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Home My WebLink Abouttownofcohassetma1931seleCOHASSET TOWN REPORT 1931 ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIRST 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 1931 THE BOUNDBROOK PRESS 1932 CONTENTS Page Officers 1931-1932 3 Report of Town Clerk .9 Births,Marriages and Deaths 30 State Auditor's Report 42 Accountant's Report 69 Recapitulation 161 Selectmen's Report 199 Special Report on State Road 202 Assessors'Report 209 Report of Board of Public Welfare 211 Report of Treasurer 212 Report of Tax Collector 216 Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures ...220 Report of Tree Warden 221 Report of Superintendent of Parks 223 Report of Moth Department 224 Report of Board of Health 226 Report of Harbor Master 228 Report on Dredging of Cohasset Harbor ....229 Report of Trustees of Fore River Bridge ....231 Report of Cohasset Fire Department 234 Report of Forest Warden 236 Report of Wire Inspector 237 Report of Police Department 239 Report of Highway Surveyor 244 Report of Cohasset Free Public Library ....246 Report of Directors of Paul Pratt Memorial Library .248 Revised Jury List 253 Report of School Committee Appendix TOWN OFFICERS,1931-1932 TOWN RECORDS Elected by Ballot Town Clerk HARRY F.TILDEN . Died September 18,1931 WILLIAM H.MORRIS . .Term expires March,1932 Appointed until March,1932 Selectmen,Assessors and Board of Public Welfare HERBERT L.BROWN ..Term expires March,1933 WILLIAM H.McGAW .Term expires March,1934 WILLIAM O.SOUTHER,JR..Term expires March,1932 Treasurer and Collector of Taxes HARRY F.TILDEN ..Died September 18,1931 MARY P.TOWER ..Appointed until March,1932 Constables JOHN J.OLIVER ROYAL A.BATES JOHN T.KEATING STEPHEN H.ROONEY JOSEPH C.ANDERSON Finance EDWIN W.BATES . KENDALL T.BATES. MILTON L.KERR FREDERICK G.ROCHE . RICHARD C.WARE . Resigned October 3,1931 ROBERT V.COLLIER . Resigned September 3,1931 CHARLES E.HOWE .. Committee Term expires March,1932 Term expires March,1934 Term expires March,1932 Term expires March,1933 Term expires March,1934 .Term expires March,1933 Appointed until March,1932 WALTER B.BINNIAN . NATHANIEL HURWITZ . Resigned EVERETT W.GAMMONS Appointed until March,1932 .Term expires March,1933 Appointed until March,1932 Highway Surveyor GEORGE JASON Tree Warden JOSEPH E.GRASSIE School Committee BARBARA W.CHURCHILL MALCOLM H.STEVENS ROBERT B.JAMES . HELEN E.SCRIPTURE JOHN BATES SARGENT F.TOWER Term expires March,1932 Term expires March,1932 Term expires March,1933 Term expires March,1933 Term expires March,1934 Term expires March,1934 Board of Health FRED W.SULLIVAN ..Term expires March,1934 FREDERICK W.HINCHLIFFE Term expires March,1932 EDWARD L.HIGGINS ..Term expires March,1933 Removed from Town,October 23,1931 NATHANIEL HURWITZ .Appointed until March,1932 Trustees of MARION D.HOWE . OLIVER H.HOWE FLORENCE N.BATES BURGESS C.TOWER FLORENCE E.BRISTOL GEORGE W.COLLIER EDWARD NICHOLS . EDWARD H.TOWER PRISCILLA GOUGH . Removed from Town during Public Library Term expires Term expires Term expires Term expires Term expires Term expires Term expires .Term expires Term expires term March,1932 March,1932 March,1933 March,1933 March,1933 March,1934 March,1934 March,1934 March.1932 Town Officers Appointed by Selectmen Town Accountant EDWARD L.STEVENS ..Term expires March,1932 Registrars oj Voters THOMAS W.DOYLE ..Term expires March,1932 HENRY E.SWEENEY ..Term expires March,1933 JOHN ROCHE ....Term expires March,1934 HARRY F.TILDEN,ex-oficio Clerk of Board Died September 18,1931 WILLIAM H.MORRIS .Appointed until March,1932 Chief of Police HECTOR J.PELLETIER Police Officers under Civil Service FRANK JASON JAMES J.SULLIVAN,JR. JOHN FLEMING JOHN J.ROONEY BENJAMIN F.CURLEY EARL R.McARTHUR Special Police Officers THOMAS J.AYERS CARLOS A.TANGER JOHN J.FERREIRA EDWARD P.MALLEY FRANK E.JASON GEORGE JASON STEPHEN H.ROONEY CLARENCE S.REDDY RALPH S.ENOS ELMER J.LOUIE EDWARD B.MATHEWSON CLIFFORD K.DICKSON CHARLES R.STODDARD FRED A.PETERSEN ALFRED M.SILVIA ELLERY C.BATES JOSEPH S.ENOS LOUIS B.C.BAILEY CHARLES E.BUTMAN JOSEPH A.DION,JR. JOHN J.GRASSIE FRANK F.MARTIN,JR. WILLIAM J.POWERS JOSEPH C.ANDERSON HERBERT WILLIAMS LOUIS J.SIMEONE MANUEL F.OLIVER M.JOSEPH SULLIVAN JAMES F.COLLINS EMILE J.SOHMERS CHARLES C.PHILBROOK 6 Sealer of Weights and Measures LOT E.BATES Inspector of Wires HERBERT WILLIAMS Town Engineer LEWIS W.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 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. AUGUST F.B.PETERSEN JOSEPH E.GRASSIE Measurers of 11 'ood 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 NATHANIEL HURWITZ 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 Inspector of Milk and Vinegar DARIUS W.GILBERT,V.S. 8 Inspector of Slaughtering DARIUS W.GILBERT,V.S. Appointments by Chief of Fire Department ALFRED M.SILVIA,First Deputy ROSCOE G.PRATT,Deputy Beechwood District CLARENCE S.REDDY,Deputy CHARLES HUNTER,Deputy TOWN CLERK'S REPORT Election of March 2,1931 Article 1.Chose William H.Morris,Moderator,to preside at this meeting. Article 2.The following vote was declared. Total number of ballots cast,1,344. Treasurer for one year Harry F.Tilden 1,107 Blanks 237 Collector oj Taxes for one year J.Wentworth Earle 127 Frederick G.Roche 306 Harry F.Tilden 879 Blanks 32 Selectman for three years William H.McGaw 1,072 Blanks 272 Assessor for three years William H.McGaw 1,052 Blanks 292 Member of Board of Public Welfare for three years William H.McGaw 1,033 Blanks .*311 Highway Surveyor for one year George Jason 708 E.Robert Mealy 297 John J.Pratt 327 Blanks 12 10 Tree Warden for one year Joseph E.Grassie 723 William J.Powers 163 Alton J.Priest 70 George Young 347 Blanks 41 School Committee for three years John Bates 804 Sargent F.Tower :924 Blanks 960 Constables for one year Joseph C.Anderson 658 Royal A.Bates 668 James H.Davis 321 John J.Ferreira 387 John F.Keating 835 John J.Oliver 717 Stephen H.Rooney 708 Scattering 3 Blanks 2,423 Board of Health for three years Abraham S.Enos 566 Fred W.Sullivan 672 Blanks 106 Board of Health for one year Frederick W.Hinchliffe 907 Paul W.Pratt 210 Blanks 227 Finance Committee for three years Kendall T.Bates 876 Richard C.Ware 729 Blanks 1,083 11 Trustees Cohasset Free Public Library for three years George W.Collier 784 Edward H.Tower 783 Edward Nichols 790 Blanks 1,675 Trustee Cohasset Free Public Library for one year Susan E.Arthur 841 Blanks 493 Shall the Town vote to have its Selectmen appoint a Superintendent of Streets ? Yes 364 No 749 Blanks 231 Cohasset,March 7,1931. At the annual business meeting held at the Ripley Road School today at two o'clock p.m.the following articles were contained in the Warrant and acted upon as recorded : Article 3.To choose all Town Officers not required to be elected by ballot. Voted that all Town Officers not required to be elected by ballot be appointed by the Selectmen. Article 4.To act upon the reports of the various Town Offi- cers as printed in the annual report for the year 1930. Voted that the reports of the various Town Officers as printed in the Town report for the year 1930 be accepted,with the exception of the report of the Selectmen,the latter report to be held for discussion and further action. Voted that the report of the Selectmen be accepted,pro- vided the paragraph in reference to Harbor Master be stricken from the Town records. Article 5.What sums of money will the Town raise and appropriate for the following departments : Moved that in order to save the time of this meeting the appropriations requested under Sections 1 to 50 inclusive of 12 Article 5,being the sections relating to the usual Town depart- ments be acted on in one vote;except that Sections 11,14,20, 25,26 and 30 and that part of Section 13 pertaining to the recommendations of the Finance Committee relative to the appointment of a Committee to study the situation pertaining to the Fire Department,be considered separately. Voted that the following amounts be and hereby are raised and appropriated for the various departments and purposes as recommended by the Finance Committee under Sections 1 to 50 inclusive of Article 5,with the exception of Sections 11,14, 20,25,26 and 30: 1.Moderator:voted that the sum of $100 be raised and appropriated for a Moderator. la.Finance Committee,expenses:voted that the sum of SI 50 be raised and appropriated for the Finance Committee, expenses. 2.Selectmen,and expenses:voted that the sum of $2,000 be raised and appropriated for the Selectmen,and expenses. 3.Auditor and Accountant,and expenses:voted that the sum of $2,600 be raised and appropriated for the Auditor and Accountant,and expenses. 4.Treasurer,and expenses:voted that the sum of $2,200 be raised and appropriated for the Treasurer,and expenses. 5.Collector,and expenses:voted that the sum of $2,200 be raised and appropriated for the Collector,and expenses. 6.Assessors,and expenses:voted that the sum of $3,168 be raised and appropriated for the Assessors,and expenses. 7.Other finance offices and accounts,registration of notes: voted that the sum of $20 be raised and appropriated for other finance offices and accounts,registration of notes. 8.Law and legal counsel:voted that the simi of $750 be raised and appropriated for law and legal counsel. 9.Town Clerk,and expenses :voted that the sum of $1,000 be raised and appropriated for Town Clerk,and expenses. 10.Engineering,maintenance:voted that the sum of $200 be raised and appropriated for engineering,maintenance. 10a.Engineering,outlay:voted that the sum of $1,000 be raised and appropriated for engineering,outlay. 13 10b.Election and registration:voted that the sum of $1,400 be raised and appropriated for election and registration. 11.Town Hall:voted that the sum of S5,000 be raised and appropriated for the Town Hall,by special vote. 12.Police Department:voted that the sum of $19,596.91 be raised and appropriated for the Police Department. 13.Fire Department:voted that the sum of $23,579 be raised and appropriated for the Fire Department ;voted that a committee be created to study the situation in regard to the Fire Department to consist of the follov/ing:Joseph N.Will- cutt,Lawrence McMahon,George F.Sargent,Jr.,Joseph E. Grassie and Nathaniel Hurwitz,by special vote. 14.Fire Department,hydrant service and water for Public buildings:voted that the sum of $9,755.35 be raised and appro- priated for the Fire Department,hydrant service,also water for public and other purposes,by special vote. 15.Inspection of wires:voted that the sum of $1,100 be raised and appropriated for inspection of wires. 16.Sealing of weights and measures:voted that the sum of $400 be raised and appropriated for sealing of weights and measures. 17.Insect pest extermination,moth suppression:voted that the sum of $6,500 be raised and appropriated for insect pest extermination,moth suppression. 18.Tree Warden,general:voted that the sum of $2,750 be raised and appropriated for Tree Warden,general. 18a.Tree Warden,special,clearing trees for fire alarm: voted that the sum of $300 be raised and appropriated for Tree Warden,special,clearing trees for fire alarm. 19.Forest fires:voted that the sum of $3,500 be raised and appropriated for forest fires. 19a.Bounties:voted that the sum of $10 be raised and appropriated for bounties. 20.Board of Health,general:voted that the sum of $1,500 be raised and appropriated for the Board of Health,general, by special vote. 20a.Board of Health,tuberculosis hospital,Braintree: voted^jthat the sum of $2,467.30 be raised and appropriated for the Board of Health,tuberculosis hospital,Braintree. 14 21.Inspection of school children,dental dispensary:voted that the sum of $1,500 be raised and appropriated for inspection of school children,dental dispensary. 21a.District nurse:voted that the sum of SI,200 be raised and appropriated for a district nurse. 22.Inspection of animals:voted that the sum of $150 be raised and appropriated for inspection of animals. 22a.Inspection of meat and provisions :voted that the sum of $50 be raised and appropriated for inspection of meat and provisions. 226.Inspection of milk and vinegar:voted that the sum of $200 be raised and appropriated for inspection of milk and vinegar. 23.Refuse and garbage disposal:voted that the sum of $1,600 be raised and appropriated for refuse and garbage dis- posal. 24.Care of brooks and streams,draining of ponds — Straits Pond,James Brook,Cat Dam,etc.:voted that the sum of $1,500 be raised and appropriated for care of brooks and streams,draining of ponds —Straits Pond,James Brook,Cat Dam,etc. 25.Highways,general maintenance:voted that the sum of $38,064 be raised and appropriated for highways,general main- tenance,by special vote. 25a.Highways,Fore River Bridge:voted that the sum of $1,000 be raised and appropriated for Fore River Bridge. 25b.Highways,tarring streets:voted that the sum of $7,274 be raised and appropriated for highwaj^s,tarring streets. 26.Highways,snow and ice removal,sanding streets:voted that the simi of $9,000 be raised and appropriated for highways, snow and ice removal,sanding streets,by special vote. 27.Street lighting:voted that the sum of $10,898 be raised and appropriated for street lighting. 28.Street signs,fountains,etc.:voted that the stun of $200 be raised and appropriated for street signs,fountains,etc. 29.Harbor maintenance:voted that the sum of $1,500 be raised and appropriated for harbor maintenance. 30.General administration.Board of Public Welfare,Co- hasset Home and outside poor:voted that the sum of $19,300 15 be raised and appropriated for the Board of Public Welfare, general administration,Cohasset Home and outside poor,by special vote. 31.Soldiers'benefits,State x\id:voted that the sum of $480 be raised and appropriated for State Aid. 32.Soldiers'and sailors'relief:voted that the sum of $1,500 be raised and appropriated for soldiers'and sailors'relief. 33.Schools,general maintenance,vocational education: voted that the sum of $82,791.98 be raised and appropriated for schools,general maintenance,vocational education. 34.Libraries,general maintenance:voted that the sum of $5,800 be raised and appropriated for libraries,general main- tenance. 35.Recreation,Town commons and parks,general:voted that the sum of $1,800 be raised and appropriated for recreation. Town commons and parks,general. 36.Wheelwright Park:voted that the sum of $650 be raised and appropriated for Wheelwright Park. 37.Wadleigh Park :voted that the sum of $300 be raised and appropriated for Wadleigh Park. 38.Play grounds,etc.,baseball field:voted that the sum of $500 be raised and appropriated for playgrounds,etc.,base- ball field. 39.Fourth of July and other celebrations :voted that the sum of $500 be raised and appropriated for Fourth of July and other celebrations. 38a.Unclassified,damages to persons and property:voted that the sum of $100 be raised and appropriated for damages to persons and property. 39a.Unclassified,Memorial Day,etc.:voted that the sum of $675 be raised and appropriated for Memorial Day,etc. 40.Town clock:voted that the sum of $65 be raised and appropriated for the Town clock. 41.Town reports,printing,etc.:voted that the sum of $1,400 be raised and appropriated for Town reports,printing, etc. 42.Town ^ag:voted that the sum of $250 be raised and appropriated for the Town flag. 16 43.Employers'Liability Insurance,not otherwise classified: voted that the sum of SI 00 be raised and appropriated for Employers'Liability Insurance,not otherwise classified. 44.North Cohasset Post Office and Fire Department Build- ing:voted that the sum of S500 be raised and appropriated for the North Cohasset Post Office and Fire Department Building. 45.Town Guild Hall,building:voted that the sum of $650 be raised and appropriated for the Town Guild Hall,building. 45a.Parking place,maintenance:voted that the sum of $50 be raised and appropriated for parking place,maintenance. 46.Cemeteries:voted that the sum of $1,000 be raised and appropriated for cemeteries. 47.Interest on loans in anticipation of revenue:voted that the sum of $3,000 be raised and appropriated for interest on loans in anticipation of revenue. 48.Interest,general:voted that the sum of $5,660 be raised and appropriated for interest,general. 49.Loans,bonds or notes from revenue :voted that the sum of $14,000 be raised and appropriated for loans,bonds or notes from revenue. 50.Reserve Fund:voted that the sum of $5,000 be raised and appropriated for a reserve fund. 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 sufficient for the purpose is received? Voted that the Town Treasurer,with the approval of the Selectmen,be and is hereby authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1,1931,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 heretofore chosen and act thereon. Voted that the following report as read of a committee appointed under Article 20 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of 1930,be accepted: 17 "The Honorable Board of Selectmen, Cohasset,Mass. Gentlemen : Your committee appointed at the Annual Town Meeting held March 8,1930 to consider the advisability of acquiring by the Town for municipal purposes,the property referred to in Article 20 of the Warrant for said Annual Town Meeting,have met and report as follows: Your committee does not recommend the acquisition by the Town of the property described in Article 20 as above referred to.The plan of removing the Beechwood Fire Station from its present location,which was contemplated when Article 20 was inserted in the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting held March 8,1930 is recommended unanimously by this committee. In accordance with instructions in the vote constituting this committee an Article will be inserted in the Town Warrant for 1931 covering our recommendations. Respectfully submitted, CHARLES W.GAMMONS LEVI T.LINCOLN HERBERT L.BROWN GEORGE F.SARGENT,JR. S.H.STOUGHTON Members of the Committee.'' January 26,1931 Voted that the report of the Roads Committee as read be accepted and that a committee of five be appointed by the Moderator to advise and cooperate with the Highway Sur- veyor on all matters pertaining to the work in his department until the next Annual Town Meeting at which a further report with recommendations shall be made by said committee;said report was as follows : 18 Mr.Harry F.Tilden,March 18,1931 Town Clerk,C okas set,Mass. Dear Mr.Tilden: Under Article 7,at the recent Town Meeting,I appoint the following to serve as the Roads Committee:Edward F.Willcutt, Ralph Scripture,HolHs T.Gleason,Edward A.Mulvey,Charles J.Deegan. This committee served for a short time during 1930 and made a splendid report at the recent Town Meeting,and if they will continue to serve this year it will be just fine.I am Very truly yours, W.H.MORRIS, Moderator. "Report of the Roads Committee,Cohasset Under a resolution adopted at a special Town Meeting in Cohasset,held on November 5,1930,a Roads Committee of five members was appointed by the Moderator to investigate and consider the matters of street layout,street construction, repairs and maintenance of streets,the removal of snow and ice,the planning of work and budgeting of expenditures in con- nection therewith,and any other matters bearing on the gen- eral subject of Town streets;the said committee to report in writing at the Annual Town Meeting in March,1931,the results of its observations and its recommendations as to the construction and care of streets in all branches,including snow removal. After careful consideration of the various problems involved, we would make the following recommendations;namely, 1.That the Highway Surveyor or Superintendent of Streets serve for a term of three years instead of one as heretofore,in order that he may have the opportunity to develop a sounder street program,without the handicap of more frequent change in office. 2.That all highway work in the Town,whether in the nature of ordinary repairs or otherwise,be handled by the High- way Surveyor or Superintendent of Streets.The practice of having some of the road work done by the Board of Selectmen 19 makes for a divided responsibility which should not be con- tinued. 3.That a Roads Committee of five be continued to advise and cooperate with the Highway Surveyor on all matters per- taining to the work in his department,the said committee to be appointed by the Moderator. 4.That survey of Town roads be made and report rendered to show: 1.Total mileage under Town jurisdiction for maintenance, and type of same —hard surfaced or gravel. 2.Condition of such roads at time of survey. 3.Approximate mileage taking most traffic. 4.Type of maintenance proposed for keeping in condition. 5.Estimated average cost per mile for work proposed. 6.Same with regard to less-used roads. In this way it should be possible to standardize the proper charges for ordinary maintenance,thus limiting the uncertain- ties principally to estimates on*new streets or streets which should be largely rebuilt. 5.That such survey and report be required as basis for appropriations in future for "General Highway Maintenance." That the budgeting of expenditures each year should cover,on a comparative basis,the expenditures of at least the two pre- ceding years in order to furnish a better guide as to normal or abnormal expenditures. 6.That new construction or reconstruction be proportioned and done only as required from year to year and under special appropriation for individual sections proposed and that uni- form,itemized costs be kept on each. 7.That present old wood fences and guard rails be gradu- ally replaced with more permanent type requiring less annual maintenance cost. 8.That type of maintenance as practiced in Connecticut, New Hampshire and Vermont Highway Departments in the upkeep and improvement of a large proportion of their mileage of tar and oil treated gravel roads be investigated with a view to its possible adoption.Improved surface and greatly reduced maintenance costs per mile should be effected under this system 20 if consistently carried out over a period of years on that large proportion of our highway mileage which is adapted to it. 9.That a suitable but inexpensive Town building be erected on Town land for housing equipment of the Highway Depart- ment and with adequate space and facilities for repair work and that repairs to all equipment be made in slack time by whoever may be on permanent payroll. 10.That only such person as is competent to make such repairs be retained on permanent payroll. 11.That all matters of new street layout be given careful study before being acted on at Town Meetings,inasmuch as the initial expense of accepting new streets is frequently the smallest part of the total ultimate cost. Note.The first three recommendations are made with the view of keeping the head of the Department having the respon- sibility for the upkeep and maintenance of the Town highways as free from political influence as possible. The balance of these recommendations are made with a view toward obtaining a working basis for increased efficiency and economy both as regards the prosecution of the work of the Highway Department and accounting for current expense as well as budgeting of future appropriations. Respectfully submitted, EDWARD F.WILLCUT,Chairman CHARLES J.DEEGAN HOLLIS T.GLEASON EDWARD A.MULVEY RALPH E.SCRIPTURE Committee.'" March 7,1931. Article 8.Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000 for the further improvement of Woodside Cemetery,or act on anything relating thereto? Voted that the sum of $3,000 be raised and appropriated for the above purpose. 21 Article 9.Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000 to complete the layout of Elm Court,or act on anything relating thereto ? Voted that the sum of $3,000 be raised and appropriated for the above purpose and that the work be done and the money expended under the direction and supervision of the Road Surveyor. Article 10.V/ill the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $4,500 to purchase for municipal and park purposes land on southeast corner of Beechwood and Doane Streets,now or formerly owned by Elmer E.Bates,containing two and eight- tenths acres more or less,bounded easterly by Gonsalves,south- erly by C.H.Pratt and of grantor,westerly by Doane Street, northwesterly by Beechwood Street;also to remove Fire Station from present location on Doane Street to the above described land;or act on anything relating thereto? Voted that the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to acquire for municipal and park purposes land on the southeast corner of Beechwood and Doane Streets now or formerly owned by Elmer E.Bates containing two and eight-tenths acres more or less,bounded generally as follow^s:easterly by land now or late of Gonsalves,southerly by land now or late of C.H.Pratt,et al. ; westerly by Doane Street and northerly by Beechwood Street, and further that there be raised and appropriated the sum of forty-five hundred dollars for the acquisition of said land and the removal of the fire station from its present location on Doane Street to the land so to be acquired,including the construction of a foundation for said fire station and the improvement and grading of said land. Article 11.Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000 for the purpose of purchasing a certain parcel of land located on the corner of Beechwood and Church Streets,owned by Herbert L.Brown,a plan of which may be seen at the office of the Town Accountant,and to build the foundation for and move the station of Engine No.3 thereon? Voted that this article be indefinitely postponed. Article 12.To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money not exceeding $2,500 for the eradication 22 of mosquitoes,the same to be spent under Chapter 252 of the General Laws,as amended by Chapter 457,Acts of 1923 and subsequent amendments,especially Chapter 288 of the Acts of 1929,or take any action relating thereto. Voted that the sum of SI,500 be raised and appropriated for the above purpose. Article 13.Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000 for the year around collection of garbage and rub- bish throughout the Town,or do anything in relation thereto? Voted that this article be indefinitely postponed. Article 14.Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $17,500 for the purpose of purchasing and installing a Morse Boulger Incinerator and for the construction of a suitable build- ing to house same;incinerator to be located on Town property on Doane Street,known as Town Dump,or act on anything relating thereto? Voted in negative. Article 15.Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-eight hundred and twenty-eight dollars and twenty-five cents ($2,828.25)for the purpose of buying new seats for the Town Hall;money to be spent under the direction of the Select- men?(Charlotte S.Tower and others.) Voted in the affirmative. Article 16.Charles F.Frates and others.Will the Town of Cohasset raise and appropriate the sum of $100 (one hundred dollars)for the purchase of a blue spruce tree to l)e planted on the Guild Hall Park to be used as a community Christmas tree ? Voted in the affirmative,said work to be under the super- vision of the Tree Warden. Article 17.Ira B.P.Stoughton and others.Will the Town vote that the Highway Surveyor shall not receive any salary or wage from the Town other than his salary as Surveyor,or receive payment for the use of the highway equipment for private use,and that the employment of trucks shall be divided as equally as possible among the truck owners of Cohasset ? Voted that this article be indefinitely postponed. Article 18.Levi T.Lincoln and others.Will the Town of Cohasset raise and appropriate the sum of $650 to remove 23 ledge,most of which is on the street in front of the estate of W.W.Cogill,Beechwood Street,and install a gutter to over- come surface water running into the cellar of said Cogill,or act on anything relating thereto ? Voted that the sum of $300 be raised and appropriated for above purpose. Article 19.W.DeFord Bigelow and others.Shall the Town raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-five hundred ($2,500) dollars to widen the road and straighten the curve of the Jeru- salem Road at the top of Richardson's Hill on the easterly side at the entrance of the driveway of Miss Mary Sears,said work to be done under the direction of the Highway Surveyor;or act on anything in relation thereto ? Voted that this article be indefinitely postponed. Article 20.Annie F.Anderson and others.To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $225 to install properly and maintain a drain from Beechwood Street at point opposite the residence of Mrs.Annie F.Anderson, or act on anything relative thereto. Voted that the Town raise and appropriate $225 for the pur- pose of installing an adequate catch basin and tile drain there- from on Beechwood Street at a point near the residence of Mrs. Annie F.Anderson and that this work be done and money ex- pended under the direction and supervision of the Road Surveyor. Article 21.E.Robert Mealy and others.WiU the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $750 for the purchase of 1,000 feet of fire hose for use of the Highway Department in cleaning drains,etc.,or act on anything relating thereto? Voted that this article be indefinitely postponed. Article 22.E.Robert Mealy and others.Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500 for draining and resur- facing Hill Street,or act on anything relating thereto? Voted that the sum of $2,500 be raised and appropriated for the above purpose. Article 23.E.Robert Mealy and others.Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,210 to purchase a new road scraper,or act on anything relating thereto ? Voted that this article be indefinitely postponed. 24 Article 24.E.Robert Mealy and others.Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of S3,500 to be used for tarring and gravelling Doane Street,or act on anything relating thereto? Voted that this article be indefinitely postponed. Article 25i E.Robert Mealy and others.Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000 for constructing a wall on the easterly side of Atlantic Avenue near Treat's Pond,or act on anything relating thereto? Voted in the affirmative. Article 26.John J.Grassie and others.To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for dredging purposes at Cohasset Harbor,or act on anything relating thereto. Voted that the Town appropriate from any available funds the sum of $5,000 for the purpose of dredging the Harbor,pro- vided an equal amount can be raised from other sources and that this money be expended under the direction and super- vision of a committee to consist of Capt.John J.Grassie,Capt. Joseph S.Enos,Capt.Frank F.Martin,Capt.Manuel E.Sal- vador,Mr.Hugh Bancroft,Col.Joseph N.Willcutt,Joseph Antoine,James Dean,Dean James and Capt.John Eltman. Article 27.John J.Grassie and others.To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to ascertain what right,title or interest the Town of Cohasset may have in that piece of land on Border Street known as the Land Wash,or act on anything relating thereto. Voted that the Selectmen and Town Counsel be and hereby are authorized and instructed to ascertain what right,title or interest the Town may have in a certain parcel of land located on Border Street commonly known as the Land Wash and make a report of their findings at the next Town Meeting. Article 28.Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $22 to install and maintain one electric street light on Spring Street near the railroad crossing,or act on anything relating thereto?(H.J.Pelletier and others.) Voted in the affirmative. Article 29.Florence M.Greenwood and others.Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $22 to install and main- 25 tain one electric light on Pond Street,near driveway leading to Sunset Rock,or act on anything relating thereto? Voted in the affirmative. Article 30.Odin Towle and others.Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $420 for the installation and main- tenance for 1931 of seven 1,000-watt street lights at or near the several corners at the head of the Cove,or act on anything relating thereto? Voted in the affirmative. Article 31.Will the Town accept Section 6B in amendment of Chapter 40,General Laws of Massachusetts,which permits a city or town to appropriate money for the purchase of uni- forms for members of its police and fire departments ? Voted in the affirmative:Yes,126;No,3. Voted that this meeting be dissolved. SPECIAL TOWN MEETING September 15,1931. At a special Town Meeting held in the Town Hall,Sep- tember 15,1931,at two o'clock p.m.the following articles were contained in the Warrant and acted upon as recorded;after Thomas L.Grassie and Joseph L.Oliver were appointed and sworn in to act as Tellers. Article 1.To choose a Moderator to preside in said meet- ing.Choose William H.Morris,Moderator to preside in this meeting. Voted that this meeting adjourn until Wednesday,Sep- tember 23,1931 at eight o'clock p.m. September 23,1931. Adjourned special Town Meeting called to order at eight o'clock p.m.Henry E.Sweeney appointed and sworn in as Teller to act in place of Thomas L.Grassie. William H.Morris resigned as Moderator,having been appointed Temporary Town Clerk,by the Board of Selectmen, September 19,1931,to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Town Clerk H.F.Tilden. Motion made to nominate from the floor for Moderator and to take a hand ballot.So voted. 26 Frederick G.Roche nominated,and received 114 votes. Mollis T.Gleason nominated,and received 88 votes. Frederick G.Roche elected and sworn in to preside as Moderator at this meeting. Article 2.To see if the Town will appropriate from any available funds in the treasury the following amounts : 1.Town Hall,for maintenance,$500. Voted,Yes,that $500 be appropriated from any free cash in the treasury for maintenance of Town Hall. 2.For widening street at the Cove opposite the filling sta- tion fifteen feet,taking the land from the Common at that point, $500. Voted,Yes,that $500 be appropriated from any free cash in the treasury for this purpose and that said sum be expended under the supervision of the Highway Surveyor. 3.For construction of crushed stone and tarred sidewalk on Hancock's Hill,so called,from Brook Street toward Library, $1,000. Voted,Yes,that $1,000 be appropriated from any free cash in the treasury and that said sum be expended under the super- vision of the Highway Sur\^eyor. 4.For the Department of Public Welfare,$2,000. Voted,Yes,that $2,000 be appropriated from any free cash in the treasury for the Department of Public Welfare. 5.For the Town Commons,$250. Voted,Yes,that $250 be appropriated from any free cash in the treasury,for Town Commons. 6.For rebuilding street around Wadleigh Park,and build- ing fenc2,$500. Voted,Yes,that $500 be appropriated from any free cash in the treasury and said sum be expended under the super- vision of the Highway Surveyor. 7.For the North Cohasset Post Office Building.$300. Voted,Yes,that $300 be appropriated from any free cash in the treasury for North Cohasset Post Office Building. 8.For Woodside Cemetery,for construction of roads,grad- ing,building wall,and general improvement,$2,500. 27 Voted,Yes,that $2,500 be appropriated from any free cash in the treasury,for Woodside Cemetery work. 9.For alleged damage to property of V.V.Sestito,Sohier Street,caused by wash from the road,$175. Voted,Yes,that $175 be appropriated from any free cash in the treasury,to pay V.V.Sestito,Sohier Street,for damage. Article 3.To see if the Town will appropriate from any available funds in the treasury,the following amounts asked for by the Highway Surveyor,Mr.George Jason : 1.For Highways General,for amount taken from that account to complete the Atlantic Avenue Wall,$1,500. Voted,Yes,that $1,500 be appropriated from any free cash in the treasury,to complete Atlantic Avenue Wall. 2.To repair and straighten Atlantic Avenue,$3,000. Voted,Yes,that $3,000 be appropriated from any free cash in the treasury for Atlantic Avenue. 3.For widening the junction of Beechwood and Church Streets,and constructing drain,$1,500. Voted,Yes,that $1,500 be appropriated from any free cash in the treasury,for Beechwood and Church Streets,same to be expended under the supervision of the Highway Surveyor. Article 4.George Jason.Will the Town vote to rescind a former vote electing a Highway Surveyor for one year,and vote to elect a Highway Surveyor for a term of three years? Voted,to indefinitely postpone. Article 5.To see if the Town will appropriate from any available funds in the treasury,for the use of the Tree Warden, Mr.Joseph E.Grassie,$1,000. Voted,Yes,that $1,000 be appropriated from any free cash in the treasury,for use of the Tree Warden. Voted this meeting be dissolved. 28 Record of Births,Deaths and Marriages Recorded in 1931 BIRTHS Total number of births was one hundred twelve.There were sixty-five births where the parents were residents of other towns. Of the forty-seven whose parents were residents of Cohasset, twenty-two were females and twenty-five were males. MARRIAGES Total number of marriages was forty-nine,of which thirty- five were married in Cohasset. DEATHS Total number of deaths was seventy-four,and includes those who died in other towns and were brought here for burial ;of the forty-seven who were residents of Cohasset,twenty-five were males and twenty-two were females.The causes of death were as follows:cerebral hemorrhage,10;myocarditis,8;nephritis,4; carcinoma,6;diseases of heart,6;accidental,8;coronary thrombosis,4;bronchial pneumonia,8;stillborn,4;tuberculosis, 2;sclerosis of liver,1;suicidal,1;arteriosclerosis.4 ; peritonitis, 1 ;uremia coma,1 ;diabetes,1 ; gangrene,1 ;enteritis,1 ;hypo- static pneumonia,2;atelectario,1. 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. 29 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 a 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. Ycur cooperation to the end that all births may he properly recorded will he greatly appreciated. » WILLIAM H.MORRIS, Temporary Town Clerk, 30 W H O CO W ^"1^ ^^m CM CO ^S S m^^ w o Qj o ci ^ ^^^ 0) •js a>_d 5f Ohti^^(n^B^ j-i HZ t en ^•^ a;-O t S5! 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O 'd u}0:i^<V U <V 1)w o3 Vh w •">^s ^--—_ i-t|(NrH |rH(M||(M(M|(N|cO(MT-li-l|I I OOGO I (N(M I OOGO I 1S2 I 1^;::^i>^i> I '^rill OCOt-hOSlOOOSCOO I 0505COCO I Otii-iOSfOCOOOTtH I O5G0 -d §-^^^ a a 03 K ^pq ^^H ^^PM fe W (0 8g| 03 3cj rt o3' 03 cu ^ X!03 O ^8^O W <fi^o ^^o (D "d 0)oi^'d crt 03 o 03 00CiOiOG0(MC0'-i05OC0i:0000i(MC01>.OT-HC01:^'*t^Oc0 tH i-H C^rH (M T-l T-l ,-1 T-H ,—I C^(M (N CO tH tH Cq C^ >>>>>>>>>>>fnfltfnOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO(U(i;aJ<D<UQ;cU 42 REPORT OF STATE AUDITOR 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 November 30,1929,to September 19,1931,made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws.This 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:As directed by you I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the Town of Cohasset for the period from November 30,1929,the date of the previous audit,to Septem- ber 19,1931,and submit the following report thereon: The books and accounts of the late Treasurer and Tax Col- lector were examined and checked,and cash discrepancies of $7,491.99 in the Collector's accounts and of $126.60 in the Treasurer's accounts were found. Appended herewith are tables showing a reconciliation of the Treasurer's and Tax Collector's cash as of September 19, 1931. In the process of examining and checking the books and accounts of the late Treasurer and Collector,as Tax Collector, the commitments of taxes and assessments were added and reconciled with the Warrants of the Assessors committing the 43 taxes for collections ;the entries on the cash books were checked in detail to the commitment books;postings to the commit- ment books were made of all items entered on the cash books and not previously posted;the abatements,as recorded,were compared with the Assessors'records of abatements granted; all cash books were added;the total collections as entered on the cash books were compared with the payments to the Treas- urer as shown on the books of the Treasurer;and the outstanding accoimts were listed and reconciled with the Accountant's ledger accounts. In order to verify the outstanding tax accounts as listed, notices were sent to all persons whose names appeared on the books as owing mone}^to the Town.A large number of repHes were received from persons who claimed that their taxes had been paid but not credited on the books.All these claims were investigated,and a number of tax payers substantiated their claims by presenting receipted tax bills or cancelled checks as evidence of payment.Thus,proofs of payment amounting to S7,494.11 were obtained,representing taxes and interest paid and not entered on the cash books or posted to the commitment books,these collections being classified as follows: Taxes 1929 S67.93 Taxes 1930 4,730.96 Taxes 1931 2,679.51 Interest on taxes 15.71 S7,494.11 The amount of the discrepancy as of September 19,1931, was set up on the Accountant's ledger,and any additional items which may be subsequently proved as having been paid and not entered on the Collector's books should be added to the dis- crepancy as set up,and the new Collector credited with the amounts paid to the former Collector and also included in the recommitment of the outstanding taxes to the new Collector. A hst of the outstanding taxes as of September 19,1931. was given to the temporary collector at the completion of the audit,and the total amount outstanding on each of the several 44 levies was given to the Assessors for use in preparing the recom- mitment warrants. It is recommended that as soon as abatements are granted by the Assessors,the Town Accountant be notified of such action,as required by Section 23 B,Chapter 59,General Laws. The books and accounts of the late Treasurer and Collector, as Town Treasurer,were examined and checked.The receipts, as recorded on the cash book,were checked with the records in the several departments collecting money for the Town and with the other sources from which money was paid into the Town Treasury.The cash balance on September 19,1931,was verified by an actual count of the cash in the office and by a reconciliation of the bank statements furnished by the Rock- land Trust Company and the Hingham Trust Company.This verification showed the cash on hand in the banl<:s to be SI 26.60 less than the balance as shown on the cash book. The debt and interest payments made during the period covered by the audit were checked with the cancelled checks and notes on file. The books and accounts of the Town Accountant were examined,the recorded receipts being checked to the records of the several departmients collecting money for the Town and with Treasurer's cash book.The payments were checked to the warrants given to the Treasurer authorizing him to disburse Town funds. The appropriations voted by the Town were listed from the Town Clerk's records and checked to the Accountant's ledger. The transfers from the reserve fund were checked to the records of the Finance Committee. As the general accounts in the ledger were incomplete,it was necessary to compile general ledger accounts.The accounts in the ledger were then written up,the necessary adjustments were made,a trial balance was taken oft',and a balance sheet,which is appended to this report,was prepared showing the financial condition of the Town as of September 19,1931. The classification book showing the classification of the re- ceipts and disbursements was checked to the ledger appropria- tion accounts. 45 The savings bank books representing the investments of trust funds in the custody of the Town Treasurer were exam- ined and hsted.The income was proved and the disbursements were verified.The securities and bank accounts in the custody of the trustees of the Cohasset Free Pubhc Library were also examined and Hsted,the income and the disbursements being verified. In connection with the investment of the Cohasset Free Pubhc Library Funds,attention is caUed to Section 54,Chapter 44,General Laws,which reads as follows : *'Trust funds,including cemetery perpetual care funds, unless otherwise provided or directed by the donor thereof, shall be placed at interest in savings banks,trust companies incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth,or national banks,or invested by cities and towns in securities which are legal investments for savings banks.This section shall not apply to Boston." An examination was made of the financial records of the Town Clerk and the payments on account of dog licenses to the county and of sporting licenses to the State were verified with receipts on file.A balance in the Rockland Trust Company amounting to $438.50,together with $7 on hand in the office, covered the amounts due the county and the State.The tem- porary Town Clerk now in office drew a check for $414.60 to the county treasurer and one for $19.55 to the Division of Fish- eries and Game,which closed the accounts due from the Town Clerk at the time of his decease;leaving a balance of $11.35 awaiting disposition by the Town. The tax title deeds in custody of the Town Treasurer were examined and listed,and the subsequent taxes on property held under tax titles were added to the original amount of the tax titles.It was noted that included in the list of tax titles held by the Town is an item of $1,837.68 representing taxes and costs on property which was advertised as subject to sale for non-payment of taxes but which was actually not sold in accord- ance with the provisions of Chapter 60,General Laws. It is recommended that action be taken to determine the validity of all tax titles now held by the Town and that the 46 Town Treasurer,at the expiration of two years from the date of purchase or taking of land for non-payment of taxes,insti- tute proceedings for foreclosure of all rights of redemption. Attention is called in this connection to Section 50,Chapter 60, General Laws. The records of the Public Welfare Department accounts receivable were examined.The receipts were checked with the Treasurer's cash book and the Town Accountant's ledger was adjusted to agree with the list of outstanding accounts.In this connection it is recommended that the Town Accountant be informed promptly of all bills sent out for collection by any department,so that the ledger will at all times reflect the true financial condition of the Town. The records of Town Hall rentals were analyzed,and it was noted that,while the charges are of a nominal amount,the list of unpaid accounts is constantly increasing.A determined effort should be made to collect these amounts,if possible,but if they are uncollectible,they should be abated. In addition to the departments mentioned,the accounts of the Sealer of Weights and Measures,Wire Inspector,Infirmary, and the Police,Fire,School and Cemetery Departments were examined and checked with the payments to the Treasurer. The records of licenses issued were checked to the Select- men's records and the Treasurer's receipts. In addition to the balance sheet,there is appended to this report a table showing a reconciliation of the Treasurer's cash, together with summaries of the taxes,assessments,and of trust fund transactions for the period of the audit. While engaged in making the audit I received the coopera- tion of the various Town officials,for which,on behalf of my assistants and for myself,I wish to express appreciation. Respectfully submitted, EDWARD H.FENTON, Chief Accountant. 47 RECONCILIATION OF TREASURER'S CASH Balance November 30,1929,per previ- ous audit $104,548.69 Receipts November 30 to December 31, 1929 10,834.81 $115,383.50 Payments November 30 to December 31, 1929 $69,764.99 Balance December 31,1929 45,618.51 $115,383.50 Balance January 1,1930 $45,618.51 Receipts 1930 480,416.92 $526,035.43 Payments 1930 $473,259.44 Balance December 31,1930 52,775.99 $526,035.43 Balance January 1,1931 $52,775.99 Receipts January 1 to September 19, 1931 239,825.95 $292,601.94 Payments January 1 to September 19, 1931 $258,050.14 Balance September 19,1931 : Cash in office,verified $2,051.83 Bank balances : Rockland Trust Com- pany of Rockland ....32,371.89 Hingbam Trust Company of Hingham 1.48 34,425.20 Cash discrepancy September 19,1931 ..126.60 $292,601.94 48 ROCKLAND TRUST COMPANY OF ROCKLAND Balance September 19,1931,per state- ment $38,235.75 Balance September 19,1931,per check register S32,371.89 Outstanding checks September 19,1931, per list 5,863.86 $38,235.75 HINGHAM TRUST COMPANY OF HINGHAM Balance September 19,1931,per state- ment $50.48 Balance September 19,1931,per check register $1.48 Outstanding checks September 19,1931, per list 49.00 $50.48 RECONCILIATION OF COLLECTOR'S CASH Due from Collector September 19,1931,per tables: Underpayments by Collector to Treasurer: Taxes 1928 $.01 Taxes 1929 2.34 Taxes 1930 2.00 Old age assistance taxes, 1931 4.00 $8.35 Collections not entered in cash book or posted to com- mitment book,per proof submitted : Taxes 1929 $67.93 49 Taxes 1930 $4,730.96 Taxes 1931 2,679.51 Interest on taxes 15.71—$7,494.11—-$7,502.46 Overpayments by Collector to Treasurer : Taxes 1928 $2.00 Taxes 1931 4.00 Motor vehicle excise taxes 1929 .33 Motor vehicle excise taxes 1930 .87 Motor vehicle excise taxes 1931 3.27 $10.47 Cash discrepancy September 19,1931 ..7,491.99 $7,502.46 TAXES,1927 Outstanding November 30,1929,per previous audit $677.79 Payments to Treasurer November 30 to December 31,1929 $677.79 TAXES,192g Outstanding November 30,1929,per previous audit $13,274.96 Payments to Treasurer: December 1 to 31,1929 $929.68 1930 11,839.13—$12,768.81 Abatements : 1930 484.82 Outstanding December 31,1930 21.33—$13,274.96 50 Outstanding January 1,1931 $21.33 Overpayment by Collector to Treasurer : Over-entry on cash book,page 59, line 2 2.00 $23.33 Abatements January 1 to September 19, 1931 $23.22 Warrant in excess of commitment list, adjusted .10 Due from Collector September 19,1931 : Underpayment by Collector to Treasurer March 1930 .01 $23.33 TAXES,1929 Outstanding November 30,1929,per previous audit $56,945.10 Additional commitment 318.60 $57,263.70 Payments to Treasurer: November 30 to Decem- ber 31,1929 $6,545.98 1930 39,646.14 $46,192.12 Abatements 1930 543.26 Outstanding December 31,1930 10,528.32 $57,263.70 Outstanding January 1,1931 $10,528.32 Payments to Treasurer January 1 to September 19,1931 $8,698.15 Abatements January 1 to September 19,1931 167.04 Taxes 1929 reported as motor vehicle excise taxes 1929 1.99 Added to tax titles,not previously re- ported 25.37 51 Recommitment to new Collector Sep- tember 19,1931,per list $1,565.50 Due from Collector September 19,1931 : Underpayment by Col- lector to Treasurer S2.34 Collections not entered, per proof submitted ....67.93 70.27 $10,528.32 TAXES,1930 Commitments per warrant $266,109.46 Additional commitment 93.48 ——$266,202.94 Payments to Treasurer $206,414.47 Abatements 526.39 Outstanding December 31,1930 59,262.08 $266,202.94 Outstanding January 1,1931 $59,262.08 Payments to Treasurer January 1 to September 19,1931 $35,908.45 Abatements January 1 to September 19, 1931 222.99 Added to tax titles January 1 to Sep- tember 19,1931 589.17 Recommitment to new Collector Septem- ber 19,1931,per list 17,808.51 Due from Collector September 19,1931: Collection posted to com- mitment but not entered on cash book $2.00 Collections not entered,per proof submitted 4,730.96 4,732.96 $59,262.08 52 TAXES,1931 Commitment per warrant $296,055.30 Overpayment to Treasurer by Collector 4.00 $296,059.30 Payments to Treasurer to September 19, 1931 $13,756.48 Abatements to September 19,1931 226.59 Added to tax titles to September 19,1931 546.01 Recommitment to new Collector Sep- tember 19,1931,per list 278,850.71 Due from Collector September 19,1931 : Collections not entered,per proof sub- mitted 2,679.51 $296,059.30 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE TAXES,1931 Commitment per warrant $1,026.00 Payments to Treasurer to September 19, 1931 $834.00 Recommitment to new Collector Sep- tember 19,1931,per list 188.00 Due from Collector September 19,1931 : Collections not paid to Treasurer 4.00 $1,026.00 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES,1929 Outstanding November 30,1929,per previous audit $4,253.32 Additional commitment 204.57 Abatements after payment,refunded....73.22 $4,531.11 Payments to Treasurer: November 30 to December 31,1929 ^.$364.54 1930 3,514.99 $3,879.53 53 Abatements : November 30 to December 31,1929 $26.36 1930.86.22 S112.58 Outstanding December 31,1930 539.00 S4,531.11 Outstanding Januar}^1,1931 $539.00 Duplicate abatements,adjusted 12.50 Taxes 1929 reported as motor vehicle excise taxes 1929 1.99 Overpayments to Treasurer by Collector .33 $553.82 Payments to Treasurer January 1 to September 19,1931 $275.20 Abatements January 1 to September 19, 1931 204.53 Recommitment to new Collector Sep- tember 19,1931,per list 74.09 $553.82 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES,1930 Com^mitment per warrant $13,407.25 Abatement after payment,refunded...304.76 $13,712.01 Payments to Treasurer $10,019.51 Abatements 875.34 Outstanding December 31,1930 2,817.16 $13,712.01 Outstanding January 1,1931 $2,817.16 Abatement after payment,refunded....33.29 Overpayment to Treasurer by Collector . .87 $2,851.32 54 Payments to Treasurer January 1 to September 19,1931 $2,074.49 Abatements January 1 to September 19, 1931 87.77 Recommitment to new Collector Septem- ber 19,1931,per list 689.06 S2,851.32 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES,1931 Commitments per warrants $11,690.84 Abatements after payment,refunded...279.62 Overpayment to Treasurer by Collector 3.27 $11,973.73 Payments to Treasurer January 1 to September 19,1931 $9,583.83 Abatements January 1 to September 19, 193.1 699.18 Motor vehicle excise taxes reported as interest .02 Recommitment to new Collector Septem- ber 19,1931,per list 1,690.70 $11,973.73 MOTH ASSESSMENTS,1927 Outstanding November 30,1929,per previous audit $3.41 Payments to Treasurer November 30 to December 31,1929 $3.41 MOTH ASSESSMENTS,1928 Outstanding November 30,1929,per previous audit $25.21 Payments to Treasurer 1930 $25.21 MOTH ASSESSMENTS,1930 Commitment per warrant $244.35 Payments to Treasurer $191.13 Outstanding December 31,1930 53.22 $244.35 55 Outstanding January 1,1931 $53.22 Payments to Treasurer January 1 to September 19,1931 $53.22 MOTH ASSESSMENTS,1931 Commitment per warrant $359.35 Recommitment to new Collector September 19, 1931,per list $359.35 INTEREST ON TAXES Collections November 30, 1929,to September 19, 1931,per cash books: Levy of 1927 $86.41 Levy of 1928 1,191.11 Levy of 1929 2,181.49 Levy of 1930 1,239.80 Levy of 1931 19.35 $4,718.16 Collections not entered on cash books, per proof submitted 15.71 Motor vehicle excise taxes 1931 entered as interest .02 $4,733.89 Payments to Treasurer: November 30 to December 31,1929: Levy of 1927 $86.41 Levy of 1928 76.42 Levy of 1929 56.19 $219.02 1930: Levy of 1928 $1,114.69 Levy of 1929 1,272.39 Levy of 1930 89.24—2,476.32 56 January 1 to September 19,1931: Levy of 1929 $852.91 Levy of 1930 1,150.56 Levy of 1931 19.37 $2,022.84 Due from Collector September 19,1931: Collections not entered on cash books, per proof submitted 15.71 $4,733.89 TAX TITLES On hand November 30,1929 $4,048.16 Tax titles redeemed November 30 to December 31,1929 $30.67 On hand December 31,1929,and 1930..4,017.49 $4,048.16 On hand January 1,1931 $4,017.49 Added to tax titles January 1 to September 19,1931: Taxes 1930 $589.17 Taxes 1931 546.01—1,135.18 Transfers not previously reported: Taxes 1929 25.37 $5,178.04 Tax titles redeemed January 1 to September 19,1931 $304.49 On hand September 19,1931,per list 4,873.55 $5,178.04 TOWN CLERK Sporting Licenses Cash on hand December 16,1929,per previous audit $.50 Cash on hand December 31,1929 .50 57 Cash on hand January 1,1930 $0.50 Licenses issued 1930 456.00 $456.50 Payments to Division of Fisheries and Game $405.25 Fees retained by Town Clerk 40.40 Cash balance December 31,1930 10.85 $456.50 Cash balance January 1,1931 $10.85 Licenses issued January 1 to September 19,1931 302.75 $313.60 Payments to Division of Fisheries and Game January 1 to September 19, 1931 $274.75 Fees retained by Town Clerk January 1 to September 19,1931 19.30 Cash on hand September 19,1931, verified 19.55 $313.60 TOWN CLERK Dog Licenses Cash on hand November 30,1929,per previous audit $1.80 Cash on hand December 31,1929 1.80 Cash on hand January 1,1930 $1.80 Licenses issued : Males,206 at $2.00,$412.00 Spayed females,21 at 2.00,42.00 Females,52 at 5.00,260.00 Breeder's,1 at 25.00,25.00 739.00 $740.80 58 Payments to County Treasurer S683.00 Fees retained by Town Clerk,280 at 20c 56.00 Cash on hand December 31,1930 1.80 Cash on hand January 1,1931 $1.80 Licenses issued January 1 to September 19,1931: Males,214 at $2.00,$428.00 Spayed females,21 at 2.00,42.00 Females,56 at 5.00,280.00 Breeder's,1 at 50.00,50.00 800.00 Payments to County Treasurer January 1 to September 19,1931 $328.80 Fees retained by Town Clerk January 1 to September 19,1931,292 at 20c 58.40 Cash on hand September 19,1931, verified 414.60 TOWN CLERK Reconciliation of Cash Cash in office September 19,1931, verified $7.00 Balance Rockland Trust Company Sep- tember 19,1931,per statement 438.50 Due County Treasurer September 19, 1931 $414.60 Due Division of Fisheries and Game September 19,1931 19.55 Town Clerk's cash 11.35 TOWN HALL RENTALS Outstanding November 30,1929,per previous audit $92.51 $740.80 $801.80 $801.80 $445.50 $445.50 59 Charges : November 30 to December 31,1929 $60.15 1930 669.30 S729.45 $821.96 Payments to Treasurer: November 30 to December 31,1929 $28.77 1930 597.99 $626.76 Outstanding December 31,1930 195.20 $821.96 Outstanding January 1,1931 $195.20 Charges January 1 to September 19,1931 792.23 $987.43 Payments to Treasurer January 1 to September 19,1931 $451.80 Outstanding September 19,1931,per Hst 535.63 $987.43 PUBLIC WELFARE —ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE Outstanding November 30,1929,per previous audit $3,214.58 Commitments : November 30 to December 31,1929 $158.00 1930 2,049.08 2,207.08 $5,421.66 Payments to Treasurer: November 30 to December 31,1929 $467.85 60 1930 $1,091.61 •$1,559.46 Outstanding December 31,1930 3,862.20 $5,421.66 Outstanding January 1,1931 $3,862.20 Charges January 1 to September 19, 1931 2,087.66 Payments to Treasurer January 1 to September 19,1931 $2,673.53 Abatements January 1 to September 19, 1931 3.00 Outstanding September 19,1931,per list 3,273.33 $5,949.86 $5,949.86 RIPLEY SCHOOL FUND Savings Deposits Total On hand at beginning of year 1930 $1,514.42 $1,514.42 On hand at end of year 1930 1,591.07 1,591.07 On hand September 19,1931 1,630.85 1,630.85 Receipts Payments 1930 Income $76.65 Added to savings de- posits $76.65 January 1 to September 19,1931 Income $39.78 Added to savings de- posits $39.78 J.W.NICHOLS SCHOOL PRIZE FUND Savings Deposits Total On hand at beginning of year 1930 $2,278.48 $2,278.48 On hand at end of year 1930 2,193.81 2,193.81 On hand September 19,1931 2,248.64 2,248.64 61 Receipts Payments 1930 Withdrawn from savings de-Transferred to town posits $84.67 prizes $200.00 Income 115.33 $200.00 $200.00 January 1 to September 19,1931 Income $54.83 Added to savings de- posits $54.83 COHASSET vSCHOLARSHIP FUND Savings Deposits Total On hand at beginning of year 1930 $93.06 $93.06 On hand at end of year 1930 97.77 97.77 On hand September 19,1931 102.70 102.70 Receipts Payments 1930 Income $4.71 Added to savings de- posits $4.71 January 1 to September 19,1931 Income $4.93 Added to savings de- posits $4.93 ROBERT CHARLES BILLINGS PARK FUND Savings Deposits Total On hand at beginning of year 1930 $2,150.00 $2,150.00 On hand at end of year 1930 2,150.00 2,150.00 On hand September 19,l'931 2,150.00 2,150.00 62 Receipts Payments 1930 Income S107.50 Transferred to Town $107.50 January 1 to September 19,1931 Income $107.50 Transferred to Town $107.50 H.W.WADLEIGH PARK FUND Savings Deposits Total On hand at beginning of year 1930 $5,000.00 $5,000.00 On hand at end of year 1930 5,000.00 5,000.00 On hand wSeptember 19,1931 5,000.00 5,000.00 Receipts Payments 1930 Income $250.00 Transferred to Town $250.00 January 1 to September 19,1931 Income $250.00 Transferred to Town $250.00 WHEELWRIGHT PARK FUND Savings Deposits Total On hand at beginning of year 1930 $15,000.00 $15,000.00 On hand at end of year 1930 15,000.00 15,000.00 On hand September 19,1931 15,000.00 15,000.00 Receipts Paymoits 1930 Income $750.00 Transferred to Town $750.00 January 1 to September 19,1931 Income $750.00 Transferred to Town $750.00 63 EDITH M.BATES TOWN POND AND COMMON FUND Savings Deposits Total On hand at beginning of year 1930 $1,500.00 $1,500.00 On hand at end of year 1930 1,575.93 1,575.93 On hand September 19,1931 1,615.31 1,615.31 Receipts Payments 1930 Income $75.93 Added to savings de- posits $75.93 January 1 to September 19,1931 Income $39.38 Added to savings de- posits $39.38 COHASSET FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY Cash {in hands of Savings Trustees)Securities Deposits Total On hand at beginning of year 1930 $244.47 $25,000.00 $650.00 $25,894.47 On hand at end of year 1930 488.24 25,000.00 410.00 25,898.24 On hand September 19,1931 874.50 25,000.00 610.00 26,484.50 Receipts Payments 1930 Withdrawn from Library expenditures $816.15 savings deposits..$240.00 Transferred to Paul Income 1,289.92 Pratt Memorial Cash on hand Library 470.00 January 1,1930..244.47 Cash on hand De- cember 31,1930..488.24 $1,774.39 $1,774.39 64 January 1 to September 19,1931 Sale of securities ...$1,000.00 Purchase of securi- Income 1,059.11 ties $1,000.00 Discount on securi-Added to savings ties purchased..40.00 deposits 200.00 Accrued interest on Library expenditures 113.72 securities sold ...18.89 Transferred to Paul Premium on securi-Pratt Memorial ties sold 52.26 Library 470.00 Cash on hand Jan-Accrued interest on uary 1,1931 ....488.24 securities purchased .28 Cash on hand Sep- tember 19,1931.874.50 $2,658.50 $2,658.50 CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS Cash in General Savings Treasury Deposits On hand at beginning of year 1930 On hand at end of year 1930 $75.00 On hand September 19,1931 1,188.62 1,188.62 Total $767.86 $767.86 700.68 775.68 Receipts Withdrawn from savings bank....$67.18 Income 52.35 Bequest 75.00 1930 Payments Transferred to Town $8.33 Expended for care ..111.20 Cash in general treasury December 31,1930 ,75.00 $194.53 $194.53 65 January 1 to September 19,1931 Income $29.02 Added to savings Bequests 390.00 deposits $487.94 Cash in general Transferred to Town 6.08 treasury January 1,1931 75.00 $494.02 $494.02 66 BALANCE SHEET,SEPTEMBER 19,1931 GENERAL ACCOUNTS Assets Cash: In Banks and Office $34,425.20 Cash Discrepancies: Treasurer $126.60 Tax Collector 7,49L99 7,618.59 Accounts Receivable : Taxes : Levy of 1929 $1,565.50 Levy of 1930 17,808.51 Levy of 1931 278,850.71 Old Age Assistance 1931 188.00 298,412.72 Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes : Levy of 1929 $74.09 Levy of 1930 689.06 Levy of 1931 1,690.70 2,453.85 Special Assessments : Moth 1931 359.35 Tax Titles 4,873.55 Departmental : Town Hall $535.63 State Aid 444.00 Public Welfare 3,273.33 Cemetery 137.50 4,390.46 Revenue 1931 542.43 Estimated Receipts to be Collected 37,030.89 Overdrawn Accounts: Town Commons and Parks 65.00 $390,172.04 67 Liabilities and Reserves Temporary Loans : Anticipation of Revenue $150,000.00 Surplus War Bonus Fund 575.24 Trust Fund Income 1,109.80 State and County Taxes : State Tax $10,410.57 Special State Tax: Old Age Assistance 1,026.00 County Tax 11,964.47 23,401.04 Unexpended Appropriation Balances.. . 93,981.82 Cemetery —Sale of Lots and Graves...1,256.85 Reserve Fund •—Overlay Surplus 11,040.81 Overlays Reserved for Abatements : Levy of 1929 $1,653.43 Levy of 1930 2,906.36 Levy of 1931 3,568.37 8,128.16 Revenue Reserved until Collected : Motor Vehicle Excise Tax $2,453.85 Special Assessment 359.35 Tax Title 4,873.55 Departmental 4,390.46 12,077.21 Surplus Reveniie 88,601.11 $390,172.04 DEBT ACCOUNTS Assets Net Funded or Fixed Debt $133,000.00 Liabilities Gulf River Bridge Loan $9,000.00 Ripley Road School Loan,1st 82,000.00 Ripley Road School Loan,2d 42,000.00 $133,000.00 68 TRUST ACCOUNTS Assets Trust Funds: Cash Securities: In Custody of Town Treasurer $28,936.12 In Custody of Treasurer,Cohasset Free Public Library 26,484.50 $55,420.62 Liabilities Ripley School Fund $1,630.85 J.W.Nichols School Fund 2,248.64 Cohasset Scholarship Fund 102.70 Robert Charles Billings Park Fund 2,150.00 H.W.Wadleigh Park Fund 5,000.00 Wheelwright Park Fund 15,000.00 Edith M.Bates Town Pond and Com- mon Fund 1,615.31 Cohasset Free Public Library Fund....26,484.50——$54,232.00 Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds 1,188.62 $55,420.62 69 TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT 1931 Receipts General Revenue TAXES Current year: Poll Sl,804.00 Property 228,919.90 $230,723.90 Previous years : Poll $174.00 Property 48,365.67 48,539.67 $279,263.57 From the State: Corporation:Business and Public Service: Previous years $13.73 1931 3,884.07 $3,897.80 Bank: Previous years $37.10 1931 430.83 467.93 70 Income :(See Grants and Gifts) 1931,general $22,658.90 Trust Companies: Previous years $482.25 1931 1,323.65 1,805.90 $28,830.53 Excise Taxes (on automo- biles): 1929 $277.24 1930 2,211.31 1931 10,499.85—12,988.40 Old Age Assistance (1931)...897.00 LICENSES AND PERMITS Liquor $1.00 All other: Alcohol $5.00 Junk 20.00 Pedlars'60.00 Sunday 7.00 Pool 4.00 Milk 9.50 Common victuallers'8.00 Bus 5.00 Innholder's 3.00 Automobile dealer's 25.00 Oleomargarine 1.00 Registration of gasolene ....50 Gas license 1.00 149.00 150.00 71 GRANTS AND GIFTS From State: Veterans'exemptions $6.21 Educational (teachers)....5,410.00 $5,416.21 From County:dog licenses...573.17 From Court:fines 189.75 $6,179.13 Total General Revenue $328,308.63 Commercial Revenue SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS Moth Suppression: 1930 $53.22 1931 265.18 $318.40 DEPARTMENTAL Treasurer,tax redemption.. . $3.00 Tax Collector,costs,etc 85.55 Town Hall,rent 1,079.15 1,167.70 Fire Department,filling ex- tinguishers $16.15 Inspection : Sealer of Weights and Measures,fees $53.37 Wire Inspector,fees 54.00 107.37 72 Moth Suppression :Common- wealth of Massachusetts: Forestry Department S50.90 Tree Warden,for labor,etc...68.50 $242.92 Health and Sanitation:Com- monwealth of Massachu- setts 231.43 Charities : Cohasset Home: Sale of produce $691.27 Board 874.74 Pasture 12.00 Sale of cow 35.00 $1,613.01 Outside Poor: From State $791.41 From Towns: Abington 120.00 Hingham 598.25 Scituate 241.73 Norwell 1,441.67 From individuals 166.88 3,359.94 4,972.95 Soldiers'Benefits: State Aid $344.00 Soldiers'burial,from State.100.00 Schools: Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts,aid to Industrial Schools $489.79 444.00 73 Sale of supplies $7.75 33.00 33.06 3,682.93 Rent Refunds (to Estimated Receipts) Lunch $4,246.53 3.00 200.00 300.00 Parks: William T.Barnes,for grass Parking place,rent North Cohasset Post Office Building,rent Unclassified : Maps,histories,etc Cash discrepancy $18.00 1.50 19.50 CEMETERY From sale of lots and graves. . $185.70 For care of lots and graves.. . 248.34 Perpetual care : Margaret McDonald $40.00 Julia A.Bosworth 100.00 Mary J.(Joseph J.)Sylvia 50.00 Mrs.B.H.Savage 200.00 390.00 824.04 INTEREST On deposits $866.79 On deferred taxes 2,570.77 Trust: Williams lot,Beechwood Cemetery 3.78 Parks : Wheelwright Park $750.00 74 Wadleigh Park $250.00 Town Commons (Centre)..57.50 Billings-Pratt Park (Beech- wood)50.00 SI,107.50 $4,548.84 Total for Commercial Revenue $17,519.31 MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS Anticipation of Taxes $150,000.00 AGENCY,TRUST,ETC. Commonwealth of Massachu- setts,account of highways.$3,425.34 Unaccepted check for land damage,lay-out of Jerusalem Road in 1923,paid for by the County 100.00 $3,525.34 REFUNDS TO DEPARTMENTS Police Department $1.70 Fire Department 15.09 Town Clerk (for telephone of Tilden)18.16 Highways 83.35 Department of Public Welfare 175.95 Soldiers'and Sailors'Relief..10.00 Schools 110.68 Guild Hall 13.50 Employers'Liability insurance 42.95 Cemetery,maintenance 1.60 Motor Excise tax 9.07 $482.05 75 RECAPITULATION OF RECEIPTS General revenue,including grants and gifts $328,308.63 Commercial revenue,including cemetery and interest 17,519.31 Municipal indebtedness,anticipation of tax loans 150,000.00 Agency 3,525.34 Refunds to departments 482.05 Total receipts $499,835.33 Cash balance of January 1,1931 52,775.99 $552,611.32 76 EXPENDITURES 1931 GENERAL GOVERNMENT Moderator,appropriation . . $100.00 William H.Morris,services..$100.00 Finance Committee,appropriation $150.00 Expenses $150.00 Selectmen,appropriation...$2,000.00 Expenditures : Selectmen's salaries: William O.Souther $400.00 Herbert L.Brown 400.00 William H.McGaw 400.00 $1,200.00 Expenses : Clerk,Martha A.Prouty..$18.78 Clerk,Joseph A.Dion,Jr. . 55.30 Serving warrants,William J.Powers 15.00 Stationery and postage....7.38 Printing and advertising...143.66 Personal expenses,trans- portation,etc 42.22 Telephone,W.0.Souther .103.19 Flowers,Caleb Nichols funeral 5.00 Flowers,H.F.Tilden funeral 5.00 77 American City Magazine, subscription $2.00 Typewriter keys 4.00 Mary P.Tower,compiling extracts from reports, Gulf Mill Dam 15.00 H.L.Brown,for map 4.90 S421.43 $1,621.43 dance to Treasury - 378.57 $2,000.00 Town Accountant,appropriation $2,600.00 Services : Edward L.Stevens $2,400.00 Expenses : Clerk,Martha A.Prouty..$18.72 Clerk,Joseph A.Dion,Jr. . 55.13 Stationery and postage....24.42 Boundbrook Press, 500 letterheads 4.61 Telephone 28.24 Typewriter supplies 5.00 Document carrier 5.50 141.62 $2,541.62 Balance to Treasury 58.38 $2,600.00 Town Treasurer,appropriation $2,200.00 Transfer from Reserve Fund 141.92 $2,341.92 78 Expenditures : Services : Harry F.Tilden $1,075.00 Mary P.Tower 425.00 Expenses : Clerk,Martha A.Prouty..$56.28 Clerk,Joseph A.Dion,Jr. . 184.43 Stationery and postage....103.19 Printing and advertising...4.00 Transportation 16.95 Telephone 23.79 Check writer 45.00 Bond,James T.Phelps &Co.305.25 Writing deed (H.F.Tilden) . 2.00 Insurance,E.L.Eustis....16.92 Express .44 Balance to Treasury Tax Collector,appropriation Transfer from Reserve Fund Expenditures : Services : Harry F.Tilden $1,075.00 Mary P.Tower 425.00 $1,500.00 758.25 $2,258.25 83.67 $2,341.92 $2,200.00 216.80 $2,416.80 $1,500.00 79 Expenses : Clerk,Martha A.Prouty ..$75.00 Clerk,Joseph A.Dion,Jr. . 202.11 Stationery and postage ....156.77 Printing and advertising...98.78 Telephone 35.08 Transportation 21.45 Bond,James T.Phelps &Co.305.25 Insurance,E.L.Eustis....16.92 Bond of William C.Greg- ory,deputy tax collector (Obrion,Russell &Co.)..5.00 Mary P.Tower,expenses .43 1916.79 - $2,416.79 Balance to Treasury - .01 $2,416.80 Assessors,appropriation ....$3,168.00 Transfer from Reserve Fund 90.00 $3,258.00 Expenditures : Services : Herbert L.Brown $1,400.00 William O.Souther 600.00 William H.McGaw 600.00 Expenses : Clerk,Martha A.Prouty..$75.00 Clerk,Joseph A.Dion,Jr. . 220.83 Boat list,on account of ....2.00 H.L.Brown,personal expenses 13.14 $2,600.00 80 Books,blanks,stationery, etc $60.53 Printing (50 poll tax lists)..104.25 Transportation 22.67 Royal typewriter (net)....74.50 Royal typewriter,care of (H.C.Metcalf)1.00 Burroughs Adding Machine Co.,care of machine,etc.28.00 Probates,Florence S. Staples 13.00 Abstracts of deeds,A.L. Burdakin 40.12 Land Court,Norfolk County 1.14 $656.18 $3,256.18 Balance to Treasury 1.82 $3,258.00 Other Finance Offices and Accounts,appropriation..$20.00 Paid Division of Accounts, State House,for certifying six notes,Nos.162,163, 165,166,167,and 168 $12.00 Balance to Treasury ....8.00 $20.00 Law,Legal Counsel,appro- priation $750.00 Paid Frederick A.Thayer, services $723.75 Paid Frederick A.Thayer, expenses,Cohasset v.Nor- well •26.25 $750.00 81 Town Clerk,appropriation $1,000.00 Refund (for telephone)18.16 $1,018.16 Expenditures : Salaries : Harry F.Tilden $358.27 William H.Morris 141.73 $500.00 AVilliam H.Morris,record- ing fees,etc 223.00 Expenses : Clerk,Martha A.Prouty ..$37.50 Clerk,Joseph A.Dion,Jr. . 110.41 Stationery and postage ....72.56 Telephone 30.37 Transportation 14.10 Bond,James T.Phelps & Co 5.00 Typewriter keys 4.00 Insurance,E.L.Eustis....16.91 Town Clerk's Association, dues 3.00 Express ..57 294.42 $1,017.42 Balance to Treasury .74 $1,018.16 Engineering Maintenance, appropriation $200.00 Paid Lewis W.Perkins : Surveys,etc..Summer and Border Streets (Bufalo).$82.60 82 J.W.Sidney Park $22.50 Side lines,Atlantic Avenue, Pleasant Beach $(41.70); Town Forest,King Street $15.00 56.70—$161.80 Spaulding-Moss Co.,photo- magnigraph 20.41 $182.21 Balance to Treasury 17.79 ;: $200.00 Engineering,Assessor's Maps: appropriation $1,000.00 Paid Lewis W.Perkins $602.10 Spaulding-Moss Co.("At- las,"Town of Cohasset) . 34.50 Frederick A.Thayer,for records of Town Common 75.00 Norfolk County Registry of Deeds,blue prints 5.72 vSpaulding-Moss Co.,blue prints,etc 23.26 $740.58 Balance to Treasury 259.42 $1,000.00 83 Election AND Registration: appropriation $1,400.00 Expenditures : Services,Election Officers : Abraham J.Antoine $8.00 Abraham J.Antoine,Jr....2.50 Louis B.C.Bailey 8.00 Reginald R.Beal 8.50 Fred C.Blossom 10.50 Robert V.Collier 6.00 Joseph H.Donovan 6.00 Edward M.Fleming 8.50 Anthony M.Gonsalves 8.00 Thomas L.Grassie 6.00 Charles E.Howe 6.00 Charles R.Jason 6.00 Frank F.Martin,Jr 6.00 Joseph L.Oliver 8.00 Charles H.Pratt 8.00 Ora Pratt (Mrs.)8.00 Alexander Rose 6.00 Anastasia St.John (Miss)..8.00 S.H.Stoughton 6.00 Henry E.Sweeney 4.50 John J.Walsh 8.50 Everett W.Wheelwright...6.00 $153.00 Registrars,services: Henry E.Sweeney $100.00 Thomas W.Doyle 100.00 John Roche 100.00 William H.Morris (104 days)28.50 328.50 Expenses : Janitor,Thomas A.Stevens $6.00 Voting booths,erection, L.J.Morris 11.00 84 Moving seats,Litchfield's Express $15.00 Stationery and postage....72.76 Printing,voting lists,etc...114.50 Printing,South Shore Life, notices 4.00 Meals 40.50 Transportation 12.50 F.D.Nudd,repairing ballot box 2.50 Addressograph Sales Agency, 271 plates,voting lists...13.63 Boston Mailing Co., addressing envelopes....16.67 ;l^csuy.uD $790.56 Balance to Treasury 609.44 $1,400.00 Town Hall,maintenance. appropriation (March),in- cluding fitting up vault ..$5,000.00 Appropriation,special meet- ing,September 15,1931 . 500.00 Transfer from Reserve Fund - 84.70 $5,584.70 Expenditures : Janitor,Louis J.Morris $1,700.00 Other labor : L.J.Morris,moving seats, etc $42.00 J.F.James,carting ashes. . 30.75 C.F.Wilbur,labor 22.50 William H.McArthur,labor 15.00 85 E.J.Mealy,labor $10.00 R.V.Collier,labor 5.00 Litchfield's Express,carting seats 7.50 Fuel: Lincoln Brothers Coal Co., 84,535 pounds $592.43 Shell Petroleum Products Co 48.63 Peoples Wood Co 22.00 Old Colony Gas Co 26.95 Light: General $39L35 Picture machine 15L65 Exit 78.45 Telephones : General,No.0354 $95.85 Public,No.0444 46.12 Treasurer,No.0611 56.93 Janitor,No.0271-M 25.33 Janitor's Supplies: Cohasset Hardware Co $45.90 John N.MacNeill 11.97 David Souther,Jr.,ice 61.20 Mt.Blue Spring Water Co.37.00 Masury-Young Co 19.00 Boston Drinking Cup Co...7.82 Boston Janitors'vSupply Co.16.35 Reddy's Battery Shop 2.20 H.L.Jones,window washer 1.95 F.W.Browne Pharmacy, Inc 1.25 $132.75 690.01 621.45 224.23 204.64 86 Repairs : J.N.MacNeill 1100.98 P.L.Towle 94.95 F.G.Roche 308.50 Hyland &McGaw 75.49 Harry F.Hiltz,installing oil heater 55.00 Joseph H.White 49.20 Cohasset Hardware Co 60.72 George E.Kimball &Son. . 20.41 Bosworth &Beal 7.42 L.J.Morris 6.00 Commissioner of Public Safety 10.00 Boston Sand &Gravel Co. . 3.24 Wilham P.Malley 4.25 Reddy's Battery Shop 2.25 Furniture : Tower &Co.,chair cushions $15.00 George W.Morris,blocks for stage 14.75 Burroughs Adding Machine Co.,chair,accountant's office 20.00 E.H.Sparrell,framing pho- tographs,American Legion 43.50 Litchfield's Express 13.85 Imperishable Arts,Inc 5.00 Cohasset Hardware Co., window shades 28.00 Shaw-Walker Co.,fittings, treasurer's vault 545.00 Universal Lamp Co.,flood lights 78.00 William O.Souther,oil burner 195.00 $798.41 87 George R.Bascom,thermo- stat wire $8.00 Macy-Morris Desk Co., desk and chair,Town Clerk 35.50 L.Grossman &Sons,Inc., fittings for oil heater ....38.11 F.G.Roche,wiring for oil heater 9.11——$1,048.82 All other: Charles W.Gammons,for one-half of fence $11.34 Universal Decorating Co., for July 4 17.50 28.84 Insurance : C.Lothrop &Co.,fire $39.53 E.L.Eustis,Employers' Liability on $1000 14.73 WilHam H.Morris,accident 80.50 134.76 $5,583.91 Balance to Treasury .79 $5,584.70 Town Hall,new seats, appropriation $2,828.25 Paid: Capital Theatre Supply Co., net 2,778.15 Litchfield's Express,cart- ing and freight 44.85 Louis J.Morris,labor... 88 $5.00 Balance to Treasury .... 2,828.00 .25 $2,828.25 PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY Police Department,appropriation $19,596.91 Transfer from Reserve Fund 1,200.00 Refund 1.70 Expenditures : Salaries and Wages : Chief,Hector J.Pelletier..$2,700.00 Sergeant,Frank Jason ....2,100.00 Patrolmen : John Fleming 2,000.00 James J.Sullivan 2,000.00 Benjamin F.Curley ....2,000.00 John J.Rooney 2,000.00 Earl R.McArthur 1,862.40 Special Police: Henry B.Kennedy 217.11 JohnT.Keating 10.00 Frank E.Jason 259.34 John J.Ferreira 84.34 S.H.Stoughton 11.24 Ralph Enos 126.22 John J.Oliver 3.72 Royal Bates 28.68 Edward B.Mathewson..49.36 Louis Simeone 11.86 Albert Dion 7.50 Frederick W.Sullivan...52.46 $20,798.61 $15,524.23 89 Other employees : Mary A.Grassie,matron $10.00 Mary L.McGrath,matron 5.00 Arthur Kane,checking cars 8.00 Team or automobile hire : Litchfield's Express $10.00 Lot E.Bates 10.00 Equipment for men : Rosenfield Uniform Co... . $123.55 M.Linsky &Bros 98.50 L.Levine 12.25 Iver-Johnson Sporting Goods Co 20.65 Cohasset Hardware Co....1.90 Monteiro Tailoring Co... . 31.75 General : F.M.Mulhern,radio $35.00 W.H.Maier Co.,finger print outfit 10.00 Gorham Fire Equipment Co.,re-fill inhalator 5.40 Donovan Drug Co.,glasses 6.99 Maintenance of automobile, and motorcycle Ruiter Motor Sales,Inc. Gas $435.63 Oil,alcohol,etc 62.35 Repairs and supplies ....307.45 Miscellaneous 31.20 Batteries 10.25 Fires 161.50 $23.00 20.00 288.60 57.39 90 Reddy's Battery Shop: Gas 19.51 Oil,alcohol,etc 19.76 Repairs and supplies....15.55 Miscellaneous 18.78 Batteries 20.90 Fires 21.00 Cohasset Motor Service,gas -43.04 Fitzpatrick &Happenny,gas 2.09 George T.Bowser,labor on tires 5.00 D.S.Campbell,repairing clock 3.50 Hingham Service Co.,re- pairs 3.40 Brockton Indian Co.,re- pairs 73.90 Insurance : William H.Pratt 50.00 E.L.Eustis 7.60 $1,302.41 Rent of garage,James A. Simeone 180.00 Fuel: Lincoln Brothers Coal Co., 500 pounds coke $3.75 Old Colonv Gas Co 263.94 Light: Headquarters $57.06 Garage 9.00 Furniture and repairs : W.A.Snow Iron Works, cell door $65.00 D.S.Campbell,clock 23.50 S.H.Stoughton,repairs ..476.79 M.S.Leonard,repairs....369.73 267.69 66.06 91 Hyland &McGaw,repairs.$348.64 Litchfield's Express 2.25 Bosworth &Beal 3.75 Cohasset Hardware Co... . 70.69 E.R.Shedd 28.00 L.Levine 5.00 E.H.Sparrell 2.90 Janitor's supplies: Cohasset Hardware Co $22.26 J.N.MacNeill 11.65 South Weymouth Custom Laundry 3.04 W.N.Van Cor .50 All other: Bosworth &Beal $10.35 Cohasset Hardware Co....18.90 Hallamore's Suburban Express 9.00 E.H.Sparrell 3.10 Rockland Transportation Co 1.50 Printing,stationery and postage : Hingham Journal $81.00 E.E.H.Souther,P.M....24.90 D.W.Besse 3.93 Executive expense: H.J.Pelletier $5.40 H.W.Met calf,repairing typewriter 13.75 Donovan Drug Co.,photos 2.24 Emerson &Co 2.25 Cohasset News Co 1.83 $1,396.25 37.45 42.85 109.83 25.47 92 All other: H.J.Pelletier,chief, expenses $20.00 Clerk of Courts .50 M.F.Kane,meals 32.25 Carillon Sandwich Shop, lunches 5.25 James A.Simeone,lunches .40 F.W.Brown Pharmacy, Inc .60 $59.00 Telephones 483.84 Beacons,etc. : Cohasset Quality Shop, 43 signs,etc $121.00 American Gas Accumulator Co 187.20 Margaret T.Kane,care of lights 65.00 Bosworth &Beal 13.50 Old Colony Gas Co 9.30 Electric Light &Power Co., current 138.66 American Railway Express agency .73 Street painting : Cohasset Hardware Co., paint 97.52 John N.MacNeill,paint 35.00 H.W.Monk,labor 48.74 A.J.Priest,labor 51.24 J.J.Ferreira,labor 42.50 W.P.Malley 7.03 Jimmie Watt 5.00 Ralph Viola 5.00 E.R.Shedd 10.00 837.42 $20,721.49 93 Balance to Treasury $77.12 $20,798.61 FIRE DEPARTMENT Appropriation $23,579.00 Refund 15.09 $23,594.09 Expenditures : Salaries and wages : Chief,Frank F.Martin,Jr.$1,000.00 Deputy Chiefs : Alfred M.Silvia 400.01 Clarence S.Reddy 300.00 Roscoe G.Pratt 200.02 Charles H.Hunter 200.02 Drivers : J.Lewis Bates..1,800.00 Edwin A.Stone 1,800.00 Charles C.Philbrook ...1,000.00 Elwood F.Litchfield ....1,700.00 Norman G.Grassie 1,700.00 James Happenny 700.00 Houseman,William J. Brennock 840.00 Firemen,for detail,see end of report 866.75 Clerks of companies: Engine 1,WiUiam F. Burke 72.00 Engine 2,E.J. Fitzpatrick •72.00 Engine 3,Malcolm H. Stevens 72.00 94 Ladder 1,Ralph L.Wood $72.00 Other employees : Charles E.Prates,carting hose 1.00 Frank Mitchell 1.00 Equipment : Apparatus : Boston Coupling Co $58.35 Gorham Fire Equipment Co.73.48 Cohasset Motor Service,chief's car,$1,295;allowance on old car,$295 1,000.00 Lux Fyre Freez Co 9.45 Stewart &Co.,Inc 75.00 Universal Lamp Co GO.40 American Fire Equipment Co 121.34 Maxim Motor Co 496.11 Woodward's Spring Shop..50.70 E.H.Sparrell 4.00 J.H.Burke 10.50 Heaney Manufacturing Co.7.00 F.H.Albee 7.20 Liquid Carbonic Corp 4.00 Capen-Lane Co 15.75 Cohasset Quality Shop....15.00 M.J.Sullivan 5.50 Litchfield's Express .35 The White Co 2.50 The Trott Grocer>^Co.,soda 4.75 Beal's Cohasset and Scituate Express 1.50 Hose: Stewart &Co.,Inc $151.00. Boston Coupling Co 174.60 Arthur H.Blanchard Co...167.63 $13,396.80 2,028.88 95 Boston Woven Hose & Rubber Co $175.00 Hewitt Gutta Percha Rubber Corporation ....30.00 A.J.Silvia,trucking 8.00 The amounts as given above divided among the following : Reddy's Battery Shop ....$487.59 Cohasset Motor Service...231.50 Ruiter Motor Sales,Inc...1.00 Hingham Service Co .75 E.H.Sparrell 4.00 Fitzpatrick &Happenny ..23.36 E.H.Brown 23.16 Mystic Waste Co 18.00 Gulf Refining Co 3.00 $706.23 Equipment for men : Sidney S.Gates $156.25 Monteiro Tailoring Co....36.50 American Fire Equipment Co 7.37 C.A.Mosso Laboratories .6.75 Harding Regalia Co 2.08 L.Levine 2.75 211.70 Meals,Cohasset "Diner"...2.40 Maintenance of trucks,etc. : Gas and oil $325.56 Repairs 93.32 Miscellaneous 163.48 Batteries 152.30 State inspection 1.00 Tires 29.70 Portable Hghts and bulbs ..25.00 Acid 18.00 Heater,etc.,chief's car ...39.00 847.36 96 Dutra Motor Sales $6.00 Merigold's Inc.(alcohol)..16.50 Maxine Motor Co 26.00 Cohasset Battery Shop....6.50 $847.36 Fire Alarm : Care of,Herbert WilHams ...$600.00 General repairs,etc. : The Gamewell Co 824.37 Electric Light &Power Co.251.82 Bosworth &Beal 38.09 C.H.Williams 46.25 , Michael J.Sullivan 42.50 Henry B.Kennedy 42.50 William F.Martin 30.00 The George F.Welch Co..9.00 Reddy's Battery Shop 7.50 JohnN.MacNeill 3.89 American Fire Equipment Co 1.57 Litchfield's Express 4.49 American Railway Express .74 FredG.Roche 50.00 Howard Jermyn 27.00 1,979.72 Electric Light &Power Co., current for fire alarm ...27.28 Fuel: Lincoln Brothers Coal Co., 82,185 pounds coal $637.64 Lincoln Brothers Coal Co., wood 3.25 W.R.Schultz,oil 17.88 658.77 97 Light: Electric Light &Power Co.$187.78 Gas,Old Colony Gas Co 34.91 Maintenance of buildings and grounds : Repairs : A.J.Gonsalves $1,559.78 Bosworth &Beal 205.77 F.T.Bailey &Co 356.32 Manuel S.Leonard 80.50 JohnN.MacNeill........35.49 S.H.Stoughton 34.85 Harry F.Lincoln 15.00 John Dyment 15.00 L.f.Lincoln 6.30 Frank Sargent 2.35 Harry Hiltz 5.17 WilHam P.Malley 4.28 G.E.Kimball &Son 24.27 John F.James 4.00 Edward Nichols 12.50 Furniture : D.S.Campbell,clock $32.00 Merigold's,radio for Beechwood 44.00 Laundry : South Weymouth Custom Laundry $17.20 W.N.Van Cor 68.21 House supplies : Cohasset Hardware Co $232.16 Boston Janitors'Supply Co.89.37 Minot Market 16.85 M.F.Ellis &Co 18.94 George F.Welch Co 24.25 2,361.58 76.00 85.41 98 E.H.Brown 111.19 L.Levine 17.50 State Chemical Co 10.00 Hingham Water Co 14.00 Merigold's Radio,Inc 4.00 Bosworth &Beal 11.84 Fuller Brush Co 6.00 Gurney Distributing Co...4.50 Donovan Drug Co 4.20 Pratt's Market 4.08 Litchfield's Express 1.00 J.N.MacNeill .50 All other : Minot Market $10.75 A.M.Gonsalves,carting ashes 3.50 James Watt,signs 6.00 Rufus James,carting ashes 18.00 P.W.Pratt,labor 5.00 W.J.O'Heam,labor 5.00 John James,tioick 7.00 $470.38 55.25 Stationery,printing,etc. : The Boundbrook Press $44.92 "Ward's,"for diary 5.15 E.E.H.Souther 1.25 Cohasset News Co .30 D.W.Besse .44 52.06 Telephones 373.61 Physician, Marion Fernald,S.M.D.5.00 All other: Mary P.and Charlotte S. Tower,rent $25.00 Lot E.Bates,trucking....3.00 99 South Shore Life,advertis- ing $2.50 Balance to Treasury $23,591.62 2.47 $23,594.09 Fire Department,Moving Beechwood Station, appropriation $4,500.00 Expenditures : Land purchased,Howard Bates,administrator....$3,000.00 Engineer,surveyor,etc., Lewis W.Perkins 96.10 W.O.Souther,for services ..30.00 Payrolls,for detail see end of report : Labor $180.01 Trucks 140.36 320.37 Supplies : L.Grossman &Sons,Inc., timber $16.04 Cohasset Hardware Co., tools 23.05 39.09 $3,485.56 Balance to 1932 accounts..1,014.44 $4,500.00 100 Fire Department, Water for Hydrants, appropriation $9,755.35 Expenditures : Cohasset Water Co. : 110 hydrants at $75 $8,250.00 6 hydrants,December 1, 1930 to April 1,1931 ...150.00 Relocating hydrant,Elm Court .'20.17 $8,420.17 Hingham Water Co.,13 hy- drants 900.00 Hersey Manufacturing Co., 13 meters (10 private)..330.60 F.R.Quinn,installing meters 43.00 H.A.Whall,reading meters ..45.00 Beal's Cohasset and Scituate Express 1.75 Cohasset Hardware Co 1.50 $9,742.02 Balance to Treasury 13.33 $9,755.35 Inspection of Wires,appro- priation $1,100.00 Paid Herbert Willian: tor Paid for telephone (H.Williams).. IS,inspec- $1,073.60 26.40 $1,100.00 101 Sealer of Weights and Measures,appropriation $400.00 Expenditures : Sealer,estate of Caleb Nichols $31.25 Sealer,Lot E.Bates 218.75 $250.00 Transportation 90.00 Tools and supplies : W.&L.E.Gurley $24.37 Cohasset Hardware Co... . 5.80 30.17 Insurance on apparatus; William A.Mossman 2.45 Expenses of sealer at conven- tion in Springfield 25.00 $397.62 Balance to Treasury 2.38 $400.00 Moth Suppression, appropriation $6,500.00 Expenditures : Superintendent,Joseph E. Grassie $738.00 Payrolls,for detail see end of report : Labor $3,551.25 Automobiles,etc 1,012.25 4,563.50 Lsecticides : Frank H.Albee, 1,056 pounds dry lead...$110.88 Oil,paint,etc 104.50 Bowker Chemical Co., 2,016 pounds dry lead...207.04 102 Litchfield's Express S5.50 Minot Market,disinfectant 5.00 Tools and supplies: Cohasset Hardware Co.$82.21 Acme Rubber Manufacturing Co.,500 feet hose 148.50 Frost Insecticide Co 19.80 John N.MacNeill 14.65 C.W.Carlander 3.75 Minot Market 6.85 F.H.Albee 7.60 E.H.Brown 6.00 Joseph St.John .75 Oil,gas,etc. : Ruiter Motor Sales $33.93 Reddy's Battery Shop ....23.06 Dutra Motor Sales 7.86 Austin L.Aheam 6.90 Cohasset Motor Service ...5.00 Joseph St.John,kerosene oil 4.00 Another: Joseph E.Grassie,rent....$150.00 F.W.Wheelwright,rent ..75.00 Insurance,Employers Lia- bility,on 2-3 of $2,000, E.L.Eustis 72.44 Minot Market,oil suits ...36.70 Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts,Division of For- estry,1,000 white 4-year- old pines 10.00 $432.92 290.11 80.75 103 Ellery C.S.Sidney,repair- ing sprayer. ^ $26.45 Litchfield's Express 14.70 -1385.29 S6.490.57 Balance to Treasury 9.43 S6,500.00 Tree Warden: Appropriation in March ...$2,750.00 Appropriation,special meet- ing September 15-23 ...1,000.00 $3,750.00 Expenditures : Superintendent,Joseph E. Grassie,Tree Warden ...$506.00 Payrolls,for detail see end of report : Labor $1,661.50 Trucks and teams 943.75 2,605.25 Stationery 2.40 Tools and supplies: Cohasset Hardware Co....$156.65 William P.Malley 29.25 Frost Insecticide Co 22.50 Ernests.Hill.". ...10.05 Sanford L.Damon 13.00 M.J.Sullivan....^5.40 Cohasset QuaHty Shop ....10.00 Ellsworth Boat Yard .....2.00 E.W.Bates 4.30 J.N.MacNeill 2.95 104 Antoine's Express $3.40 C.W.Carlander 6.00 Trees,etc. : Joseph E.Grassie $121.70 C.A.Tanger 70.00 All other: Joseph Break &Sons,ferti- lizer $109.00 Bay State Nurseries 12.00 Joseph St.John 1.10 Cohasset Motor Service...1.30 Antoine's Express 13.90 American Railway Express 1.63 E.L.Eustis,Employers' Liability,on 1-3 of $2,000 36.22 $265.50 191.70 175.15 $3,746.00 Balance to Treasury 4.00 $3,750.00 Tree Warden,Special,Fire Alarm Wires,appropria- tion $300.00 Expenditures : Payrolls,for detail see end of report : Superintendent,Joseph E. Grassie $30.00 Labor 140.00 Trucks,etc 129.50 $299.50 Balance to Treasury .50 $300.00 105 Forest Fires,appropriation. Expenditures : Forest Warden,Frank F. Martin,Jr Payrolls,fighting fires,for de- tail see end of report .... Stewart &Co.,Inc.,repairs S450.07 Gorham Fire Equipment Co.75.75 American Fire Equipment Co 38.80 Boston Coupling Co 21.00 Ruiter Motor Sales,Inc.. . 29.35 Cohasset Battery Shop ....11.60 Another: Rent,E.J.McCormick ...$65.00 Rent,Mary P.and Charlotte S.Tower 10.00 Labor,Albert L.Litchfield .2.50 $3,500.00 $100.00 396.13 626.57 Hose: Hewitt Gutta-Percha Rubber Corporation,1800 feet...300.00 Team hire,Cohasset Motor Service 5.00 Gas,etc. : Cohasset Motor Service...$78.84 Reddy's Battery Shop,tire and battery 10.60 89.44 77.50 $1,594.64 Outlay,new trucks : Stewart &Co.,Inc Cohasset Motor Service, Chevrolet 13^ton truck . 106 $1,324.00 574.00 $1,898.00 $2.50 2.50 Balance to Treasury $3,492.64 7.36 Bounties,appropriation .... Paid,Ralph L.Wood Van Sidney $3,500.00 $5.00 5.00 $10.00 Balance to Treasury D SANITi^ $152.61 47.39 33.50 191.50 200.00 $10.00 HEALTH an: Board of Health,General, appropriation Transfer from Reserve Fund lTION $625.00 72.95 $1,500.00 200.00 Expenditures : Salaries,etc.,Board of Health : Edward L.Higgins N.M.Hurwitz Abraham Enos $1,700.00 Fred W.SulHvan Frederick Hinchliffe,M.D. Hospitals : Norfolk County $50.70 22.25 » Department of Public Wel- fare of Massachusetts ... 107 Expenses :General Administra- tion Stationery,postage,etc. : Hobbs &Warren S3.00 Boundbrook Press 7.67 E.E.H.Souther 1.50 F.W.Sullivan 4.00 A.Enos 8.00 Printing and advertising : Franklin Publishing Co $45.75 Rockland Standard Publish- ing Co 6.75 Telephones : F.W.Sullivan (8 months) . $24.94 J.W.Bates (12 months)..23.16 Hose,etc.: Edson Manufacturing Corporation $125.20 Boston Coupling Co 2.21 $24.17 52.50 48.10 All other: Gorham Fire Equipment Co., inhalator $162.18 E.L.Ashton,Remington typewriter 55.00 Donovan Drug Co 15.00 F.W.Sullivan,registering truck 2.00—234.18 Medical aid,F.Hinchliffe,M.D.3.85 Fumigation : Emma L.Tanger $6.00 D.W.Gilbert 5.00 11.00 127.41 108 Town Dump: Charles Stoddard,labor...$30.00 Ruiter Motor Sales,repair- ing pump 50.58 M.S.Leonard,repairs to shed 15.15 Lincoln Brothers Coal Co., 200 pounds coal .1.58 Burying animals : Joseph A.Valine $18.00 Edward R.Jason 3.00 John J.Silvia 1.00 JohnF.Smith 1.00 P.J.Armes 1.00 A.Aheam,Jr 1.00 William E.Tilden 1.00 William E.Rooney 1.00 VanR.Sidney 6.00 Robert E.Jason 2.00 All other: Cohasset Hardware Co.,12 barrels,etc $19.15 E.C.McSweeney,stencilling barrels 7.50 O.S.Sidney,clearing rub- bish 5.00 Walter Bates,truck 6.00 Total maintenance Outlay : Truck and pump,Ruiter Motor Sales Balance to Treasury $97.31 35.00 37.65 $1,369.12 100.00 $1,469.12 230.88 $1,700.00 109 Tuberculosis Hospital, Braintree,appropriation.$2,467.30 Paid County Treasurer $2,467.30 Dental Dispensary,appro- priation.$1,500.00 Transfer from Reserve Fund 400 .00 $1,900.00 Expenditures : Dr.W.M.Ross $1,080.00 Supplies,etc.: J.J.Crimmings Co.,engine and supplies $703.56 J.J.Crimmings Co.,supplies 38.26 Albert Andrews,repairing dentist's chair.........8.00 The Boundbrook Press,500 record cards 7.75 757.57 Balance to Treasury $1,837.57 62.43 $1,900.00 District Nurse,appropriation Paid Ruth H.Ross,R.N.... Balance to Treasury $1,199.97 .03 $1,200.00 $1,200.00 Inspection of Animals, appropriation Paid Darius W.Gilbert,V.S.$150.00 $150.00 no Inspection of Meat and Provisions,appropriation $50.00 Paid Darius W.Gilbert,V.S.$50.00 Inspection of Milk and Vinegar,appropriation. Paid Darius W.Gilbert,V.S., inspector George E.Boiling,for exam- inations Balance to Treasury Refuse and Garbage Dis- posal (Town Dump),ap- propriation Expenditures : Labor,Charles Stoddard ....$1,260.00 Walter Bates 5.00 $1,265.00 Trucks: Mt.Blue Spring Water Co.$15.00 Walter Bates 14.00 Estate of E.E.Bates 7.00 36.00 Tools and supplies: Cohasset Hardware Co.,tools $3.80 Boston Coupling Co 2.21 C.W.Carlander,tank re- pairs 7.00 J.N.MacNeill,paint..-...3.75 16.76 $150.00 21.00 $200.00 $171.00 29.00 $200.00 $1,600.00 Ill Another: J.W.Whitcomb,2 loads of gravel $10.50 S.H.St ought on,cement ..8.50 $19.00 Gas and oil : E.H.Brown $13.88 A.E.Marsh 4.45 18.33 Insurance,Employers'Lia- bility on $1500: E.L.Eustis 82.49 Total maintenance $1,437.58 Outlay : Metal building,Brooks, Skinner &Co 160.00 $1,597.58 Balance to Treasury 2.42 $1,600.00 Straits Pond,James Brook, Cat Dam,etc.,appropriation $1,500.00 Transfer from Reserve Fund 200.00 Straits Pond: $1,700.00 Payrolls,for detail see end of report : Labor $797.50 Automobiles,etc 139.50 upphes : Edith B.Hatch,use of boat 32.25 Joseph E.Wood,use of boat 23.25 Walter P.Bates,use of boat 4.00 Cohasset Hardware Co.,tools 13.27 112 J.N.MacNeill $.42 Edwin McLean,carting boat 6.00 Antonio Gratta,dumping material 30.00 E.L.Eustis,Employers'Lia- bility Insurance on $1,500 54.33 James Brook: Labor (for detail,see end of report)$361.50 Supplies,Cohasset Hardware Co 3.45 Supplies,J.N.MacNeill ...4.72 Cat Dam,and Gulf River Dam: Care of gates.Cat Dam, Arthur O.Wood $75.00 Ellsworth's Boat Yard (Gulf River Dam)96.87 Treat's Pond: Abraham J.Antoine,Jr., labor $45.00 Walter Bates,labor 12.50 Balance to Treasury $1,100.52 Eradication of Mosquitoes, appropriation Paid Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts for State Recla- mation Board 369.67 171.87 57.50 $1,699.56 .44 $1,700.00 $1,500.00 $1,«600.00 113 HIGHWAYS iGHWAYs,general,appropri- ation (March)$38,064.00 Appropriation,special meet- ing,September 23 1,500.00 Refunds 83.35 Transfers 432.00 Corrections (debit to "At- lantic Avenue,General")1,188.25 >cpenditures.Highways and $41,267.60 Tarring : Under E.Robert Mealy,Janu- ""ary 1,1931 to March 6,1931 : Highway Surveyor,E.Robert Mealy $568.33 Payrolls,for detail see end of report : Labor.$1,884.92 Tmcks,etc 937.00 Stone,gravel,etc.: B.Weston,186.70 tons... . $326.75 The Barrett Co.,1,018 gals. K.P 152.70 Ira N.Pratt,108 loads gravel 54.00 Equipment and repairs : Chase,Parker &Co.,tools.$19.78 Cohasset Hardware Co.,tools 23.24 B.Weston,cement,etc....3.50 Litchfield's Express 1.25 M.J.Sullivan .75 Gas and oil : A.L.Ahearn $7.76 Joseph St.John . .^1.30 2,821.92 533.45 48.52 9.06 114 Rent of shop,Margaret T.Kane Telephone,E.R.Mealy Culverts,pipe,etc. : N.E.Culvert Co S103.60 Massachusetts State Prison 59.92 Beal's Cohasset and Scituate Express 5.75 Fences and carpenters : H.W.Monk..S38.88 Alexander Brown 48.00 The George F.Welch Co...72.28 Freight and demurrage Total expended under E.R. Mealy $50.00 16.90 169.27 159.16 8.79 $4,384.69 Highways,under George Jason: Surveyor,services,George Jason Surveyor,expenses,automobile and freight Payrolls,for detail see end of report : Labor $12,731.56 Trucks,etc 9,671.95 Stone,gravel,etc.: Old Colony Crushed Stone Co.,219.16 tons $582.98 Boston Sand &Gravel Co., 683.65 tons 138.51 Bradford Weston,94.625 tons 202.95 Ira N.Pratt,53 loads 26.50 E.E.Bates Estate,30 loads 22.50 James Apts,21 loads 10.50 M.S.Leonard,43 loads...21.50 $2,731.67 6.50 22,403.51 115 J.W.Whitcomb,12 loads .$6.00 W.W.Bates,12 loads ....6.00 H.A.Pattison,20 loads of clay 10.00 F.W.Pape,58 loads of stone 29.00 $1,056.44 Cold patch,asphalt,etc. : American Oil Products Co., 40 drums and 3,676 gals..$1,020.57 Independent Coal Tar Co., 1,370 gals 274.00 Koppers Products Co.,1,250 gals 212.50 Colas Roads,Inc.,825 gals.132.00 Equipment and repairs : Gorham Fire Equipment Co.$89.57 P.I.Perkins Co 140.83 John N.MacNeill 152.59 Cohasset Hardware Co....129.30 M.J.Sullivan 105.00 Ruiter Motor Sales,repair- ing tractor 130.02 Bradford Weston,blasting.48.70 Hewitt Gutta-Percha Rubber Corporation,hose 170.00 George F.Welch Co 43.46 M.F.Ellis &Co 14.00 Fitzpatrick &Happenny ..29.23 William P.Malley 22.42 The Buffalo-Springfield Roller Co 16.67 E.E.Bates Estate,blasting logs and stone boat 47.50 Bosworth &Beal 11.50 Chase,Parker &Co 10.15 $2,695.51 116 Allen W.Bates,for drag ..$7.00 T.F.Kinsley,lumber 1.00 Nantasket Forge 1.50 E.E.H.Souther 1.00 L.Levine 4.10 Litchfield's Express 1.00 American Railway Express 12.07 Antoine's Express 6.50 Rockland Transportation Co.,Inc .50 Liba F.Litchfield,field rod . 1.25 SI.196.86 Repairs,gas and oil : Cohasset Motor Ser\dce...S68.27 Dutra Motor Sales 63.97 Ruiter Motor Sales 41.24 Reddy's Battery Shop ....40.68 Joseph St.John 29.60 Austin L.Aheam 9.29 Minot Market 3.00 E.H.Brown 5.60 Another: Rent,Mrs.Margaret T. Kane $250.00 Blasting,Bradford Weston . 179.55 Lincoln Brothers Coal Co., 20,050 pounds of coal ...133.20 Lincoln Brothers Coal Co., wood 2.44 Cohasset Quality Shop,signs 62.50 Samuel Kutzer,meals 4.80 Donovan Drug Co .70 Bosworth &Beal .40 261.65 633.59 117 Stationery : George Jason,envelopes...$5.98 D.W.Besse 2.05 E.E.H.Souther 1.20 Insurance : William H.Morris $49.45 E.L.Eustis,Employers'Lia- bility on $16,000,"general ; 448.64 on $2,500,special 122.48 Telephones : George Jason $56.72 Shop,James Lane 25.29 Grates,pipe and culverts : J.N.MacNeill 1267.70 New England Metal Culvert Co 274.70 Cohasset Hardware Co....135.65 Fences and carpenters : W.E.Litchfield $120.00 A.J.Gonsalves 97.50 Estate of E.E.Bates,posts 50.00 T.F.Kinsley 10.00 W.J.Coombs 19.40 The George F.Welch Co.. . .90 Ltmiber,paint,etc. : Cohasset Hardware Co...$235.26 John N.MacNeill 153.58 George F.Welch Co 80.50 Hancock Paint and Varnish Co 30.00 Cohasset Quality Shop,paint- ing Cunningham's Bridge 175.00 $9.23 620.57 82.01 678.05 297.80 674.34 118 Masons and cement : S.H.Stoughton $68.65 F.Mitchell 108.50 Charles E.Frates 75.00 F.J.Salvador 50.00 Sea walls : S.H.Stoughton $2,111.00 F.J.Salvador 478.00 J.H.White 508.75 3,097.75 Total expended under George Jason $35,691.19 $302.15 RECAPITULATION —HIGHWAYS Amounts forward: Appropriations,refunds, transfers and corrections $41,267.60 Amount expended under E.R. Mealy $4,384.69 Amount expended under George Jason 35,691.19 Amount charged to "Highways" in error 1,188.25 $41,264.13 Balance to Treasury 3.47 $41,267.60 Fore River Bridge,appropri- ation $1,000.00 Paid.William L.Foster,Treas- urer,Assessments 247-254 inclusive !$480.00 Balance to Treasury 520.00 $1,000.00 119 Tarring Streets,appropria- tion $7,274.00 Expenditures (under George Jason) : Payrolls,for detail,see end of report : Labor $1,844.50 Trucks,etc 1,775.60 $3,620.10 Material : American Oil Products Co., 21,311 gals $2,983.54 Independent Coal Tar Co., 4,084 gals 571.76 Old Colony Crushed Stone Co., 28.85 tons dust 80.25 3,635.55 $7,255.65 Balance to Treasury 18.35 $7,274.00 Elm Court Layout,appro- priation $3,000.00 Expenditures (under George Jason) : Payrolls,for detail see end of report : Labor $789.30 Trucks,etc 928.75 $1,718.05 Engineer (civil),Lewis W. Perkins 14.90 120 Tools and supplies : M.S.Leonard,oakum....$1.25 Cohasset Hardware Co....2.05 William P.Malley,iron work 8.74 Louis Levine,clothes 5.00 S17.04 Stone : Bradford Weston,320.85 tons 608.12 Tar: American Oil Products Co., 2,429 gals,binder $388.64 Trimount Oil Co.,1,100 gals. asphalt 176.00 Gas,etc. : Cohasset Motor Service ...$7.05 Ruiter Motor Sales 7.38 564.64 14.43 Steps for A.J.Antoine,Charles E.Frates 35.00 Miscellaneous : Lincoln Brothers Coal Co., 2,650 pounds coal $15.90 Bradford Weston,blasting, etc 10.65 26.55 $2,998.73 Balance to Treasury 1.27 $3,000.00 121 Beechwood Street,Remov- ing Ledge,appropriation S300.00 Expenditures (under George Jason) : Payrolls,for detail,see end of report : Labor $178.60 Trucks,etc.107.50 $286.10 Balance to Treasury 13.90 $300.00 Beechwood Street,Ander- son Drain,appropriation $225.00 Expenditures (under George Jason) : Payroll,see end of report for detail : Labor $106.00 Trucks 112.00 $218.00 Balance to Treasury 7.00 $225.00 Hill Street Resurfacing, appropriation $2,500.00 Expenditures (under George Jason) : Payrolls,for detail,see end of report : Labor $728.00 Trucks,etc 1,039.00 $1,767.00 122 Stone : Old Colony Crushed Stone Co.,97.65 tons $231.64 Tar: American Oil Products Co., 1,256 gallons of binder ..200.96 Culverts : New England Metal Culvert Co S156.60 Cohasset Hardware Co....60.00 216.60 Mason,Frank Mitchell 21.00 Tools,Cohasset Hardware Co.44.15 Gas,Austin L.Aheam 2.43 $2,483.78 Balance to Treasury 16.22 $2,500.00 Atlantic Avenue Wall, appropriation $3,000.00 Expenditures (under George Jason) : Payrolls,for detail,see end of report : Labor $691.00 Trucks,etc 313.50 $1,004.50 Building wall (contract),S.H. Stoughton 1,831.00 Engineer (civil),Lewis W.Per- kins 103.50' Stone: Old Colony Crushed Stone Co.,7.4 tons $22.20 Estate of E.E.Bates,6 loads 4.50 26.70 123 Lumber,George F.Welch Co. Gloves,Louis Levine $15.85 1.00 Balance to Treasury $2,982.55 17.45 $3,000.00 Widening Street at Cove AND Building Curbing AROUND John W.Sidney Park and Square: Appropriation,Special Meet- ing Septemb er 23 $500.00 Expenditures (under George Jason) : Payrolls,for detail,see end of report : Labor $120.00 Trucks,etc 63.00 •$183.00 Contract for curbing,Frank J. Salvador.$289.00 Extras,Frank J.Salvador . 20.00 309.00 $492.00 Balance to Treasury 8.00 $500.00 Sidewalk,Hancock's Hill (South Main Street),ap- propriation (meeting of September 23)$1,000.00 124 Expenditures (under George Jason) : Payrolls,for detail,see end of report : Labor $230.03 Trucks,etc 167.63 $397.66 Contract,Weymouth Asphalt Concrete Co 569.22 Lumber,George F.Welch Co.22.00 $988.88 Balance to Treasury 11.12 $1,000.00 Street,etc.,Wadleigh Park, appropriation (meeting of September 23)$500.00 Expenditures (under George Jason) : Payroll,for detail,see end of report) : Labor S116.00 Trucks,etc 140.00 $256.00 Stone,Bradford Weston,8L6 tons 142.60 Tar,American Oil Products Co., 628 gallons of binder ....100.48 $499.08 Balance to Treasury .92 $500.00 125 Atlantic Avenue,General, appropriation (meeting of September 23)$3,000.00 Expenditures (under George Jason) : Payrolls,for detail see end of report : Labor $1,502.50 Trucks,etc 1,159.00 $2,661.50 Stone:Bradford Weston,6.525 tons 13.20 Tar:Independent Coal Tar Co., 1,000 gallons Taric No.1.140.00 Blasting supplies :Bradford Weston 43.75 Fuel:Lincoln Brothers Coal Co.) 9,070 pounds coal $54.42 Wood 1.63 56.05" Supplies : Cohasset Motor Service,gas and oil $13.90 The George F.Welch Co., lumber 7.76 Joseph A.Silvia,grease and oil 5.00 Ingersoll-Rand Co.,of New- England,pawl springs ....40 27.06 Civil engineer,Lewis W.Perkins 58.10 $2,999.66 Balance to Treasury .34 $3,000.00 126 Beechwood and Doane (Church) Streets,appropriation (meeting of September 23)$1,500.00 Expenditures (under George Jason) : Payrolls,for detail see end of report : Labor S667.50 Trucks,etc 287.00 $954.50 Pipe and catch basins : Cohasset Hardware Co....$345.66 John N.MacNeill 140.09 485.75 Tools,etc. : E.H.Brown,tools $20.10 The George F.Welch Co., lumber 5.52 25.62 31.20CivilEngineer,Lewis W.Perkins•> $1,497.07 Balance to Treasury 2.93 $1,500.00 Removing Snow and Sanding Streets,appropriation..$9,000.00 Transfer from Reserve Fund . 140.00 $9,140.00 Expenditures (under E.Robert Mealy) : Payrolls,see detail at end of report : Labor $2,635.33 Trucks,etc 2,168.08 $4,803.41 127 Repairs to tractors and plows : P.I.Perkins Co $752.01 Ruiter Motor Sales,Inc...108.36 C.W.Carlander 64.55 William P.Malley 45.32 Mathewson Machine Works 17.63 Cohasset Hardware Co....19.70 William Daley 4.32 Joseph C.Anderson 5.00 Litchfield's Express 1.45 American Railway Express 1.19 $1,019.53 Sand,gravel,etc. : Boston Sand &Gravel Co.$290.23 Ira N.Pratt 25.00 315.23 Gas,oil,etc. : Reddy's Battery Shop ....$56.35 Ruiter Motor Sales,Inc...23.56 Fitzpatrick &Happenny ..23.16 Dutra Motor Sales 13.54 A.L.Aheam 5.85 122.46 Fuel: Lincoln Brothers Coal Co., 2,700 pounds Tools:Cohasset Hardware Co. Damage to automobile:Boston Cash Market Total expended by E.R. Mealy 21.80 4.00 3.75 $6,290.18 128 Expended under George Jason : Payrolls,for detail see end of report : Labor $2,129.75 Trucks,etc 368.85 12,498.60 Labor on plows,Fitzpatrick & Happenny 4.38 Sand: Ira N.Pratt,44 loads S22.00 J.W.Whitcomb,17 loads .8.50 30.50 Supplies,Cohasset Hardware Co 3.25 American Railway Express ...52 Insurance:Employers'Liability on $8,000,E.L.Eustis ...227.84 Work on tractors : Payroll,see end of report for detail $35.00 William P.Malley 12.34 P.I.Perkins Co 35.20 82.54 $2,847.63 Total expended by E.R.Mealy forward 6,290.18 $9,137.81 Balance to Treasury 2.19 $9,140.00 Street Lighting,appropria- ation,general $10,890.00 Appropriation,one light. Spring Street 22.00 129 Appropriation,one light. Pond Street 111,229.36 132.64 $22.00 Appropriation,seven lights, 1000-Wat Cove 420.00 Paid Electric Light and Power Co Balance to Treasury $11,362.00 $11,362.00 On January 1,1931,there were the following street lights in Cohasset: 400 60 c.p.at $1.833 $733.20 17 250c.p.at $4.00 68.00 1 60 W.Mult,at $1.8333 1.83 14 1,000 c.p.at $7.50 ....105.00 $908.03 During the year there were two 60 c.p.lights added and two taken out,leaving the same number at end of year.One 250 c.p.light was added.Seven 1,000 c.p.lights were added, leaving 14 at end of year. The December bill was as follows : 400 60 c.p.at $1.833 $733.20 18 250 c.p.at $4.00 72.00 1 60 W.Mult,at $1,833.1.83 14 1,000 c.p.at $7.50 ....157.50 $964.53 130 Selectmen,Street Signs,etc. appropriation Expenditures : Frank J.Salvador,resetting signs at Sidney Park .... George F.Sargent,care foun- tains,Beechwood and $200.00 $12.00 Doane Street 5.00 2.50 Lot E.Bates,hauling ( wagon to dump old Balance to Treasury .... $19.50 180.50 pro- Fund $200.00 Harbor Maintenance,ap] priation Transfer from Reserve $1,500.00 100.00 $1,600.00 Expenditures : John J.Grassie: Harbor Master $100.00 Labor,etc 232.00 Joseph S.Enos: Assistant Harbor Master ..$50.00 Labor,etc 137.00 Other labor : Martin Grassie $71.00 Ame Petersen 112.00 John L.Pattison 70.00 Walter Silvia 55.00 Foster Cadoze 15.00 Abraham Antoine 5.00 $332.00 187.00 131 William Burdick . Manuel Oliver ... John Oliver Joseph Antoine .. Austin Aheam .. Joseph J.Grassie $7.00 8.00 8.00 10.00 17.00 7.00 $385.00 Repairs and supplies : Cohasset Hardware Co....$197.09 F.G.Roche,repairs,etc...119.00 Jerry McCarty,12 barrels.62.50 Cohasset Quality Shop,4 signs 35.00 Joseph M.Silvia,use of boat and truck 31.00 Ellsworth Boat Yard 22.34 F.W.Pape,cord manure..16.00 Charles E.Frates,repairing Town landing 150.00 George F.Welch Co 25.12 William P.Malley 2.75 E.A.Stone,sharpening saws 1.00 Telephone for John J.Grassie 24.90 uou.<u Balance to Treasury $1,590.70 9.30 Harbor Dredging,appropria- tion,from ''Excess and De- ficiency" Paid Department of Public Works,Commonwealth of Massachusetts $1,600.00 $5,000.00 $5,000.00 132 CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS'BENEFITS Appropriation for three ac- counts:General Adminis- tration,Outside Poor,and Cohasset Home (March Meeting)$17,800.00 Appropriation,Special Meeting, September 23 2,000.00 Refunds 175.95 Department of Public Welfare: General Administration: Salaries of Overseers : WiUiam H.McGaw $200.00 Herbert L.Brown 200.00 William O.Souther 200.00 Clerk,Martha A.Prouty $18.72 Clerk,Joseph A.Dion,Jr 55.12 Hobbs &Warren,blanks 3.13 The Boundbrook Press,500 envelopes 3.85 Postage .31 Transportation,E.R.Jason .16.66 Expenses,William H.McGaw 6.35 Outside Poor: Groceries and provisions: Minot Market $140.64 E.H.Brown 266.81 Boston Cash Market 61.80 Atlantic &Pacific Tea Co. . 106.78 C.H.Trott Co 147.85 First National Stores 170.44 $19,975.95 $600.00 104.14 $704.14 133 James M.Sweeney $30.99 Mary Enos 38.48 White Bros 58.86 F.Wheelwright &Sons ...55.34 S.Pagliaro 54.75 N.wSimeone 10.62 W.H.Pratt 24.48 Whiting Milk Co 17.11 Humphrey Brothers 5.19 Fuel: Coal: Lincoln Brothers Coal Co., 147,920 pounds $1,200.32 Wood: Ira N.Pratt 98.00 David Souther 16.00 Lincoln Brothers Coal Co. . 31.73 JohnT.Barnes 8.00 Howard Bates 3.00 Medicine and medical : Town Physicians : Dr.E.H.Schott,6 months $300.00 Dr.Frederick Hinchliffe, 6 months 300.00 Dr.Frederick Hinchliffe,extra 9.50 Nursing,Mrs.Alta Sargent ..463.00 Massachusetts General Hospital 84.02 Cohasset Private Hospital ...10.00 F.W.Browne Pharmacy,drugs 83.30 Donovan Drug Co.,drugs...20.15 Transportation,E.R.Jason ..15.00 Cash Aid: Rent: Lot Phillips Corporation ..$144.00 Mrs.Annie G.Keating....240.00 ,190.14 1,357.05 1,284.97 134 Katherine Murphy S240.00 Frank Meallo 240.00 Mrs.Rhoda McArthur....108.68 Alonzo Pearson 64.00 IdaM.Coffman 21.00 Samuel P.Coffman 21.00 Samuel R.Coffman 21.00 Mrs.Antoine Francis 40.00 Brown &Stackpole 36.00 Cohasset Water Co 12.00 $1,187.68 House supplies : Ford Furniture Co 28.00 Clothing: Louis Levine $119.65 M.J.Sullivan 102.60 E.E.H.Souther 39.00 M.J.Merriam 12.25 E.H.Brown 23.25 296.75 Transportation,E.R.Jason .30.00 Funerals,C.W.&E.H.Sparrell 266.00 Total for Outside Aid $10,248.59 Cohasset Home: Superintendent,Elmer J.Louie 1,425.00 Other employees (inside) : Mabel Barnes $170.00 Mary Laiho 172.00 Annie Laine 150.00 Mary Hendrickson 30.00 522.00 Groceries and provisions : C.H.Trott $15.38 C.H.Trott Co 226.59 Trott Grocery Co 170.17 135 Minot Market $318.84 Boston Cash Market 276.64 Cohasset Lobster Shop ....10.46 Mt.Blue Spring Water Co.15.50 Dry goods and clothing: Reformatory for Women ..$24.74 L.Levine 14.25 Massachusetts State Prison 6.38 M.J.Merriam 1.70 Cohasset News Co .30 Buildings : M.S.Leonard $48.15 Alexander Brown 1.80 Bosworth &Beal 1.08 Commissioner of Public Safety 5.00 Insurance on house and bam, William H.Morris 211.00 ,033.58 47.37 267.03 Fuel: Lincoln Brothers Coal Co., 105,000 pounds 821.27 Light: Electric Light &Power Co.180.82 Grain,F.J.Story 1,001.42 Hospitals,drugs,etc.: .Donovan Drug Co $84.78 F.W.Browne Pharmacy..23.70 C.P.Huntington Memorial Hospital 34.00 Lucy C.Clark,nursing 74.95 217.43 136 Telephone All other: Reddy's Battery Shop $35.61 Electric Light &Power Co., repairing Kelvinator....13.15 D.S.Campbell,repairing clock 3.50 Charles T.Fish,sharpening mower 2.25 C.W.&E.H.Sparrell,funerals 244.00 E.L.Eustis,Employers'Lia- bility insurance on $1,700 35.05 Inside supplies: Tonsorial : Benjamin Nichols $14.40 C.A.Tanger 1.70 Newspapers : Joseph St.John 10.40 E.E.H.Souther 7.30 D.W.Besse 3.65 Cohasset News Co 6.45 Tobacco : E.E.H.Souther 7.95 D.W.Besse 3.80 Cohasset News Co 4.15 Furniture : Massachusetts Reformatory 20.75 Massachusetts State Prison 23.00 Litchfield's Express 2.00 Miscellaneous : Cohasset Hardware Co....69.04 J.N.MacNeill 5.15 E.E.H.Souther .50 Outside supplies,labor,etc. : Labor : Julian Strang $98.00 Arthur Ring 77.50 $43.15 333.56 180.24 137 Lawrence Cook $19.50 Manuel Grassie 33.75 William Almeida 24.75 Clarence P.Silvia 18.75 William Murphy 12.00 Thomas Emanuella 9.00 William H.McArthur 5.00 Team,William T.Barnes ...194.60 Supplies : M.J.Sullivan 2.00 Cohasset Hardware Co....77.96 J.N.MacNeill 18.55 Iron Work,W.P.Malley ...6.80 Limiber,etc.,George E.Kimball &Son Co 22.16 Plants,South Shore Greenhouses 3.00 Chickens (260),John F.Hill.46.80 Veterinary,D.W.Gilbert ...24.00 Litchfield's Express 1.00 $695.12 Total Cohasset Home $6,767.99 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE Expenditures (Beechwood Park), for detail see end of report : Payrolls : Labor $543.88 Trucks,etc 109.50 $653.38 Tools : Cohasset Hardware Co....$37.50 E.W.Bates,sharpening ..6.35 C.W.Carlander,sharpening 7.04 50.89 138 Expenditures (Town wood lot) , for detail see end of report : Services,J.E.Grassie Slo.OO Labor 248.25 Trucks,etc 107.75 $371.00 Total for labor,etc.,under Department of Public Welfare $1 ,075.27 RECAPITULATION OF POOR ACCOUNTS Appropriation (March)for De- partment of Public Welfare Appropriation (September)special meeting,for Public Welfare Refunds Expenditures : General Administration Outside Poor Cohasset Home Total for Poor Accounts 1931 Employment of labor,etc.,under Department of Public Welfare : Beechwood Park $704.27 Town Wood Lot 371.00 1,075.27 $17,800.00 2,000.00 175.95 $19,975.95 8704.14 10,248.59 0,767.99 S17,720.72 Total expended under De- partment of Public Welfare $18,795.99 Balance to Treasury 1,179.96 $19,975.95 139 Net Cost of Poor in 1931: General Administration ... Outside Poor 1704.14 6,888.65 Cohasset Home 5,154.98 $12,747.77 Over $1,400 of the receipts included in above statement was for amounts due from a town for previous years. Old Age Pension,appropriation Transfer from Reserve Fund Paid,cash Balance to Treasury State Aid,appropriation... . Paid,payrolls Soldiers'and Sailors'Relief: Appropriation Refund Transfer from Reserve Fund Expenditures : Cash Fuel,Lincoln Brothers Coal Co., 12,750 pounds Rent: WilHam C.Thompson $125.00 J.E.Grassie 20.00 J.Laiweneek 36.00 181.00 $1,500.00 100.00 $1,565.75 34.25 $1,600.00 $1,600.00 $480.00 $480.00 $1,500.00 10.00 20.00 $1,160.00 102.65 $1,530.00 140 Hospitals : Cohasset Private $53.00 20.74MassachusettsGeneral.... $73.74 12.00WilliamC.Chapman,M.D.. Balance to Treasury $1,529.39 .61 $1,530.00 SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES Schools,general maintenance appropriation (including Vocational Education). . $82,791.98 Refunds 110.68 $82,902.66 State reimbursement on ac- count of teachers'salaries, included in income tax, $5,410. Expenditures (for detail,see end of report) : School Commttee,services: Edward L.Stevens,financial .secretary $100.00 School Committee,expenses: Telephones : Osgood School $76.99 Ripley Road School 88.60 Beechwood School 33.44 M.H.Meyer 47.77 L.Mulvey 19.35 T.A.Stevens 35.02 $301.17 141 Printing reports,Boundbrook Press $47.00 School Board Journal 14.00 $362.17 Superintendent,services,O.K. Collins 2,000.00 Superintendent,expenses ....212.55 Superintendent,clerical work . 10.00 Truant Officer,H.J.Pelletier . 100.00 Principal,expenses,J.W.Doyle 22.00 Teachers'salaries: High $14,644.62 Elementary 32,808.66 47,453.28 Text and reference books : High $777.75 Elementary 859.14 1,636.89 Supplies : High $764.19 Elementary 1,968.72 2,732.91 Libraries,High 115.21 Vocational education 1,051.85 Transportation : High $1,054.23 Elementary 3,970.10 5,024.33 Janitors'services: High $1,177.29 Elementary 3,824.45 5,001.74 142 Light and power : Osgood School,hghting ...$532.80 Osgood School Annex,lighting 24.25 Ripley Road School,lighting 272.70 Beechwood School,Hghting 16.80 Osgood School,power 249.98 Osgood School,power,addi- tional 7.20 (Heating for cooking,charged to "Supplies,"above was as follows) : Osgood School $140.74 Ripley Road School 264.20 $404.94 Fuel: High (Old Colony Gas,$7.59)359.02 Elementary 1,354.42 Maintenance of buildings and grounds : Repairs : High $743.13 Elementary 2,049.88 Janitors'supplies: High $89.23 Elementary 323.22 All other: High $16.00 Elementary 43.00 ,103.73 1,713.44 2,793.01 412.45 59.00 143 Furniture and furnishings : High $209.58 Elementary 353.57 $563.15 Diplomas and graduation exercises 51 .25 Health 267.00 Another 32.23 Insurance 744.47 Lunch 5,337.34 $78,900.00 Balance to Treasury 4,002.66 $82,902.66 Schools,Ripley Road: Balance from first bond issue $2,779.90 Transfer from Reserve Fund 134.83 $2,914.73 Paid on order of Town Counsel (Thayer) : Smith &Lovett $2,275.00 U.S.Fidelity &Guaranty Co.200.00 William H.McLean 304.90 Also paid as above ordered : WilHam H.McLean Balance from second bond issue Paid: U.S.Fidelity &Guaranty Co. A.F.Nott,painting walls .. 134.83 $2,914.73 $5.18 366.00 $4,659.84 $371.18 Balance to 1932 accounts. . 4,288.66 $4,659.84 144 Paul Pratt Memorial and Nantasket Libraries, appropriation $5,800.00 Expenditures : Rev.F.V.Stanley,treasurer Paul Pratt Memorial Library $5,367.41 Telephone (Paul Pratt Library)32.59 James A.Brickett,treasurer Nantasket Library 400.00 $5,800.00 RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED Town Commons and Parks: Appropriation (March)$1,800.00 Appropriation,Special Meet- ing in September 250.00 Transfer from Reserve Fund 40.00 $2,090.00 Expenditures : Labor,C.F.Wilbur $418.75 Labor,E.J.Mealy 353.75 $772.50 Labor,William H.McArthur (small parks)91.25 Rolling,William H.Jason .8.00 Labor,general (for detail,see end of report)279.46 Trucks (for detail,see end of report)135.45 Equipment : New mower,Charles T.Fish $230.00 Repairs,Charies T.Fish ..22.25 Cohasset Hardware Co., supplies 51.41 145 Auto Sickle Co.,machine ..$21.00 Estate of W.P.Malley, sharpening mower 10.85 J.N.MacNeill,supplies ..5.75 Ruiter Motor Sales,gas and oil 11.08 C.W.Carlander,sharpening mowers 7.00 The Holmerden Co.,5 gal- lons weed destroyer 8.00 Youlden,Smith &Hopkins, express 1.10 C.F.Wilbur,2 pails .50 Hingham Water Co.,installing water at Wadleigh Park .28.03 E.L.Eustis,Employers'Lia- bility insurance on $1,500 36.17 Town Wharf Park : Labor : C.F.Bennett $60.00 Alfred J.Silvia 32.50 H.W.Burbank 30.00 A.J.Priest 7.50 Trucks : Nathan Souther 112.00 FredPape 28.00 Billings-Pratt Park,care of, George F.Sargent Park,corner of Beechwood and King Streets,care of,Ernest Coles Balance to Treasury $433.14 270.00 75.00 15.00 $2,079.80 10.20 $2,090.00 146 Guild Hall Park,Spruce Tree, appropriation Expenditures : Joseph E.Grassie,for tree..$74.75 Joseph E.Grassie,truck ..4.50 S.J.Grassie,labor 12.50 Ellery Sidney,labor 5.00 - $96.75 Balance to Treasury = 3.25 $100.00 Wheelwright Park,appro- priation $650.00 Expenditures : Payrolls (for detail,see end of report) : Labor (including services of J.E.Grassie)$583.00 Automobiles,etc 26.50 Tools and supplies: Cohasset Hardware Co....$11.90 W.P.Malley and Estate ..3.00 L.L.Damon,sharpening tools 5.00 19.90 $629.40 Balance to Treasury 20.60 $650.00 Wadleigh Park,appropriation $300.00 Expenditures : Labor : C.F.Bennett $85.00 A.J.Silvia 20.00 147 H.W.Burbank $10.00 A.J.Priest 7.50 H.Monk 5.00 Trucks : Nathan Souther $91.00 F.Pape 28.00 Supphes,etc.: F.W.Pape,cord of manure $40.00 Hingham Water Co 6.00 Charles T.Fish 3.50 $127.50 119.00 49.50 $296.00 Balance to Treasury 4.00 $300.00 Playgrounds,Ball Field, appropriation $500.00 Expenditures : Care of field,M.J.Sullivan .$100.00 Labor : Ralph Burrell $52.50 Charles R.Jason,truck and labor 124.50 George Henry 10.00 Wilham H.McArthur 10.00 E.P.Bates 10.00 William Smith,truck and labor 24.50 James Denithome 5.00 236.50 Mowing,William T.Barnes .18.00 Sharpening mowers,Charles T. Fish 2.25 148 Supplies : Cohasset Hardware Co....$31.38 H.Partridge Co.,bases...10.50 Cohasset Water Co.,water 12.00 Cohasset Golf Club,gravel 18.00 Charles R.Jason,loam ...60.00 George F.Welch Co.,goal posts 2.32 $134.20 - $490.95 Balance to Treasury - 9.05 $500.00 Damages to Persons and Property,appropriation (March)$100.00 Appropriation,Special Meet- ing in September 175.00 $275.00 Expenditures : Vincenzo (James)Sestito, damage to garden $175.00 Damage to automobiles : Ruiter Motor Sales (Harold Cousens)$24.00 Paul James,spring 5.45 Ruiter Motor Sales,spring (Monteiro)8.50 Cohasset Motor Service : Louis Figureido 25.40 Charies W.Frates 10.90 74.25 $249.25 Balance to Treasury 25.75 $275.00 149 Celebrations,Fourth of July, appropriation Expenditures : Decorating Legion building, Universal Decorating Co. Pond Plain Band,J.R.Mer- chant,director The Craftsman Service,circu- lars,postage,etc Arthur F.Browne,painting 2 signs Lance Campbell,D.C.Perci- val Co.,silver trophies .. John F.Kilderry,clocks,etc., prizes First Prize Float,Mrs.Mae Silvia $25.00 Prize Float,American Legion Auxiliary 10.00 "Independence"tub,William J.Brennock 5.00 $500.00 $17.50 50.00 44.00 8.00 110.00 12.80 40.00 Prize money,out-of-town Posts : First prize.Bunker Hill Post $100.00 Second prize.Old Dorchester Post Third prize,Abington Post . 50.00 25.00 175.00 42.00 $499.30 .70 $500.00 A.J.McGovern: 12 gold-filled medals at $1.50 24 sterling silver medals at $1.00 $18.00 24.00 Balance to Treasury - 150 Memorial Day and Dinner, appropriation $675.00 Transfer from Reserve Fund 100.00 Expenditures : Memorial Day: Julian R.Merchant,director Pond Plain Band $340.00 M.A.Allen &Co.,Inc., multigraphing 7.44 John M.Schell,stickers ...3.50 The Craftsman Service,post cards 35.75 Raymond Costume Co....15.00 Disabled Ex-Service Men's Exchange,hats 13.50 The Harding Uniform & Regalia Co.,ornaments. etc 5.02 C.A.Tanger,flags 14.00 V.V.Sestito,wreaths 25.00 Rosenfield Uniform Co....30.40 W.Stokes Kirk,bayonets, etc 9.20 Memorial Day Dinner: Hathaway Baking Co $6.50 John Berio &Sons 9.00 C.H.Trott Co 27.75 First National Stores 18.30 Mary McGrath,labor 5.00 F.W.Browne Pharmacy, ice cream 12.25 Boston Cash Market 35.82 W.N.Van Cor,laundry ..2.20 Cohasset Hardware Co....1.65 $775.00 $498.81 151 George W.Salvador,ice cream $13.60 Donovan Drug Corporation, cigars 10.00 N.Simeone,cigars,etc....11.15 $153.22 Nathaniel Hurwitz,Commander George H.Mealy Post,dec- orating graves in France ...100.00 Balance to Treasury $752.03 22.97 $775.00 Town Clock,appropriation. Paid Nelson C.Pratt,for care of clock $41.35 23.65 $65.00 Balance to Treasury $65.00 Town Reports,and Miscel- laneous Printing,appro- priation $1,400.00 Expenditures : The Boundbrook Press: 1,100-copies,256 pages at $4.75 $1,216.00 100 copies extra:25 cents .25.00 Binding in Assessors'report 33.00—$1,274.00 Beale's Express,bringing re- ports from Cambridge ..6.00 E.P.Bates,delivering reports in Cohasset -22.00 Postage 1.00 Cotton &Gould,binding 7 vol- umes of Town Reports ...21 .65 152 Sanderson Brothers,5,000 small payrolls $18.00 142.00 40.90 Balance to Treasury $1,365.55 34.45 $1,400.00 Town Flag,appropriation .. Expenditures : Care of flag: Herbert Williams ... $160.00 3.50 17.90 .20 $250.01 Nelson C.Pratt Repairs : Mrs.Herbert Williams .... Refonnatory for Women,new- flag,10x15 Repairing old flag $17.01 .89 N.C.Pratt,postage Balance to Treasury $181.60 68.40 $250.00 Unclassified,Employers' Liability Insurance, appropriation Refund $27.49 115.46 $100.0C 42.9^ Paid Edward L.Eustis Balance to Treasury $142.9^ $142.95 153 ENTERPRISES AND CEMETERIES Public Service Enterprise, North Cohasset Post Office Building,appropriation (March)$500.00 Appropriation,Special Meeting in September 300.00 $800.00 Expenditures : Hyland &McGaw,repairs . $652.04 Painting building : H.W.Lincoln $55.00 J.Dyment 55.00 Fuel oil,F.L.Beal Water,Hingham Water Co.. 19.25 7.15 5.00 X l.\J.\J\J 30.00 7.00 Balance to Treasury $799.04 .96 $800.00 Public Service Enterprise, Guild and Community Hall, American Legion Building, appropriation Refund $213.00 1 Q1 Af\ $650.00 13.50 Expenditures : Janitor,C.A.Tanger Repairs : Manuel S.Leonard $1 Cohasset Hardware Co.,paint Commissioner of Public Safety, inspection of boiler $663.50 154 Supplies,Cohasset Hardware Co.$1.75 Light,Electric Light &Power Co.42.37 Fuel: Lincoln Brothers Coal Co., 20,555 pounds coal $167.54 Wood 14.25 181.79 Water,Cohasset Water Co.. . 23.00 Insurance : E.N.Tower,1 year on $5,000 $35.50 William H.Morris,1 year on $5,000 \31.00 66.50 $659.81 Balance to Treasury 3.69 $663.50 Public Service Enterprise, Parking Place,appropriation Expenditures : Cohasset Water Co $9.00 Insurance,J.T.Phelps &Co.23.85 Rent,N.Y.,N.H.&H.R.R.5.00 $37.85 Balance to Treasury 12.15 $50.00 Cemetery,Maintenance,ap- propriation Refund 155 Expenditures : Labor : Charles F.Wilbur.$437.50 Edwin J.Mealy 405.00 William T.Barnes 5.00 S847.50 Truck and team : William T.Barnes,truck..$25.00 Joseph W.Whitcomb,team 5.60 30.60 Telephone of C.F.Wilbur...32.90 Tools and supplies : Cohasset Hardware Co....$7.25 William P.Malley 7.00 C.W.Carlander 16.10 Janigian Brothers,cover ..12.00 C.F.Wilbur,2 pails .50 Litchfield's Express .35 43.20 Another: J.F.James,transportation.$1.00 Postage 1.95 Recording five deeds (Tilden)5.00 Boundbrook Press,book for "Perpetual Care"24.00 Reddy's Battery Shop,gas and oil 1.53 E.L.Eustis,Employers'Lia- bihty insurance on $400 . 8.25 41.73 $995.93 Balance to Treasury 5.67 $1,001.60 156 Cemetery Improvement, appropriation (March)..$3,000.00 Appropriation Special Meeting in September 2,500.00 Balance from 1930 accounts 421.25 $5,951.25 Expenditures : Payrolls,for detail see end of report : Labor $2,269 03 Trucks and teams 1,390.60 $3,659.63 Civil engineer,L.W.Perkins 15.10 Frank Mitchell,mason 320.27 Quincy Building Wrecking Co., truck crane 275.00 Rustic stone,W.O.Souther .200.00 Water,wiring,etc. : Cohasset Hardware Co., Dayton Water,system..$204.10 L.Grossman &Sons,Inc., supplies 52.70 Municipal Light Department of Hingham,wiring 41.56 Fred G.Roche,wiring 33.90 Pipe,cement,etc. : L.Grossman &Sons,Inc..$317.59 Harry Hiltz,plumbing....119.50 332.26 437.09 Supplies : F.W.Pape,43^cords of manure $72.00 Cohasset Hardware Co....39.38 JohnN.MacNeill 50.83 157 Quincy Building Wrecking Co.,lumber $36.64 L.Grossman &Sons,cement 24.00 Bradford Weston,8.5 tons of dust 14.88 William P.Malley 1.20 C.F.Wilbur,for lumber ...52 $239.45 Gas,etc.: E.J.Dutra $9.08 Reddy's Battery Shop 3.72 F.W.Pape 2.73 Ruiter Motor Sales 1.13 xu.uu $5,495.46 Balance to 1932 accounts. . 455.79 $5,951.25 Cemetery,Perpetual Care: Deposited in Cohasset Savings Bank for Susan F.Thayer $75.00 Mrs.Margaret McDonald . 40.00 JuHa A.Bosworth 100.00 Mary J.(Joseph J.)Silvia. . 50.00 Bessie H.Savage 200.00 $465.00 INTEREST AND MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS Anticipation Tax Loans : Paid Rockland Trust Co. : Notes 167 and 168,due Oc- tober 15 $50,000.00 Notes 162,164,165 and 166, due November 2 100,000.00 $150,000.00 158 Interest,anticipation Tax Loans, appropriation $3,000.00 Paid Rockland Trust Co. : On Notes 162 and 164,due November 2 at 2.30%..S715.56 On Notes 165 and 166,due November 2 at 2.20%..614.17 On Notes 167 and 168,due October 15 at 1.54%....254.53 Sl,584.26 Balance to Treasury 1,415.74 $3,000.00 Interest,general,appropriation $5,660.00 Paid Rockland Trust Co. : Gulf River Bridge Notes 4%$480.00 First School Loan,4%3,400.00 Second School Loan,4%..1,780.00 $5,660.00 BONDS OR NOTES FROM REVENUE Appropriation $14,000.00 Paid Rockland Trust Co. : First School Loan,due April 1 $6,000.00 Second School Loan,due June 1 5,000.00 Gulf River Bridge Loan,due September 1,Notes 70,71, and 72 3,000.00 $14,000.00 159 AGENCY AND TRUST,REFUNDS AND TRANSFERS Reserve Fund,appropriation $5,000.00 Transfers to following accounts : Treasurer $141.92 Tax Collector 216.80 Assessors 90.00 Town Hall 84.70 Police Department 1,200.00 Board of Health,general ..200.00 Dental Dispensary 400.00 Straits Pond,James Brook,etc.200.00 Highways,general 432.00 Snow account 140.00 Harbor Maintenance 100.00 Old Age Assistance 100.00 Schools,first bond issue ...134.83 Town Commons 40.00 Decorating graves in France 100.00 Soldiers'and Sailors'Relief.20.00 $3,600.25 Balance to Treasury 1,399.75 $5,000.00 Agency,appropriations $23,401.04 State Taxes : State tax,general $9,825.00 Parks,Chapter 391,Acts of 1931 109.41 Sinking Fund 10.51 Interest 56.09 Maintenance 236.44 Auditing accounts 83.12 Hospital,care of veterans .90.00 $10,410.57 160 State,Old Age Assistance ... County Tax State,Refund National Bank tax State Liquor license,34 Trust Paid Levi T.Lincoln,treas- urer of Beechwood Ceme- tery,for care of Williams lot $3.78 Sl,026.00 11,964.47 4.17 .25 S23,405.46 Refunds Real Estate Tax of 1930: Ruth L.Bourne $217.71 Interest 13.05 Summons .20 Personal tax of 1930,Fanny Homans $6.15 Interest .43 Demand .35 Excise taxes on automobiles : 1930 $33.29 1931 367.39 $230.96 6.93 400.68 $638.57 161 !P .^ "u^^ E ^1 s.s l>00 t^'-H c^O -*Oi (M ^Oi lO m >>ic CO CO o oc o 1>t^^rt t^(N ios 00 00 CO '1-00 1>Oi CT ' i>to 00 ^to O ^-2 03 c^(N CC ?# O iO lOo»o I— 1 •2 CO id 05 .&m 00 |N« o^ ; rH O C:>*^^a 00 2-^^s^_^^ 13 "c"^"^o o o c~^~^"^o o c O O lO S.a c C c o o o c o c c o o c O O (M c C c d d d oc d c ^Q o c d d 00 g|i c tC c o o o CC (M tc (3 o o c o o oa 1—c:O C^^(M 1-t-c__(M q_Tt-lo o 00^c^"(N of (N CC T-O (M" "rt^ CQ "c (^~o:C^lO 05 OC o c"~C^^00 CC ^occTtCO(M t^1—o c '^(M »0 lO 05 O .—1 c c ^00 CO CC ^'-s l>d d c CO 00 rt ^-d »J^<M Tti lO rH ir;00 '^cr 00 (M Tot Amoi Pai CC lO <M Th (M l>c 1—1 t^i>lO 00m'C^"(N (N CO lO"c^" gJSBj <c cc"Ic 1>.!>•00 O"o c ^^(M CC Tt^t^ i>1>t^1>1>l>l>00 oc oc 00 00 oc 00 00 w ^mo-i-> c ^ "o 'Ph c 03 _o +-> '-M CO O Oi C/3 Ui -,m <2 P ^C fn W C c 3 ^1 >;| oo 1 c 0, t 8 t <h c M6o^ % z "c3 t^'S 6 g fc .g .g S OJ QJ C OJ c >'gj o o2f£c^h h e-<O J h ^W W h ^H II 162 rfl 'd TtH Vh Tt^a T— 1 (M a +j II •H ^=1 ^ rt 1—1 "^ JD ^ ^' c^t^CO GO CO o o CC O 1—1 TtH CO CO Tl^o »o CO o t-(M CO (N 05 TJH t^to t^m ^CO o CO CO 5i CO o X P I— I O H H O TtH CO Ol 00 lO lO CO CO CO t/3 !2 o oj C c 2 So s o t;2 <; CO Ci cT co" O lOOOOOOOqcoqoqooqOLOOOOOOOOtoOOOOLCo LC't^1—I -^lo o r^CO T^05 "-H CO i—T c^" o ooo d dO" co" o o ooCOo d t^d CO o i-T (N r-T s (N O (N 1:^OOOCO»o O d d t^d CO TtH O Oi C5 T:t< l>r-H CO *t>. 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T3 Oh : C !-• rt w : (-1 .-:« PQ a ^^ 0^P^".^ O O CHH^ 0)o S O ^£ ^sho o ^o .2 .2 c .2 .Si a - OJ T? tl^ oj :=!rt 0) O Oh O >o o »o 167 o o oOCOOOCOO O CO o oq(N q o o TjH d dO00COo q_io_cD__q^ CO 00 CO CO (M CO 1-1 u o oj to to "^ a;(U D (U (U d-^^-^n '^t ^- .d IS .»^CO bJO I 8 ^a 1^ w w 'd S cu a3 CD ^ o § Q O 168 CO 05 O^O i-^"O '"''^^'^_ €^r-M •r+l E5 rH TJRCOC -J;^^^ a _ •a S o r^o ^8 .S I £c^o M OJ ^H ^ a P.C/3a 03 o o3 •4J o H Q rt< CO C^03 0)o <x> 03 :3 u 03 ji 0) t/2 p; 5 < a;.'^ O 03 ^rr-l -t-^ g OS O a;5 ^ F^2 '^ P pi »-. 03 ^G '-3 O aa 03 169 Agency,amounts paid: State taxes $10,410.57 Liquor license paid State .25 Refund National Bank Tax 4.17 County Tax ^11,964.47 Old age assistance 1,026.00 $23,405.46 Agency,Received: From State on account of Highways $3,425.34 Unaccepted check,land damage 100.00 $3,525.34 Appropriations from Excess and Deficiency : Harbor dredging in March $5,000.00 September 23,1931: Town Hall,maintenance $500.00 Widening street at Cove 500.00 Sidewalk,Hancock's Hill 1,000.00 Department of Pubhc Welfare 2,000.00 Town Commons 250.00 Streets around Wadleigh Park 500.00 North Cohasset Post Office building 300.00 Woodside Cemetery improvement 2,500.00 Damage to property of V.V.Sestito 175.00 Atlantic Avenue wall.Highways 1,500.00 Atlantic Avenue,general 3,000.00 Tree Warden 1,000.00 Beechwood and Doane Streets 1,500.00 14,725.00 $19,725.00 Appropriations in March to be raised $334,871.79 County tax,1931 11,964.47 States taxes,1931: General $9,825.00 Parks,Chapter 391,Acts of 1931 109.41 Sinking Fund 10.51 Interest 56.09 Maintenance 236.44 Auditing accounts 83.12 Hospitals,care of Veterans 90.00 10,410.57 Old age assistance 1,025.00 Overlay 3,794.96 $362,066.79 170 Deduct: Estimated receipts $64,990.07 Polls (1,021)2,042.00 Old age assistance 1,025.00 $68,057.07 $294,009.72 Add fractions 1.58 $294,011.30 Add Moth Work 359.35 Warrant to Tax Collector August 12,1931 ...$294,370.65 Receipts as given above $499,835.33 Add cash balance of January 1,1931 52,775.99 $552,611.32 Deduct cash payments of 1931 520,636.09 $31,975.23 Add two orders held out by Treasurer 160.72 Cash balance January 1,1932 $32,135.95 Chargeable against cash balance of $32,135.95 Town Hall fund $1,197.66 Elm Street land 206.90 Moth,1924 1,500.00 Surplus War Bonus fund 575.24 School,second bond issue balance 4,288.66 Fire Department Beechwood Station 1,014.44 Cemetery improvement 455.79 Cemetery,sale of lots and graves 1,311.85 Unaccepted check for land damage 100.00——10,650.54 Estimated "Free Cash"$21,485.41 171 TRUST FUNDS Schools Ripley Fund: On hand January 1,1931 ..$1,591.07 Dividends earned in 1931 ..80.53 On hand January 1,1932..$1,671.60 Jarties W.Nichols Fund: On hand January 1,1931 ..$2,193.81 Dividends earned in 1931 ..111.03 On hand January 1,1932 . . $2,304.84 Parks Robert Charles Billings Fund : Town Commons (Center) : On hand January 1,1931 ..$1,150.00 Dividends earned in 1931 ..57.50 $1,207.50 Received by Town in 1931 . 57.50 On hand January 1,1932..$1,150.00 Billings-Pratt Park,Beechwood: On hand January 1,1931 ..$1,000.00 Dividends earned in 1931 ..50.00 $1,050.00 Received by Town in 1931 . 50.00 On hand January 1,1932..$1,000.00 172 Horace W.Wadleigh Fund: On hand January 1,1931 .. Dividends earned in 1931 .. $5,000.00 250.00 Received by Town in 1931 . $5,250.00 250.00 On hand January 1,1932..$5,000.00 Wheelwright Park Fund: On hand January 1,1931 .. Dividends earned in 1931 .. $15,000.00 750.00 Received by Town in 1931 . $15,750.00 750.00 On hand January 1,1932..$15,000.00 Edith M.Bates Fund: On hand January 1,1931 . . Dividends earned in 1931 .. $1,575.93 79.76 On hand January 1,1932.. CEMETERY TRUST Beech wood,WilHams Lot Fund : On hand January 1,1931 .. Dividends earned in 1931 . . $1,655.69 FUND $75.00 3.78 Received and paid out by Town in 1931 $78.78 3.78 On hand January 1,1932..$75.00 SURPLUS WAR BONUS FUNDS On hand January 1,1932,in general cash $575.24 173 UNACCEPTED LAND DAMAGE In general cash : Awardpaidforby the County of Norfolk in 1923 to Stan- ford Hotel Co.,Inc.,on layout of Jerusalem Road, and not accepted $100.00 UNPAID BILLS OF 1931 AS OF JANUARY 20,1932 Town Hall $164.50 Moth Department 150.00 Tree Warden 27.67 Board of Health: General $32.05 Dental Dispensary .63 32.68 Highways,general 592.85 Highways,snow and sanding.192.71 Department of Public Welfare : Cohasset Home $138.66 Outside Poor 47.80 186.46 Soldiers'and Sailors'Relief ..47.88 Beechwood Park 89.69 Guild Hall 51.78 Engine House,Beechwood, moving 20.39 Total $1,556.61 174 INSURANCE EXPIRING IN 1932 Amount Department Insured Expires Treasurer and Collector $2,000.00 August 17 2,000.00 August 17 Town Hall: Building 8,500.00 March 22 5,000.00 March 23 5,000.00 March 23 2,500.00 April 1 Liability 10,000.00 Police automobile 10,000.00 January 1 Sealer of Weights and Measures 350.00 March 21 Highway,gas roller 1,800.00 April 26 Tractor 2,500.00 April 28 Cohasset Home 5,000.00 November 19 5,000.00 November 19 Cemetery 600.00 December 6 Parking Place Shop 1,500.00 September 21 Guild Hall 2,500.00 November 12' 2,500.00 November 12 5,000.00 November 15 Amount Premium $18.75 22.00 $40.75 166.60 98.50 98.50 78.75 80.50 $522.85 50.00 10.00 20.70 28.75 153.50 153.50 $307.00 23.70 23.85 Employers'Liability ..April 27 15.50 15.50 35.50 $66.50 $1,153.88 The above amount is distributed among different depart- ments. For $400 additional insurance there was a premium of $8.55. Insurance on buildings and contents of the School Depart- ment,to the amount of $72,799.99,expires in 1932,with pre- miums paid of $943.37. There is also Liability insurance of the School Department to the amount of $100,000 total,premium $80.50. 175 LIABILITIES OF COHASSET AS OF JANUARY 1,1932 Gulf River Bridge (Border Street)4 per cent notes $1,000 each,dated Septem- ber 21,1924,payable $3,000 annually $9,000.00 Ripley Road School : First loan,4 per cent bonds dated April 1,1926,pay- able $6,000 on thefirst day of April in each of the years 1932 and 1938 in- clusive,and $5,000 on first day of April 1939- 1946 inclusive $82,000.00 Second loan,4 per cent notes, dated June 1,1930,ma- turing $5,000 June 1 each year 1932-1937 inclusive, and $4,000 June 1 each year 1938-1940 inclusive .42,000.00 124,000.00 Total bonded indebtedness $133,000.00 FIXED PROPERTY,OUTLAY OF 1931 Engineering,Assessors'maps . $740.58 Fire Department,moving Beechwood Station ' 3,485.56 Forest Fires,new trucks 1,898.00 Board of Health,truck and pump 100.00 Refuse and Garbage Disposal, building 160.00 176 Elm Court layout $2,998.73 Beech wood and Doane (Church) Streets 1,497.07 Schools,Ripley Road : First bond issue $2,914.73 Second bond issue 371.18 3,285.91 Cemetery improvement 5,495.46 Respectfully submitted, January 20,1932. $19,661.31 EDWARD L.STEVENS, Town Accountant. 177 DETAILS,FROM PAYROLLS,1931 FIREMEN'S PAY Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Austin L.Ahearn .$11.00 Jerome Lincoln $6.00 Frank J.Antoine 5.75 Lawrence Lincoln 6.50 T Lewis Bates 2.00 5.00 Albert Litchfield....3 75 Louis Botanican John D.McLellan 14.00 Lot E.Bates .28.25 ames M.McNamara .75 William J.Brennock 2.00 Milton McNamara 2.00 oseph R.Brennock .30.50 E.Parker Malley 5.75 WiUiamJ.Brennock,2d...40.25 Elwood F.Litchfield 2.00 William F.Burke .16.25 Frank F.Martin,Jr 2.00 A.C.Clark 1.50 William F.Martin Arthur Clark 6.50 (Ash Street)3 00 Pat Coakley J.Frank Collins 2.75 Frank Miliachi 1.00 2.00 George G.Monteiro 11.75 Leo F.or A.Doherty ....7.50 Albert J.Morris 11.00 Paul V.Donovan .24.50 Roger Nickerson 2.00 Eldred H.DufE 2.25 John J.Oliver 5.75 Lemuel Duff ..3.00 Frank Pagliaro 75 William Dyment .11.00 Stephen Pagliaro Harry A.Pattison 2.00 F.Noel Edwards .34.50 19.25 Ernest Edwards .10.50 John Pattison 24.50 W.J.Ernest Edwards .75 Alfred J.Petersen 2.00 John J.Ferreira oseph Ferreira 5.00 Arne Petersen 9 50 2.00 Charles C.Philbrook 2.00 Walter Ferreira .75 Charles H.Pratt 6.50 Joseph S.Figureido 9.75 PaulW.Pratt 17.00 Edward J.Fitzpatrick .14.00 RoscoeG.Pratt 2.00 Charles E.Erates .27.75 Clarence S.Reddy 2.00 Charles E.Frates,Jr .19.50 Stephen R.or H.Rooney .12.00 Charles W.Frates 2.00 Bernard J.Salvador 23.75 Edward B .Gammons .... , .21.50 Herbert C.or F.Sargent.. . 5.00 Anthony M.Gonsalves...8.00 Ellery C.Sidney 27.50 John J.Grassie ,9.75 Alfred M.Silvia 2.00 Martin G.Grassie .10.25 Alfred M.Silvia,Jr 3.75 Norman G.Grassie 2.00 Joseph M.Silvia 34.25 T.Walter Hernan 4.25 Joseph A.Silvia 19.50 James Happenny Charles W.Hunter 2.00 Malcolm H.or F.Stevens 8.00 2.00 Charles R.Stoddard 3.75 _^ ames Infusino ]ohn Infusino luf us James .12.75 8.25 Charles Stoddard 4.50 Ira B Stoughton 10 25 .11.75 Edwin A.Stone 2.00 Edward R.Jason .13.25 Joseph A.Valine 6.50 Wilham R.Jason John Kennedy .12.75 .36.50 Herbert Williams 5.00 Ralph L.Wood 25.00 JohnH.Kimball .15.75 178 MOTH WORK Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Atwood Ainslie S30.00 Joseph Almeida 30.00 William Almeida 30.00 Carlton Andrews 37.50 Frank J.Antoine 30.00 Andrew Arnold 35.00 William Barnes,truck 42.00 Ellery Bates 30.00 Ira Bates 30.00 Lot E.Bates,truck 56.00 William H.Bates 25.00 Reginald Beal 72.50 John Bean 25.00 Henry A.Brasill 30.00 Foster Cadoze 40.00 Edgar C.Clark 15.00 Guiseppe Conti 30.00 Frank Cook 20.00 Sanford Damon 75.00 George Damon 30.00 John Davenport 20.00 Albert De Mello, truck and labor 84.50 Daniel Donovan 32.50 John Dyment 30.00 Milton Ferreira 30.00 Antoine Figureido 50.00 Edward Grassie 71.25 Joseph Grassie 15.00 Joseph E.Grassie,truck automobile and services..1,592.00 John S.Grassie 65.00 Patrick Grassie 15.00 Stephen J.Grassie,auto- mobile and labor 393.75 WiUiam Grassie 30.00 Charles Henry 30.00 George Henry,Jr 33.75 Harrison Henry 15.00 Thomas Hernan 25.00 Harry P.Hetue 150.00 Francis James 30.00 William James 55.00 Warren Jones,automobile and labor 295.00 Henry Keating 50.00 Thomas Kinsley 10.00 John Kinsley 36.25 Jerry Lane 10.00 Charles Lincoln 30.00 Albert Litchfield $25.00 Hiram Litchfield 15.00 Lleyellyn Litchfield .......25.00 George Lovering 10.00 Richard F.Lutz 50.00 WiUiam H.McArthur 10.00 Walter IMcGrath 35.00 Norman S.McKinnon 5.00 Frank McLean 15.00 John McLean 5.00 H.L.McMahon 72.00 John McNamara 25.00 Daniel McSweenev 52.50 Henry Mason ... ."20.00 Frank Mitchell 20.00 Harold Mason 33.75 WiUiam Murphv 22.50 John Pattison 30.00 Alfred Pease 30.00 Arne Petersen 35.00 Walter Poland 22.50 Ira Pratt 45.00 Paul Pratt 25.00 Edward T.ReiUy 10.00 John H.or R.Rooney 35.00 Antonio Rosano 30.00 Bernard Salvador 10.00 EUery Sidney 40.00 Osgood Sidney 25.00 George F.Sargent 30.00 Antoine Silvia 30.00 Clarence Silvia 30.00 George Smith 20.00 Walter Smith 5.00 George Stoddard 30.00 David Stoddard 31.25 Charles Stover 25.00 Ralph Studley 15.00 John Sweeney 25.00 Bruno Varano 30.00 Ralph Veito 20.00 Ralph Veola 22.50 John J.Walsh 57.50 Samuel Ward 15.00 Joseph Whitcomb 30.00 George White 45.00 Joseph White 25.00 Henry WiUiams 30.00 Charles Wilson 120.00 179 TREE WARDEN Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Harrison Henry $15.00 Rufus James,truck 42.00 John Jason 7.50 Warren Jones 255.00 Henry Keating 25.00 Elijah F.Lincoln,truck...56.00 Clarence Litchfield 17.50 Hiram Litchfield 15.00 William Loughman 20.00 Joseph Lugelle 10.00 William McArthur,Jr. automobile and labor....40.00 WiUiam McArthur 25.00 Daniel McSweeney 15.00 Henry Mason 22.50 Arne Petersen 30.00 Ira Pratt 25.00 Edward Reilly 32.50 Percy Sargent 25.00 Ehery Sidnev 42.50 Walter Smith 5.00 George Stoddard 25.00 Charles Stover 35.00 Ralph Veola 5.00 Charles Wilson 45.00 Henry Ainslie Wilham Almeida WilHam Barnes,truck and team ...... $35.00 25.00 22.00 Allen Bates 5.00 Edwin W.Bates Howard Bates 2.50 14.00 Lot E.Bates,truck Reginald R.Beal William Brown 28.00 27.50 5.00 Frank Collins 5.00 Sanford Damon Albert De Mello Frank De Mello,truck and labor 47.50 2.50 132.00 Daniel Donovan 17.50 Antoine Ferreira,Jr Antoine Figureido Alfred Gonsalves 35.00 37.50 32.50 Joseph E.Grassie,truck, automobile and services Edward T.Grassie Stephen J.Grassie,automo- bile and labor Thomas Hernan 783.25 30.00 467.50 12.50 Harry A.P.Hetue 5.00 FIRE ALARM Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Joseph E.Grassie,truck John Jason $55.00 automobile and services.$159.50 Warren Jones 10.00 Stephen J.Grassie 65.00 Herbert Williams 10.00 FOREST FIRES Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Joseph Alameida $.63 Richard Abbadessa .63 Austin L.Ahearn .63 Albert Andrews 63 Abraham J.Antoine,Jr....1.26 John T.Barnes 63 Lot E.Bates 63 Herbert Blanchon (North Cohasset)63 Joseph R.Brennock .... William J.Brennock,2d, William F.Burke John M.Curtis Herbert Dion Paul V.Donovan John Dyment F.Noel Edwards Hudson Ellsworth,Jr.... $5.65 25.03 9.41 1.25 .63 1.25 .63 13.14 1.25 180 TonyjEmanuella $.63 John Emanuella .63 John Figureido .63 Lawrence Figureido 1.25 Joseph Figureido 1.25 Edward J.Fitzpatrick 63 Alfred E.Frates 63 Alfred W.Frates 63 Charles E.Frates 6.88 Harry Friel (Oaks Farm)..1.25 Edward B.Gammons 5.02 Alfred M.Gonsalves 63 J.Ambrose Greenwood....1.26 Norman Grassie .63 Stephen Grassie .63 George Henry .63 James L.Happenny .63 Earl Higgins .63 Lloyd Higgins .63 Harry Hill 2.50 WilHam Hines 2.50 Charles W.Hunter 63 Charles Infusino,Jr .63 Herbert Jason .63 Kenneth Jason .63 John Jason 1.25 Rufus James .63 Joseph Jason .63 Herbert Jason .63 Harry Jason .63 Paul Jason 4.38 William R.Jason 5.01 Charles Kennedy 1.26 John Kennedy 13.16 William Kennedy 1.88 JohnH.Kimball 63 Richard Leonard .63 John Leonard .63 Robert Leonard .63 Jerome Lincoln .63 Frank Logratteria .63 Walter Lugelle 1.25 Richard Lutz 2.50 William H.Mc Arthur,Sr. . 1.25 Walter McAuliffe 63 Charles McAuliffe 1.25 Robert W.McKenzie (Hingham)*. ..1.88 Edward McLean .63 E.Parker Malley 3.13 Frank F.Martin,Jr $53. William F.Martin 3. Edward May 1. Herbert E.Morse 1. Bernard Mulcahy Paul Muslar A.F.Nott Daniel O'Brien 1. Frank Patterson 6. Harry A.Patterson 1. John Pattison 4. Lester Peavey 1. Walter Poland Paul W.Pratt 35. Roscoe G.Pratt 1. Clarence S.Reddy 5. William Richards (Hull Street) Earl Richards (North Cohasset)1. Merico Risio Joseph Rosano 3. Joseph Rosano,Jr 3. Tony Rosano Bernard J.Salvador 3. Clifton Sargent Van Sidney 8. Osgood Sidney Alfred M.Silvia 10. Alfred M.Silvia,Jr 51. Antoine Silvia,Jr 6. F'rederick Silvia (Parker Avenue)5. Joseph A.Silvia 6. Joseph M.Silvia Thomas Silvia Louis Simeone 1.! Robert Simeone J Kenneth Souther 1.: Charles Stoddard Charles Stoddard,Jr Edwin A.Stone,jr 1. Ralph Studley Frank Velo Herbert Williams 1. Arthur Wood Ralph L.Wood 16. Richard Wynott (Hull Street) 181 STRAITS POND AND JAMES BROOK Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Ellery Bates,transporta- tion and labor $57.50 Walter Bates 27.50 Reginald Beal 15.00 Edgar Clark 107.50 Daniel Donovan 5.00 George Damon 5.00 Joseph Prates 77.50 Alfred Gonsalves 10.00 Harry Hetue 10.00 Charles R.Jason 10.00 Daniel McSweeney 5.00 George Loverin 15.00 Eugene McSweeney $17.50 William McArthur 10.00 Alton Priest 77.50 Lester Peavey 22.50 Daniel F.O'Brien 17.50 John Pattison 10.00 Edward F.Reilly 17.50 John Silvia 135.00 Walter Smith 5.00 Arthur O.Wood 2.50 Charles Wilson 137.50 George Young 120.00 GENERAL HIGHWAYS Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls FredE.Ahearn $28.75 John R.Bean $70.00 Atwood J.Ainslie Albert Ainslie 166.25 5.00 Louis Bottanican 10.00 Henry A.Brasill Arthur Brazill 162.50 Henry W.Ainslie,truck and labor 1 15.00 ,335.50 William J.Brennock 10.00 William J.Almeida 33.75 William Brown 33.75 Carlton W.Andrews 22.50 Harry W.Burbank 15.00 Albert L.Andrews 57.50 Clarence C.Burgess 50.00 F.Alton Andrews 10.00 Michael A.Burke 764.75 Abraham J.Antoine,Jr....38.75 Thomas E.Burke 33.75 Frank J.Antoine 83.75 William F.Burke,truck and Frank F.Antoine 15.00 labor 59.00 James W.Apts,truck and Walter A.Campbell 33.75 gravel 241.00 Edgar C.or Edward C. Andrew '.Arnold 95.00 Clark 170.00 John T.Barnes,truck 292.25 JohnB.Cogill 10.00 Wilham T.Barnes,truck James Cogill 2.00 and horses 939.15 W.W.Cogill,Jr 10.00 Arthur or Arthur C.Bates 35.00 William W.Cogill,truck..126.00 Arthur S.Bates 71.25 F.Collins 5.00 Edwin P.Bates 403.75 James F.Collins 25.00 Ellery C.Bates,truck 119.50 Guiseppe Conti 110.00 E.E.Bates,Est.,blasting Lawrence Cook 33.75 logs and truck,posts,Phihp W.Coyne 83.75 stones 383.00 Walter F.Crane 232.50 Howard Bates,truck 14.00 John E.Corey 45.00 Harry C.Bates 110.00 ohn M.Curtis 45.00 Ira Bates 40.00 98.75 George L.Damon Sanford L.Damon,team .. 128.75 Walter P.Bates 80.00 William H.Bates 76.25 John Davenport 52.50 Wilham W.Bates,truck Edward N.or M.Davis...63.75 and stone 405.00 Tames H.Davis 35.63 182 Francis DeMello,truck $98.00 Frank DeMello,truck and labor 210.00 Joseph De Mellow 5.00 James Denithorne 173.75 Angelo Devito 70.00 Daniel F.Donovan 201.25 Sylvester F.Dunn 31.25 John Dyment 97.50 Henry R.Eastman 5.00 Joseph Enos .31 Joseph S.Enos 10.00 Walter J.Faria 10.00 Antoine J.F.Ferreira 19.00 Antoine Ferreira 98.00 Anthony J.Ferreira 5.00 John J.Ferreira 87.50 Joseph Ferreira 25.00 Milton Ferreira 25.00 Antoine Figureido 28.75 Lawrence A.or F.Figureido 46.25 Emanuel Figureido 15.00 Manuel S.Figureido 5.00 Edward Fitzpatrick 7.50 Charles E.Frates 94.50 Joseph Frates 75.00 Frank Gardnick .'78.75 Alfred J.Gonsalves, carpenter and labor 112.50 Anthony M.Gonsalves, truck 136.50 George Grassie 6.50 Joseph E.Grassie,truck...22.50 Manuel P.Grassie 20.31 Patrick Grassie 57.50 Stephen J.Grassie 7.50 Thomas L.Grassie,truck. . 395.50 John A.Greenwood 53.75 Tony Gulla 43.75 James Happenny 7.50 Eldred L.Hardy 83.75 Charles E.Henry 56.25 George A.Henry,Jr 105.00 George A.Henry 10.00 Harrison T.Henry 76.25 T.Walter Hernan 56.25 Harry H.or A,Hetue,truck and labor 109.75 Francis Hill 2.50 Levi Hiltz 3.75 James Hiltz 3.13 Samuel H.Hume,Jr 75.00 John F.James,truck 203.00 Francis S.James 17.50 Samuel F.James 91.25 Paul James 26.25 Louis James 15.00 Rufus James.truck $280, William James 53, C.R.Jason,trucks 548, Edward R.Jason,truck...441, John L.Jason,truck and labor 217, Joseph M.Jason 58, Ralph Jason 3, Otis R.Jason 10, Paul V.Jason 31, W.H.Jason 243 F.B.Jenkins 902, Warren W.Jones 17 Henry Keating 58 Benjamin Kelley 15 Donald Kelly 1, Charles H.Kennedy 125 Chauncey S.Kilbom 30 John E.Kinsley 41. Thomas F.Kinsley carpenter and lumber ...47, Carl Lagrotticio 48, Jacob Laiweneek 95 John Leonard Richard F.Leonard 10 M.S.Leonard,43 loads gravel 21, Elijah F.Lincoln,truck.. . 112 Charles F.Lincoln 30 H.W.Lincoln 10 Albert L.Litchfield 44, Clarence Litchfield 7, Elijah F.Lincoln,labor and truck 93 Harrv W.Lincoln 10, Harold W.Litchfield 95 Hiram E.Litchfield 103, Walter E.Litchfield, carpenter and labor 130 William Lougelle 5 Joseph Lougelle 90, George B.Loverin 189, William Loughman 186, Richard F.Lutz 71, William H.McArthur 81. WilHam H.McArthur,Jr.126. William F.McAuliffe 5. Walter E.McGrath 92. Norman S.McKinnon,truck 42. William C.McLaughlin...5. Edwin A.McLean 2. Edwin R.or A.McLean, truck 280. Frank E.MacLean 506. Walter McLean 210, H.L.McMahon,2 horses 193. John McNamara 27. 183 Stephen McNeil $75.00 Peter McNeil 10.00 Daniel McSweeney 95.00 Eugene C.McSweeney....2.50 C.H.Mapes 15.00 George Mason 10.00 John Meade 20.00 Edwin J.Mealy 45.00 E.Robert Mealy,truck ...410.00 Michael J.Meehan 77.50 Frank MigUaccio 47.00 Frank Mitchell 159.25 Horace W.Monk 56.25 John L.Munnis 23.13 Wilham T.Murphy 15.00 Donald Murphy 6.25 Salvador N.Nardo, truck and labor 29.50 Harold Nason 25.00 H.F.Nason 15.00 Herbert Nichols,truck 172.00 Daniel F.O'Brien 301.25 William J.O'Hearn,Jr 50.63 William J.O'Hearn 148.75 Fred W.Pape,truck and stone 239.00 John L.Pattison,truck and labor 74.50 Harry A.Pattison,clay and labor 88.75 Alfred D.Pease 65.00 Alfred J.Petersen 35.00 Arne Petersen 28.75 Moses Pina 126.25 Walter Poland,truck 56.00 1 atrick J.Powers 30.63 William J.Powers 91.88 Charles H.Pratt 5.00 Ira N.Pratt,labor,team and gravel 364.23 Paul W.Pratt 172.50 Roscoe G.Pratt,truck 115.50 Alton J.Priest 62.50 Edward T.Reilly 281.88 Fred G.Roche,truck 129.50 John W.Rooney 87.50 John J.Rooney 5.00 Peter E.Rooney 38.75 William E.or J.Rooney...107.50 Antonio or Tony Rosano, truck and labor 40.50 Frank Rosano,truck 98.00 Llovd M.Rose 62.50 Alfred D.Rose 28.75 Bernard J.Salvador, truck and labor 283.00 Clarence W.B.Salvador...40.00 F.J.Salvador $50.00 George F.Sargent 136.25 Chester H.Sargent 45.00 Percy G.Sargent 35.00 V.V.Sestito,truck 588.00 Salvador Sestito 8.50 Ellery S.Sidney 10.00 Van R.Sidney 205.25 Alfred Silvia,Jr 5.00 Antoine L.Silvia 46.25 John J.Silvia 68.75 Joseph F.Silvia 218.75 Joseph A.Silvia,truck ....430.50 Joseph M.Silvia,truck 178.50 Manuel P.Silvia,truck... . 101.50 Walter Silvia 20.00 James A.Simeone 35.00 George E.or C.Smith 162.25 Charles J.Smith,truck and labor 29.00 Walter A.Smith 158.75 Wilham S.Smith 15.00 Wilham E.Snow 95.00 Dominick Sorrento.5.00 David Souther,Jr.,truck..150.50 David Souther,truck 213.50 Valentine Stanley 48.75 Charles L.Stoddard 7.50 Charles R.Stoddard 36.25 David H.Stoddard 5.00 S.H.Stoughton 40.00 ClifiEord Studley 27.50 Ralph R.Studley 88.75 George E.Sullivan 40.00 John H.Sweeney 2.50 A.R.Tornberg 15.00 Philip L.Towle 5.00 Bruno Varano,truck and labor 103.25 Raffaele Viola 43.75 John Viscombe 5.00 George R.Wagner,team and truck 159.60 John J.Walsh 72.50 Samuel H.Ward 60.00 James Watt 25.00 Frank W.Wheelwright, truck 208.75 Joseph W.Whitcomb, gravel,team and labor..89.50 Austin P.White,truck and labor 194.75 George W.White,truck and labor 214.00 Grover C.White 80.00 Henry Williams 56.25 Herbert Williams 143.75 184 Charles Wilson $39.25 James Wilson 10.00 Harry O.Wood $1.25 George Young 30.00 TARRING STREETS Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Carlton W.Andrews $30.00 Henry W.Ainslie,truck.. . 14.00 Frank J.Antoine 20.00 James W.Apts,truck 101.50 John T.Barnes,truck 84.00 W.T.Barnes,horses and truck 142.80 Fred Barrows 2.50 Arthur S.Bates 15.00 Elmer E.Bates,Est.,truck 98.00 William H.Bates 65.00 Reginald R.Beal 15.00 John R.Bean 20.00 Henry A.Brasill 20.00 Thomas E.Burke 15.00 Michael A.Burke 20.00 Walter A.Campbell 31.25 William W.Cogill,truck...3.50 Guiseppe Conti 70.00 Philip Coyne 5.00 George L.Damon 35.00 John Davenport 35.00 Edward N.Davis 5.00 James Denithorne 15.00 Angelo Devito 10.00 Daniel F.Donovan 10.00 John Dyment 15.00 Antoine Figureido 5.00 Antoine Figureido,Jr 5.00 Manuel Figureido 12.50 Charles E.Frates,truck.. . 84.00 Joseph Frates 66.25 Anthony M.Gonsalves, truck 91.00 Frank Gardnick 5.00 Joseph E.Grassie,truck and labor 15.00 Stephen J.Grassie 5.00 Thomas L.Grassie,truck. . 14.00 John A.Greenwood 10.00 Tony Gulla 15.00 Eldrid L.Hardy 35.00 George A.Henry,Jr 10.00 T.Walter Hernon 15.00 HarryA.Hetue 45.00 James Hiltz 3.75 Samuel H.Hume,Jr 68.75 John F.James,truck 28.00 Norman James $1.50 Rufus James,truck 14.00 Samuel F.James,lanterns and labor 52.00 WilUam James 30.00 Charles R.Jason,truck... . 74.00 Edward R.Jason,truck...70.00 John L.Jason,truck 70.00 Joseph M.Jason 35.00 Paul V.Jason 25.00 F.B.Jenkins,engineering 24.00 Warren W.Jones 5.00 Henry F.Keating 30.00 Charles H.Kennedy 15.00 Elijah F.Lincoln,truck...14.00 Joe Lugelle 31.25 William Loughman 5.00 WiUiam H.McArthur,Jr.45.00 Wilham H.McArthur 30.00 Walter E.McGrath 20.00 Norman S.McKinnon, truck 70.00 Frank E.McLean 30.00 Walter McLean 36.25 Henry L.McMahon, two horses 44.80 Daniel McSweeney 10.00 Eugene C.McSweeney 30.00 Horace W.Monk 20.00 WilUam T.Murphy 15.00 Salvador M.Nardo,truck 84.00 Harold Nason 18.75 Daniel F.O'Brien 12.50 William O'Heam 15.00 Fred W.Pape,truck 7.00 John Pattison 3.50 Alfred D.Pease 15.00 Arne Petersen 20.00 Moses Pina 30.00 Paul W.Pratt 47.50 Ira N.Pratt 15.00 Alton J.Priest 30.00 Edward T.Reilly 31.25 Fred G.Roche,truck 91.00 Peter E.Rooney 25.00 J.William Rooney 15.00 Antonio Rosano,truck....143.50 Bernard J.Salvador,truck 56.00 185 George F.Sargent $15.00 V.V.Sestito,truck 98.00 Antoine Silvia,Jr 2.50 John J.Silvia 10.00 Joseph F.Silvia 60.00 Joseph M.Silvia,truck 101.50 Walter A.Smith 5.00 WilHam E.Snow 15.00 David Souther,Jr.,truck..70.00 Charles J.Smith 20.00 William S.Smith 25.00 Walter A.Smith S5.00 Valentine Stanley 15.00 Ralph R.Studley 15.00 John J.Walsh 10.00 Samuel H.Ward 10.00 Austin P.White 10.00 George W.White,truck.. . 98.00 Henry Williams 25.00 Herbert WilHams 45.00 Samuel WilHams 12.50 Charles Wilson 25.00 ELM COURT Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls H.W.Ainslie,truck $14.00 WilHam H.McArthur,Jr.$1.00 Frank J.Antoine 35.63 Walter E.McGrath 5.00 John T.Barnes,truck 56.00 Norman S.McKinnon, William T.Barnes,truck ..120.75 truck 35.00 Edward Parker Bates 15.00 Herbert Nichols,truck ....48.00 John R.Bean 20.00 35.63 Daniel F.O'Brien Fred W.Pape,truck 40.63 Henry A.Brassill 43.75 Guiseppe Conte 55.63 Harry A.Pattison,truck ..49.00 P.W.Coyne 10.00 Moses J.Pina 2.50 Frank De Mello 2.50 Paul W.Pratt 7.50 James Denithorne 5.00 Roscoe G.Pratt,truck 50.75 Daniel Donovan.40.63 .43.75 Edward T.Reilly Frank Rosanna,truck 52.50 Charles E.Frates,truck...28.00 Earl W.Godwin 20.00 Bernard Salvador,truck.. . 49.00 George Grassie 48.00 George F.Sargent 7.50 Manuel Grassie 37.50 20.00 Vincenzo Sestito,truck.... Osgood Sidney ... 98.00 Patrick Grassie 7.50 Thomas L.Grassie,truck. . 42.00 Van Sidney 2.50 William V.Grassie 10.00 Clarence P.Silvia 25.63 WilHam H.Jason C.R.Jason,truck 5.00 42.00 Fred Silvia 10.00 Joseph M.Silvia,truck....14.00 Edward R.Jason,truck...42.00 Joseph A.Silvia,truck....71.75 Norman James 1.00 Joseph F.Silvia 5.00 Fred B.Jenkins 101.00 George Smith 55.63 Charles H.Kennedy 10.00 Charles Smith,truck 14.00 William Loughman 35.63 Charles Stover,Jr 10.00 A.L.Litchfield 2.50 F.W.Wheelwright,truck 8.75 George B.Loverin 10.63 Joseph H.White,truck....36.75 Joseph LugeHe 20.63 Herbert Williams 35.00 BEECHWOOD STREET LEDGE Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls H.W.Ainslie,truck $14.00 Cyrus W.Bates,team 52.00 W.W.Bates,truck 49.00 H.A.Brasin 18.50 James Cogill,care of lanterns 3.50 John J.Ferreira $47.50 C.R,Jason Fred B.Jenkins,engineer. D.F.O'Brien William E.Rooney F.W.Wheelwright,team. 5.00 52.00 15.00 5.00 24.60 186 ANDERSON DRAIN Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls H.W.Ainslie,truck $28.00 E.P.Bates 10.00 C.C.Burgess 10.00 M.A.Burke 10.00 Ernest A.Grassie 10.00 W.V.Grassie 10.00 George A.Henry 10.00 C.R.Jason,truck 28.00 J.L.Jason,truck $14.00 F.B.Jenkins 16.00 A.L.Litchfield 10.00 F.McLean 10.00 E.T.Reilly 10.00 T.Rosano,truck 28.00 Joseph A.Silvia,truck....14.00 HILL STREET Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Henry W.Ainslie $10.00 William H.McArthur,Jr.$35.00 Frank J.Antoine James W.Apts,truck 5.00 42.00 126.00 Frank McLean 20.00 Frank Mitchell 70.00 William T.Barnes,trucks Donald Murphy 5.00 E.Parker Bates 35.00 14.00 Harold Nason 5.00 Frank De Mello,truck ....Herbert Nichols,truck and George L.Damon 25.00 labor 52.00 James Denithorne John Dyment 10.00 5.00 William O'Hearn 40.00 Harry A.Pattison John L.Pattison,truck 25.00 Antoine Figureido,Jr 30.00 70.00 Manuel S.Figureido 15.00 Ira N.Pratt 10.00 Anthony M.Gonsalves,Paul W.Pratt 40.00 truck 140.00 Edward T.Reilly 44.50 John F.James,truck.....14.00 Bernard J.Salvador,truck 112.00 Rufus James,truck 35.00 Vincenzo Sestito,truck....84.00 Charles R.Jason,truck 84.00 Antoine L.Silvia 10.00 Edward R.Jason,truck...42.00 Joseph F.Silvia,lanterns Joseph M.Jason John L.Jason,truck 10.00 70.00 and labor.25.00 Manuel P.Silvia,truck 42.00 Paul V.Jason 35.00 George Smith 30.00 William H.Jason,rolling ..8.00 Walter A.Smith 30.00 Fred B.Jenkins,engineer. . 48.00 Bruno Varano 10.00 Elijah F.Lincoln,truck ...70.00 Jimmie Watt 15.00 William Loughman 17.50 F.W.Wheelwright,truck George B.Loverin 25.00 25.00 and labor 57.00 Richard F.Lutz ATLANTIC AVENUE WALL Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls H.W.Ainslie,truck $56.00 A.J.Ainslie 10.00 J.W.Apts,truck 14.00 W.T.Barnes,truck and team 46.00 Estate of E.E.Bates, truck $35.00 Howard Bates 5.00 John R.Bean 15.00 H.A.Brasill 5.00 187 M.A.Burke $45.00 George L.Damon 15.00 Frank De Mello 36.00 Daniel Donovan 15.00 John J.Ferreira 45.00 Milton J.Ferreira 30.00 Lawrence Figureido 15.00 Manuel S.Figureido 30.00 Tonv Figureido,Jr 15.00 Frank Gardnick 10.00 Edward Grassie 15.00 George Grassie 5.50 Joseph E.Grassie,truck automobile and services 52.50 Stephen J.Grassie 15.00 C.R.Jason,truck 14.00 Edward R.Jason,truck ...28.00 Otis R.Jason 15.00 Paul V.Jason $20.00 Fred B.Jenkins 64.00 Warren Jones 15.00 William Loughman 35.00 Walter McLean 10.00 Eugene C.McSweeney 22.50 Fred W.Pape,truck 21.00 R.W.Perrv 10.00 Moses Pina 15.00 Edward T.Reilly 35.00 John H.Rooney 15.00 Joseph A.Silvia,truck....28.00 George Smith 15.00 W.E.Smith 15.00 W.A.Smith 5.00 C.R.Stover,Jr 5.00 Charles W.E.Stover,Jr...15.00 Austin P.White,truck 63.00 SIDNEY PARK Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls H.A.Brasill $5.00 J.M.Curtis D.Donovan Milton Ferreira ... William V.Grassie. H.A.Hetue H.F.or S.Keating William Loughman 5.00 5.00 5.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 15.00 George B.Loverin WilUam H.McArthur,Jr. D.F.O'Brien A.D.Pease B.J.Salvador,truck Joseph A.Silvia,truck ... Alfred Silvia,Jr. Walter Silvia $5.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 35.00 28.00 5.00 5.00 SOUTH MAIN STREET SIDEWALK Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls H.W.Ainslie,truck $85.75 William H.McArthur,Jr.$10.00 Frank J.Antoine 28.13 E.P.Bates.18.13 Harry C.Bates 12.50 C.E.Frates,truck 50.75 C.R.Jason,truck and labor 45.76 Albert L.Litchfield 18.13 William H.McArthur....2.50 F.McLean 33.13 D.F.O'Brien 11.25 A.D.Pease 10.00 Edward T.Reilly 38.13 Joseph A.Silvia,truck....7.00 Joseph F.Silvia 17.30 F.W.Wheelwright,truck .14.00 WADLEIGH PARK Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Edwin P.Bates $15.00 EUery C.Bates,truck 28.00 Howard Bates,truck 28.00 M.A.Burke 10.00 John M.Curtis $10.00 Eldred L.Hardy 5.03 William James 10.03 F.B.Jenkins,engineer....16.03 188 Thomas F.Kinsley $10.00 A.L.Litchfield 10.00 H.A.Pattison,truck 28.00 A.D.Pease 10.00 Fred Roche,truck 14.00 Joseph A.Silvia,truck S15.00 Walter Silvia 10.00 Charles Smith,truck 28.00 George Smith 10.00 ATLANTIC AVENUE GENERAL Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls A.J.Ainslie $10.00 H.W.Ainslie,truck and labor 94.00 Frank J.Antoine 10.00 J.F.Barnes,truck 77.00 W.T.Barnes,truck 42.00 E.P.Bates 35.00 Harry C.Bates 10.00 Howard Bates,truck 42.00 Ira Bates 10.00 W.W.Bates,truck 56.00 M.A.Burke 82.50 Edward C.Clark 5.00 Guiseppi Conte 22.50 P.W.Covne 20.00 John M.Curtis 35.00 James Denithorne 15.00 M.J.Ferreira 50.00 Frank Gardneck 15.00 George Grassie,care of lanterns 3.50 A.M.Gonsalves,truck....49.00 Alfred J.Gonsalves 10.00 Eldred L.Hardy 10.00 H.T.Henry 35.00 Rufus James,truck 42.00 WilHam James 55.00 C.R.Jason,truck 56.00 E.R.Jason,truck 56.00 J.L.Jason,truck 28.00 Otis R.Jason 7.50 William H.Jason 24.00 F.B.Jenkins,engineer....96.00 Burke Kane 3.50 C.H.Kennedy 10.00 Thomas F.Kinsley 5.00 J.Kummings 7.50 Charles Lincoln 7.50 E.F.Lincoln,truck $28.00 A.L.Litchfield 69.25 George B.Loverin 35.00 WilUam H.McArthur 13.75 William H.McArthur,Jr.17.50 W.E.McGrath 10.00 Frank MacLean .50.00 Daniel McSweeney 5.00 Charles H.Mapes 17.50 H.G.Nason 20.00 Mrs.Martin Nichols,truck 56.00 A.D.Pease 40.00 Moses Pina 25.00 Alton J.Priest 30.00 D.F.O'Brien 7.50 Edward T.Reillv 15.00 William E.Rooney 15.00 FredG.Roche,truck 28.00 Llovd M.Rose 25.00 B.J.Salvador,truck 49.00 Percy G.Sargent 10.00 V.Sestito,truck 7.00 John J.Silvia 15.00 J.F.Silvia 30.00 Joseph A.Silvia 2.00 Manuel P.Silvia,truck....49.00 Walter Silvia 55.00 Charles J.Smith,truck....21.00 George Smith .....25.00 David Souther,truck 56.00 David Souther,truck 35.00 Ralph R.Studlev 25.00 Bruno Varano 2.50 F.W.Wheelwright,truck .42.00 G.C.White 10.00 Austin P.White 23.75 George Young 5.00 189 BEECHWOOD AND DOANE STREETS Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls H.W.Ainslie. C.W.Andrew ... Frank A.Andrew . Manuel Andrew .. Reid Allen A.J.Ainslie $10.00 ....10.00 ....20.00 20.00 ....10.00 ....10.00 William J.Almeida 10.00 Joseph Anderson 10.00 W.T.Barnes,truck 56.00 Allen W.Bates 10.00 William Brown 15.00 C.C.Burgess 10.00 M.A.Burke 5.00 E.P.Bates 10.00 Allen W.Bates 10.00 N.W.Bates 10.00 Ellery C.Bates 10.00 Ira Bate's 10.00 W.P.Bates 10.00 J.R.Bean 5.00 H.A.Brasill 10.00 C.C.Burgess 10.00 William Brown 10.00 J.F.Collins 25.00 James Denithorne 20.00 George L.Damon 5.00 Francis De Mellow 20.00 D.Donovan 10.00 C.H.Eastman,Jr 5.00 Joseph Frates 15.00 A.L.Freeman 20.00 W.V.Grassie A.M.Gonsalves,truck... George A.Henry H.T.Henry T.W.Hernan F.M.Hill William H.Jason Warren Jones T.F.Kinsley E.F.Lincoln,truck C.R.Jason,truck E.T.Lincoln,truck and labor Jerome C.Lincoln William Loughman J.J.McNamara H.W.Monk D.F.O'Brien Alfred D.Pease Moses Pina C.H.Pratt Roscoe G.Pratt Edward T.Reilly George F.Sargent Percy G.Sargent C.Stoddard,Jr George Wagner,team .... F.W.Wheelwright,truck A.P.White,truck Herbert William-S $10.00 14.00 30.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 25.00 10.00 5.00 28.00 18.00 35.00 5.00 5.00 20.00 5.00 20.00 25.00 20.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 25.00 20.00 5.00 49.50 16.50 70.00 27.50 BEECHWOOD FIRE DEPARTMENT BUILDING Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Ellery C.Bates,truck and Percy G.Sargent $32.50 labor $39.25 Herbert Sargent 3.13 Walter Hernan 27.50 W.O.Souther,services....30.00 Horace W.Monk 32.50 George R.Wagner,team.. . 72.86 Paul W.Pratt 32.50 Joseph Whitcomb,team ...22.00 Roscoe G.Pratt,truck and labor 58.13 REMOVING SNOW AND SANDING STREETS Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Austin L.Ahearn $65.01 Marvin Ahearn 17.50 Alfred Ainslie 10.00 A.Ainshe 7.50 Atwood Ainshe 20.63 H.W.Ainslie $80.00 Wilham J.Almeida 12.50 Manuel Almeida 5.00 Joseph C.Anderson,truck and labor 11.88 190 Albert Andrews $7.50 Alton Andrews 5.00 F.Alton or Frank A. Andrews 27.50 Carlton M.Andrews 15.00 A.J.Antoine,Jr 22.50 Frank J.Antoine 10.00 John T.Barnes,truck anr" labor 111.13 William T.Barnes,truck, horses and labor 61.25 Fred E.Barrows 2.50 Allen Bates 21.26 Edwin P.Bates,auto- mobile and labor 177.41 Elmer E.Bates,Est.,truck 53.06 Ellery C.Bates,truck 21.00 Howard Bates,truck and labor 18.06 Herbert P.Bates 10.00 Lot E.Bates,truck 91.00 Walter P.Bates 34.28 William W.Bates,truck...8-4.00 Reginald R.Beal 10.00 John R.Bean 25.00 John Belham 13.75 Leon Blakeman 5.00 Clifton Blossom 5.00 Lewis Botanican 2.50 Clarence Brasill 5.00 Henry A.Brasill 13.75 William J.Brennock,2d.. . 10.00 Henry Brown 5.00 Henrv J.Brown 3.75 Minot Browne,Jr 5.00 Harry W.Burbank 12.50 William Burdick 5.00 C.C.Burgess 4.38 George F.Burke 20.63 Michael A.Burke 166.88 Thomas Burke 8.75 William F.Burke,truck and labor 26.00 Foster Cadose 25.00 Joseph Cadose 2.50 Walter A.Campbell 35.63 Everett Campbell 3.13 Walter A.Campbell,Jr... . 10.00 Richard Chase 5.00 James Clancv 5.00 Arthur Clarke 15.00 Edgar C.Clarke 36.25 Ralph Clark 6.25 John B.Cogill 7.50 W.W.Cogill,Jr 27.50 Guiseppe Conte 5.00 Lawrence Cook 2.50 Carmello Cook $5.00 DeForest Cook 10.00 John Corey 5.00 Philip Coyne 8.13 Waher F.'Crane 188.68 George L.Damon 17.50 S.L.Damon 25.00 John J.Davenport 13.13 Edward M.Davis 12.50 Edward Davis,Jr 5.00 James H.Davis 30.63 James H.Davis,Jr 4.38 Ralph E.Davis 4.38 Albert W.DeMello 7.50 Alfred DeMello 10.00 Francis DeMello 21.50 Frank DeMello 7.50 James Denithorne 24,68 Angelo De Vito 10.00 Herbert Dion 5.00 Daniel F.Donovan 25.00 Harry Donovan 26.25 W.H.Donovan 5.00 Sylvester Dunn 5.00 Charles H.Eastman 7.50 Charles Eastman,Jr 5.00 R.Eastman 2.50 F.Noel Edwards 7.50 H.Hudson Ellsworth,Jr...13.75 Thomas Emanuello 10.00 Tony Emanuello 10.00 Joseph Enos 3.75 Walter or Walter J.Faria..7.50 Pasquale Feola 7.50 Antoine Ferreira 9.38 Anthony Ferreira 11.25 Milton Ferreira 5.00 John J.Ferreira 5.00 Joseph Ferreira 17.50 Joseph Figureido 5.00 Lawrence Figureido 5.00 Manuel Figureido 5.00 Edward Fleming 10.00 Richard Forrest 3.13 A.E.Frates 15.00 Charles E.Frates,truck.. . 91.00 C.W.Frates 15.00 Joseph E.Fratus 13.75 Harrv Friel 8.75 Frank Gadnick 5.00 Bufalo Gaetano 5.00 Harold Goodwin 5.00 Alfred Gonsalves 12.50 Albert Grassie,Jr 2.50 Antoine Grassie 5.00 Clarence M.Grassie 7.50 Ernest Grassie 7.50 191 George Grassie $8.50 John S.Grassie 2.50 Joseph F.Grassie 16.25 Manuel Grassie 18.75 Patrick Grassie 23.75 Thomas F.Grassie 2.50 J.Ambrose Greenwood... . 28.75 John A.Greenwood 19.38 WilHam Haley 5.00 James Haley 5.00 Charles E.Henry 53.13 Harrison T.Henry 50.00 Thomas W.Hernan 20.00 Francis E.Hill 7.50 Ernest Hill 5.00 LeviHiltz 1.25 James Hiltz 5.00 Joseph Hurley 5.00 Samuel H.Hume 10.00 Samuel Hume,Jr 16.25 Osborne Ingham 5.00 John F.James,truck 77.00 Louis James 5.00 Paul James 10.00 Rufus James,truck and labor 111.88 WiUiam James 32.50 Charles R.Jason,truck... . 42.00 Charles E.Jason 5.00 E.R.Jason,truck 35.00 Harry S.Jason 8.75 John L.Jason,truck and labor 40.25 Joseph Jason 18.13 Paul Jason 5.00 R.R.Jason 2.50 W.H.Jason 32.50 F.B.Jenkins 127.50 Warren Jones 12.50 Burt or Burke Kane 12.50 Henry F.Keating 50.00 Charles Kennedy 8.13 Jerry J.Lane 5.00 Jacob Laiweneek,Sr 5.00 Jacob Laiweneek,Jr 5.00 Leonard Lawrence 5.00 John Leonard 12.50 E.F.Lincoln,horse and truck 51.88 Jerome Lincoln 10.00 Harry Lincoln 7.50 Lawrence Lincoln 16.88 Levi T.Lincoln 3.75 Litchfield's Express,truck 78.75 Albert Litchfield 45.00 Clarence Litchfield 5.00 Edison Litchfield 43.75 Hiram Litchfield $15.00 Walter Litchfield 5.00 Frank Loiacono 5.00 Louis Lougelli 5.00 William Lougelle 5.00 Bernard Lougelle 2.50 William Loughman 17.50 William Loughman,Jr 5.00 George B.Lovering 22.50 Richard Lutz 7.50 Wilham H.McArthur,Jr.7.50 Walter McAulifle 5.00 Walter E.McGrath 74.38 M.Grant McKinnon,truck 28.00 Norman McKinnon,truck.14.00 William McLaughlin 2.50 Edwin MacLean,truck....28.00 Frank E.MacLean 32.50 Walter MacLean 2.50 William P.McLean 10.00 H.Lawrence McMahon, horses 44.60 John McNamara 18.75 Joseph R.McNeill 2.50 Mike McNeill 5.00 Peter McNeill 2.50 Peter J.MacNeill 10.00 Stephen McNeill 5.00 Eugene McSweeney 8.75 Daniel McSweeney 5.00 Joseph T.Martin 7.50 WiUiam J.Martin 7.50 Wilham F.Martin 5.00 Trifey Martin 7.50 Henry B.Mason,Jr 15.00 Edwin J.Mealy 7.50 E.R.Mealy,truck 87.50 Edwin J.Mealy 10.00 George W.Mealy &Sons, truck 320.00 Joseph L.Meehan 17.50 Michael Meehan 7.50 Frank Mighaccio 15.00 Joe Mitchell 7.50 Horace W.Monk 7.50 FredT..Mulcahy 2.25 Robert Munnis 5.00 Donald E.Murphy 7.50 Frank T.Murphy 2.50 Francis Murphy ."5.00 WiUiam T.Murphy 43.75 Nicola Nardo,truck 7.00 Harold Nason 5.00 Leo E.Neagle 10.00 Leo Neagle,Jr 5.00 D.F.O'Brien 43.75 Neal O'Brien 5.00 192 William J.O'Hearn $5.00 Joseph L.Oliver 5.00 Fred Pape,truck 35.00 Frank J.Pattison 7.50 H.A.Pattison,truck 21.00 John L.Pattison 37.50 Albert Pease 5.00 Arne Petersen 10.00 Ralph Petersen 5.00 L.Pino 10.00 Moses Pino 10.00 Walter Poland,truck 63.75 William Poland 8.75 Patrick J.Powers 12.50 WiUiam J.Powers 50.01 Ira N.Pratt,horse,sand and labor 118.25 Paul W.Pratt 26.25 Roscoe G.Pratt 12.50 William H.Pratt,truck ...14.00 Harry H.Reed 7.50 Edward F.Reilly 22.50 Arthur Ring 10.00 Fred G.Roche,truck 105.00 John J.Rhodes,Jr 7.50 John W.Rooney 37.50 Peter J.Rooney 2.50 Peter E.Rooney 5.00 W.E.Rooney 7.50 Antonio Rosano,truck....42.00 Joseph Rosano 13.13 Frank Rosano,truck and labor 19.00 L.M.Rose 17.50 Frank L.Rosenbert,Jr....2.50 Louis Rosenberg 5.00 Bernard J.Salvador 41.00 Clarence W.or Barron Salvador 10.63 Frank J.Salvador 10.00 V.V.wSestito,truck 49.00 Salvador Sestito 3.50 Osgood S.Sidney 3.75 Van R.Sidney 15.00 Alfred J.Silvia 12.50 Alfred Silvia,Jr 7.50 Antoine L.Silvia 10.00 Antoine L.Silvia,Jr 7.50 Clarence P.Silvia 23.75 Charles F.Silvia 5.00 Fred A.Silvia $2.50 John J.Silvia 20.00 Joseph Silvia 2.50 Joseph Adams Silvia 12.50 Joseph F.Silvia 50.00 Joseph M.Silvia,trucks...56.00 Manuel P.Silvia,truck and labor 84.00 Walter Silvia 12.50 James Simeone 5.00 Robert Simeone 8.75 Charles J.Smith 5.63 Theodore Smith 3.75 Walter Smith 8.75 William E.Snow 31.25 David Souther,Jr 14.00 Charles L.Stoddard 2.50 Charles R.Stoddard 34.06 David H.Stoddard 5.00 Elmer L.Stoddard 2.50 ElHot Stoddard 3.75 George H.Stoddard 7.50 Sheldon B.Stoddard 7.50 Ralph R.Studley 27.50 Valitian Stanley 5.00 Edward Stone 5.00 Henrv Stone 5.00 Charles R.Stover 15.00 James Stover 5.00 George Sullivan 8.75 William Tilden 5.00 George Valine,Jr 7.50 Ralph Viola 14.38 Raff aele Viola 17.50 Bruno Vamo 10.00 George R.Wagner,truck..77.00 John J.Walsh 33.13 F.W.Wheelwright,truck .63.00 Joseph W.Wl:itcomb,team, sand and labor 87.78 Austin P.White,truck 21.00 George W.White,truck.. . 35.00 Grover C.White 15.00 Joseph U.White,truck...42.00 Joseph White,truck 49.00 Svdney White 5.00 Robert Williams 5.00 Charles Wilson 2.50 John Winters 8.13 George Young 5.00 193 BEECHWOOD PARK AND TOWN WOOD LOT UNDER DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls William Almeida $3.00 Alton Andrews 10.50 Carlton Andrews 9.00 James Apts 15.00 William Barnes,labor and two horses 16.50 Edwin P.Bates 16.50 Ellery Bates 12.00 Ira Bates 13.50 Edwin W.Bates,grinding tools 1.00 Reginald Beal 12.00 Henry A.Brasill 9.00 Alexander Brown 32.25 William Brown 15.00 William Cogill,Jr 9.00 J.F.Collins 19.88 Thomas Culliney 16.50 John Davenport 10.50 Edward Davis 3.00 Frank DeMello,Jr 6.00 James Denithorne 13.50 John Ferreira 24.00 William Francis 3.00 Austin Freeman 9.00 Ernest Grassie 6.00 Joseph E.Grassie,automo- bile and services 33.75 Alfred Gonsalves 3.00 Anthony Gonsalves 16.00 Charles Henry 10.50 George Henry 21.75 Walter Hernan 25.50 James Hiltz 4.50 Stuart Hiltz 6.00 Rufus James 21.00 William James $13.50 Charles Jason 14.00 Benjamin Kelty 13.50 Everett Levangie 12.00 Albert Litchfield 16.50 William Loughman 6.00 George Lovering 23.25 Walter McLean 9.00 WilHam J.Martin 25.50 WilUam J.McLaughlin 6.00 Horace Monk 27.00 William Murphv 15.00 Harold Nason /.3.00 Daniel O'Brien 6.00 Moses Pina 12.00 Walter Poland 13.50 Paul Pratt 43.50 Roscoe G.Pratt,truck and services 71.00 A.J.Priest 9.00 Lyman Richards 30.00 Fred G.Roche 16.50 John H.or W.Rooney 13.50 Bernard Salvador.21.00 Herbert Sargent 16.50 Percy Sargent 12.00 James Sestito 21.00 Ellery Sidney 12.00 Osgood Sidney 9.00 Antoine Silvia 6.00 Joseph Silvia 3.00 Walter Silvia 6.00 Charles L.Stoddard 7.50 George R.Wagner,team .60.50 John Watts 6.00 Sidney White 7.50 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Teachers'Salaries,including Supervisor or Club Director: Dorris Anderson $932.00 Martha P.Bates 1,640.00 Sarah W.or Sara Bates ..405.00 Lydia Belham 477.00 Winifred Brooks 1,806.72 Helen L.Brown $1,900.00 Marion Brown 690.00 Ruth G.Bruce 960.00 Eva M.Burbine 1,830.00 Ralph Burrell,supervisor.15.00 Marion C.Chandler 1,910.00 Gwendoline Cleverly 1,240.00 194 Burditt W.Collins $640.00 Evangeline DeLorme 1,140.00 James W.Doyle,including clerical work and ex- penses 3,633.68 Sarah E.Fox 1,550.00 Ruth Glines 680.00 Hazel F.James 1,078.00 Grace E.Jason .1,340.00 Louanna D.Keneally....840.00 Elinor W.Kennedy 940.00 Florence E.Kraus 1,850.00 Elizabeth Knowles 30.00 Florence Knutson 817.25 Edna J.Larson 480.00 Kathleen McMahon 1,550.00 Max H.Meyer 2,600.00 Laura Monteiro ..10.00 Thelma L.Nichols 1,530.63 Elizabeth B.Parker 520.00 Florence Reed 1,740.00 "WilHam Ripley,Jr 2,620.00 Ruperta A.Skelton 1,440.00 Marion R.Sullivan 595.00 Frederick A.Taylor 1,000.00 Mary Terry 1,600.00 Helen C.Welch 1,650.00 Irene H.Wells 480.00 Ann C.Wellington 5.00 Elaine G.Wing 1,550.00 0.K.Collins, Superintendent 2,000.00 Teachers'Retirement Bureau 2,079.25 Janitors'salaries (schools): Louis Mulvey Sl,961.00 Thomas A.Stevens 1,900.00 Harry 0.Wood 670.50 Fred Fuller 466.61 George Damon $2.50 Samuel Hume...3.13 William Rooney 7.50 Alice M.Fuller 15.00 Transportation (schools): C.Bufalo $38.07 E.H.Brown 202.03 Harold F.Barnes 4.00 Fred C.Blossom 3.25 Lot E.Bates 1,677.65 Cohasset Hardware Co...2.95 Cohasset Motor Service ...50 Mrs.Foster Cadoze 8.18 Dutra Motor Sales 19.73 John Donovan $16.36 The Fyre-Fyter Co 36.00 John M.Hurley 4.09 Harrv Jason 21.06 Herbert Jason 16.36 Levi T.Lincoln,trans- portation,rent 105.00 Vv^illiam P.Malley 11.00 F.W.Pape 3.20 Ruiter Motor Sales,Inc.. . 172.48 Harrv Reed 16.36 W.H.Pratt 1,454.80 Tower &Co 20.00 Charles Tanger 42.48 Frank W.Wheelwright...200.00 Harry Wood 898.40 Fuel (schools): Old Colony Gas Co $10.38 Lincoln Bros.Coal Co., 375,885 pounds 1,401.94 City Fuel Co., 95,840 pounds 285.12 Howard Bates,wood $10.00 R.D.Litchfield,cord wood 6.00 Schools,Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds (including Janitors' Supplies): American Gas Accum.Co.$38.22 American Flag Pole Co...3.60 Beckley-Cardv Co 1.61 F.C.Blossom'4.15 E.E.Babb <fe Co 16.53 Bosworth &Beal 455.17 Lot E.Bates 58.15 D.S.Campbell 98.35 Cohasset Quality Shop ...134.00 C.W.Carlander 43.74 Cohasset Hardware Co....236.00 DallmanCo 11.50 Electric Light &Power Co.15.68 J.A.Fay (fc Eagan Co....1.04 First National Stores 2.28 Charles T.Fish 40.25 Fort Hill Paper Co 81.25 L.M.Glover Co.,Inc....69.64 Hyland &McGaw 4.25 Holmerden Co 6.00 F.J.Salvador 25.00 C.H.Trott Co 17.53 Trott Grocery Co 10.68 Sontine Shade Shop 1.26 P.L.Towle 30.00 195 Hey wood-Wakefield Co.. . $61.15 Robert B.James 5.00 William H.Jason 12.00 George E.Kimball &Sons 49.33 Manuel S.Leonard 269.94 Levi T.Lincoln 86.58 Massachusetts State Prison 19.91 Masury-Young 10.25 Estate W.P.Malley 4.10 John N.MacNeill 267.46 D.F.Munroe Co 55.70 Norfolk Iron Co 272.00 William H.Pratt 22.50 Reddy's Battery Shop....46.32 Ruiter Motor Sales,Inc.. . 1.95 State Chemical Co 88.50 M.J.Sullivan 6.50 Frank Sargent 182.84 S.H.Stoughton 44.12 E.H.Sparrell 39.00 U.S.Fidehty &Guaranty Co 15.76 H.G.VogelCo 53.99 George F.Welch Co 26.20 J.P.Whittemore 8.95 Youlden,Smith &Hopkins 2.25 Lunch (School): Atlantic &Pacific Tea Co.$285.79 First National Stores 802.27 Hunt Potato Chip Co... . 35.29 Hathaway Baking Co 150.98 Loose-Wiles Biscuit Co..154.81 Minot Market 192.75 National Biscuit Co 143.17 Mary Enos 880.00 Lillian Enos 800.00 Plymouth Rock Ice Cream Co 877.88 Thomas A.Stevens 15.00 Whiting Milk Co 263.15 F.W.Wheelwright &Sons 529.23 Weston Biscuit Corp 19.77 Ward Baking Co 1.20 Schools,Sundries: Lot E.Bates,carting $21.78 J.S.Borland 4.25 South Shore Greenhouses . 22.00 O.K.Collins 10.00 Harry E.Gardner, graduation address 25.00 Reddy's Battery Shop 45.00 Employers'Liability In- surance,E.L.Eustis..,44.97 H.F.Barnes,Insurance..699.50 Schools,Tuition, Vocational Education : Weymouth Vocational School $954.38 City of Boston,School Committee 47.30 City of Quincy 240.00 Health (schools): Frederick HinchlifEe,M.D.$67.00 O.H.Howe,M.D 200.00 Furniture (schools): D.S.Campbell $1.29 The Club Aluminum Co.98.30 O.K.Collins 7.60 J.L.Hammett Co 176.00 Remington Rand Business Service 82.50 Norfolk Woodworking Co.21.46 Massachusetts State Re- formatory 266.00 Libraries (schools): R.H.Hinkley Co $44.50 Charles Scribner's Sons...57.50 George F.Cram Co 13.21 School Committee Boundbrook Press,reports $47.00 School Board Journal ....14.00 Superintendent,expenses . 214.55 Edward L.Stevens,Finan- cial Secretary 100.00 H.J.Pelletier,truant officer 100.00 Clerical (schools) David O.Collins $10.00 Schools,Textbooks and Supplies American Book Co $126.92 Dorris Anderson 2.00 Allyn &Bacon 17.41 American Cookery 1.50 American Railway Express 2.75 American Type Founders Co..19.25 American Education Press 3.07 Boston Music Company ..194.60 196 Beckley-Cardy Co $10.40 F.W.Browne Pharmacy.24.65 Marion Brown 2.00 E.E.Babb &Co 408.09 James W.Brine Co 48.09 F.J.Barnard &Co 79.80 Winifred Brooks 8.16 George P.Brown &Co..1.10 Gwendolyn A.Cleverly.. . 2.00 Carter,Rice &Co 27.70 Central Scientific Co 73.69 Chart of Knowledge Co.. . 12.15 George F.Cram Co 7.88 Cohasset Hardware Co... . 56.24 D.S.Campbell 4.79 Camboso Scientific Co... . 55.45 Cohasset News Co 1.20 Evangeline De Lorme....2.00 A.B.Dick Co 9.68 Dykeman Brothers 6.75 Donovan Drug Co 4.20 Carl Fischer,Inc 1.36 Follett Publishing Co 4.89 Sarah E.Fox 3.00 Ginn &Company 450.42 Gregg Publishing Co 50.93 Wilbur D.Gilpatric 12.35 D.C.Heath &Company.71.47 C.C.Harvey Company..1.20 Harcourt,Brace &Co 3.32 Hingham Journal 23.00 The W.T.Hight Co 4.18 Holden Patent Book Cover Co 27.70 Houghton Mifflin Co 68.38 J.L.Hammett Co 409.04 J.B.Hunter Co 22.93 Iroquois Publishing Co....6.74 Industrial Education Magazine 2.00 Grace E.Jason 2.00 Elinor W.Kennedy 2.00 Louanna D.Kenneallv ...2.00 S.S.KresgeCo '. ...8.50 George E.Kimball &Son.121.91 Kenney Bros.&Walkins 15.53 Lyons &Carnahan 20.13 Litchfield's Express 9.95 Little,Brown &Co $17.71 Longmans,Green &Co...9.57 J.B.Lippincott Co 18.26 Manual x\rts Press 5.83 Milton Bradlev Co 330.30 Mcintosh Publishing Co. . 3.60 Frederick A.Tavlor 7.75 "Time"'.8.64 Typewriter Test Publishers 1.50 Underwood Typewriter Co.4.60 United States Daily 5.00 Elaine G.Wing 2.00 World Book Co 25.99 John N.MacNeill 19.28 Merrill's Auto Express.....35 Kathleen McMahon 6.50 The Macmillan Co 2.00 D.F.Munroe Co 7.43 M.J.Merriam 12.62 The Meyercord Co 1.53 Francis L.McTamannv ..6.12 Thelma L.Nichols.../...2.00 Office Appliance Co 8.84 Old Corner Book Store...3.00 Horace Partridge Co 296.25 Public Safety Commission 20.00 Railway Express Agency. . 5.04 Rockland Transportation Co 60 Roval Tvpe writer Co 3.50 John M.'Ruth 23.51 Ryan&Buker 31.15 Reformatory for Women. . 31.61 Thomas S.Rockwell Co...20.63 Silver,Burdette &Co 20.28 Charles Scribner's Sons...46.23 A.Sammet 5.00 L.W.Singer Co 14.88 A.T.Steams Lumber Co.190.58 Scott,Foresman &Co 20.31 John C.Winston Co 53.80 Irene H.Wells 2.00 Welles Publishing Co 15.00 Wliecler Publishing Co....6.84 Webster Publishing Co....63.04 F.W.Woolworth Co 4.97 Wright &Potter Printing Co 4.10 197 TOWN COMMONS Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Charles F.Bennett Harry Burbank $93.13 37.50 12.50 16.25 16.25 22.40 44.38 William Murphy Michael Poland,truck... . Roscoe G.Pratt,truck ... Dominick Sorrentino Nathan Souther,truck ... Walter Smith $12.50 7.00 Lawrence Cook 7.00 James Denithorne Samuel Hume 12.50 117.25 Henry L.McMahon,team Horace Monk 16.25 WHEELWRIGHT PARK Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls William Almeida $7.50 Reginald Beal 15.00 Foster Cadose 16.50 James Denithorne 20.50 George Damon 9.00 John Davenport 4.50 Daniel Donovan 16.50 Joseph E.Grassie,auto- mobile and services ....53.50 Edward Grassie 9.00 Charles Henry 4.50 Frank Jadnick 7.50 John Jason 4.50 Henry Keating 16.50 Albert Litchfield 10.00 William F.Martin 3.00 William F.McArthur 10.00 George Lovering 35.00 William H.McArthur....100.00 Walter McGrath $10.50 Frank McLean 10.50 Eugene McSweeney 15.00 Daniel McSweeney 27.00 William F.Martin 16.50 Thomas Manuela 7.50 Joseph Meehan 16.50 Daniel O'Brien 10.50 William Powers 9.00 Fred G.Roche,team 22.00 Peter Rooney 3.00 Peter J.Rooney 12.00 Bernard Salvador,truck and labor 31.50 Osgood Sidney 3.00 Clarence Silvia 9.00 John Silvia 22.50 Edward Reilly 40.50 198 CEMETERY IMPROVEMENT Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Ellery C.Bates,truck $28.00 Reginald Beal....10.00 Harry Burbank 240.00 Charles Bennett,labor and car 205.63 C.C.Burgess 10.00 Lawrence Cook 125.00 James Denithome 75.00 Anthony Gonsalves,truck 28.00 Stephen Grassie 2.50 Samuel Hume 376.26 James Hiltz 20.00 Harry Hiltz 51.00 Stewart Hiltz 25.00 Paul James 55.00 Robert James 15.00 Fred B.Jenkins 16.00 Richard Lutze 6.88 William H.McArthur, roller 24.00 H.L.McMahon,team and materials 119.00 Edwin J.Mealy 35.00 Frank Mitchell,mason...372.77 H.W.Monk 160.63 William Murphv S141.88 W.M.Poland,truck 9.00 Michael Poland,truck....28.00 Alton Priest 65.00 Fred Pape,truck 49.00 Roscoe G.Pratt,truck and labor 166.75 Frank Rosano,truck 21.00 Fred Roche,team 33.00 Vincenzo Sestito,truck...28.00 Eller\'vSidnev 15.00 Alfred J.Silvia 5.00 William E.Snow 5.00 Walter A.Smith 30.00 Dominick Sorrentino 80.00 Nathan Souther,truck and labor 988.00 William O.Souther,rustic stone and services 305.00 Charles Stoddard 12.50 George R.Wagner,truck.7.00 Joseph W.Whitcomb, team 129.00 Charles F.Wilbur 82.50 199 REPORT OF SELECTMEN Change of Water Rates The Cohasset Water Company made an attempt to increase water rates and instal meters.Your Selectmen purchased and installed ten meters in various homes and public buildings to determine the amounts of water used.If the proposed rates had gone into effect,estimating from our meter readings,practically all water rates would have been increased and in a great many cases doubled.For water used by the Town the cost would have been increased over $1,500 annually.After persistent efforts by your Selectmen to stop this installation of meters and increase in rates,the Water Company withdrew its petition before the Public UtiHties Commission and old rates were continued,mak- ing a saving of thousands of dollars a year to water takers,indi- vidually and in municipal departments. Woodside Cemetery The Selectmen have recommended that $1,100 be transferred from money in the treasury received from the sale of lots,which can be used for cemetery improvement.This amount with the balance unexpended of the money appropriated for the cemetery work last year will complete the surfacing of the roads with crushed stone and tarvia,and also regrade and seed roadside grading in the spring.We believe that the well as completed will furnish an inexhaustible water supply both for cemetery uses and forest fires.Fourteen hundred feet of one-inch water line was laid with sixteen outlets.This water system is equipped with electric pump and storage tank.The total cost of water for the entire cemetery should not exceed thirty-five dollars per year with unlimited use.The only cost is for electric current used in pumping. Town Parks The Board of Selectmen has caused to be inserted in the Town Warrant two articles :one to make a parking place of the so-called Browne property now owned by the Town,adjacent to the Town Hall;and to complete the park at the junction of 200 Beechwood and Doane Streets.These articles will furnish money to make employment and two worthy projects can be completed. The extra parking space is much needed about the Town Hall,and by constructing the parking space in conjunction with the Beechwood Park,surplus loam can be used from the parking place with one handling and save the cost of material and hand- ling for the park grading,and the area inside the curb at the Cove can also be graded.All that is necessary to create a parking space is to remove the loam as the subsoil about the Town Hall is the best grade of gravel.A strip between the park- ing area and the sidewalk should be retained,and by planting trees and shrubs the parking area would be hidden from the street. The land for the Beechwood Park has been acquired by the Town by a registered title.The title was obtained only recently. The engine house has been moved from the cemetery.The park property of over two acres has been cleared of bushes and trees,proper drains have been laid and the street has been widened to the extreme width of the highway layout on Beech- wood and Doane Streets.The drain work was done by Mr. Jason under a special appropriation,and the street widening was done by Mr.Jason from his regular street appropriation.If elected,Mr.Jason will no doubt resurface with crushed stone and tarvia the present road and widening. The clearing of trees and bushes was done at $3 per day, making work for the unemployed.Over eight cords of wood was obtained from the clearing.This was delivered to those needing fuel. Now that drainage,street widening,and clearing of the property has been done,all that is necessary to be done to com- plete the park is the necessary filling and grading,and this should be done at this time when employment is needed. The $500 received from the Wheelwright Park Fund was not expended until all employment had practically ceased.This money was expended under the supervision and with the cooperation of the Tree Warden,Mr.Grassie,who employed such men as the Board of Public Welfare recommended.By the use of this money and some of the money that was appropriated 201 for poor relief,all deserving labor was employed at $3 per day and much beneficial park work was accomplished.With the exception of a few men,appreciation and a willingness to do all they could for the $3 per day was shown,and the Board wishes to publicly thank all those who willingly cooperated with the Board of Public Welfare in their effort to provide for food and fuel. Every citizen should appreciate Cohasset's financial condi- tion today,which ranks almost at the head of all the towns of the Commonwealth.Such a sound financial condition has not been brought about by mere chance.Your Selectmen have for three years been planning from year to year to meet any financial depression that might arise and we have been and are still pre- pared to safeguard your every interest with ready cash and cash receivable. The appropriations that will be recommended by your Selectmen have been carefully considered and they represent conservatively the amounts of money necessary for the various departments. At the annual Town Meeting your Selectmen will be pre- pared to inform you as to the exact financial condition of the Town and trust all voters will appreciate what your Selectmen have done and endorse their recommendations. If our recommendations are followed there should be no necessity for any special Town Meeting and the tax rate can be reduced.The Board of Selectmen believes that a finance com- mission created as the law provides would be of great value to Cohasset.Such a committee should be constituted of able, conservative men interested only in the best interests of Cohasset. Many well-qualified men are not available if they have to obtain the office by a vote-getting method.The Legislature well con- sidered its acts when it provided a law allowing the appointment only of a finance and advisory committee.Mr.Leonard of the Norwell Board of Selectmen,stated that the ablest men of Norwell served on Norwell's finance committee,and not one of those men would serve if they had to enter the vote-getting process of electing.Hingham appoints its finance committee as the law provides. 202 Cohasset's finance committee should be created as the law provides,thereby giving it all the power prescribed by law.The Attorney-General's office informs us that he will not approve a by-law which calls for an elective finance committee as the statutes do not provide for such,and if such a committee is functioning its power under the statute is most uncertain as to their right to demand books of the various town departments and accounts. The present local conditions provide no relief for the unem- ployed except from municipal funds.Money conditions are such that mechanics will continue to be unemployed.If sound policies recommended by your Selectmen who know every detail of your municipal aft'airs are not adhered to,then Cohasset will fail to continue her sound financial condition which has placed us in the financial condition we now enjoy. The Police and Fire Departments have done excellent work, which is set forth in the reports of Chief Pelletier and Chief Martin. Respectfully submitted, W.O.SOUTHER, HERBERT L.BROWN, WILLIAM H.McGAW, Board of Selectmen of Cohasset, SPECIAL REPORT ON STATE ROAD By W.O.Souther After careful study of various routes for the new State Road to relieve the congestion through the village,and after several public hearings had been held by the Commission,the following route has been chosen by the Public Works Department and the survey and detailed plans are practically completed.This lay- out starts from Summer Street,Hingham,just east of Kimball's lumber wharf,crossing railroad track by overhead bridge, thence running along the southeasterly side of track in the rear of the Edmunds homestead,crossing East Street at the easterly end of the "S"curve (the ledge at the Cohasset end of the "S" 203 curve will be removed;,thence in the rear of the homes of Mrs.Thomas Wiles and Thomas Ayres,thence on the southerly side of the ice pond and cemetery,meeting King Street between the Bonnie Bairns and Worrick's Barn,thence up King Street to a point just beyond Sohier Street,there leaving King Street, going through the valley between King Street hill and Reservoir hill,crossing Pond Street near the home of Percy James,crossing Beechwood Street near Mr.Carlander's bam,thence to North Scituate,crossing Bound Brook at upper end of Morris's ice pond,thence in an almost straight line to Greenbush Square. The entire route of eight miles is through beautiful,undeveloped country.By the construction of this road the entire section will become beautiful home sites.Just as soon as the contract is let,a spur from the road should be constructed to allow traffic desirous of reaching the village of Cohasset to use the entire State Road from Hingham Harbor to Cohasset Village.This connection of State Road should be constructed at the time the main line is under construction.Your Selectmen will petition for this connection just as soon as the contract is let. There will be an overhead bridge on this connection either at Black Rock or near the village.It would seem advisable to eliminate as much of North Main Street as possible and bring the entrance as near the village as possible.Whatever con- nection the citizens of Cohasset agree upon will meet the approval of the State.The entire new route will make a beauti- ful entrance to Cohasset from Hingham Harbor almost to Cohasset village,eliminating all grade crossings. The proposed route as laid out by the State will make accessible the great tract of land between King Street and the railroad track.With a road constructed from the new State Road along the back line of the Town Farm to Hill Street, Lincoln Hillside and Pleasant Street will make the entire section south of the track accessible to the State Road,and make the now unused part of the Town Farm land the most desirable house lots in Cohasset.Enough house lots could be sold by the Town to construct this connecting road.Such a road would turn nonincome property into valuable taxable property, making employment for all kinds of building mechanics,and 204 new homes would mean real revenue to our stores and other business enterprises in Cohasset and furnish more taxable property,thereby reducing taxes. The estimated cost of the road from Hingham to Greenbush is about $600,000.The project will not cost Cohasset,Hingham or Scituate,or Norfolk or Plymouth counties,one dollar.The entire cost will be paid by the State,including land damage. The following two paragraphs are from the contract form of State Road Construction,which every contractor must assent to in accepting a State contract. -*The Contractor,in the construction of the work herein con- tracted for,in the employment of mechanics,teamsters and laborers,shall give preference,first to citizens of the Common- wealth who have served in the army or navy of the United States in time of war and have been honorably discharged therefrom,or released from active duty therein,and who are qualified to perform the work to which the employment relates, and second to citizens of the Commonwealth generally,and if they cannot be had in sufficient numbers,then to citizens of the United States." *'The wages for a day's work paid to mechanics and team- sters employed in the construction of the work contracted for shall be not less than the customary and prevailing rate of wages for a day's work in the same trade or occupation in the locality, city or town where such public works are constructed.Attention of bidders is called to Section 148 of Chapter 149 of the General Laws and acts in amendment thereof which require the weekly payment of employees." The activities of the State engineers locating the new State Road have caused Mr.A.F.Petersen,real estate operator,in a final effort to stop the construction of the road,to circulate petitions calling for another hearing on the road at the State House.These petitions set forth reasons why the present route as laid out by the Public Works Department should not be con- structed and why a route laid out by him from Hingham Harbor over Doane Street through Beechwood and Norwell to Duxbury should be accepted and constructed.Over fifty residents of Beechwood signed his petition,believing such a route giving 205 Beechwood a new road to Boston would be obtained by signing the Petersen petition.Not one of those signers is desirous of kilhng the present proposed route if the Doane Street route cannot be accepted.Mr.Pillsbury's letter gives you a complete checkup on the Doane Street route. Mr.Petersen has retained the services of Mr.Cahouet to assist him and introduce him at the hearing as President of the Cohasset Chamber of Commerce.Mr.St.Johns was retired as President so Mr.Petersen could act as President in opposition to the Road. The following are copies of letters received from the Public Works Department. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Public Works State House,Boston January 25,1932. Mr.W.0.Souther, Chairman,Board of Selectmen, Cohasset,Mass. Dear Sir:In answer to your inquiry regarding State road to be constructed from Summer Street in Hingham to Greenbush in Scituate,I beg to advise you that the survey is practically completed from Summer Street to Beechwood Street,and the lines are decided throughout and will not be changed except as to some minor details. The socalled Doane Street route was thoroughly studied and found in every way unsuitable and impracticable. The detailed plans are progressing rapidly and we hope to be ready to let a contract within about a month for the section in Hingham and Cohasset between Summer Street and King Street. Yours very truly, F.C.PILLSBURY, Project Engineer. 206 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Public Works State House,Boston Mr.Ralph H.Cahouet,January 28,1932. Ill Devonshire Street, Boston,Massachusetts. Dear Sir:This will acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 28th,with attached petition relative to the proposed new road in Cohasset. Of course if these present plans do not go through,the con- struction of any road there will be delayed for some time to come. Our plans are nearing completion and if they are not satis- factory there are many other places waiting for the money. Yours very truly, FRANK E.LYMAN, Commissioner. This road,if constructed by the State,is not a through road to Plymouth or the Cape and few would ever use it as such, for Route No.3 from Quincy through Weymouth and Hingham is the direct Duxbury and Plymouth and Cape route for all points north of Cohasset.The new road is an artery to relieve the congestion on the narrow country road through Cohasset and Scituate.If this road were to be widened to meet traffic demands,the trees and natural beauty of this country way would be ruined.This new road is an artery intended to make the nearest access to Cohasset,North Scituate,Scituate Beach, Mann Hill,Scituate Harbor,the Cliffs,Humarock,Brant Rock to Duxbury.Mr.Petersen knows this and his opposition to the present layout is purely personal and selfish.Doesn't common sense tell any thinking person that a road from two and one-half to five miles back from these shore resorts will never be used to reach the above-mentioned places,and that the ever-increasing traffic will continue to go over our village road and by Mr.Petersen's real estate office as in the past?From such a volume of traffic Mr.Petersen is bound to receive some inquiries and sales of real estate,as his real estate office and signs are very prominent and can be seen by the thousands of 207 auto-travelling public who pass through the Town by his office and display signs. The new road as laid out by the State has a spur entering North Scituate just beyond the tracks.At this point,exactly in front of this entrance,Mr.Burton has a large real estate office with attractive real estate display signs.Petersen's Doane Street route has no spur into North Scituate.It passes North Scituate far inland.If the Doane §treet route is rejected, as it has been,which you can see by the letter of Mr.Pillsbury, Project Engineer of the Public Works Commission,then Mr.Petersen wants all other routes eliminated that will divert traffic from passing his real estate office.Mr.Petersen will object to the facts I am here setting forth,which are the exact cause of his opposition.He has agitated every person he can to kill any route west of the track from King Street to Cohasset. Three towns,Hingham,Cohasset and Scituate,and two counties are interested in this new State artery.Petersen is leading people to believe this is wholly a Souther project.The full board of Selectmen of Hingham and Scituate and a majority of the Cohasset Selectmen petitioned for this layout.The Scituate Planning Board favors this route,as do the Hingham members.The Hingham Selectmen have petitioned the Plymouth County Commissioners for the construction of the bridge over the railroad in Hingham.The County Commis- sioners are in favor of the State layout. You should know the facts,as Mr.Petersen has inserted an article regarding this road in the Town Warrant,upon which you will be required to act,and it is my duty to present the exact situation.Check up on the information I have given you and see if I am not correct.Mr.Petersen formed the Cohasset Chamber of Commerce to keep the State Road through the center of the town (Why?)If you doubt this statement,I will refer you to Mr.William H.Pratt.He and others have his own statement.Are you going to allow Mr.Petersen to kill this great project which means a tremendous benefit to every tax- payer and every citizen in the Town?Last year in the Select- men's Report,I gave you such information regarding the road as was available.Mr.Petersen at Town Meeting tried to strike this information from the records.If he had succeeded he 208 would have used such a vote at the State House as a proof that Cohasset by its vote did not want any road west of the railroad other than the Doane Street Route. What his action will be this year in no way concerns me,if you have read the foregoing.I shall vote and work for the best interest of Cohasset and you have the information and can thereby vote intelligently to protect the interests of the entire Town. When all sincere citizens are striving to furnish work for the unemployed Mr.Petersen for selfish motives would kill a project that will put into circulation within the next twelve months S600,000. I submit the following letter which will explain the outcome of Petersen's last attack at the State House to kill the new road. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Public Works State House,Boston Mr.W.O.Souther,February 9,1932. Chairman of the Selectmen, Cohasset,Massachusetts. Dear Sir:At a meeting of the Commissioners of Public Works held on February 2,1932,the following action was taken : A letter from Ralph H.Cahouet,of Boston,dated January 28, accompanied by petitions advocating the adoption of the Doane Street route in the matter of the contemplated road through Cohasset,and requesting that the petitioners be given a hearing on the matter,was presented ;and it was Voted,That Mr.Cahouet be informed that the department has held numerous hearings on the matter,and that any further hearing would not change the situation,that the Commissioners therefore cannot see their way clear to give another hearing on the matter,as requested. Very truly yours, F.C.Pillsbury, Project Engineer. Respectfully, W.O.SOUTHER, Chairman,Board of Selectmen. 209 REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS The Assessors of the Town of Cohasset submit their report for 1931.Owing to the decrease in building operations,an increase in the tax rate was necessary. The total increase in real estate valuation was only $36,065 in 1931. Following are the figures from which our tax rate was obtained : Total valuation,1931 $10,769,587.00 Total valuation,1930 10,733,522.00 Increase in valuation,1931 $36,065.00 Town Grant,Annual Town Meeting $334,871.79 State tax,general 9,825.00 Sick fund 10.51 Parks,maintenance 109.41 Maintenance 236.44 Interest 56.09 Auditing 83.12 Hospital,care for veterans 90.00 County tax 11,964.47 Overlay,for current year 3,794.96 Special State Tax,Old Age Assistance 1,025.00 $362,066.79 Estimated receipts $64,990.07 Net amount raised by taxation on polls and property 297,076.72 $362,066.79 210 Number of polls,1,021 S2.042.00 Total valuation,S10,769,587 at S27.30 294,009.72 Fractions making tax 1.58 Old Age Assistance Tax,SI.00 each male 1,025.00 Moth Tax,private estates 359.35 Total amount of all taxes listed in the Collector's commitment list S297,437.65 December assessment 93.48 Number of persons,partnerships and corpora- tions assessed 1,161 Number of horses assessed 80 Number of cows assessed 206 Number of neat cattle assessed 97 Number of dwellings assessed 976 Number of acres of land assessed,5,113 acres,41,063 square feet Number of fowl assessed 1.160 Respectfully submitted, HERBERT L.BROWN, WILLIAM O.SOUTHERi WILLIAM H.McGAW, Assessors of Cohasset, 211 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE The duties of this department remained about normal until November 1,when there were additional calls for work or assistance.The Board decided to furnish work as far as it was able to do so.With this end in view the trees at Wheelwright Park were trimmed and the roadways cleared.At Beechwood, clearing the park at the corner of Beechwood and Doane Streets of rocks,undergrowth and trees furnished considerable employ- ment.At the Town wood lot,on King Street,wood was cut and distributed to those who applied for it,in the belief that such distribution would save the Town the purchase of other fuel. Mowing bushes at the Town Home gave work to a few.There is nothing to report in regard to the Town Home,no special changes having been made. The method of employing those in need of assistance,in making employment,using such funds as were available,saved many families from being forced to apply to the Town,for town aid.In the case of direct town aid being rendered,each applicant has to comply with the law,making a statement listing each child and both parents of the applicant,and the wife and hus- band applying,as the case may be.This application and amount of relief is a matter of record and stand as such in the records of the Town,always.The trying time of the past year will be forgotten,but the record which pauperizes worthy people will never be forgotten.No worthy person was forced to become a pauper,under your Board of Public Welfare's methods. The Board of Public Welfare thank the Social Service League for their cooperation. Respectfully submitted WILLIAM H.McGAW, WILLIAM O.SOUTHER, HERBERT L.BROWN, Board of Public W^elfare. 212 TREASURER'S REPORT From January 1 to September 19,1931 Receipts Balance,January 1,1931 $52,775.99 From Tax Collector 73,206.66 Revenue loans 150,000.00 Commonwealth of Massachusetts 4,973.87 Interest on bank deposits 480.64 Dividend on funds : Billings-Pratt Park 50.00 Town Common 57.50 Wheelwright Park 750.00 Wadleigh Park 250.00 Beech wood Cemetery Trust Fund 3.78 Rockland Trust Co.,cemetery fund 2.30 Norfolk County,dog licenses 573.17 Court fines 131.25 Licenses and permits 94.00 Town Hall 451.80 Fire Department 10.65 Wire Inspector 29.00 Sealer of Weights and Measures 36.82 Town Infirmary 1,274.89 Public Welfare 2,673.53 School lunch 2,750.93 Schools,rent of hall 33.00 Wheelwright Park 3.00 Woodside Cemetery,lots 130.70 Woodside Cemetery,care of lots 228.00 Woodside Cemetery,perpetual care 390.00 Histories and maps 18.00 Rent of buildings 375.00 Rent of parking space 25.00 213 Tree Warden ^68.50 Tax redemption 342.66 Refunds 411.30 $292,601.94 Payments Paid Selectmen's warrants,Nos.1 to 49,inclusive 258,050.14 $34,551.80 Amount in banks $32,373.37 Cash in office 2,051.83 $34,425.20 Cash discrepancy 126.60 $34,551.80 HARRY F.TILDEN, Treasurer to September 19. Report prepared by MARY P.TOWER, Temporary Treasurer. 214 TREASURER'S REPORT From September 19 to December 31,1931 Balance in Treasury,September 19 S34,425.20 Received from Commonwealth of Massachusetts,as follows: Income Tax,1931 28,068.90 Corporation Tax,business 837.42 Corporation Tax,public service 3.88 Corporation Tax,gas,electric light and water companies 1,778.70 Corporation Tax,railroad,telephone and tele- graph companies 1,264.07 Trust Company Tax 1,323.65 National Bank Tax 430.83 State Aid 344.00 Burial,indigent soldiers and sailors 100.00 Burial,paupers 15.00 Veteran's exemption 6.21 National Bank,1929 and 1930 8.46 National Bank '.28.64 Trust Company,1926 to 1929,inclusive.....10.64 Trust Company and interest 471.61 Corporation Tax,public service 1930 13.73 Francis Meredith,Bureau of Standards,licenses..50.00 Clarence W.B.Salvador,pool table licenses 4.00 Dr.D.W.Gilbert,milk license 1.00 Frank W.Wheelwright,gasoline license 1.00 Lawrence W.Lyons,Clerk,East Norfolk District Court,fines 58.50 F.L.Beal,North Cohasset Post Office,rental....75.00 William P.Malley,rent of shop 25.00 Woodside Cemetery,payments for lots 55.00 Woodside Cemetery,care of lots 18.04 215 Fire Department,sundry persons for refilling extin- guishers $5.50 Town Hall,rental and current 627.35 School lunch 932.00 Cohasset Home,sales 233.12 Sealer of Weights and Measures,fees 16.55 Wire inspection 25.00 Tax Collector,fees for certificates and information 2.00 Refunds on Highway Department 30.85 Refunds on School Department 62.55 Refund for Town Clerk's telephone 18.16 Interest on bank deposits 386.15 Return of check unused 100.00 Credit of cash discrepancy 1.50 Tax Collector,taxes,interest and demands 222,575.37 $294,434.58 Paid Selectmen's warrants Nos.50 to 72 inclusive $262,459.35 Less two orders 160.72 262,298.63 Balance on hand December 31,1931 32,135.95 $294,434.58 Cash on hand $387.12 Rockland Trust Company 31,747.35 Hingham Trust Company 1.48 $32,135.95 MARY P.TOWER, Temporary Treasurer, 216 TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT January 1 to September 19,1931 1928 Taxes.Abated $23.22 1929 Taxes Due January 1,1931 per State Auditor's Report $11,052.44 Collected as below,and paid to Treasurer: Poll $10.00 Personal 351.11 Real estate 8,337.04 Motor excise 275.20—$8,973.35 Abated 371.57 Cash discrepancy 67.93 Recommitted to new Treasurer 1,639.59—$11,052.44 1930 Taxes Due January 1,1931 per State Auditor's Report $61,575.45 Collected as below,and paid to Treasurer: Poll $144.00 Personal 1,097.62 Real estate 34,666.83 Moth 53.22 Motor excise 2,074.49—$38,036.16 Abated 310.76 Cash discrepancy 4,732.96 Recommitted to new Treasurer 18,495.57 $61,575.45 217 1931 Taxes Committals to Collector of Taxes -.$309,131.49 Collected as below,and paid to Treasurer : Poll $1,732.00 Personal 1,035.41 Real estate 10,989.07 Old Age Assistance ...834.00 Motor excise 9,583.83 $24,174.31 Abated 925.77 Adjustments by State Auditors 263.14 Cash discrepancy 2,679.51 Recommitted to new Treasurer 281,088.76 $309,131.49 Interest on Taxes collected: 1929 $852.91 1930 1,150.56 1931 19.37 Amount paid to Treasurer $2,022.84 Cash discrepancy 15.71 $2,038.55 HARRY F.TILDEN, Tax Collector to September 19,1931. Report prepared by MARY P.TOWER, Temporary Tax Collector. 218 TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT September 19 to December 31,1931 Committals to Tax Collector for 1929 taxes $1,639.59 Collected as below,and paid to Treasurer : Poll S8.00 Personal 13.95 Real estate 1,254.33 Motor excise 2.04 $1,278.32 Abated 2.00 Uncollected 359.27 $1,639.59 Committals to Tax Collector for 1930 Taxes $18,497.57 Collected as below,and paid to Treasurer: Poll $14.03 Personal 86.12 Real estate 4,356.37 Motor excise 136.82 $4,593.31 Refund of overpayments 223.86 $4,369.45 Abated 75.03 Cash discrepancy of late Collector 1,324.96 Uncollected 12,728.13 $18,497.57 I 219 Committals to Tax Collector for 1931 taxes $281,575.29 Collected as below,and paid to Treasurer: Poll $70.00 Personal 19,733.40 Real estate 195,078.34 Moth 265.18 Old Age Assistance 63.00 Motor excise 916.02 $216,125.94 Abated 359.51 Cash discrepancy of late Collector 3.00 Uncollected 65,086.84 $281,575.29 Interest collected and paid to Treasurer: 1929 $180.06 1930 265.34 1931 57.35 $502.75 Refund on 1930 tax...13.48 $489.27 Costs collected and paid to Treasurer: 1929 $8.65 1930 21.95 1931 44.45 $75.05 MARY P.TOWER, Temporary Tax Collector. 220 REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES To the Honorable Board of Selectmen. Gentlemen:My report as Sealer of Weights and Measures is as follows:The various appliances in Town have been care- fully tested:576 were sealed,65 adjusted,and 9 condemned. The amount of $53.37 was collected as sealing fees and paid to the Treasurer. Much attention was given to retesting appliances and to the inspection of hawkers'and peddlers'licenses,package goods, clinical thermometers,and other commodities.On October 7, 8 and 9 I attended the Sealers Convention at Westfield,thereby gaining very helpful information.The Director of Standards has ordered the Town to purchase another set of apothecaries' weights,to be used as standards. Respectfully submitted, LOT E.BATES, Sealer. 221 REPORT OF THE TREE WARDEN To the Citizens of Cohasset: I herewith submit the following report : There were a number of young trees planted in different parts of the Town during the past year.These trees were cared for as well as those that have been planted in previous years. The pruning of old trees has been carried on as usual.We cannot go over the whole Town in any one year,therefore the work is done where it is most needed.There must be a great deal of care exercised in removing dead branches from trees, that no person will be injured,or property damaged. The continuation of fertilizing the older trees was carried on, apparently with good results.About three tons of fertilizer was used.This was done in the early spring. There were a number of spruce trees planted last spring on the common at the base of the ledge where the Honor Roll now stands.Also,one rosebush was planted between each tree, which should blend well with the surroundings.When they come in bloom,beginning at the memorial on either side,the roses should be red,white and blue. There were spruce trees planted in the park at the junction of Beechwood and King Streets.Others were planted in dif- ferent parts of the Town.I feel at this time I should say a few words regarding our fruit trees,apples in particular. I know the majority of old orchards are gone by,although there are some left,and with proper care would produce,as most of these trees are of the old-fashioned varieties,such as Baldwins, Greenings,Russets,etc.,and are adapted to the soil in this Town.There are not so many bees kept now as there were in our fathers'and grandfathers'time.These are one of the most essential things for fruit,and all those who could should keep a hive or two. A part of the special appropriation of a thousand dollars was expended for cutting fall webworm nests from the trees on 222 the roadsides.This is a very slow process,as they were numer- ous,and to remove them the trees have to be cHmbed and then the nests cut off.This was done,thereby keeping our Town in fairly good shape. Some work was done on private property,for which the Town will be reimbursed.The balance was used in moving bushes on the roadsides. The amount of three hundred dollars for clearing of trees for fire alarms was expended,and good results were obtained.As the amount is expended under the Tree Warden,the work was carried on in conjunction with it.Otherwise the amount would not be sufficient to do the work that is required.Therefore,I recommend the sum of three hundred dollars be raised and appropriated for the clearing of trees for fire alarm,and three thousand two hundred and fifty dollars for the Tree Warden Department. I hereby thank the citizens for their support and cooperation during the past year. Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH E.GRASSIE, Tree Warden. 223 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. The mowing of bushes and parking out was taken up last year where we finished in 1930.This was along both sides of the road which leads from North Main Street through the park to Forest Avenue,cleaning about one hundred feet on each side of said road,and Forest Avenue was reached.There was also mowed and parked a strip about one hundred feet deep,the whole frontage of the park on Forest Avenue. There were three fires in the park during the past year :two small brush fires,and the old Wheelwright barn which was destroyed completely. During the early spring there were one thousand red pine trees planted.The roadway was gone over and the loose stones were removed,both at a very small cost.Most of the money was spent last December for labor,mowing bushes and thin- ning out trees.Good results were obtained even though the men were receiving small wages.There is plenty of work to be done yet,as there are several acres that have not been mowed over or parked out. The park is being used more each year,as I hear from dif- ferent people regarding the improvements that are being made, showing they are interested,which I appreciate very much. I want to thank the citizens for the helpful suggestions which were offered during the past year. Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH E.GRASSIE, Superintendent, 224 REPORT OF MOTH SUPERINTENDENT To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Having been appointed by your Board as Moth Superin- tendent I herewith submit the following report. Creosoting of gypsy ^gg clusters and cutting of brown-tail moth webs during the winter and spring was carried on as usual. Some bad colonies of gypsy moth egg clusters were discovered in woodlands.These were destroyed by creosoting the nests.As many as could be found were done,after which these sections were sprayed at the proper time as well as the roadsides through- out the Town. There are some gypsy egg clusters in the residential parts of the Town,which are being treated,and by early spring we will have gone over all these sections.After this we will start spray- ing,first for tent caterpillars and after that for gypsy moths,as was done last year. There were some elm beetles last year,and wherever they are found the elm trees have to be sprayed,after the spraying for gypsy moths is over. At the Tree Wardens'Convention,held in Boston last January,the tree wardens from different parts of the State reported that the elm beetles were very destructive in certain localities. The Japanese beetle has been found in quite a number of towns and cities of the State.Under the State supervision there were a large number of traps used in this Town to determine whether or not there were any,but none were found.They are very destructive to flowers,shrubs,lawns,fruit,etc.At the Moth Superintendents'Convention,Mr.H.L.Worthly,in charge of government work,gave a very instructive talk and showed by slides the great damage that is being done where they are found. I have mentioned in the Tree Warden's Report,the fall webworm appeared during the late summer and early fall in 225 large numbers,and even though they will nest on any kind of a tree or shrub,the wild cherry and willow trees seem to be their choice.Therefore,I recommend,wherever possible,these trees should be cut down. I recommend the sum of seven thousand dollars be raised and appropriated at our annual Town Meeting next March for the Moth Department.This is an increase of five hundred dol- lars over last year.About six hundred dollars will be reim- bursed to the Town from private liability under the moth law of the State for work done last year. We have two large spraying machines which are about twenty years old,and with some repairing we can make them do, rather than ask for a new one.As we have to have them in order that the tops of the tall elms may be reached when spraying they should be repaired to some extent. Part of the extra amount is for this purpose,and the balance for labor,which we have plenty of applications for;not only from the regular five-dollar-a-day laborer,but from all classes of mechanics included,who have no work in their line of business and must get a day's work whenever they can,which they are entitled to. I am taking this opportunity to thank the citizens for their help and cooperation in this Department. Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH E.GRASSIE, Moth Superintendent. 226 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH To the Citizens of Cohasset: This report,due to the change of residence of Mr.Edward L.Higgins,former chairman of the Board,to Chicago,early in October,1931,may,because of that fact,be somewhat incom- plete for the entire year of 1931. From information gathered,however,the regular routine work,such as the periodical inspection and cleaning of brooks, ditches and ponds,the investigation of complaints,the pre- cautionary methods for the prevention and spreading of disease, examination of dairies and cattle,mosquito control work,etc., has been carried on as in the past. Relative to the Mosquito Control Project,the Town appro- priated the sum of $1,500,the money being expended under the supervision of the State.Members of the State Committee reported very little salt water marsh land in Cohasset,needing draining.Nearly all inlaid stagnant fresh water pools have been drained or oiled,and the State representatives have reported that the work in Cohasset is practically completed for the present . Accordingly,your Board of Health has refrained from asking for an appropriation for that purpose,for the coming year, believing that the work can be carrieii on through the regular James Brook,Straits Pond account,under which much work of that nature has been accomplished,in the closing months of the year. The Board of Health,in an elTort to keep the streets clean, lias purchased and placed barrels in various sections of the Town,for the deposit of paper and rubbish,the disposiil of which has been taken care of without added expense to the Town. Your Board has recently established a Well Baby Clinic,at the Rijjley Road School building,the Social Service League cooperating with tlic Health Department in this project.An 22< interesting feature of the two clinics conducted to date has been the number of children who have been found subnormal,a con- dition,in most instances,of which the parents were unaware. Members of your Board believe this Clinic to be a worthy- project and have,accordingly,created a new account under the head of Baby Clinic in their budget for the coming year,and we therefore respectfully recommend that the sum of $500 be raised and appropriated for that purpose at the annual Town Meeting. At the Town Dump,in the Beechwood vSection,a well has been dug,and a fireproof building has been erected for the housing of the department's truck. For protection and to eliminate any liability of the Town, resulting from fire starting at the Town Dump and spreading to adjacent woodland,the Board recommends that a small pres- sure pump be purchased for the well on the property.Such a pump will care for any fire at the dump and furnish a supply of water for the forest-fire trucks in this wooded section. A telephone can be installed from the dump to the Beech- wood Fire Station at a very small expense,thereby giving quick notice to the station of any fire in the section around the dump. The present well at the dump is sufficient for all fire uses.A small amount of filling will build a suitable road to the well. We therefore recommend that the sum of $500 be raised and appropriated this year for the purpose of installing the above mentioned as a further means of protection. Respectfully submitted, NATHANIEL HURWITZ,Chairman, FREDERICK SVLLIV AN,Secretary, FREDERICK HINCHLIFFE,M.D., Board of Health. 228 REPORT OF THE HARBOR MASTER To the Honorable Board of Selectmen . Gentlemen:Your Harbor Master begs to make the following report:The dredging done this year has put our harbor in a most excellent condition,and the committee,under whose super- vision and direction this work was performed,desen^e a great deal of credit for the time effort and money that they spent so generously on this most important project.There will be considerable repairs necessary to all the floats and runways this year.Barrels,timbers and posts will have to be renewed. It is very important that some provision be made at the commercial wharf on Border Street for the proper landing of lobster bait,and it is the intention of your Harbor Master to install a concrete stand to properly care for this condition,which is now most unsanitary in hot weather.It is also our intention to install and rearrange the channel buoys,as the dredging has added greatly to our main l^asin. The re-grading of the Town Wharf on Border Street is cer- tainly a great improvement,and the Selectmen should be com- plimented on the splendid manner in which they have done this most necessary work. It is very necessary tliat the Town take some action in regard to obtaining rights at the so-called Land Wash,as this is the only place in Cohasset that boats may be hauled up for minor repairs.It was noted by your Harbor Master on one occasion this past summer that seven boats were pulled up on one tide. The care and administration of our harbor this year was very difficult,as the number of boats using our harbor has greatly increased.The dredging also added to our duties,as ninety- two moorings had to be moved and relocated,to allow the dredger to properly do its work. We wish at this time to express our appreciation for the cordial and cheerful manner in which the fishermen and yachts- men of Cohasset have given us their cooperation and support. Respectfully submitted, JOHN J.GRASSIE. Harbor Master of Cohasset. 229 REPORT ON DREDGING OF COHASSET HARBOR To the Honorable Board of Selectmen. Gentlemen:The Committee selected at the Town Meeting in March,1931,to represent the Town of Cohasset in cooperation with the PubHc Works Department of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts reports that the work has been done.Six areas were dredged by the hydraulic method : Area A,Entrance Channel 9,854 cubic yards Area B,Yacht Club Area 3,962 cubic yards Area C,Central Shoal 3,037 cubic yards Area D,Anchorage Basin and enlargement at Bassing Beach 13,751 cubic yards Area E,Upper Harbor 4,343 cubic yards Brown's Basin 3,352 cubic yards Total 38,300 cubic yards Cost at 48 cents per cubic yard $18,384.00 Engineering expense 753.09 $19,137.09 The money was raised as follows : Town appropriation $5,000.00 Cohasset Yacht Club 1,500.00 Subscription by seventeen individuals 2,500.00 $9,000.00 Commonwealth of Massachusetts 10,137.09 $19,137.09 Attached to this report is a chart showing in red the areas dredged.Under the contract 38,300 yards was paid for,but an examination of the chart giving the depths after dredging with one made before the dredging shows that a yardage very sub- stantially in excess of that was actually removed.The dredger captain estimates the total as 45,000 cubic yards. The channel from near the entrance dolphin to the inner dolphin now has a minimum depth of 7 feet (the depth just 230 inside outer dolphin is 6 feet).The portion of the channel out- side of White Head where the worst shoaling has occurred in previous years has now been dredged to 9 feet to 11 feet,which should provide for 6 feet to 7 feet draft at mean low water even after future shoaling.The estimate of 3,800 yards of dredging for the Upper Harbor (Area E)was exceeded by 543 yards as per contract and still more actually. The original hope of doing $14,000 worth of dredging was exceeded by $5,000,so that all the work originally planned was done and a substantial yardage in addition,including the widen- ing of the channel opposite the end of the breakwater which will be of great help to the sailboats beating up the channel against a southwest wind. The dredging cleaned and levelled off almost the entire bot- tom of the harbor.Practically all the yacht moorings and many of the commercial moorings had to be moved and later replaced. Some further dredging was done by private contract between individuals and the dredging company,but your Committee has no record of the yardage removed. The Committee expresses its appreciation of the generosity of the contributors and of the hearty cooperation from the yachting and commercial interests.The Department of Public Works,its engineers and inspectors are especially to be thanked for their skill and judgment in laying out the work and getting us so much for the money.The Town also owes thanks to Messrs.WilHam H.Brown and John Richardson and Mrs. William C.Cox for allowing the dredged material to be spread over their land. Respectfully submitted, JOHN J.GRASSIE,Chainnau, JOSEPH ANTOINE, HUGH BANCROFT, JAMES DEAN, JOHN ELTMAN, DEAN K.JAMES, FRANK F.MARTIN,JR. MANUEL A.SALVADOR, JOSEPH N.WILLCUTT 231 REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF THE TRUSTEES OF WEYMOUTH FORE RIVER BRIDGE For the Year Ending December 31,1931 Balance brought forward from 1930 $279.62 Receipts : City of Quincy,assessments Nos.247 to 254 $2,640.00 Town of Weymouth,assessments Nos. 245 to 254 1,000.00 Town of Hingham,assessments Nos.247 to 254 880.00 Town of Hull,assessments Nos.247 to 254 160.00 Town of Cohasset,assessments Nos.247 to 254 480.00 Town of Scituate,assessments Nos.247 to 254 160.00 Town of Marshfield,assessments Nos. 247 to 254 80.00 County of Norfolk,assessments Nos.247 to 254 1,600.00 Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company,assessments Nos.247 to 254 1 ,200.00 Interest on deposits 5.35 8,205.35 Total $8,484.97 Disbursements : Harry W.Pray,services as Bridgetender $2,000.00 William W.Cushing,services as Assistant Bridgetender 1,436.50 232 Harold Delaney,services as Gatetender and Substitute Bridgetender $972.41 Arthur Rogers,services as Gatetender ..180.00 William J.Gaughan,services as Gate- tender 720.00 James N.Rogers,services as Substitute Gatetender 178.66 New England Telephone and Telegraph Co.,service 70.56 City Fuel Company,fuel 69.15 Quincy Electric Light and Power Co., lighting 42.25 Weymouth Light and Power Co.,lighting 34.56 Conrad V.Butler,electrical repairs and lamps 14.00 City of Quincy,repairs and material ....1,527.73 Standard Oil Company of New York,oil and grease 8.12 Keystone Envelope Company,stationery supplies 1 .68 Evernu-Century Sign Company,signs..17.50 W.H.Brewster Co.,premiums.Work- men's Compensation and Public Lia- bility Insurance 351.89 Edward F.Butler,Chief of Police,senaces of officers 270.00 J.Irving Botting,auditing accounts for 1931 10.00 Thomas J.McGrath,services as Trustee, 1931 100.00 WiUiam A.Connell,services as Trustee, 1931 100.00 William L.Foster,services as Trustee, Secretary and Treasurer 150.00 $8,255.01 Balance carried forward 229.96 $8,484.97 WILLIAM L.FOSTER,Treasurer. Hingham.December 31,1931. 233 Trustees of Weymouth Fore River Bridge. Gentlemen:I have examined the accounts of William L. Foster,Treasurer of the Trustees of Weymouth Fore River Bridge,for the twelve months ending December 31,1931,and I hereby certify that he has accounted for all receipts that have been reported. I have also reconciled the bank account and find the bal- ance of $229.96 to be correct. Very truly yours, J.IRVING DOTTING, Auditor* Hingham,Massachusetts January 7,1932 234 REPORT OF COHASSET FIRE DEPARTMENT To the Honorable Board of Selectmen. Gentlemen:As Chief of the Fire Department I submit the following report.The calls for the department are various,but an unusual call was for pumping out a valuable motor yacht, which was saved from sinking at the Town Wharf.During the past year the department responded to fifty-seven calls :thirty- four bell alarms and twenty-three telephone calls as follows: Houses 8 Pimiping out boat 1 Kerosene stove 1 False alarms 6 Chimneys 11 Automobile trucks 2 Automobiles 12 IMilk dairy 1 Wood and grass 6 Storage sheds 2 Blacksmith shop 1 Cats in trees 2 Greenhouse 1 Motor boats 2 Barns 2 Garages 2 Tar wagon 1 Engine 1 responded to thirty-four alarms;Engine 2 responded to twelve alarms ;Engine 3 responded to thirteen alarms ;Ladder 1 responded to thirty-four alarms ;and the small pump and forest truck responded to fifty-one alarms and calls outside of grass fires in the Forestry Department. The department laid 34,600 feet of hose;1,115 feet of lad- ders ;used one hundred five pounds of Fyre Freez and eighteen gallons of Foamite for extinguishing automobile fires and nine Carbon Tetrochloride bombs for chimney fires. The assessed value of houses and buildings $128,650 Loss on houses and buildings 13,380 The assessed value on automobiles 8,395 Loss on automobiles 1,215 The assessed value on boats 5,950 Loss on boats 5,020 235 Equipment The equipment is in first-class condition and up to every requirement as suggested by the New England Insurance Exchange. Fire Alarm Six new boxes were installed to replace old ones which are out of date and unreliable and continuously giving trouble. It is my recommendation that these be replaced as soon as possible. Apparatus The trucks are in first-class condition.Engine 2 had pump and engine overhauled in October.Ladder 1 will have to have new tires as soon as possible Inspection The business section of the Town is inspected nearly every day,and I want to thank the merchants for their cooperation. We wish to extend our sincere thanks to the Honorable Board of Selectmen for their deep interest in the welfare of the department;to Chief of Police Pelletier and officers in his department for their cooperation and assistance in every way possible;to all others that have volunteered their services or assisted the department in any way;and to the officers and members for the efficient and faithful manner in which they have performed their duty. Respectfully submitted, FRANK F.MARTIN,JR.,Chief, ALFRED M.SILVIA,Assistant Chief, CLARENCE S.REDDY,First Deputy, ROSCOE G.PRATT,Second Deputy, CHARLES W.HUNTER,Third Deputy. 236 REPORT OF FOREST WARDEN To the Honorable Board of Selectmen. Gentlemen:My report as Forest Warden is as follows:The past year was an average one for wood and grass fires,and 1929 and 1930 were the worst in the history of the Town.A fire patrol law was passed by the legislature empowering the State Forester to have a fire patrol in wooded sections through- out the state in dry times,the same to be paid for by the town receiving those orders,from the Forester to the Forest Warden. Your Forest Warden received those orders several times and they were carried out. Another forest truck was added to the Forest Department, making it the most valuable piece in the department.It goes to every house fire,automobile and forest fire and also acts as a squad wagon. I want to thank the citizens for their help and cooperation in this department.Please do not pull a box for a grass or wood fire;telephone and the forest trucks can take care of it, for they carry water,and the fire trucks do not. Respectfully submitted, FRANK F.MARTIN,JR., Forest Warden. 237 REPORT OF THE WIRE INSPECTOR AND SUPERINTENDENT OF FIRE ALARM To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and 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. The poles,wires and outside system of the Electric Light and Power Company have been frequently inspected and a large number of poles,cross arms,wires and fittings have been replaced with new upon recommendation by this department, and this system throughout the Town is in first-class condition. Throughout the year the regular and careful inspection of all electrical work,installed within buildings in the Town,has been made,and in a number of buildings,part or all of the old elec- trical installation has been condemned as unsafe and replaced in approved and modern manner upon recommendation by this department. In connection with buildings owned by the Town,the fol- lowing has been done : Osgood School:A dangerous condition existed because of open entrance switches,wiring and fuse blocks on meter board all placed in close proximity to water and steam pipes.All this material was removed and replaced,in adjoining room,by new approved service entrance,meter board and steel enclosed safety switches and fuse blocks. Town Hall:As an added safety measure,upon recommenda- tion by the Wire Inspector,emergency exit lights were installed, operating from storage batteries so arranged that upon failure of the electric light service,the emergency exit lights will oper- ate automatically. A large number of oil burners have been installed in build- ings during 1931.The electrical installations in connection with each one have been promptly inspected by this department.It is recommended by the Wire Inspector,at this time,that pro- 238 vision be made to require the installation,on all electrical apparatus interfering with radio reception,of a suitable device to prevent such interference. Fire Alarm System:A large amount of changing of wires and fittings has been necessary during the past year,because of replacement of many poles in various parts of the Town.Dur- ing the past year approximately four miles of iron fire alarm wire has been replaced with copper wire. New extensions to fire alarm system,with new boxes,have been installed as follows:Opposite residence of Mr.E.N.Tower, Beach Street,Cohasset,Mass.;Anderson's Comer,Beechwood Street;corner of South Main and Brook Streets;Ripley Road School;Atlantic Avenue,Beech Island;old box replaced with new at Brown's Corner;old box replaced with new at Pin Cushion Rock,Atlantic Avenue,Cohasset;removed wire on Sohier Street. In closing,the Wire Inspector and Superintendent of Fire Alarm wishes to acknowedge with thanks the cooperation extended by the Board of Selectmen,the Chief of Fire Depart- ment,the Electric Light and Power Company and the electrical contractors. Respectfully submitted, HERBERT WILLIAMS, Wire Inspector and Superintendent of Fire Alarm. 239 REPORT OF THE COHASSET POLICE DEPARTMENT To the Honorable Board of Selectmen. Gentlemen:I herewith submit my report for the PoHce Department of the Town of Cohasset,for the year ending December 31,1931. ORGANIZATION OF THE FORCE December 31,1931 Chief 1 Sergeant 1 Day Officers 1 Night Officers '.3 ReHef Officer 1 Special Officers 12 Official Roster of the Department Chief of Police,Hector J.Pelletier Sergeant,Frank Jason Patrolmen John Fleming James J.Sullivan Benjamin F.Curley John J.Rooney Earl R.McArthur Special Officers John T.Keating Spencer H.Stoughton Henry B.Kennedy John J.Oliver Frederick W.Sullivan Ralph S.Enos Royal A.Bates Edward B.Mathewson John J.Ferreira Frank E.Jason Joseph A.Dion Louis Simeone 240 Arrest Report Male Female Total Assault and battery 3 3 Assault upon officer 1 1 Bastardy 1 1 Breaking and entering in the nighttime 27 27 Conspiracy to extort money 1 1 Default (Capias)1 1 Delinquent 5 5 Drunk 48 2 50 Failing to keep to right of middle of the way .26 1 27 Failing to slow down at railroad crossing 1 1 Failing to stop at through way 22 22 Insane person 1 1 Keeping and exposing liquor for sale 1 1 Larceny 1 1 2 Larceny of automobile 3 3 Malicious injury to personal property 2 2 No license in possession 1 1 No registration in possession 2 2 Non-payment of wages 1 1 Non-support of wife and minor child 2 2 Not stopping after causing injury to property 2 2 Operating a motor vehicle after right to oper- ate had been suspended 1 1 Operating a motor vehicle in a negligent man- ner so that the lives and safety of the public might be endangered 1 1 Operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor 18 18 Operating a motor vehicle without a license ..1 1 Refusing to stop on signal of police officer ....1 1 Short lobsters in possession 1 1 Surrender on bail 1 1 Suspicious person 8 1 9 Truant 1 1 Unreasonable rate of speed 14 1 15 241 Arrest Report {Continued) Male Female Total Using automobile without authority 5 5 Violation of probation 3 3 Total 207 6 213 Accidents investigated,76. Buildings found open and locked by police or owner,43. Calls for inhalator,4. Cars stopped for automobile violations and warned,195. Cars stopped for licenses and registrations,479. Cars tagged for improper parking,47. Complaints investigated,1,785. Cruelty to animal cases investigated,1. Defects in streets reported,6. Dogs killed or cared for,27. Duty calls from boxes (by officers),5,417. Fatal accident,1. Fire alarms answered,31. Fire alarm given,3. Injured by train,1. Insane and sick taken to hospital,9. Inquest,1. Licenses suspended on recommendation,30. Mileage of motorcycle,8,618. Mileage of car,26,051. Motorists assisted,30. Person found dead,1. Restitution made,$83. Special attention requested by owners of unoccupied houses,15. Stolen automobiles recovered,10. Stolen property recovered by department valued at $7,040. Street lights reported out,312. Suicide,1. Summer homes inspected weekly (winter months),137. Summonses served for other police departments,48. Total fines,$2,117. 242 Crime During the past year automobiles that were stolen in other cities and towns were being abandoned in Cohasset.As a result, men were placed in various sections of the Town to try to appre- hend these offenders.We were successful in arresting these offenders and they were surrendered to the Police Department at Boston.Later they were convicted in Boston.Since these arrests no cars have been abandoned in Cohasset.An epidemic of breaks in summer homes was stopped in the arrest and con- viction of the ones responsible.In the arrest report you will find an increase in the crimes of drunkenness and operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor.It is interesting to note that ninety-five per cent of these offenders are non- residents of Cohasset.They were apprehended as a result of the cooperation of the people of the Town and the efficiency of the motor patrol.The value of stolen property recovered by the department has increased markedly in the past year.The motor patrol did excellent work in discovering fires in buildings and woodland in Cohasset.One fire was discovered by this patrol on the Hingham side of Hull Street. Equipment The heating system was entirely changed during the year on account of a defective chimney.The old chimney was taken down and a new one erected on the side of the building.The heater was moved so as to allow room for one more cell,making a total of three cells,thus preventing doubling up of prisoners. In making the necessary changes we found that the roof had rotted away near the fire bell and the water would come into the station every time it rained.A drain pipe was installed from the rear of the station to the street to prevent water from coming in through the brick wall in the rear of the station.The motor- cycle has been driven over twenty-five thousand miles and should be exchanged.The police car has gone over fifty-two thousand miles and is still in good condition.As I have stated in previous reports,this car is used for hospital details and all court work.We have been able to render valuable service to 243 our citizens with the night patrol.Three new telephone boxes were installed during the year in certain sections of the town, which have proved valuable in almost instantly reaching the officers on patrol. Traffic During the year traffic was very heavy through the Town. I am pleased to report that only one accident occurred at inter- secting streets.Two were killed in a fatal accident on South Main Street.It is also pleasing to note that no children were injured in going or coming from school,this being caused as a result of the splendid cooperation received from your Honorable Board,parents and teachers.More white lines were painted during the year on streets where dangerous conditions existed, this work being done by men who were out of employment. Recommendation Because of economic conditions I have only one recommenda- tion to make.I believe that the motorcycle ought to be exchanged for two new motorcycles of smaller type. Conclusion I desire at this time to express my appreciation to your Honorable Board and all the people of the Town of Cohasset for their splendid cooperation.Our only desire is to maintain an efficient Police Department,of which our citizens may feel proud. Respectfully submitted, HECTOR J.PELLETIER, Chief oj Police. 244 REPORT OF HIGHWAY SURVEYOR To the Citizens of Coh asset: I herewith submit the following report as Highway Surveyor. The period from March 4 to January 1 has been one of the hard- est I have served,as your Highway Surveyor.Men,who in previous years were engaged in other lines of work,applied for labor jobs on the streets and asked for at least a few days. Some of these men had only worked a short time at their trades the past six months and were absolutely in need of work.As many as possible were given jobs.Some of the men who were being taken care of by the Welfare Department were given work. This,no doubt,relieved that department somewhat. As soon as the weather permitted,a dangerous ledge,jutting out on the road on King Street,was removed and the stone used to repair the sea walls,ripped down by the severe storm in March.All the sea walls needed repairing and several pieces had to be rebuilt.One hundred seventy loads of stone were used to rebuild the wall at Green Hill,and about seventy loads of stone were used at the Pond,on Red Gate Lane.This piece of road was raised two feet. Twenty loads of stone from the ledge on King Street were used at Pleasant Beach.All the beaches were cleared of the rubbish and stones,the walls repaired and rebuilt and laid in cement.This was given out by contract and the masons in Town were asked to submit bids. All the streets were cut back to their usual width,thoroughly patched and most of them tarred. The catch basins were cleaned and flushed and fourteen new ones built.Six of these are in the Beech wood Section,four on Hill Street and four in the center of the Town.The streets are well drained,except the lower end of Ripley Road,which is flooded by the James Lane Brook after heavy rains.This unfortunate condition is not the fault of the Highway Depart- ment. 245 Ten different pieces of special work were completed under my direction,and in each case the cost did not exceed the amount appropriated. A new wall and fence were built on Atlantic Avenue and the road widened about eight feet.Elm Court was stoned and tarred,the penetration system used.A dangerous ledge on Beechwood Street was resurfaced and a curbing built around the John W.Sidney Square.An asphalt concrete sidewalk was laid on South Main Street,from the corner of Brook Street to St. Anthony's Church. All the fences were repaired,newly painted,and in a few cases new ones built.The underneath part of the Cunningham Bridge was scraped and painted.This work was given out by contract and the painters were asked to submit bids. The equipment of the department is kept in repair and ready for any emergency,with the exception of the older tractor, which is completely worn out.The men who operate it have a difficult time keeping it workable.I have asked for a new one,a much improved rubber-tired model.This one will not tear up the streets and may be used in scarifying frozen roads. I have also asked for a building,to keep all the equipment of this department.The present steam-roller house is falling apart, and if the other building is erected,the unsightly sheds at the side of the Town Hall may be torn down and cleared away. For a detailed report of pay rolls,please see the Town Accountant's Report. I wish to express my appreciation for the cooperation shown me and to this department. GEORGE JASON, Highway Surveyor. December 31,1931. 246 COHASSET FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY In Account with Oliver H.Howe,Treasurer Dr. To Payments in 1931 For Books $512.61 Support of Paul Pratt Memorial Library 470.00 Reinvestment of funds 46L88 Accrued interest on bonds 50.42 Commissions on investment 5.00 Treasurer's bond 12.50 Rent of safe deposit box 10.00 Postage and stationery 1.10 Balance on deposit,December 31,1931: Cohasset Savings Bank 810.00 New England Trust Co 55.24 $2,388.75 Cr. Balance on deposit January 1,1931 $898.24 Income from investments 1,230.39 Profit in exchange of securities 232.26 Interest,Cohasset Savings Bank 25.50 Interest,New England Trust Co 2.36 $2,388.75 247 Schedule of Invested Funds Bonds $2,000 Union Pacific 1st mortgage 4s. 1,000 Narragansett Electric Co.5s. 1,500 Northern Pacific R.R.6s. 2,000 Southwestern Bell Telephone 5s. 2,000 Indiana Service Corporation 1st 5s. 1,000 Minneapolis General Electric Co.5s. 1,000 International Match Co.5s. 1,000 Mississippi River Power Co.5s. 2,000 Butte,Anaconda &Pacific R.R.5s. 2,000 United States Rubber Co.5s. 2,000 Ellicott Square Co.1st 5s. 2,000 New England Telephone and Telegraph Co.5s. 1,000 Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co.5s. 1,500 Western Telephone and Telegraph Co.5s. 1,500 New York Central R.R.ref.and imp.5s. 1,000 Postal Telephone and Cable Co.5s. 1,000 National Dairy Products 5Ms. S25,500 OLIVER H.HOWE, Treasurer. Cohasset,January 1,1932. 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,as shown by the foregoing schedule. GEORGE W.COLLIER, EDWARD NICHOLS. Cohasset,January 11,1932. 248 REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE PAUL PRATT MEMORIAL LIBRARY The Directors present herewith their annual report for the year ending December 31,1931.The increase in the general circulation of the previous year has been continued,both as to the main Library and the Beech wood Branch,the Librarian's report showing a gain of 4,029 volumes in circulation for the year 1931. The Librarian also reports a continuation of interest in gen- eral reading by the pupils of the public schools,several having received the honor certificates given by the State for good read- ing. The Library has been visited recently by an official of the State Library Commission,and is given a high rating among the town libraries of the State. The running expenses of the Library remain about the same as the previous year,a slight reduction in expenses and receipts being shown by the Treasurer's report,which,with the report of the Librarian,is subjoined. Respectfully submitted, GEORGE W.COLLIER.President, FRED V.STANLEY,Treasurer, EDWARD NICHOLS,Clerk, WILLIAM O.SOUTHER, HERBERT L.BROWN, FREDERICK J.GAULD, EDWIN T.OTIS, Board of Directors, 249 PAUL PRATT MEMORIAL LIBRARY In account with Fred V.Stanley,Treasurer Dr. To payments for the year 1931 : For books,magazines and binding $1,112.53 For express,telephone and other items ..122.74 For heating and Hghting 640.62 For insurance 79.31 For postage,printing and stationery ....136.47 For rent,Beechwood Branch 250.00 For repairs and maintenance 671.51 For salaries 3,597.72 For Librarian's supplies 118.74 Total expenditures 1,729.64 Balance,January 1,1932,on deposit in Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company 1,500.53 18,230.17 Cr. By receipts of the year 1931 : Balance,January 1,1931,on deposit in Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company $1 ,288.63 Income from investments : Pepperell Manufacturing Company, dividends 234.00 Essex Company,dividends 66.00 Winter Hill Cooperative Bank,dividends 105.00 Weymouth Savings Bank,dividends ..97.50 Cohasset Savings Bank,dividends ....75.00 Commonwealth Electric Company, coupons 100.00 Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Com- pany,interest 6.00 Unrestricted funds,Cohasset Free Public Library 470.00 250 Fines,fees,etc.,at Library $363.04 Goodspeed's Bookshop for book 25.00 Town of Cohasset,appropriation for Library 5,400.00 Total receipts $8,230.17 SCHEDULE OF INVESTED FUNDS 36 shares,Pepperell Manufacturing Com- pany $3,600.00 11 shares,Essex Company 1,100.00 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 $12,200.00 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 of the Library,as shown by the above schedule. OLIVER H.HOWE, CHARLES W.GAMMONS, Auditors. January 16,1932. 251 ( REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN OF THE PAUL PRATT MEMORIAL LIBRARY FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31,1931 To the Board of Directors: I herewith submit my report for the year ending Decem- ber 31,1931.This year we have completed the work of remark- ing books and catalogue cards with the Dewey decimal num- bers.The bound magazines receive the new marks as they are sent to the bindery. A large number of books were collected and sent to the American Merchant Marine Library Association.Library Book Week was observed with an attractive display of children's new books and a printed list for distribution.Christmas stories were told the Saturday before the holiday by Miss Alice Nudd. The fifth and seventh grades have been reading from the State lists.Twelve pupils from the fifth grade and nine from the seventh have read and reported on five or more of these books and received State certificates.Four pupils have reported on twenty books,five of which were non-fiction,and received honor certificates. Books not found in our Library have been borrowed from the Boston Public Library and from the State. I have attended the meetings of the American Library Asso- ciation at New Haven,the Massachusetts Library Club in Boston and Martha's Vineyard,and the Round Table of Chil- dren's Librarians at the Boston Public Library. The Library gratefully acknowledges gifts of books from the following persons:Dr.Oliver H.Howe,E.S.Montgomery,Miss Mary C.Sears,Miss Charlotte S.Tower,Mrs.Russell B. Tower,Mrs.Washburn Davenport and Miss Ruth Sears. The statistics for the year are as follows: 252 CLASSIFIED CIRCULATION General Works Philosophy and Religion Biography Social Science Philology Natural Science Arts Literature Travel History Mai7i Library Adult Juvenile Beechwood Branch Adult Juvenile 1,695 352 376 112 279 51 5 971 111 84 15 333 464 8 11 18 268 152 17 11 671 255 36 26 906 201 30 37 940 143 45 8 470 122 58 15 14,001 5,465 2,386 3,045 1,298 20,552 7,316 1,533 CIRCULATION 1931 32,446 1930 28,417 Increase 4,029 VOLUMES IN LIBRARY Volumes in the Library,December 31,1930 20,592 Volumes withdrawn,1931 416 20,176 Volumes added,1931 742 Volumes in the Library,December 31,1931 20,918 Respectfully submitted, ANNIE N.KEENE, Librarian. 253 REVISED JURY LIST July,1931 Name and Occupation Street Antoine,Abraham J.,Jr.,plumber Elm Bailey,Louis B.C.,foreman Sohier Barker,Aretas C Atlantic Avenue Barnes,Harold F.,insurance Sohier Bates,Arthur S.,painter King Bates,Edwin P.,laborer Beechwood Bates,Ellery C,farmer Beechwood Bates,Gorham L.,farmer North Main Bates,Samuel B.,salesman South Main Bigelow,Cleveland Black Horse Lane Brown,Thomas S.,caretaker Elm Court Carlander,Conrad,blacksmith Beechwood Collier,Robert V.,manufacturer South Main Damon,Sanford L.,farmer Beechwood Denithorne,James,carpenter South Main Donovan,Joseph H.,gardener South Main Eustis,Edward L.,insurance Jerusalem Road Grinfield-Coxwell,Joseph E., steel commission merchant Ripley Road Higgins,Arthur O.,retired Margin Hillis,Alexander,gardener South Main James,Ezekiel,plumber King James,Frederick G.,foreman King James,Percival N.,farmer ,Pond Mulhern,Frederick M.,salesman Pleasant Nichols,Edward,architect Ripley Road Pope,Everett L.,retired Jerusalem Road Pratt,Ira N.,farmer Beechwood Pratt,Roscoe G.,salesman Church Wheelwright,Walter C,dairyman Beechwood Wilbur,Clarence E.,station agent North Main ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF THE TOWN OF COHASSET MASSACHUSETTS For the Year Ending December 31,1931 THE BOUNDBROOK PRESS 1932 SCHOOL COMMITTEE Barbara E.Churchill Term expires 1932 Malcolm Stevens Term expires 1932 Helen A.Scripture Term expires 1933 Robert James Term expires 1933 John Bates Term expires 1934 Sargent Tower Tenn expires 1934 Organization John Bates Chairman of Committee Orvis K.Collins Secretary Helen A.Scripture Treasurer Edward L.Stevens Financial Secretary Committee on Buildings Mr.Bates,Mr.Stevens.Mr.Tower,Mr.James 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,Coluisset 0540,0290,and IlinKham 05lil.1003 School Physician Dr.Oliver H.Howe,Cohasset (K)l \ 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,Cohasset 0487-W School Calendar 1931-1932-1933 Schools open Tuesday, Columbus Day Monday, Armistice Day Wednesday, Thanksgiving Recess Thursday, Including Friday, Christmas Recess Thursday, Including Friday, Recess Monday, Including Friday, Good Friday Friday, Spring Recess Monday, Including Friday, Memorial Day Monday, Schools close Friday, Graduation Tuesday, Schools open Wednesday, Columbus Day Wednesday, Armistice Day Friday, Thanksgiving Recess Thursday, Including Friday, Christmas Recess Monday, Including Tuesday, Recess Monday, Including Friday, Good Friday Friday, Recess Monday, Including Friday, Memorial Day Tuesday, vSchools close Friday, Graduation ]\Ionday, 1931 September 8 October 12 November 11 November 26 November 27 December 24 1932 January 1 February 22 February 26 March 25 April 18 April 22 May 30 June 17 June 21 September 7 October 12 November 11 November 24 November 25 December 26 1933 January 3 February 20 February 24 April 14 April 17 April 21 May 30 June 16 June 19 TEACHING STAFF,1931-1932 Osgood School James W.Doyle,Principal,history Wiiliam Ripley,Jr.,science,mathematics Burditt W.Collins,social science Marion C.Chandler,French,mathematics Elizabeth B.Parker,EngHsh Florence Reed,Latin,English Ruth M.Glines,commercial Martha P.Bates,history,geography Eva M.Burbine,language Mary Terry,arithmetic Year ol Elected Boston University 1921 Brown University 1926 Middlebury College 1931 Mt.Holyoke College 1910 Middlebury College 1931 University of New Hampshire 1929 Plymouth Normal 1929 *Boston University 1880 Truro Normal 1930 Bridgewater Normal 1925 Special Teachers Max H,Meyer,manual training Florence E.Kraus,drawing Helen C.Welch,domestic science Winifred Brooks,physical education Frederick A.Tavlor,music *Columbia University 1918 Penn.State Normal 1914 Framingham Normal 1919 Sargent School 1926 Northampton School of Music Pedagogy 1924 Ripley Road Helen L.Brown,principal Thelm.a Nichols,grade 6 Marion R.Sullivan,grade 6 Gwendolyn A.Cleverly,grade 5 Otis Jason,grade 5 Grace E.Jason,grade 4 Evangeline DeLorme,grade 4 Elaine G.Wing,grade 3 Fdna J.Larson,grades 2-3 Irene H.Wells,grade 2 Sara E.Fox,grade 1 Sara W.Bates,grade 1 Kathleen McMahon,kindergarten School Bridgewater Normal 1921 Keene Normal 1928 Boston University 1931 Bridgewater Normal 1930 Middlebury College 1932 Hyannis Normal 1928 Lowell Normal 1929 Toronto Normal 1916 Mankato State College 1931 Framingham Normal 1931 *Hyannis and Castine Normals 1883 Perry Normal 1931 Perry Normal 1915 Beech wood School Ruperta A.Skelton,kindergarten, grades 1-2 Westfield Normal *Not a graduate. 1928 REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE The School Committee submits its report for the year 1931. Detailed reports of the Superintendent,Principals,and Supervisors give full information as to the school work. The Financial Statement and budget explajn in detail all expenditures,and estimates for the year 1932. All buildings are in good repair. Your Committee meets the first Monday in every month, and will welcome any citizen caring to attend with constructive suggestions. Respectfully submitted, COHASSET SCHOOL COMMITTEE. REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS To the School Committee and Citizens of Cohasset: I herewith submit to your Committee and through you to the citizens of Cohasset the annual report of the Superintendent of Schools.Included are the reports of the principals and special teachers. Resignations and Elections The regulation of the School Committee made in 1930 to the effect that no married teachers would be employed after June 30,1931 brought about several changes in the teaching force. Resignations Teacher Position Hazel F.James Teacher of English in High School Dorris Anderson Teacher of sixth grade Louanna D.Kenneally Teacher of sixth grade Elinor W.Kennedy Teacher of second grade Marion Brown Teacher of second and third grades Florence Knutson Teacher of first grade Lydia Belham Teacher of fifth grade Transfer Thelma Nichols From fifth grade to sixth grade Elections Elizabeth B.Parker English in High School Burditt W.Collins Social Science and Economics Lydia Belham Fifth grade Marion Sullivan Sixth grade Irene H.Wells Second grade Edna J.Larson Second and third grades Sarah W.Bates First grade Otis Jason Fifth grade 8 Enrollment and Attendance The following tables show the enrollment and attendance in the various schools.The total enrollment on October 1 was the same as the year before.There were eight less in the kinder- garten and eight more in the grades above.The average daily attendance has been good as will be seen in the table following. Teacher MEMBERSHIP AND ATTENDANCE,FALL 1931 Grade Osgood School Miss Glines 12 Miss Chandler ....11 Miss Parker 10-9 Miss Reed 9 Miss Bates 8 Miss Burbine 7-8 Miss Terry 7 Mr.Collins 7 S Ripley Road School Miss Nichols 6 Miss Sullivan Miss Cleverly 5 Miss Belham f) Miss Jason 4 Miss DeLornie....4 Miss Wing 3 Miss Larson 2-3 Miss Wells 2 Miss Fox 1 Miss Bates 1 Miss McMahon ...K Average Total Average Per Cent Daily Member-Member-Attend- tUndance ship ship ance 23 25 24.4 94.3 17.5 19 18.2 93.2 13 36 33.8 92.8 34.5 36 35.6 96.8 31.8 34 33.3 95.7 28.1 31 30.2 93.1 29.5 31 30.7 96. 14.9 17 16.6 90. 29.5 31 30.1 98.2 2G.5 30 27.9 95.9 26.6 27 26.3 97.6 26.2 27 26.3 96.1 23.5 26 24.8 94.6 25.1 26 26.96.6 32.6 35 33.9 96.1 24.26 24.3 95.9 31.4 35 33.3 93.8 27 30 28.6 93. 23.1 26 25.3 91.1 36.6 43 39.4 93.1 Beechwood Miss Skelton 1-2 25.1 30 26.95.1 PER CENT ATTENDANCE 1931-1930-1929-1928-1927-1926-1925-1924-1923-1922 Grades 91 92 91 93 91 90 92 88 91 86 High School ...92 94 92 93 93 95 96 93 94 92 School Enrollment 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 Kindergarten 41 50 43 46 50 47 52 40 58 58 50 Grade 1 60 65 69 72 57 62 64 64 65 63 63 Grade 2 43 46 55 49 54 50 65 43 58 51 57 Grade 3 35 52 49 59 49 52 56 66 44 49 50 Grade 4 46 37 45 47 58 50 63 52 71 56 53 Grade 5 39 41 34 49 58 61 53 63 62 63 54 Grade 6 40 39 42 48 50 54 55 56 59 53 60 Grade 7 57 44 49 49 39 52 52 57 58 58 64 Grade 8 28 43 34 40 34 26 46 41 38 43 48 Grade 9 32 39 38 35 33 40 35 33 44 47 47 Grade 10 42 36 24 25 22 26 19 32 33 23 25 Grade 11 21 29 25 21 23 23 24 17 17 35 19 Grade 12 25 21 23 21 15 20 20 21 14 15 24 509 542 530 562 542 563 604 585 621 614 614 10 §CO CO s CO §•^o t^^ </5 u ^?l c^CO 00 6^ Tf ^l^ ^CO §i §?5 u oc t>. -Hr-ieO ^^^„CO ^^d CO cooo cc^r^-Hic^eocococ^co^s X"—»ocaoot-«Dooro (NX^coeot-'^—c^i — —C^JC^OOCO*-!^'^"*}' CO :CCOtO^OO»C .-H (N c^J »o «o »o '^ ^—oo»ooe«c^>c CO M Clio o>r>.r^ CO eo lo <o CO lo ^ ^CO iOkO u)(A '/i -ji '^tn tf>m v>'M (/i rr.V)tn f-'ji ^-V.tn V.y>tr.yi tn vi (A o-ls o.i3 o.-o.-0--o-i:o-i5 o-b o--o--o-i:o--o-i:PQOmOPQOPQOPQOPQOPQOPQOPQOmCfflCmOPQO ti^^ilj—,^CS(MC0C0Tt<Tj<o»C:Cwt>'I^XX0:05CC ——iM(N X 11 MEMBERSHIP BY GRADES PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DAY SCHOOLS October 1,1931 Public Private Schools Schools Elementary Schools: Kindergarten 50 Classes for children three years or more mentally retarded 17 Grade 1 63 5 Grade 2 57 7 Grade 3 50 4 Grade 4 53 7 Grade 5 54 Grade 6 60 Grade 7 47 Grade 8 48 Total in elementary schools .499 23 High School : Year-Grade 9 47 Year-Grade 10 25 Year-Grade 11 19 Year-Grade 12 24 Total in High School 115 Grand Total 614 23 12 DISTRIBUTION OF MINORS October 1,1931 5 Years 7 Years 14 Years Illiterate Minors 16 Years or over and under 7 or over and under 14 ov over and under 16 ar oter and under 21 59 195 179 51 43 6 68 2 In the registration of minors Boys ^ Girls Total 127 374 Distribution of above minors Public day school membership ..104 343 Vocational school membership .. Private school membership 3 31 Special schools Not enrolled in any day school ..20 Totals 127 374 94 81 2 8 1 2 94 FINANCIAL 1931 STATEMENT -1932 EstimateAppropriationEstimate Expended 1931 1931 1932 School Committee S125.00 $143.75 $125.00 vSuperintendent 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 Supervisor of Attendance ...100.00 100.00 Stationery and Postage 50.00 18.35 50.00 Telephones 350.00 301.17 300.00 Travel and Automobile 150.00 150.45 150.00 Clerical Work 225.00 32.00 75.00 Printing 65.00 61.00 65.00 Salaries,High 14,800.00 14.644.62 15,200.00 Salaries,Elementary 32,000.00 32.808.66 32,000.00 Books,High 700.00 775.75 700.00 Supplies,High 1.100.00 717.27 800.00 Books,Elementary 900.00 859.00 900.00 Supplies,Elementary 1,600.00 1,610.70 1,600.00 Libraries 200.00 115.11 200.00 Tuition,Vocational 1,000.00 1,181.68 1,000.00 Transportation,High 900.00 961.81 1,000.00 13 Appropriation Estimate Expended 1931 1931 1932 Transportation,Elementary.$4,500.00 $4,044.27 $4,050.00 Janitors,High 1,000.00 1,177.29 1,000.00 Janitors,Elementary 3,550.00 3,824.45 3,900.00 Lights and Power,High 1,000.00 672.84 600.00 Lights and Power, Elementary 1,220.00 969.57 950.00 Fuel,High 600.00 359.02 500.00 Fuel,Elementary 1,500.00 1,354.45 1,400.00 Repairs,High 800.00 743.13 700.00 Janitor Supplies,High 150.00 89.23 100.00 Miscellaneous,High 125.00 43.23 30.00 Repairs,Elementary 2,400.00 2,049.88 1,800.00 Janitor Supplies,Elementary 350.00 323.22 300.00 Miscellaneous,Elementary..225.00 30.00 30.00 Furniture,High 300.00 209.58 200.00 Furniture,Elementary 200.00 353.57 100.00 Exercises,High 100.00 52.25 75.00 Health 250.00 267.00 250.00 Insurance 1,200.00 744.47 1,200.00 Lvmch Rooms 6,500.00 5,337.34 5,500.00 Unpaid bills of previous year . 256.98 Total $82,791.98 $78,900.00 $78,900.00 Receipts of School Department County of Norfolk,dog tax $573.17 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Teachers'salaries 5,410.00 Vocational education 489.79 Sale of supplies,telephone tolls 7.75 Rent of hall 33.00 Refunds..33.05 Lunchroom receipts 3,682.93 Total of miscellaneous receipts $10,229.69 Expended from tax levy 68,670.31 $78,900.00 This required a tax levy of $6.38 per $1,000 14 -4j •~^ 1^^ i-H 05 Tj<1^ 00 (N CO t>. r-5 O 00 Tj^ 00 '-I o t^ '-I (N <M -M CO O Oi 00 00 O o ^t^ 05 iC CO ^d o CO t^ 'i^CO 00 o c^ CO o CO -H 05 CO 00 '^ CO C5 C^IC.O --^f CO _C^J '-;lO CO CO i-O O L-odt^t^^^LOodc^oo Lo CO r^CO -M c;o '-tc .as Tt<CO 00 -^ 00 C5 O Tt LO C^l Tt^^S?':2^^s TfH CO CO <N §gg s§§g 2 §g §E: _^r^*^o r^"rf 00^S ^O O CO 05 t^o Tf CO t^ Tt<00 i^ S ^ ^,a ^CO CO - S k^fi,00 CO o:Ci 00 CO O O '—'C:Ot^oqcqcoocoqco 'cod'-Jc5'--ooait.oc:'-^C5CO.-ir-i3O00XXC:r^C::t^t- »-H CO ^O CO ^oC'^CO CO CO o oo ^X t^00 cj -VJ ^lO^^^ OXCOiMb-CO'-H't-05.-H(MiO'<^iOcO^ ^»o CO CO t^i^r^t^ X t^C^J CO OJ C:C:C;cr.O C:t^r>.cot>.'^oqqcocqco: t^t-^C:t>Il^cOC5(XXC5C; X(Ncor>.cob-C50C5XXXC5t^»-oi-ooor:-^xo^^t^c^j(N'->(NOt^co»ot^05'<^^xco»ot-cr.c:xcoct (N '-ico__'<ti —'cr.^'—^— '^OOCO^'M'-tC^CO^^Ttic^cocoor^OTf^CO»OCOCOCOC^C^»C»C CO*(m"oi —«'^ xr^c^CictCifMici-^oxc^ CO_^"^^^,^.^.^,"^^W q."^^"^^t^."^^^o<r i-T c^'x"Tf'^"Tf oi oi"oi .-<"co~ CM 1-1 ^iOt^c0^r^cOCO»OC50100XO»XcO»-^0:t^^01XC:-?i<-i0105C^O^Oi'^COt^^OJO^'-'0'^CO«-OOC.COOLOCOrfiCO'^COCOX'MOiXXCO'Ol^'^COcOCOCOOt^OOSt^ fX,X X -^Ol ^l^ CO OJ (N Ol CM i-t t^iO'^-'ffcocMCMCM —cc c; t/3 K m ^ ffi 2 ^o a .c -a CL x: 3 X'd)'"::'0 (M (M O O Tti O (Ml-HrH(MT-l,-(l-lT-lT-(l—I (M CO CO o §^ CO §00 00 CO t^ 1—•(MClt^t^'tiOiOCO lO >-;q rH r-l TfH p (M_O cj o c^'^*(N oi '^cd r^t^OiOl>00C0C0cDCD ^OO^^'-HCOOICOOO (>i 'Tt^'co iOiOCOcO»OCOCO(MrH00tO'-iC0Oi(NiO>O'<ti T-H CO T-HOO'—'C^fMCliOiOCO(MOOQOOOiO'-HCOC35i-H CSjrt^LOiOOOOTfOOLQoo'oai'^cooLoo i>CO '-^^^q_q_CO oo_»o 05_ r>r iC i>r i>r i>r cd*^lo"»o^rtH" •• '.<^a ii ^^6 03 O 2 S 16 Conclusion The present is a time of stress and anxiety in the economic life of our people.The richest country in the world is suffering from actual abundance.Labor saving machinery and the merger of hitherto small industries under efficient management the past ten years have produced a fifty per cent increase in efficiency, making it possible in the greater part of our industries for two men to do what three did before.This has created an unbal- anced condition of employment.That this unsatisfactory condi- tion will ultimately be adjusted and the nation enjoy a new and greater era of prosperity is certain.With more food produced than we can eat,more raw material for clothing than is necessary for our needs,more manufactured goods available than reason- ably called for,and with this increased production,a surplus of man power,it only remains for the nation to adjust conditions so that the surplus working hours may be enjoyed as leisure,and not as at present,endured in unemplo}'Tnent and privation. Education,especially American education,is to a large degree responsible for the present conditions.It has given a people once static,somewhat provincial,and satisfied with its social and economic life,a feeling of disquietude,and a desire to change the estabHshed order of its life.It has made it efficient and proficient to a degree hitherto unknown,and this efficiency has for the time being gotten beyond its control.It remains for education to get us out of this difficulty,to develop citizens loyal to the best interests of our nation,efficient in production, but not wasteful in expenditure,utilizing their leisure along lines conducive to health,happiness,and helpful ser\'ice in commun- ity and national life,with a due regard for the peculiar customs and traditions of other nations,and a helping hand to those in distress. With this our aim,it is no time to curtail the expenditures for- education.The schools must not be hampered in carrying out the greater work that is set before them.With the increase of economic efiicienty will come of necessity an increase in the time spent in school.The near future \vill provide little employment for the boy and girl of high-school age.Every year spent in pur- poseful education will add to their standing in competitive life. and under the new regime,competition will increase,not be less. Any argument for continuing in school made under the old order applies to a greater degree at present.Increased attendance, better schools,are our problem and our privilege. Respectfully submitted, ORVIS K.COLLINS, Superintendent of Schools. 18 REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE OSGOOD SCHOOL Mr.O.K.Collins Dear Sir: I believe the year 1931 has been marked by increasing earnestness of purpose on the part of secondary school pupils throughout the country.Young people are impressionable and tend to reflect perhaps to an exaggerated degree,the spirit of their elders.The depression has killed the "whoopee"spirit. Adults are willing to bury the "jazz age"and we find a sober sense of responsibility being substituted in its place.The restoration of sane living and thinking is mirrored clearly in the pupils of our schools.It may be regarded as a debit on the books for this unpleasant period. School activities which necessitated the spending of parents' money by children have been cut to a minimvmi.Last year's social events consisted of a dance in the Ripley Road School by each of the two upper classes,a concert for the towiispeople at no cost to them,by Mr.Taylor's High School Chorus and a dance late this fall which netted fifty dollars for the Social Service League. Mr.Ripley organized an excellent baseball team in the spring which won the championship of the South Shore League and in the fall the midget football team,under the tutelage of Mr. Ripley and Mr.Burdett Collins,won the Hingham,Hull, Cohasset trophy. A grouping of retarded boys was completed in September. Acting on recommendations of Dr.Wellington of the Sherbom State Hospital and Dr.Schorer of the Foxboro State Hospital, both competent psychiatrists,those boys who fell far behind their own age group in scholastic ability were placed in a room under a special home-room teacher.They are given work suited to their needs by Miss Terry,Miss Brooks,and Mr.Burdett Colhns. Grades seven and eight have been divided for recitation 19 according to ability and the results since September are very pleasing,and seem to more than justify the ability grouping system. The Cohasset High School has again been granted for a term of three years the privilege of certifying pupils into New Eng- land College Board institutions,without examination. Two members of the 1931 graduating class have entered college.One is attending Harvard,the other Northeastern, while others are continuing their studies in professional schools. I enclose a list of graduates for June,1931,and the entering class of September,1931.Thanking you,Mr.CoUins,the committee,our splendid staff of teachers and Mr.Mulvey for the heartiest support,I respectfully submit this report. JAMES W.DOYLE. 20 Graduating Robert Patrick Coyne Albert Edward Grassie Anna Rose Grassie Gertrude Elizabeth Groce Osborne Falconer Ingram Thomas Burke Kane Ruth Frances Kelley Lillian May Lawrence Jessie Eleanor McGaw Class of 1931 Helen Mars Nason Mary Nellie Pagliaro Doris Rosenberg Margaret Elizabeth Silvia Catherine Mary Souza Ruth Virginia Taft Walter Chester Wheelwright John Harris Winters Entering Abbot E.Bates Louise Bates Jean Brown Isabel Cunningham Spurgeon Cunningham,Jr. Felicia DeVito Vincent DeVito Herbert Dion James Forsythe Harold Goodwin Virginia Grassie William Hanson Leo J.Happenny James G.Hiltz Mamie Infusino Robert Jason Eleanor Jordan Margaret Keating Edward Litchfield Class of 1931 Helen F.McLaughlin Bernard McNeil Frances L.Morris William W.Nason Leo E.Neagle Melvin Oliver William E.Poland Aaron Pratt Marietta Pratt Evelyn Roche Dora Sargent Charlotte Souther Sheldon Stoddard Helen L.Stone Dorothy Sullivan Osgood Tower Sargent Tower Robert S.Williams 21 GRADUATION EXERCISES,CLASS 1931 COHASSET HIGH SCHOOL Tuesday,June 23,eight o'clock,Ripley Road School Program March High School Orchestra Prayer Rev.Fred V.Stanley Welcome Burke Kane,President "Salutation"Chorus Essay,''Education"Gertrude Groce "To Thee,O Country"Chorus Essay,''Business Cycles"Osborne Ingram "Nightfall in Granada"Chorus Address Mr.Harry Gardner Presentation of Diplomas Mr.John Bates "Send Out Thy Light"Chorus March High School Orchestra 22 REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE RIPLEY ROAD SCHOOL Mr.0.K.Collins, Superintendent of Schools. Dear Sir:The past year was one of success and satisfaction at the Ripley Road School.Real progress was made along many lines and gratifying results realized.The health of the children was excellent,the per cent of attendance high and the work accomplished most satisfactory.Because we are striving to min- imize the number of pupils who fail in the first six grades,we believe that good health,which insures regular attendance and mental alertness,is absolutely necessary if this attempt is to be realized. The health of the children is,of course,our first objective, and because environment has a direct influence upon the mental as well as the physical health,we want their surroundings to be healthful and happy.We want them to progress without fear and to find joy in their work.The teachers try to make the classrooms happy workrooms and watch the health of our children closely.Not only during the regular health lessons, but at all times they are helping them to develop desirable health habits. Individual help is given pupils who need it in order to be promoted.The pupils who find the work too difficult to under- stand through the regular instructions,are given extra help during certain periods of the week and after school hours.Some home work is assigned when we think that definite,worthwhile results will be obtained by doing so. Although we have been using the numbers 1.2,'^,4,and the letter F to report the progress of the school work for three years, 1 believe that some parents do not thoroughly understand the system.They do not seem to realize that 3 is a good mark,that 2 is a very high mark and that 4 is passable.Only when a child 23 does exceptionally fine work is he given a 1 .Some parents seem to believe that 3 is a low,unsatisfactory mark,but we do not consider it so.A child must be doing nearly perfect work in order to be marked all ones and twos. Reading as usual has received the emphasis in our first, second and third grades.We have also stressed Language this year.The ability to express one's self correctly,without hesitat- ing or stumbling is of great value and must be cultivated while the children are in the lower grades.Oral expression is stressed through all of the grades but by the time a child leaves the sixth grade we expect him to be able to express himself intelligently and neatly in all of his written work as well.I have seen great improvement along this line during the past year. Parents continue to come often to school,especially on our assembly days and we are indeed glad to have them do so. Many parents call on the telephone when there is any question they wish to ask regarding school work or to explain a child's absence or tardiness.We like to have them do this as we feel that a telephone conversation is next best to a real visit. The past year was a happy,progressive one only because parents,teachers,pupils and all persons concerned in school work have worked hard to make it so.I wish to thank them for their splendid cooperation and you for your many helpful suggestions. Respectfully submitted, HELEN L.BROWN. 24 REPORT OF THE SCHOOL PHYSICIAN I am pleased to report that the health and general welfare of the pupils is steadily improving.A comparison of statistics of attendance in the grade schools with those of ten years ago indicates increased efficiency.I regard this improvement to be due to the care of the teeth,the elimination of adenoids and enlarged tonsils and to the athletic development. With grateful acknowledgement of the cooperation of the Committee,Superintendent,teachers,and the School Nurse. Respectfully submitted, OLIVER H.HOWE,M.D. 25 REPORT OF SCHOOL NURSING FOR 1931 Children given annual inspection by Dr.Howe 553 Assisted by school nurse. Children given rapid classroom examinations 890 General cleanliness,pediculosis,etc. Children given first aid treatment 1,219 Children excluded 35 Home visits to school children 404 Individual teachers assisted with year's health program.15 Communicable disease followup in homes 116 Children taken to physicians 7 Children taken to clinics,Eye and Ear Infirmary,etc...79 Number,trips to Boston clinics 28 Attendance at school dental clinics,no sessions 64 Children taken to State T.B.clinic at Hingham 4 Children with defective eyesight 12 Fitted with glasses 6 Treated without glasses 4 No attention 2 Nose and throat defect 30 Treatment received 10 No children ten per cent underweight 28 With underweight corrected 10 Total remaining underweight 18 Number,schools visited 3 Total Number school visits made during year 353 All children weighed and measured at least twice a year. Respectfully submitted, RUTH H.ROSS,R.N. 26 REPORT OF THE ART DEPARTMENT Mr.Or vis K.Collins, Superintendent of Schools. Dear Sir:I hereby submit for your approval the annual report of the Art Department for the year 1931. The time schedule of last year has been followed,with a very few changes.On Monday,Wednesday and Friday of each week drawing is taught in the High School and in the seventh and eighth grades.Tuesday and Thursday are devoted to the Primary School.One thing to be regretted in our High School schedule is that so many pupils who would like to take drawing cannot get it in.This seems to be an unavoidable situation. The seventh,eighth and high school grades have had two periods a week,and the ninth grade boys are having only one period of mechanical drawing,one less than heretofore. In the Primary School drawing has been taught in the fifth and sixth grades and supervised in the first four grades.Lesson outlines are provided for the teachers of the latter grades and occasional lessons are taught for them.The results are re- viewed at regular intervals and one picture study lesson per month is taught in each grade.The interest and enthusiasm of the teachers is reflected in the pupils and in the excellent results obtained.For this spirit of cooperation I wish to express my thanks to the teachers. On June 4 an exhibit was held in the Primary School in connection with a musical program.The art work of the fourth, fifth and sixth grades was exhibited in the assembly hall;that of the first three grades was displayed in their rooms around the hall. One of the interesting features of our program has color picture study.Through the use of a good collection of been reproductions,we are endeavoring to put before the classes some of the best works of art of all lime,and to discuss with the chil- 27 dren such things as hue,mass,pattern,hght and dark,color, rhythm,balance and unity.In this way we hope to develop in the child an intelligent appreciation of the best in art so that he may cultivate a taste for that which is fine. The following is a list of these pictures as studied by grades : Grade I Children of the Sea Israels An Aristocrat Landseer Holy Night Correggio Madonna of the Chair Raphael Children of the Shell Murillo Age of Innocence Reynolds Miss Bowles with Dog Reynolds Infanta Margarita Theresia Velasquez With Grandma MacEwen Return to the Fold Mauve Grade II Dancing in a Ring Thoma The Pastry Eaters Murillo The Artist and Daughter Vigee-Lebrun Sistine Madonna Raphael Feeding Her Birds Millet The Blue Boy Gainsborough The Sheep Fold Jacque Song of the Lark Breton The Helping Hand Renouf The Two Sisters Bougereau Grade III Carnation Lily,Lily Rose Sargent Lavinia Titian The Magnificat Botticelli Madonna of the Harpies Del Sarto Don Carlos on Horseback Velasquez Dance of the Nymphs Corot 28 Spring Dance Von Stuck Going to Market Troyon The Artist's Mother Whistler The Horse Fair Bonheur Grade IV Behind the Plow Kemp-Welch Dutch Interior De Hooch Return of the Fishermen SoroUa Madonna with Saints Bellini The Annunciation Rosetti George Washington Stuart Icebound Metcalf Preparing for Church Blommers The Angelus Millet Spring Mauve Grade V The Jester Hals The Mill Pond Inness A Polish Nobleman Rembrandt Madonna and Angels Angelico The Gleaners Millet The Wheelwright L'Hermitte Chums Jones Flower Girl in Holland Hitchcock The Storage Room De Hooch The Fog Warning Homer Grade VI William II and Maria Stuart Van Dyck Belgian Farm Kampf Russian Peasants Kisselowa Mrs.Robinson Romney The Kitchen Maid Chardin Russian Winter Grabar Aurora Reni In the Tulip Fields Hitchcock Spring Corot View of Delft Vermeer 29 Grade VII The Merchant Gisze Holbein Orphanage at Katwyk Artz Harp of the Winds Martin The Fighting Temeraire Turner Woman with Clavier Van Meiris View of Ghent Baertsoen Christmas Star Parrish Washerwoman Daumier Venetian Waters Tito After a Summer Shower Inness Grade VIII The Concert Terborch Surrender of Breda Velasquez Cophetua and Beggar Maid Burne-Jones Saskia Rembrandt Paris Boulevards Renoir Women in Church Leibl On the Cliffs Lavery Men are Square .tneker View of Venice Tjinei On the Stairs Zorij In conclusion,I wish to express my appreciation to you as a most helpful superintendent,and to the members of the School Committee for their kind cooperation. Respectfully submitted, FLORENCE E.KRAUS. January 1,1932. 30 REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION Mr.O.K.ColUns, Stiperintendent of Schools, Dear Sir:I submit for your approval a report of the Physi- cal Education Department for the year ending December 31, 1931. The Physical Education program in the Osgood and Ripley Road Schools is much as in former years though some additions and improvements in equipment have made the program more comprehensive and up to date. The work at the Osgood School included basket ball and fist ball as the major games indoors and base ball,soccer,New- comb and track outside.Five girls and three boys participated in a South Shore track meet in North Easton and won first and second place respectively in their own class.This certainly proves the calibre of our high school boys and girls.In a Junior Triangular Meet between the High School and Lincoln School of Hingham and the Osgood School our girls did very creditable work,winning in one class and being close seconds in the other. A new feature at the Osgood School has been the fomiation of a group of girls for the purpose of working toward an Athletic Honor Award.This class meets once a week for group work and each individual is striving toward the award outside of school time.It consists of winning points for many activities such as improving personal health,correcting remediable de- fects,participating in games,dances,stunts,tournaments,skills, swimming,hiking,skating,horseback and bicycle riding,plays, membership in organizations such as Girl Scouts,clubs,socie- ties,and so forth,scholarship,community service,and exhibit- ing good sportsmanship at all times.In other words it is an all-round project of physical,mental,and character training. About thirty girls have joined this organization. 31 The Jungle Gyms at the Ripley Road School have proved a great source of pleasure and benefit to the smaller children.The addition of a slide would care for a large group and enable many more children to use these valuable pieces of apparatus. It may be of interest to mention that present ideas of Physi- cal Education have eliminated largely the old formal methods of mechanical gymnastics in exact formations and constant drill in abnormal positions.It is believed that more and better physi- cal and mental development may be acquired through games, skills,dances,and so forth,which are of interest to the pupils and which may be of real value and use in their later adult recreational life.The idea is to provide training and skill in activities and games which give maximum exercise and enjoy- ment ;which can be carried on with little expense and require little space and yet will be beneficial and pleasureable in later life. I wish to sincerely thank you for your interest and helpful- ness in the work of this department. Respectfully submitted, WINIFRED BROOKS. 32 REPORT OF THE DOMESTIC SCIENCE DEPARTMENT Mr.O.K.Collins, Superintendent of Schools. Dear Sir:I submit for your approval and acceptance a brief report of the Domestic Science Department for the year 1931.The work of this department has been the teaching of sewing and the preparation and serving of the noon lunch. The aims of the sewing department are to teach the pupils the making and use of the common stitches,the use of patterns and to so instruct them that they may be able to care for and repair their own clothing,and to do simple dressmaking for themselves.The girls of the sewing classes,particularly the High School classes,have worked for the Social Service during the past year.The Social Service furnished the materials and the girls did the sewing.They made baby layettes including nighties,gertrudes,kimonas,dresses,jackets,etc.,for older chil- dren;bloomers,panties,nightgowns and pajamas,both crepe and flannel,and dresses ranging in age from one year to twelve years.In September,sewing was given to the sixth grade,the pupils being transferred to and from the Ripley Road School by busses. The cooking department aims to teach the girls the prepara- tion and serving of simple,well-prepared food.The girls of the High School class,in addition to their regular cooking study, prepare and serve food for invalids,each girl preparing and serving two trays,one for breakfast and one for lunch. Both courses hope to instill in the girls an interest in the work necessary in their homes and contribute their share toward it. The lunchroom has been well patronized.Soups,sandwiches main dishes and milk are the most popular dishes in the Osgood School.Except for ice cream,few sweets are served. In closing,I wish to express to you and the members of the School Committee my appreciation of your cooperation and helpful attitude toward this department. Respectfully submitted, HELEN C.WELCH. 33 REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC Mr.0.K.Collins, Superintendent of Schools. My Dear Mr.Collins:Music in our schools has progressed to a standard of which we may be proud.We cannot afford to rest content with the results now obtained from a systematic and organized course of study.We must go forward to greater achievement in the subject of Music Education. As Supervisor of Music in the schools,I feel the responsi- bilit}^placed on me to do my best to educate the minds of the students to a finer discrimination in the selection of music to which they listen.We hear much about "music appreciation." There is one great truth regarding music appreciation,namely, "True appreciation comes only through participation."In proportion to our active participation in music,either in sing- ing,playing an instrument,or the study of music form,do we gain that emotional response to music which is the only kind of true appreciation. Rhythm is the first appeal of music.It is the physical aspect of music and is before us constantly in the popular music of the day,or so called "jazz."Our popular music carries no intellectual appeal,has no educational value and is but a form of light entertainment.I have no concern over the effect of jazz music as long as our pupils contact a high standard of music during their school years.We must ever keep before our pupils an ideal which in later years will determine their choice of music enjoyment.As educators we cannot afford to lower our standards for an instant and appeal to the lighter tastes in music.Music of the highest grade,even as the best in literature should be the standard we set before our pupils. Music reading is the intellectual aspect of music and is of great importance.As a music educator I cannot over-emphasize the importance of this phase of music education.The ability 34 to read music opens to the minds of our young people a vast literature of music and through the enjoyment of this literature the emotions are lifted to a high plane.To experience the great emotional reaction from music in all its beauty of sound and color is to bring into our lives an uplifting influence for all that is noble and ideal. Through the cooperation of teachers and principals,music has a higher standard than ever before.The High School Chorus presents each year a choral cantata of educational value and brings a true appreciational value to all who participate. I wish to express my thanks to the entire faculty for the fine standard we have achieved. Respectfully yours, FREDERICK A.TAYLOR, Supervisor of Music. 35 REPORT OF INDUSTRIAL ARTS DEPARTMENT Mr.0.K.Collins, Superintendent of Schools. Dear Mr.Collins:In accordance with your request I submit to you my report of the Industrial Arts Department for 1931. The organization and the courses offered are as follows :The sixth,seventh and eight B grades,woodworking;grade eight A, printing;Freshmen and Sophomores,advanced woodworking ani wood turning. The projects in the woodworking classes are chosen for their teaching content and their practical value in the home.Since many of our types will find their life work in mechanical occu- pations,a knowledge of the use of various tools is a distinct asset to them. The course in printing offers the boys a knowledge of vari- ous kinds of type,type setting for all sorts of jobs,paper esti- mating and cutting,and the actual printing on the press. Although the press is being operated in every printing period, the output is not sufficient to keep abreast of the type setting of the class.Two presses could be kept going steadily. Five Cohasset boys are learning a trade at the Weymouth Trade School and two are at the Quincy Trade School.After the present period of inactivity in industry there is bound to be a demand for skilled labor to replenish the depleted stock.Boys should avail themselves of every opportunity for education in line with their future vocation in order to profit by the oppor- tunities that are certain to confront them in the future. Most of the woodworking machines remain in the basement of the Osgood School where their use by the boys is not practi- cal.I hope that some time the present Manual Arts building may be enlarged to house them all.It would not entail a large expenditure of funds,as the boys could do much of the work. I wish to thank you for your cooperation and helpful inter- est in the department in my charge. Respectfully submitted, MAX H.MEYER. 36 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 1931. Gardens which had received proper care were uniformly good this season,due to an abundance of rain and warm weather. The exhibition of vegetables,flowers,canning,clothing and poultry was held at the Osgood School on Friday,September 25. There were 251 exhibits of vegetables,including 240 single plates,7 exhibits of four different vegetables and 4 exhibits of complete assortments from four gardens.There were 41 exhib- its of flowers,18 of canning,5 of clothing and 49 of poultry, making a total of 364 exhibits.The judges were as follows:Mr. Thomas Brown and Mr.Frank Perry,vegetables;Mr.John Daun and Mr.John Millar,flowers;Mr.Lee I.Tawsley, County Club Agent,poultry,and Miss Catherine Cook,Assist- ant County Club Agent,canning. County Field Day was held at the Agricultural School at "Walpole in June.The boys in our delegation made up a ball team and played a team of boys from the Agricultural School. Score:Cohasset 17,Agricultural School 0. The poultry and clothing clubs meet monthly at the Osgood School.The canning club held their sessions during July and August.Mrs.John A.Lawrence had charge of the canning and sewing clubs.The funds for the prizes were contributed by interested residents and citizens.Mrs.John A.Lawrence and David Fulton our poultry champion spent a week at M.A.C. Camp. The following boys and girls won prizes at the County Club Fair:Lillian Lawrence,First,on Party Dress;Dorothy Oliver, Second,on School Dress;Barbara Ahearn,Third,on School Dress.Elizabeth Rosano,Third,on Peppers and Third on String Beans;Frank Rosano,North Main Street,Second,on Tomatoes and Second on String Beans.James Rosano,First,on Special Collection of Vegetables and Frank Rosano,King Street, Second,on Special Collection of Vegetables. The following boys received poultry club certificates and pins:David Fulton,Harry Jason,completed fifth year;Melvin Oliver,third year. A complete test of the winners at our Cohasset exhibit and a statement of the finances will be found on the following pages. Respectfully submitted, M.H.MEYER. 38 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.Edwin L. Furber,Mr.and Mrs.John F.McElwain,and Mr.Arthur N. Milliken. GARDEN CONTESTS Best Cared For Garden 1. 2. 3. $2.00 $1.50 $1.00 Joe Polito Sam Polito James Infusino 1. 2. 3. $2.00 $1.50 $1.00 Largest Display Frank Rosano Charles Infusino Frank Infusino 1. 2. 3. $1.50 $1.00 $0.50 Four Vegetables James Rosano Frank Infusino Frank Rosano Potatoes 1. 2. 3. $1.50 $1.00 $0.50 Charles Infusino Ethelbert Thompson Frank Infusino Sweet Com 1. 2. 3. $1.50 $1.00 $0.50 Charles Infusino Frank Infusino Joe DeVito 39 Carrots 1. 2. 3. $1.50 $1.00 $0.50 Charles Infusino Sam Polito Frank Rosano Red Tomatoes 1. 2. 3. $1.50 $1.00 $0.50 Frank Rosano Charles Infusino Elizabeth Rosano Green Tomatoes 1. 2. 3. $1.50 $1.00 $0.50 Sam DeVito Charles Infusino Tony Lugelli Beets 1. 2. 3. $1.50 $1.00 $0.50 Frank Infusino Charles Infusino Sam Polito Cucumbers 1. 2. 3. $1.50 $1.00 $0.50 Kenneth LeClaire Henry Ainsley James Rosano 1. 2. 3. $1.50 $1.00 $0.50 Cabbage Frank Rosano Joe DeVito James Rosano 1. 2. 3. $1.50 $1.00 $0.50 Winter Squash Joe Polito Sam Polito Norman James 1. 2. 3. $1.50 $1.00 $0.50 1. 2. 3. $1.50 $1.00 $0.50 1. 2. 3. $1.50 $1.00 $0.50 1. 2. 3. $1.50 $1.00 $0.50 1. 2. 3. $1.50 $1.00 $0.50 1. 2. 3. $1.50 $1.00 $0.50 1. 2. 3. $1.50 $1.00 $0.50 40 Summer Squash Rose Nardo Mary Nardo Rose Emanuello Red Peppers Charles Infusino James Rosano Frank Infusino Green Peppers Sam DeVito Salvadore Sestito Joe DeVito Chard Frank Infusino Mary Nardo Charles Infusino Green Beans Joe Polito Sam Polito Charles Infusino Shell Beans Sam Polito Charles Infusino Frank Infusino Egg Plant Joe Polito Tony Lugelli James Rosano 1. 2. 3. $1.50 $1.00 $0.50 2. 3. $1.00 $0.50 41 Pumpkins Rose Emanuello Rose Emanuello Elizabeth Rosano Onions Charles Infusino Frank Infusino CLOTHING Dresses 1.$1.50 Lillian Lawrence 2.$1.00 Dorothy Oliver 3.$0.50 Barbara Ahearn Aprons 2.$1.00 Dorothy Oliver 3.$0.50 Barbara Ahearn CANNING Best Display,Five Jars,Three Vegetables,Two Fruit: 1.$2.00 Mary Lawrence 2.$1.50 Isabel Cunningham ?.11.00 .June Wheelwright Largest Display 1.One Week at Camp and Cup Mary Lawrence 2.$2.00 Barbara Ahearn 3.$1.50 June Wheelwright 4.$1.00 Elizabeth Cunningham 42 Three Jars of Fruit: 1. 2. 3. $1.50 $1.00 $0.50 Mary Lawrence Barbara Ahearn Dorothy Oliver Three Jars of Vegetables: 1.$1.50 2.$1.00 3.$0.50 Barbara Ahearn June Wheelwright Mary Lawrence FLOWERS Best Cared For Garden: 1. 2. 3. $2.00 $1.50 $1.00 Camilla PoHto Fannie Infusino James Rosano Asters 1. 2. 3. $1.50 $1.00 $0.50 Louis Simeone James Forsythe Rose Emanuello Dahlias 1. 2. 3. $1.50 $1.00 $0.50 Fannie Infusino Rose Emanuello Elizabeth Rosano Gladioli 1. 2. 3. $1.50 $1.00 $0.50 Fannie Infusino James Rosano Eustace James Zinnias I. 2. 3. $1.50 $1.00 $0.50 Fannie Infusino Dorothy Marks Mary Walsh 43 Assortment 1. 2. 3. $1.50 $1.00 S0.50 Fannie Infusino Camilla Polito Melvin Oliver 1. 2. 3. $1.50 $1.00 $0.50 Marigolds Camilla Polito James Rosano Dorothy Mark.^ POULTRY Pullets 1. 2. 3. $1.50 $1.00 $0.50 William Litchfield William Litchfield Edward Peterson Hens 1. 2. 3. $1.50 $1.00 $0.50 Harry Jason Edward Peterson David Fulton Cockerel 1. 2. 3. $1.50 $1.00 $0.50 Edward Peterson Edward Peterson David Fulton Pen of Ducks 1. 2. 3. $1.50 $1.00 $0.50 Edward Peterson Henry Ainsley David Fulton Black Mallard Ducks 1. 2. 3. $1.50 $1.00 $0.50 Edward Peterson Melvin Oliver Wilson Murphy 44 White Pekins 2.$1.00 Salvadore Sestito 3.$0.50 David Fulton Pigeons 2.$1.00 Herbert Dion 3.$0.50 Herbert Dion Fantails 1.$1.50 Herbert Dion 2.$1.00 Herbert Dion 3.$0.50 Herbert Dion Tumblers 1.$1.50 Herbert Dion 2.$1.00 Herbert Dion 3.$0.50 Herbert Dion Special Pigeons 1.$0.50 (Kings)Herbert Dion 2.$0.50 (Owls)Herbert Dion 3.$0.50 (Black)Wilson Murphy Feed 4.$0.50 Edward Peterson GRAND WINNERS Vegetables,Charles Infusino One Week at Camp Poultry,Herbert Dion One Week at Camp 45 FINANCIAL STATEMENT Receipts Balance from 1930 $85.53 From public-spirited citizens 150.00 Total $235.53 Disbursements Cash prizes $132.50 Travelling expenses to and from Amherst for two....17.28 One cup for Canning Contest 4.35 Paper for Exhibit .83 Postage and envelopes .56 ^Balance on hand "80.01 Total $235.53 *Part of balance is to be used for sending prize winners to camp in 1932.