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At the last annual meeting the same Committee was re-chosen to complete the work assigned them at the previous November meeting, and a grant of five hundred dollars was voted for the purpose.
The cistern near the Congregational church has been fin- ished at an expense of $235.00, and has a capacity of twenty- five thousand gallons. It is at this time nearly full of water, and, as it has withstood the test of a very severe winter, we confidently believe it will prove a substantial structure, some predictions to the contrary notwithstanding.
The cistern at the lower end of the common cost $140.00, and is full of water. This was constructed by coatings of cement on the native earth, and covered by a double brick arch. This is believed by your Committee to be a substantial and economical method of construction, where the nature of the earth will admit it. It has a capacity of about thirteen thousand gallons.
After deducting expenses as above reported, there is found to be a balance of $125.00 of the $500.00 grant.
Respectfully submitted for the Committee,
GEORGE KING.
Franklin, February 1, 1881.
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REPORT OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The Board of Engineers met May 1, 1880, and organized by choice of S. C. Taft, Chief Engineer, and Wm. Rockwood, Clerk. Whole number of fire alarms during the year, 5. Number of fires, 7, as follows, viz. :
March 3 .- E. Waite's tenement house on Union
street, loss on house, $40.0 00
Loss on furniture, 100 00
Cause, sparks from smoke stack.
March 6 .- R. B. Stewart's wheelwright shop, house
and barn on East street. Loss, total.
Loss on shop, stock and machinery, House and barn,
1,800 00
F. P. Guigon's shop damaged.
200 00
James McParland's loss on stock and tools,
75 00
Hutchinson's
100 00
Chas. P. Haggerty,
60 00
Wm. S. Warren, ٠٠
150 00
Total loss at this fire,
$4,385 00
Insurance on R. B. Stewart's property,
1.850 .00
" All others, 625 0.0
Cause, supposed to be incendiary.
March 15 .- Dwelling house of A. T. Crossley on
Lincoln street. Loss,
$800 00
Insured for
600 00
Furniture valued at $900.00 ; insurance,
300 00
Cause, overheated stove.
April 13 .- J. F. & L. P. Ray's mill ; boiler room damaged by fire and water, $50.00 ; covered by insurance. Cause, bnrst- ing of blow-off pipe.
May 1 .- E. Waite's barn on Central street, from sparks from chimney'. Damage slight, $5.00.
Aug. 26 .- L. W. Hutchinson,s house on Chestnut street. Loss, $650.00; insured, $500.00. Cause, incendiary and no alarm given.
$2,000 00
Jan. 19, 1881 .- Wm. S. White's barn and portion of L to house on Lincoln street. Loss, $700.00; insured. Cause, smoking hams in wood house.
The fire apparatus is in good working order, each carriage being well manned. The Board of Engineers found that No. 2 engine at Unionville was unfit for service, having been patched up for 35 years, and it was voted that Ray and Spear contract with Hunneman & Co. to remodel it, if it could be done at a fair price. The contract was made in writing, each part specified. When the engine was taken apart, Hunneman found other parts, not specified in the contract, badly damaged, and a much larger expense was incurred in order to warrant the machine first class when delivered.
With all this extra outlay the department has been expen- sive the past year. There is an ample supply of hose on hand and in fair condition, excepting that used by Co. No. 1. As this company has no conveniences for draining or drying tneir hose, there should be an engine house built for it, and one of the carriages taken from the Emmons Street Engine House, said house being unfit for three machines.
Respectfully submitted,
S. C. TAFT, Chief Engineer. Franklin, February 21, 1881.
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VITAL STATISTICS.
BIRTHS . Recorded in Franklin, in 1880.
Date of Birth. Name of Child.
Name of Parents.
1880. Jan'y 8. Ernest Victor Swanson,
.. 9. Mary Ellen Connors,
11. Bertha Mabel Ripley,
.. 12. Mary Adeline Osgood,
.. 16. Ellis Raimon,
.. 26. Margaret Kriegel.
Feb'y 7. Mary Louise Kimball,
.. 10. Joseph Lapoint,
12. Robert Fisher Woolford,
13. Warren Haslam,
18. Dean LeRoy Chilson,
21. Bertha Bell Razee,
.. 22. Joseph Bushee,
..
M'ch 17.
24. Harrold Willis Hunter, Frederick Gouchei, 22. Elbert Clair Vanarsdalen,
.. 30. Florence May Millard,
22. Preserved Allen Packard, Fannie Gaskel Darling,
April 1.
11. John Bernard McCormick, James B. and Mary A. McCormick.
12. Charles Chester Nourse,
16. Clarence S. Richardson,
..
19.
Berthia Campbell,
23. Addie Florence Prime,
06 28. Mary Ellen Callehan,
May 3.
Mary Murphy,
.. 17. Veda Adell Tourtelotte,
18. Mary Ann Quinn,
18. Alice Catherine Cary,
19. Juliette Savoy,
21. Francis Albert Ward,
Nellie Dorris. June 5. .. 9. Fred. Carroll Sargent,
11. Charles Addison R. Ray,
15. Amelia Laundry,
66 20. Eugene Collins,
.6
21. Maude Griffin,
3. Jennie Frances Cook,
July .. 5. William McGaddy.
7. Edward Curtis Cook,
66 9. Charles Percy Merwin,
13. Frank Holt,
.6
15. James Daniel Bishop,
16. Clyde Stewart Brown,
19. Patrick, Joseph Fitzgerald,
.6
23. Arthur Freeman Baker,
24. John Francis Foley,
26. Eva Garfield Peary,
31. Simeon Twitchell Curry,
1. Edward O'Connell, Aug. ..
8. - Hogan,
14. Mertie Maude Gay,
Wyman and Jane Swanson. Jeremiah and Hannah Connor. William L. and Ida J. Ripley. Frank M. and Emma L. Osgood. Joseph and Josephine Raimon.
Jolin and Rosanna Kriegel. Geo. E. and Frances A. Kimball. James and Amanda Lapoint. William F. and Agnes Woolford. Warren W. and Hattie Haslam.
James O. and Melausa G. M. Chilson. Isaac E. and Sarah T. Razee. Augustus and Selena Bushee. Elias K. and Mary J. Hunter. Collis and Sophia Gouchei. Charles D. and Nellie S. Vanarsdalen.
John and Emma J. Millard. Timothy C. and Pheba A. Packard. Fenner and Sarah M. Darling.
James K. P. and Nellie J. Nourse. Stephen W. and Eldora M. Richardson. John and Elizabeth Campbell. James and Mary E. Prime. Timothy and Ellen Callehan. Jeremiah and Margaret Murphy. Gilbert C. and Ellen M. Tourtelotte. Charles and Mary Ann Quinn. George and Mary E. Cary. David and Catherine Savov. Francis E. and Lizzie N. Ward. Joseph and Victoria Dorris.
S. Fred. and Aroline A. Sargent. William F. and Hattie P. Ray. Adam and Norah Laundry. Patrick and Ellen Collins. Edward and Emma Griffin. Osman A. and Sarah J. Cook.
William and Hannah McGaddy. Edward C. and Mary E. Cook. Fred. A. and Eliza Merwin.
Ira C. and Mary Holt.
James W. and Martha L. Bishop. Geo. M. and Mary L. H. Brown.
-
Patrick and Honora Fitzgerald.
- Charles F. and Mary F. Baker. Hugh and Celia Foley. Elmon S. and Flora J. Peary. Andrew H. and Catherine T. Curry.
Michael and Grace O'Connell.
Kate Hogan. David A. and Mary L. Gay.
51
Aug.
Ada May Hart, George.
Sept. 15.
Mary Ellen Leonard,
66
16.
Richard Taft, Jr.,
.6
24. Walter Henry Alexander,
25. Arthur Alonzo Darling,
28. Annie Eliza Briggs,
Oct. 1. Charles Paul,
Albert J. and Betsey Newell.
60
3.
Barton.
17. Franklin Alger Draper.
60
20,
James Bertie Welch,
60
24.
Margaret Elizabeth Lavine, Anthony and Rosanna Lavine.
66
26. Walter John Courtney,
28.
Nov. 11.
6.
27.
Irving Shaw Hubbard,
Dec.
Andrew Avid Olson. 3. Cornelius Joseph Ford.
.6
11.
Mary Ashly Morey,
‹‹
15. Maria Lockhart Bodge.
66
19.
Ann Foran,
66 21. Frank Low Sands,
..
22. Catherine F. Shehan,
66
22.
Fred. Selyn Bancroft,
66
25.
Arthur Hayden Bennett,
6.
29. Joseph Brown,
29. Cora Ellen Wild,
1870. M'ch 27. Effie Varina Adams.
Fred. A. and Effie F. Adams. John and Ella J. Springer.
Nov. 11. John Springer, Jr.,
66 19. Edward Lawrence Morrisy, Lawrence and Hannah Morrisy.
26. Joseph Gordon Ray,
Edgar K. and Margaret L. Ray.
1878. 28. Arthur Ellsworth Miller,
Ida M. Miller.
June 10. Jeremiah Murphy, Jr.,
Jeremiah and Margaret Murphy.
MARRIAGES
Recorded in Franklin in 1880.
Names of parties.
Age.
Names of Parents.
Edward A. Scanlon, Margaret Desmond,
29
.6
Jeremiah and Catherine Desmond,
George M. Moore,
) 32
66
Martin R. and Harriet Moore.
Hattie Lyon, 32 66
C. W. and Lydia Lyon.
Samuel C. Bourne.
) 39
Henry and Almira Bourne.
Evelyn E. Fisher,
$ 36
David and Nancy B. Fisher.
Charles Williams,
) 31
6. John and Mary Williams.
Louisa Peterson,
24
66 Pieller and Annie Peterson.
John H. James,
131
66
Eber S. and Bridget F. James.
Ellen Shehan,
22
6. John and Honora Shehan.
John D. Murry.
124
. Francis and Ann Murry.
Ellen Lincoln.
[18
.. Walter and Hannah Lincoln.
Peter Frummerine.
2 33
Nicholas and Petronella Frummerine.
Annie C. Olson,.
j 23
Olof and Catherine Olson.
Frank M. Osgood.
) 23
66 Joseph and Mary L. Osgood.
Emma C. Bailey,
: 32
Hiram and Adeline Bailey.
15. 23. 31. Florence A. S. Whiting,
Henry and Mary Ann Hart. Theofile and Adese George. Daniel W. and Estella A. Whiting. Michael and Rose Leonard. Richard and Ellen Taft.
William and Estella F. Alexander. Nathan E. and Abbie M. Darling. Alphonzo and Melissa B. Briggs. Lelit and Mary Paul.
George M. and Mary J. Barton. Rufus and Sarah E. Draper. Wiliam F. and Margaret Welch.
James and Mary Courtney. James W. and Mary E. Hennessy. Harry and Sarah Spence. Adın S. and Addie M. Hubbard. Alfred and Annie Olson.
29.
6.
Lena Amanda Radine,
Cornelius and Mary Ford. John and Engley Radine. Charles J. and Addie L. Morey. Alfred L. and Mary L. Bodge. Michael and Mary Foran. John N. and Annie M. Sands. Dennis and Mary Shehan. Geo. S. and Mary Bancroft.
Daniel and Annie (). Bennett. Reme and Catherine Brown. Thomas and Jane Wild.
1 27 yrs.
Patrick and Mary Scanlon.
3. Arthur John Newell,
3. Charles Aaron Wight, Jr., Charles A. and Hattie B. Wight.
Edmond Chas. Hennessy, Ada May Spence,
52
Alexander F. McLean, 1 23
Katie Sarah Hatch, $18
Frank W. Morse,
1 28
Wm. H. and Hannah P. Morse.
Abby M. Farrington, $ 24
66 Chas. H. and Adeline M. Farrington.
Moses Clark Adams, ) 36
Edward and Kizah Adams.
Abby Henrietta Ellis, $ 30
Warren and Louisa M. Ellis.
Geo. M. Barton, 127
Mary Jane Toor,
23
Nathan R. and Charlotte Barton. Jesse and Mary Toor.
Nahum F. Metcalf,
) 32
Otis F. and Lucy M. Metealf.
Eva F. Reed, 25
6. Draper P. and Betsey L. Reed.
Arlon A. Ballou, 22
66
Barton and Phebe Ballou.
Elizabeth A. Reed,
23
66
Orin and Emily Reed.
Arthur C. Tilton, 1 22
6 Jonathan L. and Phebe Tilton.
Annie E. Reed, 23
..
Robert and Elizabeth Reed.
Frank P. Redding,
29
Jennie M. Tate,
$29
66
Joseph Campbell,
2 19
Ida Gouchei,
20
60 Callix and Sophia Gouchei.
Horace P. Sawyer,
) 25
Hattie A. Frost.
23
66 David A. and Mary A. Sawyer. Wm. O. and Caroline Frost.
Herbert A. Woodard,
221
Edwin J. and Celia A. Woodard. John W. and Olive Clark.
Stephen Jenkins,
2 23
6
Wm. L. and Jennie Jenkins.
Eva F. Gowen,
26
6. Horace M. and Sarah M. Gowen.
Chas. H. Heaton,
2 33
66
Silvia Gilman,
24
..
Wm. H. Cody,
2 27
Bartholomew and Mary Cody.
Katie Foley,
23
66 Richard and Catherine Foley.
Charles R. Weeks. 2 22
66
James W. Bishop.
1 28
Horace and Betsey Bishop. Daniel and Charlotte Penniman.
Maria R. Greenwood,
46
.6 John and Jane Baxter. Orin W. and Hannah D. Adams.
Joseph P. Lloyd,
2 35
66 Charles and Eliza Lloyd.
Kate Hogan,
32 6.
Timothy and Ellen Hogan.
Chas. Whiting Adams, ) 21
6. Charles H. and Lucinda Adams. Hiram L. and Mary A. Perry.
Albert W. Fisher,
2 21
Lizzie A. Adams,
$ 18
Luther and Sarah E. Fisher. Charles A. and Lucinda Adams.
Nelson E. Newell, ) 32
.6
Wm. E. Kingsbury, 1 32 6. Wm. and Caroline Kingsbury.
Isabel F. Whiting,
$ 23
Daniel P. and Lydia A. Whiting.
John S. Hamilton,
25 66
Angus and Catherine Hamilton.
Ada Louisa Corbin, $19
.. Nelson C. and Nancy M. Corbin.
Wm. H. Cantv,
2414
Winnifred McHugh,
20 %
Ezekiel Davis,
≥ 38 66
James and Jane Davis.
Lizzie Marshall,
$30
66
Joseph and Nancy Marshall.
George F. Moffett, / 23
Arnold and Eunice Moffett.
Georgietta I. Adams.
20
66
Gardner and Eunice Adams,
Metcalf E. Pond,
1 35 Goldsbury and Julia A. Pond.
Julia E. Ayre,
[ 30
.. James F. and Martha F. Ayre.
John McKinnin,
28
Donold and Catherine McKinnin.
Catherine Cody,
26
Donold and Sarah Cody.
66 Edwin and Lucy E. Weeks. Eliab and Isabella Pond.
Gertrude E. Pond, 26
6.
Martha L. Penniman, 27
66
Wm. Baxter, 1 62
Fanny C. Perry, $ 27
Nelson C. and Amanda Newell. Wm. J. and Clairethel Halliburton.
Clairethel Halliburton, $ 28
Samuel and Tirzah Heaton. George and Lucy Gilman.
Fannie M. Clark,
25
Otis A. and Mary E. Redding.
66 John and Elizabeth Campbell.
66 Daniel and Lydia Ann McLean. Crowell and Almira Hatch. 60
Thomas and Bridget Cantv. Patrick and Bridget McHugh.
53
DEATHS RECORDED IN FRANKLIN IN 1880.
AGE.
1880.
NAMES.
CAUSE.
Yrs.
Ms. Dys
Jan. 1.
Margaret E. Greenwood.
Phthisis
.. 19
... 2
.. 16
..
5.
Ira C. Holt. ..
Meningitis. Cerebro-spinal.
.2
... 1
6.
Olga Eugena Olson ..
Inflamation of Bowels.
.. 10
. . . ]
12.
Cora M. Adams ...
Bronchitis ...
.21
... 6
... 2
..
20.
Nathaniel T. Hubbard
Heart Disease
.. 52
... 9
66
25.
W. L. Randall.
Dropsy
.. 63
... 4
.. 21
.
29.
Arthur E. Miller
Diarrhoey
... 2
... 1
Feb.
10.
Axel R. Anderson.
Pnenmonitis.
... I
... 5
.. 12
11.
Eliza Frost
Pulmonary Apoplexy
.. 88
... 8
. . 15
27.
James Haley
Potomania
.. 27
March 2.
3.
Emma E. Fairman
Pneumonia
.. 25
... 5
.. 17
4.
Lydia Harden
Old age
.79
... 6
7.
Betsy S. Rice
Phthisis .
.77
... 8
. . 15
.€
11.
Freddie C. Esleck.
Pneumonia.
... 1
.3
.. 19
16
11.
Carrie Horton Allen
Scarlatina
.. 2
.. 10
. . . 1
14.
Hattie A. Snow ..
Pneumonia
.. 40
... 4
.. 12
18.
Shirley Ray Merrifield.
Diphtheria.
.. 6
... 6
April
5.
Michael Bright.
Plithisis.
.. 69
... 7
.. 13
17.
Henry Foley.
Tuberculasis.
.. 25
... 5
.. 22
May
2.
Benjamin F. Smith
Emplysema
.. 65
2.
Luther Keene. ..
.. 10
. . 14
16.
Flora P. Robinson
Scarlatina
.. 5
-
16.
Carrie E. Robinson
Scarlatina
... 7
Diphtheria
.. 9
... 2
.. 21
Scarlatina
... 3
.. 1
.. 29
June 3.
Diphtheria.
.. 3
.. 2
.. 28
28.
Sheridan
Still born.
Poison by laudanum.
.. 57
.11
.. 22
July
1.
Margaret Sullivan
Jaundice ..
.. 60
.. 10
Ang.
6.
William Coughlin
Compound fracture both legs .. Scarlatina.
.. 27
.. 11
... 5
Sept. 66
2.
Am Eliza J. Prance
Bright's disease.
.22
... 9
2.
Dora Lizzie Daniels
Degeneration of Liver
.1
. . 11
... 5
..
8.
Gardner Adams
Cholera Infantum
.2
... 6
... +
17.
Richard Taft, Jr
Congestion of Lungs
Typhoid Fever ..
.36
... 7
.14
21.
Maude L. Daniels.
.2
.. 6
. . 1
Marasmus.
.. 7
... 3
66
24.
John F. Hart ..
Marasmus
.11
. . 7
Heart Disease.
.82
.1
. . . 1
Oct.
3.
Lizzie F. Savage
Marasmus
Typhoid Pneumonia. Scrofuja
.. 65
... 3
.. 19
10.
Robert F. Wolford.
... 8
... 8
Meningitis
. .. 1
. . 11
.. 22
Dropsy
.. 46
.. 10
... 2
Cepalitis
... 2
.. 10
.. 25
..
27.
29.
George W. Pierce.
Internal Hemorrhage.
.43
. 11
.. 16
Nov.
12.
Wm. D. Hutchinson
Phthisis
.. 26
.. 11
Diphtheria
. 6
. . 14
"
23.
Ellen Gordon
Peritonitis.
.. 40
$6
-27.
Wm. H. Bliss.
Railroad Accident
.. 38
Cephalitis
. ...
.8
.. 13
..
4.
Hart ..
Still horn
44
9.
Susan Pond ..
Cirrhosis
.. 79
... 6
..
22.
Ann Hutchinson
Cancer in Stomach.
.46
... 3
28.
Feely.
Still born
. . 8
24.
Ellen M. Staples
Unknown.
.. 47
... 4
... 7
22.
Martha D. Cook.
Teething.
.. 8
.. 24
Stephen H. Con'on.
Cholera Infantun
.. 10
.. 21
21.
George F. Wadsworth
Supposed Strangulation
23.
Eva M. Connors.
2%.
Patsey Fitzgerald.
28.
Emily Pond. .
.. 10
8.
Susan M. Hartshorn.
Phthisis.
.25
... 2
... 5
Dec
1.
Annie Isabella Warren .. Geo. Wadsworth
Heart Disease
.. 65
.
11.
Elisha Bullard
Carbuncle.
.. 87
.. 9
25.
Peggy Hills.
Apoplexy
.. 78
... 6 .. 29
28.
Arthur C. Cobb.
Scarlatina
.12
... 5
.. 23
;.
29.
31.
Gardner Adams.
Pneumonia.
.. 62
30.
William F. Rhodes
21.
Joli Springer, Jr.
Tabes Mesentorica.
.. 7
--
. . 1
22.
Mary Ellen Hennesy
22.
Gro. Otis Procter.
27.
W.m. Henry Chapman ... Nora Shay.
23.
Arthur L. Morse
29.
Lucy E. C. Butters John Kirby ..
Hattie A. Butters.
Cholera ...
Alto Olson ..
.. 13
-
21.
28. 1.
Urma Belle Clark.
Cholera Infantum
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TOWN WARRANT.
To either Constable of the Town of Franklin,
GREETING :
You are hereby required in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to notify and warn the qualified voters of the Town of Franklin, to assemble in their Town Hall, on Monday, the seventh day of March next, at 9 o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz :
Art. 1. To choose a Moderator for said meeting.
Art. 2. To hear a report of a settlement with the Treasurer. and act thereon.
Art. 3. To hear a report of the settlement with the Collector of taxes, and act thereon.
Art. 4. To see if the Town will abate any tax in the hands of either Collector. or do anything relating thereto.
Art. 5. To choose all necessary Town Officers for the year en- suing.
Art. 6. To see what sums of money the Town will raise the ensu- ing year. for the support of schools, the repair of schoolhouses, and the miscellaneous expenses connected therewith, for the support of the poor, for the repair of roads. bridges and sidewalks. for abatement and collection of taxes. for the payment of interest, for the payment of Town Officers. for printing and stationery. for the support of the fire department. for defraying expenses of the Franklin Library Asso- ciation. for the building of reservoirs. for miscellaneous Town ex- penses. and grant the necessary sums of money therefor.
Art. 7. To see in what way and manner the Town will collect their taxes the year ensuing. or do anything relating thereto.
Art. 8. To see in what way and manner the Town will repair the roads. bridges and sidewalks the year ensuing. or do anything relat- ing thereto.
Art. 9. To hear a report of the engineers of the fire department. and see what, compensation the Town will pay their engineers and members of fire companies the ensuing year.
Art. 10. To see what action the Town will take in relation to a pound.
Art. 11. To hear a report from the Selectmen concerning guide boards.
Art. 12. To see if the Town will grant the use of the Town Hall to the Division of the Sons of Temperance the year ensuing.
Art. 13. To vote the nanies of a suitable number of persons into the jury box.
Art. 14. To see if the Town will restrain neat cattle, horses, mules and swine from running at large the year ensuing.
Art. 15. To see what the Town will do about lighting the streets the year ensuing.
Art. 16. To hear a report from the Committee on the improvement of the Common, and act thereon.
Art. 17. To hear a report from the Committee on the building of cisterns, and act thereon.
Art. 18. To see if the Town will vote to build a cistern for the use of the fire department, on or near Cottage street; also one on Cen- tral, west of Union street, and grant & necessary sum of money to pay the expense thereof, or act, or do anything relating to the build- ing of cisterns which the Town may think proper.
Art. 19. To see if the Town will vote to consolidate the schools formerly known as school districts Nos. 2 and 10, or so arrange as to embody Nos. 2, 9 and 10 in two instead of three schools, or do any other act or business in relation thereto.
Art. 20. To see if the Town will vote to erect additional streets lamps, or do anything relating thereto.
Art. 21. To see if the Town will grant the free use of the Town Hall to the Veteran Association. with the right to use said hall once each month for the purpose of holding meetings.
Art. 22. To see if the Town will accept of the layings out of Gar- field street by the Selectmen, as petitioned for by Albert E. Daniels and others.
Art. 23. To see if the Town will vote to exempt from taxation the real and personal estate of the Franklin Beet Sugar Company, as pro- vided in Chapter 327 of the acts of 1872.
Art. 24. To see what sum of money the Town will grant to defray expenses of widening Chestnut street, as petitioned for by Lewis H. Marsh and others.
Arc. 25. To see if the Town will accept of the layings out by the Selectmen, Wachusett, Arlington and North Park streets (so called), and Church avenue (so called), as Town ways. as petitioned for by A. H. Morse and others.
Art, 26. To see what compensation the Town will grant to the members of Reserve Fire Co., No. 5. of West Medway, for their prompt, efficient and valuable services at the fire of Enoch Waite'- mill, in the fall of 1879, or what action the Town will take in relation thereto.
Art. 27. To see if the Town will vote to sell its shares in the cap- ital stock of the Rhode Island & Massachusetts Railroad Company,
br act or do anything in relation to the sale and transfer thereof, and investing the proceeds tberefron.
Art. 28. To see if the Town will vote to choose a Committee whose duty shall be to take into consideration a water supply for the use of the Town, and report their doings at a future Town meeting.
Art. 29. To see if the Town will vote to prohibit the putting of ashes in the traveled road-bed, under penalty.
Art. 30. To see if the Town will vote to remove the ledge in the highway opposite the residence of Chas. B. Corson. and straighten the road to the corner by King street, as now laid out.
Art. 31. To see if the Town will vote to offer a premium of one hundred dollars. payable to the person, resident in Franklin, who shall raise the largest number of tons per acre of sugar beets, and de- liver the same. to the Franklin Beet Sugar Mill in the fall of 1881. Seventy-five dollars for the second largest number, fifty dollars for the third largest number and twenty-five dollars for the fourth largest number of tons per acre of sugar beets, raised and delivered as afore- said ; said beets to be grown within the limits of the Town of Franklin.
Art. 32. To see what action the Town will take in relation to en- larging the Town Cemetery, or providing increased room for burial purposes, or do anything in relation thereto.
Art. 33. To see what action the Town will take in relation to names of streets and street signs, or act or do anything in relation thereto.
Art. 34. To see if the Town will vote to establish a sinking fund for the payment of its bonded debt. and elect a board of Commission- ers for the same.
Art. 35. To see if the Town will grant and appropriate money for the conveyance of pupils to and from the public schools.
Art. 36. To see if the Town will vote to increase the number of School Committee, and elect said additional numbers.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, on or before said time.
Given under our hands this twenty-first day of February, A. D. 1881.
HENRY R. JENKS, Selectmen DANIEL C. COTTON. of
J. M. FREEMAN, Franklin.
A true copy. Attest :
LEWIS R. WHITAKER,
Constable of Franklin.
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