Town of Agawam, Massachusetts annual report 1916-1920, Part 12

Author: Agawam (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1916
Publisher: Agawam (Mass. : Town)
Number of Pages: 538


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Whole number of pupils in public grade schools 824


Pupils attending high schools :-


West Springfield 70


Springfield High Schools


31


Cathedral High School


5


106


Pupils attending Springfield 'Vocational School .. 4


Pupils attending St. William's Parochial School .. 140


Total number of pupils attending all schools 1,074


Increase during the year in grade school enrollment 7 Increase during year in high school enrollment .... 15 Increase during year in Parochial school enrollment 30


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Total increase in all schools 52


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High school pupils are distributed by precincts as follows : Agawam Precinct 44


Feeding Hills Precinct 32


Mittineague Precinct 30


GENERAL STATISTICS


Valuation of town, April 1, 1916 $3,457,385


Pupils enrolled, 1916-17 811


Average daily attendance 702


Average membership 768


Expended per pupil in average membership $34.37


Rank with 354 cities and towns of state .297


Valuation per pupil in average membership $4,502


Rank in state .266


Expenditure per $1000 valuation for school support. $7.42 Rank in state 61


Rate of total tax per $1000 of valuation $21.20


Rank in state .101


WAR SERVICE


This, the first year of America's participation in the Great War, has brought home to us, more than ever, the significance of the struggle going on across the water. The future welfare and happiness of our boys and girls in the schools will be vitally affected by the outcome of this struggle. It is fitting and appropriate that they be made aware of this fact, and that they be, not only per- mitted, but encouraged to do all they can to help. To this end it will be necessary to forego the strict enforce- ment of some of our rules and regulations. As pointed out by the American School Board Journal :


"School boards have very properly surrounded schools, particularly teachers and children, with safeguards against exploitation for commercial and charitable, and in some instances, civic ends. Prac-


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tically every city and village has rules against the distribution of advertising material, the solicitation of funds, campaigning for charitable and social pur- poses, etc. The tendency in recent years has been in the direction of tightening and increasing the bar- riers and of permitting less and less exception.


It seems to us that these barriers should fall univer- sally in the case of war service of any kind that may be suggested by the government or any of its official auxiliaries. We have in mind particularly the sale of Liberty Bonds and War Savings Certificates, the solicitation of Red Cross, Y. M. C. A. funds, K. C. funds, the making of Red Cross and hospital neces- sities and the food conservation propaganda. These are distinctly necessary factors that will contribute to the success of American arms and cannot be neglected unless we are willing to see American fail- ure and to abet it by inaction and negative opposi- tion.


Schoolboard members may well take pride in per- sonally promoting worth while war projects thru the schools."


WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES


The government's plan, recently inaugurated, to raise money for war purposes through the sale of Thrift Stamps and WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES has been presented to the pupils in all the grades. This plan makes it possible to loan money to the government in small amounts. It may be regarded as a Miniature Liberty Bond Sale, and yet, by this method it is expected that $2,000,000,000 will be raised to aid in carrying on the war.


Twenty-five cents purchases a Thrift Stamp which is to be attached to a Thrift Card. This card contains spaces for 16 stamps. When spaces are filled, this card


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may be exchanged at the post office for a War Savings Stamp by the payment of from 12 to 23 cents, depending upon the month in which the exchange is made. In Jan- uary, 1918, this amount is 12 cents and increases by one cent each succeeding month through the year. On Jan- uary 1st, 1923 this stamp may be redeemed at any post- office, the owner receiving $5.00, thereby receiving 4 per cent interest, compound quarterly on his investment.


The superintendent of schools has been appointed an agent to sell these stamps. Arrangements have been made, whereby the pupils may purchase them from the principals of the buildings.


GRADUATION :


The three grammar schools, as on the previous year, united for graduation exercises last June, the exercises being held in the assembly room of the Springfield Street school. The program consisted of recitations and music by the children, under the direction of Mrs. Treichler, teacher of elocution, and Miss Hooper, supervisor of music ; an address by Rev. Mr. Gleason, and presentation of diplomas by Mr. J. A. Roy, Chairman of School Com- mittee.


The interest shown by the parents in attending these exercises is gratifying, and a source of satisfaction to the teachers. The hall was taxed to the limit of its capacity.


Following are the names of the graduates:


Agawam Precinct.


Olga T. Ackerman


Bertha Banks


Ruth E. Blaisdell


William J. Cavanaugh


Bernard N. Carroll


Raymond H. Hayward Carl M. Hinckley Amy H. Hull Leonard A. Johnson Arnold W. Purnell


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Earle H. Channell


Rachel F. Davies Ruth O. Fay


George H. Randall Hazel G. Secord Esther M. Thompson


Feeding Hills Precinct.


John Agnoli


Henry Anderson


Sydney C. Granger Alice M. Healy Ambrose J. Kane


Barbara E. Arnold


Howard A. Barnes


Joseph E. Lynch


Philip D. Barry


Gladys M. Noble E. Dorrance Ryder


John D. Brutnell


Mittineague Precinct.


Roy Collins Lawrence Duclos .


Ruth Dumond Mayme Fariole


Francis McGrady Raymond Provost Gladys Rivers George Talmadge


Esther Gamache


AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT


Through the efforts and generosity of Mr. Somerby, assisted by the pupils of the Feeding Hills School, a stereopticon was presented to the school last year.


I would urge the parents to visit the schools that they may become acquainted with the teachers to the end that they may co-operate more intelligently in furthering the interests of the children. It is always a source of encouragement to the teacher and a spur to the pupil when parents are interested to visit the school. A closer acquaintance between parents and teachers will


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Alice R. Brutnell


obviate many misunderstandings and will be conducive to harmony and progress.


In closing this, the sixteenth year of my work as superintendent in the town of Agawam, I wish to ex- press again my appreciation of the helpful counsel and support of the School Committee; and the loyalty and co-operation of teachers and parents.


Respectfully submitted,


W. E. GUSHEE.


February 4, 1918.


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SCHOOL DIRECTORY, JANUARY, 1918


Name


Sehoo]


Grades


Date of Appointment


Address


Where Educated


Walter E. Gushce.


Supt. of Schools


Dee. 1901


Ludlow, Mass.


Phoebe Hooper


Musie Supervisor


Sept. 1916


-30 High St., Springfield


Helen L. Arnold


Drawing Supervisor


Dee.


1912


61 Thompson St., Springfield


Katherine G. Danahy, Prin.


Mittineague Prin.


VIII-IX


Sept. 1899


Mittincague, Mass.


Anna Powers


Mittinegue


VII


Sept. 1917


Mittineague, Mass.


Etta Rosenberg


Mittineague


VI


Sept .. 1914


18 Hampden St., Westfield


Westfield Normal, Teachers' Course


Ella R Taylor


Mittineague


III, IV


Dec.


1914


93 High St., Springfield


Julia T. Keenan


Mittineague


II, III I


Sept.


1900


Mittineague, Mass.


Kate Adams, Prin.


Agawam Center


VIII, IX


Sept.


1917


Agawan:, Mass.


Mary Kerr


Agawam Center


VII


Sept. 1917


Agawam, Mass.


Margaret Cochrane


Agawam Center


VI


Sept. 1912


Ludlow, Mass.


Lena Collis


Agawam Center


IV, V


Jan.


1917


Theresa B. Lee


Agawam Center


III, IV


Sept. 1918


Agawam, Mass.


Sarah Wheaton


Agawam Center


I, II


Sept. 1914


15 Hollywood St., Springfield


May H. Lewis


Agawam Center


II, III


Substitute


Mittineague, Mass.


Archibald Coldwell, Prin.


VIII, IX


Sept. 1917


Feeding Hills, Mass.


Sadie E. Smith


Feeding Hills


VI, VII


Sept. 1914


Theresa L. Custer


Feeding Hills


IV, V


Sept. 1911


543 Westfield St., Mittineague


Katherine Janes


Feeding Hills


I, II


Feb. 1917


Feeding Hills


II, III


Sept. 1915 Suffield, Ct.


Cora E. Halliday Faolin M. Picree Josephine Small


Springfield St. School


I


Sept. 1909 32 Huntington St. Springfield


Springfield St. School


I, II


Sept. 1917


Taunton , Mass.


Hazel M. Sullivan


Springfield St. School


II, III


Sept.


1914


Mittineague, Mass. Mittineague, Mass.


Mary A Danaher


Springfield St. School


IV, V


Sept.


1914


Hazel Fowler


West St. School


I-IV


Sept 1917


Feeding Hills, Mass.


Marguerite Chapin


Suffield St. School


I-III


Sept. 1915


Agawam, Mass.


Mary Begley


South School


I-III


Sept. 1 16


Mittineague, Mass.


Castine Normal, M. A. C. and B. U.


Worcester High, Massachusetts Normal Art West Springfield High, Westfield Normal West Springfield High, Westfield Normal North Adams High, North Adams Normal


Olive A. Fox


Mittineague


V


Sept. 1914


Sept.


1914


454 Chestnut St., Springfield


Jennie M. Lucas


Mittineague


Sacred Heart High, Westfield Normal Lewis High School, Southington Training Class Pembroke Academy, Keene Normal


Ludlow High, Westfield Normal Palmer High, Westfield Normal Willimantie High, Willimantie Normal Charlemont High, North Adams Normal Ogontz


Feeding Hills


69 Alexander Apartment, Springfield


Harvard Summer School Springfield High, Westfield Normal West Springfield High, Westfield Normal Easthampton High, Fitchburg Normal C. L. I., Sufficld, Westfield Normal Springfield High, Springfield Normal Training


West Springfield High, Westfield Normal North Adams High, North Adams Normal Westfield High, Westfield Normal Northampton High, Boston School Domestic Seience West Springfield High, Westfield Normal


ENROLLMENT


The following table shows the enrollment by schools and by grades as of January, 1918.


AGAWAM PRECINCT


I


II


III


IV


V


VI VII VIII IX


Total 1918


Room 1


25


11


36


Room 2


15


14


29


Room 3


15


25


40


Room 4


16


24


40


Room 5


39


39


Room 6


30


30


Room 7


18


10


28


South


12


11


8


31


Suffield St.


10


8


8


26


Totals


47


26


48


57


24


39


30


18


10


309


MITTINEAGUE PRECINCT


Room 1


36


36


Room 2


31


10


41


Room 3


18


23


41


Room 4


34


34


Room 5


27


27


Room 6


22


22


Room 7


14


7


21


Totals


36


31


28


23


34


27


22


14


7


222


FEEDINGIHILLS PRECINCT


Room 1


19


8


27


Room 2


11


16


27


Room 3


16


24


40


Room 4


36


Room 5


19


6


25


West St.


3


9


6


2


25


Totals


22


28


22


18


24


10


26


19


6


175


SPRINGFIELD STREET SCHOOL


Room 1


35


Room 2


35 20


30


Room 3


35


Room 4


22


16


38


Totals


55


21


24


22


16


138


Grand Totals


160


106


122


120


98


76


78


51


23


824


10 11


24


10


26


Articles in the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting


March 6, 1918.


Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.


Art. 2. To choose two or more Fence Viewers and two or more Field Drivers.


Art. 3. To receive the annual reports of the Town Officers and act thereon.


Art. 4. To see what method the Town will adopt for the support of the Poor for the ensuing year.


Art. 5. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the Observance of Memorial Day and pro- vide for its expenditure.


Art. 6. To see what action the Town will take for the payment of all notes or bonds of the Town which may become due during the fiscal year.


Art. 7. To see if the Town will vote the School Com- mittee any compensation for their services.


Art. 8. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the payment of a proper charge of an In- surance Company for acting as surety in the official bond of its officers.


Art. 9. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for liability insurance of its employees.


Art. 10. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of three hundred dollars to be expended within the Town under direction of the Hampden County Improvement League for the promotion of boys' and


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girls' club work, and the improvement of agriculture and country life in the Town, including agricultural demon- stration work on land owned by the Town or owned by any resident of the Town in accordance with the provi- sions of Chapter 707 of the Acts of 1914.


Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to accept Tower Terrace as a Public Street.


Art. 12. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the by-laws reported by a committee under Art. 3 of a special Town meeting held May 4, 1917.


Art. 13. To see if the Town will authorize its Treas- urer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow dur- ing the current municipal year beginning January 1, 1918 in anticipation of the revenue for said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the Town.


Art. 14. To hear and act upon the report of the Town Auditors.


Art. 15. To see if the Town will adopt any by-laws regarding its prudential affairs.


Art. 16. To make the necessary appropriations for the ensuing year.


Art. 17. To transact any other business that may legally come before said meeting.


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ANNUAL REPORTS OF TOWN OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF


AGAWAM MASS.


INCORE


15.1855:


ORATED


For the Year Ending December 31 1918


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Town Officers 1918-1919


Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, and Board of Health DANIEL J. COLLINS JOHN R. LLOYD JAMES H. CLARK


Town Clerk, Treasurer and Tax Collector HENRY E. BODURTHA


School Committee


J. ARSENE ROY


Term expires 1921


CLIFFORD M. GRANGER Term expires 1920


HARRY P. HINCKLEY Term expires 1919


Assessors


R. MATHER TAYLOR,


Term expires 1921


H. PRESTON WORDEN Term expires 1920


CHARLES F. BARDEN Term expires 1919


Auditors EDWARD W. PILLSBURY OTIS H. ADAMS


Library Trustees


HENRY L. TOWER Term expires 1921


AVERY K. GLEASON Term expires 1920


RALPH PERRY Term expires 1919


Trustees of Whiting Street Fund FREMONT H. KING . Term expires 1919 ALBERT H. BROWN, Term expires 1920


Cemetery Commissioners


ROBERT ELY


Term expires 1920


EDWIN LEONARD Term expires 1921


DELOS J. BLOOM


Term expires 1919


Water Commissioners


EDWARD A. KELLOGG Term expires 1920


GEORGE H. REED Term expires 1921


DENNIS M. CROWLEY Term expires 1919


Tree Warden EDWIN M. HITCHCOCK


Constables


WALTER E. ALLEN GILES W. HALLADAY


DWIGHT E. BAILEY


EDWIN M. HITCHCOCK


FRANKIE H. CAMPBELL ALVIN'R. RANDALL


EDWARD S. CONNOR ALVIN R. KELLOGG


RILEY S. FARNSWORTH


SUMNER C. SCHWARTZ


Agent for Care of Soldiers' Graves JAMES W. MOORE


Game and Fish Wardens


LEVI RIVERS CHARLES H. WYMAN


ARTHUR H. ROWLEY


Surveyors of Lumber


EDWARD A. KELLOGG CHARLES W. HASTINGS


FRANK W. KELLOGG GEORGE H. TAYLOR


Measurers of Wood


CHARLES W. HULL, JR.


NELSON G. KING


GEORGE BOURDO


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Public Weighers


HARVEY E. PORTER FRANK WHITTAKER JERRY RILEY


JAMES F. BARRY JAMES D. CLEARY PATRICK RILEY


Sealer of Weights and Measures EDWIN U. LEONARD


Registrars of Voters


JUDSON W. HASTINGS Term expires 1919


CHARLES W. HULL, JR., Term expires 1921


EMILE A. ROY Term expires 1920


Inspector of Animals EDWIN U. LEONARD


Inspector of Meats EDWIN U. LEONARD


Fire Engineers


WILLIAM H. PORTER J. ARSENE ROY JAMES H. KERR


Fence Viewers


SANFORD H. SAWYER


HOWARD D. STEERE


Field Drivers


WILLIAM S. HALLIDAY


SPENCER F. LEONARD


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Town Clerk's Report


TOWN ELECTION, MARCH 4, 1918


Precinct A


B C Total


Number of ballots cast,


162 153


122 437


RESULT OF THE COUNT OF BALLOTS


For Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor and Board of Health :


James H. Clark,


95


92


45


232


Daniel J. Collins,


119


87


91


297


John R. Lloyd,


102


81


109


292


Theodore Smith,


69


65


80


214


Preston Worden,


0


0


1


1


James W. Moore,


0


0


1


1


Elmer Bodurtha,


0


0


1


1


H. L. Tower,


0


0


1


1


Blanks,


101


134


34


269


· For Town Clerk, Treasurer and


Tax Collector :


Henry E. Bodurtha,


82


100


89


271


Norman F. Winter,


0


0


1


1


Henry Huntington,


0


0


1


1


Blanks


80


53


30


163


School Committee for three years:


J. Arsene Roy,


119


103


104


326


Blanks,


43


50


18


111


6


Precinct


A B


C Total


Assessor for three years :


R. Marther Taylor,


.112


124


107


343


Blanks,


50


29


14


93


Water Commissioners for three years :


Michael J. Carroll,


51


53


37


141


George H. Reed,


72


71


69


212


Blanks,


39


29


16


84


Auditors :


Otis H. Adams,


39


67


89


195


Raymond F. Finnegan,


80


41


19


140


Edward W. Pillsbury,


96


86


91


273


William Lester,


0


0


1


1


Blanks,


109


112


42


263


Library Trustees for three years :


Henry L. Tower,


108


105


105


318


Blanks,


54


48


16


118


Tree Warden:


Edwin M. Hitchcock,


112


117


108


337


Blanks,


50


36


13


99


Cemetery Commissioner for two years:


Edwin Leonard,


48


55


69


172


James W. Moore,


60


63


30


153


Blanks,


54


35


22


111


Trustee Whiting Street Fund :


Albert H. Brown,


88


109


96


293


Blanks,


74


44


25


143


7


Precinct


A


B


C Total


Constables :


Walter E. Allen,


45


57


95


197


Dwight E. Bailey,


41


65


85


191


Frankie H. Campbell,


50


53


93


196


Edward S. Connor,


122


98


83


303


George Deno,


55


26


24


105


Jasper J. DeForge,


72


39


21


132


William DeForge,


61


33


19


113


Riley S. Farnsworth,


39


89


67


195


Frank T. Goss,


25


23


50


98


Giles W. Halladay,


44


95


45


184


Edwin M. Hitchcock,


38


48


56


142


Alvin R. Kellogg,


53


104


71


228


William J. O'Connor,


41


58


16


115


Joseph Plouff,


19


22


30


71


Alvin R. Randall,


34


44


75


153


Leo J. Roy,


57


30


39


126


Winfield S. Safford,


25


61


17


103


· Sumner C. Schwartz,


15


38


82


135


J. Phillips,


0


0


1


1


Blanks,


784


547


241 1572


Shall License be Granted for the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors in this Town ?


Yes,


112


58


43


213


No,


41


72


59


172


Blanks,


9


23


19


51


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Annual Town Meeting


AGAWAM TOWN HALL March 6, 1918


Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.


Result of ballot :


Whole number of votes cast, 26


William H. Porter received 14


James H. Clark received 9


Scattering, 3


Art. 2. To choose two or more Fence Viewers and two or more Field Drivers.


Result of action: Sanford H. Sawyer and Howard D. Steere were elected Fence Viewers. William S. Halladay and Spencer F. Leonard were elected Field Drivers.


Art. 3. To receive the annual reports of the Town Officers and act thereon.


Voted: That the reports of Town Officers as printed be accepted, errors and omissions, excepted.


Art. 4. To see what method the Town will adopt for the support of the Poor for the ensuing year.


Voted: That the care of the Poor be left to the Overseers of the Poor.


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Art. 5. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the observance of Memorial Day and provide for its expenditure.


Voted: To appropriate the sum of one hundred dol- lars for the observance of Memorial Day ; and that a com- mittee of two be appointed to have the expenditure of the same in charge.


Art. 6. To see what action the Town will take for the payment of all notes or bonds of the Town which may become due during the fiscal year ..


Voted: To take up under Article 16.


Art. 7. To see if the Town will vote the School Com- mittee any compensation for their services.


Voted that the School Committee be paid three dol- lars a day for time actually spent.


Art. 8. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the payment of a proper charge of an In- surance Company for acting as surety in the official bond of its officers.


Voted: To appropriate one hundred dollars for the payment of a proper charge of an Insurance Company for acting as surety on the official bond of its officers.


Art. 9. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for liability insurance of its employees.


Voted: To appropriate the sum of one hundred dol- lars for the liability insurance of its employees.


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Art. 10. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of three hundred dollars to be expended within the Town under direction of the Hampden County Improvement League for the promotion of boys' and girls' club work, and the improvement of agriculture and country life in the Town, including agricultural dem- onstration work on land owned by the Town or owned by any resident of the Town, in accordance with the pro- vision of Chapter 707 of the Acts of 1914.


Voted : To appropriate the sum of three hundred dol- lars to be expended, one hundred dollars in each precinct, under direction of the Hampden County Improvement League for the promotion of boys' and girls' club work; and the improvement of agriculture and country life in the Town, including agricultural demonstration work on land owned by the Town or owned by any resident of the Town, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 707, of the acts of 1914.


Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to accept Tow- er Terrace as a Public street.


Voted: That the acceptance of Tower Terrace be left with the Selectmen with power to act.


Art. 12. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the by-laws reported by a committee under Art. 3 of a special Town meeting held May 4, 1917.


Voted: That the following by-laws relating to the laying out and acceptance of streets be adopted :


Section 1. No street or way on private land shall be laid out, established or accepted as a public street un- less conforming to the following specifications :


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Sec. 2. A plan and profile showing the location and grade of every street or way which it is proposed to lay out and establish as a public street shall be filed with the Selectmen by the party or parties proposing to open said street. The plan and profile shall be drawn to such scale as may be required by the Selectmen, and to their ap- proval and shall show the location and grade of all con- necting streets.


Sec. 3. Upon the receipt of such plans, with a peti- tion for their approval, the Board of Selectmen shall give a public hearing thereon, in accordance with the revised laws of Massachusetts and acts in amendment thereof.


Sec. 4. If the plans are then approved they shall be signed by the members of the Board and filed with the Town Clerk, who shall attest thereon the date of the filing.


Sec. 5. No proposed street shall be less than fifty feet in width.


Sec. 6. The name of any proposed street must be submitted with the plan and must not conflict with the name of any other street, in the Town, and must be ap- proved by the Selectmen. All blind, or dead end, streets shall be known as places or courts.


Sec. 7. The Selectmen may require sidewalks, curbs, sewers, and water mains, and when required they shall be laid and the streets hardened, by the owners of the pro- erty before its acceptance as a street or way.


Sec. 8. This work shall be performed by the board having control of the work. Their services shall be paid for by the owners.


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Sec. 9. All sewers and water mains, including hy- drants, shall be laid in accordance with specifications fur- nished by the board having control of this work.


Sec. 10. Whenever it is deemed advisable to in- stall a water pipe larger than 6 inch or a sewer larger or deeper than the street itself requires, in order to pro- vide for the needs of other property, such additional ex- pense shall be borne by the Town.


Sec. 11. The entire area of every street shall be cleared of stumps, rocks, roots, and other unnecessary material, and of all trees not intended for preservation.


Sec. 12. All clay, loam and loamy materials shall be removed from the limits of the roadway and of the sidewalks, to such a depth as may be approved by the selectmen, and shall be deposited outside the limits of such streets, except when needed for filling or grading the street.


Sec. 13. All work in excavation and embankment shall be brought accurately to a sub-grade, of not less than four inches for the roadway and sidewalk below the finished grade. All side slopes in excavation and embankment shall conform with good engineering prac- tice.


Sec. 14. All rock and boulders in excavation shall be removed from the street or used in fill or embank- ment. All embankments shall be made of loam, sand, gravel, cinders, furnace slag, rock or broken stone only. Under no circumstances shall any perishable material be used for the making of streets or street embankment.


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Sec. 15. A good binding gravel or three grades of macadam, as may be approved by the selectmen, shall be laid above the subgrade on the roadway and to the fin- ished grade, and clean gravel or such other material as may be approved by the said board, shall be laid on the sidewalks above the sub-grade to the finished grade. The tree belt and side slopes adjoining or near the street line shall be covered with good loam at least four inches in depth, and so applied as to insure against slipping.


Sec. 16. The Selectmen may require the side gut- ters on every street having a grade of two per cent. or more to be paved at least two feet wide with stone, con- crete or other suitable material as may be approved by them.


Sec. 17. The Selectmen may require every street having a continuous grade for more than three hundred feet to have catch basins and grates at such locations and of such quality kind, and dimensions, and so connected with the permanent drainage outlet, as may be approved by the Board of Selectmen.


Sec. 18. All corners of intersecting streets shall be rounded, and granite bounds shall be set at all angles, curves and corners of connecting streets, according to the approval and direction of the selectmen.


Sec. 19. Sewer entrance fees shall be paid to the Town, but all sewer entrance fees received by the Town within ten years from the laying of any sewer shall be repaid to the parties who originally paid for the work.


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Sec. 20. An accurate record shall be kept of all expenditures for the extension of water mains, excluding hydrants, approved by the inspector and water board, and placed on file with the Town Clerk, and upon ac- ceptance of any street there shall be refunded to the parties originally making the expenditure an amount equal to ten times the water rentals received by the Town during the previous twelve months from the abutting property, but the amount so refunded shall not exceed the original expenditure.




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