Town of Franklin annual report 1930, Part 3

Author: Franklin (Mass.)
Publication date: 1930
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 284


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REPORT OF THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :


I have the honor to submit the following report of the Highway Department for the year ending, December 31, 1930.


Maintenance of Country Roads


The usual amount of repairing has been done on the roads this year. In the spring most all outside roads were scraped and waterways opened and put in fair con- dition.


Total cost for gas, oil and labor, $700.00


Snow Removal


Pay Rolls $1,000.00


George McQuestion, side walk plow


I. J. Brothers, So. Franklin, 186.00


sidewalk plow 21.13


Care of Dumps Labor $626.00


Cutting Brush


Labor $3,675.00


Cold Patching


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Labor and Truck


$1,400.00


Stock and Material


600.00


Lincoln Street Sidewalk


Labor and Truck


$290.00


Gravel, 600 yards Tarvia, 1200 gallons


135.00


Summer Street Drain


Labor


$50.00


Pipe


30.00


Cement


1.20


School Street Drain


Labor


$450.00


Cement


5.00


Jute


10.00


General Maintenance


Cleaning gutters


$1,200.00


Cleaning man holes


350.00


Cleaning Main Street


390.00


General repairs and new man hole


400.00


Medway Bridge


Cement


$195.00


Steel Rods


87.29


Water


9.00


Lumber


82.15


Labor


285.63


Steel Rods


49.10


Coal Patch


20.00


Remodeling Town Barn


Labor on Concrete Work


$243.20


Carpentering and Painting


158.40


Lumber


368.60


Cement


120.00


Paint


110.00


Heating and Plumbing


49.95


R. H. Sewell, carpenter


$64.79


Resurface Main and East Central Streets


Stone


$604.50


Tarvia


412.50


Labor


240.58


Roller


22.50


Gas and Oil


19.50


42.00


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Anthony Street


Labor


$30.00


Town Trucks


33.80


Hire Shovel


80.00


Roller


15.00


Gravel


317 yards


Tarvia


112.50


Gas and Oil


20.00


Beaver Street


Labor


$1,384.62


Town Truck


200.00


Hire Truck


167.75


Hire Shovel


1,109.77


Roller


72.00


Gravel


5,000 yards


Tarvia


1,050.00


Gas and Oil


200.00


Excavating


2,000 yards


Length


4,305 feet


Width


22 feet


Water Cart


60.00


Elm Street


Labor


$263.00


Town Truck


56.47


Hire Shovel


177.75


Roller


72.00


Gravel


1,554 yards


Tarvia


337.50


Gas and Oil


90.45


Length


3,245 feet


Width


24 feet


Water Cart


92.50


Fuller Place


Labor


25.00


Town Truck


5.00


Tarvia


112.50


Gas and Oil


4.00


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Grove Street


Labor


$1,374.60


Town Truck


250.00


Hire Truck


167.75


Hire Shovel


1,109.77


Roller


80.00


Gravel


3,000 yards


Tarvia


112.50


Length


4,175 feet


Width


21 feet


Water Cart


40.00


Keough Street


Labor


$250.00


Town Truck


71.04


Hire Shovel


144.00


Roller


20.00


Gravel


440 yards


Tarvia


112.50


Length


290 feet


Width


37 feet


Mount Street


Labor


$20.00


Town Truck


15.00


Hire Shovel


32.00


Roller


6.00


Gravel


125 yards


Tarvia


112.50


Gas and Oil


6.00


Length


800 feet


Width


14 feet


Maple Street


Labor


$300.00


Town Truck


200.00


Hire Shovel


768.00


Roller


25.00


Gravel


1200 yards


Length


3,000 feet


Width


20 feet


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Oak Street


Labor


$150.00


Town Truck


108.00


Hire Shovel


192.00


Roller


20.00


Gravel


807 yards


Tarvia


112.50


Length


1,200 feet


Width


16 feet


Partridge Street


Labor


$241.00


Town Truck


74.81


Hire Shovel


Free


Roller


71.00


Gravel


1,369 yards


Tarvia


450.00


Gas and Oil


248.08


Excavating


200 yards


Length


2,850 feet


Width


20 feet


Water Cart


92.50


Squire Street


Labor


$54.00


Town Truck


45.00


Hire Shovel


124.00


Roller


34.90


Gravel


275 yards


Tarvia


112.50


Gas and Oil


26.00


Excavating


300 yards


Length


425 feet


Width


22 feet


Union Street


Labor


$780.00


Town Trucks


324.00


Hire Truck


177.37


Hire Shovel


972.00


Roller


144.00


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Gravel


Tarvia Gas and Oil Length Width Water Cart


3,951 yards 125.00 256.00


5,220 feet 20 feet 18.00


Washington Street


Labor


$355.00


Town Truck


121.44


Hire Shovel


216.00


Roller


36.00


Gravel


1,236 yards


Tarvia


225.00


Gas and Oil


54.00


Length


1,250 feet


Width


22 feet


Forrest Street


Labor


$290.00


Town Truck


100.00


Hire Shovel


180.00


Roller


72.00


Gravel


832 yards


Drainage


24 inches


Tarvia


337.50


Gas and Oil


45.00


Length


2,100 feet


Width


20 feet


Cook Street


Labor


$200.00


Town Truck


80.96


Hire Shovel


108.00


Roller


22.50


Gravel


650 yards 112.50


Tarvia


Length


295 feet


Width


28 feet


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Fisher Street Extension


Labor


$90.00


Town Truck


35.00


Hire Shovel


108.00


Roller


24.50


Gravel


300 yards


Tarvia


112.50


Length


150 feet


Width


30 feet


Grove and West Central Streets


Labor


$20.00


Town Truck


15.12


Hire Shovel


36.00


Roller


12.00


Gravel


150 yards


Tarvia


112.50


Length


150 feet


Width


24 feet


Saxon Street


Labor


$150.00


Town Truck


108.00


Hire Shovel


144.00


Roller


36.00


Gravel


500 yards


Tarvia


112.50


Length


665 feet


Width


20 feet


Milliken Avenue


Tarvia


$67.50


Length


600 feet


Width


24 feet


Summer Street


Labor


$5,203.84


P. G. Lloy, shovel and truck


2,427.42


H. H. Riley, truck hire


245.00


K. W. Wright, truck hire


880.00


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98.38


Medway Coal and Grain Co., truck hire


231.75


D. S. Meservey


39.00


Mrs. J. D. Sterrett, gravel


459.00


J. F. Brogan, repairs on roller


70.00


Buffalo Spring Roller Co., parts for roller


24.50


J. F. Rooney, drilling 17.10


Norfolk County, Entrance Fee


3.00


Reilly's Express, Exp. on tools


1.20


N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R .- Freight on castings


7.04


G. Simms, sharpening tools


14.90


W. H. Chisholm, band for pipe


2.45


Bond Co., tools


27.68


N. E. Concrete Pipe Co., culvert pipe


739.29


Bullukian Co., cement


91.35


Franklin Petroleum Products Co. - Kerosine for burning brush 6.07


Mass. State Prison - posts


$135.43


Blanchard Brothers, curb inlets


64.00


W. K. Gilmore & Sons Co.


134.47


Standard Oil Co.


287.43


Universal Refining Co., cylinder oil.


36.89


N. E. Concrete Pipe Co.


122.20


Independent Coal Tar Co., tar


624.95


A. C. Dana & Son, acid for posts


2.00


Total $11,997.29


Common


Labor


$400.99


Supplies


J. A. Geb


5.20


A. J. Cataldo


2.45


S. W. Kingman


3.50


W. K. Gilmore


4.70


J. F. Brogan


22.10


A. J. Cote


20.00


Joseph Breck


15.20


J. Stobbart


70.00


N. E. Decorating


32.00


J. J. McCarthy


3.50


John Fleming


20.00


Fred Campbell


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Tarvia


Labor


$2,321.45.


Barrett Co., tar


7,465.88:


Independent Coal Tar Co., tar


3,776.93


Tar Products Co., tar


216.90


P. G. Lloy, sand


937.45


N. H. Trap Rock, stone


16.61


Holliston Trap Rock, stone


1,023.43


Iron Trap Rock Co., stone


516.25


Carberry, stone


120.74


E. S. Cook, sand


27.00


Highway Service Co., spreader


765.00


Total


$16,987.67


Respectfully submitted,


CHARLES H. ROBINSON, Supt. of Streets ..


ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN


To the Voters of the Town of Franklin :


The Board of Selectmen, elected to serve the Town for 1930, organized by electing Edward S. Cook, Chairman. Harry J. Geb was given charge of the Highway Depart- ment and A. Harry Simon the supervision of the Town. Hall. Herbert C. Stewart was elected Clerk of the Board.


During the past year a number of matters have come before the Board that were of vital importance to the community, of which probably the unemployment situ- ation predominated. At the suggestion of the Governor, we appointed an Unemployment Committee consisting:


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of Walter E. Mitchell, Chairman ; Harlan R. Mackenzie, Mrs. Agnes Dana, Miss Ann Callahan, and Robert Doherty. This committee have worked earnestly and in- telligently to do as much as possibly could be done to relieve the situation. That their labors have not been wasted has been proven many times. The thanks of this. Board of Selectmen in behalf of our Town is hereby extended to them.


Because the unemployment situation has affected all of the town departments we feel that credit should be given to the Welfare Board for the intelligent work that they have done during the past year. While there may have been isolated cases where undeserving people re- ceived aid, we feel that in the vast majority of cases, the need has been evident and that they have investigated most carefully all requests for aid. To help the situation the Road Department has at all times, in the construc- tion of roads, hired as many men as possible, alternating the days so as to distribute among as large a number as possible, what money was available.


The Town Barn has been entirely renovated and paint- ed, cement floors have been made, sliding doors built on the sides, partitions removed, new heater installed, ceil- ing recovered, and the outside painted, all the labor being done by the so-called unemployed.


Other additional work to relieve the situation was: the building of cement curbing on McCarthy Street, gravel sidewalks on Lincoln Street, heavy substantial cement fence on the Medway bridge and the cutting of brush on all streets. Granolithic sidewalks have been laid in many locations, the abutters paying half the ex- pense. This has been a decided improvement to the Town, especially on Garfield and Ruggles Streets.


More than six and five-eighths miles of permanent road was constructed by the Highway Department, of which five-eighths of a mile was constructed by the Town on Summer Street under Chapter 90 appropriation. In addition to this, there was constructed, by Hagan & Thibodeau, 1 2/5 miles on Oak Street, making a total of


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eight miles of permanent road. This we believe is the largest program of road construction ever accomplished in one year by the Town of Franklin. Following is the amount of money spent by the department for labor :


Road Department Labor $19,963.09


Tarvia, Labor 3,857.43


Common, Labor 500.00


Summer Street, Labor 5,263.84


$29,584.36


The Board have met a number of times with Mr. A. B. Chilson regarding the condition of Charlotte Avenue and with his consent and approval, work has been done on this road and drainage completed under the supervision of the Superintendent of the Streets, and paid for by Mr. Chilson. During the coming year cement sidewalks will be laid and what was once an unsatisfactory condition will be decidedly improved.


Pursuant to the vote of the town in accepting Cook and Keogh Streets, these two streets have been con- structed and are now in good condition.


The shrubs on the triangle in Church Square have been removed to overcome the danger hazard, and with the plans that the Selectmen have in mind for this year, they believe this square will be considerably beautified.


Very much needed work has been done on the Town Hall and we believe up to date, it is in very good condi- tion with the exception of the need of shingling, which should be done this year.


Both the Police and Fire Departments have in the past worked most faithfully for the Town's interest and we believe that the Firemen should be given the slight in- crease in wages that they are asking for.


We believe that the Town should do something in the very near future in regard to "Stop-and-Go" signals, particularly at the Four Corners, High School Corner, and Pleasant and Main intersection.


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A committee should be appointed to investigate at once the erection of a Municipal and Court Building and we are recommending that this committee report at a very early date.


The Board of Selectmen have met several times with the officials of the N. Y., N. H. & H. Railroad Company in regards to a cement bridge in the center of the town, and we have been promised that when conditions im- prove, that this matter will be given very serious consid- eration.


A committee consisting of Albert C. Mason, Chair- man, William H. Golding and Robert H. Sewell were appointed to appraise all town property for the purpose of equitable insurance. This committee investigated the matter very thoroughly and made a most comprehensive report, and the Board of Selectmen extend to them their thanks.


During the past year Franklin has lost two of its most able and loyal citizens and to the families of Harry T. Hayward and Bradley M. Rockwood, the Board of Se- lectmen, in behalf of the citizens of our Town, extend their sympathy.


(Signed)


EDWARD S. COOK, Chairman HARRY J. GEB A. HARRY SIMON


Selectmen of Franklin.


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SELECTMEN'S ESTIMATE OF DEPARTMENT EXPENSES FOR THE YEAR 1931.


Selectmen


$ 2,000.


Auditor


350.


Treasurer


1.900.


Collector of Taxes


2,650.


Assessors of Taxes


2,700.


Town Clerk


600.


Elections and Registrations


550.


Law


500.


Finance Accounts


50.


Town Hall


1,100.


Police Department


10,700.


Fire Department


18,000.


Weights and Measures


350.


Gypsy Moth


1,200.


Shade Trees


1,000.


Forest Fires


1,700.


Health


2,200.


Inspection of School Children


500.


Inspection of Animals


200.


Sewers and Sewer Beds


5,500.


Roads


43.500.


Street Lighting


13,300.


Sprinkling or Oiling Streets


17,000.


Poor


40,000.


Soldiers' Benefits


2,500.


Schools


130,825.


Library


2,000.


Commons


700.


Decoration Day


300.


Town Reports


700.


Water


9,200.


Municipal Indebtedness


20,000.


Interest on Town Debt


18,000.


Planning Board


75.


Respectfully submitted,


EDWARD S. COOK HARRY J. GEB A. HARRY SIMON Selectmen of Franklin.


Dated January 26, 1931.


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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :


The Town Planning Board herewith submits its sixth annual report :


Accumulated income from the Fletcher Fund now amounts to $4638.67 and we recommend that $500 of this amount be appropriated this year for the further planting of shade trees.


During 1930 there was planted, under the direction of the Tree Warden, 164 Norway Maples, as follows :


East Central Street 40 trees


West Central Street 20


High Street 4


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Marvin Avenue 67 66


Union Street 12


Geb Street 13 66


West Central,


near High School 8 66


Meetings were held by the Planning Board when it was necessary to decide zoning regulations.


Respectfully submitted,


HARRY J. GEB, Chairman DONALD B. DOE RUEL E. HEYWOOD ARTHUR W. PEIRCE LESLIE H. WARE


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REPORT OF PLAYGROUND COMMITTEE


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :


At the last annual Town Meeting a Play Ground Com- mittee was appointed consisting of one member from the Board of Selectmen and one member from the School Committee. These two members to appoint three addi- tional members. Agreeable to this vote, the School Committee appointed Dr. Carl E. Richardson and the Board of Selectmen appointed Harry J. Geb.


Because of the offer of a tract of land by Fred P. Chapman and Jacob F. Geb, and which will be voted on at the Annual Town Meeting in 1931, it was felt that the Playground Committee could do nothing in 1930. The offer of this land has accomplished all that the committee could desire for the present. If the town accepts this- land, money should be appropriated from the Fletcher Fund for the construction and equipment of the play- ground.


If the construction work is completed before fall, an instructor should be engaged and we recommend that the town appropriate $600.00 for this purpose.


We also recommend that this committee be discharged and a new committee be appointed to consist of one member from the Board of Selectmen, one member from the School Committee, and these two members to appoint three more members.


Respectfully submitted,


HARRY J. GEB DR. CARL E. RICHARDSON


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WARRANT FOR THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING


February 10, 1931.


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


Norfolk, ss.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Franklin in the County of Norfolk.


Greetings :


You are hereby required in the name of the Common- wealth of Massachusetts to notify and warn the qualified voters of the said Town of Franklin to assemble in their Town Hall, on Tuesday, the tenth day of February, A. D. 1931, it being the second Tuesday in said February, at six o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz :-


Article 1. To choose by ballot the following Town officers, viz: - A Moderator, three Selectmen, a Town Clerk, a Town Treasurer, a Collector of Taxes, an Auditor, three members of the Board of Public Welfare, a Tree Warden, three Constables, all for the term of one year ; one Assessor of Taxes for the term of three years, one member of the Board of Health for the term of three years, one member of the School Committee for the term of three years, one member of the Water and Sewer Commissioners for the term of three years, one member of the Water and Sewer Commissioners for the term of one year, two members of the Town Planning Board for the term of three years.


Article 2. To choose all other necessary Town Offi- cers.


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Article 3. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to bor- row during the current municipal year, beginning Janu- ary 1st, 1931, in anticipation of the revenue for said year, such sums of money as may be necessary to meet the current expenses of the Town, giving a note or notes in the name of the Town.


Article 4. To hear a report of the Town Officers and Committees and act thereon.


Article 5. To see what sum of money the Town will appropriate and raise for the following purposes, to wit :


1. For General Government, including the com- pensation and expense of the Selectmen, Aud- itor, Collector of Taxes, Assessors of Taxes, Town Clerk, also for Elections and Regis- trations, Town Hall and other Finance Ac- counts.


2. For Protection of Persons and Property, in- cluding the Payment of Police and Suppres- sion of Illegal Liquor Traffic, Support of the Fire Department, Sealing of Weights and Measures, Extermination of Gypsy Moths, Etc., Trimming of Shade Trees and for Pre- vention and Suppression of Forest Fires.


3. For Health and Sanitation, including expenses of the Board of Health, Inspection of School Children, Inspection of Animals, Inspection of Meats and Provisions, Construction and Maintenance of Sewers and Sewer Beds.


4. For Highways and Bridges, including con- struction and repairs of Roads, Bridges, Sidewalks, Street Lighting, Street Sprinkling, and all other highway expenses.


5. For Public Charities, including compensation and expenses of the Board of Public Welfare, expenses at the Almshouse, and for aid to Outside Poor, and Old Age Pensions.


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6. For Soldiers' Benefits, including State Aid, Soldiers' Relief and Soldiers' Burials.


7. For Education, including all the expenses of the School Committee.


8. For the Franklin Public Library.


9. For the Improvement of the Commons.


10. For Unclassified Accounts, including the Deco- ration of Soldiers' Graves, Printing of the Town Report.


11. For the Maintenance and Operation of the Water Department, including the compensa- tion of the Water Commissioners.


12. For the Payment of Interest on Town Debts.


13. For the Payment of Municipal Indebtedness.


Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the amount of $32.15 in the 1929 Overlay reserve fund to the special reserve fund to be used for extraordinary or un- forseen expenses.


Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to use the in- terest of the Lucretia Pond Fund not otherwise provided for, for the care of Town Cemeteries, to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen.


Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the Dog License money received for the present year, for the support of Schools or the Public Library.


Article 9. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of $200.00 for the care and improvement of the Union Street Cemetery, to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen.


Article 10. To see what action the Town will take relative to joining with the Massachusetts Department of Public Works and the Norfolk County Commissioners in the repair and improvement of Pond Street; appro- priate and raise the sum of $6000.00 therefor, or do any- thing relating thereto.


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Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of seven hundred eighty-three dol- lars ($783.) to pay land damages caused by relocating Pond Street, or do anything relating thereto.


Article 12. To see what action the Town will take relative to joining with the Massachusetts Department of Public Works and the Norfolk County Commissioners in the repair of Summer Street; appropriate and raise the sum of $4000.00 therefor, or do anything relating thereto.


Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred thirty-one dollars ($131.) to pay land damages caused by relocating Sum- mer Street, or do anything relating thereto.


Article 14. To see if the Town will accept as a public way the way known as Alpine Row extending from Al- pine Place to East Central Street, or do anything re- lating thereto.


Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to change the name of that portion of Alpine Street extending from its intersection with Dean Avenue to its intersection with Pleasant Street and that said portion shall be named and hereafter be known as Hillside Road, or do anything relating thereto.


Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to definitely determine the name of the Town Highway extending from the intersection of Pleasant Street to its intersec- tion with Lincoln Street, now variously known as Moore Avenue, Alpine Street, Alpine Street North End, or Al- pine Street Extension, and that said Town Highway shall be named and hereafter be known as Moore Avenue, or do anything relating thereto.


Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way the private way commonly known as Alpine Street Extension and named Alpine Street on a plan en- titled Pinehurst-Plat prepared by Goff and Schofield, Engineers, dated March 1911, and that said way shall be named and hereafter known as Pinehurst Street, raise


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and appropriate money therefor, or do anything relating thereto.


Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate money to install one street light on Stubbs Street, or do anything relating thereto.


Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate money to install ten street lights on Chest- nut Street, or do anything relating thereto.


Article 20. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of two hundred ($200.) dollars for the purchase of an Inhalator or Pulmotor, to be purchased under the direction of the Board of Health, to be kept at the Cen- tral Fire Station, or do anything relating thereto.


Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to accept a parcel of land situated between Peck and Wachusetts Streets as described in deed dated January 22, 1931 from Jacob F. Geb and Fred P. Chapman to the Town of Franklin for the purposes as set forth in said deed and that it shall be known as "Fletcher Field," or do any- thing relating thereto.


Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to use "Fletcher Field" as a Playground and Recreation Field or do anything relating thereto.


Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the appointment of a Playground and Recreation Com- mittee to consist of five members ; - one of whom shall be appointed by the Selectmen, one by the School Com- mittee, these two to appoint the remaining three.


Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4000.00 from the income of the Fletcher Fund for the construction and equipment of a playground and recreational field on "Fletcher Field" to be expended under the direction of the Playground and Recreation Committee.


Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $600.00 for maintenance and


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supervision of the Fletcher Field Playground to be ex- pended under the direction of the Playground and Rec- reation Committee.


Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a committee to investigate and report on the advisability of constructing a Municipal Building and Court House.


Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the construction and original equipment of an addition or additions to the Horace Mann School Building, and to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to bor- row such sums as may be allowed by law under authority of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, or to take any action relative thereto.


Article 28. To see if the Town will provide for a building committee with authority to construct and equip an addition or additions to the Horace Mann School Building, or to take any action relative thereto.


Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate the sum of two thousand dollars ($2000.00), for the purpose of installing in the Town-Building on East Street, known as G. A. R. Hall, - proper heating equip- ment, and sanitary toilets ; also repair of electric switch- board; or to take any other action relative thereto.


Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to fix the salaries of the Firemen, or do anything relating thereto.


Article 31. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of $5000.00 to be expended by the Select- men in the construction of granolithic sidewalks, the abutters shall pay one-half of the cost of the con- struction of all granolithic sidewalks, said money from abutters shall revert to Excess and Deficiency fund, or do anything relating thereto.


Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a committee to study ways and means by which the in- dustrial and residential expansion of the Town may be advanced and the local unemployment situation may be


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relieved, and instruct the said committee to make a re- port of its findings in writing to the Board of Select- men within thirty days from the day of appointment, or do anything relating thereto.


Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate the sum of $500.00 for the purpose of advertising the Town's advantages and available opportunities, to thus invite and attract additional industrial activities to the Town. The said sum to be expended under the di- rection of the Board of Selectmen, in conjunction and with the co-operation of the Industrial Committee of the Franklin Business Association, which is planning such a movement, or do anything relating thereto.




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