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Home My WebLink Abouttownofcohassetma1923seleCOHASSET TOWN REPORT 1923 One Hundred and Fifty-Fourth Annual Report of the BOARD OF SELECTMEN OF THE FINANCIAL AFFAIRS OF THE TOWN OF COHASSET AND THE REPORT OF OTHER TOWN OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 1923 THE BOUNDBROOK PRESS 1924 CONTENTS Page Officers 1923-1924 3 Report of Town Clerk '9 Record of Town Meeting 9 Births,Marriages and Deaths ..•...19 Accountant's Report 27 Recapitulation 96 Selectmen's Report 117 Assessor's Report 119 Report of Treasurer 121 Report of Superintendent of Streets ....124 Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures ...126 Report of Tree Warden 127 Report of Superintendent of Moth Work ...129 Report of Overseers of the Poor 130 Report of Board of Health 131 Report of Engineers of Fire Department ...133 Report of Cohasset Free Public Library ....135 Report of Directors of Paul Pratt Memorial Library .137 Revised Jury List 143 Report of School Committee Appendix Report of Superintendent of Schools ...Appendix TOWN OFFICERS,1923-1924 Elected by ballot Town Clerk HARRY F.TILDEN ..Term expires March,1926 Selectmen,Assessors and Overseers of the Poor HARRY E.MAPES ...Term expires March,1925 HERBERT L.BROWN ..Term expires March,1924 DARIUS W.GILBERT ..Term expires March,1926 Treasurer and Collector of Taxes HARRY F.TILDEN Constables FRANK J.ANTOINE THOMAS L.BATES ROYAL A.BATES SIDNEY L.BEAL JOHN T.KEATING Finance Committee CHARLES W.GAMMONS .Term expires March,1924 CORNELIUS KEEFE . "^^•—^'--'-^^"^^ EDWARD F.WILLCUTT EDWIN W.BATES . WILLIAM H.McGAW . JOHN A.LAWRENCE . EDWIN T.OTIS Term expires March,1924 Term expires March,1924 Term expires March,1926 Term expires March,1926 Term expires March,1925 Term expires March,1925 4* Tree Warden GEORGE YOUNG School Committee ANSELM L.BEAL . FRED V.STANLEY MANUEL A.GRASSIE WALTER SHUEBRUK DEAN K.JAMES . EVERETT W.GAMMONS Term expires Alarch,1926 Term expires March,1926 Term expires March,1924 Term expires March,1924 Term expires March,1925 Term expires March,1925 Board of Heal h IRVING F.SYLVESTER .Term expires March,1926 EDWARD L.HIGGINS .Term expires March,1924 ADOLPHUS J.LANDRY .Term expires March,1925 Trustees of EDITH M.BATES . MARTHA P.HOWE OLIVER H.HOWE FLORENCE N.BATES SARAH B.COLLIER BURGESS C.TOWER GEORGE W.COLLIER EDW^ARD NICHOLS EDWARD H.TOWER Public Library Term expires Term expires Term expires Term expires Term expires Term expires Term expires Term expires Term expires March,1926 March,1926 March,1926 March,1924 March,1924 March,1924 March,1925 March,1925 March,1925 Town Officers Appointed by Selectmen Town Accountant EDWARD L.STEVENS .Term expires March,1926 Registrars of Voters THOMAS W.DOYLE ..Term expires May,1926 HENRY E.SWEENEY ..Term expires May,1924 THOMAS F.KANE ...Term expires May,1925 HARRY F.TILDEN,ex-officio Clerk of Board Chief of Police THOMAS L.BATES Police Officers FRANK JASON SIDNEY L.BEAL JOHN FLEMING Special Police Officers ARTHUR L.LEHR WILLIAM H.FITCH RALPH M.BRICKETT JOHN W.BRENNOCK WILLIAM H.McARTHUR FRANK F.MARTIN,JR. SPENCER H.STOUGHTON JOHN T.KEATING FRANK J.ANTOINE JAMES J.SULLIVAN,JR. THOMAS J.AYERS JOHN E.KINSLEY HERBERT C.SARGENT JOHN KENNEDY Sealer of Weights and Measures CALEB NICHOLS Inspector of Wires S.CHESTER PRATT Field Drivers HARRY C.BATES ELIJAH F.LINCOLN SAMUEL F.JAMES ALFRED M.GONSALVES FRED P.VALINE Superintendent of Streets DANIEL M.CROCKETT Fence Viewers EDWIN W.BATES DANIEL N.TOWER GEORGE JASON Public Weighers and Weighers of Coal NEWCOMB B.TOWER FRANK W.WHEELWRIGHT MARY P.TOWER GERTRUDE C LOCKE GEORGE P.TOWER WALTER C.WHEELWRIGHT JOSEPH A.VALINE EVERETT C.WHEELWRIGHT Auctioneers GEORGE F.SARGENT,JR.AUGUST F.B.PETERSEN THOMAS L.BATES HARRY F.TILDEN Measurers of Wood and Bark FRANKLIN BEAL ARTHUR 0.HIGGINS ELMER E.BATES EDWIN W.BATES . Surveyors of Lumber JOSEPH A.VALINE WILLIAM H.ELLSWORTH Harbor Master JOSEPH W.BRENNOCK Assistant Harbor Master FRANK F.MARTIN,JR. Burial Agent THOMAS L.BATES Pound Keeper HENRY R.NICKERSON Town Physician DR.FREDERICK HINCHLIFFE Fire Engineers FRED C.BLOSSOM *SIDNEY L.BEAL FRANK F.MARTIN,JR.GEORGE F.SARGENT,JR ABRAHAM J.ANTOINE JAMES MAXWELL Forest Warden ALFRED M.SILVIA Inspector of Animals DARIUS W.GILBERT,V.S. Superintendent of Moth Work GEORGE YOUNG Appointments by Board of Health Inspector of Milk and Vinegar IRVING F.SYLVESTER Inspector of Slaughtering DARIUS W.GILBERT,V.S. *Deceased. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2013 http://archive.org/details/townofcohassetma1923sele REPORT OF TOWN CLERK TOWN RECORDS Warrant for Annual Town Meeting,1923 Commonwealth of Massachusetts.•Norfolk,ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Cohasset,in the County of Norfolk.Greeting. In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Cohasset,qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs,to meet at the Town Hall (lower Town HaU)in said Cohasset on Monday,the fifth day of March,1923,at six- thirty o'clock a.m.,then and there to act upon the following articles . And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting up a copy thereof,attested in writing,at each of the post offices in the Town,and in not less than five other public places in the Town,seven days at least before the time for holding said meeting. Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk,at or before the time of said meeting aforesaid. Given under our hands this eighth day of February,in the year nineteen hundred and twenty-three. Article 1.To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting. Article 2.To give in their votes upon the official ballot for Town Clerk,for three years,Town Treasurer,Collector of Taxes,Selectman,Assessor,Overseer of the Poor,Tree Warden, five Constables for one year,two members of the School Com- mittee for three years,one mem_ber of the Board of Health for three years,three Trustees of the Cohasset Free Public Library 10 for three years,two members of a Committee on Finance for three years;and to give in their votes upon the official ballot, "Shall the Town petition for the installation of an accounting system by the Commonwealth?(This question is submitted under the provisions of Chapter 516,Acts of 1922)".;and (Section 11,Chapter 138,General Laws),"Shall licenses be granted for the sale of certain non-intoxicating beverages in this Town?" The polls for the reception of ballots will be open after a Moderator is chosen and be kept open until four o'clock p.m., and for such further time as the voters present by vote shall determine;and you will notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Cohasset,qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs,to meet at the Town Hall in said Cohasset on Saturday the tenth day of March,1923,at two o'clock p.m.,then and there to act upon the following articles: Article 3.To choose all Town Officers not required to be elected by ballot. Article 4.To act upon the reports of the Town Clerk, Town Accountant,Selectmen,Assessors,Overseers of the Poor, Collector and Treasurer,Treasurer of the Public Library, Directors of the Paul Pratt Memorial Librar}^Tree Warden, Highway Surveyor,Board of Health,Board of Fire Engineers, Sealer of Weights and Measures and School Committee. What sums of money will the Town raise ?nd appropriate for the following: Article 5.Town Officers. Article 6.Law —Legal Counsel. Article 7 Engineering,Maintenance. Article 8.Engineering,Outlay,Tax Survey. Article 9.Town Hall. Article 10.Printing Article 11.Water for H3^drants and Public Buildings. Article 12.Police Department. Article 13.Fire Department. Article 14 Forest Fires. Article 15.Moth Suppression Article 16.Tree Warden. 11 Article 17. Article 18. Article 19. Article 20. Article 21 Brain tree. Article 22. Af/^V/^23 Af^^V/^24. Af/zVZ^25. Article 26. Ar^^VZ?27. ^f^^V/^28. Article 29. Inspector of Wires. Sealer of Weights and Meastires. Board of Health,General. Board of Health,Dental Dispensary. Board of Health,Tuberculosis Hospital, Straits Pond,Cat Dam and James Brook. Inspection of Animals. Highways,including Oiling Streets. Removing Snow and Sanding Streets. Electric Street Lights. Fore River Bridge. Harbor Maintenance. Charities —Cohasset Home,Outside Poor and General Administration. Article 30.Soldiers'and Sailors'Relief. Article 31.State and Military Aid. Arlicle 32.Education. Article 33.Libraries. Article 34.Parks,Town Commons,General. Arlicle 35.Parks,Wheelwright. Article 36.Memorial Day. Art cle 37.Incidentals. At'cWi^.Cemeteries. Article 39.Interest. Article ^0.North Cohasset Post Office Building. Article 41.Guild and American Legion Hall. Article 42.Bonded Debt. Article 43.Will the Town authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to hire what money may be needed in anticipation of taxes of the current year,to be paid as soon as money sufficient for the purpose is received ? Article 44.To hear the report of any committee hereto- fore chosen or appointed and act thereon. Arlicle 45.Will the Town accept the provisions of Sections 22 to 26 (both inclusive)of Chapter 591 of the Acts of 1920 relative to the establishment of a police department? Article 46.Will the Town authorize the appointment of a 12 committee,and in what manner,to consider the matter of preserving and improving the natural beauties surrounding the northerh^entrance into Cohasset from the Hingham Hne to Forest Avenue and King Street,or act on anything relating thereto ? Article 47.Will the Town accept from the trustees of the Cohasset ImproA'ement Association an assignment of all their right,title and interest in and to a certain parcel of land bounded' northerly by the Comjmon,easterly by Highland Avenue, southerty by land of Damon and by land owned by the Town and leased to and occupied by St.Stephen's Church and Parish- house,and westerly by Main Street (sometimes known as the St.John lot),subject to the condition that it shall be a part of the Town Comm_on,so-called,and shall never be built upon;or act on anything relating thereto? Article A&.Fred V.Stanley and others:Will the Town authorize the appointment of a committee,and in what manner, to study and consider the question of joining with the Towns of Hingham and Hull,or either of them,in the estabHshment of a union high school district,said committee to confer with similar committees representing the towns of Hingham and Hull if appointed,and to report at a subsequent town meeting,or act on anything relating thereto? Article 49.Charles E.Howe and others:Will the Town raise and appropriate the simi of $750 for the purpose of elimina- ting a dangerous comer on Pond Street at or near its junction with Spring Street,or act on anything relating thereto? Article oQ.Harry F.Hiltz and others:Will the Town install and maintain one electric hght on the priA^ate way leading from Highland Avenue to the residence of John J.Walsh,and raise and appropriate the sum of S18 for the maintenance thereof in 1923? Article bl George F.Sargent,Jr.,and others:Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-four hundred dollars (12,400)for the purpose of purchasing an American La France,T^^pe F Ford Combination Chemical and Hose Equipment for the station at Beechwood? Article 52.Will the Town act on a resolution requesting 13 legislation:(1)to fix the maximum price at which coal may be sold in any congressional district or part thereof;(2)to provide for prior sales and shipments to constmiers and to retailers of coal;or act on anything relating thereto? HARRY E.MAPES, HERBERT L.BROWN, WILLIAM 0.SOUTHER,JR. Norfolk,ss. By virtue of the above warrant I hereby notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Cohasset,qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs to meet at the times,places and for the purposes therein mentioned. A true copy.Attest: THOMAS L.BATES, Constable of Cohasset. Election of Town Officers,March 5,1923 Article 1.Chose William H.Morris,Moderator,to preside at this meeting. .Article 2.The following vote was declared: Total number of ballots cast,1,159. Town Clerk Harry F.Tilden 970 Scattering 1 Blanks :188 Treasurer Harry F.Tilden...,942 Scattering 2 Blanks .'215 14 Collector of Taxes Harry F.Tilden 947 Scattering ...2 Blanks 210 Selectman for three years Darius W.Gilbert 908 John A.Lawrence 233 Blanks '.18 Assessor for three years Darius^W.Gilbert 853 John A.Lawrence 222 Herbert A.Tilden 46 Blanks 38 Overseer of the Poor for three years Darius W.Gilbert 875 John A.Lawrence 231 Blanks 53 Tree Warden Joseph E.Grassie 551 George Young 579 Blanks 29 Two Members of School Committee for three years Anselm L.Beal •.720 Fred V.Stanley 715 Blanks 883 Five Constables Frank J.Antoine 675 John P.Antoine 523 Royal A.Bates 528 Thomas L.Bates 654 Sidney L.Beal 640 John T.Keating 722 Blanks ,2,053 15 One Member of Board of Health for three years Irving F.Sylvester 821 Blanks 338 Two Members of Finance Committee for three years Edwin W.Bates 690 William H.McGaw 765 Blanks 863 Three Trustees of Cohasset Free Public Library for three years Edith M.Bates 740 Martha P.Howe 704 Oliver H.Howe 701 Scattering 3 Blanks.1,335 Shall the Town petition for the installation of an accounting system by the Commonwealth Yes 375 No 216 Blanks 568 Shall Licenses be granted for the sale of certain non-intoxicating beverages in this Town Yes 403 No.484 Blanks 272 After the declaration of the above vote,voted that we ad- journ until Saturday,March 10,at 2 o'clock p.m. Doings at Annual Town Meeting Cohasset,March 10,1923. Article 3.Voted that the Selectmen appoint all Town Officers not required to be elected by ballot. Article 4.Voted to accept all reports as printed in Town Report. 16 Voted that the following resolution be adopted. That it is the sentiment of this meeting that the Selectmen shall instruct the Town Accountant to furnish and cause to be printed in the Annual Town Report individual amounts expended by each department and by whom receiA^ed and for what purpose money was expended: Yes 71 No 11 Article 5.A'oted that the sum of 89,675 be raised and appropriated for Town Officers and that the Treasurer be paid a salarA^of SI,200 a year,and the Collector of Taxes be paid a salary of 81,200 a year,and that the Board of Selectmen be paid 81,200 and the Board of Assessors be paid 81,800;also the ^Moderator be paid S25. Voted that the following sums of money be raised and appropriated : Article 6.Law —Legal Counsel S500.00 Article 7.Engineering,Maintenance 100.00 Article 8.Engineering,Outlay,Tax Survey 1,000.00 Article 9.Town HaU 3,500.00 Article 10.Printing 1,100.00 Article 11.AVater for Hydrants and PubHc Buildings 7,800.00 Article 12.Police Department 9,135.00 Article 13.Fire Department,including $500 for improvement to Beech wood Station ..7,878.50 Article 14.Forest Fires 1,000.00 Article 15.Aloth Suppression.7,000.00 Article 16.Tree Warden 1,500.00 Article.17.Inspection of Wires 500.00 Article 18.Sealer of Weights and Pleasures 275.00 Article 19.Board of Health,General 2,800.00 Article 20.Board of Health,Dental Dispensary 1,000.00 Article 21.Beard of Health,Tuberculosis Hospital 2,867.78 Article 22.Straits Pond,Cat Dam and James Brook 500.00 Article 23.Inspection of Animals 125.00 Article 24.Highwa3'S,including Oiling Streets 35,761.59 17 Article 25.Removing Snow and Sanding Streets ...$8,000.00 Article 26.Electric Street Lights .7,700.00 Article 27.Fore River Bridge 600.00 Article 28.Harbor Maintenance 600.00 Article 29.Charities —Cohasset Home,Outside Poor and General Administration 12,500.00 Article 30.Soldiers'and Sailors'Relief 1,000.00 Article 31.State and Military Aid 500.00 Article 32.Education,including Transportation of Scholars and School Lunch 59,950.00 Article 33.Libraries 2,750.00 Article 34.Parks,Town Commons,General 1,600.00 Article 35.Parks,Wheelwright 700.00 Article 36.Memorial Day 500.00 Article.ZI.Incidentals 3,000.00 Article 38.Cemeteries 475.00 Article 39.Interest 5,000.00 Article 40.North Cohasset Post Office Building....100.00 Article 41.Guild and American Legion Hall 155.00 Article 42.Bonded Debt 7,047.42 Article 43.Voted:That the Town Treasurer,with the approval of the Selectmen,be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to tim.e in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1,1923,and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year,any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year. Article 44.Voted to pass over this article,as there was no committee to report. Article 45.Will the Town accept the provisions of Sections 22 to 26 (both inclusive.)of Chapter 591 of the Acts of 1920 relative to the establishm ent of a police department ? Voted:That the Town accept Secfon 97 of Chapter 41 of the General Laws.(Urianim_ous vote.) Article ^Q.Voted:That the Board of Selectmen be instructed to appoint a com.m_ittee of three citizens to consider and report,not later than the next Annual Town Meeting, 18 relative to the preservation and improvement of the natural beauties surrounding the northerly entrance into Cohasset from the Hingham line to Forest Avenue and King Street, and that said committee take up with the proper authorities the straightening of Gales'Crossing. Article 47.Voted:That the Town accept from the trustees of the Cohasset Improvement Association an assignment,by deed or other instrument,of all their right,title and interest in and to a certain parcel of land bounded northerly by the Common,easterly by Highland Avenue,southerly by land of Damon and by land owned by the Town and leased to and occupied by St.Stephen's Church and Parish House,and westerly by Main Street,or however said parcel may be bounded and described,subject to the express conditions that it shall be a part of the Town Common,and that no building shall ever be erected thereon. Article 4:S.Voted:That the Selectmen be instructed to appoint a committee composed of three citizens to investigate relative to the possibihty and advisability of establishing and maintaining a union high school with Hingham and Hull and to confer with officials and other citizens of those towns in regard to the matter;said committee to report its findings and recommendations not later than the next Annual Town Meeting. Article 4,9.Voted:That the sum of $750 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of eliminating a dangerous comer on Pond Street at or near its junction with Spring Street. Article 50.Voted:That the Town install and maintain one electric light on the private way leading from Highland Avenue to the residence of John J.Walsh,and raise and appro- priate the sum of 1 18 for the maintenance thereof in 1923. Article 51.Voted.That the simi of twenty-four hundred dollars ($2400)be raised and appropriated for the purpose of purchasing an American La France,Type F,Ford Combination Chemical and Hose Equipment for the station at Beechwood. Article 52.Action was postponed on this resolution in regard to coal. 19 Births,Marriages and Deaths recorded at Cohasset in 1923 BIRTHS Total number of births was fifty-nine,of which thirty-three were males and twenty-six females. MARRIAGES Total nimiber of marriages was forty,of which twenty-eight were married in Cohasset. DEATHS Total number of deaths was fifty-one and included eighteen who died in other towns or were brought here for burial.Of the thirty-three who died in Cohasset,fifteen were males and eighteen females. The causes of death were as follows : Cerebral hemorrhage,5;tuberculosis,3;pneumonia,3; myocarditis,3;accidental,2;nephritis,2;cancer,2;hernia, premature birth,mi trial insufiiciency,bronchitis,disease of heart,anemia,influenza,atony of stomach,asthma,atelectasis, angina pectoris and septicemia,one each. HARRY F.TILDEN, Town Clerk. 20 ^ 03 O 03 cd g .a o •O <!)O CJ ti <^n3 ^ a;'i:)w -^-r ^a rt^^ 9 rf^^^"o^a:fi,fi,^, c o w ^ m -^>^.Tn oj r!W^h^;^ :"^r^^^rt S iii ^,Pi^O ^c^: ^ScH^o c 03 >i ^cu cu <pq c __^ Ki^^05 'd 03 c3^- '>"^2 '-HCo»ooi--iOO'-HCC)co'OcO'--ioqcoooc^oo^^'^ooooc<ic<ii-Hco<N Cq r-i ,-1 CM T-i ,-1 T-i T-i 1-1 (M C^(N CSl (M T-i rH CSI CO Cq i-i ,-1 <M (U O (U k^.^... 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(For Index,see "Recapitulation,page 96.Details as to labor,teams and trucks are given at the end of the Accountant's Report,page 106.) Town Officers Appropriation $9,675.00 Receipts,from Tax Collector, costs of collecting $63.75 H.F.Tilden,on account of telephone 2.15 Pilgrim Co-operative Bank, check protector 20.00 $85.90 Expenditures: Selectmen,salaries Harry E.Mapes $400.00 Herbert L.Brown 400.00 WilHam O.Souther,Jr 100.00 Darius W.Gilbert 300.00 $1,200.00 Selectmen,expenses: Telephone of Chairman $88.33 Postage,$11.96;box rent, $2.40 14.36 Transportation,J.F.James, $7;E.R.Jason,$9.......16.00 Traveling expenses -23.98 Entry fees.Clerk of Courts ..6.00 Voting Hst stencils 2.76 151.43 28 Moderator,William H.Morris, services S25.00 Town Accountant and Auditor, Edward L.Stevens,services 1,800.00 Town Accountant,expenses: Postage S2.46 . Express .45 Stationery 1.78 4.69 Treasurer,Harry F.Tilden, services 1,200.00 Treasurer,expenses: Telephone Q^)S16.67 Bond 50.00 Postage and stationery 56.73 Check writer,net 63.70 Envelope sealer {^/Q 13.75 Insurance,robberv and burg- lary (3^) ." 23.17 Certification of notes (6)....12.00 236.02 Collector,Harry F.Tilden, services 1,200.00 Collector,expenses: Telephone (H)$16.66 Bond 100.00 Postage and stationery 103.48 Books 22.37 Demand and summonses...28.60 Envelope sealer Cf/Q 13.75 Transportation,J.L.James, $3;H.F.Tilden,$6 9.00 Insurance,robbery and burg- lary (i^)23.18 317.04 29 Assessors,salaries: Harry E.Mapes.$541.68 Herbert L.Brown 716.64 William O.Souther,Jr 66.68 Darius W.Gilbert 475.00 Assessors,expenses: Books,blanks,forms,etc....147.16 Abstract of deeds 48.30 Postage 1.00 Probate for year 6.00 Transportation,H.L.Brown, 19.28;D.W.Gilbert, $22.60 31.88 Finance Committee,expenses: Reports (1525)$97.70 Expres,?.75 Town Clerk,Harry F.Tilden, services,salary for 1923 ...$400.00 Services,balance from 1922..109.75 Services,recording,etc.,1923 109.00 Town Clerk,expenses : Bond 4.00 Telephone (3^)16.66 .Postage,$12.34;stationery, $39.28 51.62 Transportation 6.00 Elections : Election Officers,services: F.C.Blossom $10.00 Caleb Nichols..10.00 George P.Tower.10.00 $1,800.00 134.34 98.45 618.75 78.28 30 Abraham J.Antoine SIO.OO Joseph H.Donovan 10.00 John Roche 10.00 Charles H.Pratt 10.00 Thomas L.Grassie 8.00 Frank F.Martin,Jr 8.00 Reginald R.Beal 8.00 Edward M.Fleming 8.00 Eugene C.McSweeney 8.00 siio.oo Election Officers,expenses: Lunch,T.F.Kane 25.00 Registrars of Voters,services: Harry F.Tilden SIOO.OO Thomas W.Doyle 100.00 T.Frank Kane 100.00 Henry E.Sweeney 100.00 400.00 Registrars,expenses,Henry E. Sweeney,transportation...5.00 $9,404.00 Balance to Treasury 271.00 $9,675.00 $9,675.00 LAW,LEGAL COUNSEL Appropriation $500.00 Expenditures : Walter Shuebruk,serA^ces....$500.00 ENGINEERING,MAINTENANCE Appropriation $100.00 Expenditures,none Balance to Treasury $100.00 31 ENGINEERING,TAX SURVEY,OUTLAY Appropriation $1,000.00 Expenditures : Hartley L.White $1,000.00 TOWN HALL Appropriation $3,500.00 Receipts : Simeone Brothers $640.00 Louis J.Morris,janitor,in- come 592.11 $1,232.11 Expenditures: Janitor,Louis J.Morris, services $1,150.00 Janitor cleaning,Mrs.H. Keating 3.50 Janitor's supplies: John N.MacNeill $23.23 L.J.Morris 2.72 Tower Bros.&Co 44.80 Cohasset Hardware Co 20.42 A.R.Sherman,5 gallons spray 10.00 India Alkali Works,oil soap..9.52 Masury,Young &Company, 5 gallons spray 4.25 114.94 Telephone 68.72 Lighting: General $247.87 Motion picture machine 61.02 Exit lights 31.75 340.64 32 Heating : Hull and Nantasket Fuel Company,48,000 pounds coal $385.00 Tower Brothers &Company, 9,100 pounds coal 80.65 Tower Brothers &Company, wood 8.50 Lincoln Brothers Coal Com_- pany,39,825 pounds of coal 347.40 Lincoln Brothers Coal Com- pany,sawing wood 10.00 JohnViega,cord of wood 10.00 Wiring : P.L.Towle,2 fans,$70;wir- ing repairs,$97.03 167.03 Bosworth &Beal (1922,$8.20)10.12 Erecting election booths,L.J. Morris Piano tuning and repairs : M.Steinert &Sons 7.75 A.R.Whitcomb 3.50 Building maintenance : Frank Sargent,setting glass . J.A.AlcDonald,iron work .. Tower Brothers &Company, lumber,front steps I.F.Sylvester,resetting steps etc G.E.Kimball &Son,lumber L.J.Morris,carpenter work .. G.W.Morris,carpenter work Alexander S.Hiltz,two bub- blers,$65;repairs to heat- ing and plumbing,$119.72 $3.00 1.25 5.87 113.21 12.16 12.50 35.70 184.72 841.55 177.15 6.00 11.25 S504.32 33 Inspection of boilers $4 00 B.F.Morse,labor 13.00 C.F.Wilbur,labor ..,14.00 E.R.Shedd,painting lower hall and entrance 101.91 E.R.Shedd,painting signs..3.00 Furniture : Page &Baker,table $12.50 L.J.Morris,table and express 10.86 Frank Sargent,shades,Select- men's room 11.70 Frank Sargent,labor on tables, Selectmen's room 23.30 W.'t.Hight &Company, chair seats 7.25 Edgar J.Pratt,stove and setting up 58.50 Lot E.Bates,moving stove..2.50 126.61 Tax,special Government (Sim- eone Brothers).15.00 Insurance on building : E.N.Tower $101.20 C.Lothrop &Company.....90.00 191.20 Insurance,Workmen's Compensa- tion,on $800 W.H.Pratt 6.59 Balance over appropriation to Incidental Account...57.47 ;,557.47 $3,557.47 Unpaid bills : J.N.MacNeill $8.00 Litchfield's Express .90 Bosworth &Beal 2.85 Thomas J.Hill 6.00 34 Cohasset Hardware Company S3.20 Hiltz &McNeil 5.01 $25.96 •PRINTING Appropriation $1,100.00 Receipts : From H.B.Kimball,reim- bursement for lobstermen..$4.75 Expenditures : Selectmen,Boundbrook Press, 1,500 small,50 large war- rants $60.88 Selectmen,Boundbrook Press, blanks,etc 21.12 Assessors,Boundbrook Press, poll tax lists ($24),letter- heads ($4.82)28.82 Town Accountant,Boimd- brook Press,envelopes ....7.92 Tax Collector,bills,Bound- brook Press,$28.33;Hing- ham Journal,circulars,$4.08 32.41 Treasurer,Hingham Journal, blanks 3.32 Elections,Hingham Journal, ballots,etc 59.00 Harbor,Boundbrook Press,25 cloth posters 15.75 Overseers,Boundbrook Press, blanks 8.10 Incidental Account,payroU blanks and warrants 44.71 Incidental Accoimt,Boimd- brook Press,town reports, 1,100,166 pages at $4.75..788.50 $1,070.53 Balance to treasury 29.47 $1,100.00 $1,100.00 35 WATER FOR HYDRANTS AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS Appropriation $7,800.00 Expendittires : Cohasset Water Company: 98 hydrants at $75 $7,350.00 %of.a hydrant at $75 .!50.00 $7,400.00 The above amount also includes the cost of water used by the town as follows : Town Hall,Osgood and Beechwood schools,Moth De- partment,Street Department, Fire Department buildings, Paul Pratt Memorial Library, Stone Crusher,Town Wharf, PoHce Station and Drinking Fountains (and Beechwood Improvement Association,not a town institution). From April 1,1923,to April 1,1924. Hingham Water Company : Hydrants,11 at $45 .$495.00 (new hydrant Jerusalem Road, 1922) Fire Department,Hose No.3, water for house 11.00 506.00 Balance over appropriation to incidental account 106.00 $7,906.00 $7,906.00 36 POLICE DEPARTMENT Appropriation S9,135.00 Expenditiires : Chief,Thomas L.Bates, services $1,825.00 Services of officers : Frank Jason $1,520.50 Sidney L.Beal 608.00 John Fleming 1,504.00 John T.Keating 268.25 James J.SulHvan 1,074.50 Alfred M.Silvia 12.00 Spencer H.Stoughton 16.00 Ralph M.Brickett 12.00 Arthur L.Lehr (self and auto- mobile)43.00 Royal A.Bates .43.00 Herbert C.Sargent 47.50 Frank J.Antoine 5.00 John Kinsley 149.50 Assistance to Chief (Paid to Chief)172.90 $7,301.15 Expenses of Administration : Headquarters : Walworth Manufacturing Company,heater and fit- tings $124.76 John H.O'Neil,installing heater 68.00 H.T.Fogg and W.A.Burton, trustees,radiators 88.08 Litchfield's Express,express, carting,pipe,etc 21.02 W.H.McGaw,carpenter 141.94 C.H.Stoughton,plastering..76.95 37 Arthur W.Flint,painting ...$29.25 Bosworth &Beal,wiring....21.80 L.J.Morris,repairs to steps..•2.00 Chief,paid for labor ....18.83 Albert E.Grassie,lettering door 8.00 Cohasset Hardware Company, supplies 25.24 John N.MacNeill,paint,etc.18.40 Tower Brothers &Company, supplies 6.89 Chief,paid for station assist- ance 45.35 Chief,paid for laundry 1.12 Chief,paid for postage,ex- press,etc 5.51 William C.Thompson,clean- ing 9.00 $712.14 Chief's expenses,general,car- fares,etc 75.49 Telephones : Chief $69.45 Headquarters 54.52 Hose No.3,North Cohasset ..39.17 Heating,Lincoln Brothers Coal iuo.xi Company,4,500 pounds coal 38.63 Lighting 23.94 Uniforms,M.Linsky &Brothers, cap covers and shields 11.00 Care of prisoners : City of Quincy $6.00 At headquarters 8.00 14.00 23.25Mealsforofficers,etc.,T.F.Kane 38 Transportation : Ruiter Motor Sales,Inc. : Ford car equipped ". ...$862.75 Credit,tires previously bought, $35.00;allowance,old car, $350.00;contribution on account of extras,$27.75..412.75 Net cost of car $450.00 Ruiter Motor Sales,Inc.,gas, oil,tires,general repairs and storage $189.68 Cohasset Harbor Garage,gas oil,alcohol and general repairs 9.12 Chief,paid for gas,etc 10.25 A.E.Grassie,painting num- ber plates 4.00 Bosworth &Beal,oil 1.30 William H.Pratt,insurance on automobile 88.38 Roy E.Litchfield,repairs and gas 6.85 $759.58 General transportation : On account Whitcomb case ...$29.00 J.James,automobile 1.50 Edward R.Jason,automobile 14.85 John L.Jason,automobile...30.40 Chief,paid for automobile hire 23.50 858.83 Cohasset Harbor Garage,stor- age of abandoned car 31.25 39 Street lights : Care of lights : Spelhnan Naun $8.00 Albert F.Kane 46.75 H.L.Brown 58.83 F.J.Antoine 2.70 Chief,paid for oil 5.50 C.H.Trott Company,oil....3.30 Cohasset Hardware Company, oil,etc 11.28 A.E.Grassie,street sign 5.00 E.R.Shedd,painting 12 signs 8.40 American Gas Accumulator Company,tank of gas ....12.38 Outlay —Beacon Light,Main Street and Depot Avenue; American Gas Accumulator Company,for beacon $265.00 L.J.Morris,work on founda- tion form 6.00 Tower Brothers &Company, limiber,$8.35 ;cement,$4.40 12.75 Litchfield's Express,freight, $2.86;and carting 4.11 $162.14 287.86 Balance over appropriation to incidental account...•567.82 $9,702.82 $9,702.82 FIRE DEPARTMENT Appropriation,general $7,878.50 Appropriation,Beechwood Com- bination Chemical Truck — Outlay 2,400.00 40 Receipts : G.F.Sargent,Jr.,for old ladder truck $2.00 F.F.Martin,Jr.,junk 10.80 George F.Mitchell,hose wagon body 6.00 $18.80 Expenditures : Executive expenses: Edward R.Jason,automobile $9.00 John L.Jason,automobile...4.75 Lot E.Bates,automobile....3.00 Elwood F.Litchfield,automo- bile 1.50 Charles R.Jason,automobile 10.00 H.E.Fernald,M.D.,services for Ellery Sidney 2.00 P.Infusino,gloves and coffee 5.50 Richard Abbaderra,refresh- ments 5.25 John Daun,wreath (funeral S.L.Beal)8.00 Telephone,Central Station ...62.05 Grossman Plating Company, repair of damage to car of W.R.Sears by Ladder No. 1,at one of the tar wagon fires of W.0.Souther,Jr...11.25 $122.30 Wages : Fred C.Blossom,chief $300.00 Alfred M.Silvia,driver Engine No.1 1,800.00 William J.Brennock,house man,Central Station 500.00 41 Clarence S.Reddy,substitute driver Engine No.1 $276.00 Paul Brazill,substitute driver Engine No.1 48.00 Robert McKenzie,night serv- ice,Central Station 4.00 Frank T.Jason,driver Hook and Ladder No.1 5.00 Edward R.Jason,driver Hook and Ladder No.1 20.00 Charles R.Jason,driver Hook and Ladder No.1 5.00 Frank M.Roche,driver Hook and Ladder No.1 20.00 Stephen J.Grassie,driver Hook and Ladder No.1 ....10.00 C.S.Reddy,driver Hook and Ladder No.1 ...5.00 Charles H.Dyment,driver Hose No.3 10.00 Waldo W.Locke,steward Combination No.2 30.00 Clifford Studley,steward Hose No.3 (7 months)....29.19 Poll taxes,68 men .340.00 Services at fires : Joseph M.Silvia 2.00 Ellery Sidney 2.00 Harry Pattison 1.00 Bernard Salvador 1.00 Abraham J.Antoine,Jr...... . 1.00 Abraham J.Antoine,Jr.,clerk Hook and Ladder No.1 ...40.00 Frank T.Jason 5.00 Engine Company No.1 20.00 Hose No.3 5.00 .479.19 42 Conveyance of apparatus to fires : John W.Bates,Combination ' No.2 S19.00 I Repairs and supplies for apparatus : i Engine No.1,The White Co.$6.06 \ Hook and Ladder No.1,! Ruiter Motor Sales,Inc....247.51 i Hook and Ladder No.1,; Daniel E.McSweeney,labor 10.00 i Hose No.3,Cohasset Harbor Garage 43.04 i Hose No.3,Beacon Motor j Car Company 25.72 I 332.33 1 Repairs on buildings : Engine No.1 : M.S.Leonard $63.40 F.C.Blossom 92.91 J.H.Winters 6.00 E.F.Lincoln 6.00 Combination No.2: Bosworth &Beal 14.01 Alexander S.Hiltz 89.32 Antoine E.Salvador,wall, outlay 375.00 M.S.Leonard,installing heater,outlay 440.00 J.P.Whittemore,carpenter 2.00 H.C.Sargent,carpenter ..20.00 Aaron Pratt,carpenter....32.00 G.E.Kimball &Sons, lumber 34.00 Hose No.3,C.P.Hooper..9.14 1,183.78 43 General supplies for houses: Engine No.1 and Hook and Ladder No.1 : Minot Market $52.23 South Weymouth Laundry...32.16 A.J.Landry 1.50 Cohasset Hardware Co 6.15 Tower Brothers &Co 18.80 Bosworth &Beal 8.40 The George F.Welch Co....21.00 W.P.Malley 1.00 L.Levine 13.20 Combination No.2,Phillip Whittemore 1.65 Hose No.3 : Tower Brothers &Co 4.75 Cousens &Pratt.7.50 Fuel: Engine No.1 and Hook and Ladder No.1 : City Fuel Co.,6,340 pounds coal $39.63 Hull &Nantasket Fuel Co., 40,320 pounds coal 310.81 Combination No.2,Hull &Nan- tasket Fuel Co.,4,000 pounds coal 33.00 Hose No.3,Hull &Nantasket Fuel Co.,22,000 pounds coal 184.70 John T.Barnes,wood 12.00 Equipment supplies : Engine No.1 : Minot Market,gas and soda ..$80.64 Ruiter Motor Sales,Inc.,gas, soda and oil 17.43 $168.34 580.14 44 C.Callahan Co.,extinguishers, pipe,repairing hose,etc....$97.25 Cohasset Harbor Garage,two tires 352.40 Cohasset Harbor Garage,gas, oil,alcohol,etc 36.05 Bosworth &Beal,gas,acid, batteries,etc 44.68 A.L.Ahearn,gas 2.64 F.W.Browne Pharmacy,Inc., acid .40 O.F.Kress &Son,ladder and hooks 24.55 Cohasset Hardware Co.,rope and straps 7.80 G.W.Salvador,soap,waste, chamois,plugs,etc 29.00 M.J.Sullivan,straps,chamois and sponge 14.00 The White Co.,couplings....1.30 Litchfield's Expres s .50 Beale's Cohasset &Scituate Express 5.95 Hook and Ladder No.1 : $714.59 Minot Market,gas and oil...3.00 Cohasset Harbor Garage,gas and oil 10.85 A.L.Ahearn,gas 2.64 Bosworth &Beal,battery, $43.70;labor,$10.10 53.80 O.F.Kress &Son,ladders,etc.33.62 W.H.Ellsworth,handle for fire hook 2.25 G.W.Salvador,hose connec- tions 1.60 C.Callahan Co.,two lanterns 8.30 W.P.Malley 1.00 45 Combination No.2: M.J.Sullivan,sponge $5.25 American La France Fire Engine Co.,acid 19.00 E.H.Brown,gas,pails,grease, etc 13.10 Litchfield's Express 2.01 Bosworth &Beal,battery and rental 4.00 Hose No.3: Richard Abbaderra,gas 2.70 Fitzpatrick &Happenny,gas, labor,etc .14.50 Bosworth &Beal,gas,acid and jug;recharging and rental of battery 19.51 Cohasset Harbor Garage,gas, oil and tire tube 20.00 M.J.Sullivan,sponge, chamois,etc 5.60 Standard Extinguisher Co., bottle cages 6.14 Electric light : Engine No.1 and Hook and Ladder No.1 $103.61 Combination No.2 9.73 Hose No.3 17.46 Fire alarm : Current $58.22 Gamewell Fire Alarm Tele- graph Co.,battery 294.43 Gamewell Fire Alarm Tele- graph Co.,repairs and sup- plies 110.41 $943.46 130.80 46 Bos worth &Beal,repairing ' j wires and supplies $210.00 Pettingell-Andrews Co.,two '\ miles wire 151.55 j Elwood F.Litchfield,repairing wires 45.75 ' Frank Ridlon Co., generator ..30.00 ] Holtzer-Cabot Electric Co., ] repairing generator and sup-- i plies 15.01 I Cohasset Hardware Co.,sup-: plies .15 ' WilHam P.Malley,eye bolt, ' etc 1.35 Eari Higgins,labor 2.00 F.C.Blossom,enamel 4.10 Beale's Cohasset &Scituate i Express 2.35 $925.32 Total for general $7,884.66 (The above includes $815 outlay,cellar wall and heat- ing apparatus for Combina- tion 2,Beech wood.) Outlay : American La France Fire Engine Co.,Type F,Combi- nation Chemical and Hose car,Ford chassis,for Com- bination 2,Beechwood 2,400.00 Balance over appropriations to incidental account $6.16 $10,284.66 $10,284.66 47 Unpaid bills : F.W.Browne Pharmacy,Inc.$1.50 South Weymouth Custom Laundry,balance 31.11 $32.61 FIRE DEPARTMENT —SELECTMEN No appropriation. Expenditures : American Oxygen Association, refilling pujmotor $2.00 Beale's Cohasset and Scituate Express .50 American Railway Express .. -.48 To incidental account $2.98 FOREST FIRES (For detail as to labor,drivers, etc.,see end of report.) Appropriation $1,000.00 Expenditures: Payrolls (fires)$309.00 Alfred M.Silvia,Forest Warden,services for 1923. . 50.00 Supplier: Minot Market,gas,soda and buckets...$33.50 F.W.Browne Pharmacy,Inc., soda and acid 38.04 G.W.Salvador,gas,oil,chains and miscellaneous 70.20 Ruiter Motor Sales,Inc.,gas ..1.08 48 Ruiter Motor Sales,Inc.,gen- erator,$17;battery,$22.45 $39.45 Bosworth &Beal,acid,gas, oil,etc.27.a0 A.L.Ahearn,gas and oil....1.45 C.H.Trott Co.,soda 16.68 John Robbins Manufacturing Co.,7 badges 7.05 C.Callahan Co.,12 extin- guishers •..150.00 C.Callahan Co.,bottles,etc.17.55 'Beale's Cohasset &Scituate Express 3.10 Cohasset Hardware Co.,tools 13.13 Tower Brothers &Co.,tools ..1 1 .96 $430.49 A.E.Grassie,touching up, truck 7.00 W.H.Morris,fire insurance ($300)on truck 4.50 J.L.Jason,automobile 3.50 $804.49 Balance to treasury 195.51 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 MOTH SUPPRESSION Appropriation $7,000.00 Receipts : State Highway $48.20 On tax bills,1922 and prior...$1,608.37 On tax bills,1923 1,613.53 3,221.90 Irving F.Sylvester 1.50 $3,271.60 49 Expenditures : (Detail as to labor,teams and trucks given at end of report.) Pay rolls : Superintendent,George Young, services Labor Printing,duplicate spraying books.The Boundbrook Press ;$12.09 Printing and stationery,E.E. H.Souther 19.29 Advertising,South Shore Newspaper Co 9.00 Advertising,Franklin Pub- lishing Co 5.00 Freight and express,paid by George Young :..... Express,Litchfield's Teams and automobiles : George Young $309.37 General 325.60 Sprayers : Labor,repairs,H.0.Wood...$10.00 Labor,repairs,George F. Mitchell.171.85 Gas and miscellaneous,Litch- field's Express 9.95 Gas,A.L.Ahearn 7.20 Gas,Fitzpatrick &Happenny 3.75 Gas,Ruiter Motor Sales,Inc.2.40 Gas,Herbert WilHams 14.40 $717.50 3,078.64 45.38 21.95 3.50 634.97 50 Waste and grease,G.W.Sal- vador $4.00 Grease,etc.,M.J.Sullivan...6.10 S229.65 Dry lead,6,000 pounds at 24 cents,Frost Insecticide Co.1,440.00 Hose repairing,Acme Rubber Manufacturing Co $10.00 Hose,500 feet,Acme Rubber Manufacturing Co 325.00 335.00 Tools,poles,etc.,Fitzhenry- Guptill Co 26.36 Pipe,M.S.Leonard 17.90 Creosote,55 gallons,S.Cabot, Inc 18.15 Tools,J.N.MacNeill 35.47 Tools,W.P.Malley 13.95 Grindstone,Joseph Breck & Son 18.83 Kerosene,Joseph St.John ....5.40 Tools (1922,$9.35)Cohasset Hardware Co 24.63 Hooks,Theodore Gagner....3.50 Saw,R.B.McKim Co 1.75 Tools,Tower Brothers &Co. . 9.88 Rope,South Shore Lobster Co.3.25 Filing saws : E.A.Stone $7.35 Frank Stoddard 15.50 W.J.McLaughlin 3.00 25.85 Rent,Lincoln Brothers Coal Co 150.00 51 Insurance on $4,000 Employers' Liability,W.H.Pratt $106.08 Damage,E.C.Bates,wind shield 5.00 $6,972.59 Balance to treasury 27.41 $7,000.00 $7,000.00 MOTH WORK —PRIVATE LIABILITY December 1,1922 —December 1,1923 Private Liability Total Paid in December,1922 $23.00 $2,054.68 Paid in February and March,1923 : Pay rolls 176.50 712.70 Paid,April 1 —December 1, spraying private liability: Labor $395.62 Teams 154.60 Lead,2,012 pounds 503.00 Gasolene,67J^gallons 16.30 Oil,13 A gallons 13.55 1,083.07 4,819.23 $1,282.57 $7,586.61 TREE WARDEN Appropriation $1,500.00 Expenditures : (Detail as to labor,teams,etc. at end of report.) Pay rolls : Tree Warden,George Young, services $294.37 52 Labor $890.00 Teams,George Young 1139.20 Teams,general 41.26 180.46 Trees (25),C.A.Tanger ....68.75 Tools,Tower Brothers &Co. . 15.10 Tools,J.A.McDonald 7.30 Tools,Cohasset Hardware Co.4.48 Filing saws,Frank Stoddard..12.70 Insurance,Employers'Liability on $1,000,W.H.Pratt 26.52 $1,499.68 Balance to treasury .32 $1,500.00 $1,500.00 INSPECTION OF WIRES Appropriation $500.00 Receipts for Permits,credited to "Agency,"$154.50 Expenditures : Wire inspector,services,Leo E.Neagle $106.67 Wire inspector,services,S. Chester Pratt 366.32 Telephone,L.E.Neagle $8.77 Telephone,S.C.Pratt 18.24 27.01 Transportation,1922,for Leo E.Neagle,Estate J.L.Jason 48.40 Balance over appropriation to incidental account ...:....48.40 S548.40 $548.40 53 SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Appropriation $275.00 Expenditures : Sealer,C.Nichols,services $200.00 Postage,stationery,etc.,paid .C.Nichols.14.34 Letter file,E.E.H.Souther...65 Subscription to ''Journal "...2.00 Sealer's supplies,W.and L.E. Gurley \....20.32 Transportation : F.G.Fitch.$25.00 Paid C.Nichols 4.95 E.R.Jason 2.50 32.45 Insurance on sealer's kit,paid by C.Nichols 7.00 Balance over appropriation to incidental account 1.76 $276.76 $276.76 Unpaid bill : E.R.Jason,automobile,$1.00 BOARD OF HEALTH —GENERAL Appropriation $2,800.00 Receipts : Commonwealth of Massachu- setts,Division of Sanatoria $260.71 Expenditures : Executive expenses: Irving F.Sylvester,chairman, services .$150.00 Edward L.Higgins,services $150;expenses,$25 175.00 54 A.J.Landry $150.00 Stationery,E.E.H.Souther..3.80 F.W.Browne Pharmacy,Inc., services and expenses 31.37 Postal cards,etc.,Hobbs & Warren 15.69 Telephone of chairman 24.26 Quarantine and Contagious Hospital : C.F.O'Brien,quarantine $56.00 Norfolk County Hospital 661.70 Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital 247.00 Olive Jason,quarantine 15.00 D.W.Gilbert,fumigation 30.00 F.Hinchliffe,M.D.,services ..6.00 H.E.Fernald,M.D.,ser\dces 3.00 Social Service League,District Nurse 100.00 Inspection of milk and vinegar George E.Boiling,testing $46.00 I.F.Sylvester,collecting 135.00 $550.12 1,118.70 181.00 Inspection of slaughtering, D.W.Gilbert,services 117.00 Vital statistics: 0.H.Howe,M.D.,reporting births $.75 H.E.Fernald,M.D.,reporting births 3.50 C.W.and E.H.Sparreh, returning deaths 6.50 10.75 55 Incidental account : C.D.Dolge Co.,disinfectant $5.70 Edson Manufacturing Corp., repairs to excavator 29.45 W.P.Malley,two tires on excavator 22.00 $57.15 $2,034.72 Balance to treasury.765.28 $2,800.00 $2,800.00 Unpaid bill : O.H.Howe,M.D.,reporting four births $1.00 BOARD OF HEALTH —DENTAL DISPENSARY Appropriation $1,000.00 Paid Dr.Frank A.Derby,services and supplies .$1,000.00 BOARD OF HEALTH —NORFOLK COUNTY HOSPITAL Appropriation $2,867.78 Paid Frederic C.Cobb,County Treasurer $2,867.78 STRAITS POND,CAT DAM AND JAMES BROOK (For detail as to labor and teams,see end of report) Appropriation $500.00 Expenditures : Straits Pond: Gates,labor on,Ralph M. Brickett $5.00 Gates,labor on,Foley Bros...9.95 56 Pa}^rolls : George Young,services $35.00 George Young,team 5.00 Labor,general 86.00 Use of boat,Edith B.Hatch ..•9.90 Cohasset Hardware Co.,crow- bar 2.10 John N.MacNeill,rakes and forks 8.35 Tower Brothers &Co.,rope..8.68 Cat Dam: Maintenance,J.N.MacNeill, lock,etc $3.60 Outlay,Antoine E.Salvador, concrete wall,putting in gate,unhanging gate 385.00 James Brook: Cleaning : George Young,services and team $7.50 Labor,general (reported elsewhere)12.00 Daniel E.McSweeney .50 H.H.Ellsworth,labor and stock for gate 10.56 S169.98 388.60 30.56 Gulf Mill: Gate,care of,J.A.Valine....5.00 Balance over appropriation to incidental account 94.14 $594.14 S594.14 Unpaid bill : C.A.Tanger,care of gate, James Brook $30.00 57 INSPECTION OF ANIMALS Appropriation $125.00 Paid D.W.Gilbert,veterinarian, services $125.00 STATE HIGHWAY ' Appropriation $749.27 Paid Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts •$749.27 HIGHWAYS AND SIDEWALKS Tarring Streets (see below) Appropriation (including tarring streets)$35,761.59 Under George Jason,Highway Surveyor : Receipts : Edwin W.Bates .$46.00 Reimbursement on duplicate orders 8.00 $54.00 Expenditures (for detail as to labor,teams and trucks,see end of report) . Highway Surveyor,services, George Jason ($500.1922)$875.00 Highway Surveyor,telephone $15.48 Stationery,E.E.H.Souther (1922) Autom_obile,J.L.Jason (1922) Care lanterns,George S.Jason Labor,general Team_s,general Team,George Jason 4.64 5.50 2.50 28.12 501.50 186.50 50.00 58 Automobile,George Jason...$60.50 Trucking,general..196.00 Stone,sand,etc. : J.W.Whitcomb,sand $3.50 N.Y.,N.H.&H.R.R., cinders 8.50 Old Colony Crushed Stone Co.,57.22 tons (1922)....159 50 Bradford Weston,96.8 tons (1922,$118.75)....240.69 412.19 Cohasset Hardware Co.,sup- plies for roller (1922,14 c.)$17.29 M.S.Leonard,repairs to roller and cruisher 52.00 19.15TowerBrothers&Co.,supplies Joseph St.John,oil,etc.(1922,. S9.00)11.40 Repairing fences,Robert Kinsley 2.00 H.H.Ellsworth,suppHes....4.70 W.P.Malley ,iron work 2.70 Cohasset Harbor Garage,oil, gas and grease (1922)33.94 S.H.Stoughton,repairing catch-basins 13.00 156.18 H.L.Willard Estate,rent (1922)75.00 Total under George Jason ....$2,540.99 Under Daniel M.Crockett,Super- intendent of Streets : (For detail as to labor,teams and trucks,see end of Accountant's report.) 59 Expenditures : Superintendent of Streets, D.M.Crockett,services (9 months)including trans- portation $2,100.00 Superintendent of Streets, expenses 1.81 Superintendent of Streets, telephone 21.11 E.E.H.Souther,time-book...50 Labor,ordinary $6,814.00 Labor,engineer,R.Crane....1,188.48 Teams,general $1,779.67 Trucking 3,958.75 8,002.48 5,738.42 Trucking,Litchfield's Express, hauling sand 1,814.52 Sand,stone and gravel: Boston Sand and Gravel Co., 689H yards $137.90 Bradford Weston,344.5 tons stone J.W.Whitcomb,gravel,etc. . Carl A.Davenport,stone .... Ira Bates,gravel E.F.Lincoln,gravel Care lanterns : W.F.Martin A.Figureido Frank F.Antoine Samuel H.Nichols Austin L.Ahearn,kerosene .. H.L.McMahon,mason's work 841.65 350.35 5.00 3.00 7.00 1,344.90 $8.00 1.55 1.75 2.00 1.90 15.20 3.50 60 Litchfield's Express,general express,carting,etc S21.65 Charles Bennett,express .....66 American Railway Express ....57 General supplies: Lincoln Brothers Coal Co., 45,220 pounds soft coal....$326.33 Tower Brothers &Co.,drain pipe,lumber,-etc 309.90 George E.Kimball &Son, drain pipe,lumber,cement, etc 115.48 Cohasset Hardware Co.,tools. etc 31.40 The Buffalo-Springfield Roller Co.,supplies 57.94 The Berger Manufacturing Co.,culverts 77.95 CM.White Iron Works,man- hole cover 18.00 Headley Good Roads Co.,93 gallons cold patch 22.91 Puritan Iron Works,grate....8.40 N.Y.,N.H.&H.R.R.,rails.16.14 Good Roads Machinery Co., supplies 4.25 Waldo Brothers &Bond,tools. etc 110.60 W.P.Malley,iron work 23.59 .J.W.Bates,two planks 2.00 Self -Propelling Nozzle Co., nozzle 40.19 E.H.Brown,oil can .50 Edwin W.Bates,cedar posts. wood,etc 45.54 W.W.Bates,cedar posts ....3.36 Edgar J.Pratt,pipe 1.50 $22.88 61 J.N.MacNeill,funnel,etc...$0.83 - Minot Market,salt 1.50 Alexander S.Hiltz,pipe,etc. . 2.40 Boundbrook Garage,battery cells for mixer 1.95 Egypt Garage and Machine Co.,coil for mixer 2.00 Ruiter Motor Sales,Inc.,gas, etc.,for mixer 21.62 S.F.James,wood for roller ...1.50 William T.Barnes,wood for roller 5.00 Sl,252.78 Rent,H.L.Willard Estate, six months to July 1,1923.75.00 Insurance,Workmen's Com- pensation ,general on $1 ,000 , W.H.Pratt $227.30 Insurance,Workmen's Com- pensation,stone crushing on $500,W.H.Pratt 32.67 259.97 Inspection of boilers 5.00 $20,658.07 Under Highway Surveyor, forward 2,540.99 $23,199.06 Unpaid bills : Litchfield's Express $26.25 Headley Good Roads Co., patching material net 61.92 J.T.Barnes,half cord wood.8.00 Boston Sand and Gravel Co., sand 7.50 H.L.Willard Estate,rent 75.00 Bradford Weston,stone 22.00 ,$200.67 62 TARRING STREETS Appropriation,included in High- ways,general. Expenditures : The Barrett Co.,under High- way Surveyor,1922,8,778 gallons Tarvia B $1,360.59 The Barrett Co.,under Super- intendent of Streets: 72,871 gallons Tarvia B at .14 $10,201.94 2,920 gallons Tarvia A at .14 408.80 3,429 gallons K-P 624.82 11,235.56 $12,596.15 Less credit for barrels 38.00 Total for tarring streets $12,558.15 Besides the above,1,129 gallons were used on Pond Street comer,and charged to the special appropriation for changing that comer. General Highways,forward..23,199.06 $35,757.21 Balance to treasurv 4.38 $35,761.59 HIGHWAYS —CHANGING LINE AND CORNER OF POND STREET AT SPRING STREET Appropriation $750.00 Expenditures (see end of this report for detail as to labor,etc.) Labor $303.50 Teams 160.89 63 Engineer,R.Crane Trucks Tarvia,The Barrett Co.,1,129 gallons B Balance to treasury $19.50 108.00 158.06 $749.95 .05 $750.00 $750.00 HIGHWAYS —SELECTMEN No appropriation. Expenditures : Francis P.Bergan and Ignatius Francis,one-half cost of sidewalk in front of new building adjoining Tilden Block $25.00 Street signs: Labor,B.F.Morse,signs and fountains $11.00 Labor,C.F.Wilbur,signs and fountains 11.00 Labor,George W.Morris 2.70 C.S.McGaw,cedar post 1.68 Tower Brothers &Co.,lumber, etc 2.68 E.R.Shedd,painting signs...7.75 L.J.Morris,boards 6.00 John F.James,carting 2.00 44.81 To incidental account $69.81 REMOVING SNOW AND SANDING STREETS Appropriation $8,000.00 Receipts (under Highway Sur- veyor)duplicate order,reim- bursement ...$8.50 64 Expenditures,under George Jason, Highway Surveyor (for detail, see end of this report). Labor,ordinary $4,521.25 Teams and men,general 2,815.13 Trucks,general 218.00 Team,George Jason 325.50 Automobile,George Jason...190.25 Sand,E.E.Bates 2.50 Snow plows,Fitzpatrick & Happenny 143.00 Supplies,etc. : W.P.Malley 65.85 Cohasset Hardware Co....11.90 Good Roads Machinery Co.1.87 Tower Brothers &Co 9.35 Sharpening picks,J.A. McDonald :......80 Care lanterns,S.H.Nichols..7.00 Care catch-basins,J.S.Enos.8.00 Total for George Jason $8,320.40 Expenditures,under Selectmen and Superintendent of Streets : Labor,ordinary S30.00 Labor,engineer (R.Crane)...19.50 Trucks 20.00 Litchfield's Express,carting sand 13.50 C.H.Pratt,work on gutters ..4.00 W.H.Pratt,insurance,Work- men's Compensation on $1,000 29.36 S116.36 Tractor and Tractor House: E.R.Shedd,painting and lettering 13.88 65 L.J.Morris,repairs and shingling $83.70 B.F.Morse,shingling...,4.00 E.E.Whitney,lumber 31.20 P.L.Towle,wiring 8.25 J.N.MacNeill,shingles 109.45 J.N.MacNeill,hardware....2.55 Cohasset Hardware Co.,hard- ware 7.13 Tower Brothers &Co.,lumber 10.33 W.P.Malley,work on tractor, $2.25;on snow plows,$3...5.25 Registry of Motor Vehicles ...4.00 W.H.Pratt,fire insurance on tractor 46.75 $442.85 Balance over appropriation to incidental account $763.25 Total,removing snow,etc....-$8,763.25 $8,763.25 Unpaid bills : Cyrus W.Bates,labor (1922).$2.00 A.A.Davenport,hauling sand 59.50 Litchfield's Express,hauling sand 60.75 Ruiter Motor Sales,Inc.,install- ing lighting system,battery, etc.on tractor 52.17 Ruiter Motor Sales,Inc.,gas, oil,etc 13.91 $188.33 ELECTRIC STREET LIGHTS Appropriation,general $7,700.00 Appropriation,Article 50,one sixty candle-power light on lane off Highland Avenue....18.00 $7,718.00 66 Paid Electric Light and Power Co. : Under contract which expired September 14,1923,nine months,at the following rates,including extra light started about May 15 (from bill dated May 31,for May) ; 380 sixty-candle power series street lamps at SI.50 per month;one sixty-watt mul- tiple street lamp at SI.50 per month ;14 two hundred fifty candle power series street lamps at S5.10 per month and less credit of 93 cents overpaid for Decem- ber,1922 $5,779.92 Paid Electric Light and Power Co. , for October,November and December,three months,at the following rates per month : 380 sixt^^-candle power at SI.666 $633.08 One sixty-watt multiple at $1.666 1.666 Two two hundred-watt mul- tiple at S5.666 11.332 Twelve two hundred fifty candle power,one hundred sixty-five-watt at S5.666...67.992 $2,142.21 Balance over appropriation to incidental account $204.13 ,922.13 $7,922.13 As will be seen above,the Company raised the price of lights on sixty-candle power from $1.50 to $1,666 per month;and on 67 two hundred fifty-candle power from $5.10 to $5,666 per month; over 16 cents in the one case,and over 56 cents in the other on each Hght per m_onth. FORE RIVER BRIDGE Appropriation $600.00 Paid WilHam L.Foster,treasurer, for assessments 127-144 inclu- sive,18 at $60 $1,080.00 Balance over appropriation to incidental account 480.00 $1,080.00 HARBOR MAINTENANCE Appropriation ".$600.00 Expenditures : Harbor Master,John W. Brennock,services $100.00 Assistant Harbor Master, Frank F.Martin,Jr.,J services 50.00 i $150.00 ' Services a3 police (at harbor), 1923,J.W.Brennock 50.00 Rent of shop,etc.,1923,J.W. ; Brennock 15.00 \ Care of grounds,B.H.Crane . 67.00 ! Labor : J.W.Brennock $140.00 Andrew Pedersen 2.00 \ Levi Cadose 48.00 Alonzo Pearson ".23.00 F.F.Martin,Jr 5.00 Daniel McSweeney 2.25 j 220.25 I J.M.Silvia,towing obstruction 2.00 I 68 I i A.E.Grassie,sign $3.44 > E.F.Lincoln,poles .3.60 , Tower Brothers &Co.,paint,' lumber,etc 73.27 Lot E.Bates,carting barrels ..2.50 $587.06 j Balance to treasury 12.94 ; $600.00 $600.00 CHARITIES —COHASSET HOME i Appropriation,including "Out- j side Poor,"^'General Adminis-' tration,' 'and ' ^District Nurse' ' ' ($400)$12,500.00 Receipts : '. Henry R.Nickerson,Superin-i tendent,for Produce $2,724.71 : Board 150.00 $2,874.71 Expenditures : Superintendent,Henry R. Nickerson,services ....$1,200.00 | Telephone 59.66 ; Electric lights 116.02 ., Express,paid by Superintendent .47 i Fuel: Lincoln Brothers Coal Co., , 64,495 pounds coal $539.66 ' Lincoln Brothers Coal Co.,'. sawing wood 40.00 579.66 : Drugs and medicines,F.W. Browne Pharmacy,Inc....64.70 Nursing,Elizabeth Robbins.. •8.00 69 Dentistry,Drs.Wentworth and Bristol 13.00 Funeral,C.W.&E.H. Sparrell 75.00 Grave digging,Charles F. Bennett 8.00 Tonsorial work : E.M.Cronican (1922,$18)...$64.00 Daniel Demello 8.10 Benjamin Nichols 6.35 78.45 Groceries and food supplies : Joseph St.John (1922 $3.80)..$50.24 Minot Market (1922,$105.02)1,295.42 C.H.Trott Co 264.53 E.H.Brown 61.23 Charles Wilson 4.85 Litchfield's Express 5.99 E.F.Lincoln 3.50 W.O.Souther,ice 55.56 Simeone Brothers 22.10 Grain: Joseph St.John $583.47 J.T.Fitts (grain and hay)....95.96 Clothing : M.J.Merriam (1922)$6.02 Louis Levine (1922,$7.23)...41.49 E.E.H.Souther 38.55 H.R.Nickerson,for inmate ..1.50 Samuel Friedberg 14.00 C.W.Wood,repairing shoes ..3.50 Charlotte M.Bates 2.00 General supplies for house: Cohasset Hardware Co $31.15 J.N.MacNeill 7.48 1,763.42 679.43 $107.06 70 E.E.H.Souther,stationery..$8.45 E.E.H.Souther,newspapers 16.00 Joseph St.John,Sunday papers (1922 $5 20)9.88 South Weymouth Laundry ...170.20 $243.16 Buildings,maintenance of: J.N.MacNeill,plumbing,etc.$48.40 M.S.Leonard (1922,$24.15) plumbing 34.75 Alexander S.Hiltz 23.60 W.J.Coombs,inside painting 60.50 J.H.Winters,carpenter work 5.50 P.L.Towle,wiring 30.25 C.E.Osgood Co.,furniture..52.00 Jordan Marsh Co.,furniture ..64.75 'C.W.&E.H.Sparrell, repairing furniture 5.80 Commissioner of Public Safety, inspecting boiler 2.00 General supplies: E.H.Brown,watch....-.$1.50 A.J.Landry,lenses 2.50 George E.Kimball &Son, nails,etc 6.00 Edwin W.Bates,18 cedar posts 7.56 C.T.Fish,sharpening mowers 4.00 J.P.Squire &Sons,plants and bushes 17.55 W.T.Ford,raspberr}^bushes 15.00 Chase Brothers &Co.,50 currant bushes 17.50 Tower Brothers &Co.,general supplies 27.47 John Dalby,tools 9.35 327.55 71 Minot Market,strawberry baskets $8.00 Miley Soap Co.,soap and floor oil 37.75 Simeone Brothers,tobacco ...15.12 Joseph St.John,tobacco 1.40 $170.70 Fertilizers : Lincoln Brothers Coal Co., 15 bags phosphate $45.00 Tower Brothers &Co 63.60 108.60 Seeds : Joseph Breck &Sons........$110.05 W.F.Cobb Co 20.03 Gustin &Saunders 11.00 A.F.Nott 10.00 Fottler,Fiske,Rawson Co....18.25 169.33 Livestock,D.W."Gilbert, veterinarian,services 9.00 Labor,inside house,Mrs.M. McPhee 660.60 Labor (outside)and teams : Charles Butman,labor 471.00 Charles Kennedy,labor .....510.01 Matthew Haley,labor 120.00 Cyrus W.Wood,labor 25.00 H.R.Nickerson,for amount paid R.Bush,labor .13.00 W.O.Souther,plowing 26.00 William T.Barnes,carting kelp and haying 130.00 Lot E.Bates,carting to Boston 403.20 1,698.21 72 Labor on fences under George Young: George Young -$5.00 W.W.Jones 4.00 Charles Wilson 12.00 C.C.Philbrook 11.00 S32.00 Horse,team,etc.,maintenance of: M.J.Sullivan,harness sup- pHes (1922,$4.50)$17.55 John Dalby,harness 15.00 W.P.Malley,horse-shoeing..27.25 W.P.Malley,iron work 37.38 A.E.Grassie,painting shaft ..2.50 99.68 Moving ftirniture,Litchfield's Express 7.00 Transportation,Estate of J.L. Jason 7.00 Insurance : On house,etc.,George F. Sargent,Jr $146.25 On house,etc.,Eugene N. Tower,net 113.75 260.00 Insurance,Workmen's Com- pensation on $600,W.H. Pratt 5.96 Total for "Home "$8,541.66 Deduct receipts.2,874.71 Net cost of "Home "for 1923 $5,666.95 Unpaid bills : H.R.Nickerson,killing two pigs $7.00 73 Joseph St.John,$4.75 gro- ceries;$46.05,grain $50.80 Joseph St.John,Sunday papers 4.68 L.Levine,clothes 3.00 F.W.Browne Pharmacy,Inc.19.65 M.J.Merriam,clothes 16.58 W.O.Souther &Son,ice....15.69 Cohasset Hardware Co 60.00 Minot Market,food suppHes.75.72 $253.12 CHARITIES —OUTSIDE POOR For appropriation,see "Cohasset Home"account and "Recapit- ulation,"after "General Ad- ministration." Receipts : Commonwealth of Massachu- setts,account of Mothers' Aid $780.00 From an estate,reimbursement 156.00 W.H.McGaw,refund on rent 10.00 $946.00 Expenditures : Cash,Town Aid (monthly)...$372.00 Cash,other aid (weekly)2,021.00 ReHef by other places.New 2,393.00 Bedford 414.19 Medical attendance,Town Phy- sician: Dr.E.H.Schott $200.00 Dr.F.Hinchliffe 400.00 600.00 Other medical attendance : William Edward Browne,M.D.55.00 Fuel: Lincoln Brothers Coal Co., 18,925 pounds coal $166.78 Lincoln Brothers Coal Co.,11 feet wood 30.25 Tower Brothers &Co.,2000 lbs.coal 18.00 John T.Barnes,63/^cords wood 107.00 Rent: Mary ReiUy '$180.00 Katie Murphy 40.00 W.H.McGaw 70.00 John W.Mulcahy 60.00 E.E.Bates 122.00 Alonzo Pearson 27.00 $173.20 74 Hospitals : Carney $57.00 Massachusetts General 73.90 Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary 42.30 Transportation to hospitals and to doctors: Estate J.L.Jason $12.00 E.A.Stone 13.55 25.55 Nursing,Social Service League, District Nurse 400.00 Medicines,F.W.Browne Phar- macy,Inc 27.90 Funeral,C.W.&E.H.Sparrell ..75.00 Burials,labor: B.F.Morse $4.00 C.F.Wilbur 4.00 8.00 322.03 1 499.00 i 75 Groceries and provisions : C.H.Trott Co $73.09 Minot Market 133.04 52.00Co-operative Stores Co Central Market 1.50 John W.Bates,milk 72.66 F.W.Wheelwright,milk....53.28 $385.57 Clothing: M.J.Sullivan,shoes $219.10 Edward E.H.Souther......83.60 E.H.Brown 5.00 Joseph St.John 5.00 Louis Levine 15.00 Pomeroy Co.,elastic stocking 32.00 359.70 Total cost of Outside Poor $5,738.14 Deduct receipts 946.00 Net cost of Outside Poor for 1923 14,792.14 Unpaid bills : F.W.Browne Pharmacy,Inc.$2.90 John W.Bates;milk 14.64 Lincoln Brothers Coal Co....35.01 F.W.Wheelwright,milk 4.96 C.H.Trott Co.,groceries....39.59 M.J.Sullivan,shoes 10.35 $107.45 CHARITIES —GENERAL ADMINISTRATION The appropriation for "Cohasset Home "and "Outside Poor " also covers this account. Expenditures: Overseers,salaries: Darius W.Gilbert $200.00 Harry E.Mapes 200.00 Herbert L.Brown 200.00 $600.00 76 RECAPITULATION OF POOR ACCOUNTS Appropriation for the three ac- counts $12,500.00 Amounts paid,totals: General Administration $600.00 Outside Poor 5,738.14 Cohasset Home 8,541.66 Balance over appropriation to "Agency"2,379.80 Total amount paid for Poor in 1923 $14,879.80 $14,879.80 The net cost of Poor in 1923 was $11,059.09. SOLDIERS'AND SAILORS'RELIEF Appropriation $1,000.00 Receipts,Commonwealth of Mas- sachusetts,Soldiers'Exemp- tions 835.58 Expenditures : Cash paid (weekly)$260.00 Cash paid (monthly)296.00 Rent: J.H.Davis $21.00 August F.B.Petersen 48.00 J.H.Kimball (cash paid to)14.00 83.00 Food supplies : Co-operative Stores $5.00 Central Market 2.00 Minot Market 125.08 132.08 Fuel: Lincoln Brothers Coal Co., 3000 pounds coal $18.25 77 Tower Brothers &Co.,7000 pounds coal $65.63 $83.88 Funeral : C.W.&E.H.Sparrell 75.00 $929.96 Balance to treasury 70.04 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 STATE AND MILITARY AID Appropriation $500.00 Received from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts : Military Aid $135.00 State Aid 384.00 ' $519.00 Expenditures : State Aid $378.00 ^Military Aid 10.00 $388.00 Balance to treasury 112.00 $500.00 $500.00 EDUCATION Appropriation $59,950.00 Receipts : County of Norfolk,dog tax ..$457.80 Commonwealth of Massachu- setts for Vocational Educa- tion 735.25 Refund from John Madden ..$28.56 Refund from National Biscuit Co 2.50 31.06 78 O.K.Collins,for two type- writers S40.00 O.K.Collins,for supplies....40.00 S80.00 Lunch.1,579.26 Also received from the State reported under Income Ta:? received,Teachers'salaries 4,240.00 S2,883.37 reported under Income Tax \ Total receipts $7,123.37 Expenditures :(For detail of teach- ers'salaries,text books and supplies,janitors'services,fuel, maintenance of buildings,li- braries,health,transportation, tuition,lunch and sundries,see end of Accountant's report.) School Committee,services for, Edward L.Stevens,School Ac- countant $75.00 School Committee,expenses: Telephone $92.25 Reports,Boundbrook Press..47.30 School Board Journal 14.00 Accountant's blanks,Wright & Potter Printing Co 8.07 Beale's Cohasset &Scituate Express .50 162.12 Superintendent,O.K.Collins, services 1,600.00 Superintendent,expenses (per- sonal)$204.42 Superintendent,Attendance of- ficer,Thomas L.Bates 75.00 279.42 79 Teachers'salaries; Supervisors $916.00 Principal of high school,Arthur C.Morrison 2,500.00 High 10,075.00 Elementary 19,786.63 ,277.63 Text books and supplies: Books $1,594.09 Supplies,general 2,319.53 Supplies,for lunch account...1,814.73 5,728.35 Janitors'services 3,452.00 Fuel 3,487.23 Buildings,maintenance of,in- cluding light and power.....-3,486.39 Libraries 148.20 Health (reported under "Health and Sanitation "to State.See special appropriation for '*Dental Dispensary "under Board of Health.)650.00 Transportation .4,988.13 Tuition '....1,313.25 Sundries 623.38 Total for schools $59,271.10 Balance to treasury 678.90 $59,950.00$59,950.00 Unpaid bill : F.W.Browne,Pharmacy,Inc. $10.25 80 LIBRARIES Appropriation $2,750.00 Paid: Rev.F.V.Stanley,treasurer Paul Pratt Memorial Librar}^$2,600 James A.Brickett,treasurer Nantasket (North Cohasset) branch 150.00 $2,750.00 PARKS —NANTASKET MAINTENANCE Appropriation $150.59 Paid State Treasurer $150.59 PARKS —TOWN COMMONS —GENERAL Appropriation $1,600.00 Receipts : Massachusetts Trust Co.,divi- dends for Wadleigh Park...$200.00 Cohasset Savings Bank,for Centre $51.76 Billings-Pratt Park 45.00 96.76 8296.76 Expenditures : Labor : B.F.Morse.$402.75 Charles F.Wilbur 398.75 $801.50 Teams : W.T.Barnes ;J.F.Silvia,Jr.30.50 Express : Litchfield's $1.50;freight,.50 2.00 81 Sharpening and repairing mowers : W.P.Malley $9.80 Charles T Fish 4.00 $13.80 SuppHes : Cohasset Hardware Co.,two mowers $34.00 Cohasset Hardware Co.,tools, etc 16.53 Tower Brothers &Co.,cement, etc 2.55 Dolge Co.,5 gals,weed killer 8.50 J.N.MacNeill,tools..1.15 62.73 Wadleigh Park: Labor and teams (see end of report for detail)'. ..$119.88 Rye seed,George Young 1.68 Phosphate,3 bags,Lincoln Brothers Coal Co 8.40 129.96 Billings-Pratt Park: Paid George F.Sargent 50.00 Paid B.H.Crane,see list follow- ing this account 443.00 Insurance,Workmen's Compensa- tion on $700,W.H.Pratt....8.62 $1,542.11 Balance to.treasury 57.89 $1,600.00 $1,600.00 ACCOUNT BY PARKS Town Commons,center $919.15 Wadleigh Park 129.96 Beechwood Park >50.00 82 Parks under B.H.Crane: Paul Pratt Library $134.00 Guild Hall 110.00 Cove Park ;83.00 Stoddard (Elm Street)88.00 Summer Street,front of Cous- en's 28.00 $443.00 $1,542.11 WHEELWRIGHT PARK Appropriation $700.00 Receipts : Massachusetts Trust Co.,divi- dends $200.00 Cohasset Savings Bank,divi- dends 450.00 For wood,etc 43.00 8693.00 Expenditures:(For detail,see end of report) .George Young,services $57.50 George Young,team 8.75^$66.25 Labor,ordinary 386.00 Teams and automobiles 244.00 Supplies,Cohasset Hardware Co., padlock .60 Stationery,E.E.H.Souther.....50 Insurance,Workmen's Compensa- tion on $100,W.H.Pratt...1.23 $698.58 Balance to treasury 1.42 $700.00 $700.00 83 MEMORIAL DAY Appropriation 1500.00 Paid George H.Mealy Post No. 118,American Legion $500.00 RECREATION —BALL FIELD No appropriation: Paid George E.Kimball &Son, for lumber,etc.for bleachers.S174.91 Lot E.Bates,rolling,etc.10.80 To incidental account $185.71 INCIDENTALS Appropriation $3,000.00 Receipts: Top mast,G.A.R.flagpole .. Town histories,maps and paper $10.00 19.35 $29.35 Expenditures :(Unclassified) Town Clock: Care of,Caleb Nichols $52.00 D.N.Tower,repairs........5.00 Cohasset Hardware Co.,oil...50 $57.50 Town Flag : . Care of,Caleb Nichols (and re- pairs)$123.50 Care of,Ephraim Snow 29.50 Cousens &Pratt,flag (9 x 15)21.00 George Lawley &Son Corp., 12 pounds rope 3.24 For car-fare of men repairing eagle and staff (town reim- bursed from bill)2.00 84 Lexington Flag Staff Co.,re- pairs to staff and eagle....$72.50 F.F.Martin,Jr.,for halyards 3.50 Town reports : Walter McGrath,distributing $38.00 Beale's Cohasset &Scituate Express 4.25 Damages to property : E.E.H.Souther,cleaning suit of Leonora Ferreira,August •27,1921 $2.25 Mrs.Sarah L.Pratt,automo- bile spring 3.75 William Howard Pratt,damage to automobile,October 5, 1923 20.00 $255.24 Transfers from : Town Hall $57.47 Water for Hydrants,etc 106.00 Police Department 567.82 Fire Department,general....6.16 Fire Department,Selectmen .2.98 42.25 26.00 Miscellaneous : Carter,Rice &Co.,ream of paper 3.43 Horse Cemetery:labor B.F.Morse $44.00 C.F.Wilbur 44.00 *^88.00 Insurance,Workmen's Compensa- tion,WilHam Howard Pratt ..143.12 $615.54 85 Inspection of Wires $48.40 Sealer of Weights and Mea- sures 1.76 Straits Pond,etc 94.14 Highways,Selectmen 69.81 Removing Snow 763.25 Electric Street Lights 204.13 Fore River Bridge 480.00 Recreation,ball field 185.71 Cemeteries 61.73 Guild Hall 2.25 $2,651.61 Balance over appropriation to "Agency"$267.15 ,267.1513,267.15 TELEPHONES FOR INDIVIDUALS Services for individuals,charged to departments,which are reimbursed.No appropriation. Name William O.Souther,Jr.,Selectman (also $11.70 due from 1922) Edward L.Stevens,Town Accountant ... Louis J.Morris,Town Hall Police Department: Sidney L.Beal Frank Jason John Fleming (also $2.28 due from 1922) Frank J.Antoine (also $4.01 due from 1922)23.76 16.97 Fire Department: George F.Sargent,Jr.(also $2.93 due from 1922)25.98 29.11 Clarence S.Reddy (also $3.66 due from 1922)19.06 19.01 Paid Received out for from $30.15 30.59 $30.59 19.36 19.36 13.39 13.39 24.61 22.08 26.01 23.78 86 Alfred U.Silvia (also $15.04 due from 1922)S56.09 S58.39 Elmer E.Bates (also $23.84 due from 1922)27.01 28.60 Arthur Studley (also $13.92 due from 1922)25.69 29.76 Tree Warden,George Young 23.54 23.54 Board of Health,John W.Bates (also $4.44 due from 1922)18.96 21.87 Harbor,John W.Brennock 16.71 16.71 Schools : Thomas A.Stevens (also $2.00 due from 1922)24.26 21.98 A.C.Morrison (also $2.52 due from, 1922)32.53 35.05 John Ferreira,from 1922 4.65 District Nurse (also 59 cents due from 1922)29.59 30.12 Paul Pratt Library (also $2.00 due from 1922)27.15 26.55 Cemetery,B.F.Morse,for tolls only 9.99 9.99 S504.43 $481.50 Balance over receipts to "Agency "...22.93 S504.43 CEMETERY —WOODSIDE Appropriation $475.00 Receipts : From sale of lots and grave ..$642.80 From care of lots 111.50 $754.30 Expenditures : Labor : B.F.Morse $180.00 C.F.Wilbur 176.00 $356.00 87 Postage $1.25 Telephone of B.F.Morse (except tolls)16.03 Writing deeds,H.F.Tilden 16.00 Burning grass,pay roll: W.J.Brennock $2.00 J.M.Silvia 2.00 Levi Cadose 2.00 6.00 Mowing,J.F.Silvia &Son 50.00 Law mowers,(2)E.H.Brown...25.00 Pump,etc.,M.S.Leonard 57.50 Supplies,Cohasset Hardware Co.2.30 Litchfield's Express .50 Insurance,Workmen's Compensa- tion on $500,W.H.Pratt ...6.15 Balance over appropriation to incidental account $61.73 $536.73 $536.73 INTEREST —METROPOLITAN PARKS Appropriation $49.12 Paid State Treasurer 49.12 INTEREST—GENERAL Appropriation $5,000.00 Received : On deferred taxes $2,620.08 On bank deposits 470.09 ,090.17 Paid: State Treasurer,on Jerusalem Road notes,5.75%$862.50 88 Alice Tobey Jones,on Tuberculosis Hospital notes,43^%S47.14 Rockland Trust Company,anti- cipation of tax loans : Note No.39,due October 15, discount at 4.25%$588.63 Note No.40,due October 15, discount at 4.30%511.23 Note No.41,due November 1, discount at 4.30%275.93 Note Nos.42 and 43,due November 15,discount at 43^%980.00 Note No.44,due December 1, discount at 4.40%141.77 2,497.56 $3,407.20 Balance to treasury 1,592.80 $5,000.00 $5,000.00 PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE —NORTH COHASSET ' POST OFFICE AND HOSE NO.3 BUILDING \ Appropriation $100.00 j Receipts : ' Rent,from E.T.Brickett....$100.00 '• No payments Balance to treasury $100.00 PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GUILD HALL AND AMERICAN LEGION BUILDING Appropriation $155.00 Receipts : Rent,from American Legion Post,1922 $1.00 89 Rent,volunteer Veteran Fire- men's Association,1923...$1.00 $2.00 Expenditures : Cohasset Water Co.,rates to July 1,1924 $23.00 Manuel S.Leonard,labor on pipes,also bars for boiler....29.25 Manuel S.Leonard,contract covering heater pipes 105.00 Balance over appropriation to incidental account $2.25 1157.25 $157.25 MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS Metropolitan parks sinking fund Appropriation $6.84 Paid State Treasurer $6.84 MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS Bonds from Revenue Appropriation .$7,047.42 Paid: Treasurer of Commonwealth,Jeru- salem Road note due June 15.$6,000.00 Alice Tobey Jones,last of Norfolk County Tuberculosis Hospital notes,due November 1 1,047.42 $7,047.42 90 MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS Anticipation of Tax Loans Received from the Rockland Trust Company the following proceeds : Note No.39,dated January 11, due October 15,less discount at 4.25%$17,411.37 Note No.40,dated March 21, due October 15,less discount at 4.30%19,488.77 Note No.41,dated March 29, due November 1,less dis- count at 4.30%9,724.07 Notes Nos.42 and 43,$20,000. each due November 15,less discount at 4)^%39,020.00 Note No.44,for $10,000 due December 1,less discount at 4.40%9,858.23 1,502.44 Paid the Rockland Trust Com- pany,all the notes as listed above $95,502.44 AGENCY Including amounts received for and paid from Corporation Tax,Licenses,Permits,etc. Appropriation,State Tax $13,440.00 Appropriation,County Tax 10,287.21 Appropriation,due State on Polls 2,901.00 $26,628.21 91 Received from Norfolk County for land damages paid on account of re-location of Jerusalem . Road west of Forest Avenue to Black Rock Road ;also re-loca- tion of Green Hill Road to town line $1,778.00 $28,406.21 Received,from State,Corporation taxes : Public Service,1922 $356.55 Business 46.71 ' Domestic,1922..9.30 $412.56 Civilian War Poll Taxes,1920, 1921 and 1922 ($258.).......297.00 Corporation tax 1923 : Public service $3,897.91 Business 729.64 National Bank tax 574.95 5,202.50 From the Court,for fines ."100.00 Wire permits 154.50 Licenses : Liquor 3d class $1.00 Pistol (13)6.50 Garage (1)25.00 Gas registration (13).6.50 Gas licenses (2)2.00 Junk (3)30.00 Sunday (5)5.00 Pool (3)3.00 Bowling (1)2.00 Oleomargarine (3)1.50 Common Victuallers (2)2.00 Alcohol (2);..2.00 92 Transient Vendors (1)$10.95 Slaughtering (1)1.00 Auctioneers (1)2.00 Peddlers (4)from Common- wealth of Massachusetts 32.00 S132.45 86,299.01 $34,705.22 Paid: State Treasurer,State Tax...$13,440.00 State Treasurer,J^of 3d class liquor license .25 State Treasurer,Civilian War Poll Tax 2,901.00 State Treasurer,Refund cor- poration tax 1920,1921 and 1922 328.99 County Treasurer,County tax 1923 .10,287.21 Land damages awarded by County Commissioners,relocation Jeru- salem Road,west of Forest Avenue. Ernest R.Huebner $250.00 Edward J.Doherty 250.00 Katherine A.Kiggen,Eliza- beth Kiggen,Helen Kiggen .320.00 Edwin H.Hughes,Isabel E. Hughes 300.00 Henry Tolman,trustee est. Elizabeth B.S.Toknan....170.00 Willard P.Whittemore 120.00 WilHam N.Fisher 25.00 Mary F.Connolly 43.00 Stanford Hotels Co.,Inc 100.00 $1,578.00 93 • Also award on re-location Green i Hill Road,from Jerusalem | Road to town line,Lawrence J.] Sullivan $200.00 11,778.00 i $28,735:45 Balance 5,969.77 $34,705.22$34,705.22 Balance as above,forward...$5,969.77 Charges against: Charities,balance over appro- priation $2,379.80 Incidental account,balance over appropriation 267.15 Telephones for individuals, balance over receipts 22.93 $2,669.88 Balance to treasury 3,299.89 $5,969.77 TRUST —BEECHWOOD CEMETERY Received for care of lot (Williams)$3 .40 Paid H.L.Brown,treasurer,on account of above $3.40 RESERVE FUND Under Chapter 59,Section 25,General Laws APRIL TAX ASSESSMENTS Net deficit reported as of January 1,1923 $11,563.60 94 Amounts to be added,abated'in 1923: 1919 —assessments,poll,S6 personal,S7.20 1920 —assessments,poll,S35 personal,$13.97 1921 —assessments,poll S75 personal,119.60;R.E.,$95 1922 —assessments,poll,$184 personal,$401.70;R.E. $196.30;moth,$9.25 $13.20 48.97 189.60 791.25 $1,043.02 Total deficit $12,606.62 1923 OVERLAY,see Assessors' report Charges against in 1923 : Polls abated $331.00 R.E.abated 935.30 Personal abated 43.54 $2,200.95 1,309.84 Balance Januar}^1,1924... 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U X <D oi o e ,1 C/J o "H Ph g 5-1 Oloo^ ^-J ^_D CO P^p^p*^p^o o o o ^a a fl f^w 0)0)0)cj rj bjC bjO bjO bjO ?H CO a; CM °< CO _r CM :;^ ^r-H fe a;"o a;CI] CD O CD-O o o:> ^O ^O -*CM O^CM CM^ cd'~Trfn"^ i-H CM CM ^ O o 03 ^__| a;O Siot; 3 5 W (D 5-1 o o o +0 +0 .4-J 'S 'S 'oOCJCJ q;0) CM CMOt^ CD O CO t^CO CD CM CM Oi CD CD 00 CO^CO CO CO 0)o3 o a u oj o CM -^O 00 CO oi '^o O^CO^ fe CM 0)rH '^^ 0)Co TCM -Oi Vh ^ Ttl CD ^ CM ^OOSCM ^O)CO t;'-'CM ^iCO 03 OS CD 00 CM LQ CO CM*^ CD CD Oj .OS r7^OS O 100 REPORT OF TOWN AUDITOR An examination and audit in January and February,1923, of the amounts submitted by the Assessors to the-Tax Collector for collection,also of the books of the Tax Collector and Treas- urer,disclosed the following facts : Total simi of all taxes charged January 1,1922,for the years 1917,1918,1919,and 1920...$8,364.50 Total amount uncollected as of January 1,1923 3,378.85 Collected,$4803.39;abated, $182.26 ' S4.985.65 Total sum of all taxes charged January 1,1922,for year 1921 $45,089.34 Total amount uncollected as of January 1,1923 13,110.39 Collected,$31,776.05;abated $202.90 831,978.95 Total sum of all taxes charged for year 1922 $189,039.31 Total amount uncollected as of January 1,1923 39,917.60 Collected,$148,366.71;abated $755 $149,121.71 January 1,1923,cash on hand reported by Treasurer $7,082.58 Deduct amount over-reported by Collector 11.86 True cash balance January 1, 1923.$7,070.72 January 15,1924.Edward L.Stevens,Auditor. 101 TRUST FUNDS Schools Ripley Fund : ' On hand January 1,1923 .... Dividends earned in 1923 .... $1,093.06 49.72 On hand January 1,1924....$1,142.78 James W.Nichols Fund : On hand January 1,1923 Dividends earned in 1923 .... $2,439.39 111.00 September 20,1923,with- drawn by School Committee for scholarships $2,550.39 325.00 On hand January 1,1924 $2,225.39 Parks Robert Charles Billings Fund: Town Commons (Center) On hand January 1,1923 .. Dividends earned in 1923 .. $1,150.00 51.76 Received by town in 1923 . $1,201.76 51.76 On hand January 1,1924 $1,150.00 Billings-Pratt Park,Beechwood: On hand January 1,1923.. Dividends earned in 1923 . . $1,000.00 45.00 Received by town in 1923 , $1,045.00 45.00 On hand January 1,1924 $1,000.00 102 Horace W.Wadleigh Fund : On hand January 1,1923 ..$5,000.00 Dividends earned in 1923 ..200.00 $5,200.00 Received by town in 1923 .200.00 On hand January 1,1924 S5,000.00 Wheelwright Park Fund: On hand January 1,1923 ..$15,000.00 Dividents earned in 1923 ..650.00 $15,650.00 Received by town in 1923 .650.00 On hand January 1,1924 $15,000.00 UNPAID BILLS OF 1923 Rendered after the accounts were closed. Town Hall $25.96 Fire Department 32.61 Sealer Weights and Measures 1.00 Board of Health 1.00 Straits Pond,etc.,care gate, James Brook ".30.00 Highways,etc 200.67 Removing Snow,etc.(tractor and plow not to be paid for until 1924)188.33 Charities —Cohasset Home .....,$253.12 Charities —Outside Poor 107.45 360.57 Education ^.10.25 $850.39 103 LIABILITIES OF COHASSET AS OF JANUARY 1,1924 Jerusalem Road rebuilding 5%% notes payable to the Common- wealth of Massachusetts, $6,000 due each year,June 15.1924 and 1925 112,000.00 INSURANCE (Policies in Town Vault) Last Premium Property Amount Expire Paid Town Treasurer and Tax Collector : 1924 Check alteration $10,000.00 Apr.13-25 Messenger and Office Robbery 2,000.00 Aug.17-24 15.00 Mercantile Safe Burglary 2,000.00 Aug.17-24 31.35 Town Hall 1,500.00 Apr.10 47.40 Town Hall 7,000.00 May 18 354.20 Police Department,Fire and Theft (automobile)400.00 Apr.14 33.80 Police Department,Casualty and Property damage 10,000.00 Mar.22 38.50 Rem.Snow Department —Trac- tor,Fire and Theft 5,500.00 Nov.10 46.75 Highway Department,boilers, road roller and stone crusher 5,000.00 Mar.10 94.00 Schools: Bates Building 1,500.00 Apr.2 56.10 Osgood Building 14,000.00 June 11 250.25 Osgood Building 12,000.00 June 11 165.00 Workmen's Compensation,Lia- bility Apr.27 630.34 104 BALANCE SHEET,COHASSET RECEIPTS 1923 ] Revenue * General : j Real and personal (tangible) taxes,1923 $135,597.05 j Income tax (intangible)from \ State,1923 36,859.43 I Income tax.School Fund,from \ State,Chapter 363,Acts of i 1919 4,240.00 \ Poll taxes,1923 3,295.00 i S179,991.48 ' Real and personal (tangible) 1922 and previous $38,337.08 | Income tax (intangible)from State for 1922 and previous 1,005.00 ; Poll taxes,1922 and previous.997.50 40,339.58 From State,see "Agency "$5,912.06 : Licenses,general and permits ...286.95 • Licenses on dogs,from County,\ credit of Schools 457.80 From Court,fines 100.00 : 6,756.81 1 227,087.87 | I Commercial ,17,184.31 ' Municipal Indebtedness 95,502.44 ; Agenc3^from County,land dam-i ages 1,778.00 ; Trust 3.40 $341,556.02 105 Balances : Cash balance January 1,1923, as reported $7,082.58 Deduct amount over-reported (see Auditor's report)11.86 ^$7,07072 Grand Total $348,626.74 BALANCE SHEET,COHASSET PAYMENTS 1923 Maintenance $194,087.64 Interest on bonds and temporary loans 3,456.32 . $197,543.96 Debt,bonds from revenue $7,047.42 Debt,Metropolitan Parks Sinking Fund 6.84 Debt,Temporary loans,anticipa- tion of taxes 95,502.44 102,556.70 Outlays •..4,852.86 'Agency,"State tax $13,440.00 "Agency,"County tax 10,287.21 'Agency,' 'Civilian War Poll Tax 2,901 .00 "Agency,"Third class liquor license,J^to State .25 "Agency,"County Commission- ers,awards for land damages.1,778.00 **Agency,"Refund to State,cor- poration tax 328.99 28,735.45 Trust,Beechwood Cemetery....3.40 $333,692.37 Cash balance January 1,1924 14,934.37 Grand Total $348,626.74 106 FIXED PROPERTY —OUTLAY OF 1923 Engineering,Tax survey $1,000.00 Police Department,Beacon light $265.00 Police Department,Beacon light, cost of installation 22.86 287.86 Fire Department,Motor appara- tus,Beechwood..2,400.00 Fire Department,Beechwood house,wall,etc $375.00 Fire Department,Beechwood heater 440.00 815.00 Cat Dami,Concrete wall,etc....350.00 $4,852.86 Respectfully submitted, EDWARD L.STEVENS, Auditor and Town Accountant . Cohasset,January 16,1924. Detail as to labor,teams and trucks,also teachers'and janitors'salaries,supplies,etc.,for the School Department, follow this report. FOREST FIRES Names as they appeared on pay rolls.Payments for labor or services,driving trucks,etc. William Ayers Frank Ayers Frank Antoine Abraham Antoine,Jr . William Almeida Christopher Atkinson . Edgar Brickett John Burke Ralph Brickett,driver L.Berger ........... $1 .CO Paul Ayers 1 .50 Thomas Ayers,Jr. 1 .00 Frank J.Antoine . 7 .00 Joseph Antoine .. .50 Abraham Antoine .50 Arthur Atkinson . 1 .00 Merton Bosworth 1 .50 Reginald Beal ... 10.50 J.Buckley --.-.50.C-Butler $1.50 1.50 4.00 1.00 .50 .50 1.00 3.50 1.00 .50 107 William Burke $5.50 Lot Bates 1.00 J.or J.R.Brennock....4.50 Walter Baldwin 1.00 Henry Clark 1 .50 Paul Donovan 2.00 Alfred Daley .50 Robert Dovovan 1 .00 Charles Enos,Jr .50 Antoine Grassie 7 .00 Norman Grassie .50 Edward T.Gammons ...1 .00 Stephen Grassie 1 .00 Earl Higgins .50 Lester Harding 1 .00 Charles E.Jason .50 Donald James .50 E.R.Jason,driver,etc..8.50 Frank E.Jason 6.00 John Kennedy,deputy ..28 .00 Bernard Kennedy 1 .50 J.Lynch .50 John McLellan 3 .00 Charles McAuliffe 1 .00 William Magner 1 .00 Elmore McEachern 1 .00 Herbert Morse .50 Parker Malley .50 Daniel McSweeney 3 .00 E.McEachern .50 E.McLean 1 .50 Walter McGrath 3 .00 Albert Morris 1.00 William McArthur,Jr...4.50 James Maxwell 1 .00 Leo Neagle 4.00 John Poland .50 Harry Pattison 5 .00 Stephen Rooney .50 John Rooney 1 .50 Clarence Reddy 6 .00 C.Sylvia or C.Silvia ....4 .50 Daniel Spring 5 .00 J.M.Silvia ,10.50 Anthony Sidney 3 .50 Louis Salvador ........''2-.00 C.A.Tanger..1.00 William J.Brennock....$1 .50 Clarence Brazill .50 Sidney L.Beal estate...3.00 Roy Bates i .00 Levi Cadose 5 .00 Charles Dyment,driver .5.00 J.Donovan,deputy ....38 .00 E.Fitzpatrick .50 Edward Fleming 6 .50 Joseph Grassie 1 .50 John Grassie 1 .00 Edward B .Gammons ....50 J.Happenny 1 .00 Richard Howe .50 Charles Howe 1.5i.O Charles R.Jason 1 .00 Fred James,Sr 1 .00 Frank T.Jason 6 .00 John Kane 8 .00 Henry Kennedy 1 .00 Charles Kennedy .50 Arnold McLean 2 .50 Michael McAuliffe 1 .00 Frank F.Martin,Jr....3 .00 Michael Meehan .50 George Mapes,Jr 1 .00 Benjamin Morse 1 .00 Eugene McSweeney .....50 Daneil McSweeney,Jr...1.50 Fred Mulcahy 1 .00 W.McLean .50 Jerry McCarthy 1 .00 Robert McKenzie 1 .00 William McArthiir,Sr...2 .50 Howard Nelson .50 Joseph Oliver 2 .50 S.Pagliare 1.50 Peter PenonceUe 1 .50 P.Royce .50 Frank Roche,driver,etc.5 .00 Charles Stover,Jr 1 .50 Joseph Silvia 1 .50 EUery Sidney 7.50 C.Studley 1 .50 Chester Sargent .50 Bernard Salvador 3.00 Charles Thayer 2.00 MOTH SUPPRESSION Amounts paid under pay rolls for labor or services,teams and trucks. Joseph F.Bandura $24.00 Ellery C.Bates,labor...$93.00 John W.Bates 4.00 E.C.Bates,automobile.10.00 Lot E.Bates,team 4.50 E.C.Bates,windshield .5.00 108 W.P.Bates,labor $45.00 W.P.Bates,automobile 6.25 James T.Bethel 20.00 C.E.Butman,labor 160.00 C.E.Butman,automobile 32.50 Percy T.Ford 34.00 Dennis Golden 34.00 George A.Henry 80.00 Warren W.Jones,labor .393 .00 W.W.Jones,automobile 55.00 George Lovering 103 .00 Daniel McSweeney 36.00 Edward J.Mealy 28.00 Charles Mitchell ...37.00 Benjamin F.Morse 12.00 S.H.Nichols,labor 246.88 Charles C.Philbrook....116.64 Ira N.Pratt 18.00 John W.Rooney 36.00 John J.Silvia 20.00 M.J.Sullivan 34.00 Fred P.Valine 112.00 J.W.Whitcomb 40.00 Charles Wilson 442 .12 W.W.Bates S4.00 John R.Bean 73.00 Michael A.Burke 38 .00 Robert J.Clark 28.00 S.L.Damon 8.00 Joseph Fratus 28.00 James M.Graves 114.00 Earl W.Higgins 56.00 Henry F.Keating 34.00 Thomas Keating 12 .00 Charles J.McAuliffe 8.00 Theodore Matheis 70.00 Michael Aledhan 36 .00 James H.Morris 38.00 William T.Murphy 4.00 Manuel Oliver 84 .00 W.M.Poland 8.00 W.J.Powers 28.00 George F.Sargent 54.00 Fred W.SuUivan 44.00 John H.Sweenev 8.00 Thomas E.Valine 91.00 Charles F.Wilbur 36 .00 George Young,services. . 717.50 George Young,team....309 .37 TREE WARDEN DEPARTMENT Amounts paid under pay rolls for labor or serv^ices,teams,etc, W.W.Bates S4.00 John R.Bean S16.00 Michael A.Burke 49.00 Charles E.Butman 4.00 E.C.Clark 2.00 Robert J.Clark 4.00 S.L.Damon 4.00 Joseph Fratus 19.00 Dennis Golden 29.00 Charles E.Jason 8.00 W.W.Jones,labor 231.50 George Lovering 8.00 W.W.ones,automobile 5.00 Charles J.McAulifTe....4.00 Edward A.McLean ....2.00 Michael Meehan 2.50 S.H.Nichols,labor ....286.00 Charles C.Philbrook....4.00 S.H.Nichols,team ....28.26 Edward T.Reilly 16.00 John J.Silvia 4.50 Charles Wilson 185.50 George Young,services. . 294.37 George Young,for E.P. George Young,team....139.20 Bates 4.00 STRAITS POND AND JAMES BROOK Amounts paid under pay rolls for labor,etc. W.W.Jones,labor $31 .00 S.H.Nichols Charles C.Philbrook....20.00 Charles Wilson George Young,services. . 40.00 George Young,team ....7 .50 S12.00 35.00 109 HIGHWAYS —GENERAL Amounts paid tinder pay rolls for labor,teams and trucks. Frank F.Antoine,labor.$4.00 Joseph F.Bandura $462.75 F.F.Antoine,lanterns..1.75 John T.Barnes,team...18.00 Jesse T.Barnes 24.00 W.T.Barnes,team 1195.90 Cyrus W.Bates 13.00 E.E.Bates,truck 49.50 E.P.Bates 656.00 E.W.Bates,labor 7.00 Ellery C.Bates,team...72.32 E.W.Bates,team 11.00 Ellery C.Bates,truck...340.50 Ira Bates,team 19.50 Lot E.Bates,team 18.00 4.00 W.P.Bates -4.50 Lot E.Bates,truck WiUiam W.Bates 59.00 F.Beal 2.00 John R.Bean 28.00 Charles Bennett 384.00 C.C.Burgess 13.50 J.Burke 6.00 M.A.Burke 748.00 Levi Cadose 2.00 Edgar C.Clark 6.00 R.Crane,engineer 1188.48 S.L.Damon,team 113.35 A.A.Davenport,team..22.50 C.A.Davenport,team..7.32 George E.Denithome.. . 559.75 R.E.Donovan 20.75 John Ferreira 17.75 Joseph Ferreira 6.00 Antoine Figureido,labor 25.00 Louis Figureido 40.00 Manuel Figureido 24.00 Antoine Francis 420.75 Charles Frates ..121.00 21.00 Dennis Golden 629 75 Joseph E.Grassie,truck Joseph J.Grassie 28.00 T.L.Grassie,truck ....35.00 George A,Henry 638.25 H.T.Henry 24.00 R.A.James 28.00 Charles L.Jason 4.00 Charles R.Jason,truck 49.00 Edward R.Jason,labor .24.00 George Jason,automobile 60.50 Edward R.Jason,truck 49.00 George Jason,2 horses.50.00 Henry Kennedy 12.75 Robert Kinsley 2.50 E.F.Lincoln,truck ....156.00 George B.Lovering 24.00 W.E.McGrath 24.00 Robert McKenzie 4.00 A.McLean 2.00 Edward McLean 2.00 H.L.McMahon,labor..18.50 Daniel E.McSweeney...6.75 H.L.McMahon,team..112.38 Joseph Madden 2.00 E.L.Maguire 6.00 F.F.Martin,Jr,4.00 W.F.Martin,labor and Joseph Meehan 2.00 care lanterns 27.00 J.H.Morris.159.00 Benjamin F.Morse 2.00 Daniel Murphy 16.00 S.H.Nichols,lanterns..5.50 D.F.O'Brien 552.75 S.H.Nichols,team 6.50 M.Oliver 16.00 W.J.Powers 202.00 Aaron Pratt,truck 1387.50 Charles H.Pratt 10.00 Aaron Pratt,team etc..184.06 I.N.Pratt,team 114.97 John J.Pratt,team 38.25 Paul Pratt 43.00 38.00 R.G.Pratt,truck R.G.Pratt,labor 2013.25 A.H.Prouty,painting..4.00 Edward T.Reilly 618.25 J.W.Rooney 63.00 P.J.Rooney 4.00 V.Sestito,truck 42.00 Antoine L.Silvia 68.00 J.F.Silvia,Jr.,labor...6.00 Manuel P.Silvia 3.00 J.F.Silvia,Jr.,team...92.62 Charles Smith 32.00 W.0.Souther,team,etc.17.00 G.H.Stoddard 78.50 S.H.Stoughton,mason, C.R.Stover 8.75 labor and stock 13.00 John H.Sweeney 4.00 F.P.Valine 24.00 J.W.Whitcomb,labor..10.00 G.C.White 36.00 J.W.Whitcomb,team..13.50 H.W.White 96.00 no HIGHWAYS —CHANGING POND STREET CORNER (special) Amounts paid on pay Joseph F.Bandura Elmer E.Bates,team... E.P.Bates Charles Bennett R.Crane,engineer Antoine Francis._ George Henry Daneil F.O'Brien Aaron Pratt,truck Edward T.ReiUy rolls for labor,teams,etc. 167.50 W.T.Barnes,team .. 58.51 E.C.Bates,truck 12.00 Lot E Bates,team ... 12.00 AI.A.Burke 18.50 George E.Denithome. 63 .50 Dennis Golden 12.00 H.T.Henry 12.00 W.J.Powers 36.00 R.G.Pratt,truck 41.00 S27.00 36.00 75.38 29.00 12.00 26.50 4.00 12.00 36.00 REMOVING SNOW AND SANDING STREETS Amounts paid under George T.Ainslie F.J.Antoine Paul Ayers T:J.Ayers,team William Ayers Jesse T.Barnes WilHam T.Barnes C.W.Bates,team E.E.Bates,labor E.E.Bates,team Edwin W.Bates,labor. Edwin W.Bates,team .. Lot E.Bates,team W.P.Bates W.W.Bates,labor W.W.Bates,team L.Bottanican W.J.Brennock,basins. W.Brown H.W.Burbank John Burke C.C.Butman Levi Cadose R.Crane (on tractor).., S.L.Damon A.A.Davenport,labor. A.A.Davenport,team. Albert DeMellow Frank DeMeUow George E.Denithorne.. , Noel Edwards A.J.Ferreira M.Ferreira A.Figureido,Jr John Figureido L.J.Figureido pay rolls $7.00 4.00 28.50 185.00 24.50 77.50 436.00 6.50 12.00 11.00 15.50 99.00 438.00 54.00 17.00 60.75 2.50 8.00 5.50 4.00 79.50 22.50 1.00 19.50 15.00 8.00 167.00 3.00 3.00 53.00 22.00 10.75 7.00 6.00 6.00 25.00 for labor,teams,trucks,etc. A.Andrews $3 .75 F.P.Ayers,labor 62.50 F.P.Avers,team 9.00 Thomas Avers,Jr 8.00 oseph F.Bandura ,.. . 36.50 ohn T.Barnes .300.00 A.S.Bates .4 00 E.C.Bates 8.00 E.P.Bates 48 .75 Ed\\in Bates 12.00 H.P.Bates 4.25 Ira Bates 14.00 R.A.Bates 7.00 W.H.Bates 4.00 J.R.Bean 3.25 C.Bennett 4.00 C.S.Brasill 4.00 J.J.Brown 4 00 Wifford Brown 2 .00 C.C.Burgess 16.00 Michael A.Burke .233.00 Foster Cadose 10.75 Edward C.Clark 16.00 George L.Damon 30.50 J.H.Davis 12.00 Henrv Dearv ...2 00 Alfred De Mellow 3.00 Francis DeMellow 3.00 John DeMeUow 7 .75 Pat Devite 6.00 J.S.Enos 8.00 Joe Ferreira .75 Antoine Figureido ....23.00 F.Figureido .,9.00 Joseph Figureido 7.00 M.Figureido 30.00 Ill A.W.Flint $79 .00 H.W.Flint ...71.00 A.Francis 33.50 M.J.Gonsalves 5 .50 J.E.Grassie,labor 7.00 J.E.Grassie,team 136.25 Goerge A.Henry 116.00 E.W.Higgins 9.00 M.Higgins 2.00 D.James 30 .00 L.James 8.00 S.F.James 20 .00 C.E.Jason 188.50 E.R.Jason,labor 190.00 E.R.Jason,truck 78.00 George S.Jason 16.00 William H.Jason 29 .00 Albert Kane 7.00 •H.F.Keating 14.00 Robert Kinsley 21 .00 L.Lincoln 1.00 C.Litchfield .75 George B.Levering 54.00 C.McAiiliffe 45.00 H.McCarthy 8.00 Robert McKenzie 6 .00 Edward McLean 30 .75 W.McLean 10.00 D.McSweeney 61 .00 Daniel E.McSweeney...39 .00 William A.Magner 26 .50 F.F.Martin,Jr 33 .50 Edward J.Mealy 10.00 G.W.Mealy &Son,team 97 .50 M.J.Meehan 23 .50 J.Millietch 7.50 Fred Mitchell 3 .00 J.H.Morris 17.00 B.Mulcahy 2.00 C.F.Nichols 8.00 D.F.O'Brien.........88.00 H.Petersen 2.00 W.Poland 12.50 C.H.Pratt 37.50 John J.Pratt,team 423 .50 P.W.Pratt,team 3.25 Edward T.Reilly 160.50 Lyman Richards 8 .00 P.Rooney 2.50 A.Rosanna,Jr 34 .00 B.Salvador 2.00 George F.Sargent 11 .00 E.R.Shedd 3.00 A.L.Silvia 42.50 John J.Silvia 33.50 Joseph M.Silvia 37.00 Thomas Silvia 4.00 George W.Flint $53 .00 P.T.Ford 3.00 Joseph Frates 10 .50 John J.Grassie 75.00 Joseph J.Grassie 193 .00 Martin Grassie 4 .00 H.Henry 27.00 F.C.Higgins 2.00 S.Hiltz 1.00 Philip James 8.00 R.A.James 13 .00 William James 3 .00 C.R.Jason,labor 34.00 C.R.Jason,truck 140.00 G.Jason,automobile ...190.25 George Jason,team 325.50 W.W.Jones 6.00 F.Kane,catchbasins....8.00 J.H.Kimball 19 .50 H.F.Lincoln,basins ...8.00 L.T.Lincoln 4.00 H.Litchfield 37.50 W.McArthur 5.00 W.McAuliffe 2.00 Walter E.McGrath 53 .00 A.McLean 34.75 N.McLean 6 .00 H.L.McMahon,labor..14.00 H.L.McMahon,team ..293 .88 John Madden 4.00 E.L.Maguire 20 .00 W.F.Martin 62.00 E.Robert Mealy 27.50 J.Meehan 4.00 F.Millietch 7.50 C.A.Mitchell 10.50 A.J.Morris 43.00 R.E.Morse 43.50 Daniel Murphy 8.00 S.H.Nichols,labor,etc.28.00 Andrew Petersen 10.00 C.Philbrook 3.50 W.J.Powers 8.00 Ira N.Pratt,labor 9.00 Ira N.Pratt,team 137.50 R.G.Pratt,labor ..1 .50 R.G.Pratt,truck 20 .00 J.W.Rooney 179.00 Stephen H.Rooney 4.00 F.Rosanno 6.00 Chester Sargent 1.50 H.Sargent 9.50 E.C.S.Sidney 5.00 F.Silvia-.12.00 Joseph F.Silvia,Jr 46.00 M.P.Silvia 8.00 W.Silvia 1.00 112 C.Smith $57.00 M.Souza 18.00 Edward Stone 1 .50 C.E.Studley 18.00 John H.A'lcSweeney 44.00 Paul Tilden ...5.00 F.X.VaHne '6.50 George White ;4.00 H.H.White 31.50 J.W.Whit comb 49 .00 H.A.WiUiams 4.00 H.O.Wood 1.50 D.Souther,Jr $12.00 R.K.C.Stevens 3.00 Ira Stoughton 2 .00 F.W.SulHvan 66.50 J.M.Sweeney 8.00 F.P.VaHne 117.00 A.P.White 4.00 G.C.White 4.00 H.W.White 38.00 H.Wilbur 8.00 C.Wilson 7.00 Joseph Woods 7 .50 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Teachers'salaries (amounts paid superintendent and prin- cipal of high school given in main body of report under "Education") Max H.Meyer $2437.50 Minnie E.Bigelow 1700.00 Victoria C.Howarth 1600.00 Helen C.Welch 1500 .00 Mrs.Edward L.Stevens 550.00 Helen F.Buckley 810.00 Helen L.Brown 1450.00 Katherine McMahon ...1450.00 Katherine Buttimer ....723 .00 Blanche Thacher 760.50 Dorothy B.O'Donnell ..1250.00 Mrs.S.L.Abbott 100.00 Margaret Winters 18 .00 Mrs.L.C.Coulter 5 .00 Frances M.Nash 480.00 Doris Barrie 480.00 James W.Doyle S 1880.00 Marion C.Chandler 1592 .00 Florence E.Kraus 1560.00 Leita L.Saw^^er 1540.00 Martha P.Bates 1439 .13 Elaine G.Wing 1450.00. Sara E.Fox 1350.00 Jeane Sanborn 1340.00 Mildred R.Garland 1370.00 Lillian M.Spinney 1320.00 Ethel H.Studley Gertrude Ward ... Alice Brown Luella Bailey Ralph D.Hinckley 35.00 35.00 10.00 25.00 517.50 Total S30,377.63 Text books and supplies: Edward E.Babb &Co.S482 .58 Cohasset Hardware Co..46.48 Litchfield's Express 13.15 Sara E.Fox 10.00 Kathleen McMahon ....5 .80 Macmillan Co 103.32 Mcintosh Publishing Co.5.76 F.J.Barnard Co 180.14 D.C.Heath &Co 148.94 American Book Co 188.46 Spaulding Moss Co 2.74 Office Appliance Co 18.47 Ginn&Co 202.62 J.L.Hammett Co $207.72 Simeone Bros 9.30 Ruiter Motor Sales,Inc..6 .02 Blanche Thacher .75 American Railway Exp . . 11.71 E.E.Whitney .."'53.70 Carter,Rice &Co 18 .50 Prang Co 13 .78 World Book Co 32.29 J.B.Hunter Co 98.01 Horace Partridge Co 47 .24 R.H.White Co .75 Milton,Bradley Co 345.96 113 G.E.Kimball &Son ...$.83 E.I.Dupont de Nemours Co 10.65 LaidlawBros 27.90 Vocational Education Magazine 3 .00 Dowling Sch.Supply Co.4 .32 Harris &Gilpatric 69 .69 Reed Incorporated 46.17 Wetmore,Savage &Co. . 7 .97 Doubleday,Page &Co.11 .66 Binney &Smith Co 5.85 Doris Barrie .75 Royal Typewriter Co.. . 5.00 Journal Print 22.25 Allyn &Bacon 9.47 James W.Brine Co 85 .39 F.W.Browne Phar.Inc.7.00 Oliver Ditson Co 2 .93 B.H.Sanborn &Co....45 .52 Remington Typewriter Co.205.00 Houghton,Mifflin Co...86.47 A.C.Morrison 2 .55 Park PubHshing Co 30 .98 Library Bureau 2 .94 Modern School Supply Co 37.50 John C.Winston Co 8.05 C.C.Birchard &Co... . 13 .75 Jason Weiler &Sons ....9 .45 Electric Light and Power Co.,heating Bates Building 43 .50 Janitors'salaries: Thomas A.Stevens $1566.00 Lillian Enos 396.00 Alice M.Fuller 10 .00 American Type Found- ders Co .$42 .54 A.T.Stearns Co 220 .42 Silver,Burdett &Co 77 .76 Brewer &Co 5.37 D.F.Monroe Co 5 .50 Dennison Mfg.Co 6.07 Peter Cooper's Glue Co.7.50 Underwood Typewriter Co 70.00 Beale's Coh.&Scit.Exp.2 .80 Tower Bros.&Co 66 .13 Kenney Bros.&Wolkins 27 .15 L.E.Knott App.:o 53.60 The Fairbanks Co 19 .68 Rand,McNally Co 20.79 Little,Brown &Co 136.03 M.J.Merriam 5.98 Schools Arts Magazine ..3 .00 Jordan Marsh Co 11 .75 Iroquois PubHshing Co.17 .78 John N.MacNeill 5 .12 C.H.Trott Co 1.00 The Little Shop 7.40 Wright &Potter Printing Co 13.27 Bruce Publishing Co 10.05 Hall,Mack Co 15.00 Massachusetts Depart- ment of Education,Di- vision of University Extension 1 .20 Total $3,913.62 Louis Mulvey 1300.00 Fred Fuller 180.00 Total $3452.00 Fuel (schools) : Lincoln Brothers Coal Co 96335 pounds coal Tower Brothers &Co 9,530 " Curran &Burton 80,600 " E.B.Townsend Coal Co ' 368,120 " John Tredennick 91,700 " 646,285 " N.Y.,N.H.&H.Railroad,freight .. Edwin W.Bates,wood Lot E.Bates,carting coal $797,.08 85 .77 402 .68 1,372 .24 233.66 $2,891 .43 287 .80 57.00 251 .00 $3,487 .23 114 Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds —Schools Osgood School,lighting. . 1420.95 Bosworth &Beal,wiring $275.45 Osgood School,power...328.11 Cohasset Hardware Co..170.08 Bates Building,lighting .27.09 William P.Malley 33.60 Beechwood,lighting ....12.00 John N.MacNeill 43.37 Edgar W.Hood 54.44 Cleghom Co 1.50 C.H.Trott Co 10.84 American Railway Ex- Underwood Typewriter press Co .87 Co .85 103.30 M..SuUivan 1.25 John Eltman The Barrett Co 70 00 Litchfield,Lincoln Co...177.83 D.F.Monroe Co 75.50 Mass.State Prison 32.34 Druid Oak Belting Co...1.46 C.W.&E.H.Sparrell..3.42 John W.Bates 5.00 Abraham Antoine 10.00 Bay State Belting Co ...49.41 Irving F.Sylvester (Bates S.H.Stoughton 51.97 Building)285.00 A.E.Grassie,Bates Tower Brothers &Co...43.88 Building,painting,Osg. Alexander S.Hiltz 22.46 Sch.,setting glass ....135.95 W.C.Poole 37.12 Huther Brothers,Saw L.T.Kinsman 2.00 Manufacturing Co... . 6.44 Platen Shop 6.40 Orient Spray Co 29.22 Litchfield's Express 13.55 H.r.Dallman Co 14.75 Lot E.Bates 6.50 Commissioner of Public E.E.Babb&Co 35.00 Safety 4.00 Dowlin Sch.Supply Co..9.00 H.G.Vogel Co 81.49 A.C.Morrison 10.05 P.L.Towle 2.60 Louis J.Morris 15.00 J.L.Hammett 10.50 Manuel S.Leonard 202.09 Hey wood,Wakefield Co.396.15 Chandler &Barber 1.61 Singer Sewing Machine Co Total $ 65.00 3,486.39 Libraries —Schools : R.H.Hinkley Co $58.00 Rand,McXally Co $5.40 Educators'Association..26.00 Minnie E.Bigelow 35.00 E.E.Babb &Co 23.80 Total $148.20 Health —Schools : Oliver H.Howe,ALD $150.00 Christine B .Morrill,nurse . )ls 500.00 $650.00 Transportation —Schoc Frank W Wheelwright ...$4860.00 Norfolk Motors,Incorporated 39.00 Litchfield's Express 2.00 Albert E.Grassie 15.00 H.H.Ellsworth 54.66 W.P.Malley 17.47 $4,988.13 115 Tuition —Schools : City of Quincy,School Department.$1,313.25 Lunch —Schools : George W.Mealy &Sons $35 .61 Thomas A.Stevens 126.14 J.A.Simeone 278.10 Max H.Meyer 21 .03 Minot Market 82 .77 Atlantic &Pacific Tea Co.150.19 Logan-Johnson Co $25.40 Central Market 5.22 National Biscuit Co 101 .01 John Madden 170.68 C.H.Trott Co 510.58 Lillian Enos,Lunch Assistant 308.00 Total $1,814.73 Sundries —Schools : Hollis,Perrin &Kirk- patrick,insurance on sprinkler leakage $51 .10 Insurance on Annex ..52 .42 Harold F.Barnes,ins.on Osgood Building 250.00 Beale's Coh.&Scit.Exp..85 Litchfield's Express 2.75 American Railway Exp, . 1.96 Malcolm H.Stevens 10 .00 Robert K.C.Stevens...11 .00 J.W.Doyle 11.29 Anna L.Morton 11 .70 Lot E.Bates 37.33 Boundbrook Press 9 .50 W.H.Pratt,Workmen's comp.on teachers, $30.000 $28.50 on janitors,$1,000 8.24 Rev.Frank Kingdon, graduation address ...25 .00 F.W.Wheelwright 31 .00 Edward R.Jason 7 .50 Eva McGaw 7 .20 South Shore Green- houses 20 .50 F.Hinchliffe,M.D 5.00 L.J.Morris 17 .33 John Daun 5.00 A.C.Morrison 18.21 Total $623.38 WHEELWRIGHT PARK Amounts paid on pay rolls for William T.Barnes,team $85.50 Charles E.Butman 32.00 C.E.Butman,automobile 2.50 Percy T.Ford 12 .00 Dennis Golden 28 .00 Earl W.Higgins 26 .00 George Lovering 66 .00 Michael Meehan 4 .00 L.J.Poland 8.00 V.V.Sestito,truck 39.00 Charles Wilson 48 .00 labor,teams,etc. Michael A.Burke ......$20 .00 Robert J.Clark 30.00 A.A.Davenport,team..117.00 Joseph Frates 16.00 George A.Henry 16.00 W.W.Jones 8.00 W.F.Martin 8.00 Manuel Oliver 28.00 C.C.Philbrook 4.00 John H.Sweeney .._32.00 George Young,services .57 .50 George Young,team ....8 .75 116 WADLEIGH PARK Amounts paid on pay rolls for labor,teams,etc. William T.Barnes,team $18.00 Michael A.Burke S24.00 Dennis Golden 24.00 W.W.Jones 5.00 S.H.Nichols 8.00 Edward T.Reilly 24.00 George Young,services .11.25 George Young,team....5.63 117 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN The Board of Selectmen respectfully submit the follow- ing report of their doings for the year 1923 to the Citizens of the Town : The amount of routine and current business has been fully as large and important as usual and the principal matters which the Board w^ould call to your attention are: First,The installation of the traffic flash signal which was placed on Main Street at the junction of Depot Court,which was purchased early last summ_er and which they feel has demonstrated its necessity and practicability. Second,The record's in past years for the removal of snow and ice from our streets have attracted the attention of the Board by the large amount of expenditure and this year it was deemed expedient to purchase a tractor and plow for the better and more economical handling of the snow and ice proposition,which has been done and while at the present writing we have had no serious storms,such storms as have occasioned its use have demonstrated to this Board its necessity and usefulness and we feel that the future clearing of our highways will be done much more quickly and economically. Third,The ten-year contract with the Electric Light and Power Company for lighting the streets of the Town expired last September and the Board have since endeavored to enter into a new contract with the Company for a similar term but find that the Electric Light Company will not make any contract for any length of time,even for one year,so at pres- ent we are operating without a contract,with simply a verbal understanding as to rates and service. Fourth,This year is the first year whereby a Superintendent of Streets was appointed by the Board instead of the Highway Surveyor being .elected as was the past custom,and in ac- cordance with which the Board appointed Mr.D.M.Crockett, an experienced highway man,and the Board take pleasure 118 in calling the attention of the citizens to Mr.Crockett's report and the manner in which the streets have been repaired and cared for under their supervision and his direct charge. We wish to call the attention of the citizens to the condition of the iron bridges at Gulf River on Border Street and the so- called Cunningham Bridge on Atlantic Avenue which wil need quite extensive repairs during the coming year and which is being progressed by the Board and will be reported more in detail at the annual Town Meeting in March. HARRY E.MAPES HERBERT L.BROWN DARIUS W.GILBERT Selectmen of Cohasset. Cohasset,January 17,1924. 119 REPORT OF ASSESSORS The Assessors of the Town of Cohasset herewith submit their report for 1923.In the last few years,real estate has increased very much in"value.While there has been some in- crease in property each year there has not been a thorough revaluation for a good many years.We felt the time had arrived to revalue the property throughout the town.We went over the property very thoroughly and placed what we believe a fair cash value on the property.With an increased valuation,w^e were enabled to reduce our tax rate from S26 per thousand to S20. The figures below will show how much we increased our valuation this year. Total valuation,1922 $6,948,456.00 Total valuation,1923 8,983.972.00 Total increase,1923 $2,035,516.00 Town Grant,Annual Town Meeting $209,363.29 State Tax,including State Highway and Metropolitan 14,395.82 County Tax 10,287.21 Due State,967 Poll taxes,at $3.00 2,901.00 Overlay 2,200.95 $239,148.27 Estim_ated receipts $54,633.83 967 Polls at $5.00 4,835.00 59,468.83 Amount to be raised by taxation $179,679.44 Valuation,$8,983,972.00 at $20.00 $179,679.44 Number of persons assessed 1,684 Number of persons assessed on property 1,203 Number of persons assessed on poll tax only ........481 120 Niimber of horses assessed 122 Number of cows assessed 272 Number of sheep assessed 2 Number of meat cattle assessed 99 Number of swine assessed 7 Number of dwelHng houses assessed 884 Number of acres of land assessed ; '. ..5,940}/^ Number of fowl assessed '1,264 Respectfully submitted, HERBERT L.BROWN, HARRY E.MAPES, DARIUS W.GILBERT, Assessors. 121 TREASURER'S REPORT,1923 Balance,January 1,1923,per report.... Amount received of Tax Collector Notes discounted in anticipation of taxes Interest on bank deposits Cohasset Home Overseer of Poor Town Hall School School lunch Norfolk County,dog licenses Norfolk County,refund land damages.. Parks and Commons Cemetery Licenses Rent of buildings Telephone service Wire permits Highways Snow Police Department • Moth Department Fire Department Trust account Printing Treasurer Town Histories '. Incidentals From State Treasurer: Incom_e tax,1921 and prior Income tax,1922 Incom_e tax,1923 Income tax,School Fund $7,082.58 184,132.36 95,502.44 470.09 2,874.71 166.00 1,232.11 111.06 1,579.26 457.80 1,778.00 989.76 754.30 132.45 102.00 483.65 154.50 54.00 8.50 100.00 49.70 18.80 3.40 4.75 20.00 18.00 11.35 501.00 504.00 36,859.43 4,240.00 122 Corporation tax,Public Service,1922 and 1923 14,254.46 Corporation tax,Business 776.35 Corporation tax.Domestic 9.30 Civil War Poll tax 297.00 Division of Sanatoria 260.71 Vocational Education 735.25 Mothers of dependent children 780.00 National Bank tax 574.95 Military Aid 135.00 State Aid 384.00 Soldiers'exemptions »„..35.58 Total $348,638.60 Paymertts Paid Selectmen's warrants,Nos.1 to 65 in- clusive $333,692.37 Cash balance December 31,1923 $14,946.23 HARRY F.TILDEN,Treasurer. 123 TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT,1923 Taxes collected: On 1919 assessment $15.92 On 1920 assessment 2,420.67 On 1921 assessm_ent 9,186.53 On 1922 assessment 29,315.83 On 1923 assessment 140,509.58 Interest and costs collected : On 1919 taxes 17.21 On 1920 taxes 502.15 On 1921 taxes 987.28 On 1922 taxes..1,141.14 On 1923 taxes 46.05 1181,448.53 2,683.83 Amount paid Town Treasurer S184,132.36 Abatements : On 1919 taxes $13.20 On 1920 taxes.53.97 On 1921 taxes 234.60 On 1922 taxes 786.25 On 1923 taxes 1,309.84 Total..$2,397.86 Uncollected taxes December 31,1923 : On 1920 taxes $880.08 On 1921 taxes 3,678.26 On 1922 taxes 9,829.86 On 1923 taxes 45,102.63 Total $59,490.83 HARRY F.TILDEN, Collector of Taxes. 124 REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen:Work under my super\Hsion started April 2, 1923.The streets have been edge-cut and the gutters scraped and cleared. K.P.with crushed stone was used to patch holes and breaks in surface,-and a coat of Tarvia B applied.About seven and one half miles of streets have been scarified resurfaced and bound with new gravel,with Tar\Ha B for a binder and top surface.A seal-coat was applied from Depot court to South fountain on South Main Street.Six new culverts of the corrugated iron type were installed,several catch basins and drainage pipes were also cleaned out and repaired.The sidewalks were raked,repaired and guard rails put in order. The streets resurfaced were Beech wood,Church,King,Forest Avenue,Sohier,and parts of Jerusalem Road,Atlantic Avenue Elm Street,Summer and South Main Streets.Other streets were repaired by patching and Tar\^ia. The streets on Lincoln Hill side should be rebuilt and I recommend one or two be built each year by engineers layout, special appropriation for same.The other streets can be taken care of from the general appropriation. Pond Street Corner was cut off and rebuilt within the limit of special appropriation. EXPENDITURES BY STREETS,1923 Under Daniel ]\I.Crockett,Superintendent of Streets Gravel, Name of Street Tarvia Labor,Teams Totals Gallons Amount and Trucks Ash Street,gravelling S56.00 $56.00 Atlantic Avenue 1830 $256.20 425.13 681.33 Beach Street 800 112.00 153.00 265.00 Beech wood Street 8740 1,223.60 1,586.82 2,810.42 Beechwood Street,guardrail..83.00 83.00 125 Name of Streei Bow Street,gravelling Brook Street Border Street Cedar Street,gravelling Church Street .. Cunningham's Bridge,re- planking sidewalk Cushing Road Doane Street Ehn Street Forest Avenue Green Street,gravelling Hull Street Highland Avenue Jerusalem Road. King Street Main Street,North Main Street,South Margin Street Nichols Avenue Norfolk Road Pond Street,general Pond Street comer,special ... Oak Street,gravelling Pleasant Street Ripley Road Sohier Street Smith Place,gravelling Spring Street Stockbridge Street Summer Street Snow Place Town Hall Miscellaneous : Applying Tarvia Patching K-P (Cold Patch) Cleaning catch-basjns Cleaning up leaves Scraping and cleaning street Guard rails and fencing School Department (Paid by School D.) GraveL Tarvia Labor,Teams Totals Gallons A mount and Trucks $38.50 $38.50 300 $42.00 42.00 1900 266.00 117.00 383.00 56.50 56.50 2400 336.00 314.68 650.68 7.00 7.00 500 70.00 113.00 183.00 800 112.00 483.07 595.07 1150 161.00 193.00 354.00 12,220 1,710.80 1,881.25 3,592.05 20.00 20.00 500 70.00 68.00 138.00 1,200 168.00 34.50 202.50 •11,620 1,626.80 895.63 2,522.43 11,560 1,618.40 1,640.20 3,258.60 1,600 224.00 32.25 256.25 4,070 569.80 882.00 1,451.80 800 112.00 112.00 630 88.20 20.00 108.20 216.00 216.00 800 112.00 63.00 175.00 1,129 158.06 591.89 749.95 102.00 102.00 500 70.00 214.50 284.50 1,960 274.40 18.50 292.90 .6,280 879.20 1,105.57 1,984.77 20.00 20.00 800 112.00 112.00 400 56.00 24.00 80.00 1,560 218.40 64.00 282.40 471 65.94 65.94 400 56.00 56.00 76,920 $10,768.80 349.75 349.75 257.00 257.00 3,429 $624.82 624.82 183.00 183.00 88.50 88.50 1,209.14 1,209.14 227.50 227.50 \500 $56.00 a3,834.88 $25,228.50 Respectfully submitted, DANIEL M.CROCKETT, Superintendent of Streets. 126 REPORT OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES The Board of Selectmen. Gentlemen:Your sealer in submitting his eleventh annual report would respectfully state that the number of appliances sealed during the year has been 429,of which 83 have been repaired or adjusted and 9 condemned.Further tests from time to time to insure their continued accuracy have been made as usual,of which no detailed record is kept.The re weighing of groceries in cartons,also provisions,ha}^grain,etc.,has been continued as in former years.The rapidh^increasing number of automobiles adds to the work of the sealer from year to year and 45 automatic pumps for oil and gasoline have been sealed the past year.This work with the additional tests is no small item either of time or labor and the work itself is far from agreeable to say the least.The system of fees for sealing the various appHances,as named and provided for under existing statutes,has never been enforced in Cohasset,and this omission has been called to our attention by the Director of Standards with a request that the same be rectified.In accordance with this request I would say that this system is now in force as approved b}^your Board and the fees resulting from the same will be remitted to the Town Treasurer at stated intervals as required by the statute referred to above. Yours very truly, CALEB NICHOLS,Sealer. Cohasset,January 28,1924. 127 REPORT OF TREE WARDEN To the Citizens of Cokasset: As your Tree Warden for the year 1923 I have carried out a plan for the care of the trees on the pubHc streets in order that you could obtain the maximum of enjoyment and beauty to be derived from shade trees. In many instances old trees have been cut down as they were endangering the lives of all who passed under them.New trees have been set out in different parts of the town where needed to afford a proper shading of the streets.It is my belief that trees properly cared for aid in mamy ways to the growth of a town. Location of New Trees and Cost of Planting I submit the following items of expenses : 8 trees,Beechwood Street,labor $13.72 7 trees.King Street,labor 12.06 4 trees,Summer Street,labor 3.44 1 tree,South Main Street,labor 1.72 5 trees.Wheelwright Park,labor 4.00 25 $34.94 Pruning and Cutting Trees I have expended the following amounts in pruning and cutting trees on streets: Elm Street $207.13 Summer Street 100.88 South Main Street..183.38 Pond Street 91.00 Highland Avenue 73.50 North Main Street 97.00 Sohier Street.'118.50 Jerusalem Road 65.25 128 Depot Avenue S41.00 Beechwood Street 20.50 Ripley Road 23.25 Margin Street 21.88 Beach Street 25.25 Atlantic Avenue 30.25 Joy Place 20.00 Border Street 16.88 Stockbridge Street 11.63 King Street ' 16.50 Gushing Road 7.75 Parker Avenue 13.63 Spring Street 7.75 Snow Place 8.25 Pleasant Street 10.25 Burning brush 7.75 Sl,219.16 Respectfully submitted, GEORGE YOUNG,Tree Warden. Wheelwright Park Work has been done on the driveway through the park, making it suitable for use ;underbrush has been cut away from the driveway throughout. Many of the small white pine trees,which started and grew in the park,have been transplanted to different parts of the park,thereb}^making a start for a future pine grove. A good deal of this work was done with part of the moth appropriation used under the cooperation of the selectmen. Respectfully submitted, GEORGE YOUNG,Superintendent. 129 REPORT OF MOTH SUPERINTENDENT To the Board of Selectmen. Gentlemen:In reporting the activities of the Suppression of Moths Department for the past year,I will state that every part of the town was covered thoroughly by this department early in the spring,painting all nests and later spraying where needed with arsenate of lead. All underbrush along the public streets has been mowed and burnt;this in itself is of greatest importance because while cutting and burning we found many nests of browntails and gypsies which would mature in the spring. The results of the work of this department have been very gratifying in the fact that smaller appropriations will be needed in the future. Respectfully submitted, GEORGE YOUNG. 130 REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR There is little of a new nature to report this year.There have been no extended repairs on the Cohasset Home.There are at present nine residents at the Home.The same efficient management has been continued.The next cost of this Department was $11,059.09.We recommend the appropria- tion of $15,000 for 1924. DARIUS W.GILBERT, HERBERT L.BROWN, HARRY E.MAPES, Overseers of the Poor . 131 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH The following cases of infectious and contagious diseases were repqt^ted to this Board during the past year. Scarlet fever 10 Measles 1- German measles 2 Diphtheria 1 Whooping cough 1 Tuberculosis 5 Influenza 4 Mumps 53 Chicken pox 1 Lobar pneumonia -.3 Total ^81 One slaughtering license was issued during the past year. The inspector of slaughtering inspected (78)seventy-eight carcasses during the year 1923,one of w^hich was condemned. The tuberculosis in the town is carefully followed up by the District Nurse of the Social Service League,working both tor this Board and in carrying out their own principles of looking after the welfare of the needy and sick of the town. The Dental Clinic at the Osgood School has proved a great success.Eighty-five per cent of the school children are having their dental work done by Dr.Derby,who is in charge of the Clinic. Respectfully submitted, IRVING F.SYLVESTER,Chairman, EDWARD L.HIGGINS,Secretary, A.J.LANDRY. 132 REPORT OF THE COLLECTOR OF MILK AND VINEGAR SAMPLES To the Cohasset Board of Health.% Gentlemen;Out of thirty-four samples of milk taken from ; dealers for examination during 1923,none were found to be watered,two were above the legal limit for bacteria,two slightly low on solids,and one low in fats. Of the thirteen samples of vinegar taken,three were slightly low in acidity. Permits were issued to eleven dealers in milk during 1923. Too large a stress cannot be laid on the examination of milk,as it not only gives the pubHc protection,but it gives the producer knowledge to correct any mistakes he may be making in producing this milk. Respectfully yours, IRVING F.SYLVESTER, Collector of Milk and Vinegar. 133 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF FIRE ENGINEERS To the Board of Selectmen, Greeting : The Board of Fire Engineers,appointed by your Honorable Board for the year ending April 30,1924,met in accordance with your instructions and organized with the following choice of officers. Chief,Fred C.Blossom. Assistant Chief,Sidney L.Beal. District Chief,Abraham J.Antoine. District Chief,George F.Sargent,Jr. Clerk,Frank F.Martin,Jr. In Memoriam It is with sorrow that we record the death of Sidney L. Beal who died in 1923.He was for many years appointed on the Board of Fire Engineers and was always faithful.His presence is missed by all those who came in contact with him. Mr.James Maxwell of North Cohasset was appointed by the selectmen to fill out the unexpired term of the late Sidney L.Beal. We respectfully recommend that the siim of $9,531 be raised and appropriated for the maintenance and salarie^^for 1924. Respectfully submitted, FRED C.BLOSSOM, ABRAHAM J.ANTOINE, GEORGE F.SARGENT,JR. JAMES MAXWELL, FRANK F.MARTIN.JR. 134 REPORT OF WIRE INSPECTOR To the Board of Selectmen. During my term beginning April 1,1923,all new installa- tions and electrical equipments were inspected.Follomng closely to the requirements of the National Board of Fire Underwriters,such changes as were necessar^'^for safety were made. Since April 1,1923 there have been ninety-six new installa- tions,and a total of two hundred and twenty-three (223) inspections. Wishing to thank the several departments of the Town for their cooperation during the past year. Respectfully submitted, S.CHESTER PRATT. 135 COHASSET FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY In Account with Oliver H.Howe,Treasurer Dr. To Payments in 1923 For Books $527.49 Support of Paul Pratt Memorial Library 418.13 Rent of Safe Deposit Box 8.00 Treasurer's Bond ;... . 2.50 Postage and Stationery 1.00 Balance on Deposit,January 1,1924: Weymouth Savings Bank 124.83 New England Trust Co 326.73 $1,408.68 Cr. Balance on Deposit,January 1,1923 $355.75 Income from Investments 1,047.50 Interest Weymouth Savings Bank 5.43 $1,408.68 136 Schedule of Invested Funds Bonds ^2,000.00 Union Pacific 1st Mortgage 4s. 1,000.00 Massachusetts Gas Companies 43/2S. 3,000.00 American Tel.&Tel.Collateral Trust 4s. 1,000.00 Minneapolis General Electric Co.5s. 1,000.00 New York Telephone Co.6s. 1,000.00 Mississippi River Power Co.1st ^lortgage os. 2,000.00 Ellicott Square Co.1st Mortgage 5s. 1,500.00 Western Telephone &Telegraph Co.5s. 2,000.00 New England Telephone &Telegraph Co.5s. 1,000.00 Pacific Telephone &Telegraph Co.5s. 2,000.00 Butte,Anaconda &Pacific R.R.5s. 2,000.00 United States Rubber Co.5s. 1,000.00 United States,Fourth Liberty Loan 43^s. 500.00 Michigan State Telephone Co.5s. 500.00 New York Central R.R.ref.and imp.5s. 500.00 New England Telephone &Telegraph Co.5s. $22,000.00 OLIVER H.HOWE, Treasurer , Cohasset,January 1,1924. We have examined the foregoing account and find it correct and properly vouched.We have also examined the securities, in which the funds of the Library are invested,as shown by the foregoing schedule. GEORGE W.COLLIER, EDWARD NICHOLS, Examining Committee. Cohasset,January 3,1924. 137 REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE PAUL PRATT MEMORIAL LIBRARY The Directors herewith submit their report for the year ending December 31,1923. The large number of books taken from the Hbrary for home use during the past year indicates that the Hbrary is giving to the people of the Town a service which they appreciate and avail themselves of fully. If comparison is made with other towns in the state of about the same population as Cohasset,it will be found that in the number and quality of books contained in the library and drawn into circulation,we are well to the front,and it is the desire of the Directors that the citizens of the Town should cooperate to maintain this position. They also invite an increased use of the public reading rooms at the building,and can assure efficient and courteous attention to all who will avail themselves of this branch of librar>^service. Owing to in health,Miss Sarah B.Collier,for seventeen years Librarian of the Cohasset Free Public Library,and for twenty years Librarian of the Paul Pratt Memorial Library, (thirty-seven years of continuous service,)has asked to be relieved from her duties as Librarian. In accepting her resignation the Directors wish to record, their appreciation of Miss Collier's long and faithful service. She was one of the leading spirits in the organization of the Cohasset Free Public Library,an earnest worker in its develop- ment;and,since 1903,when the two libraries were brought together under one roof;her knowledge of books,her wise oversight and her persistent efforts to extend the influence of .the Library have been invaluable factors in the success which the Library has achieved. It is the wish of the Directors to maintain this high standard so far as it is within their power,and they bespeak the support 138 of the people of the Town in this and in all matters relating to the efficiency and usefulness of the Libran^ Subjoined are the reports of the Treasurer and Librarian, showing in detail the operating expenses,the statistics of use, and the condition of the Library at the end of the past year. Respectfully submitted, CHARLES C.WHEELWRIGHT,President, FRED V.STANLEY,Treasurer, EDWARD NICHOLS,Clerk, GEORGE W.COLLIER, HARRY E.MAPES, HERBERT L.BROWN, FREDERIC J.GAULD,Board of Directors. PAUL PRATT MEMORIAL LIBRARY In account with Fred V.Stanley,Treasurer. Dr. To payments for the year 1923: For librarians'and janitor's salaries $1,865.00 For wood and coal 614.82 For electric lighting 261.73 For books,magazines and binding 578.28 For repairs and maintenance 362.37 For rent,Beechwood Branch 250.00 For printing and stationery 35.30 For insurance 176.09 For telephone 27.15 For postage and box rent 12.06 For supplies 68.99 For express,trucking and other items....68.13 S4,319.9 Balance,January 1,1924,in Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company 1,729.96 S6,049.88 139 Cr. By receipts for the year 1923 : Balance,January 1,1923,on deposit in Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company $2,CC6.40 Income from investments : Pepperell Manufacturing Company, dividends .$288.00 Essex Company,dividends 66.00 Essex Company,extra dividends 99.00 Commonwealth Electric Company, coupons 100.00 United States Liberty Loan Bonds, coupons 170.00 723.00 Town of Cohasset,appropriation for Library 2,600.00 Income from unrestricted funds of Cohasset Free Pubhc Library 418.13 Fines,etc.,at Library 198.97 Dividends from insurance policies 74.61 Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company, interest 28.77 1,049.88 We have examined the foregoing account and find it cor- rectly cast and properly vouched.We have also examined the securities in which the funds of the Library are invested. OLIVER H.HOWE, CHARLES W.GAMMONS, Auditors. Cohasset,January 18,1924, 140 LIBRARIAN'S REPORT TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE PAUL PRATT MEMORIAL LIBRARY The following is a report of the work in the library'for the year ending December 31,1923: The Librar}^has been open every library^day with the exception of legal holidays. Books have been received from Mrs.J.M.Binnian,Mrs. William Parker,A/[iss Dorothy Bolles,Miss Muriel Crocker, Mrs-.Minnie Damon,Miss Martha Prouty,Mrs.J.R.Thacher, Dr.Anna H.Shaw,Mr.WilHam S.Hart,Nijgh and Van Det- man Publishing Company,State and Government. REGISTRATION AND CIRCULATION Population of Cohasset,1920 census 2,639 Total registration from July,1903 to December 31,1923 4,693 Registration in force December 31,1922 2,375 Registration for 1923 187 2,562 Registration cancelled,1923 65 Registration in force December 31,1923 2,497 Books issued for home use .....18,755 141 CLASSIFICATION AND USE,INCLUDING BEECHWOOD BRANCH LIBRARY Juvenile Adult Total Philosophy and ReHgion .. History and Biography ... Travel and Description... Literature and Poetry .... Social Sciences Natural Sciences Arts,which include music Fiction Magazines :.. 12 103 115 228 827 1,055 206 468 674 234 624 858 16 175 191 152 221 373 149 490 639 3,422 9,667 13,089 327 1,434 1,761 4,746 14,009 18,755 REPORT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN'S READING FROM LISTS,FROM SEPTEMBER,1922,TO JULY,1923 Grade .Children Books Fourth 8 98 Fifth 6 80 Sixth 3 20 Seventh 1 11 Eighth 4 44 Total 22 253 Average,11 CHILDREN RECEIVING STATE CERTIFICATES FOR READING AND WRITING REVIEWS OF FIVE BOOKS ON THE STATE LISTS George Campbell Dorothy Cadose During the year two hundred and eighty-two books have been sent to the Beechwood Branch Library. 142 ACCESSSIONS Niimber of volumes in the Librar\s December,31, 1922 '18,240 Number added by purchase,1923 316 Nimiber added by gift,1923 35 Number added b^^binding magazines,1923 21 372 18,612 Number withdrawn and lost,1923 49 18,563 Number replaced 19 Total number of volumes in the Libran^December, 1923 .' 18,582 The total amount of money spent during the year for books has been $719.81. Respectfully submitted, SAR.\H B.COLLIER, Librarian. January 7,1924. 143 REVISED JURY LIST July 26,1923 Name and Occupation Street Ahearn,Austin L.,garage owner South Main Allen,Thomas L.,salesman Atlantic Avenue Ayres,Samuel L.,cotton broker Jerusalem Road Bates,Ellery C,farmer Beechwood Binnian,Walter B.,bond salesman Margin Collier,George W.,merchant North Main Cousens,Harold B.,sail maker Summer Dean,Dudley S.,Treasurer Atlantic Avenue Desmond,Daniel D.,laborer Margin Enos,Joseph G.,Clerk Summer Hillis,Alexander,caretaker South Main Hovey,E.Clarence,agent Jerusalem Road Hyland,E.Clayton,carpenter James Lane James,Dean K.,merchant Atlantic Avenue Johnson,Howard A.,manufacturer Atlantic Avenue Kinsley,John E.,mason Beechwood Luce,Matthew,wool merchant Jerusalem Road Morris,William H.,insurance agent Norfolk Road Petersen,August F.B.,real estate agent Sohier Piepenbrink,Charles,broker Black Rock Road Pratt,Ira N.,farmer Beechwood 144 Souther,William O.,Jr.,promoter Jerusalem Road Stevens,Robert K.C,salesman Beechwood Stevens,Thomas A.,janitor Beechwood Tower,Burgess C,insurance agent Ripley Road Tower,Eugene N.,cashier Beach Towle,Philip L.,electrician Joy Place Vogel,Augustus H.,Jr.,salesman Forest Avenue Withington,Warren N.,broker Black Rock Road Young,George,superintendent Hull ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF THE TOWN OF COHASSET MASSACHUSETTS For the Year Ending December 31,1923 THE BOUNDBROOK PRESS 1924 SCHOOL COMMITTEE Walter Shuebnik Term expires in March,1924 Manuel A.Grassie Term expires in March,1924 Dean K.James Term expires in March,1925 Everett W.Gammons Term expires in j\larch,1925 Fred V.Stanley '.Term expires in March,1926 Anselm L.Beal Term expires in March,1926 Organization Fred V.Stanley Chairman Anselm L.Beal Secretar\^ Edward L.Stevens Financial Secretarv^ Regular Meetings First Monday of each month at 7.45 p.m.,in Osgood School building. Superintendent of Schools Orvis K.Collins,telephones.Cohasset 290,Hingham 181-R. School Physician Oliver H Howe,M.D.,telephone,Cohasset 389-W. School Nurse Mrs.Christina Morrill,telephone,Cohasset 389-W Attendance OflScer Thomas L.Bates,telephones,Cohasset 372-W,and Cohasset 304. .3 School Calendar,1923-1924 First term opens September 4 closes December 21 Second term opens January 2 closes Februar^^15 Third term opens February 25 closes April 17 Fourth term opens April 28 closes June 25 Columbus Day,holiday October 12 Thanksgiving,holidays November 29 -30 Memorial Day,holiday May 30 Janitors Osgood School Thomas A.Stevens Osgood School Louis Mulvey Bates Building Lillian Enos Beechwood School Fred Fuller TEACHING STAFF,1923-1924 Year Superintendent of Schools Elected Orvis K.Collins,Middlebury College 1920 Principal of High and Junior High Arthur C.Morrison,Sciences Bates College 1918 High School Teachers James Webster Doyle,history,athletics Boston University 1921 Minnie E,Bigelow,commercial subjects,Drexel Institute 1902 Marion C.Chandler,French,mathematics,Mt.Holyoke College 1910 Victoria O.Howarth,English,French Radcliffe College 1920 Leita L.Sawyer,Latin,English Boston University 1921 Special Teachers Max H,Meyer,manual training *Columbia University 1918 Florence E.Kraus,drawing Penn.State Normal 1914 Helen C.Welch,domestic arts Framingham Normal 1919 Mrs.Edward L.Stevens,music N.E.Conservatory 1913 Junior High Grades Martha P.Bates,geography,history *Boston University 1880 Jeanne Sanborn,arithmetic Framingham Normal 1922 Frances M.Nash,language Bridgewater Normal 1923 Elementary Grades Helen L.Brown,Grade 6 Bridgewater Normal 1921 Alma F.Barrett,Grade 5 Missouri University 1924 Mildred R.Garland,Grade 4 Plymouth Normal 1922 Elaine Wing,Grade 3 Toronto Normal 1916 Lyllian M.Spinney,Grade 2 Gorham Normal 1922 Sara G.Fox,Grade 1 *Hyannis and Castine Normals 1883 Doris C.Barrie,Grade 1 Lowell Normal 1923 Kathleen McMahon,Kindergarten Perry Kindergarten 1915 Beechwood School Dorothy Bosworth O'Donnell,Grades I-III Bridgewater Normal 1918 *Not a graduate. REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE The report of the School Committee for 1923 with the financial statement of the treasurer is herewith submitted to the town.Full information with respect to the school work will be found in the reports of the Superintendent of Schools, the Principal of the High School and the Supervisors of De- partmental Work. The appropriation for the support of schools for 1923 was $59,950.There was paid into the town treasury from the State School Fund,from the Tuition Fund,from the School Limch and from other sources $7,802.27.The net cost of the schools to the town for 1923 was,therefore,$52,147.73. There will be an increase in the amount needed to pay the tuition of students in the Quincy Trades School for 1924.Last year $1,300 was paid.It will require $2,100 in 1924 to care for the students now enrolled.This amount is not optional with the school authorities or with the Town.Any student who so desires can apply for admission to an approved trades school,and,if he is enrolled,the town is required by state law to pay his tuition.The State reimburses the town for one-half the amount thus expended.The committee has cut down its estimates on other items to offset this increase in tuition and is thus able to submit a budget which aggregates the same as last year.The receipts from the State School Fund,Tuition Fund,School Lunch and other sources will be more than $7,000.The net cost of the schools will,therefore,be approxi- mately the same as last year. For several years the committee has been considering the possibility of securing better playground facilities for the school children.The grounds in the rear of the Osgood School building are broken with ledges,restricted in area and wholly inadequate for satisfactory playground activities.The ball field on Lincoln Hillside is so remote that only a few of the older boys derive any benefit from it.The committee has 6 carefully considered the advisability of developing a playground on the meadow land opposite the Bates Building and has come to the tmanimous conclusion that such a project is both practical and desirable.To this end an article has been inserted in the annual warrant asking the town to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purchase of such land as is necessar\^ for this purpose.The committee has learned that a com- paratively small sum can secure the required area.The definite amount,measurements and other information will be presented to the voters. It is not proposed to involve the town in a large expense for the development of this land.If title can be secured by the town then it can be opened for the disposal of ashes,for the scrapings from the streets,and for other filling material. Thus the level can gradually be raised,a covering of gravel be applied and in the course of a number of years an area large eno\Xgh for a suitable playground can be developed at no great cost.The committee has received encouragement from several representative groups of Cohasset citizens,endorsing this project and pledging cooperation and support.It urges the Town to take favorable action in the matter. The committee has noted with great satisfaction the gradual lifting up of the work of our entire school system,under the careful leadership of the present Superintendent of Schools, resulting in a higher grade of scholarship and more thorough work in every department.At present we have a strong teaching force.For two years our high school has been on the select list of high schools approved by the New England College Certificate Board.This means that the graduates of A and B grade are admitted to College by certificate from the head of our school.Nine of our recent graduates have gone directly from the high school to college and are now making good in their college work.It can no longer be said that Cohasset students must go to private schools elsewhere in order to secure a suitable preparation for college work.IMore- over,the graduates from the commercial department of the high school are going out to responsible positions and are doing excellent work.Five of our recent graduates are training for the work of teaching in normal schools. What the high school needs at this time,more than anything else,is the support of our citizens,an enthusiatic and cordial spirit that voices at all times the sentiment that our high school is a good school,that we intend to keep it a good school, and that we are behind it to the last individual. Respectfully submitted, THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE.\ REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS To the School Committee and Citizens of Cohasset: I herewith submit to your committee and through you to the citizens of Cohasset the annual report of the Superintendent of Schools.I am including with it the reports of the Principal of the High School,the Supervisor of Club Work,and the reports of the special teachers. Resignations and Elections We have been very fortunate in retaining the greater part of our teaching force of the past year.In September there were only three vacancies as compared with four the year before,and seven in September,1921. Miss Katherine Buttimer,teacher of the language work in grades seven and eight,resigned to accept a position in her home town. Miss Francis M.Nash,a graduate of the higher course at Bridgewater Normal,was elected to the position.Miss Nash had no experience other than that of training school,but is doing excellent work,and gives promise of becoming a superior teacher. Miss Helen Buckley,teacher of the sixth grade,resigned to accept another position.This vacancy was filled by ad- vancing Miss Helen L.Brown from the fifth to the sixth grade. Mr.Ralph D.Hinckley,a graduate of Hyannis Normal, was secured for the fifth grade.Mr.Hincklc}^also took charge of the junior athletics.He resigned the position at the end of the fall term. Mrs.Alma F.Barrett,a graduate of Missouri University, who has had successful experience in both grade and high school teaching,has accepted the position for the remainder of the year. Miss Blanche Thacher resigned the second grade position, 9 which was filled by the transfer of Miss Spinney from the first grade to the second grade. Miss Doris C.Barrie,a graduate of the three years course at Lowell Normal School,was elected to this position.Miss Barrie had two years of experience,and is also an experienced playground director.Miss Barrie and Miss Sawyer have had charge of the athletic games of the girls. Enrollment and Organization Your attention is called to the enrollment,age and grade, and attendance tables found on the following pages. The comparative attendance for the past five years is as follows : 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 Kindergarten 41 33 41 50 43 Grade 1 33 63 60 65 69 Grade 2 40 38 43 46 55 Grade 3 32 43 35 52 49 Grade 4 51 42 46 37 45 Grade 5 59 40 39 41 34 Grade 6 45 61 40 39 42 Grade 7 51 34 57 44 49 Grade 8.55 37 28 43 34 Grade 9 32 53 32 39 38 Grade 10 27 28 42 36 24 Grade 11 19 27 21 29 25 Grade 12 17 15 25 21 23 502 514 512 532 520 The total attendance is twelve less than one year ago,and eight more than two years ago.There are seven less in the kindergarten,and fifteen less in the high school than last year. The smaller enrollment in the high school is brought about by a smaller entering class last September,the larger nimiber of boys attending the Vocational Trade School at Quincy,and by a more rigid standard of work in the school itself. 10 There are thirteen boys enrolled at the Quincy School.It is a well organized and conducted institution,and is giving these boys who wish to enter vocational work far better training than they can get from academic work.The Town is reimbursed one half of the tuition paid. Several from the graduating classes of the past two years have entered college and normal schools,and are doing good work.We expect to continue sending pupils to college each year.We have a well equipped teaching force,and there is no good reason why a student should not be well fitted for college in the Cohasset school. There has been a slight change in the organization of the lower grades.The primar^^children have been taken out of the new building,which is now being used for drawing and high school recitation room.s. There are two first grade rooms in the main building.In each the enrollment is under thirty.One of these teachers devotes a part of her time to second grade pupils needing special attention,and the other to fourth grade pupils.This arrange- ment is very satisfactory. The enrollment in the Beechwood School has reached thirty. There are three grades in the school.Should there be any material increase,it will probably be best to send the third grade to the Osgood School. Any further increase in the third,fourth,and fifth grades will require an additional teacher in the Osgood School. 11 Expenditures and Estimate The following table shows the expenditures for the past year and the estimate for 1924. Expended Estimate 1923 1924 School Committee,expenses of ad- ministration $237 12 $400 00 Superintendent and expenses of office.1,870 42 2,250 00 Teachers'salaries 32,361 63 33,650 00 Americanization school 300 00 Books 1,594 09 1,400 00 Supplies 2,319 53 2,000 00 Janitors 3,452 00 3,500 00 Fuel and Hghts 3,487 23 3,000 00 Library 148 20 200 00 Health 650 00 650 00 Transportation 4,988 13 5,200 00 Insurance 450 00 Sundries 623 38 300 00 Lunch room 1,814 73 2,000 00 Tuition to trade school 1,313 25 2,100 00 New equipment 200 00 Repairs 2,205 84 2,350 00 $59,271 10 $59,950 00 12 Receipts of the School Department County of Norfolk,dog tax $457 80 Commonwealth of Massachusetts Vocational Education (1922)735 25 Teachers'Salaries 4,240 00 Refund from John Madden 28 56 Refund from National Biscuit Co 2 50 Sale of two typewriters 40 00 Sale of supplies 40 00 Lunch receipts 1,579 26 Total receipts S7,123 37 Expended from tax levy 52,147 73 Total expenditure S59,271 10 Attention is called to the net cost of the schools,$52,147.73. All receipts of the School Department go into the General Fund of the Town,and cannot be used by the department. However,an estimate of anticipated receipts is given to the assessors and is deducted from the estimated expenditures, so that the property of the Town is taxed for the net amount and not for the gross expenditures of the schools. Physical Training and Health Work In 1921 there was a law enacted by the General Court, "That the School Committee shall appoint one or more school physicians and nurses,shall assign them to the public schools within its jurisdiction,shall provide them with all proper facilities for the performance of their duties."At the same time there was added to the program of studies required to be taught by law,"instruction and training in indoor and outdoor games and athletic exercise,"and later provision was made for the appointment of a State Director of Physical Education and an Assistant Director,and these positions were filled b}'the appointment of Mr.Carl Schrader and ]\Iiss Louise S.French. To meet the requirement of a school nurse the School Committee arranged for part time service of the nurse em.ployed 13 by the Social Service League.The amoirnt paid by the School Department for this service was increased the past year to S500 and more of the time of the nurse is being given to the schools.Mrs.Morrill is now in attendance at the schools from 9.00 to 10.00 each morning and at such other times as her services may be needed. In compliance with the law requiring supervision of out- door athletics,we are doing more each year.We are not placing the emphasis on the excellence of a single team,but rather upon the number engaged in outdoor sports.The triangular football league for the fourteen and fifteen year old boys from the Hingham High School,the Lincoln School, and the Osgood School was continued for the third year. The Osgood team made a good record. The baseball league between the schools of Hingham, Cohasset,and Hull is being continued.In this league each town is represented by two teams of fourteen and fifteen year old boys. The girls baseball continues to be a major sport.Recently one of the Boston papers gave a full page to girls'baseball as played in Hingham and Cohasset. For the first time last fall the Osgood School girls engaged in field hockey.Games were played between teams from the school and also with the teams from Hingham.We expect to make more of this sport next fall. More than a dozen field meets were held for the pupils of different ages from the Cohasset and Hingham schools. It has been necessary to hold most of these at the Hingham playground,but one of the most successful was held on the hill at Cohasset. Mr.Doyle has had charge of the work of the older boys, and Mr.Morrison,Mr.Meyer,and Mr.Hinckley have super- vised the work of the yoimger boys. Miss Sawyer and Miss Barrie have had charge of the work of the girls. Playground We are limited in playground activities by the small area of the playground at the Osgood School.There seems to be 14 no satisfactory way to enlarge the ground at the rear of the building without a large expenditure of money. A possible solution of the question might be to develop the ground at the rear of the Bates Building.This can be done in a short time by putting in a few drainage tile and filling with the ashes from_the schools,and the scrapings from the streets,and covering this with a thin coat of gravel.If the unused land adjacent to this plot could be bought from the Enos and Pratt estates,a playground 320 feet long with an average width of 150 feet could be developed on the Elm Street side of the brook.Later on the land across-the brook,now owned by Mr.Lincoln,could be developed. I believe that the Town should secure these three plots of ground at once,and that a playground should be gradually developed.Without any large expenditure of money the ground on the Elm Street side of the brook could be put in good con- diti on in five years.The next five years would probably develop the other side of the brook,so that in a period of ten years the Town would have a good school playground; Conclusion In conclusion I wish to express to the citizens my apprecia- tion of the financial support which has enabled us to maintain an efficient school system taught by a body of well trained teachers who understand the needs of the growing child and have enthusiasm in their work.I urge the continuance of this support that the boys and girls now in the schools may receive a preparation that will make for their material success and for a sense of the civic responsibility they must assume. To the School Committee,parents,and teachers,I wish to express my appreciation for the fine spirit of cooperation afforded me in mv work. Respectfully submitted, O.K.COLLINS, Superintendent of Schools. 15 pqOPQOWOmOfflOmOPQOWOPQOWOmOPQOPQOCOt>00r-H'-iT;tiO0i'-''*05iO'*0005OCD00O00<N(MO5i:000u:) C^l rH CO CO CO C^CO rH CQ (N '-l tH (N T-H rH CO T-l ^Cq T-l 1-1 rH t-I ^ mo CO t> oq(M 00 •T-I'^ 1>C0 1> T— I o tH •,-^^Tt<l>CD Ti^ T-I T— 1 r-H ^CO •ift PC »C ^Ti<CM <M (M ooo ^7-1 -(M -co-^xCsOlxrCLOThi -^•• g^.S CO CO •(M (M »ri vo fs nO ^00 1-H oq •••• 1-H OQ T— 1 T-I •1-i •T-I ^(N |>O^CO lO CO '^2^^ -c^cq o (M r-l Oi (MO (M CO 00 (MOi<M^ 1> 1>Oi (M T-H CO cq oo CO (M lO S3tH•• ^cqci T— 1 •• ••&:^^:s ^.'S ^:u ^:u ^:u ^S &:s ^:u ^:u &:S ^:^ j^^pqOfflOmOpqOpqOpqOpqOPQOpqOPQOWOpqO 11 •—1*—'-^-^|_||_H n HH hH n M ^^HH 1— 1 1— 1 1— 1 pqO 16 STATISTICS FOR FALL TERM,1923 Total Average Daily Per Cent EnrollmentMembership A ttendance A ttendance Grade 12 23 Grade 11 25 Grade 10 24 Grade 9 38 Grade 8 34 Grade 7 48 Grade 6 42 Grade 5 38 Grade 4 46 Grade 3 42 Grade 3B 7 Grade 2 45 Grade 2B 10 Grade 1 28 Grade IF 28 Grade IB 13 Kindergarten....43 534 495.3 443.6 90.0 22.5 21.2 94.2 24.0 23.0 94.6 23.5 22.2 94.6 36.0 33.6 93.7 31.2 28.4 91.0 46.1 40.8 88.7 41.6 37.5 89.7 33.5 31.1 90.1 43.8-37.8 85.9 37.7 34.5 91.7 5.4 5.0 91.0 40.6 37.7 91.5 10.0 9.0 91.0 27.0 22.7 84.3 24.6 20.8 84.3 11.0 10.0 91.0 35.8 28.3 78.0 17 REPORT OF HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL Mr.Orvis K.Collins, Superintendent of Schools. Dear Sir:At your request,I present the customary annual report for the school year 1923-1924.In a school system such as ours,much of the work carried on is departmental and the special teachers and supervisors report on high school as well as grade school work.There remain,however,a few items of general interest not covered by them. The enrollment for the present school year is as follows: ninth grade or first year of high school,twenty boys,eighteen girls;tenth grade,twelve boys,twelve girls;eleventh grade, nine boys,sixteen girls;twelfth grade,seven boys,fourteen girls;postgraduates,one;special students,one.Appended to this report is a list of pupils entering high school this year,a list of the graduates of June,1923 and also the names of those graduates of last year who are attending college or normal school this year. In last year's report,I called attention to the fact that the time must come when better and more varied vocational training will be given to the increasingly large number of secondar}^ school students,and that this burden must fall upon the smaller schools most heavily.Vocational guidance is far from being mere theory and there are in this high school as well as in every high school of similar size,boys and girls whose preparation for entering the workaday life of the world is very limited,and who would be greatly benefited by courses of study affording a mastery of some vocfe,tion.Such courses are given and with great profit,in many of the larger high schools.At present, our solution of the problem is to place boys in the Quincy Trade School,to receive there definite vocational training.It is unfortunate that at the present time there is no school for girls which gives similar training and to which we might send pupils 18 showing aptitude for specific vocations.Oux domestic science and manual training departments are doing excellent work with the time and facilities at their command,but cannot and do not pretend to give adequate vocational training.Our com^mercial department graduates are ver^^successful in that field and are able to hold their own with graduates of many commercial schools. There have been no curriculum changes in the past 3^ear, as it has seemed to those having the curriculum in charge that we are meeting the needs of the community as far as possible under present conditions.The moving of the combination first and third grade from the little building to the Osgood School necessitated giving up one of the rooms heretofore used for high school classes,and since September,Miss Chandler's classes have used the vacated room in the little btiilding for their work.This arrangement has worked out much better than was anticipated,but there is an unavoidable waste of time passing to and fro,and the arrangement is particularly in- convenient in inclement weather. The percentage SA'Stem of marking is no longer in use, following the recommendation of the state department of education and the prevailing tendency of high schools through- out the state.The mark "A "is given for work of a superior character,"B "for work markedly above the average,"C " for work of average grade and "F "indicates work below pas- sing.Our school has the certificate privilege granted by the New England College Certificate Board and graduates may enter the colleges on that board without examination provided their marks are of "B "grade or better.There are now four graduates of our school attending colleges,represented on the New England College Certificate Board,who were not required to take any examinat^ion,entering by ceitiiicate wholly. Field hockey is a new addition to our athletic work and many of tjie girls enjoyed this sport during the fall months. Our pupils took part in many track meets and competed successfully with boys and girls of like ages in the Hingham Schools.Baseball and football leagues were conducted as in 19 previous years and an effort made to get a number of boys and girls to compete in the various outdoor sports. Under the direction of Miss Howarth,the senior class presented their annual play and the proceeds were used for class purposes,particularly the Senior Class Night.Other social activities were promoted by the various classes with excellent results. The gold medal award of the George H.Mealy Post, American Legion,was competed for by the members of last year's graduating class.Full particulars regarding the nature of this award were published in the Town report of last year. Helen F.Millar was the winner of the contest,the subject of her essay being "The Effects of the Introduction of Machinery upon the American People." Last June the Women's Alliance of the Unitarian Church offered a prize of a ten dollar gold piece to a pupil of the Osgood School for the best essay on the general subject of World Peace,with particular reference to the League of Na- tions.The response on the part of the pupils was quite general and after commending many of the essays,the judges awarded the prize to an essay "World Peace "written by Clara W. Stoddard. I wish to express my appreciation for your suggestions from time to time and to the various teachers for their whole- hearted cooperation in every department of school activity. Respectfully submitted, ARTHUR C.MORRISON, Principal. 20 Entering Class,September,1923 Lydia Belham Alargaret AI.Daley Ruth C.Enders Barbara Fitch Julia L.LA'ons Verna L.Alaitland Enna L.IMonteiro Rosamond L.Morris Pauline L.Nason Lois T.Petersen JuHa F.Poland Edna F.Pratt Phyllis L.Souza Linda S.Stoddard Frances L.Taft Ruth E.Whitcomb Graduating Class,June,1923 Nathan W.Bates Arthur L.Clark Ir\4n C.Busenben^ Henr\^H.Ellsworth,'Jr. George A.Frates Ralph R.Jason James A I.AIcNamara Philip B.Parker John L.Pattison Robert W.Perrv' Arnold P.Peterson Kendall U.Pratt Mortimer S.Rose Louis J.Simeone Stanley H.Blanchon Christine E.Clark Robert P.Deegan Minnie K.Ellsworth Fred B.Fitch Anna C.Frates Elizabeth AL Happenny Albert F.Kane Lawrence F.Lincoln Frederick D.AlacNeill Eva H.AIcGaw Kathleen AL Aladden Helen F.AliUar Alary A.Alonteiro Pauline AL Alorris Helen F.Naun Helen C.O'Heam Elinor B.Souther Alarjorie AVilbur Members of Graduating Class Attending Normal Schools and Colleges This Year Christine E.Clark,Alassachusetts Normal Art School. Alinnie K.Ellsworth,Boston University,College of Liberal Arts. Elizabeth AL Happenny,Salem Normal School. Eva H.AIcGaw,Bridgewater Normal School. Kathleen AL Aladden,Boston University,College of Secretarial Science. Helen F.Alillar,Boston Universitv,College of Liberal Arts. 21 SUBJECTS TAKEN BY HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS English Sen Boys Girls 1 tors Juniors S 6 10 7 16 ophomores Freshmen Total 11 17 44 10 15 58 History Boys Girls ] 9 8 6 16 8 ..25 9 ..41 Latin Boys Girls 3 4 1 6 6 7 20 3 8 18 French Boys Girls 2 4 8 4 10 20 4 9 21 Stenograph}^Boys Girls 1 4 4 2 11 8 23 Bookkeeping Boys Girls ] 4 4 .2 12 ..8 24 Typewriting Boys Girls ] 4 5 L2 14 9 26 Physics Boys Girls 1 6 7 7 7 Algebra Boys Girls 2 ]L 8 11 L 7 10 Drawing Boys Girls ] 1 1 L5 8 5 6 14 5 12 40 Business English Boys Girls .6 1 7 6 ...6 Commercial Geo graphy Boys... Girls .(3 ..6 7 ..7 Geometry Boys Girls .3 1 4 3 ..4 Biology Boys Girls .3 1 7 1 ..5 Shop Boys . ' 7 7 14 Commercial Boys .8 8 Arithmetic Girls .12 12 Household Arts Girls . . .3 9 12 General Science Boys Girls .•8 8 9 9 Civics Boys Girls .16 16 15 15 22 HIGH SCHOOL COURSES TAKEN College Commercial General Tola' Senior Boys . Girls . Junior Boys . Girls . wSophomore Boys. Girls . Freshmen Boys. Girls . 3 4 7 1 12 1 14 4 4 1 9 6 10 16 3 6 3 12 3 7 2 12 7 8 5 20 6 12 18 33 63 12 108 23 REPORT OF INDUSTRIAL ARTS DEPARTMENT Mr.Orvis K.Collins, Superintendent of Schools. Dear Sir:I hereby respectfully submit to you my report as director of the Industrial Arts Department for 1923. It has been the practice in the shopwork to interpret in- dustrial life by means of four basic occupations,namely, woodworking,printing,metal and electrical work:for the boys of the fifth grade,elementary woodworking;advanced woodwork including individual planning and design for the sixth grade;printing for the seventh grade;metal or electrical work for the eighth grade;elementar}^wood-turning and cabinet making for the freshmen;advanced wood-turning and furniture construction for the sophomores.A part of the time is given to the consideration of trade practices and other information related to the work in hand.An exhibition of the best projects was held at the Town Hall at the close of school in June. The objectives of the department briefly stated may be grouped under two heads as follows;1.The broadening of culture.2.Preparation for future participation in industry. To be able to fully appreciate a beautiful piece of furniture, a fine job of printing,an electrical apparatus,a superb auto- mobile,etc.,one must know a good deal about materials,design, proportion,construction,finish and the history of industry. To be able to express ideas in terms of industry so that another may understand them requires not only a knowledge of the terms of industry but also the ability to think in "the three dimensions." The boy who expects to succeed in life in any profession or occupation must somehow,somewhere,the earlier the better, acquire the habit of success.The designing,planning and constructing of a project is one way of acquiring that habit. 24 The subject matter in the shop both as to projects and theory has been chosen with a view to cultivating appreciation, expression and the habit of bringing each undertaking to a succesful conclusion. I wish to express my appreciation for your hearty coopera- tion in the work of the department. Respectfully^submitted, M.H.MEYER. 25 REPORT OF THE ART DEPARTMENT Mr.Orvis K.Collins, Superintendent of Schools. Dear Sir:I hereby submit for your approval the annual report of the Art Department for the year nineteen hundred and twenty-three. The same general program of work has been carried on in the high school and in the grades as was followed during the previous year,with a few changes which were considered advisable.My time has been divided between the teaching of the high school classes in both freehand and mechanical drawing,the grades from five to eight inclusive,and in super- vision of the primary grades.A number of boys were given an opportunity to put in extra periods of mechanical drawing, in preparation for courses in other schools.Two of the boys entered Wentworth Institute and several others are now in the Quincy Trade School.One of the girls who graduated in June entered the Massachusetts Normal Art School in Sep- tember. The usual spring exhibition of drawings was held in the Town Hall in June,together with exhibits from the House- hold Arts and Industrial Arts Departments.The work shown- constituted an interesting review of the year's work.Each grade contributed drawings and construction problems and in addition to their free-hand and mechanical drawings the high school girls exhibited some craft work in the form of trays, luncheon sets,and table mats,and the boys displayed some interesting blue-printing. The hearty cooperation of primary teachers in both the Osgood and Beechwood Schools is exceedingly helpful and the interesting results obtained by these teachers show a sincerity of effort which is gratifying. For your spirit of cooperation and helpfulness I wish to express sincere appreciation. Respectfully submitted, FLORENCE E.KRAUS. December 31,1923. 26 REPORT OF HOUSEHOLD ARTS DEPARTMENT Mr.O.K.Collins, Superintendent of Schools. Dear Sir:I submit for your approval and acceptance my annual report of the Household Arts Department for the year 1923. There have been no essential changes made in the coiuse this year,there being six grades that receive instruction in Household Arts. The aims of the sewing department are to so instruct the pupils that they may be able to care for and repair their own clothing and to do simple dressmaking for themselves. The aims of the cooking department,stated briefly,are to teach the fundamental principles of cooking in theory and practice;efficiency and economy in handling food materials; the food requirements of the body and how they may be best supplied to develop strong and healthy individuals and the preparation and serving of foods. Both courses aim to instill in the girls an appreciation of the work necessary in the home and to contribute their share toward it. The basement of the Bates building has been concreted and a new and sanitary storeroom made which is greatly appre- ciated by the department. The school lunch,which is run in connection with the cooking classes is an important feature of the work;the classes helping in the preparation and serving of the noon lunch. The lunch room has been well patronized this past year and we are glad to report an increase in the amount of milk which is being bought by the children.The department supervises the lunches of the little children,helping them to choose wisely and sometimes supplying lunches for the children,who for some reason failed to brins one. 27 We wish that still more of the children who bring lunches from home might supplement them with milk or with some- thing hot as soup or cocoa. In closing,I wish to express to you my appreciation for your cooperation and helpful attitude tow^ard this department. Respectfully submitted, HELEN C.WELCH. DENTAL STATISTICS Grade Number of Pupils in grade Number treated school dentist Number treated by family dentist Completed Incomplete 1 34 25 9 24 1 1 10 7 3 6 1 2 36 33 3 33 3 35 30 5 30 3 11 11 11 4 35 31 4 31 5 39 31 8 30 1 6 36 30 6 30 3 7 27 24 3 17 7 7 29 25 4 19 6 292 247 45 '228 19 The number of children in the kindergarten who had work completed by me is eight (8) . The number of high school pupils completed is seventeen (17) . The number of children at the Beechwood School who had work completed at the clinic is nine (9;. 28 REPORT OF SCHOOL DENTIST ; January 30,1924. Mr.O.K.Collins, Superintendent of Schools. Dear Sir:It gives me pleasure to submit to you the following * as a summary of work completed by me from January 1,1923 - to December 31,1923.i During the past year more time has been given over to ] preventative dentistry-in the lower grades.This consists of | treating the teeth of each and every^child twice during the | school year,with silver nitrate and formalin to prevent the j occurrence of caries (cavities)in the teeth. ] This treatment is followed by a thorough cleansing of the teeth.Operations completed as follows : I 326 silver fillings 3 root canal fillings 160 teeth extracted 41 treatments 332 silver nitrate treatments 169 cleansings 35 enamel fillings 23 cement fillings ^ Respectfully submitted, ; FRANK A.DERBY,D.M.D.! 29 REPORT OF CLUB WORK Mr.Orvis K.Collins, Superintendent of Schools. Dear Sir:I hereby respectfully submit to you my report as director of Club Work for the season of 1923. The work of the season was begun early in March when nearly forty dollars worth of seeds were ordered by the boys and girls.Very good seeds are secured for them in packages at prices from one cent a package upward. The older boys and girls went on the annual trip to Wal- pole to attend Achievement Day at the County Agricultural School.In company with members of the county farm bureau, some members of the poultry club made a visit to all the large poultry farms in Plymouth County. Pauline Nason and Murray Perry spent a week at M.A.C. camp as a reward for the best work done in club work during 1922.Arnold Peterson was declared the garden champion of Norfolk County and enjoyed a week at M.A.C.with cham- pions from all over the state. The canning club was in charge of Miss Mary Modente, meeting every other week at the Bates Building.The girls exhibited their products at the Town Hall in September and also at Greenfield,their products being part of a Norfolk County exhibit. The poultry club met once a month in the manual training room for the discussion of the best methods in poultry raising and egg production.Wesley Parker,Arnold Peterson and William Cogill,members of the club,spent two days at the Eastern States Exposition at Springfield. At t'he Weym_outh fair Minot Brown won a second prize on sweet yellow corn,Arnold Peterson won first prizes on table beets and parsnips,a second on sweet corn and a third on an exhibit of five vegetables.A fifth prize was awarded on a collection of vegetables from several boys'gardens. 30 At the Eastern States Exposition Arnold Peterson won first prizes on barred rock and R.I.R.pullets,a second on a barred rock hen,a fourth on a white rock cockerel,two fifths on a R.I.R.cockerel and hen,and two sixths,one on a R.I.R. pullet and one on a white rock hen.William Cogill won a first prize 9n a dark brahma cock. At the Boston Poultry Show Arnold Peterson won a first prize on a pen of white rocks;seconds on a R.I.R.cockerel and on a barred rock pullet;thirds on a white rock pullet and on a hen;fourths on a white rock pullet and on a R.I.R.hen. The annual exhibit was held in September at the Town Hall. The prizes were awarded in the evening by the Reverend Fred V.Stanley,chairman of the School Committee. A financial report and a complete list of winners at the Cohasset exhibit is appended. Respectfully submitted, M.H.MEYER. January,1924. 31 CONTESTS AND AWARDS OF THE BOYS'AND GIRLS' SUMMER PROJECTS \ Cohasset,1923 ] 3 The prizes were contributed by the followiug friends and i residents of Cohasset:Mr.and Mrs.Hugh Bancroft,Mr.] Clarence Barron,Mr.and Mrs.Edward B.Bayley,Mrs.Mary K.Bolles,Mr.Lewis A.Crosset,Mr.and Mrs.Edwin L. Furber,Mr.E.G.Howes,Mr.Benjamin D.Hyde,Miss M. V.McCormick,Mr.J.F.McElwain,Mrs.Arthur N.Milliken, , Mrs.Ethel S.Leigh,Mrs.B.L.Sankey,Mrs.Bessie H.Savage, j Mrs.T.B.Williams. | GARDEN CONTESTS ] i Age 10 to 18 I A.Best cared for mrden.{Bes:t cared for garden. 1. 2. 3. Silver cup $2.00 $1.50 Arnold Peterson Fred Barrows Manuel Marks B.Largest display of diferent vegetables. 1.$3.00 Arnold Peterson 2.$2.00 Fred Barrows C.Best display of four vegetables. 1.$2.00 Arnold Peterson 2.$1.50 .Frank Pagliaro 3.$1.00 CariSestito Potatoes 1.$2.00 Arnold Peterson 2.$1.50 Manuel Marks 3.$1.00 Sarah Lawrence 32 Yellow Sweet Com 1.S2.00 Arnold Peterson 2.$1.50 ~ Nathan Bates 3.11.00 Lillian Lawrence Ripe Tomatoes 1.$2.00 ' Arnold Peterson 2.$1.50 Frank Pagliaro 3.$1.00 Carl Sestito Cucumbers 2.$1.50 Arnold Peterson 3.$1.00 Lillian Lawrence Winter Squash 1 $2.00 Arnold Peterson 2.$1.50 Leo Happenny 3.$1.00 Helen Nason Turnips 1.$1.50 Arnold Peterson Peppers 1.$2.00 Carl Sestito 2.$1.50 " Frank Pagliaro Beans 1.$2.00 ]\lanuel ?^larks 2.$1.50 Nathan Bates 3.$.100 Arnold Peterson D.Best display of one kind of vegetable. Beets 2.$1.50 Nathan Bates 3.$1.00 Sarah Lawrence White Sweet Com 1.$1.50 Carl Sestito 33 Carrots 1.12.00 Arnold Peterson 2.$1.50 Sarah Lawrence 3.$1.00 William Cogill Green Tomatoes 1.$2.00 Frank Pagliaro 2.$1.50 William Cogill 3.$1.00 Henry Ahearn Cabbages 1.$2.00 Sarah Lawrence 2.$1.50 George Valine 3.$1.00 Lillian Lawrence Summer Squash 1.$2.00 George Valine 2.$1.50 Henry Ahearn 3.$1.00 Lillian Lawrence Parsnips 1.$1.50 Arnold Peterson Swiss Chard 1.$2.00 Frank Pagliaro 2.$1.50 George Valine SPECIAL GARDEN CONTEST FOR BOYS AND GIRLS UNDER TEN A.Best cared-for garden. 1.Silver cup Haley Brothers 2.$2.00 Robert Simeone 3.$1.00 John J.Pratt,Jr. B.Largest display of different vegetables 1.$2.00 Lillian Lawrence 2.$1.50 Haley Brothers 34 RABBIT CONTEST Best doe. 1.$2.00 Leo Happenny 2.$1.50 Carl Sestito PIG CONTEST 1,$1.50 Kendall Pratt CANNING CONTEST A.Best display of five jars —three vegetables,two fruit. 1.Silver cup Geraldine Gillis 2.$2.00 Pauline Nason 3.$1.50 Sarah Lawrence B.Best three jars of one variety. 1.$2.00 Pauline Nason 2.$1.50 Laura Leonard 3.$1.00 Sarah Lawrence C.One jar of each variety canned,qtiality and variety considered. 1.One week at Massachusetts Agricultural College Camp, name on cup,to be held after winning three years, ]\Iary Modente 2.$3.00 Pauline Nason 3.$2.00 Sarah Lawrence 4.$1.00 Lucile Dion A. FLOWER CONTEST Best cared-for garden. 1.Silver cup Flora Peterson 2.$2.00 Celia Barrows 3.$1.00 Alberta Marsh Honorable mention Eva Marks Aminda Marks 35 B.Best display of Asters. 1.$2.00 2.$1.50 3.Sl.OO C.Best display of Dahlias. 1.$2.00 2.$1.50 3.$1.00 Alberta Marsh Mary Pagliaro Jean Meyer Eva and Aminda Marks Helen Nason Flora Peterson D.Best display of Gladioli. 2.$1.50 3.$1.00 Mary Pagliaro Jean Meyer E.Largest display of different flowers. 1.$2.00 2.$1.50 3.$1.00 Eva and Aminda Marks Celia Barrows Alberta Marsh POULTRY CONTEST A.Rhode Island Red Cockerel. 2.$1.50 Arnold Peterson B.Rhode Island Red Ptdlet. 1.$2.00 2.$1.50 Robert Perry Arnold Peterson C.White Rock Cockerel. 2.$1.50 Arnold Peterson D.White Rock Pullet. 1.$2.00 Arnold Peterson E.Leghorn Cockerel. 2.$1.50 William Coeill 36 F.Bantams. 1.$2.00 2.$1.50 G,Other Breeds —Cockerel. 2.$1.50 H Other Breeds —Pullet. 2.$1.50 3.$1.00 Charles Pierce George Valine William Cogill Arnold Peterson Leslie Thompson I.Bestfottr pullets and cockerel,any breed. 1.$2.C0 Arnold Peterson 2.$1.50 Arnold Peterson 3.$1.00 Elizabeth Souther J.Rhode Island Red Cock. 1.$2.00 2.$1.50 K.Rhode Island Red Hen. 2.$1.50 3.$1.00 L.White Rock Hen. 2.$1.50 Arnold Peterson Robert Perry Arnold Peterson Robert Perry Arnold Peterson M.Leghorn Cock. 1.$1.50 N.Leghorn Hen. 1.$1.50 O.Other breeds,Hen. 1.$1.50 William Cogill William Cogill Arnold Peterson 37 P.Best four hens and cock,any breed. 1.$1.50 Arnold Peterson Best dozen of eggs. 1.$2.00 William Cogill 2.$1.50 Arnold Peterson Laying feed. 1.$2.00 Arnold Peterson 3.$1.00 William Cogill SPECIAL PRIZES $1.00 K'ale Norman Tomber^ $1.00 Ducks Leo Happeny $1.00 Pigeons Charles Pierce GRAND WINNERS Ranking points in gradening. 1.One week at Massachusetts Agricultural College Camp. Arnold Peterson,33 points 2.$2.00 Frank Pagliaro,13 points Ranking points in poultry. 1 .One week at Massachusetts Agricultural College Camp . Arnold Peterson,32 points 2.$2.00 William Cogill,12 points 38 FINANCIAL STATEMENT Receipts Balance from 1922 •$72.77 From public-spirited citizens 305.00 From fares to Walpole 5.25 $383.02 Expenditures Cups $17.79 Cash prizes 164.00 Transportation to Walpole,x\ugust 2 31.00 Hingham Agricultural Society,use of coops 11.40 Express on coops 8.25 Hingham Journal,printing of prize lists 11.00 Prize winners at M.A.C.Camp and traveling expenses 38.00 Poultry Club trip,Juh^17,traveling expenses 8.50 Delegates to Walpole meeting in April,traveling expenses 6.00 A.G.Landry,engraving 1.02 Cohasset Hardware Co.,paper .33 Postage 1.20 Balance on hand 84.53 $383.02 Balance to be used in sending prize winners to camp in July,1924. { 1 i I =".;?•^'p