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Home My WebLink Abouttownofcohassetma1929seleCOHASSET TOWN REPORT 1929 One Hundred and Fifty-Ninth 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 1929 THE BOUNDBROOK PRESS 1930 CONTENTS Page Officers 1929-1930 3 Report of Town Clerk 9 Births,Marriages and Deaths 25 State Auditor's Report 38 Accountant's Report 59 Recapitulation 129 Selectmen's Report ..156 Assessors'Report 161 Report of Board of Public Welfare 163 Report of Treasurer 164 Report of Tax Collector 166 Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures ...167 Report of Tree Warden 168 Report of Superintendent of Parks 170 Report of Board of Health 171 Report of Harbor Masters 174 Report of Cohasset Fire Department ....176 Report of Forest Warden 179 Report of Wire Inspector 180 Report of Police Department 181 Report of Moth Superintendent 186 Report of Highway Surveyor 187 Report of Cohasset Free Public Library ....190 Report of Directors of Paul Pratt Memorial Library .192 Revised Jury List 197 Report of School Committee ....Appendix Report of Superintendent of Schools ..Appendix TOWN OFFICERS,1929-1930 TOWN RECORDS Elected by ballot Town Clerk HARRY F.TILDEN ..Term expires March,1932 Selectmen,Assessors and Overseers of the Poor HERBERT L.BROWN ..Term expires March,1930 WILLIAM H.McGAW ..Term expires March,1931 WILLIAM O.SOUTHER,JR.Term expires March,1932 Treasurer and Collector of Taxes HARRY F.TILDEN Constables JOHN J.OLIVER WILLIAM J.POWERS JOHN T.KEATING ROYAL A.BATES STEPHEN H.ROONEY Finance Committee HOLLIS T.GLEASON ..Term expires March,1930 JOSEPH N.WILLCUTT CARLTON M.WOODS EDWIN W.BATES . GILMAN CHURCHILL JOSEPH F.KENDALL MILTON L.KERR . Term expires March,1930 Term expires March,1930 Term expires March,1932 Term expires March,1931 Term expires March,1931 Term expires March,1932 Highway Surveyor GEORGE JASON Tree Warden JOSEPH E.GRASSIE School Committee MANUEL A.GRASSIE . HELEN E.SCRIPTURE . JOHN BATES . SARGENT F.TOWER . BARBARA W.CHURCHILL MALCOLM H.STEVENS Term expires March,1930 Term expires March,1930 Term expires March,1931 Term expires March,1931 Term expires March,1932 Term expires March,1932 Board of Health IRVING F.SYLVESTER..Term expires March,1932 EDWARD L.HIGGINS ..Term expires March,1930 ABRAHAM S.ENOS. Trustees MARION D.HOWE . OLIVER H.HOWE . FLORENCE N.BATES SARAH B.COLLIER BURGESS C.TOWER GEORGE W.COLLIER EDWARD NICHOLS. EDWARD H.TOWER PRISCILLA GOUGH Term expires March,1931 of Public Library Term expires Term expires Term expires Term expires Term expires Term expires Term expires Term expires Term expires March,1932 March,1932 March,1930 March,1930 March,1930 March,1931 March,1931 March,1931 March,1932 Town Officers Appointed by Selectmen Town Accountant EDWARD L.STEVENS ..Term expires March,1932 Registrars of Voters THOMAS W.DOYLE ..Term expires March,1932 HENRY E.SWEENEY ..Term expires March,1930 JOHN ROCHE ....Term expires March,1931 HARRY F.TILDEN,ex-officio Clerk of Board Chief of Police HECTOR J.PELLETIER Police Officers under Civil Service FRANK JASON JAMES J.SULLIVAN,JR. JOHN FLEMING EDWARD L.MAGUIRE BENJAMIN F.CURLEY JOHN J.ROONEY Special Police,under Civil Service JOHN KEATING ROYAL BATES HENRY B.KENNEDY SPENCER H.STOUGHTON FREDERICK W.SULLIVAN JOHN J.OLIVER Special Police Officers THOMAS J.AYERS JOSEPH S.ENOS GEORGE JASON JOHN J.FERREIRA ELMER J.LOUIE WILLIAM J.KENNEDY CHARLES E.BUTMAN FRANK E.JASON CLIFFORD K.DICKSON FRED A.PETERSEN JOHN J.GRASSIE WILLIAM J.POWERS STEPHEN H.ROONEY RALPH S.ENOS ELLERY C.BATES LOUIS B.C.BAILEY CARLOS A.TANGER EDWARD B.MATHEWSON MARSHALL SPEAR Sealer of Weights and Measures CALEB NICHOLS 6 Inspector of Wires HERBERT WILLIAMS Town Engineer LEWIS N.PERKINS Field Drivers ARTHUR STUDLEY ALFRED J.GONSALVES HENRY B.KENNEDY Fence Viewers EDWIN W.BATES ARTHUR STUDLEY JOSEPH E.GRASSIE ALEXANDER HILLIS LEVI L.WORRICK Constable THOMAS L.BATES Public Weighers and Weighers of Coal GERTRUDE C.LOCKE FRANK W.WHEELWRIGHT JOSEPH A.VALINE WALTER C.WHEELWRIGHT EVERETT C.WHEELWRIGHT Auctioneers HARRY F.TILDEN GEORGE F.SARGENT,JR. THOMAS L.BATES AUGUST F.B.PETERSEN JOHN P.KANE JOSEPH E.GRASSIE Measurers of Wood and Bark FRANKLIN BEAL ARTHUR O.HIGGINS HOWARD BATES EDWIN J.MEALY Surveyors of Lumber JOSEPH A.VALINE WILLIAM H.ELLSWORTH Harbor Master JOHN J.GRASSIE Assistant Harbor Master JOSEPH S.ENOS Burial Agent JOSEPH S.ENOS Pound Keeper ELMER J.LOUIE Town Physician FREDERICK HINCHLIFFE,M.D. Town Counsel FREDERICK A.THAYER Chief of Fire Department FRANK F.MARTIN,JR. Forest Warden FRANK F.MARTIN,JR. Inspector of Animals DARIUS W.GILBERT,V.S. Superintendent of Moth Work JOSEPH E.GRASSIE Appointments by Board of Health Collector of Samples of Milk and Vinegar IRVING F.SYLVESTER Inspector of Slaughtering DARIUS W.GILBERT,V.S. Appointments by Chief of Fire Department ALFRED M.SYLVIA,First Deputy ROSCOE G.PRATT,Deputy Beechwood District CLARENCE REDDY,Deputy CHARLES HUNTER,Deputy TOWN CLERK'S REPORT Election of March 4,1929 Article 1.Chose William H.Morris,Moderator,to preside at this meeting. Article 2.The following vote was declared. Total number of ballots cast,1,382. Town Clerk for three years Harry F.Tilden 1,164 R.R.Beal 2 Blanks 216 Treasurer for one year Harry F.Tilden 1,151 R.R.Beal 2 Blanks 229 Collector of Taxes for one year Harry F.Tilden 1,148 R.R.Beal 2 Blanks 232 Selectman for three years Darius W.Gilbert 661 William O.Souther,Jr 690 Blanks 31 Assessor for three years Darius W.Gilbert 659 William O.Souther,Jr 685 Blanks 38 10 Member of Board of Public Welfare for three years Darius W.Gilbert 662 William O.Souther,Jr 678 Blanks 42 Highway Surveyor for one year George Jason 746 Ernest Robert Mealy 622 Blanks 14 Tree Warden for one year Joseph E.Grassie 733 George Young 615 Blanks 34 Constables for one year Royal A.Bates 691 Alfred J.Gonsalves 598 John T.Keating 904 John J.Oliver 733 William J.Powers 790 Stephen H.Rooney '649 Blanks 2,503 School Committee for three years Howard Bates 175 J.Lewis Bates 114 Minot A.Browne 285 Norman Card 116 Barbara W.Churchill 510 Winslow S.Cobb 302 Robert B.James 328 Malcolm H.Stevens 469 Blanks 465 11 Board of Health for three years Irving F.Sylvester..720 Frederick W.Sullivan 527 Blanks 135 Finance Committee for three years Edwin W.Bates 581 Ralph H.Cahouet 476 Anthony M.Gonsalves 269 Milton L.Kerr 674 Blanks 767 Trustees Cohasset Free Public Library for three years Oliver H.Howe 898 Marian D.Howe 806 Priscilla Gough 769 William S.Sidney 320 Blanks 1,353 Cohasset,March 9,1929. At an adjourned meeting held in the Ripley Road School at 2 p.m.,the Moderator appointed and swore as Tellers,Henry E.Sweeney and Fred C.Blossom. Article 3.To choose all Town Officers not required to be elected by ballot. Voted to be appointed by the Selectmen. Article 4.To act upon the reports of the various Town Officers as printed in the annual report for the year 1928. Voted that all reports as printed in the Town Report be accepted. The following sums of money were raised and appropriated under Article 5: Folio 1.Moderator $100.0 la.Finance Committee,expenses 150.0 2.Selectmen and expenses 1,500.0 12 Folio 3.Auditor and Accountant and expenses $2,500.00 4.Treasurer and expenses 2,100.00 5.Collector and expenses 2,100.00 6.Assessors and expenses 2,000.00 7.Other finance officers and accounts,registra- tion of notes 20.00 8.Law and legal counsel 750.00 9.Town Clerk and expenses 900.00 10.Engineering,maintenance 200.00 10a.Engineering,outlay 500.00 106.Election and registration 1,250.00 11.Town Hall 7,000.00 12.Police Department 16,970.00 13.Fire Department 17,539.00 Voted that the following resolution be adopted:Resolved,That it is the sentiment of this Meeting that all the fire alarm boxes in the Town be permanently and effectively grounded to the satisfaction of the Wire Inspector. 14.Fire Department,hydrant service and water for public buildings 8,675.00 15.Inspection of wires 1,000.00 16.Sealing of weights and measures .:400.00 17.Insect pest extermination,moth suppression ..5,500.00 18.Tree Warden,general 2,350.00 19.Forest fires 1,500.00 19a.Bounties on seals 10.00 20.Board of Health,general 3,620.00 20a.Board of Health,tuberculosis hospital, Braintree 2,618.44 21.Inspection of school children,dental dispensary 1,200.00 21a.District Nurse 1,100.00 22.Inspection of animals 150.00 22a.Inspection of meat and provisions 50.00 226.Inspection of milk and vinegar 200.00 23.Refuse and garbage disposal,town dumps....700.00 13 Folio 24.Care of brooks and streams,draining of ponds, Straits Pond,James Brook,Cat Dam,etc..$1,500.00 25.Highways,general maintenance 27,063.00 25a.Highways,Fore River Bridge 1,000.00 25b.Highways,tarring streets 6,500.00 26.Highways,snow and ice removal,sanding streets 6,500.00 27.Street lighting 9,754.36 28.Street signs,fountains,etc 210.00 29.Harbor maintenance 850.00 30.Board of Public Welfare,general administration, Cohasset Home and Outside Poor 17,115.00 Voted that the following resolution be adopted:That a special committee of five citizens be appointed by the Moderator to look into the matter of retaining or disposing of the Cohasset Home,said committee to work in con- junction with the Board of Public Welfare to report its recommendation to the Town at the next Town Meeting. The following committee was appointed: Hollis T.Gleason,Charles E.Howe,John W. Lawrence,Edward L.Higgins,Frederick G. James. 31.State aid 216.00 32.Soldiers'and Sailors'Relief 1,100.00 33.Schools,general maintenance 76,590.00 34.Libraries,general maintenance 5,800.00 35.Town commons and parks,general 1,900.00 36.Wheelwright Park 650.00 37.Wadleigh Park 200.00 38.Playgrounds,etc.,baseball field 500.00 38a.Damages to persons and personal property ...100.00 39.Fourth of July and other celebrations (indefi- nitely postponed) 39a.Memorial Day,etc 650.00 40.Town clock 65.00 14 Folio 41.Town reports,printing,etc $1,300.00 42.Town flag 200.00 43.Employers'Liability Insurance,not otherwise classified 150.00 44.North Cohasset Post Office and Fire Depart- ment Building 200.00 45.Guild,American Legion,and Volunteer Veteran Firemen's Association Hall 100.00 45a.Parking place,maintenance 500.00 46.Cemeteries 810.00 47.Interest,on loans in anticipation of revenue...2,000.00 48.Interest,general 4,720.00 49.Loans,municipal indebtedness,bonds or notes from revenue 9,000.00 50.Reserve Fund 4,000.00 Total $265,895.80 Article 6.Will the Town authorize the Treasurer,with the approval of the Selectmen,to hire what money may be needed in anticipation of the taxes of the current year,to be paid as soon as money for the purpose is received ? Voted that the Town Treasurer,with the approval of the Selectmen,be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1,1929,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 7.To hear the report of any committee hereto chosen,and act thereon. Voted to adopt the following resolution : Whereas:Mrs.Hugh Bancroft has made a gracious gift to the Town of Cohasset,of a substantial sum of money,to be used for equipment for the stage of the Town Hall. Be it Resolved:That the citizens of the Town of Cohasset in the Town Meeting assembled,express their gratitude to Mrs. Bancroft for her generosity and public spirit, 15 And,Be it further Resolved:That these resolutions be spread upon the records of the Town,and a copy be sent to Mrs. Bancroft. No committee reported in writing under this article. Article 8.To see if the Town will vote to authorize the boards that have during the year 1928 appointed one of their members to another town office .or position to continue this practice to May 1,1929,as authorized by Chapter 371 of the Acts of 1928. Voted in the affirmative. Article 9.To see if the Town will vote to accept Sections 21 to 25,inclusive,of Chapter 136 of the General Laws as amended by Section 2,Chapter 406 of the Acts of 1928,permitting taking part in and witnessing any athletic outdoor sport or game on the Lord's Day between the hours of two and six in the afternoon, as provided therein,the charging of admission fees,taking col- lections or receiving remunerations in connection with which sport or game shall not be prohibited. Voted in the affirmative. Article 10.Will the Town appropriate from the "Sale of Lots and Graves"Fund,now $2,837.70,$750 for engineering in properly laying out and marking the lots,roadways and paths in the Woodside Cemetery ;also appropriate from the same fund $1,000 to construct said roadways,or act on anything relating thereto ? Voted that the Town appropriate from the "Sale of Lots and Graves"Fund the sums specified in said Article 10 for the pur- poses therein mentioned;also appropriate from the same fund the sum of $500 for the construction of a wall between the said cemetery and North Main Street and the tracks of the New York,New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company,commenc- ing at the entrance near the Hingham line and running north- easterly 300 feet more or less. Article 11.Herbert E.Morse and others.Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $300 to be used for the purpose of planting trees along driveways of the Woodside Cemetery in Cohasset,or act on anything relating thereto? Voted to indefinitely postpone. 16 Article 12.Roscoe G.Pratt and others.Will the Town vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 48,Section 42 of the General Laws relative to the Selectmen appointing a chief of the Fire Department? Voted that Sections 42,43 and 44 of Chapter 48 of the Gen- eral Laws of Massachusetts relative to the establishment of a fire department under the control of a chief be and hereby are accepted. Article 13.Frederick G.Roche and others.Will the Town raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the purpose of procuring and placing in the Town Hall,or other suitable location,metal engraved photographs of the Cohasset men who lost their lives in the World War,or act on anything relative thereto ? Voted that the sum of $550 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of purchasing metal engraved photographs of the five Cohasset men who lost their lives in the World War and placed in the Town Hall,and that the money be spent under the direction and supervision of the Board of Selectmen. Article 14.Frederick G.Roche and others.Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $250 for the purpose of render- ing five public band concerts to be given by the Pond Plain Improvement Association Band of South Weymouth,one con- cert to be given at each of the following squares and on the dates specified : George Henry Mealy Square,July 17,1929. Lawrence Barrett Williams Square,July 19,1929. John Warren Sidney Square,August 17,1929. Joseph Gonsalves Square,October 6,1929. Herman Edward Daley Square,October 14,1929. There concerts to be dedicated to the memory of the men who made the supreme sacrifice during the World War. Voted in the negative. Article 15.Will the Town raise and appropriate $5,000 or a sufficient sum of money to erect and construct a suitable build- ing for the storage of the highway tools and equipment,or act on anything relating thereto ? Voted in the negative. 17 Article 16.Will the Town authorize the Selectmen to dis- pose of the roller house and tractor shed,the same to be removed ? Voted to indefinitely postpone. Article 17.Will the Town raise and appropriate a sufficient amount of money to grade and prepare the ground on the south- easterly side of the Town Hall for a parking space? Voted to indefinitely postpone. Article 18.To see what action the Town will take in con- nection with the rental or use of the Town Hall,or act on any- thing relating thereto ? Voted to be under the jurisdiction of the Selectmen. Article 19.Will the Town raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to install gymnastic appliances in the Town Hall, or act on anything relative thereto ? Voted in the negative. Article 20.The Board of Health.To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to purchase or take by eminent domain for the purpose of a town dump land belonging to Aaron and Roscoe Pratt,located on the westerly side of Doane Street,con- sisting of about one acre,bounded westerly by stone wall of land formerly of Aaron Pratt,deceased;southwesterly by stone wall along land of owners unknown;southeasterly by other land of Aaron and Roscoe Pratt along an engineered line running be- tween stakes and stones erected and now in place to mark the bound;and easterly by said Doane Street;and that the sum of $100 be raised and appropriated for the payment of any damages awarded as such for the taking of said land or for the purchase of same. Voted that the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized and directed to take by eminent domain,for the purpose of a town dump,land belonging to Aaron and Roscoe Pratt,located on the westerly side of Doane Street,consisting of about one acre, bounded westerly by stone wall of land formerly of Aaron Pratt, deceased;southwesterly by a stone wall along land of owners unknown ;southeasterly by other land of said Aaron and Roscoe Pratt along a line running between stakes and stones erected and now in place to mark the bound;and easterly by said Doane Street,and that the sum of $500 by and hereby is raised and 18 appropriated for the payment of any damages awarded for the taking of said land or.the purchase of same.Yes,204.No,17. Article 21.The Board of Health.To see if the Town will authorize its Selectmen to purchase or take by eminent domain proceedings such land as may be necessary for the purposes of clearing,widening,deepening,straightening,and otherwise enlarging James Brook (so-called)as a main drain or common sewer,as shown on a plan marked "James Brook,"on file with the Town Clerk;and appropriate the sum of $45,000 for the above purposes and for said damages for said purchase or taking, or take any action relating thereto. Voted that the matter be left with the Selectmen and the Board of Health,they to report their findings and recommenda- tions at the next Annual Town Meeting. Article 22.Joseph F.Kendall and others.To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money not to exceed $5,000,provided at least an equal amount is raised by private subscription,for eradication of mosquitoes through drainage or other means,and to act with the state,the county and/or any towns to accomplish the above stated purposes,or do anything in relation thereto. Voted that the sum of $2,500 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of eradication of mosquitoes,provided an equal amount is raised by private subscription,this work to be done under the supervision of the State Authorities,providing the proposed bill of Senator Kincaide becomes a law at this session of the Legislature,otherwise to be spent under the supervision of the Cohasset Board of Health. Article 23.Chancey W.Strickland and others.Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,150 to repair and make Lambert's Lane,North Cohasset,a passable winter road, or act on anything relating thereto ? Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,150. Voted to adopt the following resolutions : Resolved:That it is the sentiment of this meeting that the intent of the Australian ballot be fully practiced in the Town of Cohasset at all elections and that the Moderator acting at any election,State or Town,hereafter held in Cohasset,is hereby 19 requested not to allow the ballots to be counted until after the polls are closed. Resolved:That it is the sentiment of this meeting that the Moderator appoint a committee of five to act jointly with the Selectmen to consider the advisability of restricting from busi- ness purposes the property north of Depot Court and adjacent to the Town Common;said committee to report their findings and recommendations at the next Town Meeting.Committee: O.H.Howe,M.D.,Edwin Furber,E.E.H.Souther,Everett Gammons,Earl Cummingham. Article 24.Thomas F.Kane and others.Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $500 to lower the grade and build a concrete sidewalk on the west side of South Main Street from James Lane (so-called)and proceed south over the hill as far as money will go,or act on anything relating thereto? Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $500. Article 25.George F.Sargent,Jr.,and others.Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $200 for the purpose of constructing a sidewalk,with a cement curb,on the northerly side of Doane Street,from Beech wood Street to the fire station lot? Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $150 and the expenditure left to the discretion of the Selectmen. Article 26.George Jason and others.Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $7,000 to rebuild with macadam a section of Jerusalem Road 1,320 feet long and 20 feet wide from West Corner easterly,or act on anything relating thereto ? Voted that no money be raised and appropriated. Article 27.George Jason and others.Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $10,500 to widen,blast ledges,and drain Pond Street from the top of Nicherson's Hill (so-called) to and across Spring Street,or act on anything relating thereto? Voted that the sum of $8,200 be raised and appropriated. Article 28.Will the Town raise and appropriate $4,000 or a sufficient sum of money to construct a concrete retaining wall at the rear of the central fire station at the Cove,or act on anything relating thereto. Voted to indefinitely postpone. 20 Article 29.Herbert Williams and others.Will the Town authorize and instruct its Selectmen to lease or transfer and con- vey to Joseph E.Grassie upon terms or conditions a certain por- tion of land alongside the Gulf River lying to the east of Gulf Bridge,so-called,for the purpose of erecting a bathhouse thereon, no part of which shall extend beyond or project above present street level,or act on anything relating thereto ? Voted to indefinitely postpone. Article 30.Joseph E.Grassie and others.Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $400 for a new power sprayer or act on anything relating thereto ? Voted that the sum of $400 be raised and appropriated. Article 31.Joseph L.Oliver and others.Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $22 to install and maintain an additional electric light on Sohier Street between North Main and Green Streets,or act on anything relative thereto? Voted that the sum of $22 be raised and appropriated. Article 32.Louis J.Morris and others.Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $22 to install and maintain one electric street light on Hill Street,Lincoln Hillside,near new residence of Louis J.Morris,or act on anything relating thereto? Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $22. Article 33.Elbridge W.Wyman and others.To see if the Town will adopt the additional following by-law: "Great Dane dogs and dogs of the Great Dane species owned or kept in this Town shall not be permitted or allowed to be at large within the limits of said Town unless properly and securely muzzled,but shall at all other times be securely enclosed or chained.The owner or keeper of any such dog who violates or permits the violation of this by-law shall be fined not more than ten dollars for each offence." Voted in the negative. Article 34.Elbridge W.Wyman and others.To see if the Town will adopt the additional following by-law : "No person shall keep within the Town Great Dane dogs and dogs of the Great Dane species for the purpose of breeding.The owner or keeper of any such dog who violates or permits 21 the violation of this by-law shall be fined ten dollars for each offence." Voted to indefinitely postpone. Article 35.Manuel E.Salvador and others.To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000 for the purpose of dredging the harbor,one-half at least of said sum to be expended in the upper part of the harbor,or to take action in relation thereto. Voted in the negative. Voted that this meeting be dissolved. Cohasset,September 10,1929. At a special primary held this day the following vote was cast: Republican Ballots Cast for Senator (Norfolk and Plymouth District) (To fill vacancy) Newland H.Holmes of Weymouth 10 William Lyman of Hull 3 Democratic Ballots Cast John R.Parker of Rockland 6 Cohasset,September 24,1929. At a special election held this day to vote for a Senator for the Norfolk and Plymouth Senatorial District to fill a vacancy, the following vote was cast : Newland H.Holmes of Weymouth 106 John R.Parker of Rockland 8 Fred G.Roche 1 Cohasset,November 9,1929. At a Special Meeting held this day the following articles were acted upon : Article 1 .To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting. Chose William H.Morris,Moderator. 22 Article 2.To see if the Town will vote to reconsider or rescind any part or parts of the vote passed under Article 20, of the warrant for the annual Town Meeting held on March 9, 1929,whereby the town voted to purchase property for a dump, or act on anything relating thereto. Voted in the affirmative. Article 3.To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to purchase or take by eminent domain for the purpose of a Town dump and access thereto the land belonging to the legal representatives or heirs of Oliver H.Bates and situated in that part of Cohasset called Beechwood,consisting of about two hundred ninety-four rods,known as the Kent lot or Lot No.9; together with an easement of right of way over a strip of land eighte*en feet wide and extending from Doane Street to said lot and adjacent to the boundary line of land now or formerly of one Lincoln;to appropriate the sum of $1,000 from any free cash for the taking and purchase of the same and the construc- tion of said way ;or act on anything relating thereto. Voted to indefinitely postpone. Voted that the following resolution be adopted : It is hereby resolved that it is the sentment of this meeting that the Board of Health or the Board of Selectmen either or both construct a suitable access from Pond Street across and to a section of land belonging to the Town,located on the North- westerly side of Pond Street for a purpose of using a part of the Town's property for a Town dump. Article 4.To see if the Town will authorize its officers hav- ing charge of highways to purchase or take by eminent domain such land or interest therein belonging to Grace E.Eustis as said officers deem necessary for the purpose of properly draining South Main Street;and appropriate $300 from any available funds for the construction of said drain and the acquiring the land necessary therefor;or act on anything relating thereto. Voted that the Town officers having charge of highways be and hereby authorized as above stated,and that the sum of $400 be appropriated for said purpose. Article 5.Will the Town appropriate from any available 23 funds in the treasury the amounts specified below for the pur- poses mentioned : a.Removing snow and sanding streets $1,000.00 b.Highways,general 500.00 c.Reserve Fund 1,000.00 d.Town Hall remodelling and other unpaid bills of previous years 437.43 $2,937.43 Voted in the affirmative. Article 6.Will the Town accept the bequest of the late Edith Mason Bates,under her will dated January 2,1898,read- ing as follows : "I hereby give the Town of Cohasset $1,500,and I hereby direct said town to use and employ said sum of $1,500 and any income that may be derived therefrom for the care and improve- ment of the Pond situated on the Common,near the Meeting House of the First Society in Cohasset,and for the improvement of said Common." Voted that the Town accept the above bequest. Article 7.To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $500 from any unexpended balance in the treasury for the pur- pose of cutting and removing the underbrush or growth on the town pasture;the work to be done under the direction of the Board of Public Welfare at a rate of wages not exceeding $3 per day for each eight-hour day. Voted that the sum of $500 be appropriated,the rate of wages not to exceed $5 per day. Article 8.To see what action the Town will take regarding the erection of the proposed Memorial for the Veterans of all Wars,now being considered. Article 9.To see if the Town will grant permission for the placing of the proposed War Memorial now being considered upon land deeded to the Town for public use known as the St.John lot. Voted that Article 8 and 9 be postponed until the Annual March Meeting. 24 Cohasset,December 2,1929. At a Special Meeting held this day the following votes were taken : Article 1 .To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting. Chose William H.Morris,Moderator. Article 2.To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase or take by eminent domain for the pur- pose of a Town dump,land belonging to Edwin Bates and Levi T.Lincoln,situated off the Easterly side of Beechwood Street and located at or near a crushed stone quarry,consisting of about two acres more or less,or any portion of said land or land adjoining the same;appropriate the sum of $1,200 from any available funds for the payment of any damages awarded as such for said taking,or for the purchase of same and construct- ing means of access thereto,and building wire fence. Voted to indefinitely postpone. Article 3.To see if the Town will appropriate from any available funds in the treasury the following amounts : a.For Soldiers'and Sailors'Relief $200.00 b.For forest fires 300.00 Voted that the above amounts be appropriated. 25 Record of Births,Deaths and Marriages Recorded in 1929 BIRTHS Total number of births was ninety-four. There were forty-nine births where the parents were resi- dents of other towns. Of the forty-five whose parents were residents of Cohasset, thirty were females and fifteen were males. MARRIAGES Total number of marriages was forty-six,of which thirty- three were married in Cohasset. DEATHS Total number of deaths was seventy-one,and includes those who died in other towns or were brought here for burial ;of the forty who were residents of Cohasset,twenty-one were females and nineteen were male. The causes of death were as follows:pneumonia,9;myo- carditis,5;cerebral hemorrhage,4;nephritis,4;accidental,2; pulmonary embolism,2;hemorrhage,2;suicidal,2;cancer,pre- mature birth,prostatitis,disease of heart,angina pectoris, septic complications,bronchitis,peritonitis,gastro-enteritis,and locomotor ataxia,one each. Parents be sure to record the birth of your child with given name in full. READ THE LAW! "Parents,within forty days after the birth of a child,and every householder,within forty days after a birth in his house, shall cause notice thereof to be given to the clerk of the town where such child is born...."—Gen.Laws,Chap.46,Sec.6. 26 SOME OF THE MANY REASONS WHY BIRTHS SHOULD BE RECORDED To establish identity. To prove nationality. To prove legitimacy. To show when the child has the right to enter school. To show when the child has the right to seek employment under the child labor law. To establish the right of inheritance to property. To establish liability to military duty,as well as exemption therefrom. To establish the right to vote. To qualify to hold title to,and to buy or sell real estate. To establish the right to public office. To prove the age at which the marriage contract may be entered into. To make possible statistical studies of the health conditions. Your cooperation to the end that all births may be properly recorded will be greatly appreciated. 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To the Board of Selectmen Mr.William 0.Souther,Jr.,Chairman Cohasset,Massachusetts Gentlemen:I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the Town of Cohasset for the period from April 1,1928,to November 30,1929,made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws.This report is in the form of a report made to me by Mr.Edward H.Fenton, Chief Accountant of this Division. Very truly yours, THEODORE N.WADDELL, Director of Accounts. Mr.Theodore N.Waddell Director of Accounts Department of Corporations and Taxation State House,Boston Sir:In accordance with your instructions,I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the Town of Cohasset for the period from April 1,1928,the date of the previous audit,to November 30,1929,and report thereon as follows: The books and accounts of the town accountant were exam- ined and checked,the recorded receipts being compared with the records of the several departments collecting money for the Town and with the treasurer's cash book. The ledger was analyzed,a trial balance taken off,and a balance sheet,which is appended to this report,was prepared 39 showing the financial condition of the Town as of November 30, 1929. The books and accounts of the town treasurer were exam- ined and checked.The receipts,as recorded on the cash book, were checked with the records in the several departments col- lecting money for the Town and with the other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury. The cash balance was verified by an actual count of the cash in the office and by a reconciliation with a statement furnished by the Rockland Trust Company. The accounts of the tax collector were examined and checked.The commitments of taxes were verified,and the recorded receipts were compared with the payments to the treasurer.The abatements were listed and checked to the asses- sors'records of abatements granted,and the outstanding ac- counts were listed and compared with the accountant's ledger. The outstanding accounts were further proved by mailing verification notices to a number of persons whose names ap- peared on the books as owing money to the Town.Among the replies received were four from persons claiming payment of taxes.Upon investigation it was found that three of these ac- counts had been paid but had not been posted by the collector. The fourth claim is being further investigated.Corrections have been made and,with the above exceptions,the outstanding ac- counts,as listed,are correct. The securities and savings bank books,representing the in- vestments of the trust funds in the custody of the town treas- urer,the trustees of the Cohasset Free Public Library,and the trustees of the Paul Pratt Memorial Library,were examined and listed.The income was proved and the disbursements were verified. The debt and interest payments made during the period of the audit were checked with the cancelled checks and notes on file. It was noted,in checking disbursements,that the amount of $11,009.50,received on account of insurance for damage by fire to the Osgood School,had been used for repairs and for replace- 40 ment of equipment,although no appropriation had been made therefor by the Town. In addition to the departments mentioned,the accounts of the town clerk,of the sealer of weights and measures,and of the police,fire,school and library departments,were examined and checked with the payments to the treasurer. The records of the selectmen,board of health,wire inspector, town infirmary,and of the highway department were incom- plete and therefore could not be properly verified.It is recom- mended that these departments keep adequate records which will lend themselves to proper audit. Attention was called to the fact that in November,1929,the superintendent of schools paid salaries of employees and pur- chased supplies from receipts from school lunches,this being contrary to the provisions of Section 53,Chapter 44,General Laws.Assurance was given that this practice will be discon- tinued. Appended to this report,in addition to the balance sheet,are tables showing a reconciliation of the treasurer's cash,sum- maries of the taxes and assessments,together with tables relative to the trust fund transactions. For the cooperation received from the several town officials during the progress of the audit,I wish,on behalf of my assist- ants and for myself,to express appreciation. Respectfully submitted, EDWARD H.FENTON, Chief Accountant. 41 RECONCILIATION OF TREASURER'S CASH Balance April 1,1928 148,279.55 Receipts April 1 to December 31,1928 400,012.82———— '1448,292.37 Payments April 1 to December 31, 1928 $411,914.94 Balance December 31,1928 36,377.43 $448,292.37 Balance January 1,1929 $36,377.43 Receipts January 1 to November 30, 1929 440,478.86 $476,856.29 Payments January 1 to November 30, 1929 $372,307.60 Balance November 30, 1929: Cash in office (verified) . $86.25 Bank balances : Rockland Trust Com- pany of Rockland ....104,344.71 Hingham Trust Com- pany of Hingham....1.48 Payments in advance of warrants 116.25——$104,548.69—$476,856.29 ROCKLAND TRUST COMPANY OF ROCKLAND Balance November 30,1929,per state- ment $110,737.96 Deposit December 2,1929 (verified)..343.11 •—$111,081.07 Balance November 30,1929,per check register $104,344.71 Outstanding checks November 30, 1929,per list 6,736.36 $111,081.07 42 HINGHAM TRUST COMPANY OF HINGHAM Balance November 30,1929,per state- ment $50.48 Balance November 30,1929,per check register $1.48 Outstanding checks November 30, 1929,per list 49.00 $50.48 TAXES,1925 Cash on hand April 1,1928,per previ- ous audit $36.74 Payments to treasurer January 1 to November 30,1929 $36.74 TAXES,1926 Outstanding April 1,1928,per previ- ous audit $2,747.48 Payments to treasurer April 1 to De- cember 31,1928 $2,141.36 Abatements April 1 to December 31, 1928 23.03 Tax titles taken April 1 to December 31,1928 405.39 Outstanding December 31,1928 177.70 $2,747.48 Outstanding January 1,1929 $177.70 Audit adjustments: Overabatement $1.23 Moth 1926 tax title reported as taxes 1.14 Unlocated difference 01 2.38 $180.08 Tax titles taken January 1 to November 30,1929 $180.08 43 TAXES,1927 Outstanding April 1,1928,per previ- ous audit $30,092.77 Payments to treasurer April 1 to De- cember 31,1928 $19,525.11 Abatements April 1 to December 31, 1928 207.16 Added to tax titles April 1 to Decem- ber 31,1928 400.40 Outstanding December 31,1928 9,960.10 $30,092.77 Outstanding January 1,1929 $9,960.10 Audit adjustments: Duplicate abatement $2.00 Moth 1927 reported as taxes .1 .14 Moth 1927 tax title reported as taxes 1.14 •4.28—$9,964.38 Payments to treasurer January 1 to November 30,1929 $8,247.90 Abatements January 1 to No- vember 30,1929 $525.07 Abatement not previously re- ported 22.32 547.39 Tax titles taken January 1 to November 30,1929 $313.39 Added to tax titles January 1 to November 30,1929 ..177.87 491.26 Error in reporting of tax titles 1928 ...04 Outstanding November 30,1929,per list 677.79 $9,964.38 44 TAXES,1928 Commitment per warrant $270,608.36 Additional commitment. . 81.01 —$270,689.37 Abatement after payment,refunded.12.90——$270,702.27 Payments to treasurer 1928 $211,744.06 Abatements 1928 619.24 Outstanding December 31,1928 58,338.97—$270,702.27 Outstanding January 1,1929 $58,338.97 Abatement after payment,refunded ..10.32 Adjustments : Commitment list in excess of warrant $0.05 Unlocated difference (adjusted).01 .06 $58,349.35 Payments to treasurer January 1 to November 30,1929 $44,363.21 Abatements January 1 to November 30,1929 368.62 Adjustments : Abatements not previously entered $14.90 Added to tax titles 327.66 342.56 Outstanding November 30,1929,per list 13,274.96 $58,349.35 TAXES,1929 Commitment per warrant $251,272.19 Additional commitment. . 60.00 $251,332.19 Abatement after payment,refunded..2.00 $251,334.19 45 Payments to treasurer to November 30,1929 $193,257.76 Abatements to November 30,1929...586.76 Adjustment : Added to tax titles 544.57 Outstanding November 30,1929,per list 56,945.10—$251,334.19 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES,1929 Commitment per warrants $14,515.87 Abatements after payment,refunded.91.62 Adjustments : Overpayments,to be refunded $0.31 Error in recording abatements .02 .33 $14,607.82 Payments to treasurer to November 30,1929 $9,388.68 Abatements to November 30,1929 ...965.51 Outstanding November 30,1929,per list 4,253.63 $14,607.82 MOTH ASSESSMENTS,1926 Outstanding April 1,1928 per previ- ous audit $11.17 Payments to treasurer April 1 to De- cember 31,1928 $10.03 Outstanding December 31,1928 1.14 $11.17 46 Outstanding January 1,1929 SI.14 Audit adjustment: Moth 1926 tax title reported as taxes 1926 SI.14 MOTH ASSESSMENTS,1927 Outstanding April 1,1928,per previ- ous audit S76.34 Payments to treasurer April 1 to De- cember 31,1928 S50.91 Outstanding December 31,1928,per list 25.43 S76.34 Outstanding January 1,1929 S25.43 Payments to treasurer January 1 to November 30,1929 S19.74 Audit adjustments: Moth 1927 tax title reported as taxes 1927 SI.14 Moth 1927 reported as taxes 1927 1.14—2.28 Outstanding November 30,1929,per list 3.41 $^5.43 MOTH ASSESSMENTS,1928 Commitment per warrant S349.60 Payments to treasurer 1928 S286.48 Abatements 1928 3.20 Outstanding December 31,1928 59.92 S349.60 47 Outstanding January 1,1929 $59.92 Payments to treasurer January 1 to November 30,1929 $34.71 Outstanding November 30,1929,per list 25.21 $59.92 DOG LICENSES Licenses issued December 1,1927,to No- vember 30,1928: 202 Males,at $2.00 $404.00 22 Spayed females,at $2 44.00 53 Females,at $5 265.00 1 Breeder,at $25 25.00 $738.00 Payments to county treasurer to November 30,1928 $682.40 Fees retained by town clerk,278 at 20 cents.55.60—$738.00 Licenses issued December 1,1928,to Novem- ber 30,1929: 210 Males,at $2 $420.00 29 Spayed females,at $2 58.00 57 Females,at $5 285.00 1 Breeder,at $25 25.00—$788.00 Payments to county treasurer to November 30,1929 $726.80 Fees retained by town clerk,297 at 20 cents..59.40 Cash on hand November 30,1929 (verified)..1.80—$788.00 48 HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES Licenses issued 1928 $380.25 Payments to Department of Fisheries and Game in 1928 $335.50 Fees retained by town clerk..44.75—$380.25 Licenses issued January 1 to December 16, 1929: Resident citizens'sporting,135 at $2.25...$303.75 Resident citizens'trapping,11 at $2.25...24.75 Minor trappers',24 at 75 cents 18.00 Lobster fishermen's for: Resident citizens',16 at $5 80.00 Aliens,2 at $5 10.00 Duplicates,1 at 50 cents .50—$437.00 Payments to Department of Fisheries and Game to November 30,1929 $391.30 Fees retained by town clerk 45.20 Cash on hand December 16,1929 (verified)...50—$437.00 TOWN HALL RENTALS Charges January 1 to November 30,1929...$373.27 Charges not previously recorded 470.70 $843.97 Payments to treasurer January 1 to Novem- ber 30,1929 $751.46 Outstanding November 30,1929 92.51 $843.97 Outstanding December 1,1929 $92.51 Charges December 1 to 17,1929 21.10—$113.61 49 Payments to treasurer December 1 to 17, 1929 $16.30 Outstanding December 17,1929,per.list 97.31 $113.61 FIRE DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable Charges April 1 to December 31,1928 $29.15 Payments to treasurer April 1 to December 31,1928 $23.45 Outstanding December 31,1928 5.70 $29.15 Outstanding January 1,1929 $5.70 Charges January 1 to November 30,1929...12.09 $17.79 Payments to treasurer January 1 to Novem- ber 30,1929 $10.65 Outstanding November 30 and December 17, 1929,per list 7.14 $17.79 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Receipts April 1 to December 31,1928: School lunches $2,939.47 Telephone charges 1.00 Supplies sold 11.52 Rent of school hall \370.00——$3,321.99 Payments to treasurer April 1 to December 31,1928 $2,941.49 Cash on hand December 31,1928 380.50 $3,321.99 50 Cash on hand January 1,1929 $380.50 Receipts January 1 to November 30,1929 : School lunches $4,365.65 Telephone charges 66.38 Supplies sold 217.28 Rent of school hall 127.00 4,776.31 $5,156.81 Payments to treasurer January 1 to No- vember 30,1929 $4,690.81 Cash on hand November 30,1929 466.00 $5,156.81 Cash on hand December 1,1929 $466.00 Receipts December 1 to 20,1929: School lunches 452.00 $918.00 Payments to treasurer December 1 to 20, 1929 $455.67 Disbursements by superintendent Decem- ber 1 to 20,1929: Supplies $381.33 Salaries 80.00—461.33 Cash on hand December 20,1929 (verified)1.00 $918.00 CEMETERY DEPARTMENT Outstanding April 1,1928,care of lots and graves $46.00 Charges April 1 to December 31,1928: Care of lots and graves $221.00 Sale of lots and graves 99.30 320.30 Collections in advance,care of lots and graves 8.00 $374.30 51 Payments to treasurer April 1 to December 31,1928: Sale of lots and graves $99.30 Care of lots and graves 204.50 $303.80 Outstanding December 31,1928,care of lots and graves 70.50 $374.30 Outstanding January 1,1929,care of lots and graves $70.50 Charges January 1 to November 30,1929 : Care of lots and graves $248.00 Sale of lots and graves 514.20 $762.20 Collections in advance,care of lots and graves 6.00 $838.70 Payments to treasurer January 1 to No- vember 30,1929: Sale of lots and graves $479.20 Care of lots and graves 247.00 $726.20 Collections in advance,care of lots and graves received 1928 8.00 Outstanding November 30 and December 19,1929: Sale of lots and graves $35.00 Care of lots and graves 69.50 104.50 $838.70 52 RIPLEY SCHOOL FUND Savings Deposits Total On hand April 1,1928 $1,372.01 $1,372.01 On hand December 31,1928 1,441.46 1,441.46 On hand November 30,1929 1,514.42 1,514.42 Receipts Payments April 1 to December 31,1928 Income $69.45 Added to savings de- posits $69.45 January 1 to November 30,1929 Income $72.96 Added to savings de- posits $72.96 J.W.NICHOLS SCHOOL PRIZE FUND Savings Deposits Total On hand April 1,1928 $2,242.17 $2,242.17 On hand December 31,1928 2,359.05 2,359.05 On hand November 30,1929 2,278.48 2,278.48 Receipts Payments April 1 to December 31,1928 Income $116.88 Added to savings de- posits $116.88 January 1 to November 30,1929 Withdrawn from sav-Added to savings ings account...$200.00 deposits $119.43 Income 119.43 Expended by school committee for prizes 200.00 $319.43 $319.43 53 COHASSET FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY Cash {in hands of Savings Trustees)Securities Deposits Total On hand April 1,1928.$111.22 $23,000.00 $23,111.22 On hand December 31, 1928 479.42 23,000.00 23,479.42 On hand November 30,1929 302.68 25,000.00 $650.00 25,952.68 Receipts Payments April 1 to December 31,1928 Income $733.02 Cash on hand April Library expendi- tures $364.82 1,1928 111.22 Cash on hand De- cember 31,1928 479.42 $844.24 $844.24 January 1 to November 30,1929 Income $1,187.28 Discount on securi- ties purchased...110.00 Bequest 2,000.00 Cash on hand Jan- uary 1,1929....479.42 Purchase of securi- ties $2,000.00 Deposited in sav- ings account ....650.00 Accrued interest on securities pur- chased 45.73 Commission on se- curities purchased 4.00 Library expendi- tures 774.29 Cash on hand No- vember 30,1929 .302.68 $3,776.70 776.70 54 BILLINGS PRATT PARK FUND Savings Deposits Total On hand April 1,1928 $2,150.00 $2,150.00 On hand December 31,1928 2,150.00 2,150.00 On hand November 30,1929 2,150.00 2,150.00 Receipts Payments April 1 to December 31,1928 Income $53.75 Transferred to town $53.75 January 1 to November 30,1929 Income $107.50 Transferred to town $107.50 WADLEIGH PARK FUND Savings Deposits Total On hand April 1,1928 $5,000.00 $5,000.00 On hand December 31,1928 5,000.00 5,000.00 On hand November 30,1929 5,000.00 5,000.00 Receipts Payments April 1 to December 31,1928 Income $125.00 Transferred to town $125.00 January 1 to November 30,1929 Income $250.00 Transferred to town $250.00 WHEELWRIGHT PARK FUND Savings Deposits Total On hand April 1,1928 $15,000.00 $15,000.00 On hand December 31,1928 15,000.00 15,000.00 On hand November 30,1929 15,000.00 15,000.00 55 Receipts Payments April 1 to December 31,1928 Income $375.00 Transferred to town $375.00 January 1 to November 30,1929 Income $750.00 Transferred to town $750.00 EDITH M.BATES TOWN POND AND COMMON FUND Savings Deposits Total On hand January 1,1929 On hand November 30,1929 $1,500.00 $1,500.00 Receipts Payments January 1 to November 30,1929 Bequest $1,500.00 Deposited in sav- ings bank $1,500.00 CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS Savings Deposits Total On hand April 1,1928 $75.00 $75.00 On hand December 31,1928 75.00 75.00 On hand November 30,1929 75.00 75.00 Receipts Payments April 1 to December 31,1928 Income $3.78 Transferred to town $3.78 January 1 to November 30,1929 Income $3.78 Transferred to town $3.78 56 BALANCE SHEET,NOVEMBER 30,1929 GENERAL ACCOUNTS Assets Cash $104,548.69 Accounts Receivable: Taxes : Levy of 1927 $677.79 Levy of 1928 13,274.96 Levy of 1929 56,945.10 70,897.85 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1929 4,253.32 Special Assessments : Moth 1927 $3.41 Moth 1928 25.21—28.62 Tax Titles 4,048.16 Overdrawn Accounts : Finance Committee $7.51 Forest Fires 136.59 144.10 $183,920.74 Liabilities Temporary Loans:.... In Anticipation of Revenue $50,000.00 New Town Hall Fund 1,197.66 Sale of Elm Street Land 206.90 57 Surplus War Bonus Fund $575.24 Cemetery Sale of Lots Fund 1,066.90 Unexpended Appropriation Balances...33,199.68 Reserve Fund —Overlay Surplus 6,271.93 Overlays —Reserved for Abatement of Taxes : Levy of 1927 $677.79 Levy of 1928 2,992.75 Levy of 1929 3,970.11—7,640.65 Revenue Reserved until Collected : Motor Vehicle Excise Tax $4,253.32 Moth Assessments 28.62 Tax Titles 4,048.16 8,330.10 Revenue of 1929 5,490.26 Surplus Revenue 69,941.42 $183,920.74 DEBT ACCOUNTS Assets Net Funded or Fixed Debt $109,000.00 $109,000.00 Liabilities Gulf River Bridge Loan $15,000.00 New School Building Loan 94,000.00 $109,000.00 58 TRUST ACCOUNTS Assets Trust Funds,Cash and Securities: In Custody of Town Treasurer $27,517.90 In Custody of Library Trustees 25,952.68 $53,470.58 Liabilities Ripley School Fund James W.Nichols School Prize Fund ... Free Public Library Fund $1,514.42 2,278.48 25,952.68 Billings Pratt Park Fund 2,150.00 Wadleigh Park Fund 5,000.00 Wheelwright Park Fund 15,000.00 Edith M.Bates Town Pond and Com- mon Fund Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund 1,500.00 75.00 $53,470.58 59 TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT Receipts General Revenue TAXES Current Year: Poll $1,744.00 Property 198,064.46 $199,808.46 Previous years: Poll $138.00 Property 54,342.73 54,480.73 $254,289.19 From the State: Corporation:Business and Public Service: Previous years $282.88 1929 2,000.34 $2,283.22 Bank: Previous years $1.21 1929...868.19 869.40 Income : Previous years $1,827.56 1929 32,709.00 34,536.56 60 Trust Companies: Previous years $16.21 1929 1,954.16 $1,970.37 $39,659.55 Excise Taxes (on automo- biles)1929 9,753.22 LICENSES AND PERMITS Liquor $1.00 All other: Junk $50.00 Pedlars 24.00 Sunday 2.00 Pool 2.00 Milk 20.00 Common Victuallers 7.00 Automobile Dealers 82.00 Alcohol 7.00 Innholders 3.00 Bus 5.00 Auctioneers 2.00 Oleomargarine 1.00 205.00 $206.00 GRANTS AND GIFTS From State,Soldiers'Exemp- tions $9.75 From County,Dog Licenses.577.29——587.04 Fines,from Court 334.20 Total for General Revenue $304,829.20 61 Commercial Revenue SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS Moth Suppression: 1927 $23.15 1928 34.71 $57.86 DEPARTMENTAL Tax Collector,advertising,etc.43.00 Town Hall,rent 780.23 PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY Fire Department,filling ex- tinguishers $10.65 Inspection,Sealer Weights and Measures 55.48 Inspection of wires,fees ....97.50 Bounties,on seals 7.50 171.13 HEALTH AND SANITATION Tuberculosis,Commonwealth of Massachusetts $25.00 Reimbursement for hospital care 109.20 134.20 HIGHWAYS Highway,general $180.00 Removing snow,Depart- ment of Public Works, Commonwealth of Mas- sachusetts 314.00 494.00 62 CHARITIES Cohasset Home: Sale of produce $405.00 Board,general 618.00 Board,Commonwealth of Massachusetts 364.00 Outside Poor: Relief,from cities and towns $1,215.85 Relief,from State 685.17 $1,387.00 SOLDIERS'BENEFITS State Aid,from Common- wealth of Massachusetts ..$278.00 SCHOOLS Sale of supplies Sale of lunches $217.28 4,735.82 Rent,Ripley auditorium.... Telephones,reimbursement. . 127.00 98.14 1,901.02 5,178.24 RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED Wheelwright Park: For grass,Joseph E.Grassie 3.00 Gravel Pit Lot,rent,The Oaks Farm (for 2 years)80.00 Guild and American Legion Hall: Rent,American Legion,for 1928,1929 and 1930, three years $3.00 Rent,Volunteer Veteran Firemen's Association, 1929 1.00 4.00 63 North Cohasset Post Office Building,rent Parking Place,rent Unclassified : Histories and genealogies,t Maps Found on dead body $19.00 .75 3.86 $200.00 275.00 23.61 CEMETERY From sale of lots and graves For care of lots and graves .. Reimbursement for telephone $556.60 247.00 3.15 806.75 INTEREST On deposits $57.50 50.00 $769.13 2,186.48 107.50 750.00 250.00 3.78 .26 On deferred taxes On Parks: Town Commons (Centre) . Billings-Pratt,Beechwood. Wheelwright Park Wadleigh Park On Beechwood Cemetery Fund On Corporation Tax,Com- monwealth of Massachu- setts 4,067.15 Total for Commercial Revenue $15,884.19 MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS Anticipation Tax Loans : Rockland Trust Company.$115,000.00 64 AGENCY,TRUST AND INVESTMENT Trust: Under will of Edith M. Bates $1,500.00 Mosquitoes,fund subscribed and held subject to orders 2,500.00 $4,000.00 REFUNDS Department : Selectmen $50.11 Assessors 2.35 Town Hall 7.71 Fire 8.00 Forest Fires 5.04 Board of Health,refuse and garbage disposal 20.00 Removing snow 7.50 Schools 71.81 Parking place 68.75 Employers'Liability Insur- ance 21.51 262.78 Refund,School Department, loss by fire 11,337.50 Total Cash Receipts,1929 '$451,313.67 Transfer from School Depart- ment to District Nurse...250.00 $451,563.67 Expenditures GENERAL GOVERNMENT Moderator,appropriation...$100.00 William H.Morris,services...$100.00 65 Finance Committee,appropriation Transfer from Reserve Fund $150.00 7.51 Expenses,printing and postage $157.51 $157.51 Selectmen,appropriation Refund Transfer from Reserve Fund. $1,500.00 50.11 153.67 Expenditures : Selectmen's salaries: Darius W.Gilbert $70.96 William O.Souther,Jr 329.04 Herbert L.Brown 400.00 William H.McGaw 400.00 Expenses : Clerk,Eleanor T.Downs... . $6.00 Stationery and postage 5.64 Printing and advertising....290.66 Carfares,autos,etc 27.16 Telephone,D.W.Gilbert...23.67 Telephone,W.O.Souther,Jr.57.06 Repairs to addressograph ...10.98 Repairs to typewriter 2.50 Refund,Lincoln Bryant,At- torney 50.11 Town boundaries,paid for assistant $5.00 Serving warrants: John J.Oliver $5.00 William J.Powers 20.00 $1,200.00 478.78 25.00 ,703.78 $1,703.78 66 Town Accountant,appropriation $2,500.00 Services : Edward L.Stevens $2,400.00 Expenses : Clerk,Edith F.Grassie $16.00 Clerk,Eleanor T.Downs...22.15 Telephone 27.89 Stationery and postage 21.62 Printing and advertising ....8.58 Repairs to typewriter 3.00 99.24 $2,499.24 Balance to Treasury .76 $2,500.00 $2,500.00 Town Treasurer,appropriation $2,100.00 Expenditures : Services : Harry F.Tilden $1,500.00 Expenses : Clerk,Eleanor T.Downs...$50.00 Harry F.Tilden,for deeds..2.00 Stationery and postage 162.20 Printing -and advertising....3.35 Telephone 30.91 Insurance,burglary and hold- up,W.H.Pratt 40.75 Bond,J.T.Phelps &Co....288.75 Numbering machine 10.41 Repairing document case, M.J.Sullivan 75 Charles F.Wilbur,labor on Sealer Weights and Meas- ures apparatus 4.38 67 Beal's Cohasset and Scituate Express $5.00 Repairing typewriter .......1.50 $600.00 $2,100.00 $2,100.00 Tax Collector,appropriation $2,100.00 Expenditures : Services : Harry F.Tilden $1,500.00 Expenses : Clerk,Eleanor T.Downs ...$45.13 Stationery and postage 84.07 Printing and advertising ....90.45 Telephone 30.93 Transportation 40.20 Cost of deeds and tax titles. . 13.10 Bond,J.T.Phelps &Co 288.75 Addressograph plates and cards 7.37 600.00 i $2,100.00 $2,100.00 Assessors,appropriation $2,000.00 Transfer from Reserve Fund.111.25 Refund.2.35 Expenditures : Services: Herbert L.Brown $800.00 William H.McGaw 500.00 William 0.Souther,Jr 500.00 $1,800.00 Expenses: Stationery and postage $38.66 Printing and advertising ....135.22 68 Transportation $31.42 Probates and abstracts of deeds 80.40 Banker and Tradesman,sub- scription 10.00 Burroughs adding machine, care for one year 17.40 Express .50 $313.60 $2,113.60 $2,113.60 Other Finance Offices and Accounts,appropriation. . $10.00 Paid Division of Accounts, State House,for registra- tion of five notes,Nos.105 to 109,inclusive $10.00 Law,Legal Counsel,appro- priation $750.00 Paid Frederick A.Thayer .. . $750.00 Town Clerk,appropriation ....$900.00 Expenditures : Harry F.Tilden,salary $499.96 Harry F.Tilden,recording fees 185.25 Harry F.Tilden,oaths 10.25 $695.46 Expenses : Clerk,Eleanor T.Downs...$73.25 Clerk,Alice V.Thayer 24.63 Stationery and postage 39.85 Printing and advertising....7.50 69 Telephone $18.41 Transportation 35.80 Bond,J.T.Phelps &Co....4.00 Express 1.10 Engineering,Maintenance appropriation Paid Lewis W.Perkins Balance to Treasury Engineering,Outlay,appro priation Paid Lewis W.Perkins Balance to Treasury Election and Registration, appropriation Transfer from Reserve Fund.. Expenditures : Services,Election Officers: Abraham J.Antoine $20.00 Reginald R.Beal 8.00 Fred C.Blossom 25.50 Robert V.Collier 26.00 Joseph H.Donovan 5.00 Edward M.Fleming 13.00 Thomas L.Grassie 23.00 Charles R.Jason 8.00 Frank F.Martin,Jr 13.00 George G.Monteiro 10.00 -^^i\J-t.O^± $900.00 $900.00 $199.45 .55 $200.00 $200.00 $200.00 $493.30 6.70 $500.00 $500.00 $500.00 $1,250.00 24.40 70 Caleb Nichols $20.00 Joseph L.Oliver 8.00 Charles H.Pratt 15.00 OraH.Pratt 14.00 Nelson G.Pratt 2.50 John Roche 10.00 Anastasia St.John 20.00 S.H.Stoughton 13.00 Fred W.Sullivan 5.00 H.E.Sweeney 5.00 George P.Tower 8.00 John J.Walsh 8.00 E.W.Wheelwright 8.00 Emma A.Whitcomb 6.00 Registrars,services: Harry F.Tilden $100.00 Henry E.Sweeney 100.00 Estate of T.F.Kane 21.12 John Roche 78.88 Thomas W.Doyle 100.00 Expenses : Clerk,Eleanor T.Downs...$58.00 Janitor,Louis J.Morris 8.70 Janitor,Thomas A.Stevens.12.00 Stationery and postage 10.68 Printing and advertising....107.75 Meals 57.00 Transportation 11.70 Booths,The Penna.Construc- tion Co.,24 booths with chains,etc 198.45 Booths,express 29.59 Booths,Bosworth &Beal, wiring 44.61 Booths,P.L.Towle,wiring.1.50 Booths,labor on 5.00 $294.00 400.00 71 Moving seats,Litchfield's Ex- press $15.00 Addressograph Co.,voters' lists,etc 20.42 $580.40 $1,274.40 $1,274.40 Town Hall,Maintenance, appropriation $6,000.00 Refund 7.71 Transfer from Reserve Fund.1,800.00 Expenditures : Janitor,Louis J.Morris $1,504.50 Other labor : L.J.Morris,moving seats,etc.$57.00 Charles F.Wilbur 43.75 John F.James 37.75 LotE.Bates 5.00 Rufus A.James 2.50 146.00 Fuel: Lincoln Bros.Coal Co., 80,800 lbs.coal $579.33 People's Wood Co.,kindling.22.00 Old Colony Gas Co 21.77 Light: General $276.45 Exit 62.55 Picture booth 35.85 Elm Street Office 6.04 Janitor's supplies: Cohasset Hardware Co $111.21 John N.MacNeill 6.67 Massachusetts State Prison. . 25.08 623.10 380.89 72 Masury-Young Co $20.60 Sentry Sales Co 30.00 Boston Drinking Cup Co....7.82 B.McArdle '7.50 Tower &Co 2.00 David Souther,Jr 32.88 William P.Malley 13.25 Mt.Blue Spring Co 18.00 E.H.Sparrell 2.70 Repairs : Edward Nichols,architect...$62.00 George F.Sargent,Jr.,paint- ing outside 450.00 Albert E.Grassie,painting inside 971.60 John Cottle,screens,awn- ings,etc 102.00 Hyland &McGaw,carpentry 105.36 S.H.Stoughton,repairing walls,etc 177.30 P.L.Towle,wiring 59.45 A.S.Hiltz,plumbing,etc...15.20 M.S.Leonard 12.50 A.E.Salvador,cesspool cover 22.00 Cohasset Hardware Co 50.95 John H.MacNeill 12.00 Cousens &Pratt,awning....8.00 L.J.Morris,labor 6.00 H.M.Sanders Co 12.80 George E.Kimball &Son ...3.55 Booth,for inspection 2.00 Charles F.Wilbur,painting vault 17.50 Electric Light &Power Co., spot light 4.00 $277.71 73 Commissioner of Public Safety,boiler inspection...$20.00 Express .94 Insurance : Baker-Meader &Co $98.50 Newell &Vedeler 98.50 William H.Morris 485.25 C.Lothrop &Co 166.60 E.N.Tower 220.50 William H.Morris,liability.80.50 William H.Pratt,Employers' Liability 13.82 Furniture : Shaw-Walker Co.,safe and bookcase $467.50 John H.Pray,linoleum 100.00 Old Colony Gas Co.,ranges etc 155.80 Bosworth &Beal,installing telephones 142.40 Cohasset Hardware Co., shades,etc 107.48 Heywood-Wakefield Co.,seat fasteners,etc 40.25 Massachusetts Reformatory, table and chairs 41.50 W.B.Badger &Co.,cos- turner 7.00 F.D.Nudd,repairing table.7.71 E.R.Shedd,lettering 4.50 Express 4.39 D.S.Campbell,clock 29.50 Page,Baker Co.,chairs and table 84.00 Paine Furniture Co.,desk...28.00 115.15 1,163.67 74 H.F.Tilden,reimbursement —cushions $7.50 H.F.Tilden,ash can carrier 3.00 Donovan Drug Co.,ther- mometer 1.00 All other: D.W.Gilbert,storage $40.00 Litchfield's Express,moving town officers 42.40 Lot E.Bates,moving piano, etc 27.50 Edwin D.Bates,tuning piano 3.50 W.W.Wade,tuning piano. . 8.50 $1,231.53 121.90 Telephones 238.67 $7,803.12 Balance to Treasury 4.59 $7,807.71 $7,807.71 Town Hall Remodeling,bal- ance from 1928 $11,147.85 Appropriation of November 9 from Excess and Deficiency .329.25 Expenditures : Edward Nichols,architect...$1,026.00 John Cottle,general con- tractor 5,965.65 M.S.Leonard,heating and plumbing 3,378.45 P.L.Towle,electrical work . 771.30 McQuay Radiator Corpora- tion,heat cabinets 168.00 W.T.Roberts,Inc.,labor on 118.70 75 U.S.Fidelity &Guaranty Co.,balance on bond of Cottle $11,477.10 $11,477.10 Town Hall Equipment, appropriation $1,000.00 Expenditures : Shaw-Walker Co.,safe,steel counter,etc.for Treasurer $700.32 E.Forsberg &Sons,cabinet for standard balances 255.00 Litchfield's Express,moving cabinet,etc 15.00 L.J.Morris,labor on stairs, Treasurer's office 12.00 A.E.Grassie,refinishing floor, Treasurer's office 17.68 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY Police Department,appropriation $16,970.00 Transfer from Reserve Fund 415.33 Expenditures : Salaries and Wages : Chief,Hector J.Pelletier....$2,700.00 Sergeant,Frank Jason 1,924.84 Patrolmen: John Fleming 1,825.00 James J.Sullivan 1,825.00 Edward L.Maguire 1,825.00 Benjamin F.Curley 1,825.00 John J.Rooney 1,825.00 John F.Keating 89.28 Henry B.Kennedy 89.30 76 Frederick W.Sullivan....$53.68 S.H.Stoughton 12.50 Edward B.Mathewson...50.00 Royal Bates 22.50 Frank E.Jason 9.36 Ralph Enos 4.96 John J.Oliver 2.50 John J.Ferreira 1.86 $14,085.78 Matron,Mary E.Grassie...8.00 Maintenance of automobiles, motorcycles,etc.: Ruiter Motor Sales,Inc. Storage $60.00 Gas 272.24 Oil,etc 43.73 Miscellaneous 156.02 Tires,etc 131.23 Charles A.Dusenberg,rubber mat 4.90 Reddy's Battery Shop,gas, oil,etc 72.50 Brockton Indian Co.,supplies 4.00 American Tire Equipment Co.,supplies 5.70 Insurance,William H.Pratt 54.50 Brockton Indian Co.,motor- cycle $588.00 Allowance on two cycles 288.00 300.00 Noyes-Buick Sales,repairs on car 23.20 Ruiter Motor Sales,Inc., overhauling car 74.15 1,202.17 77 Equipment for men : Monteiro Tailoring Co.,uni- forms,etc $$73.25 American Fire Equipment Co., 3 coats 90.40 M.Linsky &Bros.,coats and caps 66.60 Iver Johnson Sporting Goods Co.,cartridges 10.65 Reddy's Battery Shop,bat- teries 3.55 Nicholas Simeone,batteries.1.80 Bosworth &Beal,reflector...3.50 A.Sammett,revolver cases..17.50 L.Levine,gloves 1.25 Express 3.85 Fuel: Lincoln Bros.Coal Co., Coal,11,375 lbs $94.85 Old Colony Gas Co 20.32 $272.35 115.17 Light at headquarters and garage 44.38 Maintenance of buildings,etc. : Old Colony Gas Co.,boiler and pipe $297.80 Roche &Gonsalves,wiring ..65.45 Cohasset Hardware Co.,sup- plies 54.15 F.C.Blossom,painting 24.59 John W.Bates,cleaning cess- pool 5.00 E.H.Sparrell,supplies 3.75 Bosworth &Beal,supplies,etc.10.72 M.S.Leonard,plumbing...40.25 E.R.Shedd,painting .75 Tower &Co.,Inc.,cushions.2.00 L.Levine,cheesecloth 1.15 78 L.C.Trott,Treasurer,flag outfit $4.50 J.A.Simeone,cement 2.55 J.A.Simone,rent garage...75.00 $587.66 Janitors'supplies: Liberty Coat and Apron Sup- ply Co $3.90 South Weymouth Custom Laundry 5.09 John H.MacNeill 11.50—20.49 Printing,stationery and postage 34.61 Telephones 294.18 Beacons and street lights : The A.G.A.Co.,care of beacons,etc $102.95 T.F.Kane,care light Spring Street 65.00 Margaret Kane,care lights. . 40.00 Painting streets 83.25 Cohasset Hardware Co.,sup- plies 59.20 Bosworth &Beal,services,etc.37.52 E.R.Shedd,painting 23.50 W.H.McArthur,Jr.,paint- ing streets 2.25 S.J.Grassie,painting streets 26.25 A.L.Ahearn,care of lights..17.50 Lot E .B ates ,repairing beacon 1 .50 J.N.MacNeill,supplies 10.58 F.C.Blossom,painting 3.40 472.90 Beacons,current for 128.64 All other expenses: Auto List Publishing Co $35.00 T.F.Kane,et al.,lunches..30.75 79 H.C.Metcalf,repairing type- writer Commissioner of Public Safety, blanks $2.75 .60 $69.10 Telephone boxes: Hyland &McGaw $36.90 13.00E.R.Shedd 49.90 iFireDepartment,Maintenance; appropriation,including grounding fire alarm boxes Refunds $17,385.33 $17,385.33 $17,539.00 8.00 Salaries and wages : Chief,Frank F.Martin,Jr. . $500.00 Engineers : Edward Fitzpatrick 27.00 Joseph L.Oliver 27.00 Everett Wheelwright 27.00 Deputies : Roscoe G.Pratt 50.00 Alfred M.Silvia 50.00 Clarence S.Reddy 50.00 Charles W.Hunter 50.00 Total for Engineers ...$781.00 Drivers : J.Lewis Bates.1,700.00 Edwin A.Stone 1,700.00 Aaron Pratt 1,600.00 Norman G.Grassie 1,200.00 James Happenny 700.00 A.M.Gonsalves 97.50 H.A.Pattison 130.00 80 Houseman,William J.Brennock $730.00 Firemen,for detail see end of report 778.50 Clerks of Companies: Engine 1,William Burke....60.00 Engine 2,J.J.F.Doherty..48.00 Engine 2,Charles Hunter...12.00 Engine 3,Paul W.Pratt....48.00 Engine 3,Anthony Gonsalves 12.00 Ladder 1 60.00 Other employees :see end of re- port for detail 55.50 Equipment : Apparatus,etc.: A.L.Ahearn,gas,oil,etc...$60.52 Reddy's Battery Shop : Gas,oil and miscellaneous 390.83 Tires 140.50 Repairs 73.25 Fitzpatrick &Happenny,gas, etc 79.10 Ruiter Motor Sales,Inc.,gas and repairs 6.45 South Shore Buick Co.,gas. . 1.80 Charles Stover,labor on Chief's car 18.00 Gorham Fire Equipment Co., searchlights,etc 180.04 Noyes Buick Sales Co.,mis- cellaneous .80 E.J.Dutra: Gas,oil,etc 27.27 Tires 112.25 Repairs 318.16 E.H.Brown,gas and oil....15.31 Cohasset Motor Co. : Gas,oil,etc 34.50 $9,712.50 81 Tires $254.70 Repairs 163.75 Pill Bros.,repairs 11.65 Cohasset Motor Service,gas, oil,etc 80.70 A.H.Blanchard,repairs....3.65 F.R.Drake,painting appa-. ratus 200.00 W.P.Malley,repairs 31.35 The Standard Equipment Co.2.12 Cohasset Battery Shop,re- pairs 14.90 Bosworth &Beal,lanterns..7.90 H.G.Davis,Inc.,repairs...11.11 American Fire Equipment Co.193.29 The Portalite Co 106.00 Monteiro Tailoring Co., clothes 192.00 Boston Woven Hose &Rub- ber Co.,500 feet hose 425.00 Boston Coupling Co 14.45 E.E.H.Souther,gloves 5.50 Cousens &Pratt,cover 5.00 Beacon Wiper Supply Co., cheesecloth 63.80 Minot Market,soda 15.00 M.J.Sullivan,straps,etc...6.75 General Electric Supply Cor- poration 2.01 Wetmore-Savage Co 8.10 Cohen &Lane Co 11.00 Maxim Motor Co 8.85 Oakite Products Co 14.56 Express 10.86 $3,322.78 Fire Alarm : Herbert Williams,for care of $200.00 Joseph L.Oliver,for care of.27.75 82 Electric Light &Power Co., current for $59.60 Payrolls (detail given at end of report)266.00 Fred G.Roche,grounding boxes,etc 467.38 Roche &Gonsalves,repairs, etc 98.50 The Gamewell Co..231.41 General Electric Supply Cor- poration 85.87 Charles H.Williams,repairs 24.00 The Holtzer Cabot Co.,gen- erator 154.00 George H.Buckminster Co.54.00 Bosworth &Beal 18.90 Howard Jermyn,repairs ....12.00 F.V.Valine,installing new boxes 79.50 Lot E.Bates 1.31 Minot Market .55 Reddy's Battery Shop 2.00 Express 12.79 Electric Light &Power Co., repairs 231.65 $2,027.21 Fuel: Lincoln Bros.Coal Co. Coal,90,380 lbs $706.05 Wood 8.70—714.75 Old Colony Gas Co 5.79 Light :Electric Light &Power Co.213.84 Maintenance of building and grounds : Repairs : Levi T.Lincoln $130.10 83 Hyland &McGaw $145.39 Charles R.Jason,carting stones 21.00 Old Colony Gas Co.,piping.40.20 M.S.Leonard,plumbing...44.50 Frank Sargent,painting....15.18 Alexander S.Hiltz,plumbing 12.25 George F.Welch Co.,lumber 37.86 W.P.Malley,iron work 3.00 John N.MacNeill,supplies. . 13.24 Lynd Fire Door Hardware Co.1.00 G.E.Kimball &Son,lumber 4.72 Cohasset Hardware Co.,sup- plies 10.00 H.Williams,wiring 6.50 Express 5.00 Furniture and furnishings : Old Colony Gas Co.,range and mantel $72.00 D.S.Campbell,clock and bell 13.00 L.Levine,sheets,etc 4.45 M.J.Merriam,sheets,etc...10.25 Morandi-Proctor Co.,dishes, tank,etc 32.70 Mae M.Silvia,fixing cabinet 23.00 H.M.Faust Co.,oak desk..52.00 Cohasset Hardware Co., boiler,etc 16.40 R.W.Robbins,repairing clock 2.50 Express 1.00 $489.94 227.30 Laundry work,South Wey- mouth Custom Laundry....65.66 84 House supplies: Bosworth &Beal $22.32 M.F.Ellis &Co 8.16 Cohasset Hardware Co 113.52 General Electric Supply Cor- poration 38.96 M.J.Sullivan,duster 7.50 Sentry Sales Co 13.50 L.Levine 5.5t) Minot Market 47.40 C.A.Tanger,2 flags 18.00 E.H.Brown 22.14 Hingham Water Co 14.00 Frank Sargent 4.75 Express and freight 1.53 -$317.28 Stationery and postage 29.75 Telephones 356.59 Clerk for Engineer—Eleanor T. Downs 1.00 All other: F.Hinchliffe,M.D.,services for A.Pratt $15.25 Pilgrim Cooperative Bank, typewriter 10.00 H.C.Met calf ,repairing type- writer 10.00 35.25 $17,519.64 Balance to Treasurv 27.36 $17,547.00 $17,547.00 Fire Department, Water for Hydrants : Appropriation,March $8,675.00 85 Appropriation,November 9, from Excess and Deficiency Expenditures : Cohasset Water Co. : 103 hydrants at $75;one at 2-3 rate $7,775.00 68.75 $68.75 Rent hydrant,Black Horse Lane for 1928 Hingham Water Co. : 12 hydrants at $75 $7,843.75 900.00 $8,743.75 $8,743.75 Inspection of Wires,appropriat Expenditures : Herbert Williams,services... Telephone ion $981.05 18.95 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 Sealer of Weights and Measures, appropriation Expenditures : Caleb Nichols,services Expenses : Stationery and postage ... Transportation Insurance,William A.Mos- man $16.30 89.63 15.85 13.13 $250.00 134.91 $400.00 Balance to Treasury $384.91 15.09 $400.00 $400.00 86 Moth Suppression,appropria- tion in March $5,500.00 Appropriation November 9,from Excess and Deficiency....9.70 Expenditures : Superintendent,Joseph E. Grassie $683.00 Payrolls (for detail see end of report): Labor $3,140.50 Trucks,etc 888.50 4,029.00 Insecticides (Frank H.Albee): Sulphur,200 lbs $21.00 Dry lead,3,072 lbs 391.68 Black leaf,4 lbs 9.00 Fish oil,10 gals 13.50 Hardware and tools : Cohasset Hardware Co $111.32 John H.MacNeill 14.45 Frank H.Albee 25.00 William P.Malley (1928)...9.70 William P.Malley (1928)...12.00 Frost Insecticide Co 3.18 Express .75 Gas,oil,etc. : Cohasset Motor Co $35.60 Reddy's Battery Shop 9.10 Ruiter Motor Sales,Inc 18.80 A.L.Ahearn 4.00 E.J.Dutra 2.60 All other: Reddy's Battery Shop,sup- plies $18.20 435.18 176.40 70.10 87 Fitzhenry-Guptill Co.,parts for sprayer $20.65 Ruiter Motor Sales,Inc .60 Employers'Liability,insur- ance,W.H.Pratt 68.00 Express 7.92 $115.37 Balance to Treasury $85.50 7.00 11.00 $5,509.05 .65 $5,509.70 $5,509.70 Moth Suppression,new power sprayer,appropriation .... Expenditures : Frost Insecticide Co.,sprayer Acme Rubber Mfg.Co. : 300 ft.hose and washers .. Single spray gun $295.00 103.50 $400.00 Double spray gun L,108.50 788.75 Balance to Treasury $398.50 1.50 $400.00 $400.00 Tree Warden,appropriation.. Expenditures : Superintendent,Joseph E. Grassie Payrolls (for details,see end of report) Labor $] Trucks,etc $180.00 1 CQ7 9^ $2,350.00 88 Hardware and tools: Cohasset Hardware Co $83.10 JohnN.MacNeill 13.70 Edwin W.Bates,filing saws, etc 19.50 James Denithorne,filing saws, etc 2 .00 Roscoe G.Pratt,for saw....3.50 E.H.Brown 3.13 M.J.Sullivan,oil and straps 14.50 $139.43 Trees,C.A.Tanger 95.55 All other: Reddy's Battery Shop $1.30 Employers'Liability,insur- ance,W.H.Pratt 34.00 35.30 Balance to Treasury Forest Fires,appropriation in March Appropriation December 2 from Excess and Deficiency .... Refund Expenditures : Warden,Frank F.Martin,Jr., services Payrolls for fires (see detail at end of report) Apparatus : Maxim Motor Co.,installing pump $321.00 Maxim Motor Co.,strainer, etc 11.50 $2,347.53 2.47 $2,350.00 $2,350.00 $1,500.00 300.00 5.04 $100.00 958.89 89 Ruiter Motor Sales,Inc., painting car and repairs ..$167.60 William P.Malley,repairs,etc.18.70 A.H.Blanchard,nozzle....25.00 Boston Coupling Co 4.20 Division of Forestry 2.75 W.J.Brennock,painting cans 1.25—$552.00 Team hire 1.00 Gas and miscellaneous supplies : ,Cohasset Motor Co $25.40 Cohasset Motor Service 11.61 A.L.Ahearn 1.40 E.J.Dutra 1.35 Reddy's Battery Shop 28.65 Fitzpatrick &Happenny....3.25 Ruiter Motor Sales,Inc 1.00 Cohasset Battery Shop 2.00 All other: Cohasset "Diner,"lunches.. Edward J.McCormick,rent of garage Express $7.35 7.50 .38 15.23 Balance to Treasury ... $1,701.78 103.26 Doun- $1,805.04 $1,805.04 Bounties,appropriation. Paid Harry F.Tilden,1 ties on seals $10.00 $10.00 90 HEALTH AND SANITATION Board of Health,General, appropriation $3,620.00 Expenditures : Salaries and expenses,Board of Health: Irving F.Sylvester,chairman $150.00 Edward L.Higgins,secretary 200.00 Abraham S.Enos 183.00—$533.00 Agent,F.W.Browne,Pharma- cist 25.00 Stationery,etc.,The Office Ap- pliance Co 7.80 Printing and advertising,The Boundbrook Press 65.75 Telephones : I.F.Sylvester $28.66 J.W.Bates 23.76 52.42 Transportation 91.48 Medical attendance 42.00 Medical supplies 9.87 Nurse,Ruth M.Hynes 116.66 Drugs and medicines 5.83 Loss of wages : Mrs.Margaret Chase $32.00 Dorothy Sparks 12.00 44.00 Hospitals : Massachusetts Homeopathic.$429.00 Lakeville State Sanatorium..425.00 Norfolk County Hospital...1,012.10 Children's 70.75—1,936.85 Fumigation,Darius W.Gilbert $40.00 Fumigation,G.D.Dolge Co...36.91 76.91 91 Burying animals : C.A.Tanger $5.00 John Sweeney 2.00 Joseph A.Valine 3.00 M.J.Sullivan 2.00 Mary Taeusch 1.00 William Sidney 1.00 Mary Hurley 1.00 Thomas Burke 1.00 P.J.Armes 1.00 J.T.Barnes 1.00 $18.00 Balance to Treasury $3,025.57 594.43 $3,620.00 $3,620.00 Tuberculosis Hospital, Brain tree,appropriation .. Paid County Treasurer $2,618.44 $2,618.44 Dental Dispensary,appro- priation Paid William M.Ross,D.M.D. Paid for supplies $1,080.00 34.13 $1,200.00 Balance to Treasury $1,114.13 85.87 $1,200.00 $1,200.00 District Nurse,appropriation $1,100.00 Paid Ruth M.Hynes (Mrs. Ruth M.Ross)$1,099.20 92 Expenses $0.80 $1,110.00 $1,110.00 Transfer from "Schools"to this account $250.00 Inspection of Animals, appropriation Paid Darius W.Gilbert,V.S... Inspection of Meat,Etc., appropriation Paid Darius W.Gilbert,V.S... Inspection of Milk and Vinegar,appropriation . . Paid Irving F.Sylvester Balance to Treasury Refuse and Garbage Dis- posal,appropriation Refund Expenditures : Rent: Roscoe G.Pratt $50.00 Aaron Pratt 50.00 Cyrus W.Bates 25.00 O.H.Bates,Est.G.F.Sar- gent,Jr.,Adm 25.00 $150.00 $150.00 $50.00 $50.00 $150.00 50.00 $200.00 $200.00 $200.00 $700.00 20.00 $150.00 Labor : Pliny T.Frost $180.00 Walter P.Bates 310.00 93 E.F.Lincoln (for Frost)re- funded $20.00 $510.00 Lewis W.Perkins,C.E.,plan Bates land,Doane Street...57.25 Signs .50 $717.75 Balance to Treasury 2.25 $720.00 $720.00 Land for Dump,appropriation $500.00 No expenditures Balance to Treasury $500.00 Straits Pond,James Brook, Cat Dam,Etc.,appropriation in March $1,500.00 Appropriation November 9,from Excess and Deficiency... . 10.00 Expenditures : Straits Pond: Payrolls (see detail at end of report) Labor $496.01 Trucks,etc .47.88 $543.89 Rent of boat,Edith B.Hatch 36.75 Supplies 11.00 Care of gates,Fitzpatrick & Happenny 206.00 $797.64 94 James Brook: Expenditures : Payrolls (see detail at end of re- port) Labor $349.64 Trucks,etc 42.00 $391.64 W.P.Malley,labor on gate, etc 15.00 Cohasset Hardware Co.,rake 1.20 Care gates,C.A.Tanger... . 75.00 Employers Liability.W.H. Pratt 3.40 $486.24 Cat Dam: Care gates,Arthur 0.Wood.35.62 Mill Bridge and Gulf Dam: W.H.Ellsworth,labor on gates,1927 10.00 Labor,F.F.Martin,Jr.,and W.F.Martin,$1.25 each 2.50 Care of Gulf Dam,Joseph A. Valine 5.00 $17.50 Dike at Sandy Cove: Abraham J.Antoine,Jr., labor 15.00 $1,352.00 Balance to Treasury 158.00 $1,510.00 $1,510.00 Draining Land,Pleasant Street, under Selectmen Transfers from Reserve Fund $39.58 95 Expenditures : Labor : George B.Lovering $20.00 M.A.Burke,care lanterns. . 3.50 Hyland &McGaw 3.75 Supplies : S.H.Stoughton,4 bags cement $5.40 C.R.Jason,load sand 4.50 Hyland &McGaw 2.43 $27.25 12.33 $39.58 $39.58 Eradication of Mosquitoes, appropriation $2,500.00 Expenditures : Payrolls (for detail,see end of report) Labor $1,999.73 Trucks,etc 312.50—$2,312.23 Tools,etc. Cohasset Hardware Co....$85.27 Walter P.Bates 4.87 90.14 Printing,fliers and cards Wright &Potter Printing Co 17.85 Supplies : Standard Oil Co.of N.Y., 275 gallons oil $19.25 M.J.Sullivan,3 pair rub- ber boots 24.00 96 E.H.Brown,etc.,rubber boots,etc $12.50 Edward J.Dutra,oil drums 6.25 $62.00 $2,482.22 Balance to Treasury 17.78 ,500.00 $2,500.00 The Town received $2,500 from subscription,none of which was used.The amount is held in reserve.See Receipts. HIGHWAYS Highways,general,appropria- tion in March $27,063.00 Appropriations November 9, from Excess and Deficiency 513.35 Expenditures : Surveyor,George Jason $3,300.00 Stationery 2.35 Payrolls (for detail see end of report) Labor $8,794.04 Trucks,etc 8,315.15 17.109.19 Broken stone,gravel,etc. : Boston Sand and Gravel Co., 98.65 tons $64.65 Bradford Weston,304.20 tons 813.75 Old Colony Crushed Stone Co.,110.75 tons 286.28 National Construction Co...62.65 Mass.Amasite Co.,6.10 tons 52.77 97 J.H.Whitcomb,60 loads...$30.00 Ira N.Pratt,40 loads 20.00 Trimount Oil Co.,1,620 gal- lons patch 307.80 American Oil Products Co.. . 28.00 L.T.Lincoln,247.75 tons...247.75 H.0.Bates,23 loads 21.75 Pat Feola,loam and sod ....18.00 Equipment and repairs : Cohasset Hardware Co $192.81 P.I.Perkins,melting kettle.464.95 M.J.Sullivan 88.12 JohnN.MacNeill 49.63 Buffalo Springfield Roller Co.51.08 Ruiter Motor Sale's,Inc 30.54 N.E.Road Machine Co 5'6.82 Waldo Bros.&Bond 13.79 M.F.Ellis &Co 16.00 Harrington,King &Co 2.49 Gaetano Poc Buffalo,belt...8.00 George F.Welch Co 4.39 E.E.H.Souther,gloves.....75 L.Levine,gloves 1.50 H.H.Ellsworth (1926 and 1927)13.35 E.H.Brown 2.80 Express 2.78 Gas and oil : E.J.Dutra $78.70 Reddy's Battery Shop 53.71 Ruiter Motor Sales,Inc 78.45 A.L.Ahearn '.29.60 J.St.John 37.03 Cohasset Motor Co 46.35 $1,953.40 999.80 98 Litchfield's Express $8.60 Minot Market 1.00 Drain Pipe: Cohasset Hardware Co $468.71 George F.Welch Co 83.84 J.N.MacNeill 106.24 Insurance : Employer's Liability on $18,500.W.H.Pratt....$536.07 $333.44 All other: Mrs.T,F.Kane,rent of shop $275.00 Lincoln Bros.Coal Co., 29,750 lbs.coal 180.25 George Jason,freight 6.99 Massachusetts State Prison. . 24.13 Cohasset Hardware Co 1*0.60 Reddy's Battery Shop 2.85 Ruiter Motor Sales,Inc .55 Samuel C.Kutzer,lunches..4.45 George f!Welch Co 4.73 Minot Market .65 E.J.Dutra 2.50 Hyland &McGaw 8.49 S.H.Stoughton,cement....4.50 E.T.Downs,clerical services 1.30 Express .99 L.Levine 1.00—528.98 Wiring Town Hall shed,P.L. Towle 19.56 Electric light,shop James Lane 4.27 Telephones : George Jason $65.74 Shop,James Lane 25.69 91.43 658.79 99 On tractor,W.H.Pratt $16.00 On roller,W.H.Morris 90.00 Masons : A.E.Salvador $166.80 Charles E.Frates 56.40 T.Ferreira 8.00 S.H.Stoughton 5.00 Paint : South Shore Boat and Lobster Co $96.00 The Tropical Paint Co 48.15 Cohasset Hardware Co 4.00 $642.07 $236.20 $148.15 Repairing fence,Jerusalem Road Roche and Gonsalves 25.00 $26,052.63 Sidewalks : Bradford Weston^482.2 tons stone,etc $670.35 S.H.Stoughton,South Main Street 338.80 C.G.Fletcher Co.,302 feet curbing (at Furber's)362.87 P.Gilcoine,setting curbing ..117.20 C.G.Fletcher Co.,corner blocks 26.00 ,515.22 $27,567.85 Balance to Treasury 8.50 $27,576.35 $27,576.35 100 Fore River Bridge,appro- priation Paid William L.Foster,Treas- urer,thirteen assessments ... Balance to Treasury Tarring Streets,appropriation Pay rolls (for detail see end of report : Labor $1,138.00 Trucks,etc 1,340.20 Materials: American Oil Products Co. for asphalt,amprotar and cold patch,13,418 gallons and 20 drums $2,73,3.90 Independent Coal Tar Co., for cold patch and taric, 3,340J^gallons 550.02 Trimount Oil Co.,2,715 gal- lons and drums of cold patch 503.85 National Construction Co.,- for Natco 152.00 Massachusetts Amesitic Co., four tons 34.60 Agnes Williams,damage to clothes 20.00 $780.00 220.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $6,500.00 $2,478.20 1,994.37 $6,472.57 Balance to Treasury 27.43 $6,500.00 $6,500.00 101 Lambert's Lane,repairs,ap- propriation Pay rolls (for detail see end of report) : Labor Trucks,etc $290.00 383.40 $673.40 314.84 161.00 $1,150.00 Bradford Weston,141 tons stone American Oil Products Co., 1,150 gallons of tar Balance to Treasury $1,149.24 .76 •$1,150.00 $1,150.00 Concrete Sidewalk,South Main Street,appropriation $500.00 Pay rolls (for detail see end of report) : Labor $93.00 Trucks 14.00 $107.00 S.H.Stoughton,contract 375.00 L.W.Perkins,lines and grades . 15.20 $497.20 Balance to Treasury 2.80 $500.00 $500.00 Sidewalk and Curb,Doane Street,appropriation... . $150.00 Paid Spencer H.Stoughton,con- tract $150.00 $150.00 $150.00 102 Pond Street Improvement, appropriation $8,200.00 Expenditures : Pay rolls (for detail see end of report) : Labor $3,088.00 Trucks,etc 2,229.50 $5,317.50 Pipe: Cohasset Hardware Co $471.38 John N.MacNeill 96.56 .Tools: Cohasset Hardware Co $31.85 Tower Bros.Co.,hammers..5.29 567.94 37.14 Cement:S.H.Stoughton,14 bags 12.60 Culverts:John H.MacNeill...337.98 Ledges:A.C.Trojano,blowing 264.70 Asphalt :American Oil and Prod- ucts Co.,3925 gallons 804.63 Stone:Bradford Weston,359 tons Engineering:L.W.Perkins... . Oil and gas Cohasset Hardware Co.,line... Balance to Treasury. Removing Snow and Sanding Streets,appropriation, March Appropriation November 9 from excess and deficiency 801.83 21.35 33.40 .50 $8,199.57 .43 $8,200.00 $8,200.00 $6,500.00 1,000.00 103 Transfer from Reserve Fund.$14.36 Refund 7.50 Expenditures:$7,521.86 Pay rolls (for detail see end of report) : Labor $3,870.59 Trucks,etc 3,310.39 $7,180.98 Sand,etc. : Boston Sand and Gravel Co., 32.8 tons $14.29 Ira N.Pratt,20 loads 10.00 Estate E.E.Bates,20 loads.10.00 Snow fence : Dyar Sales and Machine Co., fence $52.50 Freight and express 8.15 Gas and oil: Cohasset Motor Co $31.70 Ruiter Motor Sales,Inc 7.40 A.L.Ahearn 5.60 Clarence J.Silvia 4.00 34.29 60.65 Wiring Town Hall shed,one- half cost,P.L.Towle 19.55 Repairs,tools,etc. : John N.MacNeill $8.40 William P.Malley 25.39 Ruiter Motor Sales,Inc 47.50 H.H.Ellsworth 46.54 P.I.Perkins Co 11.15 Cohasset Hardware Co 14.85 Express .49 154.32 48.70 104 Miscellaneous : P.I.Perkins Co.,supplies...$11.89 Lincoln Bros.Coal Co.,2,000 lbs 9.21 Samuel Kutzer 16.45 George Jason,tractor numbers 4.00 S.H.Stoughton,two bags cement 2.50 Reddy's Battery Shop,sup- plies .65 Ruiter Motor Sales,Inc 2.00 Express 1.89 $48.59 Insurance : Employers'Liability on $8,000, W.H.Pratt 213.84 Balance over appropriations, etc.to 1930 accounts $239.06 $7,760.92 $7,760.92 Street Lighting,appropriation $9,754.36 Appropriations,one light each on Sohier and Hill Streets.44.00 For January,February,March and April,each month : 400 c.p.at 1.833 per month $733.20 19 c.p.at 4.per month....76.00 1 60 W.Mult 1.83 $811.03 $3,244.12 For May,401 c.p.at 1.833 per month $734.85 19-250 c.p.at 4 76.00 1 200 W.M 1.83 105 Also 200 W.M.,Main Street near police station..$3.35 $816.03 For June,401-60 c.p.at 1.833 $735.03 20-250 c.p.at 4 ...80.00 1 60 W.M 1.83 Hill Street,one light .61 817.47 For July,August,September, October,November and De- cember,6 months as follows : 402 c.p.at 1.833 per month $736.87 20-250 c.p.at 4.per month 80.00 160W.M.at ....1.83 $818.70 4,912.20 Paid Electric Light and Power Co $9,789.82 Balance to Treasury 8.54 ,798.36 $9,798.36 Street Signs,appropriation . . $210.00 Expenditures : Evernu Century Sign Co.,for 21 "No Parking"signs....$100.00 Memorial signs,etc 20.00 Angle irons 15.00 $135.00 George Jason,labor and mate- rials 44.80 E.H.Stoughton,two bags cement 1.80 106 George F.Sargent,care foun- tain,Beechwood $5.00 $186.60 Balance to Treasury 23.40 $210.00 $210.00 Harbor Maintenance,appro- priation $850.00 Expenditures : Service and labor : John J.Grassie,Harbor Master $280.00 Joseph S.Enos,Assistant Harbor Master 167.50 Joseph S.Enos,care of grounds 35.11 Martin G.Grassie 10.00 Joseph M.Silvia 27.00 Arne Petersen 45.00 Foster Cadoze 17.00 John Pattison 62.50 John Oliver 5.00 $649.11 A.C.Trojano,blasting 30.00 Supplies,etc. : Cohasset Hardware Co $98.13 Jerry McCarthy,13 barrels..29.50 Reddy's Battery Shop,chains 30.23 George F.Welch Lumber Co.6.15 William P.Malley 6.75 170.76 $849.87 Balance to Treasury .13 $850.00 $850.00 107 Taking of Eustis'Land and Building Drain: Appropriation November 9, from excess and deficiency.$400.00 Paid Lewis W.Perkins,plan of taking $24.05 Balance to 1930 accounts . . 375.95 $400.00 $400.00 CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS'BENEFITS Department of Public Wel- fare: Appropriation for three ac- counts,General Adminis- tration,Outside Poor and Cohasset Home $17,115.00 Appropriation November 9, from Excess and Deficiency 500.00 (Nothing paid from the $500 for mowing bushes in 1929) General Administration: Salaries of Overseers : William H.McGaw $200.00 Herbert L.Brown 200.00 Darius W.Gilbert 35.47 William O.Souther,Jr....164.53 $600.00 Printing,stationery,etc 16.03 Transportation,Edward R. Jason 16.66 Total for General Adminis- tration $632.69 108 Outside Poor: W.H.McGaw,reimburse- ment for cash paid $5.62 Groceries and provisions : F.W.Wheelwright $136.83 C.H.Trott Co 70.84 Atlantic &Pacific Tea Co.35.00 White Bros 28.20 Whiting Milk Co 18.75 Stephen Pagliaro 47.40 George Young 6.75 E.H.Brown 68.93 James D.Bates 6.03 $418.73 Fuel: Lincoln Bros.Coal Co., 66,215 lbs.coal $526.02 Wood 47.80 Ira N.Pratt,wood 70.00 George R.Wagner,wood. . 7.00 P.T.Frost 20.00 670.82 Board and Care: Lillian M.Earle $195.00 Ellen H.Lincoln 280.00 475.00 Medicine and Medical Attend- ance: Dr.Edward H.Schott $300.00 Dr.Frederick Hinchliffe....300.00 F.W.Browne Pharmacy....56.10 Donovan Drug Co 7.90 664.00 Cash aid 4,142.63 Rent: Joseph E.Grassie $575.00 Katherine Murphy 240.00 109 Frank Meallo $240.00 Mary White 60.00 Lot Phillips Corporation 96.00 Mary Reilly 80.00 Annie G.Keating 40.00 Whitman Co-op Bank 23.85 $1,354.85 Boston City Hospital 184.31 Miscellaneous supplies : M.S.Leonard,stove $25.00 Cohasset Hardware Co ,36.78—61.78 Telephone 2.80 Clothes : L.Levine $114.65 M.J.Sullivan 60.60 E.E.H.Souther 78.70 E.H.Brown 3.29 W.H.McGaw 15.85 273.09 Transportation,J.F.James...20.00 Cleaning : M.G.Carlson $30.00 Old Colony Laundry Co 7.95 37.95 Funerals : C.W.&E.H.Sparrell $135.00 C.L.Rice &Son 110.00 Nursing : Lillian M.Earle $185.00 F.J.Antoine 10.00 245.00 195.00 Total for Outside Poor... . $8,751.58 110 Cohasset Home Superintendent,Elmer J.Louie $1,200.00 Expense of Superintendent,au- tomobile tax 16.90 Other employees (inside) : Rose Renaud $326.00 RoseNeagle 11.00 Mrs.F.A.Cortez 5.25—342.25 Groceries and provisions : Minot Market $618.54 C.H.Trott Co 404.54 Buildings: John N.MacNeill,new heater $515.00 John N.MacNeill,supplies ..9.58 M.S.Leonard,plumbing,etc.60.85 Bosworth &Beal,wiring 28.00 Cohasset Hardware Co.,for pound 1.39 Cohasset Hardware Co.,sup- plies .50 George F.Welch Co.,for pound 15.20 Inspection of boilers 5.00 1,023.08 635.52 Fuel: Lincoln Bros.Coal Co., 126,375 lbs.coal 996.36 Light: Electric Light and Power Co.100.35 Hay and Grain : Fannie J.Story 678.26 Clothes : Massachusetts Reformatory for Women $0.87 Massachusetts State Prison..13.09 13.96 Ill Telephone $43.45 All other: C.W.&E.H.Sparrell, funeral $120.00 Donovan Drug Co 49.45 M.J.Sullivan,stable blanket, etc 8.25 F.W.Browne,Pharmacy...2.75 D.W.Gilbert,V.S 6.00 Express 1.48 187.93 Newspapers : Joseph St.John $10.40 E.E.H.Souther 13.00 23.40 House supplies: John N.MacNeill,tools $6.70 Cohasset Hardware Co 30.31 D.S.Campbell,repairing clock 2.50 Massachusetts Reformatory for Women 12.64 E.H.Brown,tobacco 3.60 Benjamin Nichols,tonsorial work 13.95 Massachusetts State Prison, mattress ". .27.00 Outside supplies : Cohasset Hardware Co $99.05 John F.Hill,150 chickens...37.50 John N.MacNeill 36.07 William P.Malley 21.25 Charles F.Fish,sharpening mower 2.25 96.70 112 Outside labor: Julian Strang $84.75 William Powers 80.00 William Loughman 24.00 S384.87 Insurance : E.N.Tower $153.50 G.F.Sargent,Jr 153.50 M.S.P.Williams 12.00 Employers'Liability (on 1,700)W.H.Pratt 32.90 351.90 Gas,oil,etc.,Reddy's Battery Shop 22.80 Total for "Home"$6,117.73 RECAPITULATION OF POOR ACCOUNTS Appropriation for three accounts $17,115.00 Appropriation,special of No- vember 9 500.00 Expenditures : General Administration $632.69 Outside Poor 8,751.58 Cohasset Home 6,117.73 Total for Poor in 1929....$15,502.00 Balance to Treasury 2,113.00 $17,615.00 $17,615.00 Of the above balance,$500 was a special appropriation of November 9,for mowing bushes, none of which was expended during 1929. 113 Net Cost of Poor in 1929: General Administration Outside Poor $632.69 6,850.56 Cohasset Home 4,730.73 $12,213.98 Soldiers'Benefits: State Aid,appropriation $216.00 Expenditures,pay rolls $216.00 Soldiers'and Sailors'Relief, appropriation $1,100.00 Appropriation December 2, from excess and deficiency.200.00 Transfer from Reserve Fund.2.38 Expenditures : Cash $1,195.00 Fuel,Lincoln Bros.Coal Co., 8,425 lbs 67.78 Nursing 11.60 Medical attendance,Dr.W. H.Chapman 14.00 Shoes,M.J.Sullivan 14.00 $1,302.38 $1,302.38 SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES :hools,general maintenance, appropriation in March ...$76,590.00 Appropriation November 9, from excess and deficiency.6.38 Refunds 71.81 Transfer to Board of Health, District Nurse 250.00 114 State reimbursement on account of teachers'salaries,included in income tax,$4,675 Expenditures (for detail,as to teachers'and janitors'sal- aries,see end of report) : School Committee,services: O.K.Collins,Secretary $25.00 Edward L.Stevens,financial secretary 100.00 $125.00 School Committee,expenses: Postage,F.V.Stanley 1.60 Telephones : Osgood School $88.84 Ripley Road School 79.59 Beechwood School 9.09 M.H.Meyer.65.14 L.Mulvey 25.05 T.A.Stevens 25.12 292.83 Printing,stationery,etc 50.25 Superintendent,services,O.K. Collins 2,024.00 Superintendent,expenses,in- cluding clerk 313.56 Superintendent,truant officer, H.J.Pelletier 100.00 Teachers'salaries: High $12,921.91 Elementary 28,295.67 41,217.58 Teachers'—Club work 300.00 Health ($250 transferred to "District Nurse")737.59 115 Text and reference books : High $625.45 Elementary 1,281.99 Supplies : High $1,243.53 Elementary 1,927.85 Janitors'services: High $1,015.50 Elementary 3,167.40 Light and power: High $387.10 Elementary 670.69 Fuel: High $369.84 Elementary 1,291.32 Maintenance of buildings and grounds : Repairs : High $1,877.49 Elementary 3,320.72 Janitors'supplies: High $105.41 Elementary 255.83 1,907.44 3,171.38 Vocational education 769.64 Transportation : High $2,127.73 Elementary 4,055.90 6,183.63 4,182.90 1,057.79 1,661.16 5,198.21 361.24 116 All other: High $116.58 Elementary 166.90 $283.48 Fire Loss 8.00 Furniture and furnishings : High $3.22 Elementary 23.50 26.72 Diplomas and graduation exer- cises 124.75 Insurance 761.05 Lunch 5,569.35 Allother 108.63 Total for maintenance $76,537.78 Outlay : Building 356.46 $76,894.24 Balance to Treasury 23.95 $76,918.19 $76,918.19 Schools:replacements on ac- count of fire : Received from insurance com- panies $11,337.50 Expenditures : Adjusting $25.00 Textbooks : High $48.31 Elementary 212.14 Supplies : High $281.56 Elementary 15.22 260.45 296.78 n; Maintenance of building,re- pairs : High $4,511.57 Elementary 5,870.94 $10,382.51 Bond of Pemberton 44.40 $11,009.14 Balance to Treasury 328.36 $11,337.50 $11,337.50 Libraries:appropriation $5,800.00 Expenditures : Paul Pratt Memorial: Rev.F.V.Stanley,treasurer $5,353.61 Telephone 46.39 $5,400.00 Nantasket Branch,James A. Brickett,treasurer 400.00 $5,800.00 $5,800.00 Town Commons and Parks, appropriation $1,600.00 Appropriation for new mower not expended 300.00 Expenditures : Labor : Charles F.Wilbur $662.50 Edwin J.Mealy 587.50 $1,250.00 Trucks,William T.Barnes..24.00 Dust,Bradford Weston,7.10 tons 14.20 118 Tools and supplies : Charles T.Fish,sharpening mower $29.25 Cohasset Hardware Co....15.58 Ruiter Motor Sales,Inc.,25 gallons gas 7.50 Ruiter Motor Sales,Inc., gallon oil 1.30 John N.MacNeill .40 William P.Malley .75 George E.Kimball &Son.1.50 S.H.Stoughton,cement...90 $57.18 Billings-Pratt Park,care of, George F.Sargent 50.00 Park,corner Beechwood and King Streets,care of, Warren Stevens 30.00 Miscellaneous parks,labor, Joseph S.Enos: Guild Hall $44.40 JohnW.Sidney 28.20 Stoddard 17.52 Cousens 13.09 Balance due from 1928 2.00 105.21 $1,530.59 Balance to Treasury 369.41 $1,900.00 $1,900.00 Of the above balance,$300 was appropriated for new power mower,which was not bought. 119 Wheelwright Park,appro- priation $650.00 Expenditures : Superintendent,Joseph E. Grassie $54.00 Pay rolls (for detail see end of report) Labor $518.50 Trucks,etc 17.00 535.50 Mowing,William T.Barnes.. . 27.00 Miscellaneous : George F.Newton,drawings for gateways $20.00 S.H.Stoughton,six bags of cement 5.40 E.R.Shedd,repairing sign..1.00 26.40 $642.90 Balance to Treasury 7.10 $67.50 Balance to Treasury 132.50 $650.00 $650.00 Wadleigh Park,appropria- tion $200.00 Expenditures : Labor,Ernest G.Coles $65.00 William P.Malley,sharpen- ing mower 2.50 $200.00 $200.00 120 Playgrounds,Baseball Field, appropriation $500.00 Expenditures : Care of field,M.J.Sullivan.$75.00 Charles R.Jason,labor $35.00 Charles R.Jason,loam 84.00 119.00 Hyland &McGaw,repairing backstop 61.88 Hyland &McGaw,lumber..2.00 Labor,mowing: Louis Salvador $10.00 Charles R.Stover 10.00 20.00 William P.Malley,drive pins 1.00 E.R.Shedd,two signs 3.25 Cohasset Hardware Co. : Lawn mower $20.00 Cocoa mat 18.50 Markers and lime 7.50 46.00 John N.MacNeill,three bags of calcium chloride 15.75 $343.88 Balance to Treasury 156.12 $500.00 $500.00 Damages to Persons and Prop- erty,appropriation $100.00 Damages to automobiles : John J.Ferreira,to tire $12.00 Peter J.Rooney,to spring ..7.00 William H.Pratt,to spring .7.00 William 0.Souther,Jr.,to automobile $4.75 B.N.Leclair 7.00 f °,7 7^<Jpo t .i D Balance to Treasury 62.25 $100.00 $100.00 Memorial Day,appropriation $500.00 Memorial Day,dinner 150.00 Paid A.J.McLellan,treasurer George H.Mealy Post, American Legion $500.00 Paid Mary J.Salvador,treas- urer American Legion Aux- iliary,for dinner 150.00 $650.00 $650.00 Photographs of Men Lost in War,appropriation ...$550.00 Paid "Arts Imperishable"for five photographs $550.00 Town Clock,appropriation...$65.00 Paid Caleb Nichols,for care of clock $52.00 Paid Caleb Nichols,for oil .50 Paid Harry Wilkinson,repairing clock 8.50 $61.00 Balance to Treasury 4.00 $65.00 $65.00 122 Town Reports,appropriation $1,300 00 Expenditures : The Boundbrook Press: 1,100 reports,250 pages at $4.75 $1,187.50 100 reports extra at 25 cents 25.00 $1,212.50 Postage 1.00 Delivering reports,Antoine's Express 32.00 Balance to Treasury $54.50 $1,300.00 $1,300.00 Employers'Liability Insur- ance,appropriation Refund Paid William H.Pratt Balance to Treasury Town Flag,appropriation $200.00 Transfer from Reserve Fund 25.25 Expenditures : Caleb Nichols,for care of and repairs $194.45 Reformatory for Women,two flags 9 x 15 30.80 $225.25 $225.25 $14.07 157.44 $150.00 21.51 $171.51 $171.51 123 ENTERPRISES AND CEMETERY North Cohasset Post Office Building,appropriation..$200.00 Expenditures : Hyland &McGaw,repairs..$144.79 Fitzpatrick &Happenny,re- pairs to roof 21.70 Arthur Studley,labor on doors,etc 6.00 Burditt &Williams,door check 8.65 George E.Kimball &Son, weather strip 2.62 Hingham Water Co 7.00 $190.76 Balance to Treasury 9.24 $200.00 $200.00 Guild and American Legion Hall,appropriation $100.00 Expenditures : Cohasset Water Co $23.00 Manuel S.Leonard,labor on pipes 17.20 Inspection of boiler 5.00 $45.20 Balance to Treasury 54.80 $100.00 $100.00 Parking Place,Maintenance, appropriation $500.00 Refunds 68.75 124 Expenditures : Hyland &McGaw,shingling, etc $339.52 Evernu-Century Sign Co., sign 18.75 Cohasset Water Co 9.00 E.R.Shedd,two signs 7.50 C.A.Bowman,rent agent, N.Y.,N.H.,&H.Rd.Co.5.00 Pay roll,labor and trucks ...86.00 Insurance,J.T.Phelps &Co.23.85 $489.62 Balance to Treasury 79.13 $568.75 $568.75 Cemetery,Maintenance,ap- propriation $810.00 Expenditures : Labor : Charles T.Wilbur $357.50 Edwin J.Mealy 327.50 $685.00 Telephone,C.F.Wilbur 31.34 Mowing and carting,W.T. Barnes 25.00 Supplies,Cohasset Hardware Co 15.50 Frame for plan,Hyland & McGaw 3.00 Sharpening mowers,Charles T. Fish 16.50 Lumber,George E.Kimball & Son 5.76 Oil,one gallon,Ruiter Motor Sales,Inc 1.30 125 Writing deeds,Harry F.Tilden S9.00 Billheads,The Boundbrook Press 7.58 Postage 1.70 Employers'Liability Insurance on $400,W.H.Pratt 7.74 $809.42 Balance to Treasury .58 $810.00 $810.00 Cemetery,appropriation from, "Sale of Lots and Graves" fund $2,250.00 Expenditures : Lewis W.Perkins,for survey- ing,plan,etc $340.00 Old Colony Foundry Co.,698 markers and bags 123.78 John N,MacNeill,for pipe. . 120.00 Antoine's Express 4.50 $588.28 Balance to 1930 Accounts.1,661.72 $2,250.00 $2,250.00 INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT Interest,Anticipation Tax Loans,appropriation $2,000.00 Transfer from Reserve Fund.1,379.33 Paid Rockland Trust Co. : Notes 105 and 106,due De- cember 14,1929,at 5.30% ($25,000 each)1,987.50 126 Notes 107 and 108,due No- vember 1,1929,at 5.35% ($25,000 each)$1,278.06 Note 109,due October 15, 1929 at 5.25%($15,000) . 113.77 ;,379.33 $3,379.33 Interest,general,appropri- ation $4,720.00 Paid Second National Bank, Boston,on Bridge Notes,due September 1,4%$360.00 School loan,4%3,880.00 $4,240.00 Paid Rockland Trust Co., Bridge Notes,due March 1,1929,4%360.00 $4,600.00 Balance to Treasury 120.00 $4,720.00 $4,720.00 Anticipation Tax Loans: Paid Rockland Trust Co. : Note 109,due October 15, 1929 $15,000.00 Notes 107 and 108,due No- vember 1,1929 50,000.00 Notes 105 and 106,due De- cember 14,1929 50,000.00 $115,000.00 127 Bonds and Notes from Rev- enue,appropriation $9,000.00 Paid Second National Bank, Boston: School note,due April 1,1929 $6,000.00 Gulf River Bridge note,due September 1,1929 3,000.00 $9,000.00 $9,000.00 AGENCY AND TRUST,REFUNDS AND TRANSFERS Reserve Fund,appropriation $4,000.00 Transfers to following accounts : Finance Committee $7.51 Selectmen '153.67 Assessors 111.25 Election and Registration ...24.40 Town Hall.1,800.00 Police Department 415.33 Board of Health,Selectmen.39.58 Removing Snow and Sanding Streets 14.36 Soldiers'and Sailors'Relief.2.38 Town Flag 25.25 Interest,Tax Loans 1,379.33 $3,973.06 Balance to Treasury 26.94 $4,000.00 $4,000.00 Agency,appropriations $24,579.52 State Taxes: State Tax,general $11,135.00 Metropolitan Parks,Sinking Fund 11.33 128 •Metropolitan Parks,Interest $56.09 Metropolitan Parks,Nan- tasket Maintenance 219.39 Auditing municipal accounts 43.46 State Highway 2,116.36 $13,581.63 County Tax .10,997.89 $24,579.52 $24,579.52 $0.25 22.38 7.20 1.34 $31.17 Agency: Commonwealth of Massachu- setts,liquor license,third class,yi Trust Co.tax refund National Bank,1926 National Bank,1928 Trust Funds:(Received $1,503.78) Paid: For care lot,Beechwood Cem- etery $3.78 To create fund under will of Edith M.Bates for im- provement of Town Com- mon and Pond 1,500.00 Refunds : 1928 personal tax,Mary E. 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Dividends earned in 1929 ...i $1,441.46 72.96 On hand January 1,1930... James W.Nichols Fund: On hand January 1,1929... Dividends earned in 1929 ... $1,514.42 $2,359.05 58.98 Withdrawn for scholarship .. Dividend earned in 1929.... $2,418.03 200.00 $2,218.03 60.45 On hand January 1,1930...$2,278.48 Parks Robert Charles Billings Fund: Town Commons (Centre) : On hand January 1,1929...$1,150.00 Dividends earned in 1929 ...57.50 Received by Town in 1929 .. $1,207.50 57.50 On hand January 1,1930... illings-Pratt Park,Beechwood: On hand January 1,1929... Dividends earned in 1929 ... $1,150.00 $1,000.00 50.00 Received by Town in 1929 .. $1,050.00 50.00 On hand January 1,1930...$1,000.00 138 Horace W.Wadleigh Fund : On hand January 1,1929... Dividends earned in 1929 ... $5,000.00 250.00 Received by Town in 1929 .. $5,250.00 250.00 On hand January 1,1930... Wheelwright Park Fund: On hand January 1,1929... Dividends earned in 1929 ... $5,000.00 $15,000.00 750.00 Received by Town in 1929 .. $15,750.00 750.00 On hand January 1,1930...$15,000.00 Edith M.Bates Fund (for care of Town Common and Pond at Centre) : Received under will and deposited in the Cohasset Savings Bank $1 ,500.00 CEMETERY TRUST FUND Beechwood,Williams Lot Fund: On hand January 1,1929 ...$75.00 Dividends earned in 1929...3.78 $78.78 Received and paid out by the Town in 1929 3.78 On hand January 1,1930...$75.00 SURPLUS WAR BONUS FUND On hand January 1,1930,in general cash $575.24 139 UNPAID BILLS OF 1929 Town Hall: Sentry Products Co $13.75 Hyland &McGaw 60.30 Lincoln Bros.Coal Co 225.88 John N.MacNeill 14.29 Edmund D.Bates 3.00 W.W.Wade 5.00 Old Colony Gas Co 2.02 David Souther,Jr 3.60 Bosworth &Beal 1.60 Cohasset Hardware Co 15.56 P.L.Towle 2.65 Elec.L.&P.Co 51.30 $398.95 Elections:John F.James $14.00 Police Department : Telephone bills,2 months...$57.65 Elec.L.&P.Co 53.28 Elec.L.&P.Co.,additional 11.94 Old Colony Gas 55.27 J.A.Simeone 30.00 E.E.H.Souther 17.75 Cohasset Hardware Co 2.45 Margaret T.Kane 25.25 The A G A Co 80.00 Ruiter Motor Sales 73.84 Reddy's Battery Shop 3.00 Bosworth &Beal 2.70 $413.13 Water for Hydrants $25.00 Moth Suppression : John N.MacNeill $1.50 Cohasset Hardware Co 2.09 F.W.Wheelwright,rent 150.00 Minot Market 20.00——$173.59 140 Tree Warden : William P.Malley $7.00 Cohasset Hardware 10.17 E.E.H.Souther .40 Highways : A.Studley $16.50 Margaret T.Kane 25.00 Cohasset Hardware 49.29 Bradford Weston 29.25 Reddy's Battery Shop 15.40 Snow &Sanding: W.P.Malley $9.40 Cohasset Hardware Co 19.60 Ruiter Motor Sales Inc 24.57 F.W.Browne Phar .90 Department of Public Welfare, Cohasset Home: Minot Market $40.31 C.H.Trott Co 40.75 Cohasset Hardware Co 5.75 JohnN.MacNeill 20 Joseph St.John 5.20 E.E.H.Souther 8.15 Reddy's Battery Shop 2.00 $102.36 $17.57 $135.44 57.54 $54.47 Department of Public Welfare, Outside Poor: C.H.Trott Co $9.14 S.Pagliaro 4.65 James M.Sweeney 3.78 M.J.Sullivan 16.75 Lincoln Bros.Coal Co 21.88 56.20 158.56 141 Soldiers'and Sailors'Relief: Lincoln Bros.Coal Co $17.63 Schools : Electric Light &Power Co. Osgood,lighting $103.80 Ripley,lighting 18.45 Osgood,lighting,annex...3.15 Beech wood,lighting 1.00 Osgood,power 15.93 Osgood,power,additional 1.00 $143.33 Osgood,heating...$22.64 Ripley,heating...20.28 42.92 $186.25 1.60 3.70 Cohasset Hardware Co Bosworth &Beal Litchfield's Express C.H.Trott Co 2.35 3.74 Cohasset Hardware Co Reddy's Battery Shop F.W.Browne Pharmacy.... 25.07 3.05 4.75 Cemetery : William P.Malley Cohasset Hardware Co $1.50 1.00 North Cohasset P.O.Building: Hyland &McGaw 230.51 2.50 73.17 $1,772.06 LIABILITIES OF COHASSET AS OF JANUARY 1,1930 Gulf River Bridge (Border Street)4%notes,$1,000 each dated September 1,1924, payable $3,000 annually .. . $15,000.00 142 New School Building,Ripley Road,4%school loan bonds, dated April 1,1926,payable $6,000 on the first day of April in each of the years 1930 to 1938 inclusive,and $5,000 on the first day of April in each of the years 1939 to 1946 inclusive $94,000.00 $109,000.00 FIXED PROPERTY,OUTLAY OF 1929 Engineering (tax plat surveying, etc.)$493 30 Town Hall,balance for remodel- ing 11,477 10 Schools,amount paid Edward Nichols,architect 356.46 Cemetery,plans and laying out lots,etc.588.28 $12,915.14 Respectfully submitted, EDWARD L.STEVENS, Town Accountant. January 18,1930. 143 FIREMEN'S PAY Including $2.00 paid annually Austin L.Ahearn $21.50 Frank J.Antoine 15.50 J.Lewis Bates 2.00 Joe Bates •....5.25 Lot E.Bates,truck and labor 36.25 Louis Bottanican 2.00 Joseph R.Brennock 40.75 William J.Brennock 3.50 William J.Brennock,2d...27.00 Ralph Brickett 2.00 Harold Brown 2.00 William Burke 19.25 Foster Cadose 1.25 Arthur Clark 2.00 Harry Clark 6.50 P.Coakley 3.50 T.Frank or J.Frank Collins 6.00 William Dyment or William Dimond 5.25 L.Doherty 5.00 John J.F.Doherty 75 J.H.Donovan 2.00 Paul V.(or L.)Donovan...14.00 William Dyment 2.75 Hudson Ellsworth 2.25 Joseph G.Enos 5.00 Ralph Enos 2.75 Anthony Ferreira 2.00 John Ferreira 8.00 Joseph Ferreira 5.25 Edward Fitzpatrick 36.50 Alfred Frates 3.00 Charles E.Frates,labor and truck 12.50 P.Flynn 2.00 Edward B.Gammons 14.75 Anthony M.Gonsalves....11.75 Edward Grassie 5.00 John J.Grassie 23.00 Joseph E.Grassie,labor and truck 115.75 Martin G.Grassie 12.50 Norman Grassie 3.00 Stephen J.Grassie 32.50 J.Happenny 3.50 T.Walter Hernan 3.50 C.Hunter.'8.75 Rufus James 6.50 F.T.Jason $2.00 Edward R.Jason 9.00 John Kennedv 43.25 Lawrence F.Lincoln 6.00 Elwood F.Litchfield 5.75 John D.McLellan 12.50 J.McNamara 2.00 Milton McNamara .75 Fred Maitland 4.00 E.Parker Malley 3.75 Frank F.Martin,Jr 2.00 Charles Mitchell 2.00 George G.Monteiro 24.50 Albert J.Morris 3.50 D.Mulcahy 2.00 Roger Nicherson 1.50 John J.Oliver...11.75 Joseph L.Oliver 38.75 S.Pagliaro 2.75 Harry A.Pattison 20.75 John Pattison 19.25 Alfred J.Petersen 13.25 Arne Petersen 15.50 Charles Philbrook 3.75 Aaron Pratt 2.00 Charles H.Pratt 15.50 Paul W.Pratt 12.50 Roscoe G.Pratt 28.25 Clarence S.Reddy 26.75 Edward T.Reilly 5.00 Bernard J.Salvador 24.75 Louis Salvador 25.00 Herbert C.Sargent 11.75 Ellery C.Sidney 26.00 Alfred M.Silvia 23.00 Antoine Silvia 3.75 Joseph M.Silvia 21.50 Joseph A.Silvia 9.00 Malcolm H.Stevens 9.75 Charles Stoddard 5.00 Edwin A.Stone 2.00 Ira B.P.Stoughton 4.50 Charles Stover,labor and automobile 37.00 Joseph A.Valine 8.75 Everett W.Wheelwright...33.50 Ralph L.(or D.)Wood....16.50 Herbert Williams 38.50 MOTH WORK Atwood Ainslie $35.00 Joseph Almeida 32.50 Frank J.Antoine $52.50 Andrew Arnold 52.50 144 Arthur S.Bates $80.00 William Barnes,truck 140.00 Ira Bates 77.50 Lot E.(W.)Bates,team...72.00 William or William H.Bates 62.50 Albert A.Beron 5.00 John Bean 27.50 C.C.or Clarence Burgess.22.50 Foster Cadoze 85.00 Edgar Clark 62.50 Tames F.Collins 37.00 vSanford L.Damon 155.00 Alfred Daley 50.00 George Denithorne 40.00 Robert E.Donovan 47.50 John Dyment 60.00 Joseph E.Grassie,automo- bile and labor 1,301.00 Edward Grassie,automo- bile and labor 95.00 Norman Grassie,automo- bile and labor 97.50 Stephen J.Grassie 297.50 William James 67.50 Francis James . 77:50 Henry Keating 55.00 Chauncey Kilban $42.50 John Kinsley 25.00 Albert L.Litchfield 17.50 Daniel McSweeney 55.00 Edward J.Mealy 37.50 Frank Mitchell 141.25 Herbert Nichols 5.00 Alfred D.Pease 67.50 Charles Philbrook,truck and labor 282.25 Ira Pratt 72.50 Peter J.Rooney 62.50 Antonio Rosano,Jr 62.50 George or George F.Sar- gent 25.00 Louis Salvador 165.00 V.V.Sestito ..5.00 Charles Stover,automobile and labor 127.50 Arthur Studley 60.00 John H.Sweeney 52.50 Joseph Whitcomb 35.00 George White 60.00 Herbert Williams 75.00 Charles F.Wilbur 37.50 TREE WARDEN Atwood Ainslie $25.00 Albert A.Beron Charles Bennett 12.50 15.00 Reginald R.Beal William Burke 5.00 20.00 Foster Cadoze 142.50 James F.Collins Sanford Damon 100.00 5.00 Toseph Ferreira 15.00 Anthony M.Gonsalves.... Joseph E.Grassie,automo- bile and labor 10.00 413.25 Edward T.Grassie Norman Grassie 10.00 40.00 Stephen J.Grassie Ernest D.Hill Francis James 202.50 10.00 20.00 Rufus James,truck 70.00 William James $5.00 Lawrence Lincoln,truck...84.00 William H.McArthur 35.00 William H.McArthur,Jr.5.00 Frank Mitchell 5.00 Charles Philbrook,truck and labor 476.50 Roscoe Pratt,truck 49.00 Antonio Rosano,Jr 20.00 Louis Salvador 80.00 Van Sidney 5.00 Charles Stover 92.50 John Sweeney 25.00 George R.Wagner,team and labor 17.00 Joseph Whitcomb 25.00 John White 40.00 Herbert Williams 2.50 FOREST Austin L.Ahearn $1.89 Henry Ahearn,Jr 1.25 Francis Ainslie 1 .88 William J.Almeida 2.50 Joseph C.Anderson .63 FIRES Joseph Andrews $2.51 Allen Bates 5.00 E.Parker Bates 8.75 Arthur S.Bates 9.38 Herbert Bates 15.00 145 Howard Bates .$5.63 Lot E.Bates,automobile and labor 5.77 Charles Bennett 1.25 JohnBeal 1.25 Henry Brassill 3.13 Joseph R.Brennock 35.07 William Brennock 3.13 William J.Brennock,2d...50.55 Clarence C.Burgess 6.25 Herbert Burgess 3.13 William F.or J.Burke ....34.43 William Cogill,Jr 3.13 Frank Collins 1.25 Sanford Damon 1.25 George Damon 3.13 John Davenport .63 Frank DeMello 3.13 Albert DeMello 3.13 Paul V.Donovan 1.89 Noel Edwards .63 Joseph G.Enos .63 Joseph S.Enos 1.88 Ralph Enos 1.25 Patsy Feola 2.50 John J.Ferreiro 1.88 Lawrence Figureido 1.25 Walter Faria 1.25 Edward Fitzpatrick 1.25 Alfred Frates 1.25 George Frates 1.25 Edward B.Gammons 8.77 Fred Gardner 63 Alfred Gonsalves 3.13 Anthony Gonsalves 16.90 Antoine Grassie 2.51 Clarence Grassie 1.88 Edward Grassie .63 Martin Grassie .63 Norman Grassie 36.26 Thomas L.Grassie,truck.1.00 John A.Greenwood 1.25 James L.Happenny 1.25 Charles Henry .63 George Henry 1 .25 Harrison Henry 1 .25 Walter Hernan 63 Ernest Hill,Jr 63 Francis Hill 1.88 James Hiltz 1.88 Nellie Holland 1.25 Charles Hunter 63 Chad wick Huntington .63 Osborne Ingraham 1.25 Rufus James 2.51 Louis James 21.25 George S.Jason 1.25 William Jason $1.25 John Kennedy 39.45 Charles Kennedy 1.25 Jerome Lincoln 1.25 Lawrence Lincoln 63 Elwood Litchfield .63 Earl McArthur 1.26 Walter McGrath 9.16 Robert McKenzie .63 John D.McLellan .63 E.Parker Malley 2.51 Frank Manuello .63 Thomas Manuello .63 Frank F.Martin,Jr 123.17 William Martin 63 William F.Martin 25.63 Joseph Meehan .63 Frank Mercurio .63 Joseph Migliaccio 1 .88 Frank Mitchell 2.50 George G.Monteiro 3.14 Bernard Mulcahy 63 George L.Mulhern 5.00 Edward Mulvey 63 Leo Neagle .63 Joseph L.Oliver 63 John T.Oliver 1.88 Fred Pape 7.50 Harry A.Pattison 6.26 John Pattison 69.41 Alfred Petersen 63 Arne Petersen .63 Charles C.Philbrook, truck and labor 9.88 Charles L.Pierce 1.25 Chester Pierce 1.25 Walter Poland 1.25 Aaron Pratt 63 Charles Pratt 63 Paul W.Pratt 6.88 Roscoe G.Pratt 35.67 John Prendergast .63 Frank Quinn 63 Clarence S.Reddy 10.01 Lyman Richards .63 Stephen Rooney .63 Clarence B.Salvador .63 Bernard J.Salvador 10.03 Louis Salvador 1.25 Chester Sargent 1 .88 Edgar Sargent 8.76 Herbert C.Sargent 7.51 Ellery C.S.Sidney 63 Van Sidney 2.50 Alfred M.Silvia 27.55 Alfred or A.M.Silvia,Jr..15.00 Antoine Silvia 51.26 146 Antoine Silvia,Jr $1.25 John Silvia .63 Joseph Silvia 6.26 Joseph A.Silvia 8.91 Manuel Silvia .63 Manuel Sousa .63 David Souther 12.50 Kenneth Souther 5.00 William Smith .63 Charles Stoddard 8.13 Charles Stoddard,Jr .63 Sheldon Stoddard 5.00 Edward or Edwin Stone,Jr.3.15 Henry H.Stone $16.25 James Stover 1.25 John Sweeney 1.25 Carlos A.or Charles Tanger 5.64 Charles Tanger,Jr .63 Joseph A.Valine 1.89 Everett W.Wheelwright...13.13 George White 1.25 William H.White 1.25 Leonora Whittaker 1.25 Levi L.Worrick 63 Ralph L.Wood 10.00 STRAITS POND AND JAMES BROOK Tony Emanuello or Manu- ello $51.26 C.H.Mapes,automobile and labor 45.63 James Devito 6.25 Walter Bates (James Brook)37.50 J.J.Silvia 116.25 Edward A.Stone,Jr.,auto- mobile and labor $58.50 Charles Stoddard (James Brook)37.50 H.H.Stone,automobile and labor 27.50 C.Wilson 77.50 George Young 148.50 ERADICATION OF MOSQUITOES William Almeida $77.50 Edwin or E.P.Bates 352.52 Walter P.Bates,automo- bile and labor 530.63 Harry Donovan 207.50 Edward L.Higgins $180.00 William Loughman 404.38 M.McAuliffe 38.75 Charles Stoddard 425.95 Irving F.Sylvester 95.00 GENERAL HIGHWAYS A.J.Ainslie $127.50 H.W.Ainslie,truck and labor 1,476.45 Carl Andrews 22.50 Joseph C.Anderson,paint- ing 7.55 F.J.Antoine .101.25 A.J.Arnold,painting 107.50 John T.Barnes 434.00 William T.Barnes,truck and team 685.70 Ellery C.Bates,truck and labor 126.50 E.E.Bates Estate,truck.112.00 E.P.Bates 440.00 Ira Bates 55.00 Lot E.Bates,truck 231.00 W.W.Bates,truck 238.00 W.H.Bates 102.50 J.R.Bean $86.25 Al.A.Beron 93.75 Louis Bottanican 5.00 H.W.Burbank 341.25 C.C.Burgess,work on fence 8.22 M.A.Burke,care lanterns 23.50 M.A.Burke,labor 677.50 George Burke 17.50 William F.Burke 40.00 James Clancy 30.00 J.F.Collins 30.00 F.B.Cook 47.50 George W.Crocker,paint- ing 80.00 George L.Damon 142.50 S.L.Damon,team and labor 45.00 Frank De Mellow 12.50 147 Francis De Mellow $45.00 George E.Denithorne 60.00 James Denithorne 35.00 R.E.Donovan 90.00 E.or D.F.Donovan 177.50 Pat Feola,loam,sods, truck and labor 137.25 A.J.Ferreira 10.00 Joseph Ferreira 10.00 E.S.Figureido 26.88 John Figureido 10.00 A.or Tony Figureido,Jr...88.75 Joseph Figureido 79.38 E.S.Figureido.15.00 Lawrence Figureido 15.00 A.M.Gonsalves 301.00 John A.Gillis 20.00 J.E.Grassie,truck 42.00 M.or Manuel Grassie 28.75 Joseph F.Grassie 31.25 Pat Grassie 17.50 T.L.Grassie 325.50 H.T.Henry 83.75 T.W.Hernan 38.75 Stewart Hiltz 50.00 Alexander Hiltz,truck 49.00 S.H.Hume 30.00 Rufus James,truck 108.50 John F.James,truck 42.00 S.Francis James 32.50 William James 47.50 Edward R.Jason,truck ...581.00 C.R.Jason,truck 765.00 George Jason,truck 459.00 J.M.Jason 22.50 J.L.Jason 15.00 Otis F.Jason 15.00 Paul Jason 5.00 W.H.Jason 610.25 F.B.Jenkins 1,014.50 Mrs.Frank T.Kane,rent of shop 75.00 Burke Kane,care of lan- terns 3.50 John E.Kinsley 27.50 Henry T.Keating 30.00 Samuel Kutzer 4.45 William Loughman 137.50 Wisner Litchfield 30.00 Levi T.Lincoln,dust 225.75 George B.Lovering 371.25 A.L.Litchfield 15.00 William H.McArthur,Jr..218.75 W.F.McAuliffe 5.00 W.F.or J.McAuliffe 60.00 W.E.McGrath 183.75 H.L.McMahon,horses...30.50 E.P.Malley $25.00 W.T.Martin 10.00 M.J.Meehan 2.50 Joe Migliaccio 61 .88 F.Mitchell 10.00 George J.Mulhern 50.00 Herbert Nichols,truck ....112.00 D.F.O'Brien 192.50 William J.O'Hearn 10.00 F.W.Pape,truck 154.00 H.A.Pattison,truck 122.50 John Pattison 15.00 Alfred D.Pease 67.50 Al.J.Petersen 15.00 William Powers 95.00 Patrick Powers 133.75 C.H.Pratt 40.00 R.G.Pratt,truck 175.00 Ira N.Pratt,team and labor 93.00 J.J.Pratt,truck 126.00 W.H.Pratt,truck 136.50 Edward T.Reilly 250.00 J.W.Rooney 45.00 T.Rosano,truck 42.00 George F.Sargent 92.50 V.Sestito,truck and labor 684.00 W.S.Sidney 2.50 Osgood Sidney 35.00 Antoine Silvia,Jr 15.00 Alfred Silvia,Jr.,care of lanterns 3.50 Frank Silvia 2.50 John J.Silvia 15.00 Joseph F.Silvia 183.13 Joseph F.Silvia,Jr 15.00 M.P.Silvia,truck and labor 143.25 W.O.Souther,truck 28.00 David Souther,truck 297.50 C..R.Stoddard 145.00 Ira B.P.Stoughton,truck and labor 44.50 C.A.Tanger 2.50 Harold M.Tower 5.00 John Viscombe 5.00 George R.Wagner,team and labor 239.10 James Watt 15.00 F.W.Wheelwright,truck.122.50 J.W.Whitcomb,team and labor 24.75 A.P.White 74.25 Grover C.White 67.50 George W.White,truck...140.00 H.W.White 10.00 Herbert Williams 196.25 148 TARRING STREETS A.J.Ainslie $10.00 H.W.Ainslie,truck 168.00 Carl Andrews 15.00 F.J.Antoine 105.00 J.T.Barnes,truck 112.00 E.P.Bates 40.00 W.H.Bates 32.50 W.W.Bates,truck 70.00 J.R.Bean 12.50 Louis Bottanican 12.50 H.W.Burbank 50.00 M.A.Burke 36.00 S.L.Damon,horse 12.00 George L.Damon 75.00 Francis De Mellow 10.00 Frank De Mellow,truck...28.00 George E.Denithorne 15.00 D.F.Donovan 65.00 Lawrence Figureido 15.00 Pat Feola 95.00 C.E.Frates,truck 14.00 Tony Ferreira,mason 8.00 A.M.Gonsalves,truck 35.00 T.L.Grassie,truck 14.00 Alexander Hiltz,truck ....7.00 Rufus James,truck 14.00 S.F.James 2.50 Edward R.Jason,truck ...98.00 C.R.Jason,truck 108.00 George Jason,truck 63.00 J.L.Jason 30.00 Burke Kane 17.50 L.T.Lincoln,stone dust ..$22.00 William Loughman 22.50 George B.Lovering 65.00 W.H.McArthur,Jr 30.00 M.F.McAuliffe 15.00 W.E.McGrath 25.00 H.Nichols,truck 42.00 D.F.O'Brien 7.50 Fred Pape,truck 70.00 John Pattison 15.00 Patrick Powers 60.00 William Powers 15.00 Ira N.Pratt,team,sand, labor 51.00 J.J.Pratt,truck 105.00 R.G.Pratt,truck 14.00 Edward T.Reilly 52.50 Tony Rosano,truck 28.00 V.Sestito,truck 42.00 Osgood Sidney 5.00 Joseph or J.F.Silvia 55.00 M.P.Silvia,truck 154.00 Tom vSilvia,Jr 15.00 D.Souther,truck 14.00 George R.Wagner,truck or team 11.20 James Watt 15.00 F.W.Wheelwright,truck.28.00 J.W.Whitcomb,sand, team 46.00 A.P.White,truck,labor..47.00 George W.White,truck .:42.00 LAMBERT'S LANE H.W.Ainslie,truck $14.00 Carl Andrews 5.00 F.J.Antoine 5.00 J.T.Barnes,truck 14.00 W.T.Barnes,truck 63.00 E.P.Bates 5.00 W.H.Bates 45.00 J.R.Bean 5.00 H.W.Burbank 5.00 M.A.Burke 10.00 F.B.Cook 5.00 D.F.Donovan 30.00 Joseph F.Grassie 5.00 T.L.Grassie,truck 14.00 H.T.Henry 5.00 Alexander Hiltz,truck ....35.00 Rufus James,truck 14.00 C.R.Jason,truck 9.00 Edward R.Jason,truck .. George Jason,truck William Loughman George B.Lovering William H.McArthur,Jr. W.E.McGrath D.F.O'Brien Ira N.Pratt Edward T.Reilly T.Rosano,truck Osgood Sidney J.F.Silvia C.R.Stoddard Ira B.Stoughton,truck.. George R.Wagner,team . F.W.Wheelwright,truck A.P.White $42.00 9.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 45.00 5.00 30.00 42.00 10.00 35.00 5.00 70.00 50.40 7.00 15.00 149 SIDEWALK —SOUTH MAIN STREET M.A.Burke,care lanterns,Burke Kane,care lanterns, labor $44.50 labor $8.50 H.W.Burbank 5.00 C.R.Jason,truck 14.00 Edward T.Reilly 35.00 POND STREET A.J.Ainslie $82.50 H.W.Ainslie,truck 399.00 F.J.Antoine 60.00 W.T.Barnes,truck and team 238.00 J.T.Barnes,truck 56.00 Estate E.E.Bates,truck.175.00 E.P.Bates 68.75 Lot E.Bates,truck 77.00 J.R.Bean 20.00 Henry A.Brassill 30.00 W.J.Brennock,washing hose 5.00 H.W.Burbank 92.50 M.A.Burke,care lanterns, labor 209.50 George L.Damon 70.00 D.F.Donovan 35.00 Pat Feola,truck,labor....185.25 Tony Ferreira,mason 4.00 A.M.Gonsalves,truck....63.00 Ambrose Greenwood 82.50 C.R.Jason,truck 219.75 Edward R.Jason,truck ...203.00 George Jason,truck 357.75 J.L.Jason 70.00 J.M.Jason 162.50 William H.Jason 24.00 F.B.Jenkins W.W.Jones H.F.Keating Burke Kane William Loughman George B.Lovering M.J.or F.McAuliffe W.E.McGrath Frank Mitchell,mason .... D.F.O'Brien H.Nichols,truck C.C.Philbrook,helper mason Patrick Powers William Powers Edward T.Reilly Tony Rosano,truck George F.Sargent V.Sestito J.F.Silvia M.P.Silvia,truck,labor. Tony Silvia,Jr C.R.Stoddard James Watt H.W.White A.P.White F.W.Wheelwright,truck. $164.00 30.00 67.50 7.50 80.00 146.25 151.25 20.00 162.00 120.00 42.00 72.00 193.75 70.00 72.50 70.00 10.00 161.00 182.50 100.25 90.00 132.50 12.50 40.00 60.00 70.00 REMOVING SNOW AND SANDING STREETS Austin L.Ahearn $5.00 Edwin S.Ahearn 2.50 Henry Ahearn 2.50 Henry Ahearn,Jr 5.00 A.J.Ainslie 58.76 H.W.Ainslie,truck,labor.230.63 W.J.Almeida 5.00 F.J.Antoine 22.50 T.P.Antoine,truck 7.00 J.C.Anderson 10.01 J.T.Barnes,truck and plowing 161.75 W.T.Barnes,truck and plowing 236.00 llery C.Bates 20.63 Est.or E.E.Bates,sand, truck $59.00 E.P.Bates 155.63 Ira Bates 10.00 Lot E.Bates,truck,plow- ing,labor,etc 234.25 W.P.Bates 44.45 W.W.Bates,truck,labor..165.00 I.R.Bean 15.00 Al.A.Beron 60.01 W.J.Brennock 7.50 Harlan P.Briggs 2.50 C.C.Burgess 6.25 A.C.Burgess 11.25 M.A.Burke 162.50 150 George Burke $2.50 Thomas Burke 12.50 W.F.Burke 30.00 William F.Burke 27.50 Foster Cadose 25.00 J.J.or James Clancy 50.00 Edward C.Clark 38.75 Patrick Coakley 3.13 J.Cogill (boy)2.00 William Cogill 2.50 William W.Cogill,Jr 3.75 F.B.Cook 35.00 F.J.Collins 10.00 Edward M.Cronican 7.50 Joseph Daley 5.00 G.L.Damon 56.25 S.L.Damon 5.00 J.Davis 2.50 Francis De Mellow 20.00 Frank De Mellow 12.50 Albert De Mellow 7.50 Alfred De Mellow 7.50 George E.Denithorne 31.88 James Denithorne 65.00 Dennis J.Desmond 5.00 Patsy Devito 7.50 Ralph Devito 2.50 Clifford K.Dickson 17.50 Robert B.Donovan 26.25 H.M.or M.H.Donovan. . 12.50 Charles Eastman 7.50 H.Eastman (boy)2.00 Joseph vS.Enos 10.00 Thomas Emanuello 2.50 A.J.Ferreira 7.50 A.Ferreira (boy)2.00 P.Feola 5.00 R.Feola (boy)2.00 Joe Figureido 27.51 Joe Figureido,Jr 7.50 John Figureido 15.00 M.S.Figureido 7.50 Manuel Figureido 5.00 Tony Figureido,Jr 10.00 E.J.Fitzpatrick 3.13 Edward M.Fleming 5.00 Charles E.Frates,truck...21.00 Charles Frates,Jr 5.00 John A.Gillis 5.00 A.F.Gonsalves 10.00 A.M.Gonsalves,truck 77.00 Clarence Grassie 9.38 A.E.Grassie,Jr 2.50 Edward T.Grassie 2.50 J.E.Grassie,truck 77.00 Joseph Grassie 2.50 Manuel Grassie 1 5.00 M.G.Grassie $12.50 Pat Grassie 13.75 Thomas L.Grassie,truck..84.00 Ambrose Greenwood 15.00 George Groat,Jr.,car- penter 10.00 James L.Happenny,truck, plowing 51 .50 C.E.Henry 35.00 George A.Henry,Jr 5.00 H.T.Henry 45.00 F.Hill (boy)2.00 Joseph Hurley 2.50 S.H.Hume 17.50 Louis James 5.00 John F.James,truck 91.00 Rufus James,truck,labor..159.00 William James 56.25 Charles L.Jason 7.50 C.E.Jason 17.50 C.R.Jason,truck 283.50 Edward R.Jason 147.00 F.E.Jason 12.50 George Jason,cash for trac- tor numbers and freight on snow fence 9.65 J.M.Jason 36.88 Paul Jason 23.75 Ralph Jason 7.50 W.H.Jason 142.50 F.B.Jenkins 157.50 H.F.or H.T.Keating....71.25 Burke Kane 7.50 Chauncey Kilburn 7.50 J.E.Kinsley 20.00 Charles Kennedy 7.50 Samuel Kutzer,for lunches.5.85 Leonard Lawrence 18.75 Jerome Lincoln 8.13 E.F.Lincoln,truck 42.00 H.W.Lincoln,care catch- basins 5.00 Albert L.Litchfield,car- pentering,labor 13.00 Wisner or W.L.Litchfield 25.00 Litchfield's Express,on snow fence 2.50 Joe Logellie 7.50 Willie Longelle 2.50 James Loughman 2.50 William Loughman 29.38 George B.Lovering 47.51 Earl McArthur 10.00 William or Wm.H.Mc- Arthur,Jr 38.75 William H.McArthur 5.00 W.E.McGrath 68.13 151 H.L.McMahon,horses and men $177.40 D.McSweeney 12.50 Manuel Marks 2.50 Tony Manuello 2.50 W.T.Martin 7.50 William J.Martin 5.00 William F.Martin 2.50 E.B.Matthewson 5.00 Edward J.Mealy 3.13 George W.Mealy,truck...276.00 Joseph Meehan 12.50 W.J.Meehan 7.50 Houi Mecurio 5.00 Tonv Mecurio 2.50 Pat Mecurio 2.50 Joseph Millietch 5.00 Joe Milleacio 2.50 Bernard Mulcahy 5.00 George J.Mulhern 85.00 J.L.Munnies 20.63 Robert Munnies 7.50 William Murphy 12.50 Harold Nason 10.00 Spellman Nason 2.50 Herbert Nichols,truck, horses,plowing,etc 121.01 D.F.O'Brien 60.00 Neil O'Brien 2.50 Henry Ahearn or O'Hearn . 5.00 Hugo Ormo,truck 7.00 F.W.Pape,truck 7.00 John Pattison 20.00 H.A.Pattison,truck 35.00 Alfred D.Pease 5.00 Murray Perry 7.50 Alfred or A.J.Petersen....19.38 Ralph D.Petersen 2.50 William J.or William Powers 91.88 Pat Powers 14.38 C.H.Pratt 7.50 Ira N.Pratt,sand,horses, labor,plowing 163.70 John J.or J.J.Pratt,truck, plowing 179.00 Roscoe G.Pratt 6.25 Warren Pratt 2.50 Edward F.Reilly 64.38 Harrv Reed 5.00 P.E.Rooney 5.00 J.William or J.W.Rooney 15.00 P.J.Rooney 5.00 Peter E.Rooney 5.00 A.Rosano,Jr.,truck,labor $16.50 Tony Rosano 5.00 Joseph Rosano 2.50 Ruiter Motor Sales,Inc., truck 14.00 George F.Sargent 27.50 V.Sestito,truck,labor 232.88 Van or V.R.Sidney 5.00 Osgood Sidney 2.50 Altred Silvia,Jr 5.00 A.L.Silvia 2.50 Frank Silvia 7.50 John Silvia 5.00 John J.Silvia 35.00 Joseph M.Silvia 7.00 Joseph F.Silvia 61.25 Joe Silvia 7.50 M.P.Silvia 40.00 Tonv Silvia 10.00 Tony Silvia,J r 5.00 Walter Silvia 2.50 Louis Simeone 17.50 James A.Simeone 7.50 C.Smith 2.50 George Smith 5.00 John F.Smith 15.00 David Souther,truck 35.00 C.R.Stoddard 81.25 E.Stoddard (boy)4.00 S.Stoddard (boy)2.00 Henrv Stone 7.50 Edward A.Stone,Jr 7.50 Ira B.Stoughton,truck, labor 147.50 S.H.Stoughton,horse,labor 55.00 S.H.Stoughton,cement, plowing 6.38 Charles E.or C.Stover,Jr.33.13 John M.Sweeney 5.00 William T.Tilden,cleaning gutters 2.50 H.M.or Harold M.Tower 54.38 George P.Valine 12.50 J.A.Valine 2.50 F.E.Valine 15.00 Ralph Viola 31.88 F.W.Wheelwright,truck.14.00 J.W.Whitcomb 53.76 A.P.White 5.00 George W.White,truck ...21 .00 H.W.White 22.50 Herbert Williams 43.75 152 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Teachers'Salaries,including Supervisor or Club Director: Doris Anderson SI ,540.00 Marie or Mrs.H.F.Barnes 35.00 Martha P.Bates 1 ,620.00 Minnie E.Bigelow 1,110.00 Florence Bond 10.00 Marion Brown 120.00 Winifred Brooks 1,400.00 Helen L.Brown 1,545.00 Marion Carpenter 377.00 Marion C.Chandler 1,910.00 O.K.Collins 2,024.00 Phyllis H.Collins 30.00 James W.Doyle 3,008.08 Louanna Davies 520.00 Evangeline DeLorme 370.00 Eleanor Duff 50.00 Hazel M.Farrar 1,440.00 Sara E.Fox 1,520.00 Ruth M.Glines 600.00 Grace Jason 1,200.00 Elinor W.Kennedy 620.00 Elizabeth Knowles 1,307.50 Florence Knutson 1,300.00 Florence E.Kraus 1,850.00 Kathleen McMahon 1,520.00 Max H.Meyer 2,600.00 Esther Muirhead 10.00 Thelma Nichols 1,440.00 Hylma Poole 720.00 Frances N.Pratt 1,000.50 William Ripley,Jr 2,150.00 Florence Reed 640.00 Ruperta Skelton 1,157.50 Frederick A.Taylor 1,000.00 Mary Terry 1 ,540.00 Helen C.Welch 1,650.00 Elinor I.Whitney 900.00 Elaine G.Wing 1,520.00 Dr.Anna C.Wellington ..25.00 Health (schools): Dr.O.H.Howe $457.59 Dr.Frederick Hinchliffe ..30.00 Ruth M.Hynes,nurse (transferred to District Nurse,Board of Health 225.00 Mrs.Helen E.Scripture, (transferred to District Nurse,Board of Health 25.00 Janitors'salaries (schools): Louis Mulvey $1,819.00 Thomas A.Stevens 1,760.00 Alice Fuller 15.00 Fred Fuller 335.00 Special janitors: Manuel S.Leonard (sick- ness of L.Mulvey,etc.)$190.50 George Mulhern (sickness of L.Mulvey,etc.)55.00 David O.Collins 4.20 Burditt W.Collins 4.20 Clerical services (schools): Phyllis H.Collins $22.00 Burditt W.Collins 30.00 James W.Doyle 16.00 Transportation (schools): Frank W.Wheelwright...$4,393.00 Mrs.Elmer Bates 1,548.60 Mrs.Myra Bates 61.83 William P.Malley 7.35 Cohasset Hardware Co....2.00 Edward R.Jason 1.35 Cohasset Quality Shop ...147.50 Tower &Co.,Inc 22.00 Fuel (schools): Lincoln Bros.Coal Co. 69,290 lbs $563.52 City Fuel Co. 320,270 lbs 1,017.94 Lot E.Bates,carting 45.50 Estate Elmer E.Bates, wood,5 ft 11.00 Schools,Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds: Atlantic &Pacific Tea Co.$3.21 Andrews Paper Co 30.00 Antoine's Express .40 E.E.Babb &Co 32.95 Edwin D.Bates 3.00 Bosworth &Beal 54.34 E.H.Brown 2.55 Lot E.Bates 24.00 Charles H.Barse 26.50 Cohasset Hardware Co....182.89 John Cottle 11.35 153 David O.Collins $2.50 C.W.Carlander 16.00 D.S.Campbell 35.00 H.I.Dallman Co 8.03 Electric Light &Power Co., supplies 16.80 Osgood School,lighting.554.20 Osgood School Annex, lighting 29.65 Osgood School,power ..174.40 Osgood School,power additional 11.35 Ripley Road School, lighting 207.45 Beechwood School,light- ing 12.95 Osgood School,heating.213.04 Ripley Road School, heating 204.52 Electrolux,Inc 87.40 Electric Time Co 198.00 H.H.Ellsworth (1926).. . 6.38 Charles E.Frates (chim- ney)660.88 Fort Hill Paper Co 56.25 George W.Flint 308.99 Charles T.Fish 17.50 Wilbur D.Gilpatric 32.47 Elias Howe Co 3.22 Hart &Hutchinson Co....1 .78 Alexander S.Hiltz 3.00 Heywood-Wakefield Co...168.35 J.B.Hunter Co 85.95 George W.Kimball &Son 14.60 Levi T.Lincoln 167.38 Manuel S.Leonard 775.55 W.P.Malley 21.00 George T.McLauthlin Co.1.24 John N.MacNeill 13.27 D.F.Monroe Co 3.00 Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts,Department of Public Safety 20.00 Merrill's Auto Express.....90 Massachusetts Reforma- tory 64.00 Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts 11.71 Norfolk Motor Co.,Inc...43.10 Herbert Nichols,care of lawn 50.00 Norman W.Pemberton.. . 218.30 Reddy's Battery Shop....12.18 Ruiter Motor Sales,Inc.. . 3.38 Rich's South Shore Express 1 .20 Reformatory for Women. . 14.90 Roche &Gonsalves 572.50 Royal Typewriter Co S3.10 Ernest H.Sparrell 406.20 Smith &Corona Type- writer Co 50.00 A.R.Sherman 19.00 State Chemical Co 118.50 Sentry Sales Co 10.00 Edgar Sargent 3.00 Alfred Silvia 1.00 State Prison 16.92 Frank Sargent 88.90 S.H.Stoughton 202.25 M.J.Sullivan 11.60 C.H.Trott Co 35.35 Philip L.Towle 242.32 H.G.Vogel Co 42.20 C.M.Warner 23.50 George F.Welch Co 65.02 George Young 5.20 Schools,Textbooks and Supplies: American Book Co $146.33 American Railway Express Co 6.19 American Type Founders Co 29.30 American Clock Co 84.93 Athletic Trainers'Supply Co 3.12 Antoine's Express .75 Areo Publishing Co 9.97 Allyn &Bacon 8.61 Boston Music Co 177.60 James W.Brine Co 132.41 Boston Cash Market 1.00 Bruce Publishing Co 27.51 F.W.Browne,Pharmacist 27.95 E.E.Babb &Co 454.79 F.J.Barnard &Co .148.68 Beale's Cohasset &Scit- uate Express 1.85 Carter,Rice &Co 25.27 College Entrance Book Co.5.39 Cambridge Botanical Sup- ply Co 124.61 Daniel A.Campbell 30.44 Cohasset Hardware Co...71.04 Doubleday,Doran &Co. . 18.82 Dowling School Supplies Co 15.33 E.I.duPont de Nemours Co 9.00 Eugene Dietzzen Co 2.93 E.P.Dutton &Co 4.16 Sarah Fox 6.00 154 Ginn &Co $494.36 Wilbur D.Gilpatric 8.27 The Gregg Publishing Co.69.37 J.L.Hammett Co 373.78 J.B.Hunter Co 12.06 W.T.Hight Co 4.35 Houghton-Mifflin Co 48.21 D.C.Heath &Co 58.72 Elias Howe Co 6.87 Harter School Supply Co.5.55 Iroquois Publishing Co....14.59 Grace E.Jason 3.40 Journal Print 33.67 L.E.Knott Apparatus Co.96.63 S.S.Kresge Co 19.00 George E.Kimball &Son 40.30 J.B.Lippincott &Co 9.48 Little,Brown &Co 80.34 Litchfield's Express 16.30 Manuel S.Leonard 453.50 Milton Bradley Co 356.30 John N.MacNeill 91.72 Kathleen McMahon 6.00 M.J.Merriam 34.51 Macmillan Company 89.33 Merrill's Auto Express ....50 Morgan Vise Co 10.00 D.F.Munroe Co 10.00 A.L.Morton .75 Office Appliance Co 5.25 Horace Partridge Co 239.40 Princeton Universal Press.1.75 The Palmer Co 27.40 The Praug Co 6.30 Phillips Ribbon &Carbon Co 7.07 Ruiter Motor Sales,Inc...10.64 Remington-Rand Bus Service 2.50 Ryan &Buker,Inc 8.18 Railway Express Agency..3.99 William Ripley,Jr 15.45 Reddy's Battery Shop....2.25 Scott,Foresman &Co....40.72 A.T.Stearns Lumber Co.405.34 Spaulding-Moss Co 1.05 Benjamin H.Sanborn ....26.08 Nicholas Simeone 2.40 School Board Journal ....14.00 E.E.H.Souther 6.95 Silver-Burdett &Co 24.92 Surgeons &Physicians Sup- ply Co 3.20 Charles Scribner's Sons...11.22 Frederick A.Taylor 4.68 Thurston Manuel Training Supply Co 3.73 John C.Winston Co $32.04 Elinor Whitney 3.00 Ward's 3.61 World Book Co 45.68 Dr.F.Denton White 7.76 George F.Welch Co 13.50 Schools,sundries: Harold F.Barnes,insur- ance $719.02 Employers Liability Insur- ance,W.H.Pratt .....42.03 Boundbrook Press,print- ing 46.00 William P.Malley 2.00 James W.Doyle,gradua- tion 25.00 Lot E.Bates,carting 106.63 A.L.Morton,graduation 11.25 John Daun,flowers 10.00 J.M.Millar 32.50 Schools,Tuition — Vocational Education: Town of Weymouth $655.34 City of Quincy 27.20 City of Boston 87.10 Schools,lunch: P.J.Armes $86.00 Atlantic &Pacific Tea Co.807.17 Berwick Cake Co 110.62 C.F.Hathaway &Sons ..159.97 Hathaway Baking Co 22.06 Loose-Wiles Biscuit Co....289.00 Minot Market 427.77 M.H.Meyer 12.80 National Biscuit Co 285.40 National Stores,Inc 36.16 Plymouth Rock Ice Cream Co 303.20 Nicholas Simeone 573.95 T.A.Stevens 15.00 F.W.Wheelwright 753.75 Lillian Enos,assistant....760.00 Mary Enos,assistant 692.50 Schools,Teachers'Retire- ment Board $1,828.00 Schools,Fire Loss: American Book Co $8.47 Edward E.Babb &Co....34.33 Beale's Cohasset &Scit- uate Express 2.50 155 Lot E.Bates $19.00 F.J.Barnard &Co 104.55 H.F.Barnes,bond 44.40 Cohasset Hardware Co....6.95 Cambridge Botanical Sup- ply Co 54.65 Cohasset Quality Shop ...15.71 Electric Light &Power Co.11 .25 Cohasset Fire Department 2.20 George W.Flint 1,788.38 Charles E.Frates 313.75 Ginn &Co 105.98 J.L.Hammett Co 30.68 Hingham Laundry $12.75 Houghton-Miffln Co 1.88 The Hampden Co 1,348.00 L.E.Knott Apparatus Co.100.50 Levi T.Lincoln 830.11 W.H.McGaw 25.00 •McGraw-Hill Book Co....7.44 Horace Partridge Co 93.50 Norman W.Pemberton...19.60 Peter Rooney 8.00 Reddy's Battery Shop 39.00 ?.L.Towle 2,380.30 H.G.Vogel Co 667.86 WHEELWRIGHT PARK William Barnes,team ....$8.00 George Lovering Lawrence Cook...40.00 Tos^nh Lnp-ella $90.00 7.50 Thomas Emanuello 40.00 Frank Mitchell 37.50 Harrison Henry 72.50 John E.Grassie,auto or truck and labor 69.00 Peter N.D.Petersen Edward T.Reilly Louis Salvador 105.00 90.00 27.50 Stephen J.Grassie 2.50 LABOR ON PA M.A.Burke $5.00 RKING PLACE James Denithorne Edward R.Jason,truck .. Edward T.Reilly $10.00 W.T.Barnes,truck 28.00 George L.Damos 10.00 28.00 5.00 156 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN To the Citizens of Cohasset: Your Board of Selectmen submit the following: Police Chief Pelletier has cooperated in every way with the Select- men in enforcing the traffic laws and all other law enforcements. Reckless driving has practically been stopped,and in order to bring about this result,in several instances,upon the request of the Chief,licenses were revoked by the Registrar of Motor Vehicles.An examination of the report of the Chief of Police, in your Town Report,will show what that department has accomplished.The parking nuisance along Jerusalem Road has been completely eliminated.The "No Parking"signs along the restricted section will be repainted and new signs will be erected where signs were omitted last year. Fire Department The Town voted at the last Annual Town Meeting to abol- ish its Board of Fire Engineers and have the Board of Select- men appoint a Chief of the Fire Department,he to be held responsible for the department.Under this new system the efficiency of the department has been put to a high standard and proper discipline and cooperation has prevailed.Chief Martin has proved himself to be a very efficient chief,and his well-organized department is a great credit to him. Woodside Cemetery Your Selectmen have just completed a survey of all the lots, paths and roadways in the Woodside Cemetery and have a proper plan of all lots,etc.,on file at the Town Hall,with each owner's name marked on the lots.Your Selectmen find that in many cases where lots have been purchased,no deeds have been 157 given.A careful check-up is to be made of all lots and proper deeds furnished.At the last Annual Town Meeting,the Select- men were instructed to construct a stone wall along the street line of the cemetery.Your Selectmen believed that the erection of the wall should not be done until the land was surveyed and further consideration given to the matter.The money to be expended for the wall construction was to be taken from the Cemetery Fund.The work can be done at any time as the money does not revert to the Town treasury.Roads are much needed and your Selectmen recommend that $500,besides the balance now on hand,be used to move hedges and construct roadways.(See article in warrant for Annual Meeting.) Town Hall Acting under a vote of the Town instructing the Selectmen to regulate the rental to be charged for the use of the hall,your Selectmen made a minimum charge of two dollars plus electric current used,to all persons,organizations,etc.,when hall was used for purposes other than profit-taking,where personal gain was involved.Other rental for hall uses is determined accord- ing to purpose.This arrangement apparently has been satis- factory. After careful investigation your Selectmen found that the Town would be liable for any accident occurring in or about the hall at any gathering other than a municipal gathering.Supreme Court decisions have decided on several occasions that towns can be held liable where municipal buildings are used and a fee for admittance is charged.For $100 a year your Selectmen insured the Town against a liability of $100,000.Cohasset was the.first town to discover this liability.The small charge for the use of the hall covers the insurance premium and other costs. Gulf River Dam Citizens of Scituate have notified the Board of Selectmen of Cohasset that they desire the flood gates at Gulf Mill Bridge removed in order to allow the water to flow in and out of the river unobstructed and to allow boats to pass unobstructed. Scituate citizens claim that stagnant water is kept over the 158 marshes of Scituate by these gates,creating mosquito-breeding areas.Your Selectmen believe that the gates are maintained contrary to tidewater regulations and should be removed without delay.To defray the expense of the work an article asking for $500 was put in the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting. Town Dump Considerable discussion has prevailed regarding the creat- ing of a town dump.Last year Board of Health obtained a site on Doane Street in the wooded section of Cohasset,hiring same from the owners,Roscoe and Aaron Pratt,for $100 per year.The Board of Health had inserted an article in the Town Warrant of last March to purchase a small tract of land around the dump for $100.At the Annual Town Meeting this amount was raised to $500,the purchase price to be left to the discre- tion of the Selectmen.Your Selectmen learned that the land in question was offered to the Board of Health previous to Town Meeting for $100.After the $500 had been raised,the land price advanced to $400,the assessed value being about $25 for the land in question.Your Selectmen offered $200.The Chief of the Fire Department asked the Board of Selectmen on many occasions to eliminate this dump as it was a great fire hazard, the Fire Department having been called on more than a dozen occasions to prevent the fire from endangering the surrounding country.Thousands of acres of wooded country adjoin this dump,and should a forest fire start from this dump the Town would be liable for every cord of wood destroyed and every acre burned over. A dump site for inflammable rubbish was located near the river and the Selectmen felt that the Pratt dump could be used for old automobile bodies and non-inflammable materials.Both sites,however,were condemned by the State Conservation Board. Your Selectmen felt that it would be a move in the right direction to begin to grade over the North Main Street gravel pit,much filling being needed.The Board of Health was in- structed to utilize the filling by dumping same in the deep excavations where gravel had been removed,but to keep all 159 filling dumped below grade and well covered.The filling wasted in an ordinary dump and the money used to care for a dump could have been used to great advantage in healing over the ugly excavation in the gravel pit lot. Objection was made and imaginary evils from dumping were talked,and your Selectmen,rather than have any discussion regarding the matter,abandoned the idea of ultilizing the filling and the grading of the gravel pit. Some citizens think that the Pratt dump on Doane Street should be purchased,therefore your Selectmen have taken a signed option and have inserted an article in the warrant asking for $350 for the purchase of same.We are now being offered much more land than was previously considered for $400. If loss by fire comes from this dump,an excessive cost for fire prevention is forced upon you.Your Board of Selectmen feel that you have had the situation thoroughly explained and are personally responsible for expenditures of money or loss by fire. Drainage on South Main Street At the Special Town Meeting the Town voted to purchase or take by eminent domain,an easement across the land of Mr.Eustis.Mr.Eustis refusing to allow the Town to create the drain,the Selectmen were obliged to take the easement by eminent domain.The taking has been made and drain laid and the street properly drained. New Entrance to Cohasset and State Road Your Selectmen have for the past year been working to bring about a new and beautiful entrance to Cohasset to eliminate the old winding route from Old Colony Hill to the golf links. The Selectmen's proposed route would eliminate the grade crossings at Nantasket Junction and Whitney's Crossing.This proposed new route would leave Rockland Street just east of the Weir River Bridge on Rockland Street near the railroad bridge,crossing land of Mr.Patterson,thence across Hull Street between houses of Mr.Fisher and Mr.Hunter along golf 160 course parallel with the railroad,meeting present State Road at Whitney's Crossing. A new State Road should be constructed,leaving North Main Street between Black Rock railroad station and John Barnes'homestead,cross track by overhead bridge,cross Sohier Street in vicinity of the Samuel Nichols'property,cross Pleas- ant Street near the Andrew Prouty homestead,cross Pond Street between the Town Farm and the Charles Howe development, crossing Beechwood Street between the Anderson and Gates' houses,and connect with the new Scituate State Road layout just above Mrs.Morris'ice pond on Blossom Street. The Scituate road opens up all the elevated undeveloped land of Scituate to Greenbush.The new proposed Cohasset layout would open all of the territory between Reservoir Hill and the village and eventually make available all land to King Street for house lots. What Cohasset needs to reduce her taxable burden is more taxable property,and a new road as suggested would yield more than a million in valuation in a short period,making employ- ment and a large additional income for our stores which are now struggling for business. Your Selectmen wish to remind you of fast increasing main- tenance appropriations which must be raised by additional tax levies on your property.If your taxable burden is to be lessened, there is but one way to do it and that is by creating more tax- able property.Our waterfront is practically all taken.We must now turn to our beautiful territory west of the railroad track and we ask you to cooperate in every way with your Board of Selectmen in their efforts to accomplish this great work for the development of Cohasset. Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM O.SOUTHER,JR. HERBERT L.BROWN, WILLIAM H.McGAW, Selectmen of Cohasset. 161 REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS The Assessors of the Town of Cohasset hereby submit their report for 1929. Total valuation,1929 $10,565,005.00 Total valuation,1928 10,411,984.00 Increase in valuation 1929 $153,021.00 Town grant,annual Town Meeting $279,889.80 State tax 11,135.00 Highway tax 2,116.36 Auditing 43.46 Metropolitan Park sinking fund 11.33 Interest 56.09 Metropolitan maintenance 219.39 County tax 10,997.89 Overlay current year 4,556.87 $309,026.19 Estimated receipts,including $12,- 000 motor excise tax $57,700.00 Net amount raised by taxation on polls and property 251,326.19 $309,026.19 Number of polls,996 at $2 1,992.00 Total valuation $10,565,005 at $23.60 249,334.11 Fractions making tax .08 Total amount of taxes listed in the Collector's commitment list on real,personal and polls .$251,326.19 December assessment 318.60 Number of persons,partnerships and corpora- tions assessed on property 1,177 Number of horses assessed 97 162 Number of cows assessed 250 Number of neat cattle assessed 64 Number of swine assessed 10 Number of dwellings assessed 958 Number of acres of land assessed 5,113 +acres Number of fowl assessed 1,285 Respectfully submitted, HERBERT L.BROWN, WILLIAM H.McGAW, WILLIAM O.SOUTHER,JR. Assessors. 163 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE The report of this Board stands about the same as in years past.Mr.and Mrs.E.J.Louie are still in charge at the Cohasset Home and have discharged their duties in the usual most satis- factory manner.A new heater has been installed this year.The calls for help outside the Cohasset Home have been investigated and the necessary assistance given. Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM H.McGAW, Chairman. 164 TREASURER'S REPORT Receipts Balance,January 1,1929 $36,377.43 From Tax Collector 266,022.60 Revenue Loans 115,000.00 Commonwealth of Massachusetts 41,029.23 Interest on deposits 769.13 Dividend on Funds: Billings Park 50.00 Town Common 57.50 Wheelwright Park 750.00 Wadleigh Park 250.00 Beechwood Cemetery Trust Fund 3.78 Legacy from Edith M.Bates 1,500.00 Department of Public Works 314.00 Norfolk County dog licenses 577.29 Eradication of mosquitoes 2,500.00 Court fines 334.20 Licenses and permits 206.00 Town Hall 780.23 Fire Department 10.65 Wire Inspector 97.50 Sealer of Weights and Measures 55.48 Forest fires 5.04 Highways 180.00 Town Infirmary 1,023.00 Tax title redemptions 270.15 Public Welfare 1,215.85 School lunch 4,735.82 Health reimbursement 129.20 Schools,miscellaneous 283.66 Schools,rent of hall 127.00 Parks 3.00 Woodside Cemetery 803.60 165 Miscellaneous $1.35 Refunds 221.30 Histories and maps 19.75 Rent of buildings 479.00 Rent of gravel pit lot 80.00 Money on body of John W.Fanning 3.86 Advertising costs 37.00 Fire loss,insurance,school 11,337.50 Fire loss,insurance,blacksmith shop 50.00 Total $487,691.10 Payments Paid Selectmen's warrants,Nos.1 to 73,inclusive.442,072.59 Balance,December 31,1929 $45,618.51 HARRY F.TILDEN, Town Treasurer. 166 TAX COLLECTORS REPORT Taxes collected on: 1925 taxes $36.74 1927 taxes 8,948.84 1928 taxes 45,327.60 1929 taxes 209,556.96——$263,870.14 Interest collected on: 1927 taxes $909.91 1928 taxes 1,176.18 1929 taxes 66.37 2,152.46 Amount paid Treasurer $266,022.60 Abatements : 1927 taxes $525.07 1928 taxes 360.30 1929 taxes ' 1,484.69 Total $2,370.06 Uncollected taxes December 31,1929: 1928 taxes $12,370.49 1929 taxes 54,725.62 HARRY F.TILDEN, Tax Collector. 167 REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES To the Board of Selectmen. Gentlemen:Your Sealer,in submitting his annual report, would respectfully state that the various weighing and measur- ing devices have been tested and sealed as required under exist- ing statutes,and such as have proved incorrect have been condemned. The standard of all these various appliances is raised each year,both as regards accuracy and convenience and we are glad to report that our local merchants take pride in keeping fully abreast of the times. Respectfully, CALEB NICHOLS, Sealer. 168 REPORT OF THE TREE WARDEN To the Citizens of Cokasset: The usual care has been given the shade trees throughout the Town,along with any new suggestions received from the State Forestry Department;care of the old trees as well as planting and care of the young trees were given special attention. During the past winter the trees on Beechwood Street to King Street were pruned as well as Hull Street and Jerusalem Road to Atlantic Avenue,also several street corners were relieved by cutting brush to permit a better view in order that accidents might be avoided. The matter of fertilizing old trees has been taken up with the State Forestry Association and they recommend the same. I also think it would be a great benefit to them,as I don't know when they were fertilized last,if ever.Following is a list of shade trees which are either on the roadsides or are just inside overhanging the roads.This does not include such streets as Cedar Street,Forest Avenue,Nichols Avenue,King Street, Bow Street,Atlantic Avenue and sections of some of the streets which follow,that are well shaded with trees provided by nature, which add greatly to the beauty of our Town.Some trees have been planted on some of the streets named above. South Main Street 349 North Main Street to Forest Avenue 276 Elm Street 84 Summer Street 84 Ripley Road 124 Sohier Street 278 Common,in and around 72 Highland Avenue 25 Beach Street 136 Margin Street 56 Joy Place 29 169 Jerusalem Road 460 Hull Street 57 Border Street 106 Parker Avenue 41 Black Horse Lane 66 Spring Street 43 Cushing Road 70 Oak Street 48 Ash Street 44 Short Street 25 Pleasant Street 66 Norfolk Road 68 Beechwood Street 284 Church Street 82 Doane Street to River 67 Pond Street 167 3,207 There are a few short streets not included in the above list; however,all trees on streets and avenues are treated alike by spraying and pruning,that they may maintain their beauty.As the past season was a very dry one it caused the foliage to drop from the trees sooner than it did in previous seasons. Therefore I recommend the sum of $2,500 be raised and appropriated at our Annual Meeting March next for the Tree Warden Department.I thereby heartily thank the citizens for their support and cooperation during the past year. Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH E.GRASSIE, Tree Warden. 170 REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Having been appointed Superintendent of Parks by your board for the past year I herewith submit the following report on Wheelwright Park. On the North Main Street end of the park there has been several acres parked out and mowed over,and the brush has been burned,affording the trees that have been left a good opportunity to grow and shape out as they should.We are con- tinuing with this work at the present time.We also have pruned more of the trees that overhang the roadways through- out the park. The young white pines that are in the park are infested to some extent with the white pine weevil.I have taken the matter up with the State Department and they seem to think it will pass over in a short time;however,they do not recom- mend planting white pine at the present time,but instead they recommend planting red pine,as it is not subject to the weevil, and I recommend that at least one thousand red pine be planted this coming spring. From the number of telephone calls I have received regarding the park I am very much pleased to know that there are so many people interested in the work that is being carried on,and I trust this interest will continue. In conclusion I want to thank the citizens for the helpful suggestions which were offered during the past season. Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH E.GRASSIE, Superintendent of Parks. 171 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH The following cases of infectious and contagious diseases were reported to this board during the past year :scarlet fever, 10;influenza,17;chicken pox,4;dog bite,2;German measles,1 ; tuberculosis (pulmonary),3;whooping cough,3;lobar pneu- monia,4;septic sore throat,1. All persons with a contagious disease and the contacts,were followed up closely by the district nurse and the school phy- sician.We feel that a good share of credit can be given to these examinations and follow-up methods,for keeping the num- ber of contagious cases from being more numerous. During the past year good progress was made at the dental clinic in caring for the dental needs of the children in the Ripley Road School. In the Osgood School emergency dental cases were taken care of by the clinic,and other children wishing dental treat- ment can obtain same by visiting the clinic at the Ripley Road School. The following is a report on the mosquito control work car- ried on under the direction of this board during the past year: Mosquito Control Work An important start was made in 1929 on a campaign for eradication of mosquitoes in Cohasset.The Town raised and appropriated $2,500 for this purpose,and an equal amount was raised by private subscription and paid into the town treasury. The physical work,which began early in August,was carried out under direction of the local Board of Health,with welcome assistance from representatives of the State Reclamation Board, and the cooperation of a committee consisting of Charles W. Gammons,Hollis T.Gleason and Joseph F.Kendall. As mosquitoes breed only in stagnant water,whether fresh or salt,and as the salt marsh mosquito through its habit of fly- ing many miles is a far greater pest than the fresh water variety 172 which can be expected to remain in the general locality where it hatches,our major efforts during the past summer and fall were applied to ditching and draining our salt marshes in order to eliminate the stagnant pools.It is expected that all permanent salt marsh ditching in Cohasset can be completed early in the spring of 1930.This salt marsh drainage is of a lasting nature and after the ditches are once opened they can be kept in excel- lent condition at small annual expense. In the fresh water breeding places most of the work done in 1929 was only temporary.We feel,therefore,that the major control work in 1930 should be devoted to these localities,and that a sum equal to last year's appropriation of $2,500 should be raised and appropriated for this purpose at the annual Town Meeting. The stagnant areas of fresh water present a somewhat differ- ent and possibly more complicated problem than the salt marsh sections.Where drainage or fill is impractical,oiling must be done during the summer months,which is likely to mean a somewhat higher annual expense than needed for the salt marshes.After the more permanent work has been completed, however,it should be possible to cover the entire Town at a moderate annual expense. Although we hope and expect that the work already done will bring substantial relief,we cannot look for maximum results until all nearby towns undertake similar work and coordinate their activities in a common project under State supervision. The outlook for such coordination is encouraging.Householders can also greatly improve conditions around their dwellings by following the Instruction Card which your Board of Health ex- pects to place in every home before next summer. In the season of 1929,with an expenditure of approximately $2,500,about 30,600 linear feet of old grown-over ditches were opened and about 6,800 feet of new ditches were completed,or a total of more than seven miles of ditches in Cohasset.This work was divided in the following manner : 173 Approximate Linear Feet Old New Locality Ditches Ditches Mohawk Section,Beach Street 1,100 1,400 Yacht Club and White Head •2,474 75 Treat's Pond and vicinity 2,164 436 James Brook (Elm Street side back of library)2,192 524 James Brook (South Main Street side from back of library to railroad track)4,870 2,158 James Brook (Smith Street to Sohier Street)3,184 Summer Street to Tree Top Road 2,496 246 Brook from Border Street to Bailey's Creek.808 Tree Top Road to Gulf River 1,237 Black Horse Lane toward South Main Street 2,954 240 Tree Top Road to property of H.K.Bartow..1,043 259 Along Gulf River from property of H.K. Bartow to property of Mrs.Plant 4,132 867 Along Gulf River from property of Mrs. Plant to property of Mr.Pegram 1,940 610 Total linear feet 30,594 6,815 IRVING F.SYLVESTER,Chairman, EDWARD L.HIGGINS,Secretary, ABRAHAM S.ENOS, Board of Health. 174 REPORT OF THE HARBOR MASTERS To the Honorable Board of Selectmen. Gentlemen:Your Harbor Masters submit the following report : In our reports for the past few years we have mentioned the necessity of extensive repairs to the runways and floats at the various town landings.Although this is still a serious problem, we feel that we can still repair them economically by the use of watertight barrels,and the renewal of the main timbers.We are hesitant of asking the Town to spend the amount necessary to replace these runways and floats this year in view of the other very necessary improvements to our harbor in order that we may properly provide for the mooring and harboring of the very large number of Cohasset-owned boats and visitors that are using our harbor. It will be necessary to remove several large boulders at the entrance of the yacht-basin and northerly side of the channel this year.These boulders are serious menace to navigation. This condition is due to the dredging recently done. Another serious condition that must be remedied at once is that the main part of the harbor has not been dredged for nearly twenty years with the result that it is not possible to furnish proper anchorage for boats drawing over four feet of water.As we have several boats owned in Cohasset drawing over four feet it is only proper that we provide for them.Therefore we recom- mend that the main part of the harbor be properly dredged this year,and that the Town raise a sufficient amount of money to do this work.In fact it was necessary to use a private wharf to moor a large visiting boat last season. As our harbor is one that is being used more and more by visitors and boats seeking a place of shelter,we strongly urge the Town to increase the harbor appropriation this year to properly provide for all conditions,and that all Cohasset-owned boats as well as all visitors be assured of a safe and sure mooring. It is the purpose and intention of your Harbor Masters to 175 carefully care for all boats using our harbor,and to expend the money allotted by the Town for this purpose in the most eco- nomical and practicable manner possible. We wish to take this opportunity to express our thanks to all the yachtsmen and fishermen of Cohasset,and all others with whom we have come in contact for their cooperation and kindness in the past year. Respectfully submitted, JOHN J.GRASSIE,Harbor Master. JOSEPH G.ENOS,Assistant Harbor Master. 176 REPORT OF COHASSET FIRE DEPARTMENT To the Honorable Board of Selectmen. Gentlemen:Under the authority of General Laws,Chapter 48,Sections 42 and 43,I was appointed by you as Chief of the Cohasset Fire Department.After due consideration the following men were appointed as Deputies:Alfred M.Silvia, First Deputy Chief;Clarence S.Reddy,Second Deputy Chief; Roscoe G.Pratt,Third Deputy Chief;Charles W.Hunter, Fourth Deputy Chief. During the past year the department responded to thirty- one alarms.Twenty by box and seven still alarms. House 7 Chimney 2 Automobile 2 False 8 Out of town (Nantasket)1 Hotel 1 Office building -1 Ice house 1 Schoolhouse 1 Blacksmith shop 1 Sawdust pile 1 Automobile truck 1 Woods and leaves 1 Garage 1 Tar wagons 2 31 Number of house fires with damage to building or contents : 1927,10;1928,7;1929,7.The assessed value of property in- volved was $109,400 and the estimated loss was $3,115. 177 Assessed Estimated Value Loss 1927 $223,000.00 $3,325.00 1928 321,050.00 55,750.00 1929 109,400.00 3,115.00 The assessed value is for buildings only and does not include contents that were involved. Engine 1 responded to twenty-seven alarms ;Engine 2 to five alarms;Engine 3,four alarms;Ladder 1 to twenty-five alarms; and the forest truck to eight alarms.This last named truck goes out on every alarm.The department laid 5,250 feet of 23^-inch hose,raised 544 feet of ladders and used 55 gallons of chemicals. Equipment Five hundred feet of 23^-inch hose was purchased to replace some hose that was damaged at fires,and also to keep at a minimum the required number of feet as recommended by the underwriters. Fire Alarm The Fire Alarm is in perfect working condition.Hull Street was wired from West Corner to Cedar Street and a box installed at the corner of Hull and Cedar Streets. Apparatus This past year Engine 1 was painted and is in perfect condi- tion.Engine 2,Engine 3 and Ladder 1 are in first-class working condition.The forest truck,formerly the Ford combination at Beechwood Station,has proven its worth as an auxiliary to the Fire Department,going out on silent and bell alarms.It is the envy of many small towns and is being copied by Hingham, Marshfield and Norwell. Inspection The business section is inspected frequently,also other parts of the Town.Complaints are greatly diminishing,which is a pleasing fact to the department. 178 Many citizens have visited our stations during the past year, but a large majority have not,and it is the earnest wish of this department that they do come and see what we have in equip- ment to protect their property if they should be so unfortunate as to have a fire. We wish to extend our thanks to the Honorable Board of Selectmen for their cooperation and deep interest in the de- partment;to Chief Pelletier and his department for their co- operation and assistance;to all others that have volunteered their services or assisted the department in any way;and also to the officers and members of this department for the efficient and able manner in which they have performed their duty. FRANK F.MARTIN,JR., Chief. 179 REPORT OF FOREST WARDEN To the Honorable Board of Selectmen. Gentlemen:My report as Forest Warden the past year is as follows:The burning along the Town highways is an experi- ment no longer,as it has lessened much of the fire hazard of our Town.The Department of Conservation held a convention of Forest Wardens at Middleboro,January 23,and in Boston, January 27,and it was strongly urged by the commissioner of that department to the wardens of the State,to follow the example of the Town of Cohasset and eliminate fire hazards along the highways of our state. The past year was one of the driest on record and our forest and grass fires were doubled in number over the previous three years.A serious forest fire was set in the woods between Lilley Pond and Doane Street;as fast as it was put under control, other fires were set.It got so serious the State had to be called in with their equipment (without any cost to the Town)and helped put it out.This fire covered a period of nearly four weeks and the residents of Beechwood and King Streets were great sufferers from the smoke entering their houses. I want to thank the citizens for their help and cooperation with this department.Please do not pull a box for a grass or wood fire,but call the Central Fire Station and be sure to give location. Respectfully submitted, FRANK F.MARTIN,JR., Forest Warden. 180 REPORT OF WIRE INSPECTOR AND SUPERINTENDENT OF FIRE ALARM To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and to the Chief of the Fire Department. Gentlemen:I herewith submit my report as Wire Inspector and Superintendent of Fire Alarm of the Town of Cohasset. During the past year there have been no radical changes in electrical wiring.All work under my supervision has been thoroughly inspected.I find that Mr.Kieth,manager of the Electric Light and Power Company,has replaced a lot of new poles in Cohasset this year and is always ready to give me his hearty cooperation in all branches of construction. All of the fire-alarm boxes have been grounded this year. We have installed a new fire-alarm box at the corner of Cedar and Hull Streets,and find that our fire-alarm system is in first- class condition.In closing,I wish to express my appreciation to the Board of Selectmen,the Chief of the Fire Department, the Electric Light and Power Company,and all electrical con- tractors for their cooperation. Respectfully submitted, HERBERT WILLIAMS, Wire Inspector and Superintendent of Fire Alarm. 181 REPORT OF THE COHASSET POLICE DEPARTMENT To the Honorable Board of Selectmen. Gentlemen:I herewith submit my report for the Police Department of the Town of Cohasset,for the year ending December 31,1929. ORGANIZATION OF THE FORCE DECEMBER 31,1929 Chief 1 Sergeant 1 Day Officer 1 Night Officers 3 Relief Officer 1 Special Officers 10 Official Roster of the Department Chief of Police,Hector J.Pelletier Sergeant,Frank Jason Patrolmen John Fleming James J.Sullivan *Edward L.Maguire Benjamin F.Curley John J.Rooney Special Officers John T.Keating Spencer H.Stoughton Henry B.Kennedy John J.Oliver Frederick W.Sullivan Ralph S.Enos Royal Bates John J.Ferreira Edward B.Mathewson Frank E.Jason *Deceased December 21,1929. 182 Arrest Report Male Female Total Allowing motor vehicle to stand unattended. . 1 1 Assault and battery 3 3 Attaching number plates illegally 1 1 Attempted larceny 3 3 Breaking and entering in the daytime 4 4 Breaking and entering in the nighttime 3 3 Carrying a revolver without a permit 1 1 Default 4 4 Delinquent child 4 4 Disturbing the peace 3 3 Drunk 33 1 34 Failing to stop upon signal of traffic light ....2 2 Failing to stop after causing injury to person . 2 2 Illegal transportation of liquor 1 1 Insane 2 2 Keeping and exposing liquor for sale 1 1 Larceny 7 7 Malicious injury to property 1 1 Manslaughter 1 1 No registration in possession 1 1 Operating motor vehicle after revocation of license 1 1 Operating a motor vehicle after right to oper- ate had been suspended 1 1 Operating a motor vehicle at an unreasonable rate of speed 27 27 Operating a motor vehicle in a negligent man- ner so that the lives and safety of the public might be endangered 1 1 Operating uninsured motor vehicle 2 2 Operating unregistered motor vehicle 2 2 Operating a motor vehicle without a license ..2 2 4 Operating a motor vehicle without proper brakes 1 1 Operating a motor vehicle while under the in- fluence of intoxicating liquor 14 14 S 183 Arrest Report (Continued) Male Female Total Short lobsters in possession 2 2 Suspicious persons .10 10 Violation of probation 3 3 Violation of motor vehicle law,passing view obstructed 5 5 Total 148 4 152 Accidents investigated,67. Buildings found open and locked by police or owner,29. Cars stopped and checked for licenses and registrations,973. Cars stopped for automobile violations and warned,197. Complaints investigated,1,607. Cruelty to animals cases investigated,3. Dogs killed,4. Fatal accidents,1. Fire alarms answered,28. Gas leaks reported,3. Insane and sick persons taken to hospital,14. Inquest,1. Licenses suspended,28. Mileage of motorcycle,9,027. Mileage of police car,17,668. Motorists assisted,96. Restitution made,$9. Special attention requested by owners of unoccupied houses,5. Stolen automobiles recovered,2. Stolen property recovered by department valued at SI,505. Street lights reported out,68. Summer homes inspected weekly,135 (winter months). Summonses served for other police departments,62. Total fines,$2,729. Crime Traffic through the Town has markedly increased in the last year.Violation of the law has substantially increased in the last 184 year due to the increased traffic and the efficiency of our present system of night patrol.During the last year ten persons were arrested on Jerusalem Road and Forest Avenue,between the hours of 1 and 5 a.m.,as suspicious persons.After an investiga- tion these ten persons were either released or arraigned in court. I believe that the arrest of these ten persons by our night patrol prevented many breaks being made in this district.The epi- demic of larceny of automobile accessories was prevented during this past year by the apprehension of the parties responsible for this violation of the law.These parties had been under surveil- lance by this department for some time and were finally appre- hended and convicted. Equipment The new motorcycle and side car have proven of great value in patrolling the Town.By the use of this motorcycle the police car is always available at the station house for any emergency that may arise before 1 a.m.when the night patrol use the police car.This police car has proven itself of great value as a patrol car between the hours of 1 a.m.and 5 a.m. Traffic The traffic light at the corner of South Main and Summer Streets has been ordered removed by the State Department of Public Works on the theory that it is an obstruction in the road. This traffic signal has proven a valuable preventative for acci- dents.Fewer accidents have occurred in the Town during the past year due largely to the hearty cooperation of the motorists and citizens,and the hearty cooperation of the school teachers of the Town,who have instructed the children in safety. Recommendation I recommend the four-far-corner type of traffic light for the corner of South Main and Summer Streets as recommended by the State Department of Public Works. I also recommend that ten more "No Parking"signs be purchased for Jerusalem Road as an added protection for tourists traveling along this highway. 185 I further recommend that South Main Street and North Main Street from the Scituate line to the Hingham line be made a through-way street which would require all motorists to stop before entering this through-way street.This would materially reduce the dangers of accidents. The police car is used as an ambulance,patrol wagon and to patrol the Town at night.The car is now four years old and has been driven approximately ninety thousand miles and it is now beginning to get expensive to operate this car.I recommend that a later model than this car be purchased. I also recommend that six signs warning motorists that they are approaching schools be purchased for the three schools. In Memoriam On December 21,1929,Edward L.Maguire,one of the police officers,died.He had been an earnest and faithful police officer in our department for more than five years.His loss is a serious loss to the police department and to the entire Town of Cohasset.He was very faithful to his duties and many times responded to the call of his office when other men of less courage and faith would have,on account of their physical condition, failed to respond to their duties as police officers. Conclusion I want to extend my thanks to the members of the Board of Selectmen,the Town Accountant,the Chief of the Fire Depart- ment and all of the people of the Town of Cohasset for their hearty cooperation in endeavoring to render to the Town of Cohasset the best police protection that can be given to it,with the number of officers and equipment that is available. Respectfully submitted, HECTOR J.PELLETIER, Chief of Police. 186 REPORT OF THE MOTH SUPERINTENDENT To the Honorable Board of Selectmen. Having been appointed by your Board as Moth Superintend- ent,I herewith submit the following report: Creosoting of gypsy moth nests was carried on during the past winter;the cutting of browntail moth webs which were not so numerous as in past years were destroyed by burning;also the roadsides on several streets were mowed of underbrush and burned,after which we started spraying.All roadsides were sprayed,as well as wood land where gypsy moths were discov- ered,including residential sections that we were asked to spray. The tent caterpiller appeared last spring earlier than usual, owing to the dry season,and we had to start spraying earlier to meet the situation. The fall web worm appeared in larger numbers than last year and we did all that could be done to exterminate them as far as the appropriation would allow.They nest on practically all kinds of trees,but it is almost sure that wherever there is a wild cherry tree you will find them on it,and I would suggest where it is possible that all such trees be removed.The same suggestion has been offered by the State Department,even though the expense be assumed by the Town,as if all such trees were removed the tent caterpillers and fall web worm would become less numerous. I therefore recommend the sum of $6,000 be raised and appropriated at our Annual Meeting next March for the Moth Department. I want to thank the citizens for their help and cooperation in this department. JOSEPH E.GRASSIE, Moth Superintendent. 187 REPORT OF HIGHWAY SURVEYOR To the Citizens of Cohasset: I herewith submit my report as Highway Surveyor.As soon as the weather permitted the roads were cut back with the road scraper.Nearly all streets given a coating of tarvia and rolled. The further installation of gas in the Town,especially along Jerusalem Road,has necessitated frequent patching.The roads are often ripped up for the repairing and installing of water pipes and electric lights.I know this is absolutely necessary and mention it only that you may know why large holes suddenly appear from time to time in the roads. Brook Street was resurfaced and a part of Elm Street also. These were scarified,five inches of broken stone laid,and 2,300 gallons of hot asphalt used in the penetration system. Pond Street,from the top of the second hill to Spring Street, was drained,ten large catchbasins made with 14-inch,12-inch, 10-inch,8-inch pipe used.The blasting was more expensive than anticipated,for we found a large ledge about thirty feet long,two feet under the street.I would suggest that in the coming year the rebuilding continue to Spring Street. A piece of Lambert's Lane was thoroughly drained,four inches of broken stone laid,and 1,150 gallons of hot asphalt used. The sidewalks were covered with stone dust and rolled. Cement curbing was laid from the corner of Beech wood Street to the engine house on Doane Street.The cement sidewalk on South Main Street,as drawn out by the civil engineer,was con- tinued from the garage to Mrs.Landry's property. My attention was called to the cutting away by the automo- biles of the sidewalk in front of Mr.Edwin L.Furber's estate. After obtaining permission from the State Highway Commission 305 feet of stone curbing was placed and the sidewalk built up. Much snow fell during January and February,but this was taken care of by the tractors. Atlantic Avenue 800 $152.00 Jerusalem Road 850 161.50 Nichols Road 100 19.00 Beach Street 1 12 20.28 Beechwood Street 870 165.30 King Street 130 24.70 Forest Avenue 120 22.80 Norfolk Avenue 80 15.20 Ash Street 70 13.30 Spring Street 80 15.20 Hull Street 90 17.10 Doane Street 830 157.70 Church Street 35 6.65 North Main Street 75 14.25 South Main Street 112 20.28 Summer Street 85 16.15 Border Street 800 152.00 Parker Avenue 65 12.35 Margin Street 105 19.95 Stockbridge Street 40 7.60 Elm Street 13,416 2,951.52 Cushing Road 80 15.20 Oak Street 75 14.25 James Lane 30 5.70 Pleasant Street 82 15.58 Smith Place 30 5.70 Ripley Road and Depot Avenue. . 825 156.75 Sohier Street 125 23.75 Three short streets and Highland Avenue 92 17.48 Joy Place Bow Street Cedar Street Lambert Lane Black Horse Lane Hill Street Pond Street Brook Street 1,000 220.00 21,204 $4,459.24 $1 Cleaning catch basins,gutters,etc. Patching Insurance Wages and car Storage of roller Balance to Treasury 188 Labor,Teams, Supplies, Gallons Costs Trucks Totals $898.00 $1,050.00 1,088.50 1,250.00 481.00 500.00 579.72 600.00 704.70 870.00 625.30 650.00 557.20 580.00 284.80 300.00 186.70 200.00 284.80 300.00 452.90 470.00 1,042.30 1,200.00 93.35 100.00 235.75 250.00 539.72 560.00 363.85 380.00 648.00 800.00 167.65 180.00 480.05 500.00 142.40 150.00 948.48 3,900.00 284.80 300.00 235.75 250.00 104.30 110.00 344.42 360.00 104.30 110.00 833.25 990.00 736.25 760.00 432.52 450.00 175.00 175.00 290.00 290.00 500.00 500.00 400.00 400.00 200.00 200.00 400.00 400.00 600.00 600.00 886.00 1,106.00 ,331.76 $21,791.00 2,640.35 5,392.00 642.07 3,300.00 275.00 35.93 $34,076.35 Specials:Lambert's Lane repairing $1,149.24 Balance to Treasury .76 $1,150.00 189 Special 1 :Pond Street $8,199.57 Balance to Treasury .43 $8,200.00 Removing Snow and Sanding $7,521.86 Insurance,Employers'Liability 239.06 $7,760.92 Amount expended $7,521.86 Over appropriation 239.06 $7,760.92 May I take this opportunity to thank the Town officials and the citizens of Cohasset for the many suggestions and courtesies which the men and I have received the past year. Respectfully submitted, GEORGE JASON, Highway Surveyor. 190 COHASSET FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY In Account with Oliver H.Howe,Treasurer Dr. To Payments in 1929 For Books ,.$339.40 Support of Paul Pratt Memorial Library 470.00 Investment of funds 2,000.00 Commission on Investment 4.00 Deposit,Cohasset Savings Bank 540.00 Treasurer's bond 12.50 Rent of safe deposit box 7.50 Secretary's record book 4.15 Postage and stationery 1.10 Balance on deposit,December 31,1929: New England Trust Co 244.47 $3,623.12 Cr. Balance on deposit January 1,1929 $479.42 Income from investments 1,140.52 Legacy of Edith Mason Bates 2,000.00 Interest,New England Trust Co 3.18 $3,623.12 191 Schedule of Invested Funds Bonds $2,000.00 Union Pacific 1st Mortgage 4s. 1,000.00 Massachusetts Gas Companies 4}^s. 1,000.00 Detroit Edison Co.5s. 2,000.00 Southwestern Bell Telephone 5s. 2,000.00 Indiana Service Corporation 1st 5s. 1,000.00 Minneapolis General Electric Co.5s. 1,000.00 New York Telephone Co.6s. 1,000.00 Mississippi River Power Co.5s. 2,000.00 Butte,Anaconda &Pacific R.R.5s. 2,000.00 United States Rubber Co.5s. 2,000.00 Ellicott Square Co.1st Mortgage 5s. 2,000.00 New England Telephone and Telegraph Co.5s. 1,000.00 Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co.5s. 1,500.00 Western Telephone and Telegraph Co.5s. 1,500.00 New York Central R.R.ref.and imp.5s. 1,000.00 Postal Telephone and Cable 5s. 1,000.00 National Dairy Products 5^s. $25,000.00 OLIVER H.HOWE, Treasurer. Cohasset,January 1,1930. 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 6,1930. 192 REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE PAUL PRATT MEMORIAL LIBRARY The Directors hereby present their report for the year end- ing December 31,1929.The Library under the care of Miss Annie X.Keene,Librarian,and Mrs.Roland D.Earle,Assist- ant,has completed another year of interesting and successful administration. The increase in the Town's appropriation for books has per- mitted the purchase of more and better books in many of the departments. The Directors would call especial attention to the privilege, noted in the Librarian's report,of obtaining through the Librarian,books from the Boston Public Library which are not upon the shelves of this Library.Subjoined are the reports of the Treasurer and Librarian giving details of maintenance and operation. Respectfully submitted, GEORGE W.COLLIER.President, FRED V.STANLEY,Treasurer, EDWARD XICHOLS,Clerk. WILLIAM O.SOUTHER.JR.. HERBERT L.BROWN . FREDERIC J.GAULD, EDWIX T.OTIS, Board of Directors. 193 PAUL PRATT MEMORIAL LIBRARY In account with Fred V.Stanley,Treasurer Dr. To payments for the year 1929 : For books,magazines and binding $1,219.27 For express,trucking and other items 76.75 For electric lights and power 338.65 For printing,postage and stationery 141.69 For insurance 161.10 For repairs and maintenance 340.70 For rent,Beechwood Branch 250.00 For salaries 3,370.57 For supplies 84.26 For telephone 46.54 For wood and oil 566.72 Total expenditures $6,596.25 alance,January 1,1930,on deposit in Bos- ton Safe Deposit and Trust Company..1,359.49 $7,955.74 Cr. By receipts for the year 1929 : Balance,January 1,1929,on deposit in Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company $941.90 Income from investments : Pepperell Manufacturing Company, dividends 288.00 Essex Company,dividends 99.00 Winter Hill Cooperative Bank,dividends 110.00 Cohasset Savings Bank,dividends 72.49 Weymouth Savings Bank,dividends....100.00 Commonwealth Electric Company, coupons 100.00 194 Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Com- pany,interest $15.56 Income from unrestricted funds of Co- hasset Free Public Library 470.00 Fines,etc.,at library 306.07 James T.Phelps &Co.,rebate on insurance 2.22 Standard Oil Company,rebate on oil 50.50 Town of Cohasset,appropriation for Library .5,400.00 Total receipts $7,955.74 SCHEDULE OF INVESTED FUNDS 36 Shares,Pepperell Manufacturing Com- pany $3,600.00 11 Shares,Essex Company 2,200.00 10 Shares,Winter Hill Cooperative Bank 2,000.00 2 Commonwealth Electric Company bonds 2,000.00 Weymouth Savings Bank.2,000.00 Cohasset Savings Bank 1,500.00 Total investments $13,300.00 FRED V.STANLEY, Treasurer. 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 17,1930. 195 REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN OF THE PAUL PRATT MEMORIAL LIBRARY FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31,1929 To the Board of Directors: I herewith submit my report for the year ending December 31,1929.This year the charging system has been made more effective by the introduction of identification cards. The work of remarking books and catalogue cards with the Dewey decimal numbers is progressing;nine hundred three having been completed this year.The Useful Arts and Fine Arts have been finished and we are working now on Literature. Library Book Week was observed with a display of a large number of new books for children.Gifts for children's book- shelves,lists of books recommended for the home library by the American Library Association,were given out to parents and teachers at the Woman's Club and at the Library.During the week a story hour was conducted by Mrs.Roland Earle with fifty-one children present. Christmas stories were told the Saturday before the holiday. Reading lists have been revised and distributed to the schools, from the second grade through the eighth.Lists of new books have been published in the local paper,and bulletins have been printed semi-annually. Books not found in our library have been borrowed from the Boston Public Library.Borrowers are using our library from the neighboring communities of Scituate,Minot,Egypt and Hingham. The sum of five hundred dollars appropriated for books by the Town is greatly appreciated,and will help to supply,not only more books for the main library,but second copies that are much needed at the Beechwood Branch. I have attended the meetings of Children's Librarians at the Boston Public Library and the Massachusetts Library Club meetings in Boston and Lenox. 196 The Library gratefully acknowledges gifts of books from the following persons:Mrs.W.DeFord Bigelow,Miss Dorothy Bolles,Mrs.G.O.Carpenter,Mr.William W.Cook,Mr. Courtenay Crocker,Mrs.J.M.Forbes,Mr.Brooks Frothing- ham,Mrs.0.R.Jackson,Mr.Joseph Lee,Mr.Enos J.Mills, Mrs.Burton Nichols,Miss Martha Prouty,Mrs.John Rich- ardson,Mr.Josiah Wheelwright. The statistics for the year are as follows : Magazines Philosophy and Religion .. Biography Social Science Natural Science Arts Literature Travel History Fiction CLASSIFIED CIRCULATION Main Library Adult Juvenile 1,106 129 Beechwood Branch Adult Juvenile 235 665 164 163 533 571 494 432 11,529 19 115 305 61 185 156 93 122 3,608 182 4 43 9 18 50 41 89 47 1,617 64 36 36 18 17 44 13 40 1,458 Total circulation VOLUMES IN LIBRARY Volumes in Library,December 31,1928 Volumes withdrawn 15,892 4,793 2,100 1,726 24,511 Volumes added in 1929 19,479 163 19,316 710 Volumes in Library December 31,1929 Respectfully submitted, 20,026 ANNIE N.KEENE, Librarian. 197 REVISED JURY LIST July,1929 Name and Occupation Street Ahearn,Austin L.,garage owner South Main Allen,Thomas L.,salesman Atlantic Avenue Antoine,Abraham J.,Jr.,plumber Elm Ayres,Samuel L.,cotton broker Jerusalem Road Bailey,Louis B.C,foreman Sohier Bates,Arthur S.,painter King Bates,Edwin P.,laborer Beechwood Bates,Ellery C,farmer Beechwood Brown,Thomas S.,caretaker Elm Collier,Robert V.,manufacturer South Main Curley,Joseph J.,insurance agent Jerusalem Road Denithorne,James,carpenter South Main Donovan,Joseph H.,gardener South Main Eustis,Edward L.,insurance Jerusalem Road Gammons,Donald T.,clerk Highland Avenue Gleason,Hellis T.,bond salesman Atlantic Avenue Higgins,Arthur O.,retired Margin James,Ezekiel,plumber King James,Frederick G.,foreman King James,Percival N.,farmer Pond Jones,Alfred W.,manager Highland Avenue Loughman,William,carpenter Cushing Road May,William R.,retired Summer Mulhern,Frederick M.,salesman Pleasant Pratt,Roscoe G.,salesman Church Sweeney,Henry E.,insurance Bow Tower,David B.,retired Beach Tower,Russell B.,manager Beach Towle,Odin,salesman Border Willcutt,Joseph N.,contractor and builder Summer ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF THE TOWN OF COHASSET MASSACHUSETTS For the Year Ending December 31,1929 THE BOUNDBROOK PRESS 1930 SCHOOL COMMITTEE Helen A.Scripture Term expires 1930 Manuel A.Grassie Term expires 1930 John Bates Term expires 1931 Sargent Tower Term expires 1931 Barbara W.Churchill Term expires 1932 Malcolm Stevens Term expires 1932 Organization John Bates Chairman of Committee Orvis K.Collins Secretary Helen A.Scripture Treasurer Edward L.Stevens Financial Secretary Committee on Buildings Mr.Grassie,Mr.Bates,Mr.Stevens,Mr.Tower. Committee on Transportation Mr.Grassie. Committee on Fuel Mr.Tower and Mr.Stevens. Committee on Hygiene and School Lunch Mrs.Scripture and Mrs.Churchill. Regular Meetings of Committee First Monday of each month at 7.45 p.m. Superintendent of Schools Orvis K.Collins,Cohasset 0540,0290 and Hingham 0561,1003. School Physician Dr.Oliver H.Howe,Cohasset 0014. School Nurse Ruth M.Ross,Cohasset 0372 and 102-M. Supervisor of Attendance Hector J.Pelletier,Cohasset 0372 and 0060. School Dentist Dr.W.M.Ross,Cohasset 0386-W. Janitor of Osgood School Louis Mulvey,Cohasset 0290 and 0182-R. Janitor of Ripley Road School Thomas A.Stevens,Cohasset 0540 and 0469-W. Janitor of Beechwood School Fred Fuller. School Calendar,1929-1930 Schools Open Wednesday,September 4 Teachers'Convention Friday,October 25 Armistice Day Monday,November 11 Thanksgiving Recess Thursday,November 28 Including Friday,November 29 Christmas Recess Monday,December 23 Including Friday,January 3 Recess Monday,February 24 Including Friday,February 28 Spring Recess Friday,April 18 Including Friday,April 25 Memorial Day Friday,May 30 Schools close Monday,June 23 Graduation Monday,June 23 Schools open Wednesday,September 3 Columbus Day Monday,October 13 Teachers'Convention Friday,October 31 Armistice Day Tuesday,November 11 Thanksgiving Recess Thursday,November 27 Including Friday,November 28 Christmas Recess Wednesday,December 24 Including Friday,January 2 TEACHING STAFF,1929-1930 High School James W.Doyle,Principal,history William Ripley,Jr.,science,mathematics Ruth G.Bruce,commercial Marion C.Chandler,French,mathematics Hazel M.Farrar,English Florence Reed,Latin,civics,commercial geography,business English Boston University Brown University Plymouth Normal Mt.Holyoke College Boston University University of New Hampshire Year Elected 1921 1926 1929 1910 1928 1929 Special Teachers Max H.Meyer,manual training Florence E.Kraus,drawing Helen C.Welch,domestic science Winifred Brooks,physical education Frederick A.Taylor,music *Columbia University 1918 Penn.State Normal 1914 Framingham Normal 1919 Sargent School 1926 Northampton School of Music Pedagogy 1924 Osgood Grades Martha P.Bates,history,geography Eva M.Burbine,English Mary Terry,arithmetic Doris Anderson,grade 5 Thelma Nichols,grade 5 Louanna M.Davies,grade 6 Evangeline DeLorme,special class *Boston University 1880 Truro Normal 1930 Bridgewater Normal 1925 Gorham Normal 1926 Keene Normal 1928 Hyannis Normal 1929 Lowell Normal 1929 Ripley Road Helen L.Brown,grade 4 Elizabeth W.Knowles,grade 4 Elaine G.Wing,grade 3 Grace E.Jason,grades 2-3 Elinor I.Kennedy,grade 2 Florence Knutson,grade 1 Sarah E.Fox,grade 1 Kathleen McMahon,kindergarten School Bridgewater Normal 1921 Bridgewater Normal 1925 Toronto Normal 1916 Hyannis Normal 1928 Wheelock Normal 1924 Wheelock Normal 1927 *Hyannis and Castine Normals 1883 Perry Normal 1915 Beechwood School Ruperta A.Skelton,grades 1-2-3 Westfield Normal 1928 *Not a graduate. REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE The School Committee submits its report for the year 1929. Included with it are the reports of the Superintendent of Schools,Principal of the high school,and the special teachers. Osgood School All exterior trimmings were painted.The roof that was covered with wooden shingles was slated,so that the entire roof is now slated.New valves were installed on all toilets. On account of the fire the entire building was rewired.In doing this we put four lights in each room instead of two,also outlets for electric clocks. Metal ceilings were put up and painted in eleven classrooms, the second floor corridor and stairway.The ceilings and side walls of first floor corridor,all dressing rooms,teachers room, office,and stairways were whitened and painted. Toilets and passageways in basement were painted.Interior window sashes and sills were stained and varnished.New shades were put up at all classroom windows. Beechwood School Roof was shingled with asphalt shingles.New gutters were put on.Cement steps were built for the side entrances.New toilets were installed.The ceiling in the main room was re- placed and side walls painted.Four electric outlets were in- stalled. Ripley Road School Gutters were leaded and small repairs on the roof. Your committee has the greatest confidence^in Mr.Collins* and feels that under his supervision the schools have been brought to a high standard. Recommendation The Osgood School is crowded due to the fact that the fifth and sixth grades occupy four rooms.We believe that the third floor should not be used for classrooms on account of fire and panic hazard. We recommend a six-room addition to the Ripley Road School to take care of the fifth and sixth grades and are placing an article in the Warrant to that effect. Your committee has had plans drawn by Mr.Edward Nichols for a two story addition of six rooms.This plan has three rooms on the same level as the present school,and three rooms below opening onto the playground at the rear.These plans will be at the Ripley Road School where they can be seen at any time. Respectfully submitted, COHASSET SCHOOL COMMITTEE. REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS To the School Committee and Citizens of Cohasset: I herewith submit to you and through you to the citizens of Cohasset the annual report of the Superintendent of Schools. Included are the reports of the special teachers and the Principal of the high school. Resignations and Elections Last spring Miss Carpenter,teacher of English in the seventh and eighth grades was compelled to give up the position because of illness.Mrs.Frances Nash Pratt who so successfully filled the position for several years returned and taught until the Christmas vacation,when the removal of her home to Phila- delphia compelled her also to resign. Miss Poole,who was teaching English and Latin in the high school was elected to a history position in Falmouth and so resigned in June. Miss Bigelow who had the commercial work in the high school found it necessary to give up teaching at the close of the past year.It seems quite fitting at this time to make special mention of one who so efficiently served for so many years. Miss Bigelow came to Cohasset in 1902 and for twenty-seven years gave to the school most loyal service.A woman of strong personality,high ideals,and a firm belief in the importance of good work,she impersonated in her own life those qualities of mind and character she wished to impress upon the pupils in her classes.She studied each pupil and tried to know his individual needs so that she could aid him to attain the goal he had set for himself.If she were exacting in her demands,the pupils knew it was because of her desire to have each make the most of his opportunities.The richest reward that can come to one at the end of a long term of public service is the realization that this service has been appreciated by those served.Pupils,parents, and the public are grateful to Miss Bigelow for these years of unflinching devotion to the ideals of her profession. Mrs.Ruth Glines Bruce,who for three years had been teacher of commercial subjects in the high school of Hinsdale, N.H.,was elected to a position in the school.Mrs.Bruce is a graduate of the commercial courses of Plymouth Normal School and has taken courses in the Harvard School of Education. Miss Florence E.Reed,a graduate of the University of New Hampshire,was elected to the position vacated by Miss Poole. Miss Reed has also taken courses at Boston University and Middlebury College.She taught the past four years in Central Falls,N.Y.,and Stoneham,Mass. Miss Louanna M.Davies,one of our Cohasset girls,was elected to a position in the sixth grade.Miss Davies graduated from Hyannis Normal School in 1926 and taught the past three years in Norton,Mass.,and Norwell,Mass. Miss Evangeline DeLorme was elected in September as a teacher of retarded children.Miss DeLorme is a graduate of the three-year course at Lowell Normal School and had special training in this work. Miss Eva M.Burbine,principal of the Raynham Center Grammar School,was elected to the position vacated by Mrs. Pratt.Miss Burbine is a teacher of several years experience and secured her training at Truro Normal School and Boston University. Room Assignments Two years ago we were able to care for two-thirds of the fifth grade in the Ripley Road School and one-third in the Osgood School;last year we were compelled to have two-thirds of this grade in the Osgood School and one-third in the lower school. This year there were 71 pupils in the fourth grade,thus requiring two rooms,and displacing all the fifth-grade pupils from this school.It made necessary the use of two rooms in the Osgood School for the fifth grade.There are 59 pupils in the sixth grade and 58 in the seventh,enough for two full rooms for each grade, but we were compelled to place these pupils in three rooms in- stead of the four desired.By placing some of the eighth-grade 10 pupils who did not receive promotion in a special division we were able to seat this grade in one room,being the one used the year before by the high school.All the science work is done on the third floor,and several of the high-school classes as well as some of the sixth-grade groups recite there. The building of the Ripley Road School actually gave us the use of only three additional rooms,since the Bates building, two rooms in the annex,and one on the third floor of the Osgood School were discontinued as classrooms. The number of grade pupils is only 64 more than when the new school was planned,but the proper distribution of these pupils actually requires three more rooms.Where three rooms then satisfactorily seated two grades,now with the exception of the second and third grades four are needed.The fourth,fifth, sixth,and seventh grades average 60 pupils,which calls for two teachers to each of these grades,if recitation rooms can be pro- vided.For the first eight grades and the kindergarten seventeen rooms would be used if they were available. When the Ripley Road School was built,it was so designed that it could be easily expanded.It was the plan of the com- mittee that this building should eventually house the six lower grades,leaving only the junior high and senior grades in the Osgood School.Just what the future growth of the school population will be none of us can tell.If we knew that we were to have a certain number of pupils five or ten years hence we could plan to meet the needs of that number at once.This we cannot do.We are very certain from the experience of the towns nearer Boston that there will be a steady,healthy growth. After our experience so long with overcrowded,and poorly lighted and ventilated classrooms we are loath even for a short time to approach that condition. We need three most classrooms next September.We believe that when these are built that we should build at least four and preferably six rooms.The grade at the rear of the Ripley Road School is such as to make it advisable to make a two-story extension rather than a one story,so that either a four-room or a six-room addition is recommended.If the town should decide to build a six-room addition,only the three rooms on the upper 11 floor need to be finished this year and the others as needed. Plans and specifications are being prepared,and cost estimates submitted by reliable builders so that the voters may have very definite figures to aid them in making a decision. Present Estimated September Enrollment September with Needed Room Ripley Road Enrollment Additional Very Number School Ripley Road Rooms Soon 1 58 K 58 K 58 K K 2 28 1 30 1 30 1 I 3 28 1 30 1 30 1 I 4 32 II 35 II 35 II II 5 24 II-III 30 II-III 30 II-III II 6 33 III 35 III 35 III III 7 35 IV 30 IV 30 IV III 8 36 IV 30 IV 30 IV IV 9 32 V IV 10 32 V V 11 30 VI V 12 VI 13 VI 14 Osgood School Osgood School 1 31 V 32 V 30 VI VII 2 31V 32 V 30 VII VII 3 40 VI 40 VI 30 VII VIII 4 38 VI-VII 40 VI-VII 28 VIII VIII 5 39 VI-VII 40 VI-VII 28 VIII Special 6 Drawing 28 VIII Drawing Drawing 7 38 VIII 28 VIII High High 8 High High High High 9 High High High High 10 High High High High 11 High High High High 12 Domestic Domestic Domestic Domestic Science Science Science Science 13 Typewriting Typewriting Typewriting Typewriting Third Floor Third Floor Third Floor Third Floor Science Science Science Science Special Special Special Physical Drawing Physical Physical Education Physical Education Education 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1,545 1,357 13* Pupils enrolled 33,781 38,294 f 13 Expenditure $309,099.98 $514,704.98 67 Public Vacation Schools Cities and towns maintaining ..29 32 10 Teachers 472 1,002 112 Pupils enrolled 12,547 30,788 145 Expenditure $51,075.49 $180,422.07 253 Valuation Valuation for 1918 and 1928..$4,738,976,589 $7,171,159,841 51 Valuation per pupil in the aver- age membership 8,650 10,258 19 Itemized Expenditure General control,including sal- aries and expenses of school committees and superin- tendents $1,215,579.99 $2,589,074.59 113 17 Per Cent 1918-19 1928-29 Increase Cost per pupil in average membership $2.22 $3.71 67 Salaries of supervisors,princi- pals,and teachers 19,607,654.23 48,010,841.58 145 Cost per pupil in average membership 35.79 68.68 92 Textbooks 452,452.80 1,177,344.90 160 Cost per pupil in average membership .83 1.68 102 Other expenses of instruction ..839,303.38 2,219,694.23 164 Cost per pupil in average membership 1.53 3.18 101 Operation of school plant,in- cluding janitor service and fuel 4,314,317.88 7,410,724.17 72 Cost per pupil in average membership 7.88 10.60 35 Repairs,replacement,and up- keep 1,272,859.63 3,708,918.32 191 Cost per pupil in average membership 2.32 5.31 129 Libraries 6,893.22 86,991.81 1,162 Cost per pupil in average membership .01 .12 1,100 Promotion of health 234,952.65 1,024,317.14 336 Cost per pupil in average membership .43 1.47 242 Transportation 666,772.63 1,789,758.82 168 Cost per pupil in average membership 1.22 2.56 110 Tuition 271,474.24 628,118.39 131 Cost per pupil in average membership .59 .90 53 Miscellaneous expenditures for support 345,278.35 599,212.80 74 Cost per pupil in average membership .63 .86 37 Total for support,including ordinary repairs 29,227,539.00 69,244,996.75 137 Cost per pupil in average membership 53.35 99.05 86 18 Per Cent 1918-19 1928-29 Increase Total for outlay—new school- houses,alterations and permanent repairs $2,259,704.36 $9,106,197.39 303 Cost per pupil in average membership 4.12 13.03 216 Total for support and outlay..31,487,243.36 78,351,194.14 149 Cost per pupil in average membership 57.48 112.08 95 *Decrease. fNot including 24,854 Americanization classes. 19 FINANCIAL STATEMENT 1929 1929 1930 Appropriation Expended Estimate General Control: Secretaries $125.00 $125.00 $125.00 Supervisor of Attendance.100.00 100.00 100.00 Superintendent 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 Telephones 280.00 292.83 300.00 Expenses (clerk,travel, postage,etc.)485.00 389.41 485.00 Salaries,High 12,700.00 12,921.91 13,200.00 Salaries,Elementary 28,000.00 28,295.67 32,000.00 Salaries,Club 300.00 300.00 Books,High 600.00 625.45 600.00 Books,Elementary 900.00 1,281.99 1,200.00 Supplies,High 1,200.00 1,243.53 1,200.00 Supplies,Elementary 1,600.00 1,927.85 1,800.00 Janitors,High 850.00 1,015.50 1,000.00 Janitors,Elementary 2,750.00 3,167.40 3,200.00 Fuel,High 400.00 369.84 400.00 Fuel,Elementary 1,600.00 1,291.32 1,600.00 Lights and Power,High 400.00 387.10 400.00 Lights and Power,Elemen- tary 800.00 670.69 800.00 Transportation,High 2,100.00 2,127.73 2,100.00 Transportation,Elementary.4,200.00 4,055.90 4,200.00 Janitors Supplies,High 100.00 105.41 100.00 Janitors Supplies,Elementary 250.00 255.83 250.00 Repairs,High 2,000.00 1,877.49 1,000.00 Repairs,Elementary 4,800.00 3,320.72 2,500.00 All other,High 125.00 116.58 125.00 All other,Elementary 225.00 166.90 225.00 Equipment 400.00 383.18 400.00 Libraries 200.00 200.00 Health 750.00 737.59 1,000.00 Vocational Education 500.00 769.64 Lunchrooms 5,500.00 5,569.35 6,500.00 20 Exercises —Graduation $50.00 $124.75 [$100.00 Insurance 800.00 761.05 1,000.00 Miscellaneous 100.00 108.63 Fire Loss 8.00 $76,890.00 $76,894.24 $80,410.00 Vocation Education (segregated)1,000.00 Receipts County of Norfolk,dog tax $577.29 Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Teachers'salaries 4,675.00 Rent of Ripley Road Auditorium 127.00 Supplies sold 217.28 Refunds,etc 78.19 Lunch receipts 4,735.82 Telephone reimbursements 98.14 Total of miscellaneous receipts $10,508.72 Expended from tax levy 66,385.52 $76,894.24 Fire Replacement Received from insurance companies $11,337.50 Expenditure : Adjusting $25.00 Text books : High $48.31 Elementary 212.14 $260.45 Supplies : High $281.56 Elementary 15.22 $296.78 21 Maintenance of building, repairs : High $4,511.57 Elementary 5,870.94 $10,382.51 Bond of Pemberton 44.40 $11,009.14 Balance to Treasury 328.36 $11,337.50 $11,337.50 22 Conclusion We have good schools but they are not always free from criticism,we have a carefully selected,well trained corps of teachers but their work is not always appreciated.The schools serve and affect a larger number of homes than any other public organization.There are those who feel that life as a whole, society in general,and the schools are all deteriorating.The mistakes and shortcomings of the children are most glaring when compared to their own.This is nothing original.Each of the past generations has held the same view.If it were true we would have to admit that the efficiency of the schools is con- stantly decreasing. Students of education know that this is not the case.We have a better educated group of parents than any previous generation,and they are not satisfied that the education of their children should be limited by the same bounds as was their own. Each generation does more and more for its young,and they in turn are enabled to do more for their families and society than were their parents. Our schools must continue to serve the needs of society even more than they have in the past.Education must not be limited to groups.The study and the care of the individual child must be more and more emphasized.This responsibility rests upon the teacher and the school,but upon the parent and the taxpayer as well. Respectfully submitted, December 31,1929. O.K.COLLINS, Superintendent of Schools. 23 REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE HIGH SCHOOL Mr.0.K.Collins, Superintendent of Schools: Dear Sir:I wish to make use of this report to you to convey through it to parents certain points of information which I think may be helpful. The pupils'report cards,which are issued after each two months of school,contain an explanation of grades and report the pupils'standing at the end of each marking period.As a rule they are the only reports sent out by the school.The parents'signature on these cards do not indicate that the parents approve of the pupils'work but do (or should)indicate that the parents have examined and digested the report.Judging by parental surprise at the failure of their children at the end of the year,I am inclined to the opinion that many give the report card a much less careful examination than the monthly tele- phone bill.A poor report should bring the parent to the school for an interview with the principal. The habit of promptness in the morning is a good one to cultivate in children.If a child oversleeps habitually,the parents must hold themselves responsible for both the bad habit formed and the penalty inflicted. Absence is usually excusable.Whether the pupils'absence was caused by illness or a shopping trip to Boston results how- ever in the same loss of work.The absent child falls behind the class and the work must be made up after school hours,largely on the pupils'initiative. A boy or girl who consistently fails in high school is either unwilling or unable to do the work.The high school curriculum is a narrow one and certain young people do not find in it the type of training suited to their aptitudes or comprehension.It is better for a boy to leave school to learn a trade than to spend four years acquiring an inferiority complex.A Cohasset,Hing- ham and Scituate trade school would help remedy this. 24 During the winter and spring of 1929 three dances were held by different school classes and in May a very interesting demonstration of progressive public school music was given under the direction of Mr.Taylor. High School Lillian May Brasill Dorothy Cadose Elizabeth Stevenson Daun Alice Lydia Ellsworth Helen Joan Fitch Isabel Frances Grassie Mary Elizabeth Hillis Mary Brennock Jason Florence Hennet Lincoln Mary Magdalen McLellan High School Entering Eileen Ainslie Edith Allen Beatrice Anderson Cilia Barrows Roger Crafts John Donavan Randolph Feola Conover Fitch Arthur Forsythe David Fulton Louise Goodwin Fred Grassie Leo Happenny James Henry Stephen Hetue Alberta Hill Angelina Mallo Respectfully submitted, Graduates,1929 Constance Woodman Petersen Vilma May Petersen Lucetta Thompson Mary Esther Tolles Sally Nichols Towle John Francis Hurley James Loughman Manuel Anthony Marks Harry Washburn Rose Joseph Edson Wood Class,September,1929 Arminda Marks Herbert Marsh Olive McArthur Margaret O'Brien Dorothea Otis Betty Piepenbrink Alice Seaver Jerome Silvia Robert Simeone Mary Souther Mabel Thurber Richard Towle Richard Tisdale Augusta Williams Pauline Chase Marguerite McKay John Cogill JAMES WEBSTER DOYLE, Principal. 25 REPORT OF THE ART DEPARTMENT Mr.Orvis K.Collins, Superintendent of Schools: Dear Sir:The annual report of the Art Department is hereby submitted for your approval. The work of the department has been carried on under the same general plan as in the previous year,but a few changes in the arrangement of classes seemed necessary in September.I have taught all the grades from four up and have supervised the work in the primary grades,including one fourth grade.Both free-hand and mechanical drawing have been taught in the high school,and one period a week of mechanical drawing in the eighth grade in place of two periods as formerly taught.In the freshman and junior classes the free-hand and mechanical drawing sections have had to meet in the same periods,an arrangement which is not very satisfactory.Boys taking mechanical drawing are permitted to forge ahead as rapidly as they are able to do the work.This makes it very difficult for a teacher to handle two kinds of drawing classes at once because the work is so largely individual. We have acquired a new set of pictures for picture study in the grades.They are beautiful prints in the exact colors of the original paintings.In many pictures color is the most charming feature and since color is such an important factor in everyday art and life,we welcome this delightful form in which we may teach the pupils something about the way it was handled by great painters.The children are keenly interested. An exhibit was held in June in the Ripley Road School in conjunction with the Sewing and Manual Arts Departments. In the evening,the Music Department presented a demonstra- tion of the teaching of public school music. The work in the primary grades has been very good and the interest and enthusiasm of the teachers very helpful.In con- 26 elusion,I wish to thank you and the members of the School Committee for your support and cooperation. Respectfully submitted, FLORENCE E.KRAUS. 27 HOUSEHOLD ARTS DEPARTMENT Mr.Orvis K.Collins, Superintendent of Schools: Dear Sir:I submit for your approval and acceptance a brief report of the Household Arts Department for the year 1929. The work of this department has been conducted in a manner similar to that of previous years.Cooking is taught in the seventh,eighth and tenth grades and sewing in the sixth and ninth grades. The aims of this department are to instill in the girls an interest in the care and work of the home;to instruct them so that they may be able to cook and serve simple,well-prepared food and be able to care for their clothing and do simple sewing for themselves. Cooking for,and serving in,the lunchroom is an important part of this work.In return for their help at the noon hour the girls are given their lunches on the days they serve. The lunchrooms at both schools have been well patronized, the receipts being larger than in previous years.Lunches are supervised and to the younger children help is given that they may choose wisely;the majority of the older boys and girls show good judgment in their choice of lunches ;with the excep- tion of ice cream,not many sweets are eaten.Beginning in the fall,at the Osgood School milk has been served in half-pint jars.This eliminates any pouring of milk,as the jars are not opened until serving time. In the spring an exhibition was held in conjunction with the Art,Music,and Manual Training Departments,at the Ripley Road School. In conclusion the Household Arts Department wishes to thank you and the School Committee for your interest and cooperation. Respectfully submitted, HELEN C.WELCH. 28 INDUSTRIAL ARTS DEPARTMENT Mr.0.K.Collins, Superintendent of Schools. Dear Sir:The outstanding change during the present school year is the offering of an intensive course in woodworking to fourteen boys constituting a special class.Sixteen periods a week are being given to them.This plan,allowing for two to four consecutive periods daily in the shop,has made possible the construction of craftsman furniture of greater content,than is advisable with classes attending for only a few periods a week. Intensive courses in theory and in practice are sound educational procedure.So much of my time has been given to this class, there was left one period only each week for the sixth,seventh, and eighth grades,which is not enough for best results.If this plan is again carried out next year I would suggest that the four periods given now to the sixth grade be added to the time allotted to the seventh and eighth grades,because two double periods a week for one year will produce better results than double periods for two years. The woodturning lathe is the only woodworking machine that was moved to the annex.For lack of room the others had to be left in the basement of the main building.Real skill in machine operation can be acquired only through consecutive use of a machine *Only one boy can work advantageously on the lathe at one time.In a class of ten or more the amount of time for each boy is rather small.I recommend that one more lathe be provided which will double the time each boy may have for practice. The boys of the sophomore class are taking their second year of printing and are doing creditable work.They can now do any job printing within the capacity of the press and equipment. I would call attention again to the fact that the floor space now occupied in the annex is about six hundred square feet less than that formerly occupied in the main building.The circular 29 saw,the band saw,the emery wheel,the plane,and the supply of lumber are left in the basement.I hope it will be possible to have additional room provided this year.Until a trade school is provided in Cohasset or in a nearby town where Cohasset has some control,most of the industrial minded boys will look to our school for their education.An adequate,well-equipped manual arts department will greatly assist in solving the problem. Respectfully submitted, MAX H.MEYER. 30 REPORT OF SCHOOL PHYSICIAN The longer one studies the problems of school health,the more one is impressed with the importance of cooperation in the home.The pupil is under the observation and control of the parents many more hours in the twenty-four than he is with the teacher in school.Regular and suitable meals,proper hours of sleep and common-sense supervision,mean more for the pupil's health than anything the school can impart. This is particularly true of the children who are under weight.They need the best of home care during their period of rapid growth and also need supervision to prevent needless or excessive exhaustion of energy.Many times,because of familiarity,the parent may be less observant than others;but because of this possible neglect,each parent should make it a practice to be watchful of his child.It should be the purpose of all to give the pupil the best possible opportunity in life,and the most fundamental element in this is health. With grateful appreciation of the cooperation of the Com- mittee,teachers and the school nurse. Respectfully submitted, OLIVER H.HOWE,M.D. 31 REPORT OF CLUB WORK Mr.0.K.Collins, Superintendent of Schools. Dear Sir:I herewith submit to you my report of Club Work for the season of 1929. Summer Club Work continues to interest about the same number of boys and girls each year.Though the season was dry,gardens in general were well taken care of,and the exhibit held at the Osgood School in September was nearly as large as the one in the previous year.We were fortunate in securing the services of Mr.William Curly and Mr.Frank Perry as judges of the vegetable exhibits and Mr.John Daun and Mr.John Millar as judges of the flower exhibits. At the monthly meetings of the poultry club emphasis has been placed on the purchase of certified,thoroughbred chicks, on proper housing,care and feeding,and production of eggs. Each boy entered his flock in the Norfolk County Laying Con- test. Charles Infusino received a gold medal from the State for meritorious work in gardening. The older boys and girls attended Field Day at the Agricul- tural School in Walpole in April. Gertrude Groce and Charles Infusino,our local champions in canning and gardening,spent a week at the M.A.C.Camp. Mrs.John Lawrence accompanied them to the meeting at Amherst. The canning club met during the vacation months.We now have a 4-H Clothing Club with senior and junior divisions meeting on alternate weeks during the winter months.Mrs. Lawrence has charge of both the canning and the clothing clubs. A complete list of the winners at the exhibit and a statement of the finances will be found on the following pages. Respectfully submitted, MAX H.MEYER. 32 CONTESTS AND AWARDS OF THE BOYS'AND GIRLS' SUMMER PROJECTS The prizes were contributed by the following citizens and residents of Cohasset:Mr.and Mrs.Hugh Bancroft,Mr.and Mrs.Edward B.Bayley,Mrs.Mary K.Bolles,Mr.and Mrs. Edwin L.Furber,Mr.and Mrs.E.G.Howes,Miss M.V. McCormick,Mr.and Mrs.John F.McElwain,Mr.Arthur N.Milliken,and Mrs.B.L.Sankey. GARDEN CONTESTS Best Cared for Garden Over 10 Years Tony Rosano Haley Brothers Joe Polito Best Cared-for Garden Under 10 Years Louis Mulvey Celia Scalzo Best Four Vegetables Tanger Brothers Charles Infusino Leo Gulla Largest Display 1.$2.00 Charles Infusino Potatoes 1.$2.00 Tony Rosano 2.$1.50 Frank Infusino 3.$1.00 James Rosano Corn 1.$2.00 Tony Rosano 2.$1.50 Charles Infusino 3.$1.00 James Rosano 1. 2. 3. $3.00 $2.00 $1.50 1. 2. $2.00 $1.00 1. 2. 3. $2.00 $1.50 $1.00 33 1. 2. $1.50 $1.00 Summer Squash Barbara Pratt Mary Emanuello 1. 2. 3. $2.00 $1.50 $1.00 Winter Squash Louis Logelli Charles Infusino Tony Rosano 1. 2. 3. $2.00 $1.50 $1.00 Beets Frank Infusino Charles Infusino Louis Meallo 1. 2. 3. $2.00 $1.50 $1.00 Carrots Joe Rosano Lawrence Peterson Charles Infusino 1. 2. 3. $2.00 $1.50 $1.00 Ripe Tomatoes James Rosano Tony Rosano Louis Meallo 1. 2. 3. $2.00 $1.50 $1.00 Green Tomatoes Louis Lugelli Frank Infusino Joseph Polito 1. 2. 3. $2.00 $1.50 $1.00 Red Peppers Elizabeth Rosano Charles Infusino Joe Rosano 1. 2. 3. $2.00 $1.50 $1.00 Green Peppers Elizabeth Rosano Charles Infusino Tony Lugelli 34 Peppers,Small 1.$1.00 Tony Lugelli Lettuce 1.$1.50 Joe Polito Swiss Chard 1.$2.00 Frank Infusino 2.$1.50 Charles Infusino 3.$1.00 Louis Lugelli Egg Plant 1.$2.00 Tony Rosano 2.$1.50 James Rosano 3.$1.00 Louis Lugelli Shell Beans 1.$2.00 Louis Lugelli 2.$1.50 Tony Lugelli 3.$1.00 Tony Rosano Lima Beans 1.$2.00 Charles Infusino 2.$1.50 Frank Infusino 3.$1.00 Joseph Polito String Beans 1.S2.00 Louis Mulvey 2.$1.50 Tony Lugelli 3.$1.00 Joe Polito Onions 1.$2.00 Charles Infusino 2.$1.50 Joe Rosano 3.$1.00 Frank Infusino Pumpkins 1.$2.00 Tony Lugelli 2.$1.50 Charles Infusino 3.$1.00 Louis Mulvey 35 Cabbage 1.$2.00 James Rosano 2.$1.50 Tanger Brothers 3.$1.00 Tony Rosano FLOWERS Asters: 1.$1.50 Mimi Infusino 2.$1.00 Margaret Keating Dahlias: 1.$2.00 Mimi Infusino 2.$1.50 Ralph Enos 3.$1.00 Elizabeth Rosano Gladiolus: 1.$1.50 Lawrence Peterson 2.$1.00 Mimi Infusino Assor/ra^n/: 1.$2.00 Theresa Gulla 2.$1.50 Camilla Polito 3.$1.00 Tanger Brothers Zinnias: 1.$2.00 Margaret Keating 2.$1.50 Elizabeth Rosano 3.$1.00 Mimi Infusino Best Cared-for Garden: 1.$3.00 Mimi Infusino 2.$2.00 Barbara Lugelli 3.$1.00 Camilla Polito CANNING Three Jars Fruit: 1.$2.00 Gertrude Groce 2.$1.50 Barbara Ahearn 3.$1.00 Mary Pagliaro 36 Three Jars Vegetables. 1.$2.00 2.$1.50 3.$1.00 Lillian Lawrence Mary Pagliaro Gertrude Groce Five Jars,Three Vegetables,two Fruit: 1.$3.00 Mary Pagliaro 2.$2.00 Lillian Lawrence 3.$1.50 Gertrude Groce Largest Display: 1.Camp for 1 week Gertrude Groce 2.$3.00 Lillian Lawrence 3.$2.00 Mary Pagliaro 4.$1.00 Barbara Ahearn Clothing: 1.$1.50 Lillian Lawrence 2.$1.00 Gertrude Groce POULTRY Pullets {any breed): 1.$1.50 Melvin Oliver 2.$1.00 Harry Jason Cockerel {any breed): 1.$1.50 Melvin Oliver 2.$1.00 Harry Jason ^w: 1.$2.00 Harry Jason 2.$1.50 Herbert Dion 3.$1.00 Harry Jason One Cockerel,four Pullets. 1.$2.00 Melvin Oliver 2.$1.50 Harold Goodwin 3.$1.00 Harry Jason 37 Ducks: 1.$2.00 2.$1.50 3.$1.00 Lawrence Peterson Robert Jason Robert Leonard Special Prizes: 1.{Pigeons)$1.00 2.(Rabbits)$1.00 Robert Jason Donald Murphy 1.$1.50 2.$1.00 Walter Ken- Donald Murphy GRAND WINNERS 1.Charles Infusino 2.Tony Rosano One week at Camp $2.00 FINANCIAL STATEMENT Receipts Balance from 1928 $175.93 From public-spirited citizens 220.00 $395.93 Disbursements Cash prizes $171.00 Junior Club Work •. . 5.00 Transportation to Walpole April 6 6.00 Train fares for Sewing Club 5.00 Expenses of three at M.A.C.Camp 30.00 Travelling expenses to Amherst 26.76 Postage .80 *Balance on hand 151.37 $395.93 *Part of the balance is to be used in sending winners to camp in 1930.