These sections are on an im- portant street and this department recommends their con- _struction this year.
The residents of the Hillside section are deserving of a section of improved highway, and, in our opinion, an im- proved type pavement should be built on Hartwell Street from Elm southerly to Spring Street this year.
The department has spent considerable time in the pre- paration of plans for the disposal of storm water in the section included by Charlton, Worcester and Mechanic Streets and the area between Chapin Street and Oak Ridge Cemetery from Main to Cohassee and Caron Streets and desires to im- press upon your Board the urgency of doing this work.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE A. ALLEY, Engineer.
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REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEERS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
The Board of Fire Engineers respectfully submit their report for the year ending December 31st, 1928.
The report will show the names of the members of the fire department, inventory, number of fires that we responded to and the dates and locations of fires where loss was in- curred.
We recommend an appropriation of $38,754.00.
We responded to 188 still alarms and 30 whistles. Total 218.
VALUE OF PROPERTY, LOSS, ETC.
Value of buildings $406,800.00
Loss on buildings 31,161.67
Insurance on buildings 321,700.00
Insurance paid on buildings 31,161.67
Value of contents 103,110.00
Loss on contents
20.503.38
Insurance on contents 99,850.00
Insurance paid on contents
20.503.38
INVENTORY OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
Two fire stations $75,000.00
Fire Apparatus 35,200.00
Fire Department supplies 10,000.00
Gamewell fire alarm system 7,900.00
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FIRES WHERE LOSSES WERE INCURRED DURING THE YEAR 1928
January 3rd. Still alarm at 3.30 p. m. Tenement house at Miss Street, owned by Joseph Demers. Defective chim- ney. Insured.
March 1st. Box 46 at 9.18 a. m. Store and dwelling at 88 North Street, owned by Ettore Simonelle. Careless use of candle. Insured.
March 2nd. Still alarm at 9.30 a. m. Store and dwelling at 42 Pine Street owned by Pierre Allard. Sparks from chimney. Insured.
March 2nd. Box 32 at 6.55 p. m. Dwelling owned by Dr. Charles E. Simpson. Defective wiring. Insured.
March 15th. Box 34 at 2.35 p. m. Dwelling on Clemence Hill owned by George Clemence. Defective chimney. Insured.
March 15th. Box '47, 6.35 p. m. Tenement on Worcester Street owned by William Larochelle. Chimney. In- sured.
March 19th. Still alarm at 1.10 p. m. Tenement at 291 Me- chanic Street owned by Caroline Northrup. Defective wiring in radio. Insured.
March 22nd. Box 63 at 12.15 p. m. Dwelling at 54 Fiske Street owned by Ovila L'Heureaux. Overheated gas stove. Insured.
March 29th. Box 35 at 11.57 a. m. Dwelling at 89 Hamilton
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Street owned by Doctor Hector L. Peloquin. Kettle of fat boiling over. Insured.
April 1st. Box 42 at 7.05 a. m. Tenement at 41 Cross Street owned by Hamilton Woolen Company. Chimney fire. Insured.
April 1st. Still alarm at 10.10 a. m. Tenement at Morris Street owned by Rafael Michael. Sparks from chimney. Insured.
April 9th. Box 64 at 10.05 p. m. Store at 19 Walcott Street owned by John B. Proulx. Overheated gas stove. In- sured.
April 16th. Box 36 at 12.50 a. m. Tenement at 3 1-2 Twine- hurst Place owned by the American Optical Company. Electric iron left burning. Insured.
April 18th. Box 27 at 11.40 p. m. Dwelling at South and Sayles owned by Julian C. Gabree. Spontaneous com- bustion. Insured.
April 20th. Still alarm at 4.55 p. m. Tenement at Elm Street owned by August Bourdelais. Kettle of fat boil- ing over. Insured.
April 24th. Still aların at 7.15 a. m. Plumbing shop at 79 Elm Street owned by Joseph A. Allard. Careless use of cigarettes. Insured
May 12th. Still alarmı at 11.30 a. m. Tenement at Dean Street owned by Peter Themistocle. Children playing with matches. Insured.
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May 14th. Still alarm at 2.40 p. m. Dwelling at 164 Hamil- ton Street owned by john J. O'Shaughnessy. Defective lamp cord. Insured.
- May 26th. Box 35 at 12.15 p. m. Automobile truck owned by Frank Grandone. Backfiring. Insured.
July 3rd. Still alarm at 9.30 p. m. Tenement at Canal Street owned by Hamilton Woolen Company. Children and fireworks. Insured.
July 10th. Still alarm at 10.30 a. m. Barn on Locust Ave- nue owned by Pierre Latour. Defective wiring. In- sured.
July 10th. Still aların at 10.30 a. m. Dwelling owned by Pierre Latour. Endangered by other fire. Insured.
July 17th. Box 46 at 11.45 a. m .. Tenement at 125 North Street owned by Albert Bonnette. Spontaneous combus- tion. Insured.
July 30th. Box 32 at 7.05 p. m. Meat house owned by L. E. Bradley. Spontaneous combustion. Insured.
August 4th. Box 26 at 3.30 p. m. Tenement house at 629 Main Street owned by Miss M. E. Fitzpatrick. Spon- taneous combustion. Insured.
August 11th. Still alarm at 2.00 p. m. Dwelling at 298 West Street owned by Eusebe Laliberte. Kerosene water heater exploding. Insured.
August 16th. Still alarm at 10.25 p. m. Dwelling at 98 Ham-
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ilton Street owned by Dr. Hector L. Peloquin. Hot iron. Insured.
August 31st. Box 31 at 3.20 a. m. Factory at 35 Main Street, owned by the Hyde Manufacturing Co. Defective wiring. Insured.
September 10th. Still alarm at 9.25 p. m. Dwelling at Chapin Street owned by Leo Lamoureux. Insured. De- fective wiring in radio.
October 2nd. Still alarm at 7.30 a. m. Hotel at 326 Main Street owned by Thomas F. Murphy. Defective flue. Insured.
October 3rd. Still alarm at 10.30 a. m. Tenement house at 41 Cross Street owned by the Hamilton Woolen Co. Sparks from chimney. Insured.
Oct. 17th. Still alarm at 11.40 a. m. Tenement house at 55 Coombs Street owned by Theophile Dupuis. Careless use of gasoline. Insured.
Oct. 31st. Still alarm at 277 South Street. Dwelling owned by Felix Bouvier. Candle. Insured.
Nov. 1st. Box 39 at 8.52 p. m. Tenement house at Marcy by Lamoureux Brothers Defective wiring. Insured.
Nov. 1st. Box 39 at 8.52 p. m. Tenement house at Marcy Street owned by Joseph Savaria. Hot electric iron. In- sured.
Nov. 26th. Box 46 at 4.15 p. m. Tenement at North Street
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owned by Mrs. Marie Boutillier. Spontaneous combus- tion. Insured.
Dec. 2nd. Box 47 at 2.05 a. m. Barn and garage at Moon Street owned by William W. Buckley. Careless use of matches. Insured.
Dec. 24th. Box 34 at 2.35 a. m. Plumbing shop rear of 79 Elm Street owned by Joseph Allard. Spontaneous com- bustion. Insured.
Dec. 25th. Box 37 at 1.30 a. m. Dwelling on Bowlen Ave- nue owned by Noe Carpentier. Overheated kerosene stove. Insured.
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ROSTER OF SOUTHBRIDGE FIRE DEPARTMENT
CHIEF Joseph E. Ducheneau
ASSISTANT CHIEFS
George W. Laughnane
J Willard Claflin
Louis Lamonthe William Fitzpatrick
SUPT. of FIRE ALARM James C. Sangren
PERMANENT MEN
Henry Lavoie (Capt.)
Govan J. Wright
Oswald Meunier (Lieut.)
George W. Lavallee
Ralph H. Lavers (Clerk)
(Capt. Hose No. 2.)
George Lamothe
Daniel Daniels
CALL MEN
Hose No. 1 Capt. Isadore Ducheneau
Lieut. Henry Desaulnier
Clerk Michael F. Maloney Joseph Ford Paul Fountaine Hormidas Belanger
Telesphore Leduc
Walter Conners
Victor Tavernier Zenon Lamothe
Henry Desourdy
Archie Langevin
William Christianson
Ovila Donais Stewart Cassavant . Hose No. 2
Ijeut. Louis Farland
John Curran Albert Trembley
Isadore L'Heureux
Joseph Duffy Wilfred Gaumond Leland Lafrenier
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Hook & Ladder No. 1
Captain Joseph Lucier
Philias Dufault
Lieut. Leander Coutu
George Joly
Clerk Ovide Desrosier
Eugene Blais
Felix Lavallee
Isadore Lefleche
Ozear Gendron
Arthur Deroucher
In closing our report for the year the Board of Fire En- gineers wish to thank the citizens for their co-operation, and the members of the department for their loyalty to their work.
The needs of the department are well taken care of for the present, although the ladder equipment is not up to standard and we believe that a new truck will be needed in the near future.
In conclusion the Board of Fire Engineers on behalf of the members of the fire department wish to thank the Board of Selectmen and the other town officials for their courtesy and consideration of the department.
JOSEPH E. DUCHENEAU, Chief. GEORGE W. LAUGHNANE. WILLARD J. CLAFLIN. LOUIS LAMOTHE. WILLIAM FITZPATRICK.
For the Board of Fire Engineers : RALPH H. LAVERS, Clerk.
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REPORT OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER
Permits to keep, store and sell explosives and maintain garages.
Fire Works 22
High Explosives 26
Maintain Garages 146
INSPECTIONS
Hotels and Boarding Houses 17
Tenement Houses 540
Garages 148
Oil Burners 102
JOSEPH E. DUCHENEAU, Chief.
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REPORT OF FOREST FIRE WARDEN
In my report for the past year I am pleased to state that there were only nine (9) forest fires during this period. As this is a decrease over the year previous, it shows that the residents are co-operating with this department.
The forest fire department wishes to remind the towns- people that it will do all that it can to suppress forest fires.
I recommend an appropriation of $700.00.
There were twelve permits issued for fires in the open. I wish at this time to thank the people for their good will and again ask their co-operation with this department to prevent forest fires in this vicinity.
INVENTORY OF THE FOREST FIRE DEPT.
One Ford Truck $400.00
Twenty 212-gallon fire extinguishers 260.00
Six ten-gallon cans 30.00
Three ten-gallon pumps 15.00
Twelve 5-gallon water pails 18.00
Twenty Brooms 15.00
Twenty Hoes 10.00
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REPORT OF AMBULANCE DEPARTMENT
In rendering my report for the past year I wish to state that there was an appropriation of $300.00 made for this de- partment.
For the coming year I recommend an appropriation of $400.00.
During the past year the ambulance made the following trips :
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