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1,250 80
1,250 80
Adams and Densmore, sidewalks
132 48
132 48
$19,669 10
$16,001 07
$35,670 17
Expended from General account on
Parks and Bridges
1,542 02
Total
$37,212 19
STREETS
At the beginning of the year our streets were so generally out of repair that quite a large percentage of the street money has necessarily been used in repairing and resurfacing some of the worst sections of street surfaces. The Street Department activities like all other work was considerably delayed by the shortage of labor. However, in addition to the repairs we have constructed more than one-half mile of new macadam roadway as shown by the tables.
CRUSHER AND TRUCK
We crushed about 11,000 tons of stone, the larger part of which was delivered by the truck. The cost of labor and teams has increased the necessity for another truck in this department, probably a smaller truck with less capacity would be convenient to have for use in handling the lighter trucking.
SIDEWALKS
The sidewalks had received very little attention during the past year or two, consequently, we have repaired and re- built several sections of the older walks which on account of changes in grades, digging of ditches, etc., had to be recon- structed. We have also built about one-third of a mile of new concrete walks and about one and one-half miles of crushed stone walks.
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CITY OF RUTLAND
SEWERS.
In this department we were somewhat handicapped the past year on account of shortage of labor and did not use but two- thirds of the amount appropriated for the work in this depart- ment, but succeeded in putting in a few short sewers and erect- ing thirteen catch basins that were badly needed.
WATER DEPARTMENT
The following tables will give all extensions of mains, new hydrants and valves set.
A cement retaining dam should be constructed in Mendon stream at intake valve, provided with flash boards, and flood gate should extend from present spillway to north bank five feet below bed of stream. This would direct all or very nearly all the water into large reservoir when the supply in stream is low.
EXTENSION OF MAINS IN 1917
Size
Length feet
Cost of labor
Cost of material
Moulthrop Ave.
2"
73
$33 78
$44 66
Ives Street
6"
140
92 56
95 55
Church St. extension
34"
452
45 50
55 50
665
$171 84
$195 71
NEW HYDRANTS SET IN 1917
Park Street.
HYDRANTS SET IN PLACE OF BROKEN ONES.
Main Street and Field Avenue.
Howe Street and Franklin Street.
METERS SET TO DATE
5/8 -in.
Number 279
3/4-in.
136
1 -in. 49
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11%-in.
9
2 -in. 13
3 -in.
6
4 -in
2
RECORD
Total values previous to January 1st, 1918.
648
Total taps previous to January 1st, 1918
3174
Total Hydrants previous to January 1st, 1918
186
ACCOUNT OF LABOR AND MATERIAL IN WATER DEPARTMENT
Cost of Labor
Cost of Material
Total
Testing Hydrants
$ 329 16
$329 16
Repair and New Hydrants
179 03
$212 89
391 92
Repair leaks in Mains
230 00
77 56
307 56
Meters set and repaired
412 61
2,424 44
2,837 05
Extending Mains
171 84
195 71
367 55
Rep. and relaying 67 Services
579 24
274 77
854 01
Laying 18 new services
264 27
160 57
424 84
Repair and replacing valves
13 78
13 78
Thawing services
4 66
67 00
71 66
Care Reservoir, streams, etc.
730 50
699 40
1,429 90
Surveying Watershed
13 11
13 11
Miscellaneous
1,209 61
650 15
1,859 76
City Treasurer's Assistant
805 30
805 30
Salary Commissioner of public
100 00
100 00
Salary City Engineer and Supt. of Water
1,066 94
1,066 94
Fees, inspection Health Officer ..
113 95
113 95
Water Rent Rebate
11 50
11 50
Attorney's fees Rooney case
348 96
348 96
Taxes Town of Rutland
129 17
129 17
Bonds, Interest and Sinking Fund
54,788 33
54,788 33
Pipes, valves on hand.
870 33
870 33
$4,460 28
$62,996 97
$67,457 25
Looking up service boxes
322 47
322 47
Works
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CITY OF RUTLAND
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
This Department has been busy on street and sewer lines and grades etc., of which the record figures and tables will be found in the reports of other Departments.
Respectfully submitted, FRANK H. DUFFY, Commissioner of Public Works.
STATEMENT OF FIRES OCCURRING IN THE CITY OF RUTLAND FROM JAN. 1st TO DEC. 31st, 1917, INCLUSIVE
Date
Site of Alarm
Time
Class of Building
How Occupied
Owner
Value
Damage
Insurance
Ins. Paid
Value
Damage
Insurance
Ins. Paid
Cause of Fire
Jan.
4 Still 14 Still 18 Still 31 Still
3:06 a. m. Brick
Store & Offices Dwelling
The Tuttle Co. Chaffee Lumber Co.
2:15 p. m.
11:57 p. m. Wood
Store House
Rutland R. R. Call from Granville N. Y.
5 Still 7 Still
12:45 p. m. Wood 1:25 p. m. Brick
Dwelling Garage & Tene'ts Tenements
H. E. Dyer W. C. Landon & Co. Mrs. Mary A. Holmes City of Rutland Franklin Estate
$5,500 00
$815 00
$4,500 00
$815 00
7 Box 71 12 Still
11:15 a. m.
13 Still
5:16 a. m. Wood 8:25 p. m. Wood
Store & Tenements Dwelling
Miss Mary Collins
15 Still
8:20 p. m. Brick 3:04 a. m. B'k & W'd
Grain store Dwelling Dry House
Howe Scale Co. Burditt Bros. T. C. Halpin Rutland Mfg. Co. C. E. Davis Rutland R. R. Helen B. Smith F. R. Patch Mfg. Co Mrs. Mary A. Holmes
Tenement
Tenements Dwelling Tenements
D. E. Martin Vito Ricci Edw. Pomeroy
Dwelling
M. Johnson & Wife
Laundry
H O. Carpenter
Grass Fire
-
Dwelling
Storage
D.F. Concizio & Wife W. H. Valiquette P. A. Pearsons Knights of Columbus Vito Ricci & Wife H. E. Dyer Clement Nat. Bank J. N. Woodfin City of Rutland
40,000 00
22 50
30,000 00
22 50
15 Still 18 Still 19 Box 12 19 Box 33 21 Still
30 Box 16 30 Box 21 31 Box 17 June 5 Box 63 9 Box 42 |
10:55 a. m. 12:57 p. m 1:17 a. m. 9:50 p. m. B'k & W'd Manufactory 1:20 p. m. Box Car Freight 8:55 p. m. 9:07 p. m. 3:12 p. m. Wood 10:46 a. m. Wood 9:41 a. m. Brick
Store House Dwelling Hotel Bardwell
J. H. Frenier Con. Hoy Rut. Hotel Asso.
1,000 00 85,000 00
30 00 1,800 00
700 00 60,000 00
30 00 1,800 00 12,000 00
32S 03| 10,000 00
Needless Chimney Unknown Sparks
Chimney Overhea'd pipes Chimney Rubbish Smoking in bed Needless Overheated St'k Needless Candle Escaping steam Sparks, stove Unknown Chimney Gasolene Chimney Needless Chimney Chimney Needless Grass Fire Chimney Grass Fire Needless
False Alarm Needless Rubbish Chimney Gasoline Sparks Lamp Cigar Chimney
1 Still 8 Still 9 Box 51 12 Box 61 14 Still
4:23 p. m.
9:00 p. m. Wood 1:00 p. m. Brick
Wood
Tenement Garage Dwelling Tenement Bank & Offices Tenement City Dump
Rutland Fire Clay Co. Rutland R. R.
22,000 00
180 00
18,000 00
180 00
False Alarm Unknown Unknown False Alarm False Alarm Explosion Chimney
32S 03 Electric Wire
Mar.
21 Box 19 23 Still 3 Box 37 10 Still 16|Still 22 Still 24 Still 27 Box 31 30 Box 51 1 Box 31 2 Box 73 8 Still 19 Still 19 Still 22 Box 42 23 Box 17 29 Box 51 29 Box 45 May
9:57 p. m. Brick
7:20 a. m. Wood
Foundry
Tool House
4:05 a. m. Wood 5:05 p. m. Wood 4:15 p. m. Brick 12:45 p. m. Wood 2:47 p. m. 5:42 p. m. Wood 4:10 p. m. Wood 11:26 p. m. Wood
Manufacturing
18 Still
20 Still
1:35 a. m. Wood
Tenements Offices
2,500 00
60 00
2,000 00
60 00
13 Still
6:45 p. m. Wood
Feb. 5 Box 42
12:10 p. m.
.
5:50 p. m. Wood
Building
Contents
Apr.
8:35 p. m. Pasture 3:49 p. m. Wood 11:30 a. m 8:39 p. m. Wood 6:54 p. m. Pasture 4:59 p. m. 11:25 a. m. Wood 5:14 p. m. Wood 8:10 a. m. Wood 5:08 p. m. B'k & W'd Wood
Rubbish
11|Still 21 Box 14 23 Box 35 1 Still
4:00 p. m. Wood 10:42 p. m.
11:46 p. m. 12:05 p. m. Wood
4 Still
12:55 p. m. Wood
5 Still
8:40 a. m. Wood Tenements Dwelling
9 Still 7:00 a. m. Wood
10 Still 23 Still
11:25 a. m. Briek 12:04 a. m. Park
25 Box 12
9:05 p. m. Wood
Dwelling Dwelling
20,000 00
112 60
14,000 00
112 60
Aug.
28 Box 51 1 Box 45 4 Still
9:43 p. m. 11:58 a. m. Wood
Dwelling Store H'se & Shop
12,000 00
5,294 57
9,000 00
5,294 57
14,500 00
5,150 00
11,500 00
25 Box 36 30|Still
6:23 p. m. Stanley Steamer Stage Cross
Sept. 13 Still
13 Box 25
1:45 p. m. Wood
11:30 a. m. Wood 1:15 p. m. Brick
Oct.
3:08 p. m.
Wood
Store Office, Store R'm
Putnam Sawyer Est. Jos. Mintzer T. E. Quigley Rut. Fire Clay Co.
7,000 00
125 00
5,700 00
125 00
10,000 00 700 00
75 00 175 00
6,000 00 500 00
75 00 Films 175 00 Overheated St'k Needless Needless
Cross Wires Gasoline
Needless Needless Chimney
Nov. 18 Still 23 Still 26 Box 25 28 Still
9:07 a. m. Wood
Garage & sales R'm Clark Long
Dwelling
C. D. Morse
28 Box 23
11:26 p. m. Wood
Dweiling
C. D. Morse
3,000 00
1,050 00
2,500 00
1,050 00
850 00
401 25
500 00
Dee.
8:52 a. m. Wood
Tenement
Paseal Rieci
1,000 00
75 00
500 00
75 00
13 Box 43
1:42 a. m.
Wood
Tenements
A. G. Cooledge
2,500 00
197 00
1,500 00
197 00
1,000 00
30 00
300 00
20 Still
1:38 p. m.
Wood
Stores & tenem'ts.
Mary E. Quigley C. F. Bruee
1,200 00
35 00
500 00
35 00
700 00
35 00
500 00
35 00 Unknown Overheated C'y Started from first fire.
31 Still
4:30 a. m. Brick
Hotel Bard well
Rut. Hotel ass'n.
85,000 00
60,000 00
18,500 00
7,895 07
15,500 00
7,895 07 Started from first fire. Oil stove
4,500 00
916 72
2,000 00
916 72
2,000 00
385 00
1,500 00
385 00 Electric switch
$313,700 00 $12,126 99
$226,300 00 $12,126 99
$60,250 00 $14,474 35 $46,300 00
$14,474 35
f False.
8
J Bell.
33
Alarms. .
Still .. ... .49
Total. . . ... .90
Estimated value of buildings damaged by fire.
$313,700 00
Damage to buildings
.. 12,126 99
Insurance on said buildings. Insurance paid was. .
.226,300 00 .12, 126 99 .. 60,250 00
Insurance paid.
.14,474 35
Value of contents of said buildings.
The above total insurance loss, does not include the loss on the Hotel Bardwell pro- perty, as this has not as yet been adjusted. J. C. DUNN, Chief Engineer.
Oil Stove False Alarm False Alarm Needless Sparks Sparks Chimney Coffee Roaster Tree Burning Needless Lightning Overheated St'k Match es Chimney 5,150 00 Unknown Needless Sparks Grass Fire
Unknown
15 Box 51 21 Still 26 Box 19 11 Box 17
16 Box 33
5:00 p. m.
Wood
27 Box 17
11:45 a. m. 11:02 p. m.
27 Still
29 Still
6:17 a. m. Wood
Automobile Dwelling
Seymour Billings Mrs. E. V. N. Harwood H. E. Dyer
Tenement
Stores & Tenem't
Valiquette & Chaffee
Dwelling
Mrs. H. M. Chatterton
Leaves B'n'g Gasolene Overheated F.
30 Box 73 3 Still 11 Still
8:27 p. m.
Wood
Dwelling
Mrs. Mattie Cox
30 00 Overheated C'y. Gasolene
29 Still
5:58 p. m.
Wood Dwelling
30 Box 42
5:40 a. m. Brick
Hotel Bardwell
Rut. Hotel ass'n.
Hotel Bardwell
Rut. Hotel ass'n.
30 Box 42
10:50 p. m. Brick
31 Still
31 Box 43
8:10 a. m. Wood 9:02 p. m. Wood
Tenements
N. Marrow
Tenement Freight
H. Austin & Wife Rutland R. R. N. Marrow P. F. MeManus E. D. Keyes & Co.
Wholesale Grocery
27 Still 2:05 p. m. Wood
11:44 p. m. B'k & W'd Foundry
Automobile
H. A. Colburn Miss M. J. Wheeler F. R. Patch Mfg.Co Dr.H.H.Hanrahan Mrs. Mattie Cox F. Chaffees's Sons St. Trans. Co. Rut. Co. Agri. Co. City of Rutland Patch Mfg. Co. & Finney
21,500 00
1,413 60
15,400 00
1,413 60
Store Lunch Room
10:30 p. m. Wood
7:45 p. m. Wood
6:30 p. m. 9:36 p. m. Wood
Wood
28 Box 23
8:47 p. m. Wood
9:41 p. m.
401 25 Overheated F. False Alarm Oil stove Chimney
Dwelling Blacksmith shop
V. M. Baird S. Terrill & son
Damage to said contents $14,474 35 Insurance upon said property .46,300 00
Insurance paid on buildings and contents 26,601 34
1:58 a. m. Wood
3:53 a. m. Wood
Grand Stand
Stone Crusher Carpet Cleaning, Ete.
W'd & M'l Garage & s'l's R'm Frenier Auto Co.
July
Report of the Commissioner of Public Safety
FIRE DEPARTMENT
This Department is made up of the Chief Engineer, one first assistant Engineer, one second assistant Engineer, nine regular firemen and thirteen call men. This is the smallest department of any city in New England the size of Rutland, but the men are all fire-fighters and are on the job every minute from the time the alarm comes in until the release is sounded.
The expense of maintaining the Department the past year was $12,199.03. An itemized account of the expenditures will be found in the list of orders paid by the City Treasurer.
Our fire loss the past year, a list of which is appended, amounts to $26,601.34. This includes the loss on the furnish- ings of the Hotel Bardwell, but not on the building, the loss on which has not yet been adjusted.
The Bardwell fire was one of the most stubborn that the department has been called upon to subdue in many years. Occurring on the coldest day of an extremely cold winter, it was difficult to work to advantage; but the men stayed at their posts without complaint, regardless of frost-bites and other discomforts. A serious accident occurred at this fire when fireman D. E. Blanchard fell from a ladder fracturing both legs. He has since been confined to the City Hospital.
During the year the Department has responded to 90 alarms, an unusually large number. Of these 33 were bell alarms, 49 still alarms and 8 false alarms. Notwithstanding this large number of calls, the Department has succeeded in keeping the fire loss below the average.
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CITY OF RUTLAND
The motor truck at Station No. 1 has done such efficient work that I would suggest that your Honorable body consider replacing in the future the horses at Station No. 2 with a simi- lar truck. The cost of maintenance, aside from the liability insurance, is only about one-third of the cost of maintaining the horse-drawn apparatus, and it would add very much to the efficiency of the Department.
The need of an additional man at Station No. 1 still exists.
An inventory of the property in this Department shows a total value of $27,712.12.
POLICE DEPARTMENT
The police department consists of one chief of police, an acting chief of police, six regular officers and 32 special police- men, Chief Bert S. Hyland and Patrolman Bert A. Barrett be- ing temporarily relieved of their duties while in the service of the country.
The arrests during the year 1917 total 321, the least num- ber handled by the local department in the last 15 years. Of these 220 were arrested for intoxication, while 101 were for other offenses. Of this number 16 were females and the balance males.
A recommendation of the addition of another regular patrolman made last year has not been acted on and still holds good, for, with the increase in the automobile traffic and the specially congested condition of Merchants Row where it is double tracked, an extra officer is an absolute necessity in the summer months at least.
The question of further ordinances governing the parking of automobiles on Merchants Row should be given consideration before the opening of the automobile season. With machines parked on either side of the row and electrics in traffic as usual, there are many times when it would be impossible for the fire truck to obtain passage in anything like proper time and when seconds may count for thousands of dollars. I would most respectfully suggest that a committee from the board be ap- pointed to investigate this subject for report.
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ANNUAL REPORT
There is but one other serious problem facing the police force at the present time. This is the newsboy proposition. Youngsters six years old and from this to 10 years are on the streets until all hours of the night and with almost no parental control in many cases. This could be remedied to a certainty by the licensing of the newsboys, giving all who applied a license, this to be held just as long as he lived up to the rules laid down by the committee in charge of issuing the license and the accom- panying distinguishing badge. Another way of assisting the officers in this matter would be the changing over of the fire alarm test from 8:45 o'clock in the morning to 8:45 o'clock at night. and having this blow as a curfew.
The expenses of the Police Department for the year 1917 were as follows :
Pay roll
$6,635 60
Commissioner's Salary
100 00
Telephone and Signal Service
213 71
Repairing Coats
30 00
Sundry Expenses
106 29
Total
$7,085 60
Respectfully submitted,
GEO. E. CHALMERS,
Commissioner of Public Safety.
Report of the City Attorney
To the Honorable City Council :
Your City Attorney respectfully submits the following re- port from April 1st to December 31st, 1917.
While the city has not been engaged in any extensive liti- gation a reasonable amount of work has fallen to the legal de- partment. Besides assisting Mr. Adams in bringing delinquent taxpayers into the fold, we have also co-operated with Mr. Hickey in instituting and prosecuting to successful conclusions several suits for the recovery of money expended by his depart- ment for which responsible individuals of adjoining towns were liable.
The controversy between the city and the State of Vermont, relative to the disputed ownership of a large tract of land on or near the city's water shed in the Town of Mendon has been equitably adjusted, a boundary line agreeable to all parties hav- ing been established by A. C. Grover, City Engineer, and L. F. Croft representing the State of Vermont. The settlement has been made permanent by the exchange of quit-claim deeds, which deeds have been duly recorded.
The case of the City vs. Michael Rooney is still pending on the report of the commissioners, Mr. Fenton looking after the interest of the city, your City Attorney being disqualified to act, owing to the fact that he appeared for Mr. Rooney at the trial of the case in 1916.
During the past year through the efforts of your Overseer of the Poor and the City Attorney several insane unfortunates have been removed from the city to the Brattleboro Retreat to be cared for at the expense of the State of Vermont, in accord- ance with the statutes.
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ANNUAL REPORT
Your City Attorney has been pleased to advise and assist the various Boards, Committees and Officers of the city at all times when called upon so to do and has found the work most agrecable and pleasant.
With the exception of the Rooney matter, no legal dispute in which the city is interested is pending.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN S. DORSEY, City Attorney.
Report of Overseer of Poor
To the Honorable City Council :
I respectfully submit my report as Overseer of Poor for the year ending December 31st, 1917.
The cost of maintaining this department shows an increase over the preceding year, due chiefly to contagious diseases and the high cost of living.
The Isolation Hospital alone cost this department over $650.00, $548.00 of which was paid, the balance being in dispute. By isolating four cases at the City Farm and caring for them without extra help, heat, etc., we have saved additional expense.
I have collected during the year and paid into the city treasury $900.62. Of this amount $638.62 was reimbursements for money expended from the appropriation for the care of individuals, and out-of-town poor. By using $631.05 of this amount the second time, and justly too, inasmuch as it was in the nature of a loan, we have succeeded in getting through the year without an extra appropriation and at a net cost of $5,730.43.
It has been my aim to be economical as possible, having in mind the best interests of the city and poor alike. No deserv- ing case, chargeable to the City of Rutland, has been neglected. Undeserving cases have been given temporary relief, the head of the family forced to go to work and provide for his dependents.
DETAILED STATEMENT
Poor not at City Farm
$2,222 89
Poor at City Farm 919 78
Lighting at City Farm
37 29
Fuel for City Farm
385 21
Salaries
984 00
Farm labor
133 83
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ANNUAL REPORT
Medicine and drugs
63 78
Physicians, including examination of insane 207 00
Burials, including services
200 00
Ambulance 27 00
Transportation, police, etc.
114 53
Grain and bedding
96 43
Horseshoeing
5 75
Telephone service
11 60
Repairs and improvements
81 55
Farm supplies
27 42
Brattleboro Retreat
266 03
Isolation Hospital
548 01
Stock (cow)
80 00
Seeds and fertilizer
61 07
School children (clothing)
83 40
Office supplies
15 85
Household supplies
33 05
Nurses
8 00
Barbering
6 80
Ice
6 28
Butchering
4 50
$6,631 05
Appropriation
$6,000 00
Loans used twice
631 05
$6,631 05
CR.
Loans returned
$638 62
Farm produce and pasturing
262 00
$900 62
Net cost this department
5,730 43
$6,631 05
CLAIMS DUE THE CITY FOR THE YEAR 1917
Fred Israel, care of son at Isolation Hospital $82 40
John Fredette and family 20 40
$102 80
MONTHLY STATEMENT
Poor not at Farm
City Farm
Lighting
Fuel
Salaries
Labor
Sundries
Total
Jan .
$267 65
$76 67
$8 44
$40 00
$82 00
$162 28
$637 04
Feb ..
194 64
73 04
50 29
82 00
231 85
631 82
Mar ..
285 45
86 57
3 88
66 72
82 00
250 95
775 57
Apr ..
192 36
71 07
3 31
24 61
82 00
324 88
698 23
May .
181 36
45 17
2 06
13 25
82 00
$5 50
234 28
563 62
June .
196 82
61 97
11 11
82 00
75 33
100
97
528 20
July .
219 53
81 47
161 23
82
00
43 00
119 45
706 68
158 17
89 23
82
00
89 93
419 33
Aug. .
121 90
82 76
6 15
82 00
2 00
61 30
356 11
Sept.
151 74
78 40
2 62
3 00
82 00
5 00
169 46
492 22
Oct .
132 97
79 51
4 79
15 00
82 00
78 95
3 22
Nov ..
120 30
93 92
6 04
82 00
3 00
123 75
429 01
Dec. .
$2,222 89
$919 78
$37 29
$385 21
$984 00
$133 83
$1,948 05
$6,631 05
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INMATES OF FARM, 1917.
Name
Nationality
Age
Frank Dancercau.
American.
54 Died Oct. 10, '17
Elmer Bond.
American.
40
Edward Potter
American.
48
Chas. Barker.
American.
63
M. Fairbanks
American.
65
John Shannon.
American.
73
John Woodard .
American.
67
D. H. Cook.
American
65 Committed Brattleboro
Retreat
Daniel Bowen.
American.
72 Died Jan. 19, '17
John Holden.
American.
58 Dis. Feb., '17
James Coleman.
American.
62 Dis. Jan., '17
T. Frappier
American.
63 Dis. Feb., '17
Fred Miner
American.
39 Dis. Mar., '17
Mrs. Fred Miner
American.
33 Dis. Mar., '17
Nellie Regan.
American.
20
Infant Regan ..
American.
6 Mos.
Mrs. Henry Tucker
American.
40
Lawrence Tucker
American.
2
Edward Hoose
American.
6
Carrie Yando.
American.
55
Angelina Dumas
American
76
Ann Collins.
American.
68
Mrs. Theodore Beaudry
American.
40
Blanch Beaudry
American.
3
Burt Powell.
American
65 Dis. Feb. 10, '17
George Tower
American.
55 Dis. Oct. '17
INMATES OF FARM, JAN. 1st, 1918
Name
Nationality
Age
Elmer Bond.
American.
40
Chas. Barker.
American.
63
Edward Potter
American.
48
John Shannon
American.
73
John Woodard
American.
67
M. Fairbanks.
American.
65
Angeline Dumas
American.
76
Carrie Yando.
American.
55
Nellie Regan.
American.
20
Infant Regan
American.
1
Ann Collins
American.
67
Mrs. H. Tucker
American.
41
Lawrence Tucker
American.
2
Edward Hoose.
American.
6
Mrs. Theodore Beaudry
American.
41
Blanch Beaudry
American.
3
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CITY OF RUTLAND
DEATHS IN 1917.
Name
Nationality
Burial Expenses
Walter Osborne.
American
Paid by City.
Infant Pitts.
American
Paid by City.
Julius St. Lawrent .
American.
Paid by City.
C. W. Spencer.
American
Paid by City in Part.
Frank Dancereau.
American.
Paid by City.
Herbert Williams
American .
Paid by City in part.
Infant Beaudry
American.
Paid by City.
COMMITTED TO BRATTLEBORO RETREAT.
Name
Nationality
Date Committed
# John Feeley
American
Apr. 21, 1917.
Edna Reilly
American.
Apr. 23, 1917.
* John LaMountain.
American.
May 7, 1917.
Albert Loyzelle.
American.
Oct. 8, 1917.
Daniel H. Cook.
American.
Dec. 20, 1917.
Frank L. Slack
American.
Recommitted
Dec. 21, 1917.
# Paid in part by relatives.
110
ANNUAL REPORT
ORDERS GIVEN
Mrs. Blanchard
$240 00
Herbert Williams
120 66
Mrs. Henry Tucker
96 26
Jeremiah Perkins
20 32
Mrs. E. H. Moss
50 66
Addie Eastman
5 83
H. Valliere
6 50
Joseph Guertin
2 38
Mrs. B. Nero
123 99
I. Pitts
10 00
J. Fortier
20 32
Mary Saloski
132 00
J. Farrell
171 00
C. and A. Fox
206 20
Mattie Ellis
119 25
J. Roddy
183 75
H. Lassor
35 60
G. Trombley
5 25
Sidney Ranslow
22 60
Fred Miner
27 71
Norman Davis
10 99
Mary Beauregard
16 39
F. Langdon
10 00
Mrs. M. Nutting
2 25
John Fredette
4 50
C. Humphrey
6 85
Mrs. McGuinness
13 38
Mrs. Fairbanks
11 63
Joseph Pelkey
19 24
I. Johnson
4 62
P. Lajoice
4 52
Jerry Brown
9 90
M. LaRose
5 00
H. Leeman
14 17
Herbert Tronzo
177 80
E. Grenier
4 33
A. Farnsworth, Burlington, Vt.
9 50
Joseph Tronzo
12 04
A. Wentworth
4 00
Herman Austin, Shoreham, Vt.
18 10
M. Colty, Pittsford, Vt.
7 01
Ethel Brown
40 00
Mr. Shippey
30 28
Hattie King
10 00
111
CITY OF RUTLAND
Ed. Bedore
10 00
Warren Pitts
78 99
J. H. Labshire, Orwell, Vt.
3 50
G. W. Poro
46 00
N. Crapo
3 38
A. Page
4 31
Theodore Raymond
23 40
Theodore Beaudry
6 53
$2,222 89
I have filed with the City Treasurer an inventory of live stock, farming implements, wagons, harnesses, hay, household furniture, etc., amounting to $1,755.00, also an inventory of the Isolation Hospital amounting to $259 35.
Respectfully,
J. J. HICKEY,
Overseer of Poor.
Report of Health Officer
To the President and Members of the Board of Health,
Rutland, Vermont.
Gentlemen :- Herewith I submit a report of the transac- tions of the Health Department for the year ending December 31st, 1917.
The number of transmissible diseases is somewhat in excess of 1916, due to an epidemic of scarlet fever (infected milk sup- ply) and to an outbreak of German measles.
The city was entirely free from infantile paralysis in 1917.
In accordance with legal requirements I was summoned to view the bodies of 17 persons who died without medical attend- ance and after investigation death certificates were issued as follows :
Organic heart disease 5
Suicide by firearms 3
Steam railroad accidents 2
Abscess of brain 1
Pneumonia 1
Alcoholism
Accidental gunshot wound 1
1
Suicide by drowning
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