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COHASSET TOWN REPORT I9I4 iC^JV. ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT Annual Report OF THE SELECTMEN ON THE FINANCIAL AFFAIRS OF THE TOWN OF COHASSET AND THE REPORTS OF OTHER TOWN OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 1914 H I NG H A M F.H.Miller Printer 1 9 1 f) CONTKNTS Officers,19 1 4-1 5 Report of Town Clerk Records Town Meeting . Records State Primary . Records State Election . Convention Town Clerks . Births,Marriages and Deaths Auditor's Report Recapitulation Selectmen's Report Assessors'Report Report Overseers Poor Supplementary Report Report of Tree Warden Report of Treasurer . Report of Engineers of Fire Department Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures Report Chief Police .... Report of Harbor Committee Report of Committee Central Fire Station Report of Board of Health Report of Cohasset Free Public Library Report of Directors of Paul Pratt Memorial Report of Surveyor of Highways Selectmen's Recommendations for 19 15 Report of School Committee Financial Report of School Committee Report of Superintendent of Schools Library TOWN OFFICERS.1914-1915 Town Clerk HARRY F.TILDEN ...Term expires March,1917 Selectmen,Assessors and Overseers of Poor HERBERT L.BROWN ,.Term expires March,1915 HARRY E.MAPES ...Term expires March,1916 WILLIAM O.SOUTHER,Jr..Term expires March,1917 Treasurer and Collector NEWCOMB B.TOWER Highway Surveyor FRANK W.WHEELWRIGHT Constables SIDNEY L.BEAL JOHN T.KEATING HENRY E.BRENNOCK LOUIS J.MORRIS EDWARD E.WENTWORTH Tree Warden JOSEPH E.GRASSIE School Committee GEORGE JASON,Jr...Term expires March,1915 MRS.MABEL L.SOUTHER .Term expires March,1915 CHARLES W.GAMMONS .Term expires March,19 16 DARIUS W.GILBERT ..Term expires March,1916 MISS EDITH M.BATES .Term expires March,1917 EVAN P.WENTWORTH ..Term expires March,1917 Trustees of Public MISS FLORENCE N.BATES MISS SARAH B.COLLIER BURGESS C.TOWER EDWARD H.TOWER EDWARD NICHOLS . GEORGE W.COLLIER MISS EDITH M.BATES , MRS,MARTHA P.HOWE OLIVER H.HOWE . Library Term expires Term expires Term expires Term expires Term expires Term expires Term expires Term expires Term expires March,1915 March,19 15 March,1915 March,1916 March,1916 March,1916 March,19 17 March,19 17 March,19 17 WARREN F,SNOW . DR.GEORGE OSGOOD IRVING F.SYLVESTER Board of Health Term expires March,19 Term expires March,1916 Term expires March,19 17 TOWN OFFICERS APPOINTED BY SELECTMEN FOR 1914-1915 Field Drivers EZEKIEL L.JAMES ARTHUR C.LITCHFIELD Fence Viewers EDWIN BATES SIDNEY L.BEAL JOHN KENNEDY THOMAS A.ROCHE GEORGE JASON Public Weighers NEWCOMB B.TOWER ALFRED BEAL GEORGE P.TOWER DAVID W.HOMER MARY P.TOWER CORNELIUS KENNEY JOSEPH A.VALINE E.HAROLD BROWN RUBY N.WHEELWRIGHT Pound Keeper JAMES H.PINKHAM 7 Auctioneers GEORGE F.SARGENT,Jr.EDWARD E.WENTWORTH AUGUST F.B.PETERSEN JAMES S.BEAL JOSEPH E.GRASSIE BENJAMIN C.TOWER EPHRAIM SNOW,Jr. Measurers of Wood and Bark EZEKIEL L.JAMES ELMER E.BATES FRANKLIN BEAL Surveyors of Lumber ARTHUR O.HIGGINS JOSEPH A.VALINE Harbor Master MANUEL S.ENOS Assistant Harbor Master JOHN W.BRENNOCK Harbor Police MANUEL S.ENOS Inspector of Wires GEORGE JASON,Jr. Sealer of WeigJits and Measures CALEB NICHOLS Chief of Police THOMAS L.BATES Night Police JOSEPH A.ANTOINE FRANK JASON JOHN J.GRASSIE SIDNEY L.BEAL 8 Special Police Officers MANUEL P.VELINE ROBERT AINSLIE JOHN ROCHE JOHN T.KEATING HARRY A.PATTISON HENRY E.BRENNOCK LOUIS J.MORRIS ARTHUR C.LITCHFIELD JOHN W.EDWARDS JOHN W.BRENNOCK MANUEL E.SALVADOR Special Police Officers {to serve ivithout compensation from the Town) JOHN FLEMING JOSEPH S.ENOS IRA A.ADAMS of Hingham JOHN F.MURPHY Toion Accountant for three years EDWARD L.STEVENS Animal Inspector DR.D.W.GILBERT Board of Engineers HENRY E.BRENNOCK THOMAS A.ROCHE GEORGE JASON GEORGE F.SARGENT,Jr. ALFRED R.CROSS Forest Warden WILLIAM J.BRENNOCK Moth Superintendent WILLIAM H.McARTHUR Registrars of Voters HENRY E.SWEENEY ...Term expires May,1915 BARTHOLEMEW DALEY ..Term expires May,1916 THOMAS W.DOYLE ...Term expires May,19 17 HARRY F.TILDEN,ex-oficio Clerk of Board 9 APPOINTMENTS BY BOARD OF HEALTH Inspector qf Slaughtering DR.DARIUS W.GILBERT Inspector of Milk and Vinegar DR.DARIUS W.GILBERT TOWN CLERK'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1914 TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS TOWN WARRANT. 'Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk,ss. to either of the constables in the town of cohasset,in THE County of Norfolk,Greeting : In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notifiy and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Cohasset,qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs,to meet at the Town Hall (lower room)in said Cohasset on Monday, the second day of March,1914,at six o'clock a.m.,then and there to act upon the following articles : Article i.To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting. Article 2.To give in their votes upon the official ballot for a Clerk for three years ;one Selectman,one Assessor,and one Over- seer of the Poor for three years ;a Collector of Taxes for one year, a Treasurer for one year,two members of the School Committee for three years,one member of the School Committee for two years,five Constables for one year,one Tree Warden for one year,one Highway Surveyor for one year,one member of the Board of Health for three years,three Trustees of the Public Library for three years ;to give in their votes upon the official ballot "No "or "Yes "upon the questions : Shall Chapter 487 of the Acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen, being an act relative to the promotion of call men in the fire de- partment of cities and towns,be accepted .'* 14 Shall Chapter 807 of the Acts of nineteen hundred and thirteen, being an act to provide for compensating laborers,workmen and mechanics for injuries sustained in public employment and to ex- empt from legal liability counties and municipal corporations which pay such compensation,be accepted by the inhabitants of this town ? Shall this town accept the provisions of Section forty-two of Chapter one hundred and fourteen of the Acts of the year nine- teen hundred and nine as affected by Chapter four hundred and ninety-four of the Acts of nineteen hundred and eleven,which pro- vides that eight hours shall constitute a day's work for city or town employees ? To give in their votes upon the official ballot "No "or "Yes " upon the question,"Shall licenses be granted for the sale of in- toxicating liquors in this town the current year ? " The polls for the reception of ballots will be opened after a Moderator is chosen and be kept open until four o'clock p.m.,and for such further time as the voters present,by vote,shall determine. You are also required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Cohasset,qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs,to meet at the Town Hall in said Cohasset on Monday,the ninth day of March,19 14,at ten o'clock a.m.,then and there to act upon the following articles : Article i.To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting. Article 2.To choose all Town Officers not required to be elected by ballot. Article 3.To act upon the reports of the Town Clerk,Town Accountant,Selectmen,Assessors,Overseers of the Poor,Collector and Treasurer,Treasurer of the Public Library,Directors of the Paul Pratt Memorial Library,Tree Warden,Superintendent of Moth Work,Highway Surveyor,Board of Health,Board of Fire Engineers,Sealer of Weights and Measures,Inspector of Wires, Harbor Improvement Committee. 15 What sum of money will the Town raise and appropriate : — Article 4.For debt. Article 5.For interest. Article 6.For support and relief of poor. Article 7.For support of schools. Article 8.For support of public libraries. Article 9.For highways and sidewalks. Article 10.For watering or oiling streets. Article ii.For removing snow. Article 12.For electric lights for streets. Article 13.For water hydrants and public buildings. Article 14.For transportation of scholars. Article 15.For soldiers'and sailors'relief. Article 16.For Town Officers. Article 17.For harbor maintenance. Article 18,For police department. Article 19.For fire depatment. Article 20.For Memorial Day. Article 21.For military aid. Article 22.For moth work. Article 23.For printing. Article 24.For Town Hall. Article 25 For forest fires. Article 26.For Tree Warden. Article 27.For Board of Health. Article 28.For Town commons. i6 What sum of money will the town raise and appropriate : — Article 29.For incidentals. Article 30.For Fore River Bridge. Article 31.For legal counsel. Article 32.For Wire Inspector. Article 33.Will the Town authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to hire what money may be needed in anticipation of the taxes of the current year to be paid as soon as money sufficient for the purpose is received ? Article 34.In what manner will the Town collect the taxes and at what time shall they be paid into the treasury ? Article 35.What compensation will the Town allow the Col- lector of Taxes for the current year ? Article 36.To hear the report of the Selectmen on guide- boards and act thereon. Article 37.To hear the report of any Committee heretofore chosen or appointed,and act thereon. Article ;^S.What action will the town take regarding the use and letting of the Town Hall ? Article 39.As required by Chapter 706 of the acts of 19 13, to see if the town will petition the director of the bureau of statis- tics for an audit of its accounts in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 598 of the acts of the year 19 10 and amendments thereof. Article 40.William H.Ellsworth and others:Will the town raise and appropriate the sum one thousand dollars for the im- provement and repair of Ash street or act on anything relating thereto ? Article 41.Frank F.Antoine and others:Will the town raise and appropriate the sum of eighteen dollars to place and maintain an electric light at or near the the residence of William H.Ells- worth on Ash Street or take any action relating thereto ? 17 Article 42.William J.Morris and others:Will the town raise and appropriate the sum of six hundred dollars for the im provement and repair of Norfolk Road and Short street,Lincoln Hillside,or act on anything relating thereto ? Article 43.Henry B.Kimball and others :Will the town raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars to police Cohasset Harbor to enforce the fish and game laws in regard to sweeping and torching,or act on anything relating thereto? Article 44.Manuel A,Grassie and others :Will the town raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars to build steps in wall,to build a walk and run and place one float in basin dredged out at Wheelwright property on Margin Street,now owned by the town,or act on anything relating thereto ? Article 45.H.E.Furnald and others:What action will the town take regarding the purchase of a site for a new central fire station and the erection of a suitable building thereon : Article 46.Joseph E.Grassie and others :Will the town raise and appropriate the sum of thirty-six dollars to install and maintain for the year 19 14 two lights on the private way leading from South Main Street to residence of Joseph E.Grassie ? Article 47.H.E.Furnald and others:Will the town raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars for the purpose of purchasing a pulmotor for public use,or act on anything relating thereto ? Article 48.At the request of the Harbor Committee :Will the town appropriate one thousand dollars,to be taken if used from the Corporation tax,to purchase any harbor frontage between James Brook and the Gulf River that may be offered the town at a reasonable price,or to accept any gift of the same,or such fore- shores to be accepted under Chapter 481,Acts of 1909,or Chapter 642,of Acts of 1912 ? Article 49.Charles H.Pratt and others :Will the town raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to cause an electric light to be placed on Beechwood street,at the entrance of Charles H. Pratt's driveway ? t8 Article 50.Will the town raise and appropriate the sum of six hundred dollars to construct a sidewalk about six feet wide,from Cunningham's Bridge on the westerly side of Atlantic avenue,run- ning to and around the corner of Beach street,approximately 550 feet long,including curbing at the said corner,with the understand- ing that Ralph B.Williams will give what land is necessary,or act on anything relating thereto ? Article 51.Thomas L.Bates and others:What amount of compensation will the town allow members of the Fire Depart- ment ? Article 52.Harry F.Tilden and others:Will the town raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to provide the Town Hall with stage scenery ? Article 53.George M.Ennice and others :Will the town raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to complete the work on James'brook,or act on anything relating thereto ? Article 54.Manuel A.Grassie and others :Will the town instruct the Highway Surveyor to spend $300 from the regular highway appropriation to cut down the top of hill on Pleasant street,in front of the residence of Mrs.John Smith ? Article 55.Charles J.Enos and others :Will the town in- struct the Highway Surveyor to lower the grade of the sidewalk at least four feet on the northeast side of South Main street,begin- ning at about opposite the millinery store of Mrs,L.A.Smith,and running south 150 feet to the other side of the hill,and at the same time widen the street as much as possible within the present boundaries,or act on anything relating thereto ? Article 56.Harry F.Tilden and others :Will the town amend its By-laws by adopting the following amendment,to be known as Article 4 of the By-laws ? Finance Committee Section i.At the next Annual Town Meeting after the adop- tion of these By-laws there shall be elected a Committee on Finance to consist of seven members,no one of whom shall bold any elective town office to serve for the following terms :Two for one year,two for two years,and three for three years,who shall 19 serve without pay,and there shall be elected thereto at each sub- sequent Annual Town Meeting two,two and three members,as their terms shall respectively expire. Section 2.The terms of members of said committee shall ex- pire at the close of the Town Meeting at which their successors are elected.Said Finance Committee shall after the conclusion of the Annual Town Meeting organize by the choice of a Chair- man and a Secretary,and shall cause to be kept a true record of its proceedings. Section 3.The Finance Committee shall request each of the various boards and officers having in charge the expenditure of money to lay before their committee on or before the 31st day of January in each year an estimate of the appropriation necessary to be made for their respective departments,and said committee shall request these various boards and officers to appear before them at such times and places as said committee may appoint for conference upon such appropriations. Section 4.It shall be the duty of the Selectmen within three days after drawing a town warrant to transmit copies of the same to the Finance Committee,and said committee shall consider all articles under which an appropriation of money may be made.A hearing shall be given upon all articles to the person or persons whose names appear attached to the same and they shall be notified of the time and place of hearing thereon. Section 5.Whenever a vacancy occurs in the committee by resignation,failing to qualify or otherwise,the same shall be filled by the committee,and if any member absents himself from five consecutive meetings such member shall be dropped and the vacancy filled.The term of all persons elected to fill vacancies shall expire at the close of the next Annual Town Meeting. Section 6.It shall be the duty of the committee to make an annual report of its doings,with recommendations for the munici- pal appropriations in the various departments for the ensuing year, to be printed with the annnal reports of the other town officers. Article 57.Arthur Mulvey and others :To see if the town will vote to pay the Chief of the Fire Department a salary of one hundred and fifty dollars per year. Article 58.William O.Souther,Jr.,and others:What sum of money will the town raise and appropriate for the care of Straits Pond and Cat Dam ? 20 Article 59.William O.Souther,Jr.,and others:Will the town purchase the the parcel of land of about eight acres situated on North Main street,known as the Charles Bates Gravel pit lot,or act on anything relating thereto ? Article 60.William O.Souther,Jr.,and others:What sum of money will the town raise and appropriate to mow the bushes in the pasture of the Town Farm ? Article 61.August F.B.Peterson and others;Will the town raise and appropriate the sum of eighteen dollars for the installa- tion and maintenance of an electric light on the first pole on Ripley Road from the Railroad Station .? Article 62.Dean K.James and others:Will the Town adopt the Building By-Law as reported by the Committee appointed at the last annual Town Meeting to draft such a law,or take fur- ther action on the same ? Article 63 Will the town accept of the Town Way as laid out by the Selectmen at Smith Place,so-called,upon the petition of Mathew Haley and others,from the northerly end of Cushing Road over the private way leading to the house of Mrs.Roderic ? Article 64.Peter A.D.Peterson and others:Will the town raise and appropriate the sum of eighteen dollars for the installa- tion and maintenance of an electric light on James lane,between South Main street and the Central garage ? Article 65.George Jason and others:Will the town raise and appropriate the sum of seventy-two dollars to install and maintain for the year 19 14 four additional lights on Pond street, or act on anything relating thereto .'' Article 66.Manuel E.Salvador and others:What sum of money will the town raise and appropriate for the maintenance of the alewives,Great pond to Gulf Mill stream ? Article 67.George Jason.Jr.,and others:Will the town raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars to be spent under the direction of the Recreation Committee for recreational purposes,or act on anything relating thereto J 21 Article 68.Thomas F.Kane and others:Will the town raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars to pave the gutter on the west side of South Main street beginning at a point opposite the house of Wm.H.H.Hancock and continue north to catch basin,nearly in front of Mrs.Merriam's store,or act an anything relating thereto ? Article 69.Ezekiel L.James and others:Will the town raise by taxation the sum of five hundred dollars for the purpose of cutting and burning the bushes and vines on the northerly part of the pasture land at the Town's Farm,or act on anything relat- ing thereto ? Article 70.Oliver H.Howe and others:Will the town raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars for the purpose of erecting a boulder and tablet to commemorate the dis- covery of Cohasset in 1614 by Captain John Smith,or act on any- thing relating thereto ? Article 71.Will the town accept a lot of land on the easterly side of Jerusalem Road given by will of Horace W.Wadleigh to^ the town,also other bequests. And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting up a copy thereof,attested by you in writing,at each of the post offices in the town and m not less than five other public places in the town, seven days at least before the time for holding said meeting. Hereof,fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon,to the Town Clerk at or before the time and place of meeting aforesaid. Given under our hands this sixteenth day of P'ebruary,in the year nineteen hundred and fourteen. PHILANDER BATES, HERBERT L,BROWN, HARRY E.MAPES, Selectmen of Cohasset, A true copy,Attest: HENRY E.BRENNOCK, Constable of Cohasset, ANNUAL ELECTION OF TOWN OFFICERS CoHASSET,March 2,19 14 At the annual election of Town Officers,held this day,the fol- lowing action was taken : Article i.Chose Harry E.Mapes,Moderator to preside in said meeting. Article 2.The total vote cast was:781 of which 575 were Offical Ballots and 205 were for School Committee only as follows: Town Clerk for three years Harry F.Tilden 411 Blanks 164 Selectman for three years Philander Bates 267 William O.Souther,Jr 293 Blanks 15 Assessor for three years Philander Bates 262 William O.Souther,Jr 293 Blanks 20 Overseer of Poor for three years Philander Bates 257 William O.Souther,Jr 289 Blanks 20 Treasurer Newcomb B.Tower 463 Alban D.Gillis i Blanks m 23 Collector of Taxes Paul J.Bates 261 Newcomb B.Tower ........287 Blanks 27 Highway Surveyor George Jason 213 Henry L.McMahon 69 Frank W.Wheelwright 281 Blanks 12 Constables John P.Antoine . Herbert W.Apts Sidney L.Beal . Henry E.Brennock Arthur W.Flint . John T.Keating . Arthur C.Litchfield Louis J.Morris . Michael J.Poland Edward E.Wentworth Blanks . 153 149 247 243 83 220 216 260 130 219 955 Tret Warden Clarence S.Brasill ..,67 Joseph E.Grassie 244 William H.McArthur 231 Blanks 32 Two members of School Committee for three years Edith M.Bates . Harold P.Litchfield Thomas J.Murphy Evan P.Wentworth Blanks . 260 275 347 380 24 One member of School Committee for o?ie year Darius W.Gilbert D.J.Murphy John F.Tower Leo Neagle Martha P.Howe Blanks Three members of Public Library for three years Oliver H.Howe .... Edith M.Bates .... Martha P.Howe Edward Mulvey .... Blanks ...,. One member of Board of Health for three years John Kennedy Irving F.Sylvester George F.Sargent,Jr Blanks 476 I I I I 302 334 324 312 I 750 176 238 86 75 Acceptance of Chapter 487,Acts of 19 13 : Yes ...,.. No Blanks Acceptance of Chapter 807,Acts of 19 13 Yes No ..,... Blanks ..... 127 122 316 191 293 Acceptance of Section 42 of Chapter 514,Acts of 1909 : Yes 215 No 90 Blanks 270 License Question Yes 214 No 287 Blanks .74 25 Voted,That this meeting be adjourned until ten o'clock a.m, on Monday next. CoHASSET,March 9,19 14. Met according to adjournment at ten o'clock a.m. Article i.Voted,To indefinitely postpone this article. Article 2.Voted,That all Town Officers not required to be elected by ballot be appointed by Selectmen. Article 3.Voted,That the reports be taken up separately. Voted,That the following reports be accepted : Town Clerk,Town Accountant,Selectmen,Assessors,Overseers of the Poor,Collector and Treasurer,Treasurer of the Public Library,Directors of the Paul Pratt Memorial Library,Tree War- den,Superintendent of Moth Work,Highway Surveyor,Board of Health,Sealer of Weights and Measures and Inspector of Wires. Voted,That the Engineer's report be accepted,except the fol- lowing ("also 1000 feet of new hose as provided for at the last annual Town meeting,have been purchased"),which shall be stricken out. Voted.That the report of the Harbor Improvement Commit- tee be accepted and that same committee as organized continue and M.E.Salvador be added to committee. Voted,That the following amounts be raised and appro- priated. Article 4 Article 5 Article 6 Article 7 Article 8 For debt .,,. For Interest For support and relief of poor For support of schools For support of Public Libraries Voted,To take up Articles 9 and 10 together $8,000 00 3.000 00 7,500 00 25,500 00 2,250 00 26 Articles 9 and 10.For highways and sidewalks, watering or oiling streets .... Article ii.For removing snow . Article 12.For electric lights for streets Article 13.For water hydrants and public buildings Article 14.For transportation of scholars . Article 15.For Soldiers'and Sailors'Relief Article 16.For Town Officers Article 17.For harbor maintenance Article 18,For Police Department Article 19,For Fire Department Article 20.For Memorial Day Article 21.For Military Aid Article 22.For moth work . Article 23.For printing Article 24,For Town Hall . Article 25.For forest fires . Article 26.For Tree Warden Article 27.For Board of Health Article 28.For Town Commons Article 29.For incidendals . Article 30.For Fore River Bridge Article 31.For Legal Counsel Article 32.For Wire inspector Article 33.Voted,That the Town Treasurer,with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January i,19 14 and to issue a note or notes therefor,payable within one year,any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year. Article 34.Voted,That the taxes be collected in the same manner and payable at same time as last year. .1,500 00 6,600 00 gs 4,400 00 .4,430 00 600 00 6,500 00 300 00 .7,200 00 .3,000 00 350 00 200 00 .4,417 09 700 00 1,000 00 500 00 1,000 00 .1,400 00 400 00 .3,000 00 120 00 500 00 335 00 27 Article 35.Voted,That the compensation of the Collector of taxes the current be $800,same as last year. Article 36.Voted,That the report of Selectmen on Guide- boards as read be accepted (Report on file.) Article 37.Voted,That report of Prof.Clifford as read by Mr,E.L.Stevens be accepted. Voted,That we adjourn until 1.30 P.M. Met according to adjournment. Article 38.Voted,That the Town charge per night $2 for lower Hall,$3 for upper Hall for janitor's service plus electric light charges.These prices are for Charitable Societies only,all pre- vious votes to be null and void,that the janitors's salary be $450, other prices left to Selectmen. Article 39.Voted,Not to petition the director of the bureau of statistics for an audit of the Town's accounts. Article 40.Voted,That one thousand dollars be raised and appropriated for the improvement and repair of Ash street. The following resolution was by an unanimous vote adopted. "It is indeed a rare occurrence that a municipality is able to make acknowledgment of the continuous service of a public official for the full term of forty years. Whereas,Philander Bates has served the Town of Cohasset as Selectman for forty years since March,1874 and during the greater part of this period has also held the offices of Assessor and Over- seer of the Poor,as well as having served many years as Super- intendent of Streets and as Moderator of Town Meetings,it seems most fitting that some action should be taken at this time by the Town to express its appreciation of such faithful and long-contin- ued service. Be it resolved,therefore,that we,the citizens of Cohasset in Town Meeting assembled,do,by a rising vote,express our hearty appreciation of his years of faithful public service to the Town in the various offices which he has so ably filled and further record the respect and esteem in which he is held by the community as a whole. Be it further resolved that these resolutions be spread upon the Town Records and a copy presented to Mr.Bates." 28 Article 41.Voted,That articles 41,46,49,61 and 65 be taken up together and that the sums stipulated in each article be raised and appropriated for the purpose called for. Article 42.Voted,That the sum of $600 be raised and appropriated for the improvement and repair of Norfolk Road and Short Street. Article 43.Voted,That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $500,to be spent under the supervision of the Selectmen for the enforcement of the Fish and Game laws in regard to sweep- ing and torching. Article 44.Voted,That the sum of $275 be raised and ap- propriated to build steps in wall,to build a walk and run and place one float in basin dredged out at Wheelwright property. Article 45.Voted,That John H.Winters,Abraham J, Antoine and Henry B.Kimball be a committee to investigate the question of a central fire station,location and building and report at next Town meeting. Article 46.Acted upon under Article 41. Article 47.Voted,That the sum of $300 be raised and ap- propriated to purchase a pulmotor. Article 48.Voted,That this article be indefinitely post- poned. .Article 49.Acted upon under Article 41. Article 50,Voted,That the sum of $600 be raised and ap- propriated to construct a sidewalk from Cunningham's Bridge to Beach street in accordance with this article in the warrant. Article 51.Voted,That the present compensation allowed the members of the Fire Department be extended another year. Article 52.Voted in the negative. Article 53.Voted,That this article be indefinitely post- poned. 29 Article 54,Voted,That the Town instruct the Highway Surveyor to spend $300 from the regular highway appropriation to cut down the top of hill on Pleasant street in front of the resi- dence of Mrs.John Smith. Article 55.Voted,That the Highway Surveyor and the Selectmen be instructed to find cost of doing this work and report at next meeting. Article 56.Voted,That this article be indefinitely post- poned. Article 57.Voted,That the sum of $300 be raised and ap- propriated to pay the salary of the Chief of Fire Department. Article 58,Voted,That the sum of $500 be raised and ap- propriated for the care of Strait's Pond and Cat Dam to be spent under the supervision of the Selectmen. Article 59.Voted,That a hand vote be taken on this article.Voted that the sum of $4,500 be raised and appropriated to purchase the Charles Bates gravel pit lot. Article 60,Voted,That the sum of $1,000 be raised and appropriated to mow the bushes in the pastures of the Town Farm. Article 61.Acted upon under Article 41. Article 62.Voted,That this article be indefinitely post- poned. Article 63,Voted,That this article be indefinitely post- poned. Article 64.Voted,That $18 be raised appropriated to in- stall and maintain an electric light on James'Lane. Article 65.Acted upon under Article 41. Article 66.Voted,That the sum of $200 be raised and ap- propriated for the maintenance of the alewives,Great pond to Gulf Mill stream,and expended by Selectmen. Article 67.Voted,That the sum of $500 be raised and ap- propriated,$100 to be spent 4th of July and $400 on "Old Home Day,"which shall be Labor Day,to be expened by Recreation 30 Committee if legal,if not by Selectmen,and M.E.Salvador be added to committee. Article 68.Voted,That $200 be raised and appropriated to pave the gutter on the west side of South Main street,beginning at a point opposite the house of William H.H.Hancock,and con- tinue north to Catch basin,nearly in front of Mrs.Merriam's store. Article 69.Voted,That this article be indefinitely post- poned. Article 70.Voted,That the Town appropriate the sum of $500 for the purpose of erecting a boulder and tablet to commemo- rate the discovery of Cohasset in 16 14 by Captain John Smith, said sum to be taken from Corporation tax. Article 71.Voted,That the Town accept land and other bequests given by will of Horace W.Wadleigh to the town,and a raising vote of thanks be given Mr.Wadleigh for his gifts. 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. Harry F.Tilden, Town Clerk. Military Duty The number of men liable to perform military duty April i, 1914,were 353. Dogs Licensed Number of dog licensed in Cohasset from December i,19 13,to December i,19 14,were as follows: Male .140 Female 29 Female (spayad)9 Total 178 WARRANT FOR PRIMARY ELECTION The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk,ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Cohasset,Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in Primaries to meet in Lower Town Hall,Tuesday,the Twenty-second Day of September,19 14,at four o'clock,P.M.,for the following purposes: To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Nomina- tion of Candidates of Political Parties for the following offices: Governor of this Commonwealth. Lieutenant Governor of this Commonwealth. Secretary of the Commonwealth, Treasurer and Receiver General of this Commonwealth. Auditor of the Commonwealth. Attorney-General of this Commonwealth. Representative in Congress for i6th Congressional District, Councillor for ist Councillor District. Senator for ist Plymouth Senatorial District. Representative in General Court for 3d Plymouth Representa- tive District. County Commissioner for Norfolk County, And for the Election of the following officers: District Member of State Committee for each political party for the First Plymouth Sentorial District. Eight Members of the Democratic Town Committee. Seven members of the Republican Town Committee. Three members of the Progressive Town Committee. Delegates to State Conventions of Political Parties. All the above candidates and officers are to be voted for upon one ballot. The polls will be open from four to seven-thirty P.M. And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies therof at each of the Post Offices in the town and in not less than five other public places in the town,seven days at least before the time of said meeting as directed by vote of the town. Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon at the time and place of said meeting. Given under our hands this third day of September,A.D,,1914. HARRY E.MAPES, HERBERT L.BROWN, WILLIAM O.SOUTHER,Jr. Selectmen of Cohasset. A true copy,Attest: HENRY E.BRENNOCK, Constable. STATE PRIMARY,SEPTEMBER,22,1914 The following vote was declared :— Republican GOVERNOR Samuel W.McCall Blanks . Grafton D.Gushing August H.Goetting Elmer A.Stevens Blanks , LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR SECRETARY Frank L.Brier . William S.Kinney Albert P.Langtry Blanks , TREASURER Charles I..Burrill Frederick E.Pierce Blanks . AUDITOR Alonzo B.Cook Joseph Monette Blanks . ATTORNEY-GENERAL Henry C.Attwill John A.Curtin James M.Hallowell John J.Higgins . James A.Stiles , Blanks . 43 2 31 5 9 o 12 3 27 3 30 II 4 27 12 6 13 3 18 S I s 34 CONGRESSMAN,SIXTEENTH DISTRICT John I.Bryant i6 William J.Bullock i6 Samuel Ross ,.,i Joseph Walsh 4 Blanks 8 COUNCILLOR,FIRST DISTRICT David L.Parker 33 Blanks 12 SENATOR,FIRST PLYMOUTH DISTRICT Charles S,Beal 23 Oscar L.Gurney 16 Blanks 6 REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT,THIRD PLYMOUTH DISTRICT Ellery H.Clark 44 Blanks i COUNTY COMMISSIONER,NORFOLK John F.Merrill 30 Blanks 15 STATE COMMITTEE,FIRST PLYMOUTH MSTRICT Tames T.Kirby 31 Blanks 14 DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION Evan P.Wentworth ,..,...40 Edward E.H.Souther 42 Richard Cadden i Blanks 7 TOWN COMMITTEE Eugene Nichols Tower 40 Edward L.Stevens 38 Evan P.Wentworth 39 Edward E.Wentworth 39 Anselm L.Beal 38 Edward E.H.Souther 42 Harold P.Litchfield 38 Blanks .,,.41 35 Democratic governor David I.Walsh ,.19 Blanks i LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR Edward P.Barry 18 Blanks 2 SECRETARY Frank J.Donahue 18 Blanks 2 TREASURER Frederick W.Mansfield 17 Blanks ,,.3 AUDITOR Frank H,Pope 17 Blanks 3 ATTORNEY-GENERAL Thomas J.Boynton 17 Blanks 3 CONGRESSMAN,SIXTEENTH DISTRICT Thomas C.Thacher ,13 William O.Souther,Jr i Blanks 6 COUNCILLOR,FIRST DISTRICT James P.Doran 16 Blanks 4 SENATOR,FIRST PLYMOUTH DISTRICT George E.Mansfield 17 Blanks 3 REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT,THIRD PLYMOUTH DISTRICT William O.Souther,Jr 13 Ellery H.Clark i Blanks 6 36 COUNTY COMMISSIONER John F.Merrill Lot.Bates , Blanks STATE COMMITTEE,FIRST PLYMOUTH DISTRICT William T.Way Blanks DELEGATE TO STATE CONVENTION Henry E.Sweeney Joseph E.Grassie , Blanks I I i8 IS 5 IS I 4 TOWN COMMITTEE Bartholomew Daley Daniel Donovan , Joseph St.John . John J.Grassie . Cornelius Kenney Henry E.Sweeney Arthur Mulvey . Joseph E.Grassie George Jason George M.Ennice William H.Morris Blanks . •••>• »«•«• 12 13 12 IS 13 IS 14 14 I I I 49 Joseph Walker James P.Magenis Progressive governor lieutenant-governor Russell A.Wood SECRETARY 37 TREASURER Daniel J.Murphy 3 Blanks 2 AUDITOR Frederick P.Glazier 5 ATTORNEY-GENERAL John Hildreth ,..5 CONGRESSMAN,SIXTEENTH DISTRICT Thomas Thompson ........i Blanks 4 COUNCILLOR,FIRST DISTRICT John D,W.Bodfish 5 SENATOR,FIRST PLYMOUTH DISTRICT Charles E.Burbank ,.5 REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT,THIRD PLYMOUTH DISTRICT Ellery H.Clark • .i Blanks 4 COUNTY COMMISSIONER,NORFOLK Blanks 5 STATE COMMITTEE,FIRST PLYMOUTH DISTRICT Blanks 5 DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION Edgar J.Pratt S Edward C.Tower 5 Irving F.Sylvester ..•5 TOWN COMMITTEE Irving F.Sylvester 5 Edgar J.Pratt 5 Thomas A.Stevens ........5 WARRANT FOR STATE ELECTION Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk,ss. To either of the Constables of the Town oj Cohasset in said County,Greeting:— In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusstts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town, who are qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs,to meet in the Lower Town Hall on Tuesday,the third day of November, 19 1 4,it being the Tuesday next after the first Monday in said month,at 5.30 o'clock a.m.,then and there to bring in their votes upon the official ballot to the Election Officers for the following offices : — Governor,Lieutenant-Governor,Secretary,Treasurer,Auditor and Attorney-General for the Commonwealth ;Congressman for the Sixteenth Congressional District;Councillor for the First Councillor District;Senator for the First Plymouth Senatorial District ;Representative in General Court for the Third Plymouth Representative District ;County Commissioner for Norfolk County. Also to give in their votes upon the following questions : — Acceptance of Chapter 217,Acts of 1914,entitled "An Act rela- tive to vacations of laborers employed by cities and towns." Acceptance of Chapter 688,Acts of 19 14,entitled "An Act to make Saturday a half-holiday for laborers,workmen and mechanics employed by or on behalf of the Commonwealth and otherwise to regulate their employment." Acceptance of Chapter 790,Acts of 1914,entitled "An Act to abolish the enrollment of members of political parties and to limit the membership of ward and town committees." 39 The polls will be open at 5.30 a.m,,or as soon as the Election Officers are sworn in and be kept open until four o'clock p.m.,and for such further time as the voters present by vote may determine. And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting up at- tested copies thereof at each of the post offices in the Town and in not less than five other public places in the Town seven days at least before the time for holding said meeting. Hereof,fail not,and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at or before the time and place of said meeting. Given under our hands this fifteenth day of October,A.D.1914. HARRY E.MAPES, HERBERT L.BROWN, WILLIAM 0=SOUTHER,Jr. Selectmen of Cohasset. A true copy,Attest HENRY E.8RENN0CK, Constable of Cohasset. STATE ELECTION RECORDS,NOVEMBER 3,1914 The following vote was declared : Total number of ballots cast were 581,as follows : — GOVERNOR Alfred H.Evans of Hadley Samuel W.McCall of Winchester Arthur E.Reimer of Boston Samuel C.Roberts of Springfield Joseph Walker of Brookline David I.Walsh of Fitchburg Blanks LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR Edward P.Barry of Boston . Grafton D.Gushing of Boston Arthur Howard of Salem James P.Magenis of Boston Sylvester J.McBride of Watertown Patrick Mulligan of Boston Blanks ..,.. SECRETARY Percy B.Ball of North Attleborough Frank J.Donahue of Boston James W.Holden of New Bedford Albert P.Langtry of Springfield . William G.Merrill of Maiden Russell A.Wood of Cambridge . Blanks ..... TREASURER Charles L.Burrill of Boston Joseph M.Coldwell of Milford . Frederick Fosdick of Fitchburg . 195 309 I 29 2 3 42 41 Thomas A.Frissell of Hinsdale . Karl Lindstrand of Lynn Frederick W.Mansfield of Boston Blanks AUDITOR Alonzo B.Cook of Boston . Daniel R.Donovan of Springfield John Drysdale of North Adams . Frederick P.Glazier of Hudson . Fred E.Oelcher of Peabody Frank H.Pope of Leominster Blanks ..,.. ATTORNEY-GENERAL Henry C.Attwill of Lynn . Thomas J.Boynton of Everett John Hildreth of Holyoke . Howard B.Rand of Haverhill John Weaver Sherman of Boston William Taylor of Worcester Blanks CONGRESSMAN,SIXTEENTH DISTRICT Thomas C.Thacher of Yarmouth Thomas Thompson of New Bedford . Joseph Walsh of New Bedford .... Blanks COUNCILLOR,FIRST DISTRICT John D.W.Bodfish of Barnstable James P.Doran of New Bedford David L.Parker of New Bedford Elmer A.Wright of Whitman Blanks 210 55 276 13 4 32 I 180 75 285 182 28 6 7 3 70 290 23 226 42 35 164 293 8 81 SENATOR,FIRST PLYMOUTH DISTRICT Charles S.Beal of Rockland .... Charles E.Burbank of East Bridgewater 240 78 42 George E.Mansfield of Rockland 205 Forrest O.Nicholes of Whitman 4 Blanks 54 REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT,THIRD PLYMOUTH DISTRICT EUery H.Clark of Cohasset 282 William O.Souther,Jr.of Cohasset 287 Blanks 12 COUNTY COMMISSIONER,NORFOLK COUNTY John F.Merrill of Quincy 322 William J.Sullivan of Quincy 171 Blanks 88 "An Act relative to vacations of laborers employed by cities and towns.n Yes 236 No 133 Blanks ,..212 "Shall an Act passed by the General Court,in the year nine- teen hundred and fourteen,to make Saturday a half-holiday with- out loss of pay,for laborers,workmen and mechanics employed by or on behalf of the Commonwealth,and otherwise to regulate their employment,be accepted ? " Yes 299 No 117 Blanks 166 "Shall the act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and fourteen,providing for the abolition of party en- rollment at primary elections,be accepted," Yes 239 No ....100 Blanks 242 CONVENTION OF TOWN CLERKS Third Plymouth Representative District On the thirteenth day of November,A.D.,19 14,the Town Clerks of Hingham,Cohasset and Hull,said towns comprising the Third Plymouth Representative District,assembled at the office of the Town Clerk at Hingham at 12 o'clock,noon,for the purpose of examining the returns of votes given in and determining who had been elected to represent said District in General Court,to be holden at Boston on the first Wednesday in January,1915,proceeded to canvas said returns and found the ballots given in for the several candidates to be as follows : Hing'ham Cohasset Hull Total llery H.Clark .389 282 121 792 illiam 0.Souther,Jr..452 287 163 902 Blanks .27 12 7 46 868 581 291 1740 It appearing that William O.Souther,Jr.of Cohasset had received a plurality of the votes given in,a certificate of election was issued to him. FRED H.MILLER, Tow7i Clerk of Hingham. HARRY F.TILDEN, Town Clerk of Cohasset. JAMES JEFFREY, Toivn Clerk of Hull. TOWN CLERK'S REPORT BIRTHS,MARRIAGES,AND DEATHS REGISTERED DURING THE YEAR 1914 Births The total number of births recorded was 62 ;males,31 ;females, The parentage of the children was as follows :American father and mother,40 ;Foreign father and American mother,5 ;American father and Foreign mother,8 ;Foreign father and mother,9. Marriages Total number of marriages 42.Married in Cohasset,26;in other places,18. Twenty-two grooms and twenty brides were residents of Cohasset, while there was but eleven marriages in which both were residents of this town. Deaths The total number of deaths recorded was 54 ;41 were residents of Cohasset ;six were residents of other cities and towns but died in Cohasset ;seven were brought here for burial. Of the forty-one who were residents of Cohasset,twenty-one were males and twenty females,and their average age was 47 years,10 months,27 days.Nine were under 5 years;one between 5 and 10 ;nf)ne between 10 and 20 ;two between 20 and 30 ;six between 40 and 50 ;three between 50 and 60 ;five between 60 and 70 ;four between 70 and 80;eight between 80 and 90,and one over 90 years of age. 45 .The causes of death were as follows :Pneumonia,6 ;cerebral hemorrhage,5 ; peritonitis,2 ;anaemia,2 ;stillborn,2 ;arterio sclerosis,2 ;valvular disease of heart,2 ;accident,cancer, cononary embolus,carcinoma,cirrhosis of liver,diarrhoea,gastro enteritis,enterstitial cystitis,ilso colibis,intestinal obstruction, marasthenia,meningitis,mitral regurgitation,premature birth, pulmonary embolism,suicide,scarlet fever,senility,tuberculosis, and uraemia,one each. 46 BIRTHS,1914. NAME OF CHILD NAMES OF PARENTS. Jan. Feb. Mar. April June July Aug. Sept. Oct. 8 John Bates Cofiral 4 Muiii Influsino . 9 Frank Oliver Pattison 10 Alfred Edmund Frates 12 Herbert Jason . •2.5 Mar^ret Frances Hyland 1 E 1 iza bet h Post Cornell 4 Ethel Reves Dickson 18 Mary Temple Browne 19 Gertrude Elizabeth Groce '25 John Joseph Ferriera Leonard 6 Kenneth Souther 10 j Williams (male) 15 Mary Martha Martell 21 Stillborn Unale) 30 Edgrar Sheldon Sargent 4 Mary Gunn Wilson }f^int, 4 Margaret Eliz.Wilson i ^^"^ 14 Mary Bigelow Barbour 15 Frances Ann Wood . 22 George Osgood Keene 22 Elsie Madeline Browii 22 ,Jeannette Maria Deary 23 Mary Jean Dion 28 Jessie Eleanor McGaw 28 John Donovan . IT Eleanor Mildred Keene 19 James Edwards Stover 25 Julia Devereux Tower 28 Elnore Maxwell 28 Laura Beatrice Monteiro 5 Howard Ames Johnson,Jr. 14 Stephen Joseph Hetue 14 Walter Ches."WTieelwright,Jr. 16 Mary Elizabeth Sears 18 Mary Pauline Ruiter 25 I Constance Elaine Pratt 26 'Hazel May Smythe . 28 j William Edward Tilden 30 Crocker Wight . 1 Ethel May LeVangie 3 Jerome Ralph Silver 4 Richard Henry Tisdale 9 Edwin Thomas Otis,Jr. 13 !Louis Longello . 25 I Sheldon Bates Stoddard 6 Mar\in Aloysius Aheam 7 Arrainda Marks 10 I Thomas Everett Brown 13 j John Jacob Pratt,Jr. 13 Nettie Perry Butman 18 1 George Willard Flint.Jr. William W.and Lillian E.(Bates) Charles and Tresnia (Andrenchio) Harry A.and Lena F.(Oliver) Charles E.and Alice A.(.Antoine) John L.and Charlotte L.(Silvia) James B.and Mary T.(O'Brien) Clarence A.and Emma G.(Post) Clifford K.and Jennie W.(Dennithome) Minot A.and Eunice E.(Temple) Samuel L.and Ruth E.(Hunter) Joseph L.and Grace (Ferriera) David and Mabel L.(McKenzie) Herbert and Agnes (Latnowick) Ralph and Lillian (Ainslie) Herbert C.and Ida (Rushlow) James and Elizabeth (McLeod) Thomas and Rosamond (Pierce) Charles H.and Harriett E.(Reamy) Perley C.and Florence (Cook) Harold F.and Ruby E.(Benson) Edward and Catherine (Mannix) Joseph A.and Bridget F.(Reilly) Charles S.and Sarah J.(Black) Joseph H.and Katherine F.(Manning) Perley C.and Mildred O.(Tower) Charles W,E.and Lillie C.(Tlooney) Gilbert S.and Elizabeth O.'(Collier) Andrew and Lily E.(Dale) George G.and Edith (Antoine) Howard A.and Catherine (Higginson) Paul H.A.and Bernice (Reilly) Walter C.and Ruth E.(Stoughton) Richard and Susan E.G.(Drake) Ernest C.and Maude D.(Baker) Frederick H.'and Edith Margaret (Haynes) Harry W.and Georgiana (Webster) William A.W.and Margaret (Miilkem) Delano and Margaret (Crocker) William S.and Margaret (Frazie) Manuel S.and Maria T.(Silver) Roscoe H.and Adeline B.(Priest) Edwin T.and Dorothy (Bouve) Joseph and Barbara (Modent) Charles R.and Nellie B.(Bates) Henry M.and May L.(Mulvey) Antonio R.and Caremira de (Jesus) Thomas S.and Carrie (Colburn) John J,and Edna F.(Bates) Edward and Nettie P.(Hesse) George W.and Emma C.(Keegan) 47 BIRTHS,1914. DATE NAME OF CHILD NAMES OF PARENTS Oct.20 Cleveland Bigelow,Jr.Cleveland and Frances C.(Folsom) 21 Erna Louisa Service Alanando N.and Julia (Paugelley) 29 James Gately Hilty .Alexander E.and Bessie E.Anderson. Nov.1 Susanne Crocker George G.,Jr.and Julia H.Hutchins. 6 Anna Rita Dolan John W.and Elizabeth T.(Smith) 8 Josie Rosano ....Anthony and Mary (Mersello) 9 Francis Lewis Rosenberg,Jr.Francis L.and Emma J.(Curtis) 14 Mary Catherine Figneiredo Antone and Mary A.(Sil\-ia) 22 Stillborn (Male) Dec.3 Robert William Morris .George W.and Helen E.(Daley) 7 Muriel Esther Sterling ,Orville H.and Gertrude (Benedict) 9 Harry Souther Jason Charles E.and Mary E.(Brennock) 25 Mary Ann Kane T.Frank and Margaret T.(Baldwin) MARRIAGES,1914 February 22.Arthur Loring Baker of Marshfield and Jennie E.Graham of Scituate,by Rev.F.A.Brogan. February 22.Harry A.P.Hetue of Boston and Elizabeth Bernice Reilly of Cohasset,by Rev.F.A.Brogan. March 14.Charles B.Worrick of Cohasset and Marie E.Leigh of Hingham,by Rev.W.F.Geisler at Hingham. March 21.Harold B.Govven of Winthrop and Bessie E. Litchfield of Cohasset,by Rev.Charles S.Otte at Winthrop. April 3.Champion B.Osgood of Cohasset and Gladys C. Jewell of Boston,by Rev.Roy M.Houghton at Brattleboro,Vt. April 16.Edwin J.Butman of Cohasset and Nettie P.Hesse of Weymouth,by Rev.Rufus H.Dix at Weymouth. April 18.Conrad W.Carlander of Brain tree and Georgianna A.Stewart of Cohasset,by Rev.Howard Key Bartow. April 18.Charles P.Hooper of Cohasset and Jennie Dyment of Cohasset,by Rev.Denver C.Pickens. April 25.Willard A.Sargent of Cohasset and Lucy W.Bailey of Scituate,by Rev.George Loring Thurlow at North Scituate. April 30.Stephen L.Peterson of Marshfield and Dora F. Black of Marshfield,by Rev.Farragh A.Brogan. May 2.Frank H.Hall of Dorchester and Nina A.Hutchins of Cohasset,by Rev.Charles E.Spaulding of Dorchester. June 6.Everett W.Gammons of Cohasset and Drusilla P. Brigham of Brookline,by Rev.William R.Cole. June 6.Harold W.Small of Cohasset and Alice Ladd of Cohasset,by Rev.William L.Sperry at Boston. 49 June 15.Elmer H.Newhall of Cohasset and Elenor Francis of Cohasset,by Rev.Wm.Henry Pettus at West Somerville. June 20.Herbert A.Cole,Jr.of Fitchburg and Mildred H. Burr of Hull,by Rev.George B.Spurr at Cohasset. June 20.Bene Luggelle of Cohasset and Lydia A.Purtell of Hull,by Rev.Howard Key Bartow. June 24.William C.Ward of Hartford,Conn,and Edith D. James of Cohasset,by Rev.Henry M.Thompson at Hartford, Conn. June 30.James A.Welsh of Milton and Georgianna Duffy of Scituate,by Rev.Farragh A.Brogan. July 25.Elmer S.Williams of Cohasset and Eleanor B.Mait- land of Cohasset,by Rev.William R.Cole, July 25.Harry F.Sylvester of Scituate and Cora M.Merritt of Scituate,by Rev.WilHam R.Cole. August 20.John Hall,Jr.of Boston and Emma S.Dahlstrom of Boston,by Rev.Howard Key Bartow. September 6.Eugene Sullivan of Cohasset and Amy Batchel- dor of Cohasset,by Rev.Deris A.O'Brien at Cambridge. September 18.Vito Truglia of Hingham and Maria G.Mule of Hingham,by Rev.William R.Cole. September 19.John G.Gove of Cambridge and Edna F.Tower of Somerville,by Rev.Francis L.Beal at Cohasset. September 22.George H.Stoddard of Cohasset and Emily L- Wagner of Norwell,by Rev.Frank B.McAllister. September 26.Ralph Morse of Cohasset and Mary Burke of Cohasset,by Rev.C.J.Herlihy. September 29.Richard S.Townsend of Cohasset and Edith L.Reed of Great Barrington,by Rev.James R.Lynes of Great Barrington. October 10.Albert Hickman of Boston and Esther Foss of Boston,by Rev.Howard Key Bartow at Cohasset. 50 October 13.Caleb Lothrop of Cohasset and Carrie L.Nash of Greenfield,by Rev.Arthur Rudman at Greenfield. October 13.Edward Breen of Hingham and Eileene Murphy of Scituate,by Rev.F.A.Brogan. October 1 4.Philip Walsh of Quincy and Josephine Chill of Cohasset,by Rev.F.A.Brogan. October 19.Edwin L.Furber of Cohasset and Ann Elizabeth Measure of Boston,by Rev.Charles F.Dole at Boston. October 20.Philip L.Towle of Cohasset and Mildred I. Chaffee of Cohasset,by Rev.Frank B.McAllister. October 20.Thomas F.Broderick of Boston and Ellen G. Green of Cohasset by Rev.John B.Peterson at Cohasset. October 21.Roy F.Chase of Cohasset and Margaret L.Daley of Cohasset,by Rev.F.A.Brogan. October 25.Joseph Landry of Norwood and Mabel Brown of Norwell,by Rev.F.A.Brogan. November 18.Austin L.Ahearn of Cohasset and Louise I. McGrath of Cohasset,by Rev.F.A.Brogan. November 18.Floronce W.Brosnahan of Cohasset and Anna Agnes Sweeney of Arlington,by Rev.M.J.Flaherty at Arlington. November 28.Arthur A.Dion of Brookline and Bessie L. Bates of Cohasset,by Rev.F.A.Brogan. December 6.Nicola Sinopoli of Cohasset and Felicia Migliaccio of Cohasset,by Rev.F.A.Brogan, December 6.Ferdinando Devito of Cohasset and Maria Stella Migliaccio of Cohasset,by Rev.F,A.Brogan. December 30.Maurice R.Noman of Scituate and Catherine J. Donovan of Cohasset,by Rev.F.A.Brogan. Marriage in 19 13 April I,19 13.Joseph L.Leonard of Cohasset and Grace M. Farreira of Cohasset,by Rev.Farragh A.Brogan. 51 2S 9 !^^"ci /> ii 2 1 '5 J 1 .2 1 hi o 9 3 1 ^ 8 a i 1 1 .2 < ^ 'S c 5 i h4 rt fe i so 5 3 :5 :3 6 c3 M •^•> s cS ^ 1 1 HZ O 5 g > !^=2 c3 a ^ lip g O I 'S Is "^J ;3 H I o a; a:S C "^ ^3 o <y g .5 S u 2 3 o 5 cH !:?-?C o ^ S .•Si ^--o o c N m a ^ -S i-«S 1-» S :3 S 03 Q O « iii o ~"t 05 ra eS :c S i-5 ^1-3 <!^ 0) CD w <j R -s-s vi r/i o -i 0) r-^:? '^o ^o O O uj ^ ^*:>-t^—J -i^-1^ C "^W to fl M 02Srj02COr«M so M 3 fl ^^^^O o o o c o o cq 32 O O H O O lis 2 O e3 his o o i2=^i:;s I "^2^25^>?<lO M (N <N X to I T-lO ?D t- lO j<i C2 o ro <N t:<O M lO to 05 T-i X CO IC X X IN >?*lO lO ^5X»C!^•XTl^xxt^I cONr^io -^to X i-<I to CO <*lo I ^S i3 ^.2 ?!C u uOC01 n lh 0) <1 ;i(P3 S S S CO HH Eh III CO lO O CO •<*< Sfe S o HI! i ^cS 3 ^n g c3 50 :3 i O s ^:<r- -i §D3 .^ O CO >*<to T-i t-c tH C<« t-to i-H X X X (N th ^^cq S'^i till I-C*to OJ 52 c c., «1 2 -c i!c SO -^cu-^w ^2 5 iS fl e8 2 Xi JS C^(D O <U El OC Hj N O 03 O Is m „ 511 "Sis O &H H^ iS >>5 m S g 1 ^ ^'-'(U 2 Q ^63 ?S Q -r- P c S3 5:2 ^I.a B i s ft 2 CD EH S -^ «§« 03 2;« d a 83 P ix.i? ;j PQ o iz;0-M o 5 o sy -fl t<o ^c o pq m P5 W Q 1^c o £QJ <t> 2 AS _g 0)0) 3 ei eS .15 -c -a o o o 02 O O 2 2 2SI ISSS'^I^ISS-I I ISSJ-**"!I IS I o.^ I ::^ I I I I iH I O (N •* I I I I I I 2 S ^s :I • O*Se*?2«8OO3\:e8aJ0Qc8*^"W'^e3-t.»2^^o,-<E£ ^KWH<;SeHHP3^ffiffiS&^£HjffiS<Uij<j^Sao;z;oH AUDITOR'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1914 ACCOUNTS OF 19 14 (For Index,see Recapitulation,page 134 ) Town Officers Appropriation(Article i6,Annual Meeting,March 9,19 14) Appropriation (Article t6,for "ad- ditional clerical work", Appropriation Article 35,Tax Col- lector ...., Deduct Sealer Weights and Meas- ures (reported elsewhere) Receipts,by Tax Collector,sum- monses,fees,etc.. Expenditures: Selectmen (salaries) Philander Bates,(2 months) Chairman $75 15 Harry E.Mapes,(10 months) Chairman ..,374 85 Harry E.Mapes,(2 months)83 30 Herbert L.Brown 500 00 William 0,Souther,Jr.,(10 months)....416 70 Selectmen's personal expenses : H.L,Brown,carfares ..$5 10 Other expenses of Selectmen : Telephones of Chairmen of Board Philander Bates,South Main street,(3 months)$9.04; Elm street,(12 months) $22.00 ,...31 04 $5»5oo 00 1,000 00 800 00 $7,300 00 100 00 $7,200 00 41 40 $1,450 00 56 Other expenses of Selectmen : Harry E.Mapes $17 60 Posting warrants ; H.E.Brennock 9 00 Teams ....2 00 Postage,$5,65;envelopes, $1.84 7 49 P.O.box rent,$2.80;paper and pens,$.99 .3 79 Inkwells,$4.50;license blanks, $.30 ....•4 80 Engineer's blue print I 00 Folders for filing cabinet I 72 Desk pads and record book .4 GO Commission of Town Account- ant as Justice of the Peace (for town work).7 00 Teams,$8.50;autos,$15.00 .23 50 $118 04 Auditor and Accountant : Edward L.Stevens,services .1,000 00 Expenses : Postage ....$S 19 General offices expenses, pens,ink,etc.3 42 Inkwell,$1.00;envelopes,etc., $4.09 ....5 09 16 70 Treasurer : Newcomb B.Tower,services .700 00 Expenses : Bond $50 00 Protectograph 35 00 Inkwell,$1.00;metal sign. $1.75 ....2 75 Postage,carfares,etc.23 48 Telephone (1-2)12 50 rnllector • 123 73 Newcomb B.Tower,services .800 00 57 Collector : Expenses bond Book $8,metal sign $1.75 Postage,car fares,etc. Telephone (}^) Assessors,services: Philander Bates (2 months). Harry E.Mapes,(10 months) Harry E.Mapes,(2 months). Herbert L.Brown William O.Souther,Jr.,(10 months).... Personal expenses of Assessors: Herbert L.Brown ., Harry E.Mapes Other expenses of Assessors : Abstracts of Probate Rec- ords ....$42 60 Notices,record books,sched- $50 00 9 75 50 80 12 50 $123 05 $81 83 408 17 49 98 300 00 250 02 1,090 00 $6 75 13 00 T r\n f ules,forms,etc.18 85 Postage $5.05,express .30 5 35 Information concerning stockholders II 00 Teams $10,autos $15.50 25 50 Other Finance Offices and Accounts : Bureau of Statistics : Two notes in anticipation of taxes registered —numbers 9 and 10 .... Town Clerk : Harry F.Tilden,services Recording births and deaths .$4 80 Additional recording : Sixty births 30 00 Thirty marriages 6 GO 103 30 4 00 300 00 58 Additional recording : Fifty-one deaths Administering 30 oaths . Nine returns to other towns . Expenses of Town Clerk : Hobbs &Warren,stationery . Repairing safe General office expenses Inkwell LJ.Morris,serving summonses $4;notices $9 ... Teams (1913,$2.50) Registrars of Voters,services : Harry F.Tilden . Thomas W.Doyle . Henry E.Sweeney Bartholomew Daley,9 months Joseph E.Grassie,3 months . Expenses,registration of voters : Hobbs and Warren,register of voters .... L.J.Morris,distributing in- structions to voters Teams Election Officers,services Manuel S.Enos Royal A.Bates Fred C.Blossom E.Clayton Hyland George M.Ennice George P.Tower Henry B.Kimball John Roche Joseph St.John John F.Murphy $10 20 7 50 2 25 $S 20 4 75 IS 69 I 50 13 00 6 00 ^53 00 53 GO 53 GO 37 50 12 50 $9 00 I 80 8 50 !^ii 75 5 00 II 75 5 00 5 00 5 00 II 75 5 00 5 00 5 00 $60 75 49 14 209 00 19 3G 59 Election Officers,services Henry E.Brennock George F,Sargent,Jr. George Jason . Frank F.Martin,Jr. Caleb Nichols Abraham J.Antoine George W.Morris . E.Clarence Tower . Expenses of Election Officers, lunches,etc.: T.F.Kane .... Joseph St.John Total for Town Officers . Appropriation for "additional clerical work "turned back to Treasury .... Balance over appropriation and receipts to Incidental Account Unpaid bills : Central Garage,autos for Se- $6 75 6 75 6 75 6 75 3 GO 3 00 3 00 3 00 $21 00 I 77 $109 25 22 77 $6,318 78 1,000 00 ^77 38 $7,318 78 $7,318 78 lectmen $10 00 Law —Legal Counsel Appropriation Expenditures —re Stoddard fence : E.Chickering,7 photographs, taken May 16,1914 .,$9 00 Daniel N.Tower,survey and plan showing location of fence posts taken down in front of Elliot Stoddard es- tate.Elm street and High- land avenue ...12 00 $500 00 $21 00 6o Law—Legal service : Albert P.VVorthen,Town Coun- sel,professional services for 19 1 4 —various cases . Expenses .... Total for Law,etc. Balance to Treasury Unpaid bill,Harold P.Litch field,services $150 00 7 25 $3 GO Engineering No appropriation. Expenditures —Maintenance : Walter B.Foster Lay-out Lambert's Lane .$217 88 Survey of Smith's Place .35 60 Outlay : Hartley L.White,Survey of town west of Forest Ave., (North Cohasset) Total to Incidental Account Town Hall Appropriation .... Receipts : From L.B.Cozzens,63 nights From F.W.Mead (one night $16.50)6 nights From L.J.Morris,janitor, rent of hall and for current ^^57 25 $178 25 321 75 ^253 48 $500 00 $500 00 763 70 $1,017 18 $1,000 00 $819 00 81 50 255 81 1,156 31 6i Expenditures : Janitor,L.J.Morris,services $450 00 Janitor,extra work etc.,L.J. Morris $7 00 Janitor,extra work etc.,A.J. Morris ....i 00 Janitor,supplies (1913,$i-75) 8 00 44 43 Janitor,supplies Dustbane 10 50 Janitor,Alonzo Pearson,wash- ing windows $8 35 Janitor,Alonzo Pearson,wash- ing walls etc.II 25 19 60 Telephone service (19 13,$2.95)54 44 Lighting,general $261.42 ; motion pictures $62.22 (1913, $35-36)....323 64 Lamps 37 55 Heating : Tower Bros.&Co.,coal $251.26 wood,$4.50 ;...^255 76 Lincoln Bros.Coal Co.,coal $167.66;wood,$5.50 .173 16 428 92 Tuning pianos,A.R.Whitcomb, upper hall $13 ;lower hall $2.50 (1913,$2.00)15 50 Repairs on piano,iron work .3 00 Three fire extinguishers,C. Callahan Co....31 50 Furniture,repairs on (Select- men's room)3 00 Furniture,new stool 90 Expressage,freight and carting 2 16 Repairs on and supplies for building : Manuel S.Leonard Connecting sinks with cess- pool ....$101 62 62 Manuel S.Leonard . Renewing outside urinals . Repairs on kitchen range . Shut-off in cellar Labor on frozen pipes Cleaning range and heater (1913,$180.84) General repair work, Wiring,etc.: Bosworth &Beal,general Bosworth &Beal,re-locating meters William J.J.Dornan,general Supplies for building,repairs Awning Inspection of boiler Erecting and taking down election booths . Fence,19 13: B.F.Morse,labor . J.H.Wilbur,labor Cohasset Hardware Co.,sup plies ..., Tower Bros.&Co.. Labor outside : D,D.Desmond B.F.Morse .... J.H.Wilbur Insurance premium on $7,000, expiring 1919 Eugene N.Tower,agent Total for Town Hall Balance to Treasury $5^12 19 00 4 10 3 25 9 50 ^193 59 $20 25 :8 66 52 so 15 95 23 26 5 00 $329 21 2 00 $2 40 2 40 2 94 31 58 $1 20 2 40 2 40 50 39 32 283 50 $2,103 67 52 64 $2,156 31 $2,156 31 63 Printing Appropriation .... Expenditures — Selectmen : Warrants,(19 13,$3-5°)$3^50 Circulars ....3 50 Notices,"Closing Accounts"2 50 Letterheads $3.75,electro- type $1.50 ....5 2$ $42 75 Town Accountant,letter- heads ....3 75 Assessors,30 poll tax lists 24 00 Town Treasurer : Blanks,(1913,$11.25)$16 00 Noteheads ....2 50 18 50" Tax Collector : Circulars and notices $5 00 Tax bills ....13 50 18 50 Town Clerk : Envelopes and letterheads $9 00 Blanks,etc.7 00 T A /-1<-V Elections : Ballots,instructions,tally sheets etc..,.$71 00 One thousand copies of Legis- lative Acts ...7 50 One hundred voting lists ,60 00 135 50 nspector of Wires : Five hundred noteheads 3 75 ^oor department : Five hundred record blanks .9 00 $700 00 64 Unclassified : Town report,i,ioo copies (270 pages at $1.70)..$459 00 Fifty copies building laws .5 00 Wood-cuts,etc....24 00 $488 00 Balance over appropriation to Incidental Account ^62 75 Total for printing .,$762 75 $762 75 Water for Hydrants and Public Buildings Appropriation ....^4^400 oo Expenditures —Cohasset Water Co.,for service in 1914: Fire Department —Seventy-two hydrants (69 charged for at $44-673 and three free).,$3,08250 Seventeen additional hydrants at $45 00 ....765 00 Four additional hydrants at $45 '00 in 19 1 4,(two Pond street,one Beach street,one Ash street),...180 00 Combination No.i,$10.00; Hook and Ladder No.i^ ^10.00 20 00 Town Hall Highways—Drinking fountains Highways—Street sprinkling . Cohasset Home Schools—Osgood,$35 ;Beech- wood,$10.00 $4 047 50 35 00 50 00 75 50 42 00 45 00 $4,295 00 65 Hingham Water Company : Fire Department —Seven hydrants ....$175 00 Hose No.3,closet and hose .9 00 ^184 GO Balance over appropriation to Incidental Account ..$79 00 Total for w a t e r,for hydrants,etc...$^A79 00 $4,479 00 The Town Accountant was informed by the Cohasset Water Company,after the closing of the books,that they had charged for three hydrants too many ($135.00),which will be a credit of 1915. Police Department Appropriation ....$7,200 00 Receipts : Samuel H.Capen,sheriff,fines $80 00 Clerk of District Court of East Norfolk,fines ...115 45 Thomas L.Bates,chief.Chauf- feurs'Ball .... Edgar J.Pratt,for officer Lyman B.Cozzens,officer at Town Hall .... F.W.Mead,officer at Town Hall 2 50 2 50 94 50 6 00 300 95 Expenditures —(Services) : Thomas L.Bates,chief ..$1,000 00 Sidney L.Beal,regular $9 17.50; special,$33.50 ...951 00 Joseph A.Antoine,regular, $920.00 J special,$25.00 .945 00 $7^500 95 66 Police Department : Frank Jason,regular,$920.00; special,$22.50 ...$942 50 John J.Grassie,regular,$920; special,$22.50;killing and burying dogs,$8.25 . Robert Ainslie Manuel P.Valine . John Roche .... Louis J.Morris,Town Hall, $10800;special,$60.50 Henry E.Brennock John T.Keating John VV.Edwards Manuel S.Enos Harry A.Pattison John W.Brennock John Flemming Five out-of-town officers, May 30 .... (For other services performed by officers,see next Account "Police Department,Cohas- set Harbor) Expenses of the Chief: Horse .....$100 00 Personal,railroad fares and general .... Telephone,(1913,$5.44) Executive expenses,general : Boundbrook Press,print- ing and electrotype Auto-List Publishing Co. John Daun,flowers for funeral Libby &Howe,cards Telephones : Headquarters (1913,$2.34).$63 88 950 75 312 50 395 00 140 50 168 50 50 00 47 50 47 50 5 00 2 50 2 50 2 50 22 50 22>3>07 47 96 $11 75 10 00 6 00 5 50 ^5.985 75 381 03 33 25 67 Police Department—Telephones : Jerusalem Road station (1913,$1.69)...$21 97 North Cohasset (1913,$2.52).3 04 General expenses of Head- pou oy quarters : Lighting $S GO Heating,coal and wood .48 43 Cleaning,etc 5 80 Laundry 2 40 Supplies for maintenance of building ....25 08 Richard Cadden,labor .12 10 Flags and bunting .4 22 Tower Bros.&Co.,lanterns, etc 2 98 Lettering front door 5 00 Wiring,Bosworth &Beal 5 85 119 85 Repairs on building (Head- quarters),shingling ; G.W.Crocker,labor $8 75 L.J.Morris,labor .10 CO C.H.Hackett,4>^M shingles 18 00 Tower Bros,&Co.,staging .3 50 40 25 Labor on signs : A.E.Grassie 9 00 Police Signal System : Bosworth &Beal .^77 12 L.J.Morris,labor ,5 50 Eco Magneto Clock Co..15 05 Electric Light &Power Co..3 81 lOI 48 Lockup : Wm.J.Brennock,keeper,1913 $10 00 Wm.J.Brennock,care of prisoners 1912 and 1913 9 00 6S Lockup : City of Quincy,care of prison- ers,1913 ....H 15 Lunches,T.F.Kane 15 00 ^38 15 Thomas L.Grassie,tonic,May 30 4 80 Simeone Brothers,coffee,July 4 I 10 Transportation : Cohasset Garage,autos ho 75 Central Garage,autos II 00 Cohasset Auto Repair Shop, autos 22 00 H.F.Tilden,teams 16 50 Cohasset Livery &Sale Stable, team I 00 lOI 25 Medical service : F,Hinchliffe,M.D.7 50 Disposing of dogs,general .4 00 Maintenance of auto of chief : Gasolene,210 gallons $39 14 Oil,34>^quarts of .5 18 Tires,etc 23 25 Washing,etc 5 5° Repair work and supplies 18 05 Presto-lite tanks .8 00 E.N.Tower,insurance premium ....6 75 87105 Outlay : Headquarters,1913, Waldo Brothers,paint ^2 75 A.D.Gillis,mantel iron,etc 14 40 17 IS Cohasset Garage : Ford car ....$300 00 Nickle-plating lights,etc.5 00 Fenders ....6 00 69 Cohasset Garage: Supplies and labor ..$15 40 A.E.Grassie,painting and repairing top D.W.Gilbert,whistle Gas tank and lights Auto horn Total for Police depart- ment ... Balance to Treasury Unpaid bills : Electric Light &Power,Co., lighting ....$4 00 H.F.Tilden,teams ..3 25 30 00 2 so 12 00 10 00 $380 90 $7,420 23 80 72 $7,500 95 $7,500 95 h 25 Police Department,Cohasset Harbor Appropriation ....$500 00 Expenditures : Services : Manuel S.Enos H.A.Pattison Jlobert Ainslie Use of boat,Robert Ainslie **Bob"Smith,electric light and battery ....40 S^ Bosworth &Beal,batteries and wiring ....4 15 Cohasset Garage,batteries,net 50 Tower Bros.&Co.,lumber,etc i 02 M.E.Salvador,gasolene .10 90 $125 00 17 50 120 00 $262 50 20 00 70 Dlice Department —Cohasset Harbor: Edgar T.Jenkins,labor on boat $10 GO Thomas L.Bates,expressage and blacksmithing I 21 Total for Harbor Police $S5o 78 Balance to Treasury .149 22 $500 00 $500 00 Fire Department Appropriation : General maintenance ..$3,ooo'00 Salary of chief ...300 00 Expenditures : Executive expenses : Teams for engineers,Cohasset Livery and Sales stables (1913,$2.50) JohnL.Jason,(1913,$3) H.F.Tilden,carting hose and team for engineers George Jason,team Cohasset Garage,auto Bosworth &Beal,flash-light , Boundbrook Press,envelopes, cards and folders ..8 92 $3 25 8 00 4 75 2 50 2 00 3 SO $3,300 00 Receipts : Cohasset Water Co.,use of hose 1913 ....$2 00 Henry Dobbins,reimbursment for damage to fire alarm .2 37 4 37 ^3.304 37 71 Fire Department : — One hundred postals,print- ing,etc $2 25 Firemen's Standard,subscrip- tion I 00 Litchfield's Express I 35 E.E.H.Souther,letter-file .35 $37 87 Telephone at house of Com- bination No,I ...59 15 Salaries and wages : Henry E.Brennock,chief .$300 00 Alfred M.Silvia.Combination No.I.day service,January, February and March,at $60.00,$180.00 ;for April, day and night,$85.00 ;for balance of year,eight months, at $100.00,$800.00 ..1,065 °° Clarence S,Reddy,Combina- tion No.T,night service three months ....75 00 William J.Brennock,Combina- tion No.I,night service .182 50 Stewards : Albert J.Morris,Combination No.I .....40 00 John F.Smith,Hook and Ladder No.i,for eighteen months,from November i, 1913,to May I,1915,at $25.00 a year ...37 49 Joseph W.Almeida,Hook and Ladder No.2,May i,1913, May I,1914 .,30 00 Watching fires : John L.Jason...,5 00 A.J.Morris ....3 00 John Kennedy,$3.00 ; pair of rubber boots,spoiled,$3.75 6 75 72 Services at fires : Charles W.Hunter,clerk,Hose No.3,1913 ...^s 00 J.Lewis Bates,clerk,Com- bination No.I ...5 00 Poll taxes and payments for services,sixty-four men .128 00 Repairs on and supplies for apparatus : Combination No.i : W.P.Malley,19 13 ^10 75 Albert E.Grassie,painting 4 00 -Peerless Motor Car Company, repairing transmission,net, $42.74 ; painting,etc,,$100 : repairs,$108.80;fan belt. $2,75 ;fan shaft,$2.66 256 95 Beacon Motor Car Company, repairing spring .3 75 Mrs.Kate Silvia,board of man from Boston (on repairs)2 90 John L.Jason,labor 16 80 Edward R.Jason,labor .6 00 C.Callahan Company,supplies 50 Badger Fire Extingushing Com- pany,gaskets,66 cents ;acid bottles,etc.,$13.90 ...14 56 H.E.Brennock,expenses,five trips to Boston on repairs .12 00 Cohasset Garage,tubing 58 Tower Bros.&Company,14^^ lbs,zinc ....I 64 F.W.Browne,de-natured alco- hol,etc....2 25 John L,Jason,carting trans- mission ....12 50 $1,882 74 $345 18 73 Hook and Ladder No.i : W.P.Malley,1913 ..$0 45 A.E.Grassie,9 straps ..3 15 Hook and Ladder No.2 Litchfield's express ..i 10 Conveyance of apparatus to fires : Cohasset Livery and Sales stables (19 13,$7.50)$52 SO Daley's Nantasket express (1913,$10)40 00 J.W.Bates &Son.10 00 George Jason 8 50 John L.Jason,(1913,$5.00).20 GO Repairs on buildings : Combination No.i : W.J.Brennock $16 61 Thomas A.Roche .2 20 M.S.Leonard,labor on stove $6.75,faucet,^1.40 8 15 Tower Bros.&Co.,suppUes .12 84 Litchfield's express,on boiler 50 $40 30 Hook and Ladder No.2 : E.Harold Brown,wiring .$29 52 H.C.Sargent,labor ..i 00 Frank Sargent,painting ,40 31 Cohasset Water Co.,re-setting service box ...i 00 Hose No.3,Bertram L.Beal, wiring .....10 29 General supplies for houses : Combination No.i : Cohasset Supply Co.,1913 .$25 Tower Bros.&Co...3^5^ Thomas L.Grassie (1913,$5.25)3082 M.J.Merriam,cloth .,50 P.Bates,rubber boots ..6 75 $349 88 31 00 122 42 74 Combination No.i : Bosworth &Beal,lamps Electric Light &Power Co., lamps A.M.Silvia,reimbursement for curtain John L.Jason,locks etc. Joseph St.John,towels,sheets, etc A.E.Grassie,cloth door and painting .... C.Callahan Co.,red globe lantern .... M.J.Sullivan,feather duster, sponge and chamois . Cohasset Hardware Co.,oil stove,shades,etc. Hook and Ladder No.i : Tower Bros.&Co.,Yale lock Bosworth &Beal,lamps Hook and Ladder No.2 : Electric Light &Power Co.,5 lamps .... H.L.Brown,suppHes Fuel: Combination No.i.Tower Bros.&Co.,coal $78.79, $2 58 I 40 2 30 2 40 9 00 2 50 75 7 00 5 65 $103 48 I SO 62 $1 75 6 93 wood $4 15 $82 94 Hook and Ladder No.2,Tower Bros.&Co....4 13 Hose No.3,Tower Bros.& Co.,coal $39.25,wood $6.65 46 00 light :(Electric Light and Power Co.) Combination No.i .$40 13 Hose No,3 ....15 78 Hook and Ladder No.2, Beechwood ....4 50 $114 28 ^33 07 60 41 75 Equipment supplies : Combination No.i : E.E.H.Souther,laundry, (1913,$6.51) Presto-Lite,$2.00;tank $15,00 Gasolene,421 gallons Two cans Batteries Soap and grease Waste Lubricating oil,60 gallons Fire Alarm : Electric Light and Power Co., current for batteries Electric Light and Power Co., work and material on lines ($2.37 reimbursed by Mr. Dobbins) W.J,Brennock,care of bat- teries,I year W.J.Brennock,painting and lettering 75 cross-arms A.M.Kimball,labor and auto S.H.Nichols,labor Gamewell Fire Alarm Tele- graph Co.,mile of wire,1913 Cohasset Livery and Sales Stables,teams (1913,$7.50) John L.Jason,auto Tower Bros.&Co.,supplies . Balance over appropriations and receipts to Incidental Account .... Total For Fire Department $27 14 17 GO 83 6s 84 17 23 6 35 10 27 35 50 $50 04 232 76 50 00 7 50 35 90 3 00 39 00 17 00 2 SO 4 20 $197 98 441 90 $226 2^ $3»53o 70 $3,530 70 76 Fire Department: Unpaid bills : C.S.Reddy,expenses tc> Boston $1 50 T.A.Roche,rent Hose No.4 20 00 Combination No.i : Bosworth &Beal,lamps,bat teries,etc..3 90 Central Garage,tank,oil,etc 6 25 E.E.H.Souther,laundry 8 91 W.P.Malley,iron work .9 00 Cohasset Supply Co.8 77 Hose No.2,Beechwood,E.J Pratt,heater 13 00 Hose No.3,The Country Store 2 40 $73 73 PuLMOTOR —Fire Department Outlay Appropriation .... Expenditures : The Draeger Oxygen Appar- tus Co.,Pittsburg,Pulmotor $150 00 Two extra oxygen cylinders,.35 00 Balance to Treasury ^55300 00 $185 00 Express on above .2 18 American Oxygen Association, refilling tank,2 50 Express on above .40 $190 08 109 92 $300 00 $300 00 77 Forest Fires Appropriation $500 00 Expenditures : Payrolls,fires : Beechwood St.,March 20 Sohier St.,April 11 Black Rock Station,April 11 Black Rock Station,May and 4 . Forest Ave.,May 24 So.Main St.,May 20 Doane St.,June 13,14 and 15 Dooley's place,May 10 . May 17 . Doane St.,June 12 and 14 Cunningham's Woods,North Cohasset Turtle Island,October 12 and 13 ... Joy Hill,October 15 and 25 Back G.W.Mealy's,November 3 and 4 King St.,November 13 . South Main St.,November 14 Beechwood St.,November 14 Great Swamp,November 14 . Black Rock,November 18 Elm St.,(rear)November 25 . Beach St.,(Bayley's)November 26 and 27 . Summer St.,(6.L.Sankey's) November 27 W.J.Brennock,posting notices Transportation : Cohasset Livery and Sale Stable teams S.E.Pratt (191 2). $1 20 4 10 4 50 I 50 19 80 2 10 41 40 2 60 7 30 13 00 3 00 44 10 3 00 4 50 2 40 IS 00 5 10 2 10 2 10 9 90 4 S^ $2 00 60 50 I 00 $193 20 78 Transportation : J.W.Bates &Son . Leo E.Neagle,autos Central Garage,autos Cohasset Supply Co.,auto M.S.Leonard,auto Supplies : F.W,Browne,8 kegs of soda F.VV.Browne,acid F.W.Browne,acid and soda C.Callahan Co.,bottles,60; boots,$3.90;brooms,$2.75 Soda,112 lbs. Repairs on extinguishers Stopples .... E.J.Pratt,tunnels W.P.Malley,wall hooks Tower Bros.&Co.,hardware etc Storage of wagon,i Cohasset Livery and Stable Freight and cartage,19 13 year, Sale Total for Forest Fires Balance to Treasury $10 00 13 GO 9 00 5 00 2 50 $76 24 25 40 I 25 7 25 3 36 6 10 I 00 2 50 I 25 72 $101 00 125 07 40 00 75 $462 02 37 98 $500 00 $500 00 Moth Suppression Appropriation $4,417 09 Receipts From State : Reimbursement,1913 account $131 85 State Highway ,..40 41 $172 26 79 oth Suppression : Sarah C.Wheelwright .^55 02 Wood,cut on pasture at Cohas- set Home :. John Pearson $2 00 J.H.Pinkham 21 00 Tower Bros.&Co.,gasolene 23 00 drums returned .37 50 From tax bills of 19 13 .$191 31 From tax bills of 1914 .31465 94 3,657 25 ^3>945 03 $8,362 12 Also credit of $20 charged Tree Warden account for 400 lbs. of arsenate of lead. Expenditures : Payrolls:.,..$6,329 70 William H.McArthur,car-fares i 80 Miscellaneous labor,filing saws 3 00 Teams : Cohasset Livery and Sale Stable ....$334 80 C.H.Stoughton ...156 72 Ira Bates ....114 50 606 02 Litchfield's Express cartage, freight .... Miscellaneous freight and ex- press $32 2 81 93 Repairs on apparatus : M.A.Burke,blacksmithing . W.P.Malley,blacksmithing . $12 6 30 60 Repairs on bicycle,J.L.Jason William Read &Sons . $20 17 52 35 74 18 90 20 69 8o Moth suppression : Tower Bros.&Co.(gasolene, $56.20,credit of $37.50).$108 98 Central Garage,gasolene .i 80 Supplies and tools : Tower Bros.&Co.$20 17 Cohasset Hardware Co.16 33 H.L.Brown ....4 30 Stationery : E.E.H.Souther,1912 and 1913 h 95 E.E.H.Souther,1914 .I 00 $2 25 8 25 Notices to property owners Postage and envelopes . State Forester's Office (see note at end of this account) Rent of shop . Total for Moth Work Balance to Treasury Balance as above ...$727 45 Transfer from Tree Warden account ....20 00 $110 78 40 80 6 95 10 50 329 79 120 00 $7,634 67 727 45 1,362 12 $8,362 12 Total balance $747 45 Moth Work Reported to State Forester December i,1913,December I,1914: Appropriations $4,417 09 8i Moth work : Expenditures : Private Town Liability Liabilitj-Totnl Pay-rolls ..$2,469 23 $4,089 07 $6,558 30 Schedule of bills submitted Dec. 19.1914 ..537 94 396 36 934 3° $3,007 17 $4,485 43 $7»492 60 Deduct private lia- bility ...3,007 17 Balance over appro- priation .,$68 34 $4,485 43 $4,485 43 Supplies furnished by State,$1,990 67 Of the above for supplies,the Town was charged with twenty per cent.,or ,.$398 13 Deduct balance over appro- priation ....68 34 Paid State Forester ...$329 79 The above may be subject to slight corrections,as all bills submitted to the State may not be allowed. Tree Warden Appropriation $1,000 00 Expenditures —Pay-rolls,etc.: Joseph E,Grassie,services .$222 00 Labor : John H.Wilbur ...105 60 Theo Matheis ...63 60 Joseph F.Bandura ...43 20 George F.Mitchell ..36 00 82 ibor: Thomas O'Neil $19 20 George G.Monteiro 14 40 S.L.Williams 4 80 H.R.Nickerson .2 40 Edward T.Reilly .2 00 Daniel F.O'Brien (under W.H Mc Arthur).I 20 Teams : Joseph E.Grassie ($4.00,cart- ing brush).... Harry F.Tilden . Joseph E.Grassie : Car fare to and from Worcester Three loads,loam . One load,manure . Joseph Breck &Sons,1,500 lbs.arsenate of lead . Trees : H.F.Tilden,Chase Bros.'bill Lincoln Ellms,ten maples James F.Thom,twenty-five maples .... Tools and supplies : Cohasset Hardware Company Tower Bros.&Company J.Breck &Sons M.E.Salvador,fifty gallons gasolene .... E.E.H.Souther,stationery (1911,$1.80) Massachusetts Forest Associa- tion,shade trees notices $10 00 TO 00 37 50 $25 TO 5 09 I 43 7 20 $514 40 ^80 00 142 75 222 75 2 90 6 00 2 00 127 50 57 50 38 82 6 60 T 00 83 Moth Department,Town of Cohasset,transfer ;400 lbs. arsenate of lead ,.,$20 00 Total for Tree Warden . Balance to Treasury ^7 5 $999 47 53 $1,000 00 $1,000 00 Unpaid bils : H.F.Tilden .... Tower Bros.&Co.. 25 35 $12 60 Sealer of Weights AND Measures Appropriation ..,.$100 00 Expenditures : Caleb Nichols,sealer,services Caleb Nichols,c a r -f aVe s, stamps,etc...."'. Ordered by Commissioner of weights and measures : Chas S.Hanaford,sealing druggist's scales,fees and $75 00 I 62 expenses .... W.&L.E.Gurley,supplies . Tower Bros.&Co.,supplies . Transportation Balance over apppropriation to incidental account 3 60 14 68 50 10 00 5 40 Total to Sealer Weights and Measures ....$105 40 $105 40 Inspection of Wires Appropriation ....$335 00 Expenditures : George Jason,Jr.,Inspector, services .,.,$300 00 84 Transportion : Leo E.Neagle $19 25 Cohasset Garage,(1913,$2.50)S 00 Central Garage 5 00 Cohasset Auto Repair Shop .3 SO fe2 75 Printing 1,000 notices.Pray & Kelley ....3 00 Stationery : E.E.H.Souther .2 00 F.W.Browne ....25 Batteries for flash-light .I 44 Balance over appropriation to Incidental Account ,4 44 Total for Inspector of Wires .$339 44 $339 44 Unpaid bills : Cohasset Garage .$9 50 Spear's Dam No appropriation : Expenditures : Alexander Brown,carpenter. 9 days .,..$36 00 Wm.P.Malley,iron work 6 00 John W.Brennock,hinges 2 00 Tower Bros.&Co.,lumber, cement,etc.14 21 George F.Welch,lumber 75 Transferred to Incidental Account ....$58 96 Board of Health ppropriation ....$1,400 00 Receipts,reimbursement for children in Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital 217 so $1,617 50 85 Expenditures,(Executive Expenses) : Irving F.Sylvester,Secretary Services $125,00,less $5.45 account telephone ,.$119 55 Dr.George Osgood,services $87.50,expressage and telephone]$25,transportation $2 114 50 Warren F.Snow,services 87 SO Postage 3 00 Typewriting : Grace P.Bates 8 00 Alice L.Grassie 75 Telephone of Secretary of Board (credit of $5.45 noted above).... Printing : Vining South Shore Syndicate, advertising regulations $45 00 Boundbrook Press,blanks, report cards,etc ..14 25 Quarantine and Contagious Hospital Account : Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital,transportation and care of 1 2 cases of contagious disease ....$1,085 0° Henry Keating,quarantine 28 days $56,bedding destroyed $21.50 ....77 50 Quarantined : Mary Desmond ...6 00 Harry Donovan ...18 00 Margaret Donovan .,7 50 Lena F.Donovan ...750 Daniel Donovan,mattress $7, pillows $3,93 quarts of milk $7 n 00 $333 30 21 90 59 25 86 Quarantined : George G.Monterio,8 days quarantine $i6,mattress $']$23 00 Gertrude Carlson ..34 00 Leon L.Noble 7 00 Earle W.Higgins .16 00 Elsie Higgins 5 ZZ Charles E.Stover .14 00 John Wm.Rooney .14 00 Walter P,Bates 50 00 Michael J.Poland 24 00 Dr.0.H.Howe,consultation 3 00 E,E.Bates,wood (1913).8 00 F,H.Thomas Co,,250 sputum cups ..2 50 Clair Armstrong,nurse. traveling expenses •I 15 Fumigation : Thomas H.Farmer,5 places .$50 00 John S.Williams,9 places and schools 3 times ...54 00 Warren F.Snow,5 places .25 00 F.Hinchliffe,M.D.,fumigating room ..,.,3 00 Osgood School —labor : Royal A.Bates ...11 10 D.F.O'Brien ...4 80 Ephraim Snow ...5 70 Frank Frates ...3 60 Formaldhyde,etc..Park,Davis &Co..,,.126 30 Mattress burnt : Mrs.C.E.Stover .,.$5 00 E.E.Campbell ...8 00 F.W.Browne,alcohol,car- bolic acid,etc.,1913 .14 80 J,W.Bates &Son,disinfecting six places,1913 ..,6 00 $1,420 48 87 Litchfield's Express,express- age Cohasset Livery and Sale Stable,teams Milk and Vinegar Inspection : Marion E.Spaulding,forty examinations D.W.Gilbert,inspection,$15 ; expenses,$2.87 . Inspection of Slaughtering : D.W.Gilbert,inspection State Board of Health,brand- ing outfit,1913 . Vital Statistics : 0.H.Howe,M.D,,reporting births,1913 H.E.Fernald,M.D.,report- ing twenty-three births,19 13 W.F,Snow,return of thirty- eight deaths Transportation : D.W.Gilbert Cohasset Livery and Sale Stable (19 13,$1.00). Incidentals —Burying animals : Antoine E.Salvador T.W.Whitcomb , C.A.Tanger .... Harold Burden Signs : R.J.Clark,labor . 1.F.Sylvester,lumber . M.F.McAuliffe,labor , ^5 03 4 00 $40 GO 17 87 $150 00 2 65 $SO 5 75 9 50 $43 20 3 00 $1 oe 2 00 I 00 I 00 SO 2 89 I 7S $326 33 57 87 152 65 S 75 46 20 $2 2 45 4o 2 50 $17 49 $2 $2 833 72 ,451 22 !,45i 22 88 Cleaning fountains : Cohasset Hardware Company, supplies .... Daniel F,O'Brien,labor . Cohasset Livery and Sale Stable,carting offal . Balance over appropriation and receipts to "Reserve Fund " Total ordered by Board of Health Ordered by Selectmen : Abraham J.Antoine,care of dike at Sandy Cove,January I,to July I,1914,transferred -to Incidental Account ..$1000 Total to "Health,"1914 ^2,461 22 "Unpaid bills : F.Hinchliffe,M.D.,reporting four births ...•$1 o^ H.E.Fernald,M.D.,reporting thirty births ....7 5° O.H.Howe,M.D.,reporting seven births .••^75 F.W.Browne,medicines,etc.13 10 $23 35 Straits Pond,Cat Dam and James Brook •^'^i^oo 00 Appropriation :...• ^^ Expenditures : Straits Pond : William O.Souther,Jr.,care of gates ^25 00 Henry L.McMahon,labor .84 60 Henry L.McMahon,horse .44 4° 89 Labor : Joseph F.Bandura $91 50 Manuel Oliver 55 50 Horace W.White .21 90 D.D.Desmond 12 GO Antoine L.Silvia .7 20 John F.Smith 4 80 Rubber boots : E.E.H.Souther,$14.50: George F.Hayden,$5.50 20 00 Boats : Fred C.Higgins,(i9i3)$13.50: Gun Rock House,$15.00 28 50 The Lincoln-Dillaway Co.,coil of rope,....II 20 Supplies,tools,etc.: Tower Bros.&Co..2 25 Cohasset Hardware Co..I 60 0.0.Smith ....1 50 Cat Dam : James Wilson,care of gates . Labor : H.L.McMahon,$2.40;horse, $1.60 Manuel Oliver Joseph F.Bandura . James Brook : Charles A.Tanger,care of gates of cove Total for Straits Pond,etc. Balance to Treasury $20 00 4 00 2 40 2 40 $411 95 28 80 30 00 $470 75 29 25 $500 00 $500 00 90 Inspector of Animals No appropriation Expendtures : D.W.Gilbert,Vetinary Sur- geon,services 19 14,Trans- ferred to Incidental Account $125 00 Highways and Sidewalks OILING STREETS Appropriation : Town State Receipts : B.Prestion Clark,fence posts, Atlantic avenue . For labor,stone,removing ashes, tarring streets,blasting powder,etc. : F.W.Wheelwright . William L.Parker . Richard T.Green . Mrs,Bethia L.Sankey Joseph N.Willcutt . Clifton L.Bremer . H.L.Willard,Jr.. P.Joseph Lyons John J.Pratt . Charles W.Gammons Edward Nichols Cohasset Savings Bank James M.Sweeney Also a credit from "steps,run," etc.,New North Landing, (Harbor)$8.63 $20,000 00 loi 96 $18 00 12 00 15 GO 96 25 43 00 39 60 15 00 6 68 5 93 5 SO 5 00 3 90 2 40 I 75 270 01 $20,371 97 91 Expenditures : Highways,general (for detail,see Highway Surveyor's report). F.W.Wheelwright,highway surveyor,services T.Groom &Co.,account books Freight and express (19 13, $3.30).... Payrolls —labor,ordinary Engineers:S.N.Thayer J.T.Barnes .... Teams,general Teams,F.W.Wheelwright , Gravel,sand,stone,etc. Masons : Wall,Atlantic Avenue,opposit Beach Street,A.E.Salvador 45 60 Walk in front of store of C.H. Trott Co.,South Main street, J.L.Sullivan (town to be re- imbursed one-half)..80 00 Bridge repairs and painting .747 98 Fences,repairs and painting .396 03 Blacksmithing : (1913,A.D.Gillis,$43-05 ;M. Donahue,$4.65 ;Cohasset Shoeing Forge,$12.02).96 22 Steam Roller : M.S.Leonard (1913,$7.25) labor,etc Buffalo Steam Roller Co.,sup- plies,etc $1,000 00 2 90 23 17 $3,856 87 295 75 75 00 4,227 62 $3»394 44 206 63 3,601 07 340 95 Miscellaneous work : Mowing bushes,1913,C. Lincoln .... Setting glass,Frank Sargent . $9 25 34 14 $26 40 I 00 43 39 92 Miscellaneous work : Water pipes,Cohasset Water Co.;Beech wood $2.58;Spring street,$17.19 Inspection of boilers Tools,lumber and general-sup- plies Repairs on automobile dam- aged on Gushing Road in 1913,M.S.Leonard . Rent: Elm street,William T.Tilden, January ist,to July ist,19 14 Total for general Highways, under Surveyor . State Highway Overdrafts on special approp- riations added. Repairs of Ash street Repairs of Norfolk Road Sidewalk,Beach street and Atlantic Avenue,(Outlay). Paving Gutter,South Main street ..... Unpaid bills : C.Lincoln,mowing W.T.Tilden,rent 6 months, to January i,1915 Cohasset Shoeing Forge A.A.Davenport C.H.Trott Co. Edgar W.Bates,gravel . Joseph St.John ^19 77 10 GO $57 17 1,020 73 17 00 37 50 .$11 .737 33 lOI 96 $3 06 18 25 61 75 17 43 $11,939 78 $28 80 37 50 15 71 10 80 4 80 .105 00 78 93 Unpaid bills: Cohasset Supply Co.$0 10 The Good Roads Machine Co. (balance claimed)13 28 Harry F.Tilden,(1914,$45.06)68 32 New York,New Haven,& Hartford Railroad,damage to gates,etc.at Spring street 28 28 James 0.McCormack,labor ,2 40 ^315 77 Oiling Streets (For detail,see Highway Surveyor's report) Appropriation (with Highways,$20,000) Expenditures : Payrolls,labor,ordinary ..$1,006 20 Engineer S.N.Thayer,labor .150 50 $1,156 70 Teams : General ....,$2,409 19 F.W.Wheelwright ...175 07 2,584 26 Tarvia :Barrett Mfg.Co., General,41,244 gallons ..$2,645 ^5 South Main street,8,909 gallons ....885 00 3»53o 05 (See unpaid bill at end of account) Liquid Asphalt : Indian Refining C o.,7,540 gallons ....395 85 Freight $345 89 Demurrage .,.46 00 391 89 Sand,165 loads,John Beal .57 75 94 Attachments for carts,Kinney Manufacturing Co., Mounting ....$275 00 25 00 $300 00 3 75 2 00 Stone,15 loads Elastic paint,2 gallons,Barrett Manufacturing Co. - Total for Oiling Streets . Unpaid bill : Barrett Manufacturing Co., 5,400 gallons,Tarvia, $516,00;balance South Main street job Amount forward,from High- way,general Balance to Treasury,(cash), $8,422 25 ii»939 78 9 94 (There is a credit to "High- ways"of $8.63,transfer from "New Steps,Run"etc., [Harbor],making a total balance to Treasury,$18.57) $20,371 97 $20,371 97 Highways —Ordered by the Selectmen No appropriation Receipts : Cohasset Water Co.,over- charge 19 13 Expenditures : Cohasset Water Co.,i 9 i 2 , ordered by George Jason, (then High Surveyor). Antoine E.Salvador,labor, steps front F.W.Browne's, 1913 Labor on conrete,corner Depot avenue and Main street U 93 3 50 4 50 $2 00 $i8 00 i6 80 9 60 S SO I 24 $2 00 I 20 24 00 I 35 40 $51 14 28 95 95 Repairs on fountain,front of Cohasset Hardware Co. : Labor : Michael F.McAuliffe . Robert J.Clark Michael McCarthy , H.F.Tilden,teaming and sand ... Cohasset Hardware Co., lanterns,etc. Cleaning fountains —Labor : Henry E.Brennock Charles F.Wilbur . Daniel D.Desmond Supplies : Tower Bros.&Company . Cohasset Hardware Company. Street signs and guide boards ; Lincoln Hillside : A.W.Morris,making and setting .... A.E.Grassie,painting eight signs E.E.Bates,twelve red cedar posts Tower Brothers &Company, lumber .... Fence on Highland avenue : Louis J.Morris,four day's labor Tower Brothers &Company, lumber,etc (Unpaid bill for paint,see below) Balance over receipts trans- ferred to Incidental Account Total ...,$157 40 ^157 40 $17 50 8 00 9 GO 4 10 38 60 $16 00 II 78 27 78 $155 40 i Unpaid bill ;fence,Highland avenue,Cohasset Hardware Com- pany,paint,$3.50. Improvement and Repair of Ash Street Appropriation ....$1,000 00 Expenditures : For detail,see Highway Sur- veyor's report. Payrolls —Labor .$292 80 Teams : General .....701 26 F,W.Wheelwright .9 00 Balance over appropriatton to Highway Account 3 06 $1,003 0^$1)003 06 Improvement and Repair of Norfolk Road Appropriation $600 00 Expenditures : For detail,see Highway Sur- veyor's report. Payrolls —Labor .$33^00 General .... F.W.Wheelwright . Balance over appropriation to Highway Account 274 75 7 50 18 25 $618 25 $618 25 97 New Sidewalk,Corner Beach Street and Atlantic Avenue —Outlay Appropriation ....|6oo oo Expenditures : For detail,see Highway Sur- veyor's report. Payrolls —Labor ...$498 78 Teams : General .....25 60 F.W.Wheelwright ...37 37 Concrete curbing,212 feet, J.L.Sullivan .,.100 00 Balance over appropriation to Highway Account .61 75 $661 75 $661 75 Paving Gutter,South Main Street,opposite Hillside Inn^ $200 00Appropriation* Expenditures : T ol-vrvr • J.W.Mulcahy R.J.Clark . M.F.McAuliffe . .$31 20 28 80 31 20 $91 20 8 63Team,H,F.Tilden , Rough paving stones,4,200, Edward J,Sandberg net .94 35 New York,New Haven,& Hartford Railroad,freight on stones 23 25 Balance over appropriation to Highway account ..17 43 $217 43 ^217 43 98 Removing Snow Appropriation Expenditures : Payrolls,men and horses M.A.Burke,repairing snow plow John Daun,replacing hedge of Russel B,Tower,damaged by snow plow $1,500 GO $1,073 88 3 75 2 50 Total removing snow $1,080 13 Balance to Treasury 419 87 $1,500 00 Unpaid bills : H.F.Tilden $2 50 Cobasset Livery and Sales stable II 40 $13 90 Electric Street Lights Appropriation,general Appropriation,new lights : One,Ash street Two,Joseph E.Grassie,not installed One,Beechwood street One,Ripley road , One,James lane Four,Pond street $6,600 00 18 00 36 00 18 00 18 00 18 00 72 00 $6,780 00 99 Expenditures,The Electric Light &Power Co.: For four months,333 40 c.p. lights at $iS per year,and nine 250 c.p.lights at $61.20 per year,$545.40 a month .$2,181 60 May,as above Ripley road,one from March 3, 1913 to June I,. Pond street,four,from March 3,1913 to June I, June.338 40 c.p.. Nine 250 c.p. Beechwood street,one 40 c.p., 3 months,15 days James lane,one 40 c.p.,2 months,12 days Ash street,one 40 c.p.,2 months,2 days . July,August and September, 3 months,341 40 c.p.,at $18 per year .... Nine 250 c.p.,at $61.20 per year ..... Per month ....$557 40 October,one 40 c.p.removed at West Corner September 14,1914,and one 250 c.p., added. One 250 c.p.,16 days in September at 17 cents .2 72 Deduct one 40 c.p.,16 days at 5 cents ..,.80 ^545 40 3 87 15 50 ^507 00 45 90 5 22 3 60 3 10 $51^SO 45 90 564 77 564 82 1,672 20 $1 92 lOO Electric Light &Power Co, : Three hundred and forty 40 c,p.,in October,at $1.50 a month ....$510 00 Ten 250 c.p,,in October at $5.10 a month ...51 00 November and December,2 months at $561 a month Three hundred and forty 40 c.p. Ten 250 c,p.. $562 1,122 $510 00 51 00 92 00 Town Wharf,2 lamps,6 months each $561 00 20 00 Total for electric street lights Balance to Treasury $6,681 91 31 69 •,780 00 $6,780 00 Fore River Bridge,Maintenance Appropriation ....$120 00 Expenditures : Paid W.W.Hersey,treasurer, four assessments,numbers $300 00 30,31,32 and s3j at $30 .$120 00 Harbor Maintenance Appropriation .... Receipts : Manuel E.Salvador,old run of Float No.I ... C.W.Barron,mooring stone . Expenditures : Harbor Masters : John W.Brennock ,..$50 00 Manuel S.Enos ...50 00 100 00 6 00 5 00 lOI Harbor Maintenance : Care Town wharf,April 13,to November i,19 14,Benjamin H.Crane ....$30 10 John W.Brennock : Labor on floats,buoys etc,8 days .....$24 00 Labor painting roof of shelter, Town wharf Repairs on float No.2 . Taking ashore buoys,floats etc Manuel S.Enos : Labor on floats,buoys,etc. Taking up buoys,floats,etc. 3 00 80 6 00 $27 00 6 00 33 80 33 00 Joseph M.Silvia and Antoine S. Figureido : Painting and carrying out buoys towing float stage,1913 ,20 00 William P.Malley,iron work on floats,etc.,19 13 .,10 90 Litchfield's express,gravel 19 13 15 00 Gazette &Transcript Publish- ing Co.,50 cloth "Warnings"4 50 M.S.Leonard,labor on and material for cork buoys .19 09 H.B.Kimball,bringing in spar buoys and moorings,contract 24 00 Antoine E.Salvador,labor on drinking fountain,Town wharf 6 00 Supplies : Tower Bros.&Co,,oils,paint, rope,cement,lumber etc..34 95 C.Callahan Co.,50 feet garden hose ...5 00 Cohasset Hardware Co., gallon paint ...2 00 I02 Signs : H.H.Ellsworth,sign ''Public Dump" A.E.Grassie,painting . H.F.Tilden,freight and cart ing ,... William P.Malley,iron work on float of Joseph Jason ordered paid by Selectmen Balance over appropriation and receipts to Incidental Ac count ... Total to Harbor Mainten ance ... $1 00 I 50 $2 50 I 30 2 50 $33 64 $344 64 $344 64 Harbor —New Steps Walk and Run OUTLAY Appropriation Expenditures —Labor : A.O.Higgins,supplies included J.F.Higgins . John F.Smith . Manuel Oliver John W.Brennock . Daniel F.O'Brien . A.P.Salvador,concrete steps Material and supplies : The A.T.Stearns Lumber Company .... W.P.Malley,iron work . George E.Kimball,twenty-six posts Tower Bros.&Company,paint and lumber .... 18 20 27 01 $275 00 ^37 65 18 00 35 40 12 30 12 00 I 20 $116 55 50 50 $23 52 17 92 I03 George F.Welch,lumber ..$47 56 A.S.Morse Company,thirty foot chain ....4 55 Edgar W.Bates,gravel ..315 Edgar J.Pratt,ten foot gal- vanized pipe ,..80 #.142 71 Harry F.Tilden,carting and freight ....3 41 Transferred to Highway Ac- ccount for teaming 8 63 Balance over appropriation to Incidental account $46 8 $321 80 $321 80 CoHASSET Home—Mowing Bushes OUTLAY Appropriation . Expenditures —Labor : Henry L.McMahon $107 43 James M.Keating .112 20 Thomas J.Keating 108 60 Joseph F.Silvia,Sr 69 00 Patrick O'Keefe .66 00 Joseph F.Bandura .61 80 Harry W.Burbank ,58 80 Manuel OHver 48 60 Andrew H.Prouty .40 20 Jeremiah Leary 34 20 George A.Silvia 31 35 John A.Donovan .30 60 Edward T.Reilly .27 00 Ezekiel L.James .22 80 Nathaniel R.Prouty 21 60 Rufus A.James 21 00 Charles L.Curtis .18 00 $1,000 00 I04 Expenditures —Labor : John J.Silvia ....$17 40 John F.Smith 17 40 John R.Bean 13 80 Antoine J.Silvia 9 60 Fred C.Higgins .7 20 Horace W.White .6 00 $950 58 Supplies,etc. : Fottler,Fiske,Rawson Co., grass seed ....13 52 Cohasset Hardware Co.,tools 39 85 M.A.Burke,iron work .I 25 Cartage,etc.,Litchfield's Ex- press I 30 Balance over appropriation to Incidental account 1 $6 so U,oo6 50 ^i ,006 50 Cohasset Home Appropriation : Including "Outside Poor "and "General Administration " ; see "Recapitulation "after General Administration. Receipts : Board (including reimburse- ments from W.S.Simmons, ^100,and J.R.Ainslie, Administrator,$12.20) Thomas L.Grassie,eggs James H.Pinkham,Supt., (balance over payments see account at end,)produce Expenditures : Superintendent,(services) James H.Pinkham $isi 95 I SO 32 y6 $600 00 ,500 GO 216 21 I05 Expenditures : Superintendent,car fares Superintendent,cash to inmates Superintendent,laundry Telephone,12 months . Light,12 months (1913,$6.80) Fuel,coal,Lincoln Bros.Coal Co.(1913,$14.80) Wood,one cord,Richardson Bros..... Drugs,etc.,F.W.Browne (1913).... Nursing,Mrs.Mary E.Blake . Nursing,Mrs.Louise Porter . Grain,Henry Story (1913, $19.75)..., Groceries,meats and general supplies : Joseph St.John (1913,$22.35) Cohasset Supply Co.,(1913, $50.21)..., Norris Bros.,and C.H.Trott Co Thomas L,Grassie {19 13, $29.05).... H.L.Brown J.W.Bates &Son,2 barrels apples .... Fruit,Simeone Bros,(1913, $i.86j .... Shoes,George F.Hayden Clothing,etc.: E.E.H.Souther (19 12 and 1913 $20,10) M.J.Merriam,dry goods 1913 n 75 I 12 9 00 $13 87 30 04 35 60 $321 49 6 00 327 49 $40 60 5 00 7 59 45 60 310 64 $187 48 96 81 90 02 89 19 62 03 4 50 530 03 16 03 I 50 $26 75 16 26 Ai ni io6 General supplies : Tower Bros.&Co.,lumber, hardware etc.,(19 13,$.30) $12.90,seeds $4.35,seed .5o»fertilizerspotatoes $25.15 ....$46 90 Cohasset Hardware Co.(19 13, $2.48)29 11 E,E.H.Souther,tobacco, pipes etc.,(1912 and 1913, $41.17)....56 17 E.E.H.Souther,newspapers (1912 and 1913 $16.45)•22 95 E.E.H.Souther,stationery (1912 and 1913,$3,40).4 13 Joseph Breck and Sons,seeds 1 1 90 C.C.Jordan,5 gallons spray .9 5© William O.Souther,ice (1913, $27.17;....57 26 Horse,care of,supplies,etc.: D.W.Gilbert,Veterinary Sur- geon $6 00 Repairs on carraige,i 9 i 3, W.P.Malley 8 25 Shoeing : A.D.Gillis,1913 .10 75 M.A.Burke,1914 .I 00 Cohasset Shoeing Forge,19 14 II 88 Repairs on harness,etc.,M.J, Sullivan 6 65 Wiring,etc.,Bosworth &Beal Plumbing,{1913,$43-55)E.J Pratt .... Tonsorial work,19 13,John R Silver .... Inspection of boiler $237 92 44 53 4 48 68 65 10 60 2 GO I07 General labor,etc. : Filling flower beds,John Daun $8 00 Cleaning cess-pool $5,mowing etc.$12.J.W.Bates &Son.17 00 Mason's labor on mall A.E. Salvador ....8 05 Carpenter's labor,W.H.McGaw T aVinr • 4 80 l^aDOr . George A.Silvia,.39 60 Rufus James,6 00 Herbert A.Lincoln 8 25 Daniel Murphy 4 80 Joseph F.Bandura 3 75—$100 25 Carting,H.F.Tilden,19 13 .2 00 Paid for "Home"through Town Treasury $2,431 83 Paid for "Home"through Superintendent .70 89 Total paid .$2,502 72 Deduct receipts .216 21 Net cost ...$2,286 51 Unpaid bills (the "net cost"given above does not include these.) Joseph St.John,supplies Cohasset Supply Co.,supplies C.H.Trott Co.,supplies Simeone Bros,,fruit Henry Story,grain F.W.Browne,drugs ($1.25 the Superintendent states b e- longs to outside poor account) M.J.Merriam,dry goods E.E.H.Souther . Cohasset Hardware Co. Cohasset Shoeing Forge Willam P.Malley ..._ $208 36 $22 67 81 83 80 2 64 19 95 30 77 16 44 8 25 10 II 25 13 66 io8 As bills to the amount of $354.89 of 19 13 were paid during 1914, it more than offsets the unpaid bills above. James H.Pinkham,Superintendent,in account with Town of Cohasset. Dr. Milk and eggs ...$68 65 Vegetables and fowl ..15 00 Pasture,George Jason (19 13 $5.00)....15 00 Harrow,W.O.Souther ..5 00 Cr, Laundry $30 00 Bath soap I GO Express and car fare I 65 Clothing,suit $6.90 10 40 Cash paid Samuel James 3 00 Kitchen utensils I 94 Strawberries and blueberries I 50 Articles for inmates 285 Expenses,carrying inmates ,5 40 Labor,George Jason 13 IS Total paid $70 89 Balance to Town Treasury 32 76 $103 65 $103 65 Support and Relief of Outside Poor (Names not published;see Chapter 412,Acts of 1910) For appropriation,see Cohasset Home Account and Recapitula- tion after General Administration. Receipts : Herbert L,Brown,refund Town of Hingham,i9i3 account Through Cohasset Savings Bank,reimbursement account burial $1 17 251 51 103 02 I09 Receipts : Reimbursement from an individual $IG4 00 $459 70 Expenditures : Town Aid,cash $880 GO Other cash assistance 498 00 $1,378 00 Relief given by other places : Town of Randolph,19 13 $468 04 Town of Fairhaven,19 13 63 85 Town of Fairhaven,19 14 68 GO Town of Hingharo,19 13 437 74 Town of Weymouth,19 13 .2t8 78 Town of Weymouth,19 14 r6 2G Town of Scituate,19 13 201 37 1,473 98 Medical attendance : Town physician,Dr.Frederick Hinchliffe (1913,$66.66)$200 GO Dr.George Osgood 195 GG 395 00" Dr,H.E.Fernald 44 50 Nursing : District Nurse,paid Socia I Service League $300 00 Olive Matheis 34 50 Mary McGrath 10 00 344 50 Laundry 38 50 Drugs and medicines : F.W.Browne,1913 3 35 Burials : E,W.&E.H.Sparrelljservices etc $104 OG W.F.Snow,services etc.43 00 r AT 00 no Fuel : Tower Bros.&Co..,$177 93 Lincoln Bros.Coal Co.,(1913 $31-50) E.E.Bates,wood E.W,Bates,wood Simon Rogers,wood M,E.Leahy,coal , Rent (1913,$99.00) Groceries and provisions : H.L.Brown ....$275 48 Thomas L.Grassie (19 13, $27.65)....212 58 The Country Store Company .47 96 Joseph St.John (1913,$7.50).37 53 Cohasset Supply Company, (1913,$1.20)...17 31 Norris Brothers ...10 03 Tower Brothers &Company .9 65 M.E.Salvador,kerosene oil, 1913 .....6 00 77 33 28 00 6 00 13 00 IS 65 $317 91 579 00 Milk: Joseph E.Grassie (^9^3^ $13-50).$122 70 F.W.Wheelwright (1913, $5.58)...38 16 Board : Mrs.Elizabeth James .$120 00 Mrs.Simon Vino,board and car fares •4 32 Clothes,boots,shoes,etc.; Philander Bates .,.$89 00 L.VV.Vining (1913,$2.75).59 40 E.E.H.Souther (1912 and 1913,$6.65),..39 40 616 54 160 86 124 32 Ill Clothes,boots,shoes,etc. : George F.Hay den •Elizabeth James L.Levine Teams : H.F.Tilden . Total for Outside Poor Deduct receipts Net for Outside Poor $s^15 14 12 10 00 248 07 2 50 $5,874 03 459 70 $5,414 33 Unpaid bills (the "net"cost given above does not include these). Town of Randolph (claimed).$268 88 Town of Stoughton 131 88 Town of Fairhaven 64 45 Town of Concord (Mass.)20 00 Thomas li.Grassie,supplies 6 II Joseph St.John,supplies .10 47 F,W.Wheelwright,milk ,33 12 Elizabeth James,board and clothing II GO C,Lothrop,agent,rent 6 00 F.W.Browne,drugs ($1.25 from "Home"unpaid bills belongs here,and $2.05 charged here belongs there)14 70 E.E.H.Souther,shoes,etc.8 50 Lincoln Brothers Coal Company 22 51 M.E.Leahy,coal 7 90 Total unpaid bills Outside Poor ....$605 52 The above is more than offset by the total of 1913 bills paid in 1914,$1,661.12. There is a bill payable by the Town of }Iingham,$217.90. I 12 Support and Relief of Poor general administration The appropriation for the "Home"and "Outside Poor" accounts also covers this account. Expenditures : Overseers of the Poor (ser- vices) Philander Bates .$10 02 Harry E.Mapes .66 70 Herbert L.Brown ..100 00 William 0.Souther,Jr.•83 28 $260 00 Postage :I 10 Transportation : H,F.Tilden,teams,(1913. $9.00).,.$23 00 Central Garage,autos inistra- 10 50 33 50 Total for General Admi tion ,$294 60 Unpaid bills : Central Garage . '$10 50 H.F.Tilden,.•I SO $12 00 Recapitulation of Poor Accounts —19 14 Appropriation for three accounts brought forward ...$7,500 00 Amounts paid and received through the Town Treasurer : General Administration,(paid)$294 60 Cohasset Home,(paid and received).,..2,431 83 $216 21 Outside Poor (paid and received)...,5,874 03 459 70 113 Recapitulation of Poor Accounts —1914: Balance over appropriation and receipts to Incidental account ....$424 55 $8,600 46 $8,600 46 Cost of Support of Poor —i 914 Gross Net General Administration ..$294 60 $294 60 Cohasset Home,(through Treasurer)....2,431 83 Cohasset Home (through Superintendent)...70 89 2,286 51 inc.$70,89 Outside Poor ....5,874 03 5,414 33 Totals ,...$8,671 35 $7,995 44 Estimate of true cost of Poor for 1914 and probable cost of 1915 Appropriation (for three Poor accounts)....$7,500 00 Net cost of three departments 7>995 44 Bills for 1913 paid in 1914 .2,025 01 Known bills of 1914,unpaid at closing books,December 31, 1914,$825.88:estimate of probable bills that will be rendered from towns,$650, deduct total ...1,475 ^^549 ^3 Probable cost of Poor for 19 15 $7,446 31 Soldiers'and Sailors'Relief Appropriation ....$600 00 Receipts,from Commonwealth Massachusetts,burial o f indigent soldier ..37 00 114 Soldiers'and Sailors'Relief Expenditures Balance to Treasury ^382 75 254 25 $637 CO $637 00 State and Military Aid Appropriation .... Receipts,from Commonwealth of Massachusetts * State Aid .. Military Aid Expenditures : State Aid ..'. Military Aid Balance to Treasury $200 00 516 00 120 00 $570 00 240 00 $810 00 26 00 $836 00 $836 00 Education,—Support of Schools, TRANSPORTATION OF SCHOLARS Appropriation : Support of schools . Transportation of scholars Receipts : Commonwealth of Massachu- setts,tuition of children Social Service League Domestic Science Department Expenditures : School Committee,services etc. : George Jason,Jr.,Secretary . Stanley C.Lary,Superintendent $25 00 800 00 $25,500 00 4,430 00 $13 00 25 93 362 33 $825 00 401 26 1 1 Schools : Examination of Schools,F.E. Spaulding .... School Accountant,Edward L. Stevens .... Clerk to Superintendent,Elsie Butman .... $75 oo 50 00 150 00 Superintendent,personal expenses $175 67 Printing 28 14 Record cards,etc..6 62 Envelopes and postage .21 24 Telephones: Osgood School 47 83 Superintendent of Schools 30 89 Truant Officer 14 04 Transportation (executive)3 50 School Census,Mrs.Mabel L Souther 25 00 Supervisors'transportation 47 17 Teachers'Salaries : Supervisors ,$602 00 Principal 1,200 00 High 4,720 31 Elementary (including paymen t for unnassigned teachers).9,956 17 Text books and supplies : Books .....$S^5 72 Supplies .2,093 83 Transportation : Elmer E.Bates .$2,146 00 Harry F.Tilden .1,513 00 N.Y.,N.H.&H.Railroad .350 00 Cohasset Garage 18 00 $275 00 400 10 16,478 48 2,679 55 4,027 00 ii6 Janitor's services (for Osgood School,Bates Building,Beech- wood School,etc. Fuel (for buildings above) Buildings and Grounds,main- tainence of (including light, power,general supplies for and repairs on buildings,etc.) Libraries Health : Dr.O.H.Howe,services Medicines and supplies Printing,certificates of vaccina tion .... Disinfecting . >92 5° 25 49 6 00 8 75 (Report to State under "Health and Sanitation.") OUTLAY New equipment : Filing cabinet and carting $28 60 Refrigerator,Bates Building .36 50 Dishes,Bates Building .26 50 Cooking oven,Bates Building 29 34 Six sets Wakefield inkwells at $5-io 30 60 Wakefield desk and chair 5 00 Grinding motor 62 00 Other expenses : Miscellaneous printing . Miscellaneous teaming . Graduation,flowers Graduation platform (Town Hall) Holiday celebration Insurance,B.C.Tower . $38 25 15 81 18 75 12 19 II 18 165 00 $1,156 35 1.395 59 2,259 06 50 05 132 74 218 54 117 Other expenses : Insurance,A.F.B.Peterson .$157 50 Basket ball ....5 07 —f>^^6 /b Total for Schools and Trans- portation $30,321 21 Balance to Treasury .10 05 $30,331 26 $30,331 26 Unpaid bills at closing of books, $619.98 Education TUITION PAID OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS (Under Chapter 471,Acts of 19 11) No appropriation Expenditures (ordered by Selectmen) Paid City of Boston $18 GO Paid City of Quincy 37 50 (Half reimbursed by State) Transferred to Incidental account ....$55 5^ Education osgood school fence (under Selectmen) No appropriation Expenditures : Ephraim Snow,painting Richard Cadden,labor . Tower Brothers &Company, paint,lumber,etc. Total to Incidental ac- count $55 73 $27 60 7 20 20 93 ii8 Education guild hall,under selectmen No appropriation. Expenditures —Fuel : Tower Brothers &Company .$45 20 Lighting.Electric Light and Power Company ...^3 43 Repairs : F.C,Blossom,setting glass 1913,ninety cents ..$210 M.S.Leonard,20 lbs.funnel, elbow and labor ;stove .5 60 7 70 Total to Incidental ac- count ....$66 ^^ Parks thompson,under selectmen,outlay,i913 No appropriation. Expenditures : William P.Malley,iron work , John T,Barnes,carting curb- stone Total to Incidental ac- count .,.. Public Libraries Appropriation .... Expenditures : James Longley,treasurer Paul Pratt Memorial Library Mrs.Ada F.Faxon,treasurer Nantasket Branch Library . $15 25 2 88 $18 ^3 $2 250 00 $2 100 00 00 $2 ,250 GO $2 250 00 II 9 Town Commons Appropriation : Town State —Town's proportion of cost of maintenance of Nan- tasket Expenditures —Labor (general): H.L.McMahon,self,$130.50 ; horse,$47.80 $178 30 Antoine L.Silvia 63 60 Joseph F.Bandura .30 00 Charles F.Wilbur .19 20 Horace W.White .13 20 John F,Smith 6 60 D.D.Desmond 4 80 John Manning 4 80 Henry E.Brennock,on foun- tain I 00 Manuel Oliver 30 Benjamin H.Crane,for care of following : Library,April 10,November i Guild Hall,April 11,Novem- ber I . Cove Park,April 11,Novem- ber I Elm street,front of Stoddard's, May 20,November i.. Thompson Park,August 17, 18,and 22 . George F.Sargent,care of Billings Pratt Park,Beech- wood,one year . Alson S.Richardson,care of Wadleigh Park,1914 $63 50 31 65 26 25 24 SO 5 25 $400 GO 108 i6 $321 80 151 IS 29 00 6 00 I20 Supplies,tools,etc. : Cohasset Hardware Co., (including lawn mower for B.H.Crane,$10.50).$19 90 H.L.McMahon,16 inch lawn mower ....9 00 Joseph Breck &Sons,knife and screws for horse mower, $6,80,express 25 cents .7 05 Tower Bros.&Co....8 87 R.&J.Farquhar &Co., repairs on hand mower ($1.75 of this was damage by Adams Express Co.,claim filed).5 32 Team (for B.H.Crane) 3550 14 I 00 Balance over appropriation to Incidental accouut $159 00 Total for Town Commons .^559 09 Kantasket Maintenance $3 00 108 16 $667 25 $667 25 Unpaid bill ; W.P.Malley .... Memorial Day Appropriation $350 00 Expenditures: Paid Cyrus H.Bates,Com- mander Henry Bryant Post, G.A.R $^^0 00 Recreation Appropriation ....<^5oo 00 Receipts,subscriptions ..15 00 121 Expenditures : Ballfields : George Jason,labor Reservoir Hill $i8 20 Beechwood,Julia E.Stock- bridge,rent ...50 oo Fourth of July : M.A.Grassie,19 13,10 gallons ice cream ..., 1914,First Corps Cadet Band Car fares of band . Oriental Fife and Drum Corps $25,expenses $3.46 . John L.Jason,auto for drum corps .... Prizes awarded ' Volunteer Veteran Firemen's Association ist "Handsome" Dorothy Nichols,2d "Hand- some" Paul Howe,ist "Grotesque" C.S.Brasill,2d "Grotesque" Mrs,George Jason,Jr. "Original Indian" H.F.Tilden,"Consolation" Harwood Bros,,prize cup baseball Pray &Kelley,printing . Transportation : Leo E.Neagle,auto Cohasset Livery &Sales Stable teams .... Litchfield's Express,horse Simeone Bros.,13 gallons,ice cream ..... Ellery Sidney,coffee,sand wiches,and labor $137 50 17 25 28 46 10 GO 20 00 10 00 10 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 5 00 3 75 3 00 7 75 2 00 ^9 50 $6S 20 12 50 122 Fourth of July : M.A.Grassie,food supplies $12.33,25 dozen cadet flags $12.50 ....$24 83 Boston Badge Co.,badges .3 68 Town Hal],cleaning,(L.J. Morris)....2 00 Erecting and removing flag, and rope ....2 35 George Jason,Jr.Secretary, expenses ....i 05 $333 12 Labor Day : 19 13,Pray &Kelley,printing,8 00 1914,Peter's Orchestra,$37; expenses,$6.90 ...$43 90 Sarah J.Jason,board of orhestra .... Harwood Bros.,47 cups,net . Cohasset Supply Co.,clay pigeons and freight,$2.88 ; prizes,$18.07 Labor,setting pole on ball field F.W,Browne,note book,etc., $0.30 j baseballs,$2.50 Leo E.Neagle,auto George Jason,Jr.,Secretary, expenses,.... Christmas Tree,1913: M.A.Grassie,paid Tower Bros.&Co.,for lumber L.J.Morris,labor . Balance over appropriation and receipts to Incidentals Total for recreation 7 00 82 65 20 95 6 40 2 80 4 00 4 IS 171 85 $3 80 2 00 5 80 $84 47 ^599 47 ^599 47 123 Incidentals (Unclassified,Etc.) Appropriation Receipts : Commonwealth of Massachu- setts.^reimbursement for tuition,19 13 account . Narrative histories (3) Genealogical histories (2) Map of Cohasset . Expenditures,(Unclassified) Damage to property : Labor on fence of Mrs.Bridg- ham,(James Brook). Standing grass,damaged by spraying,paid J.W.Bates &Son Damage to hydrant (1913), Cohasset Water Co. Town Clock : Ephraim Snow,care of . Fred C.Blossom,painting G.A.R.Hall : J.Lewis Bates,painting . William H.McGaw,repairs . Ephraim Snow,setting glass, etc., Tower Bros.&Co..glass and putty Town Reports: Thorp &Martin Co.,envelopes Philander Bates,postage H.G,Whittle,delivering (4 days) Litchfield's Express $2 50 15 GO II 5° $30 00 71 37 ^55 00 31 64 2 40 63 $2 30 2 00 30 00 7 CO $3,000 00 ^33 75 9 00 10 00 25 S3 00 $29 00 loi 37 89 67 124 Town Reports : Litchfield's Express,(1913)-$0 70 Cotton &Gould,binding six volumes of Reports,1905 — I9I3 9 00 Express on above .35 $51 "»f35 Boundbrook Press : Typewriter paper (all depart- ments)....$2 25 Two electrotypes,Town Seal .2 50 A *»!»4 /5 Thomas Groom &Company Blocks of paper (all depart- ments)...$1 90 Grip binders (three)2 77 4 67 The Carter's Ink Company,dozen half pints ....I 25 Gulf Mill Dam : H.E.Brennock,labor..$1 5° William P.Malley,two bolts .I 50 <7 r\ri300 Total "Unclassified "$285 06 Unpaid bill,Bosworth &Beal, wiring G.A.R.Hall,$72.70 . Transferred : Town Officers ....^77 38 Engineering —Maintenance, $253.48 :outlay,$763.70 .1,017 18 Printing ..,..62 75 Water for hydrants and public buildings ....79 00 Fire Department 226 ss Sealer Weights and Measures.5 40 Inspection of wires . 4 44 Spear's Dam ....58 96 Board of Health (Sandy Cove Dike)10 00 125 Transferred : Inspection of animals Highways (Selectmen). Harbor Maintenance Harbor,New North Landing Cohasset Home,mowing bushes Charities Education : Osgood School fence Guild Hall . Tuition,Cities of Boston and Quincy Parks,Thompson,outlay of 1913 .... Town Commons Recreation .... Balance over appropriation and receipts Total for "Incidentals,"etc. ^125 00 155 40 33 64 46 80 6 50 424 55 55 73 66 33 55 50 18 13 159 09 84 47 $2,772 58 $4 64 $3,057 64 $3,057 64 New England Telephone and Telegraph Company Services for individuals charged to departments,which are reimbursed. No appropriation. Receipts $338 S^ Expenditures .,..$410 76 Balance paid over receipts, credit of 1915 ...7^93 Cemeteries No appropriation Receipts from sale of lots, Woodside Cemetery . $410 76 $410 76 $191 60 126 Cemeteries : Expenditures,VVoodside Ceme- tery. B.F.Morse,$41.70;horse, $1.60 $43 30 John H.Wilbur 70 80 Charles F.Wilbur .23 10 J.W.Mulcahy 23 10 $160 30 M.S.Leonard,labor on pump 2 GO Tower Bros.&Co.,paint and brush 4 35 Cohasset Hardware Co.,pad- lock,$.50;wheelbarrow, $3-50 400 N.B.Tower,writing seven deeds 3 5° Cohasset Central Cemetery : Labor and paint (1913,$.25) Town Tomb ...5 85 Total for Cemeteries Balance to Treasury Interest Appropriation,Town Appropriation,State,Metropoli- tion Parks Loan Received,on deferred taxes, including $5.95 on abated taxes paid $477 91 On bank deposits : Webster &Atlas National Bank $1481 Hingham National Bank .141 09 Rockland Trust Company .196 70 $180 00 II 60 $191 60 $191 60 $3,000 00 75 60 352 60 830 51 127 Paid: Commonwealth of Massachu- setts,Metropolitan Parks Loan First National Bank,Boston, on $52,000 bonds,one year at 4% Rockland Trust Co. : Note No.9,Anticipation of taxes,$15,000,discount 4 months at 3.19% Note No.10,Anticipation of taxes,$10,000,discount 3 months at 3.63% Total paid for Interest Balance to Treasury $162 15 90 75 $75 60 2,080 00 252 90 $2,408 50 1,497 61 $3,906 II $3,906 II Purchase of Gravel Pit (Highways) OUTLAY Appropriation Expenditures : Paid Albert P,Worthen,attor- ney,for purchase of gravel pit,under Article 59,warrant for annual meeting,March 9,1914 .... Paid William O.Souther,Jr., expenses,car-fare to and from Providence,R.I.,and for telephoning . Total .... Balance to Treasury $4,200 00 4 80 $4,204 80 295 20 $4,500 00 $4,500 00 $4,500 00 128 Public Service Enterprise North Cohasset Postoffice Building No appropriation Receipts,from Alfred Beal, rent,9 months Expenditures : Alfred Beal,for labor on plumb- ing Alfred Beal,for lock,front door Total .... Balance to Treasury Unpaid bill : Burditt &Williams Co.,lock, etc.,to door of Hose No.3, $6 05. Public Service Enterprise ALEWIFE maintenance $6 3 00 50 $9 65 50 50 $75 00 Appropriation .... Expenditures : William O,Souther,Jr.,labor and expenses Gun Rock Stables,team Tower Bros.&Co.,lumber Total .... Balance to Treasury tl5 00 $75 00 $200 00 $5 50 3 50 2 93 $11 93 188 07 $200 00 $200 00 129 Municipal Indebtedness temporary loans No appropriation. Received from Rockland Trust Co.,anticipation of taxes : June,Note No.9,$15,000,4 months discount at 3.19,%.$14,837 85 July,Note No.10,$10,000 2 months discount at 3.63%.9)909 25 Paid : Rockland Trust Co.,October 3,Note No.9 as above, discount of $162.15 charged Interest Account ..$14,837 85 Rockland Trust Co,,October 14.Note No.10,as above, discount of $90.75 charged Interest account ..9^909 25 $24,747 10 $24,747 10 Municipal Indebtedness bonds from revenue Appropriation ....$8,000 00 Paid : First National Bank,Boston, eight $1,000 bonds,maturing October i,1914 ..$8,000 00 Municipal Idebtedness Metropolitan Sinking Fund Requirements. Appropriation,(State.)..$13 36 Paid: Treasurer of Commonwealth of Massachusetts ..$^3 3^ I30 Agency Including amounts received for and paid from Corporation Tax account,Licenses,etc. Appropriation : State Tax .... County Tax .... Received ; From State : Corporation Tax,1913 . From State Corporation Tax, 1914: Public service Business .... National Bank Tax $20,212 50 7,741 29 $41 65 7^937 58 90 45 2,703 90 Licenses : Inholders,one $2 00 Common Victualers,two 4 00 Auctioneers,three 6 00 Junk,(5 of 19 13,$50)ten 100 GO Peddler,one 8 00 Milk,twelve .6 00 Pool tables,two ,4 00 Bowling,one 2 00 10773 58 132 Paid Slate Treasurer : State Tax of 19 14 . 10,905 58 $20,212 50 Refund of Corporation Tax, 1913,$39.07 ;National Bank Tax,$27.53 ....66 60 Treasurer of Norfolk County, County Tax of 19 14 . OUTLAY Recreation,parks,etc. : Boulder and tablet to commem- orate discovery of Cohasset in 1614 by Capt.John Smith ; $500.00 appropriated from Corporation Tax. The T,F.McGann Company, bronze tablet ...$105 00 $20,279 ^o 7,741 29 131 T.A.Dwiggins,design for tablet $25 00 F.Barnicoat,fastening tablet to boulder ....15 00 Antoine E.Salvador,mason, nine days,$36.00 ;teaming, $10.50;ten bags cement, $6.00 ;two ring bolts,$1.50 ; helpers,$36.00 ;stone,$2.00 92 00 Harry F.Tilden,carting stone from L,L.Worrick's ..6 00 Joseph F.Grassie,500 feet sod, $25.00;ten loads loam, $20.00.....45 00 Dr.O.H.Howe,expenses, telephoning,fares and steno- grapher ...,8 80 Wallace Spooner,250 copies of addresses,$60.00 ;two half- tones,$6.50;paper and print- ing half-tones,$4.50 ..71 00—$367 80 Total paid under "Agency," Corporation Tax,etc..28,388 19 Balance to Treasuary ..io>47i 18 fe8,859 37 $38,859 37 Refund temporary account No appropriation Receipts : Jason M.Ennice.payment for abated taxes on his father's estate,1909,1910 and 191 1 $28 48 Interest credited to Interest Account. 132 Expenditures : Darius W.Gilbert,amount paid for wood lot and interest, insufficient description for identification $12 l6 Balance to Treasury i6 32 $28 48 $28 48 Transfer Account From To Tree Warden,for lead $20 00 Moth suppression $20 00 New North Landing, for team ..8 63 Highway Department 8 63 $28 63 $28 63 Horace W.Wadleigh Bequest Received from Harry W,Baldwin,executor,on account of legacy to Town for parks " ...,the same to be used for the porpose of improving and embellishing any land now owned or hereafter acquired by said Town (Cohasset)for park pur- poses,and not to be used for the purchase of la7idy $2,500.00. Total amount of bequest was $5,000.00. Reserve Fund Under Chapter 823,Acts of 1913. The provisions of the above chapter are in effect that an over- lay can only be used for abatement of taxes in the warrant for which the overlay is a part,and that any balance in the overlay account,in excess of the amount of the warrant remaining to be collected or abated,shall be transferred to a RESERVE FUND to be used for extraordinary or unforseen expenses. The above law went into effect June 16,19 13.Therefore,on the closing of the books of this town,January 17,1914,this town -was affected as follows : 133 Overlay 19 13,see Report of Assessors ....$5,659 00 Deduct : Abatements of 19 13,assessed in 1913 : Real Estate and Personal Moth Worth .,.. $310 116 83 35 $427 18 2,627 50 3*054 68 Overdraft of Board of Health, extraordinary expense under law quoted above - Reserve fund to 19 14 $2,604 32 Balance from 19 13 forward $2,604 32 Charges against : Abatements of 19 14,assessed in 1913 ....$894 75 Overdraft,Board of Health, I9I4 833 72 Balance January i,1915 .875 85 $2,604 32 $2,604 32 Overlay account of 19 14,Report of Assessors ....$906 95 Charges against : Abatements of 19 14,assessed in 1914 ....1,314 10 Balance over the Overlay (the only place this c a n b e charged is against the iiS>89S-37 reported under "Balance to Treasury,"in '•Recapitulation")407 IS $1,314 10 $1,314 10 134 0) PI R H H H <! 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'BiJdoiddv ojvi 2.2 <1 o rt e3 sss O lO o O O CO o o S «0 (M 00 l>OC0(NeCT-ll>(M t-O C^_^l>CO Ttl'CO o i> e8 S O •O <y ^^^^ fi o g i ^'ftSftm: -13 gW b s I- .9 e8 .5 1^fl I § ft ?tj 2 o « '2 S if ^ I I <p PQ -S I Eh Si It §& 86 8 t»,PS PQ ft I 2 ' 23 'O 1 g II II 13 EH S o rt IIoo 137 ^^So^•s r-l 00 03 1> 00 CO TJ< gi i S ^ss CO o IS05?D ^' 1 (N i^ §E SA y CO (u 3 « I «rQ >W O (u c§0)c3 "tS H be Q ^§ O to *^a il 138 Army Worm.19 14 No appropriation Receipts from Executive Depart- ment,Commonwealth of Massachusetts ...$29 70 Expenditures — Payroll,July 31,19 14: Joseph J.Grassie . Michael Lyons Stephen Grinnell John J.Silvia .... John VV.Brennock,Engineer spraying .... $12 60 Joseph Breck &Sons,50 pounds Paris Green ....10 00 Cohasset Hardware Co.,3 pounds Paris Green ,.i 35 Cohasset Livery and Sale Stable team -....'5 75 $2 40 2 40 2 40 2 40 3 00 $29 70 $29 70 PUBLIC TRUST FUNDS No dividends from these funds were included in receipts of town during 19 14,as the books of the town were closed promptly Dec. 31,1914,and the last half of the dividends in each case was not declared by the savings bank until January 5,19 15.These divi- dends will appear as credits in 19 15. Schools Ripley Fund : January 1914 ....$1,000 00 Dividends for 19 14 ..40 40 Amount on hand Jan,1915 $1,040 40 139 James W.Nichols Fund : January,1914 July,1914 dividend January 5,1915,dividend Paid,October 7,1914,scholar- ship to Elizabeth Cole Amount on hand Jan.,1915 Parks Robert Charles Billings Fund : On hand January,1914 Dividends earned in 1914: Parks in centre of town Park at Beechwood Amount on hand Jan.,19 15 $2,104 52 $42 08 40 92 83 $2 ,187 52 100 00 $2 ,087 _5f $46 46 40 40 $2,150 00 86 86 $2,236 86 Horace W.Wadleigh Fund for parks reported elsewhere,$2,500 received in 19 14. Accounts Payable in 19 13 (and before) PAID IN 19 14 Town Officers .$2 50 Town Hall 262 22 Printing Police Department : Maintenance .$43 14 II 25 Outlay 17 IS 60 29 Fire Department Forest fires 102 71 I 75 Moth suppression Tree Warden 5 95 I 80 I40 Inspection of wires $2 50 Board of Health 37 70 Straits pond,etc...,13 50 Highways : General ....106 42 Under Selectmen ,6 43 Harbor maintenance 45 90 Charities : Cohasset Home .$3S4 89 Outside poor 1,661 12 General administration .9 00 Education,Guild Hall 2,02^01 90 Parks,Thompson (outlay)18 13 Recreation ....26 30 Incidentals ....12 20 Cemeteries .... Agency,etc.Refund to State of 25 part of Corp.Tax of 19 13 66 60 Total $2,810 31 Accounts Receivable in 1913,Received in 1914 Fire Dept..... Moth Suppression,from State (not including tax bills of 1913) Highways,Selectmen Charities,Outside Poor Education (Incidentals)one-half reimbursement by State for tuition ... Agency,etc.,Corporation Tax . $2 00 131 85 2 GO 251 51 33 75 41 65 Total $462 76 141 Accounts Payable in 19 14 Not paid Jan.i,19 15 (of which the Town Accountant had knowledge). For detail,see various accounts. Town Officers ..'.$10 00 Police Dept 7 25 Fire Dept.....73 73 Tree Warden ....12 60 Inspection of Wires .9 50 Board of Health 23 35 Highways : General 315 77 Selectmen ....3 50 Oiling Streets 516 00 Removing Snow 13 90 Charities : Cohasset Home $208 36 Outside Poor 605 52 General Admistration 12 00 825 88 619 98Education..., Parks,Town Commons 3 00 Incidentals,G.A.R.Hall 72 70 Public Service Enterprise,North Cohasset Post Office 6 05 $2,513 21 Accounts Receivable in 19 14 Not received Jan.i,1915. Water for Hydrants and Public Buildings,refund for over- charge Board of Health,for quarantine in 1913 Charities,Outside Poor $135 00 40 00 217 90 $392 90 142 Liabilities of Cohasset,as of January i,1915 $44,000 coupon 4%bonds,issue of 1911,payable to the First National Bank,Boston. Amount Due $8,000 00 October i,19 15 8,000 00 October i,1916 8,000 00 October i,1917 8,000 00 October i,19 18 6,000 00 October i,1919 6,000 00 October 1,1920 Total Indebtedness,bonds $44,000 00 Insurance Osgood School Date of expiration Amount Premium Agent October 9,1915 $2,500 00 $56 25 P.Bates November 7,1915 4,000 00 90 00 C.Lothrop November 21,1915 5,000 00 112 50 E.N.Tower December 26.1915 5,000 00 112 50 C.Lothrop $16,500 00 ^37: Cohasset 19 14.Balance Sheet Receipts Revenue: General: Real and personal taxes 1914 ....$121,847 45 Poll taxes 19 1 4 Real and personal,19 13 and previous Poll taxes 1913 From State (see agency) Licenses From Court,fines Commercial,(including transfers of $28.63) ,006 $122,853 45 $20,551 44 312 00 20,863 44 10,773 58 132 00 195 45 $154,817 92 9^o6s 56 H3 Municipal Indebtedness, Temporary Loans Trust and Investment,H. W.Wadleigh,Park Fund Temporary Accounts,Re- funds Total R e c ei p t s (in eluding transfers of $28.63 Balance on hand Jan. 17,1914 . Grand Total . Payments current charges against revenue : Maintenance,including transfers of $28.63 •'•^ii3>oi4 39 Interest ....2,408 50 $115,42289 Debt : Bonds from Revenue .$8,000 00 Metropolitan Sinking Fund 13 36 8,013 36 Outlays 8,151 15 Temporary Loans ...24,747 10 Agency —State and County Taxes .....28,020 39 Temporary Accounts —Refunds 12 16 Total payments,i n cl u d i n g transfers,$28.63 ••$184,367 05 In Treasury January i,1815 : Genera]Balance ...36,473 45 Wadleigh Park Fund ..2,500 00 38,973 45 $24,747 10 2,500 00 28 48 $i9i'^59 06 32,181 44 $223,340 50 Grand Total ..$223,340 50 Abatements of $2,272.37 not included in above statement 144 Fixed Property OUTLAY 1914 Additions to schedules given in reports of previous four years : Engineering —Survey of Town for assessing purposes ,.$763 70 Police Department,Headquar- ters,1813 ....i^i7 15 Automobile,first cost 380 90 398 05 Fire Department —Pulmotor 190 08 Highways : New sidewalk.Beach street and Atlantic avenue .661 75 Purchase of gravel pit 4,204 80 Harbor —New North Landing .321 80 Cohasset Home —Mowing bushes;improvement of land 1,006 50 Education —New e q u i p m e nt Bates building,etc..218 54 Parks : Thompson,1913 18 13 Boulder and Tablet,Town wharf,to commemorate dis- covery of Cohasset 367 80 Total ....$8,151 15 Offset to Outlays — Nothing credited in 19 14. Conclusion The only amount in the nature of an overdraft for the year 19 14, was the $4.64,Incidental account,after many overdrafts had been charged against it.''Telephones for Individuals "is in the nature H5 of a temporary account and the excess of payments over receipts in 1914,or $71.93,is a credit of 1915. Amounts turned back to Treas- ury,including the $1,000 from Town Officers'account were $15,895 37 Deduct —Amount of abate- ments of 19 1 4,over the over- lay account of the Assessors of 19 I 4 ...,$407 15 And overdraft of Incidental account .,..4 64 411 79 True balance to Treasury for 1914 ....$15,483 58 The "balance over"of the Board of Health for 1913,$2,627.50, has been charged to Reserve Fund,created in 19 13,as reported under the head of "Reserve Fund."The overdrafts of 19 13 are therefore decreased by that amount.The Reserve Fund was made possible by Chapter 823,Acts of 1913,and its condition is reported elsewhere. The entire $1,000 appropriated for "additional clerical work," Town Officers'account,has been turned back to the treasury ; nothing whatever has been expended from it.The surveying work in aid of the Assessors was charged by the Selectmen to Incidental account,which is strictly within their rights when there is a balance to draw upon. EDWARD L.STEVENS, Auditor and Town Accountant. CoHASSET,January 26,1915. SELECTMEN'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1914 REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN FOR THE YEAR ENDED,DECEMBER 31,1914 The Selectmen beg to submit the following report : In accordance with the vote at the annual town meeting in March last to purchase the gravel pit on North Main Street for the sum of $4,500,we have made said purchase for the sum of $4,200,plus a small amount for expenses incurred,shown in the financial report. Your Selectmen,considering that the purpose for which the fence was erected on town property at the junction of Elm Street and Highland Avenue had been accomplished,deemed it for the best interests of the town to have said fence removed. In accordance with the vote at the last annual meeting to ex- pend $1,000 for clearing a portion of the Town Pasture,the work was undertaken,and,with the assistance of the Moth Depart- ment,a large portion of the Farm —practically all that is neces- sary —has been cleared,and the premises are in a very good con- dition for pasturage. You will see by the financial report that one-half of the Horace W.Wadleigh bequest,amounting to $2,500,for park purposes,has been received by the town and deposited on interest. HARRY E.MAPES HERBERT L.BROWN WILLIAM O.SOUTHER,Jr. Selectmen of Cohasset. LIST OF JURORS As prepared by the Selectmen in accordance with the revised laws. Name. Abraham J.Antoine, Franklin Beal, Oliver H.Bates, Charles T.Bourne, Harry C.Bates, EUery C.Bates, Sanford L.Damon, Bartholomew Daley, Manuel A.Grassie, Joseph E.Grassie, John W.Hunt, Joseph Jason, Harry W.Lincoln, Arthur Mulvey, George G.Monterio, Benjamin F.Morse, Wm.H.McArthur, Caleb Nichols, Andrew H.Prouty, Aug.F.B.Petersen, Ira N.Pratt, Henry E.Sweeney, Charles Sylva, Horatio B.Tower, David B.Tower, John H.Wilbur, Occupation. Carpenter Farmer Farmer Retired Laborer Farmer Farmer Laborer Grocer Farmer Fisherman Pilot Painter Innholder Tailor Laborer Laborer Sealer Weights &Meas. Laborer Real Estate Farmer Clerk Real Estate Retired Retired Laborer street. Margin Hull Heechwood Border Cedar Beechwood Beechwood Pleasant Pleasant South Main Jerusalem Road Elm South Main Forest Avenue Stockbridge North Main Gushing Road Jerusalem Road Pleasant Sohier Beechwood Bow Border Sohier North Main North Main LIST OF JURORS DRAWN 1914 James A.Washington George W.Crocker Frank W.Wheelwright Edward C.Tower Fred G,James Henry T.Lincoln Charles Wilson REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON GUIDEBOARDS Your Selectmen,as a committee,beg to report that guide- boards have been erected on Oak Street,Gushing Road,Short Street,Norfolk Road and Pleasant Street. Also the Selectmen granted permission to the Cohasset Motor Club to erect guideboards at the junction of South Main,Sum- mer and Spring Streets,at the junction of i\tlantic Avenue and Beach Street,and at the junction of Beach Street and Highland Avenue. All other existing guideboards have been maintained and are in good condition. HARRY E.MAPES HERBERT L.BROWN WILLIAM O.SOUTHER,Jr. Selectmen of Cohasset. ASSESSORS'REPORT The undersigned,Assessors of the Town of Cohasset,herewith present a statement of their work for the year ending December 31,1914: Table of Aggregates Valuation of real estate April i,1913 Valuation of personal estate April i,19 13 Total valuation Valuation of real estate April i,19 14 Valuation of personal estate April i,19 14 Total valuation Increase in real estate,19 14 Decrease in personal estate,19 14 Total decrease Number of polls April i,1914,793 Valuation,$10,195,041.00 at $14.00 Fractions . Total .. State tax,1914 . Park tax,1914 . Highway tax,1914 . County tax,19 14 Town grant Total amount . Estimated receipts Overlayings Valuation of personal estate assessed December 19,1914,$310,386.00. Number of persons assessed .... Number of persons assessed on property . $4,648,027 00 6,394,687 GO )ii,042,7i4 GO 5,027,128 00 5,167,913 GO ^0,195,041 00 379,101 00 1,226,773 00 $847,673 00 $1,586 GO 142.730 57 34 $144,316 9' $2C,2I2 50 197 12 IGI 96 7741 29 126,157 09 $154,409 *II,GOO 96 00 $143,409 906 96 95 $144,316 91 1.399 954 153 Number of persons assessed on poll tax only .44^ 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 771 238 216 14 1,200 6,114 Respectfully submitted, HERBERT L.BROWN, HARRY E.MAPES, WILLIAM O.SOUTHER,Jr. Assessors. The Assessors beg to call your attention to the fact that there has been a decrease the past year in personal property valuation of $1,226,774,on account of the distribution of the Bigelow and other properties to beneficiaries out of town. A majority of the Assessors of the Town of Cohasset,finding the tax records of the assessable property in the Town in a confused condition,"deemed it wise to institute a custom prevailing in a majority of the towns in the State,namely —to have the Town suryeyed for the purposes of taxation ;and having at their disposal sufficient funds to begin the work,they employed Mr.Hartley L.White,Town Engineer of Braintree,who has had experience in the work in other towns,to make a survey of the por- tion of the Town bounded by Hull street on the north,the Town line on the east,Forest avenue on the south and Main street on the west,and furnish plans of the work to enable us to show to you the necessity for the same.We have expended the sum of $763.70. A sample of the plans will be ready for public inspection at the annual Town meeting,and we would recommend that the sum of $1,000 be raised and appropriated each year in the future to con- tinue the work until completed,as we feel that it is of the greatest importance and for the best interests of the Town,nnd absolutely necessary to enable your Assessors to locate the taxable property. The citizens of the Town are urged to furnish all information possible to the engineers ivhen requested to do so. REPORT OF THE OVERSEERS OF THE POOR The cost of assistance to those in the Cohasset Home for 19 14 shows a slight increase over that of 19 13.This is owing to the facts that the number of inmates was greater in 19 14,and that the number boarded,for which the Town was recompensed,was smaller.The average number of inmates for 19 13 was eleven,and for 19 1 4 fifteen,against an average of nine in 191 2.The net cost of the Home in 1914 was $2,286.51,and in 1913 $2,006.57,an increase of $279.94.We wish to bring to your particular attention the fact that although the cost of the Home,apparently,is more in 19 1 4,the number of those boarding at the institution was not as great as in previous years,while the number of inmates has increased.It must be further considered that last winter was an exceptionally cold one,which necessitated the burning of more fuel. The cost of assistance to the outside poor in 19 14 was approxi- mately $5,160.20,including General Administration ;the amount stated also includes $1,473.98 paid to other towns.The amount of net aid rendered in this Town after deducting aid rendered through other towns is $3,686.22.This amount includes General Administration,also the excess of $491.67 of this year's out-of- town assistance over that of 1913 ;therefore,the total relief rend- ered to the needy poor of Cohasset,including General Administra- tion,was $3,294.55,outside the Home. There is a very important factor which the average taxpayer does not stop to consider when he looks at the poor account,and that is the amount of relief rendered to poor located in other towns who at sometime have gained legal residence in the Town of Cohasset. Some of these cases gained residence over twenty five years ago, and the amount of relief rendered them comes under the jurisdic- tion of the boards of overseers of the various towns where these people reside,and we are compelled by law to pay the bills.Dur- 155 ing the year 19 13,the amount of relief rendered through these other towns was $982.31 ;during the year 1914 the amount was increased to $1,473.98. The special appropriation of $1,000 as voted by the Town last March was expended clearing up the Town Pasture (Cohasset Home).In addition to this,application was made to the State Moth Department for an expenditure of money there,your Over- seers claiming that the Town should have a portion of the moth money expended on Town property,as well as on outside property. The sum of $861.60 was expended under the State supervision, and the premises are now in a condition to pasture from ten to twenty cows,and a moth-breeding section of from ten to fifteen acres has been eliminated.The Town should make an appropria- tion in 19 15 to mow off the sprouts of the bushes on this section and to fence it in,or the entire work will be valueless. WILLIAM O.SOUTHER,Jr., HARRY E.MAPES, HERBERT L.BROWN, Board of Overseers of the Poor. Cohasset,February i,19 15. REPORT OF THE TREE WARDEN To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of the Town of Cohasset : Gentlemen, I submit herewith a report of the Tree Warden department for the year ending December 31,1914: The work was continued as in former years.The planting of young trees was taken up in the spring and several were planted in different parts of the Town,including one row on Ripley Road, also one row on Elm street. After this was done spaying for tent caterpillars was begun,all of the roadsides were sprayed,also some pieces of pasture land bor- dering the roadsides,which were badly infested.After this was completed,all the trees on the highways,which had been planted during the past eight or ten years,were dug around and properly cared for,after which we started spraying for the elm beetle,and again went over the Town spraying all elm trees on the roadsides. And as the season was very hot and dry,starting about July ist, all of the young trees that were planted in the spring were watered several times. There was some pruning done,chiefly on old trees,removing dead branches that were dangerous to the traveling public,and occasionally during a bad wind storm a tree would blow down or a large branch would break off which had to be cared for. I take great pleasure,in behalf of the Town,to thank those who were interested and so well cared for the trees that were planted on the roadsides bordering their property. I recommend the sum of $1,000 be raised and appropriated for the Tree Warden department of which $400 is to be used for destroying tent caterpillars. A statement of finances of the department will be found in the Town Accountant's report. Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH E,GRASSIE, Tree Warden. REPORT OF THE TREASURER AND COL- LECTOR OF TAXES 1914.TOWN OF CO K ASSET in account,with Newcomb B.Tower,Treasurer and Collector. Dr. Paid orders of the Selectmen as follows : Rockland Trust Company,two notes for hired money in anticipation of the taxes of the current year ......... First National Bank,eight $1,000 bonds,numbered 9 to 16,inclusive ..... State tax .. County tax ....... Commonwealth,refund on Corporation tax,19 13 Commonwealth,Nantasket Park,maintenance Commonwealth,Metropolitan Parks loan sinking fund Commonwealth,Metropolitan Parks loan sinking fund,interest ..... Commonwealth,Repairs on State highways Support of schools ..... Conveyance of pupils .... Public libraries ..... Maintenance of Cohasset Home Relief of poor outside of Cohasset Home Administration of the Poor Department . Soldiers'and Sailors'Relief State and Military Aid .... General repairs of,and oiling,streets Special repairs of streets .... Removal of snow ..... Maintenance of town parks $25,000 00 8,000 00 20,212 50 7,741 29 66 60 108 16 13 36 75 60 lOI 96 26,294 2 1 4,027 00 2,250 00 2,431 S3 5,874 03 294 60 3S2 75 Sio CO 20,159 58 2,657 89 i,oSo '3 559 09 Maintenance of Fore River bridge,assessments Street lights Memorial Day appropriation .... Telephone service ...... Water for hydrants and public buildings . Town Hall,maintenance of .... Police Department,general .... Police Department,harbor .... Fire Department,including purchase of pulmoter Forest Fire Department ..... Suppression of gypsy and brown-tail moths Printing ........ Tree Warden Department .... Town officers,including Collector of Taxes Sealer of Weights and Measures Department . Cemeteries .... Civil engineering Insoection of wires . Interest account Inspection of animals Board of Health Department . Legal services .... North Cohasset post office building Ale wife fishery Recreation .... Thompson Park,on 1913 account Osgood School fence Guild Hall .... Mowing bushes,Home pasture Harbor maintenance Spear's dam and new steps and run Suppression of the army worm Refunds .... Abatement of taxes . Incidentals .... Purchase of gravel pit on North Main Street . Exercises in commemoration of discovery Cohasset,including tablet,etc. Straits Pond,Cat Dam and James'Brook $120 00 6,688 31 350 00 410 76 4,479 00 2,103 67 7,420 23 350 78 3,720 78 462 02 7,634 67 762 75 999 47 6,318 78 105 40 i8c GO 1,017 18 339 44 2,080 00 125 00 2,461 22 178 25 9 50 1 1 93 599 47 18 13 55 73 66 33 1,006 50 344 64 380 76 29 70 12 16 2,272 37 340 56 4,204 80 367 80 470 75 $186,639 42 159 Balance : Unpaid taxes as follows : 1911 and T912 $2,402 20 1913 ..26,224 69 1914 ..24,715 92 $53,342 81 Moth taxes 1913 $64 55 Moth taxes 1914 867 76 932 31 Cash on hand and deposit Cr. Balance in treasury from former account Received from Town of Hingham,reimbursement on poor account ...... Town of Amherst,reimbursement on poor account Commonwealth of Massachusetts,additional cor poration tax for 1913 ..... Commonwealth of Massachusetts,Corporation tax 19 1 4,public service ..... Commonwealth of Massachusetts,Corporatien tax, 1914,business ...... Commonwealth of Massachusetts,National Bank tax ........ Commonwealth of Massachusetts.Military aid Commonwealth of Massachusetts,State aid Commonwealth of Massachusetts,burial of indigen soldiers and sailors ..... Commonwealth of Massachusetts,tuition of children Com.monwealth of Massachusetts,gypsy and brown tail moth,on account of .... Commonwealth of Massachusetts,executive depart ment ........ Commonwealth of Massachusetts,educational inde pendent industrial schools .... Rockland Trust Company,hired money, two notes ......$25,000 00 Less discount 252 90 $54,275 12 36,473 45 ^277,387 99 $82,950 70 251 51 19 75 41 65 7>937 58 90 45 2,703 90 120 00 516 00 37 00 13 00 172 26 29 70 33 75 24,747 I<5 l6o 9^3 914 VVoodside Cemetery,for lots sold,etc. Town Clerk,five junk dealers'licenses, Town Clerk,five junk dealers'licenses. Town Clerk,one bowling license Town Clerk,two pool licenses Town Clerk,one innholder's license Town Clerk,two common victuallers'licenses Town Clerk,three auctioneers'licenses . Town Clerk,one pedlar's license Darius W.Gilbert,milk inspector,etc.,twelve licenses . Town histories and map sold .... Refund by Recreation Committee Social Service League,on school account Domestic Science Department,on school account Sundry persons,on highway account Sundry persons,on Cohasset Home account Sundry persons,on outside poor account Sundry persons,on fire department account Proceeds of gasoline drums returned,moth account Tree Warden account for arsenate of lead sold One payment on police account Amount of tax exemption,with interest,1909,1910 and 19 1 1 Samuel H.Capen,Sheriff,fines,etc. Clerk of East Norfolk District Court,fines,etc. Louis,J.Morris,Janitor,income from Town Hall Income from Town Hall,other sources Police service at Town Hall . Rent for North Cohasset Post Office,three quarters Sundry persons,N.E.Telephone and Telegraph service ........ Reimbursement for Homcepathic Hospital treat ment For spraying trees on private estate Sundry persons,to credit of harbor account Interest on bank deposits Interest on taxes collected Tax summonses $7 oo 144,3'^91 154 00 4,345 41 4,336 05 ^277^387 _99 Fees for Tax Collector's affidavits .... Assessors'tax list coramitted July 22,19 14 Assessors'supplementary tax list,prior to Dec.i Assessors'tax list.December assessment Assessors'moth tax list,committed with regular taxes .•. In addition to the above there has been received from the executor of the will of the late H.W.Wadleigh one-half of his legacy of $5,000 to the town,for park purposes,which is on deposit by itself as a trust fund,and which,with interest to this date,amounts to $2,533.12. NEVVCOMB B.TOWER, Treasurer and Collector. CoHASSET,December 31,19 14. REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ENGINEERS To THE Board of Selectmen : Gentlemen —The Board of Engineers appointed by your honor- able board for the year ending April 30th,19 15,met in accord- ance with your instructions and organized with the choice of officers as follows : — Chief —Henry E.Brennock. Assistant Chief—George Jason. District Chief—Alfred R.Cross,North District. District Chief —George F.Sargent,Jr.,Beechwood District. Clerk —Thomas A.Roche. The Department has been called to answer fifty-eight calls dur- ing the past year.Fires in buildings,eighteen ;automobiles, five ;forest fires,twenty-nine ;false alarms,six. The fire buildings at the Cove have not been improved,as the Board considers it a waste to spend a cent in repairs. The building at Beechwood is in need of outside repairs : shingling over the clapboards is recommended. The apparatus and fire alarm system are at present in good condition. We respectfully recommend that the sum of $3,500 be raised and appropriated at the Annual xMeeting in March next for the maintenance and operation of the Fire Department for the ensu- ing year.This sum includes salary of Chief and repairs to build- ing at Beechwood. HENRY E.BRENNOCK,Chief. GEORGE JASON,Assistant Chief. ALFRED R.CROSS,District Chief. GEORGE F.SARGENT,Jr.,District Chief THOMAS A,ROCHE,Clerk. REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES The Board of Selectmen : — Gentlemen, Your Sealer in submitting his second annual report is gratified that the policy suggested and adopted by the department this year regarding the reweighing of test lots from through cars of hay and grain from Western points,has resulted in a saving to our citizens through approved claims,of a sum equaling within a few dollars the entire appropriation for this department.Other commodities can and will receive our attention,but it must be remembered that our appropriation is a small one,and with added duties required by the State Commission each year now furnishes scarcely a fair compensation for the routine work required by law.The salary alone of the sealers in each of the adjoining towns of Hingham and Hull is $50 in excess of our entire appropriation while an equal salary in Scituate is materially increased by a system of fees. Your Sealer therefore feels justified in asking that the entire appropriation for this department this year shall at least equal the salary alone paid by adjoining towns.(See Proverbs,nth Chap- ter,ist verse),The table below shows the routine work of the department,not including however,reweighings,examinations and inspections,which space here prohibits,and which are fully covered in detailed report of November 30 to the State Commissioners of Weights and Measures : Adjusted Sealed Condemned Scales 16 70 10 Weights 12 173 14 Measures (liquid and dry)I 59 2 Pumps ....4 Yardsticks 4 -> Milk Jars .42 29 35-'-^ 1 64 It may be well through this report to call attention to the fact that while for local use a barrel is always a barrel,by act of Con- gress effective July,1913,a "National Apple Barrel"was estab- lished,the specific dimensions of which may be obtained at this office.State laws governing local use are still operative,but barrels of less capacity than the United States standard entering inter- state commerce are liable to a fine of one dollar and costs for each barrel unless specifically marked. The writer,in closing this report would express his thanks to our citizens for both information and suggestions,and to our merchants for the good spirit in which his recommendations have been acted on even at considerable expense to themselves. Yours respectfully, CALEB NICHOLS, Sealer of Weights and Measures. CoHASSET,January 14,19 15. SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT OVERSEERS OF THE POOR In the Overseers report on page 154,second paragraph,last line,the figures should be $3,686.22,instead of $3,294.55. WILLIAM O,SOUTHER,Jr. HARRY E.MAPES, HERBERT L.BROWN, Board of Overseers of the Poor. REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE To the H-tnorable Board of Selectmen of the Town of Cohasset Gentlemen —I respectfully submit my third annual statement for the year ending December 31,19 14. The increase in the amount of work which this department is called upon to perform is very great,and from time to time,it has been found necessary to call upon other Police Departments for assistance.We have still found it impossible,at times,to meet all calls. A slight idea of the nature and extent of the various duties imposed upon this department may be obtained from the records of the District Court of East Norfolk,but an adequate idea of the vast amount of labor performed cannot be obtained therefrom by those persons who are not familiar with the various matters discussed.It is only those who have a practical knowledge of the work involved in the carr}'ing out of the various duties performed who can fully appreciate the amount of work actually accomplished. That the work of the members of the force has given general satisfaction to law-abiding citizens of this town,interested therein, is evidenced by the fact that your honorable Board has received but few complaints,and those received have been found,upon investigation,to be of minor character,resulting generally from misunderstanding on the part of the complainant.On the other hand,I have received many expressions of commendation from various persons with whom the members of the force have been brought into contact in the performance of their various duties, attention being called especially to their courtesy,capacity and intelligence. In enforcing intelligently and impartially the various provisions of the statutes as they apply to our department,I am convinced that their efforts have been reasonably satisfactory.In many instances when infractions of the law have been caused by misunderstanding rather than by criminal intent,a timely notice 167 and warning have resulted in maintaining the dignity and efficacy of the law much better than hasty and ill-considered prosecution would have done,but when infractions of the law have occurred, and the department has once begun to prosecute,the full effects of its power to punish have been brought to bear upon the offender. In consequence of the amount of travel that we were obliged to do from April to December,your honorable Board approved of my purchasing an automobile.It has proved a great success,and is in good condition at the present time. I would recommend for your consideration the appointment of two more officers,one for Jerusalem road,and one for Beechwood street. For the financial account of this Department,I refer you to the Town Accountant's report. In looking back over the records of the year,I find recorded the death of Officer Arthur C.Litchfield,May 6,19 14.Officer Litchfield was born in Cohasset,November 21,1862.His education was obtained from the public schools of the town.At an early age,he entered the employ of the late Joseph Bates (at that time owner of Beal's Cohasset and Boston Express)and remained with Mr.Bates several years.About the year 1890,he bought out the old Scituate and Beechwood Express Company,and continued as owner and operator of it for many years.He was appointed a member of this department in April 191 1,serving until the time of his death.He was a loyal citizen,and the records of this force show him to have been a faithful servant of the town. In closing my report,I desire to record my gratitude for any and all support rendered me by your honorable Board in connection with the performance of my duties. I also desire to acknowledge my indebtedness to the Town Accountant,Mr.Edward L.Stevens,for his many acts of kindness. Respectfully submitted, THOMAS L.BATES Chief of Police REPORT OF THE HARBOR COMMITTEE CoHASSET,January 30,19 15 The Cohasset Harbor improvements were finished during 19 14. The Town appropriation for the construction of a new public landing on the north side of the harbor was expended under the direction of this committee,and a substantial and useful landing place was finished at a cost of $321.80.The balance over the appropriation was paid by the Selectmen from their incidental account.This makes three public float landings on the harbor. The few other expenditures made this year on the harbor will be found detailed elsewhere in the Town Accountant's report. The United States Government Light House Service early in the season took over as proposed the four post lights and eight spar buoys previously maintained by the Town in Cohasset Harbor as private aids to navigation.The State of Massachusetts transferred to the National Government title to the under-water land for 50 feet square about these four post dolphins.Platforms were finished June 17th,around these dolphins and later in the year improved post lanterns were installed which have given very satisfactory service. On July 4th,the final obligation of the various Cohasset Harbor Committees was fulfilled by the celebration of the improvements with fireworks and illumination.In conjunction therewith,new harbor maps were printed,giving the location of the harbor lights and sailing directions for entering the harbor. Copies of these maps were distributed to boat owners of neigh- boring towns,and the use of the harbor,both for commerce and pleasure,should now steadily increase. The balance of the Harbor Subscription Fund was expended as follows : Balance in bank as reported last year ....$203 20 Interest received on bank balance ....6 18 Subscription of L.A.Crossett .....50 00 Total $259 38 Payments : Circulars Maps Envelopes and addressing Postage Fireworks . S7 50 57 50 10 15 9 26 178 00 Deficit $262 41 $3 03 The deficit and other expenses were paid by Messrs.Cousens and Barron,the committee of arrangements. It should be noted that most of the building improvements in Cohasset of late have been about Cohasset Harbor. CLARENCE W.BARRON,Chairman FRANK F.MARTIN,Jr. HENRY B.KIMBALL MANUEL SALVADOR MANUEL S.ENOS),,,,,, J.W.BRENNOCK \^^^bor Masters H.E.MAPES )HERBERT L.BROWN }Selectmen WM.O.SOUTHER,Jr.) REPORT OF COMMITTEE UNDER ARTICLE 45 OF THE TOWN WARRANT OF 19 14 "To investigate the question of a central fire station location and building." Your committee,cliosen under Article 45,met and organized March 18,1914. ABRAHAM J.ANTOINE,Chairmmi. HENRY B.KIMBALL,Clerk. JOHN H.VVIiNTERS The following letter was prepared and sent to the County Com- missioners and a copy of the letter and answer to the same is here printed in full.The copy and the original letter has been filed with the town records as per receipt of the Town Cleik. CoHASSET,Mass , March 18,1914 "To THE Honorable Board of County Commissioners OF Norfolk County,Dedham,Massachusetts : Dear Sirs : "At the annnal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Cohasset held March 9th,19 14 under Article 45 of the town warrant :What action will the Town take regarding the purchase of a site for a new central fire station and the erection of a suitable building thereon ? Voted,'That John H.Winters,Abraham J.Antoine and Henry B.Kimball be a committee to investigate the question of a central fire station location and building and report at next town meeting.' ''The question as to title to the site on easterly side of Cove Bridge,northerly side of Border street,Cohasset Harbor,which has been occupied for a fire station the past twenty-five or more years by the Town,has come up, 171 and the older inhabitants state,'The title to said location easterly side of Cove Bridge on Border street,Cohasset is in the County of Norfolk.'And we respectfully ask your honorable board if you will sell at a nominal price or quit clainfi any title you may have in said parcel of land on easterly side of Cove Bridge northerly side of Border street,Cashasset Harbor to the Town of Cohasset for a Central Fire Station.And respectfully ask if you will give this question your earliest possible consideration. Very truly yours, Signed :ABRAHAM J.ANTOINE, JOHN H.WINTERS, HENRY B.KIMBALL," Dedham,Mass.,April 14,1914 "Mr.Abraham J.Antoine, Cohasset,^La.ssachusetts. Dear Sir : "The inquiry addressed to the county commissioners under date of March i8th in behalf of your town committee appointed to investigate the question of central fire station location was duly received. "The county commissioners are not aware and are not of the opinion that the county has title in any real estate in Cohasset.If your committee should find or receive definite information that the county has any such title the commissioners feel that there is no reason why it should not be released to the Town. Very truly yours, R.B.WORTHINGTON, Assistant Clerk.'' At the same meeting a committee of one was chosen to get prices on the Tilden lot on Elm street,the vacant lot corner Spring and South Main street,and the lot belonging to the town next to Minot Ledge Hall,and the town lot on North Main street were considered ;also the site of the present location of the fire house on Border street,Cohasset Harbor. Your committee found that the cost of the lot on Elm street and to prepare the foundation for the building would be more than half 172 what a building would cost built on the present site of the fire house on Border street,and would be the same on the other lots. The site on Border street has a rock formation on which a foundation can be placed at a comparatively small expense,and your committee recommend that a stucco building one and one- half stories high (to house the auto chemical,the hook and ladder truck and the forest fire wagon ;equipped with a proper heater, toilets,bath room,sleeping accommodations,etc.,to accommodate the firemen ;said building to cost about $8,000.00),be located on the plot of ground northerly side of Border street,Cohasset Har- bor,now occupied as a fire station,and built as per plans filed with the Town Clerk,marked Building Plans for Fire House, Border Street,Cohasset.Your committee further recommends that the sum of $8,000 be appropriated to build a fire house on Border street,C'ohasset Harbor,and that the Town Treasurer be instructed to issue,and a majority of the Selectmen sign,eight one thousand dollar notes or bonds,said notes or bonds shall bear on their face —Town of Cohasset Fire House Loan —Town Meeting of 1915 ;one to come due 1916,one 1917,one 1918,one 1919,one 1920,one 1921,one 1922 and one 1923.Said bonds or notes to be advertised and sold for not less than par value and bear inter- est at the lowest rates possible.And that a committee be chosen to carry out the work. ABRAHAM J.ANTOINE. JOHN H.WINTERS. HENRY B.KIMBALL. Committee. Received of Abraham J.Antoine,John H.Winters and Henry B.Kimball copy of letter of March i8th,1914 to County Commissioners,and letter from County Commissioners to Abraham J.Antoine in regard to land on Border street,Cohasset Harbor, now occupied as a fire house station. HARRY F.TILDEN, Town Clerk. REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH OF COHASSET Appropriation Exceeded asked for 1914.Spent.appropriation. Salaries and general adminis- tration ....$300 00 $333 30 $33 30 Printing ....75 00 59 25 Quarantine )500 00 Mass.Homcepathic Hosp.)1,420 48 920 48 Milk and Vinegar Inspection 200 00 57 87 Fumigation 75 00 326 23 251 33 Inspector of Slaughtering .150 00 152 65 2 65 Vital Statistics .25 00 15 75 Transportation .25 00 46 20 21 20 Incidentals TOO 00 17 49 Telephone ....14 00 21 90 7 90 ,464 00 $2,451 22 $1,246 86 Amount of money spent Amount of money appro- priated ....$1,400 00 Amount received from J.H. Winters ....217 50 Amount spent in excess of the appropiation $2,451 22 $1,617 00 $^33 7 One can see by glancing over the foregoing table that the in- creased expenditure over the appropriation was the result of the number of scarlet fever cases. ^74 REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF MILK AND VINEGAR To the Honorable Board of Health : — Gentlemen : — As in the past I have taken samples of milk and cream from the stores,autos and wagons of milk dealers in this town. Samples were examined for bacteria as well as for fats and solids.The fats and solids were in each case well within the standards set by the State. The bacteria counts were very variable,and were as follows : Dealer No.Samples Average A None 100,000 172,000 2 136,000 B 10,000 700,000 2 355.000 C 140,000 I 140,000 D 50,000 6,800,000 2 3,425,000 E 1,000,000 1,000,000 6,000,000 3 2,666,666 F 10,000 4,000,000 1,700,000 3 1.903.333 G 60,000 562,000 3 311,000 H 450,000 360,000 3,000,000 3 1,270,000 I 350,000 58,000 88,000 3 165.335 J 40,000 850,000 2,000,000 3 ^^Z^ZZZ K L 126,000 I I 129,000 950,000950,000 Respectfully submitted, Darius W.Gilbert V.,S. Inspector of Milk and Vinegar. REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING To the Honorable Board of Health : Gentlemen : — In my work as inspector of slaughtering I have during the past year inspected 152 carcasses,all of which have been passed for food and stamped by me as required by law. 175 The licensed butchers have co-operated with me in evei\wu). One new slaughter house has been erected. The recent outbreak of foot and mouth disease has put an extra burden on the owners of the animals slaughtered,as they have been obliged to convey the animals in their own vehicles. A quarterly report of my work has been sent to the State De- partment of Health. Respectfully submitted, Darius W.Gilbert,V.S., Inspector of SlaU^ht^riy;-^ CoHASSET,Mass.,December 31,191 4 To the Honorable Board of Select7nen,Co/iasset,Mass. Gentlemen :— We have the honor to submit the fifth annual report cjf your Board of Health for the year ending December 31,19 14. Mortality There was one death from tuberculosis,and one from scarlet fever during the year 19 14,constituting all the deaths from the infectious or so called preventable diseases. The number of deaths which occurred in this town during the year,191 4,was fort)'-two,which includes six (6)people who were visiting in the town.The number of Cohasset people who died aw^ay from home this past year was five (5).Adding five (5)to the latter number forty-two (42)and subtracting the number of still births (2)and the number of non-residents (6)leaves a total of thirty-nine (39).This number of deaths with a population of 2.727, as estimated,gives a mortality of 14.3 per 1000 inhabitants. Infectious Diseases During the year,there were reported to the Hoard of Health, twenty-one (21)cases of scarlet fever;one (i)case of measles ;one (i)case of typhoid fever;(i)case of mumps;three (3)cases of 176 whooping-cough ;three (3)cases of tuberculosis ;and four (4)cases of ophthahnia neonatorum or inflamation in the eyes of the new born. There have been no cases of diphtheria,chicken-pox,infantile paralysis,or cerebro-spinal meningitis reported to this board. The cases of reportable infectious diseases occurred as follows ; Scarlet Tuber-Ophthalmia Mealsles Diphtheria Fever Measles Mumps Peretonitis culosis Neonatorum Jan.———————^- Feb.——I —I ——— Mar. — — 5 ——2 —— Apr.——_ 7 ———— May ——2 ——I I — June I ——I ——I 2 July ——————I I Aug._——__——— Sept.———————— Oct.———————— Dec.——2 ————I I o 21 I I 3 3 4 Diphtheria During the year,there were reported sixteen cases of diphtheria but during the past year there has not been a single case of this disease reported to the Board of Health. Scarlet Fever There have been reported,twenty-one cases of scarlet fever during the last twelve months as against twenty-four of the previous year.One of this year's cases was of a very malignant type and was followed by death.The remaining number of cases of scarlet fever were of comparatively mild type. Of the twenty-one cases of scarlet fever,twelve were taken to the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital in Boston,for treatment. The remaining number being cared for in their homes. 1/7 One suspected case was sent to the hospital for isolation and observation. Typhoid Fever There has been but one case of typhoid fever reported in the last twelve months.This case was a guest in one of the Cohasset hotels,and had arrived but three days before from North Carolina. The case was immediately taken to a private house,isolated,and the inhabitants of the house all vaccinated against t}'phoid,and the necessary precautions in the hotel were efficiently carried out. Tuberculosis There have been but three cases of tuberculosis reported. Measles and Chickenpox There has been but one case of measles reported to the Board of Health during 19 14,and this was a non-resident. There was no chickenpox reported. The following table shows the number of cases of diphtheria, scarlet fever,and of t}''phoid reported during the last fifteen years, and the number of cases of tuberculosis since reporting of that disease was first required in March,1902 : — Diph-Scarlet Typhoid Tuber- theria.Fever.Fever.culoses. 1900 .•I 4 I — 1901 .19 I I — 1902 .2 23 3 — 1903 .3 6 —— 1904 .II —I — 1905 . ———— 1906 . —16 —— 1907 .I 5 —— 1908 .I 4 I — 1909 .I ——— 1910 . —2 —1 1911 .2 —">8 1912 , —10 1 5 1913 • .16 24 5 5 1914 ..—21 I 3 178 Nuisances. During the past year there have been twenty-two (22)complaints made to your Board of Health,and action which has seemed suit- able has been taken in each case. Milk We wish to again call the attention of the citizens of Cohasset to the fact that they can receive material aid in the selection of their milk supply by consulting the Inspector of Milk who can tell them what sources are the most sanitary and also which has the lowest average bacteriological count and consequently is the cleanest. Glanders One case of Glanders,in a horse,occurred in the town during the past year and the necessary sanitary precautions were taken. Acknowledgments In conclusion we wish to acknowledge our thanks to the Board of Selectmen and other town officers for the courteous assistance rendered to this Board during the past year. Respectfully submitted, GEORGE OSGOOD,M.D.,Chairman IRVING F.SYLVESTER,Secretary WARREN F.SNOW 179 HEALTH REGULATIONS The Board of Health of the Town of Cohasset,in the County of Norfolk,by virtue of the provisions of Chapter 75 of the Revised Laws and amendments thereto,and any other power it thereto enabling,doth hereby ordain and enact the following regulations : — Article i.Communicable Diseases Section i (a).No child shall be allowed to attend school from any household where there is or has been a case of Scarlet Fever, for a period of six weeks from the commencement of the last case in the household and until a certificate has been presented from the attending physician,the Board of Health or its agent,that all danger of conveying the disease by such child is past.(Section D.) (b)No child who has visited a house where there was at the time a case of Scarlet Fever shall attend school until the expiration of two weeks following exposure,unless he has already had the disease,except by special permit from the agent of the Board of Health.(See section D.) (c)No child who has Diphtheria shall be allowed to attend school for a period of one week from the date of the second succes- sive negative bacteriological culture from both nose and throat and until a certificate has been presented from attending physician that all danger of conveying the disease by such child is passed,and that no well child be allowed to attend school from any household in which there is or has been a case of Diphtheria until the same pre- cautions have been taken,with the exception that but one negative bacterialogical culture,from both nose and throat is required. (See section D.) (d)The agent of the Board of Health may,if circumstances warrant (for example,removal of a patient to a hospital),give to children not infected in a household in which there is or has been Scarlet Fever or Diphtheria a special permit to return to school as soon as he considers it safe for them to do so. (e)No child from any house where there is a case of Scarlet Fever or Diphtheria shall be allowed to mingle with persons irom i8o any other house until after removal or recover}^or death of the patient and the disinfection of the premises. (f)Ever)'house infected with Diphtheria,Scarlet Fever or Smallpox shall have affixed on or near the front and rear door a card,furnished by the Board of Health,stating the disease to be avoided,and any unauthorized person removing such card shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars. Section 2.No child who has chicken-pox shall be allowed to attend school until a period of two weeks has elapsed from the first appearance of the eruption and all scabs have disappeared. Section 3.No child who has German Measles shall be allowed to attend school until a period of one week has elapsed from the first appearance of the eruption. Section 4.(a)No child ill with Tuberculosis who is a menace to the health of others,shall be allowed to continue in school. (b)Whenever a person with Tuberculosis moves out of a house or apartment the attending physician,if there is one,or the active head of the family shall so notify the Board of Health within twent}'-four hours,and both of the above-mentioned persons shall be held legally responsible for the violation of this order. Section 5,No child who has Mumps shall be allowed to attend school until a period of three weeks has elapsed from the first signs or symptoms of the disease. Section 6.No child who has Measles and no child,who has not had the disease,in a household in which there is a case of Measles shall be allowed to attend school within two weeks from the appearance of the rash in the last case in such a household. Section 7.No child with Whooping Cough and no child,who has not had the disease,in a household in which there is a case of Whooping Cough shall be allowed to attend school within eight weeks from the beginning of the cough and until the cough characteristic of the disease has ceased in the last case in the household. Section 8.No child shall be allowed to attend school from any household in which there is or has been a case of Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis or of Infantile Paralysis until a certificate has been presented from the Board of Health or its agent. i8i Article 2.Disinfection Section i.Such rooms or such articles in any house,as in the opinion of the Board of Health have been subjected to infection or contagion from Smallpox,Scarlet fever,Diphtheria,Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis,Infantile Paralysis,or Tuberculosis,shall be disinfected by the Board.The attending physician or the Agent of the Board of Health shall decide in each case as to the proper time for disinfecting,and shall then notify the Board,but in no case of Scarlet Fever shall disinfection be done in less than four weeks from the commencement of the last case in the household (except by special permit of the Agent of the Board,)and Diphtheria disinfection shall not be done until after at least two successive negative bacteriological cultures from both nose and throat have been obtained. Section 2.Articles which have been exposed to infection,or those which have been in contact with a patient within ten days prior to the diagnosis of any of the above named diseases shall not be sent to any laundry or other work-shop unless they have been first disinfected by the Board of Health. Section 3.Refuse from the sick-room of a person having any of the above named diseases shall not be put in any waste receptacle without being first disinfected. Section 4.All books which have been used by a patient having any of the above named diseases,or otherwise exposed to infection shall not be returned to any library or school,without first being disinfected by the Board of Health. Milk Section i.No person affected with sore throat of any kind of a contagious or infectious disease of any nature,or any person living in a house where a contagious or infectious disease exits,or any person coming in contact with an individual suffering from such contagious or infectious disease (except at the discretion of this board)shall handle milk or cream that is to be sold for food in this town. Section 2.All premises,milk wagons and utensils used to handle,deliver or contain milk or cream to be sold within this l82 Town shall at all times be subect to minute inspection by this board or its milk inspector. Section 3.Milk cans or jars of milk dealers shall not be left at any house in which there is a case of diphtheria,scarlet fever, typhoid fever or smallpox,but the milk shall be poured into re- ceptacles furnished by the customer. Section 4.Stables shall be kept clean,all dirt and cobwebs shall be swept from the walls,partitions and ceilings at least four times a year,or oftener if found necessary by the milk inspector. Section 5.No person by himself or by his servant or agent,or as the servant or agent of any other person,firm or corporation, shall*in the Tow^n of Cohasset sell,exchange or deliver,or have in his custody or possession w4th intent to sell,exchange or deliver, any milk,skimmed milk,or cream,which contains more than a 500,000 bacteria per cubic centimeter,or which has a temperature higher than 50 degrees Fahrenheit. Section 6.All utensils used in the handling and selling of milk shall be washed and sterilized with steam or boiling water each day before being used,and all milk vessels (bottles and cans)w^hich are to be returned,shall be cleansed as soon as emptied by the person who pours out the milk. Section 7.All persons who do milking or handle milk shall wear a clean outer garment while engaged in either act. Section 8.Wet milking is forbidden. Section 9.All animals kept in the Town of Cohasset for the production of milk shall at all times be kept in a clean condition, the udders shall be washed or wiped with a clean,damp cloth,be- fore milking,the milker's hands shall be clean and the animals shall not be fed upon swill or fermented brewery grains. Section 10.All wagons in which milk is carried or delivered, shall be kept clean and free from filth or bad odors,and be cleansed by washing with hot water and soap whenever necessary. Section 1 1 .All covers used over bottles or cans that contain milk or cream shall be kept clean and never used for any other purpose. Section 12.Milk kept for sale in any shops,restaurant,market or other establishment shall be stored in a covered cooler box or refrigerator. i83 No vessel containing milk for sale shall be allowed to stand out- side of said cooler or refrigerator except while the sale of milk is being made ;every such cooler or refrigerator shall be properly drained,cleansed and cared for and be kept closed while a sale of milk is being made or ice being put in. Piggeries and Pigs Section i.No person shall keep a piggery within the limits of this Town without a written consent signed by the chairman and the secretary of this board. Section 2.The keeping of four or more pigs shall constitute a piggery. Section 3.A charge of fifty cents each shall be made annually for permits to keep a piggery or cart swill in this Town,said per- mit to date from May i and to expire April 30 the following year. Section 4.Any person to whom a written consent to keep a piggery has been given in accordance with Section i and any per- son keeping one or more pigs who in keeping such piggeries or pigs,causes a nuisance to persons residing in that neighborhood, shall on notice from this board remove such piggeries or pigs from his premises. Swill or Offal Section i.No swill or garbage of any nature shall be brought into this town except with the written consent of this board. Section 2.No person shall cart swill or the contents of any privy,vault or cesspool,or any other substance from which disa- greeable or dangerous odors may escape,upon any public or pri- vate way except in water-tight boxes,barrels or wagon bodies, with closely fitting covers so fastened so as to prevent the escape therefrom of any obnoxious odors. Section 3.No person shall collect swill or house offal in any street of the town without a license from the Board of Health,and no person acting under such license shall allow any vehicle used for collecting or conveying such material to be drawn over or stand upon any sidewalk. 1 84 Section 4.No person without a written license from this board shall convey or cause to be conveyed through any street in this town any night soil,slaughter house or market offal or blood,and then only in a vehicle effectually covered and water tight.1 General Regulations Section i .Every householder shall keep his premises free from all sources of filth that are injurious to the public health and safety.No pri\y,vault or cesspool that is not water tight shall be maintained within one hundred feet of any well,spring or other i source of water supply used for drinking purposes,and no waste water from a kitchen shall be allowed to flow upon the ground or into a cesspool that is not water tight within twenty-five feet of any house,unless the liquid is frequently removed and the place of deposit disinfected with loam or other material.(This should be done every two weeks during the heated season).All drains from water closets and sinks shall be properly trapped. Section 2.Every cesspool shall be substantially built and ventilated in a manner approved by the board,and shall be six feet deep by six feet in diameter. Section 3.All privy vaults shall be built of brick,stone and cement,and when near enough to adjoining property to constitute a nuisance shall be moved to a place approved by the Board,and if necessary in the judgment of this Board a flush system shall be installed.All privy vaults shall be cleaned during the month of April and oftener if necessary. Secretary 4.No person shall empty or cause to be emptied sewerage or refuse of any nature,without its first being properly filtered,into any of the ponds,rivers,brooks,creeks,ditches,catch basins or public or private way,or within the limits of any private grounds. Section 5.Cesspools and privy vaults shall be emptied and cleaned at least once a year,whenever filled to within one and a half feet of the surface of the ground,and at such other times as the Board of Health may require.If the occupant or owner neglects to empty and cleanse any vault or cesspool within forty- eight hours after notice to do so,the Board of Health will have the i85 same emptied and cleansed at the expense of the owner or occu- pant of the estate.Privy vaults shall not be emptied between June I and October i without the consent of the Board. Section 6.All applications for the use of the board (^f health wagon shall be made directly to the Board of Health. Section 7.No sink or waste water shall be turned mU)or thrown upon the streets,gutters or sidewalks of this town.All brooks,open drains and sluiceways shall be kept free from such obstructions as in the opinion of this board may endanger the pub- He health,and upon notice from this board the owner or occupant shall remove all said obstruction within the time allowed by said board. Section 8.No person shall throw into or leave on or upon any street,court,lane,public square or enclosure or any vacant or occupied lot owned by the town or the public,or into any pond, canal,creek or stream of water within the limits of the town any dead animal or vegetable matter or any waste water rubbish or filth of any kind,nor shall any person throw into or leave upon any flats or tide-water within the jurisdiction of this town any dead animal or other foul or offensive matter. Section 9.No animal affected with infectious or contagious disease shall be brought within the limits of the town. Section 10.No person or persons shall be paid for burying animals without first obtaining a written order from this board. Section 11.Any person within the limits of this town who maintains a condition of things that for any cause is not mentioned in the previous regulations,and which,in the opinion of this Board, constitutes a nuisance to the neighborhood or a danger to the public health,shall on receipt of a notice from this Board,at once cause such nuisance or danger to the public health to be removed. Section 12.All complaints in relation to nuisances and sources of filth injurious to the public health must be made in writing to the Board of Health,with the description of said nuisances,and of the premises on which they exist,with the owner's name,if known to the complainant;such complaint must bear the signature of the complainant. Section 13.The spitting upon the floor,platform or sn-ps ot any railroad or railway station,car,public building,hall,church, i86 market or sidewalk,immediately connected with said public build- ing is hereby prohibited by this Board. Section 14.Each member of the Board ot Health shall act as health officer of the board and order the abatement of any nuisance coming under his observation.If any owner or occupant of prem- ises upon which the abatement of a nuisance has been ordered shall neglect to comply with the order,the nuisance may be abated by this Board at the expense of said owner or occupant. Section 15.All dead animals carried through the streets of this town shall be covered with canvas or some other suitable covering. Burials Section i.No public funeral shall be held over the remains of any person who has died of Smallpox,Scarlet Fever,Diphtheria, Cerebro-spinal Meningitis,or Infantile Paralysis without a written permit of the Board of Health,and under such regulations as may prevent the spread of any of said diseases.The remains of any person who has died from any of said diseases shall at once be placed in a tight or sealed coffin,and shall not thereafter be exposed to view or disturbed except for burial. Section 2.That in the case of death where the deceased had not been attended by a practising physician,the certificate of death shall be issued by the Medical Examiner. Section 3.That no dead body of any person shall be carried to any cemetery or from one place to another within the town,in any public vehicle other than a hearse or undertaker's vehicle provided for that purpose. Miscellaneous Section i.All Barber Shops,together with all furniture,shall be kept in a cleanly and sanitary condition.Mugs,shaving brushes, razors,scissors,clipping machines,pincers,needles,and other steel instruments shall be sterilized either by immersion in steam,boiling water or in alcohol of at least sixty per cent,strength,after each separate use.Combs shall be thoroughly cleansed with soapsuds and brush after each separate use.A separate clean towel shall be used for each person.Alum or other material used to stop the i87 flow of blood shall be applied only on a towel or other clean cloth. The use of powder puffs and of sponges is prohibited,except that a sponge owned by a customer may be used on him.Every barber shop shall be kept well ventilated and provided with running hot and cold water.No person shall be allowed to use any barber shop as a sleeping room.Every barber shall thoroughly cleanse his hands before serving each customer.Every barber shop shall be inspected at least twice annually by the Secretary of the Board of Health board.A copy of this order shall be kept posted in plain view in every barber shop. Section 2.Bodies of deceased animals,which cannot be con- veniently incinerated or buried,shall be reported to the Board of Health within twenty-four hours after death,or upon discovery of such dead bodies. Section 3.No rummage sales shall be held within the Town of Cohasset without a permit from the Board of Health Notifiable Diseases On December 15,19 14,the State Department of Health de- clared the following list of diseases reportable,as dangerous to the public health,under the sections of 49,50 and 52 of Chapter 75 of the Revised Laws,as amended by Chapter 480 of the Acts of 1907.On December 22,19 14,the State Department of Health declared this same list of diseases dangerous to the public health within the meaning of the provision of Section i of Chapter 213 of the Acts of 1902,as amended by Section i,Chapter 386,Acts of 1907,and as further amended by Chapter 380,Acts of 1909,which provides for the reimbursement by the State through the State Board of Charity for the expenses incurred by local boards of health for the care of persons ill with diseases dangerous to the public health within the meaning of said law : Antinomycosis Scarlet Fever Anterior poliomyelitis Septic sore throat Anthrax Small-pox Asiatic Cholera Tetanus Cerebro-spinal Meningitis Trichinosis Chicken-pox Tuberculosis (all forms) Diphtheria Typhoid Fever i88 Dog bite (requiring anti-rabic treatment Dysentery : (a)Amebic (b)Bacillary German Measles Glanders Hookworm disease Infectious diseases of the eye : (a)Ophthalmia Neonatorum (b)Suppurative conjunctivitis (c)Trachoma Typhus Fever Whooping cough Yellow Fever Leprosy Malaria Measles Mumps Pellagra Plague Rabies 7o the Honorable "Board of Selectmen: Appropriation requested by the Cohasset Board of Health for the calendar year beginning January i,1915. Salaries and General Administration Expenses Printing ..... Quarantine ,.... Inspection Milk and Vinegar Fumigation .,.. • Inspection Slaughtering Vital Statistics .... Transportation .... Incidentals ...., Telephone ..... ^350 00 100 00 1,500 GO 200 00 350 00 150 00 25 00 150 00 160 GO 15 00 ^3,000 00 GEORGE OSGOOD,M.D.,Chairman IRVING F.SYLVESTER,Secretary WARREN F.SNOW COHASSET FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY In account with Oliver H.Howe,Treasurer Dr. To payments in 19 14 For books .... Treasurer's Bond . Rent of Safe Deposit Box Embossing stamp , Postage and stationery . Balance on deposit,January i,19 15 Cohasset Savings Bank Hingham Institution for Savings New England Trust Co. Cr, By receipts in 1914 Balance on deposit January i,1914 Income of investments Sale of old chairs .... Interest Cohasset Savings Bank Hingham Institution for Savings . New England Trust Co. ^371 48 2 50 5 GO 5 15 I 00 1,504 42 610 l^ 474 40 $2»974 Zl $2 .341 67 545 00 3 00 58 34 33 68 2 64 $2,974 35 OLIVER H.HOWE, Treasurer. Cohasset,January 2,1915 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. GEORGE W.COLLIER, EDWARD NICHOLS, Examining Committee. Cohasset,January 5,1915. REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE PAUL PRATT MEMORIAL LIBRARY In presenting their annual report the directors call attention to the increasing use of the library made by all classes of f>ur towns- people.This is a result gratifying to those whose effort it is to make the building and its contents a means of pleasure and profit to the whole community.The buying of books is in the hands of a representative committee,and has been made a matter of no little thought and care.The annual total sum available for the purchase of books has been divided among the several depart- ments of literature according to a standard recommended b)-the best library authorities.It is expected that by persistence in this course for a term of years the library will be built up symmetri- cally,as it could not be under any hap-hazard method of selection. Suggestions made by individual borrowers are always gladly received. A large number of choice books has been received from the estate of the late Horace W.Wadleigh.These books will be put at the disposal of borrowers as soon as adequate shelf room can be provided.The library interests of the town have further benefitted by a bequest of money,not yet available,from this generous and public spirited citizen. Effort has been made to extend the use of the libraiy to quarters of the town remote from the main building.Notable success has attended the Beechwood branch under the direction of the libra- rian,Miss Mar}'Stoddard.It is our desire to provide this grow- ing branch of our work with really adequate quarters,allowing for the introduction of books of reference,tables for magazines,racks for papers,etc.A substantial number of books from the Wadleigh bequest,including many duplicates of volumes already in the main library,may be housed permanently in Beechwood when accommo- dation for them is found. 192 Mention should be made of the faithful and courteous service of the attendants in the Paul Pratt Memorial Library,Misses Collier and Keene.Subjoined are the reports of the Librarian and Treasurer,to which careful attention is invited. Respectfully submitted, FRANK B.McAllister,President. JAMES LONGLEY,Treasurer. WILLL^M R.COLE,Clerk. HARRY E.MAPES, EDWARD NICHOLS, CHARLES C.WHEELWRIGHT, GEORGE W.COLLIER, T)irectors. PAUL PRATT MEMORIAL LIBRARY In Account with James Longley,Treasurer Dr. To Payments for the Year 19 14 For Librarians'and Janitor's salaries . For books,magazines and binding For wood,coal and electric lighting For printing,stationery and Library supplies For furniture,fixtures and repairs For insurance ...... For other small payments .,.. Balance on deposit January i,1915,in Boston Safe Deposit &Trust Company Cr. By Receipts for the Year 1914 Balance January i,19 14,on deposit Boston Safe De- posit &Trust Company $1,126 00 450 20 462 19 76 72 510 21 237 00 83 62 $2,945 94 1,071 07 $4,017 01 $1,246 46 193 From income from investments ....$4ic oo From interest from Boston Safe Deposit &Trust Com- pany 14 41 From Town of Cohasset,appropriation for Library .2,150 00 From insurance dividends on expired policies ..82 co From Librarian for fines collected and other collections 108 64 $4^017 01 JAMES LONGLEY, Treasurer. January i,1915. We have examined the foregoing account for 19 14 and find same correct,disbursements of cash being accounted for by proper vouchers.The securities have also been accounted for. OLIVER H.HOWE, CHARLES W.GAMMONS, Auditors. Cohasset,January n,1915. 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 31,19 14. The library has been open every library day in the year with exception of days taking of inventory,legal holidays and when it was closed on account of contagious diseases. In going over the library we find missing one fiction and one non-fiction in the adult and three in the juvenile,two of which were withdrawn on account of scarlet fever. Gifts of books and magazines have been received from Messrs.Joseph Lee,James Longley,L.N.Kinnicutt,C.G. Fall,H.H.Crapo,E.H.Tower,C.J.Enos,Wm.D.Man- dell,Caleb Nichols,L.L.Knight,Mrs.Wm.Parker,Mrs.Joseph S. 194 Bigelow,Mrs,S.H.Alexander,Miss Alice Arthur,Miss F.N. Bates,Miss Gertrude Nichols,Scituate Woman's Club,Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,State and Government,and a loan of two books from Mr.Edgar W.Bates,and three dollars in money from Mrs.R.F.Clark. Registration and Circulation Population of Cohasset,1910 census Total registration from July,1903 Registration in force,December 31,19 13 Registration for year 1914 . Registration cancelled 1914 Registration in force December 31,1914 (Being about 62 per cent of the population ) Library open,days Books issued for home use Average home use per diem Average home use per inhabitant 2,580 2,831 1.597 177 170 1,604 272 15,222 SS-9 58 Classification of books used : Juvenile Adult Total Philosophy and Religion 18 81 99 History and Biography 269 467 736 Travel and Description 233 412 645 Language and Literature 253 283 536 Social Sciences II 147 158 Natural Sciences 159 134 293 Arts,which includes Music 158 634 792 Fiction 2,020 6,883 9.903 Magazines 157 1.903 2,060 Total 4,278 10,944 15,222 195 Accessions. Number of volumes in library December 31,19 13 Number of volumes added by puichase 1914 .271 Number of volumes added by gift 19 14 ..82 Number of volumes bound 19 14 ,..177 Number of volumes withdrawn 19 14 . 14,089 530 14,619 59 Total number of volumes in library Dec.31,19 14 14,560 Of the above accessions,530 volumes,222 have been added to the Paul Pratt Memorial Library,and 308 to the Cob asset Free Public Library. The total amount of money spent during the year for books has been $588.65,of which amount the Paul Pratt Memorial Library has paid $206.08,and the Cohasset Free Public Library,$382.57. Report of School Children's Reading from Lists from September 1913 to July 1914: GKADE Fourth Fifth . Sixth . Seventh Eighth Total Average of eleven. CHILDBBN BOOKS 15 226 13 130 14 126 9 81 5 55 56 618 During the year 278 books have been sent to the Nantasket Library and 336 books to the Beechwood Branch Library,of which the following is the report of the circulation during the year : 196 JUVENILE ADULT TOTAL Philosophy and Religion 18 18 History and Biography .14 28 42 Travel and Description .69 64 133 Language and Literature 31 14 45 Social and Sciences —8 8 Natural Sciences .4 11 15 Arts ....3 15 18 Fiction ....549 1,561 2,110 Total 670 1,719 2,389 Respectfully submitted, SARAH B.COLLIER, Librarian, REPORT OF THE HIGHWAY SURVEYOR CoHASSET,Mass.,Feb.i,1915. To the Citizens of Cohasset : The following is my report for the year ending December 31, 1914. The work of the past year has been conducted on the same prin- ciple as last year.The one great object has been to rebuild with stone each year as much permanent road as possible.One piece on South Main street has been rebuilt from the residence of Mr. Alexander Hillis to the residence of Mr.A.E.Buffum,this is a very wide street and took a large amount of broken stone and tarvia. 14,309 gallons of tarvia were used on the construction of the job. This piece of road should last for many years.King street has also had a piece rebuilt with stone so that nearly half of the street is in a permanent condition.This is a very much traveled street and the remaining part of the street should be rebuilt in the near future. The hill on Pleasant street has been lowered and the street has been repaired the entire length.Pond street has been repaired from the bottom of the hill at the railroad as far as the hill oppostite the residence of Mr.Nickerson,the rest of the street will have to be repaired the coming year,as when the frost is coming out of the ground the street is in a very bad condition.The sum of $600.00 was appropriated for a sidewalk on Atlantic avenue and the corner of Beach street.This sidewalk has been built from Cunningham's Bridge to Beach street and a concrete curbing put around the comer; this is a great benefit for the safety of the public in avoiding automo- bile accidents while passing around the comer.Mr.B.Preston Clark was very generous in donating a piece of his land to the Town on the opposite corner on Atlantic avenue;about ten feet of land was given around the corner.This was a very crooked and dangerous place in the street;the road bed has been widened making it much safer for automobile travel. The sum of $1,000 was appropriated to be spent on xVsh street, the hill was cut down and the road bed put in of stone taken from the Town's bank on North Main street.The street was graded and gravelled the entire length.The sum of $600.00 was appropriated 198 to be spent on Norfolk road;a new sidewalk was built to the top of the hill and the street graded and graveled the entire length.A new piece of sidewalk has been built opposite the residence of Mr. Eugene Tower on Beach street.Cunningham's Bridge at Beach Island has been thoroughly painted,all the loose scales having been thoroughly scraped off before painting;this should put the bridge in good condition for several years to come.Also the bridge at Gulf mill has been throughly scraped and painted. The fence at the Ridges on Jerusalem road has been repaired putting in nearly all new posts and railings.Fences on Forest avenue and Cedar street have also been repaired,and a new fence built on King street opposite the residence of Mr.Williarn Rogers. The ledge on Doane street known as "The Whales Back"has been removed and the street widened and straightened in that place making it much more safe for the travel.About 2,500 loads of stone and gravel have been taken from the Town's bank on North Main street this season.Quite a large amount of reconstruction work should be done the coming year,the largest amount on Jerusalem road,the road from Marsh's corner to Forest avenue is completely worn out.A portion of Atlantic avenue is in a poor condition and should have some new construction work done. Border street is in a poor condition.A part of Pond street is also in bad condition.Margin street is in a poor condition.These streets should all be rebuilt with stone under the penetrating tarvia system as they all have a very large amount of travel. Estimates for 19 15 Construction and maintenance : — Highways and sidewalks,including tarvia and oiling .$19,000 00 Salary of Highway Surveyor .....1,000 00 $20,000 00 In conclusion I wish to thank the citizens for their interest in the Highway Department and their help in many instances,and I assure them it has been my constant effort to give them the best streets possible. Respectfully submitted, FRANK W.WHEELWRIGHT, Highway Surveyor. 199 DETAIL OF HIGHWAY EXPENDITURES Under Frank W.Wheelwright Appropriation,(including Oiling streets and Tarvia).$20,000 00 General Highway Paid for labor : Benjamin F.Morse John H.Wilbur Thomas A.Tower John W.Mulcahy John F.Smith . Harry H.White . Charles F.Wilbur Charles L.Curtis Jesse T.Barnes . George P.Valine Ira N.Bates George F.Sargent James S.Graves Harry W.Burbank Thomas F.Kinsley Manuel Almeida Walter P.Bates Henry A.Williams George H.Mealy Ezekiel L.James John F.Tower . William P.Arnold Theo Matheis Daniel DeMello Percy L.Ford Edwin Bates Thomas O'Neil Antoine Francis Percy James $212 40 78 00 313 58 231 00 23 40 109 50 97 20 53 40 26 40 I 20 48 00 ^38 15 77 55 100 20 51 00 ">•^80 93 00 52 20 43 80 n 40 31 80 41 40 63 60 53 40 ^5 00 '9 80 48 00 39 60 1 1 40 200 id for labor: Thomas Keating $54 oo Edward T.Reilly •I 35 70 Edward M.Cronican ,,,2 40 Andrew H.Prouty 46 80 Joseph F.Silvia .I 20 Alson S.Richardson 121 20 Edward Morse 72 30 Franklin Beal 22 20 John H.Thompson 66 20 Robert J.Clark 50 40 Thomas H.Henry 164 94 Horace W.White 63 60 Patrick O'Keefe 26 40 James M.Keating 81 60 Henry L.McMahon I 20 Harry 0.Wood 66 60 John R.Bean 38 40 Charles H.Gale 2 40 Bartholomew Daly 72 30 Daniel D.Desmond .81 60 Thomas J.Keating 3 90 Henry F.Keating 74 i^ Thomas Moore .lis 95 Edwin W.Bates .4 80 Michael McAuliff 38 70 .Edward McSweeney .3 60 George H.Stoddard .6 00 John Donovan 34 20 Edward Clark .50 40 William T.Litchfield .9 60 William McCarthy 36 00 Clarence S.Brasill 51 00 Antoine Ferreira .33 60 Samuel H.Nichols 28 80 Herbert W.Apts 43 80 Joseph F.Bandura 15 60 John Brown 12 GO 20I Paid for labor: Harry J.Makin $2 i 60 Andrew E.Taylor .....24 00 Waldo C.Locke 7 20 John Kennedy .......17 40 Thomas Connery ......17 40 Ellery C.Bates .......4 80 William E.Kinsley ......12 00 Edward T.Barnes ......4 80 General Highway —paid for teaming Benjamin F.Morse John T.Barnes . William T.Barnes Harry F.Tilden . John J.Pratt George W.Mealy &Sons Ira N.Bates Thomas F.Kinsley Henry A.Williams John W.Bates . David Souther . Thomas A.Stevens William W.Bates Cyrus W.Bates . Joseph W.Whitcomb Elmer £.Bates . Samuel E.Pratt . Harry N.Marden Elijah F.Lincoln John Wilson Ashael F.Nott . Sanford L.Damon Chesbrook H.Stoughton Franklin Beal Thomas Ayres . Thomas W.Whitcomb Ira N.Pratt ^3,856 87 $194 10 149 50 156 19 90 56 51 76 240 08 56 80 139 00 97 00 99 20 119 32 240 08 89 13 52 25 74 75 44 57 '5 82 137 00 95 00 212 J>2 81 00 69 00 »5o 76 80 00 s ^>3 202 General Highway —paid for teaming Arthur A.Davenport Henry E.McMahon Oliver H.Bates . Bartholomew Daly Edwm W.Bates Daniel Murphy . Harry L.Willard,Jr. Thomas L.Grassie Frank Tirrell Frank W.Wheelwright : Teaming Three cords covering . Two hundred loads stone Services Samuel N.Thayer,engineer Jesse T.Barnes,engineer . William W.Bates,eighty loads sand . John Beal,fifty-six loads sand Mrs.Dora McLaughlin,i6o loads sand Ezekiel L.James,135 loads stone Oliver H.Bates,thirteen loads stone . Harry W.Burbank,137 loads stone . John W.Bates,twenty loads stone Samuel E.Pratt,sixty loads stone Edwin Bates,fifty loads stone Thomas F.Kinsley,seventy loads stone Joseph W.Whitcomb,161 loads gravel Lane Quarry Co.,broken stone . Miscellaneous bills,paid as follows : — Thomas Groom &Co.,account books,etc. Sturgis C.Baxter,inspection of boilers Frank Sargent,setting glass $60 07 8 00 97 76 72 00 12 63 8 00 47 43 16 00 2 88 $3,394 44 $206 63 21 00 50 00 1,000 00 295 75 75 00 20 00 22 40 40 00 48 75 3 75 34 25 S 00 15 00 12 50 35 00 40 25 14 05 $1,939 33 $2 90 10 00 I 00 203 Cohasset Hardware Co.,tools and supplies Bound Brook Garage,asbestos packing John H.Thompson,anvil ..... Tower Bros &Co.,lumber,drain pipe,tools,etc. Cohasset Garage,grease and oil ... Joseph St.John,kerosene ..... Freight and expressing (1913). M.S.Leonard,repairing steam roller (19 13) M.S.Leonard,repairing automobile (19 13) Joseph Breck &Sons,gravel screen . Joseph Breck &Sons,forge .... Herbert L.Brown,tools,etc..... Norris Bros.&Co.,exploders .... Charles H.Trott Co.,exploders H.L.Bond Co.,dynamite,push brooms,etc. Patrick Downes,hammer and drill A.T.Stearns Lumber Co.,lumber George E.Kimball,lumber (crusher). Bartholomew Daly,cedar posts .... William T.Tilden,rent (January i to July i) Arthur A.Davenport,10 cedar posts . Cohasset Water Co.,repairing pipes .., New England Road Machinery Co.,pulley Good Roads Machinery Co.,supplies Buffalo Steam Roller Co.,supplies Caleb Lincoln,mowing bushes (19 13) Levi T.Lincoln,carpenter stock and labor,Jerusalem road ....... Samuel E.James,carpenter,stock and labor,Forest avenue ........ Charles J.Priest,carpenter,stock and labor,Forest avenue ....... Henry A.Williams,carpenter,labor . John Roach,carpenter,labor ...• Ephraim Snow: Painting fences .... Painting bridges ...• $52 81 7 00 224 35 I 05 I 20 22 17 9 25 17 00 7 00 22 50 7 97 4 75 5 00 97 10 7 35 42 00 103 22 3 00 37 50 7 50 19 77 75 251 84 34 14 26 40 71 60 106 70 66 50 10 50 3 00 24 30 12 60 204 Blacksmithing : Alban D.Gillis (1913) William P.Malley Michael Donohiie (19 13) Cohasset Shoeing Forge Michael A.Burke Antoine E.Salvador,mason John L.Sullivan,concrete work (front of C.H.Trott Company's)(town to be reimbursed one half) Lincoln Bros.,coal for steam roller and crusher Harry W.Lincoln,painting Cunningham bridge (material $102.50,labor $380.00) Nott &Cushing,painting Gulf Mill bridge (material $53.50 labor $190.88).... Joseph D.Hutchinson,use of float Gulf Mill bridge Nott &Cushing,material and labor on fences General Highway Recapitulation Labor .... Teaming .... Engineers Sand,stone,gravel etc Highway surveyor,services Miscellaneous bills Frank W.Wheelwright teaming stone,etc Oiling Streets and Tarvia $43 05 28 10 4 65 12 02 8 40 45 60 80 00 201 34 482 50 244 s^ 8 50 63 93 $2,546 69 $3,Ss6 87 3,394-44 370 75 290 95 1,000 00 2,546 69 277 63 >ii.737 33 id for labor : George F.Sargent .....$12 00 Harry W.Burbank 44 40 Harry 0.Wood 91 65 William P.Arnold 27 6a Thomas A.Tower ...,.104 85 Daniel D.Desmond 73 20 Bartholomew Daley 90 00 205 Paid for labor : George Stoddard Andrew H.Prouty Thomas Keating James M.Keating Henry F.Keating Manuel Oliver Daniel DeMello . Charles L.Curtis Michael McAuliff Edward T.Reilly Thomas H.Henry John H.Thompson Edward Mc Sweeney Antoine Francis . Paid for teaming: Thomas F.Kinsley John Wilson Harry N.Marden Daniel Murphy . William H.Bates Harry L.Williard,Jr. John T.Barnes . Chesbrook H.Stoughton Sanford L.Damon Ira N.Pratt Joseph W.Whitcomb Cyrus W.Bates . Thomas A.Stevens William T.Barnes William W.Bates Thomas W.Whitcomb George W.Mealy &Sons John J.Pratt Elmer Bates SI4 40 12 00 67 65 67 65 40 80 60 00 55 20 45 60 51 60 42 00 10 80 48 00 40 80 6 00 >i,oo6 20 $38 00 20 00 128 75 152 00 136 00 218 ^55 So 189 75 207 -^5 184 00 -^30 00 34 50 218 SO 77 63 109 26 66 14 46 00 «7 25 $2,409 19 206 Frank W.Wheelwright .....$175 07 Samuel N.Thayer,engineer .....150 50 Miscellaneous bills,paid as follows : George W.Mealy &Sons,fifteen loads of stone ..$3 75 John Beal,165 loads of sand .....57 75 Barrett Manufacturing Company : 41,244 gallons of tarvia for general highway .2,645 05 8,909 gallons of tarvia for South Main street .885 00 Balance of 5,400 gallons —$516.00 due Indian Refining Company,7,540 gallons of liquid asphalt 395 ^5 Kenney Manufacturing Company,attachments and mountings ........300 00 N.Y.,N.H.&H.R.R. : Demurrage .......46 00 Freight 345 89 Barrett Manufacturing Company,elastic paint ..2 00 $4,681 29 Oiling Streets and Tarvia —Recapitulation Labor .... Teaming .... Frank W.Wheelwright,team Engineer .... Miscellaneous bills $1,006 20 2,409 19 175 07 150 50 4,681 29 ,422 25 Ash Street Appropriation ........$1,000 00 Paid for labor : Thomas A.Tower John R.Bean Manuel Almeida Frank F.Antoine $33 oc> 38 40 31 20 28 80 207 Paid for labor: Henry F.Keating Jesse T.Barnes . Bartholomew Daley Edward T.Reilly Clarence J.Silvia James H.Morris Thomas Keating Harry Helchel . Charles F.Wilbur James T.Bethel . Paid for teaming : Harry F.Tilden . Chesbrook H.Stoughton John T.Barnes . William T.Barnes Harry L.WiUard,Jr. Benjamin F.Morse John J.Pratt Thomas W.Whitcomb Joseph W.Whitcomb Cyrus W.Bates . Elijah F.Lincoln Ira N.Bates John Wilson Ira N.Pratt Thomas A.Stevens Frank W.Wheelwright Total . $28 80 2 I 60 16 80 19 20 3^20 7 20 7 20 14 40 7 20 7 20 $292 80 $io6 37 63 25 51 75 60 38 154 38 20 00 48 88 23 00 28 75 5'75 4 00 44 00 17 25 >7 25 5 75 $696 76 13 50 <1.003 06 Appropriation Paid for labor : John Donovan Norfolk Road $600 00 $38 40 208 Paid for labor: Charles L.Curtis Benjamin F.Morse John W.Mulcahy Robert J.Clark . Charles F.Wilbur James T.Bethel Michael McAuliff Jesse T.Barnes . Thomas A.Tower Manuel Almeida Thomas Keating Henry F.Keating Edward T.Reilly Frank F.Antoine Clarence J.Silvia Paid for teaming : John J.Pratt Harry L.Willard,Jr. William T.Barnes Chesbrook H.Stoughton Ira N.Pratt Cyrus W.Bates . John Wilson John T.Barnes . Joseph W.Whitcomb Thomas A.Stevens Frank W.Wheelwright Total $50 40 24 00 45 60 31 20 24 GO 14 40 22 80 14 40 15 60 7 20 12 GO 9 60 7 2G 12 OG 7 2G ^336 GG $46 GO 4 GG 28 75 28 75 46 GG II 50 29 25 34 50 34 50 1 1 50 $274 75 7 50 $618 25 Sidewalk Beach Street and Atlantic Avenue Outlay Appropriation ........$600 og Paid for labor : Benjamin F.Morse $57 00 209 Paid for labor: Charles F.Wilbur Harry H.White Daniel D.Desmond Edward T.Reilly John W.Mulcahy Thomas H.Henry John H.Thompson Horace W.White Joseph F.Silvia Paid for teaming ; Benjamin F.Morse Bartholmew Daley Frank W.Wheelwright John L.Sullivan,concrete curbing (212 feet) S55 20 63 00 4 80 61 20 64 20 55 20 57 48 25 50 55 20 $498 78 $13 6c) 12 oc) 25 60 .37 37 ^t)100 00 Total S661 75 Paving Gutter South Main Street Appropriation ........$200 00 Paid for labor : John W.Mulcahy ......$31 20 Robert J.Clark 28 80 Michael McAuliff 71 20 Paid for teaming : Harry F.Tilden .... N.Y.,N.H.&H.,R.R.,freight Edward J.Sandberg,paving stones Less freight .... Total >3i7 43 $91 20 .$8 63 .23 25 $117 60 23 25 94 35 2TO Removing Snow,Sanding Streets,Cleaning Gutters, AND Chopping Ice Appropriation ^i^^oo oo Paid the following : Andrew H.Prouty $9 80 Clarence J.Silvia ,-q Joseph F.Silvia .^30 Robert Stevens oo Harry O.Wood 17 40 Howard W.Pratt .9 00 Joseph Farrar .12 90 Thomas F.Kinsley 6 00 Arthur S.Bates .......i 80 Edwin P.Bates 6 00 Rufus A.James i 80 William E.Kinsley i 20 Arthur James 90 Walter P.Bates 9 00 Samuel F.James 90 Fred Fuller go Henry A.Williams 90 Harry C.Bates 7 ^0 Benjamin F.Morse 33 60 John H.Wilbur .30 00 Horace W.White 23 70 Jesse T.Barnes 8 40 Charles L.Curtis .......i 20 Edward T.Reilly 7 80 Daniel F.O'Brien 8 10 James M.Keating .......3 00 Charles F.Wilbur 23 55 Robert J.Clark .......13 20 William J.Powers .......7 50 Thomas H.Henry .......10 80 Walter E.Sullivan ......,10 65 Daniel D.Desmond .......19 20 George P.Valine 16 95 211 Wesley Laney . Royal A.Bates . Eugene Mc Sweeney George Damon . Bernard Kennedy Fred C.Higgins John W.Mulcahy Frank J.Silvia . John Kennedy . Fred Mulcahy . Fred Sullivan Stephen Grassie Patrick O'Keefe Joseph W.Whitcomb Sanford L.Damon Charles Pratt . Charles Mitchell M.Gonsalves Walter Whitcomb Edward Morse . Ralph Brickett . Charles Dyment Conrad F.Butler Harry H.White Harold F.Barnes Jeremiah Leary . George Kinnard Ellery Sidney William H.Newell Charles Silvia Manuel Oliver . Earl Higgins John J.Silvia Earl Dyment WilHam J.McNamara John Dyment Alson S.Richardson , James H,Morris $13 80 I 50 3 60 2 40 10 ^5 2 70 5 10 I 20 4 65 I 20 5 25 2 85 8 70 8 10 I 80 I 80 90 90 I 35 I 05 90 90 2 55 2 70 I 20 I 20 5 10 16 55 I 50 I 50 3 00 90 3 45 I 65 I 65 1 35 4 20 1 20 212 Robert Carr Paul Donovan . George McKenzie John Brown Antoine J.Silvia Charles Butman Lloyd Higgins . James Golden Peter Rooney Albert Foster John H.Thompson Dennis Golden . Walter A.Smith Harry Black Thomas O'Neill Manuel F.Silvia Frank Veira Antoine L,Silvia Joseph F.Bandura Louis Figureido Harry J.Makin . William Grassie . Thomas Connery . Teams : William W.Bates John W.Bates . .Thomas A.Stevens Samuel N.Pratt Edwin W.Bates . John T.Barnes . William T.Barnes John J.Pratt Franklin Beal Harry F.Tilden . Harry L.Willard,Jr.,team (sanding) Richard Cadden,labor on catch basins Michael A.Burke,repairing snowplow John Dunn,repairing hedge of Russell damaged by plow B.Tower, Total 213 By Streets Nichols Road Jerusalem Road King street . Pleasant street Atlantic avenue Beechwood street Short street Hull street . Pond street . Doane street Church street Margin street Beach street Sohier street North Main street and sidewalk Ripley Road and sidewalk South Main street Highland avenue,Brook street,three short streets across Common Cedar street Forest avenue Summer street Spring street Cushing Road Stockbridge street Border street Parker avenue Depot avenue Bow street . Oak street . Extra work moving stone crusher,cleaning streets and gutters $270 27 i»954 8S 2,392 16 840 39 796 90 975 91 54 70 403 52 441 22 422 04 82 22 239 90 432 50 303 02 3^^45 354 76 3,397 31 173 28 78 77 847 96 276 40 100 82 140 82 96 88 297 52 177 30 63 40 13 90 4 80 490 43 $16,512 40 FRANK W.WHEELWRIGHT, Highway Suneyor. SELECTMEN'S RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1915 The Board of Selectmen recommends that the following amounts be raised and appropriated for maintenance for the financial year, Town oflficers (not including Collector of Taxes)..$6,000 00 Law—legal counsel 500 00 Engineering 1,000 00 Town Hall .........1,000 00 Printing 800 00 Water for hydrants and public buildings.(Contract).4,400 00 Police Department 7,200 00 Fire Department 3,500 00 Forest fires ..,500 00 Moth suppression 4,078 02 Tree Warden ,1,000 00 Sealer Weights &Measures .,.,.200 00 Inspection of wires 335 00 Board of Health ........1,400 00 Strait's Pond,Cat Dam,etc.500 00 Inspection of animals 125 00 Highways and oiling streets 18,000 00 Removing snow 1,500 00 Electric street lights.(Contract)....6,752 00 Fore River Bridge 120 00 Harbor maintenance ,.....,350 00 Charities —Cohasset Home,outside poor and general administration 7)Soo 00 Soldiers'and Sailors'Relief 600 00 State and military aid 200 00 Education —Schools and transportation ...30,000 00 215 Public libraries $2,250 oo Town Common .,....,.500 00 Memorial Day ,350 00 Incidentals (unclassified,etc.)2,500 00 Interest ..,3,000 00 Debt—Bonded 8,000 00 $114,160 02 REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE FOR THE YEAR 1914 SCHOOL COMMITTEE,1914-1915 George Jason,Jr., Mrs.Mable L.Souther Charles W.Gammons Dr.Darius W.Gilbert Miss Edith M.Bates Dr.Evan P.Wentworth Charles W.Gammons George Jason,Jr., Miss Edith M.Bates Term expires in March,19 15 Term expires in March,19 15 Term expires in March,19 16 Term expires in March,19 16 Term expires in March,19 17 Term expires in March,19 17 Organization Chairman Secretary Treasurer Regular Meetings First Monday of each month at 7.30 P.M. Superintendent of Schools Stanley C.Lary,Telephone 304-W. Office of the Superintendent Osgood School,Telephone 349-W. The Superintendent's office is open on school days from 8.30 to 12,and from i 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. 220 Attendance Officers Thomas L.Bates,telephones 305-W and 372-W.John J. Grassie,telephone 197-M. School Calendar,19 14-15 Fall term,September 8 to December 23.Winter term,first half,January 4 to February 19 ;second half,March i to April 16. Spring term.April 26 to June 16.Fall term opens September 13. 1915- Holidays Columbus Day,Thanksgiving Day and the day after,Washing- ton's Birthday,April 19th,Memorial Day and June 17th, 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 i to 8 inclusive.7.45 to 7:50,sessions suspended for all schools. Teachers and Supervisors,19 14-19 15 Supervisors : Mrs.Edward L.Stevens—Music (19 13). May C.Melzard —Reading —Language.Grades i to 4 (part time)(1913). Teachers : — Edward A.C.Murphy —English and Science.Grades 9 to 13 (1913-) Minnie E.Bigelow —Commercial Subjects.Grades 9 to 13 (1902). Marion C.Chandler—Modern Language.Grades 8 to 13 (1910) Lulu B.Smith —Commercial Subjects.Grades 9 to 13 (1914). Gertrude T.Nichols —English,Foreign Language,Math- amatics.Grades 9 to 13 (19 13). Helen Lyman —Home Economics.Grades 7 to 13 (19 13). 221 Teachers : John Black,Jr,—Manual Training and Mechanical Drawing. Grades 7 to 13 (19 14). Martha P.Bates—History.Grades 5 to 8 (1880). Grace H.Waterous —English.Grades 5 to 8 (19 14). Edith L.Waugh —Science.Grades i to 8.Writing,grades 5 to 8,Geography,grades 5 to 6 (19 13). Florence E.Kraus—Drawing.Grades,i to 13 (19 14). Geography,grades 7 and 8. Kate E.Haubrich —Arithmetic.Grades,5 to 8 (19 13), Edith B.Jordan —Grade 4 (19 13). E.Mildred Hughes.Grade 3 (19 13). Anna M.Voller.Grade 2 (1909). Sara E.Fox.Grade i (1883). Ruth B.Wilbur—Assistant.Grades,i to 4 (19 14). Florence E.Copeland —Beechwood School.Grades,i to 3 (1914). Eva S.Bassick—General assistant (1902). Lot W.Bates—Unassigned assistant. The date in parenthesis indicates the year when service began in Cohasset. REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE The School Committee submits its report for the year 19 14,with an estimat;^of the amounts which will be needed for maintenance of schools and for conveyance of pupils for the current year. As outlined in last year's report it is the aim of the School Com- mittee to have Cohasset's schools as good as the best.To accomp- lish this result requires the best teachers at adequate salaries,and the Committee feel it wise to get the best possible teachers and to retain them,frequent changes being injurious to a school system. Plans and specifications for a new sanitary system have been prepared,and before the Annual Town Meeting we will have bids submitted and be ready to ask the Town for a definite appropria- tion for the installation of the new system. As pointed out in the Superintendent's report there is a press- ing need for more room to give adequate facilities to our pupils. We should proceed at once to plan for additional room to relieve crowded conditions which now exist. We record,with deep regret,the death of Mr.Burton S.Treat, which occurred February 13,19 14.Mr.Treat had been a faithful member of the School Committee for four years and his loss is lamented. Estimate of Amount Which Will Be Required for the Current Year General expenses : Expenses of School Committee,salaries and expenses of Superintendent .$1,500 00 Expenses of instruction : Supervisors'and Teachers'salaries .$19,100 00 Text books 1,000 00 223 Supplies and miscellaneous .$2,000 00 $22,000 00 Operating expenses: Janitors .....1,200 00 Fuel ...1,500 00 Electric light and power . .400 00 3,100 00 Maintenance: Repairs and replacements .1,000 00 Auxiliary agencies: Libraries,health,etc.,200 00 Miscellaneous expenses: Tuition,etc..,775 00 Outlay: New equipment .1,000 00 Transportation: Beachwood .$2,520 00 Parker avenue 50 00 King street .675 00 Jerusalem Road .840 00 New York,New Haven and Hartford Railroad 600 00 4,725 00 $34,300 00 CHARLES W.GAMMONS,Chairman GEORGE JASON,Jr.,Secretary Dr.DARIUS W.GILBERT MABLE L.SOUTHER EDITH M.BATES Dr.EVAN P.WENTWORTH School Committee. FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE FISCAL YEAR OF 1914 Expenses General expenses : School Committee Salaries and other expenses $448 19 Superintendent of Schools and enforcement of Law : Salaries 800 00 Other expenses ....200 74 Total general expenses . Expenses of Instruction : Supervisors, Salaries $602 00 Other expenses ....47 17 Principal : Salaries, High 299 50 Elementary ....900 50 Teachers : Salaries, High 4,720 31 Elementary ....9»956 17 Text Books : High 277 87 Elementary ....307 85 Stationery,supplies and miscellaneous : High 673 03 Elementary ....1,420 80 $1,448 93 Total expenses of instruction $19,205 20 225 Expenses of Operating School Plants Wages of janitors : High .. Elementary Fuel: High .. Elementary Miscellaneous : High . Elementary $257 89 898 46 363 16 1.032 43 86 26 250 84 Total expenses of operating school plant $2,889 04 Maintenance Repairs and replacements : High $466 91 Elementary Ij455 05 Total expenses of maintenance .$1,921 96 Auxiliary : Libraries ,.... Health Transportation .... Total auxiliary agencies . Miscellaneous expenses : Sundries ....• Outlays : New equipment .... Grand total expenses $30.3 -m -m $50 05 132 74 4,027 00 $4,209 79 1^427 75 218 54 226 Receipts Appropriation : For support For transportation Receipts from school lunch . Social Service League .... Commonwealth of Massachusetts tuition Unexpended For detail of expenditures on account of schools,see report of Town Accountant. .$25,500 00 '4,430 00 362 33 25 93 13 00 t3o,S3i 26 10 OS REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS To the School Committee and Citizens of Cohasset : I submit for your consideration and approval my second annual report which is the twenty-seventh in the series of annual reports by superintendents of the Cohasset public schools. Recall Last Year's Report In my report of last year,I attempted to explain (a)some of the fundamental reasons for the new demands upon our schools,(b) what the Cohasset school authorities had done and were doing in the way of recasting the work of the schools to meet these new demands (c)what the Town is paying for education,as compared with other towns in the vicinity,with special reference to its ability to provide educational advantages "as good as the best,"and finally (d)the aim of the present administration. I call to your attention the thesis of that report because they are the foundation upon which the present administration is build- ing,and consequently subsequent reports must have a direct bearing upon them. Ieportant Questions to be Considered This Year This year,I wish to presuppose certain questions which are,or may well be,in the minds of the people,and to attempt to answer them.I wish also to state certain questions already in the minds of those immediately responsible for the administration of the schools —questions which the citizens must,before long,answer — and to discuss briefly the cause of these questions. Why is an Increase in School Appropriation Justifiable ? Last year the School Committee asked for an increase of appro- priation for school purposes of approximately $4,500.The will, ingness with which the increase was granted indicates that the citizens of Cohasset believe in public education and,provided there is a clear understanding of the purposes for which the money 229 is spent,will grant such increases in appropriations as are con- sistent with their financial ability.As was indicated in the report of last year,small communities,if they wish to prr)vide education on a par with that of larger communities,must expect to pay more for it.On exactly the same principle that a merchant or manu- facturer can afford to sell or manufacture a large quantity of a given article at a reduction in unit cost,so large communities can reduce the per pupil cost of education because of its greater density of population —that is,having a larger number of pupils within a given area.Now,it is usually the case,that the smaller com- munities have a correspondingly low valuation.When this is true, the limit of financial ability is soon reached and,unless outside aid is provided,the communities cannot hope to provide educational facilities as adequate as those of larger communities.It is when reasoning along this line that one reaches the conclusion that there is a relation between the size of a community and the educational opportunities which it should be expected to offer.It is obvious, however,that such a conclusion is false,when the usual order is reversed,and the smaller community is the richer.Reasoning on this basis,the logical conclusion is that a community should pro- vide educational opportunities consistent with its worth,provided there is a clear understanding of the need of such educational opportunities. A New Educational Ideal and the Cost of Its Fulfillment Imbued with the very practical idea or ideal,that the function of a community's school system is to assume the responsibility for the suitable education of every pupil of the community,and firmly believing that the citizens of Cohasset desire to offer educational advantages "as good as the best,"the School Committe set about a reorganization of the work of the schools.The fulfillment of this ideal calls,and will call,for increases in appropriations for for school purposes.It has called for stronger and better trained teachers,and consequently higher salaries ;it has called,and will continue to call,for greater equipment;and it must in the future call for a more adequate school plant.With these ideas in mind, let us answer the following questions, /,Has the increase in money allowed for school purposes been used in carry i?ig out a definite plan I Table A.Cohasset School Department \A Study of Expenses. Items. General expenses of School Com- mittee : Salaries Other expenses . Superintendence of schools and enforcement of law : Salaries Other expenses Total (increase^ Expenses of in struction Super- visors : Salaries Other expenses Principals'sala- ries : High . Elementary Teachers's a 1 a- ries: High ... Elementary Stationery,sup- plies and mis- cellaneous : High . Elementary Text books : High ... Elementary Total (increase; 1013. Decreases. 1910.Net Amount.Net Amount. $109 00 226 89 160 00 218.II 1,227 00 633 80 1,306 20 3^498 32 8,200 94 391 52 882 01 410 93 529 89 $225 00 223 19 800 00 20c 74 602 00 47 17 299 50 900 50 4,720 31 9^956 17 673 03 1,420 80 $116 00 640 00 734 93 47 17 1,221 99 i»7SS 23 281 51 538 79 k 70 17 37 625 00 334 30 405 70 277 67 133 06 307 85 222 04 2,124 59 27 29 9 9° 231 T*Increases.DecreMea^^'^''^913.1914.Net .^ornit.Net Amount. Expenses of oper- ating school plan t —Wages of janitors : ^ig^ •••^^322 39 $257 89 J64 50 Elementary .722 41 898 46 $176 05 Fuel: High ...356 97 3^3 16 6 19 Elementary .903 14 1,032 43 129 29 Miscellaneous : High ,..113 55 86 26 Elementary ..260 74 250 84 Total (increase)209 84 Maintenance —Repairs,r e- placements : High ...133 57 466 91 S2^34 Elementary ..404 01 1,455 ^5 i'055 04 Total (increase)1,384 38 Auxiliary ex- penses : Libraries ,.5°05 5°05 Health ..106 50 132 74 26 24 Transportation .3,761 00 4,027 00 266 00 Total (increase)342 89 Miscellaneous ex- penses —T r u i- tion : Sundries ..226 47 427 75 201 28 Total (increase)201 28 Outlays : New grounds and buildings ..304 11 304 11 New equipment .392 60 218 54 174 06 Total (decrease)47S 17 Grand total ex- penses ..$25,802 07 $30,321 21 $4,519 00 See Table A A study of the expenditures of the last two years will answer this question,and,for the purpose of the study,a table of expeditures has been prepared.Table A,which will enable one to easily com- pare expenditures for the last two years. General Expenses Under the head of General Expenses,the apparent increase of expenditures of $734.93 is misleading.There was no definite method of apportioning the salary of the Superintendent and Principal last year,and consequently,for the year 19 13,the salary was largely distributed under the head of Principal,For 19 14,the salary was distributed on the basis of two-fifth for duties as Super- intendent and three-fifths for duties as Principal.Therefore, the increase mentioned above which is charged to supervision in 19 1 4 is offset by a corresponding decrease charged under the head of Principal 19 13.As a matter of fact,there is a decrease for 19 iz)of $5.07 for the duties of Superintendent and Principal. Expenses of Instruction Under the heading of Expenses of Instruction,there will be found a decided increase.This increase is obviously consistent with the plan which is being pursued.Teachers already in the schools who have proved their worth to the schools,should receive more adequate compensation for their services.New teachers who were to come into the schools should be of excellent character, well-trained,of known ability,and consequently higher paid.In one position alone,an increase of $400 in yearly salary was made to insure to the community a teacher having the qualities above mentioned.Under this heading,the increase of $2,124.59,which is nearly 50%of the total increase,is justified on the basis that the first step in developing a school system "as good as the best " is to provide teachers as good as the best. The increase of $209.84 in operating expenses is an increase to be expected,and largely attributable to a more extensive use of the School Plant,especially of the Bates Building. Expenses of Maintenance Maintenance is the item which,next to instruction,has con- sumed the greater portion of the increase of appropriation.The larger portion of this increased expenditure was for refinishinj^the interior wood work of the Osgood School,as well as the ceilings and walls of many of the rooms.The whole interior is now in excellent condition with the exception of the room used for Com- mercial purposes and the walls of the tower stairway.Before this work is done,the roof should be repaired.I recommend that all of the work be done this year. Expenses of Transportation Transportation cost more by $266.This was due to an increase in the number ot pupiis coming from the vicini'\'(,i North (''bas- set and Black Rock station,also from Beechwood,it being neces- sary to supply three two-horse barges instead of two to transport the pupils from the latter district. Summary Aside from the increase for the item of instruction,it may be argued that all the increased expenditures were necessary,and that it would have been a matter of poor economy for the Town not to have expended the amount which it did for maintenance. On the increase for instruction,a second question will be dis. cussed. //.Ifas there been an educational return proportionate to the increased expenditure 'i Educational Results Are Difficult to Measure This is a fair question,but one which does not submit to analysis and measurement as readily as does the first.In fact,in some ways,the returns of education are so delusive,and the final effects so far removed from the initial causes,that one would be perhaps unwise to attempt to estimate,much less to measure.Certain factors in education,however,do submit to quite rational methods of measurement.The ability to rend,to write,to spell,to cipher, 234 and to a certain extent,to express one's self connectedly and intelli- gently have been reduced by modern educators to a basis of essentials which enables those in charge of school systems to obtain fairly accurate data concerning the achievement of pupils. Such studies and scales of measurement are helpful if for no other reason than that they offer the incentive to check up results,and this,in itself,cannot but show opportunities for improvement, Reading and Writing In reading,the advance has been so striking that even casual observers,such as parents visiting for short periods,have remarked favorably upon it,In writing we have made rapid strides.The work through grades 5 to 8 inclusive is in charge of one teacher. Many of our pupils have been awarded Palmer method buttons and others are striving for them.It is fair to say that aside from reading our most striking advance has been made in this subject. Arithmetic In arithmetic,much attention is being given to those pupils at the bottom rounds of the ladder.To lay a good foundation,by study and drill,so that pupils reaching the upper grades will not be hindered by the lack of knowledge of processes with which previous instruction should have made them familiar,to lay out a practical course for all grades,capaple of accomplishment,and finally,to use such scales of measurement as will enable us to at least approximate the results achieved —these are and will be goals toward which we strive in this subject. English and History In English and history,very definite plans are being followed which should ultimately bring about a good degree of proficiency in these subjects.In English,carefully selected text books are being used throughout all the grades,and a course of study which is in process of making should be completed by the end of the year.In history,the Springfield Course has been in use for the past year,and we are now equipped with the texts which this course demands.Beyond this,the school has been equipped 235 with maps,charts,globes,and many other materials which enable teachers to make instruction more objective and more in- teresting. Geography Geography is a subject which at the present time is receiving considerable attention.Modern science has brought about such a wealth of subject matter in this as well as in other fields of closely related knowledge,that it is difficult to determine just what the essentials of a good course are.A study of the subject matter of this course is being made by the Superintendents in this vicinity in conjunction with the faculty of the Normal School at Bridge- water.A new course in this subject is being developed here. The class rooms have been supplied with maps,corresponding to the work studied there.One large globe has been purchased and others will be this year.Sand tables,built by the Manual Train- ing department,are extensively used,and everything is being done to make the course as concrete and interesting as possible. Domestic Science and Manual Training In the new departments,domestic science and manual training, excellent work is being done.Especially to be commended is the attitude of the pupils toward these more practical studies.I doubt if there is a community in the state which has met the problem of teaching domestic science in a more satisfactory and,at the same time,in a more economical way than has Cohasset.Nearly $500, the proceeds of lunch tables,was turned into the town treasury from October 1913 to December 31,1914,a little over a year. When we consider that the cost of this type of instruction is high, unless there is some outlet for its product,it seems to me that the above fact is significant.On the other hand,the manual training department has no such outlet for its products and must necessarily prove expensive.At the head of the department,we have a man of long practical experience and good professional training.The need of the department now is more equipment.Already many new tools have been purchased and a new grinding machine in- stalled,and we should give to the department this year a circular saw,band saw and planer.Its greatest need,however,is more suitable quarters,and this need the town must fill before long;. 236 Science A new course is being developed by the teachers of the school which we call *'science."It displaces the old course in nature study.A serious and studied effort is being made to develop such a course as will lead a child through a series of years not only to become conscious of the phenomena in the world about him,but also to enable him to interpret them.The course continues from the first grade through the ninth and,if carried out as we now conceive it,should enrich our pupils'lives with that knowledge which every one should have,whatever his vocation in life.In the High school,it brings the pupil in touch with social phenomena through the study of community activities,and its aim here is to unfold the principles on which good citizenship and good govern- ment rest. Beechwood School A strong effort has been made to give to the children of the Beech- wood school just as good educational privileges as those offered at the Osgood school.Liberal allowances have been made for transportation and consequently more supervision has resulted.In fact,the school has had more supervision in reading and language, and as much in other subjects,as has the Osgood school. High School In the High school,the courses have been strengthened.The commercial department is now equipped with two especially strong teachers.The work has been elaborated by the addition of courses in commercial,law and geography,and individual atten- tion is now given to the typewriting.An exhibit of commercial products is being collected.The department needs more desks and cabinets and another typewriter.These will be suppUed this year.The differentiation of courses allows pupils to change during the first two years of the High school course.That this readjust- ment has been effective is shown by the fact that there was practi- cally no loss of students from.the eighth to the ninth,or from the ninth to the tenth grades —grades which are usually sadly de- pleted because of pupils leaving school. 237 College Entrance Work As in previous years,pupils fitting for higher institutions,pro- vided that they have been proficient in their work,have had no difficulty in passing entrance examinations.The record of the school in this department of its work is an open book,the High school record,entrance examination records,and college records being on file at the school On the question of preparation for college,as matters now stand,there is no opportunity for debate. The higher institutions are supreme.They demand a certain standard of proficiency.The detail of these demands are well known.The variable factor,provided the instruction is of the right order,must be the student and,in this as well as in any other school today,the student,who is to be successful in entering hisjher institutions,must be of good ability,diligent and ambitious. Summary Concerning the school system as a whole,it seems to me that the "morale "was never better.It is possessed of a staff of care- fully selected teachers,each one especially equipped to perform the work required of them.They are possessed of a fine zeal for their work,and they should receive the whole-hearted and loyal support of every citizen of this community. Some Questions which must soon be Answered There are now certain questions which I wish to raise.—ques- tions which have been before the Committee for sometime,and to which before long a definite answer must be given. I.Is there a well defined need for another school building I For the sake of clearness,this question may be resolved into parts. 1.Does Cohasset need more schools }(In this connection,the word "schools"means class rooms for a group of pupils,with a teacher in charge,and refers to conditions existing in the elemen- tary grades,that is,grades i to 8 inclusive.) 2.Are the rooms used by the High School suited to its needs .> 3.Should the Manual Training Department have belter quar- ters ? 4.Should provision be made for indoor athletics and physical training? 238 The Basis upon which this Question is Discussed All subsequent statements are based upon the supposition that Cohasset wants "schools as good as the best."It would be easy indeed to successfully oppose every argument advanced,if one argues on the basis that all Cohasset desires is to maintain a fair average of educational opportunity. Does Cohasset need more Schools see Table B. Table B,gives a list of thirty towns in the state having a popula- tion approximately the same as Cohasset,beginning with Falmouth a town having a population in 19 lo of 3,144 and ending with Dighton,a town having a population of 2,235."^^^population of Cohasset in 1910 was given as 2,585. A STUDY OF Towns of nearly the same Population ^The figures in the table were taken from the annual report of the Massachusetts State Board of Education,which in turn are the sworn returns of the School Committees of the cities and towns of the state. Table B Thirty towns,having a population approximately the same as Cohaset,beginning with Falmouth,population 3,144 ending with Dighton,population 2,235. Number of schoo: 21 16 10 23 12 14 14 18 15 14 13 ge attendance Number of pupils per scbool 588 ..,28 346 21 347 34 557 24 459 ^38 448 32 436 31 380 21 425 28 460 32 482 37 239 Number of schools Average attendance Number of m II 425 ...38 13 441 34 13 433 53 13 445 34 13 441 34 II 406 37 10 387 39 12 419 34 14 .382 27 12 271 22 12 384 32 13 438 33 17 461 27 14 383 .27 12 201 16 10 325 32 10 351 35 12 382 .31 13 346 26 A study of the Table will show: 1.That there are three towns in this group which have a greater number of pupils per schools than Cohasset 2.That there is one town that has the same number of pupils per school as Cohasset. 3.That there are 25 towns with a less number of pupils per school,the lowest being 16 pupils per school. 4.That the average of the thirty towns is 30 pupils per school. How Cohasset Compares Cohasset has an average of 37 pupils per school.There are 1 1 schools,consequently an excess of 77 pupils.If we are to be content with the average of thirty pupils per school,then we should have three more schools.If we wish more ideal conditions and have 25 pupils per school,then we sb'»iil.l Imvr f\\c miUc schools. 240 Other Potent Arguments for More Classrooms But there are more forceful arguments for the forming of more schools than those deduced from a comparison with other commun- ities.Several of our grades are decidedly over-crowded,especially the first and the fourth.This condition has necessitated the employment of an assistant for the elementary grades,but now, with the assistant,we are confronted with the problem of providing a suitable place for carrying on the instruction.At the present time,the small room used by the committee is employed for this purpose.It is in the interior of the building,and consequently has to be lighted artificially.It has no ventilation whatever.It has no blackboard space and is admittedly ill-suited to class room purposes.Again,the crowded condition of the grades has neces- sitated the placing of sections of different grades in the same room. Such a condition is far from ideal and is a potent argunent for more class room space.Again,our present aim calls for much individ- ual instruction in all the grades.This means that groups of pupils, backward for one reason or another,should be taken to another class room for instruction.At present we have no such class room to which to take these pupils.A minimum essential is at least three more class rooms for grades i to 9 inclusive. 2.Are the rooms used by the High school department suited to its needs ? The High school department now occupies three rooms on the second floor,and the old assembly hall and the laboratories on the third floor. Fifteen years experience in educational work,and most of that time as a teacher,has convinced me that a teacher cannot be ex- pected to accomplish the most in a given interval of time unless the class room conditions are at least up to standard.By standard, I mean a room such as any of our grade class rooms,well lighted, with plenty of blackboard space. The Need for More Good Class Rooms in High School Obvious We have two class rooms in the High school department which meet such requirements.Since there are at least five recita- 241 tions going on each period,it shows that at least work in three classes is being carried on in rooms that are far from ideal.The old assembly hall,while suitable for desk work,is unquestionably ill-suited for recitation purposes,for which it has to be used.The laboratories are worse still.They were never intended for recita- tion purposes,being too small and having inadequate board facili- ties.The chemical laboratory especially should never be used for the purposes to which we are obliged to put it.It requires con- stant surveillance on the part of the teachers,to the end that some mischievous boy does not cause trouble by tampering with the chemical substances which must necessarily be kept there.Labor- atories in well-equipped schools are only open to the students elect- ing the course,and,if we wish only ordinary conditions,then that should be the condition in Cohasset. The High School Department certainly needs more elbow room. Good discipline is hard to obtain and still harder to keep,because of the crowded conditions.I think that there would be an im- measurable gain by having this group by themselves in a new building in close proximity to the Osgood School building. 3.Should the Manual Training Department have better quar- ters ? I think we must all agree that,if this work is to be expanded as it should be,the present quarters are entirely ill-suited.Artificial light has to be used nearly all the time.There is no room for ex- pansion.Mechanical drawing should have a room suited to its needs.We have no such room.There should be a class room close to the shop,where the theory of shopwork can be taken up. If more room is provided adequate provision should be made for the growth of the manual work.More and more,if present tendencies hold,the State is going to force on the community proper facilities for the education of boys and girls who have passed the compulsory age limit.Evening schools and continua- tion school work will be demanded,and.in plannini:•••'->•-••— these facts should be kept in mind. 242 4-Should provision be made for indoor athletics and Physical Training. Those who have kept in touch with the development of public schools have noticed what an important part well-regulated athletics plays in school life,especially in the High School.There are still those who deplore the fact and,altho countenancing its existence, feel that it is not a part of education,and that little or no provision should be made for such activities.Fortunately,or unfortunately, it is one of those things that will not down,and progressive com- munities everywhere have made or are making provision for such activities.The larger cities have for some years recognized ath- letics as a legitimate part of the school program,and provision in most instances has been made for suitable regulation and instruc- tion. During the winter months,there are many activities into which both boys and girls enter which demand a gymnasium,and in the provision for more adequate facilities,this item should not be omitted. 243 Table C Showing valuation of school property in 30 towns and cities of Massachusetts ;the average membership of the schools,and the valuation per pupil. Town or City Valuation of Averajfe Valuation school property membership per pupil Concord $106,405 1,127 94 Cohasset 42,400 466 90 Dedham 303»40o 1,884 161 Framingham 321,650 2,337 138 Gardner 258,500 1,871 133 Hingham 103,000 877 152 New Building .30,000 estimate Marblehead .160,000 1,221 213 New Building 100,000 Lenox 142,000 611 232 Lincoln 60,000 157 382 Manchester .95,000 478 198 Springfield ,•2,993,793 14,564 274 New Building 1,000,000 Winchester .287,600 1,725 166 Winthrop 269,700 1,996 135 Wellesley .287,054 955 300 Walpole 123,000 1,019 120 Revere 523.500 4,281 119 Reading 207,220 1,162 178 Peabody 262,500 2,233 117 Norwood 175,000 1,707 102 Northbridge .234,800 1,617 146 Newton .1,890,300 6,850 276 Needham 133,000 1,021 130 Milton ..353»ooo 1,353 261 Brookline .1,634,800 3,345 488 244 Chart Illustrating Table C,Showing Position of Cohasset AS Regards Amount of Money Invested in Schools Per Pupil BROOKLINE LINCOLN WELLESLEY NEWTON SPRINGFIELD MILTON LENOX MARBLEHEAD MANCHESTER READING WINCHESTER DEDHAM HINGHAM NORTHBRIDGE < FRAMINGHAM WINTHROP GARDNER NEEDHAM WALPOLE REVERE PEABODY NORWOOD CONCORD COHASSET //.Can Cohasset afford to erect a new building ? See Table C. Table C.gives a list of about thirty towns and cities in the state, the valuation of the school buildings (not including equipment and grounds)as given in the Tax Commissioners report for 1905,the average membership of the schools,and the valuation per pupil. It should be noted that many of the cities and towns have added to the school properties since 1905.Of these,there is definite data concerning two,Springfield and Marblehead.Of the new building at Hingham,a minimum valuation would,I should think, be ^30,000,probably nearer $40,000. 245 The table is not intended to be misleading.It intentionally con- tains a list of towns and cities which have provided adequate facil- ities for their schools,and it is on the assumption that Cohasset wants schools as good as the best that it has been prepared. It is apparent at a glance that compared with Lincoln,Cohasset could build two $40,000 buildings and still be well within the limit. With a $50,000 addition to the school plant,there would still be fifteen cities or towns in the list which would exceed Cohasset in the amount of money per pupil invested in school property.If these figures are correct,and there is no doubt that they are approximately so,and if one will admit the validity of the argument that a town should offer educational opportunity according to its worth,*then the answer to the question "Can Cohasset afford a new building "is obivious. Conclusion In closing,I wish to state again our aim or ideal.We wish to offer such educational advantages as will enable every boy and girl in the community,provided they are willing to do their part,to get a right start in life.In the light of present knowledge,this means offering courses that will fit for higher institutions,and courses that will give at least the beginnings of vocational skill,whether it be for business,industry or the home. All arguments,conclusions and recommendations have grown out of this aim.We would be over-sanguine if we expected its com- plete fulfillment ; yet it is only in striving toward ideals which are never fully accomplished that the greatest victories are won.We welcome intelligent,constructive criticism ;we seek the whole- hearted co-operation of every agency which can aid us,in the attainment of our ideal. Respectfully submitted, STANLEY C.LARY. Superintendent. *Note.—In my report of last year it was shown that Cohasset his th •meant to pn> vide educational facilities "as ffooi as the best." 246 GRADUATING EXERCISES OF THE CLASS OF 1914 COHASSET HIGH SCHOOL JUNE 17,1914 Chorus —*'Over the Hills at Break of Day,".Adam Geibel The Conservation of Our Natural Resources,Ellen Sewall Collier Chorus —"The Bells of St.Mary's,"..Paul Rodney Class Prophecy Frank Jason Violin Solo —Concerto in the form of a vocal scene Spohr Donald Tower Gammons Colonial Homes Louise Hyland Chorus —''Slumber Song "...George Henry Howard Presentation of diplomas ..Chairman of School Committee America —(Audience please join.) Class of 19 14 Austin William Bates Elizabeth Cole * Ellen Sewall Collier *Donald Tower Gammons * Dorothea Margaret Grassie Louise Hyland * Irving Litchfield Hyland Percival Norman James Frank Thomas Jason Mabel Alma Lovell John Barry Pearson *Helen Trott * *With honor. REPORT OF THE SCHOOL PHYSICIAN To the School Committee : At the request of the Superintendent,I submit the following report of the school year. The work this year has been more effective because of the assistance of the school nurse.Particular attention has been paid to the proper seating and posture of pupils and they have been carefully watched for any conditions unfavorable to their work.It 247 is to be hoped that the Town will sometime provide a more adequate physicial training,which will serve t(i develop the best physique. The most serious epidemic during the year was one n\scarlet fever,which prevailed during April and May,ten cases being reported.The Osgood school was closed from March 26 until April 2 1 on this account,the Spring vacation of one week being included.While it is sometimes necessary to close sch(Kjls,or more often single grades,for limited periods,the general opinion of educators and of school physicians of large experience,is that pupils are much safer in school with frequent inspection of the school physicion then they are out of school,playing indiscriminately together as they are sure to do.Regular,systematic school inspection will reveal light cases of the disease that would otherwise escape notice,but which would be sure to infect other persons. During a part of this epidemic,I examined all throats in the Osgood school twice a week until the danger was past.This examination would have been still more effective for stamping out the disease in the community,had there been a full attendence. I wish to gratefully acknowledge the aid and support of the School Committee,the teachers and the school nurse,as well as the spirit of co-operation manifested by many parents. Respectfully submitted, OLIVER H.HOWE,M.D. School Physician CoHASSET,January 6,191 5. REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC Mr.Stanley C.Lary, Superintendent of Schools : Dear Sir: In submitting to you my report of the progress made n.i..u^.c for the past year in the Osgood School,I cannot too strongly emphasize my conviction of the constantly increasing interest in this study,felt by the older pupils,and their consequent good wt>rk. 248 If in the lower grades,the fundamental principles of sight-read- ing are thoroughly learned,(this consisting of a knowledge of time signatures,note-values,key-signatures and scales,attained through tuneful and good music no matter how simple the song or exercise), it cannot but follow that the upper grades will find pleasure in every opportunity afforded for the chorus work and that they will be able to sing intelligently. The vast amount of excellent music from which to choose,helps to make the work all the more interesting for pupils and teachers, the only drawback,felt alike by teachers and supervisor,being that less time is available than seems necessary to accomplish the desired result. Respectfully, KATHERINE D.STEVENS, Supervisor of Music. REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF DRAWING CoHASSET,Massachusetts Mr.Stanley C.Lary, Superintendent of Schools, Dear Sir: I have the honor to submit to you my first annual report. My plans for carrying on the work of the Drawing Department are definite and their purpose is to bring about a greater efficiency in the expression of ideas through the mediums employed in draw- ing,and to cultivate in the children the love of order and a sense of beauty,two things which constitute good taste.It has been said that "the keeping of a good home is the most important thing in all human endeavors."The creating of a beautiful home through one's own ideas and efforts is surely an incentive toward the keep- ing of it well ;hence our earnest efforts toward giving the child the ability,during the life he has to live,to choose between good taste 249 and bad,between things that are fitted to their purpose and those that are superfluous. I will briefly outline the work as planned. Fall nature drawing is followed by a study of the harmony ot color.During November the work in mechanical drawing and measuring leads up to the constructive designs of December and January.Object drawing with a study of perspective follows and its special aim is to promote skill in the use of the pencil and to give the child the power to express his ideas through that medium. The work in decorative design affords an opportunit}-for the working out of original ideas in form and color,and makes possible the correlation of the work in drawing with that of the sewing and manuel training departments.The printing and coloring of maps is an aid in the study of Geography.Special work in connection with the various holidays is given,particularly in the primary departments.Picture study and figure drawing have their place in all grades and some special work in interiors and in costume designings will be taken up in the High School. It has been made possible for me to regularly visit the Beech- wood School and the little folks there are doing good work. In conclusion I wish to express my sincere appreciation of the courteous consideration and constant support you have given me in my work. Respectfully submitted, FLORENCE E.KRAUS, Supervisor of Drawing. January 9,19 15. SUPERVISOR OF READING AND LANGUAGE, PRIMARY GRADES Mr.Stanley C.Lary, Superintendent of Schools^ Dear Sir: The supervision of the work of reading,spelling and language was begun in the primary grades September,1913.The actual time which it was possible for the Supervisor to spend in the class- 250 rooms on Tuesday afternoons was so limited,and the methods employed were so new to the teachers,that the work was supple- mented by numerous meetings,individual conferences,and even an exchange of letters during the week.As the work was deemed highly important by both teachers and Supervisor no effort was spared in trying to remedy and improve conditions as quickly as possible. Since September,19 14,a number of new steps have been out- lined in these meetings which have proved of advantage.Every two weeks,from three until four o'clock,the Supervisor has spent at the Beechwood School. The time in the grade rooms is spent in giving model lessons,as far as the time permits,observing the teachers,or in testing the children in their work along the lines which have been suggested in the meetings. When the work was first started in Cohasset it progressed rather slowly until the teachers gained confidence in the methods em- ployed and succeeded in laying the needed foundations.Grad- ually,but with sturdy growth,the work advanced and before the new year had arrived all felt that the start in the work justified the methods chosen.The rest was comparatively easy and,if it had not been for the enforced closing of schools in the early spring, results would have been even better.Nevertheless,the A Division, consisting of over twenty children in the first grade,in June,could read in a way that would have been a credit to many a second grade. During the present year the work in reading,spelling and language,still indicates a steady improvement.The primary pupils have been taught reading this year,as last,by the Aldine method. By this method the rhymes are introduced in a charming way — by story telling.A more interesting way could not be found,for any teacher can find the way to every child's heart by way of Story- land.Dramatization followed by the perfect memorizing of the rhymes so introduced,follows.From the time the child thoroughly knows the first rhyme,he is taught to read the words by repeating the rhyme.If he forgets any word he must go back and repeat the rhyme until he comes to the right word.Thus the habit of inde- pendent work,a habit which cannot be established too early or 25' over appreciated in its far-reaching influence,is begun.The cor- related seat work which has been so wisely planned,enables the child to do twice the work he otherwise would during the first year, for if carried on intelligently it supplements every lesson with another,stimulating a slight additional effort on the part of the child. The ultimate aim of all this work is to insure complete independ- ence on the part of the pupil.Working by means of the rhymes,a vocabulary of words is soon secured. The reason the first grade children read with more ease and better expression this year,is due to the fact that a new device in phrasing has been introduced this fall.This device was appre- ciated by the first grade teachers,for when the children were first learning,it made it almost impossible for them to read mere words. This phrasing work will prove of benefit to other grades as well. The work in phonics which is so extremely important is laid in the first and second grades,and reviewed in the third and fourth. This work shows a considerable gain this winter.This year,be- sides the series cards and the use of the chart,the teachers have been given even more careful instructions regarding the steps to be taken.As a result,some of the first grade children started oral spelling before Christmas this year from the familiar rhymes on the rhyme cards.The written work is to follow almost immediately, later the series cards will furnish material for both oral and written spelling.Thus a ver)-close correlation of work is secured,and be- fore the school year is over the child is given a vocabular}'of spelling words of which any child might be proud.All the primary teachers are continually working toward more independence,and more intelligent reading on the part of the children in their care. Type lessons are developed from the Aldine books as models. Frequent dramatic reading lessons in all grades tend t''^"^'l'"^o spontaneity of thought and freedom of expression. The number of books read in the different grades proves the increasing ability-of the pupils to read difficult reading at sight. A list of the books read by the different grades may be found in the "Outline of Work in Language"for the primar)-grades which was submitted last September. This outline includes lists of stories and poems suitable for the different grades,also those especially good for reproduction and 252 dramatization and a few reasons which prove of value of this work. The third and fourth grades use the Aldine Language Book. Such an unfolding has been seen since the children started the language workl With their minds enriched by the stories and poems,freedom of thought and action fostered by the drama- tization,and vocabularies enlarged by the reproduction of stories and poems,this language work has certainly been of great value to them. In closing,I wish to thank the teachers for their earnest and untiring efforts in helping to secure these results and you also for your hearty cooperation at all times. Respectfully submitted, MAY C.MELZARD. 253 STATISTICAL TABLES Per Pupil Cost of Instruction Table i.—Showing cost of instruction in regular day schools, high and elementary,for the years 1903 to 1913,the average mem- bership,the per pupil cost of instruction,the increase and per cent of increase in per pupil cost over each year preceding,also the per cent of increase in per pupil cost since 1903. Years. 1903-4 1904-5 1905-6 1906-7 1907-8 1908-9 1909-10 1910-II 1911-12 1912-13 1913-14 -•242 o 10,087 ^3 10,796 89 10,958 19 11,495 19 11,871 77 13,080 41 13,214 80 13,506 01 14,522 5S 15^376 24 16,061 74 Membf ship ii reerula day schi a-" So? 426 23 68 432 24 99 435 25 19 429 26 79 421 28 22 433 30 21 435 30 38 461 29 29 467 31 12 458 S3 81 442 36 33 2 c = u>% I 31 20 I 60 I 43 I 99 17 1 09* 83 2 69 2 52 052 007 059 059 065 005 036* 058 086 074 7 3('x» 059 116 164 216 220 192 239 302 35^ Table IL —Statistics for Year Ending June 16,1914 High IX VIII VII VI V IV III II I Beech wood I-II-III EnioU- ment. 80 30 44 39 56 38 56 39 38 47 21 Average Member- ship. 72 27-3 38.6 37-2 52.2 34.16 5>i 35-3 34.1 40.7 18.6 Average Attend- ance. 635 24.2 33-7 33-8 45-2 3»3 45-76 29.6 30' 34. 16.7 Per Cent. of Attend- ance. 88.1 88.6 87.3 90.8 86.5 91.6 89.5 S3.8 87.9 83.S 89.7 *Decrease. 488 44126 387-76 87,9 254 Table III.—Teachers'Salary Table Number of elementary school teachers with salaries : Below $500 , $500 to $600 $600 to $700 $700 to $800 $800 to $900 Number of High school teachers with salaries : Below $600 . $600 to $700 $700 to $800 $800 to $900 $900 to $1,000 $1,000 to $1,100 $1,300 to $1,400 Number of teachers serving both Elementary and High schools- (Manual training and domestic science): $1,000 to $1,100 $1,300 to $1,400 Table IV.—Comparative Enrollment and Attendance Since 1903 Year 1903-04 1904-05 1905.06 1906-07 1907-08 1908-09 1909-10 1910-II 1911-12 1912-13 1913-14 Total Average Average Per cent of Enrollment Membership Attendance Attendence 460 426 389 91-3 476 432 388.4 90 479 435 397 91.2 469 429 398 92.8 460 421 385 91.4 476 433 403 93 469 435 406 93.3 502 461 410 89 487 467 420 90 S18 45S 406 88.7 488 442 388 87.9 255 Table V.—Showing Average Membership in High School AND Grades Since 1903 1903-04 1904-05 1905-06 1906-07 1907-08 1908-09 1909-10 T910-11 1911-12 1912-13 1913-14 Table VI.Enrollment by Grades October 2,191 4 Elementary High igh School Grade Total 88 338 426 74 358 432 63 372 435 60 369 429 64 357 421 68 36s 433 72 363 435 65 396 461 73 394 467 64 394 458 72 370 442 123455-66-778 60 42 39 47 35 34 35 34 38 9 10 II 12 13 31 25 28 22 7 Statistical Returns Made to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Number of public day schools Number of persons in town between five and fifteen years of age Number between seven and fourteen Total enrollment of schools Number under five years of age Number over fifteen years of age Number beteen seven and fourteen . Average memberhip in the public day school Average attendance .... Per cent of attendance 439 310, 488 o 77 441 387 81 ERRATA On^'page 135 inJIRecapitulation under "Education "it should read,Support ofjSchools and not Superintendent of Schools. On page 131 the word "abated"under "Refund,"should read exempt. Addresses at the Unveiling of a Memorial July 4,1914 commemorating the Discovery of Cohasset in 1614 by Captain John Smith y^ Cohasset.Mass. Published by the Town 1914 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING March 9,1914 Under Article 70 of the warrant it was "Voted that the Town appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars for the purpose of erecting a boulder and tablet to commemorate the discovery of Cohasset in 1614 by Captain John Smith,said sum to be taken from Corporation tax." Lawrence Wharf,the location of the memorial, was purchased by the Town for a public landing in 1907.Float stages,an ornamental shelter with seats, a drinking fountain and other facilities have been added and the locality beautified with lawns and shrubs. (COPY OF INSCRIPTION) TO COMMEMORATE THE DISCOVERY OF COHASSET IN 1614 BY CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH PRESIDENT OF VIRGINIA AND ADMIRAL OF NEW ENGLAND We found the people in those parts very kinde.but in their fury no lesse valiant...and at ql'onahasit falling out there but with one of them,he with three others crossed the harbour in a canow to certaine rockes whereby wee must passe.and there let flie their arrowes for our shot.till we were out of dancer.yet one of them was slaine.and another shot through his thigh." from his generall historie. ERECTED BY THE TOWN—1914 INTRODICTORY ADDRESS OF MR.HARR^K. MAPES,CHAIRiMAN OF SELECTMEN We arc assembled liere this morning f<»r tlit*pnqM)se of carrying out the feature of our Fourth of July celebra- tion,namely,the unveiling of the tablet to eonnneniorate the discovery of C'ohasset by Captain John Smith three centuries ago.I had prepared an elaborate and lengthy speech at this time,but after viewing the parade this morning,I have mixed Captain John Smith up with the fire department,Indians,pretty girls,etc.,to such an extent that I think I had better leave the historical and commemorative address to other gentlemen.In bringing about this event,one of your citizens has been very in- strumental.He has worked very hard to bring this about and he deserves great credit for the success,and it gives me great pleasure to introduce to you Dr.Oliver H.Howe. ADDRESS BY DR.OLIVER H.HOWE Mr.Chairman,Honorable Board of ^clrrtntm,!'"^•'-"•-' (ienilemen: The occasion of this memorial recalls one of the mout picturesque and interesting characters in our early colonial history.Captain John Smith.Captain Smith was born at Willoughby,Lincolnshire,England,in 1579.Early in life he entered military service in the Netherlands, fighting for the independence of the Dutch.Later,in Hungary and Transylvania,he fought against the Turks and was captured and sold into slavery.Making his escape,he reached England in time to join the expedi- tion under connnand of Christopher Newport to estab- lish the colony in Virginia which settled at Jamestown in 1607.As a member of this colony his explorations of Chesapeake Bay and atljacent waters were notable geographic achievements,but the genius and energy with which he obtained supplies for the starving colony and provided for its defense,saved it more than onet» fpo'M .'s-f iiuf ion -in.].••iii|«'(l fiu*him ihi'«'!<•<finn t»f president of the colony in 1608.His adventures,includ- ing the incident in which his life was saved by Pocahontas, were of a most thrilling nature. Returning to England,he was chosen,in 1614,by a company of London merchants to command an expedition to the coast of New England.They arrived in two ships upon the coast of Maine,near the island of Monhegan, hoping to engage in whaling or to discover mines of gold or copper.Failing in both these pursuits,they naturally turned to fishing and fur trading.The fur season had gone by and fishing was only moderately successful. Leaving his ships and their crews to continue the fishing, Captain Smith,with eight men in a small boat,proceeded to explore the coast southward and to make a detailed examination of all the shores and islands between the mouth of the Penobscot and Cape Cod.Since he was in a small boat,he could readily enter harbors and the mouths of rivers.Carefully observing the nature of the country, its people and products,and trading with the Indians,he wrote a detailed account of the whole,in which he men- tioned the names of forty Indian villages.He also made a map of the coast,which was wonderfully accurate,con- sidering the meagre facilities at his command. When he reached Boston,then known to the Indians by the name "Massachusits,"Captain Smith declared it to be "the paradise of all those parts,for here are many isles planted with Corne,Groves,Mulberies,salvage gardens and good harbours." Following a little farther southward,he writes:"We found the people in those parts very kinde,but in their fury no lesse valiant ...and at Quonahasit falling out there but with one of them,he with three others crossed the Harbour in a Canow to certaine rockes whereby wee must passe,and there let flie their arrowes for our shot, till we were out of danger,yet one of them was slaine and another shot through his thigh." Smith's mention of Quonahasit in the narrative oc- curs midway between the localities now known as Boston and Plymouth.A search of all the Indian names con- nected with the New England coast fails to show any other that bears any resemblance to Quonahasit or with which it may have been confused.These facts,taken in con- nection with the appearance of the name "Conyhas.sett" in its proper place upon the Winthrop map of 1«3S,show that it was our Cohasset harbor into which this party of explorers came.We do not know tlu-<lay,or even the month,but it was in the summer of Hi 14.Captain Smith was then thirty-four years of age,although his previous travels and exploits nn*<^dit easily have filled a loiiir life- time. His account clearly stales that he entered the harljor and he evidently landed,for there was time for a (|uarrel to occur and for the Indians to plan an ambush and reach it by crossing the harbor in a canoe. So far as we know,these were the first white men to set foot in Cohasset.Others^notably Verazzano in 15i^4, Stephen Pring in 1603 and Sanuiel de Champlain in 1G()5, had sailed by this coast in their ships,and,provided wea- ther conditions and daylight were favorable,these voyag- ers,and perhaps others,may have gotten glimpses of our shores from a distance.We have no knowledge,however, that any of these entered our harbor or mentioned the locality by name. Some writers are disposed to throw doubt upon the writings of Captain Smith,regarding them as exaggerated and boastful.The eminent historian,John Fiske,how- ever,after most careful research,considers these doubts unsupported,and adduces the accuracy of Smith's maps, declaring his maps of Virginia to be *'a living refutation of John Smith's detractors."He instances also his truth- ful portrayal of the life and character of the American Indian.He commends Smith's keenness of observation and his rare sagacity and leadership and reminds us that "in general,his comrades spoke of him in terms of strong admiration and devotion."The story of PiM-ahontas was never doubted during Smith's lifetime nor for more than two centuries afterward.Fiske regards it as **pre<*isely in accordance with Indian usage"ami further says that "without it the subse(|uent relations (f the ln<iian girl with the English colony become inct>mprehensible." It was,therefore,no ordinary leader who piloted his boat's crew into this harbor thrtM*hundred years aao. We might picture the scene as follows:The same surf broke In n?>-m''I!>o!i the n»ck-.'»"*''"•v!..if.'^!>rf^.'tif .mI a far different aspect from that with which we are famihar. The forest,massive in its continuity and its primeval growth,was broken at rare intervals by Indian cornfields or an occasional wigwam,while here and there a thin column of smoke arose from a smouldering camp fire. No craft were visible except a few canoes drawn up on a beach near the head of the cove.As the white men entered the harbor,timid groups of Indians viewed their approach with the greatest wonder.The Englishmen stepped firmly upon the shore,feeling a sovereign right, which was instinctive rather than actual.Displaying glass beads and other bright trinkets,the Indians readily exchanged for them glossy skins of beaver,fox and mar- ten,as well as fruits and other products of their agriculture. All went well until a sailor offered some insult or at- tempted some rascality.No blows were struck,but the sullen look upon the Indian's face foreboded trouble.He disappeared from the group and with three other Indians, entered a canoe and silently paddled to Hominy Point, where,concealed among the rocks,they awaited Smith's party as they sailed out of the harbor,attacking them with a shower of arrows.The white men had more formidable weapons and replied with powder and ball.The foremost Indian swayed,staggered and fell to the ground dead, while another uttered a piercing yell of pain.The con- flict of races had begun.The Indian hunting grounds had been disturbed ;this was the first blood shed by w^hite men in Cohasset. This incident,besides being the first page of our history,represents the first contact between the pri- meval people and civilization.It is a type of what had been going on for more than a century,all the way from Labrador to Cape Horn.We may bewail the fate of the red man who was gradually pushed out of and away from his possessions,until now his whole race is threatened with loss of identity if not extinction.We cannot condone his treatment by the enlightened races;it is a long record of deceit,injustice and cruelty.Nevertheless,it is plain that Divine Providence did not intend these spacious continents to remain for all time mere forest hunting grounds penetrated by a few slender trails and echoing only to the shrill cries of birds and the war-whoop of the 8 Indian.Barl)ari.'>in \\ii>Lu !>»•n-plactMl |)\ciN'ili/atioii. The treasures of the earth were to he brought out an<l everything put to enhghtened uses.The les.ser imwi give place to the greater,so tliat the land sliouhl serve the greatest number and fulfil the highest pur|M)ses.It meant giving a whole hemisphere to civilization.Here was the greatest process of development in the history of the world. It is fitting,therefore,that we should erect thi> memorial to the first event of our history in this thret* hundredth anniversary year.While we realize llie mo- mentous significance of what it typifies,let us remember the cost of the struggle,wliich meant the driving out of the red man.It is incumbent on us,therefore,to use these great resources so lionestly and so wisely as to justify the dispensation secured at such a cost. Careful search among historical sources reveals the fact that Captain Jolin Smith was a man of whom we may well be proud.His genius,his resource)ulness under difficulties,his indomitable will,entitle him to our ad- miration.Parkman calls him a hero.Fiskc further con- siders him a man essentially noble and of heroic mould. The same testimony is given by members of the starving Jamestown colony,who write as follows:*'That in all hi-j proceedings,he nuide justice his first guide and experience his second,ever hating baseness,sloth,pride and indignity more than any dangers:that never allowed more for himself than for his soldiers with him:that ui)on no danger would send them where he would not lead himself;that would never see us want what In*either had,or could by any means get us;that would rather want than borrow or starve than not pay;that loved actions more than words and hated falsehood an<l cozenage more tlian tleath: whose adventures were our lives and whose loss,our deaths. ' The treasures of our continent were sought by men of three principal nations —Spanish,French and Knglish. Each had opportunity to display its methods,and each underwent a test of its national character in the preseme of prosperity.The general result of the colonial history in North America has shown the Englishman best fitltnl to occupy and to govern.It was an Englishman who 9 entered this harbor three hundred years ago.His race was not dismayed by the hostihty of the Indians.He carried back no untrue or unfavorable report of this land of promise,but wrote with such courage and enthusiasm that his early accounts published in 1616 undoubtedly bore fruit in encouraging the settlement of Plymouth,of Salem,of Boston and of our own Hingham.We may well rejoice,then,that so early in colonial history our harbor and our rocky shore bore a part,and it is proper that we should commemorate an early link in the chain of these events —events that in time have produced the greatest nation the world has ever seen. MR.MAPES'SECOND INTRODUCTORY ADDRESS The fact that Captain John Smith discovered Cob as- set being established beyond doubt,your committee con- sidered it proper that the man who discovered John Smith should address you today.This discovery was made when writing up your town history,which undoubtedly the majority of you have in your homes,and as further remarks from me are unnecessary,it gives me great pleas- ure to introduce to you Rev.E.Victor Bigelow,of An- dover,formerly of Cohasset. ADDRESS BY REV.E.VICTOR BIGELOW, Author of a Narrative History of Cohasset,1898 I am very glad to be here today as your speaker, though it -may be as a sort of accident.Having acci- dentally discovered that Captain John Smith discovered Cohasset,it is necessary for me to be here today to make good for that discovery. It is a pleasure to observe how much Cohasset has improved since I got out of it.These people continue the good traditions of days gone by and carry forward the promise of an immeasurable future when I see these beautified estates,this pretty harbor recently dredged and studded with channel lights,these uniformed police and well-equipped firemen,I am convinced that Cohasset is in the forefront now,as it has been in the past and as we hope it always will be. 10 It is a mark of conscious acliicvcincnt for any com- munity to lay emphasis upon its origin.The discovery of a place can be of no concern until that place has come to mean something either to itself or to some wider area of life.On both of these counts the town of Coliasset is amply justified in emphasizing its first appearance upon the map.As a self-sustaining and competent municipality it guards the happiness of its several thousand citizens and vindicates the admiration of those men who first viewed its fair harbor three hundred years ago. In the second place,its influence uj)()n the larger area of life in this commonwealth and nation heaps up its ground of self respect to a measure unusual for towns of its size.That influence is impossible to identify in recent years because its life is so inextricably interwoven with that of the metropolis of Boston;but in the years gone by there were generations of sea captains and sailors who made this harbor known up and down the mackerel and cod banks of America,and who bore our flag from this port of entry into the harbors of the world.I fancy I can hear now the chopping of broad axes and the sharp echo of their calking mallets as the ancestors of our Bates, Towers,Pratts,Stoddards and other families built and launched into these waters their worthy (|Uota of the world's commerce. There is one contribution of this town to the political development of our nation which has fascinated me since first I found it.Our harbor lay just on the border be- tween the Plymouth colony and the Massachusetts colony;and in the disputes that raged for many years over the ownership of the marsh hay at the mouth of the Conohasset River,these sturdy colonists settled their dispute,not by appealing to the King nor to any other authority beyond the sea,but by appointing a joint com- mission of the two colonies to adjust their ditTerences. This joint commission may be fairly considered the fore- runner of the later colonial connnissions that settletl their larger disputes,and the forerunner of our Colonial Con- gress that was followed by the Congress of the rniteil States. The interest of this occasion is also enhanced 1 historical significance of the man whose discove- 11 now commemorating.Captain John Smith is probably the most famous of all the men concerned in the settle- ment of the Atlantic coast.It has been said that no man can reach distinction who bears the name of Smith—he is doomed to be one of an innumerable and indistinguishable mass;but our work this day is to change that doom of the Smiths by giving distinction to one of them who well deserves it.I remember with what a thrill of delight I discovered eighteen years ago when writing the history of this town that Captain John Smith came into this harbor six years be- fore our Pilgrim forefathers landed in Plymouth.His adventure with Pocahontas has identified him so much with Virginia that people are usually surprised to be told that he was also the chief patron and promoter of New England.But such he was.In the year 1614,five years after his exasperating misfortunes in Virginia,he came with two ships for some London merchants to the Island of Monhiggan on the coast of Maine with a plan to capture whales and to seek for gold or copper mines.The whales gave them a jolly chase,but wouldn't be caught.The gold and copper were also as shy that year as now;so the sailors were put to the task of catching cod and pollock for a salable cargo.But Captain Smith was not merely a fisherman,he had the instincts of an explorer and a colonist. With eight men,therefore,he set out,leaving thirty- seven to fish the bay,while he and his picked crew in a small boat scrutinized carefully the shore for many days from Maine to Cape Cod.Twenty -five harbors he sounded,and thirty Indian settlements,averaging about one hundred savages he saw.He bartered many trinkets for eleven hundred beaver skins,one hundred martens and the same number of otter skins. But the most valuable product of this trip was the remarkably accurate map he made of our Massachusetts Bay.It was the first good chart in existence;and what appeals to us is the fact that Cohasset harbor was on that map,emerging for the first time out of the unknown into sight of civilized men.In his description of New Eng- land he gave the name of this Indian settlement as Quonahasit and told how one of the savages angered 12 in a quarrel crossed the harbor In a canoe with three companions and from their ambush of rocks shot their arrows at Smith and his men.Although we have no definite date,it seems probable that this ev^ent took place in the month of July,for Smith sailed for Eng- land on the eighteenth of August.With wise forethought to perpetuate his worthy effort,Captain Smith submitted his map to Prince Charles,afterwards Charles First, King of England,but then a lad of fifteen years.He asked the Prince to replace the barbarous Indian names for their villages by more familiar English words in order that in time to come the people who might live here should know Prince Charles as their godfather. Thus from the Penobscot River to Cape Cod the cities of England and Scotland were placed by the boyish fancies of Prince Charles.I have to congratulate you that Cohasset received for its name the greatest appella- tion of all.''London"was the name given to this village and "Point Murry "to the tip of the Glades.Perhaps the famous Murray,the "Good Regent of Scotland,"was thus commemorated.But why should our Indian village be called *'London''?Was it because there were many Indians here?Was it because Captain Smith told the Prince such a vivid story of his visit with the Quonahasits that the place was most deeply impressed upon the Prince's mind?Wliat- ever reason or psychological cause may be assigned,we are privileged to take the big name as a compliment and we will respond this day by magnifying the name of our discoverer. About two generations ago there was a spasm of historical scholarship that prided itself on snuishing popu- lar idols.The story of Captain John Smith and Poca- hontas was such a romantic darling from our pioneer days that it fell victim readily to the Scholar's Inquisition. In scrutinizing Smith's various accounts,there were found earlier ones without the story of Pocahontas and several apparent discrepancies.The story itself is full of mysteri- ous,savage incidents and it is found in company with Smith's other stories of adventure with Turks and pirates in which there are so many nuirvelous escapes that the reader's credulity is considerably taxed.But to turn skeptic because of marvels is no credit to scholarship. 13 Our own New England historian,John Fiske,has sturdily led out the forces of recovery until we can read once more without blind prejudice Captain Smith's simple accounts of his own adventures."There is no trace of boastfulness," says Fiske,"in freedom from egotistic self consciousness. Smith's writings remind one strongly of such books as the 'Memoirs of General Grant.'" Our hero was of the common stock of English yeomen from liincolnshire,the home of the people who came to settle this region afterwards in the year 1633 at Bare Cove,now Hingham.He was left an orphan in his early teens atid soon rebelled against the humdrum life of an apprentice.His eager and irrepressible vitality pushing him into a life of adventure,he became a soldier of fortune, a knight errant,in Holland,France,Italy and Hungary. Captured by the Turks,he was sold into slavery with his head shaved and an iron collar locked upon his neck. Here he was treated worse than a dog until he turned in rage one day and killed his master,the Pasha of Nalbrits. Dressing hastily in the Turkish costume and mounting the horse of his dead persecutor,he rode sixteen days to safety among the Russians,and,there relieved of his iron collar,he returned a free man,sobered,but not broken in spirit,to the land of his birth.He was barely twenty- three years of age,but had been drenched by the bloodiest experiences of a soldier on land and of a pirate on the seas.Smith had nothing more to learn of the deviltry of his age and its violence.But his ambition found soon a new sphere. The intrepid Captain Gosnold had just returned in 1602 from explorations of the new continent across the Atlantic and his account fascinated Smith with a new sort ot enter- prise.Our hero conceived the scheme of establishing a new realm to the credit of the English nation.He rose out of the class of adventurers into the higher enterprise of a colonizer.Simultaneously with certain other sturdy Englishmen,he felt the fascination of settling the strange new continent with stock that might be loyal to the King of England.The Virginia enterprise was started and Smith with his friends ardently espoused it,becoming exiled upon these savage shores to make good their pur- pose of carving out a new realm for the King of England. 14 Two terrible years at Jamestown siHJwed the untiring' energy and sagacity of Captain Smith.His genius in dealing with the strange red men of the forest,as well as his tact in controlling the unruly spirits of lawless English adventurers,made him nnquestionably the founder of that colony.He was governor of Virginia at a time of greater perplexity and of more desperate problems than ever have confronted a governor of Virginia.He was not fully appreciated by the authorities in Enghind and was returned under serious criticism.But critics or no critics, his passion to colonize was irrepressible. The new project of settling northern Virginia was eagerly espoused,and although without means to equip his vessels,he still toiled as a promoter.He conceived and pushed the scheme of the two promoting companies for settlement of the region now-called New Enghind. The London company and the Plymouth company l)oth were fired with ambition to exploit the new shore for gain. But Captain Smith held out no expectations of gold or silver mines.He was a sober colonizer,advocating sub- stantial industries and not tempting those adventurers who might come to plunder the natives as Spaniards had done in Mexico and Peru for a whole century.Oiu*hero pleaded for men and women who would settle with cattle and with seeds to stock the soil.He advocated catching and drying fish,cutting timber,quarrying useful rock,and sober farming.In dealing with the Indians,his plan was to cultivate friendly relations that a long and profitai)le intercourse might be developed.He surveyed and mapped the coast for settlement,and gave to it the name it bears today.New England. It was not a misnomer for the Plymouth company to call him Admiral of New England,for his was the chart that guided the vessels of all who settled by those waters. Though Smith never commanded a ship of the twenty that were promised him when his title was conferred,his enthusiasm and guiding genius permeated the wlK>le flood of immigration that followed the Pilgrim Fathers.Dur- ing the sixteen years from the time he discovered ('ohasset. Captain Smith talked and wrote incessantly throughout Old England for the settlement of New England.He printed and distributed more than seven thousand books 15 and maps among all people from the King down to the most insignificant toiler whom he might imbue with the scheme of building a new realm for Englishmen. Without any schooling worthy of the name,he wrote clear and fascinating English for all to read.At a time when coarse and offensive remarks were common in print, his utterances were so pure and cleanly that no expurgating is needed.Having lived for half his career amongst violent and brutal men,he dealt with others in the fairness of a gentleman,and his respect for women was unimpeachable. His work was unprofitable to his own pocket,and it seemed to him so ineffectual that he said sadly,"It availed no more than to hew rocks with oyster shells." But when we look back over these three hundred years and behold the great realm of English-speaking people that Captain Smith advocated so unceasingly, when we imagine what this United States might have been if Spanish and French settlements had prevailed, instead of the English,we cannot withhold our humble recognition of Captain John Smith,"Governor of Virginia and Admiral of New England,"as the chief promoter and colonizer of our Atlantic seaboard.Our belated acknowl- edgments of Smith's significance seems to be almost a fulfillment of Smith's prophetic belief that a judgment day,a day of dome,would some day vindicate him. When he was discouraged in his last years because he seemed to be unappreciated,he wrote the dirge with which I will close. The Sea Marke Written by Captain John Smith,16 SO Aloofe aloofe,and come no neare. The dangers do appeare;. Which if my ruine had not beene You had not scene: I only lie upon this shelfe To be a marke to all Which on the same might fall That none may perish but myself e. 16 If in or outward you he bound Doe not forget to sound; Neglect of that was cause of tin's To steare aniisse. The seas were cahne,the wind was faire That made nie so secure, That now I must in(hire All weathers,be they foule or faire. The Winter's cold,the Summer's heat Alternatively beat Upon my bruised sides;that rue Because too true That no releefe can ever come. But why should I despaire? Being promised so faire, That there shall be a day of Dome! UNVEILING Address by Dr.Oliver H.Howe Ladies and Gentlemen: The selection of a person to unveil this memorial involved some deliberation.It was desired to find some one connected with the Smith family,who was also a descendant of the early settlers.Such a one was found in Mr.Gilbert S.Tower,for his mother was named Smith and his father is named Tower.He thus represents tlie early settlers of Hingham,of which Cohasset was formerly a part. Personally,I have a lingering fancy that Mr.Tower may,have an ancestral connection with Captain Smith, for one of Smith's titles appears in some way to have de- scended upon him.Captain Smith,in recognition of his explorations along this coast,received the litlr of Admiral of New England.Mr.Tower is Comnuxiore of the Co- hasset Yacht Club and therefore in a certain sense Admiral of Cohasset.I take pleasure in introducing Mr.Tower, niid will now iisk him to unveil the inemorial. 17 •PRESENTATION Address by Dr.Oliver H.Howe Mr.Chairman: I was appointed by your Board of Selectmen to choose a boulder for this memorial,select a location and have a suitable tablet prepared.I assure you that this has been a pleasant duty.I have selected a Cohasset boulder, stained and weathered by the storms and sunshine of centuries and moss-grown with age.It is untouched by the chisel and is as old as anything in Cohasset.Its merits were long ago recognized,for it was chosen to pro- tect the front line of an old colonial homestead on King Street (the Worrick estate).It formed one side of a gateway,opening to the fields,and one end of the boulder has been worn and polished by the wheels of ox carts as they turned in and out of this gateway. The location of the memorial,close by the harbor, may be near where Captain Smith landed and also com- mands an attractive view of the principal features of the harbor.The tablet,beside the title,contains a quotation from Captain Smith's Generall Historic describing the incident at Quonahasit,in which his quaint and original spelling has been carefully retained. I now take pleasure in placing this memorial in your care and keeping and in that of successive boards of se- lectmen to be cared /or and preserved for all time. ACCEPTANCE Address by Mr.Harry E.Mapes,Chairman op Selectmen Doctor Howe: On behalf of the Board ol Selectmen,I wish to thank you for the work you have performed in bringing about the placing of this beautiful boulder and tablet on this loca- tion,and to congratulate you on your success in selecting the boulder.It seems to me you have chosen the very stone intended for the occasion,and the tablet is in ap- propriate form and beautiful workmanship. 18 I accept,on behalf of the Selectmen,thih beautiful memorial which marks the discovery of Cohasset by John Smith,three hundred years ago,and take it into my care, assuring you that I will endeavor to [)reserve it in every way and deliver it to my successor in ofhce. Again congratulating you on the completion of your work,I wish to assure you of the appreciation of the Board of Selectmen and the citizens of the town of Cohasset. 19 ^"^.'."^\*f-y "S^ I"V V^ &^ •s- icv>': i.v :-.^ [•V***"^'.-i^*.. .-*«v vj"«' . .?^<, ij; S "^i il^c'.V'.;.:'-M