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\ COHASSET TOWN REPORT 1916 V One Hundred and Forty-Seventh Annual Report ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN OF THE FINANCIAL AFFAIRS OF THE TOWN OF COHASSET AND THE REPORTS OF OTHER TOWN OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 1916 PRESS 09 THE GAZETTE AND TRANSCRIPT Weymouth,Mass. CONTENTS Page Officers 1916-17 5 Report of Town Clerk ....,«9 Records Town Meeting ,.11 Record State Primary 25 Records of Presidential and State Election •30 Convention Town Clerks 34 Military duty .......35 Dog Licenses 35 Births,Marriages and Deaths 36 Auditor's Report 47 Recapitulation .102 Selectmen's Report .115 Guideboards .119 Assessors'Report .121 Report of Treasurer 123 Report of Engineers of Fire Department .128 Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures .130 Report of Supervisor of Moth Work 131 Report of Tree Warden 133 Report of Board of Health ......136 Report of Cohasset Free Public Library .139 Report of Directors of Paul Pratt Memorial Library ,141 Report of Surveyor of Highways 147 Report Overseers Poor 167 Report of School Committee .....169 Report of Superintendent of Schools .178 Financial Report School Committee .196 Report of Inspector of Wires ..201 *The report of the Board of Health should have been signed by the three members,but accidentally the names of Irving F. Sylvester and Warren T.Snow were omitted. TOWN OFFICERS,W6-17. Town Clerk HARRY F.TILDEN ..Term expires March,1917 Selectmen,Assessors and Overseers of Poor HARRY E.MAPES ..Term expires March,1919 WILLIAM O.SOUTHER,Jr..Term expires March,1917 HERBERT L.BROWE ..Term expires March,1918 Treasurer and Collector NEWCOMB B.TOWER Highway Surveyor GEORGE JASON Constables SIDNEY L.BEAL JOHN T.KEATING HENRY E.BRENNOCK LOUIS J.MORRIS EDWARD E.WENTWORTH Tree Warden GEORGE YOUNG School Committee EDITH M.BATES . EVAN P.WENTWORTH GEORGE JASON,Jr. SHELDON N.RIPLEY DARIUS W.GILBERT THOMAS H.STEVENS Term expires March,1917 Term expires March,1917 Term expires March,1918 Term expires March,1918 Term expires March,1919 Term expires March,1919 6 Trustees EDITH M.BATES . MARTHA P.HOWE Dr.OLIVER P.HOWE FLORENCE N.BATES SARAH B.COLLIER BURGESS C.TOWER GEORGE W.COLLIER EDWARD NICHOLS EDWARD H.TOWER of Public Library Term expires March,1917 Term expires March,1917 Term expires March,1917 Term expires March,1918 Term expires March,1918 Term expires March,1918 Term expires March,1919 Term expires March,1919 Term expires March,1919 Board of Health IRVING F.SYLVESTER WARREN F.SNOW Dr.GEORGE OSGOOD Term expires March,1917 Term expires March,1918 Term expires March,1919 TOWN OFFICERS APPOINTED BY SELECTMEN FOR 191647 SIDNEY L.BEAL IRA BATES EDWIN BATES Field Drivers JOHN KENNEDY EZEKIEL L.JAMES Fence Viewers THOMAS A.ROCHE GEORGE JASON Public Weighers &nd Weighers of Coal GEORGE P.TOWER CORNELIUS KENNEY GERTRUDE C.LOCKE MARY P.TOWER JOSEPH A.VALINE NEWCOMB B.TOWER Public Weighers HERBERT L.BROWN E.HAROLD BROWN DAVID W.HOMER Pound Keeper JAMES H.PINKHAM Auctioneers GEORGE F.SARGENT,Jr.AUGUST F.B.PETERSON JOSEPH E.GRASSIE EDWARD E.WENTWORTH THOMAS L.BATES WILLIAM O.SOUTHER,Jr. Measurers of Wood and Bark EZEKIEL L.JAMES ELMER E.BATES FRANKLIN BEAL ARTHUR O.HIGGINS Surveyors of Lumber JOSEPH A.VALINE ARTHUR O.HIGGINS Harbor Master MANUEL S.ENOS Assistant Harbor Master JOHN W.BRENNOCK Inspector of Wires GEORGE JASON,Jr. Sealer of Weights and Measures CALEB NICHOLS Chief of Police THOMAS L.BATES Police Officer FRANK JASON Animal Inspector Dr.D.W.GILBERT 8 Board of Fire Engineers HENRY E.BRENNOCK THOMAS A.ROCHE GEORGE JASON SIDNEY L.BEAL GEORGE F.SARGENT,Jr. Special Police LOUIS J.MORRIS JOHN T.KEATING HENRY E.BRENNOCK *JOHN FLEMMING *IRA G.ADAMS *To serve without pay from the town. Forest Warden WILLIAM J.BRENNOCK Moth Sitperintendent JOSEPH E.GRASSIE Registrars of Voters THOMAS W.DOYLE ..Term expires May,1917 HENRY E.SWEENEY ..Term expires,May,1918 BARTHOLOMEW DALY ..Term expires May,1919 HARRY F.TILDEN,ex officio Clerk of Board Burial Agent THOMAS L.BATES APPOINTMENTS BY BOARD OF HEALTH Inspector of Slaughtering DARIUS W.GILBERT,V.S. Inspector of Milk and Vinegar DARIUS W.GILBERT,V.S. Undertaker WARREN F.SNOW. TOWN OF COHASSET REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK For Year Ending DECEMBER 31,i9l6 REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK TOWN RECORDS ANNUAL TOWN MEETING,MARCH 6,1916 At the Annual Election of Town Officers held'this day the following vote was declared. Article 1.Chose Harry E.Mapes,Moderator,to preside in said meeting. Article 2.Total vote cast was 763,of which 602 were regular ballots and 161 special ballots "For School Committee only." Selectmen for three years Harry E.Mapes had .306 William H.McGaw had .,.277 Blanks 19 Assessor for three years Hany E.Mapes had ....,..303 William H.McGaw had .....278 Blanks 21 Overseer of Poor for three years Harry E.Mapes had 305 William H.McGaw had 271 Blanks 26 Treasurer Newcomb B.Tower had ....•,.486 John W.Sidney had ......v 1 Blanks 115 12 Collector of Taxes Paul J.Bates had t Newcomfo B.Tower had Blanks Highway Surveyor George J aeon bad Frank W.Wheelwright had Blanks School Committee for three year. Darius W.Gilbert had .... Edward A.Mulvey had .... Thomas A.Stevens had .... Blanks Constables Sidney L.Beal had Henry E.Brennock had John T.Keating had Louis J.Blorris had Edward E.Wentworth had Blanks * Tree Warden Joseph E.Grassie had George Young had Blanks Trustees of Public Library for three year George W.Collier had . Edward Nichols had Edward H.Tower had Blanks Board oj Health for three years Dr.George Osgood had .... Dr.Edward H.Schott had . Wanks ...... 286 294 22 316 279 7 432 508 405 381 372 376 423 396 366 1077 288 300 14 358 380 369 699 361 186 55 13 License Question -': Yes ..........246 No :.299 Blanks 57 Voted that this meeting be adjourned until Monday,March 13,at 10 o'clock A.M. Coh asset,March,13,1916 At an adjourned meeting of the voters of the town of Cohas- set held this day,the several articles were acted upon as follows : 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 Town Clerk, Town Accountant,Selectmen,Assessors,Overseers of the Poor, Collector and Treasurer,Treasurer of the Public Library,Direc- tors of the Paul Pratt Memorial Library,Tree Warden,Highway Surveyor,Board of Health,Board of Fire Engineers,Sealer of Weights and Measures,Inspector of Wires and Selectmen on Guideboards. Voted that all the above reports as printed in town report be accepted. What sums of money will the Town raise and appropriate for the following : Article 5.Town Officers. Voted that the sum of $5100 be raised and appropriated. Salaries to be same as last year except a $100 reduction in each Selectman and Treasurer. Article 6.Law —Legal Counsel. Voted that the sum of $300 be raised and appropriated. Article 7.Engineering. Voted that the sum of $300 be raised and appropriated. 14 Article 6.Town Hall. Voted that the sum of $1100 be raised and appropriated. Article 9.Printing. Voted that the sum of $850 be raised and appropriated. Article 10.Water for Hydrants and Public Buildings. Voted that the sum of $4400 be raised and appropriated. Article 11.Police Department. Voted that the sum of $4000 be raised and appropriated for salaries and expenses of Police Department for the ensuing year, and the automobile owned by Department be sold for not less than $500,said amount to be returned to the treasury. Article 12.Fire Department. Voted that the sum of $4820 be raised and appropriated,and that of this amount one thousand dollars ($1000)be expended under the Board of Engineers for the purpose of repairs to the fire house at the cove,said repairs to consist of installing a new heating plant and such other repairs as in their judgment are most necessary. Arucle 13.Forest Fires. Voted that the sum of $700 be raised and appropriated,$200 of which shall be toward Watch Tower. Article 14.Moth Suppression. Voted that the sum of $3950.36 be raised and appropriated. Article 15.Tree Warden. Voted that the sum of $600 be raised and appropriated. Article 16.Sealer of Weights and Measures. Voted that the sum of $200 be raised and appropriated. Article 17.Inspection of Wires. Voted that the sum of $500 be raised and appropriated. Article 18.Board of Health. 15 Voted that the sum of $1464 be raised and appropriated. Article 19.Straits Pond,Cat Dam,etc. Voted that the sum of $500 be raised and appropriated. Article 20.Inspection of Animals. Voted that the sum of $125 be raised and appropriated. Article 21.Highways,including Oiling Streets. Voted to raise and appropriate $20,000,$450 of which shall be expended on Smith's Place ;also such other amounts as may be necessary to complete work under Article 43. Article 22.Removing Snow. Voted that the sum of $3500 be raised and appropriated. Article 23.Electric Street Lights. Voted that the sum of $6910.40 be raised and appropriated. Article 24.Fore River Bridge. Voted that the sum of $130 be raised and appropriated. Article 25.Harbor Maintenance. Voted that the sum of $350 be raised and appropriated. Article 26.Charities —Cohasset Home,Outside Poor and General Administration. Voted that the sum of $8000 bo raised and appropriated. Article 27.Soldiers'and Sailors'Relief. Voted that the sum of $650 be raised and appropriated. Article 28.State and Military Aid. Voted that the sum of $200 be raised and appropriated. Article 29.Education including Transportation of Scholars. Voted that the sum of $37,976 be raised and appropriated as recommended by School Committee. 16 Article 30.Libraries. Voted that the sum of $2250 be raised and appropriated. Article 31.Town Commons. Voted that the sum of $600 be raised and appropriated. Article 32.Memorial Day. Voted that the sum of $350 be raised and appropriated. Article 33.Incidentals (including unclassified,etc.) Voted that the sum of $2500 be raised and appropriated. Article 34.Interest. Voted that the sum of $2000 be raised and appropriated. Article 35.Bonded Debt. Voted that the sum of $8000 be raised and appropriated. Article 36.Will the Town authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmeu to hire what money may be needed in anticipation of taxes of the current year to be paid as soon as money sufficient for the purpose is received ? Voted that the Town Treasurer,with the approval of the Selectmen,be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year, beginning Jan.1,1916,and to issue a note or notes therefore, payable within one year,any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year. Article 37.In what manner will the Town collect the taxes and at what time shall they be paid into the Treasury ? Voted that the taxes assessed for the current year shall be due and payable on the first day of September next ;and on all taxes remaining unpaid after the first day of November next,in- terest at the rate of six per cent per annum from the first day of September fc to date of payment shall be added.The interest ac- cruing under this vote shall be added to,and be a part of such taxes. 17 Article 38.What compensation will the Town allow the Collector of Taxes for the current year? Voted that it be the same as last year namely $800. Article 39.To hear the report of any Committee hereto- fore chosen or appointed and act thereon. Voted that report on Fire Location be accepted,Committee discharged and new committee of three members be appointed by chair and report at next meeting.Herbert L.Brown,George F. Sargent Jr.and Elmer E.Bates committee appointed by chair. Voted that Building Regulations Committee recommenda- tions be submitted and printed in next warrant for town meeting. Article 40.To see what action the Town will take to raise and appropriate $200 for the George Washington Memorial Building,Washington,D.C. Voted that the sum of $200 be raised and appropriated for above purpose. Article 41.To see if the Town will discontinue that part of Margin street which lies east of a line running at right angles to the southerly side line of said street,from a point where said southerly side line is intersected by the division line between land of Morton S.Crehore and land of Lewis A.Crossett,said point being about 115 feet east of an angle in said southerly side line, and being marked by a stone bound. Voted that this article be indifinitely postponed. Article 42.To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $1000 to continue the tax survey of the Town,or act on anything relating thereto. Voted that $1000 be raised and appropriated for above purpose. Article 43.Will the town accept the report of the Select- men to alter,widen and lay out Smith Place from Ripley Road to the land of the railroad company,dated February 17,1916. filed with the Town Clerk ? 18 Voted that report be accepted,and expense of building same be taken from Highway appropriation. Article 44.Darius W.Gilbert and others :To see if the town of Cohasset will vote to instruct the School Committee to conduct evening vocational courses under the provisions of Chapter 471 of the Acts of 1911,and Chapter 106 of the Acts of 1912,and any amendments thereto,and to appropriate the sum of $700 for the same. Voted in the affirmative. Article 45.Darius W.Gilbert and others :Will the town raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the purpose of safeguarding life and property from fire in the Osgood School building,or act on anything relating thereto? Voted that the sum of $3000 be raised and appropriated for above purpose. Voted that we adjourn until 7 :30 P.M.Met according to adjournment. Article 46.Darius W.Gilbert and others :Will the town raise aud appropriate the sum of eighteen hundred twenty-eight dollars and fifty cents ($1828.50)for the purpose of shingling the roof,necessary painting and repairing the chimneys on the Osgood School building? Voted in the affirmative. Article 47.Darius W.Gilbert and others :Will the town raise and appropriate the sum of seven hundred fifty dollars for the purpose of procuring plans and specifications of a new school building,or act on anything relating thereto? Voted that a committee be appointed by the Moderator to act with the School Committee in considering the advisability of a new school building,said committee to report at a subsequent town meeting.Committee appointed by Moderator:Edward F.Willcutt,John A.Lawrence,Henry B.Pennell,Gilbert S. Tower and Oliver H.Howe. 19 Article 48.George Jason and others :Will the town raise and appropriate the sum of $450 to finish graveling Smith Place,also to blow out ledge on said place,or act on anything relating thereto? Voted that this article be indefinitely postponed. Article 49.George M.Ennice and others :Will the town raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to move the Guild Hall on to the town's property opposite where it is now located , or act on anything relating thereto? Voted that the sum of one thousand dollars be raised and appropriated to move the Guild Hall from its present location to the so-called Thompson Park,across the street,and that the Selectmen be instructed to let said hall after it is moved and repaired at a yearly rental of not less than 10 per cent of the cost of moving and repairing. Article 50.Henry B.Kimball and others :Will the town instruct its Town Clerk to make a certified copy of the town records where the town voted "that Selectmen lay out road from Merchants Dam to Hommony Point wharves,''also record of vote where the town voted to pay the land damages and build a bridge at Merchants Run (or dam)provided the petitioners build the road at their own expense and continue it through to the wharves at Hommony Point,"and all other town records in regard to Margin Street and Hommony Point ;the Town Clerk immediately to give the certified records to the town counsel ;and the town counsel to be instructed to use same to protect the Public Rights at Hommony Point,so called,in the Land Court in case of Lewis A.Crossett,petitioner,now before that court,or act on anything relating thereto. Voted that the Town Clerk assisted by the Town Accountant and Henry B.Kimball be instructed to make a type written cer- tified copy of all the town records,pertaining to Margin street and Hommony Point.The Town Clerk immediately to give the certified copy of said records to the town counsel,and the town counsel be instructed to use the same to protect the public rights 20 at Horn naony Point,so called,in the land court,in the case of Lewis A.Oossett,petitioner,now before that court,and that the Selectmen be instructed to employ Charles H.Gannett of Boston or Henry Litchfield of Scituate,engineers to make a survey of Margin street from Merchants Dam,or Atlantic avenue,to the easterly terminus of said street. Article 51.Levi T.Lincoln and others:Will the town raise and appropriate the sum of eighteen dollars for the purpose of placing an electric light on Beech wood street at pole No.46 y near Reed's Corner. Voted in the affirmative. Article 52.Joseph H.Donovan and others :Will the town raise and appropriate a sum of money necessary to place an electric light on Oak street near residence of Joseph H. Donovan ? Voted that the sum of $18 be raised and appropriated for above purpose. Article 53.Joseph E.Grassie and others :Will the town raise and appropriate $600 to purchase a spraying machine to be used in suppressing gypsy and brown-tail moths,said machine to cost $1200,one-half to be reimbursed by the State,or act on any- thing relating thereto? Voted in the affirmative. Article 54.Oliver H.Howe and others :To see if the town will revoke its acceptance of the provisions of Section 336 of Chapter 11,of the Revised Laws relative to the election of a Highway Surveyor,said provision having been accepted at a spe- cial meeting,held April 10,1908,or act on anything relating thereto. Voted in the negative. Article 55.To hear the report of the Committee on Build- ing Regulations and act on anything relating thereto. Voted that this article be indefinitely postponed. 21 Akticle 56.To see if the town will accept the report of the Selectmen on the layout of Hull street from the residence of Dennis Long,(house owned by Timothy fi.Byrnes),northerly to the junction of Jerusalem road. Voted in the negative. Voted that the thanks of this meeting be extended to the Moderator for the able and impartial manner in which he has pre- sided over it. Voted that this meeting be dissolved. PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY,APRIL 25,1916. Total vote cast 117 as follows : Democratic,12;Republican,103;void,2. DEMOCRATIC VOTE Delegates at Large David I.Walsh of Fitchburg had Joseph H.O'Neil of Boston had Humphrey O'Sullivan of Lowell had Charles B.Strecker of Boston had Blanks .... Alternate Delegates at large H.Oscar Rocheleau of Worcester had Edmund D.Codman of Boston had Vincent Brogna of Boston had Thomas F.Higgins of Fall River had . Blanks District Delegates—Sixteenth District Elzear H.Choquette of New Bedford had Daniel S.Considine of New Bedford had Thomaa C.Thacher of Yarmouth had Blanks 11 10 10 10 7 10 11 10 10 7 7 i 10 3 22 Alternate District Delegates J.E.Graesie had Henry Sweeney had Blanks 1 1 22 REPUBLICAN VOTE Delegates at Large Grafton D.Cushing of Boston had Charles Sumner Bird of Walpole had Augustus P.Gardner of Hamilton had . Robert M.Washburn of Worcester had Samuel W.McCall of Winchester had Henry Cabot Lodge of Nahant had John W.Weeks of Newton had Winthrop M.Crane of Dalton had Blanks Alternate Delegates at Large Alexander McGregor of Boston had Lombard Williams of Dedham had Daniel Cosgrove of Lowell had William M.Armstrong of Somerville had Butler Ames of Lowell had Louis A.Frothingham of Boston had Eben S.S.Keith of Bourne had Frank W.Stearns of Newton had . Blanks District Delegates —Sixteenth District Charles L.Gifford of Barnstable had Thomas F.Glennon of New Bedford had Walter H.Langshaw of New Bedford had Francis T.Bowles or Barnstable had Blanks 44 40 41 36 62 58 51 53 27 29 31 29 31 48 49 47 49 99 40 38 33 36 59 23 Alternate District Delegates John W.Churchill of Plymouth had Thomas Thompson of New Bedford had Charles M.Bobbins of Harwich had Morton Collingwood of Plymouth had Blanks 86 32 33 31 74 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING,APRIL 28,1916 At a special meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Cohasset,held this evening at 7 :30 P.M.,the following articles were acted upon as follows : Article 1.To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting. Chose Harry E.Mapes Moderator. Article 2.Frank F.Martin,Jr.,and others:Will the the town raise and appropriate the sum of two thousand dollars (2000)for police protection,said amount to be in addition to the amount already voted at the annual meeting in March,1916? Voted in the negative. Article 3.Clarence S.Reddy and others :Will the town raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred Dollars to main- tain bathhouse on property of Joseph E.Grassie,near Gulf Mill Bridge on Border street,or act on anything relating thereto. Voted in the negative. Article 4.Will the town adopt the recommendation of the Building Regulations Committee submitted at the last annual meeting ? Voted that the following Building Regulations be adopted 24 Building Regulations. Section I.No building commonly known as a Three-flatter or Three-decker;that is,a three (3)family house of wooden construction,shall be built within the town limits,and no wooden building now in existence shall be remodelled to ac- commodate three (3)or more families,nor to be built onto to exceed two (2)stories in height above the cellar. Section IT.After the acceptance of this article,all apart- ment or tenement houses hereafter built designed to accommodate 4hree (3)or more families,shall be built of fireproof construction throughout. Voted that this meeting be adjourned. SPECIAL TOWN MEETING,MAY 24,1916. At a special meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Cohasset,held this evening at 8 o'clock,the following articles were acted upon as follows : Article 1.To choose a Moderator to preside in said -meeting. Choose Harry E.Mapes,moderator. Article 2.To determine whether the town will accept the trusts contained in the wills of Edward Wheelwright,Isaphene M. Wheelwright and Henry A.Wheelwright for establishing and maintaining a public park in Cohasset,if the court shall determine that the said trusts shall be so carried into effect,and to author- ize the Selectmen to accept the same on behalf of the town subject to such orders as the court may make. Voted that the town will accept the trusts contained in the -wills of Edward Wheelwright,Isaphene M.Wheelwright and Henry A.Wheelwright for establishing and maintaining a public park in Cohasset,if the courts shall determine that the said trust* ball be carried into effect,and the Selectman are hereby author- 25 ized to accept the same on behalf of the town,subject to such orders as the court may make,which in their opinion shall be satisfactory to the town. Voted that we adjourn. STATE PRIMARY VOTE,SEPTEMBER 26,1916 REPUBLICAN VOTE Governor Samuel W.McCall of Winchester had ...130 Blanks 52 Lieutenant Governor Calvin Coolidge of Northampton had ....119 Blanks ........63 Secretary Albert P.Langtry of Springfield had ..._j 113 Blanks ,69 Treasurer Charles L.Burrill of Boston had ....Ill Blanks 71 Auditor Joseph B.Brown of Brookline had ....43 Alonzo B.Cook of Boston had ....71 Blanks QS Attorney General Henry C.Attwillof Lynn had 106 John J.Attridge 1 Blanks ........75 Senator in Congress Henry Cabot Lodge of Nahant had ....108 Blanks 74 26 Congressman,Sixteenth District John I.Bryant of Fairhaven had .... William 0.Souther Jr.,of Cohasset had Joseph Walsh,of New Bedford had . Blanks ........ 6 112 62 2 Councillor,First District David L.Parker of New Bedford had Blanks 109 73 Senator,Norfolk and Plymouth District Edward Baker of Marshfield had .... Kenneth L.Nash of Weymouth had George W.Pierce of Rockland had Edward J.Sandberg of Quiney had Blanks 53 50 4 19 56 Representative in General Court,3rd Plymouth District George S.Marsh,of Hingham had .... Blanks ........112 70 County Commissioner,Norfolk Everett M.Bowker of Brookline had .... Blanks ........109 73 Associate Commissioners,Norfolk County John Roche A.L.Antone Henry D.Humphrey Samuel H.Capen - .. Blanks 1 1 1 1 360 District Attorney —Southeastern District Frederick G.Katzmann of Walpole had Blanks ........93 89 27 Clerk of Courts—Norfolk Louis A.Cook of Weymouth had Blanks Register of Deeds—Norfolk County John H.Bard akin of Deham had Blanks ........ State Committee—Norfolk and Plymouth District James T.Kirby of Whitman had .... Andrew H.Morrison of Quincy had .... Blanks ........ Delegates to State Convention Herbert L.Brown of Beechwood Street had . Anselm L.Beal of Hull street had .... Blanks .. Town Committee Eugene N.Tower of Beach Street Herbert L.Brown of Beechwood Street Edward E.Wentworth of South Main Street Fred L.Reed of Highland Avenue Anselm L.Beal of Hull Street Oliver H.Howe of North Main Street Edward L.Stevens of Elm Street Scattering Blanks ..... 107 75 98 84 68 12 102 102 93 169 101 100 96 94 96 97 95 11 575 DEMOCRATIC VOTE. Governor. Charles H.Cole of Boston had Frederick W.Mansfield of Boston had Blanks .... 17 9 28 Lieutenant-Governor. Thomas P.Riley of Maiden had 24 Blanks .2 Secretary. Leon R.Eyges of Brookline had .....21 Blanks 5 Treasurer. Henry N.Teagae of Williamstown had ...20 Blanks ........6 Auditor. John B.N.Soulliere of Worcester had ....20 Blanks 6 Attorney-General. Joseph Joyce Donahue of Medford had ...19 Blanks 7 Senator in Congress. John F.Fitzgerald of Boston had ....20 Blanks 6 Congressman —Sixteenth District. Ralph W.Crosby of Barnstable had ...14 Blanks 12 Councillor—First District. Blanks 26 Senator,—Norfolk and Plymouth District. George E.Mansfield,of Rockland had ....15 Blanks 11 Representative in General Court Third Plymouth District William W.Burke of Hull had ....7 Blanks 19 29 County Commissioner,—Norfolk James E.Foley of Randolph had .... Blanks Associate Commissioners—Norfolk County Blanks ...*.. District Attorney,—Southeastern District Chester W.Ford of Rockland had Blanks Clerk of Courts,—Norfolk Blanks Blanks Register of Deeds,—Norfolk County State Committee,—Norfolk and Plymouth District James A.Cody of Rockland had William J.Sullivan of Quincy had .... Blanks . Delegates to State Convention Bartholomew Daley of Pleasant Street . Henry E.Sweeney of Bow Street . Blanks Town Committee. Bartholomew Daley of Pleasant Street had John J.Grassie of Cushing Road had . Joseph St.John of Main Street had Henry E.Sweeney of Bow Street had . Cornelius Kenney of Pleasant Street had Joseph E.Grassie of South Main Street had Edward A.Mulvey of Pond Street had Daniel Donovan of Sohier Street had . Blanks 10 16 52 10 16 26 26 10 6 10 16 17 19 16 15 13 13 U 13 14 12 98 30 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION,NOVEMBER Electors of President and Vice-President Benson and Kirkpatrick,Socialist Hanley and Landrith,Prohibition Hughes and Fairbanks,Republican Reimer and Harrison,Socialist Labor Wilson and Marshall,Democratic Blanks .... .Governor. James Hayes of Plymouth had Chester R.Lawrence of Boston had Samuel W.McCall of Winchester had . Frederick W.Mansfield of Boston had . Dan A.White of Brockton had . Blanks Lieutenant—Governor Calvin Coolidge of Northampton had Alfred H.Evans of Hadley had . Sylvester J.McBride of Watertown had Thomas J.Maher of Medford had Thomas P.Riley of Maiden had . Blanks Secretary Thomas F.Brennau of Salem had Leon R.Eyges of Brookline had . Louise Adams Grout of Boston had Albert P.Langtry of Springfield had Blanks .... Treasurer Charles L.Burrill of Boston had Frederick E.Oejcher of Peabody had Elam K.Sheldon of Greenfield had Henry N.Teague of Williamstown had Blanks .... 1916. 3 2 307 1 231 49 4 6 231 200 5 47 323 7 10 1 170 82 6 150 7 333 97 327 6 6 148 106 31 Auditor Joseph Bearak of Boston had Frank Bohmback of Boston had . Alonzo B.Cook of Boston had John B.N.Soulliere of Worcester had Blanks 11 7 317 ue 112 Attorney-Gen e ral Henry C.Attwill of Lynn had Joseph Joyce Donahue of Medford had Joseph Jiskra of Milford had John Weaver Sherman of Boston had . Blanks . 322 150 3 10 103 Senator in Congress John F.Fitzgerald of Boston had Henry Cabot Lodge of Nahant had William N.McDonald of Northampton had . Blanks Congressman —Sixteenth District, Ralph W.Crosby of Barnstable had . Joseph Walsh of New Bedford had Blanks 196 316 10 71 153 332 108 Cou ncillor—First District Joseph M.Caldwell of Brockton had David L.Parker of New Bedford had . Blanks 26 336 231 Senator—Norfolk and Plymouth Distnct Alonzo P.Henderson of Hanover had ....6 George E.Mansfield of Rockland had ...144 Kenneth L.Nash of Weymouth had ....229 William O.Souther,Jr.,of Cohasset had ...180 Blanks 34 32 Representative in General Court —Thiid Plymouth District George S.Marsh of Hingham 367 George Jason,Jr.......1 Blanks ........225 County Commissioner—Norfolk County Everett M.Bowker of Brookline 357 Alfred Sylvia 1 Blanks 235 Associate Commissioners —Norfolk County Arthur B.Hayward of Braintree 200 Scattering 6 Blanks 980 District Attorney —Southeastern District. Chester W.Ford of Rockland had ....165 Frederick G.Katzmann of Walpole had ...291 Robert A.Nutting of Brockton had ....14 Blanks 129 Clerk of Courts. Louis A.Cook of Weymouth had 334 Blanks 259 Register of Deeds. Edward L.Burdakin of Dedham had ....324 Blanks 269 Constitutional Amendment. "Shall there be a convention to revise,alter or amend the consti- tution of the commonwealth ?" Yes 145 No .158 Blanks 290 33 New Years Day Act. "Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year nineteen hundred and sixteen,to make the first day of January, known as New Years Day,a legal holiday,be approved and become law?" Yes „..315 No 75 Blanks 203 Political Primary Act. "Shall an act passed by the General Court,in the year nineteen hundred and sixteen,entitled 'An Act to prevent the voters of one political party from voting in the primaries of another political party'be approved and become law ?" Yes .233 No ....85 Blanks ..275 Initiative and Referendum Act. "Shall the Representative or Representatives from this district be instructed to support the adoption of an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth,providing for some form of the initiative and referendum which shall give to the voters the power to accept or reject statutes and consti- tutional amendments proposed to the Legislature by petition of a substantial number of citizens but rejected by it,and also the power,upon such petition,to reject measures passed by the Legislature?" Yes 213 No 94 Blanks 286 34 TOWN CLERKS'CONVENTION At the Town Clerks'Convention held at Hingham November 17,1916,the following result was found : Hingham Cohasset Hull Total George S.Marsh of Hingham 791 367 202 1360 Thomas F.Dunn 1 1 J.W.Pyne 1 1 M.Means 1 1 Henry Burr 1 1 Blanks 255 226 111 592 Totals 1049 593 314 1956 ARTHUR W.BURR, Toivn Clerk of Hingham HARRY F.TILDEN, Town Clerk of Cohasset JAMES JEFFREY, Town Clerk of Hull 35 REPORT OF TOWN CLERK MILITARY DUTY The number of men liable to perform military duty April 1, 1916 were 278. DOG LICENSES Number of dogs licensed in Cohassct from Dec.1,1915,to Dec.1,1916,were as follows : Male ..141 Female 2$ Female (spayed).....7 Total 171 HARRY F.TILDEN, Town Clerk. 36 TOWN CLERK'S REPORT BIRTHS,MARRIAGES AND DEATHS REGISTERED DURING THE YEAR 1916 Births The total number of births were 48 ;males 27,females 21. The parentage was as follows : American father and mother ...26 ,American father and Foreign mother .5 Foreign father and American mother .5 Foreign father and mother ...12 Marriages Total number of marriages 49 ;Married in Cohasset,40 ; other places,9. Twenty-one grooms and twenty-four brides were residents of Cohasset,while there were but eleven marriages in which both were residents of this town. Deaths The total number of deaths recorded were 38 ;36 were resi- dents of Cohasset ;and two were brought here for burial. Of the 36 who were residents of Cohasset,17 were males and 19 were females,and their average age was 66 years,9 months and 1 day. One was under 5 years of age. 37 One between 20 and 30 years of age. One between 30 and 40 years of age. Three between 40 and 50 years of age. Five between 50 and 60 years of age. Five between 60 and 70 years of age. *Seven between 70 and 80 years of age. Nine between 80 and 90 years of age. One between 90 and 95 years of age. Also one was 102 years of age. The cause of death were as follows :cerebral hemorrhage,8 ; heart disease,4 ;carcinoma,3 ;nephritis,3 ;tuberculosis,2 ; la grippe,2;endocarditis,2 ;myocarditis,2;bronchitis,2; convulsion enciphalo malicia,septicaemia,pernicious anaemia, pneumonia,and abscess one each. 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TOWN OFFICERS. Appropriation (Article 5,An- nual Meeting,March 13,1916)...$5,100 00 Appropriation (Article 38,An- nual Meeting,March 13,1916)...800 00 Receipts,by Tax Collector, summonses,fees,reim- bursements for adver- $5,900 00 tisements,etc..$99 36 Transfer,from "Trust," adv.tax sales .7 18 Expenditures : Selectmen,salaries,three at $400 each .$1,200 00 Expenses 145 95 Auditor and Accountant, services 1,000 00 Expenses 6 89 Treasurer,services ($100 less than last year).600 00 $106 54 48 Expenses $107 44 Collector,services 800 00 Expenses 194 49 Assessors,three at $300 each ....900 00 Expenses 137 96 Other Finance Offices and Accounts : Registration of six notes 12 00 Town Clerk,services 357 75 Expenses 40 00 Election and Registration : Election officers,services 163 50 Election officers,expenses 82 25 Registration of Voters, Registrars services 200 00 Registration of Voters, Registrars expenses .2 50 Total for Town Officers .$5,950 73 Balance to treasury .55 81 1,006 54 $6,006 54 Unpaid bill : So.Shore Garage,for auto $1 50 ENGINEERING. Appropriation,for mainte- nance $300 00 Expenditures: Walter B.Foster,services ($34.92,1915)159 26 Balance to treasury 140 74 $300 00 $300 00 49 ENGINEERING—TAX SURVEY OUTLAY. Appropriation ...$1,000 00 Expenditures : Hartley L.White,services $950 00 Balance to treasury .50 00 l com $1,000 00 $1,000 00 LAW—LEGA ?SEL Appropriation $300 00 Expenditures : Albert P.Worthen,services ($79.00 1915).$379 00 Balance over appropria- tion to Incd.Acct. HALL 79 00 Total for Law $379 00 $379 00 TOWN Appropriation 1100 00 Receipts : Lyman B.Cozzens $426 00 Frank W.Mead .211 00 Louis J.Morris,janitor, income 250 71 .887 71 Expenditures : Janitor,services ..522 00 Janitor,extra work .24 34 Janitor,supplies .61 52 Telephone (12 mouths).67 02 Lighting (12 inos.),gen- eral $251.70 ;picture machine $102...353 70 Wiring,lamps,etc..31 50 Heating ....417 27 50 Tuning and repairs on pianos $19 78 General repairs and supplies 187 89 Erecting election booths 10 50 Cementing cellar floor 52 18 Insurance,C.Lotbrop,agt.$55 54 E.N.Tower agt.22 76 78 30 Outlay : M.S.Leonard,installing auxilliary beater 212 00 C.E.Frates,foundation 36 24 248 24 Balance over appropria- tion and Receipts to Incd.Acct.86 53 Total for Town Hall $2074 24 $2074 24 Unpaid bills : A.R.Whitcomb,tuning pianos 3 00 Tower Bros.&Co.,coal and supplies 62 29 Boswortb &Beal,lamp shades 12 00 Litchfield's Express 65 E.J.Pratt,repairs to heat- ers etc.29 75 M.S.Leonard,repairs to heaters etc.14 75 122 44 51 PRINTING Appropriation Expenditures : Selectmen ,warrants letter-heads,notices etc.. Town Accountant,envel opes and letter-heads Town Treasurer,blanks Tax Collector,bill-heads etc. Assessors,electrotype and letter-heads poll tax lists Overseers,blanks Elections,ballots etc voting lists Town Reports,1100 Val'n Lists,1100 (77 pp at .85) "Flag-pole",individual reports Total cash paid Transfer to School Dept., printing postal cards special meeting (Se lectmen). Balance to treasury $62 79 14 50 6 24 24 50 58 50 34 88 449 80 65 45 15 00 $77 29 6 83 16 58 13 50 30 74 3 56 93 38 530 25 '2 13 1 75 773 88 76 12 $850 00 $850 00 $850 00 52 WATER FOR HYDRANTS AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS. Appropriation ...$4400 00 Expenditures Cobasset Water Co Hydrants ..$3892 50 Water rates for buildings 20 00 Total for Fire Dept.$3912 50 Town Hall ..35 00 Highways .125 50 Cohasset Home .42 00 Schools 45 00 $4160 00 Hingham Water Co.. Fire Dept.,hydrants 405 00 Water rates for building 9 00 414 00 Bal.over appropr'n to Incd.Acct.174 00 Total for Water,etc.$4574 00 $4574 00 POLICE DEPARTMENT Appropriation $4000 00 Receipts S.H.Capen,sheriff,fines, etc.$11 00 - Clerk East Norfolk Dist. Court,fines,etc.105 15 Officer at Town Hall L.B.Cozzens 72 00 F.W.Mead 18 00 Officers'services : Fitzhenry Smith,Jr.,14 50 Edward F.Willcutt 12 50 Cohasset Choral Society 3 00 53 Cob asset Motor Club Town of Hingham,one-half cost of telephone at North Cohasset,for one year . $10 00 13 95 $260 10 Expenditures Services,Chief 11 months ($87.37 due)..916 63 Officers,general .2373 00 Officer,Town Hall 88 50 Care street lanterns 38 55 Disposing of dogs 2 50 $3419 18 Expenses of Administration Legal Services (2 Quincy cases) David Young case (Taun- ton) Examination of patients Subscription and adver- tising Car fares,transportation, 40 00 21 97 8 00 3 00 court expenses,etc.163 93 Stationery,etc.2 78 Headquarters : Labor,repairs,laundry, supplies,carting,etc.$51 13 Fuel ....51 95 Light ....11 00 Telephones Chief $54 47 Headquarters 43 69 Jerusalem Road 6 04 Box,Main Street 15 96 239 68 114 08 54 North Cohasset $22 92 $143 08 Police signal system ; Repairs of clocks .$7 00 Batteries,etc.5 83 12 83 Street signs,(purchase of)13 85 Oil for street lights (4.97 1915)9 09 22 94 18 50CareofPrisoners,meals . Transportation : Teams ....1-9 50 Autos,renting 72 40 Auto of dept.,maintenance Repairs and supplies $113 88 Storage 12 00 Insurance 45 09 $262 87 Total for Police Dept..4233 16 Balance to Treasury 26 94 $4260 10 $4260 10 Unpaid bills : Thomas L.Bates,chief, balance for services .83 37 Joseph St.John,kerosene oil ....84 84 21 FIRE DEPARTMENT Appropriations General maintenance $3200 00 Salary of Chief 300 00 New hose,500 feet .320 00 Repairs on houses at Cove including installation of heating system (Outlay),see below 55 Receipts,for old hose Expenditures : Executive expenses,includ- ing transportation of engineers,car fares, stationery etc.(56 cts. 1915) Telephone at house of Comb.No.1,twelve months Salaries and wages : Chief . Driver Combination No.: Night services,Combina tion No.1 Stewards, Combination No.1 Hook and Ladder No.1 Hook and Ladder No.2 and Combination No 2 ($30,see Transfer be- low) Hose No.3,No.Cohas- set . Service at fires : Combination No.1 clerk, 1915 Hook and Ladder No.1 clerk,1915 Hose No.3 clerk,1915 $3820 00 3 00 00 1200 00 183 00 40 00 25 00 30 00 35 00 25 00 5 00 $54 73 64 07 56 Watching fires $21 00 Poll taxes,59 men .118 00 $1982 00 Repairs on and supplies for apparatus : Combination No.1($65.- 50,1915)320 19 Combination new hose freight and ctg.320 50 Hook and Ladder No.1, lanterns and express 8 30 649 79 35 00 15 00 10 00 Conveyance of apparatus to fires : Hook and Ladder No.1 ($5,1915).-. Combination No.2 Beechwood Hose No.3 North Co- hasset Repairs on buildings, Combination No.1 and Hook and Ladder 1 house,$1000 special appropriation,see be- low,Hook and Ladder No.1 46 Combination No.2 3 00 Oeneral supplies for houses : Combination No.1 (1915 $13.35)...151 39 Hook and Ladder No.1 (1915,50 cents.).8 65 Combination No.2 and Hook and Ladder No 2 (1915,$6.38)..17 83 57 Hose No.3 $2 00 $179 87 Fuel:.... Combination No.1 117 85 Combination No.2 27 20 Hose No.3 .38 65 183 70 Light: Combination No.1 49 35 Combination No.2 12 70 Hose No.3 13 20 75 25 Equipment supplies : Combination No.1 (1915 $27 25).331 36 Fire Alarm : General repairs 211 18 Current for batteries 50 04 261 22 Rent 1915 20 00 $3865 45 Transfer,from Fire Dept. to Outside Poor .30 00 Balance brought from "Forest Fires"for services 72 45 Total ord.by Engineers, gen'l maint.$3,895 45 $3,895 45 npaid bills : Jos.St.John,supplies $1 35 F.W.Browne,supplies 5 40 T.A.Roche,rent $20; postage $2.32 .22 32 $29 07 58 FIRE DEPARTMENT —INSTALLING NEW HEATING SYSTEM AND REPAIRS (at Cove). Appropriation ...$1,000 00 Expenditures : Comb.No.1 and H.&L. No.1,gen'l repairs .$394 10 Outlay :installing new heat- ing system — Chimney and foundations, $65;gen'l labor,$8; heater and installation, $347.13 ...420 13 Total ....814 23 Balance to treasury .185 77 $1,000 00 $1,000 00 FIRE DEPARTMENT (Selectmen). No appropriation Expenditures : Oxygen for pulmotor and express,to Inccl.Acct.$5 58 FOREST FIRES. Appropriations Maintenance ...$500 00 Outlay —Partial construc- tion of Watch Tower on Prospect Hill,Hing- ham (to be maintained by State)...200 00 Expenditures : Executive expenses,station- ery,etc....$3 95 Payrolls (fires)..59 30 59 Services,misc.. Supplies,misc. Extinguishers,four Rent Transportation . $7 20 35 70 44 00 40 00 34 00 Total for maintenance .$224 15 Outlay :Commonwealth of Mass.,State Forester, town's proportion of watch tower 200 00 Total for Forest Fires .$424 15 Carried to Fire Dept.,for services rendered 72 45 Balance to treasury 203 40 $700 00 $700 00 Unpaid bills : Litchfield's Express December . for $1 40 MOTH SUPPRESSION. Appropriation (Article 14). Appropriation (Article 53,new sprayer,J cost) $3,950 36 600 00 $4,550 36 Receipts : State Highway work .$55.22 From individuals in 1916. not on tax bills : E.C.Tower,by Dr. Frederick Hinchliffe .75 Frank Jason (for A.Ly- man)1 35 Delano Wight 3 03 60 Cohasset Golf Club,lead $117 00 Hugh Cabot,spraying .5 70 Mrs.A.N.Milliken, spraying .299 04 Mary F.Dodge (clearing land)334 50 $761 37 On Tax Bills : 1915 and prior i 631 67 1916 ....2,714 96 3,346 63 $4,163 22 Expenditures : Payrolls (under George Young). Supt.,services 85 50 Labor,general 474 60 560 10 Payrolls (under Joseph E. Grassie) Supt.,services 634 50 Labor,general 3,316 35 3,950 85 State Forester,lead (10 ton)1,230 50 One-half cost of sprayer 600 00 1,830 50 Moth notices,mailing etc.14 15 Stationery,printing and postage (1915 90 cts.)16 01 Car fares,express,postage etc.(J.E.Grassie)16 01 Freight 14 73 Teams :... Supt.(George Young)36 00 Supt.(Jos.E.Grassie)390 00 General,incl.auto $1 50 696 09 1,122 09 61 Creosote,156 gals,and freight $23 84 Hose,brushes etc.243 34 Gasolene,425 gals.117 90 Oil,57 gals..30 10 Other supplies for sprayers 10 30 Oil clothes and rubber boots (1915,$3.50).11 75 Filing saws (1915,$1.80)12 30 Supplies,misc.112 23 Repairs on sprayers : Fitzhenry-Guptill Co.196 83 A.D.Gillis Est..11 90 Other repairs on sprayers 63 52 272 25 Rent,Wm.H.McGaw .110 00 A.D.Gillis Est..17 50 127 50 Insurance on three sprayers and equipment,one year 75 00 Total for Moth Work .8,560 95 Balance to treasury 152 63 $8,713 58 $8,713 58 Due from individuals,bills rendered : Spraying 222 54 Clearing and cleaning up land 265 80 488 34 MOTH WORK—PRIVATE LIABILITY December 1,1915 — December 1,1916 Appr'n including new sprayer $4,550 36 Priv.Liab.Total Paid in December 1915,.$105 20 $471 51 62 Paid in 1 9 1 6 to December 1 : Payrolls ...2,265 84 Teams Lead,16088 lbs. Deduct Private Liability as above 525 15 }8,282 25 1,175 48 $4,071 67 $8,753 76 4,071 67 4,682 09 Balance over WARDEN 131 73 $4,682 09 $4,682 09 TREE Appropriation $600 00 Expenditures : Payrolls Services,George Young $130 25 Other labor 211 63 $341 88 Teams,George Young 44 00 Other teaming 75 26 119 6 26 20Stationery Trees,48 maples .99 00 Elec.Light &Power Co., trimming trees,etc..4 59 Filing sasvs,etc..7 30 MeiTimac Chemical Co., 1200 lbs.lead and fit.97 24 Gasolene,29 gals.10 00 Supplies,misc.12 83 Balance over appropri- ation to Incd.Account 98 30 Total for Tree Warden .$698 30 $698 30 63 Unpaid bills : Cobasset Livery &Sale Stable,team Elec.Light &Power Co., labor Elm street S3 00 99 $3 99 S ANDSEALEROFWEIGHT MEASURES Appropriation $200 00 Expenditures : Sealer,services $150 00 Office expenses car fares, etc.8 37 Printing cards 1 50 Sealing apothecaries' scales 3 65 Refinishing yardstick 7 40 Supplies 13 81 Teams 14 00 Total for Sealer $198 23 Balance to Treasury OF WI 1 77 $200 00 $200 oa INSPECTION RES Appropriation $500 00 Expenditures : Services of Inspector $395 41 Stationery,car fares,pos- tage,etc.22 51 Library Bureau,cards and card cases (1915, $2 50)...43 58 Flashlight .1 75 64 Transportation (1 9 15, $11 00). Total for Wire Inspection $36 75 $500 00 $500 00 DEPUTY FISH AND GAME WARDEN (Under Chapter 250,Acts of 1913.) No appropriation Expenditures : Paid John F.Smith,service one year,to Inciden- tal Account ..$50 00 BOARD OF HEALTH Appropriation $1464 00 Receipts,I.F.Sylvester,use of telephone 11 00 Expenditures : Executive expenses — Dr.George Osgood,1915 services $75 00 Dr.George Osgood,1915 telephoning expenses and supplies 25 00 Dr.George Osgood,1915 transportation .71 50 Dr.George Osgood,1916 services 87 50 Dr.George Osgood,1916 telephoning,etc.25 00 Dr.George Osgood,1916 transportation .50 00 $171 50 Warren F.Snow,services Irving F.Sylvester,sec'y, services $162 50 87 50 $125 00 65 ^Irving F.Sylvester,sec'y, transportation ..$25 00 Irving S.Sylvester,sec'y, postage ...2 00 Hobbs &Warren,book $152 00 $8 16 Cohasset Citizen,pub- lishing Regulations .24 18 Total for Executive Expenses $605 84 Telephone,Sec'y of Board .29 68 Quarantine and Contagious Hospital(1915,$79 56)449 01 Fumigation ....50 50 Milk and Vinegar Inspection 25 00 Inspection of Slaughtering .150 00 Vital Statistics 11 75 Transportation,general 1 25 Incidentals : Globe Rubber Works,20 - feet suction hose for excavator ..2£i 00 Burying animals,etc.(1915, $8 00)12!20 35 20 Total for Board of Health 1358 23 Balance to treasury 116 77 $1475 00 $1475 00 npaia bills : Returning births — Dr.H.E.Fernald (19) Dr.Spaulding (5)6 00 Dr.O.H.Howe (4)1 00 $7 00 STRAITS POND,CAT DAM AND JAMES BROOK Appropriation $500 00 Expenditures : Straits Pond — Care gates 1916 ..$25 00 Use of boat ...15 00 Burying dogs .2 00 Labor and clothes spoiled ($12)...190 95 Oil,1335 gallons ..107 80 Roberts,Fitzpatrick and Happenny,iron work, March 31,Dec.14 .5 40 Supplies : George E.Kimball, lumber,etc...42 38 George F.Hayclen,2 pair rubber boots .10 00 Turkey Meadow Farm, sand and carting .11 50 Carting lumber,$2 ; shovels $3 ;seaweed $3 50 ...9 00 419 03 Cat Dam : Care gates 1916 . James Brook : Care gates at Cove 30 00 Lumber for gates 57 James Brook : Cleaning out and widen- ing,labor $183 50 Tools (shovel)1 25 20 00 30 57 $469 60 184 75 67 Balance over appro- priation to inciden- tal account .$154 35 Total for Straits Pond etc....$654 35 $654 35 Unpaid bills : Straits Pond,G.E.Kim- ball,100 cement bags, $12;lumber $1 28 .13 28 James Brook,cleaning, South Shore Boat Co. rubber boots,etc..9 65 $22 93 INSPECTION OF ANIMALS Appropriation $125 00 Paid Dr.D.W.Gilbert, Veterinary Surgeon .$125 00 STATE HIGHWAY. Appropriation ...$1,013 72 Paid Commonwealth of Massachusetts ..$1,013 72 HIGHWAYS AND SIDEWALKS. Oiling Streets.(See below.) Appropriation (Highways and Oiling Streets).,$20,000 00 Receipts,for labor,teams and supplies (the names and details of these receipts are on file in the Ac- countant's office)cash $1,014 63 QS Transfer,from Town Commons for crushed stone $76 50 Expenditures : JHighway Surveyor (George Jason)services .$1,000 00 Payrolls : Labor,ordinary $6,630 72 Engineer,S.N.Thayer 438 00 Engineer,J.T.Barnes .184 50 Blacksmithing 163 69 Ledgeman 136 21 Painting fences 160 20 7,713 32 Teams,general $3,649 76 Teams,Geo.Jason,single 304 00 Teams,Geo.Jason,gen'l 538 41 4,492 17 Expressage .2 28 Freight ...72 50 Demurrage 25 00 97 50 Fuel,coal,and weighing loads ...115 69 Wood ....7 50 —$1,091 13 Cunningham Bridge,H.W. Lincoln,painting up- per part . Cunningham Bridge,Litch- field-Lincoln,repairs . Mowing bushes (1915)C. Lincoln Fences,W.H.McGaw, stock and labor . 90 00 29 35 119 35 28 80 40 92 69 -Cohasset Hardware Co., supplies ($13.75 fences)..$73 90 Tower Bros.&Co.,sup- plies 305 65 Cohasset Auto Repair Shop, oil,grease,etc..$96 35 Cohasset Auto Repair Shop, autos 29 50 l 0f i 8*i Supplies,miscellaneous .154 35 Gravel,stone and clay (in- cluding $195.00 J.W. Whitcomb)308 28 Patching material,2,951 gals.(1915,$56.15).330 19 Re-filling street sweeping broom 20 00 Roller house repairs .67 60 Roller and crusher,repairs on and supplies for .433 29 Miscellaneous labor,black- smithing,masons,car- penters,etc.164 12 Walk,front Cohasset Sup- ply Co.,J reimburse- ment 98 00 Rent,6 months to Jan.1, 1916 37 50 Total for Highways, general $15,736 26 OILING STREETS. Appropriation (included in General Highway, $20,000) Receipts,rebate on demurrage $1 00 70 Expenditures : Payrolls — Labor,ordinary ..$1,002 00 Teams,general ..$1,083 16 Teams,Geo.Jason,single 84 00 Teams,Geo.Jason,double, etc 123 65 1,290 81 117 15Labor,miscellaneous N.Y.,N.H.&H.R.R., freight 210 11 N.Y.,N.H.&H.R.R., demurrage 81 00 291 11 Gravel,sand and carting .50 50 Repairs to oilers ..44 08 Carting oiler to Boston .10 00 Oiling attachments,N.E. Rd.Machine Co...300 00 Barrett Mfg.Co.,37590 gallons Tarvia B 2079 66 Patching material .71 13 2150 79 Misc.supplies (1915, $6.56)48 06 H.F.Tilden,storage $20. ; carting $1.50 21 50 Total for Highways,Oil- ing streets,etc.21062 26 Balance to treasury -SELECT 29 87 $21092 13 $21092 13 HIGHWAYS-MEN No appropriation Receipts,through H.L. Brown,for stone trough on King street $5 00 71 Expenditures : Street fountains,cleaning etc.$17 50 Street signs 22 50 Matthew Mulhern,award for land damage Smith Place March 1915 75 00 Dr.0.H.Howe and New- comb B.Tower,award land taken at entrance to Smith Place 120 00 Balance over receipts to Incidental Account $230 00 Total for Highways — Selectmen $235 00 $235 00 REMOVING SNOW Appropriation Expenditures : Payrolls,men and teams M.A.Burke,repairing plows H.F.Tilden,sand . A.A.Davenport,sand Gravel,J.W.Bates Tower Bros.&Co.,sup- plies Balance over appropria- tion . Total for Removing Snow $3500 00 $5304 21 16 80 3 50 50 25 4 97 1830 23 5330 23 5330 23 ELECTRIC STREET LIGHTS Appropriation,general $6910 40 72 Appropriation,Beech wood street,Reed's Corner,60 c.p....$18 00 Appropriation,Oak street 60 c.p....18 00 Expenditures :Elec.Light & Power Co. Jan'y,341—60 c.p.at 1.50 $511 50 12—250 c.p.at 5.10 61 20 Feb'y,same lights as for January 572 70 1 —60 c.p.at Sohier street,1 m.3 d.1 64 March,342—60 c.p.at 1.50 513 00 12—250 c.p.at 5,10 61 20 1—60 c.p.Pole 46, Beechwood street 10 d. 1 —60 c.p.Oak street 10 d....1 06 April,344—60 c.p.at 1.50 516 00 12—250 c.p.at 5.10 61 20 For remaining eight months at 577 20 as above . Town Landing,2 Its.May 1—Nov.25 22 78 Town Landing,lamp 35 $572 70 574 34 575 £6 577 20 4617 60 23 13 Total for Street Lights 6940 23 Balance to treasury .6 17 6946 40 $6946 40 $6946 40 .73 FORE RIVER BRIDGE—MAINTENANCE (Chapters 230 and 753,Acts of 1911) Appropriation $120 Otf Expenditures : Walter T.Jones,treasurer, Ass't No.38 (1915)$30 00 Ass'ts Nos.39-46,inclus- ive ....240 00 Balance over appropria- tion (to "Agency").150 00 Total for Fore River River Bridge $270 00 $270 00 Unpaid Ass't 47,$30. (See Town Accountant's re- port for 1912,p.115. Expenditures not con- trolled in any way by the town.) AINTENA1HARBORMSCE Appropriation $350 00 Receipts,mooring stones,Z. T.Lapham and M.S. Enos,$3 each .6 00 Expenditures : Harbor Masters,two at $50 each .$100 00 Town Wharf Grounds,care of,1915 .$38 80 1916 ....38 80 77 60 Floats,runs and buoys : Labor (1915,$2).$131 00 Supplies 42 15 172 IS 74 Kerosene barrels (four). Expenses to Boston,1915 Balance over appropria- and receipts to Incd. Acct. Total for Harbor Maint. $8 00 5 00 $7 75 $363 75 $363 75 CHARITIES—COHASSET HOME Appropriation,includiDg 4 'Out- side Poor"and "Gen- eral Administration"; see ''Recapitulation" after Gen.Admn..$8000 00 Receipts,James H.Pinkham, Supt.(balance over payments,sec account at end),produce .$70 76 Reimbursement for am't paid for Supt.. Board .... Expenditures • Superintendent,services Telephone Light Fuel Medical services Drugs and medicines (1915 70 cts.). Nursing . Opening and closing grave Groceries,meats and gen- eral supplies (1 9 15, $169 20)...680 73 6 50 100 00 $177 26 $600 00 29 85 38 40 493 68 12 00 12 70 5 90 5 00 75 Grain(1915,$19)$201.95; hay $26.83 $228 78 Clothing,shoes,etc.(1915 $14.07)51 92 General supplies,hardware, tools,lumber etc.(1915 $1.52)$103 66 Fertilizer 28 00 Seeds .-..."'•14 12 Piazza chairs (2).4 50 Horse rake .21 00 Lawn swing .4 50 Express on rake .4 50 Tobacco 19 05 Stationery,$1.43;news- papers $9.50 10 93 Spray,10 gallons 18 50 Filling flower bed 8 00 236 76 23 34Ice,1915 Buildings,maintenance of, inspection of boiler .2 00 Wiring and lamps 76 93 Plumbing and heating (1915,$48.89)105 92 Carpentry work (1915, $48.96).94 17 279 02 Miscellaneous labor,ser- vices,etc. Mowing (1915,$6.45).$46 95 General labor,etc.(1914 and '15,$5)41 30 $88 25 9 40Tonsorialwork,1915 Horse,team,etc. Repairs on wagon,1915 $12 38 76 'Horse-shoeing (1915,$5)$28 13 Supplies (1915,$2.60).12 15 $52 66 Paid for "Home"through Town Treasurer $2,848 39 Paid for "Home"through Superintendent,see his account 96 41 Total paid .$2,944 80 Deduct receipts of Town Treasurer .177 26 Net cost,1916 ..$2,767 54 Unpaid bills (the "net "cost above does not include these) Simeone Bros.,fruit ..$5 37 C.H.Trott Co.,groceries and provisions .1 48 Oohasset Supply Co.,gro- ceries and provisions .115 38 Joseph St.John,groceries and provisions ..20 22 Thos.L.Grassie,groceries and provisions .*39 93 ^Fannie J.Story,grain .34 90 Drs.E.P.Wentworth and B.M.Bristol .2 00 W.F.Snow,burial ex- penses ...40 00 F.W.Browne,drugs .10 95 M.J.Merriam,dry goods 29 64 L.Levine,clothing .•.4 00 E.E.H."Souther,miscel- laneous supplies .16 36 Tower Bros.&Co.,sup- plies ....25 77 M.J.Sullivan,supplies .$1 .95 Cohasset Hardware Co., supplies 3 15 W.0.Souther,ice .29 36 W.P.Malley,blacksmith- ing .9 90 John N.MacNeill,plumb- ing ....4 10 $368 94 James H.Pinkham,Superintendent,in account with Town? of Cohasset Dr. Milk and eggs .$36 32 Fowl .,15 96 Pasture stones .45 89 Eent of pasture 20 00 Rent of land 5 00 Board of Herbert A.Lin- coln,60 meals at 30 cents 18 00 Other board 24 00 Junk .... Or. 2 00 Food supplies .$2 22 Stamped envelopes .5 62 Miscellaneous labor .31 92 Miscellaneous supplies 7 45 Laundry .39 00 Cash to and for inmates .10 20 $96 41 Balance to Town Treasury 70 76 $167 17 $167 17 78 CHARITIES —OUTSIDE POOR. (Names not published;see Chap.412,Acts of 1010.) For appropriation,see Cohasset Home Account and Recapitulation after General Administration. Receipts: Town of Hingham,1915 .$177 88 Town of Hingham,1916 .147 23 Town of Scituate Commonwealth of Mass., transp.of pauper Transfer from Fire Dept... Expenditures : Town Aid,cash $635 00 Other cash assistance 816 90 Relief given t)y other places : City of Brockton 1915 262 07 City of Boston 1915 43 71 Town of Fairhaven 1915 .20 00 Town of Hingham 1915 .302 37 Town of Abington 1915 .15 00 Town of Winthrop 1915 282 67 $325 11 70 55 45 30 00 $426 11 $1,451 9ft 925 82 Medical attendance : Town Physician,Dr.Geo. Osgood Services of other physicians Nursing .... Drugs and medicines (1915, $5.95*. Burial expenses,1913 . Trav.expenses,autos and moving (1915 $10.00)57 45 242 50 65 50 308 00 93 00 14 90 16 50 79 Fuel,coal (1915 $21.02). Fuel,wood (1915 $26.00). Rent (water rates,$10.00) (1915,$130.00)11 different persons Groceries and provisions $416 61 58 50 $475 11 765 00 (1915,$240.32)1021 70 Board (1915 $10.00).130 00 Clothing (1915 $19.25)179 52 Total for Outside Poor .5438 90 Deduct receipts 426 11 Net for Outside Poor 5012 79 Unpaid bills (not included iri 4 'net cost above") City of Brockton 431 71 Medical services : Dr.H.E.Fernald .3 00 Dr.George Osgood 4 24 Drugs,F.W.Browne 4 65 Fuel,E.E.Bates 21 50 Lincoln Bros.Coal Co.59 51 Tower Bros.&Co.29 58 Rent,W.H.McGaw .10 00 Julia Lee 20 00 Lucy Smith 10 00 Groceries and provisions : C.H.Trott Co.29 79 M.G.Seaverns 15 00 C.J.Pratt 10 71 Joseph St.John 24 33 Joseph E.Grassie 61 40 Clothes,etc. E.E.H.Souther 3 50 L.Levine 3 10 Geo.F.Hayden 5 25 80 Stoves,E.J.Piatt $10 50 $757 77 CHARITIES —GENERAL ADMINISTRATION. The appropriation for "Home"and "Outside Poor"account also covers this accouut. Expenditures : Overseers,three at $133.33 each $399 99 Overseers,personal ex- penses 4 43 H.L.Brown,trustee,ins prem.on Waldo C Locke property .8 44 Postage and blanks .2 36 Transportation (1915,$1)10 00 Total for General Adm $425 22 Unpaid bills : South Shore Garage,autos $1 00 Central Garage,autos 9 50 $10 50 RECAPITULATION OF POOR ACCOUNTS Appropriation for three ac- counts brought forward Amounts paid and received throughTownTreasury: General Adm.(paid) Outside Poor (paid and received incl.transfer of $30). Cohasset Home (paid and received). $8,000 00 $425 22 5,438 90 2,848 39 426 11 177 26 81 Balance over appropriation and receipts to Inci- dental Account .109 41 Add amount paid by Sup- erintendent "Home," see his account .96 41 $8,712 51 $8,712 51 Total cost of poor for 1916 $8,808 92 SOLDIERS'AND SAILORS'RELIEF. Appropriation $650 00 Expenditures : City of Brockton,1915 $110 00 Town of Stoughton,1915 .127 88 Treasurer's Dept.,Com- monwealth of Mass., Soldiers'Exemptions .40 44 Payrolls and other pay- ments (1915,$16.50)572 25 Balance over appropri- ation to Incidental Ac- count 200 57 Total for Soldiers'and Sailors'Relief ..$850 57 $850 57 Unpaid bills : City of Brockton ..$100 65 A.J.Richards &Son,fuel 10 25 $110 90 82 STATE AND MILITARY AID, Appropriation $200 00 Receipts from Commonwealth of Massachusetts : State Aid Military Aid Expenditures : State Aid Military Aid $524 00 240 00 560 00 120 00 $764 00 116 00 $880 00 $880 00 $37 976 00 Balance toTownTre&sury EDUCATION Appropriation for general maintenance For Night School and Re- pairing Roof of Osgood School,see accounts below Receipts : Treasurer of Norfolk Coun- ty,dog license 1915 .$355 99 Domestic Science Depart- ment 1915 For printing Special Aid Soc.for Amer- ican Preparedness,for lighting . Social Service League OFFSET to OUTLAY,ac- count of swings .50 00 Transfer,from Printing Ac- count,for printing .1 75 873 17 450 00 6 25 4 86 4 32 83 Expenditures : School Committee (services for)..\ Clerical work for Secretary $33 33 School accountant 50 00 School census 30 00 Clerk to Superintendent ,292 00 405 33 School Committee (expenses) School reports,general .30 00 Fire Conditions reports (1000)...55 00 Fire Conditions reports work on and mailing .8 00 Stationary and misc..13 38 100 38 Telephones : Osgood School 57 51 Superintendent 24 33 Truant Officer 8 19 Superintendent (services)800 00 Truant Officer (services)50 00 Superintendent,expenses : Stamps and Stationary .51 54 Transportation 38 75 Personal traveling expens- es etc.208 49 90 03 850 00 298 78 Supervisor,transportation .36 05 Teachers'salaries : Supervisor ...200 00 Principal (see Night School)1200 00 High ....5479 67 84 Elementary (see Night school)including pay- ment to unassigned teacher ...$11175 79 $18055 46 Text books and supplies : Books (see Night School)668 46 Supplies 2351 11 3019 57 Janitors'services,for all schools except Night School 1150 50 Fuel (see Night School)1041 32 Buildings and groonncls,main- tenance of,including light and power (see Night School).1510 00 Libraries ....3 81 Health (reported under "Health &Sanitation" to State)services of physician 150 00 Transportation : Elmer E.Bates 2664 00 Harry F.Tilden 1453 50 N.Y.,N.H.&H.R.R.849 75 Cohasset Livery &Sales Stable 3 25 South Shore Garage 1 00 4971 50 Tuition to other places .95 80 Sundries (see Night School) Christmas trees ..13 75 Graduation expenses,diplo- mas,$3.30 ;flowers and plants,$12.75; platforms $20.48 .36 53 85 Base ball supplies (bases)2 00 Misc.carting .13 00 Insurance,C.Lothrop,agt.260 00 Rent of Bates Bid.one year 75 00 400 23 Outlay : Buildings (1915),balance on 4 'Sanitation"148 55 Buildings labor and material 49 83 Buildings ventillator etc.85 00 283 38 New Equipment : Paper incinerator and in- stalling 166 00 Reflectoscope,$179;mi- croscope,$24 75 203 75 Type etc.324 57 Desks,$356.85 ;oak stools $25.50 382 35 Filing cabinet,$85.47 ; sewing machine $28.80 114 27 Stereopticon,equipping 29 67 Shades ....45 00 Swings etc.77 87 Playground apparatus, Beechwood 28 40 Fire extinguisher 9 35 Miscel'neous(1915,$13.05)41 89 1511 12 Drawing tables 88 00 Total for General Main- tenance including Transportation $33979 31 Unpaid bills : Lincoln Bros.Coal Co. coal,approx.525 00 Payroll,miscellaneous bills 75 91 $600 91 8Q REPAIRING ROOF,OSGOOD SCHOOL Appropriation $1828 50 Expenditures : Architect,Edward Nichols $50 00 SlatiDg,etc.,contract,J. H.Winters 1504 30 Chimneys,C.E.Frates 150 00 $1704 30 35683 61 Balance over from "Fire Protection",forward 32 98 Balance to Town Treasury i 300D SCI 4961 08 >40,677 67 $40,677 67 FIRE PROTECTION,OS<IOOL—OUTLAY Appropriation $3000 00 Expenditures :: Architect,George F.New- ton 303 10 Auto-Sprinklers (45),Gen- eral Fire Exting.Co. Providence,R.I.800 00 Masonry work in basement, C.E.Frates 880 00 Masonry work two exits, A.E.Salvador 205 00 Carpentry work,J.H. Winters 538 92 Metal doors,Antoine and Jaquith 108 98 Metal doors,Win.P.Mal- ley ...16 02 125 00 Plumbing,M.S.Leonard 65 17 Wiring,Bosworth and Beal 79 59 87 Hardware,Burditt and Williams Balance over appropria- te general account 36 20 32 98 $3032 98 $3032 98 Unpaid bills : Burditt &Williams,hard- ware 12 65 Thomas W.Byrne,fire alarm system 282 00 $294 65 /T SCHOOLNIGH Appropriation $700 00 Expenditures : Instruction (elementary) Principal $126 00 Teachers 208 00 Text books 3 53 Supplies 5 55 Janitor,services 37 00 Fuel 35 00 Light 70 00 Sundries,printing posters 5 00 490 08 Balance to Treasury 209 92 $700 00 $700 00 EDUCATION—GUILD HALL (Under Selectmen) No appropriation (mainten- ance,before building was moved) 88 $13 39 27 85 1 20 $42 44 Expenditures : Light (1915,$2.04) Fuel Labor Total,to Incd.Acct. EDUCATION—Under Selectmen (Tuition paid other cities and towns,under Chapter 471 Acts of 1911) Paid City of Quincy (to "Agency")-.$90 00 Unpaid bill,for December, 1916.$9.00 LIBRARIES Appropriation :. Expenditures : Rev.William R.Cole, treasurer pro tern Paul Pratt Memorial Library Mrs.Ada F.Faxon,treas- urer Nantasket Branch Library TOWN COMMONS Appropriation (town) Appropriation (State;towns proportion of cost of Metropolitan Parks) Receipts : E.L.Furber,for mowing Cohasset Savings Bank,R. C.Billings fund,int. $2250 00 $2150 00 100 00 $2250 00 $2250 00 $600 00 209 71 $16 25 86 86 89 Merchants National Bank, Boston,interest on be- quest of Horace W. Wadleigh $150 65 $253 76 Expenditures : Labor (general)442 80 Use of horse 55 60 Repairing fence (No.End)5 75 Supplies,general 18 32 Lawn mower (Breck)11 10 Express ....70 Extension on push cart 2 60 Teams (1915,$3.50)9 75 Billings-Pratt Park,care of 35 00 Other parks : Stoddard's (in front of) (1915,$58.80)$105 15 Thompson,1915 7 75 Paul Pratt Mem.Library 113 80 Guild Hall 44 90 Cove Park 43 20 314 80 Total cash paid 896 42 Transfer to Highway acct. for crushed stone 76 50 972 92 Metropolitan Parks,main- tenance 209 71 Balance over appr'ns and receipts tolncd.Acct.119 16 $1182 63 $1182 63 Unpaid bills : B.H.Crane,labor Summer St.,opp.residence of H.B.Cousens $11 00 90 Thompson lot,May 10- July 10 .$4 70 $15 70 Tower Bros.&Co.,supplies W.P.Malley,labor on mower 2 20 1 70 $19 60 MEMORIAL DAY Appropriation ...$350 00 Paid Cyrus H.Bates,Com- mander Henry Bryant Post,98,G.A.R..$350 00 RECREATION - No Appropriation : Paid George Jason,for carting,rolling and harrrowing base-ball field,to Incd.Ace..$20 95 INCIDENTALS (Unclassified etc) Appropriation ...$2500 00 Receipts : Genealogical histories (7) Narrative histories (2) Gravel Pit Lot for standing grass ... Expenditures (Unclassified) Town clock,care of Town Flag,care of Town reports,delivering, express and postage . Gulf Mill,care of dam $24 58 8 00 4 00 54 02 44 94 45 58 5 00 91 Blanks,printing,express, etc. Damages to persons and property . Addressing machine[$34.30 attachments and ex press $1.99 Total Unclassified Transfered from — Law Town Hall Water for Hydrants etc. Fire Dept.Selectmen Tree Warden . Dept.Fish &Game War den James Brook, Highways,Selectmen Harbor Mainte nance Charities Soldiers'&Sailors'Relief Guild Hall,gen'l maint. Guild Hall,repairs Town Commons Recreation Balance over appropria lion and receipts Total for Incidentals etc Unpaid bill,care Town Flag $3.00 $79 00 SQ 53 174 00 5 58 98 30 50 00 154 35 230 00 .7 75 109 14 200 57 42 44 916 84 119 16 20 95 $29 81 50190 36 29 266 54 2294 61 24 57 $2561 15 $2561 15 92 NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY Services for Individuals charged to departments,which are reimbursed. No appropriation : Receipts ...$612 87 Expenditures $549 47 Balance to Treasury 63 40 $612 87 $612 87 CEMETERIES No appropriation Raceipts : From sale of lots $271 55 From care of lots 63 54 $335 09 Expenditures : Telephone (B.F.Morse)$14 04 Writing deeds .4 50 Record book and stamps 1 25 Labor 266 40 Supplies .5 95 Manure,1 cd and 2 feet 5.00 Total for Cemeteries $297 14 Balance to treasury 37 95 $335 09 $335 09 INTEREST Appropriation,town Appropriation,State,Metro- politan Parks Loan . Received : On deferred taxes $2000 00 108 36 $698 05 93 a bank deposits : Rockland Trust Company $168 47 Hingham Trust Company 258 38 Webster &Atlas Nat'n'l Bank ...35 61 $462 46 1160 51 Transfer from "Trust," on deferred taxes .52 $1161 03 Paid : Commonwealth of Mass., Met'n Park Loan .108 36 First National Bank,Bos- ton,on $36,000 bonds one year at 4 per cent 1440 00 Anticipation of Taxes : Rockland Trust Co. Notes Nos.12 and 13,at 2,45 per cent disc,due April 4,...$179 67 Note No.14,at 2.85 per cent disc,due July 20 142 50 Note No.15,at*2.85 per cent disc,due Sept.20 213 75 Note No.16,at 3 per cent disc,due Nov.20 306 25 842 17 Hingham Trust Co. Note No.17,at 2.88 per cent,plus 25c premium due Nov.13 ..$339 79 Notes Nos.19 and 20 J at 3.57 per cent discount due Oct.14 ..170 60 510 39 Total for interest ..$2900 92 94 (Note No.18 spoiled and void.^ Balance to Treasury 368 47 $3269 39 $3269 39 PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE,NORTH COHASSET POST OFFICE BUILDING No appropriation Receipts,from rent .$100 00 Expenditure,lock for front door,etc...$4 95 Balance to Treasury .95 05 $100 00 $100 00 PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE,MOVING AND REPAIRING GUILD HALL (Maintenance and Outlay) Appropriation $1000 00 Expenditures : Moving building .,$240 00 Cellar ($350.00),chimney, piers,concrete step, excavating and gr'ding 537 75 Cellar,staking out .6 60 Chimney,lime,brick and lining 19 58 Old cellar (filling in)40 00 Plastering (contract)90 00 Plumbing (contract)48 00 Wiring ....79 45 Painting outside of building (contract and $2.50 extra)105 50 95 Painting inside,labor Painting inside,stock Lumber,etc... Carpentry,stock and labor Hardware,etc. Carting gravel $56 ;cart- ing ladder,50 cts 56 50 Balance over appropria- tion to incidental acct.916 84 $3 50 24 99 $28 49 258 38 393 16 13 43 Total for moving and re- pairing Guild Hall $1916 84 $1916 84 PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL BUILDING OUTLAY Appropriation ...200 00 Paid Hon.Frank H.Pope, treasurer ...$200 00 MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS,BONDS FROM REVENUE Appropriation ...$8000 00 Paid First National Bank, Boston for eight $1000 bonds,maturing Oct. 1,1916....$8000 00 MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS,TEMPORARY LOANS. No appropriation Received : From Rockland Trust Co.,anticipation of taxes 96 Note No.14,$15000,dated March 20,due July 20, less disc,at 2.85% Note No.15,$15000,dated March 20,due Sept. 20,less disc,at 2.85% Note No.16,$15000,dated March 20,due Nov.20 less discountat 3% From Hiugham National Bank Note No.17,$25000,dated May 23,due Nov.13, less disc,at 2.88% plus 25 cents premium From Hingham Trust Co. Note Nos.19 &20 (No.18 spoiled and void)dated July 15,due Oct.14, less disc,at 3.57% ($10000 each). Paid Eockland Trust Co.(dis- count charged Interest account Notes Nos.12 &13,dated Nov.24,1915,due April 4,1916 ., Note'^No.14,see description above in receipts Note No.15,see description above in receipts Note No.16,see description above in receipts Hingham National Bank Note No.17,see description above in receipts $14857 50 14786 25 14693 75 24660 21 19829 40 $19820 33 14857 50 14786 25 14693 75 24660 21 97 Hingham Trust Co. Notes Nos.19 &20,see description above 19829 40 $108647 44 $88827 11 MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS Metropolitan Parks Sinking Fund Requirements Appropriation —State .$18 78 Paid Treasury Dept., Com.of Mass...$18 78 AGENCY Including amouuts received for and paid from Cor- poration Tax Account,Licenses,etc. Appropriations —State Tax $15760 00 County Tax 7495 81 Received—From State Corp oration Tax Public Service $4090 77 Business 307 38 National Bank Tax ..2752 82 $7150 97 Licenses received : Six Class Liquor (1)1 00 Pedlers'(4).32 00 Milk (11)5 50 Slaughter(3).3 00 Swill (5).2 50 Piggery (4)2 00 46 00 7196 97 Paid- State Treasurer State Tax of 1916 . Refund Corp.Tax 1915, as follows : Public service National Bank Tax Liquor License,one-fourth 98 15760 00 470 69 55 35 25 16286 29 Treasurer of Norfolk County — County Tax of 1916 ..$7495 81 23782 10 Balance over payments .6670 68 $30452 78 $30452 78 Balance from "Agency" forward $6670 68 Charges against above bal- ance : Assessors'estimate of re- ceipts from Corp.Tax $5000 00 Fore River Bridge,balance over appropriation 150 00 Tuition,under Chap.471, Acts of 1911 .90 00 *'Trust,"see following ac- count (Transfer)13 58 Refunds,see following ac- acount 21 74 $5,275 32 Balance to treasury 1,395 36 $6,670 68 $6,670 68 99 TRUST. Paid N.13.Tower,tax collector,for deeds on property sold of Lewis Hedges and Lillias F.Deegan et.al. transferred to following accounts : Taxes received ...$5 88 Interest on deferred taxes .52 Town Officers —for costs of sale ....7 18 To '-Agency"as above .$13 58 REFUNDS. Taxes,erroneous receipts — to "Agency"as above $21 74 RESERVE FUND. Under Chap.823,Acts of 1913. April Tax Assessments. 1913 —Deficit balance over Overlay account of 1913,Jan.1,1916, forward ...$22,986 62 Charges against in 1916 — abatements of personal and poll ...5 25 Deficit Jan.1,1917 .$22,99177 1914 —Deficit balance over OVERLAY account of 1914, Jan.1,1916,forward .$2,023 86 100 Charges against in 1916- abatemeuts of real estate,personal,poll and moth ...108 00 Deficit Jan.1,1917 .$2,131 86 1915—Balance Jan.1,1916, forward ...$2,268 22 Charges against in 1916 — abatements of real estate,personal,poll and moth ...256 56 Balance Jan.1,1917 .$2,011 66 1916—OVERLAY,see As- sessors'report ..$3,670 85 Abatements in 1916,real estate,personal and moth ...674 85 Balance Jan.1,1917 $2,996 00 DECEMBER TAX ASSESSMENTS 1913—Balance Jan.1,1916 and 1917 .$8,433 64 1914—Balance Jan.1,1916 and 1917 .4,272 55 1915—Committed to Tax Col- lector $4,083 73 Abatements on personal on above in 1916 .3,072 70 Balance Jan.1,1917 .$1,011 OS 101 1916—Committed to Tax Col- lector,personal ..$1,136 03 Real estate ...22 50 $1,158 53 102 Os>* 8 a z I— I 5 D t- K 6W ft! .J.b ropr or ove pri-and pts. fssisil^^aa a « rH ^+i ©Ol ^t>- §S? 00 t>.©rH ©t» S3 ~3 cS O to IO ©©CO co »o »o -*wo L^CM 00 *&rH 1—i CO CO L^ ©©© •A ©- fc»©CO .2*©CO CO"3 «^CO G^ .o ©©©©©©©©© q o ©©©©©©©©© 'I o ©©©©©©©©© 'G -©©©©©IO ©©CM © ft ©CO CO ©rH X tH ©00 ©o aa iO rH rH ^H tH CO r-t «©= <l co ©CO ©**CO ©CO >o CO 30 t^©Ol ©04 rH ©rH -ef CN O ,-,"§.©©©©"<*O-l ^CO UO t*4 O io l^io IO t>t>t>»CO CO -H ©^co r_l O ©^l^wO^O^CO CO <l »o~01"-^r^r co" t»©00 ©©rH (M CM ""*CO 00 •oSbj TJH Tfl tH T**tf IO iO iO iO IO IO 4-3 •to 4-»•1 S-i a P "c5 2 a 02 4-1 2O 4->o "o ooo • C3 M 6 •• P . 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W "rj o3 to ^.£*.S «2 ^Sos 5 §O a> CD©. 1=1 t>-to CO CO ^H t> tO 1-H »0 1-H CM .2 *«* 03 j_i i-i >to O p ^to © *e a cc —o CO uo -M CO lO i— i 02 • c3 >-l «*H Q) o v. a -2" 13 a© a a? >> Hi P | -P BO o3 03 43 © CD po<J c3 p -©O 03 0Q 3 P 00 P2?^P i-<© as a a° o o o ti O bJQ p p o .^ .9 -2 p. _w XJ ©©cc£QP O o3 so Sh !-H P ' E o3 'O *-. co P^s mPcd 03 O 108 PUBLIC TRUST FUNDS—SCHOOLS Ripley Fund On hand Jan.1,1916 $1020 00 Dividends earned in 1916 41 20 On hand Jan.1,1917 .$1061 20 James W.Nichols Fund : On hand Jan 1,1916 $2000 00 Dividends earned in 1916 .80 80 On hand Jan.1,1917 .$2080 80 PUBLIC TRUST FUNDS—PARKS Robert Charles Billings Fund : On hand Jan.1,1916 $2150 00 Dividends earned in 1916 on Billings-Pratt Fund 40 40 Dividends earned in 1916 . on Town Commons (Centre).46 46 Received by town in 1916 from above funds, credit of Town Com- mons account 2236 86 $86 86 Horace W.Wadleigh Fund for Parks : On hand Jan.1,1916 Dividends earned in 1916 $2,150 00 $5000 00 150 65 $5150 65 109 Received,by town,in 1916 from above funds, credit of Town Com- mons account .150 65 $5000 00 ACCOUNTS PAYABLE IN 1915 AND BEFORE PAID IN 1616 Law —Legal Counsel .$79 00 Engineering,maintenance 34 92 Police Dept...4 97 Fire Dept .197 98 Moth Suppression 6 20 Inspection of Wires 13 50 * Board of Health .259 07 Highways,general 122 45 Highways,oiling streets 6 56 Highways.Selectmen .75 00 Highways,Fore River Bridge 30 00 Harbor Maintenance 45 80 Charities,Cohasset Home $367 01 Charities,Outside Poor 1122 19 Charities,Gen'l Adm.1 00 1490 20 Soldiers'and Sailors'Relief .254 38 Education,outlay 161 60 Education,Guild Hall,main- tenance 2 04 Town Commons .70 05 $2853 72 110 ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE IN 1915. RECEIVED IN 1916. Chanties,Outside Poor Education (balanced approxi- mately by amounts re- ceivable in 1916 and not received at closing of books). ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE IN 1916, NOT RECEIVED JAN.1,1917. Moth Suppression Charities,Outside Poor $177 88 805 99 $983 87 $488 34 243 39 $731 73 ACCOUNTS PAYABLE IN 1916. NOT PAID JAN 1,1917. (Of which the Town Accountant had knowledge on January 20, 1917.) For detail,see various ac- counts. Town Officers . "Town Hall Police Department Fire Department Forest Fires Tree Warden . Board of Health Straits Pond,$13.28 James Brook,$9.65 Fore River Bridge $1 50 122 44 84 21 29 07 1 40 3 99 7 00 22 93 30 00 Ill Charities,Cohasset Home .$368 94 Charities,Outside Poor 757 77 Charities,General Admn..10 50 $1,137 21 Soldiers'and Sailors'Relief 110 90 Education,general .600 91 Education,Fire Protection (Outlay).294 65 Education,tuition to other places 9 00 Town Commons 19 60 Incidentals,Unclassified .3 00 $2,477 81 LIABILITIES OF COHASSET,AS OF JAN.1,1917. $28,000 coupon 4%bonds,issue of 1911,payable to the First National Bank,Boston,as follows : Oct.1,1917,Oct.1,1918,Oct.1,1919,Oct.1,1920, $8,000 $8,000 $6,000 $6,000 INSURANCE. Property. Town Hall Police Auto: Amount. $2,500 00 Expires 1917. April 1 Last Prem. Paid. $93 75 Liab.$5,000 00 Fire,500 00 5,500 00 3,000 00 10,000 00 21,500 00 May 26 May 15 Nov.19 June 11 and 12 45 09 75 00 600 00 322 50 Moth Department . Cohasset Home Schools 112 BALANCE SHEET—COH ASSET—1916 RECEIPTS Revenue : General — Real and Personal taxes,1916 .$135,239 77 Poll for 1916 .1,254 00 $136,493 77 Real and Personal, 1915 and pre- vious,(includ- ing transfer of $5.88)..20,412 52 Poll for 1915 and previous .496 00 20,908 52 From State (see Agency).7,150 97 Licenses,general .46 00 Licenses on dogs from county .355 99 From court fines .116 15 $165,071 40 Commercial (including transfers of $115.95).10,668 43 Municipal indebted- ness,temporary loans ..88,82.7 11 Offset to Outlay .50 00 Total receipts,in- cluding trans- fers ..$264,616 94 Balance on hand Jan.1,1916 .12,531 67 Grand Total $277,148 61 113 PAYMENTS Current Charges Against Revenue : Maintenance (inclu- ding transfers of $108.25).$120,561 15 Interest on bonds and temporary loans 2,792 56 $123,353 71 Debt —bonds from revenue .$8000 00 Metropolitan Sink- ing Fund 18 78 8,018 78 Outlays 7,845 85 Temporary loans .108,647 44 Agency—State tax- es 1916 15,760 00 Agency—to State, refund,part of corp.tax,1915 526 04 Agency—sixth class liq.lie,i 25 16,286 29 Agency to County, County tax 1916 7,495 81 Trust —paid tax collec- tor,for deeds 13 58 Refunds —erroneous receipt on acct. taxes 21 74 $271,683 20 Balance in Treas- ury Jan.1 1917 5,465 41 Grand Total $277,148 61 The above does not include abatements of 1916,$4117.36 114 FIXED PROPERTY OUTLAY 1916 Additions to schedules given in reports of previous six years : Engineering —Tax Survey ..$950 00 Town Hall—Auxili- ary heating sys- tem ..248 24 Fire Dept—installa- tien of heating system ..420 13 Forest Fires —watch tower in Hing- ham ..200 00 Education—b u i 1 fl- ings ..$283 38 Ed u c a t i o n —new equipment .1,511 12 Education protec- tion from Are .3032 98 4,827 48 Guild Hall—moving, etc...1,000 00 Public Service En- t e r p r i s e George Wash- ington Memori- al Building .200 00 $7,845 85 OFFSET TO OUTLAY. Schools —Amount received on account of new equipment $50 00 Respectfully submitted, EDWARD L.STEVENS, Auditor and Town Accountant. Cohasset,Jan.22,1917. TOWN OF COHASSET REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN Together with the Reports of the Assessors and Overseers of the Poor For Yea*Ending DECEMBER 31,W6 REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN. Cohasset,Dec.31,1916. The Selectmen respectfully submit the following report : In accordance with the vote at the annual meeting in March last,the Selectmen made every reasonable effort to sell the police automobile for $500.00,but being unable to do so deemed it for the best interest of the town to place the same in the service of the department. In accordance with the vote at the annual meeting in March, 1916,the Guild Hall has been moved onto the "Thompson Lot "on Summer street,and the old location filled,graded and sowed down,and the many favorable comments received by the Board leads them to believe that the change is an improvement well worth the over-expenditure on the appropriation. Acting upon a complaint to the Board of Health of the un- sanitary condition of James brook,the Selectmen deemed it for the best interest of all concerned to dig it out and remove the vegetable growth from Brook street to the harbor. The Selectmen have long considered the question of heating the Selectmen's office and Town Accountant's office independently of the main building which could not be done under the old system of heating,and we have installed a small auxiliary heater piped to both rooms and thereby are making a substantial saving in the cost of fuel. The furniture in the office of the Selectmen,Assessors and Overseers of the Poor is antiquated and entirely unfit for the work required,particularly the work of the Assessors,*nd we earnestly 118 recommend that new furniture be purchased and the appropriation for the Town Hall be increased to cover the expense. Respectfully submitted, HARRY E.MAPES, HERBERT L.BROWN, WILLIAM 0.SOUTHER,Jr., Selectmen of Cohasset, REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN AS A COMMITTEE ON GUIDEBOARDS,W6. •During the past year guideboards have been erected at the junction of Forest Avenue,North Main and King Streets. The Committee desires to extend their appreciation to Dr. Oliver H.Howe,President of the Cohasset Motor Club,for his assistance and services in connection with the guideboards. Respectfully submitted, HARRY E.MAPES, HERBERT L.BROWN, WILLIAM 0.SOUTHER,Jr., Selectmen of Cohasset. IMPORTANT NOTICE All persons holding a deed of lot or lots in the WOODSIDE CEMETERY will please notify me at once,the section and lot numbers,as stated in the deed. H.E.MAPES, Chairman Board of Selectmen ASSESSORS'REPORT, Cohasset,Dec.31 1916. The Assessors of the Town of Cohasset herewith submit their report for the year 1916. We are much pleased to show a decrease of $1.00 in our tax rate for this year. We call the attention of all citizens to the new tax law, requiring a return to the Assessors of all taxable real estate,and tangible personal property. The second block of the town survey has been completed. We would respectfully urge an appropriation of $1,000 for 1917. We deem it of the utmost importance to continue this survey. Valuation of real estate,April 1,1915 . Valuation of personal estate,April 1,1915 Total Valuation of real estate,April 1,1916 . Valuation of personal estate,April 1,1916 Total Increase in real estate,1916 Increase in personal estate,1916 . Total increase .... Number of polls,April 1,1916,856 at $2.00 Valuation $9,802,964.00 at $15.00 Fractions making tax .... Total $5,111,744 00 4,508,938 00 $9,620,682 00 $5,267,404 00 4,535,560 00 $9,802,964 00 $155,660 00 26,622 00 $182,282 00 $1,712 00 147,044 46 1 03 $148,757 49 122 Town grant . State tax County tax . Highway tax Metropolitan tax Available in treasury e ,.$6,000 Estimated receipts from corporation tax 5,000 Overlayiugs . Valuation of real estate and personal assessed December 19,1916 Number of persons assessed . Number of persons assessed on property Number of persons assessed on poll tax only Number of houses assessed . Number of horses assessed Number of cows assessed Number of neat cattle assessed Number of fowl assessed Number of acres of land assessed $131,480 26 15,760 00 7,495 81 1,013 72 336 85 $156,086 64 11,000 00 $145,086 64 3,670 85 $148,757 49 $77,235 00 1,499 987 512 823£ 171 207 18 810 6,11*1 Respectfully submitted, HERBERT L.BROWN, HARRY E.MAPES, WILLIAM O.SOUTHER,Jr., Assessors. REPORT OF THE TREASURER AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES- 1916.TOWN OF COHASSET in account with New- comb B.Tower,Treasurer and Collector of Taxes. Dr. Paid orders of the Selectmen as follows : Town officers Legal services Engineering and plotting Town Hall . Printing Water for hydrants and public buildings Police department .... Fire department,general expense of Fire department,special expense of,by Selectmen Fire department,special repairs . Forest Fires department .... Gypsy Moth department .... Tree Warden's department .... Sealer of Weights and Measures'department Inspector of Wires department Deputy Fish and Game Warden's department Board of Health department Straits pond,Cat dam,James'brook and Cove bridge gate Inspection of animals ..... Town commons and parks .... Commonwealth of Massachusetts,as follows : State tax Metropolitan Parks Loan Sinking Fund Metropolitan Parks Loan,Interest on . $5,957 91 379 00 1,109 26 2,074 24 773 88 4,574 00 4,233 16 3,895 45 l 5 58 814 23 424 15 8,560 95 698 30 198 23 500 00 50 00 1,358 a 23 654 35 125 00 972 92 15,760 00 18 78 108 36 124 Metropolitan Parks Loan Fund,Nantasket, maintenance Repairs of State Highways .... Refund on Corporation taxes ... One-fourth of sixth class liquor license fee Henry D.Humphrey,County Treasurer,County tax Treasurer of Fore River Bridge Association, assessments Highways and Sidewalks department,general Highways and Sidewalks department,special,by Selectmen Oiling streets Removing snow . Electric lights,for streets Harbor maintenance Cohasset Home,maintenance of Outside Poor department Soldiers'and Sailors'relief State and Military aid Schools,general maintenance of School buildings,repairs of Evening school . Schools,transportation of pupils Outside tuition . Public Libraries,maintenance of Osgood School building,Fire protection Memorial Day . Recreation . Cemeteries . Incidentals . New England Telephone and Telegraph Co. Interest and discount . First National Bank,Boston,eight $1,000 bonds Net proceeds of notes for money hired in anticipa tion of taxes . North Cohasset Post-office building,repairs 209 71 1,013 72 526 04 25 7,495 81 270 00 15,736 26 235 00 5,326 00 5,330 23 6,940 23 363 75 2,848 39 5,864 12 850 57 764 00 29,050 25 1,704 30 490 08 4,971 50 90 00 2,250 00 3,032 98 350 00 20 95 297 14 266 54 549 47 2,793 08 8,CO0 00 108,647 44 4 95 125 Town's contribution for George Washington Me- orial building at Washington,D.C...200 00 Guild Hall,moving,etc 1,916 84 Abatements on taxes .....4,117 36 Refund,etc.,on taxes 27 62 alano.p • $275,800 56 Unpaid taxes as follows : 1913 .$8 50 1914 .64 63 1914 Moth tax .1 65 1915 .1,101 52 1915 Moth taxes 4 13 1916 .12,784 05 1916 Moth taxes 327 22 &1 4 °01 7f) Cash on hand and deposit 5,465 41 «io 757 1 1 V i.«7 ,<O 4 JLJt $295,557 67 Cr. Balance in treasury from former account Henry D.Humphrey,Treasurer of Norfolk County, dog license money for 1915 Town of Hingham,reimbursement on Poor account Town of Scituate,reimbursement on Poor account Hingham Trust Co.,money hired in anticipation of taxes,three notes ..$45,000 00 Less discount ...510 39 ,694 80 355 99 325 11 70 55- Rockland Trust Co.,money hired in anticipation of taxes,three notes ..$45,000 00 Less discount ...662 50 Commonwealth of Massachusetts,sundry receipts, as follows : Corporation tax,public service 44,489 61 44,337 50 4,090 77 126 Corporation tax,business National Bank tax Military aid . State aid On Gypsy Moth account Transportation of paupers Miss Florence L.Beal,P.M.,rent for North Co hasset Post-office .... Sundry persons,full or partial payments on Wood side Cemetery lots .. Sundry persons,care of Woodside Cemetery lots Sundry persons,New England Telephone and Tele graph Co.,service .... Sundry persons and departments,on School account Sundry persons and organizations,on Gypsy Moth account ....... Sundry persons and departments,on Highway account ....... Sundry persons,on Police account Samuel H.Capen,Sheriff,Norfolk County,fines . Lawrence W.Lyons,Clerk of East Norfolk District Court,fines ...... Fire Department,by Henry E.Brennock,Chief, for junk sold ...... Harbor maintenance account,for two mooring stones sold ...... Street Fountain account,by the Selectmen . Town Commons account,standing grass sold,and private lawn mowing On Cohasset Home account . On Outside Poor account On Outlay account,schools . Town Histories sold,and postage One Sixth-class liquor license D.W.Gilbert,Inspector,for Milk licenses issued 307 38 2,752 82 120 00 560 00 55 22 45 100 00 271 55 63 54 637 82 467 18 '61 37 1,092 13 40 00 11 00 105 15 3 00 6 00 5 00 20 25 177 26 30 00 50 00 32 58 1 00 5 50 127 I.F.Sylvester,Clerk of Board of Health,for swill and piggery permits,and slaughter licenses issued Four special Town licenses issued by the treasure Lyman B.Cozzens,rental of Town Hall Frank W.Mead,rental of Town Hall . Louis J.Morris,janitor,income from Town Hall Officer's services at Town Hall Cohasset Savings Bank,income R.C.Billings Park fund Cohasset Savings Bank,income R.C.Billings Commons fund .... Interest on Bank deposits (including $150.65 in terest on the H.W.Wadleigh Park fund) Interest on taxes collected .... Summonses on taxes collected Fees for Tax Collector's affidavits Sundry persons,advertising,etc.,in connection with Tax Collector's sale . Assessors'Tax List,committed July 7,1916 Assessors'Moth List,committed with taxes . Assessors'supplementary Poll Tax assessment Assessors'December,1916,assessment 7 50 32 00 415 00 215 50 260 71 86 50 40 40 46 46 613 11 698 57 62 80 4 52 39 22 8,757 49 3,046 83 32 00 1,158 53 $295,557 67 (The $5,000.00 Horace W.Wadleigh bequest to the Town for Park purposes,remains on deposit,intact,and is not in- cluded in the foregoing report.The income from the same to date of this report,has,however,been withdrawn,the amount of which was $150.65,and is accounted for in the report.) Respectfully submitted, NEWCOMB B.TOWER, Treasurer and Collector of Taxes. Cohasset,Dec.30,1916. REPORT OF THE BOARD OF FIRE ENGINEERS For the Year Ended December 31,1916 Cohasset,Mass.,January 31,1917 To the Board of Selectmen : Gentlemen :The Board of Engineers appointed by your honorable board for the year ending April 30,1917,met in ac- cordance with your instructions and organized with the following choice of officers : — Chief—Henry E.Brennock Assistant Chief —George Jason District Chief—George F.Sargent,Jr. District Chief—Sidney L.Beal Clerk —Thomas A.Roche The department has been called to answer 46 alarms during i,he past year.The buildings at the Cove have been somewhat improved from the special appropriation of 1916.We recom- mend as in the past more suitable quarters for the apparatus. We respectfully recommend that the sum of $3500 be raised and appropriated for maintenance ;this includes the salary of the jChief. We also recommend the sum of $400 be raised and appro- priated for painting Combination No.1 and for new rear tires for this apparatus. After the closing of the books on January 1,1917,unpaid bills against the special appropriation for repairs and installation of heating apparatus to the amount of $63.21 were presented 129 against the balance that reverted to the Treasury of $185.77* We respectfully ask that this $63.21 be reappropriated to cover these bills. Respectfully submitted, HENRY £.BRENNOCK,Chief GEORGE JASON GEORGE F.SARGENT,Jr. SIDNEY L.BEAL THOMAS A.ROCHE,Clerk. REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES The Board of Selectmen : — Gentlemen—Your sealer in submitting bis fourth annual report would simply state that all scales,weights and measures have been tested and sealed as required by law,and inspected thereafter at such intervals as to protect the interests of both seller and consumer. Re-weigbings have been made from time to time both by the Sealer and by others at his request,and results would show commendable care and the expected honesty of our merchants. Hawkers and pedlars doing business in Cohasset regularly, with possibly one or two exceptions,are now provided with li- censes and early application by these will be made.While it may be true that these dealers visit the town from time to time,espe- cially in outlying districts,a frequent patrol in search of them is beyond the financial ability of this department. I would respectfully suggest the same appropriation as last year. Yours very truly. CALEB NICHOLS Cohasset,Jan.23,1917.Sealer SUPERINTENDENT OF MOTH WORK To the Honorable Board of Selectmen : Gentlemen :I respectfully submit my eighth report as Lo- cal Superintent of Moth Work,and must say the conditions throughout the town are generally improved in the residential sections.These conditions have been brought about by the co- operation of the citizens with the Moth Superintendent,as the citizens have become more interested each year,and by their help I have been able to keep the town in good condition. There has been a large amount of private work done during the past year.Mr.Dodge on North Main street has had the larger part of his estate cleaned up,taking out all the underbrush and cutting fifty or more cords of oak wood,which was put on the market aud sold at a reasonable price.This was a great help to the people of the town,as coal is scarce and high.Also Mr. Benjamin D.Hyde has had a lot of work done,putting about the same number of cords of wood on the market,which the public had the benefit of ;also cleaning up about the same number of acres of land.This kind of work is what should be done as it employs a number of men,and the Town Treasurer has,or will receive checks to the amount of about $700 from Mr Dodge and Mr.Hyde for labor. And what is more essential in my opinion it is the only way to solve the moth question,especially if they follow up by spraying the next season.The town is well equipped at the pre- sent time having three spraying machines in good condition.All were in use during the spraying season last year.Therefore I 132 was able to do all the spraying at the proper time,as the spraying should be done when the caterpillars are small if the best results are expected. A statement of finances of the department will be found in* the Town Accountant's report. Respectfully submitted JOSEPH E.GRASSIE Local Superintendent REPORT OF TREE WARDEN FOR 1916 I hereby submit my report as Tree Warden for the year ^nded December 31,1916.There seems to be but little need of entering into a detailed report regarding the care of your shade trees,etc.Almost every citizen of Cohasset realizes the great benefits derived from our trees along our public ways,and on other public grounds. The citizens should take more interest in this department,as our trees are one of the great attractions of Cohasset.The ap- propriation for this department is very limited and cannot prop- erly do the necessary work on our large shade trees and continue the setting out of young trees and properly spray trees on our public ways and grounds.In 1916 the appropriation was $600, $400 less than the previous year.It is false economy to neglect removing dangerous trees and dead limbs,and by such neglect endanger life and property. I purchased and planted four dozen trees this year,and there should be planted each year at least this number. At the conclusion of this report I have given the amount ex] pended for labor on the different streets of the town,also other items of the expenses of the department not itemized as to streets.I also give the location as to streets and expense of planting the four dozen trees purchased this year.It was im- possible to do the necessary work this year with the six hundred dollars appropriated for this department,and I can assure you the money was not wasted.I was compelled to appeal to the Board of Selectmen for additional funds to remove some trees which were discovered to be dangerous after my appropriation had been exhausted.This work was done to safeguard life and property along the public ways.I recommend $800 for the de- partment for the ensuing year as the smallest amount necessary to carry on the work. 134 By unanimous vote of the Board of Selectmen I was ap- pointed Supervisor of Moth Work for the year 1917.By com- bining these two offices the work can be conducted in both de- partments in a more satisfactory manner,and I trust I shall again be elected as your Tree Warden on March 5,1917. I submit the following items of expense : Location of new trees and cost of planting : 32 trees Beechwood and Church streets (labor) 7 trees Ripley road (labor) 9 trees Norfolk road (labor) $27 00 4 90 4 90 $36 80 AMOUNT EXPENDED ON STREETS AS FOLLOWS Pruning and Cutting Trees Jerusalem road .$64 88 Elm street 69 42 South Main street 77 44 North Main street 10 38 Depot avenue 13 90 Stockbridge street 9 85 Summer street 8 60 Nichols road 3 70 Highland avenue 7 50 Margin street 3 70 Bow street 6 10 Ripley road 8 60 Beechwood street 3 60 Church street 1 85 Hull street 1 50 Short street 1 80 Cleaning up limbs after gale on all streets 23 25 135 Spring street Cushing road Beach street Norfolk road 9 50 5 00 14 05 1 85 $346 47 Other items of account not included in preceding labor items Rochester Nursery,Charles A.Tanger, Agent,36 12-foot maple trees .$84 00 Lincoln Elms,12 8-foot maple trees .15 00 George Young,carting freight .1 24 Themmas Chemical Co.,lead Central Garage,gasolene . Central Garage,oil Tower Bros.Co.,tools M.A.Burke,repairs Cohasset Hardware Co.,tools M.J.Sullivan,supplies E.E.H.Souther,poison cards,etc. George Young,teaming Harry F.Tilden,teaming . Harry N.Harden,teaming Wm.T.Barnes,teaming . George Young,filing saws Franklin Stoddard,filing saws . John W.Bates,load loam . L.L.Worrick,36 cedar stakes . $96 7 3 1 1 4 2 6 00 00 00 30 15 28 75 20 $44 33 38 2 00 88 50 $4 1 2 2 75 40 00 50 $100 24 $121 68 $119 26 $10 65 Total for Tree Warden ....$698 30 Amount exceeding appropriation ...$98 30 Respectfully submitted, GEORGE YOUNG. REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH Cohasset,December 31,1916. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of Cohasset: Gentlemen :—We have the honor to submit the seventh an- nual report of your Board of Health for the year ending Decem- ber 31st,1916. The town has been comparatively free from contagious and infectious diseases during the past year. We have had many complaints,all of which have been at- tended to in a satisfactory manner.Most of our trouble has been from overflowing cesspools,and it is the belief of this Board of Health that there is urgent need of some sort of sewage system in the town. This Board earnestly recommends that a committee be ap- painted to investigate the needs and most economical system of sewage disposal as this problem has assumed such proportions that it is a constant source of annoyance to many people and a distinct detriment to the public health. Some means for the proper disposal of garbage should be provided,and if a small appropriation is voted for this purpose the garbage from all the inhabitants of the town could be col- lected,thus obviating,in the summer,much odor from its decom- position and another breeding place for flies eliminated. Respectfully submitted, GEORGE OSGOOD,Chairman TOWN OF COHASSET REPORT OF THE Paul Pratt Memorial Library AND THE COHASSET FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY For Year Ending; DECEMBER 3 J,1916 COHASSET FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY In Account with Oliver H.Howe,Treasurer Dr. To Payments in 1916 For Books Reinvestment of Funds . Commissions and Federal Tax on sale Rent of Safe Deposit Box Treasurer's Bond .... Insurance of Books .... Moving Wadleigh Books Postage,Stationery and Typewriting Support of Paul Pratt Memorial Library Balance on Deposit January 1,1917 ; Cohasset Savings Bank . New England Trust Co. .$180 79 500 00 3 23 5 00 2 50 42 60 2 50 2 48 259 81 28 82 636 46 $1664 19 Or By Receipts in 1916 Balance on Deposit January 1,1916 Income from investments Profit,exchange of Bonds Interest : Cohasset Savings Bank .. New England Trust Co. $986 99 657 41 6 25 6 98 6 56 $1664 19 140 COHASSET FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY Schedule of Invested Funds bonds $2,000.00 N.Y.Central Lines,Equipment Trust 5s. 1,000.00 Massachusetts Gas Companies 4£s. 3,000.00 American Telephone &Telegraph Collateral Trust 4s. 1,000,00 Minneapolis Gen.Elec.Co.5s. 2,000.00 Lake Shore &Michigan Southern Ry.4s. 1,000.00 Ellicott Square Co.1st mortgage 5s. 1,500.00 Western Telephone &Telegraph Co.5s 2,000.00 New England Telephone &Telegraph Co.5s. 1,000.00 Pacific Telephone &Telegraph Co.1st mortgage 5s $14,500.00 OLIVER H.HOWE,Treasurer. Cohasset,January 1,1917. We have examined the foregoing account and find it correct and properly vouched.We have also examined the securities in which the funds of the Library are invested,as shown by the foregoing schedule. GEORGE W.COLLIER, EDWARD NICHOLS, Examining Committee. Cohasset,January 1st 1917. REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE PAUL PRATT MEMORIAL LIBRARY We herewith submit our report for the year ending Dec.31, 1916. Early in the year the committee appointed by the directors to secure new quarters for the Beech wood Branch Library,made a proposition to the trustees of the Beechwood Improvement As- sociation by which they could keep the branch library in their building. The proposition was accepted,and a new wing,containing a reading room and a stackroom was added to the B.I.A.build- ing,and equipped for library purposes. These rooms were dedicated for use as a library,with appro- priate exercises on Aug.29,1916,and have been leased from the Beechwood Improvement Association for a term of five years at a rental of $185.Recent bequests of books will make it possible for a large number of duplicate copies to be placed permanently on the shelves of the Beechwood Branch Library in the near future. We feel that in the death of our Treasurer,the late Mr. James Longley,the board of directors has lost a valuable officer and a true friend.As executor of the will of the donor he man- ifested an intense interest in the proposed memorial ;as director he gave freely of his time and means toward the efficiency of the library ;and as treasurer since its establishment his wide experi- ence in financial affairs was placed at the services of the library without reserve. At the meeting of the directors Jan.22,1917,Mr.Herbert L.Brown was unanimously elected a director,to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late Mr.James Longley.The choice was made with the purpose to have the important extension work 142 in the Beechwood Branch Library represented by a director from that section of the town. The reports of the Treasurer and Libraian,which are sub- joined,give details of the work of the Library and of the cost of its maintenance. C.C.WHEELWRIGHT,President W.R.COLE,Clerk and Treasurer pro tern, HARRY E.MAPES EDWARD NICHOLS GEORGE W.COLLIER F.V.STANLEY HERBERT L.BROWN Board of Directors. PAUL PRATT MEMORIAL LIBRARY In Account with William R.Cole,Treasurer,Pro Tem. Dr. To Payments for the Year 1916 : For Librarians'and Janitor's Salaries For wood and coal For electric lighting For books,magazines and binding For repairs and maintenance For rent,Beechwood Branch For printing and stationery For insurance For telephone For postage and box-rent. For supplies For express,carting and other items $268 25 157 58 $1,250 00 425 83 256 26 310 43 120 84 $49 67 34 65 21 93 9 90 32 26 50 40 198 81 !,562 17 143 Balance January 1,1917,in Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co..959 33 $3,521 50 $3,521 50 Cr. By Receipts for the year 1916 : Balance January 1,1916,on deposit Bos- ton Safe Deposit and Trust Co..$127 59 From income from investments,Pepperell Manufacturing Co.,dividends .$252 00 From income from investments,Pepperell Manufacturing Co.,extra divi- dends 360 00 From income from investments,Essex Company,dividends ...33 00 From income from investments Essex Company,extra dividends ..55 00 From income from investments,Common- wealth Electric Co.,coupons .100 00 From income from investments,Roxford Knitting Co.,coupons ..50 00 850 00 From Town of Cohasset,appropriation for Library ....2,150 00 From income from unrestricted funds of "Cohasset Free Public Library" From returned insurance premiums From Fines,etc.,at Library . From Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co., interest ..... $3,521 50 WILLIAM R.COLE,Treasurer pro tern. January 1,1917. 259 81 10 50 113 27 10 33 144 Cohasset Mass.,January 13,1917. We have examined the Treasurers'accounts of the Paul Pratt Memorial Library for the year 1916 and find same correct with proper vouchers for disbursements.The securities and fire insurance policies as listed have been inspected in safe deposit vault.The bank account of the library has been verified. OLIVER H.HOWE CHARLES W.GAMMONS Auditing Committee LIBRARIAN'S REPORT TO THE DIRECTORS OF THE PAUL PRATT MEMORIAL LIBRARY The following is a report of the work in the Library for the year ending December 31,1916 : The Library has been open every library day in the year, with the exception of days for taking of inventory and legal holidays. Gifts of books,magazines and weekly papers have been re- ceived from Messrs.A.S.Bigelow,J.S.Bigelow,E.H.Tower, J.A.Lee,Hon.D.J.Hill,R.Edgar,James Longley,Mrs.A.A. Sherry,Mrs.W.S.Sheubruk,Mrs.W.L.Parker,Mrs.C.G. Plant,Massachusetts Woman's Suffrage Association,Massachu- setts Anti Woman's Suffrage Association,Col.Thomas Loth- rop Chapter,D.A.R.,State and Government. REGISTRATION AND CIRCULATION Population of Cohasset,1915 census ...2,800 Total registration from July,1903 to Dec.31,1916 3,215 Registration in force Dec.31,1915 ....1,789 Registration for year 1916 175 Registration cancelled 1916 122 Registration in force Dec.31,1916 ...1,842 (Being about 65 per cent,of the population) Library open,days 291 Books issued for home use .....16,830 145 Average home use per diem Average home use per inhabitant Classification and use including branch Philosophy and Religion History and Biography . Travel and Description Literature and Poetry Social Sciences Natural Sciences . Arts,which include Music Fiction Magazines •.57.8 ..6.0 library. Juvenile Adult Total 35 79 115 380 762 1142 289 369 658 313 409 722 21 195 216 138 189 327 217 481 698 4609 9391 14,000 295 1852 2147 6298 13,727 20,025 REPORT OF SCHOOL CHILDREN'S READING FROM LISTS FROM SEPT.1915,TO JULY,1916. Grade Children Books Fourth 30 380 Fifth ....17 188 Sixth ....32 375 Seventh 17 210 Eighth .16 198 112 1351Totals Average,nearly 14. During the year 187 books have been sent to the Nantasket Library,and to the Beechwood Branch 312 books,besides the books that are to remain there permanently. ACCESSIONS Number of volumes in library Dec.31,1915 Number added by purchase,1916 Number added by gift,1916 14,801 159 698 146 Number added by binding magazines,1916 .28 885 15,686 Number withdrawn 110 Total number of volumes in library Dec.31,1916 15,576 The total amount of money spent during the year for books has been $199.73. Respectfully submitted, SARAH B.COLLIER Librarian REPORT OF HIGHWAY SURVEYOR To the Citizens of Cohasset : I have the honor to present herewith my report as Highway Surveyor of the Town of Cohasset for the year 1916. I took advantage of the open weather during January,1916, to start much needed repairs on Smith place.Stone and gravel were placed along the street to a depth of from one foot to one and one-half,and later in the season covered with tarvia.That part of Cushing road from Smith place to Pleasant street was similarly treated.Elm court was improved by the addition of stone and gravel,the material being supplied by the town and spread by the abutters. The routine work was somewhat delayed in the spring atd early summer by the unusually wet season,the U.S.weather bureau records showing a greater rain and snow fall than we have experienced for many years.This fact,of course,made the handling of the tarvia work late and more difficult than usual,but in spite of this handicap I succeeded in getting all the streets cared for in a satisfactory manner. The stone crusher was used to good advantage.Spring street was widened near the junction of Cushing road aud the ledge blasted and crushed,the material used on south Main and Summer streets.We now have a 24 foot travel way on Spring street in place of 12 feet as formerly.The low ground on the side of the road was filled in for a sidewalk as far as the raihoad crossing.Gates should be provided at this point which now has developed into a much travelled way,and a petition to the Select- men asking the Railroad company for this much needed protec- tion,undoubtedly would be fnrnished.The sidewalk should be continued to South Main street,thus carrying foot travel all the way from Pleasant street.By widening South Main street over the hill opposite the residence of Mr.Allen a very dangerous 148 spot-hitherto existing has been removed.It is now possible for four teams or automobiles to pass at this point at one time. Deer hill was covered with stone and gravel,and a part of Pond street widened by filling in with pasture stone.Beechwood street from the A.Pratt estate to a point beyond J.Whitcomb's widened,gravelled and bound with tarvia,which prevents the gravel from spreading and makes a foundation for the next coat- ing of tarvia.Margin street,Oak street,and Summer street re- cieved considerable attention over and above the usual routine repair work. Following my usual custom I devoted considerable attention to our sidewalks.From W.P.Malley's to the Police Station the sidewalk was dressed with crushed stone,also on Summer street from the residence of Mrs.Sankey to South Main street, also both sides of South Main street from Summer to Brook street. Both tbe Mill and Cunningham bridges will need attention the coming year.The wall on the river side of the Mill bridge must be rebuilt.An estimate will be given at the March meet- ing.The sills and the planking of Cunningham bridge must be clone in the spring,before the summer travel arrives.The roads and sidewalks of Cohasset are in better condition than ever be- fore and show improvement from year to year.The difficulties besetting the Highway Surveyor are mauy.The ever increasing automobile travel,the numerous sharp turns and curving streets, lack of drainage,the large number of steep hills,the difficulty of keeping help at our present wages,makes the proper and econ- omical expenditure of the Highway appropriation a matter of most careful planning. I wish to express my appreciation of the increasing interest shown in the Highway Department by many of the citizens,as it is by cooperation between the Department and the citizens of the town that the best results can be obtained. My financial accounts follows. Respectfully submitted GEORGE JASON High way Sa r veyor 149 ASSETS OF THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT One steam roller One Crusher boiler,steam drill . One iron Studebaker oil cart with spray pump .... Two Abbot Dowing oil carts with spray pumps .... Two watering carts . Two snow plows Six snow plows Four snow plows Two snow plows Two gutter plows One road machine Tools and tool box,chains,etc Five barrels tarvia B . Five barrels tarvia X One 100-gal tar heating cart Amount of appropriation . Credit for labor etc Amount expended,including tarring sidewalks and outside work. $1200 00 1500 00 750 00 400 00 75 00 100 00 120 00 50 00 20 00 14 00 15 00 80 00 25 00 45 00 40 00 $4,434 21,092 00 $20,000 00 1,092 13 \J\J 13 21,062 26 Balance to Treasury $29 87 First Parish .•$2 50 D.S.Dean .,•150 05 O.H.Howe,M.D...,•11 85 Mrs.T.B.Williams.,,.93 60 Mrs.Charles C.Wheelwright ..4 80 Mrs.C.H.Bates .>•5 40 H.C.Long •••14 40 School Department ..i.6 00 Oeorge T.Newton .,.30 00 M.Mulhure •••8 40 150 N.Y.N.H.&H.R.R.,refund foi overcharge .$7 00 C.P.Clifford ....8 40 W.Shurbrurk 72 80 E.E.H.Souther .21 60 A.W.Hatch ....42 57 Second Congregational Society.6 90 J.W.Tuckerman,Jr.15 00 Mrs.A.J.Linnell .50 15 Cohasset Supply Co .49 00 Mrs.E.Snow,Jr 16 06 B.P.Clark 39 25 Independent Oil Co .156 30 Mrs.J.B.Woodford 22 05 F.C.Allen ......6 47 H.A.Tucker 3 03 H.L.Willard 11 50 Mrs.Nina E.Lincoln 4 80 George Jason 72 80 Paul Pratt Memorial Library 13 50 Mrs.Lester Harding .1 20 John Daley &Sons .16 65 D.N.Tower ....26 25 Wm.H.McGaw .22 95 Town Common Sidewalks .76 50 Evan P.Wentworth.2 40 PAID OUT FOR LAB OR,ETC. F.Beal ..$3 15 C.Lincoln ..28 80 H.H.White .149 70 M Oliver .144 00 J.F.Smith .274 20 M.Thompson .....100 80 A.Francis .297 60 $1,092 13 151 M.S.Enos .$9 60 G.A.Silva .4 80 M.Almirda 195 00 G.W.Flint .14 40 John J.Grassie 2 40 P.O'Keefe .31 20 A.J.Taylor . A.S.Richardson . 35 85 103 80 E.Morse 72 90 H.W.Burbank 273 40 W.Campbell . J.F.Baudura 78 60 198 60 J.Leary J.Silvia 156 00 109 20 J.F.Silvia .238 60 G.Stoddard .90 00 H.F.Keating .214 80 H.P.Briggs .67 20 J.A.Donovan 58 80 A.Baudura 37 80 J.R.Bean 36 00 B.Keefe 14 40 J.Roche 24 00 A.J.Silvia ..190 50 C.P.Silvia .25 20 F.Cadose 14 40 J.Durithorne 16 80 T.Mathies .61 20 W.P.Bates .26 40 W.Powers 86 40 W.J.Rooney R.Stevens 28 80 15 60 C.L.Curtis ..192 60 J.Kinsley S.L.Damon . 2 40 3 60 W.J.Brennock ••3 30 A.J.Morris ••••2 40 152 J.Hyland $2 40 O.F.Sargent .157 80 W.P.Arnold .142 80 J.Bates .109 20 J.Ferreira 68 40 T.H.Stoddard .52 80 J.Graves .80 60 O.W.Pratt 36 00 E.L.James,labor an d gra 1 srel 11 80 B.Kennedy 19 20 T.O'Neil .104 40 W.Whitcoinb .14 40 F.J.Antoine .15 60 S.Grinnell 63 00 H.Sullivan 2 40 H.J.Makin 25 20 A.James .2.40 James Dalton .25*20 M.Heley 25 20 W.E.McGrath 30 00 P.T.Ford 45 60 A.J.Ferreira .13 20 E.M.Cronican 4 80 J.H.Kimball .58 20 D.D.Desmond 54 00 E.T.Reilly 58 80 B.Daley .18 00 D.Goldin .58 80 J.Morris .63 00 N.R.Prouty .21 00 P.Grassie,steam drill 68 86 W.Laury 48 60 E.McSweeney .10 80 J.M.Keating .27 60 H.W,Apts 43 20 R.J.Clark 42 00 G.F.Sargent,Jr..60 153 R.Kinsley .>$60 P.Pratt .,.,.24 00 W.F.Burke ,.,.19 20 F.Brosnahan .,.2 40 H.0.Wood .,.,48 60 J.Feritas .,..43 20 S.L.Beal .i .38 25 A.Figereido ..3 60 J.J.Silvia ,,3 60 F.E.Jason ,.7 20 F.Mitchell .,.,3 60 T.A.Tower,blacksmithing,etc.465 07 T.H.Henry,ledgeman,etc.232 21 J.T.Barnes,fireman,etc.251 10 S.N.Thayer,engineer,etc 508 30 J.J.Grassie,care of lanterns ancI labor ....276 70 D.F.O'Brien,care of lanterns anc1 labor ....203 15 J.H.Davis,painting fences 6 00 A.H.Prouty,painting fences 33 00 E.Snow,painting fences .37 80 J.Jason,painting fences .37 80 Gr.P.Tower,painting fences 31 20 H.W.Lincoln,painting Cunningham bridge one coat 90 00 J.W.Brennock,labor on tool chest 12 00 C.E.Frates,labor catch basin .12 70 I.F.Sylvester,labor catch basin 9 25 J.H.Winters,repairing damage i (valine).18 40 Litchfield &Lincoln,repairing bridge 29 35 N.England Road Machine Co..130 05 3.H.Pinkham,stone 11 25 E.L.Stevens,cash expressing .47 Con asset repair shop,supplies .65 65 Bosworth &Beal ,wireing roller house 24 00 154 J.L.Sullivan,repairing damage (valine)$18 00 Tower Bros.&Co.,paints,drain pipe > etc.305 65 Adams Express 1 46 N.Y.,N.H.&H.R.R..25 00 A.E.Grassie,covering roller top 20 00 Buffalo Steam Roller Co.repairs.154 97 H.L.Bond,dynamite,etc.49 03 A.Hiltz,piping boiler.22 82 E.J.Pratt,stove and repairs on B House ..40 00 Mrs.Ritha Leouard,stone and gravel 43 25 Litchfields Express,.82 C.H.Trott Co.,explosives,etc.14 60 Puritan Iron Works,grates and frames}52 50 E.W.Bates,trash wood .7 50 Moore &Co.,dynamite 25 00 C.A.Claflin,tube cleaning 24 00 Kurney Mfg.Co.,repairing pumps 14 00 Cohasset Supply Co.,oil,etc.6 65 A.Barrows,clay ....5 00 M.S.Leonard,repairing boiler 8 50 The Lane Quarry Co.,broken stone ,12 80 H.H.Elworth,clay 7 25 Cohasset Water Co.,battery 15 00 M.J.Sullivan,waste,etc.4 24 Mrs.Sullivan,drain pipe 5 72 Good Road Machine Co.,supplies 4 73 Lincoln Bros.Co.,coal 115 69 J.St.John,supplies 6 65 South Shore Garage,supplies 3 75 Walworth Mauufacturing Co.,supplies 14 19 M.A.Burke,blacksmithiug 34 68 Barrett Manufacturing Co.,patching p material,etc..••330 19 W.H.McGaw,patching fences,etc.40 92 155 Cobasset Hardware Co.,paints,etc. William T.Tilden,carpentering and $73 90 six months'rent •40 92 William P.Malley,blacksmithing 45 69 TEAMS,ETC. A.A.Davenport ....$75 88 Ira N.Pratt ....119 76 S.E.Pratt .14 38 E.C.Bates,team and stone 114 50 W.W.Bates team 112 00 E.E.Bates team 31 63 J.W.Bates,team and stone 79 88 T.Keating,team 6 00 0.H.Ball,team 40 25 G.W.Mealy,team .251 57 J.E.Grassie,team and covering 251 00 T.J.Ayers,team and covering 250 20 J.T.Barnes,team 296 14 H.F.Tilden,team and storing carts 534 23 H.L.McMahon,team and 1 pair shaft*5 191 00 George Jason,team .842 41 W.T.Barnes,team .510 33 H.L.Willard,team .210 07 E.J.Lincoln,team 117 00 Henry Rogers,team 17 25 T.A.Stevens,team 51 75 J.W.Whitcomb,team,stone and grave 1 411 66 T.W.Whitcomb,team 17 25 C.W.Bates,team 53 20 H.N.Marden,team .40 50 J.J.Pratt,team 25 88 D.Souther,team and stone 102 63 H.H.White,team and labor 105 20 . T.L.Grassie,team 172 00 George Jason,wages 1,000 00 $15,736 26 156 TARVIA,TEAMING, T.A.Tower,labor,etc. H.W.Burbank,labor W.A.Campbell,labor W.P.Arnold,labor J.F.Bandura,labor G.F.Sargent,labor J.F.Silvia,labor T.O'Neii,labor A.J.Ferreira,labor W.A.Whitcomb,labor Ira Bates,labor G.Flint,labor . J.Leary,labor . H.White,labor M.F.McAuliffe,labor A.Francis,labor W.F.Burke,labor €.L.Curtis,labor J.J.Grassie,labor J.F.Smith,labor T.Matheis,labor J.H.Kimball,labor JT.M.Keating,labor H.F.Keating,labor P.T.Ford,labor M.Almirda,labor E.T.Rieliy,labor B.Kennedy,labor S.Grinnell,labor F.J.Antoine,labor W.J.Roony,labor J.Silvia,labor . M.Thompson,labor A.S.Richardson,labor H.W.Appta,labor D.F.O'Brieni labor LABOR,ETC. $160 50 38 40 26 40 2 40 82 80 4 80 27 00 27 60 2 40 4 80 20 40 12 00 61 20 73 20 9 60 12 00 7 20 14 40 72 00 28 80 19 20 12 00 12 00 7 20 16 80 12 60 25 20 3 60 30 00 12 00 7 20 39 60 25 20 28 80 12 00 67 20 157 J.A.Donovan,labor $12 00 J.T.Barnes,labor .7 20 T.H.Henry,labor .48 00 D.Souther,team 28 75 J.E.Grassie,team .84 00 F.L.Grassie,team .22 00 A.A.Davenport,team 29 88 H.H.Tilden,team .245 13 E.C.Bates,team 17 00 W.W.Bates,team .10 00 J.J.Pratt,team 112 13 H.L.McMabon 28 00 I.N.Pratt,10 00 J.T.Barnes,team 76 19 W.T.Barnes,team .207 65 J.T.Fitts,teaming cart fiom ]3ostoil 10 00 H.L.Willard,team 76 19 G.Jason,team 207 65 T.L.Ayers,team 97 76 E.F.Lincoln,team .35 00 G.W.Mealy,team .11 50 J.W.Whitcomb,team 43 13 SUPPLIES M.A.Bnrke,blacksmithing 26 25 J.H.O'Neil,blow torch .3 00 Kenny Mfg.Co.,repairs .28 60 Litchfield Express,express 1 05 Tower Bros.,supplies 5 65 Barrett Mfg.Co.,tarvia 2,165 19 H.Heiltz,repairs.48 N.Y.,N.H.&.H.R.R.,freight .2 9 mi Cohasset Supply,supplies 6 56 N.E.Road Machine Co.spray pum]o 300 00 Studebaker Co.,repairs 15 00 Mrs.J.Beale,saud .•.16 50 158 M.J.Sullivan,brushes J.W.Whitcomb,sand Total Balance to treasury 31 24 80 00 Q.K QOfi Art $21,062 26 29 87 $21,092 13 SUMMARY BY STREETS Including cleaning gutters,building fences, graveling,sanding,tarving,catch basins, Smith place Elm court Short street and Cushing road Pond street King street Beach street Parker avenue Border street Stockbridge street Margin street Atlantic avenue Nichols road Elm street Summer street . South Main street Spring street Beechwood street Doane street Church street . Brook and three short streets across Common Highland avenue Oak street Ash street painting,repairing, etc. $900 00 190 00 740 00 775 00 485 00 410 00 300 00 560 00 200 00 1160 00 855 00 445 00 550 00 800 00 1140 00 1000 00 1445 00 245 00 65 00 125 00 165 00 385 00 105 00 159 Norfolk road Pleasant street Sohier street North Main street Depot avenue Jerusalem road . Forest avenue . $145 00 280 00 525 00 585 00 330 00 1,390 00 735 00 $17,045 00 SNOW ACCOUNT. H.O.Wood H.Clark E.C.Clark G.F.Sargent Jr H.C.Sargent R.G.Pratt R.A.Bates H.A.Williams A.Foster . E.J.Sweeny T.O'Neil . M.J.Sullivan T.Bates George Stover J,Curley . A.J.Morris A.W.Morris F.Frates . W.F.Burke J.Kane C.Stover . J.W.Mulchay C.Mc Auliff C.Wilson J.T.Bethel S.Grinnell $31 80 1 50 5 10 5 40 3 00 3 00 1 80 2 70 1 50 10 80 26 40 6 00 4 20 3 60 7 50 12 60 4 20 15 60 25 20 4 80 1 20 2 70 4 80 2 10 4 50 9 60 160 F.J.Salvador Ed.Grassie C.F.Wilbur C.A.Mitchell W.V.Grassie C.F.Wilbur R.Kinsley P.Grassie A.Bandura J.Kennedy A.Petersen C,Desmond P.O'Keefe W.E.Kinsley H.Studley F.C.Blossom Ira Bates . E.Mc Lean A.Francis J.J.Oliver Paul C.Tilden F.X.Valine A.Sidney . T.McSweeney J.W.Edwards A.J.Antoine,Jr. James Goldie D.Golden J.L.Munnis A.Scheydecker M.Oliver . J.Silvia . F.C.Higgins S.Grassie R.J.Clark F.E.Jason Wni.Powers $8 40 2 10 40 90 80 40 30 00 00 39 45 80 20 16 80 3 60 21 35 4 50 6 75 6 00 6 75 11 70 4 50 8 85 3 15 7 05 10 80 1 35 7 05 12 30 12 30 5 10 19 80 5 10 6 75 4 80 31 20 50 70 32 40 161 G.F.Sargent W.Laury . W.E.McGrath F.Silvia . D.F.O'Brine Fred;Fuller G.McKenzie J.T.Barnes T.H.Henry E.P.Bates W.P.Bates M.Lyons . M.F.JMcAuliffe B.Kennedy P.Donovan E.T.Reilly J.J.Silvia Geo.A.Silvia J.H.Kimball C.F.Silvia H.Makin F.J.Antoine J.Sweeney R.Grassie E.Sidney . W.Whitcoinb J.J.Grassie P.T.Ford C.R.Jason A.Hiltz . C.Bennett H.Hiltz . W.H.Jason George Young C.W.Stover S.Apts . J.H.Davis $30 60 3 60 44 40 4 80 44 40 1 05 1 20 20 40 3 60 36 75 34 05 45 60 48 60 32 55 21 00 59 10 30 60 46 20 24 15 1 20 8 10 52 50 3 60 23 40 20 25 18 00 15 30 16 20 28 80 1 80 4 20 6 00 6 60 2 85 1 50 5 40 2 10 162 F.C.Blossom F.Bergen J.W.Bates &Son J.Fizerido J.Ferriera H.Sullivan H.W.White A.McLean George Damon. A.L.Ahearn S.F.James W.H.Bates H.C.Bates and others Richard Cadden M.H.Donovan D.D.Desmond B.Daly . H.W.Burbank W.W.Bates J.J.Grassie R.Manning J.F.Bandura John Sweeney J.F.Smith A.J.Sylvia C.Studley F.F.Martin,Jr A.Studley G.W.Pratt G.P.Valine T.A.Tower J.W.Whitcomb Peter Rooney J.Ferriera R.Stevens Arne Petersen E.H.Thompson $3 60 1 20 14 70 2 10 1 05 8 70 15 00 5 10 14 40 4 80 8 10 7 20 115 05 27 30 56 10 58 95 59 40 2 10 13 35 99 75 40 50 27 30 38 10 71 70 42 00 12 00 3 00 32 70 7 20 27 90 8 70 41 25 18 75 44 85 42 90 11 40 2 10 163 F.D.Grassie A.E.Grassie R.Doris . B.Litchfield G.G.Monteiro Manuel Sousa €.E.Frates Fred Mitchell W.Sullivan H.A.Williams D.Gillis . Wm.McNamarr A.F.James A.S.Bates E.James . R.James . A.Gonsalves J.R.Bean S.H.Stoughton I.Stoughton E.Coles . A.J.Ferreira J.M.Silvia E.Higgins L.Maudsly H.Litchfield Wm.P.Arnold F.J.Silvia L.Cadose F.Vera . J.Bethel . T.Grassie M.Figurido J.Manuel A.S.Richardson T.Keating L.Higgins and others $9 30 9 30 4 20 5 25 9 30 1 80 9 00 1 65 17 10 4 65 9 30 2 40 21 90 15 60 15 00 17 70 1 20 6 90 1 20 1 20 16 20 3 30 18 30 3 00 1 20 2 10 2 10 2 40 9 00 6 00 2 70 3 90 1 80 3 90 91 95 2 20 2 40 164 H.F.Barnes A.Petersen C.Dyment E.Grassie G.Clay . W.Sidney E.McSweeney A.Oliver . A.Figerrido C.L.Reddy J.L.Jason L.Figerrido H.Morse . E.Bowser C.L.Curtis Theo Mathies H.H.White J.Leary . D.McSweeney J.F.Sylvia W.H.McArthur William J.Brennock J.A.Donovan G.W.Flint A.Kennedy E.M.Cronican S.L.Damon H.Pratt . A.H.Prouty . George Sullivan H.Flint . Fred Sullivan J.E.Grassie T.Curtis . F.Fernandez J.W.Bates B.Curley . 1 50 1 50 1 20 1 50 1 80 3 00 3 00 2 40 17 40 9 30 9 30 9 30 1 20 1 20 1 80 7 20 19 80 2 40 75 1 50 38 40 60 33 15 15 90 11 40 43 20 18 30 35 25 30 60 25 20 3 90 28 80 7 20 3 90 2 25 5 40 5 10 165 G.Mulhern 2 40 H.T.Keating 4 80 D.Murphy 15 60 L.E.Bates 3 00 J.Curtis .2 70 J.J.Brown 21 45 C.P.Sylvia .18 30 P.J.Rooney 10 20 F.Cadose 28 35 J.J.Rooney 18 00 G.James .23 25 J.James 21 15 P.E.Rooney 7 95 C.Batman .14 85 T.J.Ayers,men and horses 34 20 E.W.Bates,men and horses 95 75 E.E.Bates,men and horses 21 00 A.A.Davenport,men and horsesJ .181 69 J.N.Pratt,men and horses 155 28 J.T.Barnes,men and horses 259 90 G.Jason,men and horses 276 89 W.T.Barnes,men and horses 221 10 H.L.Willard,men and horses 247 20 T.A.Stevens,men and horses 160 80 C.H.Stoughton,men and horses 21 30 H.L.McMahon,men and horses 112 30 H.F.Tilden,men and horses 265 70 M.A.Burke,repairing plows 16 80 Tower Bros.,sal t,etc.4 97 Amount appropriated $5,330 23 $3,500 00 Respectfully submitted, GEORGE JASON Highway Surveyor. REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR The amount raised for the maintenance of the Poor depart- ment for 1916 was $8000.From this appropriation accounts of 1915 to the amount of $1490.20 were paid.There remained un- paid on Jan.1,1917,bills amounting to $1137.21,as against the amount quoted above of unpaid bills of 1915.Your Board of Overseers feel that $8000 raised this year will be sufficient to care properly for the needy poor. The cost of maintaining the Cohasset Home this year shows a slight advance due to increased prices for necessities and a larger number of inmates in the institution. It is useless to enter into a detailed account of figures or write a lengthy report,as the entire expenses of this department are set forth in full in the report of the Town Accountant.The only items omitted are the names and totals paid to individuals receiving aid,which publication is prohibited by law. Your Board recommends that a separate amount be raised for the services of the district nurse,as the employment of the nurse seems to be a matter important enough to be settled by the voters themselves. The matter of reinsuring the Cohasset Home must be ar- ranged for this year for a term of years,and the amount neces- sary should be raised for this purpose.The last premium paid was $600,in November,1912,on $10,000. Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM O.SOUTHER,Jr. HARRY E.MAPES HERBERT L.BROWN Overseers of the Poor. TOWN OF COHASSET REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS For Year Ending: DECEMBER 3J,I9i6 SCHOOL COMMITTEE,J9J6 Miss Edith M.Bates Dr.Evan P.Wentworth George Jason Jr. Sheldon N.Ripley . Thomas L.Stevens . Dr.Darius W.Gilbert Term expires in March,1917 Term expires in March,1917 Term expires in March,1918 Term expires in March,1918 Term expires in March,1919 Term expires in March,1919 ORGANIZATION Chairman Secretary Treasurer Dr.Darius W.Gilbert Sheldon N.Ripley Miss Edith M.Bates REGULAR MEETINGS First Monday of each month at 7.45 P.M. SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Stanley C.Lary,Telephone 304-W. OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT Osgood School,Telephone 349-W. The Superintendent's office is open on school days from 8.30 to 13,and from 1 to 4.30 The Superintendent's office hours are from 8.30 to 9,and 3 to 4.30 on each school day. SCHOOL PHYSICIAN Oliver H.Howe,M.D.,Telephone 14. SCHOOL NURSE Miss Agnes Weir,Telephone 250. ATTENDANCE OFFICER Thomas L.Bates,Telephones,Residence 305 and Office 372-W. 172 SCHOOL CALENDAR,1916-17 Fall term,opens September 18,closes December 22.Winter term,first half,opens January 2,closes February 16 ;second half,opens February 26,closes April 13.Spring term,opens April 23,closes June 15.Fall term opens September 10,1917. NO SCHOOL SIGNAL Instead of the customary fire-alarm signal,the electric street lights will be used.The current will be on five minutes,7.30 to 7.35,sessions suspended for Grades 1 to 8 inclusive.7.45 to 7.50 sessions suspended for all schools. SUPERVISORS AND TEACHERS,1916-17 Supervisors : Mrs.Edward L.Stevens —Music (1913) Teachers : Ralph M.Bonney —English and Science.Grades 8 to 13 (1916) Minnie E.Bigelow—Commercial Subjects.Grades 9 to 13 (1902) Marion C.Chandler—Modern Language.Grades 8 to 13 (1910) ILulu B.Smith—Commercial Subjects.Grades 9 to 13 (1914) Mildred Cutler —English,Foreign Language.Grades 9 to 13 (1916) Beatrice W.Jardine—Home Economics.Grades 7 to 13 (1916) John Black Jr.—Manual Training.Grades 7 to 13 (1914) Arthur Eastman —Mechanical Drawing.Grades 7 to 13(1916) Florence E.Kraus —Drawing.Grade 1 to 13 (1914) Martha P.Bates—History.Grades 5 to 8 (1880) <*enevra L.McCaw—Language,Composition.Grades 5 to 8.History,grade 13,(1916). Edith L.Waugh—Science.Grades 1 to 8.Writing,Grades 5 to 6,Geography,grades 5 to 7 (1913) 173 Helen I.Brickett—Reading and Spelling.Grades 5 to 8. English,Grade 10 (1916) Theo Wilson—Arithmetic.Grades 5 to 8 (1915) June E.Simmons —Grade 4 (1915) Elaine Wing—Grade 3 (1916) Esther Plaisted—Grade 2 (1916) Sarah E.Fox—Grade 1 (1883) Kathleen McMahon—Assistant.Grade 1 to 4 (1915) Ruth C.Westgate—Beechwood School.Grades 1 to 3(1916) Lot.W.Bates —Unassigned Assistant. (The date in parentheses indicates the year when service began in Cohasset). REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE The School Committee submits its report for the year 1916, with an estimate of the amounts which will be needed for the maintenance of schools and for conveyance of pupils for the cur- rent year. The Town voted at its last annnal meeting to appropriate a sum of money for "Safety to Life and Fire Prevention"in the Osgood School building. Plans and specifications were carefully prepared by an archi- tect,based on suggestions and a report made by Mr.Gilbert S. Tower and an inspector from the State Building Inspection De- partment.These plans were presented to the above department which made other recommendations and required further changes, finally approving them. The improvements include fireproof partitions and self-clos- ing fire doors,separating the boilers and coal bins from the rest of the basement ;two extra exits from basement to yard ;a fire wall cutting off the tower staircase from basement,and steps and rails in all rooms leading to the fire escapes. Automatic sprinkler equipment was installed throughout the basement with the necessary alarms,and we are now recom- mended to have one of the gongs moved and connected with the Central fire station,so that an alarm would be sounded and at- tenden to at once,regardless as to whether or not the school building was occupied. A four-inch standpipe was run through the halls to the top of the building,with a nozzle and fifty feet of fire hose on each floor and in the basement.A mechanical fire alarm with a twelve- inch gong on each floor has been installed. 176 Two chimneys,which were dangerous,were taken down to the roof and rebuilt.The roof was partly slated,as being of more permanent construction than shingles,as well as fireproof.It is the intention to slate the balance of roof when it needs re-shingl- ing.The large flat portion of roof was retinned,and the old wooden railing removed as dangerous and an iron pipe railing substituted. The Committee feels that the amounts appropriated were used to good advantage. The night school was discontinued January 1st,1917,on ad- vice of the Superintendent,owing to the small attendance. The general condition of the schools is quite satisfactory. ESTIMATE OF AMOUNT WHICH WILL BE REQUIRED FOR THE CURRENT YEAR General expenses : Expenses of School Committee,salaries and ex- penses of Superintendent .$1,750 00 Expenses of instruction : Supervisors'and Teachers'salaries 19,050 00 Text books 800 00 Supplies and maintenance .2,500 00 Operating expenses : Janitors ,1,200 00 Fuel 2,525 00 Electric light and power 700 00 JKLeUIItcIlAiJCc • Repairs and replacements 1,000 00 Auxiliary agencies ; Libraries,health,etc 200 00 Miscellaneous expenses : Tuition,etc 600 00 Outlay : New equipment 1,500 00 177 Transportation 5,700 00 Total ,$37,525 00 Respectfully submitted THOMAS L.STEVENS. DR.DARIUS W.GILBERT,Chairman. MISS EDITH M.BATES,Treasurer. DR.EVAN P.WENTWORTH. GEORGE JASON,Jr. SHELDON N.RIPLEY,Secretary. REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. To the School Committee and Citizens of Cohasset : I submit herewith my Fourth Annual Report which is the twenty-ninth in the series of Annual Reports of Superintendents of the Cohasset Public Schools. In this report,I shall present, (A.)The changes that have taken place in the cur- riculum of schools,especially as regards the High School,since 1902. (B.)Comparative costs for 1902-1916,with ex- planation. (C.)Comparative costs for the last four years. (D.)Statistics. (A.)CHANGES IN THE CURRICULUM. In making this comparison,my only purpose is to answer in a concrete way the question,—Why does education cost so much more today than in 1902?A moderate increase would be ex- pected and require little or no explanation,but,where costs have doubled,interested citizens not only have the right to know,but should demand,the reasons therefor. I have chosen the year 1902 with which to make a comparison, because in that year the Commercial Course was introduced,and in that year an outline of courses of study in the High School was printed in the Superintendent's report.Up to the time of the reorganization of the schools in 1912,no changes of importance were made in this curriculum of the High School,therefore the year 1902 is as representative as any of the succeeding years. 179 It is obvious that there are several factors which may have a direct bearing on increased costs of schools.The most im- portant are : — (a)Increase in attendance. (b)Enlargement and enrollment of curriculum requir- ing more teachers,more supplies,etc. (c)Larger salaries, (a)Increase in Attendance. An increase in school attendance is usually due to the growth of the community in which the school is located.That such is not the case in Cohasset is evidenced by the following fact : The population of Cohasset in 1900 was 2759,and in 1915,2800 —an increase of 1.4%.During the same period,the school at- tendance increased 21.8%as shown by the following table: Year Average Membership.Increase.Percent of Increase 1902 403 1916 501 98 21.8 The only other cause of increased attendance is the attrac- tiveness of the school curriculum which hold boys and girls in school.If there is doubt on this point,the following table would seem to me to be conclusive. This table is a comparison of membership in the grades and High School for the years 1902 and 1916 : HIGH SCHOOL Year Average Membership.Increase.Percent of Increase 1902 70 1916 119 49 70 GRADES 1902 333 1916 382 49 14.7 Since the great majority of pupils pass the compulsory age limit at about the beginning of the High School period,the fact that there has been a 70%increase in High School attendance 180 since 1902 proves beyond a shadow of doubt that there must be something,somewhere,within the school itself which is attracting and holding these boys and girls in school. (b)The Enlargement and Enrichment of the Curriculum. If it is true that the increased attendance is due to changes in the curriculum of the school,it should be interesting to study, somewhat in detail,the nature of those changes. For the sake of clearness,the Courses of Study as printed in the report of the Superintendent of Schools for 1902 and the present courses are submitted. THE GENERAL COURSE IN 1902 Subject First Year Credits English and Composition . History (Ancient) Latin -±i 3 4 Science 2 Algebra 5 Second Year English and Composition History (English) Latin ........3 5 Greek 3 Geometry 5 Third Year English and Composition .... Latin .5J 4 Physics 5 American History and Civil Government,or Political Economy Botany and Physical Geography Greek CO CO CO German 2 French 4 181 Fourth Year English (College Requirements)6 \ American History and Civil Government,or Political Economy..3 Botany and Physical Geography ....3 French 4 Latin 4 Greek 3 German 2 Advanced Physics 2 Advanced Algebra 3 Advanced Geometry 3 Chemistry 4 THE COMMERCIAL COURSE IN 1902. Subjects.Credits. First Year. English and Composition 4J History (Ancient)3 Commercial Arithmetic ......3 Commercial Geography 3 Penmanship 1 Algebra 5 Second Year. English and Composition 4£ History (English)3 Commercial Arithmetic 2 Bookkeeping 3 Penmanship 1 Geometry 5 J Third Year. English and Composition 5 A- Bookkeeping and Business Practice ....5 182 Stenography and Typewriting 5 French ,..4 German .2 Penmanship 1 American History and Civil Government,or Political Economy 3 Botany and Physical Geography 3 Physics -..5 Fourth Year. English (College Requirements). Stenography and Typewriting Business Practice .... American History and Civil Government, Economy English (College Requirements). American History and Civil Government, Economy ..... Botany and Physical Geography . French Latin Greek German Advanced Physics . Advanced Algebra .... Advanced Geometry .... Chemistry ...... or Political or Political «* 5 4 3 64 3 3 4 4 3 2 2 3 3 4 A comparison of these two courses of study will show : First,that instead of two courses,the Commercial and Gen- eral as in 1902,we now have five —College Preparatory (Aca- demic),College Preparatory (Scientific),Practical Arts (Girls), Practical Arts (Boys),and Commercial Course. The introduction of the Commercial Course in 1902 was in keeping with educational progress and a step in the right direc- tion.Since the battle has been fought and won,and ^business subjects have become a recognized and acceptable part of High 183 School education,few will recall the opposition with which they met.Staid supporters of the traditional subjects looked upon the introduction of these "bread and butter courses"with mis givings.The customary criticism,"fads and frills,"were hurled at them.Many school men,"storm centers"of all this criticism, strove to conceal the real purpose of business subjects by plead- ing their cultural value as subjects of instruction.But,like all good things,commercial education only needed time to prove its worth.Its main purpose was to offer a wider opportunity for boys and girls to adjust themselves to this practical world in which we live,and to meet that foremost and ever present prob- lem,the earning of a livelihood. The General Course,as offered in 1902,was in keeping with the traditional demands of College entrance.The High School, then,at this time,offered two opportunities to its boys and girls. They could either prepare for college or prepare for business. Until 1912,there were no changes in the offerings of the High School.At this time,as I have explained in previous re- ports,there was a reorganization of all our schools and the New Practical Arts Courses were introduced. Like their predecessor,the Commercial Course,their "path has not been strewn with roses.""Fads and frills"they still are in the minds of many people,and there are school men who strive to plead the cultural value of these subjects.They may be cult- ural.I,for one,think they are.But this is not the purpose for which they exist.Rather are they here,because we have come to feel and believe that in bringing boys and girls into accord with their environment and giving them those essentials which shall enable them to meet the practical problem of every day life, industrial activities and the practical mathematics and mechanics which underlie them and the wealth of instructive and interesting material which surrounds them may be as important,if not more so,than Greek or Latin ;and that teaching the art of making a good home as important as instruction in Shakespeare or Chaucer.Not that Greek and Latin,Shakespeare and Chaucer, are not all that has been claimed for them as a part of the educa- tional curriculum.Few would deny their worth.But rather that 184 we are confronted with the very practical problem of meeting the needs of those boys and girls who formerly left school,either be- cause they found the cultural curriculum too difficult or dull,or in the offerings of the School nothing which would help them get started in the way of a livelihood. In previous reports,I have elaborated on these principles which underlie the introduction of these new courses.I have tried to show that they are not "fads and f rills,"but a direct re- sult of the demands of our time on the public schools that they fulfill their mission,and offer types of education suited to the needs of all the children. It will be noted,then,that the enlarged and enriched courses of today,lead to preparation for college,to preparation for bus- iness,to some degree of skill and knowledge underlying the field of industrial activity,and to knowledge of the essentials of good homemaking. This is an extensive program.Its inauguration and main- tenance has led to large expenditures.There are few commun- ities as small as Cohasset attempting such an extensive program. On the other hand,there are few communities holding as many pupils in schools after they have passed the compulsory age limit. As evidence of the fact,note the following table. THE COURSE OF STUDY IN 1912 College Preparatory Course (Academic —Boys and Girls) 9 11 English A Algebra A Social Science A • 5 English C 5 Geometry C 3 English History C . 5 5 3 Electives Electives Latin A . French B General Science • 5 Latin C . 5 French D . 3 German B Physics or Chemistry . 5 5 5 7-5 185 10 English B Geometry B . Greek and Roman History B 12 Electives French C Latin B . German A English D Algebra D Electives Latin D . German C United States History D Physics or Chemistry College Preparatory Course (Scientific—Boys) 9 11 7-5 English A Algebra A General Science 5 5 3 English C Geometry C 5 5 Electives Electives French B 5 French D .5 Social Science A 3 German B 5 Mechanical Drawing Shopwork 2-1 8-4 History C . Mechanical Drawing Shopwork Practical Electricity 3 2-1 8-4 4-2 10 12 English B Geometry B . 5 5 English D Algebra D 5 5 Electives Electives French C 5 German C 5 German A History B Mechanical Drawing Shopwork 5 3 .2-1 .8-4 History D Mechanical Drawing 1 Shopwork Practical Electricity 3 )2-1 ,8-4 .4-2 The first figure signifies the number of periods per week ; the second,the credits. 186 Practical Arts Course (Home-making—Girls) 11 Engli&h A . Social Science A Free-hand Drawing A Cooking A Sewing A 5 3 2-1 4-2 4-2 English M Free-hand Drawing Design C Household Arts C 5 4-2 10-5 Electives Electives French B General Science A . Algebra A Commercial Arithmetic 5 3 5 5 French D . German B History C Physics or Chemistry 5 5 3 7-5 10 12 English B Free-hand Drawing Cooking B Sewing B 5 2-1 4-2 .4-2 English N Free-hand Drawing Design D Household Arts D 5 4-2 8-4 Electives Electives French C German A History B Geometry B . Commercial Arithmetic Typewriting . 5 5 3 5 5 .4-2 German C History D Physics or Chemistry 5 3 7-5 Practical Arts Course (Industrial—Boys) 11 English A 5 English M ..5 Social Science A 3 Mechanical Drawing C 4-2 Mechanical Drawing A .2-1 Shopwork C ..10-5 Shopwork A .8-4 187 Elective s Electives French B ...5 General Science ..3 Algebra A ...5 Commercial Arithmetic A 3 French D German B History C . Practical Electricity B Physics or Chemistry 5 5 3 4-2 7-5 10 12 English B Mechanical Drawing Shopwork 5 .2-1 .8-4 English N Mechanical Drawing . Shopwork . 5 4-2 10-5 Electives Electives French C German A History B Geometry B . Commercial Arithmetic Typewriting . 5 5 3 5 3 .2-1 German C History D Practical Electricity B Physics or Chemistry 5 3 4-2 7-5 Commercial Com se (Business —Boys and Girls) 9 ii English A Social Science A Commercial Arithmetic A 5 3 5 English M Stenography A . Typewriting B . Business Practice A . Commercial Geography 5 5 4-2 5-3 5 Electives Electives General Science Algebra A French B Shopwork A . Mechanical Drawing Free-hand Drawing Sewing A Cooking A 3 5 5 8-4 2-1 2-1 4-2 4-2 History C . French D . German B Physics or Chemistry 3 5 5 7-5 188 10 12 English B 5 English N 5 Commercial Arithmetic K 5 Stenography B .5 Typewriting A .2-1 Typewriting .4-2 Business Practice 5-3 Commercial Law 5 Electives Electives History B ...3 History D 3 French C 5 German C 5 German A 5 Physics or Chemistrjr 7-5 Geometry 5 Shopwork 8-4 Mechanical Drawing 2-1 Cooking .4-2 Sewing .4-2 Free-hand Drawing *2-1 A comparison of the average membership of the Cohasset High School with the 118 towns in Group III (Towns having a population of 5000 or less and maintaining High Schools) . Ratio of Average Membership of all schools to Average Membership of High Schools. Total High School Ratio Ave.Mem-Ave.Member- bership ship OroupIII 43,189 7523 17.4 Cohasset 501 119 23.7 Rate of Average Membership of Elementary Schools to Average Membership of High Schools. Elementary High School Ratio Ave.Member-Ave.Mem- ship bership Group III 35,665 7523 21 Cohasset 382 119 31.2 189 As further evidence that we are holding our boys and girls in school the following comparison should prove interesting. A Comparison of Population with Membership of High School. Population Ave.Mem-Percent bership Group III 263,408 7523 .028 Cohasset 2800 119 .042 With these facts before us the question which must naturally arise is,—Is it worth the cost ?The United States Commissioner of Education speaking at the Brookline Civic Forum a few days ago,said, "The stability of the American democracy will be seriously threatened within two generations unless there comes a universal system of High School education for all children. " In other words,instead of forcing by scholastic standards 90%of our boys and girls out of school at just the age when they are most in need of educational assistance,we should,by enriching our courses of study,strive to hold them in school. This has been the aim of the Cohasset schools during the past three years,and it is to be hoped that it will continue to be the aim. (B.)A COMPARISON OF COSTS,1902—1916. COST FOR DUTIES OF SUPERINTENDENT AND PRINCIPAL. Percent of Decrease.Year.Salary.Decrease 1902 $2,400 1916 2,000 $400 20 In 1902 these duties were not combined as they are today under a single head.At that time the Principal received $1,700 and the Superintendent $700,the former giving full time and the latter two days a week.In 1912 the duties were combined and the salary reduced to $2,000. 190 COST FOB SUPERVISORS AND TEACHERS Year Salaries Increase Per cent,of Increase 1902 $8563.10 1916 17005.51 8442.41 98 The increase,which is nearly 100%,is due in the first place to the much higher salaries being paid today than in 1902.A fair idea of this factor may be obtained by taking the salaries of two teachers then and now in the service of the schools. HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER Year Salary Increase Per cent,of Increase 1902 $600 1916 1000 400 66.6 A GRADE TEACHER Year Salary Increase Per cent,of Increase 1902 $480 1916 750 270 56.2 The other factor is the increase in the number of teachers, due to the reorganization of the work of the schools and to the introduction of the new practical arts courses.Where in 1902 there were four teachers giving their full time to the High School group,to-day there are five full time teachers and five giv- ing a part of their time to High School instruction.Where in 1902 there were eleven grade teachers giving full time to the grades,to-day there are twelve teachers giving full time and four giving a part of their time. TEXT BOOKS AND SUPPLIES. Percent of Increase. 41 Year.Amount.Increase. 1902 $584 1916 2,998.48 $2,414.48 191 The increase is due almost entirely to the additional supplies required by the Practical Arts Departments.All of the supplies for the cooking and sewing,and for the lumber and materials used in the shop,are chargeable under this head.A proportion of it is returned,for the products of kitchen are sold at the school lunch,and boys who produce a piece of furniture out of valuable wood pay for the cost of the wood.However,with these de- ducted,there would still be a decided increase. Practical education is more expensive than the older forms of education.To learn by doing requires things to do with,and this means added expense. MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES. Year.Amount.Increase.Percent of Increase. 1902 $282.39 1916 501.08 $218.69 77 Changes under this head vary so from year to year that a com- parison is impossible.The reason for the increase is the general increase in expenditures. MAINTENANCE—REPAIRS. 1902 $567.80 1916 2741.56 $2173.76 262 In the amount expended for 1916 is included outlays for which there is no comparable amount on 1902.The admirable ideal of the Committee,to make the physical surroundings of the pupils of a high order,has necessitated the expenditures of large amounts. At present,the two school buidings are in excellent condition and slight expenditures each year should keep them so. JANITORS'SALARIES. 1902 $956.19 1916 1166.50 $210.31 21.9 This item is only explainable by the higher rate of wages paid than in 1902.More janitors were employed then than now. 192 TRANSPORTATION 1902 $2225.30 1916 4861.50 $2746.20 123 There are two factors entering into the increased cost of trans- portation. (a)A larger number of pupils being conveyed,requiring more vehicles. (b)A higher rate of wages paid to barge contractors. In this connection the following table should be of interest. A Comparison of cost per pupil for transportation in Cohas- set and Group III,(118 towns with a population of 5000 or less): Paid for Transportation Cost per 1915-1916 pupil Group III $174,815.79 $4.04 Cohasset 5,111.25 10.20 Average for each town $1481.49. Now a centralized system of schooh such as Cohasset has maintained since the Osgood School was built must necessarily increase transportation costs.In analyzing costs of support this fact should be kept in mind.To put it graphically,District Education equals in cost Central Education plus transportation. The Junior High School movement,which is now sweeping over the country,in its essentials,has been incorporated in the Cohasset schools for the past three years,and has been possible since 1891.Moreover,as communities build Central schools for seventh and eighth grades,transportation costs will rise and the table shown above will be considerably altered. FUEL Year Amount Increase Per cent,of Increase 1902 $805.36 1916 1076.32 $270.96 33 There are two factors which can enter into the increase : (a)Increase in amount of fuel used. (b)Increase in price. 193 LIGHT AND POWER Year Amount 1916 $632.94 Electric charges in 1902 were inconsiderable.There were but few lights in the Osgood School,and these were used but little.To-day the buildings are fully wired and the monthly charges for light is subsequently increased. In 1902,there were no charges for power.To-day,we have seven motors.The largest one,the fan motor,runs continually from 9 A.M.to 3 P.M.Four others are attached to machines and are used a considerable amount.Two small ones,attached to the sanitary system,are used only during the warm months, when the furnaces are not in use. CONCLUSION The Cohasset Schools,as they are being conducted,are ex- pensive.The justification for the expenditures is based on the extensive program which is being offered,and the large increase in attendance,especially in the upper grades. In our effort to have good schools,have we surpassed in ex- penditures the other communities of the State ?The following table will show : Amount Expended Year State Cohasset 1885 $4,675,882.48 $6,100.00 1916 27,342,131.77 33,756.59 Per cent,of Increase 511 458 In conclusion,I wish to thank everyone who by thought, word or deed,has contributed to make the Cohasset Schools bet- ter schools,serving effectively the need of the child and the need of the State. Respectfully submitted, S.C.LARY REPORT OF SCHOOL PHYSICIAN. To the School Committee : Following the study of social conditions which appeared in last year's report,I have given a talk on health matters in each school room.I can already see some improvement in the physi- cal condition of the pupils and believe parents are bestowing more thought upon it.This year has been free from epidemics and we have fortunately escaped that dreaded Infantile Paralysis. With thanks for the co-operation of the Committee,Superin- tendent,teachers and School Nurse. O.H.HOWE,M.D. MUSIC DEPARTMENT Mr.Stanley C.Lary, Superintendent of Schools. Dear Sir :I respectfully submit for your approval my re- port for 1916. Regular woik continues along the same lines as heretofore, and grades,as well as individuals,show improvement from term to term. The singing of the High school chorus has been commended on several occasions and earnest effort is made to improve the music in every way. For your unfailing encouragement and assistance and the pleasant cooperation of the teachers I desire to express my grate- ful appreciation. KATHERINE D.STEVENS DRAWING DEPARTMENT Mr.Stanley C.Lary, Superintendent of Schools. Dear Sir : I submit for your consideration and approval my third an- nual report. The work of the Drawing Department has been carried on with encouraging results.Changes have been made in the out- line for the year to meet the special needs of the pupils and of the community.One of the most important factors in the suc- cess of the work has been the steadily increasing interest on the part of the pupils.The result of this interest has been an up- ward trend in the quality of the results obtained. An exhibition constituting a general review of the year's work was held in June,the work of the High School girls being exhibited in the Bates Building.The girls are enthusiastic over their new drawing room,which is nearly completed.The new facilities for carrying on the work are greatly appreciated. Regular visits have been made to the Beechwood School where the same increasing interest and the hearty co-operation of the teacher have been productive of good results. I wish to thank you for the encouragement I have received through your hearty support and for the influence which your interest has exerted toward the efficency of the Drawing Department. 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S3o o o •• ft*o « sspss E* w S-t .C3 *-> a •*a §53 £ os s CO CD* o *S •• C3 1 oo T"go >»°"S «««.03 <3 oo A S3 2 g P«bC 5 o is *a 9 w .53006- z 2 9 2J at £»OD a rf CM CO "^4 g ^•w^^ 198 O 00 00 C<J 00 <N CO y-i co T-H lOO CO H OS OiO 00 *H rH *&tH <N U^ ©xo t>tH to co OS <N UOH H *v£>^O Oi (NO b-^H T-t HlO <N © <^•" iO rn t>i-O -^H t^ooa<m ~H -rH tH ! 1 *# t>^H O tH tH CO CO i-i CO -tf <M OS (N O C5 i-i <N co co «> ••., •••• 92 CdD •S * 32 2 0)o S3 J5 •«* 'ft id &o 2 sho9ft s Ex on (t ries 3 .Sh O D £ W *S3 fc H to «« Hi 02 tJ >—\/— \ H ^~S'*^a ko co <t>00 S i-»*-«^rtH g ww S o 199 D.STATISTICAL TABLES Statistics for Year Ending June 16,1916 Table I Enrollment Average Membership Average Attendance Per cent,of Attendance Beechwood Schools Grades I-II -III 19 18.1 15.2 83.97 Osgood School Grade I 51 48.5 45.92.8 II 47 45.3 42.3 93.37 III 40 39.1 35.89.5 IV 51 49.3 44.2 89.65 V 42 39.4 37.93.9 V-VI 32 30.3 27.1 89.4 VI-VII 42 39.2 35.3 90.05 VII-VIII 36 33.6 29.1 86.6 VIII 39 37.2 34.2 91.9 IX 35 33.3 30.1 90.39 X 31 30.6 26.3 85.9 XI 22 20.8 17.1 82.2 XII 20 20.1 17.84.57 XIII 17 ENRO 16.2 14.1 GRADES 87. •LLMENT OF Table II Beechwood Schools Oct.1915 Oct.1916 Grades I-II-III 19 17 Osgood School Grade I 52 46 II 47 45 III 40 37 IV 50 47 V 42 49 200 V-VI VI-VII vn-vm vni IX x XI XII XIII 82 27 42 49 33 40 39 38 34 85 30 30 19 25 20 16 16 19 Total 515 520 RETURNS TO THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHU- SETTS FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR 1915-1916 Population,State Census,1915 ...2,800 Valuation as of April 1,1915 ....$9,875,915 Teaching Staff in Public Day Schools,Elementary and High January 1,1916 : Principals 1 Supervisors 1 Teachers 19 Total 21 Pupils in Public Day Schools, ending June 30,1916 : Pupils Enrolled Aggregate Days'Attendance Average Daily Attendance Average number of days in session Average Membership School Census,Sept.1,1915 Persons 5 to 7 years . Persons 7 to 17 years Persons 14 to 16 years High and Elementary,year 525 78,896 4 49 176 501 328 77 REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF WIRES Cohasset,Feb.1,1917 Board of Selectmen,Cohasset : Gentlemen :Following is my fifth annual report as inspec- tor of wires. There were two small fires from electrical causes during the past year,one caused from lightning following the service wires into a house;the other,sawdust collecting inside a motor became ignited.In both cases the loss was nominal. The inspection of house and building wiring has progressed as usual.About 400 permits for wiring of various kinds were is- sued and upward of 500 inspections made.One case of viola- tion of the law covering licensing of electricians was discovered and settled out of court. One electrician was taken before the State Board of Electri- cal Examiners for dangerous and faulty work,and at the request of the wire inspector his case placed on file.An up-to-date card system was installed last May,and all the records of the Wire Department are in good condition and open to the inspec- tion of any one interested at any time. The outside plant is in good condition and the usual good rate of progress has been made.The local force of the Electric Light Company have worked with the Wire Inspector to effect many improvements,and a very pleasing spirit of co-operation has existed during the past year.Over 100 defects of various nature of outside plant have been reported by the Wire Depart- ment to the different companies involved. The Hingham Municipal Light Depanment are relocating their poles on Hull street which will remove a dangerous condition existing at present,owing to the poor condition of the present poles. 202 The New England Telephone and Telegraph Company will install considerable additional cable this season,thus replacing certain ring wiring and open wires to good advantage. The Electric Light &Power Company of Abington and Rockland have replaced most of the old hard pine poles which remained within the town limits.A new wiring system is in process of installation through the town. The N.Y.,N.H.&H.R.R.are putting in a block signal system which is paralleled by a 2300 volt circuit to furnish the current to operate the signals.As these feed wires cross electric light and telephone wires and cables in several instances,care must be exercised to prevent danger in the future. Respectfully submitted, G.JASON,Jr. Superintendent of Wires.